salmon arm observer, january 02, 2013

IndexYear in Review ........A2Opinion ....................A6Classifi eds ....A12-A14Real Estate ..............B1

Vol. 106, No. 01, 28 pages

This weekTake a look back at some of Salmon Arm’s most memorable moments from 2012 as drawn from the pages of the Observer.

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NEWS FOR ALL AGES...

January• Unplug and Play

Family Literacy Week takes place this month with events being host-ed at the Mall at Picca-dilly.

• An unattended pro-pane torch being used to thaw out frozen pipes caused a house to be destroyed by fire and two dogs to perish.

• Local businesses complain to the city re-garding snow removal procedures. Business-es say they are losing customers because the streets aren’t being plowed properly.

• A local teenager, Jodi Hanna, waits to see if she will gain eyesight after undergo-ing surgery in Arizona. The teen’s stem cells were harvested then injected into her optic nerves in the hopes of her seeing for the first time. She was born with optic nerve hypo-plasia.

• A man and his two young sons perish in a mobile home fire in Si-camous.

• Salmon Arm West students from kin-dergarten to Grade 5 learn Secwepemc, the Shuswap traditional language; about 45 per cent of the students at the school are First Na-tions.

• Salmon Arm Na-ture Bay Society asks city council to leave the beavers that live around the first board-walk off the nature trail alone. Council responded that they would look further into the situation before taking action.

• Salmon Arm coun-cil endorse staff to create an agricultural advisory committee as follow up of the recom-mendations outlined in the Agricultural Area Plan created in 2004.

• The Arts Centre building in Salmon Arm celebrates its 75th anniversary with a spe-cial art exhibit at the SAGA Public Art Gal-lery.

• A Blind Bay resi-dent win $1 million dollars with a Scratch N’ Win ticket.

• B.C. Assessment releases 2012 property value statistics; both Salmon Arm and Si-camous property val-ues have dropped in the last year.

• One case of Scarlet Fever was discovered at Bastion Elemen-tary School. Doctors administered antibiot-ics to the patient and stated they were not concerned about an outbreak.

• Salmon Arm Sec-ondary Principal Greg Kitchen leaves School District #83 after 22 years of working at various schools in the district.

• Tire Stewardship BC awarded Blackburn

Park universally acces-sible playspace a grant for $30,000 that will provide 35,000 pounds of recycled rubber to be poured beneath the play equipment. This is the second grant for the playground — the first was for $20,000 that was used to create a recycled rubber pour-in-place landing.

• Police investi-gate the shooting of a 59-year-old man. The incident occurred near Roderick Haig Brown Provincial Park in Lee Creek.

• School Board trust-ee of six years, Lisa Rolland, died of can-cer.

• Over $10,000 was

2012: The year that wasA Monthly RecAp

One piece at a time: Jody Hanna, sitting with her mother Ali-cia at the kitchen table, works on a jigsaw puzzle.

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raised for the Heart and Stroke foundation at the Larch Hills 28th annual Reino Keski-Salmi cross-country ski loppet.

• The Salmon Arm SilverBacks trade team captain, Brett Knowles, to Cowichan Valley Capitals and gain forward Travis Stephens.

• NHL central scout-ing lists SilverBacks’ Morgan Zulinick in their top-210 North American skaters. He also won a NCAA Di-vision 1 scholarship.

• Members of the Shuswap Swimming Team took the plunge in the fifth annual Po-lar Bear Swim on New Year’s Day at Canoe Beach. The event is meant to raise aware-ness and funds for dia-betes research.

• Charles Dickens’ The Pickwick Papers is performed by Salmon Arm Secondary grades 11 and 12 drama stu-dents.

• The Heap the Hon-da children’s Book Drive kicks off at the SilverBacks hockey game.

February• Judy Wilson is

re-elected as Chief of the Neskonlith In-dian Band. She won with 85 votes against Gary Wiens’ 38 votes and Bert Denault’s 28 votes. Council-lors voted in include Joan Manuel, Rock

Denault, Martin Sauls, Karen August, Randy Sam, and former chief and councillor Art An-thony.

• Salmon Arm coun-cil agrees to include the Downtown Activ-ity Centre, which is the former Salmon Arm Elementary School, into Salmon Arm’s heritage registry.

• Salmon Arm Crown counsel Greg-ory Koturbash is ap-pointed as a new Pro-vincial Court Judge in Penticton.

• Lynne Wickett, Daila Duford, and Rosemarie Vennard earn this year’s Shus-wap Women of Dis-tinction awards at the It’s All About Women Conference.

• King’s Christian School places 182nd out of 860 schools according to the Fra-ser Institute report card on B.C. Elementary Schools. Other schools within the Salmon Arm system dropped in

ranks with Bastion El-ementary and Ranche-ro Elementary placing highest at 505th posi-tion.

• Okanagan College students participate in the “All Out” national day of protest against student debt.

• A Salmon Arm woman was taken to hospital with a broken ankle by local passer-bys when she was told there were no ambu-lances in the city. The woman had slipped on some ice.

• A pedestrian was hit by a car when crossing the street on the Trans Canada Highway. The driver was making a left hand turn and did not notice the person crossing.

• Columbia Shus-wap Regional District Board approved a reso-

lution to contact the Southern Interior Lo-cal Government Asso-ciation regarding con-cerns about the lack of police coverage in rural areas.

• The CSRD also invited Interior Health to a board meeting to discuss the inadequate health-care services provided to their com-munities.

• Fields and Zellers announce they will be closing their doors and Canadian Tire will be moving to Zellers loca-tion. Staples will open its doors to Salmon Arm in June. Fisher-man Direct Seafood of Enderby will expand their business to Salm-on Arm; the business will be a restaurant as

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Show of solidarity: Students from the Salmon Arm campus of Okanagan College protest student fees during a demostration held Wednesday at the intersection of Alexander Street and the Trans-Canada Highway.

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FRIDAY, JAN. 4WRITE NOW – The Writers’ Union of Canada has launched its 20th Annual

Short Prose Competition for Developing Writers. Submissions should be sent along with a $29 entry fee per submission to The Writers’ Union of Canada at 90 Richmond St. East, Suite 200, Toronto, Ont., M5C 1P1, by March 1, 2013. See more information, rules and regulations at http://www.writersunion.ca/short-prose.

FIFTH AVENUE SENIORS – Monthly birthday lunch at noon. Reserve tickets, seating is limited. Dance to the Jammers Jan. 6 at 7 p.m.

DEADLINE – Last day for submission to the 15th Annual Okanagan Short Story Contest, which is open to all Southern Interior writers. Stories should be previously unpublished works and range from 1,000 to 4,000 words. Each entry must be accompanied by a $15 entry fee, either a money order or cheque payable to the University of British Columbia. See contest rules and submission address at www.okstorycontest.org.

SATURDAY, JAN. 5FAMILY SATURDAYS – The free drop-in art program for families resumes at

the SAGA Public Art Gallery and takes place weekly from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

OPERA – Salmar Theatre’s Live at the Met program presents Les Troyens at 9 a.m. at the Salmar Classic Theatre. This is the fi rst Met revival of Francesca Zambello’s acclaimed 2003 production of Berlioz’s Trojan War epic.

BOTTLE DRIVE – Shuswap Variety Club hosts a bottle drive to raise funds for Variety The Children’s Charity of British Columbia. Drop off recyclable beverage containers at the Salmon Arm Legion, or call Brenda at 250-832-3157 for bottle pick-up.

TUESDAY, JAN. 8 PROBUS CLUB – Monthly general meeting takes place from 10 a.m. to noon

at the SASCU Downtown Activity Centre. Doors open at 9:30 for coffee and social.

HEALTHY BABIES – Healthiest Babies Possible program features handprint crafts from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Shuswap Family Resource Centre. Door prizes and lunch provided.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 9RETIRED TEACHERS – Meeting will be held at 10:30 a.m. at the SASCU

Downtown Activity Centre. Topic of discussion will be age-safe communities. Call A. Waters at 250-832-9973 for information.

SUNDAY. JAN. 13FLAPJACKS – The Fifth Avenue Seniors Activity Centre serves a pancake

breakfast from 8 to 11:30 a.m. THURSDAY, JAN. 17BABY TALK – The Shuswap Children’s Association presents Baby Talk for

parents of babies from newborn to 12 months at 10 a.m. at the Health Unit. Take your babies with you. For more information, call 250-833-0164 or email [email protected].

SATURDAY, JAN. 19FREE CHILD-MINDING – The Salmon Arm Secondary leadership students offer

parents a break from 10 a.m. to noon at the Jackson campus. A donation to the food bank is welcome. Email [email protected] with any questions or to register your children.

FRIDAY, FEB. 1TRAIL TALK –Tickets are available for the annual Shuswap Trail Party and

Fundraiser that supports local greenways and trails. The always sold-out event features a silent auction, locally made appies, a cash bar and dancing. Tickets are available at Lakeside Insurance, Salmon Arm Financial, Skookum Cycle and Ski, Ridetech and Kula Movement and Wellness.

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Year in review 2012

well as a store.• KAIROS Salmon

Arm, the Shuswap Okanagan NDP and the Shuswap Environ-mental Action Society sponsored a public forum for local resi-dents to learn about the controversial 1,177 kilometer Enbridge Gateway pipeline pro-posal that will go from the Alberta tar sands to the West Coast Port of Kitimat tar sands.

• Salmon Arm Sec-ondary School curling team moves towards provincials after win-ning the Okanagan Zone playdown.

• The annual Pirate Loppet took place at Larch Hills with nearly 400 children between grades three to seven participating. Money raised from the event went toward the pur-chase of cross-country ski equipment for local schools.

• Cross-country skier Alysson Marshall won the Haywood NorAm Eastern Canadian championships, held in Cantley, Quebec.

• Larch Hills Nordic Society won the club championship trophy for the second year in a row at the 2012 BC Championships held at the Larch Hills ski area.

• BC Winter Games sees over 30 athletes from the Shuswap compete in several events.

• Salmon Arm

Salmar Classic Light-ning Pee Wee Hockey team captured first place overall in the North Okanagan Pee Wee Super league.

• The Salmon Arm Midget Tier 1 Female Team won the league this season and was presented the OMAHA banner for their efforts.

• Team Steadman of Salmon Arm won first place in the Super Novice Division of the Salmon Arm Junior Bonspiel.

• Children’s Charity-Variety earned $1,200 during their 8th annual breakfast fundraiser. The money raised goes towards funding and medical equipment for treating children at Shuswap Lake General Hospital.

• R.J. Haney Heri-tage Village and Mu-seum hosts the 16th

Annual Heritage Week at Piccadilly Mall. This year’s theme was Ener-gy in B.C., A Powerful Past and Sustainable Future.

• Shuswap Film So-ciety presents 12 films at the ‘80’s Film Festi-val held over three days at the Salmar Classic.

March• Teachers waved

protest signs outside MLA George Abbott’s office as the province makes more cuts to education and Bill 22. Students also rallied in support of the teachers’

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Unique canvas: Airbrush and body paint artist Ken Paterson works on a live model at the Salmon Arm Motorsports Show.

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BUSINESS LICENCE RENEWALS2013 Business Licence Renewal Notices have been mailed. Any business that did not receive a renewal notice should contact the Business Licence Department at 250-803-4003.

City News and Public Notices

For more information call 250-803-4000

Annual utility bills for water and sewer have been mailed. To qualify for the 10% discount, payment must be received at City Hall on or before 4:00 pm February 15, 2013. Post marks are not accepted as proof of payment.

Please note other dates to keep in mind as shown.

Dog Licences – discount date February 15, 2013Annual Utility – discount date February 15, 2013Annual Utility – to avoid penalty July 2, 2013Metered Utility – to avoid penalty 15th of the month following billingProperty Tax Notices Mailed Third week of MayProperty Taxes – to avoid penalty July 2, 2013

You can pay your property taxes and utility bills by internet and telephone banking services. You no longer need to stand in a line-up or carry cash. We readily accept post-dated cheques, and have a drop box to the left of the front doors of City Hall.

2013 ANNUAL UTILITY BILLS

2013 PROPERTY ASSESSMENT NOTICES

2013 DOG LICENCES

The 2013 Property Assessment Notices will be mailed by the B.C. Assessment Authority in early January 2013. Please contact the B.C. Assessment Authority’s Kelowna office at 250-763-8300 or 1-800-990-1192 if you have not received your 2013 Property Assessment Notice by January 20, 2013.

2012 PROPERTY TAX AND UTILITY NOTICESPursuant to Section 245(1) of the Community Charter, outstanding balances in property taxes and annual or metered utilities at December 31, 2012, will be transferred to arrears taxes effective January 1, 2013. Arrears taxes are subject to interest at a rate prescribed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council in accordance with Section 11(3) of the Tax Act.

HAVE YOU MOVED? Remember to advise City Hall of your new mailing address. Each year, many undeliverable utility and property tax notices are returned to the City, often resulting in late payment charges.

Spayed or Neutered, All Breeds $ 17.00Not Spayed or Neutered, All Breeds $ 35.00A discount of $5.00 per licence will be allowed if paid on or before February 15, 2013.Dog licences are available at the following locations: Animal House, Canoe General Store, City of Salmon Arm, Ed’s World of Critters, For Paws Bathhouse and Boutique, K- 9 Control and Pals with Paws.Dog licences are required for all dogs over six months of age.

Year in review 2012

position.• The city awarded

its website redesign to a Kansas company. Lo-cal designers, printers, and marketing busi-nesses approach coun-cil requesting a shop-local policy as well as the city’s list of expen-ditures.

• An $80,000 snow blower is purchased through the 2011 city surplus. The snow blower will be used mainly for the down-town area where it blows snow directly into the back of a truck and takes it to another location to be dumped.

• Jenn Wilchuk was elected as the School District #83 trustee for the Carlin-Sorrento area in a by-election.

• The corner of Hud-son Avenue and Alex-ander Street NE is to be renovated in a Brit-ish/European theme after council approves the proposal.

• Locals, businesses and the city all work together to remove the

tires from Shuswap Lake. This effort was led by Ken Stengler, who hated see the tires there when he walked the shoreline. Over 152 tires were removed.

• Participants raise $53,000 for the Sal-vation Army’s Light-house Shelter during The Coldest Night of the Year Walk. This was the third-highest amount raised in all of Canada.

• Rochelle Dale of Re-Max Shuswap is recognized for her volunteer efforts at the annual Realtors Care Awards put on by the Okanagan Mainline Real Estate Board’s Shuswap Zone. Dale has served on the mi-nor hockey board for years; first as treasurer and now as risk man-ager. She also was part of the host committee for 2011 Midget Pro-vincial Hockey Cham-pionships and has been a billet for 10 years.

• Observer staff are nominated for Ca-nadian Community Newspaper Associa-

tion awards. Martha Wicket is nominated for the best news story, circulation up to 3,999 category; James Mur-ray is nominated for two photos and Lach-lan Labere is nominat-ed for a photo entitled, True Inspiration.

• Okanagan Col-lege’s SIFE (Students in Free Enterprise) team won three west-ern Canada regional competitions includ-ing winning gold in the Scotia Bank Go Green Challenge.

• Jackson Robertson was awarded the Fire Services Exemplary Service Medal for 20 years of outstanding service to the country in the capacity of fire-fighter. Many retired firefighters were also honoured for their ser-vice.

• A third X-ray room opens thanks to joint funding from the North Okanagan Shuswap Hospital District and the Shuswap Lake Hospital Foundation. A total of $200,000 was put towards creat-

ing this room as well as a CT scanner room and three ultrasound rooms.

• RCMP and the Southeast District Emergency Response Team corner an armed man in a Salmon Arm house. He eluded po-lice on foot but was lat-er captured in Vernon.

• Salmon Arm’s Midget Tier 1 female hockey team wins first in OMAHA playoff championships after also winning the regu-lar season.

• Cherilyn Drew and Rick Hofmann, skat-ing for Salmon Arm Ice Breakers Speed Skating Club win gold medals at the BC Short Track Championship held in Kamloops.

• All four Bulldogs Boxing club members who went to the Vernon CounterPunch Boxing Club amateur card won their matches.

• Two Salmon Arm teams win the 2012 BC Provincial Stick Curling Championship – one team won first in the tournament while

another team won sec-ond place in the conso-lation draw.

• International Wom-en’s Day was celebrat-ed at Java Jive Neigh-bourhood Bistro with a fun and casual evening of live music.

• Jazz and gospel vocalist Leora Cashe hosted a workshop at the Salmon Arm Ac-

tors Studio while Mi-mosa, a quintet playing a blend of jazz, Bra-zilian sambas, French ‘60’s pop and cabaret, played at SAGA Public Art Gallery.

April• With not enough

spots in the Salmon Arm French Immer-

sion programs, parents line up in the first-come, first-serve line. This year, parents lined up four days before registration, bringing sleeping bags, lawn chairs and food as they waited outside School District #83’s District Education Centre.

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Message: Quinn Foreman is among the high school and middle school students expressing their opinions during a rally to show support for teachers held in front of Minister of Education George Abbott’s office.

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Editorials

The horrific fatal shooting of 20 students and six adults at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., has caused so much pain and anguish. To many the idea didn’t sound real, they were shocked that such a thing could happen.

But it was all too real, as the U.S. again faces its demons in trying to reconcile a constitutional amendment to bear arms against the destructive capacity of modern weaponry.

Speaking at a church service in Newtown, President Barack Obama said the greatest test of the U.S. is how it looks after its children, and the Newtown experience, like other schools where similar shooting atrocities have occurred before it, gives his country a failing grade.

In a country that places greater value on owning guns than helping those who suffer from mental illness or who are left behind, the end result was again repeated for all Americans to experience—and unfortunately again probably ignore with time.

Selling guns in America is also big business, and in that country’s current culture, profit and loss on the corporate balance sheet exceeds the need for compassion of those who need help. The families of all those who lost loved ones in the Newtown school deserve some forward-thinking results from that debate rather than endless parti-san bickering, but they’re not likely to get it.

-Kelowna Capital News

Firearms debate going nowhere

Some wishful thinking My maternal grandpa died in 1961, well before any of my six

siblings were either born or old enough to interact, so we never knew him. There are very few photos and the scant stories told of him are vague memories now that three of his six children, including my mom, have passed on.

There was a reunion 13 years ago in Mundare, Alta., that filled in plenty of detail of how I ended up being born in Burnaby in 1968, thanks to various decisions of others stretching back to the late 1800s in the Ukraine.

But, there isn’t much about John Chmelyk that I recall being told — other than he smoked, was a sheriff in Vancouver when he died and had the misfortune in 1957 of running as the federal Social Credit party candidate in Vancouver East, a riding domi-nated by the CCF (forerunner to the NDP).

All of which is to explain why a new BC Archives search sec-tion on the Royal BC Museum website is so fascinating.

Original historical records of births, marriages and deaths in British Columbia are available to be viewed and printed — free of charge.

The endeavour is a partnership between the BC Archives and the Vital Statistics Agency, and was helped by an in-kind dona-tion by FamilySearch International. Original records are being scanned, indexed and ready to be searched. It is an ongoing ven-ture, with more and more documents to be added each day.

As of now, one can search for birth records between 1854 and 1903; marriage records between 1872 and 1936; death records between 1872 and 1991; colonial-marriage records between 1859 and 1872; and baptismal records between 1836 and 1888.

Like any genealogy reference point, the site simply opens up one more avenue to those interested in their family history — or that of B.C. history, and its people, in general.

What makes this site so mesmerizing is the fact you are staring at the original documents.

Beyond family history, the archives provide all sorts of search-ing ability — but the searcher must be precise.

Upon searching in vain for the death certificate of Canadian hero Terry Fox, I finally determined proper names must be en-tered.

Thus, Terrance Fox’s record of death appeared on my com-puter screen, offering interesting tidbits.

He was a student when he succumbed to cancer and pneumo-nia in 1981. He is buried in Oxford Cemetery in Port Coquitlam (spelled “Couquitlam” on his certificate).

There are so many more records to search — and details to arrive.

It truly is a remarkable project, one that will only get better as time goes by.

It can be found at www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/

- Christopher Foulds is editor of Kamloops This Week.

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Year in review 2012

• Local businesses band together to pay for a 72-year-old Ran-chero man’s roof.

• Easter Spring Fling held at the Mall at Pic-cadilly had an Easter egg hunt and an Eas-ter bonnet contest that children of all ages en-joyed.

• As part of the 100-year anniversary of the Titanic sinking, two re-searchers come to town to visit relatives of Mr. and Mrs. R.H. Fortune, Salmon Arm residents who were lost on the that fateful voyage.

• The Shuswap Launch-a-Preneur pro-gram, Salmon Arm’s own Dragon’s Den, concludes at the Salm-on Classic this month with Conrad Wilkins of OneKan declared winner and Jennifer Ripel of White-o-Coccoli receiving the Green Initiative Award.

• A Tappen couple and their children wel-come their new Haitian sisters as their adoption goes through. It was a five-year process but 10-year-old Jesula and six-year-old Chris-mene have arrived in the Shuswap to their new home.

• Observer photog-raphers James Mur-ray and Lachlan La-bere win awards for their photographs at the British Columbia and Yukon Commu-nity Newspaper Asso-ciation Awards held in Vancouver.

• Salmon Arm Ob-server subscribers get access to the newspa-per’s premium online content at no extra cost, effective this month.

• City council ap-proves funding for both a new dock and relocation of the vol-

leyball courts at Canoe Beach.

• Council agrees to move a plaque in mem-ory of those who have lost their lives as a re-sult of a workplace ac-cident or occupational disease. The plaque was moved to a garden rock at Marine Peace Park, where it is bet-ter displayed for public viewing.

• A man driving a semi-tractor trailer on the Trans-Canada Highway near 24th Street NE in Salmon Arm was so drunk he was held in custody until sober. He was is-sued a 24 hour driving prohibition, a violation ticket for open liquor in his vehicle and an administrative driv-ing prohibition. Fur-ther criminal charges were recommended to Crown council.

• The Salmon Arm Bantam SilverTips finished their season placing sixth at the Ka-mloops International Bantam Ice Hockey Tournament.

• Abbigail and Brian May both win first place in their divisions at the Canadian Mas-ters Cross-Country Ski Championships held in Golden this year.

• New head coach and general manager of SilverBacks Hockey Team is announced. Troy Mick brings an exciting new energy and vision to the team.

• Salmon Arm’s own Erika Lipsett, as part of the BC Thunder team, defeated all contenders at the 2012 National Ringette Champion-ship. The team not only won but also made his-tory, as traditionally Edmonton and Cam-bridge teams have vol-leyed the winning title back and forth since

the championship’s in-ception.

• The Shuswap Swimming team takes 11 first-place wins at the Vernon Kokanee Swim Club Spring In-vitational Swim Meet.

• Salmon Arm’s Charmaine Chard earns spot on Felions dance team, the cheer-leading for the BC Li-ons football team.

• SAGA Public Art Gallery exhibits Bloom-Portraits of a Garden; a retrospective of 28 acrylic paints by local artist Joyce Do-rey.

• Alida Hilbrander, local author of Part-ing the Veils of Separa-

tion, a book about the power of death to sepa-rate us from those we love, hosts a workshop based on the principles of her book.

• The 12th Annual Shuswap Music Fes-tival showcases more than 450 talented local youth.

May• A CP Rail train

derailed in Canoe. A 124-car train carry-ing coal was traveling westbound through Canoe when it jumped the track. Coal was dumped on the lake side of CP’s right of way but no one was

injured and no environ-mental concerns were associated with the de-railment. A hydro line was damaged, knock-ing out power to resi-

dents temporarily and a natural gas meter was also hit.

• Due to the judicial review of a develop-ment permit for Smart-Centres shopping cen-tre being dismissed by the BC Supreme Court,

the Neskonlith Indian Band launched an ap-peal for reconsidera-tion.

• Observer reporter Martha Wickett won an

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Worth the wait: Michela Richot, Sandra Frommen, Cheryl Peterson, Cody Spencer, Kim Fulton, Teena Billey, Teri Ross and Chantelle Prentice are among the parents willing to wait outside for four days in order to register their children in the French Im-mersion program.

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award at the Canadian Community Newspa-per Awards for best news story of the year for a community news-paper with a circula-tion under 4,000. Her story was about the city installing a device in the downtown that emits a high frequency that only young people can hear. The device was meant to cut down on loitering and van-dalism downtown.

• The Chase man who threatened to set off a bomb in a Chase bank is charged with two counts of theft un-der $5,000, one count of uttering threats, one count of mischief and one count of posses-sion of a weapon for a dangerous purpose.

• A teenager lost her footing and fell 60 feet off a trail above Gl-eneden Falls as she and a friend were walking. She was taken to hospi-tal in critical condition, but was later expected to make a full recovery.

• Lake levels begin to rise on Shuswap Lake as rain continues to fall in the Shuswap.

• A “sophisticated” grow op is discovered in Sorrento by police A total of 448 marijuana plants were found in an underground bun-ker that seems to have been in operation for several years.

• Police arrest a man for cocaine trafficking in the Blind Bay area; they seized crack co-caine, powder cocaine, prescription drugs and cash.

• Two people are arrested in the Silver Creek area for stealing two quads, two gas-powered generators, a laptop computer and an assortment of tools and equipment – a total value of about $10,000.

• An RCMP Bicycle Rodeo took place this month, teaching chil-dren safe bike-riding practices.

• The Heart & Stroke Big Bike came to the Mall at Piccadilly. The 30-person bike

was built to help raise funds for life-saving research, health pro-motion and advocacy initiatives.

• The Pedal Power art exhibit was pre-sented by SAGA Pub-lic Art Gallery. The exhibit was about the bicycle as an agent of social change.

• The annual fund-raising Hike for Hos-pice event took place at the Enderby cliffs.

• Past Salmon Arm Secondary grad and now neuroscientist,

Bechara (John) Saab goes to London to rep-resent the University of Zurich and Switzer-land in a prestigious science competition.

• Three second-ary school students go to E-spirit, a busi-ness plan competition held in Manitoba for aboriginal students in grades 10 to 12. From hundreds of business plans submitted, Katie Kenoras, Sage Tomma and Kayla Butts’ ab-

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• Emmy Sim of Salmon Arm runs in the Vancouver 2012 marathon. Just turned 16 two days before the race, she is the young-est person to have ever run this marathon. She placed first in her age group.

• Grade 12 student, Katie Frese, received high achievement marks after dancing two Royal Academy of Dance Advanced ballet exams.

• Salty Dog enduro mountain bike race was a great success again with about 485 participants racing the six-hour main event, and about 250 young people between ages three and 15 racing in the three-hour event.

• The Literary Alli-ance of the Shuswap Society (LASS) part-nered with Book Lady, Mary Scheidegger, to raise money for a col-lection of adult learner books.

June• Salmon Arm resi-

dents raised more than $153,000 during this year’s Relay for Life; there were 349 partici-pants.

• A Salmon Arm couple, Ruth and Roy Tapp, celebrated their 70th wedding anniver-sary.

• A past SAS grad, Ryan Trenholm won an award for his re-

search as a grad student at UBC and goes to Ja-pan as a representative of the university during the U21 International Research Conference.

• School District #83 students delved into aboriginal culture at the Mary Thomas Cul-tural Village. Students were shown how to identify plants, listened to traditional stories, and were taught about tanning animal skins and picking berries.

• Skydive NOVA, a new company located at the Salmon Arm air-port, opened its doors this month.

• Floods sweep through the Shuswap as heavy rain hits the area. Emergency pro-grams throughout the Shuswap work togeth-er to help families af-fected by the floods.

• A home was totally destroyed by a fire that brought out all Salmon Arm fire departments; luckily, no one was in-jured.

• Multiple search

parties look for Andrew Wilson, a local resident who went missing after being swept down-stream in the Seymour River. Andrew and a friend went for a day hike to Seymour Falls when Wilson decided to jump into the river to cool off.

• A father and two daughters were killed in a head-on car col-lision in Rosetown, Sask.

• Long-time director of the CSRD Ted Baci-galupo passed away.

• The milkman re-turns to deliver milk right to residents’ front step in Salmon Arm, as Tim Dolan, of Dolan Home Delivery, brings his business to the city.

• Sisters Erica Fair-ley and Andrea Pick-ard from Salmon Arm earn medals for their top grades upon gradu-ating from Okanagan College. Both earned their diplomas in Busi-ness Administration with plans to pursue careers in accounting.

• Brandon West from the Okanagan Rockets was hired as the new assistant coach and Rob Morphy is the new director of scout-ing and head scout for the SilverBacks.

• The first-ever Salmon Arm Barrel Bonanza was held at the Salmon Arm Fair-grounds.

• The first two swim meets of the season saw the Sockeyes’ off to a great start. The girls’ team placed sec-ond overall and the boys placed first in di-vision 1 and 4; several individual medals were handed out to team members as well.

• Ride for a Child’s Wish was a huge suc-cess with 47 rides that raised $11,585 for the British Columbia and Yukon chapter of Chil-dren’s Wish Founda-tion of Canada.

• The Second Har-vest Food Bank in Salmon Arm organized

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Start: Mountain bike riders head out at the start of the 2012 Salty Dog Enduro Race held along the South Canoe Trails.

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• Daphne Brown, Dave Wallensteen and Jan Kehl all par-ticipated in the Oliver Half Ironman held this month. They all fin-ished in just over six hours.

• Fourteen teams participated in the an-nual Beat The Train, an event that combines biking, running and paddling.

• The Shuswap Dragon Boat Festival enjoyed another great turnout in both par-ticipants and spectators this year.

• The Shuswap Swimming Team brought home five gold medals, five silver and one bronze medal from the Kamloops Long Course June Classic Swim Meet.

• SAGA Public Art Gallery exhibited the Photographing Our Lives project put on by grades one to five South Broadview stu-dents; the students had been given cameras for a week with the direction to take pho-tographs at school, at home and in the com-munity.

• Families celebrat-ed Father’s Day at RJ Haney Heritage Vil-lage who put on a spe-cial event including lunch, a scavenger hunt and entertainment.

• The Salmar Grand won $5,000 in a BC Hydro Power Smart energy-efficient light-ing makeover by get-ting the most votes in the Power Smart En-ergy Fix contest in the Salmon Arm, Kam-loops, Vernon and Rev-elstoke area.

July• Gorman Bros.

Lumber Ltd. announc-es they are buying the Canoe sawmill that was for sale by Fed-erated Co-operatives Limited.

• School District #83 school board en-ters into a two-year contract with teach-ers while First Na-

tions Bands within the school district signed the Local Education Agreement contract.

• A call to the bar ceremony was held in Salmon Arm for law-yer Jonathan Avis, a ceremony the city has never held before.

• Falkland is pro-posed to join the Kelowna, Summer-land, Merritt, Logan Lake and Princeton political riding bound-aries.

• Union staff with the Okanagan Region-al Library stop driving delivery trucks for four days as a labour dis-pute continues.

• The managers of Vernon and Salmon Arm Rona Building Supplies worked to-gether and took 5,400 bottles and 60 five-gallon jugs of water to Sicamous to help flood relief efforts.

• A Shuswap Lake Hospital team won a provincial award for coming up with an ac-ronym for identifying strokes. FAST stands for face, arms, speech and time. The initiative was to help hospitals look at what improve-ments needed to be made and then sharing their results with other hospitals across the province.

• An aggressive bear forces conservation of-ficers to shut down the South Canoe Trail sys-tem. Three incidents occurred where the bear chased pedestri-ans on the trails.

• A lightning storm created small spot fires around the Shus-wap; the Salmon Arm Rapattack crew extin-guished all without in-

cident.• A dishwasher was

suspected to be the blame for a local house fire. The home was saved but the home-owners had to live elsewhere for a few weeks while damages on the house were be-ing fixed.

• A truck hit a Salm-on Arm telephone pole, leaving residents without service for several days.

• A powerboat was found to be carry-ing invasive quagga mussels in Shuswap Lake. The boat had been transported from Arizona. Officials re-moved the boat from the lake and took miti-gative measures in hope that the mussels would not spread.

• Cambridge Road beach access, a mess from the flood, was cleaned up by efforts

from cadets with the Vernon summer train-ing camp.

• Interior Health, the Division of Gen-eral Practice North Okanagan, and the province distributed a survey throughout the community asking residents’ opinions on ways to improve pal-liative/end-of-life care in the Shuswap.

• Local supermar-ket, Askew’s Uptown, opens its doors for the first time.

• Chantelle Bykerk returns home with a bronze medal from the X Games Enduro Cross Race. This win also earned her a spot in next year’s games.

• The Shuswap FC U-16 boys soccer team came home with bronze medals from the 2012 BC Soccer B Cup Provincial Cham-pionships held in Al-

dergrove.• Glynis Sim from

Salmon Arm wins a gold medal in track at the BC Summer Games.

• Shuswap Rotary Club hosted a fund-raising garden party at Granite Creek Estate Winery to raise funds for the Ecuador Dental Mission and African Barani School Lunch Program.

• Residents enjoyed the Motorcycle Show & Shine this month; there were many fam-

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Pitch in: Volunteers Danika Sholinder, Scott Linkowski, Brandy Hadley, Marianne Gard-ner and Cindy and Arianna Sholinder help clean up debris Saturday along Canoe Beach.

First Nations: Respected elder Peter Anthony takes part in an All Nations dance at the 29th Annual Skwlax Pow Wow.

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• The Louisiana Hayride Show came to town where singer/actors showed up as Elvis, Hank Williams, Patsy Cline and Roy Orbison, singing their famous songs.

• Approximately 1,500 people showed up for the 23rd Annual Summer Stomp, held in Silver Creek this year.

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• Mary Howard pre-sented her concerns re-garding bike safety to city council following Bike to Work Week, hoping council will begin to plan for better bike routes for the city.

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• A plane carrying three passengers and the pilot crashed in a farmer’s field just out-side of Salmon Arm. All four survived.

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• Ellen McInnes celebrated her 100th birthday with friends and family at Piccadil-ly Terrace Retirement Residence.

• Thieves tried to steal the ATM at the Salmon Arm Savings and Credit Union at Piccadilly Mall; they were unsuccessful.

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Wreckage: First responders and police look over the wreckage of a light plane that crashed in a plowed field near the former KOA Campground off Highway 97B.

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TRAIN TO be an Apart-ment/Condominium Manager at home! We have jobs across Canada. Thousands of gradu-ates working. 32 years of suc-cess! Government certifi ed. www.RMTI.ca or 1-800-665-8339, 604-681-5456.

Drivers/Courier/Trucking

Class 1 Drivers to haul dry vans Western Canada & US. Only drivers with 2 years exp. & US border crossing capa-bility. Dedicated tractors, paid drops, direct deposit. No phone calls Fax 250-546-0600

CONTRACT LOGGING Trucks Wanted! If you are a safe, reliable, and experienced driver that would like work in West Central Alberta, please call Darcy @ 403-638-6047.

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EXPERIENCED Journeyman Carpenter for framing & exteri-or siding (250)515-2996

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Reporting to the Chief Administrative Officer, this senior technical and administrative manager is accountable for providing leadership in planning and managing the growth and development of the City.

This position performs a significant public relations role in the community with responsibilities for the Official Community Plan, as well as other major planning documents. As the Approving Officer, the incumbent is an independent decision-maker concerning subdivision applications. This senior management position is responsible for planning, bylaw enforcement and building department staff, including recruitment, training, performance assessment and motivation.

Candidates for this position will possess a university degree or college diploma in municipal planning or geography supported by 7 or more years experience in municipal planning, of which a minimum of 4 years are in a management position; an equivalent combination of education and experience is acceptable. Candidates who qualify for membership in PIBC or CIP will be given preference.

The ideal candidate will be experienced in dealing with developers and business professionals in both the public and private sector with a strong sense of vision and comprehensive knowledge of municipal and provincial acts directly related to municipal planning. Strong communication and public speaking skills are essential. Experience with GIS and other computer applications is preferred.

Salary will be commensurate with experience and the City offers a comprehensive benefit and remuneration package. Reply in writing enclosing resume, cover letter and references prior to January 14th, 2013 to Human Resources, City of Salmon Arm, Box 40 [500 – 2 Avenue NE], Salmon Arm, BC V1E 4N2; fax: [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.

DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES

The City of Salmon Arm has an immediate opening for a Certified Carpenter. Reporting to the Supervisor of Roads & Transportation, this position provides carpentry and general maintenance services related to the repair, alteration and construction of municipal buildings, fixtures and equipment as well as the alteration or development of municipal infrastructure including, but not limited to, sidewalks, manholes, and retaining walls. He/she may also direct various employee classifications as required.Requirements for this position include: • BC certified Journeyman Certificate as a Carpenter.• Grade 12 education or equivalent.• BC Drivers License minimum Class 5; Class 3 with air brakes endorsement preferred.• Ability to read and interpret drawings and specifications.• Thorough and current knowledge of the standards, practices, regulations, methods,

tools and equipment of the trade.• Good basic knowledge of painting, finishing and concrete framing/forming.• Ability to perform a variety of skilled carpentry tasks in the construction and

maintenance of municipal facilities.• Ability to communicate effectively using courtesy, tact and discretion in dealing with

requests, complaints and clarification of information from various departments and the public.

• Good understanding and comprehension of the BC Building Code requirements.• Good basic knowledge of level, transit and laser equipment.This is a unionized position with a wage of $28.67 per hour and the City offers a comprehensive benefit package. Reply in writing enclosing resume, cover letter and references prior to January 15, 2013 toHuman Resources City of Salmon Arm Box 40 (500 – 2 Avenue NE) Salmon Arm, BC V1E 4N2 Fax: 250.803.4041E-mail: [email protected] sincerely thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

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Purebred Beagles all females 9 weeks old, 1st shots, vet checked. Ready for Christmas! $450.ea (250)546-9571

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10-15 used portable toilets $50. each, need some repairs Attention: Orchard Growers. Reliable Septic Services (250)832-8404APPLE iMac: silver 20” Core 2 Duo, 4 gigs ram, wired apple keyboard, wireless mighty mouse, clean install of OSX. Great shape, no issues $650 Call 250-832-6765AT LAST! An iron fi lter that works. IronEater! Fully patent-ed Canada/U.S.A. Removes iron, hardness, smell, manga-nese. Sine 1957. Visit our 29 innovative inventions; w w w. b i g i r o n d r i l l i n g . c o m . Phone 1-800-BIG-IRON.BIG BUILDING sale... “”This is a clearance sale. You don’t want to miss!”” 20x20 $3,985. 25x24 $4,595. 30x36 $6,859. 35x48 $11,200. 40x52 $13,100. 47x76 $18,265. One end wall included. Call Pioneer Steel at: 1-800-668-5422. www.pioneersteel.ca

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Apt/Condo for Rent2BDRM avail.immed NS, NP, kids welcome $750/mo + util. . 191 4th St. SE (250)804-9627

3BDRM., 191-4 St. SE, park-ing spot, coin laundry, NP, NS, $895/mo. avail Jan 1. (250)804-9627

AVAIL immed, large. 2bdrm. DT SA, Res or Comm use. $850 +DD ref’s, 250-307-2431

BRIGHT 2 bdrm apt. available immed. Central loc. Mature adults. Pet negotiable. $795/mo. 1 bdrm available Jan 1, $695/mo. Phone 250-832-6490

Cambridge Court, 2 bdrm 2 bath, in suite ldry, gas f/p, cov-ered prkg, new carpet & ktchn fl oor Np/NS. Long term lease with mature adults $900 incl gas/hydro. [email protected] 1-778-255-4599

LGE 1 & 2 BDRM. BRIGHT apts. In suite storage, green space, live-in manager. Cable incl. Sicamous, 250-836-4516.

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Misc for Rent2 Bedroom, 1 Bath

Condo in Salmon Arm3 Bedroom, 1 Bath

Basement Suite in SA2 Bedroom, 2 Bath + Den

4 plex in Salmon Arm1 Bedroom Condo

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in Gleneden

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Homes for Rent10 min to SA 2+Bdrm, 2bath, 2 decks priv. fenced yard. f/p, a/c, sm. pet ok, $950/mo. + util., DD 5appl. Avail. Immed. (250)836-0034 (250)833-22361BDRM waterfront cottage, Sunnybrae, quiet, bright, clean, gas F/P, garage, stor-age, NS, NP, ref’s req. $795/mo. (250)804-97062BDRM Home w/half base-ment in Canoe incl FS Hydro NS NP $900 250-833-25182 bedroom loft on farm in MARA, $650./mo includes utilities. 1-(250)838-66303BDRM. 2bath Heritage Home near DT SA, NS, NP, DD & ref’s req., avail. immed., $1100/mo. (250)833-69723BDRM., .5acre in SA, double carport, rec room in bsmt., ap-prox. 2400sqft., $1200/mo. + util. & DD (250)832-3348 (250)804-9039PRIVATE 2 Bdrm cottage min to town pet neg $900 incl util 250-804-2934 Avail Jan 1

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Homes for Rent4bdrm home, $700 + utils. Also 2bdrm home $600 + utils. Bachelor suite $400 utils incl. All in Sicamous area. 250-836-2928, 250-309-0975

SORRENTO nice 3+bdrm house, 2bth, lakeview, near beach/town, , lrg rec room W/D/F/S incl., avail. immed, $1100/mo + util. DD req. (250)803-1081

TOP fl oor of executive home w/panoramic view of lake, Ap-pleyard Sub., 2bdrm, 2 full bath, covered carport, all util. incl., ref’s req. $1200/mo., NP (250)832-5041

Shared Accommodation

BETWEEN SA & Enderby, nice big farm, pets and/or live-stock welcome $600/mo. + DD, (250)832-7710 or email [email protected]

Suites, Lower1Bdrm close to Safeway Heat & Light incl. Avail Now. Reas Rent for NS, ND Npartying person/s without a dog 250-804-4780 or 250-253-2464

1BDRM., W/D, No Pets, NS, near college, $700/mo. incl. util. (250)832-8962

2BDRM. newly reno’d, appl., NS, avail immed., $775/mo. util. incl. (250)832-0013

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Suites, LowerBACH shared lndry util incl. Ranchero area 5 min to indus-trial park $425 250-804-4895LARGE 2-BDRM. walk-in basement suite newly re-nowned, in SA. incl. cable and util. $900/mo. 250-803-1946RANCHERO/Mellor’s Store area: 2bdrm. $750/mo. + utils. avail. now, NP, W/D/F/S & parking. (250)546-3717

Suites, Upper1250SQFT. 3BDRM upper fl oor house in Hillcrest, 4appl., fabulous lakeview, avail. immed, $1000/mo. (250)803-2921Newly Reno’d ONE BDRM suite util incl. $675/mo, Avail Immed NS. (250)804-0399

Townhouses3 bedroom 2 full baths for im-mediate possession. Garage, hardwood fl oors, natural gas fi replace. Private deck backing onto green belt. Please call 250-423-0160 or 250-517-9786 for more info. This is a must see!!

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Cars - Domestic2000 Pontiac Sunfi re, 63,515km, always been prop-erly maintained, ex. cond., $4000. obo (250)833-0150

2001 Buick Century Ltd, great cond., leather, loaded, all ac-cess. working, winter & sum-mer tires incl. $4000. (250)832-3334 after 6pm

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Trucks & VansGMC SIERRA 1500, 2002 4X4 pick-up. Ext. cab, 5.3L V8. Clean, reliable, well maint., no accidents, full load, heated leather seats, A/C, CD, AM/FM., remote start, on star cap., rocker panels, nerf bars, box rails. $10,000. Call Steve-oh eve. (250) 804-1728

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Year in review 2012

due to the recent rise in counterfeit currency that was being distrib-uted throughout the community.

• The body of An-drew Wilson was pulled from the mouth of the Seymour River on Shuswap Lake after he was swept away in June.

• Two former Salm-on Arm residents participated in the Summer Olympics in London, Eng. Rebecca Howard and her horse Riddle Master com-peted as part of the Ca-nadian Eventing Team, while Allison McNeill, coach of the Canadian Women’s Basketball Team, made it all the way to the quarterfi-nals.

• The city’s youngest minor hockey teams take on the Silver-Backs name as Salmon Arm SilverBacks Ju-nior A Hockey Club and Salmon Arm Mi-nor Hockey Associa-tion build a new rela-tionship and set up new agreements. The new name includes new jerseys for the previ-ously named Silvertips as well as having the SilverBacks assistant coach act as the coach mentor for the minor hockey teams.

• Alexa Ranahan, 16-year-old Salmon Arm native, earned a spot on Canada’s Na-tional Women’s Under 18 Hockey Team.

• Twenty-year-old Ben Shaule of Salmon Arm won first place in the Canadian 3D Ar-chery Championship and Mickey Sims re-mains boxing champi for the second time in the World Senior Master Middleweight Championship held in Kansas.

• Forty-four out of 50 members on the Salmon Arm Sock-eyes Swim Club took a medal home from the Okanagan Region-als qualifying meet, and the team took first place finish over-all. They continued to shine at the Provincials by earning 12 gold medals and placing fifth overall.

• Jim Cliffe and Kirk Caouette, past Salmon Arm grads, showed their films at the Salmar Classic, after having been shown at multiple film festivals across Canada.

• Residents and visi-tors enjoy the Second Annual Routes and Blues celebration that swept through several Shuswap communities as a lead-up to the big Roots and Blues Fes-tival. The festival was considered a great hit this year, and includ-ed a performance by Richard Underhill and the Shuffle Demons who played at the first festival 20 years ago.

September• The North Okana-

gan Shuswap School District along with pri-vate schools in the area welcomed about 6,600 students, from Kin-dergarten to Grade 12, back to class in the first week of September.

• Students enjoy a rock concert-themed JobFest held at the Ross Street Plaza, which targeted stu-dents from grades 10 to 12.

• Former Salmon Arm mayor, Marty Bootsma, announces he will seek the Liberal nomination in the race for MLA in the Shus-wap riding in the next provincial election.

• Two Blind Bay beaches were tempo-rarily closed after e-coli levels rose about federal guidelines of 400 e-coli colony-forming units. Goose feces is suspected of the reason for the spike although there are no tests to distinguish be-tween human and ani-mal sources.

• Local residents had the opportunity to pres-ent their opinions for community improve-ments at the Salmon Arm Council budget meeting this month. Suggestions included expansion of the 10th Street SW sidewalk, Memorial Arena im-provements, and a cantilevered walkway on Lakeshore Drive, among other requests.

• Local Shuswap Trail Alliance leader, Phil McIntyre-Paul, was presented with the Queen’s Jubilee Medal by Canadian Senator Nancy Green Raine at a surprise celebration held at city hall. Cindy Derkaz of Salmon Arm was also presented with the medal for her contributions to the Shuswap Community Foundation, Shus-wap Film Society, the Salmon Arm Nature Bay Enhancement So-ciety, the Shuswap Art Gallery Association and the Salmon Arm Folk Music Society.

• More than 8,740 people enjoyed the 15th Annual Fall Fair, more than 1,000 peo-ple more than last year.

• Salmon Arm Ten-nis Club hosted the

SASCU & SATC 2012 Open Tourna-ment. Several Salmon Arm locals played and placed well.

• The SilverBacks announced the acquisi-tion of 17-year-old for-ward Riley Hunt to the team. Hunt came from the Vernon Vipers.

• Police officer Yvonne Dibblee won seven gold medals in the 2012 BC Seniors Games held in Burn-aby. Dibblee won first in all events that she entered.

• The “Meeting our aboriginal neighbours again for the first time” workshop saw almost 150 attending. The event was a joint ef-fort between the First United Church and the Switzmalph Cultural Society. Presentations covered the Salmon River Delta restora-tion, traditional plants and cultural uses at the delta, contemporary science meets tradi-tional knowledge and wisdom, and an update on the Mary Thomas Heritage Sanctuary and eco/cultural tour-ism initiative.

• Local singer and songwriter, Aimie Laws, releases a new single, ‘I’ll be waiting,’ and a professional mu-sic video.

• A suicide preven-tion event was held at Marine Park in the hopes of preventing suicides and providing

support for those who have experienced loss due to suicide.

• The Peterson Fam-ily Farm was presented with a Century Farm Award for the family’s contributions towards B.C.’s agricultural in-dustry and economy over the past 100 years. The family is one of the founding farm families in the Shuswap, having arrived and settled in the area in 1911.

• Sedo’s Old Fash-ioned Butcher & Deli won three gold medals and a bronze for their homemade sausages at the First Annual Great Canadian Sausage Making Competition at the Fraser Valley Food Show.

• BC Living Best People’s Choice Awards for the Inte-rior region voted for four local businesses. Table 24 placed second in the Best Restaurant category, Salmon Arm Camping Resort and Barley Station Brew Pub both placed sec-ond runner up in the Best Campsite catego-ry and Best Bar/Pub category, respectively; Salmon Arm Roots and Blues Festival was second.

• R.J. Haney Heri-tage Village hosts the 15th Annual Harvest Celebration with a “Taste of the Shuswap” theme.

October• City council con-

tinues discussion of what to do with the beavers living in the Christmas Island area. The beavers natural behaviour of chewing bark and falling trees causes safety concerns but the Salmon Arm Bay Nature Enhance-ment Society recom-mends leaving the bea-vers alone. It suggests council use mitigative safety measures re-garding the trees.

• Erik Lees of Lees & Associates present-ed the Parks and Rec-reation Master Plan for Salmon Arm. Lees summed up what the company had come up with as the top priori-ties for improvements. A new swimming pool, a running track next to the sports fields at Lit-tle Mountain and four ball diamonds at Klah-ani Park were listed as possibilities.

• Fire crews tried to save a 10th Avenue SE home from burning down to no success. It was confirmed that the fire was set intention-ally and police were investigating.

• The Salmon Arm Observer and Shus-wap Market News recognized the service of newspaper carriers during the National Carrier Week.

• Many women of Salmon Arm were rec-

ognized and celebrated throughout the week of October 21 to 27 as part of Women in Busi-ness Week.

• It was also the month for National Day of Action Against Smart Meters as locals walked with billboards along the Trans-Cana-da Highway in protest of smart meters.

Firefighters are cel-ebrated and thanked for their hard work and dedication during Fire Prevention Week, Oc-tober 7-13.

• 2011 Census re-leased information regarding languages spoken in Salmon Arm; English is num-ber one at 97.8 per-cent of the population speaking only English, 0.2 percent spoke only French, and 1.4 per-cent spoke a non-offi-cial language. English is the first language of 15,835 out of 17,400 residents.

• Askew’s Up-town wins the Retail Award at the ReMAX Thompson Okanagan Commercial Building Awards held in Kelow-na.

• Dani Konrad is named recipient of the 2012 British Columbia Summer Swimming Team Aquatics Coach of the Year award. Konrad has been with the Salmon Arm Sock-eyes as a member and

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Arson: Assist. Fire Chief Rod Macfarlane, Fire Chief Brad Shirley and RCMP Cst. Gwen McLellan inspect the scen of a house fire that ocurred in the early hours of Saturday morn-ing on 10th Avenue SE.

Rivers Day: Marlene Squakin, Chief Wayne Christian and Bart Thomas offer a prayer at the Rivers Day Celebration held at the Mary Thomas Heritage Sactuary and Secwepemc Traditional Village.

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and Junior Boys Salmon Arm Second-ary Cross-Country Running teams place first at the Okanagan Championships in Summerland. The Se-nior Boys placed sec-ond. Both senior teams will go on to provincial championships.

• The Shuswap Swimming Team won 17 first-place medals at the Fourth Annual Fall Jamboree Swim Meet, held in Salmon Arm.

• Salmon Arm’s Cody Bell finished in the top 10 at the 2012 PING CCAA Golf Na-tional Championship held in Oshawa, Ont.

• The Salmon Arm Pee Wee Tier 2 Sil-verTips won the gold medal in a tournament held in Abbotsford.

• Al Oster, a Cana-dian singer/songwriter, achieved national ac-claim when he won the Broadcast Music, Inc., BMI Canada Certificate of Honour Achievement Award for an outstanding con-tribution to Canadian music.

November• Sturgis North Mo-

torcycle Jamboree and Music Festival organizers announce that next year’s event will be held at Silvery Beach, located at Little Shuswap Lake on Nes-konlith Band land.

• Salmon Arm RCMP discovered a marijuana grow opera-tion in the 1700 block of 18th Avenue SE. A 54-year-old man is fac-ing charges after police seized 2.5 kilograms of dried marijuana.

• Police are on the lookout for an older man driving a white GMC van who exposed his genitals in the park-ing lot of a business on Ross Street NE.

• Ellen Amos, a resi-dent of Piccadilly Ter-race, celebrates her 100th birthday with friends and family.

• Salmon Arm coun-cil agrees to turn a blind eye to an encroach-

ment infraction at the new Hudson Street development down-town. Due to the extra width of Styrofoam that was used to help create the Tudor style of the building, two ex-tra inches triggered an encroachment.

• Council crunched numbers for the 2013 budget and was able to drop taxpayers’ in-crease from 1.94 to 1.48 per cent. Much of the increase is due to the increased policing budget. Other initia-tives include recycling for the downtown and a Fourth Street revital-ization project.

• The Shuswap Hospital Foundation begins a fundraising campaign to help raise enough funds to buy items on the hospital wish list. The items at the top of the list in-clude a panda warmer for newborn infants ($35,000), a portable ventilator ($40,000), a fetal monitor ($21,000), a $22,000 ECG machine, and $100,000 worth of endoscopes. This past year the founda-tion was able to raise enough for several of last year’s items thanks to contributions from the community.

• The SAGA Public Art Gallery hosts its annual Affordable Art Fair with an exhibition of 100 multi-media works by more than 20 local artists.

• The North Okan-agan-Shuswap school district has allotted funds for six new school buses.

• Evan Smith, a Grade 6 student at Shuswap Middle School, won first place in the age nine to 12 category of a National Forest Week contest held by the Association of BC Forest Profes-sionals and the Truck Loggers Association. Children were asked to submit works of art with the theme of what the forest means to them. There were more than 600 entries.

• A 20-year-old man and 21-year-old wom-an have been arrested with first-degree mur-der for the death of Ty-

ler Myers whose body was found shot on the grounds of Bastion El-ementary School four years ago. Both the ac-cused were youth un-der 18 at the time of the murder so their names cannot be released un-der the Youth Criminal Justice Act.

• Salmon Arm speed skater Alyssa Skaalid, 17, won first place in all four of the events she entered at the New Gold November chill Speed Skating race held in Kamloops.

• Thirty-two rinks participated in the 17th Annual Canadian Cancer Society Fun Spiel. The theme this year was tropical with teams dressed up in grass skirts, leis, and beach attire.

• Salmon Arm Silver-Backs won four games in a row with the team playing strong defence and getting great shots on goal.

December• Salmon Arm coun-

cil approved Salmon Arm Secondary stu-dents’ idea of drawing footprints on the side-walks to connect the Sullivan and Jackson campuses. The stu-dents explained that there has been a dis-connect between the campuses and see this as a way to reconnect.

• Downtown stores keep their doors open late through the holi-day season so people can complete their Christmas shopping.

• Grade 6 students won first place in the dance category at the Seventh annual West-ern Canada RoboCup Junior Games held at Okanagan College’s Kelowna Campus. The students built two robots from scratch under the direction of their coach, Kim Web-ster. The team has a chance to compete at the world level compe-tition held in the Neth-erlands.

• Stephanie Hall is announced as the new executive director for Okanagan Regional Library after Lesley Dieno stepped down with plans to retire.

• Salmon Arm’s own Jordan Grieve received three awards at the UBC Thunder-birds Football Awards

Gala held in Vancou-ver. Grieve was rec-ognized as the player that inspired the team the most. He also re-

ceived the Courage to Casey Award for consistently demon-strating courage, disci-pline, commitment and

dedication to the UBC Thunderbirds Football team. Grieve also ac-cepted his helmet as a fifth-year player.

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