Eagle Valley News, February 18, 2015

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Councillor OK with water plant

cost increasePage 3

Veterans to receive France’s highest honour

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Grant sought to fund waste water upgrade

District of Sicamous council voted unanimously to support a Small Communities Fund application in the amount of $1.85 million for the wastewater treat-ment plant upgrade.

There were two related motions on the table at council’s Feb. 11 regular meeting, one for $1.7 mil-lion for an upgrade without collection system genera-tors, and the pricier one including the generators.

Council chose the more expensive option, with Sicamous’ one-third share being funded through a combination of development cost charges and re-serves.

Mayor Terry Rysz said the district could have gone the cheaper route now and add the generators later, but decided to get the upgrade completed once and for all.

Rysz says council thoroughly discussed the matter and did an inspection of the plant before deciding to move ahead with the grant application.

“The community is definitely looking to improve the system; we’re kind of maxed out on it, so we defi-nitely have to address it,” said Rysz. “For any future development, we need to get this plant in order.”

The mayor says True Consulting has also done an inspection and given direction as to what upgrades they think are needed to bring the plant in compli-ance with the district’s waste management permit (issued by the Ministry of Environment) and related discharge and capacity limitations.

“The application for the grant goes to government for approval and the rest remains to be seen,” he said. “Actually, I feel very comfortable that we will get support on that funding application.”

And taxpayers will likely feel more comfortable when they learn Sicamous’ one-third share will come from money that has already been put aside.

“There are a multitude of eligible project catego-ries for this grant application; however, the wastewa-ter treatment plant upgrade is the largest in scope for the district at this time,” wrote chief financial officer Kelly Bennett in her report to council. “In addition, this application is planned to be submitted as part of the Gas Tax Strategic Fund Grant program, which supports local government infrastructure which is larger in scale, has a regional impact or is innovative.”

$1.85 million: Sicamous’ share to be paid through DCCs and reserves.By Barb BrouwerEagle Valley News

Canadiana: A Mountie, hockey player and a beaver figure prominently in Dodie Thoms’ contribution to the Sicamous Banner Project. This year’s theme is the 50th Anniversary of the Canadian flag, celebrated nationally on Feb. 15. Banner painting runs until Feb. 27, upstairs at the rec centre, Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Completed banners are hung downtown for the summer. Photo by Victoria Rowbottom

Mudslide damages home, closes highway

The recent warm, wet weather contributed to anoth-er mudslide in the Shuswap, causing significant damage to a Mara home.

On Monday at approxi-mately midnight, a mudslide occurred 13 kilometres south of Sicamous. The slide closed HIghway 97A until about noon, when it was reopened to single-lane traffic. This fol-lowed an aerial inspection by the Ministry of Transportation

and Infrastructure to deter-mine the extent of the slide and its effects. Both lanes were clear as of Tuesday morning.

Sicamous RCMP reported the slide had also damaged a residence as well as vehicles and a boat stored on the prop-erty, and the residence had been safely evacuated. Minis-try spokesperson Sonia Lowe confirmed this, adding Emer-gency Management BC and the North Okanagan Regional District had been contacted

to provide support and assis-tance.

“Several vehicles parked on the property were pushed onto the highway and these have been removed by our crews,” said Lowe.

Both police and Lowe said no injuries had been reported resulting from the slide.

On Feb. 9, a smaller mud-slide forced a partial closure of 97A between Swansea Point and Sicamous Creek. The day prior, a road gave way in Anglemont Estates in

the North Shuswap, destroy-ing a seasonal residence.

On Tuesday, Feb. 16, a section of Foothill Road in Salmon Arm was closed after a 30-metre stretch of road-side near Mt. Ida Cemetery sloughed down the adjacent embankment. This was attrib-uted to the ground beneath the road having become oversatu-rated from a nearby creek.

More of the same weather – rain, sun and temperatures up to seven degrees – is ex-pected for this week.

By Lachlan LabereEagle Valley News

Weather: Rain and warm temperatures believed cause of events.

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Feb 18. Ash Wednesday Service 12 pm Sicamous United Church.Feb 27 & 28 $2 Bag Sale Sicamous Thrift Shop 10 am - 3 pm clothing & shoes.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. & Thurs. - Seniors Meals provided, 12 noon in Common Room at the Haven. Every 1st & 3rd Wed. - Parkinsons Support Group Contact Don at 250-838-0794.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 info.Every 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.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 Fri. - Pool Tournament at the Legion at 6:00 pmEvery 1st Fri. of the month –Sicamous Seniors Ctre general meeting 11:00am followed by a great pot luck lunch. We encourage every to join us.Every 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 - KARMA YOGA (Gentle Hatha) Sundays 5:15-6:15PM @ I Am Yoga. Minimum $5 donation supports community cause of the month. No experience required. Drop-ins welcome!Open Meditation Circle by donation Sundays 4-5PM @ I Am Yoga - February 8th to March 15th. Familiarize yourself with mindfulness techniques. No experience required. Drop-ins welcome!Every 4th Sun.- Royal Canadian Legion Br. #99 general meeting, 1 p.m.Every 4th Sun. - Birthday Tea (formerly the OAPO) for members and friends at Seniors Activity Ctre 1:30 pm. Everyone is WelcomeEvery Sat. - Morning Sicamous Royal Canadian Legion Branch 99 tailgate market – Everyone welcome – sell anything – for details call Murray @250-836-2224.

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A summer resident won’t be getting a break after paying her prop-erty taxes two days late.

Council recently turned down a request from Joy Hearle to waive the $219.26 pen-alty she was charged for late payment of taxes. In a letter to the district, she explained she got caught up with fam-ily illness, thinking she

had “everything up to date,” until receiving a Nov. 5 letter from the district stating there was an amount in arrears on her Sicamous condo.

Having paid the fine, she Hearle requested the district reimburse or reduce the penalty charged.

“I have paid the in-voice, not because I feel it is fair, but because I don’t like to have un-paid bills in my name. However, I do feel the

amount charged is ex-cessive for two days of arrears.”

Chief financial of-ficer Kelly Bennett ex-plained to council how, under the Community Charter, a penalty of 10 per cent is imposed if taxes are not paid by the due date of July 2, adding the Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development has final say on wheth-er or not a penalty is waived.

In a Jan. 7 memo to council, Bennett and district staff recom-mend council deny the request to write to the ministry asking it for-gives the penalty.

“The province nor-mally only forgives a penalty if it’s a fault of BC Assessment, on our end or there’s an act of God – like the flood,” said Bennett. “If somebody is sick or somebody is dying or in a chronic situation,

it doesn’t really mat-ter. The reason why we recommended to deny it is because we feel the province would also deny it.”

Council voted unani-mously in favour of the staff recommendation.

No break on tax penalty for seasonal residentBy Lachlan LabereEagle Valley News

District does away with August fireworksDistrict of Sicamous

council has decided to go for one big bang for its bucks.

Councillors decided to go back to one big fireworks display on Canada Day and give the smaller August long weekend one a miss.

Fireworks have been long been a popular part of Sicamous’ Canada Day celebrations. But widespread flooding in 2012 forced the dis-trict to cancel the fire-works on Canada Day. Instead, the show was moved to the August long weekend.

Last year, the coun-

cil of the day decided to split the budget, put-ting three-quarters of the $20,000 budget on the Canada Day display and $5,000 into the Au-gust show.

“It was somewhat controversial in the past… There was some discussion and the com-munity got involved,”

says Rysz. “They didn’t think we should do one, so we decided to allocate 75 per cent to Canada Day and 25 per cent to August.”

But Rysz says that while the 75 per cent for Canada Day made for a fairly nice show, the August show wound up being some-

what anemic.“So council decid-

ed, we’re going to just have one big bang-up show on Canada Day and none in August,” he says. “We want to have one really good fireworks display; we don’t want to bring 300 to 400 boats off the lake for a few minutes.”

District of Sicamous mayor and council will be getting pay raises to bring them in line with other communities.

Mayor Terry Rysz says the previous coun-cil passed a resolution to bring remuneration up to what other com-munities are paying out based on size of the community.

At the Feb. 11 coun-

cil meeting, councillors passed Bylaw 887 that gives Rysz $20,000 per year, of which $6,666 is provided as an al-lowance for expenses incidental to the duties of the office.

On Jan. 1 of each subsequent year, the mayor’s salary will increase based on the consumer price index in B.C. for the previous year – again with one-third of that amount for expenses.

Councillors’ sala-ries will be set at $10,142. per year in 2015, with $3,381 pro-vided for expenses. Like the mayor, coun-cillors will see yearly increases based on B.C.’s consumer price index for the previous year.

Meal allowances will be paid out upon completion of an ap-proved District of Si-camous travel expense claim form. A per

diem will be paid to councillors who attend meetings, seminars, conferences, etc. that take place outside of Sicamous boundaries as outlined in the dis-trict’s Council, Staff and Outside Persons Expenses Policy.

This per diem rate covers travel time re-gardless of location.

The district’s state-ment of financial infor-mation for 2013 show the mayor was paid

$17,448 that year, plus $8,661 for expenses. Remuneration for indi-vidual councillors var-ied. Those who served the full year, however, received between $9,925 and $10,762. Expenses for mayor and council totalled $35,515.

In 2012, the mayor received $14,412 in remuneration, while councillors were paid $9,656. Expenses to-talled $40,179.

Mayor and council approve pay increaseBy Barb BrouwerEagle Valley News

By Barb BrouwerEagle Valley News

Annual adjustments: Salaries linked to B.C. consumer price index.

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Parent Information Meetings for French Immersion Programs

The meetings will be held on Tuesday, March 3 at 7 p.m.at École Élémentaire Bastion Elementary (early immersion) and L’École Intermédiare Shuswap Middle School (late immersion).

It is essential for all parents interested in the early/late French Immersion programs to attend these information meetings on March 3rd at 7 p.m. If the numbers work out, then registration will be taken at this meeting. If the numbers do not work out, we will continue with registration on Wednesday, April 1st, 2015, from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. Registration will take place at the District Education Centre (DEC) located at #110 2960 Okanagan Avenue S.E., Salmon Arm on a � rst come � rst served basis.

Sibling Enrolment. District practice provides opportunity for pre-registration of students who already have siblings in the French Immersion Programs. Sibling registration forms will be mailed directly to all parents/guardians of students enrolled in French Immersion programs and must be completed and received at School District No. 83, by 4 p.m. Friday, February 20th, 2015.

Please Note: Transportation to and from the French Immersion programs is the responsibility of the parent. It may be possible to ride the bus but it is not an absolute. Questions about the meetings? Please call the education of� ce at 250 804 7826.

To � nd out more about French Immersion opportunities in our schools, and to possibly register your child for French Immersion, it is essential to attend the information meeting which pertains to your student!

Please note there is new registration practice for both EARLY and LATE immersion. Please read carefully!

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Jeff Mallmes has changed his tune on the cost of Sicamous’ new water treatment facility.

Before he was elected in November to municipal council, Mallmes was one of the outspoken critics of the proposed Mara water treatment plant, particu-larly of the cost after it jumped from the origi-nally estimated $4.5 million to $7.9 million. This was made evident during the public infor-mation sessions hosted by project designer Timothy Phelan, a se-nior project manager with Opus DaytonK-night Consultants.

In his report at Si-camous council’s Jan. 28 regular meeting, Mallmes said he and Couns. Gord Bushell and Todd Kyllo recently stopped by Phelan’s Kelowna of� ce for a visit. The purpose, said Mallmes, was to get some clarity on the $3.4 million price difference.

During the visit,

Mallmes continued, Phelan explained what the district was going to get for $4.5 mil-lion, compared to what comes with the $7.9

million, including a “second-stage recovery, backwash settling ponds and generators.

“They hired a project manager, so there was a few things that brought the price close to where it is…,” said Mallmes. “So I raised a lot of stink last year about this, and had it been better ex-plained at the time to the general public, it prob-ably would have been better accepted by the public.

“We do need clean water. That was never an issue. The issue was the

difference in cost. So af-ter Mr. Opus’ visit with my fellow councillors, I’m comfortable with this water treatment plant as it stands today.”

Mallmes added there was discussion about eliminating the planned settlement ponds, but “that’s to go to staff and that has to do with the proposed sewage treat-ment plant, so those are things for the future to � gure out.”

Mallmes did note the project is moving along as scheduled, something con� rmed by district operations manager Randy Hand.

In the week before last, Hand said the proj-ect is coming along well, that trench walls

and drops for the un-derground waterworks had been poured, and that concrete was being poured for the suspend-ed slab and loading bay walls. Leak tests on the wet wells will also be conducted shortly be-fore they’re encased.

Budget-wise, Hand said the project is also on track, and will soon be at a point where the opportunity for unfore-seen issues to arise is moot.

“Once we get out of the ground, which is what’s going to hap-pen in the next couple of weeks… that really minimizes any of the risk of those unforeseen things,” said Hand. “As you can imagine, once you start digging, that’s when those unforeseen things can spring up. But once we get to the more surface work, we have a lot more control, so that really reduces the risk and the chances we’ll have to get into contingency. Right now we’re probably 75 per cent out of that risk bracket.”

Councillor OK with cost increaseWater plant: Construction on schedule and budget.

So I raised a lot of stink last year about this, and had it been better explained at the time… it probably would have been better accepted by the public.

Jeff MallmesCouncillor

A strike by CP Rail engineers and conduc-tors ended Monday, less than two days af-ter workers took to the picket lines across the country.

The end of the strike was announced by Kel-lie Leitch, the Federal Minister of Labour, Monday morning (Feb. 16), who told reporters in Ottawa the two sides

had agreed to arbitra-tion.

The announcement was followed by state-ments from CP Rail and the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference.

The move came mo-ments before Leitch was set to table back-to-work legislation in Par-liament.

“We took this strike action to improve the quality of life and the working conditions for our membership,”

said Doug Finnson, the president of the TCRC in a news release. “Our preference is to negoti-ate these improvements through collective bar-gaining, and the worst thing that could happen is a legislated process.These issues are far too important to our mem-bers to have a legislated process decide the issue.

“Consequently the better option is to use a fair mediation and ar-bitration dispute reso-

lution in front of an independent arbitrator, where we can demon-strate that our plan is a proven fatigue manage-ment system which is highly regarded for a long time and is far su-perior to what the em-ployer seeks to obtain.”

TCRC represents about 3,300 workers across Canada, includ-ing about 175 in Revel-stoke.

Rail traf� c resumed Tuesday.

CP Rail engineers end strike for arbitrationBy Alex CooperBlack Press




VICTORIA – The an-nual ritual of declaring a crisis in health care is upon us, with the B.C. Liberal government boasting that we have the best system in Canada, while the NDP and the B.C. Nurses’ Union try to portray it as the worst.

The BCNU is the last big public sector union still to settle in the latest round of contract talks. Feeding hor-ror stories to the media is part of its strategy, and this time it was a patient at Ab-botsford Hospital assigned a bed in a small shower room for a month due to chronic overcrowding. Hospital of-ficials said his care wasn’t compromised.

We’ve seen it in Abbots-ford, Surrey and elsewhere: a new hospital or expansion is built and is immediately overcrowded. We are re-minded every winter that influenza season brings a wave of people into emer-gency, expecting treatment

for a viral infection that in most cases can only run its course.

Many people still don’t understand what “the flu” is, beyond the notion that it sounds serious enough to tell the boss you won’t be in to work. And as fewer doctors choose the endless demands of family prac-tice, the expectation that all problems must be dealt with quickly and for free seems to grow as inexorably as the health-care budget.

An emergency physician of my acquaintance pro-vided a typical scenario for night shift at the ER. Where once nights were quiet, now there are patients waiting for hours, around the clock.

Several are drunk, and one has urinated on the floor. Surveys show as many as half of ER visits are alco-hol-related, from overdoses to fights, falls, car crashes and chronic conditions.

Into this chaos comes a mother with her young child, who has nasal and chest congestion. The

child’s cough led her to throw up, so off to ER they went, blithely assuming that this is where you bring a kid with a cold.

This week’s B.C. budget brings us a step closer to the moment when half of all provincial revenues go to keep the health-care system running.

In the legislature, NDP health critic Judy Darcy blasted Health Minister Terry Lake for the govern-ment’s failure to keep its 2010 promise to find every-one in B.C. a family doctor.

Lake allowed they’re still working on that, and then plugged the latest Confer-ence Board of Canada study showing B.C. ranks third in the world in health-care out-comes, second only to Swit-zerland and Sweden.

Darcy, a former presi-dent of the Hospital Em-ployees’ Union, was quick to respond: “This is surely a first in question period, the Minister of Health go-ing back to the record of the NDP government in the

1990s, because we’ve had the best health outcomes in Canada since 1993. The fact is that we exercise more, we smoke less and we drink less, and that’s to the credit of British Columbians.”

We also have more el-derly people, as Premier Christy Clark argued in 2011 when the federal gov-ernment changed its financ-ing formula.

After years of increas-ing transfers by six per cent per year, the late federal fi-nance minister Jim Flaherty announced that starting in 2014, increases would be tied to economic growth, but wouldn’t fall below three per cent.

This of course was treated as a cut, rather than continued increases above inflation. But there it is, and all provinces have to deal with it.

Darcy is quite right that personal responsibility is the key, something to re-member as the usual squab-bling of special interests continues.

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Internet-fuelled vaccination fears harmful to all

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It was just about a year ago that B.C. had to deal with an outbreak of measles, with about 100 cases popping up in the Fraser

Valley. This year, it’s Ontario’s turn.Though it’s still a common disease in many

areas of the Third World, the once common childhood ailment is rarely seen in Canada these days. There is one reason for that: vaccinations.

Complications from measles include ear or respiratory infections like pneumonia, and in ex-treme cases, brain inflammation, blindness and deafness or, rarely, death. Measles accounted for 500,000 deaths worldwide in 2000.

Mass immunizations have drastically reduced that figure. By 2012, the number of measles deaths dropped by 80 per cent.

But the number of children being vaccinated is shrinking — many parents willing to risk their children’s health, and that of others, by refusing to have their kids vaccinated.

More than 15 years ago, a British doctor, Andrew Wakefield, suggested the measles vac-cine, long proven safe, might cause autism. His study has long since been found inaccurate. Yet, with the help of the Internet, the scare has been perpetuated and more. Experts are concerned people who refuse one vaccine may be spurn-ing others, setting communities up for outbreaks of other dangerous diseases like diphtheria and whooping cough.

The typical course for common measles, espe-cially with modern medicines, is relatively mild. But why put your child through even that, and put others at risk, for misplaced fear of a simple vaccination? While we don’t advocate manda-tory vaccination, we do advocate relying on the advice of doctors and other reliable sources rather than misplaced faith in the veracity of the Internet.

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With school budget cuts looming, parent Jennifer Henrie de-cided to be proactive in her quest for fund-ing for speech and lan-guage services in the district.

As she did last year, Henrie, who is the par-ent of a child with a language disorder, ap-proached the board to draw attention to the need for speech and language services be-fore cuts show up in the budget.

She pointed out there is an increasing demand for speech re-ferrals but a decreas-ing amount of funding

– which means some children are not receiv-ing the supports they need.

Henrie used the example of Salmon Arm’s Bastion Ele-mentary School where, of the 420 students, approximately 50 are referred for speech and language services, but only 20 to 25 will re-ceive services.

“Communication delays and disorders have an impact on all aspects of life. Difficul-ties with understanding language and with ex-pressing one’s ideas in-terfere with academic learning, social interac-tions, behaviour choic-es and functional life

skills,” Henrie wrote in a brief to the board.

Then she spoke about a child who needs speech supports so he can learn to say his own name properly.

“I’d like you to take a stand,” she told the board, “The numbers and the need are there, so I’d like you to com-mit to funding this wor-thy program.”

Board chair Bobbi Johnson noted the need, pointing to her own grandchildren, who had accessed the services, but she did not make any prom-ises when it came to the board’s funding for speech services, and put the focus on the

government to fund these programs for children.

“The government needs to understand this is a top priority. If children can’t speak, or have trouble, they can have trouble their whole life,” she said.

Budget discussions for the school district have already begun and an in-camera budget meeting has been set for trustees on March 3.

To support the drive for speech services and to connect with other parents, Henrie has also started a Facebook page, “Support for Speech and Lanuage in SD83.”

Good work: Parkview Elemen-tary School Grade 1 student Kaleb Cum-mings shows his mother Cindy Sch-renk some of his class projects dur-ing a show and tell day where parents had an opportunity to learn what their kids have been working on. Photo by Victoria Rowbottom

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It is a matter of hon-our, a � tting tribute to two Shuswap veterans.

Some 70 years fol-lowing D-Day, Sig-urd Larsen and James Munro have received the French National Order of the Legion of Honour for the part they played in the larg-est seaborne invasion in history.

Part of Operation Overlord, the June 6, 1944 Normandy Land-ings began the invasion of German-occupied Western Europe. Many months in the planning, the operation led to the liberation of France from Nazi control, and contributed to an Allied victory in the war.

In a letter sent to both Second World War veterans, Ambas-sador of France to Can-ada, Philippe Zeller explains the Legion of Honour is the high-est national order of France.

“It is awarded in recognition of your professional involve-ment in the liberation of our country,” writes Zeller. “Through you, France remembers the sacri� ces of all your compatriots who came to liberate French soil, often losing their lives in the process.”

Known as Sid the Barber to Sicamous residents, Larsen joined the Royal Ca-nadian Navy Volunteer Reserves (RCNVR) in Regina at the age of 16.

“I looked older and I lied a little bit,” he ad-mits. “We all did – we were crazy kids.”

Initially trained at Comox, Larsen says any sense of adventure dissipated on the voy-age to England.

While some of his memories are shrouded in time, Larsen, who has suffered from post traumatic stress disor-der since 1947, recalls other events in vivid, horrifying detail.

A landing craft op-erator, Larsen doesn’t remember how many trips he made on D-day, ferrying soldiers from the Prince Henry, the landing craft infan-try ship, to the beaches of Normandy.

“It was scary; ev-eryone was running here, there, all over the place, everything was

under � re,” he says, rubbing his head as if to shake out more de-tails. “I can’t remember how many there were

in each craft, but they were big ships.”

Safe from military discipline now, Larsen takes a very small note-book out of a box that contains his service medals.

Some of the writing has faded, but in direct

contravention of or-ders, Larsen scribbled out his whereabouts as the Allied invasion of France continued down the Atlantic Coast and into the Mediterranean Sea.

“Returned to South-ampton, left for France, on 10th of June land-ed troops in south-ern France, picked up beach party, returned to Island of Wight. June 18 moved to Portland, June 21 embarked American troops and sailors for France, June 24, left Southampton for Naples, up into Mediterranean for Sec-ond D-Day,” read a few of the entries.

It was what he wit-nessed on Aug. 14 at the French Ile de Le-vant that Larsen found hardest to bear.

“That affected me more so than the � rst D-Day, all the burnt bodies,” he says shak-ing his head at memo-ries his diary provokes of the battle between American and German warships. “We took on prisoners and casual-ties; it says we captured the island and at 1600 sailed for Corsica.”

He has been receiv-ing treatment for his PTSD.

“I put my � st through the wall; I went crazy,” he says of his � rst episode. “I have seen a number of doctors and continue to do so because it comes and goes, often in the middle of the night.

“It won’t leave me alone; something is

chasing me all the time. I just about go crazy.”

Approaching his 90th birthday, Larsen has outlived two wives and now calls Picca-dilly Terrace in Salmon Arm home.

Larsen says he was shocked by the letter announcing the Legion of Honour medal that will be presented to him March 14 at the Si-camous Legion.

“They say it was a war to end all wars – not the way it’s going right now.”

It is conceivable that Larsen was responsible for landing James (Joe) Munro on Normandy Beach on June 12,

Veterans receive prestigious honourBy Barb BrouwerEagle Valley News

See Spirit on page 7

Decorated: Sigurd Larsen displays the medals he received for service to his country. Photo by Evan Buhler

Comox, Larsen says any sense of adventure dissipated on the voy-

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Munro, was 18 when he enlisted with the Fifth Field Artillery Regiment in Moose Jaw in 1941.

“It was a schmoz-zle,” he says, noting the � rst order of the day was to strip waterproof material from the army trucks, before heading for the road and the German lines.

“We started to get shelled and the war was on,” says Munro, not-ing the beach had been cleaned up by the time his unit arrived. “It was frightening.”

Munro remembers losing two comrades to German shells on the � rst day.

Then came three weeks of back-and-forth artillery engage-ment, says Munro, a member of the Signal Corps, who received in-formation from forward observation posts and passed it on so gunners would know where to aim their � re.

“The Germans weren’t about to give up,” he says. “We were hurling 25 pounds of high explosives.”

Munro enlisted with the Army in 1941 and went over overseas the following year.

He was part of the Battle for Caen from June to August 1944 and the battle for Fal-aise in August of that year before crossing the Seine into Dieppe, Bel-gium and into Holland.

Munro was in West-ern Germany on VE Day, May 8, 1945.

“We got into a big fat cellar and the next morning at 7:30, we walked to the German line,” he says. “We met the Germans and some-one said ‘It’s kaput,’ and the German replied, ‘Thank God.’”

Munro, who once told his son Ivan, if there was another war he would shoot him in the foot to prevent him from signing up, said those who went over-seas quickly discovered how ugly an “adven-ture” could be.

“It was not an adven-ture seeing your friends killed,” he says, hand-ing out harsh criticism to our neighbours to the south. “The Ameri-cans were slow to get in; if the Americans had joined in 1939, there wouldn’t have been a war.”

There is one lovely “memento” Munro brought home – his fu-ture wife Sarah.

On leave in Glasgow, Scotland in 1944, he met Sarah in a park.

The couple, who re-united after two months apart in Mt. Ida Mews, will celebrate their 70th anniversary in the fall.

On his arrival home, Munro continued his career with CP Rail – a company that kept its

promise to save jobs for those who served over-seas.

An of� cial Legion of Honour presenta-tion for Munro will be held Friday, Feb. 20, at 3 p.m. in the Salmon Arm Legion.

Spirit of adventure lost in combatContinued from page 6

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Honoured: James Munro displays his Legion of Honour medal re-cently received from the French government. Photo by Evan Buhler


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SPORTSWilde shot earns Eagles spot in playoffs

It’s crunch time for the Sicamous Eagles as they prepare to do bat-tle with the Kamloops Storm in the playoffs.

The Eagles’ first game of the division semifinals takes place Friday, Feb. 20 in Kamloops. Game two takes place the following night, again in Kamloops. Then it’s back to Sicamous for games three and four on the 23rd and 24th.

Eagles manager Wayne March says the team is optimistic but realistic – they know the score and what needs to be done.

“They just have to come out and play the way they’re capable of playing – we’ve beat them before so they’re

not unbeatable,” said March of the Storm. The Storm currently ranks number one in the Doug Birks Division with 68 points, while the Eagles are tied with the Revelstoke Griz-zlies at 55 points.

Paving the pathway to the playoffs was a short-handed, unas-sisted marker by Jus-tin Wilde scored in the third period of the Eagles’ Feb. 14 home game against guests the Princeton Posse. Wil-de’s shot at 14:54 tied the game at 2-2, where the score stayed until first overtime when the Posse potted the win-ning goal.

The Eagles’ first goal of the evening was delivered late in the first frame by Devyn Myck, with Wilde on the assist. Wilde was also named

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camous was Nathan Plessis, with a power-play conversion in the second frame, assisted by Darien Blight and Braden Lozinski. Ples-sis provided the assist

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Save: Eagles goaltender Patrick Kasper, left, makes a save on the Braves’ Jonny Marzec in a game at the Sicamous and District Recreation Centre on Friday, Feb. 13. Photo by Evan Buhler



Taken to Soon, Greatly Missed

Wayne is survived by his siblings, Larry, Chris, Edie (Wes), Mike (Dawn) and Joeann (Grant), as well as many nieces and nephews.

Wayne was born in Vancouver BC on March 29, 1956 to Ed and Amy Wagner. He moved to the Shuswap in 1971 and made Sicamous his home. He was a licensed marine mechanic with 30 years of experience in the houseboat industry. The last 20 years he had worked at Twin Anchors, where he had made many friends. Wayne liked to tinker and always had a project on the go, whether it be working on a quad, car or his latest project, his pontoon boat. He was an avid reader and was always learning new things.

A memorial service will be held in at the Sicamous Bible Church, 224 Kappel Street, at 11:00 am, Feb 28th. with a social to follow.

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Ken Lahoda passed away at his home in Barbados on January 6, 2015 at 60 years of age after a lengthy illness. Ken was predeceased by his father Frank Lahoda and his brothers George and James Lahoda.

He is survived by Naomi and their sons Chris (Erica) of Baker Creek, Matthew (Alicia) of Quesnel and daughter Melanie (Marc) of Prince George and 6 grandchildren Alia, Samantha, Liam, Lily,Tiberius and Hadley. He is also survived by his mother Hazel Lahoda (Vern), sister Darlene Jasman (Morley), brothers Jack (Carol) and Gordon (Lynn), sisters-in-law Bev and Kay, and numerous nieces and nephews.

Ken was born on April 6, 1954 in Meadow Lake Saskatchewan and lived in Fort St. John and Kamloops in his younger years. The family moved to Sicamous in his late teens where they started a family business, the Tempo Truck Terminal and the Welcome Inn restaurant. Ken worked along with numerous family members in this business until it sold. Ken started the software company Digital Rez in 1993 in Sicamous. The company expanded to include offices in Barbados and Australia.

A memorial was held on January 19th in Barbados. There are plans to have a celebration of life on April 6th in Sicamous with details to follow at a later date.

LAHODA, KENNETH EARL JANUARY 6, 2015

Marian Graham was born December 16, 1922 in Insinger, Saskatchewan and passed away peacefully at Piccadilly Care Home in Salmon Arm on February 5, 2015.

Marian was predeceased by her parents, John & Rosie Copan; her first husband, Earle Russell Tighe and second husband, John Henry Graham; infant daughter, Valerie Marie Tighe; and siblings, William Copan, Steve Copan, Gordon Copan, and Elsie Pawchuk.

She is survived by her children, Teresa (Jack) Andrews, Gail (Dale) Mason, and Tom Tighe; step-daughters, Anne Arnason, Evelyn (Ken) Koole, Marge (Vern) Bennett and Lorraine (Steve) Sears; 2 grandchildren; 9 step grandchildren; 11 great step grandchildren and 4 great great step grandchildren.

Marian’s family wishes to thank Piccadilly Care Centre, Eagle Valley Manor and Dr. Beech for their compassionate care.

There will be a Celebration of Life Service in Sicamous this spring, the date, time and location is to be announced.

Online condolences may be sent through Marian’s obituary at www.bowersfuneralservice.com

ANNA “MARIAN” GRAHAM1922 - 2015

William (Bill) Lim passed away suddenly at Shuswap Lake General Hospital in Salmon Arm on February 8, 2015. He was a quiet, unassuming man who never complained about anything.

Bill is predeceased by his mother, Flora and brother, Hugh. He is survived by his younger brother Glenn, Surrey, BC; nieces, Linda (Edward) Prevost, Enderby BC, Sharen (Ken) Bakke, Solon, Ohio and Robin Lim of North Vancouver, B.C; nephew, Jeffrey of North Vancouver, BC; former wife, Margaret (Sidney) McLain; stepchildren, Patrick Gear, Salmon Arm, BC, Terry (John) Booker, Edmonton, AB, Donna Gear, Westlock, AB, and Yvonne (Jeff) Johnson, Mara, BC; 10 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren.

Services for Bill were held at the Sicamous United Church, 705 Trans Canada Highway, Saturday, February 14th at 1:00 p.m. A friendship tea followed.

Online condolences can be sent through Bill’s obituary at www.bowersfuneralservice.com

Arrangements are in the care of Bowers Funeral Home and Crematorium, Salmon Arm.

LIM, WILLIAM (YOW)February 28, 1929 - February 8, 2015

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DISTRICT OF SICAMOUS BUSINESS2015 UTILITY BILLINGS HAVE BEEN MAILED

District of Sicamous Ph: 250-836-2477 Fax: 250-836-4314 • www.sicamous.ca 446 Main Street Box 219 Sicamous B.C. V0E 2V0

Progress of work recently completed includes• Installation of two manholes SMH-2 and WMH-2,• Installation of hatches on suspended slab deck,• Prep and pour loading bay footings, walls and

columns,• Main slab back� ll and plumbing started,• Install of CIP over� ow/drain and strip trenches,• Stripping of suspended slab formwork in preparation

for leak-testing,• Site piping parallel to Highway 97A and WTP

building ongoing,• Wet well suspended slab poured,• Pipe trenches poured,• Loading dock footing, walls and columns poured,

and• Main slab back� ll started.

UPCOMING WORK• Underslab back� ll and plumbing,• Leak test wetwell, and• Pour main slab.

Property Owners (especially new owners) who have not received their utility notice should contact the District of Sicamous Of� ce at 836-2477.

WHETHER OR NOT YOU RECEIVE A UTILITY NOTICE, IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AS THE PROPERTY OWNER TO PAY YOUR UTILITIES BY THE DUE DATE IN ORDER TO AVOID A PENALTY.

FLAT RATED BILLING

• A 10% discount is available on payments received on or before

March 2, 2015

• A 10% penalty will be applied to outstanding balances at the close of business on July 2, 2015

JANUARY METERED BILLING

• January metered billing payments are due on or before March 2, 2015

• A 1% penalty per month will be applied to outstanding balances at the close of business on March 2, 2015

• Meters are read twice a year June 30th and December 31st, with

billings processed the following month

• PAYMENT OPTIONS

• To avoid waiting at the Municipal Of� ce, you are encouraged to pay your Utility Bill early

• Post-dated cheques and partial payments are welcome

• Payment is accepted at the Municipal Of� ce, 446 Main Street, Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., except Statutory Holidays

• Payment may be cash, cheque,

debit card, or your bank’s telebanking/online bill payment service

• A drop box is located beside the door of the Municipal Of� ce, Main Street entrance

• Payments can be mailed to PO Box 219, Sicamous, BC V0E 2V0. Please note that postmarks are not accepted as proof of payment

If you have any questions, please contact the District of� ce at (250) 836-2477.

NEW CAOMayor Terry Rysz and District Council are pleased to announce that Council has rati� ed the appointment of Mr. Fred Banham as the new District of Sicamous, Chief Administrative Of� cer (CAO) to � ll the vacancy left by former CAO Heidi Frank who relocated to Oliver last August. Mr. Banham was the successful candidate of a posting to � nd a new CAO. Over the past 18 years, Mr. Banham was a former CAO at Tumbler Ridge, BC and the Peace River Regional District, BC. Mayor Rysz says “Council is eager to move forward in continuing to deliver quality public service to residents of Sicamous and the appointment of Mr. Banham is just the � rst signi� cant decision for Council in moving forward with its new mandate.” Mr. Banham will assume his responsibilities March 1st, bringing with him knowledge and back ground in local government operations and ambition to move Sicamous forward in a positive successful manner.

BUILDING & LAND DEVELOPMENT FORUM

The Forums are held on the � rst Thursday of the month, and provide an opportunity for the local building and development industry and Staff to share information and discuss ideas and topics of mutual interest. The Forums include presentations on relevant topics, and provide opportunities for questions and discussion.The � rst session are scheduled as follows:

• March 5, 2015 3-4 pm – Changes in the Building Code

• April 2, 2015, Time TBA – Connecting to District Sanitary Sewer

• May 7, 2015, Time TBA – Subdivision within the District

Refreshments Provided. Please sign up at the District Of� ce or by phone (250-836-2477) or e-mail ([email protected]). Stay tuned for more information on the website!

DATE FOR CONNECTION TO DISTRICT OF SICAMOUS SEWER SYSTEM

At the January 28th, 2015 Council Meeting, the District of Sicamous Sewer Rates and Regulations Amending Bylaw No. 885, 2014 was adopted. This amendment states: “3.5.1. The owner of every parcel of real property located on the east side of the Sicamous Narrows and capable of being connected to the sanitary sewer system shall connect the property to the sanitary sewer system by November 30, 2015.”Properties on the west side of the Sicamous Narrows will have a period to connect when the works have been completed in that area. Substantial completion will be no later than spring of 2015.

DO YOU HAVE A SEPTIC FIELD RESERVE AREA REGISTERED ON TITLE?

A Section 219 Covenant is an agreement between a local government or Minister of the Crown and the owner of land, in which the owner’s rights to use, build on, or subdivide the land are limited for some reason(s). For properties on a septic system, a Section 219 Covenant may or may not have been registered by Interior Health (or previously Ministry of Health) to restrict development to allow for an adequate septic disposal system for the use and size of the property. This Covenant is registered on the title of the property.

A large area of Sicamous is now able to connect to the Community Sewer System. This would allow for the removal of this covenant. The District of Sicamous has been discussing this matter with Interior Health, and have received agreement to do a “Blanket” Release of Section 219 Covenant for properties in the District of Sicamous that have this covenant registered on title, and are now serviced by the Community Sewer System.We need to know how many properties are impacted in order to complete our discussions with Interior Health. There would be a minimal cost to be determined by the number of properties involved. If you are aware of this covenant registered on your property, and you wish to have it removed, please contact the District of Sicamous for further instructions and information.

COUNCIL MEETINGSDistrict staff has been reviewing the Council Procedure Bylaw No. 842, 2012 and will be updating the bylaw in the near future. In the meantime, Council has determined it will hold all Regular Council meetings at 6:00 p.m. rather than 5:00 p.m. as previously held. Committee of the Whole meetings will be on an as needed basis at 3:00 p.m. rather than 9:00 a.m. All meetings will be held in Council Chambers, 446 Main Street, Sicamous, B.C.

Please visit the District’s website and Facebook page! www.sicamous.caA link to the District’s Facebook Page may be found on the home page of the District’s website.

THE DISTRICT OF SICAMOUS WATER TREATMENT PLANT PROJECT IS WELL UNDERWAY

Eagle Valley News, February 18, 2015

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