Rhona Martin, Columbia Shuswap Regional District board vice-chair and director for Electoral Area E Rural Sicamous, was acclaimed president of the Union of British Columbia Municipalities for the 2013-14 term.

Martin, who was first vice-president last year, was named president at a plenary session on Wednesday, Sept. 18.

Martin has been the area director since she was first elected to the CSRD board in 1990. 

She currently serves as chair of the North Okana-gan-Columbia Shuswap Regional Hospital District and sits on several committees – Milfoil Control Planning Committee, Shuswap Economic Devel-opment Commission, Shuswap Tourism Com-mittee, Parcel Tax Review Committee, Shuswap Regional Airport Commission, Southern Interior Development Initiative Trust and the Shuswap Lake Integrated Planning Process executive committee.

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those in needPage 3

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Another two outings are planned in the ongoing search for the body of a missing Calgary man.

Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue #106 Shuswap Station leader Rob Sutherland says marine search and rescue volunteers and the RCMP plan to return to Cinnemousun Narrows on Sept. 28 and 29 to try again to locate the body of Kevin Boutilier, who went missing in Shuswap Lake on Aug. 24 and is presumed drowned.

Sutherland says police and search and rescue possess photos taken two minutes prior to Boutilier

Search for drowning victim extended

Martin named UBCM president

By Lachlan LabereEagle Valley News

UBCM: CSRD Area E director Rhona Martin poses with B.C. Premier Christy Clark at last week’s UBCM convention. BC Government photo

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Feast for the senses: Sean O’Reilly breathes in the aroma of a lobster mushroom during the annual Fungi Festival held over the weekend at the Red Barn Arts Centre. The three-day event once again brought together mycologists and mushroom lovers for guided tours, presentations and fine dining. Photo by James Murray

More E. coli cases linked to Gort’s cheese

The news just keeps getting worse.

As of Monday, the Public Health Agency of Canada issued a notice that seven more cases of E. coli-caused illness linked to Gort’s Gouda Cheese Farm in Salmon Arm are being investigated,

bringing the total to 21. Nine of those cases are

in B.C., including a Vernon woman who died in August from the illness, along with one case in Alberta and one each in Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Quebec. Three of the B.C. cases are in the Interior Health Authority. Except for the one death, all other cases In Canada have

recovered or are recovering, states the agency.

The notice adds that “certain contaminated cheese products manufactured by Gort’s Gouda Cheese Farm… have been identified as the source of the illnesses. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has issued a Health Hazard Alert warning the public not to consume the affected product.

Should additional products be recalled as part of the ongoing food safety investigation, the CFIA will immediately inform the public.”

Currently, 15 varieties of Gort’s cheeses have been recalled.

The notice continues: “There is currently no indication

See Owners devastated on page 2

Illness: Apart from one death, all others recovered or recovering.By Martha WickettEagle Valley News

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diving into the water, and these indicate an area between the pre-vious two search loca-tions that will be the focus of the coming

search effort.“We have a line of

where the boat was two minutes prior to the guy jumping off, but be-cause of the depth per-ception (of the photo)

we can’t tell the range,” says Sutherland. “The actual search area is ac-tually pretty huge – it’s pretty hard to figure out exactly where he went in.”

The search effort has been conducted with aid from Vernon Search and Rescue, which has provided use of a high-ly sensitive side-sonar scanner. Other boaters

in the Narrows on the 28th and 29th are re-minded to keep at least 1,000 feet away from search vessels so as not to interrupt the scan sig-nal.

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of widespread risk to Canadians. However, E. coli O157:H7 can pose a serious public health risk. Additional cases of illness may be identified and linked to this outbreak in the future.”

At Gort’s farm, the Wikkerink family is understandably devastated.

Co-owner Kathy Wikkerink says one relief was talking to the family of Cory Van Der Linde, the 84-year-old Vernon woman who died Aug. 16 as a result of the E. coli illness she contracted after eating Gort’s cheese.

“They contacted us. They have forgiven us, they hold no grudges. That was good to know,” she said Tuesday.

With 15 varieties recalled, just seven of Gort’s cheeses remain unaffected.

Wikkerink says Canadian Food Inspection Agency inspectors are still at the farm, carrying our their investigations. No cheese can be sold until the investigation is complete. Wikkerink says the farm can sell

only yogurt, milk, quark cheese and grass-fed beef.

The farm has laid off three of its six paid employees, leaving just three employees, along with Gary and Kathy Wikkerink and their four children who reside at home to keep things running.

“We have to do what we have to do. There’s no more information (from government agencies) with what we have to do with the

farm. It’s hard because you don’t know what they’re going to do. We can’t make any plans.”

Asked about disposing of the cheese, Wikkerink says it is all in the government’s hands at this point.

W i k k e r i n k emphasizes her appreciation for the community.

“We are thankful again from the bottom of our hearts, the way they’re rallying behind

us, their words of encouragement.”

She says at this point her family can only wait for God’s guidance.

“I just know that God’s got a plan, we’re trying to just hold on to his promises. That’s all we have.”

Recall listThe Canadian Food

Inspection Agency’s list of Gort’s Gouda Farm cheeses that have been recalled is as follows: Mild Gouda

Cheese bearing a red “Raw” sticker; Medium Gouda Cheese Quaso, de Prato; Aged Quaso de Prato; X Aged Quaso de Prato; Cumin Quaso de Prato; Greek Blend: Onion, Paprika, Parsley, Pepper, Thyme, Oregano Quaso de Prato; Gouda Cheese with Jalapeno Peppers Quaso de Prato; Smoked Gouda Cheese Quaso de Prato; Gouda Cheese with Red Peppers, Ginger, Onions and Garlic Quaso de Prato; Peppercorn, Ginger, Paprika, Onion and Garlic Quaso de Prato; Parsley, Celery, Onion, Garlic, Dill and Chives Quaso de Prato; Maasdammer; Beaufort; Parmesan and Mazouda.

The recall notes the products with lot codes 122 to 138 were sold in both B.C. and Alberta, and through Internet sales from May 27 to Sept. 14.

Some of the packaging may not have the lot code or indicate it was made from raw milk, particularly those sold from deli counters where clerks package the product.

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Recall: The public is being warned not to eat 15 varieties of Gort’s cheeses identified in a recall. File photo

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Camping must be the number one accom-plishment. It will help spring, summer and fall.

We also need to work on a way to help put the hang-gliders back on our moun-tain,  as that attracts

people from all over. Besides it was always wonderful to watch.

Let’s investigate tub-ing on the river and see if it is possible to start it at various locations. 

Perhaps we could have a chat with the CSRD and try a joint

partnership to help all of us.

In winter, the big-gest complaint is there is nothing to do here at night, so many go to Revelstoke. If we’re doing all the work of keeping trails in great shape, we need a con-

versation about how to benefit from it.

Perhaps extending Moose Mouse weekend to include lumberjack events could add to our August long weekend, as we have a lot of lum-ber people in our com-munity. Let’s try lots.

I tell people I live in paradise and that is especially true for the outdoor enthusiast.

There is within a one-hour window, ideal surroundings for every outdoor activity you could possibly want in any season. Downhill/cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, snowmo-

biling, ice climbing, dog sledding, mountain bik-ing, cycling, all-season hiking, swimming, wa-ter skiing, are all pos-sible just to name a few.

We already host visi-tors doing these activi-ties, but they are those who come from within a day’s drive and bring their own equipment.

What about those from farther away who ei-ther don’t have their own equipment or can’t bring it with them? We need companies who specialize in supplying equipment, instruction and guides to convince these visitors to make Sicamous a stop on their itinerary.

According to Tourism BC these types of people already come to B.C. year round. Outdoor pursuits-fo-cused business can and will bring them here.

Question: If elected, what would you do to try to enhance Sicamous’ position as a four-season destination community?

Suzanne CarpenterCandidate

I would like to see more marketing for Sicamous. We live in an incredible place with so many natural resources such as sled-ding, boating, golf-ing and hiking, but we could do more. The dis-trict currently owns two properties that have ac-

cess to the river and we need to make the river accessible to tubers, canoeing and the gen-eral public. It is not the job of a municipality to run these businesses, but we could provide incentives to have more development such as pursuing the old rail-

road for a biking hiking trail. The more things you have to do in a town, the more attrac-tive it becomes and en-courages more families to live in the area.

Sicamous has to be seen as a community that welcomes change, and keeps our services

open in the evening when people are off the water or the hills. What I hear from our visitors is that there is nothing to do in the evening and we therefore lose people to other resort towns due to the lack of night life. Let’s make Sicamous fun.

Lynn MillerCandidate

Terry SintonCandidate

ELECTION

Court adjourns Martin extradition hearingAn extradition hear-

ing for Malakwa’s Co-lin Martin has been put on hold, giving him time to raise funds nec-essary for his legal de-fence.

A B.C. Supreme Court Justice adjourned the hearing on Sept. 11, following presentations by Martin and the fed-eral Crown in Kam-loops Provincial Court.

Representing him-self, Martin argued he did not wish to proceed

without experienced legal representation, which wouldn’t be supported by the Le-gal Services Society. He expects to return to work as a faller to earn the necessary funds for his defence.

Martin was indicted in Washington State in 2009, along with Sean William Doak, James Gregory Cameron and Adam Christian Ser-rano, after U.S. and Canadian authorities

made arrests in a drug operation where mari-juana and ecstasy were allegedly � own state-side in exchange for cocaine.

On Sept. 11, the Crown alleged Martin was involved in the or-ganization of helicop-ters used in the opera-tion, and asked that the hearing happen sooner than later, noting Mar-tin has a history of court delays.

A new hearing is ex-

pected to be set by the end of October.

Martin is also sched-uled for a three-week trial in March 2014 for other drug-related charges. These result from a July 2010 police raid at the Malakwa property where he and his family were resid-ing, where authorities uncovered a marijuana grow operation in a bunker underneath a neighbouring work-shop.

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More to NDP loss than keeping to the high road

OpiniOn

If anything, Adrian Dix is consistent in keep-ing to the high road.

Last week, as B.C. Premier Christy Clark was shaking hands and posing for pictures at this year’s Union of British Columbia Municipalities convention, the man who had hoped to be there in her place (as premier) but was denied last provin-cial election by a come-from-behind victory for the BC Liberals, tendered his resignation as leader of the BC NDP.

Dix’s announcement that he would be stepping down was undoubtedly a sigh-of-relief moment for NDP members and supporters who blame the election outcome on his leadership. Dix himself has accepted responsibility. And now a 40-page document on how and why the NDP went from leading by a huge margin in the polls, to securing only 33 seats in the legislature, also points a fin-ger at him and his campaign strategy.

Written by NDP campaign director Brian Topp, the document suggests a more aggressive, “bloody-minded” campaign is needed to win, and that the party failed to emulate the Liberals in focusing attacks on individuals as opposed to criticizing policy.

While Dix might not have been consistent in his position on oil tankers, he continues to avoid the politics of personal attacks and, in his resig-nation speech, encouraged the party to do the same.

“In the face of cynicism, it is our duty to nour-ish the need to aspire, to hope and to offer hope,” said Dix. “Not by imitating our opponents at their worst or our critics at their most cynical but by speaking to the best in people. And of course to never, ever give up.”

From the HST to the ethnic vote scandal, the Liberals and their leader provided plenty of opportunity for Dix to draw blood. But the NDP and Dix have their own history of poor decisions that continue to hold strong in voters’ minds. And it could be argued the party lost not because of the positive message, but due to public mis-trust in the sincerity of the messenger.

End is near for circus over smart metersVICTORIA – Despite

efforts to keep the smart meter “controversy” alive by repeating imaginary health claims, the end is near.

Energy Minister Bill Bennett has made what sounds like a final offer to holdouts. You want to keep your old mechanical meter, fill your boots. It’ll cost you an extra $35 a month, start-ing in December. If you in-sist on a “radio off” wireless meter, there will be a setup fee of $100 and a monthly fee of $20 to have someone collect the readings.

These charges are to be reviewed by the B.C. Utili-ties Commission, the inde-pendent panel that smart meter opponents want to review BC Hydro’s whole smart grid project.

As it happens, the BCUC recently did just that for an application by FortisBC to install wireless meters for its Okanagan and Koote-nay customers. The meters

were approved, and the findings are instructive.

The BCUC report notes that it received “many” complaints about smart meter signals being added to existing radio frequency (RF) sources. Some used familiar scare rhetoric about “toxic microwave radiation” that’s promoted by people trying to make money by exploiting fear.

One of the experts re-tained by FortisBC was Dr. Yakov Shkolnikov, an electrical engineer with advanced degrees from Princeton and Cornell Uni-versities. His testimony was not challenged by any of the lineup of opponents. A sample of his findings illus-trates the absurdity of this whole discussion.

Shkolnikov calculated that a cell phone in use generates radio signals that reach 10 per cent of the international safety code limit. A microwave oven generates 2.3 per cent of

the safe limit. A cordless phone: 1.25 per cent. A wi-fi signal: 0.0045 per cent. 

A bank of smart meters, not separated by a wall, registers 0.0019 per cent. The natural background RF level is 0.013 per cent. Note the decimal place. The level in the middle of a wilder-ness is more than 10 times that received from a bank of meters.

BCUC staff added, for comparison, the radio sig-nal level emitted by a hu-man body. It’s 0.018 per cent.

Experts put up by op-ponents didn’t fare so well. One was Jerry Flynn, a re-tired Canadian Forces of-ficer from Kelowna who travels around taking read-ings, talking to elderly peo-ple about alleged hazards of meters, and making claims to the media about what he has called the single big-gest threat to human health today.

The BCUC found his

military experience not “relevant,” and his evidence frequently “incorrect, exag-gerated and/or unsubstanti-ated.”

Then there was Curtis Bennett, who described himself as “chief science officer” for a company called Thermoguy. He spoke on behalf of West Kootenay Concerned Citi-zens. In a 2012 letter to the B.C. energy ministry, Ben-nett warned of the danger of smart meters triggering “molecular earthquakes.”

The BCUC panel wrote: “While Mr. Bennett has an electrician’s knowledge of electrical systems, it is clear that he is unqualified to give expert opinion evi-dence on the health effects of RF, exposure standards for RF, engineering, phys-ics or geological phenom-ena such as earthquakes.”

Would you like this cir-cus of quackery to be re-staged over BC Hydro’s program, at your expense?

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MP should push for bridge replacementSpecial attention

Greg Kyllo. Now is the time to

rise and shine. Christy Clark just made a to-tally frivolous proposal to replace the Massey Tunnel by 2017.

Please remind the premier that right in your home community,

Sicamous, the Bruhn bridge across the chan-nel is long overdue for replacement.

As a very important link in the Trans-Cana-da Highway system it is obsolete and dangerous by today’s standards.

Unlike the Lower Mainland, we don’t

have numerous alter-nate routes. I am sure the community would go all the way with you on this issue.

Colin Mayes, as the federal member for this riding, is equally responsible for a trans-continental highway. If the new bridge’s cost

was shared by both governments, the total expense wouldn’t be as exorbitant. Either way, it is still from our pockets, but at least the major benefit would be to our area.

Alli M. Graham

Politicians urged to consider big pictureAfter reading the

EVN article about the possibilities for tran-sit to link Sicamous to other communities, I felt so exasperated I have asked the permis-sion of the Eagle Val-ley Community Sup-port Society’s board to write my thoughts.

When we became aware that the BC Transit feasibility study was only avail-able at our centres, we printed and got the sur-veys out to many other places where we know people gather.

Mayor Trouton, you continue to insist those needing transporta-tion are a tiny percent-age, but more than 300 households with a cur-rent food bank file, and 1,700 visitors or callers to our centres last year tell us otherwise. Were we supposed to not en-courage those we knew needed transportation to fill out the survey? Were we supposed to not try to give an ac-

curate picture of the need? If ensuring we are doing our job is perceived to be some-how suspect, we are in serious trouble as a community.

In the article in last week’s EVN, you, Mayor Trouton, made a statement about people responding to the survey when they may not use the ser-vice themselves, but know someone who would. Perhaps you think it odd that people do think of others, and may in fact be willing to pay something for transit in recognition of the fact that it would provide needed sup-port to others?

Thank goodness citizens of Sicamous and Malakwa don’t only think of their own needs, or a heck of a lot of great programs, buildings and services wouldn’t exist for our use.

A strength required to serve your commu-

nity, no matter your role, is the ability to see the big picture, and with the certain knowledge that all de-cisions taken impact the whole, the choices made must be based on full examination of their cause and effect. We told you about the regional planning work we and others have been doing and about private, public, social enterprise partner-ships, and asked you to look at this from a big-picture, regional view. We said that trans-portation could serve not only Sicamous and its low-income households without vehicles and seniors who no longer drive, but also the Shuswap, and working people and tourists. Econom-ic development, the chamber staff and the Shuswap Trail Alliance didn’t seem to think it was a crazy idea, but you have made no at-tempt since March to

pursue any discussions and, having now pro-vided your opinion to the newspaper about the study, apparently expect us to simply ac-cept it.

Well, for what it’s worth, here is my opin-ion. If we don’t stop saying no, and start saying yes to balanced development that asks and uses community input, and seeks to find ways to give citizens the things that will make the community a place they want to stay, we will have no com-munity left to worry about. So, I say to the people of Sicamous as they elect another councillor, and to the people of Malakwa as they vote to support the former school with tax dollars, we need to say YES when raising tax-es may keep our com-munities from dying, we need to say YES to representatives who think in innovative ways about growth and

creating sustainability for rural communities, we need to say YES to keeping ourselves bet-ter informed, and most of all, we need to say YES to continuing to care about others, for that way lies a future. Those all-important tax dollars won’t mean much when our prop-erties aren’t worth any-thing because we have allowed our communi-ties to die from short-sightedness.

Janet McClean Senft

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Get ready to walk and roll for ALS.

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es everybody to come out, support the school and the cause.

Last year, ERS so-cial justice students raised more than $1,000.

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Cambie HallSee September off

with music, merriment and a meal at the Cam-bie Hall.

A Fall Harvest Dance is being held at the hall on Saturday, Sept. 28. The event runs from 8 p.m. to midnight, with music provided by Breakin Curfew.

Doors open at 7 p.m. with a midnight snack provided. Cost is $10 per person, with tickets sold at the door until 9:30 p.m. No minors.

The following day, Sept. 29, is the Cambie Hall Pot Luck Family Picnic. This event runs

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SPORTS

Vernon tennis player, Jeremy Bell, and his men’s doubles partner, West Martin-Patterson of Sicamous are unde-feated in the 2013 out-door tennis season.

On Sunday, Bell and Martin-Patterson claimed their sixth Men’s A Doubles Tour-nament title, winning in straight sets over Craig Tilander (Vernon) and Winston Pain (Salmon Arm) at the Salmon Arm Open Tennis Tour-nament.

Bell and Martin-Patterson began their undefeated streak at the Lakeview Heights Tournament in May of this year, beating Prince George brothers, Jim Condon and Kristian Kiland. Additional vic-tories followed at the Hankey Cup in Ver-non, the Alpha-Zulu in Kelowna, the Sunshine Open in Kamloops, and again in Vernon at the Labour Day Open. In six tournaments, they have claimed six doubles titles. In all their matches, they have dropped only two sets: one set in the very tight Sunshine Open Final against Alex Kotai (Ab-botsford) and Al Lin-coln (Kamloops), and another in the Labour Day Semi-Final against Kenneth Cheung and Uri Yarkoni of Kelow-na.

Bell, 43, and Martin-Patterson, 35, often play against each other in the Men’s A Singles divi-sion where Bell current-ly holds a 4:3 edge in tournament meetings. The on-court singles ri-valry is quickly set aside when they have to team up on the same side of the net. Their approach is to utilize their strong serves, and to always take control of the net as quickly as possible. It’s worked well in 2013.

Eagles get payback in Kootenay road trip

High ball: Sicamous’ West Martin-Patter-son reaches high for the return Saturday dur-ing the Salmon Arm Open Tennis Tournament. Photo by James Murray

Bell, Martin-Patterson sweep men’s doubles

The Sicamous Ea-gles were able to get some payback during a visit to the Kootenays last weekend.

On Sept. 20, the Eagles were in Fernie where they had an op-portunity to make up for an 8-2 defeat suf-fered recently at the hands of the Ghostrid-ers. Sicamous didn’t disappoint, winning the contest 3-1.

Sicamous’ Hayden Orten was � rst on the board with a � rst-period goal at 11:34. Assists were from Riley Jepson

and Darien Head. Fer-nie outshot Sicamous in the second frame but could not get the puck past Kris Joyce’s glove. The Eagles, however, were able to add two more goals in the last � ve minutes and, ulti-mately, win the game. The goals were by Cart-er Hansen (unassisted) and Head, off of Owen Roswell and Hayden Orten.

In the third frame Sicamous managed 14 shots on net to Fernie’s seven, but neither team was able to ripple the mesh.

From Fernie, Si-camous’ three-day tour

of the Kootenays went downhill.

On Saturday, Sept. 21, the team was in Creston, where they faced a 5-2 defeat to the Creston Valley Thunder Cats.

Eagle Nathan Grieve potted the � rst goal of the night, an unassisted marker at 16:57 in the

� rst period. Thirty-six seconds later the T-Cats replied, tying up the game and, minutes lat-er, added a second goal to give them a 2-1 lead going into the second period.

Creston added three more goals in the sec-ond and third periods, with the � nal goal of the night scored by Sicamous’ Nicho-las Astasiewicz, off of Alex Dartnall and Grieve.

Sunday’s game (Sept. 22) versus the Kimberly Dynamiters could easily have gone in either team’s favour, though it was the hosts

who picked up the 2-1 win.

After a scoreless � rst period, Jepson was able to light up the board early in the sec-ond frame with assists by Orten and Owen Rowsell. The Dynamit-ers replied before the period’s end, and were able to add the tie-breaker at 15:03 in the third period.

The Eagles will be back on home ice on Friday, Sept. 27 for a contest against rivals the Revelstoke Griz-zlies. The following night they’re in Revel-stoke. Game time is 7 p.m.

By Lachlan LabereEagle Valley News

and Darien Head. Fer-nie outshot Sicamous in the second frame but could not get the puck past Kris Joyce’s glove. The Eagles, however, were able to add two more goals in the last � ve minutes and, ulti-mately, win the game. The goals were by Cart-

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District of Sicamous Ph: 250-836-2477 Fax: 250-836-4314 www.sicamous.ca 446 Main Street. Box 219 Sicamous B.C. V0E 2V0

DISTRICT OF SICAMOUSPUBLIC NOTICE

TAKE NOTICE THAT the Council of the District of Sicamous will be considering Revitalization Tax Exemption Bylaw No. 862, 2013 Amending Bylaw No. 864, 2013 for the following reasons and objectives:

Purpose of the Bylaw and Amending BylawCouncil wishes to establish a Revitalization Tax Exemption Program in the downtown commercial area of the District to assist businesses that are listed in the Revitalization Area defined in the Bylaw and were severely affected by flood damage to the District’s water system in 2012 to purchase private water filtration systems. The Amending Bylaw will add additional businesses to the Revitalization Area list, Schedule “A” which is attached and amend section 2.0 Definitions, by deleting paragraph (a) under “Private Water Filtration System” and replacing it with the following:

(a) “paid for and installed on a Parcel in 2013 or in 2012 after the flooding occurred by a High Volume Commercial Water User because the 2012 flooding in the District resulted in the municipal water supply being unsuitable for or injurious to the business purposes of that User, and”

Reasons for the Revitalization Tax Exemption Program

The extreme flooding that occurred in the District in 2012 damaged the District’s water system. The damage prevented the District from being able to continue to supply commercial water users in the District who require high volumes of water with an adequate, suitable and reliable supply of municipal water until such time as the District is able to update its water treatment plant, estimated to take two years or more to complete.

The economic and social well being of the District is enhanced by a viable commercial and retail sector that continues to supply the basic and necessary goods and services, as well as a variety of other goods and services, to the District’s resident population, tourists and visitors and other District businesses. The economic health of that sector and, therefore, the well being of the resident and visiting populations, would be adversely affected by closures of businesses in that sector, forcing persons and businesses in Sicamous to purchase their goods and services in other municipalities. The closure of those businesses may adversely affect other businesses in the District, causing them to close as well.

The water users who are dependent on their water supply for the continuation of their businesses, may be unable to recover from the adverse impacts of the loss of the water supply they require and unable to afford the cost of installing private water filtration systems. Rather than see these businesses close or relocate to other municipalities and be lost to the District, Council deems it necessary and in the best interests of the District to offer them tax exemptions under section 226 of the Community Charter.

Objectives of the Revitalization Tax Exemption ProgramCouncil’s objectives for the Revitalization Tax Exemption Program are to secure the future economic and social health of the District by offering tax relief to the owners and occupiers of those commercial properties in the Revitalization Area (high volume commercial water users) who were adversely affected by the long term loss of an adequate, suitable and reliable supply of municipal water as a result of flood damage to the municipal water system in 2012.

Accomplishing the ObjectivesThe Objectives of the Revitalization Tax Exemption Program would be accomplished by

(1) assisting the high volume commercial water users with the cost of installing water filtration systems on their premises to provide water suitable for their business operations until such time the municipal water service is upgraded, operational and able to supply them with an adequate, suitable and reliable supply of municipal water; and

(2) thereby enabling the existing high volume commercial water users to keep their businesses financially viable; to preserve the jobs they provide in their businesses and indirectly in other businesses in the District; and to continue providing goods and services to the inhabitants of the District as well as visitors and tourists to the District, rather than having their customers purchase their goods and services outside of the District.

Eligible PropertiesTo be eligible for the tax exemption, an applicant must:(1) own a Parcel or operate a business assessed for taxation on one or more of the of the commercial

properties (Parcels) listed in the Table at the end of this notice, and(2) have installed a water filtration system on the Parcel before October 1, 2013.

Maximum Term of the Tax ExemptionThe tax exemption will be provided for a maximum term of 5 years beginning with the calendar year 2014 and not available after the year 2018.

Amount of the Tax ExemptionThe annual tax exemption proposed for each property is $1,200.00 or 20% of the Actual Purchase Price (as verified under the terms of the Revitalization Tax Exemption Agreement between the District and the property owner) of a water filtration system, whichever is the lesser amount.

Extent of the Tax ExemptionThe extent of the Tax Exemption is $6,000 if claimed for the Maximum Term of 5 years. The exemption is applied only to the general municipal tax portion of the municipal tax bill and not to taxes that must be collected by the District for other taxing authorities.

Date of Council MeetingCouncil will consider the adoption of the Amending Bylaw at its Regular Council Meeting on October 23rd, 2013 at 5:00 p.m. in the District of Sicamous Council Chambers at the address below. Interested persons are welcome to attend.

InformationA complete copy of the bylaw is available at the District of Sicamous Municipal Office, 446 Main Street, Sicamous, BC. For more information, please call Heidi Frank, Chief Administrative Officer, 250-836- 2477.

** Portion of larger property (boat storage/moorage) *** On Twin Anchors Houseboat property **** Assessed as one property (breakdown is unclear)

DISTRICT OF SICAMOUS Under Section 227 of the Community CharterSCHEDULE “A”

Revitalization Tax Exemption Bylaw NO. 862, 2013 Amending Bylaw NO. 864, 2013. Designated Revitalization Area and List of Parcels within the Revitalization Area.

Schedule “A”Attached to and forming part of Bylaw NO. 864, 2013 cited as Revitalization Tax Exemption Bylaw NO. 862, 2013 Amending Bylaw NO. 864, 2013

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Keep your toddler safe in the car.

Learn how to install your child’s car seat correctly. Call 1-877-247-5551 or visit ChildSeatInfo.ca

“Grandma, we’re coming to visit!”

Drive to Save Lives

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Telephone ServicesDISCONNECTED PHONE?National Teleconnect home phone service. No one re-fused! Low monthly rate! Call-ing features and unlimited long distance available. Call Na-tional Teleconnect today! 1-866-443-4408. www.nationalteleconnect.com

Merchandise for Sale

AppliancesGREAT for Cabin or In-law Suite. 3 Kenmore Appliances: Stove, Microwave & Dish-washer. $500 takes all. Good Shape. We just upgraded! Call 250-378-7483or ban.dana@shaw.ca.

AuctionsAUCTION - Houseboats, Boats, PWC, Trucks, Trailers and more. September 21st, Kelowna www.westernstarauctions.com

Garage SalesMoving Sale Sept 28/29 9am-3pm 1214 Mclean McPherson Rd. Sicamous Tools/books etc

Heavy Duty Machinery

A-STEEL SHIPPING DRYSTORAGE CONTAINERS

Used 20’40’45’53’ in stock. SPECIAL

44’X40’ Container Shopw/steel trusses $13,800!

Sets up in one day!40’ Containers under $2500!

Call Toll Free AlsoJD 544 & 644 wheel loaders

JD 892D LC ExcavatorPh 1-866-528-7108Delivery BC and AB

www.rtccontainer.com

Misc. for Sale

Auctionunder the Gigantic

Circus Tent No Buyer’s Fee

Cash OnlyCollectibles & Misc.

Everything Must Go!5680 Hwy 97B 11am - Sept. 291 (250)832-3577

HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/newspaper?

STEEL BUILDING Sizzling Summer Savings event! 20x22 $4,188. 25x24 $4,598. 30x36 $6,876. 32x44$8,700. 40x52 $12,990. 47x70 $17,100. One end wall included. Pioneer Steel, 1-800-668-5422.www.pioneersteel.ca

STEEL BUILDINGS, metal buildings 60% off! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for bal-ance owed! Call 1-800-457-2206.www.crownsteelbuildings.ca

Misc. WantedGenuine Coin Collector BuyerCollections, Olympic Gold &Silver Coins etc 778-281-0030

PURCHASING old Canadian & American coin collections & accumulations. 250-548-3670

Real Estate

Mobile Homes & Parks

A TRULY MUST SEE: 14’x70’ 1984 Cavalier mobile home. Renovated completely. Dry-wall throughout, granite kitch-en & bathroom, new HW tank, new windows, doors, roof, fl ooring and siding. Huge beautiful lot with low pad rent $260. Asking $68,500 obo. Further info contact 250-804-5033.

Rentals

Apt/Condo for RentAVAIL. OCT 1, 2 bdrm apt Sicamous. $750/mo heat incl. NP, NS, Ref. Req. (250)836-3933

FULLY FURNISHED 2 bdrm Condo. NP, NS, Avail Oct - June $700/mo Call Roger (250)836-5709

LGE 1 & 2 BDRM. BRIGHT apts. In suite storage, green space, live-in manager. Cable incl. Sicamous, 250-836-4516.

Transportation

Auto Financing

DreamTeam Auto Financing“0” Down, Bankruptcy OK -

Cash Back ! 15 min Approvals1-800-961-7022

www.iDreamAuto.com DL# 7557

Cars - Sports & Imports

1998 BMW Z3 Roadster 1.9 ConvertibleSoft top, 5 speed manual.

Heated leather seats,power windows, seats & mirrors.

4 new Uniroyal tires, Alpine stereo w/ipod wired

in. Wind blocker on roll bars, Air bags and more. Summer driven only and

garage stored during winter.Very Sleek looking &

Well maintained. $14,000. (250)804-6399

BCDailyRegister Online at www.bcdailydeals.com

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