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Fire destroys waterfront home

Dec. 25, 2015 is a date one Scotch Creek family will never forget.

Their waterfront property on Webb Road was destroyed in a fire that was estimated to be a $2.3 mil-lion loss.

Kenn Mount, regional fire chief with the Columbia Shuswap Re-gional District, says the alarm was raised at 6:02 p.m. Christmas Day.

When Scotch Creek Fire Chief Art Stoll arrived on scene soon af-ter, a chimney fire had already ex-panded into the attic.

“He arrived on scene to find heavy black smoke along the roof ridge line and he allowed the occu-pants to retrieve what they could,” says Mount, noting flames were clearly visible within three min-utes. “He (Stoll) set up an interior attack crew of two firefighters but within five minutes the roof line started to sag and the firefighters were called out.”

The ceiling was also collaps-ing due to the extreme conditions caused by the rapidly growing fire.

Firefighters continued to attack the fire from the outside and were able to protect a garage, boat house and neighbouring homes.

The fire continued to grow swift-ly because of the extensive use of teak in the interior and a composite roof that contained a rubber com-pound.

“It looked like a lava flow; it was a very strange looking fire,” Mount said. “Teak oil had been applied to the teak interiors and the snap, crackle pop of the fire sounded like Rice Krispies.”

Mount says the fire originated in the chimney and agrees it was like-ly the result of a creosote build-up.

“There was heavy fire activity in the chimney even when the house was burning down and the occu-pants did confirm they were us-ing the fireplace,” he said. “There was evidence of a lot of fuel in the chimney flue; it was behaving like a firecracker.”

Emergency Social Services was called in to assist the homeowners and their guests and an insurance

adjuster and private investigator continue to investigate the fire.

“There were no injuries or loss of life,” said Mount, with relief. “We had a great response from our volunteer firefighters from several halls, considering it was Christ-mas Day and many of them missed Christmas dinner.”

The fire was extinguished com-pletely by 11:07 p.m., thanks to the efforts of 29 firefighters from Scotch Creek, Celista, Anglemont and Shuswap.

Two Tappen-Sunnybrae volun-teer firefighters took the CSRD rehab unit to the scene, providing heating, food, chairs, blankets and water for the firefighters.

“They take vitals and make sure the firefighters don’t overextend themselves,” says Mount. “Scotch Creek firefighters were still on scene at 6 in the morning.”

Mount says Stoll told him 78,000 gallons of water and 50 gallons of firefighting foam were used to quell the blaze.

Scotch Creek: Blaze originates in chimney, loss estimated at $2.3 million.

n It took 29 firefighters from several Columbia Shuswap Regional District firehalls to quell a Christmas Day blaze on Webb Road in the North Shuswap. The fire originated in the chimney and spread quickly to the attic before engulfing the whole house.

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Poor weather has kept emergency crews busy with a number of colli-sions in the area.

The Salmon Arm RCMP have attended seven motor vehicle colli-sions since Jan. 4.

At 6:20 p.m. on Jan. 4, a semi truck rolled over on the Trans-Can-ada Highway near 60th Ave NE and, within minutes of police and emergency crew arrival, a second semi truck jackknifed into the ditch blocking part of the highway.

The drivers in both of these cases were unin-jured.

The highway was closed for more than an hour until crews could sand the road.

On Jan. 5, just before 9 a.m., emergency crews were dispatched to a sin-gle-vehicle collision on the Trans-Canada High-way north of Sunnybrae Canoe Point Road.

A female driver in an SUV lost control of her vehicle in the inclem-ent conditions and ended up hitting a power pole in the east ditch. The SUV then flipped on to its roof, pin-ning the woman’s arm under the ve-hicle.

The B.C. Ambulance Service called in an air ambulance to trans-port the woman to Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops to receive treatment for upper-body injuries. The injuries were not thought at the time to be life threatening.

Again on Jan. 5, another vehicle

was reported in the ditch by a pass-ing motorist in the Canoe area of the Trans-Canada.

The passing driver stopped and checked with the occupants who were uninjured. That vehicle was re-moved from the ditch by a local tow-ing company prior to police arrival.

Staff Sgt. Scott West of the Salm-on Arm RCMP detachment is asking drivers to be cautious.

“Please be careful while driving. In some of the incidents drivers re-

ported driving at the speed limit or slightly under it,” he said. “The speed limit is for perfect conditions. We definitely do not have even good conditions, despite the best efforts of snow re-moval crews.”

West advises drivers to slow down and give the vehicles around you ex-tra room.

“Please remember a four-wheel drive might give you better acceleration but stopping and turning is seriously compromised in the conditions we are seeing right now.”

West also notes a warming trend can spell even more woes for driv-ers, with rain, freezing rain and ice contributing to the hazardous condi-tions.

“With the freezing rain that we are seeing on the roads as you leave the lake level our driving conditions will continue to deteriorate until the pre-cipitation ends.”

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Kayaker in custodyA man who rammed a police cruiser with a

vehicle and then attempted to flee from pursu-ing officers by kayak on Dec. 28 remains in custody facing several charges.

RCMP Cpl. Dan Moskaluk said Daniels is facing charges of assaulting a police officer with a weapon, dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, flight from police, possession of break-in tools, break and enter, theft of mail, driving while prohibited, theft under $5,000 (for steal-ing the kayak) and breach of probation.

Daniels was ordered to remain in custody pending his next court appearance, scheduled for Jan. 19 in Salmon Arm.

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What a brilliant Christmas holiday sea-son at the Larch Hills!

Seldom was the park-ing lot less than half full, and the chalet was bursting with happy families having lunch, sharing snacks, play-ing card games, getting ready to go out skiing/snowshoeing/sledding.

More and more I am finding I don’t recog-nize lots of folks in the chalet or on the trails, which speaks volumes to the fact that cross-

country skiing is be-coming more popular and that our Larch Hills area is the wonderful place people choose to come to.

In chatting with folks in the chalet during the Lantern Ski, Jim talked to one fellow who skis Sovereign but decided to take in the Lantern Ski here. He exclaimed that he has to come back to ski the area in the daytime – he was so blown away by the tracks, trails, ambience of the Lantern Ski route. Not an uncommon re-action from folks skiing the Larch Hills for the first time.

Our family Christ-mas was spectacular with younger son Mike bringing his young family up from Victo-ria for their first real experience with snow. Outfitted with ski gear

for the three boys we headed for the Larch Hills. Cousins Mag-gie and Max, veteran Nordic skiers, took on the instruction and

route planning for the group – including lots of downhill challenges like Larry’s Leap and Camel’s Hump – and by the end of the first day all were happy, committed skiers. This is old territory for Mike who was a Larch Hills race team member in elementary school and did his training on these trails. He certainly en-joyed meeting the new trails such as Sunshine, South Loop and Town/Lake View. Next year we hope to get the gang up to Cec’s Cabin and out Whoopee. I know the boys would love Panorama.

The Lantern Ski was a great success – 500 ski-ers/snowshoers/walkers – more than 250 visitors plus an estimated 250

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LHNS members. Co-ordinator Ed Bouma reports the event raised $2037.80 for the LHNS and the food bank, and folks who registered were from as far away as St. Albert, Alberta, and California.

I talked to a gal in the chalet from Poland. Word gets around! A beautiful evening, mag-ical lanterns and candle bags, great fire at South Hub, and Alois’ lovely candlelit Christmas tree on Metford Road. And we can’t overlook the goodies and glog in the chalet. Great LHNS tra-dition!

Sunday was the annu-al Larch Hills Fun Race, first race of the LHNS hosting schedule. Jim and I remember back over three decades to the Fun Race held annu-ally on New Year’s Day

at Skimikin when our boys were very young. Those trails were such fun and a challenge. The event got moved to the Larch Hills when the Skimikin snow be-came questionable.

Organizer John Thielman reports that 96 skiers took part in Sunday’s Fun Race. Winners of the Ian Jenks Memorial trophy (14 to 17) were Andrew Nash and Rachel May. Winners of the Hamish Jenks Memorial trophy (13 and under) were Trond May and Juli-anne Moore. These memorial trophies are presented each year in memory of the two Jen-ks boys, members of the Larch Hills race team, who drowned in Little Shuswap Lake canoe-ing a number of years ago. Winner of the Stig Keskinen Family tro-phy was the May fam-

ily. Although tied with the Moore family for points, the combined age of the May family members was greater –that was the tie-breaker! Jim and I skied the race and loved it – especially skiing in the sunshine over Bilbo’s and Fro-do’s Bogs. Stunning!

Then Gullan’s fa-mous glog – what could be better? We followed it up with a skate on Rosemond Lake. Great area we live in.

Multiple ski location options – Foreshore, South Canoe (Metford Road up to the LH sys-tem). Especially awe-some with all this snow!

The LHNS meeting is Tuesday, Jan. 12, 7 p.m. in the auditorium of the rec centre. Vote on the proposed chalet expansion.

Happy New Year! Reino Keski-Loppet on the 16th. Think snow!

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At first I thought it was a group of people out do-ing the Annual Christmas Bird Count who were look-ing for something that had been dropped in the snow. I was only partly correct. They were in fact looking for something that had been hidden in the snow. What I had come upon was a group of geocachers.

Prior to doing research on the Internet for this column, what I knew about geocach-ing could easily have fit into one of those little plastic canisters that rolls of 35mm film used to come in. Hav-ing said that, I do know that any activity that gets people outdoors and into the fresh air can’t be all that bad.

So began my search to get to the bottom of this whole geocaching phenomenon.

According to Wikipedia, geocaching is an outdoor sporting activity in which the participants use a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver or mobile device and/or other navigational techniques to hide and seek containers, called geocach-es or “caches,” anywhere in the world. A typical cache is a small, waterproof con-tainer containing a logbook

where the geocacher enters the date they found it and signs it with their estab-lished code name.

Geocaches are currently placed in more than 100 countries around the world and on all seven continents, including Antarctica. After 10 years of geocaching ac-tivity, more than 1.5 million active geocaches have been published on various web-sites around the world.

There are more than five million self-described geo-cachers worldwide – almost as many as birders.

Apparently, when geo-caching first started, it was originally referred to as GPS stashing. However, since the word “stash” car-ried along with it certain connotations, a better term

was needed to convey the idea of what participants were doing. The early prac-tice of mountain men “cach-ing” goods in hiding spots for later use gave rise to the term “geo-caching.” Much has changed since those early days.

So why is geocaching such a world-wide phenom-enon?

If you were to ask 100 practitioners of geocach-ing why they do it, you’ll probably get 100 different answers. For some, hiding a geocache is a project in-volving environmental re-search, the plotting of doz-ens of GPS waypoints or co-ordinates and the careful selection of just the right container, not to mention the items to be placed in-side. The same effort often goes into seeking a cache. For others, it’s just about being outdoors and getting some exercise. Personally, I know I could do with a bit more exercise.

Geocache sites may in-clude remote locations re-quiring fairly long hikes (a challenge for anyone look-ing for this type of cache) to recreational sites such as parks, cemeteries and pub-

lic access areas with well-marked trails that are usu-ally more familiar and more easily accessible. There are special challenges to plac-ing, finding and maintain-ing a cache in each and all of these different types of sites. One need only be as involved as they wish.

Access to a computer (in order to obtain cache site co-ordinates), a GPS unit, an understanding of how to use a GPS unit and a basic understanding of how to read a map are pretty much all that is needed to get start-ed.

While information about cache sites can be obtained from any one of a number of websites, neophyte geo-cachers would be well ad-vised to go out with more experienced geocachers in order to learn the ropes, so to speak. There is also safe-ty in numbers.

From everything that I have observed and read about geocaching and why people get into geocaching, it would seem that it’s not so much about actually finding a cache but more about the process of getting there. I’d say that applies to most things in life.

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James Murray

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It’s hard for many younger people to believe that it wasn’t always like this. Big corporate CEOs taking home salaries so astronomical that most people can’t even imagine what that kind of paycheque looks like.

The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives re-leased their annual report this week analyzing what the top 100 of Canada’s CEOs were paid in 2014. The numbers are, well, almost numbing. Each one took home an average of $8.96 million, and the very top ones took home a whole heap more than that.

The most sobering part of the report, though, is the comparison. They calculate that a typical full-time worker earned $48,636 last year (a generous number for many workers struggling to make ends meet). The gulf becomes even more clear with the painful truth that Canada’s top 100 CEOs will have already earned that amount by the time you’re reading this.

Well, why shouldn’t they take home big paydays, you may ask? They work hard, right?

A lot of people work hard, with no hope of ever earning even a decent fraction of that wage. Which wouldn’t be so hard to swallow if wages for the aver-age worker hadn’t stagnated or gone down over the past dozen years or so.

It’s the growth of the disparity that’s so shocking.The CEO-to-worker compensation ratio was 20 to

one in 1965, but in 2014 had increased to 303 to one. From 1978 to 2014 CEO compensation, adjusted for inflation, rose 997 per cent, while the typical worker’s compensation rose only 10.9 per cent.

Thinking that profits should be shared around more equitably doesn’t make you a commie or a die-hard socialist, it just makes you someone who recognizes a trickle-up effect that’s benefited the very few at the expense of everyone else.

This kind of wealth gap doesn’t help our economy, it hurts it. When more people make a decent wage, there’s more people spending on more diverse goods. That’s just basic common sense.

–Cowichan Valley Citizen

Wage disparity harms economy

Published by Black Press Ltd. 171 Shuswap Street NW,

Salmon Arm, B.C.

As we move into an-other annual budgeting process at the Colum-bia Shuswap Regional District, it might be appropriate to review how your 2015 proper-ty taxes were allocated.

In 2015, $11,880,339 in property taxes was collected from Area C, and from this amount, $4,008,736 or 34 per cent was received by the regional district.

From the remaining amount of $7,871,603, the province kept $5,287,359 for school taxes, $1,314,964 for the Provincial Ru-ral Tax, $293,143 for police services and $210,459 as the pro-vincial collection fee.

The North Okana-gan Columbia Shus-wap Regional Hospi-tal District received $631,752, BC Assess-ment Authority re-ceived $133,492, and the Municipal Finance Authority received $433.

The breakdown of funds allocated to the CSRD from Area C for

2015 was as follows:• $879,180 to Area C

fire protection;• $655,971 to plan-

ning, bylaw enforce-ment, GIS/mapping, house numbering and development services;

• $637,736 to gen-eral government and electoral area adminis-tration;

• $477,769 to Area C parks;

• $387,150 to the Okanagan Regional Library;

• $184,353 to Tour-ism Shuswap, eco-nomic development, tourism information and the Shuswap Film Commission;

• $173,302 to solid waste management and recycling;

• $146,124 to 911 Emergency Commu-nications, Shuswap Search and Rescue and emergency prepared-ness

• $125,141 to Area C electoral area grants in aid;

• $81,089 to milfoil control and weed con-trol and enforcement;

• $71,930 to Shus-wap Regional Airport

• $60,800 to Shus-wap recreation com-plex;

• $32,550 to Area C street lighting;

$30,200 to Shuswap First Responders;

• $27,017 to Area C dog control and Shus-wap SPCA;

• $26,594 to Area C

transit services;• $11,230 to Area C

feasibility studies;• $600 to anti-train

whistling at the Elson Road crossing.

There are several points to note when re-viewing these figures:

• The regional dis-trict has no general government fund and funds from Area C are not diverted to other electoral areas.

• The Provincial Rural Tax is collected by the province and is intended to fund rural roads and other provin-cial services.

• Costs for some ser-vices are shared across several electoral areas. Examples of these in-clude development services, Shuswap Tourism, solid waste management and gen-eral and electoral gov-ernment administra-tion.

• Costs for several services are funded from property taxes collected from all of Area C.

Examples of these include Area C fire protection, Area C electoral grants in aid and Area C community parks.

• Costs for some ser-vices are borne specifi-cally by sub-regions within Area C that are receiving the services.

An example is the Area C Street lighting service in Blind Bay

and Sorrento.As we move forward

to budgeting for 2016 and beyond, I would be very pleased to receive your comments in re-gards to these budget allocations.

I would also like to wish you a happy, healthy and prosperous new year.

-Paul Demenok is the Area C Director for the Columbia Shuswap Regional District

SOUTH SHUSWAPWhere does money go?Taxes: CSRD receives a fraction of what’s collected.

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If you are a writer in the Shuswap, there is a chair at the library with your name on it — and it’s free.

It doesn’t matter if you’re a famous author or a closet writer. All you need is to want to improve your writing skills and be willing to help other writers improve theirs, and the chair is yours for two hours on the second and fourth Wednesday of every month.

This is an open invi-tation from The Third House in collaboration with The Okanagan Regional Library to attend the start-up of a new writers’ group organized by Peter Blacklock and Joyce Adrian Sotski.

Meetings will be held twice a month from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. beginning Jan. 13. at

the South Shuswap li-brary.

Participants are asked to take a page or two of their own writ-ing and a notebook with pen or pencil.

Blacklock and Sots-ki describe the writers group as being:

• A support group, a cheering squad for writers that provides honest feedback, so writers can improve their skills.

• A group that can play a crucial role for any writer, whether they are a publishing author, an unknown poet or are simply try-ing to write their mem-oirs.

• A group that gives participants the oppor-tunity (when they are ready) to read from their work. Others will see the writing from a different perspective

and can provide valu-able feedback.

• A place where you pay attention to the writing of others and give them your feed-back. If it’s good writ-ing it can challenge and inspire your own.

• A safe and support-ive place to come to hone writing skills.

As the creators of The Third House In-teractive Multimedia, artists Blacklock and Sotski say their pur-pose is to “enhance op-portunities for creative artists in the Shuswap.”

Their projects in-clude Ida and Old Baldy’s Seniors’ The-atre Project, The Peri-gean Project, reader-writer sessions, a photography workshop and now the start of a new writers’ group in the South Shuswap.

With his background

of a career in drama and education, Black-lock is a prolific writer, playwright, actor, mu-sician and composer.

He is an active mem-ber of Shuswap The-atre, the force behind the summer dinner the-atre productions at R.J. Haney Heritage Vil-lage and the founder of Seniors’ Theatre in Salmon Arm and Blind Bay.

Sotski’s career be-gan in the printing industry as a graphic artist. With the arrival of the digital age, she moved smoothly into the world of websites and interactive CD-ROMS. Sotski is head-ing into retirement to work full time in the arts as a writer, a visual artist and experimental videographer.

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New writers’ group meets twice monthly from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Shuswap branch of Okanagan Regional Library beginning Jan. 13.

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Dance classes, includ-ing ballet, modern/lyrical, hip hop and musical theatre began this week; kids music teachers Sylvain Vallee and Larry Stephenson provide private lessons in a variety of instru-ments, including voice, piano, guitar, banjo, flute, clarinet, trumpet, violin, cello and more. Call the studio at 250-515-3276 to register.

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year in review

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July• Wildfire officials

will be keeping a close watch on the forests following a thunderstorm that launched more than 5,000 lightning strikes in the Kamloops Fire Centre. Most of the strikes took place in the Kamloops and Salmon Arm Fire zones, said Kelsey Winter, fire information officer with the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations’ BC Wildfire Service. Fortunately, the storm that swept through was accompanied by substantial rain – 11.8 millimetres were recorded at a station in Salmon Arm and 12.6 were measured at a station closer to Turtle Valley.

• Corruption derailed 12,500 rural property tax notices. “Approxi-mately 12,500 rural property tax notices

were automatically aborted due to a corrupt character in the print-ing file,” read an email from the Ministry of Finance. New tax no-tices with an extended deadline were mailed out. The system error affected property own-ers in Area C South Shuswap, Area D Falk-land/Salmon Valley/Ranchero, Area E rural Sicamous and Area F North Shuswap.

• At the Prestige Har-bourfront Resort, the Ministry of Transpor-tation and Infrastruc-ture (MOTI) revealed the latest $120 million plans for upgrading the Trans-Canada High-way west of Salmon Arm. The project was to begin with pre-load-ing the site of a new

elevated bridge, which will be built north of the current highway and connect back to the current highway at 10th Street SW, said project manager Dave Shibata.

• The prospect of getting more bus ser-vice in Salmon Arm in the near future didn’t look promising. Ryan Little, regional man-ager for BC Transit, ad-dressed city council’s June 8 meeting where he said transit funding levels were forecast to “remain relatively flat” over the next three years.

• More than 250 peo-ple attended the Blind Bay Painters’ annual art show and sale on June 27 and 28. Several artworks were sold in the show that was a cel-

ebration of the group’s 50 years of painting to-gether.

• Despite high to extreme conditions, smoke-filled skies and a fire ban, one Salmon Arm property owner up Parkhill Road near 60th Avenue and 35th Street NE set a fire to clean up his property. A pass-erby saw the smoke and flames and called

911. The Salmon Arm Fire Department’s halls 1, 2 and 3 responded and quickly doused the flames.

• Police responding to a report of a sus-pected impaired driver wound up arresting a man in possession of $70,000-worth of co-

July to December: Last week, the first six months of the year were featured. Here are the remainder.

n Salmon Arm resident Brad Calkins captured this image of lightning striking Mt. Ida during a sum-mer storm.

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Changes at Salmon Arm Accounting FirmKen Black (L) and Trent Sismey (R) take great pleasure in announcing Ken’s retirement from his Chartered Accounting practice at the end of 2015, and Trent’s assuming his role. Trent looks forward to continuing the culture of quality client service that Ken has provided for his many clients in Salmon Arm and area since 1993. Ken and Lauris would like to thank the clients and staff for their support and wish them continued success. Trent was born in Penticton, BC and raised on a farm in Okanagan Falls. He graduated from the University of Lethbridge in 2004 in finance and accounting and articled with a mid-sized accounting firm in Edmonton. Trent became a senior manager at the firm, working with some of the largest private businesses in Western Canada. During this time Trent was accepted into the University of Saskatchewan’s Master of Professional Accounting program (MPAcc) After obtaining his CA designation, Trent continued with public practice until a CFO position came available with a general construction company, based in his home town of Penticton. The experiences and success led Trent to being recruited by a group of Alberta busi-nessmen that wanted to grow their start up company to competing on the international stage. The company ob-tained its goal and enjoyed several very successful years in the resource sector. But, like many BC residents, Trent and his family began to long for the BC lifestyle, and he took advantage of the opportunity with Ken’s practice in Salmon Arm. The Sismey family looks forward to moving to Salmon Arm and calling it home. Trent will succeed Ken Black as of January 4, 2016 and he looks forward to meeting and working with current and new clients – drop by the office for a visit at #2- 120 Harbourfront Drive NE Salmon Arm.

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caine. Salmon Arm Staff Sgt. Scott West said approximately 1,500 doses of cocaine have been removed from the street as a result of the Tuesday, July 14 arrest of a 26-year-old male.

• Authorities contin-ued to investigate the death of a 22-year-old Alberta woman who was killed in a boat-ing accident July 10 on Shuswap Lake. The BC Coroners Ser-vice stated that Andrea Mary Jacura, 22, of Ed-monton, Alta., died as a result of severe injuries sustained after she was caught in a houseboat’s propeller while in wa-ters near the popular Neilson Beach.

• The July 22nd

weekend saw the revi-talization of the Shus-wap Lake Festival of the Arts in Sorrento & Blind Bay. The Arts Council for the South Shuswap took the fes-tival under its wing to ensure the 30-year his-tory of hosting the fes-tival continued.

August•A storm that tracked

north of Salmon Arm towards Seymour Arm Tuesday evening be-tween 7 and 9 deliv-ered about 40 lightning strikes, igniting seven new fires in the Salmon Arm Fire Zone.

• Sicamous RCMP and the BC Coroners Service are investi-gating the death of a 24-year-old Saskatche-wan man in Mara Lake. Police say the man died

on Tuesday, Aug. 4, af-ter he’d jumped from a houseboat into the wa-ter and did not resur-face. His body was re-covered by dive teams a short distance from

the boat. Police report alcohol is believed to have been a factor.

• Are they late, or are they not coming? This was a quandary Fisher-ies and Oceans Canada

was facing with the early summer sockeye stocks which spawn in Scotch Creek and Seymour River. On Fri-day, Aug. 7, the Pacific Salmon Commission

and the Fraser River Panel reduced initial estimates of a probable run in the neighbour-hood of 837,000 early summers to 424,000.

•The Arts Council for the South Shuswap announced they would move from Faces Stu-dio to the lower level of the Carlin Hall. “We

are very excited about the many possibilities a partnership with the arts council entails,” said Carlin & District Recreation Associa-tion president Larry Stephenson. “Bringing these two very like-

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n A.J Richards gets a boost from his mom Nika to look at the interior of Merv Krull’s 1962 Chevrolete Corvair Greenbrier at the Harbourfront Cruise Show and Shine – a display of cars, at Marine Park on Saturday, July 11. More than 50 cars from the early 1900s to modern day were on display.

n James Turgeon-O’Brien, a Rocky Mountain Rangers Army Cadet, looks through the window in the dunk tank after being dunked at the Salm-on Arm Canada Day Children’s Festival on Wednesday, July 1.

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• An air of optimism followed Friday night’s electric start to the 23rd annual Roots and Blues

Festival. This, despite the fact attendance was down by 2,000. Roots and Blues num-bers were 6,500 people Friday night, 7,400 on Saturday and 6,900 Sunday for a total at-tendance of 21,000. Salmon Arm Folk Mu-

sic Society chair Lody Kieken said Friday’s thunderstorm was be-lieved to have been a big factor in the drop in overall sales.

• Unless the Si-

n Volunteer George Johnston and Luke Heart dance together to the rhythm of Amadou Fall Trio at the Boogie Bar’N Stage on the Salmon Arm fairgrounds during the Roots and Blues Festival on Sun-day, Aug. 16.

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• Quick action by the Tap-pen Sunnybrae Fire Depart-ment prevented the loss of a home and shop on Ford Road on Aug. 24. A tree had blown onto a hydro line and the re-sulting sparks ignited a forest-ed area. Seventeen firefighters responded and were able to put water on the blaze right away; however, due to the gusty winds, other fire depart-ments were called as back up.

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n The Ottawa Senators’ Curtis Lazar signs Aiden Canaday’s t-shirt after a practice at the Salmon Arm Hockey School at the Shaw Centre on Friday, Aug. 14.

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• Chinook salmon were getting lots of support from their hu-man backers. Fisher-ies staff and volunteers wearing hip waders and carrying sand bags have been helping to consolidate smaller channels in the Salmon River delta into one deeper one to help fish make it upriver to spawn. Ron Pederson, president of the Salm-on Arm Fish & Game Club, said Fisheries and Oceans Canada contacted him in order to line up more help on the delta, should it be needed.

• Rumours about Safeway shutting down came true. The store in Centenoka Park Mall announced it would

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• At 84, Clay Lank doesn’t give too many hoots about bylaws

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n (Top) The Zipper is illuminated as it spins after the sunset at the Salmon Arm Fall Fair at the Salmon Arm fairgrounds on Satur-day, Sept. 12. (Right) Cale Reid and his sons Caddoy and Caius walk through one of the barns at the Salm-on Arm Fall Fair.

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• “It’s just a brand new world,” said Teri Hutchinson, mother of Baby Britton who un-derwent a heart trans-plant on Sept. 3. Brit-ton was born on May 13 of this year with a rare congenital heart defect called pulmo-nary artesia, meaning the right ventricle of her heart did not de-velop normally.

• A fire destroyed a home in the 6700 block of Eagle Bay Road at Cinnemousin Narrows Properties. Columbia Shuswap Regional Dis-trict Fire Services Co-ordinator Kenn Mount said the property is about two to three kilo-metres beyond the local fire suppression area, outside of CSRD’s re-sponse jurisdiction.

• Work began on a new roof of historic Notch Hill Hall, thanks to many volunteers, sponsors, tradespeo-ple, politicians, and residents of Sorrento, Notch Hill and nearby

communities.

October• Left to the elements

and birds under a Van-couver bridge, several tired-looking dragon boats were brought to Salmon Arm to be re-stored to their former beauty, thanks to the efforts of the Shuswap Association of Row-ing and Paddling’s Ted Crouch. Crouch was browsing on a Dragon Boat West web forum and saw that the Chi-nese Cultural Dragon Boat Association was wanting someone to take the boats rather than have them go to the landfill.

• A phone call from her son’s elementary school left mom Jackie Graham ‘seeing red.’ On Thursday, Sept. 24, Graham received a call from South Broadview Elementary stating she should come and pick up her son. Deacon is seven, in Grade 2, and has Down Syndrome and had been put in a “quiet room” to deal with his behaviour. This sparked a contro-versial debate about the use of seclusion rooms for students in B.C. schools.

• Calling it huge progress, Sunnybrae

n The members of Seal Skull Hammer laugh it up prior to a concert.

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residents are pleased by the Ministry of Transportation and In-frastructure’s commit-ment to install some new interim safety measures at the inter-section of the Trans-Canada Highway and S u n ny b r a e - C a n o e Point Road.

• Like the rest of the country, North Okan-agan-Shuswap voters were turning out in force at advance polls. Elections Canada re-leased preliminary numbers, showing that Canada-wide, 3.6 mil-lion electors had voted at the advance polls – a 71 per cent increase over the 2.1 million

advance voters in 2011 during the last federal election. In the North Okanagan-Shuswap riding, 16,213 voters cast an advance ballot over the Thanksgiving weekend – about a 50 per cent increase over 2011 when the unof-ficial number was only 8,265.

• A Blind Bay resi-dent was taking some heat for protesting new taxation for lake protection. The issue came to light when Sunnybrae resident Opal Hendrickson was angered that Darryl Chipman had posted an alternate approval form on some people’s Face-book pages (including hers) to make it easy to register opposition

to funding the Shus-wap Watershed Coun-cil through a proposed parcel tax.

• Mel Arnold hit the ground running follow-ing the Oct. 19 federal

election. Arnold, who topped the polls in the federal election was getting ready to go to Ottawa for orientation and initial meetings.

• A fire that destroyed

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Chief Kenn Mount.• Expectations were

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Adams River on Oct. 8 revealed only 2,925 fish in the lower Ad-ams River. No late-run

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n (Above) Canadian comedian Brent Butt per-forms at the Salmar Classic Theatre on Monday, Oct. 5. (Below) Silverback Chase Zieky cele-brates his first goal as a Silverback, his first of two on the night, in a game against Nanaimo at the Shaw Centre on Saturday, Oct. 10. The Sil-verbacks won 7-4.



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sockeye were observed in upper Adams River two days later on Oct. 10.

November• The Sorrento Cen-

tre Anglican Church of Canada was fined $14,384 for allowing workers to be in an area where there was damaged and exposed asbestos without using adequate personal pro-tective equipment or safe work procedures. “The firm should first have ensured that all friable (easily crum-bled) asbestos-con-taining materials were removed or enclosed so as to prevent the release of asbestos fibres,” read

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• With one delivery, Salmon Arm gained three additions to its population. Identical triplets Hannah Marie, Rileigh Faith and Isabelle Grace Meeuwsen were delivered by cesarean section at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops on Tuesday, Nov. 3.

• A Shuswap man died after he drove off the road and his truck struck a tree on Nov. 4. Chase RCMP respond-ed to a report of a sin-gle-vehicle collision on Notch Hill Road, near the intersection with McKenzie Road.

• Two men were fac-ing drug charges after police raided a hotel room on Nov. 5. Salm-on Arm RCMP report

that officers located and arrested two men who were alleged to be dealing drugs in the area of Third Street and First Avenue in Salmon Arm.

• Jason Bellows put his outrage into ac-tion on Saturday, Nov.

n Tiffany Palamar, Doug Palmer, organizer Jason Bellows, Elizabeth Palamar, Leigh Mulroy and Alex McIntosh are among a group of 12 volunteers who spent Saturday, Nov. 7 picking up garbage dumped along Shaw Road past the Industrial Park and another backroad in the Sunnybrae area.

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On Dec. 28, Chase RCMP received in-formation regarding an abandoned pick-up truck at a pull-out on the Trans-Canada Highway near Sor-rento.

The blue Ford F350 was stolen from Cal-gary, and the door lock and ignition had been

tampered-with.Upon recovering the

pickup truck, the tow company had a mishap with the tow cable, and the truck rolled into Shuswap Lake. The truck was recovered and taken to the tow compound.

No suspects have been identified in this theft, and police are asking for anyone with knowledge of this crime to call Chase RCMP at 250-679-3221 or Crime Stop-pers.

Boomerang luckOn Dec. 26 about

5:20 p.m., Chase RCMP attended a sin-gle-vehicle accident on Highway #1 near Planter Road in Chase.

A Ford pickup truck was eastbound when the male driver sud-denly encountered black ice. The driver lost control of the pick-up, hit the ditch, and bounced back onto the road. The driver’s spouse and son were also in the vehicle at the time. BC Ambu-

lance responded and there were no serious injuries. It was snow-ing at the time, and road conditions were a factor in this accident.

CheckstopOn the evening of

Dec. 24, Chase RCMP conducted a traffic checkstop in Celista.

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breath demand was made which resulted in a “pass” result, and numerous verbal warn-ings were issued for minor Motor Vehicle Act offences.

The results of this check stop demon-strate that many drivers are heeding the mes-sage about seeking al-ternate transportation, and deciding not to take a chance on drink-ing and driving, con-clude police.

Break and enterOn Dec. 25, an un-

known person broke into a garage on Dunkirk Road in Sor-rento.

The owner of the ga-rage was home at the time, and was notified by a neighbour who saw the door was open. Upon checking the garage, the owner no-ticed that the perpetra-tor had rifled through the garage and the car

that was parked inside. Nothing appeared to have been taken.

There were no wit-nesses identified at the time, and police are asking anyone with knowledge of this crime to call Chase Detachment at 250-679-3221 or Crime Stoppers.

Erratic driverOn Dec. 29 about

5 p.m., Chase RCMP received a report of a possible impaired driver, westbound, on Highway #1 near Sor-rento.

The vehicle ap-peared to be operated erratically, forcing traf-fic off the road. Once police had stopped the vehicle, it was deter-mined the driver was having a medical emer-gency.

BC Ambulance pro-vided medical care for the driver. Alcohol was not a factor in this in-cident, and no charges were laid.

Mischief Sometime overnight

on Dec. 26, a Toyota Matrix was vandal-ized on First Avenue in Chase.

The perpetrator broke off the side mir-rors on the vehicle while it was parked in the owner’s driveway. Anyone with knowl-edge of who commit-ted this crime is asked to call Chase RCMP at 250-769-3221 or Crime Stoppers.

Stolen truckSometime between

Dec. 24 and 28, a white 1996 Dodge Ram pick-up truck, with B.C. li-cence plate number JM1056 was stolen from a driveway on Duck Range Road in Pritchard.

Police are asking the public to keep an eye out for this vehicle and, if it is seen, do not approach the vehicle or driver but call 911 and provide police with the location.

Prowler alert On Dec. 28 about

6 a.m., Chase RCMP received a complaint of a prowler in the 400 block of Coburn Street in the Village of Chase.

The homeowner found one set of large footprints alongside his house and lead-ing to his garden shed. The shed door had been opened, and a grey bicycle had been stolen. The homeown-er then found several movie discs with the name “Tyler” written on them that had been left behind by the thief.

No suspects have been identified in this theft, and police are asking for anyone with knowledge of this crime to call Chase RCMP at 250-679-3221 or Crime Stop-pers.

Roll overOn Dec. 27 at about

2 p.m., Chase RCMP attended a single-vehi-cle rollover on High-

way #1 near Little Riv-er Road, near Sorrento. The female driver had lost control of her Ford Escape in the heavy snow conditions.

The vehicle slid out of control at a curve in the road, and rolled onto its roof in the ditch.

BC Ambulance re-sponded, but the driver, a male passenger and their dog were not in-jured. Road conditions were a factor in this ac-cident.

Ditch diveOn Dec. 23 about

8 p.m., Chase RCMP were notified of a sin-gle vehicle accident on Chase-Falkland Road, near Pillar Lake Re-sort.

The female driver of a Toyota Tundra went off-road and into the ditch. There were no injuries, and the driver received a ride from the scene. Road condi-tions were a factor in the accident.

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complimentary cross-country ski equipment available at G-Force as well as snowshoes for purchase. Any do-nations of equipment appreciated. Call Patri-cia Simpson, 250-679-3951, for more info.

The Chase Curl-ing Rink’s first Pan-cake Breakfast for the 2016 season is Sunday, Jan. 10. Enjoy a great breakfast, drink cof-fee and hang out with friends and family. The time remains un-changed, 9 to 11 a.m., for $7 all you can eat

pancakes, sausages and eggs served with real orange juice and cof-fee/tea. All proceeds go directly to help pay bills for our struggling Curling Club.

Bowl for Board-ing, Chase and District Skate Park Society Boarding Fundraiser, Saturday, Jan. 23, fam-ily tourney from 1 to 4 p.m., adult boarding party, 6 to 10 p.m. Reg-ister in teams or solo. Side pool tourney, prizes and more. For more information, con-tact ChaseSkatePark@

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Chase Creekside for Seniors, for more information, call Sha-ron at 250-679-1183. Mondays - exercise for guys/gals, 8:30 a.m.; bridge (with lessons), canasta and snooker, 1 p.m.; Tuesdays - bingo, 1 p.m.; Wednesdays - exercise for guys and gals, 9 a.m.; canasta

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• Salmon Arm tax-payers will be facing a 2.96 per cent tax in-crease in 2016. For a resident with what the city terms an average $288,000 home, that amounts to an approxi-mate $40 increase over 2015. However, house-holds will also see an $11.30 reduction in the solid waste and recy-cling levy, so, in total, the homeowner will be paying about $29 more on the 2016 tax bill.

Added to that, in a sep-arate bill in December, will be a 2.6 per cent or $7.20 rise in the sewer rate.

• Columbia Shus-wap Regional District directors unanimously approved the estab-lishment of a new par-cel tax for residents within the designated Shuswap Watershed Council Service areas. At the Nov. 19 board meeting in Salmon Arm, directors voted to approve the additional tax, which is estimated to add between $10 to $11 to each property’s 2016 tax bill.

• A 63-year-old man from Salmon Arm has escaped a prison sen-tence for trafficking crystal meth after a joint submission was accepted by a B.C. Su-preme Court justice.

David May pleaded guilty this week to a single count of traffick-ing out of his home in Salmon Arm.

December• Chase RCMP were

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n Corporal Karl Bungay of the Rocky Mountain Rangers stands guard during the Remembrance Day ceremony at the Salmon Arm Cenotaph on Wednesday, Nov. 11.

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n The Chase Heat and Revelstoke Grizzlies faced off Friday, Nov. 27 at Art Holding Memorial Arena in Chase. Nic Bruyere stops the point shot through traffic making the pad save keeping the Grizzlies off the score-board in the second and third period. Bruyere stopped 36 of 37 shots he faced that night. The Chase Heat would win by a score of 6-1.

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Successful events provide spin-offfor school lunch program & park

The members of the Salmon Arm Rotary Club (aka as “the lunch club”) have been very busy the last few months raising money for local projects. Two successful fundraisers were held, with the proceeds used to support club projects including the elementary school lunch program, youth exchange and a new picnic shelter for Blackburn Park.

Wine FestivalOur annual Shuswap Wine Festival

was a great success, with over 400 people attending, sampling 80 different wines from 19 British Columbia wineries. The wines were complemented by chocolates, cheeses, and savories supplied by sponsors throughout the Okanagan Valley, as well as a marvellous wide assortment of appetizers.

Thanks to people in the community who bought tickets and to our 20 local sponsors who supported the ticket sales drive, we were able to raise $9,000.

Shopping SpreeThe Club sold tickets to a shopping

spree at Askew’s Foods throughout October and November. A second prize was a $250 gas card from theCo-op Gas Bar.

The Shopping Spree ticket draw was held at 5:00pm November 30 at Uptown Askews. The winner of the shopping spree was Pat Timpany of Salmon Arm. The winner of the $250 gas card was Lindsay Quintal.

Mr. and Mrs. Timpany had their shopping spree at the downtown Askew’s Foods location at 7:30am Saturday, December 5. They were ably assisted by Rotarian Dan Hudson, who made a fantastic run around the store and totted up $1,595 in groceries

for them. A BIG THANK-YOU to all of you who purchased tickets. Approximately $5,800 was raised.

In the New YearRotarians will get an early start at the

31st annual Reino Keski-Salmi Loppet - the BBQ gets fired up at around 4AM so that our renowned Beef-on-a-Bun is ready for the over 500 participants and volunteers by 10AM, January 17th.

We have some other great events planned over the next few months including a “Dram Good Evening”

scotch tasting and dinner event, Sunday, January 25th, 5PM at The Wicked Spoon. Limited tickets are available.

Also in the works is a vocational information event in partnership with Okanagan College. This free event will offer one-on-one advice to individuals interested in entering different fields of work. It will be a chance about education requirements and what to expect on the job. Stay tuned for details at www.salmonarmrotary.org.

Youth ExchangeThis year’s Inbound Youth Exchange students are – Gustavo “Fred” Marques and Fernando de Castro, both from Brazil. Both are 17 years old and attending Salmon Arm Secondary School. Fred is sponsored by the Salmon Arm Rotary Club and Fernando by the Shuswap Rotary Club.

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Rotary celebrates 70 years in Salmon ArmRotary has been a leading force in our communities

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Salmon Arm Rotary Club was chartered in February 1946. Over the past 70 years, Rotary has been very active and a leading force in the community.

In the 1960s planning began for Rotary Village, a residential complex of 34 living units designed for seniors. This project was followed with Rotary Gardens with the first phase of 49 units completed in 1978 and twenty more units added in 1984.

Since the early 1980s Rotary has been actively involved in The Youth Exchange Program. Through this program students from Salmon Arm have traveled around the world, staying with host families for a year to gain valuable experience. In return, we have welcomed students from around the world.

In the 1990s, Rotary in Salmon Arm was the initiator and a leading force in raising $1.2 million for the Southern Interior Rotary Cancer Lodge. Its completion was one of the finest moments for Rotarians in Salmon Arm.

Nearly every aspect of the community has benefited from the work of Rotarians. Just some of the work includes Senior’s Christmas Luncheons, Fall Fair Parade, (for more than 30 years!), Cardiac Pulmonary Resuscitation programs, C.N.I.B., Red Cross, Family Support, local Day Care, Marine Park and McGuire Lake.

RECENT PROJECTSRecent projects include a total of

$140,000 towards the Shuswap Hospital Foundation for the recent hospital expansion, CT Scanner and other equipment needs; Shuswap Music Festival; Shuswap Daycare Expansion; Shuswap Trails; Salmon Arm Canada Day Children’s Festival and the new universally accessible playground at Blackburn Park. Currently, a picnic shelter at Blackburn Park is planned.

ONGOING PROJECTSOngoing projects include student

scholarships for high school and Okanagan College students, the School District 83 lunch program, involvement at the annual Reino Keski-Salmi Loppet and the flower baskets that have decorated the streets of downtown Salmon Arm since 1983.

Rotary’s activities have not been limited to the local community. Through Rotary International, Salmon Arm Rotary Clubs have assisted with many

international projects. Countries where Salmon Arm Rotarians have made a difference include Malawi, Dominican Republic, Central Africa, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Brazil, Bosnia, Ghana and Haiti.

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community and international projects. Here are some testimonials from existing Salmon Arm Rotarians:

Richard, 29 years old – “I was introduced to Rotary about four years ago in High River, Alberta and appreciated how much of a connection it allowed me to feel to the community. I was able to truly see the power and cooperation of Rotarians when the town flooded in June, 2013. As the residents returned to town to salvage what they could, bands of Rotarians from as far away as Ontario were roaming the streets to help rebuild. With the support of multiple Rotary chapters across the continent, it made a huge difference for everyone they touched.

“As well as the social aspect, I was able to find ways to give back in a fashion meaningful to me. After expressing that I enjoyed the education and career events, past president Norm placed me as chairperson for what eventually became the Career Mentoring Medley. This event allows me to volunteer for a cause I’m passionate about, give back to the community, and enjoy immensely. Rotary has helped make Salmon Arm my home.”

Gary, 69 years old – “In 1996 as president of the Salmon Arm Rotary Club and in Celebration of our Rotary Clubs 50th anniversary the Club

A new picnic shelter is currently in the planning stages for Blackburn Park.This project will be in partnership with the City of Salmon Arm.PICNIC SHELTER MAY NOT BE AS SHOWN.

embarked on a major project to clean up the boat basin and Marine Park. The boat basin took 3 years to get all the approvals from government as the lake is controlled by the Federal government and the land around it by the Environment department of the Provincial government but with the completion of the berm, fountain and Marine Park including boat launch and Gazebo the area is wonderful place for all ages. In the summertime the area buzzes with activity. I was proud to be a part of this project, and Rotary continues to be an important part of my life.”

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believe the suspects in the Chase bank rob-bery made a false call to police in an attempt to draw officers away from the area.

• The numbers just keep climbing. Salva-tion Army Community Care co-ordinator Da-vid Byers said, on aver-age, the number of peo-ple being served by the food bank was 1,000 a month higher than 2014. “We have had a huge year at the Sal-vation Army, helping a record 3,300 people

in May of this year,” he said, noting he only had statistics com-pleted up to August be-cause he was too busy making sure clients were getting support. “We had 3,200 people last December and we provided a record 725 hampers.”

•Washrooms will be going up in McGuire Lake Park. City coun-cil approved an expen-diture of $15,000 in the 2016 budget, to be added to $25,000 in re-serve, for a total cost of $40,000.

• Glynis Sim finished eighth at the Canadian

National Cross-Coun-try Championships in Kingston, Ont. on Sat-urday, Nov. 28.

• Mounties are still investigating death of a Lee Creek woman – and foul play has not been ruled out. RCMP Cpl. Dan Moskaluk said investigators were still treating the Nov. 28 death as suspicious. RCMP responded to a home in the 2500-block of Squilax Anglemont Road on the Shuswap’s north shore late on Sat-urday, Nov. 28 after a report of a shooting. A 47-year-old woman was found dead inside.

• One big-ticket item in the City of Salmon Arm’s future is the dredging of the Salmon Arm wharf and ma-rina area. City council discussed the state of the bay during budget deliberations, because $30,000 was initially earmarked to add to the dredging reserve. The city has about $460,000 in reserve for the project, much less than is needed.

• Two Salmon Arm men were glad to be in from the cold. The pair

left Salmon Arm at 9 a.m. Monday, Dec. 14 heading to Owl Head Recreation Area with their snow bikes (mod-ified dirt bikes). Five SAR members began searching about 2 a.m. but had not located the missing men by day-light. An RCMP Air Service helicopter was dispatched to the scene in the morning and the men were soon spotted as they were walking down a forestry road in the area.

n An excavator digs into the earth at RJ Haney Heritage Village, breaking ground for the village’s Montebello Block project Wednesday, Dec. 2. Haney board members, staff and project supporters/contributors gathered for the occasion, with approximately $900,000 already committed to the $1.4 million project.

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n Kelly Prescott performs on the CP Holiday Train on Wednesday, Dec. 16. The annual event drew large crowds in Sicamous, Salmon Arm, Notch Hill and Chase. The community of Canoe, also held a popular event, although the train did not make a stop in that neighbourhood.

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It is with great sadness we announce Gregg’s peaceful passing surrounded by love at the Shuswap Lake General Hospital following a brief illness. He was predeceased by his loving wife “Margie” Margaret Jean Patterson on February 11, 2015. He is survived by his daughter, Cindy Patterson Leonard (Bob Choma) and grandsons, Brent and Scott Leonard as well as Margaret’s children, Bradley Baker of Calgary, Loretta Baker of Kamloops and Wendy Baker of Fort St. John; grandchildren, James (Christie), Brittni and Nicole Baker; brother in law, Ken Leonard and his faithful pet, Oakley. Gregg was the only son of Ken and Muriel Patterson (predeceased). Also many cousins, extended family and caring friends will fondly remember him. Sincere appreciation to the doctors, nurses and caregivers of the Shuswap Lake Hospital, especially Dr. Erasmus Bonthuys, for their kindness and compassionate care that was lovingly extended to Gregg and his family. Keeping with Gregg’s wishes, cremation has privately taken place. A Memorial Gathering for family and friends will be held at Gregg and Marg’s home at Blind Bay BC in the spring/summer of 2016 - details will be announced at a later date. Condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.springfieldfuneralhome.com Kelowna BC.

PATTERSON, GREGORY “Gregg” KENNETHSeptember 16, 1939 - Winnipeg, Manitoba

December 26, 2015 - Salmon Arm, BC

Lorraine joined her late husband of 50 years Cyril Leslie Killick in Heaven on December 22, 2015. Lorraine passed away peacefully at Hillside Village, Salmon Arm, B.C.

Lorraine was predeceased by her husband Cyril in February 1994 and is survived by her son Bruce, daughter Karen, daughter in law Brenda, son in law Mathew, grand children Abra, Adam, Jacob, Tyler, Cindy, Elaine and several great grandchildren.

Lorraine was born in Portland Oregon to Canadianparents Anne Ethel and Albert Edward Balmer where her father was training to become a Chiropractor. Upon returning to New Westminster B.C. the familywas soon faced with the great depression. Thefamily moved to Calgary, her father found work as amachinist. A return to the deep family routes in NewWestminster occurred in the early 1930’s.

Lorraine excelled in school. She also learned toplay the piano, taught by her mother. Her gift forthe love of music remained a big part of her life both teaching her skills to many children throughout her life and in her love to play and perform in a truly beautiful and giving way.

In the early 1940’s Lorraine and Cyril met. Trulylove at first sight.

With World War II underway Cyril enlisted in theRoyal Canadian Air Force. They were marriedin Winnipeg on March 27, 1943. Cyril left shortlythereafter for Europe. Lorraine returned to B.C.where she secured employment as a stenographerfor the Prudential Insurance Company.

After starting a family, Lorraine returned to thework force in the mid 1950’s. She was employed by Canada Safeway in their head office in NewWestminster. Following a very busy career withSafeway she became a stenographer in the Coquitlam School District, a career that spannedover 30 years, working in many schools in theDistrict. She was always involved in helping the children grow by giving of her musical and other creative talents.

In her time away from work, Lorraine’s creativity and gift for designing beautiful things flourished including her amazing culinary skills. She wastruly a gifted and self taught person that excelledin living life. She shared these talents in a lovingway with so many people. Lorraine and Cyril lovedto create beauty and enjoyed the outdoors by decorating their home, discovering new hiking trails and boating the Gulf Islands.

Lorraine and Cyril retired in the late 1980’s andshortly thereafter moved to the Shuswap wheretheir son, wife and their children had relocated in the early 80’s. Lorraine continued to help young people grow by teaching piano lessons. Her passion forliving, giving and loving others truly stood out inamazing ways. The love and support for her familywas never ending. We love you Mom and Grandma. You taught us well. Your love and memory will live in our Hearts forever.

The Killick family would like to very much thank the health care staff at Hillside Village, Salmon Armfor the wonderful care provide to our mother andgrandmother over the last 4 years. Lorraine’s asheswill be placed beside Cyril’s at Mount Ida Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be sent to the Shuswap Hospital Foundation, PO Box 265,Salmon Arm, BC VIE 4N3

On line condolences may be sent to Lorraine’sobituary at www.bowersfuneralservice.com

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

LORRAINE ETHEL KILLICK October 1, 1924 - December 22, 2015Dorothy Lily Eccleston,

nee Wilkinson, born 23 August 1923 in Stoke-on-Trent, England passed away peacefully 17 December 2015 at Shuswap Lake General Hospital.

Mom grew up in England where she met and married Eric Eccleston and they had two daughters, Yvonne and Joan (dec. 1951). They immigrated to Canada in 1952 and resided in Vancouver where their third daughter, Deborah Ann was born. Momworked at various jobs including housekeeping at Vancouver General Hospital and waitressing. Momand Dad retired in 1988 and moved to Oliver, B.C. where they spent their retirement and enjoyedseveral cruises. In 2008 after her husband of 62 years passed away, Mom moved up to SalmonArm, B.C. to be with her daughter, Yvonne. After 2years Mom moved into Picadilly Terrace RetirementHome where she enjoyed the company of many friends and bingo on Thursday nights. Mom issurvived by her sister, Joan Leonard of England;sister-in-law Doris Booth of Toronto; daughtersYvonne Eccleston of Salmon Arm and Deborah AnnHaddow of Victoria, B.C.; 4 grandchildren, Jennifer,Ross, Rudy and April; 5 great-grandchildren, Nickolas, Shanti, Oliver, Douglas and Carter.

Thanks to Dr. Welder, nurses Rose, Connie, Jackie, Janine, Vicki, Tammy & Terry and CommunityNurses Jolene & Marie.

No service as requested. Donations to Shuswap Hospital Auxillary in lieu

of flowers.Condolences may be sent through Dorothy’s

obituary at www.bowersfuneralservice.com

DOROTHY LILY ECCLESTON

Robert Burrows Miller died peacefully at home in Salmon Arm, B.C. on Monday, December 21, 2015 after a long, graceful battle with numerous complications resulting from a stroke 12 years ago. He was 87 years old.

Bob is missed and dearly loved by Sara (Sally), his wife of 45 years; children Leanne (Don) Kennedy, Shelley Kenney, Rod (Brenda), Scott (Debbie), Miles (Adeline), who all made him a proud grand-dad of 12 and great-grandad of 4; sister Marjory (Bill) Hanley, brother Don (Doreen) and their families. Hewas predeceased by Margaret, the mother of his children, his dear son James and young grandsonShawn.

Born in 1928 to Ken and Alice Miller and raised inAlberta’s prairie heartland near Carmangay, Bob’seducation took him from a one-room schoolhouse to the University of Alberta and the Southern Institute of Technology. His entire career was spent in Calgary with Imperial Oil/Esso, starting in 1950 as an exploration draftsman and retiring in 1984as an executive in the Systems and InformationServices Department.

Bob and Sally soon moved to family-owned landin Eagle Bay on Shuswap Lake, B.C., living in thecottage while Bob built their retirement home onthe same property. They spent many happy yearsthere, very much involved in the community untilmoving into Salmon Arm.

Friends are invited to join the family to celebrateBob Miller’s life on Sunday, May 22 at 2pm at theEagle Bay Hall, 4326 Eagle Bay Road on ShuswapLake, BC.

Online condolences may be sent through Bob’sobituary at www.bowersfuneralservice.com

Arrangements are in the care of Bowers Funeral Home and Crematorium, Salmon Arm. In lieu offlowers donations may be made to the ShuswapHospital Foundation.

ROBERT BURROWS “BOB” MILLER

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It is with sadness that the family of AugustLangohr announces his passing on December 28, 2015 at the age of 89 years. August was born in West Germany on April 13, 1926. August met andmarried Hannelore (Hanna) Kollges. Together they immigrated to Canada where August continued in his career as a successful steel fabricator.

After residing in Calgary for many years, Augustand Hanna relocated to Blind Bay, BC where they continued to enjoy life to the fullest.

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Born January 12, 1923 in Penhold, Alberta, passed away peacefully at Shuswap Lake General Hospital, Salmon Arm, with her family by her side on December 31, 2015 at the age of 92 years.

Betty was predeceased by her parents Olive and Tom Britton, husband Ragnar, one sister and one brother. She will be sadly missed by her children: Anne (Wayne) Malone of Quesnel, Bernie(Dina Anderson) Johanson of Red Deer, AB, Cindy(Ralph) Duchesne of Sicamous and Valerie (Shane)Marfleet of Canoe, nine grandchildren, 13 greatgrandchildren, and one great great grandchild as well as many nieces, nephews and friends.

Betty and Ragnar farmed in the Bentley, AB areauntil 1973 when they moved to Salmon Arm. Theyenjoyed playing crib, dancing, bowling, picnics andnumerous family gathering at their home in Canoe.Betty was well known for her great baking andgentle demeanor.

A celebration of life for Betty will be held on asunny day in the spring.

Arrangements entrusted to Fischer’s FuneralServices & Crematorium Ltd., Salmon Arm (250) 833-1129. Email condolences and sharememories of Betty through her obituary at www.fischersfuneralservices.com.

JOHANSON, ELIZABETH ANNE “BETTY”1923 – 2015

The family of Antone Ollie “Tony” Anderberg is sad to announce his passing at Bastion Place, Salmon Arm, BC on Thursday, December 17, 2015 at the age of 53 years, after a 10 month battle with cancer.

Tony was born in Calgary, AB on September 12, 1962 and had moved with his family to Salmon Arm, BC in early 1965. Tony loved Salmon Armand continued to live here for his whole life. He had proudly worked for Canoe Forest Products for thepast 27 years.

Tony will be lovingly remembered by his wife, Dawn; sons, Logan (Jen) of Lethbridge, AB and Dustin of Vanderhoof, BC; stepchildren, AshleyTrenholm of Salmon Arm, BC and Andrew Trenholm of Fort St. John, BC; four grandchildren, Nate, Neil,Micky and Milo; three brothers, Alonzo of SalmonArm, BC. Cliff (Sharon) of Kamloops, BC, Graham(Christina) of Kelowna, BC and one sister, Linda Inglis of Kamloops, BC. Nieces, Marian (Irvin) andMason. Laura (Jim) Brittany and Jordan. Nephews, Daniel (Jen) Paige and Faith. Jeremy Anderberg.

A celebration of Tony’s life will be held later in the spring.

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

ANTONE OLLIE “TONY” ANDERBERG

Keith Harter Trenholm was born at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, March 31, 1934 to Robert and Maud Trenholm and passed away peacefully at Hillside Village, Salmon Arm, BC on December 21, 2015 at the age of 81 years.

Keith met Audrey in Salmon Arm and they were married April 9, 1955. During his life Keith was first and foremost a horseman. He worked as a farrier,rodeo cowboy, horse breaker and trainer, chariot driver, race horse owner and trainer, and as a racetrack superintendent. He held a variety ofcareers including logging and driving truck on theside, a short stint as an auctioneer, a few years raising and selling cattle. He tried his hand athomesteading and did some carpentry, building some three day houses and a house in Tappen for Audrey and himself. Keith was employed for quite a few years as a faller, working in different sawmills. He spent a couple seasons working for the Alberta government as a beaver trapper and was also a heavy equipment operator.

In his later years Keith enjoyed music, playingmandolin in different bands. He had a full life anddid everything he wanted to at one time or another.

He leaves behind his wife, Audrey, four sons;Dale (Jan), Danny (Anna-Lee), Ronny, Jesse Lee (Susan), grandchildren; Anthony, Aaron, Jessica,Haley, Logan, Joshua, Dylan, Lindsay, Devin,greatgrandchildren; Jacinda, Sierra, Athena andJaron, many loved nieces and nephews, his sisterDorothy (Boe), his brother Dean (Juanita), and manyloyal musician friends.

A memorial service for Keith will be held in the spring.

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Hilda Mary Wright (Smith), was born on July 03, 1947 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan and passed away peacefully on December 25, 2015 at Shuswap Lake General Hospital.

Hilda grew up in Moose Jaw where she met and married John Warden Wright (dec. Dec 2013) and they had three sons and two daughters, Melanie (Dave), Dale (Tracy), John(Judy), Kevin (Cindy) and Andrea. They movedto the Outlook, SK area in 1969 where they built several businesses and farmed. Hilda moved to Salmon Arm, British Columbia in 2005 to be closeto her daughters. Hilda made many friends throughvolunteering at the thrift store and joined a very active quilting group. She was very involved in all of her children’s lives, visiting everyone often from Salmon Arm to Saskatchewan. Hilda is survived byher sister, Loy Becker, her brothers Jack, Desi andRick Smith and many grandchildren. Predeceasedby parents Mary (Wagman) and Orville Smith.

An informal gathering will take place at Sask RiverLutheran Church in Outlook, SK on Sunday, July 3, 2016 at 2pm.

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Regional Coordinator –Community Gatekeeper ProjectPosition Summary The Regional Coordinator will lead the implementation of gate-keeper training (safeTALK and ASIST- Applied Suicide Interven-tion Skills Training) across a specified region in order to ensure the availability of this critical component of a comprehensive suicide prevention and intervention continuum. The training is available to individuals, commonly called Gatekeepers, who come in contact with or are in proximity to large numbers of people as part of their profession or usual routine. The Regional Coordinator role requires experience in delivering presentations, knowledge of suicide and suicide prevention and demonstrated competence in establishing and maintaining effective partnerships with internal and external stakeholders.

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FOREST STEWARDSHIP PLANThe Adams Lake Indian Band is preparing an amendment to Forest Stewardship Plan #397 for the non-replaceable Forest Licence A83389. The amendment is to add a new Forest Development Unit south of Chase. The amendment is publicly available for review and for written comment until February 28, 2016. The amendment is available at the Natural Resources Department at 6453 Hillcrest Road in Chase, BC. Please call Stuart Parker at 250-803-0181 to set up an appointment.Written comments may also be sent to the Adams Lake Indian Band PO Box 588, Chase BC V0E1M0, attention Stuart Parker.

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Feb. 2 - 16, 2016

Contact: Heather Toll-free: 1-800-289-8993, ext. 2293 Email: [email protected]

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BAKERY CLERKS – Our Uptown Bakery Department requires fl exible part time clerks. We are looking for someone that can be fl exible with hours and days. If you are energetic and enthusiastic and want to be part of the Askew’s team then we want to hear from you. Please forward resume, preferably in person, to; Corrie Jagt, Bakery Manager – Uptown store or email: [email protected]

Drivers/Courier/Trucking

Financial Services Misc. for Sale Offi ce/Retail Suites, Lower Sport Utility Vehicle

Notice to Valid Creditors and Claimants on the Estate of

Verna Annette Bellof 1320 Salmon River Road, Salmon Arm, BC, to send particulars to Wynne & Com-pany Lawyers, PO Box 386, Salmon Arm, BC, V1E 4N5. Phone (250)832-9611. Reply by January 31, 2016

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US capable Class 1 Drivers required immediately: We are an Okanagan based transport company looking for qualifi ed drivers for US loads we run primarily in the Pacifi c North-west, Utah, Arizona and Neva-da. We offer a new pay rate empty or loaded. All picks and drops paid. Assigned units company cell phones and fuel cards. Regular home time Direct deposit paid every second Friday with no hold backs. We offer a rider and pet policy. Company paid US travel Insurance. All applicants must have reliable transporta-tion and a positive attitude. Please fax resume & abstract to 250-546-0600 or by email to [email protected] NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE.

Education/Trade Schools

INTERIOR HEAVY EQUIPMENT SCHOOL. Hands-On Tasks. Start Weekly. GPS Training!

Funding & Housing Avail! Job Aid! Already a HEO?

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Help WantedFABRICLAND: P/T sales as-sociate, sewing experience re-quired. Drop off resume: Sal-mon Arm Fabricland

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS NEEDED

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Cleaning ServicesFRESH AS ROSES - Angela’s Cleaning Service (250)804-6043

Misc ServicesFRUIT Tree Pruning. Call Sandy Acres Berry Farm 1 (250)832-5398

Painting & Decorating

WWW.PAINTSPECIAL.COM (250) 318-2303

3 Rooms For $2992 Coats Any Colour

(Ceiling & Trim extra)Price incls. Cloverdale High

Performance Paint. NO PAYMENT,until job is completed!

Merchandise for Sale

FurnitureWICKER -loveseat, stool, end table, rocker, magazine rack; leather chair. (250)833-4818

Heavy Duty Machinery

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Misc. for SaleDELTA 2 Adult electric trike, 2 seater. New, was $4200, now only $1000 (250)832-6385

ESSENTIAL Oil Classes: learn about the natural bene-fi ts of essential oils. Free classes (250)833-4818 for info

PALLSIER swivel glider reclin-er. Only 6 mths old. Non smoking home. Paid over $1100. Asking $600. (250) 832-6263

Misc. WantedCoin Collector Looking to BuyCollections, Olympic Gold &Silver Coins, Loose, Sets, etcChad: 1-778-281-0030 Local

Free ItemsEXCELLENT, young calico cat, very responsive, good with kids & other animals (250)833-4228

Rentals

Apt/Condo for Rent4BDRM, 2bath private apt. next to high school in Sica-mous. DD & ref’s req (250)833-2418

LAKEVIEW MANOR2 bdrm, fully furnished

$885 + hydroAvailable Now

Viewing McGuire Park & Mt Ida. Close to all amenities in quiet adult NS, NP building.

Short Term availableRef’s req’d (250)833-9148

LGE 1 & 2 BDRM. BRIGHT apts. In suite storage, green space, live-in manager. Cable incl. Sicamous, 250-804-5364.

Commercial/Industrial

Downtown Salmon Arm, spa-cious offi ce space/treatment room. Ideal for RMT, spa ser-vices, bookkeeper or offi ce. $395/mo. 250-832-3647

FOR Lease: Fully equipped tire shop, 2 or 3 bays with bal-ancers ALSO shops for lease different sizes (250)832-3829 (250)515-6051

Homes for Rent3BDRM. 2bath lake view, 5appl., $1500/mo. + util & ref’s, NS, NP (250)804-6364

Malakwa-2bdrm home $700 +utils. 1 (250)309-0975




Commercial SpaceFor Lease

Offi ce or retail 2500 sq. ft., Storefront. Ground level.

Wheelchair access. Quality building. High traffi c location.

$12/sq. ft. + OC 360 Ross St NE

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Shared Accommodation

SENIOR requires roommate $395/mo ref’s req., hydro & rent neg. in exchange for light housekeeping, needs a wom-ans touch (250)253-3503

Suites, LowerDT Salmon Arm, 2 bed, W/D, incl. util, TV & Internet. $950 /mo. NS NP (250)253-0974

2 BED 1300 sq. ft. walk-out suite. Country view. f/s, w/d, dishwasher, gas fp., NP, NS $1200 mth. Avail Feb. 1

BIG 1Bdrm all incl, W/D in suite, prefer elderly tenant $850/mo. avail Jan 1, (250)832-4763

Transportation

Antiques / Classics1949 Ford Tudor “Shoebox” w/ Mustang 302 & automatic. $12,900 (250)832-6385

Recreational/Sale1992- 21 ft. Slumber Queen 5th Wheel. Tandem axle & awning. $4500 (250)832-6385

Garden & Lawn Garden & Lawn

Help Wanted Help Wanted

1992 Blazer 4x4, everything works, good winter tires, stereo $750. 1 (250)833-4726

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The first days of the new year are upon us and perhaps you are one of the many who have been thinking about becoming tobac-co free in 2016. What an amazing gift to give

to yourself, your family and friends!

A p p r o x i m a t e l y 550,000 British Colum-bians smoke and over 70 per cent of those people say they wish they could quit. Many British Columbians are planning to quit smok-ing this year so you are not alone.

Making a plan to quit can increase your

chances of success. Make sure your plan includes a quit date to help you get started on your tobacco-free jour-ney and be sure to tell the supportive people in your life when that day is. If you have tried to quit before, think about what worked, what did not work and how you might use that informa-tion to make your next

quit attempt your last one. Past attempts are real learning opportu-nities so stay positive and plan one step at and time.

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QuitNow offers free personalized support to British Columbians 24 hours a day. They can provide the tools

and support to help in-crease your chances of quitting. They can be reached online at https://www.quitnow.ca/ or by calling 1-877-455-2233 or by texting QUITNOW to 654321.

The B.C. Smoking Cessation Program of-fers British Columbi-ans access to nicotine replacement therapy in the form of patches

or gum to help reduce withdrawal symptoms. Joining the program is easy, simply visit any community pharmacy in the province and ask to join the B.C Smok-ing Cessation Program.

Don’t forget your health care provider can also be a great support so be sure to tell them your plans to become smoke free and ask how

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health benefits, quit-ting can save a person $3,500 in the first year if they have smoked a pack a day. Remember to be kind to yourself and reward yourself for being tobacco free.

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The Great Canadian Oil Change is a locally owned and operated franchise, using Valvoline oil and filters. They make sure that all fluids and filters used meet or exceed the manufacturer’s warranty requirements, so you can rest assured that your car is well cared for!

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Sourcing historical photos for my book Everything Shuswaphas been every bit as challenging as captur-ing new images on the rare days when there is good light and air qual-ity.

To begin with, very few photos were ever taken of Secwepemc people in the 1800s and, in fact, it appears that there are only four or � ve in existence. Of course photography was just in its infancy then, as it was not until the late 1880s that roll � lm began to replace glass plate negatives.

As one might ex-pect, the � rst two im-ages were not taken anywhere close to the Shuswap, but in Victo-ria and New Westmin-ster. Between 1864 and 1866, Governor Fred-erick Seymour invited aboriginal chiefs to celebrate Queen Vic-toria’s birthday. Each chief was presented with a staff and pipe, which signi� ed their status and thus pro-vided Seymour an op-portunity to win their support and gain their friendship.

On hand at these events was one of B.C.’s early photogra-phers, Frederick Dally. His resulting photos provide the only im-ages of Secwepemc people from this time period. They are wear-ing buckskins and fur headdresses and their handsome faces exhib-it a stoic sternness as if they were both proud and angry at the same time.

Some 25 years later, another photo shows six also grim-faced chiefs now dressed in impeccable European clothes holding one of the same staffs as they are preparing to pres-ent their grievances to the government. A replica of this staff and pipe is on display at the Secwepemc Museum in Kamloops.

Frederick Dally is well known for his photos of prominent citizens, buildings and local scenes in early Victoria as well as his images of First Nations, the Cariboo Road and the gold rush. Born in England in 1838, Dally arrived in Victoria in 1862, where he began as a dry goods merchant and then switched to photography. In 1866, he accompanied the governor of Vancouver Island aboard the HMS Scout on a trip around Vancouver Island doc-umenting indigenous villages.

Dally moved to Barkerville in 1868 to

set up a studio, but only watched it destroyed in the � re that devastated the town. He sold his business in 1870 and moved to Philadelphia where he studied den-tistry. Two years later he returned to England where he practiced dental surgery until he retired at age 71. His images and glass plate negatives ended up with two other fa-mous Victoria photog-raphers, Richard and Hannah Maynard and now are in the Royal BC Museum archives.

The only other Sec-wepemc image that could be found from the 1800s was taken by an unknown pho-tographer working with Andrew Onder-donk, who supervised the building of Cana-dian Paci� c Railway in B.C. This image is of two Secwepemc men and one boy standing next to large racks with salmon drying in the sun at Mallard Point (Engineers Point) on Shuswap Lake.

It is possible that the location was mis-labeled but, nonethe-less, the lake is in the background and there are two tents visible as well.

Onderdonk took care to ensure the construc-tion of the railway was well documented and there are many photos at the archives show-ing bridges, heavy equipment, locomo-tives, work gangs and steamships delivering

supplies.The only other im-

age that may be from the late 1800s is in the Sicamous Museum and shows a large group of Secwepemc people at CPR Hill, above where the hotel was located. Apparently, this was a popular place for camping, perhaps dur-ing the fall when the salmon returned to spawn.

The major frustra-tion with accessing im-ages for the book is that the rights are held by museums and there is a bureaucratic process required for the use of the photos. While the costs are reasonable for images held in Ottawa, the situation here in B.C. changed signi� -cantly when the pro-vincial museum was privatized in 2003.

The Royal BC Mu-seum and Archives is now a Crown Corpo-ration and charges a signi� cant fee for the use of each photo and no option exists to pro-vide a fee reduction for non-pro� t publi-cations such as ours. Consequently, we have submitted a request to the Ministry of Com-munity, Sport and Cul-tural Development for � nancial assistance to cover the costs of these photos and we expect to hear back in mid-January.

■ Secwepemc Camp, CPR Hill, Sicamous. This photo was shared courtesy of the Sicamous and Dis-trict Museum & Historical Society

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Sicamous and Columbia Shuswap Regional District Area ELabour Market Assessment and Planning Project

LABOUR MARKET SURVEY

INVITATIONJanuary 12th @ 2:00 P.M. District of Sicamous of� ce.

The project and this Survey is driven by one question:• What can Sicamous and CSRD Area E do to be a more successful place to work and do business?

The purpose of this survey is to identify labour market needs in Sicamous and CSRD Area E.

QUESTIONS? PLEASE CONTACT:Rob Marshall, Project Manager

Phone: (250) 803-0156Email:[email protected]

Kyle Dearing, Project CoordinatorPhone: (250) 515-2029

Email: [email protected]

YOUR INPUT IS VITAL TO THIS ACTION PLAN!In the meantime, if you have any questions please ask or contact us.

The Employment Program of British Columbia is funded by the Government of Canada and the Province of British Columbia

Sicamous/ Area E Labour Market Study

Thank you for your participation and ongoing support for the Sicamous/ Area E Labour Market Study. The study is now complete and our Labour Market Action Team is busy moving our desired outcomes forward.

We would like to take this opportunity to say thank-you for your involvement in the project and to invite and encourage you to attend our Public Relation’s event on January 12th. The event will take place at the District of Sicamous of� ce, 446 Main Street, at 2:00 pm.

The purpose of the PR event is to thank those stakeholders and community members who contributed to the project and to inform them of the next steps to achieve successful outcomes. As well, copies of the Final Report will be available for distribution. Please share this invitation with other community members who may be interested in attending.

Light snacks and refreshments will be provided.

Please plan to attend. We look forward to seeing you there.

Call us at 250-832-2131, drop in to our offi ce, or use our new, easy to use calendar online. See below.

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FRIDAY, JAN. 8BIRTHDAY LUNCH – The Seniors’ Fifth Avenue Activity

Centre’s Birthday Lunch is held at noon for all those celebrating birthdays in January. Take your friends and family. Buy tickets by Wednesday, Jan. 6.

CANASTA – Hand and foot canasta takes place from 6:30 to 10 p.m. at the Salmon Valley Senior’s Hall, 3056 Hornberger Rd. For more information, contact Pat Bolen at 250-832-4174.

SATURDAY, JAN. 9FILM FARE – Shuswap Film Society presents James White

at 7:30 at the Salmar Classic, a � lm about a young New Yorker who struggles to control his reckless behaviour as his mother battles cancer.

CRIB – A crib tournament takes place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Salmon Valley Senior’s Hall, 3056 Hornberger Rd. For information, contact Donna Bernard 250-833-0123. Sandwiches are available.

SUNDAY, JAN. 10BALLET – The Bolshoi Ballet

performs The Lady of the Camellias at 1 p.m. at the Salmar Classic Theatre. A young bourgeois, Armand Duval, falls madly in love with Marguerite Gautier, a gorgeous courtesan celebrated by the Parisian high society. Despite her in� delity, Armand will do all he can to win the beautiful woman’s heart and convince her to leave her indulgent life.

TREE PICK-UP – The Salmon Arm Secondary Rugby teams will pick up Christmas trees for a donation. Have your tree at the end of your driveway by 10 a.m. To pre-arrange pick-up, call Greg at 250-515-1934.

DINE AND DANCE – The Seniors’ Fifth Avenue Activity Centre hosts a pancake breakfast from 8 to 11:30 a.m. and a Jammers dance begins at 7 p.m. If you play an instrument, go and play, or enjoy dancing to the music.

TUESDAY, JAN. 12COLOUR YOUR WORLD – Colour inside or outside the lines

at Salmon Arm Library’s Colouring Book Nights. Drop in anytime on Tuesdays between 5 and 7:30 p.m. Colouring sheets, pencil crayons and markers will be available or take in your own colouring books and crayons. Kids and teens are welcome. For more information, call 250-832-6161.

THURSDAY, JAN. 14ULTIMATE JANIS JOPLIN – Toronto born Cat Wells thrills

crowds with her uncanny impersonation of the ’60s blues/rock artist Janis Joplin from 6:30 to 10 p.m. at the SASCU Recreation Centre. Tickets are available at Wearabouts, 350 Alexander Ave. NE or online at TCBLegends.com. Reserve a table of 10 or more and receive a 10 per cent discount. For more information, call 250-864-3155.

WEEKLY CRIB – Enjoy a game of crib every Thursday

from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Salmon Valley Senior’s Hall, 3056 Hornberger Rd. For information, contact Donna Bernard at 250-833-0123.

FRIDAY, JAN. 15FILM FARE – Shuswap Film Society presents a weeklong

showing of The Spotlight to Jan. 22 at the Salmar Classic Theatre at 7:30 p.m. In 2001, a team of Boston Globe journalists investigate allegations against John Geoghan, an unfrocked priest accused of molesting more than 80 boys.

WINE-MAKER DINNER – Enjoy an interactive evening including a delicious nine-course tapas meal, � ne wines, local art and live music. The meal will be paired with Larch Hills Wines. Call 250-832-5024 to reserve.

SATURDAY, JAN. 16OPERA – Live via satellite from New York’s Metropolitan

Opera, enjoy Les Pêcheurs de Perles at 9:55 a.m. at the

Salmar Classic Theatre.

SUNDAY, JAN. 17SYMPHONY – Kamloops Symphony presents the Magic of

Vienna from 2 to 4 p.m. at the SASCU Rec Centre. Buy tickets at Kamloops Live! Box Of� ce at 250-374-5483, or www.kamloopslive.ca, at Wearabouts or at the door.

TUESDAY, JAN. 19SPIRITUAL HEALING – The Spiritualist Church of Salmon

Arm and is for Spiritual Healing at 7 p.m. on the third Tuesday of each month at the Drop-In Center, 31 Hudson Ave.

THURSDAY, JAN. 21SNOWBLAZERS – Snowmobile Club monthly meetings are

held every third Thursday at the curling rink to discuss chalet, trails, fundraising and preservation of Fly Hills

Recreation. Visit www.sasnowblazers.com.

WEEKLY CRIB – Enjoy a game of crib every Thursday from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Salmon Valley Senior’s Hall, 3056 Hornberger Rd. For information, contact Donna Bernard at 250-833-0123.

FRIDAY, JAN 22FUNDRAISER – Paramedic Katherine Seal presents an

evening of music at the Java Jive to raise funds to return to Kenya to promote sustainable jobs as a way for people to move from poverty, rather than reliance on NGOs. On Saturday, Jan 23, Seal presents Poverty, Inc., a documentary by Michael Matheson Miller, at 7:30 p.m. with a silent auction at 6:30. Miller spent four years travelling to 20 countries to meet with those who give and those who receive humanitarian foreign aid. What he found is that the system, initiated after the Second World War is broken.

CANASTA – Hand and foot canasta takes place from 6:30 to 10 p.m. at the Salmon Valley Senior’s Hall, 3056 Hornberger Rd. For more information, contact Pat

Bolen at 250-832-4174.

SATURDAY, JAN. 23FILM FARE – Shuswap Film Society presents Theeb at 7:30 p.m. at the Salmar Classic Theatre. The � lm is about the Ottoman province of Hijaz during the First World War, when a young Bedouin boy experiences a greatly hastened coming of age as he embarks on a perilous desert journey to guide a British of� cer to his secret destination,

SUNDAY, JAN. 24BALLET – From the live stage performance in Russia to the Salmar Classic’s big screen comes The Taming of the Shrew at 1 p.m. This new production was staged exclusively for the Bolshoi and cannot be seen anywhere else. Tickets are available at Wearabouts or at the door.

THURSDAY, JAN. 28WEEKLY CRIB – Enjoy a game of crib every Thursday from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Salmon Valley Senior’s Hall, 3056 Hornberger Rd. For

information, contact Donna Bernard at 250-833-0123.

SATURDAY, JAN. 30OPERA – Live from the MET to the large Salmar screen at

9:55 comes Turandot. Nina Stemme, one of opera’s greatest dramatic sopranos, takes on the title role of the proud princess of legendary China. Tickets are available at the Salmar Grand.

FRIDAY, FEB. 5HAPPY TRAILS – The annual Shuswap Trail Alliance party

and silent auction takes place at the SASCU Rec Centre, featuring DJ Patrick Ryley and live music by the Whiskey Danglers, with food provided by Blue Canoe. All businesses throughout the Shuswap are invited to support the Shuswap Trail Alliance’s programs by contacting Winston Pain at 250-804-6451, or by dropping items off at Lakeside Insurance. Tickets are available at Skookum Cycle.

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