salmon arm observer, january 13, 2016

IndexOpinion ....................... A6View Point .................. A7Life & Times ............... A8Time Out ................... A10Sports................A15-A18Arts & Events ... A19-A22Vol. 109, No. 2, 40 pages

This weekMayor Nancy Cooper looks back on the city’s accomplishments during 2015. See more on A4.

Goalie Angus Redmond leads the ’Backs to a stunning pair of victories. Find out more on A17.

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Joust for laughsSalmon Arm Secondary teachers Alex Seal and David Brosseau take to their unicycles for a jousting match during a talent show at the Jackson campus. Brosseau came out on the losing end of the match after a well-placed strike caused him to lose his balance.

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Support continues to grow for bringing Syrian refugees to Salmon Arm in the coming months.

“There are nine families to be sponsored through a combination of churches, church coalitions, ro-tary and community-based secular groups,” says brian Ayotte, who with Joyce Henderson formed the local refugee committee. “I have heard noth-ing negative, it has all been very positive.”

And word has spread beyond Salmon Arm to neighbouring communities, including revelstoke, where Ayotte will speak this week.

“They’re definitely going to do at least one family,” he says. “The remarkable thing is it’s not only a benefit to the refugees, but the com-ing together of the com-munity is fantastic.”

okanagan college is working on an eSl pro-gram for the newcomers and School district #83 is developing pamphlets and information in Ara-bic for the families.

As well, Ayotte says Interior Health has put together a program for physical and mental health needs of the new residents.

Shuswap rotary is onboard and one of its mem-bers, Steve Genn and spouse leah Shaw have of-fered two living spaces for free – a three-bedroom unit above their ProAir Heating and cooling of-fice and another smaller suite in their home.

“We have this great renovated three-bedroom place and it’s stupid to have it empty. It’s free as long as it’s available,” Shaw said. “We’re kind of excited and looking forward to seeing our new neighbours and being that first introduction to the small-town, canadian lifestyle.”

Some of the other sponsoring groups also have accommodation lined up, but a hold has been placed on collecting clothing until organizers

Brian AyotteSyrian refugee

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City gets set for refugeesBy Barb BrouwerobServer STAFF

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know exactly what is needed.

An account will be active at SASCU under the name Salmon Arm Refugee Coalition as of Jan. 18 for those

who wish to donate money.

Donations can also be made at First United Church, St. Jo-seph’s Roman Catholic Church, Deo Luther-an, E Free, Lakeside, Christian Reformed and Shuswap Com-

munity churches. Tax receipts are available.

There is still a need for Arabic-speaking volunteers.

Those who wish to volunteer are invited to call Shuswap Immi-grant Services at 250-804-2726 and speak

with Gudrun or Diane. The large umbrella

group that formed to bring the refugees to Salmon Arm will be replaced with a smaller steering committee with representatives from each of the nine sponsoring groups.

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Account set up for donations

Out for a skiSydney Litke and Bea Gagne cross-country ski during lunch break at Salmon Arm West Elementary on Friday, Jan. 8.

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Clearing the wayCity of Salmon Arm worker Tyler Magnusson removes snow from a sidewalk along 20th Street SE on Friday, Jan. 8.

The owner of a Shus-wap Pawn is offering a reward for the arrest of whoever broke into his business.

Mike Jalving is of-fering $500 through a social media post-ing for anyone who provides information leading to the arrest of three people suspected of robbing his store on Sunday, Jan. 10.

The Salmon Arm RCMP were called to the shop at 7:47 p.m.

On arrival, the of-ficers found the front window smashed.

Unknown culprits had entered the store and stole merchandise including scented wax diffusers and digital cameras.

Police were able to determine that three suspects entered the store and left with a tote or bin of some kind which they used to transport the stolen merchandise.

The act was caught on surveillance cam-eras.

Due to the time and downtown location the RCMP are requesting the public’s assistance in reporting anything they may have seen re-lating to someone carry-ing a tote in the down-town area between 7:30 and 8 p.m. on Jan. 10.

Contact the Salmon Arm RCMP at 250-832 6044 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

Truck takenSalmon Arm RCMP

are on the lookout for a stolen black GMC Sier-ra truck bearing Alberta licence plate EKS767.

The vehicle was no-ticed as being stolen from a parking lot in the 2400 block of the Trans-Canada High-way on Jan. 10 at 10 a.m.

If located please do not approach the vehi-cle. Call 911 and report it to the police.

The former direc-tor of graduate studies at Thompson Rivers University was set to be sentenced Tuesday, Jan. 5 on a charge of child pornography. But that didn’t happen.

Andrew McKay is facing one count of possession of child pornography stemming from an image brought to the attention of po-lice on May 15, 2014. On Aug. 18 last year he changed his plea from not guilty to guilty.

McKay, his defence lawyer Shawn Buck-ley and Crown coun-sel Evan Goulet stood before Judge Mayland

McKimm in BC Pro-vincial Court in Salm-on Arm on Jan. 5 to give their recommen-dations for sentencing.

Buckley began by saying these types of charges tend to be very serious, but said he was fairly confident that this one would be the least serious the judge would ever see.

Goulet said the Crown would like to see a sentence which includes the minimum jail time – 90 days in custody – and two years’ probation, with some conditions.

However, when Goulet began describ-ing the circumstances under which the charge was laid, the proceed-

ings ground to a halt. Buckley said this

was the first time he’d heard about some of the images Goulet was describing.

Court then adjourned while the two lawyers discussed the evidence.

When court recon-vened, Judge McK-imm said the issue appears to be a matter of determining what exactly the defendant possessed. He also re-marked that he was touched by the sen-tencing reports detail-ing the extreme an-guish McKay has been undergoing.

The lawyers decided to meet on Tuesday, Jan. 12 to set a new date for sentencing.

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Mayor reflects on 2015Nancy Cooper laughs

when asked about high-lights of 2015 as mayor of the City of Salmon Arm.

“One of the projects I’m so excited about is the Syme Bridge – we built a bridge,” she chuckles, with arms spread wide. “It’s a great bridge.”

She notes that Rene Talbot, Area D director for the Columbia Shus-wap Regional District, was at first hesitant to approve funds for the bridge that serves both Area D and Salmon Arm residents. But in the end he agreed to chip in $100,000 – and she’s appreciative.

Cooper also points to construction activity as a highlight.

“The whole con-struction industry…, we’re seeing more family homes being built and multi-family homes than we’ve seen for a while.”

Although construc-tion values city-wide were down in 2015 compared to 2014, she notes big projects in 2014 boosted the num-bers, such as the new CSRD and school dis-trict buildings.

“To me when you start seeing new family homes built and subdi-visions – that’s really important.”

Other items she lists include the develop-ment of the airport mas-ter plan.

“We really want to be

able to increase the size of the airport – there’s a lot of demand for hangars. A lot of busi-nesses would like to see a scheduled flight,” she said, noting that’s likely far in the future.

She laughs when she recounts the city receiv-ing the Communities in Bloom award – “that was pretty exciting.”

Cooper is also pleased with the imple-mentation of a technol-ogy committee.

She says she began speaking to Lana Fitt, economic development manager, about the idea as “we do have the best fibre optics to our door.”

“We have an envi-ronment committee, a social issues commit-tee… I thought this was one that was miss-ing…,” she explains.

Cooper is also pleased with the paying off of debts.

“One thing my hus-band always points to is the financial,” she smiles. “We did the foreshore promenade – that debenture was paid out. In 2016, we’re pay-ing out another debt… that reduces debt per capita.”

Cooper also men-tions community en-gagement, referring to public meetings about cell towers, dogs at the foreshore, and holding a council meeting at the library.

She was happy to be part of what she consid-ers “almost a historical document” when four

First Nations bands, two regional districts and four municipalities entered a partnership to support a regional trail strategy.

Asked about the City of Salmon Arm’s decision to apply for a hotel tax on its own rather than as a part of a regional application headed by Shuswap Tourism, for which the city received some criticism, she replied: “I have taken a little bit of heat for it. Some-times things are just a process for people to understand… If this was happening the first year I was elected, it

would have been a lot more stressful. I now realize it’s a process; sometimes people don’t understand, you just keep going through the steps.”

Cooper says the best thing about Salmon Arm is the way people “step up to the plate” to help out.

“In talking to other communities, they can’t believe what Salmon Arm does.”

Overall, Cooper agrees with a descrip-tion of her job voiced by former mayor Dick Smith.

“It’s the best job in the world.”

By Martha WickettOBSERVER STAFF

Memorable moments: Mayor Nancy Cooper looks out at the city from the bal-cony of city hall.


Wednesday, January 21/16 Elk’s Hall: 3690 - 30th St NE - 7:00 pm

Annual General Meeting

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COUNCIL Briefs

Investigating cultural planThe City of Salmon Arm is forming a task force to investigate the possible preparation of a cultural master plan. A report will be prepared by September to identify factors for a plan such as scope, phases, consultation, budget and external funding op-portunities. The motion prepared by Coun. Tim Lavery states it is incumbent upon the city to take the lead role in the process and facilitate collaboration among interested parties. He stressed the task force will not be creating a master plan, but providing council with infor-mation regarding where to go next. Task force members will include: • a council representa-tive – council nominated Coun. Louise Wallace Richmond; • a city staff person when available; • one representative from the Shuswap Society for Arts and Culture, which has championed the creation of a performing arts centre; • one representative from the Shuswap District Arts Council, an umbrella organization represent-ing a number of arts and cultural groups; • one citizen at large and • one representative from the Salmon Arm Economic Development Society.

Dogs on foreshore trailCoun. Ken Jamieson urged the city to get signs up along the foreshore trail as soon as possible, which state dogs must be on a two-metre or shorter leash. “There are some people who think it’s a free-for-all,” he remarked. City staff said they’d like to have consistent signage throughout the trails and parks so are investigating. Winter weather also delays sign installation. Jamieson attended the recent Salmon Arm Bay Nature Enhancement Society (SABNES) meeting, noting that several of the members were very disappointed with council’s decision.

Free pickleball takes customersBy Martha WickettOBSERVER STAFF

Tony Barnard and family would like to see a fair-er system set up governing pickleball locally.

In a letter to council, the Barnards, who own Club Shuswap Golf and RV Ltd., requested that when the city is developing the Klahani Park Master Plan, it consider charging a drop-in fee.

The letter pointed out that Club Shuswap spent significant dollars preparing a full pickleball venue and has hosted successful tournaments attracting more than 60 participants to the area. Since the city introduced free pickleball, Club Shuswap has expe-rienced a large drop in court usage.

Barnard says with the increasing popularity of pickleball, there’s an opportunity for growth and for working together.

City council discussed the letter at its Jan. 11 meeting. Coun. Kevin Flynn said he uses the free courts, appreciates Club Shuswap’s position but isn’t sure what the solution is.

Rob Niewenhuizen, the city’s director of public works, said the recreation society books the ball fields, so the city would have the ability to charge.

Coun. Alan Harrison suggested the city charges a fee for pickleball tournaments. Coun. Ken Jamieson said the city has to provide an opportunity to play for those who can’t afford a fee. Jamieson encour-aged discussion of the issue during the process of creating the Klahani Park Master Plan.


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It’s January and one of the number-one resolu-tions for people is to improve their health by be-coming more active.

Not only does becoming more physically active benefit a person’s personal health, it has a myriad of spinoff benefits in terms of lowering health-care costs to the system as a whole.

Obesity and inactivity rates are continuing to climb and this puts an additional strain on already scarce health-care resources.

Countless studies have shown the benefits of regular exercise to a person’s health, especially when a sedentary lifestyle is on the increase both at home and at work. Indeed, sitting has been dubbed the new smoking.

The Government of Canada already has imple-mented a Children’s Fitness Tax Credit, which al-lows parents to claim a tax break on activities that improve cardiovascular fitness, muscle strength, endurance, balance and flexibility.

Extending this program to adults is a natural next step.

The previous Harper government made such a pledge and created a panel to help design the credit. But it appears little concrete progress has been made since that time. It’s time for the new government to recognize the benefit of Canadians’ sweat equity. Rewarding those who contribute to lowering national health care costs would be an appropriate and effective incentive.

Give fitness resolutions an added kick

No place for excusesI’m involved in a new love-hate relationship. Except it’s not with a person, but with my new fitness track-

ing device. Similar to a Fitbit, it’s called a Leaf and it looks like a neat

piece of jewelry and can be worn as a necklace, bracelet or clip. Guided by some inner working, it will track your number of steps, your activity level, calories burned and will sound an alarm at a set interval if you remain inactive for too long (which is terrific to remind me to get up from my computer desk and move around.)

In addition, this handy device also records your sleep patterns and can indicate if you are getting enough rest and if that sleep is good-quality rest or a disturbed, fitful version. It will also track meditative breathing, recommending you commit to 10 minutes per day.

The device is synced to your phone, so whenever you like, you can download the data and check the status.

Much like a first crush, I was enamoured of the device. I was on holidays and had plenty of time to check my status. I ran on the treadmill and enjoyed seeing my graph soar. I went cross-country skiing and was thrilled when I reached a whopping 434 per cent of my daily fitness goal. Every step I took had added value, as I kept thinking about my growing total.

The downside was that it was showing my sleep patterns were disturbed and suggested I wasn’t getting enough zzzs. While I didn’t feel sleepy at the time, after reading it, the information had the unfortunate effect of actually making me feel more tired than before.

Things then came to a screeching halt when a nasty stomach bug hit my house. As anyone who has spent time lying prone on a bathroom floor will attest, the most exercise you can ac-complish in the throws of such a flu is to drag your body back to bed or raise your head just enough to sip some ginger ale.

It was then that the blossoming relationship showed it’s dark side. Suddenly the movement reminder alarm became a major irritant. Then I was greeted by the news that I had met zero per cent of my fitness goals and didn’t even excel at sleeping as I wasn’t getting much in the way of good quality slumber.

I searched the app frantically for some kind of excuse but-ton. I wanted desperately to explain to my fitness tracker that I hadn’t fallen off the wagon due to a lack of motivation, but was succumbing to an attack of unwanted germs. I want an asterisk to put on those days of the calendar, something to note, “Tracy was sick, not lazy.”

But I was out of luck. My zero fitness days are now part of my permanent record. Suddenly the device around my neck seemed to be weighing me down with guilt that I wasn’t living up to the expectations of my electronic personal trainer. And yet, I’m not ready to break up this newfound connection.

I guess I need to give this relationship a little longer than a week before deciding if it’s worth hanging onto or gets the boot.

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View PointThe Observer asked: What’s your best winter driving tip?

Jane Stephenson “That’s easy – slow down.”

Darcy Lawrence “Definitely make sure you put on winter tires.”

Catherine Koopmans “Make sure you give yourself more time to get around.”

Idzan Branislav “Drive slower under the limit, that’s what I do.”

Val Galbraith “Simple. Drive to the weather conditions.”

I spent 50 years in the newspaper business as a re-porter, editor and publisher at weeklies and dailies in all four western provinces.

Throughout my career I witnessed up close the dis-connect between aboriginal people and the non-native society.

Becoming familiar with aboriginal history, culture and traditions will surely go a long way in helping to bridge the disconnect.

There has been mistrust, anger, suspicion, frustration and fear from both sides to-ward the other.

Positive steps are be-ing taken to narrow the gap but much more needs to be done.

For too long the aborigi-nal community has been ste-reotyped by negative stories

carried in newspapers, TV and social media. The sto-ries often focus on protests, confrontations, alcohol and drug abuse, financial scan-dals, fires, gun violence, murders, thefts, assaults, and missing persons on First Nations’ reserves.

Other disturbing stories include poverty, unemploy-ment, poor drinking water, dilapidated housing, terrible roads, lack of educational opportunities, truancy, child runaways, etc.

But it hasn’t all been negative. There are many aboriginal success stories. Among them: powwows, ro-deo cowboys, accomplished athletes, entrepreneurs, business ventures, artists, lawyers, judges, journalists, musicians, craft makers, politicians, etc.

To improve the relation-ship between aboriginal people and non-natives, at-titudes need to change.

Perry Bellegarde, na-tional chief of the Assem-bly of First Nations, called in June 2015 for people to “make room in your hearts and minds and your spirits. Rid yourself of those racial stereotypes of Indians and indigenous people being dumb and lazy and drunk on welfare. Rid yourself of those things, so new things can come in.”

Chief Bellegarde made the statement in response to the final report and recom-mendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

The challenge is ours to take.

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Avatar, the future-fantasy blockbuster that beat Titanic as all-time Hollywood box office champ, has finally been unseat-ed by the latest Star Wars space opera.

I watched Avatar on TV over the holi-days for the first time since its 2009 re-lease, and was able to see past the bombas-tic special effects to examine it for what it is, an anti-capitalist propaganda film.

Psychopathic military commander teams with evil mining executive to blast and slaughter their way to a chunk of rare min-eral, ridiculously named “unobtainium.” Giant tree, home of highly evolved Na’vi people and their delicate jungle ecosystem, is toppled for sadistic fun and profit, before nature’s collective strikes back.

Canadian director James Cameron helped the global anti-development net-work use the movie in its celebrity attack on the Alberta oil industry. Now the story line is being employed again in B.C., in an effort to revive the 1990s “war in the woods” that led to the creation of Carma-nah Walbran Provincial Park on Vancouver Island. Protest tactics are being refined. Targeting just outside the boundary of the vast park established 20 years ago, giant trees are named and an Avatar-style nar-rative of unbridled greed is spoon-fed to urban media.

There’s a “Tolkien Giant” now, although I’m reliably informed it is not one of those trees that gets up and walks around in the Lord of the Rings movies. This tree is also protected from logging, as are most of the poster trees used for propagan-da and fundraising.

The network uses multiple front groups. Vancouver-based Wilderness Commit-tee stages urban protests and issues news releases, while Ecojustice lawyers fight forest company injunctions against direct actions that disrupt legal logging. An em-ployee of the B.C. branch plant of Sierra Club lurks, apparently coordinating media and protesters.

A 1990s remnant called Friends of Carmanah-Walbran issued a statement Nov. 9 announcing “autonomous action” by three protesters to disrupt logging. Not their guys, you understand, just masked individuals willing to lock themselves to equipment or wander into a road-building blast zone, forcing work to stop for safety reasons.

These are among the actions that forced the logging company to go to court for an injunction.

Cast in the role of evil corporation is Teal-Jones Group, a B.C. forest company trying to operate in what is now the most environmentally restricted forest in the world. It keeps about 2,000 people em-ployed in logging and its sawmills in Sur-rey, where investments have been made to handle second-growth coastal timber as well as what little old-growth they are al-lowed to harvest.

Protesters have dubbed their latest target, the tiny 3.2 hectare cutblock 4424, “Black Diamond Grove” for media and fundrais-ing purposes.

Teal-Jones forester Chris Harvey pro-vided me some information to counter protester claims. Block 4424 isn’t being logged, although it was permitted last fall. Protesters are targeting other operations, none of which are in the contentious Wal-bran “bite” area next to the park.

Teal-Jones has not only received permits and worked with environmental organiza-tions, its operations are independently cer-tified by the Canadian Standards Associa-tion.

A B.C. Supreme Court judge granted an extension of the injunction protecting Teal-Jones’ operations on Jan. 4. The judge wasn’t swayed by protesters packing the Victoria courtroom, and upheld a 50-metre safety zone around working equipment in the Walbran Valley until the end of March.

A Wilderness Committee spokesman with no evident forestry qualifications was appalled. He will no doubt continue to is-sue news releases and write his own ver-sion for left-wing fringe publications that seek to perpetuate an urban culture of re-vulsion for logging.

Assessment jump mystifies

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Tom Fletcher

Move beyond discrimination

This past week I received a notice of property assess-ment 2016 for our prop-erty here in Salmon Arm. My wife and I have lived here for 19-plus years and were shocked to have been informed that the value had gone up by $31,000 from $299,000 last year.

At first sight from the knowledge of previous years: if there had been home improvements, it would seem natural to bring on a change. However, noth-ing of the sort happened. Just the fact that a couple of properties were sold on the street is not an argument to raise it for all.

The other factor is that a major percentage of our population is getting on

in age and as we know the Canada pension and OAS don’t give us these immense hikes.

Also the prices of veg-gies/foods have taken a big hike.

I do not understand that this is not taken into consid-eration.

This is in my opinionated understanding that the fi-nance ministers need a hike to manage all their spend-ings. Has anyone ever audit-ed these to find out whether spendings are in the interest of the people?

We do take care of our property: do our sidewalks in wintry weather consci-entiously, even though we pay taxes for the city to do the job – they often come

around a few days later. In the meantime, I, as a citizen, don’t want to take a risk of someone slipping and hurt-ing themselves.

I could list a few things the city promised and nev-er did because there is no money.

Would our neighbours, people who feel this is un-just, stand up to it and ap-peal to this unfairness?

One person can’t change this situation but all coming together will have an un-measurable effect.

We elderly have time to do this bureaucratic stuff against unfairness or maybe we can’t be bothered and pay.

Heinz Hoetger

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1926 Following closing of nomi-nation for reeve, councillors, school trustees and police commissioner, B.A. Wild, returning of� cer, declared Dr. Buckell elected by accla-mation as reeve, and J.W. Ruddy for police com-missioner.At the city nomination meeting, when returning of� cer Lingford declared nominations closed, it was found that Mayor Newnes was unopposed and he was formally declared elected to the chief civic of� ce.Mrs. Rendell, matron of the hospital, tendered her resignation to the board.

1946 According to a Canadian Press dispatch from Victoria, Hon. E.T. Kenny, provincial minister of lands, said he looked favourably on a proposal for the development of an irrigation system for the Salmon Arm district. Salmon Arm fruit growers in the district were elated.The old Curor block on Alexander Avenue was purchased by C.R. Beer, who had operated a large ladies’, men’s and children’s apparel store for many years. Involving an expenditure in excess of $10,000, the existing frame structure on the property was to be demolished and a new two-storey building erected as soon as materials became available.

1956 The city purchased � ve acres of property near the southeast corner of the municipality from T.C. Shaw for $125 for use as a garbage dump.In recognition of his efforts to promote the production of Hereford cattle in B.C., Charles Turner was honoured by the British Columbia Hereford Breeders’ Association. Mr. Turner was the longest established Hereford breeder in the province and was an honorary president of the association. He had sold his herd and farm.

1966 Salmon Arm Observer pub-lisher Denis Marshall announced the appoint-ment of Rollie Rose as news editor.Village chairman Victor Nancollas presented an 11-point priority program to the commissioners. These include sewage, water, public works, � re defence, town planning, centennial project, � -nance, building restrictions, parks and the arena.

LIFE & TIMES

A team of health professionals is taking their skills to remote Guatemalan villages for the 14th annual “Safe Motherhood” program.

Annette Borkent and Ruth Brighouse get as much joy from seeing Guatemalan birth attendants learn new skills as the women do from using their newfound knowledge to help birthing mothers.

The attendants, or comadronas as they are called in Mayan culture, learn skills of risk assessment of pregnant women, safe birthing and neonatal care in a very hands-on format.

From Jan. 28 to Feb. 13, Brighouse and Borkent from Salmon Arm, a nurse from Golden and a midwife from Revelstoke will head to Guatemala. This year, Salmon Arm Daybreak Rotarians Mary Schei-degger and Penny Brown will go along to provide admin support.

In Guatemala they will be met by Ce-naida Juarez and Gloria Cutuj.

“Cenaida and Gloria have been instru-mental in logistical support and ensuring good translation between Mayan dialects and Spanish and have helped us train more than 800 comadronas in the past 13 years,” says Borkent, who worked with Juarez to get the program underway 14 years ago. “For the past few years we have also included volunteer paramedics in our courses, teaching them the assessment and birthing skills they need ... This also allows the comadronas and paramedics to work together locally.”

Borkent’s � rst visit to Guatemala was with a surgical-medical team with Shus-wap Lake Hospital doctor Maureen Mc-Tavish. While there, she put her Spanish language skills to good use by translating for the team of 40 health professionals.

As well, the RN with a special affection for maternity care went to a meeting held by Juarez, who was getting women togeth-er on a regular basis.

“These 40 traditional people who spoke several Mayan dialects all had these stories about all the things that had gone wrong,” she says. “And what would you have done, was their question over and over again.”

Unable to agree to Juarez’s request to help create a birthing centre, Borkent sug-gested an educational project, particularly since 70 per cent of Guatemalan babies are born at home.

“I returned to talk to Ruth and Maureen Curtis (former Red Cross manager) and we put this hands-on program together,” Borkent says. “I � nd it a real privilege to respond to the call, work with these wom-en and see the joy on their faces as they understand what we’re teaching them and why.”

This year, they will be training 30 women a week in San Juan Argueta, in the highlands of Guatemala.

“We have always worked closely with the public health unit in each area in which we have been teaching and the success of the program continues to draw the atten-tion of the government in a very positive manner,” Borkent says. “And we are re-ceiving requests on an ongoing basis from other communities as they hear feedback from the health units of the areas where we have been.”

Borkent says the team will begin the steps to form a Guatemalan non-pro� t or-ganization to open possibilities for much greater Guatemalan involvement and sup-port.

Scheidegger, meanwhile, says Daybreak Rotary has supported the Safe Motherhood project for many years and Brighouse cap-tured her heart with every annual presenta-tion to the group.

“It’s a motherhood thing; it’s very im-portant to help with maternal and infant health,” she says. “I am not a midwife or doctor but I can help in other ways.”

Scheidegger will put her photography and videography skills to good on multi-media projects.

“When we’re down there we’ll be trying to connect with other Rotary groups,” she says, noting the need for a hands-on Ro-tary group to support other projects. “The main priority is to help; we’re gonna be the go-fers and photographers.”

Brown is equally excited about the trip and looking forward to seeing a project in action that she has been hearing about for many years.

“I have been very moved by what they were doing and I wanted to see it � rst-hand,” she says. “I thought it would make a difference to go and see what’s really hap-pening, to be able to come back and say ‘Wow, what we have been doing support-ing this group is important.”

The team is a member project of Rose Charities Canada, a registered charitable organization that provides tax receipts. To donate online, go to www.rosecanada.info/donate/ and follow the prompts. Or, send a cheque made out to Rose Charities indicat-ing on the memo line that it is to support Safe Motherhood Project. Add your email address for easy tax receipts and send to Rose Charities Canada, 1870 Ogden Ave.,Vancouver, V6J 1A1.

By Barb BrouwerOBSERVER STAFF

Supporting safe motherhood

Healthy outcomes: Ruth Brighouse, kneeling, instructs birth atten-dants on safe delivery procedures with the help of nurse Annette Borkent, second from right, in a class in Guatemala.

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Students and parents in Salmon Arm now have a new option for getting help with aca-demics.

Logix Learning Cen-tre opened this month in the Downtown Ac-tivity Centre and offers one-on-one tutoring for students from kin-dergarten to Grade 12, with appointment hours available between 2 p.m. and 9 p.m. Mon-day to Friday or 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday.

Services are available both in the bright class-room at the DAC, or via in-home tutoring for Salmon Arm clients.

Logix Learning Cen-tre owner Diana Hall is a trained teacher who left the classroom to care for her own three children. With her chil-dren now older, she was looking to re-enter her

profession, but not in a classroom setting.

“This was a way I could still use my skills and help kids, but on a more one-on-one ba-sis,” she says.

With four qualified tutors, Logix Learning Centre can offer help with the basics right up to high school-level math, English, physics and calculus, as well as kindergarten to Grade 8 level French.

“There can be a host of reasons for tutor-ing – a bad report card, a gap in a particular subject, a learning dis-ability. Each student is individual and each stu-dent learns differently, so with our services we can create a program to fit those needs,” says Hall. “There’s lots of attention and hands-on learning to help keep it fun.”

In addition, the cen-

tre will be hosting one-week learning camps in the summer to help kids stay on track and smooth the transition back into school in September. Dubbed Jump Start, the camps will be for kids in kin-dergarten to Grade 2 and grades three to five. They will run for two to three hours daily for one week each in July and August.

In September, Hall is

also planning to open a Smart Start program focused on school read-iness of foundations concepts like letters and numbers for preschool-aged children.

Hall is offering com-plimentary consulta-tions with parents and students. Contact her at 250-832-0043, email [email protected] or check out the web-site at www.logixlearn-ing.ca.

Logix offers help for students

Learning solutions: Logix tutors Rick Kwitkoski, Kristiina Askola, Diana Hall and Blair Visscher in their classroom at the Downtown Activity Centre.

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(abbr.) 23. Cygnus’ brightest star 25. Goidelic language of Ireland 26. Midway between N and NE 27. Auditory organ 28. Last month (abbr.) 30. Indicated horsepower (abbr.) 31. Mediation council 33. Aussie crocodile hunter 35. Sylvan deity 37. Clears or tidies 38. In a way, emerges 40. Whimper 41. G. Gershwin’s brother 42. Begetter 44. Seated 45. Old world, new 48. Girls 50. “Song of triumph” 52. A covering for the head 53. Attack 55. Norwegian krone 56. Coach Parseghian 57. No good 58. Task that is simple 63. A way to move on 65. In a way, advanced 66. Loses weight 67. Shift sails

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“Gee, do they still make wooden hockey sticks”

ARIES (March 21-April 19): The only danger day is Monday, when you’re likely to charge in and aggravate a sensitive situation with sharp words and hasty comments. Sit tight and hold your tongue [if you can]. The rest of the week looks terrific, as positive aspects boost brain power, creative ideas and romance. Single Rams – love and travel are linked in surprising ways!

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): A personal or business relationship looks fiery on Monday. So it’s up to you to be a calm, steady and unflappable influence. For the rest of the week sport, hobbies and creative projects are favoured. When it comes to work [or looking for a new job] the best thing you can do is study, retrain, upgrade your qualifications or learn a new skill.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The current star patterns are sensational for creative brainstorming with bohemian friends. But Mercury is still retrograde so choose your words wisely [especially where joint finances are involved]. Plus double-check all appointments and meetings before-hand. You’re feeling optimistic about future prospects but don’t be too hasty! Do your homework and be thoroughly prepared.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): With Mercury reversing through your relationship zone, you’ll have to work hard on communicating clearly with family and friends this week. Otherwise there’ll be mix-ups and misunderstandings. When it comes to a problem with a loved one, all is not as it seems. Don’t jump to hasty conclusions … be patient. Take the time to uncover the truth that lies beneath outer appearances.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The Sun/Jupiter trine provides a welcome morale boost, and helps you sparkle and shine. Matters involving work, money or business are favoured, as you receive some good news or a lucky opportunity comes your way. But with Mercury still in retrograde motion don’t be overconfident and underprepared.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Friendships are favoured but be careful you don’t get your wires crossed with a child, teenager or lover. If in doubt then check – and double-check! Strive to be more adventurous. If you worry endlessly about how things might turn out, you’ll miss the moment and opportunities will pass you by.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Family dynamics are frustrating at the moment. Time to listen closely, communicate clearly and consult often. You’re keen to socialize with close friends on Tuesday and Wednesday but pace yourself, or you’ll be exhausted by the end of the week! With Mars rushing through your money zone [until March 6] resist the temptation to be rash with cash and careless with credit.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Have you been waiting for a lucky break? An awesome opportunity could come your way via social media. But there is a catch! You need to be extra careful when using your phone, working on your computer and sending texts and emails, as retrograde Mercury scrambles telecommunications [until January 26]. Back-up documents and double-check messages before you hit send.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Are you being a slapdash Sagittarian? With taskmaster Saturn moving slowly through your sign, success is coming – but it won’t be rushed. And it certainly won’t arrive without a lot of hard work and dogged persistence on your part. So avoid approaching people, projects and situations in a hasty, half-baked, and unfinished fashion [your usual modus operandi].

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Your mind’s buzzing with ideas but it will take patience and persistence to turn abstract thoughts into practical projects. Have you been having ongoing problems with a relative? If you keep doing what you’re doing; you’ll keep getting what you’re getting! This week you road test a radical new approach, as a family relationship heads off in a surprising new direction.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Tuesday and Wednesday promise electric energy and exciting possibilities! Do something wildly different. Attached Aquarians - aim to get the balance right between committed coupledom and invigorating independence. For some lucky singles – love is waiting online, so update your profile ASAP!

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Good fortune is on your side this week, as the planets bless romantic and platonic relationships. And some Pisceans will get a lucky break via a social media connection. When it comes to work or study, make substantial alterations that allow you to be more creative and focused.

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Salmon Arm Minor Hockey Association is currently in its 54th year of minor hockey. The numbers in minor hockey this year are the highest ever in the past 8 years...420 players. Players from ages five years old to 20 year olds play from Initiation to Juvenile hockey in this community. Salmon Arm has welcomed players from Revelstoke, Sicamous and North Okanagan to play for our teams if there is no team in category in their own association as well.

Without the hard work of all our volunteers, minor hockey would not be able to offer all the programs necessary to run the organization. We thank all the coaching staff from the head coach to safety people and all parent volunteers who help run the 15 tournaments held in Salmon Arm and Sicamous Arenas. 95% of

these tournaments are filled to capacity this year. We have received many thank you letters from visiting teams who have enjoyed their stay in the Shuswap area.

To our referees, thank you for being part of the association...sometimes a thankless job but without these young men and women in stripes, there would be no game.

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s p o n s o r s . . . s o m e of who have been associated with our association for 50 years.

Finally, hats off to all the Salmon Arm Minor Hockey board members who tirelessly give their

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Happy Hockey week to all! Hard to believe another year has passed but Minor Hockey is alive and � ourishing with registrations hitting a 10 year high this year. Enjoy Hockey Day on January 30th this year at Shaw Centre with lots of games and festivities scheduled. Don’t forget that Salmon Arm is hosting Bantam Tier 2 Provincials this year March 13th to 18th. I also want to thank all of our amazing volunteers for their hard work and dedication.

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The Salmon Arm Minor Hockey Association Board takes this opportunity during Minor Hockey Week to thank all the outstanding volunteers of our association. SAMHA would not be able to offer our programs without the incredible support and dedication of these people.

Thank you to the following head coaches and their coaching staff:

Initiation Timbit Coaches: Brent Hoffort, Derek Gecse

Novice Head Coaches: David Dollack, Sean Russell, Scott Steward, Shane Burden, Rob Cadden

AtoMc Head Coaches: Paul Rosman, Steve Gilfillan

Atom Dev. Coaches: Greg Patterson, Chris Harrington

Pee Wee Rec Head Coaches: Calvin Bitz, Allan Slaney, Dan DeRosa

Pee Wee Rep Head Coaches: Steve Rodwell, Darby Boyd

Bantam Rec Head Coaches: Dave York

Bantam Rep Head Coaches: Troy Haskell, Mark Bannister

Midget Rec Head Coaches: Ken McGregor, Bob Eckland

Midget Rep Head Coach: Rob Fitzpatrick, Doug Cumming

Midget Female Rep Head Coach: Sean Wutke

Other volunteers who are too many to name are thanked as well: Tournament co-ordinators, Assistant Coaches, Managers, Safety Persons,

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Silverbacks take on the Vernon Vipers at 7 pm!! Tickets will be provided for all teams and bench sta� . Wear your team jersey and bring an item for the Food Bank.

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the replica jerseys worn by the � rst junior A franchise in Salmon Arm...the Shuswap Totems!!!!

Salmon Arm Minor Hockey will be honouring the past presidents of SAMHA at � rst intermission. Also the late Wendy Pottie will be recognized at

this time. Pottie clan invited!!!

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Shuswap Volunteer Search and Rescue will be getting new wheels, thanks in part to a $100,000 BC Gaming grant.

An announcement of the grant delighted the organization, which has been using an 1982 de-commissioned school bus as its mobile unit.

“It was getting pretty tired and we were hav-ing trouble even find-ing parts to repair it,” says John Schut with Shuswap Search and Rescue.

“Now we are part way to funding for our new command unit, which will be a two-ton truck, with a spe-cialized van body, and will include a bunch of specialized equipment, computers and map-ping systems.”

The total cost of the vehicle is $240,000.

Schut says the $100,000 grant will al-low the organization to purchase the truck body

while they continue to fundraise for the re-maining equipment.

He says they are looking for donations from the public, as well as noting there will be sponsorship opportuni-ties that would include business advertising on the new command unit.

“For a larger dona-tion, we could see a business logo painted on the side, something like that,” says Schut.

Information about how to donate is avail-able on the Shuswap Search and Rescue website at www.shus-wapvsar.org or on their Facebook page.

In addition, the Eagle Valley Rescue Society will be receiving a simi-lar grant of $60,000.

“The Shuswap is a four-season playground for outdoor recreation and we are fortunate to have top-notch search-and-rescue personnel available in times of emergency,” Shuswap MLA Greg Kyllo said. “Our government is proud to lend a hand

to these great organiza-tions so they can contin-ue their valuable work.”

Schut says the new truck will have a gen-

erator and four-wheel drive which will allow it to get into more remote areas than the previous bus could manage.

Grant helps purchase new wheelsBy Tracy HughesOBSERVER STAFF

New unit: This is an example of the vehicle to be purchased by Shuswap SAR.

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Midway through the season, it looks like the senior Golds basketball team is starting to live up to their potential.

The team rallied for four wins in a row at the Valleyview tourna-ment in Kamloops to take the title.

In the opening game of the tournament, SAS defeated Fulton 77-46, led on offence by Josh Kujat, who scored 15 points.

Golds head coach Rhys Waters said it was vital for his side to start the tournament off on the right foot as they have historically struggled in this event.

In the next contest, Kujat led the Golds offence putting up a game high 18 points, and five steals in a 67-49 victory over Col-lege Heights. Dillan Olson had 11 points and 12 rebounds, Daw-son Mayes chipped in with 10 points and five rebounds and Norman Ambauen added nine points and seven re-bounds.

Waters described the semi-final game against NorKam as his team’s best game of the season, defeating the Saints 88-45.

“Defensively we were stiffling, never letting Norkam, an offensively-minded team, get comfortable with the ball,” said Wa-ters.

Olson led the way of-fensively as he scored 19 points, nabbed eight rebounds and six steals.

In the final, the Golds never gave up their lead, despite push back from the hosts in a 60-37 victory. Kujat put up 21 points and 10 steals as he was named the tournament MVP.

Ambauen also chipped in with 12 points and seven boards.

“We are at our best, mid-way thru the sea-son, our energy is amazing all 14 guys are on the same page,” said Waters.

The Golds’ team goal defensively is to hold teams to 60 points, and over the weekend they never gave up more than 50.

The Golds recent run of form could not have come at a better time as they prepare to host their annual Nugget tournament on Jan. 15 to 16 at both Sullivan and Jackson gyms.

In total, nine teams from around the prov-

ince will take part.The Golds open up

the tournament on Fri-day at noon at Jackson.

Families looking for entertainment should come to the 5:15 p.m. game at Sullivan, which features a half-time beanbag toss to raise funds for the Bar-ry Dearing Foundation, the AL Fortune Falcon Drumline Team and, of course, great basket-ball action.

ShuswapThe Shuswap Grade

8 Boys’ basketball team went 2-1 at the Fulton Invitational

tournament this past weekend.

Shuswap dropped their first game to Ver-non Christian School 48-45. Shuswap lead 45-38 with a few min-utes remaining, but ran into foul trouble, as Vernon Christian scored 10 unanswered points to win. Matthew Paiement was player of the game and led Shus-wap with 12 points, while Jamie Trow re-ceived the hustle award for the game and chipped in eight points.

In Shuswap’s second game, they defeated the hosts, Fulton, 35-30. Darian Sundby

led Shuswap with 12 points and received player of the game honours, while Carter Robert, who played solid defence, received the hustle award for Shuswap.

Shuswap’s final game ended in a 48-38 victory over Seaton Secondary, from Ver-non. Once again Paie-ment led all scorers with 19 points. Chase Henning, who played tough all weekend at both ends of the court, earned player of the game honours, while Liam Davison received Shuswap’s hustle award.

Last chance for the loppetThe 32nd Annual Reino Keski-Salmi Loppet will start at 9 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 16 at Larch Hills and skiers still have a chance to register for the popular event. Online registration closes at midnight, Thursday, Jan. 14, or participants may register in person at the Salmon Arm Rec Centre on Friday, Jan. 15 between 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. There will be no registration on Loppet Day.

Swim for freeCUPE 523, Unit #83 is hosting a free swim at the SASCU Recreation Centre pool on Sunday, Jan. 17 from 1-4 p.m. Everyone is welcome, and admittance is a donation to the food bank.

West gets the nodThe Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL) announced the appointment of the head coaches for this month’s CJHL Prospects Game. Bran-don West of the Salmon Arm Silverbacks will lead Team West, while Nick Greenough of the Valley Jr. A Wildcats will lead Team East on Jan. 26 in Surrey. The CJHL Prospects Game was created to showcase 40 of the top NHL pros-pects in the CJHL.

Stay gridiron sharpFor peewee to bantam football players that want to develop their skills and stay sharp in the off season, flag football sessions will be available every Friday night until spring break from 7-8 p.m. at the SASCU Indoor Arena. Teams will be combined and the cost is $4 per session.

Abominable rugbyHosted by the Yeti Rugby Club, the 19th Annual Abominable Seven-Man Touch Rugby Tourna-ment will till take place at Little Mountain on Jan. 16 from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more info, contact James Cookson at 250-515-0342 or Greg Seed at 250-515-1934.

Bridge resultsThe results for Jan. 5: first, Judy Harris & Barb Peterson; second, David Peterson & Tom McNie; and third, Betty & Charlie Ward. The results for Jan. 7: first, Betty & Charlie Ward; second, Arlene & Bert Lamoureux; and third, Peggy Petersen & Carol McGregor. The results for Jan. 10: first, Carol McGregor & Peter Budda; second, Barb & David Peterson; and third, Betty & Charlie Ward.

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Skiers in top form before loppetLarch Hills came

away with several top finishes in the first BC Cup cross-country ski race hosted by the Sov-ereign Lake Nordic Ski Club, near Vernon, over the weekend.

The first day was an exciting event of classic technique sprints. Ski-ers began with quali-fying sprints, with the top skiers in the heats

advancing to the next round.

On Sunday’s free technique event, Sap-phira Bucher placed first in the Atom girls 2 division, and in the Atom boys 2 division, Kai Hansen raced to a second place fin-ish. Madeleine Wilkie finished second and Jeremia Bucher raced to third in the Peewee

girls 1 division. In the Peewee boys 2 divi-sion, Jonathan Breugem placed first, and Ben Milne came in third.

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finished in third. Emily Carelse raced to second place in the Bantam girls 1 division. In the Bantam boys 1 division, Eric Moore raced to third place.

In the Midget boys and girls 1 division, Trond May and Juli-anne Moore both placed first. In the Juvenile boys 2 division, Konrad Van Varseveld placed

second. Andrew Nash came in first in the Ju-nior boys division.

In the Open Men cat-egory, Alexander Cor-bett finished second.

In the Master Women 40-49 category, Laura Hepburn was first and finishing second was Sheila Corbett. In the Master Women 50-59 category, Debbie Phil-lips placed second.

Elated celebration: Members of the SAS senior Golds basket-ball team celebrate winning the tournament after the final buzzer of the final against Valleyview in Kamloops last weekend.

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The Silverbacks showed off their true calibre over the week-end as they claimed back-to-back road wins in Wenatchee and Penticton, arguably the two toughest teams on home ice.

“The guys played excellent this weekend. We were very tactically sound, we capitalized on the chances we had and we were tough on defence,” said Sil-verbacks’ head coach Brandon West.

On Friday evening in front of more than 3,700 fans in Wenatchee, goal-tender Angus Redmond stopped all 51 shots, claiming his third shut-out of the season and was named the game’s first star in a 4-0 victory for the Silverbacks over the Wenatchee Wild.

Carson Bolduc opened the scoring just over five minutes into the game, and reserve player Aaron Aragon’s goal three minutes lat-er, bounced the Wild’s goaltender Chase Perry from between the pipes. Following a scoreless middle frame, Bolduc would add his second of

the night and 16th goal of the season, followed by Cameron Trott’s blast from the point.

The following night, in Penticton, Redmond continued to stymie the opposition’s offence, as he earned his second first-star award in as many nights, with a 39-save performance over the Vees.

Ross Heidt’s game winner, his team-lead-ing sixth of the season, helped the Silverbacks become the first team this season to win a game in Penticton.

Both teams started the second period the way the started the game, a scoreless tie. Chase Zieky opened the scoring for the ‘Backs but power-play responses from Vees’ sniper Scott Conway and rookie Nick Jones put the Vees up by a single goal. Bolduc tied the game with a power-play goal of his own three and a half minutes after Jones’ goal, for his third goal of the week-end.

“We had opportuni-ties to blow the game open, their goaltender (Redmond) played much better than he did

a week ago,” said Vees head coach Fred Har-binson.

In recognition of his stellar play over the weekend, Redmond was named the BCHL player of the week.

“Angus was sensa-tional, he is a major reason the team did so well this weekend,” said West.

In the third, Heidt’s decisive goal was followed by a Kodi Schwarz empty-netter.

The trade window in the BCHL came to a close Sunday eve-

ning, but not before the ‘Backs made some last minute changes. Silver-backs’ general manager Troy Mick announced the team traded Mitch Newsome to the Co-quitlam Express for future considerations, while also acquiring Mitch Skapski from the Chilliwack Chiefs for future considerations. Skapski, a 5’10 180 pound forward, will bring WHL experience to the lineup.

“We wanted to ad-dress our grit factor up front going into the

second half and feel we have done so by this trade,” said Mick.

The Silverbacks also dealt defenceman Mi-chael Winnitoy to the Steinbach Pistons of the MJHL for futures.

The ’Backs return to the Shaw Centre for a three game home-stand against Vernon on Fri-day, West Kelowna on Saturday and Merritt on Tuesday.

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In this Olympic year, the Selkirks will look to pick up where they left off in 2015 when they travel to their next meet in Kelowna Jan. 22 to 24.

This will be the last chance for swimmers to qualify for Western Ca-nadian Championships.

In the Kamloops 23rd MJB Law Classic, the Selkirks claimed the tournament’s Small Team trophy in miracu-lous fashion.

Team goals included placing in the top three in the small clubs’ cat-egory and to have over 80 per cent best times from all members of the team, said head coach John Healey.

The three-day meet consisted of preliminar-ies and finals, which required endurance and persistence.

“From the results so far this year and the hard work that they had put in, the team had the confidence to know they could continue to swim fast for the dura-tion of the meet,” said Healey.

During the meet the Selkirks met and even exceeded all estab-lished goals.

Athletes swam for 102 personal best times, breaking 44 new club records for a total of 142 since September.

The team was re-warded with 11 gold medals, seven silver medals and five bronze medals at this extreme-ly competitive age group meet.

“The overall per-formance was nothing short of brilliant,” said Healey.

At the start of Sun-day’s finals the club was about 119 points behind the top small-club team. After each race the team was checking the points to see if the gap was get-ting any closer.

It became evident the Small Team trophy would be determined by the last four swims in the finals involving two male racers and two female racers.

The girls won a gold and a bronze, which team members knew had closed the gap.

The team waited hopefully while the swimmers in the last finals cooled down. Eventually the meet manager came poolside to give the Selkirks the

Small Team Trophy, taking first by less than 20 points!

Five swimmers, Thomas Flahr, Molly Fogarty, Claire Hall, Chantel Jeffrey and Torrey McKee quali-fied to compete in the Speedo Western Cana-dian Championships to be held in Winnipeg in February.

Swimmers breaking individual club records and winning medals were Chantel Jeffrey, Thomas Flahr, Ethan

Skofteby, Ty Webster-Locke, Molly Fogarty, Claire Hall, Maggie Manning, Lauren Grid-ley-Haack, Matthew Nesdoly and Torrey McKee.

Swimmers making finals, swimming per-sonal bests and scor-ing points were Gaelyn Gilliam, Nathan Davis-Lent, Ethan Quilty and Olin Mosher.

Each year, the meet attracts more than 300 swimmers and 30 clubs from B.C. and Alberta.

Selkirks shatter records

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A local paramedic is planning to use her skills to help create healthier economic development projects in rural Kenya.

To put her plans in motion, Katherine Seal is hosting two fun-draising events: A Music Night at the Java Jive with entertain-ment by Larry and Jane Stephen-son, The Roman Blain Band and Randi Browne from 7 to 8 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 22 and a showing of the documentary Poverty, Inc.and silent auction at First United Church at 7:30 Saturday, Jan. 23.

Filmmaker Michael Matheson Miller spent four years travelling to 20 countries to meet with those who give and those who receive humanitarian foreign aid.

What he found is that the sys-tem initiated after the Second World War is broken.

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Poverty, Inc. has garnered more than 40 international � lm festi-val honours, including a “Best of Fest” selection to IDFA Amster-dam – the biggest documentary festival in the world.

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I got to learn and teach about it at the same time,” she says, noting she was introduced to Maurice Nyongesa, who wanted to start an independent ambulance service in Kibera, the largest urban slum in East Africa.

Nyongesa repeatedly asked Seal for funding and supplies. She advised him that she couldn’t do that but could give him the tools to fundraise for himself.

“It was unfortunate because he was passionate about his cause and I also believe he had the best of intentions,” she says, pointing out that upon her return to B.C., she did try unsuccessfully to ac-quire equipment through BC Am-bulance.

“It was more than just asking for funding, it was that he asked if he could put my name on his funding proposal because he said ‘you’re white and from the West.”

That statement transformed Seal and her attitude to how sup-port is provided to developing na-tions.

“We have been very good about exporting our culture into de-veloping countries, whether it’s goods or services – Levi, Google, all the trappings of the so-called West, which is unfortunate.”

Seal quotes Senegal’s Magatte Wade, a wealthy entrepreneur and listed by Forbes Magazine as one of the 20 Youngest Power Women in Africa, who says that Africans must be leaders in global culture if they are to be respected.

“As long as the West thinks of us as poor suffering people in need of their constant help, we will never be perceived as proud peers in the co-creation of the best

culture,” Wade says, noting West-erners need to stop the demeaning attitude of viewing Africans as objects of pity. “And once they’ve become enlightened to the fact that we Africans are creators, in-novators and entrepreneurs, they need to get busy co-creating with us and purchasing the best of our products.”

Seal plans to return to Kenya in the spring with the goal of raising funds to help create sustainable economic development projects such as an emergency � rst re-sponse program in rural areas that will be � nanced and operated by Kenyans.

Her objectives include:• work with the Kenyan people

to create sustainable economic development plans to help impov-erished members of rural commu-nities start their own businesses – according to what they want

rather than what aid providers think they need.

• create a network of profes-sionals in Kenya who can help individuals with entrepreneurial ideas to start a business.

• use funding from corpora-tions, philanthropists and indig-enous aid agencies within Kenya to provide � nancial resources for their own people wishing to start a business.

• promote economic diversity.• support cultural initiatives.Seal is hoping to raise $7,000

for phase one of her plan, which involves a six-week visit to Ke-nya.

Her expenses will include venue rentals for the screening of Poverty, Inc. in Kenya and Uganda, meetings to discuss strat-egies for development initiatives, events and advertising, domestic travel expenses and services of a

driver/interpreter, which is essential to getting around the larger city cen-tres and rural areas.

On Jan. 23, the silent auction opens at 6:30 and tickets are $10 at Java Jive or at the door. The sug-gested dona-tion for Fri-day’s Music Night is $5.

Dona-tions may also be made at www.gofundme.c o m / m d j v 8 8 . Visit Seal’s Face-book page to learn more about her Kenyan Em-powerment Initiative.

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It all started with a dearth of trombone players.

Exuding enthusiasm, Norma Jean Gomme told city council of her plans to bring a com-munity band from Italy to Salmon Arm in Au-gust.

Gomme said the Italian band from the town of Nepi, north of Rome, would begin its tour in Vancouver and finish in Dawson Creek.

Her invitation to the Nepi band to come to Salmon Arm was not random.

“It’s a tale of three bands,” she smiled.

The tale began in 2014 when the com-munity band in Daw-son Creek sent out a desperate call for trom-bone players. The band was heading to Europe and not all of its mem-bers could go. Gomme quickly signed up, as did her father “as a groupie.”

“I had the distinct pleasure and distinct honour of going on a three week-or-so tour of western Europe…, she told council. “Italy, Austria, Hungary and Germany – playing music and meeting the people who hosted us.”

Community bands are an integral part of communities there, she said, so the B.C. band was able to visit places tourists wouldn’t nor-mally get to, some with no train stations.

A message had been sent to community bands in western Eu-rope saying that any-one interested in host-ing the Dawson Creek band was invited to come to B.C. and Daw-son Creek for a visit.

Nepi stepped up with amazing hospital-ity, she said.

“Most of the young people in Nepi are un-employed and most of the employed people are underemployed. Most young people are living at home well into their thirties,” she said. But despite this, the B.C. band was “welcomed like roy-alty.”

Music was played all day, people danced, bottles of wine were consumed and long celebratory speeches were made.

Gomme would like

to see the Nepi band hosted in Salmon Arm with equal generosity.

She said she would be arranging billets, transportation, meals, entertainment and concert venues for the Salmon Arm dates.

Her goal, she said, is to have partnerships with local organiza-tions.

There will be about 40 visitors staying three nights, Aug. 16 to 18.

When she spoke to council in December, she had already firmed up most of the billets.

As well as concerts, she said dining and entertainment will hap-pen around Salmon Arm.

“There will be op-portunities for council and members of the community to come together with these

people from Nepi to enjoy each other and share your lives.”

She asked council for $700 to help offset costs of transportation, food and entertain-ment.

Council was sup-portive of her plan and suggested that her best avenue would be to apply through the Shuswap Community Foundation, which dis-tributes City of Salmon Arm funds on behalf of the city.

“It’s a very interest-ing presentation and very exciting,” re-sponded Mayor Nancy Cooper.

If any groups or individuals are inter-ested in contributing to Salmon Arm’s hosting of the Nepi band, call Gomme at 250-833-4761 or email: [email protected].

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Transcending borders: Above, the Nepi community band will visit in August. To right, Norma Jean Gomme plays trom-bone with the Daw-son Creek band in western Europe.

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One of the mandates of Roots and Blues is to “get to the heart of the blues.”

“For 2016 the first ‘true blue’ blues art-ist we are announc-ing happens to be one of the hottest young blues performers on the planet – Jarekus Singleton,” enthuses artistic director Peter North. “Armed with the instrumental power of an Albert King or a Stevie Ray Vaughan and the swagger and stage presence of Jimi Hendrix, Singleton is a writer, singer, player, and bandleader who comes from the same, deep musical Missis-sippi well as Muddy Waters and B.B. King.”

With high-visibility performances at Bis-cuits & Blues in San

Francisco, The North Atlantic Blues Festival, The PA Blues Festival, The Cincinnati Blues Festival, and The Fes-tival International du Blues de Mont-Trem-blant, Singleton is on the cusp of internation-al stardom.

Last year, Single-ton was nominated for three Blues Music Awards including the prestigious Album Of The Year and Contem-porary Blues Album Of The Year for his Alligator debut, Re-fuse To Lose. He also was recognized with a nomination for Con-temporary Blues Male Artist Of The Year.

Consider that it was only a few years ago Singleton was first de-livering his original lyrics as a rapper, but

began to combine his original lyrics with his blues guitar playing.

“I love the blues tradition, and have al-ways been inspired by the masters. But I want to create something for today’s audience that is as original and new as those blues masters were when they first started making records. I want to create blues for the 21st century,” he says.

To get your earlybird tickets to the 2016 fes-tival, which runs Aug. 19 to 21, visit www.rootsandblues.ca or call 250-833-4096.

Members in good standing are invited to attend the meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 20 at the Askew’s Uptown community room.

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While many of us have warm, safe homes, plenty of food and a comfortable place to sleep, there are those for whom com-fort is a distant dream.

To get a tiny taste of what is reality for some, The Coldest Night of the Year Walk on Saturday, Feb. 20 is a reminder to be grate-ful and a fundraiser to help those in need.

Now is the time to put a team together or

fundraise as an indi-vidual with proceeds going to the Salva-tion Army Lighthouse Shelter and Second Harvest.

Registration opens at 4 p.m. at First United Church. All walkers must check-in and sign a waiver form before participating.

Be sure to take all cash and cheques pay-able to “Coldest Night of the Year” and a pledge sheet with do-nor data filled out com-pletely.

Walkers may also

post all pledges of cash and cheques online in a personal fundraising page, print off the “My Donor List” and bring cash or cheques. Also take a signed waiver form available at cold-estnightoftheyear.org.

Some lucky walkers will win prizes provid-ed by local businesses and groups.

For more informa-tion, visit the website or contact event direc-tor Chris Moore by email to [email protected], or call 250-833-4066.



A message from the North Okanagan-Shuswap Teachers’ Association

Dear parents,We work hard to give your children the best education possible. We celebrate with them when they master a new concept and help them think creatively when tackling a tricky problem. But standardized tests like the Foundation Skills Assessment (FSA) in Grades 4 and 7 take away from those wonderful moments of learning.

The FSAs do not count for marks, create needless stress for students, are expensive, and the much-delayed results do not actively support your child’s progress. The data is also misused to rank schools, which puts pressure on teachers to teach to the test, instead of to students’ interests and needs. That’s why teachers in the North Okanagan-Shuswap recommend you send a letter to your school principal requesting that your child be exempted from the FSA.

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Kamloops Symphony returns to Salmon Arm to celebrate the New Year with The Magic of Vienna.

The program was designed after the famous New Year’s concert by the Wiener Philhar-moniker. The first New Year’s performance there was on Dec. 31, 1939. It has become an an-nual tradition, now televised in more than 90 countries around the world.

Kamloops Symphony’s con-cert is programmed in much the same way, bringing the mu-sic from Vienna live to Salmon Arm with famous and recog-nizable music written by some of Vienna’s greatest composers – Offenbach, Weber, Mozart, Lanner and Strauss Junior.

Jacques Offenbach is known for his development of the oper-etta. He created a French comic opera and his work went on to influence composers like Lehar and the Strauss family.

Johann Strauss Junior was the first son of Johann Strauss Senior, the leader of the Strauss musical dynasty. He became more popular than his father, writing more than 500 musical compositions.

This Viennese music is de-scribed as nostalgic and uplift-ing. It has become a popular

way to start the New Year. The light-hearted compositions pro-vide a joyful atmosphere for celebrations around the world.

Kamloops Symphony rings in the New Year Viennese-style with an orchestra dressed for the party.

Ever wonder about the his-tory behind the Viennese waltz? During this performance, direc-tor Rod Michell leads the audi-ence through its evolution.

Sunday’s programme in-cludes Offenbach’s Overture: La Belle Hélène, Weber’s Inv i -tation to the Dance, Mozart’s Menuet and Ländler (from Ger-man Dances), Hofball-Tänze Waltz by Lanner, Johan Strauss Jr.’s Overture: Gypsy Baron and Orpheus in the Underworld by Offenbach.

Kamloops Symphony will have guest host, Rod Michell, bring clarity to the evolution of the Viennese waltz during the performance.

Born and raised in England, Michell came to Canada as a graduate student at the Uni-versity of British Columbia. Now retired after teaching Eng-lish language and literature at Thompson Rivers University for almost 40 years, literature and music have been two of his greatest passions.

This will be Michell’s fourth performance with Kamloops Symphony.

The Magic of Vienna per-formance takes place at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 17 at the Salmon Arm Recreation Centre.

Tickets can be purchased from Kamloops Live! Box Of-fice at 1-866-374-5483 or www.kamloopslive.ca, at Wearabouts at 350 Alexander St. NE, or at the door.

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Born January 12, 1923 in Penhold, Alberta, passed away peacefully at Shuswap Lake General Hospital, Salmon Arm, with her family by her side on December 31, 2015 at the age of 92 years.

Betty was predeceased by her parents Olive and Tom Britton, husband Ragnar, one sister and one brother. She will be sadly missed by her children: Anne (Wayne) Malone of Quesnel, Bernie(Dina Anderson) Johanson of Red Deer, AB, Cindy(Ralph) Duchesne of Sicamous and Valerie (Shane)Marfleet of Canoe, nine grandchildren, 13 greatgrandchildren, and one great great grandchild as well as many nieces, nephews and friends.

Betty and Ragnar farmed in the Bentley, AB areauntil 1973 when they moved to Salmon Arm. Theyenjoyed playing crib, dancing, bowling, picnics andnumerous family gathering at their home in Canoe.Betty was well known for her great baking andgentle demeanor.

A celebration of life for Betty will be held on asunny day in the spring.

Arrangements entrusted to Fischer’s FuneralServices & Crematorium Ltd., Salmon Arm (250) 833-1129. Email condolences and sharememories of Betty through her obituary at www.fischersfuneralservices.com.

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Ruth Fenton Zenger Died peacefully and without pain on December 19, 2015. Funeral will be at 2pm at St. George Anglican Church, Victoria, on January 16, 2016. Internment of her ashes will be in Sorrento, BC on May 13, 2016. Condolences may be left at dignitymemorial.ca

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Bowers Funeral Service is again pleased to be sponsor-ing our annual grief information seminar facilitated by Naomi Silver. Naomi has 26 years of experience provid-ing grief support to families in our community. This seminar will include practical and useful suggestions on ways to help yourself when you are grieving. Handouts will be provided.This seminar will be held in the Bowers Funeral Home Mountainside Complex on Saturday, January 30, 2016, from 9:30 - 12:30 p.m. with a lunch to follow. There will be an optional support session to follow in the after-noon for those who wish to stay.To pre-register or for more information, please contact Bowers Funeral Service at 832-2223.There is no charge for this seminar.

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Patricia Jean Hammell passed away peacefully in Piccadilly Care in Salmon Arm on December 29, 2015 at the age of 89 years.

Born in Blackie, Alberta on May 30, 1926. Pat was well known in the Salmon Arm area, active with many community functions and was a long time cook and waitress at Jane’s place, having started with the original Co-op mall prior to becoming Piccadilly Mall.

She was predeceased by her son, Patrick William Hay in 1989, her husband, Doug Hammell in 2003.

Pat leaves her loving and dedicated family, daughter, Tonilynn (Gerald) Lemay of Enderby, grandsons, Lenard and Jeffrey Lemay; two sisters,Hazel McIntosh of Tacoma, Washington, VerneilKennear of Salmon Arm; niece Diane (Cam)Gerow and children; nephews, Reg, Norman, Todd(Debbie) and children.

Following cremation the family will have a privatefamily remembrance tribute.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to the BC Heart & Stroke Foundation, 729 Victoria Street,Kamloops, BC V2C 2B5

The family express gratitude to all the staff atPiccadilly Care for taking such good care of Pat.

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We are so very sorry to say that Jesse Shane Chambers has passed away suddenly on January 3, 2016 at the age of 34 years.

The family is having a private cremation with a celebration of Jesse’s life to be held in the spring. In lieu of flowers please make donations to the Mental Health Association on his behalf.

Arrangements entrusted to Fischer’s FuneralServices & Crematorium Ltd., Salmon Arm (250) 833-1129. Email condolences and sharememories of Jesse through his obituary at www.fischersfuneralservices.com.

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It is with deep sadness that we announce that Anne Henriksen died on December 30, 2015. Anne was born on September 27, 1927 in Ashland, Wisconsin. She became a Canadian citizen in 1973. Anne was the oldest of four children born to Effie and James Dickson. Anne graduated as a Registered Nurse from the Royal Alexandra Hospital in her early twenties. She enjoyed asuccessful nursing career and retired as Director ofNursing at the Dawson Creek Hospital in 1989.

Anne and Gunnar Henriksen were married in1953 and raised three children together. Anne waspredeceased by her parents and three brothers aswell as by Gunnar who passed on in 1987.

In the early 1990s Anne moved from DawsonCreek to Salmon Arm where she made manyfriends, became involved in the community andvolunteered for several different organizations. She was a woman who had a sharp intellect, enjoyedlife and had many interests.

Anne is survived by her partner of many years,Jim Linklater, her children, Bill (Christy) Henriksen, Kirstine (Glenn) Hill, and Ronald (Beverly) Henriksen and 6 grandchildren: Caitlin, Richard, Gunnar, Laura, Kelsey and Sydney. She will be missed by many.

There will be no service by request. If desired, donations may be made to the Shuswap Hospital Foundation, the Dawson Creek and District HospitalFoundation or the charity of one`s choice.

Arrangements entrusted to Fischer’s FuneralServices & Crematorium Ltd., Salmon Arm (250) 833-1129. Email condolences and sharememories of Anne through her obituary at www.fischersfuneralservices.com.

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Regional Coordinator –Community Gatekeeper ProjectPosition Summary The Regional Coordinator will lead the implementation of gate-keeper training (safeTALK and ASIST- Applied Suicide Interven-tion Skills Training) across a specified region in order to ensure the availability of this critical component of a comprehensive suicide prevention and intervention continuum. The Regional Coordinator role requires experience in delivering presentations, knowledge of suicide and suicide prevention and demonstrated competence in establishing and maintaining effective partnerships with internal and external stakeholders.

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Twin Anchors Houseboat Vacations is actively seeking a Human Resources Manager to oversee all aspects of Human Resources practices and processes. The successful candidate is expected to support business requirements and ensure implementation of company strategies and objectives. Complete job description may be located on our website: www.twinanchors.comRequired experience:

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Drivers/Courier/Trucking

CLASS 1 Qualifi ed Local Driv-ers required Immediately. We are an Okanagan based transport company looking for qualifi ed drivers for the West-ern Provinces. All picks and drops paid. Assigned units company cell phones and fuel cards. Regular home time. Direct deposit paid every sec-ond Friday with no hold backs. We offer a rider and pet policy. All applicants must have re-liable transportation and a positive attitude. Please fax resume and abstract to250-546-0600 or by email to [email protected] NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE.

US capable Class 1 Drivers required immediately: We are an Okanagan based transport company looking for qualifi ed drivers for US loads we run primarily in the Pacifi c North-west, Utah, Arizona and Neva-da. We offer a new pay rate empty or loaded. All picks and drops paid. Assigned units company cell phones and fuel cards. Regular home time Direct deposit paid every second Friday with no hold backs. We offer a rider and pet policy. Company paid US travel Insurance. All applicants must have reliable transporta-tion and a positive attitude. Please fax resume & abstract to 250-546-0600 or by email to [email protected] NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE.

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HEALTHCARE DOCUMEN-TATION Specialists in hugedemand. Employers prefer CanScribe graduates. A great work-from-home career! Con-tact us now to start your train-ing day. www.canscribe.com. 1-800-466-1535 or email to: [email protected].

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Cleaning ServicesFRESH AS ROSES - Angela’s Cleaning Service (250)804-6043

Misc ServicesFRUIT Tree Pruning. Call Sandy Acres Berry Farm 1 (250)832-5398

PlumbingFULL SERVICE Plumbing from Parker Dean. Fast, re-liable, 24/7 service. Take $50 off your next job if you present this ad. Vancouver area. 1-800-573-2928.

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DELTA 2 Adult electric trike, 2 seater. New, was $4200, now only $1000 (250)832-6385

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PALLSIER swivel glider reclin-er. Only 6 mths old. Non smoking home. Paid over $1100. Asking $600. (250) 832-6263

REFORESTATION NUR-SERY seedlings of hardy trees, shrubs, & berries for shelterbelts or landscaping. Spruce & Pine from $0.99/tree. Free Shipping. Replacement guarantee. Call 1-866-873-3846 or visit www.treetime.ca

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The new Winners and Dollarama stores going up in the Smart-Centres shopping cen-tre are expected to be open this spring.

Dollarama is cur-rently advertising for several positions online including store manag-er, assistant store man-

ager, key holder and store associate.

Sandra Kaiser, vice-president of corporate affairs for SmartCen-tres, states in an email it’s expected both stores will be open “around May-June.”

A building permit was issued for Dol-larama on Aug. 17 last year, with a construc-tion value of approxi-

mately $1.18 million. Four days later, on Aug. 21, a building permit with a construc-tion value of nearly $3 million was issued for Winners.

Also coming to the shopping centre is a third Tim Hortons restaurant for Salmon Arm, expected to open in October or Novem-ber of this year.

Stores plan spring openingBy Martha WickettOBSERVER STAFF Community Futures and the Bank of Canada

present a small business webinar on Jan. 20 at 9 a.m.

The session is entitled: Counterfeit Currency and you – A small business owner workshop.

Sabrina Cardiero of the Bank of Canada will host the webinar designed to help businesses keep fake bills out of the till. She will point out bank note security features and teach bank note verification at point of sale.

To participate, register at the Community Futures office at 250-803-0156 or email [email protected]

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Locally born and raised, Matt has worked in this community since his youth. His father taught him the value of work ethic and customer service, so working hard to please his clients and neighbours is his aim.

Matt is passionate about his career and loves the diversity that each day’s work brings and he looks forward to serving your plumbing and heat-ing needs in the future.

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Out on the TownMUSIC • VISUAL ARTS • BAR SCENE • ENTERTAINMENT • PERFORMANCE ARTS

You can now upload your own events on our website…AND IT’S EASY!! Simply go to www.saobserver.net,go to CALENDAR, and click on Add Your Event.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 13REMINDER – Entries for all categories in the Shuswap

Music Festival must be received online at www.ShuswapFestival.com by Jan. 31. The festival runs from April 15 to 29.

COLDEST NIGHT – It’s time to put together a team and begin fundraising for the Coldest Night Walk, which takes place Feb. 20. Proceeds go to the Lighthouse Shelter and Second Harvest Food Bank. For more information, call Chris Moore at 250-833-4066 or send an email to [email protected].

MEDITATION – A drop-in Buddhist guided meditation and teaching takes place from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the SASCU Downtown Activity Centre, 451 Shuswap St. SW. For class topic and information, call 1-250-558-0952 or email www.dorjechang.ca. No fragrance please.

THURSDAY, JAN. 14ULTIMATE JANIS JOPLIN – Cat

Wells presents her impersonation of the ’60s blues/rock artist from 6:30 to 10 p.m. at the SASCU Recreation Centre. Tickets are available at Wearabouts or online at TCBLegends.com. For more information, call 250-864-3155.

WEEKLY CRIB – Enjoy a game of crib every Thursday from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Salmon Valley Senior’s Hall, 3056 Hornberger Rd. For information, contact Donna Bernard at 250-833-0123.

FRIDAY, JAN. 15FILM FARE – Shuswap Film

Society presents a weeklong showing of The Spotlight to Jan. 22 at the Salmar Classic Theatre at 7:30 p.m. In 2001, a team of Boston Globe journalists investigate allegations against John Geoghan, an unfrocked priest accused of molesting more than 80 boys.

SATURDAY, JAN. 16OPERA – Live via satellite from

New York’s Metropolitan Opera, enjoy Les Pêcheurs de Perles at 9:55 a.m. at the Salmar Classic Theatre.

SUNDAY, JAN. 17SYMPHONY – Kamloops Symphony presents the Magic of

Vienna from 2 to 4 p.m. at the SASCU Rec Centre. Buy tickets at Kamloops Live! Box Of� ce at 250-374-5483, or www.kamloopslive.ca, at Wearabouts or at the door.

TUESDAY, JAN. 18SPIRITUAL HEALING – The Spiritualist Church of Salmon

Arm offers spiritual healing at 7 p.m. on the third Tuesday of each month at the Seniors’ Drop-In Centre, 31 Hudson Ave NE.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 20QUESTERS – The Shuswap Chapter of The Canadian

Society of Questers presents An Evening of Joyful Self-Discovery with founding member Heinz Hoetger from 7:15 to 9 p.m. in the library of the Downtown Activity Centre.

THURSDAY, JAN. 21SNOWBLAZERS – Snowmobile Club monthly meetings are

held every third Thursday at the curling rink to discuss chalet, trails, fundraising and preservation of Fly Hills recreation. Visit www.sasnowblazers.com.


FRIDAY, JAN 22FUNDRAISER – Paramedic Katherine Seal presents an

evening of music at the Java Jive to raise funds to return to Kenya to promote sustainable jobs as a way for people to move from poverty, rather than reliance on NGOs. On Saturday, Jan 23, Seal presents Poverty, Inc., a documentary by Michael Matheson Miller, at 7:30 p.m.

at First United Church, with a silent auction at 6:30. Miller spent four years travelling to 20 countries to meet with those who give and those who receive humanitarian foreign aid. What he found is that the system, initiated after the Second World War, is broken.

CANASTA – Hand and foot canasta takes place from 6:30 to 10 p.m. at the Salmon Valley Senior’s Hall, 3056 Hornberger Rd. For more information, contact Pat Bolen at 250-832-4174.

FRIDAY, JAN. 22 WRITERS MEET – A Shuswap Writers Coffeehouse takes

place from 7 to 9 p.m. at Choices, 40 Lakeshore Rd. Featured guest author Alice Lewis will read from her memoir The Book of Mom. Members of the public welcome.

FILM FUNDRAISER – The Larch Hills Junior Race Team hosts Jumbo Wild, a gripping documentary on the decades-long battle over the future of B.C.’s iconic Jumbo Valley that highlights the tension between the

protection of wilderness and the backcountry experience, and ever-increasing development interests in wild places, at 7 p.m. at the Salmar Classic Theatre. Proceeds go to the Junior Race team for expenses for traveling to Nationals in Whitehorse in March.

SATURDAY, JAN. 23FILM FUNDRAISER – Enjoy Star Wars: The Animated

Movie, a hotdog and a pop to help 16-year-old Megan Senn, who is battling cancer.

FOUR COMICS – The Snowed In Comedy Tour returns with Just For Laughs winner Dan Quinn, MC Craig Campbell, Paul Myrehaug and Pete Zedlacher at 8:30 p.m. at the Salmar Classic. Tickets are available at the Grand or Classic theatres.

SUNDAY, JAN. 24BALLET – From the live stage performance in Russia to the

Salmar Classic’s big screen comes The Taming of the Shrew at 1 p.m. This new production was staged exclusively for the Bolshoi and cannot be seen anywhere else. Tickets are available at Wearabouts or at the door.

THURSDAY, JAN. 28UNPLUG & PLAY – In the Groove Studio takes part in the Literary Alliance’s Unplug and Play Week with a Pirate Party and Early Years Fair from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the SASCU Downtown Activity Centre.


FRIDAY, JAN. 29BOOK BARGAINS – The Salmon Arm and South Shuswap Friends of the Library hold a book sale from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. in the Mall at Piccadilly and again on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Donations of gently used books may be made at both library branches the week prior to the sale only.

UNPLUG & PLAY – In the Groove Studio takes part in the Literary Alliance’s

Unplug and Play Week by with a Musical Petting Zoo from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Salmon Arm library.

SATURDAY, JAN. 30FILM FARE – Shuswap Film Society presents Carol at 5 and

7:30 p.m. at the Salmar Classic. Therese Belivet spots the beautiful, elegant Carol in a 1950s Manhattan department store. The two women develop a bond that becomes love with complicated consequences.

OPERA – Live from the MET to the large Salmar screen at 9:55 comes Turandot. Nina Stemme, one of opera’s greatest dramatic sopranos, takes on the title role of the proud princess of legendary China. Tickets are available at the Salmar Grand.

TUESDAY, FEB. 2PROBUS – The club meets at 9:30 a.m. at the Elk’s Hall,

3690 - 30th St. NE. Vince Fischer will speak on the importance of wills, enduring power of attorney, etc. For more information, call Edna Gowriluk at 250 832-6599.

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Poultry Nutrition • Wed., Jan. 27thA Nutritionist from Hi-Pro Feed will provide in depth information

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