Eagle Valley News, May 13, 2015

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NEWSVol. 60 No. 19 Sicamous, B.C., • 1.25 (GST included) • www.eaglevalleynews.com

Roundabout gets good reception from residents

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Jason Stutzke says he was driving through Saskatchewan last Wednesday when he re-ceived a text message that made him sick.

The message included a photo of a build-ing at night, his building, engulfed in flame.

“I got a text with a picture at 2:30, three-o-clock in the morning of a building in flames and I’ve got tenants up there,” said Stutzke. “All I cared about was did they got out alive?”

Sicamous Fire Chief Brett Ogino said the tenants were awake when the fire occurred and were able to get out unharmed.

The building itself, however, and every-thing within, including Stutzke’s business, Extreme Power Sports, was destroyed in the fire that occurred at approximately 12:30 a.m. on May 6.

“I lost everything, not only business stuff – I had a house and half of my personal con-tents in that building that I lost. Everything to my name,” a distressed Stutzke told the News by telephone from Winnipeg later that day. He said he was in the process of picking up his Mustang show car, to deliver to Cali-fornia for auction, when he received news of the fire.

Approximately 32 firefighters, from the Sicamous, Malakwa and Swansea Point fire departments responded to the blaze at Stutz-ke’s commercial/residential building on the

Trans-Canada Highway. They remained on the scene until about 6:30 a.m.

Ogino said the fire appeared to begin in the back garage-area of the cinder-block

building, and quickly spread through the roof. With no one inside the structure, fire-fighters battled the blaze from the outside with multiple hoses on the ground, and the Sicamous department’s ladder truck nail-ing the flames from above. Ogino said he was concerned the building’s metal awning might come down during the fight. A section of it did, but later in the morning when no one was nearby.

The fire has not been deemed suspicious; however, given its size, Ogino requested the investigation be conducted by the Office of the Fire Commissioner. Sicamous RCMP Sgt. Scott West said police would also be in-volved if needed.

Stutzke said he recently rented a home in Kelowna, where he runs another business, and had been in the process of moving his personal belongings there.

Extreme Power Sports was closed for the summer, and Stutzke said he’d planned to reopen in the fall. The building, he noted, was for sale, and a potential buyer was in the wings. However, Stutzke says the plan now is to rebuild.

“I have no choice… I was going to open in the fall again for the winter season. So, my fingers are crossed that the building will be rebuilt by fall,” said Stutzke.

Attack: Firefighters from Sicamous, Malakwa and Swansea Point work to control last Wednesday morning’s fire at Extreme Power Sports. Photo by Kelly M. Dick

Business owner plans to rebuild after devastating blazeBy Lachlan LabereEagle Valley News

Investigation: Sgt. Scott West and Fire Chief Brett Ogino survey the damage caused by the large commercial/residential fire. Photo by Lachlan Labere

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May 20 Pain Management Workshop If you are living with chronic pain, come to this free workshop at the Sicamous Branch Library on Wednesday, May 20th from 1:00 – 2:00pm. This fun and practical one-hour workshop will help people with chronic pain learn to live healthier and happier lives. The program, offered by Self-Management BC, will also provide information about other free self-management workshops. Please call the library at 250-836-4845 to register for this free program. 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.

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In a typical inter-section, there are 32 “con� ict points” where vehicle collisions can occur.

In Sicamous’ ‘octo-pus’ intersection, there are 61. That number, says Rampaul Dulay, a project director with the Ministry of Transporta-tion and Infrastructure, will be reduced to eight with the construction of a roundabout being proposed by the minis-try.

Speci� cally, the proposal, estimated at about $3 million, is for a single-lane round-about on Highway 97A between Main Street and the Trans-Canada Highway Frontage Road. It includes a net-work of related side-walks that extend to the TCH, as well as new crosswalks with refuge areas for pedestrians.

Land acquisitions will be required to ac-commodate the round-about and accompany-ing sidewalks, the most notable being The Vil-lage convenience store property on the south-west corner.

In addition to the roundabout, the min-istry is also proposing a realignment of the Paradise Avenue turn-off onto 97A that will make it easier to merge onto the highway. A crosswalk, areas of ref-uge and sidewalks will also be added for pe-destrians.

All of this informa-

tion was presented by Dulay and other min-istry staff, as well as representatives from McElhanney Consult-ing Services, during a the well-attended open house / in format ion event held last Tuesday at Eagle River Second-ary.

Several of the meet-ing’s hosts noted the overall response to the roundabout was posi-tive, with just some small details arising that would be looked into.

One of the positive reviews came from lo-cal school bus driver Kathy Keam who, hav-ing driven roundabouts before, called the one proposed for Sicamous ‘wonderful.’

“The only thing is they’re going to need really good signage and really good infor-

mation, advertising, so people know how to do it correctly,” said Keam.

Fire� ghter Vivian

Ogino also approved of the roundabout, but suggested – as did oth-ers – that the merge lane from 97A onto the TCH should also be ad-

dressed. “Right now it can be

backed up all the way to the other intersection coming out of Irly Bird (Parkland Building Supplies), and a round-about isn’t going to al-leviate that problem at all. It’s just going to continue back up,” said Ogino.

While ministry staff weren’t opposed to dis-cussing such concerns, suggesting they might be addressed as the province four-lanes the TCH from Kamloops to Alberta border, their focus was the round-about.

Dulay emphasized how the roundabout would improve pe-destrian and traf� c safety, eliminating the opportunities for seri-ous vehicle accidents including T-bones and head-on-collisions. He

also noted the round-about will be engi-neered to handle much higher traf� c volumes than the current sum-mer average of 9,000 vehicles per day, and could be expanded to two lanes if and when there’s need.

Sicamous Mayor Terry Rysz was beam-ing over the proposal, which should � nally bring about a � x to the intersection at no cost to the district. Rysz said he’s also thrilled that the district is being given the centre of the round-about to develop as the community pleases.

“It’s going to solve the problems at the end of Main Street with the ‘octopus’ because of the way it’s designed, and that’s really the key element here, for safety and everything else,” said Rysz.

Ministry staff will be reviewing input re-ceived (verbal and writ-ten) during the open house, and Dulay said he hopes to have a � nal design complete by the end of the year.

“We’ll have the de-sign done, we’re hoping we’ll have the property acquired. After that, it’s just a matter of the government coming up with construction fund-ing. As soon as it comes we can tender it,” said Dulay.

The ministry’s pre-sentation from the open house can be viewed online at www.th.gov.bc.ca/OkanaganVal-ley/projects/hwy97A_roundabout/index.htm.

By Lachlan LabereEagle Valley News

Critical eyes: Kathy Keam and Linda Hare look over an illustration of the proposed roundabout. Photo by Lachlan Labere

It’s going to solve the problems at the end of Main Street with the ‘octopus’… and that’s really the key element here, for safety and everything else.

Terry RyszMayor

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There is excitement but no decisions on the purchase of the aban-doned CP Rail line from Sicamous south towards Vernon for use as a rec-reational trail.

The matter has been the subject of discussion by representatives from the Columbia Shus-wap Regional District,

Splatsin First Nation and the Regional dis-trict of North Okanagan (RDNO).

“There have been preliminary discussions at the political, techni-cal and staff level,” said CSRD chief adminis-trative of� cer Charles Hamilton last Thursday, noting the understand-ing is that each party will report to their re-

spective boards or coun-cils seeking direction as to whether they want to proceed. “I’ll be taking a report to the May board (of directors) meeting for their consideration.”

Hamilton says rather than have all the com-munities with a vested interest involved in the process, it was decided at the political level, to use a regional-district

framework.CSRD Area E direc-

tor Rhona Martin, may-ors and regional district reps at a recent meeting decided it would be sim-pler to keep it to three organizations.

“All of us were pret-ty excited and there’s a great willingness to work on this project to-gether,” she said. “I’m looking forward to see-

ing what the upshot of the May meeting is. Splatsin is really excited and we’re all hopeful we can move this project forward.”

Dry conditions, high temperatures, low hu-midity and the possibil-ity of dry lightning – extreme � re conditions and a recipe for wild� re starts.

While the danger rating in most of the Salmon Arm Fire Zone is high, Sunnybrae was reported to be in ex-treme danger Monday.

And an upper low-pressure area from Oregon was expected to meet an upper high from the northeastern part of the province, with the possibility of dry lightning and thun-derstorms Tuesday through Thursday.

In response to the forecast and drier-than-normal conditions, the Kamloops Fire Centre is putting a lid on open burning at noon Friday, May 15, a month earlier than usual.

The District of Si-camous and the City of Salmon Arm will fol-low suit, prohibiting all

but small camp� res.The ban will be in

place until Oct. 15, or until further notice.

Under this prohibi-tion, members of the public will not be al-lowed to: burn waste, slash or other material; burn stubble or grass or use � reworks or burn-ing barrels.

“We had three wild-� res in the Kamloops Fire Centre over the weekend, all less than three hectares in size but all human caused,” says � re information of-� cer Kelsey Winter.

The total number of wild� res since the of-� cial start of this year’s � re season on April 1 is 25 – all were person-caused, including two in the Salmon Arm Zone.

Salmon Arm Zone � re information of� cer Larry Osachoff says on April 16, � re� ghters were quick to extin-guish a spot-sized � re in a Notch Hill logging block slash pile that somebody lit at night.

The � re is under in-vestigation.

On April 29, logging activity 4.5 kilometres along the 130 Forest Service Road in Skim-ikin sparked a � re that grew to .3 of a hectare in size before being contained and put out.

“When they hap-pened, it was just the start of the drying trend,” Osachoff said. “They de� nitely had our attention and had we not got control, they would have given us trouble.”

Camp� res will still be permitted at this time but must be no larger than one-half metre by one-half metre and must be for recreational use only, or by a First Nation for a ceremonial purpose.

Winter says the Wild� re Protection Branch is also advising residents to clear out all brush from their proper-ties.

“This is the last week people can get rid of material by Friday,”

says Winter. “But they have all the restrictions; think water, tools and people on the � re the whole time.”

And when it comes to camp� res, Winter reminds users, to make sure they extinguish them fully. That means the ashes are cold to the touch.

A safer option is to buy a propane camp� re.

But Osachoff says people need to be sure they buy only CSA-ap-proved units and check to make sure they are in good working order as they age.

“You still have to be careful where you put them,” he says, not-ing the Forest Protec-tion Branch is anxious to get the word out on the � re prohibition as soon as possible. “The long weekend in May is when people come to the Shuswap, open their cabins and camp, and the � rst thing they want is a camp� re.”

For information, vis-it www.bcwild� re.ca.

Dry weather conditions force early fire banBy Barb BrouwerEagle Valley News

Regional districts, Splatsin take lead on rail trail

Sicamous parents spoke and School Dis-trict #83’s trustees lis-tened.

At last night’s school board meet-ing (Tuesday, May 12 – after press time), trustees voted on a rec-ommendation not to proceed with making Parkview Elementary a K-5 school, and Eagle River Secondary a 6-12 school.

Trustee chair Bobbi

Johnson said the rec-ommendation stemmed in part from discus-sions with the commu-nity, including an open house that was held at Eagle River.

“They were thinking that they prefer we do the K-12… they would prefer that scenario than having two schools and in a year, look at it again,” said Johnson. “So if we’re going to move them once, they wanted it all together.”

The K-5/6-12 split, that would have in-

volved closing a sig-ni� cant portion of Parkview, was a rec-ommendation from the school district’s long-term facilities use plan for 2015. The same plan suggests the

creation of a “middle-school within a school” model for grades 6 to 8 at Eagle River.

The same plan also suggests that Parkview be closed in two-years-time and that Eagle River become a K-12 school.

If the board approves the new recommenda-tion, Johnson says Ea-gle River’s transition to a K-12 school, provided it’s feasible, would still be a ways off.

“The recommenda-tion is we commence

the public consulta-tion and analysis of educational programs and things for K-12, to be brought back in February, and to see if it’s feasible within the building, what it would cost us to do it,” said Johnson. “So this year it would stay the same as it is now…”

Johnson added she couldn’t say how the board would vote, but all are interested in “trying different ways to save the schools in Sicamous.”

School board votes on new plan for Parkview

By Lachlan LabereEagle Valley News

K-12: Sicamous consultations influence revised recommendation.Johnson said the rec-ommendation stemmed in part from discus-sions with the commu-nity, including an open house that was held at

“They were thinking that they prefer we do the K-12… they would

Bobbi JohnsonTrustee chair

By Barb BrouwerEagle Valley News


VICTORIA – Albertans have always laughed about their long-standing reputa-tion as a reckless, immature society.

The classic bumper sticker, now available as a T-shirt or coffee cup in several variations, states: “Please God, give us one more oil boom, we promise not to p--- it away this time.”

Now they’ve thrown out the government that finally tried to stop blowing money like a roughneck fresh out of the bush. Jim Prentice had the gall to propose rais-ing income taxes for high wage earners, doing away with former Alberta trea-surer Stockwell Day’s sig-nature flat tax.

In response, voters have abruptly replaced the 44-year Progressive Conserva-tive dynasty with an upstart NDP that wants to tax the rich and corporations even more. Facing an oil slump,

layoffs and a huge structural deficit in Alberta’s lavish public service, NDP pre-mier-elect Rachel Notley is committed to a 50-per-cent increase in the minimum wage and another “review” of resource royalties.

In the sober days after the election, a few truths emerge. Alberta hasn’t been a fiscally conservative, small-government place for a long time. Among other things, it has ratcheted up teacher and nurse wages across the country.

Alberta is broke, again, and even the NDP is afraid to resort to a sales tax.

The minimum wage hike is a pet policy of Canada’s labour federations, which somehow remain convinced that poverty can be elimi-nated by state order.

On the positive side, Notley has promised to end corporate and union dona-tions to political parties, as has already been done federally. B.C. should be next, but the gravy train of

business donations is too tempting for our nominally Liberal government.

BC NDP leader John Horgan pronounced himself “ecstatic,” and hastened to assure reporters that Not-ley is “as competent as she sounds.”

Soon after the result, the party pulled down its website platform and can-didate biographies, as Not-ley began phoning energy companies to reassure them Alberta will be “A-OK” on her watch.

Horgan likes to describe the “capital flight” from new NDP governments as if it’s just a show put on by big business. Plummeting stock prices and relocation of cor-porate offices are all staged, according to the party line, nothing to do with actual investment conditions cre-ated by NDP policies. This fiction is all Horgan dares to say publicly, because it’s what his party base devoutly believes.

Besides, they’re only

branch offices of multina-tional oil companies like Shell, Horgan said. He used his favourite Tommy Doug-las quote, about the bad news of a big oil company leaving. “The good news is, the oil is staying here.”

B.C.’s natural gas might be staying here too. Horgan insists he supports a natu-ral gas export industry, but his party seems more con-cerned with an ascending Green Party, and an urban base that believes you can run a resource economy on windmills and solar panels.

Notley supports twin-ning the TransMountain pipeline, while Horgan continues to insist he has no opinion on the project Adrian Dix so memorably opposed.

The Alberta NDP has a steep learning curve ahead. The B.C. NDP has a couple of years to see if the appear-ance of a like-minded Al-berta government is a boost for them, or a cautionary tale for voters.

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Alberta survives bloodless coup

OPINION

The recent Alberta election was an exam-ple of the democratic process at its best.

We aren’t talking about the results. Whether or not the New Democrats can stabilize that mismanaged ship is yet to be seen.

It’s the process to achieve the result that should give all Canadians pause for thought, and a reason to be thankful for the society in which we live.

What happened in Alberta was, anecdotally, a civil upheaval – a coup d’état, but in a completely civilized manner.

In many countries, such a drastic change of government would come at a heavy cost. Lives would be lost. Millions of lives have been lost in countries around the world in efforts to overthrow long-reigning governments.

And yet, in our neighbouring province, the wounds were limited to the egos of those who thought change could never happen in that oil-rich, right-wing driven economy.

The democratic process is alive and well.Certainly, there were not nearly enough people

getting to the polls.Although voter turnout was the highest in 22

years, 57 per cent is nothing to brag about when deciding the future of a province – higher than B.C.’s 52 per cent in 2013, but a far cry from respectable.

The talking heads are still analyzing the results. Some say the arrogance of 44 years of power got to the Conservative supporters – that many of them thought there was no way another party in Alberta could ever garner enough support.

On the other side, the “Notley Crew” is basking in the afterglow of a well-run campaign, feeding off the anger of the average Albertan. The lies, deception and ridiculous government spending had gone on long enough for the majority of those who took the time to vote and now the change they demanded is real.

Will it prove to be a good move for Alberta? Only time will tell.

Undoubtedly, B.C.’s NDP leader John Horgan has already not only congratulated Notley on her victory, but also asked for her campaign notes.

– Comox Valley Record

By Tom FletcherNews Columnist

Is the orange tsunami headed West?

MAIL BAG

I want to pass on my very positive first im-pressions of your com-munity of Sicamous.

I was on a house-boat last weekend on Shuswap Lake with my wife’s business from Saskatchewan, and I had to leave early to fly from Kelowna to Cali-fornia for a conference. By the way, it was a first for my wife and I to try out house boating and we had great experience with Twin Anchors… they provided very good service to us.

I got picked up from the houseboat on Satur-day around noon by the water taxi, Brent Graf, and he was a great guy

to visit with for the 40 minutes or so back to Sicamous.

I was a bit stressed out at the time, because I knew if I missed my flight at Kelowna I would not be able to make it to the confer-ence in California. By taking the Greyhound from Sicamous to Kelowna I would only have a few minutes to spare.

So there I was, after leaving the water taxi office, pulling my suit-case down the street, with a backpack over my shoulder, headed for the bus depot, and a guy pulls up, “Hey where are you headed? Can I

give you a ride?” Turns out his name was Pat Gau.

So I told him what I was up to and that I had a fairly tight time-line to get to my flight at Kelowna, and sure hoped the Greyhound was on time. When we arrived at the bus sta-tion there were some other folks at the build-ing beside, and Pat went over and talked to them. Then Pat came back to me and said, “Hey Ken, I got you a ride to Kelowna airport…come meet my neighbors Paul and Kathy Keam. They’ll take you there, leaving in five minutes.”

After shaking hands

with Paul and Kathy I said, “I sure hope you aren’t making a special trip just for me.”

They said it was a nice day for a drive and for Kathy to do a bit of shopping, and that it wasn’t a problem at all. So I shook hands with Pat, thanked him for the ride to the bus depot and lining up a ride for me to Kelowna.

The trip to Kelowna with Paul and Kathy went by very quickly, as we had a real pleas-ant visit. Upon arrival at the Kelowna airport (two hours early for my flight, no stress!), I tried to pay them for the ride, but they would

have no part of that. By the way, Kathy had to drive, as Paul’s arm was in a sling. (Note to Paul: Hope your arm keeps healing, and gets better every day.)

If there were more folks like Pat, Paul and Kathy, this world would be a better place.

When you see them around Sicamous, buy them a coffee.

Thanks so much for your hospitality – it was very much appreciated. You left me with a very positive impression of your community.

Ken Ness

Meadow Lake, Sask.

Sicamous experience unforgettable

Kitsilano Coast Guard station still neededRe: “Coast Guard

hysteria sinks lower” (B.C. Views, April 28).

I believe I may be the “retired captain from the now-closed Kitsilano Coast Guard station” referred to by Tom Fletcher.

I am a disgruntled Canadian citizen and voter, not a disgruntled retiree of the Coast Guard. I was good at my job and loved my career.

I retired after 32 years of service to an organization that em-ploys so many talent-ed and hard-working

people, all dedicated to lifesaving, marine safety and yes envi-ronmental response. I didn’t even think of getting involved until such time that the ex-aggerations and fabri-cations began pouring from the Coast Guard’s commissioners and deputy commission-ers’ mouths, all for the purpose of saving the prime minister’s repu-tation for just one of his many ill-thought-out cuts.

The Coast Guard Station Kitsilano was primarily a rescue boat

station, but “Kits Base” was also one of the best equipped and trained lifeboat stations in Canada. That’s a fact, not some jaded opinion from a disgruntled ex-employee. We fought fires, responded to nu-merous oil spills year-ly, rescued and assisted hundreds of mariners and boaters annually, trained many “basic oil pollution responders” annually (until that pro-

gram was shut down also). The staff at the station also monitored and helped to maintain navigational aids in the busy harbour.

I was a coxswain at Kitsilano Base, a trained pollution re-sponse technician and a licensed hovercraft pilot. Because of retire-ment I can now speak freely, unlike the Coast Guard personnel who are still employed and

unable to comment due to fear of repercussions from management.

How do you ex-plain closing one of the busiest Coast Guard stations in the coun-try to save $700,000 a year? When will Cana-dians wake up?

Capt. Tony Toxopeus AMS,

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The results are in, and the winners of the Askew’s Foods’ Word on the Lake Writing Contest are as follows:

For poetry: Caroline Miege from Tappen, placed first. Patricia Smekal from Nanoose Bay, received an Hon-ourable Mention.

For fiction: Katie Marti from Revelstoke, placed first. Shawn L. Bird from Salmon Arm

BC received an Hon-ourable Mention.

For Non-Fiction: Cathy MacLean from Gibsons, placed first. Barclay Alldred from Salmon Arm received an honourable mention.

In the Writing for Young People category: Katie Marti from Rev-elstoke, placed first and Ellen G. Davies from Nanaimo, received an Honourable Mention.

First-place winners win a cash prize of $150 plus a full Word on the Lake Writers’ Festival package. The honourable mention winners receive a cash prize of $50 plus a tick-et to the Saturday Night Gala Banquet where the awards will be pre-sented.

The Askew’s Foods’ Writing Contest is part of the Word on the Lake

Writers’ Festival at the Prestige Harbourfront Resort and Okanagan College, May 15 to 17. Conference packages are still available.

There are two pub-lic events. On Friday, May 15 there is a coffee house and on Saturday, May 16 is the Gala Ban-quet.

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sociation of Writers would like to thank our judges Jodie Renner, Deanna Kawatski, Duncan Lowe, Peter Budda and Shelley Corbin. We also thank all the contestants who contributed to the writ-ing contest and, of course, to our wonder-ful sponsor, Askew’s Foods.

ARTSWord on the Lake contest winners announced

The Columbia Shus-wap Regional District’s 2015 Capturing the Co-lumbia Shuswap Photo Contest is underway.

The regional district is holding the contest in order to add to its cur-rent photo database for use in CSRD publica-tions and advertising materials.

“The 2013 photo contest provided an op-portunity to obtain pho-

tos CSRD can legally use at minimal cost and provided an opportunity for residents in the Co-lumbia Shuswap to con-nect with their regional district in a positive way,” wrote executive assistant Emily John-son in her report to the board.

The CSRD commu-nications team, com-prised of reps from each of the regional district’s

departments, will run the contest and deter-mine the winners in three age categories: 12 and under, 13 to 18 and 19 and over.

Photographs may be entered in two cat-egories – people and landscape/nature, either black and white or in colour.

The contest is open to amateur photogra-phers only and entrants

must be residents of Canada living within regional district bound-aries.

Participants are per-mitted to enter a total of five photos, each ac-companied by an entry form that provides an image and signed re-lease form, along with an accurate photo de-scription including lo-cation or surrounding landmark.

Photos must be sub-mitted in digital form – no print or film submis-sions will be accepted.

The contest closes at midnight June 301, 2015.

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Viewing progress on construction of the Malakwa Bridge sec-tion of the Trans-Can-ada Highway will be as easy as going to the DriveBC website start-ing May 12, Shuswap MLA Greg Kyllo an-nounced this week.

The Ministry of Transportation and In-frastructure is installing a new webcam at the bridge, 30 kilometres east of Sicamous. The east- and west-facing webcam views go live on May 12 at DriveBC.ca.

“The Malakwa Bridge four-laning project is making the Trans-Canada High-way a safer and more efficient route,” Kyllo said. “The webcam will allow anyone interested in the project, including myself, to check road

conditions and see how construction is coming along in real time.”

DriveBC was launched in 2005 and is the B.C. government’s most popular website with about 14 million

visits last year. Nearly 500 highway webcam locations around the province allow the pub-lic to view current road conditions.

The Malakwa proj-ect involves widening

2.7 kilometres of High-way 1 to four lanes, and includes replacement of the aging, two-lane Malakwa Bridge with a four-lane structure.

When completed next year, the project

will improve safety, ca-pacity and movement for all users, including pedestrians and cy-clists.

This is part of the provincial govern-ment’s B.C. On The Move commitment to four-lane Highway 1 between Kamloops and the Alberta border.

B.C. on the Move is the government’s 10-year plan for the im-provement of the prov-ince’s transportation network.

Over the next three years, the Ministry of Transportation and In-frastructure will invest about $2.5 billion to improve B.C.’s trans-portation network.

B.C. On The Move can be viewed online at http://engage.gov.bc.ca/transportation-plan/.

Public can follow Malakwa bridge construction

Webcam: The replacement of the Malakwa Bridge, and the four lan-ing of adjacent sections of the Trans-Canadda Highway began last sum-mer. Progress on the project can now be followed in the Drive BC website. Tybo Contracting Ltd. photo

Shuswap Watershed Council chairperson Paul Demenok is hope-ful politicians will sup-port a five-year project approved at a watershed council meeting last Wednesday.

“I am very pleased, it was a very produc-tive session,” said De-menok, who is also the Area C South Shuswap director for the Colum-bia Shuswap Regional District. “We approved the five-year proposal from Fraser Basin for water quality and safety, which includes basic strategies, goals, objec-tives, activities and a budget for the five years of the proposed pro-gram starting April 1, 2016.”

Demenok says the council also heard a thorough presentation by consulting agrologist Ruth McDougall, who

was commissioned by the watershed council to prepare a report.

The result was Agri-cultural Nutrient Man-agement in the Shuswap Watershed for Main-taining and Improving Water Quality: Litera-ture Review and Nutri-ent Management Strate-gies.

“She was pretty clear in suggesting we need to do further research to pinpoint sources and causes of phosphorus coming into Shuswap and Mara lake from the Salmon, Shuswap and Eagle rivers,” Deme-nok said. “We also ap-proved a draft principles document for conduct of the members of the watershed council, and had a robust discussion around future member-ship and organizational structure of the Shus-wap Watershed Council if funding is approved.”

The group approved a working budget of

$139,546 for fiscal year 2014/15, and Demenok pointed out that if ap-proved, and based on a parcel tax, the budget over five years would be equivalent to a $5 cup of coffee per parcel served.

“I believe it will be a consideration at an upcoming CSRD meet-ing,” said Demenok, noting government reps would be taking the project to their respec-tive councils or boards for input. “I am wait-ing to see the responses from various partners who were asked to pro-vide commentary.”

The Regional Dis-trict of North Okanagan is supportive, but has not agreed to a financial contribution.

“RDNO said they would participate at the table and be a partner in the program in both the steering committee and technical team, but would not be contribut-ing financially at this

time as they have their own watershed sustain-ability plan,” said De-menok.

Calling the water-shed council a collab-orative partnership, De-menok noted watershed council reps attending the council meeting in-cluded Peter Lishman of the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Resource Operations, Blaine Recksiedler from the Ministry of Agriculture, CSRD Area Directors Rhona Martin and Larry Morgan, District of Si-camous rep Todd Kyllo, Salmon Arm Mayor Nancy Cooper, Re-gional District of North Okanagan chair Rick Fairburn, RDNO direc-tor Herman Halverson, Kamloops Mayor Peter Milobar, Adams Lake Band Coun. Greg Wit-zky, band employee Dave Nordquist, Chase Mayor Rick Berrigan and Ray Nadeau, repre-senting the public.

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The ladies tourna-ment will feature many of the top teams from Alberta and B.C., in-cluding the reigning Canadian junior Wom-en champions, Ed-monton Warrior Pride, reigning B.C. Womens champions, Langley Extreme and perennial tournament favourite

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Round-robin games start on Saturday at 8 a.m., with the last draw at 6 p.m.

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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

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

Garage Sales705 Yew Ave., Sicamous, May 16,17, 8-3 Price to sell house-hold appliances, tools. New & used clothing for men & more

SICAMOUS: 438 Oak Ave. Sat, Sun May 16, 17, 8-2, fur-niture, tools, household, misc items, no early birds please

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

RECLINER chair. Fabric cov-ered. Wall saver model. No tears or stains. $75 obo (250)836-4318

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

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

WANTED: Vendors for Satur-day Market in Sicamous start-ing May 16. Tables $10. Call Margaret (250)836-2177

Real Estate

For Sale By Owner3 BED, 2 bath, on 2.6 acres. Enderby MLS X3174942. $369,000. Call 250-550-0340

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

Rentals

Apt/Condo for RentSICAMOUS for rent. Third fl oor, Two bedroom apt. available June 1st. Sunny west view, In-suite storage. F/S and utilities except Hydro. $750 plus Hydro and S/D. 250-836-3849.

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Yard

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• Small and large excavation

• Specialized 1 ton hauling• Aggregate hauling• Tree planting• Retaining walls• Landscape

construction(decks fences)

• New grass planting (sod or seed) call to � nd out how cheap sod can be!

• Gutter cleaning• And as always top notch

lawn maintenance!

Now offering a full trucking division from 1 ton hot shot service for boats, rv’s and anything that will � t on our � at deck, all the way to hauling small and big loads of sand gravel and landscape materials!

We are a family orientated business that now has the

ability to take on bigger projects with bigger

equipment.

Bradford Backs 1-250-517-9393

yard medics

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