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Proposed Canal Flats mine undergoing evaluation

Some buried treasure is one environmental assessment away from being developed into a new mine in Canal Flats.

If approved, Certainteed Gypsum Canada’s proposed project would comprise of a gypsum mine in Canal Flats which would produce an estimated average rate of 400,000 tonnes of the mineral each year over a mine

life of 38 years.“It’s quite a long process – it's still really, really

early,” said Amy Lee, Certainteed Gypsusm’s manager of marketing communications “We’re following the formal process in order to meet or exceed all of the re-quirements, and we look forward to a positive result.”

Ms. Lee says the proper documentation has been submitted by Certainteed Gypsusm as required by the provincial Environmental Assessment Act, and more will be called for in the future.

“We’re looking to the next step of where we need to be from a mining standpoint,” said Ms. Lee. “� is is part of our long-term planning process, as well as working with all the di� erent groups and agencies that

need to be involved. And that’s why it’s a really long process; it’s several years out.”

Asked about Certainteed Gypsum’s growth in the valley, Ms. Lee explained that the business isn’t necessarily expanding.

“� e way the mining process works is that we devel-op our mining plan to make sure that we’re following all the requirements; meeting all the needs, and really thinking about the environment itself,” she explained. “We plan things out ten or � fteen years in advance.”

She says that while the company is aiming to achieve environmental approval, Certainteed Gypsum must also ensure that the right type of gypsum is available for their product at the proposed Canal Flats site.

Environmental assessment underway for gypsum project

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NICOLE TRIGG PHOTO

A sea of Panorama Mountain Village ski patrollers descended the Showoff run with a thunderous helicopter escort at at the end of the day on Sunday, April 7th, wrapping up the fi nal day of Panorama's fi ftieth season in operation. The fi nal weekend at Panorama also featured some retro-inspired skiing hijinx, an Alberta Alpine under-14 race series, and free skiing on Sunday for "locals" from Cranbrook to Spillimacheen. Despite diffi cult mountain conditions caused by a rain-soaked, hardened snowpack, skiers and boarders appeared to enjoy themselves over the fi nal weekend.

Last sweep of the season

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DAN WALTON PHOTODuring a warm evening on Friday, April 5th, a group of Invermere teens hit the streets with an unconventional vehicle: a couch resting on two longboards. Back row, left to right: Japhy Hunt, Miranda Raven and Kieran Moore. Front row, left to right: Michael Kopp, Kellan Moore, Liam O'Sullivan and Alastair White.

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Valley real estate showing encouraging signs of life

Real estate sales figures in the Co-lumbia Valley, along with one high-profile sale of an upper-end lakefront property, are giving some cause for optimism among local homeowners and realtors.

The most recent numbers available from the national Multiple Listings Service shows the Columbia Valley had 161 sales in 2012, including sin-gle family detached homes, attached housing, and multifamily housing. That's an increase from the 151 units sold in 2011.

The area that saw the biggest jump was Invermere, which saw 47 homes sold last year, up from 36 homes sold in the previous year. Windermere also saw a notable uptick, with 35 homes sold last year compared to 28 the year before.

“Everybody's busy right now; all the realtors are doing showings, but no

buyers are in a big hurry,” explained realtor Scott Wallace with MaxWell Realty in Invermere. “Everybody's still being cautious, but there are definitely signs that more people are looking.”

“The last two years, people have been just waiting for the bottom to hit, and I think we're there — I hope we're there,” he said, with a laugh.

It's been about four years, most re-altors agree, since there was a strong market for homes in the Columbia Valley, but with the recent sale of a multi-million dollar lakefront home on Baltac Road near Windermere, a buzz appears to be building.

The valley saw no single sale as large as that in 2012, noted Mr. Wallace.

A robust supply of foreclosed homes and an oversupply of condominiums remain thorns in the side of a healthy local real estate market.

“It's going to be a long time until we see all of those condominiums sold, and that's going to keep prices down,” said Mr. Wallace, noting vari-ous developments in Panorama, Ra-dium Hot Springs, Windermere and Copper Point have many unsold units resulting from the mid-2000s building boom.

Foreclosed properties continue to sell well in the valley, to the detriment of the standard housing market.

“Likely we haven't seen the end of foreclosures, though that sup-ply could decrease by the end of the year,” said Mr. Wallace. “There are about 20 foreclosures now on the market, all of which must sell within six months. As those sell, we'll prob-ably see more coming on the market that will probably keep it at about that twenty level.”

Despite the downsides, Lake Wind-ermere continues to be an attractive oasis in what's been at times a desert of real estate oversupply.

As a tourism destination, the valley is competing against many hard-hit U.S. destinations in terms of second homeowner market, but the lake of-fers a unique asset.

“Anything with lakeshore is going to sell nicely because that's a recre-ational possibility that you can't get in Phoenix or elsewhere, and its close by,” said Mr. Wallace.

“But anything that doesn't have a lake exposure, people are really thinking twice about; they could spend that money in Phoenix and have a really nice time in the winter.”

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Agriculture plan germinating this spring

� e next round of meetings for the agricultural plan being developed by the Regional District of East Kootenay will take place on Tues-day, April 16th from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Lions Hall in Inver-mere. � e regional district, along with a steering committee comprised of local producers, is devel-oping a strategic agri-cultural plan with the goal of supporting and promoting a vi-able, sustainable and diversi� ed agri-cultural industry throughout the Co-lumbia Valley.

� e � rst step in the process was an exten-sive land use invento-ry, which was carried out in summer 2011 by agrologist Dave Struthers with sup-port from the Min-istry of Agriculture, explained Karen Ma-cLeod, the regional district's co-ordina-tor for the agriculture plan. � e inventory is now in its draft stage, which is allowing the process to continue, after an initial round of consultations that took place starting last year.

“We had a good mix of active produc-ers and consumers at those meetings,” Ms. MacLeod said. “Having produc-ers involved is re-ally valuable because they can help with the � ow of discus-sion and bring home some of the concepts to people; they have a lot of the background information, which is very helpful.”

Voices at the meet-

ings included those of local producers, consumers and po-tential retailers. Eight key themes were identi� ed in the � rst round of consulta-tions: networking and support for pro-ducers; improving producer and con-sumer relationships; improving the eco-nomic viability of agricultural endeav-ours; marketing and branding to create a local and regional agri-food economy; the need to change or improve some gov-ernment policies and regulations; increas-ing diversi� cation and value-added ag-ricultural products; farming demograph-ics and succession; and land access, val-ues and utilization.

Now the planners would like to meet with organizations that could help facili-tate growth in the ag-ricultural sector, like Wildsight or Ground-swell, she added, but consumers and producers are strong-ly encouraged to come out as well. � ere are also sur-veys available for consumers, produc-ers and retailer-sup-pliers at www.ekag.ca, and the deadline for � lling them out has been extended.

� e timeline for completion of the plan is December, and should result in a document that can help guide policy de-cisions and identify areas for investment at all levels of gov-ernment with respect to strengthening the agricultural presence

and participation throughout the val-ley.

“What we would like to have is a docu-ment that identi� es short and long term action items that can be undertaken by the regional district or agricultural indus-try or community in order to achieve a stronger agricultural sector within the East Kootenays,” Ms. Ma-cLeod said. “As part of that we want to have an implemen-tation strategy that sets out roles and re-sponsibilities, as well as budgetary items, and try to look at who may cover that and how that might move forward.”

One immediate change that could very well take place is the expansion of the current agricultural advisory committee, which currently only includes represen-tatives from areas B and C in the regional district, she added.

“A recommenda-tion might come out about how to restruc-ture the committee in a way that might be more representa-tive of agriculture in the region and may enable there to be an agricultural voice that considers agri-cultural applications or applications that might impact agri-culture throughout the region,” she said.

“When the board is considering fu-ture applications, whether they be re-zoning or land appli-cations, agricultural producers would have a voice on that. � at wouldn't in-volve a large amount of funding; it would simply be a change in policy for the board,” Ms. MacLeod added.

For more informa-tion on the agri-cultural plan or the

upcoming meeting go to www.ekag.ca. Attendees are asked to RSVP by Friday, April 12th.

On-line and print-able versions of a survey created by the agricultural plan steering com-mittee can also be found on the website.

There are three

surveys representing various stakeholders in valley agriculture: one for consumers, another for produc-ers, and one for re-tailers. Results of the surveys continue to factor into the draft version of the agricultural plan.

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Invitation to BidOwner: District of InvermereContract: Lift Station 1 & Mount Nelson Reservoir UpgradesReference No. 0953.0108.02The Owner invites Bids for construction of the work, which in general terms, will consist of the following:

• Site 1: Supply and install a backup generator on a concrete pad outside the Mount Nelson reservoir pump station.

• Site 2: Remove the existing Lift Station 1 building along with the following

a. Remove all electrical equipment inside and outside the building as shown on the Contract drawings.

b. Remove the concrete pad associated with the building.

c. Install a new kiosk for the upgraded electrical equipment.

d. Install new electrical control panels (PLC, HMI), including all required SCADA programming

e. Install a new backup generator for the lift station equipment.

The successful Bidder will be required to enter into a CCDC 2 (2008) Stipulated Price Contract.

Bid Documents and non-bid information for this contract will only be distributed electronically in digital format (pdf format) through the Merx tendering website at: www.merx.com Documents will be available for downloading on or after April 26, 2013.

A non-mandatory pre-tender site meeting will be held on Tuesday May 7 at 11:00 a.m. local time near Lift Station 1 (just south of CP Rail line at 17 Street). Representatives from the District of Invermere and Urban Systems Ltd. will be present.

Sealed bids clearly marked “DISTRICT OF INVERMERE – LIFT STATION 1 & MOUNT NELSON RESERVOIR UPGRADES” will be received prior to 2:00:00 p.m., local time, May 16, 2013 at the following address:

District of InvermereAttn: Chris ProsserP.O. Box 339914 8th AvenueInvermere, B.C. V0A 1K0

Bids will be publicly opened immediately after the Tender Closing Time, at the District of Invermere Office.CONTRACT ADMINISTRATORUrban Systems Ltd. Sara Anderson, P.Eng.101- 2716 Sunridge Way N.E.Calgary, AB T1Y 0A5Telephone: 403-291-1193Fax:403-291-1374E-mail: [email protected]

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Invitation to TenderersOwner: District of InvermereContract: Laurier Street Bridge UpgradesReference No. 0953.0105.02The Owner invites tenders for:

• Replacement of expansion joints and abutments and piers

•Crack repair to roadway surface•Repair of settlement to abutments •Sidewalk connection improvements

Contract Documents are available during normal business hours at:

Contract Documents, Contract Drawings and Reference Material for this project will only be distributed electronically in digital format (pdf) through the Merx tendering website at www.merx.com. Information will be available on or after April 15, 2013.

The Contract Documents are available for viewing at:

District of InvermerePO Box 339Invermere, B.C. V0A 1K0

Tenders are scheduled to close:Tender closing time: 2:00 p.m. local timeTender closing date: May 6, 2013Address: District of Invermere

PO Box 339Invermere, BC V0A 1K0

NAME OF OWNER’S REPRESENTATIVE:District of InvermereSara Anderson, P.Eng.Urban Systems Ltd.101-2716 Sunridge Way NECalgary, AB T1Y 0A5Telephone: 403-291-1193Fax: 403-291-1374

PODIATRY CLINICwith Dr. Joanne LihFriday, April 19, 2013

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Behind the WheelUpdate your DrivingSkills and Knowledge

Skateboarders in Traf� cA teen stepped off of the sidewalk as I approached, hopped onto his skateboard and began to weave slightly along the curb in front of my vehicle. He either trusted me with his life or had not given much thought to his own as he was far enough into the lane to be a hazard and had his back to overtaking traf� c. I had to slow and crowd the center lane to get by.

Whether by oversight or design, our Motor Vehicle Act has chosen not to regulate skateboarders or roller skaters / bladers at all. They � t the de� nition of cycle but as speci� cally excluded from the de� nition. Since these people are not pedestrians either, no action can be taken against them under the Motor Vehicle Act for unsafe behaviour.

The Act does give municipalities the power to regulate skateboarders and other similar means of wheeled transportation. Municipalities that do choose to do so generally create rules for them under their traf� c bylaws. A quick survey of those who post their bylaws on line � nds everything from no rules, to not riding them on the sidewalk, to banning them completely from roads and sidewalks.

Regardless of whether he was supposed to be there or not, it is wise to drive with signi� cant care when approaching and passing. If you do not and a collision results, the courts can hold you as the driver partially responsible. You always have a duty to exercise caution for both others and yourself.

The author is a retired constable with many years of traf� c law enforcement experience. To comment or learn more, please visit www.drivesmartbc.ca.

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Back by popular demand, the Cheese-cake Burlesque Revue will be perform-ing at Fairmont Hot Springs Resort on Saturday, April 20th as part of an all ladies event entitled “Up! & Away Girls Weekend,” put on by the resort and Up! 97.7 FM, a Calgary radio station.

� e weekend is part of a promotion for Fairmont Hot Springs Resort geared toward out-of-town women who want a fun weekend away from the city, but according to Colleen McKee, the

marketing manager for the resort, the events on Saturday are for local ladies to let loose as well.

“Locals are more than welcome to come for the whole weekend package, but if they want to attend the events on Saturday their cost would be $49.00 for the whole evening,” Ms. McKee said.

� e evening begins with a 1920s-themed bu� et dinner, followed by two 45-minute performances by the ever popular Cheescake Burlesque Revue, and capped o� with a � apper style 1920s after-party at the Bear's Paw Bar and Grill. Costumes for the after party are strongly encouraged, she added.

“� e burlesque show is also themed, and they are calling it a 'Speak-Teasy' performance,” said Ms. McKee.

� e Cheesecake Burlesque Review is a Vancouver-based group that has per-formed its cheeky brand of burlesque in the valley a number of times and has received glowing reviews.

� ree of Up! FMs female radio per-sonalities, Morning Show early-riser Leslie Stein, Drivetime's Susan Knight and Robbin Raey will take part in the weekend events as well. For more infor-mation or to book tickets visit www.fair-monthotsprings.com/up-away-girls-weekend or call 250-345-6070.

Every year, community newspapers from around the country submit their best editions and hope to be chosen for the Canadian Community Newspaper Awards (CCNA) with gold, silver, bronze or blue ribbon awards in 33 unique categories.

� e Valley Echo submitted two editions of the newspaper for the 2013 awards, and got word this week that they were chosen to receive the blue ribbon for general excellence in their circulation category. � e 2013 competition saw over 250 non-daily publications from coast-to-coast submit 2,222 entries representing their best work from 2012.

Columbia Valley Pioneer reporter, Kristian Rasmussen, also re-ceived gold for best historical story in their circulation category.

� ree municipalities in the Columbia Val-ley will be receiving grants from the provin-cial government equalling the carbon tax they have paid this year. � e grants, o� cially titled Climate Action Revenue Incentive Program (CARIP) Payments, are given to communities that have signed the Climate Action Charter, which pledges that signatories will achieve car-bon neutrality by 2012.

� e District of Invermere will be receiving $5,825 which they will put towards the pur-chase of carbon o� set credits in order to re-main carbon neutral, Karen Cote, Director of Finance for the District, said.

“� e District of Invermere is one of the 19 par-ticipating local governments that have com-mitted to meeting their commitment to being carbon neutral for 2012 by purchasing o� sets through Carbon Neutral Kootenays project through a collaborative procurement o� er to-wards the Darkwoods Project,” Cote said.

Currently the Darkwoods Project has come under scrutiny by the Auditor General as it may not be a legitimate source of carbon o� set cred-its, so Cote said Invermere will wait and see what the � nal verdict is before purchasing the credits from that particular source.

In Radium, the $887.00 they will be receiv-ing will also be going to purchase carbon o� set credits, Karen Sharp, Chief Financial O� cer for the Village or Radium, said.

“Our current budget � gure is $1,350 [to spend on o� set credits] if the Dark Woods project moves forward. If not then it will be saved for another quali� ed o� set project,” she said.

� e Regional District will be utilizing the $9,715 CARIP payment they are entitled to to o� set the costs of paying the original carbon tax. � e Regional District also purchases car-bon o� set credits, but the costs are calculated based on where the carbon emissions are origi-nating, Matt Gunn, Planner for RDEK, said.

“We will always produce carbon so we have to buy the o� sets. We take every service that we at-tribute carbon production to, and the costs for o� sets are shared among the taxpayers that utilize or bene� t from that particular service,” he said.

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Local governments receive carbon tax back in grants

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Like little girls dressing as princesses, ladies in the val-ley will be looking extravagantly glamourous for this year's � fth annual Galarama in Edgewater.

� is Saturday, April 13th, the Edgewater Recreation Society will be hosting the event at the Edgewater Com-munity Hall. � e Diva Style theme, will "give you an op-portunity to dress to the nines,” said Tammy Tutte, presi-dent of the recreation society and event's organizer.

“Wear all the sparkliest things you have in your closet – something you would never dream of wearing any other time," she said. "It's a night to dress up the best you can and have a good laugh."

� ough the Galarama serves as a fundraiser, Ms.

Tutte says the event is much-needed in the valley."We always found that ladies in the valley were all

friends and it's hard to get together as often as we would like," she said. "So we found that picking an evening where lady friends and new friends can get together."

She says attending women can expect to be pampered, as vendors in attendance will be o� ering hair accesso-ries, jewelry, and items that can be purchased and taken home. � ere will be a fashion show led by Inside Edge, as well as fancy drinks, hors d'ouevres, and bar service.

Spending an evening at a licensed event in Edgewater can pose a transportation challenge for many people, but Edgewater's Recreation Society teamed up with a valley building company to solve the problem.

"John Wolfe Construction has donated the use of their bus and a driver, and what they'll do is pick up people from Invermere and Radium and bring them to

the event, and return them at the end of the night. It's to help encourage ladies who live further from Edge-water to participate and not have to worry about driv-ing."

Ms. Tutte says the organization uses the bus trans-portation for most of their events now, "because we want all the valley to be involved in our events and be able to do it safely. All the support we get is tremen-dous, and the ladies won't be disappointed," she said.

"� is is our third year o� ering the bus, and we've ba-sically found it to become a staple to the event."

� e evening begins at 7 p.m., with the bus leaving Invermere's CIBC at 6:30 p.m., and Radium's Prestige Inn at 6:50 p.m. Galarama runs until 1 a.m.

Advanced tickets are $15 and can be purchased at Picture � is Foto Source in Invermere and Pip’s Gen-eral Store in Edgewater.

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Bylaw 2448Bylaw Amendment

Windermere District Farmers Institute

The Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) Board of Directors is considering an application by the Windermere District Farmers Institute to amend the Upper Columbia Valley Zoning Bylaw. If approved, the amendment will change the text of the A-2, Rural Residential (Country) Zone to permit the construction of an abattoir specifically on the subject property only. The subject property is located in the North Windermere area and is shown on the attached map.Bylaw No. 2448 cited as “Regional District of East Kootenay – Upper Columbia Valley Zoning Bylaw No. 900, 1992 – Amendment Bylaw No. 284, 2013 (Windermere / Windermere District Farmers Institute)” will amend the text of the A-2 Rural Residential (Country) Zone to permit an abattoir on Lot C, District Lot 9561, Kootenay District, Plan 2891.A public hearing will be held at: Windermere Community Hall

4726 North Street Windermere, BC Wednesday, April 24, 2013 at 7:00 pm

The Board has delegated the holding of this hearing to the Directors for Electoral Area F, Electoral Area G and the District of Invermere.If you believe that your interest in property is affected by the proposed Bylaw, you may prior to the hearing:• inspect the Bylaw and

supporting information at the RDEK office in Cranbrook from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm Monday through Friday, excluding statutory holidays;

• mail, fax or email written submissions to the addresses/numbers shown below; or

• present written and/or verbal submissions at the hearing.

Submissions cannot be accepted after the public hearing.All written submissions are public information pursuant to the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. This notice is not an interpretation of the Bylaw. For more information, contact Jean Terpsma, Planning Technician, at 250-489-0314, toll free at 1-888-478-7335, or email [email protected].

Bylaw 2437Bylaw Amendment - Lakeview Meadows

The Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) Board of Directors is considering an application by Hansuli and Sandra Stettler to amend the Upper Columbia Valley Zoning Bylaw. If approved, the amendment will change the zoning designation of the subject property to allow for the construction of an auxiliary dwelling unit within an existing single family dwelling. The subject property is located in the Windermere area and is shown on the attached map. Bylaw No. 2441 cited as “Regional District of East Kootenay – Upper Columbia Valley Zoning Bylaw No. 900, 1992 – Amendment Bylaw No. 283, 2013 (Windermere / Stettler)” will amend the zoning designation of Lot 21, Block 7, District Lot 705, Kootenay District, Plan 4321 from R-1, Single Family Residential Zone to R-1(C), Single Family Residential – Auxiliary Dwelling Unit Zone.A public hearing will be held at: Windermere Community Hall





• present written and/or verbal submissions at the hearing.

Submissions cannot be accepted after the public hearing.All written submissions are public information pursuant to the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. This notice is not an interpretation of the Bylaw. For more information, contact Jean Terpsma, Planning Technician, at 250-489-0314, toll free at 1-888-478-7335, or email [email protected].

RDEK Public Hearing Notices

The Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) Board of Directors is considering an application by Lakeview Meadows Community Association to amend the Upper Columbia Valley Zoning Bylaw. If approved, the amendment will change the zoning designation of a portion of Lake Windermere to facilitate the expansion of a mooring dock within a licenced tenure area. The subject property is located in the Lakeview Meadows area of Lake Windermere and is shown on the attached map. Bylaw No. 2437 cited as “Regional District of East Kootenay – Upper Columbia Valley Zoning Bylaw No. 900, 1992 – Amendment Bylaw No. 281, 2013 (Lake Windermere / Lakeview Meadows Community Association)” will amend the zoning designation of that part of Lake Windermere from LW-5, Lake Windermere (Recreation) Zone to LW-2, Lake Windermere (Group Moorage) Zone.A public hearing will be held at: Windermere Community Hall





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Perception's a powerful thing

LETTERS TO THE EDITORSeeking honesty, integrity and transparency

Dear Editor, I would like to congratu-

late both Nola Alt and Adolph Hungry Wolf for their recent letters in our local newspapers in re-spect to nature preserva-tion and the Liberal gov-ernment’s track record. I would like to add my thoughts to this debate.

I have been sickened by the lack of honesty, integ-rity, transparency and ac-countability of the present provincial government. Some examples: the BC Rail scandal and cover-up, and the inability of the privacy commissioner to track major decisions made in the premier’s of-fice because memos and records have not been properly documented. Tax-payers’ money has been

used inappropriately for BC Liberal ads, to target ethnic groups for election support, and legal costs for the bu-reaucrats who took the fall for the BC Rail fiasco. The fact that some of our cabi-net ministers and one of our local candidates were seek-ing support and fundraising in Calgary in January raises huge flags for me.

That is only a partial list of my concerns. The ugly at-tack ads on TV disgust me. The Liberals are campaign-ing on the assertion that the NDP are bad money managers based on issues dating back to the 1990s. Rafe Mair, former Socred cabinet minister, in an April 1st story on The Tyee, maintains that the cur-rent B.C. government “has tripled the provincial debt since taking office”. Now it is attempting to “balance the budget” by selling off public assets. I believe that BC Hydro, our once-healthy public power com-

pany, has been seriously fragmented. It has been forced by government mandate to purchase ex-pensive power from run-of-river private producers and expensive wireless smart meters.

Change is not going to be easy and it certainly cannot happen overnight. As far-sighted citizens of this prov-ince, we need to take back our power to direct our elected representatives and to create something worth-while for our children and grandchildren. It is time for a change in government. It is time for us all to speak up and make our elected rep-resentatives accountable to us. No more lying and making backroom deals. No more shortsighted de-cision-making. No more media spin. Honesty, integrity, transparency and accountability only please.

Lynn AskeyInvermere

We want access to healthcare

Dear Editor,

The upcoming May elec-tion prompts me to share our story. This past year, our family, like so many others, battled cancer. In order to access care, we were forced to travel great distances and spend months away from home, family and friends.

Although we are extreme-ly grateful for the care we received, this time away from our home communi-ty in Golden was extremely stressful and costly.

Approximately $70,000 worth when you add in transportation, accom-modation, lost wages, et cetera. We cannot even claim these medical ex-penses on taxes.


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As our provincial election nears and rheto-ric heats up, it's worth considering how sig-nificantly our voting attitudes can be based on emotion rather than facts or platforms.

We're bombarded with election ads and buzzwords from the two front-running parties in B.C., and are constantly reminded of what the parties have stood for in the past, and how they've deviated from those ideologies at the expense of B.C. taxpayers.

Perception is a powerful thing, and all too often the public is manipulated into believing the old political fault lines still exist: that the concept of left wing and right wing politics is alive and well. Personally, I think these terms are dead ducks that no longer apply.

A quick glance at B.C. politics over the last decade shows that decisions made often confound our expectations. By establishing the escalating carbon tax — now slated to settle in for a five-year freeze — the BC Lib-eral party threw a curveball that few would have predicted, and that many still see as an anti-business move.

Similarly, the NDP threw their support behind the Jumbo ski resort in its initial stages two decades ago, a move that seems jarring considering the party's more recent stance on the proposed project.

Politics is a game that parties play to win, and that means hitting a moving target of public opinion. As public attitudes change and evolve, parties do as well — and this means we should keep an open mind and pay attention to platforms come election time.

Media all too often trot out dated cliches built around these perceptions, which serves to give parties a free pass when it comes to real scrutiny of what's actually in their platforms.

To vote based on past allegiances or ideolog-ical stances reminds me of what Jerry Seinfeld once said about cheering for sports teams that are constantly trading players and switching up strategies: it's like cheering for laundry.

www.invermerevalleyecho.com A7The Valley Echo Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Word on the StreetWould you like to see more mining and other industrial development in the Columbia Valley?

WE HAVE SOME AL-READY, AND THERE IS ROOM FOR MORE BUT WE NEED TO PUT SOME THOUGHT INTO IT BEFORE WE GO AHEAD WITH ANY DEVELOPMENT.

— JONNY REIMER

YES. WE NEED MORE YEAR-ROUND EMPLOYMENT.

— EDEN YESH

ON THE ONE HAND IT WOULD BRING JOBS HERE BUT ENVIRON-MENTALLY IT COULD BE A DISASTER. IF IT WAS DONE IN AN ENVIRONMENTALLY CONSCIOUS WAY IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR THE VALLEY.— SCOTT STORVIK

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

My disability due to multiple sclerosis and my husband’s ill-ness and subsequent inability to work did not amount to much income-wise. My point is this: Interior Health continues-to remove services from rural communi-ties and “centralize” them. For example,Invermere recently saw their dialysis pro-gram shut down forc-ing patients to travelmany hours several days per week. Com-munications I have had with InteriorHealth sta� , BC Can-cer Agency and the BC Health Minister have all been metwith the same re-sponse. Our num-bers do not warrant service delivery. We do not matter. So the cost and struggle to access services con-

tinues to be shifted onto the backs of pa-tients.� is election, I am interested to hear what the candidates are willing to do about this injustice. We all pay for B.C. health care. Rural residents should have access to the same level of care as everyone else.

Karen WilsonGolden, B.C.

How we can increase voter turnout

In response to MLA Norm Macdonald's suggestion and the NDP's suggestion for greater voter turn-out, I would like to add a possibly more impactful set of pro-posals to result in greater voter turn out of the general population, rather than such a small-

ish group as just the youth.Maybe we as a soci-ety should try this:• If you exist and breath, you get a vote.• If you prove you have graduated from high school, you get another vote.• If you prove you have higher edu-cation from trade school, university or arts college, you get another vote.• If you prove you have experienced, say 60 years of life, you get another vote.Reward those that have improved themselves and proven they have the putz to persevere and learn, and hence make better deci-sions. By all means, keep the one-per-son-one-vote con-cept but as I suggest, reward those that know.Maybe we could also

have one's ability to vote tied to their so-cial insurance num-ber. Vote in a federal, provincial, or mu-nicipal election and by proving you have voted, you get re-warded with a credit on your next federal or provincial tax sub-mission. If you don't vote, you don't get the reward.Or, if you don't vote, you get a penalty tied to your social insur-ance number and your tax obligation. In other words, use both the carrot and the stick scenario.� at, Mr. Macdon-ald, might be a more e� ective way of get-ting the general pop-ulation to participate in something as sys-temic as our demo-cratic principles of the western world.

David PaceyRadium Hot Springs

� ere is a new thought process hap-pening behind the scenes of modern disposable society. It has to do with a renewed focus on do-it-yourself projects and being able to repair what you already own. � e media buzz phrase is “Maker Movement”, and it encompasses � elds such as robotics, electronics, three-dimensional (3D) printing, and CNC machinery com-bined with traditional activities like metalwork and woodwork.

� e maker subculture harkens back to the 1960s and 1970s era of building blue boxes to make free long distance calls. People with amazing ideas, pursuing the newest technologies to expand their personal knowledge, could possibly change the world as we know it.

One of the single coolest devices to come out of the subculture is 3D printing. What this allows you to do is take a design and print a 3D model of it using di� erent media, most commonly plastic. � is opens up the ability to make some pretty interesting things. Broke a D-ring hook on your backpack? Print a new one. Custom hinge on your baby stroller broke? Make a new one. Restoring a classic car and need a long-discontinued retainer clip? Design a new one, share it on a forum and everyone interested in that piece can print a copy and use it. � e technology allows for rapid prototyping of almost anything you can think of.

Now, let’s say you have a great idea and want to get to market. Websites

like indiegogo.com and kickstarter.com allow you to market directly to inter-ested consumers, who can help provide funding while creating interest and providing feedback on your product. If you have some time, take a look at Indiegogo and Kickstarter to see some amazing ideas! You may even want to sponsor one or two yourself.

My favorite thing about the culture is the open sharing of ideas among like-minded individuals. To this end, people are creating spaces to allow folks to gather, much like an art col-lective. � ese areas are termed Hacker-spaces. � ey can range from a class-room used after hours, to commercial operations that can have memberships and provide access to specialized tools. � e main requirement is an area that

promotes open-minded discussions, normally with a high-technology focus.

Here are some websites to check out for more speci� c information:

• makerbot.com — Makers of the Replicator line of a� ordable 3D print-ers.

• lifx.co – Home LED bulbs that can be controlled from your smartphone. Born on Kickstarter.

• ifi xit.com - Walk-throughs of how to repair electronics, with tools available to buy online.

• makezine.com – A web blog spe-ci� cally focused on creating, with designs and projects available.

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Maker Movement making waves

Tech Yourself — Aaron Mackenzie

If a low-income earner decid-ed to drive without wearing a seatbelt, that person would be subject to the same penalty as a high-income earner. And as you know, the penalty is cash.People shouldn't be driving without seatbelts, nor should they be breaking most other laws. But when it comes to of-fences, wealthy lawbreakers should feel the same pinch as their poor counterparts.But the poor and the rich both have to pay the same amount of money if they get caught, which means the same ticket can have di� erent results. If � nes are supposed to work as a deterrent, what's stopping a millionaire from driving with-out his seatbelt on – the threat of paying an iota of his annual income? A lower-income earn-er would have their weekend ruined by a $150 ticket. Poor people know the ropes. It's usually worth their time

to show up to tra� c court, knowing the police o� cer probably won't be there, and have the ticket ripped up. � at seems to be the prag-matic solution: rich people pay tickets; poor people � ght them. From the prosecutor's point of view, it's enough of a hassle to make them both think twice next time they drive beltless.But everyone knows that the poor folk are getting the stinky end of the stick. A minimum-wager who has to jump through legal hoops just to leave enough space on the credit card for dis-posable income over the week-end has it a lot worse than a fat cat who manages their money with a few clicks on a banking website. British Columbia could adopt a penalty system which penal-izes o� enders by garnishing a portion of their income, rather than painting every lawbreaker with the same brush.

Flat rate � nes not fair

O� � e Record — Dan Walton

I first heard of the oil refinery concept from David Black a number of years ago. At the time I was skeptical of its chances. My ini-tially negative attitude was based mainly on my experience of 10 years service on the board of directors of Imperial Oil. Since I was accustomed to the discussion of petro-leum economics centred in Calgary, I saw no need for a refinery in Kitimat.

That attitude was based on the fact there had not been a new refinery built in North America in many years. Any needed increase in petroleum production was achieved by expan-sion of existing refineries throughout North America. But after my service with Imperial Oil, I went on to serve four years at Canfor which led to my nine visits to China in search of lum-ber markets.

My exposure to the phe-nomenal expansion of Chi-na's economy opened my eyes to the true merit of the Kitimat refinery concept. It made me realize it would not be just another refinery relying on the North American market but rather a refinery that would supply the vast appetite of China for petroleum products. The challenge will be to draw the attention of Asian investors who would see the value to this investment.

It appears that David Black, after many years of effort, is nearing an agreement that could provide the vast capital infusion need-ed to make this refinery initiative a reality.

The appetite for oil products for Asia will continue to grow and the Kitimat refin-ery is ideally situated to take advantage. Asian countries, especially China, are very interested in securing sustainable supply of resources that will flow freely without undue trade barriers like surprises with taxes, regulations or tariffs.

Canada has a good reputation as a free trade country that can be relied on as a de-pendable source of supply.

Now is a very opportune time to attract the vast investment needed to make the Kitimat refinery go ahead.

David Black, with his years of dilligence, deserves our appreciation for displaying the foresight and courage to invest his time, money and reputation to help bring along this huge initiative.

The merits of the Kitimat refinery are so profound that this project is really beyond any political persuasion. Any and all sup-porters of the NDP, BC Liberal, Conservative or even Green parties should see the tre-

mendous benefits that would come to B.C. with this project.

This initiative will involve the investment of many billions of dollars. That's for sure. It's hard for any of us to visualize a million let alone a billion of any thing. So lets look at the “on the ground” facts of such an under-taking for all of us in BC.

Lets start with the big picture. When it comes to the benefits of a petroleum cycle from well exploration to the gas station, the jurisdiction that hosts the refining process enjoys a huge portion of the value addition to the raw material.

For the KRC project, that would mean sev-eral thousand mostly trade union jobs for

the multi-year term of the construction phase. It would also mean the creation of over 3,000 permanent jobs for the operation and supply support of the refinery when running.

This refinery would process 175 million barrels per year, which means the tax revenue that could go toward health-care, education, vital services for the disabled and elderly would be immense.

But job creation and tax revenue is not the only desir-able feature of the KRC.

It also would provide much lower risk to the marine environment.

The shipments out of the refinery would be finished product like aviation fuel, gasoline and diesel. These products, if ever spilled, would be much less impactful on the ma-rine environment. They would also be trans-ported in smaller ships.

I know there are those on both sides of the political aisle who address this as a political issue. I would dis-agree with both. This is a project that can be attractive to all political stripes. Trade unions would see a significant in-crease in jobs and memberships. Hospitals and schools across the province would see an improvement in government funding.

Business activity especially in the chal-lenged northwest portion of B.C. would be very positively impacted. And those with a concern for the threat of marine spills would see a significantly reduced exposure for the environment.

Based on the huge positive impact this ini-tiative could have on B.C., I think the ques-tion should not be if we want it, but rather, how can we help make sure the petroleum world sees this as an attractive way to invest billions of shareholder capital.

Jim Shepard is the former president of Finning and Canfor, and a past director of Imperial Oil.


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THURS APRIL 11• Columbia Valley Food Bank AGM, Family Resource Centre, 3 p.m. • 20th anniversary screening of “Alive” at DTSS auditorium. Doors open at 6 p.m.. Hosted by Winder-mere Valley Museum “Movie Night Series.” •Little League Reg-istration, Invermere Community Hall, 5 - 7 p.m.

FRI APRIL 12• CV Arts Part 8 of Art from the Heart Art-ist Opening Event, Pynelogs, 5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

SAT APRIL 13• Radium Public Li-brary Knitting Class-es for ages 7 and up at 10:30 am. All materi-als required will be supplied.

SUN APRIL 14• Royal Canadian Legion Branch #199 Edgewater Honour and Awards Dinner. Cocktails are at 5:00 p.m., dinner is at 6:00 p.m. For ticket info, 250-347-0044

TUES APRIL 16• "Let's Talk Geneal-ogy", Columbia Gar-dens Activities Room, 1:30 p.m. 250-342-3418

THURS APRIL 18• Free resume writ-ing workshop, CV Employment Centre, for times and regis-tration call 250-341-6889• Conrad Kain Cen-tennial Society AGM, 7 p.m., Windermere Valley Museum.

• EVERY SUNDAY• Public Indoor Rock Climbing, Laird School, 5-8 p.m., $5.• Radium Seniors’ Carpet Bowling, 1:30 p.m., Seniors' Hall• Drop-in roller skat-ing, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m., $5, Glacier Peaks Gymnastics building, 250-342-5321

2nd SUNDAY• LW Alliance Church Sing and Celebrate, 7 p.m. For more infor-mation call Clarence Stauff er, 250-342-9580

EVERY MONDAY• Gentle drop-in car-pet bowling, 1:30 p.m., Seniors' Centre• Cadets, 6:30-9 p.m. for boys and girls, ages 12-17. Cost: FREE (includes uni-form). Info: Megan McConnell at 250-409-4455• Duplicate Bridge, 6:30 p.m., Invermere Seniors’ Hall, $2/person. Visitors wel-come• EK Brain Injury Support Group, 1-3 p.m., Family Re-source Centre. Info: 250-344-5674

1st & 3rd TUESDAY• OPT clinic, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Inv. Health Unit, 850-10th Ave. Confi dential service: low-cost birth con-trol, and STI testing

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Spring has defi nitely sprung in the valley and, since the temperatures have been so mild, it’s a good time to start taking your workouts outside. Th e change of scenery is a great way of curbing boredom, not to mention how great it feels to breathe in all that fresh air!

Th ere are several ways to get your heart pumping in the great outdoors with-out stretching your wallet. Take the lake for instance. You may not be able to walk across it anymore, but ex-ploring the shoreline can actually be an eff ective workout.

Where the rocks are mini-mal and the shore is most-ly sand, intervals can be done by doing short and quick sprints. Try running or sprinting for 30 seconds, then walking or jogging for 30 seconds and repeating until 10 minutes is up.

Another option is to walk your kids to school and continue on from there.

You could view the walk to school as your warm up and then simply continue on with a run or brisk walk af-terwards. You could create a route, time yourself, and each week try to beat your time. Once that route be-comes easy, you could chal-lenge yourself by adding on to it but still maintaining the same time it took you to complete the original route.

Have you checked out any of the bike trails in the area? Ranging from beginner to more advanced, the trail system is quite large and defi nitely worth exploring. Grab a friend or two and head out for a morning, af-ternoon or evening ride. You may want to consider taking some bear spray and a trail book with you (which can be purchased at Bicycle Works). If biking isn’t for you, there are also a lot of hiking trails. From a walk in the park to scrambling up Mount Nelson, there is something for everyone’s skill level.

Tennis, gardening, walk-ing to the store instead of driving…the list goes on. Th e trick is to get outside and fi nd something you en-joy doing that just happens to be exercise.

If time is a factor for you, consider doing small bursts of exercise. Th ese bursts can be as short as 10 minutes, but are considered as eff ec-tive as a longer workout if done a few times through-out the day. When you look at it that way, there really is no excuse to skip a workout! If you’d like some sugges-tions on quick and eff ective exercises, set up a free con-sult and fi tness assessment with one of Fitness 4 Life’s certifi ed Personal Train-ers. Call Kate 250-688-0221 or Hayley 250-688-0024 to schedule yours today.

Hayley (250-688-0024) and Kate (250-688-0221) are certi� ed personal train-ers with Fitness 4 Life. Visit their website at www.� t-ness4life.tv for current rates and specials.

Take your workouts outside

Blast O� — Hayley Wilson and Kate Atkinson

Conservative candidate announced

A third candidate has entered the competition for the Columbia River - Revelstoke MLA position.

Fairmont Hot Springs resident Earl Olsen, a semi-

retired certi� ed general accountant, will be running against incumbent NDP MLA Norm Macdonald and BC Liberal party candidate Doug Clovechok in the pro-vincial election on May 14th.

Mr. Olsen worked in private and public sector management and was lat-

er a partner in a � rm that owned large printing plants in Edmonton and Calgary.

He serves as a volunteer � reman and � rst responder, and is active in other com-munity causes in the Co-lumbia Valley. Mr. Olsen is an outdoors enthusiast with a passion for kayaking.



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A partnership led by Shell Canada has filed for environmental assessment of a large-scale liquefied natural gas ex-port facility at Kitimat, the latest step in a proposed energy megaproject for northern B.C.

The filing includes a letter from the B.C. government asking Ottawa to del-egate the assessment to provincial au-thorities, along with aboriginal consul-tation. The federal government must first determine if a federal review is re-quired, and then if it can be conducted by the province.

Called LNG Canada, the project is a partnership of Shell, Korea Gas, Mit-subishi Corp. and PetroChina. The pro-posal has already received a federal ex-

port licence that allows export of up to 24 million tonnes of LNG per year for 25 years.

The application describes a total of four LNG processing lines at a site near the Rio Tinto Alcan aluminum smelt-er, and a marine terminal on Douglas Channel at a site formerly used as a methanol export facility. LNG Canada plans to start construction in 2015.

In July 2012, LNG Canada announced a partnership with TransCanada Corp. to build a $4 billion pipeline from shale gas fields near Dawson Creek to Kitimat to supply the LNG plant.

The project description leaves open the choice of electricity supply, with one option being a gas-fired generating sta-tion capable of 200 megawatts or more.

LNG Canada is one of five proposals to export gas from B.C.'s North Coast. Oth-ers are:

• BC LNG D o u g l a s C h a n n e l , p r o p o s e d by the Ta-tham family of Texas for Kitimat

• Kitimat LNG, a part-nership of C h e v r o n C a n a d a and Apache Corp. for Bish Cove, on Haisla Nation re-serve property

• British Gas Group, with port facili-ties at Ridley Island, Prince Rupert and a pipeline operated by Spectra Energy

• Pacific Northwest LNG, a partner-ship of Malaysian government cor-poration Petronas and Progress En-ergy, with port facilities at Lelu Island, Prince Rupert.

BLACK PRESS FILE PHOTOLiquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker ships like the one seen here could ply the waters near Kitimat if one of several proposed West Coast LNG plants is approved.

TOM FLETCHERBlack Press

The provincial government has com-mitted to funding more than half of the $20 million intensive care unit (ICU) and electrical system upgrades at the

major hospital that serves Invermere, Radium, and the Columbia Valley.

The government of B.C. will fund $12 million towards the work at the East Kootenay Regional Hospital in Cran-brook, while the Regional Hospital Dis-

trict will fund the remaining $8 million. "I recall in 2000, Maclean's Magazine

portrayed our hospital as the poster child for how bad rural health care was in Canada,” said Kootenay East MLA Bill Bennett, on behalf of Health

Minister Margaret MacDiarmid. “This new intensive care unit complements a new ambulatory care ward, new di-agnostic imaging centre, new emer-gency room, new entrance and many new specialists.”

New ICU approved for East Kootenay Regional Hospital VALLEY ECHO STAFF


GREG AMOS/ECHO PHOTOSWinners of the Valley Echo's Easter Colouring Contest were (top photo) Kingston Peters, 5, pictured with his mother Angel Wood (left) and Valley Echo publisher Rose-Marie Regitnig (right); and (bottom photo) Maren, 5, (centre) with her sister Lilla, 3 (left), her brother Bradie, 8 (back), and Valley Echo publisher Rose-Marie Regitnig (right). The winners took home special Easter gift baskets from It's a Wrap! Specialty Gifts and Baskets.

Egg-cellent artists

Legendary game warden set the precedent

Editor's note: while researching � e Valley Echo's historical ar-chives for the Remember When? column, reporter Dan Walton came across this story of a local man who live-trapped a local wolverine 50 years ago for a Walt Disney � lm. Intrigued, Dan looked further and found more stories around a fascinating local charac-ter, Jack Mackill.

Surviving a rotor to the head from a helicopter accident mo-ments after avenging a hunter's

death by shooting a grizzly bear from mid-air is all in a day's work for former Windermere Valley game warden Jack Mackill.

At the time of that incident, Mr. Mackill was the game warden in Fort St. John. It didn't take a lengthy investigation for Mr. Mackill to re-alize that a killer bear was roaming his jurisdiction, and he soon at-tended the scene of a hunter who had been eaten by the animal.

While he'd witnessed victims to bears before, this was the � rst time he encountered a body that had not just been mauled, but actually eaten. Tracks in the snow led Mr. Mackill to believe the hunter was stalked before a surprise attack; the hunters gloves were still on and his ri� e's safety was on.

Valley Echo archives reveal an unsung hero for the Columbia Valley


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HUNDREDYEARS ROTARYBC

� roughout British Columbia, Rotary Clubs have been busy raising funds for both community initiatives and needs around the world including the eradication of polio.

In fact, a study con� rms that $8.5 million has been raised by Rotary clubs throughout the prov-ince during 2012.

� ere are 147 Rotary clubs in British Columbia with a total membership of more than 6700.

Rotary clubs take on numerous projects in the communities including parks, youth programs, literacy, and the support of many community groups. Internationally, Rotary clubs have diverse humanitarian projects including support for

orphanages, health clinics, clean water, peace and literacy.

Globally, Rotary raises $1.5 billion every year in the nearly 35,000 Rotary clubs in 200 countries and geographic areas.

� is makes Rotary one of the world's largest charities.

ONE OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST CHARITIES

R TARY ISDoing Good in the WorldA message from the

District GovernorRotary International is

the world’s oldest volun-teer humanitarian service organization. Formed on February 23, 1905, Rotary currently has over 1.2 mil-lion members in more than 200 countries. Rotary Dis-trict 5050, which extends from Hope, BC to Everett, WA, has 58 clubs and just under 3,000 Rotarians.

Rotarians are community leaders who volunteer their time and resources to change the lives of individuals. Rotary’s motto is “Service Above Self”, and we have a twin focus of both local and international service.

Rotarians support youth programs and community groups, promote education and job training, provide clean water, combat hunger, improve health and sanitation.

In the 1980s Rotary began a campaign for the global eradication of polio. � anks to Rotary and our part-ners, only 215 children were infected by polio in 2012 — down from over half a million children dying every year when we started.

Rotary District 5050 is a world leader in the � ght against polio — raising over $1 million in just three years. In addition, local Rotarians have raised millions more in both dollars and in volunteer hours spent in our home communities and internationally.

Join us and make a di� erence. With your help, we will continue to make this world a better place and to help those in need.

District Governor Sean Hogan

Rotary in the Columbia Valley

� e Rotary Club of Vancouver was established in 1913 as the 1st club in British Columbia, and the 2nd in Canada. In celebration of 100 years of Rotary Club in the province, here is some background informa-tion on the two clubs serving the Columbia Valley.

Rotary Club of Invermere

� e history of the Rotary Club of Invermere dates back to 1977, when a group sponsored by the Rotary Club of Kimberley began holding meetings in the old Invermere Inn (which burned down later that year).

� e club was o� cially admitted to Rotary Inter-national on January 28, 1978 and celebrated its Charter Presentation with a gala event on April 22 that was attended by many Rotarians from clubs throughout the region.

Ron Ede was the club’s � rst president, there were 23 Charter members and Invermere resident Her-mann Mauthner made club history by becoming the � rst new member.

“� e club was formed, the Charter list had to be

submitted, and my name was entered too late,” Mr. Mauthner reminisced with a laugh, “so I was the � rst new member that same day.”

Although the faces of the club have almost com-pletely changed since it � rst began, the � rst three new additional members to join in 1978 — Her-mann Mauthner along with Ken Adams and Wayne Rossington — are still active members, and there are three charter members still active — Richard Andruschuk, Todd Fisher and Andy Stuart-Hill.

“It was quite enjoyable as a new club and I've been a member ever since,” said Mr. Mauthner, who went on to become the club’s 12th president. “It’s a fabulous organization.”

� e Rotary Club of Invermere held its � rst fun-draiser just six days after its Charter night — a bonspiel event that raised $1,500, which was put towards the construction of a Rotary meeting room in the Eddie Mountain Memorial Arena. � e room was completed in 1979 and is still in use today as the club’s meeting venue.

Ten years later in 1989, Rotary International start-ed accepting women into the organization and Win-nifried Weir, long-time editor of � e Valley Echo and colleague of Ron Ede, was one of the � rst women

Two clubs serving our valley:Rotary Club of Invermere > Thursday, 11:45 a.m.

Radium Sunrise Rotary Club > Wednesday, 7 a.m.

to join the Invermere branch. � e Rotary Club of Invermere has been involved

in many international and community projects over the years. � e club’s biggest fundraiser — the annual

Loop the Lake running event — was started in 1996 and sup-ports both worldwide and local Rotary projects. Other major projects Invermere’s Rotary Club has been involved in include the construction of public toilets in downtown Invermere (1990), a gazebo for Columbia House (1995), the popular Mt. Nelson Athletic Park in collaboration with the District of In-vermere and School District #6 (2009) and the beauti� cation of the Invermere Crossroads (2012). Ongoing projects the club supports include Citizen of the Year, Valley Appreciation Day and high school graduation bursaries.

� e club has also sponsored two additional clubs: Golden in 1984 and Radium Sunrise in 2003.

“Rotary has done so many good things in our community,” Rotary Club of Invermere president Barb Smith told � e Valley Echo. “Rotary is an incredible organization that does so many wonderful things for their community, their youth and inter-nationally. We have excellent members in our club that all join together for the common good. Rotaries motto is ‘Service Above Self’ and our club lives, eats and breaths that motto.”

� e club’s newest project is a splash park that will be con-structed at Kinsmen Beach. � e project is currently in the fun-draising stage and the club hopes to have $300,000 raised by April 2014 in order for the splash park to be functional for next summer.

� e club meets every � ursday at 11:45 a.m. at the Eddie Mountain Memorial Arena located at 502-13th Street in Inver-

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▼ HEATHER LESCHIED Living Lakes Canada/Wildsight Program Manager

Two students, one from Canada and one from the Cumbria, are in the midst of an international exchange project to share cultural and environ-mental experiences on each other’s Lake Windermere.

Fiona Devlin, 17, from Am-bleside, Cumbria (U.K.) and Erin Hillary, 17, from Inver-mere won an essay competi-tion held by the Lake Winder-mere Ambassadors and the UK Environment Agency.

Both young women are in Windermere, UK right now as part of the Rotary-sponsored student exchange.

Their essays were on the top-ic of "how can we create a Win-dermere to be proud of?" and focused on the environmental problems and solutions of lake management.

The project is part of the Win-dermere Sister Lake Partner-ship and has been organized in partnership with Wildsight, the Lake Windermere Ambas-sadors, the UK Environment Agency and the Rotary Clubs of Windermere, UK and Inver-mere, Canada.

Together they organized a 10 day exchange in June for each of these students to explore the local landscape in their host country and to learn more about the challenges facing the environment. The trip is fund-ed by the two Rotary Clubs.

Fiona and Erin are taking part in a range of activities including: experiencing life in another school, swimming in each other’s lakes, working with the two environmental organisations to sample water in the lakes, meeting with local mayors, and giving joint pre-sentations to the local schools and Rotary Clubs.

Having spent 10 days in a different country learning about aspects of the lake, they’ll take what they learn back to their own coun-tries and share it with other groups and organisations in-volved in lake protection.

The two lakes with the same namesake were twinned fol-lowing the International Liv-ing Lakes conference held at Lake Windermere, Cumbria in 2009.

The two local mayors and those working on the lakes’

protection signed an agree-ment to share good lake man-agement practices.

“Of the two Windermeres,” Heather Leschied, Wildsight program manager said, “the similarities go much further than the name.

“Both lakes face pressures from visitor populations, loss of native � sh species, lack of public access, sewage inputs, water quality, invasive species and climate change. These is-sues are not unique to England and Canada. In fact, through the International Living Lakes network we have recognized these issues are of increasing global concern.”

Michelle Donoghue, Lakes Manager at the UK Environ-ment Agency said: “This ex-change is the � rst initiative to come from our agreement with our colleagues in Canada. We face similar challenges in man-aging our water quality and we are delighted that one of their students is coming to Cumbria to share her experiences of liv-ing by a lake.

“By sharing best practices, and encouraging people to get involved in their local environ-

ment, we help safeguard the future of our precious lakes.”

Leschied said the student exchange project will help strengthen the relationship be-tween the two lakes and nur-ture a greater interest in wa-tershed stewardship from the youth in the two communities.

Both partners thank their lo-cal Rotary Clubs for making this exchange possible.

The UK winner, Fiona Devlin, travelled to Canada on May 29 and returned on June 10, along with the Canadian win-ner, Erin Hillary, who returned on June 19.

Erin gave a presentation about her experience at the District of Invermere council meeting on June 28.

Rotary helps twin lake student exchange

Erin Hillary and Fiona Devlin monitor water quality on Lake Windermere, British Columbia with the Lake Windermere Ambassadors. PHOTO SUBMITTED

to join the Invermere branch. � e Rotary Club of Invermere

has been involved in many inter-national and community projects over the years. � e club’s biggest fun-draiser — the annual Loop the Lake running event — was started in 1996 and supports both worldwide and lo-cal Rotary projects. Other major proj-ects Invermere’s Rotary Club has been involved in include the construction of public toilets in downtown Invermere (1990), a gazebo for Columbia House (1995), the popular Mt. Nelson Athletic Park in collaboration with the District of Invermere and School District #6 (2009) and the beauti� cation of the Invermere Crossroads (2012). Ongoing projects the club supports include Citizen of the Year, Valley Appreciation Day and high school graduation bursaries.

� e club has also sponsored two ad-ditional clubs: Golden in 1984 and Ra-dium Sunrise in 2003.

“Rotary has done so many good things in our community,” Rotary Club of Invermere president Barb Smith told � e Valley Echo. “Rotary is an incredible organization that does so many won-derful things for their community, their youth and internationally. We have ex-cellent members in our club who all join together for the common good. Rotary's motto is ‘Service Above Self’ and our

club lives, eats and breaths that motto.”� e club’s newest project is a splash

park that will be constructed at Kinsmen Beach. � e project is current-ly in the fundraising stage and the club hopes to have $300,000 raised by April 2014 in order for the splash park to be functional for next summer.

� e club meets every � ursday at 11:45 a.m. at the Eddie Mountain Memorial Arena located at 502-13th Street in Invermere. To learn more, visit www.invermererotary.org .

— With � les from Andy Stuart-Hill (uno� cial club historian)

Radium Sunrise Rotary Club

� e Radium Sunrise Rotary Club may be small but it's taken huge strides since its inception in 2003.

In just ten short years, the club has built Rotary Park, located at the junc-tion of Highway 93 and Highway 93/95 in Radium Hot Springs, as well as a pe-destrian connector that joins the park to the popular Sinclair Creek trail, and most recently, the Pump 'n' Jump bike track next to Sinclair Creek. � e pump track, developed in collaboration with the Columbia Valley Cycling Society and the Village of Radium Hot Springs, continues to be a project the Sunrise Rotary Club is involved in, as Radium's Rotarians are now fundraising for up-grades to the track.

� e club has also fundraised for the

Radium Pub-lic Library, the Columbia Val-ley Food Bank, and the exercise equipment at Legends Park.

"What I really like about Rotary is that it's a club that works to help lo-cal projects as well as international," Radium Sunrise Rotary Club president Sharlene Sco� eld told � e Valley Echo.

� e club usually takes on an inter-national project each year and has do-nated to Rotary's PolioPlus program, which has vaccinated more than two billion children worlwide and is close to globally eradicating the disease. Sunrise Rotary Club also funds a $500 bursary for Grade 12 students in the Ra-dium Hot Springs area, from Dry Gulch to Spillimacheen.

� e club's biggest fundraising e� ort takes place each year at the Colum-bia Valley Classic's Autumn Show and Shine in Radium Hot Springs, where it runs a popular beer garden and con-cession with juicy burgers, smokies and gluten-free options. � e concession is also up and running for Radium's annual Winterfest in January and the club works side by side with the Rotary Club of Invermere with concession on events such as Loop the Lake and Ra-dium Days every spring.

"We're a small club but we do an awful

lot," said Ms. Sco� eld. "I've only been a Rotarian for eight years but it's an in-credible feeling to be part of this international club that's making a dif-ference in the lives of people not only locally but internationally."

Radiums' Rotarians will next be seen in action in the afternoon on Wednes-day, April 24th when they will be clean-ing up Highway 93/95 on the hill south of Radium Hot Springs as part of the an-nual Valley Pride Litter Clean Up Day.

"� ere's a lot more good in the world than bad, I've discovered, since be-coming a Rotarian," Ms. Sco� eld said. " I found that for me personally, Rotary makes me live what I learn; you give back and live a life of service."

� e club meets every Wednesday morning at 7 a.m. at Radium Resort located at 8100 Golf Course Road, just o� Highway 93/95 south of the Village of Radium Hot Springs. Although the meetings are mainly focused on plan-ning and discussing projects, they are social occasions as well and new members are always welcome. To � nd out more, email Ms. Sco� eld at [email protected] .

1.2 million service-minded men and women belonging to 34,000 Rotary clubs in more than 200 countries in the world.

R TARY IS

Rotary in the Columbia ValleyCONTINUED FROM PAGE A12


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Voting open for music awards

Voting is now open for the second annual Kootenay Music Awards.

Five music industry judges sifted through hundreds of nomi-nated songs to come up with this year’s shortlist. Now it’s up to the public to choose the winners.

KMA president Chad Hansen was thrilled to see the musical diversity in the Artist of the Year category.

“We’ve got an opera, two big folk-stomp bands, an electronic producer and a sing-er-songwriter going head-to-head,” he

said. “It just goes to show the range of tal-ent we have in the re-gion. Whatever type of music you like, you can � nd somebody here doing it really well.”

Shortlisted artists come from all corners of the Kootenays. � e Good Ol’ Goats from Cranbrook show up in the “Best Roots and Blues” and “Artist of the Year” categories, Golden’s WakCutt is on the list for “Best DJ” and the Slocan Valley’s Immune 2 Cobras is hoping for “Best New Artist” and “Best Punk, Rock, or Metal.”

� ere’s a huge rep-

resentation from Nel-son artists. KHAOS, the opera written by Don Macdonald, is nominated in three categories. Tofu Stravinsky and James Lamb are both up for “Album of the Year” and Selkirk College music student Dylan McPherson is going

for “Best New Artist.”To listen to tracks

from all the contend-ers and to place your vote, go to kootenay-musicawards.com and click “Nominate” on the page banner, then “Vote now.”

� ere’s a play but-ton under each art-ist’s picture that you

can click to listen to their music. When you’ve picked your favourite, register for an account and start voting.

Voting closes on Tuesday, April 30th and the winners will be announced at Spiritbar in Nelson on Friday, May 10th.

GREG AMOS/PIONEER PHOTOGolden's Willhorse is nominated in the Best Rock, Punk or Metal category in the Kootenay Music Awards for their song, “Easy Girl”. The Southern rock-oriented band is comprised of singer and guitarist Jeremy Borschneck, guitarist Branden Winterholt, bassist Todd Menzies and drumer Nick Petrowich.

Prairie trio set to play Station Pub tonight

Forget the city and feel like you're spending the evening in the back-woods — Winnipeg's Red Moon Road is performing tonight (April 10th) at the Station Pub.

The trio was formed by two drummers, Daniel Jordan and Daniel Peloquin-Hopfner. Mr. Jor-dan was listening to country tunes, while Mr. Peloquin-Hopfner was thrashing to heavy metal.

During their free time, the two drum-mers went sailboating in rural Mani-toba. When sailing went awry and their boat � ipped, the two managed to make it to shore and survive.

As musicians of Red Moon Road now, the former drummers, along with Shee-na Rattai, focus more on string on vocals — but that's not say they don't mix it up.

"I'd say we run the gauntlet from very

sad to straight up silly and everything in between,” Mr. Jordan told � e Echo. "Some songs lead with a kazoo.”

Mr. Jordan spoke about one piece of the band's music which is about his Oma, whose true story about racing horses across war-torn Germany just ahead an advancing Soviet army is featured.

"� ere's a lot of downer stories, but at the same time, you can't have a sad

song with a kazoo involved," he said.He admits it's cliche for musicians

to say they have a broad range, "But we come from some pretty eclectic backgrounds and experiences, and as such, I would say that our music rep-resents that."

Red Moon Road will be at the Station Pub tonight, Wednesday April 10th at 8:30 p.m. with no cover charge.

HANDOUT PHOTOWinnipeg's Red Moon Road play the Station Pub tonight.


SAM VAN SCHIESpecial to The Valley Echo

ALIVEDon’t miss the screening of the Hollywood movie

that put the Columbia Valley on the map.

David Thompson Secondary SchoolThursday, April 11thDoors open at 6 p.m.

Brief into at 6:45 p.m.Movie starts at 7 p.m.

� e Windermere Historic Society presents

Free admission, donations welcome.


Sports

Parks CanadaAdvisory Development Board

Parks Canada has referred the following development permit application to the Advisory Development Board (ADB) for review. The public meeting will be held at the:

Prestige Radium Hot Springs7493 Main Street West, Radium Hot Springs, BC

1:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 25th, 2013

Development Permit Review, Part II

Application:Project #BP13-679: Parks Canada Proposed Demolition of Radium Hot Springs Lodge Lot 11 - 14, Plan 57364 (CLSR) Radium Hot Springs, BC Kootenay National Park of Canada

Persons wishing to comment or make a presentation on the above mentioned application must submit a written request to the Development Officer, Joanne Dorais, at the Lake Louise Visitor Reception Centre or Fax: 403-522-1212, no later than 7 days prior to the scheduled meeting. Requests should include:i) Name and/or client, company, or group of citizens you are representing; and, ii) The agenda item you wish to address (presentations are limited to 5 minutes).

The project proposal can be viewed at the Kootenay National Park Visitor Reception Centre.

Please forward comments or questions to Joanne Dorais, Development Officer, Parks Canada, Banff, Yoho and Kootenay National Parks, P.O Box 213 Lake Louise, Alberta, T0L 1E0 Tel: 403-522-1204 or Fax: 403-522-1212.

Parcs CanadaCommission consultative sur l’aménagement

Parcs Canada a renvoyé la demande de permis d’aménagement suivante devant la Commission consultative sur l’aménagement à des fins d’examen. La réunion publique se tiendra à l’endroit suivant :

Hôtel Prestige Radium Hot Springs7493 rue Main Ouest, Radium Hot Springs (Colombie-Britannique)

Le jeudi 25 avril 2013 à 13 h 30

Examen du permis d’aménagement – partie II

Demande :No du projet : BP13-679 : Parcs Canada Démolition proposée de l’hôtel Radium Hot Springs Lodge Lot 11 — 14, plan 57364 (CLSR) Radium Hot Springs, (Colombie-Britannique) Parc national du Canada Kootenay

Les personnes qui désirent faire part de leurs commentaires ou présenter un exposé sur ce projet doivent adresser leur demande par écrit à madame Joanne Dorais, agente d’aménagement, au Centre d’accueil de Lake Louise, ou l’envoyer par télécopieur au 403-522-1212, au plus tard sept jours avant la date de la réunion. Les demandes doivent préciser :i) le nom de la personne ou du client, de la compagnie ou du groupe représentés;ii) le projet en question (les exposés ne doivent pas durer plus de cinq minutes).

Pour consulter les documents liés à ce projet, rendez-vous au Centre d’accueil du parc national Kootenay.

Veuillez faire parvenir vos commentaires ou vos questions à Joanne Dorais, agente d’aménagement, Parcs Canada, parcs nationaux Banff, Yoho et Kootenay, C.P. 213, Lake Louise (Alberta), T0L 1E0, tél. : 403-522-1204 ou télécopieur : 403-522-1212.

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Local skiers help Canada reclaim Whistler Cup

Two local youth skiers from the Panorama Ski Club achieved outstanding results to help Canada reclaim the Whistler Cup over the weekend.

Amelia Smart and Keegan Sharp, both from Invermere, had impressive results at the cup, with Amelia receiving the Nancy Greene Award for top overall Canadian girl who accu-mulated the most points over the three days of competition. Keegan claimed a silver medal in the men's under-16 giant slalom, fourth in slalom and did not finish the Super G.

For 15 year old Amelia, who has been skiing since she was three years old, placing first in the giant slalom, third in the slalom and re-ceiving the Nancy Greene Award was a real honour, she said.

“I was hopeful going into the competition, but it was still unexpected.”

Sixteen-year-old Keegan was happy with his results given the conditions and the equipment he had to use, but in the words of his mentor, fictional car racer Ricky Bobby (played by Will Ferrel), “If you're not first, you're last,” he said.

“I was expecting much more because I know what I am capable of. I am used to skiing at Panorama, which is a harder-packed snow with a heavy duty ski, but Whistler's snow was much softer so my skis sunk in. Overall, I am happy with the silver.”

Both skiers competed against approximately 80 other racers from around the world in each of their events, and are happy to have helped team Canada reclaim its title. Team Canada has won the competition in four out of the five years prior to 2012, but lost the title to Switzer-land last year. Norway finished second overall and Japan placed third overall.


Amelia Smart and Keegan Sharp recently helped team Canada reclaim the Whistler cup with their alpine ski skills.

Pioneer File Photo

$100,000 for Golden minor hockey association from Kraft

Golden resident, Curt Thorne, along with his community, will be receiving $100,000 for their minor hockey association from the Kraft: Hockey Goes On contest.

Less than two weeks ago the Golden com-munity came together to throw their sup-port behind the minor hockey coach, ju-nior hockey president, restaurant owner, and community leader. Nearly 450,000 votes were cast in the Pacific region, giv-ing Thorne $100,000 for the Golden Minor Hockey Association.

"I just want to thank Kraft, and all the vol-unteers," he said after the announcement on TSN. "I'm just one of 100 people who could have won this here. I'm just glad to be the loudest one that they recognized."

The awards, sponsored by Kraft Canada, were to recognize and thank those who ded-icate so much of their time to hockey in their community. And Curt is eternally grateful to

the women who thought so much of him, to put his name forward.

"All of us owe it to these two girls who took the initiative to write a letter about me… They recognized what we do in our little town. I can't thank them enough."

After that, the community took over. Facebook and Twitter were buzzing for over a week, T-shirts were made, minor hockey players spread the message around town, and several businesses set up voting stations for people who didn't have a computer.

"There's lots of people to thank. There's all of you first of all. I know that so many of you sat there and voted over and over again," said Mr. Thorne to the crowd at the Wolf's Den. "Golden actually had the most likes and Tweets in all of Canada on our Kraft page. That's pretty good for a small town."

Mr. Thorne was also sure to thank Gold-en Minor Hockey president Brad Cable, all the coaches, parents, volunteers and board members, not to mention one thank you that was very close to his heart.

JESSICA SCHWITEKGolden Star


This week's winner is: lilb

All prizes must be claimed before the following week's results are released.

The Valley Echo's 2012/2013

NHL Hockey Pool StandingsIVE

RNK TEAM TOTAL LW GR P/G

1 Crew Slut 2 592 60 191 0.83

2 lilb 2 591 65 199 0.81

3 Dany Heatley 7 585 49 198 0.88

4 Wute 31 6 583 43 199 0.84

5 Wolfgang 4 581 49 195 0.81

6 A. Hann 4 580 45 200 0.79

7 Merrymen 5 579 44 195 0.79

T8 Jivey 5 578 47 199 0.84

T8 Snake 53 5 578 47 196 0.81

10 Firebird 7 5 576 43 195 0.84

11 Harli 2 572 50 197 0.78

12 Sobeys 5 570 41 198 0.80

13 13 Wolfpack 4 568 41 191 0.79

14 Harley 4 567 48 192 0.78

T15 Jye 3 565 48 199 0.78

T15 NWT 1 6 565 43 191 0.82

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T85 Jerome Jr 15 4 502 34 195 0.76

T87 Tor 4 501 43 204 0.76

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89 Aces of 8's 6 496 33 202 0.76

90 Sabu Dave 7 495 34 194 0.75

91 Kilimanjaro 6 492 36 198 0.76

92 Joelene 479 2 491 34 195 0.72

T93 Tony 6 490 31 201 0.76


3 of 4 4/8/13 10:53 AM


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96 Flame 6264 488 46 196 0.69

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98 Larry Phillips 2 484 39 193 0.71

T99 Prattsy 3 481 43 193 0.73

T99 Die Hard Bruins 481 45 198 0.67

101 Buster's Pick 5 478 30 195 0.72

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After eliminating the maraud-ing bear, Mr. Mackill was reas-sured that the bear was indeed a menace when he noticed three inches of fat on the back and rump. The bear couldn't have been starving, he concluded, and certain scars indicated strong evidence of aggression.

Years later, when Mike Cra-mond , the author of Killer Bears, asked Mackill if he was still shak-en up from the crash, Mackill "grinned broadly at the remark," before replying as follows:

"No,” he said. “As one of my friends said, when he heard I was hit in the head with a helicopter blade, he said 'Hit him in the head, did it? That wouldn't hurt Mackill. You'd have to hit him in

the ass of the pants. That's where his brains are!'"

In a historical photo which ran in a July 2011 issue of The Pioneer, Mr. Mackill was featured among 13 local men who partook in a 1953 surveying expedition after the District of Invermere sought out volunteers to scout a passage between the East and West Koo-tenays through the Jumbo Pass. Mr. Mackill is featured in the

centre of the photo, suggesting he was likely a leader among the expeditioners.

At The Valley Echo's press deadline, a Walt Disney spokes-person was unable to confirm what film Mr. Mackill had been asked to trap the wolverine for.

Watch for more cover-age in The Valley Echo as we continue to delve into the story of Jack MacKill.

Mackill displayed a strongcharacter

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� e scary last pages of the budgetLast week I commented on the basically stand-pat

Canadian budget. � is week, I comment on a part of it. � e positive for the government was a chance to say something really startling in a quiet way.

� e decision a� ects those who have more than $100,000 in a savings account, but it also shows the change in attitude of governments to your sav-ings accounts. Be prepared. If you hold a large bank account, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty and the gov-ernment may come after your savings. � e idea af-fects all of us, whether we are large or small, anyway.

It showed up � rst in the enormous change the Eu-ropean Union showed toward the old belief in the sanctity of the savings account. In order to keep the nation from the edge of bankruptcy they demanded the savings of depositors be used to bail out the na-tion. � e result is your savings account in your bank is not inviolate.

� e term they use to describe it is ‘bail-in’ which sounds like a simple reversal of the old word for giv-ing away government money, almost meaningless, but it’s not. To put it bluntly, what it means is that, if the banking system goes kaput, it is the owners of savings accounts who must pay for the salvage of banks, rather than the government. � ey pay for it by a forced conversion of savings to shares, which means you own bank shares whether or not you wanted them. � is provision is brie� y mentioned in the budget as a possible action in an emergency.

� e new rules would allow government to seize bank liabilities they have not described, including, possibly, the savings of uninsured depositors, or those with more savings than a speci� ed amount — and use them to prop up a faltering institution.

� at, as we look back, is exactly what Cyprus’ gov-ernment did to deal with its banking crisis. In the Cy-priot case, the liabilities the government seized were the uninsured bank accounts of those with more than 100,000 euros on deposit. � at’s a lot of money,

but the amount isn’t as important as the principle.Most people don’t have anywhere near the size of

savings being considered for the limit, so most peo-ple won’t think it makes any di� erence to them. In a very limited way they’re right. However, who’s to say the limit won’t a� ect you and whatever amount of savings you have?

� e principle at stake is that bank savings, once unquestioned, are no more. � e second principle at stake is that perhaps we should think harder about what a ‘new world’ means. In a lot of ways it means that what we once considered sacrosanct is not. We’ll have to get used to that.

Some of the changes will be for the better. Some of them won’t be anything near what we now recog-nize as good. Since the unpredicted is, by de� nition, what is meant by change, over the next while we will have to try to � gure it out.

It’s going to be a challenge. It’s not just a question of what will happen to savings accounts. It’s a revo-lution in every element of what we thought was our world. For example, while some still question the nature of the causes for climate change, it is virtu-

ally impossible to challenge the fact that the climate is changing. We can already see some of the e� ects of it, and we already know the future is going to be di� erent. For some, it will become more and more di� cult. � ere are people who are already � ght-ing to save their entire countries from the e� ects. We also know that our local community, no matter how remote it is considered, is tied into whatever happens in the rest of the world, whether or not we “believe” in such terms as globalization. We have always been a part of the whole world and the whole world has always been more interactive than we had thought. We are just beginning to re-alize it now. And that’s only one of the most visible changes.

Change is becoming part of our vocabulary in ways we never expected and, just like the people of the nation of Cyprus, an island at the far end of the Mediterranean, we no longer have a choice in whether we deal with it. For them, the central feature of their economy, employing and a� ecting half the population who live there, is now gone. � ey have to start all over.

Some of the changes we are now facing will even-tually be called the good news and some the bad news. � is di� erence will be ours to discover. And all of them will arrive with the new world we will discover as we grow into it. Equality of women, poverty, starvation, education, racism, economic success and failure, and the need to integrate our-selves into the world, will all be part of the work we will have to undertake.

� e good news right for now is that Canadian banking is not as shaky as that of Cyprus. At their height, Cypriot banks held more than eight times the island’s entire economy. Big. Successful. Inter-national.

� e bad news is that the Cypriots thought their banks were safe, too.

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Confession: 1/2 hour before MassCanadian Martyrs’ Church

712 - 12 Ave, InvermereSaturday at 7 p.m.Sunday at 9 a.m.

St. Joseph’s ChurchHighway 93-95, Radium Hot Springs

Sunday at 11 a.m.Sacred Heart Parish

808 - 11 Street, GoldenSunday at 5 p.m.

St. Anthony’s MissionCorner of Luck and Dunn, Canal Flats

Saturday at 4:30 p.m. (served from Kimberly)

RADIUM CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP

For more information call 250-342-6633 or 250-347-6334

Loving God, Loving People

#4 - 7553 Main Street W, Radium

Sundays at 10 a.m.

Bible Studies#4 - 7553 Main Street W,

Radium Wednesday 7:00 p.m.

Kids’ Church Edgewater Hall

Thursday 6:30 p.m.

LAKE WINDERMEREALLIANCE CHURCH

326 - 10th Ave. 250-342-9535REV. TREVOR HAGAN

Senior Pastorwww.lakewindermerealliance.org

Sunday, April 14th10:30 a.m.

Worship and Life Instruction, “Multiply: The Great

Commission And The Church”Pastor Trevor ministering.

“K.I.D.S.” Church, for children Age 3 to Grade 1; and Grades

2-5, during the Morning Service.

7:00 p.m.“Sing and Celebrate”

at L.W.A.C. You are welcome to join us for an evening of singing

the great hymns of the faith, food, and fellowship!

VALLEY CHRISTIAN ASSEMBLY

Hwy. 93/95 1 km northof Windermere

Pastor:Murray Wittke

Sunday Service10 a.m. Worship & Word

Kid’s Church Provided

Call the office at 250-342-9511for more information.

www.valleychristianonline.com

Sharing TruthShowing Love

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Worship Servicesevery Sundayat 1:30 p.m.

at Christ Church Trinity110 - 7th Avenue,

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Pastor Rev. Fraser ColtmanPastor Rev. David Morton

1-866-426-7564

CHURCH SERVICES DIRECTORY

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Rentals

Rent To Own2 bdrm, 2 bath, townhome with garage at Black Forest. Up-graded fl ooring, looking onto green space. $1000 incl util. Owner Ken Becker (Realtor in B.C.) Call 250-342-1161

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2 bdrm, 2 bath, 1200 sq/ft apt in Radium. 6 appl, incl util & parking. 6 mth lease, N/P. $900/mth. Call 403-561-1705

2 brm suite, furnished, 5 appli-ances, adults, no pets, N/S. Quiet neighbourhood, walking distance to downtown. Available now $750/mth + utilities 250-342-7096INVERMERE - beautiful condo close to downtown. 3 bdrms, 3 baths, 5 appl, large storage room and attached garage! Will go fast @ $1150/mo plus utilities. Call Kevin for showing 780-982-1140.

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Homes for RentLarge 4 bdrm, 2 bathroom

house, large yard, downtown Inv, W/D, DW, MW, N/S, fi re-place, internet, $1150 + util, Avail April 1. 250-341-1650 [email protected]

Suites, UpperWindermere: two 2-bdrm suites in 4-plex. All appliances. Large yard, close to beach, pets considered. $825/mth, & $725/mth. Call 250-409-7435 or [email protected]

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Legal NoticesREPAIRER’S LIEN ACT

Notice to: Bekerman, BreanneThe following vehicle: a 1990 Honda Civic,

white 2-door, VIN# 2HGED6302LH026075 AB Licence plate BBT9850

The Radium Hot Springs Esso will sell this vehicle for

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5 years ago (2008): Al Ostrander cel-ebrated his 90th birthday skiing at Panorama last week. Ostrander spent $1,000 on a lifetime lift ticket at Pan-orama in 1967. After more than forty years of regular use, it's hard to argue that he didn't get his money worth.

*** Al and Bunny

Turned were named Citizens of the Year by the Rotary Club of Invermere. The title comes after decades of volunteer work and community ser-vice in the valley.

10 years ago (2003): A Dutch immigrant wrote into The Echo to express her disappointment in "spineless" Prime Minister Jean Chre-tien's decision not to take part in the inva-sion of Iraq. "It takes a lot of soul search-ing and courage to send young men and women into Iraq to free the people from the tyrant. I thank God that President Bush, Prime Minis-ter Tony Blair, and other allies have that courage," she said. "I and other Cana-dians have to hang our heads in shame because our leader is nothing more than a coward." She says anti-war protest-ers would serve the world much better if they spent their time

volunteering at a food bank..

20 years ago (1993): After a ma-jority of Invermere residents decided to give the new high school a name differ-ent than the old one, a better title could not be agreed upon. In conclusion, the new high school was to be given the old name of David Thompson Secondary School.

New features were to include a cafeteria, a photography dark-room and a teach-ing kitchen. The new school, unlike the existing, will not have an auto shop.

***At least 200 sig-

natures are needed from potential cell phone users before BC Tel will consider installing communi-cation systems in the Windermere Valley.

25 years ago (1988): During the final match of the season between the top two junior hock-ey clubs in western Canada, the Colum-bia Valley Rockies were down 4 – 0 in the second period to the Warman Val-ley Crusaders from S a s k a t c h e w a n . The Rockies were hungry for the win, and scored five un-answered goals in the third to take a 5 – 4 lead. A Crusader goal with 12 seconds remaining in the fi-nal period forced an

overtime period, in which Warman Val-ley claimed victory.

30 years ago (1983): Brisco Saw-mills burned to the ground leaving 60 employees out of work. Fire broke out in the chipping saw room around 4am and spread fast. A nightwatchman was on duty and reported the blaze. Foul play was ruled out almost immediately. The owners plan on re-building the mill and say it will take about six months.

35 years ago (1978): The Inver-mere Village Council hired a dogcatcher to deal with excessive complaints regard-ing untamed canines. Three dogs were re-ported killed by other dogs. The dogcatcher will take any dogs caught running at large to the pound, which is on the Cote farm. Any dog not identified within 48 hours are destroyed.

***As advertised,

Steadman's is offer-ing cartons of ciga-rettes on sale for only $7, but only on Mon-days.

40 years ago (1973): A Native Studies Workshop was held at J. A. Laird last Friday where teachers and speak-ers from the nearby First Nations com-munities discussed "problems of Indian children in the pub-lic school system." The moderator of the workshop says the biggest problem is the overall lower grades achieved by native students. "Routine is completely foreign to them," she said. "Many of the parents were educated at a residential school and they do not under-stand what is expect-ed of their children in the public school system." It was then noted that aboriginal students have a lower drop-out rate than

their white counter-parts. "The discussion panel appeared to be the opening of com-munication channels between the teachers and parents."

50 years ago (1963): Youngster W. Roy Lake won this year's ice break up. Lake placed his bet as to when the ice would be melted on March 18 at 7:30am; the break-up was clocked that same day at 8am. This year's break-up was the earliest on record. The pooled money was split between Lake and the Wind-ermere District So-cial Services, each of whom received a grand total of $63.45.

A look back through The Valley Echo over the last 50 years


ECHO FILE PHOTOA propane tank leak at OK Tire and Auto Service in the industrial area had owner Ivan Mack-ey and two other men calling the Invermere Volunteer Fire Department after it caught fire just after mid-day on Saturday. The men were in the process of removing the two-cylindered tank before crushing the car in the junk yard out back, when the tank erupted in flames, also setting the car ablaze. The fl ames were about 40 feet high by the time firefighters ar-rived on scene to put it out. “It was an excellent response. They were here in less than four minutes,” Mackey said. No one was injured in the blaze.

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