salmon arm observer, february 19, 2014

IndexOpinion ....................... A6View Point .................. A7Life & Times ............... A8Sports................A21-A25Time Out ................... A15Arts & Events ... A26-A28Vol. 107, No. 8, 48 pages

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WednesdayFebruary 19, 2014

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Madison cox is a happy, loving child who, like many other four year olds, loves animals, dora the explorer and, most of all, people.

Madison is also a child who lives a life filled with challenges and struggles that few must face.

In 2011, she was diagnosed with congenital disorders of Glycosyl-ation, type 1A, or cdG1A, a rare dis-ease of which there are currently only four known cases in canada, say her parents Melissa little and Brent cox. Worldwide there are about 400.

They explain that Madison was not able to hold up her head or lay on her stomach until she was 14 months old. Holding her own bottle or sitting up unassisted wasn’t possible until she

was nearly three. By the time she was two-and-a-half she already had two surgeries for her weak eye muscles.

The genetic disease means that Mad-ison’s cerebellum is underdeveloped and her body doesn’t process sugars and proteins properly. The cerebel-lum of many of the children with cdG doesn’t develop at all, Brent says, and the children don’t live long.

“Most kids with cdG don’t live a full life, they pass away fairly young because of liver and other organ fail-ure.”

Brent and Melissa have three other children, and all are healthy.

Madison’s fifth birthday is in April but she cannot walk or talk.

“She can’t walk but she is starting to stand a little,” explains Brent. “She’s starting to speak as well but she’s hard to understand.”

Madison must be monitored con-stantly for fear of her having seizures. However, her mind is good, she under-stands well and it’s mostly the motor skills that are delayed, Brent says.

“Madison is a sweetheart. She brightens everybody’s day – she’s al-ways got a big smile. We have a lot of people helping us with this, a lot of people who want her to have the best.”

Help, however, has not been so forthcoming from the health-care sys-tem, they say.

When Madison was first diagnosed, Bc children’s Hospital in Vancouver was excited to have her there, says Me-lissa. But that interest dropped off, and she surmises it’s because the disease is so rare.

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Cause of blaze still unknown

The cause of a second house fire in less than a week on Bolton Road in Tappen remains unde-termined.

Fire crews were called out Thursday, Feb. 13 to a residence which was empty at the time of the blaze.

“We have narrowed the area of origin to the basement, possibly some kind of electrical fail-ure,” says Kenn Mount, columbia Shuswap Re-gional district Fire Service co-ordinator. “What kind of failure or why is still undetermined… It is difficult because of the amount of damage.”

The scene has now been turned over to insur-ance investigators, and then it is likely the file will be looked into by the Bc Safety Authority.

The RcMP remain involved with the investiga-tion, especially since the home was vacant at the time of the blaze, but people had been seen com-ing and going from the home the previous day.

“We will be working closely with the RcMP on this case and I’ll be handing over my files to them once our investigation is concluded,” said Mount.

The fire was reported at 6:32 a.m. and a mem-ber of the Tappen Sunnybrae fire department who lives close by was on scene almost immediately. Members of the fire department arrived shortly thereafter and assistance was also called in from the White lake and Shuswap Fire departments. Approximately 20 firefighters were involved in the effort to put out the fire.

The rental home is currently listed for sale. The owner, who lives in Kamloops, has been in-terviewed by fire investigators and the primary tenant was not in Salmon Arm at the time of the blaze.

Mount also says the timing of the blaze, just a few days after an accidental fire on the same road, adds to suspicions about the cause.

While the 30-year-old home appears to be a total loss, Mount says the fire response was out-standing.

“It’s a well-organized response. I give two thumbs up to the Tappen Sunnybrae department for a really well-managed command.”

On Feb. 9, a family of five lost their home on Bolton Road to a fire that is believed to have origi-nated in a basement woodstove or chimney.

Seeking support: Melissa Little and Brent Cox cuddle with their daughter Madison, who suffers from a disease which is believed to affect only three other people in Canada.

See Bake sale on page A2

Family rallies for MadisonBake sale: Parents try to raise funds to take daughter to California for specialized evaluation of rare genetic disorder.

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CDG support group on the Internet, she learned about the San-ford-Burnham Medi-cal Research Institute in California where, she says, there are pro-fessionals with vast knowledge of the dis-ease. Although Madi-son was initially diag-nosed with CDG-1A, there are many catego-ries of the disease and Melissa would like to have her tested further.

However, Melissa and Brent have not been able to get help from the health minis-try to get her there.

“It’s pretty sad, Madison’s a very spe-cial-needs child and the government can’t pay for anything she needs,” she says, not-ing she was told by a social worker that an autistic child can

qualify for $30,000 in funding.

“Most of the (health-care) people I’ve talked to are very against go-ing out of Canada for treatment,” she says. “Our medical system will not help in any way, which is sad as help and knowledge here on the disease is scarce.”

The health minis-try’s media relations department responded to the Observer in an email stating: “The Ministry of Health will pay for out-of-country care when medical treatment is recom-mended by the attend-ing specialist in B.C., and when the treatment is not available any-where else in Canada. It’s important to note the request for out-of-country care is made by a specialist physi-cian through an estab-lished process.”

The ministry also said the family should contact Madison’s spe-cialist as well as Health Insurance BC.

Meanwhile, Melissa and Brent are going to get Madison help in the best way they can think of – a big bake sale and silent auction.

With help from friends and support-ers, on Friday, Feb. 28 starting at 2:30 p.m., the couple will set up in the Mall at Piccadil-ly. The public is invited to stop by.

“Come learn about Madison and get the word out about kids with rare diseases in our country…,” says Brent. “I know we are a small country, but they should be sent where they can get to the therapies they need. It would be great for kids – and anyone for that matter – who need therapies that aren’t

here, to be able to be sent to where they are available. That would be the ultimate goal.”

Donations can also be made directly to any TD Bank, account number 93660-004-6331161.

Bake sale set for Feb. 28

Appealing displayHeritage tool and artifact collector Ron Leis shows Doreen Hall how an apple peeler from the 1800s works at his display set up during Heritage Week, Feb. 17 to 22 at the Mall at Piccadilly. Events will be taking place all week includ-ing the Best of the Shuswap pie contest, with the pie auction at 12:30 p.m.

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Reporting to city council on crime stats for 2013, Keane said police have made signifi-cant gains in the past few years in reducing overall crime, and that the overall rate last year was down by eight per cent. He said this builds on pre-vious reductions of 24 per cent in the past three years and 36 in the past five, and that police initiatives that contributed to these de-creases will continue.

“Now that the hard work is done, I believe it’s time for the detachment to focus more greatly on social development mat-ters,” Keane continued. “Such matters work to address the root causes of crimes so that people do not feel compelled to commit these crimes. It’s a pro-active and holistic approach that requires a co-ordinated, sus-tained and evaluative effort of a range of community partners.”

Keane explained that histori-cally, social concerns related to youth or seniors have not been a

specific focus of police, but this changed locally with addition of Const. Yvonne Dibblee who, since late 2012 has served as the detachment’s municipal traffic/community policing officer. Ke-ane said Dibblee will be retiring in April, and that he didn’t want to lose her.

“Her efforts mirror the direc-tion that I believe the detachment should be going,” said Keane. “I anticipate there will be a time

when I approach council to re-quest the addition of a full-time community policing person… but that’s not today. I am con-scious of the dollar amount po-licing costs the city.”

However, Keane added Dib-blee has agreed to participate in the detachment’s reserve con-stable program, and will work on a part-time basis at a cost of

$25,000 for the year. This, he added, will be funded under the existing police budget.

Along the line of social issues, Coun. Debbie Cannon asked the sergeant what his feelings are on the impact the Mandella Project has had on the community. The referral program, which aims to help youth at risk of substance abuse, involvement in criminal activity or exclusion from educa-tion, may be cut as its funding is

about to run out. Ke-ane said the program has had a significant impact, noting the pro-gram has given youth a way to work through their issues in a positive way.

“It’s very difficult to measure… If that didn’t exist, would they be out there committing crimes? I don’t know,” said Keane. “But I’ll be

able to tell in about five years, because then I’ll be able to see. And I’ll tell you right now, the rate of youth crime in Salmon Arm is comparatively low com-pared to other communities.”

In 2013, the detachment com-pleted 7,190 calls for service, stopped 3,468 vehicles, arrested and housed 625 prisoners and has 134 investigations in the cue.

City’s crime rate declinesRCMP: Emphasis can shift to community policing.

Such matters work to address the root causes of crimes so that people do not feel compelled to commit these crimes.

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The rezoning of a proposed expansion at the Blind Bay Resort will be coming back to the Columbia Shuswap Regional District table after board chair David Raven announced his intention to move for reconsideration of the Jan. 16 vote.

“I have received significant encourage-ment from both direc-tors and the public in favour of me exercis-ing my right to require a reconsideration of the vote and so I propose to do that and return this matter to the board table at the meeting on Feb. 20 for reconsider-ation,” writes Raven in an internal memo.

Staff are seeking di-rection from the politi-cians as to how to pro-ceed on the matter, but are not recommending the board proceed im-mediately to third read-ing of the previously rejected bylaw.

They are instead suggesting the issue once again be taken to public hearing, a move which Raven is also

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plication to the issue is the current state of the Area C Official Com-munity Plan, which is currently in the process of being repealed and replaced with an up-dated version.

The issue will come back to the CSRD board at Thursday’s regular meeting.

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Plans for a new school district admin-istration building at the former JL Jackson school site have been revealed, including the request for city council to waive some servicing requirements.

The proposed build-ing, which would be approximately 2,640 square metres over two storeys, would front Shuswap Street SW. Because only a portion of what’s called ‘Lot A’ – the 3.16-hectare parcel at the south end of the property that is bordered in part by Shuswap, Fifth Avenue SW and Third Street SW – would be needed for the admin building, the school district pro-poses dividing the lot into three.

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tre and Lot 3 would en-compass the southern-most soccer fields. It would remain as vacant developable land.

The school district has asked for variances for zoning bylaw set-backs as well as for subdivision and devel-opment servicing.

In a letter to coun-cil, the school board states “the design and location of the build-ing with a zero-meter setback from the future ‘ultimate road right-of-way’ is well-suited for this location, allows the front entry to be ac-cessible from both the parking and the street and is consistent with the OCP (official com-

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Regarding servicing, the school board states it has no issue with pro-viding for off-site ser-vices related to Lot 1, the new admin building site, at an estimated cost of $171,200. However, it has requested that all frontage improvements, utility upgrades, service connections and geo-technical reporting be waived for Lots 2 and 3 until a later date, citing practical and financial reasons.

Planning staff par-tially supported the re-quest, calling for some

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Mayor Nancy Cooper and Couns. Denise Re-imer and Marg Kentel were the only members of council considering the application at Mon-day’s planning meet-ing, so there was no quorum. Couns. Chad Eliason and Debbie Cannon were absent, and Couns. Alan Har-rison and Ken Jamieson excused themselves due to potential conflict of interest as school dis-trict employees.

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City News and Public NoticesNOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGNotice 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 24, 2014, at 7:00 p.m.

1. a) Proposed Amendment to Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 4000:

Redesignate Lot 5, Section 15, Township 20, Range 10, W6M, KDYD, Plan 12965 except Plans 21358, 24072 and KAP73904 from “City Centre” to “Highway Service/Tourist Commercial”

b) Proposed Amendment to Zoning Bylaw No 2303:

Rezone Lot 5, Section 15, Township 20, Range 10, W6M, KDYD, Plan 12965 except Plans 21358, 24072 and KAP73904, from A-1 (Agriculture Zone) to C-3 (Service Commercial Zone) and C-7 (Shopping Centre Commercial Zone).

Civic Address: 521 – 10 Street SW

Location: west side of 10 Street SW, directly north of Piccadilly Mall

Present Use: Vacant

Proposed Uses: Service Commercial and Shopping Centre Commercial

Owners / Applicant: 628746 BC Ltd./W.H. Laird

Reference: OCP4000-16/Bylaw No. 4013 and ZON-998/ Bylaw No. 4014

The files for the proposed bylaws are available for inspection between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays from February 11 to February 24, 2014, both inclusive, in the office of the Corporate Officer at the City of Salmon Arm, 500 - 2 Avenue NE. THOSE WHO DEEM THEIR INTEREST AFFECTED BY THE PROPOSED BYLAWS ARE URGED TO REVIEW THE FILES AVAILABLE IN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT (OR TELEPHONE 803-4000) TO OBTAIN THE FACTS OF THE PROPOSALS PRIOR TO THE PUBLIC HEARING.

Corey Paiement, Corporate Officer

COURT OF REVISIONFRONTAGE TAXES; TRANSPORTATION PARCEL TAXES;

73rd AVENUE WATER MAIN EXTENSION PARCEL TAXESTAKE NOTICE THAT:

A Court of Revision will sit on Monday, the 24th day of February, 2014, at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber of the City of Salmon Arm, 500 - 2 Avenue NE., Salmon Arm, B.C., to hear complaints on one or more of the following grounds:

a) there is an error or omission respecting a name or address on the parcel tax roll;

b) there is an error or omission respecting the inclusion of a parcel;

c) there is an error or omission respecting the taxable frontage of a parcel;

in connection with City of Salmon Arm Bylaws as follows:

• Water Frontage Tax Bylaw No. 1023 and amendments thereto;

• Sewer Frontage Tax Bylaw No. 1244 and amendments thereto;

• Transportation Tax Bylaw No. 3247 and amendments thereto;

• 73 Avenue Water Main Extension Establishment Bylaw No. 3793 and amendments thereto;

and to deal with any amendments to the Water and Sewer Frontage Tax Rolls, Transportation Parcel Tax Roll and 73 Avenue Water Main Extension Parcel Tax Roll.

A complaint shall not be heard by the Court of Revision unless notice of the complaint has been made in writing to the office of the Assessor, Box 40, Salmon Arm, B.C. V1E 4N2, and received by that office at least 48 hours prior to the time appointed for the first sitting of the Court of Revision.

The Frontage, Transportation and 73rd Avenue Water Main Parcel Tax Rolls will be open for inspection at the office of the undersigned between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday excluding holidays.

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and the washrooms on the main floor; • Lease spaces to be cleaned of tenant belongings outside of the term; and • The City at its sole discretion may offer a further rental term from April

1, 2015 to October 31, 2015 for a rental fee of $515.00 plus GST for each lease area.

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The past 10 days has seen two homes destroyed by fire on Bolton Road in Tappen.

In the first case, the blaze was deemed acciden-tal, attributed to a problem with a woodstove or chimney. The cause of the second remains unknown at this time. Fortunately, in both cases no one was home at the time the fires broke out so, while both homes were lost, no one was hurt or killed.

In responding to the first fire, Tappen Sunny-brae Fire Chief Kyle Schneider encouraged everyone with wood heat to check their stoves and keep their chimneys clean and well main-tained. There are many residents who still heat with wood and proper maintenance is essential to safety. But there are also other important things residents can do to protect themselves and their

property from fire.Every home dweller should take the most

important fire safety measure within their home, which is to ensure that there are sufficient smoke alarms – and that they are in good working order. It is also important to have an escape plan and to go over it with children. This is done regularly in schools and businesses, and it is equally impor-tant in homes.

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A victim of Olympic spiritThere are times in life when you feel like a sucker, but you

can’t help yourself and get suckered in anyway. I’ve heard all the reason we shouldn’t support the Olym-

pics – that’s it’s a corrupt, political organization fraught with mismanagement and powered by greed rather than the love of sport. I know Russia deserves censure on many levels, with the proclamations against homosexuals and the way it treated foreign workers brought in to build the facilities in Sochi for the Games, then deported them without so much as a ruble of payment. And don’t even get me started on the mass extermi-nations of stray dogs.

But I’m a sucker. I can’t help myself. I’ve been glued to my screen for a variety of events, from the traditional hockey to curling. (Where I was disappointed to learn that Jennifer Jones, Canada’s oldest Olympian, clocks in at age 39... So much for any Olympic dreams from this columnist.)

With my daughter now enrolled in speed skating, I’ve taken a passionate interest in both long and short track, including a mild fixation on brothers Charles and Francois Hamelin – they of the mighty tree-trunk legs and the adorable French-Canadi-an accents. I thought I might burst a blood vessel as I watched the gold medal go to older brother Charles and got tears in my eyes when poor Francois fell in the relay, upsetting my dream for both brothers to once again claim gold medals.

Heck, I’ve even found myself watching events I never even knew existed, like snowboard cross, and suddenly speaking like I’m knowledgeable about the potential winning runs with my compatriots on the elliptical machines at the gym.

I’ve briefly suspended the no TV at dinner rule, because, I had an uncontrollable desire to watch Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir do their twizzles. (Although I must admit to a lack of understanding about what a twizzle actually is.)

Cynics deride the games as cheesy nationalistic schlock or as a waste of tax dollars that could be spent helping with more critical issues like child poverty.

It’s all true. And yet, when I watch the athletes ascend the podium to accept their medals, when I hear the strains of O Canada, I am moved.

I am also moved by the human stories of the games. There’s Gilmore Junio who gave up his hard-eared spot on the speed skating team to allow Denny Morrison, who he believed to have a better chance at a medal, to take his place. What a dis-play of unselfishness and generosity of spirit.

Then there was the Canadian cross-country ski coach who ran onto the course and gave a Russian competitor a ski to replace his broken one. He simply said it was the right thing to do because he wanted the athlete, whose dreams of Olympic glory were already dashed, to be able to finish the race with dignity. How can you not feel pride in that?

So I’m an Olympic sucker. But I’m OK with that. Now give me that clicker. I need to watch some biathlon.

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View PointThe Observer asked: What has been your favourite moment of the Olympics so far?

Cherrie Archambault“Womens’s curling – seeing Canada’s Jennifer Jones go undefeated so far.”

Donna Rusnak“Every time Canada wins a medal.”

Evelyn Hill“The speed skating – everything that has happened and all the medals. It’s all just so exciting.”

George Evenenshen“Speedskater Gilmore Junio giving up his spot to Denny Morrison who has now won two medals for Canada.”

Shan Chhokar“I like watching the speed skaters because I compete in speed skating myself.”

VICTORIA – I made an error in a col-umn two weeks ago about the latest court ruling in favour of the B.C. Teachers’ Fed-eration.

I referred to an “illegal” strike in 2012, and was quickly reminded that this teacher walkout was sanctioned by the Labour Re-lations Board.

After months of withholding report cards and refusing to meet with administrators, the union went to the LRB to seek permis-sion for a full-scale strike.

They got their wish, with authorization under essential services rules for a three-day strike in the first week, and one day a week after that until the end of the school year or a settlement was reached.

For the record, the last illegal BCTF strike was in 2005, in defiance of a B.C. Supreme Court order that resulted in a $500,000 fine against the union.

That was the same year BCTF lawyers won a split B.C. Court of Appeal ruling allowing teachers to bring political propa-ganda into classrooms. Two out of three judges decided this was appropriate to pre-serve their freedom of expression.

The authorized three-day strike went ahead in March 2012. Regular readers may recall my reports of students being indoc-trinated in classrooms and in some cases sent out as union pickets, and of the strong-arming of unionized government office staff here in Victoria to make them join a rally on the legislature lawn.

This was the strike that, according to the current media and political narrative, the provincial cabinet conspired to bring about. This notion is central to the Jan. 27 ruling of Justice Susan Griffin that orders the B.C. government to attempt to reconstruct the world of 2001.

Government lawyers filed an application with the B.C. Court of Appeal on Friday to suspend parts of this ruling. Imposing Grif-

fin’s terms would cause “irreparable harm to the public interest of unprecedented magnitude,” they said in arguments backed up by a series of affidavits from superinten-dents who have to keep B.C.’s war-weary public schools running.

In Surrey, returning to 2002 conditions would add $40 million to the district pay-roll in year one. That’s one of 60 school districts.

The government’s submission includes affidavits from superintendents around the province on its likely impact. Here’s a par-tial list:

Cancellation of specialty programs for vulnerable youth, construction of portables to meet arbitrary class size restrictions, transfer of some students to other schools, closure of daycare and Strong Start pre-school programs to free up space reallo-cated over the years, layoff of non-teaching staff, and cancellation of school participa-tion in the international student program.

Premier Christy Clark and Education Minister Peter Fassbender have begun to push back against the conspiracy theory that has taken hold, pointing out that when the BCTF finally did get permission to strike, the cabinet of the day acted to pre-vent it.

Here’s a recap. In late February 2012, nearly 28,000 teachers (90 per cent) voted to go to the full strike allowed by the LRB. The government tabled legislation to im-pose a cooling-off period with provision for steep fines on the union for any fur-ther strike action, and appointed a media-tor. This kept schools open, and eventually yielded a two-year deal.

In April 2012, the union voted to with-draw all volunteer work by teachers. By this time they had been ordered by the LRB to prepare second-term report cards, in part so students would know if they could apply for post-secondary studies.

Once again this mess is before the court of appeal. Perhaps there will be better rec-ognition of the real world this time around.

-Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press.

Veteran’s account differs from MP’s

Outrage over provincial appealWho really provoked the B.C. school strike?

Re: the decision by the B.C. government to appeal Justice Griffin’s ruling; the case between BCTF and BC Liberal government.

I’m angry! Citizens must endure another attack by government on BC’s K-12 education system?

I’m angry and fed up. Taxpayers continue to pay legal fees because Minister Fassbender has a differ-ent opinion of the Supreme Court of BC regarding gov-ernment’s actions which have twice been pronounced as unconstitutional.

I’m angry, fed up and frustrated. Here again chil-dren and parents must put up with continuous instabil-ity in the education system,

instability that’s been initi-ated, prolonged and exac-erbated by the government just as Justice Griffin ruled they did in the past?

I’m angry, fed up, frus-trated, and disillusioned that citizens are inundated with disinformation and pro-paganda. The government continues to promote their version of reality by the omission of essential facts and casts blame on teach-ers. Justice Griffin ruled the government did not bargain in good faith in prior con-tract talks. The government continues its bad faith bar-gaining. Conclusion: they try again to goad teachers into job action.

I’m angry, fed up, frus-

trated, disillusioned and in-censed that my rights as a Canadian citizen have been violated by this Liberal government which seems to think that it’s above the law and need not abide by courts’ decisions. My con-stitutional rights are being denied by the stonewalling actions of this Liberal gov-ernment.

However, my outrage about the situation contin-ues to fuel my resistance to the current B.C. govern-ment’s attack on democracy. No government is above the rule of law. No institution is above the rule of law. No one is above the rule of law.

Norm Wright

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Tom Fletcher

Press one if you feel sui-cidal.

MP Colin Mayes has again left the world of real-ity in order to publish his spin on Conservative poli-cies: he now claims that no veteran will be left behind.

Unfortunately for his credibility, on Feb. 6, As It Happens interviewed Blair MacIvor, an injured veteran of both Bosnia and Afghanistan, who suffers from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and has posted the live interview online.

You wouldn’t know that they were talking about the same process. Accord-ing to MacIvor, the Cape Breton Veterans Affairs of-fice served about 5,000 vets with a staff of 16 who had a very heavy workload, who will now be replaced by four workers in Halifax.

Each case officer will have 1,200 cases, meaning that each case will be able to see an officer once in four years, assuming that the officers are available 300 days a year – longer if

they work five days a week.Vets will now be able to

“press one for this, two for that” and will have no per-sonal contact with anyone.

PTSD is characterized by quick anger and frustration, and the face-to-face bond-ing is critical. If they can-not get personal assistance, they will end up on alcohol and drugs, or dead.

So who is Mr. MacIvor to believe? Colin Mayes, or his own lying eyes...

Richard Smiley

On Thursday Feb. 20, the CSRD board is consid-ering our application again, that we sincerely hope will bring a favorable resolu-

tion. We simply wish to get on with the business of living life with our neigh-bors, and deliver what we promised as we collective-

ly work towards a better future for Area C.

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Archives

1924 Colonel Scott was re-elected to another year on the directorate of the Associated Growers, and in an address to members, rapped fruit “boot leggers” who were injuring the organization.Men’s khaki pants were selling for $1.95 and matching shirts were 95 cents at the Quality Store, while the OK Bakery advertised 12 loaves of bread for $1.

1934 A petition was being cir-culated in Sicamous calling on the provincial government to construct a bridge across the river in that community.City council decided to take steps to control farmers who were butchering and selling their own meat, on the grounds such ac-tions were unfair to retailers paying business licenses.

1944 Some 300 people turned out to watch a ski-jumping tournament at Gleneden; the � rst held here since 1939. Roy Farrell of Sunnybrae won the “A” class with a jump of 91 feet and 18.9 points. Eino Maki and Karl Wallenstein were judges.Dr. S.Z. Bennett was elected president of the local chapter of the St. John Ambulance Association this week with Vic Nancollas as vice-president and T.H. Elliott as secretary treasurer.Dr. H.L. Burrus was installed as president of the Chase board of trade.

1954 Heavy ice on the lake forced the Canoe sawmill to shut down op-erations this week.The S.A.F.E. store in Salmon Arm was cel-ebrating its 40th Anniversary.Salmon Arm Boat Club called tenders for the construction of � oats for the 22 berth exten-sion built last year, it was announced by new president Ken Simons.R.L. Howard, Norm Johnston, Mrs. Hetty Gloyn and Mrs. Babe Treat combined to win the annual 16-rink bonspiel here.

LIFE & TIMES

When D.W. Smith and William Van Horne dissolved their partnership after a heated argument in 1921, the two men never spoke again. According to history buff Rollie Jamieson, the partners jointly owned the Alexandra Hotel where the ar-gument took place in the bar room. Van Horn said Smith spent too much time in the bar. Smith accused Van Horne of talk-ing too much to the ladies. Neither man was happy and the hotel work wasn’t get-ting done.

Bar patrons expected a real � ght that night, but were disappointed. A few days later the Salmon Arm Observer an-nounced the legal dissolution of the part-nership. Van Horne kept the hotel busi-ness and Smith went to work as the city’s wharf keeper, a career that was to last 30 years. He began building small boats. The ladies called him Mr. Smith and everyone else called him D.W. The craftsman be-came a � xture. Smith was also the of� cial security on-site and reported to city coun-cil on petty thievery and vandalism.

How did earlier residents gain access to the waterway that connected to Kamloops and beyond? One hundred and twenty years ago, early surveyor George Mer-cer Dawson wrote that he “was grounded on the mud� ats a quarter of a mile from the Salmon Arm station. Took off boots, and wallowed to shore and back through about a hundred yards of soft mud – so soft in places as to evoke fear [of] be-

ing engulfed altogether. To the station and telegraphed for mail to be sent to Sicamous tomorrow. Then to McGuire’s store and got a fresh supply of provisions of which we seem likely to be short.”

Then Mrs. McGuire had a private jetty built. In 1907, McGuire’s pier was replaced by a substantial Government wharf. The Enderby Progress newspaper reported that “[t]he hearts of all Salmon Arm citizens were gladdened by the re-port on the progress of the wharf ques-tion...$5,000 has been placed on the BC Supplementary Estimates for the purpose of building a wharf at Salmon Arm.”

Paddlewheelers that had brought sup-plies to crews building the C.P.R. were still in use as new ones were being built. They no longer had to nose to shore or rely on a gang plank to access dry land. Residents on the north side of the lake were still regular visitors and needed ac-cess to the railroad, roads, and markets.

This year’s Heritage Week theme, Heritage A� oat, is a nod to a special place – the historic government wharf that continues to be one of Salmon Arm’s de-� ning features. The celebration is an op-portunity to explore all the ways we use water as transportation and how it histori-cally interlinked with road and rail travel.

Heritage A� oat is being celebrated at the Mall at Piccadilly. To see displays, courtesy of the Salmon Arm Museum at R.J. Haney Heritage Village and others, visit between Feb. 17 and 22.

For more, contact the Museum at 250-832-5243.

Did you know? • In 2013, the city-owned lots at the

Peace Park and the wharf were placed on the City of Salmon Arm’s Community Her-itage Register. The register acknowledged community valued spaces.

• Back issues of the Salmon Arm Ob-server document many events at the wharf. Tourists make use of the walk in the sum-mer. Houseboats moor at it. Dragon boaters launch their boats beside it to practice and compete. Huge numbers of kids � sh off the wharf at James Murray’s Father’s Day Fish-ing Derby and lately the Observer has been reporting that people want to rent it for pri-vate functions. Why? There is a 360 degree view. It is a gorgeous place and provides access to Shuswap Lake through mud� ats. It is in town, adjacent to a 40 hectares wet-land sanctuary and four kilometers of na-ture trails and is simply breathtaking.

• The current wharf is the longest inland wooden wharf in North America. Accord-ing to the City of Salmon Arm engineering and public works department, it measures 270 metres. The walk has been the place to promenade for over a century.

Wharf inextricably linked to Salmon Arm’s history

Heritage a� oat: The � rst govern-ment wharf was built in 1907 by W.L Gibbard’s crew for $5,000.

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The file for the proposed bylaw is available for inspection between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays from February 11 to February 24, 2014, both inclusive, in the office of the Corporate Officer at the City of Salmon Arm, 500 - 2 Avenue NE. THOSE WHO DEEM THEIR INTEREST AFFECTED BY THE PROPOSED BYLAW ARE URGED TO REVIEW THE FILE AVAILABLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT (OR TELEPHONE 803-4000) TO OBTAIN THE FACTS OF THE PROPOSAL PRIOR TO THE PUBLIC HEARING.

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Salmon Arm resi-dents and retailers are fed up with having to pay higher prices at the pump locally than they would, and do, in neigh-bouring communities.

On Jan. 24, the Salm-on Arm Chamber of Commerce posted on its website a public sur-vey asking for input on buying habits related to gasoline purchases and out-of-town shopping, along with related com-ments. The chamber received 777 completed surveys, with comments largely critical of the in-equity of shopping local for fuel.

Some of the feedback received by the cham-ber includes comments such as: “Very sad resi-dents of Salmon Arm are being gouged…” and “I would like to purchase gas in Salmon Arm, but the price per litre is just not com-petitive.” Other people comment that gasoline prices here are “ridicu-lously expensive” and others say they abso-lutely refuse to buy gas in Salmon Arm.

As for the survey questions, 666 of the respondents said they are often filling up out of town with 177 do-ing it once a week and 291 doing it twice a month. The major-ity said they fill up out of town for the lower prices. Six-hundred and four claimed the lower, out-of-town gas prices lead them to make other purchases, particularly groceries, clothing and electronics.

Last Monday, cham-ber president Jim Kim-

merly provided the survey results to city council. He summed up its results and asked that the city help the chamber to address the

matter with petroleum companies.

“There’s some seri-ous damage being done to the retail trade here in Salmon Arm as a result of these gas prices and, I think, through all the ex-ercises that we’ve gone through, it would be more than appropriate for the City of Salmon Arm and the chamber of commerce to ask the

petroleum companies that are present here in Salmon Arm to come here for a meeting and try and get this sorted out,” said Kimmerly.

“I thought Walmart was going to solve all these problems,” replied Coun. Chad Eliason be-fore asking if the lack of competition is related to the lack of an indepen-dent fuel retailer.

Kimmerly said yes, noting how over the past two months, local gas prices have been steady at $125.9 per litre, while in Vernon, Enderby, Kamloops, prices have fluctuated three or four times.

“So we’ve almost got cartel-like pricing here because we don’t get the movement,” said Kimmerly. “I guess Chevron feels they’ve become more competi-tive because everybody is at 125.9 and they’re at 125.8. I don’t see any lineups at the pumps; I don’t think that’s work-ing as well as maybe they hoped.”

Coun. Denise Re-

imer explained that she works in Kamloops where she regularly sees competitive gas pricing, typically 10 cents less than in Salmon Arm. She supported the city and the chamber meet-ing with the petroleum companies. Coun. Alan Harrison agreed, say-ing, “I don’t think we should just throw our hands up and say that’s the way it’s going to be. We’ve got to try our best.”

Eliason, council’s representative on the chamber, suggested try-ing a sort of “cash mob” campaign where people only support the local fuel retailer with the lowest price. Kimmerly said, however, that re-tailers have little or no say over promotions or gas prices – that would be the petroleum com-panies.

Council agreed to support a resolution to co-operate with the chamber to facilitate a meeting with those companies, possibly in the first week of April.

Survey shows residents go out of town to buy gasBy Lachlan LabereOBSERVER STAFF

Results: A Salmon Arm Chamber of Commerce survey showed the majority of respondents buy their gasoline out of town due to lower prices elsewhere.

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Valentine’s Day has passed, and like most holidays is celebrated by our children with candy, chocolate and sweets.

Many parents these days are concerned about the frequency their children receive certain types of foods, especially at school, where the decision is out of their control. Hot dog and pizza days, theme days, birthdays and holiday celebra-tions occur enough that our children are ex-posed to “treats” on a regular basis.

Despite the good in-tention of these events, some parents feel dis-empowered in making

decisions concerning their child’s diet. They do not want to be a nui-sance or to have their children feel excluded, but also want to limit exposure to certain foods. One problem is that parents have vary-ing views on which and how much certain foods should be in our children’s diets. As a culture we are slowly evolving our view on the health implications of too much sugar, and it will take time to change our habits. It is tricky to find a healthy balance between cel-ebration and excess.

In 2005, the provin-cial government re-sponded to concerns

about food served at schools by publishing Guidelines for Food and Beverage Sales in BC Schools.

This document out-lines what kinds of food and beverages can be sold to students in all school locations and events. Unfortunately, there is no one regulat-ing implementation of these guidelines and ad-hering to them is, at this point, voluntary.

Most schools are in various stages of imple-menting their own nu-trition policies. These could dictate the types of food sold on site (like school lunch programs), the types of foods sold at fundraising events and the types of foods kids have access to throughout the day and at special events. If this is an issue that concerns you, here are some things to do:

• Get involved in the PAC, and consider ad-vocating for a nutrition policy at your school, if one does not already exist.

• If you are sending food for a classroom celebration, consider healthier options. Most children would be just as happy with a fruit tray or crackers and cheese as they would be with cake.

• At your own home, de-emphasize the im-portance of certain foods, and focus more on special activities sur-rounding the celebra-tion such as carving a pumpkin, decorating the house or doing a fun activity as a family.

Cake, cookies and pizza can be part of a healthy diet, however, school is not necessar-ily where these foods should be promoted and consumed.

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Congenital Disorder of Glycosylation Type 1a (CDG-1A) is so rare that Madison is one of only four children in the entire country who are living with the condition. As a result there is very little in the way of treatments or thera-py offered in Canada, let alone in the Shuswap area.

Madison’s Parents, Brent Cox and Melissa Lit-tle, are organizing an event to raise funds to send Madison to California. There she can get the proper testing and consult with specialists on possible therapies that could help Madison to live a long and healthy life.

Friday, February 28th is National Rare Disease Day, an appropriate date for the silent auction and a bake sale which will be held in the Mall at Piccadilly. Local businesses are being peti-tioned for donations to the silent action and the kitchens at Shuswap Chefs and a couple of the local churches stand ready to help prepare items for the sale.

Melissa and Brent ask that if anyone has any-thing to donate to the silent auction to con-tact her at 250-463-3681. “We need to get all donations by February 21st,” Melissa says. “We are thankful and we truly appreciate any-thing that can be donated.

“We are in the midst of � nding a lawyer to make it a formal trust account, but money donations to the fund can be put into our informal trust. The account currently is a sav-ings with the TD Bank under my name, Me-lissa Little. The account number is 93660 004 6331161.

“Alternatively you can contact me and I can make arrangements for pick up.”

Melissa and Brent also want to give a big thank you to everyone who has already do-nated and everyone who is helping with orga-nization. “We really appreciate it!”

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“Alternatively you can contact me and I can make arrangements for pick up.”

Melissa and Brent also want to give thank younated and everyone who is helping with orga-nization. “

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Rob Hein, the city’s manager of roads and parks, said the wharf gate was unintention-ally left closed on Sun-days from early De-

cember to late January. “When we went onto

winter shift, nobody was working Sun-days,” he said, noting it was a glitch that wasn’t realized until com-plaints were registered recently.

“That’s where we didn’t twig to it,” he said of the lack of complaints. “Now we have someone on call to make sure the wharf gets opened in the

morning….”That move has

meant a cost to the city, however.

With no one on shift at that time, someone must be brought in on overtime to open and close the gate on week-ends. Hein said there had been a couple of glitches on Saturdays as well, when crews didn’t remember to open the gate in the morning.

“The intention is to keep it open but we have stumbled a couple of times.”

Earlier in the winter, crews began closing the gate to the wharf at nightfall and opening it in the morning because of problems with van-dalism, Hein says, not-ing that the intention remains to keep it open to the public seven days per week during daylight hours.


Weekend wharf closure an oversight

Dessert deliveryRocky Mountain Rangers 1787 Army Cadet Matthew Parmenter helps Emma Turgeon-O’Brien choose which cookies she wants to eat during the cadets’ dessert fundraiser held Sunday at the Royal Canadian Legion.

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Pest Management Plan Reference Number: SJPMP20142019

Applicant: Stella-Jones Canada Inc.

Contact: Pat McMechan, RPF 4661 -60th Street SE Salmon Arm, BC V1E 1X2 (Phone Number: 250-814-7661)

Notice is given that a draft Pest Management Plan has been prepared by the applicant to control noxious weeds and

vegetation along road right of ways and both herbaceous and woody vegetation competing with natural and planted

conifers using the principles of integrated pest management.

The use of pesticides is intended within the area to which the pest management plan applies. Other methods are to

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brush avoidance, (motor) manual brushing.

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The pest management activities are to be carried out within the Kamloops Forest District, Headwaters Forest District,

Arrow Boundary Forest District (Burton, Beaton), Columbia Forest District (Revelstoke, Mica), and the Okanagan

Shuswap Forest District (Salmon Arm, Malakwa, Seymour Arm. The proposed duration of the Pest Management Plan

is from April 2014-March 2019. A draft copy of the Pest Management Plan document with maps of the proposed

treatment areas may be examined at the address listed above. A person wishing to contribute information about the

proposed treatment site, relevant to the development of the pest management plan, may send copies of the

information to the applicant at the address above within 30 days of publication of this notice.












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Close to 30 people came to the city’s plan-ning meeting Monday morning to hear a report on new ‘communica-tion system installa-tions,’ specifically cell phone towers.

They heard that city staff had prepared a re-port requested by coun-cil Oct. 28 by research-ing other municipal policies and by consid-ering correspondence from citizens.

“I wouldn’t even call it a draft policy, I’d call it an idea for a policy,” said Kevin Pearson, di-rector of development services and co-author of the report.

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Couns. Chad Eliason and Debbie Cannon were absent, but those present agreed that Salmon Arm should have its own policy, one that should be finalized once Industry Canada’s new protocol is out.

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Longtime gardener earns seal of approval

At 62, Doug Mongerson wants people to know they probably know a lot more than they think they do – even if they haven’t had for-mal training.

A gardener at Shuswap Lake General Hospital since 1980, Mongerson success-fully challenged the exam to earn his Red Seal as a land-scape horticulturist.

The Interprovincial Red Seal Program is recognized as the standard of excellence in skilled trades that allows the bearer to work anywhere in Canada without further training.

Before Mongerson took over more than 30 years ago, he worked in landscape out-fits, including Paloranta.

“The owner designed the original garden at the hospi-tal that they put in in 1972, so there was a nice connec-tion there,” Mongerson says, his inspiration from the many public gardens he vis-ited and from the plants he saw on alpine hikes.

“I hope I’ve left some bones of what it once was;

a garden like that is not so much something I created, like a painting, it’s more of a performance art and it’s al-ways changing.”

Mongerson’s joy and pride in the gardens that included the park around McGuire Lake, as well as those at Pioneer and Bastion Place, were evident and en-joyed by many.

But when Interior Health took over management of the hospital, the park was handed over to the City of Salmon Arm and the gar-dens reduced.

Now Mongerson’s job is more of a caretaker role than creator.

“I always knew someone would take over but didn’t think I would have to watch the demise of the garden,” he says, noting that he no longer has the time to nur-ture the plants the way he once had. “I learned what was and what wasn’t good; it was an opportunity to test my theories and see what plants were hardy and able to survive and thrive without care.”

Mongerson says he has always been a believer in xe-

riscaping and is happy that what remains of the hospital gardens requires less water and fertilizer.

Last summer, a Grade 12 student who was planning to attend Thompson Riv-ers University, approached Mongerson to know if she could work with him to get credit for apprenticeship hours.

When he was filling out the requisite forms, Salm-on Arm Secondary school counsellor John Quilty sug-gested Mongerson chal-lenge the exam.

“I had heard about it. I just never thought about it, I didn’t think it would ever do anything for me,” Mon-gerson said. “I talked to my manager and Interior Health made it easy for me to chal-lenge the exam, which was taking the place of the four-year course.”

Mongerson says the exam, which he passed handily with a score of 87, gave him a welcome chance to find out how he measured up.

He was pleased to dis-cover that he had educated himself well and was up to

speed on the latest horticul-tural techniques.

“It was a chance to test my principles of what good gardening is and of what works,” he says, noting he refers to himself as a plants-man. “To me it’s more apt; horticultural is a little bit hoity-toity to me.”

Mongerson is proud that while he was raised academ-ically, his horticultural ex-pertise is mostly self-taught while working in the trade.

“It shows how much older people actually know, but they don’t know that they know it,” he says of what a great teacher life experience can be.

He says often people do-ing manual labour offer up excuses for why they can’t do something – excuses such as ‘I can’t spell.’”

“They talk about not hav-ing credentials, but that doesn’t mean you don’t know as much as the ivory tower people,” he says. “There’s more than one way to get an education and in my career here, I have never come across anyone who didn’t assume I have cre-dentials because I educated

myself. The proof is in the garden.”

And while he is happy to still be able to fill his work days with plenty of outdoor maintenance, Mongerson occasionally casts a wither-ing eye on McGuire Lake flora, much of which he planted and maintained.

“They don’t do it as well as I would have,” he chuck-les. “Of course the standards are different.”

Mongerson also laments the big perennial and annual beds he once tended at Pio-neer and Bastion.

“Now I don’t plant any-thing – I just resist the urge,” he says. “One of my principles is I’ve always felt a simple garden well-maintained is better than a a big, ambitious, overblown poorly maintained garden. That’s what it’s all about – maintenance.”

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does she work in Hell’s Kitchen, but Salmon Arm’s Jenna Angle ce-mented her status as a rising star in culinary circles with a silver medal win at the Hans Bueschkens Young Chefs Americas competition in Las Vegas.

Angle, who qualified for the event by winning Canada’s Junior Chef of the Year, put her cooking skills to the test against four other countries from North and South America including the U.S., Mexico, Costa Rica and Chile.

As part of the competition, con-testants were required to prepare and present a three-course meal for four people within a four-hour time limit. There were also mandatory in-gredients for the contestants to use including Sterling halibut, Scottish salmon, Fonterra cooking cream, butter and parmesan cheese, Kobe striploin steak and wasabi paste. The dessert had to incorporate a dark chocolate and the flavour of a Dilmah tea.

Angle’s first course included pan-seared halibut, Scottish salmon basil ravioli, Langoustine Fonterra bisque with wasabi lemon foam and tomato jam.

The main course was a brown-buttered Kobe steak with truffle braised beef cheek and Parmesan tartlet, sautéed chanterelle mush-rooms, herb sausage and pickled

beets served with a mustard jus. Dessert included a chocolate ga-

nache, bergamot vanilla strusel, ha-zelnut feuillitine, mango sorbet and Earl Grey Tea syrup.

“I have been competing in junior culinary competitions for the last three years, it takes a lot of practis-ing. A lot. But I love it, competitions push me to be at my best and the chance to train with and meet amaz-ing chefs,” says Angle. “I felt quite a bit of pressure to not only represent Canada, but to represent B.C., the Okanagan Valley, my home. Fortu-nately for me, I have had so much support which I am very grateful for. But the person who puts the most pressure on me, is myself.”

Angle first got her interest in professional cooking at Salmon Arm Secondary, where she took the culinary arts program taught by Alex Varga. She then continued to Thompson Rivers University’s cu-linary program, followed by addi-tional training at Okanagan College.

She also credits tremendous sup-port from her employer, the Local Lounge Grille in Summerland and its head chef Lee Humphries, her mentor chef Bernard Casavant, who attended the competition with her, as well as the Okanagan Chefs As-sociation and Canadian Culinary Federation.

Angle now lives in Penticton with her husband, who is the Chef de Cuisine at Hillside Winery.

“He’s the reason I stay sane though all of it,” she says.

Medallist: Jenna Angle, right, receives her silver medal in the Hans Bueschkens Young Chefs Americas competition held in Las Vegas. The winner was from the U.S., while third place went to the chef from Mexico.

Passion for food: Angle, who first got her start cook-ing in Salmon Arm Secondary’s Culi-nary Arts program, enjoys creating unique menu items with ingredients from around the Okanagan, includ-ing this lavender.

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Before the gameSilverBacks get readyClockwise from above: Like many goalies, SilverBacks’ netminder, #1, Angus Redmond, takes time away from the team to focus and juggle be-fore getting suited up; In the locker room Michael Roberts and, just behind, Andrew Farny, do back� ips during the ’Backs’ pre-game warm-up; SilverBack Max Becker makes his way to the team’s bus. See story on the ’Backs most recent road trip on page A18.

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Salmon Arm Sec-ondary immobilized the competition at the Okanagan Zone Wres-tling Championships at NorKam Secondary in Kamloops last week-end.

The SAS wrestling team won both the boys and girls zone titles, earning them a spot at provincials.

Of the 25 wrestlers representing Salmon Arm Secondary, sev-en finished first, 10 second, four finished third, three in fourth, and one in fifth place.

“The success we have achieved this sea-son is in large part due to the work ethic and dedication of our wres-tlers who push them-selves to improve their skill and fitness daily,” said Richard Sweet, who co-coaches the team with Ray Munsie.

Earning firsts in their weight categories were: Cole Swetlikoe, Colin Robinson, Han-na Mitchell, Lorissa McMaster, Andrew Loza, Ken Kosowick and Chad Baker.

Placing second were: Micah Gunn, Colton Steiger, Kalina Smith, Drea Prevost, Madison Porteous, Connor Ol-sen, Krystine Hamre, Jacob Fagrie, Tristan Connor and Connie Bailey.

Thirds went to Shay-Lyn Steiger, Nick Ough, Kellen McEachein-Corely and Adam Fiebelkorn.

Twenty-one mem-bers of the team quali-fied for the provincial championships, which take place in Prince George Feb. 27 to March 8.

“The depth of our team was also shown

in our win as one of our stronger girls and one of our stronger boys were sidelined with in-juries and were unable to compete at the week-end tournament, which put increased pressure on our wrestlers to place in their matches and score the valuable

points required to win a zone championship,” Sweet added.

The team will con-tinue to practice during the next week to pre-pare for its next test in Prince George.

In other Salmon Arm Secondary successes, the SAS Curling Team

and the SAS Downhill Ski Team are heading to provincials.

Another possibility for provincials is the Junior Boys Basketball Team, which hosts the Valleys this weekend at the Jackson campus. First game, 11:30 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 21.

Claiming TORL Cup Shuswap Ringette U14B Eliminators worked their way through a three-game round robin and then on to the final game, held Sunday night, Feb. 16. In an exciting game they de-feated Kelowna, claiming the TORL (Thomp-son Okanagan Ringette League) Cup. It’s now on to provincials to be held March 7 to 9 in Prince George.

Supporting minor baseballSalmon Arm Minor Baseball had a sensational season in 2013. If you enjoy team sports, camaraderie with teammates and playing competitive ball, you’re invited to the Salmon Arm Minor Baseball annual general meeting, Feb. 19, at the Uptown Askew’s Community room at 7 p.m. SAMBA is in need of board members, three people have retired after many years of donating their time. If you and your family love baseball and want to see it succeed again in 2014, please attend.

Larch Hills Fun DaySkiers 12 and under are invited to come to Larch Hills on Feb. 22 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. for a day of free family fun. In the morning, participants will test their skills on the scavenger hunt, obstacle course, ski soccer, popcorn relay, and dress-up relay. Registration is at the hill the day of the event, and those registered will be placed into groups before the start up. Bring your own lunch. Hot chocolate, cookies and marshmallows will be provided. For further information, contact event organiz-er Megan Brooke at 250-832-4904 or email: [email protected].

Funspiel SaturdayUtilities & Friends Funspiel is set for this Saturday, Feb. 22, cost $30 for three, four-end games and dinner, $20 for dinner only. Contact Gord Duplisse at 250-832-4978, Pete Strecheniuk at 250-8832-2033 or Roy Beau-mont at 250-833-0979.

BC Winter Games beginThe 2014 BC Winter Games in Mission run Thursday, Feb. 20 to Sunday, Feb. 23. About 20 athletes and coaches from Salmon Arm will be representing Zone 8 in sports from badminton to cross-country skiing.

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Timing is everything in sports, and life for that matter, and the tim-ing of the five-game losing streak the Salm-on Arm SilverBacks are currently in the throes of is hardly optimal.

The skid has put the SilverBacks five points behind the Merritt Cen-tennials for the fourth and final playoff spot in the Interior Division.

The most recent set-backs came on the road in a 5-1 defeat to the Surrey Eagles and a 7-1 loss at the hands of the Coquitlam Express.

Salmon Arm never led in either of the two losses. The only time they were on level ground was the open-ing face-off and one other time, when Land-on Smith evened things up briefly in the first pe-

riod against Coquitlam. The Eagles led 5-0 be-fore Alex Gillies got the ’Backs on the board.

“The tomorrows are running out real quick for us,” said Silver-Backs head coach Troy Mick. “Obviously, we’re a very streaky team… and obviously we need to get on a (winning) streak here.”

Designated number-one goalie Adam Clark has not been available, nor has veteran blue-liner Mitch Ferguson. Angus Redmond has taken over crease duties and while Mick noted Redmond would prob-ably like a do-over on a few of the goals last weekend, there is no looking back or assign-ing blame.

“We can talk about injuries or whatever but

at the end of the day, we can’t have excuses,” said Mick. “To a man, we haven’t played to our abilities. I’m not just going to pick our goaltender; we need everyone to play our best.”

That starts Friday night in Vernon. The Vipers have won three in a row but the Silve-Backs lead the season series against them 4-2.

Mick’s crew has shown the ability to right the ship in tough times already this sea-son. They were winless in four games from Jan. 10 to 17 but then won five in a row from Jan. 18 to Feb. 1. That body of work means hope exists among the play-ers.

“We’ve done it be-fore so of course we

can,” said Mick. “You don’t need to be a brain surgeon to realize this is the biggest weekend of the year for our hockey club. We need to play for each other and not try to do too much.”

Clark and Ferguson will still not be avail-able for the weekend ahead but the return of Alex Gillies and the goal he scored against Surrey are encouraging

signs for the top line he occupies along with Evan Anderson and Landon Smith.

“He (Gillies) is not in game shape per se, and we need those guys to click but we can’t just rely on them,” said Mick. “Whether we’re hurt or not, we’ve got to suck it up a bit. We can’t worry about the past; we can only about the future and that’s Fri-day night in Vernon.”

Salmon Arm also has a huge home date against Merritt on Sat-urday at 7 p.m. at Shaw Centre.

Mick is counting on some positive vibes in the team’s home rink.

“We’ve had some nice crowds our last few games and we’re going to need them for support here.”

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To the mat: As a referee watches closely, Salmon Arm’s Cole Swetlikoe, with dark hair, wrestles to a first-place finish.

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Salmon Arm’s Mitch Smith will be racing in the open-age Canadian National Champion-ships in March.

Smith was one of 12 boys and 12 girls who qualified for Team BC and was able to at-tend the U18 National Championships in Collingwood, Ont.

During four days of racing, Smith compet-ed as a younger racer with many racers being one year older.

His placing of 12th in giant slalom was good with a start number of 59. The track gets rut-ted and slows racers down when they have a late start number.

Smith also placed eighth in slalom. He

was happy with his results and is looking forward to the open-

age championships in March in Whistler. At that race he will be rac-

ing the same Canadians people are seeing in the Olympics right now.

Alysson Marshall has been gathering medals as she races in the Baltics with a Ca-nadian team consisting of the top three NorAm racers and athletes coming from the World

U23 and World Junior Championships in Val di Fiemme.

Competing in the Latvian National Championships at the Priekuli Ski Center, and coming off jet

lag, she won a bronze medal in the five-km interval start Classic race, 16.85 seconds off the pace.

The next day she won a gold medal in the five-km inter-

val start skate distance race.

The Canadians dom-inated the podium both days including a total sweep of the women’s podium for the skate event.

Next the team moves on to Madona, Latvia for Scandinavian Cup races.

Connor sprints to top spotSeveral Larch Hills skiers partici-

pated in Prince George last week in the Haywood NorAm Race series.

On Thursday’s interval start clas-sic event, John Connor placed sec-ond for the Junior Boys 2 category, and Alexander Corbett placed sec-ond for the Junior Boys 1.

Rachel May was first in the Juve-nile Girls 1 category, and Andrew Nash earned second in the Juvenile Boys category 2. Konrad Van Var-seveld placed second in the Midget Boys 2 category.

The second day of the Western Championships was dedicated to ju-nior, juvenile and midget sprints.

The warm temperatures and morn-ing snow created changing condi-tions for qualification sprints, setting the racers’ times for the heats which started around noon.

Connor won the Junior Boys 2 category and, in the Juvenile Girls category 1, the third place medal went to May.

In the Juvenile Boys category 2, third place went to Nash and, in the

Midget Boys category 2, Van Varse-veld placed third.

On Sunday, a mass start skate technique event saw Connor earn second in the Junior Boys 2 catego-ry, and Andrew Nash placed third in the Juvenile Boys 2 category.

Leah Nash placed third in the Midget Girls 1 category. Complete results can be found at zone4.ca.

The Haywood NorAm Race Se-ries is the premier Canadian domes-tic racing series. The series enables the best skiers (senior and junior) from Canada, and guests from the United States, to compete head-to-head throughout the early and mid-dle periods of the ski season.

The series also encourages high level domestic competition among regional skiers who aspire to attain national development and national team status. This series creates in-ternational and national competition opportunities that facilitate team and trip selection and prepares athletes for international competition in Eu-rope.

Marshall wins gold, bronze medals

On the podium: John Connor of the Larch Hills Nordic Club wins the Junior Boys 0.8-km Classic.

Smith qualifies for Team BC

Intensity: Salmon Arm’s Mitch Smith navigates a gate in the gi-ant slalom, placing 12th during races in Collingwood, Ont.

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On their A gameCrystal Belway and Darin Gerow sweep for skip Dave Belway as he releases a rock towards winning the A Finals of the Mixed Spiel held over the weekend at the Salmon Arm Curling Centre. The B event was won by the Hugh Bennett rink and the C event went to the Dave Long rink.


Mayes brothers face karate challengeThere was no need for sibling rivalry as broth-

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Both are students of PMA (Provincial Martial Arts) Salmon Arm Karate.

Oscar earned a fourth-place medal from his ef-forts in both point sparring and kata. Sawyer also performed his kata and point sparring to bring home the bronze medal in his division.

Both boys are now training for their red belt test coming up in March.

Also, PMA Karate will be having a knife de-fence/sparring seminar on March 15 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. followed by belt testing on March 16 from noon to 4 p.m.

Both are being held at the downtown activity center in Salmon Arm and will include students from Sicamous, Enderby and Salmon Arm.

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Salmon Arm’s Darien Head wasn’t left on an island with a group of contestants to see if he could survive, but he does know what it feels like to be on a reality television show.

Thanks to his hockey prowess, Head, who is a 17-year-old defence-man with the Sicamous Eagles, stood out when he played for Team BC at the 2013 National Aboriginal Hockey Championships in Kahnawake, Quebec in May.

After the gold medal game, in which B.C. defeated Team Ontario, B.C.’s first national title in the event’s 12-year history, three players were selected from each of the provincial teams.

Head was one of the three selected from Team B.C.

From there the cho-sen players took part in a training program in Quebec, which started out with fitness testing and intra-squad games.

“After a while as we got into it more, it was more like an NHL train-ing camp. NHL players would show up every now and then,” he ex-plains.

There was also white-water rafting, zip-lin-ing, go carting, and ‘sky zone’ trampolining which featured a kind of dodge ball area with basketball hoops.

From day one, the players were filmed by television cameras, all day, every day.

“They filmed us right from the get-go all the way to the final day,” Head says, adding that the cameras were a challenge. “It was obvi-ously new and the cam-eras were really hard to get used to. Other than that, it was all the kind of stuff I’ve based my hockey training around – fitness stuff that I’d done in the previous year.”

The hockey itself was a bit different, faster-paced than the national championships.

Players were filmed,

because their experi-ences were to become part of Hit the Ice, the second season of a hockey program made for APTN, the Aborigi-nal Peoples Television Network.

Episode One airs Thursday, Feb. 27 at 8:30 p.m. on APTN and online.

States the program’s promo: “This youth series that will see dreams come true as the best young male aboriginal hockey play-ers come together for a two-week NHL-like training camp. From physical training, on ice drills and different team-building activities, these prospects will ex-perience the highs and lows of the Hit The Ice experience. This time the stakes have been raised, as a few cuts will determine the final roster for the show-case games. Looking to avenge last season’s loss, coach John Chabot will push his team and demand the best from every single player.”

Says Head: “They would be with us pret-ty much 24-7, filming mainly at our dorms for the first couple of days.”

The first one-on-one interview was hard to get through.

“Camera fright got to me,” he says, noting that if you stumble over your words, you’d be permitted to do it over. “After that it came natu-rally, speaking off the top of my head, but the first one got to me.”

When the players participated in activities like zip-lining, cameras would be attached to them or set up in a he-licopter and, when play-ing hockey, there would be cameras on chest straps and sticks.

“They were basically with us the whole time.”

But Hit the Ice doesn’t feature the per-sonality conflicts that some reality shows do. “There was not really much drama – we all kind of bonded like one big family,” he says, noting it was a good crowd to be involved with and the coaches

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Head’s goals for his hockey future include

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Clive Bryson has two interests – nature and photography.

And the talented naturalist and photographer has combined his passion for both in Shuswap Na-ture, a new coffee table book.

Now 71, Bryson began taking photos in his native U.K. when he was 10 and began taking photog-raphy seriously when he emigrated to Canada 40 years ago.

“It’s not so much a challenge, it’s more about expressing myself,” he says, describing himself as a visual person. “I just brought the two to-gether because I want to share my passions with other people through the form of a book.”

The photos, predominantly tak-en around Salmon Arm Bay, have been mostly digital for the last six or seven years.

Bryson says he had been think-ing about creating a book for a very long time and spent over a year to design it, using self-publishing and photography software.

His favourite subjects are birds, especially birds in � ight, and Bryson likes to capture them in his lens either early in the morning or in evening just before the sun is go-ing down when the quality of the light is at its best.

Bryson likes the bay area and the nature trail that passes Christmas Island because it is accessible, with a lot of wildlife, mammals, birds and plants.

“There are very good viewing spots and good walking areas,” he says. “It’s a priceless asset that Salmon Arm has and everybody should know about it.”

Bryson says he tries to get out

two to three times a week, more frequently in spring and fall when the light is more conducive to great shots.

“I don’t do much in summer because the light quality when the sun is high in the sky is not very good; you get very contrasted pic-tures.”

A member of the Shuswap Photo Arts Club and the Shuswap Naturalists Club, Bryson’s work has been published in numerous photographic magazines and he contributes a lot of his images to non-pro� t organizations.

He has won numerous prizes.“I have won a lot of equipment

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work displayed in Nikon House in New York,” he says. “ I don’t run a business; I don’t make money out of my photography but I like to share my work.”

Shuswap Nature is a 100-page, large-format coffee table book fea-turing full colour photographs on every page.

Bryson hopes that it will help both residents and tourists learn more about the beauty and unique-ness of the Shuswap.

He will be a feature presenter at the fall general meeting of BC Na-ture which is being held in Salmon Arm in September.

Bryson enthusiastically encour-ages young people in photography and sponsors a prize for youth at the Salmon Arm Fall Fair.

For more information and to view the book, go to Bryson’s web-site: http://clivebryson.pixu.com.

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Featured award-winning author Patri-cia Donahue will read from Claudia, a story based on Psyche’s jour-ney to the underworld, about a woman’s com-ing of age, maturing so she is ready for authen-tic love.

Donahue, a Vernon resident, presented her popular Romance Workshop at Word on the Lake one year and proved that she’s a dy-namo of energy, cre-ativity and fun – and a talented writer to boot.

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She has taught writ-ing at UBC-Okanagan for four years, includ-ing summer writing camps, presented at writers’ fairs, has given workshops on a variety of writing genres, ed-ited and sat on writing-discussion panels.

She has short stories published in Kelow-na’s Event magazine, in several anthologies, and is a recent con-tributor to the Chicken Soup for the Soul se-ries.

See her hair-raising story, Bruno’s Bruin, in the sub-titled edi-tion, O Canada; The Wonders of Winter.

In 2012, she was the winner of the Okana-gan Literary Arts Award.

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For more informa-tion, phone Dorothy at 250-832-3537.

The public is in-vited to join the Shuswap Welsh at their Fourth Annual St. David’s Day din-ner at the Senior’s Fifth Avenue Activ-ity Centre on March 1. The group will be addressed by retired Professor Les Ellenor on the work of Welsh poet and writer Dylan Thomas.

For more informa-tion call Lawrence Williams at 250-832-4415, Olwen Lander at 250-832-3074 or Wyn Gittins at 250-832-6071.

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WEDNESDAY, FEB. 19STORY TIME – The Silver Creek Branch of the Okanagan Regional Library

holds a storytime at 12:30 p.m. Wednesdays to April 23. A free program geared towards ages three to nine, features stories, songs, puppets and more.

THURSDAY, FEB. 20 ANTIQUES – Discovery Days at the Mall at Piccadilly features antique

appraisals by Peter Bundell from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. to Feb. 22 and silent auction during mall hours.

JAZZ CLUB – The Morgan Childs Quartet performs at 7 p.m. in the banquet room of Shuswap Chefs. Admission is by donation.

COFFEE BREAK – Salmon Arm Art Gallery presents Coffee Break, with free coffee and fresh baked cookies from 2 to 4 p.m. Many of the artists taking part in the exhibition will be in attendance.

FRIDAY, FEB. 21

FILM FEST – The Shuswap Film Society presents the annual Film Festival to March 1. See details at www.shuswap� lm.net.

PLAY TIME – Shuswap Theatre presents the comedy Distracted over three weekends to Saturday, March 8, at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 1:30 p.m. matinees on Sundays. Tickets are available at Intwined Fibre Arts at 141C Hudson Ave NE. For more information, visit www.shuswaptheatre.com.

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

SATURDAY, FEB. 22FAMILY DAY – Part of Heritage Week, Family Day takes place at the Mall at

Piccadilly with a pioneer breakfast at Janes Place from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m, silent auction closes at 3 p.m., antique appraisals from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., model railroad display from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., gold panning and crafts for children from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., pie baking contest and auction from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and entertainment by the Dust Puppets at 1:30.

ADULT BOOKS – The subject of the Salmon Arm Branch Library Adult Book Club is The Tiger, a true story of vengeance and survival, by John Valliant. The club meets on the fourth Saturday of every month from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m.

MORE MUSIC – Abstrakt Sonance kicks off a European tour at the Hideaway Pub at 9 p.m. Other musicians include Pixy, Leo Zen, Outer Haven and Day Shaw Voo. Entry fee is $5.

TUESDAY, FEB. 25AFRICAN EXPERIENCE - Watoto Children’s Choir presents: Beautiful Africa

a New Generation. No admission fee – donations encouraged, and there will be CD’s and handmade African crafts for sale. The concert starts at 7 p.m. at Five Corners Pentecostal Church located at 3160 - 10th Ave. SE. Call 250-832-3121 for info.

HORSE TALK – Kids and teens are invited to the Salmon Arm library from 10 to 11 a.m. to hear jockey Jeff Burningham talk about racing horses at Hastings Park in Vancouver. Burningham has ridden almost 700 winning horses. Schools need to register their classes to attend. Call Ardie at 250-832-6161 ext. 5828.

THURSDAY, FEB. 27GARDEN GAB– Shuswap Garden Club meeting, 7 p.m. at the Scout Hall,

2460 Auto Road. Guest speaker Trish Wallensteen will talk about Natural Habitat Gardens. Everyone welcome.

FRIDAY, FEB. 28STORYTIME – Pyjama Storytime from 6:30 to 7 p.m. features fairy tales.

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The Shuswap Film Society is celebrating its 25th International Film Festival by putting on the ritz at the Salmar Classic.

At the opening night reception, patrons are invited to celebrate the silver anniversary by dressing to win. Ev-eryone who dresses elegantly in black and silver will receive “star treatment.”

Doors open at 6:30 p.m. On screen enter-tainment starts at 6:45 p.m. followed by a showing of Nebraska.

In the film, Old Woody Grant (Bruce Dern), boozy and con-fused, is determined to collect his sweepstakes prize of a million dol-lars even if he has to walk from Billings, Montana to Lincoln, Nebraska to do it. En-ter Woody’s son David, who agrees to drive his old father and so begins a bleak and funny road trip.

This film will also be shown Feb. 25 at 4 p.m.

Other featured films include:

Lad: A Yorkshire Story, Feb. 22 at 10:30 a.m., Feb. 27 at 4 p.m.

The Yorkshire Dales provides the back-ground to this story of a young lad whose life goes off the rails with the death of his father. The Dales seem idyllic but it’s a tough place to live, where settlements are at the mercy of the changing weather. For Tom, though, life sud-denly opens up through his friendship with a park ranger.

Old Stock, Feb. 22 at 1:30 p.m., Feb. 27 at 4 p.m.

Stock, a bright and kind young man, is also an eccentric. After being involved in an accident, he decides to move into a retirement home with his grandfather where he believes he can hide from the world. He fits in well with his geriatric companions, but even-tually he has to come to terms with his troubled past and embrace life in the present.

Key of Life, Feb. 22 at 3:30 p.m., Feb. 25 at 7:30 p.m.

In this comedy of mistaken identities, a failed actor changes his mind about committing suicide when he wit-nesses someone fall on his head and succumb to amnesia. Taking on that person’s identity means he’s now a pro-fessional assassin.

The Broken Circle Breakdown, Feb. 22 at 7:30 p.m., Feb. 26 at 4 p.m.

The gorgeous blue-grass score of this film interweaves old and newly written tunes, be-ginning with the classic, Will the Circle be Un-broken. The film itself is structured like a bitter-sweet bluegrass song, with a refrain, back and forth in time, as the re-lationship between Di-dier and Elise develops and reveals much about love, family, sex, sor-row, faith and music.

Blancanieves, Feb. 23 at 10:30 a.m.

In this imaginative retelling of the fairy tale Snow White, Span-ish filmmaker Pablo Berger’s silent black-and-white film displays all the verve of Spanish Gothic romanticism.

Cas & Dylan, Feb. 23 at 1:30 p.m., Feb. 26 at 7:30 p.m.

Jason Priestly, in his directorial debut, brings the story of Cas Pep-per (Richard Dreyfuss), a widowed and now terminally ill Winni-peg oncologist, to the screen. Cas decides to drive to the West Coast by himself until a trav-elling companion in-serts herself into his life.

The Past (Le Passé), Feb. 23 at 3:30 p.m., Feb. 28 at 7:30 p.m.

Four years after de-serting his family and returning to Iran, his homeland, Ahman comes back to Paris with mixed feelings, as he is there to proceed with his divorce. Mean-while he can’t help but become involved in the complications his wife Marie has created with her children and the

new man in her life.

Good Vibrations, Feb. 23 at 7:30, Feb. 28 at 4 p.m.

In 1970s Belfast, Terri Hooley is an ide-alistic rocker who finds himself caught in the middle of Northern Ire-land’s bitter troubles. In an effort to encour-age some harmony, he opens a record shop specializing in reggae, and discovers a new music genre, punk rock.

The Great Beauty (La Grande Bellezza), Feb. 24 at 4 p.m.

This film is an od-yssey of emotion and intellect in the rich and contradictory world of Rome, the Eternal City. Saints and sinners rub shoulders as we follow 65-year-old Jep (Tony Servillo) through a se-ries of parties and meet-ings as he tries to figure out what it all means.

In The House (Dans La Maison), Feb. 24 at 7:30 p.m.

Germain, a jaded lit-erature teacher, tells his wife Jeanne (Kristin Scott Thomas) that his new students are the worst class he’s ever had. That is until a non-descript student starts writing his weekly as-signment on his obser-vations of “the perfect family.”

Louis Cyr, Feb. 27 at 7:30 p.m.

This is the story of real-life champion weight lifter, Louis Cyr from Quebec, who was promoted as the stron-gest man in the world in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

As a special feature, Waltzing Matilda, a beautifully filmed short/music video featur-ing an invisible man, a femme fatale, and a torch singer will be shown before selected movies. The film is di-rected by former Salm-on Arm resident Mike Southworth.

The closing night on Saturday, March 1 at 7:30 p.m. will feature Right Kind of Wrong, where a man, notorious for being a loser, falls in love with a bride on her wedding day. Re-freshments and hand-made chocolates will be served before the movie, as well as prizes. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

Tickets, at $7 for adults, are avail-able at the door, from Wearabouts and on the reservation line at 250-832-2294. Phone reservations must be made three hours before movie time.

Donations of canned food for the Second Harvest Food Bank are being accepted.

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Not dressed for the occasion: Bruce Dern is the lead actor in the film Nebraska, which will be the opening night flick at the Shuswap Film Society’s 25th International Film Festival which begins Friday at the Salmar Classic. Patrons are asked to dress in elegant silver and black to earn VIP treatment.

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Tommy Tanemura passed away peacefully in Bastion Place, Salmon Arm, BC in the early hours of Monday, February 10, 2014 at the age of 79 years.

Following his wishes there will be no formal service, cremation with interment to follow later in the newly planned Cemetery next to his old homestead on Auto Road, Salmon Arm

Born in Salmon Arm on February 24, 1934. Tom was a lifetime resident of Salmon Arm except for 10 years when he lived in Kelowna for apprenticeship and working as mechanic. He left home at 15 years of age to follow his passion to be a mechanic, of which he gained much respect for his dedication and workmanship. The local Ford Dealership was his second home, working for Ferguson Ford, which sold to Chuck Jacobson and became Jacobson Ford. Health issues brought early retirement in 1991. He is well remembered for his quest to keep active and was often seen out walking, regardless of the weather or his lack of balance. In January of 2010 he was admitted to Bastion Place, which became a visiting spot for his close and dedicated friends and family. A special thanks to Dick and Lorraine Hume.

He was predeceased by his parents, Archie and Take Tanemura, sisters, Gertie Dot, Molly and Ada, and brother Ken.

Tom leaves his loving family; wife, Ann; three children, Brent of Toronto, Barry of Salmon Arm, Kari (Scott Freeman) of Coquitlam; 2 grandchildren, Palace Tanemura and his mother Stephanie Pete, and Tai Freeman; sisters, Hana (Glen) Larson of Salmon Arm, Mary (Yosh) Mochizuki of Kamloops, Yvonne (Tak) Terada of Ontario, brother Wayne (Kathy) of Prince George, and brother in law, Edward Fung.

Memorial donations in Tom’s memory may be sent to the Shuswap Hospital Foundation, Box 265, Salmon Arm, BC VIE 4N3

On line condolences may be sent to Tom’s obituary at www.bowersfuneralservice.com

The family extends thanks and appreciation to Bastion Place for all their care and support over the past 4 years, Doctor Levins for his care over the last 15 years, and a special thank you to Beth, from Bastion Place, “you are our Angel”

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

TOM TANEMURA

Cody Pemberton Kennedy passed away at Shuswap Lake General Hospital, Salmon Arm, BC, on February 8, 2014 in his 81st year. Dear brother of Jean Robertson and special uncle to 17 nieces and nephews and their families.

He was a valued friend to many, including his ‘Angel’, Heather Flockhart.

Cody was predeceased by his parents, Robert and Fanny as well as brothers, Bob & Art and sisters, Nan, Mary, Katie & Nora.

Having spent the first 34 years of his life in Pitt Meadows, he moved to the Shuswap in 1967.

At Cody’s request, there will be no service. A celebration of Cody’s life will be held in early summer on the banks of the South Thompson River in Pritchard.

Arrangements are in the care of Bowers Funeral Service.

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With our deepest Sadness we are saying goodbye to Kenny.

Your journey here was short yet joyful. You touched everyone you met with your kindness and excepting nature.

Your three brothers, Dennis, Johnny and Billy’s hearts are broken to see you go, but are comforted that you are now at Peace.

You were the love of my life and a loving father to a son who adores you.

You were a GREAT man.Fare well “Blues Man” Farewell.A Celebration of Life for Kenny will be held in the

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KENNETH PATRICK HILLYER 1958 - 2014

Mr. David Alan Turner, known and loved by many in the community of Chase. Born August 27, 1941 passed away peacefully in Kamloops, February 7, 2014 at the age of 72. Dave is Lovingly remembered by his loving wife Margaret Susan Turner, his daughters Deborah Vanderveen (Terry) of Vancouver, Kathy Anderson (Carman) of Ottawa, Leslie Atkinson of Kamloops, son Alan Turner (Andrea) of Saskatchewan, grandchildren Kyle, Justine, Nathaniel, sisters Elizabeth Lockyer (Peter) and Shereen Bell (Ken) both of which are in England, as well as many friends and relatives. No formal service by request. Should friends desire, donations may be made to: http://www.kamloopshospice.com.

DAVID ALAN TURNER

The family wishes to announce the passing of their beloved husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather and great great grandfather.

Pre-deceased by his parents, sister Jean and son Greg.

Survived by his beloved wife of 64 years, Bertha, daughters Darla (Brian) Pitman and Joanne (Bill) Laws, six grandchildren; Carolynn, Brad, Jody, Tracy, Denae and Stacie, nine great grandchildren; Spencer, Averi, Amanda, Maddison, Tyler, Ben, Jade, Mackay, Evelyn and one great great grandson Grayson; as well his two sisters, Dolores Hobbs and Peggy Paynton.

A Celebration of life service was held from the chapel of Bowers Funeral Home, Salmon Arm, on Thursday afternoon, February 13th at 2 p.m. with Jack Bowers the Celebrant. Tributes were shared by family and friends. A reception followed in the Mountainside room, allowing more time for sharing of memories.

Cremation with interment to follow later in his son’s grave in Mt. Ida Cemetery.

Herbie was born in Silver Creek and lived most of his life in the Salmon Arm area. His early days involved youthful initiation into the forest industry. He worked at his Dad’s mill in Silver Creek and learned the tricks of the trade through hard work and day to day experience. As Herbie grew a little older he continued to develop his resume, including a job as a milkman in New Westminster. At the same time he fell in love with Bertha and a new adventure - a family began. Darla & Joanne were born in New Westminster and 5 years later, Greg was born in Salmon Arm.

Herbie loved to tell stories from his own experiences and had a real knack for getting involved in any conversation. He enjoyed playing hockey for many teams, including the Salmon Arm Aces and was a keen golfer.

Herbie was a great father and provided for the family throughout his life. He never stopped working and always seemed to be building, repairing, fixing and offering his advice on how to complete the job correctly. Coveralls were his uniform and projects were his passion. His late life, in his 70’s, his prize project included completely restoring a Hayes tandem axle truck from the ground up.

Herbie will be sadly missed by all family and friends. We will forever remember our Father; cherish the memories and his love of life, sense of humour and generosity to all family and friends.

The family would like to thank Dr. Weiker and the Staff at the Shuswap Lake General Hospital for all their care as well as Community Care and Harmony Haven.

Memorial donations in Herbie’s memory may be sent to the Shuswap Hospital Foundation, Box 265, Salmon Arm, BC VIE 4N3

Online condolences may be sent to Herbie’s obituary at www.bowersfuneralservice.com

Funeral arrangements were in the care of Bowers Funeral Home & Crematorium, Salmon Arm.

HERBERT (HERBIE) EDGAR HARE July 4, 1929 - February 7, 2014

Bernice Ida “Bunny” Chartrand born in Winnipeg, Manitoba on January 3, 1937 passed away in Salmon Arm, BC on February 13, 2014 at the age of 77 years.

Bunny lived in Northern Ontario until the age of 12 when her family moved to BC in 1949.

She met her husband Ron Chartrand in Burns Lake and married on April 1 1961. They moved to Prince Rupert where they ran a building construction company until 1989.

After retirement Bunny and Ron moved to Salmon Arm

Bunny was predeceased by husband Ron in June 1997. She is survivied by one brother, Tucker Forsyth of Gibsons, BC and a number of nieces and nephews.

At Bunny’s request there will be no service.Email condolences may be sent through Bunny’s

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Cody Pemberton Kennedy passed away at Shuswap Lake General Hospital, Salmon Arm, BC, on February 8, 2014 in his 81st year. Dear brother of Jean Robertson and special uncle to 17 nieces and nephews and their families.

He was a valued friend to many, including his ‘Angel’, Heather Flockhart.

Cody was predeceased by his parents, Robert and Fanny as well as brothers, Bob & Art and sisters, Nan, Mary, Katie & Nora.

Having spent the first 34 years of his life in Pitt Meadows, he moved to the Shuswap in 1967.

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Bylaw Parking Officer Summer Student

The Bylaw Parking Officer is responsible for matters related to the enforcement of municipal traffic control bylaws on behalf of the City of Salmon Arm. The position is responsible for identifying enforcement issues, recommending solutions to their supervisor and responding to complaints related to parking violations within the municipal boundaries. Position requirements are completion of at least one year of post secondary education and enrollment in a post secondary program for the upcoming semester. Candidates must have effective oral communication skills and a demonstrated ability to use tact, diplomacy and courtesy when dealing with the public in stressful conditions. Applicants must possess a valid BC Driver’s licence. This position is 5 days per week; 7 hours per day for three months commencing approximately mid-May. Rate of pay is $15.00 per hour + 14% in lieu of benefits.

Public Works and Parks Summer Student (may be more than one position)

Summer student(s) in the Public Works Department and Parks Division performs a variety of different duties including heavy manual labour using broom, pick, shovel, weed eater, mower and other hand operated tools. The incumbent may shovel earth, sand, concrete, gravel or asphalt, as required, and move or carry bricks, blocks, cement, timbers, pipes, tools and other construction material. The position may involve the clean-up of parks including garbage collection, washroom cleaning, flower bed and boulevard weeding, lawn mowing and weed eating, etc. Position requirements are completion of at least one year of post secondary education and enrollment in a post secondary program for the upcoming semester. Applicants must possess a valid BC Driver’s licence. Sufficient physical strength, stamina and coordination to perform manual labour in all types of weather are necessary. Previous experience in a construction environment is an asset. This position is 5 days per week (may involve week-end work); 8 hours per day commencing approximately the beginning of May. Rate of pay is $15.00 per hour + 14% in lieu of benefits.

Reply in writing, enclosing resume and cover letter.

Human Resources City of Salmon Arm PO Box 40; 500 – 2 Avenue NE Salmon Arm, BC V1E 4N2

Fax: 1-250-803-4041 E-mail: [email protected]

We sincerely thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

SUMMER STUDENTS

Meat Clean-up – PART TIMEOur Salmon Arm – Uptown Location, Meat Department, requires a responsible person to work part time, duties to include washing and sanitizing meat cutting areas and stocking shelves. Must be able to work unsupervised. Shifts are 7 p.m. to 10:00 pm. If you are energetic, enthusiastic and want to be part of the Askew’s team, we want to hear from you.Please apply in person, to; Karl Kreipe, Meat Manager – Uptown Store or by email to [email protected]

SEC Sawmill Equipment Co.

SEC Sawmill Equipment Co. Inc. is an innovative organization, challenging how things are done and seeking new techniques to improve current lumber handling methods, driving efficiency, reliability and unmatched processing speeds in our clients sawmilling operations. Located in the Salmon Arm, its products are market leading and shipped worldwide.

SEC employees enjoy a wide range of benefits and competitive compensation package. If you like working in a team environment and are looking for an interesting and challenging position where you can contribute ideas and be heard, this is a great opportunity to join our company in building ground-breaking concepts and solutions. It’s what makes SEC a great place to work and grow.

SEC is looking for several highly motivated professionals to complement its Engineering and Project Management teams.

For all positions preference will be given to those with:• Work experience in the design of sawmill lumber handling equipment.• Superior attention to detail.• A good working knowledge of ERP software. • A strong proficiency with the use of Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook.• Ability to read fabrication and electrical drawings.• Ability to work with a creative and dynamic team.• Ability to meet tight deadlines.• Ability to analyze problems and provide solutions using sound judgment and

decision making skills.• Strong verbal and written communication skills as well as effective interpersonal

and leadership skills.• Professional demeanor with clients, vendors and coworkers.

Process Control Engineer/Technologist Responsibilities & Skills:• Software development on Rockwell Automation RXLogix platform• Integrated approach to system design on the Allen Bradley ControlLogix platform • Component and device selection• Deliver project specific designs meeting the needs of our clients. • Bring product concepts to “production ready” status.• Contribute to the production engineering process.• Contribute to the project engineering process.• Generation of bill of materials in ERP software.• Communicating with vendors and customers.• A background and/or education in one of the following: - Control systems or electrical engineering. - Electrical or electronic engineering technology - Instrumentation engineering technology • Industrial control network configuration, testing, monitoring and repair

Project Manager Responsibilities & Skills:• Primary interface and point of contact between SEC and the client.• Cradle to grave management of projects valued at $50,000 to in excess of $2 Million.• Multi-discipline projects (electrical, mechanical, and industrial automation).• Ensure clients satisfaction.• Manage scope creep and associated costs.• Contribute to the production engineering process.• Contribute to the project engineering process.• Communicating with vendors and customers.• A background and/or education in one of the following: - Project Management. - Mechanical or electrical engineering.• PMP designation is preferred.• Must be able to travel internationally 20% to 30% of time.

Please send cover letter and resume in confidence to:

General Manager, SEC Sawmill Equipment Co. Inc.

4620 40th Ave SE Salmon Arm, B.C. V1E 1X1 [email protected]

PRODUCE CLERKOur Salmon Arm – Downtown Location, Produce Department, requires experienced staff to fill two positions, 1 full time and 1 part time position. If you are energetic, enthusiastic and want to be part of the Askew’s team, we want to hear from you.

Please apply in person, to: Dave Swetlikoe, Produce Manager Downtown Store or by email to [email protected]

Are you passionate about building strong a strong community? Are you a skilled communicator who seeks to engage others to achieve results? Do you have a background in business and experience in working with municipal and provincial stakeholders? Do you have experience in management and team leadership? Then we are looking for you to serve as the Manager for Downtown Salmon Arm. For a complete description of this role and how to apply, please visit our website at www.downtownsalmonarm.com

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SENIOR’S Independent Living Facility in beautiful Salmon Arm is looking for a live-in Care Attendant. Suitable appli-cant must have experience with seniors, great cooking skills and be physically able to perform housekeeping duties. Must possess strong peo-ple/resident skills and be high-ly motivated with a strong work ethic and positive attitude. Re-sponsibilities: preparing meals, housekeeping, grocery shop-ping, coordination of mainte-nance and repairs, marketing and conducting tours of available units. Qualifi cations: clear B.C. Department of Jus-tice Criminal Record Check, basic computer skills, previous experience and Food Safe. Compensation includes room and board and a monthly sala-ry. To be considered for this opportunity, please send a cover letter along with a de-tailed resume by e-mail to: [email protected]

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SENIOR Development Tech-nologist - Forsite Consultants Ltd. Forsite, an innovative for-est and land management company is currently recruiting for Senior Development Tech-nologists in the area of multi-phase timber development lo-cal to our Salmon Arm location. This position offers a challenging and fulfi lling ca-reer with industry leading com-pensation and benefi ts pack-age including pension opportunities. As a Senior De-velopment Technologist you will be responsible to apply your various technical skills and knowledge involved with timber development and forest resource management. Re-quirements: - Post-secondary education with a diploma or degree in forestry. - Regis-tered with the ABCFP. - A minimum of 3 years timber de-velopment experience. - De-tailed knowledge of the full spectrum of tasks encom-passed by a multi-phase pro-ject - Cable layout experience preferred but not essential. If you are interested in joining our team, please email a cover letter and resume, with “Sal-mon Arm” the subject line, to Shawn Rolston [email protected]

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We require long and short haulUS capable drivers. We are an Okanagan based company with dedicated suppliers and customers and require drivers to fi ll their orders. Our short haul drivers primarily service the US northwestern with dedicated runs available and are home regularly, our long hauls drivers service the southwestern US and are home on a weekly basis for resets. We offer: Dedicated Tractors, US Medical Cover-age, Company Cell phones, Direct deposit pay with no holdbacks. Dedicated lanes. Rider Policy. All we need from you is US capabilities, border crossing experience and a professional attitude, Class 1 driver’s license and a clean abstract and are physi-cally fi t. Please fax or email your resume and abstract with US drivers in subject line to 250-546-0600 or email to [email protected] No phones calls or walk in’s please.

ForestryWANTED: OPERATIONS Fo-rester required to lead team in Alberta. Permanent full-time opportunity for qualifi ed expe-rienced forester with supervi-sory experience. Email re-sume to: [email protected]

Help WantedACTIVE Chiropractic in Sal-mon Arm is looking for a RMT to join our new clinic. Call (250)833-5028 or email: [email protected]

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Fully-serviced, 0.49± acres, freehold title (no strata fees) residential home site in Shuswap Lake Estates, on the south side of Shuswap Lake, will be sold at Ritchie Bros.’ unreserved public auction:

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North Enderby Timber is looking to hire for various positions including Millwright and/or Fabricator, Heavy Duty Mechanic and Electrician. We offer competitive wages along with a comprehensive benefi t package. Please fax resume to 250-838-9637.

PT Care-Aid needed. Must have certifi cate, own transpor-tation, fl exible hours, starting wage $19+/hr Email resume:[email protected]

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Financial Services

Employment

Help WantedPedro’s Fruit and Garden

Centre & Pedro’s Pie Shopare taking resumes for their

reopening in April. Looking for all positions.

Resumes can be emailed to: [email protected] or mailed

to: 3390-10 Avenue SW Salmon Arm, BC V1E 1K3

PT Merchandiser wanted for retail visits approx 5hrs/month. Hourly rate $12to start send resumes to: [email protected]

Seeking MOA for busy Medical Clinic

✦Excellent ability to multi-task with attention to detail✦Ability to work independently and in cooperation with others ✦Medical terminology and offi ce experience

Apply with resume to Mount Ida Medical Centre

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Help WantedTire Person required immedi-ately Full Time. Experienced Tractor/Trailer Tire Person, Must be Mechanically Inclined and physically fi t with own transportation. Wages based on Experience. Please Fax Resume to 250-546-0600.

Trades, Technical

Civil EngineeringTechnologist II

(re-Advertisement)District of Kitimat, full time permanent, wage range $37.94 - $45.90, over two years. Civil Technologist diploma required. Duties include infrastructure investi-gations, surveying, design, contract preparation, inspec-tion and material testing on projects related to the municipality’s water, sewer, drainage and transportation systems. Candidates should be profi cient in using electronic survey equipment, computer assisted design using AutoCad 3D. and MS Offi ce. Valid BC driver’s license required. Submit resumes by February 27, 2014, 4:40 pm, to Personnel, District of Kitimat, 270 City Centre, Kitimat, BC, V8C 2H7, Fax (250) 632-4995, or email [email protected]. Further information can be obtained from our website at www.kitimat.ca

MECHANICRequired F/T for Vancouver Outboard. Primary duties will include maintenance troubleshooting and repair of diesel & gas marine engines. Knowledgeable in vessel electrical systems is an asset. Must have own tools and a valid drivers license. Exc. Compensation Based

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Esthetics ServicesPERMANENT Laser Hair reduction. Call for a free con-sultation. Sada (250)832-4266 Shuswap Laser Clinic or email: [email protected]

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HandypersonsCLEAN CUT RENOVATIONS

AND REPAIRS Small reno’s and repairs,Interior painting and trim

Licensed & insured Frank

Cell 250-515-3637250-832-8153

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Home & Yard

250-253-4663

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Maintenance &repairs to snow blowers,

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Painting & Decorating

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Pets & Livestock

Feed & HayA horse quality orchard grass, 2nd crop $5 & 1st crop $4, Al Fritzel (250)832-9070GOOD quality horse hay, small bales (250)835-4748 or (250)833-9595

PetsBICHON FRISE/HAVANESE X puppies, vet checked & shots, del avail. 250-804-6848

N&T CANINE CAREDaycare, boarding, grooming.

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call 250-835-0136

Merchandise for Sale

$300 & UnderMAYTAG heavy duty washer & Kenmore heavy duty dryer, good cond. (250)804-4780

FirearmsFIREARMS restricted licence up-grade to add restricted endorse-ment to your PAL to buy handguns and restricted rifl es. Class on March 1, 2014. For info www.black-dogft.com or call 250-470-9393

Misc. for SaleIPHONE CASE

Brand new, never used Iphone 5 Lifeproof.Multiple

colors. Asking $15.00. 250-549-1489 or text

250-306-8489 for details.


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FEBRUARY STEEL OF A DEAL

1/4”, 3/8” Plate. Var sizes & widths available. 7 truck loads of Plate still available. Call for lists of loads.400,000 lbs 1/2” X 4’ wide, Coils Mild Steel 4½” ODx.337 wall & 7” ODx.317 wall x 44’ Pipe. Sea Contain-er - 20’ $1,999 & 40’ $2,199. Call or email for further infor-mation or prices.

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SAWMILLS FROM only$4,897 - Make money & save money with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. Free Info & DVD: www.NorwoodSawmills.com/400OT 1-800-566-6899 Ext:400OT.

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Misc. WantedCoin Collector Looking to BuyCollections, Estates, Gold & Silver Coins + 778-281-0030

COLLECTOR looking to buy a coin collection. Also looking for coins, bars, medals, ingots from RC Mint, Franklin Mint, US Mint & others. Todd 250-864-3521 I make house calls!

PURCHASING old Canadian & American coin collections & accumulations. 250-548-3670

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NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF RECEIVERWe, BDO Canada Limited, of Suite 101, 15375 102A Ave, Surrey, British Columbia, hereby give notice that:1. We were appointed the Receiver of the

property of Brandee Leean Marie Radford (dba Friend’s Rendezvous Bistro) on the 30th day of January, 2014.

2. The instruments under which we were appointed are:

a) A Mortgage dated April 6, 2009, charging lands and premises legally described as arcel denti er: 017 250129, Lot 1, Sec 34, Twp 22, Rge 11, W6M, KDYD, Plan KAP44909; and b) General Security Agreements dated April 6, April 7, and June 13, 2009

which have been assigned to 0815639 B.C. Ltd.

DATED at Surrey, British Columbia, this 11th day of February 2014.BDO Canada Limited, Receiver 101 – 15375 102A Ave Surrey, BC V3R 7K1 T: 604 588 4275 or 855 588 4275 F: 888 387 0427

POWER SWEEPING SERVICES QUOTATION PROCESS

School District No. 83 is advertising for interested parties to submit a quotation for Power Sweeping Services for the 2014 School year.Quotation documents, addendums or corrections for this quote can be obtained from the School District No. 83 Works Complex located at 5911 Auto Road SE, Salmon Arm, BC or downloaded from the School District website at www.sd83.bc.caQuotation process closes at 12:00 PM March 7, 2014.Further information can be obtained via email to [email protected]

THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF S.D. NO. 83

(North Okanagan-Shuswap)

FOR SALE1340 square foot 1990 Dartmouth Double Wide

located in Broadview Villa Mobile Home Park unit 20

Two bedrooms, two baths, den, living room, laundry, dining room, kitchen plus nook. Home comes with a built in china cabinet, double pantry, lots of closets, vaulted ceiling, central vacuum, hot tub large covered deck and carport. Roof has recently been replaced along with all walls washed and carpets cleaned. On a mature lot. Ready to move in. Available for immediate possession.All this for only $114,900 Call 250-833-6029

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Free ItemsFREE to good home, large male neutered grey tabby w/white feet & chest, approx. 7-8yrs. old, wonderful tem-perament with other animals & kids (250)515-6016

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Houses For SaleCare-free living!

2 bedroom, 2 bath + dentownhouse with a garage

All one levelOverlooks green space and

has a lovely porch area New fl ooring, paint, fridge,

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Call (250)832-6765

Homes WantedWANTED house & acreage in Salmon Arm area, price $350-450,000. (250)804-3485

YOUNG couple seeks af-fordable land for vegetable farm. Interested in fi nancing alternatives such as vendor fi -nancing with money down. Ideally 2 acres, plentiful sun + water. [email protected] 250-306-4261

MortgagesTEKAMAR MORTGAGESBest rate 5yr-3.29%OACServing the Columbia-Shuswap

since 1976.Rates Consistently better than banks

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Rentals

Apt/Condo for Rent1BDRM top fl oor new 4-plex f/s, priv entr., adults, quiet pet OK, shower w/seat, $825. 1070 1 St. SE 250-833-2129

1 Bedroom Balcony Apartment

fridge, stove, coin laundry & hot water included,

No Pets $600/mo.

1-855-852-5660 Toll Free

2BDRM. apt. in town, NS, NP, adults, 5 appl. $850/mo. incl. util (250)463-4858

3rd Floor 1Bdrm. Apt. in Salmon Arm

Adult oriented, walk to DT & hospital, NS, NP, coin

laundry in bldg. AC, fridge & stove in the unit.

Heat & hot water incl. $700/mo. security deposit req’d

(250)546-3066 (250)546-1970 in evenings

Bright, spacious2 bedroom apartments

Close to town, family owned & operated.

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

Available Mar 1, 2014 $825/month

(250) 803-1694Ask about Senior’s Discount

LAKEVIEW MANORBeautiful unfurnished and

fully furnished Apts. Viewing Shuswap Lake & McGuire Park. Close to all

amenities in quiet adult NS, NP building.

*Short term rates avail. Ref’s req’d (250)833-9148

Commercial/Industrial

EXPOSE YOURSELF!to Downtown Shoppers

on Lakeshore DriveRetail space for Lease

(250)835-4487

FREE RENT to qualifi ed less-ee for two months. 800sqft downtown storefront. TCHwy exposure. $975/mos INCL t-net. PH 250-832-3277

Mobile Homes & Pads

DOUBLE wide, 3bdrm, lake view modular in Blind Bay, lrg. covered deck, wood heating, avail. immed., $950/mo + util. (250)675-3790

Rentals

Modular HomesTappen 2BDRM $700/mo Avail now 1 Ref’s req’d. Sm. Pet OK (250)835-4480

Homes for Rent3BDRM Blind Bay W/D F/P close to water, avail. immed. $1200. + util. (403)762-7707

4 Bdrm on 2.6 acres w/shop lakeview $1100 250-833-6680

CHASE: 3bdrm, 1bath, F/S W/D, fenced, no pets, $900/mo. + $450 DD, incl. wa-ter, garbage (250)832-9193

COTTAGE in Eagle Bay. 2 bed/1.5 bath. 5 appli., lake view, deck, NS, NP, avail. Mar. 1 $650. (250)675-3691

GORGEOUS 3/4bdrm w/view 1.5 acres, W/D, util, int, sat incl., avail. Now smoking out-side $1350 (250)832-7809

Malakwa-3bdrm home $650 +utils. 2bdrm $600.+utils, 250-836-2928 or 250-309-0975

Suites, Lower1BDRM suite, close to Uptown Askews & high school incl. util, $675/mo. NS (250)804-0399

1BDRM. W/O suite, Raven area., avail. March 15th $700/mo. incl. util., N/S, DD, (250)253-1265 /250-833-0248

1BDRM. w/o suite, utilities, wi-fi , satellite incl., all appl, 8km from SA $650/mo. (250)832-7809 available January 1st

2BDRM great location no stairs, walk to town, lakeview, basic cable incl., util. extra., NS/NP, DD req’d, $800/mo., avail. Mar.1st, (250)832-6684

Bachelor suite $600. inc. util., garbage. NP, avail. Mar.1, Call Travis (1-250)650-6585

BLIND Bay-Eagle Bay Road daylight suite for rent. Avail. Mid-Feb Great lakeview, pri-vate beach. W/D/F/S, no smoking or pets. $750. Please call 250-540-6426.

CHASE: 2bdrm newly reno’d N/S, N/P, 5appl., heat incl. $725/mo + DD. Refs Adult Oriented (250)679-8578

LARGE 1bdrm. suitable for quiet mature person or work-ing couple, walk to DT, NS, no drugs, no parties, avail. now $725/mo. incl. util & cable, pets neg. (250)832-4448

NEW 1Bdrm Priv entrance Gleneden area. NS NP W/D Furn/unfurn ref’s DD $700250-253-4193

Suites, Upper2Bdrm Main fl oor House on 1 acre lot near Hillcrest school. Lge deck, laundry $1000 plus Util. Avail Mar 1 604-836-78882BDRM suite main fl oor log house in great country setting 10 min from SA and Larch Hills skiing. Sauna, F/P F/S MW,DW,WIFI, laundry Incl. N/S Ref. Req. $925 + Util Avail Mar 1 250-833-0901. Separate large offi ce and small guest house/studio also avail.

Want to RentMATURE female looking for 1 bdrm + den or 2 bed suite. No stairs with appli & util. incl. for $900-$1000. Willing to sign lease. April 1 (250)832-9827MATURE person with 2 cats wants to rent house in Canoe, Salmon Arm or Enderby (250)498-6441 (250)485-2894RETIRED couple with well be-haved small dog looking for wheelchair friendly 2bdrm home or apt. 778-489-1334

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

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Infrastructure needs in Okanagan-Shuswap communities are not being ignored, according to the local MP.

Last week’s federal budget included money for bridges in Montreal, Que. and Windsor, Ont., as well as $391.5 million for highways and bridges in national parks, but there was no specific men-tion of money for infrastructure upgrades for mu-nicipalities in general.

“We have that covered in the gas tax fund,” said MP Colin Mayes.

Mayes insists the budget will benefit the region as sections of the Trans-Canada Highway through national parks will be improved, and he is confi-dent that federal support can be found for other portions of the route.

“If the province comes forward to say they want to do the Trans-Canada, that money can come from the Building Canada fund.”

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty’s budget in-cludes no major tax cuts and spending is decreas-ing for the third year in a row.

The document forecasts a $2.9 billion deficit this year and a $6.4 billion surplus in 2015/16.

Not surprisingly, the federal budget is getting negative reviews from opposition parties.

“It’s another lost opportunity to do something positive for Canadians,” said Nick Hodge, Okana-gan-Shuswap NDP president.

“Again we hear about reductions, restraint, fragile recovery and cuts to programs. I am look-ing forward to the day when we have a govern-ment interested in making life better for Canadi-ans. For all of the talk about restraint, tax revenues are projected to increase by $12.2 billion, 5.5 per cent over last year.”

Liberals are describing the budget as disap-pointing.

“Much of what is in the budget is unlikely to do anything for the average Canadian, and even less for the residents of the North Okanagan and Shus-wap,” said Dustin Griffin, Okanagan-Shuswap Liberal president.

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mita

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ly. S

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be

rede

emed

for c

ash

and

may

not

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com

bine

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erta

in o

ther

con

sum

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cent

ives

ava

ilabl

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cre

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nclu

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HST/

GST/

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pplic

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.

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