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NEWSVol. 60 No. 14 Sicamous, B.C., • 1.25 (GST included) • www.eaglevalleynews.com

Snowmobiler records his own

avalanche rescuePage 3

Premier makes stop in the

ShuswapPage 6

Easter Fun

(Clockwise from top) Emma-Lee Braun hops over a tree

stump in search of Easter eggs during the Easter Egg

Hunt at Finlayson Park in Sicamous Saturday, April 4;

Braia Widen waves hello to the Easter bunny before giv-

ing him a hug; Lilian Krocher spots the Easter bunny;

Lilly Bandura finds an egg; Connor and Rhys Dang

search for eggs; Alaina Rich runs to pick up her

next Easter egg; Kids make a mad dash for eggs

during the start of the Easter egg hunt;

Jance Franoeur finds an egg to put in

his Thomas the Train basket as he

spots another.Photos by Evan Buhler

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Sensibly) meets Wednesday morning at the Sicamous Rec. Centre (arena). Weigh in at 9:00 am and meeting at 9:30. Everyone Welcome. Ph: 250-836-4041 for info.Every Wed.-Sat. United Church Thrift Store 10:00 am to 3 p.m.1st & 3rd Wednesday - Eagle Valley Photographic Arts Club meets at the Red Barn at 7 pm. Everyone Welcome.Every Thurs. - Sicamous Crokinole Group meets at 7pm at the Sicamous & District Recreation Centre - upstairs for more info and to join call Dave Reed @ 250-836-3652Every Thurs.- Ladies shuffleboard at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #99 in Sicamous. 1pm-3pm. All ladies welcome.Every Thurs.- Malakwa Thrift Store between the 2 churches Open every Thursday 10-5.Every 2nd Thurs. - Sicamous Lions Club meeting at the Seniors Activity Centre, 1091 Shuswap Avenue. Doors open at 6:15 and meeting starts at 6:30. Anyone interested in being a volunteer for the community, please feel free to call Mary at 250-517-8107, Joan at 250-836-4876 or Pam at 250-836-4788.

Every 1st, 3rd, 4th Thurs. - Keepsake Kwilters meet at the Haven Common room 1095 Shuswap Avenue at 7:00 p.m. For info call 250-836-2695.Every 4th Thursday monthly meeting of the Malakwa Community Association at 7:00 in the Learning Centre Library.Every Fri. - Parents & Tots, 10-12 noon at the Eagle Valley Resource Centre. 836-3440.Every Fri. - Eagle Valley Brush & Palette Club meets at the Red Barn, 10am-3pm, Everyone welcome! For info call Carol 250-836-3135 or Amy 250-836-4756. www.eaglevalleybrushandpalette.com Every Fri. - Pool Tournament at the Legion at 6:00 pmEvery 1st Fri. of the month –Sicamous Seniors Ctre general meeting 11:00am followed by a great pot luck lunch. We encourage every to join us.Every 2nd 3rd and 4th Fri. Wii Tournament at 10 am at the Sicamous Seniors Activity Centre - 1091 Shuswap Avenue. Everyone Welcome.Every 2nd 3rd and 4th Fri. Lunch at

noon. Everyone Welcome. At the Sicamous Seniors Activity Centre - 1091 Shuswap Avenue.Last Sat. of the Month - Ladies’ Auxiliary Dinner at the Royal Canadian Legion at 6 pm. Tickets sold until the Friday before at the Legion. No tickets at the door.Sundays - KARMA YOGA (Gentle Hatha) Sundays 5:15-6:15 pm @ I Am Yoga. Minimum $5 donation supports community cause of the month. No experience required. Drop-ins welcome!Open Meditation Circle by donation Sundays 4-5 pm @ I Am Yoga. Familiarize yourself with mindfulness techniques. No experience required. Drop-ins welcome!Every 4th Sun.- Royal Canadian Legion Br. #99 general meeting, 1 p.m.Every 4th Sun. - Birthday Tea (formerly the OAPO) for members and friends at Seniors Activity Ctre 1:30 pm. Everyone is WelcomeEvery Sat. - Morning Sicamous Royal Canadian Legion Branch 99 tailgate market – Everyone welcome – sell anything – for details call Murray @250-836-2224.

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Covering the puck: Carter Anderson makes a save for the Sh*thawks from a Hank’s Heroes team member, while defenceman Kaylen Kerr stands guard during a Rec Hockey Tournament held Easter weekend at the Sicamous Arena. Hank’s Heroes won the game 5-3.Photo by Kelly M. Dick

Sleeping driver hits parked trailerA Vernon man might be feeling a little foolish

after falling asleep at the wheel on Wednesday, April 1 and colliding with a portable trailer parked at the Sicamous-Solsqua Road turnoff from High-way 1.

Sicamous RCMP received a report of the sin-gle-vehicle crash at approximately 4:23 p.m.

Officers responding to the call found a 25-year-old Vernon man was travelling west on the Trans-Canada Highway when he fell asleep.

His vehicle, a black Chevy Silverado with a snowmobile in the bed, drove over a concrete boulevard and into a TA Structures trailer on a lot adjacent to the highway.

Police say neither the driver nor his two pas-sengers were seriously injured, though both the truck and trailer sustained significant damage.

The driver was issued a violation ticket for driving without due care and attention.

Theft of dirt bikesSicamous RCMP are attempting to locate two

small dirt bikes reported stolen from a local prop-erty between March 9 and 12.

The bikes are described as GIO 50 CC models, one orange and one blue, valued at approximately $350 each.

Anyone with information about this theft or the location of the stolen bikes is asked to contact the Sicamous RCMP detachment at 250-832-2878, or Crime Stoppers at 1-222-8477.

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Aftermath: One man speaks on a cell phone, while another rests his head in the few minutes after a collision at the Trans-Canada Highway and Cambie Solsqua Road where Twin Anchors keeps a trailer for adver-tising. A pick-up truck with a snowmobile in the back left the highway smashing into the trailer. Neither the driver nor his two passengers were seriously injured. Photo by Kelly M. Dick

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Sicamous sledder survives avalanche

Even when you’re doing everything right when sledding in the backcountry, things can still go terribly wrong.

Curtis Johnson, Gord Bushell, Bruce Moores and Dan Morin learned this during a recent out-ing at Blue Lake.

The four experienced snowmobilers (Morin and Moores are past presidents of the Eagle Valley Snowmobile Club, and Bushell is the club’s current gen-eral manager), were out for a day’s sledding in the backcountry above the club’s chalet and groomed trails. While the avalanche rating was high, the snow conditions were good in the early morning. But, as it warmed up, conditions started to degrade and snow start-ed sloughing.

“So we went to that area where there’s not a big incline or anything like that,” said Bush-ell, who noted Johnson was recording their trip with his helmet-mounted camera. “We were just playing it safe and, unfortunately Curtis, if you watch his video, he ended up getting bumped uphill, which got him up on a side hill. As soon as he started on the side hill it let go and swallowed him up.”

In the video, posted at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ErgflozT38, more than two minutes pass before the cam-

era’s lens is uncovered. But Bushell says it was a matter of seconds be-fore Johnson’s face was dug out and they could confirm he was OK.

“Curtis was able to get his hand up, just his glove came up… and Bruce was right there to dig him out, dig his helmet and face out,” said Bushell, adding it took about 10 minutes to free Johnson com-pletely.

“He couldn’t move. It’s like concrete when it sets up on you after it stops. He was pretty twisted up and every-thing… We had to be careful to figure out where his feet were. His feet were behind him and the sled was about three or four feet away, and it was com-pletely buried too.”

Calls to Johnson were not returned by press time.

Bushell can be seen in the video digging, with Morin on his left and Moores off camera on his right.

“That was a scary moment,” said Bushell, who estimates the slide was about 20 metres wide.

After Johnson was freed, Bushell said he wanted to carry on, so the four men did just that, stopping for lunch soon after.

“He wasn’t very talkative so I said, ‘It’s time to go, we’re going home.’ So I took Curtis home and Bruce and Dan carried on and fin-ished the day up,” said Bushell.

Despite their exten-

sive sledding experi-ence, Bushell says the incident was educa-tional for all involved.

“It’s a real wake-up call to how little of a slope can slide,” said Bushell.

“We see it all the time, but when you’re actually in it, it’s a dif-ferent story. I think we all came away from that learning something – just a little avalanche like that – different things you could have done.”

The incident also highlighted the impor-tance of sledding with friends when in the backcountry.

“You’ve got to be prepared and you’ve got to watch your fel-low sledders,” said Bushell. “You can’t be wandering off. People that wander off don’t usually have sledders who want to sled with them. When you wan-der off, things like that happen all the time.”

Rescue: In a screen shot from the video, Gord Bushell and Dan Morin work to dig out Curtis Johnson, who was buried after his snow-mobile got caught in an avalanche at Blue Lake near Sicamous.

Tragedy averted: Camera records scary situation.By Lachlan LabereEagle Valley News

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VICTORIA – The labour situation in B.C. is showing increased signs of strain, even before a long-promised boom in heavy construction gets set to ramp up this sum-mer. Jobs Minister Shirley Bond announced last week that B.C. is suspending its “provincial nomination” program for 90 days. This allows the province to rec-ommend people for federal immigration, based on skills in demand in B.C.

The B.C. provincial nomination program saw its number of applications triple to 1,200 for the month of December, as the federal government cracked down on the temporary foreign worker program. Thousands of temporary foreign work-ers who have hit the four-year deadline are being sent home, with many of them turning to the provincial nomination track.

Bond has been pleading with Ottawa to raise B.C.’s

annual provincial nomina-tion quota from 5,000 to 7,000 or more. The three-month pause is so her min-istry can add staff and speed up processing time. Back-logged applicants will still be considered, and exemp-tions for health-care work-ers and a northeast pilot pro-gram are being maintained.

Even with the current slump in energy prices and before anticipated pipeline and liquefied natural gas projects start, the labour shortage in the northeast is near crisis. The last time I was in Dawson Creek, radio ads were offering signing bonuses for qualified truck drivers. In Fort St. John, grocery and hardware re-tailers have come to depend on foreign workers. While supposedly educated young people work part-time and refuse to leave the comforts of southern city life, this is the reality up north, and it’s only going to get worse.

This summer, work is scheduled to start on the Site C dam on the Peace River,

the most costly construction project in B.C. history. And a union vs. non-union battle reminiscent of the old Expo 86 labour wars is underway.

The B.C. and Yukon Building Trades (BCYT) are demanding a project agreement that requires all workers on Site C to be paid their rates, and are warning of chaos on the huge project if they don’t get their way.

BC Hydro CEO Jessica McDonald told me that’s not all they want. They are also seeking quotas for members of their unions on a project that will be a small city of 1,700 people at peak construction.

BCYT executive direc-tor Tom Sigurdson says that while all sides acknowledge the need for foreign workers for Site C, he wants to con-trol that too, working with their affiliated unions in the United States.

There will be non-union construction firms, some of them owned by aboriginal communities in the north. There will be contractors

affiliated with the Chris-tian Labour Association of Canada. The BCYT hopes to set wages and conditions for them all, and influence Ottawa’s temporary foreign worker program to boot.

McDonald and Premier Christy Clark have po-litely told them to pound sand. Their formula would add millions in costs to the project, driving up BC Hydro rates even more than they are already rising. BC Hydro has already done dam upgrade projects using a “managed open site” model and it’s not inclined to return to the era of W.A.C. Bennett as Sigurdson demands.

Sigurdson makes a valid point that when two concrete masons compare paycheques on the Site C project and one sees he’s making $5 an hour less, he won’t be happy. He will want the higher rate, and the BCYT is taking BC Hydro to court to ensure they can recruit new members.

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As new drivers, we’re taught the left lane is for passing, getting ready for a left turn and moving out of the way of an

obstruction. It’s the right lane that’s meant for general travel. Drivers are supposed to be aware of what’s going on around them, anticipate being overtaken and keep right.

When a driver uses the left lane and remains oblivious to other vehicles around them, we get frustrated – angry, even. That does not give anyone the right to drive aggressively or use our vehicles to bully drivers.

The provincial government’s recent edict that it plans to crack down on left-lane hogs is a reac-tion to this frustration. It will, however, do little to solve the problem and help perpetuate aggressive driving.

We are taught not to be angry or overly emo-tional when getting behind the wheel of a car. Yet, if we’re told left-lane hogs are a problem, there’s the chance some people will feel justified in more aggressive tactics.

What the campaign will do, potentially, is cause an increase in road-rage incidents, simply by em-powering drivers who think they are in the right and act in ways they feel are justified against the so-called left-lane hog.

If the goal was to educate drivers to help de-crease crashes and aggressive driving, putting the blame on slower drivers isn’t the way to do it.

Consider, rather, driver education that lasts a lifetime.

Once someone has their driver’s licence, they may never improve. In fact, bad habits are all too likely to occur.

Why not make it a requirement that drivers must, at intervals, recertify or refresh their driving skills and knowledge?

Perhaps if more people were reminded about the rules of the road more regularly, left-lane hogs – and road rageaholics – would take a back seat.

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Just like Willie Nel-son’s song “On The Road Again,” so were we in March to San Francisco for our daugh-ter’s spring break. Our last road-trip adventure was my mom’s bucket list to the Grand, Bryce and Zion canyons, and she had so much fun that she hitched a ride on this one too!

The welcome warmth of the sun greet-ed us every morning and served to brighten the visual splendor of the vibrant spring co-lours of newly growing green grass and leaves, as well as the blooms of purple magnolias, red camellias, bright orange poppies, yellow daffo-dils, white and pink fruit and nut trees and the soft mauves of wisteria vines.

Bee-lining it down I-5 to southern Oregon, we passed many farm valleys, towns and cit-ies as well as the white-capped whoppers of Mt. Baker, St. Helens, Rainier and Hood (plus

Shasta coming home), that not only dominated the horizon, but stood as a reminder that nature rules the roost and the earth is never static.

Branching south-west at Grant’s Pass, we crossed into California and arrived at the coast-al community of Cres-cent City, seeing low dunes, surfers and rocky bluffs heading south to Eureka then inland again through the mag-nificent – and world’s tallest – redwood for-ests. We were treated to awe-inspiring sights when the sun’s rays and mists mixed together to stream through the tremendous trunks and high-reaching branches and a slight diversion off the highway took us through an incredibly narrow corridor, driving for jaw-dropping miles through the Avenue of the Giants where we pulled over to listen to the hush of those won-drous woods.

We junctioned off at tiny Legget onto a crazy, windy road that finally popped us out at a now much more rugged coastline, but which also boasted some beautiful beaches and charming little communities such as Mendocino, then back up and over the rolling hills through the open California hills of grass, madronas, oaks and vineyards. After an

overnight stay in the fairgrounds at Clover-dale, we strolled around the streets that were dotted with flowering trees and plants, palms, cactuses and succulents, then loaded up bags of unplucked lemons, or-anges and grapefruits that hung over the fence line in the parking lot.

San Fran and area is approximately 50 square miles and is the second most densely populated city in the U.S., home to 8.5 mil-lion and located right on top of the ominous compressive stresses of the Pacific and North American plates.

Seeing the famous sites, street life and neat neighbourhoods such as Sausalito was made fun and easy by their hop-on, hop-off dou-ble-decker tour buses, which allowed us a fresh air, 360-degree bird’s eye view. To boot, our 30-minute ferry ride in from our RV site in Marin County not only gave us a daily cruise of the shorelines, homes, Alcatraz and the Golden Gate Bridge, but docked at a huge farmers’ mar-ket that housed some of the best growers and wine makers in the area.

Every day began with a delicious toasted bun with a freshly picked and sliced avocado, drizzled with organic ol-ive oil and herbs – yum!

Traveling home now on the two-lane, famous and gorgeous Napa Valley/Sonoma County wine growing area was another visual treat, featuring hun-dreds of vineyards, tree-lined streets gracing the charming late-1800 towns of Yountville, St. Helena and Calistoga, a vintage wine train that chugged up and down the valley and the lavish and humble homes and wine-tasting buildings that dotted the coun-tryside. Some of these beauties were built of stone, which looked like a page right out of a Tuscany tourist guide.

The last stop was the new, first-class Ev-ergreen Aviation Mu-seum located in a pretty farm valley at McMin-nville, Oregon. It not only houses the Spruce Goose inside one of their two giant hangers, but also hundreds of old and new fighter and bi-planes, helicopters and an IMAX theatre too. Wow – what a way to end the holiday!

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Hard work and determination will pay off for Shea Weber in February when he suits up in the red and whites of Team Canada.

The 24-year-old Sicamous product was tagged last month to represent the nation in the 2010 Olympic Games. It’s a goal Weber had been working towards, and an opportu-nity he’s proud to be part of.

“The Olympics are a very special event, not only for hockey but for winter sports and to be able to play for your country and compete for a medal is kind of neat,” says Weber.

The 6’4”, 234 lb. Nashville Predators defenceman will be sporting the maple leaf with other big names in hockey like Scott

Niedermayer (Anaheim Ducks), Roberto Luongo (Vancouver Canucks), Chris Pronger (Philadelphia Flyers) and Sidney Crosby (Pittsburgh Pen-guins).

Apart from a camp held last summer, We-ber guesses the team may have a couple of days to gel in February before hitting the ice in Whistler, and he’s interest-ed in seeing how everyone fi ts. But Weber’s mom and dad, Tracy and James, don’t ex-pect Shea will have any problems.

“Whatever they want him to do, he’ll do it,” said James. “He’s a team-fi rst guy, he’s not a selfi sh player at all.”

Both parents share what could be described as a subdued excite-ment for their son and the hon-our that’s been bestowed up on him.

“Shea phoned home and said ‘I’ve been chosen

to play in the Olympics, and I said ‘okay,’” Tracy commented, explaining it’s kind of a family trait not to overreact – one that Shea

shares. But she and James who, with Shea,share roots in Sicamous minor hockey, are defi nitely excited, and are hoping to attendat least one of their son’s games.

Sicamous Eagles manager Wayne Marchis also pretty excited by the news that Shea, an Eagle alumni, will be playing forhis community and country at the Games.March says Shea has been totally focusedthroughout his career on what he wanted todo: make it to the NHL. In the process, Sheahelped the Eagles win the KIJHL West-ern Canadians in 2001-02; he helped takethe Kelowna Rockets to three consecutiveWHL Memorial Cup championship games,including the win in 2004; and, after signingwith Nashville in 2004, he helped the Ca-

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Opportunities are abundant for small-er communities like Salmon Arm in Christy Clark’s LNG vision for the future of British Co-lumbia.

The premier cham-pions Salmon Arm’s Valid Manufacturing as a company already posi-tioning itself to become a leader in that future, but she says the scope of who could benefit is potentially greater – provided businesses are proactive.

“It’s an endless list, from catering to lawyer-ing to welding to tempo-rary housing to training to environmental exper-tise, you name it,” Clark explained to a room of 127 people last Wednes-day, during a luncheon arranged by the Salmon Arm Chamber of Com-merce at the Prestige Harbourfront Resort.

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“We do want to make sure that our transporta-tion investments con-nect communities, not bypass communities, because we know the impact that that change can have. But we do want to make sure that it’s done safely,” said Clark.

Question number three had to do with im-proving wage parity be-tween women and men – equal work for equal pay.

Clark said this is not something the B.C. government is thinking of legislating, but is a situation that will im-prove with the creation of more jobs and greater competition.

She also said the province needs to make sure women are getting the training they need, emphasizing “non-tra-ditional areas” for wom-en, including mining, technology and trades. This was a point Clark spoke to in her presenta-tion – that, in this year’s provincial budget, the B.C. government is reducing financial bar-riers to single parents

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“Starting Sept. 1, if you’re a single parent in B.C. and you want to go get training for a job that’s needed in our province, we’re going to let you stay on social as-sistance for a year, we’re going to let you keep your health and dental benefits for your kids and for yourself, we will pay you for your trans-portation, we will pay for your tuition, and we will pay for your child care so there are no bar-riers for you to be able to get the training to get that job,” said Clark.

She also took a mo-ment to praise Shuswap MLA Greg Kyllo, and the work he’s doing on behalf of his constitu-ents.

“You don’t know the half of the work Greg Kyllo does for you and for all British Columbi-ans in this community,” said Clark.

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On Tuesday, Com-pliance and Enforce-ment staff from the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Re-sources, a ministry soil ecologist and Sicamous RCMP met at the fore-shore in Old Town Bay. Their focus – a site that was used by mud bog-gers in late February.

Sicamous Sgt. Scott West says he attended to be educated on what the ministry considers damage.

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son Greig Bethel called the outing a “joint field review” of the recently impacted site – “part of a training exercise de-signed to assist mem-bers of both organiza-tions to understand the nuances of the Forest and Range Practices Act, Section 46 (1.1) – Environmental Dam-age.”

“Natural Resource Officers from the C&E branch enforce Section 46… and the RCMP also expressed an inter-est in learning how it is applied as there may be instances in which they could also enforce this statute,” said Bethel in an email.

The job of the soil ecologist on hand was to help explain how the “change in soils that adversely affects

an ecosystem” part of Section 46 can be inter-preted in the field.

Bethel said Compli-ance and Enforcement staff are investigating the damage done at Old Town Bay and are looking to the public

for tips on the culprits. Information can be given confidentially through the Natural Resource Violation hotline at 1-844-NRO-TIPS (676-8477), or online at: www.for.gov.bc.ca/hen/nrv.

West said the RCMP and the ministry are looking at options for the Old Town Bay fore-shore, such as signage, and emphasized there are applicable charges for the destruction of sensitive ecosystems.

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Mud bogging: Environmental damage caused by vehicles in the marsh areas of Old Town Bay. File photo

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The fight against potential invaders has been given a boost.

The provincial gov-ernment announced it will pump $1.3 million into early detection and rapid response for quagga and zebra mus-sels.

“In combination with what the federal government is doing, it sounds like everything OBWB wanted the province to do,” said Bob Fleming, Okana-gan Basin Water Board director. “It brings us closer to what Alberta has been doing.”

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Zebra and quagga mussels have spread across North America since the 1980s. They clog water intake pipes, pumps and boat mo-tors. They also deplete food sources for fish and produce toxins that kill fish and birds.

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The driver of a speedboat that slammed into a houseboat on Shuswap Lake in 2010 was drinking beer and smoking marijuana be-fore the crash, a judge has been told.

Leon Reinbrecht is on trial in B.C. Supreme Court in Kamloops, facing one count each of criminal negligence causing death and crim-inal negligence caus-ing bodily harm. Ken Brown was killed on July 3, 2010, when the houseboat he was pilot-ing was struck head-on by a speedboat follow-ing a � reworks display in Magna Bay.

Taking the witness stand on April 1 was Britney Sundberg, one of three people aboard Reinbrecht’s speedboat when the crash oc-curred. Sundberg, now 21, was 16 at the time and involved in a ro-mantic relationship with Reinbrecht’s son Rob-ert. Sundberg said Rein-brecht was on the beach with a beer in his hand when she � rst saw him.

“Shortly after that, we went on the boat be-cause we were going to go on the lake and watch the � reworks,” she said, noting about six people were on the boat for the display.

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Robert a six-pack of Palm Bays,” she said.

“Did you see any-body else consuming alcohol before you got on the boat?” Crown prosecutor Neil Flana-gan asked.

“Everybody who got on the boat,” Sundberg replied.

Sundberg said Re-inbrecht rolled a joint while watching the � re-works.

“He grabbed the bag that had scissors, paper and marijuana from the glove compartment in front of where he sat,” she said, explaining Reinbrecht shared the joint with her and his son.

After the � reworks, the court heard, Re-inbrecht returned to the shore and dropped off his girlfriend, his daughter and his daugh-ter’s boyfriend.

“Everybody got off the boat except me, Leon and Robert,” Sun-dberg said. She said Reinbrecht continued drinking beer when they were back on the lake.

“I don’t remember the exact amount, but it was a fair amount,” she said.

“Me, being 16 at the time, he was just fun.

“I was 16. He was fun. Now I look at it and I’m an idiot.”

Sundberg said the speed of the boat started

to increase and Rein-brecht began making sudden turns. According to Sundberg, her boy-friend had to hold onto her so she didn’t “� y out of the boat” while Reinbrecht sped across the lake.

“I remember the boat skipping back and forth and holding on to the boat.”

The court heard Re-inbrecht was showing the effects of alcohol.

“He got more oblivi-ous, he got louder,” Sun-dberg said. “Because he was drinking, he prob-ably didn’t know his speed. He was just re-ally loud.”

Sundberg said Rein-brecht was trying to get back to the campsite where his family was staying when the colli-sion occurred.

“We were looking at the lights along the shore, trying to � gure out where we were,” she said. “We were look-ing for the campsite. He [Reinbrecht] looked

back at me and then we hit the boat.

Previous witnesses have testi� ed the house-boat was dimly lit and dif� cult to make out in the dark of night.

“There was no lights,” Sundberg said. “The houseboat lights turned on a few mo-ments after we crashed into the houseboat.”

After the collision, Sundberg said, Rein-brecht rinsed out his blood-� lled mouth with a swig of beer.

Sundberg said Brown, the houseboat operator, somehow ended up in the speed-boat.

“I remember Ken crawling towards us — trying to crawl,” she said. “At that point, there was nothing we could do for him. It looked to me like he had no legs. There was blood everywhere.”

A few days later, Sundberg said, Rein-brecht gave her and his son a ride from Kam-loops to the Shuswap to pick up their vehicle.

“He said if we stick together, everything will be OK,” she said.

Previous witnesses have also said Brown had been drinking and smoking marijuana pri-or to the crash.

The Crown expects to wrap up its case by the middle of this week.

Witness says driver drinking, smoking potBy Tim PetrukKamloops This Week

and marijuana from the glove compartment in front of where he sat,” she said, explaining Reinbrecht shared the joint with her and his

After the � reworks, the court heard, Re-inbrecht returned to the shore and dropped

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Julia Marie Reid passed away in Heart of Florida Regional Medical Center, Davenport, Florida on the afternoon of Tuesday, March 24, 2015 at the age of 59 years.

A celebration of life service will be held from the chapel of Bowers Funeral Home, Salmon Arm, BC on Friday morning, April 10th at 11 a.m. with Jack Bowers the Funeral Celebrant. Tributes will be shared byher daughter, Jessica, granddaughter, Venessa,and special family Mike Tory.

Interment will follow in the Eagle River & District Cemetery, Sicamous.

Born in Burns Lake, BC on July 11, 1955. Juliahas resided in Sicamous for many years, whichgave her much comfort in being able to live a quietlife and share her love with her animals. She wasblessed with her final few months in spending timein Florida with her close friend, Fred.

Predeceased by her husband, Gary Reid on May10, 2004.

Julia leaves her loving and dedicated daughter,Jessica; five grandchildren, Venessa, Levi, Logan,Jesse, Sadie Sunshine; her close friend and companion, Fred Slater; also her mother, Mary Stuible of Vernon and a sister.

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GPRC, FAIRVIEW Campus, Alberta urgently requires a Heavy Equipment Technician Instructor to commence imme-diately. Visit our website at: www.gprc.ab.ca/careers.

Services

Financial ServicesGET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed? Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB.

1-877-987-1420 www.pioneerwest.com

TAX FREE MONEYis available, if you are a homeowner, today! We can easily approve you by phone. 1st, 2nd or 3rd mort-gage money is available right now. Rates start at Prime. Equity counts. We don’t rely on credit, age or income.

Call Anytime1-800-639-2274 or

604-430-1498. Apply online www.capitaldirect.ca

RecyclingWHY take it to the dump?

Will pick up unwanted recycling vehicles, batteries,

metals, wire, motors. Call John at (250)517-0824

Merchandise for Sale

Garage SalesESATATE SALE

Sat. April 11th 8-4. 302 Holly Ave. Sicamous. Furn. Tools, tandem bike and much more!

Heavy Duty Machinery

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

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

STEEL BUILDINGS. “Spring sales with hot savings!” All steel building models and siz-es are now on sale. Get your building deal while it’s hot. Pio-neer Steel 1-800-668-5422 www.pioneersteel.ca

Misc. WantedPrivate Collector Looking toBuy Coin Collections, Silver,Antique Native Art, Estates +Chad: 250-499-0251 in town.

Private Collector Looking toBuy Coin Collections, Silver,Antique Native Art, Estates +Chad: 778-281-0030 in town.

Help WantedHelp Wanted

Merchandise for Sale

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

Real Estate

Business for SaleCOIN-OP BUSINESS FOR SALE. Pool tables, juke boxes, digital music systems, & various games. All coin operated All on Locations Revenue producing Okanagan & Area. Serious Inquires only wa i t i ng t re t i r e@gma i l . com Asking $55,000.00

Mobile Homes & Parks

Bi-weekly payment from

$47000Land and Home

Ownership250-833-4728eaglehomes.ca/listings

Best pricing for New Homes

in Sicamous

Rentals

Cottages / CabinsSMALL bachelor cabin, close to Sicamous, year round, incl. util. $550/mo. (250)836-2226

Transportation

Boats

WANTED: 10’ or 12’ alumi-num fi shing boat. Phone: (250)517-8087

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WHERE DO YOU TURN

YOUR NEWSPAPER:The link to your community

TO LEARNWHAT’S

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The ClassifiedsEagle Valley News Classifieds make it easy to connect with local Buyers &

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To Place an Ad call 250-832-2131

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