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Relentless rescue efforts by strangers and a friend saved the life of a local snowmobiler after an avalanche at Paradise Basin late on the afternoon of Thursday, March 6th.

Syndicate Boardshop co-owner Jer Donald is recovering in Vancouver Gen-eral Hospital after being buried nearly three metres below the surface in an avalanche he triggered while sledding on a slope in the basin.

“We’ve heard nothing but good news from doctors in Vancouver,” Syndi-cate store manager Andrew Scott told the Valley Echo. Jer was initially in an induced coma, but was woken up on Saturday, March 8th, when he was tak-en out of the intensive care unit and moved to the trauma ward.

“Doctors have said that everything is progressing as it should,” added Mr. Scott.

Two other snowmobilers and a pair of guides from Toby Creek Adventures were nearby when the disaster oc-curred, and immediately began search-ing for the missing rider, whose ava-lanche beacon helped them pinpoint his location and begin First Aid within about seven minutes.

“[Jer] was making his way up the face and it looked like he had stopped for a split second when I noticed the frac-ture line above him, and then the slab start to peel away from the face,” wrote Andrew Lamothe in a blog post at chas-ingsnowfl akes.com after the incident. “It didn’t take long before I lost sight of him.”

Mr. Lamothe was one of the sledders gathered below a slope when Jer made his high-marking attempt.

After the avalanche, the other four riders pulled out their beacons and ze-roed in on Jer, with the closest beacon reading registering 2.6 metres below the surface of the avalanche debris.

“I don’t like to admit this, but I lost al-most all hope right there and then,” wrote Mr. La-mothe in his post. “That’s really deep.”

The team was quick to achieve a strike with their probes, at which point they began taking short and intense shifts shovelling through the densesnow.

“I tried my best to dig ‘into the slope’ as I was taught during my (avalanche safety training), but this debris fi eld was almost fl at — we had to dig down,” he wrote. The team was shouting words of support for Jer as they dug towards

him as fast as they could.his way. Mr. Lamothe described the digging the most exhausting thing he’s ever done.

“He was so cold and his face felt like a rubber, not really human,” he said. “I dug some more and saw how blue is lips and face were. He wasn’t breathing.”

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Local snowmobiler rescued by peers after avalancheProfi cient potter learns from Burma10

Friends show their support for snowmobiler Jer Donald,who is recovering after being rescued from an avalanche. PHOTO SUBMITTED

Summit, an avalanche dog in training with Columbia Valley Search and Rescue, poses proudly while having his photo taken at a re-cent Wednesday night practice. Read about how emergency responders keep the valley safe in a feature on pages 11 through 14. PHOTO BY GREG AMOSE

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MUDDY WATERS... The parking lot of Home Hardware (near the crossroads of Highway 93/95 and Athalmer Road) turned into a pond on Saturday, March 8th, as temperatures in the valley skyrocketed to 10 C. To the delight of local deer, many patches of grass appeared again, while several fi shers decided to pull their ice fi sh-ing shacks off of the rapidly melting Lake Windermere. The Columbia River is fl owing at the surface again where in many spots last weekend it had been frozen over. PHOTO SUBMITTED BY JOSEPH TROZZO

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A coalition of business stakeholder groups representing several major sectors of the British Columbia economy announced the launch of a massive province-wide advertis-ing campaign in 130 provincial newspapers to protest regulatory changes involving the recycling of printed-paper and packaging.

The campaign calls on British Columbi-ans to contact Premier Christy Clark and ask her to rethink a plan which turns over B.C.’s Blue Box recycling programs to an Ontario-based group governed by large multinational corporations.

“For months British Columbia business owners have tried unsuccessfully to con-vince Minister of Environment Mary Polak to rethink the flawed plan her ministry put forth,” says Mike Klassen, BC director of pro-vincial affairs for the Canadian Federation of Independent Business. “Now business groups representing significant parts of BC’s economy have come together to ask the Pre-mier to step in to prevent this new red tape that will kill jobs and cause many businesses to fail.”

Newspapers Canada and a group of eight business associations representing tens of thousands of B.C. small businesses and their employees in the agriculture, newspaper publishing, landscaping, printing and custom manufacturing, retail, wholesale, food, and waste collection sectors are launching a first series of ads to inform the public about B.C.’s new recycling plan.

By running in every edition of 130 news-papers across the province and on social media – tagged #RethinkItBC – it will be one of the largest public awareness campaigns ever mounted in B.C.’s history.

“We are not disputing that the ultimate goal of the government is to maximize recycling of paper and packaging to reduce materi-als going into the waste stream,” said Mari-lynn Knoch, executive director of the British Columbia Printing and Imaging Association. “B.C. businesses are already working to make our province even more clean and green, so let’s start talking to people from B.C. about how to achieve this. First we must delay the May 19th start of the legislation, and then get businesses back to the table to share their ideas with the government.”

The program set out by Multi Materials BC will annex most municipal and regional district curbside/discarded material col-lection and will cause great harm to the economy, in terms of job losses, business fail-ures and increased costs for BC households.

The confusing Ministry of Environment- endorsed program creates a veritable monopoly to control much of B.C.’s currently thriving and competitive waste recycling industry.

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Survivors and relatives of those killed in a pair of sawmill explosions in northern B.C. came to the B.C. Legislature Thursday to back calls for an independent inquiry into the disasters and how they were investigated.

Among the visitors was Maureen Luggi, a former chief of the Lake Babine First Nation, and her son Robert Luggi Jr. Her husband Robert and her second cousin Carl Charlie were both killed in the January 2012 explo-sion at the Babine Forest Products sawmill in Burns Lake.

Both Maureen Luggi and Dirk Weissbach, who was also working on that evening shift and was one of 20 workers injured, ques-tioned why the mill continued to operate as

the temperature fell to below -40 C. Water lines were frozen and vent fans used to clear dust from the dry wood were turned off to keep heat in the building.

Maureen Luggi said she has reviewed the WorkSafeBC report, the Crown prosecutor decision not to lay criminal charges and a follow-up report by John Dyble, Premier Christy Clark’s deputy minister, which looked at problems with evidence gathering by WorkSafeBC investigators.

“Our families will never be the same,” she said. “I would like justice, I want transparen-cy, I want accountability. All of this evidence that the Crown looked at, I want to know what’s in it.”

With family members in the public gallery, Premier Clark took questions from NDP lead-er Adrian Dix in the legislature. See A15

Burns Lake mill fire families demand justice

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A provincial bill dealing with the Range Act and how it pertains to privately owned conservation land is creating some local concern here in the valley.

Bill 5, which was introduced in the provincial leg-islature earlier this year, contains several statute amendment to the Forests, Lands and Natural Op-erations Act, some of which extend the lifespan of tenures under the Range Act. Several conservation organizations, including Ducks Unlimited, the Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation and the Nature Trust of B.C., have written to the Forests, Lands and Natu-ral Resource Operations ministry expressing dismay that some range tenures have been extended to pri-vately owned fee-simple conservation lands without the owners being consulted.

In the letter, the groups say that the Crown has been retaining grazing revenues derived from these lands, in contravention of the Wildlife Act, which says those revenues should flow back into the Habitat Conserva-tion Trust.

Although the local Rod and Gun club was not a sig-natory to the letter, many members of the club are unhappy, since part of the money they pay for hunt-ing licenses and through other fees is used to buy some of these privately owned conservation lands.

“Our biggest concern is that these conservation lands have been purchased in part through Rod and Gun club money,” said Lake Windermere Rod and Gun

club president Rick Hoar. “These lands should be used appropriately for what they were purchased for.”

Most of the privately purchased conservation lands in question are multi-use, which can sometimes in-cluded grazing.

“Sometimes some of these lands are re-leased for agricultural purposes, usually around here that means cattle grazing,” said Mr. Hoar. “In some cases, that’s not a problem; sometimes cattle can actually enhance the land. But to do it ad hoc without con-sulting the people who are the own-ers of that land is not right.”

Money raised from these ag-ricultural uses, Mr. Hoar added, should go back into the habitat c o n s e r v a t i o n fund, not into gen-eral revenues as the letter implies. Mr. Hoar said he’s talked to people in the valley’s cattle industry, most of whom were un-aware of the issue, and a few of whom were ticked off about it.

“They say there’s more than enough grazing land available without using any conservation land, and

that there is actually a fair bit of vacant (Crown) graz-ing land. So you’ve got to wonder what the impetus is to use the habitat conservation lands that are in most cases quite delicate,” said Mr. Hoar.

The conservation lands affected by the bill do not include local Nature Conservancy of Canada proper-ties such as Lot 48 or the Dutch Creek Hoodoos, since the Conservancy does not lease any grasslands to the province, according to Nature Conservancy pro-gram director Nancy Newhouse.

The Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resourc-es Operations has already taken steps to address the issue, and some of the concern may be misplaced, said ministry spokesperson Greig Bethel.

“Senior ministry staff have already met with repre-sentatives of the conservation groups and have com-mitted to working together to review areas where range tenures may overlap with conservation lands,” said Mr. Bethel. “Regional staff are reviewing their local range tenure and conservation land arrange-ments to help locate potential overlaps or conflicts and to identify opportunities to better integrate con-servation land management with range tenure use.”

“Ministry staff have already been able to confirm that there is no conflict between range tenures and the Columbia Lake,” said Mr. Bethel.

Mr. Bethel also said that the concerns raised by the groups writing the letter and valley’s Rod and Gun club apply to pre-existing legal framework under the Range Act and added that Bill 5 does not exacerbate these concerns.

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B.C. residents will be able to buy B.C. wine from grocery stores by early next year, with some stores connected to liquor stores that offer a full selection including hard liquor.

The provincial government released its framework for a major overhaul of liquor policy last Thursday, March 6th. It proposes a small number of new licences for Vintners’ Quality Al-liance (VQA) wine sales from grocery store shelves, with future expansion to include B.C.-made craft beer under the same licences.

Richmond-Steveston MLA John Yap said all alcohol sales will be rung through at separate cash registers, with staff trained in an expanded “Serving It Right” course to check identification and sobriety.

Customers will be able to stock up on groceries and alcoholic beverages in the same shopping cart, whether from in-store B.C. wine or products from a connected liquor store.

Changes to take effect by this sum-mer include licensing B.C. wine and beer sale and tasting at farmers’ mar-kets, permitting “happy hour” drink

discounts at licensed businesses and removing the requirement for fenced beer gardens at approved outdoor festivals.

Mr. Yap said the government is adopting a recommendation from Provincial Health Officer Dr. Perry Kendall and other health officials to tie prices to alcohol content, in an ef-fort to reduce over-consumption.

The government plans to maintain its

cap on the number of liquor stores, with 670 private stores now in operation.

Liquor stores are currently restrict-ed to relocating no more than five kilometres from their original loca-tion, but that restriction is being lift-ed so a licence can be sold or moved anywhere in the province.

Mr. Yap said that would allow either a government or private liquor store to relocate next to a grocery store.

Another major change in the works is to wholesale pricing from the gov-ernment’s monopoly Liquor Distribu-tion Branch. Currently private stores pay a 16 per cent discount off the gov-ernment store retail price.

The Liquor Distribution Branch will move to the same wholesale price for all stores, said Mr. Yap, based on the value of each product, and retail pric-es will be set by a competitive market.

Booze bound for aisles of B.C. grocery stores in 2015

An artist’s rendering shows a liquor store attached to a grocery store. Shoppers will be able to put alcohol products in their grocery carts, but they will have to go through two cash registers. B.C. government photo

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I was driving home from the Valley Echo/

Pioneer offi ces last Thursday when I caught sight of a teenage boy standing in the green space by the bridge over the Athalmer train tracks, shaking one of the trees.

As he did this, a hand-ful of nearby deer were feeding on whatever was falling to the ground. I would have con-sidered it a classic Kodak moment if it wasn’t for my mixed feelings about an impending deer cull. Instead, I pulled over to ask what he was doing.

“I’m dropping berries for them, to feed them,” he called back with a thrilled smile. His excitement at being so close to wildlife caused my heart to melt in my chest.

I started to explain how encouraging the deer to feed within district bound-aries was part of a bigger problem. The boy’s smile turned upside down, his en-

thusiasm disappeared, and he began to walk morosely toward the truck with out-of-province plates parked just down from where I had pulled over.

Suddenly, an angry male, presumably the boy’s father, began to yell at me from inside the truck cab. Then the man opened his driver’s side door and hurtled the

following rebuke in my direction: “He’s just dropping berries for them.

They’re going to be dead in a couple months. They’re going to cull them, that’s what they do here. Just keep driving!”

And with that, he encouraged the boy to resume what he was doing.

Surprised at being so rudely spoken to, I began to form a reply in my head (writers tend to take a little bit longer with the oral comebacks) before real-izing that any attempt to reason with his bizarre logic would fall on deaf ears, so I sank back into my car in silence and

continued on my way, but with my thoughts churning.

I had just spent that entire day at the office working on the 2014 Map Book — the Columbia Valley’s official visi-tor’s guide. To be told by a visitor that culling deer is “what they do here” in Invermere after I had spent the day collecting images of wildlife and na-ture to demonstrate what the valley has to offer was a bitter pill to swallow. But for a cull to be used as justifica-tion for helping feed the wildlife was even worse.

If this random encounter is anything to go by, a new public awareness cam-paign might be needed before the District of Invermere launches its im-minent voter-approved cull. Otherwise, local conservation offi cers might fi nd themselves fi nding individuals who think it’s OK to feed deer because they already consider them dead meat.

Nicole Trigg is the associate editor of The Valley Echo and can be reached at [email protected] .

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With a warm weekend that greatly contrasted the previous arctic temperatures, the valley has seen its fi rst taste of spring. Coun-terclockwise from top left: sheep in Radium Hot Springs dug through the snow on March 1st seeking food (photo by Steve Hubrecht); cattle on a ranch just north of Canal Flats had no problem fi nding fresh green grass to eat on Saturday, March 8th (photo by Greg Amos); with the Mile One Express chairfl ift in the background, 19-year-old skier Jordan Collin slides smoothly across a tabletop during the Rockstar Syndicate Rail Jam at Panorama Mountain Village on Saturday, March 8th (photo by Dan Walton); after numerous musicians showed off their talents, a duet by Emma Foster and Oso Simple closed the Fresh Friday performance on Friday, February 7th at Pynelogs Cultural Centre (photo by Dan Walton).

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The valley’s most important human resources

In a previous article, I out-lined the provision and

management of a wide range of Regional District of East Kootenay community services which I am involved in and responsible for as director for Area G. I have also enjoyed participating in a wide variety of volunteer community and regional initiatives. Just as it teems with biodiversity, the Co-lumbia Valley is also alive with creativity and a strong sense of the need for responsible and constructive socio-economic and envi-ronmental planning. A large number of pro-posals and initiatives are out there. Because of space, I will just discuss three of them.

The Columbia Headwaters Community For-est is awaiting provincial government approval to begin operational planning. Guided by a knowledgeable board of directors and en-dorsed by all local governments in the valley, the community forest would join over 50 other community forests throughout B.C.

The objective of our community forest is to provide long-term micro-management of a defi ned area of forest in our valley region to refl ect community values and priorities, including protection of local watersheds, rec-reational and cultural activities, ecological bio-diversity and viewscapes. Of equal im-portance is the local benefi t of employment,

opportunities for value-added processing, environmental edu-cation, research, training for forestry careers, and increased participation by the valley com-munity in management of their “own” forest. The community forest’s economic management goal is straightforward: all profi t is to be reinvested.

The Columbia Wetlands Stew-ardship Partners is a diverse

group of representatives from local First Nations, provincial, federal and local gov-ernment, and community organizations en-couraged by the provincial government to develop effective stewardship and manage-ment practices for the Columbia River Wet-lands. The result of one of the partners’ cur-rent scientifi c projects widely anticipated this spring is a successful reintroduction of the endangered leopard frog into the Wetlands.

The Stewardship Partners are completing a guide for recreation users of the river from its headwaters at Canal Flats to the beginning of the Kinbasket reservoir just north of Golden. The Upper Columbia is the only remaining stretch of the river in North America still in a relatively natural state; it’s a biophysical para-dise to be carefully managed just as it is cel-ebrated and enjoyed.

The grandeur and diversity of the landscape in the Upper Columbia Valley provides excep-

tional opportunities for outdoor recreation ac-tivities and economic benefi t. These activities have been increasing year after year largely because of our proximity to Calgary. But this is the only region in the East Kootenay that does not have a provincial statutory plan for managing recreational access (motorized and non-motorized use) of provincial Crown land. Recognizing this, representatives from a num-ber of local outdoor recreation organizations have been meeting over the past two years under the name of the Columbia Valley Rec-reation Access Council to try to establish rec-ommendations for an eventual plan to man-age the confl ict and environmental impact of increasing recreational activities.

While supporting the goals of the recre-ation access council, the provincial govern-ment Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations is concentrating on re-source development and for the time being is not undertaking any further land use planning. However, recent discussion with management at the ministry indicate that they encourage the access council to continue working to-gether, and that Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations staff will be avail-able on an occasional basis to attend meet-ings to answer questions and provide some planning information.

Gerry Wilkie is the regional district director for Area G, and can be reached at [email protected] .

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Only hazy memories exist of the fi rst night I spent in hospital after falling 20 metres from a granite rock face in Squa-mish last May. But if I could remember the

faces of the Search and Rescue and BC Ambulance personnel who attended to me within minutes, providing possibly life-saving First Aid, I would know exactly who to thank. The highly-trained, mostly vol-unteer emergency responders in the val-ley and across B.C. are the most valuable

human resources in our communities, period. Many could make far more money in private industry, yet choose to remain available to their communities. For this, they all deserve our highest thanks. Read more about the value of this valley’s emergency responders on pages 11 through 14.

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TREETSTHES

Do you think more needs to be done to improve the safety of Highway 93 through Kootenay National Park?

“I think that the highway needs to be safer and it would be if it was mandatory that all rental vehicles have winter tires in the winter.” Christine Simpson

“Yes, it does need to be safer and I think they need to put cell towers through there.” Lesley Hecker

“Yes, I do think it should be a lot safer by making it a lot wider.” Blake Cole

NEXT WEEK’S QUESTION:With the recent spell of warm weather,

do you think winter is all but over in the Columbia Valley?

QUESTION OF THE WEEKDo you think the two Invermere men charged after

deer traps were damaged in Kimberley recently will be found guilty of the alleged offences?

Yes66.7 %

No33.3 %

ETTERSLNDP sell out rural ridings

Dear Editor,

Last week, the BC Liberal government brought to sec-ond reading the bill entitled Electoral Boundaries Com-mission Amendment Act, 2014. This proposed legislation, spearheaded by East Kootenay MLA and Minister of Ener-gy and Mines and CORE Review Bill Bennett, will change the Electoral Boundaries Commission Act ensuring there will be no loss of rural seats in the East and West Koo-tenays, Columbia River Revelstoke, Nelson/Creston, the Cariboo-Thompson and the North.

The Electoral Boundaries Act requires that every second election a Commission is set up to assess provincial elec-toral boundaries and this typically results in the loss of ru-ral constituencies. The last Commission in 2006 stated there would be no way to avoid the loss of rural seats in 2014 unless the Act is changed and in response to this and with the intent of protecting B.C. rural interests, the BC Liberals have made this a priority on the legislative slate. Without this change, the Commission will be in a position to create constituencies that are impossible for an MLA to represent and could lead to what MLA Bennett called a “tyranny of the majority,” meaning political decisions for the province will be centered in the urban areas, completely ignoring the needs and the values of those of us living in rural B.C. As an example, combining the two Peace Country ridings will result in a riding the size of France represented by one MLA. Make any sense to you? I am thinking not!

Yet the NDP are speaking against this important Bill and this decision is nothing short of a betrayal of rural voters. How the NDP can even consider not supporting this leg-islation is mind boggling when they know that it means our rural communities will have less representation in Victoria? Equally concerning is the fact that nowhere in

the Hansard records does it have Columbia River-Revel-stoke NDP MLA Norm Macdonald standing to defend the rights of his own rural constituents. In fact, Mr. Macdonald stated that, “even at the most superfi cial level, this legisla-tion is ridiculous.”

Driven by the passion and commitment of not only BC Liberal rural MLAs but those from urban centres, rural British Columbians can rest easy knowing the BC Liberal majority will pass this legislation that will prevent the loss of 17 rural seats and will prevent the addition of anymore than the existing 85 seats in the B.C. Legislature.

In the end, it will be interesting to see if Mr. Macdonald has the courage to break from NDP party line and fi ght for the democratic rights of his rural Columbia River-Rev-elstoke constituents by voting for this bill. We will soon know.

DOUG CLOVECHOKFAIRMONT HOT SPRINGS

Bill 2: another court caseDear Editor,

When a representative of the BC Liberal party writes a letter to the editor of a local newspaper, he should likely mention that he is being provided his “opinion” by his party. The failed BC Liberal candidate is happy to parrot whatever his friend, the Minister of Energy Bill Bennett, tells him.

As the MLA from Columbia River-Revelstoke, every word I speak in the Legislature is taken down in Hansard, and kept on record in writing in perpetuity, so it is easy for any voter to go to www.leg.bc.ca and see exactly what I said on behalf of the people in this area.

I spoke strongly — and forcefully — against Bill 2, The

Electoral Boundaries Commission Amendment Act, 2014, because I am not going to vote in favour of legislation that I believe will not stand up to a constitutional challenge.

This legislation, while it claims to protect rural voters, interferes with the independent work of the Electoral Boundaries Commission, the body that decides where the borders of the constituencies should be.

Does this legislation provide a benefi t to me personally? Absolutely. Would I be in a better position politically if I could guarantee there would be no changes to the bound-aries of Columbia River-Revelstoke? Without a doubt. And this is precisely why I, as an elected politician, should have no role in deciding where the boundaries are placed.

And neither should Bill Bennett, who championed this bill. In fact, there are those who believe that this bill was written specifi cally to protect his seat in Kootenay East. While the area he represents is not dissimilar to, for instance, the North Island riding, his rural riding is protect-ed while the very rural constituency of North Island is not.

Since the BC Liberals came to power, they have passed one bill after another that has later been challenged suc-cessfully in court. The list of unconstitutional legislation is a long one: healthcare, legislation, education legisla-tion, drunk driving legislation. Am I willing to support the addition of unconstitutional electoral boundaries legislation to the list? No.

That is why I challenged the Minister of Justice to either provide a legal opinion that proves that this legislation will not be challenged in the courts, or to withdraw this questionable act. But I’m still waiting for the BC Liberals to act in the best interest of British Columbians in this matter.

NORM MACDONALD MLA COLUMBIA RIVER-REVELSTOKE

Editor’s note: Mr. Clovechok clarifi ed his role as the

Region 2 director for the BC Liberal party is strictly voluntary.


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• Tuesday - Saturday: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.• Wednesdays: 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.

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• Tuesday: 6 - 8 p.m.• Wednesday - Thursday: 1 - 4 p.m.• Saturday: 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.• Sunday: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

WINDERMERE VALLEY MUSEUM

• Tuesday: 12 - 4 p.m.or by appointment: 250-342-9769

INVERMERE THRIFT STORE

• Thursday and Friday: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.• Saturday: 12 - 4 p.m.

RADIUM THRIFT STORE

• Thursday: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.• Friday and Saturday: 12 - 4 p.m.

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MARCH 12th - 18th

12TH : WEDNESDAY• 1:15 - 2:15 p.m.: Seniors’ Day at the Invermere Library on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month. • 5 - 9 p.m.: Games night at the Summit Youth Centre.• 6 p.m.: PJ Story Time at the In-vermere Library. Runs the second Wednesday of each month. • 6 p.m.: Columbia Valley Figure Skating Club’s annual skating car-nival, We Got Rhythm, at the Ed-die Mountain Memorial Arena. Tickets at the door, $7 adults, $5 seniors/students, $20 family. All proceeds go to support skating programs in the Columbia Valley. 50/50 program, prize draws, raf-fl e, consession. • 7 p.m.: Andrew Watt will be dis-cussing the rare book used to prosecute witches in the 1600s, A Discourse on Magic by Martin DelRio at the Invermere Public Li-brary following PJ Story Time.• 7 p.m.: Columbia Valley Little League Baseball meeting at Man-ulife Securities offi ce. Coaches, volunteers and umpires needed! Contact Brendan Donahue at 250-342-2112. Registration day will be April 14th at the Community Hall. • 7 - 9 p.m.: CV Arts Council AGM at Pynelogs Cultural Centre. Elec-tion of offi cers and review of fi -nancial position. Join the CV Arts Board for birthday cake and re-freshments to celebrate 100 years of Pynelogs. Everyone welcome.

13TH : THURSDAY• 5 - 9 p.m.: Challenges night at the Summit Youth Centre.• 7 - 9 p.m.: ICAN Annual General Meeting at Lakeview Meadows Recreation Centre. All welcome to attend. Please consider joining the Board of Directors or becom-ing a volunteer. Contact 250-341-7888, www.icanbc.com or [email protected] for more information.

14TH : FRIDAY• 6 - 11 p.m.: Wii Fit tournament at the Summit Youth Centre.

15TH : SATURDAY• 1:30 - 3:30 p.m.: Windermere Valley Gogo Sisters’ annual Saint Patrick’s Day Tea at Christ Church Trinity, Invermere. Admission is by donation, all proceeds going to the Stephen Lewis Foundation Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign.• 6 - 11 p.m.: Hang out night at the Summit Youth Centre.• Kootenay Freestyle Classic at Panorama. A two day celebration of the art of skiing and ski culture. Featuring a Slopestyle competi-tion on Saturday, March 15th and a Mogul competition on Sunday, March 16th. A BC Freestyle-sanc-tioned event. Information and reg-istration online at www.pmfc.ca.

16TH : SUNDAY• 3 p.m.: Celebrate Ever-Fresh Mu-sical Selections for Duo-Pianos and Voice by Wanda Seel, Donna Thiessen, and Barry Moore at Christ Church Trinity. Tickets at the door, $10 for Music Students, $15 for Seniors and $20 for adults, $5 for children.• BC Tier 4 (Bantam) Provincial Hockey Championships at the Eddie Mountain Memorial Arena. Games from March 16th to March 19th. The Bantam Rockies play at the following times: March 16th - 10:30 a.m. and 8 p.m.; March 17th - 8 p.m.; March 18th - 8 p.m.; March 19th - 2 p.m. Opening ceremonies March 16th at 7:30 p.m., champi-onship game will be played March 19th at 8 p.m. Come out and sup-port your Rockies!

17TH : MONDAY• 7 p.m.: Bingo at the Canal Flats Civic Centre.

18TH : TUESDAY• 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.: OPT clinic at the Invermere Health Unit. 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month. Con-fi dential service: low-cost birth control, and STI testing.

MARCH 19th - 25th

20TH : THURSDAY• 2 p.m.: Monthly Museum Meeting at the Windermere Valley Museum.• 3 - 5 p.m.: EK Senior Caregiver’s Network, every 3rd Thursday at Co-lumbia Garden Village dining room. Caregiver support group meets the third Thursday of every month. For info call Darla at 250-342-2808.

22ND : SATURDAY• 2 - 9 p.m.: Music on Film Festival Weekend, presented by CV Arts and Cinefest. All fi lms at Pynelogs cultural centre. March 22nd fi lms as follows: 2 p.m., Twenty Feet From Stardom. Filmmaker Mor-gan Neville shines the spotlight on the backup singers behind some of the greatest musical legends of the late 20th century. Neville juxtaposes interviews with Bruce Springsteen, Mick Jag-ger, Sting, and Bette Midler with the singers who supported them.; 7 p.m., Good Ol’ Freda. As a Liv-erpool teenager, Freda Kelly was plucked from desk and taken to music club The Cavern, where an up-and-coming local group, The Beatles, were playing. From that fateful trip, Freda fell into a job as personal secretary for the biggest rock band in history. Still working as a secretary today, she opens up for the fi rst time in fi fty years to paint a vivid portrait of the Fab Four she came to know so well. Festival continues March 23rd.• New Contemporary artist exhi-bition at the Artym Gallery. Fea-tures new works from Contempo-rary artists who are new to the gallery. Runs until March 28th. Check out www.artymgallery.com for more info.

23RD : SUNDAY• 2 - 9 p.m.: Music on Film Fes-tival Weekend, presented by CV Arts and Cinefest. All fi lms at Pynelogs cultural centre. March 23rd fi lms as follows: 2 p.m., The Sapphires. Set in 1968, the story is based on the true story of an all-Aboriginal female soul quar-tet that entertained American troops during the Vietnam War. Filled with show-stopping rendi-tions of classic Motown hits the debut feature by Wayne Blair (whose mother and aunt were part of the group) is a rousing fi lm that hits all the right notes.; 7 p.m., Muscle Shoals. Tucked along the Tennessee River, the town of Muscle Shoals barely reg-isters on a map. But thanks to a visionary producer and a group of unknown session musicians, this tiny backwater served as a recording capital for rock, pop and R & B artists throughout the 1960’s and 70’s. Founder Rick Hall and the band The Swampers created a space where black and white artists worked seamless-ly together, just down the road

from Alabama’s burning racial crisis.• 7 p.m.: Movie at the Museum for both members and guests at the Windermere Valley Museum.

MARCH 26th - APRIL 1st

26TH : WEDNESDAY• 1:15 - 2:15 p.m.: Seniors’ Day at the Invermere Library on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month. Bus provided.

28TH : FRIDAY • 12 p.m.: Soup, bun and dessert at the Edgewater Legion for $6.• 9 p.m.: Iron Mountain Theatre Presents - Electro Social Club at Bud’s Bar and Lounge. DJs at 9 p.m., show at 11 p.m. Electro So-cial Club invites you to the dance fl oor where DJs spin stories and you are the show. Meet all the typical nightclub freaks- The Dance Fluffer, the Pick-Up Artist, The Forever Raver, etc....Maybe you already are one. This visual, interactive, EDM experience will blow your mind. More info and casting at www.electrosocial-club.com. Tickets $12 in advance, available at Bud’s, The Book Bar and Arrowhead Brewery. Origi-nal Music by Sonicanimation and NightBandit. This project was made possible thanks to Colum-bia Basin Trust.


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Duo PianoWanda Seel & Barry Moore

Voice and PianoDonna Thiessen & Barry Moore

Doors 3 pm, March 16thChrist Church Trinity, InvermereTickets at The Book Bar and Higher Ground

$5 Children, $10 Students, $15 Seniors,

As we travel along the road called life, there are many times we give and receive

something called feedback. Have you ever re-ally thought about what it is?

Some people say they love getting feedback while others would rather crawl into a hole than to receive feedback. What about giving feedback? What is your intention when you give it? Would you consider yourself good at giving feedback?

According to Wikipedia, feedback is defined as the “process in which informa-tion about the past or the present influences the same phenomenon in the present or future.”

Our values, beliefs, attitude and memories shape our perception everyday. These filters shape our language and emotional engagement with all feedback. When we receive feedback, we can enhance our own self-awareness and po-tential for personal growth. Is the feedback real? You get to choose what it means and what you do with it. Sometimes

it might be important to understand, through feedback, how you impact others through your behaviour in your professional life and your per-sonal life. Truth be told, there are times we are not aware of how our attributes and our weaknesses may impact others.

The good news is that there are ways to im-prove how we give and receive feedback with our family, friends and co-workers. An important point to remember is that people are not always the same as their behaviours. If someone misses a deadline, shows up late for work or doesn’t re-

turn a call, the feedback you give or receive should be based on that behaviour. Can you remember a time when how you “showed up” didn’t reflect who you are as a person? It hap-pens to all of us, and as we become more aware of ourselves and others, the more we can grow. Feedback – compost or flowers – you decide!

Elizabeth Shopland is a certified life coach and owner of Ban-yan Tree Solutions. She can be reached at [email protected] .

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Invermere artist Alice Hale’s training is constantly being remoulded, as the 80-year-old artist literally ex-plores the world to continually learn the tricks of her trade.

“I’ve spent a year in Europe, I’ve been to Africa three times, and went to South America for two months one summer,”

she said.In January, Alice was

in Myanmar, which is also known as Burma. Upon her return she crafted a lamp-sized “stupa” — a Buddhist structure which com-bines the shapes of a sphere and cone.

“I’ve never seen such a thing in my life, so I had to make one,” she explained.

Alice’s everlasting desire to learn may come from her roots as a teacher in Invermere. Alice moved to Invermere in 1963 to begin teaching at David Thomp-son Secondary School, and that was where she was initially ex-posed to the world of art.

Alice said that she had been in-structed to teach the subject, but her only prior experience came from an Art Appreciation course during her university days.

“I knew about art, but didn’t know how to do anything, so I started taking night classes wherever I could find them,” she

said. “A really good Invermere man of-fered pottery classes around that time, and I got turned on to it.”

His name was Den-nis Hale, and the two became married after her first year in the valley. Alice had her first child two years later, which prompted her to take some time off from teaching.

Upon returning to work, Alice made her way to J.A. Laird, where she taught half-days for five years. She then made a career change and became a full-time potter.

She and her husband constructed a studio beside their house in 1973. It features a giant oven, a large working area, a greenhouse for plants, and a re-tail section where guests can browse Alice’s creations.

Once her works are moulded and baked, they’re sent to her outdoor smoker. That process adds more ap-pealing features to the one-of-a-kind pieces by changing colours and tex-ture. To give the smoke more flare, Alice has a special ingredient — after

eating bananas, she collects the peels. Once they’ve been dried out, they are burned to emit a chemical which causes the clay to undergo a unique discolouration.

Occasionally working in tandem with Eileen Madson Primary school, Alice practices a simpler method of design for younger potters. Alice has a grand-son at the school in Grade 2, and she’ll be getting his and his classmate’s hands dirty in clay after the spring break.

There are no limits as to what can come out of Alice’s oven, and there’s no telling what she’ll think up next.

“You can make so many different things with pottery,” she said.

Alice’s images, designs, and patterns give her pottery an unmistakable sig-nature. She’ll be featured in this year’s Columbia Basin Culture Tour on Au-gust 9th and 10th, which showcases artists and venues in the valley. Other local artists can register for the event online at cbculturetour.com .

Alice’s studio is located at 2421 Westside Road, on a property near the District of Invermere town limits. Her studio is open for business Monday to Friday between 8 a.m. and noon, and can be available other times by appointment by calling 250-342-9504.

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Invermere potter Alice Hale


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Well over a dozen times each day, the scanner in the editorial department of the Valley Echo crackles to life, as police, fi re crews, ambulance paramedics and dispatchers relay information to each other.

At the other end of each transmission is a member of the community being assisted, whether it’s a routine call or a life-threatening emergency.

By our count, the Columbia Valley has 13 RCMP offi cers stationed here, more than 20 Search and Rescue personnel available to respond to calls, and an impressive two dozen BC Ambulance paramedics ready to jump into action.

It’s these groups that we’re focused on this week, as the Valley Echo recognizes the personal sacrifi ces and celebrates the community spirit of our many emergency responders.

Many motor vehicle incidents in the Columbia Valley are responded to by local fi re departments, who this newspaper recognized in our October 16th, 2013 issue. Today’s feature aims to provide a look at the rest of the spectrum of emergency responder ser-vices provided by people in the valley.

Some featured here are salaried members of a law enforcement service, while many others are volun-teers. All are united by a willingness to put service above self-interest. It’s hard to argue the valley could exist as a desirable location for families without them.

Most people are familiar with the concept of the Golden Hour, the key time frame over which emergency responders must reach a critically-injured patient, stabilize them, and transport them to hospital. It’s a daunting task, but I know our valley’s emergency responders are up to the challenge.

I came to know the value of emergency respond-ers on a personal level after having a near-fatal rock climbing fall last May. It’s safe to say Jer Donald, a local man rescued from an avalanche in the Para-dise Basin last Thursday, will also have a lot of good things to say about the valley’s responders when he makes his return to the valley.

We wish him a speedy recovery, and recognize the outstanding efforts of all those who helped him.

Always ready to help in times of trouble


SCOTT MYERS

Constable3 years

CHELSEA REINBURG

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CHRISTOPHER RALPH

Constable6 years

LINDSAY DOIRON

East KootenayTraffi c Services Constable5.5 years

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Constable3 years

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ANDREW MICHAUD

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President Member since 2002

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SAR ManagerMember since 2012

TANYAHALIK

Dog HandlerMember since 1997

ELIZABETHSTUART

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SUECOY

Member since2013

DAVE HUBBARD

Training Offi ce and SAR ManagerMember since2009

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CHRISSY HUNTER

Rope TeamMember since 2006

GRAHAM KINLEY

Member since2009

GARY DACE

Dog HandlerMember since2009

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With more than 20 active members, including several recently certifi ed search managers, Columbia Valley Search and Rescue is a healthy organization capable of quickly mobilizing qualifi ed teams of search-ers. With specifi c training in ground search and rescue (including two dogs in training), avalanche rescue, rope rescue and more, the team is building its collective expertise to handle many different scenarios. Members are seen here standing outside their headquarters in Windermere before a practice on Wednesday, March 5th. Front row left to right: Tanya Halik (with Summit) and Gary Dace (with Bandit). Middle row, left to right: Jose Letelier, Sue Coy, Anna Smith, Allison Harper, Verity Dace, Chrissy Hunter, Scott McClain and Aina Cernenoks. Back row, left to right: Dave Hubbard, Scott Chaffey, J.C. Morel, Martin Caldwell, Elizabeth Stuart and Dave Brown. PHOTO BY GREG AMOS


After the Columbia Valley avoided serious fl ooding impacts over the past weekend, the Region-al District of East Kootenay is reminding valley resi-dents to stay vigilant as rising waters could still be on the way.

“The potential for fl ooding is there across much of Southern B.C.,” said Loree Duczek, Regional District of East Kootenay information offi cer. “An important number to call if fl ooding occurs is the Provincial Emer-gency Communications Centre at 1-800-663-3456.”

“If you are experiencing a fl ooding related emer-gency, or are concerned about the imminent poten-tial for one, please call this number,” she added. “They notify the appropriate Emergency Program

Coordinator and this is the best way to get the most coordinated help.”

With rain across the region on Sunday, the rapid melting of snow and run off continued. There were no signifi cant changes in the rural areas around Cranbrook and Kimberley; however, emergency program personnel did conduct site assessments at a few properties that were experiencing high run off in Gold Creek and Wycliffe along with Jaffray in Electoral Area B.

A 20-person Unit Crew from the Wildfi re Manage-ment Branch assisted with sandbagging efforts throughout the day, replenishing the supply of pre-fi lled bags at the gravel pit next to the City of Cranbrook Public Works yard. While there is water in basements, and pooling or running water in yards, so far no one in the Regional District of East Kootenay

has been displaced from their home.Sandbagging will continue tomorrow at the pub-

lic pick up sites in Cranbrook and Fernie with the assistance of the Unit Crews.

With the forecast calling for drier conditions and temperatures between 8 and 10 C above zero for the next few days, the Regional District of East Kootenay is reminding people to stay off lakes and away from streams and creeks as ice conditions can be highly unpredictable given the current conditions.

The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure and Mainroad Contracting are also dealing with a number of issues along roads and highways in the region. For the latest road conditions, visit www.drivebc.ca.

— With fi les from Loree Duczek, Regional District of East Kootenay Information offi cer

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The Columbia Valley Rockies season finished barely a week ago, but the team is already looking ahead to next year as they get ready to co-host a training camp along with the Junior A South Surrey Eagles at the end of April.

The camp will be here in Invermere on April 25th through April 27th. Last year a similar camp was co-hosted with the Junior A Chilliwack Chiefs.

“We actually had some players (from the Rockies) playing with South Surrey last year, so partnering with South Surrey for the camp just works out. We didn’t actually get any of our players up to play in Chilliwack last year and for us, that what it’s about, getting players moving forward,” said Rockies gen-eral manager Ross Bidinger, adding two South Surrey coaches (one of them who used to play in Invermere) will be at the camp.

Last year’s camp attracted 130 kids and this year’s will probably draw a similar number, according to Mr.

Bidinger, although he added that many players can be hard to choose from.

“It’s just difficult to get a good look at each player when you have that many,” he said.

The import limit for out-of-province players was changed in the B.C’s Junior A league this year, and Mr. Bidinger is hopeful a similar change will be com-ing soon in Junior B.

“That may change at our level; that’s what we’re hoping, because it makes it easier for us,” he said. “A kid from, say, Kamloops who wants to play Junior B, if he’s going to come out to look at playing on our team, he’s going to drive past five or six other towns that have teams he could play for before he gets out here to Invermere. You couldn’t get any further to come out here.”

“The other teams get an unfair advantage in this when it comes to recruiting,” he added. “But if a kid is coming from Calgary, all of a sudden we’re the closest team.”

Currently each team is only allowed eight out-of-province players in Junior B. In Junior A, with the limitations gone, a whole team can be from anywhere

in Canada.The Rockies almost always have the maximum num-

ber of import players each year and if the rules change, the team will certainly have more, said Mr. Bidinger.

Players who move from Alberta to British Columbia to play Junior B, for instance, are considered an out-of-province player for their first year playing in B.C. If those players choose to remain in B.C., they are not considered import players in subsequent years.

Playing Junior B in B.C. is more appealing than play-ing Junior B in Alberta, because the Junior B leagues here mirror most Junior A leagues in Canada much more closely than do Alberta’s Junior B leagues, ac-cording to Mr. Bidinger.

“In Alberta (in Junior B) the teams practice only twice a week, there are no fitness instructors, there are fewer games a season and they only play games on weekends,” he said. “We’re a better training ground for (the players).”

The Rockies are looking for looking coaches to volunteer with helping to evaluate the players at the camp. Those interested should contact Mr. Bidinger.

Rockies to co-host training camp with Surrey EaglesPORTSS

PArALYMPIc PrIDe... Three athletes who competed in the International Paralympic Committee’s World Cup races at Panorama Mountain Village in January are now making the whole country proud with strong results at the 2014 Winter Paralympics now underway in Sochi, Russia. Sit-skier Josh Dueck (left), from Kimberley, won silver in the men’s downhill sitting alpine race, crashed out of contention in the men’s super-G sitting event, and raced again yes-terday (March 11th) in the men’s sitting super combined and super-G events. Mac Marcoux (centre), who’s guided by his brother B.J., won bronze in the men’s visually impaired downhill event, bronze in men’s visually impaired super-G event, and raced again yesterday (March 11th) in the men’s visually impaired super combined and super-G events. Calgary’s Kurt Oatway (right) placed fifth in the men’s downhill sitting category, ninth in men’s super-G sitting event, and raced again yesterday (March 11th) in the men’s sitting super combined and super-G events. PHotoS SubMItteD

GoLDen GLooM... Left: after losing a friend-ly bet with Valley Echo staff over whose team would make the play-offs — there could be only one — Golden Star reporter Joel Tansey (left) and editor Jessica Schwitek donned a pair of Rockies jerseys for a truly timeless photo. Right: Columbia Valley Rockies forward Doan Smith, whose hat trick against the Golden Rockets last month secured an overtime win and a playoff berth for his team, was given the Rockies’ Rookie of the Year award at the team’s banquet on Friday, March 7th. PHotoS SubMItteD


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KIJHL Playoff Standings

Team GP W L T PTS.

Creston Valley Thundercats 6 5 1 0 10

Kimberley Dynamiters 7 5 2 0 10

Fernie Ghostriders 5 1 3 0 3

Columbia Valley Rockies 4 0 4 0 0

Team GP W L T PTS.

Nelson Leafs 8 5 3 0 10

Beaver Valley Nitehawks 6 5 1 0 10

Castlegar Rebels 4 0 4 0 0

Spokane Braves 6 2 4 0 4

Kootenay Conference - Eddie Mountain Division

Kootenay Conference - Neil Murdoch Division

Team GP W L T PTS.

Hi-Heat 6 5 0 1 11

Inside Edge 6 4 0 2 10

Kicking Horse Coffee 6 4 1 1 9

Huckleberry’s 6 2 3 1 5

Radium Petro-Canada 6 2 3 1 5

Arrowhead Brewsky’s 6 2 4 0 4

Warwick Interiors 6 1 5 0 2

Aquair 6 0 4 2 2

Oldtimer HockeyPlayoff Standings

By Dan [email protected]

Young alpine-goers who’ve had all season to practice will soon have their chance to put their skills on dis-play at the Kootenay Freestyle Clas-sic at Panorama Mountain Village.

This weekend, Saturday, March 16th and Sunday, March 17th, skiers and boarders between the ages of seven and 18 are invited to compete in slopestyle and mogul competitions on Panorama’s Champaign Chute run and in the Eagle Glide terrain park.

“It’s for all ages and abilities,” said event organizer Dave McGrath. “As long as you’ve got some freestyle ex-perience in jumps or moguls, anyone can compete.”

This year is the second annual Kootenay Freestyle Classic, which morphed into its current format from the long-running Kootenay Freestyle Weekend. A new trophy will debut this year to the competitor who ac-cumulates the most points over-all: the Winners Cup. The trophy’s name originates from the store it was

bought at: Winners.“It’ll stay at Pano as a coveted

piece,” noted Dave. He also said that more people seem to be com-ing from out of the valley for the event, with southern B.C. and Al-berta competitors registering in greater numbers than locals.

Many sponsors have made it pos-sible for the event to award valu-able prizes to its entrants, with ski shops from Calgary offering some of the most coveted goods, “and every participant gets a T-shirt,” added Dave.

The slopestyle contest will take place at Eagle Glide on Saturday at 10 a.m., and the mogul competition is on Champagne Chute on Sunday at 10:30 a.m. Participants will take their starts in order of youngest to oldest, and ladies will compete first. Competitors are asked to sign in at Panorama’s Ski Tip Lodge on Friday night, where they can pick up their bibs, sign the waivers, and purchase lift tickets, which are separate from the entry fee of $35 for one day or $50 for both.

Those interested in competing can find the webpage most easily by typ-ing “Kootenay Freestyle Competi-tion” into a search engine.

Kootenay Freestyle Competition ahead

A skier takes lift-off at last year’s Kootenay Freestyle Competition. FILE Photo

PORTSS

RollIn’ BotS... During a free skate held on Thursday, March 6th, Killer Rollbots team member Raven Rage (left) readies her daughter, Madison Jen-nings, for roller skate action when she’s old enough to join the local roller derby team. The team plans to hold sev-eral more public skate events from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Thursdays, for a $5 drop-in fee, at the big white tent north on Capilo Way, north of In-vermere. (Look for the Killer Rollbots sign.) The team is now practic-ing for the competition season, which begins on April 26th with a game in Canal Flats against a new team from Elkford. Photo By Dan Walton


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A look back through � e Valley Echo's archives over the last 55 years

REMEMBER WHEN?

55 years ago (1959): The Annual Inver-

mere Curling Club Bon-spiel was held on March 28th and 29th. Forty rinks were expected that year. Many prizes were planned to be given out with the prizes valued at $500.

50 years ago (1964): An all-time record

was set in February 1964: eighteen births were registered for the hospi-tal that month, including 11 girls and seven boys. Occupancy at the hospital continued at a high rate.

45 years ago (1969): Crestbrook For-

est Industries lost their machine shop in a � re. The � re was believed to have been started by a spark from the welder and quickly spread through-out the buiding. The Canal Flats volunteer � re department did a good job keeping the � re under control.

40 years ago (1974): A select few DTSS

students were learn-ing to speak Russian for their trip to Moscow and

Leningrad in March 1974. They had the op-portunity to attend the famous Moscow Circus or a hockey game. They also got to enjoy many scenic places and to take part in all sorts of fun ac-tivities during their trip.

30 years ago (1984): Panorama of� -

cials were learing how to run the World Cup men’s downhill ski race. They seemed con� dent they could handle it. Panorama of� cials � led a bid with the Canadian Ski Association over that weekend to hold a down-hill race in 1985.

20 years ago (1994): More than 5,000

commercial and private vehicles were checked and 177 charges were laid for everything from driving without insur-ance to possesions of narcotics. Multiple cars were towed to get re-paired, and some had roadside repairs done.

15 years ago (1999): Three local youths

were charged for break-

ing and entering a home on Westside Road. They were ordered to pay $1,000 to the owner of the home. Two of the youths were put on pro-bation for one year and they had to perform 60 hours of community service. The other was just ordered to pay the restitution.

10 years ago (2004): The B.C. Envi-

romental Assesment Of� ce was seeking public input on Jumbo Glacier Resort (JGR) un-til April 13th. The Valley Echo had asked JGR and the Jumbo Creek Conser-vation Society a few ques-tions, attempting to get both sides of the story.

5 years ago (2009):Despite a $4 mil-

lion decrease in the 2009 budget, rural Regional District of East Koote-nays taxpayers noticed a two percent increase on their taxes that year. Even thought there was an overall decrease in the 2009 budget, rural REDK residents saw their taxes go up.

2009 - Windermere resident Norm Turley

was one of over 20 participants in the

Whitehouse Fishing Derby on Lake

Windermere. LINDSAY MCPHERSON /

VALLEY ECHO PHOTO

ETTERSL

Dear Editor,

Who is responsible for regulating billboard roadside advertising in the Columbia Valley? When I passed through the area on the way from Calgary to the West Kootenays last summer, I was surprised at the extent of roadside advertising south from Radium Hot Springs.

I was happy to escape it further south and west. I found the level of advertising very excessive — it was a distraction from driving, it made long sections of the drive feel ugly and cheap and it totally put me off spending more time in the area.

There is simply no need to scar this otherwise attractive area with endless advertisements for

chain restaurants, truck dealers and real estate agents.

Many people I have spoken to since agree — yet it is something people rarely put pen to paper (or fi ngertips to ipad) to complain about.

SAM LAWN CALGARY

Editor’s Note: The billboards in question are located on Shuswap Band land, on property owned by an individual band member, and are not managed by band administration. There are other billboards on the highway located near Fairmont Hot Springs.

Wondering why the Highway 93/95 billboards are allowed

Calgary resident Sam Lawn questions why billboards are allowed along Highway 93/95 just north of Invermere. PHOTO BY GREG AMOS

resident Norm Turley

Whitehouse Fishing

LINDSAY MCPHERSON /VALLEY ECHO PHOTO

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WINDERMERE VALLEY SHARED MINISTRYANGLICAN-UNITED

250-342-6644100-7th Avenue, Invermere

www.wvsm.ca Reverend Laura Hermakin

Sunday, March 16th9:00 a.m.

Worship at All Saint’s, Edgewater.

9:30 a.m.Bacon, Friends & Faith

10:30 a.m.:Worship at Christ Church

Trinity, Invermere

CANADIAN MARTYRSCATHOLIC CHURCH

Roman Catholic ParishPastor: Father Gabriel

250-342-6167 Invermere250-344-6328 Golden

Confession: 1/2 hour before MassCanadian Martyrs’ Church

712 - 12 Ave, InvermereSaturday at 5 p.m.Sunday at 9 a.m.

St. Joseph’s ChurchHighway 93-95, Radium Hot Springs

Sunday at 11 a.m.Sacred Heart Parish

808 - 11 Street, GoldenSaturday at 7 p.m.Sunday at 10 a.m.

St. Anthony’s MissionCorner of Luck and Dunn, Canal Flats

Saturday at 4:30 p.m. (served from Kimberly)

RADIUM CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP

For more information call 250-342-6633 or 250-347-6334

Loving God, Loving People

#4 - 7553 Main Street W, Radium

Sundays at 10 a.m.

Bible Studies#4 - 7553 Main Street W,

Radium Wednesday 7:00 p.m.

Kids’ Church Edgewater Hall

Thursday 6:30 p.m.

LAKE WINDERMEREALLIANCE CHURCH

326 - 10th Ave. 250-342-9535REV. TREVOR HAGAN

Senior Pastorwww.lakewindermerealliance.org

Sunday, March 16th10:30 a.m.

WORSHIP AND LIFE INSTRUCTION, “H20 ….. Drink”

… Pastor Trevor ministering.

“K.I.D.S.” Church, for children Age 3 to Grade 1; and Grades

2-5, during the Morning Service.

VALLEY CHRISTIAN ASSEMBLY

Hwy. 93/95 1 km northof Windermere

Pastor:Murray Wittke

Sunday Service10 a.m. Worship & Word

Kid’s Church Provided

Call the office at 250-342-9511for more information.

www.valleychristianonline.com

Sharing TruthShowing Love

Following the Spirit

ST. PETER’SLUTHERAN MISSION

OF INVERMERE

Worship Servicesevery Sundayat 1:30 p.m.

at Christ Church Trinity110 - 7th Avenue,

Invermere

Pastor Rev. Fraser ColtmanPastor Rev. David Morton

250-426-7564

CHURCH SERVICES DIRECTORY

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Hats off to the Public Works crew in Canal Flats for going above and beyond over the weekend.

Congratulations to the super, awesome, amazing, fantastic detective work performed by Renice and Bette in piecing together a ripped-up post-it note and saving the day during the deadline frenzy last week!

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INTERSPIRE HOLDINGS LTD./ ROCKY RIVER GRILLHiring 1 Restaurant and Food Service Manager

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cell and we’ll talk price.”Thirty minutes later I got a call from a sixteen-year old kid – a little younger than my son. We decided to meet at the local mall at about 6:00. I wonder if his parents knew what he was up to.I arrived at 6:20, telling him I was in a great rush as I had to pick my son up from soccer practice. Turns out he played, too. After some soccer gossip, we got down to business.I knew that a kid his age just wanted a ride to show off to his friends, so we spent little time on

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on the fly 4 wheel drive, advance trac with roll stability control, and trailer sway control. A 6.2-litre V8 engine to help you get up and over that hill.2015 Ford F150. All new design fea-tures and a completely aluminum body and high strength steel in its frame make this truck up to 317 KG (700 lbs) lighter. It has 11 new class-exclusive features, including 360-degree camera view, integrated loading ramps stowed in the pickup bed, and 400-watt power outlets inside the cab.2014 Ram 1500 EcoDiesel. This is a much-anticipated truck from Ram With a 3.0-litre V6 Diesel engine with a torqueflite eight-speed transmission. Not only will the Ram EcoDiesel give you 420-pound feet of

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