Eagle Valley News, December 30, 2015

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January Blind Bay resident

David Mark Yule, 49, was killed on Friday, Jan. 9, after the snow-mobile he was on went over a steep cliff.

Gord Bushell, gen-eral manager of the Eagle Valley Snowmo-bile Club, said he and the sledding commu-nity were upset by the incident and expressed their condolences to Yule’s family and friends. Bushell called the incident an unfortu-nate accident, and said Yule had been well-prepared to sled the backcountry.

Heavy snowfall, a highway closure and repeated power outages brought Sicamous to a standstill.

Between Monday and Tuesday, the com-munity received about a half-metre of snow. Schools were closed as a result of the snow-fall and the subse-quent power outages that began Monday evening, and weren’t resolved until early Wednesday, impacted approximately 3,900 customers in the area. Meanwhile, the com-munity became a truck stop for approximately

200 tractor-trailer units as the Trans-Canada remained closed east of Sicamous until Wednesday morning, Jan. 7.

Marie Munro re-ceived a heart-warm-ing, tummy filling surprise during her stay-over in Sicamous.

One of the many truckers forced to spend the night in the community due to the highway closure, Mun-ro was amazed when she heard a knock at her window and was handed a care package.

“I said what’s this? She said steak dinner. It was barbecued steak, potatoes and veggies and it was really tasty. I scarfed it down right away.”

The much-appreci-ated meals were served

by Barb Makota and her partner Serge Mill-er.

“It felt really good to be able to help peo-ple out and be gener-ous,” said Makota, pointing out her partner was a truck driver for 30 years. “My heart sort of went out to the truckers; I know they’d been stuck. I felt so bad for them.”

The Sicamous RCMP welcomed Sgt. Scott West as detach-ment commander.

The District of Si-camous learned it is looking at $1.56 mil-lion in upgrades to get its waste-water treat-ment plant in line with permit requirements.

A rash of accidents on the Trans-Canada

Highway prompted Columbia Shuswap Regional District direc-tors to send a letter to the federal government requesting a meeting and information on federal plans to up-grade the highway.

Sicamous coun-cil asked district staff to devise a new plan for how to cope with snow events similar to the one that occurred between the period of Jan. 3 and 6.

The Salmon Arm Minor Hockey Associ-ation was investigating a fight that occurred during a Midget Tier 2 game in Sicamous. On Saturday, Jan. 17, Sicamous RCMP re-sponded to a report of an altercation at the Sicamous and District

Recreation Centre, where a game was be-ing played between Salmon Arm and Pent-icton. The skirmish wasn’t on the ice, how-ever, but in the stands, between two adults who had a disagree-ment over a penalty call.

School trustees were staring another signifi-cant budget decline for the upcoming budget year – a projected bud-get shortfall of between $1.34 million and $2.79 million for the 2015-2016 budget.

School District #83 trustees petitioned the B.C. government to lift a wage freeze and provide salary in-creases for their non-union administration employees. The freeze applied to school dis-trict executives like up-per management of the school district, as well as principals and vice-principals.

Sicamous coun-cil was asked by Kim Hyde and Michelle Wolff to commit $100,000 in seed mon-ey, as well as a letter of support, to be used to leverage grant money to help make a cultural centre at the former Tru Hardware location a

YEAR IN REVIEW

Blind Bay man killed in sled accident

See Shea Weber on page 3

Dangerous drive: A mix of heavy snowfall and semi drivers not driving to conditions resulted in several accidents along Highway 1 in the region. File photo

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DISTRICT OF SICAMOUS

District of Sicamous Ph: 250-836-2477 Fax: 250-836-4314 www.sicamous.ca

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NOTICE OF PHASED DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT(200 OLD TOWN ROAD – OLD TOWN BAY)

This is to advise that Council will consider Phased Development Agreement Bylaw No. 905, 2015 respecting Remainder Lot 1, District Lots 528 and 529, Plan KAP82686, Except Plan KAP91776, KDYD and Lease Number 347646 located at 200 Old Town Road, Sicamous, B.C.Under the provisions of section 905.1 of the Local Government Act, the District of Sicamous Phased Development Agreement Bylaw No. 905, 2015 is intended to establish the conditions for a phased development agreement between the District of Sicamous and 443602 BC Ltd. which will secure specified CDZ.07–RM-Resort Marina Zone and CDZ.06-RCR-Resort Commercial Residential Zone of Zoning Bylaw 101, 1993 and Subdivision and Development Servicing Bylaw 500, 2003 requirements for the above identified parcel of Land and Water Tenure Lease for a ten (10) year time frame in exchange for amenities and other considerations deemed beneficial to the District and further development of Old Town Bay. The proposed Phased Development Agreement (PDA) will also generally provide for:

• Provision and timing of the proposed phasing• Provision of statutory right of way for a waterfront walkway• Sharing of riparian rights• Timing and phasing requirements • Provision for public access and operations of a public boat launch • District cost sharing toward provision of public launching• Provision of moorage slips for further upland development use• Provision for seasonal temporary parking• Provision for the design and construction of the waterfront walkway

Phased Development Agreement Bylaw No. 905, 2015 outlines an initial four phase development for the proposed 276 slip full service marina, future upland service and administration building and temporary seasonal upland parking. A copy of Bylaw No. 905, 2015, staff reports and other documents will be available for public review from Thursday, December 17, 2015 to January 13, 2016 at the following locations. Location Address Hours1

District Office 446 Main Street, Sicamous 8:30am to 4:30pm, Monday to Friday (except Dec. 24th, 2015 to Jan. 3rd, 2016)

District Webpage www.sicamous.ca AnytimeCouncil will hold a public hearing for Phased Development Agreement Bylaw No. 905, 2015 on Wednesday. January 13, 2016 at 6:00 p.m. in Council Chambers, District office.Note: Written submissions will be received up to 1:00 pm local time on the day the public hearing is convened.1Please note that hours are subject to change.

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reality. Council agreed to forward the request to the district finance committee for consid-eration.

Shea Weber’s pow-erful right-handed shot once again created some buzz following his performance in the NHL All-Star skills competition. During the Hardest Shot com-petition, a Weber shot was clocked at 108.5 miles-per-hour.

The Sicamous Ea-gles snagged a 4-3 win in double overtime ver-sus the Summerland Steam.

FebruaryFormer District of

Sicamous program and events co-ordinator Jillian Alexander sent out an email announc-ing her termination. In response, Mayor Terry Rysz said council de-cided to restructure recreational program-ming “by reallocating funds previously used for management wag-es to other activities within the community,” adding, “Recreation is a priority to council and there are still funds allocated to this within the budget.”

Forty employees were laid off at TA Structures in response to the slowdown in Canada’s oil industry.

The District of Si-camous announced Fred Banham would be taking on the role of district chief adminis-

trative officer, begin-ning March 1.

Council received a request from Solsqua-Sicamous Road resi-dents Joanne Dermott and Nell Chapdelaine to extend the municipal water line to the dis-trict’s eastern bound-ary, so as to service properties that current-ly rely upon the Cedar Ridge Mobile Home Parks water system for potable water.

Ongoing illegal dumping at Sicamous’ downtown recycle de-pot sparked municipal council’s interest in looking at alternatives, including a curbside collection program.

After 25 years, Rocky and Juliet Ehlers put the Enchanted For-est and Sky Trek up for sale.

“It’s been very en-joyable years and it’s time we move on,” said Rocky, 69.

The popular tour-ist attractions, located on the Trans-Canada Highway about 25

kilometres east of Si-camous, was listed for sale for $2.7 million.

Warm, wet weather contributed to another mudslide in the Shus-wap, causing signifi-cant damage to a Mara home. A mudslide oc-curred 13 kilometres south of Sicamous. The slide closed Highway 97A until noon. The slide had also damaged a residence as well as vehicles and a boat stored on the property. The residence had been safely evacuated.

Sicamous council decided to go back to one big fireworks dis-play on Canada Day

and do away with the smaller August long-weekend display.

Some 70 years fol-lowing D-Day, local veterans Sigurd Larsen and James Munro re-ceived the French Na-tional Order of the Le-gion of Honour for the part they played in the largest seaborne inva-sion in history.

MarchDevyn Myck was

the man in playoff ac-tion between the Si-camous Eagles and the Kamloops Storm. Myck provided two of the Eagles’ three goals during game three of the team’s playoff run,

including the overtime marker that earned Si-camous the win.

Improvements to health care, the fire department and pedes-trian safety were being looked at by mayor and council during their de-liberations for the up-

YEAR IN REVIEW

Continued from page 2

Shea Weber shot clocked at 108.5 mph

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Support: The Sicamous Eagles presented a cheque for $2,500 to the Canadian Cancer Society. The money was raised through the team’s jersey auction. File photo

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NDP leader John Horgan sat down with Tom Fletcher for a year-end interview in his Victoria office Dec. 10. Here are excerpts. For the full version, see the Opinion tab at [your paper’s web-site].

TF: In the recent federal election, national NDP lead-er Thomas Mulcair rejected the Trans Pacific Partner-ship sight unseen, endors-ing letters from Unifor and CUPE saying this is a bad deal. Is your party seen as against Pacific Rim trade?

JH: No, I don’t think so, and what I said at the time was that I support trade. We’re a trade-centred prov-ince. We’re looking across the ocean at the largest mar-ket the world has known, and I support getting our products to higher-priced markets.

But having said that, the B.C. Liberals embraced TPP without even having seen it.

TF: The NDP and unions have historically been protectionist. Do you see any need to modernize the B.C. party?

JH: When it comes to trade, I think we have mod-ernized. And who was the first premier to go on a trade mission from British Co-lumbia? It was Dave Bar-rett. And now there has been a succession of premiers make regular visits to other markets to try to stimulate economic activity here at home.

TF: Your party supports the carbon tax now, but not the revenue neutral ap-proach. Do you support in-creasing the rate?

JH: I’ve looked care-fully at the report tabled by the premier’s [advisory] group, a vast array of Brit-ish Columbians, and there was a lot of water put into the wine to get to the posi-tion they got to. What I’m comfortable with is that the date that they’ve selected for a ramping up of the carbon tax is 2018, which will be a

year after the next provincial election. So if I’m success-ful and form a government, I’ll have time to look at tax policy broadly to see if we can make improvements in the carbon tax.

For me, and I think for most British Columbians, the model that Alberta has adopted of taking revenues and driving them into indus-tries, or activities like tran-sit, that will reduce emis-sions over time.

TF: Natural gas price and volume continue to go down, along with commod-ities generally, and supply of oil and gas keeps going up. What’s your take on the prospects for LNG after the year we’ve had?

JH: Not good. I’ve al-ways said price will de-termine whether investors drop down multi-billions of dollars in a far-away place to provide a product that is not developed here. Brown-field opportunities have moved very quickly in the U.S. Changing LNG import facilities to export facilities

is a whole lot easier and cheaper than starting from scratch.

Getting to the coast is a challenge for fossil fuels, and the last LNG price point I saw delivered in Asia was $5.70 a unit. You’re not go-ing to make money at that price, even with rock-bot-tom prices here in B.C.

TF: We’ve just had a couple of announcements as part of the government’s Jobs Plan, $100 million in financing for tech start-ups, which your critic was pleased about, and an ag-riculture and food strategy. Are we going to see more Jobs Plan advertising in the new year?

JH: It’s the Christmas season, the federal election is over, there are two sets of ads running now. I think these ads are self-promo-tion. These are not inform-ing the public on informa-tion that they really need.

If it’s just smiling people with hardhats on, I think we’re going to have some-thing to say about that.

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More seniors turn to food banks

OPINION

We have not come a very long way in the last two hundred years. Poverty plagues us still.

For many who stand in line at one of this coun-try’s 4,000 food banks, it is a fact of life made grimmer by the inability of the rest of us to so-cially engineer even one day free of humiliating hunger for so many.

A nation-wide “Hunger Count,” just made pub-lic, has found that more than 850,000 Canadians are turning to food banks each month. Food bank use reached about 670,000 individuals in March 2008, spiked drastically in 2009 and has hovered at record levels ever since.

A most alarming finding is that an increasing number of food bank patrons are seniors.

Laura Lansink, executive director of Food Banks BC, says: “In Surrey, our food banks are reporting that seniors are their fastest growing demographic; these are people on a fixed income for life.”

The Hunger Count reveals that seven per cent of Canadian households helped by food banks live primarily on income from a pension.

The report is based, in part, on food bank visits in March of each year. In B.C., there were more than 100,000 individuals dependent on food banks this past March, a 28 per cent increase since 2008 and almost 3,000 more hungry people than in March 2014. Children account for 31 per cent of food bank visits. Almost 60 per cent of B.C.’s food banks reported an increase in business.

Sharon Lee, executive director of the Ontario Association of Food Banks, probably speaks to a pan-Canadian reality when she says “the face of hunger is changing.”

“Senior citizens are at a growing risk of food insecurity, alongside far too many adults and chil-dren,” says Lee.

“Unless measures are implemented to assist those without proper access to safe and affordable housing, nutritious food and stable employment, this need will only continue to grow.”

The “Hunger Count” – it has an ominous ring doesn’t it?

Especially at this time of year when “want is most keenly felt and abundance rejoices.”

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Horgan on trade, carbon tax and LNG

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SICAMOUSEAGLESJUNIOR B HOCKEY CLUB

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Sunday, January 3rdSicamous vs 100 Mile House

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SICAMOUS EAGLES PLAYER PROFILE

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Sicamous and District Recreation Centre

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WEDNESDAY DEc. 30Public Skating: 9 am - 10:45

Lunch Bunch: 12:15 - 2:00 pmPublic Skating: 2:00 pm - 3:45

THURSDAY DEc. 31Closed at Noon

FRiDAY JAN. 1Closed for New Years

SATURDAY JAN. 2Sic Atom: 9-10:30 am GameSA Midget: T3 2-4 pm Game

SA Pee Wee T3: 4:15-6:15 pm Game

SUNDAY JAN. 3SA PWT2: 11:45-1:45 pm Game

SAMT2: 2-4 pm GameSA JUV: 4:15-6:15 pm

MONDAY JAN. 4Public Skating: 9 am - 10:45


Eagles Practise: 4-5:15 pmNovice: 5:30-6:30 pmAtom: 6:30-7:30 pm

Old Timers: 7:45-9 pm

TUESDAY JAN. 5Public Skating: 9 am - 10:45


Eagles Practise: 4-5:15 pmPre-Novice: 5:30-6:30 pmSA Midget T3: 6:45-8 pm

Rec Centre Gym open 8:00 am to close. Full Membership: $20 a month

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

Ph: 832-2131 Fax: 832-5140 Email: [email protected] DEADLINE: 2pm, Fridays

Jan. 15 Learn to skate teaches the fundamentals of skating to children. Contact Jamie Sherlock, recreation programmer, District of Sicamous for information 250-836-2477 or [email protected]

Monday to Friday Community Access Site at the Senior’s Activity Centre - 1091 Shuswap Avenue. Internet & related services. Call Diana. 836-2446

Mon., Wed. & FriSicamous Strongstart 8:15-11:15 Parkview Elementary 836-2871

EvEry MondaySicamous Three-chord Ukulele Band At the United Church - Sicamous - starting at 1 pm Newcomers please come at 12:15pm to help you get set up.No need to read music, we will teach you how to play. Just bring a ukulele.For more information call Carla 250-836-4705

EvEry TuEsdaySicamous Baby Talk 9 - 11 am Free drop-in program for parents & babies to 12 months of age. Sicamous health unit

Stopping the Violence Program in Sicamous - counselling for women who have experienced abuse during childhood or adult relationships. No charge. Call Kathy at 250-832-9700.

Seniors Meals provided, 12 noon in the Common Room at the Haven. Delivery available if required, phone Dorothy at 250-836-2437.

Sicamous Strongstart 12:30-3:30 Parkview Elementary 836-2871

EvEry WEdnEsday Malakwa Parent & Tot ~ 10:00 – 12:00 pm ~ Malakwa Preschool Building. For more information call Gwyneth 250-836-3440

Dody’s Art For Everyone Meets Every Wednesday At The Red Barn, 10 a.m. To 3 p.m. Everyone Is Welcome . For More Info Call, Dody At 250 836 3112 Or Jean At 250 836 3511.

Girl Guides of Canada. Sparks - 2:15 pm at Parkview. Brownies - 3:30 pm at Legion. New members welcome! Leaders needed. 250-836-3366 or online: girlguides.ca

United Church Thrift Store Open 10:00 am to 3 p.m.

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

Crib, 7:30 p.m., Haven seniors building. Everyone welcome - you don’t have to be a senior. Socializing and coffee served after crib. Info: Bev 836-3435 or Ed 836-4133

T.O.P.S. (Take off Pounds Sensibly) meets Wednesday morning at the Sicamous Rec. Centre (arena). Weigh in at 9:00 am and meeting at 9:30. Everyone Welcome. Ph: 250-836-4041 for info.

1st & 3rd Wed. Parkinsons Support Group Contact Don at 250-838-0794.

1st & 3rd Wed. Eagle Valley Photographic Arts Club meets at the Red Barn at 7 pm. Everyone Welcome.

Last Wednes-day oF the Month Autism Support Group (CLOSED December, January 27) 6:00-7:30pm at Sicamous Health Unit

EvEry Thursday Ladies shuffleboard at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #99 in

Sicamous. 1pm-3pm. All ladies welcome.

Sicamous Strongstart 12:30-3:30 Parkview elementary 836-2871

Seniors Meals provided, 12 noon in the Common Room at the Haven. Delivery available if required, phone Dorothy at 250-836-2437.

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

1st, 3rd, 4th thurs. - Keepsake Kwilters meet at the Haven Common room 1095 Shuswap Avenue at 7:00 p.m. For info call 250-836-2695.

every 4th t h u r s d a y monthly meeting of the Malakwa Community Association at 7:00 in the Learning Centre Library.

EvEry Friday Parents & Tots, 10-12 noon at the

Sicamous Resource Center. Free Drop-in program for parents & children to age 6. Active play, crafts and socialization. 836-3440.

Eagle Valley Brush & Palette Club meets at the Red Barn, 10am-3pm, Everyone wel-come! For info call Carol 250-836-3135 or Amy 250-836-4756. w w w. e a g l e v a l l e y -brushandpalette.com

Pool Tournament at the Legion at 6:00 pm

1st Friday oF the MonthSicamous Seniors Ctre general meeting 11 am followed by a great pot luck lunch. We encour-age everyone to join us.

2nd 3rd and 4th Friday Wii Tournament at 10 am at the Sicamous Seniors Activity Cen-tre - 1091 Shuswap Avenue. Everyone Wel-come.

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

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United Church Thrift Store open 10:00 am to 3 p.m.

2nd saturday oF the Month

Scrabble Tournament Sicamous library 1 pm

sundays every 4th sun-day Royal Canadian Legion Br. #99 general meet-ing, 1 p.m.

Birthday Tea (formerly the OAPO) for mem-bers and friends at Se-niors Activity Ctre 1:30 pm. Everyone is Wel-come.

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coming budget, with a 1.85 per cent municipal tax increase in the fore-cast.

School board trust-ees looked at the dis-trict’s long-term facil-ity plan that could see the closure of several elementary schools and the re-organization of others to deal with declining student en-rolment and budget pressures. Recommen-dations from the plan included converting Parkview Elementary in Sicamous from a K-7 to K-5 school, closing a “significant portion of Parkview El-ementary and creating a Grade 6-8, “middle school within a school” program using existing space at Eagle River Secondary.

Hockey season came to an end for the Sicamous Eagles when

they were knocked out of the playoffs in game five by the Kamloops Storm.

The Sicamous Ea-gles Junior Hockey Club welcomed Ty Davidson as the team’s new head coach. Ea-gles general manager Wayne March said Da-vidson brings a strong skillset, both as a teacher and a recruiter, and has a good rapport both within the KIJHL and the WHL.

Lot 46 Management Society asked district council to either raise the Beach Park’s pe-destrian bridge by three metres or remove it. At certain times of the year, from high wa-ter in mid-June, until about mid-July and sometimes longer, we cannot get in and out of the channel because of the bridge,” society president Eric Rams-dale told council.

A letter from the local fire department prompted council to do away with the “speed dips” at the Sicamous-Solsqua Road bridge. Fire Chief Brett Ogino explained the challeng-es in getting his trucks across and the potential damage the dips might cause.

School District #83 secretary-treasurer Sterling Olson, told the board the school dis-trict was facing an op-erating deficit of $1.8 million from the previ-ous year.

A 62-year-old man was killed after be-ing struck by a train in Malakwa.

The incident oc-curred just before 10 p.m. on March 21 at the Sommerville-Husted Road crossing. Sicamous RCMP re-port the man, a Mal-akwa resident, was one of three adults in

a Chrysler sedan that got stuck on the tracks. Police said all three of the vehicle’s occupants had exited the sedan before it was struck by a westbound CP Rail train. In the process, the 62-year-old was struck and killed.

Former Liberal Shuswap MP George Abbott said he was shocked and disap-pointed by cabinet’s last-minute refusal of his appointment as chief commissioner of the First Nations Treaty Commission, a posi-tion he was invited to take on sixth-months prior.

AprilThe search was on,

and Ryan Guilbeault wanted to be discov-ered. The Shuswap mu-sician was an entrant in the 2015 Searchlight: The Hunt for Canada’s

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District council agreed to write a let-ter to the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure, asking that the ministry reduce speed limits on High-way 1 at the east end of town. This was in response to comments from the chamber and concerns they’d re-ceived regarding the speed limit increases put in place by the min-istry the previous sum-mer.

Parkview Elemen-tary school’s PAC told council they had raised $40,700 towards their $75,00 goal for the replacement of the school’s playground equipment. District of Sicamous Mayor Terry Rysz asked staff to find between $10,000 to $15,000 to contribute.

Organizers of the 14th annual Easter Hockey tournament, April 3 to 5, were happy to announce this year would see eight teams from all over B.C. and Alberta com-peting in the event.

Curtis Johnson, Gord Bushell, Bruce Moores and Dan Morin saw more excitement than anticipated during an outing at Blue Lake. The four experienced snowmobilers were sledding in the back-country when John-son wound up getting caught in an avalanche. He managed to keep his hand up, enabling his fellow sledders to quickly locate him and come to his rescue.

Royal Canadian Ma-rine Search and Rescue Shuswap Station 106 partnered with Vernon Search and Rescue and Wildcat Helicopters on

April 13, in their first on-water helicopter winch training exercise on Shuswap Lake.

Sicamous parents did not want the Grade 6 and 7 students moved from Parkview to Eagle River Secondary for the impending school year. This was made clear at a public meeting held by the school district at Eagle River Secondary, in response to recom-mendations to convert Parkview Elementary to a K-5 school, close a portion of Parkview and create a “middle school within a second-ary school” at Eagle River Secondary.

Crime stats for Feb-ruary 2015 were up over the same period a year ago. Non-sexual assaults climbed from zero to eight this Feb-ruary, and false and abandoned 911 calls increased from eight

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Sgt. Scott West. “These events are between people who know each other and not strang-ers victimizing people in the community ran-domly.”

West said total calls for service jumped from 78 to 116, repre-senting a 49 per cent increase over last Feb-ruary. He surmised the increase could have been due to the warm-er-than-normal winter weather encouraging more people to be out and about.

District of Sicamous council approved a $10,000 contribution for new playground equipment at Parkview Elementary school.

Police confirmed they were investigat-ing an altercation be-tween a group of men – caught urinating in public next to Eagle River Secondary – and local students and par-ents. Resident Brent Graf captured some of the incident on a video,

which he made public with the hope it would shame those involved.

Eagle River Sec-ondary’s social justice class was awarded the Leaders of Tomorrow award by the Amyo-trophic Lateral Scle-rosis (ALS) Society of British Columbia, in recognition of the students’ annual Walk and Roll for ALS fun-draiser.

MayA local advisory

committee was estab-lished with the goal of acquiring age-friendly status for Sicamous. “I think, in the grand scheme of things, we’re already doing a lot of the things that a town might have to, to be designated as age-friendly,” said co-ordi-nator Jeanne Rokosh. “But we’re looking at it and going, perhaps can we be a little more age-friendly?”

Twin Anchors Ma-rine was back in the boat-building game,

with two boats in the works for shipment to Ontario, and a third to California.

Extreme Power Sports was destroyed in a fire on May 6. Jason Stutzke, owner of both

the business and the building it was in, said the business was closed for the summer but was to reopen in the fall. “I have no choice… I was going to open in the fall again for the winter season. So, my fingers

are crossed that the building will be rebuilt by fall,” said Stutzke.

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Peter left us on Friday the 13th, November 2015. He died at home in Banff, he was 76 years old.

He was born in Meggen, Switzerland and immigrated to Canada as a young boy and eventually settled in Banff. The last 25 years were commited to the Shuswap as well. Peter’s unconventional wisdom and vision brought him success as thefounder of the Banff Book and Art Den; The GrizzlyHouse and Narrows Village at Shuwap Lake.

Peter was a unique character who forged hisown path in life and was an inspiration to many. He would challenge anyone but ended up being ashepherd to so many of us instead.

Narrows Village was Peter’s utopia; an off thegrid, self-sustaining paradise serving the best and most entertaining dinners on Shuswap Lake. Healso conceived and founded the Fungi Festival inSicamous.

Peter will be sorely missed by his lady Ellen Visser, daughters Brigitte and Gabi, and by Barbara, themother of his children. Peter’s Grizzly House and Narrows Village families will also feel the loss of their founder and leader.

We will all miss Peter holding court on the deckof the pagan palace with his pipes and Malbec. A celebration of his life will be held this coming summer at Narrows Village.

Friends wishing to remember Peter are encouraged to make a donation, in his memory, to the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Calgary, #6500, 7007-14 Street,SW.,Calgary, AB T2V 1P9; (403)943-8888 in lieu of floral tributes.

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Main Street/Highway 97A intersec-tion during an open house at Eagle River Secondary. The proposal, esti-mated to cost $3 million, was for a single-lane roundabout that will in-clude a network of related sidewalks that extend to the Trans-Canada Highway, as well as new crosswalks with refuge areas for pedestrians. Overall, public opinion was favour-able.

In response to the forecast and drier-than-normal conditions, the Kamloops Fire Centre issued a ban on open burning at noon Friday, May 15, a month earlier than usual.

Council turned down the offer of a free A-frame home to serve as a pavilion in Beach Park. Structural concerns and the short time frame required to move the building in� u-enced the decision.

School District #83 trustees opted not to proceed with a recommenda-tion from a long-term facilities plan to convert Parkview Elementary to a K-5 school, and move the Grade 6 and 7 students into a “middle school within a school” at Eagle River Sec-ondary. Trustees agreed and voted to commence public consultation and an analysis of the facilities, staf� ng and programs for one K-12 school by Feb-ruary 2016. “We know things cannot stay as they are. There is optimism that Sicamous can do anything, just give us some time,” said Sicamous/Malakwa Trustee Barry Chafe.

With glum expressions and contin-ued pleas for the province to increase education funding, School District #83 trustees voted to approve the up-coming year’s budget which includes more than $1.7 million in cuts.

Boaters on Mara Lake were asked to be cautious as wood debris from the recent Cooke Creek � ooding had made its way into the lake. The wood waste was the result of the massive May 2 debris slide in Enderby.

The Labour Market Assessment and Planning Project for Sicamous and Electoral Area E was well under-way. An initiative of Community Fu-tures Shuswap, with � nancial support from Community Futures and the Ministry of Development and Social Innovation, the project’s intent was to gather current information in order to assess labour market challenges and opportunities, and use this informa-tion to formulate a plan for recovery.

Eagle River Secondary’s golf team saw their season come to a bittersweet end at the Valley Championship Tour-nament in Kelowna.

The team, consisting of Karter An-derson, Mytch Blight, Austin Miller

and Colby Sherlock might have taken a fourth-place � nish if they hadn’t been disquali� ed for signing an incor-rect score card.

JuneSicamous Coun. Malcolm

Makayev and Mayor Terry Rysz met with University of British Columbia Okanagan staff to show and discuss what Sicamous has that could facili-tate it in becoming a dementia-friend-ly community. UBCO staff later met with council and offered support to reach this objective.

Sgt. Scott West, who had been with the local detachment for about six months, was selected to succeed Staff Sgt. Kevin Keane as detachment commander in Salmon Arm.

Sicamous RCMP Sgt. Scott West said a recent rash of thefts from ve-hicles in the community had been resolved. Six incidents of break-and-enter and 16 incidents of theft from vehicles were reported to the Si-camous RCMP detachment in April.

In a May 5 report to District of Si-camous council, West stated some of the culprits involved with the thefts from vehicles had been identi� ed, and police were investigating those offences in an attempt to charge those individuals.

Parkview Elementary students had an opportunity to share their love for math with the school’s math club. School principal Val Edgell noted the improvements in the mathematics skills of math club students, explain-ing how most were solving puzzles above their level.

The Splatsin, Columbia Shuswap Regional District (CSRD) and the Regional District of North Okanagan (RDNO) approved a memorandum of understanding regarding the pursuit of the acquisition of the Canadian Paci� c owned Okanagan Shuswap Railway. This will be the foundation for collaboration for the proposed ac-quisition of the Okanagan Shuswap railway.

The Columbia Shuswap Regional District turned down a request by Si-camous Chamber of Commerce man-ager Michelle Wolff and Eagle Valley Arts Council president Kim Hyde for $100,000 from the Economic Oppor-tunity Fund to support a proposal for a new cultural centre.

Transportation Minister Todd Stone stopped by Sicamous to con-� rm the province’s commitment to construct a roundabout at the 97A/Main Street intersection. He said the project would cost $7 million, and would keep traf� c � owing and be safer for vehicles than the current con� guration.

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Safe at home: Sicamous Stingers Myah Gallie, Julia Wilby and Jordann Carr cheer as

teammate Sam Stutzke slides into home during the U16 Bantam and U19 Midget Girls Okanagan

Championships in Finlayson Park. The home team placed second in the U19, earning a spot at

the Provincial Championships. File photo

Destruction: Sicamous RCMP Sgt. Scott West and Fire Chief Brett Ogino inspect the damage

caused by a fire that occurred early Wednesday morning, May 6, at the Extreme Power Sports

building on the Trans-Canada Highway. File photo

More moments from the archives…

Pets welcome: Sophie the pug keeps her eyes open for friendly passersby while Black Dog Clothing Company owner Eddie Johnston finishes constructing a portable awning in prepara-tion for the store’s May 1 opening. File photo


Reporting our Thanks & Best Wishes at the HolidaysThe whole team at the Eagle Valley News would like to express our sincere appreciation for your loyal readership. May you and your loved ones enjoy a Merry Christmas and a healthy and prosperousNew Year!

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