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NEWSVol. 60 No. 18 Sicamous, B.C., • 1.25 (GST included) • www.eaglevalleynews.com

Busy month at water plant

construction sitePage 2

Twin Anchors returns to roots

with houseboatsPage 7

Pets welcome: Sophie the pug keeps her eyes open for friendly passersby while Black Dog Clothing Company owner Eddie Johnston finishes constructing a portable awning in preparation for the store’s May 1 opening. Photo by Lachlan Labere

Survey to gauge age-friendliness of community

Roundabout working for Clearwater

Whether a round-about would untangle Sicamous’ ‘octopus intersection’ on High-way 97A remains to be seen, but a similar setup seems to be working well in Clearwater.

The Ministry of Transportation and In-frastructure recently announced it will be hosting a public hearing in Sicamous Tuesday night (after press time), to present a proposed solution – a roundabout – for the problematic intersection just off the

Trans-Canada High-way.

While it’s unusual in the province to have a roundabout on the highway, it wouldn’t be unique. The District of Clearwater has had a roundabout since 2013. It is located on High-way 5 in the town’s core, and at the busy turnoff to Wells Gray Park.

District of Clearwa-ter CAO Leslie Groulx says that after incor-poration in 2007, the intersection became a safety priority for the elected council. They

While some might say Sicamous is already se-nior-friendly, Jeanne Rokosh is looking for ways to do better.

Rokosh is spearheading a local initiative that, when complete, will see Sicamous certified by the B.C. government as an age-friendly community.

“I think, in the grand scheme of things, we’re already doing a lot of the things that a town might have to, to be designated as age-friendly,” says Rokosh. “But we’re looking at it and going, per-haps can we be a little more age-friendly?”

The Age-Friendly Communities initiative be-gan with the World Health Organization as a means of preparing and providing for generations that are living longer, healthier lives. For example, in B.C. it is estimated that by 2031, approximately 1.5 million people – one-quarter of the province’s population, will be over age 65.

An age-friendly community is one that has undergone a self-examination to determine its preparedness for this aging population, address-ing areas such as transportation, housing, social opportunities, community support, health services and more.

“This is one of the ways we can do that… we have to start thinking about the fact that our se-niors population is increasing and we have to have resources and supports for them,” said Rokosh.

A local advisory committee has been estab-lished and a survey was released this week allow-ing Sicamous’ senior population to help shape the community’s future. Rokosh says survey input will not only show where improvement is needed, but also help to establish a benchmark from which future outcomes can be monitored to assure Si-camous continues to be age-friendly.

The survey can be completed online at www.sicamousagefriendly.com, and Rokosh says hard copies will be distributed throughout the commu-nity as well.

“In order to not overwhelm people or have peo-ple feeling like, oh, here we go again, we’re really conscious of the survey being really user-friendly, quick, not complicated and having some level of accountability in it,” said Rokosh.

Another benefit of age-friendly cerfitication, Rokosh adds, is that it will provide another im-petus for people to want to move and live in Si-camous.

See District on page 2

By Lachlan LabereEagle Valley News

Proposed fix: The above illustration is what the province is propos-ing to fix Sicamous’ “octopus intersection” at Main Street and Highway 97A. BC Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure photo


Sicamous: Province proposing roundabout as solution for 97A.

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May to July 22 Sicamous Mixed Softball League runs every Wednesday night from April 29 to July 22, 2015. At Finlayson Park at 6:30 pm. Windup Tournament is the weekend of July 24, 25, 26, 2015.Monday to Friday Community Access Site at the Senior’s Activity Centre - 1091 Shuswap Avenue. Internet & related services. Call Diana. 836-2446Every 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. & Thurs. - Seniors Meals provided, 12 noon in Common Room at the Haven. Every 1st & 3rd Wed. - Parkinsons Support Group Contact Don at 250-838-0794.Every 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. - 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 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.1st & 3rd Wednesday - Eagle Valley Photographic Arts Club meets at the Red Barn at 7 pm. 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.- Malakwa Thrift Store between the 2 churches Open every Thursday 10-5.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

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first approached the ministry on the mat-ter at the 2008 Union of B.C. Municipalities convention, seeking a fix that would work for the community. Groulx says the ministry even-tually came up with the idea of the roundabout, and council embraced it. Public information meetings were held to explain the roundabout concept, and Groulx said there was opposi-tion for sure. But many who were initially op-posed have since come around.

“We now have

people who were very strongly opposed to it come in and say it was the best thing to ever happen because it works really slick,” said Groulx.

Groulx says Clear-water’s double-laned roundabout was en-gineered to handle “extraordinary loads” – including the tour buses and tractor-trailer traffic that frequently turn off for the park, or carry on north for the oil patch.

“One of the key things… it’s a continu-ous flow,” said Groulx, noting the integrated crosswalks are more

safe than those that ex-isted prior.

“The other option was to put a red light at that intersection, and it wouldn’t have been a good thing because there’s a hill that comes up, so in the winter time if you had five semis at a stop light, they wouldn’t get going again.”

According to the ministry, roundabouts serve as a “traffic calm-ing” measure that re-duces the potential for serious crashes.

“In fact, studies have shown that roundabouts have 35 per cent fewer crashes, 90 per cent

fewer vehicle fatalities and 76 per cent fewer vehicle-related inju-ries,” states the minis-try’s TranBC website.

The ministry has cre-ated another website, How To Use Round-abouts, which provides an interactive animation allowing people to test different scenarios and learn the rules of the roundabout road.

Groulx says the roundabout has been so impressive that council is now lobbying for a second one at another, “even more danger-ous” intersection along Highway 5 near the Wells Gray Inn.

In addition to im-proving traffic safety, Groulx says the round-about also appears to be having a positive im-pact on business.

“In all honesty, I be-lieve, as the economic development officer, and as the CAO, that it’s actually creating a bit of a hub and some interest in our commu-nity, people wanting to come and locate their business here,” said Groulx.

The How to Use Roundabouts website can be found at http://www.th .gov.bc .ca /roundabouts/clearwa-ter.html.

Continued from front

Construction at Si-camous’ new water-treatment facility will be hopping in May as the sub-trades move in.

With walls largely in place, the roof is ex-pected to be added this week. Larger compo-nents of the new Mara water treatment facil-ity will be moved in by crane in the process. And then things will really get going inside.

“Once the walls and stuff go on, it’s going to be quite a beehive of activity,” says District of Sicamous operations manager Randy Hand. He and staff and the contractors are already working on where ev-eryone is going to park, as summer residents begin to return to the

community. “We’re going to get

a lot of those residents coming back, so we’ve got to make sure to give them easy access too,” said Hand. “So that was one of the things we discussed. We’ll park some on Cook be-cause it’s close by.”

The crane that will be used for the roof will first be used to move

in some of the larger equipment currently being stored off-side, including the filtration membranes.

BC Hydro will be hooking up the plant’s transformer in May. One generator, for the high-lift pumping sta-tion, may be going in shortly, with a second for the low-lift coming soon after.

Hand says most of the underground work related to the plant is done, though there is still work outside of the building to be done.

Those driving by the water plant con-struction site during the past week will have no doubt noticed the work being done along the roadside. Though is separate project, the

upgrading of the High-way 97A water main between Mara Lake Lane and Kappel, and is expected to be done by June. The job, says Hand, involves replac-ing about 600 metres of pipe.

Last Friday, Valley Blacktop was expected to remove the speed dips at the Sicamous-Solsqua Road bridge before moving on to paving jobs along Old Spallumcheen and Coach roads where the sewer extension oc-curred. Hand says that work should be done today (May 7).

Regarding the re-moval of the controver-sial speed dips, Hand had a bit of a laugh, stating, “you either love them or hate them, everybody has got an opinion.”

Busy month ahead on water plant worksite

District of Clearwater staff lobby for second roundabout


Projects: Construction continues on the Mara water treatment plant, with the roof slated to go on shortly, while Grizzly Excavating upgrades the water main along Highway 97A. Photo by Lachlan Labere

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Columbia Shuswap Regional District di-rectors are unhappy with the government’s funding of the educa-tion system and are calling on the province to undertake a com-plete review.

Directors approved a resolution asking the Union of BC Munici-palities to lobby the provincial government to complete an inde-pendent review of the funding formula used to fund public educa-tion.

Extolling the vir-tues of Silver Creek school and its Parent Advisory Council and voicing concerns about the long hours young children would have to travel on a bus, Area D director Rene Talbot told school board chair Bobbi Johnson the re-gional district is taking action.

He said closing rural schools kills the com-munity and asked how many people would be thrilled if they had kin-dergarten kids on a bus for 90 minutes.

“We do have a mo-tion to go after the government for more money,” he said. “Hopefully it will pass here today and go on to UBCM (Union of Brit-ish Columbia Munici-palities). “Rural areas are much safer and a better learning envi-ronment.”

Three School Dis-trict #83 board of� -cials attended the April 23 CSRD meeting to present directors with the options under con-sideration to � nd the $1.8 million needed to balance their budget.

Johnson, accompa-nied by secretary-trea-surer Sterling Olson as well as school trustees Barry Chafe from Si-camous and Michel Saab of Salmon Arm, answered questions from the board.

Johnson explained that nine of the schools in the board’s 8,000 square kilometres are within CSRD boundar-ies. She addressed the school board’s short-fall, continually drop-ping enrolment and the need to close schools or spaces within schools.

“We’ve done the � rst � ve consulta-tions and we’re going through consultation results,” Johnson said. “We have been moving along trying to � nd out what we can do with schools; there’s lots of empty classrooms.”

Johnson said the school district is hav-ing challenges to main-tain an education sys-tem in outlying areas and is making a con-certed effort to think outside the box.

“Are there ef� cien-cies we can � nd be-tween regional dis-tricts such as watering school grounds in sum-mer that are used by members of the pub-

lic?” asked Olson as an example.

Johnson pointed out that trustees are also looking at things other ministries, such as the Ministry of Health, should be funding, in-stead of the education system.

CSRD chair Rhona Martin asked Johnson to leave the decisions on facility changes un-til next year as opposed to the current May 12 decision day.

“People are con-cerned the school board is in a rush to get this done,” echoed Talbot, who reiterated his concerns for Ran-chero and Silver Creek schools. “It’s always the rural school that gets the axe.”

But Johnson pointed out the school board has a time limit on con-sultation on any issue.

“We get the report and have 60 days to do it,” she said. “It always seems rushed; people always like time to di-gest everything.”

Calling Silver Creek School wonderful, Johnson pointed out urban schools includ-

ing Salmon Arm El-ementary and South Canoe had both been closed and that extra staf� ng required to operate Silver Creek takes away from the broader base.

For example, she said staff members might drive all the way to outlying schools like Falkland or Sil-ver Creek to help one student, whereas they could help several in the same time-frame if they went to a closer and more-populated school like Hillcrest.

“I agree a long bus ride is not my favou-rite thing to do. It may not mean closing the school,” she said, not-ing perhaps non-class-room spaces could be closed off. “A lot of the decline is coming from the rural schools so that is where we have to � nd (solutions).”

Martin pointed out that Peace River has adopted a $120 school bus fee, but the sug-gestion did not sit well with Johnson.

“When we looked at it the last time, 2,813 kids ride buses, most in outlying areas, so we’re hitting all the outlying areas,” she said, clearly concerned about the possibility of a student refused en-try on the bus because struggling parents have not been able to pay the bill. “We run buses to get kids to school. Will we look at it? Maybe, but we have trouble

collecting school fees as it is.”

Martin again made a plea for leaving school closure decisions until next year.

As she was leaving, Johnson made a re-quest of her own.

“Have you any extra money, maybe to hire a speech pathologist?”

CSRD calls for review of education fundingBy Barb BrouwerEagle Valley News

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Sun Rich Fresh Foods Inc. is recalling sliced apples and prod-ucts containing sliced apples produced in its Brampton, Ont. facility from the marketplace due to possible Listeria monocytogenes con-tamination. Consum-ers should not consume and distributors, retail-ers and food service establishments such as hotels, restaurants, caf-eterias, hospitals and nursing homes should not sell or use the re-called products.

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nationally, include sliced apples served in kids packs at Subway with best before dates up to and including May 14, 2015.

Sun Rich apple slic-es, fruit medley, Waldorf salad kit and apple slices with grapes are included in the recall, as well as apple and grape pack-ages sold at Shoppers Drug Mart in 284-gram packages with best be-fore dates up to and in-cluding May 1, 2015.

Check to see if you have recalled products in your home or es-tablishment. Recalled products should be

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Food contaminated with Listeria monocy-togenes may not look or smell spoiled but can still make you sick. Symptoms can include vomiting, nausea, per-sistent fever, muscle aches, severe headache and neck stiffness. Pregnant women, the elderly and people with weakened immune sys-tems are particularly at risk. Although infected pregnant women may experience only mild, � u-like symptoms, the infection can lead to

premature delivery, in-fection of the newborn or even stillbirth. In severe cases of illness, people may die.

This recall was trig-gered by the Canadian Food Inspection Agen-cy (CFIA) test results. The CFIA is conducting a food safety investiga-tion, which may lead to the recall of other prod-ucts. If other high-risk products are recalled, the CFIA will notify the public.

The CFIA is veri-fying that industry is removing recalled products from the mar-ketplace.

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Johnson explained that nine of the schools in the board’s 8,000 square kilometres are

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VICTORIA – After the first few glum lines of his speech, it was difficult to tell anything had changed for B.C. Teachers’ Federation president Jim Iker as he took his familiar place before the TV cameras last week.

Iker droned on about how B.C. schools are under-funded by hundreds of mil-lions of dollars, echoing de-mands from the disastrous strike he led the union mem-bership into last year.

The B.C. Court of Ap-peal had just overturned a bizarre trial court decision that tried to give the union everything it wanted: a trip back in time to the NDP wonderland of 2001, a con-stitutional spanking for the B.C. Liberal government and a $2 million bonus of taxpayers’ money.

The BCTF must now pay back that $2 million and scrape up whatever is left of its members’ com-

pulsory dues to plead for an appeal at the Supreme Court of Canada, continuing the executive’s self-righteous fantasy of controlling edu-cation spending in B.C.

The appeal court didn’t just overturn the judgment of B.C. Supreme Court Jus-tice Susan Griffin. It shred-ded her legal reasoning and bluntly corrected her, over and over, on evidence she ignored or misinterpreted.

Did the government bar-gain in bad faith? No. Did they conspire to provoke a strike? No. Did they illegal-ly strip working conditions from the teacher contract? No. Turns out our kids are not just “working condi-tions” for teachers, and pub-lic policy still matters.

And it turns out that making special-needs assis-tants dash between classes to deal with two kids here and three over there was a lousy idea. Now there’s even a credit course offered in high school for students with learning difficulties,

which probably has some BCTF minion crafting a pile of grievances about segrega-tion.

In the negotiated settle-ment reached last fall, teach-ers shared $105 million to make thousands of baseless grievances go away, after the union filed one for stu-dent numbers in every class in the province. This bloated perpetual protest machine drains the public purse in more ways than taxpayers realize.

Parents understand the strikes, though. They remember a union that scrapped report cards, dis-rupted administration and forced schools to shut down at graduation time.

The strike then dragged into the fall, as the govern-ment held the line on public service spending. And what was the key issue that kept schools closed? It wasn’t special needs support, where student performance has continued to improve. No, it was the BCTF de-

manding a raise twice as big as other public sector unions had already accepted.

In the end, their paltry strike fund long gone, the union grudgingly accepted the going rate. They figured they had the elected govern-ment on the run in court. Wrong again.

Next up for the ministry is taking control of profes-sional development. A bill before the legislature will enforce standards. Singing Solidarity Forever around a campfire and calling it paid professional development (a real example, by the way) will soon go the way of the union-controlled College of Teachers – onto the scrap heap of history.

There are BCTF mem-bers who understand how ill-served they are by their union. They are looking crit-ically at the performance of their leaders, who are too of-ten distracted by grandiose “social justice” campaigns as far away as the Middle East.

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Disaster victims need our help

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Every so often, news of a massive di-saster will begin hitting the headlines, complete with harrowing stories and

images of destruction and anguish.And, every time this happens, the news media

covers it like a blanket on a cold Alberta night — only to slowly pull away, bit by bit, as other news stories edge their way into the spotlight.

The problem is those stories of disaster still have a narrative, a more important one — the rebuilding effort — that often gets overlooked or subjected to the back pages of the newspaper or the end of the newscast.

It happened with the Southeast Asia tsunami, again with Hurricane Katrina, once more with the earthquake in Haiti and also with the quake and tsunami in Japan.

Coverage of all those disasters was intense and, while follow-up stories were done well, it simply is the nature of the news beast to jump from story to story once a new event material-izes.

That makes it all the more important for the media and public to get news of the latest di-saster and resulting humanitarian crisis in the public consciousness as soon as possible, and as often as possible as soon as the tragedy occurs.

Approximately 7,500 people are believed to have died in Nepal following the big earthquake that occurred Saturday, April 27 in Nepal. An-other 14,500 were injured.

There are residents of Kamloops deeply af-fected as they have family members in the Hi-malayan country.

This story is significant and will continue to dominate the headlines this week.

Next week, however, the Nepal earthquake will slowly be eased aside by other stories.

If you can help those affected, please do.The Canadian Red Cross is collecting dona-

tions online at redcross.ca or by phone to 1-800-418-1111.

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On Budget Day 2015, a CBC reporter commented that the budget had nothing ex-citing in it.

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our government has balanced the bud-get when countries all around the world are running de� cits is

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Since the 2008 glob-al economic downturn, our government has implemented the Eco-nomic Action Plan to grow the economy, cre-ate jobs and return to a balanced budget. Well, the plan has worked and I am excited!

Our budget supports families. Economic Action Plan 2015 ben-e� ts 100 per cent of families with children by lowering taxes and increasing bene� ts. An average family will re-ceive $6,600 in support per year due to mea-sures our government has introduced.

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plan. Since the intro-duction of the Econom-ic Action Plan, we have implemented pension splitting, higher OAS supports, introduced the Tax Free Savings Account, and increased the age for RRIFs to be withdrawn and now reduced the minimum withdrawal factors for RRIFs.

Economic Action Plan has also cut tax-es for small business from 12 per cent to 11 per cent, while Bud-get 2015 will further cut these rates from 11 per cent to 9 per cent by 2019. In 2006, a small business with a taxable income of $500,000 would have been taxed $83,600. In

2015, this has declined to $55,000 and in 2019 it will be $45,000 or a 46 per cent savings. More money in your hands to expand your business and hire more employees is good for the economy.

Since 2006, our government has intro-duced more than 180 tax relief measures.

Putting money in Canadians’ hands is good for the economy, but it also will help many Canadians to save for their � rst home or retirement, and our government is assisting Canadians accomplish this by increasing the limits on the Tax Free Savings Account.

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versal Child Care Ben-e� t will help parents save for their children’s education. Canada’s government will also give a 20 per cent boost to Registered Educa-tional Savings Plans (RESPs) where parents have invested $160 per month for the � rst six years. If parents choose to likewise invest the $60 monthly Child Care Bene� t for chil-dren aged seven to 17 in the RESP, they will be able to save $25,000 by the time their child is ready for post-sec-ondary education or skills training.

This budget pro-vides tax savings today so you can save for to-morrow’s priorities.

Federal budget exciting for Canadians

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Shuswap MLA Greg Kyllo received the B.C. Kidney Advocacy Award from the Kidney Foundation of Canada, B.C. and Yukon branch, at a ceremony in Van-couver on Saturday, May 2.

Kyllo was selected by the foundation for his efforts in support of B.C. kidney patients, particularly through his leadership for increas-ing awareness about the importance of organ do-nor registration.

“My former high school phys-ed teacher and basketball and rugby coach Tony Beef-tink was informed by his doctor 27 years ago

that his heart was weak-ened by a virus and he had only six months to live,” Kyllo said. “Tony was just 37 years old at the time with a wife and three young children. Fortunately, on Christ-mas Day, Tony received a call from the hospi-tal, and on Boxing Day 1988, Tony was B.C.’s second successful re-cipient of a donated heart, saving the life of a husband, a father and a brilliant and dedicated teacher and coach.

“After recovery, Tony was able to con-tinue his teaching ca-reer in Sicamous and resume his passion for running marathons.”

Beginning April 1, British Columbians vis-iting Service BC loca-tions have been offered the opportunity to reg-ister their decision on

organ donation.Currently, more than

95 per cent of British Columbians support or-gan donations but only 20 per cent have regis-

tered their decision to be a donor. This pro-gram makes it easier for those who have yet to register.

“I am truly hon-oured and humbled by this award,” Kyllo said. “Advocating for organ donor registra-tion is an issue that is near and dear to me

and I am thrilled that I was able to advance this matter to my colleagues in government. It is now much easier for British Columbians to sign up.”

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Advocating for organ donor registration is an issue that is near and dear to me and I am thrilled that I was able to advance this matter…

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I try to be upbeat and even a little funny when I type these columns, but now I’m going to be a bit of a drip and get se-rious about the wet stuff.

Although fun to do a rerun of our trip to San Fran, what really sunk in for us was seeing firsthand how bad the withering drought situa-tion was, and how grim it was getting there.

When nature turns the taps off for that length of time, the dom-inoes start to fall pretty fast and the consequenc-es were clearly visible, such as the deep ‘bath-tub ring’ of Lake Shasta, dried up stream and riv-er beds, grapevines and orchards being pulled out, fields lying fallow and the parched earth as we crossed the Central Valley.

“America’s salad bowl has now become a dust bowl,” read a head-line, but it’s just the tip of the iceberg compared

to what else is on the sunshine state’s plate.

California has many existing and looming environmental fronts they’re facing besides this record drought, such as unsustainable population and resource pressures, poorly man-aged agricultural land and irrigation practices, serious soil degradation and elimination from development and bee colony collapse, just to name a few. What’s re-ally worrisome though, is that the excessive ex-traction of water from the pumping out of the massive ice-age aquifer lying under the state. It is causing a colossal sink hole that’s drop-ping at a drastic rate of at least a foot a year, in turn creating chaos by crumbling homes, cracking roads, twisting railway lines and mess-ing up the vital irrigation canals that run through-out the countryside. To top it off, rising oceans are threatening to roll into critical inland es-tuaries that provide key sources of fresh water to wildlife, humans and agriculture – Florida in-cluded. A perfect storm may be brewing for a total food and environ-mental catastrophe, and millions of people will be up the creek without

a paddle if they – and we – are not somehow prepared for it.

The shame and blame game has been going on for years and will continue to get mired in the mud due to political interests and economic drivers, such as the billion-dollar tourism and wine in-dustries. For example, we had a bull session with a local about wa-ter usage in their sup-posedly sustainable wine-growing valley, who angrily stated that homeowners were get-ting hosed because backyard food gardens had been banned in or-der that the vineyards – a major source of tax and tourism income for the town – could have it instead. Now a state-wide rationing of 25 per cent per home has been declared, which is just a drop in the bucket be-cause the farmers – who consume at least 80 per cent of it – are excluded. Yet they’re one of the worst sources of the problem.

The rains may re-turn and the oceans may cease to rise one day, but immediate and emergency measures will need to be put in place, such as construct-ing dikes to stem the tide, more desaliniza-

tion plants for drinking water, legislating strict regulations on irrigation practices (maybe even mulching through man-datory food, farm and yard waste recycling, which would make total sense), eliminat-ing unsustainable food crops and water-wasting plants and lawns from the landscapes.

Going too may be the luxury of a green fairway, backyard pool, fountain, long shower or the leisurely Sunday car wash. Who gets the wa-ter and how much, plus what it’s going to cost may get ugly, and even plunge the lower-in-come families and farm-ers into debt or forced departure.

Rains are the watery lifeblood for the thou-sands of tons of nuts, fruits, vegetables, meat, grains and rice that are grown and raised there. Indeed, two out of every three meals eaten in the U.S. come from Califor-nia.

We rely heavily on those crops too, and our food security experts are now describing the situ-ation as alarming if the agricultural output be-gins to pack it in to the point where there’s not enough to share. What this will mean for us is a seriously destabilized

food supply with major price hikes to boot. It also means that we’ll be left even more high and dry if we don’t protect and support the survival of Canadian food grow-ers and, especially, our local farmers and seed suppliers. If things get really rough, then every household food garden is going to count too.

So if you catch your-self mumbling ‘rain, rain go away’ this spring, then remind yourself that it’s better than having to pray for the life-giving rain like they are. Going against the flow of nature never works out well for us and we humans tend to learn the hard way. The lesson here is if we abuse it, then we might just lose it – and then what?

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It’s been a while since a vessel was set afloat on the test pond at Twin Anchors Marine’s manufacturing facility.

That’s where the “Happy Eh” was last week, one of two ves-sels the company is manufacturing for a rental fleet in Ontario. A third boat is also in the works. This will be a higher-end private craft that will be shipped to California.

These are the first houseboats to roll off the Twin Anchors Ma-rine assembly line since 2011, when a houseboat was built for a company in St. Petersburg, Rus-sia.

“We’ve come up with an excellent prod-uct here and the guys have got something to be proud of and it’s exciting…,” says Twin Anchors manufacturing manager Nigel Watson. “These are more than

$300,000, the two for Ontario. The private vessel for California is a little bit higher. So it’s a good revenue for us.”

The company is still building well-site trail-ers under its TA Struc-tures banner. How-ever, the slowdown in Canada’s oil sector last winter, resulting from

lower oil prices, forced the company to lay off up to 40 employees ear-lier this year. With the houseboat orders, the company has been able to bring people back to work – something that Watson is grateful for.

“We’re fortunate here and for a small town – the staff that we

have available within Sicamous is still here from back in the day… when we were building houseboats primarily,” said Watson. “I think we brought six back this week and our plans are to get more people back. And these are high end – they’re high hours, so we need more

people to manufacture them as well, which is good for the business and good for the people in the town.”

Watson notes this time of year is typically slow for the company, but he adds the phones haven’t stopped ringing with companies look-ing for quotes. This, he says, has to do with the B.C. government’s push to develop the liquid natural gas industry.

“The government has still got a little bit to do with the LNG proj-ect – I’m sure they’ll get that in place, and then we’ll be busy,” said Watson. “And the good thing is, we’re still set up to do it, we’ve still got the guys available.”

BUSINESSTwin Anchors launching new houseboatsBy Lachlan LabereEagle Valley News

Back onboard: “Happy Eh” is one of two houseboats from Twin Anchors Marine heading for a rental fleet in Ontario. A third vessel is being built for a buyer in California. The three are the first houseboats produced by the Sicamous company since 2011. Photo by Lachlan Labere

The B.C. govern-ment is adding new trades seats to 12 post-secondary institutions, to allow students to sample different trades.

The “trades discov-ery” program runs 10 to 12 weeks, providing hands-on experience. Those who complete the program can then enrol in a “foundation” program for the trade or seek an apprenticeship place with an employer.

Premier Christy Clark donned her hard-hat and joined high school students in

new secondary trade programs for the an-nouncement at the B.C. legislature this week. Jobs Minister Shirley Bond said the govern-ment has made progress in the Skills for Jobs Blueprint, launched a year ago to redesign the B.C. education sys-tem from elementary to post-secondary to match education up with high-demand jobs in the future.

The additional funding of $727,500 is to provide 68 seats at Camosun College, 32 at College of New Caledonia, 32 at Col-lege of the Rockies, 16

at Kwantlen Polytech-nic University, 16 at Nicola Valley Institute of Technology, 12 at North Island College, 40 at Northwest Com-munity College, 32 at Okanagan College, 16 at Selkirk College, 30 at Thompson Rivers Uni-versity, 16 at University of the Fraser Valley and 16 at Vancouver Island University.

Advanced Educa-tion Minister Andrew Wilkinson said the blueprint assigns 25 per cent of post-secondary funds to in-demand jobs, to fill positions left vacant by a wave of retirements in the com-

ing decades. New or ex-panded trades facilities are underway at Camo-sun College, Okanagan College and Nicola Val-ley.

Bond said in the leg-islature last week that she is concerned about the low completion rates in trade programs, and she expects to make an announcement soon about placements in government activities.

“That work is near-ly finished,” Bond said. “My goal is to ensure that we have incremental growth of apprentices on projects that are funded by tax-payers.”

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Championships: Last weekend, students of the Shuswap’s Provincial Martial Arts school took part in the Cal-gary City Championships Open Martial Arts Tournament. They competed in point sparring, individual and team katas, and brought home six gold medals, 10 silver and 12 bronze. Pictured are: Danette Rampton (Salmon Arm), Tiffany Sigvaldason (Sicamous), Ben Eddy (SA), Brandy Allsion (SA), Christina Sigvaldason (SIC), Houston Rampton (SA), Julie Walsh (SIC), Gabriel Walsh (SIC), Rena Kakuda (SA), Michelle Eddy (SA), Elyssa Eddy (SA), Ty Sigvaldason (SIC), Reg Eddy (SA), Holly Raczynski (Coach), Lindsey Christian-Hack (SA), Matt Veerman (SA). Missing: Reece Fuller (SA), Micah Knutson (SA), Evje Knutson (SA), Suzanne Lewis (SA) and Caius Lewis (SA). 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.

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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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INTERIOR HEAVY EQUIP-MENT OPERATOR SCHOOL.

NO Simulators. In-the-seat training. Real world tasks.

Weekly start dates. Job board! Funding options.

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MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION! In-demand career! Employers have work-at-home positions available. Get online training you need from an employer-trusted program. Visit: CareerStep.ca/MT or call 1-855-768-3362 to start training for your work-at-home career today!MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION-ISTS are in huge demand! Train with the leading medical transcription school. Learn from home and work from home. Call today. 1-800-466-1535 [email protected].

Help WantedCHIEF EXECUTIVE Offi cer, Gitga’ at Development Corpo-ration, Hartley Bay, B.C. For full job description visit www.firstnationsjobsonline.com under management positions. Send resumes to:[email protected]

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Help WantedCOMMUNICATIONS/EVENTS Coordinator required. Nak’azd-li Whut’en Fort St. James B.C. Email applications to:[email protected] Attn: Maureen. For full details of this job visit:www.firstnationsjobsonline.com under management.

COUNCIL SECRETARY re-quired. Nak’azdli Whut’en Fort St. James B.C. Email applica-tions to:[email protected] Attn: Maureen. For full details of this job visit:www.firstnationsjobsonline.com under management.

EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT re-quired. Nak’azdli Whut’en Fort St. James B.C. Email applica-tions to:[email protected] Attn: Maureen. For full details of this job visit:www.firstnationsjobsonline.com under management.

IMMEDIATE Hire FARMHAND Beaverdell, B.C. Pay $2000/month plus 2BR House to live in. Contact GORD (250)484-5470

SKYLINE TRUCKSTOP is now hiring a gas attendant, will train. Email resume to [email protected] or fax to 250-836-4950.

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Employment

TeachersGPRC, FAIRVIEW Campus requires Heavy Equipment Technician Instructors to com-mence August 15, 2015. for more information visit our web-site: www.gprc.ab.ca/careers

Services

Financial ServicesGET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed? Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB.

1-877-987-1420 www.pioneerwest.com

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Services

Financial ServicesTAX FREE MONEY

is available, if you are a homeowner, today! We can easily approve you by phone. 1st, 2nd or 3rd mort-gage money is available right now. Rates start at Prime. Equity counts. We don’t rely on credit, age or income.

Call Anytime1-800-639-2274 or

604-430-1498. Apply online www.capitaldirect.ca

Home Improvements

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

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Pets & Livestock

Pets$1,000 Reward for Missing Dog!!! Lost on April 13th, 2015. She is a small black miniature pincher. 11 lbs, black and tan color with a bit of grey due to age. When she went missing she was wearing a beige jacket with brown ted-dy bear patterns on her coat. The coat has a blue trim. She was last seen near old Sica-mouse road in Grindrod. Please call me if you have any information at 778-883-7219 or [email protected]. Thank you and please help me, she is my family.

Merchandise for Sale

AuctionsKWIK Auctions Commercial Food Equipment & Restaurant Auction House - Burnaby & Kelowna - Live & Online - visit KwikAuctions.com for Catalog, Pics, Video Preview

ONSITE AUCTION - MAY 7, 2015 All Assets - Formerly Akari Japa-nese Restaurant 112 - 3000 Lou-gheed Hwy, Coquitlam, BC Com-plete Cooking Line, Sushi Cases, High End Furnishings & More!!!!.....View all lots ONLINE, Register to Bid & Bid via Live Broadcast. Visit www.activeauction-mart.com or call 604-371-1190 - [email protected]

Free Items3BDRM. 60’ trailer-house in Sicamous in good living cond. is available free. Only cost to you is you pay to move. If in-terested call Carol or Doug (403)255-7932

Heavy Duty Machinery

A-CHEAP, LOWEST PRICES STEEL SHIPPING Dry Storage Containers Used 20’40’45’53’ and insulated con-tainers all sizes in stock. 40’ containers as low as $2,200. Also JD 544 & 644 wheel Loaders & 20,000 lb CAT fork-lift. Ph Toll free 24 hours 1-866-528-7108 1-778-298-3192 8am-5pm. Delivery BC and AB www.rtccontainer.com

Misc. for Sale4 TURF Master tires for ride on lawn mower $200. ( 2 ) 1 5 X 6 . 0 0 - 6 N H S (2) 20X10.00-8NHSTonneau cover for Ford short box, velcro, black $250.Canopy for Ford short box (high rise) $200. (250)836-0033

SAWMILLS FROM only $4,397. Make money and save money with your own bandmill. Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. Free Info and DVD: 1-800-566-6899 Ext: 400OT www.NorwoodSawmills.com/400OT

STEEL BUILDINGS “Spring sales with hot savings!” All steel building models and siz-es are now on sale. Get your building deal while it’s hot. Pio-neer Steel 1-800-668-5422 www.pioneersteel.ca

Misc. WantedPrivate Collector Looking toBuy Coin Collections, Silver,Antique Native Art, Estates +Chad: 778-281-0030 in town.

PURCHASING scrap gold & old Canadian & American coin collections. 250-548-3670

Real Estate

Business for SaleCOIN-OP BUSINESS FOR SALE. Pool tables, juke boxes, digital music systems, & various games. All coin operated All on Locations Revenue producing Okanagan & Area. Serious Inquires only wa i t i ng t re t i r e@gma i l . com Asking $55,000.00

Real Estate

For Sale By Owner

By Owner - Malakwa49 acres with house800sqft. 2 Bedroom

15 minute drive to Sicamous1/4 mile of Eagle River

frontage$350,000.

Owner will carry mortgage with small down payment

Call Mark 1 (604)541-6391or 1(604)671-7498

Mobile Homes & Parks

Bi-weekly payment from

$47000Land and Home

Ownership250-833-4728eaglehomes.ca/listings

Best pricing for New Homes

in Sicamous

Transportation

Recreational/Sale1992 Toyota Itaska RV, Class ‘C’, 6cyl, 5spd, auto over drive, air bags, good mileage, runs well $7500. obo(250)836-3533

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