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Everytime I use the word “irony” , I check the dictionary to see if I got it right, and most times I still get it wrong.

Anyway, it occurred to me that this month marks 40 years as a commun-ity news reporter. My first story in an actual paper - not connected tohigh school orcollege - was iron-ically titled,Flight into Fancy. The feature was about a town trans-forming an old quarry into a beauti-ful park, but it could have just as well been about me totally transforming my career path away from social services at age 29. The above poster is me inserted into a 1940s flight into fantasy about classic news reporting. If you to go to FriAM.ca, there’s an Online Only feature called ‘Bra on a Branch” where I show how not to write a news story. You will learn how to totally bury the news lead. n

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> All new drivers in Salmon Arm cut their teeth driving up and down Shoemaker Hill. Council reviewed new engineering drawings at Monday’s meeting for a near future without this legendary switchback. The proposed Auto Rd. connector will even-tually connect and re-route Auto to 14th Ave. SE near Shuswap St. and Foothill Rd.

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> Dan Engelland lived a good life, Raising his daughters, performing stellar blues, being a great friend to many, teaching music, and al-ways giving to the com-munity with so many benefits. The Shuswap and the music world mourns his tragic loss, to Covid-19. v

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ART> Breaking the Binary - Now to Dec. 11, SA Art Gallery.Twelve LGBTQ2S+ artists explore gender and sexuality binaries in society.> Open Exhibition - October, Enderby Courtyard Gallery.>CONCERTS> Mozi Bones - 7 pm, Thurs, Oct. 28, Nexus at First. Jazz club returns. Band features> David & Ken - Comedy with Music (formely with Comic Strippers) - 8 pm, Nov. 18, 19, Shuswap Theatre. Details P. 7> Streaming local artists - Celebrate Shuswap at acoustic- avenuemusic.com and Wharf Sessions at salmonarmcentre.ca

THEATRE > Walk of Terror: System Failure - Oct. 8- 30, Caravan Theatre. A ritual sound walk through field & forest, featuring Kinshira. 6-9 pm, starttime for 1 hour walks every 20 minutes • caravanfarmtheatre.com> Joy Ride - Dec. 4 to Jan. 2, Winter Sleigh Ride show is back at Car-avan Farm Theatre.> Hilda’s Yard - opens Oct. 29 at Shuswap Theatre for three week-ends. Oct. 29-31, Nov. 4-7, Nov. 11-13. Comedy about empty nest filling up again. Tix at Wild Craft Mercantile and shuswaptheatre.com.> The Coyote’s Christmas - Dec. 10-12, 17-9, Shuswap Theatre.> Murder has been Renounced Dinner theatre - Nov. 26, 27 & Dec. 3, 4. First United Church by SA Actors’ Studio. Tix available soon > O Christmas Tea - Off Broadway comedians James & Jamesy in an hilarious British comedy, Dec. 7, Song Sparrow Hall on Lakeshore Dr. Tickets: https://acousticavenue.tickit.ca

SPORTS> SILVERBACKS AT HOME - hosting Wenatchee, 7 pm, Friday & Victoria, 6 pm, Saturday. Vernon at home, 7 pm, Wednesday / P.6

At the MOVIESSALMAR GRANDWeekend matinees & nightly movies, Oct. 29 to Nov. 4• Dune, 2:00 Sat., Sun; 6:30, 9:30 Nightly. Protecting most valuable element of galaxy. (PG violence)• Ron’s Gone Wrong, 2:30 Sat., Sun.; 6:45, 9:00 nightly. A middle schooler and his walking talking digitally-connected device launch an adventure with message. (G)• No Time to Die, 1:45 Sat, Sun; 6:20, 9:30 nightly. James Bond is called out of retirement to deal with a villain and his dangerous new technology. (PG viol)• Halloween Kills, 2:15 Sat, Sun; 6:45, 9:15 nightly. Saga of Michael Myers and Laurie Strode continues (18A explicit viol.)

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> Tsuts’weye Women’s entre-preneur & innovation network.Zoom workshops: Hiring and retaining for success, 12-3, Nov. 2; Securing your digital self, 9-10:30, Nov. 5, 12, 19More details at tsutsweye.ca > Royal Purple Craft Fair, 9 to 2, Oct. 30, Elks Hall. > SA Toastmasters, 7 pm, Thursdays, Okanagan College.> Wednesday Meditations, 7 pm, In-Person or Online (kmcfv.ca) $12. Meditation Centre, 2960 Okanagan > Falkland Haunted Hall & Paranormal event, 5-9 pm, Oct. 28-31. Tix $30.> Chess Club (All ages, levels), 6 pm, Wednesdays, Okanagan Col-lege. Craig 250.803-8495. Bring chess set/board if you have one, until sufficient sets purchased.> Salmar AGM, 7:30 pm, Nov. 25, Salmar Classic> Yard Waste pickup, Nov. 1-3 > Couple’s workshop / P. 7> Council, 2:30, Nov. 8

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> Doreen Toebosch, posing with her “sister”, loves Halloween, and once again her yard next to Canoe Fire Hall is filled with everything Halloween.> Also in Canoe, Paul Regnier is setting up a scary haunted trail at 7311 53rd St. NE.> Blind Bay’s Haunted House is bigger than ever at 2490 Wa-verly Drive. It’s open 5:30-9:30 nightly to Nov. 1 and raising funds for the Children’s Assoc.> There’s also a Fright Night at Quilkwa RV Park in Enderby, from 6 to 8 pm, Friday night. n

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PASSAGES Bowers Funeral Servicebowersfuneralservice.com✥ Taylor Abernathy October 19, 2021, at age 44✥ Frances Davidson October 15, 2021, at age 89✥ Rodney Stewart Kyles October 23, 2021, at age 90 2 pm, Nov. 1, 5th Ave. Srs.✥ Joan Elaine O’Brien October 23, 2021, at age 74 /P.6✥ Dian Simons October 15, 2021, at age 70✥ Donald Shykora October 10, 2021, at age 64

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It is with great sadness and heavy hearts we announce the passing of our beloved Mom, Grandmother and friend, Joan Elaine

O’Brien. Joan passed away peacefully on Saturday October 23rd at the age of 74 with her family by her side at her home in Tappen. Joan was born in Hanna, AB on December 2nd 1946 to proud parents Roderick and Ruth McDonald. She spent her childhood in Hanna with her siblings Judy, Bill and Jim before relocating with her family to Salmon Arm. In 1967, Joan married Daniel Thomas O’Brien and became a mother to six children. Joan spent her lifetime supporting and com-mitting to many community events and groups. Joan was involved in 4-H for over 40 years and taught many children how to sew. She was a director for the Tappen Co-Op, Salmon Arm Fair and Carlin Hall Association. Joan played a huge role at the Carlin Hall and she organized many events and baked for the numerous Coffee Houses. Over the years, she has dedicated endless hours volunteering her time with both the Tappen Co-Op and Salmon Arm Fair. Family meant the world to Joan and we will cherish the many memories we had together. Joan was predeceased by her parents Roderick and Ruth McDonald, husband Daniel O’Brien and sister Judy Swaren. Joan is survived by her children Lorraine (Matt) Thomas, Irene (Daniel Schwartz) O’Brien, Karen (Adrian) Bubola, Colleen (Greg) Paetsch, Heather (Michele Weber) O’Brien, Geoff (Heather) O’Brien. She will be lovingly remembered by her grand-children Nicole (Coltan), Jared (Cassidy), Joel (Noelle), Kierra, Mikaela (Jesse), Danielle, Abbi, Riley, Drew, Wyatt, Connor, Hailey and great-grandchild Luke. Joan is also survived by her two brothers Bill (Betty-Ann) and Jim (Joan) along with numerous relatives, friends and neighbours. Joan will be sadly missed by all who knew her. We will never forget all the memories we made with A private family service will be held from the Chapel of Bowers Funeral Home.Joan will be laid to rest at the Tappen Cemetery. Joan fought a courageous battle against chronic lung conditions, in lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the British Columbia Lung Association. A celebration of life to honour Joan will be orga-nized by her family at a future date. The family wishes to extend heartfelt gratitude to Dr. Richard Currie and Kathy Jacobs for their dedicated compassion, commit-ment, and care over the years. Online condolences may be sent to Joan’s family through her obituary at www.bowersfuneralservice.com

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> Yard waste curbside pickup is hap-pening next week (P.10). While you’re filling bags, fill a bag or two for your elderly neighbour..> Any committee studying the issue of homeless should include consulta-tion and members from the homeless community. It’s a complex issue. The conflicts and clashes are resolvable with the right policies and programs.

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HOMELESSNESS GOING INTO WINTER

I’m trying to figure out how this community is set up for the coming winter for its homeless

population, estimated to be about a hundred now. There are not many beds at the Salvation Army shelter, and it’s fortunate that the new Cedars apartment is opening in November just as the McGuire lodge is set to close. But that still leaves many homeless left to fend pretty much for themselves this winter. I decided to pay a visit at the little tent community set up by the abandoned tennis courts off 3rd St. SW on Tuesday. I brought over a veggie tray and a bunch of bananas for the group of about eight, and we chatted for a bit. One woman who was nursing a broken nose from a house she was staying at the week before, was tidying up the whole time that we spoke, trying to make the rain soaked site as much like home as she could. Another fellow who served Canada in Afghanistan was worried for the future, but appeared to find solace from the group. I only took one photo (above) - a painting by a woman who was keeping warm inside her tent and spoke to me through an opening. Everyone was kind to me and seemed intent on supporting each other. There’s some support from the community - like showering at the shelter, lunches at the Free Methodist Church food banks, and many kind people out there. There’s also some effort underway to to enlist volunteers to pop by daily, and help out where they can. There’s also considerable meanness ex-pressed by some in our community. One wom-

an said a guy drove by in a big truck earlier in the day, and

shouted through his window, “Get the f**k out of our town!” Although some are from other places, the one he shouted at is from here just as she assumes the guy in the truck is from here. I didn’t see any evidence of drugs there, but the elephant in the room of homelessness certainly involves addiction issues. That is naturally a big part of the problem and I am not

naive about that. There’s also some where homelessness is a life choice. There are also mental health issues and theft incidents that draw distrust. It’s complicated. It is not that hard for any of us, or at least loved ones, to

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ring, but there might be something inter-esting to take a photo of along the way. Sure enough, we passed by this big bra hooked onto a branch along the sidewalk of Lakeshore Drive between Morrow’s brewery and Nufloors. I figure there’s always a story to tell when you see something like that. I had no idea what that story could be, but I can quickly tell you my little story about a bra on a branch. It was 40 years ago this month that my young wife and I moved from Winnipeg to Stonewall to begin new careers, mine with community newspapers, and hers with a new teaching position. We finally sold our little house on Morley in the old Riverview part of Winnipeg. But before selling that house we would get these calls from the real estate agent that someone was coming to look at the house in ten minutes. So the routine was to keep two empty baskets always on the ready - one to gather up the dishes in the sink, the other for the laundry. Anyway, one time we did the drill, running to the car carrying the dishes and laundry, and going for coffee at the nearby Salisbury House. Then about 40 minutes later we get the all clear and return home. The only problem was that this time, we get back and there’s this billowing bra hooked on the lilac tree by the front gate. Yes, the first thing the prospective buyers would have seen as they arrived at the house. Curb appeal was not part of the language then, but I don’t think that term would have been appropriate in this instance Anyway, I knew there had to be some kind of story to tell when I saw that bra blowin’ in the wind on Lakeshore this morning. It’s a long stretch, I know, but, yes, the bra is all just a lead-up to tell my faithful readers that it’s my 40th anniversary in reporting, and sorry to say - as you can see from this piece - my reporting hasn’t gotten any better in all that time. n

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