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School closures put on the tableEducation: Silver Creek, Armstrong Elementary shutdowns among proposals.

After weeding out a host of op-tions, School District #83 trustees agreed to consider a number of changes to its schools, including the closure of two elementary schools – one at Silver Creek and the other in Armstrong.

The proposed changes are in re-sponse to budget pressures on the school district in light of decreasing enrolment and dwindling funding

from the Ministry of Education.A committee meeting was held

Tuesday evening to allow school trustees to discuss the input from recent meetings and develop con-sensus on which options would be turned into formal motions for the upcoming Feb. 9 regular board meeting.

For Salmon Arm they include:• Amalgamating Silver Creek El-

ementary and Salmon Arm West into one school at the Salmon Arm West site.

• Determining the feasibility of creating a one-campus school at Salmon Arm Secondary’s Sullivan campus.

For Armstrong and area:• Amalgamate the current four

schools into two K-7 elementary schools and one 8-12 secondary school. Trustees indicated the most likely building for closure in this case would be Armstrong Elemen-tary, which is a historic brick struc-ture. Trustees commented that the community might be interested in

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For Enderby: Complete a catch-ment area review of M.V. Beattie, Grindrod and Ranchero to deter-mine the most effective manner of reorganizing these schools in order to accommodate future enrolment increases in the Enderby area.

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Elementary from a K-7 into a K-8 school. But Ranchero Elementary will also be the focus of the catchment review and so school district officials say this option won’t be presented as a formal motion until the catchment review has been completed.

At Tuesday’s meet-ing, none of the sug-gested motions indicat-ed whether any school closures would hap-pen for the 2016-2017 school year or in future years. When asked by the Market News, School District #83 in-dicated that a proposed timeline for closures would be brought for-ward at the Feb. 9 meet-ing.

A 60-day public con-sultation process is re-quired for any school closure or major recon-figuration of a school. This means trustees would not make a final decision on any of the options until after addi-tional public input.

One of the most con-troversial topics was the closure of Silver Creek Elementary, which would save the school district approximately $213,353 annually.

The school had been slated for closure last year, but trustees then voted against shutting the rural school, which has a current enrolment of 46 students.

Due to the small size of the school, the cost per student to operate Silver Creek Elemen-tary is $10,147. This contrasts with schools like Bastion Elemen-tary, where the cost per pupil is $6,144.

Although there was some debate, the con-sensus of trustees was it would be more cost-effective to move Sil-ver Creek students to Salmon Arm West. This is due to the lower num-ber of Silver Creek stu-dents, the better co-or-dination of bus routes, the agreements with First Nations bands re-garding Salmon Arm West and water issues

with the current Silver Creek school.

Trustee Debbie Ev-ans, who represents the Silver Creek area, told the trustees she has shed many tears over the issue, but ulti-mately agreed with the other trustees to include the motion that would move the Silver Creek students to Salmon Arm West.

“I can live with it,” she said, “But we will be hearing from the community about it.”

Trustee Michel Saab noted the move to Salmon Arm West gave the most cost savings.

“Making these cuts is not nice, but at all the consultation meet-

ings, parents told us if we have to make them, we should make cuts to buildings, not pro-grams.”

The conversion of Salmon Arm Second-ary into a one-campus model by expanding the Sullivan campus also had widespread support, with trustees proposing a feasibil-ity study into that idea. Along with this would be the closure and sale of the current Jackson campus, which is used primarily for the Grade 9 and 10 students.

“I think one campus is what most people want, but it will be interesting to see the costs,” says trustee Bar-ry Chafe.

Trustees did not com-ment on the proposal to convert the elementary and high schools in Si-camous into one K-12 school, as this has been the subject of another committee report. It is anticipated this amalga-mation will also come before the board on Feb. 9.

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Sockeye returns crashThe numbers tell a

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Adams River sockeye was only six per cent of its cycle average.

And spawning suc-cess for the Adams Riv-er sockeye population was just under 66 per cent, the third lowest on record, reported Keri Benner, program head of Fraser Sockeye Stock Assessment at Fisheries and Oceans Canada in Kamloops.

This is the second year in a row Adams/Shuswap sockeye have had far fewer spawn-ers than what were ex-pected pre-season, and more importantly, what the Pacific Salmon Commission (PSC) es-timated in-season.

Only 9,700 sockeye returned to the Adams/Shuswap area (and only 3,183 females spawned).

“Seven years ago the crash in the Fraser River salmon resulted in major media cover-age and the comprehen-sive, expensive Cohen Commission – and then the Harper government ignored the recommen-dations and approved more fish farms despite the concerns,” says Shuswap Environmen-tal Action Society presi-dent Jim Cooperman of the $26 million Cohen Report completed in October 2012, after 18 months of testimony.

The report, The Un-certain Future of the Fraser River Sockeye, was heralded as a blue-print for salmon con-servation and provided 75 recommendations to government.

Cooperman says he believes possible causes for this year’s poor return include the im-pacts of climate change,

competition from over-production of hatchery fish in Alaska, fish farm diseases and habitat de-struction.

“If and when the new Trudeau government takes action to imple-ment the Cohen Com-mission recommenda-tions, it will likely be a case of ‘too little, too late,” he said. “And giv-en the potential impacts from climate change, in the coming decades if the salmon are gone it may be the least of our concerns.”

Cooperman is critical of both media and gov-ernment, saying they ignored the “grim” situ-ation in the fall.

But Stu Cartwright, acting area director of Fisheries and Oceans Canada for the B.C. Interior said all salmon stocks are managed based on information collected.

“There’s no signifi-cant changes to what we expected,” he said, noting anomalies hap-pen from time to time in nature and some runs that have been less than 10 per cent of expected run size did come back. “When it’s less than 10 per cent, everybody’s quite concerned, but I don’t think there’s any one single smoking gun.”

Cartwright says the department is still put-ting pieces of the puzzle

together and he is cer-tain there will be stud-ies to better understand what happened.

“Science doesn’t de-liver on anyone’s time-line; it has one of its own,” Cartwright says of critics who demand immediate action. “It happens however long it takes… sometimes it takes years or several salmon cycles to under-stand.”

He says a mandate letter from the new gov-ernment has identified science as one of the areas in the department that’s going to receive bolstered funding.

“We don’t know what it means other than it’s (been deemed) very important and we will receive resources.”

But Cartwright says no new funding will be in the works until the end of the fiscal year on March 31, and there’s no indication of how soon in the new fiscal year the funding will be forthcoming.

In the meantime, the numbers are discourag-ing.

“The salmon are on a four-year cycle, so to get an idea of how good or bad the return is, one must review the num-bers,” says Cooperman.

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n The number of sockeye salmon returning to the Adams River this past fall was dramatically low.

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n Three thieves were caught in the act by video surveillance cameras that recorded a break-in at Shuswap Pawn in Salmon Arm at 7:45 p.m. on Sun-day, Jan. 10.

Passersby ignore piercing alarm

Mike Jalving has been doing some sharing in hopes of gleaning infor-mation about who broke into his pawn shop.

At 7:45 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 10, three thieves entered Shuswap Pawn at 360 Alexander Ave. to see what they could steal.

When they broke in, they triggered the security system.

Jalving recently shared three of the several videos taken of the break-in on his Facebook page.

One features the intro line: “Let’s play a game. Who are the losers?”

As of press time, about 3,000 peo-ple had viewed them.

In one video, the three men can be seen breaking display cases and shoving items into a bin.

Jalving was not as surprised with the break-in as he was with the reac-tion of people nearby.

“What was shocking, it was 7:45 at night, and you can see cars driv-ing down the road. My alarm is re-ally loud – ear piercing loud – you can hear it across Salmon Arm,” he said, noting there was a movie being shown next door and people nearby.

“Come on people, look out for your fellow townspeople,” he says.

Jalving has had experience pitch-ing in when he sees something wrong.

Back when Jalving was 16, he was dropping his girlfriend off at a

mall in Calgary. He noticed a guy inside the mall with a winter coat, and thought he must certainly be hot wearing heavy clothing during warm temperatures.

Jalving watched as the man went into the Royal Bank and then, short-ly after, came running out past him. Jalving followed him in his car and saw him go into a co-op.

He notified authorities before wan-dering around the store himself, pre-tending he was looking at groceries.

The man was arrested and Jalving was showered with accolades and featured in the media.

“If you see something going on, it’s OK to be a little nosey,” he says.

At Jalving’s pawn shop the thieves stole a few small electronics, he says, including a couple of used digital cameras, as well as some Scentsy warmers that melt scented wax.

“They come in two or three pieces, each of those warmers. I think they might have got one complete warm-er. They got some soap and some hand cream. I don’t even think they knew what they were grabbing.”

He said anything of value is locked away.

Jalving said the pawn shop has not been broken into since 1998 when it opened. He has been running it for about eight years.

He released the videos, he said, be-cause he hadn’t heard anything from the police for about two weeks prior and wanted to generate awareness of what had happened.

By Martha WickettMARKET NEWS STAFF

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Police are indicating there was no foul play involved after a body was discovered Monday morning at the Jackson campus of Salmon Arm Secondary.

The body of a 27-year-old man was discovered at 6 a.m. below the school’s ten-nis courts near the field

house. The man’s fam-ily has been notified, but the identity of the victim has not been re-leased by the BC Coro-ner’s Service.

While students ar-rived to find an area blocked off with po-lice tape, Salmon Arm RCMP Sgt. Andrew Hunter says there was

no indication of a sus-picious death and the investigation has now been turned over to the Coroner’s Service.

Principal Reid Find-lay emailed a notice Monday morning to in-form parents of the situ-ation and to ask them to contact him with any concerns.

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(Part one of a series.)So there I was, sitting on

a rock beside a fast-flowing mountain stream, crystal clear waters tumbling over the moss-covered rocks, the warmth of the sun at my back and a blue sky above, thinking to myself, can summer days get any better than this?

How many times before had I sat on a rock some-where beside a river or stream, rod in hand, wait-ing, hoping to catch a mo-mentary glimpse of silver in the water, casting to any rainbow trout that just might happen by. Things were a little different, how-ever, on this particular af-ternoon. Instead of a fish-ing rod in my hand, I was holding a metal gold pan, hoping for a flash of gold instead of silver.

Because of high water temperatures and low wa-ter levels, fishing had been curtailed in the East Koote-nay area where I was stay-ing last summer. That was when I decided to try my hand at gold panning.

There is an old adage: gold is where you find it. Now I won’t say how well I did or did not do, but I can say without hesitation that

over the course of the sum-mer I had one heck of a lot of fun – once I got the hang of it.

At the beginning I went out after supper almost ev-ery evening for two weeks. It took the better part of the first week before I fi-nally found a couple of gold specks about the size of a grain of salt. As small as they were, I was still pretty excited. Three weeks into my panning, I met Will. He mentioned he had been panning for more than 20 years. I learned a long time ago that one of the best ways to learn how to do anything is to watch and listen to someone who knows what they are talk-ing about. Needless to say, I listened. After that, Will and I went out panning on

a regular basis and I have to say I learned a lot from him.

One thing I do know for sure is that when you see that flash of gold (no matter how small) at the bottom of your pan, it’s like getting a three-pound rainbow on the end of your line.

Gold panning is not real-ly all that complicated and, like most things, practise makes perfect.

Once you’ve found a ‘placer deposit,’ scoop some gravel into your pan, immerse it into the stream and then begin agitating in a side-to-side motion. This will cause the heavier ma-terials within the mixture of rocks, pebbles, mud and sand to sink to the bottom. It is important to note that gold is 19 times heavier than water.

In the old days, prospec-tors used panning to deter-mine where the most pro-ductive areas were along a stream bed. They would then shift to equipment such as dry rockers and/or wet sluices that could process larger volumes of sand and gravel more quickly and ef-ficiently. Early sluice boxes were constructed from wood. Most modern sluices

are constructed from light weight aluminum. Will and I purchased a used, three-piece break-down alumi-num sluice that is highly portable.

The principal is the same regardless of design or ma-terial. Water is used to wash potentially gold-laden mate-rial along the length of the box, which is positioned at a slight downward an-gel. Gravity separates the gold from the lighter rock and sand as it moves along. Modern sluice boxes use riffles or obstructions that slow the free flow of sand and gravel. These riffles form pockets behind which gold will accumulate.

The gold recovered is mostly in the form of small nuggets, flakes and flour gold. Another piece of equipment, used both back then as well as now, is a dry rocker which is also capable of processing a much great-er volume of material than a gold pan.

Gold panning is a popular outdoor activity, for no other reason than it is a lot of fun. A gold pan, whether metal or plastic, will cost around $25 to $30. The metal one I bought was probably the best investment I ever made.

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North Okanagan-Shuswap residents have come to expect that members of Vernon and Shuswap Search and Rescue (SAR) will drop everything during an emergency.

But imagine what would happen if the volun-teer unit wasn’t there?

Who would spend hours looking for lost snow-mobilers in the backcountry? Who would help look for a missing child or someone who fell off a boat? Who would help the RCMP gather vital evidence during a case?

The reality is that the North Okanagan-Shus-wap, and communities across the province, ben-efit directly because of the civic-minded spirit of SAR volunteers.

“Within ground search and rescue there are roughly 100,000 hours of volunteer time donated to searches (provincewide). To replace these would cost more than $5 million annually in direct salary dollars,” said Todd Stone, transpor-tation minister.

That’s why the government’s announcement of $10 million for SAR training, administrative sup-port and equipment upgrades is welcome news. It will take considerable pressure off of the units who have largely been left covering the cost of their activities.

However, while Victoria’s assistance is posi-tive, it’s only one-time support. Yes, it’s $10 mil-lion but it won’t go far among 80 units, particu-larly given the expense of equipment.

As Stone pointed out, the SAR volunteers save all of us about $5 million a year. If we had to pay staff for search duties, it’s unlikely the service would exist.

One-off funding is great but more needs to be done to ensure the long-term viability of our search and rescue teams.

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The town of Chase lost a true treasure and a most valuable piece of history, when a large mural of a cowboy scene was destroyed after an arsonist set fire twice to the museum in 2011.

The prolific artist, Jerome Howard Smith, is one of the Shuswap’s most fascinating his-torical figures whose paintings are now held in private collections and galleries through-out the Pacific North-west. Most of his works have western themes including those from his 1889 assignment to Montana, where he worked alongside the famous Charles Rus-sell.

Smith was born in Illinois in 1861, where he grew up on a farm and learned to break horses. After venturing west where he worked in mining camps and on ranches, he studied art in Chicago and then worked as a comic illus-trator in New York City until moving to Paris to study art for two years. He then headed west again, living briefly in San Francisco.

Smith eventually set-tled in Chase where he married his uncle Whit-field Chase’s daughter Amy and pursued both ranching and his art-

work. Amy’s mother, Betsy, was from the Nez Perse Nation near the Montana border area and her dowry included a mare and a colt for the future Chase Ranch.

As the town of Chase grew rapidly after the massive Adams River Sawmill began produc-tion, his artwork be-came a source of pride for the community. Nearly every store and office displayed one of his paintings, which for the most part were of Western scenes and featured horses. To save money, many of Smith’s paintings were done on the canvas backing of linoleum. The largest ones were the murals that adorned the walls of the Black Douglas Opera House, which later became the Royal Canadian Legion building until it burned down in 1958.

Some of his most ap-preciated works were the cartoons and illus-trations he did for the Chase Tribune. Drawn with a whimsical, care-free style, these draw-ings reveal Smith’s passion and humour, especially the carica-tures of local residents, politicians and busi-nessmen. His drawings were also used for ad-vertisements, including one for Celista pioneer Harry Fowler’s boat manufacturing busi-ness.

In the 1950s, the owners of the Chase Cafe were renovating an upstairs room when they discovered one of Smith’s paintings be-hind the linoleum on the floor. It was a mu-ral of a cowboy break-

ing a horse that in 1911 graced the front wall of John Clegg’s harness shop on Main Street in Chase. The mural, which had been cut to fit into the upstairs room, was restored and hung for many years in the Chase Community Hall until it was moved to the museum where it met its fiery end.

When the sawmill closed in 1925, the town of Chase lost many residents, includ-ing Smith who moved his family to Vancou-ver. Tragically, three of his and Amy’s four children died, including their youngest son who apparently had been into his father’s paints. Their daughter Mary followed the family tra-dition and married her cousin Donald Ross.

Life was difficult for the family in Vancouver as his paintings brought in only a meagre in-come. Smith painted daily in his studio even as his hands began to shake. He passed away in 1941 at the age of 80 and, like many famous artists, his paintings did not become valuable until years later.

Images of just a few

of Smith’s paintings can be found by searching on the Internet. There is one exciting scene of a horse stampede and an-other of a group of pio-neers outside a general store that is reminiscent of a Norman Rockwell painting. It would be wonderful if one day there could be either an exhibit and/or a publication of Howard Smith’s paintings and illustrations so local residents could gain a greater appreciation for one of the Shuswap’s most interesting char-acters from the past.

Chase’s cowboy artist

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n The famous lost and found mural sits atop Clegg’s Harness Shop, 1910. It was then tragi-cally lost in the 2010 Chase museum fire.

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South Shuswap holds a Kid’s Art Day from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Faces Studio in the lower level of Carlin Hall. Partici-pants will be wet-felting dread-locks to take home and creating pebble beds using a paper roll-ing technique. These will be in-stalled permanently on the ceil-ing of the arts council depicting salmon spawning. Visit www.shuswaparts.com. For more information, call Karen at 250-515-3276.

A Junior Coffee House will take place at 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 6 at Carlin Hall. Carlin Hall’s usual coffee houses oc-cur on the first Saturday of the month and periodically, they open it up a half hour earlier to invite kids and youth to show-case their talents by sharing a

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Vernon artist Molly March and Salt Spring Island author Amanda Spottiswoode will give

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Beginning in February, the South Shuswap library will host a family games hour from 3 to 4 p.m. on the second and fourth Saturday of the month (Feb. 13 and 17).

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NimbleFingers is a new name for an old friend—the BCBW, or British Columbia Bluegrass Workshop. Directors Julie Kerr and Craig Korth are keeping up the tradi-tion that participants from across Canada and the U.S. have en-joyed for years at the BCBW—great instruc-tors, engaging work-shops, fantastic food and accommodations and lots of amazing music. Spend an in-spiring, challenging and thrilling week with others who share your passion for bluegrass and old-time music.

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Zika, the mosquito-borne virus spreading through the Americas and linked to thou-sands of babies born with underdeveloped brains (microcephaly), is just the latest new disease to spread panic around the world. And wait! News just in that it can be sexually transmitted too!

There is real cause for concern here. The virus is almost bound to spread to the rest of the world, except those parts with win-ters severe enough to kill off the two species of mosquito that bear it, Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopicti. And these mosquitos are active during the day (unlike the Anopheles mosquitos that spread the malaria parasite), so insecticide-treated bed nets don’t offer much protection.

The World Health Organization has de-clared a global pub-lic health emergency, and the media panic is building: first AIDS, now this. We are too many, we travel too much and new pan-demics are Nature’s re-taliation for our many sins. Clearly the apoca-lypse is upon us.

Well, no, actually.

New diseases have been devastating hu-man populations for at least three thousand years, but no modern pandemic compares with the Antonine Plague of the 2nd cen-tury CE, the Justin-ian Plague of the 6th century, or the Black Death of the 14th cen-tury, each of which killed between a quar-ter and a half of the populations affected.

The worst pandemic of relatively modern times was the “Span-ish Flu” outbreak of 1918-19, which killed between three and five per cent of the world’s people.

It was bad, but it hardly compares with the older plagues.

The slow-moving Aids epidemic has killed about 30 million people since the 1980s, or less than half of one percent of the world’s current population.

Two million people died of AIDS in the peak year of 2005, but the number of deaths in 2015 was only 1.2 mil-lion. New infections are also falling.

And Zika? So far as we know, it doesn’t kill anybody – apart from some of the microce-phalic babies, about a quarter of whom die because their brains are too small to control their bodily functions. The majority, who do survive, face intellec-tual disability and de-velopment delays

Four-fifths of the adults who are infected experience no symp-toms whatever, and the fever in those who

do usually burns out in less than a week. Nor does the Zika virus re-main in the body per-manently: women who have been infected are advised to wait six month before becom-ing pregnant (although many will probably choose to wait longer).

Zika has been around for quite a while.

It was first identi-fied in monkeys in Uganda in 1947, and the first human case was detected in Nige-ria in 1954. It gradu-ally spread east across Asia, and started cross-ing the Pacific early in this century. But by the time it reached Brazil last year, it had sud-denly mutated into a form that causes mi-crocephaly in some of the babies of infected mothers.

Infectious diseases were probably not a problem for our pre-civilised distant an-cestors, but since we began living in dense populations, highly in-fectious diseases have been civilisation’s con-stant companions. And for most of our history we had no way of con-trolling these diseases except quarantine.

In the past century, however, science has

begun to get on top of the problem.

Killer flu epidem-ics are still possible because the highly unstable influenza vi-rus can mutate faster than we can create and mass-produce the appropriate vaccine, but smallpox has been eradicated and polio is on the brink of extinc-tion: new polio cases have fallen 99 percent in the past 25 years and Africa is now entirely polio-free.

Even the ancient scourge of malaria (not a viral disease) is in retreat. Deaths from malaria have halved in the past 15 years, and the new “gene-drive” technology opens up the prospect of even-tual eradication of the disease

Now that Zika has become a problem, re-searchers have started working on a vaccine and, in due course, one will almost certainly become available. An-other approach may be to target the spe-cies that propagate it by releasing geneti-cally modified sterile mosquitoes to reduce the size of the insect population. It will take time, and it may be necessary to use both

approaches, but we are not facing a permanent global threat.

The glass is not half-empty. It is half-full, and still filling up.

-Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are pub-lished in 45 countries.

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Ever opened the fridge and found a container that looks more like a science experiment than something edible? Have some cans in your pantry been there so long that the dust on top could be measured in millimeters? With food prices steadily rising, now is a good time to look at how we can reduce food waste.

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Megan Senn and her mom have received the best of gifts for their up-coming February birth-days.

Megan, 16, was diag-nosed with leukemia in August. Since then she has been in Vancouver, undergoing treatment at BC Children’s Hospital.

Megan’s birthday is Feb. 26 and her mom’s, Karen Quinton, Feb. 11.

Quinton explains that Megan’s leukemia is now in full remission.

“Her latest bone mar-row biopsy confirms that even at a micro-scopic level, no cancer cells can be detect-ed. Terrific news worth celebrating! Chemo-therapy is working and Megan’s body is re-sponding!” she writes in a letter provided by Megan’s aunt, Leslie Stewart.

“Megan’s doctor describes treating leu-kemia like shovelling while it is still snowing. As soon as you clear a

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Quinton expressed her gratitude.

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Megan will receive intensive chemotherapy treatment in Vancouver until spring. Once they are able to come home, they will need to make frequent trips back to the hospital until Janu-ary 2018.

Megan has Down syndrome, so Stewart

notes it’s been crucial to have her mom by her side to help her under-stand what’s been hap-pening.

To help, two fund-raising events in the Shuswap are planned to help the family, ap-propriately promoted as “Double the love in two towns.”

A chocolate bake sale will take place at the Mall at Piccadilly on Saturday, Feb. 13 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Then, in Sicamous, a

beef on a bun fundraiser will take place at the Askew’s grocery store on the same day, Feb. 13, from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Funds can be do-nated via a GoFundMe account under Megan Senn Recovery Fund at http://www.gofundme.com/6q3mrt38.

Donations can also be made at any branch of SASCU, by ask-ing for the ‘In trust for Megan Senn, account 1626480.’

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Fun at footyn Olivia Worton is all smiles as she takes to the field to play soccer during Unplug and Play Week’s Family Footy event at the SASCU Memorial Complex on Saturday, Jan. 30.


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I'll take thatn Senior Golds Ben Novakowski gains control of the ball after stealing it away from a Kelowna Owls player at the Salmon Arm Secondary Sullivan campus gym on Monday evening, Feb. 1. The Owls, arguably the best in B.C., won 99-57. The Golds’ final home game of the regu-lar season is on Saturday, Feb. 20 at Sullivan, 1:45 p.m. tip off. Shuswap Middle School invites the public to come watch their third annual Barry Dearing Basketball Tournament taking place on Feb. 5 and 6, a fundraiser for the Barry Dearing Foundation, which helps students in School District #83 who can’t afford to participate in extra curricular and community activities. The first SMS game goes Friday at 2 p.m. against Westsyde from Kamloops.


The Shuswap Youth Soccer Associa-tion will be hosting a U15/16 and U17/18 indoor tournament at the SASCU Memo-rial Complex indoor arena this weekend.

The U15/16 girls team plays on Saturday, Feb. 6 at 9 a.m., 12:20 and 7:55 p.m. On Sunday, Feb. 7, the U17/18 boys team will take to the field at 9 a.m., 1:30 and 5 p.m.

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For some of the kids at the Pirate Loppet last Friday, this was only their third time on skis. For some it was their only. Regardless of ski ability, it was evident the gang of 505 elementary school kids – with a few middle school kids in the mix – were there to cel-ebrate the piratey day in loppet fashion.

Everyone, adults and kids alike, is encour-aged to dress up in the pirate theme. Every-thing from slapping on a moustache and/or a pirate hat/scarf to the elaborate and cre-ative pirate outfits re-ally added to the atmo-sphere. Cutlasses and blunderbusses were abundant.

With the addition of the two-kilometre route to the existing five kilometre, each skier from grades two to eight had an oppor-tunity to have a won-derful ski.

The school with the largest percentage of participants was Grin-drod with 37 per cent of their student popu-lation skiing the event. Good show.

On the weekend previous to the Pirate Loppet, the Larch Hills Nordics hosted the BC Midgets Champion-ships which attracted 250 skiers from around

the province, plus Canmore, Alta., and Methow Valley, Wash-ington.

This competition is limited to skiers nine to 12 years old and is such fun to be a part of.

As a member of Keith Hepburn’s tim-ing crew, I was blessed with the job of orga-nizing the skiers at the start line with Barb Heckrodt for the inter-val starts on Saturday, then the relays, then the sprints on Sunday.

A nicer gang of kids you couldn’t find. With them as our future the sport is in good hands.

We have talked about going to Methow Valley for many years, so having had so many come up from Methow for the Reino-Keski Salmi Loppet and the Midgets, it resparked the interest.

We headed across the border last week-end into Washington to see what this Methow Valley was all about.

Just over five hours from Salmon Arm got us to Winthrop, then on up the valley to Mazama where we had a cabin for the six of us right adjacent to the trail.

There’s a lot of snow in this valley, with 200 kilometres of trail groomed every day. Understandably we managed to ski only a fraction of the ski area but hear from other Larch Hills skiers that the four major sectors in the ski area each have their own appeal.

Where we were stay-ing was in the valley bottom close to Maza-ma. It was mostly flat, so that gave us the op-portunity to work on our ski skating tech-nique. Concern about the American dollar was softened by the Methow Valley ski association offering three-day ski passes to Canadians at par. You gotta like that!

We were skiing the trails that were used for the two-day Pur-suit race held there the previous weekend in which four of our Larch Hills skiers en-tered – not only en-tered but made their mark. On the first day, Thomas Hardy was sitting second after the 30-km classic leg, Winthrop to Mazama.

On the second day, by virtue of his time in the classic race, he was sent out on the 30-km skating leg back to Winthrop one minute behind the leader.

By the finish, Thom-as had made up the minute and pulled past the leader in the last kilometre, winning the race and the two-day pursuit trophy. How very exciting!

Just as Methow Val-ley skiers have made their mark in Larch Hills events, Larch Hills skiers have made their mark in this Methow Valley event.

Great conditions on the hill – on track and

backcountry. What a ski season we’re hav-ing.

The Larch Hills Nor-dic Society meeting is next Tuesday, Feb. 9, 7 p.m., Room 1, Salmon Arm recreation centre.

All current and pro-spective members welcome. No large is-sue like the chalet ex-pansion vote, which attracted more than 200 members to last month’s meeting, but if you like to keep abreast of the workings of the society, do attend.

Great goodies and tea follow the meeting give everyone a chance to mingle.

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Inspiration, aspira-tion, perspiration.

In the ‘piration’ world of hockey those three words play a major part in the suc-cess of the individual and the team. “Sweat Equity” derives from “positive vibes” and “ a goal-oriented” drive to be the best you can be.

In this season of Ju-nior Hockey in Chase, the brain trust of the Heat, led by Brad Fox, has developed an on- and off-ice program that inspires the play-ers to achieve success. The player selection process weeds out those who choose not to aspire to greater levels and hence hold their teammates back from achieving team and personal success. And, lastly, it’s a crime if you don’t put in the time – and effort!

The cast of charac-ters includes a number of young pucksters that had Chase as their first-choice destination, some who couldn’t catch on elsewhere, and then some recla-mation projects that were on their second or third chance.

The magic is the chemistry that devel-ops, in great part to the leadership from the ‘letters,’ and the un-written rules of what is appropriate behav-iour and what isn’t. In this season’s case it is

four 20-year-old vet-erans from Richmond, B.C., Sherwood Park Alta., Calgary, Alta. and Little Fort, B.C. They, along with a strong supporting cast, found positive ways of welcoming newcom-ers and rookies into the fold, and also helping them to quickly meld into the team environ-ment. The best part, is that it is contagious and 23-plus players have all been “cursed” with the Heat wave.

Looking into the fu-ture, this group will be fine, outstanding citi-zens and tremendous contributors to their families and communi-ties, partially because they chose Chase – our community.

Game analysis: On Saturday the 30th of January, the Heat faced the Princeton Posse at Art Holding Memo-

rial Arena. In front of a sparse crowd of 163, Nic Bruyere earned his third shutout, stopping all 16 shots in a 3-0 victory. The star of this contest was Michael Fidanza. In the 1st, Braden Hughes fired a laser from the point on the power play as-sisted by Trevor Okino and Fidanza. In the 2nd, Fidanza scored a beauty on the power-play from Josh Bourne and Hughes.

In the 3rd, it was Fidanza again from Bourne to put a bright red bow on the win.

Sunday, the 31st saw the Heat in Kamloops versus the Storm. An opportunity to move up in the division stand-

ings was lost as Chase chased rather than con-trolled the play.

Bruyere faced 29 shots and repelled 26 in a 3-1 loss. It was closer than the final score indicated as the Storm scored an empty netter with 1:11 left. Josh Bourne, with 13 seconds left in the 2nd, got the Heat within one, assisted by Brad Whitehead.

Next to visit the Little Shuswap are the 100 Mile House Wran-glers on Saturday, Feb. 6 at 7 p.m. Oldtime shinny is probably on the menu so come on out and cheer on your team – and bring your friends.

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Skmana Cross Coun-try Ski Club has been a member of Cross Coun-try B.C. for more than 22 years.

Daryl Spencer was instrumental in the club becoming a society on Aug. 1, 1990.

From 1988 and for 12 years, a Jackrab-bit ski program was sponsored by Skmana. Several levels of classes were offered and some children placed highly in provincial competi-tions. In the mid 1990s there were about 30 children in Jackrabbits and four coaches.

A key to the success of the club was the Starting Line in Chase owned by Brian and Trish David. For many years the store was an info centre for the club and also sold and rented skis. The Jackrabbit program ended when there was a lack of chil-dren using the program,

coinciding with a lack of volunteer coaches. Some of the coaches who contributed were Cathy Hopland, Jim McLellan, Jean Jenks, Ian and Hamish Jenks, Kathy Spencer, Ann Grube, John Thornbury, Michelle Zwolak, Phil McIntyre-Paul and Bri-an Kay.

Skmana is a delight-ful skiing destination. The 18 kilometres of groomed trails wind around the lakes and through forest and meadows along old log-ging roads. The trails range from beginner to advanced. In addi-tion there are myriad possibilities for those who wish to ski on ung-roomed pathways.

Trails for snowshoe-ing are offered as well and, with the help of the Shuswap Trail Al-liance, substantially more snowshoe trails were opened for the season of 2011-2012, with more opening in following years.

To reflect the grow-ing enthusiasm for

snowshoeing, the club has changed its name to Skmana Cross Coun-try Ski and Snowshoe Club.

Tobogganing hills are near the parking lot and a small one is near the cabin. The Skmana lakes area is co-managed between Recreation Sites and Trails BC and Skmana Cross Country Ski and Snowshoe Club. A for-est recreation site is on West Skmana Lake, with picnic tables and toilets. The info center for the club is G-Force in Chase.

What has sustained Skmana Ski Club for more than 30 years has been the many volun-teers who have given so much of their time and energy. They are too nu-merous to mention but those who have have been exceptional. In addition to those men-tioned earlier are Jim McLellan, Cathy Hop-land, John Thornbury, George Carlin, Ken Sparrow, Ron Fairhurst, Ken Shaw, Darcy and

Patricia Simpson and Brian David. The one person who has been a member since Skmana Ski Club’s inception, supported the club in all its endeavours and con-tinues to do so, is Eileen Boscher.

George Carlin, who did so much for the club and supported it for many years, passed away in 2015.

The club’s member-ship has been around 100 but many other people ski and snow-shoe by donation. Members come from the wide surrounding

area of Chase, Adams Lake, Pritchard, North Shuswap and Sorrento, with many guests from farther afield.

Skmana is a small and homey club. Christ-mas is celebrated with a potluck, complete with mulled wine and a live candle tree to sing car-ols beside. Valentine’s Day features a chili pot-luck, mushy Valentine cards and an evening ski.

It’s a magical area for winter and summer rec-reation, just a bit off the beaten track, a place of solitude and peace.

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CODE RATIFICATION VOTEAND TAKE NOTICE THAT the Council of the Neskonlith Indian Band has called a Ratification Vote in accordance with the Framework Agreement on First Nations Land Management, First Nations Land Management Act and Ska’tsin te Secwepemc (Neskonlith Indian Band) Community Ratification Process to determine whether Registered Voters will approve the Ska’tsin te Secwepemc Tmicw Stk’wemiple7tn (Neskonlith Indian Band Land Code) and the Individual Agreement between the Neskonlith Indian Band and Canada;AND TAKE NOTICE THAT voting will be conducted in person by secret ballot, by mail-in ballot and by Electronic Voting;AND TAKE NOTICE THAT all Members of the Neskonlith Indian Band who will be at least 18 years of age as of the date of the Ratification Vote are Eligible Voters;AND TAKE NOTICE THAT all Eligible Voters who wish to vote must register to vote by either: • completing a Voter Registration Document,

signing it in front of a witness and returning it to the Ratification Officer prior to the close of polls on the last Voting Day; or

• if an Eligible Voter wishes to vote electronically, by following the instructions for Electronic Voting that will be sent to all Eligible Voters at least thirty-one (31) days prior to the first Voting Day;

AND TAKE NOTICE THAT Eligible Voters who wish to vote by mail-in ballot must make a written request to the Ratification Officer for a mail-in ballot package no later than twenty-eight (28) days prior to the first (1st) Voting Day;AND TAKE NOTICE THAT Registered Voters who wish to vote in person must attend during one of the following Voting Days at one of the following locations to cast a secret ballot:

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AND TAKE NOTICE THAT Eligible Voters who wish to vote electronically must do so by closure of the voting on March 20, 2016 (8 pm)AND TAKE NOTICE THAT Registered Voters will be asked to answer the following question:

“Do you approve: (a) the Ska’tsin te Secwepemc Tmicw Stk’wemiple7tn (Neskonlith Indian Band Land Code), dated for reference November 24, 2015; and (b) the Individual Agreement between the Neskonlith Indian Band and Canada, dated for reference November 24, 2015?”

AND TAKE NOTICE THAT Eligible Voters may contact Cora Anthony, Land Code Coordinator, at the Neskonlith Indian Band Administration Office located at Chief Neskonlith Drive Reserve #2 in Chase BC, or by telephone at (cell) 778-220-3405 or (office) 250-679-2710, to obtain copies of: • the Framework Agreement on First Nations Land

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Big curling event this weekendn Jobe Krause was among the junior curlers who helped deliver hundreds of telephone books to raise funds towards replenishing old junior curling equipment. Chase Junior Curling Club Inter City Playdowns will be held in Chase this Sun-day, Feb 7. Teams from Kelowna, Lumby, Salmon Arm and Kamloops, including Chase’s very own junior team, will be on the ice, all striving for their personal best while hav-ing fun doing it. It’s been a remarkable year. The Chase Junior team has spent many hours in the rink practising for the year-end event. Come out and cheer them on – you’re in-vited to bring the whole family.Games are at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.

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Chase and District Fish and Game Club, Annual Banquet, Saturday, Feb. 6, Ad-ams Lake Rec/Confer-ence Cente, across the Thompson River from Chase, happy hour 5:30 p.m., banquet 7 p.m., Dance to DJ Brendan Methot Mu-sic, tickets $25 each. For tickets or infor-mation call Vickey at 250-955-2374 (Magna Bay Celista), Millar Cabin at 250-679-3332 (formally Naramada In Chase) or Ben at 770-220-0507 (Scotch Creek).

Public skating, until end of February, Chase Arena, Mondays: 5 to 6 p.m., Fridays: 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., and Sun-days: 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Drop-in hockey Mon-days at 7:30 p.m.

Skmana Cross-Country Ski Club & Snowshoe Club in-vites you and a friend to join the club ev-ery Friday in Febru-ary for an afternoon of cross-country ski-ing or snowshoeing at Skmana. Activities will alternate each Fri-day afternoon. Meet at the Skmana park-ing lot for a 1:30 p.m. start. Memberships are available at G-Force for $30 per year or a user fee of $5 per day will be required. Some complimentary cross-country ski equipment

is available at G-Force as well as snowshoes for purchase. Dona-tions of equipment are appreciated. Call Patri-cia Simpson, 250-679-3951, for more infor-mation.

The Chase Curling Rink’s first Pancake Breakfast for the 2015 – 2016 season, Sun-day, Feb. 14. from 9 to 11 a.m. For $7 you get to enjoy all you can eat pancakes, sausages and eggs served with real orange juice and cof-fee/tea. All proceeds go directly to help pay bills for the struggling curling club.

Chase Excellence Program Fundrais-er, Pasta Dinner & Apron Auction, Feb. 20, Chase Community Hall, dinner 5 to 6:30 with auction to follow. All you can eat, $10 for adults, $5 for children 10 and under.

“From Heat to Toe,” Chase Excel-lence Program fund-raiser, sell your gently used clothing, shoes, purses and accessories, rent a table for $20, Chase Community Hall, March 12, 10 to 3 p.m., telephone Jac-quie Everett, 250-675-2574 for more infor-mation.

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All individuals or companies registered in 2015 will have received invitations by mail to re‑register hired equipment for 2016. If you have new equipment to be added to your profile, you can register online at www.bcbid.ca or contact the District Office in Kelowna to obtain the appropriate forms. Any individuals who were not registered in 2015, but wish to have equipment listed are hereby invited to contact the District Office, either in person or by phone, to obtain the appropriate registration forms.

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Ever opened the fridge and found a con-tainer that looks more like a science experi-ment than something edible? Have some cans in your pantry been there so long that the dust on top could be measured in millime-ters? With food prices steadily rising, now is a good time to look at how we can reduce food waste.

Plan your meals be-fore you shop. Check out the Healthy Fami-lies BC website for terrific ideas on how to get organized and plan ahead. For example, go through your fridge and cupboards to see what you already have on hand. Post the handy HealthyFamilies BC Meal Planner sheet to tell your family what meals are planned.

Use recipes to ensure you buy just the right amount of an ingredi-ent on your grocery list. Use the bulk section to

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Store food properly. A little extra effort to store vegetables and fruit properly goes a long way to reduce spoilage and save money. Today some fruit and veg-etables cost the same as some fresh meat or fish. I recently saw red pep-pers for $4.98/lb while beef inside round was $4.84/lb.

Different foods have different storage re-quirements. That dusty can of food does have a shelf life of two to five years, depending on whether it contains a high or low acid food. Storage information on is available at www.healthlinkbc.ca.

Large amounts of bread or meat can be frozen in smaller quantities. Use special freezer containers or bags that reduce the air in the container to help prevent freezer burn. If you have a large freez-er, deplete the contents of the freezer at least

once a year. That way, you can start freezing fresh items again.

Organize your cup-boards. Canned goods or packages can get pushed back into deep cupboards and forgot-ten about. Place these items on a tray or bin so that they can be pulled out more easily and you can see what is on hand to use.

Make use of left-overs. Portion leftovers in individual contain-ers for lunches. If you have a lot of leftovers, freeze them in a clear container labelled with the date and name of

the leftover. As a re-minder, jot down the leftover name on your menu plan for the next week.

Get creative. A friend once told me how her father used to make “Leftover Night” more interesting. He would

list the leftovers on a board and take orders. They would set the table with nice place-mats, napkins, and serve the food on fan-cier plates. Instead of dreading leftovers the family looked forward to this special meal.

With a little planning you can help reduce waste, save money and maybe even start a new family tradition.

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Lucky Wayne Sutherland passed away in Kelowna General Hospital on January 16, 2016 at the age of 77 years.

Born in Vancouver, BC on September 13, 1938. Lucky was well known and respected in the Shuswap for his long and active life in the area. His hard work included 30 years with A.D. Booth, Jack Brooke for 5 years and thenseveral years with Vernon Paving.

Lucky was a key member of the Salmon ArmVolunteer Fire Department, including MasterMechanic, Training officer, and Hall 2 (Broadview) Captain.

He enjoyed traveling, camping, hunting, and apassion for Ice Fishing.

Lucky leaves his loving wife, Marilyn; threechildren, Lisa (Brent) Gagnon of Langley, Rick(Catharina) of Salmon Arm, Bill (Jodie) of Pritchard;4 grandchildren, Tracy (Curtis) Bellows, Jacey Sutherland, Tyson Sutherland, and SamanthaCaron; 2 great grandchildren, Harper and Adlyn Bellows. He was predeceased by sister, Josephineand brother, Daniel.

On line condolences may be sent to Lucky’sobituary at www.bowersfuneralservice.com

At Lucky’s request, no formal service, the familywill hold a family gathering when weather permits.

Cremation arrangements are in the care of Bowers Funeral Home and Crematorium, Salmon Arm.

SUTHERLAND, “LUCKY” WAYNE

It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Kurt Stump of Malakwa; beloved husband, father and grandfather on January 23, 2016 at the age of 82.

Kurt was born March 17, 1933 in Buchackern Erlen, Switzerland, the youngest of four siblings.After finishing school, Kurt entered his mandatory military service and achieved the status of corporal. He then entered farm school before immigrating to Canada in pursuit of better opportunities. Shortlybefore leaving Switzerland he met an enchanting young woman, Hermine, who would later become his wife.

Kurt arrived in Canada in 1955 with nothing but afew short sleeved shirts and worked his way from Eastern to Western Canada before settling on fortyacres in Malakwa. Kurt couldn’t forget the lovely Austrian girl he had met before leaving Europe and finally convinced Hermine to come to Canada tobuild a life together.

With determination and hard work Kurt and Hermine built Crystal Lake Ranch. Farming andfamily were Kurt’s life. He loved being outdoors,raising cattle, growing crops, planting trees, milling wood and building structures that wouldlast. He lived the lifestyle he enjoyed. His grit and determination were exemplified in his last year of life. Within 7 weeks of breaking his arm and leg in a bad fall, he was back operating his sawmill, all thewhile courageously battling cancer.

Kurt is survived by his wife Hermine, daughter Sylvia (Marvin), sons Peter (Lauren) and Werner(Jody) and grandchildren Yolanda, Leisl, Erica, Myer, Kayla, Gunner, Brenner and Callista.

A heartfelt thank you is extended to the staff at the Shuswap Lake General Hospital who supported Kurt and his family during his last year.

No funeral service will be held. In lieu of flowers, if desired, donations can be made to the ShuswapLake General Hospital or the Southern Interior Rotary Lodge. Online condolences may be sent to Kurt’s obituary at www.bowersfuneralservice.com.

KURT STUMPMARCH 17,1933 – JANUARY 23, 2016

Dave was born in Armstrong BC and after graduation, studied at UBC, and in London, England. He had a varied career as a school teacher, school counsellor, and private counsellor. He also worked in children’s and psychiatric hospitals. During his 22 years in Victoria, he was instrumental in creating programmes for Capital Families. One of hisfavourites was the “Tanta- Oom” mentoring project which matched young people with professionals intheir fields of interest. Some of his other workshops were “Dads and Kids” and “Anger Management”. As a Chaplain in the Unitarian Church, he conducted marriages and memorial services. Hewas an amateur artist and musician, and wrotereviews of musical events for several newspapers.More recently he offered a course on “Civil Debate” at Okanagan College in Salmon Arm.

Dave is lovingly remembered by his wife, Jean Ethridge, son Tony (Nicole), grandchildrenBethany, David and Megan, and son Andrew (Lisa), grandchildren Haylen and Jager, and otherextended family. He is predeceased by his mother,Margaret, father, Bill, brother Eric, sister-in-lawAudrey and brother Tom.

Thank you to all the staff of Shuswap Lake General Hospital for their exemplary care of Dave, and to Judy Evans, Hospice Coordinator, for her spiritualguidance. Special thanks to Dr. Bell, Dr. Britto, Dr.Malinowski and Dr.Spencer.

The Memorial Service will be held at Bower’sChapel, Saturday, March 12, 2016 at 3 P.M.

No flowers. If so desired, donations may be made to Potters without Borders.

www.potterswithoutborders.comOnline condolences may be sent through Dave’s

obituary at www. bowersfuneralservice.comArrangements are in the care of Bowers Funeral

Home, Salmon Arm.

DAVID EDWARD NORDSTROMJuly 15, 1941 - January 26, 2016

Steve Melnychuk was born to Vera and Eli Melnychuk on June 26, 1931 at Hamlin, Alberta. Upon leaving home after several family moves, he met Mary Scheltens in Burnaby, B.C. and married her in October, 1957. Their home was a busy place with many activities with grandchildren, great grandchildren, family, and friends.

Steve was blessed with and survived by his loving wife Mary, two children, Randy (Debbie) Melnychuk and Julie (Orest) Romaniuk, five grandchildren, Melissa (Walter) Lindberg, Jennifer (Derek) Bay, Joshua (Robyn) Romaniuk, Mark Melnychuk, Sydney Melnychuk, six great grandchildren and three brothers; Orest(Shirley),Bill(Gloria), and Walter(Jacqueline).

Steve was a logger and a chef in a loggingcamp. He also worked at Sears in Burnaby inthe parts department assembling bikes where he later became assistant manager. Then he movedto Kamloops to manage a lighting store for Henry Electric Ltd. He moved back to Clearbrook and opened his own lighting store in Aldergrove(Steve’s Custom Home Lighting), which still existstoday. After the lighting store, Steve worked withSutton Real Estate in Abbotsford until he retired.He moved to Canoe to an acreage with many fruittrees and a luscious garden. He loved woodworkand carpentry.

Steve was predeceased by his parents Vera and Eli, sisters Mary Yellowega and Nancy Melnychuk.

Steve died peacefully at home surrounded by family at the age of 84.

There is no funeral by Steve’s request. Ashes willbe laid at a later date.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to your choice of charity.

Arrangements entrusted to Fischer’s FuneralServices & Crematorium Ltd., Salmon Arm (250) 833-1129. Email condolences and sharememories of Steve through his obituary at www.fischersfuneralservices.com.

STEVE MELNYCHUK

Doris (Dorie) Ritter passed peacefully at Bastion Place in Salmon Arm, BC on January 23, 2016 at the age of 92.

She was predeceased by her husband Joseph and daughter Lorraine and is survived by her children Joanne, Dianne (Barrie), Doug, Don (Jacquie) and Cathy (Rick), and brothers Milton and Alvin.

Doris was born in Miniota, Manitoba and grew upon the family farm near Kelstern, Saskatchewan.She and her husband spent their retirement years living in Canoe.

Mom, Grandma, Great Grandma and Great Great Grandma will be dearly missed.

A celebration of her life will be held at a later date.Arrangements entrusted to Fischer’s Funeral

Services & Crematorium Ltd., Salmon Arm (250) 833-1129. Email condolences and sharememories through Doris’ obituary at www.fischersfuneralservices.com

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DELI CLERK – Our Uptown Deli/Café requires part time help. Must be friendly and outgoing, able to multi task, have excellent customer service and hold a food safe certifi cate. Experience would be an asset and available to work weekends. If you are energetic and enthusiastic and want to be part of the Askew’s team then we want to hear from you.Please forward resume in person, to; Shannon Garrison – Deli/Café Manager Uptown store – Monday to Friday during the day

It is with great sadness that we announce the peaceful passing of Maria Kunze on Saturday, January 30, 2015, at the age of 88. Maria was born in Berlin, Germany. After graduating high school, Maria worked as a secretary. It is in Berlin that Maria met her husband, Karl- Heinz. Married for 51 years, they raised three sons, Dietmar, Reinhard and John.

In the fifties, the family began a new life in Calgaryand called this city home for many years. Karl-Heinz and Maria eventually retired to White Lake,BC, where they took pride in tending to their gardenand orchard. A woman of faith, Maria was active inthe Seventh Day Adventist church. She also loved to sew, knit and fish. In her final months at HillsideManor in Salmon Arm, she enjoyed playing theorgan, listening to German music and writing her memoirs.

Maria is predeceased by her husband, Karl-Heinz in November 2003 and her son, Dietmar inMay 2007. She will be lovingly remembered byher sons, Reinhard and John, daughters-in-law, Rae Kunze, Cheryl Guttridge, and Claudette Fink-Kunze, grandchildren Cindy (James) Gibbons,Christine (Dennis) Kovacic, Chartotte (Walter)Mandel, Carolynne (Steven) Wolfe, Corrine (Gary)Gordon, Daniel (Zlata) Kunze, Christopher Kunze, Laurie Tripp and 12 great-grandchildren.

A celebration of Maria’s life will be held at theSeventh Day Adventist Church (3270 60 AvenueNE) in Salmon Arm BC on Sunday, February 6, 2016 at 1:30 pm. Memorials in Maria’s name maybe made to a charity of one’s choice.

Online condolences may be sent through Maria’sobituary at www.bowersfuneralservice.com

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David Benjamin Gooden1929 - 2016

Dave Gooden passed away peacefully on January 19 at his home in Parksville, lovingly supported by family. He was 86 years old.

He is survived by his wife Jill Gooden of 31 years, children Les (Tatiana), Bryan (Juliet), Kevin (Deanna), and Elizabeth Taylor, and step-children Robert Graham, Maree Roome and Heather McPhee. He is survived also by numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren, as well as his first wife Dorothy Gooden and sisters Dora Gooden and Florence Hutchison.

A Celebration of Life was held on Saturday, January 23, 2016 at Knox United Church in Parksville, BC

Maintenance / Custodial Position The Shuswap Recreation Society is accepting resumes for the position of Maintenance / Custodial staff. This position re-ports to the Maintenance Supervisor and will require flexible schedules to coincide with events and operations within the Shaw Centre.

Responsibilities:• Custodial Services • Event Set-up and Take-down• Minor Maintenance

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Resumes can be emailed to [email protected] or delivered to the SASCU Recreation Centre, 2550 – 10th Avenue NE, Salmon Arm BC to the attention of Darby Boyd.

Shuswap Recreation Society 2600 – 10th Avenue NE Salmon Arm BC V1E 2S4

Grounds / Facilities Maintenance PositionThe Salmon Arm and Shuswap Lake Agricultural Association is accepting resumes for the position of Grounds / Facilities maintenance. This position reports to the president or designate. It will require flexible schedules to coincide with events and operations held on the grounds and buildings.

Responsibilities:- Routine maintenance of grounds and buildings- Seasonal preparation of grounds and buildings- Supervision of work done by outside contractors

Qualifications and Experience:- High School Diploma- Maintenance, construction and/or agriculture experience- Availability for weekends and evenings in addition to daytime- Clean driver abstract

Complete job description on requestResumes can be emailed to [email protected] or delivered to 351 – 3rd Street SW, Association Office, to the attention of Phil Wright.

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Mascon Cable Systemswww.mascon.bc.caWe are a Cable TV and High Speed Internet Service Provider located in Salmon Arm BC. We are seeking a conscientious and customer service oriented individual to join our team for the following position:

Part Time Customer Support Reps – Shifts would vary. Hours of Operation are 7 days a week 6 am to 9pm. Responsibilities will include Customer Service and Technical Support for our Digital Cable, Internet, Digital Phone and Wireless Internet . You will need to be technically inclined, internet savvy and customer focused.

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US capable Class 1 Drivers required immediately: We are an Okanagan based transport company looking for qualifi ed drivers for US loads we run primarily in the Pacifi c North-west, Utah, Arizona and Neva-da. We offer a new pay rate empty or loaded. All picks and drops paid. Assigned units company cell phones and fuel cards. Regular home time Direct deposit paid every second Friday with no hold backs. We offer a rider and pet policy. Company paid US travel Insurance. All applicants must have reliable transporta-tion and a positive attitude. Please fax resume & abstract to 250-546-0600 or by email to [email protected] NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE.

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MARA Lake Provincial Park is Hiring Seasonal part-time em-ployment is available at Mara Lake Provincial Park. May 6 – June 17 would be (approx.) 12 hours per week June 18 - Sept 5 would be (approx.) 28 hours per week Sept 5 - Sept 25 wouldbe (approx.) 12 hours per week.Prefer that you own an RV and are willing to live on-site in our service yard. Preference will begiven to those with Provincial Park, grounds maintenance andcleaning experience. Applica-tions can be found on our web-site; www.campokanagan.com or by emailing your resume to [email protected]

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A B.C. Court of Ap-peal ruling Wednesday upholds the power of the College of Pharma-cists of B.C. to enforce its two-year-old ban on incentive programs like Air Miles and oth-er loyalty rewards.

The decision, which overturned a B.C. Su-preme Court ruling last year that initially struck down the ban, says inducements from pharmacists are “a matter of public inter-est and professional standards” for the col-lege, which can pro-hibit incentives with-

out clear proof of harm to customers.

The pharmacists’ regulatory body, which imposed the ban in late 2013, had argued loy-alty points are a pow-erful lure for consum-ers that can alter their medication buying habits and potentially harm their health.

“The College con-siders the provision of incentives like re-deemable points to be unethical, unsafe and unprofessional,” reg-istrar Bob Nakagawa said.

“Pharmacists are medication experts, and sometimes the right thing for them to do is not dispense a drug. A patient’s mo-tivation to collect re-deemable points may inappropriately en-courage drug use and

can put their health at risk.”

One of the objec-tions raised by the col-lege was that insured patients who don’t pay out of pocket might continue to re� ll a pre-scription after they no longer need it just to collect more points and the unneeded drugs may be abused or di-verted to the illegal drug trade.

The case included anecdotal evidence that the top priority of some customers was to � nd out how many points they’d get � lling a pre-scription rather than information on proper use or health effects.

There were also alle-gations of pharmacists retroactively dispens-ing medication to pa-tients who had already missed past days but

were eager to get the points “thus generating further revenue for the pharmacist for drugs the patient does not need.”

The ruling is a defeat for Sobeys and Jace Holdings, the compa-nies that operate Safe-way and Thrifty Foods stores. Shoppers Drug Mart Inc. was also an intervenor in the case.

A Sobeys represen-tative said the compa-ny is disappointed with the court’s decision and considering its op-tions.

Incentives have long been forbidden on methadone prescrip-tions as well as any Pharmacare-covered prescriptions.

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Salmon Arm Toastmasters is opening the win-dow on their club Thursday, Feb. 11 from 6:50 to 8:45 p.m. in Room 130 of Okanagan College.

This open house is an opportunity to meet mem-bers and hear guest speaker and language teacher Caleb Espinoza talk about finding your voice in a crowd.

“Salmon Arm Toastmasters provides a support-ive and positive environment where members have the opportunity to develop their communication and leadership skills,” says Emily Johnson, the Salmon Arm club’s vice-president of public rela-tions.

After hearing from Espinoza, members and guests will enjoy a regular Toastmasters meeting that will include prepared speeches, Table Topics or impromptu speeches and evaluations.

Ian Clay, who has been a member of Toastmas-ters for more than 20 years, will be the Table Topics master.

“Table Topics are one of my favourite parts of the meeting,” he says, explaining guests and mem-bers are randomly selected to speak for one to two minutes. “It helps you think and speak clearly on your feet.”

Other speakers include club president Walter Scheidegger, Johnson and Julia Blackburn, club vice-president of education.

Regular weekly meetings of the Salmon Arm Toastmasters are held Thursdays at 7 p.m. at the Downtown Activity Centre.

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THURSDAY, FEB. 4MURDER MYSTERY – The Salmon Arm Actors’ Studio

presents Funkin’ Dead, a � ve-act murder mystery with a four-course dinner Feb. 4 to 6, 12 to 13 and 19 to 20. Drinks are served at 6 p.m. Tickets are available online at www.saactorsstudio.com, Intwined Fibre Arts or by calling James at 250-833-5134.

TOASTMASTERS – Check out Salmon Arm Toastmasters, which meets Thursdays at 7 p.m. at the Downtown Activity Centre. Or check online at salmonarmtm.com.

WEEKLY CRIB – Runs every Thursday from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Salmon Valley Senior’s Hall. For info, contact Donna Bernard at 250-833-0123.

FRIDAY, FEB. 5KNITTED WEAR – The Grandmothers to Grandmothers

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BIRTHDAY LUNCH – The Seniors’ Fifth Avenue Activity Centre hosts the monthly event at noon for those celebrating birthdays in February. Purchase tickets by Wednesday, Feb. 3.

FILM FARE – Shuswap Film Society presents 45 Years at 5 p.m. at the Salmar Classic. A week before their 45th wedding anniversary, Kate and Geoff Mercer’s genteel life in the English countryside is threatened when Geoff receives a letter saying the body of his long-dead � rst love has been recovered – perfectly preserved – in the Swiss Alps.

CANASTA – Hand and foot canasta takes place from 6:30 to 10 p.m. at the Salmon Valley Senior’s Hall, 3056 Hornberger Rd. For more information, contact Pat Bolen at 250-832-4174.

TUESDAY, FEB. 9FLAPJACKS – First United Church

Men’s Club presents the annual Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper at 5 p.m. at 450 Okanagan Ave. Tickets are available at the church of� ce and at the door.

LARCH HILLS – The Larch Hills Nordic Society meets at 7 p.m. in Room 1 of the SASCU Rec Centre. All current and prospective members are welcome.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 10RECRUITMENT – Shuswap Search and Rescue is looking

for dedicated volunteers and will host an information session at 6 p.m. at 4871 46 Ave. SE. Call 250-804-7918 or email shuswapvsar.org.

THURSDAY, FEB. 11WEEKLY CRIB – Enjoy a game of crib every Thursday from

1 to 3 p.m. at the Salmon Valley Senior’s Hall, 3056 Hornberger Rd. For information, contact Donna Bernard at 250-833-0123.

TOASTMASTERS – Salmon Arm Toastmasters hosts an open house from 6:50 to 8:45 p.m. in Room 130 of Okanagan College. Regular meeting will follow presentation by special guest Caleb Espinoza. Everyone is welcome. Salmon Arm Toastmasters usually meets weekly on Thursdays from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Downtown Activity Centre.

MEDITATION – A drop-in class of guided meditations and a teaching takes place from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the SASCU Downtown Activity Centre, 451 Shuswap St. SW. Suggested donation is $10. For class topic and information, call 1-250-558-0952 or send an email to www.dorjechang.ca. No fragrance please.

FRIDAY, FEB. 12 HEART SONGS – The Ancora Women’s Ensemble performs

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FILM FARE – Shuswap Film Society presents Rams, an enchanting Icelandic � lm about two estranged unmarried brothers who are reunited after 40 years by an infectious disease that threatens to decimate their prized sheep, at 5 p.m. at the Salmar Classic.

SATURDAY, FEB. 13DOUBLE THE LOVE – Shop at a chocolate bake sale in the

Mall at Piccadilly from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. to support Megan Senn, who is being treated for leukemia in Vancouver. She and her mom have been there since August and need help with expenses.

FOOD CLASS – Learn to make your own naturally fermented vegetables from 10 a.m. to noon at the Shuswap Family Resource Centre, 161 Trans-Canada Hwy. NE. To register, send an email to [email protected] or [email protected].

SUNDAY, FEB. 14HEARTSONGS – Everyone is welcome to attend this

concert and dessert event to raise funds for a conference at 6 p.m. at Five Corners Church. It includes live music, a cake auction and more.

DAY AND NIGHT – An affordable pancake breakfast will be held at the Seniors Fifth Avenue Activity Centre from 8 to 11 a.m. A jammers dance begins at 7 p.m. Play an

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WEDNESDAY, FEB. 17CAMPUS EVENTS – Okanagan College hosts a bannock-

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THURSDAY, FEB. 18SNOWBLAZERS – Snowmobile Club monthly meetings are

held every third Thursday at the curling rink from 7 to 8 p.m. to discuss chalet, trails, fundraising and preservation of Fly Hills recreation. Visit www.sasnowblazers.com.

LAST DAY TO REGISTER – Interior Health is recruiting volunteer leaders to train and then co-lead free six-week (2.5 hours/week) self-management workshops for people living with chronic pain. A free, four-day leader training takes place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Feb. 26, 27

and March 4 and 5 in the community room at Uptown Askew’s. Attendance all four days is required. Ongoing support is provided and a small honorarium given for workshops led. To register, call toll free 1-866-902-3767.

FRIDAY, FEB. 19FUNDRAISER – A Burger, Beer and Dance Fundraiser will be held for Kaden Sagh at Salmon Arm Elk’s Hall, 3690 30 St. SE. For tickets contact Sancha at 250-833-6587, or Kristie at 250-833-2601.

FILM FARE – The Shuswap Film Society presents the 27th Annual Shuswap International Film Festival to Feb. 27. Details to come.

SATURDAY, FEB. 20COLDEST NIGHT – Walk with others to raise funds for the Lighthouse Shelter and Second Harvest. Contact event co-ordinator Chris Moore at [email protected] or call 250-833-4066.

CALLING ALL PIES – R.J. Haney Heritage Village announces the 20th annual Best of the Shuswap Pie Baking Contest to be held at the

Mall at Piccadilly on Saturday, Feb. 20 during Heritage Week celebrations. For rules and more information, visit www.salmonarmmuseum.org.

GREEN THUMBS – Shuswap Garden Club hosts A Day for the Gardeners at 8:30 a.m. at the Seniors Fifth Avenue Activity Centre, 170 Fifth Ave, SE. Admission is free, speaker topics include What’s New for 2016, Gardening for Pollinators and How to grow Ornamental Grasses and Succulents. Seating limited to 150. There will be complimentary tea/coffee/water and goodies. Bring your own lunch or buy a Subway lunch. Attendees must register before 9:15 a.m. Speakers present from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Vendors and raf� es will be featured. For more information, contact Kathy at 250-832-2028 or visit www.facebook.com/ShuswapGardenClub.

FUNDRAISER – Fly Hills Snow Blazers host a dinner/dance at 6:30 p.m. at the Salmon Arm Curling Rink, featuring the music of Shoe Swap. Tickets are available at Shuswap Xtreme Recreation, Hideaway Liquor Store and at the door.

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ButterySyrup355 ml . . . . . . . . . .100You save $2.00

5 for

2 for

Bulk: Organic Spelt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40¢

ea.

ea.

/100 g

Bonel� s

Pork ShoulderRoast6.57/kg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298

lb.

Chicken ThighsValue Pack, 5.49/kg . . . . . . . .248

lb.

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Salmon Arm Observer, February 05, 2016