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PHOTO BY STEVE JESSEL/THE ECHOCrisanna MacLeod helps Eva Aueron relax on the parade oat for Bare Hands Day Spa in Radium Hot Springs. Rainy weather was hardly a deterrent for the crowds that showed up for the annual Radium Days celebration to enjoy the always-popular parade. Those who attended also got to take in the sights of the BritsBest Car show, a wide range of food and craft vendors, and some fun kids' activities.

A spa-tacular fl oatEdgewater mill facesclosure

An Edgewater mill that pumps millions of dol-lars into the local economy each year is facing permanent closure if a deal with forestry giant Canfor isnt struck soon.

Th e WoodEx-operated Edgewater mill, which employs up to 60 workers directly and up to 120 in-directly, has been closed for the past month due to a lack of fi bre supply resulting from Canfors acqui-sition of Tembec Industries Ltd. last December.

Although Canfor was required by the Ministry of Forests to negotiate a long-term timber sup-ply with WoodEx prior to approval of the sale and has supplied some wood, the amount of wood WoodEx is currently receiving, about 5,000 cubic metres a year, doesnt even come close to what the mill is capable of handling, said Douglas Rid-dell, president and CEO of WoodEx Industries.

I dont think Canfor has done anything un-toward, but it clearly in my mind comes down to the responsibility of the ministry maintaining and extracting the best value of a public resource, which is the forests, Riddell said. Th e issue comes down to fair and equitable competition.

When Canfor completed its acquisition of Tem-becs Kootenay sawmills and associated Crown, private land and contract annual allowable cut in March, the minister of forests Steve Th omson stated Canfor would be required to negotiate a

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long-term timber supply agreement with WoodEx to encourage regional competition, and these requirements were also registered with the Competition Bureau.

Section 54 of the Forest Act states that the minister is not allowed to transfer tenure if it unduly restricts competition, Riddell said.

But he is quick to point out he doesnt want to seem critical of Canfor in any way. He recognizes Canfors decision-making is likely made from a business standpoint, and points out they have made reasonable eff orts to supply WoodEx with at least some wood.

Columbia River-Revelstoke MLA Norm Macdonald has taken a specifi c interest in what he perceives as a failure on the part of the BC Liberal government. He said that while he is happy Canfor is reinvesting in the region and will be once again employing people in the Columbia Valley, he doesnt feel that doing so at the expense of WoodEx workers is in any way acceptable.

When Canfor fi rst announced its intention to purchase Tembecs sawmill and wood-lot operations in my area, I was concerned about how competition might be restricted as a result, Macdonald said in a media release. Having a single company control the fl ow of wood supply puts everyone else in the mar-ketplace at risk. Minister Th omson has failed to enforce the requirement placed on Canfor and people in my area are now out of work.

What has particularly incensed Riddell is the inaction on the part of the ministry. Despite repeated promises that the require-ments to provide long-term supplies were enforced, the ministry has done nothing to assuage his concerns, and that without the formalization of security of supply, were really just fl apping in the wind, he said.

We had met with the ministry back in December... and they clearly recognized that unprecedented control in the valley was an issue, he said. Since the pressure is off now that the transfers have been ap-proved, nobody is seeming to remember these commitments.

Canfor now controls roughly 90 per cent of the regional tenure, which creates a large competitive disadvantage for WoodEx when competing to purchase wood on the open market.

Canfor can get, under the forest licences, they get wood cheaper where Im forced to go on BC Timber Sales (BCTS) and competitively bid on an open market basis, said Riddell.

As Canfor gets their wood so much cheaper, they can then bid at beyond fair market price for open market supply and average their costs down. Without the assurance of a long-term supply, he is limited in his ability to cater to vendors and loggers alike.

Whats happening now, is if youre a logger in the valley or someone similar, youre look-ing at who do I have to side with, the guy who holds 90 per cent of the tenure, or do I side with the guy whos got nothing right now and cant equitably compete, said Riddell. Canfor has said well work with you on a short-term fi bre supply agreement, so they are making reason-able eff orts at a local level... it doesnt give us the certainty we need. Th e ministry has clearly dropped the ball on this one.

When contacted for comment, the Ministry of Forests said that they continue to encourage WoodEx and Canfor to work together on a fi bre supply agreement, pointing out that BC Tim-ber Sales is planning to put up for bid 240,000 cubic metres of timber sale licences in the Cranbrook and Invermere timber supply areas over the next year. Th e ministry also added that Woodex does have its own forest licence, but is currently choosing not to harvest it.

Th e Invermere campus of the College of the Rockies (COTR) has received some cutting edge technology, and campus manager Doug Clovechok is eager to show it off to the community once its fully operational.

We service a community that has growing needs, Clovechok said. We live in rural B.C., but theres no rea-son why rural B.C. shouldnt have exactly what the University of British Columbia has... its critically impor-tant that were able to provide our community the same opportunities that any other community has.

Th e Invermere campus is the fi rst regional COTR campus to receive whats called SMART Board tech-nology, integrated with advanced video conferencing techniques. Th e SMART Board itself is a large touch screen educational device, but when coupled with new video conferencing equipment, the pos-sibilities are vast.

What were trying to do is build a system that is essentially automated, said Jonathan Butt, manager of IT services for the COTR. Most organi-zations have some video conferenc-ing capabilities, but most dont have integrated rooms that we have, so were actually leading the province in our builds of an integrated room."

In laymans terms, what Butt re-fers to is the potential for students from across the province, and even

from across the world, to take part in classes off ered by the COTR. In creating an automated video con-ferencing system with the SMART Board, classes can be scheduled that would otherwise be unable to run due to low enrolment and Invermere COTR teachers can hold classes that students world-wide can reg-ister for. Linked SMART Boards can show students and teachers alike exactly what someone hundreds or thousands of kilometres away is do-ing in real time, and allows teachers to correct mistakes instantly.

Its all really exciting for us to have these opportunities, said Colleen Weatherhead, administrative co-or-dinator for the Invermere campus. Were very optimistic about what we can do with it in the future.

While the technology has been in-stalled in Invermere, Butt cautions they are still in the development stag-es of actually utilizing the technology to its full potential. Th e Invermere campus has begun using the board for some classes, but until all the other regional campuses also have the technology installed, the uses are limited. However, this doesnt stop Clovechok from seeing a big future for the COTR, and he is genuinely excited for the opportunities it pres-ents, not only to the campus but to the business community as well.

Th is demonstrates how the COTR is trying to keep current with the technologies that are educationally sound, Clovechok said. For a little campus like ours to have that tech-nology is a great opportunity, not only with an educational perspective, but my intent is to show the commu-nity what the capabilities are.

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SUBMITTED PHOTONorm Macdonald (right) speaks to Trevor Young at Edgewater's WoodEx mill.

PHOTO BY STEVE JESSEL/THE ECHO PHOTOColleen Weatherhead shows off some of the capabilities of the brand-new SMART Board technology at the Invermere campus of the College of the Rockies.

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Board keeps Jumbo Glacier Resort status quo

Th e Regional District of East Kootenay has decided to leave its position on Jumbo as it is.

On Friday (June 8), the board of directors upheld its August 2009 decision to ask the province to create a mountain resort municipality in the Jumbo Valley, 55 kilometres west of Invermere, where a four-season ski resort is planned.

Gerry Wilkie, director of Area G for the regional dis-trict, brought forward a motion asking the board to re-scind the 2009 decision. After an hour of debate, seven directors were in favour of taking back control of Jumbo land-use decisions. But eight directors were opposed, so the 2009 decision stands.

Directors Wayne Stetski and Bob Whetham (Cranbrook), Ron McRae (Kimberley), Jane Walter (Area E), Gerry Taft (Invermere), Ute Juras (Canal Flats) and Gerry Wilkie (Area G) were in favour of reversing the 2009 decision.

Directors Rob Gay (Area C and chair of the board), Heath Slee (Area B), Wendy Booth (Area F), Dee Conk-lin (Radium), Mike Sosnowski (Area A), Mary Giuliano (Fernie), Lois Halko (Sparwood) and Dean McKerrach-er (Elkford) voted to support the 2009 decision.

Before the board voted, the directors heard a plea from the Ktunaxa Nation to take back governance of Jumbo.

Joe Pierre Jr. read a letter by Kathryn Teneese, Ktunaxa Nation Chair.

Jumbo Glacier is located in the area that the Ktunaxa Nation calls Qatmuk. It is in the heart of Ktunaxa terri-tory and is the home of the grizzly bear spirit as well as many living grizzly bears, Pierre read. Ktunaxa oppo-sition is rooted in our cultural knowledge and spiritual teachings of Qatmuk.

Rescinding this resolution will provide them a chance to be heard in the local decision-making process.

Th e directors then debated back and forth, with some feeling that the pressure on the regional district if it took on Jumbo land-use decisions would be too much, while others felt the board needed to stand be-hind its 2009 decision on principle. Th ose in favour of rescinding were concerned by the untested mountain resort municipality designation.

Th e Columbia Valley directors were split on the issue, with Booth and Conklin feeling the board should stand by its decision, while Wilkie, Taft and Juras thought it was a question of democracy.

Th is board will lose total credibility if we rescind this,

said Conklin.I think we lost credibility when we passed this last

motion (in 2009) by not going through the entire pro-cess, responded Juras.

Gerry Taft said that allowing the province to create a mountain resort municipality in Jumbo is like signing a contract without reading it fi rst.

Perhaps the manageable amount of time and en-ergy that this organization might need to invest if we were the body that considered governance and land-use applications in the Jumbo valley is worth that in-vestment compared to the automatic rubber stamping of zoning that would occur in an appointed mountain resort municipality.

Gerry Wilkie said the issue comes down to public in-put for Columbia Valley residents.

Th is is about consultation and the people of the East Kootenay having a say in the potential development that will have major concerns for our socio-economic and environmental life in the valley.

Cranbrooks mayor Wayne Stetski pointed out he wasnt on the board back in 2009 since he was elected in 2011, but if he had been, he would have voted against the motion.

Th e board is capable of dealing with diffi cult land-use decisions. I always thought this decision should have remained right here at this table, said Stetski.

Cranbrook councillor Bob Whetham said the work-load accompanying Jumbo decisions shouldnt be a consideration.

It seems we are talking about a major land-use deci-sion going forward on the basis of the procedural chal-

lenges, rather than whether its an appropriate decision to make, and I dont think thats the way we should make decisions, he said.

But over in the Elk Valley, directors were all opposed to rescinding the motion.

If resolutions keep being made and rescinded, what weight do any of them ever really have? asked Mary Giuliano.

Mike Sosnowski said he was elected to look after his constituents in Area A fi rst and foremost.

To add any more of this work from Jumbo to us would just fl ood us. We would become, in my opinion, not working for all our constituents.

Although the board decided to support the creation of a mountain resort municipality, it did vote 12-3 to ask for more input. Th e board wants the province to consult the regional district and First Nations prior to creating a mountain resort municipality at Jumbo.

Back in August 2009, the vote was split 8-7 as well, when the majority of the board felt the responsibil-ity would be too onerous for regional district staff and would take up too much time that could be spent on other regional projects.

Th e province signed a Master Development Agree-ment with the proponents of Jumbo Glacier Resort in March, giving it the green light to go ahead after 22 years.

On May 9, the B.C. legislature passed amendments to the Local Government Act that would allow the prov-ince to create a mountain resort municipality for Jumbo and appoint a mayor and council before there were any permanent residents.

Regional district still wants province to look after land-use decisions for the proposed resort

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SUBMITTED PHOTOThe Regional District of East Kootenay has voted to leave the governance of the proposed Jumbo Glacier Resort with the provincial government.

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Lake Windermere is making waves internationally now that Living Lakes Canada is using it as a model for community stewardship of local waters.

At the fi rst annual gathering of Living Lakes Canada, which took place from May 22 to 24 in Winnipeg, the focus was on Lake Winnipeg and the environmental challenges its watershed is facing. Living Lakes Inter-national delegates from England and Germany were also on hand, providing examples from Europe of large lakes with pollution problems that had been solved.

But the conference was relevant to the Columbia Valley because Lake Windermere was presented as an example of the success a community can achieve through working together across varied interest groups in order to protect its shared liquid asset.

One of the things that was used as an example for the Lake Winnipeg watershed and basin is how we were able to [not only] pull together the community to stewardship the lake but also to get various sector representations as the ambassadors of the lake, Wild-sight development director Kat Hartwig said.

What Wildsight began as a fi ve-year lake stewardship project for Lake Windermere has today morphed into the highly successful Lake Windermere Ambassadors, now its own entity and steered entirely by community members dedicated to protecting their lake.

A customer service training course designed specifi cally for the Columbia Valley will be taking place at Copper Point Resort on Monday (June 18) and Tuesday (June 19). Th is eight-hour course is broken up into two four-hour sessions and will of-fer participants an excellent overview of how the local economy works, introduce them to the high-est standards in customer service, and provide discussion on the infl uence of technology, selling skills and general valley knowledge.

Sponsored by the Columbia Valley Chamber of Commerce (CVCC), Fairmont Hot Springs Resort, Panorama Mountain Village, Radium Resort, Co-lumbia Basin Trust and the College of the Rockies, this course has the objective of making the visitor experience truly outstanding. Th e sessions run from 8:30 a.m. to 12: 30 p.m. with snacks and re-freshments provided. Th e cost is just $25 for CVCC members and registration can by done either by phone 250-342-3210 or by emailing [email protected].

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SUBMITTED PHOTOWildsight development director Kat Hartwig (far right) stands with Heather Leschied and the rest of the Living Lakes Canada executive at the organization's rst gathering in Winnipeg, where Lake Windermere was celebrated as a succesful example of community-based lake stewardship.

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While Womens History Month may not be until October, the Canadian government is already asking community organizations to look ahead and apply for funding for pro-grams focused on setting the stage for girls to lead and succeed.

Our government recognizes the enor-mous potential of girls and young women to take on leadership roles in our commu-nities, said Rona Ambrose, the minister of public works and government services, and minister for status of women, I encour-age eligible organizations to apply to help young Canadian girls become the leaders of today and tomorrow.

From now until August 10, 2012, the Womens Program of Status of Women Can-ada will accept funding applications for the Setting the Stage for Girls and Young Wom-en to Succeed call for proposals in one of two areas: engaging girls and young women in leadership roles; and strengthening girls and young womens economic prosperity.

Eligible organizations must address a number of predetermined criteria in their responses. For more information, please visit www.women.gc.ca.

June is Bike Month in B.C. and everyone is encouraged to take their two-wheeler out and go for a spin.

Bike Month is the perfect opportunity to not only explore your neighbourhood, ride to work, and enjoy new routes, but get fi t and save money while doing it.

Th is years theme is bike safety, so adults and kids need to keep in mind some basics when commuting on roads, even for short distances:

-Wearing a helmet at all times will not only protect your head from all types of unex-pected hazards, but will also set a good ex-ample for youngsters.

-When riding at night, make sure youre lit up with lights front (white) and back (red) and wearing refl ective gear so motorists can tell youre there.

-Ride defensively, keeping your speed in check with an eye out for car doors unexpect-edly opening and drivers who may not see you.

-Slow down, take your time, and obey the rules of the road.

-Be extra vigilant at intersections, as these are where most vehicle/cyclist accidents occur.

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Safety fi rst for Bike Month

High water levels in Kootenay National Park

Extremely high water levels continue to be observed in Banff , Yoho and Koo-tenay National Parks. Th is is a unique situation and visitors are urged to take precautions while enjoying their visit to the park. Visitors and residents are ad-vised to stay back from rivers and low lying areas; river banks are unstable, some footbridges have collapsed and fast moving waters are carrying debris such as stumps and trees. Please re-spect all localized closures.

Public safety is our top priority Parks Canada staff are proactively working to resolve any potential de-bris fl ow issues and are standing by to respond to any new situations that may occur over the next several days.

Th e majority of Parks Canada fa-cilities continue to remain open. As a

precautionary measure, Parks Canada has temporarily closed the following in Kootenay National Park: the Stan-ley Glacier, Dog Lake, and Paint Pots to Marble Canyon trails. Marble Can-yon Campground is not yet open for the season.

Th e latest information on weather and roads can be obtained from En-vironment Canada, Drive BC, and Al-berta Motor Association Road Report web sites. Check Whats New on the Banff , Yoho and Kootenay web sites.

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PHOTO BY ALAN DIBB/PARKS CANADAVermilion River in Kootenay National Park has seen especially high water levels in the past several days.

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New conference examines lake management

Wildsight went on to co-found Living Lakes Canada in late 2010 with the Lake Winnipeg Foundation, and now has partner organizations across the country and even Global Nature Fund in Germany.

Th e goal [of Living Lakes Canada] was to share informa-tion about water stewardship across the country, as well as international borders, Hartwig said.

Th e three-day conference touched on a myriad of aspects to do with lakes from climate change to wetland restora-tion to land and surface water management, and included presentations by research and fi sheries scientists, authors, First Nations and the Minister of Conservation and Water Stewardship Gord MacIntosh, to name just a few.

Hartwig gave a presentation of her own titled Building Partnerships, Engaging Communities: Th e Lake Wind-ermere Example in which she highlighted the success of the Ambassadors, who are actually being used as a role model by Parks Canada and many other communities, in-cluding Kootenay Lake.

But really, I think what people were looking at was the SHIM work, the sensitive habitat inventory mapping, that was piloted on Lake Windermere under the East Kootenay

Integrated Lake Management Partnership, Hartwig said. Th at pilot was so successful that then we were able to du-plicate that SHIM work on 11 other lakes, and then as well Lake Winnipeg.

Bruce MacDonald, a retired federal fi sheries biologist and advisor to Living Lakes Canada who was the lead on the SHIM work on Lake Windermere and the subsequent lakes in the area as well as Lake Winnipeg, was also one of the presenters at the Living Lakes gathering, as was Bob Sand-ford, the chair of the Canadian Partnership Initiative of UN Water For Life Decade, also a Living Lakes Canada advisor.

It was quite high profi le, Hartwig said.She said that in order to develop a water stewardship

ethic within a community, people need to understand that the motivating factor cant be just one interest group but the interest of the whole community at large.

What stands out about Lake Windermere, said Hartwig, is that its an example of how local residents grasped that the health of the lake was important to the health of their community.

We had so many partnerships, she said. We had the Rotary Club that did a student exchange, the Canadian Cancer Society that was concerned about pesticides run-ning into the lake, we had the mayor from Invermere form a sister lake partnership with Lake Windermere in England so that we could learn from each other.



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Not for the faint-at-heart

Summer is upon us and while the weather may not be co-operating, one sure sign more certain than the sunshine itself is the return of the farm-ers' markets.

I spent my weekend on an organic farm in Chase. Not only was it a multi-generation organic farm, but a collective co-op at that.

To my surprise, the experience showed me that for all my self-proclaimed health-nut, organic tenden-cies and aspirations, I am still most defi nitely a city girl at heart.

Upon my arrival, I was immediately put to work skewering fresh chunks of marinated beef, courte-sy of Tony the cow who had been humanely killed only a few days before, in preparation of the farm's potluck party taking place later that night.

I was amazed by the health radiating from the happy WOOFer volunteers helping run the farm, by the beautifully designed library full of interesting books, by the handcrafted yoga studio where I slept for the night, by the sheer abundance of it all.

Th e biggest shock came when I asked if I could make a cup of tea. Of course I was immediately told to help myself but, upon opening the kitchen cup-board, the huge assortment of recycled jars housing unrecognizable contents intimidated me so much I hastily shut the door and decided I didn't really want tea after all. Th e lack of store-bought packag-ing and easily-identifi able labels confused me to the point where I had to slink outside and take a breath-er from the "living from scratch" experience I was having. I even had a moment of irritation, vowing this way of life was defi nitely not for me. But as the evening wore on and all guests and volunteers gath-ered around an outside fi re to feast on and give thanks to Tony the cow as well as other delicious dishes made from ingredients grown on the farm, I realized this model of living was an ideal to strive for. On the drive home, I stopped in at the farmers' mar-ket in Revelstoke for some free-range eggs and tasty homemade snacks with a new perspective and, yes, gratitiude. Th at being said, our chance to support our own local farmers is coming up. Invermere's farmers' market starts up again this Saturday (June 16) while the one in Radium Hot Springs kicks off the evening of Friday, June 29 and Fairmont brings back its own on Sunday, July 8. Enjoy!


One of the most signifi cant piec-es of legislation that was passed in this springs legislative session was the bill that brings back the Provin-cial Sales Tax (PST). Although the legislation passed on May 31, the Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) will not actually end until April 1, 2013.

Th e people of British Columbia fought long and hard to get rid of the HST and so it is certainly a credit to the citizenry that the BC Liberals were forced to take this action. And for that reason, the passage of this legislation should be celebrated.

But as often is the case with the BC Liberals, important legislation is passed without signifi cant and nec-essary oversight and debate. In the case of the PST bill, it was introduced to the House with only eight days re-maining in the legislative calendar.

Th is bill contained 255 sections and nearly 200 pages. Th is very important legislation should have been presented to the House near

the beginning of the legislative ses-sion to ensure that Members of the Legislature had time to properly examine the act. Th e opposition needs time to fully question the government on every single sec-tion. Th at is how we ensure that legislation is written that protects the best interest of the public.

With only eight days, it was im-possible to fully scrutinize this leg-islation, but the BC Liberals cut off debate and passed it anyway.

Th e new PST is supposed to repli-cate the previous tax system, but one key diff erence that one fi nds upon investigation of the new legislation is that much of the detail surround-ing the establishment of the tax and any new changes to the tax can now be dealt with by regulation. Th e old PST required all changes be done

through legislation which makes possible the full scrutiny of the House and the public.

While this may seem to be a small thing, it is indicative of the way most things are now done by the BC Liberal government. It is a continued centralization of power

to the premiers offi ce and the cabinet, and it is a lessening of our democratic rights.

For 11 years, the BC Liberals have fundamen-

tally changed decision-making in this province. In case after case, you have less and less say in how your province is run.

Its up to us to stand up against this constant erosion of our demo-cratic system. And remember, just like the battle against the HST, it is in fact still you, the voter, who has the fi nal say.

Th e voter still has the fi nal sayMLA Report Norm Macdonald, MLA Columbia River-Revelstoke

This very important leg-islation should have been presented to the House near the beginning of the legislative session.


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Are negative messages really necessary?

Ramble On Marilyn Berry, Publisher

Ive often been asked why Th e Valley Echo doesnt provide a public forum for people to deliver positive vs. negative opinions and com-ments. Th ere are a number of reasons and Ill try to outline them here the best I can.

I would love to have a place where people can say thanks for the lift, thanks for the wonderful work you do, etc. Call them roses/stars/bouquets, whatever you like. Th at is not the place for thank you ads however, and it becomes a bit of a night-mare to determine what goes where at what price. Because as I think everybody is aware the newspaper business is not non-profi t. It is a business just like all the other ones in the com-munity, operating with paid employees and owners who like to see the black numbers

on their bottom line. Th e other side of the coin

are the thorns/stingers/beefs. Where is the line in the sand that says we will publish this but we wont publish that? Do we accept self-criticism or only that that applies to others? Who is available to screen all the wording so the subject is not identifi able? Or then again, why bother if readers are unable to discern the subject? Do people really feel better because they can be responsible for something in print that says, Th ere is somebody out there that treated me badly?

Black Press papers have done these sections in the past. As a matter of fact, one good example of what Im saying occurred when I worked for Th e Golden Star in Golden. Of course, they off ered Stars and Stingers. A

stinger came in, referring to an auto dealer who had let a vehicle out of the shop with something wrong with it I dont remember the details exactly; the brakes were almost gone or something. It was not a good situation. Well, at the time, there was only one auto dealer in town and it turns out the dealer wasnt the repair shop in the stinger that had failed to provide adequate service. You can imagine the uproar from a business that prided itself on excellent service being referred to in such a manner.

I hope this provides a better understanding of why this type of forum doesnt run in our paper, but letters to the editor are always welcome, as are submitted articles and comments on our website and Facebook page.

WED JUNE 13 Columbia River Greenways Alliance (CRGA/ Greenways)2012 Annual Gen-eral Meeting, 7 pm at the Columbia Valley Chamber of Com-merce Hall, Cross Roads. New members welcome. www.green-ways.ca

THURS JUNE 14RDEK community discussion on Wind-ermere Water System. 2 - 4 p.m., and 6 - 8 p.m, at Windermere Community Hall.

Fri June 15CV Chamber pres-ents evening mixer at Lakeshore Resort & Campground, Speaker Keith Henry and beer tasting by Arrowhead Brewing Company. 5:30 p.m.Wildsight presents Mary Schff er, Moun-tain Woman, at 7:30 p.m. at Pynelogs.

SAT JUNE 16RDEK community discussion on Wind-ermere Water System. 9 a.m. - 11 a.m., Win-dermere Elementary School gym. Windermere Valley Healthy Snack Chal-lenge, Invermere Com-munity Hall, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. 250-341-3952 First day of In-vermere Farmers' Market, downtown, 9 a.m. - 1 p.mGlobal Animal Lovers fundraising barbecue, Home Hardware, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. National Aborigi-nal Day Festival,

Lakeshore Resort & Campground, 11 a.m. - 7 p.m.Canadian Cancer Society's Relay for Life. 3 p.m. - 10 a.m. June 17 on Sunday, DTSS track.

JUNE 18-19Community in Serivce, Customer Service Training for Columbia Valley Busi-ness, Copper Point Resort. 250-342-3210 for more info and to register.

EVERY SUNDAYPublic Indoor Rock Climbing, Laird School, 5-8 p.m., $5.Radium Seniors Car-pet Bowling, 1:30 p.m., Hall.

EVERY MONDAYGentle drop-in carpet bowling, 1:30 p.m., Seniors' Centre.Cadets, 6:30-9 p.m. for boys and girls, ages 12-17. Cost: FREE (in-cludes uniform). Info: Rick Dendy 250-341-1509.Duplicate Bridge, 6:30 p.m., Invermere Se-niors Hall, $2/person. Visitors welcome.EK Brain Injury Sup-port Group, 1-3 p.m., Family Resource Cen-tre. Info: 250-344-5674.

1st & 3rd TUESDAYOPT clinic, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Inv. Health Unit, 850-10th Ave. Confi -dential service: low-cost birth control, and STI testing.

1st TUESDAYInvermere Camera Club 7 p.m. Tanya,

[email protected].

EVERY TUESDAYYoga THRIVE- Yoga for Cancer Survivors. Hot springs studio, Fairmont Village Mall. For info Jan Klimek 250-342-1195.

EVERY THURSDAYCadets, 6:30-9 p.m. for boys and girls, ages 12-17. Cost: FREE (in-cludes uniform). Info: Rick Dendy 250-341-1509.Children's Air Rifl e Program, with the LWDRGC, Inv. Com-munity Hall, 7 - 8:30 p.m., free of charge, ages 6-15. Learn safety, marksmanship, equip-ment provided.

1st WEDNESDAY1st Wednesday of every month. Scrabble Night at Invermere Public Library. 6 - 8 p.m. Bring your boards! Call 250-342-6416.

EVERY FRIDAYPublic Indoor Rock Climbing, Laird School, 5-8 p.m., $5.Preschool Story Time at the Invermere Public Library, 10:30 a.m. For info visit invermere.bclibrary.ca.

EVERY SATURDAYPublic Indoor Rock Climbing, Laird School, 5-8 p.m., $5.

2nd SUNDAYLW Alliance Church Sing and Celebrate, 7 p.m. For more infor-mation call Clarence Stauff er, 250-342-9580.

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PHOTO BY STEVE JESSEL/THE ECHOThe ever-popular Killer Rollbots represented their roller derby team at the Radium Days parade on Saturday (June 9). Behind them, Global Animal Lovers (GALS) walk some of their dogs available for adoption. GALS won the $250 prize for best non-pro t group in the parade.

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Invermere is a Pesticide Free CommunityThe District of Invermere has been a pesticide free community since May 1st, 2009.Here are some reminders and tips for creating and maintaining a healthy yard.

Eight Steps for a Healthy Lawn:

1. Healthy lawns Need Healthy SoilAdd natural organic matter like compost on a regular basis to condition and enrich your soil. Healthy lawns are more resistant to disease, weeds and drought damage.

2. Choose the Right GrassSpread drought-tolerant grass seed liberally over your lawn in the spring and fall. Use a grass seed mixture rather than one variety. A thick lawn will crowd out weeds.

3. Keep Your Mower Blade HighTo discourage weeds, keep your lawnmower blade at a height of 7 cm (3 inches)

4. Recycle Your GrassLeave your grass clippings on the lawn to return nutrients to the soil. This can supply up to 30% of the fertilizer needs of your lawn. It also helps to retain moisture and relieves the task of raking.

5. Accept Some WeedsSome weeds are good for your lawn or garden. Allow clover in your lawn for itsnitrogen-fixing magic.

6. Let Your Lawn BreatheOnce a year, aerate your lawn by removing small plugs of earth to allow air and water to get to the roots. A pesticide-free lawn will encourage earthworms, natures

aerators.

7. Water to the RootsTo promote deep root growth, let your

lawn soak up 1 inch of water once a week, early in the morning.

8. Fertilize with Organic FertilizerOnce a year, in the spring or fall, use an organic fertilizer.

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Watering is permitted between:

4:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. & 7:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.

Even numbered houses are permitted on even-numbered days

Odd numbered houses are permitted on odd-numbered days.

If you require further information please contactthe District office at:250-342-9281 or [email protected]

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Rotary of Radium Hot Springs meets at Radium Resort, Wednesdays at 7 a.m. Ongoing fundraising is going towards the Bicycle Pump Track.

Rotary Club of Invermere meets every Thursday at 11:45 a.m. at the Best Western Invermere Inn. The meeting on June 14 will be a club assembly.

Rotary members from Cranbrook rode their bikes to raise money to eradicate polio all the way to the Tri Cities where the District Conference was held.

Rotary International

June 5At 12:15 p.m., the Colum-

bia Valley detachment at-tended to a two-vehicle ac-cident on Radium Blvd. A 2012 Kenworth tractor and trailer driven by a 29-year-old male from Saskatchewan was backing out of an area and the trailer made contact with a Ford F250, causing damage to it. Th e Ford was not parked on the street. Th e driver or owner of the Ford was not in the area and was to be located.

June 8Th e Columbia Valley de-

tachment received a com-plaint of harassment in-volving an ongoing issue between a group of adults that seemed to have issues. A 48-year-old male was ob-served giving another male the fi nger, then later lingered around the residence of the other male. Although no threats were made in this in-cident, the complaints of ha-rassment will be investigated and, if applicable, charges may be recommended to the Crown for charge approval.

Columbia Valley Detach-ment members were called to a complaint in regards to a number of youths on the roof of the concession stand in Edgewater. Th e building is be-lieved to be unstable and the fear was that the youths may fall. Patrols were made and no youths were observed.

At 9:36 p.m., the Columbia Valley detachment received a complaint of hit and run in the 1300 block of 13th Ave. A 74 Dodge Charger received damage to its left side. Th e tire marks left behind would suggest a green pickup truck rounded the corner at 13th

Ave., lost control and struck the Charger. Damage to the suspect vehicle would be to the right front headlight and fender. Anyone with infor-mation is requested to con-tact the detachment.

At 11:25 p.m., Columbia Valley detachment members were called to a disturbance in the 4800 block of Riverview Drive in Edgewater in regards to a male causing a distur-bance in a residence and re-fusing to leave the house. Th e male had departed by the time the police arrived.

June 9 At 5:45 p.m., Columbia Val-

ley detachment members were called to a domestic dispute in the 1400 block of 13th Ave. A 38-year-old male was assaulted and cut in the head when an object was thrown at him. Th e investiga-tion resulted in the arrest of a 36-year-old female charged with assault with a weapon. Th e female was released with a court date of August 7.

At 11 p.m., Columbia Valley detachment members were called to a disturbance in-volving an adult male and fe-male in the 1300 block of 11th Ave. in Invermere. An inves-tigation revealed no assault other than a verbal argument had taken place. Both parties went their separate ways to avoid any escalation.

Invermere Citizens on Pa-trol: Th e detachment is wish-ing to get this program back on its feet. At present time, we only have three active citizens in Invermere and we need more people involved. Th e volunteers are our eyes and ears in the community. Training is done before any-one hits the street to go over

the rules and expectations. Th ose interested please give me a call at the detachment at 250-342-9292. If we can get eight more people involved, we will arrange an informa-tion session at the sub offi ce, Tim Hortons.

Crossing the line: To the fellow I failed to yield to in the Sobeys parking lot, I was informed by a fellow mem-ber that there is a stop line I should have seen. I went back and sure enough, there it was. So, even though you are not my wife, I will revert to my husband mantra, "You are right, I'm wrong, sorry."

Shots fi redWhile working in Rossland,

I was called to attend a ve-hicle that was on fi re along the side of the highway. Th e couple was able to safely get out of the vehicle. Th e ve-hicle was engulfed on my ar-rival. With the Rossland Fire Department en route, there was very little I could do other than watch the show and talk to the driver and his passenger. I learned they were en route to Alaska and their worldly possessions were in the camper. We were standing pretty close and I'm hearing a lot of popping and fi recracker type sounds a strange noise to be coming from a vehicle. I asked the driver what he had in the vehicle that was making this popping sound. "Just ammu-nition," was his response. My response was, "Why don't we just walk over to my police car and move back a little further." Needless to say, I told the fi re department to let her burn.

Citizens on Patrol neededColumbia Valley Police Files Staff Sgt. Marko Shehovac

On a Personal Note:


Giving BackCommunity Golf Tournament

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Cheques can be made out to the Valley Echo.Silent auction items can be dropped off at the Valley Echo,

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Sightings in and around our communities:

-Black bear sow and cubs have been sighted on Highway 93 in Radium Hot Springs, getting into unlocked dumpsters.

-Black bear sow and cubs at-tempting to feed on garbage on Radium Valley Road.

-Sightings of grizzlies just outside of Radium Hot Springs.

Now beginning its second year in Invermere and Radium, Bear Aware is hoping to repeat last years accomplishments. Bear Aware, as the name states, works to increase community under-standing of how to avoid confl ict with bears and reduce attractants. Last year, the program made 750 households visited with educa-tional materials, plus 22 presenta-tions conducted at schools and community events.

One other major undertaking done by Bear Aware is garbage tagging. Th is is a program in which garbage bins left out the night be-fore collection are stickered to let the owner know that the garbage is

a bear attractant. Last year began with a count of

42 bins left on the street the night before pickup and was reduced to a low of nine at the end of the program. Th is is still too many, but a great success just the same.

Th e start of this years Bear Aware program in Invermere and Radium has already been challenging. Un-fortunately, the number of garbage bins left out the night before col-lection has increased since the end of last year; dumpsters have been left to overfl ow and unlocked; and residents have not been calling in bear sightings and/or confl icts that are in the community to the Report All Poachers and Polluter (RAPP) line.

Whether youre out riding, hik-ing, or just relaxing in your back-yard, there are simple steps that can help prevent human-bear confl icts, increase public safety and reduce the number of bears that are needlessly destroyed. Re-member the best way to avoid confl ict is to prevent confl ict!

At Home: Secure all garbage in a wildlife resistant tote or keep in-

side until day of pickup and make sure all dumpsters are secure with lock or carabineer; ensure all fridg-es/freezers are inside; avoid using birdfeeders between April through to November; burn off grease and clean barbecues after every use; harvest fruit from trees/bushes as it ripens and pick the windfall.

On the Trails: Make noise (clap your hands, sing, yodel) to avoid surprise encounters especially around loud streams; carry bear spray and know how to use it; be aware and look for bear signs (scat, scratch marks, day beds); leash dogs; pack out what you pack in.

To report a bear sighting or inci-dent call the RAPP line at 1-877-952-7277. For more information on Bear Aware contact Crystal Leonard by calling 250-688-0561 or emailing [email protected] or [email protected]. For more solutions, check out the Bear Aware website at www.bearaware.bc.ca.

Are you tired of seeing bears get destroyed due to our garbage? Vol-unteers are needed for an evening of garbage tagging.

Back to Bear Aware basicsBear Aware Crystal Leonard, Community Co-ordinator Secondary suite

bylaw goes back to drawing board

Th e Regional District of East Kootenay had their monthly meeting on Friday (June 8) and the hotly-contested secondary suites bylaw was once again up for discussion.

Th e board had unanimously agreed at its last meet-ing on May 5 to direct regional staff to begin develop-ing a bylaw allowing secondary suites in residential zones throughout the Upper Columbia Valley. At the June 8 meeting, directors Gerry Taft, Gerry Wilke and Ute Juras all expressed their support of second-ary suites in the valley, but were met with strong op-position from director Wendy Booth. Booth noted that in all the municipalities of her region Area F the bylaw was virtually opposed across the board by every community member she had spoken with.

She said that while the bylaw amendment made sense when it was fi rst brought before council two years ago, she felt there was no longer a need for it in her area and that many communities had ex-pressed concerns that higher density would severely tax community amenities. Area G director Wilke was particularly vocal in his support of the district-wide amendment. When it came time to vote, the bylaw was referred to staff for recommendations of options excluding Area F or portions thereof from the pro-posed secondary suite bylaw amendment.

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A touch of international in Invermere

Living and learning in a foreign country can be an invaluable experience for a young person and, as part of the Rocky Mountain Inter-national Student Program (ISP), there are currently about 15 international stu-dents living and attending school in Invermere.

From my perspective, [the goal is] to give as many kids an opportunity to be really immersed in the cul-ture that we have, to really

SUBMITTED PHOTOStudents that take part in the program come from all over the world, and get to take part in a number of group activites, like this group trip to Banff in December.


Community off ers foreign students the chance to learn Canadian way of life

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share it with the kids for a really good ex-perience, said Lori Sluth, the programs homestay co-ordinator. We want ev-eryone to feel like they had the time of their lives while they were here.

Th e ISP shouldnt be confused with a student exchange, as no Canadian students are sent back to the respec-tive countries. Instead, a select group of vigorously screened host families take on the responsibility of taking an international student into their home. Students are not allowed to work, but do attend school and are very much encouraged to take part in extracur-ricular activities like sports. Some stu-dents even spend their time volunteer-ing, said Sluth.

Students have to be good students, and they have to be willing to par-ticipate when they get here, she said. Th ats the main thing, we want them to be immersed in Canadian culture, so we want them out skating, or skiing, or hiking, and we want them being in-volved with the community and their

families.Students stay for varying amounts of

time, and many do trial runs to see if they can stand living in another coun-try away from family and friends. Th e program expanded to Invermere about fi ve years ago after a very successful run in Kimberley, and the Invermere program currently takes about 20 to 30 international students a year. Students must also have some profi ciency in English to be eligible.

Sixteen-year-old Niklas Beese arrived in January from Hamburg and said he has thoroughly enjoyed his time living in Invermere. He was nervous at fi rst about his English profi ciency and be-ing away from his family, but as time went by, hes come to love the small-town atmosphere of Invermere.

I really like it here and I like the small community, its very diff erent to Hamburg, which is a big community, Beese said. Here in Invermere, every-body knows everybody, so everyone is nice and kind to each other.

Meanwhile, Alvaro Novoa-Torrente arrived in September from Madrid, Spain and said he just loves how many

new people hes met and new friends hes made. Hes also made good use of his time, participating in a wide range of sports, but said the hardest part will probably come when he has to leave.

When I leave, Ill have to say bye to all my friends, and thats tough, No-voa-Torrente said.

Sluth agreed that the toughest part about the program was seeing the kids leave at the end of their terms. She said while not all the kids fi nd a brand new culture enjoyable all the time, they do seem extremely fascinated by the way we live our everyday lives. She added that she gets great feedback from ev-eryone who has been involved with the program, and nearly all the kids have stayed in touch in one way or another.

I have kids and families who go to the airport and are inconsolable, they dont want to go home, Sluth said. I think all the kids go back with their eyes wide open.

Th e program is always looking for more host families to get involved and anyone interested is asked to con-tact Sluth at [email protected] or at 250-688-0790.


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Tis the season to golf that is, and local golf lovers have yet another charity event tak-ing place on the greens to add to their list. Th is time its Coys Fun Day taking place on Sat-urday (June 16) at Coys Par Th ree, the picturesque nine

hole golf course in Fairmont.Th e event is the largest

charity fundraiser that the Fairmont and District Li-ons Club holds once a year. Coming into its 23rd year, it is a longtime local tradition and this year marks the sixth years that the Lions Club has been heading it up.

Event organizer Mike Tan-guay, also a club director, said the Lions expect to raise about $7,000 with 144 golfers having a blast throughout the day.


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50 years ago: A new Robinson Store to the In-vermere downtown was seen as a fi ne addition to the town by district resi-dents. Th e new building, located on 4th street op-posite the post offi ce, was a 2,700 square foot retailer, and Invermere business owners and managers were invited for a sneak peek just before the grand opening.

45 years ago: Th e B.C. Liberal leader Ray Perrault visited Invermere. Th e leader discussed a number of things during his visit, including small industries and the local farming, min-ing and tourism potential.

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Windermere District Lions Club was processing ap-plications for a new seniors residence in Invermere. Th e new, two storey, 24 unit dwelling was close to all the amenities, and the committee had received a huge number of applica-tions for single unit rooms, where rent was maximum of $150.

20 years ago: Radium Hot Springs Council contin-ued their opposition to the closure of their post offi ce. As the postmaster was set to retire, Radium residents received a letter inform-ing them that Canada Post would then be accepting letters of interest from lo-cal businesses about host-ing a retail postal outlet in

their buildings.5 years ago: A large

amount of work on the In-vermere crossroads area was expected after propo-nents began charging for-ward with the construction of a $20 million water and sewer project. Th e new sys-tem was designed to handle at least 1,500 lots including the new Copper Point.

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Annual golfi ng event for charity Coy's Fun Day returns


ECHO FILE PHOTOCoy's Fun Day, the Lions Club's biggest fundraiser, is open to all ages.


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Each session will include sharing the community survey results, getting your feedback and hearing your ideas. Part of each session will include breaking out into working groups to talk more about how best to approach the water system upgrade opportunities.

We encourage everyone who uses water in Windermere to attend one of the three sessions.

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Come learn about the new regulations. This is your opportunity to review the draft documents and tell us where you think we got it right and where we could make changes. The draft regulations will be presented at:

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A presentation and Q&A period will start at 6:00 pm.

The draft regulations and a comment form are available on the RDEK website at www.rdek.bc.ca. Copies will also be available at the open house. For further information, please contact Karen MacLeod, Planner, at 250-489-0313, toll free at 1-888-478-7335 or email [email protected].

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Th e money goes to local charities, Tanguay said. We havent determined yet which it is [this year].

Two years ago, the Lions Club donated $7,500 raised through Coys Fun Day to kick off the project to refurbish the emergency room at the In-vermere & District Hospital; then last year, donated $7,200 towards a digital mammogra-phy machine for the Cranbrook

Regional Hospital, which serves the whole valley.

It will be some similar local project that we will do, said Tanguay.

Th e fun starts at noon with the fi rst draw of golfers, while a second draw commences at 2:30 p.m. Th ere will be plenty of prizes donated by local busi-nesses, from the large box stores to small momnpop enterprises, as well as hole sponsors, where businesses pay to advertise their name at a given hole.

Golf will be followed by a sit-down roast beef dinner served banquet style complete with salads, desserts and coff ee held at the historic and newly reno-vated Coys Barn at 5p.m.

Participants can expect to be entertained by a DJ playing mu-sic over loudspeakers through-out the day and evening, and there will also be a silent auc-tion going on with even more great donated items.

Th e cost to take part is $30 for golf and dinner, or only dinner for

$15. Tanguay said an additional 50 people tend to come just for the dinner, and that 30 Lions Club members take part in organizing and running the whole event.

Th e day is usually over by 7 p.m. but not before a champion male and female golfer are de-termined by a horse race, when the top four golfers per gender strut their stuff in an entertain-ing playoff .

Sign up for Coys Fun Day by contacting the clubhouse di-rectly at 250- 345-6504.

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SPORTS

Pro golfers from local courses will soon be doing all they can on the greens to raise money and awareness for patients suf-fering from a fatal disease, one that can happen to anyone.

Commonly known as Lou Gehrigs Disease, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS ) is a fa-tal neurodegenerative disorder that typically leaves a person immobilized or deceased with-in two to fi ve years of the initial diagnosis.

In June, Eagle Ranch Re-sort, Copper Point Golf Club and Windermere Valley Golf Course will all be participat-ing in the 2012 PGA of BC Gol-fathon for ALS. Golf pros from each of these courses will golf as many holes as possible on their respective days and fund-raising takes place leading up to the event.

Last year, fi ve East Kootenay golf courses participated and

collectively raised over $13,000, which is amazing, said Wen-dy Toyer, the executive director for the ALS Society of B.C.

Each course has its own fund-raising campaign but people also

have the option of donating on-line at www.golfathonforals.ca.

Th e way its set up on the website is you click on donate then choose a golf course, fi ll out your information and make

a donation, Toyer said. Th e [selected] golf courses ther-mostat rises and you receive an online electronic tax receipt.

Th e event is in its sixth year and Toyer said the East Koote-

nay communities and golf pros have been absolutely fabu-lous throughout.

Its growing and Im so im-pressed, she said. From the valley there, we get such tre-mendous support from the community and the golf pros, and its outstanding.

Th e golfathon takes place at Eagle Ranch Resort on Monday (June 18) with pros Steve Hag-gard, Tyler Hawthorne, Carson Wallace and Kris Paul-Clarke; at the Copper Point Golf Club Ridge Course on Tuesday (June 19) with pros Brian Schaal, Darren Ottenbreit, Alex Par-sons and Scott McClain; and on Th ursday, June 21 at the Wind-ermere Valley Golf Course with golf pros Jake Cameron, Ken Litchfi eld, Casey Johnson, Dale Moore , Vic Briar, Dan Osborne and Al Larratt.

When someone faces the most frightening diagnosis imagin-able, it means so much to know there is hope and that they are not alone, said Toyer. Th ey want to keep going, they want to help others, they want to contribute and they want to stay active.

People living with ALS can do all of that if they have the right support."

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SUBMITTED PHOTODanny Osborne, Dave Dakin, Dale Moore and Casey Johnson played 212 holes at the Windermere Valley Golf Course for last year's PGA of BC Golfathon for ALS.

Unique fundraiser raises money for Lou Gehrig's Disease

Friday, June 15: CV Chamber presents evening mixer at Lakeshore Resort & Campground, Speaker Keith Henry and beer tasting by Arrowhead Brewing Company. 5:30 p.m.

Friday, June 15: Wildsight presents Mary Schff er, Mountain Woman, at 7:30 p.m. at Pynelogs.

Saturday, June 16: Windermere Valley Healthy Snack Challenge, Invermere Community Hall, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. 250-341-3952.

Saturday, June 16: First day of Invermere Farmers' Market, downtown, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Saturday, June 16: Global Animal Lovers fundraising barbecue, Home Hardware, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Saturday, June 16: National Aboriginal Day Festival, Lakeshore Resort & Campground, 11 a.m. - 7 p.m.

Saturday, June 16: Fairmont and District Lions Club sponsored Coy's Fun Day at Coy's Par 3, starts at noon.

Saturday, June 16: Canadian Cancer Society's Relay for Life at DTSS track, 3 p.m. - 10 a.m. on Sunday.

Saturday, June 16: 1st Annual East Kootenay Beer Festival at Mountainside Golf Course at Fairmont Hot Springs Resort, 4 - 9 p.m.

Saturday, June 16: Edgewater Rec Society Father's Day barbecue with lobster tail, 4 - 7 p.m. Edgewater Community Hall.

Sunday, June 17: Brisco Community Aid will be hosting the Annual Father's Day barbecue at 5:30 at Brisco Community Hall.

Th ursday, June 21: National Aboriginal Day Workshop and Celebration at Christ Church Trinity, 7 - 9 p.m.


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