Invermere Valley Echo, January 20, 2016

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BREANNE [email protected]

The Village of Radium Hot Springs re-considered and then unanimously ad-opted Bylaw No. 416, 2015 at its most recent regular council meeting.

The meeting was on Wednesday, Jan-uary 13th, but council had previously identifi ed (during its strategic plan-ning session) that there was a strong desire to create a new parking bylaw, as the last change was made to the for-mer parking bylaw around 1991.

Previously, the Village of Radium Hot Springs unanimously approved Bylaw No. 416, 2015 with a fi rst, second and third reading at the regular Wednes-day, December 16th council meeting with an option to amend the motion to regulate traffi c and parking within the municipality’s future.

The village is reviewing all its bylaws and parking rose to the top because of

“the ongoing challenges we face trying to balance being a mill town with being a tourist town,” Radium mayor Clara Reinhardt later told the Valley Echo, adding logging truck parking near main street had be-come a particular concern.

Radium chief administrative of-fi cer Mark Read informed council that some munici-palities have similar bylaws that vary between 80 and 100 pages in length. As the new bylaw avoids going overboard with details while at the same time making sure it still offers the munici-pality some tools to deal with some of the issues.

Chamber meetingRadium council asked their staff to

accept a meeting with the Radium

Chamber of Commerce/Tourism Radi-um after receiving a letter from Tour-ism Radium manager Kent Kebe.

“The board and marketing commit-tee is open to discuss possible solu-

tions for events funding and the dif-ferent roles that we all can (and) must undertake to make events happen in our village and to be successful. We are

all in our 2016 budget processes and would like to discuss with council and staff to see how this could be achieved for 2016,” read the letter.

However, the Village of Radium Hot Springs mayor Clara Reinhardt and councillor Tyler McCauley voiced a strong desire to either have the staff of each organization meet directly, or to have council meet directly with the chamber board during the requested

meeting. McCauley suspected that the meeting could be regarding funding for the Market on Main.

“If we’re meeting with the board, I would like it to be just the board be-cause when you mix the staff and the board, you’re getting the opinion of the staff and not the board,” said Mr. McCauley.

“If they want meet with council, then it should be board to board or staff to staff,” agreed Ms. Reinhardt. “That’s a really good idea — seems reasonable.”

Councillors discussed the scope of future projects briefl y and agreed to meet regarding the 2016 budget.

UBCM meetingRadium council discussed who could

attend the upcoming Union of BC Mu-nicipalities (UBCM) meeting and decid-ed plans and dates about the meeting will be fi nalized closer to the event’s deadline to RSVP.

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TREVOR CRAWLEYCranbrook Townsman

An animal rights organization is accusing the City of Cranbrook of undergoing an urban deer cull in advance of a regional translocation trial that is about to get underway.

Date-stamped video footage and photographs have been posted on a website—www.bcdeer.org—and Liz White, a board member of the Animal Alliance of Cana-da — a group long opposed to deer culls — says that she hasn’t been able to fi nd any evidence of a council vote to approve or fund a cull. The cull comes before an anticipated study into the potential of translocation as a solution for urban deer. Cranbrook, Kimberley, Elkford and Invermere are participating in the study, in which the Animal Alliance of Canada has invested $10,000.

“I’ve talked to councillors in other communities who are participating in the re-location study—they knew nothing about it. When we fi rst agreed to give money to the relocation program, I was told that there would be no culling if relocation took place,” said White.

“On that basis, we decided to contribute money and then I fi nd out in December that, in fact, there is a cull going forward in Cranbrook.”

The video footage—date-stamped Jan. 5, 2016—shows a fawn enclosed in a clo-ver trap before contractors arrive on scene. The video alleges the fawn paced for two hours before the contractors arrived, collapsed the trap and used a bolt gun twice on the animal.

White alleges that even though the bolt gun was used twice, the animal can still be seen moving as it is dragged off the video frame.

“They are not complying with the contract, in terms of the humaneness,” White said. “The bolt gun is supposed to kill that deer immediately, and that in that trap,

that was a full six minutes by the time it had been dragged out of the frame and we have no idea how long that deer was left before he or she was bled out.

“That is a complete violation of the permit that was issued to Cranbrook, for which Cranbrook is responsible.”

Photographs of another incident also posted on the same website show two fawns on the ground caught in a collapsed clover trap.

“Those two fawns were entangled in a trap and left in that condition for at least two hours, so that again is in violation of the contract,” said White.

“All it says is that it has to be done humanely, so it doesn’t matter what hap-pens, the contractor and the City of Cranbrook is responsible for ensuring it’s humaneness.”

White says that she knows of four deer that were killed as part of the cull, as clover traps were deployed in late December and early January.

A City of Cranbrook spokesman confi rmed that the city received a deer cull per-mit a few months ago. Cranbrook mayor Lee Pratt declined to comment on the deer cull and indicated he “doesn’t want to get into a debate through the media with Liz White or the Animal Alliance.”

However, the city remains interested in proceeding with the urban deer trans-location trial, as noted in an email statement provided to the Daily Townsman.

“Council committed $10,000 to the trial and has been asking the province for several years for additional tools to deal with urban deer, just the same as all the municipalities in the East Kootenay concerned with their respective urban deer populations. The City is very interested to see the end results.”

White said she will start looking to make sure the organization’s money for the translocation study goes to Kimberley or Elkford.

“They’ve not done culls, they’ve agreed not to do culls during this period of time,” White said. “I’m going to have to make sure that happens.”

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Invermere council appointed two new representatives to the Imagine Invermere committee and heard from a pair of upset local business owners during its most recent meeting.

John and Pam Nairn came to Tuesday, January 12th meeting, expressing their dismay that efforts to rent offi ce space to two smaller would-be local business, such as a potential nail salon, in their Panache Interiors building in Athalmer had come to naught, thanks to zoning issues.

“I don’t know if this zoning problem is a result of the new Offi cial Community Plan (OCP) or not, but if it is, I have to say the OCP is demolishing the value of our building. We seem to be getting shut down,” said John Nairn, adding his under-standing was that the area the building is in is zoned for “professional services”. He said that he couldn’t see why a business such a nail salon wouldn’t qualify as professional services.

Invermere Chris Prosser confi rmed the zoning for that area of Athalmer did not changed during the OCP update process and then Invermere mayor Gerry Taft said council would be happy to work with the Nairns to change the zoning from its current C1 commercial zoning (which covers some commercial uses, usually gas stations and restaurants) to C2 commercial zoning (which allows for a much broader range of commercial uses).

Nairn pointed out that, unfortunately, that process could cost the couple thou-sands of dollars, take months and wasn’t guaranteed.

Taft then suggested that, for a more immediate solution, council could help change the uses allowable under C1 zoning, at least for that specifi c area.

“We would never want to turn down somebody from doing business, we’ll work with you to sort this out,” said Taft.

In the end it was resolved that the Nairns bring the issue to the next committee of the whole meeting, where a mutually acceptable solution for all parties could be ironed out.

Child care shortageDuring the meeting council also discussed the shortage of child care in the East

Kootenay, with Invermere mayor Gerry Taft telling other council members about a presentation on the matter done at the most recent Regional District of the East Kootenay (RDEK) board of directors meeting.

“They are having a real hard time keeping staff and its becoming a real prob-lem,” said Taft. “Part of the issue is that you need a two-year diploma to be a qualifi ed childhood educator, but the wages are so low that realistically you can make more money doing just about any other job.”

Taft added that in some reports fi ngers have been pointed a municipal govern-ment as being responsible for this situation, but that, in many instances, the prov-ince at least shares some of the blame.

“For instance in many cases the (provincial) inspection rules are so stringent that it is almost impossible to run a home-based day care,” he said, adding the RDEK is looking at putting forward a resolution to take to the Association of Koo-tenay Boundary Local Governments (AKBLG) meeting to take on the Union of British Columbia Municipalities (UBCM) meeting, pushing back against the docu-ment that fi ngers local government as responsible for the child care shortage.

Fire dispatch changesTaft also told council members that the Cranbrook Fire Department will no lon-

ger be doing fi re dispatch services for the East Kootenay, as it has in the past, and instead the city of Cranbrook and the RDEK have put out a request for proposals for an independent contractor to fi ll that service.

“In some ways it makes a lot of sense. Cranbrook had trained fi refi ghters sitting on dispatch instead of out fi ghting fi res,” said Taft. “There was initially some fear that the contract price would be much higher than what the fi refi ghters had been charging, but it now seems the contract price will be only a little higher.”

In addition the current radio equipment will likely be compatible for the contrac-tors, meaning no equipment upgrades will be needed by local fi re departments across the East Kootenay as a result of the service provider switch, he said.

New appointmentsInvermere council voted unanimously at the meeting to appoint Katie Mc-

Namara and Ray Vowels to the Imagine Invermere committee. Councillor and Imagine Inver-mere committee member Paul Denchuk said the appointments are to replace several outgoing committee members.

Imagine Invermere is still seek-ing one more new committee member to replace outgoing member Tiffany Gulbe and is looking specifi cally for some-body who can fi ll Gulbe’s role of representing the downtown business community on the committee.

Imagine Invermere gets pair of new members

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A 15 per cent increase from $3.6 million an-nually to more than $4.2 million means com-munities will be eligible to receive additional funding for grants during a fi ve year period.

The Columbia Basin Trust (CBT) will be offer-ing the communities it serves access to fund-ing through the Community Initiatives and Af-fected Areas program this spring.

“We are pleased to continue our long-stand-ing partnership with local governments and First Nations to identify local priorities and deliver benefi ts to Basin communities,” said CBT president and chief executive offi cer Neil Muth, in a recent press release.

The CBT’s Community Initiatives and Af-fected Areas program began operating in 1998 to help address the needs of Basin communi-ties. Now, the CBT distributes funding to local government and First Nation partners once a year and it asks communities to prioritize their plans through local council decisions of votes

from residents to determine which project will be eligible to receive grants.

“From the Better to Babies to senior’s pro-grams, educational initiatives, environmen-tal projects and community hall renovations, the Community Initiatives and Affected Areas programs have provided critical support to a broad range of projects that have directly ben-efi ted the residents in our communities,” said RDEK board chair Rob Gay. “Every year, we are over-subsidized, and the increase in funding is fantastic news.”

The new fi ve-year commitment totals more than $21 million for the entire Basin and ex-tends to 2021. Of that total extra funding, the Ktunaxa Nation Council (four bands) will be eligible for $144,900 annually; the Shuswap Indian Band will be eligible for $36,225 annu-ally; and the Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) will be eligible for $1,197,531.

To learn more about the programs and view upcoming deadlines, visit www.cbt.org/cipaap.

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Canal Flats may soon make some amendments to its dock bylaw, following dis-cussion on the matter last week at the village’s most recent committee of the whole meeting.

The topic was the sole subject of the Monday, December 11th committee of the whole meeting. It was driven principally by councillor Marie Delorme and sprang from a request for such amendments from from former Calgary Flame and current Painted Ridge developer Mike Vernon’s company last summer.

The Valley Echo attempted to get further comment from Delorme after the meeting, but was unable to reach her prior to press deadline.

At the end of the meeting the committee made a motion directing staff to draft up an amendment for the bylaw that would divide the village’s waterfront into three zones — a zone for lakefront properties; a zone for “second-row homes”

(those that are close to, but not quite on, the lakefront); and a zone for Tilley Memorial Park.

The lakefront zone covers 28 properties in the village and would allow one dock per prop-erty. The second-row zone cov-ers 33 properties and would result in four to eight docks on Lake Columbia to be shared among the second-row homes in a ratio ranging from one-dock-per-four homes to one-dock-per-eight homes.

There was some discussion around what to do with the vil-lages’s other four public access points to the the lake (aside from Tilley Memorial Park), with

some suggestions to the effect of having various community associations re-quest tenure for them and in so doing, take responsibility for maintenance of them, while at the same time providing access for homeowners without lake-front properties.

Questions remained on whether or not renters should have access to the docks and whether or not foreshore structures and buoys would be permitted. It was also unclear whether the docks at the Tilley Memorial Park would al-low for day moorage and space for for canoe, kayak and stand-up paddleboard rental businesses.

Village staff estimated it will take three months to draft the amendments, and then get them approved and passed by council.

PresentationsDuring the council meeting immediately following the committee of the whole

meeting, Canal Flats council heard three presentations — from East Kootenay Community Energy Manager Megan Lohmann; from Columbia Valley Chamber of Commmerce executive director Susan Clovechok and Regional District of East Kootenay Area F director Wendy Booth; and from Headwaters Arts Society representatives Dodie Marcil and Leslie Cartwright.

Lohmann’s presentation was similar to the ones previously given to Invermere and Radium councils and highlighted the initiatives to be undertaken under her role, including energy efficiency incentives for homeowners, the East Kootenay Energy Diet, creating more electric vehicle charging stations and developing a region-wide commercial organic waste diversion program for composting.

The economic development course summary presented by Clovechok and Booth contained a Strenghts, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) analysis of the Canal Flats economy, provided an action spreadsheet and asked for feedback and progress reports to be given to the committee.

Marcil and Cartwright proposed to council that a historical mural be painted on the north wall of the Discovery Centre, which would include important his-torical figures, logging industry and Ktunaxa First Nation.

The estimated cost of the mural was $10,000 to $13,000. The pair asked that the project be included in the village budget so that it can be “on the shelf” for grant applications, but did not actually request funds from the village.

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Editor’s note: Valley resident Grace Sander is the proud great-aunt to Glen Jackson, a Langley-based musician who is part of a band that has been selected for a shot to per-form at this year’s Juno Awards in Calgary in April. Her grand-nephew Glen is related to one of the Columbia Val-ley’s oldtimer families, that of Chris and Ruth Zwiers, who moved to Edgewater in 1952. Chris worked at the Moores Sawmill as a planerman before working for the Depart-ment of Highways until retirement. Chris and Ruth had six children — Wallace Zwiers, Kristine Milanovic, E. Linda Welsh, Bruce Zwiers, Donna Jackson and Grace Sander. Glen is the oldest grandson of Donna (and Jim) Jackson. Some of the family are still living here in the Upper Co-lumbia valley.

Adam Mah and his bandmates knew the next step for Derrival would be national, but making their Canada-wide debut at the Juno Awards is “pretty insane.”

“It seemed completely out of reach,” said Mah, the 20-year-old vocalist and guitarist from Langley band Der-rival. “It still blows my mind. It’s really cool and I’m really excited about it.”

Derrival is one of three Canadian acts hand-picked to at-tend the inaugural Allan Slaight Juno Master Class in To-ronto next week (Oct. 26 to Oct. 30). Taking part in a cus-tomized artist development program, the band has the chance to perform at the Juno Gala Dinner and Awards in Calgary in April.

This is “the next step” for the band, after winning sec-ond place in last year’s PEAK Performance Project, Mah said.

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Light at the end of the tunnel for Canal Flatsdean midyette

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2015 was a very difficult year for the Vil-lage of Canal Flats. We all know about the two announcements, the first signalling a large layoff in May with the second final-izing the closure of the Canfor mill in No-vember. All told, more than 150 good pay-ing jobs have been lost in a community of 700 people.

So what does the new year hold for the Village? Hope. In the words of Mayor Ute Juras “I am confident that we will perse-vere and come out of this stronger than before”(Valley Echo, January 13th). As a resident of Canal Flats I know we will.

Assistance has arrived in the form of a $50,000 grant from Columbia Basin Trust earmarked to hire some economic devel-

opment help. Interviews are being held and an announcement of the successful candi-date should soon be forthcoming.

A lot of the groundwork has already been laid. The council began work on economic development in earnest in 2013 and has received a report which includes the base-line data needed to formulate a solid plan. Council members are reviewing the zoning and water zone bylaws with amendments due this spring. Consider that allowing private docks for all waterfront properties increases the property value significantly, this change is an easy way to boost the tax roll. Docks will also accelerate the sale of lakefront properties with development of those lots soon to follow. Development means local jobs.

In my opinion here are the next steps that council must take: A detailed review

of the subdivision servicing bylaw must be made a priority. It includes a lot of ex-traneous costs for developers for items such as paved sidewalks and curbing that are unsuited for a small rural community. Then council must construct a series of transparent development checklists so that potential residents and builders can be provided with the straightforward steps to be undertaken and the associated costs to build. Council must also ensure that the development process is streamlined. Unan-ticipated and unwarranted delays are frus-trating and costly.

Ultimately, the best laid plans aren’t worth a nickle if they don’t result in new residents and increased development. In-creased development will lead to business attraction, resident retention and a healthi-er, more diversified local economy.

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At the start of each year the Columbia Valley Cham-ber of Commerce invites the Columbia Valley Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) directors to a lun-cheon for comment on our work over the past year and projects planned in the year(s) ahead.

It was a wonderful event this year and it was great to have Chief Barb Cote there to discuss the hopes and aspirations of the Shus-wap Band and some of the priorities in their socio-economic planning.

At the end of January, I am looking forward to a Community to Community meeting between the RDEK and Shus-

wap Band where we will discuss inter-governmental relationships and exchange ideas for the future.

As I reflect back on 2015 in Electoral Area G, there are a number of highlights that come to mind.

The completion of the Edgewater Water System up-grade saw the addition of ul-tra-violet light disinfection,

water main upgrades, fire flow upgrades and renewal of a pressure reducing valve station, all of which will improve water service to the community.

I was also pleased to see the creation of an RDEK service area and major im-provements to the water system up in

Spur Valley.In Wilmer, following consultation with

the community, we renewed the Crown Land tenure and created a management plan for Wilmer Community Park (Sel-kirk Park). 2015 also saw the completion of the restoration of the Wilmer Hall. The restoration project was truly a com-munity labour of love.

We have had outstanding participa-tion by the residents in the Toby Bench-es in their Official Community Plan plan-ning process.

I was also pleased with the bear-proof-ing of the bins at the transfer stations in Brisco/Spillamacheen and Edgewater, and with the introduction of the Wild-safe B.C. program in our area.

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Do you think the Whiteway needs a Code of Conduct or a set of rules for its users this winter?

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Chris Sasiadek and Shona Hennessey

“Absolutely. No vehicles on the whiteway and clean up after your dog.”

Heather Fullerton and and her friend, Christa Gubler

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Yes33.3%

The New Year is always a time to refl ect and re-evaluate, and as your representative to the Legislature, I’ve been thinking a lot about public policy and public spending.

The B.C. Liberals promised a Lique-fi ed Natural Gas (LNG) industry that would create 100,000 jobs, an end to sales tax in B.C., a trillion dollars in economic activity, the elimination of the provincial debt and a $100 billion Prosperity Fund, with up to 17 LNG plants, the fi rst to be up and running in 2015.

Turns out that none of those promises were real; the B.C. Liberals have failed to deliver on ev-ery count.

Instead of debt elimination, or even reduction, our debt under the B.C. Liberals has grown from $30 billion up to $165 billion, with more debt to be accrued.

And now with LNG stalled, Premier Christy Clark is placing all our economic hopes on the Site C dam project, which likely will cost more than $10 billion to build.

I disagree with this choice. The B.C. Utilities Commission, which is the independent body of experts that is supposed to review B.C. Hydro expenditures, was specifi cally denied the ability to review the viability of Site C. One can safely assume that the government does not want to be

told that Site C is an unnecessary and expensive project.

Having failed to create jobs through LNG, Premier Clark is now using Site C as the cornerstone of her job creation plan. But I think that a far better publicly-funded job creation project would be to complete the dividing and four-laning of the Trans-Canada Highway between the Kam-loops and the Alberta border. It is a massive project that would create

signifi cant benefi t to the rural economy. It would create opportunities through apprenticeships to train our next generation of tradespeople and it would modernize our main national transporta-tion corridor which is far too congested, unsafe and unreliable.

A four-laned divided highway across our prov-ince would have us join Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta in having a proper modern highway from east to west, and would provide real ongo-ing economic benefi ts for decades to come.

It’s time for government to make a better choice. Let’s put people to work on a project that actually makes sense for the citizens of British Columbia.

Norm Macdonald is the NDP MLA for Columbia River Revelstoke. He can be reached by phone at 1-866-870-4188 and by email at [email protected].

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Although not an RDEK project, another highlight this year in Edgewater was the repaving of the streets in the community. I would like to thank the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure for the excellent work on that project.

The success of any project or service is directly re-lated to the competent work of RDEK staff and I would like to thank them for all the work they’ve done on behalf of Area G.

In the year ahead, I hope to see progress on the Agricultural Plan. Currently, RDEK staff are meet-ing with colleagues in Central Kootenay and Koote-nay Boundary Regional Districts and Columbia Basin Trust. Collectively, they are discussing how we can work together to create an agricultural liaison for the three regions who will then work to enhance the busi-ness of agriculture, local food production and food security.

The diversity of the landscape in the valley provides exceptional opportunities for outdoor recreation and these activities are increasing on our Crown Land. Just as outdoor recreation is sacred to many of us and an important part of our tourism economy, so is envi-ronmental responsibility. Recreation Access Manage-ment Planning continues to be one of my priorities.

Gerry Wilkie is the Regional District of East Kootenay director for Area G, and can be reached at [email protected].


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Weber grapples with martial arts trainingBreanne Massey

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Keith Weber has put up a fight to hone his skills in the art of Brazilian jiu jitsu.

The 39-year-old Invermere resident began grappling in Frederic-ton, New Brunswick during 2006 when he found a private instruc-tor to train with three times weekly.

“There wasn’t even a club there at the time,” he said. “I found a guy (who) was a blue belt and I convinced him to help train me a little bit for the first little while.”

Now, Mr. Weber is a purple belt and practices at the community hall with others, often twice weekly.

“I grew up liking martial arts so I grew up doing Tae Kwon Do as a child, then I did ninjutsu in high school and then I did six years where I was teaching and competing in kickboxing,” said Weber. “For me, I always like to put myself in the scariest situa-tion possible and try to excel at it, and that’s why I do emergency medicine. That’s why I’ve done trauma, that’s why I’ve worked with the military.

“I’m fearful to ever be in a fight so I want to be good at it if I am.”He gradually worked his way up through white and blue belts

to earn his purple belt, which technically qualifies him to teach others jiu jitsu as a junior level instructor. In the future, Weber plans to train for his brown and black belt.

“There are probably about a dozen of us (in the valley) who re-ally like to get together to grapple,” he said. “The other martial arts have more striking, and that type of stuff. Although judo is grappling, so we all get together to share what we know (every Friday and Sunday night at the Community Hall). We try to learn from each other and practice with each other because it’s one of those sports that you can’t really do alone. You need partners.”

But the road to success has been a long one coming.“I got my purple belt not too long ago,” he explained. “I changed

clubs somewhere in the middle and I had to start again as a blue belt, then I missed a couple of opportunities to get belt promo-tions… I was a blue belt for a long time — six or seven years.”

He added the norm is to stay in a belt level for roughly two years, depending on one’s progression in the sport.

However, Weber believes that working out through any form of martial arts is the best way someone can develop confidence and stay fit.

“I’m happy to share what I know (because) after nine years, you learn a lot,” said Weber. “Kickboxing is very simple in its move-ments. It’s kicking and punching, but there are only so many ways you can do that. Kickboxing is like checkers but jiu jitsu has thou-sands of moves, so I think jiu jitsu is like chess. Each one has its own eccentricity that makes it work or not work.”

Keith Weber (dark clothes), who practices Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, warmed up for training by doing flow rolling with his peer Nathan Breeze, who practices Japanese Jiu Jitsu.. Photo by Breanne Massey


Home Games

CELEBRATING 37 YEARS IN THE KIJHL!

VS. BEAVER VALLEY NITEHAWKSSaturday, January 23rd

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IJHLKRockies win twice during the weekend

Breanne [email protected]

The Columbia Valley Rockies gained a 1-0 lead against the Kimberley Dynamiters during the first period when Harrison Davies scored a goal with assists from Colton Sandboe and Luke Bellerose at the Kimberley Civic Cen-tre on Friday, January 15th.

“Kimberley came out ready to play,” said Wade Du-bielewicz, Rockies’ head coach. “We were fortunate to get some really solid goaltending to weather the storm. We settled down into the second half of the game and were fortunate enough to hold on for the win.”

During the second period, the Dynamiters tied up the game 1-1 after James Farmer scored with assists from George Bertoia and Franco Colapaolo. The Rockies pushed back into the lead before the end of the second during a power play goal scored by Kellen Marchand. He had assists from Ryan St. Jean and Micheal Cardinal.

During the third, the Rockies continued with a 3-1 lead thanks to Davin Burton’s goal. However, the Dynamiters tried to make a comeback when Jared Marchi scored during a power play — bringing the score 3-2.

But Cardinal quickly countered for the Rockies, scor-ing a powerplay goal with help from his teammates, Doan Smith and Nick Hoobanoff.

The Rockies eventually won the game 5-2 against the Dynamiters when Davies, with assists from Will Reynish and Colby Sherlock, scored the Junior B team’s final and winning goal on an empty net.

rockies eke out win against Thunder CatsThe Rockies won a nail biter 5-4 against the Creston

Thunder Cats during a Saturday, January 16th game at the Johnny Bucyk Arena thanks to a last minute goal that secured the Junior B team’s victory.

“Saturday in Creston was similar to Friday’s game,” said Dubielewicz. “Goaltending got us through the first period, as we settled in, we controlled the pace of the game.”

Liam Plunkett, with an assist form Sebastian Kilcom-mons, scored a goal to mark the start of the game, push-ing the Thunder Cats into a 1-0 lead. Nigel Swab tied

the game 1-1 for the Rockies before the end of the first period with assists from Donoven Quinten and Micheal Cardinal.

During the second, Nick Hoobanoff help the Rockies break the tie and put then in a 2-1 lead.

The Thunder Cats promptly retaliated and pushed the puck down the ice, scoring two goals.

Rockies player Colton Sandboe and his teammates en-sured there was a 3-3 tie before the end of the period.

During the third, Luke Bellerose scored an unassisted goal for the Rockies, bringing his team into a 4-3 lead.

In less than 10 seconds, the Thunder Cats had tied 4-4 against the Rockies.

With five minutes left in the game, Bellerose scored the Rockies’ winning goal.

“We are happy with our effort and the way we con-trolled the second and third period,” said Dubielewicz. “Anytime that you can hand a team their second home loss (Kimberley) and the following night, hand Cres-ton their third at home loss, we have to be happy with the outcome and the effort.”

Giovanni Sambrielaz in net,Davin Burton #24 and Luke Bellerose #22. Bellerose scored two goals in Creston and his last one was game winner. Photo submitted


A look back through � e Valley Echo's archives over the last 56 years

REMEMBER WHEN?

50 years ago (1965): An accident re-

ported to the RCMP De-tachment at Invermere at 1:45 a.m., Sunday, took place on Highway 93-95 approximately eight miles north of Canal Flats. Don-ald Reid, the Wilmer driv-er suffered a fractured leg.

45 years ago (1971): The home of the

groom was the setting for a pretty wedding ceremony on December 19th when Joanne Ruth Staal, daughter of Ms. E. L. Staal of Invermere and the late Mr. Staal, became bride of William Richard Coy, the son of Mr. and Mrs. F.R. Coy of Invermere.

40 years ago (1976): The annual statu-

tory meeting of the 1976 Invermere Village Coun-cil was held Monday, Jan-uary 5, in the Community Centre. Mayor Delesalle and alderman, Bob Wil-lox, and Howard Burns took their oaths of of-� ce. Special guests of the council were members of the Invermere Fire Department and their

wives, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Niessen representing Athalmere Improvement District, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Conroy representing the Westside Improve-ment District, and RCMP Sgt. Don Nicholson and his wife. Mr. R.E. Balfour representing Lakeview Property Owners Asso-ciation as well as Mr. and Mrs. R, Swindell repre-senting Windermere Im-provement District were unable to attend.

25 years ago (1991): Two members of

the Windermere Valley Ski Club were among 16 area skiers to compete in slalom events at the BC Winter Games. Kevin Andruschuk and Ahren Engelbracht joined nine other men and and � ve women from the Koote-nay zone to participate in Duncan in February.

20 years ago (1996): The � rst baby in

the valley to be born in 1996 is following a tra-dition set by her father 39 years before. Layla, whose father was a New Year’s baby in 1955

in Tunisia, was born to Fairmont residents Karen and Abel Chouchene at the Invermere and District Hospital at 6:50 p.m. Jan. 2nd, weighing an even seven pounds.

15 years ago (2001): Three elk were

killed just minutes apart after being hit in traf-� c in three different collisions on Highway 3/93 near Steamboat Hill east of Cranbrook on Thursday, January 11th. The three vehicles in-volved in the collisions, all of which took place around 7:30 a.m. and in the same strip of highway, had to be towed away.

10 years ago (2006): An open house

event staged by Jumbo Glacier Resort Ltd. to present their master de-velopment plan for a $450 million ski resort in the upper Jumbo Valley drew attention from hundreds of people in Invermere on January 4th. The propsal had been in the works for roughly 15 years.

2009 — Radium Hot Springs residents Chad

and Amanda Renzie were overjoyed with

the arrival of their child Kara Maisie

Renzie on Jan. 14.ECHO FILE PHOTO

This was an enjoyable weekend for a group of In-

vermere judokas and families attending the annual Fernie Judo tournament. Participents were from Alberta and the Kootenay region. Invermere had fi ve athletes and Jeanette Riches as coach. Bob Gadsby and Hermann Mauthner were there as referees.

Lenni Stich was the fi rst one up from our group and set the pace, applying good tech-nique, winning his fi rst two bouts with ippon. By loosing

the third match, Lenni had to refi ght his strongest oppo-nent, a yellow/orange belt, for fi rst place and again won decisively by ippon to receive the gold medal.

Lucas Nickel showed good balance and used good ku-sushi but could not succeed against a heavier opponent and placed for a silver medal.

Cassia Riches had to compete against Marnie Rain-bow, won that bout but could not, after three matches, win against a heavier boy and also returned with a sil-ver medal. Marnie, trying very hard, received the bronze medal.

Graham Norquay had a green belt as an opponent and won all his bouts with well demonstrated throws, receiv-ing the gold medal.

Congratulations to all the athletes and thank you to the parents for the great support.

Graham will be competing in Kamloops at the Provin-cial Championships on Feb. 6th. We wish him the best and see you on the tatame.

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Judo tournament in Fernie , Saturday, January 16th 2016. Photo by Hermann Mauthner


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Answers to last week

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CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22Cancer, although you have a plan to reach all of your goals, do not put success ahead of others’ feelings. Be considerate of others even if their efforts are not up to par.

SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22Scorpio, an opportunity presents itself in the weeks ahead, and this will be too good to pass up. Embrace the changes that this opportunity offers.

PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20Pisces, there is more going on than meets the eye. You have to pay attention to the subtle undercurrents to fi gure out fact from fi ction.

GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21Something totally unexpected will grab your attention in the next few days, Gemini. Trust your intuition to take things slowly and put out all feelers before you forge ahead.

TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21Taurus, this week you may be tempted to take risks you never would have considered before. Just don’t let excitement get in the way of common sense.

ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20Aries, do not allow distractions to keep you from completing tasks that need to get done. Use your ability to focus to plow through your to-do list and fi nish in record time.

LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23Libra, if you’re feeling on edge lately, it may be because you haven’t had a chance to relieve stress. Exercise can be a surefi re fi x to what ails you, so get up and go.

VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22Virgo, if the potential to be criticized scares you, you may not be inclined to express yourself honestly. Worry less about what others think of you and be confi dent in yourself.

LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23Leo, proceed with caution in a new friendship or partnership. Test the waters before you devote yourself fully. This approach will ensure you made the right decision.

AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18You can’t always play the peacemaker, Aquarius. Sometimes you just have to let others fi ght their own battles and then offer support to those who need it

CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20Career obstacles may pop up from time to time, but you have the commitment to see things through for the long haul. Keep up that perseverance this week.

SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21Sagittarius, your social life is bustling, but sometimes it can be diffi cult to keep up with all of the things fi lling your calendar. You may want to take a few days off.

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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20TH

• 11:45 a.m.: The Rotary Club of Invermere meets every Wednesday at the Curling Rink, Jim Collins-New Member Talk.

• 2 p.m.: Genealogy Group at Columbia Gardens Private Dinning Room. Every 3rd Wednesday of the month.

• 3:30 - 5 p.m.: Hospice Suicide Grief Support Group at Smoking Waters Coffee Shop in Fairmont. Weekly meetings begin on January 20th (no meeting on February 24th).

• 5 - 7 p.m.: Summit Youth Centre (SYC) YCC Challenges program.

• 6 p.m.: Summit Youth Centre games and trivia night.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 21ST

• 4 - 6 p.m.: SYC Graphics Course.

• 4 - 8 p.m.: SYC open gym. Come play sorts with us. Everyone welcome.

• 5:30 - 7 p.m.: Hospice Bereavement Support Group at Hospice Society offi ce, Frater Landing, Invermere. Weekly meetings begin on January 21st (no meeting on February 25th).

• 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.: Wild Ideas at Circle Cafe, hosted by Wildsight. January’s discussion topic is Slow Food. Visit www.Wildsight.ca for more information.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 22ND

• January 22nd - 24th: Lake Spiel. For more information, contact the Invermere Curling Centre by calling 250-342-3315, emailing [email protected] visiting www.curlinginvermere.ca or going to “Invermere & District Curling Centre” on Facebook. Also visit Branch 71 Legion Snack Shack at the Lake Spiel.

• Bantam Home Tournament January 22nd - 24th at Eddie Mountain Memorial Arena in Invermere. Contact [email protected] or [email protected] for more information.

• 4 - 8 p.m.: SnowFlake Festival & Taste of the Valley at Kinsmen Beach. Live music, fi re pits, ice skating. Taste of the Valley at 6 p.m., Fireworks at 8 p.m.

• 5 - 7 p.m.: SYC YCC Challenges program.

• 6 p.m.: SYC Karaoke Night.

• 6:30 p.m.: Roast Beef Dinner at Branch 71 District Legion in Invermere. $15/person. Reservations Recommended. Call 250-342-9517. Meat Draw and 50/50. Roast Beef is served with mashed potatoes, yorkshires, gravy, Caesar salad, and dessert.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 23RD

• 12 p.m.: Winter Loop the Lake. $35 for adults, $25 for children. A Westside Legacy Trail fundraiser. Contact [email protected].

• 7 p.m.: SYC Movie night and free popcorn.

SUNDAY, JANUARY 24TH

• 6 p.m.: The Raven & The Fox are doing a quick Columbia Valley tour. Will be playing at Saftas in Invermere. Find them on Facebook at “The Raven & The Fox”.

MONDAY, JANUARY 25TH

• Join SYC for Employment Readiness Training or Skills for life! Program. Must pre register.

• The Raven & The Fox are doing a quick Columbia Valley tour and will be playing at Horsethief Creek Pub & Eatery in Radium. Find them on Facebook at “The Raven & The Fox”.


• 7 p.m.: Windermere Valley Child Care Society AGM at the Daycare. For more information email [email protected], or call 250-342-1230.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 26TH

• 4 -6 p.m.: Join SYC for Cooking night. Join us for Free Food and nutritional education.

• 6 - 8 p.m.: Columbia Valley Permanent Resident Attraction and Retention Project, at the Lions Hall. Come out to express your views on strategies to attract and retain permanent residents. Funded by Columbia Basin Trust and administered by the District of Invermere.

• 7 p.m.: Cinefest fi lm series featuring the fi lm The Second Mother. Tickets $12 at the door.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27TH

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


• 6 p.m.: SYC games and trivia night.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 28TH

• 4 - 6 p.m.: SYC Graphics Course.

• 4 - 8 p.m.: SYC open gym. Come play sports with us. Everyone welcome.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 29TH

• Rockies Pond Hockey Tourney Friday January 29th - Sunday January 31st, at Kinsmen Beach in Invermere. For more information and registration visit hockey-community.com/league/cvrockiespondhockey

• Midget Home Tournament January 29th - 31st at Eddie Mountain Memorial Arena in Invermere. Contact [email protected], or Dwight Lee at [email protected] or call 250-409-4296 for more information.

• 12 p.m.: Soup lunch at the Edgewater Legion. $6. Last Friday of each month.

• 5 - 7 p.m.: Summit Youth Centre YCC Challenges program.

• 5:45 p.m.: Alliance Church, Invermere. Chili dinner and silent auction with entertainment to raise funds for materials to be used to construct a home in Ensenada, Mexico in March. Call 250-342-4454 for more information.

• 6:30 p.m.: Steelhead Dinner at Branch 71 District Legion in Invermere. $15/person. Reservations Recommended. Call 250-342-9517. Meat Draw and 50/50.

• 7:30 p.m.: SYC Movie night and free popcorn.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 30TH

• 8 a.m. - 3 p.m.: 16th Annual Kinsmen Club Fishing Derby at Kinsmen Beach. Tickets $35. Call 250-342-5557. Registration will take place at 8 a.m. at The Station Neighbourhood Pub.

• 7 p.m.: Summit Youth Centre Pool Tournament.

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RADIUM LIBRARY

• Tuesday: 6 - 8 p.m.• Wed - Thursday: 1 - 4 p.m.• Saturday: 10 a.m. - 1p.m.

WINDERMERE VALLEY MUSEUM

• Tuesday: 12 - 4 p.m.

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

RADIUM THRIFT STORE

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October 18th, 1928. Passed away peacefully on January

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Carmen was an amazing Wife, Mother and Nanny. She

adored her family as they adored her. Carmen loved getting together with her large family, there was never a quiet

moment at the dinner table. There was always many laughs and memories being shared.

Carmen is survived by her seven children. Christian (Gloria) Calgary, Michel Edgewater, Philippe Fort McMurray, Jacques (Elaine) Calgary, Serge (Tony)

Vancouver, Raymond (Kerry) Radium, Monique (Ron) Radium, 13 Grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.

Carmen was pre-deceased by her husband Pierre Cabelguen.

A huge heart felt thank to everyone at Columbia House, they were all amazing with Carmen and treated her with

the love and respect she so rightfully deserved. The family is eternally grateful for all that they did for her.

A Memorial Service will be held at a later date in Edgewater.

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A Celebration of her Life will be held at a later date.

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Lake Windermere Alliance Church, a non-profit registered charity affiliated with The Christian and Missionary Alliance in Canada is in need of a Contract Bookkeeper to work with the Pastor, Treasurer and Manager of the Sonshine Children's Centre. As our Bookkeeper, you must have:

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“The PEAK is great and is very much on a provincial level, and the next step is on the national scale and getting us to Toronto and getting us in front of agents,” Mah explained.

“We were trying to fi gure out how to get to Toronto without doing a tour, and this is the perfect opportunity for that.”

Derrival was selected by a “super jury” of big names in Canadian music, including Kardinal Offi shall, Sam Rob-erts, Max Kerman of the Arkells, pro-ducer Gavin Brown and president and CEO of the CARAS/Juno Awards Allan Reid.

On top of attending the program, Derrival is also receiving a trip to the Juno awards, a $10,000 MuchFACT on-line music video award, studio time at Slaight Music Recording Studios and a “cash investment” in their music ca-reer.

A lot has changed for the group of fi ve Langley friends since form-

ing their band in high school in 2009. Their indie-rock songs have evolved into music with more of an electronic sound, and they’ve learned what it re-ally takes to be successful in the music industry.

“I think the biggest change has just been looking at this band as more of a business rather than just a bunch of guys playing music,” Mah said.

“I think that having that business sense will push us further along as a band.

“(The PEAK) was a huge change in thinking for us. They demystifi ed a lot of things that bands don’t really know about, and I feel like a lot of bands that don’t go through that education have to fi nd out themselves through trial and error.”

After their trip to Toronto, Derrival will continue to work on a new EP, set for release in 2016.

Their most recent EP, Departure & Arrival, was released in August. Free samples of their music is available on their website, www.derrival.ca.

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Many Invermere residents are this month making one of their most impor-tant New Year’s resolutions ever.

They’re becoming Dementia Friends, committing to learning a little bit about dementia so they can be supportive and inclusive toward people with the illness, which has become one of the country’s most pressing health issues. Statistics suggest three out of four area residents know someone living with de-mentia.

“People affected by dementia contin-ue to live in and be a part of our com-munities, and we can support them to stay connected in ways that are mean-ingful for them,” says Ciara Moran, First Link Helpline Coordinator

for the non-profi t Alzheimer Society of B.C. for the East Kootenay region.

“Through individual actions we can raise awareness of dementia and re-duce the stigma attached to it.”

The Dementia Friend campaign is the cornerstone of Alzheimer’s Awareness Month, which runs until the end of January.

Becoming a Dementia Friend is easy, says Moran. The process starts by signing up at DementiaFriends.ca. The next step is to understand fi ve simple things about dementia:

* It is not a natural part of aging.* It is not just about losing your mem-

ory. Dementia can affect thinking, com-municating and doing everyday activi-ties.

* It is possible to live well with de-mentia.

* There is more to a person than a di-agnosis of dementia.

* The Alzheimer Society of B.C. is here to help people with dementia and their care partners.

That knowledge can easily translate into action at home and work, Moran adds.

The Society has supported people living with dementia for 35 years. One of its initiatives, First Link, connects people affected by dementia with infor-mation, Society support services and programs such as Minds in Motion, and dementia education sessions at any stage of the journey.

Dementia support services, educa-tion and information provided by the Alzheimer Society of B.C. are available to residents of the East Kootenay re-gion, including Cranbrook, Creston, Fernie, Golden, Invermere and Kim-berley, through the First Link Demen-tia Helpline toll-free at 1-800-936-6033 Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Residents can also contact Ciara Mo-ran at [email protected] or vis-it www.alzheimerbc.org to learn about how to access tele-workshops, tele-support groups and other resources.

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By Dorothy IsteDSpecial to the Valley Echo

What do a retired Air Force Chief Warrant Officer, a nurse, a single mom, Panorama employees and a con-struction supervisor have in common with retired Al-berta farmers and their passion for people in a small Mexican town?

It all started with an idea. Dianna and Doug Fullerton wanted to learn Spanish so

they decided to immerse themselves in Mexico. While there, they met a pastor who introduced them to his community. His very poor community.

One thing led to another and the Fullertons, who an-nually take a ski vacation in Panorama with their family, spend much of their year in Ensenada, Mexico, helping where they can.

To reduce personal costs, they live in a shipping con-tainer while home in Alberta. Often someone donates a trailer or fifth wheel, which the Fullertons take to Mex-ico, live in while there and then give to a family who needs a home.

Doug said his passion is “the power of the truth of God’s word to change a life.” He has witnessed drug addicts turn their lives around due to their connection with the Ensenada church.

But they also spearhead construction projects: very simple two-roomed homes with no electricity or plumb-ing (standard for the community) and donate it to a family that also works on the building.

Take Oscar and Alisha for example: a young couple with a child and another one on the way, who both work in a T-shirt factory. They can afford the mortgage on a small plot of land, but nothing else, and so live with Alisha’s mother.

Upon hearing of the Fullertons’ work, nurse Wendy Badley knew she wanted to get involved, so she ap-proached her church to make it happen.

Canadians are groaning about the effects of the Ameri-can dollar on their economy. So, too, are Mexicans. Costs have risen there about 40 per cent in the past year. But wages, low already, haven’t increased. The

cost of a small home is now about $10,000. Lake Windermere Alliance Church is sponsoring a

team of people who will travel to Ensenada in March and construct the couple’s home. While there, they’ll sleep in sleeping bags in the church.

“I’m not a churchgoer, but I’ve always wanted to do something like this,” said Sarah Pasley.

Participants are paying their own way and a portion of the construction costs.

Fundraisers are being planned at the church. A chili and salad supper and silent auction is being held on Friday, January 29th, beginning at 5:45 p.m. Paul Car-riere will entertain with jazz piano, along with other en-tertainment. There will be a bake sale and an antiques auction conducted by Tex Lortscher of High Country Auctions on Saturday, February 13th. Viewing begins at

noon with the auction starting at 3 p.m.One item of interest has already been donated: a din-

ner plate, once part of a 144-place setting at Casa Loma in Toronto, owned by Lady Pellatt, the Girl Guides of Canada’s first Chief Commissioner, who hosted rallies in her 68-roomed castle.

In 1913, she invited 250 Girl Guides to her home for tea. When she died, she was buried in her Girl Guide uniform.

Individuals, businesses or other groups interested in donating money, time, antiques and items to the silent auction or bake sale can call Wendy at 250-342-4454 or Dorothy at 250-342-3826. Financial donations of $20 or more can be issued a receipt for income tax purposes. If you have bottles to donate, they can be left at Wendy’s home at 122 10th Avenue in Invermere.

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