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AAs the last few weeks of summer unfold, the team at Treetop Flyers are busy pre-paring to launch the only zipline tour in the Interior of B.C.

When SPIN visited the site, a group of men had just finished putting the final touches on the landscap-ing in front of the sales of-fice in Chase. The air was tinged with wood, soil and anticipation as the team envisions a one-of-a-kind zipline traversing the Chase

Creek Canyon.It was a long way to get to

this point for the fledgling company. Ron Betts, gener-al manager of Treetop Fly-ers and former Tourism Sun Peaks (TSP) regional sales manager, says he’s relieved to finally get a glimpse of their goal. What started out as an award-winning business plan is now turn-ing into reality.

The idea behind Tree-top Flyers was conceived by Daniel Ruzic and Matt

Lepp as adventure tourism students at Thompson Riv-ers University. Along with Betts and zipline builder Kevin Smith of Skyline Ziplines, the team sought to fill the lack of a ziplining course in the Interior.

“It’s a fun activity and we saw the potential for it in this area,” said Ruzic, who also worked at TSP before embarking on this venture. “It’s such a cool and new emerging activ-ity that’s getting more and

more known worldwide.”For those who are un-

familiar with the activ-ity, ziplining falls under the category of other adren-aline-inducing outdoor recreational activities like bungee jumping, kayaking, or whitewater rafting.

A zipline is a cable in-stalled on a slope where a pulley or a trolley can be at-tached. Using a harness and with the help of gravity, a person zips down the line in mid-air. People say the ex-perience is much like flying.

Treetop Flyers will be of-fering two zipline experi-ences. The Flying Fox fea-tures two parallel 100 metre cables that allow you to try ziplining on a smaller scale. A guide teaches the flying and braking positions be-fore you zip from the top of the 15 metre tower onto the roof of the sales office. The 30 km per hour ride is per-fect for first timers. It will also be used as a training line for those who are going on the canyon zipline.

A full canyon tour will also be available for those who want a more adventur-ous zipline experience.

“We’ve been calling it

among ourselves “The Big-horn”,” said Betts of the soon-to-be launched 213 meter zipline. Visitors can spot the bighorn sheep and enjoy the scenery at the Chase Creek Canyon be-fore flying 60 to 80 km per hour past the canyon walls and the waterfalls.

“We’re going to go right through the middle of the canyon. Once you go past the opening, you’re gonna be close to the canyon walls,” said Betts. “You’re just going to feel like you’re flying in an airplane low to the ground. And you’re go-ing to fly right up to the wa-terfall.”

Dangling on a cable through a canyon may sound intimidating, but there’s no reason to worry, said Betts. “On a risk scale, it’s one of those things that people perceive as more risky than it actually is. I think we’re thrilling but we’re not risky.”

“There’s several safety checks for every single rider and in every single ride,” add-ed Ruzic. “Plus we have daily

inspections on all of our equipment.”

Treetop Flyers use Smith’s patented trolley and harness system, more comfortable and stable than the standard climbing harness used by other zipline operations. A person has to be at least six years old and 60 lbs to ride the zipline. The maximum weight limit is 275 lbs.

Sun Peaks visitors can do either a half-day or a full-day itinerary. Located on the Shuswap along the East Trans-Canada Highway route, visitors can easily add whitewater rafting, boating or standup paddle board-ing to their list of activities when visiting the area.

“They could come over in the morning, do the expe-rience and be back in Sun Peaks if they wanted to go golfing in the afternoon,” said Betts.

“We hope that it’s going to be a benefit to the re-gion. It gives more people one more reason to come to Sun Peaks, Kamloops or Salmon Arm.”

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Get the thrill of a lifetime with ziplining

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adrenaline rush: Treetop Flyers’ main attraction will be a 213 metre (700 ft) zipline to be built at the picturesque Chase Creek canyon. Zipliners can spot bighorn sheep, fly by a beautiful waterfall and get close to canyon walls. Inset: SPIN editor Lailani Mendoza tries the 100 m (400 ft) Flying Fox training line.

in BRIEF

Make the most of your summer and give your golf clubs a workout before the season ends. Sun Peaks Golf Course closes this year on Oct. 10 so there are only a few weeks left to tee off and practise your swing on the 18-hole course. The SPIN Cup Men’s Night runs until Sept. 29, every Thursday evening from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. For long-term participants, it’s your chance to rake in the points and win either a new set of irons or an amazing golf getaway in the Okanagan. For visitors, it’s a great way to meet new people and win one of the nightly prizes. The golf course is open daily from 8 a.m. to dusk until October.

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Three businesses in Sun Peaks were nominated this year for the 26th Business Excellence Awards. Delta Sun Peaks was nominated for the City of Kamloops Community Service Award with eight other contenders. Sun Peaks Resort Corporation and Bear Country Property Management Ltd. are both in the running for the Tourism and Hospitality Award sponsored by Tourism Kamloops and Tourism Sun Peaks. There was a total of six nominees in the category.“This year we received 272 nominations for 15 award categories,” said Peter Aylen, president of the Kamloops Chamber of Commerce. “A total of 180 Kamloops businesses were nominated.”

The Business Excellence Awards is held annually to recognize outstanding individuals and businesses in the community. A total of 16 awards will be handed out at the awards ceremony, including Business of the Year which will be chosen from the winners of the other 15 awards. A list of the finalists is available on the Kamloops Chamber of Commerce website (www.kamloopschamber.ca). The winners will be announced at the Business Excellence Awards Gala on Oct. 22 at the Kamloops Convention Centre. The event is sponsored by the Kamloops Chamber of Commerce and TD Canada Trust.

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“Politics makes for strange bedfellows.” Charles Warner twist-ing Shakespeare’s “Misery acquaints a man with strange bed-fellows.”

Eyeing the possible merger talks between the Liberals and the New Democratic Par-ty is going to be like watching a Discov-ery Channel program about the mating hab-its of black widow spi-ders. You know there’s a good chance that the lusty little male (usu-ally half the size of the female) is going to have to strum the web upon which she sits in order to seduce her into languorous lassi-tude whereby he will

then seize his chance to scramble close, con-nect his naughty bits, and get the heck out of there before she injects him with lique-fying venom. His last thoughts are probably hopes that a new batch of young ‘uns will have made it all worth it.

Human political an-tics are not much pret-tier. Remember when the Reform Party came along, took over the Progressive Con-servatives and, much like lions in Africa, eliminated the hierar-chy and put their own stamp upon the spe-cies. Since the NDP and Liberals only used to be differentiated by their electability any-way, this transition will probably take a little time, produce a few minor convulsions and result in no great changes to the Cana-dian political cosmos.

That big change hap-pened long ago under Trudeau. Whereas he said that the govern-ment has no right to

interfere in the bed-rooms of the nation, he did make it his business to interfere in the pocketbooks of the populace. Under him, peacetime deficit spending became en-trenched in the body politic until sovereign deficits leading to debt became facts of life. To be fair, other countries’ governments also be-lieved that borrowing to finance programs rather than reducing spending was the best way to get re-elected. Sticking the unborn with massive debt was never a good idea except for those who won’t be around when the stuff hits the fan.

The recent drama in the U.S., where both parties have no clue how to rein in spend-ing, reveals that the time has now come. Downgraded debt, expensive borrow-ing costs and reduced basic services are the immediate conse-quences. The public sector unions are toss-

ing aside basic civility to protect what they claim is rightly theirs. When Scott Walker of Wisconsin made his state employees pay 12 per cent of their pension rather than 5.6 per cent, the unions stated that this was a full frontal as-sault upon all working people. They all went on strike, illegally oc-cupied the legislature and then realized after a few days that the rest of the state got along fine without them. Pundits like me who wondered why the workers didn’t pay 100 per cent of their pen-sion were ignored for being out of touch.

When governments routinely consume 50 per cent of GDP in order to “redistribute” to themselves, the prevailing mantra be-comes “get what you can while you can”. The results will be like the riots in London and Vancouver—peo-ple will go feral.

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As September dawns clear and cool, many of us are drawn to the actuality that summer is on its way south and the days of colourful leaves and morning frost will soon be a reality. The change of seasons signal major changes to come— imminent or not.

For many people who live in the Sun Peaks area, this means it’s time to get busy. Having your house ready for severe win-ter weather can be a major task if you wait too long, so now is the time to winterize your home. Check your windows, doors and

attics for drafts or cold spots, get your chim-ney cleaned and make sure to get any gas ap-pliances checked and serviced before the snow flies. I’m sure you don’t want to miss an epic December powder day because you forgot to service your gas heater.

An amazing thing about living in the mountains is that one day you have your doors wide open in the brilliant sunshine and the next day you’re lighting a wood stove or your gas fireplace in an effort to stay warm. Be smart and be prepared.

Fall in the moun-tains is also foraging season for our friendly neighbourhood black bears. This spring was a tough one on our local bear population with a long snowy winter and a cold wet spring with little food available. This

was made obvious by several “too close for comfort” bear encoun-ters in the community. As fall cools, the bears of Sun Peaks will once again start to forage for whatever food they can find around the valley and if you let them find it, they will. From now until early December, the bears will be making the rounds looking for any scrap food, garbage or anything else that will help with their winter survival. It’s our job to make sure the food is not the man-made kind.

It seems year af-ter year, lazy or just plain ignorant people leave their garbage around and wonder why they have a bear wrecking their house or car. Please be bear aware and don’t keep any garbage or food sources outside or near your house. As they say, “A fed bear

is a dead bear” and it’s never their fault. They just do what’s natural and that is to look for food.

In closing, I would like to say that SPIN Newsmagazine is sadly losing one of its long time employees after this issue. SPIN edi-tor Lailani Mendoza is moving to Edmon-ton to take a position as news editor for the Living Light News. Lailani has been with SPIN for three years and the team here is very sad to see her go. In her time with SPIN, Lailani has ris-en to the job of editor, learned how to ski and come to understand the inner workings of this small but com-plex community. Her professionalism, work ethic and outgoing attitude was always present and we wish her nothing but the best in her future en-deavours.

as the leaves turn

Feral politics

Adam EarlePUBLISHER’S NOTE

adam@sunpeaksnews.com

Gerald AllgaierPOLITICAL

POINT OF VIEW

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OPINIONS • WE SAY | YOU SAY

yOu SAY

Short term gain, long term pain, RE: The smell of money I read Adam Earle’s opinion piece entitled “The smell of money” on the Enduro motorcycle race July 9 and 10, and would like to share some facts and opinions with you.First of all, I don’t have an issue with a motorcycle race if it’s done in a sustainable way that doesn’t harm our wonderful environment at Sun Peaks. Unfortunately, this race left scars that’ll have to be fixed or will be with us for a very long time. I have an issue with Adam’s comment: “The grass and bushes will grow back, the mud puddles will dry and the money will stay where it belongs . . .”Take a walk up Great Grey Trail and see for yourself the destruction left by this race (see photo). Ruts more than 1 foot deep will not “grow back”. All cover has been removed and this leads to erosion, more ruts, and sediment pollution of the streams the trails cross. Adam calls for a “shout out” for the enduro organizers; I would feel more like shouting out if they had the decency to remove race signs, arrows and ribbons (this is a small point compared to the environmental damage 180 dirtbikes have done to our trail system, but it’s indicative of an attitude of NOT leaving the environment as they found it). And don’t hold your breath if you think they are going to fix up the devastated trails. The Sun Peaks Resort Corporation has worked very hard to establish a reputation of great environment stewardship for our premier family resort. I, for one, support events that will maintain or enhance this reputation. Let’s not throw our reputation down the ruts on the moonscape that used to be the Great Grey Trail.Bob Ball, Sun Peaks, B.C.

GIddy uP: A Saddle Bronc competitor holds on tight during the North Thompson Fall Fair and

Rodeo held in Barriere, B.C. Photo: Cathy Earle/SPIN

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WEATHER FORECASTThe Old Farmer’s Almanac 2011

weather conditions for B.C. Sept. 7 to Oct. 5

Sept. 7 to 8 Showers, then sunny, cool.

Sept. 9 to 15 Showers, then sunny, warm.

Sept. 16 to 25 A few showers, warm.

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Sept. 26 to 30 Sunny, then rain, warm.

Oct. 1 to 5 Sprinkles, cool.

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EdITORLailani Mendoza

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FREELANCE WRITER Rikki MacCuish

AdvERTISINg & dISTRIBUTION Adam Earle

CONTRIBUTORS Gerald Allgaier

June Earle Amanda Winters

Peter Sulzle

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TGratitude, a beautiful

perspectiveTwice each week I receive a newsletter from Robert Genn, a well-known B.C. artist. They are inspiring and generally related to the creative process. While I am not an artist, I find real value and insights in much of his writing.

Recently he wrote on gratitude, a topic that we’ve talked about before but which somehow seemed worth revisiting.

When we consider grati-tude in the context of an outside-in experience, it’s easy to see how we would feel grateful for certain events such as a successful business venture or a recov-ery from an illness. There are an endless number of situations that we could, and likely would, give thanks for. Happy, healthy children, loving families, good friends . . . and on and on.

When, on the other hand, we consider gratitude from an inside-out perspective it becomes a different experi-ence. Our gratefulness is no longer dependent on certain outcomes or expectations but is a state of mind. It is, in a way, our default setting as we move through life. Liv-ing in gratitude allows us to see the smallest occurrence through different eyes. We can see the gift in the ev-

eryday. We are even able to see the gift in some of life’s challenges, realizing that each one is an opportunity for learning and growth.

With gratitude as our stance there is a physical ex-perience of calm. Often our shoulders will relax and our sense of well-being deepens and our lives are enriched.

I witnessed this kind of gratitude recently when a loved one, who is experienc-ing a painful, debilitating illness, was hospitalized. To quote: “I had the best time. I met so many interesting people and made so many new friends.” That is the inside-out practice of grati-tude at its best.

We’ve been taught that we must have some “thing” to be grateful for. We’ve been taught that it’s outside

events that create our ex-perience of reality. We now have sufficient evidence proving that our experience is thought created. In other words, it’s not the event that creates our reality but rather what we make of the event.

The paradigm shift in how we understand our moment-to-moment ex-perience frees us to choose how we will view the world. Will we be curious and ex-cited or will we be bored and dissatisfied? Will we be hopeful and resilient or will we be fearful and anxious? The profound truth that life is an inside-out creation is perhaps the thing for which we should be most grateful. It enables us to return to a sense of well-being more of the time, regardless of cir-cumstances.

Of course there are life events that sadden us and some that shake our faith in humanity. There are events that shock and disturb us. Woven through those events, however, are amaz-ing acts of kindness, gen-erosity and courage. Given that we have the gift of choice, let it be gratitude. To quote Robert Genn from his article: “It may be that gratefulness is the very ba-sis of an evolved creative life and a life well lived.”

HEALTH • MIND & BODY

IN BRIEF

A recently launched initiative may make it easier for you to find healthier food choices the next time you drop by your local convenience store. The Healthy Convenience Store initiative is a partnership between the Province and the Western Convenience Store Association (WCSA). Stores and gas bars can receive a healthy store designation if they meet certain criteria, like providing nutrition information at the point of purchase for ready-to-eat unpackaged foods and reserving a bigger shelf space for healthier food choices. Mac’s and 7-Eleven have both voluntarily signed up for the program.

June EarlePSYCHOLOGY

June graduated from Antioch University with a Masters in

Counselling Psychology. She is a graduate of U of T in Physical & Occupational Therapy and has a B.Sc in Rehabilitation from UBC.

june@sunpeaksnews.com

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Tourism Sun PeaksCommunity Update: September

TSP’s summer events conclude this month. The Sun Peaks & Region Farmers’ Market ends September 11 after a successful season with a signifi cant increase in total number of vendors from 2010. The village will host the fi rst Classic Car Gathering presented by the Vintage Car Club of Calgary on September 24 and 25. A public Show ‘n Shine takes place Saturday from 9:30am to 12:00pm.

The fi rst Sun Peaks “tweet up” took place at Masa’s Bar + Grill during the Retro Rock Concert Weekend. A tweet-up is a social gathering that is organized using Twitter. To be in the know about future events, follow Sun Peaks on Twitter at @SunPeaksResort.

High defi nition video footage of the resort was captured this summer by Kevin Hagell of Kaizen Visuals, who also produced the winter promotional video. This new summer promotional video will be used in a variety of online and electronic channels.

Central Reservations sales exceeded 2010 in most categories; of note, the total number of booked guests increased by 16%. The amount of nights booked increased by 8%, and revenue booked increased by 5%. The “3 for 2 Summer Special” was the leading package purchased by customers.

The Tourism Sun Peaks (TSP) sales team recently attended SkiTops University, training the top 40 North American ski travel agents. TSP was awarded 3rd place for the best presentation (out of 26) for most relevant content and information!

The sales team is planning for fall consumer ski shows, including Warren Miller premiere movie nights. From September through November the resort will be promoted at 23 shows in 15 diff erent cities through British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, Washington, and the UK.

TSP will attend fi ve upcoming media events in advance of the winter season. At GoMedia Marketplace in Edmonton, over 35 writers will be met. Meeting will also take place with ski magazines in Boulder, Colorado, and freelance writers in Toronto, Seattle, and London, UK.

The TSP and Sun Peaks Resort Corporation marketing teams worked together with resort stakeholders and branding agency, Story & Co, over the summer to develop a refi ned and strengthened marketing messaging and look for the resort. This new creative will begin immediately for winter executions and business stakeholders will receive a guide book on how to use the new messaging in their own marketing materials.

Whether it’s individuals looking for healthy snack ideas or people on a special diet, it’s important to get the right information on what goes on your plate. To make it easier for people to get the information they need, registered dietitians at HealthLink B.C. are now offering services by e-mail. The only requirement is a valid e-mail address where a reply can be sent. “Our team is ready to take questions on everything from vegan diets to energy drinks,” said Barb Leslie, HealthLink B.C.’s director of dietitian services. “It’s as simple as visiting the website, filling out the form, typing in your question and hitting the

send button.” Anyone, regardless of age, can use the dietitian services for free to ask food or nutrition-related questions. Dietitian services are especially helpful for people who have chronic illnesses. Anyone who doesn’t have access to e-mail can also use the service over the phone by dialling 8-1-1. Both the phone and e-mail dietitian services are available from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday to Thursday and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Fridays.

Healthier options at convenience stores

Registered dietitians are just an e-mail away

PUBLIC NOTICELocal Government General Election

November 19, 2011The next local government election for the Sun Peaks Mountain Resort Municipal-ity will be held on November 19, 2011. Advanced voting opportunities and mail ballot voting will be available. A polling station will be located in the Municipal Office as well as the TNRD office in Kamloops.

Anyone interested in running for Council is encouraged to attend any of the upcoming Council meetings.

Nomination documents are available at the Sun Peaks Municipal Office from 9 A.M. to 3 P.M. Monday to Friday. Nominations will be received by the Chief Election Officer as follows:

Sun Peaks Municipal Office 106-3270 Village WayKookaburra LodgeSun Peaks, B.C.

From: 9 A.M. October 4, 2011To: 4 P.M. October 14, 2011

Qualifications For OfficeA person is qualified to be nominated, elected and to hold office as a member

of the local government if they meet the following criteria:• Canadian citizen;• 18 years of age or older;• Resident of British Columbia for at least 6 months immediately before the

day nomination papers are filed;• Not disqualified by the Local Government Act or any other enactment

from voting in an election in British Columbia or from being nominated for, being elected to, or holding office.

Further information on the forgoing may be obtained by contacting:Nicky Braithwaite, Chief Election Officer – (250) 578-2020 Ext 203Byron Johnson, Deputy Election Officer – (250) 578-2020 Ext 202Or e-mail: admin@sunpeaksmunicipality.ca

PUBLIC NOTICESun Peaks Mountain Resort Municipal Council is looking for the public’s input

regarding Short Term Rentals in residentially zoned areas.

A public meeting will be held at:1:00 PM SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

AtHEARTHSTONE LODGE,

SUN PEAKSAll residents and property owners are encouraged to attend. For further information, please see the website at:www.sunpeaksmunicipality.ca/category/planning/official-community-plan/

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Iby Lailani Mendoza

lailani@sunpeaksnews.com

If there’s one thing that Sun Peaks resident Terri Reed learned about the culinary taste of people in Sun Peaks, it’s that they like meat and sweets.

“It’s funny, the biggest vol-ume of recipes, I thought would be appetizers, but it wasn’t,” pondered Reed. “It was meats and desserts. . . people do like meat up here.”

Reed recently published A Taste of Sun Peaks, a compila-

tion of recipes from people who live at, or frequent, the resort community.

If you’re not a meat lover, no problem. There’s certainly something for everyone in the cookbook’s 342 entries.

“It’s very eclectic. It’s got a lot of different styles of cook-ing—vegetarian, desserts, salads, mains, casseroles—kind of a catchall of this and that.”

Reed, who volunteers at the Sun Peaks Health Centre, is donating proceeds to the

clinic’s capital fund, so sales of the cookbook will contrib-ute to the overall health of the community in the long-term.

“This is all for the clinic,” she said. “Proceeds will go di-rectly to the Health Centre.”

Reed came up with the idea when a former co-work-er put together a cookbook of her own recipes. As Reed browsed its pages, she real-ized she could raise funds for the clinic through a cook-book that would appeal to Sun Peaks locals.

“It’s great to have such wonderful volunteers like Terri,” said Sun Peaks Health Association president John Hatchett, adding that he ap-preciates Reed’s dedication to the cause. This year, organiz-ers had to cancel the clinic’s biggest annual fundraiser, so Hatchett said the funds are certainly welcome.

“(The cookbook project) certainly helps to offset oper-ating costs this year.”

At the end of every recipe, there’s a personal note from each of the 108 contributors, including Nancy Greene-Raine, Crazy Canuck Steve Podborski, and even SPIN’s publisher Adam Earle. Reed says there’s a broad range of contributors, many of whom

call Sun Peaks home. Two of the most familiar

representations of Sun Peaks, a winter scene of the Europe-an style village and a summer scene of the covered bridge, adorn the front and back covers of the cookbook. The watercolours were painted by Connie McKnight, a Sun Peaks local and clinic volun-teer. She said she was more than happy to create the art-work.

“I think it’s a wonderful initiative,” McKnight said. “Everybody wants (to offer) a hand to support the clinic.”

The Sun Peaks clinic op-erates out of a temporary facility and is run by volun-teer physicians and staff. The Health Association has set aside $400,000 from fund-raising efforts as a capital building fund. The goal is to build a two-level medical centre, which will include ski patrol facilities, a clinic, and an Emergency Operations Centre. Last year, over 600 patients were served at the clinic.

The cookbook costs $20 and will be available at the beginning of ski season in November at the Sun Peaks Health Centre, Fu-sion North and Lone Wolf Gallery.

Locals share their favourite recipes in Sun Peaks cookbook

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To order a copy, contact Terri at:

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GreaT eaTS: Health Centre volunteer Terri Reed holds a copy of the cookbook she published to raise funds for the Sun Peaks clinic.

Bran and Apple MuffinsRecipe contributed by Ines Popig,

Health Centre VolunteerIngredients:

1 cup sour cream ½ cup salad or vegetable oil 1 egg1 tsp. vanilla extract½ cup all purpose flour ½ cup whole wheat flour1 cup bran1 cup brown sugar1 tsp. baking soda¼ tsp. salt¾ cup raisins, dried cranberries, or other dried fruit1 apple, diced12 dates, pitted and halved

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease 12 muffin cups or use paper muffin liners. In a small bowl, beat or whisk the sour cream, oil, egg and vanilla extract until combined. In a large bowl mix the flours, bran, brown sugar, baking soda and salt. Add the apple and dried fruit. Make a well in the dried ingredients, pour in liquid ingredients and mix until just combined. Pour into prepared muffin tins and top with ½ date on each muffin. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes.

(I don’t put dates on top of each muffin and I’ve been adding frozen cranberries rather than dried.)

Note: When I purchased my first kitchen machine in the early ‘80s it came with a small recipe booklet. That’s the source of this incredibly moist bran muffin recipe. This has become our favourite muffin.

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EYOUTHFUL CONNECTIONS

Even before the release of Amy Chua’s book Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, an excerpt in the Wall Street Journal entitled “Why Chi-nese Mothers are Superior” started the bees buzzing.

Amy Chua’s parenting phi-losophy, simplistically, is this: o� ering the means for excel-lence predicates excellence. What makes her controver-sial is that she equates strong parenting with Chinese par-ents, weak parenting with “Western” parents.

Her memoir describes standing over one daughter as she practised piano for stretches of hours, threaten-ing to revoke lunches, din-ners and birthdays for years if she didn’t perform to her standards, and the means to her daughters’ success in-cludes a lengthy list of “nev-ers” for them (never attend a

play date, never choose their own extracurricular activ-ity, never get less than an A, never not be the number one student in every subject ex-cept gym and drama, never play an instrument other than violin or piano, never not play the violin or piano).

Chua’s perfectionist goal, coupled with the � nancial means to achieving it, does result in her daughters’ aca-demic and musical success, but her candor at the singular way to this success certainly ru� es feathers amongst parents.

Part of the complaint lies in her tactics. � e other part is her generalization that the Chinese/Asian approach of strong leadership provides results, whereas the Western approach of sponge parent-ing, allowing the child to learn through exploration,

results in mediocrity.No one likes to be racially

or culturally pigeon-holed, and the volume of commen-tary over Tiger Mom re� ect-ed that. But why were people really so incensed?

One reason could be com-parative guilt. It’s easy to

criticize Chua’s extremism, but you can’t pin laziness on her. Perhaps we look at Ti-ger Mom so bitterly because she has seemingly endless stamina.

� e average (read “West-ern”) parent strikes a com-promise to keep the peace and get things done. Tiger Mom doesn’t seem to have that self-interested motiva-tion. She seems to be tire-lessly insistent for the overall sake of her children. Does this make the rest of us feel a bit inadequate? Do we feel that deep down our laziness is inhibiting our kids from being the best they can be—just like Chua’s girls?

However, as disagreeable as her tactics and tone might be, the numbers are in. � e results of the most recent Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA)

show students from Shang-hai ranked � rst in every sin-gle academic area, while stu-dents from the U.S. ranked 17th in reading, 23rd in sci-ence, and 31st in math out of about 65 countries. Cana-dian students found them-selves about halfway between the top and the Americans. Whatever Chinese parents are forcing their kids to do, is working for them aca-demically. And whatever the Western parents are doing, isn’t.

Of course, the psychologi-cal rami� cations of Tiger Mom-ism, the defence that Western parents will gravi-tate to, compound the de-bate. We want our progeny to be successful academically, � nancially and socially. Can the child who’s told they’re “garbage” unless they achieve “perfection” have a � ghting

chance at psychological nor-malcy? Conversely, could a child without parental guid-ance be psychologically bal-anced?

Many Western 30-some-things wish their parents had pushed them harder to suc-ceed. � eir carefree youth was fun, but was it worth be-ing unprepared for compet-ing in the adult world?

� en there are the Chinese kids who grew up without a playful youth. Many attest to their unhappiness, yet life looks pretty sunny when the career is secured, the retire-ment package padded and house paid o� .

Chua doesn’t believe there’s a middle road here, it’s all or nothing. So, the question lin-gers: Can happiness preclude success, or success happiness?

Give your two cents at www.sunpeaksnews.com.

When driving with young kids, knowing how to use car restraints properly is of para-mount importance.

Transport Canada’s 2010 Canadian National Survey on Child Restraint Use reveals that parents are diligent about using car seats. Researchers found 95.8 per cent of child passengers in the study were restrained.

However, the national rate of correct use of child re-straints was only about 64 per cent. In B.C., it was a bit higher at just over 68 per cent, but still way below the Road Safety 2010 target of 95 per cent.

When used appropriately, child restraints can reduce the risk of death and serious injury by about 70 per cent. Unfortunately, many children die or are injured in motor vehicle accidents every year because they weren’t properly restrained.

“The bulk of our focus is on that approximately five per cent that aren’t using the child seat at all,” said Marg Deibert, senior child safety seat educator with BCAA’s Road Tra� c Safety Foundation.

� is includes parents who restrain their kids with seat-belts alone instead of booster seats.

According to Transport

Canada rules, children be-tween four and nine years old need to use booster seats, unless they exceed a height of 145 cm and weigh more than 18 kg. Children are at a greater risk of sustaining in-juries, speci� cally abdominal injuries, when using seatbelts alone compared to using a booster seat.

“(Without a booster seat, children’s) knees don’t bend naturally at the front of the vehicle’s seat, so they slouch and they slide forward,” she explained. When the child slides forward, the lap belt pushes against the child’s soft abdominal area. � e shoulder belt also rubs uncomfortably against the neck, so kids tend to put their seatbelt under the arm or behind the back. “And that becomes a very danger-ous situation.”

Deibert says it’s easy to en-sure children are properly se-cured in safety seats.

“When they’re in a child seat, the harness for rear-facing should be as close to the shoulder or below. If it’s forward facing, the harness needs to be above the shoul-ders. For tightening, it’s all the same. You want it snug so you can slide two � ngers comfortably un-derneath.”

When install-ing child seats

to the vehicle, it’s important to apply body weight to get a proper � t.

“If they just tighten the seat up without applying the body weight, when a child goes to sit down on the child seat, it pushes down and then the seatbelt is loose.”

Using child seats may seem like more work than neces-sary, but an accident can hap-pen in an instant. As the ad-age goes, it’s better to be safe than sorry.

� e doors are open for year number two at the Discovery Centre for Balanced Educa-tion, and 36 elementary students are hun-kering down to work.

Greeting them this year are a few new perks. Ten new laptops are on site, cour-tesy of the School District 73 @KOOL program, as well as a new SmartBoard that allows students in the classroom to work in real time with a teacher in Kamloops. And, to accommodate all the new bodies, new desks are in place as well.

� e students continue to be taught by Jil-lian Schmalz, and @KOOL teacher Laurel Seafoot. New to the sta� is Jen Mather, who volunteered extensively with the stu-dents last year, and has been hired to teach three days per week this year.

As for the Sun Peaks Education Society that operates the Discovery Centre, fund-raising is still a top priority. Maria Cannon,

chair of the Sun Peaks Education Society (SPES), explains that although the soci-ety had been hoping for additional fund-ing support from the government, no extra funds are currently forthcoming. � e Dis-covery Centre still receives its per student allocation from SD73, but the rest of the sta� ng and operating funds will be raised through fundraising.

Cannon emphasizes how appreciative the SPES is of the huge support they’ve received from the community, and how it looks forward to success with the Fire-� ghters’ Gala on Nov. 19.

� e Sun Peaks community has consis-tently stepped forward to support the learn-ing centre. � is summer, the Cahilty Creek Bar and Grill, Quilting in the Mountains, Nancy Greene’s Cahilty Lodge, and the Delta Sun Peaks have all donated proceeds from sales or events to support the school.

To Tiger Mom, or not to Tiger Mom

Travel safely with your kids School’s in session again

Kirsten FlinnOBSERVATIONS OF A

TEACHER-MOMKirsten has a Bachelor of Arts from McGill, and a BEd from TRU. She started the teaching program when her daughter was six months old, and finished it while she was pregnant with her son. In lieu of teaching in a classroom, she spends most of her time being a mom.

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IN PICTURES

As a wildlife pho-tographer, I am always looking to capture as much detail as possible in my images. Along with composition and exposure, I look for sharpness. I like to see fine detail in a bird’s feather or each hair on a bear’s face clearly defined.

Several years ago, I came to the real-ization that images like this come from the quality of glass in the lens. I quit purchasing the lat-est camera models just for the sake of keeping up with the times. Unless a new model came out with features that suited my needs in the outdoors, I’d keep my money in the bank to invest in new glass.

Every year, the

major camera m a n u f a c t u r e r s entice you with new camera bod-ies that offer the latest technology in digital photog-raphy. New and improved sensors, weather resistant seams, better fo-cusing systems and video capa-bilities are only a few of the changes in today’s digital SLR. The advancements

are truly incred-ible, but will that new camera body actually improve the quality of your photography? Well, perhaps it will if you already own a high quality lens. If not, I would strongly sug-gest you invest your money in some new glass instead of that body upgrade.

Look into your camera manufac-turer’s selection of lenses and you’ll notice lenses made for your everyday consumer and lens-es made for seri-ous photographers. You’ll notice a price jump in the high-end lenses as well, but if you’re serious about your images, the money will be well spent. When it comes to camera

gear, you usually get what you pay for.

In general, the lenses you get in a camera kit do a good job, but I can pretty much guar-antee that if you added a high-end lens to your arse-nal, you wouldn’t be using that kit lens nearly as often. A high quality lens will give you better colour, less distor-tion, faster focusing, better clarity and contrast and give you the option of shooting at higher shutter speeds. 

High-end lenses are also produced with higher quality materials than the amateur lenses. This

is especially ben-eficial if you bring your camera into harsh conditions or if you travel with your camera gear.

Of course, the choice is yours on whether to upgrade your lens or your body. I’d suggest taking a serious look at your options be-fore spending your hard earned money. I can say, however, that the joy of us-ing really great pho-tographic equip-ment will get you out there more and more. With quality equipment, you can concentrate on cre-ating your images instead of worrying about your gear.

Upgrade your lens for better images

Peter SulzleWILDLIFE PAPARAZZOPeter has been photographing the wildlife & nature in the Kamloops

area for eight years. He's a member of the Southern Interior Mountain

Bluebird Trail Society & supports the Grasslands Conservation Council of

B.C. with his images.

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Pretty in Pink for the cause, Jennifer McIntosh and Andrea McAnany promote the 20th Annual Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation’s CIBC Run for the Cure.

BC/DC’s Brendan Raftery and Kamloops fan Brett Alford rock the

Retro Rock 2011 at Sun Peaks.

Discovery Centre’s Jen Mather and Jill Schmalz get the kids going on the first day.

Ryan Glasgo of the Stones tribute band, Steel Wheels, screams out a sax solo.

Stewart Family riders amazed the crowd with their agility and balance in Barriere.

Juliette and Will take advantage of the Sun Peaks Farmers’ Market of 2011.

The Barriere Fall Fair and Rodeo showcased brute strength and madness.

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THURS., SEPT. 15The Backyardigans

Quest for Extra Ordinary Aliens

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SEPT. 24 & 25Classic Car Gathering

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THURS., SEPT. 29ABBAMania &

Night FeverTwo great tribute bands

pay homage to ABBA and the Bee Gees. Shows at the Kamloops

Convention Centre. Doors open at

7 p.m., show at 8 p.m. Tickets are $35.

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SUN., OCT. 2CIBC Run for the CureJoin the Run for the Cure for breast cancer in this huge fundraising event. Register online, or by 9 a.m. on race day at Riverside Park.

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SUN., OCT. 2Kamloops Off Road

Racing at Whispering Pines

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WED., OCT. 5The Moody Blues

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THURS., OCT. 6Avril Lavigne

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Classic cars gathering at Sun PeaksThe Vintage Car Club of Calgary is hosti ng a classic car gathering at Sun Peaks on Sept. 24 and 25.The event is expected to att ract about 60 classic cars mostly from Alberta, the Okanagan and Kamloops. The Vintage Car Club of Calgary includes an arsenal of noteworthy cars, including Ferrari, Jaguar and Mercedes-Benz, so there’ll be much to admire for the car connoisseur. A Show n’ Shine will take place in the Sun Peaks village from 9:30 a.m. unti l noon on Sat., Sept. 24, with wine tasti ng scheduled for later that day. Cars will be on display along the village stroll.

IN BRIEF

A special tribute from Sun Peaks Quilters Guild waits to be unveiled as Sun Peaks Resort celebrates the 50th year anniversary of Tod Mountain.

Celebrations for Tod Mountain’s golden year mile-stone will start in November of this year. After opening in 1961 with just a ski lodge and a chairlift, the resort has since grown into the third largest ski resort in Canada attracting visitors from all over.

To join the celebrations, 10 quilters from Sun Peaks and area have been working away on their special quilting proj-ect for about four months and they’re excited for the great reveal late in the fall.

When the Sun Peaks Quil-ters were asked by the 50th Anniversary Organizing Committee to create a quilt

that represented Sun Peaks, the members readily agreed to do it.

“We thought it would be a good project for our little group to embark on,” said Pat Hatchett, a member of the Quilters Guild.

“Seventeen blocks of quilt have been put together by Sun Peaks Quilters,” said Pat Miller, another guild member. “All have a di� er-ent theme and reason behind them. � e full explanation of why each quilter picked the blocks will be part of the un-veiling of the quilt.”

Each member worked on a block or two representing seasons and activities that people associate with Sun Peaks.

“We tried to incorpo-rate things that are impor-tant to the mountain,” said Hatchett.

“Everything from when it was originally Tod Mountain to today,” added Miller.

� e colourful designs were inspired by things that in-voke memories of Sun Peaks, such as the alpine blossoms, bears, skiing and snow.

� e 17 blocks will go to a professional quilter in mid-September to be sewn to-gether and made into a large wall hanging.

After the unveiling, the 50th anniversary quilt will be displayed at the resort’s Guest Services o� ce for a year. � en, it will be donated and displayed at either the municipal hall or the Sun Peaks clinic.

Sun Peaks Quilters is open to new members, from begin-ners to advanced. � e guild meets every third � ursday from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Cahilty Lodge.

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Are we ready for a new Chili Pepper?

Striking where it hurts

REVIEWS • ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Sometimes fear of change is justified, espe-cially when it could mean poor album sales and the dissolution of a band.

It’s hard to say at this point whether change for the Red Hot Chili Pep-pers (RHCP) is good or bad. The absence of John Frusciante in the Chili’s new release I’m With You is obvious and unfor-tunate. However, new-comer Josh Klinghoffer seems like a breath of fresh air that could bring something new and ex-citing to the band. Only time will tell.

According to inter-views, guitarist and vo-

calist Frusciante left RHCP back in 2009 in order to pursue other musical interests. Fr-usciante recorded and toured with RHCP for about 15 years, and was crucial to the writing of popular albums Blood Sugar Sex Magik and Californication. He left a big guitar-sized hole in RHCP that’s hard to fill.

Klinghoffer doesn’t necessarily fill Frus-ciante’s shoes; he re-places the soles and polishes the scuffs. I’m With You clearly misses Frusciante’s sound, but Klinghoffer brings a sub-tler, softer sound to the album. It sounds like the Chili Peppers all grown up.

Klinghoffer actually used to play with Frus-ciante, and toured with RHCP during part of Stadium Arcadium. He seems the most natural fit for this family-tight band.

As a huge fan of RHCP I’ve watched them play live three times—once with The Mars Volta, another band Frusciante has played with—and

I really look forward to seeing what the live per-formance is like with a different guitarist.

As far as album sales are concerned, RHCP has their well-established name to thank, and the fact that no other popular bands sound like them. Their first album release “The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie” reached number one on Billboard Alternative Songs chart, their 12th number one song. An international tour is on right now, and will be followed by a tour of the United States and Australia in 2012—no word on Canada yet.

I’m With You stays true to RCHP’s funk-rock sound, and there are a few really great tracks on the album such as “Ethiopia”, “Brendan’s Death Song”, and “Po-lice Station” that sound like true RHCP. “Mon-archy of Roses” features Flea’s fantastic bass lines, and lead singer Anthony Kiedis’s way with words lay poetry to most of the lyrics. After a five year al-bum writing hiatus—the last release was double-

disk Stadium Arcadium in 2006—this jump back to the spotlight seems very successful. But John will be missed.

The guys have grown up, and their lyrics are more mature but in songs like “Factory of Faith” a flailing Anthony Kiedis and acrobatic Flea still have the energy that cat-apulted RHCP to fame back in the late 1980’s, early 1990’s. While I’m With You lacks an “Under the Bridge” or a “Cali-fornication” the album stands strong and is a good entry for Klinghof-fer. There is some sound-experimenting that could use exploration in order for Klinghoffer to stand out in this band of stars.

For now, have a lis-ten and make your own opinion of I’m With You. RHCP is one of a hand-ful of bands that still holds together and pro-duces consistent work with lots of hits, and it’s unlikely that will stop anytime soon. Good luck to Klinghoffer, and hopefully RHCP makes a Canadian appearance in 2012!

B.C. teachers gave notice about a pending strike on administrative duties dur-ing the last moments of summer holiday. Tasks such as watching playgrounds and meeting with principals may be affected, and wider action is still an option. I watched a great documen-tary about the American education system recently, and the B.C. teachers strike provided the perfect segue for my column.

Waiting for Superman is not director Davis Gug-genheim’s first foray into the world of documentaries.

Guggenheim directed the Oscar-winning An Incon-venient Truth, and the 2008 rock-doc It Might Get Loud. Those who’ve watched his films know he’s a great sto-ryteller using hard facts and personal stories. Waiting for Superman follows this trend, making this important top-ic extremely watchable.

In 2001, Guggenheim followed five teachers and their students for a whole school year. Ten years lat-er, he felt guilty enrolling his two children in private school but noted that the public school system was

in shambles and he couldn’t justify putting his kids in a second-rate classroom

when he could afford the best for them.

Guggenheim’s 2001 proj-ect tracked four families who don’t have a choice. The kids are diverse: one little boy is extremely bright but with an uncom-mitted teacher; another boy with learning disabilities is falling through the cracks; and a five-year-old girl who plans to become a vet.

Guggenheim explains that for each of these kids, the path to success is cov-ered in landmines and deadends. In each neigh-bourhood there’s only one

school with a proven track record, but the competition to get in is fierce. If the kids don’t get into those schools, the alternative is attend-ing schools considered to be “drop-out factories”. These schools are faced with warring state and fed-eral bureaucracies, terrible teachers who don’t care to teach, and teacher unions fighting to maintain teacher tenure’s status quo. As Mi-chelle Rhee, public school chancellor for Washington, D.C., pointed out, there’s a trend of adults putting their own interests and agendas

ahead of the needs of stu-dents.

While our public school system in British Columbia isn’t facing these problems to the same degree, I never cease to be amazed when I hear about strike notice be-ing dropped the week be-fore classes begin. Parents, teachers, politicians and anyone concerned about the future of the Canadian so-ciety should watch Waiting for Superman and consider it as a cautionary tale. Be sure to pick up this movie before you write your angry Letter to the Editor.

Rikki MacCuishMUSIC DIVA

Rikki is a frequent concert-goer who always has one ear to the ground

and the other to the speaker. Always looking out for new and innovative artists, she loves everything Indie and keeps a close eye on what’s going on in music locally and

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Green struggles with demons in Little Hell

City and Col-our’s new album Little Hell com-bines the eerie, the sorrowful and hopeful in his best album to date.

Little Hell is a daring leap into vulnerable song-writing and Dallas Green, the well-known member of Canadian post-hardcore band Alexison-fire, has come out triumphant. The album describes many of the “little hells” that we go through day by day, from night terrors to family issues.

This album sounds a lot more polished than the previous Sometimes and Bring Me Your Love and Alexisonfire fans will be happy to hear some heav-ier, bluesy—and even a touch country—sounds on Little Hell. At 30 years old, Green has finally written some cliché-free songs that really dig deep. Per-haps this album was written as self-therapy.

Arguably the best track on Little Hell is “O’ Sister”, a story about Green’s sister’s decline into mental illness and his in-ability to help her, “My sister/

What made you fall from grace?/I’m sorry that I was not there to catch you”. Vocally this is probably the best sounding track as well, with Green’s unmistakable voice soaring above his great acoustic gui-tar work.

“Fragile Bird” is a song about his wife Leah Miller’s struggle with night terrors. Miller is a former VJ for MuchMusic and current host of So You Think You Can Dance Canada.

The stark contrast between the heaviness of Alexisonfire and City and Colour shows Green’s versatility and offers an alternate light for this talented Canadian musician. Alexison-fire fans will love “Weightless”, while those who fell for his last two albums will love “Silver and Gold”. Regardless of your track choice this album is a huge step up from the last two and will likely offer solace to many of those struggling with similar issues. As Green sings on “Hope For Now”, “What if I could sing just one song and it might save somebody’s life?” Good on him.

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UUnlike what most peo-ple think, it’s really not that hard to give your beloved gas-guzzling, carbon-belching vehicle a vacation. All you need is commitment.

“It’s really just a mat-ter of making the mental switch to say ‘Yeah I want to do this.’ And once you start, it’s not that hard,” said Kamloops resident Gisela Ruckert.

After a test run last year, Ruckert is getting better at using sustain-able modes of travel in her daily life.

“This year, I’ve been using my bike for trans-portation on a regular basis,” she said. “It’s no

fun in the rain, but it’s been great on a beautiful day. And the more I do it, the better I get at it.”

She’s also started walk-ing more. She now walks with her family from her Lower Sahali home to downtown Kamloops to watch the Blazers.

“It’s probably about a 20-minute walk. We make more of an effort to just walk. It’s bet-ter for us, so why not? There’s no downside.”

As a member of Kamloops 350, an orga-nization that aims for a healthier future by pre-serving the environment, Ruckert knows how im-portant it is to cut down

on her carbon emissions.Kamloops 350 is an

offshoot of 350.org, an international organi-zation spearheading a global campaign on cli-mate change. The num-ber 350 stands for 350 parts per million, the safe upper limit of car-bon dioxide level in the atmosphere according to the world’s leading sci-entists and climate ex-perts. When CO2 levels exceed this limit, it initi-ates an irreversible chain reaction that adversely affects life on earth.

“We’re currently at 392,” said Ruckert. “We not only have to main-tain, we also have to

reduce the levels of car-bon dioxide in the atmo-sphere to avoid the really catastrophic effects of climate change.”

To get there, every lit-tle bit counts. Choosing a smart mode of trans-portation is a great way to start.

In partnership with the City of Kamloops and the B.C. Sustain-able Energy Associa-tion, Kamloops 350 is launching the Great Green Transportation Tune-Up to help peo-ple reduce their travel- related carbon emis-sions. The event will run from Sept. 26 to Oct. 1 in Kamloops.

The lineup of activities combines fun and infor-mation. Those who love a good game can join the Transit Treasure Hunt, where participants ride the bus to pick up clues and win prizes, or the Bike, Bus or Boogie Challenge where con-testants complete a set of errands by cycling, bussing or running.

The “Green Your Transportation” pledge encourages people to commit to walking, bik-ing, taking the bus or carpooling for a chance to win prizes.

At the Cool Wheels display, sustainable ve-hicles like hybrids, elec-tric cars and e-bikes will be on display. A solar car built by a team from the University of British Columbia will also make a stop at this event. At the Imagination Sta-tion, people can share their vision of sustain-able travel through text or drawing.

Change doesn’t hap-pen overnight, and no-body knows it more than Ruckert.

“I don’t want to say that I don’t drive my car anymore,” she admitted. “But little by little, I’m offsetting a little more of that all the time.”

For Kamloops 350, the goal is showing how change, even in small collective increments, is possible.

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Genomics research receives $25 million Genome B.C. received $25 million from the Ministry of Health to fund research that could help solve problems in some of B.C.’s most valuable sectors. “This funding will allow us to take the crucial foundational work that has been done and translate it into real-life applications for B.C. in the years ahead,” said Alan Winter, president and CEO of Genome B.C.One research in particular could benefit agriculture in B.C. Genomics researchers hope to mitigate the decline of bee colonies by developing tools that identify disease-resistant honeybees. Honeybees are important in agriculture because, aside from producing honey, they’re also the primary pollinator of crops. Honeybees’ valuable contribution to B.C.’s economy is estimated to be worth $200 million. Genome B.C. does research on industries such as agriculture, forestry, fisheries, bioenergy, the environment, mining and human health.

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The Sun Peaks Municipal council has applied for a grant to fund a program that would lower the risk of wild-fires to the community.

The council applied for a $100,000 grant under the Union of B.C. Municipali-ties Operational Fuel Treat-ment Program for 2011. Under this program, any approved annual grants up to $100,000 will be 90 per cent funded by UBCM and 10 per cent funded by the municipality.

If approved, the amount will be used to treat approxi-mately 25 hectares of land using the existing Strategic Wildfire Plan initiated by Sun Peaks Resort Corpo-ration and the defunct Sun Peaks Improvement Dis-trict. The work will entail hand piling debris, pruning and cleaning up the forest floor. Fuel treatment work was recently completed in Whitecroft and the council hopes to continue the work all the way to Sun Peaks.

“There’s four sites that we want to treat in the next couple of years, but the ones to the west (of Sun Peaks) are the most important,” said Bruce Morrow, a registered professional forester. Wind blows toward the commu-nity from this direction, and is most likely the entry point for a forest fire.

Morrow, who developed the community wildfire plan, said reducing the amount of combustible material in the forests will prevent fires

from reaching the commu-nity or minimize the inten-sity of fire that does reach it.

The amount of dead trees to the north and east of Sun Peaks that are not being logged is cause for concern. “The forecast for fires is sup-posed to be more aggressive, more serious,” said Morrow. “Coupled with a lot of dead trees from the spruce beetle, they’ve got some serious fire challenges around Sun Peaks.”

The completion of the Strategic Wildfire Plan will also provide a safer escape route in case of a wildfire.

“There’s really one safe exit from Sun Peaks and that’s down towards Whitecroft,” said Morrow. “You can go out to McGillivray, but you don’t want to send a bunch of tourists in a rental car out to McGillivray a fire situa-tion.”

“It’s a tough situation be-cause the access is so poor. It increases the risk of people getting injured in a fire.”

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Sun sets on summer season Another summer season of lift access hiking and biking has come and gone at Sun Peaks, as the Sunburst Chair shut down on Sept. 5.“It was a really good season,” says Bowen Cooluris, Sun Peaks Resort’s Lift Operations Manager. “Despite a rough (weather) start, the summer was good. The guests were really great this year, and everyone came and left with a smile.”The Sunburst Chair will be ready to ride again on Nov. 19 for the winter season.

DriveBC’s mobile website offers handy travel informationGoing out for a drive? DriveBC has made it easier for motorists to plan their trip ahead of time using a smartphone. “This is an invaluable tool for anyone planning a trip and helps drivers avoid unnecessary delays or adverse road conditions,” said Blair Lekstrom, minister of transportation and infrastructure. “Ultimately that makes our highways safer to drive.” DriveBC has recently launched a mobile version of its popular website. Users can access up-to-the-minute travel information on the new streamlined mobile website. Road conditions and delays on major routes are available. The mobile website also features highway cameras and a handy weather forecast by region. For motorists who need to catch the ferry, a schedule and any delays are also outlined. Maps are included but only for provincially managed transportation routes in B.C.

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A proposed animal control bylaw in Sun Peaks is eliciting various reactions from dog own-ers in the community.

The Sun Peaks Municipal council introduced the initial draft and passed two readings of the Animal Control Bylaw No. 0018, 2011 at the council meet-ing last Aug. 15.

A significant portion of the proposed bylaw’s content is re-lated to dog regulations. Among other things, the bylaw speci-fies leashed areas and off-leash areas.

One of the polarizing parts of the bylaw is the leashed areas. If the bylaw is passed after a third reading scheduled on Sept. 19, dog owners will be required to keep their dogs on a leash in the village core, the Valley Trail and on the base of ski areas. The

idea was to ensure the safety of people in the community’s high traffic areas.

All other areas are considered off-leash, however dog owners must still supervise their dogs and be prepared to use a leash if necessary.

“I think it’s a great idea. I have no problem with that; I think that’s how it should be,” said Celeste McLaren, a dog owner and Sun Peaks resident. McLaren said she thinks the expectation from dog owners won’t really change that much if the bylaw is put in place. She said she has observed dog own-ers being responsible with their canines in Sun Peaks.

“Whenever I walk the Valley Trail, I generally see people with their dogs on a leash,” she said. “People are with their dogs and they’re not running at large (in our subdivision).”

Other dog owners are not entirely thrilled with the idea. They feel that if a dog owner has been responsible with their dog being off-leash and the dog has not caused trouble, they should be allowed to continue. It’s not uncommon for some dog own-ers to walk with their dogs off-leash at night in the village when there’s hardly anyone around.

Still for others, the answer is not as clear-cut.

“I don’t like it, but I think I have to put my personal emo-tions and feelings aside,” said resident and dog owner Pe-ter Ernst of creating specified leashed areas. “The bylaw is un-derstandable. With all the ani-mals up here, I truly believe that, yes, that should be done.”

He said that dogs may intimi-date people, especially seniors and little kids who frequent the village, so it makes sense to

keep dogs on a leash in areas of the resort where there’s a lot of people.

However, as a business owner, he’s concerned how an animal control bylaw will be perceived by people who are visiting the resort.

“I don’t want to be known as a non-dog friendly resort,” he said. “Maybe there should be an area located in the future resort planning (where dogs can run off-leash, like a mini dog park). Sun Peaks needs to accommo-date all walks of life.”

Ernst said he’s fine with an animal control bylaw if the re-quirements are reasonable and don’t drive dog owners away from the resort. “We don’t want to lose that market.”

The council will read the draft bylaw for a third time on Sept. 19 at 7 p.m. in council chambers.

Sun Peaks resident Deb McPhee has helped build many structures in her last four years as a crane operator, but none of them stirs up her national pride like this one.

McPhee helped build domes that feature what could be one of the largest representations of the Canadian flag.

The $25 million dome project is at Highland Valley Copper, an open pit copper mine near Logan Lake. It was designed to solve the site’s dust problem which poses environmental, as well as health, concerns to peo-ple in the area.

The three domes were the perfect canvas for the nation’s venerated symbol. The two

outer domes are covered in red cladding, while the middle one has a giant red maple leaf with a white background.

“Everybody who’s seen it thought it’s a neat idea,” said Mark Freberg, manager of stra-tegic planning at Highland Val-ley Copper.

The idea to incorporate a flag to the domes follows an infor-mal tradition at other mines owned by Teck Resources.

“At different operations around the world . . . (Teck uses) the flag of the country that the mine is located in on some of the buildings,” explained Fre-berg.

He said that the Polaris mine in Nunavut had a huge Cana-

dian flag on the side of its storage building, while a giant American flag was installed at the Red Dog mine in Alaska.

“So when we were designing these, we thought, that’d be kind of neat if we could do the same thing.”

McPhee operated the crane that carried steelworkers as they installed the dome’s cladding. The domes may serve a practi-cal purpose for the mine, but for McPhee and the rest of her 15-member Interior Iron team, working on this project is more than that.

“We’re all pretty proud to be working on this,” said McPhee. “We’re building a part of his-tory, so it’s quite an honour.”

Construction of the domes started in 2009 and was com-pleted in September of this year. Each dome is 100 metres in diameter and 31 metres tall. To build each dome, galvanized steel tubing was fitted into a center aluminum hub. Then the

framework was clad with steel. McPhee said it took the crew about seven months to build one dome.

According to Flying Colours International, the official flag supplier for the Canadian gov-ernment, the largest Canadian flag ever made was 38 metres by 76 metres for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.

In July of this year, Winni-peggers set a record by forming a living Canadian flag in front of the Manitoba legislature. Dressed in red and white, 3,400 people joined the formation, despite the rainy weather, to topple Victoria’s living flag re-cord of 2,100 people.

At crunch time, the Interior Iron team pulled 50-hour work weeks to complete the project. It’s a lot of work, but like the Winnipeggers who stood in line for hours in the rain, they took it in stride.

“This is something the guys would just be proud to be able to tell their grandkids about,” said McPhee. “We all realize that it’s an absolute privilege and we’re all lucky to (have worked) on the largest Canadian flag.”

The Heffley Creek Land-fill will receive some major improvements in the next few months including road upgrades, expanded services and the addition of an Eco-Depot.

The current access road, a dirt road leading to the landfill, will be no more. In its place, a paved road will be built, moving about half a ki-lometre up Sun Peaks Road. The intersection will also be designed to make the road safer for traffic.

“Right now, (when) you

come around, you spring ba-sically up to a blind corner,” explained Don May, Thomp-son Nicola Regional Dis-trict’s manager of environ-mental health services. “The key concern was to make the sightlines a lot better so we’ll be meeting the Ministry of Transportation sightlines and safety guidelines.”

In addition, the section of Sun Peaks Road that con-nects to the turnoff will be upgraded. “We’re going to put in some extra lanes on the Sun Peaks Road so

there’ll be a proper turn-ing lane out of the landfill,” added May.

The $456,207 contract was awarded to Extreme Exca-vating Ltd. from Kamloops with funds coming from three revenue streams: the Building Canada Infrastruc-ture Fund, taxes and tipping fees. This project is expected to be completed by fall of this year.

This restructuring of the road also expands the land-fill’s capacity. The new road will connect with the south-

east part of the landfill, in-stead of the middle, and at a higher vantage point. This layout reduces the amount of wasted space at the land-fill.

“By coming in higher at the edge of the landfill, all that area where the road used to come in is now free to use (as part of the land-fill)”, explained May.

TNRD landfills at Clear-water, Chase and Barriere will be closed this fall and replaced with Eco-Depots.

The final phase of the up-

grade is the addition of an Eco-Depot outside the Hef-fley Creek landfill so cus-tomers won’t have to enter the landfill area. Signed and lighted drop off areas will be added as well as safety railings and traffic control devices to ensure safe move-ment of people and vehicles on site.

“The Eco-Depot will pro-vide all the services that ex-ist at the present landfill and additional services for com-posting and product stew-ardship programs,” said May.

May said that after the roadwork is done, they will focus on preparing a de-tailed site design for the Eco-Depot. The design will also integrate the installa-tion of the double scale at the landfill.

“The double scale facility will be going in next year, probably spring or summer of 2012,” he said.

TNRD’s long term goal is to change the way that waste is disposed in the region and to reduce the adverse effects on the environment.

Residents speak up on using dog leashes

Crane operator helps build giant Canadian flag

TNRD upgrades Heffley Creek landfill services

IN BRIEF

Lightning starts fire on Sun Peaks ski run Lightning from a thunderstorm on Aug. 10 started a small fire at Sun Peaks that was quickly contained by local firefighters. The Sun Peaks Fire Rescue received a call at 5:42 p.m. alerting them of a fire burning on the ski run. “The fire was on the ski hill in the area of Runaway Lane and Tighten Yer Boots,” said fire chief Bill Stoner. Several trees were already burning when firefighters arrived at the scene. With the assistance of resort personnel and the Forest Protection Branch, the fire was put out by 9 p.m. on the same day.“The fire response was well-planned and executed,” said Stoner. “All organizations worked well together using a unified response plan that we will continue to develop and utilize for future wildland fire situations.”

Public meeting on short-term rentals on Sept. 24The Sun Peaks municipal council is holding a public meeting on Sept. 24 at 1 p.m. at the Hearthstone Lodge to discuss the issue of short-term rentals in residential zones. Short-term rentals are defined as rentals that last less than 28 days. Noise and parking issues are some of the complaints received from property owners who are opposed to the nightly rentals. Another issue is delineating the rental chalets’ proper classification under the Sun Peaks zoning bylaw. Hotel owners feel that in order to compete equally, rental chalets must be taxed for commercial use if they’re going to operate as businesses. The municipal council has hired the Whistler Centre for Sustainability to assist in finding a solution to these issues. Everyone in the community is invited to give their input during the consultation process. This includes participating in surveys that will be conducted before and after the public meeting to get feedback from the community. Information gathered will be used to make recommendations to council. It will also shape the Sun Peaks Official Community Plan and inform necessary changes to the Sun Peaks Zoning Bylaw.

For more information phone the municipal office at:

250-578-2020

PHOTO CONTRIBUTED BY HIGHLAND VALLEY COPPER

www.SunPeaksNews.com 15Vol. 9 Issue 10, 2011 SPORTS

The Western Canada Summer Games held last month revealed a very strong team of upcoming wrestlers from B.C. including Sun Peaks’ Alize Perriard-Ab-doh.

With scores of 4-0 and 3-1 with a pin, Perriard was award-ed the gold medal after beating her opponent from Manitoba in the 46 kg category.

Perriard says the win was a surprise for her, and something made more memorable by her team and coaches.

“None of this would’ve been possible without the volunteers and coaches that used their time to make the games possible,” said Perriard-Abdoh. “Special thanks to Brian Dick who’s al-ways been an amazing coach. I

couldn’t have done it without him.”

“It’s nice to have the team be-cause they’re all very supportive. They kept yelling at me from the sidelines, which made it more exciting.”

She may be young but she’s a veteran of the sport, wrestling as a member of the NorKam Wrestling Team with her older sister Aliocha. The 15-year-old’s personal best so far is winning fourth place at the Nationals.

“It was very rewarding watch-ing Alize  win the gold, espe-cially as it showcased how much her wrestling has improved over the past few months,” said Lyndsay Belisle, Team B.C. re-gional development coach. “She trained and wrestled hard and

deserved to win. Alize  should be very proud of herself.”

Many people may see Perri-ard as a shy teenager, but what people don’t know is that she is a very motivated athlete, which becomes apparent on the wres-tling mat.

“Alize has been training with Team B.C. for less than a year, but she has been wrestling for seven years,” said Belisle. “She made Team B.C. at the team qualifiers in May.”

“Alize is a tough competitor, she has the determination to continually work and improve and is always asking what she can do to be better. Alize is a very coachable athlete and I think she’s going to be tough to beat.”

Team B.C. won 22 medals in total at the wrestling matches with 11 gold medals, six silvers and five bronze.

Belisle attributed the success of the athletes to the hard work of the coaches.

“I think that the athlete’s suc-cess had a lot to do with the many coaches who worked with (them, whether from their own club, their individual coaches or with Team B.C.) Also the sup-port and commitment of many of the parents,” she said. “They committed hours of time and energy to help these athletes be able to perform at their best.”

The NAPA AutoPro 100 on Aug. 20 was riddled with yellow caution flags, engine trouble and car contacts. NASCAR Canadian Tire Series’ last road course for the season was held at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal. Difficulties beleaguered drivers throughout the race. Barely 12 minutes after the start of the race, the first caution flag was waved when Ray Courtemanche Jr. went off track and had trouble restarting his engine. On Lap 8, Michel Pilon’s car spun into traffic. On top of that, two more cautions were given for two car contacts that occurred just 18 minutes apart. It was a case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time for Sun Peaks racer Jason White, whose position was brought down several notches

while avoiding a collision. “It happened right in front of me and I had to do some quick maneuvering to keep from getting collected,” he said. “There was no contact but I lost a number of positions.” “There was no damage to the car so I just hustled to get back what I could,” said White. “We were all set up for another Top 10 finish but unfortunately I got caught up in that problem,” he concluded.At the end of an action-packed race, White passed the checkered flag in 15th place. The points from this race brought his total score to 1,133 points putting White in eighth place in overall standings. It’s back to the ovals on Sept. 10 for the Wild Wing 300 at Riverside International Speedway.

Young wrestler wins gold

PHOTO BY KEVEN DUBINSKY/TEAM BC

IN BRIEF

Five-year-old hockey players may be eligible for a free hockey helmet from Chevrolet Canada. Launched last August, the Chevrolet Safe and Fun Hockey program was created to give parents peace of mind and emphasize the importance of on-ice safety for children who participate in hockey. Players who were born in 2006 and are registered with Hockey Canada in the 2011/2012 season may receive a free Bauer helmet through this

program. Parents must sign up at www.chevrolethockey.ca and pick up a package that contains the certificate for the free helmet at their local Chevrolet dealer. The certificate can be redeemed at any designated Forzani retail outlet, including Sport Chek, Sport Mart, InterSport, Hockey Experts and Sports Experts.

SUN PEAKS PAINTING

Sun Peaks Men’s Golf Association SPIN Cup Men’s Night

AT SUN PEAKS RESORT GOLF COURSE

$10.00 Men’s Night entry fee$5.00 optional Skins Game

Open to all golfersGreen fees and carts extra

Contact Kelly (250-377-1015) for details

NEVADA BOB’SAT ABERDEEN MALL

Proudly sponsored by:

Grand Prizes: 1st Set of Nike Ignite Irons, courtest of Nevada Bob’s

2nd Okanagan Golf Getaway, courtesy ofPowder Hounds

JUNE 9 TO SEPTEMBER 29Thursday evening tee off: 3 pm to 5 pm

CAHILTY CREEKBar & Grill

NorthWest Voyageur Company

Free hockey helmets for kids

White in 15th place at the NAPA Auto Pro 100

For more information visit: www.chevrolethockey.ca

Sun Peaks Firefi ghters’10th Anniversary Charity Gala Sat. November 19, 2011 • Delta Sun Peaks Resort Ballroom

Cocktails:Dinner:

Live Music:

Tickets:

5:30 pm7 pm Includes 3-course meal

Mountain Formal

$80 + HST

Tickets available at Central Reservations1-800-807-3257 or e-mail info@sunpeaksresort.com

Dress:

“The Rimshots”

The Live & Silent Auctions are put on by & in support of:Sun Peaks Alpine Club and theSun Peaks Education Society

grappler’s grIp: Alize Perriard-Abdoh overpowers her opponent at the West-ern Canada Summer Games. Her coach describes her as a “tough competitor.”

www.SunPeaksNews.com16 Vol. 9 Issue 10, 2011

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#12 WoodhavenThis beautiful 2 bdrm townhome offers exceptional finishing detail such as timber & stone, heated tile floors, fir cabinetry, large 2 car tandem garage, private decks, superior quality & loca-tion, ski-in/ski-out convenience and adjacent to the 15th fairway of the Sun Peaks Golf Course.

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4114 Sundance DriveSki-in and out of this sensational custom built 4 bdrm plus den home in Sundance Estates. Impressive open floor plan, gourmet kitchen, granite, and hardwood flooring indoors. Radi-ant deck, mountain views, and hot tub outdoors. Also features games room, and 2 car garage. HST paid.

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1344 Burfield Drive3 bdrm 1/2 duplex situated next to McGillivray Creek. Separate 1 bdrm non-conforming suite w/private entry. Views of Burfield lift & ski runs. Easy ski-in access from Mt. Morrisey. Main floor shared laundry, hot water in-floor heating, ample level parking, quiet area of town w/great potential.

$279,000

#15 Forest TrailsThis bright, 3 bdrm townhome provides easy ski-in/ski-out access & backs onto a peaceful greenspace with creek. Features single car garage, covered sundeck, heated tile floors & cozy rock fireplace. Comes fully furnished to provide you with the convenience of a home away from home. HST not applicable.

$389,900

#47 Snow Creek VillageExceptional studio located in the slope-side development of Snow Creek Village. True ski-in/ski-out access close to village and lifts. Perched on the top floor with beautiful mountain views where you can watch the setting sun. Fully furnished with new hot tub. HST not applicable.

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#24 Timberline VillageThis beautiful 2 bdrm, 2 bath townhome is conveniently located only a 5 minute walk to the village where you can take advantage of all Resort amenities. Home comes with a hot tub, is fully furnished and is ready for your enjoyment or for nightly/weekly/monthly rentals, the choice is yours.

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$519,000