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The new community hall coming to Invermere saw more of its logistics hammered out at a meeting with the advisory committee last week.

Members of the Community Hall Ad-visory Committee met for the regular meeting at the District of Invermere council chambers on Tuesday, Au-gust 12th.

Discussed were the needs of the performing consortium, the manage-ment of sub-committees, and phase two. A delegation from the library also presented.

Concerns were raised over recre-ational activities in the multi-use rooms, as the performing arts will have stage equipment that could be damaged by sports like airsoft or basketball, said Barb Neraasen, who was representing the performing con-

sortium. She also raised the possibil-ity of the youth centre and kitchen interfering with performances. As a recommended solution, she said that the theatre should be separated from the multi-use room, even if it means shrinking the size of the room. Ms. Neraasen also suggested the idea of a suspended cat-walk above the performance area for audio and visu-al technicians, and said that there is no need for a raised stage.

Speaking on be-half of the Invermere Public Library, Tom Symington contrasted the area and size of Invermere’s library to those in communities of similar size across the province, which he says have more square footage per user. But chief administrative officer Chris

Prosser said that, because other fa-cilities will be offered in the building, it will be less challenging to make ef-ficient use of the space.

As it stands, the size of the new li-brary will likely be built to a dimen-sion around 4,000 square feet (370 square metres), which is expected to

cost roughly $350 per square foot, totaling $1.4 million.

With more than $100,000 raised so far, Mr. Symington asked how much of the sum is required before construction can be-

gin on the library. He also asked if the project can begin before phase one is finished, and if the project’s progress is contingent upon the progress of the fitness centre.

Mayor Gerry Taft couldn’t offer a threshold for how much money is re-

quired before beginning work on the new library, but cautioned against re-lying on fundraising as the staple for revenue. He said a referendum will be the most likely method of raising the bulk of the $1.4 million.

“It shouldn’t be for the bricks and mortar – fundraising is for the bells and whistles,” Mr. Taft said.

The library project cannot begin before the completion of phase two he said, but its progress does not de-pend on that of the fitness centre.

“The two are not connected at the hip,” said Mr. Taft.

When it was time to discuss sub-committees, Mr. Prosser warned against an abundance of task forc-es, as timeliness is more likely to be taxed when more volunteer roles are created.

The next advisory committee meet-ing takes place on September 9th be-tween 4 and 6 p.m.

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Several key items were listed during the re-cent village of Canal Flats regular council meeting held at the Columbia Discovery Centre on August 11th, 2014. Notable items, included the Interior Health smoke-free delegation, the progress of a merge water upgrade, and the discussion of the Co-lumbia Valley summer promotional video.

Kerri Wall of Interior Health gave an insightful pre-sentation on the benefits of administering a smok-ing bylaw within the community, during a presenta-tion that illuminated the efforts of the province to create a Kootenay smoke-free coalition in partner-ship with Interior Health and the provincial Minis-try of Health.

Economic and environmental impacts of tobacco use were brought to light, including the frightening statistic that 85 per cent of lung cancer patients are smokers. “It is guaranteed to kill one out of two, for every smoker,” said Ms. Wall.

Secondhand smoke concerns were on the fore-front of the discussion and the possibility of pro-tecting non-smokers from smoke in an outdoor setting were made pertinent. Impacts on wildlife, forest fires, and unsightly butts all contributed to favourable consideration of council members for the implementation of smoke free spaces.

“A strong public policy such as this would be a community principle – the idea being to protect, enhance, and preserve the natural environment,” said Ms. Wall. Mayor Ute Juras also brought up concerns over chemicals from scattered butts seep-ing into the ground and contaminating wa-ter sources.

The merged water upgrade was dis-cussed at length and the overall tone of the in-depth analysis found that Canal Flats water systems were in good shape. Prog-ress would include the introduction of fire flow water to each home and the eventual dissolution of water well systems. Capital, being of utmost importance and neces-sary to completely finance the operation, was found to be lacking contribution from municipal avenues, who have failed in the past to adequately support such systems.

Councillor Dean Midyette discussed the upcoming Columbia Valley summer promotional video, highlighting the success of the latest market-ing project created by Swansea Communications. The Whiteway, which received enormous accolades during its release earlier this year set a premise for further nods at these kinds of united efforts. All council members were in favour of collaborating to create a marketing and promotional vehicle that

showcases a montage of all the sites and natural beauty inherent to the Columbia Valley.

Other issues included disturbances over unsight-ly properties, and the proper channels for bylaw enforcement. Concerned citizens worried about a particular property showed up at the meeting and were asked politely to go through the proper for-malities. Councillors were concerned about prop-erly supporting citizens in closing arguments.

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A family vacation at a mountain cabin in the valley nearly ended in tragedy on Wednesday, August 13th, after a propane explosion destroyed a cabin.

Cpl. Ayers of the Columbia Valley Detach-ment says both members from his detachment and the Kimberley Detach-ment of the RCMP attend-ed the scene at Whitetail Lake, at kilometre 26 on the Finlay Creek Forest Service Road.

“Some time after 4 in the morning on Au-gust 13th one of the rental cabins at White-tail exploded,” Ayers told the Bulletin. “The roof blew off and the cabin is demolished.”

Ayers says two families vacationing from Britain had rented what he described as a

duplex type cabin.He says in spite of the severity of the ex-

plosion, all eight people staying there were accounted for.

“One boy, 10 to 12 years old, was flown to Calgary with lacerations, but not life-threatening,” Ayers said.

Ayers says the boy was actually blown out the second floor window when the cabin exploded. He was found by neighbour-ing tourists from another cabin.

“It was just very, very for-tunate that he survived,

that everybody got out,” Ayers said. “It could have been tragic.”

He says that police are fairly certain that propane was the cause of the explosion.

“We can’t prove it — there’s nothing left of the cabin — but we are confident that it was a propane explosion.”

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The Columbia Valley Chamber of Commerce’s spectacular promotional video on Lake Windermere’s Whiteway (shown here) has Canal Flats council excited about the summer video. PhoTo by brad KiTChing


A look back through � e Valley Echo's archives over the last 50 years

REMEMBER WHEN?

50 years ago (1964): A birthday salute from

the publisher, F.B. Conduit, was published in this week’s Valley Echo. We had reached our 8th birthday and special thanks in addition to advertis-ers and readers were given to Dr. Coy, Dr. A.A. Dixon, Rob-ert Talbot, the originals, who helped us get started. To the staff; Ron and Belle Ede, Win-nifred Weir, Cis Newhouser, Paul Stanley and Joy Ralph.

45 years ago (1969): Local Shuswap Band

members signed the agree-

ment with the Village of Inver-mere, leasing 32 acres of land north of the Crossroads for construction of an airport to serve the valley. Negotiations for an airport had been under-way for 13 years, � rst with the Chamber of Commerce and then with the village when it was learned that a incorpo-rated municipality must be re-sponsible for construction and maintenance.

40 years ago (1974): Norman and Leo

Gagne of Canal Flats were � rst place winners in the Kootenay River canoe race, one of the sporting events featured in the annual Sam Steel Days cel-ebrations.

30 years ago (1984): The school principals

for School District No. 4 (Win-dermere) were announced for the 1984/1985 school year. Mr. D. Gordon at David Thompson Secondary, Mr. R. E. A. Dearin at Invermere Elementary, Mr. D. Horn at J. Alfred Laird Elementa-ry, Mr. J. J. Denhamer at Canal Flats Elementary Jr. Secondary, Mr. M. Bradford at Edgewater Elementary, Mr. R. Campsall at Windermere Elementary, Mr. R Engelbracht at Radium Elemen-tary and Ms. M. Desjardins at Martin Morigeau Elementary.

20 years ago (1994): The Regional District

of East Kootenay asked for pro-posals for setting up recycling

facilities in the Columbia Val-ley. “It’s part of our Year 2000 objective to reduce waste by 50 per cent,” said Rick Lindstrom, superintendent of utilities at RDEK in Cranbrook.

10 years ago (2004): Thanks to an injection

of cash from the provincial government, valley parents were soon to have the ben-e� t of a new daycare facility. $224,544 was granted to the Akisqnuk First Nation Cen-tre for the construction and implementation of a new day-care facility at the site.

2007 — Cort, 5 and his sister Rhylan, 3 enjoy some tasty dogs at the Invermere Farmers’ Market on August

18th. Their family was on holidays from

Drumheller, Alberta.

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A MYRIAD OF MARKETS

As summer winds to a close, locals and tourists alike are enjoying the last few mar-ket weekends left to them. Clockwise from top left: The Village of Radium Hot Springs hosts Music on Main every weekend, bring-ing musicians on stage Friday and Saturday evenings to give the downtown a beat; Tom Symington and Gerry George of Columbia Ridge Pottery present their collaborated art at the Fairmont Hot Springs Farmers’ Mar-ket on Sunday, August 17th; Napoleon Dyna-mite, resurrected by Japhy Hunt, showed off his dance skills at the Invermere Farmers’ Market on Saturday, August 16th; Deep fried donuts get pople salivating at the Invermere Farmers’ Market (Dan Walton photos).

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Summer wildfires spark fascination

We are cer-tainly en-

joying a wonder-ful summer with plenty of warm temperatures and little rain. Unfortu-nately, with the hot and dry condi-tions come some issues which we can see by look-ing into the sky just east of us. I am, of course, talking about the fire that is burning up Nine Mile Creek (named the Whitetail Brook Fire by the Wildfire Management Branch).

At this point the fire is not a threat to the community. It is moving in the opposite direction and the Wildfire Management Branch is conducting a full response. They have set up a base camp in the elementary school and hired a communications officer who is in constant contact with the village,

giving updates. We have also had a well-attended information meeting hosted by the Wildfire Management Branch. It was informative and put a lot of people at rest.

In the event, this or any other fire becomes a risk to the community, I wanted to assure everyone that the village does have an emergency plan in place and is ready to acti-vate it as soon as it is deemed nec-essary. Our staff is highly trained and, in case of an emergency, we will be getting assistance from the Regional District of East Kootenay and the province.

In other news, council is in the process of discussing an economic development plan presented by our Economic Develop-ment Committee.

In addition, we have received a grant from the Columbia Basin Trust to hire a contrac-tor to develop two community profiles —

one business, one residential. There is a lot of information out there and we are looking to have it all compiled in one document that is easy to access for any potential investor or home buyer.

Ute Juras is the mayor of the Village of Canal Flats and a Regional District of East Kootenay director for the Columbia Valley.

Canal Flats keeps watchful eye on wildfire

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T he White Tail Brook fire east of Canal Flats has been burning for nearly a month. But

as Canal Flats mayor Ute Juras points out in her Regional Rundown column (below), crews of firefighters from B.C.’s Wildfire Management Branch are working diligently to contain the blaze, and it is not a threat to the community.

Wildfires are an inescapable part of living in the western or nothern parts of our country, but the residents of these areas are fortunate indeed to have such dedicated response per-sonnel. Most of the dozens of blazes currently burning across Canada are being monitored, if not actively battled by fire crews. The White

Tail Brook apparently has nearly 200 people working on it at the moment.

The work is hot, hard, and dirty. Few people would want to spend their summer days al-ternately sitting around aimlessly on call and then suddenly working around the clock in trying conditions. But clearly some do, and this summer, the valley owes them no small debt of gratitude.

Perhaps even more fascinating than those who fight fires are those who purposefully let them burn — Parks Canada.

Parks Canada has been taking an innova-tive approach to fire management for some years now, especially in the mountain parks and when circumstances are safe enough, parks fire crews simply let wildfires run their

natural course.The reasons for doing so are varied and

numerous, and are rooted in the scientific understanding that wildfire has been a natu-rally occuring part of mountain ecosystems for many generations. Indeed it is only within the last few hundred years that wildfires have been supressed.

Letting fires burn not only has ecological benefit, but helps create natural fire breaks and burns up forest fuel that would otherwise build up like a giant tinder box just waiting for the right spark. In other words, letting fires burn helps prevent more fires.

It’s heartening to see such a balanced ap-proach — with both suppression and letting fires burn — to a complex phenomenon.

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What are your plans in the next couple of weeks, for fi nal summer activities?

“Our week of bliss at Addison’s Bungalows.”

Amber MaksymetzCalgary

“Defi nitely going to Arrowhead Brewery and Kicking Horse Coffee.”

Andy MaksymetzCalgary

“I’m a valley resident, so every day here is summer; I’m looking forward to music in the park on Thursday’s for the rest of the season.”

Geraldine Gibson Resident

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I t’s the fresh produce sea-son from the garden. Spin-

ach has come and gone, and now it’s time to enjoy beans, peas, caulifl ower, tomatoes, zucchini, herbs and a variety of fresh lettuce greens.

I can remember picking beans in my mother’s garden when I was 4 years old and have always had a garden to work in and enjoy ever since. Even after all these years, I am still in awe of the whole process. In the early spring, the soil is prepped, small seeds carefully tucked into the ground, and we wait as Mother Nature cares for these new babies with the warmth of the sun and rain re-freshment.

Last night, I was watering the garden and took extra care to get the hose under the zucchini leaves. I spied two enormous, shiny, green zucchini. I couldn’t help but wonder how all of that fi ts inside a seed the size of my fi ngernail. As I continued to hand water, my mind drifted to all the plant species on the planet. How many different seeds does it take to populate the plant world? I became lost in my thoughts as I considered what it takes for those seeds

to grow, how long it takes for some to live their full poten-tial. Others need only a short window of time, how inter-connected the plants are with every other living thing in the world and the whole life-and-death cycle that has been going on for millions of years.

As I brought my attention back to the task at hand, I

smiled, knowing that we as humans are seeds of hope. We are full of incredible potential. We depend on each other to bloom and grow. We also know that we are part of the life-and-death cycle and when we place that against the bigger pic-ture, our time here is preciously short. As I turned the water off and hung up the hose, I smiled knowing that as we continue to nurture this earth garden and each other, it allows us to live up to our full potential and to fl ourish and to grow.

Elizabeth Shopland is a horticulturist for Homefront Essentials Gardening, a Certi-fi ed Solution Focused Coach, author and speaker, and the owner of Banyan Tree Solutions. She can be reached at 250-342-8978 or btswellness.com.

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Often I rant about tech-nology happening in

faraway places with little direct impact right now in the Columbia Valley. Read on for some technology that’s happening right in our backyard.

The Columbia Valley Greenways Trail Alliance (CVGTA) contains vision-ary leaders who know that web and smartphone technologies will benefi t the goals and needs of their members. They recently reached out to me to manage a project to create some software. CVGTA is an umbrella group representing the interests of eight member groups (with a combined to-tal of about 600 members) including local running, hiking, mountain biking, cross-country ski clubs, as well as local resorts and townships. (See greenways.ca). Parks, municipalities, the forestry sector, resorts and private landholders all work with CVGTA to establish trails, often with grant money.

The project will put all the sanc-tioned trails in the valley online via a user friendly, searchable website that

displays trails as lines in a Google Map. I have analyzed the needs and designed the software. With a Regional District of East Kootenay/Columbia Basin Trust grant, a local developer was hired to build the software. Philip Boyer from Fairmont is the successful candi-date currently developing the website.

An Amazon cloud service will host the website and webservices. You can print out trail info in pdf and download GPS fi les and navigate to the trailhead and see what amenities and points of interest exist. You’ll be able to star rate trails, add images and comments and social media sharing via your Facebook, Google, Twitter, LinkedIn accounts etc. The website will even work well on your smart phone browser.

The website will likely begin Beta trials with members during the winter, and plans to launch to the public in spring 2015. If you’re interested in becoming a beta tester prior to public release email me ([email protected]).

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Windermere Fall Fair & Scarecrow Festival

Sunday, September 21th 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

• Come share the day with our valley community

• Contests for: baking, fl oral, horticulture, photography and much more!

• Make a scarecrow, dress like a scarecrow!• Join the parade!

• Old fashioned fun, food and entertainment for all ages!

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Happy BirtHday to pynelogs!1914 - 2014

Celebrating 100 years

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The Pynelogs Café is in the historic 100-year-old Pynelogs building located at Kinsmen

Beach near downtown Invermere. You can relax on their lovely covered patio with its incredible views of Lake Windermere and the mountains or, you can sit inside and soak up the art gallery. The gallery has a new show featuring local artists every two weeks throughout the summer season.

The unbeatable view and great atmosphere is paired with pretty yummy fresh food. We’ve been here several times sampling salads, quiche, fl atbreads, and it’s been consistently good. On this day, it was better than good.

Oddly enough, in a summer of sunshine and heat, the rain chased us in from the patio. The dining room fi lled up quickly with ladies having lunch and a few young families. The room had a nice vibe. It sounded happy in there. Great food, excel-lent service, groovy background music and surrounded by art. Really, what’s not to like?

There are new specials offered daily, featuring innovative seasonal cuisine, but after a quick look at the menu we chose the famous Scotty Burger and the Club Panini. We watched a young boy as he was presented with his Scotty Burger and we were sure looking forward to getting ours! It looked so good and it was so thick, we weren’t sure how the little guy was go-ing to bite into it let alone fi nish it.

While waiting for our lunch, we sipped on a glass of wine. It felt almost like being on vacation. It’s interesting to note that several spots in the valley offer just one red and one white wine by the glass. Although the Hester Creek cab/merlot was good, a bit more choice would be nice. The menu has a good selection of beer and a limited but good selection of wine,

although by the bottle.Despite being busy, our lunch arrived quickly.

The Scotty Burger, their original stuffed burger, is an 8 oz., 100% Alberta beef burger with the toppings stuffed right inside the meat. Served with Kettle Chips and coleslaw on a soft, toasty bun, it looked juicy and tasty. It was that and filling too. As we were biting into the last bits, we checked on the progress of the boy with his burger and he had done it. He ate the whole thing! We were totally impressed.

The Club Panini is made with roasted chicken (the real stuff), bacon, tomato, cheddar cheese and pesto mayo. A side of soup or house salad comes with it. We chose the house salad. The sandwich was delicious… fresh, full of fl avour, crispy, juicy. The crust of the toasted bread was covered in melted cheese…oh yeah! Any thoughts of banishing carbs went right out the window. The salad was really good too, with mixed greens, plump grape tomatoes, pine nuts, cucumber, and fresh dill. There seems to be an awful lot of tasteless, tiny cubes of tomato showing up on limp lettuce presented as a side salad these days, so this salad was particularly nice.

Sadly, we were too stuffed for pie but the coffee was great. Af-terwards, we wandered around the gallery taking in the amaz-ing paintings, sculptures and photography on display. What a lot of talent and what a wonderful experience we had. It’s a great place to satisfy all your senses.

The Pynelogs Cafe is located in Pynelogs Cultural Centre at 1720 4th Avenue, Kinsmen Beach in Invermere. Call them at 250-342-1445.

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But wait there’s more - five University of Calgary fourth-year engineering students have volunteered to create the CVGTA, two smart phone (Android/iPhone) apps as their 4th year project, each student con-tributing five to 10 hours per week for the school year – the equivalent of a full time position for 8 months. Their analysis and software development will begin in Sep-tember 2014 and go live in summer 2015. The phone apps will allow you to navi-gate any of the published trails while your phone is out of range using the phone’s GPS, upload trails and photos seamlessly and receive alerts. Software engineering major Ryan Damm heads the team of stu-dents. I will mentor the students and pro-vide the necessary information to build the software.

Member clubs will be busy GPSing and in-putting trails, capturing photos, panoramic images, videos and descriptions into the system. As part of the trails project funding has been made available for markers on some trails that allow you to know where you are on the smartphone map and get in-terpretive information on points of interest.

Soon you’ll be able to plan your local trips with ease, find new trails, get to the start of that trail, and get and post up-to-date info about conditions. And hopefully not get lost in the process.

Rob Orchiston is a software programmer who lives in Invermere and stays on top of the latest trends in technology.

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On Friday, July 25th, the 6th Annual Buga-boos Teens climbing program, organized by the Conrad Kain Centennial Society, got off to an aus-picious start. The 10 high school kids from Inver-mere, Kimberley and Cranbrook got to meet local mountain guiding legend Leo Grillmair as they were getting outfitted at Canadian Mountain Holiday’s Bugaboo Lodge with climbing helmets, ice axes and crampons.

Leo and CMH founder Hans Gmoser built the lodge in 1968, and in the intervening years Leo has intro-duced countless enthusiasts (including Prime Min-ister Pierre Trudeau) to the secrets of the world fa-mous granite spires. After posing for a group photo, he bade them good luck with his full-bodied Austrian accent and the group began the two-hour hike up the trail to the Conrad Kain Hut.

The “Bugs” are a world-class climbing destination, and our objective was Houndstooth Spire. Sprout-ing from the middle of Bugaboo glacier, part of the challenge of reaching the summit is to negotiate the crevasses, visible and hidden, on the way to the rock and ice climbing on its north slopes.

In order to get the team safely to and from the mountain and to give the participants rudimentary climbing instruction, Association of Canadian Moun-tain Guides Kirk Mauthner, Jen Olson and Tim McAl-

lister joined us again this year. Mt Baker High School Outdoor Education teacher Leigh Cormier, B.C. Parks area supervisor Brett Yeates, mountain writer Lynn Martel and I rounded out the crew.

During a rest stop, Brett gave an informative talk about B.C. Parks and career opportunities in the field of Outdoor Recreation, Parks and Tourism in B.C., which was convincing enough to recruit some new supporters of wild beautiful places in our province.

The day was perfect and everybody celebrated the spectacular summit view, some 1,600 vertical meters off the valley floor.

The next day, we climbed the 2728-metre Eastpost Spire. The trail passes by Canada’s most spectacular campsite, called Applebee Dome, where among the 30 or more tents, we met two hard core alpine rock climbers, Will Stanhope from Squamish, B.C. and Matt Segal from Colorado. See A9

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The sixth annual Bugaboos Teens climbing program took to the mountains last month, giving kids from In-vermere, Kimberley and Cranbrook a new perspective on the outdoors. PhoTos By PaT morrow and Teen ParTICIPanTs

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For the past three summers, the two have been try-ing to forge a new route on Snowpatch Spire’s east face and they light-heartedly told the awestruck teens stories that reflected the commitment it takes to get there and the importance of following your dreams.

Afterward, Jake Ha-rach, from Mount Baker High School, was suffi-ciently inspired to write: “This trip changed the way I see mountaineer-ing, and inspired me to get out there and expe-rience all the amazing places that are right in our own backyard. I would hope to hear about the program’s continued success in years to come.”

Selkirk High School student Joy Johnson echoed his sentiments: “Experiencing the Buga-boo Teen Camp was ab-solutely amazing. This trip has inspired me to continue with my explo-ration of Canada’s amaz-ing environments.”

I received this equally rewarding email from a parent: “I just wanted to let you know what a pro-found impact these last few days have had on my daughter. Since return-ing from the Bugaboos, she has been showing me her images of the ex-perience, and telling me all about it (she is usual-ly pretty quiet). Judging by her descriptions of the experience I would have to say this has had a very large impact on her. She is all smiles and still beaming! A ques-tion I believe I’m sensing

from her is — what’s next? (That is music to my ears...scary, as a parent...but still music to the ears)”

My answer: in order to hone the skills necessary for safe travel and exploration in the high mountains, there’s no substitute for climbing, hiking and skiing a lot in the back country, and this can be done with friends and family.

To learn the technical skills of climbing and rope work, almost ev-ery community in the Kootenay region has a climbing wall. Notably, Kimberley has a com-mercial gym (spiritrock-climbing.com), and in Invermere, the Conrad Kain Climbing Wall is at J.A. Laird School. I would urge you to join the Alpine Club of Can-ada and attend summer camps or instructional weekends out of Can-more and Golden, as well as exploring many other learning opportu-nities that are being of-fered locally in this age of connectivity.

Photos taken by the teens, and me, can be viewed in the news sec-tion of conradkain.com.

I’d like to thank the following sponsors for their investment in building environ-mental awareness and teamwork skills in the region’s youths: the an-nual support from the Columbia Valley Com-munity Fund, B.C. Hydro, the membership of the Conrad Kain Centen-nial Society, Canadian Mountain Holidays, BC Parks, the Alpine Club of Canada, the Association of Canadian Mountain Guides, and parents of the teens who car pool to the trail head.

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The Artym Friday evening shows are more than halfway done now, so don’t miss the next one, featuring landscape painter Andrew Kiss. Andrew will be in attendance from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Friday, August 22nd and the gallery will feature his works for the next week.

Andrew Kiss started his career painting wildlife, but moved on to create incredibly detailed landscapes of western Canada. He is renowned for painting scenes that exude a feeling of happy familiarity. The most common comment about his paintings at the gallery is “I have been there! I know exactly where that is.”

The landscapes of Andrew Kiss are infused with a clar-ity and light. Looking at them is like looking through a window to somewhere you want to be. Whether it is the high alpine, a tranquil slough or a distant snow-covered peak, the painting makes you feel as though you are right there. You can hear the birds singing and feel the breeze dancing through the aspens.

Don’t miss this opportunity to meet renowned painter An-drew Kiss in person, on Friday evening, August 22nd, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. His new works will be on display, and you can see them online at artymgallery.com. Your hint for next week’s artist is as follows — this jew-elery artist fi nds the inspiration for his designs in architecture.

Kiss at Artym

Andrew Kiss is renowned for painting familiar mountain land-scapes, such as Mt. Assiniboine (shown here). PHOTO SUBMITTED

MOUNTAINSIDE MEN'S GOLF CLUB: The most spectacular recent highlight was our club cap-tain Tom Gerald’s hole-in-one on #16, on August 13th. It was a beauty to behold. Also, congratulations to our Seniors Archie Guthrie Tournament champion, Cal MacPherson. In second place was the calm and collected John Selzler. The tournament was played July 23rd and 25th. Cal also managed to capture our Monthly Cup for July but the steady John Denhamer was close on his heels. Well done gentlemen. Of note, winners through July and August have included new member Jim Broom who took the impressive deuce and KP awards on July 16th and August 6th. The trio of Wayne Geiger, Glen Findlay and Bill Bergman have consistently been salting away closest-to-the pin and deuce awards as well. In team competitions includ-ing a four men, two best net format on August 13th a strong fi nish was achieved by Kirk Dawson, Al Parry, John Selzler and Jim Broom. On August 6th, Howard Stafford and Jim won a hard fought two men, one best net struggle. Is there no stopping this new steady sharpshooter, Mr. Broom? SUBMITTED BY BARRY JONAS

RIVERSIDE MEN’S CLUB: A total of 25 mem-bers and guests enjoyed playing a four-man Phoenix under hot and dry conditions at Riverside. 1st: Gord Bignell, Brian Morton, Lynn Hayes and Ted Hart. 2nd: Bob Milloy, Rick Charter, Ken Munro and Kirk Daw-son. 3rd: Russ Hemsing, Wayne Geiger, Jim Horne and Chuck Pimm. KP: Jim Horne (#3); Wayne Geiger(#5); Ken Munro(#8); Kirk Dawson(#13) and Gord Big-nell(#15). Deuces: Jim Horne (#3); Ken Munro(#8) and Gord Bignell(#15). SUBMITTED BY KIRK DAWSON

WINDERMERE VALLEY LADIES’ CLUB: The game on Wednesday August 13th was TaTa For Now, players counted only the holes on the front nine starting with TTFN. 1st place winner was Oris Hanson; 2nd, Joyce Robinson; 3rd, Gail Cole. The Putting Pot winner was Dawn McKinnon.The Deuce Pot was shared by Joyce Robinson, Ray-lene Oram, Pat Andruschuk, and Diane Kochorek. Next week is our club championship and the follow-ing week is the East Kootenay Team Challenge in Golden (we hosted this last year) with 12 teams of eight from all over the East Kootenay. It will be lots of fun. SUBMITTED BY HELGA BOKER

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• Tuesday: 6 - 8 p.m.• Wednesday - Thursday: 1 - 4 p.m.• Saturday: 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.• Sunday: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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AUGUST 20th - 26th

20TH : WEDNESDAY• 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.: Open house and U-pick at the Community Green-house, Mondays and Wednesdays through August. Also Tuesdays, 6 - 9 p.m. • 11:45 a.m.: The Rotary Club of In-vermere meets every Wednesday at the Curling Rink.• 7 - 9 p.m.: Artist opening at Pynelogs. Feature artist show in-cludes Carney Oudendag, Ted Wal-lace, Deb Ede, Neal Panton, Kath-leen Davies and David Goldsmith. Show runs until August 31st.

21ST: THURSDAY• 12 - 1 p.m.: Ask a Librarian / Drop-in tech support at the Invermere Public Library. Every Thursday. • 5 - 8 p.m.: John Cronin performs at the Downtown Getdown and Evening Market in downtown In-vermere. Every Thursday.• 7 p.m.: Adult Drop-in Ultimate Fris-bee, at the DTSS fi eld every Thurs-day. Free, beginners welcome.• Cruisin’ to end MS at A&W. Buy a Teen Burger and $1 will go to help end MS. Visit cruisintoendms.ca to make an online donation.

22ND : FRIDAY• 4 - 9 p.m.: Market on Main, Ra-dium. Every Friday.• 5 - 8 p.m.: Andrew Kiss exhibi-tion at Artym Gallery. Artist will be in attendance. Show contin-ues until August 28th. Check out artymgallery.com.• 7 - 9 p.m.: Will Wardwell per-forms at Music on Main, Radium.• Fairmont Lions Clubs Hole-in-One Challenge, every weekend (Friday evening, Saturday and Sunday) from May to September. Hole #8 at Riverside Golf Course. Entry fee $5.

23RD : SATURDAY• 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.: Invermere Farm-er’s Market, downtown Invermere. Every Saturday.• 7 - 9 p.m.: Legend Nights at Lake-shore Resort and Campground. Lis-

ten to Ktunaxa legends as told by a First Nation Elder. Free, open to the public, traditional food available for purchase. Also August 30th. • 7 - 9 p.m.: The Pursuits per-form at Music on Main, Radium. Runs every Friday and Saturday throughout the summer.

24TH : SUNDAY• 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.: Lion’s Club Walk-a-Thon fundraiser for the East Kootenay Foundation for Health. Pledge-a-Lion ($ for km) toward the combined goals of 232 km and $15,000 in funds raised. For more info, contact Harold Hazelaar at 250-342-7656 or ask any Lions member.• 9 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.: Pancake Break-fast (9 - 11 a.m.) and Open Market at the Edgewater Legion.• 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.: Permaculture Garden Tours and U-pick at the Community Greenhouse, Sundays until August 31st. 10 - 11 a.m.: Tours by donation. Please regis-ter for tours online: groundswell-network.ca. 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.: U-pick fresh veggies and herbs.• 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.: Fairmont Farm-er’s Market in the Fairmont Village Mall parking lot. Every Sunday.• 11 a.m.: Brandi Marie Wingert memorial at Pothole Park. Come and remember a beautiful little girl who was taken from her fam-ily way too early, and to show sup-port for the Wingert family.• 2 - 5 p.m.: 2014 Pig Out. Local food, prepared by local chefs, served in the fi elds of Edible Acres at Winderberry Nursery. Fund-raiser for Slow Food Columbia Val-ley. Music by The O’Sullivan Band and Smarty Pants. Tickets $45/slow food members, $55/adults, $35/kids 7 - 12 years. Free for kids under 7 years. Cash Bar. Tick-ets available at the Edible Acres booth at the Invermere, Fairmont and Radium markets; Winderber-ry Nursery; Circle Health Food.• 5:45 - 8 p.m.: Animal Tracks and Signs: An Adventure along Ra-dium’s Riverbank, with Kalista Pruden. A Wild Nature Tour, host-ed by Wildsight. For details and to register, visit wildnaturetours.ca.

25TH : MONDAY• 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.: Learn the Game of Soccer Camp. Runs August 25th - 29th. Ages 6 - 14, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. Ages 11 - 16, 1:30 - 4 p.m. $145/child. Contact Jurgen Striegel: 250-342-5650, [email protected]. • 6 - 9 p.m.: Asian Street Food cook-ing class at From Scratch. $70/per-

son. Pre-registration is re-quired. Visit fromscratchfood.com.

26TH : TUESDAY• 10:30 a.m. - 12 p.m.: Windermere Valley Museum’s Summer Children’s Program: David Thompson, Map-per. Lay-out the terrain to make a map, then use it to search for items in a scavenger hunt. Admission by donation, ages 6-10. To register: 250-342-9769, [email protected].• 6 p.m.: Music on the Patio at Eagle Ranch Resort. Live local musicians perform. Visit eagleranchresort.com for more info.

AUG 27th - SEPT 2nd

27TH : WEDNESDAY• 2:15 p.m.: Seniors’ Day at the In-vermere Library on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month. Bus provided. For more informa-tion or to pre-register, contact 250-342-6416 or visit invermere.bclibrary.ca.• 7 - 9 p.m.: Figure Drawing with Cathy Parkes at Pynelogs. Ages 18+, $10 fee at the door. Bring your own drawing / painting supplies. Call 250-342-4423 for more info.

29TH : FRIDAY• 8:30 a.m.: Lake Windermere Dis-trict Rod & Gun Club Bugaboo Blast. 120 target prelim (non-reg-istered) August 29th, 220 targets August 30th, 120 targets August 31st. CNSCA rules in effect, plus additional hunter class. Registra-tion opens 8:30 a.m., safety brief-ing 9:45 a.m. For more info and to pre-register, visit lwdrodgun.com.• 5 - 8 p.m.: Bayot Heer exhibition at Artym Gallery. Artist will be in attendance. Show continues until September 4th. Check out artymgallery.com.

30TH : SATURDAY• 6 p.m.: Fundraising Gala for the Summit Youth Centre at Winder-berry Nursery. Special guest Ash Beckham. Food, drinks, auction, music. Tickets $40, call 250-342-3033 or 250-688-0059.• 7 - 9 p.m.: Legend Nights at Lake-shore Resort and Campground. Listen to Ktunaxa legends as told by a First Nation Elder. Free, open to the public, traditional food available for purchase.

31ST: SUNDAY• 4:30 - 8:30 p.m.: Slowly Down the Columbia: A Voyageur Canoe

Trip with Daryl Bespfl ug. A Wild Nature Tour, hosted by Wildsight. For details and to register, visit wildnaturetours.ca.

SEPTEMBER 3rd - 9th

3RD : WEDNESDAY• 7 - 9 p.m.: Artist opening at Pynelogs. Feature artist show in-cludes Ingrid Vincent, Japhy Hunt, Jim Lawrence, Ron Robinson, Sebastien Bell and Silena Ewen. Show runs until September 14th.

5TH : FRIDAY• 8 - 10 p.m.: Columbia Valley Twirlers Square Dance weekend at the Radium Community Hall. Callers will be Rick and Kathy Ut-ter from Moyie Springs, Idaho, and John and Pat Curzon from High River, Alberta. Mainstream Dance, Friday 8 - 10 p.m., $6 per person, and Saturday 7:30 - 10 p.m., $7 per person. Saturday afternoon dance at 1 p.m., if enough people are in-terested - $4 per person. For more information, contact Albert and Carol Robideau at 250-347-6573, or [email protected].

6TH : SATURDAY• 8:30 p.m.: Kootenay Savings Outdoor Movie Night 2014 at Ra-dium’s Central Park. Free movie on a 3-storey screen. Bring an item for your local food bank. Drive-in style. Movie begins at dusk, rain or shine. Concession available. Visit kscu.com.


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CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22How do you know how others will react to your requests if you never drum up the courage to ask, Cancer? Let your feelings be known this week and take a risk.

SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22Scorpio, distractions are all around you and you fi nd it diffi cult to stay focused on one thing at a time. Try separating yourself from all external stimulation for a few days.

PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20Pisces, try some things that fall outside of your comfort zone. The adventure will recharge your batteries and may prove inspiring.

GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21Gemini, now is a good time to plan an outing with family members. It’s been awhile since you’ve made some memories together, and your schedule affords you this opportunity.

TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21Taurus, ask for further clarifi cation if there is something you don’t understand. Do not make important decisions until you understand all of the pertinent details.

ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20Aries, sometimes you just need to put a different spin on things to get your way. Instead of being too pushy with things, relax a bit and let others come to you.

LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23Libra, an opportunity to jump on the career path you always had in mind for yourself is about to present itself. Do everything in your power to make the job yours.

VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22Virgo, you have much-needed rest and relaxation coming your way. Let loose this week and enjoy the freedom. Enlist others to join in the fun.

LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23Leo, enjoy an upcoming reunion with a friend you haven’t seen in some time. Make the most of this opportunity to catch up and recall old times.

AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18Aquarius, your friends are great sources of unconditional support. Lean on them for advice as you make an important decision in the coming weeks.

CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20Obligations at home could temporarily stall work plans, Capricorn. Fortunately, you have understanding bosses who are willing to give you the time you need.

SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21Something inspires you to give a relationship another chance, Sagittarius. Maybe it was the lyrics to a song or a segment on a television show, but you are moved to action.

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250-342-6167Pastor: Father Gabriel

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712 - 12 Ave, InvermereSaturdays, 5 p.m.Sundays, 9 a.m.

St. Joseph’s ChurchHwy. 93-95, Radium Hot

SpringsSundays, 11 a.m.

St. Anthony’s MissionCorner of Luck and Dunn,

Canal FlatsSaturdays, 4:30 p.m.

RADIUM CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP

#4 - 7553 Main Street W, Radium

250-342-6633 250-347-6334

Worship Service Sundays, 10 a.m.

Bible Studies Wednesdays, 7 p.m.

Kids’ Church Edgewater Hall

Thursdays, 6:30 p.m.

Loving God, Loving People

LAKE WINDERMEREALLIANCE CHURCH

326 - 10th Ave., Invermere 250-342-9535

Pastor: Trevor Haganlakewindermerealliance.org

Sunday, August 24th10:30 a.m.

BEACH SERVICE … at the lake, in front of

Pynelogs. Combined service with

Valley Christian Assembly. David Siverns from

Compassion Canada will be leading the service.

VALLEY CHRISTIAN ASSEMBLY

Hwy. 93/95, 1 km northof Windermere250-342-9511

Pastor: Murray Wittkevalleychristianonline.com

Sunday Service10 a.m. Worship & Word

Kid’s Church Provided

Sharing TruthShowing Love

Following the Spirit

ST. PETER’SLUTHERAN MISSION

OF INVERMERE100 - 7th Ave., Invermere

250-426-7564Pastor: Rev. Fraser ColtmanPastor Rev. David Morton

Worship ServicesSundays1:30 p.m.

Christ Church Trinity,Invermere

CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER

DAY SAINTS5014 Fairway,

Fairmont Hot Springs250-341-5792

President: Adam PasowistyColumbia Valley Branch

Worship ServicesSundays

10 a.m. - 1 p.m.

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Announcements

InformationALCOHOLICS Anonymous - If alcohol is causing problems or confl ict in your life, AA can help. Call 250-342-2424 for more information. All meetings are at 8 p.m. Invermere: Satur-day, Sunday, Tuesday and Wednesday groups - Colum-bia United AA at the BC Ser-vices building, south end, 625 4th Street Invermere. Radium Friendship Group: Friday, Catholic Church. All meetings are open with the exception of Tuesdays.

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Help WantedAn Alberta Oilfi eld Company is hiring experienced dozer and excavator operators, meals and lodging provided. Drug testing required. 1-(780)723-5051.

Fairmont Bungalows is looking for full or part-time

housekeepers. Free living accommodation available. Phone 250-345-6365 or

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FIVE Full Time, Permanent Housekeeping Room Atten-dants required by 611017 BC Ltd DBA Holiday Inn Express in Golden-Kicking Horse, BC Compensation: $14.00 hourly, 40 hours per week Education: High School Experience in re-lated fi eld an asset; Job Du-ties: Make beds, clean/disin-fect bathroom/fi xtures, Stock linen closet and supplies area, Vacuum carpets and mop fl oors. Wash windows, pick up debris and remove trash from units, Provide information on facilities and handle com-plaints. Location: Mail- PO Box 1462, 1120 14th St, Golden, BC V0A 1HO E-mail: [email protected] Fax: 1-250-344-4665

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Help Wanted

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Employment

Home Care/SupportNURSES, Foot Care Nurses, Care Aides, Home Cleaners - Bayshore Home Health is hir-ing casual, on-call RNs, LPNs, certifi ed care aides and experi-enced cleaners. If you are: personable; energetic; posi-tive; possess an outstanding work ethic; a passion for su-perior client service, and a re-liable vehicle, pls forward your resume c/w 2 references to [email protected]. Only those shortlisted will be con-tacted.

Trades, TechnicalLABOURERS PCL Energy - now hiring Labourers with over 2 years of industrial experi-ence for immediate shutdown work on an industrial project in Vanscoy, SK. We offer com-petitive wages and benefi ts. Retention and completion bo-nuses paid! Send resume to: [email protected] or fax: 1-888-398-0725.

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Trades, TechnicalPCL ENERGY now hiring Journeyperson: Pipefi tters, Millwrights ($40+/hr) and Scaf-folders ($38+/hr) for immediate shutdown work on an industri-al project in Vanscoy, SK. LOA of $145/day worked, travel and bonuses paid! We offer com-petitive wages and benefi ts. Call 780-468-8026 or email re-sume: [email protected]

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INDEX IN BRIEFFAMILY ANNOUNCEMENTS

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTSTRAVEL

CHILDRENEMPLOYMENT

BUSINESS SERVICESPETS & LIVESTOCK

MERCHANDISE FOR SALEREAL ESTATE

RENTALSAUTOMOTIVE

MARINE

ChurCh ServiCeS DireCtoryWINDERMERE

VALLEY SHARED MINISTRY

ANGLICAN-UNITED100-7th Ave., Invermere

250-342-6644Reverend Laura Hermakin

wvsm.ca

Worship Services

Every Sunday, 10:30 a.m. Christ Church Trinity,

Invermere1st and 3rd Sunday, 9 a.m.

All Saint’s, Edgewater.2nd Sunday, 7 p.m.

St. Peter’s, Windermere

RoMAN CATHoLIC CHURCH

250-342-6167Pastor: Father Gabriel

Confession: 1/2 hr. before Mass

Canadian Martyrs Church712 - 12 Ave, Invermere

Saturdays, 5 p.m.Sundays, 9 a.m.

St. Joseph’s ChurchHwy. 93-95, Radium Hot

SpringsSundays, 11 a.m.

St. Anthony’s MissionCorner of Luck and Dunn,

Canal FlatsSaturdays, 4:30 p.m.

RADIUM CHRISTIAN FELLoWSHIP

#4 - 7553 Main Street W, Radium

250-342-6633 250-347-6334

Worship Service Sundays, 10 a.m.

Bible Studies Wednesdays, 7 p.m.

Kids’ Church Edgewater Hall

Thursdays, 6:30 p.m.

Loving God, Loving People

LAKE WINDERMEREALLIANCE CHURCH

326 - 10th Ave., Invermere 250-342-9535

Pastor: Trevor Haganlakewindermerealliance.org

Sunday, August 24th10:30 a.m.



Valley Christian Assembly. David Siverns from


VALLEY CHRISTIAN ASSEMBLY

Hwy. 93/95, 1 km northof Windermere250-342-9511

Pastor: Murray Wittkevalleychristianonline.com

Sunday Service10:30 a.m.



LWAC. David Siverns from


ST. PETER’SLUTHERAN MISSIoN

oF INVERMERE100 - 7th Ave., Invermere

250-426-7564Pastor: Rev. Fraser ColtmanPastor Rev. David Morton

Worship ServicesSundays1:30 p.m.

Christ Church Trinity,Invermere

CHURCH oF JESUS CHRIST oF LATTER-

DAY SAINTS5014 Fairway,

Fairmont Hot Springs250-341-5792

President: Adam PasowistyColumbia Valley Branch

Worship ServicesSundays

10 a.m. - 1 p.m.

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Merchandise for Sale

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Misc. for SaleFIREWOOD

Support Rockies Hockey.Fir,Pine, & Larch.

Phone 250-342-6908

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

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Misc. for SaleSTEEL BUILDINGS. ”Steel overstock sale!” 20x20 $4,055. 25x24 $4,650. 30x32 $6,586. 32x34 $7,677. 40x48 $12,851. 47x70 $17,899. One end wall included. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422. or visit us online at: www.pioneersteel.ca

Real Estate

Apt/Condos for SaleRadium Hot Springs

Riverstone Villas Condo, 122-4835 Radium Blvd.

3 large bdrms, 6 appl, cntrl vac, fi replace, hardwood

fl oor in living room, garage, skr. tub, walk-in shower, deck, lots of cupboards, open kitchen/dining. End

unit. One owner. $165,000. 250-342-7608.

Rentals

Apt/Condo for RentWindermere

Akiskinook Resort 1 bdrm furnished condo, wifi ,

42” plasma TV, beach, hot tub, pool. $800/mth + hydro.

N/P, N/S. Sept - June. [email protected] or

403-293-3870

Homes for Rent

Windermere: 4 bedroom meticulous home - Sept. to

June. $750/mth plus utilities. Great for 1 or 2 people.

250-342-2135

Suites, Lower

Spacious, 2-bedroom basement suite downtown.

Walk to Kinsmen beach. 4 appliances, backyard

amenities. Rent includes heat, hydro, water. N/P, N/S,

no partiers. References & deposit required.

250-342-7590.

1-800-222-TIPS

Transportation

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Splish, splash diesel dash to ride a waveSummer. What a wonderful time of year, heading out on the open road with family.Okay, it isn’t all fun and games, especially with 11-year-old and nine-year-old boys bickering in the back seat, but for the most part it can be enjoyable. For the first time I decided recently to take a road trip to one of my many car-related events. Usually I fly to a vehicle launch, but this time I thought I would take some extra time, and the family, on the road from Vancouver to Portland, Oregon. While I attended the 2015 Dodge Challenger event at the Port-land International Raceway, my family could take in some of the local sites. Day OneThe plan was to break things up a bit, instead of six solid hours behind the wheel of the 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee EcoDiesel. Thanks to the Nexus card, crossing the border took all of 10 minutes. The next stop was the Boeing plant in Everett, Washington. This location was first developed in the 1960 when the world’s first Jumbo Jet was being developed, the iconic 747. I take over 100 flights a year but I’m still impressed with the machines that make it all happen, especially the 747. I wouldn’t visit the factory tour on the weekend again. There is no action, just half-built planes sitting around. I found it all amazing but my two boys – Jack and Charlie – didn’t share my enthusiasm.Day Two After a night in Redmond, Washington, we continued our trek to Portland, the land of tax-free shopping and the Evergreen Wings and Waves Waterpark. The waterpark just outside of Portland, in McMinnville, has a real 747 on the roof with water slides that exit the fuselage, pass through the roof of the building and splashing into a huge waterpark complex. This, along with promise of Portland’s famous Voodoo Doughnuts, kept everyone on track for the three-hour Jeep ride.

The Grand Cherokee is a fantastic ve-hicle for an active family of four, there is plenty of room in the back seat, and I never heard one complaint. My wife loved the solid ride and I kept an eye on the fuel economy. At the end of our run to Portland, the average consumption was 8.0L/100km. Pretty nice stuff for a truck with 420 lb.-ft. of torque.Day ThreeThis was the day I had to work. Poor me, trying out the all-new Dodge Challenger Hellcat on the track with all 707 hp. It’s a tough gig. While I was shooting for Driving TV, my wife took the Grand Cherokee to the Waterpark for a day. I checked in throughout the day and the comments were universal.“This is the best waterpark ever!” As I wrapped up the day at the track, I did get a frantic call from my wife “The

Jeep has lost power, I can’t drive over 30 mph, what should I do?”The gang at Chrysler jumped to attention and before I knew it, I was on the road with another Jeep Diesel and being accompanied by two PR reps in a 2015 Challenger. From the track to my stranded family took over an hour; in total they sat at a Shell station for two hours waiting. To pass the time, the kids ate what they wanted from the Shell convenience store and taking “selfies” seemed to do the trick. Once we arrived, we realized a Dodge dealership was literally five minutes up the road!Day FourWith a belly full of Voodoo Doughnuts, including Dou-ble Bubble flavour, fruit loops, coco puffs and good old chocolate, we were ready to go. It took a while for our repaired Jeep to arrive so on we went to sample more tax-free shopping and sample some of Portland’s many food trucks. When the Jeep did arrive, it turns out the Diesel went into “limp-mode” enabling the driver to get to the next dealership. The fix was a

simple computer program flash, which took no time at all. Regardless, we were on the road, heading to Seattle for some underground fun.

Day FiveAfter a great night in Seattle, we woke up to rain, lots of rain, so we went underground to visit the old, hidden city of Seattle. These tours take visitors on a walk through the ruins of Seattle after the massive fire of 1886 and the rebuilding that took place. Seattle is built on top of the old city; there are tunnels and abandoned sections of buildings there to explore. Time to head home. The Grand Cherokee never set another wheel wrong; it was fantastic in the heavy rain and very solid on the highway. After 1,300 plus kilometres behind the wheel, I averaged 8.5L/100km.

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Kerry Colonna 250-342-5089Located in the Diamond Heating & Spa building in Athalmer

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Furnace and Duct cleaning

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Come in and browse our giftware!Open Monday - Saturday • 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

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Balanced HealthAt Balanced Health Acupuncture & Wellness Clinic, our

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Balanced Health opened in 2007. In 2013 the clinic began offering Wellness Spa treatments. The goal being to fuse the Chinese Medicine into the spa treatments, making the treatments we are offering very unique and one of a kind!

Owner and Chinese Medicine Practitioner, Shilo Cameron mainly treats using Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine. She is currently enrolled in an Advanced Pediatric Acupuncture program and is excited to be extending her practice to treating children!

Kelly Smith, Esthetician and Wellness Practitioner, offers all of the spa treatments at Balanced Health. These treatments include; facials, pedicures, manicures, massage, including hot stone, body wraps, and waxing.

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