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Vol. 3/Issue 12 Your Weekly Source for News and Events March 24, 2006

Serving The Upper Columbia Valley including Spillimacheen, Brisco, Edgewater, Radium, Invermere, Windermere, Fairmont and Canal Flats

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Dragon Boats launch websiteBy Elinor FlorencePioneer Staff

People wanting to register early for this year’s Dragon Boat race and receive a discount can do so from home through the organization’s new website, www.invermeredragonboat.com.

Th e Columbia Valley Dragon Boat Race and Fes-tival will be expanded this year to include three days of fun: July 28th, 29th and 30th.

Th e weekend was chosen so it will not confl ict ei-ther with Valley Appreciation Day set for the previous weekend on July 23rd, or the following long weekend from August 5th to 7th.

Th e race this year has a diff erent sponsor as well. Th e Alberta Dragon Boat Foundation, a non-profi t society that promotes dragon boat racing, will take charge of the event, providing boats and paddles.

“We will have knowledgeable, experienced and friendly people offi ciating,” said Mary Liz Robertson of MJ Events. Mary Liz and partner Jackie Hatton are second homeowners from Calgary who are helping to organize this year’s event.

“We love the sense of community here and we wanted to get more involved,” she said.

Th is year’s race will be linked with both the Calgary Dragon Boat Festival and the Vernon Dragon Boat Festival. Th ere is expected to be some serious compe-tition from paddlers who enter all three events.

Dragon boating is the fastest growing sport in North America. Last year the event attracted 14 teams and this year 35 teams are expected to sign up. Since each team has 22 members - 20 paddlers, one drum-mer and one steersperson - that means 770 partici-pants are expected to take to the water.

Early bird specials are available for those who sign up by May 1st. An Early Bird Mixed Entry or Gender Specifi c Entry will cost $800, rising to $880 after the deadline.

Th e best bargain is for the Youth Team, in which all members must be aged 12 to 18, who will pay $264 for an Early Bird entry, rising to $330 after May 1st.

“It would be a really great role for an adult to take

on the job of team manager for a Youth Team,” said Mary Liz.

Th e dragon boat festival is sponsored by the Fam-ily Resource Centre to raise funds for the local non-profi t society. In operation since 1988, the centre of-fers a range of counselling and support services. On average the centre sees about 1,500 individual clients, couples or families each year - about 18 percent of the valley’s population.

For information, visit www.invermeredragonboat.com or call 342-4242.

Melinda Drews of Th e Pioneer’s 2005 team.

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Now that spring has sprung, many valley busi-nesses have begun to prepare for the impending staff-ing crunch that the season will bring.

“Right now I have no idea how we’re going to make it through the summer,” said Peter Banga, owner of the Quality Bakery in Invermere. “It’s kind of get-ting a little unnerving.”

Mr. Banga said he’s run advertisements across Canada and even tried recruiting as far away as Ger-many and Poland for qualified people to work in his bakery. “It’s impossible to get anybody local,” he said.

Sydney-Anne Porter, one of the owners of AG Valley Foods grocery store, said she’s dreading a repeat of last summer.

“I’m hoping to employ as many students as I did last summer,” she said.

Last summer Ms. Porter estimates she employed 20 students over the summer. She said many of them didn’t stay the entire summer but moved from job to job. “Before last summer I’d never hired a 14-year old before,” she said. “Last summer I hired many.”

Ms. Porter said the competition for labour last summer pushed the starting wage for unskilled labour to $10 per hour. “You know what happened is Tim Horton’s started doing that,” said Ms. Porter.

Last May former Tim Horton’s owners Kelly and John Aiello were forced to closed their restaurant tem-

porarily one afternoon because of a staff shortage. In an effort to attract more staff the Aiellos upped their starting wage.

“I think that’s everyone’s fear,” said Ms. Porter “our wage costs have skyrocketed.”

Rick Luyendyk, owner of Lakeland Contracting, said finding workers for his construction business is a year-round problem. “Ten years ago you’d do layoffs in the winter, but now you just push through.”

He said he planned to stick with his crew of 18 workers throughout the summer and hiring students for a few months isn’t an option.

“I don’t like to spend the time training if they’re going to be a two-month employee,” he said.

At the Quality Bakery, hiring students to work service positions isn’t a problem. “We’ll probably fill the staffing gap with students and postpone the prob-lem until September,” said Mr. Banga.

But even students are getting harder to find, said Ms. Porter. “Once students have a driver’s licence they go to the golf courses,” she said.

Mr. Banga agreed. “Golf courses absorb a huge amount of the workers,” he said, “and I can’t blame them.”

Laurie Klassen, general manager of Eagle Ranch golf course, said the opportunity to work outside at-tracts many young people. “Absolutely, it does,” she said. “A golf course can be a very fun place to work, especially if you have a passion for golf.”

Mr. Banga said most students who work in the

valley live with their parents and don’t pay rent.Ms. Porter said she may eventually have to open

up rooms in her Invermere home to attract summer workers. “That’s what they’ve had to do in Banff,” she said.

Steve Kuffler, general manager at the Radium Re-sort, said his company is in a fortunate position to attract workers because it has accommodation for 12 staff members.

“The only way we’re going to improve our condi-tion is to build more staff accommodation,” he said.

He said his company employs 180 in the summer versus only 30 in the wintertime.

He said the resort tries to make employment at-tractive by organizing ball tournaments and golf tour-naments to show staff they are appreciated.

“It’s morale, big-time morale,” he said.“Everybody gets laid off in the fall but we invite

them all back for our Christmas party,” he said.Ms. Porter said AG Foods employs more staff than

it needs in the wintertime, knowing the crunch that will hit in the spring.

“That’s my investment in the future,” said Ms. Porter. “I’m showing that I’m a year-round employer and when I need you, you’ll be there.”

Even with the staffing difficulties, Ms. Porter said summertime is when valley businesses thrive.

“Ten months of the year we have meat and pota-toes,” she said. “And then for two months we get the chance to have a little gravy.”

Local labour shortage looming

A Fernie man was killed last Fri-day night when his vehicle left High-way 95 and plunged over a 30-metre embankment 19 kilometres north of Radium Hot Springs.

Brian Marriott, 55, and his two sons, Daniel, 20, and Levi, 16, were returning from a day of skiing in Rev-elstoke, said Columbia Valley RCMP Constable Rob Weaver.

The two young men received mi-nor injuries, said Const. Weaver. Both are now back home in Fernie.

The accident happened around 11 p.m at the turn-off to Luxor Station

Road near Spur Valley. The 1996 GM Suburban SUV was travelling south when it left the road at a spot where the highway curved to the left.

“The road veered left and he con-tinued straight,” said Const. Weaver.

The SUV struck the Luxor Station Road sign and continued along the shoulder. It travelled behind a road-side barricade between the highway and the very steep embankment.

The vehicle missed the barricade and continued about 100 feet along the shoulder, said Const. Weaver. Brake markings were visible where the

vehicle plunged over the precipice, he said.

“It looks like the driver was try-ing to correct but at that speed your chances of correcting are very slim,” said Const. Weaver. He said the speed limit there is 90 kilometres per hour.

The driver’s side of the SUV was heavily damaged and the man was killed despite wearing his seat belt, said Const. Weaver. The 16-year-old boy was also wearing his seat belt, but the 20-year-old was not, he said.

Alcohol is not suspected and no criminal charges will be laid.

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Th e number of full-time medical doctors in Invermere will increase by two when the Chisel Peak Medical Centre opens next month.

And vacancies are open for two more full-time medical doctors, as well as one fi ll-in doctor, said Invermere medical doctor and chief of staff at the Invermere and District Hospital, Fran-cois Louw.

Dr. John Rose and Dr. Chris Gooch will each open their own practice in April. Cur-rently both are working as full-time fi ll-ins for the other doctors in town.

When they begin, they will bring the total of full-time practis-ing doctors in town to nine.

Interior Health approved the “retention funding” for the two new full-time doctors, plus the doctors to be hired in the future.

Retention funding is the term that applies to a special bonus paid to doctors that work in small communities. Doctors are self-

employed and bill Interior Health for the time they spend seeing and treating patients.

Additional spaces will soon be available because of extra examin-ing rooms built at the new Chisel Peak Medical Centre, which is ten-tatively set to open April 10th.

Currently six of Invermere’s seven full-time doctors practise at the George Duthie Clinic on Seventh Avenue - which will be

renamed the Invermere Medical Clinic when the Chisel Peak Medi-cal Centre opens.

Dr. Maria Dibb practises on her own and will continue to do so after the new centre is opened.

When the Chisel Peak Medical Centre opens, four doctors - Dr. Michael Walsh, Dr. Francois Louw, Dr. Th eresa Ross and Dr. Gooch - will leave the Duthie Clinic and begin practising there.

Four others - Dr. Ian White, Dr. Mike Magier, Dr. Shannon Page and Dr. Rose - will remain at the old clinic on Seventh Avenue.

Dr. Louw said Invermere’s tenth doctor will likely be hired within the next six months.

He said because the valley is growing, 11 full-time doctors will be required within the next few years. Although funding is in place, no date has been set for hiring the eleventh doctor, he said.

Finding doctors to work in rural areas like the Columbia Val-ley can be diffi cult, said Dr. Walsh. He said doctors in cities don’t have to work in emergency rooms, like their colleagues in smaller commu-nities. Job prospects for the doctor’s spouse is typically better in cities, he said.

“Th ere’s a doctor shortage ev-erywhere,” he said.

Wanted: more doctors

Dr. Francois Louw

SELFLESS ACT - From left to right: Windermere fi refi ghters Lee Lax, Jim Miller, and Rod Stanford were honoured by British Columbia Ambulance Service employee Peter Hecher on Tuesday night. Th e fi remen assisted a senior who had fallen on the ice, staying with her until the ambulance crew arrived.



The opening of Invermere’s Chisel Peak Medical Centre will mark a technological shift in the way doc-tors serve patients in the Columbia Valley.

“We’re going to full electronic records,” said Dr. Michael Walsh, one of four Invermere medical doctors who own the new centre.

The medical centre will make up about one-quar-ter of the 20,000-square-foot Chisel Peak Centre on 10th Avenue, across from IGA in Invermere.

The other partners are Dr. Francois Louw, Dr. The-resa Ross and Dr. Chris Gooch. They will move from the George Duthie Clinic. Collectively their practices will create the Chisel Peak Medical Centre.

The four doctors will now work in a paperless of-fice, said Dr. Walsh. “When you go to your doctor we won’t write anything down,” said Dr. Walsh, who graduated from the University of Alberta’s medical school and came to work in the valley in 1992. “That’s the big move in health care.”

What physicians will do is enter all important in-formation into computers. “We’re going to see patients with a computer running in the background,” said Dr. Louw, a South African who studied medicine at the University of Pretoria before coming to the valley in 2001. He said doctors will also carry a palm computer in which they will enter data.

“Everything will be in electronic format, includ-ing X-rays,” said Dr. Louw.

Dr. Walsh said the technology will make it easier for doctors to share information with other health care services. “The whole move is saving doctors from do-ing paperwork,” he said.

Dr. Walsh said studies have shown that doctors currently do about one hour of paperwork per shift. By eliminating that paperwork, he said doctors may be able to see as many as four more patents per shift.

Existing paper files will be kept, and Dr. Walsh said the new technology is very secure.

“The first couple of months will be a learning curve but with the move it’s a natural time to do it,” he said.

The goal is better, more efficient health care, said Dr. Walsh. Physicians’ assistants will be hired to work at the new clinic, he said. They will perform tasks such as taking blood, measuring blood pressure, weighing

patients and even helping the doctors make assess-ments. “They’ll ask you what you’re there for,” said Dr. Walsh.

“It’s new for Invermere,” he said. “It’s a more streamlined approach.”

The Chisel Peak Centre is tentatively set to open on April 10, said Dr. Louw. “Any later than that and my peptic ulcer will flare up,” he joked. It has been five years since the project was first conceived.

The building’s remaining space will be filled by Invermere’s Pharmasave and as yet undetermined ten-

ants. the owners are looking for tenants in para-medi-cal fields like physiotherapy and laser surgery, he said.

Pharmasave owner Keith Irwin said his business will begin the move from its current location on 12th Street on the week of Monday, April 3rd.

The pharmacy will remain open at the old location until Friday, April 7th. It will close over the weekend and re-open the following Monday.

Mr. Irwin said he’s planned on the move for the past three years. “It’s 30-percent larger,” he said. “It’s a better space in terms of being close to the doctors.”

New medical centre nearly finished

Allan Phillips, a painter from Pro-Wash Painting in Sylvan Lake, Alberta, is painting the multi-coloured interior.


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Historical Lens

Sarah TurkOffi ce Manager

Th ese men are playing on the Invermere Golf Course, located on Fort Point, sometime between 1914 and 1920. Pynelogs is visible in the background. Photo courtesy of the Windermere District Historical Society

Dear Editor:

Yay! Hooray!It was with great pleasure I read

the announcement of Gail and Henry Hoff man being recognized for their heart.

I am certain mine is only one of hundreds of letters agreeing heart-ily with the honour and respect be-stowed on them, just as I am certain that there are many people in our community who have personal and life-changing memories connected to these two incredible beings.

Everyone and anyone who has been the lucky recipient of their smile, assistance, reassurance, or even a “pet

and chat” is sure to be thrilled that the Rotary Club of Invermere picked exactly who they would have chosen themselves.

And we are richer in our hearts, and more content in the fabric of our community.

With much respect and sincere appreciation for ALL you have done, Gail and Henry.

Way to go, Rotarians!Th ank you for allowing me to add

my personal recognition of Gail and Henry because I agree, they are the ideal!

Evanna EllisInvermere

Hoff manns are ‘the ideal’‘Health care top-notch’Dear Editor:

When it comes to TLC and the best-of-the-best for services and in-dividual attention, let doc book you into Cranbrook via ambulance from Invermere Hospital Emergency ward.

A small stroke took me into the capable care of Dr. Gooch, who per-formed immediate steps for referral to Cranbrook.

Paramedics Ryan and Rob then bundled this brittle old dude into the ambulance with Nurse Katherine in attendance, and we were off and whis-tling. Th ose three handled me like the last egg in the dozen!

At Cranbrook Hospital, a squad of top-of-the-line nurses, namely Myla,

Bette and other Angels, went into ac-tion giving me plenty of fi rst-class VIP treatment. I felt instantly renewed as the magic touch took eff ect.

After Sherry wheeled the ambu-lance back to Invermere, our very own professional nurses, including Anna, Colleen and all those good gals, topped off another stay in the hospital, with Dr. Louw riding shotgun. I even enjoyed the meals provided!

I had a close call, but I’m feel-ing much better for that great premier treatment off ered by our unsung local heroes. How about a big hand for these guys and dolls!

Doug GeorgeInvermere

Room to rentBy Elinor FlorencePioneer Publisher

A New York apartment-dweller recently discovered a hole in his drywall big enough to hold a mattress. For a joke, he ran this newspaper ad: “$35 - elevated mattress-sized space between rooms. Bring your own bedding.” Within hours, he had a dozen takers.

I guess we should be happy we aren’t living in New York, where apartments can rent for $25,000 U.S. per month. Th at being said, anyone with a suite or a room to rent could probably do all right this summer, given the staff shortage in the valley and, perhaps more im-portantly, the number of people who would love to move here and fi ll those jobs if they had a place to lay their weary heads.

To address the housing shortage, a few years ago the District of Invermere made secondary suites legal. If you have some room to spare and don’t mind shar-ing, now is the time to use it. Th e extra income could help pay for those pesky property taxes.


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Columbia Valley Arts Council

Annual General MeetingWednesday March 29th – 7 pm

at Pynelogs Cultural Centre

• Election of Offi cers • Review of Financial Position• Reception to follow

Come out and support your community Arts CouncilEveryone Welcome!

Local girls appearedin Brokeback Mountain

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Two local girls had the experience of a lifetime, working as “background stars” in what turns out to be one of the top movies of 2005, Brokeback Moun-tain.

Brokeback Mountain not only was a Golden Globe success, it became an Oscar-nominated movie, with awards going to Best Director and Best Screen-play to Diana Ossana and Larry Mc-Murtry, and nominations for Best Ac-tor, Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress.

Th e movie, portraying a love af-fair between two cowboys in Wyo-ming, showed at Th e Toby Th eatre in Invermere last week to larger-than-aver-age crowds.

Suzy Gionette, who has been in-volved with movie productions in Al-berta for the past seven years in the role of Production Coordinator and Background/Extras Casting invited her niece, Mandy Tross, and Mandy’s friend Linnea King, to work on an all-night scene in Fort McLeod last summer as “Extras.”

Once the two “stars” went through the process of Hair, Makeup an Ward-robe, their big moment was part of the Fourth of July fi reworks, which saw Heath Ledger’s character get into a brawl with some rowdies.

During production, many scenes are shot and re-shot, and one never knows if those long hours and days will even get their 15 seconds of fame on the big screen - but this was one scene that didn’t make the cutting room fl oor!

Th e thrill of working up close to some of Hollywood’s hottest and bright-est made the girls experience even more fun, and the bonus was - they got paid!

For those who know Mandy and Linnea, the two “stars” are easily identi-fi ed!

Mandy Tross and Kirsten Th omsen were also in a movie called You Know My Name, now out on video. Mandy got a featured spot, portraying “a young girl in the church scene.” Unfortunately, that was one scene which didn’t make it to the big screen.

Mandy is currently working at An-gus McToogle’s in Invermere and Lin-nea is living in Lethbridge.

Mandy Tross, left, and Linnea King appeared briefl y as extras in the “Fourth of July” scene.

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• March, 24, 25: Last Holiday• March 29, 30, 31, April 1: Hoodwinked

March 24th

• 7 pm: Free Body Balance, an introduction to program and support group, at All Th ings Beautiful. More info: 342-7010 to register.

March 25-26th

• Volunteers are needed to take the two-day Coach-ing Course for Archery in Cranbrook, to help out with the Windermere Rod and Gun Club’s weekly archery practices and shoots. Call 342-9033 or 342-5343 or email sunfl [email protected].

March 25th

•10 am-2 pm: Flea Market/Craft Sale hosted by the Ladies’ Legion Auxiliary, Branch #71. Includes lunch, $4. To book a table or for more information, call Sylvia 342-6559.

March 26th

• 3 pm-5 pm: Open House to honour Christine Keshen and her Olympic Bronze Medal at the Invermere Curling Club. Refreshments available.

March 29th

• 6 pm: Chamber of Commerce 8th Annual Business Excellence Awards 2006, tickets $50 per person.• 7 pm: Annual General Meeting for the Columbia Valley Arts Council, at Pynelogs Cultural Centre.

March 30th

• 3 pm-6 pm: District of Invermere Open House to share your opinions on Octagon Development, Invermere Community Hall.

March 31st, April 1st, 2nd

• Th ird Annual Kokanee Peak to Valley Team Race at Panorama Mountain Village. Skiers and snowboard-ers of all abilities are welcome.• 7:30 pm: Travel “Biking to Baja” Presented by Sib-ylla Helm, as part of the Armchair Travel/WILD Voices Speakers Series, DTSS Th eatre.

April 2nd

• Fairmont Ski Resort’s last day of skiing.

April 4th

•7 pm: Adult Baseball Players Wanted! Information meeting at the Arena, in the mezzanine. For more info, call Robert 347-9093.

April 7th

• 7:30 pm: Travel “Middle East & South East Asia” Presented by Andy Stewart-Hill, as part of the Arm-chair Travel/WILD Voices Speakers Series. David Th ompson Secondary School Th eatre.

April 9th

• 8 pm: David Essig, performing at the Pynelogs Cultural Centre, Invermere, is a long-time famous blues-roots performer who has won many Junos for his song-writing and vocals, tickets $20. Doors open at 7pm. For info: 342-7108 or 342-4423.

April 16th

• Panorama Ski Resort’s last day of skiing.

April 22nd

• 7:30 pm: Wings Over the Rockies start-up presentation at DTSS Th eatre.

April 29th

• 8 am-8 pm: Health and Wellness Second Annu-al “Living a Life in Balance”: A Forum for Women Fairmont Hot Springs Resort, Cost: $150. Call (250) 342-3210 to register.

May 2nd - 8th

• Wings Over Th e Rockies: Th roughout the Columbia Valley discover the world of birds through activities such as guided nature walks, Columbia River fl oats, voyager canoe trips, horseback riding in the grasslands, art exhibits, evening presentations, live music, workshops, children’s festival, and a Wings Gala Banquet. For info: call the College of the Rockies, 342-3210, or visit www.wingsovertherockies.org.

May 5th-9th

• Screening Mammography mobile van is coming to our community, 45 appointments still available, call 1-800-663-9203 to book yours! Also, check out www.bccancer.bc.ca/breastscreening for more information.

New Video Releases March 28th:

• 2001 Maniacs • Ball & Chain• I Love Your Work • King Kong• Memoirs of a Geisha • Stay• Th e Triangle • Get Rich or Die Trying• Dark Kingdom: Dragon King• Cutting Edge: Going for the Gold• Sound of Th under

Golf Course Opening Dates

• March 23rd: Th ’Flats Golf Course• March 24th: Coy’s Par 3 Radium Resort - Th e Springs Riverside Golf Course - Fairmont Windermere Valley• March 31st: Copper Point Golf Club Creekside Par 3 Mountainside - Fairmont• April 1st: Edgewater Hilltop Par 3 Radium Resort - Resort Course Setetkwa Golf Course• April 6th: Eagle Ranch Golf Course• April 7th: Spur Valley Greens• April 8th: Golden Golf & Country Club• April 13th: Bootleg Gap• May 19th: Greywolf Golf Course

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A Day in CourtTh e following people were convicted and sen-

tenced in adult court held at the Invermere Court House on March 21st. Presiding was circuit judge D.C. Carlgren of Cranbrook.

• Norbert H. Blatt pled guilty to dangerous opera-tion of a motor vehicle.

Th e court heard that at 7 p.m. on July 27, 2005 police were called to an accident at Highway 93/95 near the Invermere ball diamonds.

Th e court heard a small brown car driven by Mr. Blatt swerved into oncoming traffi c. An oncoming vehicle was forced to take evasive action and over-turned.

Th e court heard that Mr. Blatt at the time was thought to be trying to commit suicide.

Th e court heard that Mr. Blatt passed an alcohol test.

Mr. Blatt was sentenced to a $900 fi ne and an 18-month driving prohibition.

• Kevin S. Birdsey pled guilty to breach of under-taking or recognizance.

Th e court heard that at 9 p.m. on January 24, 2006 in Windermere, an RCMP constable in a marked po-lice vehicle noticed Mr. Birdsey urinate on the ground and then get into his vehicle.

Th e court heard the offi cer followed Mr. Birdsey and stopped him. Th e court heard Mr. Birdsey showed signs of impairment and admitted to consuming al-cohol.

Th e court heard Mr. Birdsey passed a breath test.Th e court heard that at the time he was stopped,

Mr. Birdsey was under court order not to consume or possess alcohol.

Mr. Birdsey was sentenced to a $400 fi ne.

• Dallas J. Fitzpatrick pled guilty to possession of a controlled substance.

Th e court heard that while on patrol RCMP Con-stable Derrick Francis of the Columbia Valley detach-ment noticed a vehicle parked with its dome light on in a gravel pit by the Toby Creek bridge in Athalmer.

Th e court heard Const. Francis found Mr. Fitzpat-rick drinking a beer and he smelled burnt marijuana.

Th e court heard Const. Francis then found 2.5 grams of marijuana in the car.

Mr. Fitzpatrick was sentenced to a $100 fi ne.

• Ian G. Mohan pled guilty to causing a distur-bance, willful obstruction of a peace offi cer, and fail-ure to appear pursuant to appearance notice.

Th e court heard that on February 5, 2006 Co-lumbia Valley RCMP responded to a complaint at the Invermere Reddi Mart Esso. Th e court heard Mr. Mo-han was trying to pick fi ghts with customers.

Th e court heard when Mr. Mohan was approached he took off through a fi eld behind the Esso station. Th e court heard Mr. Mohan was arrested for being drunk in public. Th e court heard Mr. Mohan resisted his arrest and had to be pepper-sprayed.

Mr. Mohan was sentenced to a $150 fi ne for caus-ing a disturbance, $400 for willful obstruction of a police offi cer, and $50 for failure to appear pursuant to appearance notice.

• Arnie A. Poulsen pled guilty to operating a mo-tor vehicle while disqualifi ed.

Th e court heard that on January 24, 2006 Mr. Poulsen’s Ford pickup was stopped at a roadcheck. Th e court heard that when asked for his license, Mr. Poulsen admitted his license was suspended. Th e court heard that Mr. Poulsen’s license had been suspended when he had been convicted of drunk driving in Oc-tober of last year.

Mr. Poulsen was sentenced to a $200 fi ne and a one-year driving prohibition.

• Glen N. Stoski pled guilty to failure to provide a sample.

Th e court heard that at 5 p.m. on August 20, 2005 the RCMP received a civilian complaint of a blue Ford Mustang with Alberta plates driving erratically on Highway 93/95. Th e court heard the car swerved into the oncoming lane. Th e court heard that Columbia Valley RCMP Sergeant Neil Cross located the vehicle parked in the yard of a towing company.

Th e court heard a man and a woman were in the car. When asked, Mr. Stoski said he hadn’t had a drink in the past hour. Th e court heard that Mr. Stoski was arrested and taken to the police station, where he re-fused to give a breath sample.

Th e court heard at the time of his arrest Mr. Stoski had four previous alcohol-related convictions, the last in 1994.

Mr. Stoski was sentenced to a $1,500 fi ne and a one-year driving prohibition.

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Speaking for the victimBy Adrian BerglesPioneer Staff

As manager of the Columbia Valley RCMP Vic-tim Services bureau, Donna Power’s job is to offer sup-port and information to victims of crime or those who suffer the sudden death of a loved one.

“There aren’t a lot of rights for victims of crime,” said Mrs. Powers, married to Michael, both of whom came to the valley in 1979. “Victims can get lost in the shuffle of the criminal justice system.”

Mrs. Power, as well as six dedicated volunteers, work to make sure that doesn’t happen.

Columbia Valley RCMP Victim Services is a part-nership between the local RCMP and Invermere’s Family Resource Centre.

Since the program began in 1992, Mrs. Power has been an employee of the Family Resource Centre but she has long worked at the police station - first at the old location, in what is currently Invermere’s library, and for the past number of years at the RCMP’s cur-rent location at the crossroads in Invermere.

Back when the program was begun, Mrs. Pow-ers underwent basic training for the new position. Conducted through the Justice Institute of B.C., that training included understanding the court system and working directly with victims of crime.

Training is ongoing, said Mrs. Power. “That’s the thing with this program,” said Mrs. Power. “The train-ing is phenomenal.”

For example, Mrs. Power recently underwent training on how to deal with the gay and lesbian pop-ulation. “I need to know that I’ve examined my biases of gays and lesbians and have an understanding of is-sues in their lives,” she said.

As well as keeping victims informed of their cases and helping them through the legal system, victim

services helps clients prepare victim impact statements - written accounts submitted to the RCMP as possible evidence - and helps witnesses, particularly children, prepare for court.

“To be a witness if you’re a little person is really tough,” said Mrs. Power.

Other main functions of victim services are to provide emotional support and referrals, said Mrs. Power. She and the volunteers do listen to victims’ concerns but she said that under the contract between the RCMP and the Family Resource Centre, she and her staff are not to provide counselling. “Therapy is a different matter,” she said.

Mrs. Power said many crime or trauma victims feel isolated and it is her job to help them overcome that isolation. “We’re trained to identify some of the issues they’re going through,” she said.

The free service is entirely voluntary and helps people from Canal Flats to Spillimacheen, said Mrs. Power. “Lots of people feel they don’t need emotional support and that’s their choice,” she said.

The number of clients varies, but Mrs. Power said currently about 50 people - most of whom are victims of common assault, spousal assault, or sexual assault - use victim services.

Of those about 75 percent are women, said Mrs. Power. “But certainly men do use our services,” she said.

Despite the often sad circumstances of her job, Mrs. Power said work in victim services is very reward-ing. “Our clients have told us that our assistance has been a positive thing for them,” she said. “It is very satisfying to do this work.”

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Most people recycle their newspapers and bottles to make new products.

Some are even recy-cling their hair.

Th anks to volunteer eff orts by Geraldine Gib-son, area resident of over 30 years, kids suff ering from cancer and the side-eff ects of its treatment are getting profession-ally-crafted wigs made from real hair.

“Cancer aff ects ev-erybody,” says Ms. Gib-son, who had her head shaved in 2003 at the Re-lay for Life.

Volunteering some 10 years with the Can-cer Society, Ms. Gibson wants to “help somebody have a better life.”

She does so by ask-ing area hair dressers, including Bliss, Anglz, Cut Above, Valley Hair Styling, Smiles n’ Styles and Trims and Treasures, to hang onto locks of hair at least six inches long.

Th e hair doesn’t have to be untreat-ed, and can be permed or coloured, said Ms. Gibson.

After a few weeks, there’s usually enough hair to fi ll a shoe box, making some 50 braids or pony tails.

Since 2003, Ms. Gibson has sent well over 700 hair pieces to Eva and Co. Wigs Inc., Vancouver.

Although the company does sell wigs, the ones created from hair sent in by Ms. Gibson are all donated to chil-dren with cancer.

Sending the hair isn’t free, however, so Ms. Gibson had to fi nd a way to raise money to cover postage fees.

So far, she’s been able to do so by crafting wind catchers from milk and pop bottle lids – all thoroughly cleaned of course – and accepting donations from anyone who wants the colourful tree ornaments.

“If someone gives me $2, that’s fi ne,”

said Ms. Gibson, “If someone gives me $20, that’s fi ne.”

Made mostly from lids given to her by people in the community, the wind catchers swirl with the gusts without the annoying chimes.

A little girl once commented, “Th at tree has jewellery,” said Ms. Gibson.

Anyone who wants to give Ms. Gibson their lids can do so by drop-ping them off into a bin at her residence found at 30 10th Ave.

Donations received from the wind catchers have covered the shipping costs to date, and Ms. Gibson continues the craft.

Anyone who wants to donate hair must have at least six inches of hair.

Letting it grow is an option, as is doing 12 year-old Cody Klimm of Windermere, who is letting his mullet lengthen for cancer.

If you’ve got the hair and want to help a young cancer victim, just men-tion it to the hairdressers mentioned above, and they’ll keep it for Ms. Gib-son to send out.

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Less than a month before the golf season is set to begin, the club house at Copper Point Golf Club is in a sham-bles.

But General Manager Brian Schaal wouldn’t have it any other way.

Th e club house is undergoing a half-million-dollar renovation and ex-pansion. “Our goal is to be fi nished by March 31st,” said Mr. Schaal.

Th e renovation, which began in ear-ly February, is being done because the golf course has outgrown its club house, he said.

“Last year our kitchen manager said he couldn’t keep up to demand,” said Mr. Schaal. About 36,500 golfers vis-ited Copper Point last season, he said.

Th e work was also necessary be-cause phase two of Copper Point will be built in 2007. Th e renovated club-house will serve as headquarters for both courses, said Mr. Schaal.

Th e unnamed resort and golf course will open across the highway from the existing course. Both courses will be owned by Point Development Incorpo-rated.

“We knew we had to do something

to the building, and we fi gured no bet-ter time than now,” he said.

Th e course restaurant called “Th e View” will benefi t greatly from the ren-ovation, said Mr Schaal. He said seating for the restaurant will expand from 100 to 240, and the kitchen will be much larger.

In order to allow for more seating the old outdoor deck area will be con-

verted to indoor seating, and another deck will be built.

Glass panes that separate the dining room from the former deck will be re-tained, and two diff erent rooms will be created.

“We want the inside to be more of a pub feel, and the outside to be more of a dining area,” said food and beverage manager James Stetsko.

For the fi rst time this year, golfers will be able to order food via communi-cations systems on their golf carts.

“People will be able to order on course and have their food on course,” said Mr. Stetsko.

Twenty new staff will be hired to help with the course and expanded club house, said Mr. Schaal.

“Everyone here is excited,” he said.

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Weather permitting, the golf season will kick off this week in the Columbia Valley.

Avid golfers are getting their gear out of the closet and cleaning their clubs.

“I’m looking forward to getting out on the greens and hitting a few,” said Randy Turk, local resident who’s golfed for four years.

Although it may seem early to non-golfers, this year the 14 courses in the Columbia Valley are actually opening later than last year.

“We’ve still got some snow,” said Craig Miller of Spur Valley Greens, set to open April 7.

Fairmont Riverside Golf Course’s opening day is still up in the air, but they’re hoping to open today, as well as Windermere Valley Golf Course and Th e Springs.

“We have about 40 booked,” said Brent Taylor of Th e Springs in Radium. Saturday already has 52 people booked, he added.

It still depends on the weather, though, as “we defi nitely need something positive to happen,” said Mr. Taylor.

Th e Resort, set to open Saturday, April 1, already has 50 people, mostly from Calgary, booked to play, said Mr. Taylor.

Coy’s Par Th ree’s restaurant has opened and it is

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Due to its high elevation and cooler temperatures, Greywolf has the latest opening schedule, set for Sat-urday, May 6.

Fairmont Mountainside won’t be taking tee times until Saturday, April 1, but is hoping to off er fi rst-come fi rst-served golfi ng on Friday, March 31, said Lorne Rowe.

Windermere Valley Golf Course was hoping to be open last week, but conditions weren’t good enough. Th ey’re hoping to open today.

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VALLEY By Dorothy IstedSpecial to The Pioneer

Referring to her four-month-old kittens, Phyllis Lake says: “If laughing makes you younger, we’ll be teenagers before you know it!”

Born to the Filby family in Sas-katchewan, 81 years ago this month, Phyllis has had a lifelong love affair with animals. At the age of seven she could ride a horse, and at the age of ten she drove two and a half miles to school in a pony cart.

Her parents separated when she was a child and her mother worked hard to raise her. She often took jobs out of town as a camp cook and placed Phyllis with foster families while she was gone. They called it “boarding out.”

One man both her mother and Phyllis’s aunt worked for was a Mr. Young. He had a large farm and no fam-ily. When work was scarce in the win-ter, Mrs. Filby and her daughter used it as a home base, cooking and cleaning in exchange for a roof over their heads.

The one time in her life Phyllis did “anything bad” was when she decided she would rather live with her horse on Mr. Young’s farm than with the kind people her mother had placed her with in town. She was 14 at the time and re-ally missed her horse Tony. So, without asking a soul, not even Mr. Young, Phyl-lis moved herself out to the farm. There were no remonstrations from him. The fact that her mother had taught her to cook and she baked the bread every Sat-urday may have had something to do with it. As has been proven from time immemorial, the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. Mrs. Filby wasn’t angry with Phyllis, just worried about what people would say. However, she knew Phyllis was safe there and allowed the arrangement to continue.

Tony was given to Phyllis when she was ten. He was a race horse and could “beat every other horse in the county.” Sadly, she had to sell him when she could no longer afford to keep him. About one year later, Tony was injured as a result of being kicked by a work horse. His new owner asked her to come and see what she could do, as he was “packing one leg.” When she walked into the barn, Tony whinnied his rec-ognition of her and it broke her heart. The man wanted to give him back to her, saying, “He was never my horse. He belongs to you.” By then Phyllis was married, with family responsibili-ties, and couldn’t keep a horse.

When Phyllis was 16 years old, she began to date Stan Gibb with whom she had gone to school. They decided to get married when

they turned 19. By then, Stan was in the Air Force. After the war, the couple moved to Kimberley where Stan worked for four years in Cominco’s mine. He had been up the valley and loved it here. He told Phyllis he “didn’t want to spend his life underground.” She told him to come up and find a job and she’d stay behind and sell their house.

From May to September 1951 they lived in tents at Juniper Heights. Their son Jimmy was starting school so they had to get into town. They purchased the Johnston barns across from the hos-pital on Tenth Avenue. Stan gutted an old chicken coop and built a home for them. While this was going on, they lived in the loft of a barn.

The day they moved in the snow was coming through the cracks in the boards. They used to take their pillows to the neighbour’s house to dry out in the morning. Walkers ran an electric line and put power in for them. Phyl-lis even ran her vacuum there and com-mented: “Hay makes a floor so shiny – it was nice . . . Oh, and did we have mice! That’s when we got cats!”

In 1940, former MLA Harold For-ster and his friend were murdered at Firlands Ranch and his house burned to the ground. The murderer was later caught and hanged. Fourteen years later the Gibbs bought the ranch, with help from the Veterans’ Land Act depart-ment, which loaned them the money. Stan build their home on the same spot where the original house had stood. Phyllis said while they were sift-ing through the remains of the fire that had been set at the murder scene, they found bones and she wondered if they were human. “In those days they didn’t bother sifting through things.”

In fact, while Stan constructed the family home after they had purchased Firlands, they stayed rent-free on the old Statham place along Westside Road near Wilmer. The house still stands to-day on Weiler’s property, abandoned, but it wasn’t when the Gibbs moved in.

“The mice thought they owned

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Phyllis and her first husband Stan Gibb on their wedding day.


it, and I was determined it was mine. I fought with them!” Again, cats were a necessity. It was here that her mama cat disappeared one day, leaving behind three week-old kittens. Phyllis had to teach the little things to drink out of a saucer. Then, two weeks later, mama cat dragged herself home. She had a big gash in her side and Phyllis figured an eagle had swooped her up and dropped her.

The family ran about 130 head of cattle on Fir-lands Ranch. It was a lot of work but both Stan and Phyllis loved farming. She had a big vegetable garden and did most of the riding - checking cows on the range and rounding them up in the fall. Their children and friends helped. Stan was off the ranch logging in order to pay the taxes and buy cattle feed. “You didn’t make much money on cattle in those days.”

Their son Jim Gibb lives in Fairmont, daughter Sharon Bindinger lives in Invermere, and daughter Yvonne Messner lives in Vernon. There are six grand-children and six great-grandchildren.

Stan got sick just when the ranch was starting to pay for itself and died in 1990. Gordon and Elsie Lake had been good friends all these years. In fact, Elsie sewed Phyllis’s daughter’s wedding dress. Five years after Elsie died, Gordon proposed marriage. Though Phyllis thought it was too soon for her, still grieving for Stan, it did seem like a good idea. Gordon told her he had broad shoulders and whenever she felt like crying to just go ahead, which she did on several oc-casions. After their first pre-marital meeting with the minister, he told them not to bother coming back, as it was pretty obvious they knew what they were do-ing.

Mrs. Filby lived here in her old age and she and Phyllis even convinced Mr. Young that this was where he belonged, too. He and Mrs. Filby both had apart-ments at Lakeview Manor and remained the best of friends. Phyllis and her mother always addressed him as Mr. Young, but Phyllis says that to her kids, he was just Uncle Charlie.

“When I married Gordon, he didn’t know what to think because he thought the world of Stan. But Gordon used to go and sit with him and talk horses. He loved horses.” That won him over.

This year will mark the couple’s fifteen anniversary. They find it interesting how their lives have taken sim-ilar paths. Both love animals and have similar pictures of themselves as teenagers on their favourite horses, and with fawns. Adoption was prominent in Gordon’s family, as was fostering with Phyllis. They even both had primary school teachers named Miss Brooks.

Gordon admits he’d never been too keen on cats until Phyllis introduced them into their home. It is obvious that he enjoys Mork and Mindy as much as she does. Even more so is the obvious affection they have for each other.

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Phyllis had a baby fawn as a pet when she was a girl back in Saskatchewan.

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For young judokas Kellen and Jeff ery Paul, judo is a way to avoid some of the pitfalls that tempt many young aboriginal men grow-ing up on reserves.

Th e two boys live on the Shus-wap land just outside Invermere with their grandparents Sam and Pauline Paul.

It was Mr. Paul who intro-duced his grandsons to judo. Mr. Paul, who trained in boxing and karate as a young man, thought the two boys could benefi t from the di-cipline that judo instills.

“I want them to have some-thing when they grow up,” he said. “Kids today have too much free time and they turn to drugs or al-cohol and we lose them.”

Since the boys began practic-ing their throws and grappling techniques three years ago, each has had a lot of success. Th is sea-son Kellen, 14, a Grade 9 student at David Th ompson Secondary School; and Jeff ery, 12, a Grade 7 student at J.A. Laird, have travelled to tournaments in Abbotsford, Ka-mloops and Vancouver. Jeff ery also competed at the recent B.C. Win-ter Games in Trail.

At last November’s B.C. Cham-pionships in Abbotsford, the two Paul boys fi nished in the top three in their respective weight classes. Kellen won fi rst place in the 69-ki-logram class, while Jeff was third in the 48-kilogram division.

Kellen won last year’s Debbie Seel Memorial Award. Debbie was a young Canadian champion judo-ka from the Columbia Valley who was killed tragically in a helicopter crash in 1981. Invermere’s judo club is named in her honour and

the memorial award goes to some-body who shows a real interest and dedication to judo, said the local coach Hermann Mauthner.

Like all members of the club, the boys meet for practices twice a week. Th ey spend 90 minutes practising on Monday and another three hours in training on Th urs-day. Kellen and Jeff ery say most of that time is spent doing things like sparring, staging practice bouts and even playing games like tag.

Th e boys both hold orange belts, which means they can com-pete against the best competition in their weight class, even if they are not yet ranked among the most experienced.

“It makes me feel proud,” said Kellen of his achievements in judo.

Asked if they’d like to go to Ja-pan, both faces light up.

“It would be a good challenge,” said Jeff erey at the thought of com-peting against Japanese fi ghters.

Th e two boys say they plan on sticking with the martial art for the rest of their lives.

Jeff erey aspires to the Ultimate Fighting Championship circuit, while Kellen says he’d like to repre-sent Canada one day at the Olym-pics.

Mr. Paul sees judo as a chance for the boys to make something of themselves.

“If they get good support be-hind them who knows? Th ese boys may become doctors or lawyers,” he said.

“A person doesn’t know what he can do until he tries.”

CALLING ALL PADDLERS!East meets West when the dragon boats invade Lake Windermere on July 28, 29 and 30, 2006. Join a team or start a team, and participate in the fastest-growing water sport in Canada.

Register now for the Columbia Valley Dragon Boat Race and Festival.

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Kellen Paul, left; and Jeff ery Paul, right; with grandfather Sam Paul.

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OPINIONShould cats be licenced?

“I’m all for it. If dogs should be licensed, then cats should be, too.”

Gib Wood

“I like the cats because they keep down the mice. I haven’t found them to be a problem.”

John Ginter

“No. Cats are not a nuisance around Radium. I walk a lot and I never see cats. I find people are very, very good with their pets.”

Ivan Zaitsoff

“I would say yeah. A lot of people that have cats just throw them outside and don’t look after them.”

Laura Heide

“It would be good if you found somebody’s cat - you’d know whose it was.”

Cole Heide

“They’re an animal and if they’re allowed out and about, they should be licensed.”

Jo-El Buerlen

“If dogs have to be licensed, than cats should be, too.”

Justin Hogan

“We do have a cat. How do you really control a cat? You can’t chain it up.”

Robin Wiltse

“It’s good. Then they would know how to find its owner.”

Rowan Wiltse

“Personally I favour cats because they keep down mice, rats and squirrels.”

Gertrude Friesen

“I think it’s all nonsense. It’s another way for the village to make a few dollars.”

Dwayne Cundliffe

“There seems to be an increase in the numbers of cats running around. I can appreciate people’s concern.”

Cal Bjorgan

“I’ve got to register my dog and I think they should have to register their cats. I’ve got motion sensor lights, and cats come and set them off.”

Bob Callander

“I appreciate that the village takes everyone’s comments seriously. Cats don’t bother me and I don’t bother them.”

ArlenePerdue

“Cats are totally different to dogs. I don’t think they should be licensed.”

Frank Lorenz

“If people look after their pets, it shouldn’t be a problem. I’ve had my flower bed dug up by cats. I’m not impressed.”

Terrie Wieler

This week Radium council debated a proposal to licence cats.Here some Radium residents offer their opinion.


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The proposed Pest Management Plan diagrams or map(s) may be viewed at the Ministry ofTransportation Southern Interior Regional Office at 523 Columbia St., Kamloops, BC V2C 2T9 or MoT district offices in Williams Lake, Nelson,Cranbrook, and Kelowna. For further informationregarding this Integrated Pest Management Plancontact:

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Persons wishing to contribute information about a proposed treatment site, relevant to the develop-ment of the Pest Management Plan, may send copiesof the information to the applicant at the addressprovided here within 30 days of the publication of this notice.

British Columbia’s Ministry of Transportation (MoT) is developing a Pest Management Plan under theIntegrated Pest Management Act. The plan willdescribe a pest management program usingestablished integrated pest management techniques.

The purpose of this Pest Management Plan is toensure effective and safe invasive plant control withinan integrated pest management program on MoThighway rights-of-way and gravel pits which arelocated on crown land within the Southern Interiorregion of British Columbia. This region includes anarea from the U.S. border in the south, to just north ofQuesnel, and from the Alberta border in the east, toBella Coola in the west. The regional districts includedin this area are Okanagan-Similkameen, CentralOkanagan, Columbia-Shuswap, Kootenay Boundary,East Kootenay, Thompson-Nicola, Central Kootenay,North Okanagan and Cariboo. Under this PestManagement Plan a combination of selectivelyapplied techniques will be used to suppress andcontrol noxious and invasive plants. Controltechniques used will include:

Preventive – Minimizing soil disturbance, assessmentand early recognition of invasive plant problems.

Biological – Host-specific insect releases.

Mechanical & Manual – Hand pulling, weeding,mowing, brushing, and manual cutting.

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Lake survey results releasedWildsight, a leading conservation group, has re-

leased the results of the 2005 Lake Use Survey con-ducted under their Healthy Water, Healthy Commu-nities – Lake Windermere Project initiative.

Lake Windermere is a lifeline for our communi-ties, said program coordinator Amanda Fedrigo in a press release. The lake is a critical source of drinking water for communities in the Regional District of East Kootenay, and may potentially supply the District of Invermere in the near future. The lake is also impor-tant wildlife habitat and the primary economic draw-ing card of our region. If we are to sustain our com-munities, stewardship of Lake Windermere must be our highest priority, she said.

Distributed to all residents and property owners

from Fairmont to Invermere, the survey enabled com-munity members an opportunity to voice their con-cerns about Lake Windermere. The survey also served to assess public perception, awareness and behaviours regarding the lake.

Highlights of the 2005 Lake Use Survey results:Of the 610 households that responded: • Nearly half listed their permanent address as

Calgary;• 56 percent consider their Lake Windermere area

home a recreation property;• 71 percent rate boat traffic as extreme on holiday

weekends, 50 percent say the same of typical week-ends, and the majority of respondents feel that boat traffic is average on a typical summer weekday;

• 36 percent believe more boat launches are re-quired;

• most respondents rate plant growth in the lake as extreme;

• 35 percent fertilize their lawns once a year;• 63 percent use pesticides on their properties;• 54 percent have septic systems;• 15 percent draw drinking water from the lake.

Recurring themes within the public commentary portion include concerns regarding impacts of devel-opment and over-recreation; accessibility; inadequate septic systems; and wildlife habitat. Many also took the opportunity to voice their opinion about the Lake Windermere area as a whole.

Our country holds 20 percent of the world’s fresh water, yet every day over one billion people lack access to clean drinking water. In 1992 the United Nations General Assembly designated March 22 of every year as World Water Day.

The Columbia Basin Environmental Education Network has launched its new Water Stewardship Education Program. This was created for teachers to educate their kindergarten to Grade 11 students about our region’s historical, social, economic, and environ-mental ties to the mighty Columbia River and about the importance of water stewardship.

A self-contained kit includes lesson plans, maps, games, and other teaching resources, plus a scale mod-el of the Columbia River Basin. Seven kits and models were created over the past year. They are being dis-tributed to District Resource Centres in each of the Basin’s six school districts. The seventh kit and model will be available for loan.

Creston educator Judy Gadicke created the Water Stewardship Education Program, and the Columbia Basin Trust funded the project.

For more information, contact Executive Director Eli Baker at [email protected] or visit the website at www.cbeen.org.

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NOTICE OF OPEN HOUSEOCTAGON PROPERTIES

Thursday, March 30th, 2006 - Invermere Community Hall

Do you have a vision for Invermere’s downtown? If so the District of Invermere invites you to attend an Open House on Thursday, March 30th, 2006 from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at the Invermere Community Hall to share your opinion on the proposed Octagon Development adjacent to the Eddie Mountain Memorial Arena.

Council wishes to provide attendees with an opportunity to view the proposed development, listen to and obtain the public’s opinion on this proposed development and give you an opportunity to speak to members of Council and the developer (Octagon Properties Ltd.).

This will be an informal drop-in format; there will be no formal presentation scheduled. If you require additional information, please contact the District Office at 342-9281.

DISTRICT OF INVERMEREP.O. BOX 339, 914 8th AVENUE,

INVERMERE, B.C. V0A1K0

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from the Crazy Horse Saloon at Pan-orama. This wallet is maroon leather. Stolen was $40 cash and primarily Aus-tralian credit cards. The Columbia Val-ley RCMP would appreciate any infor-mation regarding this theft, quoting file number 2006-650.

• March 11: A black cloth kidney-shaped purse was lost. Inside the purse was a wallet, keys and other identifi-cation. The Columbia Valley RCMP would appreciate any information if this purse should turn up, quoting file number 2006-651.

• March 14: It was reported that a Ford pickup was stolen from a locked compound in Invermere. Any infor-mation regarding this theft would be appreciated by the Columbia Valley RCMP, quoting file 2006-654.

• March 14: At 7:58 a.m., a single motor vehicle incident occurred on Highway 95 at Edgewater. The vehicle hit a fence and power pole, which sub-sequently affected the power grid. The driver was transported to the hospital.

• March 14: At 5:33 p.m., it was reported that a hit-and-run occurred in the Radium Hot Springs parking lot.

• March 14: At 7:08 p.m., it was reported to the Columbia Valley RCMP of a gas-and-dash that occurred at the Fairmont Esso. Twenty dollars worth of fuel was stolen. The suspect vehicle is described as a white crew cab pickup with three males in their early 20s. If anybody has any information with re-gards to this incident, please contact the Columbia Valley RCMP, quoting file 2006-659.

• March 15: It was reported that a passenger vehicle window of a vehicle was smashed on 7th avenue and a black and grey backpack was stolen out of the vehicle. A set of vehicle brakes were in-side this back pack. If anybody has any information, please contact the Colum-bia Valley RCMP quoting file 2006-661.

• March 15: At approximately 1:30 a.m., members of the Columbia Valley

RCMP observed a vehicle driving er-ratically. The driver was subsequently detained for impaired driving and will be subsequently appearing in court at a later date.

• March 17: Columbia Valley RCMP stopped a 1991 GMC Jimmy for a Motor Vehicle Act investigation. Upon approach to the vehicle police detected an odour of marijuana. Three occupants were arrested and a quantity of 15 grams of marijuana was recov-ered. A 26-year-old Creston man has been charged and will appear in court on May 9th.

• March 18: Police received report of Panorama Security apprehending an intoxicated male urinating in an office at Panorama. Police attended and ar-rested a 27-year-old Edmonton man, who received accommodation at the lo-cal detachment until he was sober. The male has been banned from the resort.

• March 19: Panorama Security detained a drunken 22-year-old New Zealand man after finding him scaling a balcony in attempt to access a room at the resort. Police attended and ar-rested the man for public intoxication and again provided a home away from home until sober.

• March 20: Police were noti-fied of a person leaving a residence in Windermere as an audible alarm went off. Police attended to find a window smashed; however, no entry was gained. A police dog was deployed and followed a trail with no success in apprehending the suspect.

• March 20: Police received report of a stolen Apco Bugubra paraglider from Panorama. The glider was yellow in colour and valued at $6,000.

Please be advised that members of the Columbia Valley RCMP will be on site at the Panorama Village on March 29th for the theft awareness and equipment identification program. The RCMP will be at Panorama throughout the 20th Annual Sunpit Safari Weekend and will be working closely with Pan-orama Security through out this fun-filled event.

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BUSINESS PROFILEBy Adrian BerglesPioneer Staff

Harrison McKay is quickly estab-lishing a name for himself in the Co-lumbia Valley.

Since Harrison arrived in Septem-ber, his work as a marketing specialist and website developer has been in high demand.

“I had a Sunday off a couple of weeks ago, and that was a big fat deal,” joked Harrison of his seven-day-weekly workload.

Harrison, 40, moved to the valley from Victoria after spending the last nine years working for the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia. Th e stressful job was beginning to wear on Harrison, who had previously worked in marketing and website design.

“It was time for a change,” he said. “I’d been through the valley many times before. People have a warmth here that you just don’t get in the city.”

Th e fi rst website Harrison designed locally was for the Valley Fitness Centre. “I enrolled at the gym and I met Roslyn and we hit it off ,” he said. Roslyn Pruitt is the manager of the fi tness centre.

“I thought it was a good place with zero attitude, good people and they could use my help,” he said.

Harrison calls his service “integrat-ed marketing” and said his work with the Valley Fitness Centre (view at www.shapeupinvermere.com) is the epitome of what he does. He has helped create a new identity for the fi tness centre since he began working there on a volunteer basis.

As well as the new website, the centre’s posters, newsletters, advertising

and even interior wall colours have all been changed. Harrison helped imple-ment customer service standards, staff uniforms, and even changed the centre’s answering machine message to refl ect better on the centre.

“It’s every opportunity there is to present your business and reinforce your central message,” he said of inte-grated marketing.

He said with his help, memberships are up at the non-profi t fi tness centre. “I’m getting them to think more like a business,” he said.

Harrison said many businesses fail by over-complicating their marketing. “Th e message needs to be consistent, cohesive and clear,” he said.

His approach is summed up by his slogan: “More than you expect. Not more than you need.”

Early last month Harrison set up shop on Eighth Avenue right next door to Th e Pioneer’s offi ce. “I really wanted to show people I’m here to stay,” he said of his storefront.

And at the end of March, Harrison will join the board of the Columbia Val-ley Arts Council where he will become the group’s new communications and marketing director - as well as develop-ing their website.

Currently Harrison is working on new websites for the Columbia Valley Chamber of Commerce and Th e Pio-neer, among others.

“It’s just remarkable that the town has really been so good to me and em-braced me,” he said.

To see Harrison’s work, visit www.harrisonmckay.com. More than you expect.

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You don’t have to sacrifice style for substance, or form for function. Harrison McKay Communications balances artistry with business sense and technical skill. Beautiful, content-rich sites that your customers (and search engines) will love. Call Harrison today for a free consultation. (250) 341-6064.

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Box 159, 8853 Grainger Road, Canal Flats, BC V0B 1B0Phone (250) 349-5462 Fax (250) 349-5460Email: [email protected]

The Council of the Village of Canal Flats is considering an application by Canal Flats Foods to amend the Upper Columbia Valley Zoning Bylaw. The proposed change would rezone part of Lot 4, Plan 1738, DL 110, Kootenay District located on Arbuckle Street from C-1 Community Commercial to a new C-3 Commercial zone.

Bylaw No. 57 cited as “Village of Canal Flats Upper Columbia Valley Zoning Bylaw No. 900, 1992 – Amendment Bylaw No. 57, 2006 (C-3 Zone)” will create a new commercial zone that allows general food and retail stores with a gasoline service station as an accessory use.

The public hearing will be held at: Canal Flats Civic Centre 8909 Dunn Street Canal Flats, BC Monday, March 27th , 2006 at 6:00 pm

If you believe that your interest in property is affected by the proposed Bylaw, you may, prior to the hearing:• inspect the Bylaw and supporting information at the Village Office in Canal Flats from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm Tuesday through Thursday;• mail, fax or email written submissions to the addresses/numbers shown above; or• present written and/or verbal submissions at the hearing.

SUBMISSIONS CANNOT BE ACCEPTED AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING

All written submissions are public information pursuant to the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. This notice is not an interpretation of the Bylaw. For more information contact the Village of Canal Flats office.

Bruce WoodburyAdministratorMarch 14, 2006

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICEBYLAW AMENDMENTS – CANAL FLATS

The Columbia Valley business sector will come together to celebrate at the Eighth Annual Columbia Valley Busi-ness Excellence Awards Wednesday evening at the Fairmont Hot Springs Resort.

A highlight of the evening will be guest speaker Ron Buist of Tim Horton’s.

He invented the popular “Roll Up the Rim to Win” contest, and has au-thored a book on his expertise called “Tales From Under the Rim.”

“I’ve heard him speak before and he’s just amazing,” said Columbia Val-ley Chamber of Commerce President Dee Conklin.

Twelve awards will be given out throughout the evening which begins with cocktails at 6 p.m.

Categories like retailer-of-the-year, entrepreneur-of-the-year, and employ-ee-of the-year will be recognized.

New this year is the newsmaker-of-the-year award, given to the Co-lumbia Valley business who has made the big-gest splash over the past year.

The nominations have been collected and are being evaluated by Heather Overy and Ma-rie Birney, employees

of the Columbia Valley Chamber of Commerce, Anne Picton of the Wel-come Wagon and Wendy Booth of the Fairmont Business Association.

“We didn’t want to have any direc-tors on board,” said Mrs. Overy, the chamber of commerce executive direc-tor.

“We have no bias, no partisan, no nothing,” she added jokingly.

Tickets for the event, which in-cludes dinner, are $50.

To buy tickets or for more informa-tion call the Columbia Valley Chamber of Commerce at 342-2844.

Tim Horton’s marketerat business awards dinner

Dee Conklin

Private counselling business opensBy Simon DucatelSpecial To The Pioneer

Mary Ann Rombach has opened a counselling centre in her Windermere home called the Assini-boine Family Therapy Institute.

Dr. Rombach, area resident for nearly 30 years, has been engaged in the field of counselling since 1972.

“I just really love to see people mov-ing ahead with their lives,” she said.

Born and raised in Buffalo, New York, Dr. Rombach earned her B.A in sociology back in 1969 at Syracuse Uni-versity in New York.

She was compelled to get into coun-

selling after overcoming her own bout with de-pression in 1971.

“I was fortunate enough to have three great counsellors who helped me turn my life around,” she said.

She returned to school and earned her master’s degree in psychi-

atric social work in 1975.The eldest of six, Dr. Rombach

met her husband Werner on Valentine’s Day, 1979 at a ski resort in Lake Tahoe, California, where she was living and working. He invited her to visit him in Windermere, so she drove here in mid-winter and flipped her car en route. She eventually made it, and a week later, the

two were engaged. “He asked me to marry him on the

old Dopplemeir Lift at Panorama, and I said ‘yes’,” reminisces Dr. Rombach.

“Our spirits have felt at home with each other since day one.”

During the subsequent years, she worked at a variety of jobs: put in lawns at Fairmont; helped Werner hunt for deer, elk and moose; founded a small professional journal for new develop-ments in counselling; wrote a hiking guide in 1984; organized workshops in the latest “postmodern” therapy; and performed clinical work.

In 1996, she went back to school at Purdue University in Indiana for her doctorate in Marriage and Family Ther-apy. She graduated in December 2000.

“The main reason I went back to

university was the advent of new think-ing in the field, thinking which resonat-ed with my own,” said Dr. Rombach. “New thinking focuses on objectify-ing problems, not people. People have problems; they are not the problem.”

Dr. Rombach is an avid outdoors-woman. She’s into hiking, cross-coun-try skiing, snowshoeing and mountain climbing. She also likes to skate ski (speed skating on snow) and occasion-ally competes in marathons.

Recently Dr. Rombach has been caring for her husband Werner, who has suffered a stroke; and she has su-pervised the construction of a beautiful new award-winning home and office in Windermere.

Her website: www.assinifam.com.

Mary Ann Rombach

OBITUARY

ALLAN (AL) E. MYERS, 1923-2006age 82 of Fairmont Hot Springs, BC, formerly of Camrose, Al-berta, passed away peacefully on March 18, 2006 after a short illness of renal heart failure in MESA, Az. Al was the only child of Ena and Stanley Myers, and was born in Strasbourg, Sask. His is survived by his loving wife of 59 years, daughter Sandy and son-in-law Carl Krenning of Camrose, grand-daughter Crystal Baker of Abbotsford, BC, grandson Craig Baker of To-ronto, ON, Lisa and Dave Reed and great-grandchildren Paige, Brittany, Jordan, and Brendan Reed of Camrose, and cousin Ed Hawkes of White Rock, BC. He was pre-deceased by his parents and his loving daughter Wendy Baker. A Masonic service will be held at a later date and intern-ment at the family plot in Cam-rose Cemetery. Al was a member of #37 Camrose Masonic Lodge, and El Zahar Shriners of Edmon-ton. Al was the entrepreneur of the fast food industry in Cam-rose when he opened Al’s Drive Inn in 1953. In 1967 he and Hel-en brought the Kentucky Fried Chicken franchise to the Cam-rose community. Al was an avid golfer, fi sherman, and was ONE OF A KIND, when you met him you never forgot him. In lieu of fl owers, donations can be made to the Fairmont Volunteer Fire Department, c/o 4529 Columere Rd., Fairmont, BC V0B 1L2.

SUITES FOR RENT

New, bright, one bedroom ground level suite in downtown Invermere. Utilities, cable, laun-dry included. N/S, N/P, $625 a month. Available immediately, 341-6215.

STEIN APARTMENTS - residential and commercial. 342- 6912.

Furnished bachelor studio in Athalmer, for employed respon-sible adult. N/S, N/P. W/D, cable, and utilities included. Call Mom’s Upholstery 342-6387.

1 bedroom main fl oor suite, Unit #3, 5744 Vermillion Street, Edgewater, covered entrance, non smoker, no pets, long term. $500/month. Call Jeff 403-281-0475, Paul 250-347-9137.

FOR RENT

FAMILY HOME in Wilder subdivi-sion, Invermere. Excellent con-dition, unfurnished, 2 bedrooms up, 2 down, 2.5 bath, 6 appli-ances, double attached garage. 1 year minimum, N/P, N/S, avail-able immediately. $1100/mth + utilities + DD. 403-807-2380.

Invermere, central location. 2 bedroom condo, N/P, N/S, avail-able March 1st. $800/month plus damage deposit. Call 341-6284 or cell 688-4848 evenings.

Windermere, 2 bedroom, fur-nished, ground fl oor suite, 5 ap-pliances, N/S, N/P, $875, avail-able April 1st. 250-342-3819 or 403-240-0678.

ROOMMATES WANTED

House to share, aff ordable, clean, central, extras, 342-2133 or 250-402-9756.

HOMES FOR SALE

Unique 2617 square foot, eight room home on .48 acres located in the four seasons resort town of Invermere. View at BC4sale.ca, listing #2989.

Radium, completely renovated mobile home on rental lot with addition. Must sell, going to school. $25,900 OBO. Call 688-0181 or 688-0180.

1500 square foot house on large, spectacular wetlands and North mountains view lot with 1200 square foot lower level includ-ing rental in-law suite. Desirable northwest location on quiet, dead end street. Includes 900 square foot detached double garage and many extras. 1402, 7th Street. 342-3557, $355,000.

MUST BE MOVED: Double wide (24x48) 3 bedroom, 1 & 1/2 bath. Recent upgrades, $17,500 347-7770.

FOR SALE

Beautiful sleeveless soft-white wedding dress, size 9/10. Worn once, still married, $500, OBO 345-0262, or 341-5419. Veil in-cluded.

Radium Hot Springs, BC’s fast-est growing community. New beginnings = Business, Home & Rental, all under one roof. 2 BDR suite, 1000 sq. ft. business fl oor & 4 BDR suite, includes all ap-pliances. Large in-town lot. For sale, $425,000 OR lease business fl oor (ideal coff ee shop, gifts, of-fi ces, etc). Donna 342-6010.

Heinzman Nordheimer piano with bench and metronome, $800; large antique oak roll-top desk, $1200; 2 unused Gienow picture windows, 3’ x 9’ with 6” jambs, $100 each, 342-3557.

Custom cut rough lumber, dry fi r beams, fence boards, etc. Fire-wood - fi r, birch or pine - split or unsplit. Top quality hay, grass/alfalfa mix, round or square bales. 346-3247.

NOTICES

IN MEMORIAM DONATIONS to the Canadian Cancer Society can be dropped off at the Pio-neer, #8, 1008 - 8th Avenue, Invermere or mail to Box 868, Invermere. For info call Chris-tine Vidalin, 342-0470.

NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS. Meet Thursdays 7:30-9 p.m. Invermere Health Unit, 1100-10th Street, staff entrance.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS. If alcohol is causing problems in your life, call 342-2424 for info. All meetings at 8pm: Monday; Invermere Group, Christ Church Trinity; Wednes-day, Windermere Group, Valley Christian Assembly Church; Friday, Radium Group, Radium Catholic Church; Saturday, Invermere First Step, Family Re-source Centre, 625 4th Street; Sunday, Columbia Lake Band Hall, off Highway 93/95 south of Windermere. All meetings are open.

ALCOHOLISM SHATTERS LIVES. To help the alcoholic, you must help yourself fi rst. Al Anon meets 10am Tuesdays at the Catholic Church, 1210 - 9th Street, Invermere. For info call Carol, 347-9841.

IN MEMORIAM DONATIONS to the Family Resource Center: drop off at The Pioneer, No. 8, 1008-8th Avenue, Invermere or mail to Box 868, Invermere. For info call Pat Cope, 342-4242, Mon-Thu.

FLEA MARKET

Flea Market/Craft Sale, March 25th, 10am - 2pm, hosted by the Legion Ladies Auxiliary Branch #71. Lunch is $4.00, to book a table or for more information, call Sylvia 342-6559.

Annual Edgewater Volunteer Fire Department Garage Sale, Saturday, April 8th. 9am-1pm at the Edgewater Community Hall. To rent a table, $10, or to pick up donations call Mimi Price 347-9868, or Lynn McMane 347-9637.

VEHICLES FOR SALE1992 Chrysler Dynasty LE, 6 cylin-der, 148,000km. Power windows, doors, locks, cruise. A/C, new tires. $2000, phone 342-8350.

1994 Camaro, the BEST out there. Sleek teal/black V6 - 30,000 miles, excellent con-dition. Hot USA car - no rust, drives like new. Fully inspected. $16,990.00 OBO. Donna 342-6010.

2001 Camaro, black beauty - Hot USA car 3.8 V6 auto, stick - over drive. Fully loaded 115,000km. Power package, duel exhaust, CD, AC, fully inspected. $19,900.00 OBO. Donna 342-6010.

1988 31 ft. Allegro, sleeps 8, queen BR, new 460 engine 4300km. $5500 of recent work. Why pay for a lake side cabin or motels? Take the family and motor! $19250.00 OBO. Donna 342-6010.

1982 Dodge Ram regular cab 4x4 pick-up with auto. transmis-sion. Very little rust and decent rubber. Wood racks and metal tool box. $1500, OBO. Phone 342-9782.

1989 GMC 1/2 ton Service Van with 3/4 ton springs, shelves in back, low km. $1800, 342-6073.

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Mountain Heights~ 4 units left ~

CopperSide~ luxury condos ~

342-2536local phone

866-342-3526toll free

[email protected]

March 24, 200624 • The Columbia Valley Pioneer

1997 Chrysler Intrepid, ex-cellent shape, clean and straight, loaded. 193,000km, $6,000. Must see, phone 250-489-2265.

1975 Dodge Triple E extra wide motorhome. Good condition, runs great. Low mileage, loaded, kitchen, shower, toilet, captains seats. Must see, $6,000, phone 250-489-2265.

1979 Cadillac El Dorado, showroom condition, 1 owner car. A real collector’s beauty. 150,000km, have all info from new, loaded and pure class. $20,000. Must see, 250-489-2265.

1987 Olds Regent 98, very clean, loaded, runs great, climate control, 140,000km. $2,900, phone 250-489-2265.

MOVING SALE

Moving sale: kitchen and bed-room sets, coff ee and end tables, dressers, china cabinet, entertainment centre, and GM bush guard. Phone 347-0008.

BUSINESS FOR SALE

“Dirty Blinds”, an established blind cleaning business, with great clientel and potential to grow. Too busy to do both windows and blinds. Asking $79,000. Call Triple-J Window Cleaning 250-349-7546, ask for Jim or Donna.

JEERS

Jeers – to all the dog owners (and you know who you are!) that don’t pick up after their pets do their business on the side of the road, other people’s lawns, empty lots, school yards, etc.

CAREERS

ROCKY MOUNTAIN TRAINING, B.C.Licensed Employment Agency. Need a job? Need employees? Apply on-line at www.rocky-mountaintraining.bc.ca Phone 342-6011 or 1-888-737-5511. NOW HIRING: bookkeeper, offi ce admin., labourers, auto tech., investment consultants, careers in tourism,... & more!

Hair stylist required at Valley Hairstyling. Call Susan 342-9863.

Production worker. This is an entry level position involving all aspects of the cabinet making process. Trade apprenticeship is available to suitable candidate. Please contact Warwick Interi-ors, Box 2673, Invermere, BC, V0A 1K0, 342-6264.

Full-time and part-time em-ployment available. Come join

our housekeeping team at Big-horn Meadows Resort, 7563 Columbia Avenue, Radium Hot Springs, BC. On the job train-ing provided. Reply by e-mail [email protected]

Helna’s Stube is looking for ex-perienced part-time evening server, kitchen help, dishwasher. Fax resume to 347-0049 or call 347-0047.

CastleRock Villas is looking for a general labourer with valid class 5 licence. Call Mark, 341-3119.

All positions, starting immedi-ately. Drop off resume, Attention Brad, or call 345-6106, Farside Pub.

Gel nail technician required to start April 4th at Trims & Trea-sures Esthetics Studio. Apply in person, or e-mail resume to [email protected].

East Kootenay Realty Insur-ance Division has an opening for an Insurance Agent Level 1. Insurance experience preferred, but willing to provide training. Please drop off your resume Attention: Rose Marie Ball, East Kootenay Realty Ltd. (Insur-ance Division) 1225A, 7th Ave, Invermere, BC, or mail to Box 2349, Invermere, BC, V0A 1K0. Closing date: April 5th, 2006.

Massage therapist/practitioner; full-time, part-time positions at Pleiades Massage & Spa. Avail-able immediately, also for sum-mer/fall season. Phone 347-2100, or fax 347-2102.

Avion Construction Ltd. is seek-ing offi ce admin. assistant for new offi ce in Invermere. Must be profi cient in MS Word, excel, general offi ce duties - phones, fi ling, etc... Call Wayne D.O.E. Fax resume to Steve at 347-6429, or e-mail to [email protected].

Massage practitioner/esthe-tician required for Pamper Yourself Spa, full-time, year-round position. Please e-mail [email protected] or fax 341-6267

LORDCO Auto Parts in Invermere is currently seeking inside sales staff along with delivery drivers. Please apply in person with re-sume to James.

Rocky Mountain Training re-quires candidates for positions as Employment Coordinators at our Cranbrook and Invermere locations. Applicants should be dedicated, task-oriented and organized, with strong commu-nication skills, a passion for hu-man resources, and an interest in cross-cultural knowledge. Appli-cants should also have excellent computer skills, with experience in database and Micro-Soft ap-plications. Wages dependant on experience, only short-listed candidates will be contacted. Deadline: March 31st, 2006. Ap-ply or drop off resume at: Rocky Mountain Training, 1006-7th Ave, Box 605, Invermere, BC, V0A 1K0, or Rocky Mountain Training 127C Kootenay Street N, Cranbrook, BC, V1C 3T5, or e-mail [email protected].

The Wildside Gift Shop has a job opportunity for a mature and enthusiastic person 4 to 5 days weekly in a beautiful gift shop in Fairmont. Wages are negotiable. Experience is an asset, but not a necessity. Deliver resume to Wildside Gift Shop 5006 Frontage Road, Fairmont Hot Springs, BC, V0B 1L1 Attn: Angela White or e-mail [email protected].

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CLASSIFIED DEADLINE:Tuesdays at noonPhone: 341-6299

Toll Free: 1-877-341-6299Fax: 341-6229

Email: [email protected]


We Work At Play!Voted “Best Conditioned Course in BC” in 2005, Eagle Ranch Golf Course is an 18-hole championship golf course located in picturesque Invermere, British Columbia. In 2006, Eagle Ranch will proudly unveil a magnifi cent clubhouse complete with an expanded Golf Shop, full service dining room, meeting room and lounge. At Eagle Ranch, our approach to golf operations is simple – we strive to provide the ultimate guest experi-ence - which means hiring and retaining employees who strive for excellence in all that they do. We are looking for team players with a ‘can do’ attitude to contribute positively to our continued growth. Our ideal candidates will possess characteristics that refl ect our corporate values of caring, integrity, excellence, team spirit and fi nancial responsibility.

MAITRE D’ – EAGLE RANCH GOLF RESORTEagle Ranch Golf Resort is seeking a passionate Food & Beverage professional to fulfi ll the role of Maitre D’. With 2-3 years of serving experience, preferably in a fi ne dining, upscale environment, you demonstrate an ability to maximize sales while ensuring the utmost customer satisfaction. You possess excellent orga-nizational and communication skills and display an eagerness to train and develop an exceptional serving team. Wine knowledge will be considered an asset.

LINE COOK - EAGLE RANCH GOLF RESORTEagle Ranch Golf Resort is seeking a line chef to join the culinary team. With 1-2 years of previous food preparation experience, you display a natural fl air with food and are committed to accuracy and effi ciency. You are energetic and hard working and are able to work well in a small team environment. You enjoy customer interaction and possess good communication skills.Eagle Ranch Golf Resort welcomes candidates that aspire to be an apprentice and potentially gain Red Seal status.

Application Deadline: Friday, March 31

Resumes may be sent confi dentially to:Eagle Ranch Golf ResortAttention: Kathy Tyson

RR #3, M-2, C-11Invermere, BC

V0A 1K3Email: [email protected]

For detailed information, visit www.stonecreekproperties.com

Stone Creek Resorts thanks all applicants for their interest, however only applicants who are considered for the position will be contacted.

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LeadershipFairmont Creek is looking for a dynamic, self motivated, self disciplined individual who takes pride in their work and practises solid team building skills to lead our housekeep-ing team. Housekeeping ex-perience required and must have reliable transportation. If this describes you and you are looking for full time em-ployment, Call David, 345-6116.

TeamworkAre you self motivated, self disciplined, take pride in the work you do, and work well with others? Join our housekeeping team at Fair-mont Creek for full time/year round employment. Training provided. Must have reliable transportation. Call David, 345-6116.

Employment opportunity Director of Development

Resort and residential Development Company located in the Columbia Valley has an immediate requirement for a Director of Development. The successful candidate must possess the following skills.

- Clear understanding of; -Strata property titling -Development and Building permit processes -Municipal bonding requirements -Project cash fl ow / requirements - Experienced in all aspects of Zoning, Planning, and utility requirements.- Ability to establish working relationship with local governments.- Establish construction budgets, schedules, and measures of quality. - Insure cost eff ective quality build that meets all codes and developers standards.- Work closely with Architect, Developer, and General Contractor to insure effi cient Build.- Perform risk assessments, project analysis, to prove out R.O.I. for project Shareholders.- Ability to multi-task and oversee numerous projects at one time.

Local resident with excellent communication and computer skills would be defi nite assets of the successful applicant. Remuneration package negotiable based on applicants experience and skill set.

Apply in the strictest confi dence to: 5105 – Wilder Loop Rd. Fairmont Hot Springs BC V0B 1L1

All applications will be responded to.

Windermere Valley Golf Course is currently taking applications for full-time servers and cooks, as well as turf maintenance personnel. Positions are seasonal and start April 1st. Contact Jenn (Assistant Food & Beverage manager) at 342-3004 for clubhouse positions, and Dave (Superintendent) at 342-4440 for Maintenance positions. Or submit resumes by fax to 342-0119 or e-mail to [email protected]

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WHIRLING AND TWIRLING - Albert and Caroline Robideau of the Columbia Val-ley Twirlers Square Dance Club of Radium Hot Springs enjoyed the St. Patrick’s Day dance weekend March 17th to 19th at the Radium Community Centre.

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Home HardwareBuilding Centre

342-6908

TIP OF THE WEEKHowie says,

“Here’s a great recipe for household mildew remover. You can fi nd both bleach and TSP at Home Hardware. The recipe can be reduced as required. Mix 1 litre bleach with 3 litres warm water and 2 tbsp. TSP. Wash affected area. Leave 10-15 minutes. Rinse with clear water and let dry.”

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From left to right: ski volunteer veterans Donna and Don Tunnacliff e, Red Scott, and Hugh McQueen.


If you are tired of getting lost on the ski hill or fumbling with maps, there’s an answer.

A group of volunteer skiers called Mountain Friends are available to guide visitors around the slopes.

Mountain Friends is the name for a group of dedi-cated local volunteers who go out of their way to wel-come visitors to the Panorama ski hill.

Every day at 10 a.m. and again at 1:30 p.m., four veteran volunteer skiers off er complimentary tours of all but the most diffi cult double black diamond runs at Panorama.

Organized by co-ordinator Jackie Anderson, the yellow-jacketed retirees with energy to spare enthusi-astically show you as much of the hill as daylight al-lows

Currently there are 36 volunteers, all recruited by Panorama and scheduled by Ms. Anderson.

One a recent Saturday, Donna and husband Don Tunnacliff e, Red Scott, and Hugh McQueen helped those guests who were interested in an easy-going ski experience.

“We love having someone come up to us and say, ‘we never would have taken that run if you hadn’t shown us,’” said 40-year area resident Ms. Tunna-cliff e.

Running over 10 years, the program’s objective is “to improve the quality of Panorama’s visit through a positive, safe and fun experience,” said Ms. Tunna-cliff e, who has been a Mountain Friend for six years.

On a recent weekend, more than 100 people par-took in the program, which usually sees roughly 20 people daily.

From France to New Zealand, it’s a great way to meet people from all over the world, said Ms. Tun-nacliff e.

Look for the sign and meet up with the Mountain Friends outside the Ski Tip Lodge, past the ski racks.

Mountain Friends welcome skiers


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LAKE WINDERMERE ALLIANCE CHURCH Sunday, March 26th, 10:30 a.m.

Worship and Life Instruction. “Why the World Hates Jesus.”Sunday School for ages 3 to Grade 7 during the morning service.

Senior Pastor Rev. Dieter Magnus • Associate Pastor Rev. Jared Enns326 - 10th Avenue, Invermere • 342-9535

WINDERMERE VALLEY SHARED MINISTRYSunday, March 26th

8:30 a.m. - Edgewater - All Saint’s. 10:30 a.m. - Invermere - Christ Church Trinity. Worship & Sunday School.Rev. Sandy Ferguson • 110 - 7th Avenue, Invermere • 342-6644

VALLEY CHRISTIAN ASSEMBLYSunday, 10:00 am

Children’s church during the message part of the service. Children 4 - 12 years. • Sunday, 7:00 pm Prayer Meeting

Senior Pastor Rev. John Cuyler • www.vcassembly.comHighway 93/95, 1 km north of Windermere • 342-9511

ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCHCanadian Martyrs Church, Invermere

Saturday, 7:00 p.m. Mass • Sunday, 9:00 a.m. MassSt. Joseph’s Church, Hwy 93/95 Radium Sunday, 11:00 a.m. MassSt. Anthony’s Church, Canal Flats Sunday, 4:00 p.m. MassFather Jose Joaquin • 712 -12th Ave., Invermere • 342-6167

ST. PETER’S LUTHERAN MISSION OF INVERMERERegular weekly worship services every Sunday at 1:30 pm

Pastor Rev. Fraser Coltmanat Christ Church Trinity 110 - 7th Ave., Invermere

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RADIUM CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIPEvery Sunday 10:00 am

Pastor Wayne and Linda Frater • Radium Seniors’ Hall • 342-6633THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS

Sunday, 10:00 amPresident J.P. Tremblay • Columbia Valley Branch

5014 Fairway, Fairmont Hot Springs • 1-866-349-5772

LAKE WINDERMERE ALLIANCE CHURCH

Valley ChurchesFAITHDieter Magnus,Senior PastorLake WindermereAlliance Church

Th ere was a silly lit-tle poem that I learned as a boy in school. It was given to us as an example of how not to write a poem. I don’t remember the “good” poems, but I do remember this one:

Spring is sprung,Th e grass is riz,I wonder whereTh e fl owers is.Every year at this time I think about it. Winter is

over (well . . . mostly!) and spring is here. We all look forward to this season of newness, freshness and life. Th e vegetation which has been dormant all around us begins to fl ourish. Th e air warms up, and a sunny spot in a windless place feels fantastic. Th e spring runoff makes our creeks and rivers come alive. Birds return from the south (both feathered and human!) Why do we enjoy this season so much?

I believe it is because God created us to be enjoy-ers of life. Our souls revel in newness and freshness and growth. Somehow, we have come to believe that God is more interested in punishing us for our wrong-doings, or robbing us of our fun. Yet, the words of Jesus recorded in John 10:10, 11 tell a very diff erent story. He says: “Th e thief comes only to steal and kill

and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full. I am the good shepherd. Th e good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.”

Take a moment to think about that. God’s desire is not to punish us, but to renew and enliven us. While spring is the season of new life, one of the fi rst major events of spring is Easter. Th e Easter celebration is all about new life . . . but life which results from death. Jesus, as the One who unconditionally loves us, chose to die (the only man in history who had a choice) so that we might live.

How is that possible? Perhaps you are at a point in your life where it feels like winter all the time. Dor-mancy and cold are more common than freshness. Despair is a more familiar companion than hope. Sor-row seems to leave no room for joy. Guilt just keeps piling up, higher and higher, with no end in sight.

Th at is the result of what the Bible calls sin. Al-though we may not like the word, it is impossible to look at the world around us and claim sin doesn’t exist. It holds us captive in a life anything but abundant or full. Jesus paid the price to free us from that captivity. It is off ered to us freely, with the promise of new life in Jesus Christ. It is an open off er to every person on this earth. Th e time for you to get out of “winter” in your life is now.

Spring is sprungJesus Christ is rizDo you knowWhere your hope is?We invite you to join us on a journey to hope this

Easter season.

‘Spring is sprung; Christ is riz’

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A fl edgling group hoping to regulate and promote the sport of mountain biking in the Columbia Valley from Canal Flats to Spillimacheen is close to becom-ing a reality.

Columbia Valley Cycling Society board members approved the new, non-profi t society’s constitution at a meeting held at the Invermere Lions’ Hall on Tues-day night.

Th e constitution will now be forwarded to the provincial government. When approved, the new group will be affi liated with Cycling British Colum-bia and off er insurance to group members during all group activities.

Starting this year, the cycling society plans to or-ganize weekly downhill “toonie” races, weekly cross- country group rides, trail-grooming days to maintain safe local trails, and training for riders of all abilities.

Memberships will soon go on sale at both of

Invermere’s bike shops: Rob’s Bicycle Works and Co-lumbia Cycle.

Members will receive discounts at both shops, as well as 10 percent off a mountain biking season pass at Panorama Mountain Resort.

Memberships will cost $40 for adults and $30 for junior riders 18 and under. Of that, $27 will go straight to Cycling B.C. for insurance.

Th e group also hopes to protect popular existing trails threatened by development on Mount Swansea and along the Toby Creek just out of Invermere.

“We’re losing our trails,” said cycling society presi-dent Darcy Lehr. “We could lose all of them without having a voice.”

Money is tight and donations are appreciated.To contact the Columbia Valley Cycling So-

ciety, or to inquire about memberships, email [email protected].

Wheels turning for bike group

Call 341-6151or

1-888-341-6155

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Soak up the view of the slopes and the pools from this awesome two bedroom condo at Panorama. This Panorama Springs poolside unit offers ski in, ski out convenience and is fully furnished. Come and see it today! MLS# 115937

$369,000+gst

Almost 6 acres with Windermere Creek fl owing through, water licenses and a rare and beautiful micro environment, private and peaceful. Cleared hayfi eld, beautiful mountain views and plenty of room to build your dream home. MLS#113851

$999,000

Invermere Building Lot

Ready and waiting for you. Newly created lot at the quiet end of town with no building commitment. Fully serviced and ready now. Nicely treed with great views. GST is applicable. MLS#113165

$149,900+gst

Invermere Building Lot

Spectacular and Breathtaking

2 year old condo with 3 BDR and 2BTR, laminate fl ooring, and a fully fi nished basement. Great mountain views, walking distance to all amenities, but still away from downtown Invermere. A great investment and a wonderful place to stay! MLS#114421

$269,900

Spectacular and Breathtaking

Mountain Views, Quiet Surroundings

Large corner lot, storage shed, and sundeck. Full unfi nished basement waiting for your touch. Propane fi replace in the living room and a pellet stove in the basement to keep the hydro bills in check! Great starter in Edgewater. MLS#113766

$199,900

Mountain Views, Quiet Surroundings

Year Round Fun

Opportunity to own in Akiskinook in time for summer fun. Very clean, move in condi-tion. This 3 BDR, 2 BTR unit is in a great location close to the recreation centre, beach and marina. This rare unit comes fully and tastefully furnished. MLS#114592

$490,000

The One and Only in Town

Invermere Dry Cleaning and Laundry business on Main Street Invermere. If you are look-ing for the best exposure and a business that only has one way to grow....up...stop looking! Get into business now! Contact your Realtor for more information. MLS#114858

NEW PRICE

The One and Only in TownTwo Bedroom Loft

Donʼt miss out on this renovated and fully furnished 2 BR plus loft at Panorama. Right by the Toby chairlift with a great view of the slopes. Buyer to assume New vision pay-ments of $278.59/month. MLS#114354

$219,000

Two Bedroom LoftThe Perfect Location

This 3 BDR, 2.5 BTR townhome is centrally located in Invermere. Enjoy the fantastic mountain views and the convenience of being next to downtown. This is a great invest-ment or a terrifi c revenue property. MLS#112775

$239,900

The Perfect Location

Location

This Panorama home is in a great spot! Close to the Toby chairlift and the Greywolf Clubhouse. A fan-tastic view of the 10th fairway out your living room window. Sunny location you will enjoy anytime of the year. Rental suite with year round tenant in place. MLS#115093

$690,000

Views of Lake Windermere

Perched on a quiet street at the top on Pineridge Es-tates, this spectacular lot offers pristine views of Lake Windermere and the Rocky Mountains. Time is on your side deciding when to build on this Prime View property. Close to all amenities of Invermere. Look no further... MLS#114398

$239,900

Rare Acreage

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