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Pickup trucks were the target of the most recent vehicle the� s in Nakusp. In two separate incidents, an older model pickup truck was stolen from the owners’ residence within village limits. RCMP do not know if the two crimes are re-

lated. Both vehicles have been returned to their owners.“We suspect that these were simple joyrides. Both vehi-

cles were recovered and nothing of value was taken,” said Constable Will Martin in an interview with the Arrow Lakes News.

� e � rst vehicle was stolen in the wee hours of Jan. 11 and the second on Jan. 17. One of the vehicles sustained some damage when it was driven into a snow bank on Crescent

Bay Road and the other was simply parked at Anderson’s Automotive, the gas station on Nelson Avenue.

“� e RCMP want to remind the public to keep their doors locked and not to leave the keys inside of their vehicles, es-pecially at night,” Martin advised. He also requests that if anyone has information about these the� s, to please contact the local RCMP at 250-265-3677 or, to remain anonymous, to contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

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Birds of NakuspSee page 12

Ami Johnson of Nakusp took home just over $1000 as � rst place winner of the fourth annual Gord Roberts Memorial Blue Knuckle Fishing Derby. Her 13 lb Dolly is the � rst � sh she has ever caught. Pictured L-R: Tracy Roberts, Ashley Schmidt, winner Ami Johnson and Brett Roberts. Photo by Tracy Roberts

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The Cougars find a win in KimberlyLast weekend the Nakusp Secondary Sr.

Boys Basketball team stuffed themselves into two vehicles and made their way through Kootenay winter roads to participate in the Sr. Boys Northstar Classic basketball tourna-ment in Kimberly, B.C..

The tournament played host to some fa-miliar rivals of the Nakusp Cougars, includ-ing teams from South Slocan, Elkford, Cas-telgar, Creston, Sparwood and Fernie. The Cougars were still hunting for their first win of the season after a tough showing at the Mt. Sentinel basketball tournament prior to the holiday break.

After six hours of travel, The Cougars tried to shake off the shackles of the road, but came out flat on the hardwood against Fernie in the first half and dug themselves into a 30 point deficit. Cougar coach Seamus O’Connor rallied the boys during the break and sent them back onto the court with a mission to netutralize Fernie’s solid outside

shooting and reclaim the game. The Cougars struggled, but ratcheted up their pressure and managed to claw their way to within 14 points with two minutes left in the game, but the early hole was too large to overcome.

Still hungry, the Cougars set up for their second match looking to build off a strong fourth quarter in the previous game. The boys’ momentum carried them though the first quarter against the Trail team with a managable eight point deficit, then stormed on to hold a two point lead going into the half. O’Connor was impressed with the Cou-gars’ resiliency and pointed out, “The Mclean boys started to work as brothers in the post and dominated the offensive glass for some easy buckets.”

After the half, both teams returned to the court to find a stalemate, but the young Cougars from the nothern most Kootenay town dug out their jam and overcame at-trition by earning a two-point lead into the fourth. But the game was far from over as “Trail somehow found some footing and stole back the lead with only 1:30 left in the

game,” O’Connor recalled, “but we answered back with some pressure defence and man-aged some key steals.”

At the end of regulation Broden Mclean forced an overtime showdown with his timely bucket, but the extra effort to force the time tolled on the Cougars, and the game slipped away 61-53 by the close of overtime.

Determined to avoid traveling home empty handed, the Cougars tore into their final game against Elkford and established an early 12-6 lead. “No one could handle the Mclean’s in the post,” O’Connor observed, “and in the second half the game was blown open by back to back threes from Jade Kes-sler, but it was Caleb Bobicki who earned ‘player of the game’ with his hustle plays.” The Cougars cruised to the final buzzer and celebrated a hard earned victory.

“The boys are getting better every game,” O’Connor said. The best is still yet to come; each game is a stepping stone building up to their home tournament during the Valen-tine’s weekend and then playoffs in Fernie on Feb. 27 and 28.

RYAN WILLMANArrow Lakes News

Community rallies to aid Burton Fire Department

Burton Volunteer Fire De-partment (BVFD) was in trouble after so much snow caused their emergency water access to be-come buried. The community of Burton has 16 standpipes from which to obtain water in the event of a fire within the area. On Sunday, Jan. 18 a work party was

organized to unearth the water control valves which operate like fire hydrants and were buried under three feet of snow.

RDCK Area K Director Paul Peterson said, “It was deemed by management that clearing the snow from the standpipes was the responsibility of the fire de-partment.”

Volunteer Fire Chief Brian Harrop put out the call on the

Facebook Group, Burton B.C. community group on Thursday Jan. 15, saying “until we get them cleared we do not have access to a water supply to fight a fire.”

Thanks to Russ Bilinski and his skidsteer, ten volunteers with shovels were able to clear 12 of the 16 standpipes and one hy-drant of snow.

“We had it all done in less than an hour, since two of our mem-

bers, Brian and Scott Graham went in on Saturday and did a bunch of clearing ahead of time,” Harrop said.

Due to large quantities of snow, the snow plows working to clear roads were part of the prob-lem. Harrop has also put in a re-quest to the Yellowhead Road & Bridge management to do their best to keep the areas clear when they plow in future.

Standpipes buried under three feet of snow pose threatTRIShA ShANkS

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Thanks to a collaboration of two businesses, one private landowner, and one non-profit fishing derby, there is a safe launch in place for the 2015 Blue Knuckle Derby. Because of the unusable public launch provided by BC Hydro at the marina, the derby has had to rely on the kindness of Arrow Lakes Ready-Mix and Interfor for the loan of this 150 foot long, seven foot wide wharf. It was used to launch all boats and provided access for any emergency vessels that might have been needed during the weekend’s annual fishing contest.From left, Dave Kew and Rick Orr with Interfor, Joe Wil-liams with the Blue Knuckle Derby, and Isaque Vieira and Jordan Trenholm with Arrow Lakes Ready-Mix. The men were busy working on snow removal and wharf placement in preparation for the big fishing contest held January 17 and 18 on the Arrow Lakes. Photo by Trisha Shanks

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It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Blair

Houdayer. Blair passed away on the morning of December the 9th after

a courageous battle with cancer. He is survived by his sister Yvette Bird and

her husband David and their children Eric, Matthew (Julian and James) and Nathan/Carly (Jonathan

and Elias), as well as his brother Barry and his children Daniel, Sarah and Rachel.Blair was born in Nakusp, B.C. and is predeceased by his parents, Sally & Rene Houdayer and his older brother David.He began his career at Overwaitea in Nakusp and worked proudly as a produce manager for 35 years.Blair had many passions in life. He could be � shing for salmon o� the shores of Vancouver Island or hunting in the mountains of B.C. or Alberta but he never missed a friend’s birthday. He was often the � rst to remember. Life for Blair was about living in the moment and living out his passions. His wisdom, laugh, smile, and of course, his warm hugs will be greatly missed. � ere was no one quite like him. He touched so many lives.Blair wanted his friends together for his birthday. A celebration of life will be held on Saturday, January 24th, 2015 in Duncan at Mellor Hall (7380 Trans Canada Highway) from 1:00-5:00pm.Another celebration of life will be held in his hometown of Nakusp on Saturday April 11, 2015.

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Blue Knuckle winner first time fisherwoman

For her first fish ever caught, Blue Knuckle Derby winner Ami Johnson took home prize money of more than $1000 on Sunday. The Dolly weighed in at 13 lb. Sec-ond prize of over $600 went to Ken Wanstall with another Dolly at 12 lbs and third place for $400 with a third Dolly weighing 11.4 lb went to Mike Smith. The slogan for the mid-winter derby is “Are You

Tough Enough?” It turns out Ami was.

105 people were entered in the fourth annual Gord Rob-erts Memorial Blue Knuckle Derby. Gord’s widow Tracy Roberts was very pleased with the number. She organizes the derby from her home in Quesnel with the help of friends and family in Nakusp.

Participant Art Olson said, “What an excellent fishing derby. It brings everyone to-gether.”

His father, fishing guide Glenn Olson said, “If only

that boat ramp BC Hydro put in was able to be used. The old wooden one we had could be used twelve months a year but this one is no good. A load of gravel would probably fix the problem.”

It’s no secret that anyone trying to get in the water in Nakusp is disappointed with the launch built by BC Hydro in 2013. Thanks to the generosity of local busi-ness Interfor for the loan of their 150 foot wharf and to Isaque and Carla Vieira from Arrow Lakes Ready Mix for

water access, the derby was able to go on. For the sec-ond year in a row, the public launch was too high for the low water levels.

“What a good time, though,” Ray Hascarl said. “It’s definitely something this community needs. It is a great family event.”

The derby took place over two days, and encompassed a big dance at the Legion with local entertainment 23 North. Funds raised will go to a scholarship fund in Gord Roberts’ name.

Turns out she was “tough enough” to win the derbyTrisha shanks

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Left photo: First place winner Ami Johnson, pictured with Dylan Hascarl, proudly showing off her winning fish- a 13 lb. Dolly. Right photo: Ken Wanstall shows off his 12 lb Dolly, which earned him second place and more than $600 in prize money in the fourth annual Gord Roberts Memorial Blue Knuckle Fishing Derby. Photos by Tracy Roberts

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Ryan WillmanReporter Arrow Lakes News

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Phone: 250-265-3841 www.arrowlakesnews.com

Trisha ShanksReporter

Erica TarasoffCopy Editor

So much of the Canadian economy is in-terconnected. While filling the tank costs much less than just a month ago, these sav-ings also represent huge red flags to Can-ada’s economy as a whole. Yes things can get around from manufacturer to consumer for less, and it probably means more people will travel, helping out the tourism indus-try — but as one of the backbones of the Canadian economy, barrel costs being this low spells trouble.

However, it’s hard not to heave a little sigh of relief at the pump. Those trips to Nelson or over the Monashee for an appointment or shopping will now sting a little less and allow us more access to our take-home pay. Commuting from rural residences to town for things is cheaper. With lower fuel costs, more of our money can be spent on grocer-ies, or luxuries, or let’s face it, bills, which seem to keep increasing.

With any luck this downturn in the cost of fuel will also effect flight fares — who re-members a time that we could buy a plane ticket before a fuel surcharge nearly dou-bled the fare?

Being that the Arrow Lakes communities’ economy doesn’t rely heavily on the oil and gas industry this could mean a great year for tourism, which also helps our area and local businesses. As with anything, what goes up must come down but we say, try to look on the bright side and appreciate the temporary silver lining.

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Letters PolicyThe Arrow Lakes News welcomes letters to the editor intended for publication but reserves the right to edit for brevity, clarity, legality, accur-racy and topicality. Letters should be typically in the range of 300 words in length. Anonmymous letters will not be published. To assist in veri� -cation, name, address and daytime telephone must be supplied, but will not be published.

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January 23, 1925 Government plans for an exten-

sive road program has been out-lined by MLA C.S. Leary after a meeting with the minister of public works. Work will be commenced on the Edgewood-Vernon road as early as possible in the spring, in order that it may be used for this year’s tourist traffic. The road on the east side of the Arrow Lakes from Nakusp to Needles has long been in very bad repair and work will be done to put it in first class shape. The Silverton-Ten Mile road will be built and considerable work will be done on the Slocan end of this connection, but the lower part of that road will be mostly rock-work of an exceedingly expensive nature and there is some question of it being possible to make a com-plete through connection. Work will also be carried out on the road from Nakusp to Roseberry and it will be worked with the road from Silverton to Slocan City so that when completed it will form the road from Nakusp to Nelson.

January 24, 1935 There was no issue of the Arrow

Lakes News this week due to the editor being stormbound in New

Denver.

January 25, 1945 E.Piggott of Brouse has left to

join another branch of the Army. He joined the C.F.C. four years ago. He returned from overseas a year ago and got extended leave to log at Nakusp.

January 27, 1955 The former Japanese cottages

have been renovated at New Den-ver to provide quarters for 30 of the 40 Sons of Freedom children taken from their Krestova homes Monday. The remaining 20 have been placed in the main building, a former sanitarium, with 35 other children already attending school. Additional staff have been hired for care of the 74 children. The two cot-tages, adjacent to the main build-ing, have separate housekeepers but are under the administration of the main building. The same regu-lations will apply to the 40 children taken from their homes in a mass RCMP and welfare raid Tuesday, as to the 34 children already at the home. Parents will be allowed to visit them on Sundays. Some of the children have been at the home for a year and a half.

January 28, 1965 The road between Nakusp and

Arrowhead has been much used this winter. The almost hourly ser-vice of the ferry at Arrowhead has made it more practical for travel than the Monashee. It is also re-ceiving good attention by the De-partment of Highways.

January 20, 1975 Klaas Toering traveled to Van-

couver on the weekend to take part in the B.C. Winter Festival Master Bowlers Assn. event and took sec-ond place overall, winning a place on the B.C. team in the Canadian championships.

January 23, 1985 The ministry of education's lat-

est budget adjustments have re-sulted in an additional $46,000 for Arrow Lakes School District 10 for the January to June year. Local school board officials feel that the input from this district has helped the ministry change the formula to prorate the function of the Secre-tary-Treasurer and the Superinten-dent and their wages.

January 25, 1995 Nakusp resident John Brown

was cougar hunting on Box Moun-tain Saturday morning, when one of his tracking dogs was killed by a cou-gar. “I was about 20 minutes behind them,” Brown said, of his two track-ing dogs. “I found the den and the dog had been killed.” Nakusp Con-servation Officer Jim Beck wasn’t surprised to hear of the attack. “That’s a regular occurrence,” Beck said. “It comes with the sport.”

January 26, 2005 Last week’s winter wonderland

may have been a pleasure to be-hold, but local industry and tourism operators found the snowfall a bit much to deal with. Extreme winter road conditions remained until last Wednesday before village crews and warming temperatures made the task of clearing the snow manage-able. Mahoney sympathized with people getting plowed in as a result of the road clearing but asked what the alternative was. “We only have so much equipment and we only have so many people. Do people want to pay more taxes? I understand where people are coming from, but this is Canada and we have to expect win-ter. We’re doing our best to keep things clear, but people have to be reasonable,” said Mahoney.

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Nakusp waterfront 1964 as seen from the switchback running from Leland Hotel to Bay St. CPR workshop at centre would be moved four years later to north Nakusp and is now Nakusp Mobile Mechanics. Photo courtesy of the Nakusp Historical Society

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CommunityHigh speed internet for all

From the great railroad to the construction of the TransCanada Highway, the vastness of this coun-try has long been a geographical challenge for connectivity. Access to fast, a� ordable, reliable internet can be categorized along with the railway and the highway now as it represents connectedness in the twenty-� rst century. High speed, unlimited internet is a luxury that many Canadians take for granted.

For anyone living outside of the village of Nakusp, options for providers become few to none. Even though internet is basically an essential service, a lot of Arrow Lakes and Slocan Valley residents

are required be content with mini-mal, slow, weather-dependent and expensive connections. Cable and ADSL do not exist for them.

Last July, Industry Minister James Moore announced a pro-gram called Connecting Canadi-ans which will provide $305 mil-lion in incentives for the private sector of internet service providers (ISPs) to invest towards wireless and other types of infrastructure. � e goal is to implement and im-prove internet for the remaining thousands of Canadians without it. January 12 marked the dead-line for Canadian internet service providers to o� er their input on communities that could be eligi-ble to receive funding and apply for a piece of the action. � e Con-necting Canadians webpage says,

“Starting in spring and summer 2015, conditionally approved proj-ects will be announced.” 280,000 households in rural and remote areas of the country by 2017 are expected to bene� t from this en-deavor.

Moore said, ”� is will create thousands of new investment op-portunities by breaking down bar-riers to entrepreneurship and con-necting businesses in rural areas to the rest of Canada.”

Surprisingly, Columbia Cable and Telus did not submit applica-tions for seed money to expand their existing high-speed, unlimit-ed internet o� erings for residential and business customers outside of their current service areas.

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TRISHA SHANKSArrow Lakes News

Sheila Anderson, owner of Anderson Automotive on Nelson Ave, chats with a customer at Nakusp’s only full service gas station. Prices are now below $1 per litre at most area pumps. Anderson said, “If you had asked me a month ago if I thought we’d ever see prices below a dollar, I would have told you no way. No way at all.” Photo by Trisha Shanks

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Come out and Support our Meat Draws which are held every Saturday at 4 p.m.,5 p.m. and 6 p.m. Nakusp Hospice Society will sponsor the Meat Draws for May.

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CommunityInternet costs not comparable• Continued from page 6

Their high speed service is among the most affordable, with mobile and satellite services costing from 50 per cent to 150 per cent more than hardwired high speed.

“We’ve got Columbia Wireless,” says Hills beekeeper and bed and breakfast owner, Tim Sander, “These rural areas are unique. We all rely on the internet to reach the outside world. Many of us are entrepreneurs. But we haven’t got the critical mass.” He is referring to popula-tion density. ISPs don’t want to invest in rural areas with wiring and cabling — the cost is too high.

The types of private companies tak-ing advantage of these Connecting Ca-nadians incentives seem to be limited to satellite and wireless. Customers will be able to get internet, but with wireless and satellite modalities, it will be dependent

on good weather, and the location of the customer within the very mountainous region. The cost can be as much as triple what a village customer pays for a ser-vice that isn’t even fast enough to watch a news clip without continually buffering. Unlimited usage goes out the window and customers pay for every morsel of internet that they consume, akin to being charged for every bite while the neigh-bours can get an all-you-can-eat buffet.

Liz Sauvé, media spokesperson for Telus Communications Inc. spoke with the Arrow Lakes News in a telephone in-terview, and says that Telus is investing significantly in infrastructure province-wide.

“It’s just not feasible to provide more ADSL for rural customers. The costs are in the millions of dollars to extend services beyond the radius of the Cen-tral Office. When we do, we look at ge-

ography, population and potential for growth.” She also directed rural custom-ers to wireless options.

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January 22 Curbside Recycling Day. 7:30 to 8:30 a.m.

January 22 Mother Goose @ Nakusp Public Library 10 to 11 a.m. Parents and babies welcome.

January 22 Nakusp T’ai Chi @ the Legion 10 to11 a.m. Call Ruth 265-3353.

January 22 Strong Start a school based early learning program for ages 0-6 years. @ Fauquier Communication Centre. 8:30 to 11:30 a.m.@ Edgewood Elementary School. 12:15 to 3:15 p.m.@ Nakusp Strong Start Building at NES. 12:30 to 3:30 p.m.

January 22 Public Skating @ Nakusp Arena. 11:30 to 1 p.m. and 3 to 5 p.m.

January 22 Bingo @ Nakusp Legion. 6 p.m.

January 22 Nerd Night @ Nakusp Youth Centre. 7 to 10 p.m. For more information contact Cassia @ 265-2000.

January 22 Badminton @ NSS Gym (Use gym door) for NSS students and adults. $3 drop in rate or $30/year + $15/yr insur-ance membership fee. Beginners welcome. Bring racquet and non-marking indoor shoes. For more information call 265-3326.

January 22 African Drumming Group @ NaCoMo at 7:15 p.m. Bring your own drum. New drummers welcome.

January 23 Strong Start @ Strong Start Building at NES. A school based early learning program for ages 0-6 years. 9 to 12 p.m.

January 23-26 Public Skating @ Nakusp Arena. 3:30 to 5 p.m.

January 23 Drop-In @ Nakusp Youth Centre. Open mic night with Cassia and Lisa. 7 to 10 p.m.

January 24 Arrow Lakes Historical Society 30th Anniversary Open House @ ALHS Archives. 1 to 4 p.m. Come help us celebrate. Slide show, cake, coffee and tea. Everyone welcome.

January 24 Texas Hold ‘Em Tournament @ Nakusp Legion. Doors open at 6 p.m. Tournament starts at 7 p.m. Karaoke w/ Shirley in the Lounge from 9 p.m. until closing.

January 25 Artist Trading Cards Trading Session @ Broadway Deli from1:30 to 2:30 p.m. For more information contact Don Mabie at 265-3673.

January 25 AA Meeting 5 to 6 p.m @ the Terra Pondera Club-house in Nakusp. For more information call 265-2279.

January 26 Strong Start @ Strong Start Building at NES. A school based early learning program for ages 0-6 years. 9 to 12 p.m.

January 26 Nakusp District Museum AGM @ Legion. 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.

January 26 Bridge @ Nakusp Senior’s Centre, every Monday 1:15 to 3:30 p.m. Cost is $2.50, and beginners welcome.

January 26 Pyjama Story Time and Games night for the entire family @ Nakusp Library. 6 to 7:30 p.m.

January 26 Village Council Meeting at Nakusp Village Of� ce. 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.


January 27 Family Literacy Day Book Swap @ Nakusp Library. 1 to 5 p.m. Bring your old ones in and swap for new reads. January 27 Badminton @ NSS Gym (Use gym door) for NSS students and adults. $3 drop in rate or $30/year + $15/yr insur-ance membership fee. Beginners welcome. Bring racquet and non marking indoor shoes. For more information call 265-3326.

January 28 Drop-in @ Nakusp Youth Centre. Scrabble Tour-nament. 7 to 9 p.m. For more information contact Cassia @ 265-2000.

January 28 Workshop Wednesday is a FREE ongoing series of employment focused workshops designed to help you gain the skills and knowledge you need to get a job. The New Year is a

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January 28 Strong Start is a school based early learning pro-gram for ages 0-6 years. @Edgewood Elementary School. 8:30 to 11:30 a.m @ Nakusp Strong Start Building at NES 9 to 12 p.m.@Burton Learning Centre 12:15 to 3:15 p.m.

January 28 Coffee and goodies @ the Senior Centre in Nakusp. Every Wednesday from 10 to 11 a.m.

January 28 Community Choir practice @ Saddleback Church. 7 to 8:30 p.m. For ages 19 years and up. Cost is $7 on your � rst practice only. For more information contact Marilyn Massey @ 250 265-4087.

January 28 Drop in @ Nakusp Youth Centre from 7 to 10 p.m. For more information contact Cassia @ 265-2000.

January 28 Poker Night @ the Leland Hotel. It’s free and be-ginners are welcome. 7 p.m. start. For more information contact Dan @ 265-3314.

January 28 Nakusp Elementary School PAC Meeting from 7 to 8 p.m. @ NES Library.

January 28 AA Meeting from 7 to 8 p.m. @ the Terra Pondera Clubhouse in Nakusp. For more information call 265-2279.

January 29 Mother Goose @ Nakusp Public Library 10 to 11 a.m. Parents and babies welcome.

January 29 Nakusp T’ai Chi @ the Legion 10 to11 a.m. Call Ruth 265-3353.

January 29 Strong Start a school based early learning program for ages 0-6 years. @ Fauquier Communication Centre. 8:30 to 11:30 a.m.@ Edgewood Elementary School. 12:15 to 3:15 p.m.@ Nakusp Strong Start Building at NES. 12:30 to 3:30 p.m.


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January 29 Badminton @ NSS Gym (Use gym door) for NSS students and adults. $3 drop in rate or $30/year + $15/yr insur-ance membership fee. Beginners welcome. Bring racquet and non-marking indoor shoes. For more information call 265-3326.

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For 2015/16, CKCA is receiving $706,000 from the Trust. Funding is available for: Individuals and groups through community arts councils; minor capital proj-ects; touring; arts and heritage mentoring/master class-es; organizational development; major projects; artists in education; major exhibitions; major heritage capital projects; and new heritage projects. Applications are adjudicated once a year by local arts councils and the CKCA Steering Committee.

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In my last article, I described the excitement we had in find-ing a new species for B.C., the White-eyed Vireo. But now I am in southern Texas, and this handsome little bird is common down here!

When I went birding with a local birder the other day, the vireo was quickly noted, but didn’t rate a second look. In contrast, the Say’s Phoebe we saw elicited great excitement from my Texas friend — a bird that is of regular occurrence in B.C.. This is one of the excit-ing things about birding away from home — species very rare, or not seen at all in B.C., can be common-place elsewhere. We’ve been here barely a week, but already I’ve seen a number of species very hard to find at home.

The Great Egret is a tall, white bird in the heron family, very common here, but rarely seen

in B.C.. The same can be said for Snowy Egret, White-winged Dove, Black Phoebe, Eastern Phoebe, Tropical Kingbird, Log-gerhead Shrike, Western Scrub Jay, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Northern Mockingbird, Black-throated Sparrow, and Lesser Goldfinch; all species we have seen in our first week here. The list of species that are here, but have never been reported in B.C. is even longer! I’m not go-ing to list them all here, but I will discuss a couple of them.

The Golden-fronted Wood-pecker has a range in North America restricted to the west-ern half of Texas and down into Mexico. Throughout most of the southern and eastern US, it is re-placed by the very similar Red-bellied Woodpecker. The Gold-en-fronted is the most common woodpecker in the Rio Grande Valley, (where we are currently staying). The only woodpecker in B.C. in the same genus as the Golden-fronted is the Lewis’s Woodpecker. The only other

common woodpecker in the Rio Grande Valley is the Ladder-backed. This is also a species with a southern distribution; its range is restricted to Texas, southern New Mexico, most of Arizona, Southern California and extreme southern Nevada. This species is in the same genus as our Hairy and Downy Wood-peckers. The call note of the Ladder-backed is very similar to that of the Downy. There are only two other species of wood-pecker that occur here, and they are winter residents only: Yellow-bellied Sapsucker and Northern Flicker. The flicker is quite rare here; I have seen it only once in the valley.

In B.C., if you want to attract woodpeckers to a feeder, suet is the best option. But as you can see from this photo, fruit is a better attractant for southern species. Any time we camp in a wooded site, we put out some grapefruit halves; it rarely takes long for the woodpeckers, (and other species) to find it.

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Golden-fronted Woodpecker. Photo by Gary Davidson

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