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IN THE HEAT OF THE GAMES: Western Canada Summer Games Team B.C. member Tristan Smyth of Maple Ridge finishes first in his heat in the men’s 400-metre wheelchair race on Saturday, Aug. 6, at Hillside Stadium. For more on the Games, check out KTW’s four-page wrap in this edition, turn to page A3 and turn to Sports, starting on page A15. In addition, go online to kamloopsthisweek.com to view a photo gallery of events, including the opening ceremony, baseball, basketball and athletics. Rick Koch/KTW

Parkade plans almost fi nalizedBy Jeremy Deutsch

STAFF [email protected]

City council is expected today Aug.

9) to approve a bylaw that will allow the

city to borrow $8 million to complete

construction of the controversial Lorne

Street parkade at Riverside Park.

The parkade is estimated to cost $7.8

million, with the project expected to go

out to tender in late December.

In May, city council decided to pro-

ceed with a two-level, 350-stall parkade

where the Lorne Street parking lot now

sits adjacent to Riverside Park.

If, as expected, the initial borrowing

bylaw is approved today, it will then be

sent to the province for a review, with a

final thumbs-up from council expected

on Aug. 30.

That would then trigger the alterna-

tive-approval process, which gives oppo-

nents 30 days to gather 10 per cent of

the electorate’s signatures, thus forcing a

referendum on the issue.

The city would likely set up the time-

line for the alternative-approval process in early September.

A group called the Kamloops Voters Society had originally indicated it wanted to get involved or lead a public response to the alternative-approval pro-

cess, but has since backed away, calling it a huge commitment.

The parkade plan includes building 220 new stalls at a cost of $33,000 per stall and raising downtown parking-meter rates by 25 cents.

It also includes spending $300,000 to put footings in place for the potential to add an extra level to the parkade.

In June, council approved a $323,000 contract for Stantec Architecture to handle the detailed engineering design, preparation of construction documents, tendering and award and construction of contract administration for the parkade.

The latest report noted Stantec has completed 90 per cent of the design and reduced the number of stalls to 348 from 355.

City politicians also voted against a covenant being placed on the planned two-level parkade to ensure a third level couldn’t be added without further approval from council.

The city has already spent $280,000 to carry out feasibility studies, public input and detailed design work.

Counter-petition opportunity will likely begin on Aug. 30

CATS IN THE HATThese kittens look cute and cuddly as

they rest in a hat on a couch in an apart-ment unit on Columbia Street.

However, how the baby felines and their mama arrived in the Kamloops home is anything but a cute and cuddly tale.

It is a story of indifferent callousness that, but for the intervention of a caring city couple, could have had a far darker epilogue.

STORY, PAGE A10

The parkade that has been the subject of much debate will rise here, on the site that now houses the Lorne Street parking lot at the southern edge of Riverside Park. KTW file photo

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The Western Canada Summer

Games have stormed into

Kamloops — and brought with

them some amazing pieces of

history from that other big sport-

ing event B.C. hosted recently.

A number of artifacts from

the Vancouver 2010 Olympic

Winter Games are on display

through Sunday, Aug. 14, in

Riverside Park.

The B.C. Sports Hall of

Fame has a display set up in the

park — near the bandshell — to

coincide with the Games’ nightly

festival.

“We’ve got an outreach pro-

gram, and we go into communi-

ties across the province,” said

Sue Griffin, president and CEO

of the B.C. Sports Hall of Fame.

“Normally, we try to partner

with a festival, but we also try to have something to do with sports.

“This was a natural to come out to Kamloops during these Games.”

Some of the artifacts on dis-play are sure to bring back mem-ories for anyone who followed the Olympics in 2010.

Remember Canadian skeleton racer Jon Montgomery’s iconic walk through Whistler, beer pitcher in hand?

That jug is on display, as is Montgomery’s racing suit, signed Team Canada jerseys from Scott Neidermayer and Roberto Luongo and a host of other items — including Nancy Greene’s torch signed by all of the final torchbearers at the opening cer-emony.

The B.C. Sports Hall of Fame has been on tour for months, having been displaced from its

regular home inside BC Place Stadium. The hall is hoping to get back into the renovated building in November, when the items in Kamloops will take their place in the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Celebration Gallery.

Griffin said there’s also plenty in the display to keep kids inter-ested, including high-tech sport simulators.

Inside the two Immersa-Domes, people can virtually try their luck at bobsled or sit-skiing.

There are also photo cut-outs, a hockey-net shootout and an e-postcard machine.

“It’s really important that when we do this, we can engag-ing the kids, so they can touch and feel,” Griffin said.

“It’s a great opportunity for us to come out and share.”

The display is open from 4 p.m. until 10 p.m. through Sunday, Aug. 14.

History can be glimpsed this week in Riverside Park as the B.C. Sports Hall Of Fame displays some of the items that will be featured in its new 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Celebration Gallery, which will open in November in the hall’s home in BC Place Stadium. Included in the Kamloops display are the 2010 Olympic Winter Games Team Canada jerseys worn by Scott Niedermeyer and Roberto Luongo of the gold-medal-winning men’s hockey team and the pitcher from which gold-medallist skeleton racer Jon Montgomery drank following his victory in Whistler. Rick Koch/KTW

Sports hall of fame history arrives at Kamloops Games

THEY’VE GOT GAMEThe 2011 Western Canada Summer Games hit the field and soared to new heights as action began on Saturday, Aug. 6. Included in opening-day events were pole-vaulter Paige Ridout of Team Alberta (left), hammer-thrower Angus Taylor of Richmond and baseball pitcher Liam McGregor of Abbotsford. For more on the Games, including a look at a small but dynamic hoopster from the Northwest Territories, turn to Sports on page A15. Go online to kamloopsthisweek.com to view more photos from the Games’ opening days and go online to 2011wcsg.com to find results and schedules. Rick Koch photos/KTW

www.kamloopsthisweek.com A4 TUESDAY, August 9, 2011

LOCAL NEWS

Fire risk rises with temperatures

By Jeremy DeutschSTAFF REPORTER

[email protected]

After weeks of waiting, summer has finally arrived.

And the wave of warm and dry temperatures has provincial wild-fire officials keeping a close eye on the weather.

In recent days, the fire-danger rating within the City of Kamloops moved up to high from moderate, along with most other areas south of the city in the Kamloops Fire Centre.

Alyson Couch, an information officer with the province’s wildfire co-ordination centre, noted it has been a slow fire season so far, but fuels in the forest are starting to dry out.

“The fire season has been quiet for us. It is the slowest start in the last decade,” she said.

As of Aug. 5, there were fewer than 300 wildfires in the province, just one-third of the 10-year aver-age of 1,000.

To date in the Kamloops Fire Centre, there have been 104 reported fires — 80 human-caused — down from the average of 348 in past years.

The drop in fire starts also means fewer burned hectares, with only 348 affected to date in the fire centre, compared to the aver-age of 6,829.

Overall, the province has spent

$39 million fighting wildfires this season.

There are no campfire bans in the province, but that could change if forests stay hot and dry.

The warm weather also has for-estry officials reminding the public to be careful in the outdoors and keep a shovel and eight litres of water nearby any campfire at all

times.The slow season

doesn’t mean fire crews have been sit-ting around, idling away, however.

The province has sent more than 1,700 firefighters to hot

spots in Alberta and, more recent-ly, Ontario this season.

Couch said many of the deployed firefighters are starting to come back to B.C.

Last year proved to be a diffi-cult fire season.

There were 1,606 fires in the province, a sharp decline from the 2009 fire season, which saw slightly more than 3,000 fires burn the landscape.

The seasonal average is 1,800.However, fewer fires didn’t

mean crews weren’t busy.More than 334,000 hectares

were burned in 2010, compared to 225,000 in 2009.

Much of the damage was con-centrated in the Cariboo-Chilcotin region.

The province spent $209 mil-lion fighting fires in 2010, nearly half of the $403 million it spent in 2009.

August has brought the kind of weather Kamloopsians are used to in the summer, but July was an aberration when it came to sunshine. Turn to

page A14 to read more.

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City’s unemployment rate dropsBy Jeremy Deutsch

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As fears mount over the possibility of a second global- economic meltdown, there is some positive news coming from the Tournament Capital.

According to Statistics Canada, the unemployment rate in Kamloops dropped by more than a percentage point last month — to 7.2 per cent in July from 8.4 per cent in June.

The unemployment rate in July 2010 was an even eight per cent.

Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo

Conservative MP

Cathy McLeod cred-

its the growth in jobs

to the private sector

stepping up and doing

most of the hiring.

“Really, it’s private

business starting to

pick up in terms of

being drivers of our

economy,” she said.

“Over the last few

years, where we’ve had

to support the economy

with public-sector

spending and jobs,

I think this a really

important transition to

our recovery.”

Nearly 400 people

dropped off the unem-

ployed list, putting

the overall number of

jobless in Kamloops to

4,400.

When compared to

other cities of similar

size in B.C., Kamloops

is sitting in the middle

of the pack when it

comes to workforce-

employment statistics.

Chilliwack and

Prince George are far-

ing better, with unem-

ployment rates of 4.5

per cent and 6.6 per

cent respectively, while

Vernon is at a 9.9 per

cent and Nanaimo is at

14.5 per cent.

Despite the positive

local numbers, there

are fears Canada could

succumb to the eco-

nomic troubles plagu-

ing the U.S. and other

countries in Europe.

In the last few days,

markets around the

world took a tumble,

in part due to the U.S.

debt-ceiling crisis and

a downgrade of that

country’s credit rating.

McLeod said she is

concerned and watch-

ing the developments

around the world

closely.

“We know Canada

continues to be in a

much better position to

weather these storms,”

she said.

Though McLeod

wouldn’t speculate on

what action her gov-

ernment might take if

indeed Canada slips

back into recession,

she said her govern-

ment has “tools” to

support the country’s

economy.

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Smoking out a casino planAs most entertainment destinations have started

to move away from offering smoking opportuni-

ties for customers, a popular downtown venue in

Kamloops is hoping city council will look favour-

ably on a plan to build a new patio for smokers.

Lake City Casinos is planning to build a covered

smoking patio on its Victoria Street lot, immediate-

ly east of the of the casino, that would be in place

for three years.

A temporary-use application will be in front of

city council today (Aug. 9) for consideration.

According to a staff report, the patio would hold

28 people and could only be accessed through the

main entrance of the casino.

Council is being asked to approve a notice of

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Petition asks city to embrace Spirit of crosswalkIt may be the jewel of North Kamloops, but

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signatures from area residents.

The spirit square opened in 2009 at a cost of

$750,000.

While Kamloops’ unemployment rate dropped by more than a full percentage point from June to July, fears of a global economic meltdown continue, following the downgrading of the U.S. credit rating and continued crises in the econo-mies of various European counties. Nevertheless, Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo Conservative MP Cathy McLeod said her government has ‘tools’ to support the economy.

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This fall, Kamloops will learn just how far it has moved in becoming a more environmen-tally friendly city.

The Community Energy and Emissions Inventory (CEEI) is part of a provincial effort to track and report on community-wide energy consumption and greenhouse-gas emissions every few years.

While city officials will be watching the results closely, the report won’t necessarily be a reflection of what’s taking place at city hall.

Jen Fretz, the city’s sustain-ability and environmental-services manager, said the CEEI is different from what the city is doing in that the report measures all energy consumption and greenhouse gases for the entire community.

For now, the city is just track-ing its own numbers as a corpo-ration while it works on a strat-egy to become carbon-neutral by 2012.

“We want to make sure our house is in order before we go

out to the community and ask the community to get their house in order,” Fretz said.

The effort is part of signing on to the province’s Climate Action Charter.

From solid waste to fuel con-sumption in city vehicles, Fretz said carbon neutrality is a huge challenge because almost every-thing has some kind of emission.

“It’s so big and all encom-passing,” she said. “It’s a compli-cated and challenging process.”

Fretz is confident the new CEEI, with statistics from 2010, will show the community has made strides in reducing energy consumption and greenhouse gases.

The last report provided an interesting snapshot of how much energy and greenhouse gases the city uses and produces.

Of all greenhouse-gas sources in Kamloops, 61 per cent come from on-road transportation, 29 per cent from buildings and 10 per cent from solid waste.

Road travel for all vehicles in the city produced 653,282 tons of CO2 emissions, while using up 11.7-million gigajoules of energy.

There were 17,406 small pas-senger cars in the Tournament Capital consuming more than 23-million litres of fuel.

The average car drove 13,516 kilometres, generating 56,009 tons of CO2 emissions.

There were 9,800 large cars consuming 22.9-million litres of gas, while creating another 55,642 tons of CO2.

The most popular modes of transportation in the city are trucks, vans and SUVs.

There were more than 24,106 vehicles driving around Kamloops consuming 73.5-million litres of fuel and creating 195,000 tons of CO2.

When it comes to the com-mute to work, 87 per cent of Kamloopsians were either driv-ers or passengers in a private vehicle.

Just four per cent used public transit as their main mode of transportation to work, while another five per cent used their feet.

About half the workforce in the city has a commute less than five kilometres, while just six per cent are more than 25 kilometres from work.

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A year ago this very week, the price of crude oil on the world market had dipped to about $83 a barrel.

As a result, the average price-per-litre at the pumps in Canada sat at about $1.02.

Yesterday, the price of crude oil on the world market had dipped to about $83 a barrel.

As a result, the average price per litre at the pumps in Canada

sat at about $1.25.

Huh?How can

identical $83-a-barrel prices yield

such disparate pump prices in a 12-month span?

Calls to various oil-company spokespeople will yield the tried-and-true responses, all of which we can take with a healthy dose of skepticism.

They will disavow significant links between pump and bar-rel prices — unless the pump prices are skyrocketing in con-junction with barrel prices, in which case they will blame the rising price-per-litre on the ris-ing price-per-barrel, which, they will note, is out of their control.

They will cite pipeline prob-lems. They will cite refinery capacity. They will cite geo-political problems in faraway places.

What they will not do is simply admit the price-per-litre remains artificially high today (25 per cent higher than one year ago, despite identical bar-rel prices on the world market) because they wish to keep rak-ing in annual profits by the bil-lions.

Profit is not necessarily an evil word, but surely the oil industry can still live like a col-lective king while treating cus-tomers with respect and offering the price of its commodity at a fair price as reflected by world markets.

Greed is never good, despite what Gordon Gekko preached.

CALL ME DR. DON’TLITTLE.

As in, don’t even think about wildlife, much less try

to approach an animal.A 24-hour visit to Loon Lake near

Clinton last week confirmed yet again I succeed only on grating on the Great Outdoors and all its inhabitants.

From my arrival on Thursday morn-ing at cabin No. 9 at Loon Lake’s Marigold Resort to my departure on Friday morning, I succeeded in kill-ing a fish I was trying to save, maim-ing and likely murdering a plump, pheasant-type bird that was minding its own business and possibly suffocating a duck or two that were resting peace-fully next to me and the campfire.

And, this carnage resulted in not a speck of meat to eat, save for the hamburger patties I brought along from Save-On-Foods.

The plan was to take my two kids — as unfamiliar to the Great Outdoors as their dad — to the lake to visit my oldest brother, who had rented a cabin for a few nights and who is very good at catching trout.

The kids would swim in the lake, we’d roast marshmallows at night, we’d marvel at the thousands of stars and, maybe, finally, I’d learn how to fish.

That learning curve got steep right away when one of three rods my broth-er has set up for trolling in the rented pontoon boat began bending.

“Fish on!” he cried, rushing to start reeling it in.

He made sure there was indeed a bite and handed me the rod.

Here would be my first chance to actually reel in a catch.

It was easy. Just turn the handle fast and watch dinner get closer to the boat.

Just then, the spinning reel thing came off the pole and I was left hold-ing the rod in my left hand and the reel thing in my right hand.

My left hand jerked, confirming the fish was still attached to the hook.

At that point, I ceded control to my brother, who, while re-attaching the spinning reel thing to the rod, noted in his 51 years on earth, he had never seen such a thing happen.

“If I sat here for a month and tried, I couldn’t possibly do what you did,” he said of my fishing prowess.

So, it was left to him to bring into the boat a fish that would surely inspire future stories around the campfire.

Up it came to the surface.I managed to grab it and hold it to

the floor of the boat, at which time the fish was declared too small to keep.

So, back into the water it would go — once I removed the hook. Which was stuck in its mouth. Which was gap-ing desperately for air. Which caused the whole fish body to convulse. Which made my hand skip and further twist the hook into the poor thing’s jaw/mouth/lip.

By the point, the fish was barely

moving and I had a scene that made Saw look like a Disney film.

Between the blood and the slime, my brother finally managed to remove the hook and I tossed the little guy back into the lake, whereupon he promptly floated on the surface, having suc-cumbed to my hooking penalty.

As the little fish floated, a shadow crossed the boat. That shadow was an eagle, who scooped up the fish with his talons and flew away, without even a thank you.

That night, while roasting marsh-mallows in a campfire at the lake’s edge, I asked my brother if the ducks around us can eat the fluffy white balls of sugar. He thought I was kidding and answered in the affirmative, only to ask what the heck I was doing after I tossed a marshmallow to the ducks.

Apparently (and I found some information on this subject later on the Internet), sticky foods like marshmal-lows and peanut putter can create all sorts of problems with the duck’s bills and throats.

So, as a duck grabbed the marsh-

mallow and swam away, attempting to consume the sticky square puffy white thing, I could only imagine my toss leading to duck suffocation.

My rampage didn’t end that night, unfortunately.

The next day, having packed up and still feeling horrible about the fish and duck, the kids and I set off down Loon Lake Road, heading home.

A few hundred feet ahead, there were three birds sitting in the middle of the road. Having always seen birds fly up and out of the way as soon as my vehicle approached, I thought nothing of the feathered trio.

Two black bodies with wings did indeed swoop up, across my field of vision and to a tree at the side of the road.

The KA-CHUNK! sound and hardy bump under my front tire that followed told me the third bird didn’t take flight.

I looked in the rearview mirror to see a horribly wounded pheasant-type bird hobbling madly to get to the side of the road.

I didn’t stop. I couldn’t.Images of too much blood and guts

and slime and constricting duck throats raced through my mind.

I just had to get back to the city.My brother was following about 10

minutes behind and, knowing nothing of my third attack on wildlife, called me when he arrived home in the Lower Mainland.

He was leaving Loon Lake, he said, when he came across a wounded bird by the side of the road being pecked at by a crow and being watched by a hawk in a tree.

He stopped to scare away the crow, but didn’t know what he could do about the pheasant-type bird. He didn’t have a box in which to place the bird. And, if he did, where would he take it?

So, he had to leave my victim to the laws of nature, laws that should have as the eternal first commandment: Thou shalt not allow Foulds to leave the city limits, anywhere, at any time.

My apologies to my victims.I promise to limit my fishing to the

card game, my ducks to the rubber ones in the tub and my foul to watching baseball.

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Re: Photo gallery: Western Canada Summer games opening ceremony:

“Very nice shots, Jeremy Deutsch!

“Congrats to all the athletes, relatives, guardians, trainers and support crews for get-ting here.

“Best wishes for a safe, fun and exciting Games.”

— posted byMarvin Beatty

Re: Letter: Welcome to the Goose-Poop Capital of Canada:

“While I don’t dis-pute the mess these birds can sometimes make, I feel it a small price to pay for the sheer exhilaration of being able to interact with these magnificent creatures.

“I’ve also grown up with them, mostly around Lost Lagoon in Stanley Park, and would sorely miss their pres-ence in my life.

“We’ve marginalized so much of our wildlife that I just can’t help but feel we can surely spare just a few square feet for these wonderful works of nature.”

— posted byRon Watt

“And, if you take the time to learn about the geese, you will discover their lives closely paral-lel the lives of humans — right down to their toilet habits!”

— posted byGrouchy1

Editor: My heart goes out to the parents of

two little ones in our area who died so soon after birth (‘How did these babies die?’ Aug. 2).

What astounds me is the comment quoted from the B.C. Coroners Service — because the baby’s death was deemed a sudden-infant death, it was therefore labelled a natural death.

Natural?

Sudden infant death is natural? The authorities say they don’t know

what causes it, therefore it must be natu-ral!

Since I am not a doctor, I simply pres-ent my opinion and something smells rot-ten in the wood pile.

I am glad UBC researcher Barbara Mintzes has the temerity to question the side effects of drugs being prescribed for pregnant mothers.

May others follow her lead to question the validity of some of the other drugs being foisted — more frequently each year — upon otherwise healthy infants and children.

Afraid of something? Take a drug; you’ll find one advertised.

It is high time drug side effects are put under the spotlight.

Colleen CarbolKamloops

Put spotlight in side effects of all drugs

Editor:In light of Environment Minister Terry Lake’s

comments about how wonderful our B.C. parks are, I

think his idea of roughing it is not finding a mint on

the pillow.

I doubt Lake and his family have been camping in

the last five years.

Under the contractor system, the campsites have

deteriorated so badly that I do not know where Lake

gets the idea we have the best parks in the world.

Oregon in particular really kicks our butt when it

comes to campsites.

I have camped all over B.C. since 1969, and I

have found the deterioration so bad that I don’t know

how Lake can say something like that.

On our latest trips to Clearwater and Mable Lake

provincial parks, we found the outhouses were so full

and smelled so bad that we were unable to use them.

We saw foreign tourists refusing to use them.

The roads on the way in had so many potholes it

is amazing I do not need new shocks on my vehicle

and fifth wheel.

The campsites were not cleaned in the seven days

we were there.

Contractors through to 100 Mile House are defi-

nitely not doing their job when it comes to maintain-

ing campsites as well as B.C. Parks employees did.

The reservation system eliminates B.C. residents

being able to camp in their own parks. Whatever hap-

pened to the first-come, first-serve system?

It seems to me contractors have taken it on them-

selves to make the park their own business, not ours.

I have spoken to many campers and it seems from

talking to them it is getting to be the same all over

B.C.

Why are we paying taxes for services no longer

being provided?

I am going to send a copy of this letter to Lake,

but am sure it will be filed in the garbage, as seems

to be happening with any issue brought forward from

the B.C. public.

Bill ChapmanKamloops

Memo to Lake: Conditions in B.C. parks atrocious

Editor:You know what I find funny?It will appear to be macabre, but I

think it’s still interesting.Did you know the Cargill corpo-

ration has had to recall 36-million pounds of ground turkey because there has been one death and 76 salmonella-related illnesses?

Apparently, some of their meat was poisoned and unsafe for con-

sumption.According to inforesearchlab.com,

about 37,000 Canadians, including 6,000 in B.C., die each year from exposure to cigarette smoke.

Has there ever been a recall on cigarettes or are we too busy trying to put people in prison for growing a few pot plants?

Joey JackKamloops

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A Kamloops couple is hoping local cat lov-ers will come to the rescue of a feline family they found on the side of the road this week.

Kyle Bade was driv-ing from Paul Lake to Kamloops at about 10 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 7, with his girlfriend and cousin when he spotted something on the road three kilometres east of Highway 5.

“I just saw these eyes,” he said.

“I thought it was a coyote, but it was too low to the ground.”

Bade stopped to investigate and found a grey kitten in the mid-dle of the highway.

He looked closer and saw a few more along the side of the road, along with their mother.

Bade, along with his girlfriend, Carly Logan, and cousin, Kevin Bruce, began to wrangle the animals.

“I was worried about them getting hit by a vehicle,” Bade said.

“Or they would have been coyote food.”

With the help of the mother cat — since nicknamed “Momma” by Bade and Logan — the trio was able to get all the felines into Bade’s vehicle.

“And this is all when we were there with our dog in the truck going nuts,” Bade

said of his pug.Logan sat with the

kittens and dog while Bruce held Momma for the ride home.

They dropped the animals off at home and then made a quick trip to Safeway to pick up cat food and kitty litter.

Bade and Logan set up a litter box and cat food in the bedroom of their Lower Sahali townhouse.

Immediately,

Momma and the kittens began eating the food and using the litter box.

Logan said she thinks that means they were abandoned.

“We think someone had just dropped them off,” she said.

“There’s no way they could have walked there from someone’s house.”

Bade and Logan are unsure how old the kit-tens are, but said they

have seen them feeding from Momma sporadi-cally.

“They’re eating dry food, too, so they’re probably fine,” Logan said.

Bade and Logan are hoping to give the ani-mals away to friends of theirs.

Failing that, they plan to put ads seeking cat lovers on websites like Craigslist and Kijiji.

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Two men are in custody and two more are being sought by Mounties after what police are describing as a kidnapping and “brutal assault” in Kamloops on Aug. 6.

According to Kamloops RCMP Staff Sgt. Doug Aird, police were called to an area on Mount Lolo Road — off Paul Lake Road north of Kamloops — where a man had shown up at a rural location with seri-ous injuries.

“After talking to the male, it was learned he had been held against his will at a residence on Sherwood Drive on the North Shore,” Aird said.

“He was taken out to the rural location where he was attacked with what appears to be a bat.

The majority of injuries were to his hands and ribs.”

Aird said serious-crime unit investigators were able to identify four suspects, two of whom were arrested shortly thereafter at the Sherwood Drive home.

A second male believed to have also been held against his will was found unharmed.

Police say the attack

was targeted and linked to the drug trade.

Two men were arrest-ed and will appear in court today (Aug. 9), but police are still looking for two more.

Yesterday, police said they were closing in on a third suspect.

In addition, two vehi-cles were seized, with one found in Barriere.

No names have yet been released.

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Kamloops Mounties are looking for two men after a violent North Shore purse-snatching on Thursday, Aug. 4.

RCMP Const. Bernie Ward said a group of three women was walking in the 600-block of Fortune Drive at about 12:30 a.m. when the trio was approached by a pair of men.

Police believe the suspects asked the women for the time and pos-sibly directions before one of the men shoved one of the women and grabbed her purse.

The two muggers then ran south on Fortune Drive.

Patrols by Mounties and a police-dog unit were unable to turn up any sign of them.

Ward said people should be cau-tious when walking late at night.

“At 12:30 in the morning, you want to make sure you’re basically able to look after yourself,” he said.

“Three people should be able to, but this kind of hit-and-run-type stuff is tough to protect yourself from.

“But, realistically, this could hap-pen at 12:30 in the afternoon.”

Ward said the number of mug-

gings and purse-snatchings in Kamloops are down in 2011 com-pared to previous years.

“A lot of it comes down to the mix of people you’ve got living in the area,” he said.

“Last summer, there was a lot of robberies and that kind of thing.”

Ward said many of those offenders were caught and thrown in jail, which made the streets safer.

“It’s a crime of opportunity,” he said.

“So, if the person who’s commit-ting it is in jail, then you see less of it.

“It’s great. But these folks can get out of jail and it can go back up.”

The suspects in the Tranquille Road mugging are described as men in their 20s or 30s, who may have been on drugs at the time of the inci-dent.

One man is believed to be white, standing approximately six feet, with blond hair. He was wearing jeans and a black hoodie, with the hood up.

The second man is believed to be shorter and native man. He was also wearing a dark hoodie and jeans.

Anyone with information is asked to call police at 250-828-3000 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.

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street after a bust at a North Kamloops house last week.

Mounties also seized thousands of dollars in cash and a large haul of stolen goods from the home on Chestnut Avenue.

At about 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 3, police entered the home and arrested a man and a woman, both 37 years old and both known to police.

Officers seized two ounces of crack cocaine, a half-ounce of heroin and a small amount of mari-

juana, in addition to stolen items, including a gen-erator, firearms and laptop computers.

Kamloops RCMP Const. Bernie Ward said drugs and stolen property often go hand-in-hand.

“A lot of times, stolen property and drugs are found [together],” he said. “It takes cash and cur-rency of property of value to have an exchange [for drugs] and, often, that’s what we see.”

Ward said investigators will now examine the property to determine if it can be returned to its rightful owners.

Until then, it cannot be known how many

victims are involved.Kamloops RCMP Cpl. Chris Bonnerholt, with

the detachment’s property-crime unit, said the investigation took a few weeks.

The man and woman arrested at the home have been released on promises to appear in court at a later date.

Police are recommending charges of possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of traf-ficking, possession of stolen property and posses-sion of the proceeds of crime.

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By Jessica WallaceSTAFF REPORTER

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Though Kamloopsians eagerly anticipated the arrival of beach season, they were more likely to pull out a rain jacket than a bathing suit in the cool, wet days of July.

Although the hottest day reached 34 C on the sixth, it was the coolest July since 1999, with a mean temperature of 20.1 C— a degree below the normal of 21 C.

July did not deliver the usual period of dry heat Kamloops usually experiences in the sum-mer.

A blanket of clouds plagued the city for much of the month, showing little promise of sun-shine — and a historic storm later in the month summed it all up.

There were only six days when the daytime high reached 30 C or more, half as many as usual.

The average daily temperatures were below normal, with the average daily high of 26.9 C below the normal of 28.3 C and the average daily low of 13.2 C below the normal of 13.7 C.

The coolest day was 7.2 C overnight on the first of the month.

A new record-low maximum was recorded on July 21 at 18.3 C, compared to the previous low-maximum of 18.9 set in 1965.

For more surprises throughout the month, there was 39.2 millimetres of precipitation, 132 per cent of the normal 29.5 millimetres.

There was measurable precipitation on 11 days, which is above the normal of nine days.

All of the rainy days could not have prepared residents for the thunderstorms that occurred on July 16 and July 26, causing significant precipi-tation in areas of Kamloops — and even causing flooding on July 26, when more than 10 milli-metres of rain poured down in less than an hour.

Although it seems odd for July to be so damp, it should come as no surprise after the wet spring.

The total year-to-date precipitation is128 per cent of the normal at 195.9 millimetres com-pared to the usual 152.7 millimetres.

Though Kamloopsians were disappointed by missing out on a month of summer, the rest of the south-central Interior suffered the same sum-mer blues.

The mean temperature in Prince George was 13.6 C, Quesnel was 14.8 C, Williams Lake was 13.4 and Blue River was 15.0.

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INSIDE Oien of Kamloops leads B.C. to victory/A16

K A M L O O P S THIS WEEKSPORTS

WHERE TO WATCH TODAY’S FINALS!

Rashawn Sutherland (right) of Alberta sizes up diminutive Northwest Territories ball carrier Kent Alacida on Saturday, Aug. 6, in Western Canada Summer Games men’s basketball action at the Tournament Capital Centre. Log on to 2011wcsg.com for a schedule of today’s action. Rick Koch/KTW

By Marty HastingsSTAFF REPORTER

[email protected]

Kent Alacida is

a microcosm of the

Northwest Territories’

(NWT) team at the

Western Canada

Summer Games in

Kamloops.

He might even be

considered a micro-

microcosm.

The not-quite-five-

foot point guard is

undersized, but his

heart is the size of

Yellowknife.

“He competes like

crazy,” NWT coach Nick Diem said of the 14-year-old.

“He’s almost two years younger than everyone else at the tournament and he starts for our team.”

Alacida, the north-ern Canadian squad’s primary ball handler, tallied three points, three rebounds, two steals and five assists in 29 minutes of action against Saskatchewan on Sunday, Aug. 7, at the Tournament Capital Centre.

NWT mounted

a late comeback and lost by just two points, 63-61, to Saskatchewan.

The smiles on the faces of Northwest Territories’ players when the final buzzer sounded made it tough to tell who had won the matchup.

“This is awesome,” Alacida said of partici-pating at the Games.

“It’s a great oppor-tunity to match lev-els with the rest of Canada.”

Saskatchewan was expected to win the

game — the prairie province boasts a population about 25 times the size of the Northwest Territories — and it did.

The fight displayed by the blue-clad under-dogs was inspiring, as is Alacida, who makes up for his diminutive frame in other areas of the game.

“I don’t have the height, so I practise my handling because that’s all I got . . . and speed,” the Yellowknife product told KTW.

The average spec-

tator might question Diem’s decision to start a player who is often dwarfed by his opposi-tion.

“I’ve even had some people say, ‘Why is there a seven-year-old playing?” Diem said.

The answer is sim-ple — Alacida deserves to be on the team.

“He plays against grown men in the men’s league in Yellowknife, so this is not as hard as what he’s used to,” Diem said.

“He’s a great kid.”

The size of the fi ght in the dog

Week 1 of the Western Canada Summer Games comes to a close today (Aug. 9) in Kamloops.

Athletics finals will be happening at Hillside Stadium from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

The men’s and women’s basketball finals will take place at the Tournament Capital Centre.

On the men’s side, the gold-medal matchup gets underway at 6 p.m., with the bronze-medal tilt set for 10:30 a.m.

On the women’s side, the gold-medal tilt is scheduled for 3:30 p.m., with the bronze-medal game slated for a 1 p.m. start.

Norbrock Stadium will host the men’s baseball final, which is scheduled for a noon start.

The bronze medal matchup, also to be played at Norbrock, gets underway at 9 a.m.

The men’s and women’s beach volley-ball tournaments will finish on Tuesday at Overlander Park.

Both the men’s and

women’s gold-medal

showdowns are sched-

uled for 1 p.m., with the

bronze-medal games set

to go at 10 a.m.

Canoe and kayak

finals will be held at

Shumway Lake from 9

a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

The 500-metre

mixed war canoe and

the 2000-metre men’s

and women’s K1, K2,

C1 and C2 competitions

will be decided, as will

the K1 and C1 men’s

and women’s 200-metre

competitions.

The men’s and

women’s softball finals

will be held at Charles

Anderson Stadium.

On both the men’s

and women’s sides, the

gold-medal games are

scheduled for 6 p.m.

and the bronze-medal

matchups are set for 4

p.m.

The male and female

individual sport relay

triathlons will be fea-

tured at Lac Le Jeune.

The male event gets

underway at 11:45 p.m.

and the women start at

10:15 a.m.

See TENNIS A18


By Marty HastingsSTAFF REPORTER

[email protected]

RILEY OIEN of Kamloops led Team B.C. to victo-

ry in a Western Canada Summer Games wom-en’s basketball game that had at it all.

The 14-year-old South Kamloops sec-ondary student was named player of the game in B.C.’s 52-50 win over Saskatchewan on Sunday, Aug. 7, at the Tournament Capital Centre (TCC).

Jessica Hanson of Vancouver connected on a deep, baseline jump shot with 7.5 seconds left to put B.C. in front for good.

For Oien, who was performing in front of a hometown crowd, the win was a special one.

“I need to work on my confidence a bit,” she said. “I’m not a very confident person.

“This helps a lot because I’m kind of

excited for the next game to see how well I can play.”

B.C.’s coach, Morgan McLaughlin, has watched Oien struggle with self-belief leading up to the Games.

Registering 13 points, 11 rebounds and three blocks in Sunday’s win might do wonders for Oien’s basketball future.

“I’m so proud of Riley’s play today,” McLaughlin said.

“It’s been a bit of a battle with her this summer, just finding that confidence.”

B.C., which lost to Manitoba on Saturday, Aug. 6, moved its record to

1-1 with the win over Saskatchewan.

A game against Alberta, played on Monday, Aug. 8 after KTW’s press deadline, determined B.C.’s playoff situation.

Log on to 2011wcsg.com to find the result.

Today’s (Aug. 9) women’s basketball gold-medal game is

scheduled for 3:30

p.m., with the bronze-

medal matchup slated

for a 1 p.m. start.

Both games will be

played at the TCC.

Oien is confident

her squad has a chance

to finish on top of the

podium.

“I think, if we work

as a team, we might be

able to do it,” she said.

SPORTS

Kamloops kid leads B.C. to victoryRiley Oien (left) was the player of the game in B.C.’s win over Saskatchewan on Sunday, Aug. 7, at the Tournament Capital Centre. Marty Hastings/KTW

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The Kamloops Broncos recorded their first win of the 2011 British Columbia Football Conference season against the Chilliwack Huskers on Saturday, Aug. 6.

Kamloops travelled to Chilliwack and topped the Huskers 37-14.

It was the first BCFC win for Broncos’ head coach Duncan Olthuis, who took the reins from outgoing head coach Rob Ellis after the 2010 cam-paign.

Derek Apps led the way for the Broncos, scoring two touch-downs, the first a 65-yard interception return, the second a 100-yard punt return.

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Brennan Plante caught a 30-yard pass from quarterback Drew Jacobson, running back Mike McMaster ran one in from eight yards and Sean Poeppel snagged a 35-yard touchdown toss to round out the Broncos’ majors.

Kamloops’ kicker Aaron Smit converted on four extra points and one field goal.

The Broncos are now 1-1 on the season ahead of this Saturday’s (Aug. 13) matchup on Vancouver Island against the Raiders.

Visiting Ole Miss takes care of TRU

The TRU WolfPack women’s basketball squad dropped an 89-45 decision to the Ole Miss Rebels of the NCAA Division I ranks on Saturday, Aug. 6, in Langley.

“It was a good gauge for our team and the work they need to do to get back in shape and perform at a high level,” WolfPack head coach Scott Reeves said of the loss.

Diane Schuetze led the way for TRU with 18 points and 11 rebounds.

Rookie Taisya Worsfold scored nine points and Tracy Kocs added seven.

The WolfPack’s next game is the start of the BDO Canada Tournament on Oct. 12, when TRU hosts the New Brunswick Reds and former University College of the Cariboo Sun Demons’ head coach Jeff Speedy at the Tournament Capital Centre (TCC).

The Pack open their Canada West schedule on Friday, Nov. 4, at the TCC against the Fraser Valley Cascades.

Tip-off is scheduled for 6 p.m.

Storm to open season at home

The Kamloops Storm will open their 2011-2012 Kootenay International Junior Hockey League sea-son at 7 p.m. on Sept. 16 against the Fernie Ghostriders at McArthur Island Sports Centre.

The Storm will host training camp on Aug. 20 and Aug. 21 at McArthur.

The camp is open to all junior-age players.

Call GM Barry Dewar at 250-376-0990 to register.

Blazers celebrate 30th anniversary

The Kamloops Blazers are celebrat-ing 30 years of junior hockey this season, which gets underway on Sept. 24 when the Prince George Cougars visit Interior Savings Centre.

The squad was known as the Junior Oilers from 1981 to 1984.

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A year in Blazers’ history will be reviewed each day.

Additional celebra-tion events and details will be unveiled during the upcoming season.

River City products race in triathlon

Two Kamloops ath-letes competed at the Viterra Ironman 70.3 in Calgary on Sunday, July 31.

Anna Desireau fin-ished the two-kilometre swim, 90-kilometre bike ride and 21.1-kilo-metre run in five hours and 23 minutes, good enough for second place in her 45- to 49-year-old age group.

She earned a spot at the Ironman World Championships in Las Vegas on Sept. 11.

Dean Oldstad of Kamloops also raced well in Calgary, finish-ing 20th in his 40- to 44-year-old age group with a time of five hours and 30 minutes.

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Mitch Day of the Kamloops Broncos was named the British Columbia Football Conference’s defensive player of the week for Week 1 of the 2011 campaign.

“The fourth-year vet compiled eight tackles, a sack, a forced fumble and seemed to be in the Okanagan Sun’s back-field for most of the night,” a BCFC press release said of Day’s

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WHEN JUSTIN HAYWARD ISN’T TOURING THE WORLD — SOMETHING HE DOES ABOUT SIX

MONTHS OF THE YEAR — HE SPENDS HIS DOWNTIME WRITING AND RECORDING MUSIC.

In fact, said the singer-songwriter-gui-tarist for the Moody Blues, “I can’t imagine not doing music.”

Perhaps that’s because he’s been doing it for more than four decades and, in the pro-cess, created some of the most memorable songs ever recorded.

Hayward wrote perhaps his most famous song, Nights in White Satin, when he was just 21.

That was 44 years ago.And, although he’s performed the song

hundreds of thousands of times, it never gets old.

In fact, Hayward said from his home in England, he finds something new with every concert “because the audience is dif-ferent every night.”

“I never get fed up. I get something out of it every night.

“It’s nice to think that the music means something to people.”

While Nights is perhaps his most famous, it’s not his favourite song to per-form.

Hayward said he loves the time on stage when the band does I Know You’re Out There Somewhere.

Both will be on the set list when the band performs in Kamloops at Interior Savings Centre on Oct. 5.

Hayward said the show will touch on every decade, including more recent works.

“There’s something for everyone. If you found us early, you’ll know those songs. If you came to us in the 1980s, you’ll know those songs.

“There’s always something for an audi-ence member to discover.”

The tour starts next month with a couple of dates in the U.S., then it heads north for several weeks of Canadian dates.

After that, Hayward said, the band’s heading to New York for some television

shooting and then it’s Down Under for an Australia-New Zealand tour.

Then it’s home time and, for Hayward, that means returning to songs he’s working on, recording and debating on what to do with them next.

When asked if bandmates Graeme Edge and John Lodge do the same, Hayward laughed.

“I don’t know what they do,” he said. Perhaps that’s been part of the secret to

the band’s longevity — and ability for the three of them to still like each other off-stage, too.

“There were the three years we went our own ways,” Hayward said, “but, for me, I did all my growing up in the band and I

needed to just get a life.“But there was nothing said that couldn’t

be taken back.“And this is the nicest incarnation of the

group that we’ve ever had.”When he says he grew up with the

Moody Blues, Hayward’s pretty accurate. He was asked to join the band when he

was just 20 — and the offer came about when Hayward was unsuccessful in a bid to join Eric Burdon’s band.

Burdon was impressed with the musi-cian, though, and sent his application, along with several others, to the band to consider as a replacement for Denny Laine, who had quit to create the Electric String Band.

Hayward had already been performing

with the Marty Wilde Three in England.It was Wilde who encouraged him to

write songs, telling Hayward “that if I was going to survive in the business, I had to find my own identity.

“He thought I could do it through writ-ing songs and I’m glad I did because it’s how I got the job” with the Moody Blues.

And even 40-plus years later, songwrit-ing is work for him, he said.

“Easy is not the word,” Hayward said.“Cathartic, fulfilling, those would be the

words because, once it’s done, it feels good.“I can’t imagine not doing it.”Tickets for the show are $66.75 and

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Avril in OctoberSinger-songwriter

Avril Lavigne is at Interior Savings Centre for an Oct. 6 show.

Tickets range in price from $49.50 to $61.50, depending on location in the arena.

Tickets are on sale at ticketmaster.ca or at the ISC box office.

House band wantedWho needs

Canadian Idol? Kamloops is about

to get its own musical reality event — and the prize is a contract to be the house band at Cactus Jack’s Saloon until May 2012.

Battle for the Saddle-The Ultimate House Band Showdown is open to any B.C. band but the winner has to be available to fulfill house-band require-ments for the saloon.

Sixteen bands will be chosen from all applicants; they’ll com-pete over a six-week period, one show night each week with four bands going against each other the first four weeks.

The fifth week will see all runners-up given one more chance to compete for the final, which happens during the sixth week.

The schedule starts Sept. 14, continues Sept. 22 then every Wednesday until the finale on Oct. 19.

In addition to the house-band contract, the winner will receive $2,500.

Part of the proceeds will go to a trust fund for local musician Raul Alcantara, who had a debilitating stroke last December.

Judges include Korina Felhauer of the Kamloops Night Out website, Sabrina Weeks of Swing Cat Bounce, Doug Perry of Perry Studios, Rob Medvez from the saloon and one more yet to be named.

Organizers, which include E3media, Kamloops Night Out, Shots by Rick Photography and GK Sound, are also looking for additional sponsors.

To apply, email [email protected].

At the galleries• Summer

Expressions, an exhibi-tion by 14 local artists, is featured this month at the Old Courthouse Cultural Centre, 7 West Seymour St.

Works include a variety of media.

The gallery is open Tuesdays to Fridays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

• Peeled Passage, a display of handcrafted slip-carved pottery by Karen Palmer, is on display at the Wilson House Gallery, 115 Tranquille Rd., until Sept. 1.

The gallery is open Mondays to Fridays from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

• Art workshops for children and adults are held at the cultural cen-tre every Thursday from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

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The event, spon-sored by Rivers night Club, Carlos O’Bryans Restaurant and CN Lynch Productions, is a fundraiser for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

Teams must have at least four female play-ers.

Each team is guar-anteed at least three regular games and one playoff.

The tournament will be governed by the National Softball Association rules and the winning team could qualify for the Co-Ed World Series Tournament in Calgary next month.

Sponsorships are also still available.

For more informa-tion, email [email protected].

If you’re heading to the Mainland

• Salmon Arm singer-songwriter Greg Sczebel, who won his second Juno Award this year, performs at

the North Vancouver Concerts in the Square summer series on Aug. 13.

Also on the stage that evening are Jim Byrnes, Steve Dawson, the jimmy Zee Band,

Redbird, the DRS B-Boy Crew and the RnB Dancers.

On Aug. 20, the concert series features Dirty Radio, Locarno, Blackberry Wood and Warren Dean Flandez.

On Aug. 27, the series features Dustin Bentall, Kendel Carson, the Sumner Brothers, Ali Milner, Portage and Main and the Kokoma African Heritage Ensemble.

For more informa-tion, go online to cnv.org/concertsinthesquare.

• Sawyer Brown, Lonestar and Julian Austin will headline the annual Rockin’ River Music Festival, Aug. 12 and Aug. 13, in Mission.

Other performers include Rick Tippe, Chad Brownlee, Brent Lee, Emily Taylor Adams, Snake Oil Band, Fera, Jetty Road, Merv Tremblay and Steel Toed Boots.

Organizers are donating $10 of each ticket to Variety-The Children’s Charity.

For more informa-tion, go online to rock-inriver.com.

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By Dale BassSTAFF [email protected]

Jessica Stuart had a creative vision — and it wasn’t the one she was overseeing during her time working at a vintage clothing store.

It wasn’t in linguistics, which she studied, or in landscape and horticulture, another occupation she tried out.

Her muse lay in music and, although she says it’s not always “good for the pocketbook,” the many incarnations of her band “have been good for my piece of mind.”

She calls her group the Jessica Stuart Few because it sometimes performs as a duo, most times as a trio and occasionally with even more.

It’s the trio that will be at Music in the Park tomorrow (Aug. 10).

Her music is always evolving but relies on the kinds of harmonics you’d hear in jazz, with cho-ruses that might encourage you to sing along and grooves that are definitely made for dancing, Stuart said.

With one studio-produced recording out — Kid Dream was released earlier this year — the band is working on its second professional release.

As part of her creative process, Stuart also made her first video for Kid Dream using a type of ani-mation that required 80 volunteers tracing 2,700 frames onto paper.

Stuart said she was hoping they might get 1,000 hits on it the first month — “but we got 5,000 the first week.”

To see the video, go online to youtube.com and type in the band’s name.

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Jessica Stuart calls her music art pop — a bit jazz, a bit pop, a bit rock. Her band is at Music in the Park on Wednesday, Aug. 10.

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T SEEMS LIKE A LONG TIME COMING BUT THE CHEVROLET CAMARO CONVERTIBLE HAS FINALLY ARRIVED AND JUST IN TIME FOR SUMMER.

With wilder styling than its neo-retro pony car competi-tors (Dodge Challenger and Ford Mustang), getting the soft top to blend in with the styling is not as easy as you might think — especially when the objective was to mirror the roof lines of the Coupe.

What Chevrolet engineers did was borrow some of the features from the Corvette including the same centre latch-ing using the same supplier.

The result is a Z-folding structure that goes up and down in 20 seconds. It is weather-tight and has lots of acoustic foam to help keep out noise.

The 2011 Camaro Convertible is offered as a V6 and a V8, each of which has two trim levels. Pricing starts at $33,995 for the base 1LT V6 up to $47,835 for the fully loaded 2SS V8 (as tested).

While the SS is available with a 6.2-litre overhead-valve V8, power is slightly different depending on transmissions.

With the standard six-speed manual, there is 426 horsepower and 420 pound-feet of torque.

With the optional six-speed automatic (as tested), it produces 400 horsepower and 410 pound-

feet of torque.FYI, the base 3.6-litre V6 in the LT produces 312 horse-

power and 278 pound-feet of torque with either the manual or optional automatic.

Just to add a little confusion, the V8 with manual is termed the LS3 engine, while the V8 with the automatic is the L99, which is derived from the LS3.

The difference is the latter features GM’s active fuel-management system. It saves fuel by shutting down half of the engine’s cylinders during certain light-load driving con-ditions, such as highway cruising.

Costing an extra $1,710, the L99 option’s automatic has “Tapshift” sequential manual-shift mode, including paddles on the steering wheel.

Fuel consumption the manual is rated at 13.2/8.2/11.0L/100 km city/highway/combined and, for the automatic, 13.3/8.0/10.9L/100 km city/highway/combined.

One of the goals of the engineers was to produce a drop-

top that felt as solid on the road as the coupe. With a track as wide as that of the Camaro, it could not

have been easy.One noticeable difference is a broad and thick stress

bar connecting the two front shock towers. There are also braces for the transmission on the prop shaft tunnel and the V-shaped under body braces fore and aft.

Additional safety structural reinforcements are designed to improve noise and vibration characteristics while also contributing to the elimination of cowl/steering wheel shake.

They include a hydroformed tube in the A-pillars, an inner reinforcement bracket in the windshield header, a reinforced front-hinge pillar and reinforcements inside the rockers.

On the SS, I noticed there was no steering wheel shake and the expansive hood was as flat as wine on a plate.

With the LT V6 I briefly sampled, there was minor cowl shake, but only at speed on frost heaved secondary roads.

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With a weight distri-bution of 52/48 front/rear, handling is good for a car tipping the scales at 1,891 kilo-grams (4,168 pounds).

Part of this is due to a sharp turning circle of 11.5 metres (37.,7 ft) plus a stout suspension system fore and aft, especially the 4.5-link independent rear.

The driving route was up and through Ontario cottage country with few other cars on the road and brilliant sun in the sky.

I know I’m supposed to be politically green these days but that Big V8 exhaust note at full song was music to my ears.

It was a day meant for cruising — which is just perfect in a car like the SS Convertible.

But, it is fast too. I didn’t try it but GM

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Like the coupe, the sills on the convert-ible are high so you sit down inside the car, rather like being in a fighter plane cockpit.

Gauges and con-trols are intuitive with four secondary gauges mounted down and under the centre stack in a signature-design tip of the hat to the early Camaros.

Because the com-bined OnStar/XM/

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On RS-equipped LT models and SS models, which include a rear spoiler, a small shark fin OnStar/XM antenna is mounted on the deck lid, while the AM/FM radio antenna is hidden inside the rear spoiler.

With the top up, vis-ibility is at a premium especially to the rear.

A backup proximity sonar is fitted, which helps but, even with the top down, watch out when reversing.

My co-driver almost took out the rear bum-per backing up at GM’s Oshawa headquarters when he did not see a

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Trunk space is expectedly limited due to the need for some-where to store the top and folding mechanism.

With the top up there is 290 litres (10.25 cubic feet) of cargo space and 220 litres (7.85 cubic feet) with it down.

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Compared to the

current-generation CR-V, the concept model takes on a more aggressive stance with

deeper sculpting of the bodylines and a bolder front fascia.

The front bumper’s

smooth-flowing lines are highlighted by a horizontal three-bar grille and deeply set multi-reflector head-lights.

The CR-V’s sig-nature vertical rear taillights remain for 2012 with a more three-dimensional style that wraps further into the design of the vehicle.

Currently in the fifth year of its model cycle, the CR-V is manufac-tured at the East Liberty Auto Plant in Ohio.

The new 2012 CR-V will also be built at the Honda of Canada Mfg. Assembly plant in Alliston, Ont., starting early next year.

AUTOMARKETEXPERIENCE LIFEACROSS ALL TERRAIN

Canada gets its fi rst LEAFNissan Canada made history when it

recently delivered the first all-electric

Nissan LEAF in Canada, signaling the

arrival of sustainable mobility to the

Canadian mass market.

PowerStream, the second largest

municipally owned electricity distri-

bution company in Ontario, received

keys to its two white Nissan LEAFs

MY11, at an event at its head office in

Vaughan, Ont.

Through Model Year 12, Nissan

expects to release around 600 Nissan

Leaf on the Canadian market.

In addition to these MY12 models,

Nissan Canada has secured 100 MY11

Nissan LEAFs with 40 allocated to

consumers, ahead of the arrival of MY12 cars which will start to arrive later this year.

To be eligible to reserve a Nissan LEAF, consumers must be registered on nissan.ca/leaf and live within the vicinity of a Nissan LEAF certified dealer.

Those meeting these criteria will receive an email in the coming weeks with all the details on how and when to order a Nissan LEAF.

Reservations will be limited for MY11 and made on a first-come-first-served basis.

A second wave of reservations will be available in the coming months for the 2012 Nissan LEAF and, as produc-tion ramps up and more cars become available, reservations will open to the broader public.

Honda concept car shows dynamic styling

This Honda CR-V concept car gives a good idea of what the 2012 CR-V will look like when production moves to Ontario.

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They’re meant to help guide boats and keep them out of trouble on the water, but said to a Logan Lake family, the buoys along the Thompson River did nothing to prevent them from smashing into a sandbar.

Lelonnie Hensens and her fam-ily were on a leisurely boat ride from Kamloops Lake up the Thompson River on July 24 when their trip went sideways.

On the water, nearing Kamloops, Hensens’ boat hit a 20-foot sandbar — grounding the

vessel and nearly sending several passengers overboard.

Hensens herself narrowly avoided disaster when her legs hit a railing keeping her from flying out of the boat.

Besides the bruises, the newly christened boat’s motor was com-pletely filled with sand and the vessel needed to be towed to a dock for repairs.

Hensens blames her trouble on a lack of attention paid to the buoys by the Thompson Nicola Regional District (TNRD) — the organization that manages the marking system along the water-way.

The TNRD contracts the main-tenance work to an independent operator.

Hensens said she’s talked to homeowners along the river who have told her there isn’t anyone checking on buoys.

“I would like proof of that, I’d like to see something that shows me those things have been checked,” she told KTW.

“They should be checking those things every couple of days, not once every year.”

The private contractor in charge of the buoy system is confident the markers are being checked on a regular basis.

Andy Philpot said the buoys are required to be checked every month, but he’s out at least every couple of weeks.

Philpot said he was out four times in July inspecting the buoy system along the river.

Any repairs are also required to be complete as quick as possible.

Philpot said the buoys are just aids to navigation.

“They’re not there to be fully relied upon for navigation,” he said, adding a lot of people boat-ing don’t have local knowledge of the river, which can also lead to problems.

Philpot noted the river is

marked from Kamloops Lake to the Shuswap but from west of the airport, the river is constantly changing.

He said two weeks ago the water level was about 17 feet through the entire channel, but suggested that has likely dropped to 12 feet.

He did point out a delay in get-ting the buoys in place because of the delayed snow melt and high water levels late in the spring.

The buoy system is usually in place by April, but was held back until June, just before the river peaked in July.

Buoy, where did that sandbar come from?Day in the sun ended early for Logan Lake family boating from Kamloops Lake.

HOT WHEELS, HOT DAY

Victoria Street was especially busy during the 2011 Hot Nite In The City with many people and tourists. The weather made for a perfect day to enjoy the downtown fes-tivities. Rick Koch/KTW

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Emterra Environmental is Looking for a Roll-off Truck Driver. Qualifi cations for the position: Class 3/Class One Drivers License-Must supply clean drivers abstract with resume-Experience driving Roll-off truck an asset-Experience pulling tri-axle trailer-Flexible with hours of work-Knowledge of Columbia Shuswap Regional District an assetPlease respond to this ad byFax: 250 372-3328 or Email: [email protected]

EXPERIENCED PARTS Per-son required for progressive auto/industrial supplier. Hired applicant will receive top wag-es, full benefi ts and RRSP bo-nuses plus moving allowanc-es. Our 26,000 sq.ft. Store is located 2.5 hours N.E. of Ed-monton, Alberta. See our com-munity at LacLaBicheRegion.com. Send Resumes to: Sapphire Auto, Box 306, Lac La Biche, AB, T0A 2C0. Email: [email protected].

GIBSON ENERGY is looking for Company Drivers for the Wabasca area. 2 years tank experience required. Camp accommodation provided. Ap-ply online www.gibsons.com or fax resume to 780-539-4426.

GUARDIAN Solutions has a position open for a supervisor. Duties include clerical, report-ing, project management, as well as supervising contractors and staff. Supervisory experi-ence in managing staff as well as contractors an asset. Strong computer skills with knowledge of Word and Excel required. Project management may include travel throughout BC. Mechanically inclined and experience with electron-ics/electricians an asset. Only candidates from the Kamloops area will be considered. This is a salary position with benefi ts. Apply at [email protected]

LENIAM Industries Ltd. is currently seeking the following positions in Hinton, Ab. Pro-cessor Operators, Skidder Op-erators, Class 1 Logging Truck Drivers, and Certifi ed Heavy Duty Mechanic. Please submit resume via fax to 780-865-9744 or email [email protected]

NorthWest Fabricators Ltd. lo-cated in Athabasca Alberta, currently has 8 positions available for Structural & Plate Metal Fabricators. Wage $22.00 - $28.00 per hour de-pending on experience and trades status. Applicants must have 3+ years experience with BCA or BCB, CWB, GMAW, FCAW or MCAW certifi cations, along with a valid drivers li-cence and be willing to relo-cate and work in a shop envi-ronment. Please submit resume to main@nwfl td.net or fax 780-675-4970 or for more information, phone 780-675-4900.

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PLANT MANAGERKeltic Seafoods LTD. Port Hardy, BC. A full

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Help WantedSeñor Froggy Restaurant is looking for someone great to join our great team! We offer a friendly, supportive work at-mosphere, competitive wages and a fl exible schedule, and the chance to work with peo-ple who actually like their jobs! We are looking for friendly, hard working people who en-joy a fast-paced, never boring, but always challenging posi-tion in a busy restaurant. Du-ties will include all aspects of restaurant operation, including customer service, cooking, food prep, bussing, etc. Please apply with resume to Señor Froggy Restaurant, 450 Lansdowne St, or #9 724 Syd-ney Avenue. Resumes accept-ed 10 to 11:30 am or 1:30 to 4pm. SOUTH ROCK Ltd. has available positions for road construction, Heavy Duty Me-chanic, Shop Foreman, Paving - Roller Operator, Distributor Driver, Heavy Equipment Op-erators. Forward resume to: [email protected]. Fax 403-568-1327; www.southrock.ca.STRUCTURAL STEEL Fitters required at Edmonton North Company. Lead Hand: $34.80/hour; 1st Class: $33.24/hour; Fitter: $31.68/hour; CWB FCAW: $31.68/hour. Fax resume: 780-939-2181 or Email: [email protected].

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Professional/Management

Manager Wanted. J&K Sushi [email protected] Knowl-edge of Korean a huge asset.

Trades, TechnicalHEAVY DUTY MECHANICS NEEDED Are you looking for steady, permanent employment with top compensation and compre-hensive benefi ts? We are now hir-ing Mechanics with commercial transport experience for our FORT ST JOHN operations. Successful candidates must be motivated, ea-ger to learn, be willing to work shift work, hold valid safety tickets, and complete a clean drug test. Troyer Ventures Ltd. is a privately-owned oilfi eld services company serving North-East BC and Western Alber-ta. For more information and to ap-ply, visit our website at www.troy-er.ca/employment

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PetsAnimals sold as “purebred stock” must be registrable in compliance with the Canadian Pedigree Act.

Bichon Pups (3months old), Micro chipped, fi rst shots, de-wormed, litter trained, great dispositions. For more info and pricing call 250-832-4923, 250-804-9924

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AuctionsAUCTION- Source Glacier Beverage Co. Bottling line, offi ce, restaurant equipment, Complete 750ml bottling line, SS tanks, forklift and more. View photos at: doddsauction.com

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$100 & UnderAir Filter for Chev 350 K&N life time air fi lter $40 (250) 374-4547

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Firewood/FuelALL SEASON FIREWOOD. For delivery birch, fi r & pine. Stock up now. Campfi re wood. (250)377-3457.

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QUEEN SIZE MATTRESS & BOXSPRING

New, still in plastic. Worth $899. Must Sell $299.

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KING SIZE PILLOW TOP MATTRESS & BOXSPRING

Brand new, in original package. Worth $1,200.

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Includes sofa, chaise & storage ottoman. Worth $1,299.

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Queen size Cappuccino Platform Bed. Includes bed,

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SPICEA TASTE OF INDIAN CUISINE

1 - 700 Tranquille Rd., Kamloops REQUIRES INDIAN ETHNIC COOKS

& TANDOORI CHEFSWe are hiring now for Indian Ethnic Cooks Tandoori chefs for our East Indian restaurant

which is under new management. It is a full time job with following details:

DUTIES OF THE CHEF: Should have experience of more than 3 years. Should be able to make various Indian dishes like Karahi Paneer, Malai Kofta, Daal Makhni, Aloo Gobhi, etc. Tandoori cook should be expert in making Naan breads, chicken tikka, and other Indian tandoori dishes. Plan menus, Ensure quality of food and determine size of food proportions, Maintain inventory and records of food, order supplies and equipment. Hindi or Punjabi speaking is a defi nite asset. Some English is required. Salary would be $ 17/hr for both the positions. Work of 40 hrs/week will be given with other benefi ts. Should be available on weekends and evenings.

PLEASE CONTACT 250-376-4444 OR EMAIL: [email protected]

Box 67, 100 Mile House B.C. V0K 2E0

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Shuswap Lake!Shuswap Lake! 5 Star Caravans West Resort in Scotch Creek BC. Lakeside lot, end unit. Plenty of extra space. Steps to beautiful sandy beach with a wharf for your boat. Newer 2006 1-bdrm 1-bath park model trailer sleeps 6, plus a tastefully decorated guest cabin for 2 more. Resort has 2 pools, 2 hot tubs, Adult & Family Club-house, Park, Playground, RV/Boat Parking. $239,000

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SAWMILLS FROM only $3997 - Make money & save money with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. Free Info & DVD: www.NorwoodSawmills.com/400OT 1-800-566-6899 Ext:400OT.STEEL BUILDING Sale... Specials from $5 to $12/sq. ft. Great pricing on Absolutely every model, width and length. Example: 30’W x 50’L x 16’H, Now $11,900. End walls in-cluded, doors optional. Pio-neer Steel Manufacturers 1-800-668-5422.

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Real Estate

Apt/Condos for Sale2 Bdrm apt, Northshore, 4pc bath electric heat, w/d in unit, a/c d/w, new hot water tank, rentals allowed + 1 cat $149,000. obo 250-376-9057

Duplex/4 PlexAberdeen 3+ Bdrms 2-1/2 bath,2 car garage, view, $1450 mo. + util 250-572-4386

For Sale By OwnerShuswap Lake, Scotch Creek. 3 year old, 3 bdrm, 3 bath, 3 level condo. Boat dock. Court ordered sale. $759,900 - $479,900. Call your realtor to view.

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RecreationalAdams Lake 110 ft. waterfront property: furnished 850 sq. ft. cabin, large deck, and guest cabin on government leased land (may be purchased).Private dock plus fl oating barge and motor. Water only access. Boat slip at Agate Bay Resort MarinaSerious inquiries only. Call 1 800 804 2089Just under .5 acre lot for sale in Anglemont Estates. Partially cleared with driveway and RV pad. Lakeview and only 1/2 block to the community beach.. Comes with a buoy anchored in Anglemont Bay and 14 ft aluminum boat. Great for recreational use or build your dream home. 250-376-9982RARE OPPORTUNITY: wa-terfront property on beautiful Jim Lake, 0.83-acre with 360 sq ft insulated cabin, located near Green Lake/Watch Lake. Rare privacy, only three lots on the lake, good fi shing for rainbows to 10 lbs, nice swim-ming, surrounded by crown land. Great trails for hiking, ATV and snowmobile. Sea-sonal 10-km back road access in 4x4 or pick-up. FSBO. $230,000. 250-395-0599. (Please see bchomesfor-sale.com/70mile/frank.)

Real Estate

Recreational

*REDUCED*4 bdrm South Facing

WaterfrontVacation Cottage

On Shuswap Lake!

Lakeshore livingAt it’s Best!

LAKESHORE 101 ft frontage by 88 ft.

VACATION COTTAGE

1-1/2 Story - 1200 sq. ft. Upper level - 3 bdrms

Main level - 1 large bdrm Main bathrm,

Open fl oor Plan - dining rm, kitchen and front room

with dbl patio door access to Large deck - over 700 sq. ft.

Large fl oating wharf - 660 sq. ft. 2 buoys, Firepit

BACKYARD: Storage shed, grassy play area

& fenced kennel.

Was $729,000:

NOW ONLY:$679,900:

5052 Squilax Anglemont Rd. Celista, BC.

Call 604-542-0865or 250-955-6398

Email:[email protected] For more detailsWEBSITE:

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Rentals

Acreage82.8 ACRES, 300’ lakefront, S Cariboo. Beautiful, pastoral, private, rural setting. Borders crown land. Adjacent 80+ acre parcel available.

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Apt/Condo for Rent2bdrm Aberdeen Condo avail Oct 1st n/s, n/p, w/d, $950 (250) 955-09492BDRM, Sahali, close to 7-Eleven,a/c,appl,sundeck, avail Jun 1, $1000mo 250-851-50502 Bdrm Woodlane Manor, Sa-hali, near shopping, bus, TRU n/p/s, $900. 250-828-1204ABERDEEN 2 bdrm Condo 4 rent- 1.5 bath, views A/C, W/D. $1200. 1-(250)713-4580. [email protected] (55+) condo in Ash-croft. 2 bdrm, 5 appl, in suite laundry $600 per mo + util 250-314-9925

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Duplex / 4 Plex3BRDM cl. TRU and bus 1/2 duplex, n/s, n/p, w/d, avail Aug 1 $1250 +util (250) 372-5984Lake view 2bdrm furnished large duplex 1 storage rm. near Clinton $250 per month (250) 459-2387Valleyview 3Bdrm RV park-ing, $1300/mo + util credit refs req’d 250-573-1281Valleyview 3Bdrm RV park-ing, $1300/mo + util credit refs req’d 250-573-1281

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AND OTHERSIN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ROGER WINSTON ED-WARDS, late of 523 - 628 TRANQUILLE ROAD, KAMLOOPS, BC, DECEASED.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that creditors and others having claims against the estate of the above-named deceased are hereby required to send them to the under-signed Executor 1280 Douglas Street, PO Box 8043, Victoria, BC, V8W 3R7 before the 26th day of August, 2011, after which date the Executor will distribute the said es-tate amongst the parties entitled thereto, having regard only to the claims of which he then has no-tice.

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OBITUARIES AND IN MEMORIAM

Do not stand at my grave and weep, I am not there, I do not sleep. I am a thousand winds that blow, I am the softly falling snow. I am the gentle showers of rain, I am the fi elds of ripening grain. I am in the morning hush, I am in the graceful rush Of beautiful birds in circling fl ight.

I am the start-shine of the night. I am in the fl owers that bloom, I am in a quiet room. I am in the birds that sing, I am in each lovely thing. Do not stand at my grave and cry, I am not there – I did not die.

WILLIAM GRAHAMApril 19, 1926 - August 1, 2011

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of William. He is survived by his loving wife of 58 years, Ida, his daughters Sharon (Kevin), Judy (Ron), son David, ve grandchildren and one great granddaughter. Also left to cherish his memory are his sister Clare and numerous nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his father Tom and later his mother Clare and step father Harvey Park, his three brothers Walter, Charles and Melvin and his sons Corey and Robert.He was born in Stavely, Alberta and later moved to B.C. Bill lived life to the fullest, boating for years on the Shuswap with family and friends. He also enjoyed camping, shing and traveling throughout BC, Alberta, Alaska and the U.S.No formal service by request, please take a moment to re ect on his life.Condolences may be expressed

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OWEN, PAUL JEROMEIt is with great sadness and sorrow that we announce the passing of our husband, our father, our grandfather, our friend.

After a three year battle with lung cancer, Paul Jerome Owen quietly passed away on August 3rd, 2011 at the tender age of 74.

Paul will be remembered most for his love of the fi ner things in life. He enjoyed playing his guitar, singing with his wife and attending Blue Grass festivals. Later in life he become quite fond of metal detecting, gold panning and geo caching. He enjoyed spending time with family and friends and loved to travel with the love of his life.

Paul is predeceased by his brothers Charles (Chuck) and Bob and daughter Lynne and survived by his loving wife Jean (Jeannie), his son Jerry, daughters Diane (Craig), Christine, Lori (Shane), and Susan (Jay) and his many grandchildren - Sharmayne, Charity, Breanna, Jessica, Kelsi, Katey, Geremi, Brannon and Emma.

Although Paul is now free from pain and suffering and in a much better place, he will be greatly missed by family and friends.

Special thanks go to the Marjorie Willoughby Snowden Memorial Hospice House for their support and kindness through his fi nal days.

By request there will be no formal service but a celebration of life will be held by family at a later date.

Arrangements entrusted toFISCHER’S FUNERAL SERVICES & CREMATORIUM LTD.,

Salmon Arm (250) 833-1129.

EMAIL condolences and share memories atwww.fi schersfuneralservices.com

In Loving Memory of

FLORENCE (FLO) ALLETTE

BREMNERIt is with sadness that

we announce the peaceful passing of our beloved mother, Flo Bremner on

July 8, 2011 at Royal Inland Hospital.

Flo is survived by her daughter Donna (Art)

Fisher of Victoria, BC and son Donald Bremner of

Kamloops, her grandsons: Eric and Ian as well as

many friends.

Friends are invited to join the family for a Memorial

Tea at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, August 13, 2011 in the Schoening Chapel

Tea Room.

The family would like to thank Dr. Steve Rollheiser and the nurses and staff at

Royal Inland Hospital.

In lieu of owers, donations to the Kamloops

SPCA, 1211-8th St, Kamloops, BC V2B 2Y3

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One night a man had a dream, He dreamed he was walking along the beach with the Lord. Across the sky fl ashed scenes from his life. For each scene, he noticed two set of footprints in the sand: one belonging to him, and the other to the Lord.When the last scene of his life fl ashed before him, he looked back at the footprints in the sand. He noticed that many times along the path of his life there was only one set of footprints. He also noticed that it happened at the very lowest and saddest times in his life.This really bothered him and he questioned the Lord about it. “Lord, you said that once I decided to followed you, you’d walk with me all the way. But I have noticed that during the most troublesome times of life, there is only one set of footprints. I don’t understand why, when I needed you most, you would leave me.”The Lord replied, “My precious, precious child, I love you and I would never leave you. During your times of trial and suffer-ing, when you saw only one set of foot-prints, it was then that I carried you.”

Margaret Fishback Powers

SHELLY JEAN JACKSONnee GORDON

August 16, 1958 ~July 30, 2011

We the family are saddened to announce the tragic passing of Shelly Jean Jackson BA., Bed., Med., nee Gordon on July 30, 2011 at 52 years old.

She is survived by her loving husband Joe Jackson, two daughters, Christine Jackson and Sarah Jackson, her parents Bob and Susann Gordon, sisters Karen Marion, Donna Hambley, and brother Rob Gordon, and their families, as well as many extended family members.

Shelly was born Aug 16, 1958 in Port Alberni BC and lived in Kitimat BC where she was a strength and support to many. Shelly was bilingual in French and English and worked as a high school teacher and counsellor, where her passion for people was evident.

Join us in a celebration of Shelly’s life on Friday August 12, 2011, 1pm at the Kamloops Free Methodist Church 975 Windbreak St. Kamloops BC, and a remembrance tea to follow at the church.

A cremation memorial will also be held at a latter date in Kitimat BC so others can show their support.

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Celebrating the spirit of youthChief Shane Gottfriedson stepped to

the podium at Interior Savings Centre on Friday night (Aug. 5), resplendent in native headress and bringing greetings from his Tk’emlups Indian Band.

Gottfriedson then produced out a plas-tic baggie and pulled from it his speaking notes because, he told the thousands in attendance, he had just arrived at the arena after paddling in a canoe from Tk’emlups territory.

Indeed, Gottfriedson was the second-last Western Canada Summer Games torch-bearer on Friday as the flame made its way to ISC for the 2011 Games’ opening ceremony.

There, after many words from vari-ous politicians and Games officials, and after a series of native-based vignettes focused on sport and youth, the Games torch made its way into the hands of Kelly Smith, a Paralympian who formerly called Kamloops home.

Smith wheeled the torch from the east end of the arena, bisecting the athletes from the seven provinces and territories seated on the floor, and arriving at the Games’ cauldron, where he lit the torch to officially start the 10-day event.

Smith’s lighting of the cauldron wrapped up a scheduled 90-minute cer-

emony that came in at about 80 minutes — despite starting about 20 minutes later than anticipated.

The ceremony actually began as Gottfriedson stepped off the canoe on the beach at Riverside Park, holding the torch aloft as dozens of people cheered him on.

The chief then walked the torch through the park and to the rear/east entrance to ISC, while, simultaneously, the athlete march was underway inside the arena.

There, athletes from the seven participat-ing provinces and territories — Nunavut, Northwest Territories, Yukon, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and B.C. — were introduced by emcee Larry Read as they walked onto the floor and took their seats, accompanied by the loud cheers of the audience.

While Games’ officials were looking at about 1,000 unsold opening-ceremony tick-ets last week, it appeared there was a rush on tickets in the meantime as the venue had precious few empty seats by the time the festivities began (the upper tiers at ISC were not used).

Those who attended were treated to entertainment by Salmon Arm rap group Jimmy Current, the Rube Band, the Kamloops Interior School of Music band, tenor Peter Collins’ rendition of O Canada

and Kate Morgan, the Kamloops teenager who wrote and performed the Games’ offi-cial song, You Were Made For This.

Between every speech, a group of danc-ers, ages seven to 19, performed a continua-tion of vignettes behind a screen and in sil-houette, featuring the trickster shape-shifting coyote of native lore, with each vignette rep-resenting a different territory and province.

GAMES NOTES — Kate Morgan’s link to the Western Canada Summer Games extends beyond writing and performing the 2011 official song, You Were Made For This. The teen was a bronze-medallist in sport canoe at the 2007 Games in Strathcona County, Alta. . . . Environment Minister (and Kamloops-North Thompson Liberal MLA) Terry Lake and Kamloops Mayor Peter Milobar officially greeted Team B.C. as it arrived in the arena . . . Lake spoke on behalf of Sport Minister Ida Chong, who had to miss the opening ceremony to attend a family memorial service . . . Tk’emlups Indian Band Coun. Evelyn Camille was cho-sen to give the blessing to athletes . . . After Kelly Smith lit the Games cauldron, it was left to Lake and Games’ president Henry Pejril to officially declare a start to the event. Lake deferred to Pejril, citing his four years of hard work, to which Pejril declared: “Let the Games begin!”

Kelly Smith, a Paralympian and former Kamloops residents, was given the honour of being the Games’ final torchbearer. Smith lit the Games Cauldron at the conclusion of Friday’s opening ceremony, signifying the official start to the 10-day sporting event. Jeremy Deutsch/KTW

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