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As local population declines in the wake of Canfor’s Canal Flats mill closure in November, the village is adding its presence to the valley-wide Resident At-traction and Retention Advisory Com-mittee to seek some new residents.

“This is a valley-wide program; we should be at that table,” said Coun. Paul Marcil, who has been appointed as Canal Flats’ alternate representative on the committee. Mayor Ute Juras has been appointed as Canal Flats’ main rep-resentative. The Village of Canal Flats currently has 715 residents, though that number has likely already decreased as a result of the Canfor mill closure in No-vember. (The 2006 census — the most recent offi cial measurement of the pop-ulation of Canal Flats — puts the offi cial population at 700 people.)

In November, a $50,000 implementa-

tion contract for the resident retention plan was awarded to Calgary compa-nies MDB Insight and Splash Media Group, who previously created a Resi-dent Attraction and Retention Plan for Salmon Arm, which helped that munic-ipality’s growth go from being static to increasing by nine per cent.

The resident retention plan arose from the now-defunct Columbia Valley Directed Funds Committee of the RDEK. Though the committee is fi nished, the valley-wide initiative to increase the region’s full-time population has been funded so far with leftover money from the committee, meaning taxpayers in valley municipalities and rural areas are fi nancially off the hook for it.

The Resident Attraction and Reten-tion Advisory Committee will meet once more under local government di-rection, before it is turned over to the valley’s business community to contin-ue the project.

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The water system of three communities in the Columbia Valley will soon merge, with the end result that all will now have Interior Health standards compliant drinking water.

The Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) board of directors unani-mously decided at their Friday, December 4th meeting to approve Commu-nity Works Funds grants for the private Fairmont Hot Springs Utility Ltd.: $39,000 for extending its services to Ogilvy Wills (the community across Highway 93/95 from Fairmont Hot Springs Resort and north of the Riverside golf course development), $145,000 for extending its services to Dutch Creek, and $555,000 for the utility’s groundwater source development program.

“This is a good solution as we’ll have all three communities (Ogilvy Wills, Dutch Creek and Fairmont) drinking (Interior Health standards) compliant water,” RDEK chair Rob Gay told The Echo, adding Ogilvy Wills had long had problems with its water because its wells are so shallow, and Dutch Creek has had problems with its water intake because the creek it draws from tends to change its course.

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FIRESIDE FUN... Gathering around a bonfi re while enjoying Kicking Horse Coffee and treats from Konig’s and the Invermere Bakery was just one of the highlights of this year’s Winter Celebration at the Marion Creek Benchlands Conservation Area on the west side of Columbia Lake. NCC PHOTO

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LESLEY MARIAN NEILSONNature Conservancy of Canada.

On Sunday December 13th, the Nature Conservan-cy of Canada (NCC) welcomed winter revellers to the Marion Creek Benchlands Conservation Area, on the west side of Columbia Lake. The third annual Winter Celebration was an opportunity to spend time out-side with the local community.

Some lucky guests were even able to harvest Christ-mas trees from the excess fi r and pine that are a lega-cy of a past tree farm operation.

People came from up and down the Columbia Val-ley to celebrate the season and enjoy the outdoors

with skating and hockey, Christmas tree gathering or simply gathering around the warm bonfi re.

Kicking Horse Coffee, Konig Meat and Sausage Co., and the Invermere Bakery generously supplied the hot beverages and snacks.

Despite the warm weather in the days leading up to the Winter Celebration, Sunday dawned cold and crisp, with clouds burning off to reveal perfectly blue skies, warm sunshine and ice for skating on the pond.

“It really felt like a Canadian winter postcard out on the pond — this event brightened one of the shortest light days,” said Chad Townsend, who attended the event.

The Nature Conservancy of Canada would like to thank Kicking Horse Coffee, Konig Meat and Sausage

Co. and the Invermere Bakery for their generosity and everyone who attended for a wonderful afternoon. It was a perfect beginning to the holiday season!

About NCCThe Nature Conservancy of Canada is the nation’s

leading land conservation organization, working to protect our most important natural areas and the species they sustain. Since 1962, NCC and its part-ners have helped to protect more than 2.7 million acres (over 1.1 million hectares), coast to coast. Al-most one million of the acres (400,000 hectares) are right here in British Columbia.

Visit www.natureconservancy.ca/bc.

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All these approvals came with the condi-tion that the RDEK receives confirmation from the water rights comptroller that the private utility is restricted from paying any profits to shareholders.

“It is a bit odd since Fairmont (Utility Ltd.) is a private utility and we are giving public money to a private company, but they (Fairmont Utility Ltd.) function more as a social enterprise than as a true private operator. Extra money goes back into the utility for future upgrades, rather than to shareholders’ pockets.” said Gay. “So we feel we’re on good ground here. It’s just a new way of doing business.”

The community associations of both Ogilvy Wills and Dutch Creek had previ-ously voted unanimously to have Fairmont Utility Ltd. extend its water system to their

communities. The other option to get compliant water

to the communities was to have the RDEK build its own public system for each com-munity, but Gay said this would have taken at least three years and would likely have carried higher costs than extending the Fairmont system.

The current Ogilvy Wills and Dutch Creek water systems are also privately operated.

“We’re quite pleased and we will prob-ably see the Dutch Creek and Ogilvy Wills systems come on stream in the spring,” he said, adding the reservoir is almost com-plete, the wells are in place and all that re-ally left to do is to lay the pipes.

Gay said the pipe work could be tricky, as the pipes need to go under the Canadian Pacific Rail tracks and under Dutch Creek, but said that shouldn’t slow the project down.

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Several items of interest to the Upper Co-lumbia Valley came up during the most recent Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) board of directors meeting in Cranbrook.

A delegation from the Lake Windermere Ambassadors made a presentation to the Columbia Valley directors during their Co-lumbia Valley Services meeting on Thursday, December 3rd, asking for $10,000 a year in operational funding.

The board supported the grant, but de-cided more work needed to be done before the grant could be finalized, and asked RDEK staff to outline several potential options on how to fund the grant.

“The Lake Windermere Ambassadors have been conducting water quality monitoring on Lake Windermere for a number of years, which is great. In addition, they have pro-vided support to the Columbia Lake Steward-ship Society for the same work on Columbia Lake,” RDEK Area F director Wendy Booth told The Echo. “This data is important to be able to measure how the lakes are changing over time. Secure funding to continue to do this work, along with other projects, is fan-tastic for the entire valley.”

The Lake Windermere Ambassadors began more than a decade ago with a mandate to steward Lake Windermere, and have since expanded operations to help out with Colum-bia Lake.

Grants given outThe RDEK directors also gave several dis-

cretionary grants in aid, including $2,500 from the Area F account and $2,500 from the Area G account for the Columbia Valley Community Foundation for its Vital Signs Ini-tiative; as well as $1,000 from the Area F ac-count and $1,000 from the Area G account to Recreation Sites and Trail BC to help fund the organization’s Forster Creek Trail Host pro-gram for the coming winter season.

“To be able to provide support to this group (the Community Foundation) for the Vital Signs Initiative is really important. The re-port that will be produced from the initiative will benefit so many different groups in the Columbia Valley,” said Booth, speaking about the Community Foundation grant.

About the Trail Host grant, she added that “after a successful first year of this initiative, it is great to support this program continu-ing. It demonstrates that successful partner-ships do work.”

Vital Signs is a Canada-wide program be-ing undertaken by community foundations across the country that attempts to mea-sure the vitality of communities and support action to improve the quality of life in these places.

The trail host program was established as a trial project last winter. Host Tania Halik and her avalanche rescue dog Summit were a presence in the Forster Creek area — which sees plenty of recreational use of multiple varieties — answering questions, improv-ing safety and helping guide different user groups to the appropriate parts of the area.

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During the Columbia Valley Services Com-mittee meeting, the Columbia Valley direc-tors also discussed funding options for Co-lumbia Valley-wide visitor services.

“While final decisions are still pending, it is great to see the Columbia Valley Directors working together and recognizing that we all benefit from a valley-wide visitor services ap-proach. Whether we have tourism assets or our residents work in the tourism industry, each community benefits from a regional ap-proach,” said Booth.

A report from RDEK staff on the matter sug-gested that a Columbia Valley economic de-velopment services area (which is currently in the process of being developed) could be one avenue to fund valley-wide visitor servic-es. Another option is to have each municipal-ity or rural area contribute.

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The Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) Board of Directors is considering an application by Philip Marshall to amend the text of the RES-3(TP), Resort Tourist Pension Zone in the Upper Columbia Valley Zoning Bylaw.

Bylaw No. 2662 cited as “Regional District of East Kootenay – Upper Columbia Valley Zoning Bylaw No. 900, 1992 – Amendment Bylaw No. 308, 2015 (Panorama / Marshall)” will amend the text of the RES-3(TP), Resort Tourist Pension Zone to: eliminate the requirement for dining reservations; permit take-out food service; and, increase the maximum permitted number of seats in the restaurant from 8 per guest room to 14 per guest room. The bylaw will also limit the size of the food service area to a maximum of 37 m2 of gross floor area per guest room.

A public hearing will be held at: Columbia Valley Chamber of Commerce 651 Highway 93/95

Invermere, BC Tuesday, December 29, 2015 at 7:00 pm

The Board has delegated the holding of this hearing to the Directors for Electoral Area F and Electoral Area G.

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

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This notice is not an interpretation of the Bylaw. For more information, contact Jean Terpsma, Planning Technician, at 250-489-0314, toll free at 1-888-478-7335, or email [email protected].

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Have a Zamboni, EdgewaterGREG AMOS

Special to The Valley Echo

Canal Flats’ older Zamboni is fi nding a new home at the outdoor Frank’s Rink in Edgewa-ter, after a long-running discussion between the two communities.

A new Zamboni was added to Canal Flats’ fl eet after a $1.3 million upgrade to the Canal Flats arena in 2013, bringing into question the fate of the older unit, which the village had kept for spare parts and as a backup unit.

After inquiries were made this fall by Edge-water Recreation Society president Tammy Tutte and RDEK Area G director Gerry Wilkie, and a green light was given by Canal Flats arena manger Matthew Fournier, it was left up to council whether to donate or simply loan the old machine to Edgewater.

“Possible use of the zamboni has been dis-cussed with Mayor Juras during our past RDEK Columbia Valley directors meetings,”

wrote Wilkie in a letter to Canal Flats council. The subject was well-known to the village

council, who were happy to put the question to rest at their December 14th council meeting.

Juras noted that “it’s now become the Z-word” at regional district directors meetings.

Both Canal Flats and Edgewater are mem-bers of the RDEK’s Columbia Valley Recre-ation Service Area, a new entity since 2012 that has replaced several communities’ own recreation functions, including the village’s former Canal Flats Recreation Service Area.

In October 2013, the Canal Flats Zamboni had a minor mechanical failure and emitted a noticeable level of carbon dioxide in the Canal Flats arena, causing the building to be evacu-ated during a hockey tournament. Carbon di-oxide emissions won’t likely be a problem in Edgewater, where the arena is outdoors.

For Edgewater, the full-size Zamboni replac-es what was “basically a tractor with a home-made unit on the back of it,” said Tutte.

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A strong desire to bolster the balance sheets has encouraged the Government of B.C. to regulate the debt settlement indus-try to ensure borrowers can pay off what they owe.

B.C. residents could benefi t from addition-al cost certainty and having the guesswork taken out of debt repayment rules when changes are made to the Business Practic-es and Consumer Protection Act (BPCPA) effectively taking place on April 1st, 2016.

“British Columbia families and individu-als need to be confi dent that when they are making tough money decisions, they’re getting the right advice and that they have certainty over what they’re being charged,” said Minister of Justice Suzanne Anton in a recent press release. “These new regula-tions will help those people in debt under-stand their rights, and help ensure they do not get taken advantage of during a vulner-able time in their life. These changes will also help keep as much money as possible in the pockets of British Columbians.”

The Province will be restricting the fees that debt settlers can charge, which means companies will not be able to charge clients in debt until the creditor and the debtor have agreed to the terms of repayment.

“These changes are needed in British Co-lumbia,” said Scott Hannah, president and CEO of Credit Counselling Society of BC, in a recent press release. “We know that debt can put an enormous amount of stress on people, particularly families. The new rules mean families and individuals facing

fi nancial strain are able to make informed choices about their money and debt repay-ment. We at the Credit Counselling Society look forward to employing these regula-tions while we work to help B.C. residents become debt-free.”

Before this change was proposed, some companies could charge large, non-refund-able fees up front in order to negotiate a lump-sum payment — this action forced many consumers to stop paying their debt on the condition of making a lump sum payment to the creditor while negotiating fees to the debt settlement agency, which caused many people to miss their pay-ments, thus ruining their credit score.

“These changes strengthen protections for British Columbians who are looking for help with debt issues,” said Rob Gialloreto, president and CEO of Consumer Protection BC, in the release. “As the regulator for the debt collection and debt repayment indus-tries, we are committed to implementing these changes effectively and supporting our existing licensees in their understand-ing, while ensuring that consumers have access to information about their rights.”

As of April 1st, 2016, debt settlement companies will now only have two options, restricting how much they can charge for fees: A) If the debt will be repaid within 90 days, debt agents may only charge a fee of up to 10 per cent of the total amount of debt being repaid; B) If you need 90 days or longer to repay your debt, debt settlement companies may charge a fee of up to 15 per cent of the total amount repaid, plus a one-time service fee.

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Rick Jensen, former president and CEO of Panorama, has replaced Greg Deck as chair of the Columbia Basin Trust (CBT).

Radium Hot Springs’ first mayor and current mayor of Jumbo Glacier Resort Mountain Resort Municipality, Deck has been on the Board since the Trust’s inception in 1995, serving as vice-chair from 2008 to 2012 and chair from 2013 to 2015.

“On behalf of the Trust’s Board and staff, I would like to thank Greg Deck for his contributions to the formation and growth of the Trust,” said Jensen. “For over 20 years, he has been an instrumental part of this organization and has dedicated his efforts to the well-being of our region and its residents.”

Jensen, who is from Cranbrook, is replacing Deck as chair as of January 1st, 2016. He joined the Trust Board in 2013 and served as vice-chair in 2015. He is the chair of New Dawn Developments, a director of New Dawn Resto-rations, president of the Canadian Institute of Excellence and a director of Columbia Power Corporation.

“The Trust has achieved remarkable success, and I’m confident Rick Jensen, Laurie Page and the rest of the

Board will carry this success forward,” said Deck, who is now retiring from the CBT. “This is a solid team commit-ted to an extraordinary organization that will continue to serve the Basin well.”

Nakusp’s Laurie Page, who joined the Board in January 2012, is being reappointed until December 2018 and is taking over as vice-chair. She also served as vice-chair from 2013 to 2014.

“I’d like to thank Greg Deck for his years of dedicated service and leadership as chair of the Trust, and for all the help, sound guidance and advice he has shared with me personally as a resident of the Columbia Basin and in my work as an MLA and minister,” said Minister of En-ergy and Mines Bill Bennett in a press release. “I’d also like to welcome Rick Jensen and Laurie Page to their new roles. I look forward to working with them and the rest of the Board as they continue to invest and deliver benefits to the Basin, improving lives, communities and the environment.”

The Trust’s 12-member Board consists of individuals appointed by the provincial government: six from the five regional districts and the Ktunaxa Nation Council, and six others. All directors must live in the Basin. For more in-formation about the Board, and to read highlights and minutes from Board meetings, visit www.cbt.org/board.

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It has been a year since the new council for the Village of Radium Hot Springs was elected, and I am pleased to report that we have been busy working on your behalf.

There has been a learning curve for our newest coun-cillor Tyler McCauley, as well as for myself in my new role. We are grateful for the sup-port of the rest of council — Ron Verboom, Todd Logan and Karen Larsen and all of the Village Staff.

Some of the work which is happening includes:

• A new strategic plan to guide our work and keep us focused.

• The plans for the new Community Hall are taking shape — we hope to have some concept drawings for you to review in the spring.

• Public works completed the Whiskey

Jack sewer pump station.• Staff have almost com-

pleted the transition to a new accounting program — very time-consuming for everyone in the office who is involved in some aspect of finance.

• Council members have attended a number of train-ing workshops around the region as well as Karen, Tyler and I attending the UBCM in

Vancouver in September. • The community hosted a number of

successful internal and external events due to the hard work of our events co-ordinator, Patrick, and the amazing team at the Visitor Centre.

As you wander around the village there are seasonal lights up in Rotary Park at the four-way stop, the Hospice Society of the Columbia Valley’s Tree of Lights is up in front of the coffee shop, many businesses

are lit up, and the solar lights on the trees along the highway have magically been rehung after the sheep and pruners undid last year’s work. All we need is some snow and it will look a lot like Christmas!

Enjoy the Peace in Radium as well as the rest of the Columbia Valley this holiday season, and I hope to see you all in 2016.

Clara Reinhardt is the mayor of the Village of Radium Hot Springs and a Regional Dis-trict of East Kootenay director for the Colum-bia Valley.

Carrying on the Christmas traditionDEAN MIDYETTE

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Every family has their own traditions around Christmas.

My Christmas Eve was always spent at a large family gathering, alternating each year between the maternal and fraternal sides of the family. It was usually the only time of the year I got to visit with most of my cousins.

After waking up really, really early on Christmas morning and watching the clock tick toward 7:30 a.m. (the “official” time when my brother and I were allowed to leave the confines of our bedrooms),

we would wake my parents so that we could start unwrapping presents.

After cleaning up the wrapping paper, we enjoyed a filling brunch before head-ing to church.

After the service, we would travel to enjoy Christmas dinner with the other side of the family.

Fast-forward 40 years. My grandmoth-ers were the magnets for our family and, since their passing, I rarely see my un-cles, aunts and cousins.

The day has evolved to become more about our immediate family and local “orphans” — people who have recently moved to the valley and have no fam-

ily of their own with whom to spend the day.

The celebrations still begin on Christ-mas Eve and continue throughout Christmas Day, involving stockings and chocolate oranges, presents, and an in-credible feast prepared lovingly by my wife and shared by our family and our aforementioned orphans.

It’s a time to share stories, laughter and camaraderie and to remember members of the family who are no longer with us.

May your family enjoy the holidays with your own unique traditions, and may 2016 bring health and prosperity.

Merry Christmas!

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Will you be going to see Star Wars: The Force Awakens this holiday season?

“Yes, I’m especially excited about seeing JJ Abrams putting his spin on the classic story.”

Cory Price

“No, because I already had the ending spoiled for me.”

Justin Curry

“It’s sad. We elected to come ski in God’s country instead so Star Wars will have to wait until January. Take that BB8!”

Wes Funk

“How much is my house worth?” This is the number one question sellers ask

Realtors. It’s one of the most important ques-tions that needs to be answered as well. Any complete marketing plan will include price as one of the most important factors. We all know there are houses out there that are asking a bit more and that’s OK. Perhaps a seller isn’t in a hurry and the client and their agent have agreed to “test the market.” When you own something, it’s your right to ask for it what you like, just as it’s a buyer’s right to pay what they will.

While setting a price, we have to keep in mind that buy-ers have access to information these days like they’ve never had before. There is an overwhelming amount of informa-tion available from tax records to sale prices and listing his-tories and so on. They’ll be comparing your home to every other house out there so you better make sure you’ve got a good price and the data to back it up if you want to sell.

Pricing a home without the proper information can be a downward spiral. Listings that sit on the market for long pe-riods of time create long-standing inventory and this type of listing can have some negative effects on buyer confi dence and eventually lead to fewer sales, which puts pressure on pricing for everyone as sellers drop their prices to compete for buyers.

Let’s say you want to sell your house, so you start think-ing about what it might be worth. You notice the house down the street is listed. You’ve been in it a few times and you think you have a pretty good idea of how much your home is worth compared to it. A couple quick calculations for your rose-patterned wallpaper and bonus carpet in the bathroom and voila — there’s your price! You’re confi dent

because the features you’ve got are things a buyer is going to love. Are you priced fairly? The answer is maybe.

I’ve worked with sellers and we often agree on price, but the steps I take to get there are different. Just understanding your home’s fea-tures compared to others isn’t enough. You’ve got to understand what buyers are looking for as well, things like what features make them put pen to paper, and does your home have these compared to the other listings? Are there things you can do to the house to increase its value in

the eyes of a buyer? Understanding value in the eyes of the buyers is key.

I know, I know. Real Estate is easy and sometimes it seems like everyone’s an expert, but the best thing that can hap-pen when you’re fi guring out the market value of your home is to get someone to help you who has no emotional attach-ment to the property, who knows what buyers in your area are looking for, and who has a good understanding of what features are worth in the current market.

*This column is for entertainment only and not intended to be construed as advice in any way. Information should be independently verifi ed and all sellers and buyers are en-couraged to contact their Realtor for help with buying and selling. This is not intended to solicit business. No kittens were harmed in the writing of this column.

Geoff Hill is a licensed Realtor with MaxWell Realty Inver-mere holding a trading services licence since May 2008. Orig-inating from West Vancouver, he came to the valley for the snow and stayed for the people and lifestyle. Geoff enjoys vol-unteering with the local fi re department and roller derby team as well as playing roller derby and many other sports himself.

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When drivers attempt to pass a plow truck, they put themselves, their passengers, the truck op-erator and the driving public at risk. Keep a safe distance and always stay alert. Though you see the plow truck, the plow truck op-erator might not see you.

• Snowplows move at much slow-er speeds than other vehicles. On the highway, snowplows normally don’t travel faster than 60 km/hr when plowing or spreading winter abrasives.

• Drivers may not be aware that plows are wide and can extend across the centre line of the highway.

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WEDNESDAY, DECE 23RD

• 11:45 a.m.: The Rotary Club of Invermere meets every Wednesday at the Curling Rink.

THURSDAY, DEC. 24TH

• 9 - 10:30 a.m.: Pancake breakfast with Santa at Fairmont Hot Springs Resort, $5/person.

• 9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.: Find the Elf on Fairmont Ski Hill for prizes.

• 5:30 - 7 p.m.: 30th annual Torchlight Parade at Fairmont Hot Springs Resort Family Ski Area, dozens of skiers and their blazing torches wind down the slopes through the darkness during this annual event – a cherished tradition that kicks off the holiday season at the resort. Fireworks at 6 p.m.

• 8 p.m.: Annual Christmas Eve fi reworks, Conrad Kain Park Wilmer. Bonfi res and free hot chocolate.If you would like to make a donation please call 250-342-9470.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25TH

• Legion Closed till December 29.

• 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.: The 8th annual Christmas Day Soak at Fairmont Hot Springs. Free entry with donation to the Columbia Valley Food Bank.

• 5 - 7 p.m.: Radium Feastival, a village Christmas dinner at LaCabina Ristorante in Radium Hot Springs Best Western Plus Prestige Inn. Visit www.radiumhotsprings.com for details.

SATURDAY, DEC. 26TH

• 39th Annual Invermere-Radium Christmas Bird Count. For more Information call Randy at 250-688-6694 or email at [email protected]

• 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.: Hockey Day at Bear’s Paw Bar & Grill. Canada vs USA.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 27TH

• 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.: Elf Cookie Decorating. Come decorate cookies with our Fairmont Hot Springs Resort Christmas Elf at Misty Waters Café.

• 2 - 7 p.m.: Screening of Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods at Pynelogs Cultural Centre. $5 for children, $12 for adults. A feature length fi lm based

on the long running cartoon series Asterix.

• 2 p.m.: Bishop’s Book Store and Coffee Lounge, Local author Scott Hay will be showcasing his memoir Bleeding Hearts.

• 2:30 - 4:30 p.m.: Fairmont Hot Springs Resort Skating party at our rink (weather permitting).

MONDAY, DECEMBER 28TH

• 9 :30 a.m. - 4 p.m.: Snow Snake Hunt on Fairmont Ski Hill.

• 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.: Elf Cookie Decorating. Come decorate cookies with our Fairmont Hot Springs Resort Christmas Elf at Misty Waters Café.

• 10 a.m.: Bavin Glassworks show and sale, next to Canadian The Spirit of Totems featuring artwork by renowned local artists Pat and Ryan Bavin.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29TH

• 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.: Library on shortened hours Dec. 29,30,31 and Jan.2.

• 12 - 2 p.m.: Skating party at Fairmont Hot Springs Resort rink (weather permitting).

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

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 30TH


• 7 p.m.: Texas Hold ‘em Tournament moved to Wednesday 30th at Invermere Legion. $35 buy in.

THURSDAY, DEC. 31ST

• 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.: Library on shortened hours Dec. 29,30,31 and Jan.2

• 11:15 a.m.: Invermere Library Pre-school Storytime drop in for stories and a craft.

• 12:30 - 3:30 p.m.: Invermere Library Lego Club. Drop in to build something great.

• 3 p.m.: Village of Radium’s 25th Birthday Celebration and New Year’s Eve Party at Brent’s Shack, Legends Field and Radium Hot Springs Seniors Hall. Hot chocolate, hot dogs, chili and birthday cake. Visit www.radiumhotsprings.com for details.

• 6:30 p.m.: Radium Hot Springs New Year’s Eve Fireworks at Springs Driving Range. Visit www.radiumhotsprings.com for details.

• 7 - 10 p.m.: Fairmont Hot Springs Summer pool party.

• 7:30 p.m.: New Year’s Eve Dinner at Panorama Great Hall, Dinner pricing is $54.95 for those 15+ years old, $19.95

for those 5-14 years old, children 4 and under free. Gratuity included GST extra. Reservations recommended call 1-800-663-2929. Visit www.panoramaresort.com/events/ for menu details.

• 9 p.m.: Bear’s Paw Bar & Grill at Fairmont Hot Springs Resort. No cover charge. A New Years Eve Glow Party with festive drink specials, champagne at midnight, music by DJ Wild Bill and a selfi e booth in the lobby. For more information email [email protected] or call 250-345-6063.

• 9 p.m. - 2 a.m.: Edgewater Recreation Society presents a New Year’s Eve event with Jaydee Hypnotist. Tickets $20 in advance includes New Year’s bling, midnight hors d’oeuvres and champagne, sold at Brisco Store, Pip’s Store, Simple Pleasures and Little Treasures, Home Hardware and the Trading Post.

• 10 p.m.: Fairmont New Year’s Eve Fireworks at the Historic Indian Baths.

• 11 p.m.: Family Neon Nye Party at Panorama Mountain Resort. Prizes for Best Neon Costume, Best glowing lip sync artist, and best neon guitarist. Free handouts, like kids pop, glow sticks and glow jewelry, appy bites and jello shots (non-alcoholic) and Full bar open for Adults.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 1ST

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

SATURDAY, JANUARY 2ND


• 11:15 a.m.: Invermere Library Pre-school Storytime drop-in for stories and a craft.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 8TH

• 9 p.m.: Bear’s Paw Bar & Grill at Fairmont Hot Springs Resort. Join us for live music by Smokin’ Ray & The Detectors. Blues, R’s n B and more.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 9TH

• 9 p.m.: Bear’s Paw Bar & Grill at Fairmont Hot Springs Resort. Join us for live music by Smokin’ Ray & The Detectors. Blues, R’s n B and more.

TUSEDAY, JANUARY 12TH

• 6:30 p.m.: Westside Legacy Trail Open House at Fairmont Hot Springs Resort, Pine Room. Come and experience what the WLT is, how it will impact the valley, and

show your support. Snacks and refreshments will be served.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 15TH

• 9 p.m.: Bear’s Paw & Grill at Fairmont Hot Springs Resort. Join us for live music by Swillbillies with blues, folk and pub-style tunes.

TUSEDAY, JANUARY 19TH

• Columbia Lodge No. 38 meets every 3rd Tuesday at 8 pm. Sept through June. 1301 7th Ave, second fl oor above Lambert Kipp.

• 7:30 p.m.: Florian Hoefi ner Group at Pynelogs Cultural Centre. Tickets are $20, $10 for students and are available at Tiffany’s Thredz and at Pynelogs. Call 250-342-4423 for more

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INVERMERE THRIFT STORE• Thurs - Saturday: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

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W ITH THE YULE LOGS CRACKLING ON AN OPEN FIRE, FAMILIES GATHERING TOGETHER FOR WINTER FUN, PRESENTS UNDER THE TREE READY FOR CHRISTMAS MORNING AND 2015 SOON TO BE IN THE REAR-

VIEW MIRROR, THE VALLEY ECHO INVITED READERS TO SUBMIT THEIR PERSONAL YEAR-END MESSAGES TO THEIR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBOURS ACROSS THE COLUMBIA VALLEY. PROCEEDS FROM THE VALLEY ECHO’S 2015 SIGNATURE PAGE WILL BE GOING TOWARDS THE COLUMBIA VALLEY CHRISTMAS BUREAU. WE, TOO, WISH YOU A

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

The staff at the Echo and Pioneer wish you all a very Merry Christmas and health and prosperity in the coming year. !

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Invermere residents are helping change lives

The holidays aren’t necessar-ily the happiest time of year for people around the globe.

World Vision is thanking the 11 Invermerians who donated $1,400 worth of gifts to its hu-manitarian cause in develop-ing countries this winter.

“The Gift Catalogue is a re-ally fun way Canadians like to bring charity into their holiday celebrations, to make them more meaningful,” said Gene-vieve Barber, World Vision gift catalogue spokesperson. “By choosing a tangible donation you give as a gift — things like

clean water, valuable livestock and education options — you help a family in the developing world, and share the change being made with the big-heart-ed person on your gift list. Because the dona-tions are so tan-gible, you and the person receiving it as a gift, imme-diately know the impact that this gift is having.”

The Evangeli-cal Christian humanitarian aid, develop-ment and advocacy orga-nization recently announced that over 8,000 residents from B.C. contributed essential items from the World Vision Gift Catalogue — tangible do-nations for children and fami-lies in developing countries like livestock, clean water, ac-cess to education and medical supplies — to celebrate the holiday season this year.

Previously, British Columbi-

ans have purchased more than 8,800 essential items from the World Vision Gift Catalogue to help others during the holi-days last year.

A recent survey conducted by Ipsos Reid in October 2015, investigates Canadians atti-tudes towards charitable gift giving and reveals that holiday

giving can pay off. They found that 79 per cent of people from B.C. prefer to give a gift that helps someone in need. The survey revealed that a belief in the

spirit of giving to sup-port the needy is an at-titude that B.C.’s deep-ly supports rather than

following a consumerist shop-ping agenda to buy clothes and electronics.

World Vision encourages people to make a donation in someone’s name and give them a gift over the holidays this season to mark the start of a new tradition for the big-heart-ed person on your gift list. For more information, visit www.worldvisiongiftsnews.ca.

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A Christmas message from the B.C. LegislatureChristmas and New Year celebrations are a wonderful part of winter here in

Columbia River-Revelstoke. And the early snow we experienced this year means that we have plenty of outdoor activities to enjoy this holiday season.

Many of us will also take the opportunity to gather with family, friends, neigh-bours and colleagues. It is a time when generosity of spirit is very apparent in our communities. It is important that we work together to make sure that everyone has food and company. We need to be generous with those around us.

We also have many people in the region who are working hard to welcome refu-gees to our country. Whether it is a community group that is sponsoring a family, or groups of neighbours that are gathering supplies to be shared with families

arriving in larger centres, this is something we can all be part of.

It is this desire to help people who we’ve never met that speaks to what is best about the human spirit.

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I would like to wish all the constituents of the Kootenay-Columbia riding a safe and

happy holiday season. As we prepare for the New Year and all the potential it brings, I want to say one thing: thank you.

Thank you for putting your trust in me to serve as your Member of Parliament. My staff and I will work hard — every single day — to earn that trust and get results for our families.

In October, Canadians voted for change. As part of Tom Mulcair’s progressive opposi-

tion team, you can count on me to hold the new government to account — and ensure they deliver the change they’ve promised.

My door is always open. Don’t hesitate to be in touch if you need assistance with a federal program, or if you just want to talk about how we can build a better commu-nity together.

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The Kootenay Savings Credit Union is getting into the festive season, and has been giving out donations and grants to various regional organiza-tions, including some here in the Up-per Columbia Valley.

The credit union distributes the money through its Kootenay Sav-ings Community Foundation and, last week, announced $23,000 in new grants given to Kootenay organiza-tions as well as a total donation of $50,000 to be shared among local Kootenay Community Foundations. There were 16 groups in total that re-ceived the funding, and four of them are from the valley, including the Co-lumbia Valley Arts Council; the Green-ways Trail Alliance; Columbia Valley Search and Rescue; and the Columbia Valley Community Foundation.

Kootenay Savings community liaison Aron Burke said in a press release that the donations were “in keeping with the credit union’s proud tradition of investing in the well-being of those that live, work and play in the Kootenay region.”

The donations and grants to valley organizations from the Kootenay Saving

Community Foundation total more than $16,000, with $1,000 going to the Columbia Valley Arts Council to help it purchase a point-of-sale and inven-tory management software system (replacing the current handwritten in-voices); $5,816 going to the Columbia Valley Community Foundation for its various projects; $5,000 to Greenways to help build the Westside Legacy Trail; and $5,000 for Columbia Valley Search and Rescue.

The credit union established the Kootenay Savings Community Foun-dation in 2000 with the aim of sup-porting non-profit organizations and educational, health and social proj-ects. Since it started, it has given out almost $4 million in various grants, endowments and bursaries.

Projects or organizations seeking funding from the Kootenay Savings Community Foundation should apply through its website at www.kscu.com/Community/CommunityFoundation. There are two application deadlines each year: March 31st and September 30th.

The Kootenay Savings Credit Union is a member-owned financial co-operative organization with branches throughout the Kootenay region, more than $1 billion in assets, more than 39,000 members and more than 200 employees.

Kootenay Savings Credit Union Invermere branch staff present Columbia Valley Search and Rescue with their $5,000 grant. Representing Kootenay Savings, from left to right, are Fiona Stockley, Trish Raven, Amber Lutz and Terri Lightfoot. Representing Search and Rescue are Steve Talsma and Stephen Suh. Photo submitted

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Historical reads on wheelsBreanne Massey

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Vancouverite David Ellis opened up a new chapter of his life when he began trav-elling the province in a white van meticulously filled to the brim with First Nations historical books and documents to sell.

He took over the destination-based book selling business from his father, Bill Ellis, nearly three decades ago.

“I’ve been coming to Invermere for 24 years now to see schools and First Nations,” said David, noting he caters to both the Shuswap and Ktunaxa Nations as well as some of the schools in the Columbia Valley.

“I have a huge collection for (the Columbia Valley), just like I do for all the small towns and First Nations in B.C. — the oldest, and rarest books.”

David estimates that during a typical trip to sell books and documents, he travels with 1,200 items in stock with information that is specific to each area. However, he said that while “precision-book selling” might only take him on the road for about two months of the year, it’s a full-time job to acquire, sort and set up daily meetings within his province-wide network.

“I take very precise trips,” he explained, “and it’s what they call ‘precision-book selling’ so every day I have an appointment — or two appointments — with all the books sorted out for each destination.”

Previously, he has met with aq’am Community Councillor Marty Williams (a Ktu-naxa community) and Shuswap Indian Band Chief Barbara Cote in the East Kootenay, along with many other First Nation community leaders throughout the province. He visits bookstores in every community and shops online to pick up new inventory to sell on his trips. Once he has amassed a new collection, David sets up a stock that is specific to each area at local Chambers of Commerce, public libraries or band offices.

“When I’m moved in, I see the people and hopefully, they buy some books,” he explained, while expressing a strong desire to plan a sale in the Columbia Valley this spring. “I would like to have a pop-up sale at the library… with the help from the museum, we might be able to have a sale there for about three days.”

However, David is waiting for safe driving conditions to make the journey from Vancouver to the Columbia Valley — as well as to hear from bookworms in the com-munity to see if they’re interested in meeting with him.

“It’s up to me to decide a date, but I don’t want to go there any time before March,” he said, while encouraging readers with an interest in his cause to contact him.

To contact David by phone, call him at 604-222-8394 or 604-916-6081. For those who prefer to chat online, send David an email at [email protected] or visit the “David Ellis Bookseller” page on Facebook.

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A Wilmer man with an extensive mining background is busy writing a novel set during the great Kootenay silver rush.

Al Farmer worked around the world and as a mining executive before deciding to settle down in the valley 15 years ago. He and his wife Patricia bought and reno-vated the St. Andrews Church in Wilmer, turning it into a home, before Al wrote a book about his experience in the gold industry and took up blogging. To cap it all off, Al is now writing a new book, about the valley’s mining past.

Patricia and Al were living in Canmore when, during a trip to the valley, Patricia — who is an artist — saw the 110-year old St. Andrews Church and had a vision of renovating into a house.

“She thought she could do something with it, and so six weeks later we were here in the valley,” said Al. “I doubt we’d take on a project like that (the church) now, but we were younger then. It was a lot of work, but it was also a lot of fun.”

The Farmers — employing only local contractors from Wilmer and Invermere — enlarged the church and added on to it.

“We made the new part look just like the old part, and even got the same kind of flooring,” said Al. “We made the new part just a decade and a half ago, but it sure looks like it’s been around a lot longer than that.”

The couple even had to get two occupancy permits for the building — one for the new part and one for the old part.

Not content to sit around once the house was fin-ished, Al began working on a book — Sell the Pig: Sto-ries of an Accidental Gold Miner — detailing his time running a gold mining company in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Sell the Pig was published in 2014.

“It’s a look at how a mine was found, built and lost,” said Al. “There’s nothing like making a few millions and then losing a few millions.”

The gold mine Al was in-volved with would eventually go on to produce more than 2.5 million ounces (70 million grams) of gold and make more than $100 million dollars.

Since moving to the valley, Al has found no shortage of mining history here and it has inspired him to start work on a historical novel set in Wilmer more than a century ago, when the com-munity — originally called Peterborough — was at the forefront of the Kootenay re-gion’s silver mining boom.

“I’m in the middle of it (the new book) right now. My last book was non-fiction and this is fiction, which is quite differ-ent. It was easy to get started, but now I’m on the third rewrite,” he said.

The silver rush was at its height at about the same time the community changed its name, in 1902. Apparently having a small town called Peterborough in B.C. while at the same time having a larger town also called Peterborough in Ontario was cause for confusion in the Canadian postal sys-tem, so the postmistresses in Peterbor-ough, B.C. was asked to come up with a new name for her community.

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Valley’s mining history inspires a historical novel

Above, St. Andrews Church (second building in from the back) in the middle of the Wilmer townsite in 1911 or 1912 (photo courtesy of the Windermere Valley Mu-seum). Below, St. Andrews Church today — now the home of Al and Patricia Farm-er. Al is writing a book inspired by the area’s mining history (photo submitted)

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IMAGINE INVERMERE COMMUNITY SUSTAINABILITY PLANSeeking Members for The Imagine Invermere

Implementation CommitteeThe District of Invermere is looking for up to three (3) members of the public to volunteer for a two (2) year term to guide the implementation of the Imagine Invermere Integrated Community Sustainability Plan, (ICSP).

Imagine Invermere (II) is the District of Invermere’s Integrated Community Sustainability Plan that was developed to provide guidance towards a sustainable and resilient future for our community. The II ICSP identi� es community priorities and strategies which guide decisions and actions towards the sustainability goals.

Membership on the committee will be for a two (2) year term from the date of appointment.

To be eligible, you must be a resident of the District of Invermere.

Successful candidates must possess a strong sense of community service, willingness to work respectfully as part of a team and have good communication skills.

The Imagine Invermere ICSP Implementation Committee duties shall include:

• Recruiting community partners for Imagine Invermere and for meeting with existing partners to communicate success stories and to look for ways to move Invermere closer to its vision of sustainability;

• Reviewing the action inventory priority list (a component of Imagine Invermere ICSP) and making recommendations for action implementation

• Organizing local activities and actions that promote sustainability and or move Invermere closer to its vision of sustainability contained within the ICSP

• Liaising with residents who wish to discuss Imagine Invermere and its constituent parts including its sustainability objectives, community priorities, strategy areas and associated descriptions of success statements, action inventory implementation and monitoring

• Planning the monitoring and annual reporting on Imagine Invermere• Considering sustainability issues or concerns referred to it by Council

Detailed terms of reference are available for review at the District o� ce or at www.invermere.net The Imagine Invermere ICSP policy document is also available for review on the Districts web site or can be made available at the DOI offi ce.

Interested persons are invited to submit written applications on or before December 31, 2015 at 4:30 p.m. to:

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“At that time, everything, including the mail, came up-river from Golden on paddlewheel steamers. The mail got unloaded at Athalmer, which was called Salmon Flats then, and the postman would pick it up and bring it up to Peterborough. The postman’s name was Wilmer, so they would write Wilmer on all the mail going to Peter-borough,” said Al. “So the postmistress decided just to rename the town Wilmer. That’s how Wilmer got its name. And so I decided to write a novel about what Wilmer was like then. I figured I could look up what I could and then make up the rest.”

Delving into the valley’s silver mining history, Al has be-come familiar with some of that time period’s intriguing characters, and, in his opinion, perhaps none is as inter-esting as Delphine, a highly successful French Canadian female prospector.

“She was a big name around here, since she was a fe-male prospector, which was not common at the time, and also because she was one of the first prospectors here to become really wealthy,” said Al, adding he has yet to ascertain if Delphine was her first name or last name.

Both the Delphine Lodge in Wilmer and Delphine Creek (where her silver claim was located) were named after her.

The silver boom in the Kootenays began in the mid to late 1880s, shortly after the Canadian Pacific Railway was finished. Prospectors eager to try their luck came by train to Golden, disembarked and then headed up the Columbia River.

“You didn’t need to be a genius to find silver, you sim-ply followed creeks and streams up to their sources and looked for streaks on the rocks in the area, which indi-cated that there may some kind of minerals — zinc, lead, silver — there,” said Al. “That’s how Delphine found her claim and if you go up the Delphine Creek you can still

see the streaks on the rocks there.”Peterborough (Wilmer) quickly became a

boom town as prospectors, eager to replicate Delphine’s success, flooded in and mines were established, with some (including the Mineral King and Paradise mines) lasting decades. The silver rush spread to other parts of the Koote-nay region, creating other booms towns in Ar-genta, New Denver and, eventually the biggest find of all, the Sullivan Mine near Kimberley.

“It wasn’t gold that made B.C. rich, it was silver, and it all started here with Delphine Creek,” said Al, adding that the Sullivan Mine in particular — which he said sits on a incred-ible silver, lead and zinc deposit — generated a phenomenal amount of wealth.

Al does not have a projected publishing date for his new book, but, in the meantime, Sell the Pig can be purchased on www.amazon.ca.

Above, a historical photo of the Paradise Basin Mine buildings and below, the Delphine Lodge in Wilmer, which is still standing to this day. Photos courtesy of the Windermere Valley Museum

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KIJHL Standings WHL Standings

EddIE MountaIn dIvISIonTEAM GP W L T OT PTS GF/A Sx-Kimberley Dynamiters 33 26 4 0 3 55 +68 W1Creston Valley T. Cats 32 19 10 1 2 41 +39 L1Fernie Ghostriders 32 19 10 0 3 41 +27 L1Col. Valley Rockies 35 19 16 0 0 38 0 W3Golden Rockets 34 4 27 1 2 11 -107 L3

nEIL MurdocH dIvISIonTEAM GP W L T OTL PTS GF/A Sx-B. Valley Nitehawks 32 24 5 1 2 51 +57 W7Castlegar Rebels 32 21 10 1 0 43 +37 L2G. Forks Border Bruins 35 15 17 0 3 33 -29 W1Nelson Leafs 34 14 19 0 1 29 -22 L1Spokane Braves 34 5 25 0 4 14 -82 W1

doug BIrKS dIvISIonTEAM GP W L T OTL PTS GF/A SKamloops Storm 36 23 9 0 4 50 +26 W1100 Mile H. Wranglers 34 21 9 0 4 46 +31 L1Chase Heat 32 18 10 3 1 40 +21 L1Revelstoke Grizzlies 31 14 14 1 2 31 0 W1Sicamous Eagles 33 6 22 1 4 17 -66 W1

oKanagan dIvISIonTEAM GP W L T OTL PTS GF/A SOsoyoos Coyotes 31 23 7 0 1 47 +58 L1Summerland Steam 32 21 10 0 1 43 +36 W1Kelowna Chiefs 33 16 14 2 1 35 +3 L2N. Okanagan Knights 34 9 20 1 4 23 -34 W3Princeton Posse 33 8 24 0 1 17 -63 L1

Scoring LeadersPlayer Team GP G A PTS PIM1. Rainer Glimpel OSO 31 17 33 50 322. Jason Richter KIM 31 25 24 49 43. Cole Keebler FER 24 24 24 48 10 4. Jared Marchi KIM 33 16 31 47 185. Alec Wilkinson CVT 31 9 38 47 286. Eric Buckley KIM 33 15 31 46 777. Jordan Busch KIM 33 6 39 45 268. Micheal Cardinal CVR 33 19 24 43 739. Zach Befus FER 30 20 21 41 4110. Carson Cartwright CVT 31 22 18 40 22

Goaltending Leaders (min. four games played)Player Team GAA SP W L T SO 1. Tallon Kramer BVN 1.75 .949 4 0 0 02. Jacob Mullen SUM 1.75 .936 10 4 0 03. Matthew Huber SUM 1.83 .926 10 4 0 64. Brett Soles OSO 1.89 .937 15 4 0 35. Tavin Grant KAM 1.90 .931 8 3 0 16. Tyson Brouwer KIM 1.94 .930 20 4 0 57. Joshua Tetlichi KEL 2.20 .913 6 4 2 38. Joseph Mcleod CGR 2.25 .934 13 6 2 59. Spencer Eschyschyn KAM 2.28 .910 11 8 0 310. Nic Bruyere CHA 2.29 .928 14 7 2 1

x = clinched playoff spot*Does not include SIC at KEL (Sunday, Dec. 20)

cEntraL dIvISIonTEAM GP W L OTL SL PTS GF/A S Red Deer Rebels 33 22 11 0 0 44 +27 W1Calgary Hitmen 35 21 12 1 1 44 +8 W1Lethbridge Hurricanes 32 21 11 0 0 42 +33 W1Edmonton Oil Kings 34 13 18 3 0 29 -20 L4Medicine Hat Tigers 32 11 18 2 1 25 -26 W3 Kootenay Ice 34 6 26 2 0 14 -80 L10 EaSt dIvISIonTEAM GP W L OTL SL PTS GF/A S Brandon Wheat Kings 32 19 10 1 2 41 +30 W1Prince Albert Raiders 32 18 11 2 1 39 +1 L3Moose Jaw Warriors 31 16 10 4 1 37 +11 W1 Regina Pats 33 15 14 2 2 34 -11 L1Saskatoon Blades 30 11 16 3 0 25 -37 W1Swift Current Broncos 32 10 18 3 1 24 -25 L1

B.c. dIvISIonTEAM GP W L OTL SL PTS GF/A S Kelowna Rockets 32 24 7 1 0 49 +35 W1Prince George Cougars 32 20 10 1 1 42 +19 W2Victoria Royals 32 20 10 1 1 42 +37 L1Kamloops Blazers 29 15 10 3 1 34 +14 W3Vancouver Giants 33 10 19 2 2 24 -26 W1

u.S. dIvISIonTEAM GP W L OTL SL PTS GF/A S Seattle Thunderbirds 31 18 11 2 0 38 +12 L2Everett Silvertips 29 17 10 0 2 36 +16 W2Spokane Chiefs 31 16 12 2 1 35 0 L2Portland Winterhawks 31 15 16 0 0 30 +5 L2Tri-City Americans 32 13 18 1 0 27 -23 W2

Scoring LeadersPlayer Team GP G A PTS PIM 1. Tyson Baillie KEL 32 21 33 54 402. Brayden Burke LET 32 8 40 48 163. Dryden Hunt MJW 31 20 25 45 184. Reid Gardiner PAR 32 20 24 44 245. Adam Brooks REG 33 16 28 44 126. Jon Martin SCB 30 26 17 43 397. Brayden Point MJW 19 18 25 43 88. Mathew Barzal SEA 25 9 34 43 319. Ivan Nikolishin RDR 33 18 24 42 810. Radel Fazleev CGY 33 14 28 42 20

Goaltending Leaders (min. 600 min played)Player Team GAA SP W L OT SO 1. Carter Hart EVT 1.90 .928 17 9 2 62. Ty Edmonds PGC 2.17 .932 11 5 1 23. Coleman Vollrath VIC 2.31 .916 16 9 1 14. Logan Thompson BWK 2.38 .910 9 1 0 05. Jackson Whistle KEL 2.62 .918 17 4 1 16. Jayden Sittler LET 2.69 .911 9 5 0 17. Rylan Toth RDR 2.73 .909 17 9 0 28. Jordan Papirny BWK 2.77 .896 10 9 3 2 9. Logan Flodell SEA 2.86 .892 11 7 2 010. Patrick Dea EDM 2.88 .905 10 12 2 0*Does not include games from Wednesday, Dec. 16

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rockies trounce rocketsThe Columbia Valley Rockies won 8-5 against the Golden

Rockets in the Golden Arena on Friday, December 18th.In spite of two penalties in the first period, there was no

scoring done then, but the second made up for that with lots of action on the ice.

Rockets player Andrew Dunn scored an unassisted goal to mark the start of the game, which was promptly fol-lowed up with his teammates — Darion Nordick and Riley Barnes — moving down the ice for the Junior B team’s second goal.

But Rockies player Nolan Menard scored a goal, thanks to an assist from Kellen Marchand, which opened the gates for him. Mr. Menard used that success to score a natural hattrick, earning the team’s first three goals of the evening.

Then, Rockies player Colby Sherlock scored again, bring-ing the Rockies into a 4-2 lead against the Rockets.

Ryan St. Jean brought that up by to 5-2 before the sec-ond period came to an end.

During the third, Rockets players Travis Kelly, who was assisted by Kyran Karol and Tanner Wit, scored a goal.

Kule Rosolowski quickly fol-lowed suit with an assist from Mr. Kelley, bringing the score up to 5-4 for the Rockies.

Rockies player Kellen Marchand scored the team’s next goal during a power play.

The Rockets, then, scored their final goal before the Rockies stepped up to the task of winning the game.

The night concluded with two more goals from the Rockies, the first scored by Doan Smith and the second scored by Harrison Davies, for the win.

Close game between rockies and Thunder CatsThe Columbia Valley Rockies narrowly beat the Creston

Valley Thunder Cats 6-5 at the Eddie Mountain Memorial Arena on Saturday, December 19th.

“We had a pretty good strangle hold in this game,” said Wade Dubielewicz, while saying the Junior B team’s big-

gest challenge at this point of the season is staying fo-cused during the games. “We let them get back into it and it ended up being a game at the end, which it shouldn’t have been but at the end of the day, we got the two points at that’s huge.”

During the first period, Rockies player Nick Hoobanoff scored a goal with assists from Micheal Cardinal and Ni-gel Swab, pushing the team into a 1-0 lead early on, but the Thunder Cats quickly tied up the game.

Moving into the second, the Rockies scored three goals thanks to Colton Sandboe (who scored two goals during that period, including one during a power play) and one by Cardinal.

During the third, the game got close.“I think teams have a tendency, when they’re up by that

amount, they want to change the way they’re playing and play the easier way which is not making simple, hard plays,” said Dubielewicz. “They want to make cute plays — sports-centered plays — and sometimes it comes back to bite you in the butt.”

Cardinal scored the first goal of the third, which was promptly followed by Doan Smith’s powerplay goal. However, the Thunder Cats managed to score four goals before the end of that period — making the win for the Rockies a very close game.

“It was probably the best 50 minutes we’ve played all year, so that’s a huge positive,” said Dubielewicz. “We were up a really good team. Now we’re going into the Christmas break on a three game winning streak and we want to carry that momentum through.”

Rockies forwards Doan Smith (#17) and Micheal Cardinal (#21) were two of the goal-scorers in the home game against Creston on December 19th when the Rockies won 6-5. Photo by Breanne Massey


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CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22Cancer, you will be getting a lot of help with a special project, so expect it to go quite smoothly. Just be sure to pay back the favor when you can.

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PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20Pisces, stick up for yourself when you need to. You are your biggest advocate, and you will present a strong front when feeling secure.

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4814 Hwy. Drive, 1 km northof Windermere250-342-9511

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Valentine, AnthonyAugust 17th,1931 – December 13th, 2015

Tony died peacefully at home sur-rounded by loving family at age 84.

Born and raised in Toronto, he completed his education at Ryerson Institute of Technology and the University of Toron-to and went on to a successful career in construction project management.

Tony was dedicated to family and friends and enjoyed noth-ing better than sharing good food, drink and time with them. During their lives and wherever they lived, Tony and Ruth gathered around them a network of friends and com-munity beyond compare. Your friendship, love and support is cherished.

Tony loved the outdoors, either capturing it on canvas or being active. Earlier days included canoe trips in Algonquin Park with his great friends and life on Healey Lake. To the end he was an avid golfer, fisherman, skier and artist.

Tony is survived by Ruth, his loving and devoted wife of 61 years; children Karen Valentine (Ted Braun), Kathy Val-entine (John Frazer), Ken Valentine; grandchildren Caitlin Braun, Thea Braun, Brandon Best, Casey Best, Sara Valen-tine, Alexis Valentine, Samuel Valentine, and Emily Frazer; his sister Shirley Robinson (Paul Robinson) and nephews Michael Robinson (Shannon Robinson) and Tim Robinson (Elizabeth Plowright). Tony was predeceased by his grand-daughter Rhiannon Valentine.

As per his wishes a send-off and celebration golf tournament will take place in Spring 2016, once the greens thaw out.

In lieu of flowers and in keeping with Tony’s involvement in the community, donations of remembrance may be made either to the charity of your choice or to the Invermere Health Care Auxiliary, Box 571, Invermere, B.C., V0A 1K0 to support ongoing improvement of health care services in the valley.

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

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FORTIN, Lorraine –1930 - 2015

Frank Fortin and his family would like to thank Dr. Fiona McLelland and the staff s of Piccadilly Care Centre and Shuswap Lake General Hospital for their kind and compassionate care of Lorraine and support of our fam-ily. We also thank all the family and friends for sharing our sorrow and off ering heartfelt support. Your kind-nesses were appreciated and will always be remembered.

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A look back through � e Valley Echo's archives over the last 55 years

REMEMBER WHEN?

55 years ago (1960): The Valley Echo

printed a special Christ-mas edition with plenty of holiday trivia. Perhaps the most intresting story detailed the history of Christmas mince meat pies during the Reforma-tion period in England. Pri-or to the Reformation holi-day mince meat pies were rectanglar, to represent the manager, and often contained a little � gurine of Jesus. When Puritans came to power this prac-tice was deemed sacreli-gious and meat pies were banned. Eventually holi-day meat pies returned many years later, but they came back in round form, with no � gurines.

45 years ago (1970): The Valley Echo

once again published a Christmas special edition that included virtually no news, but contained a heartfelt holiday greet-ing. The message wished not only for readers’ days to be merry and bright, but for the waters of Lake Windermere to be calm and the � sh to be plentiful in the coming new year.

40 years ago (1975): Radium Hot

Springs taxpayers voted decisively in favour of a proposed new sewer sys-tem for the community. The new system was pro-jected to cost $625,000. Of the 98 votes cast, 73 were in favour of the new sewer system, and 25 were against it.

35 years ago (1980): The Regional Dis-

trict of East Kootenay (RDEK) held a referen-dum in RDEK Area F and RDEK Area G, on allowing businesses to be open on Sundays and holidays. The residents of those ar-eas voted overwhelming in favour of having busi-ness open their doors for Sunday and holiday shopping.

20 years ago (1995): A three-person

committee set up to de-termine pay rates for the next Invermere council, decided the next coun-cil should have a sub-stantial pay raise. The next mayor was to get a 30 per cent pay raise to $10,000 a year and

the councillors to get a 55 per cent raise to $6,000 a year. Commit-tee members Leo Kien-itz, Laura Green and Grace Chabot said they voted to increase com-pensation after learning the pay for Invermere municipal of� cials was drastically lower than in most other B.C. munici-palities

15 years ago (2000): In a display of un-

Christmas-like spirit, a thief stole two GT snow-racers from a home in Invermere. The sleds had been sitting outside fresh-ly waxed and waiting for snow.

10 years ago (2005): The Canadian no-

dic ski team spent three days unwinding between World Cup races at Nipi-ka Mountain Resort. The national team included two locals — Panorama resident Beckie Scott and Toby Benches resi-dent Sara Renner — get-ting ready to ski in the upcoming 2006 Turin Olympics.

2005 — Grade 3 Martin Morigeau student Layne

Gertner shows off his freshly completed Christ-

mas window ornament. ECHO FILE PHOTO

2005 — Grade 3 Martin Morigeau student Layne

Gertner shows off his freshly completed Christ-

mas window ornament.

CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETYSouthern Interior Region — Cranbrook Offi ce

The Canadian Cancer Society is asking residents of the Southern Interior to “Take A One Night Stand Against Cancer.” This campaign encourages people to generously cover the cost of a one-night stay at the Society’s Southern Interior Rotary Lodge for someone fi ghting cancer.

The Society subsidizes the full cost of a night at the lodge so that guests only need to pay $50 per night, plus applicable taxes. For qualifying clients, the fee is covered through the Society’s Financial Support Program.

From October 31st, 2014 to October 31st, 2015, residents from the East Kootenay have stayed 1,991

nights at the lodge. Windermere Valley residents ac-counted for 125 of these nights, while Golden and Revelstoke residents accounted for 137 and 133 of these nights respectively. The average stay at the lodge is about six nights, but often, stays can extend three to six weeks. That’s a long time to be away from home.

“With support from people all across the Southern Interior, we are able to provide affordable accom-modations for people with cancer and their caregiv-ers,” explained Lori Stevenson, Team Lead of Annual Giving for the Canadian Cancer Society (B.C. and Yu-kon). “The lodge provides welcoming, comfortable accommodations, with three hot meals and snacks daily and is a home away from home for people fi ghting cancer. For just $100, people can generously

cover the cost of a night at the Society’s lodge for someone in need of accommodations during cancer treatment.”

“With the public’s support of our Take A One Night Stand Against Cancer campaign, we can give pa-tients the comfort they need so they can focus on getting better,” added Stevenson.

“Staying at the Rotary Lodge gave me an opportu-nity to spend time with people who understood my worries and supported me. It was one of the best decisions I made,” said Shelley B. of Cranbrook.

To support this initiative, please visit www.cancer.ca/takeastand, drop into your local Cancer Society offi ce, or mail your donation to Take A Stand, Cana-dian Cancer Society, 19 – 9th Avenue S, Cranbrook BC V1C 2L9.

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For so many of us, when it comes to the Christ-

mas holidays, we are so ex-hausted that we fi nd it hard to get out of bed. The daily hustle and bustle of our ev-eryday lives gets jolted by Christmas spirit — clean-ing, entertaining, being en-tertained, concerts, shop-ping, volunteering, working, children’s activities. I, for one, LOVE winter mornings when I do not have to be anywhere or do anything and can just relax while enjoying my morning coffee over a good magazine. Then it hits me — guests coming over, children to feed and I would really en-joy something more than my morning oatmeal. My “trick” is prepare the night before so I can have my dreamy, relax-ing morning.

Set the table the night before. You will not believe how nice it is to wake up in the morning to see this!

Make a fruit salad, which always looks beautiful and tastes amazing. It can be made the night before (just leave out the bananas until just before eating) and sprinkle with some lemon juice to keep fruit from turning brown. Add in-teresting fruits like pomegranate seeds,

dragon fruit and passion, which that are all in season at the moment.

Have something baked without all the hassle of baking. I know, this sounds like an oxymoron, but here is a great tip: make your dough the night before (muffi n mixes work best), and line your tins so all you have to do in the morn-

ing is turn on the oven and fi ll the tins. While these are baking, you are enjoying your fi rst cup of coffee of the morning.

Have your breakfast main ready to re-heat. Remember, you are relaxing today and it’s OK to re-heat something you made the night before. Dishes like pan-cakes, crepes, a strata, frittata and even French toast all re-heat well.

The recipe below is my new “go-to,” adapted from a recipe on the Pillsbury website, but it’s much better with the butter pastry or even phyllo. Instead of the salsa and cilantro, it’s fantastic with marmalade or maple syrup drizzled on it. It is also fabulous with goat’s cheese and prosciutto instead of bacon. It is what I call a showstopper breakfast dish — it always gets rave reviews and is al-ways requested in my household!

BACON, EGG & CHEESE WREATH

Ingredients:4 slices bacon, cut in half crosswise1/3 cup plus 1 tablespoon milk4 eggs, slightly beatenSalt and pepper, if desired1/4 cup chopped red bell pepper1 package of butter pastry 1 cup shredded cheese — your choice chopped fresh cilantro, if desired1 cup of your favourite salsa, if desired

Directions:Heat oven to 375° F. Line large cookie

sheet with cooking parchment paper. In 10-inch skillet, cook bacon over medium heat about 4 minutes or until cooked, but not crisp, turning once. (It will con-tinue to cook in oven.) Set bacon aside; drain all except 2 teaspoons bacon drip-pings from skillet.

In medium bowl, beat 1/3 cup of the milk, the eggs, salt and pepper with fork or whisk until well mixed. Stir in bell pep-per. Pour egg mixture into skillet. As mix-ture heats, portions of eggs will begin to set. Gently push cooked portions with metal spatula to outside edge of skillet. Avoid stirring constantly. As more egg sets, push it to the edge and place it on

top of the already set egg mixture. Cook 5 to 6 minutes or until eggs are thickened throughout but still moist.

Unroll dough; cut into 8 triangles. On parchment-lined cookie sheet, arrange triangles with shortest sides toward centre, overlapping in star shape and leaving 4-inch round circle open in cen-ter. Dough points may hang over edge of cookie sheet. Press overlapping dough to fl atten.

Place bacon on each of the triangles. Sprinkle 1/3 cup of the cheese onto widest part of dough. Spoon eggs over cheese. Sprinkle with 1/3 cup of the cheese. Pull points of triangles over eggs and cheese, and tuck under dough to form ring (fi lling will be visible). Care-fully brush dough with remaining 1 ta-blespoon milk; sprinkle with remaining 1/3 cup cheese.

Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until deep golden brown. Cool 2 minutes. With broad spatula, carefully loosen ring from cookie sheet; slide onto serving platter. Garnish with cilantro and salsa.

Wishing you a delicious, loving, peace-ful and joyful holiday season and may your 2016 be fi lled with great food, friends and health!

Lara McCormack is a co-owners of From Scratch – A Mountain Kitchen in Fairmont.

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The Village of Radium Hot Springs unanimously ap-proved Bylaw No. 416, 2015 at the regular Wednes-day, December 16th council meeting with an option to amend the motion to regulate traffi c and parking in the municipality’s future.

“As a general overview, I think it’s important to point out that the need for a parking bylaw was iden-tifi ed as part of our strategic planning session… and here it is,” said Mark Read, Village of Radium Hot Springs chief administrative offi cer. “The primary issue with our former bylaw was that it was very, very rudimentary. I think it was passed in 1991 so there was really just a lack of clearly defi ned regula-tion and a lack of tools for staff to enforce what we

perceived as necessary for parking on the streets. This is really just a modernized version.”

He informed council that some municipalities of-fered similar bylaws that varied between 80 and 100 pages in length.

“So, I tried not to go overboard with details, but at the same time, I tried to give us tools and regulations to deal with some of the issues that we have been dealing with,” he explained. “The bylaws have been reviewed by a local bylaw offi cer and the superintendent, they both gave it the thumbs up. There’s a possibility that we may have missed some issues in here and I think, as time goes on, we can amend the bylaw.”

Council agreed that parking for commercial vehi-cles has been a challenge, but this will be worked on as a zoning plan for Radium is being developed in the new year.

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Call Mainroad’s 24-hour hotline at 1-800-665-4929 to report accidents and unsafe road conditions.


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For more information, contact the RDEK at 1-888-478-7335

ElectronicsElectronicsElectronicsElectronicsElectronicsElectronicsRecyclingRecyclingRecyclingThe electronics & small appliance recycling depot for the Columbia Valley is:

Invermere Bottle Depot133 Industrial Rd. #2Phone: 250-342-7272Hours: Tues-Fri 9:00am-4:00pm

Sat 1 10:00am-4:00pmThey accept• Televisions• Computers & peripherals

(keyboard, mouse)• Monitors• Fax machines• DVD/VHS players• Scanners

• Stereos, MP3 players Discman• Earphones• Microphones• Telephones• Speakers• Radios• Cable, satellite and PVR boxes

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 following locations in Invermere accept batteries:

Home Hardware, Rona - Northstar Hardware, Selkirk Cellular & Office Supplies, and

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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

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 reused or put in the garbage.Aluminum Pie Plates & Roasters - cannot be recycled in the Columbia Valley. The only

recycling depot for tin roasters, foil etc is the Cranbrook Bottle Depot. 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. The only place in the East Kootenay that Styrofoam can be recycled is the Cranbrook Bottle Depot.

Plastics - all plastics with the triangular recycling symbol and 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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- cannot be recycled. They can be reused or put in the garbage. - cannot be recycled in the Columbia Valley. The only

COLUMBIA VALLEY LANDFILL

December 24 9:00am-3:00pmDecember 25 ClosedDecember 26 9:00am-6:00pmDecember 31 9:00am-3:00pmJanuary 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 28 ClosedDecember 29 8:30am-4:30pm (closed 12pm-1pm)December 31 8:30am-3:00pm (closed 12pm-1pm)January 1 ClosedJanuary 4 8:30am-4:30pm (closed 12pm-1pm)

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The 2016 RDEK Board Meetings will be held as follows:

January 8 July 8February 12 August 5March 4 September 2April 1 October 7 May 6 November 4June 10 December 2

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On December 25th alone, over 30 million bags of garbage will be

thrown out of Canadian households.

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Invermere Valley Echo, December 23, 2015