Eagle Valley News, November 25, 2015

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NEWSVol. 60 No. 47 Sicamous, B.C., • 1.25 (GST included) • www.eaglevalleynews.com

Woman pleads guilty in fatal

vehicle accidentPage 2

Teen turns to fundraiser for

supportPage 3

Eagle River Secondary was buzzing with activity Satur-day, Nov. 21 for the 26th annual Christmas Craft Fair. Clockwise from top: Tanya Kraft helps daughter Makayla count her change for a pur-chase; shoppers check out the numerous offerings; Paul Williams photographs Linda Moyer’s festive fairy gardens; Kristie, Spencer and Easton Hilder are sold on Gay Witows-ki’s wooden toys. Photos by Lachlan Labere

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A Malakwa woman will be sentenced early next year after plead-ing guilty to a charge of criminal negligence relating to the death of Troy Charlton.

Christina Laforge was arrested follow-ing Charlton’s death on Aug. 14, 2013.

On that date, at ap-proximately 2:30 a.m., a Sicamous RCMP of-

ficer patrolling Main Street witnessed a ve-hicle driven by Laforge travelling in the same lane towards him. The officer slowed to a stop as the oncoming vehicle pulled into the correct lane to pass. Preparing to stop the oncoming driver for a sobriety check, the officer no-ticed a person lying on the road. The officer got out his vehicle to check the person’s condition.

Meanwhile, La-

forge had stopped half a block down the road and walked back to en-gage the officer.

Severely injured, the 49-year-old Charlton was transported to hos-pital in Salmon Arm, where he died from his injuries.

Police investigators learned how earlier that night, Charlton and Laforge had been at the same social gather-ing, after which he was witnessed riding on the

hood of Laforge’s ve-hicle.

While police called the incident an ac-cident, Laforge was charged with two counts of impaired driving causing death, two counts of crimi-nal negligence causing death as well as dan-gerous driving caus-ing death. She recently pleaded guilty to count two of criminal negli-gence causing death.

Laforge is sched-

uled for sentencing on Feb. 1, 2016 at 9:30 a.m. in Salmon Arm Provincial Court.

Columbia Shuswap Regional District di-rectors unanimously approved the establish-ment of a Shuswap Wa-tershed Council Service at the Nov. 19 board meeting in Salmon Arm.

Approval was re-ceived because fewer than 10 per cent of eligi-ble electors in electoral areas C South Shuswap, D Falkland/ Salmon Valley/Deep Creek, Area E Rural Sicamous, F North Shuswap and District of Sicamous signed and submitted elector response forms protesting the tax prior to the Nov. 17 deadline.

Only 645 of 1,534 responses needed to kill the tax were received, thereby confirming elector approval of the $180,000 to be collect-ed annually for three years through a parcel tax.

The board then gave first, second and third readings to the Shus-wap Watershed Coun-cil Service Parcel Tax bylaw.

While funding the watershed council has been the subject of debate around the re-gional district board table, there were very few comments at last week’s meeting other than those that ex-pressed satisfaction.

Area F director Lar-ry Morgan thanked fel-low board members for approving a parcel tax in which every property owner will pay the same amount (estimated to be about $11 annually) as opposed to a staff rec-ommendation of a tax based on a property’s assessed value.

The City of Salmon Arm will contribute $40,000 per year for a period of three years to be funded 50 per cent from general revenue and 50 per cent from

the water and sewer funds. Area E director and board chair Rhona Martin said she was looking forward to sus-

tainable funding for the council that will focus on water quality moni-toring and safety on the water.

Woman pleads guilty in fatal accident

CSRD approves tax for water council By Barb BrouwerEagle Valley News

Semi collision causes power outageSicamous and Elec-

toral Area E residents were left without power for much of Monday af-ter a semi collided with

a power pole. BC Hydro said the

incident took place about 10:48 a.m., when a semi tractor-trailer jackknifed on the Trans-Canada Highway and hit a power pole near the

Sicamous Husky. About 900 hydro custom-ers found themselves without power as a re-sult. Hydro said power would be restored to most by 5:30 p.m., though it wasn’t fully

restored until 7:39 p.m.This was one of three

outages experienced in the community Mon-day. Another occurred around the same time in Old Town, but pow-er was restored within

minutes. A third outage occurred about 6 p.m., and power was restored two hours later.

Semis were reported to have been spinning out on CPR Hill earlier in the day.

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An 18-year old Si-camous resident has turned to an Internet fundraising website to find the means of sup-port to get to medical appointments in the Lower Mainland.

Kourtney Savis-koff’s GoFundMe page is titled Please help raise money for a car. Not a new car, just something that won’t need a lot of mainte-nance.

Saviskoff says she set up the page because she didn’t know of any other organizations or websites that provide financial support for people like herself liv-ing with Byler’s dis-ease. She says she was diagnosed with Byler’s at seven months. The disease, referred to by medical professionals as progressive familial intrahepatic cholesta-sis, is described as progressive, leading to liver failure and death in childhood without a liver transplant. Savis-koff said she had two liver transplants at age 9. Ongoing blood work and treatment, as well as visits with special-ists in Vancouver, are now a regular part of Saviskoff’s life, as is relying on others for transportation – be it for medical appoint-ments or trips to the grocery store – as nei-ther she nor her partner

has a vehicle and she, for medical reasons, is unable to drive.

“I haven’t heard of anything going on about donating for my type of disease or try-ing to help,” said Sav-iskoff. “I’ve heard for cancer and stuff, but that’s about it, and then I saw the (GoFundMe) page and thought may-be I’ll give this a try and see what happens.”

Saviskoff says her illness leaves her men-tally and physically drained, jaundiced and struggling to maintain a healthy weight. She notes how since turn-ing 18, there has been a dramatic difference to the way she is treated by the medical system.

“When I was in pae-diatrics before I turned 18, they would help me with everything that I needed,” said Savis-koff. “I called them, I’d say something was really wrong, and my doctor would admit me into hospital, find out what was wrong and help me deal with it. I was able to get my pills for my bipolar and ev-erything. And here I’ve been waiting almost a year to get my medi-cations, everything except my anti-rejec-tions. I’m still trying to bug the doctors about it but they’re like, we can’t do anything, we can’t push it any fur-ther.”

Saviskoff says she has gotten used to re-

ceiving bad news, hav-ing been told since age six that her prognosis is grim. Now she’s reaching out to others to get some good news for herself.

“I never really ask for much at all, be-cause everybody keeps telling me there’s noth-ing else they can help me with or do for me,” said Saviskoff.

Saviskoff’s Go-FundMe site is at https://www.gofund-me.com/pm9zqa3s.

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VICTORIA – The fall session of the B.C. legisla-ture petered out two days early last week.

NDP leader John Hor-gan skipped the last day and headed to the B.C. In-stitute of Technology cam-pus in Burnaby. There he announced “PowerBC,” billed as the NDP’s “bold, progressive plan for the fu-ture of B.C. energy, with a strong focus on jobs.”

Reporters asked, how many jobs? Horgan said retrofitting public buildings and homes for energy effi-ciency would create jobs all around the province, but he can’t say how many.

How much does the plan cost, and does it include subsidizing homeowners to fix their windows and insu-lation? “The costing will be more apparent when we get closer to the election,” Hor-gan replied.

Whatever the cost, the NDP plan apparently rests

on the assumption that the $9 billion Site C dam proj-ect on the Peace River can be stopped by an NDP gov-ernment after the 2017 elec-tion. That money would be used to build wind and solar generation, and to install a sixth and final water turbine at Revelstoke dam.

The chances of Site C being stopped are approach-ing zero. Construction of an access road started two months ago, site clearing and work camp construction a month before that. Energy Minister Bill Bennett says the main dam construction contract will be let shortly, followed by the powerhouse contract next year.

Horgan said remaining legal challenges could slow or stop the project.

The West Moberly and Prophet River First Nations have lost their case against Site C twice, in the B.C. Su-preme and Federal Courts, and are appealing. The Doig River and McLeod Lake Indian Bands dropped their challenges, and McLeod

Lake’s construction com-pany has started work on a Site C contract.

West Moberly Chief Roland Willson staged a dramatic protest at the leg-islature last spring, bringing a cooler of frozen bull trout from a river below the two existing Peace dams, telling media they were too con-taminated with mercury to eat. Flooding land for hydro dams does elevate meth-ylmercury levels in water, but BC Hydro provided me with the latest study that included fish samples col-lected by West Moberly members. It shows average methylmercury levels re-main below federal guide-lines for limiting consump-tion of commercially sold fish.

It’s an odd coincidence that Willson suddenly made this claim, 47 years after the first Peace dam was com-pleted, when he happened to be in court trying to stop Site C.

A coalition of U.S. and Canadian environment

groups is also demanding that Site C be stopped. Ac-cording to the Sierra Club and others, Site C is not renewable energy because the (largely idle) farmland it floods is a “carbon sink.” Forests do store carbon, al-beit temporarily, but farm-land… This is gluten-free gobbledegook.

They also trot out the claim Site C will be used to power liquefied natural gas operations. Most propo-nents so far have said they will use gas for LNG pro-cessing, and if they don’t have hydro available for an-cillary power, they will have to burn more gas.

BC Hydro just finished its latest grid upgrade, a second high-voltage trans-mission line from Merritt to Coquitlam. It adds disas-ter reliability to the system that brings power from the Peace and Columbia dams to the Lower Mainland.

If you’re arguing that hy-droelectricity isn’t renew-able power, you’ve already lost.

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Tolerance needed for refugees

OPINION

Social media, in case you haven’t yet noticed, has erupted over whether Canada should be taking in 25,000

Syrian refugees.Lightning rod issues have a tendency to at-

tract the best and worst in us, be it reasoned debate or ill-informed, shallow, name-calling and just stupid comments.

No matter where you land on this deeply polarizing issue – be it that Canada is mor-ally beholden to accept the refugees, or that we are foolishly courting danger by welcom-ing them in – there are two certainties that must be kept in mind.

The first being, they are coming. The newly elected federal government has decided to make it so, and make it so, it will.

Secondly, and most importantly, we need to remember that these refugees are flesh and blood people, just like even the most self-righteous amongst us on either side of the debate. And as such, they must be afforded every dignity as members of the human family. They are fathers, mothers, sons and daughters. Not statistics, and certainly not “Them.”

A civilized society, that takes pride in its Charter of Rights and Freedoms, can do no less.

The spotlight, then, is on the federal gov-ernment to make sure these refugees, once they arrive, are properly supported with the same care in which all Canadians are governed. The onus is also on the media to hold the government true to this task in the months and years to come.

Novelist George Elliot (Mary Ann Evans) wrote that “The responsibility of tolerance lies with those who have the wider vision.”

She wrote this well over a century ago, but her words still apply today. Are we wrong or right in welcoming the Syrian refugees into our fold? History will tell.

In the meantime, how we choose to con-duct ourselves as individuals, in response, is everything.

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WEDNESDAY NoV. 25Public Skating: 9 am - 10:45

Lunch Bunch: 12:15 - 2:00 pmPublic Skating: 2:00 pm - 3:45

Eagles Practice: 4 pm - 5:15 pmNovice: 5:30 pm - 6:30 pmAtom: 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

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THURSDAY NoV.26Public Skating: 9 am - 10:45 amLunch Bunch: 12:15 pm - 2 pmPublic Skating: 2 pm - 3:45 pm

Eagles: 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm Pre Novice: 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm

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FRiDAY NoV. 27Public Skating: 9 am - 10:45 am

Malakwa School: 11 am - 12Lunch Bunch: 12:15 pm - 2 pmPublic Skating: 2:00 pm - 3:45Learn to Skate: 4 pm - 6 pm

Sicamous Eagles vs. Fernie: 7-9 pm

SATURDAY NoV. 28Sicamous Atoms: 10-11:30 am

SA Juv: 11:45 am - 1:45 pmSA PWT2: 2 - 4 pm

SA Bantam: 4:14 - 6:16 pmChase Vs Sicamous Eagles 7-9 pm

SUNDAY NoV. 29Sicamous Novice: 9-10 am

SA Midget T2: 11:45 am-1:45 pmSA Midget T3: 2-4 pm

MoNDAY NoV. 30Public Skating: 9 am - 10:45 amLunch Bunch: 12:15 pm - 2 pmPublic Skating: 2 pm - 3:45 pm

Eagles Practise: 4:00 pm - 5:15 pmNovice: 5:30 pm - 6:30 pmAtom: 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Old Timers: 7:45 pm - 9:00 pm

TUESDAY NoV. 31Public Skating: 9 am - 10:45 amLunch Bunch: 12:15 pm - 2 pmPublic Skating: 2 pm - 3:45 pmEagles Practise: 4 pm - 5:15 pmPrenovice: 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm

SA Midget T3: 6:45 - 8 pm

Rec Centre Gym open 8:00 am to close. Full Membership: $20 a month

Nov. 27 Eagle Valley Arts Council 35 Anniversary 7 pm at the Red Barn. Everyone Welcome.

Nov. 27 & 28 $2 bag sale at Sicamous United Church Thrift shop. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Clothing & shoes.Dec.1 @ 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm Open House: Town Centre Revitalization OCP and Town Centre Land Use Options – meet in Council Chambers

Dec. 7 Senior’s Trip Join in for a sleigh ride and a movie! Call 250-836-2477

Dec. 16 & Dec. 13 Shuswap Singers Sweet Songs of Christmas St. Andrew’s Presbyterian, Salmon Arm. Tickets at the door and Acorn Music.

Dec. 16 CPR Holiday TrainThe train arrives around 5:45pm. Please bring a food bank donation.The senior’s bus will be offered. Call the district office to reserve your seat (250-836-2477).

Dec. 18 Potluck Banquet Sicamous Bible Church 5:30. Doris 836-3755.

MONDay TO FRiDay Community Access Site at the Senior’s Activity Centre - 1091 Shuswap Avenue. Internet & related services. Call Diana. 836-2446

MON., WeD. & FRiSicamous Strongstart 8:15-11:15 Parkview Elementary 836-2871

EvEry TuEsdaySicamous Baby Talk 9 - 11 am Free drop-in program for parents & babies to 12 months of age. Sicamous health unit

Stopping the Violence Program in Sicamous - counselling for women who have experienced abuse during childhood or adult relationships. No charge. Call Kathy at 250-832-9700.

Seniors Meals provided, 12 noon in the Common Room at the Haven. Delivery available if required, phone Dorothy at 250-836-2437.

Sicamous Strongstart 12:30-3:30 Parkview Elementary 836-2871

EvEry WEdnEsday Malakwa Parent & Tot ~ 10:00 – 12:00 pm ~ Malakwa Preschool Building. For more information call Gwyneth 250-836-3440

Dody’s Art For Everyone Meets Every Wednesday At The Red Barn, 10 a.m. To 3 p.m. Everyone Is Welcome . For More Info Call, Dody At 250 836 3112 Or Jean At 250 836 3511.

Girl Guides of Canada. Sparks - 2:15 pm at Parkview. Brownies - 3:30 pm at Legion. New members welcome! Leaders needed. 250-836-3366 or online: girlguides.ca

United Church Thrift Store Open 10:00 am to 3 p.m.

Lunch by a donation at the Seniors Activity Centre, 1091-Shuswap Avenue at 12 noon.

Crib, 7:30 p.m., Haven seniors building. Everyone welcome - you don’t have to be a senior. Socializing and coffee served after crib. Info: Bev 836-3435 or Ed 836-4133

T.O.P.S. (Take off Pounds Sensibly) meets Wednesday morning at the Sicamous Rec. Centre (arena). Weigh in at 9:00 am and meeting at 9:30. Everyone Welcome. Ph: 250-836-4041 for info.

1st & 3rd WeD. Parkinsons Support Group Contact Don at 250-838-0794.

1st & 3rd WeD. Eagle Valley Photographic Arts Club meets at the Red Barn at 7 pm. Everyone Welcome.

LaST WeDNeSDay OF THe MONTH Autism Support Group (November 25. CLOSED December, January 27) 6:00-7:30pm at Sicamous Health Unit

EvEry Thursday Ladies shuffleboard at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #99 in Sicamous. 1pm-3pm. All ladies welcome.

Sicamous Strongstart 12:30-3:30 Parkview elementary 836-2871

Seniors Meals provided, 12 noon in the Common Room at the Haven. Delivery available if required, phone Dorothy at 250-836-2437.

eveRy 2nd THuRSDay Sicamous Lions Club meeting at the Seniors Activity Centre, 1091 Shuswap Avenue. Doors open at 6:15 and meeting starts at 6:30. Anyone interested in being a volunteer for the community, please feel free to call Mary at 250-517-8107, Joan at 250-836-4876 or Pam at 250-836-4788.

1st, 3rd, 4th THuRS. - Keepsake Kwilters meet at the Haven Common room 1095 Shuswap Avenue at 7:00 p.m. For info call 250-836-2695.

eveRy 4th THuRSDay monthly meeting of the Malakwa Community Association at 7:00 in the Learning Centre Library.

EvEry Friday Parents & Tots, 10-12 noon at the Sicamous Resource Center. Free Drop-in program for parents & children to age 6. Active play, crafts and socialization. 836-3440.

Eagle Valley Brush & Palette Club meets at the Red Barn, 10am-3pm, Everyone welcome! For info call Carol 250-836-3135 or Amy 250-836-4756. www.eaglevalleybrushandpalette.com

Pool Tournament at the Legion at 6:00 pm

1st FRiDay OF THe MONTHSicamous Seniors Ctre general meeting 11 am followed by a great pot luck lunch. We encourage everyone to join us.

2nd 3rd and 4th FRiDay Wii Tournament at 10 am at the Sicamous Seniors Activity Centre - 1091 Shuswap Avenue. Everyone Welcome.

Lunch at noon. Everyone Welcome. At the Sicamous Seniors Activity Centre - 1091 Shuswap Avenue.

EvEry saTurday

United Church Thrift Store open 10:00 am to 3 p.m.

sundays KARMA YOGA (Gentle Hatha) Sundays 5:30 pm @ I Am Yoga. 60 minutes (Studio) KARMA MEDITATION CIRCLE ~Sundays 9:30 am ~ 30 minutes * Suggested $5 min. donation or pay what you can!

eveRy 4th SuNDay Royal Canadian Legion Br. #99 general meeting, 1 p.m.

Birthday Tea (formerly the OAPO) for members and friends at Seniors Activity Ctre 1:30 pm. Everyone is Welcome.

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Sicamous Christ-mas Parade and light up will be December 5 this year. If you would like to participate by decorating a car or snowmobile, riding an animal or walking in the Parade call the District office at 250-836-2477File Photo

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Thousands of unwanted and homeless animalsare dropped off at SPCA shelters each year, andmany more are simply abandoned by their owers.Please don’t let animals suffer needlessly – bepart of the pet overpopulation solution. Spayor neuter your pet and encourage others to do the same.

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MAILBAGRoundabout sculpture a likely target

Re: Roundabout de-sign.

Dear sirs/madams,The large round-

about on Highway 97A is a welcome feature that will not only solve our traffic problem there, but will also add an attractive feature to

our community. How-ever, we have a number of concerns regarding the proposed $300,000 added expense of the concept design.

It has been known to happen on occasion in other areas where distracted drivers

have plowed or driven through the centre of them, creating a main-tenance/repair situation for the community.

It would seem that something more con-sistent with our town’s nautical theme would be more appropri-

ate than this concept, which has the appear-ance of a futuristic Stonehenge.

All those walls would seem to be a graffiti magnet.

These considerable available funds we feel could be better spent

on new or existing community features/projects that have been struggling for funding for years, such as the pavilion at the beach park, sidewalks, etc.

Margo and Rick Charleston

Annual breakfast with Santa event this Sunday For well over 20

years something good has been going on in Sicamous, thanks to the efforts and donations of so many groups and citizens and, of course Santa, who all come to-gether because they be-lieve in the value of the Breakfast with Santa event.

Originally an Eagle Valley Arts Coun-cil event, the focus of this annual Christmas breakfast is to provide local children and fami-lies the opportunity to “hand craft,” holiday items as gifts for par-ents and siblings.

The Sicamous and District Chamber of Commerce and the Si-camous Lions Club

got involved to provide support, and the event began to grow.

For several years, the breakfast was managed by a local Beta Sigma Phi chapter, and for the past 10 or more it has been managed and supported by the Eagle Valley Community Support Society and the Sicamous and District Recreation Centre So-ciety.

The event has grown and now includes much more than the breakfast, Santa visit and crafting opportunities. Holiday stories are read, expert face painting, a gift shop and a present wrapping station all help to create a wonderful event, as does the support of the

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players arrive faith-fully each year to help with setup and take down, serve breakfast, man Santa’s Gift Shop and help children wrap the treasures they have bought.

One organizer’s fa-vourite memory of the event is that of a big strapping young hockey player crouched down to help a little girl of about age three wrap a present. Despite the fact the little one seemed to have as much an idea of how to wrap a present as the young man, they nevertheless thoroughly enjoyed the experience together.

So what does all

this fun and frolic cost? Well, that depends on what families wish to give. The breakfast and gift shopping are by donation, with no par-ticular amount expect-ed in return. The visit, pictures and gifts from Santa, face-painting, crafts, gift-wrapping materials and help are all free.

This event isn’t about raising money; it’s about giving all area families a chance to spend time together at a relaxed, fun event, for children to use their creative imagination to make a Christmas trea-sure, to allow children to shop and choose gifts for their family all by themselves, and to have

a visit with Santa with-out a fee attached. For the many who go each year to flip the pan-cakes, teach the crafts, face-paint, read, take pictures for families, and tie the perfect bow on a 25 cent gift, it is about the smiles on the faces of the children.

This year’s Breakfast with Santa event is this Sunday, Nov. 29 from 9 a.m. to noon, upstairs at the Sicamous and Dis-trict Recreation Centre. The entire community is invited, whether you are a family with chil-dren, or just want to en-joy a pancake breakfast and watch the smiles.

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We received some help from members of the Eagle River Secondary School Social Justice Group in painting over some unsightly graffiti near the waterfront.

The District of Sicamous Public Works staff would like to thank Micky Horsefield, Logan Spence Ellis and Ty Chamberland for their efforts.

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My mom and I had a week to spend with my daughter again for her school break, so a call to the travel agent got us a great all-inclusive vacation to Nuevo Val-larta, (just a scoot north of Puerto Vallarta), on the west coast of Mex-ico.

I’d only been to the Caribbean side of the country before, so this was going to be a new adventure for me – though Hurricane Pa-tricia just about pulled the plug on the whole holiday!

Our flight took us slowly eastward and right over the Grand Canyon, then miles

over the dry mountains and valleys of southern Arizona and northern/mid-Mexico until it gradually became lush and green towards the south.

We touched down on the equatorial equivalent of Hawaii, so a blast of tropical 80-plus degree humid heat and sun hit us when we stepped off the plane, and a quick glance around showed that hills and moun-tains surrounded the area. Our shuttle bus took us through busy streets lined with typi-cal shops made from cinder block construc-tion, over a still muddy and swollen river from the torrential rains that wreaked some havoc in the higher areas and then to the hotel strip, where we were wel-comed by the friendly staff at the Grand Mari-val Resort. The room was lovely, our balcony overlooked one of the three big pools framed by tall palms and pretty garden beds as well as

a view of the beautiful, blue Pacific Ocean that breezed in the scent of salt air. We had a beach that seemed to have sprouted pala-pas, which looked like palm-frond toadstools. Clearly we had ar-rived in paradise, so we wasted no time scout-ing it out.

Early November is the end of the rainy sea-son and just before the busy high season, so it was a great time to be there. It was too early to see the humpback whales, unfortunately, who come close by in the winter months for birthing and breeding. We were located in the centre of the sandy and protected Bay of Banderas, which is ap-proximately 100-kilo-metres long from point to point, and regarded by most geologists as the original attachment point for the south-ern cape of the Baja California Peninsula before it was rifted off the North American Plate millions of years

ago, forming the Gulf of California. The economy in the area is based on tourism, fish-ing, and agriculture – the main crops being corn, beans, sorghum, tobacco, rice, water-melon and mango, as well as exotic fruits such as papaya, litchi, and guanábana.

The air was not perfumed like Hawaii with those heavenly-scented plumeria, but any gardener could get a pleasing eye-full around there with those grounds filled with yel-low, red and orange hi-

biscus hedges, purple bougainvillea vines that trailed along the white-washed walls, palms of all shapes and sizes and beautiful garden beds filled with ferns, foliage and flowers. The bay is alive with all kinds of life such as whales and dolphins in winter, more than 600 species of fish, marine turtles, manta rays and a multitude of birds. We watched pelicans cruising the crests of waves, saw king fish-ers, egrets and other shore birds diving for food offshore, funny-

shaped little crabs that came out before sun-set and one morning I helped a lone leath-erback baby turtle get past the surf and out to sea. There were hardly

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sure was a good sign or not), but at least we didn’t have to worry about malaria-carrying mosquitoes or scorpi-ons.

A wristband was our pig-out or pass-out pass (should you be so in-clined), which allowed us to eat and drink anything we wanted al-most 24 hours a day at the big indoor/outdoor buffet room that satis-fied any taste.

Every sunny day began and ended with

cappuccinos on the beach while watching the sunrise and 6:30 sunset, snack plates were piled with deli-cious papayas, limes and pineapple and breakfast for me was a healthy helping of heu-vos with beans on a tor-tilla shell, heaped with fresh salsa, feta cheese and a shot of hot sauce, and all washed down with strong Mexican coffee. Yum!

The hombres under the thatched-roofed pool bars dispensed de-licious juices or drinks

with tempting names like Mango Vice, Pink Flamingo, Banana Mama and Pantera Rosa.

For a little extra fun, an excursion to the north allowed us to see more of the coastline and communities, es-pecially the colourful and funky surfing town of Sayulita, which was our destination for the day.

So it was a beautiful, no-brainer of a holiday we three had for sure -–and a place we’d surely go visit again.

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Atom action: The Vernon Ice Kings’ Jordan Desjarlais stickhandles the puck past an Aldergrove Dekes of Hazard de-fender Saturday Nov. 21, during the Si-camous Atom Hockey Tournament hosted by the Jr. Eagles. Eight teams par-ticipated in the event from as far away as Port Moody.Photo by Lachlan Labere


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November-December 25 Christmas Hamper and Gift ProgramFood and monetary donations and gifts gratefully accepted at the Eagle Valley Community Resource Centre/Food Bank. Monetary donations should be made directly to the Eagle Valley Community

Support Society.Hamper Applications now available at the

Resource Centre/Food Bank at 1214 Shuswap Ave. Sicamous & the Malakwa

of� ce, Malakwa Learning Centre (school). Call 250-836-3440.November 27, 28 & December 13 Sicamous Eagles Boxes of HopeNon-perishable food bank donations

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Saturday, November 28 Timmy’s Christmas Telethon

Fundraising EventsSubway is donating $1 for every foot long and $0.50 for every 6” sold

Sicamous Eagles are donating $1 for every ticket soldGrandma and Grandpa’s are donating $0.10 for every

coffee soldNovember 29 Breakfast with Santa 9 am noon Kids can visit with Santa 10 am - 11 am, make crafts with Santa’s elves and shop for their families in Santa’s Gift Shop@ Sicamous and District Recreation Centre

First 2 weeks of December Angel Tree, Gift Tag Campaign

Pick up a gift tag from the angel tree at SASCU (Sicamous branch). Drop off gifts at SASCU or the Resource Centre. Call

250-836-3440 for more information.

December 2 Food Bank Bingo 6:15 @ Sicamous and District Recreation Centre

December 2 Parkview Elementary Christmas Concert 5:30 pm @ Parkview Elementary School

Dec. 4 Christmas at the LibraryStories, Songs, Special Guests and more 6:00 - 7:00 pm. Drop in to this FREE program for the whole family!

Dec. 4 Seniors Christmas Dinner @ 12 pm

December 5 Christmas Parade and light up Bon� re & caroling (5:00 pm)Memory tree ornament placementsParade (5:30 pm)Lighting of the tree (6:15 pm)

December 5 Seniors Centre Craft Market and Pancake Breakfast 8:30 am

December 5 Swansea Point Toy & Food Collection @ 2 pm Fire Hall~ Santa Photos

December 5 Malakwa Christmas Bazaar 10 am at the Malakwa School Gymnasium. Join your friends and neighbours for a social get-together. Malakwa Learning Academy students will have lunch available.

December 6 Malakwa Fire Dept foodbank driveDecember 6 Malakwa Boys & Girls Club Concert @ 6:30 pm Malakwa Church

Sunday, December 6 Sicamous Fire Department Toy Run & Food Bank DriveNoon-3pm Listen for the sirens and watch for the � ashing lights as � re� ghters come to collect your toy donations. Leave donations on front steps for pick-up if you won’t be home.

Tuesday, December 8 Eagle River Secondary Band Concert 6:30pm @ Eagle River Secondary

December 13 Sicamous Eagles Toque TossThe Sicamous Eagles’ Annual Toque & Mitt Toss takes place at the game on Sunday, December 13 (a 2 pm start against the Summerland Sting.) So plan to come to the game with toques and/or mitts in hand, and be ready to toss them onto the ice during one of the intermissions! These will then go to the local Food Bank where they will be placed as gifts in the Christmas hampers.

December 16 Holiday Train and Food Bank Drive The train arrives around 5:45pm. The senior’s bus will be offered. Please bring a food bank donation. Entertainment by Jim Cuddy, Devin Cuddy and Kelly Prescott and Eagle River Secondary Band.

Friday December 18 Cambie Old Fashioned Christmas Concert7pm @ Cambie Hall For concert submissions call Lexi Gossen at 250-836-3223. All levels of performers welcome.

December 18 Sicamous Bible Church Potluck @ 5:30 pm

Friday, December 18 Christmas Skate With The Eagles Everyone is welcome to join The Sicamous Eagles for our Christmas Skate from 7:00 to 9:00 pm.

December 19 Spirit of Christmas Craft Sale Eagle River Secondary School 10 am to 3 pm

December 19 Blue Christmas Service4 pm at the United Church for those suffering a loss.

December 20 Black & Bluez Band 10 am at the United Church

December 20 Christmas Is 6 pm at Parkview ~ Sicamous Community Church

December 24 Candlelight ServicesSicamous Bible Church 6 pm, United Church 7 pm, Malakwa Pentecostal 6 pm.

December 25 Community Christmas Dinner1pm Free @ Sicamous Seniors Center

December 25 Our Lady Fatima Service @ 11 am

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Best defence:Tristin Erickson uses a nunchuk defence to disarm Ty Sigvaldason Friday evening, Nov. 20, at the Downtown Activity Centre in Salm-on Arm. The two-hour, invite-only weapons de-fence seminar was put on by local Provincial Martial Arts instructor Holly Racyznski, ac-companied by instruc-tors Todd Johnston and Joshua Griffin from Calgary.Photo by Lachlan Labere

Kootenays no country for Eagles

A weekend road trip to the Kootenays didn’t pan out well for the Si-camous Eagles.

Despite the long bus ride, the Eagles were quick to find their legs Friday night, Nov. 20, when the first of three away games began with a contest versus the Creston Valley Thun-der Cats. While the Sicamous guests were hot, Cats’ netminder Brock Lefebvre was on fire, stopping ev-erything fired his way throughout the night. Meanwhile, the Cats’ offence was able to tally one goal per period, including an empty netter at 27 seconds in

the third. Eagle Cam Flinton was named the game’s second star.

On Saturday, Nov. 21, the Eagles suf-fered a 4-2 defeat to the Fernie Ghostrid-ers. O’Donnell put the Eagles on the board late in the first with a marker off Astasiewicz and Ar-lyn Semeschuk. With

13 seconds left in the period, the Ghostriders were able to convert a power play to head into the second at 1-1.

After a scoreless second period, the third saw both teams score in the first minute, with Nathan Plessis potting the goal for Sicamous off William Mizuik.

The third game of the Kootenay run was on Sunday, Nov. 22, versus the Kimberly Dynamiters. The Eagles gave the host team a run for their money, but came up short with a 3-2 loss in overtime.

The game was one-and-one by the end of the second frame, with the Sicamous marker scored by Alex Asta-siewicz off Danny O’Donnell, who tied the game up in the third with a goal off Scott Robinson and goalie Kolby Pauwels.

The Sicamous net-minder put in a fine performance and was named the game’s sec-ond star after stopping 32 out of 35 shots on net.

Scramble: Sicamous Eagle Jaden Hay has a collision at the crease with a Fernie defender. Fernie Free Press photo



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Hard work and determination will pay off for Shea Weber in February when he suits up in the red and whites of Team Canada.

The 24-year-old Sicamous product was tagged last month to represent the nation in the 2010 Olympic Games. It’s a goal Weber had been working towards, and an opportu-nity he’s proud to be part of.

“The Olympics are a very special event, not only for hockey but for winter sports and to be able to play for your country and compete for a medal is kind of neat,” says Weber.

The 6’4”, 234 lb. Nashville Predators defenceman will be sporting the maple leaf with other big names in hockey like Scott

Niedermayer (Anaheim Ducks), Roberto Luongo (Vancouver Canucks), Chris Pronger (Philadelphia Flyers) and Sidney Crosby (Pittsburgh Pen-guins).

Apart from a camp held last summer, We-ber guesses the team may have a couple of days to gel in February before hitting the ice in Whistler, and he’s interest-ed in seeing how everyone fi ts. But Weber’s mom and dad, Tracy and James, don’t ex-pect Shea will have any problems.

“Whatever they want him to do, he’ll do it,” said James. “He’s a team-fi rst guy, he’s not a selfi sh player at all.”

Both parents share what could be described as a subdued excite-ment for their son and the hon-our that’s been bestowed up on him.

“Shea phoned home and said ‘I’ve been chosen

to play in the Olympics, and I said ‘okay,’” Tracy commented, explaining it’s kind of a family trait not to overreact – one that Shea

shares. But she and James who, with Shea,share roots in Sicamous minor hockey, are defi nitely excited, and are hoping to attendat least one of their son’s games.

Sicamous Eagles manager Wayne Marchis also pretty excited by the news that Shea, an Eagle alumni, will be playing forhis community and country at the Games.March says Shea has been totally focusedthroughout his career on what he wanted todo: make it to the NHL. In the process, Sheahelped the Eagles win the KIJHL West-ern Canadians in 2001-02; he helped takethe Kelowna Rockets to three consecutiveWHL Memorial Cup championship games,including the win in 2004; and, after signingwith Nashville in 2004, he helped the Ca-

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Society members will be voting at the next regular meeting to approve a planned expansion to the iconic log ski chalet at the base of the ski area.

The current chalet, which is 1,200-square- feet, serves a member-ship base of 968 ski-ers and is frequently overflowing with par-ticipants, especially on Saturdays when both the ski team and Jackrabbits skiers are participating. Also, the chalet is too small dur-

ing many ski team prac-tices, school ski trips and during the Christ-mas season when many skiers take advantage of the trails.

In a report to the members, the expan-sion committee notes that Although Larch Hills has one of the highest memberships in B.C., they have a small-er chalet that every oth-er B.C. club except one.

The committee is advocating an expan-sion that would triple the size of the facility to 3,600 sq. ft

The committee also considered the impacts of climate change on

a proposed site of the facility, but noted that other ski clubs have built facilities at lower elevations and moving the existing infrastruc-ture and developing a trail system at a higher elevation would be pro-hibit ably expensive and does not appear to be warranted at this time.

“If, in the future, cli-mate change is such that the present stadium area will no longer receive sufficient snowfall for skiing, the area will likely be well used by out-of-season groups for many years to come…,” states a Larch Hills Nordics report.

“Our Chalet Expansion Committee is confident that this amazing rec-reational area will be used for cross-country skiing for many years to come.”

The addition would retain the existing bath-rooms and electrical, while the roof would be replaced to match the

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The cost of the ex-pansion is estimated at approximately $407,000.

The vote will be held Dec. 8 at 7 p.m. in room one of the Commu-nity Centre. Only club members are entitled to cast ballots.

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On the evening of November 11, 2015, Don Balas, resident of Mara, B.C. passed away peacefully at Bastion Place in Salmon Arm at the age of 66 years.

Don was born in Saskatchewan, the youngest son of William (Bill) and Barbara Balas, both deceased. The family moved to Penticton and later to Golden where Don grew up. He worked at the Donald Mill until it closed andthen moved to Sicamous and worked at Malakwauntil his retirement. He bought his Uncle Zoltan’sfarm in Mara and remained there until his healthdeteriorated and he was moved to Bastion Place care facility.

Don will be remembered by his brothers, Dale(Lynda), Gary (Mickey), niece Tracey and nephewJason, aunts Rose Balas of Penticton and IsobelNeilson of Penticton, numerous special cousins, hislong- time partner Joyce Varga, faithful companionsBlue and Puddy, and many good friends in the Shuswap and Golden area.

Honoring Don’s wishes, there will not be afuneral service, however his family plans to host acelebration of his life in the spring at his farm. His cremated remains will be scattered at that time inaccordance with his instruction.

Don loved a beer with friends, a good joke and agood time. So the next time you get together withfriends, tip one for Don, pause to remember him, tell some stories, trade some lies and enjoy the day.

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Hard work and determination will pay off for Shea Weber in February when he suits up in the red and whites of Team Canada.

The 24-year-old Sicamous product was tagged last month to represent the nation in the 2010 Olympic Games. It’s a goal Weber had been working towards, and an opportu-nity he’s proud to be part of.

“The Olympics are a very special event, not only for hockey but for winter sports and to be able to play for your country and compete for a medal is kind of neat,” says Weber.

The 6’4”, 234 lb. Nashville Predators defenceman will be sporting the maple leaf with other big names in hockey like Scott

Niedermayer (Anaheim Ducks), Roberto Luongo (Vancouver Canucks), Chris Pronger (Philadelphia Flyers) and Sidney Crosby (Pittsburgh Pen-guins).

Apart from a camp held last summer, We-ber guesses the team may have a couple of days to gel in February before hitting the ice in Whistler, and he’s interest-ed in seeing how everyone fi ts. But Weber’s mom and dad, Tracy and James, don’t ex-pect Shea will have any problems.

“Whatever they want him to do, he’ll do it,” said James. “He’s a team-fi rst guy, he’s not a selfi sh player at all.”

Both parents share what could be described as a subdued excite-ment for their son and the hon-our that’s been bestowed up on him.

“Shea phoned home and said ‘I’ve been chosen

to play in the Olympics, and I said ‘okay,’” Tracy commented, explaining it’s kind of a family trait not to overreact – one that Shea

shares. But she and James who, with Shea,share roots in Sicamous minor hockey, are defi nitely excited, and are hoping to attendat least one of their son’s games.

Sicamous Eagles manager Wayne Marchis also pretty excited by the news that Shea, an Eagle alumni, will be playing forhis community and country at the Games.March says Shea has been totally focusedthroughout his career on what he wanted todo: make it to the NHL. In the process, Sheahelped the Eagles win the KIJHL West-ern Canadians in 2001-02; he helped takethe Kelowna Rockets to three consecutiveWHL Memorial Cup championship games,including the win in 2004; and, after signingwith Nashville in 2004, he helped the Ca-

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Shoppers now have a bevy of options at their disposal as they embark on holiday shopping season. Traditional in-store retailers are still around, and online shopping continues to grow in popularity with each holiday season. But many holiday shoppers are looking to buy local this holiday season, and such a decision can pay a host of dividends for both shoppers and the communities they call home.

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nomics, an economics and strategics planning � rm, found that inde-pendent, locally-owned retailers return a far greater percentage of their revenue into their local economies than national chain stores. • Buying local creates jobs in your community. • Shopping local may provide access to more unique gifts. In addi-tion to the economic bene� ts of buying lo-

cal, shoppers may � nd merchandise made by local craftsmen is more unique than mass-pro-duced items found on the shelves of national retailers. Recipients may cherish more unique items that they cannot � nd on their own, and that appreciation may even spur them to visit more local retailers after the holiday season has come and gone, bene� t-ing their own communi-

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provide a more personal touch. Buying from na-tional chains has its ad-vantages, but customer service is not always one of them. Should your loved ones encounter problems with their gift that requires assistance, they might be forced to wait on the phone for extended periods of time as they and thousands of others wait for customer

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