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City steps up in best-place rankingHow’s the weather in

Salmon Arm? Pretty good according to

MoneySense Magazine, which ranked the city 61st out of 190 in its annual list of best places to live in

Canada. The 2012 ranking is an

improvement over last year when Salmon Arm came in at 78. In fact, the trend over the past few years has been one of improvement for Salmon Arm, which was the fifth highest-ranked city in B.C., behind Saanich,

Victoria, Kamloops and Vancouver.

The rankings are based on a number of variables, including the ability to walk or bike to work, crime rate and culture. Salmon Arm’s strong points were under the categories of weather, and the number of doctors

available per 1,000 people, which came in at 13 and 15 out of 190.

Where Salmon Arm didn’t fare as well is under the categories of household income (152), crime (142) and affordable housing, which didn’t budge from last year’s ranking of 164.

MoneySense also com-piled a number of sublists, including the best places to retire, raise kids and find a job.

For retirees, Salmon Arm is apparently the cat’s pyja-mas. The city came in at 13,

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thanks in part to rela-tively low taxes, the climate and a low crime rate relating to seniors. However, when it comes to raising kids or finding employment, the picture isn’t quite as rosy.

Salmon Arm ranked 111 on both, with hous-ing prices (149), house-hold income (152), crime and transit (155) being key areas where there is still much room for improvement.

None of these results come as a surprise to Salmon Arm Economic Development Society economic development manager Lana Fitt, who says the stats re-flect what she’s seeing in Salmon Arm. She says that overall, Mon-eySense’s evaluation shows that Salmon Arm appeals to “a wide-array of people, including everything from retirees to new businesses as well.”

“Items such as af-fordable housing for

example, that definitely is not our strength for attraction initiatives, but items that relate more to quality of life like our climate and our local services, edu-cation… we definitely have a competitive ad-vantage there,” says Fitt.

In response to Salm-on Arm’s popularity among retirees, Fitt says the EDS has to stay focused on appeal-ing to, and retaining a broad range of people and businesses.

“We’re pretty fo-cused on youth reten-tion and attracting pro-fessionals and new businesses to the com-munity,” says Fitt. “In order to be successful in doing that we need an active labour pool to draw from as well.

“So, for as much as we recognize the value that the retirement de-mographic brings to the economy, we also want to be very broad in our marketing and attraction initiatives to focus on young fami-lies and attracting pro-

fessionals.”Salmon Arm’s 111th

place ranking for best place to raise children struck a chord for the city’s mayor, Nancy Cooper.

“That’s one I’d like to see how we can change…,” says Coo-per, adding this is

something she would like to work on with Fitt and the EDS. “What do we need for that, because that’s where I would like to see us going.”

Regarding affordable housing, Cooper says she would be interested in getting feedback from the city’s social issues committee on perhaps creating a pol-

icy. Job-wise, Cooper says the EDS is cur-rently working on a strategy for the indus-trial park, meeting with business owners and discussing ways to at-tract more business.

As for transit, the mayor says she’s pur-chased a bus pass, and plans on riding the bus herself to get a feel for how the system is serv-ing Salmon Arm resi-dents.

Like Fitt, however, Cooper is pleased with the snapshot of Salmon Arm that MoneySense results provide, and how the well the com-munity ranks in the province, let alone the country.

“I think we have some things that we can certainly build on… but I’m quite ex-cited about it, actually, when you consider how we’re ranked in B.C.,” says Cooper. “That is pretty good. And I think it gives us some information on what are we doing well, and what could we improve on.”

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Look for some new energy and excitement at this year’s fall fair.

Longtime fair com-mercial concession co-ordinator Lori Graham has been busy booking several participants – two of which will ap-peal to the young and young-at-heart.

Over at the midway, teens and the brave will be able to hop aboard the Kamikaze, a ride that consists of a single stationary tower, sup-porting two 16-passen-ger gondolas on rotat-ing arms.

During the ride, pas-sengers are swung backwards and for-wards to build up mo-mentum, before the gondola performs sev-eral inversions.

For those who like a gentler experience clos-er to the ground, Mark Gagnon will be bring-ing a bunch of wobbly water balls.

Climb into a zippered ball, which is then in-flated around the “rid-er,” who then tries to walk on water – learn-ing quickly that falling down can sometimes be great fun.

And Graham is look-ing for more conces-sions to operate both inside and outside the arena. Call her at 250-379-5185 or, leave a message at the office.

The Salmon Arm and Shuswap Lake Agricul-tural Association has a new board of directors: president – Phil Wright; 1st vice-president – Star McGregor; 2nd vice-president – Sandy Hyam; treasurer – Ellen Hammer; secretary –

Maureen Hucul; direc-tors – Bill Lynch, Joan O’Brien, Rick Hyam, Dan Brock, Kathy Crosbie, Patty Unter-schulz and Cheryl John-son.

The board is hoping to stretch the associa-tion’s profile beyond the fall fair.

The popular Septem-ber event is just one of several the organization plans to host on the fair-grounds this year.

As well as expanding activities, the associa-tion would like to broaden membership, and extends a warm welcome to anyone who may be interested.

“We are looking for volunteers of all ages and walks of life who are passionate about ag-riculture, community events, the fair and maintaining green space in the heart of our com-munity,” says Johnson, a rep of the associa-tion’s marketing com-mittee. “We need vol-unteers who enjoy light carpentry, public rela-tions, event planning,

local history and creat-ing lasting friendships.”

Back at the Fall Fair, conveners are also needed – one for Mem-ory Lane and one for the Arts and Crafts divi-sion.

And look for more injections of new ener-gy, changes and addi-tions to this year’s ver-sion of the fair, plans for which will be re-vealed when they have been firmed up.

Enthusiastic volun-teer co-ordinator Patty Unterschultz says there will also be incentives for this year’s crew. Call her at the fall fair office at 250-832-0422 and leave a message.

Everyone with an in-terest in getting in-volved is welcome to attend a meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 5 at the Mountain Side Room at Bowers Fu-neral Home on Fifth Avenue SW.

For more information visit www.salmonarm-fair.com or contact the association at [email protected].

# A new attraction for the Salmon Arm Fall Fair will be the wobbly water balls, similar to the ones shown above, where people climb into a zippered ball, which is then inflated around the “rider,” who then tries to walk on water.

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The local Métis As-sociation hosts a Red River Coffeehouse, to-night, Friday, March 23 at 7 p.m. at the SAS-CU Downtown Activity Centre. Everyone wel-come Admission is $2 and entitles you to a door prize. Call Eldon at 250-832-7029 for more information.

Dance for MSA fundraising dance

runs from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Seniors Fifth Av-enue Activity Centre, featuring Dean and Company and guests from the Louisiana Hayride, prizes and re-freshments. Admission by donation.

Spiritual artFirst United Church

hosts area artists who will share their work and how their art re-flects their spirituality from 1 to 4 p.m. Satur-day, March 24 in the church hall. Coffee house at 7 p.m.

Gospel notesLi’l Ole Opry and

Shuswap Gospel Mu-sic Group perform in a fundraising concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 25 at Shuswap Communi-ty Church, 3151B Sixth Ave. NE. Admis-sion is by “generous” donation.

Hitchfest Okanagan College’s

Classics at the Classics program continues at 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 26 with The

Birds. Tickets are $5 for adults, $3 for stu-dents. But as a special treat, students will be admitted free to Mon-day’s showing of The Birds.

ShowcaseKelly and Blu Hop-

kins host and perform in a Songwriters Show-case that also features Sue Kyle and Alan Bates and A Million Dollars in Pennies at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 30 at the SAGA Public Art Gallery.

Just dessertsThe Full Gospel

Businessmen’s Fellow-ship International (FG-BMFI) hosts a dessert night at 7 p.m. Friday, March 30 at the Holi-day Inn.

Tickets are $5 at the door.

Act it outThe Seniors Fifth

Avenue Variety Con-cert takes place at 7 p.m. Friday, March 30. Organizers are looking

for people to perform skits, storytelling, the-atre, poetry, etc. Take your ideas to the office or call Mary Macken-zie at 250-832-3722.

Life, love, lossAuthor Cathy Sos-

nowsky appears at Bookingham Palace from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, March 31 to sign copies of her book Snapshots: A Story of Love, Loss, Life.

Immediately follow-ing the signing, Sos-nowsky will read from her book and answer questions at the Okan-gan Regional Library.

FundraiserThe 16th annual

Ukraine Fundraising Banquet takes place at 6 p.m. Saturday, March 31 at The Gathering Place, 350 30th Street NE, Salmon Arm.

Admission is by do-nation. Entertainment will be provided by the Sadok Ukrainian Danc-ers.

Childcare is avail-able. Call 250-832-6366 to reserve.

Bee-buzzThe Bee Club meets

Sunday, April 1 at 7 p.m. at SAS Sullivan Campus. Call Joanne at 250-832-70327.

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Third annual Easter cantata, Your Great Name, will be present-ed at Five Corners Church, 3160-10th Ave SE, at 7 p.m. April 6

(Good Friday) and 7. Admission is free, but a freewill offering will be taken for the famine relief efforts in the Horn of Africa.

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and not we ourselves; we are His people. – Psalm 100:3

Phone for Information250 832-4705

10:00 am Bible Study & Sunday School11 am Sunday Worship

Meeting at the Recreation Centre, West End, 2600 - 10th Ave. NE,

Salmon Arm

Shepherd of the ValleyLutheran Church (LCC)

St. Andrew’s Presbyterian

Pre-service singing 10:45 a.m.

Worship service 11:00 a.m.

T.C.Hwy. across from RCMPRev. Woldy Sosnowsky

250 832-7282

Mountain View Baptist Church

Pastor Benje BartleyFor info.: 250 803-8750

1981 9th Ave. NE (St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church)

Worship: 9:00 a.m.

Sunday School

for the whole family @ 10:30 am

Seventh-dayAdventist Church

3270 60th Avenue NE • 250 832-8936Web: www.salmonarmadventist.caStudy Online: www.bibleinfo.com

Join us each Saturday ~ All ages

9:30 am. - Bible Study Hour11:00 a.m. - Worship ServiceLittle Mountain

Bible Chapel

Co-sponsor of Morning Star Bible Camp, Westbank, B.C.

3481 - 10th Ave. S.E.250 803-0161 ~ Salmon Arm

• Sunday ~ Worship & Remembrance - 9:30 a.m.• Family Bible Hour/Sunday School - 11 a.m.• Th ursday ~ Prayer & Bible Study 7:00 p.m.

Broadview Evangelical Free Church

Dave Penner - Lead Pastor

Tamara Peterson - Women’s Ministries Pastor

Daron Blenkin - Student

Ministries Pastor Virginia Wunderlich

- Children’s Ministries Pastor

350 - 30th Street NE250 832-6366

Church of ChristWe meet at 2560 Auto Road SE

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Phone for Information250 833-0927

10 a.m. ~ Worship & Communion

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River of LifeCommunity Church

2405 Centennial Drive,Shuswap Lake Estates Lodge, downstairs

Sunday Worship - 10 a.m.Sunday School - 10:45 a.m.

(Nursery to age 12)

Pastor Reuben Pauls - 250 675-3636

Sunday Family Worship - 10:00 a.m. Hillcrest School, 1180

20th Street S.E.

Offi ce - 331 4th Street N.E., 250 832-9142www.lakesidecommunitychurch.ca

Email: [email protected]

Lead Pastor: Pastor Ken DrydenYouth Pastor: Pastor Dustin Laird.

New LifeOutreach

Pastors Mel & Joyce Janzen250 675-3839 or 250 835-8736

4409 Trans Can. Hwy., Tappenwww.newlifeoutreach.ca

Sunday Service: 10:30 a.m.

St. Mary’s Anglican/United Church

1188 Trans Canada Hwy.,Sorrento

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Tuesday Eucharist 10 [email protected]

Th e Rev. Bruce Chalmers

SUNDAY WORSHIP - 10 am

United ChurchMinister Juanita Austin

OKANAGAN AVE. & 5TH ST. SE250 832-3860

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First United:

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1191 - 22nd Street NE

250 832-8452, 250 832-0910

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Nursery Care & Children’s Programs

CornerstoneChurch

Christian Reformed

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3151 - 6th Ave. SEChildren’s Ministry in 9:00 kids up to 10 yrs

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Parkview School, 605 Parksville St.Children’s Ministry for kids up to 12 yrs

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Salmon Arm Mennonite Church

Pastor James Baer 250 832-3615

4480 - 30th Street NESunday Worship ..................................... 10:00 amSunday School .........................................10-11 amMessage ............................................... 11-11:45 am

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Crossroads FreeMethodist Church

250 832-8068121 Shuswap Street SW

PASTOR GEORGE FLEMING

Sunday Worship: 11:15 a.m.

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Emmanuel FreeLutheran Church

Joyfully centered on the word of God and lead by the Spirit.

Canoe Senior Citizen’s Centre7330-49th St. NE

Sunday Worship11:00 a.m.

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250 832-6859www.afl ccanada.org

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SALMON ARM: St. Joseph’s

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SICAMOUS: Our Lady of Fatima

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BLIND BAY: Our Lady of the Lake 2740 Fairway Hill Rd.,

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Local artists to feature their work at songwriters showcase

Some artists perform solo, while others prefer being part of a group.

The Shuswap is rich in genres and performers, something with which well-known duo Kelly and Blu Hop-kins are very familiar.

Bringing back an idea she explored several years ago in the Vernon area, Kelly wanted to go beyond the per-formance. For many artists, it’s about more than what they play, it’s about the words and music they have crafted themselves.

“We have so many excellent song-writers here; we see them in concert but they’re doing cover songs,” she says. “We wanted them to be able to perform their own work and make it interesting for the audience.”

Planned as a monthly event, a Song-writers Showcase Series at the SAGA Public Art Gallery will feature inter-esting and varied performers focusing on original songs and acoustic music in an intimate setting.

Each showcase will be presented in a songwriter circle format, where the artists take turns performing a song then pass to the next act before ending with all the musicians jamming to-gether. And each showcase will have a theme of its own.

The fi rst showcase, which takes place at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 30, is “duos” and will feature the original

music of three such pairs – Sue Kyle and Alan Bates, Mike Shaver and Stephanie Webster (A Million Dol-lars in Pennies) and hosts Blu & Kelly Hopkins.

“A Million Dollars in Pennies has a folk sound that will defi nitely appeal to the younger crowd,” says Kelly. “Kyle and Bates bring the blues, folk and bluegrass.”

Songwriter/multi-instrumentalist musicians, Blu and Kelly have been entertaining audiences around B.C. and Alberta for the past 10 years.

They seamlessly mix many acous-tic instruments (guitar, clawhammer banjo, dulcimer, stand-up bass, man-dolin) and humour into their perfor-mances.

The couple have garnered two BCIMA Awards as “Best Bluegrass Artists” and have been nominated for awards 14 times in diverse categories.

Blu has recorded two solo projects and together the Hopkins have pro-duced two recordings in their Silver Creek studio. Blu and Kelly are cur-rently in the process of recording a children’s CD of traditional songs.

Back in the art gallery, the April 27 showcase will feature Richard Ow-ings and Murray MacDonald (One Camel Short), Linz Kenyon and Gil-lian Cran, and Jesse Clarke and Jacob Verberg (The Wild Oaks).

Tickets for all showcase events are $10 and are available at Acorn Mu-sic.

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Live canvas# Body paint artist Ken Paterson will demonstrating his art with a live model Saturday, March 24 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the third an-nual Salmon Arm Motorsport Show being held March 23 to April 1 at Centenoka Park Mall.


In a time when flawed rhetoric and relentless spin-doctoring makes it hard to know just how our interests are being served, it’s nice to hear one pro-gram, at least, is making an impact on those who seek to steal from us.

Figures released this month by ICBC show that auto theft has fallen 71 per cent since the use of bait cars began. Thefts from vehicles are also down 64 per cent province-wide, ICBC said.

It’s not just those pesky bait cars – now joined by bait commercial vehicles – that are making life dif-ficult for criminals. Spokespeople for the corpora-tion are patting us on the back for doing our part by locking vehicles, parking in secure, lit areas and removing valuables from our cars.

In further good news for the average, cash-strapped motorist, the corporation recently announced it is considering reducing or eliminating its incentive-pay program for executives if it fails to meet its annual profit targets. The program paid out $17 million in bonuses in 2010, but if declining figures hold true, payouts will be scaled down.

Indeed, if ICBC makes less than $35 million in net income in future years, the CEO and executives will lose their bonuses.

But that still leaves the question of the $497 mil-lion in profits ICBC expects to turn over to the provincial government over the next three years. As this is money considered surplus to ICBC’s needs, it is said to have no bearing on the need to raise basic rates, blamed on rising claims costs.

It might be hard for the average driver to disagree with critics such as Conservative leader John Cum-mins, who characterizes the government’s continu-ing dependence on such funds as a “stealth tax” on motorists. Perhaps bait cars – and locks and immo-bilizers on vehicles – are not enough to dispel every attack on our property, after all.

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There are those who would say that, to date, the federal government, under Prime Minister Stephen Harper, has done little to protect the envi-ronment. Others would go so far as to say that over the past few years, the federal gov-ernment has virtually elimi-nated any enforcement of the habitat protection laws and/or provisions of the Canada Fisheries Act.

The federal government has, in large part, ceased to enforce the pollution and habitat sections of the Cana-da Fisheries Act that now exist in favour of allowing industry to self govern their own environmental impact.

In a leaked government document, Otto Langer, a fisheries biologist and aquat-ic ecologist who worked for the Department of Fisheries and Ocean and Department of Environment for 32 years, says that the federal govern-ment is in the process of in-troducing a number of pro-posed changes to the habitat provisions of the Canada Fisheries Act by slipping them through attached to the government’s Budget Omni-

bus Bill due at the end of the month.

In effect, the federal gov-ernment is trying to re-write the habitat protection provi-sions of the Act, section 35(1), in a way that can only have serious consequences.

Section 35(1) of the Fish-eries Act now states: No per-son shall carry on any work or undertaking that results in the harmful alteration, dis-ruption or destruction of fish habitat. No person shall con-travene subsection 35(1) by causing the alteration, dis-ruption or destruction of fish habitat by an means or under any conditions authorized by the Minister or under the regulations made by the Gov-ernor in Counsel...

That’s sort of clear and straight forward … I guess.

However, the proposed new changes to section 35(1) of the Fisheries Act state: No person shall carry on any work, undertaking or activity, other than fishing, that results in an adverse effect on a fish of economic, cultural or eco-logical value.

They also go on to state: No person contravenes sub-section (1) if (a) the adverse effect is authorized by the Minister and is produced in accordance with the condi-tions established by the Min-ister; (b) the adverse effect is authorized by a person pre-scribed by the regulations and is produced in accor-dance with the conditions prescribed by the regulations; (c) the work, undertaking or activity is carried on in ac-cordance with the conditions set out in the regulations or with any other authorization issued under this Act; (d) the work, undertaking or activity is carried on in, on, over, un-der, through or across any Canadian fisheries waters...

That’s a little less clear. You could even go so far as to say that it muddies the proverbial waters - so to speak.

These changes to the Can-

ada Fisheries Act are appar-ently being proposed to pro-tect fish - something that the already existing legislation does more-or-less.

Langer says, “the lack of the word ‘habitat’ in the pro-posed draft law and the num-ber of subjective and ambig-uous words inserted will only serve to make enforcement of this new legislation very difficult, indeed.”

The federal government could, in similar manner, pass any number of subse-quent amendments to regula-tions that could further re-strict the intent of section 35(1) of the Canada Fisher-ies Act by first amending the act to eliminate the protec-tion of fish habitat and then undermining the fish protec-tion part of the act by putting through regulations that would create loopholes in what was left in the act.

This is not the first time that the federal government, under Stephen Harper, has tried to put through changes and amendments to acts that would have dire consequenc-es to fish and fish habitat, not to mention the overall health of our lakes, rivers, streams and oceans.

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Silvertips at championships# Salmon Arm Silvertip Jenna Lazar takes a shot on goal during the Silvertip’s 3-1 loss to the Surrey Falcons in their first game of the 2012 BC Midget Female A Provincial Champion-ships being played March 19 to 23 at the Shaw Centre.


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Does the thought of making and eating breakfast make you groan? One third of Canadian adults do not eat breakfast regularly - even though it’s sim-ple to make and good to eat. Establishing a breakfast routine early is important for both children and adults.

Adults who eat breakfast function bet-ter throughout the day. Research shows that breakfast kick-starts the brain and body. Studies of adults who do physical labor have found that those who skip breakfast often tire quicker than their breakfast-eating co-workers. There is also evidence that eating breakfast may play an important role in get-ting you to work safely in the morning; drivers who eat breakfast were found to be more at-tentive and responsive during their morning commutes.

Eating breakfast can also help you maintain a healthy weight by warding off temptation to eat snacks that are less nutritious, and by

preventing over eat-ing. Because breakfast-skippers tend to eat more in the evening, they often exceed the amount of calories needed in a day and end up gaining weight.

Breakfast is espe-cially important for the growing brains of children and teens. Re-search has shown that important nutrients missed when break-fast is skipped are not adequately provided throughout the rest of the day. Children who do not eat breakfast of-ten fail to meet recom-

mended levels of Vi-tamins A, B6, and D, calcium, magnesium, riboflavin, folic acid, zinc, phosphorus and iron. Many of these nutrients play a key role in brain develop-ment. Evidence shows children and teens that eat breakfast are often better at understand-ing ideas and solving problems – essential skills for succeeding at school.

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On Sunday March 18, the Northern Lights Chamber Choir gave the community of Sor-rento an afternoon of choral singing at a concert at St. Mary’s Church.

The music of chang-ing seasons took the au-dience on a journey of light, hope, happiness and wanderlust.

This recently formed local choir shines bril-liantly under the direc-tion of Steve Guidone.

Jim Johnston is one of the finest collabora-tive pianists and sup-ports the choir with his artful playing.

Dari Graham and Andrea Roberts mes-merized the audience with their duet, Oiseau des Bois. Cellist, Bar-bara Ennis filled the church with the rich music of Spring Song and Meditation by Frank Bridge.

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MusingsIn my work, my re-

porting is restricted to certain geographical boundaries, and every article written must have some connection to the community with-in that area.

This would be the case with most job de-scriptions in defining area of responsibility.

Public servants must also pay attention to their ‘territory.’ It is important that specific needs of citizens be a focal point for our fear-less leaders.

It is also part of my job to keep abreast of public representative activity, at whatever level, in areas that con-

cern the South Shus-wap. And it really is quite amazing how many of them are in our midst.

Our tax dollars are employing quite a few public servants provin-cially, federally, mu-nicipally, with branches of governance in nearly every faction of our lives.

Our federal repre-sentation for Okana-gan Shuswap is Colin Mayes, who we often see out and about with his family, mixing in with the community at many events.

Mayes is a Progres-sive Conservative so that means he has a special connection to current government. That should give us an advantage with better lines of communica-tion.

I am grateful to read Mayes’ website, where there is much informa-tion available for any-one interested. I have learned a lot from this resource at www.colin-mayes.ca.

One recent article was regarding the En-bridge Northern Gate-way project. Mayes cites economic benefits to British Columbians over a 25-year period into the future.

In the end, most of the jobs building the pipeline will end on completion in 2015.

The actual jobs cre-ated at the docks in Kit-imat, and maintaining the pipeline from there to Bruderheim, Alta., numbers around 105. None of those jobs are in the Okanagan Shus-wap area.

With no call for im-migration officers in the Shuswap, although I suppose our courts and the RCMP might be involved in deport-ing illegal immigrants, this is not an employ-ment possibility in the Shuswap for sure. More burden on the taxpayer is what this brings to mind, and that our in-creased high-tech bor-der security isn’t work-ing in addition to the cost of ‘bogus refugee

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jobs that immigrants are willing to take on really worth the expense to protect.

Is illegal immigra-tion really a problem in the Okanagan Shus-wap? Mayes says in his article, he is receiving much email from citi-zens on the issue.

Mayes is a regu-lar contributor to the Shuswap Market News, most recently with a column regarding a private members bill in Quebec, the subject abortion.

Not sure how get-ting in this wrangle will improve lives in the Okanagan Shus-wap. Though I can ap-preciate the altruism of defining a human being for the pro-life sector in the Okanagan Shuswap area, evidence of sur-plus time or resources to undertake this time escapes me.

Mayes is an articu-late writer and I enjoy reading his work, but I would like to read about what our Okanagan-Shuswap government

representative is doing for his constituents in a time of economic un-certainty.

Jobs are scarce; pri-vate sector businesses are having a tough go and expenses are going up, largely due to pub-lic sector demands.

Mayes may not be aware of the challenges of his Okanagan Shus-wap constituents.If you

would like to send him a message, email him at [email protected].

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Four members of the shorei-kan karate training out of Cedar Heights Community Hall are going to Oki-nawa, Japan for 10 days of training and will also compete in a large tour-

nament while there. They will be joined

by students from sis-ter club members from Princeton and Langley.

Shihan (master) Vic Hargitt has been practising shorei-kan karate since 1980 and is the chief shorei-kan instructor in Canada and the U.S. He is also holds the office of pres-ident in the Shorei-Kan

Canada Karate Asso-ciation.

Hargitt spends his time travelling to the member dojos in Can-ada as well as corre-sponding and travelling to Japan and other In-ternational centres.

For more informa-tion on this form of ka-rate see the web site at www.shorei-kancan-ada.ca.

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Mayes discusses issues around illegal immigration

# Pictured left to right, Guy Villeneuve, son Michele, Chief Instructor Vic Hargitt Shihan and As-sistant Instructor Jean-Luc Desgroseilliers.

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Amanda Roseberry plans to kick her wheel-chair to the curb.

And the attractive young woman with an irrepressible spirit is hoping the community will step up to help her get treatments that could make that pos-sible.

Roseberry was born in Enderby April 12, 1981.

During her birth, the umbilical cord was wrapped around her neck, depriving her brain of oxygen.

Diagnosed soon af-ter with cerebral palsy, Roseberry’s spirit of adventure has been limited by her inability to do many things for herself and a reliance on others, particularly her mother and care aides.

Hyperbaric treat-ments given in Vernon about a decade ago facilitated enormous changes; she was able to roll over without help, to move from ly-ing down to a seated position on a couch, and even to get her top off and put a nightgown on while sitting in her wheelchair – all for the fi rst time in her life.

Those changes took place within the fi rst two weeks of treat-ment, sessions for

which her mom, Linda Crocker, gladly paid a total of $4,000.

“When she was go-ing to graduate, I said I’d take my last bonus and paycheque for the treatments,” says Crocker, noting that prior to the treatments, Roseberry’s physical abilities were like those of a newborn child. “We just kept going for treatments until the money had gone.”

Spasms are a con-tinuing challenge for Roseberry as her limbs jerk uncontrollably, leaving her legs black and blue and her care aide, Tova Brown, suf-fering her fair share of head butts and kicks as well.

After hearing about stem cell treatments on television four years ago, Roseberry has dreamed about getting them for herself.

That dream has re-cently been re-ener-gized by improvements Jody Hanna has expe-rienced since she un-derwent treatments in January, says Brown.

While she is not yet able to see, Jody’s cognitive memory is improving and her response to things is quicker.

“When she’s asked certain things, she re-sponds quicker and I don’t have to repeat myself,” says Jody’s

mom Alicia. She says another im-

provement is the abil-ity Jody is developing to track.

“Jody’s eyes kind of wander all over the place and don’t always go in the same direc-tion,” says Alicia.

While it is still in-termittent, Jody is no-ticing the differences between daytime and nighttime and is some-times able to say a light has been turned on or off.

“Here we are two months down the road when she’s already able to tell us that the lights are on,” Alicia says, noting patience in the process is not always easy to fi nd. “Things are just start-ing to happen.”

Buoyed by Jody’s improvement, Rose-berry is dreaming big.

“I want to be able to feed myself, and drink on my own and maybe brush my teeth,” Rose-berry says laughing, as she tries to get her hand close to her mouth.

“I’m not gonna be in this chair forever; that is what drives me. Mir-acles happen to those who believe.”

Roseberry, for whom articulating is also dif-fi cult, is excited that if successful, treatments would vastly improve her ability to speak.

Despite her physical

limitations, the woman who believes in big miracles, also believes in big adventures, al-ways having to rely on others to help her expe-rience them.

With a lot of help from family and friends, Roseberry has been heli-skiing, taken

a trip in a dragon-boat and “hiked” up a mountain.

Crocker says her daughter has always been happy, something Brown describes as an aura of joy.

“I am with her fi ve days a week and only one time did I ever hear her say she didn’t want to do something,” says Brown, noting Rose-berry’s determination, heart and dedication make others want to be a better person. “Usual-ly it’s a person without an ability that wants to emulate a person with abilities – in this case, it’s in reverse. No mat-ter how tired or sick she is, she wants to do

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After fi lling in an extensive application, Roseberry was in-formed she would be a good candidate for treatment.

“I cried,” she says.“You hyperventilated

is what you did, then you cried because you didn’t know whether to laugh or cry,” adds Brown.

In order to get to Phoenix for treatment, Roseberry needs to raise $20,000.

A bank account has been set up at the RBC on Alexan-der Street – Amanda Roseberry Account # 04990-003-503-594-4.

And everyone is in-vited to meet Amanda at a reception from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, March 29 in the caf-eteria of Okanagan College.

Organizers will also hold a garage sale to raise funds for Roseberry. Items can be dropped off at next Thursday’s meet and greet at the college. Those with donations may also contact Tova Brown at 250-803-2906, or Linda Crocker at 250-832-4551.

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When I’m in the fruit and veggie section of a grocery store, it makes me feel a little sad to know that all of that delicious and colourful looking food is likely to be nutritionally defi-cient and not as healthy as it looks.

Even some “organi-cally” grown food – if I can get it – isn’t always what it’s chalked up to be either. So let’s take a look at what the food and farm industry peo-ple say about organic vs. conventionally-grown food plants.

“Healthy soils = healthy food = healthy people,” is a fundamen-tal tenet of many eco-logical farming sys-tems, yet the nutritional quality of food grown by organic and conven-tional methods is the subject of much contro-versy. The mainstream scientific community argues that nutritional differences do not exist and that plants don’t know the difference be-tween organic and chemical fertilizers.

Organic advocates claim organically grown foods are nutritionally superior because such foods contain higher levels of vitamins, min-erals and amino acids, and have a much greater level of vitality and are more disease and pest-resistant. In addition, the plants are more healthful due to lower levels of pesticide resi-due and nitrate-nitrogen and have greater density and better flavor.

In the article, Is Or-ganic Food More Nutri-tious?, the author states that organic production provides other benefits, such as conserving nat-ural resources, solving rather than creating en-vironmental problems, and reducing the pollu-tion of air, water, soil and food.

There are also envi-ronmental and cultural influences on the nutri-tional composition of produce and soil health.

These include the soil type (overall mineral composition), the level of organic matter (hu-mus content), biological soil and microbial activ-ity, soil moisture, cli-mate and weather (tem-perature, rainfall, drought), geographical area, overall soil fertili-ty, fertilizing practices and level of pollutants. Growing practices like-ly to affect food quality include humus manage-ment techniques and composting, variety, seed source, length of growing season, irriga-tion, fertilization, culti-vation and time of pick-ing and post-harvest handling.

A common thread in alternative agriculture and health literature is declining food quality in the industrialized food production system due to nutrient-depleted soils.

A U.S. Senate docu-ment from 1936 states: “The alarming fact is that foods – fruits and vegetables and grains – now being raised on million acres of land that no longer contains enough of certain need-ed minerals, are starv-ing us, no matter how much of them we eat.” Leap ahead a few de-cades and we can read countless other articles and studies saying the same thing, such as the 1993 document titled, Exhausted Soil Produc-es Exhausted People.

Dr. Joel Wallach, au-thor of Dead Doctors Don’t Lie, states, “All animals and humans get their food directly or indirectly from plants, and all plants get their food from the soil. Therefore, mineral-de-ficient soil may be one of the greatest original sources of disease in the world today.”

In the book Empty Harvest - Understand-ing the link between our food, our immunity and our planet, Dr. Bernard Jensen from Cornell University wrote, “There is only one ma-jor disease and that is malnutrition. All ail-ments and afflictions to which we may fall heir are directly traceable to this major disease.

Food crops grown on depleted soil produce malnourished bodies, and disease preys on malnourished bodies.” To give an example, from 1963 to 1992, the average percentage of change in the mineral content of some fruits and vegetables looks like this: calcium – 30 per cent; iron – 30 per cent; magnesium – 21 per cent; phosphorus – 12 per cent.

The agriculture-nu-trition-wellness con-nection involves more than farming, especial-ly when nutritious food leaving the farm gate is less likely than ever to translate into healthy eating

To sum it up, organi-cally grown produce from organic seed sources contributes to the long-term health of the soil and environ-ment, and to the hu-mans and animals that eat it. Throw in the fact that the organic farm-ing industry supports wellness, sustainability and reproduction for future generations to come.

The more I learn about our food and what’s in it or on it, the more I’m motivated to grow more of my own in the best soil possible, and also support my local organic farms where I know where it’s coming from and how it’s grown.

-Margo Westaway is a holistic gardener based in Sicamous.

Organics offer big benefits

GAIA GARDENING

Margo Westaway

A nation wishing to grow its economy and provide jobs for its people must have the ability to create new wealth.

Economists report that currently one-third of our economy is wealth creation, one-third to those that cycle the fruits of the wealth creator (people that supply the consumer market), and one-third government services.

Without wealth cre-ation the other two- thirds do not exist. Without money earned by consumers so they can spend, there is no supply market, and without tax dollars, there are no govern-ment services.

This is why our gov-ernment is in support of a responsible devel-opment of the Alberta oil sands. In the next 25 years, the oil sands pro-duction will add $2.1 trillion to our economy. The taxes paid will be $311 billion to the fed-eral government, $105

billion in provincial tax and $350 billion in pro-vincial royalties.

The oil sands will create 905,000 jobs in total at its peak, with 126,000 of those jobs outside of Alberta. Of those 126,000 jobs ap-proximately 30,000 will be in B.C.

Supplies and services to the industry pur-chased in B.C. are esti-mated to be $28 bil-lion.

Canada has the most stringent and compre-hensive environmental regulations in the world.

Canadians want to protect the country’s natural beauty and wish

to have responsible de-velopment.

Why would govern-ment or industry want it any other way?

Technological inno-vation has helped im-prove the process of oil extraction, as well as minimize the impact to the environment.

The Gateway Pipe-line will also go through the same environmen-tal assessment process.

This pipeline is an important market link to the Asia Pacific and will allow Canada a second market for our oil. The Canadian En-ergy Pipeline Associa-tion has more than 100,000 kilometres of pipe in the ground in North America. They invest $1.2 billion an-nually to ensure safe and effective delivery of their product.

Canada’s oil produc-tion is 2.8 million bar-rels per day -- the sixth largest producer in the world. We export 1.8 million barrels a day valued at $38.9 billion

a year. Mostly all of our exports are deliv-ered through a pipe-line.

Most westerners are not aware that 80 per cent of the oil refined in Quebec and Atlantic Canada is delivered by oil tankers that come from foreign suppliers.

All the oil super tankers today must meet international stan-dards which require double-hulled ships. There has never been an oil spill from a dou-ble-hulled tanker. Can-ada should not be im-porting oil when we have an abundant do-mestic supply.

The planned pipeline expansion in eastern Canada by Enbridge will bring western oil to eastern markets and all but ensure Canada’s energy security.

The proposed pipe-line in northern B.C. will help us supply the growing markets in Asia.

-Colin Mayes, MP Okanagan-Shuswap

Enbridge proposal offers Canada energy security

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Went to be with the Lord on March 16, 2012 in Salmon Arm, BC at the age of 85 years. She had had a short illness of COPD and passed away peacefully in her sleep. Vivian is lovingly remembered by her son; Kelvin (Cecile) Bond of Salmon Arm, step daughter, Debbie (John) Ek of Fort Steele, fi ve grandchildren, six great grandchildren, sisters; Isla (Art) Swanson of Calgary, Lona (John) Lowe of Mission, sisters in law, Flo Waddell of Oliver and Agnes Leblanc of Surrey. Sadly predeceased by her fi rst husband, Fred, second husband, Lloyd and brother, Jim. A celebration of life will be held on Tuesday March 20, 2012 at 10:30 am from Parkview Funeral Chapel, 1258 Main Street, Penticton, BC with Pastor John Lowe offi ciating. Interment will follow at the Oliver Cemetery. Memorial tributes may be made to the Salvation Army, 2469 South Main Street, Penticton, BC V2A 5J1. Condolences may be sent to the family through providencefuneralhomes.com.

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One of the enjoyable parts of spending time at a backcountry lodge is chatting with the other skiers from around the country and the world. Last week, a business-man from Vancouver asked me about Salmon Arm, because some of his friends are thinking of retiring here soon. I asked him what are the reasons his friends have for planning to move here. There was of course the obvious: our huge, clean, warm lake, as well as the great mu-sic scene and the bike trails. Contrary to what some locals believe, shopping opportunities are clearly not part of their decision-making.

Just what makes our Shuswap region so unique and special?

Certainly the size, shape, location and wa-ter quality of Shuswap Lake is one attribute that cannot be found in many other parts of North America, or even the world. The diversity of the lake itself, with so much of its shoreline in a natural, uninhabited state is a rarity. And a sizeable part of the lake in Seymour Arm is per-manently protected as a Provincial Park that also includes Hunakwa Lake, which is quite likely the largest, road-free, protected wilder-ness lake in the interior of North America at a low elevation.

Another aspect of the Shuswap that makes the region quite unique is

its diversity. There are not many other areas in the province that con-tain so many different ecosystems. From the dry ponderosa pine and bunchgrass landscapes close to Falkland and Chase, to the Interior rainforests of the upper Adams and Seymour, to the rich Shuswap River and Salmon River valley farmlands, the Shuswap has it all. And in some locations this diversity can be a mere hundreds of metres apart, from a dry, pine-treed hill-side to a creek canyon where there are cedar and hemlock trees.

Another quality that sets the Shuswap apart is its First Nation heri-tage, as so many place names originate from the Secwepemc peo-ples. As well, the lo-cal First Nation bands, despite having endured more than 150 years of injustice, are thriving. Their cultural heritage and language are be-ing revived and their economies are improv-ing, unlike many other areas of North Ameri-ca where First Nation communities have ei-ther disappeared or are

struggling.As the soon to be

retiring Vancouver boomers know, the Shuswap has a plethora of uniquely diverse rec-reational opportunities. While the focus up un-til the last decade has been on the motorized sector from houseboats, to speedboats, jet skis, snowmobiles and mo-torbikes, the more en-vironmentally friendly options are gaining traction. Thanks to the rapidly growing legion of trail enthusiasts led by the Shuswap Trail Alliance, the network of bike and hiking trails

is improving yearly.One of the Shus-

wap’s most enduring unique qualities is our culture as, despite our relatively small popula-tion, we are home to one of the premier mu-sical events in Canada, the Roots and Blues Festival.

Throughout the rest of the year, there are a growing number of coffee houses in sur-rounding communities where highly talented local musicians play

to full audiences. And there are the Salmon Arm Art Gallery (SAGA) jazz nights, the summer music nights at the Wharf and the very popular, annual student music festivals. In addition to all the fabulous music, we have wonderful live theatre and so many creative artists that are able to show their work in a splendid heritage building thanks to so much community sup-port. It is the amaz-ing level of community spirit that also makes the Shuswap so spe-cial, from our very ac-tive community halls, to the large numbers of volunteers for the fes-tivals, to the Shuswap Foundation that helps support a wide variety of local, non-profit or-ganizations.

Perhaps one of the Shuswap’s most unique cultural features is the Salmar Community Association, which is one of only a few in Canada, is likely the oldest and is the only one with two facilities and five movie screens. And since the Asso-ciation was established more than 70 years ago, it has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for community projects and scholarships.

Given all the Shus-wap has to offer from its magnificent vistas, to its thriving culture, it is no wonder that so many boomers want to retire here.

SHUSWAP PASSION

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A motorcycle rally is planned for Salmon Arm on the May long weekend.

The Gold Wing Road Riders Association, de-scribed on its website as the world’s largest single-marque social

organization for own-ers and riders of Honda Gold Wing/Valkyrie motorcycles, will hold “Victoria Days” in Salmon Arm from May 18 to 21. The event will include a flea market Saturday, a catered din-

ner Saturday night and a fun run on Sunday to benefit the Make a Wish Foundation.

The venue for the event is listed as the Whitewater Slide & RV Park and participants are invited to bring

their camping gear. The group’s website notes that its motto is Friends for Fun, Safety and Knowledge.

“Founded in 1977, GWRRA has grown to more than 80,000 U.S., Canadian and interna-

tional members in 53 foreign countries in just 27 years,” it states. “Over 800 active chap-ters are managed by 4,000 volunteer leaders working with members to foster safe, enjoy-able riding while also

working to improve the public image of motor-cycling.”

In Canada, the as-sociation has 4,817 members, located in ev-ery province, states the website.

“While our riding

season may be shorter than that of our Ameri-can counterparts in the Southern U.S., we share a common love of rid-ing with friends, com-mitment to safety, and knowledge, as stated in our motto.”

Gold Wing Road Riders planning Victoria Days event in Salmon Arm

Reporter: “What do you think of Western civilization, Mr. Gan-dhi?”

Mohandas Gandhi: “I think it would be a good idea.”

The quote is prob-ably apocryphal but, if the Mahatma didn’t say it, he should have.

Now we have some-thing close to a global civilization: Most of the world’s people work in similar economies, use the same machines and live about as long.

They even know most of the same things and have the same am-bitions.

So, we need some-body to ask us the same question.

Do we really think a global civilization is a good idea?

And, if so, have we any plans for keeping it going beyond a few more generations?

History is full of civilizations that col-lapsed and, often, their fall was followed by a Dark Age.

In the past, these Dark Ages were just re-gional events (Europe after the fall of Rome, Central America after the collapse of Mayan civilization, China after the Mongol invasion), but now we are all in the same boat.

If this civilization crashes, we could end up in the longest and worst Dark Age ever.

Our duty to our great-grandchildren is to figure out how to get

through the 21st cen-tury without a collapse.

We have all the rest of history to get through, but we can-not even imagine what the problems and op-portunities of the 22nd century will be, so let’s concentrate on what would constitute inter-im success by 2100.

Interim success in 2100 would be a world in which a recognizable descendant of the cur-rent civilization is still thriving.

The global popula-tion might be heading back down toward the current seven billion by then, having peaked at several billion higher, but it won’t fall faster than that unless billions die in famine and war — so, it must be a fu-ture in which a very big population is still sustainable.

Unfortunately, the way we are living now is not sustainable.

We have taken too much land out of the natural cycles in order to grow our own food on it.

We are system-atically destroying the world’s major fish pop-ulations through over-fishing and pollution.

We are driving most of the larger land ani-mals to extinction.

This is a “six-planet” civilization: It would take six Earth-like planets to sustain the present human popula-tion in the high-energy, high-consumption style that is the hallmark of the current global civi-lization.

Not all of the seven billion have achieved that lifestyle yet, but they all want it and most of them are going to get it.

And, for the fore-seeable future, we will have only one planet, not six.

That’s the real prob-lem we must solve if we are to reach 2100 without civilizational collapse and a massive dieback of the human population.

All the other stuff we worry about, like global warming, ocean acidification and the “sixth great extinction”, are really signals we are not solving the basic sustainability problem.

Nor will we ever solve it by just using less energy and eating less meat.

Not at seven billion-plus, we won’t.

So, we really have only two options.

We can go on in the present patchwork way, with a bit of conser-vation here and some more renewable energy there, in which case we are heading for popu-lation collapse through global famine — and probably civilizational collapse as well because of the attendant wars — well before 2100.

Or, we can try to float free from our de-pendence on the natural cycles.

Use the scientific and technological ca-pabilities of our current civilization to reduce our pressure on the nat-ural world radically.

Stop growing or catching our food, for example, and learn to produce it on an indus-trial scale through bio-technology instead.

Just achieving food independence would greatly reduce our vul-nerability to climate change, but we need to stop global warming anyway.

Otherwise, much of what we call nature will not survive and half the world’s big cities will be drowned by sea lev-el rise.

Given how much excess carbon dioxide

we have dumped into the atmosphere already through burning fossil fuels, that will prob-ably require direct hu-man intervention in the climate system — geo-engineering, in other words.

We must also stop burning fossil fuels and move to alternative sources of energy as fast as we can, but we almost certainly won’t move fast enough to avoid runaway warm-ing without geo-engi-neering.

The more romantic environmentalists hate this stuff and insist there is a third option.

They think we can avoid disaster just by learning to “live lightly on the planet.”

That would be nice, but it can’t be done with seven-billion people, even if they all lived like Gandhi.

That option disap-peared at the latest in the 1960s, when we passed the three-billion mark.

This civilization is the distilled essence of a 10,000-year human fascination with tech-nology.

It will live or die ac-cording to its ability to solve by new technolo-gies the problems it has created by its own past technological suc-cesses.

If we want our great-grandchildren to be happy in 2100 — if we want them even to be alive — we have to start managing some of the planet’s systems (like the climate sys-tem) and remove our-selves from some of the others.

There really is no third option.

Gwynne Dyer is a London-based journal-ist whose articles are published in 45 coun-tries.

Civilizations: the options

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SPORTSSoccer gears up for start of season

Spring must be on its way because soccer registrations keep com-ing in!

Thank you to all the parents and players who have mastered our new online registration system or who stopped by the office to make sure their children’s registrations were in by the deadline. All new systems have their glitches and everyone has been very patient as we worked through things this year. It has been much appreciat-ed.

We’ve been very pleased with the prog-ress, despite a bit of a slow start getting the new system up and run-ning. Due to the very short time period be-fore the deadline and the fact that we’re look-ing for more players in certain age groups, we’ve decided to waive the late fee for this year and remember – we’ve lowered fees for most age groups as well. If you’re trying to get that video game controller out of your child’s hand or away from the TV, soccer is an easy way to meet new friends and a great form of exercise.

Missed registration for some reason?

It’s not too late! Visit www.ShuswapSoccer.com to complete your online registration or stop by our office at 351 Third St. SW to get that looked after.

As the player regis-trations rolled in so did

the parents, offering to volunteer but we are still looking to fill a number of volunteer positions. For as little as two hours a week, as a coach or assistant, you can make a huge difference to a group of children’s lives. Don’t worry about your expe-rience level. Free coach-ing clinics and training manuals are available. Check on our website under coaching tab for more details.

Game day site equip-ment volunteers, ensur-ing proper equipment is handed in and out at field.

Team Contacts are needed to distribute in-formation to players through the season with limited time devoted to email or phone com-munication.

Division co-ordina-tors are needed for each age group and almost all of this work is done prior to the start of the season.

If any of these sound like areas that you could help please call or email the office to volunteer or get more details.

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system also brought with it a new website.

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Equipment is being gathered and planning is well underway. Soon Saturdays will find the green space in Salmon Arm covered with soc-cer players 3 to 18 years of age, from 8:30 in the morning until 8 at night.

Lead up to the season is always a bit stressful in our office but once you’re on one of the fields on Saturday morning with the kids running, laughing and cheering each other on and the parents sup-porting their kids and visiting with each other over their morning cof-fee you know that all the last-minute long hours were worth it.

Don’t miss it! Re-member, if you haven’t registered your child it’s not too late. Sign up today.

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Riding club sets show datesThe Armstrong-

Enderby Riding Club (AERC) is pleased to let all riders in the North Okanagan and Shuswap know that the first two Fun Day show dates have been set.

The friendly com-munity riding club welcomes riders of all

ages to come to the IPE grounds on Sun-day, April 15 and Sun-day, May 20 to take in a day of showing in a supportive atmosphere.

Fun Days feature English and Western classes, along with many new ones like simple reining and

pleasure pairs, and be-gin at 9 a.m. Come ear-ly to register and bring proof of Horse Council (HCBC) membership.

For more infor-mation, go to www.armstrongenderbyrid-ingclub.com or call Rebecca at 250-546-0052.

A bit o’ the Irish # Chester’s House of Cinnamon staff members Jessi Brennan-Dalton, Brenda Van Ember and Jeannie Hansen were all decked out in green Saturday to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day.


It’s a once in a lifetime experience for 29 lo-cal residents who will serve as medal bearers to commemorate the 25th Anniversary of the Rick Hansen Man in Motion World Tour when the an-niversary relay reaches Salmon Arm April 4.

Although a few remaining spots have yet to be fi lled, the list of difference makers who will rep-resent the community April 4 and 7 include: Han-nah Baskill, Nora Kennett, Brian Ennis, Nicole Nadin, Patti Brock, Barry Dearing, Petronella Peach, Kate Hiscock, Silken Kleer, Teresa Mck-erral, Amanda Jones, Cathy Evans, Donna Flat-man, Linda Hlina, Chali Pattison, Wende Winn, Debi Podruzny, Anne Ram, Abby Vandermeulen, Tyler Stefanyk, Amy Witt, Marleen Maas, Ma-laya Wolff, Bert Revel, Debra McDonald, Marci Hyatt, Melanie Kohinsky, Dawn Hughes and Dee Lewis.

Wearing the Rick Hansen medal, each partici-pant will walk, run or wheel about 250 metres before passing it on to the next medal bearer, and when this medal reaches its fi nal destina-tion in Vancouver this May, it will have passed through 600 communities, and have travelled across 12,000 kilometres. In 1987 Hansen trav-elled 40,000 kilometres around the world to raise money and awareness of spinal cord injury.

For information on the Salmon Arm relay route, visit www.rickhansenrelay.com.

Residents chosen for Man in Motion

Help out the Jam CanThe 46th annual Jam Can Curling Bonspiel,

which takes place April 17 to 19 on the ice at the Shaw Centre, is in need of help.

Lions Club of Salmon Arm member and orga-nizer John Lund says they are in need of at least a dozen volunteers to sit at the registration booths that will be set up at the Mall at Piccadilly and Centenoka Park Mall a week prior to the event.

The event, organized by the Lions Club of Salm-on Arm, and co-sponsored by the City of Salmon Arm, attracts hundreds of local elementary school kids from grades one to seven.

An entry fee of $20 per four-member team is required to offset the cost of renting the ice.

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Pajama party # Jack and Kate Rogers, left, and Alex-andria and Mi-kayla Beever, right, listen as youth services librarian Ardie Burnham reads a story aloud Friday during the Spring Break Program at the Salmon Arm branch of the Okanagan Regional Li-brary.

BCSPCA Shuswap Branch is holding its 2012 Youth Day Camp for those aged 10 to 13 on Friday, April 20.

This year the event will be held at Mt Ida Hall and Harmonious Homestead and Ewe farm, 5421 - 70th St. SW, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Participants will take a tour of the farm to see the sheep, lambs,

goats, chickens and rabbits and will hear about what it is like to be a farmer with live-stock.

Boots suitable for a farm tour will be need-ed. In addition, camp-ers will need indoor shoes for the time in-side the hall. There will be activities related to the SPCA certifi ed pro-gram for farm animals.

In the afternoon, one

of the local vets will talk about the work that veterinarians and animal technicians do for the health of the animals.

An activity gives the campers an opportu-nity to try their hands at diagnosing animal ailments.

Those interested are asked to phone Ev at 250-835 8371 or Janet at 250-835 2270 to pre-

register since there is a maximum of 30 par-ticipants. The deadline for registration is April 13. The fee for the day is $25.

Registration forms can be found at the li-braries in Sorrento, Si-camous, Enderby and Scotch Creek as well as the display board at the Mall at Piccadilly and at the shelter, 5850 Auto Road SE.


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Public Notice of IntentThe Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure gives notice pursuant to Section 2.2 of the Transportation Act that an application has been made to change the name of Bostock Road to Miners Bluff Road in the Pritchard area. The purpose of the proposed name change is to correct an existing road name duplication and to clarify the location of the new frontage road constructed through highway improvement.

Anyone wanting to provide comments of support or opposition to the proposed road name change should do so in writing no later than April 27, 2012, to the Salmon Arm Area Office at Box 100, 16th Street NE, Suite 850C, Salmon Arm, British Columbia, V1E 4S4.

For more information, please contact District Development Technician Elizabeth Keam at 250 833-7404

or by e-mail at [email protected]

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A Canada-wide re-call has been initiated for more than 135 beef products.

Concerns of E.coli have caused the mas-sive recall of beef burg-er products by the Ca-nadian Food Inspection

Agency. The products have been distributed to retail stores, restaurants and institutional es-tablishments and were manufactured between July 1, 2011 and Feb. 15, 2012.

The affected products

bear best-before dates between Jan. 1, 2012 and Feb. 15, 2013.

The product list in-cludes the following brands: Best Value, BV Balance, Calgary Stam-pede, Country Morning and Country Morning

Gold, Exclusive Se-lections, Grillhouse, Heritage Angus Beef, Hero Certified Burg-ers, Irresistibles, Keg, Licks, Maple Lodge Farms, no name, Our Finest, Overwaitea, PC, PC Blue Menu and PC

Butchers Choice, Prai-rie Heritage Producers, Q Burger, Simply Food, Spring Creek, Sunspun, Webers, Western Fam-ily, Zabiha Halal.

There has been one reported illness associ-ated with the consump-

tion of one of the affect-ed products. Food con-taminated with E. coli may not look or smell spoiled. Consumption of food contaminated with the bacteria may cause serious and po-tentially life-threatening

illnesses. For more informa-

tion, call the CFIA at 1-800-442-2342 / TTY 1-800-465-7735 or visit http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/corpaffrrecarapp/2012/20120319ce.shtml

Canadian Food Inspection Agency issues massive recall of beef burgers

CHASE

Five people have been arrested and nu-merous fi rearms seized following the execution of a search warrant at a Lee Creek home.

Chase RCMP, with assistance from the Salmon Arm detach-ment and the Kam-loops police dog sec-tion, searched the Eva Road residence on Wednesday, March 7, Cpl. Mark Skotnicki said in a news release issued Monday.

The execution of the warrant also involved the “high-risk stops” of three vehicles in Squi-lax. The vehicles had departed from the resi-dence, Skotnicki said.

Four men and one woman were arrested. One of the men was on recognizance, fac-ing charges relating to 12 armed robberies in Alberta.

Charges are pend-ing against several of the people arrested. Suspects are not being named until charges are offi cially approved by Crown counsel.

Numerous fi rearms were seized, includ-ing a loaded handgun

found in one vehicle.This residence is

well-known to police.In January, a 59-year-

old man was shot several times at the residence but survived. While that attempted murder investigation continues, police say

there does not appear to be a connection between the two inci-dents.

At that time, a resi-dent of the area told the Observer the ho-meowner is out of the country and the home was being looked after

by someone else. The resident, who did not want to be named for fear of retribution, said the home was a sus-pected drug house.

“Let’s just say no-body around here is surprised the police were called there.”

Arrests made in Lee CreekBy Tracy HughesMARKET NEWS STAFF

# A second incident in as many months brought police to this Lee Creek residence. In the first, a man was shot several times. More recently, police seized weapons from the home on March 7.

Cathy McLeod, member of Parliament for Kamloops-Thomp-son-Cariboo is pleased that the federal govern-ment will be taking ac-tion to provide Canadi-an families with more choices at lower prices for wireless services.

“The government plans to hold the 700MHz auction in the first half of 2013, to be followed by auction of the 2500MHz spectrum within a year, which will further enable ser-vice providers to meet the growing demand for data by consumers and businesses,” said McLeod.

“The measures intro-duced this week will give rural Canadians the same advanced ser-vices as everyone else in a timely manner,” said McLeod.

“In addition, a por-tion of the spectrum

will be reserved for public safety users such as police and firefight-ers across Canada.”

The changes to the 700MHz spectrum will allow telecom compa-nies to bring the latest 4G LTE mobile net-works to Canadian con-sumers and businesses, including those in rural areas.

This means Canadi-ans will have access to the fastest mobile speeds and latest de-vices, such as the new-est iPad, PlayBook and smartphones.

They will have ac-cess to high-definition video and video con-ferencing over mobile networks.

Canadians will bene-fit from greater access to e-health, intelligent transport and other ad-vanced applications.

This will result in improved connectivity

for consumers, in-creased business pro-ductivity and enhanced safety for Canadians.

More specifically, the measures will in-clude:

• The Telecommuni-cations Act will be amended to lift foreign investment restrictions for telecom companies that hold less than a 10-percent share of the total Canadian telecom-munications market.

This will help tele-com companies with a small market share ac-cess the capital they need to grow and com-pete.

• The government will be applying caps in the upcoming spectrum auctions to guarantee that both new wireless competitors and incum-bent carriers have ac-cess to the spectrum up for auction.

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will improve and ex-tend the existing policy on roaming and tower sharing to further sup-port competition and will improve transpar-ency and information sharing to facilitate agreements between companies to slow the proliferation of new cellphone towers.

“Since 2008 our gov-ernment has promoted

competition in the wire-less sector, this has re-sulted in reducing the mobile wireless prices for Canadian families by 10 percent.

“The measures an-nounced today build on our actions, supporting competition and the availability of advanced wireless services in ru-ral areas,” said McLeod.

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Planning has begun for the Chase Canada Day celebrations to be held Sunday July 1st, 2012.

The next planning meeting is Monday, April 2 at 4:30 p.m. at the Village of Chase municipal office.

Canada Day 2011 was a tremendous suc-cess. ‘Children’ of all ages enjoyed the pan-cake breakfast, parade, boat rides, food, games, cake, music and fire-works.

Many volunteers are needed to assist with or-ganizing and producing this celebration of our

nation’s birthday.

Girl GuidesThe Chase Guides

held a dog parade and show on Feb. 18 at Chase Home Hard-ware. There were prizes

awarded for best outfit, best trick, most obedi-ent and cutest pet.

The event raised $63

for the Canadian World Friendship Fund, which helps Guiding countries in need. For more infor-mation about Guiding in Chase, call Natalie at 250-574-9524 or Janie at 250-679-3094.

Coffee houseOn Saturday March

16, the Celista Coffee-house was the place to be entertained for sure. According to organizer Willy Gaw, “The Wild Oaks” made a surprise appearance, along with Blu and Kelly Hopkins and Dennis Severing.

A Million Dollars in Pennies had to cancel at the last minute due to a recording session in Las Vegas with Tom T. Hall.

Goes to show once again the calibre of first-class entertainment we are able to see at area coffeehouses.

Next Celista Coffee-house date is April 20 at 7 p.m.

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# Miss Chase Excellence ambassa-dors prepare to cut a large Canada Day cake at Chase Memo-rial Park on July 1, 2011.

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The Village of Chase recently updat-ed mortgage arrange-ments, saving $26,000 in the process.

As the costs of main-tenance have gone up significantly, Art Hold-en Arena was a little short on its budgeted funds, so the village transferred the surplus toward operations of the arena.

Art Holding Arena is administrated through the Chase and District Recreation Society.

InvestmentVillage of Chase

has signed a strategic community investment funds agreement with the BC Ministry of Community, Sport, and Cultural Development.

The province has agreed to provide $561, 875 paid in two install-ments by June 30.

These funds are to encourage economic growth in the commu-nity.

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The workshop will cover provincial sup-port information in the case where a declara-tion of a state of local emergency would or should be used.

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Chase may be a smaller ru-ral community, but that doesn’t mean there’s any sophistication lacking in the culture. There is a production coming to town with some international acclaim, the message to stop domestic vio-lence.

On March 31st, 2012, at 7 p.m., V-Day Chase will present a one-night only benefit reading of Eve Ensler’s award winning play The Vagina Monologues at Chase Community Hall.

After a limited run off Broad-way in 1996, the original pro-duction has been staged interna-tionally, and a television version featuring Ensler was produced by cable TV channel HBO. In 1998, Ensler and others, including Willa Shalit, a producer of the Westside Theatre production, launched V-Day, a global non-profit move-ment for women’s anti-violence groups through benefits of The Vagina Monologues.

The play gained popularity through a word-of-mouth cam-paign that culminated with a performance at Madison Square Garden in 2001, which featured Melissa Etheridge and Whoopi Goldberg performing segments of the play.

Last year over 5,800 V-Day benefits were held around the world, raising more than $5 mil-lion through performance of the award-winning play, read-ings from V-Day’s A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant and A Prayer and Any One Of Us: Words From Prison, as well as screenings of V-Day’s documentary Until The Violence Stops.

Chase has joined this global movement as part of the V-Day 2012 Campaign.

Sketch Theatre will again present a benefit production of The Vagina Monologues at 7 p.m. March 31 at the Chase Community Hall. The proceeds

from the event will be donated to the Shuswap Area Family Emer-gency Society.

The Shuswap Area Family Emergency Society(SAFE) was established in 1979 by a group of caring women who recognized the need to end domestic vio-lence and that a safe, supportive environment was needed for women in our area.

SAFE offers free, confiden-tial, shelter and support services to Shuswap women that assist in ending violence.

Under the SAFE Society um-brella are: the Children Who Wit-ness Abuse Program, Stopping the Violence Program, Outreach Services, specialized victim ser-

vices and police victim services, community counselling program, and the transition house (wom-en’s shelter).

There is ongoing fundraising for the women’s shelter, chil-dren’s programming and Police Victim Services.

SAFE relies heavily on dona-tions for the women’s shelter, including food, small household items, seasonal clothing and chil-dren’s toys.

SAFE currently receives fund-ing for core services from Interior Health, the Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General and BC Housing.

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Chase Citizens on Patrol coffee house Friday April 13 at 7 p.m. in the Chase Community Hall, cof-fee and goodies avail-able. Admission is $2 per person.

Chase Creekside Seniors’ cribbage, Fri-day, April 13, mini crib at 10:30 a.m., regular play at 11 a.m., admis-sion $5 each, lunch is $2.

Chase Creekside Seniors Easter dinner, Friday April 20, din-ner is $10 per person, happy hour at 4 p.m. and dinner at 5.

2012 Chase Queen Pageant coronation, candidates perform prepared speeches, answer impromptu

questions and model evening gowns, final judging and crowning of the new Miss Chase and Princess, Chase Secondary School gym, Saturday April 28 at 6:30 p.m., cost $10 per person, tickets avail-able from candidates, royalty, Peoples Food

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BUD LAITINENMarch 29, 1929 - February 26, 2012

Stewart (Bud) Matthew Laitinen passed away in Kamloops, February 26, 2012 at the age of 82. Bud was born in Salmon Arm March 29, 1929 to Vera and Albert Laitinen of North Broadview. He spent his early career years throughout B.C. with the B.C. Forest Service and resided in Kamloops for the past forty-eight years. During his long retirement he enjoyed skiing,golfi ng, fi shing, travelling and spending summersat Shuswap Lake. Bud was much loved andrespected by friends and family alike.

He is survived by his wife of 25 years, Caroline;his children Maureen (Ron) Lefebvre, SharonMcBeth, Vicki (Roman) Gehring; his step-sonsRob (Nan) Robertson, Chad Robertson, KennyRobertson, Ian (Kelly) Robertson; his sister LoisCunningham; his brother-in-law Don Ross; 23grandchildren; 6 nieces and nephews.

He was predeceased by his fi rst wife, Marianne;his sister, Yvonne Ross; his nephew, NormanCunningham and his granddaughter, Jamie-LynnRobertson.

A Memorial Service was held Saturday, March 3,2012 at Valleyview Bible Church, Kamloops, B.C.

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DONALD GARY TUFFORDJune 12, 1939 - March 9, 2012

On Friday, March 9th, 2012 succumbed to his short battle with cancer. He was surrounded by his family, in his own home, when he completed his journey.

Don was born in Toronto, Ontario on June 12th, 1939 to Harold and Marguerite Tufford. Don was predeceased by his parents, his brother Al and sister Kay. Don is survived by his best friend and loving wife Nancy, eight children, Susan, Sharilyn, Carolyn,Ricki, Susanne, Phillip, Wayne and Beverleigh,seventeen grandchildren and one great grandchild.

Don grew up in Toronto. He attended DanforthTech and became an architectural technician. Donworked in this fi eld until the economic downturnin Ontario made it necessary to seek work inAlberta where he was employed with two separatearchitectural fi rms in Edmonton. Don then tookseveral courses to upgrade his certifi cate andbecame a contract administrator as well as a sitesupervisor. He was then recruited by Public WorksCanada and transferred to Innisfail, Alberta tooversee the reconstruction of Bowden Institution.Upon completion, the family moved to Edmontonarea where he worked to reconstruct, upgrade andbuild several other institutions. Don retired in 2001and he and Nancy moved to the Shuswap. Don’sdream retirement job – working on a golf course- was realized when he was hired at ShuswapLake Estates. Don was an active member in ourcommunity as well as a member of the MasonicLodge. Don’s favourite past times were golfi ngwith his granddaughter Jewel, calling Bingo at theSDIS and walking the family pet “Jazz”. Don wasawed by the amount of support he received bythe people in our Community and wished to thankeveryone for their wishes, visits and support. Thefamily would like to thank Dr. K. Goldberg and thestaff at the Shuswap Hospital for their care as wellas the Case workers from Community Health fortheir visits to our home. A Memorial service willbe held for Don at the Shuswap Lake CommunityCentre on Sunday, Shuswap Lake Estates, April1st, 2012 from 2-4p.m. Thanks also to Fischer’sFuneral Home for caring for Don in such aprofessional manner.

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NAKAZAWA, STEVEN JOHNDecember 23, 1957 - March 6, 2012

Steven’s life was tragically taken on March 6,2012 at the age of 54. Born in Salmon Arm onDecember 23, 1957, his life was both simple andcomplex. He was loved dearly and truly, for whohe was, by his girlfriend and love Wendy, her twogirls Kendra and Hannah, his little buddy Liam,folks Sam and Tammie, sisters Susan (Les),Diane (JP, deceased), brother Terry (Val), aunts,uncles, nieces, nephews and true friends. Stevenhas taken a part of everyone’s lives and will beremembered with love. A celebration of Steven’slife will be held on Saturday, March 24, 1:00 p.m.at the Silver Creek Seniors’ Hall.

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JOHN WILLIAM KALINCZUK1949 - 2012

John William Kalinczuk, of Revelstoke B.C., died peacefully Wednesday, March 14, 2012 in Mount Cartier Court Extended Care facility. He was surrounded by his wife and children at the time of his passing.

John was born October 11, 1949 in Moose Jaw SK, to parents Anthony and Ann Kalinczuk. He lived there, along with his sister Jenny, until he moved to B.C. in 1969to pursue a career with the Canadian Pacifi cRailway. His job with the CPR was a source ofgreat pride and enjoyment for John, and it allowedhim to provide a more than comfortable living forhis family. His children, Jodi, Janice, John and Jay-lyn would like to thank their dad for all of the hardwork he did to support them through the years, welove you dad.

John lived in a few communities in B.C. includingGlacier and Salmon Arm, before settling inRevelstoke with his second wife Barbara in2000, with whom he shared his love for animals.Sadly, John’s health failed over the last ten years,which was diffi cult for someone who liked to beout walking in the great outdoors as much aspossible...most happily with a dog at his side.

John Kalinczuk will be sorely missed by many.Although his parents are deceased, he is survivedb yhis sister, children, wife, four grand children(Kendra, Hannah, Olivia and Abigial), nephew(Rodi) and Niece (Nicki).

For all of those who would like to take part in aCelebration of Life Tea, you are welcome to attendthe Knights of Pythias Hall on March 31, 2012between 1100-1300. It will be an open houseformat, so feel free to come by and join his familyin saying so long to John William Kalinczuk.

The family would like to say thank-you to thedoctors and nurses who helped John fi ght hisillness for so many years. Special thanks tothe doctor and the nurses in his home, whohelped to make his last days as peaceful aspossible.

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GABRIELA GOMEZ1966 - 2012

It is with great sadness that we had to say “So long” to Gabriela Gomez on March 14 2012. Gabriela will be greatly missed by her mother Martha Carlin from Mexico City , husband Alan Davila Madrid and son Eitan, brother Sergio Gomez and his family. Gabby was an exceptional wife, mother, daughter and friend.

A funeral service was held at St.Joseph’sCatholic Church on Saturday March 17th, 2012 at11 am. A Reception followed allowing friends andfamily to continue sharing memories.

The family would like to extend a heart felt thankyou to everyone who cared for Gabriela and herfamily for the past few months.

Your smile will remain in our hearts forever.Online condolences can be sent through Gaby’s

obituary at www.bowersfuneralservice.comFuneral arrangements are in the care of Bowers

Funeral Service, Salmon Arm, BCNIELSEN, RONALD MARTIN

November 13, 1938 - February 21, 2012On February 21,

2012 Ronald Martin Nielsen passed away suddenly at the age of 73 years.

Ron was born near Didsbury, Alberta on November 13, 1938 and resided in a number of Alberta farming communities before relocating to the Shuswap area of British Columbia for most of the last twenty fi ve years. He had recently moved to Sogod, Cebu, Philippineswhere he intended to retire.

In addition to farming through his life, Ronworked primarily on Alberta and Northern BritishColumbia oil patch pipeline and plant site projects.He was well respected for his ability to manageconstruction crews and most recently for hisconsulting and inspection expertise.

Ron is survived by his children Rex (Karen)Nielsen of Edmonton, Ab., Rhonda (Ed) Auclair ofAirdrie, AB., Robin (Genylyn) Nielsen of Sicamous,BC and Roxane (Allan) Wooden-Wandyka ofFort Saskatchewan, AB.; his brothers, Ken, Johnand Bert Nielsen, sisters, Louise Sherstenko andNancy Alan and numerous nephews and nieces,grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Ron’s ashes will be buried with his parents,Axel and Rose Nielsen at their grave site at Olds,Alberta Cemetery at 2:00 PM on Saturday, June2, 2012. Family and friends are invited to joinRon’s children at Olds Cemetery to say their fi nalfarewell.

MacPHERSON, ERNEST KEITHOn March 7, 2012,

(age 87) Keith passed away peacefully at Shuswap Lodge Retirement Residence, in Salmon Arm, BC. Keith was born near Borden, S a s k a t c h e w a n , December 5, 1924. In 1939, he moved with his parents, Ethel and Hugh, to Vanderhoof, BC, and then to Vancouver in 1940. In 1943, they settled at Canoe, BC, where Keith married and raised his family.

Keith held electrical, gas fi tting and plumbingcertifi cates. He worked for Modern Electric (1952-1957), Salmon Arm Sheet Metal and Supply(1957-1973) becoming a partner in 1963, and heldthe position of Plumbing, Heating and ElectricalForeman for the Shuswap Lake School District(1973-1986). He loved ‘Big Band’ music and wasan accomplished musician playing saxophone andviolin at many wedding, New Years Eve and ‘OldTime’ dances in the area.

Keith will be missed by his daughters JudyMacPherson (Dan Dalgaard) of Nelson, BC, andCathy MacPherson of Burnaby, BC. He also leaves2 grand children, Nathan and Melissa Dalgaard.

Special thanks to the staff at the Shuswap LodgeRetirement Residence for their compassionatecare in his fi nal days.

No service by request.Arrangements entrusted to FISCHER’S FUNERAL

SERVICES & CREMATORIUM LTD., Salmon Arm(250) 833-1129. EMAIL condolences and sharememories at www.fi schersfuneralservices.com.

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DOUGLAS JAMES GRIEVEPassed away on

March 12, 2012 at the home of his daughter and son-in-law in Salmon Arm, BC.

He is missed and will be remembered by his wife Elizabeth, daughters Kim (Glenn) Salmon Arm and Laurie (Dana) Vancouver; sons Doug (LaRae) Winnipeg and James of Salmon Arm; grandchildren Joey Ringaert and Scott Grieve, Winnipeg and Jack andKate Verdurmen, Salmon Arm; and his faithful catCharlie. He was predeceased by his parents Alexand Blanche and his brother Art.

Doug was born on August 17, 1936 in SourisManitoba where he spent his fi rst four years priorto the family move to Winnipeg. In his late teenshe moved, along with his parents, brother Art andsister Joyce to St. Vital where he continued toreside until recently.

After leaving school, he was employed as a CNRLocomotive Fireman until he contracted polioin 1958 which left him with physical limitations.When he was able to return to work he wasemployed for 35 years by Hayes Dana Inc. (DanaCanada) until retirement in 1996 as RegionalManager.

Doug’s determination to overcome manychallenges throughout his life, without allowing hisdisability to defi ne him, was always a source ofinspiration and encouragement for his family.

“Grieve not, nor speak of me with tears,but laugh and talk of me as if I were beside you.

‘Twas heaven to be here with you, I loved you so.” - Isla P. Richardson

Love you Dad/Grandpa.Never more than a thought away.In keeping with Doug’s wishes, no formal service

will be held. Online condolences can be sent through Doug’s

obituary at www.bowersfuneralservice.com

THOMSON, ANNE BOOTH (nee FOWLER)December 7, 1917 - February 29, 2012

Anne was born in Edmonton, Alberta andremained there until she moved out to BritishColumbia when she was seventeen years old.She married her husband in 1938 and after livingin Vancouver, Wells and other places, they madetheir home on Quadra Island in 1948. This iswhere they raised their family. In 1990 she movedfrom Quadra to Courtenay and a while later on toSalmon Arm where she lived the rest of her life.

Anne loved to garden, her fl owers were alwaysspectacular and she took great care with tendingthem. Her cooking and baking were fantastic andone was always advised not to eat before visitingbecause she was sure to try and fi ll you up withher goodies. She was “sharp as a tack” up to thevery end and her wit will be missed, along with herlaughter.

We will all miss you but we are thankful we weregifted with you for so long.

Anne is predeceased by her husband, GeraldThomson; daughter Geraldine Thomson Smith;son Kenneth Thomson; son-in-laws Brian Smithand Frank “Red” Elford and granddaughter SharonSmith.

She is survived by her son Bruce (Bridgette)Thomson and her daughter Carol (Barry Eberle)Elford. She also leaves behind grandchildren:David Smith, Craig (Leah) Leslie, Pamela (RobertBisson) Elford, Brad Elford, Lorena (Steven)Woods, Blake (Karen) Elford and Gerald Thomson.She will be missed by great-grandchildren Zachary,Garrett and Holly Leslie; Christopher, Nicholasand Corynne Bisson; Jaymie Elford, Charisse andTierney Woods, Breanne and Rachelle Elford.

Arrangements entrusted to FISCHER’S FUNERALSERVICES & CREMATORIUM LTD., Salmon Arm(250) 833-1129. EMAIL condolences and sharememories at www.fi schersfuneralservices.com.

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NORTH SHUSWAPThe Columbia Shuswap Regional District is inviting tenders for the maintenance and performance of parks services at nine (9) parks located within Electoral Area ‘F’ North Shuswap. The contract will be for a three year term and will require that the Successful Contractor provide daily service from May 1st to October 15th in each year of the Agreement. Sealed tenders clearly marked “Tender – North Shuswap Parks Maintenance”, will be accepted until 2 pm local time on Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012 at the offi ces of the Columbia Shuswap Regional District, 781 Marine Park Drive NE, P.O. Box 978, Salmon Arm, BC, V1E 4P1. Tender documents and further information are available on-line at the Columbia Shuswap Regional District website at www.csrd.bc.ca, on the BC Bid website at www.bcbid.gov.bc.ca, and at the offi ce of the Columbia Shuswap Regional District at the above address during regular offi ce hours.The Columbia Shuswap Regional District reserves the rights to accept or reject any or all Tenders and to waive any informality in the Tenders received, in each case without giving any notice. The Columbia Shuswap Regional District reserves the right to accept the Tender which it deems most advantageous.Faxed or e-mailed submissions will not be accepted. The lowest or any Tender not necessarily accepted.For more information, please contact:Marcin Pachcinski, Parks and Recreation Team Leader(250) 833-5923 or Toll Free 1-888-248-2773e-mail: [email protected]


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SEYMOUR ARMThe Columbia Shuswap Regional District is inviting tenders for the maintenance and performance of parks services at two (2)parks located within Electoral Area ‘F’ North Shuswap. The contract will be for a three year term and will require that the Successful Contractor provide daily service from May 1st to October 15th in each year of the Agreement. Sealed tenders clearly marked “Tender – Seymour Arm Parks Maintenance”, will be accepted until 2 pm local time on Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012 at the offi ces of the Columbia Shuswap Regional District, 781 Marine Park Drive NE, P.O. Box 978, Salmon Arm, BC, V1E 4P1. Tender documents and further information are available on-line at the Columbia Shuswap Regional District website at www.csrd.bc.ca, on the BC Bid website at www.bcbid.gov.bc.ca, and at the offi ce of the Columbia Shuswap Regional District at the above address during regular offi ce hours.The Columbia Shuswap Regional District reserves the rights to accept or reject any or all Tenders and to waive any informality in the Tenders received, in each case without giving any notice. The Columbia Shuswap Regional District reserves the right to accept the Tender which it deems most advantageous.Faxed or e-mailed submissions will not be accepted. The lowest or any Tender not necessarily accepted.For more information, please contact:Marcin Pachcinski, Parks and Recreation Team Leader(250) 833-5923 or Toll Free 1-888-248-2773e-mail: [email protected]

The Okanagan Regional Library is requesting bids from qualifi ed janitorial fi rms for the semi-weekly cleaning of the North Shuswap Library located at 3867 Squilax-Anglemont Road Scotch Creek.

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All bids., which must include the monthly rate, past experience and references, must be received by no later than 12 PM April 4, 2012 to [email protected] or mailed to D Nettleton, 1430 KLO RD, Kelowna, B.C. V1W 3P6.

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The Okanagan Regional Library is requesting bids from qualifi ed janitorial fi rms for the bi-weekly cleaning of the 2 year old South Shuswap Library located in Blind Bay Market.

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