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Kettle River SeniorsBranch #102

Kettle River EchoBox 65Rock Creek, BCV0H 1Y0

News Items & AdsJudy Singers 446-2167

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PM40007622Vol. 39 No. 24 September 16, 2013The Kettle River Echo is published on Mondays, every other week. Contributors are asked to get their copy in by the previous Friday.

No man is an island entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent......John Donne

NEXT ISSUE: September 30, 2013 DEADLINE: September 27, 2013

WOW! WHAT A FAIR!Contributed by the Rock Creek Boundary Fair Assocation This year’s Rock Creek & Boundary Fall Fair is being called the best ever by many people both locals and visitors alike. Though it was not the largest attendance ever mostly due to the Summerland Fall Fair falling on the same weekend, the crowds were steady and the energy was electric. The Fair was officially opened by Her Honour Lt. Governor Judith Guichon who said she was very impressed by the huge number of volunteers who put the Fair together and how well everything was coordinated. These statements were echoed by many other visitors, such as the President of the Interior Provincial Exhibition who said it was “the best effort of a small town Fair he has ever seen”. The stage was hopping all weekend with local Boundary acts like Laela Heidt, Grand Forks Sock Monkey Band, John Vere, and Rock Creek’s own Cullpeppers, and the fine finger picking and harmonies of Timely Wonders out of Kelowna. Things got even better as the Fair went on, with the Pernell Reichart Band wowing the crowds with their innovative and exciting brand of up beat country and rockabilly music. Rick Valiant provided something for the older generation as he did Songs of Sinatra, covering some

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Fred having fun in Rock Creek

Kettle River Echo September 16, 2013

Echo GreetingsHappy Birthday to:

Kettle River Lions Club

Membership: 250.528.0055 - Tom Donations: 250.446.2096 - Les Suggestions: 250.449.2291 - Margaret Information: 250.446.2455 - Wolfgang

Serving the West Boundary for over 25 years

Internationally in 206 countries/areas with over 1.35 million members!

Meet 2nd & 4th Thurs. at Rock Creek Boardroom http://kettleriver.lionwap.org

Curtis Allsup September 23Paul Lautard September 28Debbie Carlton September 30


Celebration of Lifefor

Bud Mash

September 28th,

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Midway Community Hall

The

Kettle River Chapel will be open on

September 22nd

10:00am - Coffee and fellowship10:30am - Sunday Morning Worship Service

1735, Hwy 33 just a short way north of the Rock Creek junction.


Why don’t you join

Adventurers...a Christian-based club for kids ages 3-9!Club meetings twice per month, where children develop spiritually, physically, mentally and socially:

• Play & work together with other children• Experience the joy & satisfaction of accomplishment

through classwork & badges earned• Learn good sportsmanship & discover God’s world• Understand what makes families strong• Express love for Jesus in a natural way

As well as club outings & community service regularly!Place and Time: to be determined based on interest.

(proposition: after school one day twice per month)Information & Registration Session: come to learn more

and potentially register your child on September 23, 7:00 p.m., in the lower level of the Rock Creek Medical Clinic.

Cost: $50.00 per child per year (contributes toward the cost of uniforms, badges, club supplies and facility rental; some outings may require additional fees)

Contact: Club Director Christine Simpson at 250-446-2990.

RCMP Report

On 2013-08-31 Midway RCMP were called to a residence located at 1639 Hwy 33 in Rock Creek for a report of dangerous driving ,hit and run , and uttering threats. While at the property police located a stolen white cube van, a stolen flat deck trailer, and a stolen excavator from Kelowna. This investigation is still on going.

On 2013-09-07 Midway RCMP were alerted to a stolen vehicle swerving all over the road as it traveled west on Highway 3 between Greenwood and Midway. Midway RCMP stopped the vehicle and learned that the driver was very intoxicated. The vehicle was confirmed stolen out of Medicine Hat Alberta. The driver was also prohibited from driving anywhere in Canada. The 54 year old male driver faces numerous charges and will make his first court appearance in Grand Forks on 2013-10-15.

Midway RCMP are currently looking for Joseph KIRSCHNER who has warrants for his arrest as well as Matthew STRAUME who has several warrants for his arrest as well. If you have any information please contact Crime Stoppers or Midway RCMP.

Midway RCMP have in their possession a black and red boy's BMX-style bicycle that was left at the detachment. If your child has lost a bicycle, please call the Midway RCMP at 250-449-2244 during regular business hours to claim the bicycle.

On 2013-09-12 Midway RCMP were called to a Break and Enter to the Gold Pan Cafe in Rock Creek. Unknown suspect(s) broke into the business sometime in the early morning hours. If you have any information on this or any other crime contact the Midway RCMP or Crimestoppers.

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Bus: (250) 449-2313Fax: (250) 449-2616

Alzheimer Society of BCRock CreekFor information on Alzheimer Disease or related dementias, please contact Vicki Feist at 250 446 2333


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The Boardroom at the Rock Creek Medical Clinic is available to rent for a reasonable price, for all your meetings, workshops, and luncheons. Along with the fenced play-ground and lots of room inside, it is an ideal spot for children’s birthday parties, too.

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of the greatest hits of the “Chairman of the Board”. The arena was also a buzz of activity Saturday culminating with the wildest events of all, the always popular Lawn mower races and this year’s additions of Remote Control Car Racing, Quad Chuckwagon races, and Quad Soccer which drew huge gasps and screams from the crowd. The energy and vibe could be felt by all who attended

and as the sun began to set, Tim Huss and his band kept everyone clapping and dancing with his amazing style of country music well into the night, debuting his new album, “Western Star”. Tim made several comments about what a great venue it was and how good a job the organization and volunteers did in putting everything together.

Fred getting audience to play along

This year the Fair has one of the largest number of sponsors ever and the large billboard at the main gates paid tribute to all of them as guests arrived. On stage the medal sponsors were also recognized with banners of thanks, next to the Fair logo and theme “Powered by Volunteers”. Sunday things just kept getting better with the Gymkhana and horse events in the arena and more action on stage. Tim Huss once again had the crowds clappin

hands and tapping feet as he opened the Sunday event before heading off for a show in Spokane City. As the clock neared two in the afternoon the crowds around the stage grew as people waited for Children’s entertainer Fred Penner to take the stage, which he did with gusto. Fred gave an incredible performance that had the huge crowd

Tim Huss band Rocks it out

Fred brings a lttle fan onstage


of parents, grandparents and children clapping and singing along to all of the many favorites from his more than a decade on television. The antics of Fred and his comrades had everyone laughing as he made himself a part of the community. Fred told the large crowd that this was the best country Fair he has attended and he was very impressed by the volunteers and the overall camaraderie he felt as

he walked throughout the grounds and buildings meeting people and taking in the exhibits and booths. One of the high points of the show was when Fred asked some of the many children watching to join him on stage to sign a song together which had a few people reaching for tissues. After playing an extra long encore, Fred sat and took time to meet all of those who wanted to say hello, sign autographs, CD’s

Kids dancing to Fred Penner

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Fred takes time with fans

Huge crowd singing along with Fred Penner

Fred plays while Paul and David dance


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and DVD’s, and even an old original vinyl album that Travis Eek brought which he was given as a child. It was one of the best shows to come to Rock Creek ever. Later, Fred was back to join many of the acts in a showcase finale of Gordon Lightfoot songs which was very informal and had all of the musicians doing versions of someof Gord’s greatest hits.

Tim Huss tells the crowd a story

Les Folles Jambettes Can Can Dancers from Grand Forks

All in all it was a great two days and during the whole event the new power station ran smoothly to assure there were no problems with electricity. Thanks to Danny Nakatsu and Dan Self for doing so much work to put this infrastructure together which made the Fair power no longer a problem as it was in future years, plus making it much quieter since so few generators were required by vendors. Many people commented that they have never seen the grounds look so good, once again due to the huge number of volunteers who came out week after week to fix and prepare things, capped off by the beautiful flowers and plants provided by Hansinger Nursery. The Rock Creek Fall Fair Association is at its highest level of membership ever and everyone is looking forward to keeping this momentum going as we look forward to next year’s event. “Powered by Volunteers” could not have been a better theme and you could see it all over the Fair as they smiled at visitors and gave each other high fives throughout both days.

Lt Governor chatting with Danny Nakatsu and other volunteers

Rick Valiant dancing with a small Sinatra fan


Gladys BrownBox 339,734-12 Avenue Midway, B.C. VOH 1MO September 2, 2013

B.C. Minister of Environment and Federal Minister of Environment and B.C. Minister of Agriculture and Federal Minister of Agriculture

Dear Ministers:

I am an Organic Seabuckthorn farmer in the Village of Midway.

There are 16,306 deaths yearly from Poisons in the U.S.

There are signs all over the area, including the Trans-Canada trail that runs along my property, that the area has been sprayed with poison's for weeds. This has been going on for years now.

This year, this area has many times more Grass-hoppers than we normally have had. About 400 of my orchard trees are completely bare from grass-hoppers, and most of the trees around my residence are bare with extensive damage.

Noticeably absent this year, are the birds. There is not a bird in sight anywhere. Is there a connection between the spraying of poisons in the area and the missing birds? Could have the birds been poisoned by spraying of the Trans-Canada trail or the highways?

People cannot live without safe food and water. Birds eat thousands of insects.

Can the people affected by this unbalance of nature in this and possibly other areas of B.C. get information on why we have such an increase in crop losses from insects, and what will be done to correct the problem?

Cc: Opposition criticsMP for this area Alex AtamanenkoCBC News and newspapersThe Nature of Things


Rock Creek Transfer Station1610 Rock Creek Dump Rd.Open - Monday, Thursday, Saturday 10am - 3pm

Sunday - 10am - 7pmClosed - Tues., Wed & Fri.Items Accepted: Scrap metal, white goods, clean wood waste, auto hulks, empty propane tanks. Please separate all recyclables (attendant will give directions). There is also a septic sludge disposal area.Tipping Fees: Tipping fees are volume based.Emergency contact: 446.2231 or 9-1-1

West Boundary Landfill Station (Greenwood)Deadwood Rd., 3 km from Hwy 3Open Tuesday, Friday, & Saturday, 9am to 4pm

Beaverdell Landfill StationHwy 33, 5 km south of BeaverdellOpen Wednesday & Sunday, 10am to 2pm

Meetings: Dates & TimesROCK CREEK COMMUNITY MEDICAL SOCIETYFirst Thursday of every month 7pm Rock Creek Medical Boardroom. Contact: Secretary 446 2167; Rentals: Shannon 446 2942===============================================ROCK CREEK WOMEN’S INSTITUTEThird Wednesday of every month 10am.Contact: Mary 250 446 2454; Sue 250 446 2608===============================================BRIDESVILLE WOMEN’S INSTITUTEThird Monday of every month 11am. Contact: Louise 250 446 2210; Pat 250 446 2121===============================================MAIN RIVER WOMEN’S INSTITUTEThird Wednesday of every month 10am.Contact: Lynne 250 446 2616===============================================ROCK CREEK BOUNDARY FALL FAIR ASSOCIATIONThird Wednesday of every month 7pm Fair Pavillion.March thru to AGM. Info: 250 446 2465===============================================SINGING KETTLES - Resumes Sept 19th, 2013Practice: Thursdays 4pm St. Mary’s United Church, Kettle Valley. Contact: Peri 250 446 2845; Jackie 250 446 2196===============================================KETTLE RIVER LIONSSecond & fourth Thursday of every month.7:30pm Rock Creek Medical Clinic Boardroom.===============================================LOCAL FOOD SHARING GROUPLast Wednesday of every month 10am. Contact Vivian 250 446 2086===============================================KETTLE RIVER RECREATION COMMISSIONLast Monday of each month @ The Kettle River Rec. building the “Little Red Schoolhouse”, Rock CreekContact: Bill Watson 250 446 2325; Sherry Dalziel 250 446 2997===============================================ELKS #493 GRAND FORKSFirst Tuesday of every month (except July & August)7pm Slavonic Hall, 686-72nd Ave., Grand Forks.Contact: Larry Jmaiff 250 442 2856; Roy Stevenson 250 442 5260===============================================BELLYDANCINGWednesday’s 6:30pm Bridesville HallContact: Shannon 250 446 2942===============================================DISCOVER ROCK CREEK SOCIETYThird Monday of every month.6:30pm WBES Library.===============================================KETTLE WILDLIFE ASSOCIATION - New members welcome.Third Tuesday of every month (except July, August, & December)7pm @ Range Hall on Dump Rd across from Fair GroundsContact: Ron Cooper (250)446-2672; Paul Vasseur (250)446-2634===============================================CRIBBAGE @ WESTBRIDGE HALLEvery second Sunday (October 21 to March 31)$5.00 per session (8 games) Prizes!Contact: Del Gall (250) 446-2330===============================================WEST BOUNDARY SENIOR HOUSING SOCIETYEvery last Wednesday of the month 1 PM at Parkview Manor===============================================KETTLE RIVER SENIORSThe Senior's will not be meeting for the summer.

You Are Invited toJoin and Participate

in aHealthful Living

SeminarIt will address how you can avoid, reduce and/or reverse the RISK of:

Heart DiseaseStrokesDiabetes IIWeight LossImprove Sleep, resilience, DEPRESSIONSome Cancers

This seminar was also promoted at the Rock Creek & Boundary Fall FairLocation – Boardroom of the Rock Creek Medical Building. There is no cost for this seminar.

Four sessions 7:00 to 8:30 p.m.Thursday, September 26Monday, September 30Monday, October 7Thursday, October 10

For further information contact: Harald Zinner (250-446-2517)


Orem, Utah - Part Four of SixSubmitted by Railroad Bryan The train is already gathering speed when I jump from the car to the ground with the paper in my arms, running as fast as I can back to our car. My partner grabs the paper quickly, but now I can’t get into our car, the train is moving so fast. It’s picking up speed by the second but I’ve caught many fast moving trains so I know what to do. I pick a spot by the side of the train where there are no switches to trip over. Then I run with the train but my head is turned backwards. I’m looking four cars back at the ladder on the fourth car. It’s a very intense focus I’m going through and my eyes never leave the ladder of the fourth car. The train is now going about 40 mph and the fourth car ladder is right in front of me. I dive for the steel ladder rung that is eye level. I grab the rung with a death grip with both hands. Now I know from experience that I have got three seconds to climb two rugs on the ladder because when you grab the ladder the speed of the train causes your feet and legs to drag back right under the wheels so if you don’t climb two rungs you’re dead. At best your feet and legs will be gone in a second! Just as I start climbing the ladder my stupid left shoe comes off. Remember my fancy shoes at the hostel? Well the tongue is a zipper and with the dragging my feet, off it comes. I stand there looking at my shoe in disbelief. As I’m hanging watching my shoe fade away a thought races through my head about getting off the train to get my shoe, but the speed is too fast now. Then I start thinking that we are going into snow country at this time of year and here’s me with one damn shoe. It’s too late now to get off the train so I climb the ladder to the roof of the boxcar and start running along the three boot walkway along the middle of the cars. It’s easy to walk and jump from car to car. Soon I’ve reached our boxcar. I walk to the center of the boxcar and lay down on my stomach right over the door of the boxcar which is wide open. I grab the top of the door with my hands and swing into the boxcar and drop to the floor. My partner comes up to me and says, “I’ve never seen anyone do that before.” “Yeah,” I say, “I learned that riding the “Milwaukie Road” back east. A black hobo showed me. He was an acrobat. But guess what partner, look at my feet. I’ve only got one shoe.” He looks and gets this real big grin and says, “Don’t worry, we’ll fix you up. I know just what to do.” My partner asks me if I have a hobo name. “Yeah,” I say, “I started calling myself Albert Slim. What’s your handle?” “My hobo friends call me Boxcar Bob.” He looks at me and grins. All the while as we talk we are yelling loud to be heard over the din of the fast moving freight train. We have closed the boxcar door but not tight. We leave the big door open about three inches. It’s soon dark so we roll up lots of brown paper for bedding. The boxcar floor sure is hard to sleep on but at least the floor is wooden, not metal. That’s the main reason we chose this boxcar, is for the wooden floor. It’s a lot warmer than metal and we have some heavy cardboard for a mattress. Lying on the boxcar floor I wonder why the hell I ever left home and then I remember. In the middle of the night I wake and see a small fire at the

other end of the box car. I get up and go investigate. It’s Bob and he’s got a metal gallon can and is burning oil rags in it. He got the rags from the hot box. Each boxcar has metal hot boxes just about the wheels full of oily rags. I asked him, leaning into his ear, how he got the rags started to burn. He says he swiped flares from the caboose. Once a flare is lit they start a fire easy. So we both stand around the fire rubbing our hands together. He says we need more rags. I tell him as soon as we stop I’ll get more oily rags. He looks down at my one shoe and laughs. “Hell, we’re in snow country now, son.” As soon as we got to Utah it’s a lot higher elevation so there’s snow here. “I’ll get the oily rags,” Bob says, “You wait in the boxcar. We’re coming up to St. George, soon and the train will stop for a couple of hours. Time enough for us to go bowling.” The train stops in the freight yards. We head downtown. There’s snow here. It’s about 3 inches deep on the sidewalk. Bob looks down at my feet and the snow and laughs, “Cold, eh?” I tell him, “Yeah. I’ve worn holes through my sock so it’s bare foot on the snow.” Soon we’re at the bowling alley and Bob says, “Just walk right behind me as we enter the front door. Try and keep your shoeless foot out of sight.” We walk up to the corner of the counter. At the corner I can hide my shoeless foot around the side of the counter. The attendant doesn’t pay any attention to us. Just then Bob pokes me in the ribs. He leans over and says, “We better go to the washroom and wash up. We’re as dirty as a couple of hobos!” I wash my head, neck, and hands. Then I stick my head in the sink and rinse my hair. Black coal soot covers the white sink. I use my fingers for a comb. We look much better already. I carry my coat. It’s an off-white colour only now it’s really off-white! Back to the shoe counter. We order two sets of shoes, tens for me and elevens for Bob. My shoes are one side red and one side white with a big two inch high “No. 10” on the back. The shoes cost 15 cents a pair to rent. Bob pays the man and we go over and find an open lane. Bob hangs his coat up and mine is so dirty I set it on the floor. I put my one shoe under the coat. The bowling shoes fit me real good. Bob gets up and nails a strike the first time. All ten pins! My first ball hits the ditch before it even gets to the pins but nobody in this busy place is watching us so that’s cool. We throw about five turns each and then Bob winks at me. We carry out coats on our arms and casually walk out the door. No one is looking at us. As we are walking away Bob says, “I’m keeping my shoes, too. They are in better shape than my old ones."

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Wheels for WellnessThe Kettle River Seniors

and the Food Sharing Group

are now able to give those in need rides to doctor’s appointments and the like.

The NEW phone number to contact the Wheels for Wellness Wagon is:

Please try to book 24 hours in advance.

250 528 RIDE (7433)

Train the BrainBy Peri Best, Energy Kinesiology Practioner

Remembrance Day has just passed and all the talk of soldiers and the incredible trauma they go through got me thinking of how we train our brains to ignore our survival responses so we can get the job at hand accomplished. It wouldn't work very well as far as soldiering was concerned for a fellow to throw his gun in the air and run screaming into the hills as soon as he was confronted with his enemy(his flight response activated by fear). And every mother knows those days when the anger response is just a little too close to the surface for comfort (her fight response shutting down her rational thinking). We all need to learn to become more aware of our own emotional responses. Once aware we can begin the process of becoming less subject to them. The first thing to do if you are serious about getting on top of your emotional life is to keep a record of your triggers. Certain people, certain times of day or the year, smells, all kinds of perceptions and sensations can be triggers that diminish our ability to maintain rational thought and throw us into survival response mode. This is most often a subconscious process and bringing it into our conscious awareness is a big challenge. Big step one. Once we do have a glimpse of the patterns that have been running us, we need to take step two. There are many highly effective techniques for diffusing the emotional effects of loss of brain integration but I would like to introduce an approach I hope you will find useful. Here are some words that represent intangible positive emotions: hope, trust, faith, love and goodness. Take a moment to ask yourself where you stand in relation to each of them. What gives me hope? Who or what do I have trust in? What do I believe, what is my faith? Each one of these concepts has the power to help us define our positive nature. They give us effective tools we can use in the face of negative emotion. They comfort us and therefore relieve us of the stress that threatens to overwhelm us. Another thing to do when we have begun to see the patterns of depression or hopelessness, anger or anxiety in ourselves is find someone we trust to be nonjudgmental, someone who is willing to give us their time and attention and then to sit down and share our awareness with them. This can be a professionally trained person, a religious authority or a good friend. Our buttons are usually down the middle of our backs

where no matter how hard we stretch, we just can't seem to reach them. What I mean by that is simply that our trigger points are often invisible to us because we are too close. Sometimes it takes someone outside to see the obvious. A final thing we need to do to maintain our balanced emotions is to spend some time each day dusting, cleaning and taking out the garbage. I refer to the necessity of spending at least 10 minutes a day allowing your mind to clear. Sit still, relax and either speak out loud as in prayer or using a mantra or in silence and just let whatever you need to release, drain away. Imagery is very helpful. Images of light sparkling through you or pure water cleansing every part of you are both wonderfully effective. The keys to training your brain are threefold:#1 Awareness #2 Techniques for diffusing negative emotion#3 Replacing negative emotions with positive ones Relieve yourself of negative emotional responses and eliminate a lot of the stress that can be the root of many physical illnesses. It's worth a shot, don't you think?

Big Payout for most exhibits at this year’s Rock Creek & Boundary Fall Fair!contributed This Year’s Rock Creek & Boundary Fall Fair has another enticement for those talented people throughout the area who enter exhibits. The prizes for the Most Exhibits at this year’s Fair have been increased to a whopping $500 for first, $300 for second and $200 for third place. The goal for increasing is to try and create some healthy competition throughout the area for people to get as many exhibits as possible into all the Fair categories. There is no fee charged for exhibit entries so we invite everyone to enter as much as they can, and maybe they’ll win one of the big prizes. This year’s Rock Creek & Boundary Fall Fair is September 14th & 15th.


Services at Rock Creek ClinicDr. Henry Ajaero, General PractionerPhone: 250 446 2272Dr. Christine Simpson, General Internist SpecialistPhone: 250 446 2272Peri Best, KinesiologistPhone: 250 446 2540Dr. Tamara Kornelson, ChiropractorPhone: 250 449 1364Mental Health & Addiction CounsellingPhone: 250 442 0330Children’s Services, Playschool, CAPC, Parenting EducationPhone: 250 446 2540Rock Creek ClinicBoardroom rental: Shannon 250-446-2942Mailing address: P.O. Box 9,

Rock Creek, BC V0H 1Y0

You Are Invited toJoin and Participate

in aPlant-Based Cooking

SchoolThis program will assist in living a healthy lifestyle and reduce the risk of chronic diseases.This program was also promoted at the Rock Creek & Boundary Fall FairLocation – Boardroom of the Rock Creek Medical building

Eight sessions 7:00 to 8:30 p.m.• Thursday, October 17• Monday, October 21• Thursday, October 24• Monday, October 28• Thursday, October 31• Monday, November 4• Monday, November 11• Thursday, November 14

The cost is $25.00 per person.Conducted by Dr. Christine Simpson (250-446-2990).

CHURCH DIRECTORYROCK CREEK:St. Mary’s Anglican ChurchHighway 3Service on second & fourth Sunday of each month at 10:30am.

Kettle River Chapel1735 Hwy 33Worship Service at 10:00amPastor Dave Janke 446-2341

WESTBRIDGE:HÜMÜH Monastery Buddhist Meditation & Life Science CentreMaticintin, Wisdom Master 1-800-336-6015Meditation & Spiritual Teachings: Sundays at 11:45 am

Seventh-Day Adventist ChurchHarald Zinner 250-446-2517Westbridge Hall at 10.00 am Saturdays

BRIDESVILLE:Sidley Mountain Cowboy Church, Bridesville HallPastor Ed Brouwer 250-495-4877Service at 7pm last Sunday of the month.

MIDWAY:Boundary Community Church, Midway Community HallSunday Service at 10am Gene 250-449-2422

King of Kings Church, Pastor Rick Steingard 250-449-2252Service Sundays at 10am.

Jehovah’s Witnesses 250-449-2665Tuesday 7pm, Sunday 10am.

GREENWOOD:Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Fr. Leandro MurilloSaturdays 5pm.

Evangel Chapel. Pastor Martin Fromme We invite you to attend our Sunday Service at 10am.

St. Columbia United Church. 250-445-3311Service on Sundays at 9am; Sunday School at 9am.Everyone welcome.


Kettle River Watershed Management Plan The Kettle River Starts Here

For immediate release – September 5, 2013

RDKB HOLDING FORUM ON BUILDING RESILIENCE TO CLIMATE CHANGE Grand Forks, BC – The climate is changing. Warmer temperatures, rising oceans, and shrinking glaciers are on the top of people’s minds, but how will climate change affect our communities in the Boundary, and what can we do to adapt? On the evening of September 26 in Christina Lake, the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary (RDKB) will be hosting a provocative and proactive discussion, “Flood, Fire & Famine: Forum on Building Resilience to Global Climate Change in the Boundary.” “Climate change impacts will likely be severe in the Boundary and across southern BC,” said Graham Watt, Coordinator of the Kettle River Watershed Management Plan for the RDKB. “Most of our forests could turn to grass and scrub in our lifetimes or our children’s lifetimes, and longer growing seasons combined with less available water will stress water supplies and aquatic ecosystems over the coming decades.” The Forum will be hosted by Grace McGregor, Chair of the Kettle River Stakeholder Advisory Committee and RDKB Area ‘C’ Director. A panel of experts on climate, food systems, economics, ecosystems and watersheds (Greg Utzig, Roly Russell, Sandy Mark, Ryan Durand and Graham Watt) will share information on climate change impacts in the Boundary, and lead group discussions about how to build regional resilience to climate change. “We know that this is an issue that will affect the whole world as well as every corner of the Boundary,” said McGregor. “How can we work together to develop regional solutions to these challenges?”

“We look forward to seeing what kinds of ideas and initiatives participants want to discuss – everything from water conservation to tourism development to ecosystem restoration will be on the table,” said Watt. “What we’ll need is new understanding, and new energy, to develop the relationships and capacity to implement the solutions discussed at the forum.”

The Regional District is inviting people from multiple sectors, including public works staff, members of business, industrial, forestry, stewardship and tourism organizations, and First Nations. There are also a number of spaces for the general public who can register at https://boundaryclimateresilience.eventbrite.ca/ .

This forum is a free event made possible by the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary and RDKB Electoral Area 'C'. It includes a dinner featuring local food. Contact Graham Watt ([email protected]) for more information, or visit http://kettleriver.ca.

Contacts

Graham Watt Coordinator, Kettle River Watershed Management Plan 250.442.2708 ext. 225 250.444.0550 (cell) [email protected] http://kettleriver.ca

Grace McGregor Kettle River Stakeholder Advisory Group Chair; RDKB Area ‘C’ Director 250.447.9293

Mark Andison RDKB Director of Planning & Development 1.800.355.7352 [email protected]

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View of the Grand Forks valley in December 2011. Winters will bring less and less snow to the valleys because of climate change. (Graham Watt)

Lightening Strikes Hit Base of TreesContributed L i g h t e n i n g strikes in a recent t h u n d e r s t o r m ignited trees on the hillside above Kettle River Road East. Local folks as well as summer visitors had the firebreaks built and were hosing down the hot spots as the official Fire Suppression crew arrived to take over. A thank you to Jenny Fletcher who saw the strike with subsequent flames and quickly alerted neighbors to the fire. A huge thank you to all who turned up to put the fire out, Bill and Ryan Bosovich, Mark Sabo, Davie Hoenderop, Bryan Ferguson, Falko and Andraena Tilgner, Ted Hope, Jordan Smith, and Chris Orme.

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