Eagle Valley News, June 03, 2015

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Frolic in the foam: Ouri Tzuella-Sculnick. left, and Alaina Rich play in the foam pit at the Sicamous Safety Fair at Finlayson Park on Saturday, May 30. The public was invited to the free event, which showcased the local emergency services. See more images on page 7.Photo by Evan Buhler

Sicamous considers dementia-friendly optionsIdea: District looks at concept as a way to improve care for seniors, offer economic spinoffs.

There are big ideas for the future of Si-camous depending how far the community is willing to go in becoming dementia friendly.

Along with the effort to make Sicamous an age-friendly community, there is also a movement afoot to make the District of Si-camousa centre for dementia-friendly care.

According to the Alzheimer Society, a dementia-friendly community program fo-cuses on improving inclusion and the quality of life for people living with dementia.

Sicamous Coun. Malcom Makayev and Mayor Terry Rysz recently met with Union of British Columbia Okanagan staff to show and discuss what Sicamous has that could facilitate it in becoming a dementia-friendly community. What UBCO staff saw inspired them to visit Sicamous and make a presen-tation to council as to what the community could be.

One presenter, Dr. Elizabeth Andersen, an assistant professor with the school of nursing, talked about two different models of nursing homes that she said would attract attention if they were in Sicamous. She also described two models of care “that would also be quite innovative and attract atten-tion and potential employees to the nursing home.”

One of the housing models, called a “green house nursing home,” would involve the creation of individual cottages on a “community street.”

“Each little house has its own kitchen, dining rooms, bedrooms and functions as a little sort of home,” said Andersen.

She suggested the homes could be staffed by “cross-trained” nurse’s aids who aren’t relegated to one type of employment, allow-ing flexible assignments and the ability to customize their own shifts.

Dr. Keith Culver, UBCO’s dean of management, said he sees opportunity for

Sicamous, for wellness and economic de-velopment. He noted Canadians are becom-ing more realistic in their thinking about dementia, and that there is a growing inter-est in the concept of the “dementia village,” places “designed for living with dignity.” He suggested Sicamous might become “an-other one of these champions in Canada that becomes a destination.”

“We can partner with you, but we need you to be doing it,” said Culver. “We need you to choose it, you to implement it, it needs to be yours.

“What are we pretty good at? Measur-ing stuff. We’re pretty good at measuring against international benchmarks, measur-ing against your goals. We’re a neutral third party, we’re not here to profit from any-one… we try then to help you all to learn.”

Rysz too sees the potential for Sicamous to become a prototype, but recognizes there needs to be community buy-in.

“We will consider this program when we

do up our official community plan,” said Rysz. “But at the end of the day, if we’re going to turn Sicamous into a dementia-friendly community or an age-friendly com-munity, it has to be recognized by the entire community, in my opinion. So that remains to be seen.

Rysz says the primary goal is the care of Sicamous residents, adding a dementia-friendly approach could encourage doctors and nurses to work in the community.

“Maybe we could get Interior Health on board, maybe they can help us with the con-struction of something like a nursing home,” said Rysz. “I don’t know where it’s going to go… but we’re going to definitely keep working towards some sort of process.”

On Wednesday, June 10, from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m., the Alzheimer Society is hosting a free training workshop at the district civic centre, to help people learn how to recog-nize the signs of memory problems and how to support people living with dementia.

By Lachlan LabereEagle Valley News

Top cop heads down the highwayThe RCMP are once

again on the hunt for new detachment com-mander for Sicamous.

Sgt. Scott West, who has been with the local detachment for about six months, has been selected to suc-ceed Staff Sgt. Kevin Keane as detachment commander in Salmon Arm. His promotion is expected to take place either in June or July.

West said he’d planned on applying for the Salmon Arm job, but didn’t expect it to happen as soon as it did.

“It came open right

after I got here and I went, ‘Oh really, you’ve got to be kidding me!’ I figured Staff Sgt. Keane would have been there for a little while yet, but he got a job in Windsor, Ont. with the RCMP,” said West, adding that if it wasn’t a promotional move, he likely would have continued work-ing in Sicamous.

“I love it here. It’s great,” he said. “There are some trials and trib-ulations, yeah, there are some tough questions, but I’ve never been one to shy away from tough questions.”

West says Cpl. J.R. Lechky will be the acting commander in Sicamous until his re-

placement is named. “I am confident that

he is up to the job and will receive the full sup-port of the South East District in getting the job done,” says West.

Mayor Terry Rysz has only positive things to say about the ser-geant and his departure.

“He is still com-pletely and totally com-mitted to Sicamous and I think, at the end of the day, with Sgt. West moving on to Salmon Arm… I think that’s going to be a benefit for Sicamous in the long run because now we have a sergeant in Salmon Arm very familiar with the op-erations of Sicamous,”

said Rysz. While RCMP mem-

bers are not required to live in the community they serve, Rysz would like to see West’s re-placement reside in the community.

“Right now, only

two from the detach-ment are living in Si-camous. Hopefully we can convince the new sergeant who moves into our area to move into Sicamous instead of Salmon Arm and be more hands-on here.”


Promotion: Sgt Scott West has been named the new detachment commander in Salmon Arm. File photo

Council overrides waterfront development concerns

Sicamous council is approving a develop-ment application for a residential waterfront property despite con-cerns by district staff and the province.

At its regular meet-ing last Wednesday, council received a memo from district community planning officer Mike Marrs recommending the de-nial of a Watercourse Development Permit for a property at 501 Poage Avenue. The per-mit would reduce the riparian area or SPEA (streamside protection and enhancement area) from the minimum 15 metre width, as identi-fied in the district’s offi-

cial community plan, to 10.5 metres. The appli-cant’s intent is to con-struct a 1,720-square-foot garage on the north end of the property, and replace the existing, non-conforming single-family residence with a 2,520-square-foot du-plex.

As per the B.C. government’s Ripar-ian Areas Regulation, local governments are to protect riparian ar-eas “during residen-tial, commercial and industrial development by ensuring a qualified environmental profes-sional (QEP) conducts a science-based assess-ment of proposed ac-tivities.”

A QEP report was completed for the Po-age property and Marrs

said the Ministry of For-ests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations (FLNRO) and district staff had some reserva-tions about the need to “bend the SPEA” for the proposed develop-ment.

Coun. Todd Kyllo, however, argued the whole idea of RAR and the SPEA is so “rules can be bent,” provided there is support from a QEP.

“There’s no fish, it’s not habitat, it’s not an important part that we need to save and keep,” said Kyllo. “He’s just asking for a variance that’s going to put a deck out into the SPEA.

“His QEP has agreed to it, and said there is going to be no harm-ful alteration to the fish

habitat… There’s got to be more common sense in looking at what’s happening with these types of decisions that we’re making here on these types of things, especially when the QEP has already signed off.”

Coun. Jeff Mallmes said he agreed with Kyllo, and made refer-ence to a letter from the province stating it actu-ally supports the appli-cation.

In the two letters from FLNRO staff in-cluded with Marrs’ memo, there are con-cerns raised about the proposed encroach-ment into the SPEA and whether or not it is justified. However, in one of the letters, an FLNRO biologist

leaves the final decision in the hands of the dis-trict.

“We will leave it up to the District of Si-camous to determine,” writes senior ecosystem biologist Laura Neild. “If they feel it is reason-able rationale for en-croachment we have no additional concerns.”

Couns. Gord Bushell and Malcolm Makayev also spoke in favour of the application, with Makayev emphasizing the compensation pack-age that’s being offered to offset the loss in the SPEA. When it came to the vote, council unani-mously voted against the staff recommenda-tion, and gave Marrs di-rection to issue the per-mit based on the plans as submitted.


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June 11 Pints & Politics w/Cindy Derkaz. 5:30 pm at Brother’s Pub. Contact Fred at 250-836-4318 for more information.June to July 22 Sicamous Mixed Softball League runs every Wednesday night from June to July 22, 2015. At Finlayson Park at 6:30 pm. Windup Tournament is the weekend of July 24, 25, 26, 2015.Monday to Friday Community Access Site at the Senior’s Activity Centre - 1091 Shuswap Avenue. Internet & related services. Call Diana. 836-2446Every Tues. Stopping the Violence Program in Sicamous - counselling for women who have experienced abuse during childhood or adult relationships. No charge. Call Kathy at 250-832-9700.Every Tues. & Thurs. - Seniors Meals provided, 12 noon in Common Room at the Haven. Every 1st & 3rd Wed. - Parkinsons Support Group Contact Don at 250-838-0794.Every Wed. Girl Guides of Canada. Sparks - 3:00 pm. Brownies - 4:00 pm. Girl Guides - 5:30 pm. New members welcomeEvery Wed. Lunch by a donation at the Seniors Activity Centre, 1091-Shuswap Avenue at 12 noon.

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The review of the District of Sicamous Official Community Plan is underway!

As a guiding document that seeks to address social, economic and environmental goals within the community, the Official Community Plan (OCP) covers topics such as growth management, agriculture, residential development, commercial and residential waterfront development, downtown and highway redevelopment and the environment. The OCP directs the District and Council toward common goals and purpose when evaluating community growth and development.

In order to provide a draft document, that reflects the desires for the future growth and development in the community, public input is vital. On Thursday June 11, 2015 from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. at City Hall (446 Main Street) the District of Sicamous will be hosting the 1st Public Open House. This will be an opportunity to explore components of the existing OCP and to look towards the future growth of the community. The Open House will include a presentation and discussion.

The 2nd Public Open House is scheduled for Thursday July 9, 2015 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. and will follow a similar format. Please plan to attend!

For more information on the OCP Review please visit the District of Sicamous website (www.sicamous.ca) and follow the link to Official Community Plan Review.

Due to the scheduling of this Open House, the Community Building Forum that was scheduled for June 4, 2015 from 3 p.m. – 4 p.m. has been cancelled.

OFFICIAL COMMUNITY PLAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE – EXPRESSION OF INTEREST

The District of Sicamous has begun a review of the 2009 Official Community Plan (OCP) and is seeking individuals within the community to serve on the Official Community Plan (OCP) Advisory Committee as part of the Review and Update project.

As a guiding document that seeks to address social, economic and environmental goals within the community, the OCP covers topics such as growth management, agriculture, residential development, commercial and residential waterfront development, downtown and highway redevelopment and the environment. The OCP directs the District and Council toward common goals and purpose when evaluating community growth and development.

The purpose of the OCP Advisory Committee is to provide input on issues and opportunities related to land use and the future growth of the community during the OCP 2016 Review and Update. The OCP Advisory Committee will work directly with District Planning staff to review public input and potential policies and objectives related to community goals, land use and community development. The OCP Advisory Committee is intended to be a focused group, working with some responsibility to gauge public input and policy development throughout the OCP Review and Update process. As a committee of Council the OCP Advisory Committee may be tasked with making recommendations, through staff, to Council related to on issues related to land use policies and future growth within the OCP Review and Update 2016 process. It is expected that OCP Advisory Committee member will attend regular meetings during the Review and Update process.

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Sicamous RCMP Sgt. Scott West says the recent rash of thefts from vehicles in the com-munity have been resolved.

Police statistics show six in-cidents of break-and-enter and 16 incidents of theft from ve-hicles were reported to the Si-camous RCMP detachment in April.

In a May 5 report to Dis-trict of Sicamous council, West states some of the culprits in-volved with the thefts from ve-hicles have been identi� ed, and police are “investigating those offences in an attempt to charge these individuals.”

On Friday, May 29, West told the News the thefts from vehicles that occurred in mid- to late-April, and those in May, are believed to have been the work of different individuals.

The suspect behind the � rst spate of thefts was identi� ed by police with assistance from the community. That person, said West, was confronted by police, and the situation is being man-aged “through the community and RCMP involvement, as well as the involvement of parents.”

Regarding the second spate

of thefts, West said Sicamous RCMP managed to identify a suspect very quickly, and “basi-cally confronted him.”

West said that individual was essentially told to “stop what you’re doing or we’ll catch you… take whatever action that we can, that the law allows; or leave. Just get out of town.”

“We’ve received information that he’s decided to leave the community,” said West, adding the individual remains on the Sicamous detachment’s radar. “If he returns and we � nd out about it, we’ll be making a visit to make sure he’s going to stay on the straight and narrow.”

West said the RCMP Southeast District crime analyst has also been made aware of the individual and where he’s believed to have re-located, and that information will be forwarded to the next detachment.

In his report to council, West asks that people be supported in reporting information to po-lice pertaining to suspicious or

criminal activity. “The involvement of the

community is instrumental to effectively police our commu-nity as we target criminals lo-cally,” said West

Mayor Terry Rysz recognizes and encourages the same. Rysz spoke with West regarding the thefts after concerns were raised

in council by Coun. Todd Kyllo and the public.

“I think we need to get a message out to the commu-nity that we need to help the policing out here as much as we possibly can,” said Rysz, adding he will be meeting with Kathy Keam at the Safety Fair this Saturday to discuss getting the

community’s Citizens on Patrol program up and running again.

“The program used to be quite active here in Sicamous but we’ve lost quite a few of the people that were involved with it,” said Rysz. “We’re going to maybe work towards trying to improve that and hopefully we can, and that will be a big help for the RCMP as well.”

Gesture of celebration: Eagle River Secondary student Ashley Doyle gives a double fist pump while receiving her diploma at School District #83’s First Nations graduation cer-emony held Wednesday, May 27 at ERS. Photo by Lachlan Labere

Police tackle theft problemBy Lachlan LabereEagle Valley News

information that he’s decided to leave the community,” said West, adding the individual remains on the Sicamous detachment’s radar. “If he returns and we � nd out about it, we’ll be making a visit to make sure he’s going to stay on the straight and

The involvement of the community is instrumental to effectively police

our community as we target criminals

locally.Sgt. Scott West


VICTORIA – We might call ourselves Super, Natu-ral or even The Best Place on Earth, but how is B.C. viewed around the world?

Ever since U.S. bil-lionaires and their envi-ronmental clients decided more than a decade ago to supervise our society, the impression that Brit-ish Columbia is a primitive colonial backwater in need of “saving” has only been reinforced.

In late April, the prov-ince and coastal aborigi-nal leaders announced completion of marine plan-ning areas for Haida Gwaii and the North and Central Coast. U.S. activists knew about the announcement weeks before the legisla-ture press gallery did, and a documentary crew was sent up to advance the nar-rative of the saving of the “Great Bear Rainforest.”

Unlike the “Great Bear Rainforest” land use deal

of 2007, the Sierra Club, ForestEthics and Green-peace were not represent-ed. Instead, Tides Canada CEO Ross McMillan sat beaming in the audience.

McMillan’s role in di-recting U.S. foundation money to B.C. has prompt-ed him to declare himself “a principal architect of the Great Bear Rainforest project,” although in the early years he and his staff stayed behind the scenes while Sierra, Greenpeace et al took the credit.

At the event, two ab-original leaders gave a nod to the real funder of the ongoing effort to “save” the B.C. coast, the Gordon and Betty Moore Founda-tion. Gordon Moore is a co-founder of Intel Corp., maker of most of the world’s computer proces-sor chips, now spending his vast fortune on the Am-azon basin, B.C. and other “threatened” places.

Other Silicon Valley and Seattle billionaires helped finance the original effort,

and a strategy document surfaced in 2008 describing their plan to de-market the Alberta oilsands by creat-ing a blockade against en-ergy exports on our Pacific coast. The effort has since expanded to natural gas, with false horror stories about “fracking” finding a receptive global audience.

Last week I wrote about the plan by British manu-facturing conglomerate Reckitt Benckiser to buy up farms in the B.C. Inte-rior and replant them with trees. Contrary to my de-scription, “RB Trees for Change” isn’t participating in the dodgy European car-bon credit market.

They’re just doing it for global marketing purposes, covering pioneer-cleared farms of our colonial back-water with forest for 100 years so they can advertise their soaps and cold pills as carbon neutral. Another 10,000 hectares of B.C. “saved” from destruction by benevolent foreign in-terests!

Back to reality. B.C.’s auditor general issued a report last week calling on the province to do more to prevent the “cumulative ef-fects” of industrial devel-opment. A familiar exam-ple of this is the struggle to maintain caribou herds in northern B.C.

The B.C. government mustered a response from the multiple ministries that have worked on this since 2010. Among other things, they noted that 90 per cent of B.C.’s vast area is now covered by regional land use plans created to man-age cumulative impacts. A whopping 37 per cent of B.C. is designated as parks and protected areas for en-vironmental and cultural values.

Maybe that’s still not good enough, but it’s better than anything I can find in Europe or the U.S. That’s particularly true of Califor-nia, home of Hollywood, Silicon Valley, a pipeline spill, heavy oil refining and gridlocked freeways.

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Changes to election laws not needed

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The BC Liberal government is in the process of adopting the Election Amendment Act, which will give candidates and political parties the ability to access hitherto private data about voters from past provincial elections.

The NDP, unfortunately, has gone along with the basic thrust of this law. The most principled oppo-sition has come from Green Party MLA Andrew Weaver. And independent Vicki Huntington has also been challenging the law.

The main purpose behind the law is to allow well-funded political parties, notably the BC Lib-erals and NDP, to “mine” voter data and craft cam-paigns to encourage their own supporters to come to the polls, while at the same time (and likely quite secretly) coming up with ways of targeting specific supporters of the other parties from cast-ing votes. Along the way, they will be digging into voters’ privacy in a way that has caused the Infor-mation and Privacy Commissioner great concerns.

It is unfortunate that there has been so little attention paid to this. As Huntington noted in a press release, after an amendment to the bill was defeated, “People don’t want to be targeted or harassed based on whether or not they voted. This bill won’t encourage voter participation. It will reinforce voter cynicism.”

The amendment, introduced by Weaver, called for a delay in implementing the law until there was more public consultation. While the NDP sup-ported the amendment, the BC Liberal majority voted against it.

Now the political parties are being handed an-other tool that, in a day and age when it is easier than ever to collect a raft of data about individuals, will allow them to hone their message and specifi-cally target individuals.

Citizens should always be suspicious when gov-ernments bring in new laws that are not even on the radar screen for ordinary people. This law is designed solely to help those who are already hip-deep in politics.

There was no public outcry calling for political parties to be given more information about voters.

This law is an invasion of privacy and will only lead to political manipulation, all in the name of winning an election.

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Why is it that the Universe seemingly punishes me when I go off to play for a few days, because in-evitably all heck breaks loose while I’m away and then my newly relaxed and refreshed mind and body is im-mediately sent into high gear again.

For instance, it turns out that a semi-truck used our power pole for target practice, which knocked out our telephone and Internet which can’t be fixed for another week with writing deadlines to meet in the meantime, a robin had made three messy nests above our deck with the makings of them strewn from one end of it to another, my one-pull wonder of a lawn mower didn’t start when my yard looked like a meadow and the weeds had seemingly been slipped a dose of steroids. Ugh!

So many times when I’m off to the Coast, someone will say how much faster a trip it is now, but I rarely take the fast lane because it’s much more pleasant to take the slow lane so I can make a bunch of pit stops along the way on some of the prettier – though sometimes longer – routes.

I had a week to spend with our daugh-ter on her school break and this time she want-ed to ‘do’ Vancouver (which means mostly shopping to her), but I had the wheel, so we spent it my way in my old and familiar stomp-ing grounds on the north and west shores, where I could navigate around the worst spots of the now insane traf-fic down there.

Thankfully the weather was with us, so we strolled the Stanley Park and West Van seawalls, took in the expansive (and ex-pensive) views from atop Grouse Mountain and scrambled over the smooth and warm rocks at Lighthouse and Whytecliff parks to watch all the boats and ferries go by while soaking up the sun-shine and breathing in the scent of salt air and seaweed.

Not only was it fun and relaxing, but it

also served as a good reminder that the best things in life are usu-ally free, and to enjoy beautiful days like that is way better than a shopping mall any day. (Even though she still had to get that out of her system.)

One of the best parts of the week was to bask in the lushness of that rain forest region of towering woods full of ferns growing on the forest floor (my favou-rite plant) and the gar-dens bursting with foli-age – particularly those regal rhododendrons, which were gigantic in some cases and all in full bloom.

What a feast for the eyes to see those big bouquet-like blossoms of white, red, pink, pur-ple and mauve growing everywhere we went – wow - but the best treat in store for me was coming back home!

Cruising slowly along the Hope-Prince-ton Highway, I stopped everywhere to enjoy the mountain mead-ows of the Cascades, inhale the heady scents of pine and sage along the Similkameen River and drink in the views of the Okanagan valley with all the glistening lakes and acres of or-chards and wineries.

For years I’ve missed the blooms at

Pacific Rhododendron Park, (located just with-in the western gates of Manning Park), but this time I hit it just right because of our early spring, so with cam-era in hand, I silently walked the winding trail through the woods to revel in the presence of the ‘rose trees of the forest.’

Now there’s nothing more lovely to me than to see that beautiful plant in a natural set-ting, growing between the trees on a carpet of green moss, with their branches reaching up to seek out the sun and the smaller and mostly pink blossoms speck-led by the light and shade, making it all feel like I was in some kind of enchanted forest.

This is what the sign said about them: - ‘rho-dodendron comes from the Greek word mean-ing rose tree, and the Pacific rhododendron could compete with even the showiest of the hybrid roses.

Reaching a sprawl-ing height of up to eight metres, it surpasses many of its cultivated cousins.

Of the 600 differ-ent species worldwide, only 27 varieties oc-cur in North America, and because of it’s rar-ity, the Pacific rhodo-dendron is protected

by law. They are only found in isolated pop-ulations in Manning Park, the Skagit Val-ley, near Mt. Rainer, the Olympic peninsula and by Parksville and Shawnigan Lake on Vancouver Island.

Their strategy to sur-vive the nutrient-scarce forests is to form a strong partnership with a fungus called ectotro-phic mycorrhiza, which exchanges sugars and water for carbon diox-ide and sunlight.’

It’s always worth taking the slow lane if you can to enjoy our beautiful natural and man-made surround-ings. So next time you plan a road trip to the Coast, allow yourself some time to not only stop and smell the roses, but to hopefully be rewarded by some-thing extraordinary, like catching those rare roses of the forest too.

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Carson Oystryk’s enthusiasm for math is almost contagious.

Parkview Elementa-ry’s math club primary students normally meet on Mondays and inter-mediates on Wednes-days during lunch hour.

Last Thursday, prin-cipal Val Edgell ar-ranged a special club meeting, bringing the primary and intermedi-ates together to solve puzzles, either individ-ually or in groups, eat popcorn (a math club perk) and chat with the News.

Oystryk, who is in Grade 5, was first in the door, wide eyed and ex-cited. He says he can’t wait for an upcoming field trip to the UBC Okanagan campus Ed-gell has planned for the club, to show them what they are capable of.

“I’ve always wanted to go to university,” said Oystryk. “Prob-ably because I would never have the money to go to a university, but actually seeing a university is going to be really cool.”

Asked why he joined the club, Oystryk said he’s good at math, and when he heard the club was starting he had to join.

“I really wanted to join so I could actually know more stuff than what I’m supposed to know in my grade,” said Oystryk. “I kind of just wanted an extra bit

of work just because I love math. It’s probably my favourite subject.”

As things get un-derway, the students waste no time getting into the popcorn and mathematical prob-lem solving. Some are working on a mathe-matics-based puzzle modelled after Sudoku called Calkudoku, while others are work-ing on a block-based puzzle called Skyscrap-ers. And there’s not a calculator or cell phone to be seen.

When math club began, Edgell says most of the students involved were working on puzzles at or below their grade level. Now they’re working at or above their grade level.

Grade 4 student Nash Rutherford is one of those club members working on puzzles above his grade level. Asked if he had any future plans, perhaps involving math, Ruth-erford said he’s leaning more towards the arts.

“I was actually thinking of being an artist once I’m old enough. I would just draw pictures and sell them,” Rutherford commented.

One of the things club members do is compete online in the Caribou Contests math tests, open to students world over. Last year four members, Nash Rutherford, Colton Fleming, Neo Moren and Daisy May Munro finished in the top 50

per cent. Rutherford is currently in the top two per cent.

In one corner of the room, working on a Skyscraper puzzle, is a group of Grade 7s: Connor Schmitz, Scott Rokosh, Ty Sigvalda-son and Mikki Hors-field. Asked if they’ve come across a question they haven’t solved, they answer no.

“Most of the ques-tions, you’ve just got to think about them and you’ll figure them out,” said Schmitz.

“It’s a group ef-fort kind of thing, you

work together,” added Sigvaldason.

Edgell explains the boys spent an entire lunch hour trying to figure out one ques-tion, not stopping until it was done

“They just stick at it until they’ve finally got it,” said Edgell, noting the math problems the boys are solving now are way more difficult than the ones they were doing at the beginning of the year. “I see a huge growth in their prob-lem-solving abilities and in their classroom.”

Edgell is undeniably

proud of her math club students, who she says are working very hard at improving their brain power – seemingly having a great deal of fun in the process.

When the club is over, some of kids are asking to take their un-finished puzzles home.

“Who asks for that?” says Edgell, floored by the enthusiasm of her math club kids.

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Brain power: Siblings Mckenna and Paxton Watson, Grades 3 and 6, work together on a Skyscrapers logic puzzle during a gathering of Parkview Elementary’s math club. Photo by Lachlan Labere



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The Shuswap Emer-gency Program (SEP) operates in the City of Salmon Arm, District of Sicamous and elec-toral areas of CSRD that surround Shuswap Lake – South Shuswap, Falkland/Salmon Val-ley/Ranchero and North Shuswap.

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Merchandise for Sale

AuctionsBUD HAYNES, Ward’s Fire-arms Auction. Saturday, June 13, 10a.m., 11802 - 145 St., Edmonton, Alberta. Denny Harding Estate, Sask. Store Dispersal. Over 200 new guns. Website, catalogue w/pictures. Phone 403-347-5855 or 780-451-4549; www.budhaynesauctions.com. www.WardsAuctions.com.

Garage SalesSICAMOUS: Multi Family Sales, Ridge View Trailer Park behind Shell Station 1225 Ea-gle Pass Way, June 6 & 7, 9-2

Heavy Duty Machinery

A-CHEAP, LOWEST PRICES STEEL SHIPPING Dry Storage Containers Used 20’40’45’53’ and insulated con-tainers all sizes in stock. 40’ containers as low as $2,200. Also JD 544 & 644 wheel Loaders & 20,000 lb CAT fork-lift. Ph Toll free 24 hours 1-866-528-7108 1-778-298-3192 8am-5pm. Delivery BC and AB www.rtccontainer.com

Misc. for Sale

For Sale: Yakima Skybox Pro 12 Silver and Yakima Highroller Upright bike

racks. Yakima roof rack that fi ts factory roof racks.Locking cores and key

match locks on bike racks, box and roof rack. Box and

bike purchased new in 2009. Roof rack a couple of years older. Excellent condition. Rarely used and storedunder cover. $900 OBO.

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SAWMILLS FROM only $4,397 - Make money & save money with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. Free info & DVD: www.NorwoodSaw mills.com/400OT 1-800-566-6899 Ext:400OT.

STEEL BUILDINGS. “Our big 35th anniversary sale” 20x20 $4500. 25x24 $5198. 30x30 $7449. 32x36 $8427. 40x46 $12140. One end wall includ-ed. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422 www.pioneersteel.ca

Misc. WantedPURCHASING scrap gold & old Canadian & American coin collections. 250-548-3670

Merchandise for Sale

Misc. WantedPrivate Coin Collector BuyingCollections, Olympic Coins,Silver, Gold, Jewelry, EstatesChad: 778-281-0030 in town.

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MoorageWANTED: moorage for pon-toon boat in Sicamous for 2015 season (250)836-0271 or email: [email protected]

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