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ALLEYV CHOEThe Invermere

BREANNE [email protected]

The stress of � nding affordable housing amidst

the high cost of living in the Columbia Valley has plagued many people in the Valley.

The Family Resource Centre (FRC) will be working to put an end to the nightmare that many people have been facing when it comes to � nding shelter for a reasonable price.

Pat Cope, the executive director of the FRC, ac-cepted a $9,500 Regional District of East Kootenay Community Initiatives and Affected Areas Programs 2015-16 approved project grant with the Columbia Basin Trust (CBT) on June 22nd when the agree-ment was inked at the FRC.

“The goal of that grant is to increase affordable housing in the Columbia Valley, so we’ll be using the Need and Demand (Assessment Update) study that was completed in June of 2013,” said Ms. Cope.

The Need and Demand Assessment Update was de-veloped to measure the market demands for afford-able housing and to identify a collective approach to cater to the needs of individual communities within

the Columbia Valley.The FRC Affordable Housing Initiative is a two-

year initiative that begins with reviewing the � nd-ings within each community documented in the Need and Demand Assessment Update, determining building and land opportunities to build additional

affordable housing in each community, collaborat-ing with stakeholders, prioritizing based upon need and opportunities the development of additional housing and seeking the funds to cover the cost of the initiative.

The second stage of the initiative will be � naliz-ing funding and constructing additional housing throughout the Columbia Valley.

“The � rst phase of the initiative is to get us to a point where we can identify possible building sites within the valley, identify what is needed to build in those locations and engage with those funders to identify funding streams and sources for the initiative.” said Ms. Cope, noting shelter is a ba-sic need for human survival. “Finalizing the funding and developing the initiative would take place in the second year.”

The FRC will be investigating a way to secure more funding for the housing initiative, as the initial re-quest for a grant was for $45,000.

The total cost of the initiative is expected to be around $53,000.

“There are lots of important, meaningful initia-tives,” concluded Ms. Cope. “I’m not focussing on this initiative with a negative outlook because we didn’t get all of our funding. I’m just glad that I didn’t have to decide who gets what, FRC will move for-ward with a positive attitude and stretch this grant money out as much as we can.”

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It is traditionally around this time of year when seniors graduate from school and move on to new opportunities. This June, it is not just David Thompson Sec-ondary School seniors who graduated.

Participants from the Targeted Initiative for Older Workers (TIOW) program at the College of the Rockies in Invermere took to Safta’s to celebrate their gradua-tion on June 18th.

The TIOW program offers 14 weeks of instruction of employment skills for pro-spective workers aged 55 to 64. Funding comes from a cost-shared initiative be-tween the federal and provincial governments.

“What we are finding is that older people... are wanting to either come back into the job market or are looking to change what they do,” said College of the Rock-ies Invermere campus manager Doug Clovechok. “By the time you reach 55, you have got a lot of life skills. So, how do you translate those skills and make yourself employable?”

During the program’s 10-week in-class portion, students were instructed in many fields, including digital technology training, employment searching, updating re-sumes and working on confidence skills. The second part of the program was a four-week work experience placement in the community.

“Fifty per cent of the people in the program have jobs now,” said program co-ordinator Michelle Taylor said. “The others have resumes out and are in the pro-cess of hearing back for interviews.”

Students who complete the program are also able to access $1,200 in additional online training in their chosen area of expertise.

Linda P. Michel, a TIOW program graduate, said she applied because she wanted to improve her computer skills and learn about new employment opportunities.

“We worked on Excel, PowerPoint and Word,” Michel said. “Our instruction on all the programs blended well into each other.”

Michel said she was inspired by the facilitators who came in to talk about writing

business plans. She is now taking an online course to successfully write one of her own. In addition, Michel secured a work placement in Invermere.

“I have a work placement right now at Invermere Physiotherapy as an administrative assistant and receptionist,” Michel said.

Another grad, Shelley Shoemaker, said she also applied because she wanted to expand her knowl-edge of computers and workplace programs. Now that she is done the program, Shoemaker said her goal is to get a job in Invermere.

“For now, I am comfortable taking online cours-es, so I will continue to do that,” Shoemaker said. “Hopefully it comes out to a job.”

This year, the program had 27 applicants, of which 12 lucky people were selected. Clovechok

said the program’s popularity, combined with its success, shows a shift in popular thinking around the Canadian job market.

“As Canada struggles to find employees, we are looking at this demographic because a lot of people are saying that have to work longer,” Clo-vechok said. “There are lots of jobs here. From the resort industry to the restaurant industry, to office work that requires computer skills.”

There are two more intakes this year for older people looking to gain employment skills. On Sep-tember 8th and November 23rd, two new groups will begin their journey. Interviews will be held in July, so interested applicants should apply soon. Email [email protected] for more information.

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The Upper Columbia Valley may next year have a new service area — and correspondingly a new tax — designed to facilitate economic development.

The Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) has already proposed a bylaw to create such as service area, and Invermere council voted unanimously at its June 23rd meeting to support it.

“Potentially its a way of getting some things in the valley more equitably funded,” said Invermere mayor Gerry Taft, adding that the service area could be used to help fund the valley’s Visitor Information Centres, the new proposed resident attraction and retention plan, valley-wide marketing efforts, and even some of the groups and items for the district for which Inver-mere already pays a fee for service, such as the Lake Windermere Ambassadors or the Whiteway.

Invermere council members have multiple times in the past pointed out that there are several such ser-vices or groups in the valley for which the bulk (or in some cases all) of the funding comes from Invermere, but which provide benefit to the other municipalities and rural areas in the valley.

Councillor Greg Anderson voiced some concern

about how much taxes might increase as a result of the new service area, saying, “If it’s going to be an ex-cessive increase I think we should have a discussion about it. If it’s a $300 (per home per year) increase we need to talk about it, but a three dollar (per home per year) increase we don’t need to talk about.”

Taft responded that any tax money flowing from In-vermere taxpayers through the new service area for existing groups will be offset by a deduction in how much the district gives that group as a fee for service.

“So if, for instance, $30,000 a year was requisitioned from Invermere taxpayers for the Columbia Valley Chamber of Commerce through the new service area, then the district would correspondingly lower its di-rect fee for service that it gives to the chamber by $30,000,” said Taft, adding that the net effect would be Invermere taxpayers would pay the exact same amount, and that money would simply appear under a different heading on their tax bill.

The Chamber, however, would benefit from the new service area since it would not only be getting the $30,000 requisitioned from Invermere taxpay-ers, but also tax money requisitioned from Radium Hot Springs, Canal Flats, RDEK Area F and Area G taxpayers.

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Taft did add that, however, that any new service or groups to get funding through the service area in the future would result in an increase in taxes for Invermere residents, but said that on a per home per year basis, it wouldn’t amount to much.

“To get into the hundreds of dollars a year (in a per home tax increase) you’d have to be adding a service such as swimming pool or a multi-ice rink arena,” he said.

The Upper Columbia Valley RDEK directors have proposed a weighted voting system for the new service area that would see all municipalities or rural areas with more than 2,500 people (Inver-mere and Area F) get two votes, while those with less than 2,500 people (Radium Hot Springs, Canal Flats and Area G) get one vote.

An economic development services area is one of a handful of services areas that can be established by the RDEK without holding a referendum.

The Upper Columbia Valley economic service area could be up and functional as early as 2016.

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Federal candidates discuss marijuana plansKevin nimmocK

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Kootenay-Columbia MP David Wilks has been a strong advocate for the continued criminalization of marijuana since being elected in 2011.

While addressing the House of Commons on June 2nd, he panned Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau for his plan to legalize marijuana if elected.

“The Liberal plan to legalize and normalize marijua-na sends a message to youth that smoking marijuana is not only an acceptable activity but is one endorsed through government regulation,” Wilks said. “The Liberal leader’s policy is irresponsible. It ignores marijuana’s lasting and serious health effects.”

Wilks’ stance is to continue restricting access to marijuana. He chairs the Conservative Law Enforce-ment Caucus and was instrumental in proposing changes to the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, along with Minister of Health Rona Ambrose. The proposed changes would allow the Minister of Health and law officials to more easily control new drugs, combat illegal drug production and distribution, and more effectively ensure the compliance of the con-trolled substance industry.

Decriminalizing marijuana would involve allowing for personal use, but continuing to police the sale and man-ufacturing of the drug. Legalization would lift all laws banning possession and personal use of marijuana.

Don Johnston, the Kootenay-Columbia Liberal can-didate, agrees with Trudeau’s plans.

He said that, whatever happens, something needs to be done quickly about the way marijuana is han-dled in this country.

“There was a recent World Health Organization study that found marijuana use among teenagers is

higher in Canada than any other country,” Johnston said. “What the Conservatives keep talking about is trying to keep it out of the hands of children or teen-agers. The current policy is clearly failing in that one important element.”

The Liberal mandate is to both decriminalize and le-galize marijuana. Johnston said marijuana is a social, rather than criminal issue.

“It is very expensive to incarcerate people, es-pecially people who are not a risk to society,” Johnston said.

Johnston referenced the United States as an exam-ple of change occurring around marijuana legislation that is happening nearby. Twenty three states have decriminalized marijuana and four have fully legal-ized it to date.

“If you had told me five years ago that the United States would be leading Canada in terms of its think-ing and legislation around marijuana, I would have been stunned by the notion,” Johnston said.

NDP candidate Wayne Stetski is also in favour of decriminalizing marijuana, though his approach to changing policy around the drug is far less aggressive than Johnston’s. Stetski said he is not in support of legalizing the drug at the federal level until it is clear what effects such a policy would have.

“Decriminalizing at this points lets me then see

how the legalization of marijuana would likely go and what the issues are around that for communities,” Stetski said. “Ultimately, it is (in) communities where you will find the impact.”

He said in the short-term decriminalization is neces-sary to address overpopulation in prisons.

“I do not think our court system and our jails are used effectively when you are dealing with relatively minor charges associated with marijuana,” Stetski said. “Looking at the recent decisions, our laws are currently out of step with where the Supreme Court of Canada seems to be going with their thinking.”

The Supreme Court recently made a landmark deci-sion by concluding that consumable forms of mari-juana must be allowed for patients seeking medical marijuana. This decision has already made marijuana more accessible for patients looking to use it.

Bill Green, the Green Party candidate for the Koo-tenay-Columbia riding, is also in favour of both legal-izing and decriminalizing marijuana, in line with his party’s longtime stance. The party’s plans go beyond simply removing laws against possessing and manu-facturing the drug.

“We are talking about legalizing it in general and then associating it with research and education about risks and benefits,” Green said. “We are call-ing for studies in a medical context so doctors can prescribe it as a drug in the regulated drug system.”

He said not enough has yet been done to fully un-derstand the potential impacts of marijuana as a clinical drug. Moving forward, he wants to promote education around the positives and negatives associ-ated with marijuana.

Valley residents will get to decide their stance of marijuana in the October 19th federal election when they vote for which candidate to officially support.

It is very expensive to incarcerate people,

especially people who are not a risk to society.

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Twenty people turned out to a community meeting in Wilmer Wednesday (June 24th) night to discuss their vision for the future of the parcel of land historically known as Selkirk Park.

“We started the night off with an overview of the RDEK parks system, followed by a his-tory of the Selkirk Park property,” explains RDEK Electoral Area G Director Gerry Wilkie. “We then opened the floor up and had a really good community discussion about...what peo-ple would like to see done with the property.”

The community meeting was the first step in seeking the community’s input on the fu-

ture of the park. The RDEK has created an online survey that will be open until July 5th.

The link to the electronic survey is: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/selkirkpark.

For those without a computer, hard copies will be available at the Columbia Valley RDEK Office until July 3rd.

For the past 40 years, the Province has leased Selkirk Park to the RDEK for commu-nity park purposes, but it was never devel-oped. This lease has now expired. If the com-munity wishes to see the lease renewed, the RDEK needs to hear from the community in order to create a required management plan for the Province.

The survey deadline is July 5th.

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Canadians are taking charge of compassionate careNICOLE TRIGG

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The medical marijuana debate just got a lot closer to home. On June 22nd, the Kimberley city council voted to grant a business licence to a medical marijuana dispensary by the name of Tamarack Dis-pensary — and had to override one of its own bylaws to do so. That particular by-law (No. 1325) requires that a business license applicant be compliant with fed-eral regulations. Tamarack Dispensary was non-compliant because it did not have a Health Canada permit, but Kimberley’s lo-

cal government went ahead and approved the license anyways. The dispensary own-ers, Tamara and Rod Duggan, have assured council they will work closely with RCMP “to ensure legitimacy and accountability in our business operations,” and Kimberley’s mayor Don McCormick says he’s proud of council “for taking a progressive position on what is a controversial issue.”

Two days later, on June 24th, the City of Vancouver approved a licensing system for illegal medical marijuana dispensaries — just two weeks after the Supreme Court of Canada unanimously rule that medical marijuana can be consumed in any form

people choose, not just smoking it. It’s a classic case of the cart getting away

from the horse. The federal government is “outraged” according to Health Minister Rona Ambrose: at the Supremes for dic-tating what can be considered medicine, at Vancouver city council for regulating il-legally produced and sold marijuana. MP David Wilks, undoubtedly, will be at odds with Kimberley council’s decision. But, as recent events show, the medical mari-juana movement has become mainstream and Canadians aren’t willing to wait for the Conservatives to catch up on common sense and compassion.

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Along with 30 other B.C. mayors and regional

district board chairs, I par-ticipated in a training work-shop delivered by the Lo-cal Government Leadership Academy to “enhance orga-nizational and governance ef-fectiveness” and to “explore best practices for meetings, strategic priority and politi-cal/administrative relations.” Sessions included in-depth discussions of the roles of councils in:

• Making policy through decisions which fall within our delegated powers.

• Setting direction by determining strate-gies to be pursued and services to deliver.

• Representing the public interest by reflecting the broad interests of the community.

This third item is likely of the most inter-est to the citizens so I will provide a bit more background on the specific respon-sibilities:

• Responding to inquiries by listening and conveying citizen concerns to staff with-out getting too involved in the day-to-day operations.

• Advocating constituent concerns by speaking on behalf of a specific citizen, group or community inter-ests or concerns to the rest of council.

• Monitoring operations to ensure they are effective and efficient.

• Ensuring transparency by adhering to high ethical and accountable standards that are open to public scrutiny.

Mayors have the same responsibilities, but also act as chairs, facilitators, spokes-people, intermediaries and mentors. I think it goes without saying that most of us don’t come into the jobs with highly developed skill sets in all areas and will experience some growing pains!

The workshop provided opportunities for sharing experiences and assisting each

other with possible actions towards solu-tions of identified issues. As a new mayor, I was exposed to a wide variety of leaders from all over B.C., from a range of commu-nity sizes and types as well as experience levels, from first-time elected to office to having been an elected official for 40 years. Overall, a good learning experience, and I plan to incorporate some of the informa-tion into my work in the coming months.

Meantime, back in Radium, thanks to volunteers, staff and sponsors who made Radium Day a hugely successful event. Our visitors with the Brits Best had a won-derful event and look forward to coming again next year — some had never been to our valley before and plan to spend more time next year. Another example of how valuable our events teams are as a part of overall tourism and economic develop-ment strategies.

Clara Reinhardt is the mayor of the Village of Radium Hot Springs and a Regional Dis-trict of East Kootenay director for the Colum-bia Valley.

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TREETSTHES

What is your biggest piece of advice for this year’s David Thompson Secondary School graduates?

“Enjoy life before you get heavy into your career, because once you do, you are stuck... you cannot travel. ”

Gail Stacey

“Get a really good job. One that you love and one that you can live off of.”

Anita Aerochie

“You should follow your heart. It is important that you be independant, but I think it is a crime that people to do a job they hate for 40 years.”

Francis Hern

NEXT WEEK’S QUESTION:Do you support MP Wilks’ stance on

marijuana?marijuana?marijuana?

QUESTION OF THE WEEKDid B.C. Environment Minister Mary Polak make the right

decision not to grant Jumbo Glacier Resort a substantial start?

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The next Jumbo installment Dear Editor:

On June 18th, the B.C. government, by way of our Minister of Environment Mary Polak, announced that the Jumbo Glacier Resort (JGR) has not made a “substantial start.”

The Jumbo Wild public is elated thinking Mary’s announcement means Jumbo will be wild forever. Yet the government is only half of the equation.

I talked with my government contact person in the Mountain Resort Branch of the Ministry of Forest, Lands and Natural Resource Operations. That offi ce specifi cally handles the Master Development Agreement, which, when issued in 2010, allowed JGR to put a shovel in the ground and work toward their “sub-stantial start” to be achieved by October 12th, 2014.

The Resort Development Branch “had no forewarning about the announce-ment and were equally surprised. The announcement implies many things. All this will take some time to fi gure out. There is much interest in what happens next,” my contact said.

It is the Environmental Assessment Offi ce (EAO) which takes care of compli-ance, or in this case, non-compliance. I learned, “First the JGR people will meet with the EAO and then they’ll know better in which direction to head. It is pos-sible that they’ll simply walk away.”

We do recall that when the recent avalanche report came in, the EAO offered a reprieve to JGR in order to move the foundations out of the non-compliance zone. Thus far, there there has been no report that that they have accepted that offer. And, at the time when the EAO announced the non-compliance con-clusion, Thomas Oberti (son of Oberto, in whose portfolio is the JGR) was quoted in the Calgary Herald as, “We knew we were putting the foundations in avalanche zones.”

So the plot thickens as the old saying goes.

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People in the communi-ties I represent want

to make decisions for them-selves. People in this area do not want to have decisions imposed upon them and they are willing to stand and fi ght for that right.

While that willingness to take action is a big part of being a resident of the Koote-nays, it is also critical to our democracy.

An example is the cancellation of the Environmental Assessment Certifi cate for Jumbo Glacier Resort. Environment Min-ister Mary Polak concluded that, after ten years, efforts made by the resort propo-nent were not signifi cant enough to war-rant the continuation of the certifi cate.

In many ways, this seemed like the only possible decision the minister could make. But after more than a decade of decisions by the BC Liberals on this fi le that defi ed common sense or any pos-sibility of good governance, the correct decision by the Minister of Environment came as a pleasant surprise.

I believe this government, which has promoted this resort without any regard for the wishes of the local residents nor

any particular attachment to the realities of the situation, would not have reached this decision to cancel the cer-tifi cate without the steady and ongoing work of citizens who fought to have the gov-ernment respect First Na-tions’ interests and the will of the local people.

It is an excellent reminder that, even when it takes a de-

cade or more, our willingness to fi ght for what is right can make a huge difference.

The people of the Kootenays fought ef-fectively against the privatization of our rivers when dozens of our local rivers were slated for private river diversion projects. The BC Liberal plan to give away our rivers resulted in a massive outcry in communities across the region.

The people of British Columbia fought effectively against the imposition of the Harmonized Sales Tax and we won the right to have a referendum on the tax. We went on to win that referendum against a well-funded pro-HST group. The power of the people beat a government that misrepresented their intentions about the tax prior to an election and then did

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Editor’s note: This is the second of four op-eds by Fairmont Hot Springs resident Doug Clovechok, who is the BC Liberal regional di-rector for the East and West Kootenays, and the president of the BC Liberal Columbia River Revelstoke Riding Association. For the last two instalments, readers are invited to email [email protected] with any questions or hot-button issues they would like Mr. Clovechok to address.

Building off my fi rst instalment, Promise

Made, Promise Kept, our BC Liberal Govern-ment is moving and leading — and it’s making a real dif-ference here in the Kootenays.

Last summer, the BC Liberal government embarked on an extensive engagement process, meeting with every-day people all across the province to discuss transporta-tion concerns and needs in our communities.

To no one’s surprise, British Columbians made it clear that road and highway safety is a priority. To this end, in March of this year, the new B.C. on the Move 10-year transportation plan was launched, outlining critical in-vestments and upgrades throughout the province to im-prove the daily lives of British Columbians.

This new $2.5 billion plan will grow the economy, im-prove safety, upgrade aging infrastructure, and support trade for B.C.’s expanding resource sectors through Can-ada’s Asia-Pacifi c Gateway.

A key issue for us here in Columbia River-Revelstoke is the TransCanada Highway (TCH). In June, Transpor-tation Minister Todd Stone confi rmed in Revelstoke that improvements to Highway 1 are already occurring, with more to come. In addition to continued four-laning, gov-ernment also wants to shorten the time people are stuck in their vehicles during road closures, using new traffi c management protocols to open up the TCH as soon as possible to get people moving again.

This will be accomplished in many ways. New avalanche mitigation technology, currently in the planning stages, could be used day or night in an array of conditions to reduce or prevent highway closures for avalanche control. Plus, a new light-timing system that uses automatic loops installed in the pavement will control and regulate traffi c-signal timing to re-lieve intersection congestion. These will be installed at one intersection in Revelstoke and two in Golden.

In addition, we can look forward to 20 new digital variable-speed limit signs being placed along Highway 1.The signs can be remotely adjusted in response to weather conditions, traffi c congestion and incident response.

B.C.’s LNG potential is moving forward rapidly. Premier Christy Clark and Natural Gas Minister Rich Coleman have led B.C. to

signifi cant progress on both the Pacifi c North-west LNG (PNWLNG) and the LNG Canada ex-port terminal projects.

With a conditional fi nal investment decision with PNWLNG completed and joint provincial and federal environmental approval in the works, British Columbians can look forward to seeing more job creation and some of the largest private-sector investments in B.C. his-tory.

Both projects are still in the works, but, as a province, we’re more than ready for the multi-billion dollar industry to become a key driver

of jobs and economic activity in our province — jobs that will be available to our kids right here in the Kootenays.

The Legislature will reconvene on July 13th to pass the leg-islation needed to move on this generational opportunity.

For those of us here in the Kooetnays, responsible en-vironmental stewardship is of paramount importance. The great news is that B.C. continues to be recognized as a global trailblazer when combatting climate change and we are proud of the fact that we were the fi rst juris-diction in North America to introduce a comprehensive, revenue-neutral carbon tax.

The past legislative session saw the renewal of the Clean Energy Vehicle Program and the expansion of early detec-tion and rapid response programs to stop the spread on invasive zebra and quagga mussels.

In April, it was announced that work will soon get un-derway to build on B.C.’s successful Climate Action Plan. The fi rst step in this process — Climate Action Plan 2.0 — was the launch of a new Climate Leadership Team.

Premier Clark remains unbending in her stance that our province will continue to stand up for B.C. with the fi ve consistent conditions for heavy oil pipelines and will continue to work with the federal government to en-sure the world-class spill response that British Colum-bians expect!

As British Columbians, there is so much we are proud of and our future looks brighter than it ever has. There is still so much work to be done and I look forward to hearing your ideas and suggestions that will make our riding and province an even better place to live and raise our families.

Doug Clovechok can be contacted at [email protected].

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A $75.2 million investment has been divided to help communities across the province meet local needs and demands to improve the quality of their lives.

The East Kootenay region received a grand total of $1,296,364 as part of the provincial pie that was distributed on June 26th.

“These grants show our government’s commitment to build stron-ger, vibrant and safer communities,” said Kootenay East MLA Bill Bennett in a recent press release.

“Local governments can use this funding to invest directly into pro-grams and priorities that are important to each of them, improving the overall quality of life in our region.”

The funding provided is aimed at supporting communities initia-tives, such as more policing, new equipment, increased community safety initiatives, infrastructure and maintenance for service delivery priorities.

The Regional District of East Kootenay received a Regional District grant of $116,215.

Cranbrook received traffic fine revenue of $171,631 and a Small Community grant of $119,360.

Fernie received a Small Community grant of $322,328.Elkford received a Small Community grant of $263,100.Sparwood received a Small Community grant of $303,730.The money provided across the province has been distributed in

two annual payments, including $40 million in March. More than $792 million of funding to support B.C. communities to

invest in community projects on a local level has been doled out through the Small Community, Regional District and Traffic Fine Rev-enue Sharing Grants since 2009.

nO LeFT HanD Lane HOGs... Drivers are now required to stay right on routes where the speed limit is over 80 kilometres an hour when other traffic is ap-proaching to pass from behind. The exceptions in which the left lane is okay is when you’re overtaking and passing another vehicle, leaving the right lane open to allow traf-fic to merge, preparing for a left hand turn, or moving left to pass an official vehicle with a flashing light. Since June 12th when the clarified regulation took effect, rebels could be paying $167 in fines with three penalty points on your Driver’s Licence. However, the rule does not apply to HOV (carpool) lanes and some exceptions where the driver is passing another vehicle. This sign near the Athalmer Bridge in Invermere went up on June 26th. PHOTO By Breanne Massey

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Success stories for students don’t always begin with a new horizon at a university in a major city.

There were 253 students who began studying at the College of the Rockies (COTR) during the 2014-15 school year before transferring on to B.C. universities.

The British Columbia Council on Admissions and Transfer (BCCAT) annual review for 2014-15 revealed that COTR finished in the top 10 provincial schools regarding the number of credits students could transfer to different educational institutions.

“The BCCAT report on B.C. transfer students is important for students in Invermere,” said Darrell Bethune, Dean of Instruction, University Studies, Business Administration, Tourism and Recreation Management, Applied Computing and Aboriginal Programs. “It shows how well COTR students do when they transfer from COTR and complete a university degree pro-gram. It shows that COTR students are more likely to complete their degree program after they transfer, which is expected because they have been very well prepared in their academic programs at COTR.”

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“Joining COTR is an ideal starting point for academic students — it connects them with the provincial system of pub-lic post-secondary institutions and pro-vides them with excellent instruction in their university program of choice.”

In addition, the review states that students who began taking courses at COTR then transferred to a university scored 85 per cent higher than their counterparts who began their studies at university — the highest “graduation rate” for transfer institutions and the second highest of all B.C. post-second-ary schools.

Seventy-six percent of students trans-ferring from the college to a university are female.

“There are many advantages to begin-ning your education at College of the Rockies,” said Education Vice-President Stan Chung. “Our smaller class sizes al-low for more one-on-one attention to help you to be successful and our com-petitive tuition rates and lower cost of living — especially for local students who are able to remain at home — help make post-secondary education more affordable. Additionally, our numerous transfer agreements with universities across Canada and abroad make start-ing at the college before moving on to university simple and straightforward.”

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The potential cancellation of Greyhound’s route from Calgary through the Upper Columbia Valley was greeted with dismay by Invermere council members, who resolved at their most recent meet-ing to send a letter outlining their concerns to the company.

Council received a letter and a formal notifi cation at its June 23rd meeting from Greyhound detailing the company’s recent application to shut down Route F, which travels from Calgary west through Banff and Castle Junction, down Highway 93 to Ra-dium Hot Springs and then down on through the valley to Cranbook.

“I certainly don’t like the idea. We should write a letter in opposition to this. It’s hindering us in get-ting people out to the valley smoothly,” said coun-cillor Al Miller.

“It does hamstring us, there’s no question, when it comes to getting staff for Panorama of the other resorts out here,” added councillor Greg Anderson.

Invermere mayor Gerry Taft said that, from what he’s learned so far on the issue, the public transport bus route run by Sun City Coach Lines ()under con-tract to Greyhound) from Cranbrook to Golden will still run. However, Taft added that the Sun City route only runs one way each day and does not connect directly to Alberta like Greyhound Route F (which

runs both ways each day) , meaning that anybody wanting to get from Calgary to Invermere by public transport will have to take a Greyhound along the TransCanada to Golden, and then wait — quite pos-sibly for many hours, if not overnight — to switch to the Sun City route heading south from Golden.

The ultimate result is that getting to or from Cal-gary by public transport will be much more time consuming and arduous than it currently is, said Taft, adding he’s not convinced of Greyhound’s reasoning that low ridership on Route F merits its shutdown. He said he felt that Route F ridership would likely increase dramatically if Greyhound of-fered better service at a more reasonable price.

“It’s clear to me that Greyhound want to get into the freight business and out of the passenger busi-ness,” he said.

“We’ve been trying to get community bussing going and this just yanks the rug out from this,” said Miller.

“This is really important to this region, we can’t loose this,” said councillor Paul Denchuk.

Council members briefl y discussed the possibil-ity of trying to band together with other affected municipalities such as Cranrbook and Kimberley to oppose the cancellation, but concluded that Greyhound’s request for a response by July 3rd didn’t leave enough time for such collaboration. They voted unanimously to send a letter opposed to the proposed route shut down.

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The Village of Canal Flats held a regular coun-cil meeting on June 22nd, addressing a full slate of issues, ranging from bike trails to recreation services.

One of the fi rst items covered was the Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK)’s Columbia Valley Economic Development Service.

The program involves municipalities within the valley contributing tax dollars to a variety of devel-opment projects that affect them.

“It seems to me that a lot of economic develop-ment is happening up the valley from us, and I am just wondering if we would benefi t from this if it is being tacked onto our taxes,” Councillor Marie Delorme said.

To clarify, Mayor Ute Juras said municipalities will only have to pay for projects that affect them.

For example, Canal Flats would not have to con-tribute to an infrastructure project between Wind-ermere and Invermere.

“It will be up to me to advocate for us,” Juras said. Councillor Paul Marcil voted to accept Canal

Flats’ entrance into the service and the three other councillors chose to abstain, inadvertently passing the proposal.

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A look back through � e Valley Echo's archives over the last 55 years

REMEMBER WHEN?

55 years ago (1960): Iranian Ambassa-

dor H. Maybud of Tehran, Iran shot a 350-pound bear while on a hunting trip at the Royal Antler Lodge, 23 miles south of Invermere. The ambas-sador said the valley, “is the most beautiful I have ever seen.” Further, he said he would try to visit as often as possible.

50 years ago (1965): Premier Ben-

nett of� cially opened the newly completed 40 bedroom Radium Hot Springs Lodge. Bennett arived a day early to take in the surroundings and enjoy a day of relaxation before the of� cial cer-emony. The next day, he cut the ribbon and wel-comed guests to a recep-tion at the Captain Arm-strong Room.

45 years ago (1970): J. Alfred Laird El-

ementary School award-ed its annual prize for citizenship and school work to 12-year-old Greg Shaw, a grade 6 student. The award was a memo-rial prize for the late J.

A. Laird, former chair-man of the Windermere School District.

40 years ago (1975): Three Canal Flats

Girl Guides were pre-sented with their Canada Cords, the highest award in guiding. Janet Tardif, Shannon Tardif and Valarie were presented with their cords by Dis-trict Commissioner F. Christensen.

25 years ago (1980): Public hearings

were held in Canal Flats, Windermere, Edgewater and Radium regarding the Regional District of East Kootenay’s (RDEK) proposed zoning bylaw for the area of Canal Flats to Spillimacheen. Joe Conroy of Invermere said he agreed with the idea of the bylaw, but said it had some problems. “A good law is one that provides the maximum bene� t to a majority of the people and protects the rights and interests of the mi-nority,” Conroy said. “It appears to me this bylaw does little of either.”

20 years ago (1995): A new IGA opened

in Invermere, promting several locals to attend the ribbon cutting cer-emony. Mayor Chuck Blanchard gave the opening address, preced-ing a ribbon cutting by Ron and Marlene Brash, parents of two-thirds of the store’s new owners.

15 years ago (2000): A privately ini-

tiated clean-up of Pot-hole Park resulted in the removal of 50 bags of garbage. At the time, the park was home to at least four bucks. Over 60 people turned up with garbage bags in hand.

10 years ago (2005): Mayor Mark

Shmigelsky announced his intention to run for his third term as mayor in Invermere. “I feel pret-ty good about throwing my hat in the ring,” Shmi-gelsky said. “I de� nitely have the experience and the next few years will be important as we evolve as a community.” Shmi-gelsky went on to win the election.

2009 — Students from J. Alfred Laird took part

in their own version of the Amazing Race, end-

ing with building sand castles at Kinsmen

Beach. Pictured are Sawyer Logan and Delaney Rad with their sand turtle.

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Westside Legacy TrailCouncillors discussed whether or not to continue sup-

porting the Westside Legacy Trail, for which Canal Flats gets one vote within the RDEK.

The project is meant to be a multi-use, non-motorized, paved trail connecting Invermere and Fairmont.

Eventually, the plan is to further connect the trail to Ca-nal Flats, for which the council has shown support in the past, but the current proposal from Greenways Trail Alli-ance in front of council had no mention of Canal Flats.

“Greenways in planning on bringing the trail all the way south and all the way north, but there is nothing in here for connecting Canal Flats,” Delorme said. “This is basically only good for Fairmont and Invermere.”

Juras replied by reminding Delorme that the project would likely happen with or without Canal Flats’ support.

“Even if Canal Flats votes against this, it will probably go through,” Juras said.

The vote ended in a contentious split, with Juras break-ing the tie by voting to approve Canal Flats’ support of the project. Marcil and Delorme voted against and councillors Karl Sterzer and Erin Gornik voted for.

Master Recreation Plan Council received a report by Marcil and Delorme about

the Master Recreation Plan Committee Terms of Refer-ence. To build a Master Recreation Plan, Delorme and Mar-cil plan to do much of the footwork with a small commit-tee that a professional planner would regularly do, to keep expenses fairly low.

“I still feel that there should be stakeholders on the com-mittee, rather than just consulting with them,” Juras said.

In response, Delorme said community members would not be interested in the extensive research that is going to have to be done by the committee.

“A planner would cost $30,000 and we have $12,000,” De-lorme said. “What we are trying to do as champions of this is to get the scope of the work down to $12,000.”

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everything they could to keep the people quiet. Kootenay residents are not complacent. They are passionate about their beliefs and are willing to work hard for what they know is right.

And Kootenay residents demand that their political representatives stand with them on these issues. Over the last 10 years, you have set the agenda for the work I do, and it is truly satisfying to see the results we can achieve when we stand together to make the right thing happen.

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 [email protected].


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JULY 1st –7th

1ST : WEDNESDAY

• 12:01 a.m.: Canada Day Fireworks hosted by Kinsmen Club of Windermere Valley. Best viewing is from James Chabot Provincial Park.• All day, free to attend Fairmont Hot Springs Canada Day celebration. Live music, barbecue, face painting, cake and more!• 11 a.m.: Canada Day Parade, Main Street, Invermere. • 10:30 - 11:30 a.m.: Mountain Yoga at Panorama. All Summer long. Meet at the top of the Mile 1 Express chair with your Yoga voucher. Space is limited so please book your Mountain Yoga in advance at the Adventure Centre, 250-341-3044 (in-house ext. 3044). Make sure you ride the Mile 1 by 10:15 a.m. to be at the top on time. • 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.: Art Attack at Panorama All Summer long, Get creative! Space is limited. 6 & older. Pre-registration required. $15, call 250-341-3044. Meet at the big chair.• 12 - 1 p.m.: Archery for kids. All Summer long. Be like Robin Hood and learn the fundamentals of pulling back the bow and fi nding your target. Pre-register at the Adventure Centre at least half an hour before. Space is limited,$10. Call 250-341-3044.• 12:30 - 3 p.m.: Mountain Mosaic Festival of Arts at Kinsmen Beach and Pynelogs Cultural Centre green space. For more information visit columbiavalleyarts.com• 3 p.m.: Build a Boat Contest at Kinsmen Beach.• 3 - 4 p.m.: Free Mini Golf Tourament at Panorama. Drop your kids (6 years+) off or compete alongside them. The daily winner will receive a free pass to mini golf with the whole family! A hole – in – one will get you a freezie! Mini golf rentals are free when competing in our mini golf tournament. Meet at the Adventure Centre in the Lower Village.• 3 - 4:30 p.m.: Archery for adults (16+) at Panormama. All Summer long, $15/ person. Pre-register at

the Adventure Centre at least half an hour before. Call 250-341-3044.Space is limited. Meet at the Big Chair in the Upper Village.• 4 - 9 p.m.: Radium’s Canada Day Celebration at Radium Hot Springs Visitor Centre. Market on Main with music by Dos Equis. Visit www.radiumhotsprings.com for details.• 10:30 p.m.: Fairmont Hot Springs Canada Day Fireworks.

2ND : THURSDAY

• 2015 Horsethief Hideout Memorial Motorcycle Rally, July 2nd - 5th. Advance tickets $50 until June 28th, or $60 at the gate. Tickets available at Tiffany’s Thredz in Invermere. For more information visit horsethiefhideout.com or call 250-347-6406.• Visit the Legion Concession at the Evening Market in Pothole Park.• 10:45 - 11:30 a.m.: PanoKids Orienteering Adventure, at Panorama, $5/person. Please pre-register at Guest Services or the Adventure Centre or call 250-341-3044 for more details.• 1 - 4 p.m.: Summer Reading Club at the Invermere Library every Thursday afternoon throughout the summer. Complete our weekly “Build It” activity. Reading logs & prizes are available.• 3 - 4 p.m.: Pano Scientists, at Panorama. Learn interesting science and technology facts by experimenting with different materials that react in surprising ways. Ages 6 +, $10/person, pre-register, call 250-341-3044.• 4:30 - 5 p.m.: Free Basketball shootout competition at Panorama. Bring your game face and join us for some fast paced friendly competition.• 5 - 5:30 p.m.: Dramatic play at Panorama, free for Ages 6 +. Making our own instruments and learning stage skills and skits while just being plain silly! Call 250-341-3044 for more details.• 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.: Free Movie night at Panorama. Drop your children off to enjoy a “G” or “PG” rated movie. Free popcorn for everyone! Pop and candy will be available for purchase. Call 250-341-3044 for details.• 7 p.m.: Texas Hold ‘em Tournament every Thursday at Invermere Legion.$35 buy in.

3RD : FRIDAY

• Toby Creek Kayak Race. We would

like ALL race participants, coaches AND volunteers to register for this event. register online $50/race must be an Alberta Whitewater Association (AWA) member to race.• Hell’s Belle Ladies bike weekend. Women Only Mountain Bike Park skills camp at Panorama Mountain Resort.• Music and Market on Main every Friday from July 3 to August 28 at the Radium Visitor Centre. Visit www.radiumhotsprings.com for details.• 9 - 11 a.m.: Stampede pancake breakfast at Fire’D up. Breakfast and burgers fundraiser for Radium Hot Springs Fire Department. Visit www.radiumhotsprings.com for details.• 12 p.m.: Artym Gallery host art demo by Fiona Couillard.• 5 - 8 p.m.: Invermere on the Lake Art Walk every Friday. For more information visit theartwalk.ca.• 4 - 9 p.m.: Music and Market on Main every friday from July 3 to August 28 at the Radium visitor centre. Visit www.radiumhotsprings.com for details.• 5 - 8 p.m.: Invermere on the Lake Art Walk from June 19th to September 11th every Friday. For more information visit theartwalk.ca• Roast Beef Dinner at the Invermere Legion. $15/person. Reservations recommended Call 250.342.9517

4TH : SATURDAY

• 8 a.m: Inaugural Toby Creek Race until July 5th. Clinics, training, racing and cash prizes. For more information visit panoramaresort.c o m / e v e n t - d e t a i l s / i n d e x .cfm?eID=289&occID=4547• 9 - 11 a.m.: Saturdays at the Invermere Legion, Legion Summer Market. Crafts, baking, used books, hot dog concession and more.• 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.: Invermere Farmer’s Market, downtown Invermere.• 10 a.m.: 1st Annual Hike for Hospice. It is an opportunity to enjoy the beautiful Columbia Valley, get some exercise, have some fun and support the Hospice Society of the Columbia Valley. Participants are asked to register ahead of time so we can provide you with your own webpage that you can then e-mail to your family and friends. Get your pledge forms from the Hospice Offi ce or Invermere Home Hardware.• 5 p.m.: Symphony of the

Mountain in Kimberley. Ride the chairlift to the top of Northstar Mountain and enjoy this outdoor concert while looking out towards the Rockies. For more information contact 250-427-4919, [email protected] or visit symphonyonthemountain.com

7TH : TUESDAY

• Lions Charity Golf Day at Copper Point Golf Course. $65 per person. Phone 250-341-3392 to register.• 9:30 a.m. - 12 p.m.: Adventure Radium at Brents Shack, ages 5-8, every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursdays from July 7 to August, 27th. $5 drop in fee/ child; $25 / child summer fee; $50 family fee. Visit www.radiumhotsprings.com for details.• 10 a.m.: The Purple Pirate, Summer Reading Club performer will be at Columbia Garden Village.The Purple Pirate is a children’s entertainer sponsored by The Kootenay Library Federation.• 1 - 3:30 p.m.: Adventure Radium at Brents Shack, ages 8-9, from July 7 to August 27th. $5 drop in fee/ child; $25 / child summer fee; $50 family fee. Visit www.radiumhotsprings.com for details.• 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.: Eagle Ranch Resort has live music on the patio every Tuesday. This week features Smarty Pants.

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• Tuesday: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m • Wednesday: 10 a.m - 8 p.m.• Thurs.– Saturday: 10 a.m - 5p.m.

RADIUM LIBRARY

• Tuesday: 6 - 8 p.m.• Wed - Thursday: 1 - 4 p.m.• Saturday: 10 a.m. - 1p.m.

WINDERMERE VALLEY MUSEUM

• Everyday: 10 p.m. - 4 p.m.

INVERMERE THRIFT STORE• Thurs - Saturday: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

RADIUM THRIFT STORE

• Thursday: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.• Fri - Saturday: 12 - 4 p.m.

SUMMIT YOUTH CENTRE

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CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22Cancer, if you are thinking about a career move, it’s about time you put your plans in motion. This week you may fi nd you are full of energy and ready for a new challenge.

SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22A difference of opinion may be highlighted at work this week when you are confronted by a coworker, Scorpio. Act with integrity, but be fi rm with your resolve.

PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20Use caution when making decisions this week, Pisces. You can be prone to impulsive behavior, and you don’t want to fi nd yourself in trouble.

GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21Gemini, you may resist social activities this week at fi rst, but soon you will get swept up in the fun and lose your inhibitions. Use social activities as a way to network.

TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21Taurus, surround yourself with positive people who maintain optimistic outlooks. Many opportunities will open up if you keep a positive attitude.

ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20You are a mystery lately, Aries. No one is quite sure what you will do next and you may like to surprise. But share your plans every so often with those closest to you.

LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23Libra, it is up to you to initiate action in a situation that leaves you somewhat uncomfortable this week. Don’t hesitate to step up and take charge.

VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22A chance encounter with an old fl ame stirs up feelings you didn’t realize you still had, Virgo. Even if these feelings are less dramatic, you’re still tempted to act on them.

LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23Leo, a renewed sense of enthusiasm has you eager to get started on future plans. Perhaps a new course of study will suffi ce and pave the way for new experiences.

AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18Aquarius, close friends will keep you pretty busy over the next few days, but you can handle it. Let off steam with a few different fun activities when time allows.

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SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21Sagittarius, others may try to stop you from having fun, but you are determined to enjoy yourself. Your entire week is focused on having a good time with friends and family.

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CHURCH SERVICES DIRECTORYWINDERMERE

VALLEY SHARED MINISTRY

ANGLICAN-UNITED100-7th Ave., Invermere

250-342-6644Reverend Laura Hermakin

wvsm.ca Bacon, Friends & Faith, 9:30 a.m

(Sept. - June) Worship, Every Sunday:10:30 a.m. Christ Church Trinity, Invermere

1st and 3rd Sunday, 9 a.m.: All Saint’s, Edgewater

2nd Sunday, 7 p.m.: June - Oct. at St. Peter’s Windermere

All Saint’s, Edgewater.St.Peter’s Windermere

ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH

250-342-6167Pastor: Father Gabriel

Confession: 1/2 hr. before MassCanadian Martyrs Church

712 - 12 Ave, InvermereSaturdays, 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

Pastor: Trevor Haganlakewindermerealliance.org

Celebration Sunday June 28th 10:30 a.m.

“True or False – Fear God” Pastor Trevor Hagan

ministering.

The Lord’s Supper will be served

VALLEY CHRISTIAN ASSEMBLY

Hwy. 93/95, 1 km northof Windermere250-342-9511

Pastor: Murray Wittkevalleychristianonline.com

Sunday Service10 a.m. Worship & Word

Kid’s Church Provided

Sharing TruthShowing Love

Following the Spirit

ST. PETER’SLUTHERAN MISSION

OF INVERMERE100 - 7th Ave., Invermere

250-426-7564Pastor: Rev. Fraser ColtmanPastor Rev. David Morton

Worship ServicesSundays1:30 p.m.

Christ Church Trinity,Invermere

CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER

DAY SAINTS5014 Fairway,

Fairmont Hot Springs250-341-5792

President: Adam PasowistyColumbia Valley Branch

Worship ServicesSundays

10 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Gordon Lake1919-2015It is with profound sadness, that we announce the peaceful pass-ing of James “Gordon” Lake on Sunday, June 14th, 2015 at 96 years of age.

Gordon was born on January 7, 1919 in Invermere, to Percival and Linnie Lake, one of the original valley pi-oneer families.

Gordon served overseas in WWII. He worked as a saw filer in a sawmill, then with his brother Roy Lake at Lake Auto Service as a Mechanic. He finished his career with School District #4 as Transportation Supervisor, Bus Driver and a Mechanic. Gordon was very involved in the community with the Royal Canadian Legion, Lions Club, and the Invermere Fire Department as their first Fire Chief.

Gordon was predeceased by his first wife, Elsie (1985) and his grandson Brian Barkley, brothers Roy and Cal-vin and sisters Ellen and Myrtle.

Gordon leaves behind his wife Phyllis, his sons Rick Lake, Earl (Esther) Evans and Clifford (Linda) Barkley, daughter Carol (Garry) Hoffert, Phyllis’ children Jim (Marg) Gibb, Sharon (Les) Bidinger and Yvonne (Gary) Messner, his grandchildren and his great grandchildren.

A memorial service for Gordon will be held on Saturday, July 4, 2015 at 2 p.m. at Christ Church Trinity in Invermere followed by a memorial tea. In lieu of flowers, do-nations in honour of Gordon can be made to: STARS Foundation, 1441 - Aviation Park NE, Box 570, Calgary, Alberta, T2E 8M7 or the Roy-al Canadian Legion Branch #71, PO Box 446, Invermere, British Columbia, V0A 1K0 or the charity of your choice.

Arrangements entrusted to McPherson Funeral Service.Condolences for the family can be offered at:

www.mcphersonfh.com

We are looking for a volunteer to join the Wings Over the Rockies event team as a

Treasurer/BookkeeperWings Over the Rockies is a charitable, non-profit orga-nization that holds an annual Birding and Nature festival during early May. The organization is mostly volunteers who arrange individual events that occur each day during a one-week period. Each event has a nominal cost for partic-ipants as they engage in variety of possible activities which include birding, nature education, paddling, hiking, histor-ical and cultural opportunities.

The volunteer position is expected to take approximately 90 hours over the year. Most of the volunteering for this posi-tion occurs in the months of April and May, approximately 50 hours. The remaining time occurs throughout the rest of the year (ranging from 2 to 5 hours per month).

The duties include attending board meet-ings, bookkeeping the cost receipts and reve-nue payments, completing the annual financial report, budget projection, Canada Revenue tax report and British Columbia Society Act submission.

Please express your interest in joining a great team of local residents in supporting a truly wonderful, Columbia Valley event by contacting Doug Yukes, email [email protected], or phone 250-342-0428.

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Part and Full-time Positions AvailableStart date – ASAP

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No education or experience required.All shifts available – nights/overnights/

early mornings/weekends$11.50/hour + medical/ dental/group benefits.

Apply in person or via email ([email protected]) for both positions.

Announcements

InformationALCOHOLICS 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.

CANADA BENEFIT Group - Do you or someone you know suffer from a disability? Get up to $40,000 from the Canadian Government. Toll-free 1-888-511-2250 or vwww.canada benefi t.ca/free-assessment.

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ChurCh ServiCeS DireCtoryWINDERMERE

VALLEY SHARED MINISTRY

ANGLICAN-UNITED100-7th Ave., Invermere

250-342-6644Reverend Laura Hermakin

wvsm.ca Bacon, Friends & Faith, 9:30 a.m

(Sept. - June) Worship, Every Sunday:10:30 a.m. Christ Church Trinity, Invermere

1st and 3rd Sunday, 9 a.m.: All Saint’s, Edgewater

2nd Sunday, 7 p.m.: June - Oct. at St. Peter’s Windermere

All Saint’s, Edgewater.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., Invermere 250-342-9535

Pastor: Trevor HaganAsso. Pastor: Matt Moore

lakewindermerealliance.org July 5th 10:30 a.m.

Worshihp and Life Instruction “A summer of

Miracles - Stormy weather” Pastor Trevor Hagan

ministering.

VALLEY CHRISTIAN ASSEMBLY

Hwy. 93/95, 1 km northof Windermere250-342-9511

Pastor: Murray Wittkevalleychristianonline.com

Sunday Service10 a.m. Worship & Word

Kid’s Church Provided

Sharing TruthShowing Love

Following the Spirit

ST. PETER’SLUTHERAN MISSIoN

oF INVERMERE100 - 7th Ave., Invermere

250-426-7564Pastor: Rev. Fraser ColtmanPastor Rev. David Morton

Worship ServicesSundays1:30 p.m.

Christ Church Trinity,Invermere

CHURCH oF JESUS CHRIST oF LATTER-

DAY SAINTS5014 Fairway,

Fairmont Hot Springs250-341-5792

President: Adam PasowistyColumbia Valley Branch

Worship ServicesSundays

10 a.m. - 1 p.m.

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The public are invited to comment on our annual report. An opportunity for discus-

sion will be held Wednesday, July 15th, 7:30 pm in Council Chambers, 4836 Radium Blvd.

Copies of the document can be viewed at www.radiumhotsprings.ca or upon request

at the Village offi ce or by email to [email protected]

Employment

Help WantedHousekeepers: F/T, P/T, $13/hr. Phone 250-345-6365. Fairmont Bungalows.

UCLUELET HARBOUR SEAFOODS

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Invermere council discussed several key projects underway in the valley, including the Westside Lega-cy Trail and the New Resident Attraction and Reten-tion Plan, as well as the valley drug problem, at its most recent council meeting.

Council members voted unanimously at their Tues-day, June 23rd meeting to consent to a proposed Re-gional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) bylaw that would turn the planned Westside Legacy Trail into a regional park under the RDEK.

The move is being made so that the RDEK can as-sume liability over the trail. Local landowners have been generous in offering up parts of their land alongside Westside road for the Greenways Trail Alliance.

Before they formally do so, they want to ensure that somebody else assumes legal liability for the trail, which is what the RDEK — with the proposed bylaw — is stepping up to do.

“Without the RDEK assuming liability, Greenway can’t secure the land. Without securing the land they (Greenways) can’t go any further with fundrais-ing. So this is the first step,” said Invermere mayor Gerry Taft.

“It would be a great legacy,” said Invermere coun-cillor Greg Anderson.

Councillor Paul Denchuk said the timing of the trail is in some ways unfortunate since fundraising for both the new multi-use centre and the trail will be going on concurrently and will be in competition, but added he realizes the group needs to seize the opportunity and run with it.

New residentsInvermere council voted to accept proposed terms

of reference for the New Resident Attraction and Re-tention Plan’s steering committee, which will have five members: Invermere’s mayor, one Invermere

councillor, a citizen representative, a representative from the Columbia Valley Directed Funds Commit-tee and a representative from the Columbia Valley Chamber of Commerce.

Tentative plans have the committee starting to meet in July.

Anti-drug letter inspires actionPointing to an impassioned letter in last week’s Pi-

oneer from Heather Smythe calling attention to drug use in the valley, councillor Al Miller said council should do what it can to ramp up drug awareness in the valley, especially at schools. He suggested that council ask Columbia Valley Staff Sgt. Mark She-hovac to meet with council to discuss the issue.

“It’s rampant and we’re losing ground on it,” said Denchuk.

Invermere mayor Gerry Taft emphasized the con-nection between addiction and drug use and said any efforts should include not just the RCMP, but also representatives for relevant social services. Council then directed staff to ask Shehovac to come to the next regular council or committee of the whole meeting.

New bike standsCouncillor Paul Denchuk displayed to other coun-

cil members one of the new green Imagine Inver-mere bike stands. He told them Imagine Invermere’s top four most desired locations for the stands are: the new Cenotaph Plaza, Valley Foods, the intersec-tion by Peppi’s Pizza and the street corners on 7th Avenue by the banks. Council directed district staff to look into which of the desired locations would be most feasible and report back.

community forestThe Ministry of Forests, Land and Natural Re-

source Operations sent a letter to Invermere council advising that the Invermere and Cranbrook timber supply area review is proceeding as normal and that

a data analysis package will soon be available.“This is pivotal for determining if the community

forest will go ahead or not,” said Anderson.But Anderson was quick to add that, although the

data analysis may be done, the actual decision on timber allocation won’t come until fall, and it will be at that point that people will find out if there is enough supply for a community forest.

Lakeside fightingA monthly bylaw officer’s report sparked discus-

sion among council members about fistfights at the public boat launch and about businesses using signs on vehicles to advertise.

Invermere chief administrative officer Chris Prosser said things can get particularly bad at the boat launch by Pete’s Marina in response to ques-tions about how heated debates can become be-tween local residents or visitors.

“We get about three fights a year there. There’s fist-fights, and our bylaw officer is down there breaking things up,” he said, adding these spats are usually about spots in line to launch boats, parking spots for vehicles near the launch, or between boat rental companies about who is tying up on whose side of the dock.

Invermere bylaw officer Mark Topliff had written a brief statement on local businesses not located in the downtown that park their vehicles emblazoned with advertising there for significant periods of time.

“Business owners do have vehicles with logos park on main street. The only thing we can do is put a time limit on parking,” said Prosser.

Invermere mayor Gerry Taft suggested it makes more sense to adjust the district’s sign bylaw to ad-dress these vehicles acting, in essence, as billboards rather that to adjust the district’s parking bylaw to put on a time limit.

Prosser said similar issues have arisen in the past, and that the business owners had stopped parking downtown when simply asked to do so.

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VIBRANT IN THE VALLEYThe Branch Out Bike Tour returned to the valley on June 20th. Cyclists pedalled around Lake Windermere from Panorama to raise money for the Branch Out Neurological Foundation, a society that exists to fi nd ways to cure neurological disorders through alternative therapies and treatments (Photo by Kevin Nimmock). The festivities during Radium Days felt like magic for some, especially Rolf, the Radium woodcarver (Photo by Kirsten Mc-Cauley). The Invermere Curling Club acquired 150 pairs of old roller skate on June 26th from Golden Skate, the vintage Vancouver roller rink. See Friday’s Pioneer for more details (Photo by Kevin Nimmock). Defi ning Yoga instructor Kelly Carlson led a dozen people through 108 sun salutations at Pothole Park to mark International Yoga Day on June 21st (Photo by Nicole Trigg). Golfers participated in the Long Drive tournament at Fairmont Hot Springs Airport on June 20th (Photo by Dean Midyette).

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David Thompson Secondary SchoolGraduation

2015

Aim HighCONGRATULATIONS 2015 GRADUATESWe wish our graduates the best of luck as they embark on the next

phase of their journey.School District No. 6 (Rocky Mountain)

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Couldn’t be more proud.Good luck on your new adventures!

Love Mom, Dad and Jared.

MLA’s Message

Graduation day is an important step in a young person’s life. There are few times when the opportunities in life are so filled with potential. Graduation day also marks

full entry into adulthood with both its responsibilities and its prospects. You have been raised in a safe

and healthy community with quality public education and health care. Your education has provided you with the ability to think critically and to appreciate what you have. But you will also know that we

must always strive to do better. Young minds with fresh ideas have always driven improve-ments in our communities, and I hope that you will embrace that challenge in the years ahead.

Norm MacdonaldColumbia River-Revelstoke MLA


As you start your journey, the � rst thing you should do is throw away that store-bought map and begin to draw your own.

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Grads, you deserve all the credit.

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Principal’s MessageIn a high school, June is the month that passes in a blur. In

a flurry of final lessons, exams, report cards, formal dress, a parade, a ballroom, blue gowns and a tassel, we can lose sight of what is really happening and the important moment unfolding. June marks a significant milestone in a young person’s life.

As your valedictorian so eloquently put it: June is an ending and a beginning. But it is just the first of such milestones. Your lives shall be

filled with many more. As you step beyond the life you knew at David Thompson

Secondary, do so bravely in the knowledge that our entire community is your cheering section. Congratulations, Graduates of 2015 — you are the pride of

the valley!

Darren DanylukDavid Thompson Secondary School Principal


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Congratulations to all our graduates. You’re ready to take on the world. Some of you will head to college, some will go into the workforce and still others will take your backpacks and travel. Whatever path you choose, remember we’re with you all the way.


Bohdan, jozef Bowen, jade Bracken, jordan cairns, mitchell capilo, hanna challis, alex

clarke, Brianna clowers, lukus collins, dakota corrigal, reed cranch, araleigh dewet, andrew

dodich, lillian

feldmann, cody

downey, jonathan

franzen, jacoB

drociuk-Barr, adam

fuller, caitlin

dutcher, devin

gaspar, samuel

eugene, sasha

giBBs, natalie

falkmann, courtney

glassford, Blake

Barr, jennifer Belcher, david Berryman, lila Bjorkman, seth Blain, laceyagnew, Brooklynne


holubec, keyla hoobanoff, nick ingram, shelby jenkinson, jamie jensen, denise jones, jamie

juras, monika kashuba, garrett king, sierra krebs, jacob kreutz, tristen lamy, samuel

langridge, taylor

mcfarlane, sean

leroy, kaitlyn

mcgrath, nathaniel

macsteven, marhyn

mcilwain, montanna

marchand, allissa

milley, winston

markus, katherine

mouly, jane

mauthner, micaela

muir, ieuan

hart-mcallister, koeye haynes, dre healy, melanie heide, cole hoffos, courtneyhart, trystan


PERSSON, JACOB PIRZ, BRADEN POLLARD, JUSTIN POWELL,LOGAN REGITNIG, HENRIK* REISS, HALEY

RICHARDSON, BROOKE SALVIDGE, AIMEE SANTORO, AUSTIN SCHMITZ, CHRISTINA STOBER, JESSIE STRINGER, MORGAN

THOMAS, BRADLEY TRASK, HADRIAN UKASS, HUDSON VELDBOOM, DANE VERGE, DALE WIEBE, EMILY

NADLI, CHASTITY NYGREN, HANNAH OAKS, JAZLYN OSTERMANN,PATRICK PAGET, EMILYMURRAY, DUSTIN

WILLIAMS, REECE YOUNG, KYLE

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BRADLEY LISTERANDREW STRAINBRAIDEN STUART

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Valedictorian's Address

Good afternoon friends and family, teachers and staff, and most of all my fellow graduates

On behalf of the DTSS grad class of 2015, I would like to express our deepest gratitude to each and every one of you here today. Your support means the world to us, and we cannot thank you enough.

First of all to our parents, for putting up with us for 18 years now. You’ve cleaned our dirty diapers, you’ve checked under our beds for monsters, you’ve endured our wild temper tantrums and you’ve washed our disgusting, sweat-soaked soc-cer gear. All the while, you’ve also been our per-sonal chauffeurs, chefs, masseuses, therapists, teachers, doctors and friends. Sometimes we get so caught up in our own lives that we take all the amazing things you do for granted! I would like to acknowledge, today, that we are truly grateful for everything that you do for us.

Secondly, thank you to our teachers. Not only have they taught us the curriculum, but they have taught us about ourselves. I remember when Ms. Brown told us that you don’t always have to know exactly what you’re doing with your life, but as long as you collect the things you like doing, you will eventually be able to connect the dots. Our teach-ers inspire us. It’s hard to tell, when we are always complaining about the mountain of homework we have or that our cellphone got taken away in class, but we are very thankful for our teachers. They have taught us far more in the past 13 years than just Pythagorean Theorem and Literary Terms; they have taught us about ourselves.

Lastly, to our community, we say thank you. The generous support of this valley is incredible, and

many of us do not realize how much we have to be thankful for. We have the Mount Nelson Athletic Park where we can skateboard, play soc-cer, play basketball, etc. We have all the activities on Canada Day and Light-up Night, we have volunteer coaches for our sports and extracur-ricular activities, and today we have seen how much our community has supported us through volunteers who made graduation possible and the unbelievable amount of scholar-ships given out.

You all are our role models: our familis, our teachers and our com-munity. Without your patience, guid-ance and caring, none of us would be who we are today, so I thank you, because the group of people sitting behind me today are truly amazing.

The grad class of 2015 are some of the most talented, creative, smart, athletic, and hardworking people I have ever met. Over the past thir-teen years, we have not only been classmates, but coworkers, team-mates and friends. Five years ago, we all arrived at DTSS from different elementary schools, but today we stand before you united together. I am so lucky to have been a part of

such a wonderful group of people, and I know that each and every person on this stage has a great potential to succeed. I want to thank you, all my fellow graduates, for being the incredible people you are, and also for giving me the honour to stand before you today.

When I first started to write this speech, I had a hard time deciding on what I wanted to talk about. It took me a long time to realize that, to the grad class so poised for success, I would like to first talk about failure. Without failure, there can be no suc-cess. As such, it is important for us to recognize the true value of failure.

Grade 4 is when you learned about multiplication and division. Grade 4 was the first time I felt like a failure. That year, I got six out of 26 on a math test and I remember how humiliated I felt. Everyone seemed to know their multiplication tables, except me. The other kids knew what 9 x 12 was without even thinking about it, but it would take me a while to figure it out. I felt inadequate; I was a nine-year-old failure.

That, however, was not the end of my failures throughout elementary school and high school. I failed to fly in Grade 3 when I jumped off a bunk bed (thinking I was a fairy, of course). I failed to cut my own hair in Grade 5, when it ended up looking like some sort of mullet. I failed to make the relay team in Grade 6. I failed to train my dog to roll over in Grade 10. I failed to get accepted into Oxford in Grade 12.

Over the years, I have learned that failure is in-evitable. However, it is our response to failure that determines our success. Do not fear failure. Go forward with enthusiasm and embrace the mis-takes that will come. Michael Jordan once said,

“I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.” As we prepare to leave David Thompson Secondary, we will all face chal-lenges and failures far greater than we ever have before. Don’t be afraid to fail. Be afraid not to try because “you miss 100 per cent of the shots you don’t take,” as said by Wayne Gretzky. Failure is our key to success.

Next, I would like to talk about success. What is it? We all seem desperate to attain it because we define ourselves by it. Oftentimes people describe success as a measure of status, as if you are only successful if you have a some element of fame, money or power. The word “success” carries with it such a powerful connotation of these things that people sometimes forget it could be better defined in other ways. I believe that, more than the type of car you drive or the title of your job or the qualifi-cations that you have, it is the type of person you strive to be that makes you successful. As Maya An-gelou put it,“Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.” I urge the gradu-ates of 2015 to strive for their definition of success while still remembering what it means to be a good person, to have integrity and empathy. To be suc-cessful, you must work for your goals while being true to yourself. As Thomas Edison once said, “Suc-cess is 1 per cent inspiration and 99 per cent per-spiration.” You have to put in the effort for what you want. Whatever success means to you, strive for it, and give it all you’ve got.

Finally, I would like to talk about passion — have fun! Life isn’t only about schoolwork or getting a job. While those things are important, they aren’t everything, so find what you are passionate about, and chase it for the rest of your life. As Galileo Gal-ilei once said, “Passion is the genesis of genius.” When you are doing something you are passion-ate about, it won’t feel like work, and that is when amazing things will happen. Grads, today you are the oldest you have ever been, and the youngest you will ever be again. Live life to the fullest be-cause, as Abraham Lincoln once said, “In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years”.

Today is an ending. It is the end of our time to-gether at DTSS. I hope you look back on the past five years with a smile on your face, because the memories and friendships that have transpired here will last us a lifetime! It’s here that we’ve had our first kiss, our first car, our first party and our first time doing logarithms. It’s here that we’ve sur-vived Mr. Sherk’s endless homework assignments, seeing Mr. Constable’s legs in band class, running from Tremblay shooting us with water guns, and laughing through Mr. Norquay’s “Bee Dance.” It’s here that we have had the best time of our life, so far. It will be hard to forget the great days and the great nights we’ve all spent together (though I bet there are some nights people would rather forget).

Today is also a beginning. We have opportunity now to go into the world make a difference. We are the youth of today, with an obligation to our planet and to future generations. Don’t be afraid to fail, strive for success, follow your passion and look back on your high school years with pride. We can do this. We are the DTSS graduates of 2015.

I wish you all a wonderful and happy life.

By Micaela Mauthner


Message from the Superintendent Sincere congratulations to the Grads of 2015. Our whole community celebrates this milestone with you — the amazing community turnout for your Grand March was clear evidence of that. You deserve credit for working

hard to complete course requirements; teachers, administrators and support staff deserve credit for helping you along the way; and your parents certainly deserve credit for being your key support system. And for those of you

pursuing post-secondary education in the fall, I also know the many generous donors of the scholarships and bursaries that you have received have made a very helpful contribution to your successful transition.

Our community is depending on you to be people of positive change. We encourage you to think about the things you can do to make a difference, including fi nding ways to put your many talents to good use in the communities

in which you land, enabling and supporting others to work with you, and modelling the way forward. We trust that you have what it takes to do this work, based on the solid foundation you already have.

On behalf of the Board of Education and the Staff of the School District, I wish you every success.

Paul Carriere

Superintendent of Schools, School District No. 6 (Rocky Mountain)

“We don’t stop going to school when we graduate” - Carol Burnett

Congratulations to the Class

Congratulations to the graduating class of 2015!

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2015Congratulations, Grads!We wish you all the best

in your future!

Congratulations!Wishing the graduates of

David Thompson Secondary School all the best in their future endeavours.

“Your imagination

is your preview of

life's coming attractions.”

—Albert Einstein


Congratulations 2015 Grads

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Message from the Mayor:Congratulations on your achievement of surviving

and finishing high school! No matter what your plans are going forward — more studies, working, travelling — you have a world of opportunities and are entering

a very exciting time in your life, but with this great freedom comes great responsibility. Stay involved in your community, wherever that community may be,

always take the time to vote, be part of the solution — not part of the problem! And have fun!

Gerry Taft

Mayor, District of Invermere


Alicia Raven Memorial Hadrian TraskBarbara & George Duthie Scholarship Montanna McIlwainBendina & Gerry Miller Bursary Melanie HealyBrent Fredrickson Memorial Bursary Trystan HartBrisco Riding Club Scholarship Courtney FalkmannBrock & Terri-Lynn Melnyk Family Bursary Brooklyn AgnewCMH Heli-Skiing & Summer Adventures Scholarship Hudson UkassCanadian Union of Public Employees Local 440 Bursary Courtney Hoffos & Austin

SanotorCanfor Jon Downey & Devin

DutcherCarly Jones Memorial Scholarship Jamie JonesCertainTeed Gypsum Canada Windermere Mining Operations Bursary

Cole HeideClass of 1978 Bursary Garrett KashubaColumbia Basin Trust and Community Involvement Scholarship Lila Berryman, Logan

Powell & Araleigh CranchColumbia Power Corporation Bursary Shelby IngramColumbia Valley Arts Council Bursary Jaime JenkinsonColumbia Valley Hut Society Jordon BrackenDavid Thompson Secondary PAC Jazlyn OaksDavid Thompson Secondary Scholarship Micaela MauthnerDUSK Tristen KreutzEdgewater/Radium Ladies’ Hospital Auxiliary Bursary Courtney FalkmannGovernor General’s Award 2014 Leah NewmanInvermere Health Care Auxiliary Bursary Emily PagetInvermere Oldtimers Hockey Team Nic Evanoff, Jane Mouly &

Jazlyn OaksJ. Alfred Laird Bursary Andrew WittJeremy Chambers Memorial Bursary Micaela MauthnerJohn Wolfe Construction Bursaries Brianna ClarkeKinsmen Club of Windermere Valley Bursary Lila BerrymanKootenay Savings Community Foundations Bursaries (2) Emily Wiebe & Jordon

BrackenLake Windermere District Lions Club Scholarship (2) Denise Jensen & Lacy Blain

Lake Windermere Rod & Gun Club Bursary Hadrian Trask & Bradley

ThomasMary Hoffman Memorial Scholarship Emily WiebeMasonic Bursary – Columbia Lodge #38 Garrett KashubaMinistry of Education District Scholarship (10) L. Berryman, A.

Cranch, C. Falkmann, B. Glassford, J. Jenkinson, M. Mauthner, M. Mouly, H. Nygren, J. Oaks & L. Powell

Mollie Laird Bursary Monika JurasPanorama Foundation Bursaries (2) Damian de Wet & Jon

DowneyPanorama Mountain Resort Caitlin FullerPanorama Mountain Resort - Shuswap Sasha EugenePublic Service Alliance of Canada Local 20113 (2) Lila Berryman & Garrett

KashubaRonny Barck Memorial Bursary Natalie Lambert-GibbsRotary Club of Invermere Bursary Araleigh Cranch & Hannah

NygrenRoyal Canadian Legion Branch #199 Edgewater Hannah NygrenRoyal Canadian Legion & Ladies Auxiliary Bursary (Branch 71) Prof.

Jane MoulyRoyal Canadian Legion & Ladies Auxiliary Scholarship (Branch 71)

Emily PagetRoyal Canadian Legion & Ladies Auxiliary Trades Bursary (Branch 71)

Jaime JenkinsonSD No. 6 (Rocky Mountain) Scholarship Blake GlassfordShannonbrook Kennels Taylor LangridgeSobey’s Invermere Bursary Kaitlyn LeRoy & Andrew

StrainTaren Archer Memorial Scholarship Courtney FalkmannTom Sanders Memorial Scholarship Montanna McIlwainValley Echo Bursary Sean McFarlaneVerge for Youth Society Entrance Bursary Hadrian Trask, Hannah

Nygren & Montanna McIlwain

Windermere District Teachers’ Bursary Natalie Lambert-GibbsWindermere District Teachers Association Scholarship Micaela MauthnerWindermere Farmer’s Institute Bursary Blake GlassfordWindermere Zone Administrators’ Bursary Cody Feldman

Scholarships & Bursaries


2015 Subject AwardsBiology 12

Micaela MauthnerPhysics 12

Emily PagetChemistry 12

Micaela MauthnerPre- Calculus 12

Lila BerrymanCT most improved

Mitchell CairnsCook Training 12

Dale VergeConstruction 12

Jon DowneyConstruction 12Dustin Murray

Drama (� eatre Perf )David Belcher

English 12Emily Wiebe

French 12 Lacey Blain

Photography 12Kenya Gonzelez-Lopez

Christine HartmannMusic 12

David BelcherFoundations of Math 12

Aimee SalvidgeCommunications 12

Keyla Holubec Law 12

Blake GlassfordPhysical Education 12

Justin PollardKyle Young

Calculus 12Lila Berryman

History 12Blake GlassfordMetalwork 12Devin Dutcher

Most Improved Artist AwardJaime Jenkinson

Art AwardDenise Jensen

Writing 12Araleigh CranchPsychology 12

Brooklynne AgnewWork Experience 12

Andrew StrainDebbie SeelTrystan Hart

Top All Round Micaela MauthnerCitizen of the Year

Hannah NygrenRotarian Leadership

Lila Berryman


By Breanne Massey

When graduates walk across the stage and turn the tassels on their caps from right to left, many alumni from far and wide think about the direction their lives took after experiencing the landmark ceremony that thrusts teens into adulthood.

For some, the trip down memory lane is a fun-filled adventure, but for others, it’s a long and painful journey riddled with lots of hard lessons. For me, there were lessons I wouldn’t wish on anybody and then there were some moments of absolute bliss.

But the road into adulthood doesn’t need to be paved with the white noise of reality, so here is some advice that I wish someone would’ve given me back then:

Learn From your MistakesDon’t spend time dwelling on your mistakes

because you’re going to make more than one — everybody does — but learning how to cope with the struggles of life and continuing to work hard to get through them will pay off. Take the good with the bad, and focus on making a speedy recovery because nothing lasts forever.

Gain education Through experience

There are some lessons that you just can’t learn from a textbook or a classroom. I encourage you to travel no matter what it takes.

Go learn how people outside of this community and this country eat, work and play — even if it means struggling to make ends meet. Life on the road is a lesson in itself, and that journey will alter every perception you have outside of the world.

Striving to achieve a certificate, diploma or degree isn’t for everybody — and it’s OK to find an alternate route to a routine that makes you feel happy.

Be Flexible about Where you LiveIt’s important to be willing to relocate if it means

you’re going to gain experience as an intern or at an entry level job while chasing your dream.

Going to university doesn’t mean you’re going to walk out the campus doors and directly into a position like a boss. You’re going to need to put the time in to perfect those new skills you’ve learned. You’re going to need to take temporary jobs and be willing to move to get experience. You’re going to need to take constructive criticism.

It’s important that, in order to change, you’re willing to grow. In the end, it can pay off.

Creativity and CompassionPlastic storage bins can be used to make decent

furniture — if you even need it — when you’re living on a budget.

Taking night classes at college means you can sleep in, and avoid paying for parking on campus in a major city.

But nothing is more rewarding in life than kindness. Be kind to yourself, and be compassionate to others. Find life hacks to make your world exactly what you want it to be.

Be True To yourselfThe sky isn’t falling. Your parents don’t always

know what’s best for you — and neither does your best friend.

It’s important to do some soul searching before making any big decisions because, at the end of the day, you’re the one who is going to live with them.

Don’t pigeonhole yourself into a career based on your formal education, don’t get into debt and don’t do a degree in a field that you haven’t worked in. Simply volunteer to get your feet wet, and see what you think.

Focus on finding the path that is best suited to you, and accomplish your goals.

Remember to push yourself everyday and adjust your goals if it brings them closer to becoming a reality.

Tips to the teens walking into adulthood

invermere valley echo, july 01, 2015

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