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Invermere improves accessibility by Kinsmen BeachSTEVE HUBRECHT
The District of Invermere recently im-
proved accessibility around Kinsmen
Beach, a move welcomed by former
Invermere councillor and community
accessibility champion Spring Hawes.
Paving work was undertaken and
completed in mid-May, resulting in new
or extended paved paths around the
eastern parts of the Kinsmen Beach and
Dorothy Lake area. The paved paths in
the area now extend in a complete cir-
cle from the tennis courts north of the
old Canadian Pacifi c Rail Lodge down
to the lakeshore near Pynelogs, and
then up along the lake to the Kinsmen
Beach playground and parking lot. In
addition, a grate was added under the
west side of the old CPR Lodge, elimi-
nating a gap that had previously inter-
rupted the path.
“It looks great and I’m really happy to
see it,” said Hawes.
Invermere mayor Gerry Taft told The
Echo that council members had been
aware there were some issues with ac-
cessibility in the beach area since last
fall, when they met there with Hawes,
Katie Gibbs and other local residents
involved with improving accessibility,
to see fi rsthand what challenges exist-
ed. (The session involved, for instance,
council members trying to get around
the area in wheelchairs.)
“Basically, we promised we’d put it
(improvements) in the 2016 budget
and that’s what’s been done,” said Taft,
adding he wasn’t sure of the exact cost
of the work, but estimated it to be less
than $20,000.
“I think it’s going to make things a
lot easier, not just for wheelchairs, but
also for strollers, bicycles, everything,”
he said, adding the connection from
the parking lot to the amenity build-
ing (which houses the Kinsmen Beach
Concession) was a particularly import-
ant part of the work.
The district has also put a sign up on
the amenity building, informing locals
and visitors alike about the accessible
beach chair kept at the building, which
is available for public use.
“The concession operator can get the
beach chair, and the MobiMat (a mat
that can be rolled out over sand to cre-
ate a harder, more accessible surface),
if they are requested,” said Taft. “It pro-
vides another form of accessibility.”
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New paving work from the Kinsmen Beach parking lot to the amenity building that
was recently completed has made the area much more accessible for people in
wheelchairs. PHOTO BY ERIC ELLIOTT
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New community hall considered for Radium
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OFF-ROAD RACING… Almost 400
competitors participated in the fi rst-ever
Panorama Hare Scramble at Panorama
Mountain Resort on the weekend. Hosted
by the Windermere Valley Dirt Riders club,
the event was action-packed and thrilling
for spectators — the overall winner is
the rider who maintains the highest
speed throughout the race. Another Hare
Scramble is already in the works for 2017.
PHOTO BY NIKKI FREDRIKSON
The building of Radium’s Community Hall Centennial in 1967.
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE VILLAGE OF RADIUM HOT SPRINGS
The Village of Radium Hot Springs is in the early
stages of planning a new project for the community.
The village council is looking to build a new commu-
nity hall to replace the existing hall that was partially
built in 1967. The current hall was built as a part of
a Centennial project and has been added to over the
years. New community hall plans include demolish-
ing the old hall and building a new facility. Council
has just gone through the fi rst request for proposal
(RFP) stage of the project, receiving 15 submissions
of interest for the design of the new hall.
“We’ve narrowed it down to four. Our planner Arne
Dohlen is starting to dig deeper with those four pros-
pects,” said Councillor Ron Verboom.
The four design teams that council has chosen are
working on designs that fi t the community’s vision
for a new hall. Council hopes the new hall can include
a 200-person capacity, a kitchen and a basement lev-
el. If the budget allows, the plan will be to have the
Radium Public Library go into the lower level of the
hall.
“This is totally preliminary. We have a certain bud-
get for it and we’re seeing what these designers will
come up within that budget limit,” said Verboom.
The project will also take into con-
sideration the recently passed Wood
First resolution and bylaw and the
design of the community hall will
include as much wood as possible.
Council is hoping to see this project
begin construction in spring 2017.
Verboom estimates that if all goes as
planned, the construction of a new
hall would take six months to com-
plete.
“Next steps are basically to get
the response back from the top four
choices we’ve made and then make a decision as to
which one we’re going to go with,” said Verboom.
Once a decision has been made on the designer
submission, council will work alongside them to en-
sure the new community hall will meet the needs of
the Village. The new hall will be built at the existing
hall location of 4863 Stanley Street.
NIKKI FREDRIKSON
invermerevalleyecho.com A3Wednesday, June 1, 2016 The Valley Echo OCALL EWSNDocks bylaw huge win for Canal Flats developer
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After years of uncertainty surround-ing the developments near Columbia Lake in the Village of Canal Flats, town council is moving forward on amend-ing a bylaw to allow property owners to once again place docks in the water.
Amendment bylaw 45, as it’s known, was enacted in June 2008 by the Village of Canal Flats and mandated that no new docks were to be put in the lake by property owners. Any existing docks were allowed to remain in the water and were considered grandfathered.
This development caused problems for property developers in the area, including Mike Vernon and his Painted Ridge subdivision. Vernon, owner of 391043 Alberta Ltd, has been working
on his development since applying in 2005 but has hit a number of road-blocks along the way, one of the most notable ones being his inability to allow prospective proper-ty owners to put docks in the water.
“If I didn’t have docks, who’s going to want to own a waterfront piece of property and not allowed to have a boat or canoe out there?” he said. “The value of my properties would go down substantially.”
Vernon’s company provided a presen-tation to council on September 14th, 2015 regarding the letter he had sent council a week earlier that laid out the problems and unfairness with the
existing bylaw. He recommended that council amend the bylaw to provide clarity on docks in Columbia Lake and allow new docks to be put into the wa-ter to bring in addi-
tional revenue to the village.“I just asked for it to be more con-
sistent and them to revisit it,” Vernon said. “Obviously my development will bring signifi cant tax dollars to the mu-nicipality if they had docks.”
Council considered his viewpoints and brought in amendments to the by-law to allow lakefront property owners to have docks on their property in addi-tion to communal docks for properties in the subdivisions not located on the
lake. These docks will conform to the Ministry of Environment’s standards and will also fi t within the parameters laid out in the Columbia Lake Shoreline Management Guidelines, which were established by the RDEK in 2010.
“It’s a huge win for me but it’s also a huge win for the tax base of the munic-ipality,” Vernon said. “If we get starting to build places down there, hopefully I’ll start selling these and get build-ing going, it’s going to employ people down there.”
Mayor Ute Juras echoed Vernon’s sentiment about the increased tax base and said that a majority of those who came to the public meetings were in full support.
The amendment is scheduled to be passed by council at their next meeting on June 13th.
“Obviously my
development will
bring signifi canttax dollars
to the municipality if they
had docks.”MIKE VERNON
DEVELOPER, PAINTED RIDGE
New school curriculum to launch in SeptemberNIKKI FREDRIKSON
After allowing teachers to voluntarily implement the new B.C. school curric-ulum for the 2015-2016 school year, the Ministry of Education is preparing to launch the full curriculum for students in grades K to 9 starting in the fall.
“The new curriculum highlights, re-ally, the continued focus on the ba-sics reading, writing, and arithmetic. Those core competencies are para-mount in the curriculum, but we want to make sure that we’re doing it in a way that makes sure students learn the skills they need to succeed after high school,” said Minister of Education Mike Bernier in a teleconference.
Major changes to the current cur-riculum that students, teachers, par-ents and guardians will notice are in assessments, reporting and the grad-uation program. The new curriculum will allow for parents and guardians to be part of the consultation on how they receive information and what they want to know about their child’s progress.
Grade 10 to 12 students’ provincial exams will go from fi ve exams down to two exams in mathematics and litera-cy. The other three areas previously tested in a provincial examination — sciences, social studies and language arts — will no longer be tested prov-ince-wide; they will be tested in class instead. Graduation requirements will change from the completion of Plan-ning 10 to the completion of Career Education, a class focused on linking classroom knowledge to everyday.
“It’s always been and it always will be important for our education system to have system-wide measures of ef-fectiveness, at the school, district and provincial level. This doesn’t change that. We are all concerned about en-suring we have students graduating with strong literacy, numeracy, as well
as social responsibility and career de-velopment skills. Specifi c subject area content remains important, but teach-ers are in the best position to evaluate success in that regard,” Rocky Moun-tain School District No. 6 superinten-dent Paul Carriere told The Echo.
The new curriculum focuses on lit-eracy and mathematics as the foun-dation then builds to deeper thinking and problem-solving skills with an emphasis on communication, think-ing, personal and social competency. Allowing students to develop the skills they need to be successful in life, the new program will follow a Know-Do-Un-derstand model to ensure students are learning the proper material, under-standing what they’re learning and can apply the learning. The “know” portion of the formula outlines the topics that students will be learning and what lev-el of understanding they should have at each grade level. “Do” stands for curricular competencies, subject-spe-cifi c, and it’s the skills and process that students will develop through their ed-ucation. “Understand” stands for the key concepts students will learn and understand by the end of each grade level. According to the Ministry of Edu-cation, the Know-Do-Understand mod-el allows for students to engage in ac-tive learning and have a more fl exible learning environment.
The new curriculum allows for teach-ers to choose how they want to deliv-er the information to students. Rath-er than telling teachers how to teach the information, teachers will instead be told what needs to be taught. This gives teachers the fl exibility to teach students the required learning con-cepts but in a way that best fi ts the stu-dents’ learning styles.
“Teachers know their students best and choose a method to evaluate them that takes into account their strengths and their challenges, rather than hav-ing a provincial exam where every
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student is looked at simultaneously, being graded at the same level on the same issue. This allows fl exibility for teachers to really focus in on student strengths,” said Bernier.
By fall 2017, every school and every classroom in British Columbia will be
using the new program. The new pro-gram for grades K to 9 offi cially will be implemented in September 2016 when the draft phase will be intro-duced for grades 10 to 12. The new curriculum can be found online at https://curriculum.gov.bc.ca/ .
Local MLA supports fewer examsSTEVE HUBRECHT
The provincial government recently announced that students will be writ-ing fewer provincial exams, an effort lauded by local Columbia River-Rev-elstoke MLA Norm Macdonald as one that will be welcomed by many teachers.
The announcement is part of the province’s revamped curriculum that is set to be launched next school year, and although Macdonald was positive about fewer exams, he was quick to add that the change to the new cur-riculum will be bumpy unless the pro-vincial government ponies up more funding.
“With the exams, I think there will be a lot of educators who say it’s a move in the right direction” said Mac-donald. “Most educators will likely be able to use more effective assessment tools than exams.”
Macdonald was a teacher and princi-pal for two decades prior to becoming an MLA in 2005, and during part of his time in offi ce, he served as the NDP’s education critic.
The changes were announced by the Ministry of Education on Thursday, May 26th and will see students writing two provincial exams (focusing on core math and writing skills) instead of fi ve, with in-classroom assessment for students instead of provincial ex-ams in classes such as science, social studies and languages.
“It’s on the plus side, but it does make me wonder why they (the B.C. Liberal government) had for a long time a lot of rhetoric around the importance of these exams, and are now stepping away from their stated direction,” he said. “But the bigger issue for schools is that they (the provincial govern-ment) simply haven’t put the resourc-es into making the implementation of the new curriculum effective.”
Some summer schools will start im-plementing the new curriculum in a few months’ time, while most schools will start implementing it this fall.
“There’s a complexity to it and it’s highly improbable that it will go smoothly without putting resources into it,” said Macdonald, adding that although he’s disappointed, he’s not particularly surprised.
“Public education is just not their (the Liberal government’s) thing. In my time as MLA, it’s never seemed that they’ve listened carefully to those in the system when making decisions about education,” he said, adding the result has been chronic underfunding, which impacts stu-dents and teachers.
“School districts across the province are strapped to provide the services students need,” said Macdonald. “And there was the mass of school closure we went through 10 years ago.”
Macdonald recently announced his desire to step down as MLA for the 2017 provincial election and return to teaching.
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CorrectionBrent DuBois is planning on running
horse-drawn wagon rides through down-
town Invermere twice a week (plus during
special events) this summer, not twice a
month (plus special events) as reported
in the May18th edition of The Echo.
OUNCILC RIEFSB OMMUNITYCCastleRock community
without workingfi re hydrants
Members of the CastleRock Com-
munity Association attended the
District of Invermere council meet-
ing on Tuesday, May 24th to dis-
cuss with councillors the state of
the fi re hydrants in their commu-
nity that have been out of opera-
tion since December. Ray Schoep-
fer, a member of the community
association, brought forward his
opinion on the issue in hopes of
getting a formal timeline on when
the hydrants would be repaired
and whether or not the lack of fi re
hydrants would affect residents’
insurance rates.
Council planned to move forward
by checking in with the District
of Invermere’s insurance compa-
ny to determine if it had contact-
ed the CastleRock homeowners’
insurance companies before the
community association’s annu-
al general meeting that will take
place on June 11th. If at that point
there is no defi nitive timeframe for
immediately fi xing the problem,
Coun. Greg Anderson motioned to
produce a letter to homeowners to
make them aware of the current sit-
uation. His motion was passed.
Invermere Housing Corporation
Council also passed a motion for
Chris Prosser, Chief Administrative
Offi cer, to act as director of the In-
vermere Housing Corporation and
hold offi ce until the next annual gen-
eral meeting. The Invermere Housing
Corporation was created in 2007 as a
structure that would facilitate afford-
able housing in the future, but has
not been used to date.
Special events
Special events coming to the Inver-
mere area were authorized during
the council’s meeting. This includes
the Calgary Sport Car Club (June 3rd
to 5th), Permanent Ceranium Lake
Pictures fi lming of Suck it Up (May
25th to June 15th) and Ktunaxa Na-
tion Council’s Columbia Salmon Fes-
tival (September 10th).
Rural Dividend grant application
Councillors authorized the submis-
sion of an application to the BC Rural
Dividend Program for a Community
Economic Development Co-ordinator.
Councillors are submitting the appli-
cation through the District of Inver-
mere but the Development Co-ordina-
tor would work for the whole valley,
complementing the Resident Attrac-
tion Strategy that the District of In-
vermere has already set in motion.
Mayor Gerry Taft said the hope is
to get 60 per cent of the approximate
$250,000 funded through the Divi-
dend Program. He said that because
many people are unprepared to meet
the program’s fi rst deadline of May
31st, 2016, the District of Invermere
gains a strategic advantage by being
one of few proposals to be submitted
this early.
Urban Farming in Invermere
Calista Pruden, Invermere resident,
brought forward the idea to council
of turning the Community Heritage
Garden near Kinsmen Beach into her
own urban farm enterprise. Pruden
has an educational background in
permaculture and has been doing
some of her own urban farming on
her own property recently. She wants
to create a business where she can
grow herbs, vegetables and other
produce and sell it on a stand while
also running tours to educate resi-
dents in Invermere about the bene-
fi ts of urban farming.
Councillors were interested in the
idea but wanted Pruden to estab-
lish a business plan or proposal for
them to consider before moving
forward with the idea. Versions of
urban farming are going on across
the country in cities like Calgary and
Vancouver, but also closer to Inver-
mere in Kelowna.
Good turnout
to Fairmont,
Columbia Lake
planning meeting
Approximately 55 people attended an in-
troductory public meeting Wednesday (May
25th) night to learn more about a new Offi cial
Community Plan (OCP) process for the Fair-
mont Hot Springs and Columbia Lake area.
“I was pleased not only with the turnout,
but also the willingness of those who attend-
ed to engage in meaningful discussions about
where they live and what they value about
their community,” said RDEK Electoral Area
F director Wendy Booth.
During the meeting, RDEK planning staff
kicked things off with a brief overview of what
an OCP is and how it will develop a new one
for the area over the next 18 months.
“The most important part of the evening was
getting feedback from residents about what
they love about their communities, along with
their concerns and vision for the future,” said
Booth.
The introductory meeting was the fi rst in
what will be a series of opportunities for res-
idents and property owners within the pro-
posed plan area to participate in the process.
“Community engagement is critical to the
success of planning projects,” Booth ex-
plained. “The next public meeting will be a
Visioning Workshop later this summer. I really
hope to see a strong turnout at that event as
it is aimed at refi ning the community’s vision
for the future.”
The Fairmont Hot Springs and Columbia Lake
Area Offi cial Community Plan will replace the
existing Fairmont Hot Springs OCP and extend
south to the Electoral Area F boundary.
For more information, visit the Fairmont and
Columbia Lake OCP page at www.rdek.bc.ca
ACCESSIBILITY BY KINSMEN BEACH from A1
Hawes had written to council earlier
in May, asking where things stand
with regard to an accessibility poli-
cy for the district, pointing out that
council had publicly committed to a
leadership role on accessibility some
time ago.
Taft told The Echo that creating
an Accessible Communities Frame-
work is one of council’s offi cial Stra-
tegic Priorities, but that it is in the
“next” category on the list, behind
the half-dozen or so priorities on the
main part of the list (which includes
projects such as the new multi-use
centre and upgrades to the Athalmer
boat launch).
“At this stage, it hasn’t really
changed much, but it’s still on the
list,” said Taft. “At this time, with so
much attention and resources going
to the multi-use centre and other
unfi nished projects, we don’t really
have the resources to implement it (an
Accessible Communities Framework)
properly.”
Taft added that council is also strug-
gling with whether or not such a poli-
cy should be generic or really specifi c.
“To do it properly there needs to
be some public consultation. It’s not
something council should just go and
do on its own,” he said.
The topic will likely be discussed
by council during its next strategic
planning meeting in June, said Taft.
ERIC ELLIOTT
REGIONAL DISTRICT OF EAST KOOTENAY
Submitted
invermerevalleyecho.com A5Wednesday, June 1, 2016 The Valley Echo
An overhauled education curricu-
lum for B.C.’s school system has been
long-awaited and now that it’s fi nally be-
ing introduced, there is a lot for parents
and students to look forward to. Essen-
tially, a more customized, individualized
approach that will take into account par-
ents’ “need to know”, be based on ongo-
ing assessment and introduce an innova-
tive learning environment that, hopefully,
will result in generations of young people
entering adult life having mastered basic
life skills with a foundation upon which
to build a successful future.
But the success of the program relies
on teachers delivering it in an optimized
way. And without the necessary support
and funding, this will be extremely hard
to do.
The B.C. Liberals continue to dodge
accusations that public education is
under attack under their leadership all
the while trumpeting a new curriculum
reliant on teaching excellence. As MLA
Norm Macdonald points out, the new di-
rection is a good one but without more
funding, it’s “highly improbable” imple-
menting the revamped curriculum will
go smoothly.
Introducing a new learning model and
taking away standardized testing for
three major subjects means more work
will be falling in the laps of B.C.’s public
educators, who are waiting to fi nd out if
the Supreme Court of Canada will sup-
port them in their quest to bring class
size and composition back into their con-
tract negotiations, ultimately resulting in
smaller classroom sizes. Now, wouldn’t
that make introducing a new curriculum
that caters to students’ learning styles
much more feasible.
Time is fl ying very quickly
and we are already heading
into June. A lot has hap-
pened since my last message
to you.
At the end of March, council
received a letter from the En-
vironment Health Offi cer of In-
terior Health notifying us that
the Boil Water Advisory for
the Eagles Nest subdivision
has been lifted. The boil water
notice had been in place since
2003 due to the health risk
that existed due to not being
able to adequately disinfect
the surface water source. In
his letter, the Health Offi cer
writes: “I would like to congrat-
ulate and recognize the Village
of Canal Flats for their diligence
and perseverance in making
the necessary infrastructure im-
provements and expansion to
bring safe drinking water from
the Village of Canal Flats Wa-
ter System to the residents of
the Eagles Nest area and sub-
sequently to the Painted Ridge
area.” In addition, the new wa-
ter system provides adequate
fi re fl ow for the entire Village.
Council has passed the
5-Year Financial
Plan and Tax
Rates for this year.
We have worked
diligently to keep
the taxes reason-
able in light of the
mill closure. We
also saw a signif-
icant decrease in
our recreation tax
due to this being
the fi rst year of us being part
of the Columbia Valley Recre-
ation Service Area.
In the meantime, our Eco-
nomic Development Liaisons
have been working with the
community and local busi-
nesses. We will be receiving
preliminary reports shortly.
Check the council meeting
agendas in the newsletter or
online for more information.
We are also working close-
ly with the Ministry of Jobs,
Tourism and Skills
Training as well
as the Ministry of
Forest, Land and
Natural Resources
on grants that are
available. One of
which is the Ru-
ral Dividend. To
date, we have ap-
plied for a $10,000
planning grant.
We have also asked that we
would be considered a Spe-
cial Circumstance Communi-
ty, which means we would be
able to apply for grants under
this program at any time, not
just during the regular intake
times.
At the last council meeting
on May 24th, 2016, the Wa-
terzone Amendment Bylaw
received third reading and
will be adopted at the next
meeting. We have made some
changes to the bylaw refl ect-
ing the suggestions received
at the public hearing.
Coming up, we will be re-
ceiving a draft concept plan
for the Tilley Memorial Park.
Thank you to those who par-
ticipated in the survey and
the open house.
This is also the time for Ca-
nal Days again. The commit-
tee has been working very
hard planning the event and it
promises to be a lot of fun for
young and young at heart.
Ute Juras is the mayor of Ca-
nal Flats and can be reached
at 250-489-9070 or by e-mail at
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QUESTION OF THE WEEKDo you like the horse-drawn wagon rides in downtown
Invermere this summer?
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PINIONOBC Liberal budget choices do not
refl ect our valuesThe Spring Session of the B.C. Legis-
lature ended last week, and on the fi -
nal day we completed the process of
estimates, which stretched over most
of the four-month session. Estimates
debate is where each Minister is ques-
tioned on the budget for their individ-
ual ministry.
I voted against this B.C. Liberal bud-
get because I know that people in this
area understand that a budget is about
choices. In the communities that I rep-
resent, we believe our priority should
be to look after our children and our
seniors. We believe that we need to
look after our land and water. And that
these choices should come well before
providing tax breaks to B.C.’s wealthi-
est two per cent.
The choices made in this
budget do no refl ect the
values of the people of Co-
lumbia River-Revelstoke.
Therefore, it is my respon-
sibility to vote against it.
So, not only did this
budget continue with tax
breaks for the wealthy, it in-
creased funding for private
schools while underfund-
ing public schools.
This budget created shortfalls for
seniors’ care. Is there anyone in this
region who would defend tax cuts for
the wealthy over adequate funding for
seniors?
This budget has no
signifi cant funding for
the four-laning of the
Trans-Canada Highway. We
will see increases in BC Hy-
dro rates, Medical Services
Plan payments and ICBC
rates. And the B.C. Liber-
als continue to underfund
proper protection of public
lands.
The government’s rheto-
ric around the budget is intentionally
misleading. For example, talking about
B.C. being debt-free while the govern-
ment is actually increasing debt at re-
cord levels. The provincial debt was
$36 billion when the B.C. Liberals took
power in 2001, and now, with contrac-
tual obligations, is up to $168 billion.
Ask anyone in this area what their
budget priorities are. Would they say
more money for rich people? Would
they say underfunded classrooms?
Would they say skyrocketing debt? No.
The only people who I know that are
willing to defend this B.C. Liberal bud-
get are B.C. Liberals themselves. This
is why I did not support this budget. I
voted against this budget because the
people of this province deserve better.
Norm Macdonald is the NDP MLA for
Columbia River-Revelstoke. He can be
reached by phone at 1-866-870-4188 and
by email at norm.macdonald.mla@leg.
bc.ca.
EPORTRMLA
ORMNMACDONALD
Donald Trump for prime minister?We’ve heard him say and do some
pretty breathtakingly idiotic things. He
claimed Barack Obama’s birth certifi -
cate was a fraud. He declared that he
would build a wall across the southern
United States border. He’s made racist
remarks on a national stage seem as ca-
sual as another 30-second sound bite.
The most important thing about
Donald Trump, though, is that he’s
also galvanized enough attention to
become the offi cial presidential candi-
date for the Republican Party ahead of
this year’s U.S election. All the while
he’s gained support, many Americans
and U.S residents have pledged to fl ee
the country for Canada if or when Mr.
Trump gains offi ce.
It begs the question, could a Donald
Trump-like candidate, or Trump him-
self, ever achieve this level of power in
Canada?
To this, a recent Abacus Data poll
confi rms the solemn integrity of Cana-
da’s democracy. Abacus Data surveyed
2,000 Canadians online
over the age of 18 from
a random sample of over
500,000 Canadians. The
moral of the story is sim-
ply that if the U.S elec-
tion were to happen on
Canadian soil, Canadi-
ans, nation-wide, would
adopt an “anything but
Trump” mantra when
taking to the polls.
They found that if it
were between Hillary Clinton, the likely
Democratic nominee, and Trump, Hil-
lary would dominate the polls, captur-
ing 80 per cent of the popular vote. Even
if it were hopeful Democratic nominee
Bernie Sanders, Canadians would still
reportedly vote Trump down with only
18 per cent of the vote. Among Conser-
vative voters in Canada — those most
likely to align their political affi liation
with the Republican Party — Abacus
Data reported that Trump would re-
ceive only 39 per cent of
the vote if Clinton were
the opposing nominee.
In the data there are
some predictable expla-
nations for the lack of
Trump-fandom north of
the border. More than 80
per cent of respondents
doubted that Trump
would make the world a
safer place with the ma-
jority also thinking that
he is “certainly” or “probably” a racist
when it comes to his views of some mi-
nority groups.
It truly does make you wonder what’s
going on with our country’s closest ally.
In many ways, Canadians regard Amer-
icans as one with our own way of life.
They share our customs, culture, tra-
ditions and multiple sporting leagues.
Americans are so much like Canadians
in many cases that the only way in diff-
entiating them in many cases would be
to simply ask.
Yet here we are: fi ve months away
from watching Trump, a candidate Can-
ada would apparently never elect, gain
power in what’s arguably the world’s
most infl uential offi ce. At one time, it
seemed unthinkable to suggest Trump
becoming the president was even in
the realm of possibility.
Despite the data from the recent sur-
vey, it would be naïve to assume Cana-
da, a country Americanized in so many
ways, is immune to this thinking forev-
er as well.
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The moral of the story
is simply that if the
U.S election were to happen
on Canadian soil, Canadians,
nation-wide, would adopt an
“anything but Trump” mantra
when taking to the polls.
NO33.3% YES
66.7%
invermerevalleyecho.com A7Wednesday, June 1, 2016 The Valley Echo
Last column I talked about the
agency obligations and how your
Realtor works for you. Buying or
selling real estate is a big venture
and poses many risk, which is ex-
actly why using a professional to
help you through the process is a
great idea.
Having said that and knowing
your agent has an obligation of loy-
alty to you, maybe you’re wonder-
ing what you may owe the agent.
To be blunt, unless you’ve got a contract with
them either as a seller or buyer, then techni-
cally you don’t really owe them anything.
Sounds a bit like a one-way street, though.
I’ve dealt with many sales people in my life as
buyer and seller and I can tell you right now
that although you owe no more obligation to
your Realtor than you’d owe to your mechan-
ic or banker, there’s a great reason to be loyal
to them — commitment.
Remember that most Realtors do not
charge buyers up front for any services. They
will spend hours and days searching out re-
sources and fi nding information on proper-
ties and other aspects of a home or condo
a client is interested in to help them make a
decision. Then, they will help that client fi g-
ure out pricing and other negotiating tactics
and, once a deal is reached, they help the cli-
ent with removing their conditions such as
fi nancing and home inspection. Finally, once
the buyer’s conditions are removed then ev-
eryone waits for the transaction to close and
the buyer to take possession of the property.
Only at this last step does the Realtor know
they are getting paid. Up until that point, they
have no promise of being compensated for
their time and effort. If the deal falls through
during this time, it’s back to the drawing
board. In the business world this is known as
risk and, specifi cally for a Realtor, the risk of
not being paid is huge.
As an agent, we have to put our clients’
needs above our own constantly, and that in-
cludes our need to be compensated. I always
tell people, and I’m sure many other agents
do, that I’m here to help you make the right
decision and if that decision is not buying or
selling, that’s fi ne. Of course, I won’t be com-
pensated in any way for helping you arrive at
that decision but if it’s the right thing for you
and your family then it’s the only decision
that can be made. Not being compensated for
this is totally fi ne and I chose this career with
an understanding that this happens.
On the other side of the not-being-com-
pensated coin, we have a term in real estate
called “the ugly call”. That’s when you spend
lots of time and effort with a client and then
they write their offer on a property, which
you may have helped them fi nd and learn
more about, with another agent. The other
agent gets compensated through the buyer
writing a contract with them, but the origi-
nal agent gets nothing. Maybe the client has
good reason and there was confl ict in the re-
lationship, which, again, is totally fi ne. You
need to work with someone you trust, but
sometimes it does boil down to
the buyer not understanding the
compensation structure or sim-
ply just not returning loyalty to
their agent despite the agent’s
best efforts.
As a buyer, or any client for
that matter, you have the right to
expect a certain level of service
from your agent. Typically in a
selling capacity, you’ve got all the
obligations between both parties
defi ned in a listing agreement. It outlines ex-
actly what the agent will do, what the seller
will do, and how much will be paid should
a successful deal be reached. This contract
doesn’t eliminate the risk of not being com-
pensated for the efforts, but it does create an
understanding between both parties.
There is also now a contract called an exclu-
sive buyer’s agency agreement. This contract
is very similar to a listing agreement whereas
it identifi es the parties (in this case, a Realtor
and their buyer), defi nes among other things
what each party will do and the level of com-
pensation should a deal be reached. This
contract does not necessarily charge the
buyer for anything up front, but it does help
the parties understand the road map ahead
together and it’s a great opportunity to en-
sure that your expectations as a buyer are
being met. Perhaps you want weekly phone
calls or email updates? Well, this is the place
to put all that in.
Sometimes loyalty is a lost word in a world
where everyone is out working for them-
selves. I have been exceptionally lucky that
while earning the business and trust of my
clients, I have also earned their loyalty. De-
veloping a relationship with someone who
will help you through one of the largest fi -
nancial transactions in your life seems like
a no-brainer and I encourage all buyers and
sellers to understand that working with their
Realtor is a partnership. In any partnership,
there are going to be some challenges, but
ensuring you work with someone you trust
and who does rightly have your best inten-
tions at heart is critical. In any relationship,
trust and loyalty are important and one of
the best ways to make sure that your agent is
working their butt off for you is to return that
trust and loyalty to your agent.
*This column is for entertainment only and
not intended to be construed as advice in any
way. Information should be independently
verifi ed and all sellers and buyers are encour-
aged to contact their Realtors for help with
buying and selling. This is not intended to so-
licit business. No chipmunks were harmed in
the writing of this column.
Geoff Hill is a licensed Realtor® with Max-
Well Realty Invermere, holding a trading ser-
vices licence since May 2008. Originating from
West Vancouver, he came to the valley for the
snow and stayed for the people and lifestyle.
Geoff enjoys volunteering with the local fi re
department and roller derby team as well as
playing roller derby and many other sports
himself.
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Invermere golfer repeats hole-in-
one featSTEVE HUBRECHT
Invermere resident and avid golfer Jim Jenkinson just made the shot
of his career — for the second time.
Jenkinson could hardly believe it when he made a hole-in-one on the
15th hole at the Windermere Valley Golf Club during the men’s club
championship in September 2002. That shot won him $10,000 and an-
other $1,000 for the charity of his choice, as the hole was sponsored
(for the event) by Invermere Glass.
Earlier last week, on Monday, May 23rd, Jenkinson and his wife were
golfi ng with Invermere Glass owners Jeff and Lynn Watson at the
Windermere Valley Golf Club, and as the two couples approached the
15th hole, they began reminiscing about Jenkinson’s amazing shot, 14
years earlier. To everybody’s surprise, Jenkinson then repeated his
performance, scoring another hole-in-one.
“Same golf course, same hole, same iron, same brand of ball and the
pin was almost in the exact same place,” Jenkinson told The Echo.
“We were actually talking about the prize I won last time, and about
how Jeff and I had done a photo for The Echo marking the hole-in-
one (in 2002) with our kids standing in front and us standing in the
back. We were joking that if it were to happen again, we’d be the ones
standing in front, since all of our kids are taller than us now. And then,
30 seconds later, I go and hit the hole-in-one again.”
The couples’ main reaction was to laugh and giggle, according to
Jenkinson.
“The odds of this happening have got to be off the charts,” he said.
“There’s no $10,000 prize this time, but it is still nice to get another
hole-in-one.”
Upon realizing he’d sunk the hole-in-one in 2002, Jenkinson had
shouted out, “We’re going to Disneyland” (a common cliche used by
winning professional sports teams at the time), and then kept true to
that by using the prize money to take his kids there. He donated the
$1,000 to the Alberta Children’s Hospital.
In the November 6th, 2002 edition of The Valley Echo, Jim Jenkinson’s fi rst hole-in-one on the
15th hole of the Windermere Valley Golf Club was lauded as the shot of the year and won him
a substantial cash prize. Jenkinson recently repeated the feat on the same hole last week on
May 23rd. ECHO ARCHIVE
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invermerevalleyecho.com A9Wednesday, June 1, 2016 The Valley Echo
NIKKI FREDRIKSON
From a tiny ballerina starting out in Invermere to
an accomplished hip-hop dancer training in Calgary,
Michelle (Meesh) Jensen has transformed from a stu-
dio kid to the co-owner of Invermere’s United Dance
studio.
“Originally I did ballet, tap, jazz, the whole full-on stu-
dio kid. It wasn’t until I was about 19 when I switched
and started training in hip hop,” said Jensen.
After graduating high school, Jensen fi gured she
would not continue with dance, but after getting
accepted to the dance program at the University of
Calgary, that all changed. She began her studies at
University of Calgary, during which time her teach-
er opened her own hip-hop studio in Calgary. Jensen
was offered a position to start teaching kids’ pro-
grams at the new studio, which she did for two years.
During her time at the hip-hop studio, Jensen began
her own training in hip-hop, which led to a mentor-
ship opportunity.
“Through the same studio she (Jensen’s dance
teacher) brought in a guest teacher from Toron-
to named Lenny Len and from there, he sorta hand
picked some dancers from that studio who he want-
ed to train further. So he put this crew together called
the TOMORROWS. I was part of it and started train-
ing under him,” said Jensen.
For Jensen, the mentorship was an opportunity she
had dreamed of only a year prior to being asked to
join the TOMORROWS.
“I remember the year prior to that thinking, ‘Oh, it
would be so amazing to be mentored by Lenny, I wish
I could do that.’ Then a year later he came up to us
and said I want to start this crew to further train the
dancers that I’ve noticed are ready for it,” said Jensen.
The dance crew wasn’t a competition-based team,
but rather a performance group that travelled around
Calgary and Edmonton. The TOMORROWS provided
Jensen with some unique opportunities and experi-
ences she wouldn’t have gotten if she had stopped
dancing after high school.
“They brought us out to Edmonton to dance backup
for a singer; her name is Inez Jasper. That was always
my dream, to dance with a touring artist and we also
did several video shoots, which was one of the cool-
est experiences I’ve probably ever had, to be on set
with professional videographer and director doing
what you love,” said Jensen.
Since returning home to Invermere, she has stopped
training with the dance crew and now focuses her en-
ergy on training the next generation of dancers. Jen-
sen was exploring her options to return home and
continue doing what she loved when she got a phone
call from Melyssa Hecher.
“Melyssa called me and said, ‘Hey I’m moving back
to Invermere, I’m going to start a studio,’ and so we
decided to go in on it together just by
fl uke it completely worked out so it’s
been quite a year,” said Jensen.
The co-owners of United Dance
train 120 students, 40 of which are
competing at different competitions
in Calgary and Banff. Four of those
120 students have been students of
Jensen’s since she was a teacher’s as-
sistant at Aspire Dance Studio when
she was in high school.
“I had developed those relation-
ships with them early on and then I
started dancing in Calgary. I would
come back once or twice a year and
set some choreography on them so
to a certain extent I was always a
teacher to them,” said Jensen.
Looking back at her dance career, Jensen has two
standout performances as her favourites, both ballet
numbers that were performed in back-to-back years
while Jensen was in high school. The fi rst one was a
bat dance where the dancers had to climb on a scaf-
folding. The other was an Egyptian-themed dance
where the dancers wore intense glittery makeup.
Now as an instructor, Jensen says her favourite dance
is the senior hip-hop class’ dance titled The One.
“All of our kids have come a long way, but it’s been
really cool to see. When we fi rst taught them that
choreography, it was quite a struggle and now they
have it and it looks incredible,” said Jensen.
From starting out as a four-year-old dancer and
evolving into a dance crew member and now to a
dance studio co-owner, Jensen’s dance career has
been extensive. Looking to the future, she is prepar-
ing for the second year at United Dance to provide
future generations the opportunity to try dance.
“I want to be able to give them opportunities
that didn’t exist in this town when I was a kid,”
said Jensen.
United Dance registration for next season opens June
1st. The class list is available at www.unitedancebc.
com/#!classes/c1t44.
EATUREF
From dance studio kid to dance studio co-owner
U n i t e d D a n c e
co-owners Meesh
Jensen (second from
left) and Melyssa
Hecher (second from
right) with their fi rst
dance instructors
at the Freedom
showcase on May
27th at DTSS.
PHOTO BY
NIKKI FREDRIKSON
“Melyssa called me and said,
‘Hey I’m moving back to
Invermere, I’m going to start a studio,’
and so we decided to go in on it
together just by fl uke it completely
worked out so it’s been quite a year.
MEESH JENSEN
UNITED DANCE CO-OWNER
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A look back through Th e Valley Echo's archives over the last 50 years
REMEMBER WHEN?
TREETSTHES
JUNE 2010 - Bill Hancock and Dan Cox row their sinking duct tape boat in the 2010 duct tape boat challenge.
ECHO FILE PHOTO
50 years ago (1966):
The new water
irrigation system for In-
vermere — the Paddy
Ryan Lake System — was
nearing completion with
residents just days away
from gaining access.
Lakes Marion, Audrey,
Allison and Gordon were
taken into the new sys-
tem.
45 years ago (1971):
After 10 years of
collecting artifacts, the
Windermere District
Historical Society was
expanding to a larger
building. The Historical
Society had obtained the
former Legion building.
Once repaired and deco-
rated, it was to become
the historical museum.
40 years ago (1976):
Motorized boats
were banned from use
on East Kootenay lakes.
Peckhams, Garbuts,
Horseshoe and Jim Smith
lakes were all protected
by the ban.
35 years ago (1981):
The B.C. Cattle-
men’s Association annu-
al meeting was held in
Kamloops. B.B. Ranch-
ers raised concerns over
decreasing beef prices —
the high price for meat
was 87 cents.
30 years ago (1986):
The 1986 B.C Sum-
mer Games cycling team
selections were made
after a two-day competi-
tion. Evan Bueckert and
Doug Hagen were se-
lected for the Kootenay
Team after competing in
a 70-kilometre road race,
15-kilometre time trial
and 30 high speed laps of
0.7-kilometre course.
25 years ago (1991):
The Windermere
Valley Swim Team trav-
elled to Cranbrook for
their fi rst-ever swim
meet. Both Kylea and
Scott Sheen won their
heats.
20 years ago (1996):
The Regional Dis-
trict of East Kootenay got
support from the District
of Invermere on a pro-
posal to hire a weed con-
trol offi cer. Council voted
three to two supporting
the government-funded
noxious weed control of-
fi cer position.
15 years ago (2001):
The David Thomp-
son Secondary School
(DTSS) Leadership Class
hosted a seniors’ ball,
giving seniors in the com-
munity the opportunity
to have a fun evening of
dancing. Co-organizers
of the event were Rachel
Griffth, Natalie Gagatek,
Holley Kohurst, Kelsie
Verboom, Melissa Maca-
la and Macavley Deck.
10 years ago (2006):
The District of
Invermere launched a
water restriction bylaw.
The bylaw’s purpose
was to protect, preserve
and maintain the water
supply. Brian Nickurak
reported that the by-
law was derived from
the town’s 2005 drought
management plan.
5 years ago (2011):
The DTSS Golf Team
won the East/West Koo-
tenay championship in
“AA” golf. The team’s win
came after 13 strokes
above the second place
team. The DTSS athletes
advanced on to the B.C.
provincial champion-
ships.
Compiled by
Nikki Fredrikson
“I think so because we need tourists for our town to bring money in and people like it.”
Erna Bukobnik
“I think it helps people stay connected with the community when they’re away so it’s good.”
Theresa Wood
Are webcams a vital
part of the community
atmosphere to promote
valley life?
“I don’t think it matters. I think people will still come here if they know about it. I don’t think a webcam is going to make that big of a diff erence, honestly.”
Cassy Campbell
invermerevalleyecho.com A11Wednesday, June 1, 2016 The Valley Echo
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THE
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1ST
• 8 a.m.: Radium Hot Springs Sunrise
Rotary meets for breakfast every fi rst
and third Wednesday from April thru
October at The Springs golf course.
Breakfast $10. Everyone welcome.
• 10 a.m.: The Valley Go Go Sisters
will be hosting Cheryl Fraser, with
Kelowna Grandmothers for Africa,
for a special presentation at the
Columbia Garden Village activity
room. Call Marilyn at 250-342-6488
for more details.
• 11:45 a.m.: The Rotary Club of
Invermere meets every Wednesday
at the Curling Rink.
• 6 - 9 p.m.: REACH DTSS Student Art
Party at Pynelogs Cultural Centre.
Includes silent auction and music
by students Mackenzie Dubois and
Jocelyn Taylor.
• 7 p.m.: Card night at Canal Flats
Seniors Hall every Wednesday.
THURSDAY, JUNE 2ND
• 1:15 p.m.: Play Crib at Canal Flats
Seniors Hall every Thursday
• 5 - 6 p.m.: Wine tasting with Erin
in the Fairmont Hot Springs Resort
lobby every Thursday. Sample four
B.C. wines for $10/person. Ages 19+,
registration not required.
• 6:30 p.m.: Texas Hold Em’
Tournament at the Invermere Legion
every Thursday. $35 buy in.
• 7 p.m.: Canal Days Bingo at the Canal
Flats Civic Centre. Doors open at 5:30
p.m. $500 Bonanza, $500 Free Game.
For details call 250-349-5447.
• 7 p.m.: The Truth About Cancer
Series, Q & A with Ty & Charlene. DTSS
Theatre. Admission by donation.
FRIDAY, JUNE 3RD
• 1 p.m.: Duplicate Bridge at Invermere
Senior’s Hall, $2. Everyone welcome.
Every Friday.
• 1 p.m.: Canasta cards at Canal Flats
Seniors Hall every Friday
• 6 p.m.: Canal Days Youth Bingo at
the Canal Flats Civic Centre. Doors
open at 5:30 p.m. Ages 8 to 16. Lots of
Prizes to be won.
• 6:30 p.m.: Pork Schnitzel Dinner at
Branch 71 Legion in Invermere. $17.50.
Reservations recommended. Call 250-
342-9517. Meat Draw and 50/50.
• 7 to 9 p.m.: Invermere Roller Rink
opens at the Curling Centre. Every
Friday. Also Sundays 2 to 5 p.m.
Admission is $5.
• 7 - 10 p.m.: Fresh Fridays Open Mic
at Pynelogs. Showcasing young talent
from the valley. All ages, licensed
bar. First Friday of every month.
• 7:30 p.m.: La Cafamore performs
Music From the Movies and other
Internet Lies at Christ Church
Trinity. Tickets available at Avenue.
Adults $15, students and seniors $12,
children under 12 are free.
.SATURDAY, JUNE 4TH
• Rocky Mountain Rally in Invermere.
Visit rockymountainrally.com for
details. Also Sunday June 5th.
• Fairmont & District Lions Club
27th Annual Golf Fun Day at Coy’s
Par 3. Prizes, Silent Auction. Golf
& Dinner $30, Dinner only $15. Two
shotgun starts at 12 and 2:30 p.m.
Tickets available at Coy’s. Proceeds
supporting three local charities. Call
Coys at 250- 345-6504 for more details.
• 8 a.m.: Canal Days kick-off with a
Pancake Breakfast from 8-10:30 a.m.
Parade and Kiddies Parade at 11 a.m.
featuring The Cranbrook Bugle Band.
Afternoon events include music by
Marty Beingessner from 1-4 p.m.,
baseball, face painting, sandpit coin
search, Lego contest and more. Draws
and awards at 4:30 p.m. RCMP “Cram
the Cruiser” for the Canal Flats Food
Bank accepting food and donations
along the parade route and at the
Civic Centre after.
• 9:30 a.m.: Windermere Valley Saddle
Club Fun Day. Three Events, $5 entry
fee per event. Prizes, pony rides,
“How to Lunge” and more. All ages
welcome. For more details call Amber
at 250-347-9933.
• 10 a.m.: Crazy Soles Nipika Trail
Run at Nipika Mountain Resort. Single
track run with distances for the
whole family. Register beforehand at
new.zone4.ca. Prizes and barbecue
included. Contact Crazy Soles or
nipika.com/events for details.
• 6 p.m.: Mountain of Hope Cocktail
Gala. An evening of great food,
beverage service, live music, dancing
and silent and live auctions benefi tting
the Mountain of Hope Society. Held
in Panorama’s Great Hall. Email
or visit panoramaresort.com/events.
• 6:30 p.m.: Canal Days Barbecue
Steak Dinner at the Canal Flats Civic
Centre.
• 10 p.m. - 2 a.m.: Canal Days Dance
at the Canal Flats Civic Centre
with music by Steel Wheels from
Cranbrook. Tickets $12.
MONDAY, JUNE 6TH
• 6:30 p.m.: Duplicate Bridge at
Invermere Senior’s Hall, $2. Everyone
welcome. Every Monday.
• 7 p.m.: Bingo at the Canal Flats Civic
Centre, 1st and 3rd Monday of each
month.
TUESDAY, JUNE 7TH
• Women’s Golf Day at Greywolf
Golf Course. A one-day, four-hour,
free event open to all ladies with an
interest in golf. Visit panoramaresort.
com/event to register.
• 1:30 p.m.: Carpet Bowling at Canal
Flats Seniors Hall every Tuesday.
• 2 p.m.: Branch 71 Legion Open Golf
Tournament at Copper Point Ridge.
$50 includes golf, cart, club voucher,
prizes. RSVP by May 30th to thorsr@
connect.ab.ca or 250-342-2589.
• 5:45 p.m.: Toonie Tuesday running
and biking event along the Johnson
Trail at Lake Lillian. Run or bike
one lap or as many laps as you can
complete in an hour. Registration
from 5:45 to 6:15 p.m. with a cost of
$2; event begins at 6:30 p.m. Come
out and help the running and biking
community to grow.
• 6 p.m.: Burger Barbeque at Branch 71
Legion in Invermere. $10/person.
• 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.: OPT clinic at the
Invermere Health Unit. 1st and 3rd
Tuesday of each month. Confi dential
service: low-cost birth control, and
STI testing.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8TH
• 11:45 a.m.: The Rotary Club of
Invermere meets every Wednesday
at the Curling Rink.
• 4 - 7 p.m.: CN Future Links Junior
Skills Challenge event at Copper
Point Driving Range for ages 11 to 14.
$25 entry includes prizes, hot dogs
and refreshments. Email cjohnson@
copperpointgolfclub.com to register.
THURSDAY, JUNE 9TH
• 12 p.m.: Seniors Luncheon at
Branch 71 Legion in Invermere. $5.
Reservations Required. Please call
250-342-9281 ext 1227.
FRIDAY, JUNE 10TH
• 7 p.m.: Columbia Valley Car
Club meeting at Rocky River Grill
breakfast room at the Super 8. All car
enthusiasts welcome! For more info,
call Vicki at 250-342-1257.
SATURDAY, JUNE 11TH
• 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.: Invermere Farmers
& Artists Market in downtown
Invermere. Every Saturday from June
11th until September 10th.
• 10 a.m.: 6th Annual Kootenay
Krusher Mountain Bike Race
presented by Nipika Mountain Resort
and Bicycle Works. A 50 km single
track mountain bike race at Nipika
offering a variety of distances. Must
pre-register. Post-race barbeque and
awards ceremony at Nipika Day Lodge
included with race registration and
additional tickets can be purchased
on site.
• 5 - 8 p.m.: A family friendly street
party will be held on 8th Ave in front
of Peppi’s to celebrate the life of Tim
Goldie. Bring your own lawn chair.
Parking limited.
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Tomalty, Faye Emily (Nee Campbell)1941–2016It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Faye Tomalty, who passed peacefully,
in the loving arms of her husband, on May 16 in Kelowna, British Co-lumbia after a hard-fought battle with Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome at the age of 74.
Faye was born on the 16th of June, 1941, in the small town of Bell Falls, Quebec. She was raised there by her loving parents Gilbert and Jane Campbell. Growing up, Faye liked to play sports in school and worked in her family’s general store until she met and fell in love with her would-be husband Robert (Bob) Tomalty. Th ey fi rst settled down in his hometown of Brownsburg and started a family, welcom-ing their two sons Dana and David into the world. After 12 years in Brownsburg, Faye and her family began to move west. First they moved to Kincardine, Ontario, and eventually to Calgary, with a short stay in Lloydminster before eventually retiring in Invermere. In Invermere she worked at Penner’s shoe store and the Lambert-KippPharmacy until permanently retiring. During her retirement sheenjoyed volunteering for the Invermere Health Care Auxiliary Th rift Shop, exercising at the Valley Fitness Centre, spending time with her family, and travelling with her husband. Together the couple spent their winters in Palm Desert and summers travelling back and forth to their cabin near their childhood homes in Quebec.
She was predeceased by her parents Gilbert Campbell and Jane Campbell (Nee Fox), brothers Harvey, Charlie and Leslie, and sisters Ella and Helen Young. She is survived by her sons Dana (Victoria) and David (Kelly), grandchildren Jesse, Carson, Morgan, Conor and Maeve, brother John Campbell (Audrey), sister Margaret Cavana-ugh (Ronnie) and husband Robert (Bob) Tomalty, to whom she was married for 57 years.
Faye was kind and compassionate to a fault and a true example of why you can never love too much. Her love touched many but most of all her family and, she will be fi ercely missed by them. Th ere will be no service or viewing as per her wishes but, a celebration of life is to be arranged. In lieu of fl owers, donations in her memory can be made to the Kelowna General Hospital Foundation or a local charity of your choosing.
KGH Foundation 250-862-4438Or mailKelowna General Hospital 2268 Pandosy St.Kelowna, B.C. V1Y 1T2
CHURCH SERVICES DIRECTORYWINDERMERE
VALLEY SHARED MINISTRY
ANGLICAN-UNITED
100-7th Ave., Invermere250-342-6644
Reverend Laura Hermakinwvsm.ca
Worship, Every Sunday:10:30 a.m. Children and Youth Sunday School
at 10:30 a.m at Christ Church
Trinity, Invermere
1st and 3rd Sunday, March - Dec. 9 a.m. at All Saint’s, Edgewater
2nd Sunday, 7 p.m.: June - Oct. at
St.Peter’s Windermere
ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH
250-342-6167Pastor: Father Gabriel
Confession: 1/2 hr. before Mass
Canadian Martyrs Church712 - 12 Ave, Invermere
Saturdays, 5 p.m.Sundays, 9 a.m.
St. Joseph’s ChurchHwy. 93-95, Radium Hot
SpringsSundays, 11 a.m.
St. Anthony’s MissionCorner of Luck and Dunn,
Canal FlatsSaturdays, 4:30 p.m.
RADIUM CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP
#4 - 7553 Main Street W, Radium
250-342-6633 250-347-6334
Worship Service Sundays, 10 a.m.
Bible Studies Wednesdays, 7 p.m.
Kids’ Church Edgewater Hall
Thursdays, 6:30 p.m.
Loving God, Loving People
LAKE WINDERMEREALLIANCE CHURCH
326 - 10th Ave., Invermere250-342-9535
Lead Pastor: Trevor HaganAsso. Pastor: Matt Moore
lakewindermerealliance.org
10:30 a.m. Sunday service.
K.I.D.S Church for children age 3 to Grade 1; and grades 2-7, during the
morning service.
VALLEY CHRISTIAN ASSEMBLY
4814 Hwy. Drive, 1 km northof Windermere250-342-9511
Pastor: Murray Wittkevalleychristianonline.com
Sunday is Worship Services
10 a.m. Worship & WordKid’s Church Provided
Sharing TruthShowing Love
Following the Spirit
ST. PETER’SLUTHERAN MISSION
OF INVERMERE
100 - 7th Ave., Invermere250-426-7564
Pastor Rev. David Morton
Worship ServicesSundays1:30 p.m.
Christ Church Trinity,Invermere
CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER
DAY SAINTS
5014 Fairway, Fairmont Hot Springs
250-341-5792President: Adam Pasowisty
Columbia Valley Branch
Worship ServicesSundays
10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Announcements Announcements Announcements
Al-Anon - Are you concerned about or affected by someone else’s drinking?
If so, please join us. Al-Anon meets EVERY
Monday at 7:15 PM and Thursday at 1:15 PM at the Canadian Martyrs Catholic
Church, 712 - 12th Ave, (behind the Invermere
hospital). For information, please call 250-342-8255
ALCOHOLICS Anonymous - If alcohol is causing problems or confl ict in your life, AA can help. Call 250-342-2424 for more information. All meetings are at 8 p.m. Invermere: Satur-day, Sunday, Tuesday and Wednesday groups - Colum-bia United AA at the BC Ser-vices building, south end, 625 4th Street Invermere. Radium Friendship Group: Friday, Catholic Church. All meetings are open with the exception of Tuesdays.
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RDEK Columbia Valley Water System
Watering HoursThe RDEK has watering hours on all of its water
systems. Having set watering hours conserves
water, creates a balance in the system
demand and controls costs. Please abide by
these watering hours. They are in place for
the benefit of your community.
Windermere, Timber Ridge, Holland Creek, Edgewater
Water Systems
Please note: All Water Systems are on the same Watering Restrictions - which includes
“No Watering Fridays” allowing time for the reservoirs to replenish and to conserve water.
2016 Watering Times
Manual Sprinklers:
Morning 6:00am - 10:00am
Evening 7:00pm - 11:00pm
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EVEN numbered houses may water on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays
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USINESSBWebcams prove important new tool for local tourism
There are a number of things that go
into a local business’ decisions when try-
ing to promote their product or brand. In
the past, this was known conventionally
as advertising. Today, in a technological-
ly advanced world, it’s manifest in web-
cams.
Potentially known to few, webcams are
becoming a popular phenomenon in the
Columbia Valley for businesses to spread
the associated lifestyle of their products.
Take Columbiavalley.com for example,
which now has four webcams in the Co-
lumbia Valley and are still looking to add
more. Their current webcams include
views of downtown Invermere and Radi-
um Hot Springs, Copper Point Golf Club’s
The Point golf course and as many as
12 webcams north and south along B.C.
highways.
Scott Neumann, web developer for Co-
lumbiavalley.com, said the success with
the webcams has led them to prepare for
adding yet another webcam in the valley
in the near future, but would not disclose
the location at this point.
“They are getting hundreds of new vis-
itors per day,” he said. “They love them.
It’s always been well-received by mostly
visitors out of the valley. People who own
property here want to check out and see
what’s happening here, what the weather
is like.”
Neumann said that sponsors are able to
pay for the webcams to be put in place so
that people are able to view live images
of what’s happening in the valley. Inspire
Floral Boutique sponsors the webcam in
downtown Inver-
mere, showing a
south-facing view of
Cenotaph Park with
the war memorial.
Although some
may think the
increase in the
amount of webcams could potentially
lead to less privacy, Neumann cautions
that the webcams do not record any pic-
tures or video on a hard drive and you
can’t recognize people or licence plates.
He said this fascination with webcams
is all part of the technology movement
across society.
“It’s the whole social media thing; that
people want to see what is happening this
very second,” he said. “It’s kind of almost
addictive. I’ve always got one open on
my screen and I just kind of say, ‘Oh yeah
town’s looking real busy’ or whatever.”
Outside of the Columbiavalley.com web-
site, the District of Invermere also has a
webcam set up that focuses on Kinsmen
Beach. The webcam has been in opera-
tion since 2011, offering a waterfront view
The webcam on the roof of the Kinsmen Beach amenity and concession building is one of several throughout the
Columbia Valley that are proving to be useful tourism tools. PHOTO BY ERIC ELLIOTT
ERIC ELLIOTT
of the beach that’s able to give viewers a
detailed image of the conditions and num-
ber of people already on the beach.
Chris Prosser, Chief Administrative Offi -
cer for Invermere, said the webcam hasn’t
been without its problems in recent histo-
ry, as it’s been knocked out of operation
once already.
Neumann said webcams like theirs have
become a great marketing option for local
businesses. John Newton from Highland
Crossing, a new townhome development
currently under construction, recently
wrote to the District of Invermere request-
ing that Highland Crossing have access
to the district’s webcam as part of their
social media strategy aimed at promoting
valley life to its con-
sumers.
Council supported
the idea during their
last meeting on May
24th, but said there
would be logistics
that would need to
be worked out, such as a small mainte-
nance fee that would ensure the webcam
is able to operate on a full-time basis.
“I think the idea, the concept, if we fi nd
a technical way of sharing it, it would be
great to have that go to not only Highland
Crossing but also Invermere, Panorama
and other sources,” Mayor Gerry Taft said
during council’s meeting.
At a time when technology is changing
much of modern society, it also enables
a greater advancement in the tourism in-
dustry, which is always a positive event
for the Columbia Valley, Taft said.
“I think if you can look here and see what
the weather is doing and see it’s much
better than Calgary, it might just be that
extra incentive to come out or stay here
or whatever the case is.”
“It’s the whole social media
thing; that people want to
see what is happening this
very second.”SCOTT NEUMANN
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B.C. sends wildfi re crews to Alberta, Ontario
TOM FLETCHER
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The B.C. Wildfi re Service has sent nearly 200
fi refi ghters and additional support staff to Al-
berta and Ontario as fi re hazard conditions in
northeast B.C. have eased.
Five unit crews with 98 fi refi ghters arrived
in Hinton, Alta. on Wednesday, May 25th for
a briefi ng before heading to the Horse River
wildfi re near Fort McMurray.
Another fi ve unit crews and an incident man-
agement team were headed for Thunder Bay,
Ont. on Thursday, May 26th to help tackle
wildfi res in northern Ontario.
The deployments are for up to 19 days, and
the B.C. personnel can be recalled if fi re con-
ditions get worse in B.C.
After signifi cant rain and snow in the Peace
region, progress has been made in containing
three large fi res. The Siphon Creek fi re was 40
per cent contained as of Tuesday, May 24th
with about a third of its estimated 85,000 hect-
are size having spread into northwestern Al-
berta.
The Beatton Airport Road fi re north of Fort
St. John was 80 per cent contained , at an esti-
mated size of 15,000 hectares.
The Halfway River fi re, 30 kilometres north-
east of Hudson’s Hope, was 70 per cent con-
tained at 5,636 hectares on Tuesday, May 24th.
Fine for passing school bus
more than doubles
The fi ne for passing a B.C. school bus when
children are getting on or off is being more
than doubled to $368.
The previous fi ne of $167 was one of the
lowest in Canada, and a greater deterrent is
needed to keep children safe, Transportation
Minister Todd Stone said Monday, May 16th at
an announcement at the B.C. Legislature.
The fi ne is the same increase as that recent-
ly announced for distracted driving penalties.
For passing a school bus when its fl ashing
stop lights are activated, drivers already get
three penalty points for a fi rst offence.
A second offence within a year would trigger
a $300 penalty point assessment on top of the
$368 fi ne, plus an automatic review of the driv-
er’s licence that could result in a suspension.
From 2009 to 2014, police in B.C. have issued
1,100 tickets to drivers for failing to stop when
school bus warning lights indicate. In the
same period, 14 children were injured.
Peace River North school bus driver Cindy
Dettling attended the announcement. Stone
and Public Safety Minister Mike Morris cred-
ited her with bringing the issue to the govern-
ment’s attention when she saw more drivers
putting her passengers at risk.
Firefi ghters work on fi rebreak to contain the Halfway River fi re,
burning 30 kilometres northeast of Hudson’s Hope.
B.C. WILDFIRE SERVICE PHOTO
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