Eagle Valley News, March 04, 2015

Sicamous Mayor Terry Rysz says he campaigned on improving public safety in the community, and it appears that will be re� ected in the district’s 2015 budget.

Improvements to health care, the � re de-partment and pedestrian safety are all being looked at by the mayor and council during their deliberations for the upcoming bud-get, along with the ongoing upgrades to the water treatment plant.

Though the � nal budget has yet to re-ceive � nal approval by council, Rysz says every line item in the budget has already been heavily scrutinized at the � nance committee level not only by the current council, but by the former council as well.

“It’s been handled by two different coun-cils and both groups have done very well,”

said Rysz. “I’m really pleased with the amount of debate and discussion and deliberation they’ve had over this entire budget, and the hard work that (district chief � nancial of� cer) Kelly Bennett has done – she’s done an amazing job.”

A municipal tax increase appears in-evitable this year – potentially 1.85 per cent – after no increase in 2014.

“We’re trying to keep it under the two per cent � gure,” said Rysz. “We’re hop-ing it can be one to two per cent next year. I think a slow burn is the way to go… just a slight increase each year is the direction I’d like to take and I think we can accomplish that.”

A recent addition to the budget is $30,000 to assist in the acquisition of com-munity doctors through company Global Medics. Rysz says the recruiter’s fee is $15,000 per doctor. The budget amount re-

� ects two.“The key element to this is that it costs

us $15,000, but when we sign the contract, that is when we have to release the money. It’s a two-stage process,” explained Rysz. “If they � nd an applicant, we pay them $7,500. If we sign the applicant we pay him another $7,500. If we don’t sign the appli-cant, we get the $7,500 back. It’s kind of a

win-win situation… We’ve had a lot of discussion; it’s time to act. And I think this is a way to do it and I think the com-munity will be in full support.”

While the hiring of a full-time � re chief has been debated, and subsequent-ly turned down, by past councils, for 2015 the current council has budgeted additional money ($70,000 total) for the position. Rysz says there’s ample room in budgeted reserves to accommodate this move, which would address not only � re events, but also the potential for

increased traf� c-related incidents. “It’s a bit costly but, my opinion on it,

with the dynamics changing in Sicamous, not just with � res, but from a safety point of view, I think the extremes are going to be more so in the future with this highway

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NEWSVol. 60 No. 9 Sicamous, B.C., • 1.25 (GST included) • www.eaglevalleynews.com

Settling ponds dropped from

water plant planPage 3

Students in the pink to help

stop bullyingPage 6

Out of play: Sicamous Eagles Justin Wilde is unable to get the puck past Kamloops Storm goalie Jacob Mullen in game four of the teams’ division semi-finals playoff run. The Eagles were knocked out in game five. See page 9 for more.Photo by Lachlan Labere

Council budgeting for public safety improvementsBy Lachlan LabereEagle Valley News

Deliberations: Sicamous residents facing potential 1.85 per cent increase in municipal tax.

See Full-time fire chief on page 2

� ects two.

I think a slow burn is the way to go… just a slight increase each year is the direction I’d like to take and I think we can accomplish that.”

Terry RyszMayor

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that’s building up, as well as the railway with industrial traf� c,” said Rysz. “I’m not try-ing to put the fear into people on it, but I think we have to be prepared, and I think having a full-time � re chief is the way to go.”

The � re � ghting reserves will also be tapped to replace the Sicamous � re depart-ment’s aging pumper truck, provide a com-mand vehicle and, po-tentially, a � re boat.

“We have substan-tial reserves in our � re fund and we have one pumper that needs to be updated,” said Rysz. “I think that pumper is like 1985… it’s some-

what outdated. Our previous council de-cided on replacing that pumper out of reserves. That’s $480,000 that we’re looking at for that, approximately. I think our � re depart-ment will make that move this year.”

Fifty-thousand dol-lars has been budgeted for a � re command vehicle – a used 4x4 that can access ru-ral roads in various weather conditions. Another $107,000 is in the budget for a � re boat, though the details of what that will look like are still being de-termined.

“There is discus-sion between our res-cue and safety crew and the � re department

as to maybe having a combination vehicle in place, but those details haven’t been worked out,” said Rysz.

Sicamous Fire Chief Brett Ogino told the News the boat would be relied upon to pro-vide protection for all the marinas in the area and provide shoreline access if there should be � re on a property with poor land access.

“The idea behind it is the � re department would run it and staff it,” said Ogino, add-ing the marine search and rescue crew are not responsible for � re-� ghting. “RCM-SAR (Royal Canadian Ma-rine Search and Res-cue), in their rules, is they do not allow their

members to do ma-rina � re� ghting… their mandate is rescuing.”

In capital funding, $600,000 has been budgeted for transpor-tation improvements along Shuswap Av-enue. Rysz says this actually pertains to the construction of a new sidewalk. Rysz said this will help make the route safer for pedes-trians – including the numerous senior resi-dents who live on and/or frequently utilize the route.

“It is quite busy and we’d like to make it a safer route,” said Rysz. “There was quite a response from the se-niors.”

Another big-ticket capital item council is

looking at for 2015 is restoring the federal boat launch at the end of Finlayson. While $510,000 has been budgeted, Rysz said council thinks it won’t cost that much. “I’ve always been bothered with this federal boat launch… to spend that kind of money on that boat launch,” said Rysz. “But at the same time, there’s strong support to do it. If that’s the case then we will.”

Another $100,000 has been budgeted for the boat launch at the end of Kappel. Rysz said council would like to see that back in op-eration, “so we’re look-ing at maybe improv-ing that.”

Full-time fire chief supported by two councilsContinued from front

Kyllo top spender in Sicamous election

More than $26,000 was spent on the cam-paigns of the win-ing candidates in Sicamous’ recent mu-nicipal election.

Last week, Elec-tions B.C. posted dis-closure statements for all candidates who ran for of� ce in the November 2014 elec-tion for municipal and regional governments and school boards.

In the Sicamous election, Coun. Todd Kyllo received the greatest amount in campaign contri-butions, a total of $6,380.84. The same

� gure was declared as Kyllo’s total cam-paign expenditures. His expenses (value of property or services used during a cam-paign), however, to-talled $5,547.21. Next highest spender was Mayor Terry Rysz, whose campaign con-tributions totalled $5,072.23, his expen-ditures $5,141.68 and expenses $4945.44.

Rysz’ competitor in the mayoral race, Malcolm MacLeod, declared $550 in to-tal contributions and $614.73 in expendi-tures and expenses.

In the race for coun-cil, Coun. Colleen Anderson declared

$4,131.70 in contribu-tions and expenditures, and $3,900 in expens-es. Coun. Gord Bushell declared $3,180.90 in contributions/expen-ditures and $2,955.11 in expenses. Coun. Jeff Mallmes declared $2,630.70 in contri-butions, $3,793.27 in expenditures and $3,789.31 in expens-

es. Coun. Malcolm Makayev declared $2,991.23 in contri-butions, $3091.23 in expenditures and $2,991.23 in expens-es. The low spender among elected coun-cillors was Coun. Janna Simons, who declared $20 in con-tributions, $387 in ex-penditures and $367.10 in expenses.

Among those who made unsuccessful bids for council, Fred Busch declared $690.40 in contributions, $902.40 in expenditures and $800 in expenses; Lynn Miller zero contribu-tions, $960.02 in ex-penditures and $925.68 in expenses; Donna

Mounce $500 contri-butions and expendi-tures; Don Richardson $500.40 in contribu-tions and expenses; and Joan Thomson $820.40 in contributions and $820.39 in expenses. Charlotte Hutchinson had no expenses or contributions to de-clare.

Waterway House-boats was the biggest contributor in the elec-tion, backing all the winning candidates but Simons. Declared contributions from Wa-terway total $7,937.26, and include donations of $1,180.70 to An-derson, Bushell, Kyllo, Makayev and Mallmes, and $1,500 to Rysz.

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� gure was declared as Kyllo’s total cam-paign expenditures. His expenses (value of property or services used during a cam-paign), however, to-talled $5,547.21. Next highest spender was Mayor Terry Rysz, whose campaign con-

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Marine rescue crew to train with helicopterBy Lachlan LabereEagle Valley News

Sicamous council has found a way to cut construction costs on the water treatment plant and provide some relief to some of its neighbours.

Last week, council voted to eliminate the water settling ponds that were to be used in the removal of solid waste (silt) from the Mara water treatment facility. Holly Avenue resident Alf Bryan, who lives across from the site where the ponds were to be located, is pleased with the deci-sion.

Bryan had expressed several concerns about the proposed pond site to the former district council, including the potential for more dust and an unwelcome smell.

“I’m very happy to hear it isn’t going to be,” said Bryan.

Instead of the ponds, the waste would be di-verted to and treated at the district’s wastewater treatment plant, which the district is planning to upgrade to handle in-creased capacity.

“Two weeks ago, we increased the bud-get to the waste water treatment plant so it could handle this…,” commented Coun. Jeff Mallmes.

Council’s decision to eliminate the ponds (Coun. Janna Simons opposed), stemmed from a January meet-ing between Couns. Mallmes, Todd Kyllo and Gord Bushell and project leader Tim Phelan of Opus Day-tonKight.

Recapping that meeting, Mallmes said

it was explained the plant’s design (includ-ing the ponds) was based on the 2012 debris � ow event in Two Mile (near the district’s water intake) and Swansea Point that resulted in the district water system having to deal with high turbidity and solids.

“Last year the high-est turbidity we had was

on May 31st, it was just less than � ve NTU… Our average is less than two. This plant is de-signed to three…,” said Mallmes, noting turbid-ity was over 100 during the debris � ow.

“Well, there’s noth-ing we can do when it’s over 100. We’re

spending our money on a once-in-a-lifetime event, which I don’t agree with.”

District staff and Opus were of the opinion that the ponds should remain part of the project. Mallmes said Phelan argued the ponds equate to .001 per cent of the total project, and that their removal wasn’t worth

the $125,000 credit. “They said they

think the settling ponds will work,” said Mallmes. “They may have to add coagulant to it. The coagulant won’t help sand settle. It will help organic ma-terial settle. So again, I keep going back to the

solids – there are no solids. But their recom-mendation was to keep it for that amount of money.”

Kyllo said the dis-trict is constructing the “Taj Mahal of water plants,” again, based on the 2012 event.

“I don’t think we need these retention ponds if we’re not hav-ing a 30 NTU event,” said Kyllo. “They don’t even know what the re-tention ponds are going to do… So I think that we get rid of the reten-tion ponds and put it into the sewer system that we’re upgrading anyways.”

Mayor Terry Rysz agreed, noting the ponds could be a breed-ing ground for mosqui-toes. He also supported reducing the debt load.

“Even though it’s .001 per cent, it’s still $125,000,” said Rysz.

Coun. Malcolm Makayev added the debt saving would more likely amount to $102,000.

Bushell also argued in favour of “holding

off” on the ponds, ex-plaining that $58,000 has already been spent on the installation of underground pipes, and the ponds could be built later. However, Bushell expressed his frustra-tion with having only two days to ponder and decide on the ponds. But Rysz explained the contractor is moving ahead with construc-tion and a decision was needed by the end of February.

Bryan, though pleased with council’s decision, is not happy the pond site is current-ly being used to store � ll. But district opera-tions manager Randy Hand says the property is often used for mate-rial storage and, with council’s decision to remove the ponds, the district-owned “project site will likely continue to be used as it is now.”

Ponds dropped from water plant planBy Lachlan LabereEagle Valley News

Settled: District council has decided against the addition of settling ponds, that would have been constructed on the above property off Holly Avenue to service the new water treatment plant. File photo

the district’s wastewater treatment plant, which the district is planning

“Two weeks ago,

get to the waste water treatment plant so it could handle this…,” commented Coun. Jeff

Council’s decision

So I think that we get rid of the retention ponds and put it into the sewer system that we’re upgrading

anyways.Todd KylloCouncillor


VICTORIA – In a re-cent speech, Premier Christy Clark quipped that while teenagers tend to be lazy, there is a limit.

If your kid is still on the couch after age 30, she said, he’s not a teenager any more. “He’s a New Democrat.”

Clark’s ‘get off the couch and get a job’ mes-sage is now being translat-ed into government policy. The B.C. government is using one of the few tools available to it to track down people who aren’t paying off their student loans, by linking defaulted debt to driver’s licence renewals.

There are “hardship” provisions for those who don’t have a job. ICBC will only refuse to renew a driver’s licence or vehicle plates for those who have let their student debt go for a year without making some effort to deal with it.

Student debt collection

is a long-standing problem for the province, with about $185 million currently on the books as defaulted and unpaid. Students naturally move around after com-pleting their studies, and once the six-month grace period for beginning to re-pay student loans expires, finding those who aren’t paying becomes a costly effort.

Historically govern-ments sent defaulted debt to collection agencies. Last year $17.3 million was col-lected.

How big is student debt these days? The subject was discussed briefly in the legislature last week.

In question period, NDP leader John Horgan reminded the government that tuition fees have dou-bled over the past decade, and cited a Bank of Mon-treal estimate that the av-erage university student emerges from a four-year program owing $35,000 in student loans.

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Minister Andrew Wilkin-son dismissed Horgan’s accusation that he is indif-ferent to the plight of stu-dents. Wilkinson noted the Bank of Montreal surveyed 602 students across Can-ada, and only 78 of them were in B.C.

“To clarify this, and to address the cackling chick-ens on the other side, we have 430,000 students in our system,” Wilkinson said. “Some of them are part-time; some of them are on short courses. We have 180,000 students who are in the system full-time and eligible for student aid.

“Of those 180,000 stu-dents, 45,000 turn to the province for financial aid – meaning that 75 per cent of students, more than what was quoted on the CBC yesterday, go through their education without in-curring debt through the provincial student aid pro-gram.”

Whatever the amount owing is for an individual, it’s a debt that will be more

difficult to avoid paying. The province has long used the withholding of driving privileges to collect unpaid provincial court fines, and that was recently extended to those who are 90 days in arrears on $25 or more worth of Lower Mainland bridge tolls.

This student debt collec-tion move follows efforts to match up post-second-ary funding to areas of em-ployment demand.

Variations of this pro-ductivity theme are being heard from governments across North America. The baby boomers are retiring. We are bringing in tem-porary foreign workers, not because of some right-wing plot, but because too many people growing up in our society refuse to do an increasing range of jobs. We have an education system – and media – that encourages people to com-plain and make demands to get what they want. And we are seeing the results of all of this.

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Province makes camping less affordable

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Camping fees, like everything else, including Medical Services Plan, B.C. Hydro and ICBC are going up.

The Liberal government has announced that, as of March 15, fees to camp in provin-cial parks will increase $2 to $5.

That might not sound like much, but it’s going to cost $35 a night to sleep on the ground in North Okanagan provincial parks. Over a long weekend, that would total $105.

Add on the cost of travel, food and other necessities, and camping is no longer a cheap option for young families, or young adults working minimum-wage jobs.

According to the Ministry of Environment, this is the first province-wide increase in camping fees since 2010.

The varied rate increases take into account local demand and economic conditions, as well as the availability of private camp-grounds.

The provincial government collected about $17 million from its park and recreation fees during 2014, while spending a total of $22 million on direct park operating costs.

Meanwhile, campsite use is on the rise across the province since the introduction of an online reservation service.

Discover Camping handled 133,000 res-ervations last year, nearly a 10 per cent in-crease over 2013.

Campgrounds allow families to get out-doors and spend time together.

They are where kids learn to respect nature, to start a fire, where they chop wood and swim in the lake, roast marshmallows and gaze at the stars.

They also attract tourists, who spend mon-ey in the region.

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When I went to get out our Christmas tree from under the deck, I discovered to my dis-may that a squirrel had found a way in and built a big messy nest near the door with every boot and box � lled to the rim with pinecone bits. So while silently cussing the critter while cleaning away, I had to admit to myself that he had given me an op-portunity to dejunk by recycling, re-gifting and retiring stuff to the land� ll that had been in there for years. This not only gave me a sense of a fresh start to the new

year, but it also allowed me some time to con-template and re-eval-uate my values, how I live my life and where I could make changes.

According to the an-cient texts and predic-tions of the Mayans, Egyptians, some fa-mous fortune tellers, the Zodiac and even some religious writings, this is the time – the age – in human history that will make room for the new values of love, unity, integrity and to live har-moniously with nature. However, a lot of poop will have to hit the fan � rst because everything will be exposed and taken down – govern-ments, corporations and individuals – and the world will appear to be in chaos.

Last year, our young teenager was one of hundreds of local and international students who spent a day at UVic to listen to speak-ers of varying back-grounds. The last one to talk – a syndicated columnist – stated as a fact, that this run-away global roasting, if not entirely arrested and reversed, would render all the lands near the

equator uninhabitable within the next 10 to 20 years with the rest of the world following right behind it, so basi-

cally life was a done deal because it was un-likely that it was doable. This deeply rattled them and the mood on the bus going back was sad and subdued, which made me stew, because who was he to dim the hopes and dreams of all those bright lights in the room? I agree that we’re in a planetary pickle in plenty of ways, but I’m not buying into his negative news of doom, because if there’s one thing my lessons from the Gaia College taught me, was that nature has some pretty power-ful tools, which would take care of a lot of our problems before this

time bomb stops ticking and our poor old planet spins out of control.

Heide Hermary, co-founder and president of

the college, says this in her book: Working With Nature - Shifting Para-digms: “Our societies have entered a period of intense change. As we become aware that our actions are affecting the equilibrium of our plan-et, it becomes clear that many things need to be done differently. More and more consumers are willing to pay a premium for goods and services that are guaran-teed to embody ecologi-cally sound practices,

and more and more pro-ducers and service pro-viders are able to meet those needs.

“If our actions are to be inclusive and sup-portive of Nature’s needs, then we must al-ready integrate Nature’s needs into our ques-tions. We need to think in terms of ‘we’ instead of ‘me,’ and deliber-ately set out to cooper-ate rather than exploit. Perhaps we can start by intending to cooperate with Nature to make this planet – or our little piece of land – a healthy and prosperous place for all its inhabit-ants.”

We are each being asked to make a choice: we can cling to the old outdated values and ways we live or em-brace the new evolving ones, with the ultimate outcome depending on those choices.

Poop happens, but ‘shift’ happens too – and it starts with one garden, farm, landscape and choice, at a time.

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Making change in chaotic timesLIFESTYLE

According to the an-cient texts and predic-tions of the Mayans, Egyptians, some fa-mous fortune tellers, the Zodiac and even some religious writings, this is the time – the age – in human history that will make room for the new values of love, unity, integrity and to live har-

We are each being asked to make a choice: we can cling to the old

outdated values and ways we live or embrace the new evolving ones, with the ultimate outcome depending on

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School District #83 took the first step to-wards adopting a regula-tion regarding discrimi-nation or harassment of students for their sexual orientation or gender identity.

The proposed regula-tion notes the board is, “committed to estab-lishing and maintain-ing a safe and positive learning environment for all students includ-ing those who identify as members of a sexual minority or are ques-tioning their sexual orientation or gender identity or who are two-spirit persons.”

The regulation pro-hibits any form of dis-crimination, intimi-

dation or harassment against any person based on gender identity or sexual orientation.

It also specifies that all school district em-ployees have an obliga-tion to intervene in any interaction involving the use of homophobic slurs and behaviour.

In discussions at the board, trustee Chris Co-ers asked if staff could also be included in the policy, to provide them with additional recogni-tion both students and staff deserve an environ-ment free from homo-phobic discrimination.

It was reported that staff protection from discrimination for sexu-al orientation is already present in other district employee regulations.

Heather McDonald,

representing the North Okanagan Shuswap Teachers Association, concurred with Coers that the policy would be more inclusive if staff were added.

“This is a breath of fresh air,” said McDon-ald. “In a perfect world, staff would be includ-ed, but this gets a two thumbs up.”

The draft regulation will now be reviewed before coming back to the board for adoption.

Properties sold

Selling vacant or un-der-used school district properties has injected more than $1 million into the School Dis-trict’s capital coffers.

Last year, the school district put six proper-

ties on the market and only one still remains listed.

The sold proper-ties total a value of $1,085,000.

They include: the closed down Ashton Creek School which sold for $210,000; va-cant land at 5th Ave SW for $150,000; Mount Ida school property for $175,000; former North Broadview school for $280,000 and the new Jackson annex for $270,000.

The remaining prop-erty listed for sale is at 6540 50th Street North East, which is known as the North Canoe Annex.

The money from the sale of properties can not be used to fund the school district’s opera-tional expenses.

In unity: Eagle River Secondary students stand united for Pink Shirt Day on Feb. 25. The event, recognized annually in schools across the nation, is intended to bring people together to raise awareness of bullying and related issues. Scott Anderson photo

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Storm stops Eagles in game five of playoffs

Hockey season came to an end for the Sicamous Eagles last week when they were knocked out of the play-offs in game five by the Kamloops Storm.

After losing 3-0 and 5-1 to the Storm in games one and two of the division semi-finals, the Eagles turned their fortune around at home in game three, with an overtime win of 3-2 courtesy of Devyn Myck. Game four the Game four, held the fol-lowing night (Feb. 24) in Sicamous, saw the teams go into overtime once again, only this time it was the Storm

that potted the winning goal, ending the contest at 4-3. Eagle Riley Jep-son was the first to light up the board that night, with a marker early in the second frame off Samuel Subert and Korwin Shewchuk. Kamloops replied min-utes later with a short-handed goal. But the frame ended with the Eagles up 3-1, follow-ing two goals by Subert, the first assisted by Na-than Grieve and Braden Lozinski, the second by Shewchuk and Lozin-ski. The Storm added two more goals late in the third period.

Subert was named the game’s second star.

After a night off, the Eagles were back in Ka-

mloops on Feb. 26 for game five. Once again, Sicamous was first on the board, with goal scored at 8:32 in the second period by Ben Campbell, off Subert and goaltender Patrick Kasper. Minutes later, teammate Scott Rob-inson converted a pass by Myck into a 2-0 lead for the Eagles. In the last five minutes of the frame, the Storm added two goals of their own, including a power-play conversion. After two more Storm goals in the third frame, Myck pot-ted one for the Eagles at 5:48 off Scott Robinson and Nicholas Cuglietta. Final score, Kamloops 4, Sicamous 3.

Eagles manager

Wayne March says the team gave their all in those last three games, but were clearly up against a stronger op-ponent.

“Going against Ka-mloops, their size and their age, it was a bit of a mis-match, but we didn’t quit,” said March. “Kamloops, when it comes right down to it, in the last two games they only played two lines – they just played their top two lines and that was it… but that’s neither here nor there. They won by all rights and they were a better team. So now it’s onward and upward.”

March credits goal-tender Patrick Kasper

for giving his all after the team’s top netmind-er, Olivier Charest, was sidelined with an injury that occurred when he was released on an emergency call-up to play for Nanaimo.

“He was 12 in four when he got hurt,” said March. “We could have won more games than we did if he was in the net… Not taking away from Kasper, he went in and played his heart out.”

March says some changes for the Junior B team are in the pipe and will be announced soon.

“We’re looking to have a better season next year, let’s put it that way,” said March.

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House call: The Sweeping Beauties, Kathleen McNiel, left, Mikel Stewart and Jan Mallmes sweep a rock into the house in the seventh end in the Sicamous Snow Days Legion Funspiel at the Sicamous Curl-ing Club on Saturday, Feb. 28. Photo by Evan Buhler


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There are many rea-sons award-winning singer-songwriter Gary Fjellgaard likes to per-form in the Shuswap every fall.

“It’s one of my favou-rite places to play; great atmosphere, out in the country. I always feel good when I get there to set up,” he says of an-nual appearances with Valdy at Carlin Hall. “A lot of my audience is ru-ral; people are so warm and friendly and laugh at all our jokes.”

Fjellgaard is hoping to get the same warm reception when he re-turns to the Shuswap in May – not to Carlin Hall where he says the ladies take such good care of him, but to the Prestige Harbourfront Resort for the annual Word on the Lake Writers’ Festival.

An accomplished guitarist, singer and songwriter, Fjellgaard will present a workshop on songwriting.

“It’s more than 45 years and counting that I have been turning out songs and making a reasonable living doing it,” he says. “I played in bars out of necessity; I never enjoyed it much, but it was a good way to go to school.”

As well as honing his

craft on the job, Fjell-gaard says he decided long ago what kind of songs suited him and his audience.

“It was the nature of the songs that carried us through,” he says. “Writing always has to have the ring of truth; people accept you for that. If you’re writing a lie, people will detect it and stop coming.”

Raised on a farm on the Canadian Prairies, Fjellgaard’s songs ring of a frontier spirit.

The talented trouba-dour came to B.C. in 1953 and headed for the bush, finding inspiration for his songs over 20 years in the logging in-dustry, his annual stints as a trail-riding cowboy and his travels back and forth across Canada.

But inspiration is only the beginning, he laughs.

“You might get that flash of inspiration, then the work starts,” he says. “You think it’s almost written itself, but no, then you have to try to put it into a form your audience will like, not just your mom.”

Then, there are the rules; the ring of truth is one, hard work is the other.

“It’s fun work, but songs don’t write themselves,” he says.

“People might say they wrote a song in two minutes, but then there’s the weeks of rewriting.”

Fjellgaard maintains it’s not good enough to stand up on the stage and sing a song. First, the song has to be learned inside and out, and then the songwriter can add the emotion and energy.

“Emotional energy is the key to everything.”

In terms of lyrics, Fjellgaard says some people write great prose, but that doesn’t mean it will sing. And when the words do work, they have to fit the music.

“If you write a beauti-ful soaring melody, then the words have to fit,” he says, emphasizing “the marriage between the lyrics and the melo-dy has to work.”

Of the several hun-dred songs he has writ-ten, Fjellgaard says he boils it down to 25 songs to take on tour, changing them every time, but always keep-ing a few favourites that he and his audiences love.

A master of creating a warm rapport with his audience, Fjellgaard says it wasn’t always that way.

“It took me a long time to feel comfort-able with what I do,” he says, noting he used to be up-tight and subject to stage fright. “Being scared to perform is a very natural feeling, but it became a lot easier and now I enjoy getting out in front of people.”

Fjellgaard has led workshops before and

is looking forward to participating in the Word on the Lake Writ-ers’ Festival, which runs May 15 to 17.

He suggests those who are interested in his workshop pick some of their favourite songs prior to the festival and consider why it is suc-cessful.

“I will try to do my best to get the song-writing thing across, why it works and why it doesn’t,” he says. “I have some literature and I touch upon the commercial aspect. One of the headings on some of the literature is ‘And then you work, and then you work, and then you work.’”

The 2005 Juno Award winner still tours exten-sively, retreating to his

home on Gabriola in be-tween. His lifelong love for his wife Lynne, their four daughters and their many grandchildren is lovingly illustrated in many of his songs.

For more information on Word on the Lake presenters, their writing contests, workshops, coffee house, banquet, entertainment, early-bird rates, bursaries and more, visit www.wordonthelakewriters-festival.com.

Prior to the festival, a fundraising ceilidh will be held March 28 at the Wicked Spoon, featuring an evening of music with Rough Pearl (formerly Cats and the Fiddle), the Circle of Friends band, dance, great food and a silent auction.

Musician Gary Fjellgaard to share a Word on the LakeBy Barb BrouwerEagle Valley News

Troubadour: Singer-songwriter Gary Fjellgaard will share his love of music and song in a workshop at the Word on the Lake Writers’ Festival, which runs May 15 to 17 in Salmon Arm. File photo


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It with sadness that the family of Art Payne announces his passing in Sicamous on February 21, 2015 at the age of 86 years.

Art was born on the family farm in Perdue, Saskatchewan on June 11, 1928, to parents Arthur and Mary Ann. Art worked as a welder/fabricator for the majority of his working career.

Art was predeceased by his son Mark and son-in-law Gaetan.

Left to mourn his passing and cherish his memoryis his wife of 66 years Betty, children; Kevin (Tracey),Jim (Lois), Bruce (Rose), Linda (Dave), Brenda(Bob), together with many grandchildren and great grandchildren.

A Celebration of Life Service will be held on Friday March 6, 2015 at 2:30 pm at Bowers Funeral Chapel, Art’s urn will be laid to rest in Mt. Ida Cemetery following the service.

Donations in lieu of flowers may be sent to theBC Heart and Stroke Foundation or BC Children’s Hospital.

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DISTRICT OF SICAMOUS

District of Sicamous Ph: 250-836-2477 Fax: 250-836-4314

446 Main Street. Box 219 Sicamous B.C. V0E 2V0 www.sicamous.ca

PUBLIC NOTICE – FINANCIAL PLAN

Compliant with Section 166 of the Community Charter, the Council of the District of Sicamous invites all interested persons to attend a Public Consultation Meeting to be held on Wednesday, March 25th, 2015 at the Regular Council Meeting which starts at 6:00 p.m., in the Council Chambers at the District of Sicamous Municipal Office, 446 Main Street, Sicamous, B.C. V0E 2V0. It is expected that the Chief Financial Officer will provide a detailed synopsis of Council’s Financial Plan and will answer inquires relative to the budget process and financial matters.

Fred Banham

Chief Administrative Officer

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We require qualifi ed US capable Class 1 drivers imme-diately: We are an Okanagan based transport company looking for qualifi ed drivers for US loads we run primarily in the Pacifi c Northwest, Utah, Arizona and Nevada. We offer a new pay rate empty or load-ed. All picks and drops paid. Assigned units company cell phones and fuel cards. Regu-lar home time Direct deposit paid every second Friday with no hold backs. We offer a rider and pet policy. Company paid US travel Insurance. All applicants must have reliable transportation and a positive attitude. Please fax resume & abstract to 250-546-0600 or by email to [email protected] NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE.

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A-STEEL SHIPPING DRY STORAGE CONTAINERS

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40’Containers under $2500!DMG 40’ containers under $2,000 each. Also JD 544 & 644 wheel Loaders & 20,000 lb CAT forklift.

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STEEL BUILDINGS/metal buildings 60% off! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for bal-ance owed! Call 1-800-457-2206 or visit us online: www.crownsteelbuildings.ca.

STEEL BUILDINGS. “Really big sale!” All steel building models and sizes. Plus extra savings. Buy now and we will store until spring. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422 or visit us online www.pioneersteel.ca

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DISTRICT OF SICAMOUS

Accounting clerk i

District of Sicamous Ph: 250-836-2477 Fax: 250-836-4314 446 Main Street. Box 219 Sicamous B.C. V0E 2V0 • www.sicamous.ca

Applications will be received in the office of the undersigned for this position.

The District of Sicamous is looking for an Accounting Clerk I. The Accounting Clerk I reports directly to the Chief Financial Officer or designate. The incumbent is primarily responsible for payroll, accounts payable, utility billing, and accounts receivable functions. In order to provide for an overlap of duties, during vacation relief, illness, or workload demands, this position may be asked to perform duties of the Accounting Clerk II or Receptionist/Typist on a temporary basis. The incumbent must possess the ability to exercise courtesy, efficiency and discretion in the provision of information to the public, elected officials and staff members. Must have the ability to communicate effectively and efficiently both verbally and in writing and demonstrate flexibility when learning new tasks. A minimum of Grade 12 and a Business Administration or Accounting Diploma is required. Preference will be given to applicants with a minimum of two years’ experience in payroll and accounting in a local government setting, and is proficient with the Microsoft Office Suite of products and Vadim Accounting Software.

A copy of the job description is available on the District’s website under Employment Opportunities.

Salary: Accounting Clerk I $ 25.25 per hour in compliance with Schedule “A” of Collective Agreement CUPE Local 1908

Hours of Work – Monday thru Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (7.5 hours). Flex time and a generous benefit package are offered with this position.Posted this 16th day of February 2015Kelly Bennett, Acting CAODistrict of SicamousPO Box 219446 Main StreetSicamous, B.C. V0E 2V0Email: [email protected] District of Sicamous thanks all applicants for their interest, however only those selected for an interview will be contacted.


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