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SUN PEAKS • HISTORY

by Kim [email protected]

They used to be called “Toddies,” those young pow-der hounds who chased the snow to the summit of Tod Mountain in search of an epic ride. Today those Tod-dies are known as “Sun Peaks Antiques,” and they’ve got 50 years of memories to cel-ebrate this winter season as the resort marks its golden anniversary.

“I was 30 years old back then,” says former Tod-

die, Ross Nelson, one of the mountain’s first employees, now a Sun Peaks Antique. “I guess that’s the right age to be when you’re working physically and not afraid to point ‘em and go!”

It was no small endeavour to clear a mountain to make way for a chairlift and ski runs. According to Nelson, that first season wasn’t with-out its challenges. Because of limited snow at lower el-evations those earliest skiers could only ski to mid-moun-

tain before downloading the rest of the way. That is, until a small malfunction happened and changed everything.

“An incident occurred and the chair derailed before Christmas,” notes Nelson. “It did give time for the big bulldozer that was on site to make a few passes down what we now know as The Ridge run and that made it feasible to ski all the way down the first season after a bit more snow arrived. That was for-tunate, we could utilize the

whole mountain from mid-season on.”

He’s been skiing Tod Mountain ever since.

“I may have skipped a sea-son or two, but otherwise, I’ve been a pretty good customer!” chuckles Nelson.

It first cost $6 to ski Tod Mountain. Today a ticket runs $74, but includes much more. In 1961 the Burfield Lift delivered skiers to five trails. Today, the resort’s 11 chair and surface lifts deliver guests to 122 trails on three mountains.

In its early days Tod Moun-tain was known for its expert runs, and only die-hard skiers dared attempt them.

“Across B.C. you often lumped Tod Mountain and Red Mountain together. They were core, steep, dif-ficult to ski and if you skied Tod Mountain you were definitely a strong skier,” acknowledges Christopher Nicolson, president of Tour-ism Sun Peaks.

Today, Sun Peaks has evolved into a ski destina-tion with a variety of ter-rain, maintaining 32 per cent of the runs as “expert.”

“After adding several mil-lion dollars of investment and summer grooming, etc., Sun Peaks almost doesn’t have a reputation for hav-ing advanced terrain,” notes Nicolson. “It’s not until you actually ski here, ski from Top of the World and get into some of that terrain that you actually have some apprecia-tion that it does.”

A host of events com-memorating five decades at Tod Mountain will take place from December 2011 to Sep-tember 2012.

“The actual (anniversary) day is Nov. 18, but you never know what Mother Nature is going to bring, so we elected to push it to Dec. 3,” notes Anne Haight, director of marketing for the Sun Peaks Resort Corporation.

The resort will offer 50 per cent off lift tickets on Dec. 3 to commemorate five decades of skiing at Tod Mountain. Organizers en-courage anyone skiing that day be outfitted in their finest ‘60s inspired ski at-

tire for a chance to win an assortment of prizes.

Tod Mountain memora-bilia will also be on display at Bento’s Day Lodge through-out the year and SPRC is putting finishing touches on a coffee table book to com-memorate the 50th anniver-sary.

This year also welcomes the return of the Miss Tod Mountain Pageant. Last pre-sented to Natalie Sanesh in 1987, the coveted title will be awarded based on the poise, speech, dress, and overall mountain knowledge of con-testants. Registration entries must be submitted by Nov. 19 to ensure a place in the spotlight event.

Anniversary celebrations are open to visitors and res-idents alike and festivities continue into the New Year.

“Half a century is a mar-vellous milestone and it’s a great story to share with our guests,” concludes Nicolson.

Toddies and Antiques alike couldn’t agree more.

Celebrating 50 golden years

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trailblazer: Nonagenarian Tony Embleton summited his namesake trail with friends and family just prior to his 90th birthday.

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by Marg EmbletonThe fall is a wonderful time of year for hiking whether you need to get your ski legs in shape, need a break from city life, or just love the outdoors and being close to nature. Consider taking the Embleton Mountain chal-lenge—its great exercise and the fall foliage and the views of Heffley Lake are spec-tacular!

Embleton Mountain Rec-reational Trail on the north side of Heffley Lake is named after Tony Emble-ton, a longtime area resi-

dent, school principal and Kamloops Outdoor Club member. Tony first marked out the trail in the early 1980s then encouraged B.C. Forest Services to designate the mountain and the trail network as conservation area, which was done in 1982. It’s since been used extensively by locals and tourists alike.

At the age of 89, Tony re-cently hiked the trail again to celebrate his upcom-ing 90th b i r t h d a y. It was a

dream-come-true for Tony to complete the hike at his age, one that was celebrated afterwards at the Kamloops Outdoor Club.

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GOlDeN DaYS OF SKiiNG: “Toddies” lining up at the mid-mountain lift for a bluebird day of skiing Tod Mountain. Anniversary celebrations kick-off Dec. 3 and continue throughout the year.

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“Money talks, BS walks,” popular prov-erb.

It’s no wonder, given the faux war on drugs, the amateur war on terror and the suc-cessful war on poverty in the Western world, that the laughingly in-effective war on Wall Street is going to be a mere footnote shortly. Even the left in our brave new world are incompetent.

Witness the spec-tacle of urban youth setting up shop in city spaces with space age tents and port-a-pot-ties, complaining about how lousy and unfair life is. I’ve got news for them: the facts of life are conservative. Hockey players on the way to their next five star hotel, in their ex-quisitely tailored suits, surely shouldn’t be given all that adulation and money, but I don’t hear anyone complain-ing about them.

When people make lots of money we need

to feel those dollars were earned, only then can we grant those rich folks respect. To receive a multimillion dollar severance pack-age while running a bank into the ground is unethical. To get a bonus while polluting the Gulf of Mexico doesn’t do BP stock-holders a whit of good, and rightly so. Average Joe can see that. But, the Occupy Wall Street crowd doesn’t complain about someone like the late multi-billionaire Steve Jobs’ wealth be-cause they deem his stuff worthy.

As part of a genera-tion saddled with huge debt caused by unre-alistic programs that assumed one can get something for noth-ing, I too am angry at other’s excesses. Like everyone else in the real world, I’m going to fume at this year’s Wall Street bonuses. Given that many of the banks had to be backstopped by us, the lowly pro-

letariat, I feel rightly betrayed by the sheer injustice of it all.

I’m quietly proud that in Canada our big banks and large corporations are quite profitable. If they want to squander money by over-paying their top people, it’s their pre-rogative. As a group, we could boycott one com-pany or another, but at the same time one per-son is withdrawing his account from one bank to another, he’ll meet a person doing the same going the other way. I suppose we could put our money under the mattress so a big-shot banker won’t be able

to rip us off, but I don’t think any one of us will make much of a state-ment that way.

The real question is, if capitalism is so bla-tantly unfair, why isn’t there another system that even remotely rivals it for material abundance and a life-style unthinkable not so long ago? I don’t see a flood of people getting on boats to go to the “Arab Spring” countries; there’s no mass exodus of Mexi-cans leaving the “Un-kind States of Ameri-ca” to their supposedly heartfelt homeland. The asylum seekers, refugees and immi-grants leaving their countries seem to be on a one-way street into our money orient-ed, fake happiness, and consume-all-you-can culture.

Maybe we should put up a sign at our borders that says, “Warning: Capitalism at work,—may be offensive to some.”

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On Saturday, Nov. 19, eligible voters will cast their ballots to elect the first full term mayor of the Mountain Resort Municipality of Sun Peaks. While munici-pal status was granted on June 28, 2010, this year we fall in line with all municipal elections in B.C. and will, going forth, vote every three years for our mayor and council.

The Sun Peaks elec-tion is different from other municipalities in B.C. this year, as all three of the Sun Peaks elected councillors were re-elected by acclama-tion with no one chal-lenging their positions. Furthermore, the one provincially appointed councillor (a first in B.C., if not Canada) will be named by the Province after the elec-tion. The same cannot

be said for the mayor’s race, as Sun Peaks’ first incumbent mayor, Al Raine, is being chal-lenged by local resident Ms. Renate Kals.

Ms. Kals, a long-time resident of the com-munity, has been a very outspoken opponent of the new mayor and council and other com-munity leaders over the past years and currently uses her own web blog to further her “Save Sun Peaks” cause. On the other side of the race is incumbent May-

or Al Raine whose first 18 month term as may-or has been full of new and sometimes bumpy territory in guiding the community through the municipal transi-tion process of bylaws, taxes and legal chal-lenges.

While the democratic system of Canadian politics allows anyone eligible for public office to run in an election, sometimes one has to question the true ratio-nale of political candi-dates. The job of being a mayor in B.C. is truly a thankless one in the end, and the annual sal-ary, simply put, is less than my truck’s fuel bill per annum.

So the question begs, why would someone run for mayor? There are only two reasons that come to mind. One: they have lots of

excess time on their hands and want to do something positive for their community. Or two: they feel that the leadership is lack-ing and their goal is to smooth out the rocky road of community governance as it stands.

I think it can be safe-ly said that while both may very well be valid reasons to throw your name in the political ring, does the latter really do any good for community well-being as a whole? Is the new municipality of Sun Peaks already broken after only 18 months in existence?

That’s a question you’ll have to ask of or answer yourself once you step to the polls on Nov. 19. All politics aside, just make sure get out and vote as that’s your Canadian right.

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Experience counts at election timeThe Race is on! With the municipal election approaching it’s time for residents of Sun Peaks to recognize that there is really no showdown between the incumbent, Al Raine and the hopeful, Renate Kals.Mr. Raine understands that good business sense, with fiscal and social responsibility, is paramount to running the Municipality. Although some decisions he has made have not pleased some people, the decisions are well thought out, rational, publicly discussed, impersonal and in the best interest of the community. He holds the essential asset of being well respected and has established working relationships with local, provincial and federal government departments.Ms. Kals displays a lack of political and public experience as detailed in her news blog. The sometimes vindictive protestations and opposition is often fiscally irrational, not always fact based, and is of a personal nature rather than community oriented. Her issues are important, and are appropriate perhaps at a Committee of Council level. Rather than attempting a leadership role she is unqualified for, she should offer to head an Issues Committee.I hope electors will take a strong look at our upcoming choices, and bring their concerns to the mayoral forum set for November 5th. Paul Roberts, Sun Peaks

ThOSE WErE ThE dAyS: The straight sticks line-up at the

Burfield mid-mountain ramp in the early days of Tod Mountain

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CLASh OF ThE TITANS! A mid-mountain fall sight, mule deer engage in a duel. Males become more aggressive during the rut as they compete for mates.

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Beyond our wildest dreamsDid you ever imagine that it was possible to live most of your life in a good feel-ing? Did you think for a moment that you could let go of old insecurities and hurts? Did you really be-lieve that you had within you a profound capacity to forgive and move forward?

Most of us do not believe we can. Most of us, I would guess, have grown up be-lieving that it was outside circumstances and events that dictated our sense of well-being and that, other than the odd dash of “posi-tive thinking,” we were at the mercy of our think-ing. If someone criticized me and my feelings were hurt it seemed obvious to me that they’d caused my upset. It was with surprise, and some disbelief, that I � rst heard that I had a choice. I could choose to take my insecure think-

ing seriously or I could choose to see the bigger picture and take my think-ing (and myself ) more lightly. It was, for me, the most freeing experience of my life. I was no longer at the mercy of other people’s opinions and actions nor was I held hostage by my own insecure thoughts. I now knew, from personal experience, that I could let

go of thinking that didn’t serve me and live in calm more of the time. Does that mean that I was guar-anteed never to be gripped by low moods or judgment or fear? Not at all. What it does mean, however, is that once we are onto ourselves, that is, once we understand that we’re the creators of our moment-to-moment experience, we can never again be as gripped. We are able to catch ourselves sooner.

How do we do that? We do it by becoming more aware of our feelings. Ev-ery thought has a feeling attached to it. You can’t have an angry, or fearful, or joyous thought without experiencing a feeling that matches it. So, as we be-come more tuned into our feelings we can catch our-selves earlier in the game. We can decide not to make

an epic out of a passing thought. We can decide not to go down the rabbit hole.

� ere are so many ad-vantages to seeing the role of thought in the creation of our experience of real-ity. Not only are we free to choose, we’re also, through this understanding, able to access the deep source of well-being that lives within each of us. We can more readily move into grati-tude, wisdom and forgive-ness. We also can begin to see the innocence in those around us as they become gripped by their habitual thinking and insecurity. We can live in a good feel-ing more of the time. Road rage can become a thing of the past. Grudges can be seen as an almost comical waste of time. Life can be-come a journey of discov-ery that is truly beyond our wildest dreams.

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Tourism Sun PeaksCommunity Update: November

Wheel of Fortune and Ski Canada Magazine will feature Sun Peaks Resort this winter, as contests and promotions are leveraged with various media outlets. Online advertising is a larger than ever component of the overall media investment, with 40% of the program being directed into a variety of online channels reaching consumers in BC, Alberta, Ontario, and Washington state.

Tourism Sun Peaks has pitched Sun Peaks to over 120 journalists in the last two months, including freelance writers, photographers, television producers, online bloggers, radio personalities, and more. As a result of pre-winter pitching, several journalists are already confi rmed for visits this season including media from Chatelaine Magazine, Canada AM, and the Sydney Morning Herald, among others.

There will be a press conference for media at the Burfi eld Lodge on Friday, November 18 to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Tod Mountain. Various dignitaries, historical personalities and media will be in attendance at this invite-only media event.

A recent sales mission into Edmonton has generated new interest in the resort. The proposed improvements to P4 to accommodate overnight RV parking were presented to RV rental companies. The Sun Peaks Resort summer brochure will be featured in their offi ce to all prospective BC travellers.

Sun Peaks Ambassadors have been busy over the past month attending seven ski shops’ annual “kick-off ” sales in Washington State. The Ambassadors were on-site handing out brochures, promoting the events and answering questions about the resort.

With the winter fast approaching, and guest call volumes increasing, Central Reservations has been working with the new seasonal staff on systems training, sales training, and site inspections of village properties.

Central Reservations has donated their services to facilitate ticket sales for the Annual Fire Fighters Gala. Tickets and tables for the November 19 Fire Fighters Gala are available by calling 1-800-807-3257.

The Adventure & Information Centre will re-open at its Village Day Lodge location from 8:00am to 6:00pm on November 19 with new tours and activities available for the season.

The 4th Annual Christmas Market will take a new direction this year with vendors spread throughout the village for a fun progressive market, including carolers roaming the village streets.

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to them.”The contest is open for students in grades eight through 12, and runs unti l Jan. 9, 2012. Prizes will be awarded for best entry for each road safety topic, and include Apple MacBooks, iPads and iTouches. Winning ads will also be published in 2012-2013 high school agendas in each winner’s region.

YOUTHFUL CONNECTIONS

by Kirsten [email protected]

We Day is entering our collective vocabulary as the movement, formerly known as Me to We, grows.

It began in 1995 when a 12-year-old from Ontario named Craig Kielburger embarked on a seven week trip to South Asia to learn � rst-hand about child-labour. His discoveries led him to form Free the Children which is now the world’s largest network of children helping children, with more than one million young people involved in 45 countries worldwide.

We Day was born from Free the Children as an op-portunity for youth to come together for change. It too has grown into the world’s largest movement of its kind with 62,000 Canadian youth taking part in We Day events this year, including six from Sun Peaks.

� e group of students, @KOOL teacher Laurel Seafoot and Discovery Cen-tre educator Jillian Schmalz, travelled to Vancouver in October to join the 18,000 person strong event.

“We Day is a one day event that serves to empower youth,” says Seafoot. “It’s important because it teach-es children that they have a voice and the power to change the world.”

Educating children on is-sues of social justice is im-portant for Schmalz, and she believes that no age is too young to begin the discussion. � at’s why the teachers started planning for the event last spring.

Speakers for Vancouver’s We Day event included former Soviet President and Nobel Peace Laureate, Mikhail Gorbachev, actress and activist Mia Farrow, and Free the Children’s Craig

Kielburger. Past speakers have included the Dalai Lama, Al Gore, Jane Good-all and many more.

It wasn’t necessarily the famous speakers that made the biggest impact, though.

Discovery Centre student Korina recalls the presenta-tion of a former child sol-dier, abused by his army and forced to shoot his friend, “� at made me sad; he didn’t speak, he held signs.”

We Day opens youth’s eyes to the privileges that some have in contrast to the hardships of others, and the messages inspire youth to a� ect change in ways that they can. Students who take part commit to a year-long education program to get active with local and global issues.

“It’s student driven,” says Schmalz. “It should be choices by students as to what causes they want to work toward.”

“(� e program) wants us kids to help make a di� er-ence,” continues Korina.

Locally, the students par-ticipated in Halloween for

Hunger, trick-or-treating for canned goods as well as candy for the Kamloops Food Bank.

� e global initiative they’re pursuing will sup-port a community in Haiti.

“I have a student living in Haiti,” explains Sea-foot. “She and her fam-ily have worked very hard to build an orphanage and school there. � ey host teams of volunteers throughout the year that come to help build, and support Haitian children in need. Our students have been asked to help raise funds to purchase power-ful solar lights that could be placed around the orphan-age. � e students will have the opportunity to meet the student living in Haiti in the spring when she visits our school.”

Exposure to people, events and causes like this can be pivotal, and Korina for one says she’ll continue doing what she can to make a di� erence, adding one more drop to the bucket of change.

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OCrazy for Psycho

One of the perks of writing a movie col-umn is that you can always justify at-tending movie-based events. Most of the time that means heading out to an opening night, or taking in a film festi-val. But occasionally, unique events come up that any film lover, yours truly included, would not want to miss.

I’m currently at-tending school in Calgary, and my busy class schedule doesn’t leave a lot of time for movies. However, back in September I happened to be perus-ing the Calgary Phil-harmonic Orchestra’s website when an event caught my eye. The CPO was running a special Halloween event: a screening of the Alfred Hitchcock classic, Psycho, with a live performance of the score. I couldn’t believe my luck. It’s not every day that a world-class sym-phony departs from

its usual classical fare to put on this sort of show. I immediately booked my tickets and marked the date on my calendar.

I hate to admit that I had never seen Psycho through to the end. Of course I knew of the famous shower scene where Janet Leigh meets her demise, the spectre of the Bates Motel, and the pierc-ing music that raises the hair on the back of your neck. The oppor-tunity to cross Psycho off my list of must-see classics and hear the eerie score played by a dozen violins, violas,

cellos and bases had me counting down the days until Hal-loween weekend.

I was not disap-pointed. The movie itself was incredible. Although by today’s standards many of the cinematic devices are considered cliché, I can see why it was heralded as a horror classic when it was first released in 1960. There were definitely a few moments when I hunched down in my seat and covered my eyes. However, it was the live music that made the night. The sound resonated through the hall, and was so perfectly ex-ecuted that, at times, I completely forgot that the music was being performed right in front of me. When the lights finally came back up, the crowd gave the orchestra a much-deserved round of applause, and I had the opportunity to eavesdrop on a few conversations around me. The consensus

seemed to be that the event was a huge success, and like me, many others felt that the music worked seamlessly with the film. The friend who I had brought agreed, and asked me to make sure to invite her along for the next CPO movie night.

Even true video-philes can get that stale feeling every once in a while. When the new release lists get uninspiring, it’s a treat to try some-thing a little different. While the Kamloops Symphony Orchestra doesn’t have a movie option in their pro-gram (yet!), I encour-age you to seek out special movie events. Whether it’s the Kamloops Film Soci-ety’s Thursday Night Film Series, or a clas-sic movie night at a friend’s house, getting away from the “Top 10” latest and great-est is a sure way to rekindle your love of great film.

Amanda WintersRAVE REVIEWS

Amanda loves movies—she particularly adores indie and horror films. When she’s not

reading, Amanda spends a lot of her time looking up

previews for upcoming releases.

[email protected]

IN BRIEFREVIEWS • ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

OUTDOOR ART gAllERy: Art Sculptures from the 2010 Olympic Winter Games on permanent exhibit in the Louis Creek Valley.

Bennett’s book makes it to Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame Library

You may know him as the guy that manages the Sun Peaks transfer station, but Wilf Bennett knows a lot more than just how to recycle! Wilf is also an accomplished author of six published books on subjects ranging from tales from the trail, to recovering from alcoholism, to stories of cowboys, cowgirls and cow-kids.Recently Bennett’s book Cowboys and Rodeo Fans was accepted into the Canadian Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame Library at the Ponoka Agriculture Event Centre in Ponoka, Alta. “It made my day,” says Bennett who was encouraged to begin his writing career by a former employer. “I used to come back from the trail and tell him all the funny things that happened on the rides and he said I should write a book! It was a good idea and I took him up on it!”Bennett’s books are available at Willows Natural Foods in Chase, or stop by the transfer station, he’s always got a copy or two on hand to share.

Recycle Now! Transfer Station winter hours of operation gointo effect as of December 1, 2011. Seasonal hours are 10:00 am to 6:00 pm, seven days a week. The transfer station will be closed onChristmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day.

Should you have any questions regarding the services provided bythe Thompson-Nicola Regional District, pleasecontact the Environmental Health ServiceDepartment at 250-377-8673 or toll free at 1-877-377-8673.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR SUN PEAKS RESIDENTS, GUESTS AND PROPERTY MANAGERS.

Sun Peaks TransferStation Winter Hours

Photo courtesy of Sunpeaksnews.com

New bistro serves up exotic flavoursBlack Garlic is a simple food with a complex flavour and the moniker of Sun Peaks’ newest restaurant, co-owned by Kristin Passmore and acclaimed Vancouver chef, Robert Erickson.Passmore will run the dining room while Erickson takes charge of the kitchen. With a culinary approach that includes using seasonal foods to create unique South Asian inspired dishes, Erickson will also include vegan and gluten-free dishes on his menu. Black Garlic Bistro, located at the Heffley Boutique Inn, opens daily for lunch, après ski, dinner and cocktails Nov. 19.

Hampton GalleryInvites you and your friends

to our:

18th ANNUAL CHRISTMAS SHOW & SALE

Featuring new works by the gallery artists.

Opening Reception: Saturday, November 12, 2011

10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Exhibit continues through Christmas.

Stopping For A Look 24x36 Bill Lee

www.hamptongalleries.comemail: [email protected]

167-4th AvenueKamloops, BC (250) 374-2400

Gallery Hours:Monday to Saturday 10 to 5

PHOTO: KIM CAMERON

Fun Factor Arcade returns The Fun Factor Arcade at the Fireside Lodge will return to Sun Peaks this

winter. The family-friendly arcade offers billiards, pinball machines, a photo booth and retro video games.The arcade will be open seven days a week, beginning Nov. 11.

PHOTO: ADAM EARLE

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What type of sensor is right for you?

Master carvers Dan Richey and Kevin Lewis create sculptures to present to Sun Peaks Resort and Delta Sun Peaks at the annual BC Association of Agricultural Fairs and Exhibitions Conference.

BOO! Little goblins get the Halloween party started at MackDaddy’s.

Pro skier, Emma Whitman, models the latest in skiwear at Delta Sun Peaks fashion show.

SWITCHED! Matt Illnicky and Chris Nowak dress as each other for Halloween.

Ryan and Jen Nield join in the Halloween merrymaking in Whitecroft.

Conference goers depict the “Magic of the Fairs” at B.C. Fair Association event.

An early start to Guy Fawkes Night complete with bonfire & effigy burning.

Visit us online at www.sunpeaksnews.com to view our online PHOTO GALLERIES.

If you’re in the market to purchase a new digital SLR, or ready to upgrade the one you already own, you’ll have to do a little research and find out what type of cam-era sensor is right for your style of shooting.

Camera manufacturers have created two kinds of sensors—full frame and cropped. The debate on what sensor is better has been ongoing for some time now, and it appears that some of the professional and serious photographers out there have both types of cameras in the gear bag. This proves that there is value in both of these sen-sors. Of course, buying two camera bodies is way too expensive for most of us, so let’s take a brief look at the differences to help you make a choice.

The full frame sensor is roughly the same size as the 35-mm film we used in the past. It takes high qual-ity pictures, allows a wider angle of view, and offers the ability to use higher ISO values. The full frame sen-sor is physically larger in size and has less pixel den-sity. This allows the camera to produce images with less noise, or grain as we used to say in the film days. This

large sensor is great for wide angle landscapes or if you often find yourself trying to shoot moving subjects, like wildlife, in low light.

A camera with a 1.6x cropped sensor, also known as an APS-C sensor, has higher pixel density so it doesn’t produce the highest quality image at increased ISO levels. The trade-off however is the image crop factor. This allows your sub-ject to appear much closer than if viewed through a full frame sensor. An APS-C sensor is great for bird and distant wildlife pho-tography. For instance, if you have a 200-mm lens

mounted on a small sensor you’ll be shooting at an ef-fective 320-mm. A cropped sensor can be found on consumer and professional camera bodies with Canon and Nikon being among the current leaders in the industry.

This image of a California bighorn sheep was taken with a 1.6x cropped sensor camera. If I had used a full frame sensor camera, you would see much more of his body in the photograph.

Making the decision on what type of sensor would better suit your photogra-phy is one of the most im-portant choices you’ll make as you research that new camera. Both sensors have their place in the camera body market, and if you’re lucky you’ll get the oppor-tunity to try both. The light gathering qualities of the full frame sensor can re-ally improve the detail and quality of your images, but you’ll love the extra reach available with the cropped sensor while trying to cap-ture small birds and wild-life. This subject is rather extensive and I encourage you to learn what you can about the current camera bodies and the sensors that power them.

Peter SulzleWILDLIFE PAPARAZZO

Peter has been contributing to SPIN since 2009.

His original wildlife images have been used

by many conservation organizations in North America.

www.petersulzle.zenfolio.com

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NOV. 4 & 5CSPS Winter

Ski & Snowboard Show & Swap

Show: Nov. 4: 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., Swap: Nov. 5: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.,Kamloops Soccer Domewinterextreme.com

SAT., NOV. 5Bluebird Day Fund 4th Annual Fall Ball

MackDaddy’sAdvance tickets

available on-line $30, Tickets at the door $40ticketzone.com key

word search: Bluebird

SAT., NOV. 5Museum Family Day

Kids get crafty at the Kamloops Museum 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Children: $2Adults: Free

kamloops.ca/museum

NOVEMBER 8 TO 27Safari Jeff’s Human

Nature ExhibitSahali Mall

Human history, reptiles, interactive exhibit and archaeological finds

Admission: $5Children under 3 are free

250-374-3033

SAT., NOV. 19Sun Peaks Resort

Opening Day

Strap on the boards for the first day of the

rest of the season. Sunburst opens at 9 a.m.!sunpeaksresort.com

SAT., NOV. 1910th Annual Firefighters’

Charity GalaFundraiser supporting the

Sun Peaks Education Society and the

Sun Peaks Alpine Club$80 + HST

Delta Sun Peaks ResortCocktails, 5:30 p.m.

Dinner, 7 p.m.Dancing, live and silent

auctions to follow. 1-800-807-3257

Egyptology at the Kamloops Museum

Explore the world of Egypt, create a death mask,

become King Tut or Queen Cleopatra and discover some ancient mysteries.

Ages 10 to12, $20/personPre-registration required

250-828-3576

Ian Tyson LiveInternationally renowned country singer/songwriter

Ian Tyson brings his coast-to-coast

North American Tour to the Kamloops

Convention CentreDoors: 7 p.m. Show: 8 p.m.

Tickets $40 + HST250-372-5312

TUES., NOV. 22Gordon Lightfoot

in ConcertFrom love songs to

depictions of Canadian history and vast landscapes Lightfoot is a Canadian icon

whose music speaks to a whole country.

Interior Savings Centre Concert begins 8 p.m.

Tickets start at $69ticketmaster.ca

FRI., NOV. 25Lights in the Night

Christmas PartyCelebrate the kick-off

to the holiday season in downtown Kamloops.

Featuring family fun for everyone, including light-

ing of the Christmas tree at St. Andrew’s Square.

4 p.m. to 8 p.m.kcbia.com/bia/events/

lightsnite.htm

SAT., NOV. 26LSL Film Premier with

Bangers & MashFeatured film: “Can’t Not Be Feeling This” presented by LSL Productions. Over

$1,000 in door-prizes and give-aways.

Masa’s Bar and GrillDoors 7p.m. Film 8 p.m.

Admission $10

SAT., DEC. 3Kamloops Annual

ChristmasTown Santa Claus Parade

Parade begins at 2nd Ave. and St. Paul, travelling

north on 2nd Ave., east on Victoria St. to 6th Avenue.11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Sun Peaks 50th Anniversary

Celebration Events

Celebrate 50 years of skiing at Sun Peaks at Tod Mountain with 50 per cent off all day ticket purchases.

Dress in your favourite ‘60s inspired ski attire for a

chance to win prizes!250-578-5474

Miss Tod Mountain Pageant

Join the 50th Anniversary celebrations! Ladies 19 or older must pre-register by

Nov. 19 to enter.Masa’s Bar and Grill

4 p.m. to 7 p.m.sunpeaksresort.com

MON., DEC. 5Kamloops Toonie Day at Sun Peaks ResortKamloops and TNRD

residents enjoy a day lift ticket for only $2, plus donation to Food Bank.

Event Listings

Follow us on Twitter @sunpeaksnews or visit our website www.sunpeaksnews.com for daily event listings.

The past few years have brought on a Canadian folk revival, and there are many bright stars coming out of the works. Amy Cunningham’s one of them, and her new album To the Stars We’ll Return is brilliant. Cunningham’s knack for music is in her genes. Her grandfather used to sit in for Jerry Lee Lewis and Johnny Cash when they played in Toronto, and Cunningham herself started singing at a young age, taking up guitar when she was 14, performing in a college band, and more recently, opening for Craig Cardiff and Sam Roberts. To listen to Cunningham’s music today, you’d think she was born on the West Coast of Canada. Her music frequently recalls oceanic metaphors, and the songs share a lot of

West Coast senti ments. To the Stars We’ll Return is Cunningham’s debut album, and she’s currently promoti ng it on the road. Cunningham’s putti ng it all out there—the album’s a search of the self and the struggle to be present, with undertones of environmental sustainability issues and travelling. This folk album has a touch of country and soul added to the mix. “Take me Away” has a

beauti ful instrumental accompaniment to Cunningham’s voice, which reminds the listener a bit of Jewel, with a touch of Dixie Chicks twang, but sounding exactly like neither. “We are the Ones” is an upbeat-sounding song with lyrics that seem infl uenced by the Dalai Lama, “may you understand your diving plan/ may your heart be full right where you are.” The song will be featured in an upcoming documentary, Community Connecti ons, by Briti sh Columbian fi lmmaker Chris Carter. Cunningham performed in Kamloops and Ontario this fall, and will play in Nashville, Tenn. before performing in Hakuba, Japan. It seems like word’s caught on—watch out for this bright star.

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Sun Peaks Men’s Golf Association SPIN Cup Men’s Night

AT SUN PEAKS RESORT GOLF COURSE

$10.00 Men’s Night entry fee$5.00 optional Skins Game

Open to all golfersGreen fees and carts extra

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OPEN 10am to 4pm Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays until mid November.

250.578.0432


Anyone who’s experienced B.C. winters knows that on certain roads, all season tires just don’t cut it. The Min-istry of Transportation and Infrastructure designates the road from Heffley Creek to Sun Peaks a winter highway, which means anyone travel-ling to or from Sun Peaks must carry chains or have winter tires.

“Heffley to Sun Peaks is a designated winter highway,” says Ingrid Brakop, road safety coordinator for ICBC. “That means that from Oct. 1 to April 30 drivers must carry chains or have winter tires on their vehicles.”

Snow or winter tires, which have the snowflake and mountain emblem, are specially designed for winter driving conditions.

“The difference between a snow tire and an all-season tire comes down to the rub-ber compound that’s in the tire. An all-season rubber tire will actually stiffen up start-ing at about 7 C and below, and that’s where you lose a lot of your ice traction,” says Jim McLaughlin, manager at Kal Tire.

The RCMP patrols Tod Mountain Road checking for

winter tires. If stopped with-out winter tires or chains they can enforce the designated winter highway law by fining the driver, or sending them back down the mountain.

Snow tires are only part of the safe winter driving equa-tion. Now is the time to pre-pare your vehicle for winter driving conditions. Transport B.C. recommends you get a winter maintenance check-up of your battery, brakes and lights, and change your wiper blades to winter blades as they can push snow and ice more easily. Prior to heading out clear all snow and ice from windows, lights and mirrors to maximize your visibility. Posted speed limits are the maximum speed allowed for ideal conditions. It’s safer to drive below the posted limit because no matter how much winter driving experience you have, vehicles can still be unpredictable on snow or ice. By keeping at least four seconds between your vehicle and the one in front, you in-crease your chances of being able to make a sudden stop.

“In B.C. there are fines for speeding relative to road con-ditions,” notes Bra-kop. “Fines start at $167 and if you’re caught excessively

speeding (going more than 40 kilometers per hour over the speed limit) they can also impound your car for seven days for the first offence and 30 days for the second.”

“There is nothing an officer dreads more than contacting a family to tell them about the death of a loved one as a result of a crash,” said Superintendent Mike Diack, RCMP E-Division Traffic Services. “You can count on police throughout B.C. step-ping up enforcement over the next few weeks to remind drivers to slow down.”

No matter what your win-ter driving experience is, it’s important to practice safe driving habits, because, at the end of the day, we all want to arrive alive.

Tips for safe winter driving

PHOTO: WIKI MEDIA COMMONS

Further winter driving tips can be found at:

www.icbc.com

NOTICE OF ELECTION BY VOTING

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY given to the electors of the Sun Peaks Mountain Resort Municipality

that an election by voting is necessary to elect a Mayor and that the persons nominated as candidates and for whom votes will be received are:

KALS, Renate Sun Peaks, BC RAINE, Al Sun Peaks, BC

GENERAL VOTING will be open to qualified electors of Sun Peaks Mountain Resort Municipality on:

Registration of all electors will take place at the time of voting.

ELECTOR QUALIFICATIONS:In order to vote an elector must be eligible either as a Resident Elector, or a Non-Resident Elector, the requirements of which are as follows:

1.Resident Elector:• must be age 18 or older at time of registration;• must be a Canadian citizen;•must have been a resident of British Columbia for at least six (6) months immediately preceding the day of registration;• must be a resident of Sun Peaks Mountain Resort Municipality for at least 30 days immediately preceding the day of registration• must not be disqualified by the Local Government Act or any other enactment from voting in an election or be otherwise disqualified by law.

2. Non-Resident Elector:• must not be entitled to register as a resident;• must be age 18 or older at time of registration;• must be a Canadian citizen;• must have been a resident of British Columbia for at least six (6) months immediately preceding the day of registration;• must be a registered owner of real property in the Sun Peaks Mountain Resort Municipality, either as joint tenants or tenants in comon for at least 30 days immediately preceding the day of registration;• must not be disqualified by the Local Government Act or any other enactment from voting in an election or be otherwise disqualified by law.

VOTER PROOF OF IDENTITY AND RESIDENCE

All Electors (Resident and Non-Resident) will be required to produce two (2) documents, at least one (1) of which must contain the applicants signature, providing evidence of their identity and place of residency. For example, any two (2) of the following will be acceptable:• a BC drivers license;• a BC identification card issued by the motor vehicle office;• an owner’s certificate of insurance and vehicle license issued by ICBC;• a BC care card or gold care card;• a Social Insurance card;• a citizenship card issued by Citizenship and Immigration Canada;• a real property tax notice;• a utility bill.

Non-Resident Property Electors must also provide proof of ownership of property (i.e. state of title certificate, registered agreement for sale, latest property tax notice, or latest property assessment notice) and written consent of a majority of the property owners if there is more than one owner (forms avail-able at www.sunpeaksmunicipality.ca ) that they are entitled to register the jointly owned property. The person voting must sign the consent form.

Qualified electors may vote by mail if they:• have a physical disability, illness or injury that affects their ability to vote at another voting opportunity OR• expect to be absent from the Sun Peaks Municipality on general voting day and at the times of all advance voting opportunities.

REQUESTING A MAIL BALLOT PACKAGE:

1. Requests can be submitted in person, by mail, fax or email to the Chief Election Officer until 4:00 pm on Thursday, November 17th. Requests must contain the following, printed information:• Full name & Mailing address • Street address or Legal Description (if a non-resident property elector)• Method by which you wish to receive your mail ballot package: -- Pick up at the Sun Peaks Municipal office, OR -- Regular letter mail through Canada Post to your mailing address, OR -- Regular letter mail through Canada Post to an alternate address that you provide when requesting your mail ballot package.

Please note: packages will not be mailed out after November 14, 2011 and must be picked up.

2. Mail ballot packages will be sent out between the first day of advanced voting and 4:00 PM on Thursday, November 17th.

ANSWERS TO COMMONLY ASKED QUESTIONS:• No elector may vote more than once regardless of the number of properties owned;• It is not necessary to be a property owner to register and vote as a Resident Elector;• There is no restriction to the number of Resident Electors entitled to register and vote per household;• Corporations or businesses are not entitled to register and vote.

ELECTORAL REGISTRATION

Date Location Hours Wed. Nov. 9, 2011 Municipal Office 8:00 am – 8:00 pm TNRD Office 8:00 am – 8:00 pm Sat., Nov. 12, 2011 Municipal Office 8:00 am – 8:00 pm TNRD Office 8:30 am – 4:30 pm Mon., Nov. 14, 2011 TNRD Office 8:30 am – 4:30 pm Tues., Nov. 15, 2011 TNRD Office 8:30 am – 4:30 pm Wed., Nov. 16, 2011 TNRD Office 8:30 am – 4:30 pm Fri., Nov. 18, 2011 TNRD Office 8:30 am – 4:30 pm

Location Address Municipal Office #106 – 3270 Village Way, Sun Peaks, BC TNRD Office 4th Floor 465 Victoria St., Kamloops, BC

Saturday, November 19, 2011between the hours of 8:00 am and 8:00 pm

at the following locations:

ADDITIONAL GENERAL VOTING OPPORTUNITIES will be open to qualified electors at the following places and dates during the hours indicated:

VOTING DATES AND LOCATIONS

MAIL BALLOT VOTING

Nicky Braithwaite, Chief Election Officer, Sun Peaks Municipality 106 – 3270 Village Way, PO Box 1002, Sun Peaks BC V0E 5N0 Phone: 250-578-2020 Fax: 250-578-2023 Email: [email protected]


Municipality notesThe list of candidates for municipal elections has been finalized following the closure of nominations on Oct. 14. Running for Office of Mayor of Sun Peaks Mountain Resort Municipality are incumbent Al Raine, and challenger Renate

Kals. No changes have been made to the roster of councillors: Mario Pozza, Innes Popig, and Mike Forster. The Animal Control Bylaw, No. 0018, 2011 has had its third reading, at the Oct. 17 council meeting, and is now pending approval at the next committee of the whole or council meeting in November.


Most people think a cold and the flu are the same thing, but if you’ve ever had the flu, you know it’s not a cold. You also know it’s not a lot of fun.

“Not many people die of colds, but people will die from flu symptoms, because it progresses to something they can’t fight,” says Marg Kosolofski of the Sun Peaks Health Centre.

“In the States they did a study in the 2010-2011 flu season and there were 115 deaths of children from

flu,” she continued. “Nearly half of those had no known medical conditions.”

Symptoms of the flu in-clude sudden onset fever, severe fatigue or weakness, and relentless headaches. People often carry on with their daily activities, in-cluding going to work and school, when they don’t feel well, which only spreads the virus. Health officials urge people to stay home until at least 24-hours after their fever has broken.

While upset stomachs are often assumed to be the flu, those ailments are not actu-

ally symptoms of it.“A stomach issue is gastro-

enteritis,” notes Kosolofski. “The defining thing with the flu is the sudden onset of a fever greater than 38.5 C that lasts three to four days. The other symptom is severe fatigue and that can last up to three weeks.”

The best way to avoid the flu is by having a yearly vac-cination.

“People have to optimize their protection (because) there’s evidence that immu-nity declines over time, so go get it!” encourages Ko-solofski.

“By protecting yourself you also help protect oth-ers,” says Michael de Jong, British Columbia’s health minister.

It takes time for your body to develop immunity af-ter you’ve been vaccinated. By getting your shot early, you’ll be protected before the flu season really takes hold. It’s especially impor-tant that those at greater risk of infection, including children over the age of six months and seniors, get im-munized.

The Sun Peaks Health Centre will provide flu

shots for anyone living be-tween Heffley Creek and Sun Peaks. The shots will be free of charge for those with a B.C. CareCard, those without can obtain it for a fee.

The Nov. 16 clinic will be held at the Hearthstone Lodge from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Shots will be administered at the Health Centre after that date.

While getting a flu shot is the best way to avoid getting sick, there are m e a s u r e s

you can take to prevent the spread of germs, includ-ing covering your nose and mouth with a tissue when you sneeze or cough and frequent hand-washing with soap and warm water. It’s recommended that you avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth as this in-creases the spread of germs. Most importantly, if you are sick, stay home until your symptoms subside.

Gearing up for flu season

“Incredible. Everyone says; Wow that’s crazy!’ but it’s absolutely incredible,” says Whitecroft resident Seth Worthen.

That’s Worthen’s response to what he found, or rath-er, didn’t find in his fenced backyard on Oct. 12. The legs were still there, but his full-sized trampoline had relocated to the neighbour’s garden.

Worthen initially thought that the trampoline was sto-len, but who, he wondered, would steal a trampoline without the legs?

“You can’t even get it out of the yard without taking it apart,” he commented.

The wild weather that swept through the area that day became the prime sus-pect.

One resident who wit-nessed the storm reported seeing a cyclone-like event blow from the north-west through the community, rattling the shingles of one house as it passed over it. Dark clouds and hail ac-companied the wind.

For Worthen’s trampo-line to escape his yard, it had to clear the fence-line, trees and outbuildings that separate his yard from his

n e i g h b o u r ’s . He estimates it would have had to soar 45 feet up into the air, to land where it did, 125 feet from its starting point. Nothing else in Worthen’s yard was moved.

Rob Pig-ott of Enviro B.C. Weather Services ex-plains that the cause of the mystery could have been a surface-based dust devil, but was more likely a small F-0 tor-nado.

“With the dark skies and hail, I would say, without actually getting up there to look at it, it could be a mini tor-nado, one that could have speeds of maybe 80 to 100 kilometres per hour,” said Pigott. “(Tornados) range from zero to five, and F-0 are the ones who do very little damage and usually don’t last more than a few minutes.”

Radar images plotting the weather for that day, Pigott explained, indicate air mass-es that could have contrib-uted to a tornado event.

“It’s normally late spring and summer when tornados happen, but strange things happen at times. In the In-terior, when you get into the cooler months like October, it’s unlikely but not impos-sible.”

PHOTO: KIRSTEN FLINN

And then it wAs gone: The trampoline cleared the fence, shed and trees before landing in the garden next door.

DriveBC has its eye on you!In order to provide real-time road conditions to drivers, DriveBC has installed a new web camera on Highway 1 at the Peterson Creek Bridge linking the Aberdeen and Sahali areas with Valleyview Drive.Extreme weather, traffic congestion and quickly changing conditions at Peterson

Creek made it an ideal location for the new webcam. DriveBC, provides information on highway conditions, road closures and weather, all to make the B.C. driving experience a smoother one for travellers.

NEWS

For more on influenza, visit: www.fightflu.ca and for the

sun Peaks health Centre: www.sunpeakshealth.com

Tornado touchdownin BRIEF

COMMUNITY GRANTSThe Municipality will be accepting grant funding applications until November 15th from Community based groups, for the 2012 calendar year. For more information on eligibility and the information to include in your application, please review the guidelines for this grant program which are available on the Municipal website. These guidelines may also be picked up at the Municipal Offices during regular working hours.

www.sunpeaksmunicipality.ca

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2 bdrm, furnished basement suite on Sunburst Place. Own entrance and slope side to main lifts. $1150 winter, $850 summer, plus utilities. Contact David at [email protected] bdrm fully furnished suite, w/laundry. Yearly lease available. $2,500/month incl. all utilities, In-ternet, cable. Call 250-319-1519 or 250-572-61211 bdrm suite above garage, mod-ern, quiet. $1100/mo plus deposit. Free cable. Avail. Dec. 1. Please email: [email protected] & clean 2 bdrm suite. In-cludes in-suite laundry, Internet, cable & heat. Looking for respon-sible tenants. Sorry, N/Pets, N/S. $1000/mo summer, $1200/mo winter. Hugh @ 778-835-7267.Newer 2 bdrm suite includes W/D, fireplace, full kitchen with dishwasher, self-cleaning oven, over-range microwave, Inter-net, cable, separate heating system. Great view. Lrg cov-ered deck backing onto creek. Ski-in/ski-out. $1,200/mo. Call Tom 604-351-0798 or e-mail [email protected] Burfield Dr. 2bdrm. W/D. Utilities incl. $1,550/mo. Avail. im-mediately. Call: James 250-819-0909.

FOR SALENEW Wholesale Furniture for Cabins and Condos. Bedroom, Dining Room, Living Room and Mattresses. Visit our showroom or order online. 250-434-2337 or 250-314-7022. Can Deliver. www.GoWFB.ca/Sun-PeaksCar-top ski box, Yakima, XL, paid $650, asking $350 o.b.o. Call 250-372-2209

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Making the shift to solarIn 2011 the federal government announced the return of the ecoEnergy Retrofit for Homes Program, granting up to $5,000 for homeowners to improve their home’s energy efficiency. Including an allowance of $1,250 for installing a year-round solar hot water system. As homeowners evaluate their home’s energy efficiency, many are turning to solar thermal systems.Advancements in solar energy production have resulted in two main types of solar energy systems.“Flat panel is the old technology,” says Sun Peaks resident and systems architect Vladimir Grebenyuk. “Although they’ve been proven and work quite well in many installations, the new technology is vacuum tube which uses not only the visible light, but UV (ultra violet).”The ability of the vacuum tubes to capture UV light is especially important for homeowners in British Columbia. “They (the panels) could be covered in two feet of snow, it still penetrates,” notes Grebenyuk.A vacuum tube solar thermal system is slightly more expensive than the older solar panel technology. Regardless of your choice, you will reduce greenhouse gases, improve energy efficiency, and reduce costs, while helping to save the planet.

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Province helps smokers butt outAs November kicks off Lung Cancer Awareness Month, many smokers in British Columbia are taking advantage of the Province’s offer of free help in kicking the habit.Announced by Premier Christy Clark in May, free smoking cessation aids became available to all British Columbians on Sept. 30. “Tobacco is the largest single cause of premature death and disease in our province and while a lot of progress has been made, there is still more we can do,” said Clark. “This new program will provide smokers with a new level of direct support to quit, to live smoke-free, and to improve their own health as well as the health of their families.”Approximately 550,000 British Columbians smoke and of that, it’s estimated that 70 per cent want to quit. “Quitting smoking is not only good for your health and for the health of those around you, but it is also good for our health-care system as it will avoid the millions of dollars it costs to treat respiratory illnesses, heart disease and cancer,” stated Michael de Jong, B.C.’s health minister.B.C. residents who are eligible for the program must select one course of continuous treatment for up to 12 consecutive weeks. Options include two prescription smoking cessation drugs (Zyban or Champix), nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) gum or the NRT patch. Healthlink’s 8-1-1 phoneline registered over 7,100 orders for NRT in the first week of the Province’s smoking cessation program, with 82 per cent selecting nicotine patches to aid their efforts in quitting.

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Rules for background checksOrganizations that use social media to do background checks on prospective employees now have legal guidelines to follow. “The guidelines are designed to provide practical steps to assist organizations and public bodies in complying with the law,” explained Elizabeth Denham, B.C.’s information and privacy commissioner. Using social media for background checks is fast and simple, but can result in turning up inaccurate or irrelevant information. The new guidelines provide employers advice to consider when performing social media background checks, including a list of what to avoid.The privacy commissioner expects organizations to review and adopt the guidelines, ensuring social media background checks comply with B.C.’s privacy laws.

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Digital services for on track for Heffl ey areaResidents of Heffl ey and Litt le Heffl ey Lakes will enter the digital age when Mascon Cable completes their upgrade, bringing digital cable TV, phone and high-speed Internet service to the area. Visit Mascon’s website, or call their toll-free number to sign up for these services. Once service is available in December 2011, Mascon will contact customers to fi nalize installati on.

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Kamloops introduces ambassador programThe Tournament City Ambassador Program is seeking volunteers to promote health and wellness in Kamloops. Prospecti ve ambassadors need to lead healthy and acti ve lifestyles and must be 50 years or older. Ten ambassadors will be appointed quarterly to volunteer 10 hours per week, beginning in January 2012. Ambassadors will be asked to volunteer at sporti ng events, host facility tours at the Tournament Capital Centre and host the Health Beat Circuit at MacArthur Island Park, among other duti es.To prepare ambassadors for their duti es, the city will provide training in fi rst aid, emergency response and basic equipment use. Applicati ons will be accepted unti l Nov. 18. An RCMP background check will be required for those selected for the program.

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November 19 marks opening day of our 50th Year The best thing about opening day is guaranteed freshies! You will undoubtedly need to be up early to grab first chair at 8:30am on the Sundance Express—let’s kick off this winter in style!

Join us on December 3 for the following Anniversary ActivitiesOfficial Commemorative Celebrations: Come dressed in your best vintage attire and share the golden spirit of skiing/riding at Tod Mountain. We’ve got prizes for best dressed, plus we’re building a 50th Anniversary Time Capsule!

50% Off for Our 50th: Tell your friends to be here on this special Saturday for one of the best deals on lift tickets all season. Check the website for other resort specials.

Miss Tod Mountain Pageant: Ladies, we need you! The last winner back in ’87—Natalie Sanesh—hosts this fun event for the women of Tod Mountain. As part of our 50th Celebrations, the pageant returns for this year only! Find full details and enter online before November 19, at www.SunPeaksResort.com.

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Margot Robertson, who spent several winters as our Ski School Director in the 1970s, and Alan Watte sporting the ski fashion of that time. Photo: Rick Robertson.

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Red carpet welcome for B.C. fairs conference The British Columbia Association of Fairs and Exhibitions held their 101st conference in Sun Peaks in October. Senator Nancy Greene and Mayor Al Raine provided a warm welcome to the association’s members. While this was the first time the association held their meeting in Sun Peaks, it hopefully won’t be the last.“The response from the delegates was just overwhelming,” beamed Janine Saw, executive director of the association. “Our delegates commented ‘Wow, these people took the time to find out who we

are and to learn about us.’ They were just overwhelmed with the Mayor Raine and Senator Greene coming. We’ve never gotten that kind of attention before.”Between planning sessions for the 2012 fair and exhibition season, the association also learned the Ministry of Agriculture is providing $75,000 to help raise awareness for the province’s agri-food industry.“The funding will help ensure the public in B.C. understand the value of agriculture to our individual communities as well as the province,” notes Saw.Fairs help to showcase B.C.’s diverse agri-food industry which generates close to $9.6 billion annually in the province.

New board for Whitecroft Community AssociationThe Whitecroft Community Association held their annual general meeting in October, voting in a new board of directors to continue driving the small community’s initiatives. Helen Jones was voted in as the association’s new president, taking over from Avril Brock, while Katja Roberts is treasurer, Jo-Ann

O’Brien is secretary and Penny Nield and Jenn Nield are directors. First formed by a group of like-minded residents in 2007, the association’s priorities have focused on lobbying for the installation of high-speed Internet and securing funding for the recently completed FireSmart initiatives for forested land between Whitecroft and Sun Peaks. Building community relations through neighborhood events is another priority of the board. It’s busy planning events for the coming months.


After a lean couple of years, Sun Peaks’ realtors are welcoming a flurry of real estate activity in the resort.

“Right around the middle of August the phones started ring-ing, people started coming in and making offers and buying proper-ties,” notes Liz Forster, the man-aging broker at Sotheby’s Inter-national Realty. “It seemed quite sudden the way it started.”

Remax Alpine Resort realtor Lark Frolek-Dale believes there’s usually a pre-ski season rush, not-ing, “There are a lot of motivated people out there; it’s nice to see the activity.”

The allure of a four-season re-sort, along with municipal status and amenities are just a few rea-sons buyers are finding the area attractive.

“One of the main reasons is the school, another is the municipality. People are looking at it as a healthy lifestyle (choice),” says Forster.

Price is another reason prospec-tive buyers are turning to Sun Peaks. Frolek-Dale explains that the market has seen a pricing correction over the last couple of years making previously unafford-able properties more attractive to buyers.

“Price point is key,” she says.“Buyers have been sitting on

the sideline waiting, watching carefully and keeping track of the market,” comments Forster.

Sun Peaks appears to be gaining market share on other recre-ational resorts in the B.C. Interior as well.

“We’ve had double the number of sales to date this year as Silverstar; we’ve had 40 to their 20,” notes Forster. “It seems Sun Peaks is doing bet-ter (than other Inte-rior resorts), generally speaking.”

The recent sales activity isn’t the only indicator that things are on the upswing. Many sellers are re-ceiving multiple offers and at least two properties have sold for full list price.

“Two offers at the same time is extremely rare, and because we’ve had this happen so frequently just very recently, I think it indicates something,” enthused Forster.

Just where are the buyers com-ing from?

“We’re seeing a lot of buyers from B.C., back east in Toronto and local people from Kamloops,” says Frolek-Dale. “Recently (we) sold a property to a first time home buyer and that’s really ex-

citing because we don’t see a lot of first time home buyers in Sun Peaks.”

Forster agrees many buyers are coming from the lower mainland and Kamloops, but also from fur-ther afield. “We have buyers from the U.K. emigrating to put their young kids in the school. We have buyers from Washington which is significant. We’ve not had Seattle buyers for a number of years. We have buyers from Germany want-ing to move to Sun Peaks as their primary residence.”

No one wants to predict where the market will go in the future, but with these positive indicators, Sun Peaks’ realtors are cautiously optimistic as they head into the busy ski and buying season.

Realtors busy with flurry of activity

SOLD! Realtors experience a pre-season lift in home sales. New buyers are attracted by the resort’s new municipality sta-tus, as well as the Discovery Centre for Balanced Education.

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Training, fundraising, and program development are keeping the Sun Peaks Al-pine Club busy in the off-season.

“There’s a lot going on,” says John Crichton, pro-gram director of the Club. “The kids are training hard now, they’re in gymnastics a couple nights a week, ev-eryone’s improving really well.”

One racer Crichton has his eye on is local up-and-comer Danielle Cowburn. Described as one of the best in Canada last year, she tore her ACL during the nationals at the end of the season.

“She’s been doing rehab and now currently she’s back training and getting stronger every day,” ex-plains Crichton. “Danielle will be doing an intense return to snow. She’ll have her own program com-pletely where she’ll ski on smoother terrain which is more suitable for her building her knee back up, and then her goals are to make the provincial team and the national team.”

Roughly 32 K and J rac-ers, aged 10 to 16, and a host of Masters are ready for on-snow training to begin. Team training will open on the OSV on Nov. 12, with the B.C. Team and

Austrian women’s team hitting the racecourse too.

“The B.C. Winter games are this year,” explains Crichton. “They’re held in Silverstar, and that’s for the K1 age group and there’s provincials and West-ern Championships and Whistler Cup is a big one, which is an international ski race.”

The Alpine Club is also excited about a new Free Ski Program that will be available to club skiers.

“The Free Ski Program is going to offer a lot of ski training as well, with more backcountry type skiing,” he says. “We’re going to of-fer ski training, backcountry skiing, start to learn about avalanche danger, first aid, and avi courses eventually. I think it’s a much needed program, and I think it’ll be a really fun new oppor-tunity. We’ve had quite a few people who’ve come through the club who have raced up until they’re 18 to 19 to 20, and are now some of the best free skiers around.”

In the meantime, eyes are turned to the Firefighters Gala on Nov. 19 to help fi-nance the programs.

“I want to build the club to (be) better than ever for all kinds of great programs that will fit all kinds of skiers needs,” concludes Crichton.


He might be a little guy, but Pramod (Promo) Thapa has big dreams. When he arrived from Nepal two years ago he had never skied, ridden in a world-class cycling event, or bungeed 160 feet. Today he’s done all that, while focus-ing on his biggest dream yet, Paralympic gold.

“He’s aiming for Sochi, but we’ll see what happens there,” says John Crichton, program director of Sun Peaks Alpine Club. “We’ll do everything we can to support him and to make his dreams come true.”

There’s an entire team of people helping Thapa get where he wants to go. Lead-ing that charge is adaptive ski coach and trainer Jim Knowles who first met Thapa

through the Sun Peaks Adap-tive Skiing Program two years ago.

“One time, one of the in-structors couldn’t come up so Dick (Taylor) asked if I could take this kid out,” re-calls Knowles. “They had him on tow tethers and after one run, it was like, ‘Let’s get rid of the tether and let’s go up the chairlift.’ ” By the end of that first season Knowles was sneaking Thapa who has cere-bral palsy, on to race courses where he’s been blazing trails ever since.

With dreams of Paralym-pic gold, Thapa trains through-out the year. His weekly regime of weights, gym-nastics and core strength training all helped him complete the 2011 Gran Fon-do Highwood Pass, a 7,000 foot climb over 147 kilometres. In a race where most cyclists compete on road bikes, Thapa rode a mountain bike. It took him nine

hours and he finished last, to the resounding cheers of a crowd that emerged from nowhere to greet him at the finish line.

“Everyone had gone; the only people there were me and people (organizers) from the race. As he got closer people started to show up,” re-members Knowles, emotion-ally. “There must have been 50 people cheering him on.”

Knowles acknowledges, “It was after the Gran Fondo things really started to happen for Promo, the Gran Fondo

people sent him a road bike!” More good news followed.

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) granted him the right to compete for the National Paralympic Committee Canada in all IPC sanctioned alpine skiing competitions, and Rossignol established a sponsorship for Thapa for the 2011/2012 ski season.

“It was Jardines that got us equipment last year and now Rossignol has gotten us some skis,” remarks Knowles who is finalizing plans for Tha-pa’s first NorAm at Copper Mountain, Colo. in Decem-ber.

Thapa is gearing up for a busy ski season. “He’s got his NorAm and he’ll have four provincial races and a World Cup at Panorama,” says Knowles who’s also keeping his eye on Thapa’s dream of Paralympic glory.

“Promo said to me ‘I want to ski in the Olympics.’ ” With a catch in his voice Knowles says, “I promised him I would get him to the Olympics. That’s the goal.”

Until that time, Thapa and Knowles are staying focused, savouring each milestone on their journey to Paralympic glory.

Promo’s keeping his eye on the prize

PHOTO: KIM CAMERON

GEARED UP AND READY TO GO! Promo Thapa aboard his new road racing bike, donated by supporters of the Gran Fondo Highwood Pass Mountain Race.

The Parapan Games have been growing in size and competitiveness since their beginning 12 years ago. This year the event hosted in Guadalahara, Mexico will attract over 1,500 athletes from 25 countries, including 125 from Canada.Kamloops-born Jessica Vliegenthart is one of those athletes. A member of the Canadian Women’s

Wheelchair Basketball team, she began playing wheelchair basketball five years ago after breaking her back while working as a forest firefighter. Today she is studying law. The Parapan American Games 2011 run from Nov. 12 to 20.

IN BRIEF

Alpine Club coach’s update

The McArthur Island Treasure Hunt is a new series of 15 geocaches that create a geocaching training ground for enthusiasts new to the activity. To participate in geocaching, people hide caches and post clues and the item’s GPS

coordinates online. Seekers can browse the website, choose a cache to find, and follow the GPS coordinates until they find the treasure. Usually, the cache is a trinket, or a log book, but the real prize is the adventure that gets you there. All that’s needed to participate are the coordinates, and a GPS or smart phone with a geocaching app.McArthur Island Park, in Kamloops, has a large number of geocaches. The caches are family friendly and safe, and some are wheelchair accessible.

Look at the main geocaching wesite for details:

www.geocaching.com

For news and results, check out: www.paralympic.ca

Global game of hide and seek expands at McArthur Island

Kamloops athlete in Parapan American Games

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$509,000

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Great opportunity to run your own business. Available to lease or buy in Sun Peaks newest luxury development, Kookaburra Lodge, right in the heart of Sun Peaks. High traffic exposure and good storefront visibility. Concrete structure for strength and acoustic and fire qualities. Sprinkler system in place. Phone listing agent for details.

#29 Trapper’s LandingThis superior entry level mountain home has never been rented, and comes completely furnished for your next visit. 4 bedrooms plus large family room compli-ment this exclusive townhome. Ski-in/ski-out, with private garage and extra storage, large deck for entertaining with beautiful mountain views. HST is not applicable.

$519,000

#30 McGillivray CreekYou must see this townhome that has something for everyone, including 3 bedrooms and 3 baths. Fully furnished with private hot tub and 3 patios. Spa-cious custom kitchen design w/granite counters, stainless steel appliances, gas stove, 2 storey vaulted ceilings and river rock fireplace in living room.

$424,900

1344 Burfi eld Drive3 bedroom 1/2 duplex situated next to McGillivray Creek. Separate 1 bedroom non-conforming suite w/private entry. Views of Burfield lift & ski runs. Easy ski-in access from Mt. Morrisey. Main floor shared laundry, hot water in-floor heating, ample level parking, quiet area of town w/great potential.

$269,000

#16 McGillivray CreekBeautiful level entry 2 bdrm, 2.5 baths, w/private garage nestled next to McGillivray Creek, fronting the Sun Peaks Golf Course. Ski-in/ski-out via the Mt. Morrisey lift, sunny southern exposure w/private patio & backyard, sun deck off master bedroom, heated tile floors, cozy fireplace & close to all resort amenities. HST not applicable.

$362,500

#61 Settler’s CrossingThis 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom moun-tain home is conveniently located on the corner giving you great light and access to the mountain and golf course. Settle for only the best with terrific ski-in/ski-out access that comes fully furnished with your own hot tub.

$269,000

#15 Forest TrailsThis 3 bedroom level entry ski-in/ski-out townhome backs onto green space with a creek. Features single car garage, covered sun deck, heated tile floors & cozy rock fireplace. Just steps from the valley trail & village & comes fully furnished to provide you with the convenience of a home away from home. HST not applicable.

$349,000

#2 Crystal ForestCozy upper floor 1 bedroom condo with private sun deck and ski-in/ ski-out location. Underground park-ing, extra ski storage space, sunny southern exposure, heated tile floors in the kitchen and bathroom. Close to village and all amenities, comes fully furnished. HST is not applicable .

$189,000

#39 Trail’s EdgeSlope side 4 bedroom, immaculate mountain townhome offers true ski-in/ski-out access and is adjacent to the golf course in a private setting. Great floor plan with plenty of space for the growing family. This home is offered fully furnished with hot tub & HST is not applicable.

$499,950

#14 Trail’s EdgeStunning 4 bedroom, 3.5 bathroom townhouse with custom upgrades & soaring windows. Open concept, incredible mountain views, ski-in/ ski-out. Large private deck and hot tub. Private garage and extra storage are an added bonus to this fully furnished mountain home.

$529,900

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