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Your Weekly Source for News and Events
Vol. 11/Issue 17
The Columbia
Valley
April 25, 2014
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MIGRATION ART
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FAREWELL
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SUMMER EMPLOYMENT
On Sunday, April 20th, the final day of the 2013-2014 ski season at Panorama Mountain
Village, snowboarder Ben Kurtz performed a method — an aerial snowboard trick —
after catching big air on Dunes, a double black diamond run in the mountain’s Extreme
Dream Zone. In the background, Mt. Nelson towers above. See more last ski day of the
year photos on page 10.
Photo by Dan Walton
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April 25, 2014
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Courageous Hearts
group comes to life
The valley’s newest not-for-profit group,
Courageous Hearts, kicked off on Saturday,
April 19th, with its Real Storage Wars event
in the afternoon and an inspiring evening gala
that night at Copper Point Resort. The amount
raised through the two events that day exceeded the organizers’ expectations, and half of that total will go to Syndicate
Boardshop co-owner Jer Donald, who is recovering after being
rescued from an avalanche in early March. The other half of
the funds goes to Courageous Hearts’ community loop model,
in which recipients costs to attend personal growth and development sessions are covered, in the hopes they can “pay it
forward” in the future. Angelika Weder, Jer’s wife, made an
uplifting guest appearance at the event after returning from
Vancouver earlier that day, and the crowd learned Jer is now
recovering at the Invermere and District Hospital. They also
heard from three other inspiring presenters, who engaged those
in attendance through entertaining and interactive exercises.
Clockwise from top left: Max Fanderl loads up his plate at the
kickoff event at Copper Point Resort; amidst a room packed
full of upbeat guests, Courtney Allen, left, and Kari Zurbriggen share a smile; a curious crowd gathers around an open
storage locker during the Real Storage Wars event at Real Storage in Windermere; an attentive crowd listen to words of
wisdom from one of the speakers.
Photos by Dan Walton; Storage Wars photo by Kim Baker
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VALLEY NEWS
Invermere property tax to increase at consistent rate
By Steve Hubrecht
Pioneer Staff
Invermere council gave three readings to a bylaw
that will raise property taxes by about 3.5 per cent this
year, a similar increase to previous years, at its most recent council meeting.
The increase will result in an extra $150,000 in the
district’s budget for 2014 compared with 2013 and amounts
to $74.60 more in taxes a year per single family dwelling,
according to district director of finance Karen Cote.
“It’s unrealistic to not have some kind of increase.
I think we’ve done our homework and I’m okay going
with this increase,” said councillor Greg Anderson at the
Tuesday, April 22nd meeting.
“Nobody likes to pay more taxes, but you don’t want
to end up playing catch-up later on down the road,” said
councillor Justin Atterbury, who spoke of the experiences
of an Ontario municipality he recently learned about. The
municipality had no tax increases for years in a row, leaving no extra money to deal with infrastructure problems as
they arose. Eventually the infrastructure deteriorated to the
point that immediate action was necessary, and a huge tax
increase was needed to fund it.
“Slow and steady increases are better than a bunch
of 0 per cent increases and then a big jump,” said Invermere mayor Gerry Taft.
The average tax bill for a single family dwelling in
Invermere is $2,900, about $1,500 of which the district
keeps, with the rest going to various agencies such as
schools, hospitals and provincial police, said Ms. Cote,
adding that Invermere has the third lowest residential tax
rate in the East Kootenay.
Council also agreed at the April 22nd meeting to
give $1,000 to support an upcoming Windermere Valley
Youth Centre Society fundraising gala dinner.
The gala, on Saturday, May 24th at Copper Point
Resort, will feature guest speakers Ash Beckham and W.
Brett Wilson.
The Summit Youth Centre (which the society runs)
gets about 200 kids a month coming through its door,
society representative Sherry Doerr told council.
Council also agreed to accept an application for a
change to liquor licence from Safta’s Kitchen.
The previous owner of McToogle’s had a liquor licence with an endorsement for live music, which should
have carried forward. Thanks to a clerical error in Victoria, that didn’t happen, said district planner Rory Hromadnik. Safta’s also wants to change the liquor licence to
include patron participation.
Continued on page 18 . . .
Track through our watershed at Wings festival
By Sheila Bonny, Special to The Pioneer
The water of the Columbia River and its tributaries, Columbia Lake, Lake Windermere and the
Wetlands, supports the birds, wildlife, humans and
agriculture of the Rocky Mountain Trench. To cel-
ebrate this treasured resource, the Lake Windermere
Ambassadors are offering a Track Through Our Watershed Series of nine events during the 18th Annual
Wings Over the Rockies Festival, on from May 5th
through May 11th.
On Monday, May 5th, in Canal Flats, Colin Cart-
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wright will lead a walk to the headwater springs of the Columbia River and discuss historic and current threats to the
wetlands. On Tuesday, May 6th, guests will take pontoon
boats to see the water intake and water delivery system for
residences around Columbia Lake.
April 25, 2014
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Long Weekend Report
This recent long weekend saw 17 calls
for service by the detachment. A number
of camping areas were patrolled with very
few camping in the provincial park area.
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• On Thursday, April 17th at 2:19
a.m., Columbia Valley Detachment members were advised of a disturbance at Copper City Saloon. The report
was of two males fighting inside and taking it outside.
When police arrived, both parties had departed. One
adult male was located in the area with injuries. This
male advised he was jumped by an unknown male. A
second male was also later spoken to who also advised
that he was jumped at the bar. Both males advised they
had no name or description of the suspects involved.
• On Friday, April 18th at 3 a.m., a Columbia Valley
Detachment member on patrol conducted a traffic stop
at 7th Avenue and 5th Street. A 29-year-old female was
operating a 2008 Ford Focus. Due to the observation
of the way the vehicle was being operated, the officer
initiated an impaired investigation. The female displayed
signs of having consumed alcohol and displayed the
symptoms of being impaired. The driver was given a 24hour driving prohibition.
• On Friday, April 18th at 5:54 p.m., the driver of
a 2011 Ford Explorer attended the detachment and reported that he had hit a deer near Lakeview Drive. The
vehicle sustained damage to the front bumper. No injuries were reported.
• On Friday, April 18th at 11:45 p.m., detachment
members received a complaint of a male passed out in a
truck on Horsethief Forestry Road. Police attended and
located a 54-year-old male from Radium Hot Springs
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if I need to tell a white lie to get to the truth. With that
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The fact my son is making the request, I’m in and let’s
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wakened and, due to his state of intoxication, would not co-operate with the police. The male was arrested for drunk in
public and lodged in cells for the evening.
• On Sunday, April 20th at 11:25
p.m., the Columbia Valley Detachment
received a report of a stolen 2006 Pontiac
G6 from the parking lot of the Fairmont
Resort. The vehicle was last seen at noon
on the 19th. The next day, police attended
to Fairmont Resort to view video of the
lot and were informed the vehicle was located in a different location in the parking
lot. No damage to the vehicle.
• On Tuesday, April 22nd at 12:54
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April 25, 2014
Jumbo not exempt from assessment
By Steve Hubrecht
Pioneer Staff
After an order-in-council issued early last week by
B.C. Minister of Environment Mary Polak that exempted
new ski resorts and expansions on existing ski resorts from
environmental assessments sparked a slew of commentary,
the minister clarified later in the week that, under no circumstances is Jumbo Glacier Resort exempt from requiring an environmental assessment certificate. She then later
rescinded the order after First Nations expressed dismay at
not being consulted.
The ministry issued a statement on Wednesday, April
16th confirming that Jumbo Glacier Resort would be subject to an environmental assessment even if its current environmental assessment certificate were to expire this fall.
“Any project that was deemed to be a reviewable project before the amendment came into effect is still a reviewable project,” the statement reads. “In the case of the
Jumbo Glacier Resort, because there is a previous order stating that the project must obtain an environmental assessment certificate, it cannot be legally built without one.”
Glacier Resorts Ltd. obtained its environmental
assessment certificate in 2004, after beginning the assessment process in 1995. The certificate is set to expire in
October 2014 if the resort proponents have not substan-
tially started the project.
The project proponents have repeatedly said they are
set to begin construction this summer.
Local environmental group Wildsight, however, had
expressed concern last week that if Glacier Resorts Ltd. did
not start construction and lost its environmental certificate
that, instead of needing to re-do the assessment process, the
company would, thanks to the order-in-council, be able to
go ahead with development next year without a certificate.
The whole issue was rendered moot when Ms. Polak
rescinded the order later on Wednesday, April 16th after
First Nations expressed strong disappointment with the
order-in-council, even kicking provincial representatives
out of a meeting in Fort Nelson.
“I would like to acknowledge First Nations concerns
about amendments to the Reviewable Projects Regulation
under the Environmental Assessment Act. Our government
apologizes for failing to discuss the amendment with First
Nations prior to its approval,” Ms. Polak said in a statement.
“Our government is committed to a strong, respectful and productive relationship with First Nations. That is
why we will rescind the amendment,” she said in the statement, adding the government would begin consultation
and discussion on the matter with First Nations.
Ministry of Environment spokesperson David Karn
said there’s no timeline yet for First Nations consultations.
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Migration-based art show lands at Pynelogs
By Jami Scheffer
Columbia Valley Arts
migration |mīgrāSHn| noun
1. a seasonal movement of animals, movement of
people from cold climates to warm climates by motorhome, bird migration using celestial cues, movement
from one part of something to another, transport of
seeds away from the parent plant, cellular migration,
planetary migration, movement to food sources from
KFC to the Pynelogs Café!
Have you ever thought about all the different ways
of migrating? Wings, fins, boat, wind, legs, tires, bicycles, knees, even sneezes? Well, if you are curious about
these means of migration, you should visit Pynelogs Art
Gallery from April 29th to May 11th, open daily from
11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Wednesday evenings. You’ll find a
variety of art genres to depict the many fascinating ways
of migration, from feathers to acrylic, glue to sparkles,
watercolor to slumped glass, crayon to metal, and maps
showing migration routes and everything in between!
Pynelogs Art Gallery welcomes you to the second
art show of the 2014 season, hosting the Lil’ Peeps Art
Show, featuring the trend-setting and avant-garde talents of the one to five year old local daycare children,
and the grown-up art creations from the Wings Over
the Rockies Art Show.
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April 25, 2014
PERSPECTIVE
Giving ain’t easy
By Greg Amos
Pioneer Staff
Don’t believe everything you read — especially what
I wrote last week about donating blood in Cranbrook.
As it turns out, that can’t be done. Although Cranbrook is a regional hub city with a Red Cross office,
blood donation is not an option there. In fact, after a
quick chat with a Canadian Red Cross agent, I learned
one has to travel as far as Canmore in order to donate
blood — and only if you’re there on the right day.
The next mobile blood clinic to hit Canmore will
be on May 26th, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.; call 1-8882DONATE to get more details on the location. But if
you’re not available that day, your closest daily donation
option is Calgary. Within B.C., only Surrey, Vancouver
and Victoria have blood donation centres that are open
every week.
It’s understandable that blood donation centres are
located within the well-populated areas of B.C. and Alberta.
But it’s a shame that a generous valley such as ours has no
feasible way of sharing one of our most precious resources.
Many are aware of the Canadian Cancer Society’s
daffodil campaign being in full swing, but not everyone draws the connection between battling the disease
and donating blood. It’s an essential part of many cancer treatments, as red blood cells, platelets and plasma
proteins are often depleted in cancer patients.
It’s news to no one that this is a generous valley, where
locals and part-time residents alike can always find a few
dollars to donate to worthy causes. Volunteer labour, sweat
equity and in-kind donations of expertise are all a big part of
the equation that adds up to our valley-wide sense of community. A half hour of time spent donating blood should
also be on that list. There’s almost no better feeling than
making a contribution that directly helps to saves lives.
If you feel donating blood should be a part of this
equation, call 1-888-2DONATE to let them know. Better yet, contact your friends, neighbours or club members and ask them if they’re willing to commit en masse.
That can result in blood donor clinics coming to the
valley, rather than us having to take our physical
generosity across the provincial border.
Historical Lens
Four men and a horse, 1920s
In this image from the early 1920s, four men (left to right: Dick Gold, Alex Gilmore, Walter Williams, and Gordon
Palmer) and a horse pause for a photo by a log structure on an unidentified property in the Columbia Valley. If you have any
more information, e-mail us at info@cv-pioneer.com . Photo A1404 courtesy of the Windermere District Historical Society
Keep the agricultural reserve intact
Dear Editor:
I am writing to comment on the surprise move by
the provincial government to amend the Agricultural
Land Reserve (ALR). The act to protect agricultural
land was implemented in the early 1970s. It was a visionary move that is the envy of countries worldwide.
We couldn’t duplicate it today. It’s not our pension,
but it is our food basket security.
Climate change forecasters say that B.C. will be
the recipient of more precipitation. Drought plagues
the southwestern U.S., their food basket!
We must protect our agricultural potential. Kill
Bill 24! This bill is bankrupt in terms of vision. It
may serve a few private individuals, but it certainly
won’t serve the larger community of B.C.
Agriculture grows jobs and small business that
are the backbone of our economy from generation to
generation. There is no downside; the government
should leave the ALR alone. It is working very well
and it does not need fixing.
Helen Eldstrom
Windermere
The Columbia Valley
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April 25, 2014
LETTERS
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Letters continued on page 28 . . .
A note on the Ice Out contest
With the ice on Lake Windermere having receded south of Fort Point on
Sunday, April 13th at exactly 2:46 p.m., the Lake Windermere District Lions
Club have chosen Calgary’s Loren Snyder as the winner of the 2014 Ice Out
contest. Ms. Snyder will receive $1,000, while proceeds from the contest will
also support two $2,000 scholarships and a $500 Citizen of the Year award for
David Thompson Secondary School students. In all, $5,500 in awards are being
given to DTSS students.
According to Lions Club members, this year’s ice recession was one of the
latest ones since the Ice Out contest began. Look for a photo of the winner in
the Friday, May 2nd edition of The Pioneer.
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April 25, 2014
LETTERS
Helle Fry
(1945-2014)
A Celebration of Life for
Helle Fry will be held at the
Radium Community Hall,
Saturday May 3rd, 4-6 p.m.
Rising energy costs prompts appeal
Editor’s note: the following letter was sent by Mr. Nickurak to Columbia River-Revelstoke MLA Norm MacDonald and Minister of Energy and Mines Bill Bennett. To date
there has been no response from Mr. Bennett. Mr. Nickurak
asks those with similar concerns about energy costs to send
emails to Mr. Bennett (MEM.minister@gov.bc.ca) and to
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Recent trends in propane costs have many residents
in areas with only propane-fuelled heat sources in financial peril. Residents in Invermere, for example, do not
have access to natural gas to heat their homes. This, combined with rapidly rising electrical utility costs, can push
families into dire straights.
Since October 2013, propane prices have more than
doubled due to market conditions as a result of unseasonably cold temperatures in the U.S. This means a doubling
of home heating costs in places like Invermere.
Our last propane fill cost was over $800 dollars at
94.9 cents per litre. In September, the cost was 44 cents
per litre. These types of market conditions warrant further
review and action by the provincial government to assist
families where they can.
Electrical utility costs also continue to increase dramatically, giving few options for families trying to heat
their homes here in Invermere.
The combination and timing of these two increases
to fundamental base necessity expenditures has left many
families with the only option of reducing expenses in food
costs to offset these increases. Other families have paid
fuel bills on credit hoping to catch back up in summer.
Mr. Bennett, I respectfully request this issue be brought
to the attention of the provincial government and some type
of tax deduction program be implemented for families with
a family income of less than $100,000 per year living in communities with no access to natural gas. The offset would be
available subject to the submission of home heating propane
fuel receipts. The amount of the tax deduction would be 50
per cent of propane expenses from October 2013 to December 2013 for the 2013 tax year and the allowance would continue for expenses incurred in 2014. The maximum deduction in a year would be $2,000.
Alberta provides rebates when home heating costs
become extraordinary. B.C. is rich in hydro so another
(unfortunately more complicated) option would be to offer an electrical utility rebate to offset the propane home
heating costs. This would again be a rebate subject to submission of a home heating propane receipt.
Your attention to this matter is greatly appreciated in
the interest of families struggling with these extraordinary
utility cost increases.
Brian Nickurak, Invermere
Mr.Nickurak also included the following points for Pioneer readers to ponder: In Alberta, fuel is less expensive as
the source is close. In Vancouver, goods are less expensive as
manufacturing is close and ports are close. In the Columbia
Valley (and river systems in southeast of B.C.), a significant
portion of the province’s hydro is generated. It is less costly to
get to hydro customers in this area as transmission networks
are much shorter. Is hydro less expensive here to help offset
some of the other higher costs (propane) and arguably, lower
incomes, that we endure here? Perhaps not, and only because
we make up a smaller portion of the provincial electorate and
we are not vocal enough about this issue.
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TM joint study announcement
Dr. W. F. Louw is currently doing a study on
pain and dysfunction associated with the
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If you have suffered more than 3 months of pain
and associated problems such as chewing difficulty,
jaw tension or stiffness, jaw tension, fatigue with
eating or a grinding noise in one or both TM joints,
you are invited to participate in this study. If you are
interested, please get in touch with his office.
The office telephone number is 250-341-6900.
Please note that there is no financial compensation,
but also no cost involved in being part of the study.
Easter excitement
A mob of 360 children stormed the field by the Windermere
Community Hall on the morning of Sunday, April 20th, as
the annual Easter Egg Hunt got underway at 10 a.m. With
parents and grandparents looking on, the youngsters uncovered
caches of candy and specially-marked eggs they could cash in
for prizes. Clockwise from top left: Rahne Stanbury smiles as
she gets a hug from the Easter Bunny (photo by Mark Jenken);
mom Adrienne Benediktsson gathers kids (left to right) Maggy
Benediktsson, 6, Jakob Benediktsson, 3, and Quinten Miller,
7, who are all smiles after their haul (photo by Greg Amos);
kids raced around on separate courses for zero to three-year-olds,
four to six-year-olds, seven to nine-year-olds, and ten to twelveyear-olds (photo by Pat van Regen); youngsters scurry for candy
(photo by Mark Jenken). The Windermere Community Association put on the annual event, and are looking for more board
members. If interested, call Gracie Boake at 250-341-1548.
Waterless wonder
Lake Windermere Ambassadors had their first
“Lake-friendly Car Wash” on Saturday, April 19th.
Cars were cleaned while the public was educated
on how to wash their cars in a way that won’t cause
runoff into the lake. The Ambassadors plan more
of these car washes throughout the summer. Cleanline Automotive provided the group with GoClean
Waterless car wash concentrate, a non-toxic product
that allows one to wash their car without water.
Left: high school student Daylen Bidinger’s efforts
to make a pickup truck shine are shown by his reflection off the paint. Photo by Steph van de Kemp
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Ready to roll in Canal Flats
Out &
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The Roller Derby Spring Smash is on a collision course with the Canal Flats Arena on Saturday, April
26th, when Invermere’s Killer Rollbots will be taking on Elkford’s Wildcat Brawlers, and Kimberley’s
Bavarian Barbarians will do battle with Calgary’s Cut Throat Car Hops. The action begins at 6 p.m.
Tickets are $10 at the door, $5 for kids, and kids under age five get in for free.
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Movie Review: Ride Along
Reviewed by Dean Midyette
Revisiting the cop couple genre
that made movies like 48 Hours
and Lethal Weapon fan favourites,
Ride Along follows the travails of
Ben (Kevin Hart), a school security guard. Ben is dating the sister
of James (Ice Cube), a tough as nails
cop who is less than impressed with
this video game-loving policeman
wannabe. After trying for two years
to impress his future brother-in-law,
Ben qualifies to enter the Atlanta City
Police Academy, and James decides to
take him out on patrol to see if he he
has what it takes to be worthy of his sister’s affections.
The evening begins as a set up with James
asking his dispatcher for all the “126s” (cop
speak for annoying situations that no one is
interested in dealing with). Ben, failing miserably, becomes the laughing stock of the station
house. Never a quitter, Ben accompanies James
to an altercation at an adult dance club where
the pair unwittingly stumble across clues that
could lead to James breaking a case that he has
been working on for months.
This is a movie that abandons plot and relies almost completely on the comedic chops of
its two protagonists and succeeds modestly due
to the fact that it doesn’t take itself too seriously.
The director’s approach, it seems, is as follows:
throw in a bit of action and some ridiculously
manipulated plot twists, then let the leading men act their
way out of uninspired premises. Thankfully, for those that
enjoy the stand-up of Kevin Hart, there are enough entertaining moments that keep the audience from face-palming
(although to be honest, I did — often).
The movie trips and stumbles to an all-too-predictably, and less-than-action-packed feel-good conclusion
with Ben’s girlfriend (Tika Sumpter) finally getting into
the action. I must admit that I am a comedic snob, so
if you enjoy overacted slapstick, gross-out humour and
the absence of substance, then this movie will give you
exactly what you are looking for. Make sure to check out
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Out & About
Please call 250-341-6299
or e-mail us at info@cv-pioneer.com
to enter your event in our FREE listings.
Submissions must be received by the
Monday prior to publication. We may only
run an entry for two weeks prior to the event.
Please limit your submission to 30 words.
Priority is given to one-off events,
so weekly events may only run occasionally.
Friday, April 25th
• 5 p.m.: Hospice Society of the Columbia Valley
Annual General Meeting at Copper Point Resort. 5
p.m. Registration, 5:30 p.m. AGM. • 6 - 7 p.m.: Hula Hoop Jam at Peak Dancework
every Friday. By donation, hoops provided. Contact
leahmayshoemaker@gmail.com for info.
• 6 - 11 p.m.: Movie and popcorn at the Summit YC.
• 7 p.m.: 2nd annual Hospice Butterfly Gala at
Copper Point Resort. Features a three-course meal,
live entertainment by Valley Forged, silent and live
auctions. Tickets $50, all proceeds to benefit the
Hospice Society of the Columbia Valley. Tickets
at: Meet on Higher Ground (Radium), All Things
Beautiful and Columbia Garden Village (Invermere),
and Smoking Waters Coffee Co. (Fairmont).
Saturday, April 26th
• 9 a.m.: Columbia Valley Cycling Society annual bike
swap at the Invermere Community Center. Bring in
gear from 9 - 11 a.m. There is a toonie charge to bring
in gear. Sale is from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Pick up
money and/or unsold gear from 1-2 p.m. • 10 - 11 a.m.: Valley Pride cleanup in Invermere
(Pothole Park), Windermere (Community Hall),
Edgewater (Community Hall), Wilmer (Community
Hall) and Radium (Meet at Higher Ground). Bring
gloves and enthusiasm. Bags and refreshments provided.
• 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.: Birthing From Within, presented
by founder Pam England and hosted by Groundswell.
Two day prenatal workshop (Also May 3). Preregistration required, space is limited. For more info,
go to: groundswellnetwork.ca/events-calendar.
• 6 p.m.: Roller Derby Spring Smash at the Canal Flats
Arena. Bavarian Barbarians vs. Cut Throat Car Hops
and Killer Rollbots vs. Wildcat Brawlers. First bout at
6 p.m., second bout at 8 p.m. Tickets $10 at the door,
$5 for kids, 5 and under free.
• 6 - 11 p.m.: Spring Cleaning/Pizza at the Summit
Youth Centre. Help us and get free pizza!
Sunday, April 27th
• 7 p.m.: Movie at the Museum for both members and
guests at the Windermere Valley Museum.
Monday, April 28th
• 12 p.m.: Soup, bun and dessert at the Edgewater
Legion for $6.
Tuesday, April 29th
• 5 - 9 p.m.: Swimming at Radium Hot Springs with
the Summit Youth Centre, leaving at 6 p.m.
• 6 - 7:30 p.m.: Global Buckets container gardening
workshop, presented by Groundswell. Build a Global
Bucket (self-watering, weedless growing system). $30,
register at groundswellnetwork.ca/events-calendar.
• 7 p.m.: Vanessa Farnsworth, author of Rain on a Distant
Roof, a personal journey through Lyme Disease in Canada,
presents at the Radium Hot Springs Public Library.
Thursday, May 1st
• 11:45 a.m.: The Rotary Club of Invermere meets
every Thursday at the Curling Rink.
• 5 - 9 p.m.: Hang out Night/Bring your ideas at the
Summit Youth Centre.
• 7:30 p.m.: AGM for the Columbia Valley Rockies at
the Eddie Mountain Memorial Arena in the mezzanine.
Friday, May 2nd
• 6 - 11 p.m.: Pool tournament at the Summit YC.
• 7 - 10 p.m.: Fresh Fridays open mic night at Pynelogs.
All ages, licensed bar. $2 at the door. Visit www.
columbiavalleyarts.com for more information.
• Planet - Constellation Tour at the DTSS Track, hosted
by Invermere Under the Stars. All ages, starts at dusk.
Kids, come out and try the kid-friendly telescope!
Saturday, May 3rd
• 6 - 11 p.m.: Cool Craft at the Summit Youth Centre .
• 5:30 - 9 p.m.: Artist’s opening at Pynelogs Cultural
Centre for the Wings Over the Rockies/Li’l Peeps art
show. Show features the fun and fantastic artwork from
the Young Artists of our Columbia Valley Childcare
Programs, as well as work from artists on this year’s
Wings theme: The Mystery of Migration. Show runs
April 29th - May 11th, daily from 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. and
Wednesday evenings until 9 p.m.
• 7:30 p.m.: DTSS Big Band Dance at the Invermere
Community Hall. Cocktails at 7:30 p.m., dancing
starting at 8 p.m., buffet at 10:15 p.m. Tickets $25 per
person, available at DTSS.
Sunday, May 4th
• 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.: Edible Hanging Basket workshop,
presented by Groundswell. Build a basket with your
mom, filled with herbs and produce. $30 a basket,
register at groundswellnetwork.ca/events-calendar.
(Mom not required, but encouraged!)
• 6:30 p.m.: Birdsong Singalong Dinner at the
Windermere Community Hall. A pre-Wings Over the
Rockies event. Dinner and singalong with the Valley
Voices Choir. Door prizes, silent auction and raffles.
No minors. Tickets $45, or two for $80, available at
the Windermere Pantry and Selkirk TV.
Monday, May 5th
• 7 p.m.: Bingo at the Canal Flats Civic Centre, on the
1st and 3rd Monday of each month.
• 18th Annual Wings Over the Rockies festival
begins. Runs May 5th - 11th. A week of events
celebrating birds and nature, including a themed
gallery show at Pynelogs. This year’s theme is “The
Mystery of Migration”. For a full listing of events and
to register, visit www.WingsOverTheRockies.org,
Pynelogs Cultural Centre or pick up a program at
The Pioneer office.
• The Lake Windermere Ambassadors will be
offering a “watershed track” of water related
themes during Wings Over the Rockies, including
tours of Lake Windermere on Thursday, May
8th and Sunday, May, 11th. For more info, go to
www.lakeambassadors.ca .
Tuesday, May 6th
• Tuesdays from May to September, the Lake
Windermere Ambassadors need volunteers to help
with lake water testing. Go to www.lakeambassadors.
ca for more info.
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The Columbia Valley Chamber of Commerce presented a high-profile speaker at a
luncheon last week, as the president of the provincial chamber stopped by to check in on
the East Kootenays.
Between stops in Kimberley and Golden, BC Chamber of Commerce president
John Winter was at the local chamber’s home next to the Visitor Information Centre
on Thursday, April 17th. As the keynote speaker, Mr. Winter spoke about how the
province’s business climate affects the local economy.
The provincial government has approved a Packaging and Printed Paper Stewardship
Plan to be run by a new agency called Multi Material BC (MMBC) starting on May 19th.
Many B.C. businesses object to the plan, as they will be responsible for paying the
costs as of May 19th, with those costs being contingent upon how much waste they
create. The new regulations will require B.C. businesses to pay the highest recycling
rates in Canada.
Mr. Winter said that the provincial chamber was not consulted by the Ministry of
Environment (the body that approved
the program) before committing to
the program, and noted the ministry
thought the program was a “neat idea,”
but didn’t consider the implications.
It may change the way newspapers
publish news content, he said.
Currently, home and business
owners cover municipal recycling costs
through property tax. Under Multi
Material BC, small businesses will be
exempt from the costs.
Initially, small businesses were to be
included in the change, but successful
lobbying brought about the exemptions,
which brought the number of businesses
effected from 30,000 to 3,000, he said.
(To qualify as a small business, the
enterprise must produce no more than
a ton of paper each year, earn less than
$1 million in annual revenue, or operate from just one location.)
There was no exemption made for
newspapers
because nobody asked early
WINTER’S WISDOM — BC Chamber of
enough,
Mr.
Winter told The Pioneer,
Commerce president John Winter provided his
adding
there
is
no possibility of new extake on Multi Material BC and business training
needs among other topics at the Columbia Valley emptions coming about.
Chamber of Commerce on Thursday, April 17th.
Photo by Dan Walton
Columbia Cultural Tourism Association
Annual General Meeting
Tuesday, May 1st at 9 a.m.
Pynelogs Cultural Centre
Review of Financial Position | Election of Directors
Come out to meet the CCT Board of Directors
Everyone welcome!
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April 25, 2014
Valley basketball star inducted
into university hall of fame
VALLEY VOICES IN CONCERT
PRESENTS
With One Song
By Dan Walton
Pioneer Staff
More than 20 years after her last game of b-ball,
Andrea Schnider, a basketball prodigy from Edgewater,
has been recognized for her tenure with Simon Fraser
University.
On Monday, March 31st , Andrea was inducted into
the Simon Fraser University Hall of Fame for excellence
in athletics at the campus in Burnaby.
While studying at Simon Fraser, Andrea played in an
American basketball league called the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics from 1988 until 1992.
Despite all the time that’s passed since she was a student,
Andrea still leads the league in all-time assists.
It was here in the valley where her skills were originally developed, as Andrea began playing when she was a
Grade 4 student at Edgewater Elementary.
“I started really early on and I loved it,” she said.
HOOPS HERO — Alongside her coach Alison McNeil,
A strong interest led Andrea to involve herself in ex- (left) former basketball point guard Andrea Schnider (right)
tracurricular basketball programs. She was then encour- was recognized for her four years of play at Simon Fraser
aged to try out for the Basketball BC Provincial Team, University, as her former school has inducted her into the
and had no trouble landing a position as point guard. Athletic Hall of Fame. Photo submitted
Andrea continued playing for the provincial team until
she graduated from David Thompson Secondary School, fer to play in Germany, but knee injuries prevented her
and was even featured in The Valley Echo in July 1986 be- from continuing with basketball.
fore competing at an international tournament in PhoeAfter she stopped playing professionally, Andrea
nix, Arizona.
came back to B.C., became employed with Canada Post,
It was through representing the province in basket- and turned to coaching. She fondly remembers seeing
ball that led Andrea to Simon Fraser — her impressive Michael Jordan play when the Chicago Bulls took on the
skills were noticed by scouts, then she was on her way to Vancouver Grizzlies.
play at the university level.
At her Hall of Fame induction in March, Andrea
And as a testament to her skills,
was among five other athletes seAndrea was given a starting posilected by a panel to be inducted.
tion in her first year of university.
“When I got the call I was
“I was very fortunate to be
pretty excited, but I was also very
able to start as a freshman,” said
humbled,” she said. “Our team was
Andrea.
an anomaly with women’s sports.”
She continued as a point
Her parents made it all possiguard at Simon Fraser, and held
ble, said Andrea, as they supporther starting position for all four
ed her athleticism and installed a
years in school, where she was
basketball net in the backyard of
studying education. She had the
the family’s Edgewater home.
stamina to play basketball for
There were also teachers in
Simon Fraser even longer, but
the valley who helped Andrea
reached the league’s eligibility cap.
grow her sport. She expressed
The university retired her jerthankfulness toward Grant Macsey along with that of one of her
donald who taught her at Edgeteammates in 1993. They were
water Elementary, and David Gee
among the first women to have a
who was always at school early to
jersey retired and Andrea said that
let her in to practice. Her David
it marked one of the biggest acThompson Secondary School
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Following graduation, she The Valley Echo reported on Andrea Schnid- principal Brian Stade were also
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Valley Echo Archive she said.
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The Nature Conservancy of Canada is planning a prescribed ecosystem restoration
burn on Kootenay River Ranch. The 2-day burn will occur between April 21st and
May 2nd, 2014, weather permitting.
Where is this happening?
Kootenay River Ranch is located 8km south of Canal Flats, on the west side of Hwy
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What is the purpose of the prescribed burn?
The controlled use of fire is a commonly-used restoration tool to help maintain forest
health, restore wildlife habitat and reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfires.
How will this affect the public?
• Hwy 93/95 will remain open.
• Burn operations and smoke will be visible to motorists driving from Canal
Flats to Skookumchuck.
• Visibility may be reduced, especially overnight and in the early morning
hours, when smoke tends to settle in valley bottoms.
• During periods of reduced visibility motorists should slow down and
expect highway delays and possible short-term, temporary closures.
• Flagging operations will be on site if required.
• Access to Kootenay River Ranch will be restricted during burning and
mop-up activities.
What about people who are highly sensitive to smoke?
The Nature Conservancy of Canada maintains a smoke notification list for those
who are extremely senstive to smoke and would like advance warning of prescribed
burn operations. To be added to this list or for more information, please contact the
Invermere office, below.
About the Nature Conservancy of Canada
The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) is the country’s leading land conservation
organization. Since 1962, NCC has helped to conserve over 1 million hectares of
ecologically sensitive land and water nationwide, including over 400,000 hectares
in British Columbia.
Media Contact
Trish Blackstock, Nature Conservancy of Canada, Invermere office: 250-342-5521 or
canadian.rockies@natureconservancy.ca
Just a reminder… The classified deadline is 12 noon Tuesday.
April 25, 2014
Filling the job gaps
By Pioneer Staff
Resorts and large-scale employers
around the Columbia Valley are finding
ways to meet the annual challenge of a
big spike in seasonal employment, and
the difficulty in finding bodies to fill a
variety of summer-long roles.
With spring in full swing, golf season
getting underway and rooms booking fast
for the summer holiday season, employers
are using any and all means of putting the
word out that jobs are available.
The valley has seen a plethora of
job postings this April, said Columbia
Valley Employment Centre self-help
host Jim Jenkinson, who counted 150
job ads posted at the centre last week.
Employers have been challenged to fill
jobs, particularly in food and beverage
positions, he said.
The draw of well-paying jobs at the
two thriving Canfor sawmills in the valley play a role in that dynamic, but so
does declining enrolment in local schools,
which has meant fewer graduates entering
the work force each year.
“For the most part, people who are
looking for a job are savvy,” he said, noting many now go directly to a potential
employer’s website. With most jobs posted
at the emnployment centre being entry-
level or seasonal, “those who are looking for
work will find employment,” he said.
Despite some suggestions that valley employers should raise their wages
in order to fill positions, Mr. Jenkinson
cautioned that approach does not always
work for a business.
“It seems like a simple solution, but it
really depends upon their business model,” he said. With minimum wage having
risen to $10.25 per hour in 2012, entry
level jobs in B.C. are among the most lucrative in Canada. With a No Frills job
fair having taken place at the centre earlier this week, there are even more positions to fill — many that are part-time
jobs, he said.
One resort’s approach
Fairmont Hot Springs Resort recruits
students through several Internet job
postings, including the online BC Job
Bank, and through job fairs in Edmonton, Nelson, Cranbrook and Vancouver,
explained David Sheedy, the resort’s human resources manager.
“We’ve had a little less success filling
positions in the past two years; I don’t know
what to chalk that up to,” he said. “Part of
it is we set our standards a little high.”
Now
Hiring
A&W Restaurant, Invermere, has immediate openings for FULL-TIME
permanent Food Counter Attendants.
4 Full-Time Day & Evening Positions – Kitchen and Front Counter (up to
40 hours/week)
$10.25 - $11.50/hr (based on experience)
We offer a friendly work environment, shared benefits plan, scholarship
program and opportunities for advancement.
Successful applicants will be required to perform the following duties:
• Cook and assemble food such as sandwiches, hamburgers, salads,
milkshakes, portion and wrap food or place it on plates for service to
patrons, package food for take-out orders, cleaning of production area.
• Serve customers at counter and in drive-thru, handle payment
transactions, cleaning of dining and front counter area.
• Stock refrigerators and follow A&W and B.C. Provincial standards
for food safety and quality, and record keeping.
• Pleasantly and honestly interact with customers and fellow team
members.
Please apply in person or online at www.aw.ca
51st season wraps up at Panorama
Clockwise from top: Willem and Gee de
Ruyter (left) help Mathilde and Francois
de Jager celebrate Mathilde’s 50th birthday at the Summit Hut; Jelena Jensen
and Danica Jensen from Cranbrook let
their capes fly in the wind; Windermere
residents Jan Leslie and Brooke Langdon
(left) enjoy the day with Fairmont Hot
Springs residents Sue Coy and Ally Coy. In
the ski hill’s 51st season, Panorama had a
grand total of 505 centimetres of snow.
Photos by Greg Amos
Veli HOLDINGS LTD DBA DAIRY QUEEN Invermere
350 Laurier St., Invermere, B.C. V0A 1K7
Food Service Supervisor
for Dairy Queen
Permanent, full-time, shift, overtime, weekend, day, evening
$13 hourly, for 40 hours per week
Completion of high school. Experience an asset
Specific Skills:
• Supervise and co-ordinate activities of staff who prepare and portion food
• Establish work schedule
• Estimate and order ingredients and supplies
• Ensure food service and quality control
• Maintain records of stock, repairs, sales and wastage
• Prepare and submit reports
• Supervise and check assembly of trays
• Supervise and check delivery of food trolleys
• Establish methods to meet work schedules
• Train staff in job duties, sanitation and safety procedures
Fax resume to 250-344-2220 or email: dqgoldenjobs@yahoo.ca
Attn: Mr. Neal VanBeers
Bighorn Meadows Resort is currently seeking an energetic, service orientated
FRONT DESK AGENT
to join our dynamic team of professionals, full-time/part-time.
We’re looking for an individual who has a strong commitment to
customer service and a passion for high-quality work. Successful
applicants must have proven customer service and organization
skills, along with the ability to problem-solve and multi-task all
while working in a fast-paced environment. Strong telephone
mannerism and computer skills are a must. We offer a competitive
wage, a great work environment and an opportunity to develop with
our young and growing company. We are committed to extraordinary
service and building our reputation as the premier luxury resort in the
Columbia Valley. Located in the Village of Radium Hot Springs, our
resort is centered at the heart of the Springs of Radium Golf Course.
Interested applicants for the following positions
please forward your confidential resume to:
guestservicesmanager@bighornmeadows.com
April 25, 2014
1-877-646-5890
info@fairmontcreek.ca
www.fairmontcreek.ca/jobs
. . . ‘Job gap’ from page 16
“The biggest one for us this year is housekeeping,
finding people who are willing to stick around,” he said.
He noted there are now more big employers competing
for people, with Copper Point Resort and a few more
golf courses that opened within the last five years.
The Fairmont resort draws strongly from a local pool
of people, including many from the Village of Canal
Flats, he noted.
“We try to really maintain a strong local base,”
he said. “Even the people we bring here seasonally,
we encourage and help them move into local accommodations so that they in effect become locals. A lot
of kids came from Ontario for a season, and two years
later they’re living in local houses and working for us
year-round.”
Mr. Sheedy said turnover varies with culinary positions at the resort, but cook jobs are always tough to
fill, as the job requires a certain skill level that can’t be
trained quickly. While the area most in need of workers
at the resort is cook positions, temporary foreign workers haven’t been a big part of the equation in filling that
role, he said.
“The restrictions have made it almost not worth it
anymore,” he said, noting the costs of paying for flights,
accommodation and wages of up to $14 per hour — in
addition to needing to prove no Canadians are willing to
do the same jobs for the same pay — add up to a financially exhausting process.
Wage scales in general have gone up for some key
positions at the resort, said Mr. Sheedy, who explained
he sends a spread sheet out every January to five or
six employers in the valley as a means of making pay
comparisons.
“I say, ‘Here’s our rates, if you’d be willing to share,
please let us know what you’re paying for similar positions’,” he said, noting most of the valley’s major employers are willing to share that information.
One of the incentives Fairmont Hot Springs Resort uses to entice potential employees is a benefits
package for permanent staff after six months, a free
hot lunch daily, free use of all amenities – including
golf, pools, and the ski hill, and staff trips that seem
to appeal particularly to Ontarians exploring B.C. for
the first time.
Fundraiser set to rock White House Pub
Fairmont Creek Property Rentals offers vacation accommodations from 1 bedroom
rustic cabins to 5 bedroom luxury townhomes in Fairmont Hot Springs.
Housekeeping Manager
Full-time, temporary (covering Maternity Leave)
The successful candidate will be responsible for the overall management of
our busy housekeeping department ensuring the highest quality standards are met.
We seek a team player to lead the team in a positive, respectful and engaging
manner with a strong sense of responsibility, along with excellent organizational
and motivational skills and an eye for detail.
Learn more and view other opportunities at www.fairmontcreek.ca/jobs
or forward your resume to info@fairmontcreek.ca
0911611 BC LTD o/a Tim Hortons
496 Highway 93/95 Invermere, B.C. V0A 1K2
Part and Full Time Positions Available
Start date: ASAP
Food Service Supervisor Food Counter Attendant
Permanent, Shift
Permanent, Shift
Job Description Available in Store
Job Description Available in Store
7 positions available
12 positions available
No education required
No education or experience required.
One to two years experience required. Nights/overnights/early mornings/
Nights/early mornings/weekends
weekends.
$12.12/hour + medical/dental/group $10.25/hour + medical/dental/group
benefits.
benefits.
Apply in person, via email (timhortons.invermere@
gmail.com) or by fax (250-341-3177) for both positions.
By Pioneer Staff
A musician’s visit to a Windermere woman’s
home set the wheels in motion for a fundraising
evening set to rock Windermere’s White House
Pub on Friday, May 2nd.
Diana and Barb Cote are the daughters of
Sabina Cote — the person featured in The Pioneer’s story titled “Legacy of an Indian Princess” on HOLLER HELP — The Hollers will perform rock
August 30th, 2013 — who passed away from liver and blues songs at the White House Pub on Friday,
cancer last June.
May 2nd.
Photo submitted
Mrs. Cote’s family had the opportunity to
use the palliative care room at the Invermere and
having Mr. Ney’s band (from Kimberley) to come to
District Hospital, a positive experience that sisters the valley and do a fundraiser for the cause.
Diana and Barb say left an impression on them.
“The White House is a perfect venue, and they
“It was so wonderful for our family to be togeth- jumped at the chance to support such a great event,”
er with our Mom in her last final hours,” said Barb. said Barb, who explained the event is a fundraiser
“There was a place to sleep, watch TV and have ac- for needed renovations at the Windermere District
cess to food and not have to leave our mom, Sabina. Palliative care unit.
We were able to put on drumming music, pray and
“The Hollers are a band that keeps you dancing
support one another through this difficult time. We all night long,” said Barb.
just want to be able to help in some way, so that
The music starts at 8 p.m. on Friday, May 2nd,
other families have a place to be with their loved one with toonie auctions and door prizes to be handed
when they leave this world.”
out during the breaks. A midnight snack will be ofDrumming and music will be one means of fered. Tickets cost $10, and can be bought at the Secrealizing that goal, after Matt Ney, a member of a ond Hand and Collectables store in Windermere, at
rock and blues band called the The Hollers, paid a the White House Pub in Windermere or the Kinbasvisit to Diana in January. That sparked the idea of ket Development Corporation office on Arrow Road.
Genuine by Nature™
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FOR THE 2014 SEASON
Outside Guest Service Attendant
Golf Shop Attendant
Server
Prep/Line Cook
Please submit your resume to: info@radiumresort.com
RadiumResort.com
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April 25, 2014
All Culinary Positions
Please send resume to dpietrzak@eagleranchresort.com
Fairmont Hot Springs Resort is proud to have the largest mineral hot springs in all of
Western Canada. As part our effort to create the best and safest guest experience
possible, we are hiring for senior positions in our pools department. All of our pool
personnel are required to have current National Lifeguard Certification.
POOL SUPERVISOR
Oversee the operation of the public pool complex, assist in staffing, safety, cleanliness
and most importantly, take a leadership role in the care and monitoring of our hot springs
source. Must have a current First Aid certificate, 3 years’ experience and a Pool Operator’s
Certificate. This position has a wage of $18.00/hour and we currently have two openings.
HEAD LIFEGUARD
Provides safety in and around the facility on each shift. Must be an expert and the leader
of our safety efforts, including in emergency situations. First Aid designation Level 3.
Applicant will have CPR-C and/or AED training (Level 3), excellent guest skills and the
ability to function under pressure. This position has a wage of $16.00/hour and we
currently have four openings.
As with all of our positions, you enjoy the following benefits:
• Staff pass for all amenities of the resort • Free lunch on shift • Eligibility for health and
dental benefits after six months employment • Staff accommodation available
Please forward your resume to hr@fhsr.com, attention David Sheedy, or call
250.345.6004.
SHOP
DISCOVER
GOLF
SKI
SOAK
EAT
RELAX
fairmonthotsprings.com/employment
PRODUCE PROFESSION — Applicant Michelle Rievaj
came prepared to be interviewed for a new job at Joe’s No Frills
during a job fair held by the grocery store on Tuesday, April
21st at the Columbia Valley Employment Centre. The store
will have its grand opening in Invermere on Friday, May 16th.
Photo by Dan Walton
Opportunities on the mountain
Panorama Mountain Village also sees high staff
turnover year-to-year, as the resort transitions from the
ski season to an emerging summer mountain bike season, however they’re seeing a good return rate for employees wanting to experience summer in the Columbia
Valley, said Adam Hopper, a human resources manager
at Panorama.
“They come for the winter and stay for the summer,
. . . ‘Property tax’ from page 3
That would allow for people to dance or sing karaoke until midnight, and for events such as weddings.
“I think it’s a great idea,” said councillor Paul Denchuk. “Having a wedding down there would be awesome, it would probably spill over to other businesses
and create an atmosphere of success downtown.”
. . . ‘Chamber president’ from page 14
We are hiring for the following positions:
• Room
Attendants
• Houseman
• Guest
Experience
Agents
• Porter/
Bellman
• Servers
• Bartenders
• Cook
• Night Auditor
Copper Point Resort is the newest luxury four season
destination located in Invermere, B.C. We are looking for
those strong candidates who are energetic and passionate
about providing an exceptional guest experience.
We are committed to bringing together the industry’s best
talent to create a diverse team of innovative thinkers.
All those applying must be able to have fun!
Resumes can be emailed to
careers@copperpointresort.com,
faxed to 250-341-4001 or dropped
off to 760 Cooper Road.
However, Newspapers Canada, which represents
many publications including Black Press, Postmedia,
Globemedia, Sun Media and Glacier Media, had a
memorandum of understanding with Multi Material
BC to exchange in-kind advertising rather than pay
the fees. Multi Material BC changed course last November and sought cash payments instead.
On Monday, April 14th, the BC Chamber sent
a letter to B.C. Environment Minister Mary Polak
requesting extra exemptions for community newspapers. The letter contrasted the cost of recycling for
B.C. businesses, which will be 20 cents per kilogram
newsprint, compared to 15 cents in Quebec, four
cents in Ontario and two cents in Manitoba.
But as the cost becomes the responsibility of each
business, municipalities will be able to take a load off.
“Tax savings are up to the municipalities; most
of them will be getting a hefty cheque,” Mr. Winter
told The Pioneer. The amount of money divvied out
so we do see some retention of employees,” he said. “We
have a pretty short (summer) season, so we do a lot of
online employment postings. We go down to a smaller
crew here during the offseason, with lots of work around
cleaning and prep for the next season.”
Panorama’s downhill mountain bike park opens on
June 27th this year, which gives the resort ample time to
fill their employment needs for the summer.
Panorama also struggles to fill culinary positions, and
despite jobs posted through the resort’s website (www.
panoramaresort.com/employment), “word of mouth is
probably our best recruitment tool,” he said. “Sixty to
seventy per cent of people we employ knew others who
work or worked here, and that encourages us to provide
a good work environment for our seasonal employees.”
The resort has recently hired a new executive chef,
Kelly Yarrow, and is serving up a range of incentives to
attract more staff to keep the kitchens going.
“Staff have full access to the amenities, a free biking pass,
and other discounts,” he said. “There are different types of
people looking for work in the winter than summer.”
Panorama also maintains a small staff of full-time
tradespeople, divided between village operations and onhill trades positions.
Council also discussed the Multi Material BC(or
MMBC) recycling program after receiving a letter
expressing concern from The Pioneer and Valley Echo
publisher Rose-Marie Fagerholm.
“We see huge problems with the entire program
and how it is being administered,” said Invermere
mayor Gerry Taft. “We signed on because it saves our
taxpayers some money, but we are not in support of it.”
to each community will depend upon the amount of
recyclable waste produced by local businesses.
Another change from the provincial government
that the BC Chamber felt should be amended was the
Micro Business Training program. Businesses with
five employees or less were offered $1,500 in professional training. However, only micro business owners
with no post-secondary education were eligible.
“People were being penalized for trying to improve their skills after high school – even if it was 25
years ago,” Mr. Winter said, adding the BC Chamber
was able to convince the province to relax the qualifications. Micro business owners with some post-secondary education are now eligible for the program.
A well-trained workforce will be especially important in the near future, as there will be around one million new jobs created over the next six years in B.C., he
said, which is expected to create a skills shortage.
“Immigration is the key, but the challenge is that
we’re competing with the rest of the western world
for them,” he said.
April 25, 2014
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and beyond set up booths to demonstrate their products
and services. Clockwise from top right: Dirty Blinds
co-owner Doug Cowan demonstrates the ultrasonic
cleaning equipment used by the business; Powerseed
entrepreneur Eileen Teslenko displays her cellphone
charger battery packs; Invermere’s Wolfpack Art Studio and General Store owners Jodi and Tyler Neufeld /
put their woodworking and artistic prowess on display;
Kinsmen Club of the Windermere Valley president
Dave Oaks spins a barrel full of 50/50 draw tickets,
as Jared Oaks and a Kinsmen Club member look on.
Photos by Greg Amos
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Couples and long-term care
Canadians are living longer than ever. In 2013, the
World Health Organization reported that the average life
expectancy in Canada is 82.5 years. And with increased
longevity comes a greater chance that people will require
long-term health care services.
In fact, it’s estimated that about 40 per cent of people over age 65 will eventually need some form of longterm care.
Long-term care in Canada is either fully private or
publicly subsidized. Those who opt for fully private care
pay their facility’s going rate. Those who choose publiclysubsidized care in B.C., however, will have to pay up to
80 per cent of their after-tax income. Fortunately, there
is an opportunity for couples to potentially reduce the
cost of one spouse’s long-term care.
How is my rate calculated?
As mentioned above, long-term care rates are income-tested and are based on one’s tax return from two
years prior. This means that someone entering care in
2014 would use their 2012 tax return — specifically,
Line 236 less the amount in Line 435.
If a person’s after-tax income is less than $19,500
per year, their monthly rate is calculated as their after-tax
income less a $3,900 deductible divided by 12. For example, someone with $19,000 of after-tax income would
pay about $1,258 per month. For those earning even
less, the minimum monthly rate is $970.50 per month.
If a person’s after-tax income is equal to or greater
than $19,500 per year, their monthly rate is calculated as
their after-tax income multiplied by 80 per cent divided
by 12. For example, a person with $40,000 of after-tax
income would pay about $2,666 per month. For 2014,
the maximum monthly rate for subsidized long-term
care is $3,092.60 per month.
Income Splitting
Most people aged 65 or older have pension income,
or the means to create some. In most cases, if one spouse
is entering long-term care, it makes sense to fully split
that spouse’s pension income, even if it pushes the other
spouse’s income higher than theirs.
For example, consider a husband and wife with
identical incomes — $50,000 pre-tax of which $35,000
is pension income. Each has the option to allocate up to
$17,500 pension income to the other. The husband is
entering long-term care.
If the husband does not elect to split his pension
income, his after-tax income will be about $45,850 and
his long-term care rate would be $3,056 per month. If he
decided to income-split, his after-tax income would be
about $30,100 and his monthly rate would be reduced
to $2,006.
Their combined tax bill, which would normally be
$15,016 per year, would increase to $15,934 with income splitting. On the other hand, they would save
$12,600 per year on the husband’s reduced bed rate for a
net savings of $11,682. This would greatly assist his wife
with the household expenses, especially those that don’t
change whether or not her husband lives at home.
Re-file past returns
You may be thinking “this all sounds good, but if
my current long-term care rate is based on my 2012 tax
return, there’s nothing I can do to lower my rate during
the first year or two.” Not so! Previous year’s tax returns
can be re-filed with pension income fully split, and those
new figures used to determine one’s monthly rate.
Unfortunately, due to attribution rules, income
from joint accounts can’t be allocated completely to one
spouse or the other. Additionally, nothing can be done
about personal investment accounts unless the owner
gives away their money, but doing so could trigger unwanted taxation in the form of capital gains.
Final thoughts
The income-tested nature of long-term care rates
means that every effort should be made to lower one’s
taxable income. To find out what options are available
to you, speak to your local long-term care case manager
and consult with your financial advisor and accountant.
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7507 Main St. West, Radium Hot Springs
(250) 347-9726
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April 25, 2014
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9 a.m. - 6 p.m.
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April 25, 2014
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• Painting • Renovation • New Homes
Scott Postlethwaite
CVCC Contractor/
Trade Builder of the Year
2008
More than 20 years experience
Red Seal journeyman carpenter
Residential, Commercial
Electric Furnace and Hot Water Tank
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For All Your Electrical Needs
Jyoti Venne
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• Kitchen
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250-341-7098
Invermere, B.C.
April 25, 2014
Volunteers and directors wanted at Rockies AGM
By Dan Walton
Pioneer Staff
The Columbia Valley Rockies were eliminated in the first round of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL) playoffs last season – and like every
spring, the organization will be performing a post-mortem and looking ahead to next
year at the annual general meeting.
On Thursday, May 1st, the mezzanine at the Eddie Mountain Memorial Arena
will be the site of the yearly gathering, which is open to anybody who’s interested in
attending. The board of directors will be elected, operations will be discussed, and
volunteers and hockey fans have the opportunity to learn about the organization and
become involved.
“It’s for new people or familiar faces that would like to come out and be part of
our directorship, or just come out and see what’s going on,” said Rockies president Al
Miller. “This is the time to come out.”
The meeting will include a review of highlights from last season and a report on
the organization’s financial status, which Mr. Miller referred to as “solid.”
The board of directors has twelve positions to fill and anybody that attends the
meeting is eligible to run. The positions require a one-year commitment and will be
chosen by the Rockies booster society.
Favourable candidates will have a strong interest in junior hockey and the drive to
move players to the next level of success, Mr. Miller said.
He said that because of the team’s ability to help advance talent – through college
scholarships, European hockey leagues, and Junior A leagues – players are becoming
more attracted to the Rockies.
“We’ve been quite successful in doing that,” he said. “We’ve certainly provided a
good venue for the players.”
In addition, the coaches and general manager have been working very hard to
recruit and strengthen the abilities of the players, he said.
“You’re seeing improvements, and you’re going to continue seeing more — I can
guarantee you that,” he said.
Whether you’re looking to volunteer, become a director, or just learn the ropes of
the Rockies, Mr. Miller said that the meeting will appeal to young and old, and hopes
to see a large turnout.
“It’s important to the town that we have a healthy junior B (team) going forward,
and it’s a lot of fun.”
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GARAGE SALES
GARAGE SALES
CHEERS & JEERS
CHEERS & JEERS
STORAGE
COMMERCIAL SPACE
April 26th come to Radium:
multiple sales along Jackson Ave.
and Rivercrest Rd. 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Tons of baby gear, clothes, Lulu,
maternity, furniture, tools, bath
reno items, bikes, lots brand new.
1229 7th Street, Invermere, Sat.
Apr. 26th, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m., near the
Catholic Church. Furniture, craft
supplies, Christmas ornaments,
many household items.
Cheers to those that are educated
and open minded to both sides of
the Jumbo debate. Jeers to those
that aren’t. Best argument for: Lift
access skiing in Canada needs to
move to higher elevations. Best
against: I like the way it is now,
without lifts!
Jeers to Johnston road for all of its
2 year old pot holes and to its sink
holes which could swallow a car.
And jeers to the culverts, which
have heaved up creating a “raised
cross walk”. If only there were
someone who knew how to fix old
Johnston road.
Large garage/shop for rent right in
town. 35’ x 40’ with 12ft ceilings.
On large lot so plenty of space
outside and lots of storage inside
as well. Perfect for contractors
with equipment etc. $1,000/mo,
damage deposit required. Call for
more info. 403-819-7494.
815 SQ. FT. PRIME
COMMERCIAL UNIT
FOR LEASE
Cheers to the incredible teacher in
our community. Jeers to chronic
underfunding.
Cheers to Jonathan Welsh, the best
bike mechanic in the valley! For the
tune-up to get my riding season
started, you provide awesome
service!
OFFICE SPACE
Moving Sale: April 26, 9 a.m. - 2
p.m. 121 7th Ave. Tools, yard items,
household and camping gear.
ANNOUNCEMENT
Alcoholics Anonymous. If alcohol is
causing problems or conflict in your
life, AA can help. All meetings are at
8 p.m. For more information, please
call 250-342-2424. Columbia
United AA, Invermere: Saturday,
Sunday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
at the BC Service Building, South
End – 624 4th St., Invermere.
Radium Friendship Group: Friday
at the Catholic Church, East Side
of Main St. With the exception of
Tuesday, all meetings are open.
ANNOUNCEMENT
Al-Anon. Are you concerned
about or affected by someone
else’s drinking? If so, please join
us. Al-Anon meets EVERY Monday
in Invermere at 7:15 p.m. at
the Canadian Martyrs Catholic
Church, 712 – 12th Ave (behind
the Invermere hospital). For
information, please call 250-3428255.
Narcotics Anonymous meeting now
available. Thursdays at 8 p.m. Call
250-342-1071 for more info.
CHEERS & JEERS
Jeers to depression. No more blahs!
S OBITUARY S
Waite, Stephen
James
Cheers to the mighty Ian Wilson.
You rock… with or without your
guitar and/or harmonica!
Cheers to Shelly at Hair Benders for
being the best stylist/hair therapist
ever.
Cheers to the Rocky River Grill for
their delicious gluten-free meals.
Triple cheers to the wonderful
doctors, nurses, staff and
ambulance crew at Invermere and
Cranbrook Hospitals. Also to my
friends in Radium who helped with
my recovery from an unexpected
back surgery. A very grateful
Albertan. I appreciate everyone of
you!
LOST AND FOUND
Lost: Set of keys on Highway
between Windermere and Radium
on April 8th. 250-342-8708.
August 13th, 1965 – April 17th, 2014.
Cheers to members of Rotary.
Again the snappy handsome flags
at the museum.
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Stephen
(Steve) James Waite on Thursday, April 17th, 2014 at the very young
age of 48 years. He will be so dearly missed by his loving wife Joanne
(nee Boker) of 19 years and his beautiful children, Alyssa (15), Andrea
(11) and Derek (7), his parents Jim and Iris, his Grandma Nell Amies, his
Brother Mike, Sister Leslie, In-laws Don and Helga Boker and families.
Cheers to Kayleigh, Don, Timmy,
Raeleen, Britt and everyone in Ivy
House! You guys are so much fun
to work with and always know how
to make the residents smile! Keep
it up!
Steve fought a heroic battle with brain cancer the past 15 months but
succumbed to this disease.
BIG CHEERS to the Windermere
Community Association, what a
beautiful wonderful morning with
so many little ones, you gals and
guys sure know how to organize
one of the greatest egg hunts,
what a treat. Much love, The Easter
Bunny. P.S. See you again next year!
STORAGE SPACE – assorted sizes,
easy access, immediate availability,
long-term or short-term. Deck
Properties Warehouse, Industrial
Park: 250-342-3166.
Cheers to the killer rollbots, for
being so amazing, each and every
one of you!
We need RV storage for 2 RV’s, 14’
and 32’. Prefer graveled surface
near Radium. Call 403-601-0368.
A celebration of Steve’s life will take place on Saturday, April 26th, 2014
at 1:30 p.m. at Eden Brook Memorial Gardens & Funeral Home, Calgary,
AB, 24223 Township Road 242 (intersection of 17th Ave SW & Lower
Springbank Road).
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to his children’s future; www.
gofundme.com/waite-family. Donations may also be made in Steve’s
name to Hospice Calgary (http://www.hospicecalgary.com) or the
Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada (http://www.braintumour.ca);
Condolences may be forwarded through www.edenbrookmemorial.ca.
NEWHOUSE
MULTI STORAGE
Jeers to the gravel and dirt on all
the streets of Windermere. Overkill
is right!
Cheers to all the drivers who go
through Fairmont who don’t know
the difference between 80km and
80 miles an hour. You are doing
a great job on keeping our deer
population in check. Also cheers for
using your jake breaks to scare the
remaining live deer.
Lost on Lower Lake View Rd. car
keys for a Mercedes Benz. If found
contact Barry at 403-819-4886 or
1-800-308-0025.
Right in the middle of the
new grocery store, Home
Hardware, Kicking Horse
Coffee and Canadian Tire.
#4-492 Arrow Rd. currently
Nature’s Floors. Please call
250-342-5089.
1,200 sq. ft. expandable, 3 offices
plus reception. 712 - 10th street
Invermere. Contact Bruce at bruce@
brucem.com or 250-341-1940.
For Lease: Micro office space,
Panache Bldg., 250 - 300 sq. ft. each.
All new, available immediately.
Phone 250-342-5805.
COMMERCIAL SPACE
Retail opportunity in Invermere.
2,100 sq. ft. located on Main St.
Rare vacancy in the busiest area of
town. Don’t miss out on this golden
opportunity, call now 250-2700570, ask for Josh. Short or long
term okay.
20 x 25 heated shop $450/mo,
first and last D.D. required.
24 x 36 shop power included,
propane heat at tenant’s expense,
$650/mo first and last D.D.
required. Contact New
House Multi Storage
250-342-3637.
Koffee Kweens coffee shop space
in Invermere available for lease
effective April 1st. All leaseholds
in place. Contact Karl at 250-2700049.
Shop space for rent, Industrial
Rd. 1, 30’ x 70’, available May 1st.
Phone Miko at 250-342-9526.
Small retail storefront, commercial
space in downtown Windermere,
$450/mo, call 250-342-6255.
STORAGE
COMMERCIAL SPACE
NEWHOUSE
MULTI STORAGE
Various sizes available.
Now with climate-controlled units.
Call 250-342-3637.
UP TO 6 MONTHS RENT FREE
1,000–1,400 square feet of
RETAIL/OFFICE/COMMERCIAL
SPACE FOR LEASE
HIGH-TRAFFIC FRONTAGE
Fairmont Village Mall.
CALL 250-341-7345
ACCOMMODATION WANTED
HOUSE FOR RENT
Wanted to rent:
Preferably a 2-bdrm house.
I have a twelve year old lab with
arthritis, who sleeps most of the
day. N/S, have to move by the end
of May. Well known with many
excellent references. Please phone
250-347-9692. Anything from
Edgewater to Windermere.
Invermere: Near schools and
downtown. 4-bdrm, 2 bath house
on a large triple lot, with outside
hot tub. $1,600/mo + utilities +
D.D., N/P, N/S. Available May 1st.
Call 403-874-1273.
SUITE FOR RENT
Invermere: affordable 1-bdrm and
2-bdrm apartments. $600 - $800/
mo. Includes all utilities. 250-3411182.
Radium: Fully furnished units for
rent. Bedsitting, 1-bdrms, 2-bdrms.
N/S, pets negotiable. Call Joan
at 250-342-7517 to view and
check availability. Rent includes
heat, hydro, cable and all linens.
STARTING AT $500/mo.
INVERMERE CENTRE: 1-bdrm
apartment, available immediately,
central location, parking at your
door, laundry on site, one year
lease, N/P, N/S. Call Sharon 250688-1365.
Fairmont, on Riverside Golf Course:
2-bdrm, bright walkout suite.
Furnished, W/D, dishwasher. Backs
onto 1st tee box. $800/mo plus util.
non-smoking, no pets. References
required, 403-710-1275.
Downtown Invermere large
4-bdrm, 2 bath upstairs, all
included, $1,500/mo. 2-bdrm
walk in basement, all included,
$900/mo. invermerehomerentals@
gmail.com. or 250-341-1650.
April 25, 2014
WANTED
Wanted players for co-ed slowpitch in Invermere. Contact Scott at
250-342-1202.
MISC. FOR SALE
2-bdrm, F&S, close to downtown.
N/P, N/S. Must be mature and quiet.
Available immediately. Min. 1 year
lease. $800/mo + $400 D.D. and
utilities. 250-342-9446.
Three bedroom duplex in
Invermere, $204,999. Phone 250342-7528.
Motivated to sell: All offers
will be considered. Property
features 3.82 acres; 1,900 sq.
ft. home with attached double
garage and covered deck, 2,200
sq. ft. workshop, fenced garden,
storage sheds and more. For more
information please call 250-3426967.
Bright, clean modular home
on full basement in Edgewater.
1,352 sq. ft. per floor. 3-bdrm,
2 full bathrooms, wood stove in
basement. $269,000, for more info
call 250-347-2343.
CONDO FOR SALE
For rent in Invermere: 2-bdrm
apartment, close to schools and
hospital, large yard. $775/mo,
phone 250-342-3790.
Unit 122, Riverstone Villas, Radium
Hot Springs, 3-bdrm, garage,
$170,000. Call 250-342-7608.
Two 2-bdrm suites available
immediately in Windermere 4-plex,
one furnished. All appliances.
Large decks, yard, lake views. Pets
considered $800/mo. 250-4097435, email shellimilley@gmail.
com.
2-bdrm, 2 full bath, W/D, F/S,
dishwasher and microwave. R2000
certified. All on one floor. Located
downtown close to shopping and
beach. Asking $285,000. Serious
inquiries only. Call 250-3422274.
Pioneer Classified Advertising 250-341-6299
250 US gallon tanks for sale. Very
versatile, plastic w/ metal 6”
opening, 2’ discharge, 125 lbs. $200
for 1 or $300 for 2. Call George. 250347-9500.
Quality Top Soil and Manure.
$160 per dump truck load, $90
per pick-up load. Well-aged cow
manure, $100 per pickup load.
Delivery extra. Call 250-342-1268.
For sale; New oil tank. Purchased
for $800. plus $600 of oil. Both for
$1000. Changed heating in home.
In Windermere, please call 250342-3630 or email momfourever@
gmail.com.
30” propane cokestove - 1 year old.
Never used, 4 burner. $950 - was
$2200 new. 250-341-6043
130 ft. chain link fence includes one
gate, posts and cross bars, asking
$200. KUMHO 225-55r19, 85 to
90% left on tires, $300 for all four.
250-347-0033.
SERVICES
Home Building and Renos
Chuck Newhouse Builders
250-342-3637
chucknew@telus.net
RECREATIONAL VEHICLES
BOATS FOR SALE
MOBILE HOME
HOUSE FOR SALE
3 piece slate pool table, 4’x8’ with
cues, balls etc., disassembled and
ready to move, $450, 250-3426922.
2001 Kawasaki 800 Vulcan. 12,000
km. saddle bags, crash bar.
Beautiful shape. Asking $4,800
O.B.O. To view, contact 250-3415524.
CONDO FOR RENT
12x60, 2-bdrm Mobile Home with
addition and deck in very good
shape, propane furnace and
modern wood stove for $4,000
O.B.O, Must be moved. To view call
250-347-6420.
MISC. FOR SALE
2004 Blue Water Malibu 19 feet.
Red and white, very good
condition. 4.3 litre EFI 225 hp.
Includes tandom trailer and boat
covers. $ 13,500. Located in
Invermere.
Contact 403-689-5519.
VEHICLES FOR SALE
2000 E450 Ford Van, Diesel,
Automatic, 16’ Box, 376,000 kms,
good condition. Perfect for mobile
billboard or contractors. $3,000,
phone 250-342-2044.
Hank the Tank is for sale, 1997
Chevy 4x4 long box, $2,500 O.B.O.
Only 5,000 kms wear on new tires
and new exhaust system. Call 250342-0337.
CAMPING
2007 19ft Skyline Layton Trailer for
sale. Dual axle. Excellent condition.
Separate washroom and shower.
All pots and pans, bedding. Ready
to go! $7,500. 250-342-0453.
HOUSE FOR SALE
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505-7th Avenue Invermere
Open Tuesday-Saturday
10-5 or by appointment.
Look for the red door behind
the Invermere Laundromat!
www.kimberleyrae.ca
or 250-342-5102
SERVICES
Dryer Vent and Furnace Cleaning
and inspections. Call AQUAIR today!
250-342-5089.
Water treatment and purification,
includes drinking water systems,
softeners and conditioners, iron
filters. Call AQUAIR, 250-342-5089.
Heaven’s Best Carpet and
Upholstery Cleaning.
Environmentally friendly products.
Dry in 1 hour! Call 250-688-0213 or
visit www.heavensbest.ca .
20% off Wood Blinds
expires April 14th
“Wonderful experience & pleasure
working with Shannon and her
team. I would highly recommend
Shannon’s blinds.” Karla
New – “Drapery & much more”
Phantom Retractable Screen Doors
Shannon’s Blinds & Designs
250-342-5749.
Rockies West Realty
Independently Owned and Operated
492 Highway 93/95, Invermere, BC
Kim Collens
Representative
toll free: 1.877.342.3427
cell: 250.342.1671
kim@rockieswest.com
www.kimcollens.com
Recipe Of The Week
CREAMY AND CHEESY PESTO PASTA
250 gm Fettuccine Pasta
250 gm Cream Cheese,
Cubed
1 cup Basil Pesto
1 container (280 gm) Grape
Tomatoes, sliced in half
¼ cup fresh Parmesan
Cheese, grated
Cook pasta according to package directions and drain
well.
Return pasta to pot and heat over medium heat.
Stir cream cheese into cooked pasta; add pesto and
tomatoes.
Cook, stirring often until warmed through, about 2
minutes.
Garnish with parmesan cheese and serve immediately.
See all my recipes at recipes.kimcollens.com
Home Of The Week
Townhouse in downtown Invermere
Built in 2005, fantastic views in a quiet location.
No strata fees, 5 appliances, 1,467 square feet.
Asking $234,900
• Call 250-342-0371
Hand Crafted Log Home!
The perfect cottage at the lake on an oversized lot backing
onto green space for added privacy. With 3 bedrooms, wrap
around deck, private beach, boat launch and marina.
$329,000
MLS®
2395893
April 25, 2014
SERVICES
HELP WANTED
kimberleyrae.ca
photography studio
picture framing
passport photos
…look for the red door behind
the Invermere Dry Cleaners!
250-342-5102
Guitar lessons and Mac computer
tutoring. Available most evenings
and weekends. Call Emily at 250409-4104.
MADDY EDE
MAKEUP ARTIST
Specializing in Weddings,
Graduations and Special Occasions.
Invermere, B.C. and Calgary, AB
Contact Information:
Cell/Text: 403.808.3381
Email: madison.ede@gmail.com
HELP WANTED
Invermere Petro-Can is currently
accepting resumes for F/T and P/T
employment. Apply in person to
185 Laurier Street, Invermere
between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Summer Housekeeping attendant
wanted? Looking for a summer
student 30 hrs per week to work
at a small family Motel in Radium
Hot Springs for the 2014 summer
season, July to August. Wage $11
- $12. For more info or to apply
email
radiumgatewaymotel@
yahoo.com or drop of resume at
Gateway Motel: Hwy 93/ Box 301
Radium B.C. V0A 1M0, or call 250347-9655.
Employer: Gerry’s Gelati 1045 7th
Ave Invermere BC
Position: Food Counter Attendant
Job Duties: Serving customers,
preparing food,
preparing drinks, cleaning
Terms of employment: Full-time,
year-round, permanent
Wage: $11/hr
Benefits: N/A
Location: Invermere
Contact: Apply in person or send
resume to gerry@gerrysgelati.com
Skill requirements, education,
experience: None required
Care giver needed for 82 year-old
gentleman, part-time. Must be
certified and male. Call 250-3420743.
Peppi’s Pizza is accepting resumes
for employment. Cooks, servers,
dishwashers. Email to p.fuel@
yahoo.ca. Attn: Tim and Laura 2014
and call or drop by in person.
Riko’s Family Restaurant is
seeking F/T and P/T line cook, cook
helper and dishwasher. Apply in
person, 7513 Main St. West Radium
Hot Springs, ask for Yuni or Riko.
CRYSTAL CONCIERGE,
Looking for a full-time housekeeper,
$14/hr, experience is a plus but
not required, preferably male,
responsible and hard working.
Job duties includes cleaning of
property vacation rentals, lawn
care and running errands. Email
your resume to nenet@xplornet.ca.
Full-time positions at Leo Burrito.
Positions starting in May and June.
Starting at $11/hour + gratuity.
Fun atmosphere to work in and free
meals! Submit resume to crystal@
box100.com
HEALTH & WELLNESS
Fiona Wilfley, AEP
Intuitive Reader
250-342-1713
fiona@fionapsychic.com
Power Facilitation and Counselling
“Supporting Mindful Living”
Donna Power
RPC, CTSS
www.powerfacilitation.com
250-270-2727
HELP WANTED
899599161 PDQ HOLDING LTD.
O/A RADIUM SUPERMART/
PETRO CANADA
Box 206, 4929 HWY 93 RADIUM
HOT SPRINGS, B.C. V0A 1M0
IS CURRENTLY HIRING FOR
FULL-TIME AND PART-TIME
CASHIER
Starting wages $11:50 per hour
JOB DUTIES: Customer service,
operate cash register and Lottery
machine. Check freight, stock
shelves, cleaning and outside
maintenance.
NO FORMAL EDUCATION
REQUIRED
Please send your resume to the
above address or drop it to
Radium Petro Canada/Radium
Supermart or email to
rpetro@live.ca or fax
250-347-9921.
Windermere Valley
Childcare Society
LOVE KIDS? Come and work with
our out-of-school age children.
Must be 19 years or older, First
aid certificate, 20 hours of related
course work. Start date June 14th,
40 hours per week, $12 per hour.
Please apply at (ask for Arlee) 250342-3168, wvccs@cyberlink.bc.ca.
Strands Old House Restaurant
is accepting resumes for evening
servers P/T and F/T. P/T evening
bar tender, evening kitchen help/
dishwasher and a chef with
formal training with 3 to 5 years
experience in fine dining is an
asset. Apply to Tony Wood at tony@
strandsrestaurant.com or 250-3426344 or 250-342-5745.
Kootenay Coffee Works is now
hiring full and part time staff. Must
be available to work weekends.
Duties include: serving customer,
preparing food and drinks and
cleaning all in a fun friendly fast
paced environment. Please drop off
resume at Kootenay Coffee Works
located beside Canadian Tire.
RADIUM SUBWAY
Is currently hiring for
FULL-TIME/ PART-TIME
FOOD COUNTER ATTENDANT
Please drop your resume to
Radium Supermart/ Radium Petro
Canada or email: rpetro@live.ca or
fax :250-347-9921.
HELP WANTED
HELP WANTED
Penner Insulation is seeking a selfmotivated, energetic individual,
who is looking for a career in the
insulation industry. We offer full
time, long-term employment with
health & dental benefits. Spray
foam training provided. Applicant
must have valid driver’s license.
Starting wage $18/ depending
on experience. Submit resume to
info@pennerinsulation.com.
FAIRMONT GAS PLUS is accepting
resume for P/T and P/T. Please
apply in person.
HIRING FOOD COUNTER ATTENDANT
FULL/PART-TIME
WAGES $11.00 HR
DUTIES: MAKE SANDWICHES,
SERVE CUSTOMERS, PREPARE MEAT
AND VEGETABLES,
CHECK FOOD TEMPERATURE,
CLEAN AND SANITIZE, HANDERING
INVENTORIES ETC
PLEASE DROP OFF RESUME OR
EMAIL TO jaypark4929@gmail.com
or Fax 250-345-6600
FAIRMONT SUBWAY 844310730
4966 FAIRMONT FRONTAGE ROAD
FAIRMONT HOT SPRINGS, B.C.
V0B 1L1
Helna’s Stube is looking for kitchen
help/dish washer and part-time
evening server. Please call 250347-0047 or email mail@helnas.
com.
Fairmont Creek Property
Rentals seeks a full-time
Housekeeping Manager ($16/
hr + depending on experience, 12
month maternity position with an
option for extended employment)
and Full/Part-time Summer
Staff ($13/hr + incentives) to
join our housekeeping team in
Fairmont Hot Springs. Learn more
and view current opportunities
at www.fairmontcreek.ca/jobs
forward your resume to info@
fairmontcreek.ca or call 250-3456116 for more info.
Attention Valley Residents and
Contractors! The Painted Porch upcycles and re-purposes unwanted
wooden furniture, old wooden
character doors and windows,
mirror, louvered closet doors and
shutters, wooden cabinet doors and
knobs. All items can be dropped off
at the shop in front of Canadian
Tire or call Teresa 250-688-0388 to
arrange pickup. Together we can
make a difference.
GET PAID TO PLAY!
Rocky Mountain Safaris is looking
for P/T, casual and contract help
for the summer season. Hiking,
climbing, mountain bike guides
and class 4 and 5 drivers needed.
Potential for F/T and subsidized
accommodation and wilderness
first aid training. Email info@
rockymtnsafaris.com.
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Assistant
Manager
Quality Bakery Retail Store
If you possess Management
experience, proficient computer
skills and a proven ability to model, motivate and encourage a
team in a retail environment, then we have a position for you
in our busy bakery in Invermere. In this full‐time, year round
position you will assist our Store Manager and it requires
excellent communication skills and the ability to effectively
handle the wide range of challenges that arise with confidence
and imagination. A competitive wage and benefits package
offered. Starting date is negotiable. Please email your resume
to peter@invermerebakery.com or fax with cover letter to
250-342–4439.
Serving treats to the Valley since 1981
Quality Bakery (1981) Ltd
1305 7 Avenue
Phone: 250-342–4422
Serving treats to the Valley since 1981
Manager
Quality Bakery Retail Store
If you have Management experience, proficient computer skills
and a proven ability to lead, motivate and encourage a team in a
retail environment, then we would love to hear from you. This
full-time, year round position of Store Manager requires excellent
communication skills and the ability to effectively handle challenges,
with confidence and imagination. A competitive wage and benefits
package offered. Starting date is negotiable. Please email your
resume to peter@invermerebakery.com or fax with cover letter to
250-342-4439.
Quality Bakery (1981) Ltd
1305 7 Avenue, Invermere, B.C. V0A 1K0
Phone: 250-342–4422
Pioneer Classified Advertising
250-341-6299
Casual Insurance
Salesperson
Casual insurance salesperson needed at
Kootenay Insurance Services in Invermere.
Please call Kerry at 250-342-2175 or email
Kerry.reilly@kootenayinsurance.ca or drop in.
www.kootenayinsurance.ca
Showroom Manager
Full-time Permanent
Are you a people person, with an outgoing personality?
The Home Renovation Centre is looking for a
combination of customer service within the
showroom, along with general office skills.
A working knowledge of Excel,
Word and Quickbooks is required.
We are a thriving organization, centered around a
beautiful showroom environment. If you want to
become a part of a positive, team environment and are
a quick learner, we’d be happy to have you on board.
Please email resume to gen@homerenovationcentre.ca or
call David at 250-342-5682 for a confidential inverview.
April 25, 2014
. . . ‘Letters’ from page 7
Jumbo municipality is a farce
Dear Editor:
It’s important to recognize the Jumbo municipality’s money grab for what it really is. This is not
just the run-of-the-mill waste of tax dollars that
we all take for granted as the status quo with our
semi-competent governments and their bureaucracies. This is much more and much worse than that.
The BC Liberal government has arbitrarily
created a vacuous facade of local government,
which they are blatantly using to transfer muchneeded public money to serve the unpopular
agenda of a private corporation.
This is shameless political farce. In Canada,
we elect those who hold political office — they
are not appointed by anyone. They answer to
us through the ballot box and they spend our
money according to a budget for which they are
held accountable to us through the ballot box.
This farce of a council is nothing of the sort. It
is an abuse of the fundamental values of our society. The councillors of the Mountain Resort
Municipality of Jumbo do not even have the token vote of a single token resident to give them
DISTRICT OF INVERMERE
914 – 8th Avenue, PO Box 339
Tel: (250) 342-9281 • Fax: (250) 342-2934
DEER PERMIT APPLICATION
Genuine by Nature™
Employment Opportunities
at the Springs Golf Course, one of BC’s best!
Golf Shop Attendants
Cart Attendants
Cook
Server (part-time)
Please apply directly to Brent Taylor,
Director of Golf, the Springs Course
Brent.Taylor@radiumresort.com
Online at www.radiumresort.com/employment/
Or in person at the Springs Golf Course
Training provided. Golf privileges. Staff meal discounts.
Radium Hot Springs, BC • 800.667.6444 • Brent Taylor 250.347.6220
For more employment ads
please see our summer employment
feature on pages 16 thru 18.
8, 1008 8th Avenue, Invermere B.C • 250-341-6299
The Council has directed staff to prepare permit applications under
the Provincial Wildlife Act to cull deer within the boundaries of the
District of Invermere. The intent is to target aggressive deer and
neighbourhoods that have high concentrations of deer.
The permit that the District is considering to submit will include the
following:
• To apply on an annual basis for a deer cull permit;
• To cull up to and not exceed 30 deer per annum;
• That staff are not to exceed $30,000 in costs per annum; and
• That the process be included in the District annual operational
plans.
The District is notifying all residents within the District of Invermere
that written public comments will be received until May 9th, 2014.
Comments must be submitted in writing from residents of Invermere.
Submissions must include the following:
• Name;
• Mailing or e-mail address;
• Phone number; and
• Address of property within the District of Invermere
boundaries.
Written submissions can be sent to the following:
District of Invermere
PO Box 339, Invermere, BC V0A 1K0
e-mail: info@invermere.net
Fax: 250-342-2934
some legitimacy. They were not elected for their
principled positions or opinions; they were handselected and appointed for their compliance. Let’s
not even pretend that anyone opposed to the
corporate agenda behind the political facade was
ever considered for the job.
This council and those who put them there
disrespect the essence of our democracy with every meeting and every motion, and now with this
budget. Let’s get one thing clear — this issue is
not about being for or against Jumbo Glacier Resort. This is about being for or against the fundamental principles for which Canadians fought
and died. Those very principles are the torch
handed us to hold high. Here in our heartland
communities is where we do that before we ever
take it to distant lands.
If supporting the development of the Jumbo
resort means selling out Canadian democracy,
then the cost is far greater than a mere $1.2 million. We should not pay that price; it’s far too high.
Chris Conway
Radium Hot Springs
. . . ‘Watershed’ from page 3
Wednesday, May 7th’s tour moves north, as Oliver Egan, manager of Edible Acres Organic Farm, will
show guests the irrigation system drawn from Windermere Creek and discuss the impact of water quality
on the farm’s organic certification. On the morning of
Thursday, May 8th, and again on Sunday, May 11th,
Kirsten Harma will lead a pontoon boat tour of Lake
Windermere and describe lake ecology and water
quality testing procedures. Thursday afternoon’s tour
will journey to the Paddy Ryan Lakes, one source of
Invermere’s water. District of Invermere staff will explain how land use in the upper watershed affects the
area’s water quality.
Friday, May 9th’s tours will migrate further downstream. In the morning, Bill Thompson will provide a
Stream Flow Measuring Demonstration at the Spillimacheen Dam and Generating Station where BC Hydro
regulates adequate flow to preserve fish and aquatic
habitat. In the afternoon, Mark Read and Gerry Wilkie
will discuss stewardship of the Forester Creek watershed that supplies water for the village of Radium Hot
Springs.
On the afternoon of Saturday, May 10th, people
who have participated in four or more of the Track
Through Our Watershed Series events are invited to a
free gathering at Pynelogs Cultural Centre to discuss
their learning and to enter a prize draw.
Registration on-line at www.wingsovertherockies.
org or by telephone at 250-342-2473.
April 25, 2014
Pynelogs making plans for 100 years
By Kathryn Gowling
Special to The Pioneer
residence for Randolph Bruce alone.
The house was built on industrial-gauge foundation beams from the Thunder Hill mine concenThere is much to celebrate about this very spe- trator. Details of the original residence included evcial historical building and its grounds. Pynelogs is ery convenience of the time — electric light, indoor
set in an oasis of pleasant gardens and lakeside scen- plumbing and a sewer system.
Bruce worked tirelessly and with enthusiasm on
ery just a short walk from the south edge of downthe grounds of Pynelogs. However, after a decade of
town Invermere.
The parkland setting includes Dorothy Lake, the living alone, Randoph Bruce moved to Victoria to beBotanical Heritage Gardens, District Gardens and is come Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia.
Following a number of health
adjacent Kinsmen Beach and Fort
care uses, Pynelogs became the
Point. The Community’s Greenhome to the Columbia Valley Arts
way Trail commences at Pynelogs.
On the Pynelogs property unCouncil. Now it lives on strongly,
actively and gracefully fulfilling its
expectedly lies the stone enclosure
role as the cultural heart of Inverand plaque marking the grave of
mere. Its historical significance in
Lady Elizabeth Bruce, for whom
the development of this area and
Pynelogs was originally built. Her
its place in the history of British
husband, Robert Randolph Bruce,
built the beautiful Victorian log PICTURESQUE PYNELOGS — Columbia warrant maintaining the
building as their first home, fol- Pynelogs, one of Invermere’s most vis- legacy. As of April 20th, we are now
lowing their marriage in England. ited historic buildings, is celebrating its into our 100-day countdown to the
100th birthday party on July 19th,
However, after Lady Bruce’s unex- 100th anniversary in July.
Image submitted 2014. Mark it on your calendar!
pected death, Pynelogs became a
Local swim club prepares to make a splash
By Steve Hubrecht
Pioneer Staff
The local swim club, the Columbia Valley Otters, are
headed down to Cranbrook for an annual swim meeting
this weekend. The club is also getting set to host a swim
meet here in the Columbia Valley for the first time ever,
in Radium Hot Springs in June.
This weekend’s swim meet, which runs from Friday,
April 25th to Sunday, April 27th, will feature nine Otters
with some of them having a chance to move on to even
bigger meets, according to Otters head coach Karen Fahrni.
“A couple kids will be trying for their provincial times.
We already have one swimmer provincially qualified.”
The June 8th swim meet in Radium will be a big
step for the Otters, as it is the first time the club has ever
hosted a sanctioned swim meet.
“We’re really excited,” said Dr. Fahrni. “It’s been
three years building up to this, with a lot of fundraising,
grant application writing and training.”
Village of Radium Hot Springs
Annual Report
The public are invited to comment on our annual report. An opportunity
for discussion will be held Wednesday, May 14th, 7:30 p.m. in Council
Chambers, 4836 Radium Blvd. Copies of the document can be viewed
at www.radiumhotsprings.ca or upon request at the Village office or by
email to Mark.Read@radiumhotsprings.ca .
The last swim meet in the Upper Columbia Valley
was hosted by the old Radium Silverfins in 1994.
The Otters, who train mainly in the heated outdoor
pool at Radium Hot Springs, have almost 100 kids in
the year-round swim club, 400 kids in swimming lessons
and 40 kids in lifeguarding leadership programs.
“We are the only team in Canada that trains outdoors year-round. We swim in the sun and in the snow,”
said Dr. Fahrni. “It’s a fun program to teach and we have
some fantastic coaches.”
The Otters are looking for volunteers to act as ondeck timers and in other roles for the June 8th meet.
Those interested can contact the Otters at cvotters@hotmail.com and need to attend one of two officials clinics,
on either May 10th or June 7th.
Wilmer Waterworks District
PO Box #747, Invermere, B.C. V0A 1K0
Notice of 2014
Annual General Meeting
The annual general meeting of the
Wilmer Waterworks Improvement District
is scheduled for
Thursday, May 8th, 2014 at 7 p.m.
at the Wilmer Community Hall (Conrad Kain Park).
All Wilmer residents are welcome and encouraged to attend.
The Trustees
Wilmer Waterworks Improvement District
Public Input Meeting
Columbia Basin Trust Community Initiatives and Affected Areas Programs
Project applicants for Columbia Basin Trust’s Community Initiatives and Affected Areas
Programs are presenting their proposals to the public. Feedback received at these
meetings will assist in identifying the proposals that are important to the communities.
The meetings are open to everyone and the meeting for proposals affecting the
Columbia Valley will be held:
April 28
6:00 pm
Columbia Valley - Invermere Community Hall
709 10th Street
Proposals Affecting: District of Invermere, Village of Canal
Flats, Village of Radium Hot Springs, Electoral Area F (rural
Canal Flats to rural Invermere), and Electoral Area G (Wilmer
to Spillimacheen)
Administered and managed by the Regional District of East Kootenay.
19 - 24th Avenue South, Cranbrook BC V1C 3H8
Phone: 250-489-2791 Toll Free: 1-888-478-7335
Email: info@rdek.bc.ca Website: www.rdek.bc.ca
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Box 159, 8853 Grainger Rd., Canal Flats, B.C. V0B 1B0
Phone: 250-349-5462 • Fax: 250-349-5460 • village@canalflats.ca
The Village of Canal Flats is seeking quotes to stain the exterior
of the Columbia Discovery Centre, 8866 Grainger Road.
The scope of the project would include preparation work such
as pressure washing, stain removal and protection of the
log walls. The project would apply to the older walls of the
building and not the newer construction completed in 2013.
Quotes must be submitted to the Village of Canal Flats,
PO Box 159, Canal Flats, B.C. V0B 1B0 or by email at
village@canalflats.ca on or before May 2nd, 2014 at 4 p.m.
Brian Woodward
Chief Administrative Officer
April 25, 2014
Watershed Heroes: K2 Ranch’s Bob and Barb Shaunessy
Watershed Wanderings
By Kirsten Harma
Pioneer Columnist
If you are a mountain
biker, you are likely familiar
with the SRL trail on the K2
Ranch land along Westside
Road north of Rushmere.
What you might not know
is that the trail system is just
a small publicly accessible section of an even larger block
of private land being maintained and restored for the benefit of fish and wildlife. This month’s “watershed hero”
story is about K2 Ranch owners Bob and Barb Shaunessy
and their extensive watershed restoration work.
Restoring streams, protecting fish
Fish in the Lake Windermere watershed need cool
water to live in, clean gravel to spawn in, and plenty of
streamside vegetation to provide them with food. The area
immediately around a stream, known as its riparian area,
is particularly important in maintaining the environment
that fish need.
When the Shaunessys bought the land in 2003,
the 10,000-acre parcel was degraded due to recent poor
logging practices, which compromised the stream habitat. The loggers had driven trucks directly through the
streams, removed trees and smaller plants in the streams’
riparian areas, and failed to protect the soil during upstream logging. These activities caused the creeks to fill up
with sediment, covering important fish spawning gravel.
Bob Shaunessy, an avid fisherman, could not let the
streams remain in that condition.
With the help of a fisheries biologist, the Shaunessys
came up with a plan to bring Brady Creek, the major stream
system on this land, back to its former state. The goal was
to have this stream become good home for westslope cutthroat trout once again. To reach that goal, they planted
trees along the stream margins and brought in fresh, clean
gravel to cover the previously silted beds. They also added
75 culverts and deactivated many old logging skid trails to
reduce erosion into small creeks. Since 9,500 acres of this
ranch are still actively used as a cattle ranch, to prevent further damage, they constructed fences around 1,000 acres of
land in the Brady Creek watershed so that cattle wouldn’t
trample the stream or its riparian area.
The fish are the best ones to attest to the success of
these efforts. The fish have returned, and are thriving.
Restoring land, protecting water
Soil and vegetation play a very important role in
maintaining water quality and regulating flows. Soil stores
and releases water like a sponge, and filters out contaminants. Vegetation keeps that soil in place, and also helps
filter water. Poor logging practices remove soil and vegetation’s ability to perform these functions.
Lyme disease memoir presented
By Steve Hubrecht
Pioneer Staff
A Kootenay author will be at Radium
public library next week to give a presentation
on her book Rain on a Distant Roof: A Personal
Journey Through Lyme Disease in Canada and
to answer questions about Lyme disease.
The book by Creston-based Vanessa
Farnsworth is part memoir, and part scientific examination of the disease.
“Lyme disease is an emerging disease,
not just in Canada, but worldwide. So after I
was diagnosed back in 2007, fairly quickly I
realized nobody could really answer my questions. That’s the genesis of my book,” said
Ms. Farnsworth. “To put all the information
in one place so people don’t need to go to so
many sources. I’ve investigated it (Lyme diseases) from just about every angle possible.”
There are big divides in the scientific
and medical communities on the disease,
which can have negative consequences for
those who get it, said Ms. Farnsworth.
“What we know is just a fraction of
what we need to know. It’s difficult to get a
diagnosis and it’s difficult to get treatment,”
she said, adding many people with advanced
Lyme disease end up getting diagnosed and
treated outside Canada.
If caught quite early, Lyme disease
can be easily treated with antibiotics, but
if left for several months (as it was for
Ms. Farnsworth) it can spiral into a much
more severe, chronic form, which includes
symptoms such as seizures, paralysis, hallucinations, severe cardiological problems and
permanent brain and nerve damage.
“People who read the book who do not
have Lyme disease usually say ‘Wow, I had no
idea it could be like that,’ while readers who are
Lyme disease suffers usually say ‘Thank you for
telling it like it is,’” said Ms. Farnsworth.
The author said the lack of comprehensive information on Lyme disease often
makes the question and answer session quite
popular, usually taking up half the presentation or more. Ms. Farnsworth’s presentation
at the Radium public library is on Tuesday,
April 29th at 7 p.m.
The Shaunessys have been doing work on the rest
of their land to protect the soil and vegetation. They removed slash left from the logging, which had been preventing new trees from growing back. They also spread
native grass seed to stabilize the soil. With the soil in better
condition from these two actions, natural re-seeding from
the trees remaining on the property have allowed young
trees to start regenerating the land back into a forest.
When asked why they undertook the work they did,
Bob Shaunessy replied: “As the oldest working cattle ranch
in the Columbia Valley, dating to 1898, the K2 Ranch
deserved to be restored to her former glory.”
This incredible work on the K2 Ranch has now restored 12,000 acres of the watershed to a better condition.
While not all of us have so much land to care for, the
Shaunessys provide good examples of protecting and restoring soil, vegetation and fish habitat that can be applied
anywhere. Even small efforts such as planting a tree can
help make our watershed a better place.
If you or someone you know has a watershed hero
story you’d like to share, please contact me at 250-3416898 or by email at info@lakeambassadors.ca .
* The land in the Salter Creek area and between Westside Road and the lake are being graciously offered for
non-motorized recreation, including biking, hiking, and
horseback riding. Motor vehicles are not welcome, and
trespassers are not permitted on the rest of the ranch.
Kirsten Harma is the program co-ordinator for the Lake
Windermere Ambassadors.
. . . ‘Migration’ on page 5
Plan to attend the Artist-in-the-Gallery Evening on Saturday
May 3rd from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. for your chance to rub elbows
with the esteemed artists and discover the meaning behind their
interpretation of migration. It’s sure to be a “moving” event!
Speaking of migrating to delicious food sources, the Pynelogs
Café, featuring the Scotty Burger, will be opening on Tuesday,
April 29th at 11 a.m. Fly like a flock of seagulls to Pynelogs to
enjoy a taste of art and food.
Please visit our website, www.columbiavalleyarts.com , for
more CV Arts events or call us at 250-342-4423.
BIRDS OF A FEATHER —
Pynelogs hosts its annual Wings Over the
Rockies art show starting April 29th. Image submitted
April 25, 2014
PIONEER ON THE ROAD
LAKE WINDERMERE ALLIANCE CHURCH
Sunday, April 27th
10:30 a.m.: CELEBRATION SUNDAY, “The Sinner’s Friend”...
Pastor Trevor ministering.“K.I.D.S.” Church, for children age 3 to
Grade 1; and Grades 2-6, during the morning service.
250-342-9535 • www.lakewindermerealliance.org
WINDERMERE VALLEY SHARED MINISTRY
ANGLICAN-UNITED
9:30 a.m.: Bacon, Friends and Faith
10:30 a.m.: Worship at Christ Church Trinity, Invermere
Reverend Laura Hermakin
250-342-6644 • www.wvsm.ca
VALLEY CHRISTIAN ASSEMBLY
Sunday, 10 a.m.: Worship service. Kids’ Church provided.
Pastor Murray Wittke
4814 Highway 93/95, Windermere
250-342-9511 • www.valleychristianonline.com
Pioneer piloting the planet
Clockwise from the left, Lawrence and Judy Miller from Invermere at Arenal Volcano in Costa Rica; Fern Oglestone
with her family – Howie, Joanne, Dave, Kaleigh, Miranda and Ryan. They had a wonderful all inclusive holiday on
the beach in Ixtapa, Mexico with The Pioneer; Shelley Steel, Donna Armstrong, Karen Hatalcik, Verna Barnes and
Sherry Warne all enjoyed Cabo San Lucas in February. All will be entered into a draw for two tickets to a Calgary
Flames game in 2014-2015, courtesy of Invermere Travel World.
ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH
Saturday, 4:30 p.m.: at St. Anthony’s, Canal Flats.
Saturday, 5 p.m. and Sunday, 9 a.m.: at
Canadian Martyrs’ Church in Invermere
Sunday, 11 a.m.: at St. Joseph’s Church in Radium.
712 -12th Ave., Invermere • Father Gabriel • 250-342-6167
ST. PETER’S LUTHERAN MISSION OF INVERMERE
Worship services every Sunday at 1:30 p.m.
Christ Church Trinity, 110 - 7th Ave., Invermere
Pastor Rev. Fraser Coltman • 1-250-426-7564
RADIUM CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP
Sunday 10 a.m. Worship service
Pastor Wayne and Linda Frater • 250-342-6633
No. 4, 7553 Main St. Radium • 250-347-9937
CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS
Worship Service, Sunday, 10 a.m. • Relief Society, 11:15 a.m.
President Barry Pratt • Columbia Valley Branch
5014 Fairway, Fairmont Hot Springs • 250-341-5792
You can remember someone special with
your gift to the Canadian Cancer Society
Landscaping a new look for Invermere’s entrance
District employee Christine Vallee works the soil while a bobcat pushes dirt at the District of Invermere’s new sign
at the crossroads of Highway 93/95 and Athalmer Road on Thursday, April 17th. By June, there will be a retaining
wall and flower bed with flowers including rutabagas, salvia, and lulus, said Ms. Vallee, who also selects and orders
all the flowers for Invermere’s downtown flower beds. The fresh flowers “will add some colour to the entrance,” including blues and yellows, said Ms. Vallee.
Photo by Greg Amos
To donate In Memory or In Honour:
www.cancer.ca | 250-426-8916
or call toll-free 1-800-656-6426
or mail to:
#19, 19th Avenue South
Cranbrook, B.C. V1C 2L9
Please include:
Your name and address for tax receipt
Name of the person being remembered
Name and address to send card to
Let’s Make Cancer History
www.cancer.ca
April 25, 2014
C
Open 7 Days a Week
Drive your ball
down the 2,000 yard
Featuring a great selection of small B.C. Wineries.
Feature of the month for May
airport runway!
Fairmont Hot Spring Resort’s
LONG DRIVE COMPETITION!
Saturday, April 26 • 12:00 Noon – 3:00pm
Fairmont Hot Springs Resort Airport
PETITIVE PRICIN
M
G
O
HESTER CREEK
WINERY
Please drop by ~ we have new stock arriving regularly.
If you don’t see what you like, please chat with one of our service
representatives. We’ll do our best to get your favourite wine to you.
Located in the
Sunday – Thursday, 5 p.m. – 11 p.m.
3 Balls: Men/Ladies $15
Friday & Saturday, 3:30 p.m. – 11 p.m.
Phone: 250-347-2300
Senior Men/Ladies $15
Children 12 & under $10
If you can’t do it yourself, sponsor
your own “designated hitter.”
Enter the prize draw to win
8 rounds of golf worth
All proceeds will go to
Fairmont Creek
Restoration Fund
APRIL 26th, 2014
VALLEY PRIDE
Join with other communities from Windermere to Edgewater to clean up our valley!
Schedule of Events:
Invermere
BBQ • Bouncy Castle • Prizes • Lots of fun!
Register: 250.345.6346
or register on the day.
Directions: Heading south from Invermere, turn right after the
Columbia River bridge on Highway 93/95 in Fairmont Hot Springs
and turn left onto the Airport road.
9 a.m.
10 a.m.
12 p.m.
Windermere
Home area pick-up
Meet at the Pothole Park for
bags and directions
Return to Pothole Park for
a drink and snack
1 p.m.
12 a.m.
Home area pick-up
Meet at Community Hall for
bags and directions
Community Celebration at
Community Hall
Radium
Edgewater
9 a.m.
10 a.m.
9 a.m.
10 a.m.
Home area pick-up
bags and directions
Community Hall for refreshments
9 a.m.
10 a.m.
1 p.m.
Home area pick-up
Meet at Higher Ground Coffee Shop
for bags and directions
Light lunch at Higher Ground
Wilmer
9 a.m.
10 a.m.
Home area pick-up
bags and directions
For your safety
SHOP
EXPLORE
GOLF
SKI
fairmonthotsprings.com
EAT
SOAK
INST
RELAX
• When working along roadways wear bright coloured clothing and exercise extreme caution if you
have to cross a roadway.
• Do not pick up sharp objects, broken glass or needles, use a shovel and broom or rake.
Coordinated by
your Community
Service Clubs…
Rotary Club
of Invermere
In cooperation
with…

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