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Invermere council members heard that the downtown Invermere Farmers and Artisan Market was a smash suc-cess this past summer, during a report on the market by the local branch of the Royal Canadian Legion.

The Legion, which ran the market this past summer for the fi rst time (having taken over the market from a different operator who ran it for nearly a decade beforehand), gave the presentation during a recent council meeting, on Tuesday, November 10th.

“There’s no dispute it was quite suc-cessful for us downtown,” said Legion representative Ray Brydon, adding that over the course of the summer the downtown market had an average of 65 to 70 vendors at any given market, which included 54 full-time vendors and a ro-tating cast of 75 part-time vendors (only

several of which would be at the market any given weekend).

The busiest weekend had almost all the full-time vendors and more than 30 of the 75 part-time vendors present, for a total of 84 vendors.

Brydon presented fi nancial state-ments for the market, which is run as a non-profi t organiza-tion, outlining gross income of just un-der $17,500; gross expenses of roughly $2,000 ($350 of which was borne by the District of Invermere, the rest borne by the Legion); and consequently, net revenue of almost $15,500.

Prior to the market, the Legion had agreed to split the revenue from the market with the district, with the Legion keeping 60 per cent and the district get-ting 40 per cent.

Brydon then present two cheques to the district, one for about $6,200 (the district’s 40 per cent of net revenue) and another to reimburse the district’s $350 in expenses.

The Legion has already allocated the nearly $9,300 (60 per cent of net reve-nue) it earned from the market to various

charitable causes, which Brydon also outlined to council, including $250 for the Kinsmen Canada Day celebrations; $2,500 for the Columbia Val-ley Rockies commu-nity bus; $1,500 for

the Legion’s monthly seniors’ luncheon; $1,000 for the Summit Youth Centre; and more than $4,000 for other Legion proj-ects. Brydon fi nished by asking council to consider spending $1,500 (of the dis-trict’s 40 per cent share of net market revenue) on the monthly seniors’ lun-

cheon, matching the Legion’s contribu-tion from market funds to the luncheons.

“Plaudits to the Legion. We took a chance on you (when council opted to let the Legion run the market this past spring), but you took a chance on us. I was down there many times and heard nothing but positive feedback,” said Coun. Greg Anderson. “Getting this report and these fi nancial state-ments, we’ve never had that from the farmers’ market before. And to have it so quickly (less than two months af-ter the fi nal market day of the season) and have it so clearly laid out, this is exactly what council had envisioned for the farmers’ market.”

Coun. Paul Denchuk was the lone coun-cil member to vote against letting the Legion run the market during the spring vote on the matter, but at the November 10th council meeting he congratulated the Legion on how it had run the market.

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“My concern at the beginning was about the transfer from one operator to an-other. I don’t think it was done smoothly, but that’s water under the bridge now. And at any rate, I think the district wears that (the transition not being smooth), certainly not the Legion. The Legion did a great job,” said Denchuk.

Invermere mayor Gerry Taft conceded there had been some anxiety about the timing of the transfer from one market operator to another, with some people worried it may have an economic impact on downtown Invermere for the sum-mer, but that the Legion’s efforts this summer put those worries to bed.

“I think we made the right decision,” said Taft. “There’s full disclosure and trans-parency and that’s great. We had set those parameters and deadlines with the previous operator and they were not met. The market is held on public streets, so ideally that money generated from it should come back to the public and that’s what we’re seeing.”

Council members asked Brydon about the possibility of moving the market to the main street (7th Avenue) on a regular basis.

“I personally think that would be neat, but I don’t know if I can convince the ven-dors of that, especially the ones who need their vehicles behind their booths,” Brydon responded. “I think it’s worth working on the idea, if council is in favour of it, since it takes the market off the back street and onto the main street.”

Taft also asked about the timing of the last market day confl icting with the Scarecrow Festival (in the past, some of the downtown market vendors had set up at the festival instead of in Invermere).

Brydon responded that the Legion had made clear it would in no way penalize vendors for choosing to set up at the festival and even offered to pay the vendors’ registration fees for the festival.

“We left the choice of where to set up that day totally up to them,” said Brydon.At the end of the presentation, Brydon indicated the Legion intends to submit

an application to run the downtown market again in 2016.

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Invermere Health Care Auxiliary recognized for helping campaign reach $1 million goal

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The spirit of giving in the East Kootenay has become the driving force in accessing health care.

The Invermere Health Care Auxiliary donated $50,000 to the East Kootenay Foundation for Health, along with the Cranbrook Health Care Auxiliary, which donated $450,000, and the Kimberley Health Care Auxiliary, which donated $90,000, to help reach the $1 million goal for critical care equipment for East Koote-nay Regional Hospital’s (EKRH) new Inten-sive Care Unit (ICU) in Cranbrook.

The remaining funds for the project came through public donations. The fun-draising was stewarded by the East Koo-tenay Foundation for Health.

“We’re just thrilled to announce that the ICU re-development $1 million fundraising campaign has met its goal, and a big com-mitment of that came from the Invermere Health Care Auxiliary with a gift of $50,000 combined with two other auxiliaries to make the big component of the campaign goal,” said Donna Grainger, executive director at the East Kootenay Foundation for Health. “We’re just ecstatic about it.”

As a result of the region’s health care volunteers, the target goal for the fund-raiser was met ahead of schedule, added Grainger.

“The success of this campaign highlights the overwhelming generosity of health care donors and the remarkable collaboration of our health care auxiliaries and the Foundation,” said Erica Phillips, Interior Health’s acute health services ad-

ministrator for East Kootenay, in a recent press release.

For the volunteers at the Invermere Health Care Auxiliary, supporting the re-gional cause was an easy decision.

“Most of (the population of) Invermere goes to (the hospital in) Cranbrook, that’s why we wanted to support it,” said Paige Ukass, Invermere Health Care Auxiliary president. “It’s not only the Cranbrook area, it’s also our area and the Golden area because it’s our regional hospital.”

Now, Interior Health has begun the final phase of construction for the new ICU and some major electrical upgrades to EKRH.

The new addition will replace the four-bed unit that is currently being used and will also include two new high-acuity beds, geared toward relieving pressure on the ICU to preserve resources for the most critically-ill patients.

All of the participating parties remain optimistic that this positive change will

allow East Kootenay residents to receive health care closer to home.The $1 million donor-driven community fundraising campaign (to purchase the

critically needed intensive care equipment) is part of the broader $20 million ICU/Electrical Redevelopment Project at EKRH.

The Government of B.C. is funding approximately $12 million and the Kootenay East Regional Hospital District is providing approximately $8 million.

With all the essential funding in place, equipment is being ordered and instal-lations are commencing with a timeline to coincide with the ICU commissioning, which is scheduled for the spring of 2016.

Marion Labrie, Paige Ukass and Donna Grainger hold the $50,000 cheque the Invermere Health Care Auxiliary gave toward critical care equipment for the Cranbrook hospital. Photo submitted

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The Summit Youth Centre’s annual general meet-ing revealed a strong desire to expand programs and services for Columbia Valley families in the future.

The annual general meeting on Monday, Novem-ber 9th held at the Summit Youth Centre featured a comprehensive report about its growth presented by program co-ordinator Kelsey Prichard.

“Over the past year, the youth centre has seen tremendous growth,” she explained. “We continue to offer youth of the Columbia Valley a safe, super-vised environment where they can hang out with friends, connect with youth workers and have fun.”

She added the drop-in centre is now open six days a week, for a total of 27 hours weekly, after teens from the area had made a request to keep the doors open more regularly.

“Development in this area is a point of pride for our centre,” said Prichard. “The Canadian Depart-ment of Justice identifies after-school hours as being the time when the highest rate of crime, vi-olence and drug use by youth occurs. Our centre strives to engage youth and provide them alterna-tives to these risk-taking behaviours. By opening

(the doors) immediately after school, we are able to provide activities and programs as an interven-tion to these behaviours.”

In fact, there were a total of 2,212 visits to the drop-in centre this fiscal year between July 1st, 2014 and June 30th, 2015.

“By far, it’s been the best year yet,” added Prichard.She believes an important factor that keeps youth

involved with the centre has been how the admin-istrative staff and outreach workers engage them in the decision-making process. As a result, program-

ming being offered to the community has expanded.“We have continued to offer our Cooking Program

with some new aspects and expansion,” said Prich-ard. “In addition, we currently offer a Graphic De-sign and Multimedia Training Program, Open Gym Time, Youth Focused Leadership, Employment Readiness Program, Skills for Life, My Agenda Pro-gram (MAP) and the Challenges Program.”

While all of the program changes have been posi-tively received by participating youth and their

families, Prichard noted the popularity of the Graphic Design and Multimedia Training Program has exceeded all of her expectations. There are many children interested in taking the course as it offers them an opportunity to learn how to use Ado-be Photoshop, create 3-D models and build virtual realities in the Oculus Rift game.

“We haven’t offered anything like this before,” she explained.

Although some students take graphics at the high school, Prichard has found the after-school option beneficial for students with scheduling conflicts.

The Graphic Design and Multimedia Training Pro-gram runs between four and six weeks, depending on each group’s level. Three students can work through the program at a time — the intake to serve everyone remains ongoing and free.

In addition, the Challenges Program has become quite popular because it helps teens develop prob-lem-solving and communication skills while helping them gain leadership skills.

It runs three times weekly on Tuesday, Wednes-day and Thursday, and the intake will be casual and ongoing.

Prichard keeps track of how many days in the pro-gram each participant has completed.

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“Youth who complete our Challenges Program can move onto a leadership role within the program, which means teaching it to other youth or running the pro-gram,” she said. “It gives them greater employment opportunities over the summer. They could be a camp counsellor and Blue Lake is recognizing our program. If (teens) take the program through us, they could have a higher chance of getting employed with Blue Lake in particular, (and) other camps as well.”

For more information about programming, call Prich-ard at 250-342-3033.

Services for youth expandThe growing demand for referral services to keep

teens healthy, active and safe has encouraged the Sum-

mit Youth Centre to expand its reach.On top of the Summit Youth Centre providing refer-

ral services for youth in terms of mental health, sexual health, food bank, addictions and witnessing abuse, Prichard is taking the next step.

She, along with the Summit Youth Centre team, will be offering emotional support by escorting teens to their appointments.

“This year, we have stepped up our level of support for youth by also offering to accompany them to any appointment or service that they may wish to access,” explained Prichard. “If a youth wants one of our youth workers to accompany them to the Options for Sexual Health clinic, for example, we will support them in their request.”

For updates on social media, visit the Summit Youth Centre page on Facebook.

R EWSEGIONALNKootenay-Columbia MP becomes NDP National Parks critic

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Newly elected Kootenay-Columbia Member of Parliament Wayne Stetski has been appointed as the National Parks critic in the NDP’s shadow cabi-net, a role he is relishing.

“Certainly parks is something I’ve been involved in for my entire life,” said Stetski, pointing out he has spent decades working for and in provincial parks and national parks, beginning as a seasonal naturalist at Long Beach in Pacific Rim National Park during sum-mers as a university students and then

progressing up to eventually be-coming a B.C. provincial parks manager. He graduated with a degree in ecology and a teach-ing degree, and within one week was offered a full-time teaching job and a full-time job as chief of interpretation of Manitoba’s provincial parks.

“It was an easy choice to make,” said Stetski, adding he never looked back and after several years in Manitoba, came back to B.C. “I wanted to combine my love of the outdoors with teach-ing people to love and respect the environment.”

Stetski said he’s keen to follow up and dig into a National Parks issue of local interest to the Up-per Columbia Valley — the long-proposed privatization of Koote-nay National Park’s Radium Hot Springs pools.

“The assets — the actual physi-cal pools — should never leave public hands. Hot springs are rare,” he said. “I haven’t seen the relevant reports on the mat-ter, but I am assuming they did a cost-benefit analysis on whether the operation of the pools should be private. In my opinion, the public sector can do just as good a job as the private sector when it comes to operations, but, again, I haven’t seen the reports. I certainly plan to follow up on it and make sure the rationale for the proposal is economical and rather than philosophical.”

No matter which way the issue fi-nally ends up, Stetski said it is high time to settle it once and for all.

“It has been going for a long time. It’s time for the government to make a de-cision one way or the other. Indecision is one of the worst things to have to deal with, and having that uncertain-ty hanging over the park staff really doesn’t help anything,” he said.

Stetksi said that, as a long-time parks employee, he had been upset at moves in recent years made by the Harper government, particularly the $27 mil-lion budget cut made in 2012, which Stetski said resulted in 106 parks staff losing their jobs in B.C. and 1,689 across Canada, and led to unfavour-able reports from Canada’s Environ-ment Commissioner in 2013 and 2014.

“The last four years, parks did fare badly,” he said.

Stetski added that he is heartened, however, by some of the parks prom-ises the new Liberal government has made, including reversing the $27 mil-lion budget cut; adding $25 million a year in new funding for parks; limiting development in National Parks; grow-ing ecotourism in nearby communities; making parks admission free during the 150th anniversary of Confederation (2017); allowing kids under age 18 free admission to parks starting in 2018; and giving new Canadian citizens 12 months of free admission to parks.

“These sure are great promises. I want to make sure they followed up on these,” said Stetski.

The Kootenay-Columbia riding in-cludes four National Parks.

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Canal Flats councillors took issue with warnings about the impacts of allowing docks on the village’s waterfront property at the November 9th council meeting.

A proposed amendment to the village’s Bylaw 45 would allow docks and overnight moorage within the WR-1 (“water resource”) zoned areas in the village, areas that include the Painted Ridge and Eagle’s Nest developments. The notion that docks could prolifer-ate in a way that’s unhealthy for the lake (or unsight-ly for residents) was carefully scrutinized.

“The regional district did a huge amount of work on this; there’s lots of good information out there to make this bylaw,” said Coun. Marie Delorme, who told council she herself owns waterfront property in the village. “I’m concerned that if we don’t allow docks on lakefront lots, it will lower the assessed value and affect the tax dollars in our village. We have to be alert to what we have here and what we can create.”

In a background note to council, chief administrative officer Brian Woodward noted the impact of allowing docks in the WR-1 areas “could be substantial.”

“There could be up to 70 docks or a number of docks to house up to 70 boats,” he wrote.

Delorme cited precedents established by the Re-gional District of East Kootenay around riparian (wa-terfront) rights for new developments, and noted that, of the 125 waterfront lots on Columbia Lake, not every one would automatically be allowed to build a dock.

Although only 28 properties in Canal Flats have lake-front access, four public access laneways in Canal Flats would allow another 40 non-waterfront lots to apply for provincial permits to build docks at the end of those laneways. That could be done under a revised Bylaw 45, Woodward explained, provided homeown-ers go through the process of forming a society to do

so. Under current zoning, it would not be possible.Delorme informed council she has been to all meet-

ings for Columbia Lake communities that want to al-low overnight moorage on the lake, and insisted the process is not as simple as forming a society and get-ting provincial permission. Riparian rights must be granted to them by the province, she said.

She illustrated her point by noting Timber Springs (near Columere Park) has no riparian rights, so the regional district has not allowed homeowners there to have moorage buoys. Bella Vista, which is further inland and above Timber Springs, was not even con-sidered, so their buoys were pulled out, she added.

Coun. Delorme noted there are 11 waterfront lots in Painted Ridge and 15 at Eagle’s Nest, with the re-mainder being non-waterfront lots with access to a right of way leading to the shoreline. Using Columbia Ridge (a lakefront de-velopment on the west side of Co-lumbia lake) as a precedent, any non-waterfront lots with laneway titles would not necessarily be entitled to their own dock, she said.

The original Bylaw 45 was enacted by the Village of Canal Flats in June 2008, creating the WR-1 and WR-2 zones. WR-2 covers the area adjacent to Tilley Me-morial Park and allows for docks, while WR-1 covers all other lake areas within the Village of Canal Flats boundaries, and does not allow for docks or over-night moorage.

In a letter dated September 9th, 2015, concerns were brought to council from 391043 Alberta Ltd., the holding company owned by Painted Ridge devel-oper (and former Calgary Flames goaltender) Mike Vernon, complaining of an uneven approach to dock allowances, pointing out that docks exist within the WR-1 zone. Meanwhile, he is not permitted docks in his Painted Ridge development.

“It is fair to say that the Village of Canal Flats has de-cided to turn a ‘blind eye’ and has knowingly decided not to enforce the provisions within the WR-1 zone against these unauthorized and illegal ‘dock’ struc-tures and ‘overnight moorage’ activities,” wrote Mr. Vernon, who urges council to “consider whether an updated amendment is needed to reflect reality.”

Coun. Karl Sterzer noted biologists have told council that docks become habitat for fish, and offer protec-tion from ospreys. Delorme noted buoys create more impact than docks, without the benefits (noting buoy chains tend to drag across the bottom of the lake.)

Sterzer noted he has built timber frame homes on lakefront lots all over the province, and said Canal Flats would be an anomaly to not have docks. He

urged council to make Bylaw 45 a priority, as he believes homeown-ers will fight the village over their assessed values if the issue is not resolved.

At the council meeting, Wood-ward noted the WR-2 zone around Tilley Memorial Beach to the end

of village area is of “moderate to low ecological value.”Mayor Ute Juras also pointed out that “our lake is

very shallow, and very susceptible to traffic.”After lengthy discussion, council agreed to study

the issue of public access waterfront rights in a No-vember 25th Committee of the Whole meeting before bringing the Bylaw 45 amendment back to council for first reading.

Earlier in the meeting, gallery member (and Valley Echo publisher) Dean Midyette asked why there had been a one and a half month delay for a discussion on Bylaw 45, which was first slated to appear as an agenda item for the September 14th council meeting.

Juras replied that village staff did not have enough time to prepare the background information to foster the discussion.

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Mayor Clara Reinhardt will be at-tending the upcoming Regional Com-munity to Community Forum being hosted by the Ktunaxa Nation Coun-cil and the Regional District of East Kootenay.

At the November 18th council meet-ing, Reinhardt expressed an interest in attending the reconciliation-themed form at Royal Alexandra Hall in Cran-

brook between 2 and 8 p.m. on Thurs-day, November 26th.

She will be participating in the day-long initiative that aims to promote conversations, storytelling, network-ing and brainstorming within the re-gion. It is expected there may be goals set for the future at the forum.

mcCauley confirms seatCouncillor Tyler McCauley has con-

firmed his attendance at the Local Government Leadership Academy’s

(LGLA) 2016 Leadership Forum at the Radisson Hotel in Vancouver between February 3rd and 5th.

The theme of the LGLA’s 2016 an-nual forum will be geared toward Re-spectful Leadership — practices to encourage governance among elected officials and staff; legal and human re-source professionals; experts on com-munity engagement and ethics; First Nations relations; and creating work-life balance.

Although McCauley was not at the

November 18th regular council meet-ing, he had previously confirmed his interest in attending the forum and was eager to attend workshops about Respect for Yourself, Respect for Oth-ers and Respect for the Office.

Council supports Trail HostA request for ongoing participation

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Is downtown Invermere dying? Why doesn’t the District of Invermere (DOI) control/stop/limit

the development at the crossroads?These questions are sometimes asked by locals

and residents. A few facts worth considering: all of the land to the north of the Athalmer highway (ie. No Frills, Kicking Horse, Home Hardware) is in the Shuswap reserve and the DOI has no input or con-trol on this development. The land to the south of the Athalmer highway is zoned/controlled by the Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) — the DOI gets one out of 15 seats on this board. How-ever, it is worth noting that much of the land has been zoned commercial for decades and a great deal of additional commer-cial development can occur in this area without any further votes or decisions by the RDEK.

In 2005, two important things happened in downtown Inver-mere: Home Hardware moved out of the downtown core, and the first phase of the Parkside Place development near Pothole Park finished construction. Both of these changes created a huge amount of available commercial square footage down-town. In the short term, all of the spaces previously occupied by Home Hardware were filled, but as we know today, not all of those businesses remained. There was also some time when there was quite a bit of vacancy within the Parkside Place com-mercial units — they are now all full.

Some of the other noted vacancies downtown are the former Essentials /Consign-It space, the former The Book Bar space and, although still lived in by the owners but no longer operat-ing, the Toby Theatre

The reasons that these spaces are empty or not fully utilized are complex and unique, everything from family situations, con-dition of the building, technological changes and changing retail patterns (online shopping and a move towards smaller specialty boutique stores, or big box national chains versus large inde-pendent “department” stores). The former Book Bar building has new owners and there should be renovations happening quite soon. Before long, we will see it full and bustling with a re-imagined combination of existing downtown businesses.

Despite several high profile vacancies downtown and a few buildings that look a little tired, the story in Invermere is far from doom and gloom. There have been a number of new busi-nesses open or expand in 2015 and, during a recent Chamber of Commerce-sponsored initiative “Business Walk” in which lo-cal businesses were canvassed door-to-door and asked about

their business, it was confirmed that quite a few businesses downtown had one of their best sum-mers ever in 2015.

Another extremely positive outcome in the sum-mer of 2015 was the success of the Farmers & Artisan Market downtown. Despite competition from the Crossroads market at the same time, the downtown market was definitely busier and more successful. The comments from many of the downtown market patrons was quite telling: they enjoyed the atmosphere downtown and nearby shops and restaurants — they want to come down-

town. The feedback about the new and improved Cenotaph Park downtown was also very positive.

We are very excited that construction of the new multi-use centre at the old DTSS site across from Sobeys will begin in 2016. This new facility will not only be an exciting and very vis-ible presence at the entrance to the downtown, but it will also show significant investment and belief in what there is to offer and experience on the west side of Lake Windermere. When completed, the space will not only house and facilitate the cur-rent uses of the existing Lake Windermere Community Hall, but also offer a venue for larger scale conferences/meetings/per-forming arts, and a new and expanded home for the Invermere Public Library.

In 2005, with the move of Home Hardware out of the down-town, people speculated about the death of downtown. The next few years that followed ended up being extremely busy with no commercial vacancies. There are always lots of larger factors at play, like oil prices and the global economy, major changes in the way retail occurs, and constant technologi-cal changes (people just don’t rent videos or develop rolls of film anymore), but despite all of this, downtown Invermere is not dead! A private liquor store at Canadian Tire isn’t going to change the beauty and popularity of the flowers downtown or the success of the downtown market, and it isn’t going to stop the construction of the new multi-use centre. The next time someone complains about “all the businesses that have closed” or about “all the empty spaces downtown,” remind them that sky hasn’t fallen yet, and, believe it or not, down-town Invermere and the unique collection of businesses will continue to survive — and thrive!

Gerry Taft is mayor of the District of Invermere and a Regional District of East Kootenay director for the Columbia Valley. He can be reached at [email protected].

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TREETSTHES

Should the plan to privatize the Radium Hot Springs pools be stopped?

Absolutely. The springs were historically used by First Nations and First Nations have never been consulted on them. If they go anywhere, it should be back to local First Nations.”

Diana Cote

“Some park amenities already privatized are well-managed, others less so. All still publicly-run are well-managed. The hot springs should stay within the Parks Canada system.”

Kevin Dunbar

“I don’t know. That’s a tough question.”

Hilda Jensen

Editor’s note: The following is an open letter to the BC Climate Leadership Team, which was apopinted by Premier Christy Clark in May 2015 (visit www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/environment/climate-change/policy-legislation-programs/climate-leadership-team or go to http://goo.gl/XNYDTr). Politicians CC’d on this letter include Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Premier Christy Clark, Green Party leader Elizabeth May and B.C.’s environment minister Mary Polak.

Dear Climate Leadership Team Members:

We are writing because you have been called upon to provide recommendations on climate action to the provincial government by the end of this month, when Premier Christy Clark is scheduled to travel to Paris to attend international climate change talks. We are collectively advising you that the proposed Site C hydroelectric dam project is not “clean energy” and to remind you that Treaty 8 First Nations con-tinue to oppose Site C, and we are calling on you to oppose the Site C project with us.

Your primary task is to advocate the “best actions” that British Columbia can take to keep the province on track in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. But you have also been told that the recommendations you make should serve to improve relations between the provincial government and First Nations, not weaken or undermine them. This is a vital part of your mandate, and it cannot and must not be ignored.

All too often, provincial and federal government actions have caused harm to First Nations. There is a grave risk that if you, as committee members, are

not careful you will legitimize climate actions that amount to an assault on constitutionally protected Aboriginal Title and Rights and Treaty Rights.

We are extremely concerned that a cornerstone of the province’s emerging and allegedly “clean ener-gy” climate plans includes construction of the Site C dam, which would fl ood lands along 107 kilometers of the Peace River and its tributaries.

This would result in the permanent loss of vital hunting, fi shing and gathering sites and other areas that are of historic and cultural importance to the region’s First Nations, who actively oppose the dam’s construction.

Further underscoring our concerns is a discus-sion paper on climate action that was released in July by the provincial government and reviewed by members of your committee. The paper makes no mention of Site C. Because it fails to do so, there is no discussion about what uses the hydroelectric power from that dam might be put to. Our concern is that a substantial amount of that power could be used to support expanded natural gas drilling and hydraulic fracturing (fracking) operations on First Nation lands, which could then result in the con-struction of new Liquefi ed Natural Gas processing plants on our coast.

If as committee members you are not already aware, you should know that First Nations in the Peace Re-gion of the province have expressed grave concerns about the impacts that expanded natural gas drilling and fracking operations have had and will continue to have on critically important wildlife and water resources. Those concerns have recently resulted

in successful arguments before provincial tribunals and courts opposing water and other resource al-locations to energy companies involved in fracking operations. Further, the Union of BC Indian Chiefs, First Nations Summit, and BC Assembly of First Na-tions have respectively passed resolutions support-ing Treaty 8 First Nations in opposition to Site C.

In May, 2015, when Premier Clark appointed you as members to the Climate Leadership Team you were tasked with making recommendations that “further the province’s government-to- government relation-ships with First Nations while constructively fi nding climate solutions.” You will fail to meet your own mandate if you do not publicly and forcefully op-pose the Site C dam and any expansion in natural gas drilling and fracking operations that would be made possible by increased availability of hydro-electric power. We formally request that you speak publicly on this issue prior to the Paris climate change talks, and underscore the importance of BC working directly on a government-to-government basis with First Nations.

Substantial progress in meeting our climate change goals is something we all strive for. But true prog-ress cannot be made in the absence of strengthened relationships between BC and First Nations. That is the path to truly meaningful, socially responsible climate change policies.

Respectfully,

FIRST NATIONS SUMMITUNION OF BC INDIAN CHIEFSBC ASSEMBLY OF FIRST NATIONS

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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25TH

• 11:30 a.m.: Lake Windermere Ambassadors’ monthly directors meeting at 625, 4th Street (South Annex), open to the public.

• 4:30 p.m.: Wings Over the Rockies AGM at Pynelogs Cultural Centre. Everyone welcome.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27TH

• 12 p.m.: Edgewater Seniors soup day at the Edgewater Legion, $6 Includes Soup, bun and dessert.

• 4 - 8 p.m.: Invermere Vendor Blender Christmas Shopping Extravaganza at the Invermere Community Hall. Donation in support of ICAN or an unwrapped toy welcomed at the door.

• 5 - 8 p.m.: Invermere Legion Christmas Craft Fair. To reserve a table please call 250-688-0640.

• 6:30 p.m.: Roast Beef Dinner at the Invermere Legion. $15/person. Reservations Recommended. Call 250-342-9517. Meat Draw and 50/50.

• 7:30 p.m.: CV Rockies vs. Kimberley Dynamiters at Eddie Mountain Memorial Arena.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28TH

• 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.: Invermere Legion Christmas Craft Fair. To reserve a table please call 250-688-0640.

• 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.: Invermere Vendor Blender Christmas Shopping Extravaganza at the Invermere Community Hall. Donation in support of ICAN or an unwrapped toy welcomed at the door.

• 6 p.m.: Meat draw and 50/50 at Invermere Legion.

• 6 - 9:30 p.m.: Ladies Night Out & Kick Ass Vision Board Party at Copper Point Resort. Single ticket $49, Table of 6 $249. For more information contact Bailey at [email protected] or call 250-270-2100.

• 7:30 p.m.: CV Rockies vs. Nelson Leafs at Eddie Mountain Memorial Arena.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29TH

• 3 p.m.: Grey Cup Party at the Invermere Legion. Dinner TBA. $15/person. Reservations Required. Call 250-342-9517.

• 4:30 p.m.: Global Climate March. Bring your signs to Pothole Park and march to Invermere Community Hall in support of the climate movement! Similar marches will be held around the world in advance of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris.

• 5 p.m.: 2nd Annual Wild and Scenic Film Festival hosted by Wildsight Invermere at the Invermere Community Hall. Pizza, cash bar, and raffl e. Tickets $20 for adults, $10 for 18 and under, available at the Circle Cafe, Circle Health Foods or online at www.wildsight.ca. A series of nine fi lms chosen with local connections in mind. For more information, contact [email protected].

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30TH

• 6:50 p.m.: Ladies Night Out - The Gift that changed my life, at Lake Windermere Alliance Church, tickets $15 per person. An evening for women who love fellowship, fun, and food for the body and soul. Fashion event featuring Tiffany’s Thredz and Summit Footwear. Special guest speaker Jackie Buhler, R.N.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1ST

• 6 - 8 p.m.: Lego Club every Tuesday at Radium Public Library.

• 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.: OPT clinic at the Invermere Health Unit. 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month. Confi dential service: low-cost birth control, and STI testing.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3RD

• 7 - 8:30 p.m.: Hospice Society information night: How to help someone who is grieving, at the Canal Flats Community Centre. For more information email [email protected] and call 250-688-1143.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4TH

• 4 - 6:30 p.m.: Stuffed Pork Loin Dinner at the Invermere Legion. $15/person. Reservations Recommended. Call 250-342-9517. Meat Draw and 50/50.

• 7 - 10 p.m.: Fresh Fridays Open Mic at Pynelogs. Showcasing young talent from the valley. All ages, licensed bar. First Friday of every month.

• 7 p.m.: Valley Voices A Ceremony of Carols at Christ Church Trinity. Tickets $10, students $5. Available at Tiffany’s Threds in Invermere, Meet On Higher Ground in Radium and The Purple Cow Gift Shop in Fairmont Hot Springs.

• 7:30 p.m.: CV Rockies vs. Fernie

Ghostriders at Eddie Mountain Memorial Arena.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5TH

• December 5th and 6th: ‘Twas the Book Sale Before Christmas, at Home Hardware. Gently used, winter themed books will be available for purchase in support of Friends of the Invermere Library.

• 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.: Invermere Thift Store Extravaganza.

• 12 p.m.: Turkey Shoot at the Invermere Legion. Smokies, Brats, and more available at concession.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6TH

• 12 - 7 p.m.: Feed the town at Copper Point Clubhouse. Bring a non-perishable food item or cash donation to support the Columbia Valley Food Bank. Santa will be in attendance from 1 - 6 p.m.

• Turkey Spiel: For more information visit www.curlinginvermere.ca, or email [email protected] or call 250-342-3315.

MONDAY, DECEMBER 7TH

• 7 p.m.: Lake Windermere District Lions Club meetings every 1st and 3rd Monday of each month at CVCC/Lions Hall Highway 93/95, Invermere. Contact 250-345-0171.

• 7 p.m.: Bingo at the Canal Flats Civic Centre, 1st and 3rd Monday of each month.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8TH

• 7 p.m.: Cinefest fi lm series featuring the fi lm Jimmy’s Hall by fi lmmaker Ken Loach. Tickets $12 at the door.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10TH

• 12 p.m.: Senior’s Lunch at the Invermere Legion. $5 at the door. RSVP by calling 250-342-9281 ext 1227 or emailing [email protected]

• 7 p.m.: Crib and Texas Hold Em tournaments at the Invermere Legion. $35 poker buy in.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11TH

• 2nd Annual Butterfl y Tree of Lights.A lovely way to commemorate our loved ones who have passed on. Join us for this special evening of remembrance and connection. We hope that this event becomes a beloved tradition for your family. This event is held annually on the second Friday of December. Offi ce is open Daily 12-4pm in Frater Landing, (250)-688-1143.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12TH

• 7:30 p.m.: CV Rockies vs. Grand Forks Border Bruins at Eddie Mountain Memorial Arena.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13TH

• 4 - 6 p.m.: Radium Hot Springs Fire Department Children’s Christmas party at Radium Hot Springs Fire Hall. Visit www.radiumhotsprings.com for details.

• 5:30 p.m.: Christmas Dinner for Seniors at Best Western Invermere Inn. Call 250-342-5566 to register.

• CPR holiday train, raising food and cash donations for local food banks.Visit www.radiumhotsprings.com for details.

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Juniors, six to eight years old, practise on Monday from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. They learn basic movements leading to judo applications: grip-ping, groundwork and judo terms. This group has about 23 members on the mat, who have fun, play games that make them aware of

body movements and also learn to respect others.

The advanced members practise Monday and Wednesday from 6:30 to 8 p.,m. This group are most-ly juniors, from eight to 18, some seniors, ranking from white to black belts. We are fortunate to have six yudansha (black belts) as instructors, from shodan

to sandan (1st to 3rd degree black belts) with NCCP training and qualifica-tion as dojo instructors, and provincial

as well as na-tional A referee certifications.

Some mem-bers choose re c re a t i o n a l judo and strive for better physical con-dition as judo is a very ben-eficial workout, and others test their abilities in competition.

N o v e m b e r

14th was a tourna-ment in Creston at which eight ath-letes from Inver-mere took part. Jeanette Riches and Bill Rainbow were coaching; Bob Gadsby and Hermann Mauth-ner were busy as referees.

Lenni Stich was our first competi-tor and set the stage against a h i g h e r - r a n k i n g opponent. With three ippons, he won his first bout and continued to the gold medal. Owen Christy showed his best and placed third — a bronze medal. Marnie Rainbow and Cassia Riches had the longest bout as they were so evenly matched — both received a bronze medal. Lucas Nickel gave his

best, which earned him a silver medal. Lawrence Bell competed against a black belt and returned with a silver medal.

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The Columbia Valley Rockies won 6-0 against the Golden Rockets at the Eddie Mountain Memorial Arena on Friday, November 20th.

“We played pretty well tonight,” said Wade Dubielewicz, Rockies head coach, after the game. “Our top liners are outgoing, but going into their (the Rockets’) rink (on Saturday) is going to be a different story, so I think we have to go in with the same game plan and the same tenacity and the same work ethic and hopefully, we’ll get the same result (in our back-to-back games with the Rockets this weekend).”

Rockies player Donoven Quintin scored the Junior B team’s first goal with assists from Colton Sandboe and Nigel Swab. Shortly afterwards, Sandboe scored two additional goals before the end of the first and his third at the start of the second period.

Quintin also scored a goal during the second.And, finally, Rockies athlete Ty Duncan scored the team’s winning goal in the third.

Rockies player Malcolm Fenelon looks down the ice preparing to let the puck fly at the Eddie Mountain Memorial Arena in Invermere on Friday, November 20th when Columbia Valley played Golden. Photo by Breanne Massey


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Despite reservations expressed by Rockies head coach Wade Dubielewicz after their win against Golden on home ice the night before, the Columbia Valley Rockies won 6-1 against the Golden Rockets at the Golden Arena on Saturday, November 21st.

Rockies players Micheal Cardinal, Nigel Swab and Nolan Menard scored three goals during the first period, ramping up the Junior B team’s spirit for their impending victory.

During the second, Golden Rockets athlete Mathew Thiessen gave his team some hope by scoring their first

— and, as it turned out, only — goal of the game.Rockies players Davin Burton, Nick Hoobanoff and

Harrison Davies scored another three goals in the third, which ultimately helped the team win the game.

The Rockies’ next games are both in Invermere at the Eddie Mountain Memorial Arena.

They play Kimberley on Friday, November 27th at 7:30 p.m. and Nelson on Saturday, November 28th, also at 7:30 p.m.

For more information about the team, visit their website at www.rockieshockey.ca.

Rockies player Michael Cardinal (#21) gets down to take the advantage in a face-off against the Golden Rockets in Golden on November 21st. Rockies won their second game against Golden this past weekend, 6-1. Photo by Amanda Nason

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In light of recent world events, I find myself compassionately fo-

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My awareness of this depends, for the most part, upon what I hear, see and read. I also know that, each day all around the world, there is evidence that great love, beauty, peace, giving and receiving also continue to grow.

My awareness of this depends, for the most part, upon what I hear, see and read. Often I find that, when my

heart is hurting for the world, I seek the solitude and comfort of nature. As I gaze out at the still-ness of the newly frozen water with our snow-capped mountains in the backdrop, I know that even without whisper-ing a sound, I am asking: “What more can I do?”

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“It’s a great way to ensure people have a great time (snowmobiling),” remarked Reinhardt.

The Village of Radium Hot Springs chief administrative officer (CAO) Mark Read told council that, in previous years, district staff have contributed to the Trail Host’s admin-istrative and financial needs (applying for grants through the Columbia Basin Trust).

Reinhardt asked whether Read would be willing to continue to offer his support to the Forster Creek Trail Host position and was delighted that he agreed.

Council will be sending a letter confirm-ing their involvement with the Forster Creek Trail Host shortly.

Variance gets OKVillage of Radium Hot Springs resident

Georgina Moxam’s request for a develop-ment variance permit to complete a deck expansion has been approved.

At the November 18th council meeting, chief administrative officer Mark Read re-viewed an administrative memo from Arne Dohlen, director of planning and develop-ment services, about the project.

“The proponent has requested a vari-ance to the rear setback requirements in order to extend the open deck by 1.0 me-tres,” read Dohlen’s note. “This property backs onto the Springs golf course and is located adjacent to the back tee box on the 11th hole.”

If the permit was approved, Dohlen con-tinued, the edge of the deck would be 1.25 metres from the property line as the prop-

erty is part of a strata. He added that Mox-am has taken the information to the Strata Council and received its approval.

Read added a note has also been sent to Moxam’s neighbours to explain the scope of her project.

Council unanimously supported the de-cision to move forward with Development Variance Permit 35 and offered its thanks for the information.

Renovation approved in RadiumRockies Pizzeria spokesperson Mladen

Lukacic made an application to the Village of Radium Hot Springs to renovate the ex-terior and enclose the upper deck on the south side of the building.

The Village of Radium Hot Springs unani-mously agreed to grant Mr. Lukacic Devel-opment Permit 138 to move forward with the proposed renovation and addition plans to bring the deck space into the up-stairs dining area of the restaurant.

Lukacic explained the character and co-lour scheme of the business would remain the same during the process.

Read told council that the proposed res-taurant addition would require a total of 12 parking spaces. However, council agreed to reduce the number to 11, which it deemed will be a suitable way of meeting the park-ing requirements.

“Most people walk, so I think being short a parking stall is OK,” said Reinhardt, not-ing it would be important to see the park-ing spaces paved.

Lukacic has plans to complete the up-grades to the parking spaces and pave the sites himself in no more than two years.

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Elizabeth Shopland is a personal growth and development coach, a certified horticultur-ist, and the co-owner of Shopland Grow & Bloom. She can be reached at [email protected] and 250-342-1124.

Editor’s note: The Invermere Valley Echo is pleased to welcome its newest columnist, valley Realtor Geoff Hill, to the roster.

Real estate is so easy! That’s why I got a job as a realtor. When my friends ask me what I’m doing

today, I often answer, “I guess I’ll go see if there’s a paycheque on my desk, then go home.”

The answer generally gets a couple laughs and, believe me, it’s a lot less time-consuming that going through the myriad of tasks involved in my day-to-day. My dad always said, “If you can’t laugh at your-self, then you can’t laugh at others.”

All jokes aside, sometimes when my friends ask me what I’m doing, it’s more than a polite colloquialism, and they have legitimate questions about real estate. I get to put on my Super Realtor suit and give them the answers they need. General market condition questions are easy and normally receive as broad of a response as they deserve; however, other questions

are tough and I will do some re-search to find the cor-rect answer.

Not only will I answer questions from friends and clients, I’ll also answer readers’ questions about real estate here in this column. You don’t even have to visit a real estate office; you can just email me your questions and I’ll address them here!

Your question could be anything real estate-re-lated. Maybe you’re wondering why one agent can show you any house you want to see or how a buy-er’s agent gets paid. Perhaps a family member is having a real estate dilemma and you can’t convince his or her stubborn self to get help. Well, you’re in luck because for as long as Nicole, the editor, lets me be a part of the newspaper, I’m going to help you get answers in a fun way that helps us all learn a bit more about real estate.

Please send all questions to [email protected] with subject line “Real Estate is Easy.” Your question may get picked for a response in this column and wouldn’t that be fun?

Geoff Hill is a licensed Realtor with MaxWell Realty Invermere, holding a trading services licence since May 2008. Originating from West Vancouver, he came to the valley for the snow and stayed for the people and lifestyle. Geoff enjoys volunteering with the local fire department and roller derby team as well as playing roller derby and many other sports himself.

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A look back through � e Valley Echo's archives over the last 50 years

REMEMBER WHEN?

50 years ago (1965): Printing press

problems left the Valley Echo unable to print the television schedule, much to the dismay of many lo-cal residents. A front page apology from the paper laid the blame on invisible printer gremlins.

45 years ago (1970): Radium Hot

Springs residents sent a petition, containing the signature of 90 per cent of community’s taxpay-ers, to the provincial Min-istry of Municipal Affairs, asking the ministry to incorporate the commu-nity. Radium had a popu-lation of 225 at the time. Minister Dan Campbell visited the community shortly after to explain the logistics of the pro-cess, but it would end up being another 20 years before Radium was of� -cially incorporated.

40 years ago (1975): An Unidenti� ed

Flying Object (UFO) was spotted in the Upper Columbia Valley. Local resident Vern Sattman was enjoying a soak in

the Fairmont Hot Springs pools when he saw what he said was an egg-shaped object with pul-sating red, green and blue light soaring through the sky. Having been in the airforce, Sattman knew it was not any aircraft known to humans. He went into the Fairmont Lodge and brought out � ve others, some of them with binoculars, to ob-serve and con� rm the strange phenomenon.

30 years ago (1985): The Radium Hot

Springs sawmill was sold by Revelstoke Sawmills ltd. to Slocan Forest Products Ltd. General manager Frank Fortin said there would be no change in personnel or mill operations.

25 years ago (1990): In the � rst-ever

municipal election in the just-incorporated Village of Radium Hot Springs, Greg Deck was elected mayor by a vote of 97 to 68 over his challenger Metro Tomlyn. Ron Ver-boom, Kent Kebe, Phyl-lis Jackson and Brent

Fredrickson were voted in as councillors.

20 years ago (1995): The David

Thompson Secondary School boys’ volleyball team won the provincial championship. Graham Gillies was named Most Valuable Player.

15 years ago (2000): Alliance Party

incumbent Jim Abbott was handily re-elected as Kootenay-Columbia MP, capturing 67 per cent of the vote. Other candi-dates included Liberal Delvin Chatterson (14.9 per cent), NDP Andrea Dunlop (8.7 per cent) and Progressive Conservative Jim Pirie (5.7 per cent)

10 years ago (2005): Invermere coun-

cil approved rezoning to allow for Quiniscoe Homes’s Canyon View de-velopment. The develop-ment planned for higher density and smaller lots, with the aim of making housing more affordable. Opponents of the devel-opment likened its high density to “slums”.

2007 — A group of Christmas Elves cheer-

fully seold Chrismas gifts at the Elf Craft

Sale at the Invermere Community Hall

ECHO FILE PHOTO

Christmas Elves cheer-fully seold Chrismas gifts at the Elf Craft

Sale at the Invermere

TOM FLETCHERBlack Press

A year behind schedule and $18 mil-lion over budget, the latest high-voltage line of the BC Hydro grid has been com-pleted from Merritt to Coquitlam.

The new line parallels the existing main line supplying the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island from hydro dams on the Peace and Columbia Rivers. It was originally to be completed in 2014, but the main contractor fell behind and BC Hydro used its own crews to com-plete one of the most diffi cult portions,

a 19 km stretch north of Hope.The fi nal cost for the 247 km line is ex-

pected to be $743 million, which Energy Minister Bill Bennett said is about two per cent more than the initial $725 mil-lion budget.

“There is an ongoing arbitration be-tween BC Hydro and [contractor] Flat-iron Graham as to who’s going to bear the cost of the delay, because the proj-ect was delayed by a year,” Bennett said in an interview Friday.

It’s the fi rst 500-kilovolt line added to the BC Hydro grid in 40 years, to keep up with demand from a growing south-

western B.C. population and increase reliability in the event of disasters.

“You always have the potential for a big avalanche or a mudslide, even an earthquake, to take out one or two of your big transmission lines, bringing electricity in from the two rivers, the Columbia and the Peace,” Bennett said.

NDP energy critic Adrian Dix said the project started out with a $600 million es-timate, making it $125 million over bud-get. He said it’s the latest in a series of cost overruns, including the Northwest Transmission Line north of Terrace, the Dawson Creek-Chetwynd line and the Is-

kut extension in the northwest.Bennett said BC Hydro is under-bud-

get on its overall capital construction plan, including $100 million under bud-get on reconstruction of fi ve generating units at the W.A.C. Bennett Dam on the Peace River, and there is no additional effect on rates.

BC Hydro is committed to a capital budget of $2.4 billion a year for the next 10 years, including construction of the Site C dam on the Peace River and reconstruction of the Ruskin Dam in the Fraser Valley and the John Hart Dam on Vancouver Island.

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SpringsSundays, 11 a.m.

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326 - 10th Ave., Invermere250-342-9535

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lakewindermerealliance.orgNovember 29th 10:30 a.m.

Celebration Sunday“Hope – Elizabeth and

Zechariah” Pastor Trevor Hagan

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ST. PETER’SLUTHERAN MISSION

OF INVERMERE100 - 7th Ave., Invermere

250-426-7564Pastor: Rev. Fraser ColtmanPastor Rev. David Morton

Worship ServicesSundays1:30 p.m.

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CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER

DAY SAINTS5014 Fairway,

Fairmont Hot Springs250-341-5792

President: Adam PasowistyColumbia Valley Branch

Worship ServicesSundays

10 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Pasin, Giovanni“Johnny”1928 – 2015

It is with deep sorrow that the family of Giovanni Pasin an-nounces his sudden passing at 87 years of age from compli-cations following a stroke on

Wednesday, November 18, 2015 in Cranbrook.

Johnny was born on August 3, 1928 in San Biagio di Callalta, Treviso, Italy. He arrived in Canada in 1953 and worked for the railroad on the prairies and the dam in Trail, BC before settling in Invermere. Johnny spent a lot of time with the Gagatek family. Some of his hap-piest times were when he was fishing, hunting with the boys. He also enjoyed collecting wood, helping Chris-tine make sausage and bacon and making wine. Johnny had an infectious smile, a good sense of humour and a lot of love in his heart. Nonno will be truly missed.

Johnny is survived by his son Norman (Kimberley) Gagatek, grandsons Braeden and Quinn, his life-long friend Christina Gagatek and many nieces and neph-ews. He was predeceased by his mother Antonia, father Luigi, brothers Diego, Renato, Mario, Beppie and Ser-gio. Johnny was the last one to go.

A memorial service for Johnny will be held at a later date in the spring of 2016. Those wishing to make a memorial donation in his honour may do so to the Parkinson Society of British Columbia, 600, 890 - West Pender Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6C 1J9 or to the charity of your choosing.

Arrangements entrusted to McPherson Funeral Service.Condolences for the family can be offered at

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VALLEY VOICES IN CONCERT

A Ceremony of CarolsWITH SPECIAL GUESTS

VOICES OF EMP (children’s choir)

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7:00 pm @ CHRIST CHURCH TRINITY

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Also, a silver was won by Chris Seitz after some hard competition.

Graham Norquay competed in the BC Winter Games category and won the gold medal with excellent tech-

niques such as a perfectly applied seonage (shoulder throw) and tomeonage.

Graham will represent Zone 1 at the upcoming BC Win-ter Games in the 42-kilogram division.

Well done, judokas. congratulations and see you on the tatame!

Left photo: Chris Seitz won silver. Above photo: Lucas Nickel gives his silver meda-la kiss; Cassia Riches and Marnie Rainbow (two girls on far right) share the bronze medal award with smiles (the middle girl is not in the club). Photos submitted


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