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Second Ptarmigan Vase up for auctionBy Kate IrwinPioneer
Staff
It was thought to be the only one in existence, but now a second
Ptarmigan Vase, along with a leather-bound book documenting the
vases creation, is up for auction at Sothebys in New york on
Friday, January 20th.
The ornate 108-year-old vase, which is made from copper, silver
and gold in a mokume style, was de-signed by local miner and
jewellery designer Pauld-ing Farnham and is expected to raise up to
$600,000 when it goes under the hammer next week.
Originating in the Kootenays, the first vase, which was sold at
auction by Sothebys in January 2011, was believed to be
one-of-a-kind. But just months after the sale, a twin Ptarmigan
Vase named for the sil-ver bird perched on its rim and the nearby
Ptarmigan Mine was discovered when an anonymous art col-
lector contacted the auctioneers. He told them that not only was
he in possession of
an identical vase, but also an illustrated book describ-ing the
vases construction by Tiffanys silversmiths us-ing the rich ore
found during 1901 at the Ptarmigan Mine in the Selkirk
Mountains.
The vases designer, Mr. Farnham, whose name-sake peak, Mount
Farnham, can be seen on the west-ern horizon when driving into
Radium from Koote-nay National Park, was a member of the Columbia
Valleys early mining community.
He poured massive amounts of money and time into investigating
the Ptarmigan Mine, which he thought would bring fortunes to his
family, but in ac-tuality left him near penniless.
Mr. Farnhams first Ptarmigan Vase was sold to the National
Gallery of Canada last year for $662,500. It is estimated its twin
will fetch from $400-800,000.
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DJ VU A second Ptarmigan vase, designed by the
valleys historic miner and Tiffanys designer, Paulding Farn-ham,
has emerged from the hands of a private collector and will be
auctioned next week along with a leather-bound book with details of
the vases creation. The vases twin sold for $662,500 at auction
last year. Photo by Sothebys
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January 13, 2012 The Columbia Valley Pioneer 3
By Joshua EstabrooksPioneer Staff
Pockets of thin ice on Lake Winder-mere have given three local
men a chilly re-minder that natural ice and unpredictable weather
can create disastrous conditions for skaters, bikers and fishermen
alike.
Invermere residents Don Steedman, Jordan Kirk and Robert Madsen
have all fallen through the ice in the past two weeks, with Mr.
Madsen suffering a badly broken femur and the other two uninjured
but shocked by their ordeals.
The first incident took place on Fri-day, December 30th, after
Mr. Madsen was returning from a day of ice fishing at the small
fishing shack settlement near the Ed-die Mountain Arena.
It was approximately 2:30 p.m. when he decided to return to
shore, the 26-year-old told The Pioneer, and he was about 10 feet
from land when one foot punched through the shifting ice. As he
fell his free leg bent unnaturally, shattering his femur and
sending Mr. Madsens body into shock.
It was so quick that when I fell through it seemed like the ice
block itself curved in and thats where the hole came open, he said.
When I fell in and snapped it I couldnt move. I screamed for a few
minutes and I got some help from some other fishermen.
As Mr. Madsen hauled himself out and collapsed in shock on the
surface of the ice, the other fishermen called 911 and he was
quickly transported to hospital. He is now in East Kootenay
Regional Hospital in Cranbrook, unable to work and looking at a
long road to recovery.
I had surgery, and then I have to come back in a year for more,
he explained. Ill be on crutches for
at least six months. I can still remember them picking me up and
feeling the broken bone rubbing against my muscle.
Jordan Kirks unplanned polar bear dip occurred on Friday,
January 6th, while he was skating on Lake Win-dermere in the Timber
Ridge area.
Mr. Kirk, who co-owns Crazy Soles running and yoga store, had
gone out from Kinsmen Beach for a skate and was on his way back
from Windermere at around 4:30 p.m. when he crested a small ridge
in the ice and plunged up to his neck in frigid water, he
recounted.
I was about 15 feet off the beach. The ice on the edge of the
hole I made was cracking a bit and it was slippery because it was
all wet, but I got sort of level like
I was swimming and after two big kicks I came out like a
penguin, Mr. Kirk said.
He didnt touch the bottom, but didnt try, Mr. Kirk explained, as
all he could think about was to get out as quickly as possible.
Luckily a family was watching him skate from the beach, and
immediately offered him their vehicle to warm up in and a ride
home. Mr. Kirk is now fully recovered from his experience and
suffered no injuries.
Just one day later a third resident found himself falling
through the ice and without the ability to swim ended up in an
extreme-ly dangerous situation when he was unable to clamber out of
the lake.
Don Steedman was riding his bike on the ice around 2:30 p.m. on
Saturday, Janu-ary 7th when he fell through a weak spot into what
he estimates to be around 15 feet of water. Due to the depth of the
water and his inability to swim he became the subject of a
collaborative rescue effort involving members of the public and
emergency re-sponders.
After plunging into the water, he clung desperately to the edge
of the ice and called for help, Mr. Steedman recalled, catching the
attention of Winder-mere resident Elaine Johnson, who was out
walking her dog. Ms. Johnson remembers seeing Mr. Steedman out of
the corner of her eye as she watched some youngsters play hockey,
when all of a sudden he disappeared.
I remember wondering where he had gone as he wasnt travelling
that fast. Thats when he popped out of the water and my heart
started thumping.
Ms. Johnson took her dogs leash and started calling to the
hockey players to bring their sticks and phone for help.
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RCMP ReportSubmitted by Staff Sgt. Marko ShehovacColumbia Valley
RCMP
On January 5th at 8 p.m., the Co-lumbia Valley detachment
responded to a single vehicle accident with minor inju-ries on
Riverview Road in Fairmont Hot Springs. A 1998 GMC failed to
negotiate a sharp bend, hitting some black ice and sliding off the
road. The driver, a 73-year-old man from Calgary, and his passenger
received minor injuries. Both were taken to the Invermere hospital
to be checked out.
On January 6th at 1:30 a.m., officers responded to a single
vehicle accident on Highway 95, north of Columbia Road in
Edgewater. A 1993 Ford Ranger attempted to make a turn on the
high-way and ended up in the ditch. The male driver was found to be
only 15 years old. He was issued a ticket for driving without a
licence and taken to his guardians residence.
On January 6th at 9:45 a.m., detachment members attended to a
domestic assault investigation in the 4000 block of Meadows
Crescent in Fairmont. As a result of the investigation, a
47-year-old man was charged with assault. The victim did not
require medical attention and the man was released to appear in
court in Invermere at a future date.
On January 6th at 1:45 p.m., as a result of com-plaints of
threats being made and further escalation after school hours,
police arrested a 17-year-old woman and recommended charges. The
investigation is continuing.
On January 7th at 2:34 p.m., an adult male was cy-cling from
Invermere to Windermere across Lake Wind-ermere when he fell
through some thin ice. Fortunately for the victim, Elaine Johnson
was walking her dog in the area and witnessed the fall. The man
fell through the ice and went underwater before resurfacing.
As he hung onto the side of the hole, Elaine called out for help
to four teenage boys playing hockey fur-ther down the lake: Dave
Burghardt, aged 12; Chad Burghardt, aged 14; Riley Bilous, aged 15;
and Colin Schroeder, aged 15. When alerted to the emergency the
boys immediately responded and laid flat on the ground extending a
hockey stick toward the man. When this didnt work, Elaine had the
boys tie the dog leash to the hockey stick. The attempt failed once
again as the this ice continued to break.
Brent Moen, who was driving by, spotted what was
going on and was able to retrieve a larger stick and joined in
the rescue. This time, the victim was able to hold on and the team
pulled him out of the water. Wind-ermere Fire Rescue attended and
reported that the area the rescuers went to was very thin and
exposed them to a great deal of danger of themselves falling
through. The victim was provided warm clothing by the rescuers and
taken to Invermere Hospital by ambulance. Good teamwork saved a
life. I normally leave names out but in this instance I believe
recognition of the action taken by the rescuers is deserving.
Coping with your weaknessBlood, guts, broken bones protruding,
mangled
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grass, Im thrown into immediate and serious distress. I go into dry
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block area he exploded. I lost it. I left the man in the open area
in the cell block, free to wander around, while I quickly departed
for the main office. I told my supervisor that he now had a
prisoner that had thrown up and was not secured. I was out of
there. My supervisor informed me that it was my prisoner and my
problem.
The few times I went in, I was forced back out again. The
supervisors and other members were having a good laugh at my
predicament. I phoned the kids parents to collect him, but they
were unable to leave their house. I asked them to stand by at their
door as I brought their son home. Back in the days we had paddy
wagons. I drove one right up to the cell block doors, opened the
doors and told the kid from a long distance to walk in-side. He
did.
I dry heaved all the way to his house and backed right up to the
front door. I went to the house and told the parents to go to the
van and retrieve their loved one. They did and I dry heaved my way
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out of my mind, my dry heaves diminished and I slowly got back to
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By Pioneer Staff
A popular local musician is being remembered by friends and
family after departing Earth for a larger stage last weekend.
Gordon Askey, or as friends in the Colum-bia Valley knew him, The
Great Gordini, passed away in the early hours of Saturday, January
7th at Invermere and District Hospital.
That same evening, his friends, musically inclined or not,
gathered at Mr. Askeys home to play and sing farewell to the
much-loved entertainer.
You could feel his presence [that night], and it was reflected
in the music, said fellow local musician and friend, Bruce Childs.
Gordon was always waiting for a great musical moment in time. He
was always open to playing with all musicians...because he believed
that music brought all communities together.
Mr. Askey became known around the valley through decades of
running his business, Gordon Askey Stucco, which he owned and
operated until a few years ago. In the late 70s, he opened a
business called Musical Friends in Invermere where he sold guitars
and other music re-lated items. This helped foster his main love,
music, in which he immersed himself ever since arriving in the
Co-lumbia Valley with his family from Trail in 1957.
Mr. Askey was, first and foremost an entertainer, who loved to
pass along his knowledge of music to oth-ers, said his wife
Lynn.
He really fostered a love of music in a lot of peo-ple, she
added. Our granddaughter, Skyla, her whole interest started with
grandpa Gord.
Mr. Askey shared his musical talents with others from a young
age, as a member of Dave Carlson band, The Rhythm Makers and later
as part of The Windy Val-ley Group with John Cronin and Bruce
Everett and The Live Band in the late 1980s. His love of
collaboration led him to complete an album entitled Seniors Moment,
which was produced with Mr. Cronin and Mac Walter and released in
2007.
Along with his passion for music, Mr. Askey loved the water and
spent his time windsurfing and fly fishing and was often seen out
on the local lakes in his infamous green canoe. He was also a keen
hockey player and was a member of the Fort St. John Flyers, the
Invermere Se-lects, the Old Timers Hockey League and the Silver
Tips.
As well as music and sporting achievements, Mr. Askey organized
a number of popular valley events dur-ing his time here, including
a go-kart racing contest
and Showtime 87, a musical showcase with long-time friend, Brian
Rogers.
Gord Askey was just a whole bunch of fun with a capi-tal F, Mr.
Rogers said. His nickname was Cleaner because of his resemblance to
the man on the Mr. Clean bottle.
In recent years, Mr. and Mrs. Askey travelled in their fifth
wheel trailer to Arizona and back during the winter months. Along
the way, they visited various Blue Grass mu-sic events, where they
made many friends on the circuit.
There are people in this world who instantly [know] how to
connect with an audience, Mr. Rogers added. This was Gordo...he
loved spectacle and big events...and didnt get bogged down on
asking why he couldnt or shouldnt.
Mr. Askey is survived by Lynn, his wife and partner of 43 years,
his sister, Karen Mellett, sons Chris and Jean-Paul, grandchildren
Skyla and Royce, niece Mimi Northcott, nephews Paul and Colin Askey
and Michael Northcott.
What do you say about the passing of our old friend Gordon? said
Mike Smith, his friend and musi-cal colleague. Ill miss his sense
of humour which was there till the end, his big laugh, his music
and just the space he occupied; hes left a large hole and lots of
good memories in my life.
The Great Gordini passes away
MUSICAL MASTER Gordon Askey, of Invermere, passed away at
Invermere and District Hospital on Satur-day, January 7th. Photo
submitted
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In this image, dated 1924, a small class of children stand with
their teacher, Miss Smith, in front of Edgewaters first
schoolhouse, built on the Smiths property by Larmour Creek. Back
row: Geoff Smith, Bill Gaddes, Miss Smith (teacher), Boyce Gaddes.
Front row: Amy Nixon, Dorothy Smith, Ted Smith, Jock Blakely,
Dorothy Lansburg. If you have any more information, email us at
[email protected].
Photo A772 courtesy of the Windermere District Historical
Society
perspective
Keep backcountry coalition transparent
Cull is contagiousBy Kelsey VerboomPioneer Staff
ever since the province issued a precedent-setting permit for
cranbrook to cull 25 of the towns urban deer, cull fever has swept
municipalities across the country.
invermere and Kimberley are both following cran-brooks lead with
their own culls of 100 deer each, and most recently penticton was
given a green light from the province to go ahead with plans for a
similar deer cull.
Banff has announced it will continue with the an-nual elk cull
of up to 20 animals, which has already happened for the past three
years as an attempt to limit the frequent elk attacks and bluff
charges at visitors and residents of the town. similarly, parks
canada recently permitted hunters to enter Gros Morne and terra
Nova National parks in Newfoundland to shoot and kill 400 moose to
curb the inflated population.
Just next door to Banff, canmore has been dealing with a
bursting rabbit population, and has met interna-tional resistance
from animal rights groups who oppose the towns plans to cull the
bunnies.
cranbrook officials received an outcry of opposition from animal
rights activists, to the point where former Pioneer reporter, sally
MacDonald, stopped answering angry phone calls at her Cranbrook
Daily Townsman desk.
Although the deer cull wont reach invermere for a few more
weeks, the first international activist group has stepped on the
scene. Lifeforce is circulating an online petition called stop the
invermere Deer cull plan, and is collecting signatures to stop the
action.
it seems the vocal opposing organizations are shining the
spotlight on towns as the culling equipment travels to them, so
invermere should brace for a few more angry an-ti-cull groups when
the clover traps arrive from Kimberley.
The increasing popularity of culling out-of-control creatures of
all kinds points to a larger issue: as the hu-man population
continues to grow, conflict between the urban and natural worlds
will increase. everyone is cer-tainly entitled to their opinion of
how to deal with this problem, but its hard to take city-dwelling
animal ad-vocates seriously when they suggest that erecting coyote
statues will cure the problem, while local pets and people are
being put at risk by the habituated critters.
Historical LensHistorical Lens
Dear Editor:
I find it quite surprising that organizers of the backcountry
coalition are calling for a removal of the media from future
meetings. Are the majority of the members of this coalition really
in favour of that move?
Backcountry access is probably the number one reason people
choose to live in this area, despite the difficulty in earning a
living. To most residents of the Columbia Valley, this will be the
most newsworthy story of 2012.
Those who are unable to sit on the coalition will still be
following the news with great interest.
As has been stated before, the success of this attempt to define
a backcountry plan will depend on total trans-parency. And what
better way to have total transparency than unbiased reporting by
our local newspapers? If this committees actions cant withstand the
scrutiny of the press, we should all be very concerned.
Cheryl WillardWindermere
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LETTERSDear Editor:
The New Democratic Party never seems to know what it is doing
and un-fortunately it usually has the courage to do it. Remember
the BC Ferries FastCats and Skeena Cellulose? It took courage for
the NDP to risk hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars on those
debacles. Clear-ly private enterprise should be left to pri-vate
enterprise. The NDP always thinks it know better.
The partys leader, Adrian Dix, the lo-cal NDP MLA, Norm
MacDonald, and the rest of the NDP offer no vision of what will
sustain B.C.s tax revenues. All around the province, signs of
economic turmoil are abundant, yet the NDP op-poses project after
project.
Locals know the reason the party op-poses the Jumbo Glacier
Resort proposal is its reliance on the political machine of the
radical environmentalists; it has noth-ing to do with environmental
or First Na-tions concerns.
In every provincial election since Jumbo was first proposed, the
NDP lost in the local areas. The local NDP candidate would solely
campaign on their opposition to Jumbo losing every time. Jumbo
en-joys strong support despite the campaign of intimidation and
misinformation.
Jumbo Valley is the most heavily ex-ploited valley in the
Kootenays. If a resort cannot be built in Jumbo Valley then it
would mean nothing should ever be built on Crown land again.
The NDP is ignoring the views of the local Shuswap First Nation
who support the proposal; ignoring the whippings the locals inflict
on them every election; it ignores the RDEK, who voted in favour of
the proposal; it ignores the 90 per cent of local businesses in
support; it ignores science.
The biggest loser is the environmen-tal movement, said Margaret
Wente in the 2010 Globe and Mail article, Can en-vironmentalism be
saved from itself?
For years, its activists....behaved as if theyd cornered the
market on wisdom, truth and certainty, and they demonized anyone
who dared to disagree. They got a fabulous free ride from
politicians and the media, who parroted their claims like
Sunday-school children reciting Scripture.
No interest group in modern times has been so free from
skepticism, scrutiny or simple accountability as the environ-mental
establishment.
Justice is long overdue for a proj-ect that succeeded through 20
years of reviews. The NDP would kill it for dis-honest reasons.
Leadership is desperately needed. If it is the right thing to do -
then do the right thing.
Its time, finally, to let Jumbo fly.
Ian McKenzieRegina, SK (formerly of Panorama)
NDP ignoring Jumbo facts
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Thanks to our generous residentsDear Editor:
On behalf of the Christmas Bureau of the Columbia Valley, I
would like to send wholehearted thanks to all those people who
enabled the Christmas Bureau to pro-vide food hampers and gifts to
247 needy valley families on December 20th.
Although hamper requests exceeded hamper spon-sors, financial
donations and the generosity of local gro-cers allowed the
Christmas Bureau to fulfill all requests. We salute all the
phenomenal volunteers who crafted gifts, raised funds, promoted the
Christmas Bureau proj-ect, administered spreadsheets matching
applicants and donors, assembled hampers, purchased and wrapped
presents, and carried heavy boxes of groceries to and from the
Invermere Community Hall.
Most volunteers prefer to remain anonymous, but we want to
recognize that they represent local businesses, the media, sports
teams, service clubs, schools, churches, employee and neighbourhood
groups, families and indi-viduals. Of particular significance is
the contribution of the Columbia Valley Rockies Hockey Team whose
mem-bers cheerfully carried boxes into the hall.
As the number of hamper applicants sets a new re-cord each year,
it is reassuring to know that the upcom-ing generation of adults is
supportive of its neighbours.Were privileged to live in a community
with such a warm and generous spirit.
Thank you, all.
Sheila BonnyThe Christmas Bureau of the Columbia Valley
Dear Editor:
We are appalled and saddened that, despite a large number of
community members being opposed to it, Invermeres deer are actually
going to be inhumanely killed. And yes, in our opinion, clover
traps and bolt guns are inhumane.
Those who complain about the deer should by now have had time to
get their gardens and expensive trees fenced and protected, as we
have. We dont mind shar-ing the deer were here first. Perhaps the
cost of hiring someone to kill the deer could be better spent on
helping some other animal-based charity, and a more humane, less
expensive solution found.
It is said that there are 300 deer in town and we are curious as
to how that number came to be. Even so, if there are that many, how
is killing 100 of them going to be a long-term solution for the
local deer problem?
The very fact that there is someone willing to trick, trap, kill
and dispose of a fellow sentient being is alarm-ing. The fact that
our town is in on it is even more alarm-ing. What sort of people
are we? Hopefully, the District of Invermere will rethink their
decision and come up with something that is acceptable to the
majority of town residents, and is also humane for the deer.
Marie Pike, Lilo Fuhrer and Doug TraskConcerned Valley
Citizens
Culling Invermere deer is inhumane
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...Warning issued after residents fall through ice continued
from page 3
The group, which consisted of Dave Burghardt, 12, Chad
Burghardt, 14, Ri-ley Bilous, 15, and Colton Schroeder, 15, sprang
into action, but had a hard time extracting Mr. Steedman from the
icy wa-ter until another passerby, Brent Moen, came to assist.
With a larger piece of wood and a ratchet strap that Mr.
Steedman was able to loop around his wrist, the seven-person rescue
group eventually pulled him free.
I remember them all working to-gether to pull me out, Mr.
Steedman said. They got me out and I was bounc-ing around behind
them pretty good on the ice all the way to shore.
I am forever grateful for their help. They are heroes in my
opinion. They saved my life.
The group of rescuers and a water-logged and freezing Mr.
Steedman were met at shore by the RCMP, Windermere Fire Rescue and
the B.C. Ambulance Ser-vice, who took him to the Invermere
Hos-pital to warm up.
In total it is estimated that Mr. Steed-man was in the freezing
water for around ten minutes. His bike unfortunately re-
mains underwater. In response to these incidents the Re-
gional District of East Kootenay and the Windermere Fire
Department have issued a public safety warning regarding unsafe ice
conditions across the entire lake sur-face. The ice is currently
highly unpredict-able and extremely dangerous, said Wind-ermeres
Deputy Fire Chief, Drew Sinclair.
The ice conditions are the worst weve seen in recent memory and
we are urging everyone who uses and recreates on the lake to use
extreme caution, he said. There are areas of thin ice across the
entire lake, including close to shore where people are riding bikes
and ATVs, skiing, fishing, skating and walking.
We want people to be aware of these unseasonable, dangerous
conditions as many people have no idea the ice is so thin in
places. This was clearly evident when, after someone had been
rescued after falling through the ice, people were riding and
walking in the immediate area, he added.
These are not the only incidents on the lake in recent weeks,
with at least two others reported since Boxing Day.
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10 The Columbia Valley Pioneer January 13, 2012
DISTRICT OF INVERMERE914 8th Avenue, PO Box 339
Invermere, BC V0A 1K0Tel: (250) 342-9281 Fax: (250) 342-2934
DISTRICT OF INVERMERE914 8th Avenue, PO Box 339
DISTRICT OF INVERMERE
SEEKING MEMBERS FOR THE IMAGINE INVERMERE ICSP IMPLEMENTATION
COMMITTEE
The District of Invermere is looking for up to 3 (3) members of
the public to volunteer for a two (2) year term to guide the
implementation of the Imagine Invermere Integrated Community
Sustainability Plan, (ICSP).
Membership on the committee will be for a two (2) year term from
the date of appointment.
To be eligible, you must be a resident or elector of the
District of Invermere.
Successful candidates must possess a strong sense of community
service, willingness to work respectfully as part of a team and
have good communication skills.
The Imagine Invermere ICSP Implementation Committee duties shall
include
Recruiting community partners for Imagine Invermere and for
meeting with existing partners to communicate success stories and
to look for ways to move Invermere closer to its vision of
sustainability;
Reviewing the action inventory priority list (a component of
Imagine Invermere ICSP) and making recommendations for action
implementation
Organizing local activities and actions that promote
sustainability and or move Invermere closer to its vision of
sustainability contained within the ICSP
Liaising with residents who wish to discuss Imagine Invermere
and its constituent parts including its sustainability objectives,
community priorities, strategy areas and associated descriptions of
success statements, action inventory implementation and
monitoring
Planning the monitoring and annual reporting on Imagine
Invermere
Considering sustainability issues or concerns referred to it by
Council
Detailed terms of reference are available for review at the
District o ce or at www.invermere.net. The Imagine Invermere ICSP
policy document is also available for review on the Districts web
site or can be made available at the DOI o ce.
Interested persons are invited to submit written applications on
or before January 27, 2012 at 4:30 p.m. to:
Rory HromadnikDevelopment Services [email protected]
339, Invermere, BC V0A 1K0
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Invermere Court: January 9thMan pleads guilty to severe
beating
A brutal beating which left a young man in hospital with his
eyes swollen shut has finally come to court af-ter more than nine
years when one of his assailants was stopped during a routine
traffic check in Calgary and found to have an outstanding arrest
warrant.
Andrew J. Ryan of Calgary pleaded guilty to assault causing
bodily harm to Dallas Roberts on December 6th 2002 near Juniper
Heights, Invermere.
When the nine-year-old case came before Judge Wil-liam Sheard at
Invermere Provincial Court on January 9th, the court heard that Mr.
Ryan and another assailant, who pleaded guilty to the incident in
2003, offered a lift to Mr. Roberts and his friend from Radium to
Juniper Heights.
But upon arrival, there was the sound of bottles breaking from
the back of the truck, which caused Mr. Ryan, the driver, and a
third occupant to believe their beer was being stolen by Mr.
Roberts and his companion Mr. Gerding, said Andrew Mayes,
prosecuting.
They pushed Mr. Roberts down and punched and kicked him in the
face a number of times, he added. As Mr. Ryan ran after Mr.
Gerding, the other two contin-ued their assault, he explained.
He punched the young man twice and went off chasing the other
man and saw Mr. Roberts being sig-nificantly assaulted by the other
two when he returned, said Buffy Blakley, duty counsel. He was the
one who told them to stop it.
Mr. Roberts received three cuts to his face, a chipped tooth,
damage to his eyes, and significant facial injuries.
Mr. Roberts had a bruised and badly swollen face and spent the
night in Invermere hospital, said Mr. Mayes. They couldnt X-ray his
face in fact because it was so badly swollen.
Mr. Ryan was sentenced to a $1,000 fine with $150 victim
surcharge, an 18-month probation order, a firearm prohibition and a
discretionary three year DNA order.
Although you participated in and shared in this as-sault with
the co-accused, you did tell them to stop, said Judge Sheard,
sentencing. Nevertheless it was a severe beating to this young man
those years ago.
Six month jail term for iPhone thiefA local man who stole two
Apple iPhones 10 days
after appearing in court for the theft of alcohol has been
sentenced to almost six months in prison due to his string of
convictions for theft in recent years.
Ryan W. Durbin, 34, pleaded guilty to two counts of theft under
$5,000 before Judge William Sheard at Inver-mere Provincial Court,
but requested leniency in sentenc-ing to allow him the chance to
pay off the value of the stolen items and continue to get his life
back on track.
The theft of the alcohol occurred on August 31st, 2011, when Mr.
Durbin and three other men were re-corded on video surveillance
entering Mountainside Market in Fairmont Hot Springs and stealing
multiple bottles of vodka and a bottle of whisky, said prosecutor,
Andrew Mayes.
Mr. Durbin took three 16-ounce bottles of vodka
of $61 value and put them into his jacket and a 30-ounce bottle
of Crown Royal of $41 value and also put that down his clothing,
Mr. Mayes told the court. He attended the checkout and paid for a
loaf of bread and some cigarettes and then left the store.
After being arrested following a review of the video footage in
the store, Mr. Durbin appeared in court on December 5th charged
with the theft and was ordered to return on January 9th after
seeking legal counsel. But on December 15th the Columbia Valley
RCMP were dis-patched to Selkirk TV in Invermere after two iPhones,
with a value of over $1,300 were reported stolen a theft which Mr.
Durbin also pleaded guilty to on Monday.
Video surveillance was used to identify the accused, Mr. Mayes
explained, When caught he admitted to steal-ing the phones, stating
that he sold each for $75.
I had no money and had used all the resource in town I could
find I was literally starving, Mr. Durbin told the court after
entering his guilty plea. I knew full well I was going to be
caught.
Judge W. Sheard sentenced Mr. Durbin to two con-secutive jail
terms of three months, totalling six months incarceration, plus two
$50 victim surcharge fines and the repayment of the value of goods
stolen to both stores.
Illegal camping in Banff National ParkA spot of illegal camping
in Banff National Park has
cost two local men $200 each, plus $350 in impound fees after
their vehicles and possessions were seized by wardens. Stephen Y.
Shaw and Vincent J. Zerko, of Panorama Mountain Village, both
pleaded guilty at In-vermere Provincial Court to one count of
camping on public land without a valid permit and one count of
unlawfully starting or maintaining a fire in a park on August 24th,
2011.
On the date in question at approximately 11 p.m. wardens
attended a complaint at a campground of a group of approximately 10
people setting up a campsite outside the designated area, said
director of public pros-ecutions, Ty Coultier. The warden found two
vehicles and a fire burning ... full and empty alcohol bottles were
removed from the area as well.
After the illegal campsite was discovered, the vehicles and
possessions were seized by wardens, Mr. Coultier re-counted. When
the two young men and their friends re-turned at around 3 a.m. they
were advised that they were camping in an illegal spot and that
they could retrieve their property the following morning, he
continued.
We were with eight international people from Pan-orama Mountain
Village, whove now all gone home. We agreed to take responsibility
for the entire group because we were the only Canadians there, and
we paid the full impound fees, Mr. Shaw told the judge.
In view of your lack of prior record, your student loans, modest
incomes and the fact that you paid $350 in impound fees, and
because you have been singled out of the group there, you will be
asked to pay $200 each, with two months to pay the fines, said
Judge Sheard, sentenc-ing. The victim surcharge for each offense
was waived.
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January 13, 2012 The Columbia Valley Pioneer 11
MOVIE REVIEW
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Out & AboutYour Weekly Guide
to Whats Happening Around the
Columbia ValleyPage 13
SNOWFLAKE FESTIVAL
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call 250-342-4423.
What does ARTmean to you?
Call-Out to Artists For 2012 Season Deadline for Gallery Shows
January 13th Deadline for Tour of the Arts January 31st
Big John coming to
townVancouver musician Big John Bates
is coming to Invermere on Thursday, January 26th, with a fresh
sound and
brand new show at Buds Bar and Lounge. For more, see page
15.
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Reviewed by Joshua Estabrooks
I have never liked baseball. There is nothing about a bunch of
chubby, overpaid athletes standing around with a stick trying to
hit a little white ball that interests or thrills me, so I was
pleasantly surprised when I started watching Moneyball, and found
that it was, as a movie, nothing like the sport it engages.
Moneyball is a typical sports film in that it deals with a
sport, and a team, and the many conflicts and mo-ments of hilarity
that come from trying to achieve a win-ning record, but thats where
the similarities end. The story is based on real life general
manager of the Oakland Athletics, Billy Beane, a role played
masterfully by Brad Pitt. Beane was a disappointing Major League
player, but revolutionized the way owners and managers approach the
game of baseball by using a sabermetric approach to
hiring players based on stats alone. In a sense, Beane used his
limited payroll, one of the
lowest in all of baseball, to buy the stats needed to win enough
games to make the Athletics competitive. Base hits, runs and walks
matter in this system of analysis, not personality, physical
fitness or any other subjective thing that often bog down the
decision of whether to add a new player to the roster. Beane, in
real life and in the movie, is mainly credited with bringing this
new ap-proach to the game, and was offered a handsome sum to take
his talents to other teams, which he declined.
What struck me about the film, besides the expert acting by
Pitt, Jonah Hill and Philip Seymour Hoffman, was the attention to
the cinematography, which was ex-ceptional, even breathtaking, in
certain scenes. All too often sports movies pay more attention to
hype and mu-sic and smoke machine glitz, but Moneyball is a true
film
in every sense of the word. There are sports movies, and then
there are movies
about sports, and Moneyball is definitely the latter in terms of
its writing, directing and production.
Not only is the story one of realistic triumph in the face of
adversity (they dont actually win the big show), but seeing Jonah
Hill in one of his first serious roles, and watching him pull it
off, was a real treat. Not to men-tion Mr. Hoffman, who is one of
the most capable and engrossing actors alive today. I dont think I
need to say anything further about Pitt. He does what he does, and
he does it well. Go watch this movie!
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Debs Night OutChinese New Year
Saturday, January 28th, 2012 at Eagle Ranch Resort
Cocktails: 6:00 p.m.Dinner: 7:00 p.m.
Come and Enjoy a Night of Fun and Fundraising for the New Womens
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Call Wendy at FRC 250-342-5566 for table reservations or
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Friday, January 20th, 20126:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.Kinsmen Beach
Community Family Event - Everyone Welcome
Main StageMusic by
L8Taste of the Valley
Experience menu samples from a selection of our nest
restaurants
in the valley!Taste of the Valley Passports available for
$10
at the Visitor Centre and various retailers call 250.342.2844
for more info.
Fireworks! 8:00 p.m. Curling Hockey Skating Akisqnuknik
Development teepee and cultural display
Fire pits and stump stoves to warm up by.
THE GATE FOR THE ICE ROAD WILL BE CLOSED AT KINSMEN BEACHFOR THE
DURATION OF THE EVENT.
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We may only run an entry for two weeks
prior to the event. Please limit your submission to 30 words.
Priority is given to one-off events,
so weekly events may run rarely.
Toby Theatre
January 20th - 21st, January 25th - 28th, 7:30 p.m.: The
Twilight Saga - Breaking Dawn - Part 1.For info:
www.tobytheatre.com.
Friday, January 13th:
7:30 p.m.: Columbia Valley Rockies versus Spokane Braves at the
Eddie Mountain Memorial Arena.
Saturday, January 14th:
Snowshoe fitness classes begin with Columbia Valley Lifesports.
Saturdays and Wednesdays. For info and registration call
250-342-8737 or email [email protected].
Thursday, January 19th:
6:45 - 7:15 p.m.: Pyjama Story Time at the Radium Public
Library. Friday, January 20th:
11 a.m. - 1 p.m: Free BBQ and ice wine sampling at the
Mountainside Market in Fairmont Hot Springs. Part of the 3rd annual
Fairmont Fire & Ice Fest. 5:30 - 9 p.m.: Apres-ski live music
with Al Lukas at Fairmont Hot Springs Resort ski area. Skiing is
extended until 6 p.m. For info visit www.visitfairmont.ca. 4:30 - 9
p.m.: Free tobogganing on Highway 1 run, accessible via the red
carpet lift at Panorama Resort. Tickets available at the Guest
Services Desk in SkiTip. 4 - 11 p.m.: Curling Bonspiel on the Lake
by
Kinsmen Beach, Invermere. Also indoor curling to view at the
Invermere Curling Club rink. For info: 250-342-3315. 6 - 8 p.m.:
Invermere Snowflake Festival at Kinsmen Beach. Music by L8, Taste
of the Valley menu sampling from local restaurants, curling,
hockey, skating, Akisqnuknik Development teepee and cultural
display. Fireworks at 8 p.m. Taste of the Valley passports $10,
available at Be Gifted, Three Bears gift store and Candyland. For
info: 250-342-2844. 7:30 p.m.: Columbia Valley Rockies versus Chase
Heat at the Eddie Mountain Memorial Arena. Saturday, January
21st:
7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.: Curling Bonspiel on the Lake by Kinsmen
Beach, Invermere. For info: 250-342-3315. 9 a.m. - 12 Noon: Snow
Snake Hunt at Panorama Mountain Village. 12 Noon - 10 p.m.:
Panorama Mountain Snowflake Festival kickoff at the Great Hall.
Carnival games, activities and live music throughout the day. For
info: 250-342-6941. Avalanche Awareness Days at Panorama Mountain
Village. Hill safety demonstration, transceiver races, information
on avalanche conditions and informal films. For info email:
[email protected]. 9:30 - noon: Flow Yoga, Zumba and Yin
Yoga combination class at Windermere Hall, held by the Desiderata
Health and Wellness Studio.. $25 per person. A kickstart to the
Liberation 2012 Health Fair. For info and registration:
250-342-1438. Noon - 2 p.m.: Liberation 2012 Health Fair at the
Windermere Hall. Free to the public. Cost for vendors $20. For
info: 250-342-1438. 1 - 3 p.m.: Drop-in shinny at Fairmont Hot
Springs Resort, part of the 3rd annual Fairmont Fire & Ice
Fiesta. For info visit: www.visitfairmont.ca. 6 - 11 p.m.: Fiesta
Gala Dinner and Silent Auction at the Hoodoo Grill. Call
250-345-2166 for tickets and details. 7:30 p.m.: Columbia Valley
Rockies versus Nelson at the Eddie Mountain Memorial Arena. 8:20
p.m.: Torchlight Parade at Panorama Mountain Village.
Sunday, January 22nd:
10 a.m. - 1 p.m.: Free Pancake Brunch at Smoking Waters Cafe.
For info visit: www.visitfairmont.ca. Noon - 3 p.m.: Curling
Bonspiel finals on the lake by Kinsmen Beach, Invermere. For info:
250-342-3315.
Thursday, January 26th:
6:30 - 9 p.m.: Dinner, fashion show and expert awareness panel
at Rocky River Grill. Tickets are $20 per person. Available at
Valley Fitness Centre, Corner Cafe and Rocky River Grill or contact
[email protected]. 9 p.m.: Big John Bates performs at Buds Bar
and Lounge. Tickets are $10.00 at the door.
Friday, January 27th:
10 a.m.: The Invermere Public Library and the Columbia Basin
Alliance for Literacy celebrate Family Literacy Day with a special
reading. CBAL contest entries will be on display. For info visit:
abclifeliteracy.ca. Noon: Lunch at the Edgewater Legion. Soup, bun,
dessert and beverage. $6 per person. For info: 250-347-9388.
. Saturday, January 28th:
6 p.m.: 17th annual Debs Night Out Chinese New Year at Eagle
Ranch Resort. Fundraiser for new womens shelter and domestic and
violence programs. Hosted by the Family Resource Centre. Tickets
are $40 per person. For info and tickets call 250-342-5566 or visit
Interior World or The Book Bar. Friday, February 3rd:
B.C. Pond Hockey Championship weekend starts on Lake Windermere.
7 p.m.: 29th annual Starlight Challenge at Fairmont Hot Springs
Resort ski hill. $89 per person for dual slalom racing over four
consecutive Fridays in February. Includes a buffet dinner and many
prizes on the last Friday. For registration and info:
250-345-6037.
Invermere Library hours:
Tuesday to Saturday: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Wednesday: 10 a.m. - 8
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Teams preparing for Invermeres 29th outdoor bonspiel
By Kate IrwinPioneer Staff
Hundreds of curlers will soon descend on Invermere to hurl rocks
along Lake Windermere during the towns annual Bonspiel on the Lake,
which gets underway on January 20th at Kinsmen Beach.
With 64 teams taking part, the curling competition is filled to
the brim once again with 256 participants and a waiting list to
snap up any last minute cancellations. Some teams have held their
spot for years, explained Gary Hog-arth, ice technician for the
Invermere Curling Club.
We have a lot of returning teams from Alberta, and Saskatchewan,
and one from Montana that enters every year, he added. Then we have
some locals who take part who basically only come out once a year
on the lake to curl in this event.
The traditional bonspiel, which started in 1983, is a true slice
of Canadiana eight sheets of prepared ice, strings of lights, a
warming hut and hundreds of par-ticipants, brooms in hand, playing
side-by-side into the small hours of the morning in the hopes of
flinging their curling stones into the distant targets.
Sometimes finesse must simply be replaced with brute force, Mr.
Hogarth said.
You can win a game just because youre the only one to get a rock
in, he explained. Its quite a challenge having the strength to get
it from one end to the other sometimes ... and because its natural
ice it moves from day to day and a crack can appear and affect the
way the rocks go.
The recent warmer weather and icy mishaps on the lake arent
deterring event organizers, the Invermere Curling Club; and at the
time of going to press, plans were still being made to curl
outdoors. If the weather is too warm or cold to play outside during
the two-day event, the backup plan is to play round-the-clock games
at the Curling Club itself.
I believe its only twice been held at the curling rink, said Mr.
Hogarth, once because it was too warm and the other time because it
was too cold ... As long as the weather keeps dropping down to a
few degrees below zero every night, we should have pretty ideal
conditions.
The bonspiel begins on Friday, January 20th with the first draw
at 4:30 p.m. On Saturday evening there is a banquet and dance and
the competition concludes on Sunday, January 22nd. For info:
250-342-3315.
Flurry of winter festivals upcomingBy Kate IrwinPioneer
Staff
Next weekend, Columbia Valley residents have not one, not two,
but three winter festivals to choose from with Invermeres annual
Snowflake Festival, Fairmonts Fire and Ice Festival and a brand new
event at Panorama Mountain Village, dubbed the Mountain Snowflake
Festival.
It will be a celebration of winter, and a celebra-tion of a lot
of great snow and a whole season left to enjoy it, said Brandi
Schier, marketing coordinator for Panorama. Well have free Friday
night tobog-ganing ... and on Saturday therell be a festive
atmo-sphere with live music, maple candy, barbecue, a rail jam,
themed banquet dinner and torchlight parade.
Beginning on January 20th and continuing until the 22nd, the
event will share its opening day with Invermeres Snowflake
Festival, which, aside from
the weekend-long bonspiel, will take place on Friday, January
20th from 6 to 8 p.m.
The evening has plenty to offer with family-friendly games,
music from L8, a teepee and First Na-tions cultural display,
skating, hockey, fireworks and the Taste of the Valley menu
sampling from a range of locals restaurants.
But those living further south will not miss out, as the
Fairmont Business Association will hold their third annual Fire and
Ice Festival, starting with a free barbecue and ice wine sampling
at Mountainside Market on Friday, January 20th from 11 a.m. until 1
p.m., followed by night skiing and music at Fairmont Hot Springs
Resorts ski hill.
Saturday will see a hockey afternoon at Fairmont Resort from 1
to 3 p.m. and a Mexican fiesta gala din-ner at the Hoodoo Grill,
which sells out every year. The festival concludes with a free
pancake breakfast at Smoking Water Coffee Company on Sunday.
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Big John Bates to rock Invermere with new show and sound
By Joshua EstabrooksPioneer Staff
Big John Bates has been playing small towns throughout the world
for decades and hes no stranger to the Columbia Valley, making his
return to Invermere with a live performance at Buds Bar and Lounge
on January 26th.
His dark gothic music is perhaps best known for the accompanying
stage full of bur-lesque dancers, but after a reinvention of sorts
and with a new set of band mates, he is hitting the roads across
the province once again, touring a preview of his
soon-to-be-released album.
Bates was the original singer and co-writer for the Canadian
thrash band Annihilator with Jeff Waters in Ottawa, but has been
living in the Vancouver area for the past 20 years.
Speaking with The Pioneer from his float-ing home in False
Creek, Bates said that his new look and sound is largely attributed
to his wife and collaborator, Brandy Bones Bates, who describes
their new sound as rustic punk.
Its a different show now. Were not tour-ing with the burlesque
show; its all rock and roll, he said. Brandy plays upright bass and
is singing a lot of the stuff and it is quite different. Its a lot
darker and a lot more intense. A lot of music fans seem to like it
better.
The new album, entitled Battered Bones wont be out until March,
but the band has been touring nonstop to give audiences a taste of
their new sound and the more intimate stage show that accompanies
it.
Bates band now consists of his wife, Bran-dy, on upright bass,
and Tim Striking Viking Hagberg on drums. Their sound has matured,
and their show is more intimate, but that doesnt mean you wont be
dancing, he said.
Ive played Buds maybe four times, and it is different every
time. There are a lot of people who like rock and roll out that
way, and theyre going to really like what were doing with the show.
People in Invermere like to come out and dance and have fun and
this is definitely a show that you can dance and have fun with more
than any
other show weve ever done, Bates explained. At the end of the
day, interaction with the
audience is always Bates top priority, as with-out the fans,
there is no music. So dont be sur-prised if Brandy gets up on her
bass, or flings it around the room during a solo, but do be
surprised if you dont find yourself feeling an insatiable desire to
get up and dance, or howl into the crisp night air at the moon.
These are common reactions at Big John Bates concerts, and the
band encourages their audiences to let their hair down and have a
good time.
The show starts at 9 p.m. on Thursday, Jan-uary 26th, and
tickets cost $10 at the door. The evening coincides with Australia
Day, explained Buds owner Shelley Ferguson, so there will be some
special Aussie-themed products available.
Stay tuned for Buds next show, a hair metal cover band called
Broken Toys who are scheduled for February 19th.
They sell out every show they play. Its go-ing to be a lot of
fun, said Ferguson.
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By Joshua EstabrooksPioneer Staff
One of Kootenay Builders journey-men carpenters, Gaetan Leduc,
recently completed a DVD documentary he filmed during a massive
restoration project at the K2 Ranch, just outside Invermere.
The K2 Ranch, one of the Columbia Valleys oldest functioning
cattle ranches, recently underwent a multi-year renova-tion
project, the last phase of which was completed in the spring of
2011.
The property is owned by Bob and Barb Shaunessy, who committed
to a multi-phase project that systematically restored and
refurbished all of the an-tique buildings back to their original
glory, using local contracting company Kootenay Builders.
As part of the refurbishment, Mr. and Mrs. Shaunessy have
returned the main living quarters to their original glory, as well
as a large 1895 barn, a meat cooler and blacksmith shop from 1960,
and a residence from 1912 known as the White House.
Gaetan began filming the major renovation project
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Carpenter turned filmmaker documents historic reno
UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE Local carpenter, Gaetan Leduc, during the
demolition phase of Kootenay Builders restoration of the historic
K2 ranch log cabin. Photo submitted
with his iPhone, he told The Pioneer, as a way of showing
Vancouver-based architects the building and grounds, and just kept
collecting footage until he decided to edit it together as a video
record of the huge project.
Included in the film of the year-long process are
interviews with a number of contribut-ing tradesmen, designers
and architects, as well as the Shaunessy and Kootenay Builders
owner, Jeff Baltrus.
It took well over six months, to piece the documentary together
as well as compose all of the music, Gaetan said, but when he sat
back and watched the final version he felt it was a great way to
commemorate such an intensive and worthwhile construction
project.
Its taken up a year of my life, but it has been a great ride. It
was a really ex-citing process, but Im not going to quit my day job
any time soon, he said.
Gaetan and his wife, Jacqueline, who manages the Black Forest
Restaurant, just bought property in the valley, and look forward to
starting a construction project of their own sometime in the
future.
Those interested in purchasing a copy of the film can access it
through filmbaby.com, a website that assists bud-
ding filmmakers with self-publishing their work online. It will
also be available locally for $15 at The Book Bar, Columbia Valley
Trading, Rona, Home Hardware, the Black Forest Restaurant and the
Valley Alley Gas Bar.
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call for project proposalsColumbia Basin Trust Community
Initiatives and Affected Areas ProgramsThe Regional District of
East Kootenay is accepting project proposals for funding
consideration from Columbia Basin Trusts Community Initiatives and
Affected Areas Programs for the areas of:
City of Cranbrook District of Sparwood Electoral Area CCity of
Fernie District of Elkford Electoral Area ECity of Kimberley
District of Invermere Electoral Area FVillage of Canal Flats
Electoral Area A Electoral Area GVillage of Radium Hot Springs
Electoral Area B
Application guidelines and forms are available at:
RDEK offices in Cranbrook and Invermere The municipal office in
each community RDEK website at www.rdek.bc.ca CBT website at
www.cbt.org.
For information about preparing your project proposal or to have
an application form forwarded to you, please call Connie Thom or
Shannon Moskal at 250-489-2791 or 1-888-478-7335 (toll-free).
Deadline for project proposals is 4:30 p.m. Monday, February 20,
2012. Late applications are not eligible for consideration.
Administered and managed by the Regional District of East
Kootenay.
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Toll Free: 1-888-478-7335
Email: [email protected] Website: www.rdek.bc.ca
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MOONLIT MOUNTAINS The Starlight Challenge course at Fairmont Hot
Springs Resorts Ski Hill. Photo submitted
Participants needed for Starlight ChallengeBy Joshua
EstabrooksPioneer Staff
Get your skis waxed and your edges sharpened: the 29th annual
Starlight Chal-lenge is starting soon at Fairmont Hot Springs
Resort and is seeking aspiring rac-ers to join the competition. The
Starlight Challenge began as a friendly contest be-tween three
Columbia Valley ski schools and has evolved into a unique, fun
racing experience for skiers of all skill levels.
Entering its 29th year, the competi-tion begins on February 3rd
and contin-ues over four consecutive Fridays. It is open for anyone
to participate in, either individually or preferably as a team of
four, and does not simply rely on the fast-est time to determine
the winners.
The race consists of two marked runs,
and although there is a recognition for fastest times, the main
determining factor is consistency, said long time participant, Rod
Kashuba.
Its racing, but it is for every level of skier, snowboarder,
telemarker, what-ever you want, he said. There are two courses. You
are required to race down the courses once each, and it is your
time between the first run and second run that counts. You dont
have to be a rocket fast skier to do very well. You can be a
begin-ner and keep a consistent pace and win.
The event costs $89 per person, which allows full access to
night skiing on each of the four Fridays. The entrance fee also
includes a large buffet dinner on the last night, where awards will
be handed out.
For more information, or to sign up, call the Ski School at
250-345-6037.
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YOUR MONEYShould you avoid probate?
Perhaps one of the most common questions asked to financial
advisors from older clients is whether or not they should attempt
to avoid probate. Many of these questions arise from the
misconceptions of probate and the gener-al lack of understanding of
the implications of trying to avoid it from both the public and
financial advisors.
What is probate?Probate is essentially the court process of
verifying that
the will in question is the deceased persons last will. Pro-bate
is also court confirmation that the executor named in the will is
the person entitled to make the necessary steps to administer the
will. Probate in B.C. costs 1.4% on as-sets over $50,000.
Why is probate necessary?Probate comes about when the deceased
person has
assets held by third parties such as banks, investment firms or
other institutions. These firms do not want the liability of acting
on the information given to them by the deceaseds family members
and instead ask the provincial courts to sign off that the will and
executors are indeed correct.
How can probate be avoided?The simplest way to avoid probate is
to simply gift
money and other assets to family members before passing
away. There are no rules in Canada about how much mon-ey can be
gifted to adult children but gifting involves the transfer of
ownership and will cause capital gains if there are any. If you
give all of your money and assets away, then when you pass away you
dont own anything and probate becomes a non-issue.
Another easy way to avoid probate is when assets are held in
accounts that have named beneficiaries. These ac-counts include
RRSPs, Tax-Free Savings Accounts, RR-IFs, and Insurance products.
When someone dies with an RRSP account that has a named
beneficiary, the assets transfer directly to the beneficiary and do
not end up in probate.
While this may seem simple, it can cause compli-cations if
someone dies right before their beneficiary. If a person who dies
had an RRSP with their three chil-dren as beneficiaries, and one of
the children passes away hours or days before the account holder,
the RRSP will be paid out to the two surviving children. This can
leave the surviving family of the deceased child out of one third
of the RRSP assets.
Joint accountsDue to the time and cost of probate, many
British
Columbians consider setting up non-registered or non-in-surance
assets such as investment accounts or houses into joint name with
their adult children. While this method is
effective in skipping probate it can cause immediate taxa-tion,
future taxation loss of complete control of the as-sets and
problems with leaving surviving family members some of the estate
if one of the adult children dies before their parent.
Assets set up into joint name must be partially dis-posed of and
partial ownership must be transferred to the other joint owners to
effectively skip probate.
Gifts of Right of SurvivorshipOne way to avoid legal transfer
immediately and to
avoid immediate taxation and the loss of complete control of
assets, is to gift the right of survivorship to your estate members
upon your death. This method is relatively new but doesnt
necessarily avoid the problems of adult chil-dren passing away
right before the parent and having as-sets skip their surviving
family.
Should you avoid probate?Avoiding probate can be a time and
money saver if
everything goes as planned. It can also however, cause
in-credible grief, taxation, and control issues. Since each fam-ily
has unique financial situations and family dynamics, a great deal
of thought and care should be taken before con-sidering trying to
skip probate. It is highly recommended that a lawyer be consulted
before ever attempting to re-arrange ones affairs.
Insurance products and services are o ered through Manulife
Securities Insurance Agency (a licensed life insurance agency and a
liate of Manulife Securities) by Manulife Securities Advisors
licensed as life agents. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company
is the sole issuer of the Manulife GIF Select insurance contract
which o ers the IncomePlus bene t and the guarantor of any
guarantee provision therein. Manulife Securities Incorporated is a
member CIPF.
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Insurance Agent250-342-2112
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Insurance Agent250-342-6441
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discuss your individual investment needs.
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DISTRICT OF INVERMERE914 8th Avenue, PO Box 339
Invermere, BC V0A 1K0Tel: (250) 342-9281 Fax: (250) 342-2934
DISTRICT OF INVERMERE914 8th Avenue, PO Box 339
DISTRICT OF INVERMERE
NOTICE TO ALL DOG OWNERSAll dogs over the age of four months
residing in the District of Invermere require an annual dog
license, from January 1st to December 31st. Licensing allows Animal
Control Services to contact you as soon as possible if your animal
has been impounded or if the animal has been injured as a result of
tra c or as a result of other causes.
If you live within the District of Invermere and own a dog,
please drop by the municipal o ce at your earliest convenience to
pick up a dog tag. Fees are as follows:
UNSPAYED FEMALE DOG ....................... $35.00UNNEUTERED
MALE DOG ...................... $35.00SPAYED FEMALE DOG
............................ $15.00NEUTERED MALE DOG
........................... $15.00
We encourage all pet owners to have their dogs spayed or
neutered to assist in promoting the health of your animal and to
minimize the potential for unwanted pups in the community. As an
incentive to spay or neuter your dog, the various license and
impound fees for spayed or neutered animals are less than if your
animal is not spayed or neutered.
For dog control issues within the municipality, please contact
our Dog Control O cer at 250-342-1707.
As we now know, plastic is not so fantastic. Up to a trillion
plastic bags per year are used around the world. While most of them
go to land ll sites where, scientists estimate, takes up to 1,000
years to break down, millions still end up in waterways, trees, and
in our oceans where it eventually ends up in stomachs of sh and
birds. We encourage you to use biodegradable dog waste bags, which
are available at various sites throughout town.
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PIONEER ON THE ROAD
The Pioneer is launching the ever-popular travel photo contest
for 2012, with a prize package from our generous sponsor, Travel
World, of one nights accommodation in Cal-gary and two tickets to a
Calgary Flames game.
Clockwise from top: Glen and Debbie Casey and Peggy and Dick
Barrett of Invermere soak up some sun at the Riu Vallarta in
Riviera Nayarit, Mexico; Jim and Sheila Bonny at the base of Torres
del Paine in Patagonia, Chile; Myrna and Norman Miller on a Panama
Canal cruise.
Send your high-res photos to [email protected]
Leaving on a jet plane
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HERE TO SERVE YOU Lockout Service Lake Recovery 24 Hour Towing
Prompt Service
Warbrick Towing & [email protected] Cell:
250-342-5851
Warbrick Towing & Salvage
Also o ering FREE year-round pickup of
unwanted vehicles
Serving the Columbia Valley
250-342-1355After Hours Call: 250-342-3830
Email: [email protected]
Industrial ~ Commercial ~ Residential Garage Doors Passage Doors
Truck Doors Sun Rooms
Patio Covers Vinyl Decking Aluminum Railings Gutters Siding So t
Facia Window Capping Renovations
250-342-6700 [email protected]
Gel & Acrylic Nails Coloured Gel Nail Art
Call Judy ~ 250-341-5245 Days, Evenings, Weekends
Furnaces Heat Pumps Fireplaces Full Heating and Ventilation
Systems
Call for your FREE consultation and estimate
WINDERMERE 250-342-6805
SHOLINDER & MACKAYEXCAVATING Inc.
Septic Systems Installed ~ Pumped ~ RepairedPrefab Cement Tanks
InstalledWater Lines Dug and Installed
Basements Dug
Excavators Mini-Excavators Bobcats Dump Trucks Water Trucks
Compaction Equipment
Snow Plow Sanding Equipment Crane Truck Mobile Pressure Washing
& Steam Cleaning
Underground Services Site Prep & Demolition Road Building
Land Clearing Controlled Burning
Rock Walls Rip Rap Top Soil Sand & Gravel
CONTRACT OR HOURLYMACHINE RENTALS AVAILABLE
VJ (Butch) BishopOwner/Operator
4846 Holland Creek Ridge Rd.Invermere, BC V0A 1K0
RE/MAX InvermereIndependently Owned and Operated
1022B - 7th Avenue, Box 459Invermere BC V0A 1K0
E-mail: [email protected]: 250-342-9611
Broker/OwnerWende Brash
Offi ce: 250-342-6505 Cell: 250-342-1300
Your Local COLUMBIA VALLEY REAL ESTATE
Professionals
Cell: (250) 270-0666O ce: (250) 341-6044
Fax: (250) [email protected]@shaw.ca
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926-7th Avenue, Invermere, [email protected]
Cell: (250) 342-7415O ce: (250) 341-6044
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HERE TO SERVE YOU
Your search for quality and dependability ends with us.Carpet
& Upholstery Cleaning Specialists
Truck Mounted System Customer Satisfaction Guaranteed
Dean HubmanCertified Technician250-342-3052
Toll Free: 877-342-3052Invermere, BC V0A 1K3
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Automotive Repairs7 days a week
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7507 Main St. West, Radium Hot Springs(250) 347-9726
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PHONE: 250-347-9350FAX: 250-347-6350
Email: [email protected] Toll Free: 1-866-342-3031
Lambert
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Scott PostlethwaiteResidential, Commercial
Electric Furnace and Hot Water Tank Repair and Service
For All Your Electrical Needs
[email protected]
CVCC Contractor/ Trade Builder of the Year
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Invermere B.C. 250-999-9191Donald MacDonald Dentur i s t
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Repairs Relines Rebases
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since 2004
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Proudly Serving the Valley for over 50 yearsFor competitive
prices and prompt service, call:
250-342-3268 (plant) 250-342-6767 (offi ce)
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Installation Maintenance Repairs
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Cell: 250-341-7727 Fax: 250-347-6363 [email protected]
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HERE TO SERVE YOU
Everett Frater EnterprisesNew phone: 250-347-9228 Cell:
250-342-5645
Snow Removal Residential & Commercial
Residential Jesse Vader 250.341.5426
Commercial Ken Johnson
250.341.5427
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Drain Lines Hot Water Tanks
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