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PAT MORROW PHOTORequiem for a Glacier orchestra members on site at Farnham Glacier the weekend of July 27th and 28th. Requiem for a Glacier was a site-specifi c sound performance that took place on the glacier and is commis-sioned by the Langham Cultural Centre. The performance will be the basis of a new video work that will be the cornerstone of an installation scheduled for October 2013 in Kaslo. Requiem for a Glacier presents the history of the glacier, the advent of electricity, climate change and the B.C. government’s announcement of a year-round resort community in the Jumbo Glacier area as a four-movement operatic work.

Washouts on several backcountry roads in the valley and other parts of the East Kootenay have been ham-pering access for recreational and commercial users for several weeks and may continue to do so for some time, possibly until next year.

� e torrential rain and � ooding that slammed Alber-ta and also hit the East Kootenay in late June rendered many forest service roads impassable, a� ecting more than 50 sites and 30 bridges across the region.

Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Op-erations engineers have made an initial estimate that the total repair bill may cost as much as $5.5 million. Damage in the Upper Columbia Valley is far less ex-tensive than in the rest of the region.

“CanFor (which licenses some of the backcountry roads) is going to go ahead and do some � xing, around Whitetail Lake, for example. � e ministry doesn’t have the money to � x some of these trunk roads. � ey say that PEP (provincial emergency program) may come in, but there’s a timeline delay on that,” said Columbia River Revelstoke MLA Norm Macdonald,

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This photograph of the wildfi re on Numa Pass in Kootenay National Park (right) was taken Sunday, July 28th when the fi re was just 2.5 hectares (photo by Lindsay McPher-son/Parks Canada). Gusty overnight winds caused the fi re to grow to 50 hectares by Monday, July 29th. Active fi re and open fl ames were visible from Highway 93 during Sunday night, as can be seen in this image of the fi re snapped by Invermere resident Brian Fenerty (below) late Sunday night on his drive back to the valley from Calgary (Photo by Brian Fenerty). For the full story on the fi re, see page A3.

adding he’s learned the ministry only has a budget of $20,000 to deal with the problems.

“We’re telling the minister to do the work in a timely way if the money is coming in October or September,” said Mr. Macdonald.

But money is not the biggest obstacle at the moment, ac-cording to Rocky Mountain Forest District manager Ray Morello. � e more pressing issue is the sheer volume of the work that needs to be done.

“We are using existing funding to get the assessments done and get as much work done as we can before the window of opportunity for this season ends,” said Mr. Mo-rello. “Just the scope of this, with the number of bridges and pieces of road that will have to be addressed, that’s why it takes some time.”

� e bulk of the resources will go to the southeastern part of the East Kootenay, where the road problems are more extensive and where more bridges are in worse shape or are gone altogether. � e comparatively minor re-pairs in the Columbia Valley will have to wait a bit, accord-ing to Mr. Morello.

“� e ministry is focusing on areas with the biggest dam-age,” he said. “� e valley wasn’t hit as hard.”

� ree forest roads in particular near Invermere were closed because of � ooding-associated problems — Hors-ethief Creek Forest Service Road (FSR), Jumbo Pass road and Toby Creek road.

CanFor, which has a road permit on Horsethief Creek FSR and does some logging in the area, has already done the necessary repair work on that road and it is now open again.

� e Toby Creek road is technically a public highway, and is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Transport and

Infrastructure. Until the Toby Creek road (currently closed just past Panorama) is opened, the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations can’t begin work to � x up the Jumbo Pass road, said Mr. Morello.

But repairing the Toby Creek road is a long process, involving a fair amount of paperwork and permits, said Ministry of Transportation operations manager Gord Chudleigh.

“It depends on the environmental window during which we can do work,” said Mr. Chudleigh. “� ere’s a di� erent window of time for each creek.”

� ese windows of time, outside of which road construc-tion work can’t be done, are in place to help protect aquat-ic wildlife, such as � sh, that may be a� ected.

“We tell them what kind of work we want to do and then we have to wait for them to tell us when we can do it,” said Mr. Chudleigh.

� e Jumbo Pass road was damaged by an avalanche earlier this past spring, a problem that typically would have been cleared up by sum-mer, but with the � ooding and now the lack of access, the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Opera-tions just hasn’t been able to get to it.

“� ere’s a bit of work to do,” said Mr. Morello.

Creating a precise timeframe for which roads will be re-paired and opened when is impossible at the moment, ac-cording to Mr. Morello.

“� at’s pretty hard to say right now,” he said. “As soon as we have those assessments, we will start tendering the works.”

� e great number of problems needing attention and the potential for winter to set in early in some locations mean it is entirely possible that not all repair will get done this summer. For a full list of backcountry closures check out www.for.gov.bc.ca/drm/services/road-works.htm.

— With � les from Sally MacDonald/Daily Townsman

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Echo IndexWild� re growing in Kootenay park

A growing wild� re is currently being fought in Kootenay National Park and has resulted in the closure of parts of a popular trail in the area.

Parks Canada � re crews responded to reports of � re on Numa Pass, on the north side of Numa Creek, around noon on � ursday, July 25th.

Two helicopters were used to con-tain the � re to a hectare and a half (a hectare is roughly the size of two football � elds) by � ursday evening and the helicopters and Initial Attack crews continued e� orts to keep the blaze under control on Friday, July 26th. Smoke has been highly visible along Highway 93 in Kootenay Na-tional Park ever since.

� e � re continued to burn over the weekend, growing to 2.5 hectares. � e Initial Attack crews were pulled o� the � re due to the di� cult terrain and steep slopes in the area.

Gusty overnight winds associated

with thunderstorms in the area had pushed the � re to 50 hectares in size by Monday, July 29th. Active � re and open � ames were visible from High-way 93 during the night.

Parks Canada � re crews were still monitoring the blaze with helicop-ters as of press time and may look at alternate suppression techniques if the � re gets worse.

� e entire Numa Creek drainage has been closed as a result of the � re, including Numa Creek campground and the adjoining sections of Koo-tenay National Park's renown Rock-wall trail, as well as the Numa Creek trail, which connects Highway 93 to the Rockwall. � rough-hiking the 55 kilometre-long Rockwall trail is cur-rently impossible.

Since Tumbling Creek trail, another trail connecting Highway 93 to the Rockwall trail, has been closed since 2012 because of a bridge washout, the only current access from the highway to the Rockwall trail is on the Helmet Creek trail (which goes to the Rock-wall's far north end) or Floe Lake

trail (which goes to the Rockwall's far south end). Hikers still wishing to visit the Rockwall will have to do out-and-back hikes on these two remain-ing access trails. � ere is potential for long-term closure of the trail depend-ing on seasonal weather patterns and increased � re behaviour.

People with smoke sensitivity problem may want to avoid the area altogether.

Lightning from storms that oc-curred early last week likely started the � re.

� e � re danger level in Parks Can-ada's Lake Louise-Yoho-Kootenay � eld unit has been elevated to high. � ere is no � re ban for the � eld unit but park authorities are asking visi-tors to keep camp� res in designated areas and ensure any � res are fully extinguished before leaving their site.

Since smoke from the � re may af-fect visibility, drivers on Highway 93 should exercise caution. People wanting to stop and take a look at the smoke should pull over and stop in a safe location.

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“We are using existing funding to get the assessments done and get as much work done as we can before the window of opportunity for this season ends. Just the scope of this, with the number of bridges and pieces of road that will have to be addressed, that's why it takes some time.”

RAY MORELLOROCKY MOUNTAIN FOREST DISTRICT MANAGER

While the com-munity of Invermere isn't losing its di-alysis unit without

a � ght, the remain-ing equipment was removed from the hospital on � urs-

day, July 25th, fol-lowing the removal of the reverse osmo-sis machine earlier this month ('Dialysis unit moving to Spar-wood,' � e Echo, July 10th, 2013).

“I can con� rm that the equipment was removed,” Interior Health (IH) commu-nications o� cer Karl Hardt told � e Echo. “[Interior Health regional director of renal health ser-vices] Paula [James] explained why we made the decision, and all those reasons haven’t changed.”

� e Invermere & District Hospital di-alysis unit was ser-vicing three patients before its closure. Af-ter one patient began home treatment and another lost their life, Kirk Sellers was the only person receiv-ing regular treatment

at the local unit be-fore its closure.

“I’ve stated over and over again that we’re not in favour of this in terms of ser-vice to the entire Co-lumbia Valley, so I’m quite disappointed,” said Mr. Sellers.

Since the local unit has been out of ser-vice, Mr. Sellers has

been commuting to Cranbrook three times each week for treatment.

“I’m young and strong enough to drive, at least right now. But most peo-ple don’t have that option — they’ve been forced to leave already,” he said.

While IH has said the reason is a sta� ng issue, Mr. Sellers feels the health author-ity is misrepresenting the issue “time and time again.”

Pat Shuttleworth with the BC Nurses Union agrees, and claims that willing nurses were available for the job.

“I know someone who applied for it,” she said.

Ms. Shuttleworth applauds Colum-

bia River-Revelstoke MLA Normal Mac-donald for the peti-tion of nearly 1,000 signatures he will be presenting in B.C. Legislature and his meeting with Health Minster Terry Lake. She also personally applied some pres-sure on Kootenay East MLA Bill Bennett.

“In some ways, it will a� ect his constituents too,” Ms. Shuttleworth said. “Bill Bennett may not be the local MLA, but there’s no reason why [constitu-ents of the Columbia Valley-Revelstoke rid-ing] can’t say to him that it a� ects every-body up and down the valley.”

She urges the com-munity to keep the issue top of mind: “Just don’t let it die.”

And Mr. Sellers isn’t ready throw in the towel yet.

“Do we really want to keep losing ser-vices?” he asked. “We could work with our community lead-ers to advertise if we need to get more bodies in here, and the service should be maintained — not

just for me.”An Invermere resi-

dent of 45 years, Lin-da Hatt is also feeling the negative e� ects of the unit's closure. Her brother, who re-sides in Kelowna and was planning to visit the valley in Septem-ber for Radium's an-nual Show & Shine car show, can no lon-ger make the trip.

"He is a paraplegic and has been since he was 17, and he is on dialysis," Mrs. Hatt told � e Echo.

Her brother has had both legs amputated, one last year and the other as recently as three months ago.

"He was so thrilled, because he is feeling better now that his legs are amputated, because your heart doesn't have to work so hard to circulate the blood," she said. "And so he was going to come up to the car show this Setembe-ber and do dialysis here. It would have been the � rst time."

Her brother started dialysis treatments about eight years ago. Alhough he has tried home treatments in the past, the di� culty of getting in and out of bed, plus the clean-liness of it, proved too challenging. He currently receives his dialysis treatments at Kelowna General Hospital three days

a week, � ve hours a treatment.

"Another thing I don't think people realize (is that) when you're done, you're so exhausted that you can barely get home because of what it takes out of you," said Mrs. Hatt. "It doesn't make you feel bet-ter, it makes you feel worse until the next morning, and so for someone, who lives here in the valley, to have to drive a long way to get dialysis is criminal."

� e one thing her brother, who is now 60, has lived for is working on his mus-cle car, she said.

"[Learning about the closure] was just so disheartening and this is just another story on the need to have a dialysis unit in this population," Mrs. Hatt said. "� e people coming to the valley who could take treatment here, to be able to have the freedom to come here."

Shifting demo-graphics contrib-uting to a lack of patients, as well as advancements in h o m e - t r e a t m e n t technology and sta� -ing challenges, were cited by Interior Health as the major reasons for closure.

—With � les from Nicole Trigg


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“Do we really want to keep losing services?... the service should be maintained.”

KIRK SELLERSINVERMERE DIALYSIS PATIENT

Trial on Jarock death will proceed

A Windermere man will go to trial on charg-es of criminal negligence, assault and man-slaughter in connection with the death of In-vermere resident Cory Jarock.

A preliminary inquiry held earlier this month in Invermere determined that the Crown has enough evidence in the case to warrant a trial.

Brian Panebianco was charged after the April 3rd, 2012 death of Mr. Jarock and has now been ordered to stand trial on all charges.

A date for the trial will be arranged on Mon-day, August 19th.

Mr. Panebianco was taken into custody in a

Fraser Valley prison in July 2012 and released on February 6th, 2013 on $2,000 bail and a set of strict conditions, including not using drugs or alcohol and refraining from contacting wit-nesses in the case.

Since then, Mr. Panebianco has been un-der house arrest in Windermere at his step-father’s home, permitted to leave the house only to travel to and from work, to attend per-sonal matters for three hours on Saturdays , and to travel to meet his Cranbrook-based legal counsel, public defender Greg Sawchuk.

Mr. Jarock was found dead on the driveway of a home in Invermere’s Tunnacli� e Heights neighbourhood.

Details of the case against Mr. Panebianco cannot be published until the case goes to trial.



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Over one million in funding approved for East Kootenay

Over one million dollars has been approved to fund projects throughout the East Kootenay region. The funds come from the Columbia Basin Trust's Commu-nity Initiatives and Affected Areas Programs Funding, and are administered by the Reegional District of East Kootenay (RDEK).

“We approved a total of $1,014,490 this year,” said RDEK Board Chair Rob Gay in a press release. ““I want to thank CBT for providing this funding for the region and sup-porting so many different community based projects that could not happen without this support. I also want to ac-knowledge the volunteers who work tirelessly behind the scenes to bring these projects to reality.”

The RDEK Board of Directors approved funding for 140 projects over the coming year. The Echo has listed the approved projects for the Columbia Valley in alpha-betical order.

• “Ramp UP!,” a project by Access in the Community for Equality (A.C.E.) saw $2,000 go to the District of In-vermere, $2,000 to Electoral Area F, $1,012 to Electoral Area G $3,500 into the Village of Canal Flats, and $1,000 towards the Village of Radium Hot Springs.

• The All Saints United Guild was granted money for the Edgewater Church Upper Roof Steeple. Electoral Area G gained $2,500, and the Village of Radium Hot Springs benefitted $1,028.00.

• The Blue Lake Forest Education Society saw several funds distributed throughout the valley. The District of Invermere received $1,500, Electoral Area E is up $3,000, Electoral Area F gained $2,500, and the Village of Canal Flats has $5,000 for the project.

• The Health Equipment Loans Program Equipped for Progress, a project through the Canadian Red Cross Soci-ety, benefited with $600 towards the District of Invermere $250 to Electoral Area F $64 for the Village of Canal Flats, and $250 for the Village of Radium Hot Springs $250.

• The Canal Flats Food Bank received $2,000, and the Canal Flats Wilderness Club received $8,500 for the Ca-nal Flats Gun Range Completion, in addition to $2,000 for the project through Electoral Area F.

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The winds of change are happening to the Christmas Bureau of the Columbia Val-ley. The Christmas Bureau has every intention of covering the same from Brisco to Canal Flast, but we also need to become less labour intensive and more sensitive to the needs of our customers, both recipients and sponsors.

What won't change is the need to fill in application forms from the usual agencies so we know who needs our help.

No longer are we, or you, going to haul around boxes and boxes of heavy grocer-ies. We are now transferring to a gift certificate system where the recipients can buy their own groceries at their favourite local grocery store.

We are now putting the power back in the hands of the recipients to buy the grocer-ies they would normally use, such as frozen vegetables in place of canned, brands and sizes of perishable items their family would consume at the dinner table.

We are asking sponsors to cover the cost of a hamper. The sponsors who want to put together a box of goodies for their family may, but please keep it to the size of a shoe box.

On the recipients' application forms, there will be a place to inform us of the store, in the valley, where they would normally buy their groceries. We would ask you keep in mind supporting the store in your community.

Tax receipts will be mailed or handed out at the hall for all donations to cover the cost of the hamper. If multiple people or families have contributed to a hamper, multiple receipts will be issued to those who have submitted their name and ad-dress.

Angel Trees will still be up with their name tags at Dairy Queen in Invermere, as well as one up town. Angel Gifts will be issued with the goody box and gift certificate(s). Angels are children up to 12 years, and seniors over 65.

For more information, please call Helen at 250-342-6789 or Gail at 250-342-6752. If not home, please leave a message on our answering machines and we will get back to you ASAP.

Times they are a-changin' for Christmas BureauCONTRIBUTEDChristmas Bureau of the Columbia Valley

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Clark pitches carbon tax to premiers

Premier Christy Clark is pitch-ing B.C.’s carbon tax to her fellow premiers, bolstered by a study that shows it is reducing fossil fuel use compared to other provinces.

As premiers gathered Thursday in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont. for a Council of the Federation meet-ing, B.C. Environment Minister Mary Polak said B.C. needs other provinces and U.S. states to get on board before moving further on carbon pricing.

Introduced in 2008, B.C.’s car-bon tax now adds about seven cents to the cost of a litre of gaso-line, with comparable taxes on coal, fuel oil, propane and other fuels. Legislation requires that carbon tax revenue be offset by reductions in business and per-sonal income tax, so it encour-ages fuel efficiency.

The BC Liberal Party cam-paigned in the May election to freeze the rate for five years. Polak said results so far show it is reduc-ing per-capita fuel consumption without depressing the overall economy, but the province has gone as far as it can on its own.

The study by University of Ot-tawa law professor Stewart Elgie found that per-capita use of fossil fuels has declined, while it has in-creased in the rest of Canada.

“B.C.’s carbon tax shift is only four years old, so it is too early to draw firm conclusions, but its greenhouse gas reductions are trending in the same direction as those seen in European countries with more than 15 years of data,” the study says. “Indeed B.C.’s re-ductions to date appear to be even greater, consistent with the fact that its carbon tax rate is now higher and more comprehensive than most European countries.”

NDP environment critic Spen-cer Chandra Herbert agreed that the carbon tax is working, but said the five-year freeze indicates the government has lost its leader-ship position. The NDP is calling for the tax to be extended to emis-sions from industrial processing such as cement making, which is currently subject to tax only on natural gas or other fuel used.

Polak said some industries are already at a disadvantage because B.C. is going it alone. Other juris-dictions need to put a price on carbon emissions before B.C. can expand the tax or raise the rate further, she said.

The B.C. government finished the last fiscal year with a deficit of $1.15 billion, according to the audited public accounts released Tuesday.

That’s up from $968 million that was projected as the deficit last year, an indication of the difficult

task facing the government to bal-ance the budget in the current year.

Finance Minister Mike de Jong said the government reduced its spending $668 million in the fis-cal year ended March, compared to what was budgeted. But re-source revenues, mostly natural gas, were down $1.1 billion from the 2012 budget.

Health care spending was up $585 million, education spending rose $300 million and social services spending went up $50 million com-pared to 2011-12. Total program spending increase 2.6 per cent, higher than the target of two per cent de Jong has set for this year.

Deficits and continued spend-ing on capital projects pushed the province’s total debt up $5.6 bil-lion to $55.8 billion.

“We’ve seen the largest debt in-crease in the history of British Co-lumbia,” NDP finance critic Mike Farnworth said. “And this is a gov-ernment that ran around during the election campaign saying it’s going to be debt-free B.C.”

Canadian PubliC PoliCyStudy shows recession-related reduction in per-capita fossil fuel use, followed by con-tinued drop in B.C. and rise in the rest of Canada.

TOM FLETCHERB.C. News/Black Press

Deficit tops $1.1 billion


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Hold on to your heart rate moni-tors, folks. Co-lumbia Valley readers — resi-dents and visitors alike — are about to be energized by the newest publication to emerge from cre-ative kitchen that brings you The Valley Echo each and every Wednesday.

Introducing The Valley Beat, which is about to hit the stands this August long weekend.

Replacing its predecessor, The Columbia Valley Visitor's Guide, this brand new maga-zine encapsulates all the valley has to offer by way of events. We started "from scratch" with a star-studded list of ingredients, including the intrepid art and design skills of Echo produc-tion manager Silena Ewen, the scintillating styles of some of the valley's most versatile writers, and, of course, the long list of fabulous local events we based our project on.

That there is enough happening between Canal Flats and Spillimacheen to warrant an events-only magazine for the region is a feat unto itself — and one that's long overdue.

Within the pages of the first issue, you will find a smattering of featured events, from the long-standing Radium's annual classic car show, to the more recent Tour of the Arts, to the Rocky Mountain Rally, which is coming to the val-ley for the first time this November. We've also showcased some crafty local talent in addition to colourful seasonal calendars brimming with fun things to do for our readers' convenience.

Please keep in mind this is our first stab at serving up this tasty tidbit, so if your event isn't included, or you know of one that should be, let us know. We want to grow this maga-zine year after year to help spread the word that the Columbia Valley is the heart of the Canadian Rockies and an unforgettable place to live and visit. Don't miss The Beat!

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Editor's note: The following form letter was sent to the B.C. Health Minister Terry Lake and copied to The Valley Echo for publication by the following valley residents:

Dear Minister Lake:

I am a resident of the Columbia Valley and I am anxious that the Invermere Dialysis Unit be re-opened.

Dialysis patients from the Invermere area now have to travel many hours to Cranbrook for treatment. This return drive is more than 3 hours; a trip that must be taken three times a week. Dialysis patients who were receiving treatment in In-vermere, but could not manage to drive to Crenbrook every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, have been forced to move from this area. As a result, Interior Health now says that there are not enough patients to keep the unit open.

Visitors and part-time residents from other provinces who used to receive dialysis treatment in Invermere can no longer come to the Columbia Valley. This has serious repercussions on tourism and our economy. And these visitors paid enough in fees to cover much of the cost to Interior Health to keep the service going.

It does not make sense to close this unit, and it is not fair to force dialysis patients from this area to travel such long distances for treatment.

Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter.Sincerely,

Marion HooverInvermere

Dear Editor:

I am adding my support to make a difference. The dialysis machine was originally paid for by our com-

munity for use in our community. Over the years, it has served residents and contributed

to our communities appeal to attract incoming residents and visitors. This means our properties were more desir-able and local businesses benefited.

Interior Health has in my opinion misappropriated a lo-cal community asset. When health care is aimed at keeping people in their homes it seems unreasonable that anyone on dialysis has to drive or more likely be driven, several times a week to Cranbrook for the service.

It seems there is an environmental issue here too. I have also heard of patients travelling by ambulance on

a regular basis from Invermere and Golden to Cranbrook, at what cost in dollars and availability of emergency re-sponse time? We have health services that are stressed by the seasonal resident population and high volumes of visi-tors to the Valley. Why add more stress to the system?

The Premier became aware of our Valley's concerns on several visits here during the recent campaign. It was a pleasure for me to support her.

I would like you all to understand that removal of health services from our community is not acceptable.

Thank you.

Brenda HoldenInvermere

Residents appeal to B.C. Health Minister

Jane Thurgood SagalRadium Hot Springs

Removal of dialysis not acceptable

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Word on the StreetWhat do you think about a 12-year-old winning the fi ve-kilometre Swansea Scramble?

NO WAY, GET OUT. THAT'S AWESOME.

—CHRIS HUNTER

THAT'S PRETTY IM-PRESSIVE. IT MAKES ME FEEL EMBAR-RASSED ABOUT MY OWN FITNESS.

—CAROLYN CYFRA

WOW. HE MUST HAVE BEEN EATING A LOT OF ICE CREAM AND BEEN FULL OF SUGAR.

—JESSE CUMMING

B.C. NDP president Moe Sihota says an external review of the party’s performance in the May elec-tion will “look very much at the DNA of the NDP.”

Early signs are not encouraging. Start with the � ve-member panel announced to conduct the review. � e required “labour” representation is in the person of Cindy Oliver, president of the union representing college and university instructors, and Andy Ross, ex-president of COPE 378, which repre-sents BC Hydro employees, among others.

Another appointee is NDP MP Jinny Sims, a former president of the B.C. Teachers’ Federation. If the party wants to further solidify its image as a lobby group for pension-subsidized government unions, it’s o� to a great start.

� e terms of reference defy parody. In addition to unions, the panel required “more than one woman.” A sub-committee may be struck, if it has representation from “youth, women, labour, visible minority, LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisesexual, trans-gendered, questioning).” I presume the party’s lengthy anti-harassment policy will be read out to begin all meetings.

Once they � nally get down to business, the list of election campaign details they must examine is long. In addition to that, they must review “stake-holder relations including community leaders,

business, social movement, ethnic communities, environmental movement, a� liated unions and the labour movement.”

One of the excuses o� ered by leader Adrian Dix for the party’s defeat was the loss of 40,000 jobs in the B.C. forest industry. � e suggestion is that those people left for Alberta, and if they were still here, they would have voted NDP.

� at presumed solidarity has never existed in the private sector, and in fact the highest-paid union workers have good reason to vote for lower taxes. To con� rm B.C. and Canada’s “progressive” tax sys-tem, all they have to do is look at their pay stubs.

� e mandate for this review mentions not one actual public policy issue. Here’s one the commit-tee might kick around.

Having lost the 2009 election campaigning against the carbon tax, the NDP is now calling for it to be increased and extended to greenhouse gases pro-duced by industrial process emissions.

A simple example is a cement kiln, which burns fuel to reach the temperature at which the compo-nents are partially burned and cement is produced. Cement manufacturers pay carbon tax on the fuel, whether it’s natural gas or shredded tires, but not on the process.

B.C. cement makers are already pleading for relief,

because the fuel-intensive process puts them at a price disadvantage with U.S. and Chinese producers.

Further unilateral tax action by B.C. would only further increase imports, and potentially push B.C. � rms out of business. Goodbye unionized private sector jobs.

Dix’s last foray in question period before the sum-mer legislature session adjourned was a demand for the government to order BC Ferries to build its next three ships in B.C.

Leave aside the NDP’s uncritical zeal for state control, and their ill-fated experiment with alumi-num fast ferries. � e most likely bidder for this work is Seaspan, with shipyards in Esquimalt and North Vancouver.

Seaspan is hiring almost 2,000 people to build ships for the Royal Canadian Navy and Coast Guard. It will be � at out to get that done, and the company president can’t yet say if it has the capac-ity and skilled labour to bid on BC Ferries ships too.

Seaspan has to operate in the real world of limited resources. So does the NDP, but it’s not clear if they can � nd a way out of their thicket of special inter-ests and stale economic notions.

Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com. He can be reached at t� [email protected].

NDP soul search going nowhereB.C. Views — Tom Fletcher

Wildlife Sightings in and around our communities:

• A black bear was seen on the Sinclair Creek trail in Radium Hot Springs.

Do you have a fruit tree? Do you pick your fruit tree or do you let the fruit fall to the ground? Well, if you don’t have time or are unable to pick your fruit there is a possible option for you.

It’s called the Columbia Valley Fruit Swap. � e idea behind the program, which started in 2011, is to give what would-be unused fruit to people who could use it. Simple! It’s also, of course, a great program to minimize wildlife attractants. If you have an unused fruit tree, all you have to do is call and give some information about your tree(s).

� e program also gives the homeowner an option to keep some of the picked fruit. � e program does not guarantee that your fruit tree will be picked as some types of fruit are less sought after and it is hard to � nd people to pick them. If we are unable to match you with a picker, you will still need to pick your own fruit tree.

� ere is an incredible amount of fruit-bearing trees in the valley; apples, crab-apples, cherries, apricots, pears, and many ornamental fruit-bearing trees. � e fruit program is also looking for donations or even just to borrow buckets, ladders and tarps. For more information, call the WildSafeBC line at

250-688-0561. When residents don’t pick their fruit-bearing trees, the fruit will fall to the

ground and become a food source for such animals as deer, skunks and bears. Sometimes when fruit is left long enough, it will ferment, consequently mak-ing birds, bears and other animals intoxicated from eating them. � is may sound funny, but is not for the animal as they could end up in trouble fast.

WildSafeBC recommends you pick fruit, allowing it to ripen indoors; or pick daily as it ripens. If you do not want the fruit, consider pruning the tree vigor-ously or spraying spring blossoms with a power washer to knock them o� .

If you no longer want to manage your tree, consider replacement with a native, non-fruit bearing variety. � is is the time to be proactive about your fruit-bearing tree.

Fun wildlife fact of the week: Grizzly bears have been noted to eat 100,000 Bu� alo Berries in a day! To have enough energy for their winter sleep, they need to eat the equivalent 300 apples or 60 hamburgers a day.

To report any wildlife sightings in our communities, call the RAPP line at 1-877-952-7277. For more information on WildSafeBC, check out www.wild-safebc.com.

Crystal Leonard is the WildSafeBC Community Co-ordinator for Invermere and Radium, and can be contacted at 250-688-0561 or by email at [email protected] or [email protected].

Don't let your fruit fall to the groundWildsafeBC — Crystal Leonard

A little-noticed fed-eral ocean monitor-ing program around Kitimat is the clear-est signal yet that the federal government is preparing the re-gion for crude oil tanker traffic, Green Party MLA Andrew Weaver says.

Weaver was catch-ing up on his scien-tific reading after the B.C. election when he stumbled on a line — “almost a throwaway” — in the April issue of Canadian Ocean Sci-ence Newsletter.

“A major initiative in planning is the com-plementary measures

project for the area surrounding Kitimat British Columbia to support planned oil traffic,” it says.

Government scien-tists who developed the system in the Gulf of St. Lawrence say it is to help “search and rescue, oil spill re-sponse and to ensure safe and navigable waterways.”

Weaver said the project goes well be-yond research, and represents a major ongoing budget com-mitment by Environ-ment Canada and Fisheries and Oceans Canada to forecast

ocean conditions for oil tanker traffic.

“My conclusion is, come hell or high water, the inten-tion of the feds right now is to ship bitu-men to Asia through Kitimat,” Weaver said in an inter-view. “Whether it be through rail or through pipeline, it’s going to happen, and I don’t think that British Columbians are getting the whole picture here.”

Environment Cana-da spokesman Mark Johnson issued a statement confirm-ing the program was funded in the 2012 federal budget, under the govern-ment’s “responsible resource develop-ment” initiative.

Its purpose is to “to improve the scien-tific understanding of diluted bitumen products and to im-prove operational ca-pabilities to provide timely scientific as-

sessment in the event of an oil spill.

“The Government of Canada is increas-ing research into non-conventional

petroleum products to fortify Canada’s marine prevention, preparedness and re-sponse capabilities.

“In terms of ocean forecasting, Envi-ronment Canada

Meteorological Ser-vice of Canada will bring specific con-tributions to the this overall goal in the provision of high-

resolution surface winds forecasts along the complex water-ways from Kitimat to Hecate Strait area, as winds play an im-portant role as input to oil spill modelling assessment.”

A federal as-sessment panel is preparing recom-mendations for the federal cabinet on the Enbridge North-ern Gateway pipeline project, which would deliver diluted bitu-men from Alberta to the Kitimat port.

Weaver said Ot-tawa’s apparent rush to export heavy crude increases the pollu-tion risk on land and ocean, and also works against development of a petrochemical in-dustry in Canada.


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Black Press filesA crude oil tanker is escorted by tugboats into Second Narrows in Vancouver. Pipeline proposals are being considered to increase heavy oil exports from Vancouver and Kitimat.

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“My conclusion is, come hell or high water, the intention of the feds right now is to ship bitumen to Asia through Kitimat. Whether it be through rail or through pipeline, it's going to happen, and I don't think British Columbians are getting the whole picture here.”

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• The Windermere Valley Early Child-hood Development Team’s Healthy Eating project saw $1,000 al-located to the District of Invermere, $700 for Electoral Area F, $500 to Electoral Area G, $1,000 to the Village of Canal Flats, and $500 for the Village of Radium Hot Springs.

• The Columbia Cultural Tourism As-sociation saw it Place-Based Cultural Tour-ism Strategy-Added Payback project gain $1,000 in the District of Invermere, $2,500 for Electoral Area F, $500 for Electoral Area G, $2,000 towards the Village of Canal Flats, and $1,000 for the Vil-lage of Radium Hot Springs.

• Connecting Com-munities, Linking Ecosystems & Build-ing, and project through the Colum-bia River Greenways Alliance, saw the Dis-trict of Invermere re-ceive $2,500, and the Village of Radium Hot Springs $2,000.

• For the Setting the Stage Performance and Presentation Package through the Columbia Valley Arts Council, the District of Invermere earned $750, $500 for Elec-toral Area F, and $250 for the Village of Ra-dium Hot Springs.

• The Columbia Val-ley Swim Club gained $1,000 in District of Invermere $500 for Electoral Area F and G, and $1,500 for the Village of Radium Hot Springs.• The East Kootenay Brain Injury Association benefited through its Support, Empower, Achieve! project. The District of Invermere and Canal Flats were allocated $1,000 each, as well as Electoral Areas E and F. The Vil-lage of Radium Hot Springs gained $500.

• The East Koote-nay Regional Science Fair Society received money for the Out-reach to Communi-ties North of Cran-

brook project. The District of Invermere saw $1,000 in fund-ing, Electoral Area E $600, Electoral Area F $1,000, and the Village of Radium Hot Springs received $500.

• The Edgewater Recreation Society benefitted through the Renew & Revital-ize with Technology. Two-hundred dollars was allocated to the District of Invermere and Electoral Area F, while $8,500 was granted to Electoral Area G $8,500. The Village of Radium Hot Springs is up $500.

• The Fairmont and District Lions Club received $500 in the District of Invermere for the Lions Com-munity Den. Also for that project, Electoral Area F was granted $13,000, the Village of Canal Flats $1,500, and the Village of Radium Hot Springs $500.

• The Hospice Soci-ety of the Columbia Valley was granted money for its Start-Up and Volunteer Training. The District of Invermere gained $750, Electoral Area F received $1,000, Electoral Area G is up $500, the Village of Canal Flats was al-lotted $2,000, and the Village of Radium Hot Springs $1,000.

• Kootenay Li-brary Federation was granted funds for the 2013 confer-ences. The District of Invermere benefitted $2,500, Electoral Area F $1,000, Electoral Area G $500, and the Village of Radium Hot Springs $1,000.

• The Lake Winder-mere Alliance Church was granted money for the Sonshine Chil-dren’s Playground. The District of Inver-mere received $3,500, and Electoral Area G received $250.

• The Lake Wind-ermere District Rod & Gun Club was al-located money for upgrades to the com-

munity range. One-thousand dollars towards the District of Invermere $2,000 into Electoral Area F, $1,000 for Electoral Area G, and $9,842 for the Village of Radium Hot Springs.

• The Panorama Mountain Freeride Club received funding for equipment and supplies. The District of Invermere gained $500.00 and Electoral Area F is up $1,000.00, while the Village of Radium Hot Springs received $200.

• Purcell Mountain

Biking School ben-efitted for the Mount Nelson Athletic Park Bicycle Pump Track project. The District of Invermere received $8,000, and Electoral Area F gained $3,000. The Village of Canal Flats earned $1,000.

• The Radium Hot Springs Public Li-brary received fund-ing for Cards for Chil-dren; the Village of Radium Hot Springs earned $1,000.

• SQx Danza, through the Blue Lake Professional Interac-tive Dance Rehearsal

Insight, received funding for field trips. The District of Inver-mere gained $500.00, and the Village of Ca-nal Flats $1,000.

• The Steamboat Mountain Music Fes-tival gained $500 in the District of Inver-mere $250 for Elec-toral Area F $4,500 into Electoral Area G, and $750 towards the Village of Radium Hot Springs.

• Toby Creek Nor-dic Ski Club benefit-ted through the Cross River Canyon Ski Trails Groomer.

• One-thousand dolllars for the Dis-trict of Invermere, $3,000 for Electoral Area F $1,500 into the Village of Canal Flats, and $17,500 for the Village of Radium Hot Springs.

• The Wilmer Com-munity Club gained a combined $12,000 in funding through the District of Inver-mere ($1,500), Elec-toral Area F ($1,400), and Electoral Area G ($9,100)

• The Windermere District Historical Society gained a to-

tal of $3,000 for the Painting of a His-toric Building Called “The Legion”. The money was allocated through the District of Invermere ($7500), Electoral Area F ($1,250), Electoral Area G ($500), and the Village of Radium Hot Springs ($500).

• Wings Over the Rockies received money for Laptops for Registration. The District of Invermere was granted $578, and $400 was allocat-ed to both Electoral Areas F and G.


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THURS AUGUST 1•Junior Naturalists pro-gram for kids 6 – 12 yrs. 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. at Red-streak Campground. Pre-register at 250-347-6525 or [email protected]. Runs every Thursday, Friday and Saturday in July & August.

FRI AUGUST 2•Swimming at Radium Hot Springs with the Summit Youth Centre, 7 p.m. Sign up by Aug 1 to participate.

SAT AUGUST 3•Edgewater Legion Open Market, 10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.. To book a table call Vi at 250-347-0044.• Vancouver artist Sha-ron Quirke creates live at Effusion Art Gallery, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.. www.effusionartgallery.com•Free Family Fun. Movie in the Park: The Croods. Fun starts at 8:30 p.m., movie starts at 10 p.m. at Pothole Park. Check www.invermere.net for more details.

SUN AUGUST 4•6th Annual Tour of the Arts, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. More than 35 artists displaying work along 7th Ave, from Pothole Park to Pynelogs. Tour passports $20 available at Village Arts, Essen-tials, Crossroads Col-lective, Pynelogs, Meet on Higher Ground (Radium) and La Gale-ria (Fairmont). Grand prize draw for visiting all 3 tour sites. For more info, call 250-342-4423 or go online to www.co-lumbiavalleyarts.com.•Invermere Music Fest. Waterfront music festi-val at Kinsmen Beach greenspace, 4 - 10 p.m. Live music, food, Ar-rowhead beer garden. $35 until July 25, regu-lar price $40. Tickets available at Arrowhead Brewery, The Book Bar, Syndicate Boardshop & Pynelogs.

MON AUGUST 5•Wild Nature Tours: Slowly down the Co-lumbia. A 14 person voyageur canoe trip from Invermere to Ra-dium. www.wildnature-tours.ca.

TUES AUGUST 6•Windermere Valley Museum's summer chil-dren's program: Ranch-er. Learn about ranching, with a guest appearance from a rancher and welsh

pony. 10:30 am. - 12 p.m. at the museum. Admis-sion by donation.

WED AUG UST 7•Pool tournament at the Summit Youth Cen-tre, 5 - 10:30 p.m.

THURS AUGUST 8•Beach volleyball, leav-ing the Summit Youth Centre at 2 p.m. Until 5 p.m.

FRI AUGUST 9•Maya Eventov & Friends exhibition opening at Artym Gal-lery, 6 - 9 p.m. Show con-tinues until Aug 18th. www.artymgallery.com•Hang out night at the Summit Youth Centre, 5 - 10:30 p.m.

EVERY SUNDAY•Fairmont Farmer's Market, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.•Drop-in roller skating, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m., $5, Gla-cier Peaks Gymnastics building, 250-342-5321•Barn Market at Elk Park Ranch's Old Eaton House, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.•Public Indoor Rock Climbing, Laird School, 5-8 p.m., $5.•Invermere Badminton Club meets, 7:30 - 10 p.m. at the DTSS gym.

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

EVERY MONDAY•EK Brain Injury Sup-port Group, 1-3 p.m., Family Resource Cen-tre. Info: 250-344-5674•Gentle drop-in carpet bowling, 1:30 p.m., In-vermere Seniors' Centre.•Ladies Motorcycle Born to Ride. Tim Hor-ton’s, 5:15 p.m. Call 341-5646 for more in-formation.•Cadets, 6:30-9 p.m. for boys and girls, ages 12-17. Cost: FREE (in-cludes uniform). Info: Megan McConnell at 250-409-4455•Duplicate Bridge, 6:30 p.m., Invermere Se-niors’ Hall, $2/person. Visitors welcome.•Ultimate Frisbee at J.A. Laird School field. Free, for all ages, and begin-ners welcome. Call 250-270-0346 for more information.

1st & 3rd TUESDAY•OPT clinic, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Inv. Health Unit. Confidential service: low-cost birth control, and STI testing.

EVERY TUESDAY•Shuswap Bingo at the Shuswap Indian Band Office downstairs, doors open at 5:30 p.m., early bird at 6:45 p.m., regular games at 7 p.m. •Cubs (8-10 year olds) and Beavers (5-7 year olds), J.A. Laird, 6 - 7 p.m.•Open Mic night at Bud's Bar, beginning at 10 p.m.

1st & 3rd WED•Bingo, Windermere Community Hall, opens at 6 p.m., starts at 7 p.m.

2nd & 4th WED•Seniors' Day at the In-vermere Library, 1:15 - 2:15 p.m. Bus provided.

EVERY WEDNESDAY•Indoor soccer, DTSS gym. Drop-in $2, 8:30-10 p.m.•Yoga THRIVE - Yoga for Cancer Survivors and Support People. Copper Point Resort at 4:30 p.m. Call Jan Klimek at 250-342-1195•Invermere Badminton Club meets 7-9 p.m. at JA Laird School gym.

1st THURSDAY•Columbia Valley MS Support Group. 7 - 8 p.m. at Christ Church Trinity.

EVERY THURSDAY•Open Mic night at the Hoodoo Grill, begin-ning at 9:30 p.m.

EVERY FRIDAY•Baby Goose program for parents and babies up to 18 months. 9:30-11:30 a.m. at Eileen Madson Primary. [email protected]•Preschool Story Time at the Invermere Public Library, 10:30 a.m. For info visit invermere.bclibrary.ca•Summer Reading Club, 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. at the Invermere Pub-lic Library. For kids in grades 1-5. Call each Friday morning to reg-ister. 250-342-6416.•Market on Main, 4 - 9 p.m. in Radium.•Public Indoor Rock Climbing, Laird School, 5-8 p.m., $5.•Music on Main, 7 - 9 p.m. in Radium.

EVERY SATURDAY•Invermere Farmer's Market, downtown In-vermere, 9 a.m. -1 p.m.•Public Indoor Rock Climbing, Laird School, 5-8 p.m., $5.

Remember When?

10 years ago (2003): Weeks had passed and there had been virtually no rainfall in the Columbia Valley, prompt-ing the Southeast Fire Cen-tre to issue an extreme fire warning for the valley. No-body within the jurisdiction was allowed fires for cook-ing, warmth, or ceremonial purposed. Fireworks were also banned. However, there were some legal exceptions. One campsite resort owner told The Echo that "Under the resort zoning laws, we are exempt from fire bans and it's at our discretion, but we are liable if the fire gets out of hand."

15 years ago (1998): Work began on an addition on David Thompson Secondary School, intended to eliminate the need for portable class-rooms. The construction cre-ated three new administrative offices, three new classrooms for high school use, and four new classrooms for the Col-lege of the Rockies. "We ben-

efit by having a joint use with the school district that opens up to adult use in the eve-ning," said the then-manager of College of the Rockies.

20 years ago (1993): Beach closures were in effect at Kinsmen Beach between 10:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. each night. Those found trespass-ing on the property were to be charged up to $2,000. Ve-hicles were to be towed and impounded. "I'm sure hop-ing that this is a discretionary tool," said acting mayor Buzz Harmsworth, speaking to those concerned about losing night swimming.

30 years ago (1983): "If you want to find out about a per-son, no need to talk, just read their bumper stickers," ad-vised an Echo columnist. "You can find out what a person would rather be doing," she said. The columnist admired drivers whose stickers bragged about stopping at all bars and garage sales. Expressing a cold-war sentiment, she quot-ed one that read, "In case of nuclear war — kiss your chil-dren." One car, she wrote, that she saw bore a remarkably sexist sticker, reading: " Help put a woman back where she belongs, barefoot and preg-nant."

40 years ago (1973): The Invermere Hotel burned to the ground on a Sunday

night. The building had been a landmark on Invermere's main street since the early 1900s, according to The Echo. Firefighters battled what they called the worst blaze in the history of the village for more than three hours despite hav-ing no realistic hope of ex-tinguishing it. The hotel was originally known as the Hotel Canterbury. It was third of three well-known hotels in the area to burn down after long-standing inns in Win-dermere and Athalmer suc-cumbed to fire in 1952 and 1970, respectively.

50 years ago (1963): Twelve-year-old Don Mathison's set a new record for the fastest swim across Lake Winder-mere. He completed the 12-mile swim in five hours and 24 minutes after beginning at 7:06 am. The water was 64 de-grees Fahrenheit and the air was 38 degrees F. Don, who was a stocky build for 5'2, said the cold did not bother him. The young swimmer was doubting his performance, but was encouraged to con-tinue by his spotter, who fol-lowed the young swimmer in a row boat. The swim had only been completed twice before — in 1956 by a Ger-man immigrant housewife and in 1961 by a Nova Scotia man lifeguarding at Fairmont Hot Springs.

A look back through The Valley Echo's archives over the last 50 years

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Editor's note: The fol-lowing historical photos and comments were submitted by Lis Hedges (nee Madsen). See this Friday's Pioneer for more from her personal collection.

(Top photo) This picture was taken about 1930 or 31. My father John J. Madsen started an ice cream business in order to generate some cash money, which was hard to come by in those days. We had cows and chickens and a separa-tor so we had our own cream and butter. My mother made a very rich vanilla ice-cream with the ingredients which were churned by hand every day in the summer months and sold at this little stand down by the highway, not far from the present golf course. (Middle photo) My older broth-er, Brent, in about 1940, is on the left, churning ice-cream. An ice saw is on the wall, and an ice block is on the wheel barrow. My younger brother and a cousin are doing the washing. (Bottom photo) Refine-ments were made to the business as the years went by. This photo was taken about 1933 or '34. Dad built a table and chairs and provided shade with a canopy. Visitors to Radium, even in difficult times, went for trips up the valley and back and sometimes stopped in for homemade ice-cream. There will still be families in Edge-water who remember going over to Madsens for an ice cream cone. I think they sold for five cents.

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The Artym Gallery is very pleased to present, in conjunction with the Co-lumbia Valley Tour of the Arts 2013, Denise Lemaster and Fiona Couillard on Sunday, August 4th.

These two wonderful artists will be doing a painting demonstration from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Artym, and you can also enjoy an exhibition of their original paintings.

Denise Lemaster is a long-time lo-cal. She has lived in Invermere and around the area for almost her whole life, so it makes perfect sense that her landscape paintings are often familiar locales. Her subtle oil paintings boast muted colours and contemporary lines and invite the viewer to share her love of the outdoors.

Fiona Couillard, an Alberta artist, is known for her portraits of animals. Having grown up in a rural environ-ment, some of her favourite subjects are cows. She captures the personal-

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Join us as we feature these two won-derful artists. As well as seeing Fiona Couillard and Denise Lemaster at work between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., there will be a special display of their work at the Artym Gallery.

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submitted imagesLocal landscape artist Denise Lemaster (above, Lake of the Hanging Glacier) and Albertan artist Fiona Couillard, who specializes in animal portraits (inset, A Different Breed), will both be exhibiting their work at The Artym Gallery as part of the 2013 Tour of the Arts on August 4th.

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Dozens compete in first official Swansea Scramble

On one of the valley’s most-used recreational mountains, locals were defeated by visitors in the 2013 Swansea Scramble.

The event took place on Sunday, July 28th and marked the first official year of the Swan-sea Scramble, which saw the debut of a digi-tal timer. With five- and ten-kilometre tracks marked up the mountain, the latter gaining 932 metres in elevation, scramblers were chal-lenged on several fronts: on ascent, descent, and on the "kick-ass" sprint.

The sprint was an uphill, 200-metre marked distance on a steeper section of the route that was completed the fastest by Max Regitnig of Invermere.

Finishing in first place among the five kilo-metre racers was 12-year-old Cole Richardson

from Canmore, posting a time of 39:31. “I didn’t think I was actually going to do it,

but I asked my mom to wake me up this morn-ing to double check, and I decided to do it,” he told The Echo. “I wasn’t thinking I would do so good — I was the only kid in the race. Ev-eryone was way older than me so I was kind of nervous about that.”

Cole and his mom, Lynne Richardson, ran the five-kilometre side-by-side. Cole waited for his mom, who finished only seconds behind him.

“The Swansea Scramble twigged my imagina-tion — I knew it would make for a good moth-er/son race,” Lynne said. “Cole just jumped out of bed and got his shoes on this morning.”

Claiming victory after completing the ten-kilometre in 1:10:50 was Chris Nakahara from Cranbrook, who was first past the post at the full route of the 2013 Scramble.


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dan walton/eCho PhotosStephanie McGregor-Jones from Cranbrook keeps a few paces ahead of Max Regitnig (top) along one section of the course in the Swansea Scramble on Sunday, July 28th. Stephanie was the first woman to cross the finish line of the 10-kilometre route while Max was the fastest runner in the kick-ass sprint feature. (bottom left) The first-place runner in the five-kilometre event was 12-year-old Cole Richardson, pictured here (bottom left) with his mother Lynne, also a participant in the race. The overall winner of the 10-kilometre race was Chris Nakahara from Cranbrook (bottom right).


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Trevor Crawley/Cranbrook Daily TownsmanThe Invermere Killer Rollbots came out on top in a derby bout against Cranbrook's Mountain Town Maulers on Satur-day, July 27th in Cranbrook at the Memorial Arena, winning 180-103. Pictured here are team captain Jess ‘DeVotchka Thrash’ de Groot (in black, left) and jammer 'Puma Thurman' (in black, right).

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Vancouver Whitecaps FC regional head coach David Broadhurst will be in Nelson from August 10th to 18th to lead the evaluations for the Whitecaps FC Kootenay Prospects Acade-my. Boys and girls ages U-10 to U-18 will have the opportunity to be evaluated for selection and invitation to the Kootenay Prospects pro-gram, which will include up to four boys and four girls training groups with 16 to 20 players per training group.

“We really enjoyed our inaugural year in the Kootenays and learned more about how the program can have the greatest impact and benefit for local players,” said Whitecaps FC

director of soccer development Dan Lena-rduzzi. “Based on that we have made some adjustments this year that will provide a regu-lar Whitecaps FC presence in the Kootenays, more regular contact with the players, and in-creased communication.”

The program, including all sessions, will be run by Whitecaps FC Okanagan regional head coach David Broadhurst. It will include a 10-month program with three phases, run-ning September through June, with weekly training sessions. There will also be one travel weekend per phase, which last year included an MLS weekend in Vancouver featuring an on-field training session and a Whitecaps FC MLS match.

The Memorial Arena in Cranbrook played host to roller derby action on Saturday (July 27th) night, as teams from across the East Kootenay slugged it out for bragging rights in the regional roller derby league.

It was a double-header with Fernie’s Ava-lanche City Roller Girls taking on the Creston Black-Eyed Cherries, followed by the home-town team, the Mountain Town Maulers, chal-lenging the Invermere Killer Rollbots.

The Rollbots, due to the skillful work of jam-mer Puma Thurman, jumped to an early lead against the Maulers, with roughly 50 points be-fore the Maulers were able to respond. Block-

ers from the Rollbots also made life difficult for Maulers’ jammers K-POW, Hit E. Long-stockings and Pale Fire, as the match turned into a defensive battle.

After the first half hour, the Rollbots were up 90-45 over the Maulers.

After a quick break that included a kids tricy-cle race and other shenanigans, the two teams were back on the track, as the Maulers looked to close the gap.

Invermere’s jammer Puma Thurman kept finding the gaps through the Maulers’ block-ers, while K-POW managed to catch fire and do some damage for the Cranbrook squad.

However, the Rollbots defence was very stin-gy and the Maulers were unable to complete a comeback, falling 180-103 by the end of the game.

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RIVERSIDE MEN'S GOLF CLUB: • The Riverside Men's Club has had a great two weeks under almost perfect weather playing under superb golfi ng conditions, so any cause of high scores was a personal responsibility! On July 16th, a total of 23 players played a 2-man, 1-best ball game. First were Noel Robbitaille and Robbi Robertson with a 58. Second were Roy Nelson and Gord Bignall with a 60. Third were Rick Charter and Bill Bergman with a 61. Fourth were Barry Jonas and Don Slobodzian with a 61. Deuces were Brian Morton and Kirk Dawson on #3, Phil Boyer on #8 and Bill Bergman on #15. KPs were 3: Bruce Eaket; 5: Ken Munro; 8: Phil Boyer ; 13: Bruce Eaket; 15:Bob Linell. On July 15th, a total of 34 players from both Riverside and Mountainside Men's and Ladies' Clubs enjoyed an away day at The Springs in Radium. Players found it a great challenge under very windy conditions. The course was immaculate, having just hosted the BC Ama-teur Championship. On July 9th, a total of 28 players enjoyed a 4-man, 3-best ball, but always including the rotating yellow ball player. First were Gord Big-nall, Robbi Robertson, Norbert Schab and Derwyn Peloski with a 192. Second were Brian Morton, Kirk Dawson, Noel Robbitaille and Barry Jonas with a 197. Third were Phil Boyer, Beattie Ledingham, Roy Nelson and Rob Miller with a 203. Deuces were Wayne Geiger, Jim Horne and Beattie Ledingham — all on hole 15! KPs were 3: Bruce Eaket; 5: Roy Nelson; 8: Gord Bignall; 13: Russ Hemsing; 15: Beattie Ledingham.

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WINDERMERE LADIES' GOLF CLUB: • Our June 26th game was Three Blind Mice and the winning team was Doreen Stewart, Diane Kochorek, Carol Sanford and Deb Plato. The putting pot was

won by Ruth Gordon and Doreen Stewart and the deuce pot was also shared, by Diane Kochorek and Deb Plato. On July 3rd, the club played a new game of "Roll of the Dice" and the winning team was Cathy Howard, Gail Cole, Coreen Ruault and Pat Andruschuk. The putting pot was won by Gail Cole, and deuces were very popular this week with Gail Cole getting two and the following la-dies getting one each: Deb Plato, Pat Andruschuk and Nora Efford. July 10th was Low Net Pin Round and the winners were Sandra Howard, Dawn McKin-non, Joyce Robinson and Cathy Howard. The putting pot was won by Diane Kochorek and the deuce pot by Helga Boker. We have had a number of match plays with winners and losers going to the appropriate competition, quite a few more to go before a winner is declared. This is a fun competition because it evens the playing fi eld for all players.• Our game on July 17th was "Count Your Putts" broken into two fl ights. The winners of the fi rst fl ight were Mary Jean Anakin and Sandra Howard. The winners of the second fl ight were Diane Kochorek and Sharyn Schmidt. The putting pot winner was Mary Jean Anakin. The deuce pot was a carry over. Hap-pily, the game was fi nished before the rain came. We had six ladies away playing in interclub at the Springs: Raylene Oram, Deb Plato, Barb Journeault, Helga Boker, with Pat Andruschuk and Ruth Gordon playing for Radium Resort. Ev-eryone was off the course before the heavy rain fell.• Our game on July 24th was Half and Half, putts on the front 9, net score on the back 9. The winners were Pat Andruschuk, Dawn McKinnon, Barb Jour-nault, Diane Kochorek, Coreen Ruault and Arlene Morton. There were six deuces: Gail Cole, Sue Nikirk had two, Arlene Morton, Sydney-Anne Porter and Diane Kochorek. The putting pot was won by Pat Andruschuk with 26. It was a beautiful hot day.

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“� e club’s desire is to have an overall regional program strategy that will allow the Prospects Academy to be ac-cessible to the best players in the Kootenay region,” said Broadhurst. “In this coming 2013-14 cycle, we will operate a West program which will primarily be open to players from Nelson and Kootenay South. � e objective will be to work towards a similar East program for the fall of 2014-15. � is will then provide the ability to connect the two programs for select training and events.”

Whitecaps FC currently provide technical services to the Nelson Youth Soccer Association and hope to expand these services to other areas of the Kootenays.

To be selected for the Whitecaps FC Prospects Academy, all players must register for the evaluation process. Evalu-ation sessions will be held at Lakeside Park in Nelson dur-ing the weekends of August 10 and 11 and again on August 17 to 18.

Players interested in registration for the evaluation can visit whitecapsfc.com/academy and select Kootenay Academy or contact David Broadhurst at [email protected] or by phone at 250.550.5489.

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� is was Chris’s � rst year compet-ing in the Crazy Sole’s event, but he said he does a lot of hiking, trail run-ning, and climbing

“I didn’t have much expectation so the win was good,” he told � e Echo. “Great views up at the top and a good, gruelling climb.”

Placing � rst among the women with a time of 1:25:31 was Stephanie McGregor-Jones from Cranbrook. For her, the Swansea Scramble was part of her participation in the Trail Races of the East Kootenays (TREK) series.

Along with keeping active outdoors, Stephanie has an extreme routine.

“I do CrossFit � ve days a week — that helps me out big time,” she said.

After its � rst two years of gaining momentum by running in a grass-roots-fashion, the Swansea Scramble has grown to 40 racers. Organizers in-troduced an electronic timing system in addition to increasing sponsorship.

“People love it, and so many enjoy the challenge of it, so we thought we’d make it more o� cial,” said Nadyia Fry, event co-organizer. “It’s such a challenging ascent and descent that it’s really technical, like Luca Lake, which is also fabulous, but it’s a to-tally di� erent challenge.”

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After 12 years of publishing a local group of magazine makers has landed an extraordinary honour — two in fact.

Kootenay Mountain Culture (KMC) has been named Maga-zine of The Year for BC/Yukon by the esteemed Western Magazine Awards (WMA), an organiza-tion that for the past three decades has represented all of the magazine titles throughout B.C., Al-berta, Saskatchewan and Yukon.

What’s more, KMC’s partner publication, Coast Mountain Cul-ture (CMC), has been awarded the Best New Magazine.

“We were really hon-

oured,” says KMC/CMC publisher Peter Moynes, who attend-ed the 31st annual WMAs with creative director Mitchell Scott and CMC editor Mike Berard last month. “The first thing we thought of was all the support we’ve had from so many folks throughout the Koote-nays, some for quite a while now — our fam-ilies, all our readers, contributors and all the businesses who’ve put their trust in us.”

“The crowd at the awards let out a huge cheer and applause when we won Maga-zine of The Year,” says Scott. “We’ve been the little guys that the big guys have been watching. We’ve

had all kinds of ku-dos from all sorts of major league print and web media titles before — everyone from the National Post to National Geo-graphic. But to have been chosen by all our peers for this, well, it’s really some-thing extraordinary.”

KMC was up against a number of iconic Western Canadian publications includ-ing BC Business, Van-couver Magazine, Western Living and Geist. While the hon-ours took the KMC cohorts by surprise, the awards are more than well-earned ac-cording to well-wish-ers at the WMAs and Canadian magazine veterans alike.

“When I first saw a copy of KMC, I couldn’t believe how polished a product it was, nor that it had emerged from a small town in B.C., of all places,” says Calgary-based writer Kevin Brooker. A journalist for the past 30 years, Brooker is a multiple WMA winner who contributes to publi-cations including The Globe and Mail, Out-side, Powder, ESPN

and Applied Arts. “Most of all, how-

ever, I was heartened to see that at a time when budget con-straints and changing times are forcing a lot of magazines to lower print standards, re-place custom pho-tography with stock and reduce their edi-torial staff, KMC and CMC were forging a really sophisticated visual and literary voice,” says Brooker. “The products go

light-years beyond anything that one normally encounters in the mountain/out-doors genre, or most any other genre for that matter.”

What onlookers say is most extraordi-nary about the KMC/CMC product, is the fact both magazines are free, relying en-tirely on advertising and distribution sup-port. Launched in 2001 as a tiny 28-page handout, and today

still run from overtop Moynes’ backyard ga-rage, Kootenay Moun-tain Culture has been supported by small businesses, resorts and destination mar-keting organizations from throughout the West and East Koo-tenay and Columbia regions.

Moynes credits the magazine’s well-tar-geted distribution for the success, noting that the publications are essentially calling

cards for the places and people the mag-azines’ writers and photographers tell stories about.

“We live in one of the greatest places in the world. We’re blessed. And to be able to work with so many people in the communities all around us, and help build their business-es, we consider our-selves very fortunate. Our sincere thanks go out to everyone.”


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Much-loved publications land magazine honoursCONTRIBUTEDSpecial to The Valley Echo

photo submittedKootenay Mountain Culture and Coast Mountain Culture publisher Peter Moynes and creative director Mitchell Scott. The two magazines were recently honoured by the Western magazines Awards. “To be able to work with so many people in the communities all around us, and help build their businesses, we consider ourselves very fortunate,” says Moynes.

An award-winning, former Black Press journalist has written a book questioning if the maternal aspect of God has been overlooked by scholars for thousands of years.

Trudy Beyak, who worked for Black Press at the Abbots-ford News for 20 years, recently finished The Mother Heart of God: Unveiling the Mystery of the Father’s Maternal Love.

The book explores how religious scholars have focused on the paternal aspects of God for more than 5,000 years and questions whether or not they missed God’s mater-nal side — an issue Ms. Beyak said can be controversial at times.

During Ms. Beyak two-decade career at Black Pres, the chain of newspapers that includes the Invermere Valley Echo and stretches across Canada, Washington State, Ha-waii, California and Ohio, she earned more than 30 awards, usually for investigative journalism or feature writing, and was nominated for the Order of British Columbia for her work as a journalist and her dedication to public service.

In the course of writing her book, Ms. Beyak interviewed more than 50 faith leaders, scholars, writers and celebri-ties from around the world including, MRI machine inven-

tor Dr. Raymond Damadian, general edi-tor of the English Standard Version Bible, J. I. Packer, and Touched by an Angel co-star Della Reese.

“A paradigm shift is unfolding around the world. I saw it happen before my eyes,” said Ms. Beyak in a press release. “The year I interviewed these various leaders of faith, few people were talking about this

religious controversy. By the time my book was published, public interest in this issue skyrocketed as Google report-ed close to 100 million hits on this question — and beyond — a shocking increase.”

God’s maternal side will only become a more prominent subject in the future, said Ms. Beyak, a devout Christian.

“This is the issue of our day. As I interviewed leaders and scholars all over the map — whether speaking in Vir-ginia or the Vatican — they shared insights from the Bible about the maternal side of God’s mercy that have rarely been heard or understood before. It was a fascinating ex-perience,” she said in the press release. “These powerful insights are particularly relevant for all of us living in the 21st century.”

Those wanting to know more about Ms. Beyak’s book can check out www.themotherheartofgod.com.


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Preschool Story Time & Summer Reading Club, Inv. Public Library.Market & Music on Main, Radium.

Preschool Story Time &Summer Reading Club, Inv. Public Library.Market & Music on Main, Radium.

Maya Eventov and Friends Exhibition, Artym Gallery Show. Until Aug 18.

Sharon Quirke live at Effusion Art Gallery.Invermere Farmer’s Market.Edgewater Legion Market.Market & Music on Main, Radium.Movie in the Park: The Croods.

Pancake Breakfast at the Edgewater Legion.6th Annual Tour of the Arts, Inv.Fairmont Farmer’s Market.Barn Market at Elk Park Ranch.Inv. MusicFest, Kinsmen Beach.

Wild Nature Tours: “Slowly down the Columbia.”

Multi-Artist exhibition at Pynelogs, featuring John Niddrie, Stephanie Van de Kemp, Cheryl Goodwin and others. Until Aug 18.

18th Annual Loop theLake.37th Annual Lakeside Event, Inv.Kimberly Kiel live at Effusion.Invermere Farmer’s Market.

Pancake Breakfast at the Edgewater Legion.Summer Splash! at James Chabot Beach.Fairmont Farmer’s Market.Barn Market at Elk Park Ranch.

2nd Annual KellyHrudey & Friends Charity Golf Tournament at Copper Point Golf. Runs until August 14th.

Elk Park Ranch farriercompetition and minirodeo. Runs until August 18th.Invermere Farmer’s Market.Edgewater Legion Market

Pancake Breakfast at the Edgewater Legion. Wild Nature Tours:“Animal Tracks & Signs.”Fairmont Farmer’s Market.Barn Market at Elk Park Ranch.

Kraft CelebrationTour & Rotary Clubof Invermere’s annual Kid’s Festival at Kinsmen’s Beach.

Multi-Artist show at Pynelogs, featuring Katleen Davies, Jane Murray, Robyn Oliver and more. Until Sept 1st.

Min Ma & Bayot Heer Exhibition, Artym Gallery. Until Sept 8.

Bingo at Wind.Comm Hall

Invermere Farmer’s Market.Edgewater Legion Market

Invermere Farmer’s Market.Edgewater Legion Market

Pancake Breakfast at the Edgewater Legion. Fairmont Farmer’s Market.Barn Market at Elk Park Ranch.

Junior Naturalist programat Redstreak campground runs Thurs, Fri, Sat.

Junior Naturalist programat Redstreak campground runs Thurs, Fri, Sat.

Junior Naturalist program at Redstreak campground runs Thurs, Fri, Sat.



Adventure Radium programs run Tues, Wed,Thurs.Windermere Valley Museum’s summer children’s program-ming: Pioneer Careers.

Adventure Radium programs run Tues, Wed, Thurs.Windermere Valley Museum’s summer children’s program-ming: Pioneer Careers.

Adventure Radium runs Tues, Wed, Thurs.Win. Valley Museum’s summer children’s programming.John Reischman and the Jaybirds in Concert at Christ Church Trinity.

Windermere Valley Museum’s summerchildren’s programming: Pioneer Careers.


I often get asked, “How do you come up with your ideas for � e Valley Echo column?” It’s really quite easy; some-thing or someone inspires me, and this week is no di� erent.

� e word that has presented itself to me is “success.” Everyone at some point in their lives has pondered the idea of whether or not their life has been a success.

� e measuring stick for de� ning suc-cess is in� nitely long. Pages upon pages will come up on the Internet describing what business, relationship, � nancial and health success are in this day and age. In the natural world, we have eco-systems that are successfully sustain-able, gardens, crops and harvests that are deemed successful, and wildlife management initiatives that are suc-cess-driven causes. Success, if you will, is all around us every day.

What about you? How successful do you feel about your own life? Are you on the road to success or have you achieved it already? � ink for a mo-ment about what you believe success really is for you, and I recommend you write it down.

“Success is the ability to go from one failure to anoth-er with no loss of enthusiasm.”— Winston Churchill

“� e di� erence between a suc-cessful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowl-

edge, but rather a lack of will.”— Vince Lombardi

“Don’t aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally.” — David Frost

Our worldwide belief systems around the word “success” are even more var-ied and diverse than the beautiful or-chids of the world. Did you know t here are more than 25,000 veri� ed, natural orchid varieties in the world, with hun-dreds of new species being discovered every year and over 120,000 registered hybrid orchids?

My point is that, with all of the de� ni-tions and opinions around success, it’s really only important what you believe to be true for you.

Our “work” to grow and succeed in the world is never done. Another thought of success comes from In-dian yogi and guru Paramahansa Yogananda: “And your work can be called ‘success’ only when in some way it serves your fellowman.”Imagine if the world began to embrace that de� nition of success as a heartfelt belief expressed in our attitude towards ourselves and others. What a wonder-ful di� erence that alone would make. Elizabeth Shopland is a horticulturist for Homefront Essentials Gardening, a Certi� ed Solution Focused Coach, au-thor and speaker, and the owner of Ban-yan Tree Solutions. She can be reached at 250-342-8978 or www.btswellness.com.

Secret to successGrow Your Life — Elizabeth Shopland

Where is 134340? � at is Pluto's number. (Got to get in the habit of calling it that... )

Details of our skies can be subtle, waiting to be noticed by eyes practiced in regularly looking for what is going on in our skies. Likewise, the details online of the science involved can also be sub-tle, and more than quick glances on the web may be needed.

Pluto information is a good example. Spotting it in the sky this year? Forget it. Spotting some accu-rate background about it (134340, I mean) online, especially details of its demotion by professionals? � at is almost as hard. Plus, Pluto as a Plutino (see chart) is often not mentioned, yet that is a signi� cant aspect of our Solar System's organi-

zation. And Eris? For a while, it was authorita-

tively described in the wrong part of the Solar System.

Solution? � e habit of watchful-ness on and o� line.

Maybe in a year or two, we might spot 134340 in a big telescope under our dark skies. Meanwhile, many other easier things to spot, and then recollect or ponder later, wait for us by day as well as night.

Easy one: what is the moon's current phase? (Now where did I misplace my moon chart? Gotta get in the habit of using that... )

Brian Fenerty is a semi-retired valley resident and an esteemed member of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. Contact him at [email protected].

Partaking in PlutoValley Skies — Brian Fenerty


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I know it's peak of summer when those amazing little cherry tomatoes start showing up at the Farmers' Mar-ket and they taste like candy! (I tell my children that they are the garden gnomes candy and they gobble them up!) One of my favourite ingredients, tomatoes are such an important in-gredient in our kitchen as they are full of � avour, nutrition and colour.

Tomatoes grown at home, in a garden or pot, always taste better than those bought in our local grocery stores. To-matoes that ripen on the vine have much more � avour than the tomatoes that we buy the store as they have been picked green, left to ripen in transit.

When tomatoes get the opportunity to ripen on the vine, they give us such amazing � avour as they gradually swell and colour. � ere is such grati� -cation picking that � rst tomato of the season o� the vine. One tip I learned is remove the side shoots; otherwise, you have a plant with many leaves and little fruit.

Heirloom tomatoes are popular as they come in all shapes, colours and siz-es. At Ballymaloe Cookery School, they grew between 30 and 40 di� erent types. I was fortunate enough to see how they all grow, taste and cook. I never knew to-matoes could taste like this!

We are not all fortunate to grow to-matoes all year long in our climate, but here’s a great tip — freeze them in the peak of summer. When it’s -20 C outside and you reach into your freez-er to make a tomato sauce, that scent

of summer is refreshing. � ey may be a bit more watery, and you can add a touch of sugar to draw out the sweet-ness. You can drop them into cold water for a few seconds and the skin will fall o� immediately when you rub them gently.

� e following recipe has a num-ber of uses. Tomato Fondue can be used as a vegetable dish, a sauce for pasta, a � lling for omelettes or a pizza

topping. Make sure your onions are completely soft before the tomatoes are added. In the winter, you can use frozen tomatoes, but they will need to cook a bit longer.

To peel the skin o� the tomatoes, cut an ‘X’ at the stem area and place them in a deep bowl. Cover the tomatoes with boiling water and count slowly to 10. Take one out and try to peel it — it should come right o� . If not, leave

them for a couple more seconds, but not too long or they will semi-cook and you lose a layer of the tomato.

Tomato Fondue*

Ingredients1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil100 g onions, sliced1 garlic clove, crushed2 lbs very ripe tomatoes, peeledSalt & pepper to taste2 tbsp of any of the following: mint,

thyme, parsley, oregano, basilA few drops of balsamic vinegar

InstructionsHeat the oil in a casserole or stain-

less steel saucepan. Add the onion, garlic and toss until coated. Cover and let sweat on a gentle heat until they are soft, but not coloured.

Slice the tomatoes and add with all the juice to the onions. Season with salt and pepper.

Add the generous amount of herbs.Cook uncovered for about 10 min-

utes until the tomatoes soften.Add a few drops of balsamic as this

will greatly enhance the � avour.

Lara McCormack is one of the owners of From Scratch – A Mountain Kitchen in Fairmont Hot Springs where one can savor great seasonal food, sip from a selection of beverages including BC wines and enjoy the views of our gor-geous valley landscape. *Recipe from Ballymaloe Cookery School.

A summer lovin' full of tomatoesCooking 'From Scratch' — Lara McCormack

MARTIN POOLE/THINKSTOCK.COMTomatoes grown at home always taste better than those bought in our local grocery stores.

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HoroscopeARIES Aries, a challenge arises that requires you to have the utmost confidence in your abilities. Some self-confidence and hard work are all you need to successfully tackle this challenge.

TAURUSTaurus, you can choose from among many paths, but this week you will have to carefully think about which way to go. Otherwise you may end up having to backtrack and start over.

GEMINIGemini, unless you change your line of thinking, you may have trouble in the romance department this week. You don’t have to be a smooth operator,

but just sweeten your sentiments.

CANCERCancer, sometimes you like being the center of attention, and other times you are content to blend into the background. This week you will have to embrace the spotlight.

LEOLeo, after letting things slide for awhile, you will need to get a better handle on your finances this week. If you feel as though things have gotten out of control, then talk to a professional.

VIRGOIssues at work may have you contemplating a career change, Virgo. But you may want to hold off on changes for a little

while longer until things settle down.

LIBRAA quick visit with family can make you feel refreshed and renewed, Libra. There is nothing like spending time with the ones you love to improve your mood.

SCORPIOScorpio, catch up on some overdue health screenings. There has never been a better time to get these things done, and you don’t want to put your health on the back burner.

SAGITTARIUSSagittarius, there is only so much persuading you can do before you must let others choose their own paths. A difficult conversation has

you second-guessing something.

CAPRICORNDo something for yourself this week, Capricorn. It’s a good time to treat yourself before you must devote more of your time to others in the near future.

AQUARIUSAquarius, something has been on your mind but you just can’t put your finger on it. Forget about it for awhile, and you just may come to a realization.

PISCESFew things that escape your notice this week, Pisces. Always detail-oriented, you need to figure out how to use the information.

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It’s been about � ve years, depending on when it hit you. � e e� ects, though, were there for a while before most of us even noticed. We really began feeling the e� ects in later 2008.

It gradually became obvious things had deterio-rated. Companies closed or cut back on work. Whole industries collapsed. Jobs disappeared. Some banks around the world were in trouble. Even countries failed. Investor con� dence rode a roller-coaster. A lot changed. We’re only now slowly coming out of it.

� ere seem to be three key players - companies, in-vestors and consumers - in the overall economy, but how they � t is not so clear. Consumers are all indi-viduals, and have individual processes for arriving at decisions. Companies and investors have ways of thinking that are easier to examine.

Today, stock prices have reached heights never seen before, even though some investors continue to be wary. Some people, who once were avid investors, fear change they don’t understand and are intimi-dated. Others buy, investing without question, buy-ing emotionally.

� at picture describes both the stock market, and the economy. Intuitively, we look for a connection, yet one is di� cult to see.

� ere’ve been stories of high stock prices and for-tunes made. At the same time, we hear the economy is still weak. Investment in new equipment and ma-chinery by some companies is happening though slower than expected. Jobs are still in short supply. Meanwhile, we hear reports some companies are sit-ting on huge piles of cash, reluctant to spend because they don’t yet have faith in the economy. Others are investing in huge purchases of companies and talk of “consolidation.” It becomes apparent there is very little connection between them.

� ere is an argument among some advisors about this question, wondering whether there is a connec-

tion between stock markets and the economy. Some-times stock markets are called ‘leading indicators’ of economic change (though that frequently seems to be looking back at history). Sometimes economies are called ‘leading indicators’ of stock prices (also questionable). Warren Bu� ett, when asked if he saw any connection between the economy and the mar-ket, said, ”If you knew what was going to happen in the economy, you still wouldn’t necessarily know what was going to happen in the stock market.” So a connection isn’t visible or direct.

� e distinctions seem to be in de� nitions. ‘Econo-mies’ are large-scale pictures of what is happening as a society exchanges goods and services. � ese pictures tend to � ow in cycles, called ‘peaks’ and ‘troughs.’ ‘Stocks’ are shares of a company. � eir price is what an investor pays for a ‘share.’ So compa-nies play an integral role in the economy. Companies and consumers, through their � nancial behaviour, make up the economy.

Investors are the ones who buy the stock of com-panies. When investors describe stock prices, they describe careful valuation of a company, and the quality of an investor’s judgment and discipline. � ey describe substantial risk as a part of investing, which requires both sound choices and disciplined patience. Companies use the same language. Maybe that’s the only connection.

� ere are, in many cases, similar criteria used in the thinking done in the economy by companies and by investors in the market. It seems like the dif-ference between breaking a horse for riding and taking a buggy and pair to town for groceries. Each requires its own approach, but there are many simi-lar values and skills.

Companies, for their part, are gradually getting a pic-ture of the larger economy and are using that picture to make decisions about how, when and where to spend.

For investors in stock, as in business, results depend on two things: careful thought, and discipline. In fact, careful thought and discipline seem to be common to both types of investment. � e economic down-turn reinforced the value of discipline and careful thought. With di� erences only in perspective, the meanings seem much the same for both investors and businessmen.

Disciplined stock investors have reaped rewards from the rally we have seen since March ’09. Some investors searched for undervalued companies, used that careful discipline to analyse them, and bought low. When markets eventually experienced a big rebound, they were able to capitalize on it. (For ex-ample, $1000 invested in shares at the bottom, about March, 2009, has averaged over 250% growth, to about $2505 in May, 2013.)

Companies and their leaders in the larger economy were similarly hit by the downturn. � ey also need-ed careful and disciplined thinking in making their decisions. Business leaders who carefully searched out real value in their businesses spent money at the right time, and succeeded as well. � at’s the only common thread I can see — the point at which they come together. � ey are both gambling, in a way, but using discipline and careful thought to guide them. Other than that, any similarity isn’t clearly visible. We need them both.

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WINDERMERE VALLEY SHARED MINISTRYANGLICAN-UNITED

250-342-6644100-7th Avenue, Invermere

www.wvsm.ca Reverend Laura Hermakin

Sunday, August 4th9:00 a.m.

Worship at All Saint’s, Edgewater

10:30 a.m. Worship at Christ Church

Trinity, Invermere.

7:00 p.m. Worship at St.Peter’s,

Windermere.

CANADIAN MARTYRSCATHOLIC CHURCH

Roman Catholic ParishPastor: Father Gabriel

250-342-6167 Invermere250-344-6328 Golden

Confession: 1/2 hour before MassCanadian Martyrs’ Church

712 - 12 Ave, InvermereSaturday at 5 p.m.Sunday at 9 a.m.

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

Sunday at 11 a.m.Sacred Heart Parish

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

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

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

RADIUM CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP

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

Loving God, Loving People

#4 - 7553 Main Street W, Radium

Sundays at 10 a.m.

Bible Studies#4 - 7553 Main Street W,

Radium Wednesday 7:00 p.m.

Kids’ Church Edgewater Hall

Thursday 6:30 p.m.

LAKE WINDERMEREALLIANCE CHURCH

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

Senior Pastorwww.lakewindermerealliance.org

Sunday, August 4th10:30 a.m.

Worship And Life Instruction,

“Loving Proverbs: Down To Earth Wisdom … Living

With Direction” … Guest speaker, Rev. Tim

Moore, ministering.

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

Merchandise for Sale

Misc. for SaleSTEEL BUILDINGS/ Metal buildings 60% off! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for bal-ance owed! Call 1-800-457-2206.www.crownsteelbuildings.ca

Misc. WantedLocal Coin Collector Buying Collections, Olympic Gold & Silver Coins etc 778-281-0030

Real Estate

Houses For Sale

Exclusive MOUNTAIN HOME

For Sale - Visit:www.newbuildinglinks.com

Executive Home for sale in popular Westridge community. 5 bdrm, spectacular views, ful-ly fi nished, large 24 x 30 gar-age with studio/man cave. See Kijiji ad # 505298599. Phone 250-342-8773.

Mobile Homes & Parks

FACTORY DIRECT Whole-sale CSA certifi ed modular homes, manufactured/mobile homes and park model homes, we ship throughout Western Canada. Visit us on-line at www.hbmodular.com or call 1-877-976-3737.

Other Areas20 ACRES FREE! Own 60 acres for 40 acre price/pay-ment $0 Down, $198/mo. Money Back Guarantee, No Credit Checks. Beautiful Views, West Texas. Call 1-800-843-7537.www.texaslandbuys.com

Rentals

AcreageBuild your getaway ranch, farm, or echo-lodge campsite - high and dry above the Colum-bia River in Edgewater District - www.riverlandquest.com, [email protected]. 250-347-9660.

Apt/Condo for Rent2BDRM, 1 1/2 BATH apart-ment for rent, in Canal Flats. Great view, parking, F/S, D/W, microwave. $700 + utilities & D.D. Available im-mediately. Call (250)349-5306 or (250)489-8389.

Condo for Rent in Radium, 2-bdrm, 2-bath, 6 appliances, fi replace, balcony, under-ground parking and storage locker. $900/mo, utilities in-cluded. N/S, N/P. Phone 780-554-8150 or 780-929-5458 or email [email protected] furnished, close to downtown. 2-bdrm, 2-bath on 2 levels. N/S, N/P & no parti-ers. References, $1000/mo + utilities. Call 403-978-4559.

Rentals

Duplex / 4 PlexWINDERMERE

Bright 2 bedroom upper unit in quiet 4-plex with

beautiful views. 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 RentFor Sale or Rent, beautiful family home on centrally locat-ed downtown Invermere acreage. 5-bdrm, 3-bath, large park like yard, open living plan, walk to everything. Available Aug. or Sept. for possession. Call Dave 250-688-1508.

WILDER, quiet st, bright, spa-cious, newly renovated, 4 bed-room walkout w/carport 2.5 bath, W/D, fi replace, lg yard, deck & garden, 4 blks fr beach, NS, NP, $1500/mo, + hydro, 1 yr lease, DD, Avail Sept 1, 403-609-7315c, [email protected]

TownhousesFULLY furnished 2 bedroom townhouse across from Tim Horton’s. 1 and 1/2 baths, 6 appliances, parking for 2 vehi-cles, single car garage. $1050/month. Hydro not in-cluded. 403-852-7636

Transportation

Auto Financing

DreamTeam Auto Financing“0” Down, Bankruptcy OK -

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

www.iDreamAuto.com DL# 7557

Trucks & Vans2006 GMC Envoy XL7 passenger 4 x 4 SUVGood condition. 210,000 km$9500.00 250-270-0108

Transportation

Trucks & Vans

For Sale 2002 GMC Sierra 4X4

Fully loaded 3/4, tow package with

transmission cooler and fi ve point hitch. Excellent condition only two owners. Brand new winter

tires only used half a season.

Asking $11,000. Call 403 803-8959

Boats

2003 Four Winns Fish & Ski

Freedom 180 F/S, fully serviced 4.3L

VOLVO PENTA engine, removable side windows for

more fi shing room, tilt steering, removable seats

with interchanging seat posts, rear entry ladder, front control for rear leg trim, full

cover with anti pooling poles, electric motor off bow

for fi shing, custom matched trailer, Bimini top.

This is really a great boat!! $15,000 obo.

(250)354-7471 Nelson

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Lake Windermere Pulse Check #8*www.lakeambassadors.ca

*To volunteer, call (250) 341-6898 or email [email protected]

Lake Windermere has warmed up, and after a murky few weeks, returned to the clear state we have come to appreciate here in the valley. Volunteers of the week, Gavin Jacobs and Helen Eldstrom, were thankful for the fantastic weather, cloudless skies and a light northern breeze. A generously donated speedboat, courtesy of Mr. Jacobs, provided quick transportation for the water quality testing, and left enough time for him to enjoy a swim in the 22.5 degree C water. Mrs. Eldstrom gave her opinion about the work of the Lake Windermere Ambassa-dors, saying, "it's comforting to know these tests are taking place." If you feel the same way and would like a fi rst hand water quality testing experience, please contact the Lake Windermere Ambassadors.

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Animal Name: Keiko

Age: 7 years

Family: The Ewens

Fun fact: Keiko’s nickname is “The Purrinator”. She loves playing with a laser light and snuggling under the covers. Keiko’s name means “blessed child” in Japanese. She is an SPCA rescue cat.

To be featured, send in your companion’s name, age and photo, along with a fun fact

or story about them! Be sure to include your name.

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A stand up paddleboarder takes a time out to soak in some rays on Lake Winder-mere on Friday, July 26th. Temperatures stayed at a steady 30 degrees C well into the early evening.

Volunteers of the Week: Gavin Jacobs & Helen Eldstrom


Serving the ValleySholinder & MacKay

Sand & GravelComplete line of aggregate products

for construction and landscaping

Office: 250-342-6452 • 250-342-3773 Cell: 250-342-5833

www.diamondheatingandspas.com

• FURNACES • HEAT PUMPS • AIR CONDITIONING • FIREPLACES/STOVES • HOT TUBS • CHEMICALS

• SERVICE & MAINTENANCE

385 Laurier Street P: 250-342-7100Invermere, BC E: [email protected]

RADIUM HOT SPRINGS ESSO

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

• CAA approved automotive repair •

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

250-347-9726 7507 Main

• Plumbing, Repair and Installation

• Drain Lines• Hot Water Tanks

DCS Plumbing

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

250-341-8501

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

The WaTer & air Company!

Purify the water you drink and the air you breathe!

Water Treatment: filtration and purification

Furnace and Duct cleaning

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

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

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

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

Lambert-Kipp Pharmacy Ltd.

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

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

[email protected]

Cranbrook Pest Control

250-426-9586 • 1-888-371-6299

Thermal Imaging

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

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

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

Septic Tank PumpingPortable

Toilet Rentals

NEWSEWER

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QUALITY AUTO SERVICEYOU CAN TRUST

Lake Auto ServiceALL MAKES • ALL MODELS

AUTOMOTIVE REPAIRS

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

Main Street • Downtown Invermere250-342-9310

READY MIX CONCRETE• CONCRETE PUMP • SAND & GRAVEL

• HEAVY EQUIPMENT RENTALS • CRANE SERVICE

For competitive prices and prompt service call:

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

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