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The District of Sicamous has picked up a new pair of eyes to seek out economic op-portunities.

Bill Hogan was recently hired by the district, on a six-month contract, to oversee the creation of an economic development society.

“I’m basically a portal between the mayor’s of� ce and council and small busi-ness…,” said Hogan.

While Sicamous pays into the econom-ic development function of the Columbia Shuswap Regional District, Mayor Terry Rysz said he and council felt the commu-nity needed its own stand-alone program – similar to what Golden, Revelstoke and Salmon Arm have – that would “concen-trate on economic development and help support anybody that wished to come into our community; at the same time, market and try to promote Sicamous as a place to do business.”

Hogan says he will be looking to those neighbouring economic development soci-

eties to establish one that will work best for Sicamous.

“We’re going to be looking at neighbour-ing communities that have had a great deal of success for some help on structuring, and following in the footsteps of some of the wins they’ve had without having to neces-sarily reinvent the wheel,” said Hogan.

One of Hogan’s goals is to bring together and work with different people/organiza-tions, and � nd ways of making great ideas reality.

“There’s a great deal of creativity, it’s a matter of � nding the funding for these ideas

There’s a great deal of creativity, it’s a matter of � nding the funding for these ideas and

actually being able to complete them…,”

Bill Hogan

By Lachlan LabereEagle Valley News

District to establish economic development society Hired: Bill Hogan to act as liaison between council and business.

See Mayor hopes on page 2

Celebrity exposure: Stars of the CBC series Heartland made a brief stop in Sicamous on Monday, Aug. 31, as part of the Cruise With A Cause tour raising funds and awareness for the Canadian Mental Health As-sociation. Clockwise from left: Alisha Newton poses with a young fan for a photo; Graham Wardle chats with a five-year-old admirer; Shaun Johnston, Newton, Amber Marshall and Wardle sign autographs. Photos by Kelly Dick

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DISTRICT OF SICAMOUS

Permissive Tax Exemption Bylaws

The District of Sicamous, in compliance with Section 224(4)(b) and Section 227 of the Community Charter, hereby gives public notice of the following Bylaws which will be considered for final adoption on September 9, 2015:

District of Sicamous Tax Exemption Bylaw No. 899, 2015 (Places of Worship) District of Sicamous Tax Exemption Bylaw No. 900, 2015 (Not for Profit) District of Sicamous Tax Exemption Bylaw No. 901, 2015 (Seniors’ Homes)

The properties identified will be given a tax exemption for 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 with the estimated taxes that would have been imposed for 2016 to 2019 as follows:

Kelly Bennett, CPA, CA Chief Financial Officer

Owner ROll NumBeR 2016 2017 2018 2019

Places of WorshipSicamous Bible Church 348-05228.000 4,379 4,444 4,511 4,579

united Church of Canada 348.05630.000 2,989 3,034 3,080 3,126

Trustees Jehovah’s Wit-ness Church

348.05862.000 2,752 2,793 2,835 2,878

Roman Catholic Bishop of Kamloops

348.05880.001 3,881 3,939 3,998 4,058

Senior’s Homeseagle Valley Senior Hous-ing Society

348.05294.005 14,670 14,890 15,113 15,340

eagle Valley Senior Hous-ing Society

348.05294.010 8,220 8,343 8,468 8,595

eagle Valley Senior Hous-ing Society

348.05294.006 31,113 31,580 32,054 32,534

Not For Profiteagle Valley Arts Council 348.05175.000 5,997 6,087 6,179 6,271

Sicamous & District Se-niors Centre Society

348.05295.000 6,920 7,024 7,129 7,236

eagle Valley Community Support Society

348.05127.100 5,237 5,316 5,396 5,477

united Church of Canada Thrift Store

348.05630.000 2,173 2,205 2,238 2,272

Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada

348.05065.000 5,439 5,521 5,604 5,688

Royal Canadian legion - Cenotaph

348.05127.000 221 224 228 231

Royal Canadian legion - upstairs

348.05127.001 2,468 2,505 2,543 2,581

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The process of hav-ing residents connect to municipal sewer by November 30th is not flowing as smoothly as anticipated.

District council con-tinues to receive letters from residents seek-ing either an extension or exemption from the looming connection deadline. Recently, resident Marilyn Brown provided a letter and presentation to council requesting the latter. She explained how the municipal sewer con-nection point is at the far end of her 4.85 acre property, and would require “extensive log-ging to enable the sewer line to be connected.”

Brown noted she does not have the fi-

nances to have her property surveyed and logged, let alone for the hundreds of metres of sewer line required to connect one residence.

District community planner Mike Marr’s called Brown’s cir-cumstance a difficult one to come up with a solution. He noted pro-posed amendments to district Sewer Rates and Regulations Bylaw No. 194, which has since received first and sec-ond reading by coun-cil, tries to eliminate connection anomalies scattered around town and give council some options for providing connection-date exten-sions under certain con-ditions. Brown’s prop-erty, however, was not considered with those amendments.

“(Staff has been)

getting inundated with calls from various peo-ple in different scenar-ios, a number of which will be addressed by these amendments that have been proposed in this bylaw,” said Marrs. “But there are anoma-lies such as this that I think need further re-view and discussion.

Marrs suggest the matter go back to staff to look at it and come up with a possible solu-tions, adding the prop-erty will be looked as part of the official com-munity plan review/updating process, cur-rently underway.

Before hearing pos-sible solutions, how-ever, Coun. Todd Kyllo asked for explanations. He said council was supposed to be meeting with staff to review the matter and wondered

why some people are having to pay more than others to connect.

“I’d like to just put this on hold for a bit,” said Kyllo. “Let’s get our meeting so at least we can tell the pub-lic why you’re paying $4,500, why you’re paying $300, why you’re paying $200. It’s all over the place.”

Agreeing it’s confus-ing, Marrs said the rea-son some are now fac-ing a $4,500 connection cost has to do with how others paid in advance.

“So now, when the time has come to con-nect, they have to pay that all up front,” said Marrs. “It’s a large chunk of money.”

Coun. Gord Bushell said a public meeting is also needed, noting he has heard a lot of concerns from residents

and plumbers regarding the deadline.

Mayor Terry Rysz said the purpose of the sewer bylaw, and its deadline, was to get res-idents onboard with the new municipal infra-structure, particularly those near the water and on septic systems.

“So it’s difficult be-cause we have kind of set the bar, but at the same time, there are anomalies… So I think we’ll get this back to staff’s hands,” said Rysz.

Coun. Jeff Mallmes confirmed those who aren’t connected by the Nov. 30 deadline will still be charged the flat annual fee for the ser-vice.

and actually being able to complete them, as opposed to them con-stantly just being ideas that never see the light of day,” said Hogan.

Another focus for Hogan is to find ways to make it economically sustainable for more Sicamous businesses to be open. He also hopes to explore different con-cepts and ideas to revi-talize Sicamous’ identi-ty, as well as marketing what it has to offer.

“The challenge with Sicamous is, a per-sonal opinion, it feels a little old, it feels a little

dated,” said Hogan. “I mean, there’s nothing wrong with the eagle flying over the moun-tain in Sicamous. But I think of having a fresh new look for Sicamous, one that’s more in line with a vision of who they want to be as a community.

“There’s an abun-dance of wonderful, exciting things to do in Sicamous, but the ease of access to these things or even the knowledge they exist is not all that easily ascertained.”

Hogan expects to be setting up an office somewhere downtown, though separate from the civic centre.

Continued from front

Sicamous residents have an opportunity to submit questions for their North-Okanagan Shuswap federal riding candidates to answer at an upcoming forum.

The Sicamous and District Chamber of Commerce has an-nounced it will be host-ing an all-candidates meeting on Monday, Oct. 5, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Sicamous & District Recreation

Centre. Doors will open at 6 p.m.

Both the Resource Centre and Sicamous Eagles’ buses will be available to transport residents who need it from the Sicamous Se-niors Centre to and from the Recreation Centre.

All four candidates in the North Okanagan-Shuswap riding have confirmed they will at-tend the debate. These include Mel Arnold of

the Conservative Party, Cindy Derkaz of the Liberal Party, Jacqui Gingras of the New Democratic Party and Chris George of the Green Party.

The chamber of commerce is looking to the community to pro-vide questions for the candidates ahead of the debate. Questions for one or all of the candi-dates can be submitted by phoning the cham-

ber office during work hours at 250-836-0002, stopping by the Visi-tor Information Centre in the district building, emailing the cham-ber’s communications director at [email protected], or fill-ing out the form on the chamber website at si-camouschamber.bc.ca/events.

The official voting day is Oct. 19.

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Whatever became of René Nolette, Normand Doucette maintains his friend’s disappearance was no accident.

Seven years have passed since Nolette of-� cially became a miss-ing person. The tragedy of his loss for family and friends was exac-erbated by inconsistent and con� icting reports surrounding his disap-pearance.

“We may never know for certain what speci� c chain of events led to the loss of our dad,” say No-lette’s daughters, Chris-tine Nolette Findlay and Debbie Petty in a writ-ten statement. “Dealing with the paralyzing frus-tration over this inability to get answers, and the uncertainty surrounding the circumstances of his death has been a daily struggle. We carry the pain of losing our dad, husband, father-in-law, and grandfather deep in our hearts and we ask that our privacy be re-spected.”

One theory, sug-gested by authorities, is that Nolette acciden-tally drowned during an early morning boating excursion on Shuswap Lake. But Doucette says there’s no way this could have hap-pened as Nolette was an excellent swimmer. Doucette considers his friend’s disappearance to be suspicious, and is determined to solve this mystery.

“I knew René since he was born. He was my neighbour on the farm. We worked together, we worked in Califor-

nia, we worked in the oil patch, he was my partner in N & R Truck-ing Ltd. out of Peace River, so nobody knew him better than me…,” says Doucette. “That’s how far we go back and that’s why I’m not going to give up. Wherever he is, dead or alive, I’m go-ing to � nd him.”

The last time Doucette saw his friend was in Sicamous on the night of Aug. 13, 2008. The two had been in a business meeting with friend Jay Butterworth at Moose Mulligan’s. The gathering broke up about 1:30 a.m., when Nolette, Butterworth and a man named Mark Cote, who had been bartending at the restau-rant, decided to head to Butterworth’s lakeside cabin –a 15-minute boat trip from town. The three men borrowed Doucette’s pontoon boat and were at Butter-worth’s cabin by about 2 a.m.

Doucette said No-lette had planned to stay at the cabin, but about an hour after their arrival, Cote said he had to be at work the next morning. Despite Butterworth’s protests, Nolette, a sea-soned boater, agreed to take Cote back.

“I know René left the Butterworth cabin at � ve to 3 a.m., because a lady next door woke up and saw him leave,” said Doucette.

According to Doucette, eight-and-a-half hours passed before Cote � nally showed up, the boat running on fumes and without No-lette.

Butterworth and Doucette began their

own search after Cote told them he’d dropped Nolette off near Marble Point. After an unsuc-cessful search there, Doucette says Cote’s story changed, that he’d instead dropped No-lette off near Annis Bay by the railway tunnel. Doucette and Butter-worth searched there as well, but again found no trace of their friend.

Another eight hours passed before Nolette’s disappearance was re-

ported to police. Search and rescue operations began at approximately 7 p.m. that day. The wa-ter, land and air search lasted about 17 hours. The only thing found were Nolette’s sandals, located in the water about two miles apart.

“Our suspicion… is that he fell off the boat and into the water be-cause we located two of his shoes in the wa-ter,” former Sicamous RCMP Const. Pat Pyper commented following the initial search. He noted the search was made dif� cult by incon-sistent information re-ceived from witnesses.

“And that’s not only of the witness who was on the boat, but of other people who gave state-

ments… and our peo-ple have looked at the statements and they’ve determined that incon-sistencies could be put up to the alcohol and darkness and a bunch of other things.”

Cote left the area soon after Nolette’s dis-appearance. In October 2008, police said he was still in the country and was being co-operative.

As a body has not yet been recovered, Si-camous RCMP say No-lette is still considered a missing person.

After the police search, Doucette and Butterworth hired Dar-ren Muntak to search for Nolette. Using a com-bination of side-scan sonar, GPS mapping and a submersible re-mote camera, Muntak’s search covered 20 to 30 square miles of lake bed over 25 days, but came up empty.

“The area we’ve searched, I can pretty much say there’s a 90 to 95 per cent probabil-ity he’s not in that area,” Muntak told the News.

Asked for his theo-ries about the disap-pearance, Doucette explained Nolette had incurred substantial debt and he believes either foul play was involved or – and to a lesser de-gree – that Nolette is in hiding.

Not having done so yet, Doucette says he may hire a private inves-tigator to continue the search.

“I’m just doing the same thing he would do – and I want to know. It’s unfair to everybody,” said Doucette.

Nolette’s family is also hopeful the truth

will one day be revealed.“We continue to pray

for answers and hope that someday the truth is spoken by those who may hold it,” say Petty and Nolette Findlay. “Our dad was a great man, and he deserves a proper ending to his life story.”

Disappearance remains unsolved mystery


friend Jay Butterworth at Moose Mulligan’s. The gathering broke up about 1:30 a.m., when Nolette, Butterworth and a man named Mark Cote, who had been bartending at the restau-rant, decided to head to Butterworth’s lakeside cabin –a 15-minute boat trip from town. The three men borrowed Doucette’s pontoon boat and were at Butter-

That’s how far we go back and

that’s why I’m not going to give up. Wherever he is,

dead or alive, I’m going to � nd him.Norm Doucette

René Nolette: Friend/business partner not giving up the search.


Of all the immature, ig-norant whining that came out of the recent power failure in the Lower Main-land, one example summed up the decline of our urban culture for me.

It wasn’t the people who flooded 9-1-1 with calls demanding to know when their power would be restored, or complain-ing about their freezers. It wasn’t those on Twitter insisting BC Hydro pay for food that went bad. It was another social media mo-ment.

With part of his com-munity without electricity for a third day, Coquitlam Mayor Richard Stewart went to his Facebook page, which has a wide follow-ing. There he pleaded with residents to stop phoning city hall to demand that a local big-box supermarket provide milk and eggs.

Power had been restored at the store only a few hours

before, in the dead of night, and it’s safe to assume that all stores were working flat out to restock perishables.

Where do people get the notion that city hall, or whatever all-powerful nanny state they imagine, controls grocery stores? How do they conclude that in the midst of the worst electrical grid failure on re-cord, BC Hydro is going to address their personal situ-ation above all others?

Vancouver broadcast media weren’t much better. Their big focus was that BC Hydro’s website crashed, so people couldn’t call it up on their smartphones and find out instantly when their power would be back on.

Some even questioned why wireless power meters didn’t help. Perhaps these were the same journalists who fed the tinfoil-hat su-perstition about their sig-nals.

The facts should be known by now. After an extremely dry spring and

summer, a high wind shat-tered trees and took down more wires and poles than BC Hydro had ever coped with before. Further dam-age was done within areas that were already blacked out, leaving overtaxed tech-nicians unable to accurately assess the full extent of it.

About 15 years ago I ex-perienced my worst power outage in the Fraser Valley. In a semi-rural area with little backup grid capacity (since greatly improved), my family went three days without power. This was in winter, due to wind and freezing rain followed by snow and cold.

Trickles of water kept pipes from freezing, and the gas stove provided a bit of heat. I heard no com-plaints about the crews struggling around the clock with the dangerous job of repair. Media coverage was mostly adult supervised.

Megastorm madness isn’t an isolated case. A couple of weeks before that, a temporary construc-

tion bump on the Lion’s Gate Bridge deck caused panic and rage.

Aggravated by a couple of accidents on the alternate route, and fed by hysterical media, drivers of West Van luxury cars were white-knuckled. Traffic choked the region that recently de-clined to pay a bit more for road improvements.

In both cases, people outside Lotus Land were muttering: Welcome to our world.

This is pertinent to the federal election. Are you competent to save for your retirement with RRSPs and a tax-free savings account, or do you need the govern-ment to do it for you, by force?

Are you capable of man-aging your own child care, or should the nanny state create a hugely subsidized system, which has already failed in Quebec, from coast to coast?

Are you ready for the day when the machine stops?

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Back to school road reminders

OPINION

With summer winding down, the first signs of autumn are just around the corner.

One of those signs made an appearance Tuesday morning as thousands of youngsters across the province headed off for the first day of a new school year.

And with those youngsters caught up in the excitement of seeing classmates again comes a reminder for motorists.

Drivers are now asked to use extra caution when heading off to work.

The 30 kilometre-an-hour school zone speed limit is back in effect from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. And caution should extend beyond just school zones.

Drivers are advised to leave a little extra time to reach their destination so they can slow down to keep an eye out for young-sters darting into the road. And if you see a vehicle stopped in front of you or the lane beside you, be prepared to stop as they may be yielding for a young pedestrian.

Parents dropping off children in a school zone should always allow them to exit onto the sidewalk side of the vehicle and never al-low a child to cross mid-block.

Parents should also speak with younger children about the rules of the road.

Children should cross at intersections that have a pedestrian crossing light or marked crosswalk wherever possible. It is safer to walk on the inside edge of the sidewalk, away from traffic, and to walk facing traffic if there is no sidewalk so drivers are better able to see you.

Police across the province are once again out to enforce the school speed zones, with tickets ranging from $196 to $253, along with three penalty points. But a momentary lapse in judgment on the part of a driver can carry a far steeper cost, one that could haunt them for years to come.

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CALENDAROF EVENTS

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

Ph: 832-2131 Fax: 832-5140 Email: [email protected]

DEADLINE: 2pm, Fridays

Sept. 9 and 16 Personalized Technical Training Do you need help using your laptop, tablet, eReader or smartphone? One-on-one consults are available at the Sicamous library branch. Registration is required. Call the library at (250) 836-4845.

Sept. 27 5 K Walk/run @ Sicamous Beach Park net proceeds go to a pavilion at the beach park. Call 250-836-2948 or email [email protected] to register or for info.

MONDAY TO FRIDAY Community Access Site at the Senior’s Activity Centre - 1091 Shuswap Avenue. Internet & related services. Call Diana. 836-2446

EVERY TUESDAY 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 WEDNESDAY. Malakwa Parent & Tot ~ 10:00 – 12:00 pm ~ Malakwa Preschool Building. For more information call Gwyneth 250-836-3440Girl Guides of Canada. Sparks - 3:00 pm. Brownies - 4:00 pm. Girl Guides - 5:30 pm. New members welcome

Lunch by a donation at the Seniors Activity Centre, 1091-Shuswap Avenue at 12 noon.

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: Bev 836-3435 or

Ed 836-4133

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 Parkinsons Support Group Contact Don at 250-838-0794.

Eagle Valley Photographic Arts Club meets at the Red Barn at 7 pm. Everyone Welcome.

EVERY THURSDAY Ladies shuffleboard at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #99 in Sicamous. 1pm-3pm. All ladies welcome.

Malakwa Thrift Store between the 2 churches Open every Thursday 10-5.

EVERY 2nd THURSDAY Sicamous Lions Club meeting at the Seniors Activity Centre, 1091 Shuswap Avenue. Doors open at 6:15 and meeting starts at 6:30. Anyone interested in being a volunteer for the community, please feel free to call Mary at 250-517-8107, Joan at 250-836-4876 or Pam at 250-836-4788.

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 4th THURSDAY monthly meeting of the Malakwa Community Association at 7:00 in the Learning Centre Library.

EVERY FRIDAY Parents & Tots, 10-12 noon at the

Eagle Valley Resource Centre. 836-3440.

Eagle Valley Brush & Palette Club meets at the Red Barn, 10am-3pm, Everyone welcome! For info call Carol 250-836-3135 or Amy 250-836-4756. www.eaglevalleybrushandpalette.com

Pool Tournament at the Legion at 6:00 pm

1st FRIDAY OF THE MONTHSicamous Seniors Ctre general meeting 11 am followed by a great pot luck lunch. We encourage every to join us.

2nd 3rd and 4th FRIDAY Wii Tournament at 10 am at the Sicamous Seniors Activity Centre - 1091 Shuswap Avenue. Everyone Welcome.

Lunch at noon. Everyone Welcome. At the Sicamous Seniors Activity Centre - 1091 Shuswap Avenue.

EVERY SATURDAY Indoor market at the Red Barn 10 am - 3 pm. Concession from 10:30 am - 2:30 pm

Morning tailgate market Sicamous Royal Canadian Legion Branch 99 – Everyone welcome – sell anything – for details call Murray @250-836-2224.

LAST SAT. OF THE MONTH Ladies’ Auxiliary Dinner at the Royal Canadian Legion at 6 pm. Tickets sold until the Friday before at the Legion. No tickets at the door.

SUNDAYS KARMA YOGA (Gentle Hatha) Sundays 5:30 pm @ I Am Yoga. 60 minutes (Studio) KARMA MEDITATION CIRCLE ~Sundays 9:30 am ~ 30 minutes (Main Street Landing green space when it

shines, studio when it rains.) * Suggested $5 min. donation or pay what you can!

EVERY 4th SUNDAY Royal Canadian Legion Br. #99 general meeting, 1 p.m.

Birthday Tea (formerly the OAPO) for members and friends at Seniors Activity Ctre 1:30 pm. Everyone is Welcome.

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Five years in the making, Dave Reed’s 17-foot Penobscot sail-boat is ready to set sail, or at least take out for a row.

Reed says he’s had a lifelong interest in boats and began making them when he was 14. The Penobscot is his latest, and he says the most labour-intensive he has ever constructed.

“This one has been a long haul, it’s taken me about five years to make it,” said Reed. “It’s quite a complicat-ed boat – certainly the most complicated one I’ve ever made.”

The boat, explains Reed, is a lapstrake build, where the wood-en hull planks overlap.

“I think there’s sev-en planks on each side, each one has to be fit-ted for length, for curve and then, as they over-lap each other, there’s a lip about an inch wide that has to be planed to make a tight fit with the

plank next to it,” said Reed, adding he’s yet to make the mast for the rig – something he may get to next year.

“It’s a complicated process to make them to,” said Reed.

Without sails, Reed’s Penobscot is still perfectly functional as a rowboat, and he says he’s just waiting for a nice day, weather-wise, to get the boat on the lake for a row.

“It has provisions for two sets of oars, where typically one person can row from either seat to keep the boat level depending on the load,” Reed explained. “But also… you could have one person on each of the four oars. So two people on the same bench rowing side-by-side.”

Reed’s passion for boats extends to row-ing, having been part of a rowing team as well as having rowed 27-foot whalers in the navy. His vision for his latest boat, and the Shuswap, is to see a re-

turn to rowing as a non-competitive recreation, through which people can spend time togeth-er, explore and receive a good workout in the process.

“This is a boat where you can go from A to B and take all your camp-ing gear and stay over-night,” said Reed. “One of my fantasies is to row around Shuswap Lake sometime and camp each night as I’m going along the way…

“That’s what I’d like to revive. People go on kayak trips and canoe trips, but they don’t typ-

ically do it much any-more with a rowboat. And actually, rowing is a far more efficient way of propelling yourself. I’ve had several kayaks, and am probably going to make another one this winter, but row-ing, you get your arms and your legs and your back into it, and you’ve got far more power and you can go far more distance carrying a far bigger load than you can with other means.”

A clinical social worker by profession, Reed says he does all his construction proj-

ects, be it boats, houses or crokinole boards, in his spare time. While he knows of other hobby boat builders in B.C., Reed says most tend to focus on build-ing “kayaks and canoes and things like that.” While pleased with his latest achievement, Reed suspects his next project will likely be less involved than the Penobscot.

“I’ve got to make sure I don’t build one as complicated again,” said Reed. “It’s just a heck of a lot of work in it.”

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First hit the board, then start to do the math and, when you’ve reached a certain point, start planning.

This is the advice Tom Ingebrigtson gives others who are new to the game of darts, and the approach that helped him earn two gold medals at the 2015 55+ BC Games.

Both Tom and wife Marianne Ingebrigt-son represented South Central, Zone 8, in the Games, held Aug. 25 to 29 in North Vancouver.

Tom earned his hardware in the Men’s 55-64 Doubles event with partner Wayne Garbe of Salmon Arm, and for earning a three-dart perfect score of 180. He came in fourth place in his age catego-ry in the Men’s Singles event, and fifth place partnered with Mari-anne in Mixed Doubles.

Marianne came in ninth place in Women’s 55-64 Doubles part-nered with Sheree Pear-son of Salmon Arm, and 17th in singles. The Ingebrigtsons, Garbe and Pearson came in ninth place in the Men

and Women Team of Four event.

Tom says this was his second Games, though he and his wife frequently compete in darts events in the prov-ince.

“I started playing in Sicamous in late 2009,” said Tom, adding he and Marianne play in the Tuesday evening Fun Darts at the Salm-on arm Legion, and in the Salmon Arm Dart

League on Thursdays. “I think it’s great!,”

says Tom of the sport. “It does two things, it keeps me stand-ing up and moving… It’s a very low-impact sport, I get to stand, I can sit, go and throw, walk eight feet, that kind of stuff. And it’s great exercise for the brain as you learn how to play the game to do the math. The brain is working all the time. I

think it’s a great sport for all ages.”

In discussing his passion for the sport, Tom begins to drop names of profession-al dart players who have made their living and, in some cases, their fortune from the sport – Dutch darts pro Michael Van Ger-wen (number one in the world), British darts legend Phil Taylor and Canadian and three-

time world champion John Part. He says he follows darts in the same way others follow hockey.

“If you follow it you get inspiration, you see how they do things,” said Tom. “Because it’s math related, that’s what I watch it for, what I call their ‘finish-ing techniques.’”

While the Ingebrit-sons have yet to make their fortune playing darts, Tom says they’ve had their share of wins – and losses, and some-times those wins have been enough to fund their advancing to the next tournament.

Another piece of ad-vice Tom offers darts newcomers is to have fun. For him, part of that fun is the competi-tiveness of the sport.

“To get up and just throw darts for the sake of throwing darts – it’s like anything… There’s always that little bit of competitiveness to win.”

Tom also empha-sizes the importance of having the right darts partner, as there are fewer singles compe-titions than there are doubles and teams.

Local dart players hit gold at 55+ GamesBy Lachlan LabereEagle Valley News

Top marks: Salmon Arm’s Wayne Garbe and Sicamous’s Tom In-gebrigtson won gold in the Men’s 55-64 Doubles Darts event while repre-senting South Central B.C. at the 2015 55+ BC Games held Aug. 25 to 29 in North Vancouver. 55+ BC Games photo

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Outta my way: Cameron Flinton of the Sicamous Eagles hurdles over a defender’s stick as he tries to streak in with the puck and add to a one-goal lead late in the second period, during KIJHL pre-season action Sept. 6 in Chase. The final score was a 3-3 tie. This was the third game in exhibition play for the Eagles. The first, an away bout versus the Kelowna Chiefs, ended in a 3-1 win for Sicamous. The Chiefs scored a 2-1 win in a rebound match in Sicamous. Regular season play commences Friday, Sept. 11, with the Eagles taking on the Revelstoke Griz-zlies at the Sicamous and District Recreation Centre. Game time is 7 p.m. Photo by Rick Koch


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Vol. 59 No. 48 Sicamous, B.C., •

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Snowy weather

contributes to

collision on TCH

Page 3

Students do well

in worldwide

math contest

Page 9

Change of season: Jeremy Lafreniere o

f Sicamous Electri

c hangs banners celebrating the Christm

as season Frid

ay along Main Street. C

hristmas in Sica

mous

begins Saturday with the annual Light-up Parade starting at 4:30 p.m., with the parade at 6. For more in

formation, see page 7. Photo by Lachlan Labere

There’s still opportunity for the Shuswap to be-

come a hub of one of the of the most ambitious trail

projects in the province, provided more people get

onboard.

The Shuswap Trail Alliance is asking the public

to help in the push for government support of the

Shuswap-North Okanagan rail trail concept that

could potentially link Sicamous to other communi-

ties along decommissioned rail lin

es extending to

the U.S. border. This includes a connection to the

famous Kettle Valley Rail Trails.

The District of Sicamous, the cities of Enderby,

Salmon Arm and Vernon, the Columbia Shuswap

Regional District and the Splatsin First N

ation are

already backing the plan, and this summer were

successful in garnering support from the Union

of B.C. Municipalities for a resolution calling on

the B.C. government to “facilitate public acquisi-

tion and ownership of abandoned transportation

corridors,” and to work with UBCM to develop a

funding mechanism, such as a provincewide par-

cel tax, to help governments or community groups

purchase and maintain corridors for public recre-

ational use.

Still, for this to be successful, the Trail Alli-

ance’s Lori Schneider Wood says communities

along the proposed corridor better have a vision

and a plan in place.

“I’d guess… there’s maybe a 20 per cent chance

of pulling this through right now without having

the government levels all saying no,” said Schnei-

der Wood. “So that’s why it’s s

o important the com-

Public input wanted to help make rail

trail a real

ity

See Sicamous on page

2

By Lachlan Labere

Eagle Valley News

Off track: Rails are re

moved for salvage along CP’s discontinued line

from Sicamous to Armstrong. File photo

Trail allian

ce: Corridor

communities encouraged

to plan ahead.

Call today to start your Subscription to the Eagle Valley News.

Call 250.832.2131

E-babies offer glimpse at

parenthoodPage 9

Eagles host heated

home openerPage 8

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

See Down-to-earth on page 2

EAGLE VALLEY

NEWS

ryone fits But Weber’s to play in the Olympics

The Olympics are a very special event, not only for hockey but for winter sports and to be able to play for

Shea WeberTeam Canada

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EAGLE VALLEY

NEWS Wednesday, October 29, 2014




TV show puts

spotlight on

The Burner

Page 8

Eagles burn

through

Wranglers, Heat

Page 9

Safety first: Bill Hansma helps tighten grandson Corbin Braun’s helmet before th

e boy hits the ice

Friday morn-

ing during the public skate at the Sic

amous and District Recrea

tion Centre. Photo by Lachlan Labere

Colin Mayes walked into the Conservative

caucus room Wednesday not realizing that within

minutes, a dramatic chapter in Canadian history

would unfold.

The weekly gathering of government MPs had

just started and Prime Minister Stephen Harper

was addressing the crowd when a series of gun-

shots were heard just outside of the room at 9:55

a.m.“I was at the back of the room. What was hap-

pening was on the other side of the wall,” said

Mayes, Okanagan-Shuswap MP.

“Most of us stood up because the � rst

reaction

is to get away from danger. We looked at where

we should go.”

Mayes wouldn’t get into speci� c details as to

what occurred inside the caucus room, but says he

and other MPs turned to their colleagues with law

enforcement and military experience.

“They are trained

to react and they took

charge. They organized

and knew the safest

place to be and we all

listened to them,” he

said.Harper was im

medi-

ately removed from the

caucus room and taken

to a safe location.

“For all of us, our

� rst reaction was to surround him and protect

him,” said Mayes, who was locked down in the

caucus room for seven hours.

“They (security) kept us briefed but the worst

time was when the shots stopped. The concern

was someone would be at the door that was not

friendly. But the RCMP came to the door which

was a relief.”

At this point, Sergeant-at-Arms Kevin Vickers

had shot an armed individual just outside of the

caucus rooms.

“He is a hero and was the right man for the

job,” said Mayes.

The entire incident began just a few minutes

earlier when an individual approached the honour

guard at the National War Memorial and shot Cpl.

Nathan Cirillo, a 24-year-old reservist in

the Ca-

nadian Forces. Cirillo died from his in

juries. On

Thursday morning, MPs gathered at the War Me-

There will de� nitely be a Summer

Stomp and Burnout Charity Party in Si-

camous in 2015.

What part the District of Sicamous

will play in the organization of the burn-

out will be reviewed by a new council

following the November municipal elec-

tion.At last w

eek’s regular council meet-

ing, Coun. Suzanne Carpenter raised the

subject of the district’s 2014 Summer

Burnout Report that shows a net loss of

$18,000, with the district having to ab-

sorb half of that, or $9,100.

As co-organizers of the burnout with

the district, the Summer Stomp Commit-

tee eats the other $9,100.

But Stomp Committee member Steve

Hammer says the burnout was not a loss,

getting “99.9 per cent across-the-board

positive (support) from the business com-

munity.”

“We were ecstatic with the event and

growth, and what it’s providing for the

District of Sicamous,” said Hammer,

calling the event a success for the stomp

event as well. “It will generate income in

the coming years. It takes tim

e to build,

and we don’t look at it as a loss; w

e look

at it as investment in the community.”

Hammer said the burnout is offered

free to everyone and draws crowds to

downtown Sicamous.

However, the burnout brings organiz-

ers no revenues other than from the beer

garden.

The district’s report shows expenses

for the burnout included $11,029 in beer

costs, $25,280 for entertainment, $8,645

for rentals and security, $4,750 for power,

$500 for � rst aid and $100 for volunteer

appreciation. Revenues included $27,180

from beer sales, $4,425 in vendor fees

and $500 in sponsorship.

Back in council chambers, Carpenter

asked why the Sicamous Chamber of

Commerce had only a $1,400 loss when

the organization organized the burnout.

“Pam Beech and Michelle Wolf, com-

munity members in the audience, also

questioned the � nancial report and Mrs.

Beech wanted to know if the District

of Sicamous had ever checked with the

community on the impact of the Burnout

and Stomp to business and the commu-

nity,” wrote Carpenter in an Oct. 23 email

to this newspaper. “Council has asked for

a more detailed report on the losses.”

Interim chief administrative of� cer

Kelly Bennett said she thinks most peo-

ple are satis� ed with the event.

Mayes recounts

shootout on

Parliament Hill

District exam

ines Burnout financial loss

Motorcycle rally

: Sicamous must co

ver $9,100 for 2014 even

t.

By Richard Rolke

Black Press

“They are trained

to react and they took

charge. They organized

and knew the safest

place to be and we all

listened to them,” he

Harper was immedi-

ately removed from the

caucus room and taken

Colin Mayes

MPBy Barb Brouwer

Eagle Valley News

Continued on page 2

Continued on page 2

him,” said Mayes, who was locked down in the

caucus room for seven hours.

“They (security) kept us briefed but the worst

time was when the shots stopped. The concern

was someone would be at the door that was not

friendly. But the RCMP came to the door which

was a relief.”

At this point, Sergeant-at-Arms Kevin Vickers

had shot an armed individual just outside of the

caucus rooms.

“He is a hero and was the right man for the

job,” said Mayes.

The entire incident began just a few minutes

earlier when an individual approached the honour

guard at the National War Memorial and shot Cpl.

Nathan Cirillo, a 24-year-old reservist in

the Ca-

tion.At last w

eek’s regular council meet-







EAGLE VALLEY





Rotarians serve

lunch program

at local schools

Page 2

ERS students hit

the bricks in

ALS fundraiser

Page 3

Election campaigns are underway as 12

candidates compete for six seats on council,

and two for the mayor’s chair with the Dis-

trict of Sicamous.

In the mayoral race, incumbent coun-

cillor Terry Rysz is up against fo

rmer Si-

camous mayor, Malcolm MacLeod.

Those campaigning to keep their seats

on council are incumbents Fred Busch,

Charlotte Hutchinson, Don Richardson and

Joan Thomson. They’re up against Coleen

Anderson, Gord Bushell, Todd Kyllo, Mal-

colm Makayev, Jeff Mallmes, Lynn Miller,

Donna Mounce and Janna Simons.

Vying for a seats on the Columbia Shus-

wap Regional District board are, in Elec-

toral Area C South Shuswap: incumbent

Paul Demenok, Alan McLelland and Rich-

ard Norman. In Electoral Area D Falkland/

Salmon Valley/Ranchero Deep Creek, in-

cumbent Rene Talbot is in a race with new-

comer Kelly Stalker.

Longtime incumbent Rhona Martin will

face off with political newcomer Dan Le-

tendre in Electoral Area E Rural Sicamous/

Malakwa.

In Area F North Shuswap, incumbent

Larry Morgan was the only candidate and

is the acclaimed for the seat in that area.

Vying for a trustee position with School

District #83 North Okanagan Shuswap are

as follows: In Electoral Area 7 Salmon

Arm, there is a four-way race between in-

cumbents Bobbi Johnson and Michel Saab

and newcomers Marcel Bedard and Dale

Townsend. Two are in the running to repre-

sent the North Shuswap: Larissa Lutjen and

Karen Peters.

Those acclaimed are incumbents: Bob

Fowler in Electoral Area 1 Armstrong/Spal-

lumcheen; Chris Coers in

Electoral Area 2

Enderby and RDNO Area F; Barry Chafe

in Electoral Area 3 Sicamous and CSRD

Area E; Jennifer Witchuk in Electoral Area

5 Carlin/Sorrento – CSRD Area C and

Debbie Evans in Electoral Area 6 Falkland/

Deep Creek/Ranchero – CSRD Area D.

The News will fe

ature a Q&A with Dis-

trict of Sicamous candidates in the weeks

leading up to the Nov. 15 municipal election.

Coverage begins this issue with candidate-

submitted biographies on pages 5 and 6.

Twelve in the running for

council, two vyin

g for mayor

Evening of fun and flame:

Fire Chief B

rett Ogino helps Christo

pher

Dubasov, 3, aim the garden hose in a

family-friendly firefi

ghter relay even

t,

part of the Sicamous Volunteer

Fire De-

partment’s open house on Oct. 7. Above,

firefighters

begin spraying down a fully

engulfed mock shed in a firefighting

demonstration. Photos by Lachlan Labere

Race to elect

ion day: Eagle Valley N

ews begins district elec

tion coverage with candidate bios.

Wednesday, November 26, 2014



leynews.com

of Sicamous Electri


as season Frid


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mous

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EAGLE VALLEY

NEWS Wednesday, November 5, 2014




Community

becomes ghost

town for a day

Page 8

Sicamous native

after title of

toughest mudder

Page 10

A standing-room-only crowd of approximately

200 people packed the Sicamous Seniors Centre to

listen to the candidates in the upcoming municipal

election share their views and face the scrutiny of

public questions.

The issue that the crowd was buzzing about was

not necessarily items like improved water treatment

or increased economic opportunities, although those

were certainly discussed, but about the “team” ap-

proach being taken by five of the council candidates.

The group has taken a political party-like strategy,

coming out with a “like-minded platform” to create

change in the community.

The candidates, Todd Kyllo, Malcolm Makayev,

Colleen Anderson, Jeff Mallmes and Gord Bushell,

were vocal in their support for a business-lik

e ap-

proach to council and stressed the need for voters to

elect a team of representatives who could get things

done. Voters elect one mayor and six councillors to

serve on Sicamous district council. There are two

candidates for mayor: Terry Rysz, a current coun-

cillor, and Malcolm MacLeod, a previous mayor.

In addition to the five councillors running as a

team, other candidates include: Fred Busch, Donna

Mounce, Janna Simons, Joan Thomson, Charlotte

Hutchinson, Lynn Miller and Don Richardson.

Incumbent councillor, Fred Busch, was the only

candidate to address the issu

e of a team approach

head-on at the microphone, noting a specific agenda

by a majority has implications for governance. He

spoke about being on the outside of such a majority

resulting in a “costly purging” at the district, and his

commitment to voting according to his views and

principles.

“I don’t go along to get along,” he said.

The evening opened with statements from the

mayoral candidates, where MacLeod spoke of his

perceived faults from his previous term leading the

district, and told the crowd he has learned from his

Day of

mourning:

Rob Sutherland makes

his way to the Sicamous

cenotaph to place a

wreath dedicated to

Cpl. Nathan Cirillo, who

was gunned down while

guarding the National

War Memorial in Ot-

tawa, Ont. on Oct. 22.

A memorial service w

as

also held for Warrant

Officer Patrice

Vincent,

who was killed on Oct.

20 in an intentional hit-

and-run in St. Jean-sur-

Richelieu, Quebec. T

he

vigil was held to coincide

with the funeral of Ciril-

lo in Hamilton, Ont.

Photo by Kelly Dick

Sicamous mayor and council ca

ndidates answer to public

Vying for votes: Sicamous voters listen

as council candidate

Charlotte Hutchinson takes a

turn at the mic during last Monday’s all-

candidates meetin

g at the Sicamous Sen

iors Centre.

Photo by Tracy Hughes

Group of five: Candidate

team-up creates b

uzz

among constituents.

By Tracy Hughes

Eagle Valley News

See Unified approach on page

2


trail a real

ity





TV show puts

spotlight on

The Burner

Page 8

Eagles burn

through

Wranglers, Heat

Page 9

Bill Hansma helps tighten grandson Corbin Braun’s helmet before the boy hits th

e ice Frid

ay morn-

ing during the public skate at the Sic

amous and District Recrea

tion Centre.

There will de� nitely be a Summer

Stomp and Burnout Charity Party in Si-

camous in 2015.

What part the District of Sicamous

will play in the organization of the burn-

out will be reviewed by a new council

following the November municipal elec-

At last week’s re

gular council meet-




getting “99.9 per cent across-the-board

positive (support) from the business com-

munity.”

“We were ecstatic with the event and

growth, and what it’s providing for the

District of Sicamous,” said Hammer,

calling the event a success for the stomp

event as well. “It will generate income in

the coming years. It takes tim

e to build,

and we don’t look at it as a loss; w

e look

at it as investment in the community.”

Hammer said the burnout is offered

free to everyone and draws crowds to

downtown Sicamous.

However, the burnout brings organiz-



District exam

ines Burnout financial loss

Motorcycle rally

: Sicamous must cover $

9,100 for 2014 event.

By Barb Brouwer

Eagle Valley News

At last week’s re

gular council meet-






As co-organizers of the burnout with



garden.


for the burnout included $11,029 in beer

costs, $25,280 for entertainment, $8,645





Rotarians serve

lunch program

at local schools

Page 2

ERS students hit

the bricks in

ALS fundraiser

Page 3


trail a real

ity



EAGLE VALLEY





Mobile park

revitalizati

on a

work of pride

Page 9

Grizzlies burned

in first fram

e

on Eagles’ ice

Page 11

The recent dip at the gas pumps in Sicamous and

Salmon Arm may not be entirely due to global mar-

ket trends.

While it’s not uncommon for people to gripe about

gas prices, people were out on the highway last week

protesting the price at the pump in Salmon Arm.

Their protest was spurred by how the cost of gas ini-

tially seemed static while the plummeting price per

barrel resulted in dramatically decreased gas prices

elsewhere in the province, and the nation.

The price of a litre of regular in Salmon Arm has

since dropped from 137.9 to 129.9. At the same time

in Enderby and Vernon, it was 125.9. In Kamloops

gas was down to 112.9 at some stations, and in Ab-

botsford a litre could be found for as low as 107.9.

“I’m a retired senior and these high prices can’t

continue,” said Jennie Anderson, who joined other

protestors Sunday afternoon on the Trans-Canada

Highway near one of Salmon Arm’s downtown gas

stations. “We can’t sit around. We have to do some-

thing to stop these big companies from taking advan-

tage of us.”

Fellow protestor Sylvia Lindgren agreed with the

sentiment.

“Two weeks ago there was one guy, last week there

were two people and today there’s 10 of us. We have

Protests ag

ainst high gas prices

gathering steam

Early educatio

n: Left – Ivan Hatch

is enchanted with Barney th

e School Bus

(operated by Kathy Keam) during the

Early Years Learning Fair held Frid

ay at

the rec centre. A

bove – Eldon Smith checks

out the BC Ambulance Service

table with

Amanda Van Damme, Wayne and Owen

Smith; Megan and Lilian Kroeker spin

the wheel at the Litera

cy Alliance of the

Shuswap Society booth with the help of

Jennifer Findlay. P

hotos by Lachlan Labere

By Lachlan Labere

Eagle Valley News

Fill up:

Vehicle owners

fill up Friday

afternoon at th

e

Sicamous Shell

station, where

gas was at

131.9.

Photo by

Lachlan Labere

See Chamber on

page 2


War Memorial in Ot

tawa, Ont. on Oct. 22.

A memorial service w

as

also held for Warrant

Officer Patrice

Vincent,

who was killed on Oct.

20 in an intentional hit-

and-run in St. Jean-sur-

Richelieu, Quebec. T

he

vigil was held to coincide

with the funeral of Ciril-

lo in Hamilton, Ont.

Photo by Kelly Dick



Vying for votes: Sicamous voters listen

as council candidate



candidates meetin


iors Centre.

Photo by Tracy Hughes


Voters elect one mayor and six councillors to

serve on Sicamous district council. There are two

candidates for mayor: Terry Rysz, a current coun-

cillor, and Malcolm MacLeod, a previous mayor.

In addition to the five councillors running as a

team, other candidates include: Fred Busch, Donna

Mounce, Janna Simons, Joan Thomson, Charlotte

Hutchinson, Lynn Miller and Don Richardson.

Incumbent councillor, Fred Busch, was the only

candidate to address the issu

e of a team approach

head-on at the microphone, noting a specific agenda

by a majority has implications for governance. He

spoke about being on the outside of such a majority

resulting in a “costly purging” at the district, and his

commitment to voting according to his views and

“I don’t go along to get along,” he said.

The evening opened with statements from the

mayoral candidates, where MacLeod spoke of his

perceived faults from his previous term leading the

district, and told the crowd he has learned from his



Vying for votes:



candidates meetin


iors Centre.

See Unified approach on page

2

Wednesday, October 22, 2014




protestors Sunday afternoon on the Trans-Canada

Highway near one of Salmon Arm’s downtown gas

stations. “We can’t sit around. We have to do some-

Protests ag

ainst high gas prices

gathering steam

Early educatio

n:

Early educatio

n: Left – Ivan Hatch


e School Bus


e School Bus




ay at


ay at

the rec centre.

the rec centre. Above – Eldon Smith checks


table with


table with






cy Alliance of the


cy Alliance of the



Jennifer Findlay.

Jennifer Findlay. P

hotos by Lachlan Labere

Fill up:

Vehicle owners

fill up Friday

afternoon at th

e

Sicamous Shell

station, where

gas was at

131.9.

Photo by

Lachlan Labere

Wednesday, January 7, 2015

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