Eagle Valley News, June 26, 2013

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NEWS Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Vol. 55 No. 26 Sicamous, B.C., • 1.25 (GST included) • www.eaglevalleynews.comPM40008236

Horticulture class gets good

growing Page 6

Hardware store owners lock up

for the last time 5

Splish, splash and slide: Nash Rutherford, Greysyn Drake and Dylan Miller are among the kids enjoying themselves sliding around in the foam at the Community Safety Fair held Saturday in the parking lot at Eagle River Secondary School. For more images from the event, turn to page 2.Photo by James Murray

Alcohol was likely a “contrib-uting factor” when a man was struck by a Canadian Pacific train Thursday afternoon in Sicamous.

Sicamous RCMP Sgt. Dave Dubnyk said the man was found lying conscious in the ditch about three metres from the train, suffer-ing from injuries to his left shoul-der and arm.

He had been walking east in the middle of the track when a west-bound train sounded its horn. He moved off the track but got too close to the train as it passed by.

The man was taken to Salmon Arm hospital to be stabilized and from there was transferred to Royal Inland Hospital, where he remains in the intensive care unit.

Man survives being side-swiped by train

Weather norms washed outBlame it on the Gulf

of Mexico.A low-pressure area

that brought torrential rains to the Shuswap had sucked up precipi-tation from southern U.S., says Environment Canada warning pre-paredness meteorolo-gist Doug Lundquist.

“The storm is com-

ing at the normal time of the year, but two to three times what you’d normally get in a storm,” he said last Thursday, noting the Shuswap as a whole received a month’s worth of rain or more. “This is likely because it tapped into moisture from Texas and the Gulf of Mexico.”

Salmon Arm re-

ceived 29.8 mm of rain on Wednesday, June 19 blowing the 20.8 mm record posted on the same day in 1997 out of the water.

A station in Ender-by recorded 73 mm of rain in 24 hours from Wednesday to Thurs-day morning, while a station in Salmon Arm recorded 43 mm in the same period.

“It’s certainly sig-nificant, I know we’re gonna be way over at the end of the month,” Lundquist said, noting normal precipitation in Salmon Arm is 63 mm for the entire month of June. “The band (of low pressure) got stuck for a long time over the area, then the storms from Alberta moved

By Barb BrouwerEagle Valley News

See Rain on page 3

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CALENDAROF EVENTS

This is a FREE listing of community events for not-for-profit organizations and paid advertisers.

DEADLINE: 2pm, Fridays

June 29 - Parkview School Playground Craft Fair Fundraiser. Will be in the arena during the Show n’ Shine from 10am to 4pm. Call Kathy at 250-836-3267 or Parkview School at 250-836-2871 for information.

July 8 - August 26 - Registration now open for Zumba Classes at Whib’s Gym, Mondays 6:30-7:30pm -to register or for more info contact Recreation and Wellness phone #250-836-2477 or email [email protected]

July 9 - August 27 - Registration now open for Outdoor Yoga Classes at Beach Park, Tuesdays 5:30-6:30pm -to register or for more info contact Recreation and Wellness phone #250-836-2477 or email [email protected]

Registration now open for Summer Day Camp Kidz Mon-Fri July and August -to register or for more info contact Recreation and Wellness phone #250-836-2477 or email [email protected]

Registration now open for Swim Lessons July 15-Aug 23 -to register or for more info contact Recreation and Wellness phone #250-836-2477 or email [email protected]

Registration now open for Tennis Lessons Session 1 Tuesdays July 2-23 or Session 2 Tuesdays July 30-August 20 -to register or for more info contact Recreation and Wellness phone #250-836-2477 or email [email protected]

Mondays, 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]

Every 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 1st & 3rd Wed. Eagle Valley Photography Club Everyone welcome. 7 pm at the Red Barn.

Every Monday and Thursday -Chairbiotics (low impact exercise) Seniors activity Centre 10:00 am. Join us. $2 each.

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 250-836-5472

Every Wed. Girl Guides of Canada. Sparks - 3:00 pm. Brownies - 4:00 pm. Girl Guides - 5:30 pm. New members welcome

Every 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 info

Every Wed.-Sat. United Church Thrift Store 10:00 am to 3 p.m.

Every Thurs. - Malakwa Thrift Store in Malakwa by the old church. 9:30 am - 4:00 pm

Every Thurs. - Sicamous Crokinole Group meets at 7pm at the Sicamous & District Recreation Centre - upstairs for more info and to join call Dave Reed @ 250-836-3652

Every 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 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.com

Every 1st & 3rd Fri. - Pool Tournament at the Royal Canadian Legion #99 at 7:00 pm.

Every 4th Sun.- Royal Canadian Legion Br. #99 general meeting, 7 p.m.

Every 4th Sun. - OAPO Birthday Tea for members & friends, Seniors Activity Centre, 2 p.m.

Last Saturday of every month -Sicamous Royal Canadian Legion #99 Ladies Auxilliary dinner 6 to 7pm

unshineAWARDSS

Sunshine Awards are FREE of charge. 20 words per award, due to limited space. Please do not submit more than two awards per week. Recognize your friend, neighbour or loved one with a sunshine award for doing that extra special good deed!

A grocery bag full of thank you’s to Askews Foods for the continuous donation of gift cards. It is greatly appreciated!

~ Parkview PAC

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To the Husky, thank you so much for the generous donation of food.

~ House of Hungry Little Mouths

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Quest Mountain Bobcat: Wow! Best digging in town goes out to Rob Jensen.

~ R&A Erickson

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You are cordially invited to theEagle Valley Community Support Society’s21st Annual General Meeting!

July 9th 2013Please join us upstairs in the Legion Branch 99 hall

at 322 Main Street in Sicamous for our

“Share the Dream” AGM evening.We will enjoy dinner together, celebrate the

successes, honour those who help us to do our work, and have a mini workshop to share ideas for

the future.

Socialize from 5:30 to 6:00Dinner at 6:00, AGM/workshop following.

RSVP to 250-836-3440or [email protected] for dinner.

See you there!

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John Schlosar, A+ Certified

[email protected]

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Set up for safety: (clockwise from top) Eagle Valley Rescue Society team member Matt Johnson and paramedics Brendon Shank and Natasha Nilson assist the victim as EVRS rescue technician Tyler Schroeder uses the Jaw Of Life during a demonstration at the Commu-nity Safety Fair held Saturday in the Eagle River Secondary School parking lot; Ali Logan and Jackson Gilbert receive instruction from event volunteer Georgia Miller and RCMP Const. Dani-elle Clark during the riding rodeo; Janaya Swityk receives a little support from Hub Insurance employee Angie Miller while wearing impaired vision glasses; Cst. Al L’Abbe demostrates the vehicle roll-over simulator. Photos by James Murray

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Letters Welcome Eagle Valley News welcomes letters but reserves the right to edit for brevity, clarity and legality. Letters must be signed and include writer’s address or phone number for verifi cation purposes only. No thank yous to specifi c businesses please.

Look for tipping fees at CSRD land� lls to increase from the cur-rent $70 per tonne to a recommended $92 per tonne. Columbia Shus-wap Regional District waste management co-ordinator Ben Van Nos-trand told directors at the June 20 board meeting

that a recently complet-ed Solid Waste Manage-ment Disposal Strategy Report indicates the re-gional district’s solid waste management plan is underfunded.

“In the fall it’s antici-pated we will be com-ing to seek approval for raising tipping fees to better bulk up the re-serve funds.”

Other recommenda-tions in the report are to close transfer stations at Malakwa and Glen-emma and maintain the Sicamous land� ll as is.

Van Nostrand said staff do not consider

closing Glenemma or Malakwa to be an op-tion – an opinion ap-plauded by both Area E Rural Sicamous director Rhona Martin and Area D Falkland director René Talbot.

CSRD votes to fund Malakwa Community Learning Centre

It’s a busy place and it could get at lot busier. Columbia Shus-wap Regional District directors unanimously approved $105,000 for the operation of the Malakwa Community Learning Centre.

The money will come from the Sicamous and Electoral Area E Economic Opportunity Fund.

Gord Hynek, president of the Malakwa Community Centre As-sociation, applied to the fund and to the District of Sicamous for funding to operate the building until a referendum can be held to gauge public appetite for support-ing the centre though taxation.

“We are very encouraged by

the growth of services and ac-tivities that now take place in the Malakwa School building,” he wrote in his appli-cation, noting the building currently houses a school, post of� ce, library, resource society, recreation events, art classes and vari-ous workshops. “In order to expand our capacity as a vibrant community we believe we need to include a staff position for pro-moting, marketing and co-ordi-nating services and events.”

The $105,000 is necessary to

bridge the interim period to Au-gust 2014 when taxation funds would be received by the CSRD

– should a Sept. 28 referendum be suc-cessful.

Area E Rural Sicamous director Rhona Martin said she met with the various user groups, who informed her they would like to see someone hired to promote the building.

“They need someone dedi-cated to promote the building,” she said, asking directors for their support.

By Barb BrouwerEagle Valley News

cation, noting the building currently houses a school, post of� ce, library, resource society, recreation events, art classes and vari-ous workshops. “In order to expand our capacity as a vibrant community

Rhona MartinCSRD director

Tipping fee rates predicted to be on the riseBy Barb BrouwerEagle Valley News

back over B.C. and were particularly hard-hitting in the North Okanagan and Shus-wap.”

Looking on the bright side, Lundquist said the rains have soaked the forest as another � re season begins, and noted it would have been worse had the storm arrived during the snow melt.

And, though Envi-

ronment Canada was forecasting several more days of rain last Thursday, Lundquist said it would be more normal for the time of year.

“The storm is at the tail end,” he said, not-ing weather patterns would soon be shifting into drier summer pat-terns. “We usually get out of the woods be-tween the � rst and 10th of July.”

Rain reduces fire riskContinued from front

Swing and a hit: Pee Wee baseball player Korbin Lovell-Johnson smacks the ball into left field during Sicamous’ 13-9 loss to Salmon Arm in a game played Friday at Elk’s Park in Salmon Arm. Photo by James Murray


VICTORIA – There are nine new faces in Premier Christy Clark’s cabinet, seven of them elected to the B.C. legislature for the first time on May 14.

They have been handed some of the hottest prob-lems, and Clark’s marching orders in “mandate letters” for each ministry. And this is the start of a four-year term, when unpopular reforms are attempted.

Take Amrik Virk, the for-mer RCMP inspector from Surrey who’s suddenly in charge of advanced educa-tion. His mandate includes: “Review the student loan program to make recom-mendations for improve-ment to ensure the loan pro-gram is meeting the needs of today’s students.”

Virk must also set tar-gets to “match the skills we need with the skills we are graduating” and require post-secondary schools to “ensure student seats are be-ing filled.”

B.C. can’t afford to keep cranking out university grads with $50,000 in debt and no job prospects in a system that’s subsidized 65 per cent. Virk will be work-ing closely with Education Minister Peter Fassbender, who must “ensure seam-less transitions” from high school to the workforce for post-secondary trades and apprenticeships. In his spare time, Fassbender is to over-haul the school district bar-gaining agency and achieve a 10-year peace with the teachers’ union.

Justice Minister Suzanne Anton has worked as a Crown prosecutor, so she’ll have some insight into the system that still grapples with Stanley Cup rioters from two summers ago.

Her orders are to get traffic tickets and other ad-ministrative penalties out of the courts, keep working on integrating police fiefdoms and generally treat the con-stipation that afflicts law en-forcement today.

Oh, and get that new Okanagan prison built, to

relieve a system that has inmates living in tents. And examine whether to spin off the Liquor Distribution Branch into a Crown corpo-ration, a possible prelude to selling it.

Transportation Minister Todd Stone’s first test was a grilling by the Vancouver media. Yup, this Kamloops hayseed has been to the Big Smoke a few times, ridden that fancy SkyTrain and tak-en the odd ferry, too. Now he has to impose the ferry route reductions that have been worked on by two pre-vious ministers, and push Metro Vancouver through a referendum on ways to fund its own transit. If more tolls or taxes are going to be im-plemented, now is the time.

Coralee Oakes has made a political leap from Ques-nel city hall to the Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development. One of her key tasks is to invent a framework for a “rural dividend” from liquefied natural gas development in northwestern B.C.

Oakes has to figure out

how to “better provide pro-vincial support” to sport and cultural organizations, but do it with no new money. All ministers have strict in-structions to balance their lean budgets and take part in the latest “core review” to identify government func-tions that can be sold, del-egated or shut down.

New Minister of Inter-national Trade Richmond’s Teresa Wat has to find a way to continue the growth of lumber and other exports to China, India and elsewhere on the Pacific Rim.

On top of that, the al-ways-delicate softwood lumber agreement with the U.S. expires in three years. The last major eruption on that front was in 2009, when B.C. cut stumpage rates for remote coastal areas to give communities much-needed employment. The Ameri-cans were livid, just as they were with our beetle-kill harvesting efforts. And of course, the U.S.-directed environmental movement continues to target Canadian industries.

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NEWSNEWS

Wildlife conflicts usually don’t have happy end

OpiniOn

A video posted to YouTube of a bear entering

a pickup truck by unlatching the doors might be

funny for viewers safely ensconced in their con-

crete and glass condos, but encounters with wild-

life in the city rarely end well. For the animals.

It seems every spring there are sightings of

bears in urban neighbourhoods ambling through

backyards and down alleys tipping over garbage

cans, pawing at bird feeders.

Recently, a deer somehow managed to wander

through the busy streets of the Lower Mainland

for hours before conservation officers were finally

notified.

Sadly the otherwise healthy and robust deer

didn’t survive the shot from a tranquilizer gun.

Ungulates like deer don’t react well to tranquil-

izing drugs, said Dave Cox of the Conservation

Officer Service. The stress of dodging traffic,

barking dogs and curious humans probably didn’t

help.

One of the great allures of living in B.C. is the

vast natural wilderness that begins right in our

backyard.

It’s easy to be at a grocery store in the morning

and then having a picnic in the middle of a first or

second growth forest, surrounded by mountains

and trees for as far as the eye can see in the after-

noon.

Odds are there’s creatures amongst those trees.

And sometimes they wander out of those woods

and into our streets.

At first blush it may seem an infringement on

our space, but we have to remember their ances-

tors were here long before us.

We’re encroaching on territories and behaviours

bred into them for thousands of years.

We need to respect their coexistence with us.

– Black Press

Cabinet rookies handed hot filesBy Tom FletcherNews Columnist


District of Sicamous Ph: 250-836-2477 Fax: 250-836-4314 www.sicamous.ca

446 Main Street. Box 219 Sicamous B.C. V0E 2V0

DISTRICT OF SICAMOUS

PUBLIC HEARING

Pursuant to the provisions of the Local Government Act and the Community Charter, NOTICE is hereby given that the Council of the District of Sicamous will hold a PUBLIC HEARING in Council Chambers, District Office, 446 Main Street, Sicamous, B.C. on Wednesday, July 10th, 2013 at 5:00 p.m. to consider the following applications Seasonal Temporary Use Permits.

Proposal:To facilitate the influx of tourists and visitors, there is a need for accommodations in the form of short term camping and recreational vehicle space. Unfortunately, the District currently lacks such short term public camping or recreational vehicle facilities within the community. While the District is in process of a feasibility study toward the establishment of a public camping and recreational vehicle park, a RV park facility is not likely to become reality in the short term.

The applicant/owners of five properties located adjacent to the Town Centre commercial area and within walking distance of commercial and recreational facilities, the public boat launch, the beach and nature parks and locations scheduled for summer events have made applications for Seasonal Temporary Use Permits. The applicants/owners are not intending to provide service connections. Whereas the properties are underutilized and can accommodate self contained recreational vehicles with ease of access off Gill Avenue and Finlayson Street, the applicants/owners are seeking a Temporary Use Permits to permit the Temporary parking of self-contained RV parking for the season.

A copy of the proposed Seasonal Temporary Use Permits pertaining to 1300 Gill Avenue, 318 Finlayson Street, 406 Finlayson Street, 422 Finlayson Street and 306 Finlayson Street may be viewed at the District office or alternatively, may be viewed on the District’s website: www.sicamous.ca under “Public Hearings”.

Further, a copy of the proposed Permits may be inspected between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays, from June 26th 2013 to July 10th, 2013 inclusive, at the office of the Municipal Clerk, District of Sicamous, 446 Main Street, Sicamous, B.C. V0E 2V0. Please present written submissions to the District Office no later than 4:30 p.m., Tuesday July 9th, 2013. This is your only opportunity to express comments or concerns regarding these applications as Council is not permitted to receive further submissions after the close of the Public Hearing. The District of Sicamous assumes no responsibility for correspondence or emails not received by the District office prior to the Public Hearing.

Heidi Frank,Director of Corporate Administration ServicesDistrict of SicamousPO Box 219, Sicamous, BC V0E 2V0Email: [email protected]

Property Lot 1, Plan 24954Owner: BMK116 Holdings Inc.Civic Address: 1300 Gill AvenueLegal: Lot 1, Plan 24954, DL 452, KDYDArea: 0.41 ha (1.02 acres)Present land use: VacantProposed use: Temporary parking of self-contained RV vehicles.

Property Lot A, Plan 10929Owner: BMK116 Holdings Inc.Civic Address: 318 Finlayson StreetLegal: Lot A, Plan 10929, DL 452, KDYDArea: 90169Present land use: vacant propertyProposed Use: Temporary parking of self-contained RV vehicles. In addition, the applicant wishes to use the panhandle portion of the property fronting Finlayson Street for a community Farmer’s Market with the potential of having on-site entertainment during the market hours of operation.

Property Lot 1, Plan 33580Owner: Sicamous Developments Ltd. Civic Address: 406 Finlayson Street

Legal: Lot 1, Plan 33580, DL 452, KDYDArea: 1.69 ha. (4.18 acres)Present land use: single family residenceProposed Use: Temporary parking of self-contained RV vehicles

Property Lot 6, Plan 5151, Block AOwner: Sicamous Developments Ltd.Civic Address: 422 Finlayson StreetLegal: Lot 6, Plan 5151, Block A, DL 452, KDYDArea: 7.04 acresPresent land use: single family residenceProposed use: Temporary parking of self-contained RV vehicles

Property: Lot 2, Plan 21244Owners: Melisa YarmoloyCivic Address: 306 Finlayson StreetLegal: Lot 2, Plan 21244, DL 452, KDYDArea: 0.09 ha. (0.23 acres)Present use: commercial/residential and accessory buildingProposed use: Temporary parking of self-contained RV vehicles along with parking of other vehicles and trailers.

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Answers for today’s Coffee Break Page

First, to all the grads out there:

Don’t worry if your grades are low, and your marks are few;

Remember that the mighty oak, was once a nut like you.

And a little joke for the gardeners…..

Q: What did one strawberry say to the other?

A: “We wouldn’t be in this jam if we hadn’t been caught in the same bed together!”

As a footnote for the last column on weeds, I left out an important method of controlling them, which is using a good, organic mulch.

This will also trap and hold moisture, protect the soil surface from harsh weather, feed the soil food web, give your plants a healthy slow-release fertilizer and provide food for other critters like snails, who may dine on the mulch in-stead of your vegeta-

bles and flowers. Also, landscape fabric does a poor job of controlling weeds (as well as suf-focating the soil food web) and can become a nightmare to extract plants from, so I don’t recommend it.

Now on to the sub-ject at hand…..

Whenever we have a few minutes at home and want to have a bit of a laugh, we google up the “fails” of what-ever subject we want (ie sports fails, etc.) Not only is it good for a chuckle, but it’s also a great way to learn from other people’s mistakes and mishaps.

I think there should be a new category called “garden fails,” so we can all have a good tee-hee about someone else’s gardening foo-foos and learn from them too. Take some of mine, for instance…

I have six major gardens coming up the driveway and around the house and all of them have failed for different reasons.

Two of the beds have rotten wood boxes, oth-ers have had plants take over and one is totally lost to weeds and rasp-berries.

All of these prob-lems could have been prevented and avoided, so the best way for me to deal with these di-sasters is to learn from

them and start over.This year I got

around to deconstruct-ing then properly re-constructing, my once beautiful, trellised veggie garden, which consisted of four 6 x 4-feet boxes as well as a lovely stone flower bed at one end, totaling 35-feet in length. This mega project was the first redo of my garden fails, using all the tricks I’ve learned along the way and also learning where I went wrong in the first place.

This is how I tackled it.

After I removed the rotten wood, the five 8-foot high trellises and the stones from the flower garden, I dug out the entire area, right down to the subsoil and used that material as fill somewhere else.

I could see that the ‘soil’ had become dirt because no or-ganic matter had been added to it for at least two years, and not one worm or bug was found.

Clearly the soil food web had not been fed and all the critters ei-ther starved or moved out, so it’s clearly im-portant to keep that

organic material up to maintain a living soil. Next I cut the grass away from the beds and put down a long row of 2-inch thick patio pav-ers as a 20-inch wide sidewalk and weed bar-rier along the front and under the stones of the flower bed.

Then I replaced the wooden boxes for the rot-proof cinder blocks, using clean sand for levelling and draped them with easy-to-cut Dinoflex mats, which covered the holes so nothing would fall or grow into them.

I also dug down deep around the blocks and lined the outside and inside of the beds with the mats for an extra weed barrier, as well as placing a thick layer of paper on the floor of the beds, so no wandering roots could come up.

The posts were dug in and the trellises then attached to them.

Finally, the beds were filled with beauti-ful new soil and voila – a lovely new garden that’s pretty fail-proof. That’s one down and five more to go.

Groan….

Dealing with garden failures

Gaia GardeninG

Margo westaway


District of Sicamous Ph: 250-836-2477 Fax: 250-836-4314 www.sicamous.ca 446 Main Street. Box 219 Sicamous B.C. V0E 2V0

DISTRICT OF SICAMOUSPUBLIC NOTICE

TAKE NOTICE THAT the District of Sicamous proposes to adopt Revitalization Tax Exemption Bylaw No. 862, 2013 for the following reasons and objectives:

Purpose of the BylawCouncil wishes to establish a Revitalization Tax Exemption Program in the downtown commercial area of the District to assist businesses that are listed in the Revitalization Area defined in the Bylaw and were severely affected by flood damage to the District’s water system in 2012 to purchase private water filtration systems.

Reasons for the Revitalization Tax Exemption ProgramThe extreme flooding that occurred in the District in 2012 damaged the District’s water system. The damage prevented the District from being able to continue to supply commercial water users in the District who require high volumes of water with an adequate, suitable and reliable supply of municipal water until such time as the District is able to update its water treatment plant, estimated to take two years or more to complete.

The economic and social well being of the District is enhanced by a viable commercial and retail sector that continues to supply the basic and necessary goods and services, as well as a variety of other goods and services, to the District’s resident population, tourists and visitors and other District businesses. The economic health of that sector and, therefore, the well being of the resident and visiting populations, would be adversely affected by closures of businesses in that sector, forcing persons and businesses in Sicamous to purchase their goods and services in other municipalities. The closure of those businesses may adversely affect other businesses in the District, causing them to close as well.

The water users who are dependent on their water supply for the continuation of their businesses, may be unable to recover from the adverse impacts of the loss of the water supply they require and unable to afford the cost of installing private water filtration systems. Rather than see these businesses close or relocate to other municipalities and be lost to the District, Council deems it necessary and in the best interests of the District to offer them tax exemptions under section 226 of the Community Charter.

Objectives of the Revitalization Tax Exemption ProgramCouncil’s objectives for the Revitalization Tax Exemption Program are to secure the future economic and social health of the District by offering tax relief to the owners and occupiers of those commercial properties in the Revitalization Area (high volume commercial water users) who were adversely affected by the long term loss of an adequate, suitable and reliable supply of municipal water as a result of flood damage to the municipal water system in 2012;

Accomplishing the ObjectivesThe Objectives of the Revitalization Tax Exemption Program would be accomplished by

(1) assisting the high volume commercial water users with the cost of installing water filtration systems on their premises to provide water suitable for their business operations until such time the municipal water service is upgraded, operational and able to supply them with an adequate, suitable and reliable supply of municipal water; and

(2) thereby enabling the existing high volume commercial water users to keep their businesses financially viable; to preserve the jobs they provide in their businesses and indirectly in other businesses in the District; and to continue providing goods and services to the inhabitants of the District, as well as visitors and tourists to the District, rather than having their customers purchase their goods and services outside of the District;

Eligible PropertiesTo be eligible for the tax exemption, an applicant must(1) own a Parcel or operate a business assessed for taxation on one or more of the of the commercial

properties (Parcels) listed in the Table at the end of this notice, and(2) have installed a water filtration system on the Parcel before October 1, 2013.

Maximum Term of the Tax ExemptionThe tax exemption will be provided for a maximum term of 5 years beginning with the calendar year 2014 and not available after the year 2018.

Amount of the Tax ExemptionThe annual tax exemption proposed for each property is $1,200.00 or 20% of the Actual Purchase Price (as verified under the terms of the Revitalization Tax Exemption Agreement between the District and the property owner) of a water filtration system, whichever is the lesser amount.

Extent of the Tax ExemptionThe extent of the Tax Exemption is $6,000 if claimed for the Maximum Term of 5 years. The exemption is applied only to the general municipal tax portion of the municipal tax bill and not to taxes that must be collected by the District for other taxing authorities.

Date of Council MeetingCouncil intends to consider adopting this Bylaw at its Regular Council Meeting on July 10th, 2013 at 5:00 p.m. in the District of Sicamous Council Chambers at the address below. Interested persons are welcome to attend.

InformationA complete copy of the bylaw is available at the District of Sicamous Municipal Office, 446 Main Street, Sicamous, BC. For more information, please call Heidi Frank, Chief Administrative Officer, 250-836- 2477.

Table of Properties Eligible for Revitalization Tax Exemption Program

* There is a Subway Restaurant here, but assessment not divided between storage business and restaurant ** Portion of larger property (boat storage/moorage) *** On Twin Anchors Houseboat property **** Assessed as one property (breakdown is unclear)

DISTRICT OF SICAMOUS Under Section 227 of the Community Charter

Summer time she-nanigans are abun-dant and the RCMP can’t catch everything. That’s where you come in. Citizens on Patrol is in search of volunteers for July and August.

The program has three components: pa-trol, speed watch and

marine patrol. Volun-teers patrol the town in pairs looking for problems and suspi-cious situations to re-port to RCMP, while speed watch volunteers record information on traffic with specialized equipment.

Time commitment is low as volunteers are only asked to commit

four hours per month. Marine patrol vol-

unteers need a boat and can monitor when-ever they are on the lake with no minimum hours required. They can simply log what-ever they see, from boating activity to dead heads that need to be flagged, says co-ordi-nator Terry Sinton.

“It’s very easy to participate in any of them but we really need volunteers,” said Sinton. “All three pro-vide a great service to the community and make it much easier for policing in this area.”

Sinton noted citi-zens on patrol is par-ticularly needed in the summer because of

the increase in people in the area. Based on past experiences as a volunteer she says even the presence of patrol-lers deters questionable activity.

Volunteers do not need any special skills as everyone is trained by the RCMP.

Anyone interested in participating in ma-

rine patrol can contact Sinton at 836-4613.

Anyone interested in participating in Citi-zens on Patrol or Speed Watch can contact Kathy Keam at 250-836-3267.

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Canada Day in Sicamous!Canada Day History

Canada Day occurs on July 1st, the anniversary of Canada’s confederation. Canadians commemorate the day with parades, � reworks, cookouts, and concerts. The popularity of the holiday has been on the incline since the late 1960’s and has since become a nationwide celebration.

Formerly known as “Dominion Day,” Canada Day marks the anniversary of the Constitution Act of 1867, joining Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and the Canada province (now Ontario and Quebec) into a single country. The Constitution Act granted Canada a substantial amount of independence from England, although complete independence was not given until 1982. Prior to 1900, there was little Canadian nationalism as many Canadians regarded themselves as British citizens. The � rst of� cial celebration was held in 1917 to honor Canada’s 50th birthday. It was not until 1946 that Phileas Cote, a member of the Quebec House of Commons, sent a private member’s bill to rename Dominion Day as Canada Day. The Senate responded by recommending the holiday be named the “National Holiday of Canada.” Since no one could agree on the name, the bill was defeated. The government � rst recognized Canada Day in 1958 by holding a trooping of the color on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. Canada’s centennial marked the � rst widespread celebration in 1967. The event promoted nationalism and Canadian pride. The holiday continued to grow in the late 1960’s and many Canada Day events were televised and broadcasted throughout the country. In the 1980’s, the government began funding Canada Day activities in smaller communities. The holiday was � nally made of� cial by a unanimous vote on October 27, 1982; the same year that the Canada Act was passed, removing any remaining dependence of Canada on the United Kingdom. While the public had recognized the holiday for decades, this marked a signi� cant change in the magnitude of the celebrations.

Canada Day in Sicamous!SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:Friday, June 28th – Tuesday July 2nd • 10:00 am - 6:00 pm Daily: 34th Annual Arts and

Crafts Show, Red Barn Arts Centre, Riverside Ave.

Saturday, June 29th • 10:00 am - 3:00 pm: Classic Show and Shine Car

Show, Finlayson Park • 10:00 am - 3:00 pm : Community Craft Fair-

S & D Recreation Centre • 7:00 - 11:00 pm: Louisiana Hay Ride Concert.

For tickets call 836-2283

Monday, July 1st • 8:00 - 11:00 am: Lion’s Strawberry Pancake

Breakfast, Legion Parking Lot • 11:00 am - 3:00 pm: Royal Canadian Legion,

Branch #99 BBQ & Tailgate Market • 12:00 - 4:00 pm: Children’s Art Day and FREE

BIRTHDAY CAKE - Red Barn Arts Centre Parking lot • 4:30 - 7:30 pm: Heritage Horse & Carriage Rides,

from a downtown location • 4:30 pm: Red and White Foot Parade from ERS

School, Main Street to the Sicamous Beach Park • 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm: Community Picnic - Sicamous

Beach Park • Concessions: Lion’s hamburgers & hot dogs, refreshments Corn Roast Fundraiser Tim Horton’s Doughnuts & Hot Chocolate Mexican & More5:00 pm: Family Play Area, Beach Park • 7:00 pm: Live Music with Lead Painted Toys,

Sicamous Beach Park from the water • Glow Novelties • Dusk (10-ish): Light Up the Lake Fireworks

Malakwa Festivities: • Parade at 11:00 • Strawberry Social following

In addition to independence from the United Kingdom, Canada Day also marks a number of revolutionary breakthroughs and significant events.

• The � rst national radio hookup was initiated by the Canadian National Railway on July 1, 1927.

• The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) held

their � rst cross-country broadcast on Canada Day in 1958. The � rst color television transmission in Canada was held on July 1st of 1966.

• In 1967, the Order of Canada was inaugurated.

• “O Canada” was also named the of� cial national anthem on Canada Day, 1980.

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Canada Day pride binds us together al-ways. There is interest in strengthening and expressing that bond in a new event this year, a Red and White Foot Parade. You must pre-register for planning and safety purposes at the visitors centre, civic hall, but there is no en-try fee, expect no prizes, just the joy and pride of showing your Canadian spirit.

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parade route starting from ERS at 4:30 pm, (marshall at 4 p.m.), down Main Street, Riv-erside Avenue into the Sicamous Beach Park where food vendors, a community picnic at-mosphere and a play area for the kids will await. Live music for the evening starts at 7 and runs up to the fire-works at dusk.

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Property Owners (especially new owners) who have not received property tax notices should contact the District of Sicamous Office immediately at 836-2477.

WHETHER OR NOT YOU RECEIVE A TAX NOTICE, IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AS THE PROPERTY OWNER TO PAY TAXES BY THE DUE DATE OF JULY 2nd, 2013 IN ORDER TO AVOID A PENALTY.

• To avoid waiting at the Municipal Office, you are encouraged to pay your taxes early.

• Post-dated cheques and partial payments are welcome.

• Payment is accepted at the Municipal Office, 446 Main Street Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., except Statutory Holidays. Payment may be cash, cheque, debit card, or your bank’s telebanking/online bill payment service.

• A mail slot is located beside the front door of the Municipal Office Main Street entrance.

• Payments can be mailed to PO Box 219, Sicamous, BC V0E 2V0.

• POSTMARKS ARE NOT ACCEPTED AS PROOF OF PAYMENT. Payment must be received in the District Office, on or before July 2nd, 2013.

• PROVINCIAL HOME OWNER GRANT - if you are eligible, please ensure that the bottom of your tax notice is COMPLETED AND SIGNED and returned to the District Office on or before July 2nd, 2013. (If you are 65 years of age or over, please include your birthday).

• The Provincial Home Owner Grant must be claimed each year you are eligible.

• To avoid a penalty on your Provincial Home Owner Grant, it must be claimed even if a payment on the outstanding taxes is not made.

• Provincial legislation has a MINIMUM PROPERTY TAX PAYABLE at $100 for those property owners 65 years or over, veterans and/or disabled, and $350 for those property owners under 65 years of age. If your gross taxes are less than $1,045 your Provincial Home Owner Grant is adjusted accordingly.

• Receipts will be issued only on request.

A LATE PAYMENT PENALTY OF 10% WILL BE ADDED TO ALL UNPAID BALANCES OF CURRENT TAXES INCLUDING UNCLAIMED PROVINCIAL HOME OWNER GRANTS AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON JULY 2nd, 2013.

2012 TAX DUE DATE: JULY 2nd, 2013If you have any questions, please contact the District office at (250) 836-2477.

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In retirement, Bob Moore is looking for-ward to spending more time with his business partner.

Twenty years ago, Moore and wife Yvonne Walmsley took over ownership of what was then MacLeod’s-True Value hardware store (and later became Tru Hardware) on Main Street . Last Wednesday at 5 p.m., when Moore locked up the store, it was for the last time.

Moore says the store is closing because he and Walmsley wish to retire, and because the local economy has made it impossible to sell the business.

“I am very, very sorry we couldn’t find someone who was will-ing to run the store, but seeing the financials over the last three years, I’m not surprised,” says Moore.”I enjoyed al-most every minute of running the store. But I’m in spitting distance of 70 now and time is time.”

Moore says what he’s looking forward to most in retirement is having days off to spend with his wife.

“Outside of vacation, either one or the other of us has been working at that store, so we just didn’t have a day off together,” says Moore. “So I’m looking for-ward to that.”

What brought Moore to Sicamous was a de-

sire to find a business that didn’t require a lot of politics.

“I was coming out of 20 years as a labour re-lations guy, and my wife was coming out of just about the same amount as an academic with Grant MacEwan Col-lege,” says Moore. “So we both just wanted to try the small-town life.”

Over the years, Moore has established deep roots in the com-munity – which includes three grandchildren –and he has no plans or desire to leave.

“We like the com-munity. It’s a retirement community even if that wasn’t planned,” laughs Moore.

Moore says he will miss his three staff members who have been with the store so long they are very much family in his eyes, though not as close as some had thought.

“When we were relatively new in town, everybody assumed that every woman work-ing at the store was my wife,” says Moore. “Very few people ever got it right, because they treat me like, you know, they nag me, they yell at me and give me a bad time… I shouldn’t say that. I’m certainly very fond of my staff and I’m highly respectful of them.”

Moore will also greatly miss his custom-ers, including those he refers to as his widows.

“I had people who I saw two or three times a week. My widows as I called them,” says Moore, “the ones who used to say Harry used to do this but he’s gone now; can you give me a hand?”

Asked about his handyman skills, how-ever, Moore admits to being fumble-fingered.

“I was a theoreti-cal handyman – I knew how to do things but I couldn’t do them…,” says Moore. “I knew the theory, so I could tell people how to do them, but if I tried to do them I’d end up drop-ping things and cutting myself.”

Moore explained how over the years, business became guided by patterns of local phe-nomena. These included the annual influx of floods, tourists, mosqui-toes and hummingbirds.

“The first time a hummingbird is sighted in Sicamous, everybody hears about it within a couple of days, and we used to sell almost our entire year’s supply of hummingbird feed-ers in the space of two weeks,” laughs Moore. “Because they are very territorial, and if you don’t feed them when they arrive, they go to

where they are fed and they stick there so long as there’s food.”

While owning a hardware store may not make you rich, says Moore, it has provided a rewarding life that part of him is terribly sad to

be leaving.“Doing this is really

like, what the Irish used to say, “the tears and the laughter fight on your face,” says Moore.

“Because I will miss being in the store, and I will miss all of the

people that I see on a regular basis. But, on the other side, I am re-ally looking forward to spending some time in the company of my wife, spending more time with my dog, that sort of thing.”

Doors close on longtime hardware business

Sign of the time: Bob Moore and Yvonne Walmsley turn the sign to closed for the final time on Wednesday. Photo by Victoria Rowbottom

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