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244TH EDITION
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Earth Day at Roderick Haig-Brown Park
MAY 2018
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By Jo Anne Malpass To celebrate Earth Day, three bus loads of
students from Chase and Kamloops were treat-ed to a guided tour of Roderick Haig-Brown Park on April 20 with presentations about salm-on and their habitat.
Opening ceremonies were presided over by The Adams River Salmon Society (ARSS) Vice-President Dave Smith, Event Director Blair Action and indigenous elders Ethel Billy and JD Billy. After a prayer and singing by Ethel Billy, the students divided into four groups for their walkabouts.
On the tours, which lasted about an hour, the bio-diversity of the park and the life-cycle of the sockeye was explained. One of the tour directors, Ted Kay, told his group the cycle begins in freshwater in the fall, when a female's nest of eggs is fertilized. These eggs remain in the gravel throughout the winter while the em-bryos develop. In the spring, the eggs hatch and the young salmon emerge. The fry then spend a year or two in the lake before they begin their migration to the ocean. Sockeye typically spend two years at sea before they start their home-ward migration to spawn.
Kay said it is suspected that scents play a key role in the salmon’s ability to find their way back to their birth place. He said they turn red because they stop feeding on their journey, using their fat storage, muscles and organs, and
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Roderick Haig-Brown Provincial Park is named after the great British Columbian writer, conservationist and fly-fisher. Haig-Brown served as a member of the Interna-tional Pacific Salmon Commission and on the boards of many conservation organiza-tions, including the Nature Trust of B.C. Within these organizations Haig-Brown worked for the protection of wild fish stocks and the rivers they inhabit, especially the Adams River. As a result of his work and the contributions of many others, this park was created, and its world-famous run of sockeye salmon preserved
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By Jan Penner Excerpt from Journey Part I, July 2012 - by Jan Wojciechowski - “ On a recent visit to our local doctor’s office I found myself in a conver-sation with someone who has been fighting a debili-tating and deadly disease. She inspired me with her positive attitude when we talked about her illness. When I asked her how she was doing she had a smile on her face and said she was semi-retired and was happy to beat the odds on the original prognosis of her disease. I thought about her a lot since that chance meeting and felt it would be important to share a bit of her journey with you, our readers. When we talked again, she happily agreed to share her personal story.”
This is our 70th edition of this col-umn. When it began, Heather Alison
had been given less than a year before she was expected to succumb to cancer. She battled the disease in all its many permutations for almost 6 years but,
sadly, passed away in mid-April. Our sincere condolences to her family and friends. She was a very special per-son, always ready to help others, always thinking about others. Sharing her experiences with such posi-tive energy was truly an inspiration and was of great benefit to many of our readers as they worked
through their own issues and illnesses. Heather helped us to see that positivity makes the difference no matter what the circumstances.
Heather, you were a great source of strength and courage and you will continue to live on in our hearts and memories.
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begin to absorb their scales so the red flesh underneath shows through.
After a break for lunch, the students learned more in presentations from BC Parks, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, The ARSS and Little Shuswap Lake Indian Band Fisheries, who gave a salmon fish-ing demon-stration. One of the young-er students was over-heard saying “this park is awesome.”
The event was also part of World Fish Migration Day to raise global attention to the need for restored river connections for mi-grating fish, to achieve healthier fish stocks and more productive rivers.
Along with preparing for the 2018 Salute to the Sockeye, ARSS has em-barked on several initiatives to be a strong voice for the wild salmon through education, advocacy and partic-ipation in several events. It hopes to expand the hours of the Interpretive
Centre this summer and increase the number of Interpretive Guided Tours, with an emphasis on school field trips. It needs more volunteers to make this all possible. If you are inter-ested in be-
coming involved, you can complete a volunteer and membership form at www.salmonsociety.com.
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Earth Day at Roderick Haig-Brown Park continued
An Inspirational Journey Ends
Visitors learned about the migration of the Sockeye from tour director Ted Kay at Adams River Viewing Platform
Heather Alison
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Although it is too early to predict flooding in the Shuswap, there is a rec-ord amount of snow in the mountains and people with properties in potential flood areas are being advised to be pre-pared, just in case.
We are luckier on the Shuswap than our neighbours in the Okanagan who have already experienced flooding and are on high streamflow warnings in sev-eral areas.
The BC River Forecast Centre said the seasonally hot temperatures across the BC Interior the last week of April led to rapid melt of snow pack at mid-elevation (900-1500m) and the onset of the snow melt season at upper eleva-tions. Snow melt rates observed at auto-mated snow weather stations in late April grew to 10-25 mm/day at mid-elevation sites, and 0-10mm/day at up-per elevations.
All regions of BC received above normal snow for the period of April 1 to April 22. The provincial average snow water equivalent increased from 106% on April 1 to 114% on April 22.
Several stations in the South Thompson, Lower Columbia, Boundary and Okanagan regions have measured record high snow packs. These include: Celista Mountain, Barnes Creek, St. Leon Creek, Grano Creek, Mission Creek and Brenda Mines.
Shuswap Lake Watch reported at the end of April that waterflow in creeks and rivers is increasing, with Shuswap Lake levels consistently raising. During the warm last week of April, the lake level increased by up to 6.4 cm each day, with the lake going up 0.7 m dur-ing the month.
“Current lake levels are almost iden-
tical to the 2012 runoff and flood year. However, warmer temperatures started earlier than this year, the snowline had retrieved to higher elevations, and the overall snowpack wasn't as high as this year. Furthermore, taking the long-term weather forecast into consideration, predictions for this year's runoff are now shifting towards a high lake level again with spill-overs on the lower Shuswap River and lake water pushing into the local floodplains. The late May / early June weather sure will be-come a critical factor again.”
The River Forecast Centre reports snow pack is one element of seasonal flood risk during BC’s freshet season. Weather patterns during the snow melt season play a critical role in whether flooding occurs. Intense or prolonged rainfall and extreme temperatures are important factors that can lead to flood-ing, even for areas with a near normal snow pack.
If you are concerned about flooding on your property, PreparedBC recom-mends you develop a household plan, put together your emergency kit, con-nect with your neighbours and learn about the emergency response plan for your area. You can download a Prepar-edness guide on their website.
Go to the Shuswap Emergency Pro-gram on the CSRD website for flooding and sandbagging information. Free sand and sandbags will be available at the Scotch Creek Fire Hall.
The Farmers Almanac forecast for the Shuswap in May says average tem-peratures of 11°C and precipitation of 30mm (20mm below avg.) so let’s hope they are right and the snow melts at a reasonable rate.
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Kickin’ back with Larry Larry Morgan - Director, Electoral Area ‘F’
(North Shuswap & Seymour Arm ) Columbia Shuswap Regional District Tel: 250-955-2567 Cell: 250-517-9578 Email: [email protected]
• Community Issues Assessment - A letter was received from the Hon-ourable Selina Robinson, Minister of Municipal Affairs & Housing in re-sponse to the CSRD $20,000 restruc-ture planning grant request to support a community issues assessment in Electoral Area F.
The CSRD will be working with Ministry staff to define the terms of reference and line up funding. A final decision on a go ahead will be made after municipal elections in October. Director Morgan said this will follow the timeline to have the project under-way during spring and summer, 2019. The extended timeline will allow ab-sentee owners the opportunity to pro-vide input. (65% of the properties in Area F are owned by absentee owners) • Mosquito Control at Shuswap Provincial Park – The CSRD has been working with BC Parks since Decem-ber on a permit application to treat mosquitoes in Shuswap Lake Provin-cial Park.
Environmental Health Services Team Leader Ben Van Nostrand told Director Morgan that CSRD staff ex-pect the “Ministry will be making a decision in time for our contractor to prepare for the 2018 season. Again, we’ve submitted a permit application to the MOE to enable our program to be delivered in BC Parks for nuisance mosquito control and are committed to seeing this process through!” • Area F Road Improvements – Director Morgan has been working with local Ministry of Transportation staff on priorities for road improve-ments on the North Shuswap. The Ministry is working with JPW Road Maintenance to form a plan. Al-though there have been no guarantees or com-mitments made, the focus appears to be on upgrading some of the gravel roads.
March 29 Board Meeting • CSRD Resolutions to Union of BC Municipalities – Two CSRD Resolu-tions endorsed at the UBCM Conven-tion in September have received re-
sponses from the Province. 1 – That the provincial government
ensure that forest tenure holders have comprehensive consultation in poten-tially affected communities with resi-dents, local government and other stakeholders.
Response - The Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resources encour-ages communities to work with local district managers and forest companies to discuss their specific interests in lo-cal forestry decisions.
2 – That the Province of BC and UBCM call on the Government of Can-ada to increase Transport Canada's re-sources to more effectively regulate and remove buoys on lakes and rivers in BC that have been illegally placed, are unsafe, or are undocumented or of un-known ownership.
Response - Compliance and En-forcement staff are conducting marine patrols and will be pursuing enforce-ment action on identified illegal works. Priority is given to those structures with the greatest impact on public safety or the environment.
Local government staff are encour-aged to contact the Ministry's land au-thorization managers or directors to raise their specific concerns, or to find out more about the potential for a Wa-ter Sustainability Act authorization re-ferral or notification process. • 2017 CSRD Financial Statements - Auditors from BDO Dunwoody pre-sented the 2017 Financial State-ments and conclu-sions from their annual audit. The Board approved the Statements as required by the Local Government Act. The financial statement is availa-ble on the CSRD website as part of
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the agenda of the March 29 meeting. • Grant-in-aid Area F - $1,700 Anglemont Firefighters Association (open house/pancake breakfast). • Electoral Area F: Electoral Area F Official Commu-nity Plan Amendment Bristow Park - The CSRD recent-ly acquired properties located at 1946 Bristow Road in Celista and the Parks staff is preparing to construct a com-munity boat launch and waterfront park at this location. The project includes an amendment to the Electoral Area F Official Community Plan to change the designation from SSA - Secondary Settlement Area to PK - Parks and Pro-tected Areas, and an amendment to Lakes Zoning Bylaw No. 900 to rezone the foreshore from FR1 - Foreshore Res-
idential 1 to FP - Foreshore Park. The OCP and Lakes Zoning amendments were both given first readings and will now be referred out to various agencies and First Nations for comment.
April 19 Board Meeting • School District No. 83 Delegation - Official Trustee Mike MacKay and Su-perintendent/CEO Peter Jory attended to discuss School District No. 83's Strate-gic Plan. A letter from Minister of Edu-cation Rob Fleming notified the School District, he had signed a ministerial or-der changing the composition of the Board to five trustees, which includes one trustee for North Shuswap/Sorrento/Carlin. The School District will contin-ue to evaluate the effectiveness of the revised Board size over the next six years and fine-tune if needed. • Minister of Transportation & In-frastructure - Letter from the Honoura-ble Claire Trevena, Minister of Trans-portation and Infrastructure, in response to CSRD letter regarding active trans-portation and the placement of "Share the Road" signage. “The ministry uses "Share the Road" signs in areas where there is a high volume of cyclists to en-sure that drivers know to expect them on the road. While the ministry is careful not to overuse these signs, as drivers may ignore overused or improperly used signs, local staff would be happy to re-view any requests for the placement of "Share the Road" signs on a particular highway corridor.” • SILGA 2018 Late Resolution - Minister of Transportation and Infra-structure - Need for Improved Snow Removal for Rural Areas - the Board
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Kickin’ back with Larry continued
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endorsed a resolution for submission to the Southern Interior Local Government Association (SILGA) for consideration as a Late Res-olution at its 2018 Annual General Meeting:
BE IT resolved that the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure be re-quested to immediately un-dertake a review of their contractor obligations, and agreement specifications for snow and ice control in the rural areas, including a re-view of minimum equipment standards and staffing re-quirements. The resolution refers to increased issues in terms of timeliness and qual-ity of snow and ice removal in rural areas, particularly during the past 2017/2018 winter snow season, creating a public safety issue for emergency response vehicles
accessing streets and road-ways during an emergency, affecting school bus routes, and leading to unsafe situa-tions for drivers, passengers and pedestrians. • Appointment of Chief Election Officer and Depu-ty Chief Election Officer - Lynda Shykora was appoint-ed Chief Election Officer for conducting the 2018 general local election, Jennifer Gra-ham was appointed Deputy Chief Election Officer. • Shuswap Draft Com-munications Protocol - The CSRD Board approved the Shuswap Local and Secwepemc Governments Draft Communications Pro-tocol. Three meetings were held over the past year to create a protocol agreement that will establish and main-tain a long-term, cooperative government-to-government
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relationship and open com-munication across the Shus-wap watershed portion of Secwepemculecw. The pro-tocol needs to be adopted by all local and First Nations governments before the sign-ing ceremony planned for this Fall. • Area F – Grants-in-aid
$1,950 Anglebay Enter-tainers (full size piano key-board)
$10,000 Lee Creek Arts & Sports Society (Friday Nights Live)
$5,000 Seymour Arm Community Association (wharf insurance and re-pairs). • Grant in Aid – Excep-tion from Policy F-30 - The Board waived the policy requirement for the North Shuswap Chamber of Com-merce grant in aid to allow the Chamber to make a 2018 application for grant in aids while the post-application documentation for the 2017 grant remains outstanding. The Chamber received $10,000 last year to produce three videos of the North Shuswap. Two require video from all four seasons and are expected to be completed in July.
The Board approved an allocation from the 2018 Area F grant in aid funds to the North Shuswap Chamber of Commerce for a commu-nity revitalization project in the amount of $29,500. This project includes sandblasting and staining four signs, beautification of North Shuswap, organization and administration, summer fes-tival and community en-gagement. • Area F Community Works Fund – Tourism
Kiosks – The Board ap-proved up to $42,900 plus applicable taxes from the Area F Community Works Fund for three Tourism Ki-osks to be constructed for and managed by the North Shuswap Chamber of Com-merce, and to be located at three locations in Area F. • Proposed Changes to the Municipal & Regional District Tax – The board will send a letter to the BC Minister of Finance asking for clarification over con-cerns from Tourism Golden about proposed changes to the allocation of Municipal & Regional District Tax (MRDT) funds. • Cannabis Legalization Framework for the CSRD - Regulatory and Non-Regulatory Options to ad-dress Cannabis Legalization in CSRD Electoral Areas. The Board directed staff to proceed with preparing a Cannabis Policy for consid-eration at a future Board meeting. This would include a policy for retail and pro-duction facilities and a plan for public consultation. • Electoral Area F: De-velopment Permit No. 830-228 (Home Hardware Stores Limited) – The board approved an applica-tion for a Development Per-mit (DP) for a new shed on the Home Hardware proper-ty in Scotch Creek. Because the property is designated Village Centre in the Offi-cial Community Plan, a DP must be issued before the owners can obtain a building permit to construct the new shed. The proposed shed meets the requirements of Bylaw No. 825, including size, height and setbacks from property lines
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Unlawful Discharge of Firearm
On April 7 at approxi-mately 8:00 pm, Chase RCMP received a report of an intoxicated male shoot-ing a rifle from a residence on Arnouse Lane, Lee Creek, BC. The shots had been directed close to sev-eral people nearby. Police attended and searched the residence. Police located a rifle and arrested a 50-year-old man found in the resi-dence. The man has been charged with Unlawfully Discharging a Firearm, Pointing a Firearm, Pos-sessing a Firearm While Prohibited and Failing to Comply with Recogni-zance.
Selling Prohibited Weapons Unknowingly
On April 17, Chase RCMP attended a Chase area business that was un-knowingly selling prohibit-ed weapons. Police located Cat’s Eyes self-defence keychains being sold. These items are similar in design to brass knuckles, a device with a band of metal or hard material with finger holes designed to fit over the fingers of the hand and are a prohibited weapon in Canada. As the business was cooperative, removing the items from sale, no charges will be pursued in this matter. Chase RCMP recommend anyone who purchased these items to turn them into police or have them destroyed. Pos-session of brass knuckles or similar devices is a Crimi-nal Offence in Canada
Aggravated Assault On Tuesday April 17th,
2018 at 3:25 pm, the Chase RCMP re-sponded to a report of a fight at a residence in 8500 block of Holding Road near Adams Lake, BC. Chase RCMP, RCMP Police Dog Services Police and BC Ambulance Service arrived on scene to find the victim, a 50 year old male from Lee Creek, had sustained a severe cut to his hand. Air ambulance was requested and transported the victim to Royal Inland Hospital where he would require surgery for his inju-ries. The suspect had fled from the scene.
Investigation deter-mined the victim was in-volved in an altercation with a 44 year old man from the Chase area. Dur-ing the altercation the sus-pect brandished a large machete style knife and struck the victim causing the injury.
On Wednesday April 18th, 2018, the suspect turned himself in to the Chase RCMP Detach-ment. He was placed under arrest and later released on a Promise to Appear in Kamloops Provincial Court on June 4th, 2018. Chase RCMP is recommending charges of aggravated as-sault, possession of a weap-on for dangerous purposes and mischief.
The victim and suspect are casual acquaintanc-es. The motive for the al-tercation is unknown but alcohol was a factor.
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Two-vehicle Collision On April 19 at approxi-mately 2:30 pm, Chase RCMP received a report of a two-vehicle collision on Holding Rd in Adam’s Lake BC. Police deter-mined a Chevrolet truck, travelling northbound, crossed into the path of a south bound tractor trailer unit. Extensive damage was done to the tractor and the truck. No injuries were reported. The driver of the truck was issued a violation ticket for Failing to Keep Right.
SV Rollover On April 19 at approxi-mately 7:30 pm, Chase RCMP received a report of a single vehicle rollover on Estate Place in Anglemont, BC. Chase RCMP, Angle-mont Fire Department, First Responders and BC Ambu-lance Service responded. The 52-year-old driver was alone in the vehicle when it lost control rolling into the ditch. The driver was unin-jured. Police determined the driver had consumed
alcohol before driving. Af-ter failing a road side screening device, the driver was issued a 90-day Imme-diate Roadside Driving Pro-hibition and his vehicle was impounded for 30 days.
Tractor Trailer Fire On April 20 at 11:20 am, Chase RCMP received a report of a tractor trailer on fire on the Trans-Canada Highway approximately 2 miles east of Chase BC. Police arrived to find a fire had started in one of the trailers, the driver was able to unhook the tractor unit to save it from any damage. The fire occurred outside of a fire protection area and was left to extinguish on its own. One of the two west-bound lanes was closed for the majority of the day to allow workers to safely ac-cess the vehicle. Anyone with any infor-mation regarding these in-vestigations, or any other crime, is asked to contact the Chase Detachment at (250) 679-3221 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
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822A Shuswap Ave, Chase, BC
250●679●3118 Mike O’Reilly - Owner
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Mon to Fri 8am - 4:30pm
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By Jo Anne Malpass Mike O’Reilly pur-
chased Chase Auto & Win-dow Glass a couple of years ago and has continued the company’s 30-year tradi-tion of fast, friendly, same day service.
The shop is an ICBC Glass Express location so if you just need a new wind-shield or a rock chip repair, you don’t have to go to ICBC. You can go directly to Chase Auto and Window Glass and they will take care of the windshield as well as the ICBC paper-work.
They also offer profes-sional headlamp restoration. As they age, headlight lenses can become discol-ored or dull due to oxida-tion from UV light, road debris like stones and sand, rain and exposure to caustic chemicals, reducing night time visibility for drivers. Rather than replacing the lens, resurfacing is a more economical and environ-mentally friendly alterna-tive.
Mike says that on the North Shuswap, they do a
lot of residential glass. “We replace old windows. What-ever is broken, we can re-place it,” whether it be re-placement of a full sealed unit or a single pane, they will come out to install it.
The shop can make a screen door to the needed specifications or replace the screen on an existing door.
Mirrors, Safety Glass and Plexi Glass is also cut to order. Working along with Mike is
Clayton Saunders, a certi-fied technician, and his as-sistant, Jessie.
The shop, located on Shuswap Avenue in Chase, is open Monday to Friday from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm.
Mike says “my staff and I offer professional expert service, you can book an appointment by either a phone call or stop in and talk to Clayton, Jessie or myself.”
The Kicker appreciates the advertising support from Mike at Chase Auto & Window Glass. We wish you continued success.
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The North Shuswap Chamber of Commerce is continuing its journey to sup-port and encourage business-es in our community. Our last meeting was held at the Scotch Creek fire hall and was again greeted with a great crowd.
The directors approved our new mission statement and objectives. We also approved a motion to join the B.C. Chamber of Commerce. We discussed our objectives for 2018 and formed teams to follow through with our agenda items.
Some of our requested funding for grants in aid was approved by the CSRD so we will be looking at adjust-ing some of our agenda items to reflect this. Our goal is to start with the most im-portant items and go from there, we will be applying for additional grants next year to cover the items that had been requested for this year.
The kiosks have been approved by the Community Works Fund, so we will be busy pulling this together over the spring. Three kiosks have been approved for this year, a team has been formed to head this action item.
Community Encouragement:
Now that spring has ar-rived we would like to en-courage business and proper-ty owners to tidy their yards, remove old signage and maybe plant some flowers! When you take a walk, bring a garbage bag and pick up
random trash on our side roads. If we all work together to do our part,
the North Shuswap will shape up to be one heck of a community.
We would also like to encourage any new or old business that would like to join the chamber to come out to one of our meetings, these are held monthly on the last Monday (except summer). It is a proven fact that supporting one another, providing a platform for discussions and encourage-ment is key to the success of a community.
Community Communications:
CSRD Water System: The CSRD has not had an-other meeting following the first one held in March. We are still waiting on minutes from that meeting as well as a follow-up to the next steps
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involved moving forward. Again, the Scotch Creek Water system will be put to a vote by the residents of that area, we need to be fully informed and un-derstand the pros and cons of adding such a system. Hopefully we can give you more information by next Kicker write-up.
Executive Position: The Chamber is looking to fill a part time executive position. Appli-cant must have excellent communica-tion skills, organization and communi-ty involvement. Experience with grant application an asset. Please send re-sume to [email protected]. Deadline is May 15th, 2018
Canada Day Festival: Moving forward to take place on Canada Day during the afternoon at the Scotch Creek Provincial Park. We are busy forming teams and giving tasks, so this event can be just one of many fun ac-tivities happening this summer. Next Kicker article will provide further de-tails.
Special Thanks: Area F Rep Larry Morgan:
Thank-you for providing funding so we can start the process of change in the North Shuswap.
Derek from Sasquatch Campground: Thanks Derek for providing us with information as to your new campground going in at Magna Bay. We wish you the best of luck and we are here for support.
Guest Speakers: Jim Cooperman-Will be joining
us at our next meeting in Anglemont, at 6:30p.m. at the Lakeview Center on May 28th. Jim will be discussing his new book and answering any questions one might have.
Mark your Calendar: May 28th- Chamber Meeting An-
glemont Lakeview Center, guest speaker to start at 6:30, general meet-ing to follow. Bring a small appy and a friend! Hope to see you there.
June 25th- Quaaout Lodge, 6:30p.m. last meeting before summer break!
July 1st- Canada Day Celebration, Provincial Park Scotch Creek.
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Spring is upon us. For many in the Shuswap, that means our attention turns to the lakes and rivers, and a plethora of water-based activities: boating, canoe-ing, fishing, stand-up pad-dle boarding.
For two Shuswap-based organiza-tions, it means it’s time to turn up the heat on invasive species edu-cation and prevention efforts. The increased movement of boats and other types of watercraft into and around the Shuswap means that there’s an increased risk of an accidental intro-duction of zebra and quagga mussels – a small freshwa-ter mussel native to Europe that has tremendous de-structive potential. The Shuswap Watershed Coun-cil and the Columbia Shus-wap Invasive Species Soci-ety are working together to try to prevent just that from happening.
“Zebra and quagga mus-sels would create enormous problems in the Shuswap because they cling to, colo-nize, and encrust any hard surface under water: boats, dock pilings, water supply and irrigation systems – anything. Once they’ve es-tablished, it’s difficult to get
rid of them and they just keep coming back,” says Robyn Hooper, Executive Director of the Columbia Shuswap Invasive Species Society (CSISS).
Apparently, that’s not all. “The mussels will litter beaches with their razor sharp shells. They produce foul odours, and they pol-
lute water quality which puts the lake eco-system at risk,” adds Erin Vieira, program manager for the Shuswap Watershed Council (SWC).
“The primary way the mussels would get to the Shuswap is by ‘hitch hik-ing’ on boats, fishing gear, or other watercraft such as canoes and stand-up paddle-boards from other lakes where the mussels occur,” says Vieira. “We can keep them out, as long as we fol-low a couple preventative measures,” adds Vieira.
Hooper says the mussels aren’t known to be estab-lished anywhere in BC, but they do occur in lakes in Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, and several states. “That means that anyone travel-ling into BC with a water-craft is considered higher risk, and they need to stop at a watercraft inspection
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Shuswap organizations urge boaters to Clean, Drain, Dry
and stop at watercraft inspection stations
Adult zebra and quagga mussels are approximately
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Invasive Species Society.
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In 2017, the watercraft inspection program, which is run by the BC Conserva-tion Officer service, inter-cepted 24 watercraft that were contaminated with invasive mussels. One of those was bound for the Shuswap/Thompson region, and seven for the Okanagan. “These numbers seem low, but they are scary. It could take just one contaminated watercraft to establish zebra and quagga mussels in the Shuswap,” says Vieira.
Any suspected transport or possession of zebra and quagga mussels should be reported to the Provincial RAPP line at 1-877-952-
7277. For more information about bringing a boat into BC, visit the provincial website https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/invasive-mussels/bringing-your-boat-to-bc. For more information on zebra and quagga mussels, visit CSISS’ website at www.columbiashuswapinvasives.org/zebra-mussels/
Contact: For more infor-mation, please contact Erin Vieira c/o the Fraser Basin Council in Kamloops at 250 314-9660 or Robyn Hooper at the Columbia Shuswap Invasive Species Society at 1-855-785-9333. NOTE: upon release of this article a mussel fouled boat was intercepted at the Osoyoos border crossing. The boat was bound for B.C. waters. A huge thanks to the Canada Border officer who spotted the invasive mussels. The boat was de-contaminated by the prov-ince’s Invasive Mussel In-spection Team. If you spot what you think could be Invasive Mussels please call BC Conservation Officer Services Hotline: 1-877-952-7277
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Invasive mussels have encrusted this boat hull. Photo courtesy of Columbia Shuswap Invasive Species Society.
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Media Release With temperatures rising in north-ern regions of the province, the BC Wildfire Service is encouraging mem-bers of the public, and industry person-nel, to exercise caution when doing any outdoor burning. There are currently no open burning prohibitions in effect within the North-west Fire Centre or Prince George Fire Centre’s jurisdiction. However, people wishing to light an open fire must watch for changing weather conditions and follow all burning regulations to help reduce the number of preventable wildfires. They should also take the following precautions: • Ensure that enough resources are
on hand to control the fire and pre-vent it from escaping.
• Do not burn during windy condi-
tions. Weather conditions can change quickly and the wind may carry embers to other combustible material and start new fires.
• Create an appropriately sized fire-guard around the planned fire site by clearing away twigs, grass, leaves and other combustible ma-terial, right down to the mineral soil.
• Consider conducting smaller burns around the perimeter of the main fire site before lighting the main fire. This will create a fuel break and help prevent the fire spreading beyond its intended size.
• Never leave a fire unattended.
• Make sure that your fire is com-pletely extinguished, and the ashes are cold to the touch, before you
leave the area for any length of time. • Before conducting any burn, check with the local fire depart-ment and local government to find out if any open burning re-strictions or bylaws are in effect. Anyone planning to do large-scale industrial burning, or con-duct a grass burn larger than 0.2 hectares (Category 3 fires), must obtain a burn registration num-ber ahead of time (at no charge) by calling 1 888 797-1717. Burn registration numbers are entered in the Open Fire Tracking Sys-tem, which allows the BC Wild-fire Service to track open burn-ing activity throughout B.C.: http://ow.ly/wILl30jF4cf A poster explaining the dif-ferent categories of open burn-ing is available online: http://ow.ly/znny309kJv5 Anyone conducting an open burn must check local venting conditions before lighting any fire. If the venting conditions in the area are rated “poor” or “fair”, Category 2 or Category 3
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First Responders “911 … What is your emergency?”
By Karen Boulter After twenty three years
of helping with medical emergency situations in our community, North Shuswap First Responders has reached a critical point in being able to respond to all our emergency calls. Our current responders and soci-ety members are fully com-mitted to the community and helping others. That being said, we need help. WE NEED MORE RE-SPONDERS.
We are asking if you, or others you might know, will take the steps necessary to become a First Responder. Without new responders to take the place of the many who have committed their time over these many years, we are at a point where we may not have enough re-sponders available at all
times, to respond to every call. This is a situation we are trying hard to rem-edy quickly.
With more people mov-ing into the area, our ser-vices have been required more often, as well. The
number of times community members have required an ambulance increased from approximately 100 calls per year to 149 calls in 2017. The more trained respond-ers we have available, the easier it is to share the time we spend helping others in emergency situations. Please think seriously about becoming part of this dedi-cated team of volunteers.
If you have ever consid-ered joining the First Re-sponders, now is the time to get off the fence. NSFR
will provide all the training, equipment and insurance you will require. The future of our group is in your hands. Please, contact An-drea Carter @250-679-7746 or Phyllis Shrum @250-955-2949/ [email protected] with your questions about what it is like to be a First Re-sponder. They, or any other of our members, will be happy to let you know what is involved and what you can expect to learn and pre-pare for during your train-ing sessions. We look for-ward to hearing from you soon.
Together “We Make a Difference.”
If you are interested in learning more about our NSFR Society, please email Catherine McCrea at [email protected] or write to NS First Responder Society, PO Box 24015, Scotch Creek, BC, V0E 3L0. We would not be able to continue this valuable service without the help of so many.
Please call Margaret Needham at 250-679-2334 or email her at [email protected] to order your green and white reflective address sign. Displaying your ad-dress is an enormous help for First Responders when we need to find you quick-ly. The signs are just $35, and invaluable during an emergency situation.
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By Jo Anne Malpass Canadian rock band
Trooper will set up on a houseboat in the middle of Shuswap Lake at Cinne-mousun Narrows, from 12 noon to 3:00 pm on Saturday, May 19 for a concert on the lake.
Waterway Houseboats has brought the band here for the boat access only, free concert as part of its 50th anniversary celebrations.
"We're Here for a Good Time (Not a Long Time)", "Raise a Little Hell", "The Boys in the Bright White Sportscar" and "Two For the Show" are some of the hits by this Juno Award winning Best Band. Trooper's ten stu-
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Operations Manager Col-leen Anderson said Water-way Houseboats has been hosting free concerts on the May Long weekend for the past several years, including the Powder Blues Band a few years ago. It’s a kickoff to the houseboating season. It took some negotiating to get Trooper, since it’s not a venue they are fwith, but with sponsorship from Gib-bons Motor Toys, Jacobson Ford, Mercury Marine and Kingfisher, Trooper is set to help mark this special anni-versary.
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It goes like this: millions of records, a couple dozen hits, a Juno Award (Canada's Grammy) for Band of the Year and ongoing sold-out shows across Canada. Universal Music acknowledges them as "one of Canada's top five selling bands of all time" and the Vancouver Sun has called them "Canadian rock heroes of the first order ... the best performing band in Canada".
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Shuswap Economic Development (SED) was established in 1988 by the Columbia Shuswap Regional District (CSRD), in response to a mandate that requires regional districts in Brit-ish Columbia to support and offer assistance for economic development within their region. SED’s geographic region includes CSRD Electoral Are-as C, D, E, F and the District of Sicamous. SED also manages Shus-wap Tourism and the Columbia Shus-wap Film Commission.
Over the past several years SED has worked with various community groups, businesses, and other stake-holders to complete Shuswap Tour-ism Development and Marketing Plans, as well as the Shuswap Agri-culture Strategy. It was recognized, however, that in addition to these two documents an overall economic de-velopment strategy was needed for the region that would support these existing strategies and plans, and to identify other economic opportunities in the region.
In 2016, a grant application was approved from the Rural Dividend Program for SED to hire consultants to prepare an overall economic devel-opment strategy for the Shuswap Re-gion. Over the summer and fall of 2017, EDCD Consultants, a team with extensive experience working with rural areas throughout Western Cana-da, were present throughout the Re-gion conducting a wide range of com-munity research and consultation. This ensured the strategy would re-flect the unique needs and character of the Shuswap region.
SED is happy to report that the Shuswap Economic Development Strategy is now complete, and availa-ble for review on the SED website (www.shuswapecdev.ca). The Strate-gy describes a variety of economic development strategies, grouped into nine themes, and also provides rec-ommendations for implementation over the next two years.
SED also recently submitted a sec-ond grant application to the Rural Dividend Program to receive funding support to implement the recommen-dations in the new Shuswap Econom-ic Development Strategy. SED is very
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Fire News Scotch Creek/Lee Creek By Fire Chief Mike Engholm
It’s great to see the warmer spring weather has finally arrived, and I hope that everyone is taking advantage of it to be out-side in the sunshine and fresh air.
We are getting closer to the wild-fire season, which means getting pre-pared now, rather than 30 minutes before the flaming wall of death comes rolling in on your doorstep. The number one thing that would reduce a wildfire emergency situa-tion intensity to a dull roar, that our excellent North Shuswap Fire
Dept.’s and the CSRD Structure Protection Units (SPU) and highly trained SPU crews could handle, is having the property owner do fuel mitigation known as FireSmarting your property. A wildfire safety property assessment can be done for you. To
book your appoint-ment, please call:
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News, SC/LC FD’s call volume remains low, which is great. We were only called out twice, first to a report of a structure fire, but on arrival it was actually a logging slash pile burning. Second, we
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attended a false alarm. Training has been excellent, having
sent one firefighter to Rapid Interven-tion Team training course, two mem-bers to a Ventilation course, two mem-bers to Strategies and Tactics course. In house SC/LC FD hosted an S-100 / S-185 Wildland Firefighting course for the North Shuswap Fire Dept.’s with six SC/LC FD members attend-ing.
We also had an excellent oppor-tunity to do lots of practical training with an acquired structure in Celista Fire Dept.’s suppression area. For sev-eral weeks the three dept.’s have been extending practice times with practical evolutions in primary searches, RIT training, forcible entry procedures, ventilation tactics, with last week’s final full scale mass casualty incident in real time involving all fire dept.’s, First Responders, and B.C. Ambulance on scene. A huge thank you goes out to Celista Fire Dept. for giving us the opportunity to join in the fun.
Just a couple of reminders for every- one that our Giant Garage Sale and pancake breakfast is a go for May 19 from 8:00 AM to 2:00 pm. Every-one is welcome to this long standing annual event, hope to see you there. For more information please call 250-320-0768. Also for the upcoming high water/flood situation this spring (hopefully not too serious), there will be free sand and bags available at the back of the Scotch Creek Fire Hall, please help yourself. If you would like to come out and observe our great team in action, or thinking about join-ing, please come on down on a Tues-day evening practice night from 7:00 to 9:00 PM.
Anglemont By Captain Mike Sanderson
AFD has been actively training with Scotch Creek/Lee Creek and Celista fire department, in Celista for the last month. On April 17, CFD held a mock disaster where all three of the North Shuswap fire department attend-
ed as mutual aid. This mock disaster in Celista was a terrific exercise for all three departments to work closely to-gether and expand training.
On Saturday April 21st, AFD held a Marina firefighting training session at the Anglemont Marina where two members from Eagle Bay fire depart-ment and five from Celista joined An-glemont for another great day of mutu-al aid training. Thanks to Anglemont Marina and their customers for letting us practice that day.
Anglemont fire department rise and shine breakfast as well as a show and shine, will be held at the Lakeview Centre on May 12, look for the Ad on page 28 of this issue of the Kicker for details. This is a great way to get out and support your communi-ty.
AFD has changed their Tuesday practice times to evenings once again, from 7 pm to 9 pm. AFD welcomes new members.
Celista We had an excellent Marine Fire
Training with Anglemont and Eagle Bay at the Anglemont Marina. Thanks for the presentations Duff Overland and Jim Dingelien, Anglemont FD and to Anglemont Marina for use of their facility. Highlight of the day, Angle-mont demo of their onboard moni-tor...very impressive even with the heavy winds.
A multi agency/ mutual aid prac-tice with the First Responders at Celista was a great success.
We would like to thank all those who participated and helped. It’s not often that the fire departments get to train with the first responders. They did an awesome job of prepping their patients (make up and special effects) to make their training realistic. Thank you to all the volunteers who were patients. It's so great to see the com-munity join in.
Thank you Anglemont fire depart-ment for bringing out your new En-gine and setting up your rehab center.
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CSRD Community Services Team Leader Ryan Nitchie told the com-mittee they are in the planning pro-cess on many levels for the Celista site. CSRD Parks has applied for foreshore tenure, is working with hydrogeology and environmental science consultants, doing a prelimi-nary field reconnaissance for identifi-cation of archaeological sites, hired a timber contractor, a contractor to re-move asbestos from the floor, some-one for the concrete work and park-ing area design, is receiving prelimi-nary estimates for a fixed dock, has met on site with First Nations and is working through the permit process with the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resources (FLNR).
The project includes an amend-ment to the Electoral Area F Official Community Plan to change the desig-nation to Parks and Protected Areas, and an amendment to Lakes Zoning Bylaw No. 900 to rezone the fore-shore to FP - Foreshore Park. The OCP and Lakes Zoning amendments were both given first readings at the
March Board meeting and have been referred out to various agencies and First Nations for comment. The amendments will require a public hearing.
Preliminary designs for the pro-ject were shown to the committee, which includes a hedge and fence buffer along the property line of the immediate neighbour.
Concern was expressed by two area neighbours about safety issues surrounding increased boat traffic. They asked if other sites had been explored. Both Area F Director Larry Morgan and Nitchie said they have been looking at potential sites for several years but nothing suitable had come for sale.
If successful in all the permitting, Nitchie said it will probably be Octo-ber, when the lake is at low water, before construction can begin.
Rose Clifford Park Upgrades to Rose Clifford Park
will be done this year. CSRD Parks incorporated feedback from park us-ers and the advisory committee to set a series of priorities. The priority, which will be completed this year, is the demolition of the old house and the construction of a washroom facil-ity, which will be relocated to be closer to the ball park and playground areas. The present septic system is not big enough so will have to be
Update on Area F Parks
Upgrades to Rose Clifford Park will be done this year.
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Speculation Tax:
In an effort to improve the number of homes available for rent the BC government has decided a tax is the solution.
I believe if the Rentalsman Act Legislation was perceived by homeowners as fair and equitable, giving both renters and landlord’s rights, then many rentals would come back on the market. Many homeowners see the legislation heavily in favour of the renter even though that is not true. Many homeowners who have a rental suite have locked the door and leave their basement suite or carriage house vacant rather than put themselves in jeopardy.
If landlords knew they had a reasonable level of protection such as renters enjoy, I think many homeowners with suites would put them out as available for rent with a licensed property manager. To get to that point may require a government review and tune up of the legislation and the effort to let homeowners know that being a landlord is not the liability they imagine now. That is a solution at little cost to taxpayers or government. It would happen soon after people with a suite in their basement knew they had respect just like the renters do.
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replaced. The building will include a ladies’ wash-room with two stalls, a men’s washroom with a stall and a urinal, a central mobility access washroom and storage at the back of the building. It will also include a water bottle fill station, as the park will be connected to the Saratoga water system.
Future priorities include expansion of the pickleball courts, a picnic area build-ing and a year-round vault toilet.
Other Nitchie reported he is at
a standstill regarding a par-allel trail from Adams Riv-er bridge to Cottonwood. Highways requires a three-
meter separation and a two-meter wide trail. There isn’t enough room at that location or probably any areas along the North Shuswap.
2019 Area F priorities include upgrades to Don Fink Park at Seymour Arm, playground equip-ment, fencing and land-scaping. An application for a grant has been submitted to the Province to fund a review of options available to repurpose the existing wharf and possibly con-struct a new boat launch.
The residential tax rate will be going up from $0.27 per $1,000 of as-sessed value to $0.32 for 2018.
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Fire News continued
Very well done. Thank you, Scotch Creek for all your assistance in planning, setup and training.
Thank you, Peter Terwoort and Holly Anderson, for all your hard work and time spent organizing and plan-ning with Andrea Carter (First Responder), Mike Eng-holm (Scotch Creek Fire Chief) and Graham Lucas (Anglemont Fire Chief). Thank you to Janis Smith for coming out and taking photos, the Ambulance attend-ants who joined us and BC Ambulance Service Unit Chief Duane Currie and to our CSRD team leader Derek Southerland for coming out and supporting us.
Fun was had by all. The training was good, and eve-ryone had a smile on their face. We might be three fire departments by name, but we are one fire department by community. These training opportunities are what helps us to be better trained and prepared for when we get a call out. If you have or know of someone who is getting rid of a house to do a rebuild, please keep the fire de-partments in mind to do some training prior to demoli-tion.
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By Jo Anne Malpass A group of long-time
local citizens are work-ing together to find posi-tive and innovative ways to improve the local economy.
Angela and Mark La-gore, Carson and Melissa Bischoff, Sharon Toews and Mike Gregorig have leased the Park Store at Scotch Creek and changed the name to The Hub So-cial House.
The idea is to start a chain reaction of positive change. Through actions that make a difference in our community, more and more bright spots will ap-pear.
Included will be a res-taurant (future pub), candy and ice cream shop and a café/local gift and art area. A daycare is planned for upstairs, hopefully to start this summer. A 24-hour fob gym in the basement,
with a key system that al-lows members to let them-selves in to work out, will hopefully be in operation by fall.
Roll-in camping will be available in the grassy area behind the Hub with vol-leyball, badminton and horseshoe pits. There will also be a place for commu-nity events and activities.
An idea to use some of the other available space is to provide a location for music and art classes.
Angela said they are renovating the entire place and plan to have the ice cream shop open later this month and be in full swing in June.
“We are all locals and we all care about our com-munity and support each other for change,” said Angela, “we can be a part of that change if we all work together.”
The Hub Social House
June 24, 2018 - 9:00 am – 2:00 pm
1st Annual North Shuswap Health Centre Fundraiser Join us for a family friendly 5 & 10 km walk/run through
Shuswap Lake Provincial Park in support of NSHC! Register at:
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Early Bird Single - $25.00 / Event day $35.00 Early Bird Family - $30.00 / Event day $40.00
(L to R) Mark & Angela Lagore, Mike Gregorig & Sharon Toews, Carson & Melissa Bischoff opening the Hub Social House in Scotch Creek
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12pm - 5pm
Sponsored & prepared by the guys & gals of the Anglemont Fire Department
9am start
will be singing at 9:30
50/50 Draw
Silent Auction
Meet and greet area for everyone to check out the many activities we offer at the Lakeview
Community Centre
at the Lakeview Centre 7703 Squilax-Anglemont Rd. Come out and support your local fire department
3pm - 5pm
Nachos Chili dogs Fries & Gravy and much more
By Jo Anne Malpass Lakeview Centre in An-
glemont is having a special rise and shine breakfast on May 12, from 8 am to 11 am.
A variety of makes and models of classic cars, main-ly from the 50s and 60s, will be on display for a show and shine. Luke Kuromi has been organizing the event and says he expects between 25 and 50 cars to arrive that morning. Along with many North Shuswap entrants, the Blind Bay car club will meet that morning and drive their
cars over to Anglemont to-gether.
If you have a classic car you would like to enter, please call Luke at 250-955-8610.
Along with the show and shine, the Anglemont Fire Department is hosting the May breakfast and plans to hold a 50/50 draw and a si-lent auction.
To complete the busy day at Lakeview Centre, the North Shuswap Lions Club is holding the meat draw there that day from 3:00 to 5:00 pm.
Classic Cars Coming to Anglemont
Children’s Festival Planned at Camp Grafton By Everett Loberg A Children’s Festival is being planned for Septem-ber to showcase what pro-grams are available for chil-dren and youth in our area. This is an open invita-tion to any person, group or organization interested in joining the festival. If you have a children’s program, whether it be sports, drama, arts, horticulture, animal husbandry, etc., please plan to attend our first meeting on May 18 at 7:00 pm at Camp Grafton. We are looking for wholesome, af-ter school programs that challenge young minds and with activities to enrich them in their areas of inter-ests. Camp Grafton, at Magna
Bay, features a natural wa-terfront swimming area and acres of trees and creeks, with accommodations for residential retreats and com-munity events. It offers a full range of summer camp programs for children and youth, which are accredited by both the BC Camping Association and the United Church of Canada. The shoulder seasons and some summer weeks are available for use by the community at large. Camp Grafton has allot-ted the weekend of Septem-ber 22, 2018 for the Chil-dren’s Festival. If you are interested in participating or have questions please call Everett Loberg at 250 833 2905.
I asked my daughter if she’d seen my newspaper. She told me that newspapers are old school. She said that people use tablets nowadays and handed me her iPad. The fly
didn’t stand a chance!
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Submitted by Elena Markin https://eliteeventsbc.com/
2018 marks the 110th anniversary of Chase. 1908 was the year when the first lots were sold in the townsite.
To celebrate this anniversary, local historian David Lepsoe and history enthusiast Vic Skijie have come to-gether putting two historic tours of the Village on Saturday May 5, 2018. The early tour starts at 1 pm; the late tour starts at 4 pm. Groups will meet at Chamber Sign (Map Board) on the corner of Shuswap Ave. and Coburn St, and will end at Inside Out Coffee House with delicious organic pie and beverage (for the 1 pm tour), and soup and sandwich (for the 4 pm tour).
Saturday, May 5 is the day to be in Chase – come to the Chamber Trade Show from 10 am to 3 pm; The Mu-seum AGM is at 10 am and will fea-ture the unveiling of Canada 150 monument at 11 am. Then stroll thru
the history of Chase by joining one of the historic tours.
David Lepsoe’s tours have trig-gered a lot of history talk with locals who started gathering at the historical-ly rich building housing Inside Out Coffee House today. They have raised a great amount of interest on social media as well - reaching new generations, interested in the history of Chase. One of the comments reads “So cool to have someone with that knowledge”.
David Lepsoe has organized histor-ic tours since 2004. The first tour was a candle light tour at Chase Country Christmas. Love for history and the community has inspired him to pass this knowledge to locals and tourists who want to know more about the past of this beautiful village.
Vic Skijie is a well known history supporter. He has put many volunteer hours and financial assistance to his-
torical projects thru the years. He has a wealth of fascinating knowledge of the his-tory of the village and its people, and he is looking forward to sharing his memories and stories of the past to all tour attendees. Vic Skijie will pre-sent several old pho-tographs at Inside Out Coffee House. Tickets are $10 per tour/per person and can be purchased at Inside Out Coffee House or at Elite Events BC’s Face-
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May 5th Historic tours of Chase bringing buzz and excitement to
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Wi-Fi Bliss
John Seymour Lakeside Technical Solutions Ah, spring has finally sprung in the Shuswap and as it does our thoughts turn to ....better WiFi? OK, may-be not so much but when the company arrives, it’s nice to be able to provide them with good WiFi coverage in and around your house. Wifi is almost a must these days, especially for our younger guests. There is now technology available that can extend your WiFi into every room, the basement, the garage, at the fire pit and even at the dock. Having WiFi every-where is very convenient for laptops and tablets or for streaming music or video on a smartphone, which can eat up a cellular data plan quick-ly. We all know what hap-pens when we exceed the limit of our data plan$. Today there is a solution for every kind of WiFi issue imaginable. In this article, I will provide some insight into what to look for tech-nology wise, depending on your situation. Let’s start with the house itself. Depending on where the WiFi router resides, it is common to experience areas in the building that are WiFi dead spots. Router WiFi signals only project so far and are ‘line of sight’ so can be degraded by walls, floors and any other heavy objects between it and the device it serves. The solution in this case is to add additional WiFi access points. WiFi access points can be found in any electronics store or you can easily convert an old WiFi router to do the
job. It’s best to ca-ble your access points directly to the exist-ing router rather than trying to amplify an existing WiFi signal. If cabling is a prob-lem and it usually is, consid-er using a PowerLine device which uses the electrical wiring in your home to transmit data. These devices work extremely well in situ-ations where running a new cable isn’t possible. Power-line adapters are relatively new but are quickly becom-ing a popular choice for ex-tending computer networks. They can be used anywhere in the house or to any out-buildings on your property that use the same power grid as your house. To provide WiFi to areas without power such as a firepit area or dock, I would suggest using a directional WiFi antenna aimed in the general direction of desired coverage area. These devic-es again would need to be connected to your main rout-er and would mount on an outside wall of your house. Look for one that uses POE(Power Over Ethernet) to eliminate the need for an electrical plug close by. POE devices use the same cable for power and data. Like it or note, access to the Internet has become a staple in many lives, even when on vacation and while visiting our beautiful com-munity. If you have any questions or would like help dealing with your WiFi challenges, feel free to call.
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SubmittedbySherriFunferSASCU Credit Union launched free
Interac® e-Transfers. This means splitting the cheque with your friends, sending money to the kids (again), or contributing to that office gift is now easier and cheap-er! What makes this even more special is that the fee-free offer allows unlimited usage and applies to both personal and business accounts.
“Our members have clearly said that the $1.50 fee for every e-Transfer is a pain point,” says Barry Delaney, CEO, SAS-CU. “We promised changes to give more of our members more benefits, and taking away that fee was a clear winner.
“It may seem like a small change, but it is a big deal to our members.”
Digital banking continues to grow dra-matically among SASCU Members. Last year alone usage of SASCU mobile bank-ing apps increased 30%. Free e-Transfers support this on-the-move banking experi-ence. “We are working hard to ensure members get that same great service online as they do in branch,” says Delaney.
“Small to medium sized businesses are a cornerstone of SASCU’s story,” says Delaney. “That is why we did not want to leave them out of this offering. We are pleased to extend free e-Transfers to SAS-CU Business Accounts.”
Interac E-Transfers is a service that allows people to send money directly to another person using online or mobile banking. The recipient just needs an email address or mobile phone number, and a bank account in Canada. It is fast and se-cure. Find out more at sascu.com.
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New wildlife regulations
Media Release The Province is amend-
ing Wildlife Act regulations to enforce the closure on the grizzly bear hunt, increase the amount of meat a hunter retrieves from big game species and require hunters to carry all their species licences during a hunting trip.
The changes came into effect April 1, 2018.
To help enforce the ban on all grizzly bear hunting, taxidermists and tanners will be required to report information about any griz-zly bears or grizzly bear parts brought to them. Man-datory components of the report include evidence es-tablishing legal possession,
such as a licence or permit. Failure of a taxidermist or tanner to submit a report within 10 days of acquiring any grizzly bear parts will result in a violation ticket of $230.
Taxidermists and tanners may still work on legally possessed grizzly bear parts that were harvested or col-lected before hunting of grizzly bear was closed, or grizzly bear parts that were harvested or collected out-side of British Columbia.
The requirement for a hunter to collect edible por-tions will include taking neck and rib meat, in addi-tion to the four quarters and loins.
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Submitted by Sharon Toews Friday Nights live start-
ed in July 2013 at the Centre in Scotch Creek. With the tremendous rise in attend-ance over the years, we have out grown our current loca-tion.
The old “Park Store” is well underway with a com-plete revamp. So what better place to host our growing FREE community event!
With the new levelled out “Franks Campground”, the crew at The Hub along with any volunteers, will build a new stage and create a wonderful change of scen-ery for our entire communi-ty to enjoy.
If you’re a vendor look-ing to sell you’re amazing products, this will be a free event for you too. We want
to showcase each and every-one of our tal-ented local art-ists! In order to keep this event a success, WE NEED SPON-
SORS. This mon-ey goes to paying our won-derful musicians, staff to run the show, and the necessary upgrades to the sound sys-tem. So if you are looking for somewhere to help the community out and would like to donate, please feel free to call Sharon at 250-572-5753 or email [email protected]
Friday Nights Live is Re-locating!
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Progress at Shuswap Lake Provincial Park
Also, the requirement to remove the edible portions will apply to the cougar, in addition to mule (black-tailed) deer, white-tailed deer, fallow deer, moose, elk, mountain sheep, moun-tain goat, caribou, bison and black bear.
While hunting, hunters will be required to carry the species’ licences obtained or held for the current licence year, including cancelled and uncancelled licences, and produce these licences upon request of a conserva-tion officer.
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By Jo Anne Malpass Since Shuswap Lake Pro-
vincial Park closed early in 2017, work has been com-pleted to increase the num-ber of campsites by 50.
A Ministry of Environ-ment spokesperson reports that in 2018, the new sites will be available on a first come, first serve basis. In 2019, the new sites will be available for reservation through Discover Camping.
Other 2018 completed upgrades include improve-ments to the campsite Sani-station and replacement of the Gatehouse.
The Park opened May 1, with work continuing during the month of May on im-provements to the entrance area for safety and entrance
visitor/user identification. Improvements planned
for 2019 include electrifica-tion to 36 of the existing campsites. In 2020, sched-uled is refurbishment and upgrades to water and septic systems; installation of an additional shower building and improvement to the boat launch parking, due to heavy use.
The park will be open May 1 to September 24 this year.
The Ministry of Environ-ment encourages the public to visit the Shuswap Lake Provincial Park webpage (http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/bcparks/explore/parkpgs/shu_lk/) on the BC Parks website (http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/bcparks)
Shuswap Lake Provincial Park upgrades are underway. Work will continue throughout the month on improvements to the entrance area for safety and entrance visitor/user identification.
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By Corrine Gaskin, Board Member Happy Spring to all. Here’s hoping by the time you are reading this the air is warmer and the sun almost blinding. We all get outside more and pursue a more ac-tive lifestyle in the warmer months. It is so important to get some form of regular exercise. The minimum rec-ommended amount is 150 minutes weekly. The easiest, most accessible form of exer-cise is walking. This can be accomplished in about 20 minutes a day, if stamina or time is an issue, or 3 longer workouts. This investment goes a long way in keeping you heart healthy and may minimize complications from chronic health conditions. Challenge yourself for 21 days to improve your fitness level. They say it takes that long to make something a habit. Your body will benefit and thank you. You may have noticed there is lots of activity at the clinic. Hopefully you have taken advantage of our Dr. days and lab days are well attended. Other regular visi-tors such as our Nurse Practi-tioner, Foot Nurse, Osteopa-thy, and Dental Hygiene are helping fill the needs of our community. Please see the accompanying Ad for next dates of services and phone number for appointments. We have been approved for additional locum days to help cover our busy summer months. Dr. Leighton and Dr Henderson both have weeks coming up and more dates are being arranged. Please keep checking the website for up to date coverage, as well as the board out front.
The Board continues to pur-sue a longer term doctor con-tract and are ever hopeful on that front. Several board members attended an Aging Well Sem-inar hosted by the South Shuswap Health Society. There was a panel of experts covering many facets of the aging process and resources to help. Areas discussed were Health/ Wellness, Exercise, Nutrition, Legal, Financial and Housing. We found it so worthwhile that we will look in to bringing a similar work-shop to the North Shuswap in 2019. One of the Society’s man-dates is to help educate and support our community on health issues. Better at Home has seen a need to help care-givers and families affected by Dementia. The Alzhei-mer's Society will send an educator to present a work-shop to help family members and caregivers learn practical information and coping skills to help those affected by Alz-heimer's and Dementia. She will provide examples and Do’s and Don’ts in dealing with those affected. The costs are covered by NSHCS and open to all. The Alzhei-mer's Workshop takes place May 30th 1:30 -3:30 pm at the Scotch Creek Community Hall. Contact Lorna at [email protected] to indicate interest or for further infor-mation. Our Executive Director and committee have been work-ing hard on our First Annual Scotch Creek Walk-About. This is a family friendly 5 & 10 km walk/ run through our beautiful Shuswap Lake
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Provincial Park, scheduled for June 24th. This is both a fund-raiser and a fun community event. Look for the advertise-ment on page 26 of this issue of the Kicker for times, prices and details. You can also check our Facebook and Shuswap Events pages for ongoing developments. There are sponsors and donators being arranged. Prizes are planned in several categories like Best Dressed Team, Largest Team, Challenge an-other team Award, Most Do-nations Etc. Consider entering your family and challenging your neighbours. Think about entering your sports team or work family. Jerry the Moose Mascot plans to put in an ap-pearance and we hope to offer face painting for the children. Proceeds will be raised by entry fee. Early Bird Single is $25 and on Event Day $35. Early Bird Family fee is $30
and on Event Day $40. Please find some way to contribute to this event, knowing the proceeds help us continue to deliver health services to the North Shuswap residents. If you wish to vol-unteer or contribute please contact Gail at [email protected]. We do plan to hold our 3rd Health Fair in the fall of 2018. I want to assure you the board and clinic staff have the best needs of our health community in mind in our daily stewardship of the clinic and management of the resources we have gained through your support over the years. Thank you for the many ways you support: us-ing the services, giving us your SuperValu receipts, bottle depot drop offs and donations big and small. They are so appreciated. Together we make a difference.
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BC Hydro Moves Osprey Nest
By Jo Anne Malpass BC Hydro crews success-
fully lifted the Osprey nest off a power pole at the en-trance to the North Shuswap by Squilax bridge and set it on a newly erected platform a few feet away.
Jake Wideman, who op-erates the bobcat for Spoon-er Electric, was involved in the process, digging the holes for the poles and six anchors as well as putting in a ramp and concrete blocks to create a flat surface for the trucks to work from.
He learned that because the Ospreys have been add-ing to the nest over the past several years, it has become a fire hazard. If the dangling material from osprey nests comes into contact with en-
ergized lines, it can create a safety hazard for the birds, BC Hydro customers and line crews.
Ospreys, a protected spe-cies in B.C., build bulky stick nests on top of trees, tall structures and platforms, and utility poles. The birds often find power poles an attractive option because of their height.
Because they prefer to roost at the highest point in an area, the new pole and platform is higher than the power pole.
To move the nest, power line technicians first cut the power to the lines and grounded them. The crew then pushed 2x4 rods under-neath the nest to provide the
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Lions Club News
By Gord Shabbits Spring has sprung! The
North Shuswap Lions Club has been busy with the cara-van 50/50 and meat draw which moves around to ac-commodate everyone. It is at Scotch Creek on May 5, 19, June 2 and 30. It is at Lakeview Community Cen-tre May 12, 26, June 9 and 23. It is sure nice to see how the community has responded to these events after the devastating loss of the pub.
The hot lunch program at the school is going well.
Now that yard cleanup has started, don't forget to phone a Lion for anything you want to donate to our garage sale. If you’re mov-ing, plan to have the Lions pick up stuff you would like to donate. Call Chuck Fish-er at 955-0138 or any Lion member. This is only one of the ways we raise money for THE COMMUNITY
YOUTH FUND.
The Lions Club will be involved again with many other groups in cleaning our roadway ditch-es. Please help save my back and don't throw gar-bage out your window while driving.
Many THANKS to all businesses and friends who have supported the Lions Club in our many fundrais-ing drives throughout the year. IT TAKES A COM-MUNITY TO MAKE IT WORK!
The North Shuswap Li-ons Club is a small part of a world organization. You can go to just about any country and visit a small town like ours and find a Lions Club. We are always looking for new members, call Gord Shabbits 250-955-6573 or any Lion member.
Have a great and safe spring!
support needed to keep the nest in one piece during the move. The crew used a truck with a bucket at-tached to move the nest to the nesting platform and carefully low-ered it into place.
Jake said he also learned from an indigenous archaeologist on site that Canada Geese nest prior to
Ospreys and will often oc-cupy an Osprey nest early in
the spring season. Geese sometimes finish nest-ing before the Osprey return and sometimes the Osprey return and challenge the Geese for the nest site. A Can-ada Goose was spotted
in the nest a few days after it was moved.
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Imai Ball Park Foundation Imai Ball Park had some upgrades over the weekend (April 14-15th) thanks to some wonderful volunteers. Old rotten boards were re-placed with new treated lumber on the stands, the fence was upgraded from the broken and decayed wood to metal pipe that will last a life time, the debilitat-ed and unused backstop in the far corner of the field was taken apart and re-moved and the field was flattened and had topsoil added. Many thanks to Al
Tayler for helping with the stands and then the hours spent on his back welding pipe, Brian and Deann Mac-Duff, Matt and Jennifer Spooner, Nathan Spooner, Darryl Hicks and the young volunteers Caden and Carver Spooner. Also a big thanks to B and D Concrete for bringing the work trailer filled with tools and sup-plies and to Spooner Indus-trial for the donation of ex-cavator work, topsoil and hauling away all the gar-bage and debris. Imai is now ready for a great season of baseball!
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Volunteers upgrade the stands at Imai Ball Park at Scotch Creek
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Anglemont Men’s Golf
Lucille Ketemer Golfing season is under-
way once again at Angle-mont Estates Golf Club. For the time being, tee times for ladies wishing to golf together have been set at l:00 PM on Tues-days and Thurs-days. If you are new to the area or new to golf, please join us and get an early start on the season.
Our official opening day has been set for Thursday, May 17, 2018. Tee off is at 10:00 AM but please arrive at 9:45. The sign up sheet for this event is at the club-house. Join us for a fun Team game with prizes,
followed by our Spring General Meeting and lunch provided by Craig, course owner and manager.
Our Executive will be meeting at the end of April to con-firm plans for the season. This will include Putting Challenges every Tuesday, and Fun
Games on Thursdays. We invite new members
to join our group. It’s a great place to meet new la-dies, get fresh air, exercise, and improve your golf skills.
For more information call the Golf Course at 250-955-2323 or Brenda at 250-682-2519
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By Gerry Shea The Anglemont Estates
Golf Course opened for play on April 20. The An-glemont Men’s Golf Club will start the Thursday night men’s night play on May 3. We play eve-ry Thursday, shot-gun start at 5:00 PM followed by supper. Once a month will be spe-cial nights” i.e. 3 club nights or Stableford scoring night, etc. Five hole prizes such as “closest to the hole” and “longest putt” are awarded to the winners. Members also compete for low net and low gross hon-ours. New members are always welcome. There will be 20 men’s nights ending on September 13. The
men’s club championship will play on August 25&26. Club membership ($64.00) includes access to Golf
Canada’s handicap calculation pro-gram. There will be a spring general membership meet-ing held after din-ner on May 17.
Senior men’s play start-ed on April 24. We play Tuesday and Wednesday mornings (10:00 until May 14, 8:30 from May 15 - June 27 and 7:30 from July 3 until August 29.
The Friday night “nine and dine” starts on May 18 and will play every sec-ond Friday. Everyone is welcome to sign up and play.
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Common questions have arisen over the years in my role as consulting archaeologist that have a common theme. When asked what it is I do for a living, I answer my job is to go through the landscape looking for evidence of the human past. This singular sentence efficiently de-scribes the storytelling role of an archaeologist, and has prompted a mixed bag of reactions. Archaeologists are employed in the Cultur-al Resource Management (CRM) industry, which is only a few decades old, but has filled a niche in British Columbia for both under-grads looking to pay back their student loans, and for managing the precious and unique resources our prov-ince has that links us to the people who were here 10,000 years ago.
My introductory Ar-chaeology classes at Simon
Fraser University held a common theme: what an archaeologist is not. Alt-hough I must admit Indiana Jones was a childhood he-ro, his penchant of stealing ancient artifacts without permission of the local in-digenous group is anathema to our goals today. First Nation involvement is a priority in CRM and I have had the fortune of working with different band mem-bers living on western Van-couver Island to Kitimat, from Chetwynd to the Koo-tenays. I have had “Indian ice cream” made from soo-polallie berries and stewed strawberries at Fort Babine, have been blessed in smudging ceremony near Pachena Bay, and given the name Squirrel by a Blue-berry Elder for the way I navigate the daunting for-ests of the Rocky Mountain Trench.
Another question I’m asked is: what does an ar-chaeologist look like? In
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When working on projects with public access, people have a natural curiosity when they see our screens and shovels, and hear us screech in excitement over the discovery of a thousand-year-old projectile point. Public education is also a goal in CRM, and I find myself giving im-promptu Arch 101 lessons to the curious voyeur, who are always happy to share their own experience with archaeology. There is a com-mon theme here, too: most stories are of collecting artifacts! Please remember these resources are pro-tected from alteration, removal or damage under the provincial Herit-age Conservation Act (1996) with penalty of fine or even jail time. So if you find an artifact, feel free to take a selfie, but please just leave it be in its context. You can report its location to your local First Nation band or local CRM company for recording.
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The Chase & Region Kidney Support Group will meet on Saturday May 19th / 10 a.m., in the Mongkok Cafe @ Chase Country Inn. We hope to make this a monthly activi-ty. Our focus will be on "Living Well with Kidney Disease". Donna Dube, our public health nurse will be present. It’s informal, so feel free to stop by, have
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Submitted by Donna Dube, Chase & District Public Health The Chase and District K’FAIR, for children enter-ing kindergarten in Septem-ber 2018, is being held June 13 from 10am – 3pm at the Chase Community Hall. Our secret recipe for kindergarten readiness is: Ingredients: 1. 20-30 kindergarten-entry
age children who are reg-istered for school at Hal-dane, North Shuswap or Westwold Elementary schools
2. Parents/guardians/caregivers of these chil-dren, and maybe a young-er sibling or 2
3. 10-15 health professionals (including but not restrict-ed to: Chase volunteer Fire Department, Chase Literacy, IH Dietician, IH Community Dental Hy-gienist, IH Community Respiratory Therapist, Family Nurse Practition-er, FN Support Worker,
IH Audiologist, Public Health Nurses, Child and Family Counsellors, Child ID Program worker)
4. 10-20 enthusiastic volun-teers
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2. Games, prizes, face paint-ing, free lunch for the Kindergarten child, raf-fles
Mix well at the Chase Community Hall on Wednesday, June 13 from 10 am to 3 pm. Stir and simmer from 10am until 3pm. Enjoy! Appointments can be made for your child’s Kin-dergarten Entry booster shots and for hearing testing by the IH Audiologist.. Call Stephanie at 250-679-1393 to register your child for KFAIR 2018.
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By Joyce Adrian Sotski The Shuswap Hiker La-dies have been hiking to-gether as a group of women since 2006. Effective May 2018 they officially became known as the Shuswap Na-ture Hikers. This was prompted by the change within the group that from this time onward all persons, both male and female, are welcome to join the group. While the name of the group has changed, its cul-ture remains the same. These hikers are hardy; they hike every Friday, winter and summer, come rain or hail or sleet or snow. They hike because they are in love with the beautiful scenery here in the Shuswap, and because they enjoy nature and the great outdoors. The physicality, the sleek mus-cles and strong heartbeat that come with the physical exercise, is merely a natural byproduct of their adven-tures. The group hikes at a good steady pace, some-where close to 3k an hour which is not so fast that the average fit person can’t keep up but they willingly stop
for anyone who needs to catch their breath going up-hill, or to take a photo, or even to discuss the medici-nal properties of a plant along the trail. It's a pace that gives them the oppor-tunity to fully enjoy the peace and tranquility of Mother Nature. They hike as a group for camaraderie and safety. They welcome dogs but their furry friends are expected to be under con-trol, to stay close and be good with both people and other dogs. The hiking times and destinations vary from week to week but they always say, "We'll get you home in time for dinner, probably." If you need to be home earlier, it's best to bring someone along who is willing to turn back early to accompany you back to the parking lot. It's a very social group so if you're looking to make new friends or just want to learn where the local hiking trails are; contact them. Visit http://www.thethirdhouse.ca/contact/hikers.php to com-ment or to place your name and address on their email list.
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By Merv Sadden Like most riders I have been itch-
ing to get my bike insured and begin another season of riding. We have already seen a number of bikes on the road which raises the topic of the risks associated with early season riding. May is Motorcycle Safety Month so I thought it appropriate to dedicate a column to the topic of mo-torcycle safety.
To begin with, most of our roads and streets have not yet been swept and as such continue to have accu-mulations of sand and gravel on them. The presence of this debris reduces our traction and ability to corner or brake.
Early season riding also brings with it the risk of sudden fluctuations
in weather and temperature. Wet sur-faces can quickly turn to ice. Cold temperatures can make us more rigid and stiff slowing our ability to re-spond quickly to hazards.
Fellow motorists are also less aware of our presence in the spring. As the weather warms and more bikes are on the road we all learn to double check our blind spots and generally be more alert for riders.
All of us that use the road contrib-ute to our safety. With a little fore-thought and an understanding attitude we should all be able to enjoy our roads safely.
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By Carol Lepsoe Once again, another fantastic cof-
feehouse last April! There is certainly no shortage of talent in these parts. We were so delighted to have featured Jon Treichel and bass player, Neil Brun. They were a study in all things guitar: electric, acoustic, steel, and the 5 string bass. These gents put on a dynamic performance and sur-prised us with an eclectic repertoire, from jazzy classics, to rock and roll, from Mancini's" Baby Elephant Walk," to the Kinks' "Well Respected Man"!
Open mic performers were as fol-lows: Jan Kudelka, Ben Robinson, Rachelle Horvath, Jim West, Jim Leduc, Joe Lacasse, Chris Cook, The Ukulele Sisters, and Tia Speed, It was wonderful to hear how Tia's stu-dents are progressing on the ukule-les. These young ladies are part of the 90 Day Music Challenged, cospon-sored by the Celista Coffeehouse and
the North Shuswap Lion's Club.
Our May Coffee-house will have a dou-ble-feature! Zak and the Elderly Brothers will be here with our own local fiddle guy, Lorn McCausland. As well, we will have visiting musician, Michael Averill. Michael is a story teller, song writer and traveling musician. Ac-cording to his bio, Michael Averill is an adventurous Canadian troubadour who delivers stories and songs of ser-endipity around the country by foot. He has covered just over 2700 miles of Canada, captivating audiences along the way with heartfelt Roots, Folk, and Blues. Check out his web-site: http://michaelaverill.com/bio/
This will be the last Coffeehouse of the season, so bring a gathering of friends and neighbours and come en-joy yourselves. The coffee will be hot and there will surely be goodies, thanks to Super Valu and other kind bakers. Saturday, May 19th. Doors open 7:00 pm. Sign up right away if you plan to be part of Open Mic.
On a near end note, Jim and I have been looking after the Coffeehouse for 6 years and will be stepping down after this season. We have yet to find anyone to take on the responsibilities of running the Coffeehouse. If you, or a group of you, are interested, please contact Jim at 250 679 2174. Please help keep this great ac-tivity going! July 21 at 8 pm
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THANK YOU….George Lewis for spending your time and resources to grade our long-neglected gravel roads above Celista on Garland Road and sections of Line 17. Your efforts are appreciated by your neighbours.
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to improve safety and increase capacity by expanding the Trans-Canada High-way to four lanes, between Donald and Forde Station Road, near Golden.
"The Government of Canada is making unprecedented investments in infrastructure, to promote economic growth and create middle-class jobs across the country,” said Amarjeet Sohi, federal Minister of Infrastructure and Communities. “I am very pleased to see that construction has begun to upgrade this busy stretch of the Trans-Canada Highway, which is vital to the movement of goods between Alberta and British Columbia. Widening this stretch will not only increase driver safety, but also help ensure residents in the region enjoy a high quality of life for years to come."
The Donald to Forde Station Road project, located approximately 20 kilo-metres west of Golden, is now under-way. Work includes widening 2.5 kilo-metres of highway to four lanes, and improving access to the commercial vehicle safety enforcement inspection station.
"The Trans-Canada Highway is a vital link for the people of British Co-lumbia, and this is the first of many four-laning projects between Kamloops
and the Alberta border in the next three years,” said Claire Trevena, B.C. Min-ister of Transportation and Infrastruc-ture. “Widening the highway to four lanes, right through to the Golden weigh scale, will make the corridor safer for people and support our trade network.”
Barrie Mackay Contracting Ltd. of Cranbrook was awarded the $10.3-million contract on Dec. 20, 2017, for the four-laning portion of this project, which will include work opportunities for the Shuswap Indian Band.
The total estimated project of $19.4 million is cost shared, with the Govern-ment of Canada contributing up to $7.27 million through the Provincial-Territorial Infrastructure Component of the New Building Canada Fund, and the Province providing the remaining $12.13 million.
Accelerating Highway 1 upgrades between Kamloops and the Alberta border is a specific priority in the man-date letter for the provincial Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure. The Province has committed $464 mil-lion to this program over the next three years under Budget 2018.
During construction, drivers can expect some delays, and are reminded to obey construction speed zones and follow traffic control at all times.
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Submitted by Miranda Williams Spring Concert. Sat. May 12, 2018 7:30 P.M - Nexus Centre: ( Salmon Arm United Church)
The Salmon Arm Community Band is preparing for its spring concert on Saturday May 12th at the Nexus Centre. The music starts at 7:30 that evening. Admission is by donation.
Conductor Jim Johnston says, “The Band will present a great variety of musical styles. We’ll toast the Great American Songbook with The Lady Is a Tramp and a wonderful medley of George Gershwin’s classic tunes. Our
energetic percussion section is fea-tured in many selections but they real-ly dazzle in Caribbean Concerto. If mid-eastern music with its exotic sounds interests you then you’ll love our Arabian Dances” And although we have only five Trombones in the band they sure sound like more in the old favourite Seventy Six Trom-bones.”
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By Eileen Peters MA, Certified Professional Counsellor
In a dysfunctional or ad-dictive family the focus is the person who is the alcoholic, the addict, or the abuser. The other family members organ-ize their behaviors and their reactions around that person, in order to do what they can to bring greater consistency and structure into a family system that is unpredictable and frightening. In order to do this they often adopt cer-tain roles, becoming the fam-ily Hero, the family Clown, the Enabler, the Lost Child, or whatever is needed in their particular chaotic family sys-tem.
The Scapegoat is the “problem child” or the “trouble maker”. This family member always seems defi-ant, hostile and angry. Actu-ally, the Scapegoat is the truth teller of the family and will often verbalize or act out the "problem" which the family is attempting to cover up or deny. This individual’s behavior gets negative atten-tion and is a great distraction for everyone from the real issues at hand. As the Scape-goat acts out and takes the blame, he or she draws fire away from the real issue and thus reduces the tension and distracts from the real prob-lem. Hyperactive or sick children may be given the role of Scapegoat but actual-ly the role is open to anyone who has the guts to say or do what everyone else will not.
The Scapegoat usually has trouble in school because they get attention the only way they know how - which is negatively. They can be very clever, may develop
social skills within their cir-cle of peers, and become leaders in their own peer groups. But often the groups that they choose to associate with are not healthy groups. The relationships they expe-rience tend to be shallow and inauthentic.
As a child, the Scapegoat is the child who is most like-ly to be brought to counsel-ling by the parents. Typical-ly, the exasperated parents will bring in the Scapegoat, identifying him or her as “the problem child”. A wise ther-apist will hear the parent’s plea to “fix” the child and realize that the behaviors in question are pointing to a problem within the family. If the family is willing to rec-ognize and acknowledge the larger problem then therapy may be effective.
But if the family contin-ues to deny the real problem and refuses to accept any responsibility, then therapy with the child will likely not be effective. Sadly the Scapegoat will likely be driv-en out of the family at some point. The family can then point to the Scapegoat, “over there”, and say, “see how bad they are, but we are all fine.” The Scapegoat will be the black sheep of the family, the one who carries the sins of the family for the whole fam-ily.
As an adult the Scapegoat usually has issues with au-thority figures, and problems with violence or aggression. The hurt and rejection they experienced from their fami-ly can show up as anger and mistrust as an adult. They may carry a lot of anger and resentment.
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However, Scapegoats tend to be emotionally honest, and because of that their story may have a happy ending as they are more likely to have the ability to recognize and the will to face their dysfunctional tendencies. In the end the Scapegoat will most likely be the per-son from the family who seeks counsel-ling and be able to deal with childhood
issues. If you have a topic you would like to see covered, or a question you’d like answered, let me know, and I’ll do my best to address it! If you would like to find out about counselling services in Scotch Creek please feel free to contact me at250-793-2202 or visit northshorecounsel-ling.net
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By Darlene Koss “Calling the Salmon Home” Every
four years is a dominant year for the Sockeye to return to their spawning grounds and 2018 is a dominant year.
This year’s Salute to the Sockeye festival will begin on September 28 and will run through till Sunday October 21, with the Opening Ceremo-ny taking place Sunday September 30 at the Roderick Haig-Brown Provin-cial Park in Lee Creek.
Volunteers Past successes in hosting our Salute
to the Sockeye Celebrations were on-ly possible because of your involve-ment. Countless hours by a myriad of people dedicated to the education and advocacy for the returning salmon have built our celebration into one of the largest in the Okanagan Shuswap re-gion.
Over the past couple of years, the role of The Adams River Salmon So-ciety has grown beyond simply hosting our Salute once every four years. We have embarked on several initiatives and have been a strong voice for the wild salmon through education, advo-cacy and participation in several events - including the Wild Salmon Caravan last fall. Through an energetic group of volunteers, the Salmon Society intro-duced an Interpretive Guide Program at Roderick Haig-Brown Provincial Park; conducted weekly throughout the summer. We were also able to open the Interpretive Cabin 4 days a week for visitors to see our displays and enjoy our educational programs on our new interactive touch screen. Many of you also attended our first Gala Dinner at
Quaaout Lodge in late September. We want to expand the hours of our
Interpretive Centre, and increase the number of Interpretive Guided Tours,
with an emphasis on school field trips. Our stage at the park will also undergo improvements with an all weather re-
movable roof being installed. Covering the stage will provide additional oppor-tunities to host events in a more com-fortable venue.
Working closely with our friends and partners at Little Shuswap Lake Indian Band plans are well underway to host a Shuswap Salmon Symposium featuring stakeholders in salmon con-servation pursuing actions to mitigate the threats faced by our returning salm-on.
With all these plans – our need for Volunteers has never been greater-
As a member of our community we are seeking for find volunteers that can help leading up to the Salute. Many different opportunities exist depending on your interests and time available. We will be in need of Interpretive Tour Guides throughout the summer starting late May, Volunteer Coordinators, vol-unteers with a finance background, In-terpretive Cabin Ambassadors (greeting visitors) events set up for special events we have before the Salute and Shuswap Salmon Symposium event volunteers. These are a few of the volunteers we are needing now. Check out www.facebook.com/adamsriversalmonsociety or www.salmonsociety.com to fill out a Volunteer Form, Membership Form. Or contact Bill Tayler directly at 778-995-4027 if you can spare some time.
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Submitted by Paula Shields
Shuswap Community Foundation Grants Com-mittee adjudicated the SCF 2018 Spring Grant Cycle at the end of March, and grants totaling $81,605 were awarded to charities and non-profits throughout the Shuswap.
The Shuswap Commu-nity Foundation Grants serve all demographics, including seniors, children and youth, supporting pro-jects that impact Educa-tion, Healthcare, Sports & Recreation, Arts & Cul-ture, Heritage, and the Environment.
When you support Shuswap Community Foundation all monies are reinvested in the Shuswap and you can see the results of your efforts making a difference in the lives of many.
Our donors are com-munity champions whose commitment to building a better community is the basis for supporting pro-jects and causes that en-rich life for all residents of the Shuswap.
Some of the Grant Re-cipients are listed below.
• Adams River Salmon Society-$2000-Computer terminals/Robert Haig Brown Ctr.- Education, 1st Nations
• Literacy Alliance of the Shuswap Society-$5000-2018 Summer Slide Program- Literacy, Youth, Education
• North Shuswap Histori-cal Society-$2500-Signage for self-guided tours-Heritage
• Salmon Arm Museum & Heritage-$7000-Archive room upgrade- Heritage, Education, Arts & Cul-ture
• Sorrento & District Housing Society-$2355- Lion’s Manor paving- Seniors, Gap Between Rich & Poor
• Sorrento Drop-in Socie-ty-$1450-Automated External Defibrillator (AED) Machine- Sen-iors, Healthcare
To apply for a Grant to fund your community pro-ject please submit your letter of intent by May 15. For details please visit our website http://www.shuswapfoundation.ca/ for Grant Guidelines or call us at 250-832-5428.
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As an association, we are nothing without our mem-bers and our member volun-teers are what make our as-sociation special. This year’s annual Spring clean-up on Sunday, April 22nd was a huge success. A solid morning’s effort with rakes, brooms, wheelbarrows, and shovels, cleaned up two full loads of winter debris. All that hard work helped gener-ate healthy appetites and a BBQ luncheon was enjoyed by all. Once again, the Hall’s grounds are in great shape for the summer sea-son. A big shout out thank you to everyone who came and volunteered their morn-ing.
May is a busy month for the Hall. In addition to all regular programming, we have two highly anticipated special events. Starting with Mother’s Day Sunday, May 13th. Come and get Mom’s special day started with breakfast with the entire family! Doors open at 8:00 am. May 26th is the return of Wine, Stein & Dine. Last year’s event was an early sell-out, so don’t delay. Tickets are $30.00 and will be available from SuperValu and Sunnyside Supermarket.
And… while it’s a June event tickets for the June 15th Lobster Dinner are on sale now. Prime Rib & Lob-ster will be $55.00, Lobster only $40.00, Prime Rib only
$30.00. While they last, extra Lobsters will be $22.00 each. Get your tick-ets from Janice Fisher at (250) 955-2393 before the June 8th order cutoff date.
The Annual General Meeting for the Association was held on April 17th. A major piece of business for the meeting was the adop-tion of the revised constitu-tion and by-laws. We now have an approved document to submit to BC Registries as required by the Societies Act.
Our membership drive has been a success and there are still membership renew-als being received. Wel-come to our new members and thank you to all who renewed. With the member-ship renewal package, we sent out a survey. The pur-pose of the survey was to help the board to define its mandate. We are grateful that so many of you took the time to respond. We’ll sum-marize the results of the sur-vey for the June Kicker… but to put everyone’s minds at ease… We all want to maintain the Hall’s heritage with a wooden floor and our friendly Elk on the wall.
That’s it for this month. Take a moment to check out the website Events calendar because there’s always something happening at the Hall.
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By Jan Penner This month’s item is an
in/out direct drive from a dirt track racer, also known as an in/out box. These vehicles do not have a starter and must be pushed to get them going. This drive “connects the engine to the rear wheels” to manually engage and disengage them, similar to a regular gear shift. Thanks to Steve Hoas’, quoted here, and to Richard Lawrence for their information. It is always great to have input from our readers and help with identifi-cation and back-ground infor-mation on our items. Congratula-tions to our draw winner.
Racing auto-mobiles in one form or another has been a “sport” almost since the inception of the gas-powered en-gine. The earliest officially organized race took place in France in 1894 and was not about speed but reliability. A year later the first actual speed race took place, also in France. Racing caught on, both in Europe and the Unit-ed States, with races on pub-lic roads from town to town and city to city often orga-nized and run for promotion-al purposes – sponsored most notably by newspapers and automobile manufacturers.
With the increase in the speeds attainable by the auto-mobiles, the danger to driv-ers, bystanders and livestock increased substantially, lead-ing to a huge decline and eventual cessation of road racing.
The first track built specifically for speedway racing appeared in 1906 near Surrey, Eng-land. Shortly there-after, a dirt surface track opened in the United States and Indianapolis was born. This most
famous of speed-ways has under-gone many chang-es since its begin-nings, going from dirt to brick and eventually, to the paved surface of today. The cars them-selves have changed and evolved countless times. The fea-tured vehicles rac-ing began as pro-totypes for the
coming season, a chance to see the newest vehicles in action being pushed to what were often inconceivable limits. As racing became more about speed than endur-ance, the cars and engines were constantly modified, as were tires, tracks and any-thing else that could influ-ence performance.
Throughout the history of automobile racing, changes have been made relative to War, manufacturing, financ-
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es and interest. With rally racing and Grand Prix for-mats, racing returned to pub-lic roadways, but with more restrictions than in the early days, making it a safer sport than it had once been. The variety of cars, engines, mate-rials, drivers and spectators is huge, each generally specific to a certain type of racing with little crossover between them. Auto racing, which began as a way to demon-
strate a motor car’s ability to go from A to B and interest buyers, has become a collec-tion of multi-million dollar enterprises run on an annual basis to thrill crowds while drivers exhibit their prowess at the wheel.
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I’m sure some of you have heard about the guy who trapped two dogs last winter. There seems to be a lot of half-truths and far fetched stories out there so I thought I’d state the facts. I have a registered trap line and caught two deer-chasing- dogs in legal traps. One in a live trap and one in a 280 conibear kill trap. They were not caught in my yard or on the “Hill”. On google earth,
they were caught 4.2 km away in a straight line on the 670 Forest Service RD. Backtracking them for an hour they had definitely been chasing deer. These dogs were seen last summer killing a deer down by the transfer sta-tion. The game warden was called, but I don’t know if the dog owners were contacted.
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Trapping Dogs
As a 30 year part time resident of the North Shus-wap I have seen the Squilax-Anglemont Road deterio-rate over those years. I enjoy cycling and cov-er the area between St Ives and Sunnyside store and I was delighted with the pav-ing that happened in the autumn of 2016. In October of 2017 I wrote to Larry Morgan as some very large cracks had appeared in the road, espe-cially west of house number 6738, and I wondered if perhaps there was a warran-ty on the work done as it was almost a year. Larry forwarded my letter to Peter Cocker, the Area Roads Manager for the Ministry of Transporta-tion and Infrastructure. Pe-ter responded to me by email and told me that the road was resurfaced with
hot in place recycling and asphalt overlay and that this should last 7-10 years. However. in the May 2016 edition of the Kicker, JoAnne Malpass quotes area highway manager Peter Gooch. He told her that the road resurfacing life span would be 30 years. I have been on my bike in the last few days. The cracks appear to be widen-ing and in my obviously unprofessional opinion I would be surprised if the road will last 7 years in many places. So my questions are: Did CSRD pay for a 30 year road? What happens with these cracks and other road dete-rioration now?
Margaret Lindsay
Squilax-Anglemont Road repaving
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Editors note: Squilax-Anglemont Road is under the juris-diction of B.C. Transportation. The CSRD’s mandate does not include road maintenance.
Actually I'm not complaining because I am a Senager. (Senior teenager) I have everything that I wanted as a teenager, only 60 years later. I don’t have to go to school or work. I get an allowance every month. I have my own pad. I don’t have a curfew. I have a driver’s license and my own car. The people I hang around with are not scared of get-ting pregnant. And I don’t have acne.
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NORTH SHUSWAP CEMETARY CLEANUP Some of the volunteers shown above are Frank Riley (left) Dwayn Bentley (right) and Rosemary Gillis between the two of them.
Picture credit: Joanne Prigmore
On behalf of the North Shuswap Cemetery Board, I would like to extend a big thank you to those who came to help with our annual Cemetery clean-up. We had a great turn out and were done fast. So thanks to Frank & Melanie Riley, Pat Dawson, Dwayne, Tracy and Jamie Bentley, Noah & Matty Sangster, Rosemary Gillis, Leona Bischoff, Diane Smith, Gary Christopherson, Roger Zinck, Mitch, Jake & Kyla Hewitt, Linda Bischoff, Ricky Bauer, Tom Zinck, Lou & Betty Etcheverry, and ourselves, Doug & Joanne Prigmore. Everybody worked so well together and we got the job done fast.
Also a much belated thanks goes to Pat Nicholl for his great donation of soil last fall. It is very much appreciated!
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I phoned the owner of the dog in the live trap, (which I released) twice in the last 7 months to tell him his dog was chasing deer across Squilax Angle-mont Hwy. I don’t care if you’re anti-trapping, I’m anti environmentalist. In Cana-da there’s free speech and you can have your own opinions.
I’ll just say you’re mis-informed. In BC it is IL-LEGAL for your dog to chase deer. As a responsi-ble dog owner it is your job to train your pet. If you can’t or don’t know how I suggest you think about getting a gold fish.
Ken Smyth Trapper
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Rise and Shine Breakfast: Thanks to the hard working Bingo committee members who sponsored and prepared the April 14 breakfast for 45 people. On the menu was ham bites with eggs, pan-cakes, homemade country fried hash browns and fresh fruit kabobs. Thanks to the crew of Denise and Gary Meier, Karen Hill, Monique Gauthier, Joe Lacasse, Vicki Mitchell and Nick Robinson. The May 12 breakfast will be sponsored and prepared by the guys and gals from the Anglemont Fire Department. There will be a 50/50 draw and a silent auction. In addi-tion to the breakfast there will be a Classic Show and Shine car show in the parking lot from 8 to 11 or so. The Anglebay Entertainers will be singing upstairs at 9:30: you won’t want to miss our ver-sion of “455 Rocket”. Also taking place is a meet and greet in the downstairs hall. Breakfasts run the 2nd Satur-day of every month from 8 to 11 a.m. See you April 14th.
New LED Lights: Thanks to Brian Ruddock of Trueform Contacting for co-ordinating the installation of the new LED dimmable lights in the upstairs hall. Thanks to Spooner Electric for overseeing the electrical portion of this job. Thanks Joe Lacasse and Ian Wilson for your hard work as well. They look fantastic.
BINGO: Doors open at 6 p.m. games start at 7 p.m. Bingo’s are held the first and third Thursday of the month: May 3 and 17.
General Meeting: The next General meeting will be May 8, 2018 at 2:30 p.m.
NIA: Nancy Parkinson will be holding NIA Dance Fitness classes with her An-glemont “Angels” on Wednesday mornings at 10:30. FMI Nancy Parkinson at 250-679-8233.
Lion’s Meat Draw: The Meat Draw is held every sec-ond Saturday and upcoming dates are: May 12 and May 26. The doors open at 2:00
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Thank You Thank you to First Responders
The family of Bob Leight (Scotch Creek) would like to recognize and thank the exceptional efforts of all the first responders who attended our home on April 1, 2018. Scotch Creek First Responders, Chase & Dis-trict Paramedics, RCMP and Victim Services. The com-passion and kindness shown to our family is greatly appreciated. This community is well supported by this exceptional group of individuals.
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On March 22 the Carpet Bowling league had its final league play game for the spring schedule. The win-ners of the spring league are: (L to R) Ron Schrader, the Top Guns team of skip Ger-ry Shea, and Bob Ewart.
They were presented with the winners trophy by Club President, Blair Scranton. The potluck wind-up lunch was enjoyed by all - those potluckers sure can cook up a storm. League play starts again in the fall.
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p.m. and the cash bar will be open from 2:00 to 5:30. Please come out and support our busy Lion’s Club who do so much good in our com-munity.
Door Code Change: The door code was changed on May 1st. Paid members will be contacted with the new code.
Pig and Whistle 2019!! The votes are in and a Western Theme has been chosen for the 2019 Pig and Whistle. There were 10 very good theme suggestions from the Anglebay Members and choosing just one was very difficult. So dust off those Stetsons y'all! Yehaw! Get ready to be entertained western style.
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• Junk in the Trunk Garage Sale: May 19 from 9 to 2. FMI Marianne 250-517-8365
• Snowbirds Return Din-ner: The Lion’s Club and Lakeview Centre are co-hosting a Snowbirds Return Dinner and Entertainment evening on May 25. Tickets available from any Lion Member.
• Show and Shine – Classic Car Event: to be held dur-ing the May 12th Rise and Shine breakfast. Luke has already had some car buffs entering their classic cars for your enjoyment. If you have a classic car you would like to enter please call Luke Kuromi 250-955-8610
• Bonnie Kilroe’s tribute to Patsy Cline: You have seen her here with her fan-tastic DIVAS show: now come out and see her tribute to the late, great Patsy Cline on June 23rd. Tickets $30.00 are available from Marianne 250-517-8365 or Gloria 250-575-5749.
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By Helen Dalin Hello readers. The local
Fish and Game Club thought perhaps it might be a good idea to share some happenings of the club with the general public. Many of the general public know about the annual fundraising Fish and Game banquet, which has been very popu-lar over the years, but what else do you know about this active local club? Since this is our first update I thought it might be a good idea to start at what is a Fish and Game club and why would I want to be part of one?
People who join this club come from many walks of life, but they have one thing in common, they want to protect, enhance, and pro-mote the wise use of the environment for the benefit of present and future gener-ations. Fish and Game Clubs have a long history of supporting wildlife and the community. Members are not just anglers and hunters, but also people and families who are interested in head-ing out for a family day of trolling local lakes, archery, target shooting, and shotgun sports. Most Fish and Game Clubs are members of the British Columbia Wild-life Federation.
The Chase and District Fish and Game Club (CDFGC) has a shooting and archery range at 724 Turtle Valley Road. This
range has been generously leased to the local club from land owner Louis Blanc. A membership and orientation is necessary for access to the range. Range protocol and opening and closing times must be followed at all times.
This winter the range has been more active than usual with Trap and Skeet shoot-ing taking place. Helen and
William Dalin are looking after this sec-tion of the CDFGC. The focus at pre-sent has been
to reopen and set up shoot-ing times for all age groups interested in shotgun sports. We also have a focus to en-courage more ladies and juniors out to try this sport. At present we have set up a monthly Sunday shoot. We have some shotguns availa-ble for new shooters who would like to try this sport and do not own a shotgun. We also have eye and hear-ing protection to lend and some shotgun shells that can be bought at the range if you can’t bring some with you. A round of shooting is a box of shells (25) and costs $5 a round. Only 7 ½, 8, or 9 shot is allowed. If you do not have a PAL an experienced shooter with a PAL will stand with you on the firing line to supervise, support and maintain safety.
If you have never tried this sport before, or have no idea about shotguns but want to learn, Helen and
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Chase and District Fish and Game Club
The Sorrento Lions Club, in addition to a donation of $650.00 in February, were pleased to make an additional do-nation of $1,150.00 thanks to a gaming community grant allotment, on Monday, April 9th for the Sorrento Elementary School PAC food program. Pictured are (left to right): Lion Judi Kembel, Jodi Garries - Principal, Kristin Crossman - PAC Food Coordinator, Lion John Howat, Lion Jim Mead, Learning Resource Teacher SheraLee Nuiwenhuizen and Lion Tony Van Schendel.
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William would prefer you contact them first and they will arrange a time to meet you at the range to give you private lessons before a Sunday shoot. Lessons are much better as we have the time to teach and talk to you about the nu-ances of the sport and we can set up the clay pigeons to fly in one direction only which makes it easier to learn. There is no pressure and no one watching or waiting. You can contact by sending a message on the Chase and Dis-trict Fish and Game Facebook page or call Helen at 250-679-8019. The next monthly shoot at the range is on Sun-day May, 13th, Mother’s Day. Trap shoots from 10 am to 12 pm approx. and Skeet from 12 pm to about 2:30 to 3 pm. Please arrive on time if you can. There is coffee, but bring your own bag lunch or other drinks.
In other upcoming events, the annual Family Camp out with fishing Derby is scheduled for May 26th and 27th at the range and the 3-D archery shoot is the weekend af-ter, June 2nd and 3rd at the range. For more information on these events contact us on our Facebook page.
(CDFGC) meets the 3rd Monday of the month at Creekside at 7:30 pm. New members are always welcome and all members are invited to attend these meetings to provide new ideas and direction. Next meeting is May, 14st. You can get a membership application at Miller’s Cabin on Shuswap Ave. Chase.
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Word on the Lake Set to Shock 15th Anniversary Word on the Lake Writers’ Festival, May 11 – 13, 2018 Shuswap Association of Writers is pleased to announce the winners of the Askew’s Foods’ Word on the Lake Writers’ Contest. Contestants compet-ed in three categories: Fiction, Nonfic-tion and Poetry. Entries were received from as far away as Ontario and Mon-tana, US, but the majority came from BC. The Winners of the 2018 Askew’s Foods Word on the Lake Writers Con-test are as follows:
Fiction ♦First Place: The Crimson Vase by Faye Arcand from Okanagan Falls, BC
♦Second Place: When Henry meets Sally by Janice Wilson from Ke-lowna, BC
♦Honourable Mention: All Happy Families by Laura Slauson from Ke-lowna, BC
Nonfiction ♦First Place: Hey Mum, It’s Me by Susan Ross from Kamloops BC,
♦Second Place: Coming to B.C by Christina Myers from Surrey, BC
♦Honourable Mention: The Black Hole by Peter Robin from Kelowna, BC
Poetry ♦First Place: Big Frank’s Woman by Chelsea Comeau from New Westmin-ster, BC
♦Second Place: Blackbird by Jaki Sawyer from Kelowna BC
♦Honourable Mention: Landing At Cascade, Norfolk Island August 1790 by Sheila Ricciardi, Penticton, BC
On May 11, 2018, the contestants will be honoured at the Saturday Night Banquet of the Word on the Lake Writers’ Festival. The festival, which takes place May11, 12, and 13, will be at the Prestige Harbourfront Resort and Okanagan College. It is a festival for every kind of writer from absolute be-ginners to the experienced. Check out the exciting lineup of presenters at www.wordonthelakewritersfestival.com.
While the rest of us were home still shoveling snow, a group of North Shus-wapians took the Kicker to Barbados for a break from winter.
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Submitted by Gord Woodward Families affected by dementia re-ceive support almost a year earlier when referred to First Link® demen-tia support One of the most important building blocks necessary to creating a truly de-mentia-friendly province – where people living with dementia, their caregivers and their families are welcomed, acknowledge and supported – is ensur-ing that people have access to the sup-port and education that they need, when they need it. The Alzheimer Society of B.C. connects with British Columbians affected by dementia through First Link® dementia support. While individuals and families in Celista and elsewhere in the Shuswap can visit the nearest Regional Resource Centre or call the First Link® Dementia Helpline (1-800-936-6033) at any point in the dementia journey, one of the most important ways they can connect to First Link® dementia support is through a referral from a health-care provider. “Because of the stress and stigma associated with a diagnosis of dementia, it can take families time to adjust to their new situation. On average, families may wait up to 11 months before they con-nect to First Link® for help,” says Tara Hildebrand, Support and Education Co-ordinator at the Society’s Central Interi-or Resource Centre. “A referral at the time of diagnosis ensures that families are being supported during time that can be critical for advanced planning and developing support networks.” When a health-care provider refers someone to First Link®, the Alzheimer Society of B.C. will reach out to them to ensure that they have the option to re-ceive services that will assist in main-taining their quality of life as much as possible as the disease progresses. While a referral at the time of diagnosis is ide-al, people can be referred to First Link® at any point in the dementia journey. Dr. Bruce Newmarch, a general prac-titioner in Kamloops, is an avid champi-on of First Link® and the services of-fered through it. “We may only see an
individual or family once or twice, but with a First Link® referral we know they will be provided with ongoing support,” Dr. Newmarch says. “Giving the diagno-sis is a lot easier when you know some-one from the Alzheimer Society of B.C. is there to help them through the jour-ney.” People may be referred by many dif-ferent kinds of health-care providers, whether a general practitioner, an assess-ment clinic or a home and community care case manager. “The Alzheimer So-
ciety of B.C. values all our health-care partners working to build a community of care with us,” says Tara. Celista and other Shuswap residents who are concerned about dementia can call the First Link® Dementia Helpline (1-800-936-6033) or visit alz-heimerbc.org, and are encouraged to speak with their health-care provider about whether or not a referral to First Link® dementia support would help them.
Columbia Shuswap Regional District
Visit our website at www.csrd.bc.ca 555 Harbourfront Dr. NE, Salmon Arm, BC | PO Box 978 V1E 4P1
250.832.8194 | Toll Free 1.888.248.2773
CSRD Electoral Area F New Building Regulation Inspection Service
A CSRD Building Regulation Inspection Service has existed in the communities of Lee Creek, Scotch Creek, Celista, Magna Bay, Anglemont and St. Ives since 2001. Starting March 5, 2018 the number of building inspections in these areas will increase from three to six:
1. Footing construction 2. Pre-backfill 3. Under slab plumbing rough-in 4. Framing construction 5. Insulation and vapour barrier and air barrier 6. Final inspection
Most new building construction, renovation, addition, or demolition requires that:
• the property owner submit a complete building permit application to the CSRD;
• the CSRD issue a building permit prior to construction beginning; and, • the CSRD Building Inspector complete six inspections during
construction and prior to the granting of building occupancy.
For more information please contact the CSRD Building Department at:
1.888.248.2773 or 250.832.8194 [email protected]
http://www.csrd.bc.ca/services/building-regulationinspection
Dementia Support
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Public consultation begins on new species
at risk legislation
Media Release The Government of Brit-
ish Columbia has begun a three-stage approach to gathering feedback that will inform policy development for new species at risk leg-islation.
Currently, the Province has 231 species listed under the federal Species at Risk Act. While there are protec-tion measures for some spe-cies under the current pro-vincial regulations, there is no comprehensive legisla-tion for the protection of species at risk.
“The great variety of plants and animals in Brit-ish Columbia provides im-portant ecological, social, cultural and economic bene-fits to the province and its residents,” said George Heyman, Minister of Envi-ronment and Climate Change Strategy. “With new species at risk legisla-tion, we have the opportuni-ty to protect B.C.’s irre-placeable biodiversity and to bring stability to Indige-nous communities, industry and the public. These public consultations are a further step towards an effective and innovative approach to protecting and recovering species at risk.”
Phase 1 will consist of a series of one-to-one conver-sations with key stakeholder groups, online discussions with members of the public and regional engagements with Indigenous communi-ties.
Phase 2 is a collabora-tive, multi-day workshop with key stakeholders in spring 2018.
Phase 3 will be an inten-tions paper, issued for pub-lic comment in the fall of 2018, that will outline spe-cific details of B.C.’s pro-posed species at risk legisla-tion.
Species at risk legisla-tion will fulfil the Prov-ince’s commitment to re-duce adverse impacts on B.C.’s most vulnera-ble species. The legislation will establish a clear pro-cess for protecting species at risk, to meet obligations under the Canada-British Columbia Agreement on Species at Risk, as well as provide increased certainty for those operating on B.C.’s land base.
The engagement and consultation will occur con-currently between Indige-nous groups, stakeholders and the public.
To report a wildfire or unattended campfire, call 1-800-663-5555 toll-free
or *5555 on a cell phone.
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By Jo Anne Malpass Metal sculpture artist Ben van
Leeuwen has been manipulating met-al into art ever since he got his first-class welder ticket from NAIT in 1982.
This RED Seal welder/steamfitter works with anything that can be cut, bent, shaped or welded. In his art pieces, he uses anything metal in-cluding small tools, golf club heads, engine parts, propane tanks and tire rims. If it can be made out of steel, I’ll try it, he says.
Originally from Vanderhoof, BC, Ben travelled and worked in a varie-ty of locations across Canada and even the US. He and wife, Rose-marie, were looking for a summer property when they came to the North Shuswap in 2004. On the way back to Edmonton on that first trip, they decided to make Scotch Creek their full-time home. Ben operated a welding shop here for the first 6 ½ years, doing a variety of custom or-ders, which included many unique railings.
Along with decorative items, their home is filled with Ben’s work including the kitchen bar stools, light fixtures, kitchen island, bakers’ rack
and stools, boot rack, horse head hat rack and a coffee table inlaid with horse silhouettes.
He started off making decorative pieces using horseshoes and pro-gressed to using all types of metal parts.
His work ranges from custom fire pits and briquette barbecues to metal tables with inlay designs and a varie-ty of animal figures, both large and small.
His custom fire pits are a popular item, made using truck rims or 30 lb. propane tanks. Each one is different and can be individualized to a cus-tomer’s request. He has used a Min-ion design for some of his propane tank fire pits and the ones using truck rims have cut outs of whatever the customer visualizes from animal de-signs to flames.
Some of his small animal metal art is made from spoons and forks. This winter, he started using cutlery to build bird shapes.
It’s fun to try new things, he says, so custom orders are his favourite projects.
For custom orders or to see the variety of metal art available, call Ben at 778-220-0507.
Feature Artist - Ben van Leeuwen
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St. David’s by-the-Lake Anglican/United Church
5518 S-A Rd, Celista [email protected]
Rev Brian Smith Sunday, 11am
North Shuswap
Christian Fellowship 4079 Butters Road,
Scotch Creek 250-955-2545 / nscfchurch.org
Worship & Sunday School, 10:30 am Potluck 3rd Sunday Pastor Lloyd Peters
Shuswap Community Church
Sorrento Campus Sunday, 10:30 am
At Sorrento Memorial Hall 1159 Passchendaele Rd.
250.835.4004
Catholic Services Our Lady of the Lake
Blind Bay Sunday, 11: 15 am
Chase Sunday, 9:00 am
By Rachelle Horvath The program is about Growth and that
is exactly what happened. We started with 9 students before we broke for spring break, to come back to 15 students!
The outdoor learning area was a hub of excitement during our first outdoor ses-sion. Watching the students take part in their second meditation session was amaz-ing. The students shared in what they felt and sensed while they were on the short journey through their minds. A future walk is being scheduled to do some beach combing and see if the children see any-thing that perhaps was in their meditation.
Each student received a workbook for record keeping and activities that they are taking part in. This is where the responsi-bilities to the program are held. Volunteers are looking forward to seeing what the children experience, while they are explor-ing the world around them.
The students were then divided into groups and off they went to a station where the volunteers were ready to share their knowledge.
Bob and Sandra had the children off walking the edges of the school yard, bin-oculars in hand, looking for birds finding their homes in the trees. Seeing which birds have spent the winter here and which birds are returning from their winter loca-tions. The children have a section in their workbooks to record the locations and birds that they are finding. Soon nesting will begin, and the children will be on the look out for all the new little feathered friends.
The gardening beds around the learn-ing area were cleaned up. Many thanks to the moms who got their hands in the dirt. Before long, the beds will be showing signs of the seeds that were planted. Chil-dren will be watching to see the Echinacea Purpurea, Spicy Mesclun Mix and Sun-flowers start appearing. When we meet again, the students will be adding to the beds. Looking to create a deer fence so the students do not see all their hard work go for not. The students also took home a Squash seed (Honey Boat Delicata) win-dow experiment to see the stages of the seed as it grows. They will then record their findings to share with the group when we meet again.
Sarah spent time with the students cre-ating the most beautiful bracelets from stones and gems from the earth. It was interesting to watch what patterns and se-lection of beads were being chosen by the young creators. Some children chose to sit together while others went off on their own to create. Watching the calmness the students seemed to be experiencing as they sat placing the beads on the elastic, showed a meditative behavior.
LIFE Program would like to give a big shout out to Cheryl Munson for the dona-tion of a watering barrel! We so appreciate the donation, you will be helping us keep this garden watered.
If you can help us with donations of hand tools for the garden, we are still look-ing for those. If you have a talent that you are willing to share with the students, please call Rachelle 250 679 2145.
LIFE Program Growing
Where NOT to moor your boat!
This picture was shared with the Kicker in September 2017.of a boat that was moored at Scotch Creek Provincial park’s boat launch. This picture serves as a friendly reminder where “not” to moor your boat! Photo credit Leonard Bryan
Wash your windows on a cloudy day to ensure that
the sun won't dry the cleanser before
you're done wiping.
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Shuswap spring wildflowers
painted on our altar
St. DavidÊs by the Lake on the highway in Celista
Join us for worship Sundays at 11:00
• May is a month of special services, Gospel music, and inspirational messages
• Great activities for children each Sunday
• Light pot luck lunch after each service; often picnic style
Everyone welcome!
Contact us at [email protected]
Phone: 250-955-2502
Visit our website www.stdavidschurch.info
Thrift Shop Open!
Wednesdays 10:00-3:00
Bookkeeping, Payroll and Business Organization
Ellen Hammer-Ziegler 250-253-1075
School News By Jan Penner
Our Arts activities in April went very well. Guest artist Meaghan Iver-son led all classes in animated draw-ing. There were some great pieces produced and lots of enthusiasm went into the drawings. Thanks Meaghan for your visit! The first of two cultural performances had Speed Control sing-ing us through some of the awesome Canadian rock music from the past 50+ years. The second performance was with Avis Theatre performing their version of Robinson Crusoe. We also had our annual Shuswap Idol, with student/family/staff performances. Congratula-tions to all performers. It takes time, nerve and com-mitment as well as talent to get up on stage. Mr. Ellis has put out an invitation to parents to join their children next year and hopefully we will see lots more acts then!
The month of April ended with gymnastic instruction from the talent-ed people at Momentum Gymnastics. As always, the children learned about movement, stretching and flexibility in a safe and controlled manner. Thanks to Momentum Gymnastics and to our wonderful PAC for taking care of the finances to make this event possible.
Upcoming events for May begin with the Division 1 Bottle Drive. This fundraising effort supports year end class field trips and celebrations, as well as the Grade 7 year-end field trip to Sunnybrae. Community support for this event is always strong and greatly appreciated. If you would like to do-nate to this event but will not be avail-able on the 5th, you can drop your re-turnables off at Scotch Creek Bottle Depot and let the staff know they are for Division 1 and they will see that the children and parents get them for sorting on that day.
Spring Tea, our annual thank-you to our community supporters, is on Tuesday, May 15th this year. Invita-tions have been sent out but if you did not receive one, please join us for the
12:20 start. Doors open at 11:45 so come early to find a seat and enjoy a cup of coffee or tea before the perfor-mances.
Also slated for May are class pic-tures on the 22nd and Eureka! Science on the 23rd. Thanks again to PAC for bringing the science presentation to our school. The TRU students always have fun and amazing activities for us.
June events can be marked on the calendar as well. District Track Meet is June 5th, Waterslides on the 21st, Fun Day on the 25th, Awards Day on the 27th and the Students’ Last Day on
the 28th with report cards going home. The 29th is an Administration Day with teaching staff meeting and clearing up classrooms for the summer. Kindergarten Orientation is set for 12:15 on June 7th.
This is a chance for our new Kinder-garten students to interact with their new classmates and teacher. It is also an opportunity for parents to ask ques-tions about any concerns you have regarding preparedness for Kindergar-ten. PLEASE ensure that your child is registered for classes in September if they will be 5 by December 31st, 2018. Come in to the office and speak with Mrs. Dawson or call 250-955-2214 for more information.
To wrap up this month I have an-other plea to drivers to SLOW DOWN for the school zone. All perimeter roads have signage. North Shuswap School is incorporating outdoor learn-ing experiences and the beach is an excellent space for many of our les-sons. Classes are regularly crossing Squilax-Anglemont Rd. to the beach access. Speaking from experience, it is a bit unnerving to have to rush young children across because a large vehicle is coming up on us at exces-sive speed. We should not need to petition for a crosswalk or more RCMP presence but we need to keep our children safe. Please slow down in the school zone.
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NORTH SHUSWAP CELISTA COMMUNITY HALL 5456 Squilax Anglemont Rd
• BINGO Monday (except stats). $1000 Progressive Jackpot (must be legal age). Doors open at 6. Games start at 7. FMI Deb at 250-253-5954 (license #92155)
• Celista Coffee House - Live entertainment every 3rd Saturday Oct to May. FMI 250-679-2174
• Community Association - 3rd Tues. at 7pm. • Craft & Needlework every Wed, 10-2. FMI Gerry 250-517-7111 (from 2nd Wed in Sept to 2nd Wed in June) everyone welcome.
• Historical Society - meeting 2nd Thurs at 2pm. • Lions Club - meet 2nd & 4th Thurs 7pm • Naturalist Club - meet 2nd Tues of the month, 1:30 pm. (Summer outings) FMI 250-679-8148
• NIA Dance Fusion Classes - Tues & Fri 10:30am -11:30am. FMI Nancy Parkinson 250-679-8233
• NS First Responders Society - meet 2nd Tues. of the month at 1pm
• N.S. Players - meet 2nd Tues. of the month, 7pm. • Zumba - Tues & Thurs 9am to 10am. FMI Julie 250-679-8502
LAKEVIEW CENTRE ACTIVITIES 7703 Squilax-Anglemont Rd, Anglemont
• Anglebay Entertainers Chorus practice - Wed. 1pm, Jo 250-955-2282
• Arts Group - Tuesdays 10am to 2pm • Crafts - 2nd & 4th Tues. 10am to 2pm. Bring your lunch. Everyone welcome. FMI call Alison @ 250-955-2588
• Bingo - 1st & 3rd Thur. Doors open, 6pm. Game at 7pm (licence no. 91834) FMI 250-572-0411
• Bridge Night - Wed evening, 7 pm. Coffee and Treats, Everyone welcome.
• Carpet Bowling - Mon & Thurs 10-12. FMI Blair Scranton 250-955-0032. Spares list call Ann Chow 250-955-2899
• Country Gardener’s Club - 3rd Wed of the month, 7 pm. FMI Chris 250-955-6467
• General Meeting - 2nd Tues. 2:30pm • NIA Class - Wed 10:30am. Nancy Parkinson 250-679-8233
• Rise & Shine Breakfast - 2nd Sat. 8-11am. • Salsa Dance Lessons - Wed 7 - 8:30pm • Table Tennis - Mon. 1pm-3pm and & Fri. 10am-
noon. FMI Dennis 250-955-2899 OTHER NORTH SHUSWAP ACTIVITIES
• Business Lunch Talk (BLT)- 3rd Thurs 12pm to 1pm at pm at North Shuswap Christian Fellowship Church. 4079 Butters Road. Scotch Creek
• Chamber of Commerce Meetings - 4th Mon of the month, Location to be announced
• Fitness classes at Quaaout Lodge - Mon, Wed, Fri - Yoga at 8:30am and Aquafit at 10am. FMI 250.679.3090
• Lions Club Meat Draw & 50/50 Draw - Alternating Saturdays at Lakeview & Scotch Creek Fire Hall. 3-5pm.
• Neighbours Seniors Club - Wed. 12 to 3pm. Lunch, games, entertainment, coffee/dessert & fellowship. N.S. Christian Fellowship FMI Marion 250-679-2369 / Sherri 250-955-0036.
• NS First Responders - 1st & 3rd Thurs, 7pm at Celista Fire Hall.
• NS Health Centre Society - meet 2nd Thurs of the month, 9am. Call Carol 250-679-3498 or Jay 250-377-5462 for location
• Pickleball - at the tennis court in Scotch Creek.
Every day at 10am. Mon/Wed/Fri/Sun are "organized club play". Tues/Thurs/ Sat are "open play". (Earlier times during summer heat)
• The Shuswap Nature Hikers meet Fridays to hike the North and South Shuswap trails. To join, contact them from their website: http://www.thethirdhouse.ca/contact/hikers.php
• .SOUTH SHUSWAP • Notch Hill Town Hall Assoc. - 1st Mon. at 7pm (bank holiday 2nd Mon). Info 250-675-4174
• Probus Copper Island - second Thurs.10am (coffee, 9:30) at Cedar Heights Community Hall. FMI Doug Brown 250-803-8930
• Shuswap Rock Club - First Tues of the month (Sept - June) 7:30 pm at Sorrento Drop in Society. Saturday workshops 1-4 pm. FMI 250-675-2849
• Shuswap Wood Carvers - Wed 9am to noon at Sorrento Drop in Centre. FMI Ken 250-675-3316.
• Sorrento Lions Club Meat Draw - Fridays 5-7pm at Copper Island Pub in Sorrento. 50/50 draw FMI Wayne, 250-675-2616
• The Arts On-Site with Lady Nature meet Mondays at 9am to create outdoors in the forest, near Sorrento-Blind Bay. FMI: 250-675-5097, www.thethirdhouse.ca/theartsonsite
• TOPS Sorrento #4369 - meets every Wed from 8:15 to 10:00 am at Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church. 2740 Fairway Hills Rd. 250-675-2849
BLIND BAY MEMORIAL HALL 2510 Blind Bay Rd,250-675-3139. Email:
[email protected] Facebook: Blind Bay Community Hall and Reedman Gallery
Website: blindbaymemorialhall.ca • Blind Bay Painters - Tuesdays from 9:30 am - 3
pm. FMI Betty Schriver 250-675-2249 • Jam Session - 3rd Tues. 7pm • Garden Club - 3rd Wed. 10am to noon • Talana Twirlers - Thurs 7 - 9:30 pm. Contact
Nancy 250-675-5375 CARLIN HALL - 4051 Myers Rd., Tappen
To book call 250-835-8577. web: carlinhall.net • Tues: Beginner acoustic jam - 7pm to 9pm. • Wed: Intermediate acoustic jam - 7pm to 9pm • Coffee House 1st Sat. Dec - March. 7pm
SOUTH SHUSWAP LIBRARY Blind Bay Market. 250-675-4818
www.orl.bc.ca/branches/south-shuswap • Knitting & Crocheting Group: 1st & 3rd Friday,
10 am – Noon. Bring a project! Meet new friends • The Writers’ Nook: 2nd & 4th Wednesday from
10am – 12pm. All welcome! • For a full list of adult and children’s events visit
the library or check out their website. EAGLE BAY COMMUNITY HALL
4326 Eagle Bay Rd. • Quilting Mondays 10-2 (Bring Lunch). FMI call Inez: 675-4531
• Crafts Wednesdays 10-2 (Bring Lunch). FMI call Dot: 675-4282
• Fitness - Tues. & Thurs. 9-10. Sharon: 675-2408
• Darts Fri7:15 pm. FMI call Alan: 675-5403 • Coffee House 4th Sat of the Month, except Dec & June - Aug. 7:30pm. FMI Gaetane 675-2178
SORRENTO DROP IN SOCIETY 1148 Passchendaele Rd.
• Mon: AA Sorrento Group 8pm, Glee Club 9:30am • Tues: Crib -1:30pm, Men’s Snooker - 1pm, Meals to Wheels 2nd & 4th Tues. at noon
• Wed: Carvers - 9am, Cards 1pm, Snooker 6pm
• Thurs: Quilting - 10am, Men’s Snooker - 1pm • Fri: Ladies Snooker- 1pm • Sat: Scottish Country Dancing 9:30am - 250-675-3518
SHUSWAP LAKE ESTATES COMMUNITY CENTRE: 2404 Centennial Dr, Blind Bay
FMI call 250-675-2523 • Mon: Line Dance - intermediate 1-3pm, Sponge Ball 9-12pm
• Tues: Ladies Bridge 1-4pm, Good Time Quilters 1st & 3rd, 9am-3pm, Sponge Ball 9-12pm
• Wed: Line Dance (beginners) 10-11:30am, (Advanced) 1:30-3pm. Ballroom Dance 7-9pm. Lego Club 2nd Wed 6:30-8pm
• Thurs: Play Group 9-12pm, Shuswap Pipers1-4pm
• Friday: Sponge Ball 9-12pm, Youth Group (Gr. 5-7)6:30-7:30pm - (Gr. 8 & up)7:30-9:30pm, Scrappy Quilt Chics 9-3pm
CHASE Fish & Game Club - 3rd Mon. 7:30pm at Chase Creekside Movie Night - Chase Community Hall, Thurs, minimal admission, concession, FMI 250-319-6302. Parkside Estates - Public Bingo Wed. 1pm, FMI 250-679-4477 Ext. 5 Taoist Tai Chi - Chase Community Hall on Tuesdays from 10-11am and Thursdays from 9:30-11:30 am. FMI Judy 250-679-5425
CHASE CREEKSIDE FOR SENIORS 542 Shuswap Ave - FMI Sharron 250-679-1183 • Mon: Exercise for guys/gals, 8:30am / Bridge (with lessons), Canasta & Snooker, 1pm
• Tues: Bingo, 1pm • Wed: Exercise for guys/gals, 9am / Canasta & Snooker, 1pm / Jam session 7pm
• Thurs: Wood carving, 9am (lessons & help avail.) • 2nd Thurs: Monthly General Meeting, 1pm • Fri: Cribbage, 1pm • Exercise for guys/gals, 9am • 2nd Fri: Mini-Crib, 10:30am register, 11am start • 3rd Fri every other month (starting Oct 2015): Full course meal, 5pm. Happy hour, 4:15
CHASE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION 515 Shuswap Ave - 250-679-3536
• Tues. Pool- 3:30pm, meat draw - 3:30- 6:30pm, fun darts
• Wed. - 3rd Wed of every month Branch General Meeting 7 pm. (except July & Aug)
• Sat. Meat Draw, 50/50, Fun Darts - 2pm • Sun. - Giant Crib on the first Sun. of every month, 10:45 am. All other Sundays closed.
SUNNYBRAE COMMUNITY HALL - 3585 Sunnybrae Canoe Pt. Rd.
• Tues & Thurs: Karate 6pm (250-835-8875) • Mon & Fri: Badminton (250-835-4625) • 2nd Sat: Coffee House (except June to Sept) • 4th Wed: General Meeting 7:30pm
SUNNYBRAE SENIORS HALL • Sunnybrae Painters/Crafters Mon 9:30am (except statutory holidays) FMI 250-835-8539
• Wed Quilters 1st & 3rd (250-835-8255) • Potluck dinner and Meeting 3rd Tues, 5:30 pm(except July/Aug)
• Shuswap Needle Arts Guild meet 1st & 3rd Thursday, 10am to 4 pm (Sept. to Jun) FMI Jo (250)-832-9308 or Sharon (250)-832-4588.
Regularly Scheduled Events T o a d d a m e e t i n g / e v e n t c a l l 2 5 0 - 9 5 5 - 0 5 3 4 , F a x 2 5 0 - 9 5 5 - 0 5 1 5 o r e m a i l k i c k e r @ k i c k e r . c a
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♦ Custom Cutting (all bandsawn wood) ♦ Cedar Siding - Fascia Board - etc. ♦ Beams ♦ Kiln Dried T&G also available
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26th Annual Roots and Blues Festival Media Release lues fans will be filling their boots with the sounds of acoustic and electric, tradi-tional and contemporary blues on the weekend of August 16 thru 19, the 26th edition of the Salmon Arm ROOTSand-BLUES Festival. The festival has already announced that Colin James and his exceptional band will be headlining on the closing day of the event and that former Fleet-wood Mac, Bonnie Raitt and John Ma-yall guitarist Rick Vito will also be on site for the entire run of ROOTSand-BLUES '18. Those two critically acclaimed artists are only a slice of the blues component that will be balanced by main stage, CBC Blues stage, and Barn stage perfor-mances, that will alternate between fea-tured concert slots and a multitude of thematic workshops. The line-up features a number of re-cent Juno and Maple Blues Award win-ners who combine for what is arguably the strongest Canadian blues contingent in the history of ROOTSandBLUES. These artists cover a large chunk of territory of our country with Harpdog Brown, a two-time winner of the Maple Blues Harmonica Player of the Year ('16 & '17) representing B.C.. Big Dave McLean, who took home Acoustic Act of the Year at the most recent Maple Blues Awards, is Manitoba's leading ambassador of the blues, and has been for over three decades. The Montreal-based Paul DesLauri-ers Band took home Entertainer of the Year honors for the second year running at the Maple Blues Awards this past Jan-uary and it was only two years ago gui-tarist and singer DesLauriers and his powerhouse rhythm section of bassist Greg Morency and drummer Sam Har-risson, finished second at the prestigious International Blues Challenge in Mem-phis. MonkeyJunk won the latest Juno award for Blues Album of the Year in Vancouver a few weeks ago thanks to the trio's Ready To Roll album on Stony Plain Records. Stick the ROOTSandBLUES House Band, as led by guitarist Brent Parkin into the mix for the third consecutive
year, and there are countless combina-tions of players and singers who have worked together in the studio and on stage for artistic director Peter North to utilize while finalizing the ROOTSand-BLUES schedules. "Harpdog and Big Dave have great chemistry and both were pleased to see they had been booked for ROOTSand-BLUES. MonkeyJunk lead vocalist Ste-ve Marriner is also doing double duty these days as the harmonica player for Colin James so that's an obvious combo for a workshop, and the guys in the De-sLauriers Band and MonkeyJunk have shared stages out east before with great success. Colin James produced Big Dave's For The Blues...."Always" al-bum, a number of years ago, so there's all sorts of connections with this pool of Canadian blues talent," says North who also had one more announcement for blues fans. Alabama bluesman Lil' Jimmy Reed will be making his first appearance in B.C., with The Bob Hall Trio, on the Saturday and Sunday of ROOTSand-BLUES. Born in the thirties, the seventy-seven year-old Reed, who covers some of the classic material of his legendary namesake, is a lightning rod of a show-man. His recent appearances at the Ed-monton International Blues Festival (2016) and Calgary Blues Fest (2017) had audiences on their feet in a matter of seconds. "He was a surprise highlight of both those festivals. His spirit is infectious and he is the real deal," says the artistic director of the guitarist, singer and harp player who filled in one night decades ago for blues star Jimmy Reed, a turn of events that earned him the sobriquet Lil' Jimmy Reed and started him on the long path to success. North also feels it is a major added bonus for blues fans attending ROOTSandBLUES, that Reed's band is anchored by pianist Bob Hall. Hall was a member of Britain's legendary Savoy Brown band during the late sixties, a run that included his participation on the albums Getting To The Point, Blue Mat-ter and A Step Further. Hall is joined by his bass playing and singing wife Hilary
Blythe and the Hall Trio will also be fea-tured at select workshops and side stage performances. ROOTSandBLUES 2018 has the blues covered and for complete infor-mation on the Salmon Arm ROOTSand-BLUES Festival line-up thus far, head to rootsandblues.ca Ticket information is also on line or call the ROOTSandBLUES office at 250-833-4096.
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NORTH SHUSWAP • Lions Club Meat Draws – Saturdays 3 to 5 pm. Lakeview Centre Anglemont on May 12 & 26, June 9 & 23. Scotch Creek Community Hall (Fire Hall) May 5, 19, June 2 & 30. Cash Bar.
• Celista Coffee House – May 19.Doors open at 7pm at NS Community Hall. May Feature is Zac & the Elderly Bros & Michael Averill.
• Thrift Shop Opening – Wednesdays starting May 2 at St. David’s Church, Celista. 10am to 3pm. Donations welcome. Please no micro-waves, TVs, computers or furniture.
• Div. 1 School Bottle Drive - May 5. Students will be collecting, or you can drop off at Scotch Creek Bottle Depot
• Divorce Care – Tuesdays 7-9pm, NS Chris-tian Fellowship, 4079 Butters Rd. FMI call 250.955.6379.
• Classic Car Show Rise ‘N Shine Breakfast – May 12, 8-11 am Lakeview Centre. If you have a classic car to enter, call Luke Kuromi to register 250-955-8610. Fundraiser for Angle-mont Fire Department. 50/50 draw, silent Auc-tion.
• Mother’s Day Pancake Breakfast – May 13, 8:30 – 11am North Shuswap Community Hall.
• BLT Business Luncheon – May 17, noon to 1pm at NS Christian Fellowship, 4079 Butters Rd. Guest speaker Angela Lagore.
• Giant Garage Sale - Pancake breakfast. Hot dogs. 50/50. May 19 from 9am to 2pm at Scotch Creek/Lee Creek Fire Hall. No reserva-tions. Set up at 8am. Fundraiser for SC/LC Firefighters. FMI: 250-320-0768.
• Junk in the Trunk Garage Sale - May 19 from 9 to 2. Lakeview Centre FMI Marianne 250-517-8365
• Garage & Bake Sale – May 19, 8am – 3pm. Corner Squilax-Anglemont & Jordan Way, east of Home Hardware. Hosted by NS Chris-tian Fellowship.
• Canadian rock band Trooper will set up on a houseboat at Cinnemousun Narrows, from 12 noon to 3:00 pm on Saturday, May 19 for a free, boat access only, concert on the lake.
• Snowbirds Return Dinner - Lion’s Club and Lakeview Centre co-hosting a Dinner and Entertainment evening on May 25. Tickets available from any Lion Member.
• Wine Stein Dine and Dance – May 26, 7pm. Celista Hall. Fundraiser for NS Community Assoc. Live band, cash bar, food included, 50/50, raffles and door prizes. Tickets at Su-per Valu and Sunnyside Supermarket. Desig-nated drivers available.
• NS Chamber of Commerce meeting – May 28, 6:30-8:00pm at Lakeview Centre. Jim
Cooperman will be discussing his book at 6:30pm with meeting to follow.
• Alzheimer’s and Dementia Workshop - The Alzheimer’s Society will offer practical infor-mation and coping skills for family members and caregivers to help those affected by Alz-heimer’s and Dementia. Costs covered by NS Health Centre Society and open to all. May 30, 1:30 -3:30 pm at the Scotch Creek Community Hall. Contact Lorna at [email protected] to indicate interest or for further information.
• Father’s Day Lobster Dinner - Friday, June 15, Happy Hour 5 pm, Dinner at 6pm. North Shuswap Community Hall. Reservations only, by June 8. Contact Janice at 250-955-2393.
• Bonnie Kilroe’s tribute to Patsy Cline - A tribute to the late, great Patsy Cline on June 23. Tickets available from Marianne 250-517-8365 or Gloria 250-575-5749.
• First Annual Scotch Creek Walk-About – NS Health Centre Society fundraiser, family friendly 5 & 10 km walk/ run through Shuswap Lake Provincial Park. June 24, 9am-2pm. Register at: www.facebook.com/northshuswaphealth To volunteer or contrib-ute, contact Gail at [email protected].
ADAMS LAKE • Community Yard Sale - May 19, 9am at 9001 Holding Rd. Adams Lake Community Society. Please reserve your space. Call Sheri at 250-679-3284 or email: [email protected]
SOUTH SHUSWAP • South Shuswap Library Events – Healthy and Happy by Default – Health and wellness by a retired Physiotherapist with a passion for helping people create healthy happy lives. Tuesdays, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm May 8 & June 12. Maker space Bring the kids during the week of May 22-25 to try out some cool robotics. What’s stress got to do with it? For adults - Tuesdays, May 8 and June 12 at 2:00 pm. Come and join Erna for these eye opening and informative sessions.
• Sorrento Lions 4th annual Garage Sale will be held on May 26th from 8:00 am – 3:00 pm at the Sorrento Memorial Hall, 1150 Pass-chendaele Road. If you have any household items that are taking up space and would like to donate, please call Wayne Kembel at 250-675-2616 or email [email protected] for further information regarding pick-up and delivery op-tions. Please NO large appliances, mattress-es, upholstered furniture, clothes or computer electronics.
• Bonnie Kilroe presents Country Queens –
June 16, 7pm Duffers Den at Shuswap Lake Estates. Tickets at SLE office, pro shop or call Debbie 250-517-7059.
• For more South Shuswap events check out the South Shuswap Scoop scheduled to deliv-er on May 11
CHASE • Chase Legion - Every Thursday in May open
6 - 10 pm. Enjoy with family or friends - Fun Darts, Crib, Mini Snooker or Billiards, FMI 250-679-3536. Every Friday in May open 1 - 8 pm. Friday Hamburger Nite 5 - 7 pm.
• Shuswap Experience Trade Show – May 5, 10am -3pm at Art Holding Memorial Arena. Free admission. Exhibitor deadline April 20. More info at ChaseChamber.com
• Historic tours of Chase - To celebrate 110-year Anniversary of Chase. Local historian David Lepsoe is organizing 2 historic tours on Sat., May 5th. First 45 min. tour at 1 pm, sec-ond at 4 pm. Include delicious light meal. Tick-ets available at Inside Out Coffee House or online at Elite Events BC
• Candlelight vigil - May 11 at Chase Legion, 7 pm. Light a Candle to Commemorate the 3,598 who gave their lives April 9 – 12, 1917.
• Spring Plants, Pie and Pumpkin Fundraiser - May 13, 10am – 3 pm. Turtle Valley Don-key Refuge. Our Famous Asiatic Lilies, Deli-cious Cheesecake and Homemade Pie. Plant your own Pumpkin Plant. Meet, Greet and Support the Donkeys, 7877 Skimikin Road Turtle Valley/Chase. FMI - 250-679-2778
• Chase and District Fish and Game Shoots - Sunday May 13, Mother’s Day at 724 Turtle Valley Road. Trap shoots from 10 am to 12 pm approx. and Skeet from 12 pm to about 2:30 to 3 pm. There is coffee but bring your own bag lunch or other drinks. If you have not tried this sport before, call Helen at 250-679-8019.
• Chase & Region Kidney Support Group will meet on Saturday May 19, 10 am in the Mongkok Cafe @ Chase Country Inn.. Our focus will be on "Living Well with Kidney Dis-ease". Donna Dube, our public health nurse will be present. We are here to share our expe-riences. FMI call Bruce Nelson 250-679-8481 or Donna Dube 250-679-1418 (8 am - 3pm / Mon-Fri.)
• Annual Family Camp out with Fishing Der-by is scheduled for May 26 and 27 at 724 Turtle Valley Road. The 3-D archery shoot is the weekend after, June 2 and 3. FMI on these events contact Chase and District Fish and Game Club on our Facebook page.
• Golf Tournament – Sunshore Golf Course on June 3. Hosted by Adams Lake Community Society. Book soon. Call Lois 250-682-4670
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or email [email protected]. Lunch to follow at 9001 Holding Rd.
• Chase & District K’FAIR – June 13, 10am – 3pm. Chase Community Hall. For children entering kindergarten in Sept. 2018. Interac-tive health & wellness booths, Dental and hearing screening, Booster shots, fun zone & free lunch for children. Please call 679-1393 to register your child.
SALMON ARM • Flea Market/Garage Sale to support pro-
posed Performing Arts Centre. Downtown Activities Centre 451 Shuswap St. Salmon Arm on May 19 from 12:30 pm to 3:30 pm. FMI www.s-sac.com Table rental call Jake 250-832-2300.
• Word on the Lake Writers Festival - Friday evening, May 11th through to Sunday, May 13th. FMI and to register go to wordonthelake-writersfestival.com
• CAFÉ LIT – May 11, 7 pm to 10 pm in the Balmoral Room, Prestige Inn. Readings from Word on the Lake Festival presenters, musical entertainment by Victor Anthony and chatting with the authors. Cash bar and refreshments.
Fee. Shock Theatre at the Saturday evening banquet . www.wordonthelakewritersfestival.com
• CSRD Trunk Sale Saturday, May 12 8am-12pm, 481 5th Ave SW. North side of the Salmon Arm Fair Grounds. Load up your vehi-cle and sell it at the fairgrounds. Book a spot at csrd.bc.ca/salmon-arm-trunk-sale. FMI Carmen Fennell 250-833-5936
• SALTY Street Festival - May 12 downtown Salmon Arm. Street musicians, food and fun. Bile parade & swap, pie eating contest. 10am-3pm. Details at saltystreetfest.com
• Salty Dog Enduro - May13 10am at South Canoe Trail System. One hour ages 3 up and 6-hour adults. Call Skookum at 250 832 7368, or email: [email protected]
• Gala Evening Music Concert -Vallee Harmo-ny a cappella pop choirs perform songs by the Beatles, Toto, Queen and more with special guests Doc and the Disorderlies, Music Direc-tor Sylvain Vallee and Carson Venne. Pro-ceeds to Shuswap Food Action Co Op. May 27, Nexus at First United Church 450 Okana-gan Avenue. 7pm-8:30pm.Doors open at 6:30 Tickets available at www.amazingsinging.ca
OTHER AREAS • Board on the Road - CSRD May 17 Board meeting will be held at the District of Sicam-ous Municipal Office at 9:30 am.
FARMERS’ MARKETS • Scotch Creek Farm & Craft Market - May 20 – Sept. 2. Sundays from 9:30am-1:30pm. Parking lot across from Shuswap Lake Park. Local produce, baking, crafts plants and more.
• Sorrento - Saturdays, May 12 to Thanksgiv-ing, 8am to noon at Sorrento Shopper Pla-za. Come for the freshness, stay for the fun!
• Chase - Fridays, May 18 to Oct. 26 from 10am to 2pm beside the Safety Mart park-ing lot.
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E-mail [email protected] C L A S S I F I E D A D S M U S T B E P A I D I N A D V A N C E .
FOR SALE
Ship Shape Shelter Indoor Boat and RV Storage. Call Gary or Michele at 250-835-4224 or email: shipshapeshelter@ hotmail.com for rates
New & Used Medical Equipment Scooters, walkers, wheelchairs,
bathroom safety, stair-lifts, hospital beds. Free Screening for
obstructive sleep apnea, treatment and follow-up. CPAP masks, parts, and accessories.
Respiratory therapy equipment and home oxygen. Located in
Salmon Arm and Vernon www.lakesidemedical.ca or
1-877-777-2431
FOR RENT
View pictures and details at www.vrbo.com/1077515
778-868-9615
30 FOOT TRAVEL TRAILER
FOR RENT
Extra guests? No beds for them?
Need a holiday? Natural Gas Blacksmith Forge. Internet value $15,000. Homemade Forge and home-made Metal Twister. Sell for $5000 obo. 2002 GMC Du-
ramax Diesel $6000 obo. Shimpo Potters Wheel plus another Potter
wheel $1500 obo phone 250-955-8610
"An eclectic blend of old and new"
250-833-6135 Tues to Sat 10am to 5pm
121 Hudson Avenue NE Salmon Arm
Find us on Facebook
* Antiques * Furniture
* Home Décor * Unique Items
* Local Artisans * HHouse Milk Paint
* Fusion Mineral Paint* Classes and Workshops
SERVICES
Reading Tutoring Boost your child’s confidence with fun & interactive sessions
Linda Rightmire Literacy Specialist
K-12 Teacher, LART & University instructor
Flexible Scheduling Spaces Limited
250-679-7645 [email protected]
TUTORING Solar water pump, 100 gal-lon/125 gallon fuel tanks, 25 gal-lon ATV Sprayer, Chain harrow, John Deere haying equipment all complete with extras. Phone 250-955-2501 ---------------------------------------- Pet accessories : kennel $20, large bed $10, artificial grass for pets $25, portable fence $15 all for $60 250-955-2421
Helping Hands handyman pro-jects around your home and yard, fencing, gardening, painting, staining etc. call Rob 250-517-9324
Three composite fiberglass Rhinokore 8 x 30 docks. One
with or without water slide. One with 2 pontoon storage compart-ments. Wooden Dock Kits also
available. Scotch Creek/Lee Creek. Paul 780-831-5750
Rockwell 9” table-saw with stand/sliding mitre system/
Craftsman fence. Assorted hand tools. 16” Scroll saw. Tan swiv-
el rocker chair - $35 June 250-675-3278
Exercise equipment: Freespirit treadmill, Weider exercise bike,
Sears recumbent bike, all for $150. 250-955-2421
Used gas fireplace insert with fan, all black, good condition
$200 call 250-955-2354
FOR SALE
WANTED
Wanted - to buy old wood windows, doors, ladders, crocks, suitcases, furniture, tools, trunks,
tubs, signs, antlers, pumps, taxidermy, advertising, barrels, scales, farm & cowboy items.
250-577-3357, Pritchard
Wanted coin collections, appraised and purchased, buying and selling for 54 years, metal detecting service available for lost valuables. Shuswap area. Call 250-318-4054
Magna Bay Garage Sale Downsizing. Sat May 19 & Sun
May 20. 9am -3 pm. 2474 Stevens Rd. Rain or shine.
GARAGE/ESTATE SALE
Moving sale: Celista. Ride‘em lawnmower, gas high-wheel whipper-snipper/slasher,
ladders, fridge, free antique couch, baker’s side board, pine
table set, wingback chairs, many items. Call Quint (250)
851-6833 or Heather (403)274-0299
May 11, 12 & 13th 9AM - 5PM
Entire house contents for sale! Large selection of wool, fabrics
& craft supplies
2572 Golf Course Drive, Blind Bay
Musicians Wanted drummer in Sorrento looking for a band or
band mates to jam and have fun. Have jam space. Russ (text) 604
-341-7000 or 250-253-8052
ESTATE SALE May 19 & 20 10am - 4pm Jordan Way, Scotch Creek
More Details at [email protected] In your home kitty cat sitter
available. 3 night minimum. Please leave a message at
250-679-7886
WANTED
ALCS Community Yard Sale May 19th, 9am at 9001 Holding Rd. Adams Lake. Mini conces-sion available. To book a table
call Sheri: 250-679-3284
WANTED WINDOW CLEANER
For 3-4 houses in the Anglemont area. Please call Cindy
250-955-2236
Garage Bake Sale. May 19th, 8am to 2pm. Lewis property east of the Home Hardware. Sponsored by the Women’s Ministry of the North Shuswap Christian Fellowship.
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$7 up to 25 words, 20¢ ea. additional word. $1 for box-around. Single column Classified Display Ads are $2.25 per 1/4 inch plus tax.
E-mail [email protected] C L A S S I F I E D A D S M U S T B E P A I D I N A D V A N C E .
HELP WANTED
Help Wanted Sheet Metal experience
would be an asset, must have general construction
experience. Must have own transportation
Send resume to [email protected]
Summer Cleaners Wanted Saturdays/Sundays/Some mid-week work. North Shuswap & Blind Bay areas. Student's OK. Vehicle is a bonus. Top dollar
paid. Contact Jay Simpson: [email protected]
Cleaners required to clean vacation rental properties. “GREAT EARNING POTENTIAL”
Must have own vehicle. To book an interview interested
applicants should call 250-851-6833
Looking for Experienced
Carpenters Helper with tile and hardwood floor exp. Own tools an asset but
not required. Must have safety boots and own transportation as jobs are In the Shuswap.
Please call Ed @ 250-319-9100
Scotch Creek SuperValu is accepting resumes for the following full-time &
part-time positions (some available immediately)
Bakery Deli Cashier Produce Meat cutter/wrapper Janitorial Stock Gas Station Attendant
Resumes can be handed in at the store, faxed to 250-955-2132
(Attn: Helen) or email: [email protected]
Professional Cleaner required for multiple seasonal vacation
rental cleaning. Must be thorough. Must be quick for same day turno-
ver. Apply by email: [email protected] or by Phone 250-463-3400 Karen Mack The Cleaner
Short Order Cook & Cashier Needed
Food safe & experience an asset. Please submit resume at Ross Cr. Country Store,
6929 Squilax Anglemont Rd. Magna Bay or
email to [email protected]
Great part-time opportunity for homemakers & students Part-time help needed until end
of summer season for housekeeping duties at St. Ives
Resort, located on North Shuswap’s lakefront. No experience required, will
train. Must be a team player and like to have some fun while
working. Saturdays a must. Please call 250-955-2525
or send us an email at [email protected]
RESORT HELP WANTED
GOOD PAY!
P/T General Helper Grounds-keeping and misc.
Saturdays plus occasional weekday
P/T Cleaners Saturdays plus occasional weekday
Equipment & supplies provided
We appreciate reliability & quality results.
Energetic retired adults welcome! Greg/Cheryl 250-955-0080
Scotch Creek [email protected]
[email protected] www.shuswap.ca
Cottage Cleaner required to clean vacation
rental properties. Must have own vehicle. To book an interview
interested applicants should call (250) 371-7003
Sun Beach FunkerBellies &
Zorboratic
Full time & Part time positions available
Please e-mail or call Corrine [email protected]
250-833-6632
Private secluded 160 lakeview acres, ponds, creeks, fruit trees, pasture, hay field, fenced wood lot, former homestead, potential development opportunity $440,000,00 Phone 250-955-2501
Help wanted Looking for person (or company)
to clean a seasonal home and garage suite in Blake Point.
Spring and Fall clean plus once per week from May till October.
Would prefer experience and need references. If interested
please contact Jan at 780-402-5746
Is Looking for Seasonal Staff
To Join Our Team!
Full or Part Time Positions Flexible Hours
Training Provided
Preference given to those with previous experience in any of the following areas:
• Pizza Line Cook • Order Taker / Cashier
• Pizza Delivery
Submit Resume to: Email: [email protected]
Drop off: 3687 Squilax-Anglemont Hwy
REAL ESTATE
Would you like to work year round in the Shuswap?
Do you have construction experience?
Permanent & summer positions available
Email resume with references to [email protected]
Construction Help Wanted
CUTTING EDGE CONSTRUCTION
has been building in the Shuswap for 22 years!
Waitress needed. Must be 18 with 20 years experience Apply in
person to Out to Lunch restaurant
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OPEN YEAR ROUND
Daily Room Rates 16 Guest Rooms RV & Campsites
Weddings / Reunions Up to 100 persons
CREW RATES AVAILABLE check us out at
www.anglemontinn.com (250) 955-0701
Offering full-service property management to the North Shuswap
area. A hassle-free way to earn extra income from your Vacation home.
Looking to Rent a Vacation Home?
shuswapbcvacationrentals.ca
(780)621-9790
Vacation suite in Magna Bay, sleeps 4 , consists of 1 bedroom, living/dining area
with futon, kitchenette & bath-room, with washer and dry-
er. Close to store, community park and lake access over the road. Outside Patio, fire pitt
and use of BBQ. 2 night mini-mum call 250 679 2132
FREE DOCK in Magna Bay 250.318.0088
FREE
REAL ESTATE
28,40,60,67 ACRES New 8 lot subdivision
acreages with view of Sun Peaks. 10 minutes from Chase at the West end of
Turtle Valley on Hepburn Rd. Drilled wells, hydro, Telus,
gravel & timber. Check out: Kamloops Craig’s List / real
estate for sale / acreages.
250-457-0099
ACREAGES WITH A VIEW
Turtle Valley
VACATION RENTALS
Robert (Bob) Edward Leight, age 78
Passed away suddenly on April 1, 2018 at his home
in Scotch Creek B.C. while in the presence of family. He is survived by his wife
Christine; his children Angela Reece, Patricia (Rene) Chalut, Robert Leight, Linda Evans-
Jomphe; his grandchildren Evan Chalut, Wynne
Reece, Casey Chalut, Kieran Reece; and his
faithful companion Hank. Celebration of life to be
announced at a later date.
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Classified Ads $7 up to 25 words; .20 ₵ each add’l word. Display ad $2.25 per
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VACATION RENTALS
Lightly treed recreational property on a quiet cul-de-sac. Close to Shuswap Provincial Park. This
private, level lot is fenced and is ideal for your RV or future building site. A second adjacent lot may
be negotiated. Zoned R1. FMI email
0.46 Acre Lot - 4101 Santa Rd. Scotch Creek
Wood Dock with a mix of Styrofoam filled tires and new PVC floats. Size 10 x 40 ft in two 10 x 20 ft sections, with new 16 ft wood ramp. Anglemont Area. 250-744-1552
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COMPLETE CONCRETE CENTER
Bedding Sand Fill Sand Crusher Chips Pea Gravel Pit Run Navi Jack 3/4" Screened Drain Rock 3/4" Crushed Road Gravel 3/4” Clean Crush
Bark Mulch
Top Soil We look forward to
satisfying all of your concrete needs!
We have taken over GEM GRAVEL PRODUCTS
INDUSTRIAL LTD / GEM GRAVEL
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COMPLETE DRYWALL SERVICES
TAPING • TEXTURING • BOARDING
FREE ESTIMATES
(250) 679-3980
Quality Comes First
Serving Kamloops, Thompson & Nicola Valleys, and the Shuswap
BRENTWOOD PATIO COVERS
Engineered Aluminum Patio Covers Aluminum & Glass Railings
250-851-8828 Enjoy your deck year round with a Brentwood Patio Cover
• Renovations, New Construction & Repairs • Continuous 5”, 6” & Fascia Gutter
• Custom Gutter Systems for Snow Load • Heat Trace Installation
A D V A N T A G E G U T T E R S . C A
ServingtheShuswapfor22yearsFORALLYOURCONSTRUCTIONNEEDS
Ken Goertzen Ph. 250.955.0737
Cell. 250.833.2824
Emai l : cut t ingedgeconst@gmai l .com
Ice Cream • Novelties • Milkshakes • Gifts • Clothing • Family Camping
May 4 & 5 Chinese Dinner May 11 & 12 Stuffed Meat Loaf, mashed potatoes
May 25 & 26 Baby Back Ribs, baked potatoes
• Hot Food Takeout • Breakfast/Lunch /Dinner • Pizza • Groceries
• Gas/Boat gas • Diesel • Propane • Laundromat • Lotto
• Residential & Commercial Maintenance • Turf Lawns Installed
• Weed Control • Core Aeration
• Fertilizing Programs
