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EAGLE VALLEY
NEWSVol. 60 No. 16 Sicamous, B.C., 1.25 (GST included)
www.eaglevalleynews.com
Group seeks to improve local labour market
Page 3
Students earn award for ALS
initiative Page 6
Trail time: Zoey the dog leads owner Blair Randall with son Hans
Randall, and Jamie Boyd with son Dyson Van Altema on a hike around
Sicamous Creek Falls one of the local hikes the group enjoyed on
Friday, April 17. While the creek trail is in good shape, help is
wanted with trail maintenance and construction needs elsewhere. See
more on page 5.
Photo by Lachlan Labere
Public urination prompts backlash from residents
Urinating in public has put a group of men in hot water with
Sicamous residents and, po-tentially the police.
Sicamous RCMP Sgt. Scott West con-firmed Monday that police are
investigating a series of related incidents that occurred Thursday,
April 16 on Main Street in the parking lot of the former True
Hardware building. The investigation so far has re-vealed an
unknown man or men were reliev-ing themselves in a parking lot
after stopping their vehicles, West says in a news release is-sued
Monday, April 20.
Three people took exception to this and an argument ensued which
developed into a physical altercation, said West. One wit-
ness captured a video of the altercation and police will be
reviewing the video.
That video was filmed by Sicamous resi-
dent Brent Graf, and is posted on his Face-book page. As of
Monday afternoon, it had been viewed more than 126,000 times,
and
shared more than 3,000 times. Graf was picking up his daughter
at Eagle
River Secondary when he saw the group of men urinating in the
neighbouring lot.
I yelled at them because they were fac-ing right at the school,
they were all standing their with their wangs hanging out, and the
kids were literally just walking out of school, all the young girls
were just walking out, said Graf. So I yelled at them, I said, Hey!
And youd think they would turn towards their trucks and be
embarrassed. Instead they just stood there.
Graf says moments later, one of the stu-dents confronted the
men, told them to get out of here, and this led to an
altercation.
The one guy was yelling at the kids and stuff, and the one kid
started going over and got a little closer and closer, telling him
to get out of here, we dont need that kind of stuff. And all of a
sudden, the guy comes out of the truck and just hammered the kid
one and jumped on him and then his buddies got
By Lachlan LabereEagle Valley News
RCMP: Video to assist police investigation of altercation.
Altercation: Eagle River Secondary students, left, stand up to a
group of men who were witnessed urinating along Main Street. Brent
Graf video
See Video identifies on page 2
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DEADLINE: 2pm, Fridays
April 24 & 25 $2 Bag Sale Sicamous Thrift Shop 10 am - 3 pm
clothing & shoes.April 29 to July 22 Sicamous Mixed Softball
League runs every Wednesday night from April 29 to July 22, 2015.
At Finlayson Park at 6:30 pm. Windup Tournament is the weekend of
July 24, 25, 26, 2015.May 1 SICAMOUS PRESCHOOL AUCTIONFriday, May
1st at 7:00pm at Brothers Pub. Enjoy a night of silent bidding on
auction items, live music and a delicious mealMay 2 Come to the
first Annual Book Sale at the Sicamous Branch Library.There are
books galore and prices you wont believe! The fun begins at 9:00am
on Saturday, May 2nd, and continues until 4pm. The sale will be
held at the front entrance of the District Office.Monday to Friday
Community Access Site at the Seniors Activity Centre - 1091 Shuswap
Avenue. Internet & related services. Call Diana. 836-2446Every
Tues. Stopping the Violence Program in Sicamous - counselling for
women who have experienced abuse during childhood or adult
relationships. No charge. Call Kathy at 250-832-9700.Every Tues.
& Thurs. - Seniors Meals provided, 12 noon in Common Room at
the Haven. Every 1st & 3rd Wed. - Parkinsons Support Group
Contact Don at 250-838-0794.
Every Wed. Girl Guides of Canada. Sparks - 3:00 pm. Brownies -
4:00 pm. Girl Guides - 5:30 pm. New members welcomeEvery Wed. Lunch
by a donation at the Seniors Activity Centre, 1091-Shuswap Avenue
at 12 noon.Every Wed. - Crib, 7:30 p.m., Haven seniors building.
Everyone welcome - you dont have to be a senior. Socializing and
coffee served after crib. Info: Esther 836-4373.Every Wed. -
T.O.P.S. (Take off Pounds Sensibly) meets Wednesday morning at the
Sicamous Rec. Centre (arena). Weigh in at 9:00 am and meeting at
9:30. Everyone Welcome. Ph: 250-836-4041 for info.Every Wed.-Sat.
United Church Thrift Store 10:00 am to 3 p.m.1st & 3rd
Wednesday - Eagle Valley Photographic Arts Club meets at the Red
Barn at 7 pm. Everyone Welcome.Every Thurs. - Sicamous Crokinole
Group meets at 7pm at the Sicamous & District Recreation Centre
- upstairs for more info and to join call Dave Reed @
250-836-3652Every Thurs.- Ladies shuffleboard at the Royal Canadian
Legion Branch #99 in Sicamous. 1pm-3pm. All ladies welcome.Every
Thurs.- Malakwa Thrift Store between the 2 churches Open every
Thursday 10-5.
Every 2nd Thurs. - Sicamous Lions Club meeting at the Seniors
Activity Centre, 1091 Shuswap Avenue. Doors open at 6:15 and
meeting starts at 6:30. Anyone interested in being a volunteer for
the community, please feel free to call Mary at 250-517-8107, Joan
at 250-836-4876 or Pam at 250-836-4788.Every 1st, 3rd, 4th Thurs. -
Keepsake Kwilters meet at the Haven Common room 1095 Shuswap Avenue
at 7:00 p.m. For info call 250-836-2695.Every 4th Thursday monthly
meeting of the Malakwa Community Association at 7:00 in the
Learning Centre Library.Every Fri. - Parents & Tots, 10-12 noon
at the Eagle Valley Resource Centre. 836-3440.Every Fri. - Eagle
Valley Brush & Palette Club meets at the Red Barn, 10am-3pm,
Everyone welcome! For info call Carol 250-836-3135 or Amy
250-836-4756. www.eaglevalleybrushandpalette.com Every 1st Fri. of
the month Sicamous Seniors Ctre general meeting 11:00am followed by
a great pot luck lunch. We encourage every to join us.
Every 2nd 3rd and 4th Fri. Wii Tournament at 10 am at the
Sicamous Seniors Activity Centre - 1091 Shuswap Avenue. Everyone
Welcome.
Every Fri. - Pool Tournament at the Legion at 6:00 pmEvery 2nd
3rd and 4th Fri. Lunch at noon. Everyone Welcome. At the Sicamous
Seniors Activity Centre - 1091 Shuswap Avenue.Last Sat. of the
Month - Ladies Auxiliary Dinner at the Royal Canadian Legion at 6
pm. Tickets sold until the Friday before at the Legion. No tickets
at the door.Sundays - KARMA YOGA (Gentle Hatha) Sundays 5:15-6:15
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month. No experience required. Drop-ins welcome!Open Meditation
Circle by donation Sundays 4-5 pm @ I Am Yoga. Familiarize yourself
with mindfulness techniques. No experience required. Drop-ins
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meeting, 1 p.m.Every 4th Sun. - Birthday Tea (formerly the OAPO)
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out, said Graf. They slapped the one kid for sure, at least
twice.
The kids werent backing down. I was really proud of them there
were six others there right away and they were all standing up for
each other, tell-ing these guys thats just ignorant what youre
doing. And these guys could have left any time. They could have
left be-fore this whole incident started. They preferred not
to.
Eagle River principal Scott Anderson gleaned the same
information from his investigation and con rmed a student was
assaulted, but he says that student was not injured.
There were no inju-ries or anything like that and he was at
school today, and a lot of the kids are talking it up and proud of
him, as well as the other kids who came to his aid, Anderson said
last Friday. It was a very unfortunate inci-dent. On the one hand,
Im glad to see our stu-dents sort of standing up for whats right
and for our town On the other hand its not necessarily a safe thing
to do. Im glad to see they did it but I almost wouldnt recommend
it.
West advises that when verbal confronta-tion escalates, it is
good practice to call the po-lice to mediate and/or
investigate.
Graf said it wasnt until he called 911 that
the men got into two pickup trucks and left. The video clearly
iden-ti es Alberta licence plates on both vehicles. West says
police will be following up with the registered owners of both
vehicles to deter-mine who the occupants were.
Once all the facts are in, a decision on charges will be
made,
said West.While police con-
tinue their investigation, Graf hopes his video will be seen by
friends and family of the men involved, and that they will be held
account-able.
I would like this to get back to their families and friends so
they see what these guys were like, and go I know
you and look what you did that was igno-rant, said Graf,
recog-nizing Sicamous rela-tionship with Albertans is not always
amicable.
Maybe it will help curb the way people in Sicamous feel about
the Albertans, because the Albertans will curb it themselves and
say, you know what, if youre going to go out and do that we can
understand why Si-camous maybe has a little bit of resentment
towards you.
Were in a ckle place where we have to cater to them because
thats how a lot of our businesses run, but we shouldnt have to take
abuse like that either. And thats why I was so proud of the
kids.
Continued from front
Video identifies Alberta licence plates
Mayor Terry Rysz and councillors are looking for a clearer
picture on waterfront development.
Rysz says district staff has been asked to look at improving
bylaws to give more clarity when it comes to development on the
waterfront. He notes uctuations in the an-nual high water makes it
dif cult to determine where setbacks are.
We want staff to pursue bylaws and
make amendments to current bylaws so we can get clarity and
cer-tainty so were not deal-ing on individual devel-opments, said
Rysz.
The provincial Ripar-ian Areas Regulation (RAR) that came into
effect in 2006 requires that a minimum of all areas within 30
metres of the high water mark of lakes or watercours-es be assessed
for envi-ronmental values by a quali ed environmental
professional.
It is this recognized professional that de-termines a
stream-side
protection and en-hancement area.
A staff report to council notes that there are challenges in
imple-menting RAR from the districts of cial com-munity plan
policies, as activities that are deemed development according to
RAR dif-fer from the activities the district considers to be
development.
The issuance of a development permit through council may be
considered cumber-some for smaller-scale development, notes the
report. Secondly,
the RAR process is in-herently site-speci c, whereas the
districts interest is to review development along the watercourses
for the cumulative effect along the shorelines.
The report also notes there are components of the riparian area
pol-icy that con ict with current district regula-tions.
Also pointed out in the report, is the fact the district is not
ful ll-ing its obligation and does not have a legal recourse to
deal with violations for unsanc-
tioned development within the 30-metre ri-parian assessment
area.
Rysz says council-lors debated the is-sue fully at a planning
meeting and believe they have chosen the best option to pursue.
But, he says, direc-tors will only move forward when staff
brings the matter back to council with bylaws that have been
tweaked and ne-tuned with all the different dynamics.
And, if they are not satis ed with the out-come, councillors can
look at other options.
Development issues being addressedBy Lachlan LabereEagle Valley
News
There were no inju-ries or anything like that and he was at
school today, and a lot of the kids are talking it up and proud of
him, as well as the other kids who came to his aid, Anderson said
last Friday. It was a very unfortunate inci-dent. On the one hand,
Im glad to see our stu-dents sort of standing up
On the one hand, Im glad to see our students sort of standing up
for whats right and for our town On the other hand its not
necessarily a safe thing to do. Im glad to see they did it but
I
almost wouldnt recommend it.Scott AndersonPrincipal, ERS
Riparian areas: District policies conflict with provincial
regulation.
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The economic situa-tion may be gloomy, but plans are afoot to
move the area forward in a carefully planned and positive
fashion.
A flood in June 2012 delivered a blow to the local economy that,
coupled with a decrease in forestry activity and the country-wide
slow-down in 2008, has had devastating effects on Sicamous and
surround-ing area: tourism has de-clined, jobs have disap-peared,
businesses have closed, investment has gone elsewhere as have
skilled workers.
And that lack of skilled workers and the decline in population
is making recovery dif-ficult.
But a large group of people representing business and communi-ty
organizations across the Shuswap the Com-munity Employer
Part-nership Program has been meeting to discuss economic
challenges.
Community Em-ployer Partnership Pro-gram Sicamous Sub-Committee
has been created with a view to collecting as much in-formation as
possible in order to create a custom recovery plan.
They wanted to find a way to learn about the issues and move
for-ward in a more positive trajectory, says Kyle Dearing, project
co-ordinator for the new sub-committees labour market and planning
project to be developed by the people for the people of Sicamous
and Electoral Area E of the Columbia Shuswap Re-gional
District.
Successful in their request for funding through Community
Futures the partner-ship sub-committee recently received a $64,000
grant from B.C.s Ministry of So-cial Development and Social
Innovation.
Happy to have se-cured critical funding and to be the
organiza-tion to provide over-sight on the project, Shuswap
Community Futures executive direc-tor Rob Marshall says the new
district council has created a positive vibe in Sicamous.
The first order of business will be to get as much information
relating to community development, business activity,
population/de-mographics, and other economic activity as possible
to add to the information bank.
Were asking peo-ple to submit any sourc-es of information they
think would be useful to have incorporated into this project and
for us to know about, Dearing says. Once that is done, we have a
PhD, Jason Woodman-Simmonds, who will review, summarize then host
the first of three
community meetings.In phase 2 of the
project, interview-ers will be hired to get missing information
by speaking to a total of 60 business owners, com-munity services
and leaders, unemployed people and other com-munity residents.
As well, a down-loadable survey is be-ing developed to collect
even more information. Dearing says the sub-committee would like to
receive 328 complet-ed surveys, but would welcome double the
number.
We want people to see how other events have impacted and how the
community has ended up with few sus-tainable jobs or
oppor-tunities, Dearing says. And we want to pres-ent it to the
community in a way theyll be bet-ter able to understand their own
situation.
After that happens, the community will be asked to collaborate
in developing a planning program that will deter-mine where can we
go from here and how can we do it, Dearing says.
One of my big roles is to engage the com-munity as well as I
can
to get as many people involved, he says with enthusiasm, noting
he is hoping to have students involved in the process. I am excited
about being able to engage young people in this and for them to
learn about the collaborative planning process.
The partnership is working within a seven-month window. Two
reports will be released at the end of October, says Dearing one
will be a compilation of all the information that has been
collected. The second will be an ac-tion plan complete with
timelines, specific tasks and more.
My goal right now is to get people to un-derstand and collect
in-formation; if somebody has something they think would be useful,
like an organization that might have a re-port or documents over
the years that talk about Sicamous, labour, em-ployment, somebody
who saved articles from the flood, no piece of in-formation is too
small, Dearing says.
He can be reached at [email protected] or by calling
250-515-2029.
Group pursues economic recovery
Community effort: Local business leaders and organizations are
working together to improve Sicamous labour outlook. Photo
contributed
By Barb BrouwerEagle Valley News
RCMP REPORT
Sicamous RCMP are seeking the owners of recovered stolen
prop-erty.
Between October 2014 and March of this year, the detachment
re-ceived multiple reports of found property and
recovered numerous items believed to have been stolen.
Most of the items were recovered from seasonal properties in and
around Sicamous, and did not belong to the property owners.
Recovered items include a yellow jack-hammer, a portable arc
welder, a gas-powered pressure washer, an air compressor, a
portable fuel pump compressor and a pair of bolt cutters.
Police ask anyone
with information about these items, or who thinks these items
might belong to you, to contact the Sicamous detach-ment at
250-836-2878, or leave a tip with Crime Stoppers at
1-800-222-8477.
Police in possession of stolen property
Action plan: Community input needed for reports.Correction: The
photo titled, Planting with care, published in the April 15 Eagle
Valley News, should have stated the daffodil plant-ing along
Highway 97A was part of Sicamous Communities in Bloom effort, in
support of those living with cancer. We apologize for the
error.
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Valley News
VICTORIA The B.C. Liberal governments sale of Crown properties
to help balance its election budget was the dominant story in the
legislature last week, as the NDP revealed evidence of a fire sale
that may have left millions on the table.
They started with Burke Mountain, the biggest sin-gle deal
involving 14 view properties in Coquitlam. The buyer was a
prominent developer whose array of companies happened to donate
nearly $1 million to the B.C. Liberal Party since 2000.
The $85 million price tag was similar to the B.C. Assessment
Author-ity value on these forested properties, but an outside
appraisal concluded they could have fetched an ad-ditional $43
million if they had spent more time on the hot Lower Mainland
real
estate market.The governments de-
fence of the salewent from wobbly to weak. Citizens Services
Minister Amrik Virk was caught flat-footed and tried to get by on
plati-tudes rather than retreat and find some answers.
Premier Christy Clark weighed in, arguing that the budget would
have bal-anced without the property sale, and that some sales
closed too late to help the election-year budget. Fi-nance Minister
Mike de Jong stressed all these as-set sales were detailed in three
successive budgets. They down-played the no-tion of land sales
being rushed.
Then the NDP produced a string of emails sent be-tween senior
officials re-sponsible for selling two big properties across the
street from the legislature.
To be part of the sale and development of over eight acres of
Victorias beautiful inner harbour
area is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. An opportu-nity that
normally would warrant years of planning and preparation, wrote one
citizens services bu-reaucrat. Unfortunately we dont have unlimited
time our goal is to have For Sale signs up by Oct. 31 with sales
proceeds in the bank by March 31, 2013.
Then came a disclosure about a property in Sur-rey that had been
bought as a potential hospital site. Once the existing hospital was
expanded, that prop-erty was declared surplus. Indeed, de Jong
featured this property to promote the governments plan to stimulate
local economies with private sector invest-ment on unused land.
The Surrey deal closed for $20.5 million on March 21, 2014, just
days before the end of the fiscal year. NDP leader John Horgan
pointed to an outside ap-praisal of $23.5 million,
and an assessment for tax purposes of $27.2 million.
The appraiser also rec-ommended the highest and best use for the
Sur-rey land was to hold it un-til it had been rezoned for
commercial, retail or office development.
De Jong cited another big health property in Van-couver that
sold for more than its appraised and as-sessed value. Its only the
actual market that deter-mines worth, he insisted.
But its now clear that these and perhaps other sales were done
with ar-bitrary deadlines that had everything to do with the B.C.
Liberals need to balance the books. When elections are a battle of
sound bites, perception matters more than reality.
Surplus asset sales have a long tradition in B.C., where the
government owns more than 90 per cent of all land. But after this
round, full disclosure will be demanded.
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Public shaming well deserved
OPINION
Morons. There are other, more colourful (and unprintable) words
being used around Sicamous to describe the group of men resident
Brent Graf captured on video last Thurs-day afternoon while picking
his daughter up from Eagle River Secondary.
According to Graf and other witnesses, the men parked next to
the high school, in the driveway of the former Tru Hardware store
on Main Street, got out of their pickup trucks (with Alberta
plates) and proceeded to urinate in public just as students were
leaving the school for home.
Thats right. These men, in broad daylight, shamelessly urinated
on Main Street Sicamous. Whats worse, they actually stuck around to
de-fend their actions as though it was their right.
One student spoke up to the men, condemning their utterly
disrespectful behaviour. An alterca-tion ensued, and Graf says one
of the men struck the student. More students came to his defence.
And the urinating party, supposedly grown men, stood their
ground.
This is where Grafs video, posted on his Face-book page, begins.
As of Monday, the video had been viewed more than 121,550 times,
and had been shared about 3,000 times.
Oh, Graf also says the men had clearly been consuming
alcohol.
So, lets add up the possible points against: public
urination/indecency; assaulting a minor; public intoxication and
maybe even impaired operation of a motor vehicle.
(Police are currently investigating, and have yet to decide on
what charges will be pursued.)
Whether or not any or all the men involved were from Alberta was
unknown at press time. However, its unlikely Grafs video, which
clear-ly identifies two Alberta licence plates, has done anything
to improve the existing love/tolerate relationship many locals have
for our Albertan guests. As always, its a few bad apples who are
responsible for a sour impression. Or, in this case, a few morons,
who we hope are made an example of in whichever community they hail
from.
By Tom FletcherNews Columnist
Land sales leave lingering odour
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Whose responsibil-ity is it to teach morals and life skills to
our children?
Having just read a students interesting letter to the editor re:
the cut in funds for sex
ed in our schools, I was surprised at the notion that the
parents and family have no part in the well-being of stu-dents.
Are we handing our children over to the
school boards? Dont give our youth over to the state (so to
speak) by demanding govern-ment step in where the family should
take responsibility and pro-vide the personal tools
to direct our youth to a successful future.
I believe the teach-ers and government shouldnt be expected to
fill the gap in life skills. The responsibil-ity of grooming
our
youth for the future lies with the family, school boards and the
commu-nity.
Doreen Wilson
Families have role in teaching life skills
You too can be a trailblazer and you dont even have to go
outside.
The Shuswap Trail Alliance is launching a fundraiser in order to
build and maintain trails metre by metre.
The February Trail Party raised $38,000 and the alliance is
hop-ing to just about double the fundraising total to $75,000.
Not only would the money go to the 2015 trail projects, it would
allow the Trail Alliance to hire a stewardship co-ordinator.
There are many op-portunities with schools, companies and other
stakeholders, who are taking care of the trails to do more building
and maintenance, says Trail Alliance board chair Winston Pain. If
we had someone to provide direct support to all the stewardship
work go-ing on, we could engage the region on a more fo-cused
basis.
Executive direc-tor Phil McIntyre-Paul notes that last year, 513
volunteers worked on 54 trail events and 3/5 were young people.
Since 2006, the Trail Alliance has completed 170 Greenway Trail
projects, 11 signature trail systems, over 90 regional trails and
just over 95 kilometres of new trail.
Even if you value it at $18 a metre the asset value is over $1.7
mil-lion in amenities, Mc-Intyre Paul says
Corporately, RBC called us last year and asked us to organize an
opportunity and eight staff members worked
to build a reroute on a section of trail and reinforced a bridge
to handle equestrian traf-fic on a multi-use trail in South Canoe,
says Pain. The real focus was to decrease erosion and increase
ecological management and safety. They did that and do-nated
$1,000.
While no offer to help is turned down, they often have
Mc-Intyre-Paul and the board scrambling to find whos available to
monitor and supervise the project.
If we had a steward-ship co-ordinator, we could look for other
op-portunities, follow them through and increase the number of
community volunteers, Pain says. This is a huge com-ponent of how
we can get things done from young to old, corporate to service
groups and users, the team building side of it is powerful.
McIntyre-Paul says in 2014, 53 per cent of funding came from 38
partners such as CSRD Parks, City of Salmon Arm, Enderby, BC Parks,
Community Foundation and Shus-wap Tourism.
Ten per cent of the resources came from
fundraising and 37 per cent came from in-kind and volunteer
steward contributions, he says. We tracked it really closely and a
conserva-tive estimate of the value towards those projects is
$157,000.
Pain and McIntyre Paul are hoping to raise $30,000 by the end of
May.
If we know we have the money coming, we
can go ahead and hire a person and not miss the year, Pain
says.
McIntyre points out the Shuswap Trail Guide, in its sixth
print-ing has become the number-one piece of tourist information,
something that would not have happened with-out the many
enthusias-tic and supportive part-ners and volunteers.
Thats always been a key part; a trail is only as good as people
know about it, he says. By the end of the year, well be able to say
col-lectively that we have leveraged about a $4 million investment
in combined dollars and in-kind contributions to build, maintain
and pro-mote trails.
Drop off donations for the Shuswap Trail Alliances Love Your
Trails fundraiser at Ea-gle Valley IDA Pharma-cy or Skookum Cycle
and Ski in Salmon Arm.
The Shuswap Trail Alli-ance is a charitable or-ganization and
can issue tax receipts for dona-tions over $20.
Trail Alliance seek funds for co-ordinatorBy Barb BrouwerEagle
Valley News
Building together: Volunteer, Shirley Bates helps build a trail
that will be used by equestrian riders in the South Canoe Trails
Sys-tem on Sunday, April 12. Photo by Evan Buhler
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A good deed by Ea-gle River Secondarys social justice class has
not gone unnoticed.
The class, con-sisting of students in Grades 8 to 12, was
recently awarded the Leaders of Tomorrow award by the Amyo-trophic
Lateral Sclero-sis (ALS) Society of British Columbia.
The award is in recognition of the stu-dents annual Walk and
Roll for ALS fundrais-er, which to date has raised awareness of ALS
in the community and $4,500 that has gone to support people living
with ALS and ALS research.
It is youth like the students at Eagle River
Secondary that make our organization bet-ter, says Wendy Toyer,
executive director of ALS Society of BC & Yukon. Through their
advocacy and public-awareness campaigns, we are able to reach more
people, especial-ly in rural regions.
ERS teacher De-siree Marshall-Peer says the social justice class
organized all aspects of the annual fundraising event as part of
their course, which is based on the students choice and
interest.
Organizing the walk offers many learning experiences in
relationships with media, stakeholders and the community, and gives
the students
a sense of accom-plishment and success once complete, said
Marshall-Peer. It also allows students to in-teract with the
commu-nity of Sicamous and has given them a better understanding of
what volunteering and com-munity service is like.
Social justice stu-dents volunteer for a variety of
organiza-tions and events in the community.
The idea for the walk for ALS was in-fluenced, in part, by
resident Cathy Barra-za, whose brother suf-fers from the
disease.
It surprised them what medical equip-ment was needed, and how
much it cost, all of which is provided through the ALS So-
ciety for free to the recipient, said Mar-shall-Peer.
There have been three Walk and Roll events to date.
Mar-shall-Peer says the stu-dents goal is to even-tually raise
enough money to provide a re-spiratory machine.
In the meantime, students are happy that they have always
met
their fundraising goal for the year. They hope to do even better
in the years to come.
As for winning the award, Marshall-Peer says it was a surprise
for everyone involved, and that she and the class are very thankful
and proud to represent Eagle River Secondary and the community in
receiving the honour.
Social justice students honoured for initiative
Appreciation: Eagle River Secondarys social justice class was
recently honoured by the ALS Society of BC & Yukon with a
Leaders of Tomorrow award, recog-nizing the students for their
annual Walk and Roll for ALS fundraising event. Photos
contributed.
By Lachlan LabereEagle Valley News
Mayor to brave channel for youthSicamous Mayor
Terry Rysz is willing to risk a drop in Sicamous Channel to help
Steve OBrien help keep kids from dropping out of school.
On Sunday, April 26, OBrien will be pass-ing through Sicamous on
his Canadian Relay for Youth/2015 Cross-Canada Tour. The long-time
professional ath-letes goal is to share his life-experiences and
raise funds to help keep kids from dropping out of school, instead
pro-viding them with the tools to achieve their educational
goals.
At 1 p.m. on Sun-day, OBrien will be
joined by Rysz, and the two will be traversing the channel by
paddle-board. All are welcome to attend the event, and students are
invited to sign up and help cheer on OBrien and the mayor as they
cross the chilly channel.
Spring cleanupThe road to Com-
munities in Bloom starts on the highways this weekend with a
spring cleanup.
Highways 1 and 97A will be targeted this Saturday and Sun-day,
April 25 and 26, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., and on Saturday, May 2 from
8 a.m. to 4 p.m.,
by volunteer clean-up crews working to beautify Sicamous. This
show of commu-nity pride will improve Sicamous odds as an entrant
in this years Communities in Bloom program.
After the May 2 out-ing, a barbecue supper and dance with live
music will be offered free to all who volun-teered in the cleanup
event. To volunteer, contact Jeff Mallmes at 250-470-9987 or Gord
Bushell at 250-836-3906. To get involved with Sicamous Com-munities
in Bloom ef-fort, contact Kim Hyde at 250-833-8085.
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Seven children with seven unique back-grounds and seven unique
backpacks will be teaching other chil-dren about understand-ing
each other with-out necessarily saying a word.
Shilo, Jane, Amolak, Bernadette, Haruko, Carlos and Celeste are
puppets who can help children learn about each other and about
cultures different from their own.
A Backpack Kids Celebration was held at the Splatsin Teaching
Centre in Enderby re-cently, where the seven Backpack Kids puppets
and their unique school bus were unveiled.
The packed room witnessing the celebra-tion learned that the
project emerged from the North Okanagan ta-ble of Aboriginal Early
Childhood Educators, when racial tension was noticed at early
childhood centres.
Rosalind Williams of the Splatsin cen-tre then proposed the
Backpack Kids as an innovative way to plant seeds of curiosity
rather than animosity in young children. She and puppet designer
Cathy Stubington of Runaway Moon The-atre developed the
cur-riculum, a project that was three years in the making.
One little seed and it grew and it grew and it grew, explained
Wil-liams.
In a journey not un-like a treasure hunt, the audience learned
about each puppet their ancestry, their back-ground, their parents
and, perhaps most im-portantly, what they each carry in their
backpacks.
Helping reveal the treasures inside were
a number of audience volunteers, includ-ing School District #83
board chair Bobbi Johnson and Shuswap MLA Greg Kyllo. Also
attending were a num-ber of area politicians including Sicamous
Mayor Terry Rysz.
Rosalind Williams spoke about the ratio-nale for the project
be-fore describing Shilo, a puppet with First Na-tions
background.
Lots of times I think problems escalate when we dont know enough
about each other.
Williams explained that puppet Shilos an-cestors are her
ances-tors.
We have been on this part of the land for a very long time His
ancestors and my ancestors have al-ways been right in this place He
brings to share the things he learned from the land.
She said his story dates to a time when there were only animal
people in the valley.
His music came from the land, his dance he learned from the
birds and deer, his clothing came from the deer.
Like the other pup-pets, Shilo wears a wooden locket on a
rib-bon around his neck, the ribbon the same colour as his
backpack. Inside the locket is a picture of each of his
parents.
Williams explained that when a child iden-tifies as a First
Nations person, he is ques-tioned.
We wanted to show in todays time, we, and all nationalities,
dont necessarily look like our ancestors.
Cathy Stubington spoke about the back-ground of the other
pup-pets: Jane, whose fami-ly comes from northern
Europe and England; Haruko, whose mother is Japanese and her
father of Ukrainian heritage; Carlos, with Filipino background;
Amolak, whose fam-ily came from northern India; Bernadette, a Metis
with Red River Cree heritage; and Celeste, whose father came from
an island in the Caribbean and her mother from Canada.
The different back-grounds were chosen because they are
rep-resentative of the chil-dren who were attend-ing centres in
Vernon and on the Enderby and Okanagan Indian reserves. Three sets
of puppets were made, one for each centre.
Rather than making assumptions about cul-tures, Stubington
ex-plained that consultants were engaged who guided the way
cul-tures were portrayed by the puppets. They were instrumental in
design-ing the items prepared for the backpacks.
The volunteers at the celebration took turns showing the
au-dience the puppets unique items. Each backpack contained a
different lunch, as well as several other items important to
their cul-ture such as musical instruments, special shoes, books,
toys, dress-up clothing and special treasures.
When the presenta-tions were over, the ac-colades were many and
heartfelt.
Sicamous Mayor Terry Rysz said one of the most important things
in life is building relationships amongst ourselves with fami-lies
and neighbours.
Thats what com-munities are all about. What a wonderful way to
present this.
MLA Greg Kyllo expressed his apprecia-tion, and Bobbi John-son
said she would like to see the puppets and their curriculum
throughout the school district.
I know I would like to have this in our schools. It would be an
honour to have it there.
The celebration ended, appropriately, with the guests present
being treated to a meal of foods the puppets and their families
like to eat.
Puppets offer insight on cultural relations
Vessel for learning: Shuswap MLA Greg Kyllo holds a boat
be-longing to one of the puppets created to help children learn
about other cultures, while joking that it didnt look much like a
houseboat. Photo by Martha Wickett
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The Shuswaps Coast Guard Auxiliary is working to expand its
presence with the purchase of a new boat that will possibly be
sta-tioned in Blind Bay.
The Royal Canadian Marine Search and Res-cue (RCMSAR) Shus-wap
Station 106, lo-cated on Shuswap Lake and based in Sicamous, has
made application to its headquarters in Sooke, to add a second
marine search and res-cue vessel for use on the Shuswap and Mara
lake systems, says Shus-wap Station leader Rob Sutherland.
HQ approval has been granted, but funds for the purchase are
needed as each station funds its own boats, said Sutherland. These
funds must be found locally through public grants and private
dona-tions.
A vessel suited to the task of marine rescue in the Shuswap has
al-ready been located a 2007 Titan, currently assigned to RCMSAR
Station 35 in Victoria.
The new (to us) boat is expected to cost at least half of the
new price of $650,000, said Sutherland of the vessel he described
as being in like-new condition
and completely outfit-ted with all of the latest technology in
search and rescue equipment.
Sutherland spoke about the new vessel during the recent
heli-copter training exercise on Shuswap Lake, at-tended by local
politi-cians, including Colum-bia Shuswap Regional District Area C
director Paul Demenok, who spoke favourably of the potential
acquisition, and it being based in South Shuswap.
Sutherland explained the Shuswap station is one of the busiest
in the province. It became op-erational in May 2012 and has since
received 108 calls for medical assistance, searches and
rescues, largely during the regions busy tourist season.
We need to reduce travel/response times to the far ends of the
lake (1.3 hours from Sicamous), expand our operations to the North
Shuswap to include boating safety inspec-tions and accident
pre-vention and promote boating and water safe-ty through our kids
pro-gram said Suther-land. This can only be done with a second boat
and a new Station 106 sub-station, possibly located in the Blind
Bay area.
Sutherland says BC Gaming has agreed to support the boats
pur-chase, but requires a
down payment to be raised locally through local government,
pri-vate businesses and do-nations to show Station 106 has the
support of the Shuswap commu-nity.
Donations can be sent to Shuswap Life-boat Society, C/O Rob
Sutherland RCMSAR 106 Shuswap Station Leader, 1202 Sherlock Rd.,
Sicamous, B.C. VOE 2V1.
Shuswap Station 106 is operated by volunteers and funded through
donations, grants and other fun-draising efforts. For more
information, contact Sutherland at [email protected].
Second rescue boat sought for Shuswap
Fundraising effort: Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue
(RCMSAR) Shuswap Station 106 is fundraising to acquire a second
boat, the 2007 Titan rescue boat pictured above. File photo
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TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21Taurus, you may need to open new lines of
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