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Vol. 58 No. 52 Sicamous, B.C., • 1.25 (GST included) • www.eaglevalleynews.comPM40008236

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December 24th - Sicamous United Church 7:00 PM Family-friendly, safe candle-light Christmas Eve service.December 24th - Sicamous Bible Church Candlelight Service. 7 pm. Everyone welcomeMondays, Tuesdays & Wednesdays - Active After School Kidz. Ages 5-12 - to register or for more info contact Recreation and Wellness #250-836-2477 or [email protected] 1st & 3rd Wed. - Parkinsons Support Group at First united Church. 20 - 4th Street SE, Salmon Arm at 10 am. Contact Doreen at 250-836-2509.Every Mon. & Fri. - Bridge, Seniors Activity Centre, 1 p.m.Every Tues. Stopping the Violence Program in Sicamous - counselling for women who have experienced abuse during childhood or adult relationships. No charge. Call Kathy at 250-832-9700.Every Tues. - Sicamous Amateur Drama Club rehearsals, 7:00 p.m., Red Barn Arts Centre. 836-4705.Tues. & Thurs. - Carpet Bowling at the Seniors’ Activity Centre at 1 p.m.Every Tues. & Thurs. - Seniors Meals provided, 12 noon in Common Room at the Haven.

Every Wed. Wednesday Arts for Everyone. 10 am - 3 pm. For info contact Juanita at 250-836-3019 or Gail- at 250-836-5472Every Wed. Girl Guides of Canada. Sparks - 3:00 pm. Brownies - 4:00 pm. Girl Guides - 5:30 pm. New members welcomeEvery Wed. Lunch by a donation at the Seniors Activity Centre, 1091-Shuswap Avenue at 12 noon.Every Wed. - Seniors Crib, 7:30 p.m., Haven seniors building. Everyone welcome - you don’t have to be a senior. Socializing and coffee served after crib. Info: Esther 836-4373.Every Wed. - T.O.P.S. (Take off Pounds Sensibly) meets every Wednesday morning at the Sicamous Rec. Centre (arena). Weigh in at 9:00 am and meeting at 9:30. Everyone Welcome. Ph: 250-836-4041 for infoEvery Wed.-Sat. United Church Thrift Store 10:00 am to 3 p.m.1st & 3rd Wednesday - Eagle Valley Photographic Arts Club meets at the Red Barn at 7 pm. Everyone Welcome.Every Thurs.- Crib and darts 7 pm at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #99. Everyone welcome.Every Thurs. - Sicamous Crokinole Group meets at 7pm at the Sicamous & District

Recreation Centre - upstairs for more info and to join call Dave Reed @ 250-836-3652Every Thurs.-Ladies shuffleboard at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #99 in Sicamous. 1pm-3pm. All ladies welcome.Every Thurs.- Crib and darts 7 pm at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #99. Everyone welcome.Every 2nd Thurs. - Sicamous Lions Club meeting at the Seniors Activity Centre, 1091 Shuswap Avenue. Doors open at 6:15 and meeting starts at 6:30. Anyone interested in being a volunteer for the community, please feel free to call Mary at 250-517-8107, Joan at 250-836-4876 or Pam at 250-836-4788 or just drop in to one of our meetings where you will be welcome.Every Thurs.- Steve Nash Youth Basketball Parkview Elementary 3:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Oct. 17-Dec.5 call 778-930-0534.Every 1st, 3rd, 4th Thurs. - Keepsake Kwilters meet at the Haven Common room 1095 Shuswap Avenue at 7:00 p.m. For info call 250-836-2695.Every 2nd and 4th Thurs. Options For Sexual health from 7 to 9 p.m., Sicamous Health Unit.

Every 3rd Thursday monthly meeting of the Malakwa Community Association at 7:30 in the Malakwa Hall.Every Fri. - Parents & Tots, 10-12 noon at Catholic Church. 836-3440.Every Fri. - Eagle Valley Brush & Palette Club meets at the Red Barn, 10am-3pm, Everyone welcome! For info call Esther 250-836-4373 or Amy 250-836-4756. www.eaglevalleybrushandpaletteclub.comEvery 1st & 3rd Fri. - Pool Tournament at the Royal Canadian Legion #99 at 7:00 pm.Saturdays - Community Yoga 9:00 am Non-Heated Hatha $5 drop-in All levels Families welcome.Last Sat. of the Month - Ladies’ Auxiliary Dinner at the Royal Canadian Legion at 6 pm. Tickets sold until the Friday before at the Legion. No tickets at the door.Sundays - Candlelit Karma 6:30 pm. Warm & Gentle. Class by donation. Funds go towards community causes.Every 4th Sun.- Royal Canadian Legion Br. #99 general meeting, 1 p.m.Every 4th Sun. - OAPO Birthday Tea for members & friends, Seniors Activity Centre, 2 p.m.

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Sicamous council plans to put pressure on the Agriculture Land Commission to get around its application process to use local ag-ricultural land for a mo-torcycle event.

Last year, the district submitted an applica-tion to the commission so that the community dog park, which is cur-rently in the Agricultur-al Land Reserve, could be used for the Summer Stomp motorcycle rally and concert. Anticipat-ing this will be an an-nual event, district com-munity planning officer Mike Marrs says the district is working with the ALC to figure out a way around having to make an annual appli-cation. He did not state the district is seeking to remove the land from the reserve.

In September, coun-cil met and raised the matter with Agriculture Minister Pat Pimm. In a Nov. 12 letter to council, Pimm states that in or-der to use ALR land for a non-farm use like mu-

sic festivals, an applica-tion to the ALC must be made. He said the B.C. government “does not have any involvement in individual applica-tions or decisions made by the ALC.”

However, the min-ister goes on to say the province is currently undergoing a core re-view of all government agencies and activities, and that Energy and Mines Minister Bill Bennett, who is over-seeing the review, has indicated the Agricul-tural Land Reserve will be a part of the review.

Pimm and Ben-nett recently came un-der fire when cabinet documents were leaked outlining a strategy to break up the ALR into two zones, one that would cover the Lower Mainland, Fraser Valley and the Okanagan, and a northern zone where the Oil and Gas Com-mission would play a greater role in ALR land removal applications.

District administra-tor Heidi Frank told council the news has prompted division among local govern-

ments, those calling for greater protection of the ALC, and those want-ing change.

There is a similar di-vision among Sicamous councillors.

“Being a new coun-cillor, I’m not sure what the previous view is, but I like the ALC,” com-mented Suzanne Car-penter. “I know how it works and I think I’m probably not with ev-erybody here, but boy, we have to protect our lands, because we need food in the future, we need food for our chil-dren, we need a stable

industry. If we didn’t have this, half those orchards would be sold off.”

Coun. Don Rich-ardson was of a differ-ent mindset, saying the commission is more of a hinderance than good.

“Up in the hills where I live with a bunch of rocks, that is not farmland,” said Richardson. “And yet, I’m compelled by a whole lot of bureaucrat-ic dumbness to comply with this stuff. What we are saying is you guys need to revisit your boundaries. Because

way back in whatever, they just took a map and made a bunch of lines and said, ‘this is ALR.’”

Coun. Terry Rysz agreed with Richard-son on the need for a review of the ALR. Speaking specifically to Sicamous’ situation, he recommended coun-cil send a delegation to meet with the minister to reiterate the district’s concerns.

Coun. Fred Busch said what the district is asking isn’t neces-sarily going to take the dog park out of the land commission.

“All we’re asking is if we can have this music festival… the Stomp, on those prem-ises,” said Busch. “That is not necessarily say-ing that in the future, this land couldn’t once again go back to grow-ing corn or alfalfa or whatever crops that it used to have. I think there is that differ-ence… we’re not going to be putting up houses or paving it over, at least I assume that’s not what we’re going to be doing, paving it over.”

District aims to get annual use of ALR landBy Lachlan LabereEagle Valley News

Dogged determination: District council is attempting to arrange for the annual use of the community dog park, part of the Agricultural Land Reserve, for a music festival without having to apply to the Agricultural Land Commission. Photo by Victoria Rowbottom

Committee sorts through $64,000 in grant requests

District grant-in-aid requests for this year totalled $64,000, the second highest amount received since 2010, when requests were over $68,000.

Though the 2014 budget has yet to be formally approved,

district council’s select finance committee has been determining who should receive what in grant funding. To date, the committee has rec-ommended the follow-ing: that the Royal Ca-nadian Legion receive the $5,000 requested to offset community hall operational costs; the

Shuswap Community Church receive $2,500 (requested $10,000) for a basketball court, sports and computer equipment; Community Banner Project receive the $500; Eagle Valley Snowmobile Grooming Society receive $7,500 (requested $20,000) for capital costs; Eagle

Valley Community Support Society re-ceive $2,000 (requested $8,000) for renova-tions; Sicamous and District Seniors Centre receive $3,500 to buy a stove; Shuswap Com-munity Foundation re-ceive $250 (requested $1,000) for commu-nity project; Shuswap

Lifeboat Society re-ceive $2,000 (request-ed $5,000) for safety equipment; and Eagle Valley Arts Council re-ceive $2,000 (requested $3,500) for operations and programming.

Final grant funding approval has to be made in a regular meeting of council.

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Quicker access to ultrasound could mean the gift of life to patients with cardiopulmonary conditions.

Funds to purchase one of the Shuswap Hospital Foundation’s priority items for the 2013-14 campaign, an Echo Ultrasound Por-table, has been donated outright by Roy and Pa-mela Moor of Enderby. This diagnostic tool, which is used daily, enables physicians to view the heart quickly and easily.

“The Shuswap Hos-pital Foundation and Shuswap Lake General Hospital are extremely grateful to donors such as Roy and Pamela Moor, who are now Pa-trons of the Shuswap Hospital Foundation,” says Fiona Harris, the foundation’s director of development.

“The thoughtfulness and generosity of folks like Roy and Pamela Moor will help to pro-vide assistance to heart patients in the Shuswap area.”

Many of the items on doctors’ and Shuswap Lake General Hospital

staff wish lists are pro-vided by the founda-tion, thanks to commu-nity generosity.

Priority equipment in the foundation’s 2013-14 campaign in-clude a $205,000 CT Scan upgrade, a por-table X-Ray, four infu-sion devices, an HD video system, a recline chair for cardiology pa-tients, a plasma thawing system, MTS centri-fuge and fetal monitor

for a total cost of about $400,000.

To donate to the foundation, pick up a brochure from the kiosk in the Mall at Piccadilly, fill it in at home and pop it in the mail.

Donations may also be made at the foun-dation office in the hospital – beside the gift shop, call 250-803-4546 or visit www.shuswaphospitalfoun-dation.org.

The Shuswap Com-munity Foundation is in the midst of acquir-ing local government support to undertake a $35,000 report measur-ing the health of Shus-wap communities.

Foundation directors Rod Bailey and Karen Angove recently vis-ited both Sicamous and Salmon Arm municipal councils seeking sup-port for the completion of a Vital Signs report card for the region.

A Community Foun-dations of Canada pro-gram, Vital Signs would identify trends and as-sign grades to 10 or 12 areas critical to a com-munity’s quality of life.

“Measuring our community’s vitality in critical areas will in-crease the effectiveness of our grant making, help us to inform our donors about issues and opportunities in the community, and as-sist us in making con-

nections between indi-viduals and groups to address those issues,” states the foundation.

The foundation administers grants in aid for Salmon Arm, as well as a Found-ers Fund, from which grants are given out an-nually to community groups throughout the region. Only this time, the foundation is the organization seeking financial assistance, in-cluding $4,000 from the City of Salmon Arm, $2,000 from the District of Sicamous and $4,000 from the Columbia Shuswap Regional Dis-trict.

Bailey says Shuswap Community Futures is contributing $5,000 to the report, Salmon Arm’s Economic De-velopment Society is kicking in $1,000, as is Okanagan College. The foundation itself is committing $10,000 towards the Vital Signs study, which Angove said will help raise

awareness of the foun-dation and help empow-er it in taking a leader-ship role on needed projects.

“What a lot of foun-dations have been find-ing after doing the Vital Signs report is that a do-nor will come forward who could be interested in low-cost housing, for example,” said Angove. “And the Community Foundation has the abil-ity to take leadership of such a project if we saw a need. So, what’s happened in, I think it’s Sunshine Coast, they got a donation of a mil-lion dollars towards a specific project.”

In compiling the Vital Signs report, the foundation will be con-sulting with other com-munity organizations to ensure a comprehen-sive view of the areas’ unique issues and attri-butes are included.

Salmon Arm council agreed to a motion by Coun. Chad Eliason to commit $4,000 of the

$10,000 remaining in the council initiatives fund for 2013 towards the Community Foun-dation report.

“As someone who sits on the economic development society, it will be very beneficial for us in moving for-ward with our action plan, as well as the city’s strategic plan,” said Coun. Denise Re-imer.

While a formal deci-sion has yet to be made by Sicamous council, council’s select finance committee is recom-mending that only $250 of the $2,000 be funded.

Following Bailey’s presentation, Ang-ove made an appeal to Sicamous council to consider letting the foundation handle the municipality’s grant funding.

“The benefit that they see in Salmon Arm is that the decisions for giving out grants is more arm’s length, it’s not people having their

favourite charities or people bothering you all the time about get-ting money,” said An-gove. “So, it removes you from the deci-sion making. We get a small fee, five per cent of the total to do the work, and I guess it’s a lot cheaper than hav-ing people sit around a table for hours trying to decide.”

Sicamous Mayor Darrell Trouton thanked Angove and Bailey, and there was no further comment.

Community Futures has turn seeking grantsBy Lachlan LabereEagle Valley News

Donation benefits Shuswap hospitalBy Barb BrouwerEagle Valley News


VICTORIA – One of Canada’s great entrepre-neurial success stories in recent years is WestJet, the Calgary-based airline that is expanding across the country and taking on Eu-ropean routes.

Clive Beddoe, the founding CEO of Westjet, was famous for helping the cabin crew tidy up the plane before getting off a flight. And the company is also known for its profit-sharing program, with all employees referred to as “owners” who have a stake in the success of the opera-tion.

I thought of this man-agement approach when news emerged that the B.C. government was offering public service unions a new kind of contract, with a five-year term and wage increases tied to improved economic growth.

The surprising thing is that unions are accepting the idea, even though pro-vincial growth must exceed the government’s indepen-dent economic forecast council projections before it can take effect in a given year.

The generally non-militant Health Sciences Association was the first to recommend acceptance of a five-year agreement with only 5.5 per cent rais-es guaranteed. They were joined by the B.C. Govern-ment Employees’ Union and other unions that have long been adversaries of the B.C. Liberals.

Perhaps today’s union leadership is beginning to accept that its wage, benefit and pension arrangements look pretty good compared to the harsh reality of pri-vate businesses competing in a global economy.

I asked Premier Christy Clark if this new approach is inspired by private-

sector profit sharing. She agreed that is the model.

“I think that’s a great principle for all of us to work from,” Clark said. “Until now, the growth of public-sector wages has been completely insulated from changes in the private sector. And this is the first time we’ve ever been able to successfully link those two things. At this point it’s still a small increment wage growth, but it’s a big change, and I hope we can continue to build on it.”

From an employee per-spective, it is indeed mod-est. If real gross domestic product increases one per cent beyond the indepen-dent forecast used in the provincial budget, employ-ees get an additional half of one per cent raise for that year.

Contrast this labour re-lations development with what’s happening on the federal scene. A classic confrontation is brewing

between the Harper gov-ernment and the Public Service Alliance of Cana-da.

A key dispute is over sick days, which the gov-ernment estimates are aver-aging 18 a year. PSAC cur-rently has 15 “bankable” sick days a year, which the union president refers to as a “negotiated right.”

It takes me back to my first union job, where I was warned never to take just one sick day. We negoti-ated for two at a time, so always take two, the union rep told me. Implicit in this is the mindset that employ-ees should give as little and take as much as possible.

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It appears our federal government will be end-ing the year on a series of sour notes.

Polls as of late indicate the popularity of the Harper government has been dropping. While Brit-ish Columbians know well that polls aren’t always an indicator of things to come, it’s difficult to deny the increasing cynicism among members of the public towards our federal leadership.

Of course, the Senate scandal has certainly cap-tured and, more importantly, continues to hold the attention of Canadians. If anything, it has high-lighted the fact that our Prime Minister lacks one of the key attributes of leadership: taking responsibil-ity for what happens on your watch. Oh, and also that there is a purveying sense of entitlement among our ruling elite.

Another, more recent bit of poor publicity for the Harper government came in the form of a clearly unscripted sound bite by Industry Minister James Moore. While being interviewed by a Lower Main-land radio reporter, the minister candidly revealed his perspective on the responsibility of the state for its children.

“Certainly, we want to make sure that kids go to school full-bellied, but is that always the govern-ment’s job to be there to serve people their break-fast… Is it my job to feed my neighbour’s child? I don’t think so,” said Moore.

At first, the portly Conservative MP for Port Moody-Westwood-Port Coquitlam assured the quote was taken out of context. When an audio recording of his comments were made public, how-ever, Moore appeared to have a Rob Ford moment and abruptly changed his tune, expressing his deep-est regret for the insensitive comment.

“I know the cause of fighting poverty is not helped by comments like those I made last week. For that, I am sorry,” said Moore.

Whether or not Moore’s slip will help further sink the Conservative ship remains to be seen. But it does give Canadians further insight into the mind-set of the ruling elite and how they feel about being their brothers’ keeper.

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A Chinese proverb says: ‘When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other.’

It’s a pretty tough transition to go from the wonderful � owers of spring and summer, to the glorious tones of reds, oranges and yel-lows in the fall, to the colourless whites and greys of winter.

If you get the blues during this time of year, it really helps to keep some pretty plants in your house to get you through those dreary days.

A friend of mine has always been willing to budget a little extra of

her hard-earned money to buy a bouquet of � owers for her table, all year round, for as long as I can remember. To her, they’re worth every penny, because they lift her spirits and bring cheer and beauty into her home.

I’m too tight to spring for the bouquets, but now I continually keep a colourful plant on my table to enjoy until I can cut some out of the garden again.

Lovely poinsettias are always a Christmas favourite, especially the big ones with the added touch of sparkles all over the leaves.

My plant is now go-ing on � ve years old, looking like a three-foot high bonsai tree, so you don’t necessar-ily have to throw them out. Other choices for winter are the beauti-ful orchids, the brightly tri-coloured plant I just bought from the grocery store called a kalanchoe, African vio-lets or the unfortunate-ly short-blooming win-

ter cactus or impressive amaryllis.

Your potted gerani-ums from summer will sometimes keep their pretty blooms for quite a while, or maybe even some good fake � owers

might do the trick. Ide-ally, you want plants that have long-lasting blooms with plenty of colour, so check out the � orists, grocery and plant stores to see what pick-me-ups they have to offer.

We should never underestimate � ower power and how they can affect our psycho-logical well-being and grey matter. Take for example the University

of Florida brain aware-ness study, in which the keynote speaker discussed � owers’ ef-fects on us humans. She states: “Flowers are not only a sym-bol of happiness and good cheer, but that their little chemical factories create posi-tive responses within our brains along with decreasing anxiety and improving our moods. From an evolutionary standpoint, this makes people better survi-vors because positive people are more likely to maintain social re-lationships, reproduce, � nd needed resources and be creative.”

They also found that the more � owers older adults received, the happier they were. Plus, they performed much better in memory tests than those who did not get � owers.

It never hurts to have a little feng shui work-ing for you too. In ad-dition to the energy or Chi of beauty and grace that they give, � owers

also bring good luck and numerous bless-ings to any home – and we can always use plenty of that.

So make this winter a little easier by add-ing some � owers to your home, which will not only help you ride out the roughest part of the year, but to just give yourself a little cheer with the added bonus of a brain boost and fewer ‘senior mo-ments.’

And let’s not forget those family members, friends or neighbours who truly struggle through these colour-less months by surpris-ing them with a pretty pot too.

Happy holidays ev-eryone!

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Here in the Shuswap, we’re blessed with a number of farms that I recently had the privi-lege to show off to Ag-riculture Minister Pat Pimm. We started the day at the Spallumcheen farm of the Veldhuisen family, who gave us an informative tour of their automated milking fa-cility. We then toured the robotic milking facility at Bouwe Mediema in Trinity Valley, which was also an eye-opener. The folks at both farms showed us how modern technology is helping to get their delicious prod-ucts out to more people.

We also visited the Blue Goose Cattle Company in Grindrod, the only federally regu-lated organic abattoir in the province. Next up was a visit to the famous Dutchman Dairy farm in Sicamous, where the minister and I enjoyed a delicious ice cream cone. For more than 30 years, the Dewitts have

offered old-fashioned, hand-made dairy prod-ucts with a focus on top-quality ingredients. We ended our trip at Farm-crest Foods, a small family-run operation in Salmon Arm. Fam-ily members spanning three generations have collectively more than 150 years of experience in the poultry industry.

These visits spoke to the amazing knowl-edge, dedication and hard work of our farm families who supply locals and visitors with high-quality goods. It was a great learning ex-perience for us, but also a way for us to show our commitment to the local agriculture industry.

There has been a lot of discussion recently about the B.C. govern-ment’s Core Review process, and whether it will impact the Agri-cultural Land Commis-sion. Our Core Review is looking at the ALC to ensure it is set up to provide the best pos-sible services, at the best possible value for taxpayers. Now and in the future, the ALC will continue to be an inde-pendent decision-maker and will continue to preserve B.C.’s best ag-ricultural land for future generations.

Our commitment to the Agricultural Land Commission remains

strong. In last year’s budget, the ALC re-ceived an extra $4 mil-lion over three years to protect British Colum-bia’s farmland, includ-ing increased enforce-ment capacity.

Government needs to continually look for opportunities to im-prove the delivery of services and ensure that they are meet-ing the needs of Brit-ish Columbians – the ALC included. I hope we can work together to make that happen. In the meantime, buy lo-cal and enjoy a yummy holiday feast courtesy of our hard-working lo-cal farmers.

Province to continue support of land commission

FROM THE LEGISLATURE

GREG KYLLO

Early present: Sicamous Amateur Drama Club director Carla Krens hands a cheque for $140.36 over to Gord Hynek, Presi-dent of the Malakwa Com-munity Centre Association. In the spirit of Christmas, audiences of the club’s re-cent production, A Christmas Carol, donated to the as-sociation to help with the costs of rebuilding their community centre.Photo by Dawn Hoover

Here’s the beef: Shuswap MLA Greg Kyllo and Agriculture Minister Pat Pimm (right)enjoy a tour courtesy of the Blue Goose Cattle Company. Photo contributed


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Hard work and determination will pay off for Shea Weber in February when he suits up in the red and whites of Team Canada.

The 24-year-old Sicamous product was tagged last month to represent the nation in the 2010 Olympic Games. It’s a goal Weber had been working towards, and an opportu-nity he’s proud to be part of.

“The Olympics are a very special event, not only for hockey but for winter sports and to be able to play for your country and compete for a medal is kind of neat,” says Weber.

The 6’4”, 234 lb. Nashville Predators defenceman will be sporting the maple leaf with other big names in hockey like Scott

Niedermayer (Anaheim Ducks), Roberto Luongo (Vancouver Canucks), Chris Pronger (Philadelphia Flyers) and Sidney Crosby (Pittsburgh Pen-guins).

Apart from a camp held last summer, We-ber guesses the team may have a couple of days to gel in February before hitting the ice in Whistler, and he’s interest-ed in seeing how everyone fi ts. But Weber’s mom and dad, Tracy and James, don’t ex-pect Shea will have any problems.

“Whatever they want him to do, he’ll do it,” said James. “He’s a team-fi rst guy, he’s not a selfi sh player at all.”

Both parents share what could be described as a subdued excite-ment for their son and the hon-our that’s been bestowed up on him.

“Shea phoned home and said ‘I’ve been chosen

to play in the Olympics, and I said ‘okay,’” Tracy commented, explaining it’s kind of a family trait not to overreact – one that Shea

shares. But she and James who, with Shea,share roots in Sicamous minor hockey, are defi nitely excited, and are hoping to attendat least one of their son’s games.

Sicamous Eagles manager Wayne Marchis also pretty excited by the news that Shea, an Eagle alumni, will be playing forhis community and country at the Games.March says Shea has been totally focusedthroughout his career on what he wanted todo: make it to the NHL. In the process, Sheahelped the Eagles win the KIJHL West-ern Canadians in 2001-02; he helped takethe Kelowna Rockets to three consecutiveWHL Memorial Cup championship games,including the win in 2004; and, after signingwith Nashville in 2004, he helped the Ca-

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Attempting to un-ravel the complexities of conflict in the Mid-dle East can be frustrat-ing and heartbreaking, as Juanita Austin dis-covered in a recent visit to the area.

In November, the pastor of Sicamous United Church was part of an educational pilgrimage of sorts that brought her to Jerusa-lem where she met with Palestinian Christians and Muslims, Jewish Israelis and interna-tionals. Together, said Austin, the group had an opportunity to learn about the region and its people from a perspec-tive North Americans are seldom exposed to through mainstream media.

“I hadn’t planned on doing this at all, “ said Austin, whose curios-ity about the Middle East was particularly piqued when she heard about Israeli soldiers arresting and imprison-ing Palestinian children and youth as young as age 12.

“She compared it with how First Nations children were taken from their homes and forcibly put in schools,” said Austin. “That just really impacted me and I thought, I need to pay attention.”

Prior to her jour-ney, Austin described herself as being “pro-Israeli,” knowing the immense suffering the Jewish people endured

through the Second World War.

“So part of this jour-ney was about learning some of the history… but also seeing how the Palestinian territories have gotten smaller and smaller and more di-vided, and where there are illegal, I mean, ac-cording to United Na-tions, illegal Jewish settlements in Palestin-ian territory, and think-ing, if they’re illegal and recognized as such by the UN, why is this allowed to continue?” asked Austin.

During her stay, Austin said she had an opportunity to learn more about the arrests, and how Palestinian villages have been re-placed by Israeli settle-ments. Austin also had an opportunity to see the wall/security bar-

rier under construction around the West Bank, which she was told is “keeping Palestinians from each other and from their farms and from their family.”

“It was maybe more of an eye-opener than I wanted but, but I think an important thing to see,” said Austin.

When she and other members of her group asked what they might be able to do to help, Austin says she was told to share the stories of what they saw.

“What we were asked to do was go back, share our story, encourage governments to listen to the whole story including things like sanctions and boy-cotts of products made in the settlement areas, where the illegal settle-ments are happening,”

said Austin.While opposed to

the imprisonment of Palestinian children, something Austin learned more of during a visit to Ofer Prison, the Sicamous pastor recognizes how any action towards a per-ceived wrongdoing can turn sour. Case in point, she explains how the United Church looked at a boycott of products made in the contested Israeli settlements. In response, the church was told it could upset years of work between Christians and Jews.

“We don’t want to destroy that, and yet there’s also another party here who is suf-fering,” said Austin.

Austin says she wrote her welcome-back sermon on the plane trip home, want-

ing to share her expe-rience bit by bit with her congregation, not wanting to overwhelm them. She’s also think-ing of doing a pre-sentation for the local branch of KAIROS, an ecumenical advocacy group for social justice.

If there was one part of the trip that gave hope in inspiration, it was a visit to the Tent of Nations. Austin de-scribed this as an area of contested land where “Jews and Muslims and Christians and in-ternationals can come together,” and build bridges towards peace.

“It was good to end the journey on some-thing that did give some hope,” said Austin.

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Time to reflect: Sicamous United Church pastor Juanita Austin lights a candle for advent. Photo by Lachlan Labere

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Constance Muriel “Con-nie” Johnson passed away peacefully at Bastion Place, Salmon Arm, BC on Tues-day, December 10th at the age of 93 years.

Connie was born in Can-wood, Saskatchewan on August 25, 1920 and had been a long time resident of Sicamous, BC.

Connie will be lov-ing remembered by her daughter, Norma Symes of Burns Lake; son, Ira (Bev-erly) Johnson of Vernon; sister, Marjory (Nathan) Folkedahl of Sicamous; numerous grandchildren, great grandchildren and great-great grandchildren; nieces and nephews and her four legged compan-ion, Buttons. She was predeceased by her hus-band, Ted Johnson; companion, Blake Myers; two sons, Gilbert and Keith.

A gathering to celebrate Connie’s life will be held in the summer of 2014.

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