Eagle Valley News, August 13, 2014

EAGLE VALLEY

NEWS Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Vol. 59 No. 33 Sicamous, B.C., • 1.25 (GST included) • www.eaglevalleynews.comPM40008236

No break on water for seniors housing society

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Mount Polley disaster prompts reader feedback

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Sunny escape: Martina Mishkova of Vancouver enjoys some quiet time with a good book at Old Town Bay during a stopover Friday. Photo by Lachlan Labere

Old Town development will create need for new firehall

Sicamous could see the es-tablishment of a second, satel-lite firehall with the develop-ment of Old Town Bay.

The District of Sicamous and contractor, Urban Sys-tems, are conducting an of-ficial community plan – de-velopment permit review, identifying potential issues and where there’s need for up-dating.

Regarding development permit issues, community planning officer Mike Marrs told council at the last com-mittee of the whole meet-ing that, based on what he’s

seen in a preliminary report, the issues are fairly straight-forward. However, he did ex-press concern regarding Old Town Bay area and the need to look at extending district ser-vices beyond its boundary. In particular, Marrs indicated an obligation to provide fire pro-tection.

“If we get major develop-ment happening out in that end of the community, the response time is going to be more than 10 minutes,” said Marrs. “Under the develop-ment code, anything beyond 10 minutes has ramifications from a cost perspective on de-velopment.”

Marrs told council that, in

negotiation with Old Town Bay’s upland developers, he has “made it very clear that we are going to be looking for a satellite fire department over in Old Town Bay.”

“For various reasons, the least of which is the building code requirement, you know, a 10 minute response or less…,” said Marrs, “but also because that area is cut off from our local fire department through the CPR railroad. If something happens there, they’ve got to be able to get across.”

Marrs said this is something that needs to be planned for. As for the review, Marrs said he hoped to present a report to council as soon as possible.

By Lachlan LabereEagle Valley News

Emergency response: The Sicamous-Solsqua Road rail crossing poses a potential impediment to fire response. Photo by Lachlan Labere

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Monday to Friday Community Access Site at the Senior’s Activity Centre - 1091 Shuswap Avenue. Internet & related services. Call Diana. 836-2446Every Tues. Stopping the Violence Program in Sicamous - counselling for women who have experienced abuse during childhood or adult relationships. No charge. Call Kathy at 250-832-9700.Every Tues. - Sicamous Amateur Drama Club rehearsals, 7:00 p.m., Red Barn Arts Centre. 836-4705.Tues. & Thurs. - Carpet Bowling at the Seniors’ Activity Centre at 1 p.m.Every Tues. & Thurs. - Seniors Meals provided, 12 noon in Common Room at the Haven. Every Wed. Wednesday Arts for Everyone. 10 am - 3 pm. For info contact Juanita at 250-836-3019 or Gail- at 250-836-5472Every 1st & 3rd Wed. - Parkinsons Support Group at First united Church. 20 - 4th Street SE, Salmon Arm at 10 am. Contact Doreen at 250-836-2509.Every Wed. Girl Guides of Canada. Sparks - 3:00 pm. Brownies - 4:00 pm. Girl

Guides - 5:30 pm. New members welcomeEvery Wed. Lunch by a donation at the Seniors Activity Centre, 1091-Shuswap Avenue at 12 noon.Every Wed. - Crib, 7:30 p.m., Haven seniors building. Everyone welcome - you don’t have to be a senior. Socializing and coffee served after crib. Info: Esther 836-4373.Every Wed. - T.O.P.S. (Take off Pounds Sensibly) meets Wednesday morning at the Sicamous Rec. Centre (arena). Weigh in at 9:00 am and meeting at 9:30. Everyone Welcome. Ph: 250-836-4041 for infoEvery Wed.-Sat. United Church Thrift Store 10:00 am to 3 p.m.1st & 3rd Wednesday - Eagle Valley Photographic Arts Club meets at the Red Barn at 7 pm. Everyone Welcome.Every Thurs. - Sicamous Crokinole Group meets at 7pm at the Sicamous & District Recreation Centre - upstairs for more info and to join call Dave Reed @ 250-836-3652Every Thurs.- Ladies shuffleboard at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #99 in Sicamous. 1pm-3pm. All ladies welcome.

Every Thurs.- Malakwa Thrift Store between the 2 churches Open every Thursday 10-5.Every 2nd Thurs. - Sicamous Lions Club meeting at the Seniors Activity Centre, 1091 Shuswap Avenue. Doors open at 6:15 and meeting starts at 6:30. Anyone interested in being a volunteer for the community, please feel free to call Mary at 250-517-8107, Joan at 250-836-4876 or Pam at 250-836-4788 or just drop in to one of our meetings where you will be welcome.Every 1st, 3rd, 4th Thurs. - Keepsake Kwilters meet at the Haven Common room 1095 Shuswap Avenue at 7:00 p.m. For info call 250-836-2695.Every 2nd and 4th Thurs. Options For Sexual health from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., The Sicamous Health UnitEvery 4th Thursday monthly meeting of the Malakwa Community Association at 7:00 in the Learning Centre Library.Every Fri. - Parents & Tots, 10-12 noon at the Eagle Valley Resource Centre. 836-3440.Every Fri. - Eagle Valley Brush & Palette Club meets at the Red Barn, 10am-3pm, Everyone welcome! For info call Carol 250-

836-3135 or Amy 250-836-4756. www.eaglevalleybrushandpaletteclub.comEvery Friday - Pool Tournament at the Legion at 6:00 pmEvery 2nd 3rd and 4th Fri. Wii Tournament at 10 am at the Sicamous Seniors Activity Centre - 1091 Shuswap Avenue. Everyone Welcome.Every 2nd 3rd and 4th Fri. Lunch at noon. Everyone Welcome. At the Sicamous Seniors Activity Centre - 1091 Shuswap Avenue.Last Sat. of the Month - Ladies’ Auxiliary Dinner at the Royal Canadian Legion at 6 pm. Tickets sold until the Friday before at the Legion. No tickets at the door.Sundays - Candlelit Karma 6:30 pm. Warm & Gentle. Class by donation. Funds go towards community causes.Every 4th Sun.- Royal Canadian Legion Br. #99 general meeting, 1 p.m.Every 4th Sun. - OAPO Birthday Tea for members & friends, Seniors Activity Centre, 2 pmEvery Sat. - Morning Sicamous Royal Canadian Legion Brach 99 tailgate market – Everyone welcome – sell anything – for details call Murray @250-836-2224.

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AWARDSpecial thanks to the volunteers and those that donated especially bottle depot patrons. Thanks a million.

~ the Seniors Meals program****

A special thanks to those that save canceled stamps. Heard they made about $ 4,000. Great job everyone.

~ Dorothy Regts****

Hamburgers and hot dogs full of sunshine to: Lions Ann, Diana, Mark, Deb, LeaAnne, Joan, and Dean for being there for us. Special thanks to Joan Chafe, Della Heap and our Youth Exchange girl, Kathirana for coming out and helping us out and to Lion Pam for checking in every once in awhile.

~ With appreciation, Sicamous Lions Club****

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Eaglevalleynews.comMore of what you want Eagle Valley News 250-832-2131Policy targets CSRD directors’ expenses

Travel and expenses fuelled more than an hour of discussion at the Columbia Shuswap Regional District Elec-toral Area Directors meeting Aug. 7.

The corporate poli-cy, adopted in 1981 and never amended, was presented by CSRD staff to the July 17 re-gional district board meeting but deferred at the request of the rural area directors, who said the policy affects them more than the munici-pal directors.

Finance manager Jodi Kooistra sought amendments on the policy that affects both staff and directors be-cause there are cur-rently no guidelines that set limits on meal expenditures, room up-grades or partner pro-grams. As well, there is a lack of consistency in how expense claims are processed.

Kooistra made clear that meal expenses for business outside of CSRD limits are on a strictly per diem basis. Within CSRD limits, detailed receipts are required to prevent fraudulent use of the per diem.

“We’re not trying to be food and beverage Nazis but we want to get the GST back and without getting origi-nal receipts showing what was purchased and when, we can’t,”

she said. “The per diem gives a high degree of accountability.”

But Area D director René Talbot and Area C director Paul Demenok were not in favour of a per diem anywhere.

“When it comes to meals, I always try to get itemized receipts,” said Talbot. “On occa-sion I’ve lost them and if I can’t � nd them, I eat the bill.”

“I think the travel and expense policy needs to be tight,” add-ed Demenok. “I don’t like per diem because it could be interpreted that directors are being paid. I don’t like tone and I think we should have receipts for every-thing.”

Demenok later agreed to a per diem but suggested it be $80 per day within CSRD boundaries but $100 out of town to accom-modate often higher costs.

Following a spate of questions and com-ments regarding direc-tors’ responsibility in choosing the cheapest mode of transportation, hotels and meals, Koo-istra reiterated the pol-icy declares directors and staff are expected to “utilize the most cost-effective method of travel considering, time convenience and safety.”

Chief administrative of� cer Charles Hamil-ton Charles con� rmed CSRD has access to government rates.

“What is dif� cult, is people like to make their own travel ar-rangements, or decide where they want to stay,” he said. “People go out and book a room at a higher rate, and this got to the point we were seeing such dis-crepancies with confer-ence rates compared with what some of the directors were incur-

ring.”In terms of air fare,

Hamilton advised di-rectors he would have no problem approv-ing a fully refundable economy fare.

“We don’t think you should have to dig into your own pockets but, at the same time, we don’t think you should � ll your pockets at CSRD expense.”

This did not sit par-ticularly well with area F director Larry Mor-gan.

“I would think the previous policy didn’t need � xing, but do think it needed bet-ter de� nition,” he said. “I thought there was some latitude in claims

and how they were paid and I think we’re starting to nit pick…Regardless of what has been said in the press, I don’t think any one of us has been pulling a fast one.”

Morgan had been under the impression that directors were ex-pected to have signi� -cant others accompany them to conferences

and take part in partner programs at taxpay-ers’ expense. He was visibly angry to hear it would be up to staff and directors to pay such expenses them-selves.

“My wife is on the phone constantly with people; she’s taking calls some not so posi-tive, directing people or taking messages and, to me, it’s a slap in the face to people like my wife…” he said. “I want to see a policy to accommodate the ef-forts of spouses.”

Area A Rural Rev-elstoke Loni Parker agreed with Morgan, calling her husband an adjunct to her role as

director.“It is disheartening

when your gonna cut off half of you in the community,” she said. “I think it should be de-cided by directors.”

Switching gears, Talbot asked that as electoral area directors are most affected, the travel and expense pol-icy should pertain only to the EAD.

But Kooistra noted there is no language in staff’s unionized con-tracts to cover travel and expenses, and Area E director and chair of the meeting Rhona Martin pointed out that expenses of munici-pal directors who are appointed to certain committees are paid by CSRD.

“This policy affects everybody and I hope this fulsome discus-sion will happen at the whole board meeting,” noted Martin, who was absent from the July 17 board meeting when EAD directs pushed for deferral of the policy. “We are all in this pot together and included in this is our staff… I think most of us have been playing within the rules but this just gives clarity.”

He also requested the inclusion of a philo-sophical statement with the policy.

EAD directors agreed unanimously to forward the policy with a vision statement to the board for further discussion.

Unpaid partners: Electoral area directors defend work by spouses.By Barb BrouwerEagle Valley News

“I think the travel and expense policy

ed Demenok. “I don’t like per diem because it could be interpreted that directors are being paid. I don’t like tone and I think we should

Demenok later agreed to a per diem

We’re not trying to be food and beverage Nazis, but we want to get the GST back and without getting original

receipts… we can’t.Jodi Kooistra

CSRD � nance manager

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COMMEMORATION OF FORMER DISTRICT OF SICAMOUS OFFICE

August 15, 2014

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11:30 am: Opening Comments by Fred Busch

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1:00 pm: Former Mayors Speech’s

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Mayor Trouton’s closing speech

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Despite delays, the proposed Wiseman Creek development re-mains a work in prog-ress.

At the last commit-tee of the whole meet-ing, district planning of� cer Mike Marrs up-dated Sicamous council on the Wiseman Creek development, a project zoned Resort/Commer-cial/Residential that’s proposed to include 264 apartment units, a res-taurant and boat rental facilities, a swimming pool and a phased, 235-boat slip marina (www.wisemancreek.com). Marrs said the develop-er is close to obtaining funding for the residen-

tial/commercial com-ponents, and that staff is in a position to issue a new preliminary lay-out review (PLR), with council’s approval.

A PLR is a letter out-lining conditions that must be met prior to ap-proval of subdivision. Marrs said a PLR had been issued and, subse-quently received a one-year extension.

“That was a bit iffy because, technically, under the Local Gov-ernment Act you can only extend it for one year without reapply-ing,” said Marrs. “So Mr.(Greg) Darroch has reapplied to me and ba-sically what I’m look-ing for from council is a resolution – as ap-proving of� cer, I want

to take that on and just carry on as we have done in the past…”

A PLR was issued to the developer in Dec. 2011. At an April 2012 council meeting, a one-year extension to the PLR was requested on account of “delays due to unforeseen events and delays in obtaining ministerial approvals.”

The Wiseman proj-ect has been before the district since at last 2007.

“Wiseman Creek runs through the par-cel and basically splits it in two, and what they’re doing is divid-ing along that parcel, and we have… ob-tained parkland along the creek and riparian rights to the beach and

everything…,” said Marrs. “That is all now in place, registered at Land Titles, and it’s been approved by the province. So, I wrapped that up about a month ago, so now we are in a position to issue a new subdvision PLR, and that will facilitate them moving forward with their work.”

Mayor Darrell Trou-

ton commended Marrs for the work that’s been done, noting the proj-ect has already gone through the district’s approval processes and nothing has been changed.

“Why would you hold it up?” asked Trou-ton. “So, unless coun-cil has any objections, I think it should be brought forward.”

District council has chosen to avoid set-ting a precedent by not reimbursing the Eagle Valley Senior Citizens Housing Society for expenses related to the recent boil water no-tice.

In a letter to the dis-trict, society adminis-trator Kaija Isherwood asks that council con-sider reimbursing the society for the cost of a potable water tank to-talling $1,823,40, with a “further cost of $220 for water � ll up every second day.”

The boil notice was issued June 13 and lift-ed July 16.

The housing society houses 50 tenants and feeds 24 of them daily, as well as the approxi-mately 14 people who

use the community’s Meals to Wheels pro-gram.

Isherwood notes how the district pro-vided a tax reduction for local businesses that have invested in a � ltration system to pro-vide potable water dur-ing times of boil water notices.

“As the society quali� es for a total tax exemption as ‘seniors housing,’ this does not pertain to the society; however, we hope that something comparable can be arranged for payment of these ex-penses.

In response, council expressed concern over how supporting the re-quest might “open a can of worms.” (Couns. Fred Busch and Char-lotte Hutchinson ex-cused themselves as they are members of

the housing society board.)

Coun. Suzanne Car-penter said she couldn’t support the society’s request without pro-viding some sort of tax exemption for seniors living at home.

“I have three neigh-bours and they’re all on � xed incomes. This water situation is caus-ing them grief as well,” said Carpenter.

Regarding the tax exemptions for busi-ness, Coun. Don Rich-ardson said they are to enhance business and the local economy.

“If we’re going to start giving exemp-tions to everybody, we’re going to be in dire straights,” said Richardson, adding he would still support the housing society’s re-quest as a one-off.

Coun. Terry Rysz agreed with Richard-son, suggesting it be done through a district grant-in-aid.

Coun. Joan Thom-son and Mayor Darrell Trouton shared Rysz’s position.

“We put out a tax

exemption on this for the businesses in a very tough time, and if we’re going to start opening it to citizens, whether they’re seniors living in the centre, or they’re seniors living at home, or whether it’s people having tough times for whatever reason, it’s opening this up into a can of worms,” said Trouton. “It’s impor-tant we treat everybody evenly and equally, so I have a hard time sup-porting it as is.

“I think if they wish to come back at grant in aid time… We’ve always put that into consideration and will continue to do that. But as it stands, just as a request, at this point in time I have a hard time supporting it…”

The request was � led as information to council.

Boil water advisories hard on housing complex

By Lachlan LabereEagle Valley News

Progress slow but steady on Wiseman Creek development

By Lachlan LabereEagle Valley News Meals to Wheels pro-

Isherwood notes how the district pro-vided a tax reduction for local businesses that have invested in a � ltration system to pro-vide potable water dur-ing times of boil water

“As the society quali� es for a total tax exemption as ‘seniors housing,’ this does not pertain to the society; however, we hope that something comparable can be arranged for payment of these ex-

We put out a tax exemption on this for the businesses in a very tough time, and if we’re going to start opening it to citi-zens… It’s opening this up to a can of worms.

Darrell TroutonMayor


Dragonflies flit and hover above the glistening clear water; a mama duck swims along the shoreline with her young ones duti-fully paddling behind her.

The clean freshness of Adams Lake serves to am-plify the horror of what has been inflicted on Pol-ley Lake and the entire Quesnel and Cariboo river systems right to the Fraser River.

This huge, horrendous-ly destructive spill from a four-square-kilometre mine tailings pond con-taining materials that in-clude more than 400,000 kilograms of arsenic and 177,000 kilograms of lead is nothing short of a na-tional disaster, yet there’s been what I consider an un-conscionable downplaying of the ramifications from mine officials and political leaders. Photos and videos

belie any soothing words. While this disaster might not have killed human be-ings outright or flooded their homes, its effects will undoubtedly be felt for years to come, and prob-ably forever.

Salmon, for one, have been described as a key-stone species – a species on which all else depends. You might not catch, buy, eat or admire salmon, but they’re crucial to our exis-tence, nonetheless. Indig-enous people have known this for thousands of years.

Imperial Metals has an-other property closer to home. The Ruddock Creek lead/zinc mine above Ad-ams Lake is owned 50 per cent by Imperial Metals, according to its website, and consists of 42 mineral claims totalling 21,156 hectares.

Plans for the Rud-dock Creek mine were in the news recently when the federal government

waived its environmental review, saying a provincial review would be ample. Local First Nations and others have raised alarms about potential environ-mental impacts. Whatever the reason for the Mount Polley spill (dare I suggest, in the most unscientific of terms, it appears to be a case of putting too much muck in a container too flimsy to hold it), I don’t think this company should be given another chance. One strike you’re out. Nor should this provincial gov-ernment. The stakes are far too high.

Concerns were raised about the Mount Polley tailings pond in 2011. At that time the mine’s former engineering firm failed to bid to renew its contract. In a letter to Imperial, it stated: “The embankments and the overall tailings impoundment are getting large and it is extremely important that they be

monitored, constructed and operated properly to prevent problems in the future.”

Christy Clark has set the course for more destruc-tion. She’s leading the province down the dead end road to liquefied natu-ral gas extraction and the Site C dam. This mine di-saster is just a precursor of what’s to come. Of course we need a solid economic base, but not this way.

If there is any good to come of this heart-wrench-ing disaster that will un-doubtedly kill more crea-tures, big and small, than we’ll ever know, it’s the possibility that we heed this undeniable warning so the same fate doesn’t befall more river systems, such as the Adams. Impe-rial Metals should not be allowed to use another pre-cious part of the earth, par-ticularly not on the watch of our current provincial and federal governments.

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Get on with four-laning of TCH

OPINION

Anyone in doubt of the need to finish four-laning our national highway from Kamloops to the Alberta border would

likely have become a believer if they’d been driv-ing it over the August long weekend.

To say traffic was slow would be an understate-ment. At worst, it was like the back-to-back, snails pace one expects to encounter on the Trans-Canada Highway near Abbotsford follow-ing a fender bender. This, however, is what trav-ellers encountered in the intense heat of Monday, Aug. 1, at different spots and over long distances along the Kamloops to Alberta border stretch of the highway.

Even Highway 97A was bustling with traffic. Anyone heading past Winfield to Kelowna dur-ing the afternoon of Aug. 4 couldn’t have been blamed for thinking some kind of apocalypse had occurred further ahead, as the two oncoming lanes were packed bumper-to-bumper with vehi-cles for about two kilometres. It turned out this was caused by those inconvenient signal lights at the south end of Winfield.

No doubt, many of our visitors travelling the TCH over the past couple weekends were ques-tioning whether or not the incremental speed limit increases along the highway provided any meaningful benefit.

In 2012, B.C. Premier Christy Clark said the province is prepared to spend $650 million over 10 years on projects that will help meet the long-term goal of four-laning the TCH to the Alberta border. The replacement of the Malakwa Bridge is one of those projects. It is expected to begin this month, and be finished by 2015. For this project alone, the province is committing $22 million, while the federal government is contrib-uting another $13 million. While the province’s share of this project amounts to about 3.4 per cent of the $650 commitment, one can see how four-laning the TCH as proposed will be a costly endeavour. However, it’s certainly worthwhile, as it will, ideally, help eliminate down on those ridiculous summer line-ups that hinder trade and tourism and, more important, reduce the potential for accidents and save lives.

Mount Polley mine disaster a warningBy Martha WickettEagle Valley News


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MAIL BAGFrustration and questions arise over Mount Polley mine disaster

Re: Converting the railway to bike path be-tween Armstrong and Sicamous.

It seems ironic that there is so much energy being expended for the aforementioned project.

When the actual rail-way line was in limbo these past five years, it was a golden opportuni-ty for community lead-ers to obtain the line and keep it as such for future industrial development in the North Okanagan.

Nothing came of this.As a result of the

abandonment of this transportation corridor, we now see more heavy truck traffic (grain and fertilizer) on a piece of road that is not the best for this type of traffic.

It is a proven fact that railways provide a safer method of hauling goods and use only a third of the fuel to trans-port the equivalent ton of freight.

Railways are not

subsidized like high-ways are and must bear the brunt of heavy main-tenance costs while paying heavy taxes on secondary lines.

This seems like a lost opportunity for this area, for once the line is gone, there is little like-lihood of ever getting it back in the future. A bicycle trail is a poor trade-off.

Len Vandergucht

If the president of Imperial Mines is so certain the water is drinkable then he should have it bottled up and delivered to his home for all his fam-ily and friends to drink. Even our federal en-vironment ministry states the tailing pond contains arsenic, lead, mercury, copper etc. Please don’t add insult to injury.

Adding to the dam-age, B.C. Mines Minis-ter Bill Bennet sounded more like the public relations spokesperson for Imperial Metals on the evening news rather than the man respon-sible for properly po-licing this industry that caused this disaster.

When will this BC Liberals realize that it is not just about mon-ey to be a responsible government.

R Fitzpatrick

Dear Premier and Leader of the Opposi-tion;

Watching the devas-tation of the beautiful pristine environment around Quesnel Lake destroyed, reminds me that only two or three decades ago we drank water directly from the lake while on a camp-ing trip in the area. Quesnel and Horsefly lakes – God’s country indeed.

But times have changed. Today, global population is stretching Earth’s capacity.

We must finally rec-ognize that clean, fresh water is more precious than gold.

We need to ask our-selves some hard ques-tions:

Can’t we improve tailings ponds security? Isn’t there a more per-manently secure way to retain these toxic wastes than by earthen

dams? Even the slight-est risk that we’ll see arsenic, mercury, cya-nide, etc. in waters that feed salmon, deer, wa-terfowl, large predators like bear, and wolves (pity they can’t read the danger notices we put up), as well as humans, must mean we stop and change practices.

I wonder if concrete dams and permanent liners couldn’t work better.

We retain clean wa-ter behind concrete dams; why not the tox-ic stuff?

I m p r o v e m e n t s could bring B.C. and Canada to the world forefront in safety re-search, and practice. Both government and industry must finance this work.

The best ways to encourage safety im-provements are mon-etary.

Mining companies

must be on the hook to remediate the entire debacle, and if they go bankrupt, then their CEO’s must be person-ally liable, or go to jail.

On the positive side, those that put in reli-able improvements to contain wastes safely, encourage recycling, etc. should get substan-tial tax breaks.

British Columbia is not a Third World re-source dump, and in-dustrial practices must change with the times.

Can you imagine this happening in Ger-many?

Can you even imag-ine this sort of opera-tion being allowed in Europe?

Canada needs to get with the times. The mindless frontier days are over, period!

Eva Lyman

Railway line a lost opportunity

Tailings pond: Water flow has subsided from the Mount Polley tailings pond breach, and work is underway on a temporary berm. Cariboo Regional

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Columbia Shus-wap Regional District electoral area directors (EAD) have approved a policy amendment that prevents the awarding of grants three-months prior to election time.

At the Aug. 7 meet-ing in Salmon Arm, Jodi Kooistra, CSRD manager of Finance, advised EAD direc-tors that Policy F-30 Electoral Grants-in-Aid would replace two policies, with the only substantive difference being the formaliza-tion of not giving them out within the last three months prior to an elec-tion.

But the rural di-rectors asked that the amendment also in-clude a mechanism to provide greater ac-countability.

First up to the plate with comments was Area D director René Talbot, who requested some � exibility in the case of an emergency, where a community group might have a dangerous situation such as a collapsing

roof, or where waiting three months, might prevent a group from leveraging other fund-ing.

Area C director Paul Demenok supported � exibility on the three-month issue but asked that accountability on the part of the recipi-ents be notched up in the form of documenta-tion that shows projects for which the money is requested are com-pleted.

Talbot noted he keeps his eye on grant in aid projects and de-manded the money be returned when a Ran-chero project was not completed within three years.

But Demenok ar-gued his electoral area is huge and more popu-lated, and he has many grant in aid requests.

This led chief ad-ministrative of� cer Charles Hamilton to ask if the regional district should have a grants-in-aid program.

“Lots of other juris-dictions don’t, includ-ing the TNRD,” he said. “These are from tax revenue. Should it be used to re-distribute

income?”Area A director

Loni Parker said she hasn’t collected a grant in aid for the last two years.

“I have opted to not accrue it for the last two years in order to keep taxes down,” she said. “You’re not going

to get money willy-nil-ly because there is no willy-nilly money.”

Demenok however was of another mind.

“A lot of services are done by groups and if you remove all those funds, you’d open a can of worms,” he said, pointing out many of CSRD-owned halls are operated and maintained by service groups. “But I want to see a reconciliation signed by a director be-fore they get any mon-

ey ever again.”Area E director and

chair of the meeting Rhona Martin support-ed retaining the pro-gram and pointed out many other regional districts have discre-tionary funds, which do the same thing.

“Leave them where

they are, it’s not a large amount of money of-ten… but if we remove grants in aid, I have a lot of groups that would die off.”

Area F Larry Mor-gan was not disposed to discussing an end to the program either.

“The program is heavily used and sup-ports many facilities throughout Area F and is an invaluable tool to support the commu-nity,” he said. “Coming back to Paul’s com-

ments, there’s no fol-low through. I’ve got money going out to many places and I think there needs to be fol-low through, but I don’t want to be the person who has to go out there to check it.”

Hamilton expressed some concern about the amount of staff time that might be ex-pended.

Both Hamilton and the directors, support-ed Kooistra’s recom-mendation to endorse an amendment to the grant-in-aid policy that would preclude hand-ing them out in the three months prior to an election and those that exceed $2,000 would require greater accountability.

“What I would like to do when the cheque is issued, is include a letter saying ‘you agreed to provide doc-umentation and you must provide it no later than 90 days,” she said.

Directors will con-sider speci� c post ap-plication documenta-tion and certi� cation requirements will be included in the August agenda.

Need for CSRD grants in aid questioned

Farmers throughout B.C. will soon have a tool to report their wa-ter use.

The Okanagan Basin Water Board has se-cured a $50,000 grant to beef up computer soft-ware it has developed for municipal water utilities to register the amount of water they

are drawing with the BC Water Use Report-ing Centre.

Updating the soft-ware for the agricultural sector, so farmers with large licences can use the tool as well, means anyone with a large wa-ter licence will be able to meet the new water regulations expected next year as a result of the 2014 Water Sustain-

ability Act.“When groundwater

licensing comes in next year, anyone who is using groundwater for agriculture is going to have to report their wa-ter use as part of their licensing,” explained Anna Warwick Sears, executive director of the Okanagan Basin Water Board.

The tool is being de-

veloped to meet local needs, but will be made available provincewide.

The new system ap-plies some of the tech-nology developed for the Agricultural Water Demand Model, a proj-ect dovetailed with the OBWB and B.C. Min-istry of Agriculture’s crop mapping initiative, to help farmers hone in on their exact usage.

“A lot of farmers have multiple water sources or they don’t have meters or they have to do some kind of calculation they might be using based on their electricity that’s run-ning through their pump,” Warwick Sears explained.

This system will eliminate the guessing and much of the hassle.

By Jennifer SmithKelowna Capital News

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Nine golfers came out for Junior Golf this week. Although not large in numbers, the golfing was great – as Hayden Gjaltema, who won low gross with a score of 47. Second low gross went to Jake Watson and third to Alex Dunnett. Low net score was won by Scott Rokosh, with Asher Gjaltema coming in second and Harry Wat-son third.

Ladies low gross was won by Madison De-witt. Closest to the pin awards were won by Jake Watson and Asher Gjaltema.

Just a reminder to all junior golfers that the Junior Golf Wind Up Tournament will be held on Wednesday, Aug 20 at Eagle River Golf Course. All junior golfers are welcome. Register today at Eagle River Golf Course.

From our pristine lakes, rushing rivers, world-class golf cours-es, relaxing spas and charming towns and people, it’s a no-brainer that the Shuswap is truly an incredible place to call home. August is ‘Staycation’ month in B.C., an opportunity to consider staying close to home and experi-encing the beauty and adventure that can be found right here in the Shuswap and North Okanagan.

There are so many events taking place here this month from the Roots & Blues Festival featuring a great line-up of artists this year and the famous Caravan Farm Theatre in Arm-strong that is guaranteed fun and laughs for your family. Camping and RV’ing is spectacular here, or maybe consider a quick getaway at one of the many fine bed and breakfasts in the Shus-wap.

When you choose to

staycation, it means that you are supporting one of our most important economic generators – tourism. The sector impacts our households either directly or in-directly through jobs, summer employment opportunities for stu-dents, or increased sales at restaurants and local-ly-owned shops from tourists and visitors coming to our region all year round.

Tourism is one of the eight key sectors of our BC Jobs Plan as it is one of one of the largest economic drivers in the province. Throughout B.C. tourism contrib-utes $7.1 billion to our GDP and funds $1.2 billion in tax revenue funding programs and services to all British Columbians.

So if you are con-sidering to staycation here, be sure to check out Destination B.C. at hellobc.com. You can also follow them on so-cial media at Facebook.com/hellobc or twitter @HelloBC for some great trip ideas.

And finally, while you are exploring your own backyard, be sure take a picture and use the hashtag, #Stayca-tionBC and #exploreBC to show the world the beauty and wonder of what the Shuswap has to offer.

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Sicamous once again celebrated Canada Day

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water. Clockwise from top left: Boaters light

up the water below as fireworks light up the

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Russell Travis(Rusty) Waterson

Russell Travis (Rusty) Waterson passed away at Piccadilly Terrace, Salmon Arm on Sunday, July 27th, 2014 at the age of 94 years. A Celebration of Life for Rusty and his wife Louise, who passed away in December 2013

will be held at the Sicamous Senior’s Center on Sunday afternoon, August 31, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. Interment of Rusty & Louise’s cremated remains will take place in the family plot of Mountain View Cemetery, Revelstoke.

Rusty was born in Victoria, B.C. on December 16, 1919 and had been a longtime resident of Sicamous. He was raised in the Enderby area and in his younger years worked at many different jobs, from working in the Victoria area at a shipyard where the Liberty Ships were built for the war effort, to working with the CPR in Revelstoke and in Sicamous. In the early 1960’s he worked at road construction, at first on the Rogers Pass and subsequent projects around the province, eventually ending up working with the Highways Department in Sicamous, where he worked until he retired. Gardening with Louise was Rusty’s favourite past-time and playing crib and bowling were long-time hobbies.

Rusty was predeceased by his wife Louise. He is survived by two sons: Ralph (Judy) of Sicamous and Harley (Livia) of Surrey; two step grandchildren: Don (Angela) Waterson of Revelstoke and Dennis (Robin) Peterson of Vanderhoof and one sister, Bernice McCormick of Vancouver.

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Suites, Upper1 BR suite in Sicamous. Ideal for handicap, senior or working person. Incl. cable, W/D, A/C, F/S and use of deck. New cond. $700. Avail Immed. 1 (250)836-3569

Want to RentDISCREET professional com-pany looking for one week high end house rental in late Feb/early March. Ideally 8 bedrooms with 8 bathrooms, but would consider smaller op-tions. Please contact 1-250-837-3734 to discuss further details. Attn. Kiel.

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