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PHOTO BY STEVE JESSEL/THE ECHOAddie Hobbins and Connor Laskoski were just two of a number of participants during the soapbox car races during the 25th anniversary Val-ley Appreciation Day celebrations. For more photos from last weekend's Summerlude, including bullriding and Pynestock, see page A14.
Raring to goMudslide devastates residents
A four-year moratorium on new marinas on Lake Windermere is coming to an end in August, and an upcoming round of information sessions and pub-lic hearings is aiming to create a set of guidelines to regulate any future developments.
“Th e rationale behind the [moratorium] was to allow
Residents on Hot Springs Road in Fairmont Hot Springs are still reeling from a second torrent of mud that came through their neighbourhood just days after a mudslide tore through the community on July 15.
“When I got here on Tuesday [July 17], water was coming around our house, just a raging torrent of
Moratorium to be lifted on marinas
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Debris left by Fairmont mudslide leaves neighbourhoods in shambles
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water," Calgary resident Bill Brown told Th e Valley Echo. “Our backyard is abso-lutely destroyed, it used to be this beauti-ful garden with over 400 varieties of wild-fl owers and now there is three feet of mud all throughout our yard.”
Following last Sunday’s mudslide that resulted from a debris buildup in Fair-mont Creek, engineers and geotechs with the Regional District of East Koo-tenay (RDEK) determined a one-time mountain slough caused the incident at which point building inspectors were dispatched to do damage assessments of properties and a ground search was done to ensure all people were accounted for before crews went to work re-establish-ing the creek channel.
On the advice of the Provincial Water Stewardship Branch, RDEK crews began at the bottom of the mudslide’s path near the Fairmont fi rehall area and were work-ing their way up to where the access road to the resort’s RV park had been washed out. But because the ground was so satu-rated, said RDEK emergency service co-ordinator Carol Lind, a part of the bank that had been re-established collapsed early Tuesday morning and the water be-gan to pour.
“So the water that came down on Tues-day, that wasn’t fl owing from the date of the incident,” she said.
Brown’s elderly parents live in their Fair-mont home full time but were in Calgary with their son when the fi rst mudslide hit. When Brown arrived in Fairmont with his parents on Tuesday to survey the dam-age, he was horrifi ed to discover a sheet of thigh-high muddy water roaring through his parents’ yard.
“We basically had a river running down the side of our house and across the street,” he said. “Th e devastation was just incredible.”
Full time Fairmont resident Rory Sin-clair heard the sound of water rushing past his head at about 5 a.m. on Tuesday morning.
“I woke up, I don’t think anybody around here was sleeping very well anyway,” he said. “It was basically a mad rush to try and divert the water because it was going back through the houses.”
Sinclair said the private home owners on the street had to take it upon themselves to save their houses and were extremely frus-trated with the lack of assistance they were off ered and the amount of time it took for
sandbags to eventually be delivered.Brown echoed his frustration, saying they
had to make their own road closure signs and were not given any guidance by local offi cials on how to manage the situation.
“We were basically left to our own devic-es to deal with it,” agreed Sinclair. “Every-body in the community was unbelievable working together, it was awesome.”
According to Lind, the RDEK heard about the request for sandbags through Gary Burford, the RDEK emergency pro-gram co-ordinator who was personally on the scene.
“We had to request funding from the Province so once we got that organized we were able to bring in the sand,” Lind said, adding that one of the residents of-fered to pick up the sandbags from the public works yard.
She said it’s currently being evaluated to see whether or not the event will be considered eligible for disaster fi nancial assistance, which is a provincial program. Aff ected residents can fi ll out a claim and work with the Province to see if there’s any reimbursement available, she said. If not, it will be the responsibility of residents to clear any debris off their properties. A re-quest has been made to the RDEK board to waive tipping fees at the landfi lls for this purpose, she said.
“Th e province is telling us that all we have
the mandate and the authority to do is re-establish the creek,” she said. “Every night before we leave we are continually going back down monitoring all those areas, es-
pecially those weak points , and making sure that they are holding so that there is no more fl ood waters coming down.”
By Monday (July 20), crews had re-es-tablished the creek up to the Fairmont re-sort pool area and the access road to the RV park.
“What we’re doing is just clearing debris and making sure that the water will move through there freely,” said Lind. “We’re working with Water Stewardship to see if we need to go further than that point… if not, then we should be done within a couple of days.”
As for the resort itself, the campers who were stranded when the slide took out the access road to the resort’s RV park were given temporary access on Monday, July 23. Th e RV park has since closed as con-struction has begun on a more permanent structure. Because the landslide ruptured the main water line to the Fairmont Hot Springs Lodge and the RV Park, these also have been closed but are expected to re-open on Th ursday (July 26). A new water supply line is under construction.
Editor’s note: In a previous story, it was incorrectly stated that the RV park and campground aff ected by the mudslide at the resort was Spruce Grove. Th e correct name is the Fairmont Hot Springs RV Park and Campground. Th e Valley Echo regrets the error.
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PHOTO BY NICOLE TRIGG/THE ECHOCalgary resident Bill Brown stands outside his parents' home in Fairmont amidst the work he and the neighbours did to protect their homes from a second torrent of muddy water that fl owed down through their properties on Tuesday (July 17).
SUBMITTED PHOTOSTwo to three feet of mud fi lls the Brown's property after the recent Fairmont mudslide, which was fol-lowed by a torrent of muddy water that fl owed through their neighbourhood 1.5 days later.
While it appears the worst is over in Wasa, residents are still facing the unwelcome pros-pect of a major clean-up in the weeks to come.
“We’re just monitoring to see when the levels are reduced down to lake level and are not aff ecting any homes and then we can move forward with clean up,” Regional District of East Kootenay emergency services coordinator Carol Lind said.
Starting in late June, Wasa was one of the hardest areas hit by a period of heavy rainfall combined with spring runoff from the mountains. On July
12, Wasa was approved for disaster fi nancial assistance from the Province. Lind said over 40,000 sandbags were
delivered to the area, located about an hour and a half south of Invermere, to attempt to aid 17 residences. Only one family
was forced to evacuate during that time — an elderly couple with access concerns — how-ever, they were provided with
emergency social service by the RDEK for a period of time, and have since returned home.
Currently, water levels are dropping at a rate of about six inches per week, but Lind cautions that with constantly changing weather it is un-known when the lake will re-cede to normal levels.
“So far it has been decreas-ing steadily, so that’s a posi-tive,” Lind said. “However, with forecasts of rain we don’t know what that will do to the lake levels, as it depends on how much [rain] we get.”
Once water levels recede to acceptable levels, the RDEK will remove the sandbags, while property owners will be responsible for removing any left over sediment on their property.
Th e RDEK is also still asking for no boat traffi c on Wasa Lake as some residences are still aff ected, however this request is operating on a week-to-week basis.
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Wasa community recovering from fl ooding
Lake surface zoning to establish guidelines for development
the regional district and Invermere time to undertake the Lake Windermere Management Plan, and then to work on the potential for surface zoning which would provide some guidance and regulation around struc-tures and uses,” District of Invermere (DOI) mayor Gerry Taft said. “It has nothing to do with rate of speed or size of vessel or anything to do with that.”
Th e moratorium had been a joint eff ort between the Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) and the DOI, and now that the principles of the Lake Wind-ermere Management Plan have been adopted by both the RDEK and the DOI, the decision has been made to ask for public input in terms of lake zoning.
At a July 10 meeting, DOI council approved a mo-tion to initiate a public house to present and gather input on the proposed Lake Windermere surface zon-ing regulations within the DOI boundary. In the cur-rent draft, there are four zones for the lake: residential, group moorage (buoys, etc.), institutional (recreation
areas) and commercial. Th e drafted regulations are similar to what’s been by done the RDEK to maintain consistency and applied to the DOI’s lakeshore, from Pete’s Marina to Castlerock, extending out 200 metres from the shore, which is the offi cial district boundary.
“Right now the RDEK and the DOI are drafting by-laws to do with surface zoning on the lake,” Taft ex-plained. “Th e intention is that those zones — maybe after some changes and input from the public — will then be adopted in the fall to be used as a guidance when applications come forward.”
According to Taft, there is already a sizable wait-ing list of applications, from private land owners to community associations. Applications will need to be made to either the DOI or the RDEK depending on the location, and meeting the requirements of the new surface zoning will be the fi rst step before applying to the province for crown tenure or a license of occupa-tion. However, before any bylaws are adopted there will be plenty of opportunity for public input.
Th e fi rst of these information sessions takes place on Tuesday (July 31) from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Invermere
Community Hall.“Th ere are information sessions, fi rst, to provide
input and guidance, and depending on what comes out of those information sessions, changes might be made to the draft zones and the bylaws,” Taft said. “It’s defi nitely not being rushed in, and nothing is being hidden.”
Taft also said the district is looking to build a com-mercial marine and one particular area has been identifi ed. While the space is currently occupied by another business, Taft said there is potential that it could be moved to another location in deeper water, freeing up space for any new developments.
“I think the draft zoning bylaws we have make a lot of sense, they basically identify some areas where it would make sense to have group mooring facilities,” Taft said. “Surface zoning is not new to the RDEK and the local government here... if people have questions they should take the opportunity to get involved and get engaged, and they’ll probably fi nd out that it’s not as controversial as they might think it might be.”
—with fi les from Nicole Trigg
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SUBMITTED PHOTO BY DOUG CLOVECHOKThe heavy rainfall that began in late June caused water levels of Wasa Lake to rise rapidly, fl ooding nearby homes and properties. Currently, water levels are dropping at a rate of about six inches per week.
Sandbags still in place, offi cials continue to request no boat traffi c on lake
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Kootenay bat counttaking place
Th e Kootenay Community Bat Project (KCBP) is hard at work counting bat num-bers in the Columbia Valley, and are looking for residents to help them understand the impacts of White Nose Syndrome, a disease that is decimating bat populations in east-ern North America. Th is initiative, funded by Columbia Basin Trust, encourages resi-dents to wait outside roost sites at dusk and count bats as they leave.
“Th is event is a wonderful opportunity for
residents who care about wildlife to be in-volved in collecting valuable information,” says Juliet Craig, co-ordinating biologist for the KCBP. “Th ey don’t need any special skills and kids can be involved.”
Residents wait outside a known roost site, such as a bat-house, barn, bridge or attic, and count bats as they fl y out at twilight. Th ey record the fi nal count along with some basic information on weather conditions. Two counts were done between June 1 and
21 before the pups were born, and two more between July 21 and August 15 when pups are fl ying with their mothers.
“We know relatively little about bats in-cluding basic information on population numbers” says Craig. “Th is information will be extremely valuable, particularly if it is collected annually.” To download Annual Bat Count instructions and data forms, or to register for the bat count, visit www.koote-naybats.com under the ‘Get Involved’ link.
www.invermerevalleyecho.com A5The Valley Echo Wednesday, July 25, 2012
NOTICE OF OPEN HOUSE
Tuesday, July 31st , 2012Proposed Lake Windermere
Surface Zoning Regulations within the District boundary
District of Invermere Council invites the public to an Open House:When: Tuesday, July 31, 2012 from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Where: Lake Windermere Memorial Community Hall (Invermere Community Hall) 709 – 10th Street)
What: To review the proposed water surface zones within the municipal boundaries.
Why? Council wishes to provide the public with: • an opportunity to view the location and detail of the proposed lake surface zones, and •give an opportunity to speak to members of Council.
This is an open meeting and we encourage all interested persons to attend and provide input on the proposed water surface zones within the munici-pal boundaries. Information packages are available at the municipal office and if you require additional information, please contact:
Rory HromadnikDirector of Development ServicesDistrict Office914 – 8th Avenue, Invermere, BC250 342-9281 or [email protected]
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Raising GMO awareness
Across British Columbia, more and more communities are pushing to become free of genetically modifi ed plants and trees within their local bound-aries and in Invermere, one man has petitioned council to join the growing movement.
“I think there should be a full-on moratorium on any use of genetically engineered crops,” Invermere resident Ray Vowels told Th e Valley Echo. “I’m not opposed to geneti-cally modifi ed crops. I’m just opposed to the current safety measures that we’re taking and the science behind it.”
Becoming a community free of all genetically modifi ed or-ganisms (GMOs) is a near im-possible task — some scientists estimate nearly 80 per cent of processed foods contain some sort of GMO. What Vowels is proposing, and what other com-munities such as Richmond and Nelson have done, is be-come a community that doesn’t allow GMOs to be grown within district boundaries. Th e reasons are varied, but for Vowels the motivation comes mainly from the potential environmental im-pacts caused by GMO produc-tion, in addition to biochemical giant Monsanto’s practices with respect to GMO seed produc-tion and patenting.
“Th at’s one of my major con-cerns, is the environmental infl uence,” Vowels said. “Hav-ing been in industrial agricul-tural use for the last couple de-cades, it’s now showing signs of
producing super pests, super weeds, and now the results of human side eff ects as well.”
Vowels acknowledges that while Invermere has hardly any agricultural land, there are at least two companies that deal in producing GMO seeds in the Columbia Valley. One such company, a private en-terprise which asked to remain unnamed, said they have been operating in the Columbia Val-ley for over a decade and deal in both conventional and GMO seed production. One GMO seed they produce in the val-ley is canola, since the lack of any other commercially grown canola in the region makes it ideal for testing new strains, a company spokesperson told Th e Valley Echo.
“To me, we’re jumping the gun on slamming the stuff into the ground as fast as we can, and we have it here in the Co-lumbia Valley and nobody real-ly knows about it,” Vowels said. “I feel like there’s not enough scientifi c data to say ‘yes’ or ‘no.’ Th e independent studies which are coming up are coming up at a very high risk to peoples ca-reers and funding, but because it is of such importance in re-gards to public safety, people are feeling that it is integral that everyone know.”
When asked to weigh in on the possibility of Invermere be-coming a GMO free commu-nity, Oliver Egan, the manager of Windermere-based Winder-berry Nursery, said he would defi nitely support the idea. He said that while the production of GMOs in the valley doesn’t necessarily aff ect the nursery directly, one can’t be too sure about what kinds of seeds these types of companies are producing. One seed he noted in particular is known as the “terminator seed” which pre-
vents any plants grown from it from producing viable seeds of their own. While it’s unlikely that the terminator seeds are being grown in the valley, Egan noted that should pollen from a plant with the terminator gene somehow spread to other plants, the ramifi cations could be extremely far-reaching.
“I think there are some major impacts that people aren’t even aware of yet,” Egan said. “If you can grow a tomato that has a fi sh gene in it that makes the to-mato tougher for transport, well that’s great for the people who are transporting tomatoes, but who knows what that’s doing to the person that’s eating it.”
On July 10, Vowels approached Invermere council with the idea of becoming a GMO-free com-munity. Th e reasoning behind this request, he said, is that while Invermere likely doesn’t have any GMO crops within its boundaries, it would set a prec-edent for surrounding commu-nities to potentially follow. At the meeting, council requested that Vowels give a presentation at a future date about other com-munities that had implemented the program, and Vowels said he is thankful council is asking for more information.
“I have two kids, and I just feel something needs to be done,” Vowels said. “To me, it’s what I can do, it’s an action that needs to be taken and no one else seems to be aware of what’s go-ing on. I just feel like I need to start some momentum and an initiative that could be a posi-tive for everybody.”
Vowels will be available for any questions at a booth at the Invermere farmers’ market on Saturday (July 25). Th e aim of the booth is to provide further information and education about the issues with GMOs in the Columbia Valley.
Local resident takes a stand against GMO crops in Columbia Valley
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SUBMITTED PHOTOEmployees with a private company that produces GMO seeds in the Columbia Valley inspect a conventional canola crop at Elkhorn Ranch. The company confi rmed this particular crop is not GMO, but employees wear protective garb to prevent the transfer of pollen between non-GMO and GMO crops throughout the valley.
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Pipeline dreams
Christy Clark's decision to get tough on heavy oil pipeline projects in British Columbia will be perceived as a whimper by those who have been advocating for a complete moratorium. Th e Prov-ince has just unveiled fi ve new minimum require-ments that these projects must meet just to make it to the consideration stage. Not the resounding "no" many have been fi ghting for ever since oil giant Enbridge came to the table with its highly contro-versial Northern Gateway Project, a proposal that will see bitumen from the tar sands fl ow across B.C. from Alberta to a port in Kitimat where supertank-ers will transport it to Asian markets. But a strong stance nonetheless, given how much pressure she's been under federally to do what's right for Canada on its trajectory towards becoming an energy stu-perpower under the stewardship of Prime Minister Stephen Harper .
Instead of saluting from the sidelines, Clark has chosen to raise the bar for those in the oil biz with the following new provisions: a project must be given a recommendation by the National Energy Board Joint Review Panel following the successful completion of the environmental review process; consideration must be given to Aboriginal and treaty rights along with the opportunity to partici-pate in the project; fair fi nancial compensation to the province of British Columbia that refl ects the level of risk associated to the project; world class oil spill prevention and response on land; and — most importantly — world class oil spill prevention and response for B.C.'s coastline.
"Th is represents an opportunity for British Co-lumbia and Canada to develop world-leading envi-ronmental protection regimes," said Environment Minister Terry Lake.
Here, here. Oil is a money-maker as many Alber-tans know only too well. But there is an entire coast-al economy at risk should a spill actually happen, one that relies heavily on tourism as well as natural resources. In the case of a spill, recovery will be a costly, and lengthy, process. One only has to look to Florida's BP oil spill in 2010 or the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska in 1984 for proof.
Clark is faced with the challenge of mitigating her big business agenda with a sincere concern for the coastline under her care — not an enviable task.
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Th ere haven’t been as many bear sightings reported this summer. Th is doesn’t mean bears aren’t around — it could just be that peo-ple are not reporting them to the RAPP line. Also at this time of year there is a great amount of food for them in the wilderness such as huckleberries and cow parsnip.
For all you birders out there, myself included, birdbaths, bird-houses, deciduous trees, snags or dead trees, and colourful fl owers are some great ways to keep birds in your yard. Th ere are some great resources and options out there to attract birds without attract-ing bears. Be careful when plant-ing berry bushes as these are also a natural food source for bears which may cause the bear to return year after year. Bear Aware recom-mends that people take their bird feeders down from March until November. Bears may not come out until April, but taking the feed-er down in March gives birds time
to fi nish the seeds on the ground. Food is plentiful for birds in the summer months and they don’t rely on bird feeders. For those who refuse to take bird feeders down, or remove berry bushes, there are always electric fences, which won’t harm the birds but are quite eff ective in deterring bears. One picture I received was of bear scat that contained mostly seeds just outside some condos. Of all the things that bears eat, people seem most shocked when I mention that bird feeders are a bear attrac-tant. But, when you think about it, a cup of bird seed or half a cup of sugar — which you would fi nd in a hummingbird feeder — has ap-proximately 300 calories. Th at’s an easy high-energy meal for a bear. Seeds aren’t unusual for bears to eat in the wild. Th ey eat whitebark pine seeds and many fruits that contain seeds such as mountain ash, blackberries and raspber-ries. When bears eat seeds in their
natural environment, they actu-ally help the ecosystem. Once the seeds go through the bear’s di-gestive system they then disperse seeds through their scat, generat-ing more growth of those trees and shrubs. Check out our website or send me an email if you would like more information on preventing bears getting into your backyard.
Remember: the best way to avoid confl ict is to prevent it!
BCCF’s Bear Aware gratefully ac-knowledges funding by the Colum-bia Basin Trust, the MOE and the Communities of Invermere and Radium. To report a bear sighting or incident call the RAPP line at 1-877-952-7277. For more informa-tion on Bear Aware contact Crystal Leonard, Bear Aware Community Co-ordinator at 250-688-0561, [email protected] or [email protected].
For more solutions check out the Bear Aware website at www.bear-aware.bc.ca.
Th e birds and the bearsBear Aware — Crystal Leonard, Community Co-ordinator
www.invermerevalleyecho.com A7The Valley Echo Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Community Calendar
WED JULY 25•Belly and Bake Sale fundraiser at Frater's Landing, 1 p.m. Fundraiser for local belly dance troupe.
FRI JULY 27•Elk Park Upper Ranch Farmers' Mar-ket, 3 - 7 p.m.•Drumming con-cert, Christ Church Trinity, 7:30 p.m. $10 donation
SAT JULY 28•Elk Park Upper Ranch Market & Lo-cal Artisan Bazaar, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
JULY 2829• LWDRGC Radium 333 Sporting Clays Competition
SUN JULY 29•Last Sunday Funday pancake breakfast and Junk in your Trunk, 9 - 11 a.m., Edgewater Commu-nity Hall
WED AUG 1•Panorama Founda-tion AGM, CV Cham-ber of Commerce Hall, 5 p.m.
EVERY SUNDAY•Public Indoor Rock Climbing, Laird School, 5-8 p.m., $5.•Radium Seniors’ Carpet Bowling, 1:30 p.m., Hall.
EVERY MONDAY•Gentle drop-in carpet bowling, 1:30 p.m., Seniors' Centre.
•Cadets, 6:30-9 p.m. for boys and girls, ages 12-17. Cost: FREE (includes uniform). Info: Rick Dendy 250-341-1509.•Duplicate Bridge, 6:30 p.m., Invermere Seniors’ Hall, $2/person. Visitors wel-come.•EK Brain Injury Support Group, 1-3 p.m., Family Re-source Centre. Info: 250-344-5674.
1st & 3rd TUESDAY•OPT clinic, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Inv. Health Unit, 850-10th Ave. Confi dential service: low-cost birth con-trol, and STI testing.
1st TUESDAY•Invermere Camera Club 7 p.m. Tanya, [email protected].
EVERY TUESDAY•Yoga THRIVE- Yoga for Cancer Survivors. Hot springs studio, Fairmont Village Mall. For info Jan Klimek 250-342-1195.
EVERY THURSDAY•Cadets, 6:30-9 p.m. for boys and girls, ages 12-17. Cost: FREE (includes uniform). Info: Rick Dendy 250-341-1509.•Children's Air Rifl e Program, with the LWDRGC, Inv. Com-munity Hall, 7 - 8:30 p.m., free of charge, ages 6-15. Learn
safety, marksman-ship, equipment provided.
1st WEDNESDAY•1st Wednesday of every month. Scrabble Night at Invermere Public Library. 6 - 8 p.m. Bring your boards! Call 250-342-6416.
EVERY FRIDAY•Public Indoor Rock Climbing, Laird School, 5-8 p.m., $5.•Preschool Story Time at the In-vermere Public Li-brary, 10:30 a.m. For info visit invermere.bclibrary.ca.•Market on Main, Ra-dium, 4 - 9 p.m.•Music on Main, Radium, 7 - 9 p.m.
EVERY SATURDAY•Farmer's Market, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m., down-town Invermere•Edgewater Legion Open Market, 10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. For tables, Doreen at 250-347-9550.•Public Indoor Rock Climbing, Laird School, 5-8 p.m., $5.•Hip Hop Flip Flop class, Scrappy Do's, 5:30 p.m.•Music on Main, Radium, 7 - 9 p.m.
2nd SUNDAY•LW Alliance Church Sing and Celebrate, 7 p.m. For more infor-mation call Clarence Stauff er, 250-342-9580.
A winning idea
PHOTO BY NICOLE TRIGG/THE ECHOVancouver North Shore resident Patrick Podoloski — the winner of Panorama's Dream It Drop It contest — gets air off the newest feature in the resort's downhill mountain bike park. Podoloski designed the feature, entitled "Many Options," which was selected as the winning idea then constructed by bike park staff. Podoloski and members of the public rode it for the fi rst time as spectators looked on during the Rockstar Bike Rodeo on Saturday (July 21).
Rotary of Radium Hot Springs meets at Radium Resort, Wednesdays at 7 a.m. Ongoing fundraising is going towards the Bicycle Pump Track.
Rotary Club of Invermere meets every Thursday at 11:45 a.m. at the Best Western Invermere Inn. The meeting on July 26 will be dinner at the private home of one of the members.
Kerr McNeil presents the administration budget during a recent meeting.
Rotary International
WINDERMERE LADIES GOLF CLUB: July 4 was Tee to Green, played by 18 ladies. It was a three-
way tie for fi rst place for Coreen Rault, Doris Allan and Helga Boker. In fourth place was Barb Journault. Sharyn Schmidt won the Putting Pot and there were no deuces.
July 11, another fi ne sunny day, the ladies played a Pin Round. The winner was Mary Jean Anakin with a score of 64 (well done MJ!) and tied for second was Nora Efford and Ruth Gordon. The Putting Pot was won by Mary Jean, and Gail Cole won two weeks of the Deuce Pot — well worth it!
—Submitted by Ann Way
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Puppy love
PHOTO BY NICOLE TRIGG/THE ECHOReporter Steve Jessel gets showered with affection by Merlin. Valley Echo employee and Global Animal Lovers (GALs) member Jessica de Groot occassionally brings foster animals to the offi ce for socialization and expo-sure. Merlin is from a litter of labrador border collie cross puppies that GALs is currently fi nding homes for.
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Steamboat MountainMUSIC FESTIVAL
THANK YOUSteamboat Mountain Music Festivalthanks everyone who made this event so successful. We really appreciate your efforts. Thanks also to anyone we may have accidently missed in this list.
ORGANIZATIONS & AGENCIESBC Hydro
BC Ministry of Highways
- Darin Welch
Brisco Community Association
Columbia Basin Trust
- Katherine Hamilton
Columbia Valley Chamber of
Commerce
Columbia Valley Community
Foundation
CVArts - Chris Evans,
Jami Scheffer
Edgewater Elementary School
Edgewater Legion
Edgewater 100th Anniversary
Committee
Edgewater Recreation Society
District of Invermere
Kootenay Savings Credit Union
Radium Hot Springs Chamber of
Commerce
Regional District of East
Kootenay Area G
Rocky Mountain School District #6
- Steve Jackson, Norm Julien
BUSINESS SPONSORSAG Valley Foods
Apple Tree Inn
BC Hydro
CasaVino
Edgewater Hilltop Par 3
Gables Motel
Grant’s Foods
Home Hardware
Hopkins Harvest
Lambert Kipp Pharmacy
Local View Printer Printing &
Design
Long & McQuade Music
John Wolfe Construction
Kicking Horse Coffee
Koenig Meats & Sausage
Kootenay River Runners
Max Helmer Construction
Mountainside Market Radium
Palliser Printers
Pip’s Country Store
Prestige Inn
Quality Bakery
Radium Esso
Tim Hortons
Skookum Inn
Woodex
INDIVIDUAL SPONSORSCathleen Christensen
Pip Horn
Sharon Kamphuis
Wayne Price
Joan Shelstrom
Gerry & Carol Wilkie
TICKET OUTLETSBrisco Store
The Book Bar
Invermere One Hour Photo
Meet on Higher Ground, Radium
Moon River Gallery Golden
Parson General Store
Pip’s Country Store, Edgewater
Skookum Service, Windermere
Smoking Waters Coffee
Company, Fairmont
SERVICE CONTRACTORSBackstage Tent
- Verge for Youth, Floyd Verge
First Aid - Jessie Young
Insurance - Hubb Insurance,
Todd Pellerin
Sanitation - Bruce Dehart
Stage & Sound - Just Music
Security - Valley Hawk Security
Technical - Invermere Electrical
Services, Scott Postlethwaite
MEDIA SPONSORSAstral Media EZ Rock
CBC Radio
Columbia Valley Pioneer
Joshua Estabrooks, Social Media
E-Know, Ian Cobb
Kurt Reichel Signs
Scott Ivers, Web Design
The Valley Echo
MASTER OF CEREMONIES
Bill Cropper
PERFORMERS
Mickey Maione
L8
Combo Akimbo
Beard’s Creek
Bob Benvenuti
Abby Wells
Marty & Eli Beingessner
The Halfsacks
Dos Equis
Mark Koenig
The Kootenay Legends
Maria in the Shower
George Thierbach II
Chris Coole
Paige Fuller (Ellingson)
The Dry Gulch Ramblers
John Reischman & the Jaybirds
VENDORSApple Island Naturals
Bliss Beads
Canyon Creek Pottery
Gigi’s Foods
Local View Printing & Design
Luxor Creek Catering
Pip’s Cool Treats
VOLUNTEERSNola Alt
Dave Barnes
Debbie Bartch
Debbie Baskerville
Ralph Bell & Na
Bob Benvenuti
Eric Brown
Randy Brown
Herb Cohen
Chris Coole
Ken Dyck
Michelle Evanson
Kathy Ferguson
Mark Fraser
Hans Fuhrer
Lilo Fuhrer
Martin Fuhrer
Jeff Funnell
Norm Funnell
Marie-Claude Gosslein
Roberta Hall
Stan Harrison
Carolyn Hedmann
Krista Horn
Mike Hutchinson
Scott Ivers
Norm Julien
Rick Kohorst
Werner Kopp
Melodie Krasnuik
Russell Krasnuik
Sara Leppington
Donna Lynne Lesley
Alison Loewen
Jenn Loewen
Ian MacRobbie & Max
John MacRobbie
Mickey Maione
Doreen Mattson
Scott McLean
Glenn McRuer
Barry Moore
Marcel Mysterieux
Louise Nicholson
Shawn Ottman
Nancy Phair
Michael Power
Chizuko Purschwitz
Frank Purschwitz
Emily Rawbon
Aaron Sherban
Debby Soby
John Soby
Ralph Stewart
Chris Szabo
Bob Tuffnail
Will Wardwell
Bruce Zwiers
Lynda Zwiers
And to everyone who attended the festival, you made it all worthwhile. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Imagine Invermere 2030 is now the new name of the Imagine Invermere Integrated Community Sustainability Plan (ICSP) after council approved a three-part motion out-lining suggested steps by the Imagine In-vermere 2030 Implementation Team on how to move the ICSP forward. Th e other two parts of the original motion included receiving and adopting the Imagine Invermere 2030 Imple-mentation Team 2012-2013 Communications Plan as well as adopting nine actions to be undertaken by the team for 2012 and 2013.
However, the original motion was amended to include just seven items after Mayor Gerry Taft and Councillor Paul Denchuk voiced concerns about the action items. Th e two ac-tions struck from the original motion were: initiating the process to build partnerships to facilitate the creation of a multi-use complex within the community, and; commence the investiga-tion of options directed to-wards the establishment of an economic development/sustainability offi cer.
Th e nine action items are to help implement Imagine In-vermere 2030 and get word out to the community, said Councillor Greg An-derson, the implementation team’s chair.
But Denchuk said the team was putting the cart before the horse and sending the wrong message to the community. Councillor Jus-tin Atterbury disagreed, stating the long-term nature of the plan was obvious.
“Th ere’s a lot more hanging fruit that we can pick on that would be really great for the com-munity,” replied Denchuk, adding that lofty goals should be avoided.
Anderson said that beginning conversa-tion around partnerships for the creation of a multi-use complex over the next year and a half wasn’t a guarantee to the community that the complex would be built in that timeframe.
“It’s really about partnerships,” he said, “ini-tiating a process, not guaranteeing anything.”
“What I fi nd distinctly lacking from this is anything to do with our water, the quality and quantity of our water,” stated Denchuk said, to which the district's director of develop-ment services, Rory Hromadnik, responded that water quality improvements had already been initialized which was why they weren’t on the implementation team’s action list.
“It might just be wordsmithing,” said Taft, but the two aforementioned action items also caused him concern because he had missed several meetings when the ICSP was being fi nalized due to the demands of his business and would require further opportunity for dialogue with the team on the points they had chosen to focus on.
Anderson reminded the others the seven-person implementation team was driven by volunteers and that time is of the essence.
Denchuk questioned why chief administra-tive offi cer Chris Prosser and Hromadnik were listed as spokespersons for the plan, stating he felt it was an inappropriate designation for district staff and suggested they be replaced by Councillor Springs Hawes.
Anderson explained they were listed as spokespersons to deal with the technical issues that he, also a spokesperson, didn’t have the knowledge to explain, to which Denchuk re-plied their designation should then be catego-rized as “staff support.” Th e motion to replace Prosser and Hromadnik with Hawes was car-ried with Anderson and Atterbury opposed.
In his quarterly report to council, Colum-bia Valley RCMP detachment Staff Sgt. Marko Shehovac said the detachment was down one constable but that a replacement from Van-couver Island had been named and was ex-pected to arrive either in August or Septem-ber, as soon as his house sold. While some transfers have been cancelled in B.C. because members haven’t been unable to sell their
homes, Shehovac hopes this won’t be the case.
Th e detachment will also be losing two more mem-bers come September, he said, and while one ca-det out of Regina is slated to be stationed here after he graduates in August,
it takes six months of working with a senior offi cer before new graduates can work alone, which will restrict operations for that time.
From January through to the end of June, the detachment received 349 calls, which is up from 283 in 2011, most likely to do with a revised reporting system with more accuracy, said Shehovac, as well as a brighter economic situation with more valley visitors.
Th e detachment’s main priority will contin-ue to be dealing with drug and alcohol abuse, enforcement and education in addition to im-proving police visibility in the valley, he told council, and that an extra $10,000 added to his budget was being used for bike, ATV and lake patrols when possible.
Th e detachment’s commitment to commu-nity involvement was high despite its human resources concerns, he noted. Th e challenges will always be manpower issues, he said, and a Citizens on Patrol program was still lacking in Invermere.
Over the course of the summer, members won’t be able to attend the situations they normally have in the past, such as theft to un-locked vehicles and break and enters, Sheho-vac warned.
“It’s going to have a bit of an impact,” he said. “I’m hoping we’re just going to have to do this over summer, just to keep our heads above water.”
It’s unfortunate the summer population explosion in the valley isn’t taken into ac-count when it came to staffi ng numbers, he concluded.
NEWS
Imagine Invermere 2030 action items contestedBriefs from the District of Invermere council meeting on July 10
RCMP quarterly report
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Editor's note: Th is is the second part of a story on deer agres-sion that appeared in the July 11th edition of Th e Valley Echo.
A cull may not be an eff ective solution to Invermere’s deer problem, according to the mayor of City of Grand Forks, Bri-an Taylor. Th e city, located in the West Kootenay region just north of the Canada-U.S. border, has a human population of about 4,000 within its city limits, and a deer population of about 300. He said Grand Forks was the fi rst community in B.C. to establish a deer management committee.
“We’ve been meeting now for three, four years almost and we haven’t done a cull,” Taylor said. “It’s really hard to justify what we call a harvest, not a cull, how can we justify that when scientifi c evidence is clear that when you do that without an overall plan, you end up within a short period of time with the same population back again.”
Recent reports of aggressive deer in and around the District of Invermere has drawn attention to the lack of short term so-lutions available to people who encounter them. In the July 18th edition of Th e Valley Echo, it was reported a part-time Invermere resident and her small breed dogs were being re-peatedly cornered on her property by aggressive doe protect-ing their young fawns. Scared for her life, the woman told Th e Echo she was convinced their behaviour was grounds for a deer cull and that neither the district nor the conservation of-fi cer service were able to off er her any assistance.
“We are having those reports as well,” Taylor said of Grand Forks, “but there is no short term fi x at this point for people, we can’t give them any short term solutions.”
Th at all the reports of deer aggression called in to the In-vermere Conservation Offi ce so far this year involve dogs is a fact Invermere Deer Protection Society (IDPS) president Devin Kazakoff fi nds unsurprising.
“Deer are naturally afraid of wolves because that’s what hunts them in the wild so they’re naturally going to be afraid or feel that the dogs are threatening them,” he said. “If they’re feeling threatened, they’re going to go after the dogs… the fawns are around and the dogs are around and they don’t mix.”
When deer aggression is at its peak — in the summer months when the doe are protecting their very young fawn usually born in June — Kazakoff says dog owners should keep their pets in enclosed areas.
“Invermere is home to hundreds of deer, they naturally ex-ist here,” he said. “Bringing dogs into the deer’s environment and you’re having a problem with your dogs being attacked by what was naturally here in the fi rst place, it’s not exactly the deer’s fault.”
Th e solutions his deer protection organization advocates in-clude the use of deer fences around private properties, reloca-tion, contraception, and hazing. With regards to the ongoing aggressive behaviour reported to Th e Echo, he said relocating those particular animals would be the best option.
“I would never advocate putting an animal down because it’s acting aggressive,” Kazakoff said. “Th ey should also not be killed inhumanely; I don’t think she’d appreciate her dog go-ing into a clover trap and having a bolt gun put to its head.”
“We’re not against moving the deer out of town, and we’re not against reducing the population of the deer, we’re just against the method they do it by,” he said.
His organization is currently working with the Province to allow hazing in British Columbia.
“Th e province doesn’t allow [it] and that’s what I would sug-gest if we could haze the deer away from her property or away from town,” he said. “We’ve also advocated for contracep-tion for the deer, that’s also not allowed by the province; that would work best actually, because then they can naturally ex-ist and they’ll eventually die off .”
According to District of Invermere mayor Gerry Taft, one
unwelcome side eff ect of hazing is that it can actually exacer-bate the aggressive behaviour, something the DOI discovered from Waterton, AB, which also has problems with deer.
“Th ey use the hazing method with dogs as one of their op-tions to try and manage the deer,” he said. “One thing they found with their experience is the aggressive deer started out reacting and becoming aggressive when there were dogs, usu-ally smaller dogs, but generally dogs on leashes… but as that aggressive behaviour increased and became more common, the next trigger point became baby carriages and strollers.”
Th ere were actually cases in Waterton where deer tried at-tacking strollers with children in them, Taft said, and in these cases, birth control is simply not an option.
“To suggest that birth control is somehow an option when you have aggressive deer in and around your property right now and you’re scared for your safety right now, birth control that may or may not be approved and may or may not work seven to 10 years in the future really doesn’t help,” he said.
And generally the people who believe deer aggression is possible are those who have seen or experienced it fi rst-hand, he said.
“Some of these people described themselves before as complete deer lovers, they maybe even have fed the deer, and their whole attitude changes when they experience it fi rst hand,” Taft said, “so that’s one of the tough parts of the issue is that where the IDPO might be coming from, I think they have the best intentions, but they may not have personally experi-enced what some people have experienced.”
Concurrently, Kazakoff says he was raised in Invermere, has never owned a dog, and has never witnessed aggres-sive deer behaviour: “Personally I’ve never been threat-ened by a deer, ever,” he said. “When I hear these stories I feel they’re quite exaggerated.”
Another troubling scenario involving the deer, both prior to and after the cull, involves people taking matters into their own hands, just another example of why the district set up a deer management committee to begin with and part of the reason why the district proceeded with the cull earlier this year, Taft said.
“People… sort have become vigilante and potentially even poisoned deer or tried to shoot arrows at them and all kinds of other things,” he said. “Now obviously that’s something we wouldn’t want to see either.”
Other research Taft is aware of comes out of Winnipeg where, based on the number of deer from satellite photos, they have pinpointed the neighbourhoods where people are actively engaging in deer feeding. Th e number of deer in any given neighbourhood is often the direct result of someone in that neighbourhood feeding the deer, a big part of the issue and so preventable, he said.
“If there’s an immediate thing we can do right away, which should be really simple, is to get anyone who is leaving food out or feeding deer to stop immediately, and we’re going to put the bylaw enforcement on that and start looking for it more and actually setting fi nes,” said Taft. “Th ere are no easy solutions, and we’re still working on it, and we’re still having the new deer committee do more research, but I think this is a great example of just how complex the issue is.”
Deer feeding is also prevalent in Grand Forks, said Taylor.“Th at’s the most aggravating point of all, is that we still have
a lot of people in town who are feeding deer,” he said, “and so that’s certainly a priority for us, is to [stop] that.”
Another factor why Grand Forks has not enacted a cull is the cost which can come to anywhere from $300 to $500 per deer, he said, as was the wall of resistance met from animal rights activists groups when it was rumoured the city would be the fi rst out of the blocks with one.
“We dedicated $30,000 to the deer management plan and we’re looking at a number of things that we can do that would to some extent work with the problem, mitigate some of the things that are going on,” he said. “Various communities have identifi ed the need for more science; we need to understand better about the habits and the behaviour of the deer within the confi nes of the city.”
NEWS
Communities agree more science on urban deer needed: Grand Forks mayor
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Parks Canada is issuing a wildlife alert for Banff , Yoho and Kootenay national parks and is asking motorists to drive carefully and refrain from feeding ani-mals on mountain park roads.
Wildlife face considerable risks this time of year. Wolves and black bears are two species of particular concern. With record-breaking snowfall last winter and a late melt in spring, many remain in val-ley bottoms in search of food, placing them in close proximity to roads and in-creasing the probability of accidents.
Seven black bears have been killed on roads in Banff , Yoho and Kootenay national parks this year, with speed believed to have played a major role. All black bear strikes have occurred along stretches of road that have not been twinned or fenced.
“Parks Canada takes the protection of our wildlife very seriously and we are greatly concerned by and regret the loss of these animals,” said Rick Kubian, Resource Con-servation Manager in Lake Louise, Yoho
and Kootenay. “Our dedicated staff work hard to minimize collisions with wildlife, but we cannot act alone — we really need the public’s help.”
“We ask that visitors please slow down, observe speed limits and be extra vigilant on the roads at dawn and dusk when ani-mals are most active,” added Kubian. “Not only can following the speed limit prolong an animal’s life by many years, it also con-tributes to human safety and has the po-tential to save lives.”
Parks Canada is also reminding visi-tors that feeding or harassing wildlife is against the law and visitors should avoid touching, enticing, feeding, or harassing
wildlife. Feeding wildlife can lead to ha-bituation, causing animals to lose their wariness of humans and increasing the risk of accidents. Th ere have been reports of visitors feeding wildlife in the mountain parks this spring and summer, including a recent incident on Highway 93S in Koo-tenay National Park where a wolf was ap-proached and fed.
Parks Canada employs a number of on-
the-ground management actions to help reduce roadside wildlife collisions and habituation, including the use of Bear Guardians and signage to alert visitors to the presence of wildlife on roads. Parks Canada strongly encourages the public to report wildlife sightings and suspi-cious behaviour — such as wildlife feed-ing or hazardous driving — by calling 1-888-WARDENS.
Lake Windermere Pulse Check #6*www.lakeambassadors.ca
A major increase in the turbidity was ob-served at the Lake Windermere Ambas-sadors’ water quality monitoring site on the south end of the lake on July 17. Th e signifi cant increase in turbidity is most likely due to the landslide in Fairmont Hotsprings on Sunday, July 15. Heather Fischbuch of Invermere joined the Lake Windermere Ambassadors for this week’s sampling and not only was very helpful, but she also had fun. She stated: “I en-joyed participating in the lake monitoring and learned more about our lovely Lake Windermere. Th anks for including me on such a great sunny morning.”
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Volunteer of the week:Heather Fischbuch
Stop feeding wild animals: Parks CanadaWildlife alert issued after reports of wildlife being fed, bears hit on park roads
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OMAR MCDADIParks Canada Communications Offi cer
SUBMITTED PHOTO BY ANDREA RAPCEWICZThis photograph of a wolf-feeding incident on Highway 93 South in Kootenay National Park was taken on July 9. Visitors had pulled over and were apparently feeding the wolf rice cakes.
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Seeking Members forThe Urban Deer Advisory Committee
The District of Invermere is looking for one (1) member of the public to volunteer for a two (2) year term to monitor the implementation of the Urban Deer Management Report and Recommendations.
Membership on the Board 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 commu-nication skills.
The Urban Deer Advisory Committee shall:
• Coordinate an annual urban deer count within the boundaries of the District of Invermere;
• Monitor the implementation of management recommendations for reducing the urban deer population;
• Seek and implement strategies for the prevention and management of urbandeer conflicts;
• Report to Council on an annual basis regarding budget allocation, success of the recommendations and advise of potential changes in implementation for Council to consider.
Detailed terms of reference and copies of the Urban Deer Committee Management Report and Recommendations are available for review at the District office or at www.invermere.net.
Interested persons are invited to submit written applications on or before August 3rd, 2012 at 4:00 p.m. to:
Chris ProsserChief Administrative OfficerBox 339Invermere, BCV0A 1K0or to [email protected]
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Fairmont mud slide: Detach-ment members maintained traffi c control to secure the area as well as working with Search and Rescue and fi re depart-ments to search the area for in-jured persons or the possibility of potential fatalities who may have been caught in the strong water and debris fl ow. Th e RCMP helicopter was utilized to assist in this search. We were very fortunate that to date no injuries or unaccounted people have been reported.
July 13A 2005 GMC pickup was re-
ported stolen from the Wind-ermere area. Th e vehicle was unlocked and the keys were left in the ignition. Th e vehicle was recovered the same day on Forsters Landing Road. Th e vehicle was torched.
Th e detachment is receiving numerous complaints of theft from unlocked vehicles in the Windermere area.
Police are aware of three such thefts where a number of ar-ticles were stolen. Th e follow-ing were stolen: a Garmin Nuvi 1490 GPS, sunglasses, a phone charger, a cell phone and as-sorted tools. Anyone with infor-mation in regards to these thefts can contact the Columbia Valley detachment. My message never
gets old — lock your vehicles.Th at same day at 4 p.m., the
Columbia Valley detachment received a report of theft of a Stihl chainsaw — an orange and white concrete saw with a dia-mond blade — stolen from the 1500 block of 10th Avenue.
Th en, at 5:10 p.m., the Colum-bia Valley detachment respond-ed to a two-vehicle accident on Hwy. 93/95 near Wilmer Pon-tood Road. A Ford Edge vehicle driven by a 54-year-old male from Germany was northbound and indicated he was going to turn right. At the last second, he changed to turn left and made contact with a 2007 Harley Da-vidson bike driven by a 54-year-old male from Invermere. Th e rider took a spill but came out with minor injuries. Th e driver of the Ford was charged for fail to yield to a passing vehicle.
At 11 p.m., the Columbia Valley detachment respond-ed to a domestic assault com-plaint on Wolf Crescent.
Investigation revealed that a female had been assaulted. A 44-year-old male was ar-rested and charged with as-sault. Th e male will appear in Invermere Provincial Court on September 10.
Th e Columbia Valley detach-ment was also called in regards
to youths trespassing at the Ra-dium Mill property.
A group of males were found in one of the buildings. Police attended and explained the dangers of entering onto this property that is in production — mores the harm that could be done with all the equip-ment and vehicles moving around along with trespass-ing charges. Th e youth under-stood and were co-operative.
July 14 At 1:45 a.m., detachment
members responded to a dis-turbance complaint at the Spruce Grove Resort area. Four visiting males were caus-ing a disturbance. Police ad-vised the males of the possible consequences and suggested they move along. Males opted to co-operate and departed.
July 15 At 9:50 a.m., detachment
members were called to a com-plaint on Fairway Drive in Fair-mont in regard to a male acting in a strange manner and pos-sibly a threat to himself or oth-ers based on his behaviour. Th e problem appeared to be a med-ical issue and the male agreed to be taken to the Invermere & District Hospital and was even-tually taken to Cranbrook for further assistance.
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WHAT DOES A BOARD OF VARIANCE DO?
The Board of Variance is a citizen appeal body consisting of three appointed members who hear and then decide upon variances to the Zoning Bylaws of the District of Invermere that cannot be considered by Council.
The Board of Variance provides citizens with an avenue for appeal on the interpretation and the strict application of local government Zoning Bylaws and regulations in specific circumstances as defined in the legislation.
The Board of Variance functions independently from District Council and has its own authority under the Local Government Act.
HOW TO APPLY:
Citizens interested in participating on this Board are invited to submit a resume to:
Kindry Luyendyk, Corporate OfficerDistrict of Invermere914 8th AvenueInvermere, BC V0A [email protected]
The deadline for the submission of all resumes to the municipal office is August 3rd, 2012. A copy of the bylaw can be picked up at the municipal office or found on our website at www.invermere.net for more information.
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Lights, camera, action for RT Rice
When Invermere local Robert-Tye (RT) Rice fi rst heard about the op-portunity to take part in a brand-new television series called Hit the Ice, he wasn’t quite sure what to think, but prior to leaving on Saturday (July 21) to begin fi lming, he said he was excited to take part.
“I didn’t know what it was about, or what I’d be doing on it,” Rice explained. “First, I found out it was a TV show, and I’m pretty shy in front of cameras, so I was pretty nervous.”
Rice fi rst heard about the reality TV series in April at the National Aborigi-nal Hockey Championships in Saska-toon where he played for Team BC. Upon returning home, he received the invite to participate in the two-week series, which will air on the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network in January
2013. Rice told Th e Valley Echo he was particularly looking forward to learn-ing from the coaches who have signed onto the program, including an Na-tional Hockey League (NHL) veteran with more than 500 games under his belt — former Montreal Canadiens player John Chabot.
“Whatever [the coaches] say, you just have to learn from them,” Rice said. “I want to take in as much as I can.”
A hockey player since the age of three, Rice spent this last season play-ing for the Fernie Ghostriders in the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL). Th e Ghostriders were one of the top teams in the league last season, making it all the way to the third round of the playoff s before los-ing to the eventual champion, the Bea-ver Valley Nitehawks. Rice, a forward, contributed seven goals and twelve assists during the regular season, and said one of the main things he wants to work on this off -season is his speed as being a taller player, he feels like he could become more agile.
“I’m looking forward to getting the experience, and getting some diff erent
training,” Rice said. “I’ve been training on my own program, but there’s always new things that I’d like to learn.”
Th e show itself will feature 20 aborigi-nal hockey players from across Canada between the ages of 16 and 18 taking part in on- and off -ice training with the help of top-level coaches and current NHL players, including Florida Pan-thers defenceman Erik Gudbranson. Th e series will culminate in a game between the invited prospects and an Ottawa all-star team consisting of midget AAA and junior players. Th is fi -nal game is likely to be closely watched by scouts from a variety of leagues, and Rice is hoping he gets his chance to impress.
“I just love playing hockey, I’ve al-ways loved it since I was growing up,” Rice said. “Th e skating, the shooting, the hitting, scoring, team bonding... everything.”
Rice said his goal is to one day play in the NHL, and is currently deciding on which Junior A camps he would like to attend. For more information on Hit the Ice, visit their website at www.hit-theice.tv.
SUBMITTED PHOTOInvermere native RT Rice will be participating in a new TV series called Hit the Ice this year.
Young hockey talent from Invermere catches eye of reality show producers
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ECHO FILE PHOTORT Rice in the 2012 grad parade on June 27.
Th ere is a special occasion coming, right about now, that not many people are aware of or plan-ning to celebrate. Th e special occasion is the end of the recession. As 2009 drew to its conclusion, Canada and other nations began to breathe a bit easier and to suggest things were about to return to normal. We were going to fi nd ourselves get-ting better and better economic results. Each year would be an economic improvement over the year before.
Now, as we pass the middle of 2012, almost three years later, we hear economic experts from all parts of the globe say the economic miracle seems to be further away than ever. We are now well into what should have been our recovery pe-riod and should have seen a new level of stability. Instead, we hear people in government telling us the recovery is ‘delicate’ and ‘unstable.’
Th ere are always reasons given, yet none of them tell us why things are as they are. Yet, if we look closely, they do have one thing in common among them – that is, all of them talk as though recovery was a return to some kind of pre-existing ‘normal’ condition. Often, recovery seems to look like the economy as it was back before the reces-sion.
Th e diffi culty with a return to some sort of nor-mal is that there never was anything we could call normal. Th ere never was a moment of the past that was stable when we really look at it, and therefore there is nothing to which we are able to ‘return.’
While pundits speak of the conditions of normal-cy as though it was a return to an imaginary con-dition of what life was like ‘before . . . ,’ we deeply need the recognition that our world has changed. It is only when that recognition happens that we can reach a description of what our world is now,
with all the changes that have taken place.Not only has our world changed since the reces-
sion, we see proof all around us each day in the form of jobs that have disappeared. We see it in new occupations for our high school, trade school and university graduates. We see it in whole in-
dustries that have either disappeared or changed radically.
We have always known humans do not read-ily adapt to changed environments. Th ere is a kind of blindness that aff ects us when it comes to recognition of changes and the new behavior we need to make our way. We like things to re-main the same as they have been and do not take kindly to the necessity to adapt our values or our behaviors.
When what we know no longer works, our fi rst reaction is not to adapt but to pretend nothing is diff erent. What we forget is that change has always been the nature of the world we live in, and that pretense has never worked. Th e only thing that has worked for us has been clear vision that al-lows us to see what is diff erent, and intelligent ad-aptation that allows us to discover what we need to do, now. Add to that a willingness to take action
toward achieving our own deepest needs and de-sires, and we have a key to what is needed.
What we need is not a return to some sort of imaginary ‘normal.’ What we need is a discovery of whatever a new normal might look like. We need to discover what the entire word economy means as of the middle of 2012, and to fi nd a new bal-ance point at which we can re-establish ourselves in a fl uid and fl exible new ‘normal’ and then the willingness to act creatively in new conditions.
As we try to help our clients deal with their own fi nancial challenges, we have discovered how im-portant it is to people today – perhaps even more important than ever before – to discover their deepest and most important values, and then fi nd ways to achieve what matters most to them. Most have never thought about this. In fact, most people have always just gone from one situation to the next, reacting to what hits them hardest or most visibly. Th ey have never stopped and really looked at what they want to achieve and how they intend to go about that achievement.
When you’re in a hole, the deeper and faster you dig the more likely it is that you will not be able to get out again. You will be stuck in the hole you have created.
We are surrounded by mountains that seem to be unchanging. At the same time, we are con-stantly faced with evidence that those moun-tains are always changing. Floods, snowstorms, droughts – whatever the event, it is also evi-dence that we have to constantly adapt to new situations. Why should we ever expect our fi -nances to be any diff erent?
In fact, expecting a return to some dream of ‘normal’ is almost a guarantee we will not adapt to the changes all around us.
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Summerlude 2012photos by Valley Echo staff
Columbia Valley Summerlude was a smorgasbord of fun activities and events this past week, starting with Pynestock on Wednesday, July 18 and not letting up until the Lake Windermere Regatta on Saturday (July 21). (Clockwise from top left): The Bullriding in the Rockies event was temporarily rained out, but not before Dace Chisan from Alberta had a chance to last eight seconds on a bull named Wish Bone; the Rocky Mountain Town Crier Nelson Phillips was all over Invermere during Valley Appreciation Day, and here gets a little help from festival organizers Alita Bentley (left) and BobbyJo Weibe (right); the Lake Windermere Regatta provided an afternoon of fun on the beach com-plete with sailboat races, standup paddle board races and more; Jade Bowen received a warm rendition of "Happy Birthday" from those who attended Pynestock on her 15th birthday on Thursday (July 19); Normand Gagne of the Gagne logging family put on a comedy-laden logging show for kids and parents alike.
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ECHO FILE PHOTO Roughly 200 racers will be competing during the Mad Trapper weekend at Panorama Mountain Village Resort on Sunday (July 29).
For the third consecutive year, the Canada Cup and BC Cup downhill fi nals will take to the trails of Pan-orama Mountain Village Resort for a heart-pounding weekend of mountain biking action.
“It’s a really exciting event for racers and for spectators,” Panora-ma marketing co-ordinator Jamie Hurschler said. “For racers it’s a new challenge and a new thrill to challenge their technical abilities, and for spectators that technical element really makes it exciting be-cause they can watch how the rac-ers move and see what racers have to do to compete at that level.”
Taking place on the weekend of July 28 and 29, the two events will once again fall under the umbrella of Panorama’s Mad Trapper race event. Roughly 200 of the top rac-ers from all over Canada will have one last chance to compete for coveted points to improve their rankings and vault themselves onto the national stage, but it likely won’t come easy on what Hurschler describes as a highly technical course. Th e technical as-pect of the course is also a bonus
for spectators, as racers are forced to slow down for some of the more challenging features.
“It’s really important for racers to get as many points as they can out of a race like this,” Hurschler said.
Racers will have an opportunity to get a feel for the course on Sat-urday (July 28) before the races start in earnest on Sunday (July 29) morning at 10 a.m. Individually timed riders proceed one by one through the starting gates, reach-ing speeds of up to 60 kilometres per hour as they make their way through the bends of the course that is a combination of two popu-lar Panorama bike park trails — In-sanity and Quadzilla.
“I love seeing the riders stand-ing up on the podium and get-ting that recognition, but I always love the butterfl ies everyone gets,” Hurschler said. “When the fi rst racer is standing in the gates ready to go, that’s always the most excit-ing time for me.”
Volunteers are still needed for the race, and will be very well compensated for their time with a free lunch, and a free lift ticket for use either at the bike park in the summer or on the slopes during the winter.
“Th e races can’t happen without volunteers,” Hurschler said.
To volunteer, contact Nancy Brush by emailing [email protected] or by calling 1-250-341-4131.
BC, Canada Cup races take over Panorama Bike Park July 28, 29
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Editor’s note: Th is is the fourth instal-ment of a fi ve-part series on the Tour of the Arts, Invermere’s annual art gala taking place on Sunday, August 5. Each story feature one artist from each of the fi ve tour locations. Artist Tara Mercer's work will be on display at site no. 4.
Th e force of gravity is not generally re-garded as an artistic tool but in the case of Tara Mercer, it’s precisely this physi-cal law that helps create the line of origi-nal glass beads she is known for.
“To be honest,” the Cranbrook-based artist told Th e Valley Echo, “the round shape, if you do it right, is all gravity.”
What began with a library book on stained glass has evolved into a pas-sion for making beads out of melted glass heated by temperatures up to 1800 degrees Farhenheit. Entirely self-taught, Mercer said what captures her imagination about her chosen art form is the overall ability to make something amazing and unique.
“To melt something that is solid and make something again that is going to
be solid, but you can wear it, it’s beau-tiful,” she said.
While beadmaking remains her pas-sion, over the years her work has evolved to include silver and metal work.
“I found ways to incorporate my beads into jewelry,” Mercer said. “I fi rst started doing the silverwork to go with
my beads, to again make them diff er-ent, and one of a kind.”
Large and ornate, often decorated with fl owers either in or on top of them, her unique beads come in an array of sizes with all sorts of metals — copper, silver,
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PHOTO BY STEVE JESSEL/THE ECHOTara Mercer, whose work is known as Glass by Tara, is one of the artists featured at site number four in this year's Tour of the Arts.
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gold — mixed in with the glass. Her technique con-sists of melting glass rods, shaped like long pencils, with a torch run off oxygen and propane. Tools made out of graphite allow her to move the melted glass around without it sticking.
“I build up the basic size of the bead that I want and then I will shape it and decorate it with other colours,” she said. “I started doing a line of one-of-a-kind pendants, and that is very popular,” she said. Her pendants, as well as earrings, bracelets, and silverwork will be part of her upcoming Tour of the Arts display.
Th is year is Mercer’s fi rst with the Columbia Valley’s Tour of the Arts, which takes place on Sunday, August 5 in diff erent locations through-out Invermere. But some val-ley locals may recognize her
work from the “Infamous” Annual Big Christmas Craft Fair. Her work has also ap-peared at Be Gifted on 7th Av-enue in Invermere, and she sells her work to Bedazzled in Creston and the farmers’ market in Cranbrook. Mer-cer fi rst heard about Tour of the Arts when she joined Art at the Fort in Fort Steele last year. Artists there had been involved with the tour for a number of years, so after looking into it, she applied to have her work juried and made it in.
"Everyone knows me as Glass by Tara," she said. "Ev-erything is one of a kind and that's what I go for the most."
Th e other artists who will also be featured at site number four — the home of Barb and Red Scott near Lake Lillian — are Caio Paagman, Kyla Brown, Bill Croft, Jessica Gowling, Sara James, Lori Lees-Stout and Cat McDiarmid.
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band, Sean Cronin’s Very Good, is once again touring Western Canada
and will be appearing at Pynelogs Cultural Centre on Tues-day (July 31). Cronin, the band’s lead vocalist and bassist, recently moved form Vancouver to New York City, and is excited to be bringing his music back to his native soil.
He has played a variety of genres with a variety of musi-cians, and all of his musical experiences have helped shape his own music. With infl uences including Bjork, Leonard Cohen, Johnny Cash, Nirvana and Duke Ellington, calling Very Good’s music eclectic wouldn’t do it justice.
“If I had to describe it, which I’d rather not, I would say it’s like a trip between various North American approaches to songwriting,” he said. “Songs are a vehicle of creativity. When you mix conventional approaches of songwriting with un-constrained creativity, the result can be pretty explosive!”
Th e music is at times zany, and is being pegged as “an ab-surd Molotov cocktail of rock, theatre and jazz that will blow us all back to the motherland.” Th e rest of the band is made up of Martin Reisle on classical guitar, cello and vocals, Evan Arntzen on woodwinds and vocals, Meredith Bates on vio-lin, viola and vocals, Tom Wherret on guitar and vocals and Andrew Millar on drums. Th ey are currently touring to pro-mote their two recent CDs, playfully titled Sean Cronin’s Very Good? and Sean Cronin’s Very Good!
Th e show is taking place at Pynelogs Cultural Centre on Tuesday (July 31) at 8 p.m. Tickets are $17 in advance or $20 at the door. For tickets, please call Pynelogs at 250-342-4423.
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Thank you!The Kinsmen Club of Windermere Valley would like to say a big thank you to everyone who helped make this year’s Annual Canada
Day Fireworks Display such a great success. The show would not have been possible without the help of many different organizations and individuals.
Thank you to the Government of Canada, the District of Invermere and the Columbia Basin Trust for their support and to Stoneset Equity Development Corporation for allowing us to launch the fireworks from their land again this year. To Invermere Home Hardware for sponsoring the Fireworks BBQ; All our local businesses for generously supporting the show again this year and for allowing us to put coin boxes in their stores; and All the members of the public who contributed.
We would also like to thank our local media for their great coverage of the event. The Columbia Valley Pioneer, The Valley Echo, The Valley Peak, CKIR radio, and Shaw Cable. You did a fantastic job of letting everyone know about the show.
Thanks again to everyone, and we look forward to another great Fireworks display on Canada Day next year!
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Born in Burkes Falls, Ontario in 1902, as a
boy he eagerly listened to stories of Halley’s Comet, of skies black with Passenger Pigeons (now
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winged speedster’s!). From a large English-Scot farming
family, he followed his father to B.C. in 1923 where he took work saw milling in Wasa and
where he met Katharine Alberta Cameron, his wife and help-mate for 67 years. Then the jobs vanished, the 30’s
and the Depression hit. Harry Moore never had a job again but never stopped working either. With the help of his
wife, family and many of the other strong families, an
effi cient sawmill grew up in Edgewater, the town he was invited to in 1942 because of he and the crew “could get
things done.” And many things were helped along by this
tough but soft-hearted achiever - the power dam at
Spillimacheen, the new hospital, Edgewater’s high
school, airport and bridge over the Columbia-and a quiet,
vigorous community fl ourished. His best time was
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Trades, TechnicalAUTOMATED TANK Manu-facturing Inc. is looking for welders. Due to a huge ex-pansion to our plant located in Kitscoty, Alberta, 20km west of Lloydminster. We have open-ings for 10-3rd year apprentic-es or journey person welders. We offer best wage in indus-try. 3rd year apprentice $28-$30/hr, Journeyperson $32-$35/hr, higher with tank expe-rience. Profi t sharing bonus plus manufacturing bonus in-centive. Full insurance pack-age 100% paid by company. Good working environment. Join a winning team. Call Basil or Blaine at; (offi ce)780-846-2231; (fax)780-846-2241 or send resume to:[email protected] product ion@auto tanks.ca . Keep your feet on the ground in a safe welding environment through inhole manufacturing process. No scaffolding or ele-vated work platform.HEAVY Duty Mechanic required with certifi ed inspection license; competitive wages; benefi t pack-age; full time; located in Rossland Trail area. Please send resume and or request for further detail to email: [email protected] or by fax 250-364-9956.
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Business/Offi ce Service
Services
Financial ServicesGET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed?Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer AcceptanceCorp. Member BBB. 1-877-987-1420.
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Legal ServicesONE DAY Polar Bear Tours -Calgary/Edmonton departuresthis fall. Jet to Churchill andexperience 6 hours on a Polar Bear Safari; 1-866-460-1415; www.classiccanadiantours.com
Cleaning ServicesD&G WINDOW CLEANINGAffordable services in Inver-mere and area 403-827-9817or 403-472 -5025.
Hauling & SalvageODD JOBS ENT. HAULING
garbage, brush & constructiondisposal, mulch deliveries CallDale Hunt 250-342-3569
Home ImprovementsRed Rock ContractingMasonry work, river rocks,
rock veneer, glass blocks, etc. Tile and
slate installations, interlocking paving stones,
retaining wall systems, repairs etc.
For estimates 250-341-6869 cell 250-341-1220.
Business/Offi ce Service
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WINDERMERE VALLEY SHARED MINISTRYANGLICAN-UNITED
250-342-6644100-7th Avenue, Invermere
www.wvsm.info www.christchurchtrinity.com
Reverend Laura Hermakin9 a.m.
Worship at All Saints, Edgewater10:30 a.m.
Worship at Christ Church Trinity,Invermere
Worship at St. Peter’s, Windermere; 1st Sunday
(7 p.m.) and 3rd Sunday (9 a.m.) of the month May-Oct.
CANADIAN MARTYRSCATHOLIC CHURCH
Roman Catholic ParishPastor: Father James McHugh
250-342-6167 Invermere250-344-6328 Golden
Confession: 1/2 hour before MassCanadian Martyrs Church
712 - 12 Ave, InvermereSaturday at 7 p.m.Sunday at 9 a.m.
St. Joseph ChurchHighway 93-95, Radium Hot Springs
Sunday at 11 a.m.Sacred Heart Parish
808 - 11 Street, GoldenSunday at 5 p.m.
St. Anthony’s MissionCorner of Luck and Dunn, Canal Flats
Saturday at 4:30 p.m. (served from Kimberly)
RADIUM CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP
For more information call 250-342-6633 or 250-347-6334
Loving God, Loving People
#4 - 7553 Main StreetWest, Radium
Sundays at 10 a.m.
Bible Studies#4 - 7553 Main Street
West, Radium Wednesday 7:00 p.m.
Kids’ Church Edgewater Hall
Thursday 6:30 p.m.
LAKE WINDERMEREALLIANCE CHURCH
326 - 10th Ave. 250-342-9535REV. TREVOR HAGAN
Senior Pastorwww.lakewindermerealliance.org
Sunday, July 29th
10:30 a.m.CELEBRATION SUNDAY … “Sharing Service.” The
Lord’s Supper will be served.“K.I.D.S.” Church, for chil-
dren ages 3-7, during the Morning Service.
VALLEY CHRISTIAN ASSEMBLY
Hwy. 93/95 1 km northof Windermere
Pastor:Murray Wittke
Sunday Service10 a.m. Worship & Word
Kid’s Church Provided
Call the office at 250-342-9511for more information.
www.valleychristianonline.com
Sharing TruthShowing Love
Following the Spirit
ST. PETER’SLUTHERAN MISSION
OF INVERMERE
Worship Servicesevery Sundayat 1:30 p.m.
at Christ Church Trinity110 - 7th Avenue,
Invermere
Pastor Rev. Fraser ColtmanPastor Rev. David Morton
1-866-426-7564
CHURCH SERVICES DIRECTORY
Window Washing& Snow Plowing
250-342-0450
Krystal KlearKrystal Klear
Serving the Valley for over a decade!
Waterfront Property
Immaculately kept home, with 4 plus bedrooms, and 3.5 baths. Fully furnished and move-in ready. Outstanding flat lot. Best on the lake. Includes private dock and boat house. May consider Calgary trade.403-256-8900, 250-342-6026.
WOOD FLOOR ARTISANS
Serving the valley since 1996.
Services
Misc Services
Cresteel RV Services
Appliances, accessories,parts and repairsMobile Service
250-342-6312
HAVE A PILE OF GARBAGE to get rid of? Give Odd Jobs Ent. a call. 250-342-3569
Window CleaningWINDOW CLEANING?
Call Jim Triple J Window Cleaning. 250-349-7546.
Pets & Livestock
Pet ServicesHawt Pawz N Clawz Dog and Cat Grooming. Currently no waiting period. Call Michelle 250-347-2412, Radium
Merchandise for Sale
AuctionsRESTAURANT EQUIPMENT AUCTION (New & Used) Wed, July 18th @ 6:00pm, preview same day 9-6, 3953 Hwy 97 N, Kelowna, 1-800-556-5945www.KwikAuctions.com
Garage Sales4878 Wills road Fairmont B.C. from 9-2, Sat July 28, col-lectables, antiques, tools, gar-dening items, household, etc.Furniture, lawn yard tools, tile saw, table saw, power tools, etc. Sat. July 28 8a.m.- 2p.m. 4730 Kirk St. Radium B.C.
Floor Refi nishing/Installations
Window Cleaning
Merchandise for Sale
Heavy Duty Machinery
A- STEEL SHIPPING STORAGE CONTAINERS /
Bridges / EquipmentWheel loaders JD 644E & 544A / 63’ & 90’ Stiff boom 5th wheel crane trucks/Excavators EX200-5 & 892D-LC / Small forklifts / F350 C/C “Cabs”20’40’45’53’ New/ Used/ Damaged /Containers Semi Trailers for Hiway & Storage-Call 24 Hrs 1-866-528-7108 Delivery BC and AB www.rtccontainer.com
Misc. for Sale12’ alum boat w/trailer $300, black canopy for 6’7 box $300, 6’ quad ramps $40, 21 speed bike like new $50, 2 tow chains 15’ & 16’ $40 for both, 30 x 60 heavy duty tarp $50, queen size air mattress like new with frame & pump $50. Call 250-347-9166
1993 18’ Searay bow rider, 150 hp outboard mercury. Complete with trailer & acces-sories, excellent condition. $11,000 or best offer 403-630-3556
2000 180 Sea Ray motor boat w/trailer. Excellent condition with very low hours. Lots of extras!! To view call 250-341-5331. Asking $8,900 OBO.
2 Window Air Conditioners, Haier 5200 BTU, 150sq ft, digital, timer, remote, new $110 ea Call 250-347-9570
HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/news-paper?
STEEL BUILDING- Huge clearance sale! 20x24 $4,658. 25x28 $5,295. 30x40 $7,790. 32x54 $10,600. 40x58 $14,895. 47x78 $19,838. One end wall included. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422.www.pioneersteel.ca.
Floor Refi nishing/Installations
Window Cleaning
Merchandise for Sale
Misc. WantedI Buy Old Coins & Collections Olympic, Gold Silver Coins etcCall Chad 250-863-3082 LocalLOOKING for a futon couch in good condition. Please call 403-620-8184
Real Estate
Acreage for SaleAcreages
“columbiavalleyproperties.com”
Apt/Condos for Sale2 Bedroom Furnished
CondoEnjoy the stunning views of Kicking Horse Mountain Resort from the 24 ft. 3rd fl oor balcony. Perfect for all season outdoor enthusiasts; Golfi ng, biking, hiking, skiing. Condo is move-in ready. Stainless steel appliances. Most furniture new within 2-3 yrs. FP in LR with custom queen sofa bed for ex-tra guests. Lots of storage. Well maintained bldg with ele-vator. Situated next to the Kicking Horse River in a quiet location near Spirit Square and covered Pedestrian Bridge. $204,500.Condo price unfurnished - $199, 500.
Call 250-344-7430 or 250-272-0434.
Houses For Sale107 Westridge Dr. 6 yrs new, incredible views, great loca-tion. Large detached garage. Will consider trade. Asking $590,000 call 250-342-8773 after 6 p.m.
Exclusive MOUNTAIN HOME
For Sale - Visit:www.newbuildinglinks.com
Windermere new listing: 4758 Government Street $338,000, 4 bdrm, 2 bath, 1500 sq ft, 4 blocks to main beach, best price and fully upgraded. Agents welcome. 250-342-2428
Other Areas20 ACRES- Only $99/mo. $0 Down, Owner Financing, NO CREDIT CHECKS! Near El Paso, Texas, Beautiful Moun-tain Views! Money Back Guar-antee! Free Color Brochure. 1-800-755-8953.www.sunsetranches.com
Houses For Sale
Rentals
Apt/Condo for Rent
Available immediately
2 bdrm, 2-4pc bathroom condo, furnished, Fairmont
Riverside Resort, overlooking golf course, laundry & storage in unit. Great mountain views. 1 year lease, non-smoking,
no pets. Call Sharon250-688-1365
CARRIAGE COURT APARTMENTSconveniently located behind
Sobeys within walking distance to downtown.
Two bdrm townhouse units, outside entrance. Sliding glass
doors open onto balcony overlook private courtyard. Fireplace and WD included
in each unit. Long term preferred.
$750/month DD. Available now. Utilities extra
250-270-0729
Radium - main fl oor 103 Pine-wood West building. 2 bdrm, 2 bath, underground parking, ful-ly furnished. All inclusive. AvailAugust 1. $900/mth. Call Lina @ 403-264-2782 or 403-999-2783
Duplex / 4 PlexWINDERMERE
Bright 2 bedroom upper unit in quiet 4-plex with
beautiful view, large yard separate parking & entrance
$700/mth plus electricity plus D/D. N/P
Available immediately to mature & responsible tenants.
References required.Call 403-258-3132
Homes for RentCHARMING 2 BEDROOM HOUSE! Excellent location, Valley view. W/D, D/W, $850 + utilities. Available. Jeff 250-688-1105
FOR RENT in Canal Flats. 3bedroom home with 2vehicle detached garage, N/S, small pet okay. Available Aug.1st, $900/mo plus utilities & DD. Phone (250) 349-5309 or (250)489-8389.
Houses For Sale
Rentals
Homes for RentWindermere - Available
Sept-June, newly renovated house, ideal for single or a couple. References & lease
required. $875/mth, plus utilities & DD. N/S, N/P. Please send resume
including 3 references, employment & police check
to email [email protected] or call 403-542-7353
Suites, LowerBright, clean 2 bdrm suite in Windermere, across from school. Separate entrance, W/D, large storage room, small work shop, fenced back-yard. N/S, N/P. $625/mth + util, 1 month damage deposit. Long term! Call 250-341-5316
Want to RentELDERLY COUPLE, N/S, non drinkers, no/pets, would like to rent newer condo for next May and June(2013). Around $700./mo. Invermere area.
John Weimer, #2 2426 Louise St.,
Saskatoon, Sask. S7J 0P2. 1(306)477 3814
Transportation
Antiques / Classics
Auto FinancingDreamCatcher Auto Loans“0” Down, Bankruptcy OK -
Cash Back ! 15 min Approvals1-800-910-6402
www.PreApproval.cc DL# 7557
YOU’RE APPROVED Poor, Good, OR No Credit
at AUTO CREDIT NOW DL11143Details and APPLY onlineautocreditwithbarrie.com
OR TOLL FREE 1-877-356-0743
Transportation
Auto Financing
Trucks & Vans1997 Ford Windstar LimitedEdition, green, very clean, good running condition, good tires, roof rack. 242,000 kmmostly hwy. $1000 obo. CallLou 403-861-1327.
Legal
Legal NoticesNotice to Creditor: I Carl ASeel am not responsible or li-able for any and all debt ac-crued by Lonie Annette Con-tentti as of July 18, 2012
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5 6 7Pancake Breakfast!Edgewater Community HallColumbia Valley Tour of the Arts
LWDRGC Family Picnic
Chamber Music Celebration., Christ ChurchTrinity, 1:30 p.m.
Maya Eventov Exhibition6-9 p.m., Artym Gallery, show on until Aug 17
Rotary’s Loop the Lake36th Annual Lakeside Paragliding and Hangliding Event
Group Exhibition6-9 p.m., Artym Gallery Show until Sept 7
Pancake Breakfast!Edgewater Comm. Hall
3rd Annual Family Fun Day! (no pancake breakfast this day) Edgewater Community Hall, 11 - 3
Pancake Breakfast!Edgewater Comm. Hall
Scrabble Night at Inv. Library, 6 - 8 p.m.
Civic Holiday
Scrabble Night at Inv. Library, 6 - 8 p.m.
Seniors’ Day at Inv. Library, 1 - 2:15 p.m. Bus provided
Seniors’ Day at Inv. Library, 1 - 2:15 p.m. Bus provided
Summer Reading Club Gr. 1-5, 1-3 p.m., Inv.Public Library
Summer Reading Club Gr. 1-5, 1-3 p.m., Inv.Public Library
Kootenay Krusher,Nipika Resort
Killer Rollbots present“Derby Baby” film, Bud’s Bar & Lounge, 8 p.m.
Summer Reading ClubWind-Up Gr. 1-5, 1-3 p.m., Inv. Public Library
LWDRGC Bugaboo Blast Sporting Clays Prelim Bugaboo Blast
Sporting Clays
530 13 Street, Box 70, Invermere, B.C. V0A 1K0
530 - 13 Street, Box 70Invermere, B.C.V0A 1K0250-342-9216invermerevalleyecho.com
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