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EAGLE VALLEY
NEWS Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Vol. 53 No. 30 Sicamous, B.C., • 1.25 (HST included) • www.eaglevalleynews.com
Flooding expenses expected to impact district budget
Sicamous council may have to revisit the district’s fi nancial plan to deal with fl ooding-related expenses not covered within the budget or by the provincial di-saster relief fund.
Council received a heads-up at their last regular meeting from district interim ad-ministrator Doug Ruttan that the $20,000 budgeted for disaster relief may not cover all the expenses incurred by the district in dealing with the fl ash fl ood in Two Mile or fl ooding from high water.
“We have a $20,000 emergency disas-ter fund and what is at issue is obviously, during the hectic period of the last couple of weeks, some decisions had to be made
at the spur of the moment,” ex-plained Ruttan. “We’re not sure whether all those decisions are be-ing covered by others. And we just want to give the heads-up to council that we may have to come back and ask council for a fi nancial budget amendment .”
Asked if he had any idea what kind of an increase the district will see, Ruttan said he has been receiving feedback from the province and that some things he thought
might not be cov-ered by the B.C. government’s di-saster relief fund may be after all.
Mayor Dar-rell Trouton noted a contract-ing company has been sent into Sicamous by the province to pro-vide assistance, and the district is
also receiving help in dealing with provin-cial disaster relief to “make sure we’re get-ting the best bang for our buck” in terms of recovery.
“We feel that as water goes down,
there’s going to be more disaster costs as-sociated with this – what is covered, what isn’t covered,” said Trouton. “The whole community wants to know. We need to know. We’re asking some real tough ques-tions right now.”
Disaster reliefCouncil will be creating a committee to
dole out funds donated for disaster relief. The district has already received a num-
ber of applications and inquiries relating to disaster assistance, interim administrator Doug Ruttan explained at the last coun-cil meeting. He recommended that coun-cil appoint a committee to set the criteria and review applications for the Sicamous
By Lachlan LabereEagle Valley News
Relief: Committee to be assembled to dole out aid from trust for Sicamous flood victims.
See Financial on page 2
Where there’s smoke:Sicamous Volunteer
Fire Department Cpt. Derrick Brown proudly peels out on his Suzuki Boulevard to make some smoke Friday for the Sicamous Sturgis North Burnout competition. See page 7 for more images from the event.Photo by Lachlan Labere
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decisions are being covered by others. Doug Ruttan
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Every Mon. & Fri. - Bridge, Seniors Activity Centre, 1 p.m.Every Tues. Stopping the Violence Program in Sicamous - counselling for women who have experienced abuse during childhood or adult relationships. No charge. Call Kathy at 250-832-9700.Every Tues. - Sicamous Amateur Drama Club rehearsals, 7:00 p.m., Red Barn Arts Centre. 836-4705.Tues. & Thurs. - Carpet Bowling at the Seniors’ Activity Centre at 1 p.m.Every Tues. & Thurs. - Seniors Meals provided, 12 noon in Common Room at the Haven. Every Wed. Girl Guides of Canada. Sparks - 3:00 pm. Brownies - 4:00 pm. Girl Guides - 5:30 pm. New members welcomeEvery Wed. Lunch by a donation at the Seniors Activity Centre, 1091-Shuswap Avenue at 12 noon.Every Wed. - Seniors Crib, 7:30 p.m., Haven seniors building. Everyone welcome - you don’t have to be a senior. Socializing and coffee served after crib. Info: Esther 836-4373.Every Wed. - T.O.P.S. (Take off Pounds Sensibly) meets every Wednesday morning at the Sicamous Rec. Centre (arena). Weigh in at 9:00 am and meeting
at 9:30. Everyone Welcome. Ph: 250-836-4041 for infoEvery Wed until July 25 - Sicamous Mixed Softball League games, 6:30 pm at Finlayson ParkEvery Wed.-Sat. United Church Thrift Store 10:00 am to 3 p.m.Every Thurs. - Malakwa Thrift Store 10:00 am - 4:00 pm. $2 a bag (clothes sale) Located between the two churches.Every Thurs. - Sicamous Crokinole Group meets at 7pm at the Sicamous & District Recreation Centre - upstairs for more info and to join call Dave Reed @ 250-836-3652Every Thurs.-Ladies shuffl eboard at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #99 in Sicamous. 1pm-3pm. All ladies welcome.Every Thurs.- Crib and darts 7 pm at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #99. Everyone welcome.Every 1st, 3rd, 4th Thurs. - Keepsake Kwilters meet at the Haven Common room 1095 Shuswap Avenue at 7:00 p.m. For info call 250-836-2695.Every 2nd and 4th Thurs. Options For Sexual health from 7 to 9 p.m., Sicamous Health Unit.Every 3rd Thursday monthly meeting of the
Malakwa Community Association at 7:30 in the Malakwa Hall.Every Fri. - Parents & Tots, 10-12 noon at Catholic Church. 836-3440.Every Fri. - Eagle Valley Brush & Palette Club, Red Barn, 10am-3pm, Everyone welcome! Every Sat. - Outdoor market – back parking lot of Sicamous Legion $10/space. No booking required. No required start or end times. Every 1st & 3rd Fri. - Pool Tournament at the Royal Canadian Legion #99 at 7:00 pm.Every 4th Sun. - OAPO Birthday Tea for members & friends, Seniors Activity Centre, 2 p.m.Last Saturday of every month -Sicamous Royal Canadian Legion #99 Ladies Auxilliary dinner 6:00 pm to 7:00 pmSeptember 29th & 30th - CALL FOR GARLIC VENDORS 9th Annual Garlic Fest & Antique Tractor Show in Lower Nicola. Tables are $25.00 each. Fresh or garlic related products. For more info, pls call Becky 250-378-4199 Fax your events to: 250-836-2661
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2012 Flood Victims trust account set up at Salmon Arm Savings and Credit Union’s Si-camous branch.
Meanwhile, disaster aid is also being made available by the B.C. government through
provincial Disaster Financial Assistance (DFA) for qualifying claimants, including homeowners, residen-tial tenants, small busi-nesses, farmers, chari-table organizations and local government bod-ies who were unable to obtain insurance to
cover their disaster-related losses.
In a memo to the district from Emergen-cy Management BC, it is noted DFA assis-tance is only available for a principal resi-dence; seasonal and secondary homes are not eligible.
Coun. Fred Busch noted friends of his with a second home in Alberta that received fl ood damage dis-covered they weren’t eligible for any aid there.
“So it works both ways,” he comment-ed.
Emergency Man-agement BC is encour-aging Sicamous and area residents affected by the recent fl ooding to submit applications as soon as possible in order to complete a damage assessment. For more information, call 1-800-257-4777.
Continued from front
Financial aid available only to British Columbia residents
Former town hall slated for demolitionSicamous’ former
municipal offi ce can be added to the list of struc-tural casualties resulting from recent fl ooding.
At their last meet-ing, district council ap-proved the demolition of the old Riverside Avenue building, which has gone largely unused since the recent opening of the new civic centre.
Interim adminis-trator Doug Ruttan explained that fl ood damage occurred in the basement and, in order to renovate, the district would have to deal with asbestos.
“There’s some as-bestos in the old build-ing – It got wet, that’s going to cause us some problems,” said Ruttan, adding the shed behind the building would also be coming down. The goal would be to turn the municipal lot into public parking for ap-proximately 10 to 13 trucks with boat trail-ers.
Coun. Fred Busch noted the building’s basement was being pumped out prior to the arrival of the BC Safety Authority, who removed meters on
residences and other buildings where it was deemed necessary for public safety. Busch and council learned from district works services manager Grady Mac-Donald that this exac-erbated the problem as the district pumps were suddenly, and without notifi cation, deprived of power. MacDonald said that without the pumps, the water rose from one inch to three feet.
“It’s sort of a Gesta-po-type move these BC Safety Authority people have pulled through-out the community…,”
commented said Busch. “There were a number of homes under similar circumstances I believe you’re aware of, and there were also some businesses. I really feel we should make our protest known to our MLA and the proper authorities about this.
“If they were acting within the law then that law has to be changed.”
Asked if the demoli-tion would be tendered out, MacDonald said the district put out a request for proposals on the former, recently demolished chamber
building with the hope that someone would pay the district to take it away.
“But that didn’t hap-pen and I don’t think that will happen with this building,” said MacDonald. “Due to the fact there’s asbestos there, I recommend that we take care of it our-selves.”
Coun. Greg Kyllo asked if insurance cov-erage on the building could be utilized for the cost of the demolition, noting the district has incurred a loss. Ruttan argued the district hasn’t
really incurred a loss, but explained the cost of renovating the build-ing – which he guessed to be about 40 years old – would include some “pretty hefty building code amendments.”
“We have incurred loss and it would cost some dollars to renovate if that was our desire,” reasoned Kyllo. “There should be some funds available.”
Coun. Don Richard-son inquired about mu-seum pieces that were being stored in the shed and building, wonder-ing when they could be removed. At that point, MacDonald wasn’t aware of whether or not they’d been damaged from the fl ooding.
“Were they boat items,” joked Coun. Terry Rysz.
Ruttan highlighted and received support for a resolution from coun-cil, instructing staff to “check for insurance to see if that is a tool, and secondly if we can seek fi nancial assistance un-der disaster relief from the province for the fact they’re the ones who caused part of the prob-lem, and we’ll try to have it before the build-ing is demolished.”
By Lachlan LabereEagle Valley News
Flood damage: Flooding in the former town hall on Riverside Avenue has left the building beyond repair. Photo by Lachlan Labere
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George Abbott is casting his eye on fi sh-ing and family fun this summer.
And, despite the rumours, including those fuelled by Van-couver radio commen-tator Alex Tsakumis, the minister of edu-cation and Shuswap MLA says he has not yet made up his mind about his future in pol-itics.
“I have never spo-ken to him, nor do I in-tend to do that,” Abbott declared last week. “I am hoping to get vaca-tion time to fi gure out whether I wish to con-tinue in the political world.”
Abbott’s political
engagement began in 1979 when he be-came a trustee for the Sicamous Waterworks District.
He joined the Co-lumbia Shuswap Re-gional District board in 1980 and took on the role of Shuswap MLA in 1996, serving fi ve years in opposition and 12 in government.
“I will be enjoying my 33rd anniversary of elected offi ce in September,” he said. “Even for a youthful guy like me, it’s get-ting to be a long time.” Agreeing his party is facing tough issues, Abbott says solutions are always much more obvious on the opposi-tion side of the house.
Abbott, who served three terms as minis-
ter of health, says he enjoys the Ministry of Education, a portfolio he says comes with many puzzles to be solved.
“I’ve enjoyed them, but they do wear you,” he says, noting that, until three weeks ago, he was so immersed in negotiations with the province’s teachers he didn’t have time to think about broader is-sues, or the wide criti-cism aimed at his gov-
ernment.“After such a long
time in politics, I have scar tissue on scar tis-sue in terms of thick skin,” he says, noting he does not believe changing the party’s name, something that will be debated at the party’s October convention, is a wise move.
“I think our prob-lems go way beyond a name change,” he says. “I think our challenges go back to the extraor-dinarily awkward and unfortunate way we introduced the HST. We’re still living with that.”
Should he run in the next election and should his govern-ment win, Abbott says Education would be his
ministry of choice.“The run for premier
was the offi ce I was looking for,” he adds. “That was unsuccess-ful, so you move on.”
While he did love teaching political sci-ence at Okanagan Col-lege prior to life in Vic-toria, Abbott says he is eyeballing involvement in public policy devel-opment in the future – particularly in the fi elds of health and educa-tion.
“I do need to think about whether I want to devote another four years to what is inevita-bly a roller-coaster ride in politics,” he says. “Politics has driven me for a long time and I have to decide if it will drive me for another four years.”
Gas tax money will fuel energy changes at the Eagle Valley Com-munity Resource Cen-tre.
Columbia Shuswap Regional District di-rectors approved up to $30,000 from the Elec-toral Area ‘E’ Commu-nity Works Funds to replace the centre’s en-ergy system to provide more effi cient heating and cooling and add insulation.
Funding comes
from a federal the gas tax fund, by which some of the fuel taxes Canadians pay are re-turned to local govern-ments.
Peter Jarman, CSRD’s manager of fi nancial services, told directors the resource centre met certain cri-teria and was eligible for gas tax funds.
“We did some re-search to see if it qualifi es for gas tax funds and, yes, it does because it is a non mu-nicipal, not for profi t
society,” he told direc-tors. “It does qualify, but only for energy ef-fi ciency issues such as cooling and heating.”
Area D Falkland-Silver Creek-Ranche-ro-Deep Creek direc-tor René Talbot noted previous requests for improvements to two community halls in Falkland had been turned down.
“This is really be-coming confusing. I talked to Peter before and we had to own the building in order to ac-
cess gas tax money,” Talbot said. “Now it seems we don’t have to own the building. I am confused.”
“You are not alone,” responded Jarman, not-ing he worked on this issue with the Union of British Columbia Municipalities. “There is lots of money in gas tax funds and we’re not using it enough.”
Bylaw failsWith 144 eligible
responses received, the Eagle Valley Commu-
nity Support Society Financial Contribution Bylaw will not be im-plemented.
The CSRD used the alternative approval process as the method to gauge public support for the bylaw, which would have provided annual funding for the society’s services.
More than 10 per cent of the eligible electors signed the re-sponse forms, which effectively quashes the proposed tax requisi-tion.
Resource centre to benefit from gas taxBy Barb BrouwerEagle Valley News
Abbott mulling over future with BC Liberalsn-es
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George Abbott
By Barb BrouwerEagle Valley News
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The Shuswap’s been a-buzz with the news that Nashville Predators defenceman and Sicamous prod-uct Shea Weber signed an offer sheet with the Philadelphia Fly-ers for a total contract amount of $110 million.
Yup, $110 MILLION. Mind you, that is for a 14-year
deal, which includes $68 million in bonus money in the fi rst six years.
In total, Weber will make $14 million in each of the fi rst four years; $12 million in years fi ve and six; $6 million in each of the next four seasons; $3 million in year 11; and $1 million in each of the remaining years.
Nashville has until 8:30 p.m. today – to match the deal for the market’s marquee defenceman and restricted free agent, other-wise he’ll be donning a Flyers jersey.
Weber is a valuable commodity. He’s a two-time NHL fi rst team all-star. He has been a fi nalist for the Norris Trophy, for the league’s best defenceman, multiple times.
He is a physical presence who also contributed 43 points or more from the blue line in each of the last four seasons. And who can forget his mind-blowing slap-shot in the 2010 Olympics that ripped right through the goal net? Beyond that, he’s a darn nice guy off the ice.
I’ve had the pleasure of inter-viewing Weber earlier on in his career and he never failed to be polite and without sign of the ar-rogance or egotism that can so easily become part of your psyche when you’ve got star talent. He always credited his family and his local Shuswap hockey coaches for putting him on the road to suc-cess.
At a recent golf tournament that raised more than $100,000 to go towards cancer research, and also to the fundraising for Sicamous fl ood victims, Weber committed $50,000 of his own cash to the cause. (We now cer-tainly know he’s good for it.)
I don’t begrudge Weber his success. He has worked hard to get where he is and who among us wouldn’t want to reap the fruit of their labours? But for most
of us regular joes, that kind of coin is almost unfathomable. It also makes me wonder about our society and where we place our worth. According to my calcula-tions, if Weber worked a 40-hour week for the next 14 years, he’d be making $3,777 an hour. A so-called living wage in B.C. is pegged at about $17.50 an hour. Minimum wage is $10.25 an hour.
One of the best things I read about the deal came from the Vancouver Sun’s Brad Ziemer, who wondered if Weber could actually buy his hometown for that kind of money.
Turns out no. I got quite a chuckle to read
how the reporter had contacted Ruth Walper, the director of fi -nancial services to fi nd out that Sicamous’ net worth was pegged at $789 million.
But a business baron he could be, as the community’s business sector is worth an estimated $55 million.
“And he could defi nitely get a very nice waterfront condo,” Walper said with a laugh.
Sure could.
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Weber offer mind-boggling as hourly wage
Another Sicamous Burnout competi-tion has come and gone, leaving it’s mark, albeit temporarily, on Main
Street: a smiley face painted onto the pave-ment by a peeling out motorcycle tire.
Anyone who attended last year’s event can’t deny that organizers had learned much from it and endeavoured to improve upon the experi-ence. The end result was pretty successful. Security was improved without being over-bearing, there were more vendors onsite, the band was closer to the action and the action was plentiful and generally family friendly. For it’s not every day you get to see the cap-tain of the community’s fire department, dressed in his firefighting gear, smoking up Main Street while peeling rubber, or the town barber trying to navigate his hog through a tight obstacle course.
Overall, it appeared a good time was had by all in attendance. And yet, seeing Sicamous’ downtown overwhelmed by bikers seemed kind of odd – a stark contrast to the scene just weeks prior, when the community was inun-dated by a very different group – news media of all sorts – who had come to Sicamous solely to document the community’s time of crisis.
It seemed no matter where you turned, there was a camera crew, with a reporter standing near, or in the worst of the flooding, making it seem as though Sicamous had become the Venice of the Shuswap.
And, unlike the high water from Shuswap and Mara lakes, this deluge of big media – reporters, photographers and camera opera-tors – was quick to recede, likely to return only if, and when, further tragedy arises.
No doubt plans are already being made for next year’s burnout competition. Regardless of what you might think of the Sturgis North-affiliated event, it’s kind of nice to see a crowd come to town who are all too happy to leave the community with smiling faces.
By Tracy HughesNews Columnist
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MAIL BAGIt seems a disas-
ter brings out the best in people, or else the worst. The fl ash fl oods of June 23 south of Si-camous have proved that again.
First of all, we need to count our blessings that no lives were lost. Isn’t that the greatest blessing of them all?
Secondly, I think the small community of Sicamous has rallied to the best of its abil-ity and continues to do so.
On the other hand, why is it that only un-der extremely adverse circumstances does Si-camous grab headlines in big-city media?
Even then they have the location totally garbled. And why is it they manage to inter-view the most nega-tive individuals who can offer only a biased personal opinion?
There are always risks in life. We can’t expect a government to provide every bit of
assistance – free, gra-tis. Everything has its price.
Sicamous didn’t create this crisis, nor should it be expected to compensate whole-sale for losses beyond its jurisdiction. It has a gigantic project of its own in restoring a safe water supply to resi-
dents. Better yet would be a cleaner, more reli-able source for a per-manent “fi x.”
Meanwhile, if life hands you lemons, make lemonade. Al-though, at the present time, it has to be with imported water.
Alli M. Graham
Regarding the recent rain storm and sub-sequent disruption of the water supply to the residents of the District of Sicamous, BC.
I am grateful for the present water provi-sions, even though it is a hardship to have to haul our water to run our household one bucket at a time. And I am further grateful that no boil water is in effect for this water. This water is from the Salmon Arm water-
works so I am advised. That sure does not say much for the quality of our own water dur-ing the relatively good times of a boil water advisory only. In view of this event, and the many months of the old boil water advisory in effect for the resi-dents of the District of Sicamous, I feel totally justifi ed in re-questing that there will be no charge for water service and water us-age by the District of
Sicamous for the past six months for a totally unsatisfactory and ex-pensive service.
At this time, I would also request that the monthly minimum charge be reduced be-cause, as matters stand now, in many cases I would expect the mini-mum charge to sub-stantially exceed the total cost of the water used. This is nothing more than a money grab. The population of the District of Si-
camous is to a large extent made up of se-nior citizens on mea-gre pensions, and most of us cannot carry a forever increasing tax burden.
This rainstorm ca-lamity has occurred in this area many times before. A fairly recent one occurred in 1997 with similar effects, and without remedial action, we can expect similar or worse po-table water situations to reoccur.
There is at least one area in the Dis-trict of Sicamous with an ample, secure wa-ter source. May I also suggest that until this problem is satisfac-torily addressed, that no further building permits be issued and that all subdivisions be halted.
Without safe and secure potable water, an area is uninhabit-able.
Nick J. Verburg
Sicamous fares well in face of adversity
Residents deserve break for unsatisfactory water
Washed out: Lori Schneider Wood of the Shuswap Trail Alliance and Kevin Clarkson of the Co-lumbia Shuswap Regional District check out the dam-age done to a section of the Sicamous Creek trail in the July 23 flash flood. The re-cently constructed stairway still exists, but two large sections were taken out. The trail is being assessed for restoration. Photo by Phil McIntyre-Paul
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The Kelowna U18A Heat’s Morgan Cederholm has been accepted to Grace-land University’s softball program in Lamoni, Iowa on an athletic/academic schol-arship.
The infi elder will be heading to Lamoni in Au-gust. Her parents, Jeff and Kourtney Primeau, of Si-camous are very proud of her accomplishments.
“Morgan has worked very hard to become a good softball player,” says Jeff. “We’re thrilled her efforts have allowed her to pursue her dream to go to school and play ball.”
Six years ago, a fateful trip to Capital News Centre in Kelowna for a hitting camp would introduce Cederholm to her coach for the next six years, Bernie Penner.
“Morgan is a very dedi-cated athlete choosing to play ball at the highest level which requires driving to Kelowna often three times a week,” says Penner. “She has always been a team lead-er and key member of many
tournaments and champion-ships won by the Heat.”
Penner says one of Ce-derholm’s strengths is her competitiveness and desire to win at all costs.
“Her ability to channel that competitiveness is key and has shown many times when we need a run in a big game,” says Penner.
Cederholm, and her par-ents, give Penner most of the credit for her success.
“Bernie provides his players with the opportunity to play in the Okanagan at the highest level and with the most exposure,” explains Jeff. “Add that to the fact he is a very knowledgeable coach and Morgan just loves playing for him; we were very lucky we found Ber-nie.”
Cederholm’s new team will be the Graceland Yel-low Jackets, who play in the Heart of America Athletic Conference of the NAIA. She will be working towards a degree in business or psy-chology over the next four years.
Whether he stays in Nashville or packs his bags for Philly, Si-camous’ Shea Weber will likely continue to rank among the high-est paid blueliners in the NHL.
Eight-thirty this eve-ning (after the News deadline) marks the deadline for the Nash-ville Predators to decide whether or not they’ll pony up to match or exceed an offer sheet Weber signed with the Philadelphia Flyers that would see him earn up-wards of $110 million over the next 14 years. NHL insiders speculate Philly is on the offen-sive to replace d-man Chris Pronger, who’s expected to be retiring, and in turn create one of the stronger defensive lineups in the league.
Weber, a restricted free agent, made head-lines last year when he
came out of an arbitra-tion decision with a $7.5 million (US) one-year award, making him the highest paid de-fenceman in the league. In response, fellow Si-c a m o u s p r o d u c t and NHL blueliner C o d y Franson suggested the decision may have come in low.
“”I still think he might be underpaid at that price…,” said Franson. “I’m biased, maybe because he’s a good friend of mine and I’ve known him for a long time, and I think very highly of him. I think if you go around the league, there’s prob-ably 20 other teams that would have paid him that dollar, if not more. I don’t think you can say
a guy is overpaid or not worth that when there’s that much want for him out there.”
N e w s of Phila-delphia’s deal with Weber be-gan mak-ing head-lines last Thursday, less than a week after the
Sicamous Shootout, Weber and Franson’s inaugural golf tourna-ment/cancer fundraiser at Hyde Mountain. Dur-ing the tourney, Weber thrilled attendees and local volunteers when he announced he would donate $50,000 of his own money to a disaster relief fund set up to help residents of Sicamous who suffered in the re-cent fl ooding.
While Weber’s po-tential, multi-million dollar deal with the Fly-
ers has some sports news media commentators questioning the ethics of the offer sheet and, in some cases, the sanity of the NHL, response on the Sicamous Eagle Valley News’ Facebook page seems in line with Franson’s earlier view that Weber is deserving of a wage that refl ects his being, arguably, the best defenceman in the league:
Chris Fraser writes: Not too shabby for a local boy. One of the top defencemen in the NHL! I hope Nashville matches the contract. Ugh to see him in a Fly-ers uniform.
Shauna Ploentzke writes: If anybody de-serves this, it’s Shea! I’m so proud of him.
Patrick Bell writes: I’m happy for the play-er. Get what you can. But he NHL system is broken. Nashville and the other bottom feeder teams should fold.
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I, like many of us I’m sure, have made a number of big gar-den foo-foos over the years, and the fall-out of some of these blunders continues to remind me of it year after cursed year.
There’s nothing like learning the hard way, and these unin-tentional problem ar-eas are the last thing I need to deal with when there’s so many other tasks to keep me busy in the yard and garden. Take, for ex-ample, the time I stuck a baby gunnera down in my woodland gar-den where I thought it would eventually look
great towering over the ferns and hos-tas. Now this water-gobbling hassle of a teenager is a real pain. Not only is it miles from a convenient water source, but it’s stupidly unconfi ned and the uncontrol-lable root system is spreading out into the paths and surrounding garden beds.
Before I knew bet-ter, I constructed rock walls without a grass
barrier beneath them, which now requires continuous weeding both along the edges and out of the beds they contain.
The list of my mis-takes goes on and on (sigh).
My fi rst and steep-est learning curve, however, has been my blackberry vine. I grew up on the Coast and picking those de-licious blackberries was going to be some-thing I thought I was going to miss out on. When I moved up to the Shuswap however, I was delighted to see that there was a huge wild patch growing near me. But it was on a steep bank and most of those black beauties were diffi -cult, if not impossible to pick.
I had seen a yard
on the Island that had a very controlled and fenced-in black-berry patch, whereby the owner could eas-ily mow any vines that were making a run for it across the lawn. I attempted to duplicate this little patch of heaven, but my big boo-boo was to plunk it into a big soily space with lots of soft ground to root into. At that particu-lar time of my life, I was preoccupied with child, chores and ev-er-expanding gardens, so it quickly became an untameable garden beastie. My dreams of big, juicy blackber-ries hanging over the fence like a fruity wa-terfall quickly turned into a nightmare, and I couldn’t seem to get rid of it.
My means of coun-
ter-attack was annu-ally cutting it right back and digging out the root balls. But eradicating the pop-ups continually stymied me. Layers of cardboard didn’t work either, and us-ing any poisonous substances wasn’t an option. I needed to bring in the big guns, and they turned out to be these Dinofl ex rub-ber mats, which are approximately three by three feet in size, and pretty skookum in weight. I overlapped the mats all around the entire area to to-tally suffocate the re-maining suckers that may be lurking under the ground and left them for a couple of years. It worked. Of course, I also killed off the living soil un-derneath and deprived
the ground of life-giv-ing rains, so it wasn’t without some sacri-fi ce. But like they say, desperate times requires desperate measures.
Now I have all kinds of creative uses for the mats and I keep some stock-piled in case I come up with more ideas. They can easily be cut into the right sizes (with strong scissors) for weed barriers, so I use them around the base of my rock walls. They work great for lids and skirts for my compost bins, and I use them to cover up and protect my piles of organic materi-als, as well as for the machines such as my chippers and pow-er wagon. And, of course, they work the best for my temporary
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The company is lo-cated in the industrial park near the SPCA in Salmon Arm and every year, now until Aug. 1 through the weekdays, they have a big parking lot sale with all sorts of recy-cled rubber products. I also see these mats at Canadian Tire now (and possibly other hardware stores), and they’re all about $3 each. For the truly un-ruly garden emergen-cies, slap a mat on it to buy you some time.
In the meantime, grab a lemonade, sit back and do what Scarlet O’Hara al-ways said: “I won’t think about it today, I’ll think about it to-morrow.”
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Driveways & Parking Lots
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Landscaping
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Services
Sound / DVD / TVTELUS Home Services Ex-pert. Great prices on Optik TV or Satellite. Call Sal at (250) 319-2994 for a quote. Ask how you can get a free PVR rental or a free Galaxy Tablet!
Pets & Livestock
PetsKITTENS, 6 WKS OLD. Free to good homes. 250-836-2551.
Merchandise for Sale
AuctionsRESTAURANT EQUIPMENT AUCTION (New & Used) Wed, July 18th @ 6:00pm, preview same day 9-6, 3953 Hwy 97 N, Kelowna, 1-800-556-5945www.KwikAuctions.com
Garage Sales
MOVING SALE: Post inter-vention recovering hoarder sale. 1210 Mclean/MacPher-son Rd. Sicamous, V0E2V0. Aug. 4th, 8am to 8pm. TV’s, DVD’s, tools, collectables, aquariums & more. Every-thing must go.
WANTED: a bookcase for our offi ce. Should be 8 ft long, or 2 4 footers. Shelves need to be at least 18” high. Call 250-836-2570.
Heavy Duty Machinery
A- STEEL SHIPPING STORAGE CONTAINERS /
Bridges / EquipmentWheel loaders JD 644E & 544A / 63’ & 90’ Stiff boom 5th wheel crane trucks/Excavators EX200-5 & 892D-LC / Small forklifts / F350 C/C “Cabs”20’40’45’53’ New/ Used/ Damaged /Containers Semi Trailers for Hiway & Storage-Call 24 Hrs 1-866-528-7108 Delivery BC and AB www.rtccontainer.com
Misc. for Sale77 GAL. FISH TANK with pol-ished aluminum and cherry wood stand. 48” wide, 18” deep and stands 5’ high. Dual lighting, ornaments, gravel. New aerator and new fuval 403 fi lter/pump. Empty and clean. Ready to go. $500.00. 250-803-0560 or 250-804-5156.
Landscaping
Interior South
Merchandise for Sale
Misc. for SaleHOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/news-paper?STEEL BUILDING- Huge clearance sale! 20x24 $4,658. 25x28 $5,295. 30x40 $7,790. 32x54 $10,600. 40x58 $14,895. 47x78 $19,838. One end wall included. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422.www.pioneersteel.ca.
Misc. WantedI Buy Old Coins & Collections Olympic, Gold Silver Coins etcCall Chad 250-863-3082 LocalPURCHASING old Canadian & American coin collections & accumulations. 250-548-3670
Real Estate
Other Areas20 ACRES- Only $99/mo. $0 Down, Owner Financing, NO CREDIT CHECKS! Near El Paso, Texas, Beautiful Moun-tain Views! Money Back Guar-antee! Free Color Brochure. 1-800-755-8953.www.sunsetranches.com
Rentals
Apt/Condo for RentLGE 1 & 2 BDRM. BRIGHT apts. In suite storage, green space, live-in manager. Cable incl. Sicamous, 250-836-4516 or 250-804-5364.SICAMOUS: 1 BDRM. Quest-view Apts. $590/mo. some util. incl. Avail. now, ref. re-quired. (250)312-3344.
Commercial/Industrial
2 BAY SHOP-2160 sq. ft. w/ hydraulic hoist. TCH & Seed Frontage Rd. Sicamous. Next to Gas Plus. For rental inquir-ies call 250-836-0095.
Modular Homes2 BDRM. HOME $700/mo. + util. 3 bdrm. home $800/mo. + util. in Sicamous area. 250-309-0975.
Homes for Rent3 BDRM, 2 BATH SicamousHouse 2 car garage heatpump. $1000/mo. plus utilities.Avail.Sept 1. 250-836-4841. LEASE 2bdr 1 bath Sicamous house. NS. Pet possible. 5 appl. Lg fenced yd. $980/mo includes oil heat. (250)803-3507 or (250)869-0955
TownhousesSICAMOUS 2 bdrm town-houses, c/w washer & dryer. 250-836-4556
Transportation
Antiques / Classics
Auto Financing
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Cars - Sports & Imports
ATTENTION COLLECTORS1980 CAMARO, only 50,000 K on punched 305 eng. 3 spd. Needs some body work. Formore info. $2800 OBO. 1-250-523-9762. (Logan Lake)
Recreational/Sale1999 TRAVELAIRE 22FT 5th wheel in exc. cond. Price re-duced to $4500.00. 12 ft awn-ing. Hitch and tailgate incl.Many other extras. 250-836-3539.
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LUXURY CONDO LIVING ON MARA LAKEOWN A 2 BDRM + DEN FROM $1135/MO.*
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ONLY 3 UNITS AT THIS PRICE
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