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Racing through the relayn Keira Cadden races away during the dress-up relay at the Jackrabbits ski fun day held Saturday, Feb. 14 at the Larch Hills Ski Area. The event was organized by Jackrab-bits volunteers with members of the youth Larch Hills Nordics ski team assisting.

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Sales to fund school buildings

Selling vacant or under-used school district properties has injected more than $1 million into School District #83’s capital coffers.

Last year, the school district put six properties on the market and only one still remains listed.

The sold properties total a value of $1,085,000.They include: the closed Ashton Creek School

which sold for $210,000; vacant land at Fifth Avenue SW for $150,000; Mount Ida school property for $175,000; former North Broadview school for $280,000 and the new Jackson annex for $270,000.

The remaining property listed for sale is at 6540 50th St. NE and is known as the North Canoe An-nex.

Proceeds from the sale of properties are depos-ited into the school board’s capital fund and are used to finance capital projects that the Ministry of Education does not fund.

The proceeds will be used for four projects including: the replacement of the school board office currently being constructed beside the Downtown Activity Centre on Shuswap Street; a reconfiguration and renovation to the Carlin El-ementary/Middle School; an addition to the gym and reconfiguration at Len Wood Middle School and upgrades to buildings at the school district’s works complex located in Salmon Arm’s indus-trial park.

The current school district administration of-fice on Shuswap Street is intended to be put up for sale; however, it has not yet been put on the mar-ket. The school district is hoping the new building will be completed in the fall of 2015.

The money from the sale of properties cannot be used to fund the school district’s operational expenses, such as funding for teachers or educa-tional programs.

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n Miss P, also known as Ch. Tashtins Lookin for Trouble, poses with her handler Will Alexander and owners Lori and Kaitlyn Crandlemire after winning Best in Show at the Westminster Kennel Club’s annual dog show at Madison Square Gardens in New York City. She defeated 2,700 dogs to win.

Enderby beagle best in showWestminster: Miss P wins most prestigious title in dogs.

Move over Sir Anthony Hop-kins.

There’s a new celebrity in Enderby.

Miss P (P for Peyton), a four-year-old beagle co-owned by the Enderby mother-daughter duo of Lori and Kaitlyn Crandle-mire, and American breeder Ed-die Dziuk, was named Best in Show Tuesday at the 139th an-nual Westminster Kennel Club dog show – the Super Bowl of dog shows – in front of 18,000 fans at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

“I’ve fielded more phone calls about the beagle than in all the time Anthony Hopkins was here,” said Enderby Mayor Greg McCune Wednesday morning (Hopkins, a Best Actor Oscar winner, was in the city in late 2014 shooting a movie, mak-ing friends with a lot of local residents as he happily posed for pictures).

“Let’s see, there’s been calls from Boston, London, England, Toronto, Vancouver, all over the place.”

Miss P, who won the hound group at Westminster on Mon-day to advance to Best in Show,

beat out six other dogs for the title, including a black standard poodle, Old English Sheepdog, English Springer Spaniel, Portu-guese water dog, Shih Tzu and Skye terrier.

The Shih Tzu is owned by famous kidnap victim Patty Hearst, while the Portuguese water dog in the final group is a relation to U.S. President Barack Obama’s dog, Sunny.

Terriers have won Best in Show at Westminster 46 times.

According to The Washing-ton Post, the first and only other time a beagle was named Best in Show was in 2008, and it was Miss P’s great uncle, Uno, who won the competition.

Lori and Kaitlyn Crandlemire were in New York to watch the big moment. Miss P was han-dled by Ontario’s Will Alexan-der.

“I’m speechless,” said Lori to reporters immediately after the victory.

Back home in Enderby and around the North Okanagan ex-citement over the beagle’s vic-tory was building.

“My husband and I watched it on TV and when it was an-nounced that Miss P had won, it was pretty incredible,” said Ta-sha Baumle, Kaitlyn’s sister.

Many notes of congratulation had been posted to the Vernon and District Kennel Club’s Face-book page. A club gathering to watch the Best in Show group on TV included a lit candle and stuffed beagle for luck.

Baumle said Kaitlyn, Lori and Miss P were going to be busy in New York for the next few days.

Miss P appeared on the Today show Wednesday morning and was slated to be on a number of other talk shows.

The dog was being treated to steak dinner on a silver platter at legendary Sardi’s Restaurant and was also rumoured to be meeting with Donald Trump.

It is believed that Miss P will now be retired from competition and, to live up to the adage of “every dog having its day,” the City of Enderby is planning a celebration for its newest cham-pion.

“My first thought was a pa-rade,” said McCune. “We have the Canada Day parade so we could offer up the first spot to Miss P and the Crandlemires.

“We’ll definitely do some-thing. This is an amazing ac-complishment.”

More than 27,000 dogs were entered in the prestigious West-minster Kennel Club show.

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The wet weather took its toll on a portion of Foothill Road, which has been closed indefi-nitely.

Tuesday morning city crews were called to a stretch of Foothill just west of Mount Ida Cemetery, when the lower edge of the road began sloughing down the bank.

Crews blocked off the road to traffic from 14th Street SW to 30th Street SW, the two closest ac-cess points to the slide.

By 11 a.m. Tuesday, about three metres of the shoulder and road-way had sloughed off along a 30-metre stretch of road, with a total of about 60 metres af-fected by cracks and fissures.

Periodically small chunks of asphalt and earth would tumble down the bank, while rivulets of water could

be seen pushing their way out of the soil far below the road’s sur-face.

City engineer Jenn Wilson explained the over-saturation of the ground had compro-mised the road struc-ture.

“There’s a little creek – it came down the hillside along the ditch – it’s getting under the road base.”

Adding to the prob-lem was an exposed natural gas line, which Fortis crews were work-ing to secure.

Although city staff were awaiting word from a geotechnical en-gineer who was survey-ing the situation, Wilson said the ground was still moving a little but it looked like the worst was done.

“It’s a very, very wet spring – the geotech was saying he’s been pop-ping around to slides all around the place. We’re getting off lucky com-

pared to some.”Also surveying the

damage was Jaci Metiv-ier, owner of the prop-erty below the road, where the mud and water were accumulat-ing as the road edge col-lapsed.

“I’ve been noticing for years drainage has been becoming an issue on the cemetery road and Mount Ida Forest Service Road – and no one seems to be taking responsibility.”

As for rebuilding the road, Wilson said it will

be a matter of digging it down to stable ground and then rebuilding it, ensuring proper drain-age is established. She predicted construction could take one to two weeks, and the affected section of the road will be closed until further notice.

“It will be a matter of finding the money and the crews.”

Depending on geo-technical findings, Wil-son said the road might be opened to single-lane traffic.

Damage: Re-opening not likely for at least two weeks.

n Terry Eddy of Fletcher Paine Associates Ltd. inspects a part of Foothill Road that washed out near the Mt. Ida Cemetery on Tuesday, Feb. 17.

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B.C.’s new budget is getting a fail-ing grade from educators.

The provincial government is pumping an extra $564 million into education over three years to cov-er union contracts, but school districts across B.C. have been instruct-ed to cut administration spending by $29 million next school year and $25 million in 2016/17.

“We are disappointed that the government is taking money out of the system,” said Sterling Olsen, North Okanagan-Shuswap School District secretary-treasurer.“We are not sure where they believe the savings will come from.”

The impact of the provincial bud-get on individual districts won’t be known until March 15, but the North Okanagan-Shuswap district could ex-perience a 2015/16 shortfall of $1.3 to $2.8 million.

“It will mean reduced services and programs,” said Olsen.

Teachers are blasting the govern-ment.

“The latest budget from the provin-cial government is a broken promise

to make learning condi-tions like class compo-sition a priority,” said Brenda O’Dell, North Okanagan-Shuswap Teachers Association president. “The govern-ment says cuts will have to be made to non-in-structional programs, but doesn’t say what those could be. We’ve already seen big cuts to adult ba-sic education and other

important programs this year. School districts will be hit hard by this multi-million dollar cut and the unfunded cost pressures like a four per cent in-crease to MSP premiums.”

Greg Kyllo, Shuswap MLA, de-fends the government.

“We’re still seeing declining enrol-ment across the province. That may be part of the challenge,” he said.

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With the federal election looming, I have been giv-ing considerable thought to where the different political parties stand on the environ-ment, the economy and a va-riety of other issues.

More and more it would seem, at least when it comes to the environment, that the current federal government is trying harder and harder to disassociate themselves from taking either financial or moral responsibility when it comes to dealing with such issues, instead choosing to make blanket statements that have little or no substance

Not that the other political parties have come forward with a worthwhile environ-mental platform.

It’s all a bit disheartening. It can all be a bit confusing. A case in point is the man-agement of many of the riv-ers in this province, spread among numerous provin-cial and federal government agencies. For example, the BC Ministry of Environment is in charge of managing water quality. Fisheries and Oceans Canada (federal) is responsible for fish habitat. The Integrated Land Man-

agement Bureau is respon-sible for issuing foreshore leases (for such things as the construction of docks), while the use of power boats is regulated through Trans-port Canada. It really is hard sometimes to know who is supposed to be in charge.

And I guess that’s my point. When it comes right down to it, we, the voters, are still in charge – more or less. While we may some-times feel we do not have enough direct input into the decision-making process and policies of any given sit-ing government, we do still have the ability to exercise our democratic rights at the polling booth come election day.

Like most people, I try to make a relatively informed decision when I mark my ballot. That is why I really do want to know where the different political parties stand on a variety of issues that are important to me. I do not feel that is too much to ask of those candidates who are running locally and the federal parties themselves when it comes to national policy.

Over the years, I have written a number of times about the ever-increasing number of larger and more powerful watercraft show-ing up on our lakes and riv-ers – all which add to the amount of traffic, noise, wa-ter pollution, shoreline ero-sion and impact on wildlife. I do not try to pass myself off as knowing any more than the average person/voter when it comes to this situation. However, things do affect me, in as much as I spend a fair amount of time either sitting out on the lake or casting my line from the banks of some river. I also recognize the fact that other people have as much right to enjoy their time on the water

as I do.I appreciate and respect

the policies that are in place to regulate activities on the water so that all people, as well as the creatures that live in and around our lakes and rivers, can coexist.

That is why I have a prob-lem with the current fed-eral government which has, through Transport Canada, introduced a number of so-called ‘small’ changes to the Navigable Waters Protection Act. These small changes are, in effect, the current fed-eral government’s attempt to eliminate any obligation or need on the part of industry/development to conduct any sort of environmental assess-ment on the impact of any given project.

It is all too clear where the current government stands.

I guess what I would like to know is where the other political parties stand when it comes to the environment. I would also like to see it in writing.

Seems to me the whole issue of the environment re-ally does all boil down to a question of priorities and politics.

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The statistics are stark.A total of 106 young drivers were killed in

B.C. between 2004 and 2013, according to Chief Coroner Lisa Lapointe in a report last week.

The report found that speed, impairment or lack of seatbelt use were contributing factors in most cases.

And while the death rate for drivers aged 16 to 18 has declined by two thirds since 2008, it remains the leading cause of death for the age group, with teenage boys aged 17 and 18 at greatest risk of death or injury.

The coroners’ analysis showed 68 of 106 driv-ers were at the “novice” stage when they died. Of those, 18 had consumed alcohol and seven were driving with too many passengers who were not family members, and without a super-visor.

There were 14 deaths of young drivers with a learner’s licence, the first stage of the graduated system. Of those, 11 were driving with no supervisor, 10 had consumed alcohol, three were driving during restricted hours and two had more than one non-supervisor passenger in the vehicle.

Distraction by mobile phone use was found to be a factor in only one case.

There’s something wrong here, and it appears young drivers aren’t getting the necessary tools needed to be safe drivers.

The province must look for ways to strengthen its graduated licensing system for young driv-ers, and we support the call by Lapointe for a pilot project of electronic speed enforcement in high-risk areas to reduce the number of young people who die in car crashes.

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VIEW POINTExpressing opinions healthy for democracy

Rather than waste paper castigating our Prime Minister, Cindy Derkaz could provide some insight into ex-actly what her party has to offer.

Right now she has a

leader with a head of hair, but nothing in-side. When she calls for change, does she mean we should ex-change our current, highly respected prime minister for her Lib-

eral who could come to Salmon Arm and give us another one-finger salute?

It is a matter of his-tory that PET’s attitude was “screw the West.” And JT has already

echoed those senti-ments. It surprises me that anyone west of Ontario would even consider identifying with that outlook.

Alfred Schalm

B. Campbell is fully entitled to express his views (Shuswap Mar-ket News, Feb. 13). However, I take is-sue with some of his points.

First, I disagree that the three letters he notes are beating up Prime Minister Harper, Conservatives or Co-lin Mayes, but rather are pointing out areas where the Canadian government could im-prove its policies and performance. I know some of the authors and do not consider them to be ‘lefties,’ but rather concerned Cana-

dian citizens who seek a better future for all Canadians.

Yes, Canada’s econ-omy has fared bet-ter than many since 2008, but this is also a positive reflection on Canada’s institutional framework and poli-cies that were imple-mented by Liberal and Conservative govern-ments since the 1930s.

While the Harper government responded aggressively to the 2008 collapse, let’s also remember that it was the MPs under Liberal leadership that demanded the gov-

ernment implement a financial stimulus pro-gram over the objec-tion of Mr. Harper. Mr. Campbell should also remember that Cana-da’s national debt has grown faster under Mr. Harper’s tutelage than any other except for Mr. Mulroney’s.

Justin Trudeau is the same age and has more experience in Parlia-ment than Mr. Harper did when he became leader of the Alliance Party of Canada. Mr. Trudeau brings a dif-ferent style to Cana-dian politics.

And yes, the election

campaign has start-ed. Indeed, since Mr. Harper formed his first government in 2006, he has introduced non-stop campaigning, 365 days of the year for nine years.

By publishing Mr. Campbell’s letter, the Observer/Shus-wap Market News has demonstrated that it encourages the expres-sion of a variety of views on political is-sues of the day. Let’s all get out our pens and engage.

Don Paterson, MDSorrento

Re: Gwynne Dyer’s “Globe Moves Into ‘Peak Everything’,” Shuswap Market News, Feb. 6.

Thank you for yet an-other opportunity to air out about the content in your columns of doom and dire predictions, along with the likeli-hood that we’re all done for. Not only do you type these messages out, but you say it out loud too, such as when you spoke at a forum at UVic in front of my daughter and hundreds

of other high school students last year. Even if what you said was true, why did you feel the need to dim all those bright lights in the room by leaving them with a sense of futility for their future? Were you try-ing to galvanize or para-lyze?

We haven’t even be-gun to reach our own ‘peak’ potential, Mr. Dyer, and many thou-sands of people of all ages worldwide, from every kind of back-ground, culture and

expertise, are and will be tackling these issues head on before those dreaded due dates.

The worst disaster we’d face on this earth would be the emotional ‘tipping point’ of de-spair, which would in-evitably lead to social breakdown and chaos, along with an accel-erated environmental free-for-all, leaving this planet of ours in an even worse mess than it is now.

Margo Westaway

It’s not all doom and gloom, Mr. Dyer

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Mother, miner, heavy equipment operator and now reality TV star, Nika Guilbault loves life in the wild.

The Sorrento resi-dent delivered twins in the family truck on Jan. 28 and thinks their arrival may postpone her return to the Yukon, where she and husband Chris St. Jean operate a small mining company.

The couple are fea-tured in the third season of Yukon Gold, History Channel’s Canadian “docu-series” that re-turns to television Feb. 25 at 10 p.m. ET/PT.

Producers bill the show as a character-based documentary that captures the physical and emotional struggles four sets of miners face in their search for gold during the 16-week mining season.

Guilbault and St. Jean’s company, CTF Earthworks, was formed in 2011 and be-gan mining operations in 2013.

“We bought some claims and equipment, starting with some ground and older ma-chinery,” she says, not-ing they are often min-ing through permafrost that ranges in depth from five feet to 20- to 30-plus deep. “It’s tough to find ancient creek beds where there might be some gold; the Yukon has been heavily mined over the years

but we’re hoping some old-timers left us some gold.”

Mining season be-gins sometime in April and continues to mid or late October – “when things don’t work any-more, there’s no water, the equipment breaks down, we get moody” and the season ends.

Mining is a struggle, Guilbault laughingly admits and the accom-modations are definitely far from five-star.

“We have some old ATCO-type trailers and Chris built a large ad-dition so we can all be living in one trailer instead of having a bed-room trailer and a bath-room trailer.”

Now the family will have two more children to house, Guilbault says St. Jean will give up his gold-cleaning room to give Zyla a bedroom.

Guilbault works side-by-side with St. Jean, doing pretty much ev-erything he does.

She credits grow-ing up on the family’s Sorrento farm with in-stilling her love of the outdoors – the more re-mote the better.

When she was 18, Guilbault headed to Fort St. John, where she laboured on a pipeline, was a medic and a pilot driver for rig transport companies.

While training in Kelowna for her class one driver’s licence so she could move from the pilot car to the large rig-moving trucks,

Guilbault was offered a job with a mining com-pany.

It was there, shortly before the 2010 mining season began, that she met her future husband. He was part of the min-ing company’s inter-view crew.

In her first year of mining, Guilbault learned how to drive three of the biggest bull-dozers made, as well as excavators, rock trucks, work a wash plant and repair and maintain equipment.

The following year Guilbault headed back to Fort St. John to earn enough money for the couple to start their own mining venture. That ended when she discov-ered she was pregnant.

Guilbault says she and her husband do well with the isolation and hard work because they respect each other, enjoy each other’s com-

pany and have the same goals.

Being part of a reality TV show was interest-ing, she says, noting the family got used to cam-eras all the time and bonded well with the film crew.

“It became part of everyday life… they have to endure a lot of what we did,” she says. “They have a lot of challenges and so do we, and respect each other’s space.”

Guilbault says people who watch the show will see how much Zyla enjoys the new things she learns and how much she grows over the summer. There will be more learning as the expanded family begins another season in the north, but Guilbault is undaunted.

“Anyone who has the gumption, is a little bit hard-headed and maybe a bit crazy can do it.”

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and found human re-mains, which the medi-cal examiner identified as Degenhardt.

Although Degen-hardt was a Salmon Arm resident, he spent a lot of time travelling between his home and a rental property he had in Morinville, Alta. and often stopped in Bar-rhead. It was during one of these stops that Crown prosecutor Greg Gudelot alleges the murder took place.

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After stealing the drugs, Gudelot said Jer-rett used Degenhardt’s computer to search sev-eral topics, including how long it took a body to decompose and how to disassemble a hand-gun.

He also said the jury would hear how Jerrett enlisted the help of fam-ily members to clean up the crime scene and hide the body.

The prosecutor told the jury they will also hear that Jerrett took Degenhardt’s cell phone and set about creating a false pattern of communication to give the impression the victim was alive and well when he left Bar-rhead.

The trial is sched-uled to last about four weeks.

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A free income tax service will be avail-able to seniors who qualify (dependent on income level). Call 250-515-6047 for more information.

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In their six years of singing, members of the esteemed Northern Lights Chamber Choir have gathered quite a repertoire.

Choir director Steve Guidone says there are now 80 numbers from which to choose, and fans who have asked to hear some of the ones the Northern Lights has previously per-formed.

In response, the choir presents Some-thing Old Something New in Sorrento and Salmon Arm concerts.

“Some of the piec-es go back as far as Handel,” says Guidone, his enthusiasm for the choir and the music bubbling up. “We’re tending towards the current pieces but also pulling up favourite audience and member requests from the past.”

One of Guidone’s favourites, Sure on this Shining Night, is a version of a poem by James Agee. It tells of a beautiful starry night and being alive to en-joy it.

“One I am quite ex-cited by, is Dirait-on (so they say), a mid-winter madrigal about the rose.

“A rose is narcism personified; it knows it’s beautiful and stands out,” Guidone says. “There are layers voice over voice, just like the petals of a rose… it’s just gorgeous.”

Also on the program are the last two move-ments of the Requiem by Gabriel Fauré.

“I think it’s my ab-solute favourite re-quiem,” said Guidone,

adding Hugh Carter, a baritone from Vernon, has agreed to come and sing solo in this piece.

Guidone is proud of his choir which, for the most part, has many of the same members since Northern Lights was formed.

“There are a lot of the same people, but their skills have grown; it’s amazing how they have learned new things and how quick-ly they have learned them,” says Guidone. “It’s quite something to have a choir like this in a town this size.”

Guidone says he is very proud to be di-recting such a talented group.

Along with a guest baritone, two accom-plished area pianists will also perform in Something Old Some-thing New.

Jaeden Izik-Dzurko will play J. S. Bach’s Prelude and Fugue in Eb and the Poulenc Variations at the Feb. 22 concert in Sorrento and in Salmon Arm on March 5.

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Northern Lights performs at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 22 at St. Mary’s Anglican Unit-ed Church in Sorrento.

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• If you are over 13 years old and want to make money, sign up to be an umpire, (must take the umpire clinic, which will be offered beginning of April)

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In addition to the fact that the “trickle down” effect from the bulging one percent economic theory does not work, other factors are re-sulting in what the in-dicators show to be an increasing level of pov-erty in the Shuswap.

Chief among these are government poli-cies that make it in-creasingly more diffi-cult for economically challenged individuals and families to get ad-equate financial assis-tance. Food banks are but a stopgap measure that relies on public generosity. Thankfully other solutions are be-ing pioneered here, but more efforts are needed to successfully solve the problems.

Growing unemploy-ment is certainly one of the factors behind the growing wealth gap in the Shuswap. Across Canada in January 2015 the rate for Can-ada was 6.6 per cent, for B.C. it was 5.6, in the Southern Interior it was 6.7, whereas one estimate for the Shuswap was pegged between 8 and 9 per cent. With recent lay-offs in Sicamous and Salmon Arm at com-panies manufacturing portable housing and equipment for the Al-berta oil industry, and

because many local oil patch workers are los-ing their jobs, this rate will likely increase.

A look at the local economy does show how more people are employed in lower wage, seasonal jobs here such as agricul-ture and sales than in the Lower Mainland, although fortunately the cost of living here is much lower.

And up until the last 10 years, the forest in-dustry provided a high percentage of the jobs many that were well paid. Now many of these jobs have been lost to automation and declining timber sup-plies, as well as the loss of government over-sight positions and a decline in silviculture.

As the food bank numbers show, under-employment is a grow-ing problem, as the trend is for minimum-wage jobs to be part-time without benefits and the minimum wage of $10.25 per hour is far less than what is considered to be a liv-ing wage of $16.70 per hour.

Although people rejoice over the low-er priced goods now available at the new big-box store, it is ironic that most fami-lies could not survive on the store’s low wages and part-time hours. Typically, most families now require two wage earners, and sometimes more than one job for each wage earner, which can add greater stress and lead to more problems that require the help of so-cial services.

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Centre executive di-rector Patricia Thur-ston is frustrated by the lack of empathy within government and their growing efforts to reduce the number of those getting assis-tance by increasing red tape with only online and phone servicing, focusing on investiga-tions and enforcement and denying help to those in dire need such as new mothers with no support. The centre itself only receives par-tial funding from the government and must rely on local organiza-tions and businesses to help maintain its ser-vices.

One of the pro-grams that Thurston has had great success with is their commu-nity kitchen program in Malakwa. Often lower-income fami-lies are trapped in the cycle of eating only higher priced, but less nutritious processed foods because many of them never acquired the skills of cooking healthy food using fresh, wholesome in-gredients.

They teach families how to shop local and buy organic ingredi-ents to cook primarily vegetarian meals that also save them money. Every participant, in-cluding the children, contributes to the plan-ning, preparing and cooking and then sits down to enjoy the taste of real food. They are now partnering with the Shuswap Food Action Co-op to in-corporate community gardening and glean-ing into the program. They are also hoping to

expand the program to Salmon Arm, but with-out government help they are dependent upon grants and com-munity support.

Real long-term so-lutions to address the impacts of increasing levels of inequality can only come from the provincial and federal governments. Govern-ments need to increase minimum wage and the level of assistance for those people who require it due to dis-ability, old age, or other issues. A guaran-teed minimum income would be one solution that other countries offer. Yet the trend continues to move in the opposite direction, such as the decision to raise the retirement age to 67. Keeping people in the workforce lon-ger will only lessen the jobs available for those starting out, which is evident now, as the un-employment rate for those under the age of 24 is over 10 percent.

Locally, more ef-forts to provide skill-training opportunities would help.

Of course, finding new companies to set up in the Shuswap is an important ongoing ef-fort, but one that must compete with every other community in the country. And as I have suggested in the past, attracting more retired people to move here and bring their discre-tionary income that does help create more jobs would build on an already booming trend, given that the Shuswap offers one of the best places in the province to live.

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Human health is connected to the envi-ronment. We require specific conditions in order to thrive on our planet. These include clean air, fresh water, food, fuel, protection from UV radiation, and a relatively stable climate. These condi-tions are known as ecological determi-nants of health. When these determi-nants are threatened, our health is too.

Now you might be thinking “that’s a no-brainer – everyone knows that” but have you ever wondered how you as one individual can influence such large global issues?

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We can start small and work our way up to larger actions. Try buying honey

from a local, environmentally-minded bee keeper instead of buying import-ed sweeteners. Starting to compost at home helps reduce the amount of waste that ends up in landfills. Xeriscaping our properties reduces water usage. We can also encourage larger change by advocating for policies and programs that help protect our environment such as initiatives aimed at reducing carbon emissions.

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Enjoying a summer picnic at a local park recently, I was surprised to see someone toss their cigarette butt into the long grass at the edge of the road as they left. Grumbling, a fellow picnicker collected the butt from the grass and doused it. “I don’t know why smoking is allowed in this park,” she said, point-ing up to the tinder-dry forest stretch-ing up the mountainside. “On a hot day like this, the whole place could go up in flames.”

It’s true - smoke free public places protect more than our health; they also reduce the risk of wildfire. Ciga-rettes cause fires every year in B.C., many starting in the interface between communities and surrounding areas. Residents of the B.C. Interior became attuned to the risk of interface fires during the 2003 fire season. That year, fires destroyed 334 homes and busi-nesses and forced the evacuation of 45,000 people. Although lightning was

the major cause of the wildfires that year, smoker’s materials were also a sig-nificant contributor. In fact, a discarded cigarette ignited the McClure fire near Barriere, destroying 72 homes and nine businesses including the major employ-er in the area. Cigarettes continue to be a top cause of fire in the province, but we can change that.

One important way to reduce the risk of fire between communities and forest-ed areas is to prohibit smoking in local parks and trails. Community trail sys-tems are often located on the perimeter of the community, close to dry forests and grassland. Parks are also vulner-able to fire in hot summer weather. Park and trail users who smoke may not be aware of the damage their discarded cigarette can cause. Local governments can reduce fire risk with a smoke free outdoor bylaw that protects these vul-nerable areas and the community.

There is lots of support out there for

smoke free outdoor bylaws. Eighty six per cent of British Columbians do not smoke so these bylaws align with our community norms. In one study, 93 per cent of non-smokers and 71 per cent of smokers agreed with restrictions on smoking in outdoor spaces and after the bylaw was implemented, support continued to increase.

More than 40 local governments in B.C. have adopted bylaws that restrict smoking in outdoor public places such as parks, playgrounds and trail systems. For more information about creating smoke free environments in your com-munity, contact the Interior Health To-bacco Reduction program at [email protected], or see Plan H To-bacco at: http://planh.ca/take-action/healthy-people/page/tobacco-reduction

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MP Colin Mayes has been involved in global discussions on some key issues.

Mayes represented Canada at the 23rd annual Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Par-liamentary Forum in Quito, Ecuador.

Delegates discussed a range of issues, in-cluding the ongoing fight against Ebola in West Africa.

Mayes highlighted the $110 million the federal government has committed to sup-port health, humanitar-ian, and security inter-ventions both at home and abroad to address Ebola.

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The meetings will be held on Tuesday, March 3 at 7 p.m.at École Élémentaire Bastion Elementary (early immersion) and L’École Intermédiare Shuswap Middle School (late immersion).

It is essential for all parents interested in the early/late French Immersion programs to attend these information meetings on March 3rd at 7 p.m. If the numbers work out, then registration will be taken at this meeting. If the numbers do not work out, we will continue with registration on Wednesday, April 1st, 2015, from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. Registration will take place at the District Education Centre (DEC) located at #110 2960 Okanagan Avenue S.E., Salmon Arm on a � rst come � rst served basis.

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Bullying and CyberbullyingBullyingBullying happens when there is an imbalance of power; where someone purposely and repeatedly says or does hurtful things to someone else. Bullying can occur one on one or in a group(s) of people. There are many different forms of bullying:◼ Physical bullying (using your body or objects to cause harm): includes hitting, punching, kicking, spitting or breaking some-one else’s belongings.◼ Verbal bullying (using words to hurt someone): includes name calling, put-downs, threats and teasing.◼ Social bullying (using your friends and relation-ships to hurt someone): in-cludes spreading rumours, gossiping, excluding others from a group or making

others look foolish or unintelligent. This form of bullying is most common among girls (Canadian Children’s Rights Council).

CyberbullyingCyberbullying involves the use of communication technologies such as the Internet, social network-ing sites, websites, email, text messaging and instant messaging to repeat-edly intimidate or harass others.

Cyberbullying includes:• Sending mean or threatening emails or text/instant messages.• Posting embarrassing photos of someone online.• Creating a website to make fun of others.• Pretending to be some-one by using their name.• Tricking someone into revealing personal or embarrassing information and sending it to others.Cyberbullying affects victims in different ways

than traditional bully-ing. It can follow a victim everywhere 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, from school, to the mall and all the way into the comfort of their home - usually safe from traditional forms of bullying.

ImpactsOver time, youth who are bullied or bully others find their own ways of dealing with it. While some vic-tims/bullies may become depressed and begin to withdraw socially, others react aggressively and turn to violence.

Dangers for Children and Adolescents Who Are Bullied:• Depression• Social anxiety, loneli-ness, isolation• Stress related health problems (e.g., headaches, stomach aches)• Low self esteem• School absenteeism and academic problems

• Aggressive behaviours• Contemplating, at-tempting, or committing suicideDangers for Children and Adolescents Who Bully Others:• Not knowing the differ-ence between right and wrong• Delinquency and sub-stance use• Academic problems and increased school dropout rate• Aggression• Sexual harassment and dating aggression• Gang involvement and criminal adulthood• Difficulties in their relationships with others• Being bullied at the hands of others

Bullying and the LawBullying can be a traumatic experience, and some forms of bullying can even be considered illegal. These include:• Threats - whether done face to face, online, over the phone or through text messaging.• Assaults - including pushing, tripping, slap-ping, hitting or spitting.• Theft of personal items - like a backpack, books, electronic devices, etc.• Harassment - repeated tormenting online, with texts, phone calls and/or emails.

• Sexual Exploitation - sharing videos or photos with nudity of people un-der 18.• Hate crime - bullying based on ethnicity, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, etc.For all of these criminal offences, it is important to notify your local police detachment or report it to CYBERTIP.CA. Based on the available information, police will decide if an investigation is warranted and whether charges may be laid.

What You Can DoYouthIf you are a victim of bul-lying• Walk away or leave the online conversation.• Keep track of the bully-ing (write it down and/or save a screenshot of the online message).• Tell a trusted adult. If you don’t trust anyone or need to speak with some-one urgently, contact the confidential and toll-free Kids Help Phone.• Report the bullying to school administrators.• Report criminal of-fences, such as threats, assaults and sexual exploi-tation to the local police detachment.• Report unwanted text messages to your tele-phone service provider.

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Cyber-Bullying Seen as a Significant Concern among BC Residents23% of Parents With Teens Say Their Teen Has Been Cyber-Bullied (As Have 8% of Adults)Vancouver, BC - Accord-ing to a recent Insights West-6S Marketing study on social media behav-iors and attitudes of 504 online BC adults, 48% are ”very concerned” about cyber-bullying in society overall, and a further 41% are “somewhat concerned.” Of the 18% of adults in BC with teens in the home, an alarming 23% of parents say their teens have been victims of cyber-bullying.Cyber-bullying is not a problem exclusive to the teen world, however, as 8% of adults themselves claim to have experi-enced it— and incidence increases to 12% among those whom we have classified as “heavy” social media users (those who use Facebook or Twitter at least once a day). Those in the 18-34 year old category are also substan-tially more likely to report being cyber-bullied (15%) than those in other age groups (7% for 35-54 year olds, and 4% among 55+).More than one in three (38%) either strongly sup-port (17%) or somewhat support (21%) the priva-tization of liquor distribu-tion in BC. However, a further 40% also either strongly oppose (24%) or

somewhat oppose (16%) the change. Almost one in four (23%) are unsure on their position towards this issue.Although the incidence of cyber-bullying has hit alarming numbers of 23%, it still pales in comparison to the fact that the majority (58%) of parents say their teens have been victims of “traditional” bullying.Results of the poll show that BC residents believe a collective effort from individuals, educators, law enforcement and government should play a role in countering cyber-bullying. The vast major-ity of adults believe that it is parents who should be taking a primary role in countering cyber-bully-ing, and 60% of adults be-lieve teens should take on a primary role— an atti-tude that is shared among both parents of teens and non-parents. Nearly half of BC residents (48%) feel that individuals should take the primary role. A smaller number of adults feel that the public school system (40%), police (32%), and media (30%) should take a primary role, but a large minority believe these organiza-tions should play second-

ary roles (35%, 35%, and 27%, respectively).The relatively new social phenomenon of cyber-bullying is driven by the relatively large number of British Columbians engaged in social media activities. Currently, 46% of adults use Facebook on a daily basis, a figure that increases to 64% among 18-34 year olds, and 50% of 35-44 year olds (daily Facebook use is reported by 29% of the 55+ age group). Daily Facebook use is also disproportion-ately higher among BC adults with teens living in the household (58%) vs. those without teens (43%). On average, 11% of British Columbians use Facebook weekly, 11% monthly, and 27% use it less often than that (about 5% don’t know). Women continue to domi-nate the Facebook space, with 53% being daily users, vs. 38% of men.Daily usage of Twitter is currently 16% on aver-age — but dramatically higher among the 18-34 year old group (37%), dropping off to 15% among 35-54’s, and only 4% among 55+. Other social media platforms (such as Instagram, LinkedIn, Flickr, etc.)

have increased to the point where 10% of the current population report daily usage. About Insights West:Insights West is a progres-sive, Western-based, full-service marketing research company that exists to serve the market with insights-driven research solutions and interpretive analysis, through leading-edge tools, normative databases, and senior level expertise across a broad range of public and private sector organizations.Results are based on an online study conducted in October 2012 among 504 British Columbians aged 18+ who are YourInsights.ca panel members. YourInsights.ca is Insights West’s in-house access panel offering on-demand samples for both clients and research suppliers looking for Western Canadian populations. The data has been statistically weighted according to Canadian census figures for British Columbia for age, gender, and region. Results have a +/- 4.4 percentage point margin of error, 19 times out of 20.


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History of Pink Shirt DayIn 2007, two Nova Scotia students decided to take action after witnessing a younger student being bullied for wearing a pink shirt to school. � e students bought 50 pink t-shirts and encouraged schoolmates to wear them and send a powerful message of solidarity to the bully. We were inspired by the story and to date have raised more than $830,000 for anti-bullying programs with the sales of our o� cial Pink Shirt Day t-shirts.

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Pass to transportationn Bus driver Leigh Pollard, happy bus pass owner Kim Bramble, Rotarian Bill Sauer, Shuswap MLA Greg Kyllo and Rotarian Carl Flatman gather to present Bramble with her new $10 bus pass subsi-dized by the Rotary at $35 per pass for qualifying seniors and people with disabilities. About 60 people have applied for the pass.

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Cannon, Jules join IH boardInterior Health is has

announced the appoint-ment of Diane Jules and Deborah Cannon to its board of directors.

Jules, who hails from Chase, has been presi-dent of the Sexqelt-kemc Ltd. Partnership since 2010.

Previously, she served four terms as an

elected band council-lor for the Adams Lake Indian Band and as president of the Adams Lake Band Develop-ment Corporation.

Cannon is an entre-preneur who owned and operated a local floral business for more than 15 years in Salm-on Arm.

A former City of Salmon Arm council-lor, she served as the city representative for a number of community groups or committees, including Community in Blooms, Shuswap Tourism, Economic Development and the Downtown College Campus Committee.

The Okanagan Regional Library is looking for seniors that are interested in sharing their knowl-edge with others at the library.

Share with other seniors, adults, or children. Share one-to-one, in small groups, or do larger presentations on a wide variety of topics or inter-est areas.

The Okanagan Regional Library wants to cel-ebrate experience, knowledge, and wisdom from local citizens. Come to the library and share what you know!

If you are interested in sharing your knowledge with others, contact your nearest branch of the Okanagan Regional Library or email [email protected]

Share with the libraryA22 www.saobserver.net Friday, February 20, 2015 Shuswap Market News

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Zimmer Autosport WelcomesAllan MartinThe Zimmer Autosport team is happy to announce that Allan Martin is our new

Sales Manager!Allan comes to us from Salmon Arm where he was born and raised and then gained much of his sales experience starting at a very early age. Allan took Business Administration and Marketing at OUC and went on to have a few different sales jobs including marine and RV sales, and then Financial Services Manager and Sales Manager at Canmore Chrysler. In 2013, Allan and his wife moved back to Salmon Arm where they had their son Evan, Salmon Arm’s 2014 New Year Baby! He and his family just completed the move to Kamloops and are very happy to now call Kamloops home. Allan looks forward to helping you with the purchase of your next Mercedes-Benz, Sprinter, Smart car or one of our many luxury pre-owned vehicles and wants to welcome you to visit our dealership at 695C Laval Crescent – next to Zimmer Wheaton GMC Buick.

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Chase

The Heat wrapped up the regu-lar season this past weekend, fin-ishing second in the Doug Birk’s Division to claim home-ice ad-vantage in the KIJHL first round.

In the highly competitive di-vision, Chase finished 10 points behind the leading Kamloops Storm, but with 58 points, one up on third-place 100 Mile House Wranglers and three up on the fourth place Sicamous Eagles.

First-round opponents in the best of seven series starting Fri-

day, Feb. 20 are the Wranglers from 100 Mile House.

The Heat split the weekend, starting with a critical contest on Friday the 13th at home against the Wranglers. No scoring in the first but in the second Cody Hodges on the power play from Trevor Okino and Chad Wilde got Chase on the board. The Wranglers got that one back with a power-play marker of their own. In the third, the Heat took over, scoring twice – Okino from Kaleb Boyle and Wilde on the power play and then Travis Beau-bien assisted by Wesley Matsuda

blasted the black rubber disk to put icing on the cake. It was a hard-fought 3 – 1 victory for the home side with Nic Bruyere go-ing the distance in net.

In a meaningless game for the Heat on Valentine’s Day Satur-day the 14th in Revelstoke the Grizzlies won 4 – 1. Chase got their lone digit late in the second from Zachary Fournier assisted by Matsuda and Hodges. Fourni-er played well, earning the away star, while Daniel Toews stopped 50 of 54 shots he faced. Oppor-

n Chase Heat’s Tyler Mork races through traffic, avoiding the check by the 100 Mile House Wran-glers. Chase would break a 1-1 tie late in the third period, beating the Wranglers 3-1. Chase will now face the 100 Mile House squad in a rematch from last year’s first round of the playoffs.

Heat head for playoffsBy Scott Kochcontributor

See Playoffs on page 24

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Village of ChaseRequest For Proposals #1-15

Provision of Caretaker Services forVillage Facilities

The Village of Chase is seeking Requests for Proposals from qualified proponents for the provision of caretaker services for some of the Village owned facilities for a two-year contract term.

RFP documents are available on the Village website at www.chasebc.ca, by emailing a request to [email protected], or a hard copy can be collected from the Village office.

Completed proposals must be received in a sealed envelope and labelled:

RFP #1-15 - Provision of Caretaker Services by 4:00pm Monday, February 23rd, 2015 at:

Village of Chase 826 Okanagan Avenue PO Box 440 Chase, BC V0E 1M0 Attn. Deputy Corporate Officer

Any and all inquiries regarding this RFP must be submitted in writing by mail to the address above or by email for attention of:

Tammi Pretty Deputy Corporate Officer [email protected]

The Village of Chase reserves the right to accept or reject any or all proposals, modify the terms of the proposal at any time, to waive defects in any proposal document and to accept the proposal which it may consider to be in the best interests of the Village. The lowest cost proposal or any proposal will not necessarily be accepted.

tunity knocked for four associate players who got into the lineup while some regulars received the night off in prepara-tion for the first round.

Playoff dates: •Fri-day, Feb. 20 at 7 p.m. in Chase; •Saturday, Feb. 21 at 7 p.m. in Chase; •Monday, Feb. 23 at 7 p.m. in 100 Mile

House; •Tuesday, Feb. 24 at 7 p.m. in 100 Mile House; (if necessary) •Thursday, Feb. 26 at 7 p.m. in Chase; •Friday, Feb. 27 at 7 p.m. in 100 Mile House; •Saturday, Feb. 28 at 7 p.m. in Chase.

Ice chips: Captain Kaleb Boyle finishes his regular season ca-reer with 47 power-play goals in 146 games

played. That is the all-time KIJHL record for power-play markers! Local hockey star Cody Hodges led team scor-ing with 28 goals, 31 assists for 59 points – good enough for 12th place in KIJHL scor-ing. Boyle finished 22nd with 52 points and Trevor Okino 48th with 42 points. The Heat fin-ished the regular season tops in special teams.

Strike boundn Susan Waters of Chase lets the ball fly during ladies team action at the North Okanagan ‘B’ Intercity Championship held at Village Lanes Fun Center on Feb. 7.

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Houseboat trial pausedThe trial of a man

accused in a fatal 2010 Shuswap Lake boat crash will resume Mon-day, Feb. 23 after a sev-en-day break.

Concerns from the defence lawyer rep-resenting Leon Rein-brecht, who is charged with criminal negli-gence causing death and criminal negligence causing bodily harm, led to the delay of the trial in Kamloops. It began Feb. 10 but was adjourned the next day.

The charges stem from the crash on July 3, 2010 that killed Ken Brown, who was at the helm of the houseboat.The Crown alleges Re-inbrecht was speeding around the lake in the dark prior to the crash.

Defence lawyer Joe Doyle said he needs time to review new evidence that has been collected by police as

recently as last week.“Clearly, things have

come up in Crown inter-views that haven’t oth-erwise been disclosed,” Doyle said. “It’s not in accordance with justice and it’s not in accor-dance with a fair trial. I know Mr. Reinbrecht is not entitled to a perfect trial, but he is entitled to a fair trial.”

Doyle’s issues arose on the first day of trial, when a witness men-tioned two boats taking evasive action as Re-inbrecht’s vessel alleg-edly zig-zagged across Shuswap Lake.

Doyle said he had never heard anything about that particular piece of evidence.

Crown prosecutor Neil Flanagan said he’s been doing his best to keep Doyle in the loop as he conducts pre-trial interviews with wit-nesses, noting he did

not consider the men-tion of the two boats to be a new piece of evi-dence.

B.C. Supreme Court Justice Sheri Donegan agreed to put the trial off until Feb. 23, with the possibility of adding more time in March.

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BC Hydro will be making electrical system improvements in the Pritchard area East of Kamloops, including Chase, from February 5 to March 1, 2015. To ensure the safety of our work crews, it will be necessary to interrupt electrical service at each location for approximately 20 minutes. Working hours will be from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Where: Trans Canada Highway and Highway 97 East of Kamloops to Chase, including all side roads. Duck Range Road, Martin Prairie Road, Stoney Plans Road. Pritchard area. Chief Neskonlith Drive, Chief WM Pierish Drive, Shuswap Chase Creek Road. Chase town site on both sides of the Thompson River, East of Chase to Jade Mountain on the Trans Canada Highway, Shuswap Road, Loakin Bear Creek, Neskonlith Lake and all side roads.

When: February 5 to March 1, 2015

Time: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Outage Ref. Number: W01341642

To prepare for this interruption and protect your equipment from damage, please turn off all lights, electrical heaters and major appliances and unplug all electronics.

We are sorry for the inconvenience. We will restore power as soon as we can.

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Officially openn Kamloops-South Thompson MLA Todd Stone, Chase Mayor Rick Berrigan and Okanagan- Shuswap MP Colin Mayes cut the ribbon during the grand opening of the Chase Water Treatment Plant at 625 Mill Rd. on Friday, Feb. 13.

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Chase Lions Bingo, Wednesday, Feb. 25, Chase Community Hall. Walk-ins 6:30 p.m., Early Birds 7 p.m. Pay-outs based on at-tendance and gaming regulations. Loonie Ball $485.

Chase Excellence Program, Saturday,

Feb. 28, Pasta Dinner 5 to 6:30 p.m., adults $10, children 10 and under, $5; banner presentation 7 p.m.; silent auction and live apron auction to follow, Chase Com-munity Hall, tickets available from candi-dates, royalty, People’s Food & Drugs, Safety Mart Foods and at the door.

Chase Royal Ca-nadian Legion, Meat Draw, 2 p.m., Feb. 28, also Zone Darts - sign up at 9 a.m.; Giant Crib on March 1, 10:45 a.m. For info, call 250-679-3536.

Pig and Whistle, Britiain or Bust on Thursday, March 5 at

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The Chase Curling Rink will be having its next Pancake Break-fast on Sunday, March 8, 9 to 11 a.m. – all you can eat pancakes, sausages, eggs, orange juice, coffee/tea for $7. All proceeds continue to go directly to help pay bills for the strug-gling curling club.

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Taoist Tai Chi, Chase Community Hall, Tuesdays from 10 to 11 a.m., Thursdays 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. For more information, call Judy at 250-679-5425.

Celista Coffee House, North Shuswap Community Hall, third Friday of the month, runs to May, doors open 7 p.m., open mike 7:30 to 9 p.m., feature bands to follow.

Chase Creekside for seniors, Monday, snooker, 1 p.m. For more info, call Sharon at 250-679-1183.


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During Unplug and Play Week, Salmon Arm council did its bit for literacy.

Council members chose a short piece to read aloud in council chambers.

Their selections were as varied as there are ways to promote lit-eracy.

Coun. Ken Jamie-son’s selection was to read a poem by Mary

Oliver, The Summer Day.

Coun. Chad Elia-son’s choice was How to Ruin Your Life, by Ben Stein, to which he added the disclaimer that “it has nothing to do with my life.”

Coun. Tim Lavery read a short poem by Ogden Nash, A Word to Husbands, noting with a smile he thinks it’s applicable to politicians too.

The opening passage of The Little Prince, by

Antoine de Saint-Exu-péry, was the selection of Coun. Louise Wal-lace Richmond.

Coun. Kevin Flynn read part of an article from one of the local newspapers regard-ing what a stress and strain on resources a bomb threat in a school brings.

Coun. Alan Harri-son used an overhead projector to read King of the Playground by Phyllis Reynolds Nay-lor, a book he said he

shares in September with grades two and three students, explain-ing it shows students how they can look after themselves in the play-ground.

Mayor Nancy Coo-per spoke of her admi-ration for the Dead Po-ets Society movie and character John Keating, who quoted poet Walt Whitman – as she did in council chambers. She said when she taught at the college she too liked to do things differently.

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Council takes time to promote literacy

Bring back playn Rylee Nunn, left, jumps through a hula hoop held by ParticipAction vol-unteer Emily Beaz-ley at Centenoka Park Mall on Fri-day, Feb. 13. Partici-pAction set up the Bring Back Play booth at Centenoka Park Mall, encour-aging kids to be ac-tive and put down electronics.



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Judy Galley’s con-science was bothering her, so she decided to do something about it.

Her discomfort be-gan years ago when her aging parents were living in a facility in Kelowna.

“I saw that people were neglected, not because the staff were cruel or unkind, but be-cause of staff shortages. My father would be left sitting in a common area for hours despite the fact that sitting for long periods was in-tensely painful for him, simply because the staff were so busy,” she said.

“Our family was able to make sure not a day went by without some-one there, but not ev-eryone is so lucky.”

Her parents have since died, but since then she saw and heard of similar situations in care facilities in the Interior and around the province and decided it was time to take action.

Now she is starting a public petition looking for people to support government regulations that would increase the staffing levels in seniors care homes across B.C.

“I can’t stand it any-more. I can’t stand not doing anything when I could be capable of making a change. I

have the time now, so I’m going to try,” she said.

Galley started re-searching the issue, looking at reports made by B.C.’s ombudsman and the Lisensing Act regulations. She found many of the ombuds-man’s recommenda-tions have been ignored.

She filed complaints with Interior Health and while she was pleased with their response and investigations, she was frustrated by being told that nothing could be done because the facil-ity was complying with minimum government standards.

“What I came to re-alize is the standards need to be changed. They simply are not good enough for our seniors.”

Galley will be in Salmon Arm at the Mall at Piccadilly on Mon-day, Feb. 23 gathering signatures for a petition that will be presented in the Legislature this spring.

Petition seeks to up standards for seniorsBy Tracy HughesMARKET NEWS STAFF

Judy Galley


The BC Association for Child Development and Intervention is updating their logo and needs your assistance! We are looking for creative ideas from the families and children and youth that our agencies serve. Our member agency in Salmon Arm is the Shuswap Children’s Asso-ciation. Please consider joining our contest!Contest DetailsBCACDI has had essentially the same logo since our non-pro� t society was founded in 1996 (The organization itself has been around in some shape or form since 1948. For more information regarding our history visit our website: www.bcacdi.org). We feel it is time for a refresh! We are looking for a logo that represents what our agencies do…provide vital services and supports to children and youth and their families.SubmissionYou can submit hand drawn logos, computer generated logos, or whatever you like! Our only requirements are that the artwork is original and produced by a child, youth, or family member of a family that has received or is receiving services from the Shuswap Children’s Association.Submission DeadlineSubmission deadline is February 20th, 2015. The winner will be noti� ed in late March 2015.Submission DetailsYou can email your submissions to [email protected], or mail hand created work to:BCACDI – Attn: Jason Gordon29191 OKMKelowna, BCV1W 4A7PrizeThe winner of our logo contest will receive an iPad Mini! (Retail value approximately $400)

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Somehow, milk time is part of her biological clock.

In fact, to Ayla, “Mama” does not refer to myself, her mother, but any adult who will heat her up some delicious, fatty milk. She then proceeds to

chug the milk, say “all done,” throw the bottle on the floor, and is ready for bed. We brush her teeth, put her in her crib and she is ready to sleep. No songs, no stories, just milk.

As a dietitian, I think milk is a great source of vitamin D, calcium and protein for my child, but also worry that it may displace other solid foods. What are the recommenda-tions for infants and milk?

Homogenized (3.25 per cent) cow’s milk can be introduced at nine to 12 months, once a child is eating a variety of iron-rich foods like fortified in-fant cereal, meat and meat alternatives.

Introducing milk too early can be hard on the gut and may dis-place some of these important iron-rich foods.

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Wayne is survived by his siblings, Larry, Chris, Edie (Wes), Mike (Dawn) and Joeann (Grant), as well as many nieces and nephews.

Wayne was born in Vancouver BC on March 29, 1956 to Ed and Amy Wagner. He moved to the Shuswap in 1971 and made Sicamous his home. He was a licensed marine mechanic with 30 years of experience in the houseboat industry. The last 20 years he had worked at Twin Anchors, where he had made many friends. Wayne liked to tinker and always had a project on the go, whether it be working on a quad, car or his latest project, his pontoon boat. He was an avid reader and was always learning new things.

A memorial service will be held in at the Sicamous Bible Church, 224 Kappel Street, at 11:00 am, Feb 28th. with a social to follow.

Online condolences can be sent through Wayne’s obituary at www.bowersfuneralservice.com

Arrangements are in the care of Bowers Funeral Home and Crematorium, Salmon Arm.

WAYNE ERIC WAGNERDied Feb 10, 2015, at Sicamous, BC

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Arlie passed away peacefully on February 9th, 2015 at the age of 84 years with family at her side. She is survived by her husband of 61 years, Sid; her children Nonie (Greg), Ron (Anne), Donna and Les (Darquise); and grandchildren Jonathan, Alaina, Jenny and Erica; her sister Mary and brother Doug (Dolores). She was predeceased by her parents Donald and Ruby Welsh; sister Betty and brother-in-law Howard.

Arlie was born on June 24, 1930 and grew up on the family farm in the Kinistino area of Sask. She married Sid on Oct 9th, 1953. Their married life led them to Lloydminster, SK and then to Okotoks, AB where they ranched for about 4 years. In 1970, they moved to the Chase area settling in Adams Lake and in 1976, they bought their home in Chase. Arlie loved gardening and it wasn’t long until the front lawn turned into the biggest vegetable patch on 2nd Avenue. She was always a hard worker and spent many hours at the kitchen sink canning and washing her bounty of vegetables. Arlie was an accomplished golfer and bowler and enjoyed baking (especially her special birthday cakes), making puzzles and was always up for a game of cards. She also enjoyed knitting with her “stitch” group and knit many “Arlie sweaters” for the new babies of friends and family. If any relatives wanted to know anything about the family it was always “ask auntie Arlie” as she spent many hours researching and recording the family history. She loved two stepping, waltzing and doing the “Saskatchewan Polka” to the old time dance music. She made many wonderful and long-lasting friendships over the years.

Respecting Arlie’s wishes, no service will be held. The family will gather for a celebration of Arlie’s life later this year. She will be sadly missed by all of her family and friends.

We wish to thank the staff from Chase Primary Health, RIH, Ponderosa and Overlander for their compassionate care and support.

In lieu of flowers, donations in her memory may be made to www.heartandstroke.com.

LYONS, ARLIE JEAN (nee WELSH)

William (Bill) Lim passed away suddenly at Shuswap Lake General Hospital in Salmon Arm on February 8, 2015. He was a quiet, unassuming man who never complained about anything.

Bill is predeceased by his mother, Flora and brother, Hugh. He is survived by his younger brother Glenn, Surrey, BC; nieces, Linda (Edward) Prevost, Enderby BC, Sharen (Ken) Bakke, Solon, Ohio and Robin Lim of North Vancouver, B.C; nephew, Jeffrey of North Vancouver, BC; former wife, Margaret (Sidney) McLain; stepchildren, Patrick Gear, Salmon Arm, BC, Terry (John) Booker, Edmonton, AB, Donna Gear, Westlock, AB, and Yvonne (Jeff) Johnson, Mara, BC; 10 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren.

Services for Bill were held at the Sicamous United Church, 705 Trans Canada Highway, Saturday, February 14th at 1:00 p.m. A friendship tea followed.

Online condolences can be sent through Bill’s obituary at www.bowersfuneralservice.com


LIM, WILLIAM (YOW)February 28, 1929 - February 8, 2015

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June 5, 1958 - February 18, 2011When I am gone, release me, let me go.I have so many things to see and do.You must not tie yourself to me with tears.Be happy that we had so many beautiful years.I gave to you my love, you can only guessHow much you gave to me in happiness.I thank you for the love you’ve shown me,But now it’s time I travel on, alone.So grieve a while for me if you must,Then let your grief be comforted by trust.It’s only for a while that we must part,So bless the memories within your hearts.I won’t be far away, for life goes on.So, if you need me, call and I will come.Though you can’t see or touch me,I’ll be near and if you listen with your hearts,You’ll hear all my love around you,Soft and clear; and then when you mustCome this way alone, I’ll greet you with aSmile and say, “Welcome Home.”

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Regrettably at the age of 91 Linus passed away at Hillside Village. He is survived by his children Robert (Dianne) Geier, Monika Geier, Rudolf (Shelley) Geier, five grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Born in Germany he served in the German army during WWII. Linus along with his wife Anna immigrated to Canada in 1951 to start a new life in Winnipeg. Becoming a welder, he joined the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Lodge 555 in 1957. Later transferring to Boilermakers Lodge 359 in BC when he moved his family to Salmon Arm in 1971. While starting a small cherry and raspberry farm in Salmon Arm he worked and remained a member of the Boilermakers union for 57 years.

A proud Canadian, he loved the outdoors, fishing, hunting and often said he moved to the best country in the world. A memorial service will be held at Bowers on Monday, February 23rd, at 2pm.

Online condolences may be sent through Linus’s obituary at www.bowersfuneralservice.com

LINUS GEIERAugust 12, 1923 - February 8, 2015

Marian Graham was born December 16, 1922 in Insinger, Saskatchewan and passed away peacefully at Piccadilly Care Home in Salmon Arm on February 5, 2015.

Marian was predeceased by her parents, John & Rosie Copan; her first husband, Earle Russell Tighe and second husband, John Henry Graham; infant daughter, Valerie Marie Tighe; and siblings, William Copan, Steve Copan, Gordon Copan, and Elsie Pawchuk.

She is survived by her children, Teresa (Jack) Andrews, Gail (Dale) Mason, and Tom Tighe; step-daughters, Anne Arnason, Evelyn (Ken) Koole, Marge (Vern) Bennett and Lorraine (Steve) Sears; 2 grandchildren; 9 step grandchildren; 11 great step grandchildren and 4 great great step grandchildren.

Marian’s family wishes to thank Piccadilly Care Centre, Eagle Valley Manor and Dr. Beech for their compassionate care.

There will be a Celebration of Life Service in Sicamous this spring, the date, time and location is to be announced.

Online condolences may be sent through Marian’s obituary at www.bowersfuneralservice.com

ANNA “MARIAN” GRAHAM1922 - 2015

With heavy hearts we announce the passing on Feb. 7, of Wayne after a lengthy battle with heart related issues.

He leaves his close companion Betty and son Steve, sister Joy and extended family Sandra, Kellie, Eileen and Steven, many grandchildren, great grandchildren, nieces, nephews and friends from R.C.H. in New Westminster.

Thank you to the fabulous team of medical professions who helped over the years to enhance his life: First Responders, paramedics, hospital staff, community care hospice and palliative staff in Salmon Arm, as well as Dr. Welder & Peggy. Special thanks to Dr. Smylie at the Vernon Pace Clinic for their special bond with Wayne. Thank you to all at Bastion Place. Last but not least Munro’s Pharmacy staff in Sorrento. We are truly humbled.

No service by request.Arrangements entrusted to Fischer’s Funeral

Services & Crematorium Ltd., Salmon Arm (250) 833-1129. Email condolences and share memories through Wayne’s obituary at www.fischersfuneralservices.com.

HALL, WAYNE STANLEY Sept. 25, 1935 - Feb. 7, 2015

Ralph passed away peacefully on Feb 10, 2015 in Salmon Arm General Hospital, with family by his side.

He will always be remembered by his loving wife, Tina of 64 yrs, son Russ (Cathy), daughter Sheila (Ernie), son Bryan, daughter-in-law Sharron.

Seven grandchildren Dave (Tracey), Deanna (Chad), Brad (Krista), Kelleigh (Brad), Lauren, Sage and Toni, 6 great grandchildren, sisters Hazel and Dorothy, brother Don (Mary), extended family and many wonderful friends.

Ralph was predeceased by his son Bruce in 1985 and brothers Karl and Howard.

Born at home on Oct 6, 1922 in Pollockville, AB Ralph moved to BC as a young man and worked at various jobs along the way; painter, carpenter, drywaller, owner of the Snack Bar, Mutual Life Agent, mill worker and was a founding member of Bart’s Minute Muffler. Ralph was a member of the Kinsmen and played an important part in the installation of the fountain at McGuire Lake. Ralph and Tina enjoyed many trips in their motorhome over the years.

A gifted woodworker, there wasn’t anything that Ralph couldn’t build or fix. We will remember him for his great sense of humor and his love of dancing and music.

Ralph was a generous soul, always helping out wherever he could.

We are so thankful that Dad had a long, healthy and productive life. We will miss him dearly.

Thank you to the Shuswap Lodge, Dr. Levins, Dr. McLellan and the nurses at SLGH for their compassionate care.

A Celebration of Ralph’s life will be held on Mar 31, 2015 at 1 pm at the Salmon Arm (Fifth Avenue) Seniors Activity Centre, 170 - 5th Ave. SE, Salmon Arm, BC.

Cremation has taken place.Arrangements entrusted to Fischer’s Funeral

Services & Crematorium Ltd., Salmon Arm (250) 833-1129. Email condolences and share memories of Ralph through his obituary at www.fischersfuneralservices.com.

BARTMAN, RALPH ALFRED

Our precious and beautiful mother, wife and friend passed away peacefully surrounded in love with her family by her side at the Shuswap Lake General Hospital on Wednesday, February 11, 2015. With an unwavering positive spirit, Marg bravely faced recent health issues that were beyond her control ending a difficult journey with profound dignity and quiet grace.

She was affectionately known as Margie to her devoted husband and best friend of 28 years, Gregg and their beloved dog Oakley of Blind Bay BC and was an amazing mother to her children: Bradley Baker of Calgary AB, Loretta Baker of Kamloops BC, Wendy Baker of Fort St. John BC and Cindy Patterson of Crossfield AB. She is also the beloved sister to Kenneth Leonard of Kelowna BC and “Grandma Gregg” to her loving grandchildren: James, Brittni and Nichole Baker and Brent and Scott Leonard. Several other extended family and her many dear friends will fondly remember her. Margaret was born in Montreal to parents Arthur (2002) and Elsie (2014) Leonard. She proudly raised her family on her own in Calgary where she lived most of her life and was a responsible and dedicated employee of Mobil Oil, The Royal Bank and Telus. Marg was never happier until she met and married Gregg. Together with their dog Oakley she semi-retired to Blind Bay where she enjoyed establishing a beautiful and comfortable home for the three of them. She gave always of herself without complaining, asking very little in return. Always together, the three of them enjoyed many road trips in their holiday trailer and their work around the house and yard. Although we cannot imagine our world without her now, we are content and at peace knowing how very lovely she was and how much she loved us all.

A special and sincere thank you to the doctors and nursing staff at the Shuswap Lake General Hospital who gently guided us and tenderly cared for Marg, as well our many friends who have expressed loving sentiments - your kindness is greatly appreciated and will never be forgotten.

An informal Celebration of Marg’s Life was held in the Family Centre of Springfield Funeral Home, Kelowna BC on Tuesday, February 17, 2015. Interment at Lakeview Memorial Gardens, Kelowna BC. Goodbye, TTYL and see you again soon - forever loved.

Condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.springfieldfuneralhome.com, 250-860-7077.

PATTERSON - MARGARET JEAN (LEONARD)July 26, 1944 - February 11, 2015It is with great sadness

that we announce the passing of Susan Latimer. Surrounded by love, Susan left us on February 2, 2015 at the age of 68 years. She is survived by her children Debbie (Doug), Richard (Karen), Curtis (Gwen), Michael and Kate (Brian) and her siblings Fiona, Robert (Cheryl) and Terry (David). Let’s not forget the grandchildren: Justin, Shaylee, Otto, Jenna, Liam, Aidan, Ashley, Jessee, Ty and Paxton along with four great grand kids.

Susan worked for the school district for close to 30 years. Besides her children, her job was her greatest achievement. Working as a certified education assistant and lunch hour supervisor allowed her to hold court and what better place to do that than in the hallway or cafeteria of a high school. The kids called her grandma Susan and she cherished being part of their lives.

Susan loved to shop – a lot! Family members tried to avoid at all cost, being dragged around on one of her excursions. She knew everyone and she stopped to talk to them all. She could spend an hour in Safeway and only buy a few items.

A strong union supporter, Susan served for many years on the local CUPE executive and attended many conferences as their representative. For many years, she was on the negotiating team for the CUPE collective agreement. She joked that the school board office management would hide under their desks when they saw her coming up the stairs.

If there was a cause, she’d be there – you could count on her. Susan lived to help people – in every aspect of her life. She loved her kids, her grand kids and great grand kids with all her heart. She was happiest in their presence.

Susan’s family would like to thank the 4th floor nursing staff and the staff at Bastion Place for their compassionate, loving care.

In lieu of flowers, donations for a bursary for underprivileged kids in Susan’s name would be greatly appreciated. Donations can be sent to School District #83, Please include on cheque memo line “Susan Latimer Bursary”.

A celebration of life will be held at Salmon Arm Secondary School, Jackson Campus, on Sunday, March 1, 2015 at 1:00 pm in the gymnasium.

Courage, my friends; ‘tis not too late to build a better world…. Tommy Douglas

Arrangements entrusted to Fischer’s Funeral Services & Crematorium Ltd., Salmon Arm (250) 833-1129. Email condolences and share memories of Susan through her obituary at www.fischersfuneralservices.com.

LATIMER, SUSAN CONSTANCE1946 – 2015

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In the early morning hours of January 31st, 2015, Arnold laid down his earthly burden and passed to his Heavenly Father.

Arnold was born in Revelstoke, BC on January 15, 1941, to Margit Lucia and A.R. “Jim” Ash. He was predeceased by his mother in 1961, and his father in 1969. He leaves to mourn his sister, Margo and brother-in-law, Glen Pederson; nephew, Ron (Theresa) Pederson; niece, Roxanne (Lou) Nisk; and numerous great and great-great nieces and nephews.

Arnold lived at home in Revelstoke and Vancouver, then moved on to several different places of care.

In Langley, at Linden Lodge with Ann and Gordon Anderson, they formed a small choir. His fondest memory was “to sing for the Queen” when she visited Vancouver and walked by them and stopped to say a few words.

He moved to Salmon Arm and lived with Judy and Ray Liebholz, making more friends, especially Rosie. He went to “Seniors” meetings, where he read to Lillian every day.

Arnold moved to Joy and Cliff Eliason’s Family Care Home in Salmon Arm, where he lived with “family” and friends. He went on his only trip to Alberta with Joy and Cliff and saw “big mountains”. He enjoyed going to church on Sunday with Joy and meeting everyone.

He moved to Bastion Place in 2009, where a short stay became a long one and he met wonderful caregivers: Kathy, who made him feel welcome; Bobbi, who took him for a ride in a car with no roof; Vanessa, who invented pleasant ways for him to take his medicine; Shelley and Jennifer, who looked after recreation and so much more; and Jeremy, who was with him from the beginning to the end.

So many others looked after him and made sure all his calendars were turned to the proper month and made sure he was as comfortable as possible.

There will be a celebration of Arnold’s life later this spring.

Online condolences can be sent through Arnold’s obituary at www.bowersfuneralservice.com


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It is with deep sadness and shock the family announces the passing of our mother, grandmotherand sister Marlene, who passed away at the Shuswap Lake General Hospital on January 26, 2015 after an undiagnosed agonizing ordeal.

“Mom” was born in Calgary, AB on December 16,1946, third child in a family of eight, and moved tothe Shuswap in 1973 with husband John Doyle, herparents and a sister.

Predeceased by her loving husband John (August23, 2006), her father John Monaghan (May 3, 1988)and her mother Helen Monaghan (September 11, 2007)

Marlene is survived by her loving son Blair Doyle and daughter-in-law April Burnstick, two beautiful grandchildren Demika and Lucas and her faithful, loving and devoted companions Suki & Murphyall of Salmon Arm. Marlene is also survived by her sister Corrina Monaghan and numerous other siblings and extended family throughout British Columbia and Alberta.

Mom worked for Canada Post in Calgary and inSalmon Arm for several years and after her son was born, she spent many hours assisting teachers and students alike at the school in Sorrento.

Marlene enjoyed going to garage sales andcollecting a vast array of different “treasures”. She was known for her wonderful personality, smiling eyes, good nature and awesome sense of humour and wit. She was a devoted, faithful friend andconfidant to many and will be sadly missed by all.

As per “Mom’s” request, a private cremation washeld at Fischer’s Crematorium on Friday January30, 2015 and a Celebration of Life is scheduled for Saturday February 28, 2015 at 12 noon, please joinus and share your memories of Marlene with us at Fischer’s Funeral Services.

The family wishes to thank Nurses Margaret, Leanne and Eileen for their compassion and attempt to comfort “Our Mom”, even though noone was able to diagnose and treat her illness intime.

If family or friends so desire, donations may bemade in Memory of Marlene Joan Doyle, to the Canadian Cancer Society, PO Box 3451, Salmon Arm, BC, V1E 4S2.

***Together at Last, Painfree and at Peace***Email condolences and share memories

of Marlene through her obituary at www.fischersfuneralservices.com

DOYLE, MARLENE JOAN1946 - 2015

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Harold Ernest Cox, born April 26, 1924, in East York Township, York County, Ontario. Harold passed away at Shuswap Lake General Hospital on Friday evening, February 6, 2015, after a brief battle with Congestive Heart Failure. Harold, a long time Salmon Arm resident, is survived by his wife Mae, his six children, eleven grandchildren, and four great grandchildren.

Harold grew up years in Hines Creek, Alberta, where he spent a lot of time in the bush, working trap lines. In 1950, Harold moved to Celista, British Columbia, working as a Cat driver and in local mills. In 1952, he married Mae, and shortly afterwards moved to Salmon Arm. Harold spent 31 years working for the City of Salmon Arm, ending as the foreman of the roads department

Harold had a great sense of adventure and love of the outdoors, enjoyed falling trees, gathering fire wood, and burning wood in his wood stove. He was also an avid gardener. In addition, one of Harold’s greatest joys in life was his family. He lived his life in a patient and caring way, demonstrating what it means to sacrifice your own desires for those you love. Harold also had a great sense of humour, and was no stranger to practical jokes. A man of strong faith, Harold lived his convictions on a daily basis. He died assured of his salvation through Jesus Christ.

The family wishes to say a special thank you to Dr. Stacey Kirkman, whose expertise, friendship, and humour eased the medical challenges of the last few years. He made going to doctor’s office fun. Thanks for everything, Stacey. You have our deepest appreciation.

A memorial service will be held for Harold on Friday, February 20, 2:00 pm at the SASCU Recreation Centre, with a tea to follow. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Shuswap Hospital Foundation or the charity of one’s choice.

Harold Cox – loving husband, patient father, extraordinary grandfather, faithful friend. We can’t help but miss you.

Arrangements entrusted to Fischer’s Funeral Services & Crematorium Ltd., Salmon Arm (250) 833-1129. Email condolences and share memories of Harold through his obituary at www.fischersfuneralservised.com

COX, HAROLD ERNEST1924 - 2015

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HOME SHARE PROVIDERSWanted. Share your home and your time providing support to adults with disabilities in Ver-non, Armstrong, Enderby, Sal-mon Arm, Lumby & Lavington areas. Home assessment and/or training will be provid-ed. Please send expression of interest letter to - Attention Home Share Coordinator at Kindale Developmental Asso-ciation, PO Box 94, Arm-strong, BC V0E 1B0, Fax 250-546-3053 or email to:[email protected]. Website is: www.kindale.net. NO PHONE CALLS OR DROP IN PLEASE

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FOREST MATTERS Forestry Consulting in Sorrento BC has a position for a Forest Techni-cian conducting Silviculture Surveys and Planting contract administration. Full time sea-sonal employment with com-petitive wages. Preferred qualifi cations include accredit-ed silviculture surveyor with experience with Survey Wiz-ard, GPS and Tree Planting. Profi cient with Excel/Word.Send resume/letter [email protected]. Only suc-cessful candidates contacted.

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Full-Time Seasonal Employment Opportunities

**Shipping and Receiving Clerk**

The Twin Anchors Houseboat Team is searching for a self-motivated, energetic individual to work in the shipping and receiving area of our operations. The

successful candidate will have proven abilities in both mechanical and electrical fields, specifically relating

to the marine industry. A minimum of three years experience with shipping and handling parts utilizing

quality control systems is a requirement. Above average computer skills and programs

knowledge is mandatory. Knowledge of the houseboat industry, Mercury and Volvo parts is necessary.

Complete job description available upon request. The position requires a good communicator and

proven abilities in customer service and is responsible to the procurement officer. Lifting is a component of

this position due to the nature of the parts and supplies dealt with on a daily basis.

This position is at our Sicamous operation, however does require the candidate to possess a valid driver’s license.Wages relative to experience and knowledge.

Applicants email resumes to [email protected] Or fax to 250-836-4824 Attention Human Resources Manager.

Our website at: www.twinanchors.com, may provide more information to those interested. Only successful candidates will be contacted. Resumes must be received by midnight 27 Feb 2015.

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Nakusp is a vibrant community of approximately 1600 residents and it services an additional 5000 from surrounding communities. The Village offers amenities of a much larger centre.

The Village of Nakusp has an exciting opportunity for a Chief Administrative Officer. Responsible for the direct overall planning, coordination and control of the activities and business affairs of the Village, the CAO will lead staff in the fulfillment of all duties related to the Village’s operations. The CAO will provide effective advice and support to the Mayor and Council in developing and implementing policies and strategies that address the economic, social and environmental needs of the Village.

If you are an accomplished local government leader with a combination of education and experience in providing effective customer service in a small municipality and are known for your strong management and interpersonal skills, this position may interest you. If you have any questions about the CAO role in Nakusp or would like more information about the community, please feel free to contact Linda Tynan, CAO at 250-265-3689 or email at [email protected].

Applications including a cover letter must be sent by email only to [email protected] by Friday, February 27, 2015 at 4:30 pm.

Applications will be acknowledged when received. For a full posting for the position, please see the Village website at www.nakusp.com

The Village of Nakusp thanks all applicants for their interest, however, only those shortlisted for interviews will be contacted.

Full Time Employment Opportunity in Salmon Arm

Fast paced Medical Supply Store is expanding to Salmon Arm. We require a reliable, highly responsible individual to oversee day-to-day operations.The ideal candidate will have experience in the following primary areas:• Knowledge of medical supplies and equipment• Retail Sales• Must be able to work independently• Must possess exceptional communication and

organizational skills• Preference will be given to those who have experience

in ostomy supplies and compression garments.Send resume with cover letter, including salary expectations, to Box 18 c/o The Morning Star,

4407 - 25th Avenue, Vernon, BC V1T 1P5.Only those qualified candidates will be contacted.

Full Time Pharmacy Assistant/Technician in our newest location, Uptown: To assist the Pharmacist in daily functions including but not limited to: filling prescriptions, computer processing & data entry, inventory and pharmacy supply ordering and management, general pharmacy housekeeping, prescription filing, report generation, cashier activities. For more information about this position, please visit our website under careers.

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All Breeds including Cats & Large Dogs

PET GROOMING With Michelle

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Maintenance Services

PARKING lot, street sweep-ing/washing. Bobcat with broom & water truck. Fully in-sured, WCB coverage. Con-tract or hourly (250)515-0971

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Help Wanted

Services

Misc ServicesGutter & roof debris clean-ing. Starting at $125. Moss re-moval & spray. Shuswap Win-dow Cleaning. 250-833-2533

SNOW REMOVALDriveways, Parking Lots. Shuswap Pro Roofi ng.

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Misc Services

Home & Yard

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• Fencing• Decks• Patios

• Renovation• Repair• Maintenance

Maintenance &repairs to snow blowers,

snowmobiles, quads & chainsaws

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Merchandise for Sale

FirearmsHunter Training Course

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Mar. 14 & 15 8am-5pmCost $140 includes manual,

exams & BCWF FeePre-registration requiredCall Ivan: (1-250)679-2758

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Garage Sales

Moving – We can’t wait until spring

Huge Garage Sale Furniture, house hold items, antiques, art, hand and garden tools,

power tools, workshop equipment, 2003 Tundra,

2013 Ford 150, trailers, 1999 Case 580, 1974 Massy 135, 2006 Polaris 6X6, 30’ Rock-

wood RV and even the house is for sale by owner.

10am to 4pm. Feb. 21 & 22 and Feb 28 &

Mar 1. 17 Twin Lakes Road, Enderby, BC

Heavy Duty Machinery

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Used 20’40’45’53’ and insulated containers all

sizes in stock. Trades are welcome.

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Wanted to buy 300 size hydraulic excavator.

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Misc. for Sale4 GOODYEAR car Winter tires. 205/65/R15 tread 6/32”on rims w hubs. $150. (250)515-1620

5” dense double foam mat-tress. Excellent for camping or R.V. $75 o.b.o. (250)804-1186

Hide-a-bed $125. Loveseat $50. Both in good condition from non-smoking house. Call 250-832-2231.

MATCHING loveseat & chair $75. entertainment centre fi ts a 32”tv inside or 55”tv on top 52”h x 20”d x 59”w $150., chrome kitchen table w/4 chairs $125. 2 hand fuel pumps for fuel tidy tanks $75. ea (250)832-9256

SHUFFLEBOARD playmaster by national 14 feet also Treadmill- Pro form EKG (250)675-5024

Misc. WantedBUYING unwanted and/or broken jewelry. 250-864-3521I’m searching for old fi fty cent pieces! 250-864-3521

I want to buy the coins from your safety deposit box or safe! Todd - 250-864-3521

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Home Improvements


Misc. WantedPrivate Collector Looking toBuy Coin Collections, Silver,Antiques, Native Art, Estates +Chad: 778-281-0030 Local

Musical InstrumentsBUNDY Alto Saxophone withhard case $500. obo (250)832-9256

Free ItemsCAT, neutered male needs agood home (250)833-4228

Real Estate

Commercial/Industrial Property

LEASEHOLD Thai restaurantin Blind Bay for sale. Fully equipped with 48 person seat-ing & liquor license. Located in multi-business mall or pur-chase all its asset’s. Vendor could fi nance. (250)804-6107

Houses For SaleCHASE 2-3bdrm fenced yard near playground, $190,000 237 Pine St (250)318-8896

LotsLAKEVIEW LOT $118,000.See Kijiji for pict & more info.(250)835-8680

MortgagesTEKAMAR MORTGAGESBest rate 5yr-2.84%OACServing the Columbia-Shuswap

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Rentals

Apt/Condo for Rent1BDRM. balcony apt. down-town f/s & hot water incl., NP, NS, $700/mo.(1-855)852-5660

1BDRM condo, Mar 1. priv. entr., mature adults, pet ok. $775 & hydro,1070 1st SE. (250)833-2129

1BDRM view, priv level entr., f/s, quiet pet ok, $830, avail. Mar 1, 1070 1st SE 833-21292 bdrm, level entry daylight bsmt suite, parking, W/D, small yard and storage shed, near bus, N/P, no drugs, pets considered, $800/mo, heat/hydro incl. 250-253-3715.

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NEWSPAPER ROLLENDS

IDEAL FOR: Table covers, crafts, drawing or packing. Various sizes.

Available at theSALMON ARM OBSERVER OFFICE • Cash Sales Only

171 Shuswap St. NW, Salmon Arm

BARN SALE!1101 Salmon River Road

Feb. 21, 22, 28 & Mar. 1 • 8 a.m.-7 p.m.Old farm equip., shop tools, 3 welders, air compressor, drill press, work bench

tables, 20 ft. flat deck trailer, 2 radial arm saws, bandsaw, 2 airtight woodstoves, electrical equip., Kubota lawn tractor.

(250) 253-2587

Apt/Condo for Rent2 bedroom apt. ground fl oor quiet building, adult oriented,

avail. Feb. 1, on bus route, walk to DT & hospital, heat/hot

water incl., AC in suite, coin laundry, NS, NP, across from McGuire Lake in Salmon Arm

$825/mo. plus ref’s & DD (250) 309-2254 (250)546-1970

(250)938-20433 BED apt. near Buckerfi elds for rent March 1st. Newly Re-no’ed, non smoking property. Small pet considered. $1200./mo + util. References mandatory (250) 804-8421

Bright, spacious2 bedroom apartment

Close to town, family owned & operated.

Includes F/S, DW, A/C, H/W NS, NP.

Lake & Mountain views.Available Apr. 1st

$825/mo (250) 803-1694

Modular HomesSORRENTO: Mobile Home beside Frankie’s Pizza, avail. for rent $650./mo + util.,refs & DD, NS (1-250)675-4104

Homes for Rent1BDRM home on fi shing lake in Skimikin Valley. Long term, mature couple preferred, avail. immed. (250)679-39502 BED/2 BATH home in Tap-pen/Notch Hill. Country set-ting. W/D, DW, FS. $750. mth +DD & utlit. (250)679-5403 avail. immed.3bdrm house with 2bdrm basement suite in Enderby, $1600, you may sublet base-ment suite. 1-250-804-3003Malakwa-3bdrm home $700 +utils. 1-250-836-2928

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Rentals

Homes for Rent4BDRM, 1.5bath in town, $1200/mo + util., NS, pets neg. ref req. & proof of steady employment (250)833-97724bdrm, 3 bath older house in Enderby, avail March1, $1100. /mo. 1 (250)838-6630CHASE: 2-3Brdm, fenced yard, avail. now, $1100/mo. refs. req’d. (250)679-3530

Suites, Lower1 Bdrm Bsmt suite. All appl, heat, air, Safe desirable loca-tion. Call 250-517-7460 or text for viewing. NS Some pets may be OK $775 avail. now1BDRM suite close to Uptown Askews & high school incl. util, internet & tv, $750/mo., NS (250)804-0399BRAND new legal executive suite 1 bdrm. 6 appliances. Nat. Gas F/P. Ground level within newly built contempo-rary home. 630 sq. ft. of luxu-ry. $900/mo + util. avail. March 1st. 740 4th ave. SE (250)463-2063

Townhouses3BDRM. townhome in Broad-view Villas, close to shopping, rec centre, avail. immed., for inquiries NS,NP(250)804-0740

Transportation

Sport Utility Vehicle93 Jeep Cherokee limited, V8, 180,000 km, plow electric lift 2 set of rim & tires, tow packag-es $4600. (250)548-3484

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Everyone deserves a beautiful place they can call home. Shuswap real estate agents firmly believe in that and will strive to make it happen for you and your family. Check out their ads in our real estate section and call any of them today and make your dreams come true!

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Arriving at the Larch Hills parking lot last Saturday we were challenged to find a parking spot.

It was the annual Larch Hills Fun Day and all 150 Jackrab-bits and 90 Race Team members were in-volved. Busy place!

Stations were set up around the stadium for the Jackrabbits and Bunnies to engage in fun events like biathlon – throwing bean bags at the target, and down-hill skiing on a slope, over a small jump then through a hoop – a great test of balance.

All stations were manned by race team kids enthusiastically cheering on the young-er set. Final stop was the bonfire where kids were roasting marsh-mallows. It was a bril-liantly sunny, warm day – we couldn’t ask for a better ending to the Jackrabbit ski sea-son.

Our Larch Hills jack-ets have been quite the conversation opener on our recent “travels with Vic” around B.C.

Folks seem to know that Larch Hills is Salmon Arm and start

in on “the terrific Re-ino Keski-Salmi Lop-pet” or the ubiquitous “Do you know so-and-so?”

While skiing at Cal-laghan, we got talking to a couple of fellows from Australia who had skied our loppet and encouraged us to come to Melbourne and ski their World-loppet – the Kangaroo Hoppet Loppet. We just may do that – and we’ll now know folks there!

At the BC Midget Championships at Mount Washington the Feb. 7 weekend, the sea of ‘Larch Hills blue’ made evident the fact we had a large contingent of racers, coaches, waxers and hangers-on.

Although the snow and weather conditions were very challenging

– rain and rapidly dis-appearing snow pack, the Strathcona Club managed to put on a good event and fulfill the required distances, techniques, and vari-ous competitions.

We were proud to be sporting our Larch Hills team jackets as the Larch Hills race team pulled in one medal performance af-ter the other.

Now on to the BC Championships this weekend at the Tele-mark trails in Kelowna. One hundred and eight Larch Hills skiers will be competing with the goal of overall club champion at the end of the three-day event. All the best to the Larch Hills gang.

There is still lots of good skiing to be had in the Larch Hills.

The season may be winding down but it isn’t over yet. Waxless skis help make the sea-son go longer.

This year I have been having great success with my “Zero” skis which are brilliant at zero degrees temp and warmer. With a ‘hairy’ section underfoot they give grip yet great

glide. This is a pair from Alysson Mar-shall’s quiver so I feel particularly privileged – and fast!

Salomon has a new ski out called the “skin” ski with a short patch of synthetic skin – very much like the old time mohair – in-laid under the foot. Good for all conditions except ice.

Lots of selection out there.

Larch Hills Road up to the chalet/parking lot from Edgar Road is not in stellar shape. With the recent thaw the road has become very soft past John’s Ski Shack and has very deep ruts which makes driving tricky. And the parking lot is extreme-ly muddy.

Park near the cha-let and you’ll be okay. There is still lots of snow and with the re-cent colder weather the tracksetter has been able to get out and grind up the old snow and set new track.

What we need is some snow. With luck we’ll get some to round out our – now rather short – ski season.

Think snow!

On to BC championships

Trail Tales

Marcia Beckner

larch Hills: More than 100 local skiers to compete.


Thanks to the generosity of Black Press, 37 students from across BC will receive $5,000 to study business at the University of Victoria. That’s one student from every community Black Press serves.

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Out on the TownMUSIC • VISUAL ARTS • BAR SCENE • ENTERTAINMENT • PERFORMANCE ARTS

You can now upload your own events on our website…AND IT’S EASY!! Simply go to www.saobserver.net,go to CALENDAR, and click on Add Your Event.

ONGOING…COFFEE HOUSE – � rst Saturday of each month, until May,

will be held at Carlin Hall. Coffee and goodies available. Come out and support local talent. Show starts at 7:30 p.m.

WEEKLY LESSONS & WORKSHOPS/JAMS FOR BLUEGRASS MUSIC – for acoustic instruments only, beginners/intermediates, will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. at Carlin Hall. For more information, call 250-835-2322.

SCRABBLE CLUB – meets Tuesdays at 9:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. at the Seniors’ Fifth Avenue Activity Centre. For information, phone Elizabeth 250-832-7478.

COUPLES DANCE – Wednesdays at 2 p.m. March 18 to April 15, at the Seniors’ Fifth Avenue Activity Centre. Review fox trot, waltz and jive, lead/follow – fun, not strict. Call Ann 250-833-9585.

FREE COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER INCOME TAX PROGRAM – begins March 2, 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Fletcher Park Seniors’ Resource Centre, 320A - 2nd Ave. NE. No appointment necessary. This program is designed to help low-income individuals of all ages complete their uncomplicated tax returns. Canada Revenue Agency thresholds apply. For information, call 250-832-7000.

SHUSWAP FLY FISHERS – meet every second Thursday of the month at Yan’s Restaurant at 6 p.m. Supper, meeting, � shing report. For info., call Al at 250-832-0430.

SHUSWAP LIFE DRAWING GROUP – invites new members and drop-ins from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. most Tuesday evenings in the Jackson campus art room. Call 250-832-9993 for information.

TO FEBRUARY 28SALMON ARM ART GALLERY – presents Game On, the

annual juried members’ exhibition on the theme of sports and recreation. Gallery hours are Tues. to Sat., 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20 SALMON ARM COFFEE HOUSE – An acoustic open-mike

event will be held from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. at Little Mountain Field House, 250 - 30th St. SE. A tune or a toonie gets you in the door. All ages are welcome.

FEB. 20-22, FEB. 26-MAR. 1 AND MAR. 5-7 SHUSWAP THEATRE – presents two one-act plays: Jewel,

written by Joan MacLeod and directed by Elizabeth Ann Skelhorne, and another Norm comedy, My Narrator, directed by Kate McKie. All performances are at 7:30 p.m., except Sundays, which are 1:30 p.m. Tickets are available online or at Intwined Fibre Arts, 81 Hudson Ave. NE or cash only at the door.

FEBRUARY 20-28 THE SHUSWAP FILM FESTIVAL – presents its 26th annual

International Film Festival, featuring 13 � lms, opening night gala, closing night festivities and prizes. Buy single tickets and passes at the door or at Wearabouts. Reserve tickets on the 24-hour line at 250-832-2294. Enjoy a Reel Lunch at the public art allery from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday and Sunday during the festival. Support the Cans Film Festival by dropping off cans of food for the food bank at the theatre.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21 THE COLDEST NIGHT OF THE YEAR WALK – takes place at 4

p.m., with registration at the United Church Hall, open ceremonies at city hall at 5 and walk at 5:15. Walkers get free coffee or hot chocolate at Starbucks and at the

Lighthouse Shelter. The walk � nishes at Seniors’ Fifth Avenue Activity Centre with hot soup and a bun. To register or make a donation, visit www.coldestnightoftheyear.org. Money raised will go to the Salvation Army Lighthouse Shelter and the Second Harvest Food Bank.

STEELSTRING ACOUSTIC JAM – will be held at 248 Shuswap St. for all ages, from 2 to 4 p.m. This open jam is fun for all. 248 Shuswap St. For more information, call Ross at 250-515-1585, or email www.musicmansalmonarm.com.

SOUP’S ON SATURDAY – will be held from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Sunnybrae Seniors, 3585 Sunnybrae-Canoe Point Rd., for all ages. For more information, contact Gail Burkitt at 250-463-3889 or [email protected].

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 22 NORTHERN LIGHTS CHAMBER CHOIR – presents Something

Old Something New, a concert featuring old favourites from past performances and new material, at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 22 at St. Mary’s Anglican/United Church, Sorrento. Guest pianist is Jaeden Izik-Dzurko, guest soloist Hugh Carter; Thursday, March 5, at 7:30- p.m.

at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, in Salmon Arm. Guest pianist is Jaeden Izik-Dzurko, guest soloist Hugh Carter; Sunday, March 8 at 2:30 p.m., at St. Andrews Presbyterian Church (by Bowling Alley). Guest soloist Hugh Carter, guest pianist Andrew Stoney. Tickets and more information available online at: northernlightschamberchoir.ca, from choir members, Acorn Music (Salmon Arm) or at the door.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23 CHILDREN’S FESTIVAL ORGANIZERS – are looking for new

volunteers for the highly popular Canada Day event. Attend a meeting at 6:30 p.m. at Shuswap Daycare Centre. For more information, call 250-832-8261.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26 SHUSWAP GARDEN CLUB – meets at 7 p.m. at Scout Hall,

2460 Auto. Rd. Guest speaker will be Hermann Bruns from Wild Flight Farms. Everyone is invited.

THE JAZZ CLUB – presents The Jazz Handles at 7 p.m. featuring guitarist Neil Fraser, Bill Lockie on bass and Brian Pratt-Johnson on drums, in the banquet room of Shuswap Chefs Restaurant, 551 Trans-Canada Highway. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Admission is by donation.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27 FUNDRAISER AT FIRST UNITED CHURCH – with The Great Plains, Darrel and Saskia, in concert. Come for lasagna dinner at 5:30 p.m., concert at 7. Contact First United Church 250-832-3860 for tickets.

DAN FRECHETTE AND LAUREL THOMSEN – perform in concert at the Downtown Activity Centre library. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Dan, originally from Manitoba, and Laurel, from Santa Cruz, California, will be promoting their second album New Disguise.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28 SINGLE MOMS DAY OUT – We would like to treat all the “single moms” in our community to a day of pampering and blessing. All services are free for the day, including haircuts, manicures, pedicures, facials, massages, free clothing, toys, books, free snacks, drink and free childcare. We know

single moms have it hard and we want to show them we care. For all ages. Broadview Church - The Gathering Place, 350 - 30th Street NE. For further information, contact Tamara Peterson, pastor of Women’s Ministry, at 250-832-6366.

FIFTH ANNUAL ST. DAVID’S DAY DINNER – at Seniors’ Fifth Avenue Activity Centre, 5:30 p.m. For details, call 250-832-4415. Limited seating.

MONDAY, MARCH 2 OKANAGAN COLLEGE’S CONTEMPORARY CLASSICS AT THE

CLASSIC – runs to the end of March. Malick’s The Thin Red Line will be featured at 7:30 p.m. The � lms are open to the public. For more information, email Tim Walters at [email protected].

TUESDAY, MARCH 3 TOURISM SHUSWAP – presents Tourism is a Happy Thing,

at 5 p.m. at the Prestige Harbourfront Resort. Licensed psychotherapist, bestseller author and professional speaker Fred Sarkari will speak on how perspective affects success. Sponsored by Community Futures of the Shuswap. Register: 250-833-5906.

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