Eagle Valley News, March 12, 2014

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Vol. 59 No. 11 Sicamous, B.C., • 1.25 (GST included) • www.eaglevalleynews.comPM40008236

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By and large, Sicamous’ current mayor and council look favourably upon serving a four-year term, though not all have decided whether or not they’ll seek re-election.

The B.C. government is expected to introduce legislation that, if approved, would extend the terms of municipal politicians from three to four years, beginning with the Nov. 14 election. The legisla-tion is supported by local governments through the Union of B.C. Munici-palities.

Sicamous Mayor Darrell Trouton views four-year terms as a good thing, explaining three years isn’t enough time to accomplish the things you need to, or hope to accomplish. Typically, says Trouton, the � rst year for council involves learning and getting everyone on the same page. In the second year, he says council is more productive and working more in synch.

“And the third year is an election year and sometimes it can go to hell,” said Trouton. “And I think that’s what my point was… we can’t get sidetracked as council. We need to stay focused, look at our priorities and accom-plish our goals.”

That second year for Sicamous council was side-tracked somewhat by the destructive � ooding that occurred and the resulting state of emergency that was declared. But Trouton says that despite this, council has still made signi� cant changes in terms of administration and operations and staf� ng.

As for the November election, Trouton said he hasn’t made up his mind yet on whether or not to run.

If he does, he may be running against council’s

governments through the Union of B.C. Munici-

Sicamous Mayor Darrell Trouton views four-year terms as a good thing, explaining three years isn’t enough time to accomplish the things you need to, or hope to accomplish. Typically, says Trouton, the � rst year for council involves learning and getting everyone on the same page. In the second year, he says council is more productive and working

“And the third year is

And the third year is an election year and sometimes it can go to hell. And… we can’t get sidetracked as council. We need to stay focused…

Darrell TroutonMayor

Move to four-year term OK with councilElection: Councillors give thought to another run for public office.By Lachlan LabereEagle Valley News

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A Canadian Paci� c locomo-tive was removed from service Friday after it was found to have leaked 2,000 litres of diesel fuel on a railway siding in Malakwa.

Kevin Hrysak, spokesperson for CP, said immediate steps were taken to clean up the spill, using spill pads and sawdust to contain the fuel to the track area. He said the incident was immediately reported to the Malakwa Volunteer Fire De-partment and Fire Chief Joanne Held, who visited the scene on behalf of the Columbia Shus-wap Regional District Fire Ser-vices to determine if there was a hazard requiring suppression, as well as provide an initial as-

sessment for the Ministry of En-vironment.

“Our initial report was the spill was clear of any danger to ponds or creeks,” said CSRD � re services co-ordinator Kenn Mount. “The site was well looked after and CP rail staff were attending to the situation appropriately.”

Mount said CP immediately brought in support to capture and contain the spillage, and contractors for the ministry as-sisted with the removal.

“Communication onsite with CP Rail and CSRD Fire Ser-vices was good and all agencies were very co-operative,” said Mount, adding removal and clean-up continues.

Hrysak noted the incident to be a “one-of-a-kind situation.”

Leaking locomotive receives quick response

Hard life lessons: Former gang member-come-youth-at-risk worker and motivational speaker, Amir Javid shares his confessional tale of how easily his life turned to organized crime to an attentive crowd March 3 at the Red Barn. The following day he shared his harrowing yet hopeful, and sometimes humorous story to students at Eagle River Secondary. Javid’s presentations were sponsored by the Eagle Valley Restorative Justice Program and, according to co-ordinator Carol Leczkovics, represent a proactive approach to help raise awareness of the potential traps that exist for youth. Photo by Lachlan Labere

By Lachlan LabereEagle Valley News

Clean up: Sawdust surrounds the site of a locomotive fuel leak that occurred Friday on a Malakwa railway siding. The wood fibre was used in the effort to clean up the 2,000 litres of diesel that escaped the engine. Photo contributed

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The District of Si-camous will continue to be reluctant partners with the organization formerly known as SLIPP.

At its last meeting, district council agreed to join other local gov-ernments as a voting member of the Shus-wap Watershed Coun-cil (SWC), the suc-cessor to the Shuswap Lake Integrated Plan-ning Process’ steer-ing committee. To be a voting member, the district was required to make a � nancial con-tribution and council agreed to put in $500. Other local govern-ment partners contrib-uting towards the SWC include the Columbia Shuswap Regional District ($152,4000), the City of Salmon Arm ($20,000), and the Thompson-Nic-ola Regional District ($53,600).

Coun. Charlotte Hutchinson said it was important the district have a full voice at the table, and suggested the $500 sum, stating it’s dif� cult to make a decision without know-ing what the SWC will be discussing.

Mayor Darrell Trou-ton who sits on the steering committee, once again likened the body to a “lobby group getting into govern-ment,” and questioned the contribution of Si-

camous taxpayer’s dol-lars.

“Like all other things, everybody is wanting more and more money, and if you look at the amounts the other communities are paying, it’s very, very rich for our blood,” said Trouton, who went on to emphasize how the community’s economy is hurting and how a key component of the SWC’s mandate – water quality testing throughout the Shus-wap watershed – is al-ready being done at the federal and provincial government levels.

Coun. Don Richard-son voiced his discom-fort with the potential “redundancy or dupli-cation of bureaucracy,” and suggested the dis-trict align itself with the Regional District of the North Okanagan.

Commenting on what other local gov-ernments are contribut-ing, Coun. Terry Rysz agreed with Hutchin-son that the district should be a voting member, and offered to take over for the mayor as the district’s repre-sentative.

“We’re sitting here and we’re thinking that we shouldn’t be sit-ting on this board, but I think now, looking at this, that it is more important that we do actually have a voice here, and we are on the Shuswap, and it would be good just to

be at the meetings just to keep them at bay,” said Rysz. Council ap-proved Rysz as the dis-trict’s new representa-tive, with Hutchinson as an alternate.

The water council’s � rst year is being de-scribed as a “develop-mental year.” Between April and December 2014, the organiza-tion will be develop-ing terms of reference and a strategic plan for

a new water quality program that will com-mence Jan. 1, 2015. At that point, council in-tends to have prepared a long-term water-quality program, a wa-ter quality remediation program, a safety edu-cation program and a communication’s strat-egy.

Asked why Si-camous council wasn’t given a speci� c dol-lar � gure to vote on, SLIPP/SWC steering committee chair and CSRD area C director Paul Demenok told the News a funding agree-ment has yet to be de-termined.

“Until that’s done, it’s really dif� cult to come up with a fund-ing formula,” said De-menok. “We would plan to do that moving forward. You’ve got to remember, this is a bit of a different year because it’s a develop-mental year. So… once the feasibility study is completed, we’ll then have a funding formu-la in place and, at that point, we can go to the

partners and say this is what your speci� c share is.”

Demenok said there is already enough fund-ing in place to proceed, and that Sicamous’ contribution was to in-clude the district as a voting partner.

“It would make a lot of sense to have them participate. They’re a signi� cant community on the water and they’re having water problems. It would stand to rea-son that they should be a partner in the pro-gram,” said Demenok.

Asked about a du-plication of bureaucra-cy, Demenok said the

Shuswap Watershed Council doing water quality testing on a scope unmatched by an other level of govern-ment.

“Sicamous does it’s own water quality test-ing as part of its own mandate, but that’s a very limited testing,” said Demenok. “No one is doing the kind of testing the watershed council is doing all over the lake and all over the watershed, so there is no duplication of effort in my opinion.”

As for federal water quality testing on the Salmon and Shuswap rivers, Demenok says it’s so infrequent, it’s meaningless.

“The problem that we had before SLIPP was started was they had all these little bod-ies doing all these little tests and not talking to each other. So no one had a comprehensive picture of the lake,” said Demenok. “We can go back to that if that’s what people want, but I don’t think that’s what people want. I think it makes a lot more sense sci-enti� cally to have one data set, to have all the data put into one area and have it analyzed as a comprehensive wa-tershed.”

By Lachlan LabereEagle Valley News

District to take part in SLIPP successor

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Paul DemenokShuswap Water Council

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newest member, Su-zanne Carpenter.

“I have been very frustrated with the workings of our dis-trict, and if I were to run again I would run as mayor and work with other groups such as the resource centre, the arts council, the se-niors groups and see if we could change our town to a place where people want to live and invest here,” said Car-penter, who was elected to council in the August 2013 byelection.

As for four-year-terms, Carpenter says they’re good if the new-ly elected council has a vision of what their mu-nicipality could be and works steadily towards this vision. She says it would give council time to fulfill their ideas, and would, in the long run, save taxpayer dollars on running elections. How-

ever, Carpenter says an expanded term won’t help if council is just there to make everyday decisions, as it would “ultimately cost taxpay-ers a lot of money.”

Coun. Fred Busch says he is considering running for council one more time. Regarding four-year terms, he says this would be coming to fruition at the urg-ing and campaigning of councils from larger cities. For councils of smaller communities, he says it’s not such a big deal.

Coun. Joan Thom-son is also considering another go at local gov-ernment in November. Like Trouton, she views three-year terms as not allowing enough time.

“The third is when you start getting things done in your strategic plan, but doesn’t seem like there is enough time to complete them so you

feel rushed,” said Thom-son. “So when you have that fourth year, you ob-viously get more done and probably feel more comfortable and not so rushed.”

Thomson is con-cerned, however, that the four-year commit-ment may lessen the number of candidates.

For Coun. Don Rich-ardson, a fourth year would allow time to become more familiar with the “dynamics of local governance, and for better decision mak-ing.”

“Hopefully it would not create a complacen-cy attitude, or deter one from running for local government,” said Rich-ardson, adding he too is still contemplating whether or not to run next term, but that he is still interested in helping “steer the community in a positive direction.”

Coun. Terry Rysz ex-

pects municipalities will see some cost savings as a result of four-year terms, but adds byelec-tions may become more frequent. As for indi-vidual councillors, Rysz says they’ll have more time to learn and ac-complish things, though the four-year commit-ment might be off-put-ting. As for whether or not he’ll be running for re-election, Rysz says he’ll decide later in the year.

Elected in the 2010 byelection, and again in the 2011 elec-tion, Coun. Charlotte Hutchinson considers herself a “product of a four-year term.” She says her first term was a learning process, and that she ran again in 2011 because, “I did not think my contribution to our municipality was all it should have been…” But Hutchinson says the current term has

not been without its challenges, stemming in part from the “chaos that ensues when the council, in its wisdom, fires the CAO immedi-ately and the by-prod-uct was a mass exodus of key staff.”

“The price our com-munity paid was dear both in time wasted and the monetary cost of this decision,” said Hutchin-son, adding it’s for this reason she would en-dorse a four-year term for council – stating it would give council an opportunity to regroup and move forward.

“My journey through municipal politics has been a per-sonal challenge but one I would not have missed for anything,” said Hutchinson. “The experience has opened my eyes and I have found my voice and am considering running for another term.”

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Extended terms good if council has vision

Another local non-profit has challenged the District of Si-camous to focus less on economic growth and more on social needs.

In January, district council received a pre-sentation from Eagle Valley Arts Coun-cil (EVAC) president Carla Krens. She was distressed with how the district’s finance com-mittee had voted to cut EVAC’s $3,500 grant in aid request to $2,000, explaining this would amount to a $3,000 cut as the arts council receives matched fund-ing. Krens questioned where councils’ priori-ties are.

At its Feb. 26 regu-lar meeting, council received a presentation by Eagle Valley Com-munity Support Soci-ety (EVCSS) executive director Janet McClean Senft who, like Krens, had a grievance to air with council.

McClean Senft be-gan her speech by de-tailing all the society does and contributes to the community through the Eagle Valley Re-

source Centre, includ-ing family and crisis support, support for seniors, those need-ing transportation, as-sistance with income tax preparation and other forms and appli-cations, advocacy and social and educational programs for families with children. In ad-dition, the society was recently awarded a Shuswap-wide contract to develop a Better at Home program to help seniors live more inde-pendently.

“We have worked very hard and lobbied very hard to give the community access to social services at a level that is probably the best in B.C. for a commu-nity of our size…,” said Senft. “Where we are really challenged is in our efforts in the past few years to garner sup-port from this council.”

McClean Senft went on to criticize council for its lack of recogni-tion of what it means to have a community with more than 300 food bank users in a popula-tion of less than 3,000, and more than 200 households where the family income is less

than $30,000, where the number of students in local schools has dwindled and where “seniors, and even some of our non-per-manent residents are telling us they’re mov-ing away after only a few years here because they see no sustainable future…”

McClean Senft also referred to a grant-in-aid request by the society for 2013, and minutes from coun-cil’s committee of the whole meeting where that request, for $4,000, was deliberated and subsequently reduced to $2,000. She noted how the minutes state Mayor Darrell Trou-ton expressed concern over the society’s pro-posed budget including $107,000 for wages and benefits “given they are a non profit.” Senft said the EVCSS has 10 year-round employees who, with the society, contribute thousands of dollars annually to the local economy.

“As for the notion that we should some-how manage to do the job without pay-ing wages, perhaps it’s your understanding of

what a non-profit for charity is that is what is flawed in this process,” said McClean Senft. “I am pretty certain you would not expect a minister of a church to do his job as a volun-teer, or the Eagle Valley Seniors Housing soci-ety to run the manor or lodge with volunteers.”

In addition to asking for the district’s support for a garden project pro-moting local food se-curity, McClean Senft said she and the society would appreciate “the respect that we feel we deserve after serving this community so well for nearly a quarter of a century, and an expec-tation that you would become more familiar with the scope and na-ture of our work and its value, socially and eco-nomically.”

Couns. Charlotte Hutchinson and Su-zanne Carpenter thanked McClean Senft for the reminder of the work the society does, and Carpenter said the district should be giv-ing them more help.

After the meeting, Trouton told the News that he and council en-deavour to support all

the community’s non-profits as much as pos-sible. But, he added, non-profits cannot be reliant on local tax-payer funding, that they have to look at other ways and means of rais-ing funds. Trouton said he and council have to be fiscally responsible to everyone in the com-munity, adding every-one is having a tough time right now, not just non-profits.

For 2014, the EVCSS submitted a grant-in-aid request for $8,000, to go to-wards the completion of renovations related to children’s program-ming. The district’s finance committee cut that amount to $2,000. Trouton said neither he nor council take such decisions lightly.

“We discussed it thoroughly on all an-gles,” said Trouton. “This isn’t just my de-cision as Janet might have proclaimed, this is all of council. I’m one vote of council. She wanted to me to take the brunt of it, that’s fine, it’s a council de-cision and I’m proud of the decision council made.”

Non-profit organization demands respectBy Lachlan LabereEagle Valley News


VICTORIA – Pro-ceedings here at the B.C. legislature were briefly thrust into the spotlight last week, firing up the ra-dio talk shows and twitter feeds.

No, it wasn’t the B.C. Liberal government forc-ing through legislation to allow industrial “research” for things like pipeline routes in provincial parks, or the debate on sanctioned wolf and grizzly kills.

It was muffins. More specifically, “free” muffins in a newly relocated and equipped MLA lounge, and a rack installed to hold the said muffins at a cost of $733.

This was portrayed as part of a spending spree by Richmond East MLA Lin-da Reid, elected Speaker last summer.

In fact it’s just the lat-est phase of a strikingly expensive refit to provide

wheelchair access, which Reid has championed.

The new MLA lounge replaces a seldom-used one at the top of steep stairs high in the 1898 stone structure.

The new lounge is served by a ramp near the chamber exit to another under-used room in the library, and equipped with big-screen TVs to follow proceedings, similar to those installed in the leg-islature chamber last year.

Everything done here is expensive, from matching ornate woodwork to up-grading ancient plumbing and wiring. But the pub-lic, conditioned by media to expect corruption and scandal, would rather be outraged about free muf-fins.

Prior to this, MLAs had to troop down to the base-ment dining room to put muffins and coffee on their expense accounts, or have an assistant fetch them.

The outraged talk

shows didn’t mention that. There are access issues in the dining room too, a fact more difficult to ignore with Children and Fam-ily Development Minister Stephanie Cadieux, Para-lympian Michelle Stilwell and former Vancouver mayor Sam Sullivan now elected to serve using their wheelchairs.

A costly new outside access ramp assisted Ken-ny Michell, who visited last week to tell his har-rowing story of the Burns Lake sawmill explosion that nearly burned him to death in 2012 and left him in a wheelchair.

The NDP brought a del-egation of survivors and family members of the dead from sawdust explo-sions in Burns Lake and Prince George. They sup-ported the opposition’s demand for an indepen-dent inquiry, although their own demands ranged from counselling for long-suffering wives to seeing

someone punished for al-leged negligence.

The scandal pushed in this tragic story is that some evidence was not protected by WorkSafeBC and wouldn’t have been admissible in court.

Prosecutors also said they had enough evidence for charges, but the com-panies or executives would be able to show “due dili-gence” that would likely result in acquittal.

What that means in English is that the ex-plosion risk of extra-dry dust and air wasn’t fully grasped by either mill op-erators or WorkSafeBC. All B.C. mills are now subject to more scrutiny, and a coroner’s inquest will be calling witnesses this fall to see what lessons can be learned.

But back to muffin-gate, as it’s become known around here. I don’t know why people are so cynical and uninterested in serious issues.

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Sicamous council may be regretting its decision not to partner with the Shuswap Community Foundation.

At its last meeting, the municipality’s mayor and council was once again raked over the coals by a local non-profit organization for decisions related to district grant-in-aid funding. The Eagle Valley Community Support Society has requested $8,000 to help cover the cost of renovations at the Eagle Valley Resource Centre – the community’s hub of invaluable social supports. It appears, however, that the organization will be receiving only $2,000. Prior to this, the Eagle Valley Arts Council ques-tioned why it looked as though their requested grant was being cut from $3,500 to $2,000. Arts council president Carla Krens questioned where the district’s priorities are, spending $50,000 on “Christmas decorations,” while cutting commu-nity grant requests by long-standing non-profit organizations.

The support society’s Janet McClean Senft ques-tioned council’s understanding of all that non-profits do for the community.

Council, meanwhile, is expected to be objective, to achieve the greatest good for all the district’s taxpayers. Enter the Shuswap Community Foun-dation.

Among other things, the foundation handles the grant-in-aid process for the City of Salmon Arm. The down side to this is a five per cent administra-tion fee. On the upside – as the foundation’s Karen Angove recently put it to Sicamous council, “deci-sions for giving out grants is more arm’s length (from council), its not people having their favou-rite charities or people bothering you all the time about getting money. So, it removes you from the decision making.”

Council chose not to partner with the founda-tion, opting to once again deliberate and adminis-ter district grant requests in house – a process that has proven problematic for past councils, and will likely continue to be an issue, until a more objec-tive approach is adopted.

“Muffingate” distracts from more pressing issuesBy Tom FletcherNews Columnist


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Hard work and determination will pay off for Shea Weber in February when he suits up in the red and whites of Team Canada.

The 24-year-old Sicamous product was tagged last month to represent the nation in the 2010 Olympic Games. It’s a goal Weber had been working towards, and an opportu-nity he’s proud to be part of.

“The Olympics are a very special event, not only for hockey but for winter sports and to be able to play for your country and compete for a medal is kind of neat,” says Weber.

The 6’4”, 234 lb. Nashville Predators defenceman will be sporting the maple leaf with other big names in hockey like Scott

Niedermayer (Anaheim Ducks), Roberto Luongo (Vancouver Canucks), Chris Pronger (Philadelphia Flyers) and Sidney Crosby (Pittsburgh Pen-guins).

Apart from a camp held last summer, We-ber guesses the team may have a couple of days to gel in February before hitting the ice in Whistler, and he’s interest-ed in seeing how everyone fi ts. But Weber’s mom and dad, Tracy and James, don’t ex-pect Shea will have any problems.

“Whatever they want him to do, he’ll do it,” said James. “He’s a team-fi rst guy, he’s not a selfi sh player at all.”

Both parents share what could be described as a subdued excite-ment for their son and the hon-our that’s been bestowed up on him.

“Shea phoned home and said ‘I’ve been chosen

to play in the Olympics, and I said ‘okay,’” Tracy commented, explaining it’s kind of a family trait not to overreact – one that Shea

shares. But she and James who, with Shea,share roots in Sicamous minor hockey, are defi nitely excited, and are hoping to attendat least one of their son’s games.

Sicamous Eagles manager Wayne Marchis also pretty excited by the news that Shea, an Eagle alumni, will be playing forhis community and country at the Games.March says Shea has been totally focusedthroughout his career on what he wanted todo: make it to the NHL. In the process, Sheahelped the Eagles win the KIJHL West-ern Canadians in 2001-02; he helped takethe Kelowna Rockets to three consecutiveWHL Memorial Cup championship games,including the win in 2004; and, after signingwith Nashville in 2004, he helped the Ca-

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The action was cold, but the rewards were warming.

Sicamous’ Snow Days committee re-cently awarded the win-ners of the Snow Days events. The winners

were as follows:Snow sculpture –

downtown daytime: 1st) Team Sicamous Den-tal Clinic; 2nd) Team Grey Power; 3rd) Tia’s Team, Inkx Printing.

Snow sculpture –

daytime front yard: 1st) Team Barbie – Pirates of the Caribbean; 2nd) Team G & the Daughts – Shuswap Dragon; 3rd) Team Grey Power – Olympic Rings.

Snow sculpture –

light-up: 1st) Team G & the Daughts – Shuswap Dragon; 2nd) Team Barbie – Pirates of the Caribbean; 3rd) Team Grey Power – Olympic Rings.

People’s choice –

daytime downtown: Team Grey Power – Hand holding torch.

People’s choice – Daytime front yard and overall light-up: Team Grey Power – Olympic Rings.

MAIL BAGI read the resident

challenges evolu-tion theory article and would like to comment on it.

As a retired profes-sional engineer with over eight years of post-secondary science edu-cation, I am constantly amazed by the lack of

scientific literacy in our modern world.

The media feels compelled to provide opposing opinions and to present them with equivalent weight. Un-fortunately, when one opinion is supported by almost 100 per cent of scientists in the world

and the other side by a few radical extremists, I do not feel that the few deserve equal exposure.

What David Riley fails to acknowledge, limited by his rigid reli-gious beliefs, is that the biological fact that the DNA replication error rate is 1 in 4,000, and

that this fact is the basis for biological adapta-tion.

I suggest your paper refrains from support-ing profoundly ignorant religious beliefs and passing it off as bal-anced reporting.

Dave Letendre

Editor’s note: The article referred, Resi-dent challenges evo-lutionary theory, was published in last week’s Mailbag section as a letter to the editor. Opinions expressed within do not necessar-ily reflect those of the newspaper.

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Sculptors recognized for Snow Days entries

Ribbon winners: Tia Lemieux, Sam McKeller, Carrie Steeves, Janet McClean Senft, Shirley Schandelle, Lajai Heppner and Barb Hyttenrauch were all winners in the recent Sicamous Snow Days events. Photo by James Murray

Employers wanted for special needs studentsOkanagan College is

recruiting – not for stu-dents, but for employ-ers to participate in the PACE program which supports adult special education.

The program in-volves students with challenges including learning or intellectual disabilities, brain inju-

ry, psychiatric illness or Autism and is designed to introduce partici-pants to the community and the working world.

Employers can host students for job shad-owing or work experi-ence terms, and the stu-dent is monitored and receives support from the PACE program co-

ordinators. Employers are not

expected to hire stu-dents at the end of the program.

Coverage for WCB is provided by the col-lege.

Studies by the Shus-wap Association for Community Living show that people with

disabilities have exem-plary records for pro-ductivity, workplace safety and attendance, as well as being loyal employees.

Interested busi-nesses can contact Sue Betschart at Okanagan College 250-832-2126 ex. 8265 for more infor-mation.

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PARKS MAINTENANCE ELECTORAL AREA E(Swansea Point Lake Access Parks and Sicamous Creek Trailhead)

The Columbia Shuswap Regional District is inviting Tenders for a three year term commencing May 1, 2014 for the seasonal maintenance of six lake access parks and one trailhead in Electoral Area E.Sealed tenders clearly marked “Tender – Electoral Area E – Parks Maintenance” will be accepted until 11 AM local time on Thursday March 27, 2014 at the of� ces of the Columbia Shuswap Regional District, 781 Marine Park Drive NE, PO Box 978, Salmon Arm, BC, V1E 4P1. Services are to be provided on a seasonal basis. A detailed description of the Services required can be found in the Tender documents.Tender documents and further information are available online at the Columbia Shuswap Regional District website at www.csrd.bc.ca/news-notices/opportunities/tenders, on the BC Bid website at www.bcbid.gov.bc.ca, Civic Info website at www.civicinfo.bc.ca and at the of� ce of the Columbia Shuswap Regional District at the above address during regular of� ce hours.The Columbia Shuswap Regional District reserves the right to accept or reject any or all Tenders and to waive any informality in the Tenders received, in each case without giving any notice. The Columbia Shuswap Regional District reserves the right to accept the Tender which it deems most advantageous.Faxed or e-mailed submissions will not be accepted.The lowest or any Tender will not necessarily be accepted.For more information, please contact:Marcin Pachcinski, Parks and Recreation Team LeaderT: 250.833.5923 or TF: 1.888.248.2773E: [email protected]

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Eye for detail: Parkview Elementary student Cydney Byron adds detail to the door of her clay gnome house, modelled under the guidance of potter Darryl Auten, Wednesday during School District #83’s Art Fair at the Mall at Piccadilly. Photo by Lachlan Labere

The prospect of British Columbians picking up a half-sack of beer while shopping for meat and bread has private liquor store op-erators nervous.

MLA John Yap, who is reviewing the province’s liquor laws, is recommending the government allow li-quor sales in grocery stores.

“We have a huge concern about this,” said Toby Dansereau, with the Eastside Li-quor Co.

“Our liquor licences have value and we have invested a lot into these licences. What does this mean for that?”

While some polls have suggested public support for increasing access to liquor sales, Dansereau isn’t con-vinced there is a lack of

access.“In Vernon, there

are several liquor stores within a kilometre of each other, it’s widely accessible,” she said.

At the Longhorn Pub, there is a concern that grocery stores will water down the rev-enue stream for private liquor stores.

“There is only so much money to spend on alcohol,” said Eric Juzwisyn, general manager.

“Ninety per cent of the grocery stores are within 100 yards of a liquor store.”

Juzwisyn says ex-pansion plans at the Longhorn liquor store, which has seven staff, could be on hold be-cause of industry un-certainty.

He also points out that provincial taxpay-ers benefit from the current system of li-

quor sales.“Private liquor

stores account for 60 per cent of the tax going into the government. All of this income goes into our health-care system, education and roads.”

Juzwisyn is also concerned that ex-panded access to alco-hol could negatively impact individuals who have addiction issues.

“If someone has a liquor abuse problem, they have the choice to go into a liquor store. But if they are in the grocery store and buy-ing milk and eggs and there’s beer there, some people will be tempt-ed,” he said.

In making his rec-ommendation, Yap says grocery store sales of alcohol would meet consumer demand for greater access.

“During the B.C.

liquor policy review, I heard loud and clear that today’s retail mod-el has not kept pace with consumer expec-tations,” he said.

Yap is recommend-ing a phased-in ap-proach to his model so government and private liquor stores can adjust.

He is also calling for the current cap on the total number of re-tail outlets to remain, meaning a grocery store would have to buy a liquor license from an existing business.

Yap also recom-mends that liquor be separated from grocery products.

“By doing this, and by keeping liquor sepa-rate from grocery prod-ucts, we can increase convenience without any increased risk to the health or public safety of British Co-lumbians,” he said.

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Winter gives me a bit of a breather to hang out with friends and family and sometimes those I know just a little bit. There’s a friendly cou-ple in their golden years that I’ve been bumming bulbs and plants off of for years, but other than a few short gabs be-tween extractions and loading, I’ve never actu-ally sat down for a good relaxed yak until this February.

Their house is lo-cated near the public beach, so their property was pure sand when they bought it back in the 1970s. After years of adding pig manure and compost, the gardens are now full of dark, rich earth. The perimeter has beautiful flowerbeds that surround fruit and flowering trees, and the yard has enough room for their veggie and fruit gardens, a small greenhouse, a chicken coop housing little ban-tams used for a natural insecticide, a garden/tool shed and woodshed

and a big compost that neighbours contribute to and can take away from. It’s just about every-thing they need to run their own self-sustain-ing show, and that suits them just fine.

As I munched on their own goodies of dried cherries and plums while drinking tea and delicious home-made tomato juice, I learned that they both came from either a farm or homesteading background and, like so many of their genera-tion, it was only natural for them to grow fresh food. Besides enjoying their outdoor lifestyle and obvious health ben-efits from exercise and nutritionally-loaded food, it was also im-portant to them to have a degree of food sover-eignty, to know where it was coming from and how it was grown. They save most of their own seeds and a consider-able amount of money, plus they always have enough to share with their neighbours, friends and family.

A friend of mine temporarily moved to the Kootenays years ago and rented a house in a neighborhood of mostly Portuguese im-migrants from way back. Although each lot was quite small, just about all of it was used for growing food. The

front yards had enough room for two fruit and nut trees, and the entire postage-stamp-sized backyards were jammed full of raised beds load-ed with herbs, toma-toes, veggies and fruit, with pea and bean vines along with beautiful old climbing roses trailing along their fence lines. It’s encouraging and wonderful to see how much food could be grown in such a small space, and I think we have something to learn from these people about savouring a little food sovereignty.

There is more than enough grim news and studies on the Internet to galvanize anyone into making room for more food gardens. A few years ago, 19 out of the 24 food-growing states declared a state of emer-gency due to crop dam-age from freezing, hail storms, flooding and drought. Some grain farmers were forced to sell their seeds for food, rather than having them for next years’ planting season. California is now experiencing a re-cord-breaking drought, suffering massive short- and long-term crop loss-es, which can only mean higher prices and a lim-ited supply. Just one or two really bad years for the farming communi-ties that stock our stores, and we’ll be left holding

a pretty empty grocery bag.

These days, I can’t completely trust what the labels say and are selling me. Are the fruits, veggies and grains really organi-cally grown, and were the seeds organic to start with? Do I really want to chow down on food that may look great, but likely has built-in pesticides and herbi-cides, was grown with toxic fertilizers and is nutritionally deficient? And how many times did they get sprayed and zapped crossing state lines and borders, and then given another treat-ment to speed up the ripening process in the warehouse? Yuck – just thinking about it leaves a bad taste in my mouth!

The backyard dachas are so effective in Rus-sia that they represent more than 50 per cent of the entire agricultural output, and this number continues to increase as more and more join the eco-village movement.

I don’t know about you, but I’m going to grow as much good food as I can with or-ganic seeds, buy food from our local farmers and markets to eat fresh and freeze, and learn from and listen to these people that have known the value of grow-ing their own food all along.

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The puck stops here: KIJHL president Bill Ohlhausen pres-ents Sicamous Eagle netminder Kris Joyce with a divisional award, recognizing him as the top goaltender in the Doug Birks Division. In regular season play, Joyce earned a goals-against average of 3.57, stopping 167 out of 182 shots on net. Photo by Sharon Thibodeau


DISTRICT OF SICAMOUSNOTICE OF PROPOSED BYLAW

Pursuant to the provisions of the Local Government Act and the Community Charter, NOTICE is hereby given that the Council of the District of Sicamous will hold a PUBLIC HEARING in Council Chambers, District of Sicamous Municipal Office, 446 Main Street, B.C. V0E 2V0 on Wednesday, March 26th, 2014 at 5:00 p.m. to consider the following application to amend the District of Sicamous Zoning Bylaw No. 101, 1993 as follows:

1. The Text of Zoning Bylaw No. 101, 1993 be amended as follows:

Zoning Bylaw No. 101, 1993

Division One – Definitions

Section 100 – Definitions: amend to include the following definitions:

‘Marihuana’; means “all parts of the genus cannabis whether growing or not and the seed or clone of such plants.”

‘Medical Marihuana Production Facilities’; means medical marihuana production facilities licensed by the Federal Government of Canada under the Marihuana for Medical Purposes Regulation (MMPR), used solely for the production, manufacturing, processing, testing, packaging and shipping of marihuana and marihuana products for medical purposes and does not include retail sale or resale of marihuana products or by-products.

‘Agricultural Use’; the definition for Agricultural Use is amended to include the following “…… after specifically includes”, add: “a licensed medical marihuana production facility where specifically permitted in this Bylaw.”

‘Agricultural Use, Restricted’; the definition of Agricultural Use, Restricted is amended by deleting the existing definition in its entirety and substituting the following: “means an agricultural use for the personal use of the owner or occupant but specifically excludes feed lots, piggeries, mushroom growing, the breeding and raising of cats and or dogs for commercial purposes or a Medical Marihuana Production Facility.”

‘Industrial Use’; the definition for Industrial Use is amended to include after the last sentence “…. facilities” add: “Where specifically permitted in an Industrial Zone within this bylaw, the definition of “Industrial Use” is expanded to include a licensed Medical Marihuana Production Facility as defined in Section 100 of this bylaw.”

Division Three – General Regulations

Section 300 Permitted Uses: amend as follows;

In the second sentence, after the words “Where a use of land is not…..: add the word

“specifically”

Section 305 – Home Occupation: amend as follows;

Add: “(i) except a Home Occupation does not include a marihuana or medical marihuana production facility.”

Under Division Three – General Regulations: add;

“Section 316 Licensed Medical Marihuana Production Facilities”

(1) Notwithstanding any other provisions in this bylaw a licensed Medical Marihuana Production Facility shall only be permitted on lands as specifically designated in this bylaw and provided the production facility does not discharge or emit odorous, toxic or noxious matter or vapour, heat, glare or radiation, recurrently generated ground vibration, noise in excess of ambient noise at the property boundary, electrical interference or any other health or safety hazards.

(2) Notwithstanding any other provisions in this bylaw where a licensed Medical Marihuana Production Facility is a permitted use on land located within the Agricultural Land Reserve and designated as Rural in the Official Community Plan and is zoned LH. – Large Holdings or LH.02 – Large Holdings “A” Zone:

(i) The minimum setback to all Property Lines is 30.0 metres (98.42 ft.) except that where a proposed production facility is adjacent to residential uses, school, community parks, institutional uses, recreational or accommodation use, the minimum setback from such adjoining use shall be 60.0 metres (196.8 ft.);

(ii) The minimum distance to the natural boundary of any water course is 30.0 Metres (98.42 ft.);

(iii) The minimum lot area for a licensed Medical Marihuana Production Facility is 2.0 Hectares

(4.94 ac.);

(iv) The Level of Service for a licensed Medical Marihuana Production Facility is connection to the community water and community sewer system.

(3) Notwithstanding any other provisions in this bylaw where a licensed Medical Marihuana Production Facility is a permitted use on land designated as General Industrial in the Official Community Plan and is zoned I.1 – General Industrial:

(i) The minimum setback to all Property Lines is 15.0 metres (49.21 ft.) except that where a proposed production facility is adjacent to residential uses, school, community parks, institutional use, recreational or accommodation use, the minimum setback from such adjoining use shall be 30.0 metres (98.42 ft.).

(ii) The minimum distance to the natural boundary of any water course is 30.0 metres (98.42 ft.).

(iii) The minimum lot area for a licensed Medical Marihuana Production Facility is 2.0 Hectares (4.94 ac.).

(iv) The Level of Service for a Licensed Medical Marihuana Production Facility is connection to the community water and community sewer system.

(4) Other than another permitted agricultural use within the Agricultural Land Reserve or a permitted single family accommodation use for an owner or operator, or a permitted accessory use within an Industrial zone, a permitted licensed Medical Marihuana Production Facility may not share or be combined with another permitted use on the same legal lot.

(5) Development of a licensed Medical Marihuana Production Facility within the I.1 – General Industrial zone shall be in compliance with the Development Permit requirements of the Official Community Plan.

(6) Notwithstanding the requirements of Section 308 – Screening and Landscaping – Residential and Rural Zones and Section 309 – Screening, Landscaping and Lighting – Commercial, Industrial and Special Use Zones in this bylaw, or the requirements of Clause (5) above, an applicant for a permit for a licensed Medical Marihuana Production Facility shall provide a detailed landscape, screening, security enclosure and lighting plan for review and approval by Council prior to issuance of a permit.

Division Five – Industrial Zones

(1) Section 501 - I.1 – General Industrial: amend as follows;

Under Subsection 501(1) – Permitted Uses: Add; “(h) Licensed Medical Marihuana Production Facility”

Division Seven – Rural Zones

(1) Section 703 – LH – Large Holdings: amend as follows;

Under Subsection 703(1) – Permitted Uses: Add; “(j) Licensed Medical Marihuana Production Facility”

2. This bylaw may be cited as the “District of Sicamous Zoning Bylaw No. 101, 1993 Amending Bylaw No. 874, 2014 (Medical Marihuana Production).

A copy of the proposed bylaw to amend the Zoning Bylaw may be viewed at the District Office or alternatively, may be viewed on the District’s website: www.sicamous.ca under “bylaws” – click on the proposed amendment to the Zoning Bylaw.

Further, a copy of the proposed bylaw to amend the Zoning Bylaw may be inspected between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays, From March 12th, 2014 to March 26th, 2014 inclusive, at the office of the Municipal Clerk, District of Sicamous, 446 Main Street, Sicamous, B.C. V0E 2V0. Please present written submissions to the District Office no later than 4:30 p.m., Tuesday March 25th, 2014. This is your only opportunity to express comments or concerns regarding this application as Council is not permitted to receive further submissions after the close of the Public Hearing. The District of Sicamous assumes no responsibility for correspondence or emails not received by the District Office prior to the Public Hearing.

Heidi Frank, Chief Administrative Officer District of Sicamous PO Box 219, Sicamous, B.C. V0E 2V0 Email: [email protected]

District of Sicamous Ph: 250-836-2477 Fax: 250-836-4314 • www.sicamous.ca 446 Main Street. Box 219 Sicamous B.C. V0E 2V0

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Hard work and determination will pay off for Shea Weber in February when he suits up in the red and whites of Team Canada.

The 24-year-old Sicamous product was tagged last month to represent the nation in the 2010 Olympic Games. It’s a goal Weber had been working towards, and an opportu-nity he’s proud to be part of.

“The Olympics are a very special event, not only for hockey but for winter sports and to be able to play for your country and compete for a medal is kind of neat,” says Weber.

The 6’4”, 234 lb. Nashville Predators defenceman will be sporting the maple leaf with other big names in hockey like Scott

Niedermayer (Anaheim Ducks), Roberto Luongo (Vancouver Canucks), Chris Pronger (Philadelphia Flyers) and Sidney Crosby (Pittsburgh Pen-guins).

Apart from a camp held last summer, We-ber guesses the team may have a couple of days to gel in February before hitting the ice in Whistler, and he’s interest-ed in seeing how everyone fi ts. But Weber’s mom and dad, Tracy and James, don’t ex-pect Shea will have any problems.

“Whatever they want him to do, he’ll do it,” said James. “He’s a team-fi rst guy, he’s not a selfi sh player at all.”

Both parents share what could be described as a subdued excite-ment for their son and the hon-our that’s been bestowed up on him.

“Shea phoned home and said ‘I’ve been chosen

to play in the Olympics, and I said ‘okay,’” Tracy commented, explaining it’s kind of a family trait not to overreact – one that Shea

shares. But she and James who, with Shea,share roots in Sicamous minor hockey, are defi nitely excited, and are hoping to attendat least one of their son’s games.

Sicamous Eagles manager Wayne Marchis also pretty excited by the news that Shea, an Eagle alumni, will be playing forhis community and country at the Games.March says Shea has been totally focusedthroughout his career on what he wanted todo: make it to the NHL. In the process, Sheahelped the Eagles win the KIJHL West-ern Canadians in 2001-02; he helped takethe Kelowna Rockets to three consecutiveWHL Memorial Cup championship games,including the win in 2004; and, after signingwith Nashville in 2004, he helped the Ca-

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ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20This week you need to be the follower instead of the leader, Aries. It may be difficult to go against your normal grain, but it is for the best. Keep an open mind.

TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21Your confidence may wane sometime this week, Taurus, but some friends will boost your morale to help you get back on your feet. Saturday will be a big day.

GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21Gemini, certain things that have to get done this week are out of your realm of expertise. Do your best to tackle these projects but have a helper on hand just in case.

CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22Cancer, you have a lot on your plate, but you don’t know where to start. Make a list of your tasks, and it will help you better tackle one thing at a time until you are all done.

LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23Leo, learn to laugh at yourself as a means to relieving stress. Things can’t always be serious, so ligthen up and take some time to relax. Work with Virgo this week.

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LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23You don’t have all of the answers, Libra, so don’t even think about saying you do. Relationship concerns are at the forefront of your mind lately.

SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22Scorpio, it might be hard to bite your tongue, but that’s just what you have to do this week. Wait until you are called on for help before you get involved.

SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21Take a few days to get all of your affairs in order, Sagittarius. Use this time to adjust to some changes that have happened over the last several weeks.

CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20Burning the candle at both ends again, Capricorn? This is not the best way to get things done. Take a more steady approach, and give yourself time to recover.

AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18Aquarius, you can’t put your finger on it, but something positive seems to be on the horizon. The truth will reveal itself in the next few days.

PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20Pisces, fight against the current for something you truly believe in. Unexpected events arise on Thursday.

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Well, lookie here.

One minute you have a perfectly good Blue Box recycling program. The next, something new and rather questionable is being put in its place. And they thought they’d get away with it right under your nose, without telling you or asking your opinion.

That’s defi nitely not democracy in action.

The BC Government, elected by us to represent our best interests, has decided to offl oad the costs of recycling to big multi-national corporations. To implement this new plan, they’ve set up an association that doesn’t really seem to hold the environment, local jobs, or the municipalities that run the Blue Box program, close to its heart.

Perhaps that’s why some of our local elected offi cials are using the word “scam” to describe how the new program is being set up. It’s also perhaps why several of BC’s municipalities refuse to jump on board.

That’s gotta tell you something.

Now it’s your turn to let Premier Christy Clark know what you think. Contact her today to say that dismantling an already-working recycling program to replace it with something that few people think will be as good, is a bad idea.

What’s going on here?

Email Christy Clark at [email protected] or call 250-387-1715. For more info, visit RethinkItBC.ca. #RethinkItBC.

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