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Wrapping Paper - all paper based wrapping paper can be recycled in the yellow bins or Invermere’s blue bag program. Foil based papers cannot be recycled and should be thrown in the garbage if they can’t be saved and reused. Please consider paper based paper when purchasing gift wrap.
Ribbons & Bows - cannot be recycled. They can be saved and reused. If they can no longer be reused, they go in the garbage.
Aluminum Pie Plates & Roasters - cannot be recycled. They can be rinsed and reused. If they are not longer usable, they go in the garbage.
Cardboard Boxes - all cardboard and boxboard (like cracker and cereal boxes) are recyclable. Please flatten them to conserve space in the bin or blue bag.
Tin Cans - all tin food and beverage cans can be recycled. They must be rinsed out. Labels can be left on if they are difficult to remove.
Styrofoam - Even though Styrofoam is marked with a #6, it is NOT recyclable in our program. It should go in the garbage if it can’t be reused.
Plastics - all plastics with the triangular recycling symbol and the number between 1 and 6 (except Styrofoam) can be recycled in the yellow bins or Invermere’s blue bag program. They must be clean and every piece of plastic must be numbered. Lids often are a different type of plastic, and if there is no number on the item, it goes in the garbage if it can’t be reused.
Plastics Not Accepted:• #7 plastics, dirty plastics, plastics with no number. They go in the garbage if
they can’t be reused.
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For more information, contact the RDEK at 1-888-478-7335
ElectronicsElectronicsElectronicsElectronicsElectronicsElectronicsRecyclingRecyclingRecyclingThere is a new, permanent electronics recycling depot for the Columbia Valley!
Invermere Bottle Depot133 Industrial Rd. #2Phone: 250-342-7272Hours: Mon-Fri 9:00am-3:45pm
Sat 10:00am-3:45pmThey accept• Televisions• Computers & peripherals
(keyboard, mouse)• Monitors• Fax machines• DVD/VHS players• Scanners• Stereos, MP3 players
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• Earphones• Microphones• Telephones• Speakers• Radios• Cable, satellite and PVR
boxes• Vehicle audio and video
systems
BatteriesBatteriesBatteriesBatteriesBatteriesBatteriesOne of the items people seem to stock up on at this time of year is batteries. Both alkaline and rechargeable batteries are recyclable.
The drop off location in the Columbia Valley is:
Selkirk TV & Appliance, Invermere
Glass RecyclingGlass RecyclingGlass RecyclingGlass RecyclingGlass RecyclingGlass RecyclingGlass goes in the yellow bins marked GLASS ONLY.
The ONLY glass accepted for recycling is container glass. That means jam jars, salsa jars, wine bottles, olive oil bottles, etc.
NO other glass (including dishes or drinking glasses) is accepted. If in doubt, please leave it out.
Glass bins are located at the Columbia Valley Landfill, Edgewater Post Office, Fairmont Transfer Station, Invermere Industrial Park, Invemere Bottle Depot, and Radium Liquor Store
COLUMBIA VALLEY LANDFILL
December 24 9:00am-3:30pmDecember 25 ClosedDecember 26 9:00am-6:00pmDecember 31 9:00am-3:30pmJanuary 1 Closed
All other days, the Landfill will be open from 9:00am to 6:00pm.
COLUMBIA VALLEY RDEK OFFICE
The RDEK Columbia Valley Office is open Monday to Friday 8:30am to 4:30pm
(closed 12pm to 1pm). During the holiday season, the only change to those regular hours is as follows:
December 24 8:30am-3:00pm (closed 12pm-1pm)December 25 ClosedDecember 26 ClosedDecember 31 8:30am-3:00pm (closed 12pm-1pm)January 1 Closed
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The key to winning the Lake Windermere Ambassador's 'Catch the Freeze' contest is knowing Lake Win-dermere inside and out. Just ask longtime Invermere resident Don Steedman.
Steedman, who made local headlines last winter after he accidentally plunged through the ice while mountain biking on the lake in January, was one of 50 or so people who entered the contest to guess when the lake's sur-face would freeze over edge to edge. Steedman, along with Baiba Morrow of Wilmer, correctly guessed December 10 and the winners won an 'I Love My Lake' T-shirt for their accurate calculations.
"I'll wear it proudly," grinned Steedman.
But this doesn't mean the ice is safe, warned Lake Win-dermere Ambassa-dors (LWA) program co-ordinator Kirsten Harma.
The date of the freeze was determined visu-ally over a matter of days by the contest's judges — Harma and District of Invermere mayor Gerry Taft — with a little help from LWA board member Terry MacRitchie, who witnessed two coyotes cross the lake on the 10th.
"We want to caution people that in no way do we claim that the lake is good enough to walk on or solid enough for any activ-ity," Harma said.
According to histor-
ic lake freeze infor-mation recorded by the Lake Windermere Project and based on MacRitchie's per-sonal observations, this year's freeze date is the most delayed since 2004, when ice began forming in October but the ac-
tual freeze date was sometime between December 12 and 20.
Unfortunately, this means the Lake Win-dermere Whiteway — the 17 kilome-tre groomed track that runs all the way around the lake's ice — will not be ready
for public use before Christmas, or even New Year's.
"I'll put the cross
country ski track down at eight inch-es," said Brad Kitch-ing, who is hired by
the Toby Creek Nor-dic Club to groom and maintain the Whiteway.
"The thing that con-cerns me the most is consistency," he said. "I may have three inches over here but only two over there because the waters moving in that loca-tion or there’s a creek or a spring."
In a day, Kitch-ing might drill 300 holes over the course where the track will go to determine its consistency.
"Really, I’m not paying attention to it until there’s at least six inches," he said. "Generally speaking, if it’s minus 10 (Cel-sius) we gain an inch a night, or a day."
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Ice needs to be eight inches for Whiteway to open to public
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Legal Notice – Snowmobile RestrictionCatamount and North Star Glaciers
CLOSED TO SNOWMOBILINGCatamount and North Star Glaciers in the Upper Forster Creek drainage are closed annually to recreational snowmobile use. This closure is pursuant to Section 58 (1) (b) of the Forest and Range Practices Act.
UNDER REVIEWThe Province is currently reviewing the existing closures on the Catamount and North Star Glaciers in consultation with local stakeholder groups. The existing Section 58 order will remain in effect until otherwise notified.Enforcement patrols will focus on non-compliance. Any forthcoming amendments to the closure area would be on a trial basis.
CURRENTLY OPEN TO SNOWMOBILING
• ForsterCreekTrail• ForsterMeadows• ThunderwaterandWhirlpoolLakes
NEARBY SNOWMOBILING
• BrewerCreek–intermediateridingsouthofInvermere
• RockyPointCreek-intermediateandadvancedriding-BugabooCreekarea
• McMurdoCreek/SilentPass-groomedtrailwest of Parson
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Le personnel des sources thermales Radium vous souhaiteun joyeux temps des Fêtes
Lake Windermere surface frozen but not safe
PHoto by Nicole trigg/tHe ecHoLake Windermere Ambassadors program co-ordinator Kirsten Harma and District of Invermere mayor Gerry Taft con-gratulate one of the 'Catch the Freeze' contest winners Don Steedman on Thursday (December 13) after awarding him his prize — a special edition "I Love My Lake" T-shirt.
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Radium woman dies in highway accident
A Village of Radium Hot Springs woman has died af-ter she was involved in a two-car collision on Highway 93/95, three kilometres north of Invermere.
According to a release from the East Kootenay Traf-fic Services, Cpl. Shayne Parker, Columbia Valley RCMP and East Kootenay Traffic Services responded to a two-vehicle collision at 9:06 a.m. on Wednesday, December 12. A southbound Dodge Dakota had lost control and crossed the centre line, and was struck by a northbound Chevy Silverado.
The driver of the Dodge Dakota was a 63-year-old fe-male from Radium Hot Springs who was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident.
The occupants of the Chevy Silverado were a 27-year-old female and her three-year-old son. They were both taken to hospital with serious but not life threatening injuries.
The collision is still under investigation, and Parker said it appears that speeding relative to the road con-ditions was a factor.
On Monday (December 17), Parker told The Valley Echo that RCMP will not be officially releasing the name of the deceased in order to protect the family.
Speed was a factor in two-vehicle collision that resulted in one fatality
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To have the Whiteway ready to go for New Year's, the tem-perature needs to be minus ten consistently for about ten
days, Kitching said, and as soon as the Whiteway is oper-ational, the Toby Creek Nor-dic Club will make a public announcement and put signs out on the ice to indicate it's open for public use.
"I will just keep on monitor-ing it as it gets closer and clos-er and hopefully we’ll be able to get it going for New Year's," Kitching said. "I would say right now Christmas is out of the way."
submitted imageLake Windermere's historic freeze dates as compiled by the Lake Windermere Ambassadors.
Colder temperatures neededContinued from Page a3
A judge shortage at the Cran-brook Law Courts has caused Bri-an Panebianco's bail hearing to be put over once more to February 6.
Judge Grant Sheard was unable to hear the Provincial Court case on December 13, and so Panebi-anco's matter was put over into the new year.
Panebianco, 23, is charged with manslaughter, criminal negli-gence causing death, robbery, assault causing bodily harm, and breach of undertaking. The
charges are in relation to the death of Invermerre resident Cory Jarock. He was originally taken into custody in July of this year with the latter three charges. They were upgraded in August to include manslaughter and crimi-nal negligence causing death.
Crown counsel Lynal Doerksen said Panebianco will remain in custody until the February date when a bail hearing will take place.
Columbia Valley RCMP Staff Sgt. Marko Shehovac has said that Panebianco was well-known to police before his arrest, and was also wanted on other outstanding warrants.
Panebianco's matter wasn't the only one affected by the judge short-age. Family court in Cranbrook was held with a judge presiding via video link from another location.
Panebianco case stalled by judge shortagePanebianco to stay in custody until bail hearing in February
ANNALEE GRANTCranbrook Daily Townsman
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The Columbia Val-ley’s cattle popula-tion has plummeted since strict meat regulations were in-troduced in B.C. af-ter the 2004 “mad cow” scare, but the Windermere Dis-trict Farmers’ In-stitute (WDFI) has a plan to buck the trend and reinvigo-rate the local cattle industry once again.
The organization’s proposal for a local abattoir, or slaugh-terhouse, is slowly gaining traction. With a potential op-erator lined up and a $10,000 Columbia Basin Trust grant for a business plan in hand, the Wind-ermere Farmers’ In-stitute is currently waiting for final ap-proval on its agri-cultural non-farm use permit before approaching the Re-gional District of East Kootenay to apply for rezoning.
“We’re (also) get-ting ahead on the de-sign so that the plan can preliminarily be approved by the BC Centre for Disease Control,” said WDFI projects co-ordina-tor Hedi Trescher. “Hopefully by the end of January we are going to have a re-ally good estimate of what it’s going to cost us and we will have the plan theoretically approved.”
Whereas local ranchers used to be able to slaugh-ter their own cattle and sell it locally, the new regulations brought in after the “mad cow”, or bovine spongiform enceph-alopathy (BSE), scare require that animals have to be slaugh-
tered in a provin-cially inspected ab-attoir in order to be sold to the public.
“What it means now is our nearest abattoir is in Cranbrook so in order to get some-
thing slaughtered, the farmer would have to haul the ani-mal down there, then go home, then when it is slaughtered and inspected, he has to go down and pick up the meat and ev-erything adds to the cost,” said Trescher. “It just becomes im-possible to do, par-ticularly for ranchers in the Golden area.”
Cow-calf opera-tions make up the bulk of the valley’s cattle industry. Cows give birth to calves in the spring, which are raised through the summer and sold to feed lots in Alberta in the fall. The cows are then bred again and the cycle repeats. A nearby abattoir will allow for the animals to be slaughtered lo-cally and marketed locally as local, grass-fed or hormone-free beef, said Trescher.
“An individual farmer would then have the ability to find a niche market when he raises this animal,” she said.
The proposed loca-tion for the abattoir — to be called Co-lumbia Valley Meats — is a piece of land owned by the WDFI accessible off High-way 93/95 adjacent to and north of Town & Country Feeds.
“Historically that area’s been used for rodeo and showing livestock,” said local rancher John Zehnder of Zehnder Farms. “It’s just going to be a pretty basic building; it’s going to blend in with what’s there.”
He stressed that there would be no smell and that the public won’t be able to see the animals as the facility will be enclosed. And the
animals are rendered unconscious in an instant so they don’t have to suffer, he explained.
The scale of the op-eration is surprising-ly small. Zehnder es-timates that even in a busy period the ab-attoir might operate twice a week, slaugh-tering no more than five to six animals a day.
“I don’t think there’s much more demand for it than that; we’re thinking maybe 200 to 300 an-imals a year.”
While the abattoir is intended mainly for the cow-calf opera-tions, Zehnder said the WDFI is hoping it will also encourage the return of the small livestock industry.
“I think there is also a demand in the res-taurants for locally grown pork or lamb or goat so if we do have an abattoir it just makes it so much more convenient and more economical so we’re hoping some of those small scale livestock operations come back.”
The WDFI intends to obtain grants to build the abattoir then lease it out to an operator. So far there is a verbal agreement with the Konig Meat & Sausage Company,
which operates the deli and butcher’s shop in downtown Invermere.
A business plan that details all the economic spin offs of having this particular facility available lo-cally is being devel-oped by Katie Wells of Wells Business So-lutions to assist with the WDFI’s grant ap-plication process.
“Right now people who are in the val-
ue-added beef busi-ness can’t access product in order to do their value added services,” said Wells, “but now they could purchase a cow and do that work them-selves, or restaurants for example will be
able to either work with a local farmer or butcher.”
It could also open the door for certi-fied organic livestock operations, said Zehnder.
“This just provides another marketing option and creates a bit more stability,” he said. “If you can get a portion of your sales going locally it just diversifies your income so you’re not stuck on that one market where you have to sell every-thing to the feed lots in Alberta.”
The WDFI is plan-ning a public out-reach campaign to find out if valley resi-dents support having local beef available. Send your comments to Wells by email at [email protected] or call 1-800-291-1653 or 250-342-5991.
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Progress made on local abattoir Canal Flats councillor resigns
There has been a big shake up on the Vil-lage of Canal Flats town council, as councillor Evence Blanchard announced his resignation at a regularly scheduled council meeting on December 10.
"Hopefully sometime in the future he will run again, because I think that he did an ex-cellent job," Mayor Ute Juras said. "He's very passionate about the community."
As a result of Blanchard's departure, Canal Flats will now head for a by-election to elect a new village councillor. A call for nominations has not yet gone out, and Juras said they will wait until after New Year's to begin looking for candidates. Following that, the by-election is likely to take place in late March.
"I'm hoping it will be someone that knows the community, cares about the community and has the community's best interests at heart," Juras said.
Juras said Blanchard had a lot going on in his life and felt that he could no longer give the time commitment necessary that the job deserved. Blanchard could not be reached for comment.
"I just want to make sure people know that I think (Blanchard) did an excellent job, we will all miss him," Juras said. "He brought a lot to the table, but we understand that priorities change and we just have to go with that."
“We're hoping some of those small scale livestock operations come back.”
John zehnder, rancherzehnder farms ltd.
Project will encourage local meats market by reducing cost and time of processing animals
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Let's not forget Winter Solstice
Christmas lights, Christmas decorations, Christmas parties, shopping for Christmas pres-ents.... the weeks leading up to December 25 are a whirlwind of festive activities and things-to-do in preparation of what many consider to be the biggest and best holiday celebration of the year.
But tucked away in the third calendar week of De-cember is another celebration, one that pre-dates the birth of little baby Jesus in a manger in Beth-lehem and our Western calendar's distinction be-tween Anno Domini (AD) and Before Christ (BC).
It's also older than Santa Claus, more formally known as Saint Nicholas, who was a fourth cen-tury Christian saint.
It's an astronomical and cultural event called winter solstice that can be traced back to Neolithic times, evidenced by archaeological sites such as Stonehenge in Britain and Newgrange in Ireland. Newgrange, a tomb in Ireland that dates back to possibly 3,200 BC, is illuminated by the winter sol-stice sunrise. As explained by Wikipedia: "A shaft of sunlight shines through the roof box over the en-trance and penetrates the passage to light up the chamber. The dramatic event lasts for 17 minutes at dawn from the 19th to the 23rd of December."
Occurring on the shortest day and longest night of the year, usually December 21, winter solstice is the time when the sun is at its southernmost point in the sky. Cultures worldwide have rec-ognized its seasonal significance of reversing the longer nights and shorter days that lead up to mid-winter. And it continues to be celebrated with festivals, gatherings and rituals.
This year's winter solstice has an added perk. It's regarded as the end of the Mayan calendar, a 5,125-year-long cycle that holds mythical signfi-cance numerologically as well as astrologically.
You may have even heard that the world is going to end, a theory ridiculed by NASA scientists who compare the calendar ending to the one on your kitchen wall that doesn't cease to exist after De-cember 31. Whatever happens — or doesn't hap-pen — on December 21, it won't hurt to take time out from the hectic holiday rush and honour the ancient wisdom of our ancestors and tune into nature. Happy winter solstice to everyone.
We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Canada Periodical Fund of the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Dear Editor,Stephen Harper has done it again with
his treasonous approval of the Chinese government-controlled CNOOC’s take-over bid for the Canadian tar sands gi-ant Nexen. His deal gives the Chinese between three and six billion barrels of tar sands oil. Harper’s approval came with no public input and was an-nounced late on a Friday afternoon — a clear attempt to sneak it under the pub-lic’s radar. The deal is bad for several reasons — the most important being his gift of a Canadian resource to a for-eign government.
Even worse is the fact that Harper could at any time approve the Can-ada-China Foreign Investment Pro-tection Act (FIPA). If he approves this act, CNOOC (and any other Chinese corporation invested in Canada) will be able to sue Canadian govern-ments (federal and provincial) in se-cret tribunals if our governments do anything which CNOOC perceives as a threat to its corporate profits. This would include any environmental protections and job creation efforts.
Harper’s latest action is just one more example of his failure to protect the interests of Canada. Canadians must wake up to his treachery and tell
him that Canada is not for sale. The hypocrite Harper, who in the past railed against the communist Chinese government, must protect Canadian democracy and our natural resourc-es. He must be told not to ratify FIPA.
Norm FunnellRadium
Dear Editor,There has been a lot of negative com-
ment lately about our provincial gov-ernment’s ill-advised decision to make the Jumbo Valley an incorporated municipality complete with a puppet council but not one single resident.
Because of the Jumbo issue, anoth-er example of the government’s dis-honesty has gone unnoticed here in East Kootenay. In April 2010, accord-ing to the Globe and Mail and CBC Radio, the Pacific Western Brewing Co. of Prince George hired Liberal insider Patrick Kinsella to lobby the provincial government for a substan-tial tax break that would not be avail-able to other brewers.
In early November 2012, Pacific Western made an in-kind donation valued at $27,000 for use as an auc-tion item at a political fundraiser cabinet minister Rick Coleman held in his riding.
Two weeks later, Coleman granted Pacific Western the tax break they wanted. When this became public knowledge, the furor that erupted forced him to return the $27,000 dona-tion and come up with a policy that is fairer to all the brewers in the province.
There is a very fine dividing line be-tween what is a political contribution and what is a bribe. In my opinion, the $27,000 in-kind gift was a bribe.
If Premier Clark does not demand Rick Coleman’s resignation, it will be one more indication that our provincial government has lost its moral compass.
Jim GallowayBrisco
Dear Editor, Fresh out of high school, I went to
work for the retail giant Dylex. The company’s name is an acronym that literally stands for Damn Your Lame EXcuses. No lame excuses would ever account for poor performance.
I would like to inject the term “Dylex” into the editorial donny-brook between MLA Norm MacDon-ald and the one Norm refers to as “the local BC Liberals spokesperson.” He dare not speak his name out of
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PM is hurting Canada
NICOLE [email protected]
No more excuses
Opinion & Letters something to say?email [email protected]
Bribes vs. contributions
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Community Calendar
THURS DEC 20• Last day to drop off Coats for Kids, CIBC, Monkey's Uncle, 4th Ave near RONA, Hot Springs Studio in Fairmont. Deadline is noon. 250-342-2033 for more information. Volunteers needed to hand out coats.
DEC 2123• Late night shop-ping, Invermere, until 8 p.m each night• Killer Rollbots gift wrapping, visitor's information hut beside Book Bar, 6 - 8:30 p.m.
FRI DEC 21• CV Rockies play Golden Rockets, Eddie Mountain Memorial Arena, 7:30 p.m.
SUN DEC 23• Tim Hortons Free Skate, Eddie Mountain Memorial Arena, 5:45 - 6:45 p.m.
MON DEC 24• Christmas Eve Fireworks, Conrad Kain Park, Wilmer. Bonfi res and hot chocolate, 8 p.m.• Torchlight Parade and Fireworks Fair-mont Ski Area
THURS DEC 27• Tim Hortons Free Skate, Eddie Mountain Memorial Arena, 5:30 - 7 p.m.
MON DEC 31• Village of Radium Hot Springs 22nd Birthday Celebra-tion at Brent’s Shack, 3 - 6 p.m.• Village of Radium Hot Springs Annual Fire Works Celebra-tion, Springs Driving Range, 6:30 p.m.
EVERY SUNDAY
• Public Indoor Rock Climbing, Laird School, 5-8 p.m., $5.• Radium Seniors’ Carpet Bowling, 1:30 p.m., Seniors' Hall
2nd SUNDAY• LW Alliance Church Sing and Celebrate, 7 p.m. For more informa-tion call Clarence Stauff er, 250-342-9580
EVERY MONDAY• Gentle drop-in carpet bowling, 1:30 p.m., Seniors' Centre• Cadets, 6:30-9 p.m. for boys and girls, ages 12-17. Cost: FREE (includes uniform). Info: Rick Dendy 250-341-1509.• Duplicate Bridge, 6:30 p.m., Invermere Seniors’ Hall, $2/person. Visitors welcome• 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. Confi den-tial service: low-cost birth control, and STI testing
1st TUESDAY• Invermere Camera Club 7 p.m. Tanya, [email protected]
EVERY TUESDAY• Yoga THRIVE- Yoga for Cancer Sur-vivors. Hot springs studio, Fairmont Village Mall. For info call Jan Klimek at 250-342-1195• Shuswap Bingo at the Shuswap Indian Band Offi ce 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 Library. 6 - 8 p.m. Call 250-342-6416
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.
EVERY THURSDAY• Cadets, 6:30-9 p.m. for boys and girls, ages 12-17. Cost: FREE (includes uniform). Info: Rick Dendy 250-341-1509• Children's Air Rifl e Program, with the LWDRGC, Inv. Com-munity Hall, 7 - 8:30 p.m., free of charge, ages 6-15. Learn safety, marksman-ship, equipment provided
EVERY FRIDAY• Baby Goose pro-gram for parents and babies up to 18 months. 9:30-11:30 a.m. at Eileen Madson 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.
INVERMERETHRIFT STORE• Th ursdays 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays, 1 - 4 p.m.
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Rotary of Radium Hot Springs meets at Higher Ground, Wednesdays at 7 a.m. Ongoing fundraising is going towards the Bicycle Pump Track.
Rotary Club of Invermere meets every Thursday at 11:45 a.m. in the mezzanine at Eddie Mountain Memorial Arena. The Rotary meeting on December 20 will be a Christmas party.
Chris Elder of Panorama Mountain Village presents everything Yureme will need for a ski season.
Rotary International
Well, my time has fi nally come, and like dozens of local newspaper reporters before me, I’ll be leaving the valley I’ve called home for the past year in pursuit of greener pastures. Some of you may know that I’m originally from Ontario, and having recently accept-ed a job with a newspaper in Belleville, ON, I’ll be head-ing back to start a new life in a new community before the end of the month. I’m not happy to leave, but I’m not entirely distraught either — family and friends are a lure too strong for me to resist. Th at’s not to say I haven’t made some strong con-nections and great friends during my time here, but my goal never was to settle down indefi nitely. I always planned on returning to On-tario some day, and while I’ve certainly become very fond of the Columbia Valley, opportunity beckons.
Over the last year, I’ve had some amazing experiences here in B.C. and I’ve met some truly incredible peo-ple. I’d like to take this op-portunity to thank each and every person who made an eff ort to make me feel wel-come, from all walks of life. Invermere and the Colum-bia Valley as a whole may be a small community, but you certainly aren’t short on warm, caring people who do their best to make this place a home to be proud of. I’d also like to thank my fellow staff , past and present, at � e Valley Echo. A huge thanks goes out to Marilyn Berry, Jess de Groot, Nicole Trigg, Renice Oaks, Dave Hamilton, Angela Krebs, Dean Midyette and Rose-Marie Regitnig for putting up with me and mak-ing me feel at home every day that I came into work. I owe many of you a huge debt and although I’m leav-ing I’ll never forget the time I
spent here. I feel like no mat-ter where I end up in life, I’ll always have a small piece of B.C. to call home, and for that I thank you. Th ere are so many organiza-tions, groups and individuals I want to thank, but in the inter-ests of concise writing, I’ll have to leave it at this. Some of you I’ve had the chance to speak with and thank personally, but just because I didn’t see you before I left doesn’t mean I don’t appreciate everything you do for your community on a daily basis. Th e Columbia Valley is without a doubt the most beautiful place I will ever have the opportunity to live and work, and it feels like I’m ripping out a part of myself by leaving. Hindsight is 20/20, and looking back now I truly wish I had made an eff ort to get to know some of you bet-ter, and to make more of my time here. Best of luck, Steve Jessel
Farewell and adieuO� the Record — Steve Jessel
fear of conjuring up a monster — not unlike like Beetlejuice or Bloody Mary!
Th is round: “Politics vs Accomplishments.” Norm’s offi cial opponent, BC Liberal candi-
date Doug Clovechok, comes out swinging, suggesting a responsible MLA should give constituents continued update on his accom-plishments, not just a bi-weekly anti-BC Lib-eral commentary.
Norm vehemently disagrees, claiming that letting us know what he is up to would be akin to creating a “bragging list” and transparency surrounding his work would breach the MLA’s “code of ethics?” Dylex! Norm explains his pri-mary role is to spout a non-stop smear cam-paign against the BC Liberal Party.
Norm clearly deserves some kudos; he works very hard for his party and he is a good critic — this is an essential component of his role and serves to keep the conversations and issues bal-anced. What about the rest of the role? What
about fair representation for ALL of us? What about jobs, healthcare, education and infra-structure? Many of us feel orphaned by Norm’s lack of representation, forcing us to search out surrogates in his absence. He has left us cut off , stranded — he had severed many ties between us and Victoria; he stands shoulder to shoulder with special interest groups and fi ghts to kill jobs in our region, simultaneously ignoring the voices of those who support responsible growth.
Dylex Norm!! For eight years we’ve waited for your bragging lists and all we get week after week is NDP grandstanding and excuses.
To date, Doug’s bragging list is very impres-sive. Many of us already rely on him to carry our urgent needs to the provincial and federal governments and they listen. Doug supports education, strong communities, opportuni-ties for families and initiatives that create jobs.
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He is working to im-prove vital sta� ng in our healthcare system, � ghts for seniors and aids in creating part-nerships for industry. Aside from his full-time job, Doug works tirelessly in commu-
nities throughout the Columbia River-Rev-elstoke riding to im-prove the overall qual-ity of life for the people in our region — all of this and he still � nds ample time to rebuke socialism and criticize
the NDP Party. Norm is well paid
by the tax payers of B.C. and boasts the third highest travel expenses in the prov-ince — we had an ex-pectation of a much higher return on our
investment than an NDP cheerleader...
Doug already un-derstands the roles and responsibilities of an MLA and acts accordingly.
I will look forward to reading the lists of
his accomplishments as our MLA — ac-complishments that will be worth brag-ging for!
Dave McGrath Invermere
Dear Editor,� e Valley Echo
of December 5 de-scribed the discovery of a huge water leak at 12th Avenue.
When the total sys-tem consumption of water is higher than normal, one should suspect a problem. At this time of year, with no lawn irrigation,
the volume of water distributed should be approximately equal to the amount sewage received at the dispos-al beds. A large di� er-ence in these volumes should be viewed with suspicion.
Stan RokoshInvermere
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Read the signs
Somebody asked me a while back about some upcoming changes to Canadian pension they had heard about. I said I would look into it to see what was going on. Well, I’m glad I did because I learned a lot. � e speci� c fear that I was asked about appears to be un-founded, thankfully. � ere was a private member’s bill before Parliament suggesting several changes, one of which would have a� ected residency re-quirements in order to collect the Old Age Security (OAS). � e current requirement is 10 years of adult life and will remain that way because the bill suggesting a shorter period of time has been withdrawn. At this time, you have to be 65 in order to collect the OAS (unless you are a survivor — there are some di� erent rules for that) and the amount you are paid is pretty much based on how much of your adult life you lived in Canada. � e OAS is funded by the Government of Cana-da. Major changes being intro-duced over the coming years will a� ect those aged 54 and under, however. For instance, they are going to have to work a couple of years longer until the age of 67 before they can collect. � e Canadian Pension Plan
(CPP) is completely funded by mandatory contributions from both employees and employ-ers. It likely wouldn’t hurt to consult a professional before applying for this or any pen-sion. I’m contemplating ap-plying now at the age of 60. Or I could decide to wait until I’m 70 — it is my right to do so. � e amount I receive each month will be less, though, the ear-lier I elect to receive it. By the way, in order to qualify for a CPP you must have worked in Canada and contributed to the plan for at least one pay period. Don’t start thinking about fair-ness here — the amount you receive is based on the amount contributed on your behalf so I doubt that anybody working for one pay period is going to get much at all!� e fear on the street has al-ways been: “By the time it’s my turn there isn’t going to be any-thing left!” I’ve been hearing that since I was in my early twenties and, as a matter of fact ,I may have even said it a time or two. It looks to me, though, that the baby boomers will be looked after.If you’d like to learn more about this, visit www.servicescanada.gc.ca and you’ll � nd a lot of information.
Peek at pensionsRamble On— Marilyn Berry
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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
RDEK Public Hearing Notices
Bylaw 2417 & 2418Bylaw Amendment - Lake Windermere
The Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) Board of Directors is considering an amendment to the Upper Columbia Valley Zoning Bylaw and the Lake Windermere Official Community Plan. Bylaw No. 2417 cited as “Regional District of East Kootenay – Upper Columbia Valley Zoning Bylaw No. 900, 1992 – Amendment Bylaw No. 277, 2012, (LWMP Implementation / RDEK)” will include six new surface water zones and corresponding definitions and regulations for Lake Windermere.Bylaw No. 2418 cited as “Regional District of East Kootenay – Lake Windermere Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 2061, 2008 – Amendment Bylaw No. 13, 2012, (LWMP Implementation / RDEK)” will include a new shoreline development permit area and amend the policies for Lake Windermere.A public hearing will be held at: Windermere Community Hall 4726 North Street
Windermere, BC Thursday, December 27, 2012 at 7:00 pm
The Board has delegated the holding of this hearing to the Directors for Electoral Area F, Electoral Area G and the District of Invermere.If you believe that your interest in property is affected by the proposed Bylaw, you may prior to the hearing:• inspect the Bylaw and supporting information at the RDEK office in Cranbrook from
8:30 am to 4:30 pm Monday through Friday, excluding statutory holidays;• mail, fax or email written submissions to the addresses/numbers shown below; or• present written and/or verbal submissions at the hearing.
Submissions cannot be accepted after the public hearing.All written submissions are public information pursuant to the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. This notice is not an interpretation of the Bylaw. For more information, contact Karen MacLeod, Planner, at 250-489-0313, toll free at 1-888-478-7335.
Bylaw 2423Bylaw Amendment - Columbia Lake
The Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) Board of Directors is considering an amendment to the Upper Columbia Valley Zoning Bylaw. Bylaw No. 2423 cited as “Regional District of East Kootenay – Upper Columbia Valley Zoning Bylaw No. 900, 1992 – Amendment Bylaw No. 278, 2012 (Columbia Lake / RDEK)” will amend the surface water zones for Columbia Lake.A public hearing will be held at: Columbia Ridge Community Centre
6890 Columbia Lake Road Fairmont Hot Springs, BC Thursday, December 27, 2012 at 4:00 pm
The Board has delegated the holding of this hearing to the Directors for Electoral Area F, Electoral Area G and the Village of Canal Flats.If you believe that your interest in property is affected by the proposed Bylaw, you may prior to the hearing:• inspect the Bylaw and supporting information at the RDEK office in Cranbrook from
8:30 am to 4:30 pm Monday through Friday, excluding statutory holidays;• mail, fax or email written submissions to the addresses/numbers shown below; or• present written and/or verbal submissions at the hearing.
Submissions cannot be accepted after the public hearing.All written submissions are public information pursuant to the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. This notice is not an interpretation of the Bylaw. For more information, contact Karen MacLeod, Planner, at 250-489-0313, toll free at 1-888-478-7335.
Wealth of health
Invermere bylaw enforcement services contracted out
After advertising for three weeks for the posi-tion of bylaw enforcement services, the District of Invermere (DOI) received only one proposal and as such have awarded the contract to the Commissionaires British Columbia (CBC).
� e initial term will commence on January 1, 2013 and will run until December 31, 2013. At that time, the contract may be terminated or extended to a maximum of � ve years. � e pro-posal submitted will cost the district an annual amount of $26,520, not including taxes. � e Commissionaires’ proposal is based upon 20 hours per week at an hourly rate of $25.50 plus applicable taxes. � e contractor will be respon-sible for investigation, reporting, resolving vio-lations, issuing violation tickets and warnings and the collection of fees for municipal bylaws, including but not limited to: zoning, develop-ment permits, streets and tra� c, unsightly premises, signs, deposit of � ll, soil removal, loitering and public nuisances, noise, building, animal, wildlife feeding and solid waste.
� e Commissionaires is one the largest pri-vate security organizations in Canada, with over 20,000 employees across the country and approximately 300 in the B.C. Interior. � e CBC also provide enforcement services to 16 other municipalities of similar size.
While the DOI is exploring a new water bill-ing bylaw to combat ever-mounting infra-structure costs, basement suites will be ex-empt from any changes.
Currently, the district charges anywhere from $85 to $465 bi-annually for a base wa-ter meter fee. � e proposed bylaw would see a $95 bi-annual base fee for all residential units, including strata owners, apartments, duplexes, three-plexes and four-plexes.
Council voted 4-1 in favour of exclud-ing basement suites from any new bylaw, with councillor Greg Anderson saying that it would serve to discourage illegal secondary suite owners from identifying themselves and getting their suite registered.
� ere are only 47 legal secondary suites in Invermere, although mayor Gerry Taft ac-knowledged that there are plenty more that are unaccounted for.
District Director of Finance Karen Cote said applying the new water billing bylaw to the 47 registered secondary suites in Invermere would bring in roughly $9,000 per year. Coun-cillor Paul Denchuk was the only councillor to vote against excluding basement suites.
“� e argument for charging a � at fee versus a ‘per water meter fee’ was that inherently there is a base cost of providing water to a dwelling unit and includes the cost of maintaining the distribution lines, pressure reducing stations, the chlorine contact chamber, the water me-tering program, cross connection program, reservoirs, booster stations, etc.,” Cote stated in her report to council.
Briefs from the District of Invermere council meeting on December 11
STEVE [email protected]
New water billing bylaw eyed
PHOTO BY NICOLE TRIGG/THE ECHOGraduates of the College of the Rockies health care assistant program celebrated at Strand's Old House Restaurant on Friday (December 14) after fi nishing their practicums at Invermere's Columbia Garden Village. Graduates of the program will provide front-line care, including home support as well as residential care. The next intake for the program is scheduled for January. BOTTOM ROW (L-R) Instructor Karen Leinor, Raeleen Fehr, Darcey Dorherty, Instructor Aline Sholinder, Carmen Mendoza, Imelda Mendoza and Elisbeth Ballman. MIDDLE ROW (L-R) Amanda Thiesen, Emelisa Ombing, Erin Elliot, Jacquiline Valerio and Chelsea Pilot. TOP ROW (L-R) Andy Weismmann, Angela Carroll, Efren Bedia.
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In October of this year, she re-quested one of the premier per-sonal growth and development
companies, Klemmer and As-sociates, to come to the valley and offer two training work-shops for the valley residents.
"To have this calibre of compa-ny coming here is exceptional," she said. "I absolutely believe that anybody can benefit from these programs — this is the company that I like the best, I find it the
most impactful, makes the big-gest amount of change in the shortest amount of time... I think it will be a very nice fit for the val-ley. They’re very grassroots."
Her business, Banyan Tree So-lutions, will be offering five com-plimentary tickets to an evening workshop on January 15 from 7 to 10 p.m. at Copper Point Resort.
Later in February, Klemmer and Associates will return to the resort to facilitate a Personal Mastery weekend. Contact Shopland at 250-342-8978 for more informa-tion, tickets and registration for both events. Advance tickets for the January workshop are $20 (also available at The Book Bar) or $59 at the door.
Personal growth workshops offered
The Lake Windermere Ambas-sadors (LWA) recently hosted an event designed to tap into lo-cal knowledge and build greater awareness of watershed issues. Dr. Anna Warwick Sears, executive di-rector of the Okanagan Basin Wa-ter Board, was the keynote speaker and spoke with an audience of about thirty people on December 10th at CopperPoint Resort.
Sears advised residents in the Up-per Columbia watershed to antici-pate future water challenges before they become serious problems. Conversing with each other about water is the first step in this process.
“Having a good future means act-ing today,” said Sears. “When is the best time to plant a tree? Thirty years ago; the second best time is today.”
“Right now we have the problem of the 'incredible shrinking govern-ment',” cautioned Sears. “With all the cuts to the budget and reorgani-zation of Ministries and responsibil-ities, we lost the people who used to monitor water quality and quantity.”
She told the audience not to ex-pect provincial government to step up to sort out water issues in this re-gion. Her advice for the residents of the Upper Columbia was to identify shared values and concerns, then plan together for the future.
“You’ll either have to pay a little
now or a lot later,” she said. “It will be cheaper to address things now than to wait until things are really a prob-lem and really expensive.”
Sears also suggested that people should not expect the valley to stay in its present state, but that it will be influenced by things like climate change and population growth.
“We live in one of the best parts of the world. People will want to move here because they live in places that are getting less and less nice.”
Participants expressed an appre-ciation for water-based recreation in this region and the tourism in the area because of the lake. Their con-cerns related to uncertainty about future water quality, water quantity, lake levels, and how water manage-ment will affect the wetlands and the wildlife that depend on them. Participants also expressed a love of fishing, and a concern about the loss of native fish and the introduc-tion of invasive species.
The LWA plan on hosting more community conversations about water in the coming year.
“This is the first of several open conversations we would like to host to discuss our lake and wa-tershed, how we interact with them, what's being done to protect them... and what can be done,” said LWA chair Paul Christy.
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This fall, the crew from Kootenay Pav-ing completed the last section of the trail now connecting Castle Rock, through Invermere and up to the Tim Hortons at the crossroads. Now walkers, hikers, run-ners and cyclists are getting closer to real-izing the goal of con-necting Radium and Invermere via a safe paved pathway for non- motorized users.
Greenways' vision is to build a paved spine trail that will connect
both valley com-munities and extend down to Fairmont Hot Springs along West-side Road. From the paved spine, many other types of trails can be developed which will cater to ad-ditional user groups and activities.
These types of trails can really help bring a community together.
"Just look at the large numbers of peo-ple who utilize the paved trail from Banff to Canmore or Cran-brook to Kimberley”,
said Greenways di-rector Mark Halwa. “It is great to see na-tional level athletes roller skiing along-
side moms pushing baby carriages.”
A key success fac-tor has been the alli-ance between all the partners. The Shus-wap band and the Ministry of Transport worked together to make the land avail-able, the RDEK man-aged the paving proj-ect, the District of Invermere has been maintaining the ex-isting trail and Co-lumbia Basin Trust has recently provided a $25,000 grant for another phase — the Copper Point trail.
The current phase was approximately $38,000 — the Ministry of Transport contrib-uted $6,000, the RDEK $15,000, and Green-ways contributed the remaining $17,000.
Greenways does have a plan to con-nect the latest trail extension now at the crossroads to its exist-ing Old Coach trail, which extends all the way into Radium, and is currently work-ing with several land owners to ensure the trail will get to the Dry Gulch entrance of the Old Coach trail with only one highway crossing.
Visit www.green-ways.ca or Columbia River Greenways Al-liance on Facebook or email [email protected] to find out more and get involved.
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• Gift certificates: They may not have sentimental meaning behind them, but gift certificates are fast and easy. Chances are you can run into a store and be out with a handful of gift certificates in less than 15 minutes, de-pending on lines at the checkout counter. Also, many super-markets, bookstores and other retailers of-fer gift certificates ki-osks enabling you to shop for different gift cards all in one place.
• Go the food-and-beverage route. One of the worst things about last minute holiday shopping is dealing with fellow procrastinators at the local shops. Last minute shoppers tend to be as short on patience as they are on time. To avoid the lines, last minute shoppers can give the gift of food or drink for those friends or family members you will be seeing during the holiday season. A
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FEATURE
� e art of Christmas tree making
A short, scraggly Douglas Fir leaning o� to one side might not look like anything of value to most people, but to Eric Rasmus-sen, it has the potential to become a per-
fect Christmas tree with a little bit of help.Born and raised in Edgewater, Rasmussen has
been farming native stand Christmas trees in the Columbia Valley his entire life. Native stand trees, unlike those farmed on a plantation, are naturally occurring and the Columbia Valley is full of them.
“� e valley bottom is excellent on this real poor, hilly, gravelly ground for na-tive stand Christmas trees,” said Ras-mussen, surveying a piece of prop-erty full of Douglas � rs to the north of Radium Hot Springs. “� e soil is poor here, it’s very, very low grade timber, and so that’s why the Christmas tree thing has taken o� so well here.”
In its heyday, the valley’s Christmas tree industry saw nearly half a million trees cut a year. � at was back in the ‘50s when two large Ameri-can buying companies – the Kirk Company and JA Hofert – owned large tracts of land in the area and were operating in full swing. � e majority of their trees went to California, some went to the Eastern seaboard and others even as far as Mexico. Smaller operators were also ship-ping trees to Calgary, Edmonton and the prairies.
“� ey did a lot of development work on the Christmas trees,” said Rasmus-sen. “Both companies had big crews that worked year round on improving the Christmas tree quality; locals were working in the whole system of farming Christmas trees.”
Production dropped in the late ‘90s when both companies downsized and moved out of the area. Nowadays, Rasmussen estimates that about 100,000 trees are harvested annually by property owners wholesaling their own trees, with roughly one hun-dred individual operators selling anywhere from 3,000 to 10,000 native stand trees each.
“� ere are lots of small pieces of private land that are being used and farmed,” Rasmussen said.
� e govern-ment also leas-es out pieces of property through Christ-mas Tree Per-mits, he said, but the permits are increasingly hard-er to come by.
“One of the rea-sons for the down-fall is that the Min-istry of Forests has not wanted to be involved in Christ-mas trees, and that has been a real downfall in the industry,” Rasmussen said. “Earlier
years with di� erent management, they really pushed the Christmas tree thing and it was a good thing for many people.”
Another reason for the drop in production, accord-ing to Rasmussen, is that the art of native stand farm-ing is no longer properly prac-ticed.
“ T h e re’s lots of people who will go and cut what we call a wild tree, get whatever they can get here, and that’s where it’s at,” he said. “My point is you have all these
millions of stems that are there and are not going to amount to anything unless they’re worked on.”
� e work is called culturing, which is the process of shaping, shearing and thinning a wild tree over time to help develop it into a perfectly sym-metrical tree. Rasmussen said that while most native stand trees vary in age, from 30 to 100 years, a wild tree that has been worked on can develop into a perfect Christmas tree within � ve years.
“It’s just the most amazing thing,” he said, pointing to a branch an-gling upwards that he’s identi� ed
as a future Christmas tree. “It will straighten itself out.”
Sacri� cing other branches on a stem will allow
for one branch to become the dominant leader and eventually develop into a tree. With cultural work, one stem can generate multiple trees over time and evidence of this method can be seen on what’s called “stump trees” from Radium to Edgewater.
“If you walk around, you can see on di� erent stems where a branch has been cut o� , it was a Christmas tree,” Rasmussen said. “I’ve got up to 11 growing o� the same stem.”
Any brush created during the cultural work is then left at the base of the stem where it de-
composes to produces nitrogen and carbon, which act as natural fertilizer.
Height ranges from two to 20 feet with the � ve to seven footers accounting for
75 per cent of orders. A single tree at today’s prices is worth roughly $10 to
$15 dollars; the key to being pro� t-able is always having a tree on the go.
"� ere’s a tremendous mar-ket,” he said. “People who are in it cannot begin to supply the market and at the moment there are very few people who are putting the e� ort in to getting a quality tree so they aren’t pursuing it enough.”
For the valley to have a thriving native stand Christ-mas tree industry again, Ras-mussen said what’s needed are people who have the ini-tiative to do the physical work and the necessary planning.
“First of all you would join the Kootenay Christmas Tree Asso-
ciation and pick up what knowl-edge you can there and then we
have � eld days where we do a full day of teaching,” he said, “and what
most people do is they � nd somebody who is doing well in the industry and
they go and work with them for a while.”When you’re in it, he said, you under-
stand whether you’re going to get a thou-sand or 3,000 o� a parcel of land.
“It’s always a visual thing but you go into an area and you work every stem and you plan out what’s going to happen,” Rasmussen said. “Every stem here should make a Christmas tree, the smaller ones, ev-
ery one will make it.”
being used and farmed,” Rasmussen said. � e govern-
ment also leas-es out pieces of property through Christ-mas Tree Per-mits, he said, but the permits are increasingly hard-
“One of the rea-sons for the down-fall is that the Min-istry of Forests has not wanted to be involved in Christ-mas trees, and that has been a real
millions of stems that are there and are not going to amount to anything unless they’re worked on.”
� e work is called culturing, which is the process of shaping, shearing and thinning a wild tree over time to help develop it into a perfectly sym-metrical tree. Rasmussen said that while most native stand trees vary in age, from 30 to 100 years, a wild
as a future Christmas tree. “It will straighten itself out.”
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Elementary School to give our readers
a peek at some Christmas wish lists before they're sent to the North Pole.
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A Kootenay author can celebrate a huge success this week, as Keith Powell's historical novel, Raising Kain – � e Ad-venturous Life of Conrad Kain, Canada’s Greatest Mountaineer, is now a Kootenay and British Columbia bestseller having sold more than 1,000 copies.
“It is known in the book industry that if a book sells 5,000 copies in Canada or 1,000 in British Columbia it is con-sidered a bestseller,” said Powell, a Cranbrook-based author, in a release. “So I guess at over 1,000 copies sold, it makes my second book a 'Kootenay' bestseller and B.C. bestseller too."
Raising Kain begins in 1909 and fol-
lows the story of twenty-� ve year-old Conrad Kain, from his tiny Austrian village of Nasswald located in the heart of the Rax Mountains to Cana-da. Kain boarded a CPR ship en route to the Canadian Rockies and became the � rst o� cial mountain guide of the newly formed Alpine Club of Canada.
Powell's novel was � rst released in early 2012 through his own publish-ing company, Wild Horse Creek Press and is now available at bookstores across the Kootenay region.
Book reviewer and Alpine Club of Canada member Ron Dart has the fol-lowing to say about Raising Kain:
"Raising Kain is a must-purchase and must-read for those keen to know more about Canadian mountaineering history and culture, the Alpine Club of Canada and, equally important, a creative approach and interpretation of Kain’s life through photographs,
Raising Kain sells over 1,000 copies to become a Kootenay bestseller
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Bestseller for Kootenay author
PHOTO BY NICOLE TRIGG/THE ECHO
Electric violinist Kyla T. Uyede LeBlanc, better known by her stage name Kytami, graced the stage with DJ Joshua James at Bud's Bar & Lounge on Wednes-day, December 12 as part of her Beats, Strings and Life Tour with opening act, fellow electric violinist Michael Fraser. Kytami gained fame performing with the group Delhi 2 Dublin and is now pursuing a solo career.
CONTINUES TO 'RAISING' ON PAGE A20
SUBMITTED PHOTOCranbrook author Keith Powell's second book, Raising Kain, follows the life of local legend Con-rad Kain, one of Canada's greatest mountaineers.
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The international skiing stars of the future have been at Panorama this past week, as the Audi Coupe Nor-Am Cup hit the slopes from Monday, December 10 to Monday, December 17.
The event began with the Ladies' Super-G on De-cember 12, and in a strange happenstance, no less than three skiers would tie for third place in the event. Canadian Mikaela Tommy and Americans Abby Ghent and Anna Marno all finished with a total time of 58.45 seconds for a third place tie.
In the next event, the Ladies' super combined, the Canadians took the first of many first place finishes, with Erin Mielzynski claiming top honours, followed by fellow Canadian Roni Remme. Mielzynski contin-ued with fantastic performances as the week went on, taking third place in the Super G, third place in Giant Slalom and finally another first place in Slalom, ce-menting the 22-year-old's status as one of Canada's top rising stars. Mikaela Tommy also had a fantastic week, placing second in Giant Slalom.
On the men's side, the event didn't open until Wednesday, December 12, when Canadian Paul Stutz handily won the first Men's Slalom event. Local skier Martin Grasic also competed, but had a tough couple runs and was unable to finish. Grasic was also unable to finish his runs during the Men's Giant Slalom com-petition, but recovered to sit in 63rd place out of 110 racers in the Men's Super G as of press deadline, with one run left to complete. Grasic also performed well in the Men's Super Combined, taking 37th place. The top Canadian finisher in Giant Slalom was William St. Germain, who took second, and in Super Combined Canadian Philip Brown finished in third.
High stakes at PanoramaCanadians perform well at Audi Coupe Nor-Am Cup at Panorama this past week, Invermere local Grasic 37th in Super Combined
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pHotos by steve jessel/tHe ecHoCanadian skier Curtis McKillop (top) almost loses his balance during the Mens Slalom on December 13; Slovakian Matej Falat (bottom) took sixth place with a strong run.
While the Colum-bia Valley Rockies
have been on the los-ing end of plenty of
shutouts this season — five, to be exact — they hadn't yet shut out an opponent 32 games into the sea-son. That all changed on Friday, December 14 against the Kim-berley Dynamiters when rookie goalie Stewart Pratt stopped 30 shots to backstop the Rockies to a 1-0 victory on home ice.
"It was a team ef-fort," coach Ross Bid-inger said. "I mean obviously Pratt played well but we were play-ing good defensively."
The Rockies were sporting a new look roster heading into the game against Kimber-ley, having acquired high-scoring forward Brendan Burge from the Fernie Ghostrid-ers prior to the Rockies 4-2 loss to Golden on December 11. Burge is one of the top point-getters in the league, having amassed 20 goals and 19 as-sists in just 23 games with the Ghostriders this season, averag-ing over a point and
a half per game. He hasn't slowed his tor-rid scoring pace since joining the Rockies ei-ther, scoring two goals against Golden in his
first game on Decem-ber 11, and following that up with the open-ing goal of the shutout win against Kimberley on December 14 and an assist against Cres-ton on December 15. With three goals and an assist in his first three games with club, Burge was second in the league in goals with 23, and fourth in points with 43 at press dead-line, despite having played considerably less games than some of his contemporaries.
"(Burge brings) some skill, he's a leader," Bidinger said. "He's just good all-around."
After Burge's first period goal against Kimberley just over a minute into the game, the Rockies consis-tently controlled the pace of play as the pe-riod went on, and out-shot the Dynamiters 14-7 through the first 20 minutes. Heading into the second pe-riod, Pratt was playing lights out, and made
no better save than on a two-on-one break by Kimberley midway through the period. Pratt would also stop several attempts on the
ensuing rebound, and the Rockies clung to their 1-0 lead heading into the third period despite the Dynamit-ers beginning to find their offensive spark.
The Rockies defi-nitely opened the fi-nal period on the back foot, allowing several quality chances in the opening minutes. Luckily for them, Pratt would bail them out time and again as the period progressed, although he'll prob-ably want to get his goalposts a thank-you card after Kimber-ley had several shots ring off the uprights. With eight minutes remaining Pratt could be seen nervously glancing up at the scoreboard, but on this night everything would bounce the Rockies way. A couple minutes after having yet another shot ring off the iron, Kimberley would get their best chance to equalize on a breakaway, but the Dynamiter skater
would lose his footing, the puck, and conse-quently the game as the Rockies won by a final score of 1-0.
"We really wanted those two points," Bidinger said. "We put a solid effort in… and that was pretty much the key to it."
The Rockies would have a golden oppor-tunity to overtake the Creston Valley Thun-der Cats in the stand-ings when they played in Creston the very next night (December 15), and with a 4-1 vic-tory the Rockies took sole possession of fourth place in the di-vision. Four different Rockies players scored in the victory, and goalie Stewart Pratt had another outstand-ing night in net stop-ping 25 of 26 shots.
The Rockies would next play the Fernie Ghostriders in Inver-mere on December 18. The score was not available by press deadline. The Rock-ies final game before the Christmas break will be against the di-vision-leading Gold-en Rockets, when they visit the Eddie Mountain Memorial Arena on Friday (De-cember 21).
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Radium Hot Springs Sunrise Rotary Club
Radium Hot Springs Sunrise Rotary ClubOur commitment is to ‘Service Above Self’
The Club meets at 7 a.m. every Wednesday at Higher Ground.
Since 2003, the Radium Rotarians have:1) Built Rotary Park at the junction where Highway 93 meets
Highway 93/95, 2) Provided funds for the construction of one of the bridges on the
Sinclair Creek trail system3) Sponsored student exchanges between local high school students
and those of other countries such as Brazil and Japan 4) Provided bursaries for graduating students. 5) Partially funded the lovely lights and trees that decorate the main
streets of Radium each Christmas time6) cleaned Radium’s mile-long hill of debris twice a year with local
Rotarians and friends7) Raised funds to support an internationally project to eradicate polio
worldwide 8) Helped support an orphanage in Honduras.
The District of Invermere 2013 Community Garbage Collection and Recycling Calendar will be distributed in the next couple of weeks. For a sneak peek of January 2013, please go to our website www.invermere.net. The 2013 calendars will be mailed to each resident but if you do not receive a calendar by January 2nd, please drop by the Municipal office to pick one up.
Holiday Schedule for Municipal OfficeThe Municipal Office will be closed for the Holidays from Monday, December 24th, 2012 to Friday, December 28th, 2012. The office will re-open on Monday, December 31st, 2012.
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The District of Invermere Council meets regularly throughout the year on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers of the Municipal Office (914 – 8th Avenue, Invermere)
January 8th & 22ndFebruary 12th & 26thMarch 12th & 26thApril 9th & 23rdMay 14th & 28thJune 11th & 25th
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Agendas are posted on our website www.invermere.net prior to the meetings or are available at the Municipal Office.
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PHOTO BY STEVE JESSEL/THE ECHOThe Columbia Valley Rockies Movember campaign has come to an end, and Rockies players Brandon Lijdsman (left), Josh Haley and Rockies guest services girls Lauren Phillips (mid left) and Hunter Pietrasky were on hand to present Sheila Tutty with a check for $1,000 for the Canadian Cancer Society. The funds were raised through sales of treats and from puck tosses.
� is time of year is noto-rious for over-indulging, which can lead to unwanted weight gain and reduced energy. It’s easy to lose con-trol of good eating habits over the holidays since ev-erywhere you turn there are goodies and treats galore. But staying on track is pos-sible, and with a few tricks up your sleeve, you’ll be able to avoid weight gain and maintain that temple of a body you’ve been working towards all year!
1. Commit to making time for your workouts. You may have to adjust what time your workouts take place (such as switching them to the mornings, for instance), but the holidays don’t mean a holiday from exercise!
2. Moderation is key. De-nying yourself of sweets will only make you want them more. Instead, set a daily sweets limit and stick to it.
3. Eat before you go to a festive gathering. If you show up to the party hun-gry, you’ll likely end up spending more time at the food table rather than so-cializing with your family
and friends. 4. If the party is a potluck,
make a healthy dish to share. By doing so, you know that at least one of the items is a healthy choice. Use a small plate, focus on veggies, and never go back for seconds.
5. Ensure you are eating a healthy, protein-rich break-fast. Protein helps give you the feeling of satiety that will last you much longer than a sugar-laden mu� n. A veggie omelet or protein smoothie are both quick and easy ways of starting your day o� on the right foot!
6. Avoid displaying holiday goodies. If something sweet and tempting is staring you in the face, the laws of na-ture say that you will eat it regardless of whether or not you’re hungry! Give yourself a � ghting chance by keep-ing sweet treats in one spot and not in plain view. � e same is true for the o� ce. Rather than having a dish of bonbons at your desk, keep them in the lunch room. Re-fer back to Tip #2 when this gets tough.
7. Alcohol counts. If you
� nd yourself saying ‘It’s the holidays, let’s have another!’, remember that all forms of alcohol are empty calories that get stored as fat more easily than calories from other sources. Keep your drinks to a minimum and especially limit your intake of festive rum-nogs!
8. If you fall o� the healthy wagon, climb back on! You may have a day or two of over-indulging, but don’t let that be an excuse to throw away all of your e� orts. Dust yourself o� , put on your run-ners and head to the gym. You’ll be happy you did.
� e holidays are a time to get together with friends and family and enjoy each other’s company. While high fat and sugary foods are de� nitely a part of this time of year, don’t let them take centre stage. By fol-lowing the tips listed above, you’ll be well on your way to avoiding weight gain. Hap-py Holidays!
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Book review: Love AnthonyAuthor: Lisa GenovaExcerpt: And so there we were, the two of us lying on the deck together, smiling at the sky. And as the sun moved on, and our square turned to shade. Anthony sat up and shot me a sideways glance and a pleased grin that I swear said, Wasn’t that AWESOME, Mom? Didn’t you have the best time looking up at the sky with me? And then he screeched and � apped his hands and ran into the house. Yes, it was, Anthony. It was one of the best times I’ve ever had.
In her third novel, author Lisa Genova combines her bold storytelling with her academic background to give autism a voice. From the best-selling author of Still Alice and Left Neglected comes Love Anthony, a poignant tale of un-conditional love, loss and acceptance.
� e two main characters, Beth and Olivia, are left dealing with life-chang-ing losses. Beth’s husband has recently left her for another woman while she struggles to come to terms with his af-fair and rediscover herself. Olivia’s life has been on hold since her son An-thony died, leaving her with so many
unanswered questions: what was the purpose of his life, why did he have to have autism, was he happy?
To lend a credible and believable voice to Anthony, who is non-verbal communicative at the severe end of the spectrum, Genova immersed her-self in research. Consulting colleagues (she holds a PhD in neuroscience from Harvard), clinicians, and par-ents of children with autism, Genova
manages to beautifully articulate the thoughts of a young boy, without sounding forced or romanticized.
Over the course of the novel, the two protagonists discover their common-ality, Anthony, and a friendship that forms hesitantly grows into a shared experience. As Beth struggles to � n-ish a novel that desperately needs an ending, Olivia creeps closer to un-locking the key to Anthony’s mind.
� e same way Still Alice gave a fresh perspective to Alzheimer’s, Love Anthony gives readers an intimate glimpse at autism, giving voice and thoughts to the person living with it. Both main characters further the story and understanding of the ups and downs of autism: one who has lived with it � rsthand and is trying to � nd peace with it, and the other who couldn’t relate to autism until her life was touched by it.
While the novel incorporates themes of self-discovery and under-standing, the greater message is ac-ceptance and personal growth from life’s challenges.
� is week’s Book Bar book review was contributed by Lindsay Mcpherson.
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Distribution will be on December 23rd, 2 p.m. - 7 p.m. at the Invermere Legion and December 27th 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. at the Hot Springs Studio.
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letters, lenient � ction and hard fact history. � is tome has certainly raised Kain again to the pedestal he belongs on in the Canadian mountaineering hall of fame… Raising Kain is an A++
keeper and charmer of a book that in-vites many a reread."
Raising Kain is Powell's second his-torical novel following his 2010 Living in the Shadow of Fisher Peak. Powell is currently collecting stories for his next book about hiking and climbing ad-ventures on Fisher Peak.
"It is my hope that this book, Rais-ing Kain, � e Adventurous Life of Conrad Kain — Canada’s Greatest Mountaineer, captures some of the rich heritage and legacy that Con-rad Kain left behind in his relatively short but extraordinary life in the Ca-nadian Rockies,” Powell said.
PHOTO BY NICOLE TRIGG/THE ECHO(L-R) Wallace Warbrick, Brooklyn Karklin, Hannah Nyegaard, Nika Louwtake a bow last Wednesday (Decem-ber 12) night after the J.A. Laird's Christmas concert, “An Adaptation of a Christmas Carol” written by Mrs. O’Sullivan. It involved students as actors, artists, musi-cians, dancers, costume and set designers, and techni-cians. Through fi ne arts groups, students had an op-portunity to focus on two areas, choosing from textiles, visual arts, music, drama, dance, and technical arts.
Raising Kain is an A++ keeper: DartCONTINUED FROM PAGE A16
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Answer to December 12:
CrosswordDecember 19, 2012
HoroscopeARIES Both social and business communication require some tact this week, Aries. You can handle it, and you should be prepared to meet some interesting people.
TAURUSTaurus, your con� dence and energy are strong, but you seem to be having dif� culty sitting still for enough time to get a handle on other people’s opinions and viewpoints.
GEMININew options present themselves that are excellent for educational pursuits, Gemini. Friends will be supportive of any ideas that you devise, even if they seem a little off-center.
CANCERCancer, this week you could gain the attention of people in high positions. Use the opportunity to get your best points heard if you have the chance.
LEOLeo, this should be one of those glorious weeks when you have the feeling that everything is moving along smoothly and according to your master plan.
VIRGOVirgo, your con� dence is high and there is just about nothing that you fear or think you cannot handle this week. Float along on these feelings of euphoria for a while.
LIBRALibra, you will show leadership in your profession over the next several days. This also will extend into your personal life, where you may have more energy in home affairs.
SCORPIOScorpio, indulge your curiosities, as your imagination and creativity are very high. Projects that require artistic work or writing should be the top priority on your list.
SAGITTARIUSSagittarius, this is a good week to explore new business opportunities. Apply your efforts to solving some complex problems that others have shied away from.
CAPRICORNCapricorn, your feelings of restlessness might be because you’re not accustomed to sitting still for too long. You will think of ways to � ll the time.
AQUARIUSBroaden your social contacts, Aquarius, and this way you will extend your professional reach as well. There always are opportunities for networking.
PISCESYou may � nd that needs at home quickly drain you of any energy, Pisces. Simplify your routine to � nd some relief.
Fourth week of December
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to start work on what and how you will pay your taxes. Don’t leave it much longer or you will lose the � exibility of options, which allow for ways to save.
In our modern world, taxes are a fact of life. � ey a� ect every Canadi-an in almost every aspect of what we do. Whether it's earning an income, making a purchase, owning real es-tate, investing, running a business, or transferring your estate, life is full of taxable consequences. If you leave them unchecked by your plans, these taxes could consume an ever increas-ing amount of your livelihood.
For the greater part of Canada’s his-tory, there was no income tax. Cus-toms and Excise taxes on goods going in and out of the country were the most important income sources. Income tax was brought in to pay the expenses of war and the promise was that it would end when the need was gone. Well, it seems the need has never gone away. All over the world it’s the same. What was brought in as a temporary pro-gram in most places has become the largest contributor of income for most countries.
While the Income Tax Act was creat-ed speci� cally to ensure that everyone pays their fair share (it’s a graduated tax, beginning relatively low for the poorest Canadians and rising for the richest), it’s important to realize it also ensures all taxpayers the right to orga-nize their � nancial a� airs in such a way
so as to minimize their taxes whenever and however possible within the legal con� nes of the Act. And, that – not tax evasion – is the objective of tax plan-ning. (� ere is a big di� erence be-tween avoidance and evasion. � e � rst is legal and encouraged. � e second is illegal and the country spends a lot of time and money to catch evaders.)
Most average Canadians think of tax planning as a tool of the rich, only. However, many of the planning strat-egies available to those with large in-comes are available to those with lower incomes. In both situations, tax plan-ning and tax strategy can make a dif-ference in legally minimizing the end payment of taxes owing by anyone. In addition, you have the con� dence that, in the end, you did not pay any more than was necessary.
� e biggest mistake many people make is to wait until April to concern themselves with their taxes. Waiting
for the last possible date eliminates any freedom to take advantage of op-tions to reduce your payment. � e best tax planning, with the most options, is done throughout the year.
� ere are many points during the year at which you can make � nancial decisions that could signi� cantly im-pact the amount of taxes owed. � e Act is full of income exclusion rules, key tax credits, retirement plan contribution options, and investment rules that are easy to miss or miscalculate without the organization and foresight that tax planning provides. � is opportunity is available at every level of income, not just the highest.
And, if there is any certainty beyond taxes, it is that tax rules will change as they seem to do nearly every year. Af-ter all, the government wants to get what it feels it needs and ensure no one is paying less than a fair share. Be-cause changes to the rules usually af-fect such important things as exclusion amounts, credit eligibility, retirement plan contribution limits, and the tax rates themselves, they will almost cer-tainly a� ect any spending, saving, in-vestment and borrowing decisions you might make throughout the year.
At its core, tax planning is the process of organizing your � nances in such a way to take advantage of the many rules that allow you to maximize the amount of income you keep each year or defer into the future. � is concept is at the heart of the reasoning behind
planning for paying taxes. And this is where you can derive a bene� t.
While the process is essentially the same for any taxpayer, it may entail dif-ferent types of tax strategies depending on your particular � nancial situation. Using these strategies allows you to create a tax program that is unique to you. Strategies for deferring or splitting income are important; you can defer or maximize retirement contributions, capital gains or losses, and property ownership, either present ownership or a desire to own is applied to the tax plan; charitable giving, too, is a part of what you do and is applied di� erently in each situation. All these become are developed to meet your speci� c to your needs and create your unique program.
Tax planning and tax strategies in-volve application of the rules and pro-visions of the Income Tax Act, which is huge and constantly changing. Be-cause their e� ective application can result in hundreds or even thousands of dollars of tax savings each year, it is strongly recommended that you seek the guidance of a � nancial professional with experience in income and invest-ment planning strategies for minimiz-ing personal income taxes.
Every year, as a part of the � nan-cial planning process our clients go through, taxes are very important. So they are for you, even if you aren’t clear on how they work. Chances are, you are paying more than you have to.
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It is with great sadness that the family of Shirley Dian Hudson announces her sudden passing in Radium
Hot Springs on December 12, 2012.Shirley was born to Walter and Miriam Ryter in
Golden, British Columbia. on August 29, 1949.Shirley was well known for always being a
vivacious, vibrant and cheerful lady who never failed in putting others ahead of herself. She was naturally nurturing, was loved by all she met and loved them back unconditionally. She had an all encompassing love for life and everyone and everything in it, and with her passing remains a void that cannot be filled. Shirley leaves behind a legacy of dedication to work, people, and her children and grandchildren. Shirley will be lovingly remembered by her
sons Jason Franzen (Rhonda), Craig Franzen (Maricel), and daughter Andrea Franzen (Peter James); Grandsons Joshua Weber and Jacob Franzen; Granddaughter Caitlyn Franzen; Mother Miriam (Molly) Ryter; Sister Suzanne Roth; Brothers Gary Ryter, Gordon Ryter, David Ryter, Edgar Ryter and Greg Ryter. She was predeceased by her husband Robert
James (Jet) Hudson; and her father Walter Ryter. A Celebration of Shirley’s life was held on
Sunday December 16, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. at Radium Valley Vacation Resort.
Arrangements entrusted to McPherson Funeral Service.
Condolences for the family can be offered at:www.mcphersonfh.com
Shirley DianHudson
With deep sadness we announce the passing of Mike Wiegert after a long, courageous battle with cancer.Mike will be forever remembered in the hearts of his two sons, Dylan and Michael; his mother, Jeanette Hendricks; his stepfather, Norman Hendricks; his brother, Chris and family, Becky, Ben and Mya; as well as his extended family in Switzerland and Australia.There will be celebration of Mike’s life at the Alliance Church in Invermere at 1 p.m. on Saturday, December 22, 2012.We would like to thank Dr. Louw in Invermere, and all of the doctors, surgeons and staff and the Foothills Tom Baker Centre for the wonderful, caring treatment that Mike received during his fight with cancer.
Michael Edward Wiegert (Mike)December 22, 1968 - December 14, 2012
Tracy RichesDecember 21st, 2011
Sadly missed and lovingly remembered.
Your wife, Faye
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WINDERMERE VALLEY SHARED MINISTRYANGLICAN-UNITED
250-342-6644100-7th Avenue, Invermere
www.wvsm.ca Reverend Laura Hermakin
Sunday, December 23th
9 a.m. All Saints, Edgewater
9:30 a.m.God’s Breakfast Club
10:30 a.m. Sunday School
Christmas Pageant, 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 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 StreetWest, Radium
Sundays at 10 a.m.
Bible Studies#4 - 7553 Main Street
West, 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, December 23th
10:30 a.m.THIRD SUNDAY
OF ADVENT
Worship and Life Instruction, “The Joy Of Christmas” … Pastor Trevor ministering.
“K.I.D.S.” Church, for children Age 3 to Grade 1; and Grade 2 to Grade 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.
www.valleychristianonline.com
Sharing TruthShowing Love
Following the Spirit
ST. PETER’SLUTHERAN MISSION
OF INVERMERE
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
The Bow View Lodge in beautiful Banff, Alberta is looking for a
LODGE MANAGERThis position will be responsible for:
rooms and services provided and follow up on any guest concerns.
revenue through maximizing internet sales, setting future rates and creating unique packages.
departments and encouraging staff retention by providing “hands on” leadership.
manner and responding to any emergencies.
The successful candidate will bring to us the following
least 2 years in a management or supervisory position.
Strong sales and promotions skills, with an
We thank all applicants for their interest; however only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
LPNGolden Life Management, Southern BC’s largest seniors care provider, is seeking Licensed Practical Nurses for Columbia Garden Village in Invermere, BC.
Check us out at goldenlife.ca/careers and send your resume to [email protected]
or fax to 250-489-2673
RN/Director of CareGolden Life Management, Southern BC’s largest seniors care provider, is seeking an RN/Director of Clinical Care for our new Residential Care at Columbia Garden Village in Invermere, BC
Check us out at goldenlife.ca/careers and send your resume to [email protected]
or fax to 250-489-2673
Employment
Help WantedBlack Forest is looking for kitchen helper. Call or drop off resume. 250-342-9417.
INVERMERE PETRO CANADA
is currently acceptingapplications for full time and
part time employment. Apply in person to185 Laurier Street,
Invermere, BCbetween 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Passionate about print Commercial print company seeking experienced team
members. All positions considered; top compensation
for top performance. Email: [email protected]
Required for an Alberta Trucking Company. One Class 1 Driver. Must have a mini-mum of 5 years experience pulling low boys and driving off road. Candidate must be able to pass a drug test and be will-ing to relocate to Edson, Al-berta. Fax resumes to: 780-725-4430
Help Wanted
Employment
Ofce SupportMERRIT B.C Data Entry Clerk: responsible for daily data entry of time sheets for up to 150 unionized employees. Payroll experience would be a defi nite asset. Please forward Resume to [email protected]
Work WantedClean, class 2 with air non- smoker, call Dave 250-341-3541
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Financial ServicesIF YOU own a home or real estate, Alpine Credits can lend you money: It’s That Simple. Your Credit / Age / Income is not an issue. 1.800.587.2161.
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Help Wanted
Services
Misc ServicesCRESTEEL HVAC
(‘81) LIMITED
Furnace and Heat PumpInstallation
Service and Repair
250-342-6312
Pets & Livestock
PetsREGIST. Great Pyrenees Pups 700.00 mic.chip, 1rst shts, health guar 250-998-4697 delivery avail.
Merchandise for Sale
Heavy Duty Machinery
A- STEEL SHIPPING STORAGE CONTAINERS /
Bridges / EquipmentWheel loaders JD 644E & 544A / 63’ & 90’ Stiff boom 5th wheel crane trucks/Excavators EX200-5 & 892D-LC / Small forklifts / F350 C/C “Cabs”20’40’45’53’ New/ Used/ Damaged /Containers Semi Trailers for Hiway & Storage-Call 24 Hrs 1-866-528-7108 Delivery BC and AB www.rtccontainer.com
A- STEEL SHIPPING STORAGE CONTAINERS /
Bridges / EquipmentWheel loaders JD 644E & 544A / 63’ & 90’ Stiff boom 5th wheel crane trucks/Excavators EX200-5 & 892D-LC / Small forklifts / F350 C/C “Cabs”20’40’45’53’ New/ Used/ Damaged /Containers Semi Trailers for Hiway & Storage-Call 24 Hrs 1-866-528-7108 Delivery BC and AB www.rtccontainer.com
Help Wanted
Merchandise for Sale
Misc. for SaleFIREWOOD
Support Rockies Hockey.Fir,Pine, & Larch.
Phone 250-342-6908GREAT GIFT IDEA! Chill-Spot is The COOLEST Dog Bed-A new and innovative, thermodynamically cooled dog bed, that enhances the cool tile surfaces our pets rely on during the warm weather months. Use promo code COOLGIFT For 10 % off! www.chillspot.bizHOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/news-paper?STEEL BUILDINGS /metal buildings 60% off! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for bal-ance owed! Call 1-800-457-2206 or online:www.crownsteelbuildings.ca
Misc. WantedLooking for heavy duty band-saw & Wood- Mizer bandsaw. Call Peter 250-342-1073Private Coin Collector Buying Collections, Accumulations, Olympic Gold & Silver Coins + Chad: 250-863-3082 in Town
Real Estate
Acreage for SaleAcreages
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Homes WantedTRADE my home in Calgary (MLS C 354 2937) plus prime lot in Bella Vista for your home in Panorama or Columbia Val-ley. Call Ray @ 403-473-3359 or 403-890-4950
Floor Refi nishing/Installations
Real Estate
Other Areas20 ACRES FREE! Buy 40-Get 60 acres. $0-Down, $168/mo. Money Back Guarantee. NO CREDIT CHECKS. Beautiful Views. Roads/Surveyed. Neaer El Paso, Texas. Call 1-800-843-7537.www.sunsetranches.com
Rentals
Apt/Condo for Rent2BDRM, 1 1/2 BATH Willow View apartment for rent, in Ca-nal Flats. Great view, 2 park-ing stalls, F/S, D/W. Walking distance to arena, park and store. $850 + utilities & D.D., references required. Available immediately. Call (250)349-5306 or (250)489-8389, leave mess.
Radium - 405 Top unit Pine-wood West building. 2 bdrm, 2 bath, underground parking, ful-ly furnished. All inclusive. Availimmediately. $1000/mth. Call Lina @ 403-264-2782 or 403-277-7898 ask for EmilioRADIUM - Cozy 1 bdrm, 1 bath condo over 800 sq ft for rent at the Peaks available Jan 1. 7 applianc-es, underground parking, pool, in-door and outdoor hot tub. NS, De-posit required. Asking $800/ month. 403-285-4759, 403-291-4804, 403-880-9719
RADIUM - downtownReduced!
New 2 bdrm, 2 full baths in The Pinewood. 3rd fl oor,
fi replace, N/S. $900/mth, utilities included.
Underground parking.Available immediately.
Call Judy 250-345-0225or 250-341-1903
Floor Refi nishing/Installations
Rentals
Homes for Rent3 BR HOUSE - Great location & lake views! One level, W/D, F/S, DW. Avail Jan 1st. $815 + Utilities. Jeff 250-688-1105
Suites, LowerRADIUM - Spacious bright
2-bdrm, 1 bath, shared laundry, shared large back
yard. $600/mth + D/D + hydro. 250-347-9970.
Suites, Upper2 bedrm, newly renovated, fridge, stove, D/W, W/D, N/P, N/S. $850 + DD, utilities included. 250-342-3335
Transportation
Auto Financing
DreamTeam Auto Financing“0” Down, Bankruptcy OK -
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Trucks & Vans2001 Dodge Sport Caravan $3000 250-342-3378
WINDERMERE VALLEY SHARED MINISTRYANGLICAN-UNITED
250-342-6644100-7th Avenue, Invermere
www.wvsm.ca Reverend Laura Hermakin
Sunday, December 23rd
10:30 a.m. Service of Lessons & Carols, Christ
Church Trinity, Invermere
Monday, December 24th
Christmas Eve Services6 p.m. Christ Church Trinity,
Invermere8 p.m. All Saints, Edgewater
10 p.m. St. Peter’s, WindermereTuesday, December 25th
10:30 a.m. Christmas DayChrist 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 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 StreetWest, Radium
Sundays at 10 a.m.
Bible Studies#4 - 7553 Main Street
West, 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, December 23rd
10:30 a.m.FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENTWorship and Life Instruction, “The
Love Of Christmas” … Pastor Trevor ministering.
“K.I.D.S.” Church, for children Age 3 to Grade 1; and Grade 2 to Grade 5, during
the Morning Service.
Monday, December 24th
2:00 p.m.Panorama Service at the Summit.
6:00 p.m.Christmas Eve Candlelight Service
at L.W.A.C.8:15 p.m.
Panorama Service in the Great Hall.
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.
www.valleychristianonline.com
Sharing TruthShowing Love
Following the Spirit
ST. PETER’SLUTHERAN MISSION
Of INVERMERE
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
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Behind the WheelUpdate your DrivingSkills and Knowledge
Being a Safe Pedestrian at NightMy life is usually mostly rural in character, but I’ve been visiting Surrey this week as both a driver and a pedestrian. Given the spate of vehicle / pedestrian collisions in the news lately it has been interesting to consider how they happen in light of my unusual surroundings. I think that a large component of the problem is haste with drivers and lack of attention by pedestrians.
Here, it seems, everyone is in a hurry. Travel is more often than not done at speeds in excess of the limit and stops are either not done at all or done because one is forced to. Beat the lights, make that turn, get there before the other driver and do what is needed rather than what is proper.
As I stood waiting to cross at an uncontrolled marked crosswalk last night a woman pulled up the the stop in front of me prior to turning right. She was already half way through the crosswalk and focused on � nding the gap in traf� c to her left. The � rst time she looked right toward me was after she started moving to get into the gap that presented itself.
Pedestrians often wander right out into traf� c without making eye contact with drivers or scanning for traf� c as they cross. Add that most of us were in dark clothing and some listening to music instead of their surroundings and it is no wonder that some are struck. It’s almost like they are taunting the drivers to see and stop as required.
Small wonder that there are problems!
The author is a retired constable with many years of traf� c law enforcement experience. To comment or learn more, please visit www.drivesmartbc.ca.
Tuesday to Friday: 9:00 – 12:30 and 1:00 – 5:00 • Saturday: 9:00 – 2:30
www.kootenayinsurance.ca
101A 1028 7 Avenue PO Box 130Invermere BC • Phone: 250-342-2175 • Fax: 250-342-2669
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Annual Kinsmen
Christmas Tree Pick-Up
Cinefest @ Pynelogs,
7 p.m. “Hysteria”
New Year’s Day!
LWDRGC New Years’ Day
Clays Shoot
Seniors’ Day at Inv.
Library, 1:15 - 2:15 p.m.
Bus provided
Scrabble Night, Inv. Public
Library, 6 - 8 p.m.
Scrabble Night, Inv.
Public Library, 6 - 8 p.m.
Seniors’ Day at Inv.
Library, 1:15 - 2:15 p.m.
Bus provided
Bingo, Canal Flats Civic
Centre, 7 p.m.
Annual Kinsmen
Fishing Derby
Deb’s Night Out
Chinese New Year
Panorama Snowflake Festival
530 13 Street, Box 70, Invermere, B.C. V0A 1K0
250-342-9216 • invermerevalleyecho.com
Adventure Club
Gr. 5-7, 2 - 4 p.m. Inv.
Public Library
Snowflake Festival, Kinsmen
Beach
Preschool story time
Inv. Library, 10:30 a.m.
Preschool story time
Inv. Library, 10:30 a.m.
Preschool story time
Inv. Library, 10:30 a.m.
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Remember When
1962 — 50 years ago: The Windermere District Red Cross executives were re-elected at their annual meet-ing. The list was president: Mrs. J.A.Laird; Vice President: Mrs. W.H. Cleland; Secretary: Mrs. Henry Block; Treasur-er: Mrs. George Rossington; Honourary president: Miss. E.M. Fisher and Honourary Vice-President: Mrs. S.H. Northcott — all of Invermere.
1967 — 45 years ago: Seven valley pioneers were hon-oured at a pioneer dinner that attracted nearly 200 people at the community centre. Mr. and Mrs. O.A. McGuinness, Mrs. W.H. Cleland, Mrs. Char-lie Thornton, Fred Foyston, Hope Brewer and W.R. Coul-ter received Centennial Med-als. Mrs. Brewer, although not a centennial medal recipient, was also a valley pioneer. A brief biography of these hon-oured pioneers was given as each received their medal from Village Chairman Mar-vin Tunnacliffe.
1972 — 40 years ago: M.D. Burns, District Sales Super-visor for Greyhound lines of Calgary, announced that Greyhound buses would now come to Invermere, stopping
daily at the Invermere Hotel. The first bus arrived at the Invermere Hotel on Wednes-day, November 29 at 4 p.m. with Mayor W. Roy Lake, Vil-lage Clerk Allan Miller and hotel operator ‘Reg’ Wishlow on board.
1977 — 35 years ago: Facts about Invermere in a sup-plement: Originally named “Copper City” by Edmund T. Johnston, who was the original owner of the land on which the present townsite is laid out. The property was later sold by Johnston to L.O. Garnett, of Rossland, B.C., who laid out the new town-site and changed the name to “Canterbury”. This was about 1889 or 1900. Hugh G. Gor-don erected the original hotel in Invermere (then Canter-bury) in 1900. He operated it until about 1904.
1987 — 25 years ago: The new “Hal Bavin Heliplex” opened its doors on Friday, December 11. It was built by owner-manager of HeliSkiing, Roger Madson, and named after the late Hal Bavin. The Heliplex gave access to 2,000 square kilometres of ski ter-rain. It accommodated 44 skiers a day in four groups of eleven. They had five guides. Over 200 guests attended the opening and among those guests were the Honourable Bill Reid, Minister of Tourism and Mayor of Calgary, Ralph Klein and Mayor of Invermere Ron Halvorson. The official cutting of the ribbon was done by Minister Bill Reid and May-
or Klein and the ribbon was held by Mayor Halvorson and Roger Madson.
1992 — 20 years ago: Stu-dents from David Thompson Secondary School volun-teered to operate a children’s market on Super Sunday. A dozen students from Grades 8 to 12 helped, as parents dropped off their children at Joe Peters Curling Club be-tween noon and 4 p.m. They took the children shopping, then brought them back to the curling rink to show them how to wrap their gifts. It is fun for the kids and great for parents who got their own shopping done too!
2002 — 10 years ago: Former newspaper edi-tor Ron Ede was presented the Queen’s Jubilee medal by Kootenay-Columbia MP Jim Abbott. Abbott said that based on the 301 federal constituencies throughout the country, a total of 6,020 medals would be presented, which emphasized each re-cipient’s distinction. Mr. Ede said he was very, very proud of receiving the award, being picked out of thousands of other worthy people.
2007 — 5 years ago: Royal Canadian Army Cadets Two Platoon Invermere received a $1496.82 donation from the In-vermere Legion Branch No. 71. The cadets had nine members that travelled to Cranbrook, as Invermere needed at least 35 cadet minimum to have its own company. The funds were to help with travel costs.
A look back at what's happened in the valley over the last 50 years
RENICE OAKSSpecial to The Valley Echo
Echo filE photoDecember 2006 — Downtown Invermere became a magical place on December 3 during the Invermere Business Com-mittee's annual Super Sunday celebration and parade. North Pole resident Santa Claus was the parade's special guest and he arrived in grand style, on the back of a beautiful sleigh, much to the thrill of the toddler-heavy crowd.
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The global econom-ic downturn of the last several years may have been felt across the Columbia Valley, but one local business owner says it's all go-ing to change in the coming years.
“Radium is going to take a turn again and go back to the big tourist town it was years ago, which is a wonderful thing,” said Arnie Wassing of Radium Bighorn Gift and Souvenir.
Wassing, a long-time businessman who spent 26 years in the wholesale market, opened Radium Big-horn Gift and Souve-nir with his wife An-gie Matchett just over a year ago, and the pair are off to a great start at their location at 7535 Main Street West in Radium Hot Springs. In addition to having a fantastic location and a highly visible shop, Wassing said their store focuses on delivering a high-quality product line that is always chang-ing to meet the needs of their customers.
“Definitely we’ll be changing our prod-uct line all the time to meet the needs of lo-cals, and we call them ‘weekend warriors’ out of Calgary and Edmonton,” Wassing said. “Making sure
that we have different product every time they come in, that there’s something new and unique for them to see.”
To aid this endeav-our, Wassing has tak-en advantage of his wholesale business background to com-pile a complementary array of merchandise from all across the globe. Leather purs-es from India, wool sweaters from Nepal and hand-crafted sculptures from Mon-tana are just a few of the goods on display, although Wassing said they try and purchase local products when-ever possible as well.
“We try to buy as much as we can Cana-dian content, but at the end of the day some of it does need to come from other countries,” Wassing said. “We try to really go low on the Made in China.”
The store also of-fers books, sleep-ware, photo prints, jewelry and more, including clothing branded with the Ra-dium Wonder Land logo as part of the new Radium com-munity marketing
plan introduced this past May. Wassing is a strong believer in the tourism industry, but said that he wants the store to appeal to locals just as much as international visitors.
“We’re getting a lot of (international) tourists… but espe-cially the American travellers,” Wassing said. “I would say they’re 60 per cent of our business right now, which is amaz-ing, that’s one that surprised us.”
Having customers visit from all over the world also plays right into Wassing’s hands, as he said his favourite part of the job is meet-ing and talking with new people. Having grown up in Radium, Wassing also has a good knowledge of lo-cal history and land-marks which definite-ly comes in handy.
“It’s almost like we are another visi-tors centre,” Wassing laughed.
Radium Bighorn Gift and Souvenir also takes an active part in the community they call home, sponsor-ing a number of local events. In their first
year of operation, Wassing and Match-ett have already spon-sored Music on Main, the local Rod and Gun Club, and the Head-banger Trail Chal-lenge, with no plans to stop anytime soon.
“We’re definitely in-volved with helping with anything that Ra-dium needs,” Wassing said. “Just to make sure Radium keeps growing in the right direction.”
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Business ProfileRadium gift shop has global feelOwners of local gift and souvenir shoplooking ahead
STEVE JESSELThe Valley Echo
photo by Steve JeSSel/the echoA mix of local and global goods can be found at Radium Big Horn Gift and Souvenir.
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Shop unti l 8 p.m. in InvermereDecember 21 - 23
Shop late and shop local this holiday season.
These Invermere merchants will keep their doors open until 8 p.m. to help you shop for the holidays:
Be Gifted, Black Star, The Book Bar, Essentials, her Public, Inside Edge, Summit Footwear,
Three Bears Gift Shop, Tiffany’s Thredz
Presented to you by Invermere merchants & the Invermere Business Committee of the CVCC
