salmon arm observer, december 25, 2013

IndexOpinion ....................... A6View Point .................. A7Life & Times ............... A8Sports................A17-A18Arts & Events ... A19-A20Time Out ................... A21Vol. 106, No. 52, 44 pages

This weekA Salmon Arm RCMP officer has been criminally charged with dangerous driving. See A2.

A donor is offering land near Blackburn Park for an Okanagan College campus. See page A3.

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A criminal charge of dangerous driving has been laid against Salmon Arm RCMP Const. Micah Chan in regards to the crash that killed 21-year-old Courtney Eggen on June 20.

The Criminal Justice Branch approved the charge Thursday, Dec. 19, in relation to Chan’s alleged high-speed pursuit of Eggen’s vehicle into Salmon Arm’s Industrial Park. Eggen, who was from Cherryville, crashed into a parked dump truck and died at the scene.

Despite the fatality, the B.C. Criminal Justice Branch issued a statement saying it concluded the evidence, “does not provide a substantial likelihood of conviction for dangerous driving causing death.”

This is because, “the prosecution cannot prove that the officer’s driving conduct factually and legally contributed to the crash of the second vehicle and the death of its driver.”

The report goes on to state: “The available evidence, including the evidence of two civilian witnesses, indicates that Const. Chan was a significant distance behind the other driver prior to the

fatal crash.”Chan is presumed

innocent and it will be the duty of Crown Counsel to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that an offence has been committed.

The incident was reviewed by B.C.’s Independent Investigations Office (IIO), the first time such an investigation has taken place in Salmon Arm.

The incident took

place just before midnight and the IIO was alerted at 12:30 a.m. June 21.

The report indicates the situation began when Chan reportedly observed Eggen’s vehicle failing to stop at a stop sign at Auto Road and 30th Street NE.

The report goes on to state that Chan, who was monitoring traffic at the location, intended to pull over the vehicle for Motor Vehicle Act violations and began to follow it in an attempt to catch

up.“The second driver

accelerated to a high rate of speed and Const. Chan allegedly pursued the vehicle at a high speed,” says the report, which goes on to say that Eggen ultimately lost control of her vehicle, resulting in the fatal collision.

“A short time later, Const. Chan allegedly lost control of his police vehicle at approximately the same location and slid off the road.”

Chan’s police cruiser was observed the next day on the opposite side of Auto Road near 50th Avenue, wedged between a building and a grassy embankment. Investigators were checking tire marks where it appeared the cruiser had gone over the edge of the road and down the short slope. Two tires on the police cruiser were blown out and its trunk was damaged when it collided with the building.

Crown counsel has also concluded, “it is not possible to establish beyond a reasonable doubt what factors initially caused the other driver to engage in high-speed driving and/or what factors led to the loss of control that resulted in the fatal collision.”

In the initial statements from the IIO, it was indicated

that, “the pursuit was ordered terminated.”

The Criminal Justice Branch release makes no mention of this in its report and, as the matter is now before

the courts, officials refused to comment further.

Chan’s first appearance in Salmon Arm Provincial Court will be Feb. 4.

RCMP officer faces chargeFatality: Crown alleges dangerous driving by Const. Micah Chan.By Tracy HughesOBSERVER STAFF

Const. Micah Chan

Salmon arm rCmP

Cruiser damage: A police cruiser, driven by Const. Micah Chan, came to rest against an industrial building after going over an embankment on June 21.

TraCy HugHes/OBSERVER

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A new proposal re-garding a downtown campus for Okanagan College in Salmon Arm is sparking opti-mism amongst propo-nents.

A resident has pro-posed donating close to 20 acres of land, states a news release issued by Okanagan College.

“Jerry Thompson, a generous, community-spirited land owner, has identified a 20-acre parcel of land that he is willing to donate to the college for the pur-poses of a campus in the downtown area,” explained Tom Styffe, chair of the Okanagan College Board of Gov-ernors. “We have been in discussions with the city and Mr. Thompson about what has to hap-pen to see that come to pass.”

The land is located within parcels Thomp-son owns between 10th

Street SW, 10th Ave-nue SW, Foothill Road SW and Shuswap Street and is within the Agricultural Land Re-serve.

“There are some processes that we will have to deal with, but we are excited by the offer and the opportu-nity,” stated Styffe in the news release.

Arguably one of the biggest hurdles may be getting approval from the Agricultural Land Commission to use the property for a campus.

Before applying to the commission, the college will have to de-velop education, busi-ness and development plans for the property, Styffe said.

A portion of Thomp-son’s land has been used in the past for temporary camping for the Roots and Blues Festival.

The college, the City of Salmon Arm and the prospective donor have signed a letter of intent

that focuses on the po-tential donation and the development of the property.

“The city clearly has an interest in see-ing this proceed, from a number of perspec-tives,” stated Mayor Nancy Cooper in the release. “We realize how much of an eco-nomic generator that post-secondary educa-tion is and can be, and we want to encourage further development of Okanagan College within our region.”

Council’s commit-ment includes partici-pating with the college and the donor on the ALC application and being ready to assist with access and ser-vices to the property if the application is suc-cessful.

“This is a very im-portant first step,” stated Cooper. “We understand it will be at least two years before

New plan: About 20 acres of land in the Agricultural Land Re-serve between 10th Avenue, 10th Street, Shuswap Street and Foot-hill Road SW have been offered as a site for a college campus.

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See Owner on page A4

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Thompson said he sees the proposed do-nation as a way to give back to the community.

“I watched with in-terest the discussion about a downtown campus and saw a community inspired by the idea,” stated Thompson. “Salmon Arm has been good to my family, and I see an opportunity here to give back and help my community.”

The current campus sits on about five acres of land.

In 2012, a proposal to have agriculture as the college’s flag-ship program was an-nounced. In April of that year, Margaret

Hardy, then Downtown College Committee co-ordinator, stated the University College of the Fraser Valley, which has a significant agriculture program, had expressed an ini-

tial interest in partner-ing with Okanagan College to provide agricultural courses in Salmon Arm.

Also in 2012, a con-sulting group was con-tracted to prepare an economic impact anal-ysis of a downtown campus.

At that time, Lana Fitt, manager of Salm-

on Arm Economic Development, said findings show that in the first year, based on an estimate of a 40 per cent growth in stu-dents reflecting factors such as diversified pro-

gramming, increased housing and develop-ment of the agricul-ture program, impacts would include 42 new jobs and expenditures of $3.4 million. That didn’t include figures for construction of the campus or tourism from out-of-towners visiting students.

The proposed dona-

tion of land is the lat-est development in the idea of a downtown college campus which was first visualized about a decade ago.

The informal push to develop Salmon Arm as a college town be-came a formal initia-tive in 2010, when the Downtown Communi-ty Campus Committee was formed.

About two years of community consulta-tion took place to gen-erate the idea of agri-culture as a flagship program. Two other areas of expanded pro-gramming the commu-nity pinpointed were in applied arts and culture and health-care educa-tion.

Although the former J.L. Jackson school site was proposed pre-viously as a home for a downtown campus, the committee told the school district this past April that it was not able to come up with the necessary funds.

Owner happy to giveContinued from A3

We understand it will be at least two years before we can expect the application to go to the ALC, but patience and preparedness will be vital to this process.

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The Shuswap Vet-erinary Hospital has jumped through all hoops necessary to ex-pand its premises and a new Kal Tire building is in the works.

At a hearing in coun-cil chambers on Nov. 25, council voted unan-imously to approve two variances to accommo-date a 77-square-metre, or 832-square-foot, ad-dition on the east side of the property at 1050 Fourth Ave. SW.

The variances will allow the reduction of the front parcel line setback from six to three metres and the interior side parcel line setback from one metre to none.

Council heard that the clinic has expanded over its 40 years and the addition will allow the introduction of new

equipment and more space for staff.

It will also allow the clinic a few years’ breathing room before more changes will be required.

Neighbouring Kal Tire is also planning changes.

Bill Laird, owner of the large property south of the veterinary clinic, has several applications

in to the city for official community plan and zoning amendments that are expected to come to council in late January or February. A development per-mit application has not been submitted yet.

The city’s planning department confirms the proposed develop-ment involves a new Kal Tire.

Little drummer girlBastion Elementary School Grade 2 student Aven Zurba takes part in the school’s annual Christmas concert held Dec. 17 in the gym.

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The Municipal Office and Fire Hall will be closed from December 25, 2013, to January 1, 2014, inclusive for the Christmas Season.

Payments received by 8:00 a.m. Thursday, January 2, 2014, will be processed with a payment date of December 31, 2013. Postmarks ARE NOT accepted as date of payment.

For your convenience, a drop box is located to the left of the entrance doors to the City of Salmon Arm office.Season’s Greetings ~ From Mayor Nancy Cooper, City Council and City of Salmon Arm Staff

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Editorial

It appears our federal government will be end-ing the year on a series of sour notes.

Recent polls indicate the popularity of the Harper government has been dropping. While British Columbians know well that polls aren’t always an indicator of things to come, it’s diffi-cult to deny the increasing cynicism among the public towards our federal leadership.

Of course, the Senate scandal has certainly cap-tured and, more importantly, continues to hold the attention of Canadians. If anything, it has high-lighted the fact that our Prime Minister lacks one of the key attributes of leadership: taking respon-sibility for what happens on your watch.

Another, more recent bit of poor publicity for the Harper government came in the form of a clearly unscripted sound bite by Industry Minister

James Moore. While being interviewed by a Lower Mainland radio reporter, the minister can-didly revealed his perspective on the responsibil-ity of the state for its children.

“Is it my job to feed my neighbour’s child? I don’t think so,” said Moore.

At first, the portly Conservative MP for Port Moody-Westwood-Port Coquitlam assured the quote was taken out of context. When an audio recording of his comments were made public, however, Moore appeared to have a Rob Ford moment and abruptly changed his tune.

Whether or not Moore’s slip will help further sink the Conservative ship remains to be seen. But it does give Canadians further insight into the mindset of the ruling elite and how they feel about being their brother’s keeper.

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A little wishful thinkingDear Santa, Another year, another letter asking for a few things that could

benefit the citizens of our city this Christmas. We’ve had a big addition to our city this year, with the devel-

opment of the Walmart, so a portion of our Trans-Canada High-way got upgraded as well (although it remains a bit of a work in progress). This has, however, served to highlight the need for improvements to the Salmon River Bridge.

I’ve been asking in these letters for some time to see if you could use a little of your magic to get some improvements to that bridge. It’s really a dangerous spot. Assure me that you are listen-ing, Santa, and nudge those politicians to cough up some cash for the bridge improvements.

Another thing I’d like to put on this wish list is a flood hazard and risk assessment. We all saw what Mother Nature can do from the terrible floods in Alberta this spring to the previous year’s flooding damage in our own backyards from Canoe to Sicamous.

Our community has many areas that could be vulnerable to high water damage and I’d really like to see some prevention and awareness take the place of disaster restoration. It’s also not often that we hear of business and environmental groups recommend-ing the very same thing, but that seems to be the case when it comes to this particular effort, so if you could use your influence, Santa, I think such an assessment might be a real gift.

You should already be aware of how much the local kids enjoy the new playground equipment at Blackburn Park, and there’s hopefully more to come. The community is still working to gen-erate funds for the development of a spray park at the site, as well as adding a walking track and stationary fitness equipment. This would provide a tangible and affordable fitness boost for the numerous adults and seniors in the area, at the same time as pro-moting a healthy lifestyle for our young people. So that project’s on my Christmas wish list too. (And if you can convince Rosa Guthrie to postpone her retirement and keep her Taco Stand open I’d be personally grateful. Salmon Arm life won’t be the same for me without one of her fully loaded chorizo sausage burritos.)

I’m hearing rumours of some upgrades on the local fair-grounds, which would be terrific to see. Those grounds serve a host of events that bring the people of this area together in cel-ebration – the Fall Fair, of course, the perennially popular Roots and Blues Festival and the July 1 Canada Day Children’s Fes-tival. This is in addition to the agricultural, equine and athletic activities scheduled there. If you could keep the volunteers that work so hard on these events on your nice list, that would be great and I’m sure any help in swinging some funds that way would be most appreciated.

This year, I’d also like to ask for a little something extra in the stockings of all those people who are in the business of helping others, especially those who respond in emergency situations. They deserve a little bonus in the holiday cheer department.

Merry Christmas.

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View PointThe Observer asked: If you could get your parents anything for Christmas, what would it be?

Kayden Shannon-SimmonsOven mitts for my mom because she needs them.”

Kate Gamble-Fell“A new computer for my mom because hers is broken.”

Damien Seaward-Beatty“A pink race car because that’s her favourite colour.”

Mitchell BamfordA Lego Star Wars set for my father so we can do it together... it’s his favourite.”

Ninnah Arnouse“A necklace and earrings for my mother because I love her.”

VICTORIA – One of Canada’s great entrepreneurial success sto-ries in recent years is WestJet, the Calgary-based airline that is expanding across the country and taking on European routes.

Clive Beddoe, the founding CEO of Westjet, was famous for helping the cabin crew tidy up the plane before getting off a flight. And the company is also known for its profit-sharing program, with all employees referred to as “owners” who have a stake in the success of the operation.

I thought of this management approach when news emerged that the B.C. government was of-fering public service unions a new kind of contract, with a five-year term and wage increases tied to improved economic growth.

The surprising thing is that unions are accepting the idea, even though provincial growth must exceed the government’s independent economic forecast council projections before it can take effect in a given year.

The generally non-militant Health Sciences Association rec-ommended acceptance of a five-year agreement with only 5.5 per cent raises guaranteed. Then they were joined by negotiators for 51,000 health and social services employees, represented by the B.C. Government Employees’ Union and others that have been adversaries of the B.C. Liberals.

John Fryer, negotiator for the BCGEU going back to the epic battles with Social Credit gov-ernments and now a professor at University of Victoria, wasn’t im-pressed when he heard the news.

“These deals reflect what hap-pens when public sector unions back the losing party in a provin-cial election,” he said. “Union bar-

gaining power takes a trip down the pooper.”

Perhaps today’s union leader-ship is beginning to accept that its wage, benefit and pension arrangements look pretty good compared to the harsh reality of private businesses.

I asked Premier Christy Clark if this new approach is inspired by private-sector profit sharing. She agreed that is the model.

“I think that’s a great principle for all of us to work from,” Clark said. “Until now, the growth of public sector wages has been completely insulated from chang-es in the private sector. And this is the first time we’ve ever been able to successfully link those two things. At this point it’s still a small increment wage growth, but it’s a big change, and I hope we can continue to build on it.”

From an employee perspective, it is indeed modest. If real gross domestic product increases one per cent beyond the independent forecast used in the provincial budget, employees get an addi-tional half of one per cent raise for that year.

Contrast this labour relations development with what’s hap-pening on the federal scene. A classic confrontation is brewing between the Harper government and the Public Service Alliance of Canada. A key dispute is over sick days, which the government estimates are averaging 18 a year. PSAC currently has 15 “bank-able” sick days a year, which the union president refers to as a “ne-gotiated right.”

Implicit in this is the mindset that employees should give as little and take as much as possible.

Looking for the B.C. story of the year, I consider what is likely to matter five or 10 years from now. This partnership approach to building the provincial economy is my pick for 2013.

Development group supports lease

Highway upgrades shouldn’t have to wait

Hike at hydro not surprising 2013’s big ideaWhile it is disappointing to learn

that the BC Liberals are intending to raise BC Hydro rates by 28 per cent in the coming weeks, we should not be surprised. This government is now carrying out the mandate that most B.C. voters asked of them when they voted Liberal on May 14, 2013.

While I have signed the petition that is being circulated by the BC-NDP to voice displeasure at this

move, I believe it is disingenuous for any Liberal-voting citizens to be outraged at the proposed increases. I must admit to a lingering bout of resentment with how the NDP lost.

Reality has sunk in. The unpopu-lar changes required at BC Hydro are being made as early in the Liberal mandate as possible with perhaps the hopes that voters will forget in three and a half years that they are paying more for hydro than

ever. In the meantime, advances in developing alternative and sustain-able energy sources is all but ne-glected. Heck, with Premier Clark’s fascination with LNG, we can sure-ly expect bold cost increases in that realm as well.

Our province is capable of more, but our government unfortunately is not.

Jacqui Gingras

Fact before fictionFact: the city lease proposal is for

the lease of properties. Fiction: the lease means building an underpass before a referendum supports it. Fact: before spending on planning or engineering the properties must be secured. Fiction: the cost will be $9 million. Fact: the cost to tax pay-ers will only be a portion of the total build cost because of cost sharing with provincial and federal govern-ments and CP Rail.

We hope that the citizens of Salmon Arm understand the facts and allow this diligent move by council and a company with fore-sight for the town.

The lease should be understood

for what it is, a lease so that other development, or sale, could not make the properties unavailable for use in the event an underpass is sup-ported and approved in the future. An added plus of the agreement is the acquisition of other land neces-sary (road dedication and statutory rights of way) at no cost beyond the lease agreement.

Improved access would add ap-peal to the downtown and water-front, for locals and tourists alike. The current barrier between tourist traffic and the waterfront means most just keep on passing through, not willing to navigate the maze of turns to the waterfront, resulting in loss of economic benefits to the en-

tire community. With other cross-ing options now unavailable be-cause of development or too costly to engineer and build, it is timely and sensible of council to plan for a safer potential option.

We have a local developer will-ing to work with the community on possibilities for the future. Past performance has been improve-ment to the area through sensible investment and visionary planning. Let’s allow this proposal to move forward and see what it will bring to the community.

Mel Arnold, Chair of the Shuswap Pro Devel-

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Tom Fletcher

I am writing to express my an-ger regarding the condition of the Trans-Canada Highway between Revelstoke and the Shuswap. I request that the Ministry of Trans-portation and Infrastructure move ahead quickly with implementing the planned highway upgrades and the replacement of the 60-year-old, narrow bridges on that route.

I hope that by describing my near-miss, I can add to the list of reasons to move forward quickly with the highway upgrades.

On Friday, Nov. 29, I left Revel-stoke westbound at about 7:30 a.m.

As I approached the Malakwa bridge, there was a semi-truck travelling behind me at a normal distance. I was travelling at about 85 km/h. I was about four seconds from the bridge when I saw that at the west end of the bridge, an east-bound mini-van was doing 360-de-gree spins and about to move onto the bridge.

I could not stop with the truck behind me and I could not veer off into the ditch to avoid the mini-van because of a guardrail and the river bank. So I drove onto the bridge. The van was wildly out of control,

travelling east in the westbound lane with the vehicle on an angle as it moved forward. Very fortunately for me, I was able to drive around him in the opposite lane and I missed him by inches – all while on the bridge. That time, nobody was hurt and no vehicles were damaged.

This highway is not an abstract whose worth can be rated against the worth of other government pri-orities.

Upgrading the Trans-Canada Highway is worth our lives.

Jackie Morris


FROM THE

Archives

1921 Tenders for electric light poles were opened by city council during its meeting last Monday evening. Eight tenders were received and the contract of Mr. Roy Boutwell was accepted.The � rst year classroom at the high school has been closed until after Christmas on the ac-count of the teacher Mr. Geo Atkinson.

1931 There was quite a crowd present at the annual sale by the ladies of St. John’s Church which took place at the Institute Hall on Saturday afternoon, and at the close there was little left and the Auxiliary had earned a nice sum. Rev. F.R. Hillary was the successful winner of a beautiful Christmas cake which weighed six pound, 13-and-a-half ounces. Mr. Hillary and Mr. Sandy Thompson were both within half an ounce of guessing the correct weight, and a further test saw Mr. Hill-ary emerge the winner.

1941 Mr. and Mrs. R.J. Glasgow left on Monday morning for Vancouver, where they may stay for the winter, unless the war chases them home.On Tuesday night, Canoe residents com-menced discussing air raid precautions, and before midnight had everything in readiness, with alarms, hospital accommodations and enough wardens to cover the district between the lake and Larch Hill.

1951 A share dividend has been declared by the S.A.F.E. Ltd. Salmon Arm’s community-owned department store. The dividend of 33.5 cents will be paid entirely by the issue of additional shares. Sale of the Montebello Hotel, which has been pending for several months, was completed last weekend, and the new owners take posses-sion in December. The price was not revealed, though it was reported to have been about $150,000. The purchasers are W.R. Campbell and B.E. Breakwell, both of Vancouver, and they aquire the property from Con Whelan.

LIFE & TIMES

Before the attempted take-over of their culture by various churches and governments, First Nations celebrated in win-ter, but there was no such thing as Christmas.

“A long time ago, it was re-ally Christmas all winter time,” says Louis Thomas, a member of the Neskonlith First Nation. “People would go back into their winter homes – kekulis.”

While they spent summers travelling a broad territory, gathering plants and seeds, � shing and hunting, when the cold arrived, large family units would build their kekulis to-gether.

The temporary villages could run anywhere from 20 to 30 winter homes.

“There was a lot of visiting back and forth to relieve the boredom,” says Thomas, son of late elder Mary Thomas. “I think the kids didn’t really take part, but there was always dancing, storytelling and drum-ming at night – especially the “chip-tek-wi-la” (legends).”

Thomas says all the legends had a moral to them and were told to children time and time again as part of their training.

“Nobody laughed at some-one else, they all laughed to-gether,” he says, pointing out he believes it would have been much the same in the kekulis,

“I believe that was what it was like in the winter homes; that grandmothers would al-ways sneak treats to the kids,” laughs Thomas. “My mom always talked about how the grandmothers would always sneak some extra goodies while the kids were listening to the legends and watching drumming, dancing and sing-

ing.”Winter houses were dug into

the earth for warmth, with a roof of branches and a hole in the centre for egress for the men and escape for the smoke from the � re located in the cen-tre of the � oor.

Earthen benches for sitting and sleeping ringed the dwell-ing and it was here that chil-dren would lie, listening to the stories and watching the shad-ows of the singers and dancers.

“The kids would be nestled in nice warm beds of animal furs – beaver, bear, muskrat – and watching the eerie glow of � relight,” he says. “It must have been a sight to see, espe-cially the dancing.”

Most of the stories were about the Coyote, because he was the real trickster, a charac-ter, but one who always righted wrongs, says Thomas.

In one legend, Coyote sees Fox taking out his eyes and juggling them. He thinks it is fun and mimics the fox, only to have a raven � y by and steal his eyes.

Coyote begins scrambling around blindly looking for his eyes, but has to settle for two rose berries.

“That’s why today he has red eyes and can’t see so well,” laughs Thomas. “The moral to that is just because you see something, it doesn’t mean you can do it.”

Many First Nations stories are based around the arrival of times or things – St 7ek (sound-ing a bit like “that-talmoo”) de-notes the coming of the people.

Sometimes in the warmth of the kekuli, men would start tell-ing about their hunting feats, which were dramatized with pantomime, Thomas adds. And sometimes those feats became part of a dance.

“For example, if they had fought a bear, it was a real feat to kill a bear,” he says. “You be-came a ‘mighty hunter. Imag-ine kids going to sleep dream-ing of becoming that.”

Sometimes a professional storyteller would show up, having travelled as far south as the Washington area, east to Alberta and Saskatchewan and to Northern B.C., collecting stories from other First Nation groups.

“He’d gather up the tales and he was given food, clothing and a bed for as long as he stayed,” Thomas says, pointing out the last professional storyteller to visit the Neskonlith was while his grandmother was alive. “He had his little boy with him; always carried him over his shoulder. He spent two or three nights with them.”

Thomas says his grandmoth-er, who was born in 1889, was the last Neskonlith to live in a winter house in Chase, west of the tracks near the Thompson River.

Like most other First Nations people, Thomas and his family celebrate Christian Christmas.

“We adopted the traditions. It was all about kids and I think that is why they readily ac-cepted it,” he says. “That is our culture – looking after the kids.”

After the band had accepted

the Roman Catholic tradition and celebrated Christmas, they did so in style.

“Every Christmas, the band would give everyone mon-ey from ‘the big R,’” laughs Thomas of the the ‘big rent’ money the radio station paid to have their towers on band land. “There was $500 for toys and $500 for a community dinner in the old log house. It was fun.”

Thomas grew up knowing the Secwepemc language but a lack of practice has made him rusty and he is working on the Voice of the Shuswap to bring back some of the Shuswap tra-ditions.

“We’re losing the language, but there is a slow revival,” he says. “Over the last decade, a number of carols have been translated into Secwepemc.”

Thomas has also modi� ed and shortened some of the leg-ends for his daughters, Chris-tine and Emily, to share on the radio.

And every year, he takes Christina and Emily to � nd a perfect tree in the bush.

“It’s part of tradition, tromp-ing about in the snow,” he laughs. And instead of the salmon, bannock, berries and � r tree sweetener of earlier times, Thomas and his girls look forward to a turkey dinner with all the trimmings

Season: Neskonlith band member Louis Thomas stands outside a kekuli at the Switzmalph Interpretive Centre.

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Dear: Santa. iv ben a god boy thes year. and for christ mas i would like a ice hockey stick. and a Hacky sack. and a wii u. and back ops Ghosts for xbox. and wacky band. and cool eraers. and cool pensils.thank you Santa. love: Owen

Hi santa , this year I would enjoy having “headphones” I have been a good boy this year. How are the reindeer and elves doing? And is Mrs. claus baking some good cookies? I would also like an All Blacks rugby ball player. I hope your doing well and having fun. Is it hard getting all the presents to people. I would really likeGTA4 (grand theft auto 5!) have great christmas.

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Dear SantaI would like a man that comes with a chainsaw. If he knew how to cook that would be great too! Also a new roof. Thanks for all the great presents over the years!Jen

Dear SantaMay I please have a gumball machine, a skateboard and a tool set. Please remember my little sister Kaela. Merry Christmas!Love, JustinP.S. i hope Your reindeer are doing well.

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Dear Santa,I have been a busy & good boy this year. I am going to preschool. Please bring a Buzz Lightyear like in Toy Story. Thank youLeith

Dear Sata:Are the elves woking hard Santa. and how are you doing Santa? thank you for the 2DS last year. Could you please bring me a swopfors character Please? I have some cookies for your trip and milk o and carrots for your reindeer. can you bing my sistr a magic character and it’s from Swopfors.From Spencer Gr. 2

Dear Santa:Are the reinder well? Have you had a vacation? Thank you for the pellet gun. I would really like a skateboard. My mom would really like a truck. Merry Christmas!Love, Dawson Gr. 2

Dear Santa;How are you Santa? I like your reindeer. Thank you Santa. You are a oliat santa I like you I would really like a Zoomer Olense. Can you bring my sister Mee Mi oven. Have a Merry Christmas Santa.Mara Gr. 2

Dear Santa:How are the reindeer and how are the elvs Santa? your elves make history and yor for Christmas I would like some books please. Could you get my sister a Jewellery Box please? p.s. Merry Christmas Santa!Love, Julianna Gr. 2

Dear Santa:How do your elves make toys? They are really good at making toys. I love your toys. Thank you for making a good Christmas I love you Santa.

Will you please bring me a remote control airplane? I woud really like that. Will you please give my friend Milana a hockey movie?Love, Moah Gr. 2

Dear Santa:How are your reindeer and elves doing? Santa and Mrs. Claus, thank you for the toys last year. I would really like a puppy please and can I have earrings for my Mom? My Dad would like a new. tool box. Merry Christmas!Love, Lucas Gr. 2

Dear Santa,How are you doing Santa and The reindeer? Thank you. You are The best! I would really like a remote control car. Can you please get Milana a Barbie? I hope you will have a good Time. Thank you for the Toy chainsaw.Love, Mason Gr. 2

Dear Santa:Are the elves busy? Thank you for the toy’s last year! Could you please bring me a kitten? Could you please bring Aiden some new skates?Love. Ethan Gr. 2P.S. Have a Holly jolly xmas!

Dear Santa:I hope you’re having a good time making the toys with the elves. Thank you for the art kit. Could you please bring me an i-pod and could you please get a warm blanket for my mother? I hope your trip is fun. Merry Christmas.Vanessa Gr. 2

Dear Santa:I hope you’re having fun. You are probably busy. Thank you for the stuf in my stocking last year. Could you please bring me a lego Hobbit set? Could you please being my friend a skate board. I will leave you

some cookies and some carrots. Merry Christmas.Love Evan Gr. 2P.S. Make sure you leave some thing for my cat and dog.

Dear Santa:How are the reindeer. I hope you’re not sick. Please bring me a pretty bunkbed. Please bring my Grandma her same hairdo. I hope your reindeer did not twist their ankles. I hope Mrs.-Claus does not have a cold. You are the best, Santa. You are the best, Mrs. Claus.Love, Jesse Gr. 2

Dear Santa:Are the elves working hard up at the North pole Thank you for making the toys for me Santa can you get me some binoculars and my brother would really like a monster truck. I hope you have a safe

trip. Have a merry Christmas!Love, your friend,Damon Gr. 2Dear SantaI would like a1. CD player.2. a humongous gumball machine. I think thats all I want for christmas infact i ollredy sent a letr. I hope you haf a good time. From Maxine

Dear Santa:Ai want a xbox one, with skylanders swap force, ipod touch, prank kit, gum ball machine, lots of lego.I hope christmas is good for

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Dear SantaI Would like1.) whole gironimo stilton series please.2.) these are the movies i would Like frozen, monsters university. please Santa.3.) I Would Really like 3 animal sweaters.4.) I would really appreciate the Blingles pack.5.) and i Would love to have orbeez.I hope that you will have a good Christmas. and I will try and leave you some cookies and milk!Merry ChristmasFrom: Morgayn Age: 8

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Dear Santa:How are you and Mrs. Claus? Thank you Santa for all the toys you give me. Can you please bring me a doll? Can you please � ll my panda stocking? Merry Christmas, Santa.Your friend,Payton P.s. Have fun, Santa!

Dear SantaI would like1. some craft stuff2. some kits to do stuff3. Books. Lots of books because I really like books4. 1,000 stickers for girls5. Owl magazine and kids magazineshow do you make the toys?What kind of cookies do you like? Love: DevynAge: 8

Dear Santa1. huge gumball mushena2. IPod cace + a DS3. CD + radyo4. hair ecsesorys5. crafts, bag of candy6. Lego and � ends7. halPalish, a new dress8. Amrickindole9. Spi kit for Girls10. have a Merry Chirmess and a good trip.From Maia

Dear SantaDo you have 8 reindeer? I am wondering if your sleigh is red?

This year I’ve been pretty good and I would like to get a teddy bear for Christmas. and a 3DS. Please.I’ll leave you some cookiesFrom JeffreyAge 5

Dear SantaCan I please have an Ipod for Christmas?, my Dad says I can’t but I thought I would ask you instead. I would really like some Lego ninja.I will leave you lots of food if I have any leftovers and a carrot for your reindeer. Love Caleb, age 5

Dear Santa,How many cookies do you eat in a year ? I bet its a lot... I like cookies too.For Christmas I would love some more hot wheels cars, and some trains...Hope you and the Reindeer are doing well.Brendan, age 5

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fairy dolls.I will leave you a healthy snack... Rooney the elf is do-ing great at our house. He’s been up to mischief like using socks as sleeping bags.Bye Bye SantaPaige, age 5

Dear santa, I would like a lego RC train, a lego RC plane, a � at screen TV an RC boat, and an RC plane. A Lego farry and a Lego Lone Ranjer trane., a Lego crooz ship. I hope you don’t crash with all the toyes and you and your randear. I, Connor, will leyv some dea-lishis cookys. Ourr villege hase you an hous, so go to the villeg and look. Love, Connor age 7.

Dear SantaI would really like to get an american doll with a guitar and puppy. I hope that you have a merry Christmas.Santa your the best.From AngelAge 8 1/2

Letters to Santa Dear Santa;On Christmas eve I will be leaving a carrot for each of

your reindeer.I would like remote control monster truck. I have been

trying really hard at School to get a green light everyday. I’ll

see you next ChristmasLove Lucage: 5


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Getting a few days off at Christmas is something everyone looks forward to and the Salmon Arm Silver-Backs are no different.

Recent success on the ice makes the hiatus a bit inconvenient though and the coaching staff is aware of other temp-tations players face at home that can make the time off a tad concern-ing.

The SilverBacks’ leading scorer, Landon Smith, landed a BCHL player of the week nod on Dec. 16 and the team took five of six points from division oppo-nents in games from Dec. 10 to 15.

Still, despite the mo-mentum, ’Backs goalie Adam Clark knows having the ability to re-set the mind and recon-nect with loved ones is a key part of the season.

“I think it’s important to take a couple days off and enjoy your fam-ily and company,” said Clark.

The native of Ed-monton will forego the chilly climes of north-ern Alberta and head to Jamaica for Christmas.

SilverBacks associ-

ate head coach Brandon West says he and the coaching staff trust their players to behave them-selves and be ready to skate when they return.

“Our message is al-ways, ‘be safe, be smart and be responsible,’” said West. “We want

to make sure our guys enjoy the holiday break, get their minds off the game but are also taking care of themselves.

“They need the down time to get back to be-ing a kid.”

West says the fitness foundation they’ve es-tablished for their play-ers has kept them in the race in the ultra-com-petitive Island Division and also instilled good habits in the players that they’ll carry on, even when unsupervised.

“Our guys are in tre-mendous shape; one of our assistant coaches, Kevin Kraus, has done a fantastic job,” said West. “He’s in the gym with them every day. We can tell, late in games, we still have the energy. We’re still in the race in the standings be-cause of our condition-ing.

“It’s a credit to Kevin but the players as well.”

Clark agrees he and his teammates have proven they won’t slack off and simply belly up to the buffet when they’re home for the holidays.

“Absolutely, we have a group of guys that are trustworthy and ac-countable,” said Clark.

“That’s been a big word for us, account-ability. It’s credit to our coaching staff. After Christmas, we’re going to hit the ground run-ning and be ready for the last stretch.”

Most of the play-ers were planning to catch flights home and head to their families on Dec. 23. But before the festivities could be-gin, there was the mat-ter of two more impor-

tant games with a visit to Merritt Dec. 20 and a home game against Powell River Dec. 22 (past Observer dead-lines).

“For sure it’s tough, seeing other teams and other guys home

already,” said Clark. “You’ve got to be care-ful to focus on the game at hand and not worry about Christmas break and all the fun.”

West knows the time at home will go by quickly for the play-

ers but he also knows they’ll conduct them-selves properly.

“They’re only go-ing to get eight days at home; we’ll make sure they’re in the gym a few days while they’re home. Most guys are

pretty good about going to the gym anyway.”

The SilverBacks start off the new year by hosting the Nanaimo Clippers on Friday, Jan. 3 and the Merritt Cen-tennials on Saturday, Jan. 4.

SportsFitness key to SilverBacks’ successChristmas break: Players to take eight days off, return to host Nanaimo Clippers Jan. 3.

Early days: Memphis Gervais, Dylan Eckland and Ethan Senger watch as Salmon Arm SilverBack Bryden Marsh, from Salmon Arm, signs an autograph for Tristen Bailey dur-ing a Meet The SilverBacks event held back in January of this year.

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The Shuswap Trail-Rider is now available for anyone to book for assisted use of Shus-wap Trails.

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You will need at least two people to join you (your sherpas). Ideal for group walks and hikes.

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Skiing by lantern lightLarch Hills Nordic Skiers present a Lantern Ski on Dec. 28 from 5 to 9 p.m. Bring your own mugs for a hot drink and baking to share at the chalet. Proceeds, after expenses, will be shared between the Larch Hills Nordic Society and Second Harvest Food Bank. Your non-perishable food bank donations will be gratefully accepted at the chalet on Dec. 28. For more information, go to www.skilarchhills.ca.

Salty Dog registration2014 Salty Dog Mountain Bike Race online registration opens Saturday, Jan 11 at midnight B.C. time. So, stay up late on Friday the 10th and don’t miss out. Sign up on zone4.ca. This year’s race date is Sunday, May 11.

Two on two curlingA Two on Two Spiel is set for Friday, Dec. 27 at the Salmon Arm Curling Club. Cost is $20 per person. For more information, go to www.salmonarmcurlingclub.com.

Winning bridgeDec. 15: Sunday Duplicate - 1. Gerry Chat-elain and Dan Quilty; 2. Lynne Storey and John Parton; 3. Orville Cooper and Geoff Collins; 4. Peggy Petersen and Nan McAdam. Dec. 17: 1. Ona Bouchard & Jim McLean, Tied for 2nd - Tom McNie & David Peterson and Ruth Embree & Steve Raffel.

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ARTS & EVENTS

There’s music in him, and Ian Wickett has been sharing it at St. John’s An-

glican Church for 37 years.Wickett was born in Victoria to a musical

family.He began taking piano lessons at the age

of seven and was playing for the Sunday school in a Parksville church by the time he was 14.

“I think I was put in them rather than choosing, although I probably would have wanted to play anyway,” he says. “It’s just something we did.”

Wickett’s father played both piano and organ and his grandfather was an organ-ist in a church in Torquay, England before moving to Victoria, where he taught music at the normal school.

While Wickett enjoyed taking piano les-sons, practising was another story.

“As a young person I was supposed to, but hey, I was a young boy,” laughs the self-deprecating businessman. “The qual-ity would be way higher if I did; it’s not dreadful but it’s not good.”

Nevertheless, when he was 16, Wickett took over playing the organ at a church in French Creek, located between Parksville and Qualicum Beach on Vancouver Island.

“When the organist at St. Anne’s quit, my father said, ‘Why don’t you go play there?’ So I did.”

There’s an enviable air of nonchalance in Wickett’s description of the event, particu-larly since he did not play the organ.

“Not really, no, not too badly,” he replies when asked if the notion to play the organ for a congregation scared him when he had no previous experience. “You can take courses, I guess, or you can just learn it. I thought it was � ne.”

Wickett explains the organ is more com-plicated and technique quite different from

playing a piano.“You don’t have sustained pedal

like a piano, so if you want a sus-tained note you have to hold the key,” he says. “I got lots of tips from my fa-ther as time went on, on technique.”

Wickett says he has played on and off over the years, years that in-cluded a sojourn at the University of Victoria and a 10-year career with CIBC.

“When I was the manager of a branch in Fraser Lake, I played for the services there,” he says, bringing to mind his encounter with an “interesting” pump organ located in the unheated church.

“You had to be careful, because the reeds are held on with wax and quite brittle,” he says. “So when it’s cold, so you have to pump air gently through them until they are warmed up.”

Wickett brought his love of music to the Shuswap when he purchased the Salmon Arm Observer and moved his family to Salmon Arm.

“I like music; I like the beauty of it, I like the harmony and I like the making of it,” he says, noting he likes to be able to cre-ate those sounds and plays the recorder for those reasons.

Wickett says he is attracted to the disci-pline and almost meditative quality of play-ing piano.

“I can go play music for about an hour and feel quite refreshed,” he says. “Playing in church is much more complex, it’s like theatre production – all the interweaving of the music and the words and the action. It all has to come together.”

And when it does come together, and the congregation joins in, it adds a new dimen-sion to the service, he says.

When he isn’t playing music, Wickett has music playing most of the time – pri-marily classical.

His favourite composers are mid-1700s

types – George Frederic Handel, Georg Philipp Telemann, Arcangelo Corelli, Josef Haydn and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

“I like the harmonies, the rhythms, the patterns of the multi-movement pieces, the quick and slow movements,” he says.

Although he � gures people can usually do things if they set their mind to them, Wickett has no interest in exploring har-monies, rhythms and patterns of his own making.

“I’ve never had anything compelling that made me want to do it,” he says. “Another set of techniques that I don’t have right now that I’d have to learn.”

In terms of being familiar with a wide

range of sacred music, Wickett Business Services owner says he is quite familiar with many pieces that are played in church, but many with which he is not yet familiar.

Always agreeable to learning new mate-rial, Wickett says he particularly likes the church festival seasons, such as Christmas and Easter – and particularly likes it when people sing.

On Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Sundays to come, Wickett will be up in the gallery playing the organ to enhance the Anglican order of service – something he plans to do for as long as the church is pre-pared to have him there and as long as he is healthy.


Church offering: Organist Ian Wickett plays the organ in the loft of St. John’s Anglican Church, something he has done to enhance worship for close to 40 years.

“You don’t have sustained pedal like a piano, so if you want a sus-tained note you have to hold the key,” he says. “I got lots of tips from my fa-ther as time went on, on technique.”

Wickett says he has played on and off over the years, years that in-cluded a sojourn at the University of Victoria and a 10-year career

“When I was the manager of a branch in Fraser Lake, I played for the services there,” he says, bringing to mind his encounter with an “interesting” pump organ located in the unheated church.

“You had to be careful, because the reeds are held on with wax and quite brittle,” he says. “So when it’s cold, so you have to pump air gently through them until they are warmed up.”

Wickett brought his love of music to the Shuswap when he purchased the Salmon

and moved his family to

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Canada’s Dr. Norman Bethune is best known as a hero in the People’s Republic of China and for his impact on Sino-Canadian relations, according to Library and Archives Canada. The online site also claims Bethune gained a reputation as a gifted surgeon, an inventor, a political activist and an early proponent of a universal health-care system.

But in 12 years of research that included scouring obscure ar-chives in Canada, Great Britain and the U.S., and interviewing people who knew Bethune, lo-cal author and psychol-ogy professor David Lethbridge discovered little-known details about Canada’s famous doctor, who was also an accomplished artist.

These compelling details are included in Lethbridge’s new book, Norman Bethune in Spain.

“It is a psychobiog-raphy, a biography of Bethune from a psycho-logical point of view,” says Lethbridge, who is proud of his book that contains facts he says other people missed when they did the re-search.

“I found diaries that had been written at the time by people who had encountered Bethune,” says Lethbridge.

One of the things Lethbridge discov-ered was that not only did Bethune transfuse blood from person to person, but was able to take blood from cadav-ers on the Spanish war front and transfuse it to wounded soldiers.

“He was responsible for thousands of saved lives – some scholars have said his transfu-sions were responsible for 80 per cent of all transfusions during the (Spanish Civil) war,” he says. “I wouldn’t have known it if I hadn’t fol-lowed an obscure little lead from a digital copy of a very small hand-

written note by Dr. Her-man Muller, a Nobel prize winner for genetic research.”

Another aspect of the complex man Leth-bridge uncovered was his traumatic childhood.

Bethune referred to his mother as a dragon, says Lethbridge, and the many paintings of dragons he created fea-tured a dragon holding small, naked children by the neck.

“When he thought he was dying, he created a mural in a circle; his cir-cle of his life all around a room,” Lethbridge says. “The very � rst picture which he titles “womb and fetus,” shows a dark black circle with a little fetal Bethune – a dark unpleasant cave – and in the womb, tearing at

him, was this red drag-on.”

Lethbridge says other biographies describing Bethune’s parents as supportive and nurtur-ing are not accurate and that Bethune suffered ir-reparably from his early upbringing.

Bethune visited the Shuswap in 1937 dur-ing his cross-Canada tour and while he also appeared in Vernon and Kelowna, the biggest draw was in Salmon Arm.

“They had to put big speakers outside to ac-commodate people who couldn’t get into the hall,” Lethbridge says.

Lethbridge earned his bachelor and master’s degrees in psychology in Montreal, and his PhD at the University of Regina.

A professor at Okana-gan College, he says the Salmon Arm campus is committed to offer-ing variety of evening courses so people who work during the day could advance beyond high school with intro-ductory courses.

Another bene� t, he says, is the less-threat-ening environment with smaller classes and am-ple one-on-one help.

“The kind of courses we teach are the same courses that are offered at UBC or McGill,

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TUESDAY, DEC. 24CHRISTMAS EVE – Lakeside Community Church hosts a Festival of

Lessons, Carols and Candles from 6 to 7 p.m. at 371 Hudson Ave NE. Enter at the back of the building between Hudson Avenue and the downtown branch of SASCU. For more information, email [email protected], or phone 250-832-9142.

TUESDAY, DEC. 31FUN NIGHT – Five Corners Church hosts a New Year’s Eve Family Night

with tobogganing, hot chocolate and a bon� re from 5 to 8 p.m., indoor family games from 8 to 10 p.m., and a worship service from 10 p.m. to midnight. Everyone is welcome to attend part or all of the event. For more information, call 250-832-3121.

SATURDAY, JAN. 4SILVER SCREEN – Shuswap Film Society presents Haute Cuisine, a

“tasteful” comedy about Hortense, who becomes chef to the president of France. Screens at 5 p.m. at the Salmar Classic Theatre. Subtitles.

TUESDAY, JAN. 7BEST FOR BABES – The Healthiest Babies Possible program resumes with

Mom and Baby Care at Harbourfront Chiropractic; Jan. 14 – Public Health – Safe Sleep; Jan. 21 – Movie day at Salmar Grand; Jan. 28 – Homemade play dough. For times, call Trish Johnson, pregnancy outreach program co-ordinator at the Shuswap Family Resource Centre, at 250-832-2170, ext. 205.

FRIDAY, JAN. 10 SYMPHONY – Kamloops Symphony presents The Magic of Vienna at 7:30

p.m. at the SASCU Rec Centre. For more information, email [email protected], or visit kamloopssymphony.com. Youth can get special reduced ShuGo tickets at the Arts Centre on Hudson Avenue.

SILVER SCREEN – The Shuswap Film Society presents Dallas Buyer’s Club, from the true story of a Texas man who is HIV positive and undertakes a search for alternative treatments. This is a seven-day run and the Jan 10 and 11 showings will feature door prizes. The movie runs at 7:30 p.m. at the Salmar Classic.

FRIDAY, JAN. 17 COFFEE HOUSE – The Salmon Arm Coffee House takes place at Little

Mountain Field House, 250 – 30th Street SE. A tune or a toonie gets you in the door. All ages welcome. For more information, call Gerri at 250-833-4024 or Connie at 250-832-8088.

SATURDAY, JAN. 18 SILVER SCREEN – The Shuswap Film Society presents All is Lost, an

adventure drama about a man who wakes to � nd his yacht is taking on water, at 5 p.m. at the Salmar Classic.

FRIDAY, JAN. 24

SAGA – The Salmon Arm Art Gallery presents “Shuswap Artists,” the annual juried members’ exhibition. The opening reception takes place at 7 p.m. with live music and refreshments. The exhibition runs to March 1.

SATURDAY, FEB. 8

LIVE AT THE MET – The Metropolitan Opera: Live in HD presents Dvorak’s Rusalka at the Salmar Classic Theatre on Alexander at 9:55 a.m. For more information, visit salmartheatre.com. Youth can get special reduced ShuGo tickets at the Arts Centre on Hudson Avenue.

TUESDAY, FEB. 11 ART CARDS – Salmon Arm Art Gallery presents an Artist Trading Card

make-and-trade session, 3 to 4 p.m. Everyone is welcome.

THURSDAY, FEB. 20 COFFEE BREAK – Salmon Arm Art Gallery presents Coffee Break, with free

coffee and fresh baked cookies from 2 to 4 p.m.

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Time OuTARIES (March 21-April 19): Just when you wanted to cuddle and spend some quality time around your loved ones, a not-so-planned incident will likely change your plans entirely. Emotional outburst will be on the menu, as you cannot rely on anyone. Keep the warrior in you under tight reigns.TAURUS (April 20-May 20): A long introspective season has arrived for you. You will submerge into deep reflective waters speculative your own being. Unlike others, your resistance is stronger so, don’t overstrain yourself with a fitness regimen. Stay away from heavy machinery.GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You are renowned to be successful at multi-tasking. This week, your multitasking skill won’t work for you. Trying to satisfy everyone’s unpredictable personality and at the same time, would simply be a major faux pas on your behalf. Keep a low social profile.CANCER (June 21-July 22): You may be in the middle of preparations for a warm home get-together. In fact, you may want to splurge all that effort more judiciously and direct it mainly towards yourself. This season’s festivities will be anything but warm and more like an icicle gala. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Don’t let your family linkage, especially with your cousins or in-laws become an outlaw affair. Everyone seems to have a mind of their own and everyone is in fact, entitled to their own personal opinion. Don’t waste your time with petty justifications. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): This is your week of mayhem where your finances are concerned. You may want to be extra vigilant in your entire gift preparation process. As generous and as considerate as you usually are, make sure that your own earnings don’t suffer as a consequence.LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Welcome to domestic

mayhem. Just when you thought you would be spending a couple of tranquil hours in the company of your family members and your sweetheart, you end up stirring a boiling pot. Harmony is scarce.SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You will feel overly reactive and defensive to what you hear. Your mind and your tongue will be your main weapons of protection this week. Don’t bite off more than you can chew and instead, release your anger in a more objective ways. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Keep your temper in check as you may encounter some conflict of interests with one of your beloved friends. It is also possible that a child’s unexpected behaviour will take you off guard. A loved one could swipe you off your feet, but not in a romantic sense. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Circumstances at home may not reflect such a merry ambiance reception to your guests or you may feel drained from all that is asked of you this week. You may feel that others are too demanding or over domineering, not giving you sufficient space to breath.AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Your mind is just like a hamster inside a wheel. Trust your reason without doubting in your faith. Be careful with what you have to share with your closest siblings. Personal liberation comes at a high cost, but you are still willing to pay it. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): As cautious as you promised yourself to be in regards to your personal resources and earnings, you will encounter a few scary moments that will give you grey hairs. On your holiday list, do expect an unforeseen expenditure or a dispute over money.

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RememberingWaves rolling repeatedly,

wash in my brain,Songs upon songs, bring me your name.

Th e heat of the sun on my face,shoulders, legs,

Remind me of beaches and forests, and fi elds full of games.

You’re missed in all these places and know,Five years, ten years, many, many years, it doesn’t matter,

Many hearts will always hold you close,And mind will surely miss you the most

…so it goes.

Dirk Uwe KiySeptember 13, 1954 - December 15, 2008

Still dreaming of summer……don’t worry,

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HappybirthdayTammy –Dec. 29th.

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Phyllis Ellen MacArthur passed away in Shuswap Lake General Hospital on Wednesday, December 11, 2013 at the age of 87 years.

A celebration of life ser-vice and reception will be held in the Mountainside room at Bowers Funeral Home on Saturday after-noon, December 28th at 1 p.m. with Jack Bowers the celebrant.

Phyllis was daughter of the late Harry and Marga-ret Reedman, pioneers of Blind Bay. She was bornat home in Blind Bay on February 13, 1926, andraised in the Bay. Phyllis married Duncan MacAr-thur in 1948. They both kept active in Blind Bay, she was an avid gardener, enjoyed badminton, bowling,horse shoes, soft ball, golf and was a good poolplayer, enjoying beating the men. They resided on the land that is now MacArthur Heights prior to moving into Salmon Arm in the mid 1990’s. In heryounger years she worked on the war planes asa riveter, and then for Canadian Imperial Bank ofCommerce, in Kelowna as well in Salmon Arm, the original bank building next to Salmar Classic.

Predeceased by her husband, Dunc on February 22, 1999 and sister Connie Jones. She leavesher loving and dedicated family; daughters, Janice (Eugene) Goll of Vernon, Lynn (Sandy) Blair of Arm-strong, and son, Jack (Gerry) MacArthur of BlindBay; 8 grandchildren, Kyla, Natasha, Tyler, Cara,Ryan, Gillian, Travis and Darren; and 7 great grand-children.

The family would like to thank Dr. Mark Lourensand the hospital staff for the loving care they gaveour mother in her final days.

In lieu of flowers memorial donations in memo-ry of Phyllis may be sent to the Heart and Stroke Foundation or the Hospital Foundation, PO Box265, Salmon Arm, BC VIE 4N3

On lines condolences may be sent to Phyllis’s obituary at www.bowersfuneralservice.com

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

PHYLLIS ELLEN MacARTHUR1926 - 2013

We are deeply saddened to announce the passing of Vera Caroline Tweed at Shuswap Lake General Hospital, Salmon Arm, BC on December 2, 2013, at the age of 92.

Vera was born on February 3, 1921 in Caroline, Alberta. She lived in several different towns before settling in Salmon Arm. She worked for many years for the RCMP Salmon Arm detachment as a matron, as well as a lunch time supervisor at Bastion Elementary. After she FINALLY retired, she spent most mornings and lunches at Carri’s restaurant, having coffee with her friends. She was a kind and loving, wife, mom, grandma and friend who put everyone else before her.

She is survived by her husband of many years, Omar, daughter

Pat (Don) Hindbo, grandchildren, Coady (Beth), Brandon (Kate), Sarah (Jeremy) and great-grandchildren, Wyatt, Lane and Finn, as well as brother Walter (Dorothy).

There will be no service at Vera’s’ request. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Variety Children’s Charity.

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

VERA TWEEDJune Griswold graceful-

ly passed away in the ear-ly morning of December 10, 2013 in Salmon Arm at the Shuswap Lake Gener-al Hospital. Her daughter, Julia Armstrong was by her side during her last hour. June’s bright mind to the very end was most remarkable.

June was born on De-cember 1, 1926 in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho to parents in the logging industry. Her father logged withhorses and hired a large crew. Her mother was a camp cook for these men. They moved to severaldifferent locations throughout Idaho, Washington and Oregon.

In January 1952, June met a handsome younglogger, Harry Griswold in Oregon. One month lat-er they were married on February 24, 1952. Theirmarriage of 54 years included adventure, travellingand homesteading in the Kootenays.

Their first daughter, Julia was born one year later,followed by Nola two years after. Both girls grew up learning practical skills on the homestead whichwere very beneficial in their lives. Farming and log-ging with horses, gardening and tending the live-stock were a daily part of life on the homestead.

While living near Kaslo for nearly 37 years, Junebecame very involved with the Kootenay Lake His-torical Society and became instrumental in making the SS Moyie in Kaslo a heritage site.

June and Harry moved to the Shuswap in 1990to be closer to their daughters. June quickly got involved in the Pioneer Power Club. Many peoplewill remember her display of logging history pic-tures which she showed in connection with Harry’s miniature logging equipment.

June got more and more involved with the com-munity. She put a lot of energy into the local Seed Savers event which grew from about 40 people toover 800 in later years. One of her regrets in her last hour of life was that she would be missing the next Seed Savers event which would mark the 20th anniversary.

June was also a stalwart supporter of the Salmon Arm Community Band. She did the advertising for the concerts, write-ups for newspapers, created adisplay board about the Band and collected dona-tions at the concerts. Just one week before she passed away she attended one of the band prac-tices. To her delight, the band sang Happy Birthdayto her.

Fall Fair was always a busy time for June. Sheorganized the Active Artisan Barn and even addedorganizing Memory Lane last year. She also volun-teered at many events at the Haney Heritage Vil-lage.

All her efforts were recognized in 2010 when shereceived the Kay Braby Community Spirit Award atthe Women of the Year event staged by the Womenin Business of Salmon Arm.

June leaves behind many grieving family mem-bers including her daughters Julia Armstrong andNola Kotow (Ken); grandchildren: Lena Armstrong,Della Castillo (Omar), Donna Mongrain (Eric), and Ryan Bennett; great grandchildren: Matthew andCorey Mongrain.

A Celebration of June’s Life will be held in thespring 2014 with the date to be announced later.In lieu of flowers, consider a donation to the HaneyHeritage Museum, Enderby Museum or the SS Mo-yie in Kaslo.

Arrangements entrusted to Fischer’s Funeral Services & Crematorium Ltd., Salmon Arm, (250)833-1129. Email condolences and share memoriesthrough June’s obituary at www.fischersfuenralser-vices.com.

June always put others before herself. She lovedpeople of all ages and has many friends both local-ly and internationally. Her passing has left a largewhole in the lives of all those she touched with hergentle persistent ways, bright blue eyes and keen mind.

GRISWOLD, JUNE

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Ronald Hudson Turner was born in Salmon Arm on August 16. 1913. He died after a short illness in the Shuswap Lake Hospi-tal on December 9, 2013 at the age of 100 years and 115 days.

Ronald (Ronnie) was the third of four children born to Robert and Maude (McGuire) Turner. Edward ,Marjorie and Alexander (Sandy) all predeceased him. The mother of his children, June Johnson (Gillis) died in December, 1999. Left to enjoy the wonderful memories of this amazing man are his children, Robert & (Ev-elyn) (Stewart), Glenna &(Gary Thors), and Janice & (John Grave)., three grandchildren, Michael , Mi-chelle and Shannon and three great grandchildren, Hayden, Emily and Malaya. He is also survived by life long friend, Norah McDiamid and will be missed by nieces, Patricia, Jennifer, Pat and Tere-sa and their families who made regular trips from afar to visit him He was one of the two remaining grandsons of Sarah Agnes Hudson and Alexander McGuire. Cousin, George McGuire at 98 years, lives in Victoria.

Ronnie was born into a home located where the Service B.C. building currently sits, amongst a growing orchard started by his father in 1896. In-cluding the time he was going to school, he spent thirty years working for his father’s company, R. Turner & Sons. It would have been much longer had it not been for the bitter winter of 1949/50 commonly known as the “Big Freeze” which hit the Shuswap orchardists very hard. In 1953 Ron-nie left his fathers dream behind him and started a new chapter in his own life. He became employed by the B.C. Dept. of Hwys in a career that would take him to his retirement in 1975. During his ten-ure with the Dept. of Hwys. he worked in Vernon, Revelstoke ( Rogers Pass) and then to the Fraser Canyon where he stayed for a number of years. In 1964 he was moved to Campbell River and then Gold River where he loved to go fishing in Nootka Sound. Lake Cowichan was the next stop and then back to the mainland to Honeymoon Creek and fi-nally Langley. Wherever he ended up, he took an intense interest in the local history. After his moth-er, Maude died in 1978, Ronnie moved back to Salmon Arm into the house they had built for her 25 years before. He started planting fruit trees again and was soon back to what he loved best, tending to his little orchard. He was fondly referred to as “the Plum Man”. Nothing fancy; weigh your fruit on a 100 year old scale, put your money in an old tobacco can. This carried on right up until the last Italian prune plum was picked for the season 2013.

Ronnie loved to travel and he managed to touch down on every continent but Antartica. His last trip was in 1996 back to his father’s homeland, North-ern Ireland. With only a postcard sent to his family some 90 before from his uncle to go by, he and daughter Glenna, set off to the old country to seek out any relatives that might be still alive there. With very little trouble (thanks to the postcard) they were able to locate his Uncles’ son, another Robert Turn-er. The lines of communication between the fami-lies remains today.

In addition to traveling to far away lands, Ronnie enjoyed hiking, fishing, reading and stamp collect-ing. He made enough jam and jelly from his own fruit to keep all his family supplied and anyone else who happened to be there. He loved to have his grandchildren around and taught them to play crib at a very early age. There was never a family gather without the crib board appearing. The terms “Mor-gan’s Orchard ( two pair) and “You couldn’t stack hay” will ring on in our family for ever.

Ronnie’s Celebration of Life was held at Bowers Funeral Chapel on Saturday December 14, 2013, interment took place at Mount Ida Cemetery.

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The family of George Unrau, while heavy in heart, are happy that their loved one is at home with his heavenly Father. Predeceased by his son Mervin, George will be lovingly remembered by Olive, his wife of 62 years; his sons, Dennis Unrau (Diane) and Brian Unrau (Louise); his daughters, Dianne Mumm (Don) and Marilyn Unrau; his grand-children: Jeremy, Jennifer, Dustin, Rhett, Rachel, and adopted grandson, Sunnee.

Born in 1926 in Blaine Lake, Sask., George wasa great hunter and loved the outdoors. He spentmany years in the logging industry, later had a welldrilling business, and then one of snow plowing and landscaping. Much of his life was dedicatedto helping people and serving his God in tangibleways.

Memorial is set for December 27th, 1:30 p.m. atGlad Tidings Church in Armstrong. In lieu of flow-ers, donations may be made to Hogar de Amor, c/oHope For The Nations, 222-1889 Springfield Rd.,Kelowna, BC, V1Y 5V5.

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GEORGE UNRAUJuly 8, 1926 - December 6, 2013

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Gerdes “Kurt” Frederiksen passed with hissweetheart, Linda Briggs, by his side. Born Oct. 26, 1940 to Karl and Agnes Frederiksen in Edmonton,Alberta. Later moving to Vanderhoof, B.C. wherehis parents owned the Vanderhoof Hotel, he met and married a young Australian girl. Elaine andKurt moved to Australia and had 2 wonderful sons,Bradden and Darren. After a divorce and many years in Australia, he moved to Salmon Arm, B.C. Canada where he met Linda and they were insepa-rable ever since. He will be fondly remembered forhis wit, wisdom and passion for knowledge. Kurt is lovingly remembered by his sons Bradden and Dar-ren (Tracy), grandchildren Aidan, Caleb and Elijah, his sweetheart Linda and her children Marie, Jazz,and Dawn.

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Maurice Jubinville passed away at Shuswap Lake Gen-eral Hospital, Salmon Arm, BC on Sunday, December 8, 2013 at the age of 82 years.

Maurice was born at Lou-sana, Alberta on Novem-ber 2, 1931 and had been a resident of Anglemont since 1992.

Maurice is survived by his wife of 59 years, Marilyn Le-nore; two sons, William Wayne of Anglemont, BC and Brian Maurice of Egmont, BC; grandson, Dar-rell William (Kristi) of Devon, AB and two great-great grandchildren, Jade and Skye. Also surviving are his sisters, Doris Klein of Red Deer and Lucille Paul-son of Didsbury, AB.

A prayer service was from the Chapel of Bow-ers Funeral Home, Salmon Arm, BC on Tuesday, December 17th at 11:00 am with Father George LaGrange OMI officiating. A memorial reception will be held at the Anglemont Community Centre at Wednesday, December 18th at 1:00 pm.

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Homes for RentBeautiful 2 Acre property with cozy wood house. H/W fl oors, 3 levels, large windows, Wood burning stove, Reverse osmo-sis water system, New High Effi ciency W/D, 4 Bdrm 2 Baths 1700 Sq. Ft. $1200 + Util. 604-848-5923

Chase Like new 4Bdrm 3Bath 2 level, lge garage. In town $1300+util close to schools NS NP avail Jan 1 604-542-6224Malakwa-3bdrm home $700 +utils. 2bdrm $600.+utils, 250-836-2928.SALMON ARM- 3 Bdrm+ den, 3 bath, close to Little Mtn. W/D, garage, large yard. N/S. Avail Jan 1 or later. $1350+ utils. 250-832-9869.

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Homes for RentMOBILE home avail. in Ender-by. 2 bed + addit., deck & porch. W/D, NS, NP, 55+ yr. Avail. immed. $675. + DD Cora Prevost RE/MAX (250) 838-0025

SPACIOUS upper fl oor w/3bdrm., 1.5bath, fully fenced yard, 5appl., $1250/mo. incl. util.Avail Jan 1 (250)832-2616

Offi ce/RetailFOR LEASE: Goldpanner Restaurant Located @ Tappen Esso, avail. immediately, for more infor or appointment con-tact Art at 250-835-4585

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Suites, Lower1BDRM HILLCREST: Level entry, util. Wifi and cable incl., laundry, NS, NP, avail. immed. $650/mo. (250)832-20521BDRM. level entry, incl. all util., 5appl., in town, $875/mo. NS, No pets (250)832-67201BDRM. w/o suite, utilities, wi-fi , satellite incl., all appl, 8km from SA $650/mo. (250)832-7809 available January 1st1 bedroom - 1 person. W/D, F/S, utilities. Nonsmoker. No pets. References. Near Field of Dreams. $600/month. 250-832-8099. Dec. 1.2 bdrm 1100sq ft. basement suite. F/S, W/D, DW. Inet/TV + Utils included $1000. Available Dec 1. 250-515-2412.

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Suites, Lower2 BED in Blind Bay, bright open lg. rms., new kitchen with island, 6 appl. close to lake/golf $850. incl util, cable & internet. Ref. req. Avail mid Dec. Text or call 250 682-0110

CLEAN & bright walk-out bachelor suite on small acreage near Club Shuswap. Avail Jan. 1st, F/S, separate entrance. No laundry, N/S. $650/mnth, util. incl. (250)-804-5052

GARDOM Lake: 2bdrm. day-light bsmt. F/S W/D, sat. tv, NS., pets neg., refs req. quiet country suitable for couple or single person, avail. now, $750/mo. incl. util. + DD (250)803-8370

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Suites, LowerLARGE bright 1bdrm, lg kitch-en,W/D partly furnished, lower Raven, incl util & sat, NP, NS, own patio, ref requested. $900. (250)832-3016

Suites, Upper1BDRM suite, close to Uptown Askews & high school incl. util, $675/mo. NS (250)804-0399

Transportation

Auto Financing

Transportation

Auto ServicesWINTER tire change over spe-cial. 4 Change overs & bal-ance $50. Call for appt. (250)835-4632

Cars - Sports & Imports

2004 Chevy Optra, 5spd., 110K, 17” low profi le tires/no winters, blue underglow w/in-terior lights to match, Alpine deck w/10” sub $5000. (250)515-0165

98 Honda Civic 4 dr. Good cond runs well 300,000 kms $3400 OBO 250-832-2919


King’s students score with rescue robot

It’s King’s Christian to the rescue!

Grade 9 students Daniel Roodzant and Jenessa Zappone took first place in the Rescue Challenge category of the eighth annual West-ern Canada RoboCup Junior competition held Nov. 29 at the Kelowna campus of Okanagan College.

Daniel and Jenessa won the challenge with a land rover they built in their robots and rock-etry class.

“It didn’t take too long (to build) but the programming did,” said

Daniel of the project.The 14-year-old says

that although he has en-tered and won at local competitions, this is his first win at a big compe-tition.

“The creations were exceptional,” says Na-dir Ould-Khessal, event organizer and chair of the Electronic Engi-neering department at Okanagan College.

Each winning team received a TELUS Award, comprised of an electronics kit that can be used to build other fun projects while at the same time teaching the students more about electronics and robot-ics.

Daniel becomes ani-mated when describing the robots and rocketry course that begins with robotics programming until mid-November. Next up is building bridges and “stuff with weights,” followed in the new year by spa-ghetti bridge building.

Daniel’s enthusiasm is matched, and more, by teacher Jason Luff, who also teaches math.

“I love it, but I wouldn’t call it teach-ing, I call it guiding,” says Luff. He adds one of the joys of the class is that it teaches the students logic without them realizing they are doing math.

“So, they’re not afraid,” Luff says. “They end up thinking without really thinking.

I have them feeling the logic without the pain of math, in a fun envi-ronment.”


Robo-winners: Daniel Roodzant and Jannessa Zappone are the winners of this year’s Robocup Rescue Challenge.



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