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February 17, 2016 edition of the Salmon Arm ObserverTRANSCRIPT
IndexOpinion ....................... A6View Point .................. A7Life & Times ............... A8Sports................A13-A15Arts & Events ... A16-A19Calendar................... A23Vol. 109, No. 7, 36 pages
This weekSchool District #83 will be exploring the idea of charging parents for bus service. See A10.
Salmon Arm’s only Highland dancer keeps the Celtic tradition going in style. See story on A18.
WednesdayFebruary 17, 2016
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A suspect has been arrested in connection to a Feb. 7 shooting in celista that killed one person and injured two others.
Richard Allen Williams was arrested on Thurs-day and made his first appearance in Kamloops provincial court on Friday afternoon.
evidence presented during the brief hearing is bound by a court-ordered publication ban.
Williams, 59, is facing a raft of serious charges including attempted murder, discharging a firearm with the intent to wound, maim or disfigure, assault with a firearm, aggravated assault and break and enter. charges relating to the fatality have not yet been laid but are ex-pected this week.
After the shooting, which occurred at a residence in celista, police said three men were sent to hospital. Two were reported to be in serious condition and one had minor injuries. One of the men died as a result of his injuries on Thursday, Feb. 11.
“We can confirm that this incident was not a random occurrence and that the individuals in-volved were known to each other,” cpl. dan Moskaluk said.
“We are always concerned for the safety of the general public when incidents such as this occur in our communities; however, as is in many cases such as this one, we can state that the violence seen was not a random act directed at random people.”
The deceased has not been identified. The other two shooting victims have now both been released from hospital.
Response prompts concern: Rebbeca Kaiser and mother Verna Keyworth stand outside the entrance to Shuswap Lake General Hospital’s Emergency Room admitting area.
Rebbeca Kaiser and her mom Verna Keyworth want more than apologies; they want changes to how people are received when they seek help at the hospital.
On the morning of Feb. 1, Kaiser awoke on the grounds of Salmon Arm Secondary’s Jackson campus, cold, dis-oriented and violently ill.
She thinks it was about 6:30 a.m.Once she got her bearings, Kaiser
noticed her roommate lying nearby and tried desperately to revive him.
When she realized her efforts were futile, she headed down the block to the emergency entrance of Shuswap lake General Hospital for help.
“I was still sick and freezing cold; I buzzed the emerg buzzer, someone asked what I needed. I told them I need-ed an ambulance and someone buzzed me in,” says Kaiser, noting a nurse opened a gate that closes off the triage desk at night.
“I told her I needed someone to call an ambulance because my friend was passed out at Jackson, but she told me I had to use the pay phone,” said Kaiser. “I asked where it is and she said around the corner. I said ‘can’t you do it? do I have to use the pay phone?’”
Kaiser says she went to the pay phone, followed by the triage nurse who told her to listen for a dial tone, press zero, then 911.
“I had to talk on the phone, tell them my city, the issue and location,” she
says. “They asked me to go back up to Jackson to show them where the body was.”
“I think it’s BS that someone gets treated this way when they are in dire need of care,” Keyworth adds angrily. “A convenience store clerk would have helped out more… It caused undue stress to the situation that was already stressful.”
As insensitive as the response may seem to Kaiser and Keyworth, Peter du Toit, acute care director of Interior Health’s Thompson-cariboo-Shuswap area, says having Kaiser speak to 911 dispatch herself is not only policy, it is the best way to handle such a situation.
“First of all, I’d like to pass on my
Victim critical of hospital
Shooting results in murder
By Barb BrouwerOBSeRVeR STAFF
Emergency: Officials defend policy regarding 911 phone calls.
LachLan LaBERE/OBSeRVeR
See complaint on page A2
By Tim PetrukKAMlOOPS THIS WeeK
We can confirm that this incident
was not a random occurrence and
that the individuals involved were known
to each other.
Cpl. Dan Moskaluk
RCMP
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condolences; it is an unthinkable and tragic situation for everybody involved,” du Toit said. “But it is important that the best-trained people respond to situations like this.”
He says that rather than relaying vital in-formation secondhand from a person, the 911 dispatchers know what to ask and are the best ones to deal with a situ-ation occurring outside the hospital.
“In terms of the question she’s (Kaiser) asking about how the people responded to her initial request, she needed help, her friend was unconscious in a field and she was very distraught, unhealthy and concerned for her friend,” said du Toit. “She was the best per-son to describe the situ-ation and that’s why we always ask the person to speak to 911 – because we don’t know all that the 911 dispatchers are going to ask.”
Having called 911, a tearful Kaiser says she returned to meet the paramedics and to hear that her friend was dead.
She says he had been wearing sweats, run-ners and a winter coat, but it was open and he had been lying on his back.
Kaiser says she and her roommate had sev-eral drinks at home on Jan. 31 and, after texting with someone several times, he an-nounced at midnight that he was going to the Podollan to meet friends.
“We got to the hotel, had a drink and I can’t remember anything af-ter that; it’s just a big blank,” she says of hav-ing the drink outside behind the Podollan Inn.
“I don’t know what happened. I had a mixed drink, I didn’t taste anything unusual.”
Kaiser says she can’t remember the people she and her friend met and doesn’t know when she and her friend head-ed back through the tunnel onto the Jackson campus field.
Although blood tests at the hospital showed no initial evidence of drugs in her sys-tem, Kaiser suspects she might have been drugged, particularly since both of them passed out in the same
place on a cold night.“They say there are
things that don’t show up (in the blood),” says Keyworth, noting the coroner’s report had still not been released. “But that’s a big ques-tion on everyone’s mind.”
Kaiser says when she returned to the Jackson field, paramedics real-ized she was ill and took her to the hospital by ambulance.
“I was so cold, they couldn’t get the IVs in,” says the 27-year-old who had been wearing sweats, a winter coat and runners.
While Kaiser and Keyworth have high praise for the ER nurs-es, they were shocked and angry the doctor who treated Kaiser didn’t seem to know what was happening.
“The doctor was checking to see if she had the flu or a urinary infection; he didn’t seem to know why she was there. I was so an-gry I made a formal written complaint,” says Keyworth, who received phone calls of-fering apologies from the hospital and from Interior Health in Kam-loops.
In terms of providing assistance beyond the hospital, du Toit says it is not possible to send staff members outside of the facility.
“In terms of how our staff responded, we will look to see if there are any areas for improve-ment to ensure timely and thoughtful support is provided in similar situations,” he added.
Kaiser, meanwhile, is getting grief counsel-ling and support from her family. She remem-bers her roommate as someone who was fun-loving – always laugh-ing, always happy, nev-er had a bad time.
Complaint prompts apology
It’s still not known what led to a fatal mo-tor vehicle accident in Vernon.
On Saturday, Feb. 13 at 5:15 p.m., officers responded to a motor-cycle colliding with an SUV on Highway 97, just north of 48th Av-enue.
“The cause of the accident is still under investigation,” said RCMP Const. Jocelyn Noseworthy.
The incident occurred when a northbound mo-torcycle crossed the centre line and struck a southbound SUV, which went into the ditch. The 43-year-old driver of the motor-cycle, Shawn Jeremy
Lank of Salmon Arm, died at the scene. The 83-year-old man driv-ing the SUV and his 82-year-old female pas-senger sustained non-life-threatening injuries.
Officers are looking at a number of factors and are conducting a mechanical inspection of the motorcycle to determine the possible cause.
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While their first choice is to keep Silver Creek Elementary open, parents in the area are coming up with a contingency plan.
A group of parents is looking into the possibility of opening an independent school should the school district decide to close the doors.
“We are worried, so we want to look at options other than home schooling for parents who want to keep their kids in their com-munity,” said Kristie Clark, pres-ident of the Silver Creek Com-munity Association. Clark was also involved with the school’s Parent Advisory Council, until her son was one of the students forced to transfer to Shuswap Middle School when enrolment numbers were too high for the two current teachers at Silver Creek, but not enough students for the school district to justify adding another teacher. Clark then decided to home school her son.
Clark was at the school board meeting and stood up to ask a question about the Silver Creek school site, noting that commu-nity members have been made aware that the land for the school was donated to the school district for the purpose of a school.
The community is now ques-tioning this, and suggested that should the school close, the property would be in limbo and could possibly be used for an in-dependent school.
“When it was willed to be used
for a school, what happens if the school is closed? I don’t know the legalities and regardless, it would be a very long process, but it is something we are look-ing at,” said Clark.
The school district said the regulations around property dis-posal and rentals with the Min-istry of Education have changed and this situation will require some consultation with them before Clark’s questions can be answered.
An independent school was opened in Malakwa following the closure of the School District #83 school in that community. That school is still owned by the school district but was paid for by a Crown grant and therefore falls under a different sale ap-proval process than other school properties. In that case, an agree-ment was made with the Malak-wa community group to lease the
school on a cost-recovery basis.In the meantime, Clark says
while the community would like to use the school, an indepen-dent school could be established in other locations like the Silver Creek Community Hall and the seniors’ hall.
Clark says the community would have to register an inde-pendent school by May 1, but the Silver Creek decision is expect-ed April 26, giving them a brief window to get an independent program running by September.
“We will not walk down that road unless we have to and many of us feel very positive about the situation. We believe that many of the trustees are worried about the snowball effect of closing rural schools… We’d like to see people from all the rural schools in the district band together and fight to keep our vision of educa-tion alive in this school district.”
Parents explore alternativesSilver Creek: Independent school under consideration.By Tracy HughesOBSERVER STAFF
A Salmon Arm stu-dent received some un-expected drama when police caught him car-rying a prop sword for a school performance.
On Tuesday morn-ing, Feb. 16, Salmon Arm RCMP received two reports of a sus-picious occurrence. Staff Sgt. Scott West
said two individuals reported seeing a male on Okanagan Avenue carrying something suspicious beneath a camouflage cover.
“The item could only be described as long and out of the or-dinary,” said West.
Police went into ac-tion, notifying schools and the daycare in the immediate vicinity “out of an abundance
of caution.” Mean-while, West said all available officers con-verged on the area and were able to locate the suspect, who is a stu-dent at a local school.
“The student had been transporting a prop for a school per-formance… a replica/prop sword,” said West.
Investigating officers quickly determined there was no threat,
and the previously no-tified schools and busi-nesses were updated.
West says co-ordina-tion with the schools and adherence to safety protocols were seam-less and no one was in danger at any time.
Asked how the prop sword should have been transported, West recommended by ve-hicle and with parental supervision.
By Lachlan LabereOBSERVER STAFF
Fake sword prompts police response
Speaking up again: Silver Creek Community Asso-ciation president Kristie Clark stands alongside teacher Noah Ralston to address the school board last May about keeping Silver Creek Elementary open.
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Action on First Nations education
No charges have been laid following a police blockade in a subdivi-sion in Canoe Thursday afternoon.
Salmon Arm RCMP issued a news release Friday morning ex-plaining why the area was blocked off to ve-
hicle and pedestrian traffic.
Officers responded to a call on Feb. 11 about 2:30 p.m. because of “a family disturbance” in Canoe.
“In preserving pub-lic and police safety, an area of Canoe was blocked off to vehicle and pedestrian traffic as police negotiated the
peaceful surrender of a 49-year-old male,” ex-plains Staff Sgt. Scott West in a release. “The male was taken into custody at approxi-mately 4:30 p.m. He was taken to Shuswap Lake General Hospital and later held in custo-dy as the investigation into the incident contin-ued.”
At North Canoe El-ementary principal Shawn Weeks was told by one of the parents about the police inci-dent. It was after the school bell had rung, so he made sure those stu-dents who walk home felt secure, by walking with them in a detour.
“I was just doing my job,” he said.
By Martha WickettOBSERVER STAFF
Family disturbance leads to road block
School District #83 continued to make progress on a request from Shuswap-area First Nations bands to adopt recommenda-tions from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Call to action and to enhance aboriginal education for all students in the district.
The board passed a motion to accept the recommendations of the national commis-sion and also endorse a school district action plan.
The plan focuses on four areas: curriculum, resources, teacher ca-pacity and student ca-pacity. Among other ideas, the plan calls for a greater inclusion of aboriginal topics for both teachers and students, encouraging the use of aboriginal educational resources, initiating a Truth and Reconciliation teacher representative at each school and having the Sewepemetsin lan-guage an option at Grade 5 by 2017-2018.
The document is in
the early, stages, how-ever, and Irene Labou-cane, district aboriginal education principal, told the board work will now begin on a detailed five-year plan.
The action was widely praised by Splatsin Chief Wayne Christian, who spoke to the board about the long-term implica-tions of the residential school experience that has travelled through generations of local First Nations people.
“Our family units were shredded…, these children were taken away from their families in cattle trucks
to residential school and parents were not allowed to voice their concerns. If they did, they were sent to jail,” he said. “It is hard for some people to believe these things could hap-pen in Canada, but they did.”
Christian went on to praise the school board for taking quick action.
“We were here in November asking for some of these things and to see, three months later them ac-tually happen, I ap-plaud the board and Irene Laboucane for their work.”
School superinten-
dent Glenn Borthistle noted the implemen-tation plan and the creation of Truth and Reconciliation teacher reps would take place within the school dis-trict’s existing budget and the teacher reps would be for those who volunteered to take on the role.
Borthistle reported that Neskonlith Chief Judy Wilson, who did not attend the meeting, suggested a student-led cultural celebra-tion be held to signify the importance of this motion. A date for the ceremony has not yet been set.
Schools: Plan calls for cultural awareness, inclusion.
Welcome: Splatisn Chief Wayne Christian, Daniel Joe, Irene LaBoucane and Marlene Squakin drum and sing a traditional song to open the School District #83 board meeting.
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Notice is hereby given that the Council of the City of Salmon Arm will hold a Public Hearing in the Council Chamber of the City Hall, 500 - 2 Avenue NE, Salmon Arm, BC, on Monday, February 22, 2016, at 7:00 p.m.
1) Proposed Amendment to Zoning Bylaw No 2303:
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Editorial
Sometimes we get a sense of deja vu from this school board.
Last year, the board considered closing Sil-ver Creek Elementary, causing considerable upset among the parents and students in that community. Trustees eventually voted to keep the school open – only to revisit that decision again this year.
This seems incredibly unfair to those who lived through last year’s process, only to have to endure it again.
But sometimes reconsidering a previous decision is a wise course of action. Such is the case with last year’s decision to maintain the same number of elected school board trustees.
Despite being one of the largest boards of
elected trustees – including one trustee whose area of representation has just one school in the district – the board rejected a number of options to reorganize the electoral boundaries and save money by cutting their numbers from nine to seven.
They could have done it in time to meet the last municipal election, but didn’t. It wouldn’t save a ton of cash, but reducing trustee num-bers would have had some savings and also would have shown the public that trustees were also accepting some of the pain of cut-backs to the school district’s budget.
The board needs to move forward and reduce its numbers in time for the next election, before politics trumps fiscal common sense.
Cut some costs by reducing trustees
Operation gratitudeI have resolved to practice gratitude this year, (and hope that the
habit follows me my whole life.) It started when I was complaining one day that my fridge was
too overcrowded and things were falling out of it. Seriously, I was complaining because I had too much food in
my fridge. Too. Much. Food. Give my head a shake. That being said, it’s easy to be grateful when the sun is shining,
you are feeling healthy and you are not under pressure to satisfy your all your obligations.
This week was a bit harder than others in the gratitude depart-ment. An evil virus struck two of my three children and, with hubby working out of town, that meant shouldering the load and trying to juggle nursing the sickies, keeping up with the needs of the healthy child and trying to keep up with some of my work responsibilities. But even in the challenging times, gratitude can reign. I am grateful for my colleagues in the editorial department who stepped up and covered for me. I am moved by the friends who helped out with errands, who offered rides to activities for the healthy child, so the sickies didn’t have to get out of bed. I am grateful to know that there are people in my life who would offer me a helping hand, because facing the world alone is pretty scary.
I am also, once again reminded of how grateful I am to live in a country with universal health coverage.
After five days with a fever, I was becoming increasingly wor-ried about my son. So I called the doctor’s office, they managed to work him into the packed schedule and I was able to get him seen by a professional. She checked for more serious conditions, checked over a bunch of body parts, reassured me that it was probably viral but told me to come back immediately if any of a few other symptoms showed up. As I write this, he’s still sick, and now his sister is too, causing me to believe the viral diagnosis was probably spot-on. But I left feeling much less anxiety and confi-dent that my home remedies were an adequate response. I didn’t pay a dime, except to buy some more Tylenol and Gatorade.
Contrast this with my husband’s recent illness, which unfortu-nately took place while he was working in the United States. Near the point of incoherence from gastric problems, and unable to keep any fluids down, he made his way to an American emergen-cy room. He was seen by a doctor, reassured that he was suffering from gastroenteritis and dehydration, was given some IV fluids and anti-nausea medication and sent on his way a couple of hours later. Then the bills arrived. The first was from the hospital — for $3,000. Then another bill, nearly $600 for the doctor’s time.
So what would I have done if I was a mother in the U.S. with-out insurance? Wait, worry, stress and pray that my son didn’t have anything more serious, or that I might be putting his health at risk by waiting for treatment. Yes, people can complain about Canadian health care, wait times and policies, but we also have the flip side. The gratitude side.
Thank you to our system for letting me take proper care of my son this week.
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View PointThe Observer asked: Would you support a four-day school week for the school district as a way to save money?
Darin Luth“Yes. It would mean more time off from school and more time to do things with my family.”
Gordon Carter“No, not if it is solely to save money and does not benefit the children’s education.
Nell Saba“No. The government should make cuts in other ways.”
Renee Huber“Yes, as long as the children are not losing any education time.”
Christina Cederlof“It’s a great idea as long as the parents can also adjust their schedules.”
BC VIEWS
Tom Fletcher
Housing Minister Rich Coleman was flabbergasted at the angry response to his solution to the Victoria courthouse “tent city,” the latest tarp-covered camp to spring up in southern B.C.
Coleman announced two temporary shelters with three meals a day and medi-cal supports. One is a former nursing home close to the courthouse squat, conveniently located near panhandling and drug dealing spots as well as taxpayer-funded services. The other offers indoor or outdoor tent space at a former youth custody centre, with a dedicated downtown shuttle bus so these “victims” of “homelessness” don’t have to endure B.C.’s most generous transit bus system.
We weren’t consulted, said the indig-nant spokespeople for those bringing new-looking tents to take advantage of food and other handouts, offered in B.C.’s warmest climate by the province’s most naïve local government.
But this was just a show for the media by our resident professional protesters, some of whom aren’t really “homeless.”
After the reaction, which Coleman de-scribed as “bizarre,” the combined 88 hous-ing opportunities are being snapped up. Those on welfare will have to fork over their $375 monthly housing allowance, as the province continues to convert more housing and offer more rent subsidies.
It’s no wonder that southern B.C. is the destination of choice. Coleman said it’s al-ways been a seasonal thing, but this winter has been the highest in a decade, largely due to an exodus of economic migrants from the downturn in Alberta, naturally heading for B.C.’s most desirable real estate.
I asked him about two other homeless hotspots. In Abbotsford, campers have ig-nored a city deadline to take down struc-tures in a three-year-old camp, after tempo-rary shelter and costly provincial supports were brought on. A courtroom and street confrontation looms with self-styled “drug war survivors” and their Vancouver legal help.
In Maple Ridge, a tent camp sprang up next to the local Salvation Army shelter, with people cycling through the shelter’s 15-day limit, camping and being fed until they could go back in.
Mayor Nicole Read, who has worked in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, said Ma-ple Ridge took on its own outreach, shelter and housing effort because the province’s $1 million-a-year Salvation Army opera-tion isn’t working.
Coleman is not amused. He said he’s had no complaints about Abbotsford’s Sal-vation Army shelter, and Read is the only one griping. And no mayor is going to tell him how to spend provincial dollars. Maple Ridge now has two shelters with accompa-nying street drugs, prostitution and crime.
I asked Coleman about the 10-year study led by Simon Fraser University researcher Julian Somers on the housing, outreach and services in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. This is the heart of B.C.’s “hous-ing first” strategy, where the province has bought and renovated 30 “single-room oc-cupancy” buildings, built another dozen and poured in every possible support, including the buyout of high-living executives at the Portland Hotel Society.
The study found that the hardest cases are worse off than ever, based on court, hospital and other service records, while the influx to the notorious Vancouver drug ghetto has tripled in 10 years.
“I haven’t had a chance to go over that report yet, but I disagree with the assump-tion I’ve heard already, because I walk the Downtown Eastside,” Coleman said. “I don’t know if they do every few weeks to a month, but I’ve been doing it for about nine or 10 years and I can tell you it’s a whole lot better down there.”
The question is whether problems are be-ing solved, or just better hidden from view.
Keep small schools
Remarks could come back to bite the premier
“They” in the misquote below refers to the provincial government.
First they came for School District 21And I did not speak out because they
said bigger was better and it would save money
Then they came for Kingfisher and Sey-mour Arm schools
And I did not speak out because these were not my communities and they said bigger was better and it would save money.
Then they came for Salmon Arm El-ementary, Malakwa School, and Ashton Creek Elementary
And I did not speak out because these were not my communities and they said bigger was better and it would save money.
Then they came for robust libraries and sufficient school counsellors
And I did not speak out because I was not a librarian or a counsellor and they said bigger was better and it would save money.
Then they came for Grindrod, Silver Creek School and Armstrong Elementary
And I did not speak out because I was not from those communities and they said bigger was better and it would save money.
Then they came for my neighborhood school And there was no one left
To speak out for my community.Bigger is not better when it comes to
education. There are false economies of scale. The assertion that programs are saved by having bigger schools in my opinion is not necessarily true. By creat-ing bigger and bigger schools each student gets less opportunity to shine. Fewer kids are on sports teams, fewer receive spe-cial education help, and fewer are in the school play, and more kids fade into the background and “fall through the cracks.” This can create costs in the future for jails, mental health support, and employment problems.
Please stop closing our schools and pit-ting communities against each other. When it comes to education, smaller is better!
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Housing czar defends the province’s drug ghettos
Isn’t it interesting that the Premier Christy Clark found it necessary to do a little Alberta bashing in the recent throne speech.
There is no question that Albertans are hurting right now as a result of the previ-ous, short-sighted administrations; how-ever, if our son or daughter were to do the same thing of trying to make themselves look good by putting someone in dire straits down, we would be irate at their “bullying”. It seems that you can do what-ever you want in the political arena.
Alberta has been through tough econom-ic times before and has always managed to weather the storm. Albertans are strong, resilient people and will get through this one as well.
Here is a thought: Rather than sitting back and snickering at the troubles of the province next door, Premier Clark, why not look for government programs that would benefit both British Columbia and Alberta. That would be the more friendly ‘Canadian’ approach as opposed to pro-moting divisive, regional politics.
I should not have to remind the premier that a significant proportion of the popu-lation in South-Central B.C. have moved here from Alberta.
As much as we love British Columbia, we still have roots that extend back across the border. It may be wise for this Liberal government to re-examine the results of the last Alberta election and note what can happen when a government loses touch with the people who elect them.
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1936 Frank Sprague, acting janitor at the public school noticed smoke on the school roof and reported it to school principal Tom Prescott, who rang the alarm and saw that the school was evacuated. Sparks from the chimney had started the � re but the � re brigade quickly extinguished the � re before much damage was done.
1946 R.B. Askew of the Salmon Arm Meat and Produce Co. Ltd. announced his purchase of the two-storey building on Alexander Avenue where his store had been located for 10 years. The vendor was William Pearce, tailor, who would continue to occupy the quarters on the sec-ond � oor. The building adjoined the old Observer of� ce and printing plant.Mayor R.J.Skelton announced the city would soon start the work of replacing the main supply pipe in Salmon Arm’s water system, from the storage tank to the corner of Alexander Avenue. Estimated cost of the project was $30,000.A new students’ council for the second half of the school year was chosen at the high school. Its members were Marguerite Barraud, Helen Keski-nen, Albert Bianco, Harold Cummings and David Smith.
1956 The Tappen pioneer building which served as the centre of community activities in the Tappen-Sunnybrae area, was destroyed by � re. The building was owned by Tappen’s Women Institute.Marion Akeroyd began her nurse’s training at St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver. Newly elected of� cers of the Salmon Arm Branch, Royal Canadian Legion, were Noel Dawson, re-elected as president, H.M.Kersey, C.P. Nelson, Wilfred Farquhar and Peter Wright.
1966 District of Salmon Arm council decided to enlist the support of E. Davie Foulton MP in their � ght to keep the federal government wharf at Canoe open, after learning of plans by the federal department of public works to close it in the spring.Jim Mellor was elected president of the Salmon Arm Retail Merchants Association at its annual general meeting. Walter Derkaz, Ron Brown, Wally McDonald, Florence Reglin, Norm Cannon and Lloyd Askew were also elected to the execu-tive.
LIFE & TIMES
The year is 1892. Charles McGuire has sent his 15-year-old brother Jack out to work the quarter section be-hind the McGuire trad-ing post. He doesn’t know it, but Charles has put the wheels in motion for the bush land around Little Lake to become a signi� cant tourist attraction. The elder McGuire was just keeping his teenaged brother busy. Jack was an outdoors kind of kid, happy burning off trees and blasting stumps with explosives. The land had to be cleared because there was an order of apple trees that was going in soon.
Another homestead-er, C.B. Harris, was helping Jack clear trees. They salvaged some logs from the lake and piled them on shore to dry. They would make great � rewood for the following winter. Jack found a half-rotted dugout canoe, hid-den in the bull rushes.
Several stone axes and arrowheads surfaced. Someone called on Chief Leon and Michel Purdaby. They con-� rmed that, long before contact, Little Lake was the site of a territorial skirmish.
Fast forward to 1910. Jack’s mother, Agnes McGuire, was build-ing a retirement home; she made sure she had views. She liked to walk down to her dock on Little Lake where there was an abundance of waterfowl.
More than a decade earlier Agnes had given up serving ducks from the lake. She tried to keep the patrons at her rooming house on the 100 mile diet. The diet started at her back door, but the boarders were not going for it. The ducks tasted swampy, so Mrs. McGuire raised geese instead.
Between 1910 and 1928 Salmon Arm residents started call-ing Little Lake, Mc-Guire Lake, while fam-ily members called it “Grandma’s lake.” Mrs.
Ella Barlow, a neigh-bour in the little brick house closest to town, suggested the name be of� cially changed, but that didn’t happen until a park was dedicated by Mayor Lund in 1980.
After WW II things changed. A deep freeze damaged many of the fruit trees. Then the highway was redirected in 1952, motels sprang up, and tourists dis-covered Salmon Arm. About that time Barry Swenson moved into a house on the south side of the small lake.
Barry was in Grade 5. His neighbours were the General Hospi-tal and the Shamrock Motel. Barry got a job cutting the grass for one of the motel own-ers. The work wasn’t steady so, being an en-trepreneur, he expand-ed his business. Barry started catching turtles and selling them to tourists from a lemon-ade-type stand. Barry baited barbless hooks with cheese and bread dough. He paddled out to the turtles in his
homemade dingy. The turtles were sunning on a log. The turtles did what turtles do when disturbed and plopped themselves into Mc-Guire Lake. Barry watched them careful-ly, � guring out where they were, and sent his line down to them. Seeing an easy nibble, the turtles grabbed at Barry’s hook. Barry made a lot of money that summer.
Barry remembers the Swenson home be-ing a gathering place for school kids. They left their skates so they could skate after class-es and weekends.
“The ice was a lot better then,” Barry says. “When it froze early, the lake would be perfectly smooth, like a mirror. It didn’t freeze and thaw. That makes for bad ice.”
Barry’s memories are of a time when win-ters were colder. The kids gathered to play hockey, curl, and skate. Rotarians plowed the snow off the lake, the District of Salmon Arm
staff delivered wood for bon� res, and BC Hydro installed a lamp for night skating.
Fast forward to 124 years after Jack Mc-Guire � rst cleared submerged logs from the lake. The water body’s of� cial name has changed, the site has been landscaped, there is a fountain, and the park is a draw for today’s residents and tourists. We still get questions at the Salmon Arm Museum. Is Mc-Guire Lake natural?
Of course. Thank heavens there’s pho-tographic evidence to prove it!
Join the celebration in remembering his-toric destinations as R.J. Haney Heritage Village celebrates Heri-tage Week at the Mall at Piccadilly to Feb. 21. For more informa-tion check the website: www.salmonarmmu-seum.org or call 250-832-5243.
McGuire Lake: (Left) A view of the lake from the 1940s. (Above) Jack McGuire, Art Ritchie, and Agnes McGuire with Mrs. McGuire’s ducks on Little Lake circa 1909-1914.
LIFE & TIMESLIFE & TIMES
McGuire
By Deborah ChapmanCONTRIBUTOR
‘Little Lake’ always a draw
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Replacement of the Salmon River Bridge and an upgraded sani-tary sewer main along the foreshore top the city’s federal infrastruc-ture funding wish list.
Responding to fed-eral finance minister Bill Morneau’s request for input regarding the city’s infrastructure needs, Salmon Arm Coun. Alan Harrison
took the lead, seeking input from staff and fel-low councillors before drafting a list of priority projects, along with an explanation as to why it is important they be funded.
Replacing the Salm-on River Bridge is one of those priority proj-ects. A draft letter from the city to the minister explains the current, two-lane curved bridge is old and dangerous, that the B.C. govern-
ment is working with the city and local First Nations to finalize the project, but federal funding is needed to make the project hap-pen.
“Not only will completion of this project help meet the government’s goal of four-laning the Trans-Canada Highway, the flood mitigation strate-gies embedded in the plan will help solve a long-standing problem
of imminent flooding of the Salmon River,” states the letter.
Upgrading the sani-tary sewer main along the foreshore of Shus-wap Lake is the second priority project.
“We had a breach in that line in 2012… it’s an old line and that is very expensive to replace and we do now want to have an environmental prob-lem there with another breach in that pipe,” Harrison explained.
Council was support-ive of the letter.
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It will be status quo for the school district buses, but fees for transportation could be on the horizon.
The transportation committee agreed to do more research into the possibility of raising revenue for the school district by charg-ing bus fees to parents.
Committee member and trust-ee Chris Coers told the board there were many questions about the idea of charging fees includ-ing the time and effort it would cost the school district to imple-ment and collect fees.
Trustee Michel Saab noted a fee could be implemented in different ways including charg-ing only those riders who use the service, as many students do not access school bus services, or charge a fee to all parents and give all children the right to board a school bus.
In response to concerns from parents about school district walk limits, Coers said the cur-rent limits of four kilometres for primary students and 4.8 kilo-metres for the rest are consistent with many other school districts.
A change to limits similar
to the Vernon School District, which are 2.4 kilometres, would cost the school district an addi-tional $438,000 and require the purchase of eight new buses.
“The committee would sug-gest no changes at this time due to the fact we are in no position to sustain the new spending,” she said. “The cost factors make this a non-starter.”
The committee also recom-mended continuing the bus for students from downtown Salm-on Arm to South Broadview, Hillcrest and Shuswap Middle School even though it is within the current walk limits.
The committee’s report states its decision is “based upon the fact that the potential nega-tive impacts of eliminating this service to vulnerable students outweighs the $10,000 cost sav-ings.”
This bus route was originally established for students in the downtown area when Salmon Arm Elementary was closed. It was noted that this run is for stu-dents with downtown addresses only. Due to overcrowding on buses, students who were using the bus to access after-school programs in the downtown are no longer permitted to do so.
Bus fees up for reviewTransportation: No change to be made to walk limits.By Tracy HughesOBSERVER STAFF
Costs: The transportation committee will gather informa-tion on options for charging parents for school busing.
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ot d
ue. C
onsu
mer
may
be
requ
ired
to p
ay D
eale
r Fee
s. In
sura
nce,
lice
nce,
and
app
licab
le ta
xes
not i
nclu
ded.
Add
ition
al c
ondi
tions
and
lim
itatio
ns a
pply.
GM
rese
rves
the
right
to m
odify
or t
erm
inat
e th
is o
ffer a
t an
y tim
e w
ithou
t prio
r not
ice.
See
dea
ler f
or d
etai
ls. ¥
Lea
se b
ased
on
a pu
rcha
se p
rice
of $
12,7
24, i
nclu
ding
$44
6 Ow
ner C
ash
(tax
excl
usiv
e), $
3,00
0 le
ase
cash
and
a $
1,50
0 m
anuf
actu
rer-
to-d
eale
r del
iver
y cr
edit
(tax
excl
usiv
e) fo
r a n
ew e
ligib
le 2
016
Cruz
e Li
mite
d LS
(1SA
). Bi
-wee
kly
paym
ent i
s $5
0 fo
r 24
mon
ths
at 0
% A
PR, o
n ap
prov
ed c
redi
t to
qual
ified
re
tail
cust
omer
s by
GM
Fin
anci
al. A
nnua
l kilo
met
re li
mit
of 2
0,00
0 km
, $0.
16 p
er e
xces
s ki
lom
etre
. $0
dow
n pa
ymen
t and
a $
0 se
curit
y de
posi
t is
requ
ired.
Pay
men
t may
var
y de
pend
ing
on d
own
paym
ent o
r tra
de. T
otal
obl
igat
ion
is $
2,59
2 pl
us a
pplic
able
taxe
s. O
ptio
n to
pur
chas
e at
leas
e en
d is
$10
,132
. Pric
e an
d to
tal o
blig
atio
n ex
clud
e lic
ense
, ins
uran
ce,
regi
stra
tion,
taxe
s an
d op
tiona
l equ
ipm
ent.
Othe
r lea
se o
ptio
ns a
re a
vaila
ble.
Dea
lers
are
free
to s
et in
divi
dual
pric
es. L
imite
d-tim
e of
fer,
whi
ch m
ay n
ot b
e co
mbi
ned
with
oth
er o
ffers
. See
you
r dea
ler f
or c
ondi
tions
and
det
ails
. Gen
eral
Mot
ors
of C
anad
a Co
mpa
ny re
serv
es th
e rig
ht to
am
end
or te
rmin
ate
this
offe
r, in
who
le o
r in
part,
at a
ny ti
me
with
out p
rior
notic
e. >
Pur
chas
e pr
ice
incl
udes
$75
0 Ow
ner C
ash
(tax
incl
usiv
e) a
nd a
cas
h cr
edit
of $
3,00
0 an
d ap
plie
s to
new
201
6 Eq
uino
x LS
FW
D m
odel
s at
par
ticip
atin
g de
aler
s in
Can
ada.
Pur
chas
e pr
ice
of $
24,9
95 e
xclu
des
licen
se, i
nsur
ance
, reg
istra
tion,
dea
ler f
ees
and
taxe
s. D
eale
r may
sel
l for
less
. Offe
r may
not
be
com
bine
d w
ith c
erta
in o
ther
con
sum
er in
cent
ives
. GM
Can
ada
may
mod
ify, e
xten
d or
term
inat
e th
is o
ffer,
in w
hole
or i
n pa
rt, a
t any
tim
e w
ithou
t not
ice.
See
dea
ler f
or d
etai
ls. ^
Offe
r ava
ilabl
e to
qua
lifie
d re
tail
cust
omer
s in
Can
ada
for v
ehic
les
deliv
ered
bet
wee
n Fe
brua
ry 2
and
Feb
ruar
y 29
, 201
6. 0
% p
urch
ase
finan
cing
offe
red
on a
ppro
ved
cred
it by
TD
Auto
Fin
ance
Ser
vice
s, S
cotia
bank
® o
r RBC
Roy
al B
ank
for 8
4 m
onth
s on
all
new
or d
emon
stra
tor 2
015
Silv
erad
o 15
00 D
oubl
e Ca
b 2W
D W
T / C
rew
Cab
2W
D W
T an
d Si
lver
ado
HD’s
WT
2WD
with
gas
eng
ine.
Par
ticip
atin
g le
nder
s ar
e su
bjec
t to
chan
ge. R
ates
from
oth
er le
nder
s w
ill v
ary.
Dow
n pa
ymen
t, tra
de a
nd/o
r sec
urity
dep
osit
may
be
requ
ired.
Mon
thly
pay
men
t and
cos
t of b
orro
win
g w
ill v
ary
depe
ndin
g on
am
ount
bor
row
ed a
nd d
own
paym
ent/t
rade
. Exa
mpl
e: $
40,0
00 a
t 0%
APR
, the
mon
thly
pay
men
t is
$476
.19
for 8
4 m
onth
s. C
ost o
f bor
row
ing
is $
0, to
tal o
blig
atio
n is
$40
,000
. Offe
r is
unco
nditi
onal
ly in
tere
st-f
ree.
Fre
ight
and
air
tax
($10
0, if
app
licab
le) i
nclu
ded.
Lic
ense
, ins
uran
ce, r
egis
tratio
n, P
PSA,
app
licab
le ta
xes
and
deal
er fe
es n
ot in
clud
ed. D
eale
rs a
re
free
to s
et in
divi
dual
pric
es. L
imite
d tim
e of
fer w
hich
may
not
be
com
bine
d w
ith c
erta
in o
ther
offe
rs. G
M C
anad
a m
ay m
odify
, ext
end
or te
rmin
ate
offe
rs in
who
le o
r in
part
at a
ny ti
me
with
out n
otic
e. C
ondi
tions
and
lim
itatio
ns a
pply.
See
dea
ler f
or d
etai
ls. ®
Regi
ster
ed tr
adem
ark
of T
he B
ank
of N
ova
Scot
ia. R
BC a
nd R
oyal
Ban
k ar
e re
gist
ered
trad
emar
ks o
f Ro
yal B
ank
of C
anad
a. †
$10
,380
is a
com
bine
d to
tal c
redi
t con
sist
ing
of a
$3,
000
man
ufac
ture
r to
deal
er d
eliv
ery
cred
it (ta
x ex
clus
ive)
for 2
015
Silv
erad
o Li
ght D
uty
Doub
le C
ab, $
1,00
0 Ow
ner C
ash
(tax
incl
usiv
e), a
$1,
200
man
ufac
ture
r to
deal
er O
ptio
n Pa
ckag
e Di
scou
nt C
redi
t (ta
x ex
clus
ive)
for 2
015
Chev
role
t Silv
erad
o Li
ght D
uty
(150
0) D
oubl
e Ca
b LS
eq
uipp
ed w
ith a
Cus
tom
Edi
tion
and
a $5
,180
man
ufac
ture
r to
deal
er c
ash
cred
it (ta
x ex
clus
ive)
on
Silv
erad
o Li
ght D
uty
(150
0) D
oubl
e Ca
b W
T 4W
D, L
S, LT
or L
TZ w
hich
is a
vaila
ble
for c
ash
purc
hase
s on
ly a
nd c
anno
t be
com
bine
d w
ith s
peci
al le
ase
and
finan
ce ra
tes.
By
sele
ctin
g le
ase
or fi
nanc
e of
fers
, con
sum
ers
are
fore
goin
g th
is $
5,18
0 cr
edit
whi
ch w
ill
resu
lt in
hig
her e
ffect
ive
inte
rest
rate
s. D
isco
unts
var
y by
mod
el. †
† Of
fer a
pplie
s to
elig
ible
cur
rent
ow
ners
or l
esse
es o
f any
mod
el y
ear 1
999
or n
ewer
car
that
has
bee
n re
gist
ered
and
insu
red
in C
anad
a in
the
cust
omer
’s na
me
for t
he p
revi
ous
cons
ecut
ive
six
(6) m
onth
s. C
redi
t val
id to
war
ds th
e re
tail
purc
hase
or l
ease
of o
ne e
ligib
le 2
015
Silv
erad
o or
201
6 m
odel
yea
r Che
vrol
et c
ar, S
UV, c
ross
over
and
pic
kups
mod
els
deliv
ered
in C
anad
a be
twee
n Fe
brua
ry 2
and
Feb
ruar
y 29
, 201
6. C
redi
t is
a m
anuf
actu
rer t
o co
nsum
er in
cent
ive
(tax
incl
usiv
e) a
nd c
redi
t val
ue d
epen
ds o
n m
odel
pur
chas
ed: $
500
cred
it av
aila
ble
on 2
016
Chev
role
t Son
ic, C
ruze
LTD
, Mal
ibu
LTD,
All-
New
Mal
ibu
(exc
ept L
), Al
l-New
Vol
t, Ca
mar
o;
$750
cre
dit a
vaila
ble
on o
ther
201
6 Ch
evro
lets
(exc
ept C
orve
tte, C
olor
ado
2SA,
Silv
erad
o Li
ght D
uty
and
Heav
y Du
ty);
$1,0
00 c
redi
t ava
ilabl
e on
all
2015
and
201
6 Ch
evro
let S
ilver
ado’
s. O
ffer i
s tra
nsfe
rabl
e to
a fa
mily
mem
ber l
ivin
g w
ithin
the
sam
e ho
useh
old
(pro
of o
f add
ress
requ
ired)
. As
part
of th
e tra
nsac
tion,
dea
ler m
ay re
ques
t doc
umen
tatio
n an
d co
ntac
t Ge
nera
l Mot
ors
of C
anad
a Co
mpa
ny to
ver
ify e
ligib
ility
. Thi
s of
fer m
ay n
ot b
e re
deem
ed fo
r cas
h an
d m
ay n
ot b
e co
mbi
ned
with
cer
tain
oth
er c
onsu
mer
ince
ntiv
es. C
erta
in li
mita
tions
or c
ondi
tions
app
ly. V
oid
whe
re p
rohi
bite
d. S
ee y
our G
M C
anad
a de
aler
for d
etai
ls. G
M C
anad
a re
serv
es th
e rig
ht to
am
end
or te
rmin
ate
offe
rs fo
r any
reas
on in
who
le o
r in
part
at a
ny ti
me
with
out p
rior n
otic
e. ‡
The
Che
vrol
et E
quin
ox re
ceiv
ed th
e lo
wes
t num
ber o
f pro
blem
s pe
r 100
veh
icle
s am
ong
com
pact
SUV
s in
a ti
e in
the
prop
rieta
ry J
.D. P
ower
201
5 U.
S. In
itial
Qua
lity
Stud
ySM
. Stu
dy b
ased
on
resp
onse
s fro
m 8
4,36
7 U.
S. n
ew-v
ehic
le o
wne
rs, m
easu
ring
244
mod
els
and
mea
sure
s op
inio
ns a
fter 9
0 da
ys o
f ow
ners
hip.
Pro
prie
tary
st
udy
resu
lts a
re b
ased
on
expe
rien
ces
and
perc
eptio
ns o
f U.
S. o
wne
rs s
urve
yed
in F
ebru
ary-
May
201
5. Y
our
expe
rien
ces
may
var
y. V
isit
jdpo
wer
.com
. ¥¥
Base
d on
GM
Tes
ting
in a
ccor
danc
e w
ith a
ppro
ved
Tran
spor
t Ca
nada
tes
t m
etho
ds. Y
our
actu
al f
uel c
onsu
mpt
ion
may
var
y. ~
Vis
it on
star
.ca
for
cove
rage
map
s,
deta
ils a
nd s
yste
m li
mita
tions
. Ser
vice
s an
d co
nnec
tivity
may
var
y by
mod
el a
nd c
ondi
tions
. OnS
tar
with
4G
LTE
conn
ectiv
ity is
ava
ilabl
e on
sel
ect
vehi
cle
mod
els
and
in s
elec
t m
arke
ts. C
usto
mer
s w
ill b
e ab
le t
o ac
cess
OnS
tar
serv
ices
onl
y if
they
acc
ept
the
OnS
tar
User
Ter
ms
and
Priv
acy
Stat
emen
t (in
clud
ing
soft
war
e te
rms)
. OnS
tar
acts
as
a lin
k to
exi
stin
g em
erge
ncy
serv
ice
prov
ider
s. A
fter
the
tria
l per
iod
(if a
pplic
able
), an
act
ive
OnS
tar
serv
ice
plan
is r
equi
red.
‡‡
Gove
rnm
ent 5
-Sta
r Sa
fety
Rat
ings
are
par
t of t
he N
atio
nal H
ighw
ay T
raff
ic S
afet
y Ad
min
istr
atio
n’s
(NHT
SA’s
) New
Car
Ass
essm
ent P
rogr
am (w
ww
.Saf
erCa
r.go
v). *
* Th
e 2-
Year
Sch
edul
ed L
ube-
Oil-
Filte
r M
aint
enan
ce P
rogr
am p
rovi
des
elig
ible
cus
tom
ers
in C
anad
a, w
ho h
ave
purc
hase
d or
leas
ed a
new
elig
ible
201
5 M
Y Ch
evro
let
(exc
ludi
ng S
park
EV)
, with
an
ACD
elco
® o
il an
d fil
ter
chan
ge, i
n ac
cord
ance
with
the
oil
life
mon
itori
ng s
yste
m a
nd t
he O
wne
r’s M
anua
l, fo
r 2
year
s or
40,
000
km, w
hich
ever
occ
urs
first
, with
a li
mit
of fo
ur (4
) Lub
e-O
il-Fi
lter
serv
ices
in to
tal,
perf
orm
ed a
t par
ticip
atin
g GM
dea
lers
. Flu
id to
p of
fs, i
nspe
ctio
ns, t
ire
rota
tions
, whe
el a
lignm
ents
and
bal
anci
ng, e
tc. a
re n
ot c
over
ed. T
his
offe
r m
ay n
ot b
e re
deem
ed fo
r ca
sh a
nd m
ay n
ot b
e co
mbi
ned
with
cer
tain
ot
her
cons
umer
ince
ntiv
es a
vaila
ble
on G
M v
ehic
les.
Gen
eral
Mot
ors
of C
anad
a Co
mpa
ny r
eser
ves
the
righ
t to
am
end
or t
erm
inat
e th
is o
ffer
, in
who
le o
r in
par
t, at
any
tim
e w
ithou
t pr
ior
notic
e. A
dditi
onal
con
ditio
ns a
nd li
mita
tions
app
ly. S
ee d
eale
r fo
r de
tails
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A request to extend the prohibition period for dogs on the fore-shore trail was denied by Salmon Arm coun-cil.
The request was submitted via letter from Salmon Arm Nature Bay Society (SABNES) president Janet Aitken, who asked the proposed prohibition period of April 15 to June 15 – when dogs will not be allowed on the fore-shore trail so as to protect nesting birds utilizing the wildlife sanctuary – be extend-ed to the end of July.
“This would allow for the young to be-come less vulnerable and water levels to re-cede away from the trail,” writes Aitken.
“Is it possible to amend your amendment, with these new dates in mind?”
Council, however, was not willing to amend the amend-ments proposed for the city’s parks regu-lation bylaw, decided upon after receiving more than two-hours of public presentations at a Dec. 14 council meeting. The need for input was sparked after SABNES, the guard-ian of the trail and bird sanctuary for the past 25 years, requested the city amend its bylaw to ban dogs from the fore-shore trail outright.
“For sure there’s not 100 per cent agree-ment on the exact de-cision that we made, but the feeling I get from talking to people out there is that most
people think the deci-sion was reasonable,” said Coun. Alan Har-rison, in support of not altering the proposed two-month prohibition period. They might not like all parts of it, but most thought the pro-cess was reasonable, and the decision, at least for a year before we look at it, was rea-sonable. And so I don’t want to change that now.”
Harrison noted the lack of “dog doo doo” on the foreshore trail indicates that dog own-ers are using it respon-sibly.
Coun. Tim Lavery, however, questioned how the prohibition period was determined, and offered a motion to support SABNES’ request. Without a sec-onder, however, the motion fell to the floor.
Council gave three readings to the parks regulation bylaw amendment, as well as a ticketing bylaw amendment that would see dog owners receive a $50 fine if they are caught with a dog off leash on the foreshore trail, with a dog on a leash exceeding two metres or with a dog on the trail during the prohibition period.
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The Salmon Arm Secondary Wrestling team flexed their mus-cles this weekend in the 2016 Okanagan Zone Tournament at the Jack-son Campus gym.
More than 75 wres-tlers from across the Interior attended the tournament in hopes of qualifying for the pro-vincial tournament.
SAS was represented by a strong contingent of dedicated wrestlers and 24 of the team members qualified for provincials.
The boys from SAS dominated the tourna-ment in every weight class, and the girls also managed to fend off
the competition. Both the boys and
girls came out on top in the aggregate results giving SAS the Okana-gan Zone title.
“It wasn’t a surprise, we knew our boys were going to win; the fact that the younger kids did so well was a pleas-ant surprise – though not a total shock,” commented coach Ray Munsie about the kids’ results.
Claiming the gold medals for SAS includ-ed Cassie O’Flaherty, Jenna Cote, Rayn Lee-Douglas, Elijah Lazar, Scott Favall, Rohan Kafle, Awatar Kafle, Trevor New, Reid McInnes, Damien Patrick, Sam Poffin-barger, Jacob Fagrie
and Dylan Taylor. Taking home silver
medals for SAS in-cluded Kaylin Namislo, Heather Wolfear, Co-lin Robinson, Colton Greeno, Skylar Bailey, Drew Bannister and Alec Crawford.
Claiming points in the aggregate totals with a bronze medal was Jordan Fournier. Wrestlers who placed in forth and fifth also claimed points for the team. Shyanne Mat-thys, Cole Sweatlikoe, and Colton Steiger finished in the top five earning valuable points for their team.
The 24 qualified wrestlers will head to the provincial tourna-ment in Abbotsford on Feb. 25 to 27.
Spring soccer registration openRegistration for the Shuswap Youth Soccer Association house spring soccer season is now open. Registrations paid by the early rate deadline of Monday, March 7 will be entered into a draw for a pair of tickets to the Vancouver Whitecaps versus LA Galaxy game on Saturday, April 2. For more information on registration, visit http://www.shuswapsoccer.com/programs.php.
Take a swing at baseballSalmon Arm Minor Baseball is pleased to announce registration has officially opened. Registration forms can be picked up at Uptown Askew’s, or printed off at http://salmonarmbase-ball.com/forms. Once completed, the registra-tion forms can be dropped off in the drop box at Uptown Askew’s, or in person at Blackburn Park Monday, Feb. 15, March 7 and 14. Registration can also be mailed to SAMBA at the address listed on the form. Registration closes April 1.
Get ready for SoccerfestThe Shuswap Youth Soccer Association will be hosting their Soccerfest event in the indoor field at the SASCU Memorial Complex on Satur-day, March 5 from 1 to 3 p.m. There will be an equipment swap as well as fun drills and games for all levels of players.
Register for box lacrosseRegistration for the Shuswap Outlaws box lacrosse teams is now open. First-year regis-trants from the Mini-Tyke, Tyke and Novice age groups are eligible for a 50 per cent discount on their registration. This discount will not be re-flected on the registration page. The divisions are based on the player’s age as of Dec. 31, 2016. For more information and to register, visit http://www.shuswapminorlacrosse.com/registration.
Bridge resultsResults for Feb. 9: first Chuck & Shirley Buck-ler, second Ruth Embree & Ona Bouchard, third Barb Grier & Gene Demens.Results for Feb. 10: first Betty & Charlie Ward, second Jane Dale & Fred Viehoffer and tied for third Dan Quilty & Glenn Coe and Geoff Collins & Dave Duncan.Results for Feb. 11: first Betty & Charlie Ward, second Bob Clugston & Milford Berger and third Linda McCann & Shirley Buckler.
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Whoa there partnerMackenzie Hayward, left, and Nic Metcalfe keep an eye on the rock as it slides into the house during the Junior Bonspiel at the Salmon Arm Curling Club on Sunday. More than 100 kids from throughout the Thompson-Okanagan participated in the annual Junior Bonspiel. The Dave Belway Sr. Memorial Cup was won by Lorelei Guidos, Carter Recchi, Alex Sewell and Danielle Paetsch.
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’Backs close gap on Warriors
Two wins over the weekend including a shutout victory in Alberni Valley have the Silverbacks within five points of the second-place West Kelowna Warriors.The Silverbacks came away from their three day three-game road trip with wins in Coquitlam and Alberni Valley, and a tough loss to Powell River on Sunday. Before the Silverbacks headed out on the road they hosted the Smokies on Tuesday. Feb. 9.In his first game back from injury, Carson Bolduc picked up where he left off, scoring a hat trick in the ’Backs 9-3 trouncing of Trail.Nick Hutchison, Ross Heidt and Bolduc gave the Silverbacks a 3-2 advantage after the first period, before they exploded for four goals in the second. Defenceman Cameron Trott scored his fifth of the season before Heidt and Bolduc rounded out the scoring in the frame.Josh Blanchard and Taro Hirose added goals for good measure in the third, while Brandon Kegler made 36 saves for the win. On Friday evening in the Lower Mainland, Kodi Schwarz, Mitch Skapski and Marcus Mitchell scored in the first period against the Coquitlam Express. Coquitlam’s Owen Stout got the Ex-press on the score sheet late in the opening frame and Colton Kerfoot got the home team to within one with a goal in the second. In the third period Mitchell scored his second of the game and eight of the season.Hirose and AP player Zach Erhardt, with his first BCHL goal, also found the back of the net in the final frame as the ’Backs won 6-2. Brandon Kegler earned his seventh win of the sea-son as he came in off the bench to make 25 saves, replacing Angus Redmond after the first.The next evening, on the Island, against the Bull-dogs, Kegler made 39 saves for his first BCHL shutout as the Silverbacks downed the ’Dogs 3-0.Elijiah Barriga scored his 14th goal of the season in the second, giving the Silverbacks all the of-fence they would need. Jared Turcotte and Chase Zieky added their names to the scoresheet in the third for extra insurance.In a Sunday matinee affair, the Silverbacks were out-scored 5-4 in a back-and-forth game in Pow-ell River. The Kings scored the only goal in the first and grabbed a two-goal lead early in the second pe-riod.The ’Backs offence woke up after the Kings sec-ond and scored four unanswered in a nine-min-ute span. Blanchard, Bolduc, Mitchell and Heidt scored for the Silverbacks as they carried a 4-3 lead heading into the third.The Kings’ Rylan Ball and Austin Kamer scored in the third to give them the two points.Zieky has been on a roll in the month of Febru-ary, as he is on a career high eight-game, 10-point streak. He will look to extend his point streak as the ’Backs host Penticton on Friday and Trail on Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Shaw Centre.
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The Larch Hills Nor-dic Ski team dominat-ed the second BC Cup event of the year on Feb. 6 and 7.
Hosted by the Over-lander Nordic Ski Club at Stake Lake near Kamloops the event consisted of a skate in-terval race on Saturday and a classic on Sun-day.
In the skate event in the Atom Boys 3 cat-egory, Peter Liebich was first. In the Atom Boys 1 category, Ian Calkins was third.
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In the Junior Boys 2 category, Andrew Nash was second, and Seth Van Varseveld was third, while in the Junior Men 1 category, Alexander Corbett was first.
On Sunday in the classic technique mass- start event, Jack Abra-ham placed first in the Atom Boys 3 category and Sam Abraham was first in the Atom Boys 2. Also claim-
ing podium finishes in the Atom categories, were Ian Calkins, Kei-ra Cadden and Katie Calkins. In the Peewee categories, Ben Milne, Max Calkins, Cole Bukmeier, Makayla Cadden, Jeremia Bu-cher and Madeleine Wilkie placed in the top three.
Eric Moore, Zara Bucher, Isabelle Wilk-ie, Emily Carelse and Hilary Vukadinovic raced to podium fin-ishes in their respective categories.
In the Midget Boys 2 category, Stephen
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In the Midget Girls 1 category, Julianne Moore was first, Claire Van Bergeyk was sec-ond and Lys Milne was third.
Julia Brown, Andrew Nash and Seth Van Varseveld each placed in the top three in the Juvenile category.
In the Junior Men 1 category, Alexander Corbett was second and for the Open Men Under 23 category, Thomas Hardy was
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Driving the netShuswap’s Tasha Johnson holds off a defender as she closes in on goal for a scoring chance during a Open B ringette game against Kelowna at Hucul pond on Saturday.
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Skiers impress at second BC Cup
Swift ski: Ben Milne skis towards the finish line in the BC Cup race at Stake Lake, near Kamloops, on Feb. 7.
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The 27th edition of the Shuswap Interna-tional Film Festival plays out Friday, Feb. 19 to Saturday, Feb. 27 at the Salmar Classic Theatre.
The Shuswap Film Society presents 13 � lms beginning with opening-night festivi-ties and the hilarious No Men Beyond This Pointat 7:30 p.m. Feb. 19.
Wear a touch of pink and enjoy this smart take on gender politics that runs again at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 23.
Born to Be Blue: Ethan Hawke plays jazz legend Chet Baker in his musical comeback from drug addiction in the late ’60s. The bi-opic, highlights Baker’s talents but includes his human demons and � aws – 10:30 a.m. Feb. 20 and 4 p.m. Feb. 24.
The Wonders (Le Meraviglie): The � lm centres on a family of beekeepers living in isolation in the Tuscan countryside. The dy-namic of their house-hold is disrupted by the simultaneous arrival of a troubled teenaged boy taken in as a farmhand
and a reality TV show intent on showcasing the family – 1:30 Feb. 20.
Embrace of the Ser-pent (El abrazo de la serpiente): This follows the encounter, apparent betrayal and life-af� rm-ing friendship between an Amazonian shaman, the last of his people, and two foreign scien-tists, who work together for decades searching for a rare healing plant – at 3:30 p.m. Feb. 20 and 4 p.m. Feb. 22.
Youth (La Giovine-zza): Fred (Michael Caine), a retired con-ductor/composer, who has been going to the same Swiss alpine spa for 20 years, takes his old friend Mick. Sur-rounded by bodies old and young, supple and sagging, they recon-sider their pasts, and yearn for the lost years of youth. The � lm is wistful, humorous and graceful by turns – 7:30 p.m. Feb. 20 and 4 p.m. Feb. 25.
A Royal Night Out:This is a light-hearted, whimsical and � ctional look at life in England on VE-Day in 1945. As
peace extends across Europe, princesses Elizabeth and Margaret go out to party. This is a movie full of romp and merriment and a little romance – 10:30 a.m. Feb. 21 and 7:30 p.m. Feb. 26.
Mustang: Part story of female empower-ment and part critique of outdated Turkish mo-res, Mustang tells of the fallout when a group of sisters’ harmless horse-play on the beach with a group of boys is mis-interpreted as some form of illicit behaviour – 1:30 p.m. Feb. 21 and 7:30 p.m. Feb. 23.
Unbranded: This is a documentary about four young men, who ride mustangs they’ve trained themselves across 3,000 miles, fol-lowing the Continental Divide from Texas to Canada. Their aim is to raise awareness of mus-tang adoption and pres-ervation of open land – 3:30 p.m. Feb. 21.
The Brand New Tes-tament (Le tout nou-veau testament): This is a � lm in which God lives in human form as a cynical writer with
a young opinionated daughter in present-day Brussels, Belgium. She concludes that her dad is doing a terrible job and hijacks his com-puter to write the Brand New Testament to spiri-tually uplift the human race. God, angry and powerless, is adamant to get his power back. The magical elements are both clown-like and absurd so be ready to drop your reserve and laugh at the absurdity –at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 21 and 4 p.m. Feb. 26.
Anomalisa: The � lm follows a day in the life of a mundane and bored man who goes on a business trip. As he in-teracts with the people he meets, viewers see the world through his eyes and his responses
to others. When he meets an extraordinary stranger his life sudden-ly changes and viewers are caught up in the re-sults. At various times both funny and sad, the themes are very thought provoking – 7:30 p.m. Feb. 22.
Court: In contrast to what Bollywood view-ers have come to expect from India, this movie is about real people do-ing real jobs. Few � lms have explored Indian emotions, Indian mind-set and told Indian sto-ries with such honesty. Court is a multi-lingual, award-winning � lm on the “quiet violence” of the judicial system and how the state uses it to suppress political activ-ists – 7:30 p.m. Feb. 24.
He Named Me Ma-
lala: This is the incred-ible true story of Ma-lala Yousafzai, a young woman of courage and conviction, who chose to be a defender of truth and equality. From Academy Award winning director Davis Guggenheim, this mov-ie is part documentary, part animation, and part live action, the anima-tion serving to recreate scenes that were best not re-enacted – 7:30 p.m. Feb. 25 .
Room: Winning fans in book clubs for years and now in theatres, this is a story about a mother’s love and devo-tion to her � ve-year- old son. Con� ned in a tiny space, they have made a deep life for themselves and overcome every ob-stacle they have faced.
Brilliantly acted by Brie Larson and Vancou-verite Jacob Tremblay, Room makes for an un-forgettably harrowing and undeniably reward-ing experience – at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 27.
An “Audience Choice Winner” will be shown at 4 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 27. Tickets are available at Wearabouts or online at www.shus-wap� lm.net.
Support the Can’s Film Festival by taking non-perishable food items to the theatre.
A Reel Lunch will be served at the Salmon Arm Art Gallery from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 21.
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Gender politics: No Men Beyond This Point is a hilarious entry in this year’s interna-tional � lm festival that runs Feb. 19 to 27 at the Salmar Classic Theatre.
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When looking at and listen-ing to, the incredible explosion of what we term “world music” within our country’s borders, the experience and conversation be-gins with Tom Landa, says Roots and Blues artistic director Peter North.
The founder of the critically acclaimed Paperboys has also been fronting Locarno for the last few years, a band that finds its sizzle in his Mexican roots while incorporating large doses of Cuban son, folk, pop and funk.
Landa’s goal when putting to-gether Locarno was to create mu-sic which is heavily influenced by Mexican music, but using the elements and musicians around him in his hometown of Vancou-ver.
A key element to this sound is the partnerships he created with producer Joby Baker, who has worked with Alex Cuba, and Miguelito Valdes, who lends his trumpet and percussion talents to the project. Miguelito was born and raised in Havana Cuba and has played with Afro Cuban All Stars, Omara Portoundo and The Buena Vista Social Club. Round-
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Over the past few summers, Locarno has inspired adoring audiences at many festivals and other major events, to dance the night away with the end result being a swirling, sweating, per-colating mass of humanity in front of festival stages.
“Great collaborators all, Lo-carno also spearheaded the bril-liant BC World Music Collective project at the VIMF in Courtney Comox last summer, which stood as one of the highlights of that festival alongside performances from Graham Nash and Leftover Salmon,” says North.
Roots and Blues run Aug. 19 to 21. Earlybird tickets are available unit March 31 at www.rootsand-blues.ca or call 250-833-4096.
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Building on the suc-cess of last year’s inau-gural Cedric Literary Awards, B.C. writers of a certain age are once again being encouraged to submit their unpub-lished works of fiction, creative non-fiction and poetry to this year’s competition.
Unpublished B.C. writers aged 50 and better can submit their work until May 1 when the call for sub-missions will close.
“If last year’s compe-
tition is anything to go by, we know this year’s competition will attract a high level of interest in this first-in-Canada writing program,” says Cedrics executive di-rector Veronica Osborn.
Last year, the Cedric Literary Awards re-ceived 168 submissions from writers from Pink Mountain to Langley, and from Fort St. James to Victoria, each vying for one of the $3,000 prizes awarded in four categories.
In addition to Eng-lish-speaking writers, the awards program recognizes there are many writers who are writing in French, and wants to encour-age more of them to consider entering their work in this year’s competition.
Similarly, the Ced-rics received a number of manuscripts from First Nations writers last year and more will be welcome in 2016.
“We are changing
the landscape of liter-ary awards programs in Canada by providing a unique platform to rec-ognize and reward un-published English and French-speaking au-thors of fiction, creative non-fiction and poetry, and First Nations writ-ers, age 50 and better,” says Cedrics founder Peter Dale.
Interested authors should log on to www.thecedrics.ca, or email Veronica at [email protected].
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Toe pointed, one hand held gracefully above her head, Brynn Gowen is a picture of grace and a tribute to her Scottish Highland dance training.
The self-possessed, articulate 10-year-old won three first-place medals, three second-place medals and the overall aggregate tro-phy in only her second Highland dance com-petition.
With the motto, “hap-pily Scottish, proudly Canadian,” the Vernon Sons of Scotland were celebrating 30 years of their existence with the Kildonnan Highland Dance Competition on Feb. 6 at Trinity United Church in Vernon.
Originally taught by Dianne Van Nostrand, Brynn is now being trained by Fiona Van-dergucht and is the only student taking Highland dancing at Shuswap Dance Cen-ter.
That’s not how it was when Brynn began dancing in September 2012.
“A friend, Meghan Ackermann, and her friend, Brynn Arbour, were doing the sword dance and I was like, ‘that looks cool,’” says Brynn enthusiastically of the dancing and the kilts.
Brynn joined four other girls taking High-land dance and loved it from the beginning.
“The first dance I
learned was pas de bas, which was really easy,” she says. “Then the fling – it is the second easiest dance, but it has all the main steps you need to know.”
Then came the sword dance, the lilt, the Shean Truibhais, the Strathspey and the Highland reel.
Just prior to her sec-ond-year recital, Brynn was called in at the last minute to dance a reel with the older group.
After the show, the dancers were invited to Notch Hill Hall to per-form in a Ceilidh.
“She was dancing the fling with the other people in her group and both her shoes came undone,” laughs her mom Heidi. “And peo-ple were looking at her, but she kept going.”
That can-do attitude surfaced again in a reel that was part of the competition in Vernon.
Brynn’s father, Alton, recorded the dance with his phone – evidence that the tal-ented young daughter knows her stuff and is composed beyond her years. When two of the dancers became confused, the reel floundered – except for Brynn, who is used to dancing on her own. She wove her way back and forth across the stage, never missing a move, until the other girls found their places.
“When I was done recording, a Highland teacher from Kam-loops said “is that your
daughter, the tall one? I’ve never seen one of the students weave through them all and not even pay attention to the chaos that was going on,’” Alton says.
Brynn’s first compe-tition was in October 2015 and netted her a second place in the Flora McDonald’s Fan-cy, third in the sword dance, fifth in the She-an Truibhais, sixth in the lilt and seventh in the fling.
In Vernon, Brynn was competing against
eight other dancers in her category and found the atmosphere to be more comfortable than her first competition.
“I made a few friends, everyone was really nice,” she says of everyone who en-couraged her, knowing it was only her second competition. “It just felt nice to be there; I was nervous in the morning, but in the af-ternoon I was kind of happy.”
Proud of their daugh-ter’s accomplishments,
Heidi and Alton are grateful to Van Nos-trand and Vandergucht, both of whom they say are “very connected to the Scottish element.”
“And Dad yelled ‘Whoop,’ he whooped,” says Brynn, beaming at the memory of her dad’s reaction to her big win in Vernon.
Heidi was unable to attend the competition because she was coach-ing hockey in Salmon Arm, but admits to jumping up and down in the arena after hear-ing the news.
“I really like it; it’s an unusual thing and it feels special to be the only one doing it in Salmon Arm,” says Brynn enthusiastically, noting she would like to continue to pursue Highland dancing and add ballet to her plans for the future.
“If Highland was easy it would be called hockey,” is a motto that appeals to Brynn and her parents, but not so much to her hockey-playing brother Ashtyn.
By Barb BrouwerOBSERVER STAFF
Dancer shines in competition
Fine form: Scottish Highland dancer Brynn Gowen practises her form in front of a mirror at her house.
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The beauty of early music is that it can be performed not just by big symphony orches-tras in huge concert halls, but more appro-priate and authentic in smaller spaces and with fewer instruments and voices.
The Okanagan is for-tunate to be home to many talented people. Here and there small groups or individuals turn up with an inter-est to singing medieval madrigals, or playing instrumental Baroque music.
For the past few years, South Okana-gan residents have been enjoying an early music concert series, spearheaded by sopra-no Tracy Fehr and her Masterwork Ensemble, a small group of period instrumentalists.
Members of Kelow-na’s Early Music Stu-dio performs two con-certs per year. In North Okanagan Paul Moore, an accomplished oper-atic tenor, vocal teach-er, and an early music aficionado, leads an effort of popularizing vocal early music.
Cuyler Page, who formed the period in-struments ensemble, Oko Baroquo is well-known for his passion for early music. He
was one of the found-ers of the Vancouver Society of Early Music in 1969.
The musicians who formed Oko Baroquo, have impressive track records. Leslie Uhlig has been playing the flute for 50 years and explored many genres of music. Susanne Ze-indler used to lead the violas of the Okanagan Symphony and teach at the Vernon Community Music School. Carole Ruth has studied and played violin in orches-tras and chamber music groups since age 12.
Jim Leonard, who plays continuo organ for Oko Baroquo is an associate of the Royal
Canadian College of Organists. Since mov-ing to Vernon, he has been enjoying being a part of the Okanagan music scene and play-ing with Oko Baroquo is one of his most fa-vourite musical en-deavours.
Early Music Okana-gan (EMO) is a new project of Okanagan musicians who teamed up in an attempt to popularize early music – music of Renaissance and Baroque eras. With combined efforts the more complex and am-bitious musical proj-ects are becoming a possibility.
Early Music Okana-gan presents their in-
augural concert, “Ba-roque, mostly” at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 23 at First United Church.
The program con-sists of an exciting mix of Baroque vocal, cho-ral, and instrumental music by Handel, Viv-aldi, Purcell, Caldara, and others.
The star vocalists are Fehr and Moore, with Oko Baroquo and In-spirati Chorale.
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R.J. Haney Heritage Village & Museum and the Shuswap Quilters’ Guild are raffling a dou-ble/queen quilt, valued at $1,800. Net proceeds will go to furnish the Miss Puff’s Dress Shop & Millinery in the new Montebello Block at the village.
Tickets are $2 and can be purchased at the Shuswap Quilters’ Guild display during Heritage Week celebra-tions from Feb. 17 to 20 at the Mall at Pic-cadilly. They will then be available by calling the village at 250-832-5243, or members of the Shuswap Quilters’ Guild and at the quilt show on June 4 and 5.
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Sarah Andrews Mason (Service) passed on February 8, 2016 at Shuswap Lake General Hospital, Salmon Arm, BC. Survived and married to her husband Gordon for 65 years, daughter Debbie (John) and son Bill, grandchildren Carly, Tommy and Jeff.
Sarah (Sadie) was born in Smithers, BC on December 24, 1925. Her father William (Bill) with BC Police and mother Sarah had five daughters, Sarah was the fourth. She lost her father at a very young age and grew up in Kamloops, where she met husband Gordon. From Kamloops a lifetime of adventuresbegan for both Sarah and Gordon. They led a funand full life raising their family in North Vancouver, then moved to Salmon Arm where they have mademany friends and enjoyed their retirement. Always ready for an adventure, Sarah loved family, flying,and roaming the back roads in British Columbia with Gordon.
Now she is in a peaceful world and continues tosend her love to those she loved.
Celebration of Sarah’s life to follow later in theSpring. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made toCanadian Cancer Society.
Arrangements entrusted to Fischer’s FuneralServices & Crematorium Ltd., Salmon Arm (250) 833-1129. Email condolences and sharememories of Sarah through her obituary at www.fischersfuneralservices.com.
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Gordon Edward West-Johnson of Sorrento B.C. passed away at the Kelowna General Hospital in the ICU Palliative Care Unit early February 3rd, 2016.
The family extends our sincere thanks to the wonderful nurses, Dr. McKenzie and Dr. Holmes for their kind and compassionate care. It was greatly appreciated.
Gordon was born in Vancouver B.C. and spent his early years in Kamloops and the Caribooregion. He lived in Victoria during his teenage years. He trained as an electrician and spent most of his working life with BC Tel in a variety of positions,both technical and managerial.
Gordon was predeceased by his mother, his fatherand his son Timothy. He is survived by his wife Rose, his daughter Karen (Gary), his son David, his daughter-in-law Mary and his grand children Tyler (Shannon), Trina (Tony) and Trent (Audriana) as wellas his great-grand children Caiden, Shanna andSkylar. He is also survived by his brother Stan and his many cousins throughout B.C.
There will be a Celebration of Life 11:00 a.m. onApril 23rd, 2016 at Fischer’s Funeral Services, 4060 1st Ave. S.W., Salmon Arm B.C. Tea, coffee and a light lunch will be served after the celebration.
If friends wish, a donation may be made to theirfavourite charity in his memory.
Arrangements entrusted to Fischer’s FuneralServices & Crematorium Ltd., Salmon Arm,(250) 833-1129. Email condolences and sharememories of Gordon through his obituary at www.fischersfuneralservices.com.
GORDON EDWARD WEST-JOHNSONApril 23rd, 1937 to February 3rd, 2016
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Ingrid passed away after a brief battle with cancer.She is lovingly remembered and missed by her four children; Wanda (Cal) Jackson, Carolyn Visser, Lianne (Dave) Schouten, Raymond (Amy) Visser,also, her nine grandchildren, many family and close friends.
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“IN THE ARMS OF AN ANGEL” We announce the passing of our dear mother, grandmother, great grandmother Franciska Stipdonk on January 23, 2016.
“Francis” was born April 18th, 1930 in Amsterdam NL and moved to Canada in 1972.
She loved nature with all the flowers and animals spending many a day basking in its beauty.
Francis was a strong woman who did whatever she set her mind to and venturedwherever her heart led.
Having coffee with her “girls” and playing gameswith friends and family were her joys that kept her busy and loving life.
We will smile when we think of her strong will, funbanter, changing the rules of the game, sneaking to Tim Horton’s and expecting you on time.
She leaves behind to watch over, her son Evert(Marion), Daughter Gerda , Grandchildren Melanie(Clayton), Robert (Katelyn), Jennifer (Derek) and 4beautiful great grandchildren.
We would like to thank all our families and friendsfor their help and support and also Francis’s friendswho have been so supportive!
“You were given life because you were strongenough to Live it!”
Arrangements entrusted to Fischer’s FuneralServices & Crematorium Ltd., Salmon Arm,250 833-1129. Email condolences and share memories of Francis through her obituary at www.fischersfuneralservices.com.
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Class 1 driver required ,US capable low bed/recovery driv-er. This is a full time position with local work when not on recoveries. The successful candidate must be physically fi t, have his own transportation and be available for some weekend work when required, and be able and willing to go the US when required. This position is available immedi-ately. Please fax resumes to 250-546-0600 or by email:[email protected]. No phone calls please. Include low bed in the subject line.
US capable Class 1 Drivers required immediately: We are an Okanagan based transport company looking for qualifi ed drivers for US loads we run primarily in the Pacifi c North-west, Utah, Arizona and Neva-da. We offer a new pay rate empty or loaded. All picks and drops paid. Assigned units company cell phones and fuel cards. Regular home time Direct deposit paid every second Friday with no hold backs. We offer a rider and pet policy. Company paid US travel Insurance. All applicants must have reliable transporta-tion and a positive attitude. Please fax resume & abstract to 250-546-0600 or by email to [email protected] NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE.
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START A new career in Graphic Arts, Healthcare, Business, Education or Infor-mation Tech. If you have a GED, call: 1-855-670-9765
Help WantedCaretakers needed for remote ski lodge, North/East of Sicamous, best suits a retired couple,2 weeks in, 2 weeks out. April-Oct. Send resume to [email protected]
General Duty Person required for Armstrong BC. This is a full time position Monday to Friday 8-5. Must have own transpor-tation and be physically fi t, please fax resume with job de-scription to 250-546-0600 or e-mail to [email protected] with job description in subject line. No phone calls or walk in’s please.
King’s Christian School is hiring teachers for the
2016/17 school year:✎Kindergarten - 3 Days/Week✎Grade 1 - Full Time ✎Music/Fine Arts - Part TimeDetails available at www.kingschristianschool.com under “careers.” Please for-ward resume, references and statement of faith to:King’s Christian School350-B 30th Street NESalmon Arm, BC V1E 1J2 Phone: (250)832-5200 Fax: (250)[email protected]
Landscape construction com-pany looking for hard worker in good physical shape. FT with lots of hours $18+/hr to start w/ possibility for benefi ts. email resume to: [email protected]
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Help WantedMechanic with experience working on Maxxforce 13 engines required immediately full-time. We are located inthe Spallumcheen Industrial Park Armstrong. The success-ful candidate must have reliable transportation, own tools and be physically fi t. Please fax resume to 250- 546-0600 or email [email protected] No walk in’s or phone calls please.
NEWSPAPER CARRIERS NEEDED
To distribute the Shuswap Market &
Lakeshore NewsAREAS AVAILABLE
SALMON ARM-Auto Rd & 20th St. SE-Auto Rd/15th/12th SE
SICAMOUS-Shuswap Ave.
-Downtown SicamousCHASE
-Larch/Juniper St.-BROOKE/ASHE/LEIGH-
TONCall Valerie 250-832-2131
Repair Person required part time for our Proheat, Wabasco and various other makes of heaters and air-conditioning units in our highway tractors. This is part time position that could lead to full time we require the right person immediately we are located in the Spallumcheen Industrial park in Armstrong BC. You must have your own transpor-tation and be reliable and physically fi t, please fax resume with job description to 250-546-0600 or e-mail to [email protected] with job description in subject line. No phone calls or walk in’s please.
Service Person required full-time for our Service center in Armstrong, the successful candidate must have some mechanical skill as wellas some experience with servicing Highway tractor units and capable of working under little supervision. Must have own reliable transportation and be physically fi t, be able to work Tuesday to Sat 8-5. Please fax resumes to 250-546-0600 with job position applying for or by e-mail to [email protected] with job description in subject line. No phone calls or walk in’s please.
Ofce SupportOFFICE ASSISTANT P/T BJ Design Interiors, a full service interior decorating and design company in Sicamous, BC. The successful candidate will assist with day to day adminis-trative support. You will need to be incredibly organized and be able to multi task in a dead-line driven environment. Excel-lent Word, Excel and Outlook skills are required. A profes-sional attitude and the ability to communicate well in a cus-tomer service driven industry is a must. Submit resumes to :brenda@bjdes ign in ter i -ors.com. Only those selected for interviews will be contact-ed.
Work WantedTREE PRUNING(250)832-4247
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Ingrid passed away after a brief battle with cancer. She is lovingly remembered and missed by her four children; Wanda (Cal) Jackson, Carolyn Visser, Lianne (Dave) Schouten, Raymond (Amy) Visser, also, her nine grandchildren, many family and close friends.
A celebration of her life will be held at a date to be announced.
“We love you forever, we like you for always, as long as we’re living our Mom you will be.”
In Loving Memory INGRID (INEKE) VISSER nee POLMANNovember 21, 1947-February 4, 2016
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Whether you’re considering pre-planning or have lost a loved one, you can trust our
professional and friendly team to support you with meaningful grief services. We provide
individualized funeral, memorial and celebration of life services, as well as grief counselling
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Serving and caring for families in our community since 1947.
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440 - 10th Street SW (PO Box 388)Salmon Arm, BC V1E 4N5
www.bowersfuneralservice.comFor more information and the answers to many frequently asked questions, visit us online at:
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Executives Realty Ltd.Call Anna-Marie 250.550.2112
Set your own hours. Now is the time to get into Real Estate. Call for an information session and learn everything that is involved
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The Peace Arch News has an opening for an advertising consultant.
By joining White Rock / South Surrey's number one community print and online newspaper, you can develop a rewarding career in advertising and marketing while contributing to one of the Lower Mainland's most vibrant communities. The team environment at the Peace Arch News will inspire you to the highest level of customer partnership and reward your motivated approach to excellence.
You should be a strong communicator, well organized, self motivated and enjoy working in a fast-pace environment. Previous media sales experience is preferred. A car and a valid driver's license are required.
The Peace Arch News is part of Black Press, Canada's largest private independent newspaper company with more than 170 community, daily and urban newspapers in BC, Alberta, Washington, Ohio, California and Hawaii.
Please send your resume with cover letter by Friday, March 11, 2016 to:
Steve Scott - Ad Manager Peace Arch News #200 - 2411 - 160th St., Surrey, BC V3S 0C8 or email to [email protected]
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Applicant must be:• computer savvy• pleasant and coachable• familiar with a sales environment• effective with verbal & written
communication skillsPlease submit resume to [email protected] before the closing date of February 29, 2016.
Tues-Sat (11-5pm)-may lead to full time
Ingrid passed away after a brief battle with cancer.She is lovingly remembered and missed by her four children; Wanda (Cal) Jackson, Carolyn Visser, Lianne (Dave) Schouten, Raymond (Amy) Visser,also, her nine grandchildren, many family and close friends.
A celebration of her life will be held at a date to be announced.
“We love you forever, we like you for always,as long as we’re living our Mom you will be.”
In Loving Memory INGRID (INEKE) VISSER nee POLMANNovember 21, 1947-February 4, 2016
Passed away peacefully at the Kelowna Hospice House on February 12, 2016 at the age of 88 years. He is survived by his loving family: 6 children, Evelyn, Heather, Ed, Jennifer, Tom, and David; 15 grandchildren; 2 great grandchildren; and 3 sisters, Eileen, Hazel, and Margie.
Dr. O’Brien is predeceased by his loving wife Anita of 57years, and 2 brothers, Kevin and Eric.
A Celebration of Ed’s life will be held at St.Charles Garnier Roman Catholic Church in June,final date and time to be announced. In lieu offlowers, donations may be made to Trout Unlimited,http://www.tucanada.org. For more about Dr. O’Brien, or to offer a condolence, please visit www.springfieldfuneralhome.com, 250-860-7077.
O’BRIEN, DR. EDWARD GEORGE
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“IN THE ARMS OF AN ANGEL” We announce the passing of our dear mother, grandmother, great grandmother Franciska Stipdonk on January 23, 2016.
“Francis” was born April 18th, 1930 in Amsterdam NL and moved to Canada in 1972.
She loved nature with all the flowers and animals spending many a day basking in its beauty.
Francis was a strong woman who did whatever she set her mind to and venturedwherever her heart led.
Having coffee with her “girls” and playing gameswith friends and family were her joys that kept her busy and loving life.
We will smile when we think of her strong will, funbanter, changing the rules of the game, sneaking to Tim Horton’s and expecting you on time.
She leaves behind to watch over, her son Evert(Marion), Daughter Gerda , Grandchildren Melanie(Clayton), Robert (Katelyn), Jennifer (Derek) and 4beautiful great grandchildren.
We would like to thank all our families and friendsfor their help and support and also Francis’s friendswho have been so supportive!
“You were given life because you were strongenough to Live it!”
Arrangements entrusted to Fischer’s FuneralServices & Crematorium Ltd., Salmon Arm,250 833-1129. Email condolences and share memories of Francis through her obituary at www.fischersfuneralservices.com.
STIPDONK, FRANCISKA 1930 - 2016
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Drivers/Courier/Trucking
Class 1 driver required for lo-cal work and switches. This is a full time position, the suc-cessful candidate must have his own transportation and be physically fi t. Monday to Fri-day,with the occasional eve-ning work. Please email:[email protected] or by fax to 250-546-0600. No phone calls please.Include the title local driver in subject line.
Class 1 driver required ,US capable low bed/recovery driv-er. This is a full time position with local work when not on recoveries. The successful candidate must be physically fi t, have his own transportation and be available for some weekend work when required, and be able and willing to go the US when required. This position is available immedi-ately. Please fax resumes to 250-546-0600 or by email:[email protected]. No phone calls please. Include low bed in the subject line.
US capable Class 1 Drivers required immediately: We are an Okanagan based transport company looking for qualifi ed drivers for US loads we run primarily in the Pacifi c North-west, Utah, Arizona and Neva-da. We offer a new pay rate empty or loaded. All picks and drops paid. Assigned units company cell phones and fuel cards. Regular home time Direct deposit paid every second Friday with no hold backs. We offer a rider and pet policy. Company paid US travel Insurance. All applicants must have reliable transporta-tion and a positive attitude. Please fax resume & abstract to 250-546-0600 or by email to [email protected] NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE.
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HEALTHCARE DOCUMEN-TATION Specialists are in huge demand. Employers want CanScribe graduates. A great work-from-home career! Train with Canada’s best-rated program. Enroll today.www.canscribe.com. 1-800-466-1535. [email protected].
INTERIOR HEAVY EQUIPMENT SCHOOL. Hands-On Tasks. Start Weekly. GPS Training!
Funding & Housing Avail! Job Aid! Already a HEO?
Get certifi cation proof.Call 1-866-399-3853 or go to:
iheschool.com
MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION! In-demand career! Employers have work-at-home positions available. Get online training you need from an employer-trusted program. Visit today: CareerStep.ca/MT or 1-855-768-3362 to start training for your work-at-home career.
START A new career in Graphic Arts, Healthcare, Business, Education or Infor-mation Tech. If you have a GED, call: 1-855-670-9765
Help WantedCaretakers needed for remote ski lodge, North/East of Sicamous, best suits a retired couple,2 weeks in, 2 weeks out. April-Oct. Send resume to [email protected]
General Duty Person required for Armstrong BC. This is a full time position Monday to Friday 8-5. Must have own transpor-tation and be physically fi t, please fax resume with job de-scription to 250-546-0600 or e-mail to [email protected] with job description in subject line. No phone calls or walk in’s please.
King’s Christian School is hiring teachers for the
2016/17 school year:✎Kindergarten - 3 Days/Week✎Grade 1 - Full Time ✎Music/Fine Arts - Part TimeDetails available at www.kingschristianschool.com under “careers.” Please for-ward resume, references and statement of faith to:King’s Christian School350-B 30th Street NESalmon Arm, BC V1E 1J2 Phone: (250)832-5200 Fax: (250)[email protected]
Landscape construction com-pany looking for hard worker in good physical shape. FT with lots of hours $18+/hr to start w/ possibility for benefi ts. email resume to: [email protected]
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Help WantedMechanic with experience working on Maxxforce 13 engines required immediately full-time. We are located inthe Spallumcheen Industrial Park Armstrong. The success-ful candidate must have reliable transportation, own tools and be physically fi t. Please fax resume to 250- 546-0600 or email [email protected] No walk in’s or phone calls please.
NEWSPAPER CARRIERS NEEDED
To distribute the Shuswap Market &
Lakeshore NewsAREAS AVAILABLE
SALMON ARM-Auto Rd & 20th St. SE-Auto Rd/15th/12th SE
SICAMOUS-Shuswap Ave.
-Downtown SicamousCHASE
-Larch/Juniper St.-BROOKE/ASHE/LEIGH-
TONCall Valerie 250-832-2131
Repair Person required part time for our Proheat, Wabasco and various other makes of heaters and air-conditioning units in our highway tractors. This is part time position that could lead to full time we require the right person immediately we are located in the Spallumcheen Industrial park in Armstrong BC. You must have your own transpor-tation and be reliable and physically fi t, please fax resume with job description to 250-546-0600 or e-mail to [email protected] with job description in subject line. No phone calls or walk in’s please.
Service Person required full-time for our Service center in Armstrong, the successful candidate must have some mechanical skill as wellas some experience with servicing Highway tractor units and capable of working under little supervision. Must have own reliable transportation and be physically fi t, be able to work Tuesday to Sat 8-5. Please fax resumes to 250-546-0600 with job position applying for or by e-mail to [email protected] with job description in subject line. No phone calls or walk in’s please.
Ofce SupportOFFICE ASSISTANT P/T BJ Design Interiors, a full service interior decorating and design company in Sicamous, BC. The successful candidate will assist with day to day adminis-trative support. You will need to be incredibly organized and be able to multi task in a dead-line driven environment. Excel-lent Word, Excel and Outlook skills are required. A profes-sional attitude and the ability to communicate well in a cus-tomer service driven industry is a must. Submit resumes to :brenda@bjdes ign in ter i -ors.com. Only those selected for interviews will be contact-ed.
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All Breeds including Cats & Large Dogs
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Original homestead site.
1501 16th Street NE, Salmon Arm250-832-6045
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Greenlight CarpentryFinishing, light framing and renovations. Lyle Fenwick (250)832-5125 (403)506-6323
Misc ServicesFRUIT Tree Pruning. Call Sandy Acres Berry Farm 1 (250)832-5398
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FULL SERVICE Plumbing from Parker Dean. Fast, re-liable, 24/7 service. Take $50 off your next job if you present this ad. Vancouver area. 1-800-573-2928
FirearmsCanadian Firearms Safety
Courses (PAL) Downstairs at Chase Legion
Feb 20 & 21, 9am-5pm Cost $120 includesmanual & exams
Pre-registration requiredCall Ivan: (1-250)679-2758
Hunter Training Course (C.O.R.E.)
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Pre-registration requiredCall Ivan: (1-250)679-2758
Food ProductsFARM fresh free range brown eggs $3.50/dozen (250)832-8918
FurnitureUSED furniture in good condi-tion. (250)803-9936 Cell: (250)833-8886
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A-Steel Shipping Storage Containers. Used 20’40’45’53’ insulated containers. All sizes in stock. Prices starting under $2,000. Modifi cations possible doors, windows, walls etc., as offi ce or living workshop etc., Ph Toll free 24 hours 1-866-528-7108 or 1-778-298-3192 8am-5pm. Delivery BC and AB www.rtccontainer.com
Misc. for SaleCRAFTSMAN w/9HP Briggs & Stratton snowblower, elec. start, used very little $570. (250)833-1444
POLE BARNS, Shops, steel buildings metal clad or fabric clad. Complete supply and in-stallation. Call John at 403-998-7907; [email protected]
REFORESTATION NURSERYSeedlings of hardy trees, shrubs, and berries for shel-terbelts or landscaping. Spruce and Pine from $.99/tree. Free Shipping. Replacement guar-antee. 1-866-873-3846 orwww.treetime.ca
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SAGE 99 Fly Rod, 8 WT. New $350. Frabill Ice Fish-ing Shelter. New $200. Call (250)517-8087
SAWMILLS FROM only $4,397. Make money and save money with your own bandmill. Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. Free Info and DVD: www.NorwoodSawmills.com/400OT 1-800-566-6899 Ext:400OT.
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MortgagesTEKAMAR MORTGAGESBest rate 5yr-2.84%OACServing the Columbia-Shuswap
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Financial Services Home Improvements Misc Services Plumbing Heavy Duty Machinery
Misc. for Sale Apt/Condo for Rent1/Bdrm across from City Hall. Adults, N/S, No pets. Ref’s required. $710/mo. Call 250-833-0420 after 6pm.
LGE 1 & 2 BDRM. BRIGHT apts. In suite storage, green space, live-in manager. Cable incl. Sicamous, 250-804-5364.
TWO Bedroom bright and spa-cious basement suite. Bright open fl oor plan with large mas-ter bedroom. Conveniently lo-cated down town. Walking dis-tance to shopping and parks. Shared laundry, private stor-age, and off street parking available. $1200/ month WIFI and utilities included. NS, NP Available March 1st. Please contact me at [email protected]
Modular HomesMARA: 2bdrm. mobile, addi-tion, deck, creekside, new fl oors, electric & plumbing, f/s/w/d/ac, elec. heat, $700/mo. + DD Avail. Mar.1. (250)838-7670
Homes for RentCHASE: 3bdrm, 3bath, 5appl. plus central air & vac., $1200/mo. avail. Immediately, (250)318-1393 (250)679-3695
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Cars - Sports & Imports
2011 Camry LE V6 auto, cloth, silver colour, must see car. $14,000. (250)517-9549
Sport Utility Vehicle2002 Mercedes ML320 SUV, 212K, auto, loaded, DVD, very clean, heated seats & more $5900 (250)675-3790
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Legal NoticesWAREHOUSE Lien Act Notice is hereby given to Darren Wil-fred Large of Box 191 Saddle Lake, AB T0A 3T0 and Lien holder Go Auto Finance of 10220 184 Street Edmonton AB T5S 0B9. Registered own-er of 2011 Dodge Ram 1D7RV1GPXBS522052. To recover Storage charges of the above mentioned vehicle under the provision of the Warehouse Lien Act in the amount of $4000.00 as of Feb-ruary 5, 2016, the above noted vehicle has been stored at Ea-gle Rock Towing 1233 Titus Rd, Sicamous BC since June 10, 2015 and will be disposed of on March 2, 2016. Call 250-546-8290.
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WEDNESDAY, FEB. 17HERITAGE WEEK – R.J. Haney Heritage Village celebrates
Heritage Week in the Mall at Piccadilly to Feb. 20. Silent auction. Feb. 20 is Family Fun Day with a craft table, panning for Haney gold, exhibit designed by the museum’s curator, pioneer displays, demonstrations and more. Jane’s Place hosts a pancake breakfast, take part in the pie contest, buy a slice after the contest closes, or bid on a whole pie. Proceeds go to the village. For of� cial pie contest rules call the Village at 250-832-5243.
HUNA– Shuswap Questers’ experiential meeting features an introduction to Huna, a healing and spiritual shamanism of ancient Hawaii from 7 to 9 p.m. in the library of the Downtown Activity Centre, 451 Shuswap Street.
SAVE YOUR STUFF – The Shuswap Lake Health-Care Auxiliary will host a fundraising garage/bake/book sale and silent auction on April 1 and 2 at the Mall at Piccadilly with all proceeds going to Shuswap Lake General Hospital. Donations of small household goods, books, toys and furniture will be gratefully accepted. Call 250-833-1881 to have items picked up or take them to the mall March 29 to 31 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. or April 1 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
PRENATAL BREASTFEEDING – Learn breastfeeding basics before your baby arrives from 12:30 to 2 p.m. at the Family Resource Centre, 181 Trans-Canada Hwy NE. For more information or to register, call the Salmon Arm Health Centre at 250-833-4101.
MEDITATION – A drop-in class of guided meditations and a teaching takes place from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the SASCU Downtown Activity Centre, 451 Shuswap St. SW. For class topic and information, call 1-250-558-0952 or send an email to www.dorjechang.ca. No fragrance please.
THURSDAY, FEB. 18BC FRIENDS – A FRIENDS Parent workshop is designed
for parents, families and caregivers to learn more about the online portion of this evidence based anxiety prevention and resiliency program used in BC schools to promote the mental health and well-being of all students. Free workshop runs from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at the District Education Support Centre - Multi-purpose Room, 341 Shuswap St. SW. Seating is limited. Register at https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/friends-parent-program-workshop-shuswapsalmon-arm-tickets-21076524452.
PUB THEOLOGY – First United Church holds a conversation forum on any topic from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Hideaway Pub, open to anyone over 19 and the sky is the limit in terms of topics of conversation. For more information, call Patrick at 250-832-3492.
SNOWBLAZERS – Snowmobile Club monthly meetings are held every third Thursday at the curling rink from 7 to 8 p.m. to discuss chalet, trails, fundraising and preservation of Fly Hills recreation. Visit www.sasnowblazers.com.
LAST DAY TO REGISTER – Interior Health is recruiting volunteer leaders to train and then co-lead a free six-week
(2.5 hours/week) self-management workshop for people living with chronic pain. A free, four-day leader training takes place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Feb. 26, 27 and March 4 and 5 in the community room at Uptown Askew’s. Attendance of all four days is required. Ongoing support is provided and a small honorarium given for workshops led. To register, call toll free 1-866-902-3767.
TOASTMASTERS – Salmon Arm Toastmasters meet Thursdays at 7 p.m. at the Downtown Activity Centre.
WEEKLY CRIB – Runs every Thursday from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Salmon Valley Senior’s Hall. For info, contact Donna Bernard at 250-833-0123.
FRIDAY, FEB. 19ONSTAGE – Shuswap Theatre presents Welfarewell, a
dramatic comedy by Cat Delaney at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 19 to
21, 25–28, and March 3–5. Thursday, Friday and Saturday shows are at 7:30 p.m. Sunday shows are at 1:30 p.m. Tickets are available at Intwined Fibre Arts on Hudson Avenue or online at shuswaptheatre.com.
FUNDRAISER – A Burger, Beer and Dance Fundraiser will be held for Kaden Sagh at Salmon Arm Elk’s Hall, 3690 30 St. SE. Doors open at 6 p.m. For tickets, contact Sancha at 250-833-6587, or Kristie at 250-833-2601.
MURDER MYSTERY – Salmon Arm Actors’ Studio presents Funkin’ Dead, a � ve-act murder mystery with a four-course dinner Friday and Saturday. Drinks are served at 6 p.m. Tickets are available online at www.saactorsstudio.com, Intwined Fibre Arts or by calling 250-833-5134.
FILM FARE – The Shuswap Film Society presents the 27th Annual Shuswap International Film Festival to Feb. 27. See details on Page A16.
COFFEE HOUSE – A coffee house takes place at 7 p.m. on the third Thursday of the month at the Silver Creek Community Hall. Sign-up is at 6 p.m. Open mic.
SATURDAY, FEB. 20COLDEST NIGHT – Walk with others to raise funds for the
Lighthouse Shelter and Second Harvest. Opening ceremo-
ny starts at 5 p.m. Great prizes available to walkers. Con-tact event co-ordinator Chris Moore at [email protected] or call 250-833-4066.
ITALIAN DINNER – The Salmon Arm Elks host a fundraising spaghetti dinner, featuring a 50/50 draw, door prizes and entertainment. Cocktails will be served at 4:30 p.m., dinner is at 6. Tickets are available from any Elk member or by calling 250-833-4803.
GREEN THUMBS – Shuswap Garden Club hosts A Day for the Gardeners at 8:30 a.m. at the Seniors Fifth Avenue Activity Centre, 170 Fifth Ave, SE. Speaker topics include What’s New for 2016, Gardening for Pollinators and How to grow Ornamental Grasses and Succulents. Attendees must register before 9:15 a.m. Speakers present from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Vendors and raf� es will
be featured. For more information, contact Kathy at 250-832-2028 or visit www.facebook.com.ShuswapGardenClub.
FUNDRAISER – Fly Hills Snow Blazers host a dinner/dance at 6:30 p.m. at the Salmon Arm Curling Rink, featuring the music of Shoe Swap, A � ve-piece party band from Sicamous/Salmon Arm areas. Tickets are available at Shuswap Xtreme Recreation, Hideaway Liquor Store and at the door.
THURSDAY, FEB. 25SHUSWAP GARDEN CLUB – meets at 7 p.m. 7 at Scout Hall, 2460 Auto Rd. Guest speaker Axel Hvidberg will talk about the Haskap berry. Everyone is welcome.
FRIDAY, FEB. 26COFFEE HOUSE – The Shuswap Writers’ Coffeehouse runs from 7 to 9 p.m. at Choices. A light supper is available at 6:30 and open-mic readings start at 7 p.m. Poets, prose writers, No cover charge. For more information, email [email protected].
CONCERT – Voice of the Shuswap and Aspiral Youth Partners Association present Thick as Thieves at 7 p.m. at
the SASCU Downtown Activity Centre library. Tickets are available at DAC main of� ce or Voice of the Shuswap. For more information, contact 250-463-5026.
SATURDAY, FEB. 27WELSH DINNER – The Shuswap Welsh Society hosts a St.
David’s Dinner at 6 p.m. at the Seniors’ Fifth Avenue Activity Centre. Doors open at 5. For information, call 250-832-4415 or 250-832-3213.
ARABIC LANGUAGE SEMINAR – This free public event is designed to introduce Arabic culture through a better understanding of the Arabic Language from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in Room 130 of Okanagan College Salmon Arm. Conversational Arabic classes will soon be offered. Call Sandra Baumgartner at 250-804-1886.
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 28
KAIROS – The Salmon Arm Ecumenical KAIROS Com-mittee presents “Standing with the Unist’ot’en: Protect the Land, Water, and Indigenous Rights” at 2 p.m. at First United Church. Two short � lms about the struggle to pre-vent three petroleum companies from building pipelines on their territory, a talk by Kanahus Manuel, Secwepemc land defender and silent auction.
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