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Sicamous firefighters quick to control bush blaze by Bayview

The Sicamous fire department made fairly quick work of a brush fire Saturday near Bayview Estates.

Fire Chief Brett Ogino says the department received the call-out at 7:30 p.m. Smoke was spotted by someone across Highway 97A at the Legacy.

“Initially, the call came in from their address, but we could see the smoke on the end of one of the roads off of Bayview,” said Ogino. “So, we went up to it and could see it was just above a house… and it was a slow-moving brush fire, but with potential to go up the hill be-cause obviously it’s fairly steep

along there. The crews got on it and did a good job knocking it down quickly and containing it to an area of about 50- by 70-feet.”

Ogino said there was a lot of smoke, and thankfully only a small breeze.

“It could have got nasty, we were fortunate it was the day before because I guess Sunday was really windy in town.”

Malakwa Fire Chief Joanne Held was in the area and stopped to assist with the fire.

Crews were onsite until about 9 p.m. putting out the fire and keep-ing it in check, making sure it didn’t spread anymore and protecting the house, which was a little under 100 feet away from the activity.

As of Monday, the cause of the fire was undetermined.

“The initial report was that the caller had seen fireworks up there the night before, but we weren’t able to locate any indication of fireworks and there was no cause that we could locate,” said Ogino. “There was certainly no fireworks we could see in that area, but who knows.”

The fire chief warns that de-spite recent rain, the fire danger rating remains high and a camp-fire ban is still in place.

“People seem to think, ‘oh, the fire ban is off, it’s rained once,’” laughs Ogino. “That’s not the case – it’s still extremely dry out there.”

By Lachlan LabereEagle Valley News

Support: Malakwa Fire Chief Joanne Held gives Sicamous fire-fighter Shane McKellar a hand while knocking out a fire. Photo by Kelly Dick

Sicamous RCMP continue to gather details relating to the death of a 49-year-old local man whose body was found last Wednesday lying on Main Street.

A local woman, Christina Laforge, 46, has since been charged in relation to the Aug. 14 death of Troy Charlton.

Laforge was arrested on Aug. 15, and has since been charged with criminal negligence causing death and impaired driving causing death. She is scheduled to appear in Salmon Arm Provincial Court in mid-September.

Initially, police suggested a vehicle may have been involved in the death. As of Monday, Aug. 20, Sicamous Sgt. Dave Dubnyk was reluctant to release further details, noting police are still gath-ering and sorting through statements in the inves-tigation.

On Wednesday morning, at approximately 2:30 a.m., an officer on patrol found Charlton’s severely-injured body lying on the road. He was immediately rushed to hospital in Salmon Arm, where he died from his injuries.

Alcohol was later confirmed to have been a fac-tor in the incident that led to Charlton’s death.

Dubnyk said he may be able to release more details from the investigation later this week.

Charges laid in death of man found on roadBy Lachlan LabereEagle Valley News

Investigation scene: Sicamous RCMP, with assistance from Salmon Arm RCMP’s general investigation section, Revelstoke’s forensic identification unit, traffic services and a traffic accident re-constructionist, investigate what led to the death of 49-year-old Sicamous resident Troy Charlton after his se-verely-injured body was found lying on Main Street last Wednesday. Photos by Kelly Dick

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Tues. & Thurs. - Carpet Bowling at the Seniors’ Activity Centre at 1 p.m.Every Tues. & Thurs. - Seniors Meals provided, 12 noon in Common Room at the Haven. Every Wed. Wednesday Arts for Everyone. 10 am - 3 pm. For info contact Juanita at 250-836-3019 or Gail- at 250-836-5472Every Wed. Girl Guides of Canada. Sparks - 3:00 pm. Brownies - 4:00 pm. Girl Guides - 5:30 pm. New members welcomeEvery Wed. Lunch by a donation at the Seniors Activity Centre, 1091-Shuswap Avenue at 12 noon.Every Wed. - Seniors Crib, 7:30 p.m., Haven seniors building. Everyone welcome - you don’t have to be a senior. Socializing and coffee served after crib. Info: Esther 836-4373.Every Wed. - T.O.P.S. (Take off Pounds Sensibly) meets every Wednesday morning at the Sicamous Rec. Centre (arena). Weigh in at 9:00 am and meeting

at 9:30. Everyone Welcome. Ph: 250-836-4041 for infoEvery Wed.-Sat. United Church Thrift Store 10:00 am to 3 p.m.Every Thurs. - Malakwa Thrift Store in Malakwa by the old church. 9:30 am - 4:00 pmEvery 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.- Crib and darts 7 pm at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #99. Everyone welcome.Every 1st, 3rd, 4th Thurs. - Keepsake Kwilters meet at the Haven Common room 1095 Shuswap Avenue at 7:00 p.m. For info call 250-836-2695.Every 2nd and 4th Thurs. Options

For Sexual health from 7 to 9 p.m., Sicamous Health Unit.Every 3rd Thursday monthly meeting of the Malakwa Community Association at 7:30 in the Malakwa Hall.Every Fri. - Parents & Tots, 10-12 noon at Catholic Church. 836-3440.Every Fri. - Eagle Valley Brush & Palette Club meets at the Red Barn, 10am-3pm, Everyone welcome! For info call Esther 250-836-4373 or Amy 250-836-4756. www.eaglevalleybrushandpaletteclub.comEvery Sat. in August - Church on the Beach 9006 Swanshore Rd. Sicamous. 6:30 pm Bring your own Lawn chair. St. John’s LutheranEvery 1st & 3rd Fri. - Pool Tournament at the Royal Canadian Legion #99 at 7:00 pm.Every 4th Sun.- Royal Canadian Legion Br. #99 general meeting, 7 p.m.Every 4th Sun. - OAPO Birthday Tea for members & friends, Seniors Activity Centre, 2 p.m.

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Police seek employee who didn’t show for work

Grounded: On Aug. 17, Sicamous RCMP received a report of a 20-foot cabin cruiser, left, that had run aground the day prior at around 2:30 a.m. in Cinnemousun Nar-rows Provincial Park. Police say the driver hit some rocks while transporting people to the park. There were no injuries, though the boat received minor damage. Photo by Julia Colbourne

Sicamous RCMP are attempting to lo-cate an employee who failed to show up for work. Sicamous Sgt. Dave Dubnyk said that on Aug. 16, at 3:39 p.m., police received a report of a man who had failed to turn up for work. The man was new in town and offi-cers checked his apart-ment, but were unsuc-cessful in locating the man. Officers are also checking with possible family members.

Open liquorOn Aug. 11 at 12:59

p.m., Sicamous RCMP responded to a report of a single-vehicle acci-dent. Upon arrival, of-ficers found the driver had been consuming alcohol and was issued a 24-hour driving sus-pension, as well as vio-lation tickets for hav-ing no insurance and having open-liquor in

the vehicle, which was later towed.

RCMP briefs:• Aug. 12, 3:13 p.m.,

police received a report of a possible impaired driver in a Chevy Silverado with B.C. plates, that was having difficulty staying in the lane and almost hit the ditch.

• Aug. 12, 8:29 p.m., officers assisted in re-solving a dispute over a vehicle.

• Aug. 13, 6:41 a.m., a truck and trailer with five quads were re-ported stolen overnight from a local hotel. The truck and one of the quads were later recov-ered in Enderby. The quads are still missing.

• Aug. 13, 3:37 p.m., an old black Dodge pickup with B.C. plates was reported to have been driving erratically near Mara.

• Aug. 13, 10:05

p.m., police received a report of a suspicious vehicle at a local busi-ness. Attending officers spoke to the driver, who appeared to be suffering from mental-health issues. The driv-er was taken to hospital in Salmon Arm for fur-ther examination.

• Aug. 14, 5:30 a.m., police responded to a report of a blue Camaro on fire near Malakwa. It was later determined the vehicle fire was not suspicious.

• Aug. 14, 10:51 a.m., a dark coloured Dodge was reported, speeding, tailgating and passing on double solid lines.

• Aug. 14, 1:57 p.m., police received a re-port of person lying on ground across the street from local business on Highway 1. Officers at-tended with BC Ambu-lance paramedics, but the subject could not be

located.• Aug. 14, 4:30 p.m.,

police received a report of person stranded on a forest service road after their vehicle had bro-ken down.

• Aug. 14, 6:40 p.m., youths were reported to be shooting at hawks in a rural area.

•Aug. 14, 9:23 p.m., police responded to a report of a backyard bonfire while campfire ban is in place.

• Aug. 15,1:19 a.m., a blue Honda with B.C. plates was reported to be swerving, the driver showing signs of im-pairment.

• Aug. 15, 4:24 p.m., a hit and run motor-vehicle accident was reported. The damage was minor.

• Aug. 15. 1:23 p.m., police received a report of an assault that oc-curred earlier while the subjects were out on a houseboat.

• Aug. 15 11:57 p.m. police received a report of a disturbance and possible threats at a lo-cal campground.

• Aug. 16, 10:52 p.m., trees were report-edly being cut down on a person’s property.

• Aug. 16, 5:55 p.m. police received a com-plaint that vehicles were not stopping at lo-cal crosswalk.

• Aug. 16, 1:48 p.m. a black sports car with B.C. plates, was re-ported to be speeding and passing on double solids.

• Aug. 18 2:07 a.m., police were called to assist BC Ambulance paramedics on Neilson beach where a person had a bad reaction to drug consumption.

• Aug. 20, 1:26 a.m., police received a re-quest from BC Ambu-lance paramedics to as-sist with a patient who had consumed drugs.

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Shuswap politi-cians are buying into a movement to pursue regional parity at the gas pump.

Salmon Arm Mayor Nancy Cooper says she will advocate on behalf of the local chamber and Shuswap business-es who believe high gas prices, compared to those in neighbour-ing communities, are having a negative im-pact.

“I would certainly give them all my sup-port on this gas pricing issue,” says Cooper. “There’s a little place at Mara, and it’s at 131.9 (per litre), and Salmon Arm is 138.9, and I’m thinking in this remote place here, they can actually have it seven cents cheaper than Salmon Arm. It doesn’t make sense to me.”

The chamber is hoping to bring Salm-on Arm’s prices in line with neighbouring communities such as Enderby and Vernon. Cooper, however, envi-sions a more regional approach, that would include Sicamous and possibly other com-munities in the Colum-bia Shuswap Regional District.

Cooper says Si-camous Mayor Darrell Trouton has already expressed interested in pursuing the issue, and she also plans on speaking with Shus-

wap MLA Greg Kyllo, In Jan. 2012, Sicamous council (which at the time included Kyllo), raised the issue of gas prices in that commu-nity typically being higher than those in Salmon Arm. A week later, the price of gas in Sicamous was on par with Salmon Arm, and has been that way since.

“I would like to talk to some of the CSRD directors, and see if they want to come in on this with us, so it’s not just Salmon Arm/Sicamous, but this whole region is look-ing at how gas prices are affecting our econ-omy and what can we do right now to get them down,” said Coo-per, who would also like � nd a more long-term solution that will bring greater stability for affected businesses.

“We actually have to have a long-term look at this and say, ‘these are what the gas prices are, if they’re going to go up, how can we be noti� ed?’ Instead of all this random – one day

it was over $1.40 and then down a bit again and then back up. That is so random; it’s really hard for business.”

Retailer reactionAcquiring lower gas

prices for the Shuswap would either require buy-in from suppliers or local businesses tak-ing a � nancial hit.

As a member of the

Salmon Arm Chamber of Commerce, Arm-strong Regional Co-op general manager Jeff Payne agrees with the general results of a recent chamber sur-vey that suggests local businesses could ben-e� t by having lower gas prices that are in line with neighbouring communities such as Enderby and Vernon.

“It would mean few-er people going to oth-er markets and using gas bars elsewhere. It’s something that I agree with,” says Payne, not-ing lower prices would translate into keeping more volume in town.

But Payne does have some issues with the chamber’s plan, which

is gaining buy-in from local politicians.

Speaking only for the co-op, Payne � rst explained that gas pric-es � uctuate in synch with the market, and that if prices go up or down, the Co-ops prices will follow suit within three to four hours. The same goes for when prices change locally at a majority of neighbouring gas bars.

“I � nd out when it happens, I do not � nd out in advance at all,” says Payne. “And I do not know what causes the other sta-tions in town to go up or down.”

As for the cham-ber’s pursuit to see gas prices in Salmon Arm and Sicamous brought in line with the lower fuel prices of neigh-bouring communi-ties, Payne says this is achievable only if fuel retailers agree to lower their prices and take in less of a margin. How-ever, he adds suppliers may decide to support those retailers by drop-ping the cost to them.

But Payne also em-phasizes that the co-op is different in that its members receive money back on their purchases at the end of the year.

“Being a member, you get a patronage premium at the end of the year which, many times can be anywhere from six cents (per li-tre purchased) to – this last year it probably

would have been closer to 11 cents back at the end of the year,” says Payne, noting how the Co-op put about $3.5 million back into the North Okanagan.

While he would like to see Salmon Arm’s gas prices come down, Payne is not supportive of an imposed pricing structure.

“It’s akin to me to going to all of the gro-cery stores and saying, ‘you’ve got to put your price of milk down,’” says Payne.

While gas prices may be higher in neighbouring commu-nities, Payne – again, speaking only for the Co-op – says that un-less there’s a differ-ence of 10 cents a litre, it makes sense to shop local.

Politicians prepared to look at gas pricesChamber: Co-op manager responds to survey and fuel pricing.By Lachlan LabereEagle Valley News

One day it was over $1.40 and then down a bit again and then back up. That is so random; it’s really hard for business.

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VICTORIA – Advanced Education Minister Amrik Virk has offered some ad-vice for students heading for post-secondary education this fall.

In a commentary sent to B.C. newspapers, Virk re-minded students that his task “is to ensure post-secondary students obtain the expe-rience and qualifications needed to put a paycheque in their back pocket.”

B.C. is forecast to have one million jobs to fill by 2020, through a combina-tion of retirements and eco-nomic growth. More than 40 per cent of them will require trades and technical training, and for students, likely a move north.

“My advice to students is to look at where the jobs are based and tailor their educa-tion and training to match,” Virk wrote. “Our popula-tion is concentrated in the Lower Mainland and south-ern Vancouver Island, but as

a resource-based economy, many directly and indirectly related jobs are located else-where.”

That’s not the only blunt message for students de-ciding on a career. While defending his ministry’s spending plans in the recent legislature session, Virk de-scribed some of the prob-lems that are entrenched.

Parents, particularly in immigrant communities, push their children towards medicine, law, dentistry or engineering, he noted. Stu-dents themselves gravitate toward areas that are famil-iar to them, such as teach-ing.

B.C. universities gradu-ated 2,000 new teachers last year. Another 850 ar-rived from out of province and were licensed to teach in B.C. During the same year, the B.C. school sys-tem hired 800 teachers. And many of those jobs were outside metropolitan areas.

It’s been hammered into us by the B.C. govern-

ment’s endless “jobs plan” advertising, and a similar campaign by Ottawa, that more students need to fo-cus on trades and resource industries. Virk acknowl-edges that his budget con-tains another $1 million for advertising, the same as last year, much of it to reinforce the need to fill skilled jobs. But he danced around the question of whether there will be spaces in technical programs.

NDP critics say the wait-ing list for these kinds of programs at Kwantlen Uni-versity and B.C. Institute of Technology are running be-tween a year and three years. And they have frequently noted that advanced educa-tion spending is budgeted to decline by $42 million over the next three years.

Virk said post-secondary institutions working with industry have produced 456 additional seats in high-demand programs for this year. It’s a start.

As usual, the NDP spent

lots of time grilling Virk about student debt and the alleged need to reduce it. Ministry statistics show that about 30 per cent of students take out loans from the fed-eral-provincial program, and the average is $20,000.

One of the latest changes is a program of grants that go toward student debt as a reward for those who complete their chosen pro-gram. With 23,000 students collecting $41 million in grants, it might be working. For all the fuss about stu-dent debt, students pay only about a third of costs. The rest is on taxpayers, whether it produces any useful edu-cation or not.

Virk is under instruc-tions to review the student loan program “to find fur-ther improvements to meet students’ needs.” Given the magnitude of the gap be-tween what skills our edu-cation system produces and what the economy needs, a larger shift in priorities is needed.

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There can be no doubt Pamela Wallin has joined a select, but unenviable, group of senators, following fallout over her

“troubling” travel expenses.The ostracized few – including fellow former

Conservatives Mike Duffy and Patrick Brazeau – are no longer permitted to charge travel expenses other than direct flights to and from their home ridings.

Wallin’s apparent habit of charging taxpayers for side-trips to Toronto, while travelling between Saskatchewan and Ottawa, is part of a pattern that led auditors to call for her to repay more than $121,000 of her travel claims between 2009 and 2012. She argues auditors used 2012 rules to evaluate pre-2012 expenses, and suggests some discrepancies are a result of sloppy bookkeeping. Others suggest senators were given erroneous information when they assumed their duties.

None of which alters the fact that Wallin – as a former high-profile TV personality, like the pre-viously disgraced Duffy – should have known the damage bad optics can have, particularly when there is any suspicion of misuse of the public dime.

It’s no secret that Wallin – like Duffy – was an appointee of Prime Minister Stephen Harper, and that both were vociferous in campaigning on behalf of his party. Could that have accounted for a certain sense of invulnerability on her part?

While the Conservatives have since done every-thing they can to distance themselves from Wal-lin, Harper has not escaped criticism for giving Wallin’s expenses a clean bill of health as recently as February. By May, Wallin was asked to resign from the Conservative caucus.

Constituents could be forgiven for asking what changed about Wallin’s expense claims, between February and May, to alter Harper’s tune so dra-matically on such an ardent – and presumably useful – supporter in the red chamber.

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The wildfire situation in the Revelstoke area abated significantly over the last week, with fire crews extinguishing nu-merous spot fires.

“Right now in the Columbia Zone we have a total of 12 incidents,” said Jordan Turner, a fire information officer with the Southeast Fire Centre. Eleven of those 12 were caused by light-ning and the other by humans.

The number is less than half the 25 that were reported last week, when a series of light-ning storms hit the re-gion.

Over the week, ini-tial attack crews worked on extinguishing most of the small fires. They were assisted by heavy rains that came into the

area over the weekend.Four of the fires that

are still burning near Revelstoke are larger than five hectares. The biggest is a 22.6-hectare

fire near Jumping Creek, east of Revelstoke. A 12.5-hectare fire is burn-ing near Kinbasket Lake, a seven-hectare fire is burning near the Illecil-

lewaet River, and an-other seven-hectare fire is burning near Waitabit Creek near Golden. All of these fires were con-tained over the weekend.

Canoe Forest Prod-ucts is one of seven companies in the Okanagan timber sup-ply area to be granted an increase in their har-vest levels.

The company will see an increase of about three per cent, an amount that translates into about 10 produc-tion days in the ply-wood mill.

“We didn’t get as much as we wanted but every little bit helps,” says woods manager Mike Johnson, who notes the 158,736 cubic

metres per year over the next three years is less than the companies requested.

Johnson notes the seven biggest forest companies in the Inte-rior are members of the non-profit Okanagan Innovative Forestry Society, who applied for the increase based on innovative forestry practices that have seen forests growing back faster than expected.

This increase does not affect the allow-able annual cut for the Okanagan timber supply area, which re-mains unchanged at 3.1

million cubic metres. Johnson says the in-

creased supply is com-ing from unallocated timber reserves in the Okanagan Timber Sup-ply Area and is not as large an increase as the company requested.

A Ministry of For-ests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations media release notes the increase was awarded following a review of the application, forest-ry plan, timber supply analysis, and consid-eration of public and First Nations input.

“Planned innovative forestry practices, such

as ongoing inventory work, supported the in-crease to the individual licences,” said the July 26 release.

The seven affected licensees are: Stella-Jones Canada Inc., Canoe Forest Products Ltd., Gorman Bros. Lumber Ltd., Loui-siana-Pacific Canada Ltd., Selkirk Timber Company, Tolko In-dustries Ltd., and Wey-erhaeuser Company Ltd.

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That was changed and we can now keep our in-come tax refund money.

Now here is the prob-lem. Last month, every-one on social assistance 60 to 65 years old was sent a consent to deduct form, and ordered to fill it out and send it to Human Resources. We then have to apply for early retirement Canada Pension, and that CPP

will be deducted from our welfare cheques.

If we don’t do this, we will no longer get our cheques from Hu-man Resources.

Level 2 people are allowed to earn $800 above their welfare income. I earn about $600. With my CPP I would get $210 per month, about $10 over the limit. I, and every

working person in B.C., paid our CPP and now basically it’s being sto-len from us.

Shame on our gov-ernment to pick on the frail and older people of our province to take away what we have paid into all our lives.

Shame on you.

Luella Kuro

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It’s official. Holly-wood North means the North Okanagan these days.

The Okanagan Film Commission has con-firmed that Walt Dis-ney Pictures will begin filming Tomorrowland in the Enderby, Grin-drod and Armstrong ar-eas Monday. The film, which stars George Clooney and Hugh Laurie, will be shot off and on locally until mid-September.

“Having a film, cast and crew of this calibre coming to the Okanagan to shoot is a highlight in the his-tory of filming in the Okanagan,” said Jon Summerland, with the Okanagan Film Com-mission.

“We will definitely see an increase in pop-ularity for filming in the Okanagan after the release of this film on Dec. 12, 2014. Being in the company of as many Oscar-winning filmmakers and actors is also a highlight in my career so far.”

The production was

becoming the worst kept secret in the re-gion, as people were making social media comments about sight-ing the celebrities.

“I know a bunch of guys are staying at Fortune’s Landing and they are coming in here for breakfast,” said Greg McCune, with Sutherland’s Bakery in Enderby.

“They were building sets early and picking stuff up at the hardware store.”

There have also been reports of crew mem-bers stopping at the Riv-erfront Pub in Grindrod.

Much of the action will apparently focus in a corn field.

The publicist for To-morrowland could not be reached for com-ment.

Enderby’s business leaders were also kept in the dark.

“We have no official word of anything,” said Corinne Peard, Enderby Chamber of Commerce general manager.

But even the specu-lation is raising the me-

dia profile of Enderby, Armstrong and Grin-drod.

“We’re getting a lot of attention right now,” said Peard.

McCune believes a big-budget film will

have a number of long-term benefits for the community, particularly by increasing the re-gion’s profile.

“As they get the filming going, it will be really exciting,” said

McCune, who is an Enderby councillor.

Parts of Tomor-rowland are also being filmed in Vancouver and the movie is ex-pected to be released in December 2014.

George Clooney linked to Enderby production

Determined: Sicamous Hockey School attendees Levi Dewitt and Wy-att Dale don’t give up in a tug of war against the school’s coaching and vol-unteer staff during a little off-ice play Thursday at the Beach Park. Photo by Lachlan Labere

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The District of Sicamous will be commencing a water main flushing program on the Mara Water System beginning August 26th, 2013 until September 13th, 2013 between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Monday to Friday. The District of Sicamous apologizes for any inconvenience this may cause but water main flushing is very necessary work to maintain water quality within the distribution system.Water main flushing may create pressure fluctuations and turbidity events within the system. High turbidity levels may impair the effectiveness of the disinfection treatment system. If disinfection is impaired, disease causing micro-organisms may escape disinfection resulting in an increased risk of intestinal illness. People with underdeveloped or compromised immune systems are at greatest risk, i.e. the elderly, newborn babies, pregnant women and their unborn and people undergoing immune suppressing medical treatment.Due to the above concerns, the District of Sicamous recommends that those water users with underdeveloped or compromised immune systems and those wishing to take extra precautions, boil all water (a rolling boil for one minute) or use bottled water. Boiled or bottled water should be used for drinking, brushing teeth, making ice and for food preparation.If you are experiencing discoloration or cloudiness in your water, run your taps until the water clears.Any questions or concerns regarding these works may be directed to the District of Sicamous Public Works Department at 250-836-4105 or the Municipal Office at 250-836-2477.M. McLean, Public Works Foreman District of Sicamous

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Made it: Sicamous Hockey School student Jacob Dewitt raises his arms in victory after having made it through another round of dodge cone during a little post-practice play Thursday at the Sicamous and District Recreation Centre. Photo by Lachlan Labere

Eagles shape up for upcoming seasonSicamous Eagles fans can

expect to see a younger team hit the ice this year.

With the Junior B KIJHL organization having recent-ly completed its Sicamous hockey camp, Eagles manager Wayne March says the team is shaping up, and there will be a few familiar faces from last season, many will be fresh.

“I’m really happy, we picked up some really good kids,” says March. “But we’re going to be young, and our fans better understand, being young, we’re going to struggle a little bit at the start of the sea-son until they get it all together and figure it out.”

Salmon Arm will be well represented on Sicamous’ 2013-14 roster with forwards Nathan Grieve and Nicholas Astasiewicz returning. D-man Bradley Whitehead is return-ing, as is Riley Jepson. Cam-eron Olson and Aidan Nisse may also be back on the roster.

March says the Eagles lost two of their senior top for-wards from last year, Brendan Devries and Brayden Taekema, who have been picked up by the Campbell River Storm. In exchange, the Eagles picked up a couple of younger wing-

ers in Scott Salberg and Mikey Markland.

“We didn’t lose, we gained, because we’ve got a couple of kids who were 20-year-olds who are finished this year, whereas these kids can prob-ably go to the next level next year,” says March.

In net, Jack Surgenor may be returning. He’s currently try-ing out to play in Grand Prairie.

March is very pleased, howev-er, with the recent acquisition of former Kelowna Rockets netminder Chris Turner.

“He hadn’t lost a game in the last four months of the sea-son and they went into the pro-vincials and they won there,” said March. “Excellent goal-tending, so he’s got potential to move on the following year too.”

Other players who have moved on include Sicamous’ own Jameson Stoski, who will be attending the Southern Alberta Institute of Technol-ogy. Fellow defenceman Brin Feldichuk has received a full scholarship to attend college and play hockey in Ft. Mc-Murray. Corbin Marcotte will be attending college in Ver-mont while playing with the Castleton College Spartans. And March says Jamie Gallo is now in Hungary where he’ll be playing semi-pro.

“It can happen in Junior B,” says March of the prospect of making a big career leap from the Eagles. “We get scouts in here from the colleges… as a matter of fact, where Marcotte is going, Sean Bianchini, who is the assistant coach on that team, played for us 10-12 years ago. He came up, watched our team play and offered Mar-cotte a spot.”

The Eagles hit the ice on Sept. 6 and 8 for exhibition games in Golden versus the Columbia Valley Rockets. They’re back in Sicamous for their first regular season con-test on Friday, Sept. 13, when they’ll be looking to bust the Fernie Ghostriders.

Game time is 7 p.m. Watch the News for weekly hockey coverage.

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New blood: Campbell River Storm winger Mikey Markland will be wearing an Eagles jersey for the 2013/14 season. Campbell River Storm photo

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GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21Gemini, sometimes forgetting responsibilities and acting like a child for a day can be good for the spirit. Take a mental health day and don’t let worries get you down for a few hours.

CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22Cancer, make travel plans before the summer passes you by. There has never been a better time to get out for a road trip or book a weekend jaunt to somewhere special.

LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23Leo, it can be difficult to upstage you, but someone else steps into the spotlight at work and it has you reeling for a little while. Be the bigger person and offer congrats.

VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22Virgo, you might be ultra careful when choosing friends, but keep in mind those closest to you have been there through thick and thin. Remember that this week.

LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23Libra, despite the many changes you have made, you still don’t feel completely satisfied. You can’t put your finger on what is off, but you will get to it eventually.

SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22Scorpio, you have heard the saying that you catch more flies with honey. Be prepared to lay the honey on especially thick this week. Have fun with it.

SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21Sagittarius, it’s hard to smile when you are feeling upset. This is not the week to let your true feelings show, though. Get through your obligations first.

CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20Carpricorn, if you have been thinking about getting active to shed a few pounds, then try something fun like playing a sport. Exercise doesn’t have to mean time in the gym.

AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18Certain aspects of your life are a work in progress, Aquarius. Other things you have under control. This week, focus on the things that may be holding you back.

PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20Pisces, while creative pursuits tickle your fancy this week, some more mundane tasks require your immediate attention.

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Peggy graduated from Daleville High school in Pleasantdale, SK, and then attended normal school.

She taught business education at Melfort, SK, Argyle Secondary in North Vancouver and at Eagle River Secondary, Sicamous, BC. She retired in1993.

Peggy married her husband Bob in 1961 andmoved to BC in 1996; together they movedto Mara, BC in 1980 and lived on their hobby farm until moving to Salmon Arm when she wasdiagnosed with cancer. She passed away on August 14, 2013 after a heroic battle with hercancer.

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ROBERT DICKSON MURRAYWe regret to announce the passing of Robert

Murray at Sicamous, BC on Friday August 2, 2013 at the age of 93.

Robert was born in Drumheller, Alberta and after a long career in the lumber and logging industry inAlberta settled to Sicamous for retirement.

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Happy Birthday Canada:

Sicamous once again celebrated Canada Day

in style with a variety of activities and en

tertainment, complete with fireworks on the

water. Clockwise from top left: Boaters light

up the water below as fireworks light up the

sky; Paige Blair shows her national pride on

her cheek; Katrina Dubs focuses on her art

Kayla Hill shares a cupcake with son Ryan;

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Happy Birthday Canada:

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