Wednesday, January 27, 2016 PM40008236 Police warn of new twist on phone scam Page 3 Donated sled much appreciated Page 8 EAGLE VALLEY NEWS Vol. 60 No. 4 Sicamous, B.C., • 1.25 (GST included) • www.eaglevalleynews.com Low supply and high demand are driv- ing beef prices up across Canada. While the price of produce has climbed this winter, the price of beef is on the rise, and consumers are going to have to dig deeper for quite some time if they want to put a steak on the barbecue or a roast beef in their oven. “Prices are up and supply is way down,” says Askew’s Uptown meat manager Karl Kreipe. “Customers can be expecting beef prices to stay high for the next six months at least.” Part of the issue is beef has become a world commodity, much like oil and is sold on the markets to the highest bidders. Shipping technology has increased to the point where it is rela- tively easy to move large amounts of beef to consumers around the world. When there is demand, the product goes to those willing to pay premium prices. Kreipe says drought conditions in many places in the U.S. caused massive reduc- tions in cattle herds, as ranchers couldn’t af- ford to keep their ani- mals fed. This has caused a reduction in supply, and U.S. buyers are now coming to Canada to purchase and import Canadian beef prod- ucts. “Because the U.S. dollar is so good com- pared to the Canadian right now, a lot of beef is being picked up by the U.S. to satisfy their markets, which is leav- ing a shortage in ours,” The District of Sicamous is seeking a hand to develop a brand. Specifically, the district has put out a request for proposals for the development of a “brand identity and communication strategy.” The RFP sets out a budget between $45,000 and $60,000 for the successful candidate to assist in the “development of a brand identity, including a logo and a visual guide, and a communication strategy for the District of Sicamous.” It notes the district currently has an outdated logo and tag line that do not reflect the community today as a “beautiful, tourism-based centre.” In a memo to coun- cil, district town man- ager Evan Parliament identifies the hiring of a consultant as the ideal way to fulfill council’s objective of initiating a comprehensive com- munication plan and branding exercise. The two, he explained, rep- resent phase 1 in an over-arching strategy. Phase 2 involves the development of a marketing plan, while phase 3 will address finer details such as a redesign and update of the district’s website and a social media strategy. “First we have to establish a brand and we… have to go through a communication exercise,” explained Parliament. “That’s what this RFP is, and hopefully by mid-February we’ll have lots of interest from some proponents. We’re looking at a six- to eight-month process to come up with a com- munications plan and a brand for Sicamous – a new brand for Sicamous that will involve public con- sultation – and then we would launch from that a marketing strategy.” Regarding the branding exercise, the successful candidate is expected to create a distinct, unique brand that will attract investors, visitors and resi- dents, while the communication strategy will “sup- port marketing initiatives and business investment campaigns.” Help wanted to develop district brand RFP: District hiring to establish identity and communication strategy. By Lachlan Labere Eagle Valley News Evan Parliament Town manager Beef supply down, prices to remain high By Tracy Hughes Eagle Valley News See 4H clubs on page 3 Loopy lids: Mrs. Peel’s Div. 4, Grade 3 Parkview Elementary students are pleased to show off their chapeaus during the school’s Crazy Hat Day. Photo by Lachlan Labere Bull market: B.C. ranchers are benefit- ting from a low dollar and high U.S. demand. File photo
Low supply and high demand are driv-ing beef prices up across Canada.
While the price of produce has climbed this winter, the price of beef is on the rise, and consumers are going to have to dig deeper for quite some time if they want to put a steak on the barbecue or a roast beef in their oven.
“Prices are up and supply is way down,” says Askew’s Uptown meat manager Karl Kreipe. “Customers
can be expecting beef prices to stay high for the next six months at least.”
Part of the issue is beef has become a world commodity, much like oil and is sold on the markets to the highest bidders. Shipping technology has increased to the point where it is rela-tively easy to move large amounts of beef to consumers around the world. When there is demand, the product goes to those willing to pay premium prices.
Kreipe says drought conditions in many
places in the U.S. caused massive reduc-tions in cattle herds, as ranchers couldn’t af-ford to keep their ani-mals fed.
This has caused a reduction in supply, and U.S. buyers are now coming to Canada to purchase and import Canadian beef prod-ucts.
“Because the U.S. dollar is so good com-pared to the Canadian right now, a lot of beef is being picked up by the U.S. to satisfy their markets, which is leav-ing a shortage in ours,”
The District of Sicamous is seeking a hand to develop a brand.
Speci� cally, the district has put out a request for proposals for the development of a “brand identity and communication strategy.”
The RFP sets out a budget between $45,000 and $60,000 for the successful candidate to assist in the “development of a brand identity, including a logo and a visual guide, and a communication strategy for the District of Sicamous.” It notes the district currently has an outdated logo and tag line that do not re� ect the community today as a “beautiful, tourism-based centre.”
In a memo to coun-cil, district town man-ager Evan Parliament identi� es the hiring of a consultant as the ideal way to ful� ll council’s objective of initiating a comprehensive com-munication plan and branding exercise. The two, he explained, rep-resent phase 1 in an over-arching strategy. Phase 2 involves the development of a marketing plan, while phase 3 will address � ner details such as a redesign and update of the district’s website and a social media strategy.
“First we have to establish a brand and we… have to go through a communication exercise,” explained Parliament. “That’s what this RFP is, and hopefully by mid-February we’ll have lots of interest from some proponents. We’re looking at a six- to eight-month process to come up with a com-munications plan and a brand for Sicamous – a new brand for Sicamous that will involve public con-sultation – and then we would launch from that a marketing strategy.”
Regarding the branding exercise, the successful candidate is expected to create a distinct, unique brand that will attract investors, visitors and resi-dents, while the communication strategy will “sup-port marketing initiatives and business investment campaigns.”
Help wanted to develop district brand RFP: District hiring to establish identity and communication strategy.By Lachlan LabereEagle Valley News
In a memo to coun-cil, district town man-ager Evan Parliament identi� es the hiring of a consultant as the ideal way to ful� ll council’s objective of initiating a comprehensive com-munication plan and branding exercise. The
Evan ParliamentTown manager Beef supply down, prices to remain high
By Tracy HughesEagle Valley News
See 4H clubs on page 3
Loopy lids: Mrs. Peel’s Div. 4, Grade 3 Parkview Elementary students are pleased to show off their chapeaus during the school’s Crazy Hat Day. Photo by Lachlan Labere
Bull market: B.C. ranchers are benefit-ting from a low dollar and high U.S. demand. File photo
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NOTICE OF PHASED DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT (200 OLD TOWN ROAD – OLD TOWN BAY)
This is to advise that Council will consider Phased Development Agreement Bylaw No. 905, 2015 respecting Remainder Lot 1, District Lots 528 and 529, Plan KAP82686, Except Plan KAP91776, KDYD and Lease Number 347646 located at 200 Old Town Road, Sicamous, B.C.Under the provisions of section 905.1 of the Local Government Act, the District of Sicamous Phased Development Agreement Bylaw No. 905, 2015 is intended to establish the conditions for a phased development and partnering agreement between the District of Sicamous and 443602 BC Ltd. which will secure specified CDZ.07–RM-Resort Marina Zone and CDZ.06-RCR-Resort Commercial Residential Zone of Zoning Bylaw 101, 1993 and Subdivision and Development Servicing Bylaw 500, 2003 requirements for the above identified parcel of Land and Water Tenure Lease for a ten (10) year time frame in exchange for amenities and other considerations deemed beneficial to the District and further development of Old Town Bay. The proposed Phased Development Agreement (PDA) will also generally provide for:
❑ Provision and timing of the proposed phasing❑ Provision of statutory right of way for a waterfront walkway❑ Sharing of riparian rights❑ Timing and phasing requirements ❑ Provision for public access and operations of a public boat launch❑ District cost sharing toward provision of public access to Marina dock❑ Provision of moorage slips for further upland development use❑ Provision for seasonal temporary parking and offsite long term parking❑ Provision for the design and construction of the waterfront walkway
Phased Development Agreement Bylaw No. 905, 2015 outlines an initial four phase development for the proposed 276 slip full service marina, future upland service and administration building and temporary seasonal upland parking. A copy of Bylaw No. 905, 2015, staff reports and other documents will be available for public review from Tuesday, January 26, 2016 to Wednesday, February 10, 2016 at the following locations.
Council will hold a public hearing for Phased Development Agreement Bylaw No. 905, 2015 on Wednesday. February 10, 2016 at 6:00 p.m. in Council Chambers, District office.
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It’s about time. That was the general
sentiment at a district public hearing for a proposed Twin Anchors marina at Old Town.
The hearing, held Monday, Jan. 13, re-lated to a bylaw that would allow the dis-trict entering into a phased development agreement (PDA) with 443602 BC Ltd. for Twin Anchors’ 276-slip marina and boat launch facility in Old Town Bay.
A memo by district community planning of� cer Mike Marrs states PDA facilitates the processing and ap-proval of the proposed marina’s water lease, and the subsequent de-velopment and opera-tional agreement with the district.
“The developer has voluntarily agreed to
enter into the proposed PDA to secure the terms, conditions and proposed phasing of the development works within a 10-year term,” writes Marrs.
Speaking to coun-cil prior to the hear-ing, Marrs noted the agreement also cov-ers aspects related to the development in-cluding development restrictions, parking environmental impact assessments and the de-velopment of a water-front public walkway.
The only public comments made dur-ing the hearing came from former Sicamous mayor and councillor Fred Busch, who noted the development has been in the works for a very long time, and that it was certainly time it got done.
“It’s something that’s been talked about, dreamt about, and I’m glad to see it is
hopefully going to now actually come to frui-tion,” said Busch.
Responding to a question from Busch about whether or not residential develop-ment in Old Town would also commence, Marrs said that is a sep-arate process involving a separate developer.
Mayor Terry Rysz concurred with Busch that the marina devel-opment has been in the works for a long time and he’s glad to see the project move forward.
Council was sched-uled to give � nal read-ing to the bylaw but it was removed from the agenda.
Grant supports age-friendly project
The District of Sicamous has been awarded a second grant of $20,000 to assist in the community becom-ing age friendly.
Awarded by the B.C. government for age-friendly commu-nity planning and proj-ects, the grant money is intended to help seniors stay mobile, physically active, socially con-nected and healthy.
In Sicamous, the funding will go to-wards the next stages of becoming a leader as an age-friendly com-munity.
There are two main components of this project: increasing ac-cessibility compliance throughout the district and � nalizing the new seniors transportation services plan so that it
is streamlined, cost ef-fective and sustainable.
Regarding the trans-portation component, Sicamous Coun. Mal-colm Makayev says work is already un-derway to establish a transportation system essentially for seniors. This is being done un-der the guidance of consultant Jeanne Ro-kosh and a local advi-sory committee.
“We’re just strik-ing up a transportation route and everybody will be asked to present to council what their proposal is to accom-plish that,” commented Makayev.
As for increasing accessibility, Makayev explained this is to be done through a phi-losophy of universal design – an “inclusive design for people with disabilities, young peo-
ple, elders….” “It won’t be a cost-
driver that would pro-hibit developers…,”
explained Makayev. “But it would be an in-centive to help people age in the community, and families through-out the community, and move more towards being age friendly and help towards one of my other goals for our community, to be more dementia inclusive.”
Makayev said this phase would ideally
become embedded in the community’s of� -cial community plan.
The Columbia Shus-
wap Regional District also received $20,000. That money will be used to conduct an age-friendly assessment of South Shuswap Area C.
In partnership with the South Shuswap Health Services Soci-ety, the regional dis-trict will hold public consultations in South Shuswap communi-
ties to gather the input and information neces-sary to develop an age-friendly plan for the South Shuswap, states a related news release.
“The District of Si-camous and the Colum-bia Shuswap Regional District are doing ex-cellent work to ensure our citizens have the services they need as they age,” said Shus-wap MLA Greg Kyllo. “Our government’s support, combined with municipal com-mitment, is helping to build communities that are even more welcom-ing to our growing se-nior population.”
By Lachlan LabereEagle Valley News
No objection to proposed marina
It won’t be a cost-driver that would prohibit developers. But it would be an incentive to help people age in the community…
Malcolm Makayev District councillor
By Lachlan LabereEagle Valley News
Next steps: Focus continues on transportation system for seniors.
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Applicant: District of Sicamous, 446 Main Street, Box 219, Sicamous, BC V0E 2V0.Tel: (250) 836-2477 Fax: (250) 836-4314 Attention: Darrell SymbalukLocation: The boundaries of the mosquito control area include the entire District of Sicamous and the surrounding Regional District land including all areas from the eastern intersection of the Cambie/Solsqua Road and the Trans-Canada Highway and extending west to include all areas within the Municipal boundaries and encompassing the breadth of the Eagle River Valley bottom. The PMP includes all municipal, private, crown and regional lands within this boundary by permission of the applicable landowners or agency.Pesticides: The active ingredients and trade names of the Pesticides (including bacterial agent(s) proposed for use under this plan include: Bacillus thuringiensis var israelensis Strain H-14 (AM65-52) (Vectobac 200G); Bacillus thuringiensis var israelensis Strain H-14 (BMP-144) (Mosquito Dunks & Aquabac 200G); Bacillus sphaericus (VectoLex WSP & VectoLex CG).Application Methods: Backpack applicator, granular spreader & manual placement for Vectobac 200G & Aquabac 200G. Manual placement only for Mosquito Dunks & VectoLex WSP. Helicopter or fixed wing aircraft for Vectobac 200G, Aquabac 200G & VectoLex CG.The selection of insecticides has been chosen to target mosquito populations in the most environmentally responsible manner and will be applied within the area outlined in the PMP.The proposed duration of the PMP is from March 30, 2016 to March 30, 2021.
A draft copy of the PMP and map of the proposed treatment area may be examined at the District of Sicamous address listed above or by contacting Cheryl Phippen at the address below. The draft PMP can be viewed online at www.sicamous.caA person wishing to contribute information about a proposed treatment site, relevant to the development of the Pest Management Plan, may send copies of the information to the consultant at the address above within 30 days of the publication of this notice. BWP Consulting IncAttention: Cheryl Phippen6211 Meadowland Cres SKamloops, BC V2C 6X3Email: [email protected]: 250-819-1750
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says Kreipe. “Some of my really big suppliers are telling me, ‘Sorry, there’s just no beef around.’”
Cuts of beef that have traditionally been considered cheaper are also moving up in price, as in other places in the world, those so-called lesser cuts are more valuable.
“On the world mar-ket, some of those cheaper cuts can be worth just as much as the expensive ones, so that is driving prices of those cuts up across the board.”
Another issue with beef prices is the length of time it takes to pro-duce beef.
A chicken can go from hatching to mar-ket in six weeks, a pig in six months. But it takes two-and-a-half years for a baby calf to be ready for slaughter.
“With the size of the herds so reduced, they just don’t’ bounce back very quickly. And few-er cows ready for mar-ket means less supply which means higher prices for what’s avail-able,” says Kreipe.
Another place the prices are impacting is the local 4H beef club. Higher prices are mak-ing the program, which sees children raise a steer, show it and then sell it, increasingly more expensive.
Trudy Schweb, a 4H leader, says the young members used to be
able to purchase a calf for 99 cents a pound. Now that cost has risen to $2.50 per pound.
“The cost of get-ting into a beef project is hindering kids,” she says. “That being said, the kids last year sold their steers at auction in July and we had a record-breaking sale, so the prices are higher on that side as well.”
The 4H club is also supported by a loan program with Commu-nity Futures, so it can help offset the initial costs of purchasing the young animal.
As a cattle-ranching family, Schweb also sees the higher prices as helping keep ranch-
ers in business, espe-cially after years of very low beef prices, which saw ranchers struggling to make a living.
“The industry has to be sustainable if it is to survive and if we are to keep new young people in the industry,” she says.
For the consumer looking to keep costs down, Kriepe advises people to buy only what they need. He also suggests another alternative.
“Add more chicken and pork into your menu. At least for now.”
Schweb says the 4H program is a good
way for people to ac-cess high quality beef products at fair prices. She says some people are deterred by the re-quirement to buy the whole animal, but she suggests people get together and split the costs of purchasing a steer at auction and then dividing the meat.
“It’s an amazing way to stock your freezer at a decent price, help some hard-working kids out and know that you are get-ting meat from animals that have been raised with the best of every-thing.”
The annual 4H stock show is held each year in July.
Another telephone scam has hit the Shus-wap, this one referring targeted recipients back to their local RCMP.
Sicamous RCMP Cpl. J.R. Lechky says the scam works like this:
The victim receives a phone call from some-one claiming to be with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) and stating money is owed.
Afterwards, the victim receives another tele-phone call, this time from someone identify-ing themselves as a po-lice officer with the lo-cal RCMP detachment.
“The police officer advises the victim they have an outstanding warrant and they need to pay money to make the warrant go away,” said Lechky. “Now the twist, the number that appears on the caller ID is the local detach-ment phone number.
“We would like to let people know the RCMP is not going to be mak-ing phone calls like this requesting money for anything, especial-ly acting as a collection agency.”
People are encour-aged to take the appro-priate steps to ensure the call is legitimate before they send any money.
The CRA recom-mends the same.
“Taxpayers should be vigilant when they
receive, either by tele-phone, mail, text mes-sage or email, a fraudu-lent communication that claims to be from the CRA requesting personal information such as a social insur-ance number, credit card number, bank ac-count number or pass-port number,” states the CRA, adding “Cases of fraudulent communica-tion could also involve threatening or coercive language to scare in-dividuals into paying
fictitious debt to the CRA.”
Audio samples of known CRA telephone scams can be listened to at http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/scrty/frdprvntn/frdlnttlphn-eng.html.
People can report these scams to the Can-ada Revenue Agency at 1-866-809-6841, and the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre at 1-888-495-8501.
RCMP REPORT
By Lachlan LabereEagle Valley News
Scammers claim to be with local RCMP
Continued from front
4H clubs also impacted by beef costs
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With unlicensed mari-juana dispensaries pop-ping up in urban areas and thousands of unregulated medical licences for home growing still in legal limbo, the Trudeau government is starting work on its promise to legalize recreational use.
Marijuana was a media darling in the recent elec-tion, but meeting in Vancou-ver with provincial ministers last week, federal Health Minister Jane Philpott found herself preoccupied with is-sues deemed more urgent. These include shifting our post-war acute hospital model to community prima-ry care, tackling aboriginal health-care needs, pooling pharmaceutical purchases to slow rising costs, and meeting an urgent Supreme Court of Canada directive to legalize assisted dying.
At the closing news conference in Vancouver, Philpott was asked how rec-
reational marijuana should be sold. Licensed medi-cal growers want exclusive rights do it by mail as per-mitted by the Harper gov-ernment, another measure forced by our high court. That would shut out the rash of supposedly medical storefronts, which city halls in Vancouver and elsewhere imagine they can regulate.
Philpott said the question is “premature” and federal-provincial justice ministers were dealing with it at their meeting. Ottawa will have a “task force” too.
Vancouver descended into a pot store free-for-all due to benign neglect from council and police, and Vic-toria isn’t far behind. Van-couver Coun. Kerry Jang, a rare voice of reason in the Big Smoke, has protested dispensaries using street hawkers to attract young buyers, and pot stores set-ting up near schools.
Other communities, more aware of their limita-tions, have resisted issuing
business licences. One re-cent proposal in the Victoria suburb of View Royal came from a fellow who insisted marijuana extract had cured his cancer. This is typical of claims that proliferate on the Internet, and is one of many warning signs about dispen-saries that put up red cross signs to sell pot products.
B.C. Health Minister Terry Lake was more forth-coming a few days earlier, responding to a Vancouver reporter who judged mari-juana more interesting than his just-announced plan to hire 1,600 more nurses by the end of March.
Lake noted that Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne is keen to sell marijuana through the province’s mo-nopoly liquor stores. B.C.’s government liquor store union has also endorsed this idea, forming an unlikely alliance with non-union pri-vate stores to get in on the action.
“There are public health officials that I’ve talked to
who say that the co-location of marijuana and liquor sales is not advisable from a public health perspective,” Lake said. “I think whatever we do, it has to be highly regulated, quality control has to be excellent and above all, we must protect young people.”
Yes, liquor stores check ID. But the notion that mari-juana might be sold next to beer and vodka in govern-ment stores deserves sober second thought, and seri-ous scientific work of the kind that has shown damage to developing brains from teenage marijuana use.
Of course all of this ur-ban hand-wringing over pot stores ignores the de facto legalization that has existed across B.C. for decades.
For the record, I’ll restate my long-standing position that legalization is the only logical answer. I’ll say the same about other drugs that drive most B.C. crime, but that’s a subject for another day.
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Health-care ball in Liberal’s court
OPINION
Meetings held last week in Vancouver between Canada’s provincial ministers of health and federal Health Minister
Jane Philpott and her staff likely shaped up more like contract re-negotiations than get-togethers over cof-fee and cake.
Especially when it came to voicing the case for B.C. – which absorbs more retirees than any other province, and along with them, their increasingly complex health-care needs.
The problem is that the portion of federal health-care money designed to provide care for retirees does not transfer with them when they change residences.
No doubt B.C. Health Minister Terry Lake under-lined that point as he and counterparts from across the country got their first audience with the new government. He recently reiterated our province’s beef with the health-care funding formula adopted by the former Conservative government in 2011 – that it was based on population, with no age component.
His argument is a sound one. Because health-care costs increase as people grow older, a per-capita for-mula makes for a non-level playing field between provinces such as B.C., which is relatively older, and Alberta, which is younger.
B.C. is already grappling with the need to increase the number of hospice beds for terminally ill baby boomers who are native to this province, and that situation is made more critical with people moving here to retire.
In 2004, the Liberal government of the day insti-tuted a program that would see annual increases to provincial health transfers of six per cent. The for-mula was changed by the Conservatives after 2011, when health-care increases were tied to economic growth, with a minimum increase of three per cent per year, to begin in 2017.
Justin Trudeau, speaking in B.C. before the new Liberal federal government was elected last year, promised to add another $3 billion to the health-care budget to start, and “sit down with the provinces immediately” to renegotiate the formula.
Here’s hoping the two sides can come up with a fair plan that works for today – not just 2017 or beyond.
-Peace Arch News
This is your province on marijuanaBy Tom FletcherNews Columnist
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Jan. 24-31 Unplug and play week A week-long series of free family events that promote unplugging from technology and spending time together and takes place each year during Family Literacy Week.shuswapliteracy.ca for information.
Jan. 29 & 30 $2 bag sale at Sicamous United Church Thrift shop. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Clothing & shoes.
Jan. 29 Skate with the Eagles 12:30-1:00 pm. Free
Jan. 29 Parents and tots PJ Party & Story time Eagle Valley Resource Centre 10 am - noon.
Jan. 29 Family Games and Yoga 8:15 am - 11:15 Parkview Strongstart. Free.
Jan. 30-Feb.7 Snow Sculpting Downtown and front yard $5 per team. Register at the District Office. 250-836-2477.
Feb. 7 12:30 5th Annual Sicamous Ladies Ride Camp. All sledders Welcome. Please contact Michelle for more info and to Register at 250.836.0002.
Feb. 9 Pancake Supper 5 pm at Sicamous United
Church. Tickets $6 (children under 6 free) available at the United Church Thrift store or call 250-836-2300.
Feb. 1-27 Community Street Banner Project The 2016 theme is Birds of a Feather. Banners can be painted between 10 am and 4 pm upstairs at the District Recreationb Centre (Evening hours can be arranged). Registration fee $15, pick up your design form from the District Office on Main Street.
MondAY to FRidAY Community Access Site at the Senior’s Activity Centre - 1091 Shuswap Avenue. Internet & related services. Call Diana. 836-2446
EvEry MondaySicamous Three-chord Ukulele Band At the United Church - Sicamous - starting at 1 pm Newcomers please come at 12:15pm to help you get set up.No need to read music, we will teach you how to play. Just bring a ukulele.For more information call Carla 250-836-4705
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TuEsdaySicamous Baby Talk 9 - 11 am Free drop-in program for parents & babies to 12 months of age. Sicamous health unit
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.
Seniors Meals provided, 12 noon in the Common Room at the Haven. Delivery available if required, phone Dorothy at 250-836-2437.
EvEry WEdnEsday Malakwa Parent & Tot ~ 10:00 – 12:00 pm ~ Malakwa Preschool Building. For more information call Gwyneth 250-836-3440
Dody’s Art For Everyone Meets Every Wednesday At The Red Barn, 10 a.m. To 3 p.m. Everyone Is Welcome . For More Info Call, Dody At 250 836 3112 Or Jean At 250 836 3511.
Girl Guides of Canada. Sparks - 2:15 pm at Parkview. Brownies - 3:30 pm at Legion. New members welcome! Leaders needed. 250-836-3366 or online:
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United Church Thrift Store Open 10:00 am to 3 p.m.
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.
1st & 3rd WEd. Parkinsons Support Group Contact Don at 250-838-0794.
1st & 3rd WEd. Eagle Valley Photographic Arts Club meets at the Red Barn at 7 pm. Everyone Welcome.
LASt WEdnES-dAY oF thE Month Autism Support Group January 27 6:00-7:30pm at Sicamous Health Unit
EvEry Thursday Ladies shuffleboard at the Royal Canadian
Legion Branch #99 in Sicamous. 1pm-3pm. All ladies welcome.
Seniors Meals provided, 12 noon in the Common Room at the Haven. Delivery available if required, phone Dorothy at 250-836-2437.
EvERY 2nd t h U R S d A Y 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.
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 Sicamous Resource Center. Free Drop-in program for parents & children to
age 6. Active play, crafts and socialization. 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.eaglevalley-brushandpalette.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 encour-age everyone 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. Every-one Welcome. At the Si-camous Seniors Activity Centre - 1091 Shuswap Avenue.
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United Church Thrift Store open 10:00 am to 3 p.m.
2nd SAtURdAY oF thE MonthScrabble Tournament Sicamous library 1 pm
sundays EvERY 4th SUndAY Royal Canadian Legion Br. #99 general meet-ing, 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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It’s the time of year when kids are practis-ing their snowplow, herringbone and their best “Arrrr” for the upcoming elementary schools Pirate Loppet at Larch Hills.
Though I’ve seen plenty of wonderful photos of the event from years past (thanks to former Salmon Arm Observer photographer James Murray, and our current photographer Evan Buhler), I’ve never actually attended one.
I hope to do so soon, though, when it’s my son’s turn to put on a pirate hat and skis.
This is my son’s first year at cross-country skiing with the Jack-rabbits program. While we’ve had the off day, where he hasn’t felt like participating, thank-fully they’ve been out-
numbered by the good days. (A bit of choco-late during the drive to Larch Hills Saturday mornings for Jackrab-bits seems to help – for all of us, really.)
Those good days usually involve a lot of smiles (not just from the chocolate), plenty of falling on the bum and the slow, but sure acquisition of the skills needed to avoid that falling part.
Witnessing my son’s joy on skis rap-idly warms any sensa-tion of cold I might be feeling, as I become flushed with happiness.
I have my wife and mother-in-law to thank for getting me into cross-country skiing. Wow, I just realized that was about seven years ago. Funny that, as I still consider my-self a novice – still falling on my derriere from time to time.
Larch Hills has been my training ground for the most part.
I did visit the cross-country ski trails in Revelstoke. The snow was compact and icy, and I remember ending up going down a steep and winding hill with ditches on either side. Not ever having had a
proper lesson, and not having really figured out the snowplow, my descent was rapid, yet it seemed to go on and on. All the while, I was hoping, if not pray-ing, I wouldn’t go off the road, crash into something or someone, or both. There might have been some silent cursing involved too. Thankfully, I made it to the bottom without in-cident, though I haven’t been back since – first impressions and all.
My father-in-law was with us that day in Revelstoke and it was maybe the following year that he got me a couple of hours worth of cross-country skiing lessons as a Christmas present. I’ve only had time to cash in on one, but oh what a differ-ence it has made. Sub-sequent practice has also been beneficial.
While I really en-joy cross-country ski-ing, I have no desire to compete. I do admire the grace and speed involved in skate ski-ing – but I’m cool with classic. It’s a pace that allows me to take in the beauty of Larch Hills, which is par-ticularly mesmerizing on those days the sun
has broken through the clouds (I sometimes carry a camera, hoping to capture some of that beauty).
My hope is that one day soon my son will be up to joining my wife and I on the ski trails. And, of course, I’m also looking forward to his first Pirate Loppet experience. I have been trying to impress upon him, though, that cross-country skiing need not be about getting from point A to point B in a hurry. It’s about having a joyful experience in the outdoors. Even if that includes falling on your bum, for which, I guess, I might be con-sidered something of a role model.
Son follows in parents’ ski tracks
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Many Sicamous residents are this month making one of their most important new year’s resolutions ever.
They’re becoming dementia friends, com-mitting to learning a little bit about dementia so they can be support-ive and inclusive toward people with the illness, which has become one of the country’s most pressing health issues.
“People affected by dementia continue to live in and be a part of our communities, and we can support them to stay connected in ways that are meaningful for them,” says Carly Gron-lund, regional education and support co-ordina-tor for the non-profit Al-
zheimer Society of B.C. for Sicamous and the North & Central Okana-gan.
Becoming a demen-tia friend is easy, says Gronlund. The process starts by signing up at DementiaFriends.ca.
The Society has sup-ported people living with dementia for 35 years. One of its initia-tives, First Link®, con-nects people affected by dementia with informa-tion, support services and programs and de-mentia education ses-sions at any stage of the journey.
To learn more, call Gronlund at 250-860-0305, 1-800-634-3399, or email [email protected].
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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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Des Kennedy de-scribes gardeners this way in his funny book, Crazy About Garden-ing, “In my opinion, most gardeners are nuts. Some will deny it, of course. Some will object. But the evidence is overwhelmingly against them. Just ask a person who doesn’t garden, but lives with someone that does.
Better yet, spend a few minutes at a flower show, a garden-club meeting or a horticul-tural society soiree.
These events are at-tended by more pecu-liar-looking characters than a jesters’ conven-tion in Las Vegas. The costumes are uncon-ventional at best, the conversations quirky. The whimsical walk arm-in-arm with the eccentric, the two of them perhaps pausing to study a cluster of dead twigs in a vase. Idiosyncrasy wafts through the room like cheap perfume. At their most extreme, gardeners become fa-natics, obsessive-com-pulsive personalities
for whom the condition of a newly purchased cryptomeria far out-weighs the collapse of nation states. History itself is little more than a backdrop against which their roses might be displayed to bet-ter effect. Theirs is an all-consuming passion, an infatuation that pre-cludes all else. A place where the mind ‘goes to seed.’”
Gardeners come in all shapes, sizes, sexes, race and colours, range in age from the young-est of children to the creakiest of centenar-ians and can be found planting and picking pretty well all over the planet. They have vastly varied levels of abilities, skills, knowl-edge and education, as well as centuries of cul-tural and philosophical backgrounds, which, as we well know, can sometimes lead to very polarized points of view about the meth-ods and treatment of soils, plants and water.
Obviously not all gardeners of the world are created equal either. They toil in the soil for basic survival or a live-lihood; for pleasure, physical exercise, food, fun, fresh air, vases of fragrant flowers or to follow in their family’s footsteps; for the de-sire to create beautiful landscapes; for study, contemplation, critter habitat, healing, social connections or simply for the spiritual prac-tice of consciously con-
necting with the earth. Some gardeners or
farmers become highly educated in all aspects of it, while others pre-fer to learn about cer-tain things in particu-lar, such as greenhouse gardening, hybridizing, planting pots or hang-ing baskets, seed start-ing/saving, etc. The lucky ones are gifted with a natural ‘green thumb’ and can seem-ingly grow anything with little effort, while others – despite all their efforts – can never seem to achieve the same results.
In other words, no two gardeners will ever be alike and they all started somewhere, somehow.
Take me for exam-ple. When I was a kid in Vancouver, my mom got me to plant stuff in her garden that would grow fast, like radishes, so I wouldn’t get bored with it. Plus, I loved our old neighbour’s amaz-ingly scented sweet pea patch. But I’m not sure this ‘planted a seed’ in me to become a gar-dener. Then, in my late 20s, life landed me on a small acreage where I grew my first over-sized veggie garden by just sticking seeds in the rows and keeping it watered.
A few more plots over the years were pulled off the same way wherever I hap-pened to move to, until I at last took the time to take an organic garden-ing course at around
50. Although more en-lightened after that, this knowledge to me did not hold a candle to the ‘real’ gardeners I knew or read about, which were far more versed on plants, seeds, har-vesting, pruning, etc. than I was or will likely ever be.
My composting and mulching practices are much better now for sure, but by nature I’m the wing-it type rather than the studious. I still plant things willy-nilly around the yard, usu-ally start the veggies too late, rarely research anything or ask for advice and I’ve yet to learn things like saving and starting my own seeds and all the other things I really ‘should’ know by now.
I could probably manage to name a few plants in English, but I couldn’t give you one plant name in Latin if my life depended on it. Unfortunately, in high school, I learned the words ‘organic’ and ‘orga…’ (you can
fill in the rest) at the same time, as well as humus and hummus, so I still have to think really hard not get them mixed up in conversa-tion.
So you see, I see myself as one those people that garden a bit, rather than being one of those genuine gardeners, because I don’t know a whole lot about anything really, let alone practise it.
And here I am writ-ing a garden column!
My point is, most of us are likely never go-ing to be in the same league with the super-educated and experi-enced gardeners but, like me, we can still manage to grow some food and flowers be-cause, thankfully, the plants know what to do with a little bit of care and attention.
Anyone can be a gardener and goodness knows, this poor old planet of ours could sure use a lot more of us, whether we’re just winging it or not.
Anyone can become a gardener
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Our company has been providing quality timbers and beams to customers for over 30 years.In 1983, Alan and his wife, Kim returned to the family farm to raise their two children. At this time, Alan started to re-build the mill that he had once worked in as a child. It took a year to re-build the old mill. Alan started cutting ties for the Railroad which were in great demand at the time. He was also cutting cedar cants for a re-saw mill along with beams and timbers for many homes that where built in Sicamous and the area. Alan and Kim operated this mill for seven years. Over time, the orders kept increasing and the old mill could not keep up with the increase of large oversized timber and beams. In 1990, Kim’s father (Merv Siegrist) and mother Anne had moved to Sicamous to become a partner. Alan and Merv bought a new mill large enough to � ll the orders of the beams and timbers that the old saw mill could not handle. The next generation has now joined the business. Alan and his son Tyler work the mill together making a great father/son team.Our team at Hyde Sawmill takes great pride in their workmanship and in supplying a superior product to customers.
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Donated sled: The Eagle Valley Snowmobile Club’s Gord Bushell, centre, poses with Carl Kuster and Marshall Kronewitt of Carl Kuster Mountain Park next to a new Ski-Doo recently donated to the club by Kuster and Bombardier Recreational Products. The sled is being used to help with trail and cabin maintenance, as well as to monitor the local sledding areas marked for caribou habitat. “The Sicamous club does an amazing job to keep the trails in top condi-tion,” said Kuster. “Gord Bushell and other volunteers donate so much of their time and it’s a lot to ask for them to have to put extra kilometres on their personal sleds each year. Plus having an extra sled to help out with caribou monitoring on Queest and for cabin maintenance is good for all of us.” The Eagle Valley Snowmobile Club is a non-profit society that works to promote the sport of snowmobiling in the area of Sicamous. The areas they maintain and monitor are Blue Lake, Eagle Pass, Owlhead, and Queest. Check SledSicamous.com for grooming and snow reports.
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CAPRICORN – Dec 22/Jan 20Listen closely during all conversations, Capricorn. You can always jot down notes later if you really need to remember something in particular. Paying attention this week is crucial.
AQUARIUS – Jan 21/Feb 18Aquarius, the hectic pace you have been keeping may be catching up with you. It will be difficult to keep this up for much longer, so start to pare down your responsibilities.
PISCES – Feb 19/Mar 20You may receive a call, text or email today that turns your life in a new direction, Pisces. Just wait for all of those doors to open for you.
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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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