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Backcountry talks resume with moderator

We remember

PHOTO BY STEVE JESSEL/THE ECHOWorld War II veteran Jim Ashworth lays a wreath at the Remembrance Day ceremony in Invermere on Sunday, November 11. For more images from the ceremony, turn to page A12.

� e Columbia Valley Recreation Access Coalition (CVRAC) took a hesitant step forward on Monday

(November 5) night when it reconvened for the � rst time since August to revive the process of designing a recreational access management plan for backcountry areas in the Columbia Valley.

New to the process is Cranbrook-based moderator Dan Savage — a renowned con� ict management guru and president of Savage Management Ltd. — replac-ing facilitator Dennis Hamilton who has headed up the process for the last 13 months.

“It’s been a hell of a challenge to move this forward, it’s pushed my skills,” Hamilton told the meeting, after introducing Savage to the group.

Whereby facilitation is the process of bringing willing people together, mediation is called for “when things run amok,” he explained.

Government-sanctioned recreation access management

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New strategy addresses high level of con� ict in management plan process

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Wildlife biologist discusses deer count strategy

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VICTORIA — Chartered ac-countant Basia Ruta starts work in January as B.C.’s first auditor general for local governments.

The new position caused a stir among local politicians when Premier Christy Clark made it part of her leadership bid for the B.C. Liberal Party. Her platform promised to ex-pand the provincial auditor-general’s office to include a municipal auditor, and to “re-view the municipal taxation formula.”

Clark’s ministers for local government, Oak Bay-Gor-don Head MLA Ida Chong and now Kootenay East MLA Bill Bennett, have empha-sized that the Surrey-based Auditor General for Local Government will compare similar communities through performance audits and pub-lish non-binding recommen-dations on which are more ef-ficient. That is similar to how provincial and federal audi-tors work, relying on public

pressure to move politicians to cut down waste.

Local mayors and council-lors balked when the idea came up at the 2011 Union of B.C. Municipalities con-vention. Some complained about an extra layer of costly bureaucracy, while others said the province was going to impose tax rate changes on communities.

Those concerns faded as lo-cal politicians were assured they wouldn’t lose autonomy, and also faced the prospect of campaigning against extra accountability. Clark prom-ised there would be no costs passed on to local govern-

ments to run the auditor’s office. UBCM president Mary Sjostrom, mayor of Quesnel, said Wednesday she wel-comes Ruta’s appointment.

Ruta has worked in the feder-al Auditor General’s office and was chief financial officer for Environment Canada, as well as in private practice auditing local government, hospital and community organizations.

Tinkering with municipal tax rates, especially for in-dustries that subsidize popu-lar low residential rates, has been raised and abandoned before, and won’t likely be seen before the next provin-cial election in May 2013.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGZoning Bylaw Amendment

NOTICE is given of a Public Hearing to be held at 7:00 pm on Tuesday, November 20, 2012, in the Council Chambers at the District of Invermere Office, 914 - 8th Ave., in the District of Invermere, to amend Zoning Bylaw No. 1145, 2002.

Bylaw No. 1460, 2012 will amend the Zoning Bylaw No. 1145, 2002 as follows:

• Introduce new definitions and amendments to permit the Zoning of the surface of Lake Windermere;

• Introduce four (4) new water surface zones regulating the uses associated with boat moorage on Lake Windermere

• Designate surface of Lake Windermere as outlined on the map below:

The above synopsis is not intended to be, nor should it be interpreted as the full text and content of the proposed “Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 1460, 2012”. A copy of the proposed bylaw and relevant background documents may be inspected at the District of Invermere municipal office 914 - 8th Ave., Invermere from November 2, 2012 to November 20, 2012. Office hours are 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, Monday through Friday, excluding holidays.

All persons who believe that their interest in the property is affected by the proposed “Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 1460, 2012. may:

• Send written briefs to the District of Invermere prior to the hearing• Fax written briefs to the District of Invermere prior to the hearing; or• Present verbal or written briefs at the hearing.

NOTICE is also given that the Council will not accept any written or verbal presentations after the close of the public hearing.

Rory HromadnikDirector of Development Services

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Zoning Bylaw Amendment

NOTICE is given of a Public Hearing to be held at 7:00 pm on Tuesday, November 20, 2012, in the Council Chambers at the District of Invermere Office, 914 - 8th Ave., in the District of Invermere, to amend Zoning Bylaw No. 1145, 2002.

Bylaw No. 1460, 2012 will amend the Zoning Bylaw No. 1145, 2002 as follows:

Introduce new definitions and amendments to permit the Zoning of the surface of Lake Windermere;

Introduce four (4) new water surface zones regulating the uses associated with boat moorage on Lake Windermere

Designate surface of Lake Windermere as outlined on the map below:

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The District of Invermere (DOI) is holding three deer counts this November and Irene Teske, a wildlife bi-ologist with the B.C. gov-ernment who is based in Cranbrook, will be joining two of the three Invermere counts as an observer. The Valley Echo recently caught up with Teske to ask about the counts and the methods used.

Invermere is set to hold three counts in Novem-ber — why is November the ideal time to conduct a count?

The Ministry recom-mends November/De-cember because it assists with ensuring a more ac-curate count for a number of reasons, including the following four: usually by this time there is snow on the ground improving vis-ibility and concentrating urban deer in urban areas and not peripheral forest areas, making the count easier; counting urban

deer later in winter (i.e. late December, January or February) may inflate numbers if migratory deer enter towns for the win-ter; bucks have antlers at this time, and it is easier to classify age and sex of urban deer. Bucks tend to lose their antlers by mid January/February; despite the overall advantages, it should be noted that there may be a slight increase to buck populations due to the ongoing rut in Novem-ber/December, as some migratory bucks may breed with urban does.

How many counts are needed to get an accu-rate estimation on popu-lation in an area?

We try to conduct three separate counts (one per week) to increase accu-racy. Weather can play an important role with being able to see the deer, and three counts allows for at least one good weather day. We use the largest number of deer counted as the minimum num-ber of urban deer within the community, although

usually the highest num-ber differs less than 15 per cent from the average.

What are the advantages (and/or disadvantages) of conducting counts by car, as opposed to on foot?

It is very important to re-duce the risk of counting the same deer twice, so the survey needs to be con-ducted quickly and simul-taneously. The entire town needs to be surveyed at the same time, therefore the town is divided into survey zones. Volunteers count each zone simultaneous-ly. This requires two volun-

teers per car (one to drive and the other to observe and record data). Commu-nities are able to conduct these surveys for minimal or no cost. To realize the same results on foot would be logistically very difficult and require many more volunteers.

How accurate are these counts? A deer commit-tee member had men-tioned that it’s possible that a count could miss 40 per cent of a resident deer population?

We try to standardize the counting effort as much

as possible, but obviously deer could be missed. The observed number of deer counted is therefore considered a minimum count. Nevertheless, the counts provide an index that can be compared an-nually to establish trends.

“Overpopulation” is a term that seems to be tossed around pretty loosely — is there some sort of formula or meth-odology used to deter-mine if a geographical area is “overpopulated” by deer?

No, there’s no formula. In an urban environment, so-ciety rather than environ-mental impacts tend to de-cide if there are too many deer within the communi-ty. Each community faces different challenges as-sociated with urban deer conflicts and has differ-ent levels of tolerance for these conflicts. The Prov-ince believes there isn’t a “one-size-fits-all” solution to urban deer issues be-cause every community has unique circumstances concerning deer-human

conflicts and how to re-solve them.

Assuming that there is a method for determin-ing overpopulation, how many deer would Inver-mere need inside their municipal boundaries for you to consider there be-ing an overpopulation?

The Province does not determine when there is an overpopulation; that is a decision for the com-munity to make. The Province is committed to partnering with local governments to facilitate the development of so-cially acceptable urban deer management solu-tions. Ministry staff assist communities in managing urban wildlife conflicts in a number of ways, includ-ing: participation on com-munity-based planning committees; provision of technical advice; develop-ment of hunting regula-tions and issue permits to manage deer populations within or near urban ar-eas; loaning of available equipment to communi-ties as required.

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Help Inform the Future of the Columbia River TreatyThe Province of British Columbia invites you to a Columbia River Treaty Review consultation workshop with information on future

Treaty scenarios. Find out how your interests may be affected. We want your input on the future of the Treaty.

The Columbia River Treaty Local Governments’ Committee encourages you to join them and be heard at a community near you.

Jaffray Wednesday, November 14 Jaffray Hall

Creston Thursday, November 15 Creston and District Community Complex

Revelstoke Tuesday, November 20 Revelstoke Community Centre

Golden Wednesday, November 21 Golden Civic Centre

Valemount Thursday, November 22 Valemount Visitor Centre

Nelson Tuesday, November 27 Nelson and District Rod and Gun Club

Trail Wednesday, November 28 Best Western Plus Columbia River Hotel

Nakusp Thursday, November 29 Nakusp and District Sports Complex

Presentations and discussions: 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Open House: 6:00-6:30 p.m. Refreshments provided.

Join us live, online from Trail on November 28. To find out more about the community and live streaming events visit: www.gov.bc.ca/columbiarivertreaty/events/2012-11

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Storm warming: climate change experts weigh in

Two climate change experts were in the East Kootenay last week to urge Columbia Ba-sin residents to get informed about the predicted changes to our water resources.

Bob Sandford, the EPCOR Chair of the Canadian Part-nership Initiative in support of United Nations “Water for Life” Decade, and Deborah Harford, executive director of Simon Fraser University’s Adaption to Climate Change Team, visited Cranbrook and Kimberley from October 24 to 26 to give public lectures and meet with stu-dents at McKim Middle School and the College of the Rockies.

� e pair spoke about how predicted climate change will a� ect water resources, and what East Kootenay residents can do to prepare.

“My message for the Koote-nays is that what is happening in the rest of Canada and around the world suggests you are in a very positive position with re-spect to the bene� ts that will accrue here as a result of man-aging water more e� ectively,” Sandford told the Townsman.

“By decreasing water usage,

by being very careful in under-standing natural processes and ecosystem needs for water, by understanding the larger dy-namics of the Columbia River Treaty, you can position your-self as a region to have a very positive future.”

But B.C.’s water act is outdated with elements that are more than 100 years old, said Harford.

“It predates climate change, it predates pretty much every-thing that has every happened in B.C.,” she said, adding that it doesn’t contain groundwater

protection policies. She explained the impacts

climate change will have in the East Kootenay.

“You will get warmer, wetter winters with more rain falling as snow on lower elevations, and more heavy precipitation events

that are unpredictable. So you’ve got more chance of � ooding. � ere will be longer, hotter, dryer summers, without the bene� t of the snowpack and ice that used to be there at lower elevations running o� , so you are more likely to get drought at the end of

the summer,” she said.“All of those things have im-

plications for everything from civic infrastructure, to farmers and their water allocations, to how we deal with the Colum-bia River Treaty.”

Reconsidering the Columbia

River Treaty is a pivotal oppor-tunity for the region, agreed Sandford, because it o� ers the chance to make policy based on the current understanding of ecosystems, an energized hydrological cycle, equity with First Nations, and the fact that

climate change could a� ect sur-rounding regions di� erently.

“� e reconsideration of the Columbia River Treaty is an op-portunity to address all of those things simultaneously so that you might be able to use craft-ing of new conditions of the treaty as an adaptation strategy for the entire region,” he said.

� e Columbia Basin is uniquely positioned to make a di� erence to the province, Sandford went on.

“Water act modernization, nesting that in the Columbia River Treaty, and responding to these larger issues is an eco-nomic and a social opportuni-ty for the people who live in the Basin and ought to be consid-ered as such,” he said.

Harford echoed the impor-tance of speaking up.

“I encourage people to write to their mayors and council-lors, to their MLAs and MPs, and to think about this in the provincial election next year,” she said. “We really need to let our leaders know that we care about it. Anybody in this region who does care about our water systems would be helping by bringing that up.

“Let local leaders know you want to see these issues consid-ered in policy, and that you are prepared to help and support.”

� e series was sponsored by Citizens for a Livable Cran-brook, Wildsight and the Col-lege of the Rockies. Learn more about B.C.’s water act at www.livingwatersmart.ca.

SUBMITTED PHOTOSExperts Bob Sandford and Deborah Harford agree the entire Columbia Basin is uniquely positioned when it comes to climate change.

Climate change experts warn East Kootenay to prepare for change

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The Valley Echo is putting together our annual community calendar for

2013, and we need your photos!

All of the Columbia Valley’s community events will be on the calendar. We need photos for each month, and we’re looking to our Valley’s photographers to help us out!

Submit a photo and we’ll select 12 and publish them in the calendar. Our favourite of all the entries will make it to the cover!

Email your digital photo to:[email protected] or bring in a high-quality 8”x10” print to our office to be scanned.

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Dazzling display almost here

If you listen carefully, you just might hear the sounds of sleigh bells and Christmas carols this November, as the always-popular Invermere Light Up Night returns on Saturday (No-vember 17).

“It’s a community event; it’s a kick-start to the festive season and it’s the best of late night shopping,” said Inver-mere Business Committee president Alita Bentley. “Kids get to visit Santa, and it’s just kind of a good holiday feel good event for the entire community.”

Beginning at 6 p.m., some of In-vermere’s best and most colourful floats will make their way through Invermere’s downtown for the an-nual Santa Claus parade down 7th Street, beginning at Pothole Park. Each year dozens of local businesses and special interest groups pull out all the stops with their parade floats, so make sure to grab a good spot early on to watch the parade go by.

Santa himself will be the star attrac-tion, and he will be joined by the very lucky local elementary school stu-dent who won the annual colouring contest among all three local elemen-tary schools.

Santa, along with his elementary school helper, will then be the judge of the various floats once the parade

ends while District of Invermere may-or Gerry Taft lights up the commu-nity Christmas Tree at the Invermere Cenotaph.

Following that, Santa will set himself up near the Firepit Grill in downtown Invermere for all the kids to come make their Christmas wishes, and all the stores will be open late — many with special deals for anyone looking to get a bit of a jump on their Christ-mas shopping.

“I have to say the parade, definitely is one of the favourites, because so many people, businesses and com-munity groups go all out and do these amazing phenomenal floats,” Bentley said. “A nighttime Christmas parade

isn’t all that common… visitors are blown away by how awesome it is.”

Hot chocolate will be made avail-able, and don’t forget to check out the local businesses taking part in a window-decorating contest. Anyone who wants to register a float for the parade is asked to go the Columbia Valley Chamber of Commerce web-site at www.cvchamber.ca.

“It’s nice to hang out and chat with friends, and visit and sip on hot coco and wander around and look at stuff, and buy some stuff if you find what you need for your Christmas shop-ping,” said Bentley. “It should be some good fun competition and some great festive Christmas spirit out there.”

In an effort to uniformly regulate campgrounds throughout the region, the Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) has given a new camp-ground bylaw first and second reading, and moved it to public hearings — a total of four will take place across the RDEK in November.

"Essentially, it allows the board to assess what's being applied for, and permit that particular de-velopment," said RDEK planner Matt Gunn.

The new bylaw requires anyone looking to es-tablish a new campground in the RDEK to ap-ply for a campground permit that is subject to a number of provisions. These include minimum parcel size, minimum campsite size, maximum number of recreational vehicles, sewer servic-ing requirements and permitted structures among others, and campgrounds will be sub-ject to inspections from the RDEK manager of planning and development services, who also has the power to revoke campground permits. Any person who contravenes any of the provi-sions is liable to a fine not exceeding $10,000.

The provisions will extend to existing camp-grounds with expansion plans. Existing camp-grounds with no plans to expand will essentially be grandfathered in and not be required to apply for the campground permit.

The public hearing for electoral area G and F will take place on Monday, November 26 at the Windermere Community Hall, 4726 North Street in Windermere. For a full list of the provisions contained within the bylaw, visit the RDEK web-site at www.rdek.bc.ca, and navigate to the No-vember 2 RDEK board meeting agenda.

Holiday excitement ramps up with Invermere's annual Light Up Night

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Echo filE photoThis year's Light Up Night happens on Saturday (November 17) when downtown Invermere will be bustling with festivities.

This Christmas, why not give the perfect gift? Purchase an original piece of art with proceeds benefiting

charity. Definitely, this gift keeps on giving. You can choose beautifully handcrafted ornaments for

your own tree or give them as an original gift and keepsake. This highly successful event was created by Heather Cuell and Daryl DaCosta, involving gallery artists who create Christmas tree ornaments with 100 per cent of the proceeds going directly to a local charity.

In 2009, the Family Resource Centre was the beneficiary of money raised; in 2010, proceeds went to the Invermere District Hospital Emergency Department; and in 2011, the recipients were the WISH (Women’s Information and Safe Home). This year, the gallery will donate the proceeds to the Invermere Family Resource Centre.

Come and enjoy our beautifully decorated tree, find that perfect gift and give back to our community in the true spirit of Christmas. Gallery artist Christine Simpson will be creating art on Saturday (November 17) from 4 to 8 p.m. Christine’s Christmas ornaments will also be on display.

submittEd photoEffusion Art Gallery in Invermere will be hosting the fourth annual Christmas Ornament sale for charity starting on November 17.

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Handcrafted tree ornaments help familiesInvermere Family Resource Centre selected as this year's charity

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Value of a tax dollar

Premier Christy Clark is pulling some hefty polit-ical punches in the months leading up to the next provincial election on May 14, 2013.

The most recent of which is the announcement to appoint Basia Ruta as B.C.'s first auditor general for local government (AGLG).

Establishing an AGLG was one of Clark's byelec-tion promises and the appointment is drawing wide praise from the BC Chamber of Commerce as well as support from the Union of British Co-lumbia Municipalities.

Long story short, the AGLG — expect to see this acronym thrown around a lot in provincial media from hereonin — will conduct performance au-dits of local governments and make non-binding recommendations based on them.

"At every level of government we need to find new and innovative ways to make sure British Columbi-ans are getting the best value for their money," said Premier Christy Clark in a government release.

Ruta appears to be the person for the job. A char-tered accountant with extensive experience work-ing in the federal Office of the Auditor General, she has been appointed for a term of five years, with a maximum of two terms permitted.

According to a report by the Fraser Institute, lo-cal governments across the province spend a total of nearly $10 billion annually of taxpayers' hard-earned money. This spending is already audited, but only to the determine if the numbers are be-ing accurately reported. Whether or not taxpayers are receving value for their money has never been examined — until now.

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But when Ruta turns her eyes to the Columbia Valley to ensure better value for money, it begs to question what, or whose, values will be setting the standard.

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Dear Editor,I have watched our community

grapple with the issue of urban deer with dismay. It’s a difficult issue, and people have a wide range of opinions about the deer, but it is sad that so much energy is being used to write angry letters, bash the process, and demonize and vilify each other. This negative emotion is not moving us towards solutions, but instead milk-ing resources (time and money) away from dealing with the issue itself.

This is a small place; we know each other. Council members were not elect-ed based on glossy campaigns or show-boating, but because people knew us well enough to feel comfortable voting for us. It is time to move past the rheto-ric, acknowledge the issues we are con-fronted with, and come together.

And there is an issue. While some in our community do not feel there is a problem with urban deer, there are others who have had pets injured, felt threatened, or been nervous for their children. It is disrespectful and irresponsible to dismiss these con-cerns just because you don’t share them personally. Disagreeing on something doesn’t preclude conver-sation. I work with people every day

that I respect but don’t agree with; many are my friends.

Members of the IDPS have written many inflammatory letters, emails and Facebook posts, but only one has taken the opportunity to speak with me directly, to ask questions and find the facts. This is not an effective way to work together. It is so much more powerful to use an open mind to un-derstand the realities, to capitalize on our commonalities and to work together to find the best solutions. The money and energy that is being spent on this lawsuit could go a long way towards implementing some of the other recommendations in the Deer Committee Report. Cultivate empathy to build community.

Spring HawesInvermere

Dear Editor,The Invermere Deer Protection Soci-

ety thanks Mayor Gerry Taft for his ef-fort to explain the deer culling decision.

His portrayal of the petition filed in BC Supreme Court as “frivolous” shows disdain — for the judgment to allow the case to proceed, for the en-vironment and for thoughtful citizens who appreciate and value wildlife in our community and are repulsed by

the idea of a municipally sponsored, on-going slaughter and meat produc-tion program. There is no shame in sober second thought but doggedly pursuing the right to kill — perhaps.

On April 5, 2012, district lawyers sent a letter stating “the District of In-vermere is not interested in negotiat-ing a settlement of this matter.” The mayor talks of “law suit” and “dam-ages” but does not reveal that a dis-trict bylaw is the main issue.

We met with the deer committee and they sent a nice thank you for “a great deal of information regarding urban deer management which in-cluded reports about fencing, fertility options, hazing as well as peoples’ at-titudes towards wildlife.” Conservation Officer Service advises that avoiding conflict requires “simple behavioural changes” and the use of fencing and resistant species. That is why we pro-vided information regarding educa-tion and other non-lethal methods of reducing conflict. The deer committee kept asking for “recommendations” in spite of our considerable effort. Now it is clear they were encouraged to en-gage and challenge — a disappointing diversion of energy. Sadly, in contrast to Cranbrook, Invermere is still waiting

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Community over conflict

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WED NOV 14• Seniors’ Day Tea atInvermere Public Library, 1:15 - 2:15 p.m. Bus provided

FRI NOV 16•Adventure Club Murder Mystery, Inv. Public Library, grades 5-7, 2 - 4 p.m.•Steamboat Moun-tain Music Festival AGM, Edgewater Comm. Hall, 7 p.m.

SAT NOV 17•Canal Flats Civic Centre's Craft and Home Business Sale, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. 250-349-5447 for more information•Th ird Annual Arts Alive show at Pynelogs, Canadian artwork from local artists, $2 admission to ICAN, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.•Light Up in Inver-mere. Christmas parade at 6 p.m. Window displays, free hot chocolate, visitng with Santa Claus, late-night shopping and more.•Columbia Valley Rockies play Sum-merland Steam, 7:30 p.m. Eddie Moun-tain Memorial Arena

SUN NOV 18•Christmas Craft Bazaar, Edgewater Legion, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Lunch from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. for $6. 250-347-9550 for tables or more infomation•Columbia Valley Rockies play Nelson Leafs, 1 p.m. Eddie Mountain Memorial Arena.

MON NOV 19•Bingo, Canal Flats Civic Centre, 7 p.m.

TUES NOV 20•Jumbo Creek Con-servation Society's annual general meeting, 7:30 p.m. at the Windermere Lions' Hall. Special guest speaker Jon Turk. Admission by

donation.

FRI NOV 23•ICAN dinner and comedy show, Invermere Commu-nity Hall, 6 p.m.Tickets 250-341-7888

EVERY SUNDAY•Public Indoor Rock Climbing, Laird School, 5-8 p.m., $5.•Radium Seniors’ Carpet Bowling, 1:30 p.m., Seniors' Hall

2nd SUNDAY•LW Alliance Church Sing and Celebrate, 7 p.m. For more informa-tion call Clarence Stauff er, 250-342-9580

EVERY MONDAY•Gentle drop-in carpet bowling, 1:30 p.m., Seniors' Centre•Cadets, 6:30-9 p.m. for boys and girls, ages 12-17. Cost: FREE (includes uniform). Info: Rick Dendy 250-341-1509.•Beavers (5-7 year olds) weekly meet-ings, JA Laird 6 -7p.m.•Duplicate Bridge, 6:30 p.m., Invermere Seniors’ Hall, $2/person. Visitors welcome•EK Brain Injury Support Group, 1-3 p.m., Family Re-source Centre. Info: 250-344-5674

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

1st TUESDAY•Invermere Camera Club 7 p.m. Tanya, [email protected]

EVERY TUESDAY•Yoga THRIVE- Yoga for Cancer Sur-vivors. Hot springs studio, Fairmont

Village Mall. For info call Jan Klimek at 250-342-1195•Shuswap Bingo at the Shuswap Indian Band Offi ce down-stairs, 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), JA Laird 6 - 7 p.m.

1st & 3rd WED•Scrabble Night at Invermere Public Library. 6 - 8 p.m. Bring your boards! Call 250-342-6416

2nd & 4th WED•Seniors' Day at theInvermere Library. Bus transportation provided

EVERY THURSDAY•Cadets, 6:30-9 p.m. for boys and girls, ages 12-17. Cost: FREE (includes uniform). Info: Rick Dendy 250-341-1509•Children's Air Rifl e Program, with the LWDRGC, Inv. Com-munity Hall, 7 - 8:30 p.m., free of charge, ages 6-15. Learn safety, marksman-ship, equipment provided

EVERY FRIDAY•Baby Goose pro-gram for parents and babies up to 18 months. 9:30-11:30 a.m. at Eileen Madson Primary. [email protected]•Public Indoor Rock Climbing, Laird School, 5-8 p.m., $5.•Preschool Story Time at the Inver-mere Public Library, 10:30 a.m. For info visit invermere.bcli-brary.ca

EVERY SATURDAY•Public Indoor Rock Climbing, Laird School, 5-8 p.m., $5.

THRIFT STORE•Th ursdays 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays, 1 - 4 p.m.

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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.

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Governing a province is, without question, a chal-lenging task. And balancing revenue against expenses, especially in tough eco-nomic times, is particu-larly diffi cult. Th ese are the choices that a government has to make.

I know that British Colum-bians understand this, and they expect their govern-ment to be prudent.

We all know that, once again, the province will be putting forward a defi cit budget, adding even further to the Province’s debt. And taxpayers are being asked to do without many programs in order to bring spending under control, so the gov-ernment claims.

But there is one budget item that isn’t being cut —

the advertising budget for Christy Clark’s BC Jobs Plan.

Fifteen million is being spent on government ads that brag about job creation and economic develop-ment in the province. Th ese ads make claims of job numbers that have already been disproven, but the ads continue to run.

So not only is this money being spent frivolously, it is being spent to deliberately misinform the public. I think we can all agree that this is unacceptable.

What if that $15 million was put towards services that actually made life bet-ter for British Columbians?

Fifteen million could provide training for up to 1,000 new miners instead of bringing in temporary for-

eign workers for new mines.Fifteen million could pro-

vide home care services for approximately 1,500 seniors for a year.

Fifteen million could provide B.C. schools with about 250 additional special education teachers.

Fifteen million could see a third more seedlings plant-ed on Crown lands, making an important contribution to forest health.

But instead, this govern-ment chose a tax payer-fund-ed propaganda campaign.

British Columbians de-serve better. Th ey deserve a government that will be honest about the state of the province.

And they deserve a govern-ment that puts the needs of citizens fi rst.

Making life better in B.C.MLA Report — Norm Macdonald

for the “public education program.” Why are municipalities so intent on accepting respon-sibility and possibly, liability, for the behaviour of wildlife? In the Wildlife Act “no right of action lies, and no right of compensation exists, against the government for death, personal injury or property damage caused by wildlife.” Th ere is a wonderful new tool in wildlife management called “citizen science” — a compo-nent of a well-funded scien-tifi c study for the purpose of conservation. Local examples include observations of white tail deer in Kootenay National Park and wildlife in Crowsnest Pass; not the DOI deer count. Th e deer committee request-ed our “recommendations”

about the planned count; however they never provided the objective and methodol-ogy. We responded with infor-mation on counting in general including the recommenda-tion from the Capital Regional District Deer Management Strategy that “there is no clear methodology to count deer in urban, rural or agricultural ar-eas” and “volunteer estimates are likely unreliable and there-fore not advisable.” Th ere is nothing frivolous in our concern that taxpayers and deer will pay the high cost for misguided determi-nation to kill 150 animals. Sue SaundersInvermere

Dear Editor, Th e Columbia Valley Cham-ber of Commerce promotes

and supports responsible commerce through eff ective advocacy, communication, networking and education on behalf of its member business-es throughout the Columbia Valley. We believe that the resi-dents of the Columbia Valley are best served by a robust and thriving business environment that is always moving forward and taking advantage of op-portunities that will add to the economic strength of the area. To this end, we are concerned that the District of Invermere appears to be more interested in matters that lie outside of the District’s boundaries, rather than dealing with the econom-ic, social and environmental issues that require strong lead-ership within the community.

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CONTINUES TO 'LETTERS' ON PAGE A8

LETTERS continued...

Chamber speaks out

When one consid-ers the best destina-tions in Canada, there are some names that readily come to mind. Halifax. Montreal. To-ronto. Vancouver.

Two names that might be missing from

that list however, are Invermere and the Village of Canal Flats, and as part of the

Reader's Digest Can-ada's Most Interesting Towns contest, two lo-cal women are trying to change just that.

"I just felt strong-ly that Invermere should be put out there, because it is

the best place in Can-ada," said Invermere resident Elizabeth Stuart. "I can't think

of any place I'd rather live."

"I love living here,

I love living in the � ats," Canal Flats resident Chantal Gallacher said. "I

look out my front window and there's a mountain right

there… how many people can actually say that?"

Each Stuart and

Gallacher have trans-formed their love for their respective com-

munities into an entry for the Readers Digest Canada's Most Inter-esting Town contest,

under the best desti-nation category.

Since September, people across the country have been entering their favou-rite towns and cit-ies into a number of di� erent categories, including healthiest, best cuisine, most community spirit, and the aforemen-tioned best destina-tion. � e grand prize winner will receive $5,000, and an ad-ditional $5,000 will

be donated to the town for a commu-nity project, along with the exposure of

being featured in an upcoming edition of Reader's Digest.

Stuart, a resident of Invermere since 2005, heard about the contest after seeing an ad on television, and Gallacher, a 10-year resident of Canal Flats, saw the contest in a magazine.

Both have since had their small fea-ture stories on their respective commu-nities published on the Reader's Digest

website, and are hop-ing to get as many votes as they can be-fore the December 18 deadline.

"I really enjoy the outdoors and I love the fact that I can walk out my front door and be in the bush in two seconds," Gallacher said of Ca-nal Flats." We do a lot of camping and � sh-ing and hunting, and it's just the perfect place for that."

For Stuart, she and her family have been pleasantly sur-prised at how warmly they've been received since moving to In-vermere. Stuart said her son was more than welcomed at the high school, and that the whole family has felt truly embraced by the community.

"� is town has just been beyond my ex-pectations as a full-time resident," Stuart said. "You think, 'Oh there's a downside,' but we haven't found the downside yet. � e deer don't bug us and the Calgarians don't bug us."

To view the entries and vote for a particu-lar community, visit the webpage at www.readersdigest.ca/cmit.


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Mayor Taft’s letter to the editor ('Democracy defended', Valley Echo, October 17, 2012) re-garding Mountain Resort Municipalities in particular did not represent the best interests of the people of Invermere and only served

to alienate those that do not agree with his point of view. � e Mayor’s public letters and his continued badgering of the Provincial gov-ernment does not serve any positive purpose during a time that our businesses are su� ering and need all the help and support available.

We believe it is time to start working togeth-

er with all levels of government in a positive and productive manner so that we may build a community where we can be proud to live, work and play.

Respectfully, Board of DirectorsColumbia Valley Chamber of Commerce

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LETTERS continued...

Chantal Gallacher Elizabeth Stuart

“I live in a small town surrounded by water and nature. It's not uncom-mon to have warnings out about bears or

cougars in the area. On one side of our town the Kootney river fl ows down its banks, fi lled with large fi sh, mostly char."

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� ere have been no report-ed bear sightings in town the last few weeks and I predict there won’t be many more in town this year.

Bears have been bulking up and storing body fat this fall in preparation for hiberna-tion. � ey are now or soon to be in fall transition which is when they start to eat less and are lethargic resting up to 22 hours a day. � ey will soon be heading to their dens that they have dug up in rock crev-ices or hollow trees.

When a bear hibernates, their heart beat slows dras-tically and their body tem-perature drops about seven degrees Celsius. During hi-bernation, bears do not def-ecate nor wake up to eat or drink. During the � ve to sev-en months in their dens, the

bear’s intestinal tract absorbs all liquid from its feces, creat-ing a hard and dry plug in the lower intestine. � is plug also contains dead intestinal cells, the bear’s own hair and bed-ding material. Urea produced from fat metabolism is bro-ken down and the resulting nitrogen is used by the bear to build protein which allows it to maintain muscle mass and organ tissues.

Bears may lose 15 to 30 per cent of their body weight during hibernation.

� e bears are soon to be sleeping so therefore I too will be wrapping up the Bear Aware season. I would like to thank the Village of Radium Hot Springs, the District of Invermere and the Conservation O� cer Service for all their support.

Also, I would like to give a big pat on the back to all the residents that picked their fruit, stored garbage correctly and managed all other attractants.

BCCF’s Bear Aware grate-fully acknowledges funding by Columbia Basin Trust, the Ministry of Environment and the communities of In-vermere and Radium.

To report any aggressive deer or bear sightings call the RAPP line at 1-877-952-7277. For more information on Bear Aware contact Crys-tal Leonard, Bear Aware Community Co-ordinator at 250-688-0561, [email protected] or [email protected].

For more solutions check out the Bear Aware website at www.bearaware.bc.ca.

Time for hibernation!Bear Aware Community Co-ordinator — Crystal Leonard

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Greenhouse grows art, too

“Groundswell is thrilled with the colourful vitality of the Community Green-house greeting sign that DTSS art student Michelle Bootsma designed and painted with help from oth-er students.”

Groundswell’s famous community greenhouse at David Thompson Secondary School (DTSS) is back in full swing with new plants, new gardening adventures, and even a new welcome sign.

Michelle Bootsma, a DTSS Grade 12 student, is a talent-ed artist who was selected by Groundswell to paint the sign for the greenhouse. The DTSS art class taught by Robyn Oliver was instructed to draw out a sketched out-line of what they would like to see featured on the new welcome sign of the Green-house. All the drawings were submitted to green-house staff to choose which one they would like to see painted on the sign, and Mi-chelle’s design was picked.

After all the excitement of finding out that she was chosen, Michelle quickly got to work on making the sign. Making it took a fair bit of her time. She even had to come to school dur-ing exam week in June to work on it. She worked on the sign every day until it

was finished. “It took a couple of weeks

at least,” said Michelle. First, she had to prime the

boards that she was going to paint on. Then she had to draw a bigger version of the drawing onto the boards in pencil.

“I had to scale what I’m drawing and make it go from inches to feet so it would fill the whole board,” said Michelle. “That took a couple of days.”

After all that was done, Michelle could finally start painting.

“Sometimes I had to do more than one coat of paint on some parts,” she said. “It

depends on how much you want the colour to stand out.”

Michelle had to do a lot of painting to cover such a big area. She did get some help with it sometimes, though. Other students from DTSS came to help her whenever they had time. By getting a group to-gether and working hard, Michelle was able to have the sign ready in time and show it off to town.

Painting the sign wasn’t all fun and games for Mi-chelle and her friends; sometimes they would run into obstacles along the way. Their biggest barrier, it turned out, was the weather — the rainy June that Inver-

mere had this year made it hard to paint outside.

When the weather was too bad, Michelle and her crew had to move inside.

“That makes things hard-er,” said Michelle. “Paint takes longer to dry indoors. It was also very smelly. All of our paints are oil-based paints, so they gave off a strong odour. The fumes didn’t get to circulate out-side, so we were trapped in-side with the smelly paint."

But all that hard work started to pay off as Michelle and her friends drew closer to the finishing touches.

“When it’s done, it’s al-ways nice to look at the fin-

ished product. It was an in-teresting opportunity to be able to design a mural that everyone was going to see,” she said.

Art is a hobby Michelle en-joys and she hopes to con-tinue to do it for a long time.

“I’ve wanted to be an art-ist since kindergarten,” re-flected Michelle. “It’s al-ways been something that I have really enjoyed.”

Michelle’s advice for any aspiring artists is not to take anything too seriously.

“Some people think they are really bad at art. I think you just have to find what art is for you. People always tell me that they wish they were as good at art as I am. I tell

them that the only reason I’m good at it is because I practice all the time.... Talent is part of being a good art-ist, but persistence and hard work is more important.”

Michelle thinks that hav-ing a solar-powered green-house at DTSS is great for school lunches.

“It’s nice to know where the food at school comes from, right from school.”

She also thinks kids at DTSS benefit from coming into the greenhouse during class time to see how it works."

It’s also nice to come in here in the winter when all the plants outside are dy-ing, and see that everything is still so green in here.”

Michelle was proud to do this sign for the green-house. She hopes it will make a statement that, in-side the greenhouse, it is bright, colourful and full of life. She also thinks that having a sign like the one she painted outside the greenhouse in the winter will remind everybody that spring will come again.

When asked what changes Michelle would make to the greenhouse, she suggested incorporating more art to it.

“It’d be neat if some kids from younger grades could come in and do paintings on the walls.”

With a new wheelchair ramp to make the green-house more accessible to all — and maybe incorpo-rating Michelle’s idea — the DTSS greenhouse will make for a great place to see plants come to life for all.

Winning design makes the grade

KATE GIBBSSpecial to The Valley Echo

submitted photoGrade 12 DTSS student Michelle Bootsma's winning design can be seen on the new sign for the Invermere community greenhouse.

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“It was an interesting opportunity to be able to design a mural that everyone was going to see.”

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A fresh round of Co-lumbia River Treaty consultation work-shops is starting up again this November to discuss the � ndings of the last 22 commu-nity meetings.

In collaboration with local govern-ments and the Co-lumbia Basin Trust (CBT), the B.C. gov-ernment has put to-gether an overview of the treaty's negative impacts and what has been done for

compensation so far. Residents are asked to make a reasoned judgement on wheth-er more needs to be done or if what's been done is adequate.

� e workshops will be taking place in Ja� ray, Creston, Revelstoke, Golden, Valemount, Nelson, Trail and Nakusp. � e Golden workshop is set for Wednesday, November 21 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at the Golden Civic Centre

at 898 Highway 95. � e session in Trail will be streamed live — register for free at

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plans are in place in Gold-en, Cranbrook and Fernie. Golden was the pilot as it had a rating of “low” in terms of potential for con-� ict while Fernie was rated “moderate.” Cranbrook — despite its “high” rat-ing — was chosen over the Columbia Valley because it was deemed to have less potential for con� ict with more common ground among user groups. � e po-tential for con� ict around a backcountry management plan in the Columbia Valley was rated as “very high,” said Hamilton, which is why the region has so far been overlooked. A man-agement strategy for the Columbia Valley will have to take into consideration 1.35 million hectares of land — the equivalent of 12,479 kilometres of road from Vancouver to Hali-fax — whereby Golden’ s plan was for 900,000 ha, Cranbrook was 850,000 and Fernie encompassed half a million.

“I don’t think anybody needs to feel guilty (about the con� ict),” said Ham-ilton, noting it had esca-lated to the point where two MLAs, one potential MLA, and a minister were involved.

� e Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resourc-es announcing in August that it was withdrawing its sta� from the CVRAC talks, citing the absence of key

stakeholders as the main reason, is when “things re-ally fell apart,” he said. But, according to Hamilton, the government hasn’t aban-doned the process and has kept in communication.

“I think you need to think election around the corner on this,” he said.

Two formal resignations from the talks have been received to date — the Quad Riders ATV Associa-tion of British Columbia until the government reen-gages, and Cheryl Willard with Kootenay Snowsports Society.

Also distinctly absent from the 20 or so people around the table was any representation from the motorized sector.

“I feel like I’m at Wildsight meeting,” lamented Scott Pitt from the Invermere

Rod and Gun Club.� ere was unanimous

agreement that if the local dirt bike and snowmobile clubs didn’t come back to the table, then the coalition was spinning its wheels and the process couldn’t move forward.

Savage suggested making the process more attractive and less theoretical so these groups would return.

“What I hear here is we need to do some doing,” he said.

Nipika Mountain Re-sort president and gen-eral manager Lyle Wilson expressed the frustration many were feeling around the lack of actual land use planning to date.

‘We’ve not spoken one minute about land use,” Wilson said.

Debate over whether the next meeting should focus

on � nalizing the sectors or tackling a landscape unit as a case study ended with an agreement to do both.

“� is will test drive the sectors,” said Wildsight members Juri Peepre.

Columbia Basin Trust is examining the process to determine future fund-ing. Hamilton’s ongoing participation is undeter-mined while Savage will be leading the next meeting scheduled for November 19 at the Invermere Fire Hall with a start time of 7 p.m. About 80 stakeholders are being emailed a map of a low-con� ict landscape unit beforehand.

“I’m thrilled to see every-one here,” said CBT com-munity liaison Katherine Hamilton. “It shows me that there’s traction for this process.”


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PHOTO BY NICOLE TRIGG/THE ECHO(l-r) Pat Bavin with Columbia Cultural Tourism, Nipika Mountain Resort president and general manager Lyle Wilson, and John Zehnder with the Windermere Farmer's Institute at the Columbia Valley Recreation Access Coalition meeting on November 5.

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PHOTOS BY STEVE JESSEL & NICOLE TRIGG/THE ECHOIt was a chilly morning in Invermere, but that didn't stop hundreds of people from attending the annual Remem-brance Day ceremony at the Invermere Cenotaph on Sunday, November 11. After local dignitaries, RCMP and service members paraded down 7th Street, 'O Canada' was sung and Reverend Laura Hermakin led those in attendance in a prayer. Invermere then joined communities across the country in a moment of silence, before wreaths were laid at the base of the Cenotaph.

While the valley has certainly felt the e� ects of a less-than-stellar economy over the last several years, for Andrea Tubbs of Swansea Communications, she still sees a big future.

“I think there’s a lot of po-tential in the valley, there’s a variety of businesses… and there’s a variety of industries as well,” Tubbs said. “I really think there’s great potential across the valley, and even in a down economy, this is the time to be looking at what you’re doing in the market-place, how you’re spending your marketing and advertis-ing dollars, and what you’re getting for those dollars. Just because you’re spending, doesn’t mean you’re getting anything back.”

Tubbs started Swansea Com-munications after relocating to the Columbia Valley with her husband earlier this year. Having worked with market-ing and communications ser-vices for more than a decade, Tubbs and business partner John Restemeyer have been hard at work meeting people and building the connections they’ll need to be successful.

“We do a lot of face-to-face; it’s been a great way to con-nect,” Tubbs said. “We’ve found that it’s been really successful, people really appreciate the

sort of hands-on, face-to-face approach. After all, this is still a small community, and that is how you get to know people.”

Swansea Communications o� ers a wide range of services including marketing audits, rebranding, social media mar-keting, event planning and marketing, public relations, and website building. Tubbs said the majority of their clients so far have been private busi-nesses, but they do o� er their services to any group, organi-zation or business that might be looking to raise its pro� le. Her specialty lies mostly in so-cial media marketing and gen-eral public relations.

“I think (social media) plays a really pivotal role," said Tubbs. "I know that myself as a consumer, and of course what I’ve read and experienced my-

self being on social media, it means a lot more to me when a friend can recommend, or a friend has comments to say about a product or service.”

She sees the role of social media in marketing as con-tinuing to evolve over time, and said there are still plenty of companies out there that are not using it to the best of their advantage.

“Most companies have a web-site, but it’s usually a one-way conversation, they’re pushing information to you,” Tubbs said. “With social media you can respond in any way that you choose. If you’re dissatis� ed, or over the moon, everyone is go-ing to know about it.”

For more information and to contact Swansea Communica-tions, visit their website at www.swanseacommunications.com.


Christmas BureauThe Christmas Bureau of the Columbia Valley is now ready to accept applications for FOOD HAMPERS AND ANGEL GIFTS for Christmas 2012, to be distributed Thursday, December 20, 2012. Application forms are available at The Family Resource Centre, Columbia Valley Employment Centre, Akisqnuk Health Centre, Shuswap Band Office, Canal Flats Headwaters Centre or 250-342-6752. Deadline for requests is Wednesday December 12. To sponsor a family hamper, call Gail at 250-342-6752 or Helen at 250-342-6789; or email Gail at [email protected] Helen at [email protected] to register your commitment by Wednesday, December 12. To donate an Angel Gift, visit the children’s and seniors’ Angel tree in Essential’s Shop (516 13 street) after November 23, or the children’s Angel Tree in Dairy Queen after Friday November 30. Return wrapped and labelled gifts to the stores by the December 15 deadline.

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Annual General Meeting

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submitted photosIntrepid explorer Jon Turk will be giving a slide and video presentation of his travels at the Lions' Hall on Highway 93/95 on Tuesday (November 20). Turk and his fellow adven-turer Erik Boomer were nomi-nated by National Geographic as one of ten "Adventurers of the Year" for circumnavigat-ing Ellesmere Island, Canada's third largest island and the northernmost island in the Canadian Arctic.

Through Turk's eyes

From the steamy jungles of the Solomon Is-lands, to shamanic wisdom from the Siberian tundra, to the frozen seas of Ellesmere Island, join scientist, explorer, and author, Jon Turk, for an evening of high adventure and rich discovery.

A resident of Montana in the summer, and an ardent skier who snorkles back country powder most of the winter in Fernie, Jon is bringing his slide and video presentation, Crocodiles and Ice to Invermere.

Hosted by the Jumbo Creek Conservation So-ciety (JCCS), Jon’s presentation will kick off the JCCS AGM to be held Tuesday (November 20) at 7:30 p.m. at the Windermere Lions' Hall on Highway 93/95 at the Visitor Centre. Doors open at 7 p.m. and admission is by donation.

A scientist with a PhD in organic chemistry, Jon co-authored the first environmental science textbook in the United States, in honour of Earth Day in 1971. It sold 100,000 copies and spear-headed the development of environmental sci-ence curricula in North America.

National Geographic nominated Jon Turk and Erik Boomer one of ten “Adventurers of the Year” for their circumnavigation of Ellesmere Island in the summer of 2011. It’s noteworthy for armchair adventurers of a certain age that Jon is a pension-er (66) and Erik, at 27, is less than half his age.

The two men walked, skied, crawled, portaged, and paddled 1,500 nautical miles in 104 days, half a marathon a day over a landscape of shift-ing, grinding ice and polar seas in what polar historian Jerry Kobalenko called, “One of the last great firsts in Arctic travel.”

Famed adventurer Jon Turk brings his 'Crocodiles and Ice' presentation to the valley

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NEWS


Arts & Entertainment

Visit columbiavalleyarts.com for our current events calendar, or call 250-342-4423.

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JA Laird Elementary selected for pilot program

Students at J.A. Laird Elemen-tary School in Invermere will have a unique opportunity be-ginning next September, as J.A. Laird has been selected as one of six schools across B.C. to join the ArtStarts Infusion: Arts in Education program.

“We’re really excited, because it was quite a competition to get chosen,” J.A. Laird principal Jill Jensen said.

Infusion: Arts in Education is a program that will see profes-sional artists working together with teachers to explore and implement art integration in the classroom. Arts integration is an approach to teaching in which students construct and demonstrate understanding through an art form, and aims to make the curriculum more accessible to students with a variety of learning styles.

“(The goals) are to deliver the curriculum, and to deliver the curriculum in a way that’s engaging to the students,” said ArtStarts marketing and com-munications manager Siobhan Rich. “That last part is what this program is meant to help with. It’s not replacing the current curriculum, it’s a way to deliver that curriculum in a way that might be more engaging to dif-ferent learning types and dif-ferent types of students.”

The program runs for three years, and schools that were interested in bringing the pro-gram to their community went through an intensive applica-tion process that included the program manager personally visiting each of the shortlisted 21 schools. The final six artists selected to take part also went

through a similar application process, culminating in an in-tensive six-day training pro-gram in late September.

Rich said that it was important to the organization that the se-lected artists live in close prox-imity to the selected commu-nities and, as such, local artist Denise Lemaster has been se-lected to take part at J.A. Laird.

Lemaster has a bachelor of ed-ucation/fine arts, and has been a painter for over a decade.

“I’m very excited about it, I think it’s a wonderful program,” Lemaster said. “It’s great to think of art throughout the cur-riculum, I think the concept is wonderful.”

How the program will look, and how the artists will be uti-lized, is up to each individual school and classroom. The first year of the program will actu-ally be dedicated to figuring that out, as the selected artists

work with schools and teachers to determine what their needs and goals are.

“We have provided a frame-work that they can work in, but we’re not prescribing what they do in those schools,” Rich said.

Even the number of classes the artists is involved with is up

to the school, and Jensen said that J.A. Laird is actually aim-ing to have all six of their class-rooms involved.

“The idea in general, is that it’s not just the one week they’re in and they’re out,” Rich said. “It’s more of a sustained program, where over the course of the

year different instances with the artists occur so that the kids get an overall experience of what arts integration is all about.”

The second year is when the artist actually enters the class-room setting, and begins inter-acting with students. Again, how exactly that is going to look and operate is still being determined.

Entering the third year, teach-ers are expected to take on a strong leadership role in their relationship with the artist, so that once the artists leaves at the end of the three years, the teacher can continue to imple-ment their new teaching style in the classroom.

“(The teachers) have kind of learned how to do it them-selves, and they feel confi-dent doing arts-based prac-tices themselves even though they’re not an artist,” Rich said.

The five other schools select-ed for the ArtStarts Infusion

program include Lake Kathlyn Elementary in Smithers, St. Joseph’s Elementary in Che-mainus, George Pringle Ele-mentary in West Kelowna, M.V. Beattie Elementary in Ender-by, and Mamquam Elementary in Squamish.

ArtStarts is a non-profit orga-nization that was founded in 1996 with a professional staff and a volunteer board of direc-tors. According to their website, “ArtStarts envisions a society where the arts are regarded as an essential part of educating young people and a catalyst for creating innovative, engaged and contributing members of society.” ArtStarts has a num-ber of programs alongside the Infusion program, including booking and touring of profes-sional performance artists in schools. For more information on ArtStars, visit their website at www.artstarts.com.

submittEd photoDenise Lemaster (front row, centre) will be the new Infusion Teaching Artist at J.A. Laird Elementary in Invermere. Here she is joined by other Infusion Teaching Arists and ArtStarts staff.

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Building Your WealthDo your own thing

We have often said you should make decisions that matter to you. However, there are sometimes problems that get in the way. For example, we often don’t know what matters. One minute some-thing seems so urgent we drop everything to work on it, and the very next minute there is something else that seems to have taken its place on top of the priority list.

Other times we end up with con� icts between the things we think are impor-tant and can’t decide which one comes � rst. Sometimes we simply get carried away by surprises. “Yeah! I’d really like that!” and we’re o� .

A few years ago Stephen Covey wrote a book, Seven Habits of Highly E� ective People. Many, including my-self, have found some of his ideas incredibly useful. His book says that in order to change our experience we must change our attitudes. He talks about the "habits" he has seen in the lives of high-ly e� ective people that help them with the change. Here are some of the ideas that you might � nd useful.

Habit 1 : � e � rst habit he has seen in highly e� ective people is they are ‘proactive.’ � ey take responsibility for who they are and the choices they make. � ey don’t whine. � ey don’t blame others. � ere may be ‘reasons’ for ac-tions of the past, but blaming doesn’t help. Instead, he sug-gests we should choose the direction that will most likely give the results we desire, and move forward toward it. We begin with a � rst step and go on from there.

Habit 2: E� ective people look for the end they desire. � ey make plans. � ey’re not satis� ed with what happens

to them, but look toward what they want, and make the decisions most likely to get them there. � ink. Plan. � ink again.

Habit 3: � ey put � rst things � rst. It’s amazing how often we forget and go after things lower on the list of what we need. If you can manage this one, you’ll be well on your way. Consider what is most important to you and go for it.

Habit 4: Win-Win. Compe-tition has sometimes helped us by encouraging us to work harder. It has also crippled many. If we work toward goals that satisfy our own needs without considering others, the achievement may be unsatisfactory. However, when we meet the needs of everyone, we get more satis-faction. Look for the win-win option.

Habit 5: � e � fth habit is – communicate. It is surpris-ing how di� cult this is. It is amazing and wonderful when it happens, but it’s hard to do. Highly e� ective people make it happen as much as possible.

Habit 6: Work with others. Synergy is a word we need to learn. Businesses and other organizations are � nding it works. � e � rst and most important step is to ensure everyone gets satisfaction. Often we have grown used to a di� erent style, and � nd the change di� cult. However, when it works we get more satisfaction.

Habit 7: Covey uses the term ‘sharpen the saw,’ to ensure you are taking care of your-self, mentally, physically, emotionally and spiritually.

For example, you can ‘sharpen the saw’ physically by eating well and getting ex-ercise. You can make sure you get the rest you need to stay

‘on top’ of your life.You can sharpen the saw

mentally by listening to oth-ers and learning from their lives. You can read, write or do something that supports others, like volunteering.

You can take care of yourself emotionally through friends or family, sharing in their life stories, or do something that provides personal satisfac-tion.

You can take care of yourself spiritually by spending time in nature, enjoying what you

see and feel, listen to music, or get active in meditation, or church.

Becoming e� ective is one of the most powerful things you can do to discover what counts for you in your own life, and what counts for those in your life who matter most to you. Love has always been described as powerful, but it is by becoming aware of what counts that we can get the greatest bene� t.

A good � nancial adviser can provide you with investment

or insurance advice. A great � nancial advisor does much more. � ey will help you to fo-cus on what’s really important to you. What are your goals? Where do you see yourself in 5 or 10 years and what steps do you need to take to get there. Investment returns alone mean very little if you don't have any idea what you want to achieve. A Certi� ed Fi-nancial Planner® can not only help you establish your goals, but can help you draw the road map to achieve them.

Two new Columbia Valley Rockies pick-ups are already mak-ing their presence felt, as rookie for-wards Jeremy Julian and Byron Sam both scored in their debut game to help lead the team to a 5-3 win over the Creston Val-ley Thunder Cats on Friday, November 9.

"It's great, but we're already thinking of tomorrow night," as-sistant coach Scott Dubielewicz said af-ter the game.

Mired in the depths of a four-game losing streak coming into the game, the Rockies badly needed a win to keep pace in the standings. Through 20 games, the team found itself in last place in the divi-sion, however a win over the fourth place Thunder Cats could catapult the Rock-ies within a point of overtaking their ri-vals from Creston.

With that in mind, the two teams

squared off in an important game for both clubs, and the action was tense from the start.

Play was decidedly even in the early go-ing with the teams trading scoring op-portunities, but the Thunder Cats would strike first on the powerplay just un-der six minutes into the game to take a 1-0 lead. The Rockies would respond with a powerplay of their own, and after Rock-ies netminder Brody Nelson made a nifty blocker save to deny the Thunder Cats a shorthanded goal, the Rockies deter-minedly pushed back up ice, where the aforementioned Sam would take a pass from forward Racey Red Crow and snap home his first goal of the season, in his first game with the club.

"We got a couple new guys in, and they brought some grit," Dubielewicz said.

"It changes the look of our team just that little bit, and it gives us a little more confi-dence and depth."

The second period took a decidedly physical tone, punc-tuated when Rockies defenceman Jordan Stimpson was hand-ed an early fighting major. Unfortunately for the Rockies, St-impson would also take two minor pen-alties on the same play for roughing and the instigator, giving Creston an extended powerplay just three minutes into the frame. Looking back, Stimpson may well take the same penal-ties again if he could, because the Rockies would score not one, but two shorthanded goals over the next three minutes. Rock-ies forwards Dustin Boone and Jerome Thorne combined for a perfect two on one goal past a stretching Creston goalie, and then minutes later the two would team up to score their sec-ond shorthanded goal of the period after a Thunder Cats defenceman fell and lost the puck near his own blueline. It wasn't all good news

for the Rockies, as in between tallies the Thunder Cats man-aged a powerplay goal of their own, but the Rockies looked to be in control as the period drew to a close. They nearly scored again when a Creston player ap-peared to score on his own net, but the goal was immedi-ately waved off, and shortly after, with just 30 seconds left in the frame Creston man-aged to jam the puck past Nelson on a bro-ken play to tie the game back up at 3-3.

"(The gameplan) was the same as it is every night, we're just trying to outwork the other team," Du-bielewicz said.

The two teams were chomping at the bit to start the third peri-od, but some Creston aggression seemed to get the better of them and they ended up shorthanded just 36 seconds into the period.

This would mark the beginning of the end for the Thunder Cats, as after Rockies forward Julian scored his first of the season in his first game it wouldn't take long for the Rockies to double

up on their lead. De-fenceman Brendan Sage let a wrist shot go from the point that would elude the beleaguered Cres-ton goalie, and with a 5-3 lead the Rockies coasted the rest of the way to their seventh win of the season.

"They started to lose composure, we were getting under their skin," Dubielewicz said. "They started to lose focus… we just had to keep play-ing the way we were playing, and then we got a break."

While the win did move the Rock-ies within a point of fourth place in the division, they played the same Thunder Cats the very next night (November 10) in the back end of a home-and-home series. The Rockies took an early lead on a goal from forward Tye Moses, but were unable to capital-ize on seven Cres-ton minor penalties, instead giving up a shorthanded goal to tie the game head-ing into the second

period. There would be no looking back for Creston, and they would score four un-answered goals en-route to a 5-2 win.

The Rockies next host the Kimberley Dynamiters on Tues-day, November 13. The score was not available by press time. The Rockies next game falls on Saturday, November 17, when they host the Summerland Steam at the Eddie Mountain Memorial Arena in Invermere at 7:30 p.m.


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photo (top) courtesy of IMBAThe trail building workshop in Invermere held by the International Mountain Bike Association (IMBA) on Sat-urday, November 3 set a record, drawing out 29 people — the most the IMBA Trail Care Crew has seen at any one workshop on their more than 20 done across Canada this year. Great work was done at the popular Kloosifier Trail on the Toby Bench.

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photo (rIGht) By NIcole trIGG/the echoLaura Jenkins aka Lexxi Loveless, skates a few laps at the Killer Rollbots' recruiting event "Hello? Is it DERBY you're looking for?" The evening was well attended and the Rollbots will be adding some new women to their team when practices for the new season start up this week.

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Brain Games

CrosswordNovember 14, 2012

HoroscopeARIES Wonderful things can happen when you really don’t expect them, Aries. You may experience a pleasant surprise in the next several days, so be on the lookout for excitement.

TAURUSYou may have to juggle a few events to get everything you want to have accomplished done by a certain date. It could prove to be a hairy few days.

GEMININow is the time to get serious about saving. No matter how hard you wish it, you will not see extra money appear in your bank account unless you put it there.

CANCERIt could take a couple of attempts before you reach the level of satisfaction you are seeking, Cancer. Patience is key whenever delving into uncharted waters.

LEOLeo, a lot of things need to get done, but you’re worried there simply isn’t enough time to clear your docket. You have to cut out some of the nonessentials for now.

VIRGOVirgo, now might be the time for a permanent change in scenery. Your � nances might be ready for you to uproot and follow your heart to another locale.

LIBRALibra, you are ready to begin a big adventure. There may be moments that are scary, but overall the experience will be a good one for you and anyone else involved.

SCORPIOScorpio, although you like to step up to a challenge, this week you really are not feeling like exerting yourself. Take some time to recuperate and build up renewed energy.

SAGITTARIUSSagittarius, this week you may be called to go above and beyond. As usual, you are ready to rise to the challenge. Take care to put your best effort into the task.

CAPRICORNThat monster vacation you have been planning may have to be put on hold, Capricorn. But that doesn’t mean that you can’t take a few weekend jaunts to make up for it.

AQUARIUSAquarius, the only way to recharge your batteries this week is to plan a trip. There is nothing like a change of scenery to breathe new life into a situation.

PISCESWhen someone does not take your advice, it can be easy to feel slighted. Don’t let it bother you, Pisces, as it’s beyond your control.

Third week of November

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EMPLOYMENT

Job seekers are in luck when it comes to the commercial road transportation industry in British Columbia. Trucking companies throughout B.C. require pro-fessional drivers, mechanics, dispatch-ers and operations staff right now, which means that job seekers with experience and/or training may find work within their preferred region. For those consider-ing training prior to joining the workforce, demand for skilled workers in the indus-try is likely to grow — to 2020 and beyond.

There are a number of reasons for this. For truck drivers, the industry is facing a North America-wide shortage because most are 45 years of age or older and nearing retirement (in fact, in Canada, according to a report by the Canada Trucking Human Resources Council, 58 percent of long-haul truck drivers fall in this age range). Similar shortages exist for other jobs, including diesel engine and heavy duty mechanics.

Aside from worker shortages, econom-ic growth in the Asia-Pacific Gateway

is also driving demand for workers in transportation. This applies not only to companies in the Lower Mainland, but in other regions as well, since the Asia-Pacific “Gateway” is actually made up of an integrated supply chain of airports, seaports, rail and road connections, and border crossings, from Prince Rupert to Surrey, with links supplied by trucking.

Today’s trucking industry is an exciting place to be. Equipment in many compa-nies is state of the art, meaning increased comfort and ease for drivers and opportu-nities for mechanics to work with techno-logically advanced systems, keeping both their skills and interest engaged. Dispatch

relies on sophisticated tracking and rout-ing systems. Others on the operations side also use information technology of many kinds to deal with everything from licenc-es and permits, to customer services, ac-counting, sales and marketing.

And, people joining the industry have many career choices. Drivers, for example, may work close to home as pick-up and delivery or short-haul driv-ers. Those who like the idea of travel-ling across Canada or North America can become long-haul drivers for an employer or work as owner-operators. Drivers may haul consumer goods, fuel, logs, heavy-duty equipment, livestock

— most of what we purchase or con-sume spent some time on the road with a commercial truck!

If you already have experience as a driver, mechanic or operations worker, most companies advertise jobs on their websites. Members of the BC Trucking Association from across the province may post jobs under Careers on www.bctrucking.com, and the provincial and federal governments maintain job sites at WorkBC (www.workbc.ca/Jobs/) and Working in Canada (www.workingin-canada.gc.ca/) — choose Explore Ca-reers by Occupation, then by Region). Within your own community, it may also pay to approach a company you’d like to work for, drop off a resume and inquire if and when they’ll be hiring.

If you’d like to enter the industry but need training, there are also many av-enues to explore. Although there is not a standard training course for profession-al drivers, there are numerous private schools throughout B.C. that offer pro-grams. For information on transporta-tion trades in B.C., including mechanics and other technicians, visit transCDA (www.tcda.ca/home). And for informa-tion on trucking careers in general, see www.truckingcareers.ca.

Your own community and region de-pend on trucking. It may also offer the right career for you.

Commercial trucking industry rolling right along

SUBMITTED PHOTOB.C.'s trucking industry is continuing to grow, and many career opportunities along with it.

Work opportunities for drivers, mechanics, dispatchers, operations

BLACK PRESSSpecial to The Valley Echo

The Valley Echo Wednesday, November 14, 2012 www.invermerevalleyecho.com A21

(Woods Foreman) TIMBERLANDSCampbell River, BC

Mid Island Forest Operation is a continuous harvest operation (6x3 shift) harvesting 1.1 MM M3 annually and building 140 km of road. Working as part of a team of supervisors, this position will have direct responsibility for woods operations and union crews. The successful candidate will value the team-oriented approach, have a good working knowledge of applicable occupational safety regulations, first-hand knowledge and experience in a unionized environment, and will be responsible for planning, supervision of hourly personnel, safe work performance and the achievement of departmental goals.

Further job details can be viewed at: http://www.westernforest.com/building-value/our-people-employment/careersWFP offers a competitive salary, a comprehensive benefit and pension package and the potential to achieve annual performance rewards. Please reply in confidence, citing Reference Code.

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Announcements

Craft FairsHoodoo Quilters Christmas Craft Sale. Fairmont Hot Springs Resort. November 24, 2012 from 9-1. Miscellaneous items.

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Al-Anon - Are you con-cerned about or affected by someone else’s drinking? If so, please join us. Al-Anon meets EVERY Monday in Invermere at 7:15 PM at the Canadian Martyrs Catholic Church, 712 - 12th Ave, (be-hind the Invermere hospital). For information, please call 250-342-8255

ALCOHOLICS Anonymous - If alcohol is causing problems or confl ict in your life, AA can help. Call 250-342-2424 for more information. All meetings are at 8 p.m. Invermere: Satur-day, Sunday, Tuesday and Wednesday groups - Colum-bia United AA at the BC Ser-vices building, south end, 625 4th Street Invermere. Radium Friendship Group: Friday, Catholic Church. All meetings are open.

RECOVERY CENTRE in beautiful BC coastal commu-nity, offers 30-90 day residen-tial programs for drug/alcohol treatment (detox included) and aftercare program in your area. www.prrecovery.ca

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Children

Daycare CentersLicensed family day care, spots available, full-time or part-time, subsidized children accepted. Hot lunch, nutritious snacks provided. 250-342-9348 or 250-341-1455.

Employment

Business Opportunities

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Business Opportunities

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Career Opportunities

ATTENTION LOGGERS! The Isley Group of Grande Prairie, AB. is cur-rently hiring: Forestry Equipment Operators (Processor & Buncher) and Log Haul Truck Drivers. Please submit resume & driver’s abstract to: [email protected] or fax: (780) 532-1250

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Help WantedBlack Forest is looking for a full time server. Previous ex-perience required in fi ne din-ing. Email or drop off resume at [email protected] (250)-342-9417

Employment

Help WantedAn Alberta Construction Com-pany is hiring Dozer and Exca-vator Operators. Preference will be given to operators that are experienced in oilfi eld road and lease construction. Lodg-ing and meals provided. The work is in the vicinity of Edson, Alberta. Alcohol & Drug testing required. Call Contour Con-struction at 780-723-5051.

LICENSED GASFITTER/SHEET-METAL WORKER WANTED Valid drivers license required. Fax re-sume to (250) 785-5542 or [email protected]

North Okanagan Sawmill is looking to hire Millwrights,Fab-ricators and Heavy Duty Me-chanics. We offer competitive wages along with a compre-hensive benefi t package. Please fax resume to 250-838-9637.

RANCH MANAGER wanted. Responsible for oversight & maintenance of property and equipment. No animal care. Near Invermere/Fairmont Hot Springs. Pay negotiable de-pending on schedule. Send re-sponse/resume to [email protected].

Required for an Alberta Truck-ing Company. One Class 1 Driver. Must have a minimum of 5 years experience pulling low boys and driving off road. Candidate must be able to pass a drug test and be willing to relocate to Edson, Alberta. Fax resumes to: 780-725-4430

Professional/Management

SUTCO Contracting Ltd. is seeking a qualifi ed dispatcher. Must have dispatch experience, and able to work in a fast paced environment with minimal supervision. The posi-tion requires rotation of days and evening shifts. Extended benefi ts after 90 days, with pension available after 1 years service. Ap-plicants may apply online www.sut-co.ca or fax:0250-357-2009. En-quiries to: Brad 250-357-2612 Ext: 226

Trades, TechnicalDYNAMIC RAIL Services Ltd. has an immediate opening for a Track Supervisor working out of our Grande Prairie of-fi ce. The successful applicant will have a minimum of 5 years of track work experi-ence, be able to work unsu-pervised and have a strong focus on customer service and safety. Compensation includes a benefi ts package, profi t sharing and a company vehi-cle. Please submit resumes to: [email protected]. Only those applicants selected for an in-terview will be contacted.

SIDERS & CARPENTERS WANTED- Calgary Single & Multi-family New Home con-struction. Exterior Trim & Bat-tens/Vinyl & Hardie siding. Bring your own gear or we can help supply pump-jacks/ planks. Hours fl exible. 4 days on/3 days off for out-of town crews. Please call Chris at 1-403-971-3351.

Employment

Trades, TechnicalWOLFTEK Industries in Prince George is looking for: Controls/Automation Specialist Working Knowledge of: - PLC programming - HMI develop-ment - Variable frequency drives Education: - Electrical Engineering degree or Tech-nologist/Technician (Electri-cal/Electronics) diploma. - Wolftek Industries is willing to train the right candidate and offers competitive wages and benefi ts. Please submit your resume in confi dence to [email protected] or by fax to: 250-561-0235

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Services

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Business/Offi ce Service

Misc ServicesCRESTEEL HVAC

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Furnace and Heat PumpInstallation

Service and Repair

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Pets & Livestock

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Pets & Livestock

PetsBug cross puppies ready togo. 1st shot. $300.00 250-349-5420

Merchandise for Sale

AuctionsWWW.KWIKAUCTIONS.COM New/Used Restaurant Equip-ment Sat. Nov. 17th, 11am, 7305 Meadow, Burnaby, BC

Building SuppliesSTEEL BUILDINGS/metalbuildings 60% off! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for bal-ance owed! Call 1-800-457-2206.

Furniture2 Bondar armchairs, excellent con-dition. $360/set, $200 each. Circu-lar mirror 28” diameter, ready to hang, $80. 250-345-6804.

BLACK leather sofa - condo size - $250. Pine bedroom set - headboard, footboard,dresser, hutch, night tables, mattress. All furniture in very good condition - located in Ra-dium. 403-240-9187

Heavy Duty Machinery

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Misc. for Sale1996 Silverado extended cab, long box, low mileage $3500.Call 250-341-6996BIG BUILDING sale...”This is a clearance you don’t want to miss!” 20X20 $3,985. 25X24 $4,595. 30X36 $6,859. 35X48 $11,200. 40X52 $13,100. 47X76 $18,265 One End wall included. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422. www.pioneersteel.ca.

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WINDERMERE VALLEY SHARED MINISTRYANGLICAN-UNITED

250-342-6644100-7th Avenue, Invermere

www.wvsm.ca Reverend Laura Hermakin

9 a.m.: Worship at All

Saint’s, Edgewater. (1st, 3rd and 4th Sunday)9:30 a.m.: God’s Breakfast

Club10:30 a.m.: Worship at Christ Church Trinity,

Invermere. (Every Sunday)

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 7 p.m.Sunday at 9 a.m.

St. Joseph ChurchHighway 93-95, Radium Hot Springs

Sunday at 11 a.m.Sacred Heart Parish

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

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

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

RADIUM CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP

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

Loving God, Loving People

#4 - 7553 Main StreetWest, Radium

Sundays at 10 a.m.

Bible Studies#4 - 7553 Main Street

West, Radium Wednesday 7:00 p.m.

Kids’ Church Edgewater Hall

Thursday 6:30 p.m.

LAKE WINDERMEREALLIANCE CHURCH

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

Senior Pastorwww.lakewindermerealliance.org

Sunday, November 18th

10:30 a.m.Worship and Life Instruction,

“Truth For Today From The Old Testament: What Indiana Jones

Was Looking For” … Pastor Trevor ministering.

“K.I.D.S.” Church, for children Age 3 to Grade 1; and Grade 2 to Grade 5, during the Morning

Service.

VALLEY CHRISTIAN ASSEMBLY

Hwy. 93/95 1 km northof Windermere

Pastor:Murray Wittke

Sunday Service10 a.m. Worship & Word

Kid’s Church Provided

Call the office at 250-342-9511for more information.

www.valleychristianonline.com

Sharing TruthShowing Love

Following the Spirit

ST. PETER’SLUTHERAN MISSION

OF INVERMERE

Worship Servicesevery Sundayat 1:30 p.m.

at Christ Church Trinity110 - 7th Avenue,

Invermere

Pastor Rev. Fraser ColtmanPastor Rev. David Morton

1-866-426-7564

CHURCH SERVICES DIRECTORY


Misc. for SaleCHILLSPOT IS The Coolest Dog Bed-A new and innova-tive, thermodynamically cooled dog bed, that enhances the cool tile surfaces our pets rely on during the warm weather months. www.chillspot.biz

HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/news-paper?

MODULAR HOMES and park model homes factory direct wholesale. New single wides $37,209 doubles $73,486 Spe-cial winter discounts! Call The Home Boys 877-976-3737 or www.hbmodular.com

Woodfi red Boiler. Tarm Innova 50 controls & storage. 250-344-2603 evenings. [email protected]

Misc. WantedPrivate Coin Collector Buying Collections, Accumulations, Olympic Gold & Silver Coins + Chad: 250-863-3082 in Town


Musical InstrumentsFlawless

www.grandpiano4sale.ca 250-347-9668

Sporting GoodsGoalie Pads: Velocity 3 7500 ‘36 + 1’ inch. 2 season use. Excellent condition. $500.00 250-342-9247

Real Estate

Acreage for SaleAcreages

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Rentals

AcreageSpectacular Riverside Ranch or Eco-lodge Development, www.riverlandquest.com. 250-347-9660

Apt/Condo for RentAKISKINOOK resort - 1 bdrm fully furnished condo, indoor pool, hot tub. $725/ month includes cable. Call 403-281-3991

Rentals

Apt/Condo for Rent2BDRM, 1 1/2 BATH condo unit for rent, in Canal Flats. Great view, 2 parking stalls, F/S, D/W. Walking distance to arena, park and store. $850 + D.D., references required. Available Nov.15/12. Call (250)349-5306 or (250)489-8389, leave mess.

Radium: Furnished 2 bdm condo for rent. Newer, very at-tractive, 1 block from hwy. All appliances included. Under-ground parking, N/S, N/P. Avail now. $1000/mth call 403-860-1740

Radium - Two units Pinewood W building. 2 bdrm, 2 bath, un-derground parking, nicely, fully furnished. All inclusive. Avail now. $900/mth/$1100/mth. Call Lina @ 403-239-6389 or 403-264-2782

Commercial/Industrial

240SQFT commercial space in dt Invermere for lease. 2nd fl oor, renovated building on Main St. $450p/m inc utilities. Call Ben 250-688-0362.

Rentals

Commercial/Industrial

FOR LEASE: 1900 sq. ft. of prime space in Invermere In-dustrial Park. Presently used as a wood working shop. Lease rate is $7.50 per sq. ft., plus triple net, HST and Hydro. Available Jan 1st. Call Gerry (250)341-1202

Misc for RentFor Rent in Edgewater

Large 4 bdrm trailer that has sky lights in the kitchen &

bathroom. Available immedi-ately. Comes with W/D,

Fridge, Stove, Jet tub and Dishwasher. It has electric

heat, with a small wood heater for back-up. $850/mth

+ $425 DD. References required. To view call Marge

Eugene at 347-9401 or 342-5275

(working people only)

Rentals

Property Management

Rental Housing Conference,Thurs. & Fri. Nov. 22nd & 23rd

Bear Mountain Resort, Victoria. Mini-workshops for Residential

Landlords & Managers. • Hoarding • Tenant Selection

• Insurance • Financing • Income Tax • Energy-Effi ciency • Bedbugs

More information visit: romsbc.com/prhc.php.

To register, call: 1.888.330.6707

Suites, Lower

Wilder subdivision: 1-bdrm + den, lower suite of renovated home. Includes kitchen, W/D, fenced yard and shed. Avail immediately. $700/month plus utilities. 250-341-7701.

Rentals

Suites, UpperWindermere: 2 bdrm 4 plex. W/D, fridge, stove. Separate entrance, lg yard & driveway. Only a few blocks from beach

with lake view. Can be furnished or not. Pets

considered. $725/mth. Call or text 250-409-7435 or email

[email protected]

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You are invited to join us at our upcoming Agricultural Plan Open Houses. The Open Houses are open to everyone with an interest in agriculture, from consumers to producers to retailers of local goods.

These evenings will be led by our consultant Dave Struthers to create conversations around agriculture in the region And, we want to hear from you!

Dave will be sharing information on the 2011 Agricultural Land Use Inventory, and looking to learn more about your vision for the future of agriculture in the East Kootenay and how to work toward that vision.

Although we recognize the impact the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR) and Agricultural Land Commission policies have on agriculture in our region, we do not intend to focus on the merits of the ALR or operation of the ALC. The changes being undertaken by the ALC will be led by the Commission and are not part of the Agricultural Plan process.

The next Open House will be held:Wednesday, November 21, 2012

7:00 pm to 9:00 pm Brisco Community Hall

4930 Dorney Road A meeting will also be held in Grasmere. Visit www.ekag.ca for meeting dates, times and locations.

Contact Dave Struthers, Agricultural Consultant at Vast Resource Solutions,

19 - 24th Avenue South, Cranbrook BC V1C 3H8Phone: 250-489-2791 Toll Free: 1-888-478-7335

Email: [email protected] Website: www.rdek.bc.ca

Additional funding provided by:

The Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) Board of Directors is considering the adoption of a Campground Bylaw and associated amendments to the Upper Columbia Valley Zoning Bylaw.

Bylaw No. 2403 cited as “Regional District of East Kootenay – Campground Bylaw No. 2403, 2012” will introduce regulations related to the development of new campgrounds or the expansion of existing campgrounds.

Bylaw No. 2412 cited as “Regional District of East Kootenay – Upper Columbia Valley Zoning Bylaw No. 900, 1992 – Amendment Bylaw No. 275, 2012 (Campgrounds / RDEK)” will facilitate the implementation of Campground Bylaw No. 2403 by repealing existing campground regulations and substituting sections enabling Bylaw No. 2403.

Bylaw No. 2416 cited as “Regional District of East Kootenay – Upper Columbia Valley Zoning Bylaw No. 900, 1992 – Amendment Bylaw No. 276, 2012 (Fairmont Beach Resort/ RDEK)” will amend the zoning designation of the subject property to enable completion of an in-process development which has been partially constructed under the current regulations.

A public hearing will be held at: Windermere Community Hall 4726 North Street Windermere, BC Monday, November 26, 2012 at 7:00 pm

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

If you believe that your interest in property is affected by the proposed Bylaw, you may prior to the hearing:• inspect the Bylaw and supporting information at the RDEK office in Cranbrook from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm Monday

through Friday, excluding statutory holidays;• mail, fax or email written submissions to the addresses/numbers shown below; or• present written and/or verbal submissions at the hearing.

Submissions cannot be accepted after the public hearing.All written submissions are public information pursuant to the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.

This notice is not an interpretation of the Bylaw.

For more information, contact Matt Gunn, Planner, at 250-489-2791, or toll free at 1-888-478-7335.

PUBLIC hearIng nOTICeByLaws 2403, 2412, and 2416 - Area F & G Campground Bylaws

Agricultural Plan Open Houses

Regional District of East Kootenay

COME “VEG”WITH US!

Remember When

ECHO FILE PHOTONovember 2007 — Eighteen month-old Peyton Dow was one of the many excited onlook-ers at a Columbia Valley Bighorns football game at David Thompson Secondary School.

50 years ago: British Colum-bia recorded the largest number of American tourists in history. All of the American tourists ex-pressed their gratitude towards the friendly hospitality and cour-tesy of British Columbia resi-dents. � e head of the Province’s O� ce of Trade and Tourism in California expressed his people’s sentiments in a written letter to all British Columbians. � ese Ameri-can tourists were impressed with their visits to the province and were willing to come back again for another visit.

35 years ago: Grade 7, 8 and 9 students in Invermere started to create their � rst-ever band pro-gram. Fundraisers were held to help raise money for band uni-forms, trips, and even scholar-ships. With the help of countless community performances, the band became popular. � anks to the supportive parents and teach-ers who got things going, Inver-

mere now has a fabulous student band whose music can put any-one in a dancing mood.

25 years ago: � e Kinsmen Club of Windermere Valley held a Child Identi� cation Program. With help from the RCMP, children from Ra-dium, Canal Flats and Invermere made identi� cation cards by put-ting their � ngerprint on a piece of paper. � ese cards were worth-while making and made Inver-mere a safer place for all children.

10 years ago: Clubs were start-ing to form in town for teenagers who were beginning to get bored of Invermere because there was nothing to do in town. After a council meeting, it was agreed the centre would be directed by the Board of Community Rep-resentatives. Now, the teens of Invermere are lucky to have the local Youth Centre to go to after school to have fun with friends.

5 years ago: � e Valley Echo reported on the Park Bridge that was just built in Golden. Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Pre-mier Gordon Campbell came to Golden to celebrate it, and sign a new federal-provincial Build-ing Canada Plan. Big movements were happening in the province that made Canada a bigger and better place.

A look back at what's happened in the valley over the last 50 years

KATE GIBBSSpecial to The Valley Echo


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Servicing the Columbia Valley

Invermere, B.C.

24 hr.

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service!

QUALITY AUTO SERVICEYOU CAN TRUST

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For competitive prices and prompt service call:

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Invermere Valley Echo, November 14, 2012