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Sicamous council has agreed to work with the Splatsin First Nation for the betterment of both communities.

Last week, council received a visit from Splatsin Chief Wayne Christian and band council members Daniel Joe and Reno Lee. They were there to ex-plain a protocol agreement proposed by the band to the District of Sicamous.

The intent of the agree-ment is to establish ef-fective communications between the two govern-ments, with the shared objectives including the collaborative pursuit of economic development opportunities, long-term servicing strategies for water, sewer and � re pro-tection; a policy concern-ing the protection of cul-tural and archeological resources; and “develop-ing shared principles in areas of mutual concern respecting environmental stewardship and sustain-able communities.”

The agreement would not replace legal consultation requirements, nor does it extinguish, abrogate or diminish aboriginal rights or title.

“I guess our vision for this area is, we want to see Sicamous… be a vibrant community again,” said Christian. “Because what we’re noticing, as probably you’re noticing, is a lot of our young people moving out of the valleys and going off to Alberta and going off to other parts of the world to seek employment. So what we’ve been doing in our quest to sort of reestablish ourselves in our territory is enter into agreements with different cities.”

The band already has protocol agreements with Lumby and Enderby.

Council agrees to partnership with Splatsin

By Lachlan LabereEagle Valley News

ment is to establish ef-fective communications between the two govern-ments, with the shared objectives including the collaborative pursuit of economic development opportunities, long-term servicing strategies for water, sewer and � re pro-tection; a policy concern-ing the protection of cul-tural and archeological resources; and “develop-ing shared principles in areas of mutual concern respecting environmental stewardship and sustain-

We’ve been trying to � nd a way to re-establish ourselves back here in this area because it’s quite signi� cant to our people.

Chief Wayne Christian

Splatsin First Nation

See Economic on page 2

Protocol agreement: Collaboration intended to benefit communities.

Liability: The Malakwa Community Hall has been condemned for public events as it is no longer covered by liability insurance. The local community association is looking at possibly having to replace the facility. Photo by Victoria Rowbottom

Malakwa community hall condemnedBad news from their insurer

has put the Malakwa Commu-nity Centre Association in the precarious position of having to replace the community hall.

The association’s president, Gord Hynek, says their insur-ance company will no longer provide liability coverage for public use of the structure for fear the roof might collapse. The decision by the insurance company stems from an engi-neering report which came as a result of structural integrity and snow load issues that had gone unaddressed.

Now the association is looking at options, including potential grants, which Hynek has found aren’t plentiful when it comes to possibly re-placing a building.

“There aren’t that many grants for capital projects,” said Hynek. “It’s easier to

get grants for programs and that type of thing. To rebuild something, especially a build-ing, that’s what we’re � nding, we’re not having any luck with any of that right now.”

Hynek has been a mem-ber of the association for two years and was elected presi-dent in May 2013. In that time he’s learned that for the past 10 years at least, there have been issues with the roof leak-ing in up to 20 different places throughout the building, par-ticularly in the spring when the snow melts.

“Finally it got to the point where we need to do some-thing,” said Hynek, explain-ing the association decided to contact their insurance com-pany to see if they had any coverage for the roof. He says their response was to send out an engineer to investigate the building. Prior to this, howev-er, the association brought in a builder to do some preliminary work. What they found wasn’t reassuring.

“He got a scaffold in and took the sof� t off of the ceil-ing,” said Hynek. “There we

could see there’s an obvious dip. Once you see it, you can see it from any angle. It looks like it dips in about eight inch-es.”

They also found one of the beams that supports the roof to be delaminating.

“So that was just taking a little snapshot of what’s up there,” said Hynek. “I saw it myself, one of the laminat-ed beams was delaminating where it was sinking the most. So we had a structural prob-lem.”

Afterwards, Hynek learned the arched beams tend to move according to the season.

Further investigation found black mould in the insulation, as well as water damage in the drywall in the kitchen/bath-room addition to the hall.

On Aug. 16 the association received the engineer’s report,

See Resident argues on page 2


Malakwa community hall condemnedBad news from their insurer

has put the Malakwa Commu-nity Centre Association in the precarious position of having to replace the community hall.

The association’s president, Gord Hynek, says their insur-ance company will no longer provide liability coverage for

I saw it myself, one of the laminated beams was delaminating where it was sinking the most. So we

have a structural problem.Gord Hynek

Malakwa Community Centre Association

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Christian explained the band’s relationship to Sicamous goes back to a time when their ancestors lived near the mouth of the Eagle River.

“We had a village site here which was decimated by small pox and the railway com-ing in,” said Christian. “The federal govern-ment made a decision to trade land on this side of

the river for land across the river, just across the narrows actually. That was in the 1890s. We’ve been in protest since that time – we didn’t agree with that exchange of land….

“We’ve been try-ing to find a way to re-establish ourselves back here in this area because it’s quite sig-nificant to our people. Our people have lots of stories here.”

Christian indicated the band is interested in working with Sicamous to come up with ways to make it a vibrant, four-season destination.

Mayor Darrell Trou-ton said council had al-ready met to discuss the protocol agreement and was in favour of moving it forward.

“We’re excited,” said Trouton. “I know heri-tage is important to all of us. This is a tourist-

based community and the First Nations here are really important to us, part of our commu-nity as well.”

As recommended in the agreement, Trou-ton said council would form a government-to-government working committee.

Joe emphasized how the band and the district already share similar goals.

“We want to prosper

like anyone else, we want jobs, we want… to boost the economy around here. We want this to be a destination place,” said Joe. “We’ve got 200 acres across the river there which is prime, right on the lake. The Splatsin is in a po-sition to go forward and we want to go together.”

A ceremony will be organized for the signing of the protocol agreement.

Continued from front

Economic development and employment shared goals

the bad news confirm-ing Hynek’s concerns.

“Due to water ac-cessing the trusses over a long period of time, it has degraded their abil-ity to operate properly and that… the trusses were actually not built to code originally,” said Hynek. “You don’t have to have (building) codes in the Malakwa area… but insurance compa-nies require that struc-tures be built up to codes to handle snow loads. That also came in the report – the structure is no longer able to with-stand the snow loads of the area because of the degradation.”

Hynek says the hall was constructed in the early ’80s with volun-teer labour, and he is not optimistic the hall can be repaired/retrofit-ted to meet code. The next step, however, is to take the issue back to the community. The community associa-tion’s next meeting is

7 p.m. on Oct. 24 at the community hall (Hynek says they are not con-cerned about using it as there’s currently no snow). Hynek hopes the community will attend as the association will be looking for input on how to proceed.

“We will probably strike up a committee because it takes a lot of work to plan this out and figure out, because there needs to be some money, quite a bit of money to deal with it. And all of that stuff happens slowly,” said Hynek.

Repair or replaceOne Malakwa resi-

dent who is sure to be at the Malakwa Com-munity Centre Associa-tion’s Oct. 24 meeting is Duane Milliken, who argues the hall could be rebuilt with volun-teer labour if given the chance.

“Malakwa needs a community centre. It does need it,” said

Milliken. “But you don’t have to bulldoze the building and start from scratch with God knows… what it’s go-ing to cost.”

Milliken suggests the building can be re-paired as it was built, with volunteer labour and donated materials.

Hynek says the building will not sim-ply be bulldozed, that it houses community services including the local Internet server and the water supply for the fire department – a complication that needs to be addressed. In addition, the interior consists of high quality cedar boards that could be reused. However, he is of the opinion that if the building is replaced, it must be with a struc-ture that meets code.

“We’re not looking for a quick, let’s just throw a bunch of wood on it,” said Hynek. “Now that we have this engineer’s report, no insurance company is

going to cover us for a building like that.

“We want something that’s going to last 100 years, not just give us more headaches. We’re looking for quality con-trol on this so we don’t run into the same prob-lem with the building that was constructed in the ’80s as primarily a volunteer project.”

Milliken says he learned about the hall being condemned on TV, following the Sept. 28 referendum, where Malakwa residents vot-ed against funding the maintenance and op-eration of the former el-ementary school, which currently serves as the Malakwa Commu-nity Learning Centre, through taxation (Mil-liken was an advocate for the “no” side).

“The TV crew, when they came to Malakwa, phoned my house and asked me to come talk to them, and that’s when they informed me the hall had been

condemned…,” said Milliken, who has since received a copy of the engineer’s report.

Milliken claims the community association knew the hall could no longer be insured but had not shared that in-formation prior to the referendum.

“The referendum was held in the hall with the knowledge be-ing held by them that the building had already been condemned. There was ample time to an-nounce the building had been condemned at the meeting before the referendum. And that’s why I feel it was a snowjob,” said Mil-liken.

Hynek, however, says the engineering report was made public at the community asso-ciation meeting on Sept. 26, which Milliken did not attend.

“I’ve welcomed him to the next meeting, we would like to hear his input,” said Hynek.

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The construction of a new bridge over Hummingbird Creek is expected to begin be-fore next year’s freshet.

At a public informa-tion meeting held Oct. 3 in Swansea Point, rep-resentatives from the Ministry of Transporta-tion and Infrastructure revealed preliminary designs for a $3 million project that will see the bridge’s construction along Highway 97A. The bridge will replace the existing culvert – something residents have been calling for years.

Swansea Point Com-munity Association president Dan Keely says the new bridge will be about 15 metres in length between its main supports, which will al-low water to flow up to 1.5 metres underneath. He says the bridge will also include a left turn lane to access Swansea Point Road.

“We’re extremely happy with the bridge, especially with a turn-ing lane…,” said Keely, adding there’s still some concern with the bridge’s design, partic-ularly the five-foot high clearance for the creek.

“We currently have a six-foot culvert in there,” said Keely. “But, as he pointed out, it’s going to be much wid-er, almost three times as wide, so any debris and rocks should be able to flow clearly under it.”

“If anything gets jammed they say they’ll be here in moments –

well, wait and see if that happens – and they’ll use a special excavator to get under the bridge from the deck of the bridge to pull out any-thing that gets jammed in there.”

B.C. Transporta-tion Minister Todd Stone visited Swansea Point in August to an-nounce the province would be construct-ing the bridge. He ex-plained an engineering report, contracted to Golder and Associates following the destruc-tive debris flow and flooding of June 2012, identified the culvert as not meeting ministry requirements for flow capacity. Prior to this, the ministry’s position, expressed to Swansea Point at a public meet-ing in February, was that the culvert was in good condition and the

creek could handle a one-in-200 year flood-ing event based on “clear flow” modelling.

“I am not saying there’s going to be a bridge built, or there’s going to be anything more done than that,” explained MOTI dis-trict Manager Murray Tekano at that time. “But we are looking at more options that we can do. And at some point that culvert will need to be replaced; it’s not going to last.”

Keely says the creek itself remains a concern for Swansea Point resi-dents, some of whom would like to see it dug down two to three feet along the whole creek bed.

“They talked a little bit about the creek but not a lot,” said Keely. “They said they’re here to announce what

is happening with the bridge more than any-thing, But they said they are looking at the creek and they’ll do whatever is necessary to correct the problems that are in it.”

Work on the new bridge is expected to begin in late Febru-ary, early March. The province will be put-ting a Bailey Bridge in as a bypass – similar to what was used in 2 Mile during the repair of Sicamous Creek.

Keely notes a side effect of the 2012 flood-ing and subsequent re-structuring of the creek has been a change to the water table, which is now causing some basements to flood.

“So I don’t know, people will either have to live with it or sell and move I guess. That’s easy for me to say, I’m

on high ground,” said Keely.

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Project: Shuswap MLA Greg Kyllo speaks on his phone while awaiting the arrival of B.C. Trans-portation Minister Todd Stone for the August announcement of a $3 million dollar construction proj-ect that will include the replacement of the culvert in the background with a new bridge. File photo


Swansea Point: Residents still concerned with condition of creek.

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Rachel Carson stunned the world with the pub-lication of her book, Silent Spring, and the use of cosmetic pesticides continues.

Earlier this week, the B.C. Liberal government trumpeted changes to the rules regulating the use of cosmetic pesticides.

The bottom line is the changes still permit the use of cosmetic pesticides.

Why allow the use of cosmetic pesticides?For a province brimming with green, weed-

free, pest-free lawns?Why ban the use of cosmetic pesticides?Because the evidence is mounting that the use

of pesticides, including herbicides, can increase the risk of cancer, from leukemia and lympho-mas to brain cancer, lung cancer, kidney cancer and a few more.

A study by Bassil et al., published in 2007 in the Canadian Family Physician, reviewed the scientific literature on the potential effects of pesticides on human health.

Based on the review, the authors recom-mended a reduction in the use of pesticides, and based on the results of the study, the Ontario College of Family Physicians recommended everyone, especially children and pregnant women, reduce exposure to pesticides.

The Union of B.C. Municipalities, led by then-mayor of Kamloops, Terry Lake, passed a reso-lution supporting a ban on the sale and use of cosmetic pesticides.

Today, Lake is minister of health.What happened to the vision?What happened to the conviction?Silent spring, silent minister.-Penticton Western News

Social justice as student indoctrinationVICTORIA – As the

B.C. Teachers’ Federation executive moseys back to the bargaining table after a summer off, I’m remind-ed of former education minister George Abbott’s thoughts on his time trying to establish a civil discus-sion with the province’s most militant union.

It started with a lecture.“In my first meeting with

the BCTF, and I gather this is characteristic of all first meetings with education ministers, the TF advises that yes, they are a union, but first and foremost they are social activists and agents of social change,” Abbott recalled.

Their buzzword is “so-cial justice,” which is por-trayed by leftists as superior to plain old justice, in ways that are seldom defined. So what exactly are the goals of this “social change?” Here’s some of what I’ve gleaned.

Parents may recall the

2008 introduction of an elective high school course called Social Justice 12. This was mainly the result of intense protest by a cou-ple of gay activist teachers, and the ministry curriculum describes its emphasis on inclusion of racial, cultural and sexual differences.

That’s all good, and it’s now bolstered by ur-gently needed anti-bullying and empathy efforts at all grades.

Then there is the BCTF version. It’s not just a battle against “racism, homopho-bia and sexism” but also “poverty and globaliza-tion.” The BCTF has a quarterly “Social Justice Newsletter” filled with pre-dictable economic assump-tions.

One article describes a social justice club for Grade 2 and 3 students, with activ-ities that include collecting food bank donations and “writing to the premier ask-ing for a systemic plan to

address child poverty.”Leaving aside whether

eight-year-olds can un-derstand what “systemic” means, this rhetoric is taken directly from the tired old NDP policy book. It rests on the cherished myth that poverty is imposed by right-wing governments that refuse to double the minimum wage and pile more taxes on “the rich.”

And what about that darned “globalization”? The BCTF still has a 2001 teaching guide on its web-site promoting the claim that Nike is uniquely guilty of making shoes and exer-cise gear in Third World sweatshops. A quick web search will show this is a stale old tale with a conve-nient villain, to avoid com-plex questions. A BCTF official assures me this unit is being updated. Once that one is done, maybe they could check over their teaching unit on Enbridge’s Northern Gateway pro-

posal. Entitled “What We Stand To Lose With Pipe-lines and Supertankers,” it boasts wildlife photos and “key sources” from the left (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives) to the far-left fringe (Pipe Up Network). It is another protesters’ guide designed around a pre-determined viewpoint.

BCTF bosses love to talk about the importance of “critical thinking.” These one-sided caricatures of Nike, Enbridge and other familiar villains seem de-signed to produce the op-posite. They remind me of George Orwell’s classic novel 1984, where loyal party members are required to focus on selected ene-mies in a daily ritual called the Two Minutes Hate.

Perhaps this is a clue to why our school system produces so many students lacking in employment skills and bursting with de-mands for government-im-posed wealth redistribution.


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When Jed from the Beverly Hillbillies dis-covered oil in his back-yard, he had his version of black gold, Texas Tea – but Grannie was like-ly in the backyard gar-den sifting through her finished compost pile knowing she had her version of black gold and compost tea!

When the snow fi-nally starts to clear in spring, the first thing I look for is a patch of exposed forest floor, grab a handful of the rich humus and breathe in that heavenly scent of fresh earth. Healthy soil is the stuff of life – it’s alive and teaming with untold billions of bac-teria, fungi, protozoa, microbes and worms. More microorganisms germinate in half a cup of fertile soil than there are humans on the planet, so we want to make lots of it to use in our new gardens and as a soil amendment for your existing ones!

Making good soil and mulch is my prima-ry goal every year and I make loads of it in the fall by filling up five big bins with nicely layered materials for the worms and microbes to digest over the winter. This

requires bags and bags and bags of shredded leaves, grass clippings and wood chips (a great carbon-nitrogen mix) along with whatever else I can get my hands on that isn’t too big in size. This amounts to a lot of hard work that occupies most of my time until the snows, but it’s always worth the effort because I’m rewarded with crum-bly, partially digested mulch in springtime, and if I leave it a little longer, finished soil for the summer and fall. By having a number of bins, I’ve covered all my needs and there’s plenty left over if I need it.

This kind of volume requires planning, so I horse trade a tree ser-vice guy for a pie in exchange for a load of chips and keep a big stash of dry grass I had mooched over the sum-mer wherever I could find them (usually un-der the trees in vacant lots or people’s yards), which I keep in bags until the leaves come down. Then I’m in con-stant motion until the bins are all filled up and covered, which is usu-ally a race against time before my hose freezes.

Leaves in the fall are beautiful! There is a tree in town that turns such a bright yellow that it looks as though it glows, and the ma-ples that turn red look like they’re on fire.

It is such a pleasure to rake up those love-lies under the vibrantly colored canopies, all

the while knowing that they’re going to be put to good use rather than off to the dump like so many do, which is such a terrible waste!

Leaves are a won-derful, free gift of na-ture and a great source of organic material for our gardens and com-post, and that’s not all. They’re great to mow into your lawn for a natural fertilizer and a soil builder-upper. By spreading them on your garden beds and around your trees, shrubs and perennials in the fall, they will offer a protec-tive cover by insulat-ing the roots from the driving rains, frost and harsh winter conditions as well as providing vi-tal food and habitat for a huge number of in-sects, worms and other critters that dwell in the soil. They will also dis-courage winter weed growth.

During the grow-ing season, the leaves break down, enriching the soil by adding or-ganic material and pro-viding a natural fertil-izer. The leaf bits help aerate and retain mois-ture in your soil, absorb the heavy rains to pre-vent nutrient leaching, help to prevent erosion and, most importantly, will provide plenty of food for the micro and macro critters in the soil food web, who in exchange, will give back by converting that raw material into nutri-ent-rich soil.

I like to mix up shredded leaves with fresh grass and wood-

chips for nutrient diver-sity, which is always key.

The author of the Gaia College work-book writes: “The look of bare earth, free of all “debris,” is perceived to be beautiful and proper, and yet it’s the worst thing that can happen to a landscape. I am envisioning a time where a gardener’s competence is gauged by the quality of the soil litter layer!”

So when we hear the rustle, it’s time to hustle. Spring for a chipper or leaf shred-der because the smaller the bits, the faster they break down and they don’t mat like they do when they’re still whole.

Use dry ones if you can too, otherwise they can gum up the ma-chine and slow down the process consider-ably. I shred up all I need to fill the bins with the other materi-als, then shred a bunch more so I can keep layering them into my food compost bin throughout the year, along with the wood-chips and fresh grass clippings and a sprin-kling of clean sand for minerals. Just make sure you have sufficient moisture between the layers or it won’t cook down properly.

It must have been a gardener who created the design for our Ca-nadian flag, because leaves are truly a na-tional treasure and they should be treasured by all of us.

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A community ga-rage sale/fundraiser will be held Satur-day, Oct. 19, to help a local animal rescue shelter.

The event will run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Sicamous Legion parking lot. There will be face painting and some visiting critters too.

All proceeds go to K9-1-1 Animal Rescue & Services to help cover veterinar-ian costs.

Donations of sale-able items appreci-ated. Call 250-836-4607.


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Riley JepsonPosition: Left Wing Home Town: Salmon ArmAge: 16 Height: 6’ 2” Weight: 210Prev Team: Thompson BlazersHobbies / Interests: Baseball and HockeyPersonal Hero: My mom & dadGoals: Play the highest level I canFavorite NHL Team: Philadelphia FlyersFavorite Player: Mike RichardsFavorite Music: All genres Favorite Food: PerogiesWhat do you like best about playing hockey in Sicamous:I like the organization, team and the fans. I like it’s close to home.

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Playing on their home ice didn’t give the Revelstoke Griz-zlies much of an edge Friday when they suf-fered a 4-2 defeat to the Sicamous Eagles.

The Eagles got on the board early in the first frame of the Oct. 11 contest with a mark-er by Brady Crabtree, assisted by Riley Jep-son. A few minutes later the Grizzlies were able to tie things up on the power play.

Sicamous’ second goal came in the middle of the second frame from Nathan Grieve off of Nicholas Astasie-wicz.

With five minutes

left in the third period, Eagle Hayden Orton and Devin Gerun each added goals, with as-sists by Jayce Davis, Jepson and Owen Row-sell, to secure the win over the Grlizzlies, who still managed to get the last word in with the fi-nal goal of the night.

The following eve-ning, on Oct. 12, the Ea-gles were at the Princ-eton arena where they were forced to concede defeat to the Princeton Posse in double over-time.

Rowsell potted the Eagles first goal at 9:05 in the first frame. Jepson and Bradley Whitehead provided the assists. By the period’s end, the Eagles’ single was sandwiched be-

tween three markers for the Posse.

Sicamous turned the game around in the sec-ond period, with goals added by James Price and Jayce Davis, both assisted by Tyson Fair.

The Posse tied things up at 12:27 in the third frame. From there the scoreboard remained static until 1:10, when Sicamous’ Tyler Ehlers added the tie from Darien Head and Davis.

In second overtime the Posse’s Eric Kubis managed was able to chip the puck past net-minder Chris Turner, earning Princeton a 5-4 win.

The Eagles’ next game is Oct. 17 in Chase, they once again taken on the Heat. The

next day they’re in Kelowna to battle the Chiefs and, on Oct. 20, the Eagles will be play-ing the Osoyoos Coy-otes at the Oliver Arena.

On Oct. 23 and 26 the Eagles will be back on home ice for games against the Kamloops Storm and the Kimber-ly Dynamiters. Those in attendance will not be mistaken when they notice the Eagles’ jer-seys are of a pinkish hue. That’s because the team is wearing pink jerseys to raise money for the BC Cancer So-ciety. Fans are asked to wear pink as well. A si-lent auction will be held on Oct. 26, where fans can bid on their favou-rite player’s pink jersey. Also, for the Oct. 26

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Playtime: Amanda VanDamme has Owen Smith in good hands as Aar-on Popadynetz shows her a triceratops toy at the Parents and Tots playgroup, now being held at the Eagle Valley Re-source Centre Fridays from 10 to noon for children five and under. This is one of the community programs that will be highlighted at the Sicamous and Malakwa Early Years Fair, Friday, Oct. 18, from 9 to 11:30 a.m. at the Si-camous and District Recreation Centre. All are welcome to stop by and learn about program and services available in Sicamous and Malakwa. There will be games, prizes, hot chocolate and more. Photo by Lachlan Labere


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Being among the best doesn’t make life any easier.

Such can be said for the folks whose work behind the scenes has helped to make the Ea-gle Valley and Sicamous a top snowmobiling destination in Western Canada.

In between doing trade shows with Shus-wap Tourism, Eagle Valley Snowmobile Club general manager Gord Bushell has been busy preparing for the coming sledding sea-son, with a goal of bringing more sledders to the area to enjoy one or all of the four groomed trail systems – Blue Lake, Eagle Pass, Owlhead and Queest – maintained by the Eagle Valley Grooming Soci-ety, as well as numerous businesses/services.

“Last year we had just a little over 12,000, and this year we’re shooting for 13,000 sledders,” says Bushell. “Over the past four years we’ve had a steady 12 to 15 per cent increase in the riders coming to Sicamous, so that’s very good growth.”

To help accommo-date that growth, the club and grooming society have recently purchased a new Bom-bardier 350 groomer, and have completed the shell for a new emer-gency shelter on Eagle Pass.

The purchase of the groomer was made

possible with support and donations from the Best Western and Joe Schmucks, as well as club members. He says the new/used groomer, purchased from Silver Star, will likely be dedi-cated to Eagle Pass.

“This year we will be able to leave groomers at the bottom of three hills,” says Bushell. “We’ll save money on trucking these groomers around every night.”

The construction of the chalet/emergency shelter represents a long-term goal that’s finally coming to frui-tion.

“After eight years of waiting for approval (from the province) to build an Eagle Pass cab-in and shelter, we were able to get the approv-als to start the cabin this spring,” says Bushell, noting a requirement was that the shelter be

built in the backcountry in a location accessible only by foot, snowmo-bile or air. This, says Bushell, created some challenges in getting the materials and labour to the construction site.

“We had to pay for helicopter time,” laughed Bushell. “It’s a lot easier to haul in 40,000 pounds of mate-rial.”

Even with air sup-port, constructing the shelter was no easy task. A crew of six was required to bushwhack their way to the ap-proved site earlier this summer, a four-hour hike through shoulder-high brush and black flies, to clear a landing area for the helicopter. He says the end result will be a maintenance-free, metal-clad shelter that will be available for use by sledders in the winter and ambitious

hikers in the summer. The shelter is ex-

pected to cost $110,000, and already more than half has been put into the effort. For the re-mainder, the club and society are hoping to access $50,000 through the Columbia Shus-wap Regional District’s Economic Opportu-nity Fund. The Dis-trict of Sicamous and CSRD Area E (Rural Sicamous-Malakwa) director Rhona Martin are supporting the ap-plication.

Bushell says that even in its current state, the emergency shel-ter will provide some peace of mind for sled-ders who use the area.

“Eagle Pass is such

a popular area, being so close to Revelstoke, it will be sure to take off and be a number-one hill this year…,” said Bushell. “Every-body wants to go Eagle Pass but it’s intimidat-ing because it’s such a big area, and without a shelter in there, if there’s anything that goes wrong you have no place to stay, and you’re way in the back-country.”

For the past several years, Sicamous and the Eagle Valley have con-sistently been recog-nized and awarded by SnoRiders West maga-zine readers as being a premier snowmobiling destination. The support of Shuswap businesses, volunteers – past and present – and local governments have been vital to the success of the local snowmobiling industry, says Bushell, who also gives a special nod of appreciation to his predecessor, Bruce Moores.

“Bruce, he worked at it for five years but he was only paid for two before he retired, and I’ve been in for two,” said Bushell. “What we’ve done in the last four years is unheard of in the industry. Most of our peers, like Rev-elstoke and Valemount, they’re amazed with what we’re doing in Si-camous.”

Snowmobile club aims to finish shelter

Eagle Pass: Diamond J Homes’ Jason Stutzke, Darren Zubrecki and Matthew Moores stand in front of the new shelter they’ve been construct-ing on Eagle Pass for the Eagle Valley Snowmobile Club. The outside of the structure is complete, but work remains within. Photo contributed


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Happy Birthday Canada:

Sicamous once again celebrated Canada Day

in style with a variety of activities and en

tertainment, complete with fireworks on the

water. Clockwise from top left: Boaters light

up the water below as fireworks light up the

sky; Paige Blair shows her national pride on

her cheek; Katrina Dubs focuses on her art

Kayla Hill shares a cupcake with son Ryan;

Gwyneth Gau brings balloons to the party.

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EAGLE VALLEY

NEWS Wednesday, September 18, 2013


Candidates cite work and water as key projects

Page 3

Eagles back in regular hockey season action

Page 7

Walking the walk: Volunteers,

participants,

residents of

Bastion Place

and members of

the Sicamous

Eagles hockey

team take part

in the annual

Superwalk For

Parkinsons held

Saturday morning

at McGuire Lake

in Salmon Arm.

Photo by

James Murray

CSRD report outlines options for public transportation

A transportation report com-

pleted through the regional dis-

trict will be making its way to Si-

camous council for deliberation.

The report, presented recently

to the Columbia Shuswap Re-

gional District board, represents

the � ndings of a feasibility study

by BC Transit, which looked at

providing public transit between

Sicamous, Malakwa, Seansea

Point and Salmon Arm.

The report includes � ve op-

tions, which range from con-

tracting the service through a

third party based in Sicamous

or Salmon Arm, to the provision

of a midday service, one day a

week between Sicamous

and Salmon Arm, as well

as a weekday service. A

supplementary option ties

Malakwa into the one-

day-a-week option. It is

estimated this would cost

local taxpayers $31,200,

with the province picking

up $34,600 of the total

cost. The one-day service

between Sicamous and

Salmon Arm would cost

local taxpayers $29,200. The

weekday service, which would

provide two one-way trips Mon-

day through Friday, would cost

$106,000, $47,000 of which

would be funded through local

taxation. Sicamous Mayor Darrell Trou-

ton notes the options are very

costly, and council will have to

look at the practicality of pay-

ing for the service and whether

enough residents would actually

use it. “Of course we all would like

to have it, but would you actually

use it? And that’s the question,”

says Trouton. “It would

be nice for some people

to be able to use it. But

are you speaking for oth-

ers or are you speaking

for yourself? Most people

are � ghting for others. If

you ask them, personally,

will you use it, most peo-

ple say, ‘I wouldn’t use

it, but I know somebody

else that would.’ And you

know, that seems to be the

consensus.”The report’s � ndings were in-

� uenced by public input received

through a survey released online

and through the Eagle Valley

Community Resource Centre. A

total of 242 were submitted, with

191 respondents from Sicamous,

38 from Malakwa and 13 from

Swansea Point. The report notes

that while the survey provides

helpful information, “the distri-

bution method does not result in

statistically valid outcomes and

likely over-represents the ‘pro-

transit’ segment of the popula-

tion.”As for the public’s willing-

ness to fund a transit service, 84

per cent of survey respondents

supported some level of proper-

ty tax increase, with 47 per cent

suggesting a small increase up to

$24. Trouton notes public transpor-

tation tends to be heavily sub-

sidized by the province and the

taxpayer.

Feasibility: Sicamous mayor questions whether residents would favour costly busing system.

ton notes the options are very

It would have to be

subsidized heavily by the

taxpayer, by the people that

say I wouldn’t use it…

Darrell Trouton

Mayor

See Open house on page 2

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