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Health Society Buys Clinic Building By Jo Anne Malpass “Please contribute to the heart beat of our community” is the message being sent out by the North Shuswap Health Centre Society. In order to keep health ser-vices at Scotch Creek, the Society has made an offer to purchase the portion of the building where the medical clinic is located and has started a fund rais-ing campaign. “The board has looked at the options and if we were to purchase the clinic, our expenses would be reduced and a commu-nity owned clinic could look forward to

being in place on a long term basis,” said Society co-chair Jay Simpson. Co-chair Pat Robertson said “the real

push has always been and re-mains, getting a physician. We knew the Drs. Bates were go-ing to give us three years and we thought that would give us time to attract a doctor.” With-

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have been more than the revenue. When the Society learned the clinic was going to be listed for sale, it decided purchasing

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There was an item on the news the other night about an overweight man in England who was ridiculed by some-one who saw him dancing and then spread it around the internet to humiliate him. A group of people got together and paid to fly him to California where he threw out the first pitch at a Dodger’s game, was on the Today show and was invited to a party where he danced with 1,000 people. The message he took from that is to keep on dancing; there are so many more nice people in the world than bad. That’s very true on the North Shus-wap. Just this month I saw many exam-ples of people doing good for their com-munity. The First Responders’ call for more recruits resulted in nine people expressing interest in becoming a first responder. Members of the North Shuswap Health Centre Society, which includes representatives from the Lions Club, St. David’s Church and the Chamber of Commerce, were putting in countless hours to try to save our health clinic. Many businesses and individuals have already promised donations to buy the clinic.

Volunteers stepped up in many ca-pacities to put on the Wine, Stein and Dine to raise funds for the Community Hall; people are working to start and keep small businesses going in Scotch Creek; people involved in the Pig and Whistle and monthly breakfast to raise money for Lakeview Centre; Captain’s Village and the Lions Club making plans for the Fa-ther’s Day Poker Run to help local chari-ties and Anglemont Fire Department planning a fun and educational July 1st Canada Day event. I watched three Lions Club members pushing out the dock at the North Shus-wap Community Hall, no recognition expected, just doing something that need-ed to be done. I also saw or heard of many small acts of kindness, neighbours helping neighbours. I asked someone who has been bring-ing his family to the North Shuswap for his two week holiday every year, why he keeps returning to the same place. His first reason was the lake but his second was the people. Welcome back to all our regular visitors and, to those visiting for the first time, we hope you enjoy your stay and we look forward to seeing you again.

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was the way to keep a functioning clin-ic ready to go for a prospective doctor. “The owner wants a reasonable price and we have come to an agree-ment,” said Simpson, “if we can come up with the money relatively soon.” “If we’re the owner, we pay the mortgage and strata fees. If we can reduce the mortgage, we can continue our efforts to find a doctor,” said Rob-ertson. The Society has been losing money keeping the clinic open but has calculated the revenue from lab ser-vices, the nurse practitioner, the Friday virtual doctor, 7 weeks of a doctor on site this summer and some of the other services they provide, will cover the costs, if they can raise enough to keep

the mortgage payments low or non-existent. To purchase the building, $130,000 is needed. To secure a mortgage, $50,000 is needed by June 15 when the subjects come off the offer. The thermometer signs to gauge progress are up and donations may be mailed by cheque to the NSHCS, by credit card on their website or drop off donations at People’s Drug Mart, Ross Creek Store or at the clinic on Fridays and when Dr. Mike Figurski is on site; June 15 to 19 is the next time. To learn more about what’s hap-pening at the clinic and how to help, please refer to the North Shuswap Health Centre Society column on page 30 of this issue of the Kicker.

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CSRD BOARD MEETING – JUNE 21, 2015:

AREA F COMMUNITY WORKS FUND - VILLAGE OF CHASE

COMPRESSOR REBUILD In accordance with Policy F-3, access to the Community Works fund has been approved in the amount of $5,500 includ-ing applicable taxes, from the Electoral Area F Community Works Fund to the Village of Chase for the rebuild of the Ice Kube Compressor, subject to criteria ap-proval from the Community Works Fund. The Village of Chase was seeking financial assistance for infrastructure up-grades to the Chase and District Ice Are-na. The total project cost was in excess of $30,000 however not all projects were eligible for gas tax funding and only the above project is supported by the Elec-toral Area F Director. The Ice Arena is owned by the Village of Chase (“Village”) and within the Village bound-aries, however it serves residents within the Electoral Area F boundaries. The Village will ensure the application of Community Works Funds (CWF) will only be applied to eligible gas tax projects in accordance with the CWF Agreement. The CSRD will also enter into an agreement with the Village of Chase that transfers CSRD obligations on ownership and reporting to the Village (e.g. the Vil-lage will need to maintain records, pro-vide access to auditors, spend funding on eligible costs of eligible projects, report to the CSRD on outcomes achieved, DIRECTOR’S COMMENTS: The Mayor of Chase, Rick Berrigen, had ap-proached me asking if CSRD Area F could contribute Community Works Funds (gas tax funds) to the Village to-wards the maintenance of their Ice Arena, as residents of the North Shuswap have made regular use of their facility, over the years. I felt this was certainly appropriate, and that an Area F CWF contribution would continue to foster good relations with our neighbor, as we partner on col-laborative projects going forward.

FUNDING REQUEST– EVERYTHING SHUSWAP

The CSRD Board approved the fol-lowing allocations from their respective

2015 electoral grant-in-aid funds for the Everything Shuswap Educational Project: Area C - $2,000; Area D - $ 250; Area E - $ 250; Area F - $1,500 The CSRD Board also approved an additional $2,000 for this project out of the ‘General Government – All Members’ budget, for a total of $6000 towards the Everything Shuswap Educational Project. On April 23, 2015, Jim Cooperman had appeared as a delegation to share in-formation about the project, Everything Shuswap with the Board. He explained the partnership, the nature of the book, the plans for future volumes and a request for the CSRD to become a partner in this project. Other partners include School District #83 and Shuswap Press. This is a non-profit partnership with partial pro-ceeds going towards funding future vol-umes and partial proceeds going to sup-port an Outdoor Education program. Mr. Cooperman stressed the benefits of this project to not only local students through the educational component, but also to our region through increased tourism. The Shuswap Electoral Area Direc-tors each agreed to contribute grant-in-aid funding to this project, and supported the Regional District’s General Government – All Members function contributing an additional $2,000. DIRECTOR’S COMMENTS: I view this project as a positive for the Shuswap, the first of a series of books of their kind, which will so succinctly portray the Shus-wap, in terms of the history, the natural beauty, and the future of the region. I feel the three volumes of ‘Everything Shuswap’ will portray the region in a unique fashion, resulting in a new found appreciation for the Shuswap, which will help to promote our recrea-tional economy, for those who live, work and play in the region.

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veloping relationship with our First Na-tions neighbors. We cannot live and work in isolation from our First Nations neighbors. We need to continue to build relationships, fostering mutual trust, as we ‘move for-ward together’ on ever broadening initia-tives.

SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIED GRANT-IN-AID REQUEST -

NORTH SHUSWAP HEALTH CENTRE SOCIETY

The Board approved an allocation from the Area F 2015 electoral grant-in-aid budget to the North Shuswap Health Centre Society for a contribution towards the purchase of the strata unit which cur-rently houses the North Shuswap Health Services Centre in Scotch Creek, in the amount of $20,000 subject to the Society being successful in its fundraising cam-paign for the balance of funds required for the completion of the purchase by December 31, 2015; and subject to repay-ment of approved GIA funds for the pur-chase of the property in the event the property is sold. This request falls within the require-ments of Policy F-30, and as Area F Di-rector, I supported the request noting that the required source documentation was received. This request also falls within the Electoral Area F grant-in-aid budget. The above-noted grant-in-aid request was segregated from the regular grant-in-aids due to the planned usage of this funding and due to the conditions within recommendation #2 below. The applica-tion was submitted by the health care related Society. Nonetheless, it has been the practice of the CSRD not to fund health care related GIA applications. The North Shuswap Health Centre Socie-ty had asked for a capital contribution towards the purchase of the strata unit where the Centre is located. As Area F Director, I recommended two conditions on the funding:



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1. If the Society is unable to raise the total $50,000 required for the down payment and their offer fails, the $20,000 grant-in-aid will not be forth-coming, and 2. Assuming the purchase of the strata unit is successful, but the operation of the Health Centre fails, or the building is sold, the grant-in-aid funds are to be returned to the CSRD from the proceeds of the sale of the strata unit. While neither the Local Government Act nor Policy F-30 specifically prohibits providing assistance for health care-related purposes, health care funding has traditionally fallen under the responsibility of the provincial government’s Ministry of Health. As a re-sult, the CSRD historically has not provided funding for

health care-related purposes. In today’s economic environ-ment, the Provincial Govern-ment is increasingly undertak-ing the practice of download-ing various costs and services to local governments. By ap-proving these grant-in-aid ap-plications, we must be cogni-zant of the precedent we’re setting regarding undertaking the funding of what is tradi-tionally provincial programs. With the Board approval, the CSRD will now enter into an agreement with the North Shuswap Health Centre Socie-ty that attaches the conditions to the Grant-in-Aid, prior to payment. DIRECTOR’S COMMENTS: I approached this grant-in-aid request from the standpoint the North Shuswap Health Ser-vices Centre (clinic) in Scotch



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APPOINTMENTS Area F Advisory Planning Commission (APC) 3 year term appointments ended on May 15th. Three new candi-dates have been appointed, and will join four continuing mem-bers for a new four year ap-pointment, as per the require-ments in APC Establishment Bylaw No. 648, with their terms beginning as of May 21st, 2015 and ending on May 16th, 2019: Continuing APC members: Judy Reimer, Doug Deans, Carol Hoffman, Brian Taylor New APC members: Jay Simpson, Peter O’Toole, Mike McManamna APCs provide an oppor-tunity for local area residents to become engaged in their communities and provide con-sidered direction to land use planning issues. A request for expressions of interest for APCs was ad-vertised in local newspapers, on community notice boards, and on the CSRD website. A selection committee, com-

prised of Development Ser-vices staff, along with myself as the Area F Director, then short-listed the top applicants and arranged individual ‘meet and greets’ which were held in late April. Following the applicant’s meetings, as the Area F Direc-tor, I and staff determined which candidates had the best qualifications, interests, and geographical representation that will benefit the composi-tion of the APC. The recommendations made by APCs in regard to land use planning are taken into account by both staff and the CSRD Board during the consideration of applications. The selection and appointment of suitable members to the APC is a key step in ensuring that the role of the APC can be fulfilled. Staff will notify both new-ly appointed APC members and continuing members about upcoming APC training work-shops planned for late June. Additionally, new APC mem-bers will receive an orientation manual, applicable planning bylaws, and any other supple-mentary materials required to perform their duties. DIRECTOR’S COMMENTS: I would like to take this oppor-tunity to thank the outgoing members for their years of time and commitment to the APC and the community: Bob Isley spent 14 years, working through innumerable applica-tions, over many evenings con-tributing to recommendations emanating from the APC; Doug Fenton so appropriately chaired the APC over the last couple of years in spite of per-sonal commitments which re-sulted in him working away from the area for the most part; Lynda Bischoff continued to attend APC meetings and con-tributed to recommendations, while at the same time suffer-ing through personal loss.



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Drowning at Adams Lake The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a man who died following a boating incident on Adams Lake May 2. He was Michael David Treseng, aged 56, of Clearwater. Mr. Treseng was camping with family at Adams Lake. In the early morning hours of May 2, he and his grandson Jesse, 22, went night-fishing in a 3.5 metre aluminium boat. RCMP said a combination of wind and waves tipped the boat about 90 metres from shore. Jesse tried helping his grandfa-ther get to shore, but Treseng told him to swim to shore with-out him. Jesse ran to get help from another family member but when the two returned to the shoreline, Treseng was gone. Shuswap Search and Rescue was called and spent the rest of the day searching for Treseng. The RCMP dive team was called in and was able to make the recovery on the morning of May 3.

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Tourism Office The Chamber welcomes back Christi-na Lepsoe who will be staffing the Tour-ism Office again this season. We plan on being a little more accessible this year. We were open for the Victoria Day week-end on May 16th to 18th and had around 30 visitors. The office will be open for the season starting Monday of June 29th. Hours of operation will be 10:30 AM to 4:30 PM 6 days a week with the office closed on Sundays. The only exception

will be Fridays where the hours will be 1:00 PM to 9:00 PM to help support the Friday Night Live concerts. This popular concert series will start up again July 3rd.

Regulation by the Regional District Last month, I was invited in my ca-pacity as Chamber President to meet with Director Morgan, Gerald Christie the Di-rector of Planning, and Sharen Berger the Planning Team Leader to talk about up-coming planning initiatives. The basic message was an invitation to talk directly to the Planning Director about my con-cerns with zoning and development per-mits. From reading this article over the last few years, it should be obvious that I have issues with regulations that delay projects, don’t accomplish anything, or impose unreasonable costs on people that want to spend money and improve their properties. My personal philosophy is that our local government should make it as easy as possible for people to get the required permits. Then in turn, our contractors can get to work sooner rather than later, pay their employers, suppliers, and subcon-tractors and get money moving in our local economy. Creating one zoning bylaw for the North Shuswap is in the cards for 2015/16. Rather than separate bylaws for Anglemont, Magna Bay, and Scotch Creek/Lee Creek, this new bylaw will bring a consistent set of land use rules for all areas including those currently without zoning like Celista, St. Ives, and Seymour Arm. We will also likely see more changes to the 100 m Lake Development Permit. This permit is like a camel, the proverbial horse designed by a committee. Every bit of tinkering has failed to address the orig-inal intent “…prevent or mitigate poten-tial negative impacts on the lake environ-ment from development (generally de-fined as development beyond a single family residence…” Instead we have an unwieldy and expensive process that tar-gets single family dwellings. Paving your driveway, building a tennis court, or fix-ing a leaky septic tank invokes the re-quirement for a permit.



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Another policy I have trouble with is the one govern-ing complaints. This policy is really outdated and needs to be revised. Right now, com-plaints must be in writing to trigger a review by the bylaw enforcement officers. There are a couple of problems with this process. First it gives feuding neighbours a vehicle to harass each other. Re-sponding to the demands of the bylaw officers can get very expensive. As an example, people I know had a nuisance complaint filed against them that their 3 year old house was built to low and too close to the lake to meet floodplain requirements. This triggered a request to produce a survey

certificate at a cost of $1500. It turns out the house was built 2 metres above the minimum building elevation and 4 me-tres farther back than required. There needs to be a filter to separate nuisance from le-gitimate complaints. One suggestion is to release the name of the person if there is no merit to their complaint. On behalf of the Cham-ber, I plan on taking Mr. Christie up on his offer to give direct input into the new zon-ing bylaw, changes to devel-opment permit rules, and changes to policy. I encour-age all Chamber members to share their concerns with me so I can in turn make sure the planning department gets your input.


By Jo Anne Malpass Court resumed for a week at the end of May to hear final defence witnesses in the trial of Leon Reinbrecht, accused of recklessly driving his speed-boat into a houseboat after a fireworks display in Magna Bay in 2010 and killing its driver, Ken Brown. Tim Leggett, a mechanical expert, gave evidence suggest-ing there were two lights on the houseboat that were off and five where it could not be veri-fied if they were on. He also said there is nothing to indicate

the speedboat was travelling near its top speed of 72 km/h when it hit the houseboat. The final witness, Alex McLean testified he nearly struck an unlit houseboat with his powerboat just before the fireworks display began. Crown prosecutor Joel Gold took over for Neil Flana-gan, because of medical rea-sons. Lawyers are expected to meet on June 15 to fix a date for closing arguments.

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Interior Health Community-based health programs in the Shuswap re-gion have received added support thanks to funding recently provided by Interior Health to local health societies in Sor-rento and Scotch Creek. Interior Health has provided $120,000 to the Sorrento and Area Community Health Centre Society and $60,000 to the North Shuswap Health Centre Society to help the socie-ties support the operations of health centres in each commu-nity over the next three years. These health centres are oper-ated by the societies and are a place at which residents can access services, including those of nurse practitioners. The Sorrento Community Health Centre is home to a full-time nurse practitioner, who provides primary care ser-vices to residents in the region. The nurse practitioner has been serving the community since 2013, after the successful application of Interior Health and the Sorrento and Area Community Health Centre Society under the Province’s Nurse Practitioners for B.C. program. Interior Health also offers home health, public health and mental health and sub-stance use services as outreach from Salmon Arm. There are nurse practitioner services one day, twice per month, at the North Shuswap Health Centre in Scotch Creek, provided as an outreach service from the nearby Chase Health Centre. Interior Health also offers home health, public health and mental health and substance use services as out-reach from Chase and Kamloops to the region’s residents. Nurse practitioners play a key role in the delivery of quality patient care throughout British Columbia. They are registered nurses with master’s degrees whose advanced edu-cation, training and skills enable them to assess, diagnose, consult, order diagnostic tests, prescribe, refer to specialists and assist patients in better managing their chronic health conditions. They work independently and as part of a health care team to help deliver high-quality health care services. A significant number of Interior Health’s nurse practi-tioners work in community health centres providing primary health care services. Given increasing demands on today’s

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Submitted by Mike Simpson, MA, RPF At their most recent meeting on May 6th the Shuswap Watershed Council (SWC) unanimously approved a five-year program proposal to address its goals for for water qual-ity and recreation safety. “I’m very pleased to see the level of support from the SWC steering committee for the five-year program,” says Paul Demenok, Chair of the SWC and CSRD Director for Area ‘C’ South Shuswap. “We’ve been working on this for over a year, and substantial inputs from the public engage-ment process as well as from scientific and technical advi-sors were used to prepare the plan.” The proposal contains activities to span over five years, proposed to commence on April 1st 2016. The average annu-al cost will be about $200,000; this will leverage other cash and in-kind contribu-tions. “The Council will continue to play a role in coordinating water quality moni-toring across the entire Shuswap water-shed. Where it’s noted that there are gaps in monitoring data, the Council will sup-port some additional monitoring activities – this will give us a very good picture of water quality on the lakes and major tribu-taries,” says Erin Vieira, SWC program manager. “With regard to the water pro-tection initiative, the Council will focus on developing a better understanding of the sources of phosphorus pollution in the watershed and will then look for cost-effective ways to mitigate that. It’s taking a collaborative, partnership-based ap-proach to this as the Council does not have regulatory or enforcement authority of any kind.” The recreation safety education com-ponent of the plan will focus on activities and events in the Shuswap for which there is little awareness. The purpose is to help residents and visitors stay safe as they enjoy their leisure activities. “It’s important to note that this pro-gram is driven by scientific results, with the goal of maintaining or improving the quality of water in our watershed,” notes Demenok. “We’re doing this by coordi-nating efforts in order to eliminate dupli-cation and to keep the costs affordable. We now need to finalize our governance structure and funding model to proceed.” The five-year proposal is posted online at www.shuswapwater.ca.

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Celista Fire Department had a very busy month, begin-ning with a major residential Fire. We attended with a full crew and apparatus with back-up from Scotch Creek and Anglemont. In all, 23 Fire-fighters were on scene. Thanks go to BC Ambulance, North Shuswap First Re-sponders, RCMP, BC Hydro Crews and the CSRD Rehab Unit for assistance. Several training programs were in full swing with our members attending helicopter zone landing at the Shuswap Fire Hall on Highway 1, along with 100 other Fire-fighters and First Responders. Marina fire training was also on the agenda with the Justice Institute of BC. This special-ized course demonstrated techniques used to combat fires in a very crowded envi-ronment, with emphasis on safety and prevention as well as extinguishing. Can a Fire-fighter in full turn-out gear survive a fall into the water? Our cameraman caught all the action on video and posted it on our Facebook page. Coming up is motor vehi-cle Incident training, the start of the Exterior Firefighter program, emergency vehicle driving and much more. Do we accept the Angle-mont Fire Department chal-lenge to a Fire Hose soccer game on Canada Day...you bet. In all...be Safe…think Safety.

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Anglemont Volunteer Fire Fighters continue to prac-tice our skills and have partic-ipated in a new Helicopter Landing Workshop, where we

learned how to prepare for and assist BC Ambulance. Several of our members attended an advanced Fire Scene Incident Management Workshop and one member attended a Training Evalua-tors Workshop. In addition, several more members will be attending a Marine Firefighters Work-shop to be held at the Angle-mont Marina. At this time we are pleased to welcome Stefanie Babet from Anglemont as our newest member. Our focus for the next few weeks is directed to the Canada Day Celebrations on July 1st, 2015 to be held at the Ross Creek Store campground from 11:00 p.m. till 3:00 p.m. Organizations attending include Anglemont, Celista and Scotch Creek/Lee Creek Fire Departments, Shuswap Emergency Program, Emer-gency Social Services, Fire Protection Unit, Victims Ser-vices, First Responders Socie-ty, First Responders and Shuswap Search and Rescue. The day will include food, drinks, games, live mu-sic, displays and face paint-ing. Everyone is welcome to attend and meet an exception-al number of Community Volunteers who are dedicated to protect and serve the North Shuswap. Scotch Creek/Lee Creek

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wind carrying embers from a campfire and igniting the nearby brush and the third was for fire alarms called in by a monitoring company. Members Arlene Stevens, Stuart Malyk, and Jan Hed-mark attended a Marina Fire Fighting Course held in Scotch Creek Fire Hall and Captains Village Marina on Saturday May 23 and at An-glemont Fire Hall and Angle-mont Marina on Sunday May 24. Our annual Garage Sale was a huge success. The weather was perfect and we had lots of visitors. A huge Thank you goes out to the vendors who rented either a space or a table. Without you, there would be no Garage Sale. Thank you to the North Shuswap Kicker for your sup-port. Thank you to Pat “Two Cat Pat” Nicholl for your gen-erous delivery of topsoil to the fire department members. Thank you to Super Valu for

your support not only for the Garage Sale, but for the entire year. Thank you to Safety Mart for your support of the Garage Sale, and last, but by far not the least, a huge Thank you to the community for your continued support. The support of all motivates us to become a better fire depart-ment. At this time, the only thing allowed is campfires. However, please consider the weather and surrounding ground conditions before you light a campfire; also have a bucket of water or a garden hose nearby in case of an un-expected wind gust that could spread the campfire. Scotch Creek/Lee Creek Fire Department current roster stands at 19 members. Please feel free to come out and observe our drills and perhaps consider joining one of the fire departments, train-ing is every Tuesday night from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm.


Submitted by Karen Boulter North Shuswap First Re-sponders is on its way to re-gaining its strength. Thanks so much to all those who have responded, so far, to our plea for more people. Taking the initial steps to get involved has ensured our NSFR team will continue to grow and we will be able to respond to our communities’ emergencies. We will begin training new recruits this month and are still encouraging more people to come forward to help us cover the entire North Shuswap, from Lee Creek to St. Ives. Today is the day to call and get involved. Andrea Carter @ 250-679-7746 or Marie Aylward

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By Jo Anne Malpass Two TrailRiders are now available for public use through the Shuswap TrailRid-er Adaptive Adventure Socie-ty. The intention of the Trail-Rider program is to provide opportunities for physically disabled and less mobile indi-viduals to experience the out-doors. The TrailRider is a one wheeled piece of adaptable equipment. It is set with a cushioned chair, seat belts for the less mobile individual, adjustable parts for different size participants with disk brake for safety and handles for the two Sherpas. With help from the Pro-vincial Parks Enhancement program, Shuswap Trail Alli-ance and private donations, the society now has two TrailRid-ers and is aiming to purchase one more. Debra McDonald, who was active in the outdoors be-fore being confined to a wheel chair by multiple sclerosis, spearheaded the effort to make

TrailRiders available to people throughout the Shuswap. Debra said it depends on how adventurous the rider is and the Sherpa’s comfort level to where one goes with the TrailRider. A single track is all that is needed. The Society has held spe-cial event tours on trails at White Lake, Salmon Arm Na-ture Trail, Little Mountain Park and Mt Revelstoke Eva Lake. People using this type of TrailRider have gone to Base camp Everest, Kilimanjaro and the West Coast Trail. There are groups throughout BC go-ing all over the province. For actual events it is free but for independent use, there is a $10 a day fee with pickup and drop off in Salmon Arm. “We are still looking for donations for the third Trail-Rider. The donations would be done with Shuswap Trail Alli-ance, noted to the TrailRider.” A tax receipt will be issued. To book a TrailRider or for more information, call Debra McDonald at 250-832-1353 or email [email protected]

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By Jim Leduc Come and enjoy another relaxing Summer Solstice night with some of the best the Kamloops symphony has to offer. Last year was a great show and this year will be even better! San-dra Wilmot on Violin and Martin Kratky on Cello, both from the Kamloops Sym-phony will perform in concert at the North Shuswap Community Hall on Sunday, June 21st. Doors open at 7:00pm. They will be joined by Special Guest; local com-poser/musician, Sylvain Vallee. Local musician Chris Stevens will join in at the end of the show with some classical banjo. You don't want to miss this show! Tickets are on sale at the Scotch Creek Super Valu and Ross Creek Store in Magna Bay. Admission is $20. For more information call Jim, or visit us on Face-book: "The Celista CoffeeHouse" or "Summer Solstice with The Symphony" Some of the proceeds from the concert will go towards the Celista Coffee House Ninety Day Music Challenge for Kids. This initiative is to support school aged students in the North Shuswap who are interested in exploring music lessons. The Coffee House is offering free music les-sons for ninety days (one lesson a week for twelve weeks). This idea is based on the scientific notion that anything a person does for sixty days changes the brain in positive ways. Music uses all parts of the brain and can help students with all aspects of learning. If you know of a student who would be interested, call Jim at 250 679-2174. The program resumes in the fall. A BIG thank you to all who have sup-ported the Celista Coffeehouse this past year. Regular CoffeeHouses resume in October.

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By Jo Anne Malpass Two North Shuswap School students took first place in their age category at the Word on the Lake Kidswrite Young Writers’ Contest. Petra Simpson shared first prize in the age 9 to 11 poetry category and Sacha Lutjen-Labelle’s poem took first in age 5 to 8. This is the eighth year the Shuswap Association of Writers contest has been held, open to students in the Salmon Arm and Vernon School Districts. There were 130 entries this year in the four age groups, 5-8, 9-11, 12–14 and 15-18. The contest opens in January and closes shortly after the spring break. Each student may enter one poem and one story. At an awards event May 16, the winning authors read their work to the crowd, which organizer Karen Bis-senden said is part of being an author, and received a personalized journal and a small cheque. Sacha Lutjen-Labelle took first place for the poem

he composed while jumping on the trampoline, “Bugs in the Rain” complete with drawings of all the bugs. A typed version was submitted conforming to contest rules. Sacha didn’t attend the awards ceremony but did read it to his class and teach-er, Mrs. Delisle. Sacha’s sis-ter Anna entered a story to the contest. Larissa Lutjen, said she is happy her chil-dren, “who are both talented writers in my opinion” had the opportunity this contest gives, to work on a piece of writing. Petra Simpson has won this event before, taking first place in the story category in 2013. When asked about the topic of her poem, Petra said “I’ve always liked the story of the Phoenix, an eternal living fire bird, so decided to use that in my poem.” “I just love writing,” she said and often writes mini poems in her free time. Along with English, music is one of her favourite classes in school. Petra has had experience speaking in front of crowds


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Rebirth I travelled through a scented land,

Brushing flowers with my hand. Lupines here, violets there,

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With the darkness descending soon, I watched the rise of the crescent moon.

A whiff of smoke from on the breeze, Twists my head toward the trees.

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ready design ready to lever-age funding support. Similar-ly, Salmon Arm has allocated Greenway budget to assist with bicycle and walking con-nector plans this season. “We’d like to see every com-munity in the region support-ed with a solid active trans-portation plan,” says McIn-tyre-Paul. “Then the designs to leverage funding grants can be developed.” To find out more about planning for walking and bi-cycling in your community contact your local govern-ment office, or contact the Shuswap Trail Alliance at [email protected] and visit www.shuswaptrails.com.


Lumberjacks Exhibit Skills in Chase

By Jo Anne Malpass Lumberjacks involved in the STIHL Timbersports competition will be demon-strating their skills at a lum-berjack show July 4 at Chase Memorial Park. The elimination round starts at 1:00 pm with the main show running from 4:30 to 7:30 pm. Karl Bischoff said lum-berjacks from our area and from across Canada will compete with participants from New Zealand, Australia, the USA and France. There will be many axe chopping and sawing events. Female

athletes involved in logger sports is growing, the wom-en’s division will make up about 40 percent of the show. This will be the first show for Karl’s granddaughter, Grace. A small gate admission gives entry to the show, con-cessions and a beer garden. Three locals, Karl Bis-choff, Carsen Bischoff and past Canadian champion Mitch Hewitt will represent this area at the STIHL Tim-bersports western qualifier in Vancouver June 6 and 7. The winner of that will compete at the Canadian championships in Niagara Falls July 19.


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Submitted by Karen Brown The Arts Council for the South Shuswap is certainly starting off the summer with a bang! The newly formed non-profit was formed just recently to foster arts and cultural events in the South Shuswap region and to pro-mote events in neighbouring communities of the Shuswap as well. The Shuswap Lake Fes-tival of the Arts will take place this year over a four-day period – Thursday July 23rd to Sunday July 26th and will showcase many forms of art – visual, performing and culinary. Highlights for this year’s festival will be a Cod Gone Wild concert on Friday July 24th and the next night, a performance by local groups The Coppertones, a fabulous a cappella group based in the Shuswap area, and their mu-sical director Sylvain Vallee will then belt out some tunes of his own. Both concerts will take place on Centennial Field in Blind Bay. Patrons will move through many ven-ues taking in paintings, pot-tery, fabric and fibre art and more, all free-of-admission.

Also featured will be work-shops in pottery, painting and felting. There will be lots for children to do as well includ-ing a week-long theatre camp resulting in a children’s thea-tre-in-the-park presentation on Saturday July 25th. Music in the Bay will take place every Thursday night on Centennial Field in Blind Bay, right on the water. Starting at 6:30 and continu-ing until 8:30, families can take in great free music like Elk Tribe, Sylvain Vallee, Doc & the Disorderlies, Jesse Mast, Larry & Jane Stephen-son and others! Food and drink vendors will also be on location, so wander down at 6:30 with your lawn chairs or blankets and take in a free evening of music! Concerts start Thursday July 2nd and continue to Thursday August 20th. Summer Camps in chil-dren’s art, dance and theatre will take place throughout the summer offered through the FACES studio. The Arts Council has picked up all of the programming previously offered by FACES. These



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By Barry Warkentin Wow, another season has gone by and summer is almost here. To all you travellers out there welcome back, and to all those people who stayed we hope you had a fabulous win-ter and spring. We’re looking forward to another great season of enter-tainment of music, arts, crafts and great food. Our night market tables are being booked by Sharon Toews, (250 572 5753) with a one week free if you book and pay for the season in advance. Thanks to the booking skills of Willie Gaw we have anoth-er great lineup of musicians, some returning and some new blood for our entertainment. July 3rd the fun begins with our music feature, The TAPPALACHIAN STRING BAND from Sunnybrae with

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ly educational classes, teach-ing us how to build a business plan and how to do our pitch on the final night.” 23 teams participated. At the final competition night, 12 businesses each gave a two minute pitch to a panel of judges consisting of investors and successful entrepreneurs from the Shuswap/Okanagan region. Four teams moved on to the final round, giving a 10 minute presentation and an-swering questions from the judging panel and audience members. “Our business is kind of like no other, a really healthy food option.” Sharon has been operat-ing Shuswap Infusions Tea for several years and had been experimenting with infusing

tea in muffins and scones. Michael is a Red Seal certified chef who loves to get creative and he started working tea into other recipes, such as salmon cooked in maple tea and prawns poached in green tea. “We just complement each other so well,” said Sha-ron. The health benefits of tea are being recognized so “why not put an extra healthy twist to food, incorporating our tea into most of our food and bev-erages to create a tastier, healthier lifestyle.” Be TEASed is open in Scotch Creek from Thursdays to Sundays but will be ex-panding its hours during the summer and will also be found at the Wednesday Celista Farmers Market and at Friday Night Live at the Cen-tre in Scotch Creek.


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By Marg Acton The 22nd On the Water Poker Run takes place on Father’s Day, June 21 at Captain’s Village Marina, starting at 9 am and finishing at 3 pm, with assis-tance from The North Shuswap Lions Club. The cost to enter is $40 per hand and you must be 19 years old to play. You must register at Captain’s Village Marina from 9 – 11 or call to register early. Access to check points is by boat or by car. Poker hands must be turned in by 3:45. Checkpoints 1 – 4 close at 3 pm and checkpoint 5 closes at 3:30 pm. The prize money this year is as fol-lows: $300 for Low Ball Draw-worst hand (this draw closes at 2 pm so turn-ing in your hand early has its ad-vantages.) First place - $1,600, second place - $1,000 and third place - $600. The rest of the money raised goes back into the community through local charities. In addition to the cash prizes, participants are eligible for the tons of other donated items. The Lions barbeque will be on site at Captain’s Village for your dining pleasure. So come on out and enjoy the day with Dad. For more info call 250-955-2424.

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advertising their business. These plaques are displayed on the front of our stage and are mentioned and acknowledged at the beginning of each show. The plaques are $100 per square foot plus a one time charge for the plaque, (from $10 to $25 depending on what all you wart on it). Please call Bar-ry Warkentin (250-318-3843, 250-679-3597 for more information). Look for us on Facebook. We thank all the North Shuswap for their past and future support and look forward to another entertaining season. Hope to see your smiling faces at “Friday Night Live” this summer.


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The Doctor is coming… Actually he is here. Dr. Mike Figurski, who many of you met last summer and more recently on the Telemedicine connection at the clinic on Fri-days, is here IN PERSON. Dr. Mike has agreed to take all our locum weeks this summer. His dates are May 11 – 15 (yes, he was here in May) and June 15 – 19, July 6 – 10 and July 20 – 24, August 17 – 21 and August 31 – Sept 4, Sept 28 – Oct 2, 2015. We have the dates posted on notice boards in our commu-nity and will have a road sign at the clinic letting you know when The Doctor is In. His salary is paid by the Rural Lo-cums program through the Min-istry of Health but our Health Society receives a percentage of his billings to cover overhead costs including our office assis-tant. So PLEASE do come – you receiving health care local-ly will insure health care stays locally.

Ministry of Health Speaking of the Ministry of Health and specifically Interior Health you may have read the media release on page 12 of the is issue of the Kicker – both the Sorrento and the North Shus-wap Health Centres received generous grants “to support the Nurse Practitioner and related community based health pro-grams in our areas. This is a one-time grant to cover operat-ing costs for the next three fis-cal years.” We have our Nurse Practitioner, Deborah Lewis in Scotch Creek on some Fridays and we will use this funding to

support her practice and other health needs in the North Shus-wap.

Community Ownership Our big news you should have read on the front page of this issue of the Kicker. When our landlord at the health centre told us she was going to list the clinic for sale our Board decid-ed to make an offer. Our mem-bership supported this by agree-ing to borrow money to make the purchase possible. The ben-efits of ownership are discussed in the cover story and it will be up to community support to see if we can make the Health Cen-tre a community asset that should become the Heart of the North Shuswap.

Support from the CSRD We have also received sup-port from our own Regional District. Our Director Larry Morgan presented the CSRD Board with a Grant in aid re-quest to help fund the purchase of our clinic from our landlord. We are pleased to let you know that the CSRD Directors agreed and we should receive $20,000 to go toward purchasing strata unit 2 in the Peoples Drug Mart plaza. There is a condition on this GIA so we will need to satisfy the requirement that we do use the money to purchase the clinic and retain ownership as a community asset. As you know we have been leasing the space with all the costs that go with being a tenant. We have also received strong support within our community from businesses such as Spooner Electric who has given us $5000 and real estate agent Darla Miller/Sotheby Interna-tional Realty who has given $1000. We must have a total of $50,000 for the down payment by June 15 to remove the fi-



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What can you do Our fund raising campaign will go full speed ahead this month. The thermometer signs are up and the flyers will be everywhere. We appreciate whatever you can give to this important project and you can donate by sending a cheque payable to NSHCS at Box 24127 Scotch Creek, BC, V0E 3L0 or you can go online and use your credit card www.nshealthcentre.ca. We have received letters of support from our Chamber of Com-merce, our Lions Club, the Community Association, St. Davids Church, NS Christian Fellowship and Onyx Creek Assisted Living so we feel we have the community behind us.

Again, more positive happen-ings for the North Shuswap.

Available Services Earlier in this article I gave you the dates our doctor is in but we have lots of other health opportunities for you. Every Friday you can get your labora-tory tests done, once a month you can have foot care or den-tal hygiene care and on alter-nate Fridays you can see our Nurse Practitioner Deborah Lewis. You can still see Dr. Figurski every Friday on the Telemedicine link. Please call 250-955-0660 for appoint-ments with Dr. Figurski and use the numbers in our adver-tisement for the other health practitioners.

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An Inspirational Journey Part XXXV

By Jan Penner My conversation with Heather Alison was so much better this month than last. She sounded very chipper, more her old self. She is re-covering from her bout with pneumonia and is feeling well enough to get back on track. Heather is continuing to look after her father as much as possible. Her children have been visiting on a regular basis so she has spent lots of quality time with them and her grand-children. She has been able to take advantage of the great weather and get her gardens planted. Her current mission is to get her RV ready for

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LEERY ABOUT LIABILITY Reprinted with permission from the July 2014 issue of Cottage Life West OUR RAFT is out on the Lake through the summer months (and it is a fair ways out). Am I liable if my neigh-bours use the raft, even though I didn’t give them permission and I wasn’t there? LEERY ABOUT LIABILITY We really hate to say this (because swim rafts are com-mon at cottages), but possibly. In most cases, your premises – including water, land, out-buildings, vessels and, in this scenario, a swim raft – fall under your province’s version of an Occupiers’ Liability Act. And as an “occupier,” you have a duty of care to those who come on the premises to keep them reasonably safe by minimizing unnecessary risks. The raft can also be consid-ered and “allurement,” says Paul Mitchell, a personal inju-ry lawyer with Pushor Mitch-ell in Kelowna, BC. An allurement is anything that will entice someone to act. If you’ve got something that looks like fun, says Mitchell, and you aren’t pre-venting people from using it, you could be held liable if they do and they get hurt. So, you have to do whatever you can to make sure this doesn’t happen. Post signs, such as “Private Dock” or “No Div-ing” on the raft, tell your

neighbours to stay off it (if you haven’t already), and keep it in good repair. If it’s unsafe – it has rotten boards, poorly secured ladders or structural defects, or it’s anchored incor-rectly – this could amount to “reckless disregard” for a swimmer, even if you didn’t give this person permission to use the raft. An injured tres-passer could have the right to a claim, warns Roderic Fergu-son, a civil litigation specialist with Ferguson Barristers in Midland, ON. Make sure your insurer knows about the raft and that you have enough coverage. “You can’t always be there. You can’t prevent people from using it. But you can minimize liability,” says Mitchell. But there’s more (and it’s not good): How far is “a fair ways out”? You can’t just stick a swim raft anywhere you like. It has to comply with local, provincial and federal laws, and may require mark-ers, reflectors or lights. The risk with a raft is that “a boat-er would collide with it at night or in periods of poor visibility and suffer injury,” says Ferguson. “Some people would ar-gue that you shouldn’t even have a swim raft,” says Mitch-ell. “But that’s what we do at recreational properties. We go swimming.”


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By Jan Penner Last month’s item has probably had the most re-sponses of any of the artifacts we have pictured, perhaps because it is something that is still in use today! This is none-other-than the original, no-fail, Mrs. Stewart's Liquid Bluing. Our lucky $20 winner this month is Judi Nerbas from Sor-rento. Bluing was and is used to whiten clothes that have be-come gray or yellowed over time. In the days of early settle-ment in the North Shuswap, washing clothes was a time con-suming and la-bour intensive job. Water had to be hauled and heated and a tub large enough to hold the clothes being laun-dered was needed. Clothes had to be washed in hot, soapy water and then rinsed thoroughly to remove soap residue, often requiring multi-rinses. A "bluing kettle" was prepared with cool water and just enough bluing for a sky-blue hue. White clothes and clothes with white back-

grounds were dipped in this kettle just momentarily, then hung to dry. Bluing is still available and much easier to

use with the conven-ience of automatic washing machines. Mrs. Stewart's Blu-ing has been around since the early 1880's. It's inventor, Al Stewart bottled and marketed his product first in the

mid-west United States, with the first rec-orded sale on July 30, 1883. The company grew and changed in the next 130 years, but the product itself has changed only fraction-ally, and has

never been dupli-cated with any-thing producing such satisfactory results. Interest-ingly enough, the

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To the ignoramus that dumped a very large load of drywall off a side road on the Anglemont Forestry Road - do you think the birds will nest in there and have their babies? Do you think the bears will use it as a cave to hibernate over the winter? Do you think the squirrels will stuff their cheeks with the drywall and hide it for future food? Do you think the deer will eat it, or the foliage will grow in amongst the pieces? While the picture shows trees growing around the pile, they are actually the trees that survived - I'm sure under-neath is a bunch of dead trees and brush. I guess you figure someone else will clean up your mess,or perhaps the company logging that area will just go around the pile. You sir, leave a bad taste in the mouth of every out-door enthusiast. Why would you do such a thing? If you cannot afford to take the dry-wall to the dump, you should

not have taken on the job - it's bad enough leaving gar-bage behind, but a truckload (or more) of drywall? Can you imagine what our back country logging roads would look like if every resident of Anglemont dumped their garbage and old building materials up there? What if a chain is put across the road and it's is shut down for eve-ryday use except to the log-ging company? Then where will you dump your garbage? Unfortunately, this kind of "littering" is all too common - so to those of you that con-tinue to use our beautiful areas for illegal dump-ing....may someone dump the biggest load of crap in your yard so you have to clean every little piece of it up, sadly, you will probably dump it on the logging road anyway!!! Cheryl Keuris

Editors note: Unfortunately this type of dumping is far too common. There are other areas in the North Shuswap such as Leopold Rd. and Forest Service Rd. 670 that have similar illegal dumping materials such as Gyproc, metal waste, aban-doned boats, trailers and common household garbage. Pol-luters can be reported by calling the CSRD at 1-888-248-2773 or (RAPP) Report All Poachers and Polluters Toll Free 1-877-952-7277


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By Barry Tannock Meat draw/50/50 contin-ued with good attend-ance. The fun and frolic will continue every Saturday with the season finale June 27. We’ll restart in September. Many thanks for your sup-port and the laughs you give back to us. June 9 we will be doing Project Pride (Canada) for grades 1 and 2 at Celista School. North Shuswap Lions are once again in partnership with Captains Village Mari-na in sponsoring their “On The Water Poker Run”. This years event is being held on

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Our Annual Gar-age Sale will be held September 12 from 10-3 beside Century 21 in Scotch Creek. If you have any do-nations, good stuff excluding electronics

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By Jake Ootes The BC wine industry has undergone an amazing transfor-mation from “Plunk” wine manufacturer to an industry producing world-class stand-ards of quality, according to a report by Simon Fraser Univer-sity scientists Andy Hira and Alexis Bwenge. Their report was published four years ago detailing the history and the many vulnerabilities facing the industry. The report is even more relevant today. The grape and wine indus-try can be traced back to the early 1900’s. The taste and quality of wine was then con-sidered poor because of the grape varieties used – grapes from a wild North American vine called Labrusca. In the 1970’s and 80’s consumer

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– industrial giants such as Vin-cor expanding with more prop-erties, and the wide scale con-version of fruit farmers into grape growers, and grape growers starting their own win-eries. It is now rumoured that with the proliferation of vine-yards some grape growers are converting back to fruit grow-ing - mainly apples. There are also a large number of winery owners who come to the busi-ness with no background in the industry, not necessarily to strike it rich but out of a pas-sion for wine and a lifestyle. The report states that should the market decelerate there will be shake-outs. Many entrants are realizing the diffi-cult and tempestuous nature of the business, that this is farm-ing with all its volatilities (weather, pests, diseases) and the challenges of marketing is an ever increasing issue. In addition to the fact of market saturation, other vulner-abilities listed by the scientists include: lack of alternative markets, heavy reliance on tourism, dependence on regula-tory protection, difficulties in learning how to export, lack of co-ordination among the indus-try, poor co-ordination of sup-ply chains, few training oppor-tunities, lack of research dis-semination. One of the key differ-ences comparing BC and other wine producing countries (France, Germany, Italy, Aus-tralia, Chile, etc.) is that we do not compete for export of wine; the perception being that BC produces at too low a volume and too high a price to compete for exports, a vision that will change in the coming years. Canada is still very much a beer-drinking nation, but change will come as wine con-tinues to make inroads. Jake Ootes is owner, with his wife

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By Jim Perry The season is better than a month old now and the attend-ance has slowly been increas-ing as the weather warms up and the snowbirds come home to roost. The last Thursday had more than 50% of our roster in attendance and the weather was perfect. So far Pat Mul-lan’s recent retirement has shown divi-dends as he has been a two time winner of low gross overall, the first and only deuce pot so far this season, and once low net for the 0-8 handicappers. Gerry Shea was also a two time winner – once for the overall low gross score and once for low net of the 0-8 handicap group. Jim Taylor scooped the other overall low gross and Cody Carlin weighed in with two wins of the low net scores for 0-8 handicappers. The 9-18 handicap group was not dominated by anyone golfer with Bill Scott, Brian MacDuff, Floyd Forsch, Alf Brough, and Ken Vaughan all winning one time. We expect to see a marked increase in returning and new members for the next couple of months and the launching of our annual match play tournament. As usual the after play dinners have been excellent and we would like to thank our sponsors –Anglemont Estates Golf Course, Dave’s Auto Repair, Sunbum Marine, Sunnyside SuperMarket, Peo-ple’s Drug Mart, Home Hardware, B & D Concrete Stamping, S.F.T. Welding Ltd. And Ed Goyan for their tremendous support.

Ladies’ Club By Brenda Buffel The sun shone brightly on May 14th as we officially opened our 2015 golf season with 16 golfers participating in a Scramble golf game. It was a hotly contested game, with the two top teams each scoring 35 (that’s 3 above par!). A tie breaker gave “The Pink Panthers” (Veronica Brough, Brenda Buffel, Lynn Miller and Ellen Weber) the win. “The Wino’s” (Colleen

Leroux, Jeannie Longhurst, Barb New-field, and Jan Wojciechowski) placed second. The two other teams had scores of 36 and 38 – way to go, ladies! Following the game, we had a brief general meeting during which the season was outlined, our financial situation was examined and committees were estab-lished. A delicious lunch was served (Shepherds’ pies by Veronica Brough, salad by Lisa Golemblaski, and straw-berry rhubarb tarts by Brenda Buffel) and prizes distributed. Those golfers not winning a prize were given a gift (beautiful bead counters crafted by Doris Hunter). It was a wonderful start to our golfing season. May 21st was our first hidden crite-ria prize day after playing a regular golf game. Bev Shea won the “lowest score” criteria with a 42! The next criterion was “most 4’s” and the three qualifiers were Brenda Buffel, Judy Weller and Jan Wojciechowski, with Brenda taking the prize by a draw. Our next special event is Guest Day on June 11th and we encourage non-members to come out and enjoy the day. Green fees for guests that day have been set at $15. After the 9 AM golf game, we will have a special lunch and distrib-ute prizes. Our members are encouraged to bring guests; ladies who have not been contacted by members and wish to come out, call me at 955-0585 by June 6th – you are more than welcome to join us for a fun day and perhaps win a prize!


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On Tuesday, June 2nd and Thursday, June 4th, we had the opportunity to partici-pate in the Zone 2 Club Chal-lenge. Cost was a toonie per game and we submited the best score each day to compete against other Zone club mem-bers. Our first Pin Round will be held on Tuesday, June 23rd. You must have a handi-cap to enter and the cost is $2/person/season. A sign-up sheet has been posted and tee times will be scheduled a few days before. Match Game play com-mencement TBA – watch for a poster on the board. Thank you to those people who have donated prizes for our games already this year, specifically Brian and Rob

MacDuff of B & D Concrete Stamping, Craig Golemblaski of the Anglemont Estates Golf Club, Home Hardware, Lynn Miller, and Giovanna Goyan. As well we have received fi-nancial support from Jan Wojciechowski of The Kicker, Wendy Waters and Veronica Brough. We are grateful to all of you for helping to make our golfing experience more fun. REMINDER: June, 9 AM tee times; July and Au-gust, 8 AM; and back to 10 AM in September. We’re looking forward to seeing you all on the course. Remember, our goal is to have fun, while hopefully improv-ing our game. The weather is superb and the scenery spec-tacular. Come on out! Live . . . Laugh . . . . . GOLF!


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regular pancakes smothered in thick fruit sauce and whipped cream. There were some favor-able comments about the num-ber of men in the kitchen – thanks guys! Carole Arens made the flowery table decora-

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munity Bible Study/Prayer group meets every Thursday at 7:00 at the Lakeview Centre. Thanks to the Table Tennis players for setting up the tables and chairs Another special event was celebrated also. The breakfast was on the very day of long-time summer resident Jean Bagnall’s 90th birthday. Lorrie Schrader played the piano for “Happy Birthday”. This is a red-letter year for Jean because she is a veteran of the 2nd World War which ended 70 years ago, (also on May 9). Along with all those celebrations in the Netherlands the government honored Jean with a certificate of commendation for her service during the war. Please join Donna Dancy and her team for our June 13 French Toast and trim-mings breakfast. Breakfasts run from 8:00 to 11:00 on the second Saturday of each month. Regularly Schedule Activities: Most of our regularly schedules activities have concluded for the summer. The Table Ten-nis Group will meet on a drop in basis on Mondays from 1-3 and on Fridays from 10:00 to noon: FMI Dennis Chow 250-955-2899. Also continuing for the summer will be the bridge player group on Wednesday evenings. PIG AND WHISTLE – BRITAN OR BUST! This event was a huge success this year! A large number of people spent months planning and preparing to provide the very entertaining “Britain or Bust” production. The show was produced by Fay Begin and countless volunteers helped put it all together. 855 tickets were sold for the show, one of the Centres biggest fundraisers. A huge thank you to all those involved. You are all valued and we couldn’t have done this without the many volunteer hours you put in. There are too many names to mention in the Kicker but you can find all the details on our website

www.lakeviewcommunitycentresociety.com We also have DVD”s available in HD and Blue Ray for $20 each. Please contact Lena at 250-804-5377 to get your copy. MARK YOUR CALENDARS: Just reminder that the Country Gar-dener’s Club will be holding a Plant Sale in the parking lot in conjunction with the June 13 breakfast. The sale starts at 8am. One week later Adam Fitzpatrick is coming to wow us with his Award Win-ning Elvis Tribute show – Elvis Evolution on June 20th. Tickets are $25.00/each and are available from Marianne Brama at 250-955-0364. Tickets include light refresh-ment. FMI check out our website We’re having our yearly Canada Day Celebration - All About Canada Eh? on July 1st. Join us at the Lakeview Commu-nity Centre for a fun filled day of all things Canadian. Coffee and muffins will be served at 10 a.m. Festivities with the sing-ing of O’Canada will start at 11 a.m. We will have live, high energy toe tapping music with Jim Leduc and Chris Stevens. We will again feature our yummy Angus Burgers, loaded hot dogs, Kids Zone, games and scrub hockey tournament. The community is cordially invited to join us for this special day of celebrating our won-derful country. Watch for Posters. July and August we are looking for-ward to a Diva show and a Kenny Rogers tribute. We will print more details later. You can also get details by going to our website and don’t forget to check out the Calendar of Events section of the Kicker. Volunteers: Our plea for someone to maintain and organize the library was an-swered by Kathleen Lucas. Welcome aboard Kathleen and thank you for volun-teering. However we are still in need of a Social Convener to take care and organize events that take place at the Centre. Please let us know if you’re interested in this position.


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Make a Day of it At the Celista Hall Farmers’ Market

By Patsy Alford Beside the lake, beneath the trees—you will find them. What are they doing? Eating tacos, tasting the cherries, tapping their toes, admiring each other’s well behaved dogs, smell-ing the flowers, chatting with the fly guy and the bee man, trying on the beach wear, tasting the wine, in awe at the many different colours tomatoes can be. They are buying their groceries for the week, choosing perfect hand-made gifts, having a hot dog, resting by the bandstand to listen to music while the kids get their faces painted and pet the chickens. Yes, I said pet the chick-ens. Just an ordinary Wednesday morn-ing at the Celista Hall Farmers Market. The market begins July 1st and runs until September 9th, Wednesday morn-ing from 9:00 until 1:00. We have two new projects begin-ning this year designed to involve the community more in the market. In an effort to acquaint local students with the farmers market, the market board will be giving a coupon worth

five dollars to every student at the North Shuswap Elementary School to be redeemed at the market. Any ven-dor will take them for five dollars worth of merchandise. The only limi-tation is that the vendors will not give change. Students will have to spend the coupon all in one place. We hope it will be fun to explore the market finding a special treat.

The market is making one free stall available to local non-profit communi-ty service groups who wish to raise awareness or raise funds for their cause. Any group who would like to have the spot for a week (or more if numbers allow) can call Patsy Alford (250-955-2978) to book a day. Groups must supply their own canopy or um-brella, and table and chairs.

The market has lots of parking, it is safe for kids, it’s right beside the lake so a perfect spot for a picnic and a swim after the market. And, right next door, the thrift store at St. David’s Church is open at the same time. So, come on down, and make a day of it!

The Celista Hall Farmers’ Market opens on Wednesday July 1st. Just in time for Canada Day. We will be open every Wednesday from 9am to 1pm until September 9.


By Janet Bates I have to say for this month that my biggest error is planting too early. Enthusiasm needs re-ward to maintain. We all begin our year gardening with grandiose dreams of what we might reap in the fall, however when they fail our expectations we quickly give up, or at least I have been known to. Every plant has an ideal circumstance under which it will germi-nate, and often if a seed is put in the ground and the temper-ature is too cold or wet, the seed will rot. End of story. Winter squash and beans for drying are two of the best crops to grow if you want to still enjoy your home grown foods in the winter. Neither requires any effort in preserv-ing, the beans just dry on their own, and the squash keeps for up to a year in a cool dry place in the base-ment. They both need warm soil to germinate, so now is a good time to get them in the ground. Winter squash include pumpkin, butternut, acorn and spaghetti squash, and there are many other wonder-ful heirloom winter squash that are fun to grow and fun to bring up in January for a home grown meal. Beans are the most amazing vegetable. There was a time that I did not like beans, but years ago, Ken and I made an agreement that he would become an olive liker and I would become a bean liker and that agreement has expanded our culinary poten-tial. It seems that in the gar-den, beans are about the

hardest working crop of the lot. In the peak of sum-mer production a small 4x4 space planted in beans can keep you eating beans daily. They are classified as snap, shell or dry, depending on what stage they are best eat-en, and some beans can be eaten at all 3 stages. Snap beans are eaten whole, when they are fresh, shell beans are shelled when fresh and the bean seed is tender, whereas dry beans are left to dry on the plant, shelled and stored. This would be like kidney beans or turtle black beans. Some beans grow as a bush plant and some grow tall as Pole beans. We will have a few interesting heirloom snap beans at the Celista market this summer. I want to end this month with a very important thing to know about drying beans. I grow several to keep over winter for soups and stews. Many dry beans contain a toxin that is destroyed with cooking. Commonly known as Kidney bean poisoning, it occurs when one eats dried beans that are not fully cooked. The toxin levels are highest in kidney beans, but many other beans contain it. The important thing to know, regardless of how you pre-pare your dried beans, you must cook them at boiling temperatures for at least 10 minutes to destroy the toxin. The toxin causes severe nau-sea and vomiting and I know this to be true, after spending a night in emergency this week, after eating partially cooked beans.

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Naturalist News

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By Claudette Carlsen Once again, we are enjoying great weather, our last outing in May to the pond in Blind Bay proved to be a nice day. There we saw only one Painted turtle, lots of Red-wing Blackbirds, one Coot, a Mallard hen with eight chicks and five of those wonder-ful Ruddy Ducks with the blue beaks. Back here in Chase, there is a family of Great Horned Owls with three fluffy owlets and one older chick who is just about as large as the parents. There are six huge nests and several smaller ones, probably in some state of building. We are lucky to have them so close that we can just go outside and see them from our property. Jack was driving on the Turtle Val-ley Road last month when two yearling Moose came out and ran in front of the

truck for quite a ways before going back into the bush – it’s good to see that they are still around. Our outing this month will be on Tuesday June 9 at Joanne Groves in

Celista at 1:30 pm. It should be interesting as Janice is preparing a sur-prise outing. I have met so many people, who say they should join the Nat-uralists, but they haven’t shown up and I would like to see them. Our membership is getting pretty low and unless we have new blood, we are in danger of not being able to keep the club go-ing – so if you are inter-ested, please, please come out. You can call

me and I will pick you up if you need a ride. My phone number is 250-679-8148. Hope to hear from you.

Above is a picture of a baby Great Horned Owl. Why not join the Naturalist Club so that you can enjoy spending time with friends while learning about beautiful birds and nature.

North Shuswap Library Hours

Survey Open to Public

Submitted by Marla O'Brien The Okanagan Regional Library is conducting a branch hours survey for the North Shuswap library loca-tion, in order to review open hours to better serve the community. Area residents, both library customers and non-users, are invited to fill out an online survey at http://fluidsurveys.com/surveys/orl/north-shuswap-hours-survey/ Paper copies of the survey will also be available in branch located 3867 Squilax An-glemont Road in Scotch Creek. The survey will close on June 19, 2015.

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Inside Out

Eileen Peters MA Certified Professional Counsellor Joey drank his first beer when he was 11 years old. His friends were older and more “experienced” and Joey felt cool with a beer in his hands. For the first couple of years it seemed like harmless fun. His dad never missed the few cans Joey managed to steal from his stash. But what Joey didn’t realize was that alcohol was becoming his “go-to” solution. And by the time his parents realized what was going on, Joey had a problem. He was angry all the time, his grades had dropped, and he was start-ing to experiment with cocaine. Now here he was, 11 years later with his head in his hands as a policeman read him the riot act. And once again, Joey si-lently promised himself that he would quit drinking. “If I can

only quit,” he told himself, “my problems will be over!” Sara stuffed another bag into her closet and hoped her husband wouldn’t ask her where she’d been all afternoon. Her mom had called again, sarcastic and demeaning until Sara was choking on shame. When her mom finally hung up, Sara grabbed her purse and headed out the door just to drive somewhere until she could push away the voices in her head that came screaming to life after a call from her mom. She was hardly aware that she was stopping at the mall. Two hours later Sara walked out with six bags in her hand. She was thankful that her husband trusted her to look after the household finances – that would give her the chance she needed to turn things


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WEEKEND WORSHIP

9:45-10:15am, pre-service prayer (Coffee is always on)

10:30am, Regular Sunday morning service

Saturday, June 13, 7 pm Praise, Prayer and Worship “Introductory Evening”

June 20 & 21, Father’s Day Weekend, beginning of Full Services

MID WEEK EVENTS

Tues and Thursday noon prayer meetings

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A North Shuswap Community Association Fund Raiser


The North Shuswap Chamber of Commerce thanks all the volunteers that participated in the 2015 Road-side Cleanup.

A special thanks to Bob Isley and Craig Spooner for picking up the garbage bags and delivering them to the transfer station.

Everett Loberg's help and cooperation in organizing the Lions for their part in the cleanup was most appreciated.

Also thank you to JPW for providing garbage bags, signage and supplies.

The turnout of the North Shuswap Community was gratifying and shows great community spirit.

Sunday Service 10:30Sunday Service 10:30Sunday Service 10:30 Children’s Church during service

All Are Welcome

4079 Butters Rd, Scotch Creek Church Office: 250-955-2545 / Pastor Lloyd Peters 250-793-2201

Father’s Day Barbecue June 21 after the Sunday Service

Women’s Ministry Garage Sale, Saturday June 27 beside Home Hardware in Scotch Creek. FMI call Phyllis, 250-955-2949 Men’s Breakfast Call 250-955-2131 for June date Sunday Church Service in the Park July 5th. VBS Summer Kids Klub coming in July. Details coming soon

AA meetings Thurs., 7 pm Counselling services available

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Soup Day - Wed., 11:30 - 1:30

Prayer Meetings - Wed., 10am

around before he found out that she had maxed out 5 credit cards in the few short months they had been married. “Today’s shopping trip was my LAST!” she vowed to herself. “If I can just quit going to the mall then everything will be o.k.!” Joey and Sara both believe that what they are doing is a problem. So if they can just fix their behavior, everything will be okay and they’ll be cured. However the truth is that TRY-ING TO CONTOL AN AD-DICTIVE BEHAVIOR WITH-OUT CHANGING THE FAULTY BELIEF SYSTEMS THAT SUPPORT IT IS AN EXERCISE IN FUTILITY. Every behavior, everything we do, is supported by our beliefs. In order to change what we do we must change who we are. In other words change must happen from the inside out. All compulsive, destruc-tive behaviors have something in common. They help us to outrun our pain. So the truth is

that the addiction or compul-sive behavior is not the prob-lem; it’s the answer to a prob-lem! Obviously it works well and that’s why we choose to keep on engaging in it. Under-neath the destructive behavior is a belief about ourselves, about life, or about what we need to survive. Unfortunately that belief is also destructive and keeps fueling our need to engage in behavior that numbs our pain and helps us deny reality. Any recovery program that neglects the very im-portant component of examin-ing and changing our belief system will fail and we’ll end up in relapse. We need to stop and ask ourselves, “WHY am I doing what I am doing? What is this behavior doing for me?” Only then can we accomplish the change we’re looking for. If you would like more information or to find out about counselling services in Scotch Creek please feel free to contact me at 250-793-2202.



James Gjaltema, Internation-al Travel Consultant Belize is a country of about 350,000 people located east of Guatemala and south of Mexico. English is the official language. You can fly to Be-lize City from Vancouver for about $850. I flew to Cancun for sever-al hundred dollars less, rented a car and drove 4 hours to the Mexi-can city of Chetumal, which borders Belize. Unfortunately, it is not easy to drive across the border due to rules & regu-lations. You can take the ADO bus from Mexico to Belize, or from Chetumal you can take a 90-minute water-taxi to Am-bergris Caye. You could also, walk across the border and take a taxi to Corozal airport in Belize, as I did.

I was nervous leaving my car unattended, but was as-sured by the border guard that it would be fine. I was told by the same border guard that I had to pay an exit fee when leaving Mexico, but did not believe this was true. I said

that if it is re-quired, then I would need a re-ceipt. Moments later, I crossed the

border having paid no fee. I walked across a bridge spanning the Hondo River and caught a taxi about 15 minutes over some rough roads to a tiny airport. There were two shed sized airline office build-ings; Maya Island Air and Tropic Air. I bought my return ticket for $67 USD per direc-tion on a 12-seater plane to San Pedro on Ambergris Caye.


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CSRD Electoral Area ‘F’ PUBLIC SAFETY MEETING

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TIME: 2:00 PM

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TOPICS: Emergency Preparedness North Shuswap & Seymour Arm Wildfire Preplanning Fire & Safety Evacuation Procedures

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The main reason for my trip was for travel agent train-ing at Club Med in Cancun, but I added a couple of days to quickly explore Belize. The flight took only 20 minutes and provided some excellent views from above. On the is-land, ATM’s were easy to find; the exchange rate is about $2 Belize to $1 USD. I wandered through town amid heavy traffic of golf carts – the preferred method of transportation on the island. I was offered a taxi-ride, but figured it would be easy enough to walk. I met a Bob Marley look alike on a bike who offered to show me the way to a backpacker hostel. I followed the dread-locks along the beach, declined the offer to purchase some herbs and checked into to the waterfront accommodation. A shared dorm room was about $20 CAD per night. I dropped off my back-pack and explored the island some more. I ate some excel-lent burritos from a vendor at the beach-side market and went back to relax at the Sand

Bar. I met several people who were there for diving and snor-keling, but had their excur-sions cancelled due to strong winds. On a future trip I really want to go diving at the Blue Hole. The next morning, I took a 30 minutes water taxi ride to Caye Caulker for about $15. Upon arrival I saw several guest houses right on the beach next to the dock, I opted for one offering a bed in a tiny room with 2 beds for $15 USD including a hot breakfast and welcome drink. Walking down the main road, I had one beach directly on my right and an-other a few blocks across the island on my left. 5 minutes later I was at a the Split where there is a pub/restaurant with water on 3 sides, a channel of brilliant turquoise water sepa-rating it from the next island. I spent the rest of the day in paradise before starting the trip home the next day.

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Shared from Shuswap Trail Alliance The annual workshop that brings the cultures, govern-ments, sectors and community members of the Shuswap to-gether for a day of education, celebration, sharing, explora-tion, and action toward creat-ing a better Shuswap for all of its’ people. The Workshop will take place on June 10 at Quaaout Lodge. Registration details can be found at: www.futureshuswap/business/workshops.com. The $40 fee includes snacks and lunch. If you would like some more

information please contact Darlene Lincoln at Shuswap Community Futures: E: [email protected] A youth component to this year's workshop creates an opportunity to listen and engage with youth on the challenges and opportunities they think are important for the future. This is free to youth between the ages of 16-24. Lunch and refreshments are proved. To register, email: [email protected] or call 604-488-5367

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725 Shuswap Ave. Chase, BC

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Come and experience our friendly European atmosphere

Tues to Fri 10am - 4pm Sat. 10am to 2pm Mondays - Closed

Celebrate Canada Day at Ross Creek Country Store

& Campground 6929 Squilax Anglemont Rd, Magna Bay

July 1st 11am to 3pm

Hamburgers and hot dogs by donation Free goodies for the kids

Displays and demos by Emergency Responders

Hosted by Anglemont Fire Department

Hourly Prize

Draws!

By Jo Anne Malpass Anglemont Fire Department, with support from other local fire departments and emergency responder groups, will be putting on demonstrations and displays Canada Day at the Ross Creek Store and Campground in Magna Bay. The event runs from 11 am to 3 pm with many fun events planned; hourly prize draws, live entertain-ment, tours of the fire equipment, free goodies and activities for the kids and barbecued hamburgers and hot dogs by donation. The proceeds will go to the Anglemont Fire De-partment and to support its local charities. At Lakeview Community Centre in Anglemont it will be another fun filled day of all things Canadian. Starting with muffins and coffee at 10 am, singing of O Canada at 11 am, music with Jim Leduc and Chris Stevens, Angus Burgers, loaded

hot dogs, Kids Zone, games and scrub hockey tournament. Blind Bay will have a full day of activities at Centennial Field starting with the Lions Club Pancake breakfast at 8:00 am, parade (collector cars included) at

10:00 am, food service, beer gardens and children’s ac-tivities. Stage events start at 11:30 am with opening cere-monies, North Country Gen-tlemen, Boot Scootin’ Line Dancers, The Elk Tribe, Larry and Jane Stephenson, Retro Rebels and end with Serious Dogs at 10:30 pm when the fireworks extrava-ganza begins. New this year, there will be skillet

tossing contests. Canada Day in Chase starts with a Lions Club pancake breakfast, parade along Shuswap Avenue and afternoon activities at Memorial Park. If you’re going by Celista, the Wednesday Farmers’ Market at the North Shuswap Community Hall opens July 1.

Canada Day Events


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Located on Davis Rd, well away from the traffic this beautifully treed lot is the best buy on the lake. There is 68’ of perfect beachfront facing southwest, while the slope of the lot allows for the building of a full day-light basement cottage. Hydro is at the lot line and the zoning allows for an RV to be placed on the lot. This is just a great situation to get started on the lake! $475,000

This entire 158 acres Iis presently operat-ing as a cow/calf farm. The main resi-dence is a 3 bdrm home of 1776 sq/ft. Includes a 1232 sq/ft. partially finished basement. Home has been remodeled and is in great condition with wonderful views of the farm & surrounding scenery. The outbuildings on the land are exten-sive including 36’ x 152’ Hay shed, 32’ x 120’ Equipment/Hay shed, 16’ x 110’ Equipment shed, 53’ x 48’ Storage/Horse shed, 2565 sq/ft. Workshop, 52’ x 108’ Hay barn/ Calving Barn. Also includes a small granary, animal paddocks, loading chute, cattle squeeze, and scales.

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BEATRICE RD WATERFRONT- The Shuswap is a very very large body of water. Not unlike large urban centres it is only reasonable that there will be less desira-ble, more desirable and even highly desirable areas. Beatrice Rd without a doubt is one of the highly desirable locations. 7 minutes from the #1 highway, Be-atrice Rd is a cul-de-sac, so no traffic. The waterfront lot is flat, treed, and has 106' of superb sandy beach. The quality built home offers an unequalled view of the lake from the open kitchen/ living room. Spacious vaulted ceilings, floor to ceiling natural rock fireplace, hardwood flooring and new appliances make for a fresh new look.-Includes 26' x 38' fully insulated 2 car garage/ workshop.


By Jenn Szabo I've always been a fan of efficiency, and finding ways to be happier and healthier is my life mission. Which is why I'm so excited to share my latest unexpected wellness hack that has truly transformed my life. I'm hoping that you too will experi-ence profound change by incorporating this minimalist ap-proach to your physical and mental well being. Have you ever noticed certain influential people wearing the same or similar outfit every time you see them? (Think Barack Obama, the late Steve Jobs or Mark Zukerberg) These high power people Don their "uniforms" intentionally to con-serve their creative energy for the tasks in their day that are more important than choosing an outfit. When I discovered this efficient trick, I thought "I could be on board with any idea that could provide me with more energy to do more important stuff as a busy mom and entrepreneur" so I dug a little deeper and discovered that a minimalist movement is happening all over

the world, whereby people are building capsule wardrobes. A capsule wardrobe is simply a small wardrobe (usually between 20-40 pieces per season in-cluding shoes and jackets) where each piece can be worn interchangeably with every other piece. For the record, the idea of reducing my wardrobe to 40 pieces terrified me, but I know from experience that the things that scare me are usually the things worth doing. Cre-ating a capsule encourages you to de-fine your personal style, understand cuts and colours that work for you and best of all, it helps you remove the clut-ter in your closet that no longer serves you (and subsequently some of the clut-ter in your head) The general guidelines for creating your capsule are to try on every item in your closet and ask your-self three questions: 1. Does this fit? Is the colour flattering? Is the cut right for my body? 2. Is this piece right for my lifestyle and the season? 3. Does this piece excite me? Do I feel happy when I wear it? You should be able to answer a definitive yes to all three questions when you keep an article of clothing in your closet. During my research I found that the capsule wardrobe enthusiasts prom-ised more time, less stress, greater self understanding and more creativity throughout the day. Did this sound good to me? Heck yes it did! So I spent


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Sometime in the fall of 2012 and/or spring of 2013 a person or persons entered onto 7923 Squilax-Anglemont Road in Anglemont and felled a large number of trees, several of which were greater than 2 feet in diameter. Road access to this property is from Pine Ave located at the top of Airstrip Road in Anglemont. Litigation has now been commenced. The public is being asked if anyone has knowledge of any kind about this tree felling. Anyone with information about this tree-felling can contact the offices of Forward Law LLP in Kamloops at toll free 1-855-434-2333 and refer to file number 08-81-01. A cash reward of up to $5,000 is offered by the owner of the property for information that leads to the resolution of this matter.


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4 days intentionally creating my 40 piece spring wardrobe. Let me tell you, this was not an easy task for me; I've been a clothing hoarder of sorts since I can remember. With total apprehension, I chose to delete the expensive purse I've been holding onto for 4 years unused, and I removed my "just in case I need a conserva-tive dress for someone's child's baptism" frock. I subtracted so many items that didn't fit me or my lifestyle that I ended up with 2 overflowing garbage bags full of stuff. Were the enthusiasts right about the feeling of freedom I would have when I cut the clutter? Oh yes, and then some. While every persons journey is different, I person-ally feel completely liberated. I have received more compli-ments on my appearance than

ever before. I feel calm and in control when I'm in my walk in closet. It takes me literally 60 seconds to choose a fabu-lous outfit. I am always excit-ed by the clothing I'm wearing. I have more time. I feel like my life as a whole is more simple. When deciding to em-bark on this journey, I had no idea that something so seem-ingly superficial would have such a positive impact on my life. I feel like more as a per-son by having less in my drawers, which is definitely a great trade off for a bit of fear and apprehension. For more info on capsule wardrobe planning, visit: www.project333.com. Happy decluttering!

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Why is there always some-thing that takes the wind out

of your sails? Apology

By Fay Begin, Producer Well as we were winding up the 2015 Pig & WhistleI, wanted to make sure the cast got recognition on stage at the end of the final evening per-formance May 2, 2015. Un-fortunately, when you are naming names you often miss someone and this was exactly what happened- I missed one very special cast member. I so enjoyed the role of this character that we, as writers, wrote him in each and every British city as it was accurate to the history of the area. That was our wonderful Viking character. This great guy,

Dave Mead, took on the role and went so far outside his comfort zone in order to make it work. This character took on a life of his own. He started off quite subdued but the end had fully embraced the charac-ter, it was fantastic and every-one loved it. My sincere apol-ogies for not including you in the cast recognition. Without your contribution our Pig & whistle would not have been as much fun as it was. I thank you for coming on board and becoming a formidable force. We will never forget the fierce but funny antics you brought to the show. Arghhhh!!


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Cutting Edge Construction (Ken Goertzen) High Mountain Farms (Tracy and Dwayne Bentley)

Custom Interior Painting (Paul Potocki) Dave Cunliffe Engineering

Rona Home Hardware Scotch Creek

Tim and Annette Brausse Milestone Fabrication

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2nd Annual Sci-Bee Volunteers & Donors ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

The Lions Deb De Baie-Strick Gord De Baie-Strick

Jan Penner Danger Tree Services (Tamie Hucal/Steve Moore)

A Shuswap Holiday (Angela & Jay Simpson) Larissa Lutjen, School Trustee

Old Dogs New Tricks Yummies Pizza

Ecotreats Shuswap Infusions

Peoples Drug Mart (Scotch Creek) Shuswap Garden Center (Holly Nord)

Peoples Food & Drug (Chase) Safety Mart (Chase) The Willows (Chase)

The Flower Girls (Chase) Village Lanes Bowling (Chase)

TRU Hardware (Chase) Simply De Vine Coffee (Chase)

Chase Plaza Dollar & Gift Store (Chase) Subway (Chase)

Thank you!! The North Shuswap Elementary Parent Advisory Council would like to extend a huge thank you to all of the wonderful vol-unteers that came out to help with Phase I of our Outdoor Learning Space. Without the generosity of these community members, this beautiful space wouldn’t have been possible. We are continuing to work on Phase II of the Outdoor Learning Space and are really ex-cited about the completion of this new addition to our school. We would also like to thank our volunteers and donors for our 2nd Annual Science Fair/Spelling Bee aka Sci-Bee! Fun was once again had by all and we were not only treated to some amazing sci-entific displays, but to a terrific spelling competition. It was great to see our teachers and parents challenge our students. Thanks to all of the participants, families and community members that came out. A special thank-you to our dedicated prin-cipal, teachers and support staff who stayed and supported the event. We hope to see more of you next year for this fun filled evening! Thank-you again to all of our donors and supporters and thank you Lions for once again serving us the wonderful hotdogs.

N.S. Parent Advisory Council

For Registration & Information Contact: Leigh (250)515-4682, email: [email protected] Website: www.nsscr.ca

SWIMMING LESSONS IN THE LAKE

Provided by the North & South Shuswap Community Resources Association

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School News By Jan Penner On May 14th 12 mem-bers of the North Shuswap Elementary Cross Country Club attended the 2015 Little Mountain Stomp. Each age group's race had an excess of 100 runners. The Cougars team had 4 top 10 finishes, with Jonah Rivette taking 3rd place in the Intermediate Boys category. Congratula-tions to all our competitors and to all those who ran twice weekly in the Club. Thanks to Mr. Ellis and Mr. Schmidt for spon-soring the Club and to all the staff who assisted with traffic monitoring to help keep the runners safe. One thing noted during the running club, is that there are still many drivers who are not slowing down for the school zone, nor for events where children are on the roadside. It adds very little to your trip to slow down for the less than 1 kilometre distance the school occupies and de-celerating could save a child's life. Many thanks to those motorists who are observing the newly erected/more visi-ble signs marking the school zone. In May our students had presentations from members of the Salmon Arm SPCA, EUReKA Science for TRU, and 4 days of Gymnastics. All activities were thoroughly enjoyed by everyone. Thanks to the volunteers from the SPCA from coming and shar-ing their knowledge and train-ing about how to properly deal with animals, both wild and domestic. A huge thanks to North Shuswap Elementary PAC for covering the costs for the Science and Gymnas-tics events. They were won-

derful learning opportunities for our children. Speaking of PAC, thanks to them for organizing and running the 2nd Annual Sci-Bee. While the attendance was small, it certainly ap-peared that everyone had a great time! An extra big thanks to the N.S. Lions for barbequing hot dogs and passing donations on to the PAC. Community support

for our students is much appreciated.

With regard to students, it was decided that as of

September 2015, North Shuswap Ele-

mentary will become a K-8 school. District and

school staff are collaborating to facilitate new programs and looking at ways to sup-port the new grade level at our school. It is a very excit-ing change and there are lots of great ideas on how to make it very positive for everyone. ***Welcome to Kinder-garten will be held at 12:15 on June 17th.*** If you have a child who will be 5 years old before December 31, 2015, and have not yet registered them, please stop by the school office in Celista and do so. All 5 year olds are welcome to our special orien-tation day on the 17th. The end of the school year is approaching quickly, with a full calendar of year end events and curriculum wrap-up. Our annual Fun Day will take place on June 22nd. Awards Day is June 24th, with classroom awards in the morning and school awards presented in the gym in the afternoon. Students will have a short last day on June 25th, with the 26th being an administrative day for teaching staff.


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Join us for worship Sundays at 11:00

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Congratulations go out to Vaughn McManamna for being selected by B.C. Football to join Team BC in their Legacy Performance Games showcase this summer in Kamloops. Great job Bud!

Bugs R Us By Shayla Polischuk (Grade 4), Sarah Moore (Grade 2) and Angus Saunders (Grade 1) To start the last Bugs R Us for this year we had snacks. There was fruit salad, veggies and dip, and little muf-fins. Thanks to Anna, Sacha and Lan-don and their moms for bringing this tasty food. After snack we went outside and played on the playground. When Mrs. Delisle came out we played the bell game. We had to sneak and grab bells without being caught. After the game, we went back inside. In this Bugs R Us we got to see a real live black widow spider. Lynn Erin found it on a sunny side-walk. The spider had a red hour-glass on its back. When it was climbing up its web, we could see the hourglass. There was a stink bug on the web but it was completely dried up. Black Widows eat their food by wrap-ping their webs around and waiting for a long time. They bite the prey and when it is dead, they suck out all the blood and juices. The spider was in a big, slippery jar. Lynn washed the jar to make sure the spider would not be able to climb out. There was a lid on the jar, with two piec-es of paper towel to make sure the spider could still breathe. It was a really big black widow. We did not take it out of the jar! We made pictures of insects with charcoal sticks. When we finished we got to go outside and search for other

insects. We used magnifying glasses to find them. We found snails, ants and a couple of bugs in the trees. We also found some pill bugs. We did not col-lect them, just observed them. We had to stay in the shade with the magnifying glasses because we could have started a fire in the sun. After we came back in, Lynn pre-sented each of us with our framed pic-ture in a special plastic cover for protec-tion. Lynn made good comments about every picture. We had a bit of sharing. Sarah

shared a skull of a beaver, two sticks that were chewed by a bea-ver and a stick that bugs had crawled under the bark. The bugs made lines in the stick. We took home our pictures. We also took our nametags home

because it was the final Bugs R Us for this year. Thanks to Lorrie, Mrs. Delisle, Ron and all the parents and people who helped with Bugs R Us this year, espe-cially Murray Evaschuk who brought the microscope and interesting items to look at to every meeting and Tamie Hucal who organized 3 of the meetings this year. Special thanks to Lynn Erin for bringing the spider and leading the drawing lesson. Lynn teaches art classes to children and adults of all ages and said that we can find her at the Celista Farmer’s Market this summer where art experiences may be available. Thank-you!!!!!!


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RUB INGREDIENTS

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INGREDIENTS 4 racks of pork baby back ribs 2 C of dark rum 1 cinnamon stick 2 C of hickory flavoured wood

chips soaking for ½ hour. 1 C of dried hickory flavoured

wood chips

2 tbsp of chilli powder 2 tbsp of dried chives 2 tbsp of dried onion flakes 2 tbsp of coarse salt 2 tsp of ground coriander 2 tsp of ground ginger

1 tsp of freshly ground black pepper

1 tsp of ground allspice ½ tsp of ground cinnamon ¼ tsp of ground cloves ¼ tsp of ground nutmeg

1. Place rib with dark rum and cinnamon stick into large seal-able plas-tic bag(s) and let marinate for 3 hours in the refrigerator. Combine Rub ingredients and Grind to fine powder. Drain rib’s from dark rum marinate and pat dry with paper towel.

2. Rub dry marinade over ribs and place back into the fridge for 1 hour. 3. Preheat grill to high. 4. Squeeze the soaking chips dry and combine with the dry chips. Place

the chip mixture into a double layer of foil. 5. Package chips in foil and poke holes on both sides and place directly

on top of the coals or gas flame. When the package starts smoking reduce the heat to medium.

6. Arrange ribs onto hot grate, over the drip pan. Cover and let smoke cook for 2 hours or until ribs meat is very tender and has shrunk back from the ends of the bones.

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Working Together To Prevent Crime

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If you have any tips on local crime

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DID YOU KNOW ……. We often say that life has become too stressful and that when we have free time, laying on the couch is all we can manage. The truth is that spending our leisure time in satisfying pursuits, “fun work,” will refresh us far more than a non-stop marathon of playing Call of Duty. Hobbies can bring you joy, increase your eye for detail, keep your mind sharp, expand your creativity, and can help you learn valuable skills. If you’ve been feeling depressed, restless, or apathetic, maybe you need a hobby to help you feel passionate and fulfilled in life.

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NORTH SHUSWAP AGM - North Shuswap First Responders -

June 10, 7 pm at the North Shuswap Commu-nity Hall in Celista

Country Gardener’s Club Annual Plant Sale June 13th at Lakeview Centre in Anglemont. 8am to 11am in conjunction with the breakfast. FMI please call Suzanne Dussome at 250-679-2614.

Public Safety Meeting - June 17, 2pm at Scotch Creek/Lee Creek Community Fire Hall. Emergency preparedness, wildfire pre-planning, fire and safety evacuation proce-dures.

Welcome to Kindergarten - June 17 at 12:15 at North Shuswap Elementary School. All 5 year olds are welcome to our special orienta-tion day

Fathers Day Lobster Dinner - Fri June 19. Happy hour 5 pm, dinner 6 pm. Reservations only by June 12 - Call Alison 250-955-2588.

Elvis Evolution – Adam Fitzpatrick is coming to wow us with his Award Winning Elvis Tribute show June 20 Tickets are now available from Marianne Brama at 250-955-0364. Tickets include light refreshment. FMI check out our website www.lakeviewcommunitycentresociety.com

22nd Annual Fathers’ Day Poker Run - June 21st. Start at Captains Village Marina at 9am. Check details on pg. 29 of this issue of the Kicker or call Captains’ Village at 250-955-2424

Summer Solstice Night - June 21st at North Shuswap Community Hall. Some of the best that Kamloops Symphony has to offer. Doors open at 7pm. Check out more info on The Celista CoffeeHouse Facebook page. Tickets at Ross Creek store and Super Valu.

North Shuswap Chamber Meeting - June 22nd at 6pm. Check the Chamber website at northshuswapbc.com for the location.

Womens' Ministry Garage Sale Fundraiser, Saturday June 27, If you know where Home Hardware is, you will find us. FMI call Phyllis, 250 955 2949.

Friday Night Live - Starts July 3rd at the Cen-tre in Scotch Creek. Music entertainment, arts, crafts, great food, great fun! FMI Barry 250-318-3843

Divas – Vegas Meets Vaudeville with Bon-nie Kilroe. - July 24 at Lakeview Centre in

Anglemont. Bonnie “does” Cher, Marilyn Monroe, Patsy Cline, Barbra Streisand, Tina Turner and many more during her show. Tick-ets are available from Marianne Brama at 250-955-0364. Light Refreshment included. FMI go to: www.lakeviewcommunitycentresociety.com

Watch for VBS Summer Kids Klub happen-ing at North Shuswap Christian Fellowship in Scotch Creek in July. Full details in July Kick-er

SOUTH SHUSWAP Annual Harvest Food Bank Coffee House

June 6th, 7:30pm at Carlin Hall. Redneck/Country Dance fundraiser at White

Lake Community Hall on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 7pm. Dance starts at 8pm. Loca-tion - 3617 Parri Road. For more info call Thel-ma @ (250)803-5231.

Pancake Breakfast at Sorrento Farmers Mar-ket - Saturday June 6. 8am to noon

Kids' Summer Camps in Art, Dance & Theatre A variety of kids' activities including four weeks of art camps, one week theatre camp and one week dance intensive camp. Venue: FACES Studio #7 - 2425 Golf Course Drive, Blind Bay. FMI: Arts Council website: shuswaparts.com

Music in the Bay ~ Thursdays in the South Shuswap. Bring your lawn chair or blanket and enjoy the music presented by various artists, down by the water. Venue: Centennial Field, Blind Bay. FMI: shuswaparts.com

Canadian White Water Perform along with Special Guests Larry and Jane Stephenson! June 19th 7:30 Tickets at the door only. All pro-ceeds of this concert go to the Carlin Hall Fund Raising Project. Come out enjoy a musical even-ing and support your local hall.

Country Breakfast/Brunch at Sunnybrae Hall June 20, 8am to 11am. (3585 Sunnybrae Canoe Point Rd.)

Ladies Night at the Cove - June 24th, 2015 - An evening of appetizers, wine & browsing the clothes, jewellery, women's interests. Venue: FINZ Resort Eagle Bay Road, Blind Bay. Or-ganizer: South Shuswap Chamber & Finz Resort. FMI southshuswapchamber.com

Blind Bay Painters’ Art Show - June 27, 10am to 5pm and June 28, 11am to 3pm. Enjoy refreshments and quality wares. At Blind Bay Hall, 2510 Blind Bay Rd.

.Buckley Trio live at Carlin Hall, June 28th.

This band delivers soulful laments, gritty truths and a distinctive Alberta flavor. The trio is made complete with Derek Pulliam’ upright bass and Tim Leacock’s lead guitar. Harmonica-laden folk and stompworthy rock ‘n roll and good ole coun-try. Doors open : 6:30pm, Concert Starts: 7:00pm. FMI call Lloyd Pulliam 250-675-3558

CHASE Chase Legion - June 6 - Veterans Dinner at

5:30pm FMI 250-679-3536. June 7 - Giant Crib, 10:45am. June 13 - Dance Turtle Valley, 8pm. June 17 - Branch General Meeting. June 19 - TGIF Dinner, 5:30pm

Chase Soccer Camp - June 29 to July 3. 6:30pm to 8pm. FMI www.aplacetobelong.ca

Lumberjack Skills Event - July 4th at Chase Memorial Park. Elimination round starts at 1pm. Main show is 4:30 to 7:30. Great family event. Concessions, beer garden.

FARMERS’ MARKETS Scotch Creek - May 17th to Sept 6th. Every

Sunday from 10am to 2pm at Home Hardware parking lot with plenty of parking. Local produce, baking crafts and more. Leashed dogs only. No smoking thanks!

Celista Hall Farmers’ Market - Opening day is July 1st. Running every Wednesday from 9am to 1:00pm till September 9. Lots of parking, safe for kids, right beside the lake. Picnic tables and swimming area.

Blind Bay Farmers Market - Saturdays May 16 to Sept 5, 10 til 2 at the Blind Bay Market-place parking lot. Local produce, crafts and fun! Vending enquiries Deb Gibson 250 804 9441, [email protected]

Chase - Every Friday from 10am to 2pm in down-town Chase. FMI email [email protected] or call 250-679-2166

Sorrento - Saturdays, May 9 to Oct 12, 8am to noon at Sorrento Shopper Plaza. We have new and exciting vendors and we are having a Lions sponsored Pancake Breakfast on June 6th.

Canada Day Events:

Anglemont - Lakeview Centre Magna Bay - Ross Creek Store Blind Bay - Centennial Field Chase - Downtown Check page 54 of this months Kicker for

more details for each of these venues.

NOON DISPLAY ADVERTISING . . . June 19 / July 17

EDITORIAL / CLASSIFIED . . . June 22 / July 20

Delivery: July 3 / Aug 1

New Transfer Station Hours Start June 15

SCOTCH CREEK: 3508 Squilax-Anglemont Rd. Sept 16th - June 14th: Fri - Tues 8am - 2pm

June 15th - Sept 15th: DAILY 8am - 2pm Christmas, New Years & Remembrance Day - Closed

SEYMOUR ARM: 1815 Quast Rd. Sept 16th to June 14th: Saturday 1pm - 5pm.

June 15th to Sept 15th: Tues - 1pm - 5pm & Sat - 9am - 1pm Statutory Holidays - Closed


NORTH SHUSWAP CELISTA COMMUNITY HALL

Celista Coffee House - Live entertainment, 3rd Friday of the month, Oct to May. $4 admission, doors 7pm, Open mic; 7:30-9pm, feature bands to follow. Refreshments. FMI 250-679-2174

Community Association - meeting 3rd Tues of the month, 7pm.

Craft & Needlework every Wed, 10-2. FMI Gerry 250-955-6279

Historical Society - meeting 2nd Thurs of the month, 2pm.

Lions Club - meetings 2nd & 4th Thurs of the month, 7pm. Meat Draw at the Copper Island Pub, Saturdays 3-5pm

Naturalist Club - meet 2nd Tues of the month, 1:30 pm

NIA Dance Fusion Classes - Tues & Fri 10:30am -11:30am. FMI Nancy Parkinson 250-679-8233

NS First Responders Society - meet 2nd Wed. of the month at 2pm

N.S. Players - meet 2nd Tues. of the month, 7pm.

NSHCS - meet 2nd Thurs of the month, 10am in the Hall Club Room

Zumba and Yoga - Classes for Zumba are on Tues & Thurs 9am to 10am. Yoga on the beach Wed 9am FMI Jenn 778-988-1459

LAKEVIEW CENTRE ACTIVITIES Achy Breaky Body Parts Line Dancing - Every Wed, 10am for beginners (pls call Donna), 10:30am for advanced. FMI Donna Gallant 250-679-2419

Anglebay Entertainers Chorus practice - Wed. 1pm, Jo 250-955-2282

Arts and Crafts Club - Tues. 10am to 2pm. Bring your lunch. Everyone welcome. FMI call Dolores @ 250-955-0296

Bible Study - Group meeting at 7:00 Thursday evenings at Lakeview Center. Everyone Welcome.

Bridge Night - Wed evening, 7 pm. Coffee and Treats, Everyone welcome.

Carpet Bowling - Mon & Thurs 10-12. FMI Blair Scranton 250-955-0032. Spares list call Ann Chow 250-955-2899

Community Prayer Group - 3rd Thurs of the month, 7 pm. FMI Val 250-955-2117 or Sharlee 250-679-2120.

Cribbage - Thursdays 1 pm Country Gardener’s Club - 3rd Wed of the month, 7 pm. FMI Chris 250-955-6467

Rise & Shine Breakfast - 2nd

Saturday of every month at the Lakeview Community Center. 8-11am. Great food, come hungry

Table Tennis - Mon. & Fri. 9:30am, Dennis 250-955-2899

OTHER NORTH SHUSWAP ACTIVITIES Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)

Scotch Creek - Thurs. 7:30 pm at North Shuswap Christian Fellowship Church. 4079 Butters Road

Alcoholics Anonymous AA - Squilax Group Sunday 7 PM. 1 km west Squilax Hotel @qwel room. FMI 250-679-3945 or cell 250-833-2117

Chamber of Commerce Meetings - 4th Mon of the month, Location to be announced

NS First Responders - meet 1st & 3rd Thurs, 7pm at Celista Fire Hall.

Lions Club Meat Draw & 50/50 Draw - at the Copper Island Pub. Saturdays, 3-5pm. Ten draws for the various cuts of meat purchased from SuperValu. 50/50 Draw

Pickleball - Tues. & Fri. at 10 am, Sat. at 1 pm. at the Tennis Courts in Scotch Creek. FMI Heather 250.833.8069

Soup Day - Wed. 11:30 to 1:30pm at North Shuswap Christian Fellowship Church. 4079 Butters Road. Scotch Creek

SOUTH SHUSWAP CARLIN HALL

To book call Laurene, 250-835-2322 Weekly Lessons & workshops/jams Blue Grass Music, Acoustic instruments only, beginners / intermediates. Tues. 7 - 9 pm. For more info call 250-835-2322.

Monthly Meeting Wed, 7:30pm. Come out and support your Carlin Community. All welcome.

Carlins Card Night Friday, 7pm weekly.

Coffee House - 1st Saturday. October - May, 7:30pm. Come support local talent. Coffee & goodies avail. EAGLE BAY COMMUNITY HALL

Quilting Mondays 10-2 (Bring Lunch). FMI call Inez: 675-4531

Crafts Wednesdays 10-2 (Bring Lunch). FMI call Dot: 675-4282

Games - 4th Tues. 1-4pm FMI call Sharon 675-2408

Fitness Workouts - Tues. & Thurs. 9-10. FMI call Sharon: 675-2408

Darts Fri evenings at 7:15 pm. FMI call Alan: 675-5403

Coffee House 4th Sat of the Month, except Dec, June, July & Aug. 7:30 pm. Performers always welcome! Dave 675-4850 or Gaetane 675-2178

Probus Copper Island - meets at Cedar Heights Community Hall in Sorrento on the second Thurs./mo. at 10 am Coffee at 9:30. For details call Mr. Doug Brown 250-803-8930

Shuswap Rock Club - First Tues of the month (Sept - June) 7:30 pm at Toad Hall in Sorrento. Saturday workshops 1-4 pm. FMI Pat 250-675-2849.

Shuswap Wood Carvers - Wed & Sat 8:30am - 12pm. FMI Ken 250-675-3316, Norm 250-675-3764. Meeting, 3rd Wed of every month (Sept-June) in the Toad Hall. FMI Ian 250-835-0014

SORRENTO DROP IN SOCIETY Mon: AA & Alanon - 8pm, Glee Club - 9:30am

Tues: Crib -1:30pm, Snooker (men) - 1:00pm, Meals to Wheels 2nd & 4th Tues. at noon

Wed: Snooker 6:00pm, Cards - 1:00pm

Thurs: Foot Clinic (call for appt. 250-675-0065), Quilting - 10:00am Snooker (men) - 1:00pm

Fri: Ladies Snooker- 2pm Sat: Scottish Country Dancing 9:30. FMI 250-675-3518

SHUSWAP LAKE ESTATES COMMUNITY CENTRE: FMI call 250-675-2523

Mon: Line Dance - intermediate 1:00 - 2:30, Sponge Ball 9:30 - 12:00

Tues: Ladies Bridge 1:00 - 4:00, Good Time Quilters 1st, 3rd, & 5th

Wed: Line Dance - beginners 10:00 - 11:30, Advanced 1:30 - 3:00. Lego Club - every 2nd Wed.

Thursday: Play Group 9:00 - 12:00 Friday: Sponge Ball 9:30 - 12:00, Youth Group - Grade 7 & up 7:00 - 9:00. Family Move Night - 1st Fri. of month 6:00 - 8:00

The Ta'Lana Twirler's Square Dance Club Meet Thursdays (starting Sept.26), at the Blind Bay Hall, 2010 Blind Bay Rd. 7:30pm to 9:30pm. Round & Main Stream dancing. FMI Betty at 250-675-4408

The Piecemakers Quilt Group - Thurs. 10 - 2pm at the Sorrento Drop In Centre. FMI 250-955-2393

TOPS Sorrento #4369 - meets every Wed from 8:15 to 10:00 am at Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church. 2740 Fairway Hills Rd. Blind Bay BC (lower level). FMI Gail 250-675-2849

CHASE Chase Duplicate Bridge - Thurs in St. Andrews Church (rear door) Zoë 250-679-8488 CHASE CREEKSIDE FOR SENIORS

FMI Sharron 250-679-1183 Mon: League darts 7:30pm Tues: Pool 3:30 pm, free meat draw 4-6:30

Wed: Exercise 9am, Line Dancing 10am, Snooker & games 1pm

Thur: Regular Crib 7pm, league darts 7:30pm

Fri: Ladies darts 2pm Sat: Meat draw, 50/50, fun darts 2pm Monthly General meeting 2nd Thurs 1pm

Monthly Supper every 3rd Friday 5:30pm

Monthly Mini Crib 2nd Fri Coffee House 2nd Friday Movie Night - Chase Community Hall, every Thurs, minimal admission, concession available. FMI 250-319-6302. Parkside Estates - Public Bingo Wed. 1pm, FMI 250-679-4477 Ext. 5

ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION 250-679-3536

Tuesday Pool- 3:30pm, meat draw - 4 - 6:30pm

Wednesday - 3rd Wed of every month Branch General Meeting 7 pm.

Saturday Meat Draw, 50/50, Fun Darts - 2pm

Sunday - Giant Crib on the first Sun. of every month, 10:45 am. All other Sundays closed.

Sunshore Ladies Golf Club meet Tuesday mornings. For information call Pat Kornack @ 250- 679-8762 or Evelyn Chilton @ 250-679-3860.

Taoist Tai Chi - Chase Community Hall on Tuesdays from 10-11am and Thursdays from 9:30-11:30 am. FMI Judy 250-679-5425

SUNNYBRAE COMMUNITY HALL

Tues & Thurs: Karate 6pm (250-835-8875)

Mon & Fri: Badminton (250-835-4625) 2nd Sat: Coffee House (except June to Sept)

4th Wed: General Meeting 7:30pm SENIORS HALL

Sunnybrae Painters Tues 10am (250-835-4625)

Needle Arts Guild 1st & 3rd Thur: 10am (250-835-8842)

Wed Quilters 1st & 3rd (250-835-8255)

Potluck dinner and Meeting 3rd Tues, 5:30 pm(except July/Aug)

Shuswap Needle Arts Guild meet 1st & 3rd Thursday, 10am to 4 pm at Sunnybrae Seniors Centre (Sept. to Jun) FMI are Jo (250)-832-9308 or Sharon (250)-832-4588.

Regularly Scheduled Events P lease No te : Many o f t he regu la r schedu led events t ake a b reak dur ing the summer .

To add a meeting/event call 250-955-0534, Fax 250-955-0515 or email [email protected]


Adams River Salmon Society.. Sheila Empey 250-253-2598 AWE Society.. email: [email protected]. Anglemont Ladies Golf.. Bev Shea 250-955-0365 Anglemont Men’s Golf Club.. Rob MacDuff at 250-505-2781 Artistic Community.. Lynn Erin 250-955-6234 Baseball Club.. Mike McManamna 250-819-0522 or 250-955-

0688 Camp Grafton.. Judy MacPherson 250-374-5115 Chamber of Commerce.. Dave Cunliffe 250-851-6852 Coffee House.. Jim Leduc 250-679-2174 Country Kids Play School.. Alanna Stearns 250-679-3005 Country Gardens Garden Club.. Chris Trueman

250-955-6467 CRIMESTOPPERS.. 1-800-222-8477 Crowfoot Snowmobile Club.. Martin & Julie Lucas

250-955-2246 CSRD - Area F.. Larry Morgan 250-955-2567 FIRE DEPARTMENTS

Anglemont - Graham Lucas - 250-833-8997 / 250-955-2173 Celista - Roy Philips - 250-517-0540 S.C./L.C. - Art Stoll - 250-955-2422 / 250-517-0098 Skwlax - Keith Power - 250-679-4472

First Responders.. Andrea Carter 250-679-7746 First Responders Society.. Catherine McCrea

[email protected] Girl Guides .. 1-800-565-8111 Heart & Stroke Foundation of BC & Yukon..

Cynthia Bentley 250-955-2222 Historical Society.. Loretta Greenough 250-955-6431 Imai Ball Park Foundation.. Brian MacDuff 250-955-0981 JPW Road Maintenance.. Attendant 1-877-546-3799, Main office (Armstrong) 250-546-3765, Celista yard

(answering machine) 250-955-2231 Karate Club.. Dale Cundy 250-682-3094 Lakeview Centre.. Fay Hadden 250-955-2488 Lions Club.. Ted Danyluk 250-955-6384 Meadow Creek Park Assoc.. Don Grimm 250- 955-0262 Naturalists Club.. Claudette Carlsen 250-955-8148 Needle Bugs Club.. Gerry Kendall 250-955-6279 NS Cemetery.. Doug Prigmore 250-955-6454 or

Loretta Greenough 250-955-6431 NS Christian Fellowship.. 250-955-2545 NS Community Association.. Toby Alford 250-955-2978

Hall Bookings – Alison Elmes 250-955-2588 NS Craft & Needlework Club.. Gerry 250-955-6279 NS Elementary School.. Rob Ellis 250-955-2214 NS Health Centre Society.. Pat Robertson 250-955-2999 and

Jay Simpson 250-377-5462 NS Players.. Judy Weller 250-955-0744 Okanagan Regional Library.. Lee Carreiro 250-955-8198 Parents Advisory Committee.. Angela Simpson 250-377-5406 Parks Commission Contact.. CSRD

1-888-248-2773 Police Advisory Committee.. Lynda Sutton 250-319-7797 Ratepayer Associations

Anglemont - Marian Zackery 250-955-0359 Magna Bay - Alan Nunn 250-679-2565 or 604-522-3346 Scotch Creek - Mary Stewart 250-955-2967 Saratoga - Aileen Brand 250-955-6123 St. Ives - Dave King 250-955-0573

School District # 83 North Shuswap Trustee.. Larissa Lutjen email [email protected], 250-803-1587

Scotch Creek Medical Clinic: for appointment 250-955-0660 Seymour Arm Comm. Assoc.. Bob Reimer 250-833-7610 Seymour Arm First Responders Society.. Sharon Kelly 778-373-6274 Seymour Arm Snowmobile Club.. Wilmer Marks 778-785-2032 Shuswap Environmental Action Society.. Jim Cooperman

250-679-3693 Shuswap Hospice Society.. 250-832-7099 Shuswap Volunteer Search & Rescue.. Tara Stanley 250-308-9248,

shuswapsar.org Shuswap Needle Arts Guild.. Marleine 250-675-2507 or Sharon

250-832-4588 Shuswap Rock Club.. Pat or Gail Bowden 250-675-2849 Shuswap Waterfront Owners Association (SWOA)

[email protected], web: www.SWOA.ca Skmana Ski club .. George 250-679-3688 / John 250-679-8600 South Shuswap Canada Day Committee..

Reuben Pauls.. 250-675-6852 South Shuswap First Responders.. Sherri Mitchell

250-675-2420 South Shuswap Health Services Society.. Sue McCrae

250-675-3562 Taoist Tai Chi .. Judy 250-679-5425 Victim Services.. Brandi Nakazawa 250-679-8638 Whittlers Club.. Marian Zackery 250-955-0359

St. David’s by-the-Lake Anglican/United Church

5518 Squil/Anglmt Hwy, Celista [email protected]

Rev Brian Smith Sunday 11am

Catholic Services Our Lady of the Lake

Blind Bay Sunday, 11: 15 am

Chase Sunday, 9:00 am

North Shuswap Christian Fellowship

4079 Butters Road, Scotch Creek 250-955-2545

([email protected]) Worship & Sunday School,

10:30 am Potluck 3rd Sunday after service

Soup Day Wednesdays 11:30 - 1:30

Pastor Lloyd Peters

Shuswap Community Church Sorrento Campus Sunday 10:30 am

At Sorrento Memorial Hall 1159 Passchendale Rd.

250.835.8270


$6 up to 20 words, 20¢ ea. additional word. $1 for box-around. Single column Classified Dis-play Ads are $2.00 per 1/4 inch. Drop ads along with cash or check (made out to the KICKER) at drop boxes, e-mail ad to [email protected] or mail to 7320 Estate Place, Anglemont, B.C. V0E 1M8. Ads must be received 12 days prior to the paper hitting the stands.

C L A S S I F I E D A D S M U S T B E P A I D I N A D V A N C E .

Making Waves Marine Service, Service, parts, and marine accesso-ries to your location. Full mechani-cal marine repair and service availa-ble to all makes and models of pleasure craft. Certified marine tech-nician with over 20 years experi-ence. Call Alan today at 955-0884. www.makingwaves marine.ca

Ian Bischoff 250-955-2340 250-833-6073

WE DELIVER

SERVICES SERVICES

BrushwithGreatnessPainting

KyleLessey

250‐679‐2164(Cell)250‐320‐6820

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SERVICES

- Force sports Shop

927 Shuswap Ave. Chase 250-679-8456

Tues to Sat 10ish - 5:30ish (Shuswap Time!)

Celista Hair Studio Helga Terwoort

For all your hair-care needs call 250-955-6195

5205 Tallington Rd, Celista

Celista Esthetics Courtney Meier

Manicures, Pedicures, Waxing, Facials

250-955-2149 5205 Tallington Rd, Celista

SERVICES

Movement Classes Dance Fitness

Feel great - Have fun- Great people Low impact

Summer Drop-in’s welcome

10:30am - Tuesdays & Fridays at Celista Hall $8 Drop - in rate

10 Sessions for $65

Nancy Parkinson (250) 679-8233

Cuts ● Colors Manicures ●Pedicures ● Facials

Waxing ● Lash & Brow Tints Gel Nails ● Shellac

At the Centre in Scotch Creek Call Doreen to book appointment

250-320-4050

Linda’s Security Checks Worried about break ins? We do

house checks, walk arounds. References available. Lived here since 1981

250-955-2500 Cell 250-819-2500 [email protected]

Dock Doctor We will help keep you afloat. Re-pairs and maintenance of docks, new wood docks, used docks.

250-955-2500, Cell 250-318-2890 [email protected]

THOMPSON RIVERS APPRAISALS REAL ESTATE APPRAISALS

Magna Bay

www.trappraisals.ca

250-682-5995 250-372-2599

Pre-purchase and Pre-sale appraisal reports

Mortgage Refinancing? Estate or Division of Family Assets? Depreciation Reports for Strata

Properties

Fully Accredited Appraisers and Depreciation Report Planners

(AACI, CRP) Woodwork & Wood Furniture Repairs

Dave Cross 250-955-0065, Celista

Renovations Foundations Framing Finishing

Siding Flooring Roofing Decks

TOPSOIL MANURE (rotted)

GRAVEL LOT CLEARING BLACK PEAT 250-955-6435

Shuswap Piano tuning and resto-ration call or text 250-517-7717

PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER

Construction Design Consulting / Inspections Sewage System Regulation Project Management

250-318-0088 [email protected] abcengineeringservice.com

Mother's Day Special for May Complementary paraffin treatment with every nail service done. Valued at $15

EXPERIENCED NAIL TECH

Gel or Shellac 250-955-6136

or text 780-881-6912 Scotch Creek

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

Looking to purchase a house or serviced lot in Scotch Creek area. Please call Chris at

250-955-6467

REAL ESTATE WANTED

PRIVACY SEEKERS and OUTDOORS ENTHUSIASTS

$308,000.00

• 2.5 Acres • 1400 Sq Ft 2 Level • 1000 sq ft Heated Shop • Septic and Water Well • In Floor Heating • Main Floor Laundry • 200 Amp Service; 3 phase power • Water Softening and

Filtration System • Property approved for 2

residences VERY Private Yard

For more information call Joanna at 250-763-9056 or check out our

Virtual Tour: http://youtube/xAQmwbaXsSM

Cathryn Rankin B.A., R.M.T.

Phone: 250.675.5054

Ship Shape Shelter Indoor Boat and RV Storage. Call Gary or Michele at 250-835-4224 or email: shipshapeshelter@ hotmail.com for rates

Reading Tutoring Prevent “summer slide” in your child’s reading

Linda Rightmire Literacy Specialist

K-12 Teacher, LART & University instructor

Flexible scheduling Spaces limited

250-679-7645 or [email protected]


North Shuswap Library 250-955-8198 Open: Tues Noon - 7, Wed & Fri 11 - 3, Sat 11 - 4

Anglemont - Weekly, Monthly, & Long Term. Lakeshore two bed-room condos plus two bedroom mountainside cabin , weekly and monthly rentals. WIFI and Sat. TV. available in all units. From $800 month. phone 250-955-0701

Summer Cleaners Wanted Saturdays/Sundays/Some mid-week work. North Shuswap, Blind Bay,

Sunnybrae areas Student's OK. Vehicle is a

bonus. Top dollar paid. Contact Jay Simpson:

[email protected]

OPEN YEAR ROUND Daily Room Rates 16 Guest Rooms RV & Campsites

Weddings / Reunions Up to 100 persons

CREW RATES AVAILABLE check us out at

www.anglemontinn.com (250) 955-0701

VACATION RENTALS

Shuswap Cabins Cleaners required to clean vaca-

tion rental properties. Potential to make $50.00/hr. Must have own

vehicle. To book an interview interested applicants should call:

(250) 371-7003

Reliable cleaner required for summer rental home in Celista, Saturdays during July and August, experience preferred, reply to [email protected]. ------------------------------------------ SATURDAYS ONLY - HOUSE-KEEPERS WANTED - St. Ives Resort is looking for housekeepers to work on Saturdays starting at 8:30 a.m. If you enjoy housekeep-ing and like a fun work atmos-phere with a few extra perks, please email [email protected] or call us at 250-955-2525

LEASE SPACE AVAILABLE Check out our great lease opportu-nities at the Blind Bay marketplace mall. Excellent rates, great poten-tial. 5,000 immediate area popula-tion and 10,000 trading area. Call Terry at 250-804-6132

COMMERCIAL SPACE FOR SALE HELP WANTED

Acting on the Instructions of Rieny Alberding Dodds will auction his farming & construction equipment plus

household and sporting goods. Partial list includes:

Estate Moving

Sat June 13th 11am Skwlax Air Strip

Squilax/Anglemont Hwy

www.doddsauction.com Viewing Friday June 12th 9am-5pm & Sat 8am-11am

Sales conducted by DODDS AUCTION

250-545-3259 View photos @ Doddsauction.com

Interstate 27’ enclosed trailer, 2 utility trailers, John Deere 1020 tractor, finishing & flail mowers, post pounder, 8’ disc, 10’ seed fertilizer, 8’ cultivation, plow, rear blade, harrows, Honda 3500 & 650 watt generators, scaffolding, ladders, pressure washer, sprayer, drill press, compressor, air nailer & stapler, electric hand tools, Bosch sliding miter saw & table saw, wrenches, water pump, scale, new electric hot water tank, Stihl gas blower & trimmer, wagon wheels, carvings, framed wildlife prints, mounted mule deer, antelope & black bear, Husqvarna 7mm mag rifle with 3x9 scope centen-nial 30-30 win, 22 & 303, wakeboard, water skies, tubes, ATV ramps, quad box, metal detector, wine equipment, decorative items and much more.

37” wood turning lathe, make an offer. Call 250-679-2561 --------------------------------------- Mature perennial plants & shrubs, Hostas, Lilies and much more. ½ and 1 gal. pots. Priced from $3 to $10. 5121 Disdero Rd. Celista 955-2866

BLACK PEAT PEAT/MANURE MIX 1/2” CLEAR CRUSH

250-955-6435

1997 Alphil eight foot camper. Stove, fridge, furnace, toilet, load-ed. Weight- 610 kg. $4800. Call Terry at 778-808-0759

14ft. Lund boat, 20hp. Mercury motor and trailer, all in good shape. $ 1200. Contact Rick at 250-320-3154

●King Suite ●Queen Room●King Suite ●Queen Room●King Suite ●Queen Room Both with private bathrooms Both with private bathrooms Both with private bathrooms

B&BB&BB&B Suite Escapes BCSuite Escapes BCSuite Escapes BC

4465 Squilax-Anglemont Rd Scotch Creek BC

250-955-6136 or 780-881-6912 [email protected]

www.suiteescapesbedandbreakfast.com

Full Continental Breakfast Free WiFi, Satellite TV Games room with pool table

& foosball BBQ for your use

Full Continental Breakfast Free WiFi, Satellite TV Games room with pool table

& foosball BBQ for your use

Scotch Creek Cottages Saturday cleaners for July &

August. (6-8 hours daily) Good pay, equipment &

supplies provided. We appreciate hard workers, reliability and quality results.

Energetic semi retired adults welcome

Greg/Cheryl 250-955-0080 [email protected]

[email protected] www.shuswap.ca

RESORT HELP

Looking for suntan lotion appliers for beach resort guests. Full-time positions avail. Must have smooth hands and clean fingernails. No calices. Please send resume to beac


WANTED

De-clutter, De-stress any unwant-ed garage sale items, good-used furniture and household items. Do-nations greatly appreciated call or text for pick up. Thrift Shop Now Open in Scotch Creek next to Jimco 250-299-3299

FOR SALE

New & Used Medical Equipment Scooters, walkers, wheelchairs,

bathroom safety, stair-lifts, hospital beds. Free Screening for obstructive sleep apnea, treatment

and follow-up. CPAP masks, parts, and accessories.

Respiratory therapy equipment and home oxygen. Located in

Salmon Arm and Vernon www.lakesidemedical.ca or

1-877-777-2431

Looking to rent a small acreage preferably year round with work-shop or Quonset in the North or South Shuswap. Property with out building or barn could work or large garage/workshop with suite attached. Call Ron at 250-261-3554

RENTAL WANTED

$6 up to 20 words, 20¢ ea. additional word. $1 for box-around. Single column Classified Dis-play Ads are $2.00 per 1/4 inch. Drop ads along with cash or check (made out to the KICKER) at drop boxes, e-mail ad to [email protected] or mail to 7320 Estate Place, Anglemont, B.C. V0E 1M8. Ads must be received 12 days prior to the paper hitting the stands.

C L A S S I F I E D A D S M U S T B E P A I D I N A D V A N C E .

FOR RENT

3 Bedroom house available June 15. Semi waterfront. Lee Creek. Boat dock, large yard, fireplace, jet tub. $1000/month + utilities. 403-302-3053 or 250-253-8158 ----------------------------------------- Lovely, large, two bedroom apt. in the centre of Scotch Creek. Five appliances . covered deck with a beautiful view. $775.00 per month plus utilities. Call Barry 250-679-3597, 250-318-3843

GARAGE SALE Clean Sweep Garage Sale 2614 Centennial Drive Blind Bay Saturday June 6th 8-4pm. Home décor, some new, some used and some collectables. Call Lynn for inquiries 250-675-5560- ————————————— Sat June 27, 8 am - 3pm Lewis Property next to Home Hardware Sponsored by NSCF Women's Ministry ---------------------------------------Gargantuan garage sale at my aunts house next weekend. Tues & Wed. 8pm to 8:45pm

HOUSEHOLD ITEMS * FOR SALE *

Couch, love seats, coffee & end tables, self clean stove, fridge, 24" vanity w/sink, Queen size bed, smoker,

and more!

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Basic Charge: 20 Words = $ 6.00

Add’l words: ____ x .20 =

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Payment Info: Cash Cheque

$6.00 up to 20 words; $ .20 each additional word. Price includes HST. Drop ads at one of our boxes: Scotch Creek SuperValu, Peoples Drug Mart in Scotch Creek, Sunnyside Supermarket in Celista, Ross Creek Country Store in Magna Bay or 7320 Estate Place, Anglemont BC, V0E 1M8.

July Deadline - June 22 at noon * must be paid in advance*

Month(s): __________ to__________ $/ month _________ X # of months _____ = ___________

OBITUARY

James Barrie McLean passed away May 20, 2015 leaving be-hind Shirley, Arthur and many family and friends. We will all miss him so very very much.

LOST 2 boat oars taken from provincial park boat launch in Scotch Creek. Will pay for their return. Please call 250-955-0761

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Bedding Sand

Fill Sand

Crusher Chips

Pea Gravel

Pit Run

Navi Jack

3/4" Screened Drain Rock

3/4" Crushed Road Gravel

3/4" Minus

1 1/2" Crushed Drain Rock


250-955-0788 Email

[email protected]

1337 Cardy Drive Scotch Creek

Indoor, Outdoor & Covered Storage Easy Access Ground Level Units Short or Long Term Valet Service for your Boat or RV Secure “Your Lock” - “Your Key” Reasonable Rates

BOAT, RV & MINI STORAGE

North Shuswap

Full Refund on all Ready to Drink Containers 1L and under - 5¢, Over 1L - 20¢

Wine & Spirits 1L and under - 10¢, Over 1L - 20¢

All Beer Imports $1.20/doz.

Domestic Beer & Coolers $1.00/doz.

Chase 120 Aylmer Rd.

10 am to 3 pm - Mon. to Sat.

250-679-8408


G U T T E R S B C . C A

Renovations, New Construction & Repairs Continuous 5”, 6” & Fascia Gutter Custom Gutter Systems for Snow Load Heat Trace Installation Full Liability & WCB Coverage

Experience the ADVANTAGE of quality, personalized service!

Professional Lawn & Garden Care

Serving the Shuswap Since 2000

¨ Hot Food Takeout ¨ Breakfast/Lunch /Dinner ¨ Pizza ¨ Grocery

¨ Gas ¨ Diesel ¨ Laundromat ¨ Lotto

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