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BERNIE RAVENCHRIS RAVEN1-866-598-7415TEAMRAVEN.CA

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MaxWell Realty Invermere

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PUBLICATIONS MAIL REGISTRATION NO. 7856VALLEY ECHOT he

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�e Columbia Valley’s Newspaper Since 1956 From Canal Flats to Spillimacheen

invermerevalleyecho.com Vol. 56 Issue 40

• Excavators • Mini-Excavators • Bobcats • Dump Trucks • Water Trucks • Compaction Equipment • Snow Plow • Sanding Equipment • Crane Truck

• Mobile Pressure Washing & Steam Cleaning • Underground Services • Site Prep & Demolition • Road Building • Land Clearing • Controlled Burning

• Rock Walls • Rip Rap • Top Soil • Sand & Gravel

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CONTRACT OR HOURLYMACHINE RENTALS AVAILABLE

Easter excitement hits valley Pg A9Hovercraft fundraising complete Pg A2

Wednesday, April 3, 2013 Vol. 57 Issue 14

Graceful gliders

NICOLE TRIGG PHOTOParagliders take fl ight from the ski slopes of Panorama during the 16th Annual Easter Meet on Saturday, March 30th. A sunny and warm day lent plenty of loft to about 30 paragliders from B.C. and Alberta, who took part in an Easter egg drop competition and a cross-country challenge, set amidst a weekend full of social events. In this shot, two paragliders set out with a landing zone at the Greywolf Golf Course driving range in mind.

VALLEY VALLEY V The

invermerevalleyecho.com Wednesday, April 3, 2013Wednesday, April 3, 2013Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Highway changes urged after inquest concludes

Improvements for Highway 95 could be on the way

after a three-day Coroner's inquest in Invermere shed light onto what led to a crash that killed three Lower Mainland residents near Spillimacheen in January 2011.

Winter road conditions and a surge of Highway 95 tra� c caused by an avalanche-related closure of the Trans Canada Highway were among the factors con-sidered in the Invermere courthouse from Monday, March 25th until Wednesday, March 27th, when the � ve-member jury reached their decision after hearing from nearly 20 witnesses.

� e jury, comprised of people from the Columbia Valley, made four recommendations:

• Th at if the Trans Canada Highway is closed for any length of time and Highway 95 is used as alternate route, that Highway 95 should be deemed a Class A highway.

• Th at an acceleration and deceleration lane should be built at the Spillimacheen Rest Area.

Jury mulls 2011 crash that killed three, concludes four changes needed for Highway 95

GREG [email protected]

CONTINUES TO 'JURY RECOMMENDS' ON PAGE A5

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The Columbia Valley's first hovercraft is likely to arrive in Windermere by the end of May, after a $65,000 gaming grant towards a new rescue hovercraft was allocated on March 26th to the Kinsmen Club of the Windermere Valley.

The winter-long campaign towards raising more than $50,000 for an ice rescue vehicle to serve the Lake Windermere area paid off early. The funds green-lighted by Minister of Commu-nity, Sport and Cultural Development Bill Ben-nett mean the Windermere Fire Department will have the hovercraft in its fleet this summer.

“I’m absolutely thrilled,” said Windermere resident Danny Osborne, who spearheaded the fundraiser for a hovercraft. “It was truly a com-munity effort. We were hoping that we would get some portion towards the gap that was re-maining, but to have that gap fully closed and then some to handle additional needs like the training element is absolutely fantastic.”

The Hovertechnics Hoverguard 700 ship will be ordered within a week, said Windermere Fire Chief Jim Miller, and will be transported to the valley on the back of another donation — a custom $4,000 trailer being donated by Calgary's TCB Trailer Service and Repair.

The company is making the donation in honour of Wilbur and Helen Melendy, who started a family tradition of seasonal escapes to Windermere by building a home at Trethewey Beach in 1971.

Mr. Osborne deserves much of the credit for completing the fundraising goal so much sooner than expected, said Chief Miller.

“The fire department is greatly indebted to his work,” said Windermere Fire Chief Jim Miller. “He went to meetings all over and even on his time off, he would keep himself busy on the phone and email.”

The excess $15,000 will mean extended training to more firemen and an expansion

of the equipment list associated with the craft, which includes ice rescue gear, personal flota-tion devices, and possibly a GPS for tracking, said Chief Miller.

“It’ll be in service this summer, and the beauty of this thing is you can use it year-round,” he said. “To navigate the rivers and swamps between Radium and Fairmont won’t cause any damage. Thats the beauty of this en-vironmentally friendly watercraft – it doesn’t make a wave on the water.”

Mr. Bennett says he learned of the need for the rescue vehicle through the BC Liberal candidate for this riding, Doug Clovechok.

“My office in Victoria has had many discus-sions with Danny and firefighters in the valley, and we soon learned that it was a very genuine need and that it would fill a very important gap in terms of being able to rescue on water or an assumed frozen lake,” he said.

“A couple of years ago I put a snowmobile through the ice on a lake in 30 feet of mov-ing water while I was by myself," added Mr. Bennett. "I only survived because a friend came out on another snowmobile and threw me a rope and pulled me out.”

DAN WALTON phOTOThose gathered at the Windermere Fire Hall for the $65,000 funding announcement on Tuesday, March 26th included (left to right) Fire Chief Jim Miller, fundraising co-ordinator Danny Osborne, Kinsmen Club members Dave Oaks and Steve Mantyka, Community Development minister Bill Bennett, Area F director Wendy Booth and BC Liberal candidate Doug Clovechok.

DAN WALTON phOTOAfter being shown the ropes by firefighter Sarah McBride, Sarah Pasley (left) and Hugh Boskovich get comfortable on the Panorama Fire Department's emergency vehicles during a fire truck tour at Panorama on Saturday, March 30th. The youngsters were part of the Wee Wascals daycare group at Panorama.

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Richmond-based subsidiary of Asian Pulp and Paper to assume ownership by late spring

Tembec sells Skookumchuck mill to B.C. company

After a long-term search for a buyer, Tembec's northern bleached softwood kraft (NBSK) pulp mill in Skookumchuck is poised to fall under new ownership.

Richmond, B.C.-based Paper Excellence Canada Holdings Corporation reached an agree-ment to buy the Tembec mill, and its related assets and liabili-ties, for $89 million on Tuesday, March 26th.

“We've been in discussions in the past months,” Linda Coates, Tembec's vice president of hu-man resources and corporate af-fairs, told � e Valley Echo. “� ey have more mills in the NBSK side; they have a stronger position in the market than we did because we only have one of those mills in our portfolio.”

� e Skookumchuck mill has 290 employees – 230 unionized workers and 60 sta� — many of whom live in Canal Flats and other Columbia Valley commu-nities found between Invermere and Cranbrook. Paper Excel-lence is expected to continue to “substantially o� er the same conditions of employment to the sta� ; the labour agreement is part of the transaction, so Paper Excel-lence is bound by this agreement,” said Ms. Coates.

“It's been known it's been for sale for a number of years, so if the buyer and seller have come to an agreement, that's a good thing,” added Regional District of East Kootenay area F director Wendy

Booth, whose area is home to sev-eral employees of the pulp mill.

Paper Excellence's par-ent company, Asian Pulp and Paper, is headquartered in Jakarta, Indonesia, and own five other pulp mills in Canada: in Mackenzie and Port Mellon in B.C., in Meadow Lake and Prince Albert in Saskatchewan, and in Pictou, Nova Scotia.

In recent years, Tembec sold it's Canal Flats and Radium Hot Springs mills to Canfor. Ms. Coates did not o� er com-ment as to whether Canfor was also in the running to buy the Skookumchuck mill.

� e transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of 2013, likely in late May or early June, and remains subject to certain condi-tions and regulatory approvals.

Tembec acquired the Skookum-chuck pulp mill in 1999 as part of the acquisition of Crestbrook Forest Industries Ltd. � e mill ini-tially started up in 1968. Its pulp is shipped to North American and Asian customers primarily for tissue applications.

� e Skookumchuck pulp mill has the capacity to produce about 250,000 tonnes per year of NBSK pulp, and has been producing close to that capacity in recent years, said Ms. Coates.

Tembec is a manufacturer of forest products — lum-ber, pulp, paper and specialty cellulose — and a global leader in sustainable forest management practices. Its principal opera-tions are in Canada and France, and the company has 3,700 employees and annual sales of approximately $2 billion.

GREG [email protected]

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Parks CanadaAdvisory Development Board

Parks Canada has referred the following development permit application to the Advisory Development Board (ADB) for review. The public meeting will be held at the:

Prestige Radium Hot Springs7493 Main Street West, Radium Hot Springs, BC

1:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 25th, 2013Development Permit Review, Part II

Application:Project #BP13-679: Parks Canada Proposed Demolition of Radium Hot Springs Lodge Lot 11 - 14, Plan 57364 (CLSR) Radium Hot Springs, BC Kootenay National Park of Canada

Persons wishing to comment or make a presentation on the above mentioned application must submit a written request to the Development Officer, Joanne Dorais, at the Lake Louise Visitor Reception Centre or Fax: 403-522-1212, no later than 7 days prior to the scheduled meeting. Requests should include:i) Name and/or client, company, or group of citizens you are representing; and, ii) The agenda item you wish to address (presentations are limited to 5 minutes).

The project proposal can be viewed at the Kootenay National Park Visitor Reception Centre.

Please forward comments or questions to Joanne Dorais, Development Officer, Parks Canada, Banff, Yoho and Kootenay National Parks, P.O Box 213 Lake Louise, Alberta, T0L 1E0 Tel: 403-522-1204 or Fax: 403-522-1212.

Parcs CanadaCommission consultative sur l’aménagement

Parcs Canada a renvoyé la demande de permis d’aménagement suivante devant la Commission consultative sur l’aménagement à des fins d’examen. La réunion publique se tiendra à l’endroit suivant :

Hôtel Prestige Radium Hot Springs7493 rue Main Ouest, Radium Hot Springs (Colombie-Britannique)

Le jeudi 25 avril 2013 à 13 h 30

Examen du permis d’aménagement – partie II

Demande :No du projet : BP13-679 : Parcs Canada Démolition proposée de l’hôtel Radium Hot Springs Lodge Lot 11 — 14, plan 57364 (CLSR) Radium Hot Springs (Colombie-Britannique) Parc national du Canada Kootenay

Les personnes qui désirent faire part de leurs commentaires ou présenter un exposé sur ce projet doivent adresser leur demande par écrit à madame Joanne Dorais, agente d’aménagement, au Centre d’accueil de Lake Louise, ou l’envoyer par télécopieur au 403-522-1212, au plus tard sept jours avant la date de la réunion. Les demandes doivent préciser :• le nom de la personne ou du client, de la compagnie ou du groupe représentés;• le projet en question (les exposés ne doivent pas durer plus de cinq minutes).

Pour consulter les documents liés à ce projet, rendez-vous au Centre d’accueil du parc national Kootenay.

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The sometimes staggering costs faced by new and expecting parents can be difficult, but the Invermere Moms Facebook group will be helping to ease the pain.

The club is set to host the fourth annual Big Mama Sale and Swap at the Invermere Com-munity Hall this Saturday, April 6th.

The sale runs from 9:30 a.m. until 11:30 a.m., and an early bird option is available for the true bargain hunters. Premature shoppers can pay $5 for admission at 9 a.m., rather than $2 after 9:30 a.m., and browse the goods exclu-sively before the sale opens to the public.

"You get first pick on anything in the sale," said event organizer Dee Connell. "So for the first thirty minutes, you get the best of the best."

The annual event was first brought to a phys-ical location after local moms began virtually trading baby goods online.

"It's all based on the Invermere Moms Buy and Swap, which is a Facebook page,” Mrs. Con-nell said. "We were doing so much buying and selling as new moms, that we decided to get all our stuff together in one spot and just do it."

The sale will offer goods for new and ex-pecting moms, as well as children under age 10, with a strong emphasis on baby products. Nearly 20 vendors from Canal Flats to Brisco will be at the community hall. One of the ven-dors is the Monkey's Uncle toy store, which donated "an incredible amount of goods" to the sale, said Mrs. Connell.

"It's hard and fast," she said. "People come in and shop fast. By noon, everyone wants to go home and play with their kids."

The event is held in association with the Win-dermere Valley Play Association, a non-profit group which makes life easier for new parents.

"Originally, that's one of the reasons we started to raise money — so we could buy snacks and stuff for the play group."

Dan Walton photoAndrea Superstein is accompanied by bassist Rene Worst and drummer Andrew Millar during an evening performance at Pynelogs on Saturday, March 30th. Saturday's set marks the one-year anniversary of Superstein's first Invermere show at Strands. Songs during the show were either well-known favourites, or from Superstein's album, One Night.

A super time with Superstein

Local mothers prepare for Big Momma saleDAN [email protected]

New trail map en route for Columbia Valley bike paths

The Columbia Valley Cycling Society will release its new trail guide of cycling and non-motorized trails in the Columbia Valley at its annual general meeting on Monday April 8th at 7 p.m. in the Columbia Valley Chamber of Commerce Hall.

The guide, Trails of the Columbia Valley, features all authorized riding areas in the Columbia Valley and its environs. It is the

first cycling map of its kind to be developed for the Columbia Valley.

The AGM will chart the course for the society's upcoming year, and will recap the volunteer cycling and non-motorized trail advocacy club’s successes of 2012.

2013 will be a busy year, with about $100,000 in trail and infrastructure work planned for Mt. Swansea.

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• When Highway 95 is used as an alternate route, that portable road information signs be placed both south of Golden and north of Radium Hot Springs.

• Considering the location of High-way 95, that the speed limit should be reduced to 90 kilometres per hour be-tween Golden and Radium.

Of the four ideas, Columbia Val-ley RCMP Staff Sergeant Marko She-hovac said he's most in favour of the reduction in the speed limit, given the frequency with which Highway 95 is used as the east-west link route when the Trans Canada Highway is closed between Golden and Lake Louise.

“I've seen more traffic being divert-ed in the past two years,” said Staff Sgt. Shehovac, who attended part of the inquest. “Even reducing the speed to 90 kilometres per hour is probably a good thing."

Chul Sin Lee, Kwang Soo Cha, and James Chung Jik Koh were killed on January 19th, 2011, when the 1996 Oldsmobile sedan they were in was struck by a logging truck then a Super B tractor trailer truck as the car was pulling out of the Spillimacheen Rest Area onto Highway 95.

Witness testimony revealed the car

did not come to a full stop at the stop sign before entering the highway. Despite driver er-ror being a factor in the crash, the recommendations will help authorities better deal with increased traffic spurred by major highway closures, said community coroner Shawn Jestley, who requested the inquest take place.

“As communities see this [traffic] increase every time this happens, some of the recom-mendations can help,” he told The Pioneer. “I'm happy with what the jury came up with.”

“The inquest was concerned with looking at design, engineering and maintenance of the highway, not with the cause of the accident,” he added.

The accident took place during an average winter day for the Columbia Valley, with cold, clear weather and compacted snow on the highway surface.

Were the road designated as a Class A highway, it would mean a higher standard of maintenance would be required by provincial highways con-tractors, said Mr. Jestley.

Taking the stand on Tuesday, March 26th, commercial vehicle inspector Ken Squarebriggs described the scene he witnessed as he came upon the scene

that day while en route to Golden. The driver’s side of the Oldsmo-

bile was folded in, with the steering column pushed onto the passenger side of the vehicle and many compo-nents destroyed.

“It takes a lot of direct, straight im-pact to break a rotor like that,” he said. Mr. Squarebriggs also testified that a post-crash mechanical inspection showed some minor faults with the two commercial vehicles, but nothing that would have made them illegal to drive on Highway 95.

An inquest is a formal court process that allows for public presentation of evidence relating to a death, in which the goal is not to find blame, but to shed light on how to prevent future accidents.

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googLe Street VieW imageThis south facing image shows the entrance from the rest stop onto Highway 95 as one drives south.

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Something on your mind?

The Columbia Valley may be an area of boundless natural beauty, but when it comes to value-added services that could make this area even more enjoyable to live in, it leaves a little to be desired.

My initial shock upon moving here and realizing the utter dearth of lakefront dining establishments has fad-ed only slightly with time.

As a tourism magnet for those from urban centres, Invermere, Radium Hot Springs and surrounding areas shouldn't aspire to offer everything that a city can. And I understand the economies of scale that dictate that scarcity of some things is the reality here.

But, were I to move past “needs” and get into “wants” as a resident of this remote valley, here are a few items that would make my list, in addition to the above-mentioned establishments:

• A coffee shop that is open past 5 p.m. Hey, let's dare to dream: a coffee shop that's open until almost midnight, and which serves as an all-ages venue for live music or open mic sessions.

• An outdoors gear store that carries a good range of quality technical equipment. My recent struggles to find an adequate headlamp — one of the most basic acces-sories for any day hike that might run the risk of includ-ing an evening return — illustrated this need to me.

• An independent cell phone sales and service store (as opposed to an outlet for one of the major carriers). Having a technician who's able to carry out basic cell phone repairs, battery replacements and offer a range of service plans would be a great addition to Invermere. I speak from personal experience here, as my dogged efforts to shop locally for a replacement battery merely left me frustrated weeks later.

But before I get too carried away with what we don't have, let me reflect for a moment on what ought to be appreciated about this place.

The 20 C temperature felt here on a stunning final day of March was enough to make me recognize what makes this valley such a desirable destination, as I was admiring the view of a snow-covered Chisel Peak from the Lake Windermere shore of the recently- opened James Chabot Provincial Park. A season-opening round of golf two days earlier shed some light for me as to why droves of tourists come here in search of long drives and perfect putts.

If I have failed to note the existence of the mentioend services in Invermere, or if any readers have their own suggestion of what kind of goods or services we could really use here, please send me a note at [email protected] . Undoubtedly, I've missed quite a few.

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What the valley needs?

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Dear Editor, While I certainly appreciate the im-

portant role the editor of The Pioneer and The Valley Echo plays in our val-ley, I really want to address this letter to all of the citizens of the valley.

With the upcoming provincial election on our minds, there are lots of opinions and views flying around. I would ask that we all look back over the years when the BC Liberals have had the responsibility of governing our province. After all, actual perfor-mance speaks much louder and truer than any amount of dialogue.

I ask that we all remember the fuel taxes that smacked us in the face one morning. I am sure a few select indi-viduals in our community knew this was coming, but it was pretty much a surprise to most citizens. I ask that we recall what happened to our very ef-ficiently run Invermere Forestry office and to the forestry industry as a whole under this regime. I ask that we remem-

ber that the harmonized sales tax was crammed down our throats with no consultation or explanation from our government. Are we supposed to for-get all of this and allow the provincial BC Liberal government to continue to make policy that affects all of us, while benefitting only a few of their cronies in each of our B.C. communities?

The provincial BC Liberals obvious-ly think the majority of B.C. citizens don’t have the ability to share intelli-gent views on matters that affect their daily lives, because they have seldom consulted us on such matters. Had they presented the HST issue, with all the benefits and drawbacks, it is quite possible we would have accept-ed it by a vote, the democratic way. Instead, it was looked at as the last straw in a long series of actions by the BC Liberals which asked for no public consultation. Thus, it was forcibly re-jected by the majority of B.C. voters. Did we shoot ourselves in the foot? Maybe, but we couldn’t take anymore

bullying. Do we want more of the same underhanded, slimy goings-on in Victoria? I sure don’t.

The NDP party is not perfect, no political party is. Hopefully they have grown and learned from their mistakes in the past. Hopefully their mandate will be to consult with all of the citizens of our great province be-fore making decisions that will affect everyone but benefit only a few.

When you go to vote this May, and each and every qualified person living in “The Best Place on Earth” should vote, try to ignore all of the easy words flying out of the mouths of politicians and their special interest supporters. Use your own experiences and good sense to elect the party that will listen to the voices of the majority, and not the one that will do anything to line the pockets of their prime members and “behind closed doors” supporters.

Nola AltSpillimacheen

GREG [email protected]

Remember the government's track record

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Dear Editor,

Calling all Winder-mere residents — the community asso-ciation needs you to keep it alive. Come to the annual general meeting on Saturday, April 6th at 10 a.m., at the community hall on North Street.A $120,000 energy up-grade and facelift of the hall is in progress, and must be � nished before March 31st, 2014.A full slate of events, including the ever-popular Fall Fair, has

been planned to en-courage people to use the community hall for social events and to come together as a community, but the association needs volunteers to help co-ordinate and make events happen.� e four or � ve people who have been hold-ing things together for the last while need others to step up and help. Several directors have resigned for rea-sons of ill health, or other life priorities, or because it is di� cult as a seasonal resident to be a director from a distance.� e Windermere Community Associa-tion must � eld a full slate of four o� cers and another four

directors – presi-dent, vice-president, secretary and trea-surer — to maintain a legal association sta-tus, according to the Society Act of B.C. We are currently seeking a vice president.If it doesn't happen, if there's nobody willing to volunteer, Wind-ermere could lose its Community Associa-tion, and everything that goes with it. Anne PictonWindermere

Dear Editor,

� is letter is a response to Wildsight's article "Elk River poisoned by coal mines".Wildsight, the Sierra Club, and the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) are losing support due their continual opposi-tion to resource ex-traction in B.C. � e latest call to ban new coal mines and to put a moratorium on expanding exist-ing mines is not new. � is is just part of their long term plan to remove at least 50 per cent of the land base from Yellow-stone to Yukon and lock it away from human interference and habitation. � eir

media hype to “ban coal mines” will only hurt the families that depend on resource extraction.� ese groups are not accountable to anyone but their funders who provide millions to push an anti-fossil fuel campaign. Wildsight, Sierra Club and CPAWS will cherry pick data to support their ideolo-gy and this latest one by Hauer provides ample ammunition for their rhetoric. � e report was commissioned by a U.S. National Park for water quality studies on the Flat-head River. For a US government agency to meddle in Ca-

nadian a� airs via environmentalists is highly questionable. Hauer’s report is based on limited data that does not take into account the historical or natural inputs and it adds nothing to the already known science. Hauer didn’t refer-ence any of the vo-luminous studies done since the mid 1990s on selenium and water qual-ity. Why would a “scientist” not in-clude data from studies done on the Elk River by Canadian and American selenium experts? Hauer's report only serves to fuel the me-

dia hype to ban coal mining and create a Flathead National park. Environmen-tal groups and their American funders have the ability to be constructive and help the coal mines develop solutions to environmental is-sues, yet they choose the destructive path; using fear and mis-information to push their vision of what the world should be. It’s time we told these environmen-talists to butt out un-less they have some-thing constructive to add.

Paul Visentin,Kootenay � inktwiceCranbrook

www.invermerevalleyecho.com A7The Valley Echo Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Word on the StreetHow safe do you feel when traveling along Highway 93/95?

THE SPEED THAT THE VEHICLES ARE GOING - 130, 140 KILOMETRES PER HOUR - IT'S VERY UNSAFE.

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I FEEL PRETTY SAFE - THERE'RE WIDE SHOULDERS IN MOST PLACES.

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HOW MUCH MORE DO YOU WANT TO PAY TO MAKE IT SAFER? THAT'S THE QUESTION.

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All special interest groups should simply butt out

� is will be my � nal MLA report before the May 14th election and I want to be-gin by thanking the people of Columbia River – Revel-stoke for their support over the last eight years. Since my election in 2005, I have had the privilege of meet-ing so many of you, and my sta� and I have been able to take on thousands of constituent cases over the years. It has been an honour.

Over the next number of weeks, there will be a lot of discussion about what each political party stands for. And there will be promises made by parties and individual candidates in an attempt to get your support.

Most often, parties promise to spend money on projects or programs. And this is easy to do when there is lots of money to

spend. But this is abso-lutely not the case in this election.

In previous MLA reports, I have laid out in detail just how restrained the next government will have to be. As a province, our � nan-cial obligations for many decades ahead will leave us with very little money to spend on actual projects or programs.

With this in mind, voters must be careful to ques-tion any candidate who makes grand spending promises. � is is why New Democrats are present-ing a fully costed platform that clearly lays out exactly what we are going to do and how we are going to pay for it.

We recognize that 80 per cent of the jobs of tomor-row will require some form of post-secondary educa-tion or training. � at’s

why New Democrats will institute a needs-based student grant program so that students get the train-ing they need.

We believe that we must stand up for British Co-lumbia’s environment and natural resources. � at is why New Democrats will reinvest in the health and future of our forests, which sadly, the BC Liberals have badly mismanaged.

We believe that govern-ment has a responsibility to address growing in-equality. � at is why New Democrats will bring in a province-wide poverty reduction plan with targets and timelines.

� at is the modest prom-ise that I am making to voters in this election.

Norm Macdonald MLAColumbia River – Revelstoke

We must get the fundamentals rightMLA Report — Norm Macdonald

Look closely and you can see the buds be-gin to swell on the trees and shrubs throughout the val-ley.Over the next few weeks, you’ll notice a light shade of green emerge as the small, fresh, leaves reveal themselves to begin their six-month jour-ney. On the ground, little green sprouts are beginning to show up everywhere as they struggle to reach the sunshine beyond the layer of ice and mud. A few days ago, I even noticed some per-sistent chickweed � rmly rooted and greening up in my vegetable garden

already. As the grip of winter begins to release its hold, we welcome the longer, warmer days and look forward to the return of a few of our feathered friends like the humming-birds and ospreys. We know from our calendars that we are o� cially past the spring equinox and with this, it’s time to nurture our partner-ship with nature and become stewards of the land once again.As we go about our springtime chores, we are often remind-ed that this is a time of rejuvenation, re-newal and growth. � e seasonal wis-dom that is shared

with us by nature is truly a gift if we are open to receiving it. What could we learn from this spring cy-cle that we could ap-ply in our own lives? Whatchanges could we embrace to contrib-ute to our own sense of rejuvenation, re-newal and growth? We know deep down that we are only a choice away from anything. Is now a good time to take longer walks, to go biking, enjoy tak-ing photographs or train harder to run the next race? Is now a good time to nur-ture your health with even better quality food choices?

Spring forward

Grow Your Life — Elizabeth Shopland

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APRIL 5-7• Panorama’s Spring Festival, free tobog-ganing, food and drink specials, live music, themed activ-ities, Rail Jams, and prizes! 1-800-663-2929.

FRIDAY APRIL 5• 7:00 p.m.: Fresh Fri-days Open Mic Nite at Pynelogs Cultural Centre. All ages wel-come.

SAT APRIL 6• Big Momma Sale and Swap, Invermere Community Hall. 9:30 a.m. - 11:0 a.m. Early bird entry at 9 a.m.• Windermere Com-munity AGM at the Windermere Com-munity Hall, 10 a.m. 250-341-1548• Brisco Riding Club Annual Spaghetti Dinner, Brisco Hall., 6 p.m $8 per person, or $20 per family, ages 6 and under are free. 250-347-2125

SUNDAY APRIL 7• Locals’ Free Day at Panorama Moun-tain Village. Present valid driver’s licence, student card or B.C. Hydro bill and re-ceive a free lift pass.• Fun Activities All Day at the Fairmont Hot Springs Resort ski area. • Landscape Your Life workshop with Eliza-beth Shopland, ICAN fundraiser, Copper Point Golf Club, 250-341-3190

MONDAY APRIL 8• CV Cycling Society AGM and trail map launch, CV Chamber of Commerce.

EVERY SUNDAY• Public Indoor Rock Climbing, Laird School, 5-8 p.m., $5.• Radium Seniors’ Carpet Bowling, 1:30

p.m., Seniors' Hall• Drop-in roller skat-ing, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m., $5, Glacier Peaks Gymnastics building, 250-342-5321

2nd SUNDAY• LW Alliance Church Sing and Celebrate, 7 p.m. For more infor-mation call Clarence Stauffer, 250-342-9580

EVERY MONDAY• Gentle drop-in car-pet bowling, 1:30 p.m., Seniors' Centre• Cadets, 6:30-9 p.m. for boys and girls, ages 12-17. Cost: FREE (includes uni-form). Info: Megan McConnell at 250-409-4455• Duplicate Bridge, 6:30 p.m., Invermere Seniors’ Hall, $2/person. Visitors wel-come• EK Brain Injury Support Group, 1-3 p.m., Family Re-source Centre. Info: 250-344-5674

1st & 3rd TUESDAY• OPT clinic, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Inv. Health Unit, 850-10th Ave. Confidential service: low-cost birth con-trol, and STI testing 1st TUESDAY• Invermere Camera Club 7 p.m. Tanya, [email protected]

EVERY TUESDAY• Shuswap Bingo at the Shuswap Indian Band Office down-stairs, doors open at 5:30 p.m., early bird at 6:45 p.m., regular games at 7 p.m. • Cubs (8-10 year olds) and Beavers (5-7 year olds), JA Laird, 6 - 7 p.m.

1st & 3rd WED• Scrabble Night at Invermere Public Li-

brary. 6 - 8 p.m. Call 250-342-6416• Bingo, Windermere Community Hall, opens at 6 p.m., starts at 7 p.m.

2nd & 4th WED• Seniors' Day at theInvermere Library. Bus provided

EVERY WEDNESDAY• Indoor soccer, DTSS gym. Drop-in, $2, 8:30-10:00 p.m.• Yoga THRIVE- Yoga for Cancer Survivors and Support People. Copper Point Resort. New 7-week ses-sion starts March 13 at 4:30 p.m. Call Jan Klimek at 250-342-1195

EVERY THURSDAY• Children's Air Rifle Program, with the LWDRGC, Inv. Com-munity Hall, 7 - 8:30 p.m., free of charge, ages 6-15. Learn safe-ty, marksmanship. Equipment provided.

EVERY FRIDAY• Baby Goose pro-gram for parents and babies up to 18 months. 9:30-11:30 a.m. at Eileen Mad-son Primary. [email protected]• Public Indoor Rock Climbing, Laird School, 5-8 p.m., $5• Preschool Story Time at the Inver-mere Public Library, 10:30 a.m. For info visit invermere.bcli-brary.ca

EVERY SATURDAY• Public Indoor Rock Climbing, Laird School, 5-8 p.m., $5.

Invermere Thrift Store• Thursdays 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays, 1 - 4 p.m.

Radium Thrift Store• Thursdays 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays, 12 - 4 p.m.

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Canal Flats will be resuming with a full five-person council at the village's Monday, April 8th meeting, after resident Dean Midyette claimed victory in last weekend's byelection.

“I'm looking forward to resolving the water system issue in Canal Flats, and doing my best to make sure the existing municipal projects, such as the hockey arena renovations and the Columbia Discovery Centre, are brought in on time and as close to on budget as possible,” said Mr. Midyette, who edged candidate Roy Webb by a 79 vote to 47 vote margin.

“While campaigning and speaking with people in Canal Flats, I heard overwhelm-ing support for a town cleanup,” added Mr. Midyette. “I'll be pushing for the town resources to aid in this effort.”

For Canal Flats to have seen 124 people com-ing out to vote on a byelection during a long weekend was “huge”, he added, noting the village boasts a total population of about 700.

He also thanked Mr. Webb, noting “anyone who chooses to serve their community should be commended.”

“I want to thank those who came out and voted, and hope that I can earn the support of those who voted for my opponent,” he added.

Midyette wins Canal Flats seatGREG [email protected]

Sherry Dewey photoThis Western painted turtle was found laying helplessly on its back on the frozen surface of Lake Dorothy at about 7 p.m. on Wenesday, March 27th. Sherry and Ian Dewey observed the helpless reptile's legs paddling in the air about 20 feet offshore, spurring them to launch a dramatic rescue effort. The couple retrieved a canoe from home, paddled the short distance through thin ice, and deposited the turtle in the pond, where it swam to the bottom. The turtle measured about eight inches across, and aside from its obvious initial distress, appeared to be no worse for the wear.

Turtle trouble

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Clockwise from top left: Invermere, Windermere and the Copper Point Golf Course are beautifully displayed in this view from atop Mt. Swansea (Nicole Trigg photo); Bud's Bar was elec-trified on Saturday, March 30th during a funky DJ set by Mat the Alien (Nicole Trigg photo); children were searching for treats that were hidden around the premises as the Easter Bunny made his way to the Fairmont Hot Springs Resort on Easter Sunday, March 31st (Dan Walton photo); paragliders took flight from the slopes of Panorama during the 16th Annual Easter Meet on Saturday, March 30th (Nicole Trigg photo); as a sign of spring, Hera Fraser (left) and Emily King celebrated a sunny Good Friday on March 29th by opening their refreshment stand on 8th Avenue. The girls said they are raising money for the hospital, "to help make Invermere a better place." (Brian Patton photo).

Valley Life

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DAN WALTON PHOTOCAKE CONSUMER — Inveremere Canadian Tire owner Craig Knapp serves a slice of cake to young customer Lewin Bentley, 3, during the hardware and outdoor goods store's one-year celebration, while older sister Hannah, 6, and father Jason look on. The store celebrated by doling out cake and 100 coupons to Tim Horton's for customers who made it to the store eary in the day.

In a valley where change is as in-evitable as the cycling of seasons, no man is an island. With the blooms of spring bringing new life to our little corner of Valhalla, I must announce that I am leaving The Columbia Valley Pioneer and Invermere Valley Echo newspapers.

Although documenting the living history of my new home has been both exciting and challenging, I am moving on to live the dream of a mountain man with an exciting op-portunity in the forestry sector.

When I first arrived in the East Koo-tenays from the Vancouver area, I was somewhat of a fawn in the world of press deadlines, interviews and news photography — my previous employ-ment had been as a construction worker in the excavation and drain-age field. Although I was inexperi-enced, the team at The Pioneer im-mediately offered shelter and tutelage in the ways of community journalism.

At first I was anxious and still a little wobbly in my writing, but I began to grow into my role as a reporter and discovered the seemingly-infinite

choir of valley voices that make up our local ensemble. My dinner conversation top-ics at home have ranged from the courage of war survivors

and those facing tough illnesses to the immense generosity and hard work of volunteers in our area.

Despite a rich ensemble of excit-ing story conversations, the life of a reporter can be tough. A journalist is constantly untying themselves from the safety of anonymity and pushing off into an ocean of positive and nega-tive feedback, depending on the topic of a story. Without the navigation skills of the team at the Valley Echo and Pio-neer, I would likely have capsized.

The personal connection to our community exhibited by sales team members Dean Midyette and Angela Krebs; the organizational skills and quick wit of office administrators Amanda Diakiw and Renice Oaks, the endless creativity of graphic design-ers Emily Rawbon and Jess de Groot, the guidance and integrity of edito-rial managers Greg Amos and Nicole Trigg, the enthusiasm of new reporter Dan Walton and the leadership of publisher Rose-Marie Regitnig: these are the reasons I have enjoyed coming to work every day.

In addition to the wealth of expe-riences that I have been blessed to share in during my time as a reporter, I have also been given mountain-sized opportunities behind the camera. The colourful hues of valley life seem to explode through the lens: from com-munity fairs to ski racing, pictures would rather detonate into vibrant expressions of emotion and passion than come out typical or bland.

Being born and raised in the White Rock area, I grew up near the ocean, fulfilling the typical requirement of community spirit. I enjoyed living near the sea and appreciated the fea-tures that my hometown had to offer, but it was not until packing up my be-longings and moving 800 kilometres away that I discovered a community mired in local pride and tradition.

A wise man I interviewed for a story on his globetrotting adventures told me of Valleyitis, which begins when a person sets foot in our area. The con-dition requires two years of exposure to incubate before becoming terminal, trapping the subject in the captivating beauty of our mountain community forever! Although I have only called Wilmer and Radium home for one year, I am finding that I may have a lesser im-munity than I first thought.

Time for reporter to ramble onKRISTIAN RASMUSSENThe Valley Echo

Rasmussen goes out in style

Kristian Rasmussen

Echo and Pioneer reporter Kristian Ras-mussen may be leaving the journalism field, but he goes with great distinction, hav-ing just won a gold medal in the Best His-torical Story category at the 2013 Canadian Community Newspaper Awards.

Kristian's story in The Pioneer, titled "War survivor smuggled refugees to safety," tells the tale of Invermere's Leida Peepre, who rescued Estonian refugees from the Nazis during the Second World War.

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Clutter can be a chronic source of stress. The stress often isn’t realized un-til the clutter is removed and we feel the relief. Having too many things causes one's brain to be bombarded with exces-sive visual stimuli. Clutter makes it difficult to relax or to focus on anything because it is an irritating distraction. Even those who seem oblivious to their surroundings are aware of everything in their environment on a subconscious level. Your brain is constantly filter-ing messages from all your senses.

The more clutter a per-son has, the more over-whelming the thought of removing it becomes – but there's a great sense of relief felt when it is gone. Clearing clut-ter can be very cathartic, taking away the feelings of helplessness that are fostered by inaction. Tak-ing action, even if it only involves committing to 15 minutes of your time

each day to organize, is empowering and relieves stress.

Attempting to organize your life may take a little time and effort; here are some things to ask your-self before getting started. Do I have a well balanced life? Do I know what I re-ally need to survive? Do I appreciate what I have? What is truly important to me?

Achieving an organized life is simply taking an efficient, common sense approach to the way you live. Organization has a great deal to do with how well you know and understand yourself. An organized life starts on an emotional level and man-ifests itself through your outward style of living.

Determine the areas in which you want to im-prove organization, such as better use of space in your home, office, garage or storage unit and com-mit to 15 minutes each day to tackle that area. When you feel like you have regained control in that space, you have at-tained your goal, and can then move on.

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tions that might help you get started:

• When storing items that you use on a fairly regular basis, use clear bins. They’re not quite as durable as the coloured ones, but being able to see what’s in them makes it easier to sort and locate items.

• Schedule a household or office purge once ev-ery 6 months. Go through each area of the home, garage or office and get rid of any items that you no longer need, use or want.

• If there are things of value that you don’t want or use seldom, put them in a storage unit, or con-sider donating the items to a thrift store.

• Don’t store rarely used items in high traffic ar-eas of the house. For in-stance, household man-uals should not be stored in kitchen drawers. Store them in a separate, clear bin in a storage area of the home.

• Storing seasonal items can be tricky (and messy). Look for special-ty organizers early in the season to keep things tidy (i.e. wardrobe boxes for

winter clothes, wrapping paper bins, shelving for ski boots). These can be found at bargain stores and storage facilities.

In order to make orga-nizing easier, try to curb what’s coming in the house. Nobody needs that many towels! Instead of buying books, sign up for a library card or try giving experiences in-stead of things for birth-days and anniversaries.

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Al Smith, owner/operator of Smitty’s Tree Service, says that spring cleanup should involve more than lawn and shrub care. It’s also the time to consider tree main-tenance. If all you want to do is trim out dead, weak or diseased parts of a tree, this type of pruning can be done any time of the year without drastic effects on the tree. However, pruning of fruit and many other flower-ing trees should typically be done in early spring. (Late fall may also be an option when trees go dormant.) The reason for pruning is to promote plant health. Besides removing dead or weak branches, you should remove branches that rub together as contact with each other invites disease. Thinning of branches increases light and air penetration to the tree’s lower branches which then encourages flower and/or fruit development.

Early spring pruning is preferred because plants are approaching a period of rapid growth and prun-ing wounds will heal quickly. It’s true that pruning of some branches may mean less flowers or fruit for that year but, in the long run, pruning is always beneficial.

Al offers one other reminder to add to your spring cleanup list: review your trees and shrubs with re-

spect to being a fire hazard. If your property or the properties around you are heavily wooded, or if you have a shake roof or wooden siding, and you have trees close to your house, you may want to consider seeking some advice of what should be done to lessen the threat of fire damage in the event that a forest fire should occur.

Al can be contacted at 250-342-2611 or 250-342-5850. In addition to pruning, his service includes dangerous tree removal, hedge trimming and lot clearing. He travels from Canal Flats to Brisco, esti-mates are free of charge and seniors always receive a discount.

Submitted by aL SmiTHSmitty's Tree Service

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A&E

4992 Fairmont Frontage Rd.250-345-6133

Hi. I’m GORDON. At about 4 years old, I’m a super friendly fellow

with good manners.I like to explore the

great outdoors, and, as I also love being a

“lap potato” I really need a home (and a lap), to call my own.

Just call ICAN to arrange our

meeting, and I’ll be ready to go home with YOU.

ICAN – Invermere Companion Animal Network

Hi. I’m about 4 years old, I’m a super friendly fellow

with good manners.I like to explore the

great outdoors, and, as I also love being a

“lap potato” I really need a home (and a lap), to call my own.

meeting, and I’ll be ready to go home with YOU.

Photo courtesy of Tanya De Leeuw Photography

www.icanhelpapet.comwww.facebook.com/icanbc

Adoption Fee: $100 (to help o� set spay/neuter

and vet bills)

Sponsored by:

Invermere Companion Animal Network

250-341-7888

Hwy 93/95 • 250-342-6293

10 • 1,000 • 1,000,000Happy Anniversary

A12 www.invermerevalleyecho.com Wednesday, April 3, 2013 The Valley Echo

Visit columbiavalleyarts.com for our current events calendar, or call 250-342-4423.

What does ARTmean to you?

Fresh Fridays OPEN MIC NightFriday April 5 – 7 pm

Art From the Heart: Part 8April 9 to 28

GreG Amos photoDevon Coyote pulled out a lap steel guitar as he and his band played Bud's Bar on Thursday, March 28th. The singer-songwriter is playing around Western Canada through the spring, including another stop in Invermere at the Station Pub on April 25th. Coyote's most recent album is Blue, Black, & Grey, released in September 2011. This photo is taken over a three-second time lapse.

Lap steel spectrum

Pynelogs is springing into a 2013 summer season that promises to offer all the varied artistic treats the gallery has come to be renowned for.

The centrepiece of this year's endeav-our will be all about glass, metal and collaboration, as the gallery gets set to host Columbia Valley Glass: Breaking Borders from May 27th to June 9th.

“Every year we host something a little different, mostly to educate our valley on a different type of art,” said Pynelogs Art Gallery manager and administrator Jami Scheffer. “Breaking Borders is a collaboration of glass, metal and mixed media. It's a new group show and collaboration, and a lot of it is local.”

Twenty glass artists, mainly from

the Columbia Valley, will produce up to five pieces each, and all will collaborate on an ambitious cen-trepiece: a 20-foot long wall height creation called “The return of the

feathers,” which will bear in mind themes of wings, flight, sky, moun-tains, rivers and fish.

Artists involved will include kiln-cast glass specialist Leslie Rowe-Israelson, blacksmith Scott Bellows, Julie Gibb, Gordon Webster, and a multitude of artists from Bavin Glassworks.

The season is kicking off with an old standard season-launcher: the Art from the Heart show, which this year features young artists from the five elementary schools in the Rocky Mountain School District's Windermere Zone.

“It runs for three weeks and supports all of the elementary school kids in the valley, and it is a good way to open up the doors and get the fresh

air, sunshine and to remind everyone that we are open,” said Ms. Scheffer.

Over about five weeks in the fall, the gallery is hosting the War Brides exhibit, in which artist Bev Tosh will be putting on display portraits of the newly-married women in the wake of World Wars I and II.

“It is just a story of the war brides that came across on a one-way passage to be Canadian wives,” said Ms. Scheffer. “It is quite moving and quite powerful, and we are hosting it here from October until Remembrance Day, which is the big day for that.”

“All the events are equally impor-tant and they all have their own spe-cial qualities, because once we get through our community shows, which are coming up at the end of June, then we start into our featured artist shows, where we feature local artists in the gallery,” noted Ms. Scheffer.

Pynelogs season to focus on glass and metalGREG [email protected]

Columbia Valley Search & Rescue is an organization of dedicated volunteers trained in outdoor

rescue techniques. We are currently recruiting! A course will be offered in mid-April. For more information

call 250-688-2504.

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Sports

ShannonbrookBoarding KennelsTender Loving Care for All Ages

Registered Rough & Smooth ColliesObedience, Agility Training

and Rally Obedience Training

Kathy or Elizabeth 250-342-61881628 Windermere Loop Road

The public are invited to comment on our five-year financial plan and annual report. An opportunity for discussion will be held Wednesday, April 10th, 7:30 pm in Council Chambers, 4836 Radium Blvd. Copies of the document can be viewed at www.

radiumhotsprings.ca or upon request at the Village office or by email to [email protected].

Wednesday, April 3, 2013 The Valley Echo www.invermerevalleyecho.com A13

19 - 24th Avenue South, Cranbrook BC V1C 3H8Phone: 250-489-2791 Toll Free: 1-888-478-7335

Email: [email protected] Website: www.rdek.bc.ca

SEALED ENVELOPES marked, “Regional District of East Kootenay - Timber Ridge Pump House Decommissioning Project” and submitted to the attention of Jim Maletta, AScT., Engineering Technician, Regional District of East Kootenay, 19 – 24th Avenue South, Cranbrook BC V1C 3H8 will be accepted until 2:00 pm MDT on Monday, April 15th 2013. Quotations will be publicly opened immediately after the closing hour at the Regional District office.

Pre-Quotation Mandatory Site Meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 9th 2013 at 2:00 pm MDT at Timber Ridge Road and Ridge Drive in the Timber Ridge 1 subdivision.

The principle items of work include, but are not limited to:

• Filling in an underground wet well, pump house & reservoirs;

• Capping the wet well access with concrete, placing a level wooden floor within the pump house containing the wet well and landscaping around the wet well pump house; and

• The breaking of concrete roofs for the underground pump house and reservoir, removal of reinforing steel, filling both voids and landscaping the surface of the filled pump house and reservoir.

Request for Quotation documents will be posted on the RDEK website at www.rdek.bc.ca, and available for viewing at the Cranbrook and Columbia Valley RDEK offices.

For further information, please visit www.rdek.bc.ca or contact:

Jim Maletta, AScTPhone: 250-489-2791 or 888-478-7335

Email: [email protected]

REquEST FoR quoTATionTimber Ridge Pump House

Decommissioning Project 2013

Regional District of East Kootenay

1-888-478-7335 • www.rdek.bc.ca

Regional District of East Kootenay

Wednesday, April 10, 2013 6:00pm - 9:00pm

Fairmont Hot Springs Resort - Pine Room 5225 Fairmont Resort Road

Residents of Fairmont are encouraged to drop by the Resort for information regarding the July 15th 2012 Debris Flow. There will be representatives from Clarke Geoscience, Water Stewardship and the RDEK in attendance to discuss the Assessment of the debris flow event and potential mitigation measures.For more information, please contact Jim Maletta, RDEK Engineering Technician at [email protected] or 250-489-2791.

Fairmont Creek Debris Flow Hazard & Risk Assessment

PUBLIC PRESENTATION

Get more online!www.invermerevalleyecho.comarticles • videos • comments • local • provincial

Team Panorama racers Keegan Sharp and Amelia Smart are on the fast track towards a World Cup ski career, after being select-ed as two of Canada's competitors at the prestigious 21st annual Whistler Cup, which runs from April 5th to 7th in Whistler, B.C.

The young skiers will both race for Alber-ta as part of the 18-member Team Canada contingent, who'll battle against 450 of the top skiers between the ages of 12 and 15 hailing from 19 different countries. Ski

events will include the super-G, slalom and giant slalom.

Keegan and Amelia are now at a four-day preparation camp in Whistler, which will in part determine who makes the boys’ and girls’ Team Canada 1, 2 and 3 groups. This year, Canada is aiming to win back the Nations’ Cup title it won in 2011, which Switzerland claimed last year.

The Team Canada selections were made based on the results from the recent Under 16 Can-Am East event in Sugarloaf, Maine, and the Under 16 Can-Am West races held at Panorama.

Sharp, Smart make Whistler CupGREG [email protected]

DAN WALTON PHOTOSBanff skier Erik Read (above) fi nishes in top spot during the men's FIS Spring Series slalom challenge at Panorama Mountain Village on Saturday, March 30th. Read's combined time after two slalom runs was 139.19, only 0.52 seconds faster than the runner-up. Competitors were enjoying warm weather as 57 males and 47 females entered last weekend's slalom event. Below, a racer and several onlookers soak up Saturday's sun during spring weather conditions at the race event.

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This week's winner is: Granny's Piks

All prizes must be claimed before the following week's results are released.

The Valley Echo's 2012/2013

NHL Hockey Pool StandingsIVE

RNK TEAM TOTAL LW GR P/G

1 Wute 31 3 540 53 273 0.85

2 Dany Heatley 5 536 47 274 0.88

T3 Merrymen 2 535 47 271 0.80

T3 A. Hann 535 52 275 0.80

5 Firebird 7 4 533 39 269 0.86

T6 Crew Slut 3 532 45 266 0.82

T6 Wolfgang 3 532 44 268 0.82

T8 Snake 53 531 60 271 0.82

T8 Jivey 3 531 36 271 0.84

10 Sobeys 3 529 45 272 0.82

11 13 Wolfpack 3 527 38 263 0.81

12 lilb 526 67 270 0.79

T13 NWT 1 4 522 34 265 0.83

T13 Harli 522 53 274 0.78

15 Snakitou 4 521 43 269 0.82

16 Harley 2 519 55 265 0.78

T17 Jye 2 4 517 36 270 0.81

T17 Jye 517 41 275 0.79

T17 Ana 16 4 517 39 266 0.80

T20 Noah 516 50 272 0.80

T20 GNIMELF 516 45 278 0.79

T22 Kristi Kowalski 3 515 44 273 0.78

T22 Van Fan 4 515 41 268 0.79

24 E. Hann 3 514 39 273 0.82

T25 McNasty 9 4 513 52 267 0.81

T25 Jets Faithful 2 513 42 275 0.80

27 King Chris 6 511 30 269 0.82

28 Jhaley 11 3 509 41 275 0.81

T29 Jules 2 508 42 276 0.77

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RNK TEAM TOTAL LW GR P/G

T29 Big Nasty 14 508 58 277 0.78

T31 Dan Hecher 2 507 37 274 0.77

T31 Wind Walker's 2 507 42 274 0.78

33 DB22 2 506 40 270 0.81

T34 Foddude 4 504 39 274 0.82

T34 Rock-5050 4 504 46 276 0.79

T36 Go Jets Go 503 49 269 0.75

T36 Jet Rocker 503 49 269 0.75

T38 Farside Nucks 5 502 38 268 0.80

T38 Rockies Payci 3 502 37 274 0.79

T38 Mags 2 502 46 267 0.78

T38 S.S. Beagle 2 502 47 277 0.77

T38 Paul Stanley 502 48 269 0.78

43 Wind Walker's 1 2 500 54 272 0.77

44 Silent Sam 5 499 30 274 0.82

45 Pet Rock 4 498 32 273 0.76

46 Nelly 3 497 40 264 0.77

T47 Big Lew 4 496 50 263 0.79

T47 Red Rum 21 4 496 47 261 0.80

49 NWT 2 3 494 36 263 0.78

50 Snow Ball 2 493 61 268 0.76

T51 Love the B's 492 57 276 0.76

T51 Old Rock 2 492 58 273 0.79

T53 Granny's Piks 490 69 272 0.75

T53 Rockies Rule 490 38 262 0.75

T55 Daddy Mode 27 3 489 47 269 0.74

T55 Rockies Pilon 5 2 489 51 271 0.74

T55 Rho 2 489 40 268 0.78

58 Grace 6 4 485 39 269 0.80

59 Fards 2 483 39 264 0.78

T60 Bird 2 482 35 274 0.73

T60 Finn 2 482 49 273 0.78

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RNK TEAM TOTAL LW GR P/G

T62 Louie & Precious 478 49 270 0.74

T62 I tried 2 478 47 265 0.76

T64 Lo-Ball 4 477 49 270 0.77

T64 Heavy Water 2 477 40 270 0.75

T64 Go Habs Go 3 477 48 274 0.78

67 Jesse1968 2 476 59 269 0.75

T68 3251 2 475 48 273 0.76

T68 Dace 3 475 36 267 0.76

T68 Shanty Bay 475 58 266 0.73

71 Abe Froman 474 40 272 0.74

72 Hockey Gurl 16 5 473 37 271 0.76

T73 Alex 2 472 35 262 0.74

T73 Rock-50 3 472 39 271 0.76

T73 KBR 3 472 46 273 0.76

T76 Marco 5 471 35 268 0.78

T76 Captain Banana 3 471 54 266 0.80

78 Jerome Jr 15 4 468 27 266 0.78

T79 Canucks Suck 4 467 36 273 0.72

T79 Rouge Rocket 25 2 467 46 269 0.77

81 Lute 88 466 55 263 0.72

82 Banny02 4 465 43 272 0.78

83 Nelson 30 2 464 38 268 0.74

T84 Zman 4 463 27 269 0.75

T84 Aces of 8's 4 463 25 272 0.77

86 Make-b-leaf 2 462 42 269 0.74

T87 Spook 5 461 45 269 0.81

T87 Sabu Dave 4 461 44 268 0.76

89 Tony 6 459 33 273 0.78

90 Tor 4 458 40 277 0.76

91 Joelene 479 457 35 268 0.74

92 Kilimanjaro 5 456 38 273 0.77

93 Fanta 3 451 40 262 0.72

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IVE

RNK TEAM TOTAL LW GR P/G

1 Wute 31 3 540 53 273 0.85

2 Dany Heatley 5 536 47 274 0.88

T3 Merrymen 2 535 47 271 0.80

T3 A. Hann 535 52 275 0.80

5 Firebird 7 4 533 39 269 0.86

T6 Crew Slut 3 532 45 266 0.82

T6 Wolfgang 3 532 44 268 0.82

T8 Snake 53 531 60 271 0.82

T8 Jivey 3 531 36 271 0.84

10 Sobeys 3 529 45 272 0.82

11 13 Wolfpack 3 527 38 263 0.81

12 lilb 526 67 270 0.79

T13 NWT 1 4 522 34 265 0.83

T13 Harli 522 53 274 0.78

15 Snakitou 4 521 43 269 0.82

16 Harley 2 519 55 265 0.78

T17 Jye 2 4 517 36 270 0.81

T17 Jye 517 41 275 0.79

T17 Ana 16 4 517 39 266 0.80

T20 Noah 516 50 272 0.80

T20 GNIMELF 516 45 278 0.79

T22 Kristi Kowalski 3 515 44 273 0.78

T22 Van Fan 4 515 41 268 0.79

24 E. Hann 3 514 39 273 0.82

T25 McNasty 9 4 513 52 267 0.81

T25 Jets Faithful 2 513 42 275 0.80

27 King Chris 6 511 30 269 0.82

28 Jhaley 11 3 509 41 275 0.81

T29 Jules 2 508 42 276 0.77

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RNK TEAM TOTAL LW GR P/G

T29 Big Nasty 14 508 58 277 0.78

T31 Dan Hecher 2 507 37 274 0.77

T31 Wind Walker's 2 507 42 274 0.78

33 DB22 2 506 40 270 0.81

T34 Foddude 4 504 39 274 0.82

T34 Rock-5050 4 504 46 276 0.79

T36 Go Jets Go 503 49 269 0.75

T36 Jet Rocker 503 49 269 0.75

T38 Farside Nucks 5 502 38 268 0.80

T38 Rockies Payci 3 502 37 274 0.79

T38 Mags 2 502 46 267 0.78

T38 S.S. Beagle 2 502 47 277 0.77

T38 Paul Stanley 502 48 269 0.78

43 Wind Walker's 1 2 500 54 272 0.77

44 Silent Sam 5 499 30 274 0.82

45 Pet Rock 4 498 32 273 0.76

46 Nelly 3 497 40 264 0.77

T47 Big Lew 4 496 50 263 0.79

T47 Red Rum 21 4 496 47 261 0.80

49 NWT 2 3 494 36 263 0.78

50 Snow Ball 2 493 61 268 0.76

T51 Love the B's 492 57 276 0.76

T51 Old Rock 2 492 58 273 0.79

T53 Granny's Piks 490 69 272 0.75

T53 Rockies Rule 490 38 262 0.75

T55 Daddy Mode 27 3 489 47 269 0.74

T55 Rockies Pilon 5 2 489 51 271 0.74

T55 Rho 2 489 40 268 0.78

58 Grace 6 4 485 39 269 0.80

59 Fards 2 483 39 264 0.78

T60 Bird 2 482 35 274 0.73

T60 Finn 2 482 49 273 0.78

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RNK TEAM TOTAL LW GR P/G

T62 Louie & Precious 478 49 270 0.74

T62 I tried 2 478 47 265 0.76

T64 Lo-Ball 4 477 49 270 0.77

T64 Heavy Water 2 477 40 270 0.75

T64 Go Habs Go 3 477 48 274 0.78

67 Jesse1968 2 476 59 269 0.75

T68 3251 2 475 48 273 0.76

T68 Dace 3 475 36 267 0.76

T68 Shanty Bay 475 58 266 0.73

71 Abe Froman 474 40 272 0.74

72 Hockey Gurl 16 5 473 37 271 0.76

T73 Alex 2 472 35 262 0.74

T73 Rock-50 3 472 39 271 0.76

T73 KBR 3 472 46 273 0.76

T76 Marco 5 471 35 268 0.78

T76 Captain Banana 3 471 54 266 0.80

78 Jerome Jr 15 4 468 27 266 0.78

T79 Canucks Suck 4 467 36 273 0.72

T79 Rouge Rocket 25 2 467 46 269 0.77

81 Lute 88 466 55 263 0.72

82 Banny02 4 465 43 272 0.78

83 Nelson 30 2 464 38 268 0.74

T84 Zman 4 463 27 269 0.75

T84 Aces of 8's 4 463 25 272 0.77

86 Make-b-leaf 2 462 42 269 0.74

T87 Spook 5 461 45 269 0.81

T87 Sabu Dave 4 461 44 268 0.76

89 Tony 6 459 33 273 0.78

90 Tor 4 458 40 277 0.76

91 Joelene 479 457 35 268 0.74

92 Kilimanjaro 5 456 38 273 0.77

93 Fanta 3 451 40 262 0.72

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RNK TEAM TOTAL LW GR P/G

T29 Big Nasty 14 508 58 277 0.78

T31 Dan Hecher 2 507 37 274 0.77

T31 Wind Walker's 2 507 42 274 0.78

33 DB22 2 506 40 270 0.81

T34 Foddude 4 504 39 274 0.82

T34 Rock-5050 4 504 46 276 0.79

T36 Go Jets Go 503 49 269 0.75

T36 Jet Rocker 503 49 269 0.75

T38 Farside Nucks 5 502 38 268 0.80

T38 Rockies Payci 3 502 37 274 0.79

T38 Mags 2 502 46 267 0.78

T38 S.S. Beagle 2 502 47 277 0.77

T38 Paul Stanley 502 48 269 0.78

43 Wind Walker's 1 2 500 54 272 0.77

44 Silent Sam 5 499 30 274 0.82

45 Pet Rock 4 498 32 273 0.76

46 Nelly 3 497 40 264 0.77

T47 Big Lew 4 496 50 263 0.79

T47 Red Rum 21 4 496 47 261 0.80

49 NWT 2 3 494 36 263 0.78

50 Snow Ball 2 493 61 268 0.76

T51 Love the B's 492 57 276 0.76

T51 Old Rock 2 492 58 273 0.79

T53 Granny's Piks 490 69 272 0.75

T53 Rockies Rule 490 38 262 0.75

T55 Daddy Mode 27 3 489 47 269 0.74

T55 Rockies Pilon 5 2 489 51 271 0.74

T55 Rho 2 489 40 268 0.78

58 Grace 6 4 485 39 269 0.80

59 Fards 2 483 39 264 0.78

T60 Bird 2 482 35 274 0.73

T60 Finn 2 482 49 273 0.78

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RNK TEAM TOTAL LW GR P/G

T62 Louie & Precious 478 49 270 0.74

T62 I tried 2 478 47 265 0.76

T64 Lo-Ball 4 477 49 270 0.77

T64 Heavy Water 2 477 40 270 0.75

T64 Go Habs Go 3 477 48 274 0.78

67 Jesse1968 2 476 59 269 0.75

T68 3251 2 475 48 273 0.76

T68 Dace 3 475 36 267 0.76

T68 Shanty Bay 475 58 266 0.73

71 Abe Froman 474 40 272 0.74

72 Hockey Gurl 16 5 473 37 271 0.76

T73 Alex 2 472 35 262 0.74

T73 Rock-50 3 472 39 271 0.76

T73 KBR 3 472 46 273 0.76

T76 Marco 5 471 35 268 0.78

T76 Captain Banana 3 471 54 266 0.80

78 Jerome Jr 15 4 468 27 266 0.78

T79 Canucks Suck 4 467 36 273 0.72

T79 Rouge Rocket 25 2 467 46 269 0.77

81 Lute 88 466 55 263 0.72

82 Banny02 4 465 43 272 0.78

83 Nelson 30 2 464 38 268 0.74

T84 Zman 4 463 27 269 0.75

T84 Aces of 8's 4 463 25 272 0.77

86 Make-b-leaf 2 462 42 269 0.74

T87 Spook 5 461 45 269 0.81

T87 Sabu Dave 4 461 44 268 0.76

89 Tony 6 459 33 273 0.78

90 Tor 4 458 40 277 0.76

91 Joelene 479 457 35 268 0.74

92 Kilimanjaro 5 456 38 273 0.77

93 Fanta 3 451 40 262 0.72

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RNK TEAM TOTAL LW GR P/G

T94 Rivs 10 2 448 57 269 0.71

T94 Buster's Pick 5 448 23 267 0.74

T96 Larry Phillips 3 445 44 265 0.72

T96 Blondie 445 41 270 0.69

98 Flame 6264 442 42 268 0.69

99 Prattsy 5 438 33 266 0.73

T100 Who Me? 2 436 42 269 0.74

T100 Die Hard Bruins 436 48 269 0.67

102 All Pumped Up 2 418 38 266 0.70

103 skateordie 4 414 30 272 0.73

104 MN1 2 401 35 268 0.65

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RNK TEAM TOTAL LW GR P/G

T29 Big Nasty 14 508 58 277 0.78

T31 Dan Hecher 2 507 37 274 0.77

T31 Wind Walker's 2 507 42 274 0.78

33 DB22 2 506 40 270 0.81

T34 Foddude 4 504 39 274 0.82

T34 Rock-5050 4 504 46 276 0.79

T36 Go Jets Go 503 49 269 0.75

T36 Jet Rocker 503 49 269 0.75

T38 Farside Nucks 5 502 38 268 0.80

T38 Rockies Payci 3 502 37 274 0.79

T38 Mags 2 502 46 267 0.78

T38 S.S. Beagle 2 502 47 277 0.77

T38 Paul Stanley 502 48 269 0.78

43 Wind Walker's 1 2 500 54 272 0.77

44 Silent Sam 5 499 30 274 0.82

45 Pet Rock 4 498 32 273 0.76

46 Nelly 3 497 40 264 0.77

T47 Big Lew 4 496 50 263 0.79

T47 Red Rum 21 4 496 47 261 0.80

49 NWT 2 3 494 36 263 0.78

50 Snow Ball 2 493 61 268 0.76

T51 Love the B's 492 57 276 0.76

T51 Old Rock 2 492 58 273 0.79

T53 Granny's Piks 490 69 272 0.75

T53 Rockies Rule 490 38 262 0.75

T55 Daddy Mode 27 3 489 47 269 0.74

T55 Rockies Pilon 5 2 489 51 271 0.74

T55 Rho 2 489 40 268 0.78

58 Grace 6 4 485 39 269 0.80

59 Fards 2 483 39 264 0.78

T60 Bird 2 482 35 274 0.73

T60 Finn 2 482 49 273 0.78

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RNK TEAM TOTAL LW GR P/G

T62 Louie & Precious 478 49 270 0.74

T62 I tried 2 478 47 265 0.76

T64 Lo-Ball 4 477 49 270 0.77

T64 Heavy Water 2 477 40 270 0.75

T64 Go Habs Go 3 477 48 274 0.78

67 Jesse1968 2 476 59 269 0.75

T68 3251 2 475 48 273 0.76

T68 Dace 3 475 36 267 0.76

T68 Shanty Bay 475 58 266 0.73

71 Abe Froman 474 40 272 0.74

72 Hockey Gurl 16 5 473 37 271 0.76

T73 Alex 2 472 35 262 0.74

T73 Rock-50 3 472 39 271 0.76

T73 KBR 3 472 46 273 0.76

T76 Marco 5 471 35 268 0.78

T76 Captain Banana 3 471 54 266 0.80

78 Jerome Jr 15 4 468 27 266 0.78

T79 Canucks Suck 4 467 36 273 0.72

T79 Rouge Rocket 25 2 467 46 269 0.77

81 Lute 88 466 55 263 0.72

82 Banny02 4 465 43 272 0.78

83 Nelson 30 2 464 38 268 0.74

T84 Zman 4 463 27 269 0.75

T84 Aces of 8's 4 463 25 272 0.77

86 Make-b-leaf 2 462 42 269 0.74

T87 Spook 5 461 45 269 0.81

T87 Sabu Dave 4 461 44 268 0.76

89 Tony 6 459 33 273 0.78

90 Tor 4 458 40 277 0.76

91 Joelene 479 457 35 268 0.74

92 Kilimanjaro 5 456 38 273 0.77

93 Fanta 3 451 40 262 0.72

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RNK TEAM TOTAL LW GR P/G

T94 Rivs 10 2 448 57 269 0.71

T94 Buster's Pick 5 448 23 267 0.74

T96 Larry Phillips 3 445 44 265 0.72

T96 Blondie 445 41 270 0.69

98 Flame 6264 442 42 268 0.69

99 Prattsy 5 438 33 266 0.73

T100 Who Me? 2 436 42 269 0.74

T100 Die Hard Bruins 436 48 269 0.67

102 All Pumped Up 2 418 38 266 0.70

103 skateordie 4 414 30 272 0.73

104 MN1 2 401 35 268 0.65

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Rank Name Total LW GR P/G Rank Name Total LW GR P/G Rank Name Total LW GR P/G

Grand Prize1 night stay at Copper Point

Resort and $50 dining certificate for Elements Grill

2 rounds of golffor the Ridge

at Copper Point Golf Club

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250-688-8885

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your lunch prize!

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www.invermerevalleyecho.com A15The Valley Echo Wednesday, April 3, 2013

1. Fishing hook end 5. A jump forward 9. Girl entering

society 12. Largest toad

species 13. Measure = 198

liters 15. Jeff Bridges’

brother 16. Past participle

of be 17. SE Iraq seaport 18. Paddles 19. Biotechnology:

___onomics 20. Perfectly 22. Japanese sash 25. Flower stalk 26. Bosnian ethnic

group 28. Longest divi-

sion of geologi-cal time

29. Hoover’s orga-nization

32. Thigh of a hog 33. Fabric woven

from flax 35. Upper limb 36. Basics 37. Satisfies to

excess 39. The cry made

by sheep 40. Go quickly 41. Allied head-

quarters in WWII

43. Paradoxical sleep

44. Point midway between N and NE

45. Refers to a female

46. Tears down (archaic sp.)

48. Increases motor speed

49. Nocturnal winged mam-mal

50. Integrated courses of stud-ies

54. Goat and camel hair fabric

57. Papuan mone-tary unit

58. Extreme or immoderate

62. Free from dan-ger

64. Musician Clap-ton

65. French young women

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nal 69. Allegheny plum

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mos 8. Abdominal cavi-

ty linings 9. Apportion cards 10. Ranking above

a viscount 11. Not idle 14. Former SW

German state 15. Constrictor

snake 21. Pica printing

unit 23. Where wine fer-

ments (abbr.) 24. Egyptian god-

dess 25. Boils vigorously 26. Oral polio vac-

cine developer 27. Master of cere-

monies 29. Fr. entomolo-

gist Jean Henri 30. Scottish hill-

sides 31. Islamic leader 32. Bakker’s down-

fall Jessica 34. TV show and

state capital 38. A citizen of Bel-

grade 42. Supervises fly-

ing 45. Sebaceous

gland secretion 47. Conditions of

balance 48. Ancient Egyp-

tian sun god

50. Part of a stairway

51. Time long past 52. Hawaiian

wreaths 53. Resin-like shel-

lac ingredient 55. Semitic fertility

god 56. 60’s hairstyle 59. Honey Boo

Boo’s network 60. Soak flax 61. Volcanic moun-

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Answer to March 27:

CrosswordApril 3, 2013

HoroscopeARIES Aries, some con� icting signals from a friend this week might seem like trouble is ahead. But it’s more likely that your perception of the situation is a little off.

TAURUSTaurus, your imagination has a life of its own this week. You may be thinking of living on the edge a little bit in the next few days but don’t overdo it.

GEMINIGemini, avoid a deep discussion about your feelings with someone at work this week. Now is not the time or the place to share anything personal, so keep it professional.

CANCERCancer, don’t get sidetracked this week because coworkers are expecting your full attention and effort at the of� ce. You may need to juggle a few responsibilities for the time being.

LEOLeo, make sure you comments are not misinterpreted this week. Someone might take something the wrong way, so choose your words carefully.

VIRGOVirgo, you may be feeling great physically, but there is a nagging problem that you simply cannot identify. Give it time and it will come to the surface.

LIBRALibra, you know what you want and do not need anyone’s approval, but you can’t help checking in with a family member this week to get a second opinion.

SCORPIOScorpio, channel your romantic feelings into action this week. Act sooner rather than later and make the most of your emotions while they’re strong.

SAGITTARIUSSagittarius, learn from the past but do not allow letdowns from the past to dictate your future. There is no guarantee that things will be repeated.

CAPRICORNCapricorn, write things down this week before you say them to be sure you have everything correct. This will help you when you need to make an important announcement.

AQUARIUSAquarius, you may feel like escaping to a fantasy world, but that does not mean the pressing matters will simply disappear. A vacation may recharge your batteries.PISCESYou are in much better shape than you think you are, Pisces. So don’t be too hard on yourself this week. It is alright to put your feet up.

First Week of April

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Coping with change and new jobsIn general, I’m fascinated by the interactions tak-

ing place among the various changes we are seeing – those I expect and those I don’t expect. Perhaps I’m most excited about the changes I don’t expect. It’s those changes that interact unexpectedly which may potentially have the greatest e� ect on our society.

� ere are many people whose response to these events, so di� erent from their past experience, is con-fusion and misunderstanding. For some, the future that once seemed rather good is suddenly thrown into turmoil as confusing changes become the norm.

It’s when I have to deal with people who experience the more painful e� ects of major changes in their lives that I get bothered. I have to admit, I’ve always had a di� cult thing dealing with the pain of others, no matter what the cause. When the cause is only partly visible, it’s more di� cult. And I still have to deal with new and di� erent things that are a� ecting my own life, as well.

I don’t know anyone who’s immune from these ef-fects, and I know from my own life and from the lives of good people I care about that change can be both fascinating and frightening. It is everywhere and af-fects us all.

At the same time, it is change in all its aspects that has directed the course of history as well as the lives of all the people making history. � at’s the way it works. If there was no change everything would stop, for it is only change that we use to measure the passage of time. Without change there would be no movement of the earth, the moon and the sun. � ere would be no night and no day. Even our own heartbeat would stop. It’s really the speed at which things change that’s so hard to get hold of.

Somewhere between the stagnant nothing of stand-ing still and the painful and confusing whirl of events we often seem to be experiencing, there may be a bal-ance point, though I don’t know anyone who has dis-covered it. Maybe we have to keep up with it on our

own, somehow.� is thought began with the most recent Canadian

Federal budget, believe it or not. I was wondering how some ideas would work. � ough the budget seems to be a lot of words with little or no e� ect, there was a major e� ort in it to focus a lot of attention on the need for education and development of skills required to meet the needs of the future and a changed world. It will actually take quite a bit of time before any of that comes into actual use, but as I contemplated it I began to wonder how it might work and how it might be used.

Already one change has clearly developed over the course of the last four or more years. For a long time, we in Canada developed a belief that a university ed-ucation is the most clearly productive way to invest in the future of our children. Greatly increasing cost of university and the decrease in jobs and earning

levels for many college degrees, have started to create questions about that idea. Since many of the future jobs will require skill development, we have started to increase our respect for skilled trades as a vehicle for establishing a future for our kids and their families.

We are certainly going to change our way of look-ing at education and training. It also seems certain we are going to see university courses a� ected by the po-tential job opportunities available in the � eld. Hard sciences are likely to continue to increase in numbers of graduates, and it is likely that the government will cease what seems to be an anti-scienti� c attitude re-garding development of government policy which will then allow a return of science to the � eld of al-tering government. It seems quite likely as well that what were once important � elds of study, like litera-ture and history, will have to struggle for a new and altered place in the human mind. But it also seems likely we will see a new set of values emerge that will allow a person to make a real career out of skills that have been allowed to take second place to knowledge gained through a university.

Unfortunately, we are also likely to see unskilled or low-skilled jobs losing the ground they had gained. Looking through the murky landscape of the future, it seems quite possible those jobs will come to be more and more often done by increasingly intelligent machines. As a result, many people who have � lled those jobs will be out of work, either temporarily or permanently.

In my own business of working with people on the � nancial aspects of their lives and planning of future actions, there has already been a lot of change. I can see a future in which much of what I do is altered as new products and new methods are developed to try to meet the needs of individuals and families. For-tunately, for me and for my clients, I’ve been able to keep up with the changes as they come. � at’s lucky for me. I’m going to keep it up, too!

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WINDERMERE VALLEY SHARED MINISTRYANGLICAN-UNITED

250-342-6644100-7th Avenue, Invermere

www.wvsm.ca Reverend Laura Hermakin

9 a.m.: Worship at All Saint’s,

Edgewater.

9:30 a.m.: God’s Breakfast Club

10:30 a.m.: Worship at Christ Church

Trinity, Invermere

CANADIAN MARTYRSCATHOLIC CHURCH

Roman Catholic ParishPastor: Father Gabriel

250-342-6167 Invermere250-344-6328 Golden

Confession: 1/2 hour before MassCanadian Martyrs’ Church

712 - 12 Ave, InvermereSaturday at 7 p.m.Sunday at 9 a.m.

St. Joseph’s ChurchHighway 93-95, Radium Hot Springs

Sunday at 11 a.m.Sacred Heart Parish

808 - 11 Street, GoldenSunday at 5 p.m.

St. Anthony’s MissionCorner of Luck and Dunn, Canal Flats

Saturday at 4:30 p.m. (served from Kimberly)

RADIUM CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP

For more information call 250-342-6633 or 250-347-6334

Loving God, Loving People

#4 - 7553 Main Street W, Radium

Sundays at 10 a.m.

Bible Studies#4 - 7553 Main Street W,

Radium Wednesday 7:00 p.m.

Kids’ Church Edgewater Hall

Thursday 6:30 p.m.

LAKE WINDERMEREALLIANCE CHURCH

326 - 10th Ave. 250-342-9535REV. TREVOR HAGAN

Senior Pastorwww.lakewindermerealliance.org

Sunday, April 7th10:30 a.m.

Worship and Life Instruction, “Multiply: A Disciple”

Pastor Trevor ministering.“K.I.D.S.” Church, for

children Age 3 to Grade 1; and Grades 2-5, during the

Morning Service.

VALLEY CHRISTIAN ASSEMBLY

Hwy. 93/95 1 km northof Windermere

Pastor:Murray Wittke

Sunday Service10 a.m. Worship & Word

Kid’s Church Provided

Call the office at 250-342-9511for more information.

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Sharing TruthShowing Love

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ST. PETER’SLUTHERAN MISSION

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Worship Servicesevery Sundayat 1:30 p.m.

at Christ Church Trinity110 - 7th Avenue,

Invermere

Pastor Rev. Fraser ColtmanPastor Rev. David Morton

1-866-426-7564

CHURCH SERVICES DIRECTORY

Merchandise for Sale

Misc. for SaleAT LAST! An iron fi lter that works. IronEater! Fully patent-ed Canada/U.S.A. Removes iron, hardness, smell, manga-nese. Since 1957. Visit our 29 innovative inventions; www.bigirondrilling.com or Phone 1-800-BIG-IRON.

For Sale: Radium Springs & Resort Golf Membership. 15,000.00 includes transfer fee. Ph. 250-342-9548

GOLF MEMBERSHIP for sale. SPRINGS AT RADIUM in-cludes Radium Golf Resort. $18,000 no HST. Contact: [email protected]

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Misc. WantedLocal Coin Collector Buying Collections, Accumulations, Olympic Gold & Silver Coins + Coin Guy: 778-281-0030

Registered Luing Bulls for sale. Phone 250-346-3100

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Rent To Own2 bdrm, 2 bath, townhome with garage at Black Forest. Up-graded fl ooring, looking onto green space. $1000 incl util. Owner Ken Becker (Realtor in B.C.) Call 250-342-1161

AcreageSpectacular Riverside Ranch or Eco-lodge Development, in Edgewater District.

www.riverlandquest.com. 250-347-9660

Apt/Condo for Rent2BDRM, 1 1/2 BATH apart-ment for rent, in Canal Flats. Great view, parking, F/S, D/W, microwave. $775 + utilities & D.D. Available im-mediately. Call (250)349-5306 or (250)489-8389.

2 brm suite, furnished, 5 appli-ances, adults, no pets, N/S. Quiet neighbourhood, walking distance to downtown. Available now $750/mth + utilities 250-342-7096Invermere Centre: 1 bdrm apartment, available immedi-ately, central location, parking at your door, laundry on site, one year lease, N/P, N/S. Call Sharon 250-688-1365

Duplex / 4 PlexFOR rent - 4 bedroom, 2 bath-room unit in duplex. Non-smokers, pets negotiable. Ex-cellent location close to Hospi-tal, college, rec plex and bus route. 2 parking stalls per side. Call 250-919-1300 [email protected]

Homes for RentLarge 4 bdrm, 2 bathroom

house, large yard, downtown Inv, W/D, DW, MW, N/S, fi re-place, internet, $1150 + util, Avail April 1. 250-341-1650 [email protected]

Suites, LowerTwo bdrm, close to Kinsmen beach & d/t. $1000 incl util, F/F 6 apl 250-342-8787. N/S, no pets

Rentals

Want to RentSENIOR professional seeks 4 - 6 month rental Monday to Friday weekly. N/s, n/d and re-sponsible. Furn preferably. Open to location and type of rental. 250-341-5314.

Transportation

Auto Financing

DreamTeam Auto Financing“0” Down, Bankruptcy OK -

Cash Back ! 15 min Approvals1-800-961-7022

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Legal

Legal NoticesREPAIRER’S LIEN ACT

Notice to: Bekerman, BreanneThe following vehicle: a 1990 Honda Civic,

white 2-door, VIN# 2HGED6302LH026075 AB Licence plate BBT9850

The Radium Hot Springs Esso will sell this vehicle for

$487.20 in unpaid repairs.The sale will take place 09:00, April 26, 2013 at the Radium Hot Springs Esso in Radium

Hot Springs, BC. (250-347-9726)

SNIFFout a newCAREER

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5 years ago (2008): Motorists on High-way 93/95 were forced to detour for one month as Copper Point Resort added an underground con-nection between � e Ridge and Copper Point golf courses. Roundabout alterna-tives were provided at the Athalmer inter-section and the Cop-per Road intersection.

***� e � rst Earth Hour

publicly promoted in B.C. was a success - 125 megawatts of electricity was saved in one hour on a Sat-urday night.

10 years ago (2003): After "inad-equately represent-ing the views of her constituents," an online petition was launched to recall Columbia River-Rev-elstoke MLA Wendy McMahon. � e goal for signatures on the petition was to sur-pass the amount of electoral support McMahon received – 8,067 votes.

***Windermere Fire

Department Chief Jim Miller replaced

the team's aging am-bulance with a rescue vehicle which was new to the depart-ment.

"I really feel we stretched the tax dollars as far as we could have. We didn't spend any dollars that didn't need to be spent," Miller said.

20 years ago (1993): B.C.'s NDP Finance Minister Glen Clark passed the 1993-1994 provincial budget without ob-jection. Municipali-ties were to receive the same amount in basic grants, and individual bene� ts were to see a mod-est increase, but Pro-vincial Sales Tax was to see a one per cent rise, while gasoline was to have a penny per litre tacked on, and cigarette costs were set to increase.

30 years ago (1983): Valley resident Yvonne Norrington was honoured for her weaving at the International Jury of the � ird Montreal Tapestry Bienniel. From an extensive assortment of � bre art submissions,

Norrington was cho-sen among 26 other Canadian � bre art-ists to complete the project in one year. From there, it would be shown at the Montreal Exhibition, and then toured throughout Canada, the US, and Europe.

40 years ago (1973): A complete renovation at a rest home the previous year left residents noticing its great-est fault: not enough space. With that, a big addition was slated for the Pynelogs Rest Home. A new foyer was to be built on the east side of the build-ing, which would

have enough space to accommodate a new o� ce and a 264 square foot dining room. MLA James Chabot and Norman Levi, the Minster of Rehabilitation and Social Improvement, interviewed Pynelogs operators, who ex-pressed adequate concern for renova-tions, and estimated the cost to come be-tween $25,000 and $30,000.

45 years ago (1968): While busy casting away, a � sh-erman saw his dog Sandy curiously gaz-ing into a 25-foot deep well. Sandy then fell into the

well and was forced to cling on to a log. � e owner ran home to grab an extension cord, he returned to the well and lassoed Sandy to safety. � e Echo reminded read-ers, "it could have been a child."

50 years ago (1963): Const. Robert Kropinak relo-cated from Crescent Valley to join Inver-mere's RCMP police force. Kropinak's ad-dition brought the lo-cal squad up to three full-time members. In a weekly police re-port, a Windermere man was � ned $50 for supplying liquor to minors.

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Remember When?

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

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Your search for quality and dependability ends with us.Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning Specialists

Truck Mounted System • Customer Satisfaction GuaranteedDean HubmanCertifi ed Technician250-342-3052

Toll Free: 877-342-3052Invermere, BC V0A 1K3

[email protected]

Your search for quality and dependability ends with us.Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning Specialists

Truck Mounted System • Customer Satisfaction GuaranteedDean HubmanCertifi ed Technician250-342-3052

Toll Free: 877-342-3052Invermere, BC V0A 1K3

[email protected]

RADIUM HOT SPRINGS ESSO

• Gas • Propane • Diesel • Automotive Repairs • Tires & Batteries • Greyhound

• CAA approved automotive repair •

MECHANICAL REPAIRS AVAILABLE9 a.m. - 5 p.m. 7 Days A Week

250-347-9726 7507 Main Street West

• Plumbing, Repair and Installation

• Drain Lines• Hot Water Tanks

DCS Plumbing

• Over 30 years experience • 24 hour emergency service • Seniors’ Discount

250-341-8501

Kerry Colonna 250-342-5089Located in the Diamond Heating & Spa building in Athalmer

The WaTer & air Company!

Purify the water you drink and the air you breathe!

Water Treatment: filtration and purification

Furnace and Duct cleaning

J. Douglas Kipp, B. Sc. (Pharm.)Laura Kipp, Pharm D.

Irena Sedlakova, B. Sc. (Pharm.)Your compounding pharmacy

Come in and browse our giftware!Open Monday - Saturday • 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

1301 - 7th Avenue, Invermere • 250-342-6612

Lambert-Kipp Pharmacy Ltd.

Environmentally-friendly integrated pest managementAsk about our maintenance programs All work guaranteed

PEST QUESTIONS? Visit our website:WWW.CRANBROOKPESTCONTROL.COM

[email protected]

Cranbrook Pest Control

250-426-9586 • 1-888-371-6299

Thermal Imaging

Bruce Dehart 250-347-9803 or 250-342-5357

• Complete sewer/drain repairs • Reasonable rates - Seniors’ discount • Speedy service - 7 days a week

• A well-maintained septic system should be pumped every 2-3 years• Avoid costly repairs

Septic Tank PumpingPortable

Toilet Rentals

NEWSEWER

CAMERA

QUALITY AUTO SERVICEYOU CAN TRUST

Lake Auto ServiceALL MAKES • ALL MODELS

AUTOMOTIVE REPAIRS

OPEN MONDAY TO FRIDAY8:30 A.M. - 5:30 P.M.

Main Street • Downtown Invermere250-342-9310

READY MIX CONCRETE• CONCRETE PUMP • SAND & GRAVEL

• HEAVY EQUIPMENT RENTALS • CRANE SERVICE

For competitive prices and prompt service call:

250-342-3268 (plant) 250-342-6767 (office)

Proudly serving the Valley for over 50 years.

To advertise, call: 250-342-9216

Warbrick Towing & [email protected] • Cell: 250-342-5851

Warbrick Towing & Salvage

■ Lockout Service ■ Lake Recovery ■ 24 Hour Towing ■ Prompt Service

Also o� ering FREE year-round pickup of

unwanted vehiclesCall us to advertise

in this spot!250-342-9216

250-342-9216 • [email protected]

Call Angela to book a spot in

Serving the Valley!

Angela Krebs