March 2010

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March 2010

MARCH 2010
146TH EDITION
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Serving the North Shuswap, Sorrento , Chase, Adams Lake & Seymour
Arm. Between 3500 - 6000 distributed (depending on time of year).
Groundbreaking Shuswap Watershed
Project Launched
Media Release Information
A groundbreaking project to raise
awareness and improve understanding of
the Shuswap watershed was launched with
the release of a large format poster that
includes the first map ever made of the entire Shuswap region. “This is a win-win
partnership for the watershed - it raises
awareness, and it has built collaboration
amongst many groups,” said Ron Oszust,
Columbia-Shuswap Regional District
(CSRD) Chair. “Finally Shuswap citizens
can see and understand the full extent of
their watershed thanks to the cooperative
efforts of so many governmental and nongovernmental organizations and local businesses,” explained project leader Jim Cooperman, president of the Shuswap Environmental Action Society (SEAS).
“I am pleased to be able to support this
project. The poster and this project will
help residents to better understand how we
are all inter-connected and the need to commit to collective improvements in managing this vital Shuswap Watershed as recommended by the Shuswap Lake Integrated
Planning Process (SLIPP),” said Ted Bacigalupo, CSRD Vice-Chair and Area C Director. “This project will add to the knowledge base of the people. Through knowledge comes empowerment, engagement
and respect for each other and the environment they share,” added Oszust.
Three thousand copies of the poster
have been printed for free distribution in
school classrooms throughout the Shuswap
and for sale to the public in local stores. As
well, the project includes the production of
a Resource Guide that will provide teachers
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THE NORTH SHUSWAP KICKER
MARCH 2010
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Open 8:00 am~5:00 pm
Tuesday—Saturday
GET READY
FOR SUMMER!
On the Water
Boat Show
At Captain’s Village Marina
April 2-5 (Easter Weekend) & April 10-11
2009 Snowmobile
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Kamloops Boat
Show
March 19-21st
Phone: 250-955-2424
Fax: 250-955-6161
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MARCH 2010
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Groundbreaking Shuswap Watershed Project Launched Continued
(Continued from page 1)
and students with ideas and information
that will support their use of the poster.
The Resource Guide is being developed
by retired educator Kim Fulton who is
also the watershed project educational
coordinator. As Kim explains, “the
overall educational goal is to help protect, preserve and restore the Shuswap
watershed and ecosystems.”
With the release of the poster, the
Shuswap Watershed Project team also
announce plans for “Celebrate the
Shuswap” week, April 18-24, 2010.
Planned activities will focus on environment issues and projects. It will
include 2 major public events on the
22nd and 23rd. Three separate contests
were announced with the poster kickoff. “Song for the Shuswap” is a song
writing contest, there is a student essay
contest and art-poster contests. All
three will be judged and the winners
presented as part of the week’s festivities. For more information on
“Celebrate the Shuswap” week, see
page ???? In this issue.
The Shuswap Watershed Project is
being launched to improve public understanding of Shuswap geography.
Information on the poster and in the
manual includes: the size, shape and
extent of the watershed; the values present in it; how the watershed functions;
and potential human caused impacts
and threats. “This project is a step in
helping us all understand that our actions influence water, wherever we live
in the Shuswap watershed,” said Sarah
Weaver of the Living by Water Project.
King Campbell, with Ducks Unlimited
Canada said, “We understand the importance of connecting the public to
local geography and habitats. The Watershed Project will be valuable for
demonstrating the importance of wetlands, waterfowl, wildlife, and water
resources to Shuswap communities.”
Warren Bell, president of Wetland
Alliance: The Ecological Response,
noted, “Our group has been deeply involved in watershed-related work since
its inception. But focusing on the watershed as a whole, which this project will
do, is a huge step forward for all of us
towards rational management of our
precious water resource. It unites all our
efforts around a single, critical natural
feature.” Bell added, “The beauty and
significance of the two-dimensional
image of the watershed -- simultaneously abstract, and yet perfectly downto-earth -- is inspiring in itself.”
The watershed project was made
possible through a partnership between
SEAS, Okanagan School District #83,
the Department of Fisheries and
Oceans, provincial government ministries, the Columbia-Shuswap and North
Okanagan Regional Districts, the Living by Water Project, Ducks Unlimited
Canada, Shuswap Trail Alliance, Mediability and Silvatech Consulting Ltd.
As well, the project has received funding support from a diversity of local
governments, First Nations, conservation groups and businesses.
DAYLIGHT SAVINGS
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Sunday March 14th at 2:00 am
Don’t forget to turn your
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APRIL DEADLINE is Apr 2nd
We hit the stands on April 16th
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Chase, B.C.
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MARCH 2010
....Kick-Back!!
...Jan Penner, Editor
We did not have much of a
Winter, but with pussy willows and
buds on the trees, it looks like Spring is
here. The opportunity to get out of
doors will lead many to the great parks
and trails that we have in the North
Shuswap. Here are a few thoughts on
communing with Nature.
When hiking on established trails,
particularly at higher elevations, it is
recommended that you stay on the
trails. Deviating can be damaging to
flora and in some cases, can be dangerous, i.e. on a mountainside. Keep in
mind too, if you are in proximity to any
snowpack, the avalanche hazards have
been very high and extreme caution or
avoidance are your best bet.
Dress appropriately and check the
weather report. Make sure you have
appropriate footwear and layer your
clothing so that you can add or subtract
pieces as conditions dictate. The
weather can change rapidly so, in addition to having clothing you can put on
if it becomes inclement, keep your eye
on the sky for storm systems moving in.
Make sure you plan for a possible
emergency. Have water, at least a
snack, a blanket (the tiny one in the
pouch), and a first aid kit in a pack.
Also, make sure you let someone know
what your plan is, where you are going,
when you’ll be back, etc. That way, if
you have any difficulties, they will
know where to send the search party.
Be respectful. Take your garbage
with you when you leave. Judging
from the litter on the side of the road,
many people still do not get this concept. If you have a snack or a picnic,
put any trash, biodegradable or not,
back in you pack and take it home or to
a trash can for disposal.
Be cautious. Our friendly
neighbourhood bears, if they haven’t
emerged yet, could be up and about any
time. Make noise as you are walking,
invest in bear bells, carry a walking
stick. If you take your dog with you, be
prepared to tether them should the need
arise.
Whether it’s a walk through the
community, a hike through the wilds, or
a camping trip, get out and enjoy the
North Shuswap as soon as you can.
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The Chase Health Centre hours
will be changing as of April 1
Emergency – 8:00 am - 3:00 pm
Reception – 8:00 am - 3:00 pm
The following services hours will remain the same:
Laboratory 8:00 am - 12:00 pm; 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Radiology 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
Respiratory, Mental Health, Public Health
Diabetic Education, Dietician, Home Support,
Community Care
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For information regarding any of these programs,
please call 250-679-3312
MARCH 2010
CSRD Director’s Report
- Force
Denis Delisle North Shuswap-Indian Point-Seymour Arm Representative, CSRD Area F
250-955-0806 email:denisgold@gmail.com
Financial assistant Jodi Kooistra,
from DunnWoody, is now on board to
assist Peter Jarmen in accounting.
Now is the time to think about potential problems with regards to the
Forest Fire season. The Ministry of
Forests obliged us with a wake up call to
take care of all the burnable fuel; first
around our homes and secondly around
our community. While a daunting task
for rural communities, in small bites it
can eventually be done. Forest Fires are
going to be a part of our world for some
time to come. How we/you deal with it,
will decide how it is going to affect us.
The fire seasons are becoming
longer. In 2003 (a bad fire year) the season started in mid-July to mid September
and in 2009 it started in mid May to mid
September. There were over 500 more
fires in 2009 than 2003 and more
evacuations. The peak period for the fire
season is from July 23rd to August 6th.
What does it take to get ready for the
fire season? First, remove as much fuel
as possible from around homes; this has
saved many homes in other fire prone
areas. It is rare that the blazing inferno
of orange and red comes through and
engulfs homes. Rather, it is the flying
embers moving ahead of the fire that
ignite structures.
With over 156 local governments
with Fire Plans, why not the CSRD? The
answer, the cost of creating the plan and
more importantly the cost of cleaning up
the fuels is expensive, ranging anywhere
from $3,000 to $8,000 a hector. Developing a fire smart plan for a community
such as Salmon Arm would cost about
$15,000; it was not made clear what it
would cost rural communities.
The Ministry of Forests has offered
to help the CSRD with a Fire plan for
our communities and will pay ½ the
costs of its creation. There are GIS maps
available that will help give a thumbnail
sketch of what areas are most threatened.
Do the residents of North Shuswap
want to look at what areas are priorities
to deal with from a forest fires perspective? Are we happy with taking a
chance that we will dodge every fire
bullet that comes through in the next 5 or
10 years? Is there any interest in helping
make a plan for future forest fires that
come through our community? I or we need someone
who would look at the North
Shuswap and collect interested people to
create a plan of which places are going
to cause real problems. There are funds
available and I have some funds I can
access to start the process but we need
someone to organize it. I think it is very
important that this be done.
A greywater study was taken in
sites frequented by houseboaters
(Nielson Beach, Marble Point and Hungary Cove) and compared to control sites
(Rucketts Point South, Nielson Beach
and Woods Landing North) where there
were no houseboaters. The study showed
that there is a chance of detecting fecal
coli forms where houseboats are and that
the greywater discharges contribute to
endocrine disruptors to the lake. The
study also suggests that the risk to human health is low.
A lot of responsibility has been
placed on the houseboat industry to find
solutions as they have a high profile and
are under the most public scrutiny. They
have been cooperative and have committed towards containment of greywater or,
as an alternative, on board treatment.
They have made substantial improvements in managing grey water, such as: a
majority of vessels have been plumbed
for the 2010 season to capture kitchen
sink grey water, one company is building all their new vessels to contain greywater, several of the older vessels that
cannot be retrofitted to contain grey water will be retired in the next two seasons. They will also have lock out hot
tubs so they cannot be drained by the
customers (into the lake). They will
build infrastructure to take this waste
and treat it and will be phasing out onboard washing machines The houseboat
companies will provide an in depth
analysis of the fleet’s grey water carrying capacity and will look into the effectiveness of onboard grey water treatment
systems.
SLIPP and Fraser Basin Council are
looking at an Australian grey water treatment system to find out if the discharges
would fit into BC's requirements for
inland waters. If so, this system could be
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927 Shuswap Ave. Chase
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MARCH 2010
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CSRD Director’s Report
continued
considered for use by April
2010. MoE will continue
compliance efforts and if the
houseboat companies do not
progress in a measured way
or there is significant health
or environmental risk, they
will follow up with full enforcement.
There are limited pump
out stations on the lake for
houseboats and other marine
vessels which make it difficult for easy compliance.
Houseboats are forefront in
this issue, but many other
marine vessels also discharge both black and grey
water. Education is needed
for all vessels owners. There
is a need for easy public accesses to pump out facilities
throughout the lake.
Hauling contract rates
for the solid waste transfer
stations were extended by 2
years. The price per haul for
the Scotch Creek Transfer
site is $178.50, and for Seymour Arm, $535.50. Aldon
Waste Systems Ltd. Has the
contract.
A rezoning application
to allow a single-family
home to be used for shortterm vacation rentals in
Scotch Creek was given first
reading by the CSRD Board
of Directors to send it
around to various government agencies, the Area 'F'
Advisory Planning Commission and the Scotch Creek
Neighbourhood OCP Advisory Group. The residence
had a complaint about its use
as short-term rental property
in the summer and this type
of short-term rental use is
currently not allowed in the
Scotch Creek zoning bylaw.
The applicant has received
written support for the zoning change from a number of
people in the neighbourhood, which was submitted
with his rezoning application. It will go to second
reading where the public has
input. It has been suggested
that these summer rentals are
the new “campgrounds” of
the North Shuswap, as they
allow people temporary visitation to the area. The renters spend and support our
economy and are in general
not a problem. There is a
need to find a way to have
good landlords/tenants
weeded out from the problematic ones. Regardless,
should this be passed, it will
blaze the trail for other summer rental rezoning applications to come forward. We
have to find a balance between the benefits of tourism
dollars, allowing other people to enjoy the Lake, and
respecting the impact to adjacent property owners.
The Little Shuswap
Indian Band and CSRD
staff and I met to touch base,
as often we do things with
out telling our neighbours
what we are planning or doing, which can allow for
many misinterpretations. As
well, sometimes we can help
each other out with projects.
The meeting went well.
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Phone: (250) 955-0307
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MARCH 2010
Shuswap Housing
Market Continues to
Improve
20+ YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
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Submitted by OMREB
The Shuswap Zone of the
Okanagan Mainline Real
Estate Board (OMREB) reported February 2010 sales
activity of all MLS® property types has improved over
2008 and the early part of
2009 as the housing market
continues to improve.
“Optimism in the
Shuswap is rising with consumer confidence as sales
strengthen and more new
properties come on to the
market to provide more
choice for Buyers,” says Bob
Cliffe, OMREB President
and REALTOR® in the
Shuswap Zone. “Overall
sales in February
jumped135% to 47 units
compared to the 20 sold during the same month last year
and rose 7% over the 44 sold
in January. New listings increased 107% this month to
292 compared to 141 in
February 2009 and were
up 60% over the 183 last
month.”
February saw total residential sales of 38 units – a
100% improvement from the
19 sold last year, and a 19%
increase over the 32 last
month. The sale of 25 single
family homes this month
increased by 257% compared
to the 7 sold at this time last
year and rose 38% over the
18 units in January.
“Housing sales in the
Shuswap are gaining momen-
contracting
Trevor Fischer
250-679-2787 or 250-319-1358
Kyle Lessey
Owner/Operator
2445 Vickers Trail
Anglemont
250.320.6820
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tum despite a slowdown in
other parts of the province.
No snow, 9 to 10 degree temperatures and sunshine – it’s
all good for business,” Cliffe
notes. “More Albertans have
been arriving these past few
weeks. We are now starting
to see multiple offers as potential recreation and investment buyers are poking
around a lot earlier in the
year than normally expected
due to the unseasonably
warm weather, attractive
prices and low interest rates.
Activity could heat up even
more during the coming
months if Buyers wish to
avoid the pending changes to
mortgage criteria, the HST
and the possibility of higher
rates.”
“The guidance of a
REALTOR® to help determine market value in this
competitive marketplace is
important for both Buyers
and Sellers,” says Bob.
The Shuswap Zone of
OMREB includes the areas
of Salmon Arm, Sicamous,
Sorrento, North Shuswap and
east along Highway 1 to Revelstoke.
The Okanagan Mainline Real
Estate Board (OMREB) is comprised of 1,152 member REALTORS® and 86 real estate offices
in the Southern Interior of BC.
Our local public website is available at www.omreb.com. For
comprehensive Board wide statistical information, please visit
www.omreb.com
MARCH 2010
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Kick Up Your Finances
Do you control your finances or do they control you???
I know I said I would
cover types of budgeting
software in last month’s article but tax time snuck up on
me as it does on many of
you... Here are a few links to
some great budgeting software. Have a look, try one
out and then I’ll do a review
of a couple of my favourites
next month.
 Pocket smith - (free)
www.pocketsmith.com
 Wesabe - (free)
www.wesabe.com
 Quicken - ($44.99)
www.quicken.intuit.ca
 Spreadsheets - (free)
www.spreadsheet123.com/
ExcelTemplate/
budgets.html
At this point in the budget
process you’ll need to total
all the receipts you’ve saved
and then use these totals to
project the amount of cash
needed for the upcoming
month. Give it a try. Feel free
to email me at
tkchris25@gmail.com if you
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income tax mistakes can be
costly. So why not hire an
expert to get the job done
right and cut down on tax
time stress? To do the job
right though, your income tax
preparer will need to have all
the right tax records at hand –
preferably organized. Use
this list to get your records
together for your tax professional and save yourself some
money in the process.
Business Records Your
Tax Professional Needs:
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 Business use of auto
Auto operating
expenses
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business
kilometres
driven
 Asset additions
 Business use-of-home details
Your tax preparer will
also need any tax records
such as; last year’s Notice of
Assessment, amounts paid by
installments, a copy of your
income tax return filed last
year (if you’re a new client).
Other records your tax
professional will need will
depend on whether you’re
asking him or her to prepare
a T2 (corporate) or T1
(personal) income tax return.
If the latter, your tax preparer
will need all the relevant information slips and taxrelated documents.
Bookkeepers, accountants
and tax preparers get paid by
the hour, so the harder you
make their job, the more it
will cost you. Summarize and
tally records wherever possible. Cheques, invoices, business expenses - all should
be categorized and totaled.
Sort all your information slips
by type. Having your tax professional do the organizing
and tallying is the expensive
way to go.
Be as organized as you
possibly can. For example,
clip groups of receipts together by type and put a postit-note on top stating what the
category is. The less your tax
preparer has to figure out, the
less time they will be spending on your file.
And remember, having a
tax professional prepare your
income tax return isn’t costing
you as much as you think.
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Anglemont attended one minor fire
call out this month. Scotch Creek/Lee
Creek attended one call, a false alarm.
Anglemont VFD continues to use
the regular Tuesday night meetings to
further improve the working knowledge and skills of each firefighter. A
special training session was held on
Saturday, February 20th where members attended the Lakeview Centre, St.
Ives Resort and Anglemont Inn to tour
their facilities and evaluate each property and develop a strategic fire plan in
case of emergency. Dave King is
pleased to have been chosen to represent the Scotch Creek/Lee Creek, Celista and Anglemont VFD’s on the
CSRD Occupational Health & Safety
Committee.
A heartfelt thank you to several
members of the AVFD who took the
time to make some substantial and
much needed improvements to their fire
hall, including new overhead garage
doors and openers. We can be proud of
our building and plan to host the residents of our Fire Protection Area to an
Open House this Spring.
When responding to an alarm at a
residence monitored by an alarm company, access is gained via a contact
person in the neighbourhood, with a
key. If there is no contact person in the
area, a judgment call is made, which is
forcible entry only as a last resort. If
you have a contact person or you have a
key secreted around the perimeter of
your residence, make sure your alarm
company has this information in case of
emergency.
Effective May 1st, 911 calls will be
directed to the SURREY FIRE DISPATCH CENTER. Lee Creek resi-
dents may have seen a
fire truck in the area
recently. SC/LC VFD has been checking addresses against area maps and
putting a description of properties including such things as driveway conditions, approx. location of buildings, and
location of any dangerous tanks, on an
index card. This information will be
forwarded to the Surrey Dispatch Center, to be entered into a data base for
use when the department is dispatched.
The same service will be performed in
Scotch Creek over the next few weeks.
Anglemont VFD welcomes Ross
Williamson as a new member. New
volunteers are always needed by all
departments. Please come out. The
small amount of hours you put in will
be paid back in volumes when the need
for your services arises.
Spring conditions are giving us a
head start on our yard cleanup. Now is
a good time to get any fuel (dead trees,
branches, etc.) cleaned up. Please be
careful doing any burning and have a
shovel and water handy. Never leave a
fire unattended.
With the upcoming time change,
remember to check your smoke alarms
and change their batteries. If they are
hardwired, remove the cover and vacuum any dust out.
Scotch Creek/Lee Creek firemen
will be holding their annual Garage
Sale on the Saturday of the May Long
Weekend. Anyone and everyone can
come and set up a table. FMI, 250-9552422 or 250-517-0098.
The Celista Fire Suppression Committee AGM is March 22 at 7 p.m. at
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By Jan Penner
Focus on Kicker Advertisers & Supporters
begins. You go in to do the bottling,
By Jan Penner
Bernice Celman is the proprietor of which is when the opportunity for soNorth Shore Winestry U-Brew, located cializing comes in. Plus, you take home
in Scotch Creek.
a fine vintage at a fraction of the cost of
What better way to make a living
buying by the bottle in a retail outlet.
than doing something you enjoy as a
North Shore Winestry U-Brew also
hobby. That is what happened in Bercarries wine accessories. If you have a
nice Celman’s case. Bernice was an
vintner on your gift giving list, Bernice
assistant manager at Finz and when it
may have just the trinket to fill the bill.
was destroyed by fire, she was out of a
When she is not at the shop Bernice
job. She had been making wine at home enjoys boating in the summer, digging
for a number of years and decided to use about in the dirt when the weather alher knowledge to start North Shore
lows and walking her two Akita-cross
Winestry U-Brew.
dogs. She also
Bernice and her
enjoys spending
partner Todd Krotime with
etsch came to the
friends and
North Shuswap from
family, which
Abbotsford just over
includes her
ten years ago. Their
daughter and 3
journey here was
grandchildren.
somewhat accidental.
Bernice
They were looking
wants to thank
“adding more to your happy hour” everyone, both
for a vehicle to purchase and searching
local and sumthrough ads when they came upon a log mer people, for their support of North
house for sale in Anglemont. SomeShore Winestry U-Brew. An open invithing they had always been interested in, tation is extended to all to stop by and
they thought when they saw the price,
check out the sights and smells, maybe
that there was a typo. They checked,
get a batch of wine brewing for the upthere wasn’t, and within a matter of
coming season, when a glass of wine on
weeks, they had relocated to their new
the back deck on a warm spring evening
home.
will be just the way to wind down after
North Shore Winestry U-Brew car- a busy work day.
ries wine kits. You choose whichever
Our thanks to North Shore Winestry
one you would like and Bernice puts it U-Brew and Bernice Celman, for your
on to brew for you. When the wine is
support of the Kicker through advertisready to bottle, Bernice lets you know
ing. We wish this new business continand, as she says, that’s when the fun
ued success.
A BIG THANK-YOU
We would like to thank everyone for their support
and kind words during our sad time. I would
especially like to thank my awesome neighbours
and friends for all their help and support. I would
also like to thank everyone at Super Valu. It was
nice to see so many people at Bob’s Open House.
He would have been so happy.
Thank-you all again.
Debbie, Kristy, Anita and family
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MARCH 2010
Chamber
News
By Dave Cunliffe, President DaveCunliffe@AirspeedWireless.ca
Jay. Kel.
Landscaping and Design
All Aspects of Landscaping
Rock Walls
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Irrigation
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Ponds, Fountains
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The next Chamber meeting is March 22nd and I encourage all members to attend and help us in our continuing review of what activities we should be focusing on
in 2010. I look forward to
seeing you all then.
Memberships - Membership
packages for 2009/2010 are
available for new members or
those who haven’t renewed
yet. Please email Requests@NorthShuswapBC.com for
information. The Chamber
has a problem with some old
or incorrect email addresses.
If any members haven’t been
getting regular emails from
the Chamber, please let us
know and we can correct
your addresses.
The deadline to get your
company name and any paid
advertisements in the directory
has now passed. We hope to
have the directory available by
March 15th.
The Chamber welcomes
any individual or business to
join. The chamber is committed to working to support
our members and to foster
economic growth in the
North Shuswap.
Development Permits (DP) The following is the current
schedule for the changes to
the DP requirements that the
CSRD is working on:
1. The Board gave 1st & 2nd
reading in Dec. 2009
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2. The CSRD is planning on
holding the public hearing the
first half of March – advertisements should be in local newspapers shortly.
3. 3rd reading in April
4. Send to Ministry of Community & Rural Development
for signature (1-2 months)
5. Final reading & adoption
probably by July 2010.
Until the changes are implemented the old rules apply
and costs and delays continue
to be a problem.
The Hazardous Lands Development Permit Area 2
(steep slopes) requirements
have taken another twist. The
BC Building Code was
amended on February 1, 2010
to make use of the “The
Guidelines for Legislated
Landslide Assessments” a
mandatory requirement. The
CSRD’s 30% slope trigger
results in a geotechnical engineer having to provide Building Code Schedules and follow
this assessment process to get
a building permit.
Scotch Creek Official
Community Plan (OCP) The Chamber decided at the
February 22 meeting to submit
formal, written comments to
the Scotch Creek OCP proposal.
Please contact myself or
Jeff Tarry at Requests@NorthShuswapBC.co
m and tell us how you think
the OCP can be written to support our local businesses and
promote economic development.
Member Survey - The Chamber directors are evaluating
where our efforts should be
focused in 2010. A member
survey was circulated and the
results were discussed at the
February 22 meeting. Detailed
information can be found in
the meeting minutes which
will be available to members
shortly.
Signing Projects - The new
sign in the Chamber parking lot
has been modified by adding
clear, non yellowing plexi-glass
covers to keep postings out of
the weather. There is also lots
of space for members to put up
permanent signing. For information and rates, contact Requests@NorthShuswapBC.com
The Chamber sign project
to identify and celebrate the
uniqueness of each settlement
area in the North Shuswap has
started. The residents of Seymour Arm asked to be included and are now part of the
program. My apologies to
them for not recognizing this
important settlement area in
the North Shuswap to begin
with! Look for the advertisement on page 35 of this issue
of the Kicker.
We need input from the
communities as to where signs
can be placed to reflect the
recognized boundaries of each
settlement area. As an example, should the Scotch Creek
sign be located immediately
after the bridge or closer to
town?
Chamber Director Maureen
Pinkney is responsible for the
project and any suggestions or
comments can be sent to her at
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MARCH 2010
First Responders
By Val Cardy and Andrea Carter
February saw another quiet month
for the North Shuswap First Responders. Our new recruits will have spinal
injury management training and certification this month and one new member
is undergoing level three certification.
A number of our First Responders will
be re-licensed in April; this re-licensing
is a requirement every three years.
At this time we would like to put
out a request for new recruits. Although
we have 17 certified First Responders,
we often find ourselves short-handed
when members are at work, away on
holidays, or are otherwise occupied.
No medical background is necessary in
order to join our group; training will be
provided. Our busy season is rapidly
approaching and it would be great to
have some new people with some training under their belts before summer. In
recent years the North Shuswap has
seen a drop in year round residents and
all volunteer organizations feel the impact of the decreased population base.
Our practices are held
the first and third Thursday of every
month at 7 pm at the Celista Fire Hall.
If you have any interest in becoming a
First Responder come on out and learn
more about our group, or call Andrea at
250-679-7746 or Val at 250-679-7735.
As two of the newest members we
would like to say it is sometimes very
difficult to find the location of an emergency without clearly marked address
signs. Please ensure you have brush
cleared from your sign and if you don’t
have one, you can purchase a reflective
address signs for $30. They really do
help us find you, especially at night. If
you would like to purchase one please
contact Barb Overland at 250-9550725. If you require temporary use of
home support aids such as crutches or a
wheel chair please call Joan Bristow at
250-955-2304 and she will do her best
to accommodate you.
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Chase School Vandalism
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On March 3 Chase RCMP were
called to Haldane Elementary School
after a report of Mischief that had occurred overnight. Several walls, doors
and windows of the school had been
spray painted with graffiti using a lime
green paint. Further investigation also
revealed that the recently renovated
Chase Plaza and the front doors at the
Art Holding Arena had also been targeted.
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Attempted Break-in With Firearm
Shortly after midnight on February
17, an unknown masked person woke
the occupants of a residence on Forest
Rd. on the Neskonlith Reserve by
knocking on the door. When the door
was opened the masked person pointed
a firearm at the victim and attempted
to push their way inside. The victim
was able to close the door and take
shelter inside the house and called
police. The masked person then fled
the scene.
Members of Chase,
Salmon Arm and
679-3221
T’Kumloops Rural
RCMP along with a police dog attended to contain the scene. The area
was searched using the police dog,
however the suspect was not located.
Chase RCMP believe this was a
targeted act and may be a case of mistaken identity, however, police are
reminding everyone to ensure their
houses are secure and people are identified before opening their doors. All
possible motives for this offense are
being investigated.
Chase RCMP along with the
Neskonlith Band and Council are requesting the community’s assistance to
identify this person.
Police are continuing their investigations into these incidents at this
time. If you have any information
regarding these or any other crimes,
please contact the Chase RCMP Detachment at 250-679-3221 or Crime
Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.
MARCH 2010
By Alison Elmes
The Annual General Meeting will be held on
April 19th at 7pm in the Club Room of the Hall. Please
circle that date on your calendar and plan to attend.
Your interest, support and input at this meeting will be
appreciated.
Elections will be held at the AGM . Please give
some thought to allowing your name to stand for a position as a director. A director's term is for one year.
Please call Alison at 250-955-2588 FMI.
The membership drive is still underway . So far we
have only reached the halfway mark on last year’s total
so if you haven't joined or renewed your membership
you can do so by mailing it to the address below.
The 200 new chairs arrived just in time for the February Coffee House and were much appreciated by everyone. They look nice and are very comfortable to sit
on, even for long periods of time. A great improvement
over the wooden chairs.
We are looking for items for the silent auction as
well as a live auction of bottled wine for the Spring
Thing Wine and Cheese Fund-raising event. If you are
interested in donating to either please call Alison 9552588 or Heather 955-2253. Items can be dropped off at
SuperValu or we can arrange for pickup. This is a great
way to support your Hall.
Annual NSCA Fund Raising Events this Spring:
May 1st - The 6th Annual Spring Thing Wine and
Cheese Event
May 9th - Mother's Day Pancake Breakfast
June 18th - Lobster Dinner to celebrate Father's Day
To book the Hall for your wedding or event please call
Alison 250-955-2588 or Liz 250-955-8119
Membership fees are: $20/family, $10/individual
Our mailing address and contact #s:
Box 128, Celista, BC, V0E 1L0, Ed or Alison: 955-2588
www.northshuswapcommunityhall.ca
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MARCH 2010
Shuswap Watershed
Contests
The Shuswap Watershed
Project announced three contests for students, with cash
prizes donated by local businesses and individuals. The
prizes will be awarded on
April 22 and 23 during
“Celebrate the Shuswap
Week.”
For the budding writers,
there is an essay contest that
poses this topic, “What I can
do to help preserve, protect
and/or restore the Shuswap
watershed.” Students from
throughout the entire watershed regions in three age
categories; grades 3-6, 7-9,
and 10-12 will be competing
for $50 second prizes and
$100 first prizes.
For those who excel in
art, there is an art-poster contest to produce an 11 by 17
inch poster with the theme,
“Caring for the Shuswap.”
The prizes and the agecategories for the art-posters
are the same as for the essay
contest.
Student musicians will
have a major challenge to
compete for the student category of the “Song for the
Shuswap” contest. First prize
is $200, a glass sculpture
award and a Roots and Blues
Festival pass. Second prize is
a $100. Contestants will be
writing the lyrics and music
for an original song that contains the words Shuswap and
water. The top entrants will
perform their songs at the
Salmar Classic Theatre in
front of an audience and
judges on April 22nd.
As Shuswap Watershed
Project leader Jim Cooperman explains “All of these
contests will help build enthusiasm for “Celebrate the
Shuswap” week, scheduled
for April 18-24, 2010, when
the watershed-wide community will be able to come together to share experiences
and learn more about our
wondrous region.”
During this week the artposters will be on display and
the winning essays will be
read by the authors at the
Shuswap Watershed Conference, scheduled for April 23rd
at the Sullivan Campus of
Salmon Arm Secondary.
These contests would not
be possible without the support of local businesses and
individuals who are sponsoring the prizes. The Shuswap
Watershed Project extends its
gratitude to the following
prize sponsors: Wickett Business Services, Pharmasave,
Salmon Arm Observer, Lakeside Printing, Bookingham
Palace, the Shuswap Association of Writers, Lakeshore
News, Warren Bell, Shuswap
Lake Coalition, Jake Jacobson, Yuill Herbert and Cammie Harbottle.
For more information,
Contact: Jim Cooperman,
Project Leader, 679-3693;
Kim Fulton, Project Educational Coordinator, 5463644; Monica Gail Kriese,
“Celebrate the Shuswap”
Event Coordinator, 833-6100
An Irishman went to a pet shop and asked how
many budgies were in stock. "We have 99" replied the shop owner "Give us the lot" said the
Irishman, paid for them and left. He went to a
tailors shop and had 99 pockets sewn into a
jacket, put a budgie in each pocket, went up to
the Post Office Tower and jumped off. He hit the
ground with an almighty smack and lay there
groaning until a passer-by came and asked him what had
happened. "I don't know sir" he replied "but that's the last
time I try that budgie jumping"
MARCH 2010
Kickin’ Citizens
By Jan Penner
Ed and Alison Elmes have played a
major role in the maintenance, administration and renovation of the North
Shuswap Community Hall in Celista,
since early in 2004.
In February of that year, Alison became the Acting Secretary for the North
Shuswap Community Association. At
the AGM in October of that year, Alison was elected Secretary and Ed,
President. He has held this position
since, with only a 6 month respite during which Pat Bauer (Vice-Pres. at the
time) stepped up to take over as Acting
President, giving Ed time for other endeavors.
Ed has spear-headed all of the renovation projects that have been done
since early 2005. The list on the NSCA
website is extensive. Volunteers have
renovated the bathrooms, added a
handicap toilet beside the clubroom,
installed a new water system, rebuilt the
clubroom kitchen, replaced the clubroom floor, renovated the main kitchen,
put new tile on the floors, replaced the
roof, put in a back-up generator, built a
new storage room above the stage, and
installed a new Hall heating/cooling
system. Improvements to the grounds
and Pioneer Park have also been made
with the addition of new concrete picnic tables, bear-proof garbage cans, and
two new concrete vault toilets. Ed and
others have installed even more picnic
tables, taken down dangerous beetlekill pine trees, and Ed and Bill McAlister have worked as a team to get the
Hall floor replaced, the windows replaced (they will be installed later in the
spring), new furnaces, and improvements to the Hall water system.
Alison has been the Bookings contact person for at least 5 years, fielding
phone calls, running down to the Hall
to show people around, letting renters
in, collecting their payments, signatures
and insurance papers. As secretary,
she's written letters to government officials on behalf of the Hall. Both Ed and
Alison were part of the committee that
drew up a proper Constitution and Bylaws and had it registered (the last one
registered was from the 50's).
Ed and Alison are always present at
big Hall-sponsored
events - Ed helping
to lug things around,
set things up, and often helping with
parking control. Each year, Alison has
organized the April Spring Clean-Up
and Barbecue lunch, the Mothers Day
Breakfast, and the June Lobster Dinner.
This year and last, she organized the
Spring Membership Drive, and has
been a tireless helper with that for the
last 6 years. Alison also washes and
irons table skirts (sewn by Alison and
her "sweatshop" volunteers at the Hall a
few years ago) for NSCA use at the
Wine and Cheese event, and other
NSCA sponsored meals, as well as to
rent out for weddings, anniversaries,
etc.
Ed takes home chairs and tables that
need to be fixed, repairs them and
brings them back in better shape. He
took all the old single-pane windows
down a couple of years ago and replaced the putty around them and installed new latches. When contractors
need to be hired, as in the replacement
of the roof recently, Ed is there to show
the contractors the job, gather the
quotes, present them to the executive
and help us decide who to hire. He is
frequently at the hall checking with the
contractors to make sure things are going as planned.
In addition to all the work she does
with the Hall and the Community Association, Alison is also involved with the
Lakeview Center, the North Shuswap
Food Bank and the Annual Friendship
Dinner. Her helping hands touch many
in our community.
Huge thanks go to this wonderful
couple, on behalf of the community.
We are pleased to present them as this
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Shuswap Memories
Frank and Akiko Imai of Scotch Creek
By Anne (Campbell) Brown
Shuswap Chronicles, Vol. 7 (2003) p. 32-35
Frank and Akiko Imai
were long time residents of
our community. They were
well known for their entrepreneurial spirit and their
generosity. They will also
be remembered for their
beautiful gardens.
…By early 1957, the
Provincial Park was under
construction in Scotch
Creek, and Frank was hired
to do the landscaping and
gardening. …
On Saturday, May 3,
1958, the Park Store officially opened, with congratulations coming in from
many of their suppliers….
In 1961 the store was
sold, and by 1964 the Imais
were undertaking another
venture. Next to the Park
Store, they opened Frank’s
Campground, which was a
welcome relief to the overflow of people from the Provincial Park in 1968, but
continued to run the campsite until 1979.
Our community has benefited greatly from the Imais
generosity. The most widely
known is Imai Ball Park, for
which the Imais donated
three acres of land. The donation was officially made
June 25, 1974, although it
had been used as a ball field
since the late fifties.
Prior to donating land for
the ballpark, the Imais had
made a donation of five
acres to the community in
1967 for a school at Scotch
Creek. However, a school
was never built, the land was
returned to the Imais, and in
1982 they presented a
cheque to the North
Shuswap School in Celista,
for $10,000 towards the purchase of a mini bus. …The
bus was later sold, and the
money from it funded scholarships and the purchase of
computers….
Frank’s Campground is
now Frank’s Holiday Resort,
and the original Park Store
has been replaced by a new
larger store, complete with
deli, ice cream take-out, eating area and Laundromat.
Some of the gardens still
remain in front of Frank and
Aki’s house to remind us of
them, and Leo and Kumiko’s
place is still there. East of
their home, a car wash will
be opening soon. What stories the Chronicles will have
to tell in another forty or fifty
years!
What a change in just 7
years! Read the rest of this
story and many others in the
Shuswap Chronicles, available to own at local retailers
or to borrow at local libraries.
May neighbours respect you,
Trouble neglect you,
The angels protect you,
And heaven accept you
May your day be touched
By a bit of Irish luck,
Brightened by a song in
your head
And warmed by the smiles
Of the people you love.
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It was billed as “An Evening of Elegance” and the
February 20th Dinner and
Dance certainly lived up to
the billing. Jeannine Lebans
and Auriel MacKenzie did
an outstanding job of turning
the hall into a grand ballroom; the decorations were
so beautifully done. Jack
Lebans, dressed in black
formal wear complete with
top hat and cane, was the
personification of elegance
as he escorted all the ladies
to their tables. The chocolate
dipped strawberries were an
elegant and lovely appetizer.
Although there were some
that balked at getting
dressed up (what’s up with
that?), everyone looked so
nice. Lena Whittaker was
kept busy as she took Professional Photos of everyone
in their finery. The food and
company were topnotch.
The committee had fun surprising Maggie Bolton with
a clever skit to celebrate the
occasion of Maggie’s 88th
Birthday. After some romantic duets and solos, it
was Wally Churchill’s turn
to get our toes tapping to
some dance music. A huge
thank-you to Committee
Members; Lena Whittaker,
Jeannine and Jack Lebans,
Ann and Dennis Chow,
Claudette and Jack Carlsen,
Jo Groves, Auriel and Mac
Mackenzie, Anne-Marie
Schultz and Al Kraus. What
a “Swellelegant” Party it
was! Great job everyone.
Chris Truman, President of
the Country Gardener’s
Gardening Club advises that
the first meeting of 2010
will be held March 17 upstairs at the Centre at 7 p.m.
John Collier will be the
guest speaker and the topic
will be Bees.
The Community Breakfast
will be held March 13 from
8:00 to 11:00 a.m. Everyone
is welcome to come out for a
morning of good food and
neighbourhood camaraderie.
Faith and Begorrah!! Irish
or not, you are invited to
attend the March 20 St. Patrick Day Party. Tickets are
available at the Lakeview
Centre at $10.00/members
and $12.00/non-members.
Happy Hour is 5:00 p.m.
with Dinner to follow at 6:00
p.m. Come out and take part
in the Shillelagh Shenanigans and don’t forget to wear
something green.
The Anglebay Entertainers
will be hosting a Spring
Concert on May 14 and 15th
at 7:00 p.m. Tickets are being sold in advance at the
Lakeview Centre for $12.00/
each. Light Refreshments
may be purchased on a donation basis. It will be an evening of song, skits and some
surprises.
Some preliminary Pig and
Whistle meetings have been
held by the Planning Committee. Our script writer,
John Collier has a lot of material to draw from as the
theme will be based on the
Gold Rush Era. We are well
on our way to holding an(Continued on page 21)
MARCH 2010
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LAKEVIEW CENTRE NEWS
Continued
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Whistle come 2011!!
Are you missing those dear
people that have moved
away?? Would you like to
sit down and have lunch and
a chat with them? You may
be interested to know that
you may do just that on the
Third Tuesday of every
month. Joe Murphy and Bill
McBride organize a luncheon and everyone is welcome. You may contact Bill
McBride for further details:
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Don’t forget to renew
your Lakeview Centre
Membership. Don't miss
out on all the activities that
the Centre offers and remember it gets you a discount on our monthly
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by Claudette Carlsen
It looks like our winter is over! The Creek Bottle Depot for donating the pop
bottles, to Ron Jones for supplying the
robins are already showing up in great
black sunflower seeds and to Ron
numbers. This has been a bumper
month for birds at our house. Birds no- Schrader for pre-drilling the holes in the
bottles and lids. At our February 25
ticed include; three Varied Thrushes,
meeting John Collier gave a very interBlack Capped Chickadees, Brown
Creepers, Red Breasted Nuthatches and esting talk about Hornets and Wasps and
then he dissected a hornet’s nest to show
oodles of Pine Siskins. The Chestnut
Backed Chickadees are here again (these us what was inside. The students all got
a piece of the hornets’ nest to take home
birds are of special concern as they are
to tell their parents what they’ve
in decline in Eastern Canada). I also
learned! Thanks to those that brought in
noticed two Grey Jays bathing in the
ditches, numerous Stellar's Jays as well hornet’s nests to examine. The students
as the Swans, Geese and Mallards on the keep us on our toes with their questions
and we appreciate their enthusiasm and
lake. We heard the Barred Owl in our
vicinity. The Grey Jays were a surprise participation. Thanks to the parents for
bringing in the snacks and for their paras their main diet in the winter are the
ticipation. Thanks to Murray for bringpine cones that need minus 20 degrees
Celsius to crack them open; they are in ing in a microscope and slides for viewsignificant decline since we've been having at each meeting. A huge thank-you
also to Mrs. Delisle for all the hard work
ing warmer winters. Maybe Nature is
changing their dietary needs to guaran- she puts in and for making all the arrangements.
tee their survival. Let's hope.
At our March 25 meeting we will be
We were down at Vancouver for five
days taking in the Olympics and in Pitt working on Journal covers, choosing a
name for the Club and Lena Whittaker
Meadows where we stayed the trees
will be on hand to take a formal group
were full of singing birds. And even
around the city venues, I saw Song Spar- photo.
rows on the buildings. And the Oriental
Cherries were blooming in the
downtown area. Our next
meeting will be on Thursday
March 18th at 1:30 in the Celista Hall. We welcome new
members.
The Young Naturalists’
Club: On February 11, John
Collier visited the school and
gave a talk about Bees and
Honey. Thanks John for such a
wonderful insight into these
fascinating creatures. After the
talk the student’s made pop
John Collier holding up two beautiful Hornets’ Nests during his
February 25 discussion about Hornets and Wasps.
bottle bird feeders to take
John Collier holds a Bald Faced Hornet in his hand.
MARCH 2010
LIONS CLUB NEWS
Submitted by Pat Pierlot
I hope this will give readers some new information
about Lions in general, and
about our North Shuswap
Club in particular.
Since becoming a Lion
myself, I have read some of
the monthly magazine articles in an attempt to learn
more about what Lions in
other parts of the world do.
One significant project is of
course CAMPAIGN
SIGHTFIRST II, (CSFII).
SIGHTFIRST II is a continuation of SIGHTFIRST,
which was so successful that
Lions Club International
decided to carry on with the
program. Recently we
picked up 125 pairs of eyeglasses from the box located
in the Scotch Creek Clinic.
These glasses will be sent to
the Canadian Lions Eyeglass
Recycling Centre in Calgary
for distribution in 48 countries. The glasses are sanitized, labeled as to prescription, and someone in a less
fortunate country will wear
them and will have the gift
of sight. Just imagine!
18,000 pairs of glasses collected in B.C. alone were
shipped for distribution to
sight challenged people
around the world.
If you should happen to
have an old pair of prescription glasses, or nonprescription sunglasses, they
can be dropped off at the
Scotch Creek Clinic. Hear-
ing aids are also part of the
collection, if you no longer
have any use for them.
We have recently contributed to the Haiti Relief
fund, and in order to obtain
the Federal matching grant,
we did so through one of the
recognized Canadian charities, CARE Canada. We
also support Lions Clubs
International Foundation,
which has an excellent record of providing assistance
to disaster relief areas, and
helping to rebuild the lives,
families and communities
impacted by disaster.
With our Annual District
Spring Conference being
held in Salmon Arm this
year on the weekend of April
9th 10th and 11th we’re looking for a large contingent
from the North Shuswap
Lions Club. We look forward to honoring our District Governor Norma Bent
from the North Kamloops
Lions Club at the Conference.
The weekly Meat Draw
and 50/50 Draw continue to
be one of our major fundraisers. The Copper Island
Pub is a friendly, welcoming
venue for such an event, and
Karen and her staff are great
hosts. Come out every Saturday afternoon between
3:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. and
take part. There are 10
draws for meat, and the final
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The spring listing season has started early as we didn't have much
of a winter.
If your home is for sale let's talk about your front door or the door to
your house most buyers would use to enter your home. All a door
needs to be is a hole in the wall you can get through and into the
house but, buyers expect more. Your entry door should clearly direct
visitors to enter. If a visitor stands in the driveway looking for a way
in, we have a problem. The entry to the home should be well
defined, bright cheery and welcoming. Some potted plants and a
welcome mat at your entry is a start. Painting the door a contrasting
color to the home is another option. Look at the path to your entry
door, what does it say to visitors? Ask your Realtor or a friend to
comment on your entry door and path to the home. Time spent here
will pay off. It's all about first impressions so what does your entry
say to visitors about you and your home?
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THE OFFSPRING
by Larissa Lutjen
The Call of the Wild
I'll admit it, I'm the indoorsy type. Oh sure, I work
in the garden, build rock
walls, and love to play baseball, but my idea of a perfect
afternoon is a cup of tea, a
book, and a comfy chair. So
when it is just the kids and
me at home alone there are
days when getting us all out
the door seems like more
work than it is worth and we
end up spending the whole
day inside. On those days I
have noticed that my kids'
behavior is particularly bad
and this leads me to think that
something called 'nature deficit disorder' is more than just
a clever name.
The term was coined by
Richard Louv in his 2005
book, "Last Child in the
Woods". Children today, he
argues, are growing up in a
denatured environment and
this is contributing to attention problems, anxiety, depression and obesity. Kids
today do not spend the day
building forts and catching
tadpoles in a puddle, but instead spend scheduled periods of time, in structured activities, on manicured lawns.
Parent's fears about freak
accidents and child abductions, coupled with a cultureof-clean, has led to children
spending less time outdoors.
Screen time has moved in to
fill the space as a 'safer' alternative. Likewise, wellmeaning attempts to make
cities and suburban areas
safer have put vacant lots and
small forested areas off limits
for play. The remaining parkland is highly regulated,
meant for walking and sightseeing, not bushwacking and
exploring.
The problem is partly, but
not only, getting kids outside
again. According to the or-
ganization Nature Rocks, "the
key to nature play is the
chance for kids to explore on
their own terms and with
their own choices, so they
can discover themselves what
is interesting and fun". To
that end the organization provides ideas for reconnecting
kids to nature. Canadian
wildlife painting icon, Robert
Bateman, launched a similar
initiative in 2000 with the
'Get to Know' program,
which has lesson plans for
teachers, a list of expert
speakers, and 'virtual hikes' to
inspire kids to have a deeper
appreciation of the real thing.
According to Louv, hands
-on experimentation and observation at the real-time pace
of nature is crucial for developing creativity, cognitive
development, a sense of wonder for the world, and a connection to the earth. Moreover, he believes spending
time in the calm and quiet of
outdoors is an important part
of the solution for attention
problems and reducing stress,
thereby helping to alleviate
anxiety and depression in
kids.
In his opinion, our current
alienation from nature, is a
situation unprecedented in
human history. He stated in
an interview on National
Public Radio that "the rapid
disengagement between children and direct experiences in
nature ... has profound implications not only for the health
of future generations but for
the health of the earth itself."
Put bluntly, when people
lose not only an understanding of nature, but also an appreciation of that knowledge,
we have no hope of meeting
the environmental challenges
we face.
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From Denis Delisle
About 30 members of the public
attended the Scotch Creek Neighbourhood OCP Advisory Group meeting.
The agenda was packed. There were
two new faces, Adrian Wynnyk, Area
Supervisor for BC Parks, and Doug Dymond, now a consultant for a Scotch
Creek development consortium, assisting with possible water & sewage system solutions. Doug is well-versed in
what the CSRD expects in these plans
and his background knowledge in these
issues will be an asset to the process.
One innovative idea that was brought up
with Adrian was the idea of a publicprivate partnership to develop campsites
on the 5 acres across from the Park.
Discussion of where the proposed
boundaries for SCNOCP should be was
indecisive. A proposal to extend it to the
Scotch Creek Bridge seemed generally
accepted, but inclusion of an undeveloped property on the west side of
Thompson Hill had mixed support.
Some thought, that the area already established below the road could also be
included it the SCNOCP. Some felt the
main, flat core of Scotch Creek should
be developed before the hillside. This
would be in keeping with the North
Shuswap OCP.
What people generally wanted in the
SCNOCP was a four-season, year-round
community for employment and community health. The consultants have
recognized the community node around
Super Valu, along with tourist nodes
from the pub to just past the Park store.
They have also identified a commercial/
light-industrial area north & south of the
community node. The rest would be a
mix of residential and agricultural lands.
The difficult balance is to keep the rural
look and create a vibrant community
(growing as opposed to dying) as well
as offer affordable housing and the ability for older folks to stay in the community. To achieve this, we need to look at
some sort of denser living units. There
are currently about 970 dwelling units
in Scotch Creek, with approximately
15% of parcels that can still be built on.
A description of the types of building units, landscapes, and community
models were given, as well as the types
of units that exist in Scotch Creek.
There was an almost overwhelming
amount of information presented. Gated
communities and their advantages and
disadvantages were described. In the
end there is not much desire for such
developments in our area. In my mind,
it would seem that the disadvantages
outweigh the advantages.
The OCP Advisory Group also saw
a presentation by a group of consultants
representing the owners of the 68 acres
(27.5 hectares) lot on the SW corner of
Hilliam and Scotch Creek Wharf Roads.
They gave some compelling reasons
why the property should be taken out of
ALR and developed. They offered some
ideas on how the property could be developed with green and agricultural
spaces and the addition of about 300
units. Some suggestions that came from
the group were to use part of the land
for sewage treatment and to widen the
corner at the intersection to make it
safer. As with other larger development
applications, the proposals are being
presented to the SCNOCP Advisory
Group so they are considered as part of
the overall development of the community. We are still in the middle of the
public consultation process and there
will be more discussion for sure.
Short-term vacation rentals were
discussed, as the CSRD has a rezoning
proposal that would allow short-term
vacation rentals in a single-family
home. Apparently there are about 150 –
200 such rentals being done in the
North Shuswap. While renting your
home on a month-to-month basis is considered a residential use, when you rent
MARCH 2010
Trail Awards Acknowledge
Outstanding Achievements
in the Shuswap
The Shuswap, British
Columbia – “Until now there
hasn’t been an opportunity to
recognize those who have
contributed significantly to
trails in our region,” announced Shuswap Trail Alliance
developer, Jim Maybee, to a
sell-out event Friday. “We
would like to do that now.”
The evening celebration
included the first-ever Shuswap Trail Awards recognizing outstanding greenway
trail contributions in the
Shuswap. Three awards were
presented this year. Ian Clay
and Gary Kalloch were
named Trail Volunteer-of-the
-Year. And Salmon Arm developer, Bill Laird, was
named Trail Developer-ofthe-Year.
Gary Kalloch started
working on trails in the
Shuswap in 1979. He worked
on the Perry River trail,
Gorge Creek, Crazy Creek,
Sicamous Creek, Mount Ida,
Sunnybrae Bluffs, and McIntyre Bluffs. He helped establish the Eagle River Nature
Park with George Abbot and
Gordie Munro. And began
work with Salmon Arm
Greenways in 1997, including Cress Creek, Coyote
Park, and Turner Creek. He is
also a member of the City of
Salmon Arm Greenways Liaison Committee.
Ian Clay helped to create
the Little Mountain Park trail
system in Salmon Arm, as
well as Coyote Park, Cress
Creek Trail, and the Park
Hills trail system. He is
known for his countless
hours planning with GPS in
hand, flagging, and constructing trails. As President of the
Salmon Arm Greenways
Committee, he also helps
organize volunteers to get the
work done. City staff acknowledges that the Greenways committee is one of the
most productive volunteer
groups in the community
thanks to Ian’s leadership.
The Developer-of-theYear Award goes to the developer who shows a commitment to integrating welldesigned greenways and
trails in their development
plans. In 2008 the Shuswap
Trail Alliance was approached by Bill Laird to take a
look at a development that he
was working on in Salmon
Arm. He wanted to donate
space within his development
to allow for a substantial
greenway that would connect
Okanagan Avenue and 5th Ave
SE near Okanagan College.
Thanks to Bill’s commitment, the City now has a
beautiful public greenway
connection that is well used
by commuters year round.
Trail Developer, Jim Maybee
shared the desire to see more
developers consider welldesigned greenways as an
integral part of any development. “By working together
with the Trail Alliance, the
project had the added benefit
of building our capacity to
assist projects in other parts
of the Shuswap,” Jim noted.
“We intend to make these
awards annually,” Jim said,
encouraging everyone to submit names of anyone who deserves recognition for significant contributions to greenway
trails in the Shu-swap.
For more information on the
Shuswap Trail Awards and
other trail projects throughout
the Shuswap visit
www.shuswaptrailalliance.com.
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While I enjoyed aspects of the
Opening Ceremonies, I found much of
it a bit draggy and artsy fartsy. Overall
though, the special effects were fantastic and the performers were great. Recognition of our champions through inclusion as flag bearers and torch bearers
was wonderful. Having multiple Greats
sharing the ceremonial lighting of the
torch inside was so much better than
having the attention focused on one
person.
Internationally, what drivel was
written in many of the foreign papers.
The only reason for being so blatantly
rude is because it was a Canadian production. One can say or do anything to
Canada and we roll over, apologize,
whatever is asked of us, to make everyone else happy.
The death of the luge athlete was
devastating to everyone. For the anyone to suggest that it was the fault of
officials who kept non-Canadians off
the track was ridiculous. There were
many training runs made by all, including the young man who died. It was an
unfortunate accident and all the media
was doing was stirring up trouble.
Speaking of trouble, the protestors
who interfered with the Torch Run and
those whose acts of vandalism were so
cowardly, just serve to make everyone
angry. While their cause may be justified, they undermine themselves with
the actions taken. What would be interesting is to see how many of the protestors who were involved in the violence
were actually Canadians.
Speaking of the media, while most
of the coverage of the Olympics was
good, I did get tired of hearing about
the “disappointing” finishes. Who,
exactly, was disappointed? The fact
that our athletes tried their hardest and
represented our country with honour,
whether they finished in first or last, is
what counts. They gave us the opportunity to cheer long and loud. And if they
also gave us a chance to belt out O Canada when it played as they received
gold, well, that was just a bonus.
It has been great to hear that visitors
cannot say enough about the great reception they have received. While the
competitions are the focus, people are
shopping, sightseeing and dining as
well. The people of Vancouver/
Whistler have done a marvelous job as
ambassadors for British Columbia and
Canada.
The Paralympics are still to come.
Go, Canada, Go!
The Perfect Easter Egg
From homemade-dessert-recipes.com
Be careful not to cook your eggs by
placing them in already boiling water.
The temperature difference makes it
almost certain that the shells will crack.
Instead, place the desired number of
eggs into cold or lukewarm water and
put the pan on the stove. The water
should just cover the eggs.
Adding a teaspoon of white vinegar
to the water will allow the coloring to
soak into the shell better, covering them
more evenly, and thoroughly.
As the water heats, the inside of the
egg heats gradually, hardening the contents. Edible eggs can be done in as little as five minutes. But, eggs meant for
decorating should be given a few min-
utes extra. Don't overcook, though,
since that too can lead to the shell
cracking. But make them extra firm to
stand up well to handling.
Once the eggs are boiled, turn off the
heat and allow the pan to cool gradually
until both the water and eggs are room
temperature. This may take around 20
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Now, remove the eggs carefully
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Now they're ready for decorating.
MARCH 2010
Olympic Hockey Night
in Barbados
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sand and surf in Barbados. During the Olympics, she and
her vacationing cohorts donned t-shirts designed by Chris
Fewell from Calgary’s Curious Communications to watch
the Olympic Hockey games at a Barbados sports bar. The
shirts show a hockey stick toting beaver with Go Canada Go
above and Barbados 2010 below.
This photo, l to r back row Ellen Nicolas, Barb and Nelson Chamberlin, Jan, Don and Marie Watt (Spruce Grove)
and front Ian Bell and Gil Nicolas, and story, aired on a CTV
TV station in Calgary, showing people from around the
world celebrating Vancouver 2010. Go Canada Go!
your home for lesser periods,
such as one week, that is
considered commercial use
(more like a motel) and is not
allowed in most residential
zones. This commercial use
has, apparently, so far not
changed the assessment classification of the properties to
the high commercial tax rate
(2 1/4 times normal residential). The concern voiced at
the meeting are of the im-
pacts the traveling public has
on the community, such as
noise, parties, impacts on
sewage, parking and overcrowding on lake accesses.
How to police this use effectively is the main issue.
There will be more meetings in the coming months,
so keep an eye out for community posters or check the
CSRD website:
www.csrd.bc.ca.for more
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trading results, and weakness
in global demand for pulp
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However, both hydro generation levels and market energy
purchases required to meet
domestic load demand were
comparable with the same
period in the previous year,
which was also a low water
inflow year.
• Capital expenditures of
$375 million in the quarter
were in line with the same
period in the previous year,
as BC Hydro continued its
programs to meet load
growth and maintain its aging infrastructure through
expenditures on replacement
and expansion of generation
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From Lorrie Schrader
What a fantastic evening
we had at the February 19
Coffee House. Those of you
who stayed at home to watch
the Olympics (and you know
who you are!) sure missed a
jam packed evening of topnotch entertainment. David
Baxter did a wonderful job
of being our MC in Michel
Brideau’s absence.
We welcomed so many
first time entertainers to our
stage; they hailed from
Salmon Arm, Chase, Kamloops and points in between.
Brother John and Erica from
Salmon Arm started off in
the # 1 spot – their Wayfaring Stranger was a crowd
pleaser. Our next first time
entertainer was Guy Spencer
from Chase. Guy sang
Lubenbach Texas,
Everybody’s Talking at
Me and Tequila Sunrise.
Roy Dorian returned to our
stage after an absence that
was much too long. His set
included the Dave Loggins
hit, Please Come to Boston.
Ted Gough read an original
poem touching on the community esprit de corps demonstrated at the Benefit Concert for David Allen. Erica
accompanied by Willy Gaw
on Rhythm guitar) played
“Minor Blues/Reinhold” on
a double flute called a Drone
Flute – a very beautiful and
unique sound. Other entertainers in the first half included; Doug and Deb from
Kamloops, Cliff and Mary
from Blind Bay, and Kathleen from Tappen.
Sue Kyle and Alan Bates
survived ‘that’ Seymour
Arm road to be our Feature
Act. They were joined by
Jannis Delisle on Stand-up
Bass and what amazing entertainers they are – they had
the crowd yelling for More!
Thanks so much – great job
as always.
Willy and Pam Gaw and
Adam Hoenkenson featured
Willy singing No Love Today and Pam singing Summertime. Then Adam picked
out a rousing version of Tico
Tico – wow those fingers
were just flying! Sister Catrena and Rosie teamed up to
sing The Rose. Dennis and
Friends which included Robbie Milne exhibited some
beautiful harmony. Some of
the “Old Man’s Beard”
group came out to give us a
teaser of what is in store for
us in April when they will be
our Feature Act – great vocals. Blu and Kelly Hopkins
were the last Act of the evening. They haven’t been on
our stage for a very long
time and it was so nice to
have them back again. They
were joined by Jim Leduc.
Thanks to all the talented
entertainers both regular and
brand new who came out to
give us such a full and enjoyable evening. As one lady
said “I can’t believe we get
all of this for only $3.00.”
Kids Corner – thanks to
the kids for being so quiet
and well behaved – they
played quietly in the games
room and we appreciate their
consideration for the performers and their fellow audience members.
Thanks to SuperValu and
all those who brought baking
for the kitchen. Thanks to
Volunteers Darleen Volk, Vi
Spense, Ron and Lorrie
Schrader, Ted Gough, David
Baxter. Thanks to a great
attentive audience.
Upcoming Features:
March 19 – The Willow
Brocke Band
April 16 – Old Man’s Beard
May 21 – The Dust Puppets
See you then!
MARCH 2010
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Economic Downturn In
North Shuswap
From Denis Delisle
I have been asked; “why is the North
Shuswap suffering so much economically”?
What some people are seeing in our
community is; less business, less work,
less workers, less workers less families,
less families less kids in schools, less
people who buy things, less services such
as our clinic, less business. It is a vicious
downwards spiral.
Growth has been one of the primary
motivators for the North Shuswap. It has
to be done in a practical, socially conscious way, but we need it. It is unhealthy
to be tied to limited varieties of industry.
The largest paying employer is the
School District, with tourism weighing in
a close second for part of the year. What
else can we attract to the North Shuswap?
I have tried to rationalize some questions
I have heard and have also included some
ideas given to me.
Why is the North Shuswap losing
business? Effects of the recession have
taken a while to filter down. Campgrounds that brought a steady stream of
people to stimulate the economy are
gone. Many local businesses have reportedly had poor seasons, with some shutting down and workers being laid off.
What might help to spur the economy
and give needed services to the North
Shuswap? Suggestions include: A Laundromat, a car wash, a hotel of some sort
for visitors in the Scotch Creek area,
more B&B’s, a road to Sun Peaks, paying
jobs for young families, affordable housing, longer season at the Provincial Park,
Seniors housing, sewage and water systems for Scotch Creek, more services so
people want to come during the off season, the list goes on.
How can we help? As always, buy
locally. If you do not support local jobs
and businesses we will continue to lose
businesses and services like the clinic and
possibly the school. There are opportunities to start your own business, easy loans
and help are available in starting and
maintaining present businesses
(Community Futures). Support development and new growth opportunities for
the community which are not damaging
or threatening to the residents or the environment. Have a positive attitude about
our area.
What opportunities does the North
Shuswap have to attract business? The
obvious ones are the lake, nature, boats
and recreation vehicles, friends and families.
What kind of light industry could we
attract? Perhaps Institutions/industries
such as Assisted Living facilities, Senior’s Housing, Educational centers
(international language school?) If you
have any ideas, please share them with
me.
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MARCH 2010
Canadian Champion Fiddler
Live in Kamloops
Fundraiser
Garage Sale
Saturday May 22nd
9 am – 2 pm
(Set-up from 8am to 9am)
Scotch Creek/Lee Creek
Fire Department
Tables – $10.00 each
Pancakes, Hot Dogs,
50/50 Draw
Come and see our new fire truck!
Funds raised go to the Scotch Creek/
Lee Creek Fire Fighters
FMI: 250-955-2422
At a very young age, Mark Sullivan
has established himself as one of the
finest fiddlers in the country. As a 3x
Canadian Grand Masters Fiddle Champion, 3x Canadian Open Fiddle Champion and 3x winner of the prestigious
Pembroke Fiddle Contest, Mark is in
demand as an ambassador of the Canadian Old Time style. He has performed
throughout Canada, the United States,
Japan, Ireland and Scotland as a soloist,
sideman, session musician and guitar
accompanist for many musicians. Mark
received rave reviews for his solo performance in a two-month run at The
American Music Theatre in Lancaster,
PA, USA.
According to Mark, some of the
highlights of his career include sharing
the stage with ‘The Chieftains’ in February of 2009, a tour of Japan with the
traditional music group ‘Tread’ in December of 2008, performances with
‘The Paperboys’, being the featured
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Brian Pickell Band at numerous festivals and stages throughout Ontario &
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As a spirited performer and advocate of style and technique, Mark has
been dedicated to teaching private fiddle lessons to many promising young
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and British Columbia.
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MARCH 2010
Canadian Champion Fiddler
Continued
resides in Vancouver, BC
maintaining a professional
music career while also
working as a Grade Three
teacher at Collingwood Junior School.
The Kamloops Branch of
the B.C. Old Time Fiddlers’
Association is proud to be
bringing Mark to Kamloops
to perform at the St. John
Vianney Church Hall at 7:30
pm on Friday April 30th in
conjunction with their 26th
Annual Old Time Fiddle
Contest which will take place
on Saturday May 1st.
Mark will be accompanied by Roxanna Sabir.
Roxanna has toured throughout North America and
Europe with the acclaimed
fiddling, singing & stepdancing group, the Sabir Sisters. Roxanna’s traditional
Canadian piano accompaniment style will add mesmerizing rhythms and haunting
melodies to the show and she
will likely be asked to per-
form a vocal or two as well.
Tickets for the Friday
night show are $ 15.00 each,
with children 12 & under
admitted free when accompanied by an adult. On Saturday the preliminary fiddle
competition starts at 11:00
AM and evening finals
(starting at approximately
6:00 PM), will be followed
by a dance. Tickets for the
preliminaries are $ 5.00 each,
while the cost for the evening finals & dance is $
10.00. Again, children 12
and under accompanied by
an adult will be admitted
free. You won’t want to
miss this exceptional performance. Advance tickets
can be purchased at Coopers
Foods (locally owned) Lansdowne Village location
only at 200-450 Lansdowne
Street in Kamloops or at the
Seniors’ Information Centre
in North Hills Shopping Centre on the north shore. For
further information call (250)
376-2330 or (250) 374-1838.
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ARTISANS / SIGNMAKERS
WANTED
The North Shuswap Chamber of Commerce INVITES you
to participate in the creation of 5 new signs for the North
Shore Communities of Scotch Creek, Celista, Magna Bay,
Anglemont & Seymour Arm
We have been given a budget to complete one sign per year and are
looking for your ideas. The Artwork is to reflect and depict the local
character, history, tourist attractions, etc, of each sign site.
The Artwork for the sign must be able to be made out of durable materials
that can with stand the elements, snowplow spray, vandals, etc. Easily
maintained and have a decent longevity before requiring refurbishing.
The Sign/Artwork will be attached or embedded into a concrete upright
base 6 feet high and 9 feet long and be one sided. Sample of what the
sign might look like is below. The sign will be landscaped at the base.
The winning design will receive payment of $1,500. for their design when it is used, as well their name will appear on a plaque on
the sign. You can enter designs for one or all of the 5 signs.
Remember that viewing of these signs is by drive by traffic, so keep
the signs simple, lettering large enough and not too cluttered.
Deadline for submission is April 30, 2010
Submit to: The North Shuswap Chamber of Commerce
P.O. Box 101 Celista BC V0E 1M0
Email Northshuswapbc.com
SAFE BOATING COURSE
SATURDAY MARCH 27, 2010
9AM TO 3PM
Held at Shuswap Lake Estates Admin. Bldg. Lower Level
Sponsored by:
Shuswap Estates Community Assn.
Pleasure Craft Operator Card
Certification
Photo & story submitted by: Florence Tellier, Vice President
Kamloops Branch #12, B. C. Old Time Fiddlers’ Association
Pre-register: Ken Proctor 675-3567
or KJP7@JETSTREAM.NET
Cost: $50 per person
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MARCH 2010
Triton Docks Inc.
Letters to the Editor
Don Lauzon
Let’s Get This Clear
Quality Built Aluminum Frame Custom Docks
Installation of Anchors & Buoys
Contact us at
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If you enjoy spending time
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We now offer the
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For many years the
huge houseboat industry on
Shuswap Lake has been
breaking the law. They
have been allowing the
grey water from thousands
of houseboat rentals to go
into the lake. That is
against the law! Three
years ago, after much pressure from the local residents living around the
lake, the Provincial Government decided that
maybe we better enforce
the law and get the multimillion dollar industry to
clean up their act. They
also decided that because
the industry couldn't possibly afford to clean things
up right away and of
course this industry is so
vital to the economic survival of the Shuswap Lakes
area that we don't want to
really inconvenience them
so we'll give them not 1,
not 2, but 3 years to refit
their houseboats to hold
grey water and to establish
dumping stations for it.
Did this happen? Not
on your life. Admittedly,
the houseboat companies
have made some effort to
comply but just not
enough! Now the Provincial government with Barry
Penner at its lead, has decided to give them an open
period of grace. It seems
that the Government is
pandering this gigantic
business for reasons unclear to me. They indicate
that they do not want to
interfere with the profits
from tourism that it generates. Other than Sicamous
and a very few other spots
on the Shuswap most people don't really feel a lot of
economic benefits from the
houseboats. What we do
feel is the impending danger of all the harmful elements in the thousands of
gallons of grey water dispensed into our water each
season. Testing so far has
shown that the degree of
harmful pollutants is not
yet critical and will not yet
cause an extreme health
risk but they are significantly there. How long do
we wait? Until people start
getting really sick from it?
It is not up to the taxpayers to solve this problem. It is not up to the taxpayers to install the pumping stations for this multimillion dollar business. It
is not up to us to refit all
the houseboats to standard.
It is up to us to insist
that the houseboat companies be held responsible for
their industry and clean up
their act. It's up to us to
pressure the Provincial
government to enforce the
law! Call Mr. Barry Penner, responsible for: Minister of Environment and
Minister responsible for
Water Stewardship and
Sustainable Communities,
barrry.penner.mla@leg.bc.ca ,
localmla@uniserve.com ,
Unit 101 7388 Vedder Rd..
Chilliwack, BC V2R4E4
toll free 1-866-553-5537.
Let him know how you
feel.
How long do we wait
while the health of our lake
is disintegrating? This is
something you can do
something about. Let's
make that clear!
Mary Stewart
Shuswap Lake
Coalition
MARCH 2010
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Letters to the Editor
Do You Want Scotch Creek To Turn Into A City?
Do you want to watch
Scotch Creek turn into a
city? Do you like having
your own water and septic?
Do you want the chance of
big box stores coming into
the community and undercutting what few businesses
are left here?
If that is what you want,
well that’s great! Much
money has been spent by
year-round residents putting
in their own wells and septic, and it had to be to
CSRD’s code. Now that
your money is spent, CSRD
is wangling with developers
to put in a water/septic system (that will more than
likely deplete ALL wells
currently in operation in
Scotch Creek), then the
developers will “give” the
system to CSRD, wherein
CSRD will force everyone
to hook up. You’ve got to
love that smell of money.
I spoke with many tourists last summer. The reason they come here is to
have a relaxing time in a
tranquil setting. To be surrounded by nature (that
does include some trees by
the way), and get away
from the daily grind of city
life. Now we have developers coming out of the
woodwork, proposing highdensity developments. We
have the CSRD more interested in listening and following the developers instead of waiting for our
Scotch Creek OCP committee to even get a fighting
chance to put forward their
recommendations. CSRD
is not interested in the permanent residents here.
They do not want to listen
to us, as it is not profitable
to listen to us.
I am not dead against
development for the Scotch
Creek area. What I am
against is unbridled development driven by pure
greed, with no conscience
or concern for the yearround population. We ALL
have a stake in this and it is
time to start hollering at the
CSRD to listen to us – not
the developers. As history
has clearly shown us (and I
quote from author Wm.
Bramley here): “If you do
not create your own surroundings, someone else is
going to create them for
you ….. and you may not
like what you get”.
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Annual General Meeting
North Shuswap
Community Association
April 19th 2010, 7pm
In the Clubroom of the
Community Hall
5456 Squilax/Anglemont Hwy., Celista
For more information please call
Ed or Alison Elmes 250-955-2588
Drive a Boat Canada
PCOC (boat licence) is now required
MARCH 2010
Chase Legion
Chase Legion Branch 107 hosted in
house dart play offs on January 19th to determine who would go on to represent our
branch at the Zone play downs. The play
offs are done in a round robin style, with
the winner playing singles, doubles and teams, the second
place playing doubles and teams and the third and forth
places playing in the teams as well. First place was Wallace
Irwin, Second John den Dulk, and third and fourth Mike
Pickell and Ken Davies. Saturday February 12th the members attended the zone competition in Ashcroft. Seven other
legions also attended and competed for the title of zone
champions in the three dart events. The Doubles consisting
of Wallace Irwin and John den Dulk became zone champions taking first place and only losing one game of the fourteen they played. The Team of Wallace Irwin, John den
Dulk, Mike Pickell, and Ken Davies also became zone
champions only losing two of the fourteen games.
TAKE THE
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See us at
Kamloops Boat Show March 19 - 21
Little River Boat Show April 2 - 5
Captains Village Poker Run June 20
Contact Dave Hawker
250 319 0469 cell 250 955 0317
Chase Legion Branch 107 Wins
Another Zone Event
dhawker@lakecable.ca
Chase Legion Branch 107 crib players took first place in
crib in Clearwater. We would like to congratulate Muriel
Kostal, Leslie Downy, Donna Ross and Levern Smith. The
team will be headed to the Provincials March 19th to the
21st in Revelstoke. We all wish them the best of luck.
MARCH 2010
39
Shuswap Tourism
Development
From Denis Delisle
Shuswap Tourism has
hired marketing coordinator
James Gjaltema, formerly
with Chase Tourism Development and presently working
for and promoting Geo Quest.
Shuswap Tourism will be
presenting and featuring the
Shuswap at 2 trade shows in
Calgary and Vancouver. Interestingly, 90% of Kamloops’ tourism business is
from Vancouver & Washington. Thompson University
(TRU) in trying to find a rural
tourism project (called Red
Tree) to use as a template to
help rural areas with tourism
enhancement ideas.
Another incentive for
Shuswap Tourism is our in-
volvement with Shuswap Regional Marketing, interacting
with many levels of the tourism private sector, local governments and First Nations.
This plan is to have everyone
work together to sell the
Shuswap to the rest of the
world. Presently we have
many individuals and small
groups (like Shuswap tourism) doing their own advertising. This is not cost effective
and is patchy.
The BC Elders meeting
will take place in Salmon
Arm in July. Interestingly,
there will be 3,500 elders
coming and there are only
1,000 rooms in and around
Salmon Arm!!
B-3871 Squilax-Anglemont Hwy, Scotch Creek BC V0E 3L0
tel 250 955-0089 fax 250-955-0098
Your local Mortgage Specialist!
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MARCH 2010
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Phone: (250) 679-8448 Fax: (250) 679-8117
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Soccer Starting
From Heather Coates
It is time to sign up
for this year’s soccer
season. The league will
be running from April
18th-June13th every
Sunday, ending with
our famous year end
fun tournament.
Registration forms are available
at all schools, Chase True Value and
at Out to Lunch in Chase. All registrations and cheques are to be
dropped off at True Value in Chase
by April 1st to guarantee you a spot
on a team.
Chase Fun Soccer is in need of
coaches for all teams. All coaches
will receive one free registration.
We are also looking for League helpers. If you can lend assistance to
help keep this league running, please
call Heather at 250-679-5411 or
email chcoates@telus.net. Even if
you have a very little amount of
time, we need you.
Baseball Season
Approaches
Hey Kids! Are you
ready for some great
outdoor fun? Baseball season is fast
approaching. Baseball
is a great way to develop skills, sportsmanship and team
spirit, as well as getting some fresh
air and exercise.
Registration forms for T-Ball,
Tadpole, Mosquito and Pee Wee can
be picked up at the school for this
year’s baseball season. League ages
start at 5, as of December 31, 2009,
and go up. Deadline for registration
is March 26th.
MARCH 2010
41
School News
By Jan Penner
The year is zipping by with its usual
speed and we are at Spring Break, ready
to start our last term of the 2009-10
year at North Shuswap.
We said good-bye to our student
teacher, Amanda Nixon on the last day
before Spring Break. She has returned
to studies at TRU and spring graduation. Mrs. Nixon, as well as teaching in
Mrs. Schmidt’s grade 3-4 class, also
helped with lunch time intramurals and
coached the girl’s basket ball team. It
was great having Amanda as part of our
staff. We wish her the best.
The basketball season has wrapped
up for another year. Both teams made
great strides in skill development
throughout the season, with the girls
winning their zone ribbon. Congratulations to all our students who participated, and displayed sportsmanship and
perseverance.
The official date for the start of Kindergarten registration in April 7th.
North Shuswap will be offering half
day Kindergarten for 2010-11. To register you child please contact the school
at 250-955-2214 or stop by between
8:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m., when our secretary is in the office. Registration of
you child for Kindergarten helps with
planning and configuration for the upcoming year.
Provincial funding for the upcoming
school year is of great concern to the
Board of School District 83. A budget
shortfall of approximately $1.6 million
is expected. As the budget is required
by law to balance, significant reductions in services and programs will be
necessary within funding increases. For
further provincial information, contact
the Minister of Education, the Honourable Margaret DacDiarmid, PO Box
9045 Stn Prov Govt, Victoria, BC V8W
9E2, 250-387-1977, Fax 250-387-3200,
minister.educ@gov.bc.ca or, the Minister of Finance, the Honourable Colin
Hansen, PO Box 9048 Stn Prov Govt,
Victoria, BC V8W 9E2. 250-387-3751
or Fax 250-387-5594.
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From Denis Delisle
A meeting with MLA George Abbott
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was intense, lasting about 1 hour. The
need for the Clinic and the nurse was
understood but getting a doctor for the
clinic is not likely. The best to be expected for a clinic here is a Primary Care
Nurse and a Nurse Practioner visiting
once a week. The whole province is being cut back and there needs to be priorities put in place as to the number of people who need to be serviced compared to
areas with less people. Clinics closing in
Vancouver effect 10s of thousands of
people where as, in a rural area it might
affect a few thousand. As they see it,
services in Chase are vital and Scotch
Creek is nice but not as important. Not a
nice pill to swallow but a possible reality
is what they are telling us.
We briefly discussed the doctor situation in Chase and why doctors are so
hard to draw in. One point made, was
that the doctors were getting $180,000
per year in Chase (with in the Primary
Care system) and yet the pay fee for service doctors, if they push themselves can
be as much as $350,000 - $400,000. Victoria has decided to go away from the
Primary Care system to a “Fee for Service” model. In the present Primary Care
scenario, there is no method of paying
for clinics such as the Scotch Creek
Clinic. The money (in fee for service) is
just for the doctor’s use and there is no
money for other infrastructure (such as
SCC). The doctors will pay for their own
staff, equipment and building. There is
no advantage or need for them to pay for
the SCC. This money has to come from
somewhere else.
There were some problems with the
Primary Care model, such as; doctors do
not need to be productive and could only
need to see 7 patients or less a day (if not
monitored). This can be very costly and
it is possible that incentives to see more
patients may be needed to have a more
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continued
productive health care system.
If the SCC was allowed to
operate in some form then
other problems could arise.
One is that other clinics that
have been cut or closed,
would all be clambering to be
kept open. This is not economically feasible.
It was also recognized the
rural areas needs to be more
flexible to have rural clinics
operate and support the special needs of rural areas.
There are 3 possibilities to go
with:
1) Status quo- with no clear
idea what the future is going
to be, this would guarantee
almost no doctors to come
and frustrated public.
2) Alternate Payments Plan
(APP) allows markers that
have physicians see so many
patients and overhead is paid.
This would work for a select
few of Doctors (many would
prefer the big bucks plan-fee
for service). This APP is the
best of systems that would
allow the Scotch Creek Clinic
to exist. There would still be
Home Support, Nurse Practioner and the full time nurse
that would come out. In this
case doctors would be, on the
cusp of becoming paid employees of IHA.
3) Fee for service is where
the doctor is responsible for
everything and in such a case
they would have no use for
the SCC.
What can we do? There
are some things needed. One
is the rental on the Clinic
space was raised and that
needs to be brought back to
the original agreement. I discussed this with the owner
and they were willing to cut
the rent back to its original
cost.
A doctor for Scotch Creek
would help either part time or
full time. So we need folks to
look around and see if we
have a physician or retired
doctor who would consider
working part or full time at
the clinic. This may not help
us keep out Primary Care
Nurse as we still do not have
a way to fund her in the proposed systems.
George Abbott indicated
he would contact Ministry
of Health and see if there was
away that Scotch Creek
Clinic could be kept open.
Norman Embree (Chair of
Interior Health) understands
better the situation and will
also bring to their attention
the need for the clinic to be
kept open. Andrew Nuener
(Chief Operating Officer)
understands all too well the
need for the clinic but is dependent on what IHA will
allow him to do.
The message we were left
with is, they will try to keep
the clinic open but there are
financial and technical challenges. The line of dialogue
needs to be kept open and
positive.
What can we do? I feel
the letter campaign showed
we care and are willing to do
something to keep out clinic,
it made the officials notice.
More needs to be done. It
would help to have someone
organize a group of people to
come with ideas and keep on
track with what the Health
Ministry plans to do for this
area. If you’re interested
please contact me and maybe
we can get some people together and find a solution to
the Clinic closing. This is far
too important an issue to
leave it to me. We need a
more organized approach
from the community.
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GARDEN COACH
We've made it through
another Canadian winter!
Some winter eh? I guess I'm
one of those Canucks that
likes the white stuff, that
blanket that covers up the
flotsam outside and lets you
forgive yourself for lolling
about by the fire. Maybe non
believers will now buy the
'global warming' warning..
then next year, if it's brutally
cold they'll poo poo it again.
I think maybe what we gotta
get, is we may be in for
some radical environmental
changes. But..Spring is here
so Rock On!!!
Rocks..subject of the
day. Rocks are beautiful.
They can be incorporated
into landscapes as walls,
sculptures, patios, stepping
stones, ponds... How many
times have we seen that perfect 10 ton rock we'd love to
have in the garden, but it's
out in the middle of the wilderness and no matter the
will there just ain't the
way… and so it shall lie perfectly, exquisitely in its'
place. A machine and a great
operator can build incredible
structures with rock. If one
chooses hand work, with
patience and the right sized
rock one can creatively play
at that lifetime project building the great wall. My present garden is blessedly rock
free and friends bring me
'special' rocks for garden
sculpture. I like rocks in the
garden when used judiciously and artistically.
There is a trend in landscaping to use rock as
mulch, partly for that utopian maintenance free concept. Gotta say I don't buy it.
Rocks are heavy. I'm sure
that plant roots don't like that
weight on top of them.
Rocks can't
be hand cultivated. Even
with landscape cloth
Shuswap Art Gardens
beneath to
Kerry Barnhardt
stifle weeds
955-8150
dirt still blows kerryon@telus.net
in between
the rocks and weed seeds
germinate. The alternatives
to cultivating these weeds
out are - plucking one weed
at a time, herbicides or
maybe a blow torch. To organically feed plants surrounded by this rock mulch
one must remove the rock,
put down the compost, manure, etc., then replace the
rock. Rocks are
hot..remember walking on
hot rocks in bare feet...or,
rocks are cold. Plants like
moderate temperatures
which organic mulches such
as bark or straw offer.
So, if you have a pile of
rocks that just must stay in
the garden ...great. Spiders
love piles of rocks, as do
snakes. Spiders eat bugs,
snakes eat rodents..good…
unfortunately snakes also eat
frogs..not so good. If it's a
big pile of rocks you want to
play with I guess I'd recommend laying heavy duty
landscape cloth underneath
and filling the niches between with some nice soil to
plant lots of ground covers
which when tended will establish and sprawl over the
rock crowding out weeds.
“1 rock 2 rocks red rock blue
rocks ..my grandson and I
will build a spider condo.”
Anyone interest in a
community garden for their
own growing needs, please
contact me.
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Congratulations Linda!
Finishing Carpentry
Renovations
Residential & Commercial
250.803.3110
Celista & Scotch Creek
After 28 years of living in Magna Bay as a landed immigrant Linda Christopherson was granted Canadian citizenship at a ceremony in Kamloops February 9th. It's only the
last few years that Australia allowed dual citizenship. Please
welcome Linda as our newest citizen.
APRIL DEADLINE
is Apr 2nd
We hit the stands on April 16th
Gary Tennent
rock chip
repairs
250-679-3118
WINDSHIELDS.. No need to contact ICBC
One Stop glass claim service.
Mon to Fri 8:30 - 5,
Sat by Appointment
822A Shuswap Ave,
Chase, BC
Open at 11am
7 days a week
SUNDAY
BRUNCH
Daily Features
Easter Sunday
(April 4th)
&
Mothers Day
Bacon & Eggs
Until 4pm
(Sunday May 9th)
Take Out
Chase BC
11am to 2pm
Plan a Special Occasion . . . Wedding, Reunion . . . with us!
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MARCH 2010
New Okanagan Regional
Library Website Goes Live
852 SEYMOUR ST. KAMLOOPS
250-372-3579 • 1-877-372-3579
Open Monday - Friday 8am - 5:30pm
& Saturday 8am - 5pm
www.fergusonequip.com
The Okanagan Regional
Library (ORL) launched its
totally redesigned website on
Wednesday, February 17 at
its previous URL
www.orl.bc.ca. Customers
visiting the site will see several new features that enhance their ability to find
everything from events at
their local branch, to answers
for reference questions, to
lists of librarian recommended books for children
and adults.
“The redesign of our
website has been much more
than cosmetic,” says ORL
Executive Director Lesley
Dieno. “This website has
been in development for a
year and includes improvements so our customers can
more easily access the information they need online.”
Some of the features include:
A master events calendar,
searchable by branch, date or
event type
Searchable ORL and BC
Library to Go catalogues
A news and events page for
up-to-date information
Links to the ORL’s Facebook and Twitter pages
In-depth financial and administrative information
about the ORL
Online “Join” form
Links to booklists, recommended websites, and eResources for children, teens,
and book lovers
The website was created
by a team at the ORL and
Kelowna marketing firm
Twin Creek Media.
ANGLEMONT MEN’S
GOLF CLUB
Wants to Thank Our Sponsors
Par-take every
Wednesday
New Members
Welcome
2010 Executive Committee
Craig Butts-President
Steve Moore-Club Captain
Dave Cross-Secretary Treasurer
Dave Edwards-Vice President
Todd Stone-vice Captain
We also have two new sponsors:
Touch For Health Body Management &
Welldon Construction Company
First Men’s Night
Wednesday April 21, 2010
Shot Gun Start @ 5pm
General Meeting
For more info call:
Craig Butts 250-955-0255
Steve Moore 250-955-2204
Wed. Apr. 14
Doors Open @ 4:30pm
Meeting Starts @ 5pm
Door Prizes (Include 2010 Men's Club Membership)
MARCH 2010
DARE TO DREAM
By Bev Shea
Have you ever been having a perfectly lovely day,
puttering around, getting a
few chores accomplished
and then the telephone rings.
All of a sudden someone
else's agenda takes over your
day and you react with anger. You can't believe that
anyone would be so stupid,
or inconsiderate or incompetent or whatever it is that
gets you going – but there
you are pacing around the
house, ranting and raving
(hopefully after having hung
up the telephone). I think it
has happened to us all, I
know it has happened to me.
Afterwards, I feel guilty and
stupid for having allowed
something like this to upset
me, after all I am supposed
to be on a spiritual journey, I
am supposed to be living in
the present and using positive thinking.
It is a mistake to think
that once you start on a journey of positive awareness
and living in the present that
nothing will ever upset you,
that you will always react in
a positive manner – we are
in fact human. I bet even the
Dali Lama has days when he
looks at his students and
thinks “You guys are getting
on my last nerve”. It is foolish to believe that you will
always be able to think good
thoughts about people regardless of what they do.
We will not always have the
presence of mind to repeat
our affirmations and bless
someone who has angered
us. What we can do is admit
what we feel, feel it and give
it up. It is not important that
we experienced these emotions, what is important is
how we then respond to
these emotions.
Take the opportunity that
life has handed you and
grow from the experience. I
think one of the most important lessons we can learn is
that no matter what happens
we can handle it. When we
realize this we are then able
to move forward with more
confidence. When we surrender these feeling we open
the way for a miracle to happen. And remember miracle
follows miracle and wonders
never cease and that's the
way it is.
New Okanagan Regional
Library Website continued
“This has been an extremely satisfying, and challenging project for our company,” says Twin Creek Media owner James Shaw. “The
Okanagan Regional Library
is complex – there are so
many services available! We
worked hard with the ORL
team to design a great online
experience. I think this new
website will highlight the
amazing services and resources that ORL offers to
people of all ages.”
As part of the web
launch, the ORL is unveiling
its new kid’s mascot and
announcing a contest to
“Name the Marmot”. Children aged 3-15 years old are
encouraged to submit their
suggestions for a name
online at www.orl.bc.ca/kids/
marmot. A customized $200
prize pack will go to the person coming up with the winning name.
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Roofing, Siding, Custom Flashings
Drew Chamberlain
250-318-5975 or 250-675-3928
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Rose Sak
250-955-8607
250-515-0445
North Shuswap Women’s Institute
At our February meeting we decided
we would do catering again. We had
stopped offering this service because our
numbers were dwindling. We now have
16 members who are anxious to do work
in the community.
Last month we donated a book called
Alfalfabits to Jannis Delisle’s Grade 1-2
class. It is put out by the government and
is about Agriculture in the classroom.
We also donated to the Salmon Arm Hospital and the Children’s Hospital.
We are making plans to attend the
AGM of the B.C. Women’s Institute
held in Kamloops in May.
The plans for our Spring Sale are
going ahead. We will be having our
usual Plant Sale as well as baking,
books, misc. lunch, pies, homemade
bread and buns etc. We would like to
invite any home based businesses such
as Scrapbooking, Avon, Epicure etc. or
anyone with a product for sale, to rent a
table. Tables are $15.00. For more information, call Nadine 250-955-2388.
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Timely Truths
North Shuswap
Christian Fellowship
St. David’s by-the-Lake
Anglican/United Church
5518 Squilax/Anglemont Hwy, Celista
Many of us spend so much effort
comparing ourselves to others, or trying to live up to their expectations.
A rooster spied a large ostrich egg
in the yard next door. He quickly flew
over the fence to examine it. He looked
it over, kicked it, and stealthily rolled it
into his own yard. Then calling all the
hens together, he said, “Now, I’m not
complaining girls, I’m simply showing
you what they are doing in other places.
Once a wise teacher was speaking to
a group of eager young students. He
gave them the assignment to go out and
find a small, unnoticed flower somewhere. He asked them to study the
flower for a long time. “Get a magnifying glass and study the delicate veins in
the leaves, and notice the nuances and
shades of color. Turn the leaves slowly
and observe their symmetry. And remember that this flower might have
gone unnoticed and unappreciated if
you had not found and admired it.” After the class returned, the teacher observed, “People are like that. Each one
is different, carefully crafted, uniquely
endowed. But you have to spend time
with them to know this. So many people go unnoticed and unappreciated because no one has ever taken time with
them and admired their uniqueness.”
Consider the words of the Psalmist
“I will praise you, for I am fearfully and
wonderfully made; marvelous are your
works, and that my soul knows very
well.” Psalm 139:14
Isn’t it time we started living with the
uniqueness that God created us for and
not try to be someone else?
Pastor John Giesbrecht
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North Shuswap Christian Fellowship
4079 Butters Road, Scotch Creek
Pastor John Giesbrecht – 250-955-2545
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Sunday 10:30 am
Catholic Services
Our Lady of the Lake - Blind Bay
 Sunday, 11 am
Chase
 Sunday, 9:00 am
No Masses in Celista until further notice
What’s on at NS Christian Fellowship:
 Bible Study - All, Wed, 7 pm
 Women’s Ministries, 10 am 1st Tues
monthly
Celebrate the Shuswap Week
April 18th to the 24th is Celebrate the
Shuswap Week. Planned events include
displays, tree planting, litter cleanup,
storm-drain marking, talks, hikes, and
two major public events. On Earth Day,
April 22nd there will be an evening of
visual and musical entertainment at the
Salmar Classic, that will include the
final judging for the song writing contest, A Song for the Shuswap. On the
following day, April 23rd, there will be a
Watershed Conference at Salmon Arm
O-250-515-2502
Sunday 11:00 am
Secondary, at which the winning essays
will be presented, along with talks, displays and visual presentations. Posters
from the poster contest will be on display. The Conference will conclude
with a free, all-ages dance featuring Old
Man’s Beard (sponsored by Askews).
We hope that project partners will also
sponsor events during this week in other
Shuswap communities.
Everyone is invited to participate
in the events. Come out and Celebrate
the Shuswap!
Spring Bottle Drive
By Jan Penner
Division 1 is holding their annual Spring Bottle
Drive on April 10th. Funds raised will go towards
end of year activities and field trips. If you wish to
donate recyclables, but will be unavailable on this
date, cans and bottles can be dropped off at Scotch
Creek Bottle Depot, with instructions to forward the
proceeds to Division 1. Your generous support is
greatly appreciated.
Join us for Easter at
St. David’s by the Lake
on the highway in Celista
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Palm Sunday March 28 at 11:00
Remembering the triumphant entry
of Jesus into Jerusalem
Holy Communion
A special part for children
Good Friday April 2 at 11:00
A reflective service with symbols,
stories, and song
For all ages and denominations
Hot cross buns served after
Easter Eve April 3 at 5:00
A candlelight service of song and
readings for everyone
Supper served after
Easter Sunday April 4 at 11:00
A service of celebration with Holy
Communion
Something special for children
Light lunch after
Thrift Shop News
Opening April 14th
Donations welcome after
the end of March. Please! no
microwaves, TVs, computers
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MARCH 2010
Calendar of Events
Adams River Salmon Society.. Sonja Vernon-Wood 250-318-4344
AWE Society..Dorothy Marks ggskram@lincsat.com
Anglemont Ladies Golf.. Bev Shea 955-0365
Anglemont Men’s Golf Club.. Steve Moore 955-2204
Anglemont Sr. Citizens.. Barry Tannock 955-2322
Artistic Community.. Lynn Erin 955-6234
Baseball Club.. Terry Speed 955-6122
Camp Grafton.. Judy MacPherson250-374-5115 or
Maria Mazzotta 250-374-5665
Chamber of Commerce.. Dave Cunliffe 250-851-6852
Coffee House.. Dave Baxter 679-3899
Country Kids Play School.. Alanna Stearns 679-3005
Country Gardens Garden Club.. Chris Trueman
955-6467
CRIMESTOPPERS.. 1-800-222-8477
Crowfoot Snowmobile Club.. Martin & Julie Lucas
955-2246
CSRD - Area F.. Denis Delisle 955-0806
ET/NS Health Advisory Com...
Joan Bristow 955-2304
FIRE DEPARTMENTS
Anglemont Robert Gallant 955-0791
Celista Darlene Volk 955-6341
S.C./L.C. Art Stoll 955-2422 / 250-517-0098
First Responders.. Pat Robertson 955-2999
First Responders Society.. Bev Shea 955-0365
Girl Guides - Chase District - Janie Emeny 679-3094
Hatha Yoga.. Sandra 955-8189
Heart & Stroke Foundation of BC & Yukon..
Cynthia Bentley 955-2222 (In Memoriam)
Historical Society.. Loretta Greenough 955-6431
Imai Ball Park Foundation.. Paul Spooner 679-3337
Karate Club.. Dale Cundy 955-2145
Lions Club.. Pat Anderson 955-2432
Meadow Creek Park Assoc.. Don Grimm 955-0262
Naturalists Club.. Claudette Carlsen 955-8148
Needle Bugs Club.. Gerry Kendall 955-6279
NS Cemetery.. Doug Prigmore 955-6454 or Loretta
Greenough 250-955-6431
NS Christian Fellowship.. Pastor John 955-2545
NS Community Association.. Ed Elmes 955-2588
Hall Bookings – Alison Elmes 955-2588
NS Craft & Needlework Club.. Nadine Collier 955-2388
NS Elementary School.. Glen Overgaard 955-2214
NS Players.. Anne Flanders 955-0372
Okanagan Regional Library.. Lee Carreiro 955-8198
Parents Advisory Committee.. Alanna Stearns 679-3005
Parks Commission Chair.. Jackie Santa 955-2421
Police Advisory Committee.. Lynda Sutton 955-6144
Ratepayer Associations
Anglemont - Rudy Maarsman 955-0482
Lee Creek - Cathy Hopland 679-3117
Magna Bay - Alan Nunn 955-0302 or 604-522-3346
Saratoga - Aileen Brand 955-6123
St. Ives - Allan Young 955-2570
School District # 83.. Maureen Kalynchuk 955-2954
Seymour Arm Comm. Assoc.. Bob Reimer 250-833-7610
Seymour Arm Snowmobile Club.. Wilmer Marks
778-785-2032
Shuswap Environmental Action Society..
Jim Cooperman 679-3693
Shuswap Hospice Society.. 832-7099
Shuswap Volunteer Search & Rescue.. Don Reed 675-2597
Shuswap Needle Arts Guild.. Gemma 835-8842,
Sandra 832-0972
Shuswap Rock Club.. Pat or Gail Bowden 675-2849
Skmana Ski club .. George 679-3688 or John 679-8600
South Shuswap Canada Day Committee.. Jennie
Anderson 675-4553
Tai Chi.. Sandra Spicer 955-8189
Victim Services.. Jeff Foss 679-8638
Whittlers Club.. Rudy Maarsman 955-0482
Women’s Institute.. Maureen Kalynchuk 955-2954
 Sunnybrae Seniors Pancake Breakfast - Mar 13, 8:30 to 11:00 am. 50/50
draw. Sunnybrae Seniors Centre Tappen
 Sorrento Memorial Garage/Craft
Sale - Sat. Mar 13, 9am - 1pm. Refreshments avail., raffle 50/50 draw
 Chase Legion - Jam session Mar. 14,
3 - 7pm. General meeting Mar. 17,
7pm. Karaoke Feb 20, 8pm. Singles
Dart Tournament Mar 28, 2:30 FMI
679-3536
 NS Coffee House - Mar. 19th, Willow Brocke / April 16, Old Man’s
Beard / May 21, The Dust Puppets.
 Daffodil Tea, Craft, Bake Sale - Mar
27, 10 - 2pm. Pritchard Hall. Homemade lunches, draws, craft tables,
door prizes. FMI or to rent a table call
Kathy 250-577-3276
 Annual Spring Bottle Drive - April
10th. N.S. Elementary School. Funds
raised go toward end of school activities.
 Annual General Meeting - April 19,
7pm in the Club Room @ NSCA.
FMI Alison 250-955-2588
 Celebrate Shuswap Week - April
18 - 24 FMI Monica 250-833-6100
 NSCA Spring Fundraising events 6th Annual Spring Thing, May 1st /
Mother’s Day Pancake Breakfast,
May 9th / Father’s Day Lobster dinner, June 18th. FMI 250-955-2588
 Kamloops Art Galleries - Courthouse Gallery - March - Pierre
Tremblay -finely crafted woodwork.
April - Lance Weisser - water colour.
FMI visit kamloopscourthousegallery.ca /
Wilson House Gallery - Mar. 2 to 31. Bill
Frymire - mosaic tile. 115 Tranquille Rd.
FMI bill@billfrymire.com / KAC Main
Gallery - Mar. 4 to 27. Jan Pruneau arcrylics. 7 Seymour St. FMI 250-5542309. Arnica Gallery – Lisa Lipton –
Mar. 5 to Apr.3. Show with paint,
music, light and video. FMI aebuder00@hotmail.com
Regularly Scheduled Events
NS Community Hall:
CoffeeHouse - 3rd Friday of the
month, 7:30 pm NSCH
Community Association - 3rd
Mon. of the month, 7pm
Historical Society - 2nd Thurs of
the month, 2pm
Lions Club - 2nd & 4th Thurs of
the month, 7pm
Naturalist Meeting - 3rd Thurs of
the month, 1:30pm
NSWI (Women’s Institute) - Meet
3rd Tues of the month, 1pm
NSWI - Needlework & Crafts Every Wed., 10am to 2pm. Bring
your lunch. Everyone welcome.
FMI call Nadine @ 250-955-2388.
Parks Commission - 2nd Thurs of
the month, 10am
Shuswap Lake Coalition - Two
Sundays a month, 1 - 3 pm. Call
250-955-2967 FMI
Tai Chi - FMI Sandra 955-8189
Chamber of Commerce Meetings
4th Mon of the month, 7pm @
Century 21 office FMI 250-9552113
Country Gardens Garden Club
Meet 3rd Wed of the month, 7 pm
at the Anglemont Srs. Centre. FMI
Chris 250-955-6467
Ladies Bible Study & Care Group
Meet every Friday in private homes.
9:30-11:30am. Need help/prayer/
info? (confidential) call 955-2131
North Shuswap Community
Prayer Group Meet the 3rd
Thursday of the month, 7 pm at the
Anglemont Srs. Centre. FMI
Sharlee Lea 955-0885 or Val Lenz
955-2117.
N.S. First Responders Society
Mtg is the 2nd Wed of the month,
7 pm. Phone Bev at 955-0365 for
location
Royal Canadian Legion - Chase
Sun: Open 2pm - 8pm
Mon: Dart League 7:30pm
Tues: Free meat draws 4:30pm 6:00pm, fun Euchre 7pm
Thur: Crib 7pm, League Darts 7:30 pm
Fri: TGIF meal 5:30pm - 6:30pm,
Ladies Doubles Dart League 2 pm.
Sat: Meat Draws, Fun Darts 2pm,
Pool Tournaments, 50/50 draw
6:30pm
New members always welcome.
FMI 250-679-3536
Shuswap Needle Arts Guild meet the 1st and 3rd Thurs of the
month, 10 am. at Sunnybrae
Seniors Hall
The Ta'Lana Twirler's Square
Dance Club weekly dances, at
the Blind Bay Hall, 2010 Blind Bay
Rd. Rounds and main stream
dancing. FMI Betty & Fred at 250675-4408 or George & Nancy at
250-675-5375
To add a meeting/event call Jan 955-0534, Fax 955-0515
or email kicker@kicker.ca
MARCH 2010
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Submitted by Windwalker, allrecipes.com
3
tablespoons all-purpose
flour
salt and black pepper to taste
3 1/2 pounds cubed lamb
stew meat
6 tablespoons butter, divided
2 large onion, chopped
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2
tablespoons brown sugar
Got a favourite
tablespoons curry powder
recipe you would
1 large Granny Smith apple like to share?
peeled, cored, and cubed
Send it to
1 cup chicken stock
kicker@kicker.ca or
1/2 cup raisins
fax it to
1 tablespoon lemon juice
250-955-0515
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Place the flour in a plastic bag; season to taste with salt and pepper. Add the lamb,
and shake until evenly coated with flour. Melt half of the butter in a large pot over
medium-high heat. Cook the lamb in batches until golden brown on all sides, about
5 minutes per batch; set aside.
Reduce heat to medium and add the remaining butter. Stir in the onions, and cook
until the onions have softened and turned translucent, about 5 minutes. Stir in the
brown sugar, curry powder, apples, chicken stock, raisins, and browned lamb. Bring
to a boil over medium-high heat, then reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until the lamb is very tender, 1 to 1 1/2 hours. Stir in the lemon juice and cook 2
minutes before serving.
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ACROSS
1.An inclined surface
5. Website addresses
9. Combination (abbrev.)
14. Margarine
15. An oil-rich bean or
seed
16. Egg-shaped
17. Chooses
18. Beige
19. Black European thrush
20. Fleece
22. Liberates
23. A piece of armor to
protect thighs
24. A Christmas song
26. Macaws
29. Wore away
33. Disciple
38. Filled with stars
39. To thrust with a weapon
(archaic)
40. Noise made while
sleeping
42. A citizen of Denmark
43. Spread negative information about
45. Enrolled
47. Northwestern state
48. Priestly vestment
49. Slogan
52. An adult insect
57. Regions
60. Booked or slotted
63. Social status64. Sun
god (Sumerian mythology)
65. Linoleum (abbrev.)
66. Electronic letters
67. Mob
68. Always
69. Impertinent
70. Anagram of "Salt"
71. Dried hemp leaves
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21. A juicy gritty-textured fruit
25. Sell again
27. Dispatched again
28. Annual (abbrev.)
30. "Darn!"
31. Sea eagle
32. Colored cloth
33. Type of hairstyle
34. One who accomplishes
35. Bee colony
36. Puzzling
37. Foot digit
41. Registered Nursing Assistant
1. Perch
2. Greek first letter
3. Distributes
4. What a model does
5. Utilizes
6. Stone
7. Words of a song
8. Steam bath
9. Soothe
10. Overburdens
11. Not less
12. Digestive fluid
13. Lyric poems
North Shuswap Library
Tuesdays
12 pm - 7 pm
Wed. & Sat.
11 am - 3 pm
250-955-8198
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New to the community?…
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250-679-3919
e-mail: dcj@look.ca
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44. Slackly
46. Cited from the same place
50. Genus of hemlock spruce
51. Base 8 number system
53. Donkeys
54. Not dead
55. Units of heredity
56. Smells
57. Expert flyers
58. Avatar of Vishnu
59. Jacob's brother
61. Pursuit
62. They come from chickens
Chase &
District RCMP
Victim
Service
250-679-8638
24 hours/day, 365
days/yr
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$5 up to 20 words, 20¢ ea. additional word. $1 for box-around. Single column display Ads are $2.00 per 1/4 inch.
Drop ads along with cash or check (made out to the KICKER) at drop boxes, e-mail ad to kicker@kicker.ca or mail
to Box 129, Anglemont, B.C. V0E 1A0. Ads must be received 10 days prior to the paper hitting the stands.
CLASSIFIED ADS MUST BE PAID IN ADVANCE.
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SERVICES
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Making Waves Marine Service,
Service, parts, and marine accessories to your location. Full marine
repair and service available to all
makes and models of pleasure
craft. Fully certified marine technician with over 15 years experience.
Call Alan today at 250-955-0884.
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New Doctor In Town. The Dock
Doctor. Dock & Buoy repair &
maintenance. Bob 250-955-2500
or 250-318-2890.
linbo@airspeedwireless.ca
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Are you going away for the winter? Need a house check for insurance purposes? Need snow removed from your deck? Lived here
since 1981. References avail. Call
Linda 250-955-2500
-----------------------------------------Children First. I am organizing a
parent group to discuss ideas for
enriching our children's’ lives in
this community. If interested please
call Alisa 250-955-0335
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SERVICES
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SERVICES
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SERVICES
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K9 ScallyWags
THOMPSON RIVERS APPRAISALS
Puncture Perfect
Piercing
Pet Grooming
IPG Certified
679-7889
Now Open
Saturdays
Tues-Sat
(by appointment)
560-B Shuswap Avenue
- Best parking around back -
Larkspur Services. Orchardist
with horticultural background.
Looking for pruning, shaping,
topping? No guess work. Free
estimates. Evening 250-517-7429
Piano Tuning & Restoration
Grand Piano Consultation
REAL ESTATE APPRAISALS
Magna Bay
www.trappraisals.ca
250-372-2599
250-682-5995
 Pre-purchase and Pre-sale
appraisal reports
 Mortgage Refinancing?
 Estate?
 Division of Assets?
Prompt Service
Fully accredited appraisers (AACI)
TOPSOIL
MANURE (rotted)
GRAVEL
LOT CLEARING
EXCAVATING
955-6435
Kenneth Finlayson
Foundations, Framing,
Finishing, Decks, Flooring, Tiling,
Renovations. For all your
construction needs call Simon
Hodges 250-318-6079,
Dave Hodges 250-955-8624.
FOUR SEASONS
HOME SERVICES
250-955-0011
Weekly House Checks • Summer
Watering • Cabin Open Up/Shut Down
Happy clients for the past 6
years. Dependable service, excellent references.
COMPETITIVE RATES
CAPT/ACAP
250-675-4661
250-517-7627
kennyfin01@gmail.com
WINDOW CLEANING
Available April 3 - 10th. North
Shuswap, Chase to Blind Bay.
Cost estimated at $100 per house
for outside only. For information
call 250-955-29A47
Small Breed
Dog Grooming.
Cleaning by Charlene
Will clean your condo, cabin.
Reasonable rates. Supply my
own cleaning agents.
250-955-6142, cell 778-220-1167
DOCK DOCTOR
IF YOUR DOCK
AINT A ROCKIN
HAVE THE DOCTOR
COME A KNOCKIN
FOR ALL YOUR
DOCK REPAIRS
Certified since 1978.
Julie of Modern Touch
Hair Studio has
joined the girls at
Sebastion
Salon in Sorrento
Mondays 9 - 1
Tues - Fri 9 - 5
Later appointments available upon request
call 250-675-2114
& ask for JULIE
“WE HAVE THE ATTITUDE YOUR
HAIR IS SCREAMING FOR!!”
Come and Check Us Out
2806 Arnheim Rd.
Call Kelly 250-679-3632
Lucas Excavating Services
Hitachi 120, driveways, building
excavations, lot clearing. Over 20
years experience.
Call Graham 250-955-2173
High Flow Plumbing, pumps,
tanks, taps, sinks, tubs, etc. One call
we do it all. Seniors discounts.
250-377-5043 or 250-679-7682
NOW BUILDING WOOD DOCKS
UNWANTED DOCK REMOVAL
CALL BOB
250-955-2500
250-318-2890
linbo@airspeedwireless.ca
Qua Verde Enterprises Ltd.
Residential House Cleaning
Body piercing in the comfort of your own home Starting @$35.00, all piercings include tax and implant grade jewellery. Call Christine @ 250‐682‐5028 —————————————
FOR SALE
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New & Used Medical Equipment
Scooters, walkers, wheelchairs,
bathroom safety, stairlifts, hospital
beds, nursing uniforms. Free
Screening for obstructive sleep
apnea, treatment and follow-up.
CPAP masks, parts, and accessories. Respiratory therapy equipment and home oxygen.
www.lakesidemedical.ca or
1-877-777-2431
PRIVATE HOUSEBOAT FOR SALE
$32,000
40x11 triple-pontoon, 8-sleeper
houseboat with twin controls,
includes trailer, built by 3 Buoys
in early 80’s. Good condition –
needs nothing – completely
refurbished. Volvo Penta engine
in good running condition & easy
on fuel. Marine Survey done in
2005. Call Al @ 250-955-2188 or
Jerry @ 250-955-0985.
8 year old Quarter Horse for sale
or trade for 4 steers, green broke.
Call George 250-955-2165
------------------------------------------Health Rider R65 treadmill. Excellent condition, bought for
$1,400, selling for $625. call
250-955-0768
------------------------------------------Propane furnace $300, propane
fire place with brass surround and
logs $400, propane hot water tank
$35. Call Dave 250-955-8624
------------------------------------------Worm composting indoors the
easy way. Kits/worms at Turtle
Valley Donkey Refuge. Call
Shirley Mainprize @ 250-6792778
Servicing the Shuswap since 1996
Alice 250-679-5353
email: brideaua@telus.net
Birch Firewood - Delivered.
Ian Bischoff. 250-955-2340
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$5 up to 20 words, 20¢ ea. additional word. $1 for box-around. Single column display Ads are $2.00 per 1/4 inch.
Drop ads along with cash or check (made out to the KICKER) at drop boxes, e-mail ad to kicker@kicker.ca or mail
to Box 129, Anglemont, B.C. V0E 1A0. Ads must be received 10 days prior to the paper hitting the stands.
CLASSIFIED ADS MUST BE PAID IN ADVANCE.
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FOR RENT
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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE
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cruise or just sit by the water and listen
Town-House for rent. 3 bdr, 2
to the loons. Nothing to do - fully
bath, in-law suite, garage, all
renovated home, fantastic kitchen,
appliances, W/D, N/S, N/P,
heated floors, large master with walksatellite TV included. $1,200 plus
in closet. Floor to ceiling windows
D/D. 250-320-3262
with full views of gardens and
—————————————— lake. South exposure. Just under 1 acre
of beautifully landscaped gardens, Koi
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE
—–———–—–—–———–—–— pond, greenhouse, large garage. This
home is a must see!! Call Jim or
One acre view lot next to Gateway
Susan 250 955-0727
RV. Septic approved. Water system
——————————————
in. Taxes $150/year. $75,000. 250COMMERCIAL PROPERTY
679-3945
---------------------------------------------- —–——–——–—–––———–—–
Commercial Space for lease. Please
Building Lot - 140 Estate Drive,
Anglemont, BC - View potential lot contact Randall Martin at Little
Shuswap Indian Band for more info
located in sunny North Shuswap,
250-679-3203
close to Golf Course, Marina and
Beach. 80 ' frontage x 164' - .31
acre. $55,000. Call Jim or Susan
FOR LEASE
250 955-0727
695 sq. ft. of Professional Space
---------------------------------------------Shared lobby and bathroom with
Semi - Waterfront home beautiful
Scotch Creek Dental. Please call
Shuswap Lake. Sit on your deck and
Sonja Vernon-Wood at
enjoy the sunset over the lake. Wan250-318-4344
der down to your boat for an evening
Clip & Save
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HELP WANTED
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY
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For Lease or Purchase
Development of commercial
property in Scotch Creek, mid
summer 2010. Anyone interested
in leasing, lease to purchase or
purchase space contact
250-955-0499 or 250-309-2598
Help Wanted
May 1st-September 1st.
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HELP WANTED
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Relief Caregiver Required. Odd
days here and there. No experience
Necessary. Just good company .
Please call 250-955-2987 (Angela)
Shuswap Cabins - Cleaners required to clean vacation rental
properties. Potential to make
$50.00/hr must have own vehicle.
To book an interview interested
applicants should call: (250) 8336632 or (250)955-0721
Office Receptionist
Caravans West R.V. Resort in
Scotch Creek needs an
enthusiastic, seasonal, weekend
office receptionist for general
duties. Good communication
skills and general computer
knowledge is essential.
Contact us by email:
caravansoa@lakecable.ca
Phone 250-955-0033
or attend in person at the office
located at 3980 Squilax
Anglemont Hwy, Scotch Creek,
(Mondays only) for an
application form.
Classified Ads
$5.00 up to 20 words; $ .20 each additional word. Price includes GST. Drop ads at Scotch Creek SuperValu Box, Peoples Drug Mart Box
in Scotch Creek, Sunnyside Supermart in Celista, or 7320 Estate Place in Anglemont or mail to Box 129, Anglemont, B.C. V0E 1A0.
Ads must be received 10 days prior to the paper hitting the stands, and must be paid in advance.
PLEASE PRINT
Name:
Month(s): __________ to__________
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Basic Charge: 20 Words =
Address:
Category:
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Add’l words: ____ x .20 =
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Payment Info:
Cost per month:
Phone:
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Cash
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MARCH 2010
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LOT CLEARING
EXCAVATING
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Rent the INN
Open year round.
Check us out at
www.anglemontinn.com
(250) 955-0701
Div. Of Nicholl Contracting
DUMP HOURS
Year Round
Friday to Tuesday
8 am - 2 pm
Closed: Wed & Thurs,
Remembrance Day,
Christmas Day & New Years Day
HARD
APRIL
DEADLINE
is Apr 2nd
We hit the stands
on April 16th
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MARCH 2010
CROWFOOT
Concrete Form Rentals
and Installation
Robert Gallant
DISTRIBUTOR FOR
Tel: 250-955-0780
Fax: 250-955-0787
Cell: 250-319-2343
Chase
WALLS & FOUNDATIONS
3729 Kenwood Gate,
Scotch Creek
www.arxxwalls.com
120 Aylmer Rd.
10 am to 3 pm - Mon. to Sat.
250-679-8408
North Shuswap
Milk Containers
Milk jugs & wax milk containers
BOAT, RV & MINI STORAGE
Indoor, Outdoor & Covered Storage
Easy Access Ground Level Units
Short or Long Term
Valet Service for your Boat or RV
Secure “Your Lock” - “Your Key”
Reasonable Rates
Full Refund on all Ready to Drink Containers
1L and under - 5¢, Over 1L - 20¢
Wine & Spirits
250-955-0788
1L and under - 10¢, Over 1L - 20¢
All Beer Imports
Email
storageresort@gmail.com
1337 Cardy Drive
Scotch Creek
$1.20/doz.
Domestic Beer & Coolers
$1.00/doz.
North Shuswap
250-955-2119
Towing
3838 Squilax-Anglemont Hwy
Scotch Creek
Shuswap Building Supplies & Rentals
250-679-8128
Joe Hadziev
Wishing Everyone a
Happy Easter!
HOURS
Mon to Fri 7:30 - 5
Sat 8 - 5
Sun 10 - 4
24 Hour Towing
FREE Scrap Car Removal
BCAA
AUTHORIZED
ROAD SERVICE
for all your masonry needs
Specializing in Custom Stonework
Gunnar Keuris
Tel:
250-955-0944
Fax: 250-955-0947
PILOT CAR
Service


Boosting • Lockouts
Wheel Lifts • Fuel Delivery
Local • Long Distance
We honour ALL Road Service Plans

March 2010

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