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Vol. 2/Issue 48 Your Weekly Source for News and Events December 2, 2005

ContentsNews 2

Perspective 6

Letters 7

Classifi eds 18

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By Sandra KellySpecial to Th e Pioneer

Students at David Th ompson Secondary School are using Th e Pioneer as a learning tool.

“Th e Pioneer is a reader-friendly paper,” says Crystal Woodworth, who teaches Grades 8, 10 and 11 English. “Th at makes it a terrifi c educational tool.”

Every Monday morning, the 15 students in Ms. Woodworth’s Grade 8 class read Th e Pioneer from cover to cover.

Th ey look at the paper’s layout, study the structure of its articles and then discuss their content.

Th e purpose of the exercise is to improve the stu-dents’ reading skills and their knowledge of grammar, punctuation and spelling.

Th at can be achieved in other ways, says Ms. Woodworth, but Th e Pioneer makes the process fun and meaningful.

“Th e Pioneer contains good stories and relevant information about this community. Th e students are reading about people they know and places they’re fa-miliar with. It gives them a context for learning.”

Th at learning will come in handy next semester when the students team up with another class to create their own newspaper.

Th e articles they’ll write will be based on the key events in the novel Th e Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. Why Th e Outsiders?

“It’s a classic novel that teenagers love and identify with,” says Ms. Woodworth. “It’s fun and engaging.”

Th e paper will also contain display ads designed by the students, and photographs if they wish to in-clude them. Th e layout of the paper and the structure of its articles will be based on Th e Pioneer.

One of the ways Ms. Woodworth helps her stu-dents learn is to assign them to complete a Pioneer Crossword puzzle. Fortunately she has a computer program that creates the puzzle for her.

If you would like to try completing the puzzle based on our November 25th issue, please turn to Page 16. Try doing the puzzle without peeking at the back issue. Th en call us 341-6299 and let us know how you made out!

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Two new businesses openingBy Adrian BerglesPioneer Staff

Shoppers in the Columbia Valley will soon have a couple of new stores in which to spend their hard-earned dollars.

Valley Lighting will open at the crossroads near the new Panache furniture store, and a Bargain Shop outlet will open downtown on 13th Avenue in the former building supply centre next to the curl-ing club.

“We should be open by January 3rd,” says Dan Emms, who will run the lighting shop along with wife Laura. Mr. Emms says the store will off er a full line of residential lighting but will focus on top-quality products, “because of all the high-end con-struction around here,” he says.

Th e shop will also off er home accessories like mirrors, gadgets and prints, says Mr. Emms.

Mr. Emms has been in the lighting business for 16 years. Th e Emms business is a partnership with a Calgary outlet called the Lighting Centre. “It gives

us better buying power,” says Mr. Emms. Th e Emms recently moved to Invermere from

Calgary. Th e shop provided a means for the couple and their three children to move to the valley. “It seemed like an awesome opportunity to live where we want to live,” he says.

Th e home of the new Bargain Shop is currently under construction, says Mike Haight, who owns the building with four partners. Th e site is the old location of the former Home Hardware building supply store.

As well as the Bargain Shop, there is room for another retail shop, Mr. Haight said.

Seven condos will fi ll the second fl oor of the two-storey building, he says. All have been spoken for already. A name is sought for the condos and anyone with ideas is asked to call Mr. Haight at (403) 701-7545.

Th e Bargain Shop is a national chain of retail stores with about a dozen outlets in B.C. It sells a variety of products including clothing, household goods, toys and seasonal products.

By Adrian BerglesPioneer Staff

Local Conservative Member of Parliament Jim Abbott says he is excited at the at the prospect of the upcoming federal election campaign.

“I always enjoy an election in terms of talking to people,” he says. “People become more involved in politics.”

Th e minority Liberal government of Prime Min-ister Paul Martin lost a confi dence vote on Monday initiating the campaign. Opposition MPs, including Mr. Abbott, voted together and defeated the govern-ment 171-133.

Th e federal election will be held January 23.Mr. Abbott says the issue this time around is ac-

countability. “People will have to decide locally if I’ve been accountable,” said the politician, who has repre-sented this area nationally since 1993.

He called the Liberals “corrupt,” and said the election will give voters a choice. “It’s important that people have an opportunity to pass judgement on the alternatives,” he says.

Th is election falls less than two years after Canadi-

ans last went to the polls. As a result Mr. Abbott con-cedes that some voters will be turned off . “Undoubt-edly there are going to be some who feel that way.”

Mr. Abbott called parliament under the minority Liberals “dysfunctional.”

Last month the Liberals promised $24.5 billion in new spending for things like new military aircraft and a settlement package for former aboriginal residential school students.

Mr. Abbott called the spending “desperation.” “Th ey were prepared to do anything to avoid going to the people of Canada,” he said.

Mr. Abbott said he expects a bitter campaign na-tionally and blamed the Liberals for the Christmas time election. “It’s Paul Martin’s responsibility that the election will occur over the holidays,” he said. “Th e Prime Minister was not prepared to compromise.”

New Democratic Party challenger Brent Bush said this is the year his party could beat the Conservatives. “Th is riding has traditionally swung either NDP or Conservative,” he said. “Jim Abbott is a good guy but I think people are ready for some new ideas.”

Mr. Bush, a postal worker from Kimberley, fi n-ished second to Mr. Abbott in 2004.

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Kamloops died as a result of a rollover accident near Fairmont Hot Springs on November 25. Mr. Soohochoff was trav-eling south at about 1:30 p.m., when he lost control and his vehicle slid sideways on the highway. The vehicle flipped, and landed on the roof. “It rolled three or four times according to witnesses,” said RCMP Corporal Brent Ayers. Rescue crews were unable to revive the man, who was wearing a seat belt.

In a separate incident that day, three persons were transported to hospital and treated for minor injuries after their ve-hicle lost control on icy roads north of Edgewater. The vehicle slid off the road and into the ditch where it sustained se-vere damage. Edgewater fire rescue were able to maintain the scene until police and ambulance could attend.

• November 26: Police conducted a drinking and driving roadcheck on

7th Avenue in Invermere. A 30-year-old Invermere man was arrested for pos-session of a controlled substance and a subsequent search found a small quan-tity of marijuana.

• November 19: Police responded to a report of a stolen cube van in Fair-mont Hot Springs that belonged to a moving company from the Okanagan and was believed to be taken by one of their employees, who drove it into the ditch on Riverview Road and then left the scene. No charges were laid as there was not enough evidence to put the em-ployee behind the wheel.

• November 12: Police received a report of theft from a vehicle on 13th Avenue in Invermere. The complainant stated several items were stolen out of his locked truck including a Dell In-spiron 8000 laptop computer estimated at $2000. If you have any information, please contact the RCMP.

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Since winning the mayoral election in Canal Flats last week, John Tilley has been preparing himself for the mayor’s chair.

Mr. Tilley ran once before against Emile Morin but was defeated in Canal Flats’ first mayoral election last year.

This time Mr. Tilley captured 175 votes in the recent election, compared to 113 for mayor Emile Morin.

“I’m trying to get myself up to speed on all of the arguments,” said the 67-year-old retired school teach-er. “I have a program and it’s going ahead.”

Following his election win, Mr. Tilley said he would work to retain the working-class nature of his town. “That’s what it’s always been,” he said.

He has also promised to establish a low-cost housing strategy for Canal Flats.

Mayor-elect Tilley will be sworn in as mayor on December 5th. His first regular council meeting in his new role will be December 12th.

He attended coun-cil’s regular meeting Monday as a specta-tor. Councillor Walter Woodske sat as mayor at that meeting as out-going Mayor Morin was away on holidays. All four council mem-bers in Canal Flats were returned for three more years by acclamation.

During his campaign Mr. Tilley’s remarks concerned council members, two of whom wrote letters to The Pioneer defending council against his criticisms.

But immediately after the elec-tion, Mr. Tilley was conciliatory. “I hope there are no ill feelings that can’t be overcome,” he said. “We have to develop a working relationship.”

Mr. Tilley has been a volunteer in Canal Flats for many years. He serves as chair of the town’s board of vari-ance, a position he will have to leave as the new mayor. The variance board handles applications to work on build-ings that don’t comply with zoning.

Council approved advertising for a new chair at Monday’s meeting and Mr. Tilley said that position will be filled. “I know there is interest,” he said.

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The following people were convicted and sentenced in adult provincial court held at the Invermere court house. Cir-cuit judge Ron Webb presided on Nov. 28 and circuit judge D.C. Carlgren pre-sided on Nov. 29.

• Rita Simes was found guilty of one count of failure or refusal to provide a breath sample. Ms. Simes was sentenced to a two-year driving prohibition and a conditional 60-day sentence.

• Robert H. Douglas pled guilty to causing a disturbance.

The court heard that on May 29, 2004 police were called to an alterca-tion between a man and a woman at the Prestige Inn in Radium. The court heard the police eventually located Mr. Doug-las in Edgewater and he was “staggering drunk,” when picked up by police.

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Mock disaster helps rescue crewstrain for the real thing


Days of heavy rain have caused a massive landslide that’s blocked traf-fi c on a lakefront road in Windermere. Citizens have been evacuated and Re-gional District of East Kootenay chair Greg Deck has declared a state of emer-gency.

Th e evacuated residents are near-ing the reception centre set up at the Windermere Community Hall, when bad weather causes one vehicle to lose control. A chain reaction accident fol-lows.

One car spins away and starts on fi re. Another vehicle rests on its side, and the third slams into the hall’s large propane tank.

Th e impact causes an explosion which tears apart the Windermere Hall.

Th e building’s power goes out and the kitchen starts on fi re. Screams of ag-ony ring out from injured people lying in the smoky darkness.

At 1:30 p.m., a call is made to 911.Th is extraordinary chain of events is

fi ctional, part of a mock disaster staged Saturday in Windermere.

Police, fi re and medical crews from Radium, Invermere, and Areas F and G of the regional district, participated to gauge their ability to handle a major cri-sis, says Gundula Brigl, regional district emergency services coordinator.

Because of the “landslide” and evac-

uation, a simulated emergency opera-tions centre was set up at the Invermere Fire Hall, with RCMP, fi re and medi-cal personnel. Setting up the operations centre was part of the test, to see how well all the agencies can work together.

“Th is is the fi rst time we’ve had a full-scale exercise in the Columbia Val-ley,” says Gary Burford, regional emer-gency program coordinator.

When emergency response teams arrived at the community hall, they set to work stabilizing the scene, creating

“calm out of chaos,” says Dr. Tracey Par-nell. A medical doctor from Cranbrook, Dr. Parnell is a partner in a company called Just Like Real Exercises, hired by the regional district to orchestrate the disaster.

Money for the $10,000 exercise in-cluded a $7,500 grant from the Union of British Columbia Municipalities with the rest coming from the regional district’s emergency disaster fund.

As the afternoon unfolded, about ten external evaluators, which included

ambulance workers, a doctor, nurses, fi refi ghters and police, observed and graded the workers, said Dr. Parnell.

To add realism to the event one of the cars was set ablaze. Heat radiated from the vehicle into the freezing air and could be felt behind the safety bar-rier 30 feet away. Flames poured out of the vehicle, leaping up and touching the roof.

As the roaring fi re grew, its need for air increased. Every so often the suction would create enough power to blow in one of the windows.

First the rear driver’s side window blew and then the large rear windshield. A handful of children looked on in de-light as the unmistakable sound of shat-tering glass rang in the air.

After about two hours in the chaos, the emergency teams began to gain con-trol.

Th e “injured” - volunteer actors with gruesome wounds like compound fractures, deep cuts and even a young man with a screwdriver lodged in his neck - were treated and taken to hospi-tal. Th e fi res were put out, and all dis-traught witnesses removed. Th e scene had been secured.

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“Th e people of the valley should be proud of their teams,” she says.

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Historical Lens

Letters to the Editor

Th e fi rst building at the end of the bridge in Athalmer was once the Bank of Montreal, although the sign is barely legible in this photograph. See the hitching rail outside for tying up your horse while you did your banking business.

Photo courtesy of the Windermere District Historical Society.

Dear Editor:

Growing up, I thought people who watched Cor-onation Street were out of their minds. How, appar-ently, dull! But good on Th e Pioneer for acknowledg-ing today’s discerning regular viewers of this now-hot television show. However, you are total plonkers for spoiling an upcoming plot point.

Viewers would have snogged you for your article until you committed this barmy editorial sin, causing much aggro amongst the fans. Most media reviewers and writers nowadays insert a cautionary line such as (Spoiler Alert - plot content revealed ahead!) when giving away movie/TV secrets. You did a great job of

capturing various local citizens’ passions for this show and the eff orts, some go to, to avoid websites that re-veal future plots not yet shown in Canada.

Th en you outline Andy Stuart-Hill’s revealing news about an episode that might not be seen locally for months! What were you and Andy thinking??? How ‘daft’!

It’s a good thing the character ‘Les Battersby’ is not in town or you would get a right earful. I would prattle on about this but I must run now, another epi-sode is about to air! Haven’t missed one in four years!

Dan OsborneWindermere

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Peter Charles Edwards is the name of one of the nine servicemen on the Invermere Cenotaph about whom little information is available. We asked our readers to let us know more about the young man.

Fortunately Fran Jeff ery of Invermere called Th e Pioneer to say she had known Peter slightly before he joined the air force and went overseas.

She said Peter’s father was a land surveyor who worked throughout the valley and Peter attended school in Canal Flats. Peter was an avid outdoorsman, she recalls.

“Peter loved to hike the mountains and he guided with Madeline Turnor at the S-Half Diamond Ranch at Premier Lake,” Mrs. Jeff ery said.

Th e Commonwealth War Graves Commission website says that Peter Charles Edwards was a Flight Lieutenant (Pilot) with the RCAF fl ying with the Royal Air Force Squadron 77 when he was killed on March 15, 1944. He is buried at the Longueau Brit-ish Cemetery in France. No surviving relatives were listed.

* * *Th e Christmas season is in full swing and the re-

cent snowfall has added to the festive mood. Let’s keep our fi ngers crossed that the lake will freeze smooth this year so we enjoy our seasonal skating.

Christmas lights are going up all over the valley - don’t forget to visit Wilmer, as residents there always put on a good show.

Local businesses are preparing their entries for Su-per Sunday’s parade. Th at reminds us of the time the minister at Christ Church Trinity asked the Sunday School class very solemnly if anyone knew what Sun-day was coming up - meaning Advent Sunday. One little boy shouted: “Super Sunday!” and the congrega-tion cracked up.

Wear something red on December 6, 2005Dear Editor:

As part of our commitment to end violence against women and children, Columbia Valley Safe Homes, a program of the Family Resource Centre of Invermere, would like to remind our communi-ties of this day that was created to honour and com-memorate the 14 young women killed in Montreal on December 6, 1989.

We should commemorate not only the young

female students who dared to dream a professional dream, but as well the memory of all women, young and old who have died as a result of violence against women. We would also like our community to take this day to be mindful of and show our support to all the women and girls who have experienced violence, or are currently facing violence.

Why do we all need to be involved? Violence against women aff ects everyone - women, men, and children and is very much a societal issue.

We can all contribute to making our society a healthy and safe place by supporting anti-violence work in our communities.

We would like to encourage our community to participate by displaying red roses and/or wear-ing red clothing on this day to show your support. Th ank you for remembering and being part of our action against violence on December 6, 2005.

Jolene Potter, Safe Homes Coordinator


Dear Editor:

Our B.C. government often reminds us of its goals to “move forward” into our “Golden Decade.” But those exhortations ring hollow when they crash into the realities. To create the kind of society which truly moves forward, we need to improve the public services and support for those who will grow up into that golden future. Th e evidence is clear. We have not been giving children the resources they deserve.

Over the past few years, the number of children living in poverty has dramatically increased while re-sources for families who live in poverty have decreased. Food banks cannot keep up with the requests for as-sistance. Child protection services, chronically under-funded, have lately seen further cuts. Family resource centres are stretched beyond their means. Local youth centres operate on shoestrings.

Public schools are trying to hold their programs and services together with too few resources. In Octo-ber, teachers left their classrooms and staged a ten-day strike to dramatize the erosion of learning conditions. Classes are too large to eff ectively support children at risk. School counselors, learning assistance teachers, English as a Second Language teachers, and special education assistants are too few. Th e public school sys-tem has lost 2,500 teachers and hundreds of support workers. Children are not being served well.

Recently the government has been holding com-munity consultations to combine the roles of public schools with public libraries, early childhood services, healthy community projects, and senior services. Th e intention is to consolidate and save money - once again, spreading too few resources over too many needs. “Repurposing” of school districts is just a code word for more underfunding.

Th e devaluation of programs that serve children is also shown in the way service providers are treated. Unions representing people who work in public sector programs that serve children have been characterized by the government as greedy when they try to uphold legitimate contracts of their members. Th ose contracts have been shredded by two governments determined

to reduce social spending. Many social service workers have been laid off from their jobs, and much of the work is simply no longer being done.

In the case of teachers, the unfair imposition of terms and conditions of employment has been a mat-ter of public record this fall. Day care workers, unrep-resented by unions, have wage scales in the margins of poverty. Th ey have been treated contemptuously, and the children being served by those workers have been disregarded by the government!

While these trends have saved taxpayers lots of money, they have had hidden costs. In the past eight years, under two diff erent governments, over 700 chil-dren have died. Many of these deaths could have been prevented if social safety nets had been in place. Some of these deaths were never investigated; others, only partly investigated.

When the offi ce of Children’s Commissioner was discontinued, responsibility to investigate the deaths was transferred to the offi ce of Coroner, but the coro-ner’s funding was reduced.

We need to restore that funding. Investigating those deaths, years later, may provide answers for the families of those children and for the agencies who tried without suffi cient resources to serve them.

But that is only part of the picture. Th e part of the picture that may remain unexamined is the social value structure that simply does not place enough regard on children to take care of them properly to begin with. Here, in the most privileged place on earth, too many of our youngest, most vulnerable people live in condi-tions that would embarrass the third world.

Nelson Mandela once observed, “Th ere can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats its children.”

Now that we are learning to think about the meaning of those deaths, the future health of our children must become our most sacred trust. We have the means. We just have to fi nd a way to teach our government to pay attention and care!

Anne JardineWindermere Teachers’ Association

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• Super Sunday kicks off with parade on Invermere’s main street at noon, followed by shopping specials at local businesses all day.• Feed the Valley, free Christmas dinner at the Lions Hall at the crossroads sponsored by Copper Point. Donations to the food bank.

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• Old Fashioned Christmas on Ice, 2pm, at the arena. Tickets at the door. Sponsored by the Columbia Valley Figure Skating Club. Call Kelly, 342-3213.

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• Valley Voices Community Choir is having their an-nual Christmas Concert and Carol Sing, 7:30pm, Christ Church Trinity.

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Local man Jarrett Chasseheaded for Arkansas

to play baseballBy Adrian BerglesPioneer Staff

Diamonds are this guy’s best friend - ball diamonds, that is.

Jarrett Chasse, 22, has won a scholarship to pitch for the Monticello Boll Weevils at the Uni-versity of Arkansas.

He’ll head down south to join the team in January.

Jarrett, son of Shelly and Jacques Chasse of Invermere who graduat-ed from David Th omp-son Secondary School in 2002, is currently a stu-dent at the Lethbridge Community College and the right-handed relief pitcher at Lethbridge’s Prairie Baseball Academy.

Jarrett’s former catcher at the Leth-bridge academy landed a spot in Arkan-sas and put in a good word for him with Boll Weevils manager Kevin Downing.

Mr. Downing contacted Jarrett, who has been playing in Alberta for three years. On the advice of Jarrett’s coaches in Lethbridge, he off ered him a scholarship.

“I’m really happy,” Jarrett said this week in a telephone interview. “All I have to do is pay for my meals.”

Th e decision to pursue baseball came late for Jarrett, who like many boys growing up in the East Kootenays dreamed of scoring goals on the ice, not striking out batters. “I always wanted to play hockey,” he said.

Jarrett, who stands six feet, one inch tall and weighs 200 pounds, eventually landed a position with the Columbia Valley Rockies. Th at lasted one year, but ultimately Jarrett decided to devote himself to the American game.

“I was always better at baseball.”Jarrett will hone those skills in the

small Arkansas city, 140 kilometres south of Little Rock.

His goals are modest. Jarrett says he would like to use the opportunity to advance to the highest division of American college baseball - Monticello plays division two - and eventually turn professional in the minor leagues.

Asked about the majors, Jarrett re-mains humble.

“Of course any kid would love it,” he says. “But I don’t want to say that it’s even possible.”

Th e Kootenays seem like a million miles away from the majors, but there is a precedent. Jason Bay of Trail, the 2004 rookie of the year in the National League, recently signed an $18-million contract to play left fi eld for the Pitts-burgh Pirates.

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Cancer society honours two womenBy Elaine WallaceCancer Society

Th e Canadian Can-cer Society of B.C. cre-ated the “Winn Weir Award” for Regional Vol-unteer Leadership.

Th is year’s recipient of the Winn Weir Award was Maria Kloos. Maria has been an active mem-ber of the society since 1982 and was instrumen-tal in organizing many programs such as the Terry Fox Run, Fashion Show, Reach for Recov-ery Program and many other important roles within the society. She was also President of the Invermere Hospital Auxilliary and volunteered her time on the hospital board, in the gift shop and worked with resi-dents at Columbia House.

Most recently, Maria, along with Kay Maras, start-ed the Cancer Support Group and for the past eight years has continued to off er her warmth and support in her own home to those who are experiencing the physical and emotional rollercoaster of dealing with cancer.

Another member of our local group has recently been awarded “Th e Award of Distinction in Volunteer Leadership,” a Division Award that recognizes vol-unteer leaders demonstrating vision, innovation and commitment and the nurturing of new leaders. Th is

year’s recipient is one of only four that were awarded for the entire B.C./Yukon Division.

Eileen Fiell was presented with this award at the October meeting of the local cancer society unit. Since 1993, Eileen has consistently and reliably been in-volved with every aspect of the the society.

She has a positive approach to everything she tack-les from organizing the daff odil campaigns to knock-ing on doors, selling Christmas cakes and assisting at the mammogram clinics.

Eileen has also served in the positions of secretary and president of the local unit and her enthusiasm for any activity is contagious.

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Christine says the Olympic trials will attract all the best curlers in Cana-da. “You’re going to see the best curling ever,” she says.

Christine is in her second full season playing lead for Shannon Kleibrink’s Calgary rink. Th e Kleibrink rink - curling teams, called rinks, are named for their skip, the player who throws fourth - has had a successful year. With Christine’s help the team captured this year’s Canada Cup, held in Kamloops in March. Th at win earned the team $33,500 and helped team members pre-pare for the Olympic trials.

“It opened so many doors,” says Christine.

Many Olympic athletes follow strict diets and exercise programs but Chris-

tine says curling is a bit diff erent. “In curling, body type doesn’t really handi-cap you,” she says.

Th e team does visit a sports psy-chologist. “People want to push curl-ing to the next level and that’s what it takes,” she says.

Christine will be getting some sup-port from a few Invermere locals.

Her mom and dad, Carol and Jack Keshen, will be travelling to Halifax as will her boyfriend Mike DuBois.

“Th ey were at the Canada Cup,” says Christine.

“Since we won, my dad’s become an addict.”

Th e action starts on Saturday. TSN will cover the round-robin portion and the CBC will cover the women’s fi nal. Th e winner will represent Canada in Torino, Italy next February.

“We basically have eight days to de-termine if we go to the Olympics,” says Christine.

Th e Kleibrink rink is currently ranked second in the country behind Jennifer Jones of Manitoba.

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Acreage owners call policy unfairBy Adrian BerglesPioneer Staff

Some Invermere residents are angry because they are being restricted from taking their acreages out of the Agricultural Land Reserve.

Th at’s because in 2001, the District of Invermere council made a deal with the provincial Agricultural Land Commission to allow development on the west-ern side of Westside Road, while promising to keep the east side as farmland.

Th at decision allowed local realtor and developer Barry Brown-John to build Westside Park.

But Mr. Brown-John said he doesn’t agree with the decision, either. “Th ey’re penalizing these people, basically,” he said.

Town councillors who voted on that decision said it was made at the request of the Agricultural Land Commission. Th e commission is a provincial body that decides whether land should be kept inside the Agricultural Land Reserve, often called the ALR.

“I thought it was an unfair deal but we had no choice,” said Mark Shmigelsky, mayor in 2001.

Current Chief Administrative Offi cer Chris Prosser was the town’s planner back then. He said the decision was made because the district was running out of land available for development. Because of the shortage the district felt pressure to meet the land

commission’s terms. Councillor Bob Campsall, who agreed with the

decision in 2001, says it’s time to go back and revisit the policy. He said the commission hasn’t applied the rules consistently.

“What I see wrong with it is that it hasn’t been applied rigorously or fairly,” Mr. Campsall told Th e Pioneer. “Instead of in-fi lling our town, we’re expand-ing our boundaries. Is that smart growth?”

Th e term “smart growth” is a strategy to limit sprawl by creating higher-density development inside town boundaries.

Mr. Shmigelsky defends the 2001 decision but agrees the issue should be reexamined. “It was the right deal for the time . . . but this is a diff erent time.”

He said nearly 200 acres of agricultural land exist within the town’s boundaries, and he would support any one of the landowners on the east side of Westside Road in an application to have it removed.

“It makes no sense to have nearly that much ALR land in the district when none of it is being used as farmland,” he said. “We should be going to the com-mission and saying: ‘Th is is ridiculous.’”

Th e dedicated farmland forms several acreages heading south on Westside Road. It is a corridor zoned for agriculture but is used mostly for pasture.

“It’s not good land,” says landowner John Ronach-er. “It’s too small for growing anything.”

Mr. Ronacher said he had a deal to sell part of his property in 1999 but that deal fell through. “I was told no damn way would I get it out,” he said. “Even myself I couldn’t build a house on it.”

Buzz Harmsworth owns one of those parcels. He bought his 4.5 acres of land in 1968, before the Agri-cultural Land Reserve existed.

“Th at’s one of the reasons I bought the land,” he said. “I had three kids - one acre for each and one for me.”

Mr. Harmsworth applied again this year to have his land removed from the reserve. “I wanted to take half an acre out and build a house,” he says. “Th e dis-trict said it would take two and a half years.”

Just beyond the acreages, the district is rapidly ex-panding. Th e CastleRock subdivision was able to take land out of the reserve and then became part of town in July 2003.

Developer Mark Himmelspach, owner of Grizzly Ridge Properties, had a portion of his land removed from the reserve earlier this year and wants to have more than 1,100 acres of his land, currently in the regional district, included in town.

However, not all landowners along Westside Road are chomping at the bit to subdivide and sell.

“It’s wonderful,” says Alice Hale of her property. “I would resist any attempts to take this land out of the ALR.”

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Lucy Miller’s famous “Travelling Beans”Editor’s Note: Th is is the most recent version of

Lucy Rzepa Miller’s famous bean recipe, obtained by Th e Pioneer after much begging and pleading. Lucy says it’s called “Travelling Beans” because it includes additions from wonderful friends that she and husband Al Miller have met along the way and whose fl avours have enhanced the original recipe.

By Lucy MillerInvermere

To Begin: In a large pot, place however many strips of bacon you’d like, at least one-half package (12 to 14 strips) and heat on low to medium, and saute one large onion, chopped, in the bacon fat (I have over the years switched from using a cooking onion to a sweet onion such as a valbella). When the onion is soft, add the below ingredients in the order given.

Once the onion is fried you have the option of continuing cooking in the pot or (I like this better) transfer the bacon and onion to a crock pot and just add the ingredients directly. Th en leave for the day on low and let the fl avours blend.

Additions:2 or 3 - 19 oz. cans of pork and beans (you can

vary this amount by stretching and adding another can if you have company unexpectedly come by. You may also use any fl avour you prefer).

1 - 19 oz. can Chickpeas or Garbanzo beans1 - 19 oz. can Kidney beans1 - 19 oz. can Black beans1 - 19 oz. can Pineapple, crushed or tidbits, what-

ever you prefer, with juice1 - 10 oz. can sliced mushrooms or fresh, whatever

you prefer, For a batch at home it is nice to use fresh.Now, the above size cans can be altered. Th is is a

very forgiving, lenient recipe as to the amounts. Below

are specifi c amounts but just follow them as a guide-line. (I squeeze in more or less depending if there’s only a little left in a container).

Continue with the additions:1/4 - 1/2 cup molasses1/2 cup bar-b-que sauce, whatever kind you pre-

fer (the original recipe used ketchup but I fi nd the bar-b-que sauce has more spice/bite to it)

1 tsp. - 1 tbsp. Keen’s dry mustard powder1/2 - 1 cup Demerara sugar (I use this because it’s

sweeter and has a molasses fl avour to it, use any dark brown sugar you prefer)

1 - 2 tbsp. Worcestershire sauceSprinkle of salt and pepper to taste, depending on

how spicy you like it.

Now see what I mean - here comes the Recipe Not Being Finished, with other friendly people’s sugges-tions and therefore additions.

• In 2003 we added celery, due to Texas Tornado Entertainment, so about 4 - 6 stalks chopped.

• In 2004 we added the black beans.• In 2005 we will try some pure maple syrup.So this is the Travellin’ Across the Provinces Beans

Recipe that is ongoing as we meet people with their suggestions from the last few years.

My recipe has been adapted to Bull Bustin’ in the Rockies for the last six years for their Beef, Beans and Biscuits for about 600-700 people.

So relax, enjoy and have fun with the recipe! If you add on any ingredients, let me know, I might make some of the revisions to this recipe!

Lucy Miller whips up her travelling beans recipe.

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By Elinor FlorencePioneer Staff

Th e aroma of roasting coff ee is the smell of sweet success for a local couple who have turned their dream into a suc-cessful multi-million-dollar business.

Leo Johnson and Elana Rosen-feld, who own Kicking Horse Coff ee in Invermere, started their business just nine years ago in their garage.

Since then the company has seen ex-ponential growth – a 63-per-cent rise in sales in the past year alone.

“What we used to do in a year we now do in a week,” Leo says. Th e company roasted over one million pounds of coff ee beans this year and a major expansion to their crossroads location is in the works.

Leo and Elana were university students when they met waiting tables at Jasper Park Lodge in 1989. Th ey travelled through the area and fell in love with Invermere before returning to Montreal, where Elana graduated two years later with a major in reli-gious studies and a minor in women’s studies, and Leo with a degree in sociology. Th en they headed west.

“We were so broke when we got here that social services had to pay our fi rst month’s rent,” Leo recalls. Th ey quickly found jobs as waiters and the follow-ing summer they opened a fruit stand on main street. Once they got a taste of running their own business, they were hooked.

Th e couple bought a smoothie bar on main street called Smoothie’s and renamed it Th e Blue Dog after their favourite bar in Montreal. Frustrated by the dif-fi culty in fi nding organic coff ee, they decided to start their own roasting business. Th ey advertised in Har-rowsmith magazine off ering the restaurant for sale. Within weeks Th e Blue Dog sold to a couple from Whitehorse, Brian McLaughlin and Liz Lane.

Leo and Elana spent the next year travelling, mostly through Asia, and returned to Invermere to start looking for funds.

Th eir reception was lukewarm. “I remember one of the bank managers telling us: ‘I’m just not getting the warm and fuzzies from your idea,’” Leo laughs.

Even their families were skeptical. “Elana’s mother said: ‘What are you two schmucks going to do, sell coff ee out of your garage?’” says Leo.

Th at’s just what they did. With assistance from the Business Development Bank of Canada, a fi nan-cial institution owned by the federal government, the couple started roasting coff ee in their garage on John-ston Road.

Since there was no training available, they spent a lot of time and energy experimenting with diff erent types and recipes for roasted coff ee as they struggled to learn their craft.

“When we fi rst started out, there would be nights when we would just hold each other, saying: ‘What are we doing?’”

But their vision paid off . Seven years ago they formed Kicking Horse Coff ee Ltd. and moved into Athalmer, hiring one employee.

Th e company took off like a bronco out of the chute. Th ree years ago, Leo and Elana built a new in-dustrial building near the crossroads and today they have 14 employees who help them keep the huge roasting machines running.

Green coff ee beans are imported by the semi-load from South America, Central America and Indonesia,

roasted and sent to major markets like Th rifty Foods, Safeway, Loblaw’s and Save-On Foods.

Th e coff ee is so popular it is giving Starbuck’s a run for the money. Kicking Horse is now a recognizable brand, thanks in part to local rancher Chris Zehnder.

“We had a ton of names but when Chris said ‘Kicking Horse’ it sounded perfect,” says Leo. Th e couple was so grateful that they named one of their products Z-Wrangler after Chris.

By far the most successful product is Kick Ass Cof-fee, a dark roast. Th e second most favourite is Th ree Sisters, combining light, medium and dark roasted beans.

But what gave Kicking Horse an edge from the start is that it was the fi rst Canadian company to off er both organic and Fair Trade coff ee.

Organic coff ee is grown and harvested without chemicals. Th at protects the health of the workers, mostly women and children, who pick the beans. Cof-fee grown without chemicals also protects the environ-ment where they live and work.

Fair trade coff ee is coff ee that off ers the grower a fi xed minimum price for his or her labour, guarantee-ing that his or her expenses are covered.

“It’s part of our personal philosophy,” says Leo.Th at philosophy means that the couple and their

employees work no weekends or overtime. Instead Leo and Elana spend quality time with their two little girls, Ariel, 7, and Aviva, 5.

Elana has also become involved in local politics, serving a three-year term as Invermere councillor and actively lobbying against the proposed Jumbo Glacier Resort. Recently the company even off ered a coff ee product called Jumbo Wild.

Leo is a second-degree black belt karate expert and spends his spare time teaching karate to kids.

To get away from the valley, the couple travels to places like Nicaragua where Kicking Horse coff ee has its origins.

Leo is the creative mind behind the business, and Elana provides the organizational and leadership skills. Together their talents are the perfect blend.

Last month they received a national Ongoing Achievement award with a cash prize of $20,000 from the Business Development Bank of Canada, and Elana was named one of the top 100 Chief Executive Offi -cers in Canada by Profi t magazine.

“You have to have the determination and the vi-sion, but we were also out there every day pounding the pavement,” Leo says.

“If you truly believe in what you’re doing, you will succeed.”

Kicking Horse Coff eebreaking new ground

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CPR Holiday Train headed this way

Once again, Canadian performers are riding the rails for charity.

For the sixth consecutive year, the CPR Holiday Train is crossing Canada to collect food and raise money for people in need. The brightly-lit train sets out Dec. 2 from Quebec, and will wrap up its annual tour in Port Moody, B.C. on Dec. 17. Along the way it will visit 60 towns, cities and villages including Ra-dium, where it is scheduled to stop at Forester’s Road Crossing at noon on Wednesday, Dec. 14th.

Those who go out to meet the train will be treat-ed to performances by singer/songwriter/storyteller Wayne Rostad, singing star Amanda Stott, and inter-national recording artists The Moffats. All will per-form from a boxcar converted to a stage.

“We are thrilled to be stopping in beautiful Ra-dium,” says CPR spokesman Ed Greenberg. “We en-courage people from throughout the Columbia Valley to come out and see our free show, and to help with the fight against hunger.”

Cash donations will be welcomed, says Mr. Green-berg, as well as hampers containing non-perishable food items. The Holiday Train is a joint program of CPR and the Canadian Association of Food Banks. Since its launch in 1999, it has collected roughly 378 tons of food and raised $1.9 million for North Ameri-can food banks.

Angel Trees at Saan, Dairy Queen

The Christmas angel gift tree is up, and deserv-ing recipients are welcome to add their names, says Christmas Bureau chair Helen Wynder.

The gift tree has been a valley tradition for the past ten years. It serves those in need from Brisco to Canal Flats.

Those who would like to register their names to receive a gift can do so at the Saan store in Invermere. Registrants can choose any modest gift they like, says Helen. “We always ask for gifts between 20 and 25 dollars,” she says.

The deadline for requests is December 9th. Those wanting to fulfull a wish and buy a Christ-

mas gift can drop them off at the Saan. The deadline for gift buying is December 16th. All gifts will be dis-tributed on December 21st.

Dairy Queen in Athalmer also has an Angel Tree in place, and gifts donated there will also be referred to the Christmas Bureau for distribution.

Silver Strings headed for Hawaii

The young ukelele players known as the Silver Strings will travel to Hawaii next March to perform at local schools and in the island’s cultural centre.

In total, 59 students from J. A. Laird Elementa-ry School will make the trip, accompanied by music teacher Bruce Childs, 15 chaperones and a group of parent volunteers. It’s an expensive venture, made pos-sible only by local generosity, says Mr. Childs. “We’ve had incredible support from companies like IGA and Kicking Horse Coffee.”

The Earl Grey Lodge will host a benefit dinner Thursday, December 8th at 7 p.m., to help finance the trip. Tickets are $75 each. To reserve seats call 341-3641.

Super Sunday benefits youth centre

The first Super Sunday Community Fundraiser Event will take place on Sunday with proceeds to the local Summit Youth Centre.

The affair will be co-hosted by Quality Bakery, Konig Meat and Sausage Co. and Be Gifted Baskets and will be held on main street in Invermere.

From noon to 4 p.m. there will be hot chocolate, cookies and bratwurst-on-a-bun for sale.

Participating businesses include:• Dairy Queen, which will donate 10 percent of

their day’s sales to the Summit Youth Centre;• Quality Bakery will donate five percent of their

day’s sales;• Konig Meat will be donating five percent of all

of their coarse Bratwurst sales; • Be Gifted will donate five percent of the day’s

sales plus $1 from every hot chocolate bag or tote sold.

“Thanks to amazing community support, the Youth Centre is beginning to offer homework ses-sions,” says youth centre coordin ator Stephanie Ste-vens.

“We are hoping to implement more programs such as sexual health and awareness and internet safety for local youth. We are happy to accept donations as this is what makes it possible for the Summit Youth Centre to offer these programs.”

Any other businesses interested in participating, please call Alita Bentley at 341-1767.

Win a free flight

The Columbia Basin Fish and Wildlife Com-pensation Program is cel-ebrating its 10th anniver-sary.

It’s been 10 years since the Columbia Ba-sin Fish and Wildlife Compensation Program started funding projects to protect species at risk, conserve habitats and re-store fisheries in local riv-ers, lakes and reservoirs.

In that time kokanee stocks have increased, wildlife discoveries have been made, and thou-sands of hectares of criti-cal habitat have been pro-tected.

The program funds and delivers projects aimed at conserving and enhancing fish and wild-life impacted by the con-struction of B.C. Hydro dams in the region.

It is a joint initia-tive of B.C. Hydro, the Ministry of Environment and Fisheries and Oceans Canada.

To mark the 10 years of conservation success, the compensation pro-gram is offering three free flights with a biologist.

These flights will be a great learning experience and offer a different look at some local habitat.

To enter your name for a free flight, go to www.cbfishwildlife.org.

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USER FEESStarting January 1, 2006, the new user fee system at the Columbia Valley Landfill is set to begin.

LOADS MUST BE SECURED AND/OR COVERED TO BE ACCEPTED AT THIS FACILITY.

For more information, contact the RDEK at 1-888-478-7335 or 250-489-2791.

Columbia Valley Subregion User Fees

Solid Waste (Commercial & Domestic Refuse) excluding Controlled Waste Municipal Solid Waste (regular household garbage) NO CHARGE

Minimum General Per Unit Charges for all Items Subject to Fees $5.00

Controlled Waste (Including Industrial Refuse) Asbestos, dry $ 60.00 per tonne Food Processing Waste $ 60.00 per tonne Steel Cables (must be on spool or cut to 1.2m lengths) $ 60.00 per tonne Mattresses or Box Springs $ 5.00 each Animal carcasses (livestock or big game) $ 25.00 each Biomedical Waste (Treated Only) $ 160.00 per load Contaminated Soil (Not classified as special waste) $ 40.00 per tonne Construction/Demolition and Land Clearing Waste (Mixed) $ 40.00 per tonne

Recyclable Material Yard or Garden Waste – under 6” diameter NO CHARGE Chipped Green Wood Waste NO CHARGE Clean Wood Waste $ 28.00 per tonne White Goods (major appliances) $ 10.00 per unit White Goods requiring freon removal $ 30.00 per unit Auto Hulk (including pick up trucks & vans) NOT ACCEPTED Truck or Bus Hulk NOT ACCEPTED Mobile Home Hulk NOT ACCEPTED Scrap Metal (excluding white goods) $ 10.00 per tonne Tires: i) 17” or smaller ii) 17” or smaller with rim iii) 18” – 25” iv) 18” – 25” with rim v) larger than 25”

$ 8.00 per tire $ 14.00 per tire $ 50.00 per tire $ 56.00 per tire

NOT ACCEPTED Auto Batteries NO CHARGEPropane Cylinders (under 100 lbs.) NO CHARGE

Charges Applicable to all Categories Loads containing banned recyclable materials min. $100.00 or DOUBLE CHARGEUncovered or Unsecured Loads min. $ 50.00 or DOUBLE CHARGE

Regional District of East Kootenay 19 – 24th Avenue South Cranbrook BC V1C 3H8 Phone: 250-489-2791 Toll Free: 1-888-478-7335

Valley businessesbeing interviewed

The Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy has partnered with College of the Rockies and the gov-ernment of Canada to develop an Essential Skills and Workplace Literacy Conference.

Liz Spence-Noble, Cristina Borgogelli and Car-oline Greening make up The Skills for Life Team and will be interviewing businesses in the area to identify challenges in implementing workplace es-sential skills training. The research gathered will shape the topics to be discussed at the Skills for Life Conference to be held in March.

By improving employees’ literacy and basic skills, employers will realize higher profits and other benefits. Employees with better basic skills will save employers time and money and improve perfor-mance and productivity.

So what does workplace literacy mean?Through extensive research, the Government

of Canada has identified nine essential skills: docu-ment use, reading text, numeracy, writing, oral communication, working with others, continuous learning, thinking skills, and computer use.

For more information on the conference or to take part in the research process, please contact the Skills for Life Team at 342.3210, extension 114.


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DOWN:1. Th is agency can help you fi nd a job. p.163. What kind of band played in town last week? p.144. Th e Pioneer will create a one-of-a-kind version of one of these with your picture for $50. p.106. Th is name appears on both the Invermere and Canal Flats cenotaphs. p.99. Th is corporation has been hired to drill wells in Athalmer. p.1510. On Dec. 1 you can register for the winter ses-sion of this. p.714. Marty didn’t fi nd the Nashville Star competi-tion as ___________ as he expected. p.816. Sergeant Neil Cross and his son Dylan went to Vancouver to watch this on Sunday. p.617. Phone this person at 347-9947 for more infor-mation on the Super Sunday parade. p.18

Try our Pioneer CrosswordCrystal Woodworth, and English teacher at the high school, created this crossword

puzzle using a computer program and the November 25th issue of Th e Pioneer. She uses the newspaper as an educational tool in her class.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGZoning Bylaw Amendment No. 1264, 2005

District of Invermere

P.O. BOX 339, 914 8th AVENUE, INVERMERE, B.C. V0A1K0

TELEPHONE: (250) 342-9281 FAX: (250) 342-2934

The District of Invermere is considering a Zoning Bylaw Amendment application by Rocky Mountain Land Co., which, if approved, will amend Zoning Bylaw No. 1145, 2002 by changing the long term use of the following prop-erty.

Lot 2, District Lot 1092, KD Plan NEP 74773 except plans NEP 74967 and NEP 76431 (PID 025-831-305) 2144 13th Avenue, Invermere

By zoning the R-3 CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT-MEDIUM DENSITY ZONE) and the C-3 (NEIGHBORHOOD COM-MERCIAL) zoning designations as per the subject property map.

In accordance with section 890 of the Local Govern-ment Act, Council has scheduled a PUBLIC HEAR-ING for: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6th, 2005, 7:00 pm. Invermere council chambers, 914 - 8th Ave., INVERMERE, BC V0A 1K0

Council may then consider the bylaw for 3rd reading and adoption at the regular meeting of Council Tuesday, De-cember 13th, 2005.

The above synopsis is not intended to be nor should it be interpreted as the full text and content of proposed Zon-ing Amendment Bylaw 1264, 2005. A copy of the proposed bylaw and relevant background documents may be inspected at the District of Invermere Municipal Offi ce (914 - 8th Ave., Invermere) at any time between the hours of 8:30 am - 4:30 pm Monday through Friday excluding statutory holidays between the following dates:Friday, November 18th and Tuesday, December 6th, 2005.

All persons who believe that their interest in this property is affected by the proposal shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to be heard or to present written submission respecting matters contained in the proposal. All persons who believe that the interest in this property is affected by the proposed zoning amendment, may:• submit written comments to the District of Invermere• fax written comments to the District of Invermere at 250-342-2934• present verbal or written briefs at the public hearing

NOTICE is also given that legal considerations prevent Council from receiving any written or verbal represen-tations made after the close of public hearing Tuesday, December 6th, 2005.

Date of Notice November 16, 2005Meredith Hamstead. M.E.Des., CEPITDirector of Development Services250-342-9281 ext. 226

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Jumbo opponent loses court appealTh e Supreme Court of British Columbia has

dismissed R.K. Heli-ski’s petition to overturn the Jumbo Glacier Resort project’s Environmental As-sessment Certifi cate.

Th e Honourable Mr. Justice Melnick issued his judgment in Cranbrook. “R.K. has failed to demon-strate to me that it was denied natural justice, either because of failure to provide it with an opportunity to be fully and properly heard in a meaningful way or because a reasonable person would apprehend bias on the part of the EAO (Environmental Assess-ment Offi ce), Sierra, or the Ministers,” he said.

Grant Costello, Vice-President of Glacier Re-sorts Ltd. in Invermere, said in a press release he was happy with the decision.

Jumbo Glacier Resort is a planned year-round ski resort 35 kilometres from Panorama. At build-out, the resort will have 5,500 visitor beds.

Th e project has received environmental ap-proval and is now undergoing the fi nal Master Plan review process.

Before the project proceeds, the property must be rezoned by the Regional District of East Koote-nay board of directors.

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OBITUARIES

FRANCES VICTORIA THOMPSON

nee DEASONApril 22, 1924 -

November 23, 2005Frances was born and raised in London, England. During the war she was evacuated to the countryside during the blitz while her parents remained in London. They lost their home to a bomb in August, 1944. She met her future husband, Lioel Thompson in November, 1943 while he was on leave in England. He started calling her Frankie and this endearment stuck. They married in June, 1944 and she sailed from Eng-land in 1945. The trip took 10 days on a troopship. Because we were still at war with Japan they were blacked out at night and had to zig zag across the Atlantic to avoid sea mines. She arrived in Halifax on her fi rst wedding anniversary, climbed aboard a train and continued her journey to Edge-water. The Thompson family welcomed her into their fold while they waited for Lioel and his brother Jack to return from overseas. With her quiet British reserve and resiliency, Frankie set about learning to handle a wood stove, haul water, do laundry by hand and cook wild meat. Having already proven her courage and determina-tion, it was still quite an ad-justment for a young woman from London! She remained in the Columbia Valley for the rest of her life. The large Thompson extended family remained close to Frankie and she never forgot a birthday. Frances is predeceased by her parents, sisters Doris and Marie, infant daughter Doris and husband Lioel. She leaves her sons Da-vid (Sue), Roy (Reta), grand-daughters Lara (Allan), Karina (Tom), Alana and Ciona, and great grandchildren Jada and Cole as well as nieces, nephews and friends made throughout the years. Anyone wishing to honour Frankie’s memory may consider, in lieu of fl ow-ers, acknowledging Columbia House Activities Program c/o Invermere & District Hospital, 850 - 10th Avenue, Invermere, BC, V0A 1K0.

IN MEMORY

ROB DANIELS1965 - 2004December 5

No farewell words were spoken, I had no time to say goodbye. You were gone before Mom knew it and only God knows why. My heart is empty and aches in sadness and secret tears still fl ow. What it meant to lose you, only a Mother will ever know. If tears could build a stairway, Rob, and memories were a lane, I would walk all the way to Heaven and bring you home again. May you rest in peace, Rob. You’re missed beyond words. Always, Mom, Dad, daughter Taya, Brenda, Linda, Kathie, Willie & Danny.

BIRTHS

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Samuel Moseanko of Chilli-wack is pleased to announce the engagement of his daugh-ter, Donna Okabe, to John Ed-gar of Invermere.

THANK YOU

The family of Frances Thomp-son wish to express their very sincere gratitude to the staff and volunteers of Columbia House, as well as the hospital staff and Dr. Michael Walsh for their care of Frankie in her last years. Day in and day out this dedicated group of people pro-vide an environment of dignity and love and continuing op-portunities for joy and enrich-ment. We are truly blessed to have such unselfi shly caring and compassionate individu-als to look after our loved ones. Thank you.

SUITES FOR RENT

2 bdrm main fl oor suite, Unit #1, 5744 Vermillion Street, Edgewater. Covered veranda entrance, new paint and fl oor-ing throughout, very peace-ful and quiet, propane forced air heat included in rent, N/S, N/P, wanting long-term ten-ant. $650/mth. Jeff (403) 281-0475, Terry (403) 312-4390, or Cathy, 347-2285.

1 bdrm basement suite, four windows, private entrance, W/D, N/S, N/P, $550/mth + 1/3 utilities. 342-5592.

1 bedroom fully furnished suite available immediately, $650/mth, includes everything. One person preferred. 342-8621.

HOMES FOR SALE

Clean, 14 X 70 Manufac-tured Home, fridge, stove, washer/dryer, located close to Windermere School. $43,000. 342-9646.

FOR RENT

STEIN APARTMENTS - residential and commercial. 342- 6912.

MOUNTAIN VIEW LODGE, 747 12th Street, Invermere is cur-rently providing OFF-SEASON rates. Reduced nightly rates,

some weekly/monthly (on ap-proval). Clean and aff ordable. Call 342-6618, Nicky or Al.

HOMES FOR RENT

3 bdrms up, one bdrm suite down on one acre in Windermere. Quiet pastoral setting for long term tenants. $900 up, $550 down unfur-nished + utilities. 342-2042.

Downsizing? Carefree living in secure 2 bdrm, newly reno-vated condo. Ground-level, patio, shared laundry. N/P, N/S, for mature long-term single or couple. Walking distance to town. Available Dec. 1. $875/mth + damage deposit and utilities. Call 342-9035.

SHAREDACCOMMODATION

Female in Windermere, $200/month. 342-5845.

CAREERS

ROCKY MOUNTAIN TRAINING, BC - Licensed Employment Agency. NEED A JOB?! RMT Staffi ng Ser-vices - Bring us your resume and we’ll fi nd the Right Job For You! NEED EMPLOYEES?! Headhunt-ers - we fi nd the Right Person For You! Call 342-6011, toll free, 1-888-737-5511, email [email protected], website www.rockymountaintraining.bc.ca, 1006 7th Avenue, Invermere, BC, V0A 1K0. WE ARE CUR-RENTLY RECRUITING FOR Sales, Warehouse, Chef and Reserva-tions positions.

HELNA’S STUBE requires an ex-perienced part-time evening waitress. Call 347-0047.

TNT Cleaning Service now hir-ing for winter season. FT and PT positions available. Com-

petitive wages. For more infor-mation call Bonnie, 342-0799 or 688-5190.

GONE HOLLYWOOD requires full-time and part-time clerks/cashiers for busy video store. Must be energetic and a good people person. Able to work nights and weekend shifts. Must be bondable. Starting salary $10/hour. Apply at front counter or phone 342-0057.

Wanted- Journeyman Electri-cian and/or 4th year appren-tice. Wages & benefi ts negotia-ble. Commercial, industrial and residential wiring. 342-9918 days or 347-2252 nights & weekends.

Busy offi ce in Invermere seeks full-time permanent Offi ce Clerk. Must be a team player, possess exceptional customer service skills, be able to work in-dependently and have a strong background in proofreading. Re-sponsibilities include invoicing, customer service and general clerical duties. Requirements: strong understanding of book-keeping procedures, ability to use a computer, internet/e-mail, operate all relevant offi ce equip-ment, strong organizational skills and attention to details. Interested candidates should mail resumes by December 9, 2005 to Box 868, Invermere, BC, V0A 1K0. Only applicants who are considered for the position will be contacted.

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PART-TIME PARAMEDICS The BRITISH COLUMBIA AMBULANCE in Invermere is interested in hiring additional part-time paramedics.

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MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: • valid Occupational First Aid Level 3 or EMR; • class 4 BC Drivers License; • Infant CPR “C”; • grade 12 or equivalent; and • good health and a satisfactory driving record.

For further information and a full application package, please contact:

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Rick & Terah Thesen and big sister Rayden are pleased to announce the birth of ALAYNAH BLANCHE, Born August 17, 2005, 8 lbs. 8 oz. Proud grandparents are Wendy Coombs of Cardston, AB; Mel & Jackie Thesen, and Great Grandmother Gladys Ferguson of Invermere.


CHEERS &JEERS

CHEERS to Shandrea and Nor-ma O’Brien for all their hard work organizing the “Bring Spring Back” golf tourney held at Coy’s October 1, raising over $8,000 for Spring Hawes. We realize we are a little late, but Cheers are never too late!

CHEERS to Heather Underwood for another fantastic Elf Craft Fair held last weekend at the Invermere Hall.

CHEERS to the District workers for keeping the streets plowed and sanded.

CHEERS to the great Christ-mas light display downtown.

MISC. FOR SALE

Christmas trees - locally grown, sheared and pruned trees, prices depend on size. On sale December 3, 10 and 17, starting at 10am at Mead-owland Art Works (across from the Invermere Airport). Call Bob Mitchell at 346-3275, Brisco.

Christmas presents! AMS snowboard, 160cm, $200. Squier acoustic guitar, $150. both like new. Call Sarah, 342-3422.

1923 Weber Upright piano with ivory keys. Good condi-tion, sounds great. $1500, OBO. 342-3306.

Enjoy the New Year in your very own wellness home. For details, ask your local wellness elves: Deborah Griffi th, 342-3214, www.5pillars.com/cre-atinghealth, or Carol Gordon, 341-6114, www.5pillars.com/kiassociates.

Custom cut rough lumber, dry fi r beams, fence boards, etc. Firewood - fi r, birch or pine - split or unsplit. Top quality hay, grass/alfalfa mix, round or square bales. 346-3247.

Table top 10” saw with metal stand and 4 locking wheels, $175 OBO, 342-9096.

2000 Polaris SKS700. Very low km’s, great trail and mountain machine, $4500 OBO. 342-7535.

PUBLIC SERVICE

NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS meet Thursdays, 7:30-9pm, Invermere Health Unit, 1100 - 10th Street, staff entrance.

ALCOHOLISM SHATTERS LIVES. To help the alcoholic, you have to help yourself fi rst. Al Anon meets 10am Tuesdays at Catholic Church, 1210 9th St, Invermere. For info call Carol at 347-9841.

IN MEMORIAM DONATIONS to the Canadian Cancer Society - drop off at the Pioneer, #8, 1008 8th Avenue, Invermere or mail to Box 868, Invermere. For info call Myrna Verwey, 342-6666.

IN MEMORIAM DONATIONS to Family Resource Centre - drop off at the Pioneer offi ce or mail to Box 868, Invermere, BC, V0A 1K0. For info call Pat Cope, 342-4242, Mon. to Thurs.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS. If alcohol is causing problems in your life, call 342-2424 for info. All meetings at 8pm. Sunday - Shuswap Band Hall; Monday - Invermere Group, Christ Church Trinity; Wednes-day - Windermere Group, Val-ley Christian Assembly Church; Friday - Radium Group, Ra-dium Catholic Church; Satur-day - Invermere First Step, 628 4th Street; Sunday - Columbia Lake Band Hall, off Highway 93/95 south of Windermere. All meetings are open.

VEHICLES FOR SALE

1992 Nissan Pathfi nder 4x4, $4200. Call 342-0223 or 342-1034.

1999 Ford Expedition, Eddie Bauer, 8 seats, excellent condi-tion, white with grey leather, many extras, surplus to needs. $15,950. 341-3641.

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School District No.6 (Rocky Mountain) is now accepting applications for a permanent, part-time NOON HOUR SUPERVISOR at Edgewater Elementary School working 1 hour per day, (4 hrs/wk) Monday to Thursday, on days that school is in session.

The successful candidate will:- have the ability to work well with others;- be able to work with little supervision;- have experience working with youths; and,- be physically able to perform the duties of a Noon Hour

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First aid training would be an asset.

For further information regarding this position, please contact Mrs. Sharlene Scofield, Principal, Edgewater Elementary School (250) 347-9543. If you are interested in this position, please submit a resume, with references, by 4:00 p.m. on Monday, December 5, 2005 to:

Mr. Paul Carriere Assistant Superintendent School District No.6 (Rocky Mountain) P.O. Box 70 Kimberley, B.C. V1A 2Y5 Phone: 427-2245 Fax: 427-2044 e-mail: [email protected]

Successful applicant will be subject to Criminal Records Review Check.We would like to thank all applicants,

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Schedule for Dec 21st: (Note time change)6:45 pm Lake Auto Mustangs vs Dale Christian Mudders7:50 pm Hi-Heat Batters vs Valley Vision Vultures8:55 pm Huckleberry Hawks vs Warwick Wolves10 pm Inside Edge Black Smoke vs Pe t r o - C a n a d a Killer Tomatoes

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Valley Voicessing in the season

By Ken MallettSpecial to Th e Pioneer

Music, and especially those beloved carols, is such an integral part of the Christmas season that many in our valley fi nd that the feeling isn’t complete without singing those carols. With that in mind, the Valley Voices Community Choir will present its annual Christmas Concert and Carol Sing on Tuesday, December 13th, 7:30 p.m. at Christ Church Trinity in Invermere.

Sylvia Robertson is the interim conductor of the Valley Voices for this concert, while Ken Mallett is recovering from foot surgery. And, new this year is the choir’s accompanist, Linda Hookenson, pia-nist, teacher and horse-lover. She is a very welcome addition - both as a person and as a musician!

Th e 45-voice choir has been rehearsing long and hard to present this concert. Of special note is the addition of fi ve local young people to this year’s choir. Th ese folks are very much appreciated, and the invitation is open for more to join on January 9th, when the choir will recommence for the win-ter and spring. Ken Mallett will resume as conduc-tor at that time.

Tickets for this Christmas concert are avail-able at Dave’s Book Bar and at Stober’s, to whom the choir extends its sincere appreciation for their ticket venues. Prices are $10 adults, $5 students, and under 12 free.

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CRAFTY LADY - It’s Christmas craft season again! Last Saturday Sharon Kamphuis sold her stained glass designs at the Elf Craft Fair. Th is weekend, don’t miss the 12th annual Christmas Craft Sale at the Invermere Community Centre, 4-8 p.m. Friday, December 2; and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, December 3.


Editor’s Note: Lisa Rohrick grew up in Invermere and currently works as a missionary in West Africa.

By Lisa M. Rohrick

Th e fi rst week of November was a memorable one for me. My Fulani friends here in Niger, West Africa looked forward to it with great anticipation, since No-vember 2nd is a day of celebration to mark the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

During Ramadan, Muslims worldwide fast from sunrise to sunset for 30 days. Morning prayer calls echoing throughout the city (at 4:30 a.m.) told people it was time to shake themselves from sleep in order to have breakfast before sunrise. I, too, was wakened, but rolled over for a couple more hours of rest. Not so my Fulani friends, who were up and at it.

All month, they did not eat or drink anything all day until the evening call to prayer announced sup-per time. Strict Muslims spit every few minutes, since swallowing saliva would be considered drinking. I was with my friends a few times for the breaking of their fast. Th ey had a drink and a quick snack at the fi rst crackle of sound from the loudspeakers at the mosque, then said their prayers and ate a big supper, followed by a trip to the mosque for evening prayers.

Is it any wonder the end of the month is cause for celebration? Everyone gets new clothes for the occa-sion, houses are cleaned and feasts are prepared. I vis-ited my friends down the street the day before the hol-iday and they were cleaning everything in sight. Th ey emptied out the grass huts in which they live, washed everything, hung decorative cloth on the walls, and spread clean sand on the fl oor.

Th e day of the holiday I showed up at 10 a.m. as I had been instructed, wearing my new clothes. Th e meal was ready, all spread out on a mat under the shade of a mango tree. Th ere were at least four diff er-ent dishes - couscous, rice, noodles, and millet paste.

Chickens and goats had been slaughtered and we ate the biggest meal I’d had in weeks.

According to Fulani custom, men and women eat separately. Eight of us women sat on the mat and passed around bowls of food, eating with our hands. Th e atmosphere that morning was joyful. It reminded me somewhat of Christmas Day in Canada (if I used my imagination!).

We sat around and talked until early afternoon, when I was sent home to change into the family “uni-form.” A few months ago, about twenty women of the extended family got new clothes, all made of the same fabric. As an honourary Fulani, I was included in the “uniform” selection. Five of us, dressed alike, spent the afternoon touring around the city visiting other members of the family—one’s mother, another’s sister, another’s cousin. And at each stop we ate again! It was truly a celebration.

Th e next day I expected to see Boubacar, who works in my yard one day a week. But his neighbour came instead, and told me that Boubacar wouldn’t be coming since his wife had died the day of the holiday. I couldn’t believe it! Th ey’d only been married about a year, and his wife was eight months pregnant. Every-thing seemed to be going fi ne with her pregnancy.

I went out to Boubacar’s home village to greet him and off er my condolences to the family. Th ough only a few miles out of the city, the village feels like it’s at the end of the world. Th e “road” is really a wide river bed, with about an inch of water fl owing through it. Th ankfully a few Fulani people came with me to show me the way.

We followed the river a kilometre or so, and then parked in the shade of a tree (still in the river bed), and continued on foot along a path climbing up a hill of sand and meandering through a fi eld to a gathering of straw huts.

Greetings were exchanged in low voices. I was led into a hut where several women were gathered, one of them a young woman with tears streaming down her face. (Fulani people do not readily show their emo-tions, so this was an unusual sight.) Boubacar’s mother and grandmother were both there, and they off ered me a bowl of sour milk (I drank only enough to be polite!)

Boubacar came in a few minutes later and greeted me. Pain and sadness fi lled his eyes. He has no assur-ance of life with God after death; he has no hope of ever seeing his wife again, or their unborn child. His pain cut my heart.

In one 24-hour period, I had the joy of sharing laughter and celebra-tion with one group of friends, and the privilege of sharing tears of grief with another. Our cul-tures are miles apart in many ways. I am thank-ful for the opportunity to cross the bridge that spans the gulf between these vastly diff erent ways of life, sharing the com-mon human experiences of laughter and tears.

FAITHLisa celebrates Muslimholiday in West Africa



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