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A mandatory evacuation order for Swansea Point was lifted Tuesday after-noon, but the order remains in effect for 2 Mile.
Following an inspection by helicopter of Hummingbird and Sicamous creeks Monday, the Columbia Shuswap Re-gional District’s Shuswap Emergency Program (SEP) rescinded the evacuation order for the Swansea Point subdivision. SEP warns in a Tuesday, June 26 news release that an evacuation alert remains in place for Swansea Point.
With Highway 97A still closed at 2 Mile, Swansea Point property owners can get home by the highway from Grindrod. RCMP offi cers will be distributing pack-ages to Swansea residents as they return home.
As for 2 Mile, SEP states the evacua-tion order stands. Evacuees will be given an extension to the support they’ve re-ceived for accommodation, food, lodg-ing, etc.
“Residents are asked to report to the Sicamous Seniors Reception Centre to complete extension forms,” states the re-lease. Those unable to get to the centre may call 1-250-833-3350.
Residents of Swansea Point and 2 Mile were evacuated Saturday and Sunday af-ter Hummingbird and Sicamous Creeks turned into rampant debris fl ows, breach-ing their banks, rolling across Highway 97A and through the neighbouring com-munities. Approximately 250 people were evacuated from Swansea Point and 80 from 2 Mile. Another 100 to 120 were houseboaters who lost their vehicles in the 2 Mile debris fl ow and have been un-able to get home.
“They went to the evacuation centre because their vehicles were gone. The highways are closed to their homes… so what do we do with them? We have to put them up. They have nothing,” said Sicamous Mayor Darrell Trouton.
Trouton noted there were about fi ve people in 2 Mile refusing to abide by the evacuation order, despite efforts by him, the RCMP and the fi re department’s effort to convince them to leave. He and Fire Chief Brett Ogino later heard, however, that a few more have since evacuated.
Sicamous Sands residents are also on evacuation alert. On Monday, water from the Eagle River was breaching its bank while the lake was seeping over sandbags in front of properties on the foreshore, and behind properties on the lagoon. Si-camous Sands manager Ken Lapp was keeping a close eye on his water pumps and power, expecting them to go any minute.
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EAGLE VALLEY
NEWS Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Vol. 53 No. 26 Sicamous, B.C., • 1.25 (HST included) • www.eaglevalleynews.com
Evacuation order lifted in Area E
Aftermath: Above – Montcalm Crescent in 2 Mile is ripped apart and littered with debris as a result of Sicamous Creek escaping its banks and diverting through residences and the neighbouring houseboat operation Saturday afternoon. Below – a van lay imbedded in debris along Highway 97A. Photos by James Murray and Lachlan Labere
By Lachlan LabereEagle Valley News
See Sicamous Sands on page 2
Flooding: Swansea Point residents may return home; evacua-tion order still in effect for 2 Mile.
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Sicamous. Guests welcome. For info contact Terry Sinton: 250-836-4613.Every Monday and Thursday -Chairbiotics (low impact exercise) Seniors activity Centre 10:00 am. Join us. $2 each.Every Mon. & Fri. - Bridge, Seniors Activity Centre, 1 p.m.Every 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. - Sicamous Amateur Drama Club rehearsals, 7:00 p.m., Red Barn Arts Centre. 836-4705.Tues. & Thurs. - Carpet Bowling at the Seniors’ Activity Centre at 1 p.m.Every Tues. & Thurs. - Seniors Meals provided, 12 noon in Common Room at the Haven. Every Wed. Girl Guides of Canada. Sparks - 3:00 pm. Brownies - 4:00 pm. Girl Guides - 5:30 pm. New members welcomeEvery Wed. Lunch by a donation at the Seniors Activity Centre, 1091-Shuswap Avenue at 12 noon.Every Wed. - Seniors Crib, 7:30 p.m., Haven seniors
building. Everyone welcome - you don’t have to be a senior. Socializing and coffee served after crib. Info: Esther 836-4373.Every Wed. - T.O.P.S. (Take off Pounds Sensibly) meets every Wednesday morning at the Sicamous Rec. Centre (arena). Weigh in at 9:00 am and meeting at 9:30. Everyone Welcome. Ph: 250-836-4041 for infoEvery Wed until July 25 - Sicamous Mixed Softball League games, 6:30 pm at Finlayson ParkEvery Wed.-Sat. United Church Thrift Store 10:00 am to 3 p.m.Every Thurs. - Malakwa Thrift Store 10:00 am - 4:00 pm. $2 a bag (clothes sale) Located between the two churches.Every Thurs. - Sicamous Crokinole Group meets at 7pm at the Sicamous & District Recreation Centre - upstairs for more info and to join call Dave Reed @ 250-836-3652Every Thurs.-Ladies shuffl eboard at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #99 in Sicamous. 1pm-3pm. All ladies welcome.Every Thurs.- Crib and darts 7 pm at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #99. Everyone welcome.Every 1st, 3rd, 4th Thurs. - Keepsake Kwilters
meet at the Haven Common room 1095 Shuswap Avenue at 7:00 p.m. For info call 250-836-2695.Every 2nd and 4th Thurs. Options For Sexual health from 7 to 9 p.m., Sicamous Health Unit.Every 3rd Thursday monthly meeting of the Malakwa Community Association at 7:30 in the Malakwa Hall.Every Fri. - Parents & Tots, 10-12 noon at Catholic Church. 836-3440.Every Fri. - Eagle Valley Brush & Palette Club, Red Barn, 10am-3pm, Everyone welcome! Every 1st & 3rd Fri. - Pool Tournament at the Royal Canadian Legion #99 at 7:00 pm.Every 4th Sun. - OAPO Birthday Tea for members & friends, Seniors Activity Centre, 2 p.m.Last Saturday of every month -Sicamous Royal Canadian Legion #99 Ladies Auxilliary dinner 6:00 pm to 7:00 pmSeptember 29th & 30th - CALL FOR GARLIC VENDORS 9th Annual Garlic Fest & Antique Tractor Show in Lower Nicola. Tables are $25.00 each. Fresh or garlic related products. For more info, pls call Becky 250-378-4199
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Gut-wrenching is how 2 Mile homeown-er Bob Eadie describes his futile fi ght to save his residence from the wrath of Sicamous Creek.
When the creek blew Saturday evening, Eadie and his family had been entertaining a dozen guests at their residence near the creek’s former outlet. The friendly gathering quickly became a work crew, frantically setting up sandbags and con-crete blocks to stop the overwhelming debris fl ow.
“The irony was that it increased in fl ow and then in waned, in-creased and waned, and we thought we’d beat it… and then it came on stronger,” Eadie said Monday, June 25.
“And then, at two in the morning on Sunday, essentially a wall of water overcame every-thing done and we had to abandon it.”
Eadie and his guests slept in 2 Mile that night and were evacu-ated by houseboat the
following morning. Eadie says it’s still dif-fi cult to think about all that’s occurred in 2 Mile since the creek escaped its banks, let alone what’s become of the family home of more than four de-cades.
“But nobody was hurt, well minor in-juries, sandbagging, building the walls,” says Eadie. “Because the boulders are roll-ing along and they hit your feet and your feet are all frozen because of the water. And then
you go out for a few minutes and people say, ‘Oh geez, look, you’re bleeding,’ and that type of stuff. It’s just minor injuries and thank God nobody was hurt…”
Despite the damage to his home, Eadie, says it looks recover-able. He said he was sympathetic to those whose homes are worse in worse shape, and for Waterway Houseboats, whose property was devas-tated by the diverted creek, which contin-ues to fl ow through Waterway to the lake. “They’re a victim just like us and we feel that compassion, just like they have for us,” says Eadie. “Waterway pro-vided the houseboats to evacuate and all the residents appreciated that.”
Futile fight against creek unforgettableBy Lachlan LabereEagle Valley News
Damage done: Bob Eadie takes in the damage Monday afternoon at his 2 Mile residence. Photo by James Murray
“We’ve got one lift station that’s just on the verge of crash-ing and that’s for here, and my power is liv-ing on borrowed time right now,” said Lapp, clearly exhausted. “The transformer is all underwater. We’ve got it sandbagged and a pump in it, so we’re liv-ing here by the minute. As soon as my alarm goes off there, we’re toast. And if the power crashes, we’re gone even worse. But there’s basically nobody here; we’ve closed the park.”
Trouton says the
latest weather update shows there may be another 15 centimetres of rain in store, but as-sures the district can handle it.
“Lives are safe, people are safe, we’ve had a day here to start to work on plans for infrastructure, tempo-rary, when the evacua-tion order gets lifted… and that’s what we’re working on right now,” said Trouton. “So when it gets lifted, we’ll be back in there and have the people in place to assess all the damage and get the residents back in there as soon as possible.”
Sicamous Sands residents on evacuation alertContinued from front
Surrounded: Pumps were working around the clock Monday at the Sicamous Sands club house to keep the rising water from cutting out power. Photo by Lachlan Labere
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With high water in Shuswap and Mara lakes, boaters are be-ing encouraged to be particu-larly cautious, both for their own safety and out of respect for foreshore residents.
The Columbia Shuswap Regional District, through its Shuswap Emergency Program, is asking boaters to be aware of the height of the wake caused by their vessels and the impact they can have.
A SEP news release states that with high water and fl ood-ing, “boats traveling at high
speed and close to the shore can cause waves that increase the water level as much as two feet, resulting in increased fl ooding and damage to af-fected residents.”
That damage may include erosion of a home’s founda-tion, depending on the struc-ture.
Boaters should also be cautious of the masses of de-bris currently adrift on both lakes. Sicamous RCMP Sgt. Carl Vinet cautions there is a lot more debris than usual in the lakes. This is the result of fast-fl owing water from riv-ers and streams, which have
picked up branches, deadhead logs and other detritus, and washed it all into the lakes. Debris from the shoreline has also been washed out by the high water.
Pat Gau, deputy station leader with the Shuswap’s Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue crew, says it’s normal for debris to wash-out, as he’s seen in his past 25 years on lakes. But he calls this one of the busier years, and he too encourages boaters to be careful and courteous.
“Things happen very quickly on the water and one has to be especially cautious
of the debris in choppy water, especially with the logs and deadheads that are bobbing up and down – they don’t show up until you’re right on top of them,” says Gau. He also warns boaters to stay away from river mouths or give a wide berth around them, as that is where much of the de-bris is coming from.
One more piece of advice is to be mindful of what direc-tion the wind is blowing. Gau says if it’s an eastward wind, that is where the debris will be headed, in which case he rec-ommends keeping to the west side of the lake.
Boaters urged to control wake, watch for debrisBy Lachlan LabereEagle Valley News
On evacuation: An exhausted couple, Tannis McKinnon and Dave Charest plod along Main Street, hauling small carry-on suitcases behind them. Evacu-ated by boat from their 2 Mile home Sunday morning, the pair had walked from the “comfort centre” at the Sicamous Seniors Centre, where volunteers had secured a room at the Paradise Motel.“We weren’t in bad shape though, our house is still standing,” said McKinnon, noting the couple had taken photos but their camera was in their car and there was no way to get it out of 2 Mile. “They’re doing good a job,” said McKinnon, of the volunteers who were evacuating 2 Mile and Swansea Point residents. Photo by James Murray
Residents urged toconserve water
Sicamous residents are be-ing encouraged to conserve water or risk further compro-mising the municipal water system.
Interior Health Medical Health Offi cer Dr. Trevor Cor-neil, said Monday afternoon that while the water is still not safe to drink, the mandatory Do Not Use order was downgraded to a Do Not Consume order, adding that this applies in Sicamous as well as Swansea Point.
“The unfortunate matter with the fl ood water debris is that it landed near the (water) intake for the Sicamous area, and that included both gas and oil, some treated sewage, some raw sewage, as well as chemi-cals from one of the houseboat operations…,” Corneil ex-plained at a public meeting for evacuees held Monday after-noon at the Sicamous and Dis-trict Recreation Centre Arena. “So, based on that, we don’t actually know what the risk of the water is. Normally we’re able to put a boil water advi-sory out and that’s used to kill all the bacteria. In this case, the boil water would not get rid of
any of the chemicals and things that might actually harm peo-ple, so we have placed a do not consume order on the area.”
Corneil explained public works has to keep water fl ow going for emergency support (fi re), and to keep the city’s wa-ter system from collapsing. At the same time, he urged people to conserve water, as it’s full of debris that can clog the fi ltration system and, subsequently, shut down the water system.
“So, if we can be care-ful with how much water we use, and use it sparingly, we can assure there is an ongoing fl ow, not just for emergencies, for fi re and rescue, but also for the basics, for your family’s needs,” said Corneil.
Restaurants are being en-couraged to use disposable plates and cutlery. And while people can wash dishes in the water, Corneil said they must be completely dry before us-ing again. He emphasized the water is contaminated.
Corneil said it will take at least two weeks to assess the quality of the water to deter-mine if and when the Do Not Consume order can be re-moved.
By Lachlan LabereEagle Valley News
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VICTORIA – You probably didn’t hear this on TV, the percentage of Ca-nadians deemed “low income” went down slightly in 2010, according to the latest Statistics Canada analysis.
This news was delivered in the annual “Income of Canadians” re-port last week. The share of people who fall below the federal Low-In-come Cut-Off (LICO) went from 9.5 per cent to 9.0.
The CBC couldn’t bring itself to ad-mit any actual improvement, report-ing on its website that the number of people with “low income” was about three million, “virtually unchanged from 2009.” Other media outlets fol-lowed the unwritten rule that nothing remotely positive must be presented as news, particularly if it refl ects posi-tively on a right-wing government.
The LICO survey will continue to be used as a measure of absolute pov-erty, despite the fact that it isn’t. It’s a relative measure that will always des-ignate the same share of people at the low end of the scale.
BC Stats, the provincial equivalent of the federal agency, explained this problem in a special report last year.
“To illustrate,” the report said, “take a hypothetical future Canada where every citizen earns no less than $100,000 (and assume there has not been rampant infl ation in the mean-time, such that buying power is not dissimilar to what exists today) and millionaires are common.
“In that kind of Canada, those at the low end of the income scale (that is, those earning ‘merely’ $100,000) would be considered poor if LICOs were used as a measure of poverty.”
Math aside, that’s the alleged “pov-erty line” routinely cited by the usual media authorities, like B.C. Federa-tion of Labour president Jim Sinclair.
Sinclair campaigned for years to get the B.C. government to raise the minimum wage from $8 to $10 an hour. They did, in three increments, and on May 1 it increased to $10.25 an hour. As soon as the series of three increases was announced last Novem-ber, Sinclair called a news conference to announce it’s not enough.
To get to the LICO level, the mini-mum wage should be $11.50 an hour, Sinclair said. Of course, if B.C. busi-nesses ponied up for that, the goal-posts would shift again and the same proportion of “poverty” would magi-cally still exist.
The B.C. NDP government-in-wait-ing continues to demand an “actionplan” on poverty, with annual goals.
There are signs of the reality behindthis political smokescreen. Here’sone.
For what may be the fi rst time inhistory, we now have a North Ameri-can society where one of the most re-liable indicators of poverty is obesity. This often gets explained away with a popular theory that poor people aresomehow forced to eat fast food anddrink pop because they can’t afford healthy food.
People who advance this theory presumably don’t do much groceryshopping. There are plenty of pro-cessed, sugary, fat-laden choices atthe supermarket too. But there is also whole wheat bread, rice and fresh orfrozen vegetables that are as cheap asanywhere in the world.
Given basic cooking skills and someeffort, it’s easy to demonstrate whichdiet is cheaper as well as healthier.Most immigrants know this. Whichdiet you choose isn’t a function ofmoney, but rather one of education and self-discipline.
There is genuine poverty in our so-ciety. One of the things that’s needed is a useful way to defi ne it.
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Poverty declines and no one takes notice
In times of extreme stress and uncertainty in the Shuswap, there are some things that do not change.
The most important of these is that people in this area care about each other and are willing to help — going so far as to give the jacket off their back, a room in their home and a place at their table.
One of the most telling moments of this was the sight of Waterway Houseboats employees working side-by-side with Twin Anchors. These companies may be in competition for tourist dollars in usual circumstances, but in this time of flooding crisis, these companies are made up of people with their values firmly in the right place.
At such a time, it was all about helping each other, making sure no one was hurt, trying to salvage what can be saved and protect what remains.
One of the biggest blessings is that, at this point, no one has been seriously injured or killed. When you see the power of these rag-ing torrents of water, it truly is remarkable no lives were lost.
Kudos to the emergency personnel, munici-pal staff, Sicamous’ mayor and everyone else who has been working flat out for days on end, helping with evacuations and trying to meet the needs of those who have been forced from their homes. The fact that they are still able to maintain a positive outlook is some-thing to be applauded.
Indeed a word of thanks is due to everyone in the region who has stepped up in some way to help another. It is a testament to the good-ness of our residents that there are too many good deeds in a situation like this to try to count.
But as we are well aware, the situation is not over and more work will be needed. The people of this region will continue to offer an amazing level of support. You can count on it.
By Tom FletcherNews Columnist
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WHETHER OR NOT YOU RECEIVE A TAX NOTICE, IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AS THE PROPERTY OWNER TO PAY TAXES BY THE DUE DATE OF JULY 3rd, 2012 IN ORDER TO AVOID A PENALTY.
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• Post-dated cheques and partial payments are welcome.
• Payment is accepted at the Municipal Offi ce, 446 Main Street Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., except Statutory Holidays. Payment may be cash, cheque, debit card, or your bank’s telebanking/online bill payment service.
• A mail slot is located beside the front door of the Municipal Offi ce Main Street entrance.
• Payments can be mailed to PO Box 219, Sicamous, BC V0E 2V0.
• POSTMARKS ARE NOT ACCEPTED AS PROOF OF PAYMENT. Payment must be received in the District Offi ce, on or before July 3rd, 2012.
• PROVINCIAL HOME OWNER GRANT - if you are eligible, please ensure that the bottom of your tax notice is COMPLETED AND SIGNED and returned to the District Offi ce on or before July 3rd, 2012. (If you are 65 years of age or over, please include your birthday).
• The Provincial Home Owner Grant must be claimed each year you are eligible.
• To avoid a penalty on your Provincial Home Owner Grant, it must be claimed even if a payment on the outstanding taxes is not made.
• Provincial legislation has a MINIMUM PROPERTY TAX PAYABLE at $100 for those property owners 65 years or over, veterans and/or disabled, and $350 for those property owners under 65 years of age. If your gross taxes are less than $1,045 your Provincial Home Owner Grant is adjusted accordingly.
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A LATE PAYMENT PENALTY OF 10% WILL BE ADDED TO ALL UNPAID BALANCES OF CURRENT TAXES INCLUDING UNCLAIMED PROVINCIAL HOME OWNER GRANTS AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON JULY 3rd, 2012.
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Two of Sicamous’ biggest events will not be happening this weekend as planned.
Sicamous’ annual Canada Day celebra-tions, including the fi reworks show, has been cancelled.
Mayor Darrell Trouton says the event will held on the Au-gust long weekend as a community apprecia-tion celebration.
Fireworks pur-chased for the Canada Day event will be used at that time.
A Facebook update from the District of Sicamous states that once the current crisis is over, “we will work out the details for the event and advertise ac-cordingly.”
Also cancelled is the Classic Car Show and Shine that was to take place in Finlay-son Park this Saturday, June 30th.
However, the craft fair will still be tak-ing place within the arena that day, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., as will the Louisiana Hayride concert that evening.
Recreation cen-tre manager Wayne March says around 40 tables have already been booked, and there’s room for more. The cost is $25 per table, and all of that money will be going to Parkview Elemen-tary School, which has begun a fundrais-ing drive to purchase new and needed play-ground equipment.
Principal Joan Chafe says the school will have to look at replacing its current wooden playground structures over the next year or two, and she says the re-placement equipment can cost upwards of $100,000.
“That’s hard mon-ey to come up with quickly, so we thought we’d start the process now and when the structure becomes un-safe, and the district will need to remove it, we’ll have the funds to build another struc-ture,” says Chafe.
There will also be a raffl e near the en-trance to the craft fair for the playground equipment. As well,
Chafe says donations would be welcome.
“We have to be pro-active because I don’t want to see a school yard without play equipment for kids,” she says, noting the older wood structures start to rot. “They’ve been there a long time and they’ve served a
wonderful purpose and, at this point, ours will stay, probably at least for another year. And if we’re lucky we’ll get two years. But the district has been very vigilant in coming around each year and checking what the quality of it is.”
Chafe adds the school will also be looking into grant
funding. Saturday evening,
the arena will be cooking with the re-turn of the Louisiana Hayride.
The show features new songs, new stories and the familiar faces of Andrea Ander-son – vocals, William Brookfi eld – double
keyboard, guitar and vocals, Mike Melni-chuk – stand-up bass, electric guitar, vocals, Gil Risling – electric and acoustic guitar, electric bass and vo-cals and Patrick Ryley – vocals. Also appear-ing is young Elvis, Adam Fitzpatrick.
The Louisiana Hayride was a live radio show, broadcast over KWKH Radio, in
Shreveport, La. from 1948 to 1960. Many important musicians got their start there, including Hank Wil-liams, Johnny Cash and, most notably, El-vis Presley.
Tickets are avail-able at the Eagle Val-ley News offi ce, the Sicamous IDA and Touch’A Texas in the Mall at Piccadilly in Salmon Arm.
Once the show is over, says March, the ice plant will be go-ing back on and the ice put back into the arena for a host of upcoming hockey schools, be-ginning with Hockey Development Interna-tional, which will be holding an individual-ized training program, July 8-20.
In the fi rst week of August, the arena will host a Calgary hockey tournament, which will be followed by the Sicamous Eagles’ camp, Aug. 6 to 9, the Sicamous Hockey School, Aug 12 to 18, followed by the return of Top Flight Hockey School and, in the last week of August, a ringette school.
COMMUNITYCar show cancelled, fireworks rescheduledFundraiser: Craft fair to help raise money for school playground.By Lachlan LabereEagle Valley News
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That’s hard money to come up with quickly, so we thought we’d start the process now, and when the structure
becomes unsafe… we’ll have the funds to build another structure.
Joan ChafePrincipal, Parkview Elementary
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Emergency Information Flooding in SicamousFlooding in Sicamous
Troubled times: Scenes from the devastation left by the Sicamous Creek debris flow in 2 Mile and the flooding in Sicamous. The Eagle Valley News has a user-friendly photo gallery in our lead story on flooding events, being updated daily at www.eaglevalleynews.com. Anyone wishing to contribute images can do so by going to our slide show gallery on Flickr at http://www.flickr.com/groups/1971687@N20/Images may also be emailed to [email protected], and we’ll add them ourselves. Photos by James Murray, Kelly Dick and Kari Wilkinson
Due to the current crisis and fl ooding of the Beach Park, the District of Sicamous has cancelled the July 1st Canada Day fi reworks event. Instead, a fi reworks display will be held on the August long weekend as part of a proposed celebration of the community. Once the crisis is over, the district will work out the details for the event and advertise accordingly.
A further assessment Monday morning revealed that the district’s sewer system is starting to be overwhelmed from lake water infi ltration. Residents are being asked to conserve water. Conservation means:- absolutely no irrigation (please shut down automatic sprinkling systems);- only fl ush toilets when absolutely necessary;- only do laundry when absolutely necessary - please know the water is dirty and your clothes may not be white - if you can wait, the district would be grateful;- no vehicle or parking lot washing;- please retrain from pumping water into the sewer system - this includes sump pumps!- please reduce the duration of your shower or bath and lengthen the time in between. Please conserve water. Thank you for your cooperation.
Due to the recent fl ooding and road closures, the Sicamous landfi ll site is closed for an undetermined amount of time. Residents and businesses are asked to take their waste to the Salmon Arm landfi ll site. If you have any questions, please contact the CSRD at (250) 833-5940 or toll free at 1-888-248-2773. www.csrd.bc.ca
INTERIOR HEALTH DISTRICT OF SICAMOUSMANDATORY DO NOT CONSUME NOTICEALL WATER SYSTEMS (Sicamous and Swansea Point)Due to the recent fl ooding events in the area and to avoid health risks, the district is advising water users to use bottled water or an alternate source of water for drinking, making ice, washing dishes, brushing teeth, and food preparation until further notice. Boiling the water will not make it safe.
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Emergency Information Flooding in SicamousFlooding in Sicamous
Troubled times: Scenes from the devastation left by the Sicamous Creek debris flow in 2 Mile and the flooding in Sicamous. The Eagle Valley News has a user-friendly photo gallery in our lead story on flooding events, being updated daily at www.eaglevalleynews.com. Anyone wishing to contribute images can do so by going to our slide show gallery on Flickr at http://www.flickr.com/groups/1971687@N20/Images may also be emailed to [email protected], and we’ll add them ourselves. Photos by James Murray, Kelly Dick and Kari Wilkinson
Due to the current crisis and fl ooding of the Beach Park, the District of Sicamous has cancelled the July 1st Canada Day fi reworks event. Instead, a fi reworks display will be held on the August long weekend as part of a proposed celebration of the community. Once the crisis is over, the district will work out the details for the event and advertise accordingly.
A further assessment Monday morning revealed that the district’s sewer system is starting to be overwhelmed from lake water infi ltration. Residents are being asked to conserve water. Conservation means:- absolutely no irrigation (please shut down automatic sprinkling systems);- only fl ush toilets when absolutely necessary;- only do laundry when absolutely necessary - please know the water is dirty and your clothes may not be white - if you can wait, the district would be grateful;- no vehicle or parking lot washing;- please retrain from pumping water into the sewer system - this includes sump pumps!- please reduce the duration of your shower or bath and lengthen the time in between. Please conserve water. Thank you for your cooperation.
Due to the recent fl ooding and road closures, the Sicamous landfi ll site is closed for an undetermined amount of time. Residents and businesses are asked to take their waste to the Salmon Arm landfi ll site. If you have any questions, please contact the CSRD at (250) 833-5940 or toll free at 1-888-248-2773. www.csrd.bc.ca
INTERIOR HEALTH DISTRICT OF SICAMOUSMANDATORY DO NOT CONSUME NOTICEALL WATER SYSTEMS (Sicamous and Swansea Point)Due to the recent fl ooding events in the area and to avoid health risks, the district is advising water users to use bottled water or an alternate source of water for drinking, making ice, washing dishes, brushing teeth, and food preparation until further notice. Boiling the water will not make it safe.
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Students at the Malakwa Learning Academy have just closed their books for summer.
It was the sec-ond year for this new school, which saw 16 students attend. And next year looks even more favorable.
From its inception, the academy, which teaches kindergarten to grade 8, has been about giving students an op-portunity to pursue their education close to home. But over the two years it’s been open, the academy’s staff, students and parents have made numerous discoveries to better the education process. The academy has also been keen to adopted mod-ern technologies, such as a new smart board, which most public schools haven’t even received yet.
Michelle Mohr is a special-needs teacher at the academy, where her own daughter has been going to school. Mohr has been very im-pressed with what she’s seen at the academy: the interaction between age levels and the high degree of academic performance, with stu-dents going above and beyond provincial re-quirements.
Mohr notes, how-ever, that there are mis-conceptions about the school.
“We get a lot of com-ments and people say, ‘Well, you’re an online school, everything’s online, they’re always using the computer.’” But Mohr says this is not true, explaining there is actual physical training. The students have a teacher who is present, teaching les-sons, but they also have online resources.
The academy has a B.C. qualifi ed teacher and B.C. qualifi ed CEA (certifi ed education as-sistant) who teach les-sons, mark the work and make sure all the requirements for a sub-ject have been met.
Each essay or re-port project is a new adventure, according to Mohr, and students
are permitted to choose their own topics or sub-jects that interest them for their written work. There is a seasonal, fall, and annual review, which is equivalent to mainstream report cards. However, each report card is individu-alized with specifi c comments to each stu-dent and suggestions for the following school term.
According to Mohr, those who are slower at grasping certain sub-jects are given more time, while students for whom “everything is clicking” continue at their own pace.
The style of learn-ing is unique and indi-vidualized, custom-fi t for each student, and fi lled with one-to-one learning, says Mohr. Students with special needs receive extra attention, and their studies are fi t around functionality and their capabilities. Mohr re-fl ects that she has seen the kindergarten chil-dren learn to tie their shoes and learn life skills in merely a year through example, and mentoring by those who are older.
A school day begins at 8:30 a.m., routinely with typing, journal-ling, spelling, humani-ties and the sciences. Physical exercise is a large part of their ex-tra-curricular activities
and includes skating, skiing, curling, sleigh rides and swimming. In the past year the academy participated in the Parks Canada Extreme Environment course.
The Malakwa Learning Academy also participates in the local craft fair, in which the students make their own baking to sell.
Hands-on activi-ties are creative, yet educational. The stu-dents make hot lunch-es once every month, such as the school day when students picked fresh apples and made homemade pies for their meal.
Future plans for the academy include pur-chasing various mu-sical instruments for the next school year,
and drawing more stu-dents into the school. Long-term plans in-clude initiating a “self-design” Dogwood Diploma program for high school Students. The fee for a full year is $55, which includes all school supplies and most of the year’s hot lunches, paid for through fundraising
projects. Vacation time consists of Christmas and Easter, while the school year wraps up at the end of May.
If the students fi n-ish their grade level in one or more subjects before the end of the year, they start on the next year’s courses.
“Its not like, ‘OK, we’re done, we don’t
need to do anymore math this year’” says assistant teacher Tara Willey. The focus of the academy, she says, is learning and grow-ing, while enjoying it all along the way.
To learn more about the school or register-ing online, visit www.malakwalearningacad-emy.webs.com.
Malakwa Learning Academy offers individualized approachBy Victoria RowbottomNews contributor
Take ’em away: Malakwa Learning Academy student Brooklyn Mohr stands next to her entry in the school’s May science expo. Photo by Victoria Rowbottom
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In order to see a rainbow, you have to stand a little rain.
That’s true, but if you’ve lost tourist or business dollars, got fl ooded out, or had to cancel a special out-door event, rain can be an element of nature we don’t always want or appreciate.
I grew up near Grouse Mountain in Vancouver, where it could rain for weeks on end, but my mom would always say that if it wasn’t for the rain, we’d be living in a desert where noth-ing would grow, so be thankful for it. But with the rains we’ve been having lately, I don’t see anybody out there sing-ing in it.
We have so many ways of describing rain-fall: precipitation, the heavens have opened up, pounding, punish-ing, driving, torrential, pelting, a downpour, a cloudburst, raining buckets or cats and dogs, a deluge, a West-Coast-er and a soaker rain. Then there are showers,
intermittent rains, sprin-kling, spitting, drizzling and misty rain. We also have a couple of de-scriptive expressions for the wet stuff, but they so far remain unprint-able. When it’s pouring rain, we grumble under our breaths and mutter that it’s crappy out and only good weather for ducks! But such is the nature of rain.
Rain can truly wreak havoc on our landscapes. It can come down like a million wa-tery missiles, hitting the ground at speeds of up to 25 mph – thwack! The impact can create big craters on an unpro-tected soil surface and
the precious topsoil can be washed away, espe-cially if your garden is on a slope. The life forms and plants can easily be damaged or killed, so it’s really im-portant to protect all of this with a good mulch or living ground cover.
Last year I mulched my gardens with solid shredded leaves, which turned out not to be the greatest, because the water couldn’t always penetrate through it. This year, I took the time to make a great mulch cover, which consisted of half, par-tially composted wood chips, to allow the air and water through, a quarter shredded leaves from last fall, and the rest fresh grass clip-pings. (My cement mixer is good for this job, or also in the large bucket of the power wagon). This will pro-vide a great balance of carbon and nitro-gen, and it’s rich and healthy looking.
Someone sent me a link on a fellow in Or-
egon who has started a garden movement called Back to Eden (Google the video). He has a very poor source of water for his giant garden and fruit trees, but he uses a good mulch cover every year, and he never has to water – ever. There was a gal in my Gaia class that was taking this big course because she and her husband had just bought a prop-erty in town that was chock-a-block full of gardens, but the pre-vious owner’s water bills were a couple of thousand dollars a year and she wanted to learn better ways of main-taining, growing and watering them in order to reduce the bills. She was elated and relieved to learn that the solu-tion was to simply cov-er her gardens with a healthy organic mulch, which would then trap the moisture, protect her soil surface, reduce the weeds, build up the underlying soil, pro-vide good slow-release
nutrients and provide food for her worms and microbes.
The rain can be a pain, but the silver lin-ing is that it’s chlorine free and our nifty new smart meters aren’t counting the energy it’s costing you to use the water pump. After the showers, the beautiful rainbows appear and the scent of the earth gives us an amazing olfactory blast. The robins start singing, the misty clouds rise and disappear into blue skies, tiny crystal orbs form on the leaves and centres of fl owers and the birds begin splash-ing and bathing in the clean, new puddles. But best of all, we don’t have to spend a bunch of time watering.
Rain rarely stops me from going out and working in the yard because I just protect myself from it with a good waterproof cover. The same goes for our gardens. Just protect it, so you don’t have to sweat it.
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ALMA ADELINE KINGJan. 1, 1922 - June 17, 2012
It’s hard to believe our mother and grandmother has passed on. Alma Adeline King (nee Holland) has joined her husband, Orville King, her parents, Daniel & Pauline Holland and her siblings, Hilda (Baltakis), Irene (Folland), Leonard, Arnold, & Richard Holland.
She was a New Year’s baby, born Jan. 1/1922. Every trip to Mabel Lake revealed another storyfrom her childhood. They were homesteaders, notstrangers to hard work and living off the land. Lifewas diffi cult, but they knew how to make the mostof it and Alma in her strength and stoic natureoffered this to family and friends.
She was an amazing self taught seamstress.Her grand children were blessed with clothes shemade, from pajamas to prom gowns. Her greenhouse produced trays of plants for all of us. Her knitting kept us warm and a visit from Grandma included bags of homemade perogies and baking. She combed through fl yers and knew a good deal.When sugar, fl our and soup were on sale, we’dreceive it on our next visit. Her children, Jim Kingand Margaret Bloor-King and her grand children,Mandy King, Jason King, Susan Bloor and MelaniePinet were blessed with the generosity, love andsupport of this wonderful woman.
She had the ability to put out abundant amountsof good food in a short time, from cooking atFerguson’s Sawmill at Sugar Lake, to helping withMeals to Wheels and beating up pancake batter for OAP Pancake breakfasts. She was awardeda Life Membership in the British Columbia OldAge Pensioner’s Organization, Lumby branch, for her loyal, dedicated and devoted services. Almaalways loved playing crib and met her matchplaying with her friend, Pat Mackie. They kept atally of games and shared in a lot of laughs.
We celebrated her ninetieth birthday at EagleValley Lodge in Sicamous, her home for the lastyear of her life. She had hopes to make it to 100 but an infection hospitalized her and complicationswere too great to overcome.
The family would like to thank Dr. Beever, Dr. Lourens, staff at Bastion Place, Salmon Arm andthe Eagle Valley Housing Society of Sicamous for helping us care for our mom.
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KAY ONYMrs. Kathleen (Kay) Ony
passed away peacefully in Hillside Village, Salmon Arm, BC on Monday evening, June 18, 2012 at the age of 92 years and 12 days.
The funeral service was held from the Malakwa Community Hall on Saturday afternoon, June 23rd at 1 p.m. with Jack Bowers the funeral celebrant. Tributes were led by granddaughter, Christine.
Interment followed in the family plot in MalakwaCemetery, with a reception back in the hall,allowing family and friends to continue sharingmemories of Kay.
Pallbearers were Terry, Corey and ShawnRokosh, Lon Brewster, Kevin and Bill Ony.
Born in Poland on June 6, 1920, Kay has been anactive member of the Malakwa Community since1948. She is well remembered and respected for her compassion, kindness to all, gardening, herfl owers, and love of family and the community of Malakwa.
She was predeceased by her husband, Nick onMarch 29, 1987 and her daughter, Olive Rokoshon May 30, 2011.
Kay leaves her loving family, son, Bill (Donna) Onyof Chetwynd, son in law, Roy Rokosh of Malakwa;5 grandchildren, Kevin (Christine) Ony, Jodi (Lon)Brewster, Terry, Corey (Sonya) and Shawn (Brenda)Rokosh; and 7 great grandchildren.
In lieu of fl owers, memorial donations maybe sent to the Malakwa Community CentreAssociation in memory of Kay Ony.
Online email condolences may be sent to Kay’sobituary at www.bowersfuneralservice.com
Funeral arrangements are in the care of BowersFuneral Home, Salmon Arm.
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RESPONSIBILITIES:Reporting to the Plant Manager and working in close connection with the production team, the Maintenance Superintendent will provide direction and leadership to the maintenance crew. As an integral part of the management team, the Maintenance Superintendent is responsible for, the safe and effi cient operations in planning, organizing and operating all aspects of the maintenance department in a team environment. QUALIFICATIONS:
• Minimum 10 years’ experience in all areas of Maintenance.• Strong management skills.• Knowledge and understanding of workplace safety systems and
programs.• Ability to analyze data, rationalize solutions, and communicate
plans.TO APPLY:If you are interested in exploring this opportunity and being part of our community please visit our website at: www.tolko.com and submit your resume by June 30, 2012
We thank all candidates for their interest; however only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
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Specials: 1992 25’ Fleetwood 5th wheel travel trailer1997 GMC PU V6 Aluminum lined powergate & more
Sale subject to additions & deletionsTerms: Cash, Visa, M/C, good cheques honoured.
(Your attendance is appreciated)
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Excavating & Drainage
BOBCAT and excavator and 4000 gal/min thrash/water-pump company for hire. Serv-ing Sicamous and Shuswap area 250-517-7656
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Merchandise for Sale
Firewood/FuelFIREWOOD: dry, split, del’d. Sicamous area.Campfi re or woodstove length. Fir mixed. $150/cord. $80 1/2 cord. Un-seasoned birch avail/ 250-836-2430.
Garage Sales2373 SOLSQUA RD. 9 - 3, Sat.30th & Sun.1st. To fi nd us: 7 kms. east of Sicamous on Hwy. #1.
Heavy Duty Machinery
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Misc. for SaleHOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/news-paper?STEEL BUILDING - Huge clearance sale! 20x24 $4,658. 25x28 $5,295. 30x40 $7,790. 32x54 $10,600. 40x58 $14,895. 47x78 $19,838. One end wall included. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422. www.pioneersteel.ca.STEEL BUILDINGS for sale. Need some extra storage or workspace? Alpine Steel Buildings is an authorized Me-tallic Builder. Kelowna compa-ny with 1300+ sold. 1-800-565-9800.www.alpinesteelbuildings.com
Sporting GoodsNEW or used Ping Pong Table to buy or rent. Call 403-678-2613 or email [email protected]
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Apt/Condo for Rent3 BDRM. lge. deck, utilities incl. $975/mo. 250-836-3545.
LGE 1 & 2 BDRM. BRIGHT apts. In suite storage, green space, live-in manager. Cable incl. Sicamous, 250-836-4516 or 250-804-5364.
Modular Homes4BDRM mobile, fenced private yard & storage shed. located in Mara beside Patula Park. F/S/W/D, $750 mo. + DD. Pets by approval (250)515-0811
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Cars - Sports & Imports
ATTENTION COLLECTORS1980 CAMARO, only 50,000 K on punched 305 eng. 3 spd. Needs some body work. Formore info. $2800 OBO. 1-250-523-9762. (Logan Lake)
Trucks & Vans2007 Pontiac Montana 3.9 V6,ac/pw/pl, 7 pass, 191,000 kms, $5200 obo 250-307-0002
‘97 FORD AEROSTAR VAN,AWD, 2 sets of tires w/ rims.250,000 kms. $950.00 FIRM.250-804-5156.
Boats
The PHOEBE ANN on Shuswap Lake is for sale
39 Passenger Vessel
$2 million replacementvalue, will sell for $1 millionContact Narrows Village @
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Retirement Auction forEXCELL VAN & STORAGE Ltd.
Harvey’sAUCTION SERVICE
Ph/Fax 250-376-7826 Cell 250-319-2101SALE CONDUCTED BY HARVEY’S AUCTION SERVICE
Saturday, July 7th • 10 amFriday, July 6th - Preview - 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Location: 2440 Boulder Road, RevelstokeBig Eddy Road, left on Sandstone Rd, right on boulder (watch for signs)
View on Kijiji
Short List: Shop equipment, tools, steel tables, log-ging bunks, scissor, 2 anser fuel tanks, new & used truck parts, shelving units, forklift, Hyster 8,000 lb lift.
Specials: 1992 25’ Fleetwood 5th wheel travel trailer1997 GMC PU V6 Aluminum lined powergate & more
Sale subject to additions & deletionsTerms: Cash, Visa, M/C, good cheques honoured.
(Your attendance is appreciated)
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