Warm weather, heavy rain and melting snow has resulted in flood- ing in pockets of the Shuswap. Witnesses say a section of road at the upper end of Vickers Trail in Anglemont Estates gave way on Sunday, Feb. 8, destroying a sea- sonal home on Hudson Road. The house was pushed about 12 meters and turned sideways by the mud. Along with the house, power lines were downed by the land- slide of debris. The Anglemont Volunteer Fire Department was called in because of trees burning over the electrical lines. Barriers have been put up to stop traffic from entering the area. Cliff Doherty, Shuswap Emer- gency Program co-ordinator, cau- tions people not to travel past the road barricades as portions of the road have disappeared. On Monday, Feb. 9, Highway 97A was closed in both directions near Two Mile, between Swansea Point and Sicamous Creek, about 4:30 p.m. Janet McQuhae, fire chief of the Swansea Point Volunteer Fire De- partment, said a minor mud flow came down a driveway and flowed onto the highway. A Drive BC update noted the mudslide meant the highway was reduced to single-lane, alternating traffic while a loader removed the debris. The road was partially closed for about two hours. In Silver Creek, residents are also dealing with flooding. Doherty said residents near the Silver Creek town centre have asked for sandbags and sand to put between their houses and the hill- side to divert water. As well, three other calls to the Index Opinion....................... A6 View Point .................. A7 Life & Times ............... A8 Sports................A15-A18 Arts & Events ... A19-A21 Time Out................... A22 Vol. 108, No. 6, 40 pages This week A Sorrento mother gave birth to twins in a moving pickup. Check out her amazing tale on A3. The ’Backs extended their winning streak to five games over the weekend. See A16. Wednesday February 11, 2015 www.saobserver.net $1.25 GST INCLUDED Uplifting voices Singers from the Watoto Children’s Choir perform at Five Corners Church on Friday, Feb. 6. The choir is a group of African children’s choirs based in Uganda. Each is composed of about 22 children in a program formed to help the overwhelming number of orphaned children in the region. EVAN BUHLER/OBSERVER Weather prompts slides, flooding Shuswap: House washes away in Anglemont, mud and debris cause problems on highway. Damage: This summer home in Anglemont was destroyed when a section of road gave way Sunday. By Martha Wickett & Barb Brouwer OBSERVER STAFF See Warm on page A2 PHOTO CONTRIBUTED
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Warm weather, heavy rain and melting snow has resulted in flood-ing in pockets of the Shuswap.
Witnesses say a section of road at the upper end of Vickers Trail in Anglemont Estates gave way on Sunday, Feb. 8, destroying a sea-sonal home on Hudson Road.
The house was pushed about 12 meters and turned sideways by the mud.
Along with the house, power lines were downed by the land-slide of debris.
The Anglemont Volunteer Fire
Department was called in because of trees burning over the electrical lines. Barriers have been put up to stop traffic from entering the area.
Cliff Doherty, Shuswap Emer-gency Program co-ordinator, cau-tions people not to travel past the road barricades as portions of the road have disappeared.
On Monday, Feb. 9, Highway 97A was closed in both directions near Two Mile, between Swansea Point and Sicamous Creek, about 4:30 p.m.
Janet McQuhae, fire chief of the Swansea Point Volunteer Fire De-partment, said a minor mud flow came down a driveway and flowed
onto the highway. A Drive BC update noted the
mudslide meant the highway was reduced to single-lane, alternating traffic while a loader removed the debris.
The road was partially closed for about two hours.
In Silver Creek, residents are also dealing with flooding.
Doherty said residents near the Silver Creek town centre have asked for sandbags and sand to put between their houses and the hill-side to divert water.
As well, three other calls to the
IndexOpinion ....................... A6View Point .................. A7Life & Times ............... A8Sports................A15-A18Arts & Events ... A19-A21Time Out ................... A22Vol. 108, No. 6, 40 pages
This weekA Sorrento mother gave birth to twins in a moving pickup. Check out her amazing tale on A3.
The ’Backs extended their winning streak to five games over the weekend. See A16.
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Uplifting voicesSingers from the Watoto Children’s Choir perform at Five Corners Church on Friday, Feb. 6. The choir is a group of African children’s choirs based in Uganda. Each is composed of about 22 children in a program formed to help the overwhelming number of orphaned children in the region.
EVAN BUHLER/OBSERVER
Weather prompts slides, floodingShuswap: House washes away in Anglemont, mud and debris cause problems on highway.
Damage: This summer home in Anglemont was destroyed when a section of road gave way Sunday.
By Martha Wickett & Barb BrouwerOBSERVER STAFF
See Warm on page A2
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emergency program had been received by press time Tuesday re-garding flooding along the Salmon Valley Road caused by plugged ditches or culverts.
Doherty suggests that if property or structures are prone to high wa-ter, residents may wish to take precautionary steps.
“Make sure swales are clear, and water is flowing into nearby ditches rather than wa-ter starting to pool and collect.”
He said if the pub-lic is in urgent need
of sandbags to protect property or structures, some have been placed in the parking lot to the south of the SASCU Sports Complex at Lit-tle Mountain on 30th Street in Salmon Arm. A truckload of sand has also been dumped there.
He says if residents call the Columbia Shus-wap Regional District’s Emergency Program, they will be directed to that parking lot.
The weather respon-sible for some of the flooding is definitely warmer than usual.
Environment Canada reports that two long-
standing temperature records were broken in Salmon Arm in the past few days. On Fri-day, Feb. 6, the mercury soared to 11.1 C at the Salmon Arm Airport, breaking the record of an even 10 C set in 1963. The sun raised the temperature to 11.5 degrees Sunday, beat-ing out the old record of 9.5 C set in 1978.
“For the meantime, temperatures are going to be five and six de-grees above normal,” said Environment Can-ada meteorologist Matt MacDonald on Mon-day, noting normal high temperatures are in the
neighbourhood of plus 2 C, not the plus 8, ex-pected this week.
MacDonald says the southwest weather pat-tern will shift, bringing cooler air. It won’t be a cold snap, but will bring more normal tem-peratures through the second half of February compared to the mild start to the month.
From rain to sun and back again: At left, a man walks on the wharf in the rain Sat-urday, while on Sunday people enjoyed the sunshine and record warm temperatures.
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The Dodge pickup is old and beaten up after summers of min-ing in the Yukon, but Nika Guilbault thinks she might need to hold onto it for another 16 years.
By then, her new-born twins, Henry Dodge and Nevada Si-erra, will be old enough to get behind the wheel — and how many teens can say they’re driv-ing the same truck in which they were born?
When Guilbault woke up in the middle of the night on Jan. 28, sure she was going into labour at her Sorrento home, she knew from experience she’d have to get to Royal Inland Hospital as quickly as possible. Her first daughter, now two, had also been a fast birth.
“We knew it could be quite quick, but it was faster than we thought,” Guilbault told KTW.
“I basically went from not any contrac-tions to full labour and having a baby within half-an-hour — and it’s an hour drive from Sor-rento to Kamloops.”
As husband Chris St. Jean steered the truck down the highway — coaching his wife on her breathing while holding the phone so Guilbault could talk to her midwife — baby Nevada was born.
“I had to give her two breaths of air to
get her going and she perked right up and her eyes were opened, so I tucked her in my shirt to keep her warm and was just waiting for the next one — and hoping we’d get there,” Guil-bault said.
“I wouldn’t let my husband pull over be-cause I knew we need-ed to get there because there was another one coming.”
The couple made it all the way to the RIH parking lot before her second twin was fully born, with staff on hand to help with the last moments of the birth.
Guilbault is grateful the timing worked out, as Henry arrived feet-first, with his umbilical cord wrapped around his neck.
“We were lucky it was the middle of the night and we had amazing road condi-
tions and it wasn’t too cold out or anything,” she said.
Had they lived a few more kilometres out, or faced bad weather, she said, “we would defi-nitely have been babies on the side of the road.”
A little over a week after the birth, Guil-bault said both babies are doing well.
But, because they were born prematurely, it will be a few weeks before the Dodge twins, as she’s now calling them, can make the trip back home.
Though it wasn’t ex-actly a typical delivery, Guilbault said the truck births were, in a way, a positive experience.
“I really wanted to have a home birth but, when I found out I was having twins and knew that they would most likely be early — we were hoping not quite this early — I knew
that I would have to have them at a hospi-tal,” she said.
“So, I guess in a way, I kind of feel like I got a little bit of my home birth.”
In another twist to the story, the truck in which the twins were born has some reality TV credits to its name.
It’s the vehicle Guil-bault and her husband used while filming Yukon Gold, a show focused on mining, which added the cou-ple to its cast for its third season.
New episodes featur-ing the pair begin air-ing on History Canada on Feb. 25.
Twins arrive in truckBirth: Hunter Dodge and Nevada Sierra born en route to Kamloops.By Andrea KlassenKAMLOOPS THIS WEEK
Ride of her life: Sorrento’s Nika Guil-bault with twins Hunter Dodge and Ne-vada Sierra, both of whom were born in a pickup truck en route to Royal Inland Hospital.
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Salmon posting good returns
The numbers of salmon going through a Silver Creek fish fence in the fall are reason for cautious optimism.
Volunteer Gene Puetz has been counting chi-nook, sockeye and coho on the Salmon River near his residence for 30 years.
This year Puetz counted 863 chinook – up from 660 four years ago and 576 sockeye up from the brood year count of 327.
But not all the numbers were on the rise.Puetz reports that the coho count was down a
little – 603 fish from the 737 in their breed year three years ago.
“Things have been improving in general,” he said, pointing out water levels in the river were good all year. “I would guess maybe they’re not getting over fished.”
In terms of the coho numbers being down this year, Puetz wonders if they were incidental catch in the large com-mercial, First Nations and recreational fisher-ies held on the Fraser River in 2014.
“I would expect they were incidental catch with sockeye,” Puetz said. “There was a lot of commercial fishing in the whole Fraser and two seine boats in Kamloops Lake.”
Puetz says it’s not as if the coho run was deci-mated but it’s always a bit disappointing to see the numbers going down.
“We’re cautiously optimistic; we’re seeing things that we haven’t see for a while,” said Richard Bai-ley, Fisheries and Oceans Canada program head of chinook and coho stock assessment for the Fraser River, who explained the variables are complex. “Suffice it to say we’re seeing some production that we haven’t seen for a while… and there is some cause for optimism.”
In terms of the incidental catch of coho in the sockeye fishery, Bailey says fisheries is looking into the issue.
“There’s a lot of work going on now because they would have been caught and released,” Bailey said. “Counting them is not as easy as it would be if they were in bins on the docks.”
Fish count: Chinook, sockeye numbers go up, coho still down slightly.By Barb BrouwerOBSERVER STAFF
Keeping an eye on the numbers: Gene Puetz points out where the salmon spawned during the salmon run on his farm near Silver Creek on Saturday, Feb. 7. He has been recording spe-cies counts for sockeye, coho and chinook in the Salmon River for 30 years.
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Deborah ChapmanIn 1990, the Museum Association at RJ Haney Heritage Village was looking for a curator/archivist at the Salmon Arm Museum. Deborah Chapman got the job. With her wry, self-deprecating humour, she says she didn’t know bathrooms were involved. Today, she still holds the position and is famous for her cemetery tours.
After high school and college in Kamloops, BC, Deborah and her husband, Dennis Zachernuk, moved to Nova Scotia. She attended St. Mary’s University. Dennis went to Dalhousie. He earned a law degree and Deborah a degree in Archeology, as well as a diploma in Early Childhood Education from the Nova Scotia Teachers’ College. During the seven years they lived in student housing with two kids, Deborah ran a babysitting co-op whose members exchanged labour and helped run a food co-op as well. She also volunteered at The Citadel, cataloguing historic archaeological artefacts.
Westerners at heart, Deborah and Dennis returned to Vancouver after obtaining their degrees, where their third child was born, then moved to Prince George. There she got involved with kids’ activities and non-pro� ts, sitting on the Little League board, volunteering in the schools and as a Beaver leader. She founded and ran a family daycare. She volunteered at the Fraser Fort George Regional Muse-um, where she took her � rst museum course. She continued with museum and archival studies after the family moved to Salmon Arm in 1989, where Dennis took up a position with a legal � rm.
Deborah carried on with her volunteer work, chairing the board of the Salmon Arm Sockeyes Swim Club and continuing to help in the schools her children attended. In 1991 she began collecting hearing aids for third world countries after her godmother introduced her to the program. She became a volunteer with the Salmon Arm Commu-nity Heritage Commission in 2009 and she’s been the regional rep-resentative of the Archives Association of BC for the past eight years. Being socially responsible is a Chapman family trait; volunteerism is a way of life for her.
Deborah was recently credited with a staff writer byline by the Salmon Arm Observer newspaper, probably, she says, because she’s written so many articles for the paper. “Must be volunteer work too, because I haven’t seen a paycheque yet,” she said with her tongue wedged � rmly in her cheek.
She and Dennis now have two granddaughters who live with their parents in Japan that they don’t see often enough. They also have two surrogate grandchildren here in Salmon Arm and Deborah loves volunteering in their classrooms. They’ve already created their � rst museum exhibit.
In 2006 Deborah was invited to volunteer on the Shuswap Community Foundation’s Grants Committee, working under the tutelage of Lois Higgins. She had been helping the Chase Museum write grant applications and wanted to help other small charitable organizations access grants to fund activities in their communities. She was appointed to the board in 2008 and took over as Chair of the Grants Selection and Grants in Aid Committees in 2009, a position she continues to hold.
“If we work together we can make a big difference and that difference can make our community a better place.” Deborah has spent a lifetime making her community a better place while her community continues to shape her. Shuswap Community Foundation is indeed fortunate to have a person of Deborah’s integrity and compas-sion on its board.
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The crowd was not huge, but reaction was very positive.
Some 75 people at-tended a presentation on Systems Ecology; Holistic Planning for Today and Tomorrow at the Salmar Classic Theatre on Feb. 3.
Systems ecolo-gist Barry Wilson and Salmon Arm Second-ary teacher Dave Ram-say have combined their talents and love for science and the planet to create the BC Tomorrow Society.
The purposes of the society are to better understand the process of sustainable planning and explore options for balancing human land-use with ecological in-tegrity.
To take this into schools, Wilson and Ramsay are developing innovative computer software and related educational tools that interactively explore land use in local water-sheds and develop criti-cal thinking skills and improved understand-ing of system dynam-ics.
Early in the presenta-tion, Wilson explained that systems ecology provides holistic un-
derstanding of humans, natural forces and landscapes in a way that takes into account people, the planet and prosperity – a system that “makes sense of a hairball of data.”
Ramsay explained that when he saw the Shuswap Environmen-tal Action’s Shuswap Watershed Project in 2010, he had a eureka moment about why he was teaching students about other areas when he could be teaching them about their own.
He earned his mas-ters in education based on a curriculum he built around the Shuswap watershed and has in-tegrated parts of it into his own science classes.
He says BC Tomor-row’s software will al-low students to begin to understand how to ap-ply a systems approach.
BC Tomorrow is us-ing a template for their software based on a similar program in Al-berta.
Ramsay recently visited a Grade 4 class-room in that province where Alberta Tomor-row is being taught and is excited by the con-cepts the students not only grasped but were able to share succinctly.
He noted the con-cepts introduced at the Grade 11-12 level are
far more complex than what the Grade 4 stu-dents get. But, one of the benefits is that the younger students begin immediately acquiring critical-thinking skills and grasp the systems approach.
“BC Tomorrow fits with an evolving edu-cation system, examin-ing sustainability with-in watersheds,” said Ramsay. “It helps stu-dents develop deeper understanding that ex-amines the interaction of humans and natural systems, explores mul-tiple approaches to land use and incorporates aboriginal traditional knowledge.”
Okanagan Shuswap Liberal Party candidate Cindy Derkaz was in the audience last Tues-day.
“I thought the pre-sentation was terrific; it opens a whole new realm of co-operation
and collaboration in making decisions about our communities,” she said. “It makes me wonder if we had all been exposed to this way of thinking, would we have had fewer divi-sive issues over the last
four decades (in Salm-on Arm).”
Derkaz was im-pressed the critical thinking skills and sys-tems approach to learn-ing are being brought to the schools.
“And I liked the
older kids teaching the younger; it’s very posi-tive,” she said, express-ing concern for youth disengagement she has seen, particularly in voting.
Also in attendance, and very supportive, was Mayor Nancy Cooper.
“One of the things I was very interested in was teaching kids about cause and effect,” she said. “There’s a lot more variables. What are we really doing… we can look at this and say, if we cut all the trees, or if we drain all the watersheds, what’s going to happen? It’s relevant and exciting for the future.”
Both women had high praise for Dan MacQuarrie who spon-sored the event pre-sented by Okanagan College through his MacQuarrie Institute lecture series.
It helps students develop deeper understanding that examines the interaction of humans and natural systems... and incorporates aboriginal traditional knowledge.
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Okanagan Regional Library is obviously trying to exhibit fiscal prudence and equity by ensuring communities receive services in line with the taxes they contribute. And that should be commended as the public’s ability to financially support the agency is limited.
However, there is the potential that this process, no matter how well meaning, could create an end-less cycle that negatively impacts branches across the North Okanagan and Shuswap.
As an example, if there is reduced staff through retirement and fewer programs, branches may attract fewer people through the doors. If that occurs, then there is a reduction in books and other items being circulated and ORL administration and the board could make the case that even fewer
resources are required. One just has to look at the decision to change the hours of operation at the Cherryville branch. While the new schedule may work for some people, there are others who won’t be able to access the library because it’s only open Wednesdays and Thursdays.
“There is less opportunity for people to access the library so circulation goes down, so they (ORL) then look at the service,” said Hank Cam-eron, Cherryville’s electoral area director.
As has been previously stated, ORL deserves praise for looking at changes that could reduce the bottom line and create equity among communities. However, ORL needs to be cautious that it doesn’t create a situation that gets out of hand.
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Avoid the self-fulfilling prophecy
What’s in a name?
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Pity those poor B.C. government spokespeople.Imagine how horrible it must be to have your name stripped
and be known only by your job title: “Hey, plumber! Come fix my toilet!”
In the government’s case, it’s spokesperson. As in: “If we don’t fix the road this year we might do it next year,” said a spokesper-son for the Transportation Ministry.
According to legend, reporters used to be able to call a person to get information about something and then attribute the infor-mation to that very same person. That still works for the most part today, but not if the person works for the B.C. government.
In that case, a reporter usually gets directed to a communica-tions officer who works for the province’s Government Commu-nications and Public Engagement branch. The communications officer takes the request, formulates a response that includes a couple of key messages and little of substance, then sends it back to the reporter via email with a stipulation the information be at-tributed to the spokesperson, but not by name.
Let me give you an example. Penticton RCMP issued a press release in September claiming it cost $250,000 to police Boon-stock and urging the promoter to settle up with the government. I sent the Justice Ministry a few questions related to the release, mainly regarding whether the government had received any pay-ment from Boonstock, and received some answers from a spokes-man with a caveat that the response was “not for attribution.”
I followed up with a spokesman and was told there was “no one available” that day to which the information could be attributed, despite the fact a living human presumably crafted the response.
So in my story I attributed the information to “an unsigned statement” hoping that would draw the ire of readers. It didn’t.
A month later I did a follow-up story about the Boonstock police bill and asked the same spokesman if the promoter had settled up yet. The one-sentence response said no, and I included it in my story and attributed it to the spokesman by name since he didn’t say otherwise. Sure enough, he called the next day to ask why I used his name. Seems he caught some flak for getting his name in print. Naughty boy.
Some spokespeople have told me off the record they’re only required to drop their names when working for a minister who wants to be the sole spokesman in his kingdom, ostensibly to avoid confusing the public. Although there are some politicians with egos big enough to support that theory, I don’t buy it. Most of us understand the difference between a spokesperson and a minister. It looks to me like a way to dodge accountability, since it’s hard to hold unnamed people to account, which is silly when we’re talking about people who are paid by the public to commu-nicate with the public.Granting people anonymity is – or ought to be – a rarity in journalism, reserved for cases when a source’s safety or employment is at risk by speaking out, not when quoting a paid professional communicator who is just doing his job.
- Joe Fries is a reporter with the Penticton Western News
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View PointThe Observer asked: Should the city borrow $500,000 to improve Blackburn Park?
Lisa Giddens “Anything that keeps the kids out of trouble is a good idea, just like the skate park.”
Robyn Deziel “It would be good for the kids to help keep them outside and active.”
Les Bennett “It is a great idea; the kids deserve it.”
Marissa Fuller “I think it would be a good idea to provide more pathways and it would use the space better.”
Emily Doyle “I think something like that would be used a lot in our town and they have a great financial plan for it.”
VICTORIA – Premier Christy Clark’s push to “re-engineer” the B.C. education system is moving ahead aggressively in B.C.’s 25 post-secondary institutions.
One of the first tasks for Andrew Wilkin-son in his new role as advanced education minister was to outline the shift in operat-ing grants for colleges and universities to in-demand occupations. By 2017, a quar-ter of the money for post-secondary in-stitutions will be directed to areas where labour force surveys forecast a need.
This was greeted with some alarm when it was announced last year. Simon Fraser University president Andrew Petter at first downplayed the coming skills shortage as “relatively small” and warned against pushing post-secondary institutions into a “zero sum battle for dollars.”
Petter has since come on board, as his approving comments were featured in the ministry’s Jan. 26 news release detailing the shift. He and others have been assured that in spite of Clark’s rhetoric, suggesting trades training is in and university is out, the news for SFU and other universities isn’t all that bleak.
Wilkinson is completing a province-wide tour of all post-secondary institutions this week, and I reached him at his visit to Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops.
“The response to this has generally been pretty good, because the students are putting this pressure on institutions themselves,” he said. “Some of the institu-tions are … shrinking things like teacher education and putting more effort into the science-based, quantitative fields that are often related to these in-demand occupa-tions.”
The surplus of teacher graduates has been noticeable for some time, but that’s largely a function of oversupply, much of it in urban areas. In the Cariboo, for ex-ample, teaching jobs are projected to have
the highest number of openings by 2022, followed by nursing and retail and whole-sale trade managers. Then come heavy duty mechanics and electricians, but also paraprofessional jobs in legal, social, com-munity and educational services.
Province-wide, it’s part of a broader de-mographic shift to fewer children and more retirees. In fact the government started this targeted funding a decade ago with health care, forcing universities to produce more doctors, nurses, lab techs and so forth.
The retiring baby boom is expected to account for more than half of the openings in the next decade, which will expand the skills demand across most fields, beyond the trades training for the anticipated liq-uefied natural gas industry and other high-demand industrial areas such as truck driv-ing.
Wilkinson notes that of the ministry’s $1.9 billion budget, about 60 per cent goes into general post-secondary educa-tion, for introductory courses that stu-dents take when they are seeking a career path, through undergraduate studies to professions.
“So I think the idea that we’re going to somehow minimize or diminish funding in that general education, arts and science category is just not true,” he said.
Key to this shift is measuring the per-formance of courses offered at colleges, universities and technical schools. Each year, the ministry surveys about 30,000 graduates to find out whether their studies helped them find a related job.
The results are available on a website that breaks them out by institution and gen-eral study area. To find it, do a web search for “BC student outcomes” and select the “executive dashboard” to check the results for courses and schools in your region.
The site provides charts showing the percentage of students who land relevant jobs. Not surprisingly, it tends to be higher for technical programs and lower for fine arts.
It also shows grads’ average wages, a sobering but useful bit of information for high school students and their parents.
Beware of political fear-mongering
B.C.’s post-secondary ‘re-engineering’ begins An open letter to Greg
Kyllo, Shuswap MLA:Last Sunday, one of our
realtors at Royal LePage Access Real Estate was tragically killed west of Salmon Arm.
Mary Gould’s car was hit by an out of control semi-trailer on a precari-ous corner on our grossly inadequate two-lane Trans-Canada Highway.
This morning on the news, a mayor from the Lower Mainland was try-ing to convince people to vote “yes” to improve transit in the region. He said that if this doesn’t go through, people’s com-mutes would go from 30 minutes to one hour.
Now compare that extra
commute time to a life. If people choose to live in the over-populated, urbanized area, traffic congestion is something they just have to deal with. Losing a life, should not be less impor-tant!
The B.C. government has stated many parts of the Trans-Canada High-way will be upgraded over the next 10 years.
Sadly, I don’t feel that’s good enough.
Given the importance of the Trans-Canada as a major trade route and the thousands of families that use it every day, this should be a project that is fast-tracked to complete four-laning from Kamloops to the Alberta border as soon
as physically possible.Many of us would love
to see you, as MLA for the Shuswap, champion this cause.
Besides, many of those commuters from the Low-er Mainland come up and use these highways to ac-cess the beaches and ski hills that make our area the jewel that it is.
They would see the ben-efits of that too.
I am requesting a meet-ing to discuss the govern-ment’s position and see if we can come up with a way to raise the four-lan-ing on the priority list.
Marv Beer, Broker/Owner, Royal LePage Ac-cess Real Estate
Instead of succumbing to Prime Minister Harper’s obvious political fear-mongering, Canadians should fear and oppose his government’s secret police legislation.
Many mainstream media have published editorials condemning the new pow-ers proposed for CSIS, yet opposition parties have been carefully side-step-ping the issue so as to not appear soft on terrorism in advance of the upcoming federal election.
Security experts explain that we are more at risk of being killed by lightning, than by a terrorist, yet when Harper introduced the legislation he claimed, “Jihadist terrorism is not a future possibility, it is a present reality. It seeks to
harm us here in Canada, in our cities and in our neigh-bourhoods through horrific acts.”
Why are Canadians fall-ing for this jingoistic lingo and why are they lining up to watch the right-wing propaganda movie, Ameri-can Sniper? What has hap-pened to our reputation as a peace-loving country that cares about the disenfran-chised? Instead of aid, we send bombs to the Mideast and now our democracy is further at risk from this legislation that proposes to undermine our civil lib-erties and provide police powers to a secret organi-zation that has little over-sight by Parliament.
Perhaps one of the great-est fears of the proposed legislation is that it pro-
vides the secret police the ability to take action against those who protest resource development here in Canada.
If pipeline companies are able to pass through the legal hurdles they now face with the court cases under-way and begin construc-tion, the legislation could see protest disrupted before it begins and those who plan civil disobedience in jail even before they try to block the bulldozers. The RCMP was aware of the danger that the Ottawa shooter posed, but did not take action. Canada needs to do a better job with the tools it has, instead of im-posing new laws that take away our freedoms.
Jim Cooperman
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1925 V.T. Moberley, Uno Hill-strom and Karl Wallensteen crossed the lake on skis from Sunnybrae to Salmon Arm.Double stitched white hemstitched sheets were on sale at the S.A.F.E for $1.49.At a meeting held in the of� ce of C.R. Bar-low, with Ald. Thomson in the chair, arrange-ments were made to stage a demonstration of ski jumping.
1935 The federal government brought in its Unemployment Insurance Bill to which employees and employers would contribute an equal portion. The government would contribute one-� fth and assume the cost of administration. Youth would receive $1.50 a week if unemployed, and after con-tributing 40 weeks, an adult men, $6.The total amount of butter produced at the creamery in 1933 was 218,532,307 pounds valued at $43,381,524.
1945 Cpl. Harold A. LaClaire, son of Mr. and Mrs. LaClaire, was awarded the Military Medal for gallantry in action. Cpl. LaClaire was serving with the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Infantry Battalion in the Italian theatre of war.The Rex featured Hail the Conquering Hero starring Eddie Braken.In appreciation of 10 years of service as president of the Women’s Auxiliary of St. John’s Anglican Church, Mrs. A.P. Suckling was honoured at a social gathering held at the home of Mrs. Rex Lingford.
1955 The increase in salaries granted by an arbitration board meant a boost of $9,368 in the payroll of Salmon Arm’s 74 teachers.Estimated cost of operating and maintaining schools in Salmon Arm School District No. 20 during 1955 was $462,519.Salmon Arm Machine Shop invited read-ers to view the Volkswagen automobile, the amazing success story of which had appeared in the current issue of MacLean’s Magazine.
LIFE & TIMES
Four Salmon Arm women celebrated highs and lows on a 12-day trek in the
mountains of Nepal.Eileen MacDonald, Ruth Brighouse,
Maureen McTavish and Joyce Johnson were hiking the Anapurna Sanctuary trail in mid-October when avalanches triggered by a cyclone killed 45 people and injured some 170 on the Anapurna Circuit located on the other side of the mountain.
Brighouse and MacDonald sat down to tell of their adventures on behalf of the four close friends. The women, who love the outdoors and met through a variety of activities, have been hiking, skiing and ca-noeing together for 20 years.
In 2011, Brighouse, a doctor, went on a one-month volunteer medical mission on the edge of Kathmandu.
“I didn’t have time to do any hiking, but I could see the mountains above and thought I’d love to be able to come back and hike,” she says, noting she told McTavish about her interest. “In the beginning of 2014, she said ‘I think I can free up some time to go to Nepal, so let’s go this fall.’”
Unsure of how to go about the trek, the women contacted Moon Mountain Ad-ventures through a friend and the com-pany customized a trip for them. Used to backpacking, they were amazed that their entourage included a bus driver, his help-er, a chef, a chef’s helper and 10 porters – including one 18-year-old girl and four 17-year-old boys.
“The newly bred and nearly dead,” laughs Brighouse, pointing out the sanctu-
ary trek is considered an easy trip for new porters and those who have retired from the high mountain treks. Rules of the sanctu-ary require permits and a guide and most trekkers stay in tea houses along the trail.
“We wanted to do it the traditional way – camp and take a longer route,” says Mac-Donald, who notes the porters took excep-tional care of the women.
At 6 a.m. someone would appear at their tent with hot, spicy tea to warm them up. Half-an-hour later, a basin of hot water for bathing would arrive.
“We would dress and pack and they’d take down our tents and take off to the next stop while we sat down to a hot breakfast of porridge, eggs, meat, cheese, chapati and roti with jam and peanut butter,” says Brighouse with a grin. “And we would stop for an early lunch that lasted two hours.”
“There was always a tablecloth and tray with matching cloth; always salad, soup a main course and always a treat,” adds MacDonald, noting the crew did laundry at lunch because that’s when the wind is best for drying.
It took eight days to hike up to 14,000 feet, with concerned porters continually counselling, ‘Bistari Mum, bistari,’ Nepali for ‘Slowly Mum, slowly.’
“You don’t measure in kilometres, rather by the amount of time it takes to climb up the ridges where the villages are located and back down to the rivers below,” says MacDonald. “You go by elevation and be-cause of elevation sickness, some days we went farther than others.”
That risk was further reduced because they went shorter distances each day than
most organized tours.“We tried not to exceed 500 metres in a
day, but we might go up above that many times; maybe up 1,200 metres, but we’d come right back down,” says Brighouse, noting the trail is handcrafted of large stones by locals, who pack them in on their backs. “It’s up, up, up, down, down, down and sometimes, at the end of the day, we’d look over and see the town we started in across a large ravine.”
The women said a cyclone brought in-tense rain on their � fth day on the trail. It � ooded McTavish and Johnson’s tent but brought no avalanches.
“The day of the cyclone, the (trail) steps were a waterfall. We hiked for the morning and then stopped,” said MacDonald.
They did not hear about the deadly avalanches on the other side of the moun-tain until day seven and were shocked to hear that four Canadian women had died. Knowing family and friends would be wor-ried, they accessed Internet and sent mes-sages home as soon as they could.
While they thrilled to the awesome beau-ty of Nepal, Brighouse and MacDonald fa-vour the beauty of B.C.’s wider vistas.
“We were up at 14,000 feet and still the mountains were towering above us another 10,000 to 15,000 feet. I called them sky giants,” says Brighouse, noting the steep ridges and deep valleys create tight vistas.
The women plan to carry on trekking and are looking forward to another trip into the more familiar wilds of B.C.
“We have two cowboys that pack us out to the mountains into the wilderness every summer,” says MacDonald.
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When Pat Ogden commented on Greg Kyllo’s facebook page on the Chinese presence in Salmon Arm things happened. Phone calls started, emails were sent. Could the Mt. Ida Cemetery be nominated for Heritage BC’s Chi-nese Historic Places Recognition Project?
Pat’s suggestion came with credence. Pat is a Hopkins from Pic-cadilly Road. She grew up here, is keen about family history, and is working on a publica-tion on the Mt. Ida Dis-trict. She’s related to almost everyone out in the Salmon Valley. Ev-ery family, that is, that has been there for four or five generations.
Pat had been on one of my cemetery tours. She remembered a ref-erence to the Chinese section of unmarked graves. I had told the crowd that in the 1960s the graves were marked by wooden sticks with Chinese characters on them.
Don Byers had told me about the markers, remembering a time when he worked for the
District Municipality of Salmon Arm. He had attended my first cem-etery tour. Don was also a Salmon Arm Mu-seum board member. He was probably check-ing on me to make sure I was getting my facts straight! Don showed me where the graves were and his story was incorporated into the tour. Don passed away last year.
The graves Don pointed out were thought to be those of Chinese people who wanted their bones ex-humed and sent back to China. Unfortunately their wishes were never fulfilled. In 1937, the last shipment of bones went to China. The outbreak of the Sec-ond Sino-Japanese War made more shipments impossible. Our de-ceased Chinese visitors became permanent resi-dents.
Ted Reynolds, an-other District of Salmon Arm retired employee, also remembered the graves, though not the location. He knew they had had stick mark-ers with characters on
them, not how many or where they were.
Tony Fryer, the for-mer caretaker at the Mt. Ida Cemetery knew about the graves as well. Tony took over the job after his parents, Wayne and Eleanor, retired and cared for the cem-etery for 31 years. Tony pointed out the “Chi-nese” graves on a map. They were depressions without headstones. Tony told me recently that he didn’t fill them in because there was no record of who was buried there. Respect-ing the sinking land as evidence was Tony’s way of remembering that there were bodies interred in the ground below.
There’s a communi-ty-held memory of the cemetery records being lost in a fire. The story has come from several sources. Logically, the records would have been kept in town, not at the cemetery, either at City Hall located on Shuswap St. or with the record keeper for the District of Salmon Arm. The two organizations had separated in 1912 when the City of Salm-on Arm was formed. Some say the argument was over taxes, water, sewer, fire protection, and sidewalks. The
fight wasn’t over the cemetery. Both munici-pal “bodies” shared cost of maintenance and up-keep. The plot of land on Foothills served the whole community.
Trying to figure out the truth about the fire is not easy. The Dis-trict Municipality didn’t have a permanent meet-ing place until the little brick building was built on Hudson in 1928. Re-cords could have been stored where the meet-ings were held: over the Palmer Store, in the Bank of Hamilton, in the Agricultural Hall, and in the Exchange Building. Those build-ings did not burn prior to 1928. Were the records stored in the basement of the public school that burned down in 1917? No one can say for sure.
Whether or not the records were destroyed in a fire, no one knows for sure who resides in these ten plots at the Mt. Ida Cemetery known as the “Chinese graves.” The sticks rotted away, community memory has been forgotten. Or has it? Contact the Mu-seum at 250-832-5243 if you can help.
-Deborah Chapman is the curator for the Salmon Arm Museum at R.J. Haney Heritage Park.
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When mental health issues arise among teenagers, parents often wonder: Did alcohol or drugs cause this? Or did a pre-existing mental health issue cause the substance use?
Substance use and mental health problems often go hand-in-hand. In fact, surveys show that 33 per cent of youth with a diagnosed men-tal health condition also have a substance use is-sue. The rates are even
higher among those with a diagnosed sub-stance use condition (such as dependence on alcohol or addiction to drugs), with anywhere from 60 to 80 per cent found to have an un-derlying mental health condition.
Why do the two is-sues so often occur to-gether? One reason is that the risk factors un-derlying both the mental health condition and the substance use issue are
similar and may include a genetic predisposi-tion, family history or any of a series of com-mon life stressors such as a past experience of loss, trauma, abuse or poor attachment; a dif-ficult or unstable family or living situation; lim-ited supportive adults in their life; chronic stress; learning disabilities or poor school perfor-mance issues; poverty and neglect.
Sometimes the sub-stance use itself can actually trigger mental health concerns like depression, paranoia or hallucinations that may clear up once the sub-stance use is stopped.
Another reason is self-medication. Some-times a teenager begins to use substances be-cause he or she finds it provides temporary re-lief from uncomfortable symptoms. They may feel using the substance helps relieve anxiety, tension or depression. For a time it reduces psychological or physi-cal suffering or makes them feel better. When self-medication is oc-curring, there is a great-er risk of long-term dependence because the youth truly feels the substance is helping them cope.
Alcohol and mari-juana (or cannabis) are
the substances most used by B.C. teenag-ers. We now know that adolescent brains are not completely devel-oped until about age 25. Youth brains appear to be more vulnerable to substance use in ways that adult brains are not. It seems that the younger the start, the higher the risk. Fortu-nately, results from the 2013 Adolescent Health Survey found that more B.C. students are wait-ing to try alcohol and/or cannabis until after they are at least 15 years of age or older. But the 2013 survey also found that 75 per cent of 16 to 18 years had tried alco-
hol and 46 per cent had tried marijuana.
Protective factors against using either drugs or alcohol include good supervision from caring adults, strong connections to school, a positive peer group, involvement in extra-curricular activities, and positive self-esteem and attitudes.
If you suspect that drugs or alcohol may be a problem with your child, see your fam-ily doctor. The doctor may refer you to the Child and Youth Men-tal Health Services or to the Provincial Youth Concurrent Disorders Program at BC Chil-
dren’s Hospital. Other resources include: the BC Alcohol & Drug Information & Referral Service at 1-800-663-1441. For more see: mindcheck.ca, camh.ca; kelthymentalhealth.ca
And talk to your chil-dren from early ages about the importance of avoiding the use of any substances to protect their brain health. Dr. Carol-Ann Saari, medi-cal director of the BC Youth Concurrent Dis-order Clinic at BC Chil-dren’s Hospital notes: “The longer youth can let their brains develop without exposure to drugs, the healthier their brains will be.”
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Doctors encourage ongoing help to fund hospital
Something fishy is going on at Shuswap Lake General Hospital.
Doctors John Wick-ert and Maureen McTa-vish have fish bearing their names hanging on the hospital’s recogni-tion wall.
The fish, in four cat-egories – bronze, silver, gold and platinum – are hung in recognition of donors who reach a par-ticular level of giving.
Not only do both doctors believe strongly in giving to the founda-tion, they are hoping others will contribute
towards their own fish.“The key is, we’re
doing it as members of the community; our kids, our neighbours, our colleagues and our friends live here,” says McTavish. “And the days of everything be-ing provided by the tax-payer are over.”
Even though govern-ments direct more mon-ey to health care every year, the cost of provid-ing care is much higher. For example, heart at-tack victims have a much better chance of surviving, but the clot-busting drugs, angio-plasties and open-heart surgeries that save lives,
also cost a lot more.McTavish, who is a
member of the board of the Shuswap Lake Hospital Foundation, says the organization is always looking at how they can continue to raise funds. As well as encouraging doc-tors to contribute to the foundation, a voluntary payroll deduction for hospital staff will be rolled out. At $5 a pay cheque for 500 em-ployees, that’s poten-tially $60,000 a year to put toward health care in the Shuswap.
And it is the high-tech equipment that helps to attract highly
skilled doctors to the area as well.
“We provide the highest standard of care a hospital in a town this size can,” she says. “But, as with every-thing, there is a lifetime for the equipment.”
In order to make sure older equipment is replaced in a timely matter, plans have to be made well in advance. A recent upgrade to the CT scanner will keep that vital piece of equipment running for much longer, she says.
Not only that, adds Wickert, a radiologist, the upgrade recently paid off by a gener-
ous $$17,785 donation from the Shuswap Lake Health Care Auxiliary, delivers a significantly reduced level of radia-tion.
Wickert, like McTav-ish does not want to be in the spotlight as many others have been and continue to be extreme-ly generous, but hopes to raise awareness of the need for donations.
To donate to the foun-dation may call 250-803-4546, or by send a cheque to Shuswap Hospital Foundation, Box 265, Salmon Arm, V1E 4N3. For more, visit www.shuswaphos-pitalfoundation.org.
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Contributors: Drs. John Wickert and Maureen McTavish stand in front of the salmon wall at Shuswap Lake General Hospital, which recognizes donors to the Shuswap Hospital Foundation.
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A message in purpleMelanie Gotell, a recovering anorexic, promotes eating disorder awareness week at the Ross Street Plaza on Friday, Feb. 6. She spearheaded the Salmon Arm event to join others in the province in starting a conversation about the prevalence of eating disorders and the need for treatment options.
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b.C. will likely be the only province in Cana-da to report a balanced budget for the current year and project sur-pluses for the next three years, Finance Minister Mike de Jong says.
In a briefing for re-porters on what to ex-pect when the annual budget is presented Feb. 17, de Jong said the sur-plus for the current year will be larger than the $444 million forecast in November. Corporate
and personal income tax has been stronger than expected, but there is no certainty that will continue into the new fiscal year that begins April 1.
The second straight surplus after billions in deficits the previous four years will be used to pay down debt, but there is some room for helping poorer people, de Jong said. He hinted that this may include a change to the long-standing practice of deducting spousal child support payments from
social assistance and disability payments to single parents.
“We have a little more ability to deal with them and relieve some of that pressure, to assist peo-ple in greatest need,” de Jong said.
NDP house leader Mike Farnworth said he is hopeful the child sup-port clawback policy will be changed after more than a year of protest by the opposi-tion. And he said the government isn’t telling the whole story about balancing the budget
using “tax increases by another name.
“You’re going to see higher Medical ser-vices Plan premiums, higher ICbC rates, we’re already seeing higher fees for camp-ing,” Farnworth said.
The next budget will also provide tax relief for the wealthiest b.C. residents, as a two-year increase on incomes more than $150,000 a year comes to an end. De Jong imposed the 2.1 per cent hike in his pre-election budget in 2013, after then-NDP leader
Adrian Dix promised a similar move to help balance the books.
The recent plunge in oil prices has had a major impact, but b.C. has largely escaped that due to continued gas production but little oil from b.C. petroleum fields. De Jong empha-sized that with the con-tinued glut of shale gas produced across North America, it remains an urgent priority to de-velop liquefied natural gas exports to Asia be-fore b.C. revenues fall further for lack of sales.
Budget offers relief for rich, poorBy Tom Fletcher bLACK Press
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Applicant: City of Salmon Arm. Box 40. 100- 30th Street SE, Salmon Arm, BC V1E 4N2 Tel: (250) 803-4087 Attention: Rob HeinLocation: The City of Salmon Arm intends to apply pesticides for mosquito control within the city boundaries with permission of the appropri-ate landowner, manager or agency.Pesticides: The active ingredients and trade names of the pesticides proposed for use under this plan include: Bacillus thuringiensis var israelensis Strain H-14 (AM65-52) (Vectobac 200G, & Vectobac 1200L); Bacillus thuringiensis var israelensis Strain H-14 (BMP-144) (Mosquito Dunks, Aquabac XT,& Aquabac 200G); Bacillus sphaericus (VectoLex WSP & VectoLex CG); and Methoprene (Altosid XR briquets & Altosid Pellets).No adulticiding will be conducted under this Plan.Application Methods: Backpack applicator, & manual placement for Vectobac 200G, Aquabac 200G & Altosid Pellets. Manual placement only for Mosquito Dunks, Altosid XR Briquettes & VectoLex WSP. Backpack sprayer & truck/ATV mounted sprayer for Vectobac 1200L & Aquabac XT. Helicopter for Vectobac 200G, Vectobac 1200L, Aquabac 200G, VectoLex CG & Aquabac XT. The selection of insecticides has been chosen to target mosquito populations in the most environ-mentally responsible manner. The proposed term of the PMP is 5 years from April 20, 2015 to April 19, 2020.A draft copy of the PMP may be viewed at City Hall at 500-2nd Ave NE, Salmon Arm or online at www.salmonarm.ca/publicworksA 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 below within 30 days of the publi-cation of this notice:
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Askew’s award Askew’s Foods Uptown location has earned more kudos for its design. Wood Design and Building Magazine, in partnership with the Canadian Wood Council, honoured the grocery store with two awards. The build-ing earned an Award of Merit in the North American design category, as well as the Sustainable Forestry Initiative award. The building was designed by Allen + Maurer Architects Ltd.
Top employerFor the third year in a row, Interior Health has been named one of BC’s Top Employers, a designation recogniz-ing employers in B.C. that provide excep-tional workplaces.The competition con-siders various criteria, such as recruitment and retention, high employment standards, physical workplace, work and social atmo-sphere, benefits, time off, employee commu-nications, performance management, training and skills develop-ment, and community involvement.
Farm seminar Bukerfield’s is offering a free deworming sem-inar by Susi Cienciela of Deep Creek Veteri-nary Services Ltd. on Feb. 14 at 1 p.m. Bring your own chair and a pen and paper.
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The Silverbacks might just be the hot-test team in the BCHL right now, winning their last five games and moving into a playoff spot.
“We’re competing hard every game and surviving the play-off race right now. This is the time of the year when you have to win hockey games and we’ve been doing that,” said Silverbacks head coach Brandon West.
Salmon Arm start-ed their weekend off against division rivals West Kelowna and Merritt downing them 4-1 and 7-3 respective-ly, before edging out Surrey 3-2.
Regina native Josh Laframboise gave the Silverbacks an early lead in the second pe-riod before Ross Heidt and Chase Priskie each added a goal to give Salmon Arm a three- goal lead midway through the third last Friday against the War-riors.
West Kelowna ended Angus Redmond’s bid for a third consecutive shutout when Jonathan Desbiens scored his 22nd goal of the sea-son on the man advan-tage with six minutes remaining in the game.
Desbiens’ goal snapped more than 200 minutes without the Silverbacks conceding a goal, stretching back to Jan. 28.
“Angus is our best player right now, and when you have a goal-ie that is hot, you’re going to have a bet-ter chance at winning games,” West said.
Shane Danyluk iced
the game for the Sil-verbacks as he scored an empty netter from the red line for the 4-1 victory.
The Silverbacks headed to Merritt on Saturday for the fourth and final time this sea-son, winning a wild contest 7-3.
Merritt got off to the worst possible start when Bryden Marsh opened up the scoring just over two minutes into the game.
Josh Blanchard and Heidt hemmed the Cents in their own zone before setting up Marsh for his 12th goal of the season, at the side of the net, beating Merritt’s starter Jonah Imoo.
Damian Chrcek scored his first goal of the year, and first of his BCHL career on a shot from the point that found its way through heavy traffic 13 min-utes into the period.
Laframboise would add his first of two
goals on the night on the power play, extend-ing the ’Backs lead to three before the end of the opening period.
After 40 minutes, the ’Backs led 4-1 and had outshot the Cents 25-18.
There were nine pen-alties called in the final 20 minutes of play as Merritt became upset the game had not gone their way.
Blanchard, Marsh, and Laframboise each added a goal in the third. The win saw Salmon Arm take all four of their games in Merritt this season, which West contrib-
utes to hard work and a little bit of luck.
The next and last meeting with Merritt will be Feb. 27 at the Shaw Centre.
The ’Backs re-turned home for a Sunday matinee with the league’s basement dwellers, Surrey.
Phil Middleton and Nick Hutchinson each scored in the first peri-od, and led 2-1 heading into the third period.
Taro Hirose scored the eventual game win-ner, his third of the season, on a tap in at the side of the net after an incredible pass by Danyluk.
After picking up all six points this past weekend the ’Backs leap-frogged the War-riors into a tie for third with the Centennials, and a playoff spot in the tight Interior Divi-sion.
This evening the Silverbacks go south to face the struggling Trail Smoke Eaters,
before heading north to play Vernon at Kal Tire Place on Friday.
The ’Backs have been rotating and tweaking line combi-nations every game, something West says keeps the players fresh and gets the best out of them.
“We’ve been flipping things around, we’re not content to wait and see if a line combina-tion will spark.”
West says the team’s recent form has been great but they can’t rely on their past suc-cesses in order to make the playoffs.
“Average doesn’t make the playoffs. Everyone has been contributing, it’s not all about the goals and assists, it’s about doing the little things right and paying attention to the fine details.”
The Silverbacks’ next home game is Feb. 20 at 7 p.m. when they host the Alberni Valley Bulldogs.
Funmobile coming to townThanks to ParticipACTION’s provincial partner-ship with the B.C. Ministry of Health, the Bring Back Play Funmobile tour, will visit schools, events, neighbourhood parks and festivals to en-courage kids to get out and move, while educat-ing parents on the importance of play. On Thursday, Feb. 12 the Funmobile will visit schools and the SASCU Rec Centre, and on Friday, Feb. 13 it will be at Centenoka Park Mall from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
SMS boys basketball actionShuswap Middle School Grade 8 boys bas-ketball regular season ends Feb. 13-14, when they host the Second Annual Barry Dearing Invitational Tournament. Teams from Vernon and Kelowna will be competing in the two-day event, with all money raised going towards the Barry Dearing Foundation.
WolfPack clinches division titleThe Thompson Rivers University WolfPack women’s basketball team downed the Mount Royal University Cougars in Kamloops last weekend. Friday’s game marked the regular season swan song for the ’Pack’s lone fifth-year guard, Jorri Duxbury. The ’Pack closed out their last home games of the regular season with a convincing 84-56 win on Friday and a 69-59 win on Saturday. Dux-bury led the scoring for TRU with 15 points, six rebounds, six assists and two steals in last Friday’s win. The wins also sealed the ’Pack’s first ever Explores Division title.
Curling Junior Open The Salmon Arm Curling Club will host the Salmon Arm Junior Open this weekend. The two-day tournament is open to curlers around the area.
Bridge winnersThe results for Feb. 3 are as follows: first Tom McNie and Judy Harris, second Dennis and Doreen Roberts, third Barb Grier and Gene Demens and fourth Chuck and Shirley Buckler. The results for Feb. 8 are as follows: first Shirley and Chuck Buckler, second Nancy McAdam and Carol McGregor and third Arlene and Bert Lamoureux.
’Backs move into playoff spotPerfect weekend: Gorillas go three-for-three, win streak to five.
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Sweet victory: The Silverbacks celebrate Phil Middleton’s opening goal of the game against Surrey at the Shaw Centre last Sunday. The Silverbacks won the game 3-2.
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For two weeks start-ing Friday, more than 2,400 of Canada’s emerging athletes will ascend on Prince George and northern B.C. to compete in the 2015 Canada Winter Games.
Nineteen sports will be contested by ath-letes ranging in age from 12 to 35 at more than 10 venues across the area.
Salmon Arm will be represented by 17-year-old ringette player Kairo Mair and head coach Cathy Lip-sett.
Also a product of the Shuswap ringette pro-gram is Brooklyn Hay
from Enderby.The girls were
named to Team BC a year and a half ago and have attended training camps in Vancouver, Quesnel and Vernon.
The team also trav-elled to compete at tournaments in Van-couver, Edmonton and Regina in preparation for the Games.
Team BC will look to improve this year as they did not medal in 2011’s ringette tourna-ment.
The highlight of Team BC’s tournament in the last Games was the come-from-behind upset of Team Ontario, the eventual gold med-alists against Alberta, who won 5-4 in over-time.
Cathy’s daughter Erica Lipsett scored the overtime winner for B.C.
In the last Winter
Games, Team BC fin-ished third in the medal standing with 88 med-als after Ontario’s 110, and Quebec with 137.
Salmon Arm’s Paul Cseke, who threw third rocks for Dean Joanisse, missed his chance at a Brier appearance by a stone Sunday.
Vernon’s Jim Cotter calmly drew to the but-ton with the last rock in the 11th end Sun-day to beat Joanisse of New Westminster 7-6 and capture a sec-ond straight Canadian Direct Insurance B.C. Men’s Curling Cham-pionship, this one in front of a boisterous, bell-ringing, hand-clap-ping, partisan crowd at the Vernon Curling Club.
Cseke, joining a front end of Jay Wake-field and John Cullen, was cheered on in the final by his parents, Frank and Wendy, and about 20 to 30 friends, who were dubbed the Joanisse Police by the skip himself.
“The name is funny because I just turned to them and said ‘Are you the Joanisse Police?,” explained Joanisse. “It just came to me then, and then they started writing signs. The fans that were here, most of them are from the area and Jim’s from the club so whenever we made
shots against them ear-lier in the week it was like crickets out here, pretty quiet.
“To have them (Joanisse Police) made it so much more fun. We were going to have a lot of fun out here to-day anyway. It really made it very neat and special. It’s a big part of my memory of that final game.”
Joanisse won in 2001 and 2007, but lost the 2002 final to Kelow-na’s Pat Ryan, now the coach of Cotter’s squad. The 2002 Tim Hortons Brier was also held in Calgary.
“Whenever the Brier’s in Calgary, we don’t have a chance, and the two that we won had a nicer finish to them,” joked a gra-cious Joanisse after the trophy presentation.
Facing two Joanisse stones in the extra end, Cotter took a little more time in the hack, deliv-ered his rock and turned things over to sweepers Sawatsky and Tyrel Griffith of Kelowna, who followed the call of third Ryan Kuhn to bring the decisive stone directly to the button in the house.
The two rinks were the top qualifiers with Cotter going undefeat-
ed to win the A event, and Joanisse captured the B side, dropping down after a 10-9 loss to Cotter Friday.
Joanisse got a bye to the final while Cotter needed a near carbon-copy 7-6, 11-end win over New West’s Brent Pierce in Saturday night’s semifinal.
After blanking the opening end, Joanisse was forced into a draw for only one in the sec-ond to take an early 1-0 lead. The teams traded deuces and Cot-ter hit and rolled into the house to score a
pair with his final rock of the fifth to take a 4-3 lead into the break.
Cotter upped the lead to 5-3 in the sixth with a steal of one after Joanisse‘s final stone slid a bit too far in the house. After blanking the seventh, Joanisse picked up a deuce with the hammer in the eighth to tie the contest. Cotter could only man-age a single with the hammer in the ninth, but managed to hold the Royal City Curling Club squad to one point in the 10th, forcing the extra end.
It was memorable for Cseke.
“It was an amazing run. I’m really proud of the guys. We played so well. It came down to last rock so what more could you ask for? The fans that came from Salmon Arm really gave us an extra boost.”
Cseke misses a shot at Brier
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Look of determination: Paul Cseke throws his second rock in the fourth end in the final of the B.C. Men’s Curling Champion-ships in Vernon last Sunday.
Mair, Lipsett off to Games
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Tops in province: Head coach Cathy Lipsett of Salmon Arm, right, is joined on Team BC’s ringette squad by Kairo Mair, left, and Brooklyn Hay, as the trio prepare to leave for the start of the Canada Winter Games Saturday in Prince George. The provincial team held a final pre-Games training camp in Vernon.
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Shutting the doorSalmon Arm’s Gabriel Murrells-Allaway, left, makes a point blank save against Kamloops’ Carson Evoy during a peewee tier 2 game at Hucul Pond on Sunday, Feb. 8. Salmon Arm went on to win the game 6-3.
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This past weekend Larch Hills Nordics were crowned b.C. midget champions, taking home the team aggregate trophy.
The two-day event was held at Mount Washington on van-couver Island.
saturday started with a two-kilometre classic event.
In the 2002 boys cat-egory, stephen Moore placed first and Calvin Hepburn was fourth.
Maggie beckner and Keeya Corbett finished first and third respec-tively in the 2002 age group.
In the 2003 divi-sion, both Trond May and sophia van varse-veld earned first, while Lys Milne claimed the bronze and Julia Hart came in fourth in the girls category.
Julianne Moore and samantha vukadinovic finished one-two in the 2004 girls division.
In the 2005 boys category, eric Moore came in first and eli
Decker placed fifth, and in the 2005 girls, Hil-ary vukadinovic, emily Carelse and Tessa elliot swept the podium.
The next event was the four-person relay, which saw the bilbo’s buddies team of eric Moore, stephen Moore, Trond May and Calvin Hepburn place first for the boys.
Team Frodo’s Frau-leins consisting of Lucy elliot, Keeya Corbett, Maggie beckner and Julianne Moore also placed first, and Team Hot shots, consisting of Lys Milne, Julia Hart, samantha vukadinovic and sophia van varse-veld rounded out the podium, finishing third.
sunday was an excit-ing sprint race that was fast-paced and action- packed.
All participants raced in three rounds.
The top skiers in each heat moved up within their category while the lower skiers were moved to ski against other top or lower ski-
ers in other heats. In the 2002 boys,
stephen Moore was second, and Calvin Hepburn placed fourth, and for the girls, Keeya Corbett came in third.
Trond May placed first in the 2003 cat-egory and, in the 2003 girls, sophia van var-seveld placed first, Lys Milne came in third, and Julia Hart finished in fifth.
In the 2004 boys category, Cameron
Carelse was third. In 2004 girls, Julianne Moore placed first and samantha vukadinovic came in fourth.
In the 2005 boys category, eric Moore finished first and eli Decker placed fourth.
In the girls, em-ily Carelse was second, Tessa elliot finished third and, despite ski-ing the entire course with only one pole, Hil-ary vukadinovic earned fourth place.
Larch Hills claims team title
Winning smile: Hillary Vukadinovic skis with one pole in the skate final, with Tessa Elliott and Emily Carelse giving her chase at Mount Washington on the weekend.
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ARTS & EVENTSFestival to get rockin’ boost
Get ready to rock it for a great purpose, with an
awesome band.
Tom Lavin and the Legendary Powder Blues are
coming to Salmon Arm for the � rst time – Doin’ it
Right to help raise funds for the Roots and Blues
Festival.For over three decades Powder Blues has been
one of Canada’s leading blues bands.
The sound is a mix of swing, blues, jazz, rock &
roll and rhythm and blues, with an appeal so wide
that people from seven to 70 often dance side by
side at a Powder Blues concert.
Over the years Lavin and the band
have toured non-stop through Can-
ada, the United States and overseas,
spreading a feel-good groove.
Watching the powerful performer
and his band incite people to revel on
the dance � oor, it’s hard to picture a
little boy in the back room of a furni-
ture store learning to strum a ukulele.
“My dad ran a furniture store and
we lived in the back,” Lavin says of
his introduction to music in Evan-
ston, Illinois. “He hired one guy, a
divorced square dancer who played a
four-string guitar, and he bought me
a ukulele.”That hired man launched what would become
a stellar music career by teaching Lavin to play I
Only Want a Buddy not a Sweetheart (cause buddies
never make you blue.)
Since then, Lavin has won many awards as a gui-
tarist, singer, songwriter and producer, a Juno award
for ‘Best New Band’ and more. He has more than a
dozen gold, and platinum records for Powder Blues,
Prism, April Wine, Long John Baldry, Amos Gar-
rett, and many others.
His Blue Wave studio has gold records for Pow-
der Blues and numerous other artists.
2015 is the band’s 37th anniversary. Their more
than a dozen CD titles and DVDs continue to sell
worldwide, making Tom Lavin and the Legendary
Powder Blues, one of Canada’s longest-standing
musical ambassadors.
“I think a lot of it relies on live shows where
people inherently see the difference between people
who play music and are emotionally involved as
opposed to people who just play,” he says. “I don’t
want to play music to dance to, I want to play mu-
sic that it’s hard for people not to dance to. That’s a
marvellous thing.”
Lavin admits to thriving on the on-stage experi-
ence and connection to his audience.
“When you have a night when you look at the
instrument and see notes emanating from it, you
feel like you’re channelling something as opposed
to forcing something,” he says.
While it doesn’t happen every night, the magic
happens more frequently as the musicians who have
played together for so long have matured.
“For every guy who says they’re professional at
21, there’s one left at 60,” he says wryly. “Those
who manage to be weathered and hammered by
the musical storm of decades are changed by that
professionally and know how to co-exist with each
other.”And Powder Blues musicians also
engage in other projects as solo artists
or with other bands.
Lavin, an accomplished guitar
player, does most of the song-writing
and plays piano for his own bene� t.
“I always played by ear; I never
learned how to read music until 10
years ago with Linton Garner,” he
says of the jazz composer, arranger
and pianist who played with such no-
tables as Dizzy Gillespie and Miles
Davis, and ended his career in a little
Italian restaurant in Vancouver. “He
played tunes from the ’30s, ’40s and ’50s… I sat
many nights and watched him.”
After Garner died, Lavin bought himself a very
old piano and started playing mostly jazz, whose
music structure appeals to him.
“There’s a whole trove of music theory, a marvel-
lous game for the ear and the mind…” he laughs.
“I know a little bit of theory, but not enough to hurt
me. I still play a lot by ear.”
And it is for his ears and relaxation that Lavin
goes home from a concert, sits down at the piano
and plays himself to sleep.
Nobody will be sleeping at the Doin’ it Right
concert at the Shaw Centre on March 14.
Kelowna’s high-energy trio known as Devon
Coyote will rev the night up with their snarling,
pure and powerful sound.
This fundraising event will also feature dancing, a
cash bar, silent auction and raf� e sales.
Tickets are $40 for bleacher seating or $45 on the
� oor. Tables of eight will be available on the � oor
but must be reserved by calling 250-833-4096. Call
to order other tickets or go online to www.rootsand-
blues.ca. For those who don’t buy their tickets ahead
of time, only cash will be accepted at the door.
“I don’t want to play
music to dance to,
I want to play mu-
sic that it’s hard for
people not to dance
to.”
Tom Lavin
MUSICIAN
By Barb Brouwer
OBSERVER STAFF
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The 26th annual Shuswap International Film Festival opens Friday, Feb. 20 with a top-notch selection of movies.
Don your best Hol-lywood show business finery and join the Shuswap Film Society for premiere night and receive a special gift.
Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and entertainment starts at 7:30.
All films are shown at the Salmar Classic The-atre and include:
Boychoir: 7:30 Fri-day, Feb. 20; Tuesday, Feb. 24 at 4 p.m. – Stet, an angry 11-year-old orphan, is sent from his small town in Texas to attend the historical American Boychoir boarding school after the death of his single mom. Out of his ele-ment, he finds himself in a battle of wills with the choirmaster.
The Rocket: 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 21; Tuesday, Feb. 24 7:30 p.m. – A boy who is be-lieved to bring bad luck to everyone around him leads his tribal family and two friends through Laos to find a new home. After a calamity-filled journey through a land scarred by the legacy of war, and to prove he’s not bad luck, he builds a giant rocket to enter the most excit-ing and dangerous com-petition of the year: the Rocket Festival.
Keep On Keepin’ On: 1:30 p.m. Saturday – This film documents jazz legend Clark Ter-ry’s life over four years as he mentors a blind piano prodigy Justin Kauflin. Terry, now 93, mentored Miles Davis as a young musician and is among the few performers ever to have played in both Count Basie’s and Duke El-lington’s bands.
Elephant Song: 3:30
p.m. Saturday, Feb. 21; Thursday Feb. 26 at 4 p.m. – Canadian direc-tor Charles Biname adapts the psychologi-cal thriller script of the eponymous play into this film with its many layers of mystery and complication.
Phoenix: 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 21; 4 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 25 – A disfigured con-centration camp survi-vor, Nelly now unrec-ognizable after facial reconstruction surgery, searches ravaged post-war Berlin for her hus-band. This same man may have betrayed her to the Nazis.
One Chance: Da-vid Frankel directs and re-creates the unlikely but true rags-to-riches story of Paul Potts, the chubby working class boy from Wales who always wanted to sing opera. Eventually Paul does make his way to opera school in Venice where he is offered the chance to sing for Pa-varotti. 10:30 a.m. Feb. 22; 7:30 p.m. Feb. 28
An Eye For Beauty: Director Denys Arcand pays homage to beauty as a backdrop to his script. The cinema-tography displays the beauty of the Quebec countryside in all sea-
sons, especially along the St. Lawrence River. 1:30 p.m. Feb. 22
Red Army – This feature documentary about the former So-viet Union and its most successful dynasty in sports history, the Red Army hockey team, is told from the perspec-tive of its captain Slava Fetisov. The story por-trays his transformation from national hero to political enemy. 3:30 Feb. 22; 7:30 p.m. Feb. 25.
Zero Motivation –The human resources office at a remote desert base is the scene of a dark comedy about the everyday life of a unit of young female Israeli soldiers, who bide their time pushing paper and battling in competitive games, counting down the days till they can re-turn to civilian life. 7:30 p.m. Feb. 22; 4 p.m. Feb. 27.
The Theory of Ev-erything – This film tells the story of the most brilliant physicist of our time, Stephen Hawking, and his wife Jane Wilde. Little was expected from Stephen, a bright but shiftless student of cosmology, given just two years to
live after a diagnosis of ALS at the age of 21. He becomes gal-vanized by Jane’s love and goes on to be called Einstein’s successor, as well as a husband and father to three children. 4 p.m. Feb. 23.
Playing Dead – Fran-cois Damiens returns as the clueless egotisti-cal actor in this hilari-ous whodunit. Famous for a role 25 years ago, Jean has been fired re-peatedly for arguing with directors, so the difficult down-on-his luck thespian takes on the assignment of a murder victim in a po-lice investigation. 7:30 p.m. Feb. 23.
Leviathan – On the outskirts of a small coastal town on the Kola Peninsula in the Barents Sea where the land is unforgiving and wild, there lives the hard-drinking Kolya with his wife and son. The corrupt local may-or is trying to take away their land, their house and their auto repair shop for a redevelop-ment 7:30 p.m. Feb. 26.
Still Alice – In a brilliant performance, Julianne Moore plays Alice Howland, a re-spected linguistics pro-
fessor who is happily married and has three grown children. Seem-ingly out of the blue, she begins forgetting words and getting lost. In a subsequent medi-cal exam she finds out that she has early-onset Alzheimer’s. 7:30 p.m. Feb. 27.
Help celebrate clos-ing night in the lobby for refreshments and hand made chocolates before the final movie.
Advance tickets are available at Wear-abouts, or call the res-ervation line at 250-832-2294.
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Winner: Felicity Jones and Eddie Redmayne star in the Theory of Everything, which shows on Monday, Feb. 23 at 4 p.m.
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The BC Association for Child Development and Intervention is updating their logo and needs your assistance! We are looking for creative ideas from the families and children and youth that our agencies serve. Our member agency in Salmon Arm is the Shuswap Children’s Asso-ciation. Please consider joining our contest!Contest DetailsBCACDI has had essentially the same logo since our non-pro� t society was founded in 1996 (The organization itself has been around in some shape or form since 1948. For more information regarding our history visit our website: www.bcacdi.org). We feel it is time for a refresh! We are looking for a logo that represents what our agencies do…provide vital services and supports to children and youth and their families.SubmissionYou can submit hand drawn logos, computer generated logos, or whatever you like! Our only requirements are that the artwork is original and produced by a child, youth, or family member of a family that has received or is receiving services from the Shuswap Children’s Association.Submission DeadlineSubmission deadline is February 20th, 2015. The winner will be noti� ed in late March 2015.Submission DetailsYou can email your submissions to [email protected], or mail hand created work to:BCACDI – Attn: Jason Gordon29191 OKMKelowna, BCV1W 4A7PrizeThe winner of our logo contest will receive an iPad Mini! (Retail value approximately $400)
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Love is in the air and on the stage.
Shuswap Theatre presents two one-act plays – both deal with love but on very differ-ent levels.
First up is the pow-erful Jewel, written by Joan MacLeod and directed by Elizabeth Ann Skelhorne.
The one-woman show stars Kaitlin Hunter and is based on a real-life catastro-phe – the sinking of the Ocean Ranger oil rig off the coast of New-foundland on Valen-tine’s Day, 1982.
Three years later, widow Marjorie Clif-ford, at home in her trailer in Fort St. John, begins to take the first step in understanding that the humanity of love, in all of its tenta-tive frailty, uncertainty and promise, can free a life paralyzed and dominated by loss.
“It’s a history of her love, love she shared with her husband and losing him on him on Valentine’s Day,” says Skelhorne, noting all 84 men on the rig died and the tragedy was magnified by the fact not one of them had been trained in safety procedures, there were no survival suits and a warning the previous week was ignored.
The event became the catalyst to improve conditions on the rigs, says Skelhorne, not-ing the tragedy struck far from the Maritimes as some 20 of the men were from Newfound-land, 10 from the U.S. and the rest from across Canada.
Skelhorne has com-bined her anger at the oil industry “that kills in so many ways” with her appreciation for MacLeod’s writing and a strong female lead to present a pow-erful play.
“I wanted to do a play written by a wom-an; I know women in town whose husbands go away to work,” says Skelhorne, noting Clif-ford was just 27 when her husband was killed in a job the couple had
hoped would provide the wherewithal to start their own family.
“As an actress, this is one hell of a part and I have a really strong gifted actress, who is just chomping on it.
It’s really neat to watch her unfold,” Skelhorne says. “She really goes down to the depths of the ocean.”
But Skelhorne is quick to point out hu-mour, the buoyancy of the human spirit and the beauty of life, even in the darkest mo-ments.
“It’s such a beauti-ful love story after the loss, so many beautiful moments,” says Skel-horne, who has been a member of Shuswap Theatre since 2007 when she had the lead in Norm Foster’s Kiss the Moon Kiss the Sun.
And, following Jewel, comes another Norm Foster comedy – My Narrator.
Imagine what would happen if that little voice inside your head – the one that tells you how to behave and what choices to make – suddenly took on a life of its own?
For Lacy and Miles, love is what happens, and with hilarious re-sults.
“It’s a really good laugh, light and frothy,” says director
Kate McKie of the love story.
“The narrators com-plicate things by trying to direct their humans to do the right things, but humans don’t al-ways listen to their narrators, that voice in their heads.”
McKie promises fur-ther complications but laughingly says they will be divulged at the theatre.
“There are some re-ally funny situations and lot of silly things happen,” she says.
“I see a lot of people I know in it, including self.”
The romantic couple are played by Laura Jean, who is new to Shuswap Theatre and Mike Nash who ap-peared in Bah Ham-bug! and The Odd Couple.
Nathan Zwicker and Joy Peters are the off-stage narrators who are also the subject of complications.
“I am very grateful to Shuswap Theatre for giving me the oppor-tunity to direct; I have been mentored through it and this is the the-atre’s way of getting new directors,” says the School District #83 music teacher. “I said when I went into this, if I could direct 90 kids in a musical, I could direct four people in a play.”
Tickets are available online at www.shus-waptheatre.com or at Intwined Fibre Arts, 81 Hudson Ave NE, Salmon Arm. Perfor-mances take place Feb. 20–22, Feb. 26 to Mar 1 and Mar 5 to 7 at 7:30 p.m. Sunday matinees take place at 1:30 p.m.
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Exploring the power of love
Coping: Kaitlin Hunter explores the depth of her acting ability in a powerful play about a woman who is determined not to let loss rule the rest of her life.
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I said when I went into this, if I could direct 90 kids in a musical, I could
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“I parked the SUV in the garage the way you like it, but I had to drive over the lawnmower”
ARIES (March 21-April 19): The energy will start off on an intense note for you when dealing with the public or those within your household. There will be a reason for you to learn how to calm your nerves and go with the flow. At week’s end, there is more opportunity for you to meet that special someone. More action will be taken by the end of the week, so get out there and socialize!
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Romance and bonding with others is in the air for you, especially when dealing with friends and within social gatherings. The start of the week will prompt you to look at your emotional reactions with others. The truth of the matter is that this week will highlight your true passions and you will find comfort and resolve many issues by simply speaking your truth.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The week will start off with you focusing in on your emotional attachment to things. You will be able to release this pent- up energy by interacting with others. Understand that area of your life will always be in fluctuation. By the end of this week, when Valentine’s Day is in full swing, you will no doubt be very active with others in your life. Enjoy their enthusiasm!
CANCER (June 21-July 22): It is time to release any hurt co-created with others in your life. Trust that your belief system is right, but don’t ask others to believe it as well. You will feel much better in not having to prove anything to anyone. The better able you are to grasp that idea at the start of the week, the more able you will be to truly express yourself on a positive note by the end of the week.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): There will be some tension for you at the start of this week. You will start to learn how to balance out that subconscious mind and not act on impulse as you often do. There is a sense that you are finally letting go of fears and just going with the natural order of events. By the end of the week, you will be excited and inspired to celebrate Valentine’s Day on a glorious level!
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): At the start of the week, there will be some inconsistent energy when it comes to your personal worth and finances. The more emotionally sound you are in the decisions you make, the more confident you will be. It truly is the week to celebrate love and cherish your own passions. Blend in with others, celebrate everyone’s presence in your life, especially your loved ones!
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The irritability you feel this week will trigger some need to release or declare those stresses on a public level. There is no doubt that you will have to calm your nerves a little at the start. The more you interact with others, the better able you are to move towards your true aspirations and dreams. Valentine’s Day will be wonderfully romantic and will inspire you to advance once more!
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): The week will start off with a need to balance out what is going on for you on a subconscious level with truly understanding what needs to be let go of on a daily level, within your work and particularly with your health. Valentine’s Day will reach you with a smile on your face, as you celebrate love with everyone you meet! Express your truth now!
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You are feeling tension with regards to resources needed to pull your dreams forward. Either someone will offer you support or you will be able to conquer those fears and do it yourself. Family and those within your home are very compassionate at this time. All in all, you will find the inner confidence to pull you towards what you know is the best solution!
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): At the start of the week, you will feel this irritating tension between your inner world that your family knows and the outer world, how you would like to be seen. There is a strong indication that whatever you are going through is the same for others you are in communications with. Valentine’s Day will be special and there will be a lot of activity going on!
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): There will be an intensity to your perspective at the start of this week. You understand that some part of how you think needs to be let go of. You will see that your confidence or perhaps your finances will fluctuate now. This is just a signal that you need to adjust your belief in your new perspective. Valentine’s Day will be wonderfully exciting and new!
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In order to make your dreams and aspirations a reality, you will have to make some financial adjustments. Perhaps spending more in order to push a project through will be highlighted. It will be a healing point in time with health, daily life, and work. The service you provide will be celebrated this week. Things are going to happen fast and out of the blue!
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Eleanor was truly a free and fun loving spirit. She was loved and admired by all who knew her true nature, charisma and tenacity. She loved all things in nature, an animal lover and an advocate for animals.
Our heart breaks for losing such a great Mom, Grandmother, Great Grandmother, Aunt, and Friend. She lived life to the fullest, joining in on the fun where ever she happened to be at the time. She was a great listener to all her many friends, always keeping in touch by phone.
Eleanor was an adventurer too, she travelled solo in her motor home in the US and Mexico in her early retirement. She also joined in on the fun, boating and sailing with family and friends on the Ocean near Powell River. Earlier years she was a teacher and taught in Peace River in a one room school made of logs in 1949 (Sunset Prairie School), Richmond, BC (1949-1952) and North Vancouver, BC (1960-1970). Her most memorable times were spent at the cabin on Sheridan Lake. Sheridan Lake was her most favorite place in the world, and she shared the magic with all who came to visit. The last ten years she resided at her daughter and son in law’s property at White Lake. There she grew beautiful flower gardens, walked her dog, fed the birds and enjoyed the scenic vista from her double wide. She lived independently next door and was still driving and maintaining her own home until shortly before her passing.
She will be forever missed by her family: children; Edward (Karen La Combe) Hannah, David (Desiree) Hannah, Susan (Bruce) Whitehead, step children; Rosemary (Daryl) Farquharson, Tim (Ida) Babcock, grandchildren; Jennifer Hannah, Duncan Hannah, Sophia (Jason) Mattioli, Marian (Phillipe Klein) Shukster, Beau (Carney Varga) Whitehead, Vicki, Trudy, Stacey and Terry, great grandchildren; Matthew Mattioli, Elisabeth Mattioli, Sven Sabo “Shukster”, Laura Klein and Brenna Varga. She was predeceased by her two husbands Lewis Babcock and Glenn Hannah, grandson Robert Hannah, sister Joan Graham and parents Leslie Dixon and Annie Dixon. Greatly admired and sadly missed by many nephews, nieces, greats and cousins as well as a long list of friends.
Forever in our hearts.A celebration of Eleanor’s life will be held in April
2015. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to your local SPCA.
Arrangements entrusted to Fischer’s Funeral Services & Crematorium Ltd., Salmon Arm. Email condolences and share memories through Eleanor’s obituary at www.fischersfuneralservices.com.
BABCOCK, ELEANOR BURNS (HANNAH) NEE DIXON
July 25, 1929 – Jan. 29, 2015
It is with great sadness that we announce that Tom Springfield, “PUFF”, died on Monday, January 19th.
Tom was born on September 27th, 1946, at Saint Boniface Hospital, Winnipeg, MB.
He is survived by his loving mother, Joan Currie; his sister & brother-in-law, Lynn and Lee Taschuk, niece’s & nephew’s: Rob & Natasha Horsman; Sarah, Chelsea, Jessica, Josiah, & Levi Taschuk, and numerous aunts, uncles, & cousins.
A celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, February 7th, at The Bridge Community Church, 2100 Gordon Drive, at 2:30 p.m.
Tom loved and served the dear Lord Jesus with his whole heart, and for many years he was dedicated to running the overhead projector at New Life, and later at The Bridge and Free Believers in Christ
2 Corinthians 5:6-8 so we are always of good courage. We know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord, for we walk by faith, not by sight. Yes, we are of good courage, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
Tom is now home with the Lord, in that we rejoice.Online condolences may be sent through Tom’s
obituary at www.bowersfuneralservice.comFuneral arrangements are in the care of Bowers
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SPRINGFIELD, TOM “PUFF”
Born in Vermilion, AB on July 11, 1936 and raised in Edmonton as the oldest of four children. Charlie and Doreen (nee Roeder) married in June, 1956 at Galahad, AB. Together, they raised four children: Janice, Donna, Bill and Patty.
Job opportunities took the family to a variety of communities in Alberta and British Columbia. Charlie took work seriously and tried numerous ventures both as an employee and as an entrepreneur.
Charlie had a short but valiant fight against cancer and passed away with his wife and daughters by his side on January 30, 2015.
Charlie was predeceased by son, Bill, in 1996. He is survived by his wife, Doreen and their daughters and families.
Thanks and appreciation go to his medical team (Dr. Levins and Dr. McLellan) as well as the nurses and care aides who provided excellent care.
“There was a man who had a calf, and that’s half. He took it from the stall, and tied it to the wall. That’s all! Goodnight!”
Arrangements entrusted to Fischer’s Funeral Services & Crematorium Ltd., Salmon Arm (250) 833-1129. Email condolences and share memories through Charlie’s obituary at www.fischersfuneralservices.com.
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Employment
Drivers/Courier/Trucking
HIGHWAYOWNER OPERATORS
$3500 SIGNING BONUSVan Kam’s Group of Compa-nies requires Highway line-haul Owner Operators based in our Kelowna ter-minal for runs throughout BC and Alberta. Applicants must have winter and moun-tain, driving experience/ training.
We offer above average rates and an excellent
employee benefi ts package.
To join our team of profes-sional drivers, email a detailed resume, current driver’s abstract & details of your truck to:
We require 5 qualifi ed Cana-dian Drivers Immediately. We are an Okanagan based transport company looking for qualifi ed drivers for the West-ern Provinces. All picks and drops paid. Assigned units company cell phones and fuel cards. Regular home time. Direct deposit paid every sec-ond Friday with no hold backs.We offer a rider and pet policy.All applicants must have reliable transportation and a positive attitude. Please fax resume and abstract to 250-546-0600 or by email to [email protected] NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE.
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Drivers/Courier/Trucking
We require qualifi ed US capable Class 1 drivers imme-diately: We are an Okanagan based transport company looking for qualifi ed drivers for US loads we run primarily in the Pacifi c Northwest, Utah, Arizona and Nevada. We offer a new pay rate empty or load-ed. All picks and drops paid. Assigned units company cell phones and fuel cards. Regu-lar home time Direct deposit paid every second Friday with no hold backs. We offer a rider and pet policy. Company paid US travel Insurance. All applicants must have reliable transportation and a positive attitude. Please fax resume & abstract to 250-546-0600 or by email to [email protected] NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE.
Help WantedEXPERIENCED Care Worker for 2 day shifts per/wk, private home, Tappen area, non-smoker, $18/hr. to start, (250)835-0145 ask for Gwen
FABRICLAND Want to work in a busy, fun environment? Drop off your resume at the Salmon Arm Store. Must be able to work some weekends and have sewing experience.
LOCAL business is looking for an experienced Travel Consul-tant. Resumes by email ONLY: [email protected]
MONTE Creek Ranch seeking ranch hand for irrigation,
fencing, calving, equipment operation. Email resume to
[email protected] or mail to Monte Creek Ranch Box 11 Monte Creek,BC V0E 2M0
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FOREST MATTERS Forestry Consulting in Sorrento BC has a position for a Forest Techni-cian conducting Silviculture Surveys and Planting contract administration. Full time sea-sonal employment with com-petitive wages. Preferred qualifi cations include accredit-ed silviculture surveyor with experience with Survey Wiz-ard, GPS and Tree Planting. Profi cient with Excel/Word.Send resume/letter [email protected]. Only suc-cessful candidates contacted.
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CRAFTSMAN snow blower, 8.5HP, 24”, electric start, runs good $375. (250)804-0326
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LotsLAKEVIEW LOT $118,000. See Kijiji for pict & more info.(250)835-8680
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Rentals
Apt/Condo for Rent1Bdrm across from City Hall. Adults, N/S, No pets. Ref’s required. $710/mo. Call 250-833-0420 after 6pm.
1BDRM. immaculate apt. f/s & hot water incl., NP, NS, $725/mo. (1-855)852-5660
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Homes for Rent
Rentals
Apt/Condo for Rent2 bedroom apt. ground fl oor quiet building, adult oriented,
avail. Feb. 1, on bus route, walk to DT & hospital, heat/hot
water incl., AC in suite, coin laundry, NS, NP, across from McGuire Lake in Salmon Arm
$825/mo. plus ref’s & DD (250) 309-2254 (250)546-1970
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3 BED apt. near Buckerfi elds for rent March 1st. Newly Re-no’ed, non smoking property. Small pet considered.$1200./mo + util. References mandatory (250) 804-8421
Suites, Lower1BDRM suite close to Uptown Askews & high school incl. util, internet & tv, $750/mo., NS (250)804-0399
2BDRM. on 4acres, near Mall, priv. ent., W/D, garage, patio area, NP, $800/mo. incl. util., refs req’d, looking for long term renter (250)804-2854
BRAND new legal executivesuite 1 bdrm. 6 appliances. Nat. Gas F/P. Ground level within newly built contempo-rary home. 630 sq. ft. of luxu-ry. $1000/mo + util. avail. March 1st. 740 4th ave. SE (250)463-2063
Want to RentRESPONSIBLE employed 27 years old female looking for level entry bright clean 1 bdrm bsmt suite with gas fi replace. NP, NS, $800-$850 incl. util. March/ April 1st call Jenn (250)253-7581
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2003 Jeep Liberty Renegade.4 W.D., PS, PB, PW, auto, low mile, 4 off road lamps. $5500. OBO (250) 804-2005
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Explore � ower meanings for Valentine givingCome mid-Febru-
ary, � orist delivery trucks can be seen making the rounds through neighbor-hoods all across the country. Such trucks are transporting thousands of bou-quets, plants and other � oral arrange-ments that serve as gifts on Valentine’s Day.
According to the Retail Advertising and Marketing Asso-ciation, � orists take in around $400 mil-lion in revenue on Valentine’s Day. Ros-es may be the most popular � ower come Valentine’s Day, but many other blooms � nd their way into the hearts of excited cel-ebrants as well.
Flowers can be used to convey love, friendship, compas-sion, and desire. In Victorian times, � ow-ers were given speci� c
meanings because only a few exotic � owers were readily available, and many of these meanings have withstood the test of time. Giving a type of � ower that signi� es you just want to be friends may not bode well for a re-lationship when the recipient was hoping for more. As a result, it pays to understand the subtle meaning of � owers to make gift-giving easier.
The Society of American Florists has compiled the fol-lowing list of � ower meanings from vari-ous sources. But in spite of these mean-ings, keep in mind you can always work with a � orist to design a personal arrange-ment that speaks di-rectly to that special someone this Valen-tine’s Day.
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Hydrangea: perseveranceIris: inspirationJasmine: grace and eleganceLilac: � rst loveMagnolia: dignityMarigold: desire for richesOrange Blossom: fertilityOrchid: delicate beautyPansy: loving thoughtsPassion � ower: passionRanunculus: radiantRose: pink: admiration/appreciation red: passionate love red and white: unity white: purity yellow: friendshipSun� ower: adorationSweetpea: shynessWisteria: steadfastZinnia: thoughts of friends.
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Call us at 250-832-2131, drop in to our offi ce, or use our new, easy to use calendar online. See below.
Out on the TownMUSIC • VISUAL ARTS • BAR SCENE • ENTERTAINMENT • PERFORMANCE ARTS
You can now upload your own events on our website…AND IT’S EASY!! Simply go to www.saobserver.net,go to CALENDAR, and click on Add Your Event.
ONGOING…SALMON ARM ART GALLERY – presents Game On, the
annual juried members’ exhibition on the theme of sports and recreation. Gallery hours are Tuesday to Saturday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
SHUSWAP FLY FISHERS – meet every second Thursday of the month at Yan’s Restaurant at 6 p.m. Supper, meeting, � shing report. For information, contact Al: 250-832-0430.
SHUSWAP LIFE DRAWING GROUP – invites new members and drop-ins from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. most Tuesday evenings in the Jackson campus art room. Call 250-832-9993 for information.
TO FEBRUARY 15COURTYARD GALLERY – is pleased to announce their
current open exhibition of new works by nine local associate and gallery artists. Tuesday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 907 Belvedere Street, Enderby.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11 BC GOV’T. RETIRED EMPLOYEES
ASSOCIATION – A luncheon, followed by an update on activities of interest to seniors, will be held from noon to 2 p.m. at the Fifth Avenue Seniors Activity Centre. For information, call Doug Ibbitson at 250-832-1374.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12 THE JAZZ CLUB – presents The
Dharma Dolls, at 7 p.m., featuring vocalists Tanya Lipscomb, Melina Moore and Judy Rose, with Jim Leonard on keyboards, in the banquet room of Shuswap Chefs Restaurant, 551 Trans-Canada Highway. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Admission by donation. The Dharma Dolls will seamlessly combine their musical styles to sing their way through the worlds of opera, jazz, pop and original compositions for one unforgettable display of song, surprises and sass.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13 THE HIDEAWAY PUB – presents a fundraiser for the Snow
Blazers at 6:30 p.m. at the pub, featuring burger, beer and a band. The evening features the return of the Whiskey Danglers. Door prize, 50/50 and prizes. If you explore Fly Hills during the winter, summer, spring or fall, come out and support the Snow Blazers club. Tickets are on sale at the Hideaway Liquor Store now. No minors. For further information, call 250-833-4833.
THE WICKED SPOON – presents comedian Tim Nutt at 8 p.m. Tickets are available at the Wicked Spoon or from the Barley Station Brew Pub.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14 VALENTINE’S DAY COOKIE WALK – will be held at Little
Mountain Field House, 30th Street SE, from noon to 2 p.m. for all ages. Participants will receive a cute box, � ll it full of home-made cookies for someone special, and help the Shuswap Food Action Co-op raise funds for a new community garden in Salmon Arm.
THE SALMON ARM COMMITTEE OF THE KAMLOOPS SYMPHONY – presents Death By Chocolate, an evening of romantic music and heavenly desserts, to raise funds
for transporting symphony players and their instruments to Salmon Arm, at 7:30 p.m. at the Fifth Avenue Seniors Activity Centre, 170 Fifth Ave. SE, featuring live music, silent auction and cash wine bar. Tickets are $25.
BAREFOOT BOOKS – will hold a fundraiser to support Raf� ’s Child Honouring initiative from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Mall at Piccadilly. Raf� has created an anthology of essays by leaders in the � elds of such areas as emotional intelligence, conscious parenting, self-regulation, etc. For more information, contact Joan Sturdy at 250-804-3008 and visit www.childhonouring.org. Both Raf� and Barefoot books will be available.
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 15 ANCORA WOMEN’S ENSEMBLE – a 15-voice adult choir,
with members from the Shuswap and North Okanagan, presents Heart Songs, their second annual concert, at 2
p.m. at St. John’s Anglican Church in Salmon Arm. Under the artistic direction of Terry Logan, Ancora will perform Canadian works for women’s choir, classical, folk-pop, lullaby and spiritual. Jim Johnston will accompany the choir, and Salmon Arm soprano Hannah Gomme is a guest artist. Tickets are available at Acorn Music, at the door, or from choir members.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16 LAUGHING GAS IMPROV – has set up play dates for those
who would like to try their hand at improv, or refresh their skills from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. on the third Monday of every month. This is a great way to have fun and learn without the burden of public performance. There is no cost to join, but participants must be members of Shuswap Theatre. For more information, contact Julia Body at [email protected] or call her at 250-833-1496.
OKANAGAN COLLEGE’S CONTEMPORARY CLASSICS AT THE CLASSIC – runs to the end of March. Wes Anderson’s The Royal Tenenbaums will be featured at 5 p.m. The � lms are open to the public. For more information, email Tim Walters at [email protected].
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17 PANCAKE SUPPER – will be hosted by the First United
Church Men’s Club, at 5 p.m. Tickets are available at the church of� ce, or at the door.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18 THE CANADIAN MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION (CMHA) – will
present Living Life to the Full, a seven-week program in which tools will be provided to reduce stress and boost moods, improve motivation and problem-solving skills and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviours. The � rst session is from 1 to 2:30 p.m. in the amenities room at Clover Court, 51 Ninth Ave. SE. For more information, or to register, contact co-ordinator Denise Butler at 250-832-8477 or by email to [email protected].
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20 SALMON ARM COFFEE HOUSE – An acoustic open mike event will be held from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. at Little Mountain Field House, 250 - 30th St. SE. A tune or a toonie gets you in the door. All ages are welcome.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21 SOUP’S ON SATURDAY – will be held from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Sunnybrae Seniors, 3585 Sunnybrae-Canoe Point Rd., for all ages. For more information, contact Gail Burkitt at 250-463-3889 or [email protected].
FEBRUARY 20-28 THE SHUSWAP FILM FESTIVAL – presents its 26th annual International Film Festival, featuring 13 � lms, opening night gala, closing night festivities and prizes. Buy single tickets and passes at the door or at Wearabouts. Reserve tickets on the 24-hour line at 250-832-2294.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26 THE JAZZ CLUB – presents The Jazz Handles at 7 p.m. featuring guitarist Neil Fraser, Bill Lockie on bass and Brian Pratt-Johnson on drums, in the banquet room of Shuswap Chefs
Restaurant, 551 Trans-Canada Highway. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Admission is by donation.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27 DAN FRECHETTE AND LAUREL THOMSEN – perform in
concert at the Downtown Activity Centre library. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Dan, originally from Manitoba, and Laurel, from Santa Cruz, California, will be promoting their second album New Disguise.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28 SINGLE MOMS DAY OUT – We would like to treat all the
“single moms” in our community to a day of pampering and blessing. All services are free for the day, including haircuts, manicures, pedicures, facials, massages, free clothing, toys, books, free snacks, drink and free childcare. We know single moms have it hard and we want to show them we care. For all ages. Broadview Church - The Gathering Place, 350 - 30th Street NE. For further information, contact Tamara Peterson, pastor of Women’s Ministry, at 250-832-6366.
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Cleaning your furnace & air ducts could be the healthiest HOME IMPROVEMENT you will ever make!
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