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April 6, 2012 The Columbia Valley Pioneer 1

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Police investigate Invermere death

FATALITY Constable Andrew Michaud of the Columbia Valley RCMP stands guard over the body of a 30-year-oldInvermere resident found dead in the driveway of a 5th Avenue home. Photo by Kate Irwin

By Pioneer Staf

An RCMP investigation is underway into the deatho a 30-year-old man rom Invermere who was ounddead in a 5th Avenue driveway.

At around 1:30 p.m. on April 3rd, police were no-tied by the B.C. Ambulance Service that a man hadbeen discovered deceased, lying in the driveway o ahome in the 1100 block o 5th Avenue, Invermere.

Te B.C. Coroners Service has been notied andis working with police to determine the cause o death,reported Staf Sergeant Marko Shehovac, in a press re-lease sent out the ollowing morning.

Te RCMP have not yet released the name o theman in question, to allow time to notiy relatives ohis death.

Te investigation is ongoing and urther detailswill be reported in next weeks Pioneer.

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Avalanche triggered near Taynton BowlBy Kelsey VerboomPioneer Staf

A human-triggered avalanche toredown the slopes o an out-o-bounds skiarea near Panorama Mountain Village onApril 1st. Although up to a dozen peoplewere originally eared missing and buried,rescue workers eventually determined thatthe avalanche claimed no victims.

At 2:30 p.m. on April Fools Day, Co-lumbia Valley RCMP received word that anavalanche had occurred near the ayntonBowl area at Panorama Mountain Village.

According to Columbia Valley Searchand Rescue and RCMP, the avalanche wastriggered by skiers in an out-o-boundsarea known as Jessies Monster, and trav-elled ar enough that it spilled in-bounds

into Never-Never Land in aynton Bowl.Te avalanche was labelled a Class 3,and ran or more than a kilometre, creat-ing debris more than three-metres deep in some places,said Steve Williams, Search and Rescue (SAR) president.

I have been here or 16 years and I have never seena slide that big in that bowl.

A local adult male skied down the slope rst, and wasollowed by an adult emale, according to RCMP. Te lo-cal woman is thought to have triggered the avalanche.

Her ski partner was able to avoid the slide path, but

the woman was caught up in the churning avalanche andwas swept 200-300 metres and over a cli. She was air-lited rom the scene with non-lie threatening injuries.

At the time o the avalanche, Mr. Williams happenedto be skiing in the general area. He didnt witness the slide,but saw the debris and raced to the site along with otherSAR members who were also skiing that aternoon.

He was on-site within minutes, and joined Panora-

ma Ski Patrol members who had also been nearby whenthe avalanche ripped down the mountain.

According to RCMP, original reports o how manyskiers could have been in the avalanches path variedrom zero to as many as a dozen.

Facing uncertainty and earing people could betrapped under the heavy snow debris, 60 rescuers roma number o organizations rushed to join the large-scale

rescue. Four helicopters joined the eort, and search dogteams were fown in rom Golden and Cranbook.Ater a hasty search to assess the site and check obvi-

ous burial sites, rescuers began methodically probing thedeep, chunky debris in hopes o locating possible victims.

Search teams diligently combed the debris eld untilnightall, but ound nothing.

With no sign o beacon signals, gloves, toques, or ski

AIR LIF A rescue helicopter lands at R.K. Heliski, where much of the rescue was coor-dinated from. Te heli-ski company lent two of their helicopters for the search.

Photo by Kristian Rasmussen

equipment anywhere, rescuers were con-dent no one was buried as was initiallyeared. Te search was completed the nextmorning, and was called o.

Were really lucky more peoplewerent, Mr. Williams said. It was reallyimpressive how quickly the search eortcame together.

Te cost o the search, which will likelytotal thousands o dollars, will be handledby the province.

Chris Elder, director o sales and mar-keting or Panorama Mountain Village saidthe resort has not yet discussed any possiblerepercussions to the skiers.

Te boundary the skiers crossed is anopen boundary, meaning people can leavethe resort on their own volition.

We just want to reiterate that when

people do go outside o resort boundaries,they know and understand the current con-ditions, Mr. Elder said. Tey need to be

prepared with courses, equipment, and background knowl-edge. Tey also need to tell people where they are going.

Tey were very ortunate and were very happy every-one came out breathing.

Te Columbia Valley RCMP would like to thank ev-eryone involved in the search eort, including ColumbiaValley, Golden, and Cranbrook Search and Rescue, Pan-orama Fire and Rescue, Panorama Ski Patrol, oby Creek

Adventures, R.K. Heliski.Tis is the th incident Columbia Valley Search andRescue has responded to this year. Te local group has 15volunteer members, and covers the area rom the Buga-boos to Canal Flats, to the Alberta border. o volunteerwith the rescue crew, email [email protected].

For a photo o the avalanche atermath, go to: www.columbiavalleypioneer.com.


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RCMP ReportSubmitted by Staf Sgt. Marko ShehovacColumbia Valley RCMP

On March 29th, the Columbia Valley detachmentreceived a complaint of theft of a vehicle after InvermereSales & Rentals failed to receive back a rental car. A 2008Honda Civic, rented by a 23-year-old woman from Cran-brook, was due to be returned by March 20th. e Cran-brook RCMP detachment located the Honda at a homeassociated with the woman. e investigation is continuing.

On March 29th at 10:20 p.m., the detachmentreceived a report of a single-vehicle accident involving a2008 GMC pickup truck. e driver was not injured and

advised a witness that a friend would pick him up. Mem-bers attended and realized the vehicle was well o the roadand left it for the owner to tow it. e next morning, thevehicle was reported stolen out of Cranbrook. e witnesswas identied and provided a statement to the police. ewitness stated they did not know the driver.

On March 30th at 4 a.m., ocers were called toa disturbance in the 200 block of Subdivision Road inWindermere. Two adult women were arguing. Police at-tended, but the people involved in the disturbance wereno longer in the area. ey were not located by patrols.

On April 1st at 3:45 a.m., police responded to adisturbance at Panorama Mountain Village near the ho-tel area. A 28-year-old man was found to have been inan altercation. e Fernie resident was earlier reportedto have been looking to ght with other hill patrons. Hewould not cooperate with police. His friends approachedpolice and indicated they would take the man back to hisroom and keep him there.

On April 1st at 9:30 p.m., detachment membersresponded to a residential alarm in the 1700 block of2nd Avenue, Invermere. It appeared that an attempt was

made to gain entry to the building; however, the alarmseemed to do its job.

Language barrierDuring my many years of service, I have often en-

countered some strong accents or language barriers,where I struggled to work through what the person wastrying to tell me. is happened to me in Maple Ridge,but the language problem came from one of my co-workers: Constable Bill Leslie.

He was a new detachment member hailing from theMaritimes. It was probably my rst opportunity to speakto a Maritimer face-to-face, or at least attempt to speakto one. One day he approached me ustered and stressedout, stating, Ive just about had it with these torst. Isoaked this in and asked who it was he was fed up with.

Torst, he responded. With no idea of who or whathe was talking about, I asked him to say it real slow. Heobliged, t-o-r-s-t. Now I was starting to get usteredand Bill must have thought I was from another planetwhen I explained to him that I had no idea who he wastalking about.

Torst, torst, torst! he shouted repeatedly, implyingthat I was pretty stupid if I couldnt understand who hewas talking about. Youre fed up with terrorists? I que-ried. I was not aware we had any terrorists in Maple Ridge.

At this point he was ready to strike me. I nally gave

up and told Bill that I had absolutely no idea who orwhat a torst was. He then described one: funny hats, stu-pid shirts, walking around with cameras and taking pic-tures all over the place. You mean tourist? I responded.

Yes, torst, he said, happy that we were nally com-municating. I had to ask him a question that Id beenwanting answered for some time.

What is Iz thby th bies thbo an Iz thby thasailer?I asked. Pretty easy, he said and slowly explained it to me.Im the boy that built the boat and Im the boy that sailsher. Silly me.

Bill and I remain friends to this day, and my Mari-time language skills have greatly improved.

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Fire risk is hot,

even during springBy Kelsey VerboomPioneer Stae spring season can be deceptively

tempting for those looking to burn por-tions of their grass or torch scrap piles.

Even though the weather is cool andthe ground may seem wet, grasses typi-cally dry out quickly and carry a very real

risk of turning a small re into an out-of-control one, said Steve Levitt, forest pro-tection technician for the Invermere area.

Each spring starting near the begin-ning of April, we have problems with peo-ple burning and then starting res.

e res are typically lit with goodintentions, like clearing a ditch, but oftenbecome out of control.

People really tend to underestimatewhat can happen because its not very

hot, and the conditions have been wet.But dead grass can dry out in a matter ofhours and carries re easily.

When it comes to runaway springres, Invermere has a sloppy report card.

Last year in the Invermere area, threeres escaped during the springtime, andone during September.

ese res were four of only ve inthe entire Southeast Fire Centre anarea that encompasses the area extending

from the U.S. Border to Mica Dam andfrom the Okanagan Highlands/west sideof the Monashee Mountains to the B.C./Alberta Border.

ese early-season escapee blazes areusually caused by res that dont stack upto government regulation, Mr. Levitt said.

e regulations are written in a wayso that if you follow them, you really cantfail. ese res are one-hundred per centpreventable.

Spring burning doesnt need to stop;people just need to follow the rules, Mr.

Levitt explained.Just make sure youre doing it prop-

erly, so we or the re department doesnthave to come to put it out.

Fire calls to blazes of a just a fewhectares can easily rack up costs of tens ofthousands of dollars, he added. Althoughthe province doesnt always elect to do it,they can pursue recovering the cost of the

call if the person who started the re wasnegligent.Its not something we just do, but

it is an option and it has happened, Mr.Levitt said.

e base ticket price for a non-com-pliant re is $345, which doesnt includeany re rescue costs.

When it comes to spring burning, themost important rules to follow are

When burning grass, the size limit ofthe burn area is 20 metres by 100 metres.Anything larger than that requires a regis-tration number. Call 1-888-797-1717.

When burning piles, the size limit is2 metres high by 3 metres wide. Anythinglarger than that requires a registrationnumber. Call 1-888-797-1717.

Maintain a fuel break. Tis meanshaving a change in fuel source near the re,like a dirt barrier.

Have shovels handy and make surethere is a signicant water source nearby. Dont underestimate how long a pile

can stay hot. Some piles burned in the fallcan remain hot until spring.

For more information about burn-ing regulations, go to www.bcwildre.ca,or drop by the Invermere Services B.C.branch (across the street from the Inver-mere re hall). Also, check with your local

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Two wardens from Kootenay National Park use a cable car to cross the Kootenay River on June 3rd, 1942. e cablecar was used to cross the river at Macleod Meadows before a footbridge was installed. Standing on the platform is Bobompson, warden from Kootenay Crossing, and in the cable car is Bert Rutherford, who was the warden for the KayesCabin area. If you have any more information, email us at [email protected]. Photo courtesy of Ray Crook

Bennett overshadows our own MLA

A hefty priceBy Kelsey VerboomWe live in a beautiful area with an enticing back-

country. Many outdoor enthusiasts safely venture ontothe slopes and trails of the Columbia Valleys wildestplaces, but when a day of skiing, hiking, or climbing goeswrong, who should foot the rescue bill?

A large-scale search and rescue took place this week,when skiers who ventured out of Panorama MountainVillages ski area boundaries triggered a large avalanche.Sixty rescuers were activated, four helicopters swoopedto the scene, and rescue dogs from neighbouring townswere own in.

e helicopter fuel costs for this rescue mission easilytotalled thousands of dollars. e total price tag for theoperation is yet unknown, but its not di cult to ballpark.

As per British Columbias rescue rules, the entire billwill be picked up by the province or in other words, byyou, the taxpayer.

In fact, B.C. Search and Rescue performs an average

of 1,000 backcountry rescues annually. On one hand, itseems unfair that valuable provincial resources should beeroded to come to the rescue of people who get themselvesinto sticky situations, often due to a lack of knowledge,equipment, and common sense. Its tempting to concludethat rescued backcountry users should pony up and paythe entire cost of their knights in shining armour.

On the ip side, what happens if an experienced andprepared rock climber has a rock land on his leg by chance?If he requires a rescue, should he be charged for a life hap-pens moment, even though he did everything else right?

Perhaps those who act irresponsibly should becharged, while others should get the provinces help whenpaying the bill. But this is such a uid concept its nearlyimpossible to prove. Likely the reason the rescue/resourcesquestion is still hotly debated is because theres no clear-cut answer. Recreating in the backcountry comes withrisks that often result in cost. Its the price we pay.

Another often forgotten element to large-scale res-cues are the resources lent by private companies (whichoften cant recuperate the resulting costs), and the hourslogged by volunteer rescuers. A big thumbs-up to all

those who helped at the recent avalanche, and who vol-unteer their time and knowledge year-round.

Dear Editor:

From Kimberley through Invermere and

Golden in the Rocky Mountain Trench, over Rog-ers Pass to Revelstoke; that domain is the constitu-ency of MLA Norm Macdonald.

It is truly exasperating for me that the MLAfor the south of us, Bill Bennett, seems to appear inphoto opportunities in many of our communities.

He is the MLA for Kootenay East, which is

not our area, Columbia-Revelstoke.It should be recognized that Mr. Bennett

apart from his, and the current B.C. governments

misguided approval of a ski area that is not withinreasonable reach of many, is based on a shrinkingglacial area, and is still rather pie-in-the-sky be-longs in the southern Kootenay East area, not inthe Upper Columbia Valley.

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LETTERS

Dear Editor:

Ah, its spring.I just spent several hours removing 10

lbs of deer feces from my small front lawn;all accumulated since early December.

Ive done the math and it suggests wehave several tons of deer feces lying aboutthe town.

Im a curious sort so I did the follow-ing Google search: deer feces diseasese.coli. e search returned 255,000 ref-erences. After reading several of the ar-ticles Ive decided to put my front lawnout of bounds for my grandchildren.

I believe deer feces can be a real haz-ard to humans. I just might be suering

from fear, anguish, sleepless nights andemotional stress. Kind of sounds like alawsuit Ive heard about.

And folks, dont give me the fertilizerargument.

Id like to suggest that some enter-

prising local merchant stock air masks forthose folks who want to mow their lawnsthis spring. Who among us really wantsto be breathing in a deer feces fog whiledoing the mowing?

Or maybe the Invermere Deer Pro-tection Society would like to mobilizeand cleanup the problem.

Frank JonesInvermere

Where can residentsbuy gas masks?

Editors note: after receiving muchfeedback from our readers, e Pioneer hasdecided to cease publishing letters about thedeer cull, for now. When there are futuredevelopments on the issue, we will be happyto publish more letters.

Please send your wonderful thoughts andopinions about other Columbia Valley issues

to [email protected], or drop by our offi ceat #8, 1008-8th Avenue, Invermere.

Also, it should be noted that in theMarch 30th RCMP Report, Staff Sgt.Marko Shehovacs mention of a BighornSheep cull in Radium was an April Fools

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Dear Editor:

I have been watching the deer cullissue with some interest. Initially, I was

mildly against the deer cull but since I aman evil, part-time resident, I was reluctantto take a serious position on the issue.

However, that has recently changed.ose oversized rodents have decided thatit is okay for them to munch on my Mugopines. ats it. My tolerance is shot.

Imagine the suering those poor, lit-tle pines went through when the gapingmaw of the deer bore down on them. It isalmost too much to bear.

I think we should found the Inver-mere Shrubbery Protection Organization

(ISPO). Its rst act will be to sue thepants o the Invermere Deer ProtectionOrganization (IDPO) for loss of plantlife, plus damages for a variety of stress

induced ailments including sleepless-ness, headaches, high blood pressure,back pain, excessive atulence and alco-holism. (Well, perhaps the alcoholism isa pre-existing condition.)

Any money left over from the lawsuitafter lining my pockets would be donat-ed back to the municipality to oset thecosts of the frivolous IDPO lawsuit.

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Diference makers to carry relay medalsBy Kelsey VerboomPioneer Staf

Floyd Verge has a biglaugh and an even biggerheart.

Te lietime val-ley resident is constantlyvolunteering in the com-munity, rom coachingsports, driving cancer pa-tients to appointments,and helping undraise orlocal amilies who need ahelping hand.

Floyd and his amilyand riends best-knownendeavor is the Verge orYouth Foundation, which donates money and equip-ment to youth and amilies going through ongoing med-ical treatment.

Since the oundation began 20 years ago, it hasraised and distributed $350,000 to local amilies.

One o Floyds most memorable donations went to a

13-year-old boy rom Cranbrook who was ghting can-cer. Ater the oundation gave the boy $2,000, he asked,

Mr. Verge, is it OK i I give hal o this toanother boy who just got diagnosed?

Moments like those are what inspiresFloyd to keep giving, he said.

Floyd modestly calls himsel just thego-to guy, saying the oundation wouldntrun without the help o dedicated volun-teers who make it happen.

Its everybodys charity. When youhave the opportunity to assist people, youjust do it; whatever is asked, whenever youcan do it.

Floyds unassuming attitude is one othe reasons he said he was caught of guardwhen he was recently asked to be a medalbearer during the Radium leg o the RickHansen Relay on April 13th.

It just totally blew my socks of. Its aheck o an honour and its very humbling. We just dowhat we do; we dont do things to get recognition.

Floyd will be carrying the medal alongside RadiumsKingston Peters.

o be honest, it got me a little emotional when Iound out, Floyd admitted.

Te outgoing go-getter admits he was not always socommunity-minded.

When he was 15 years old, Floyd lost part o hisright leg in a piece o equipment at a Christmas treearm. Doctors saved part o his leg, but a portion neededto be amputated and he was tted with a prosthesis.

An avid sportsman at the time, Floyd struggledwith not being able to play his avourite sports. He wentthrough a tough period, but eventually ound what heloves doing: helping other people.

Since then he has never looked back, and does asmuch as he can to pitch in.

o me, Im not disabled because I can get around,he said. I can still help people, and volunteering is justpart o my lie now, he said.

You know, things happen. o me, you should al-ways be on the positive side.

o be recognized alongside the likes o Rick Hansenis beyond imagination, Floyd said.

Its amazing that an individual like Rick Hansenjust takes the bull by the horns and does what he does.Anything people can do that can enlighten the worldabout diferent disabilities, the better the world will be.

Everyone has the ability to volunteer, Floyd said.It doesnt matter what you do; we can all do what

we can. People can always make the time to help out.

Floyd lives in Radium with his wie, Shelan. Teyhave two children, Doriena Hassett and Shayne Hassett.

Floyd Verge


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. . . Diference makers continued rom page 8

By Kristian RasmussenPioneer Staf

Norm Gagatek playully chases ater his pet chihua-hua in the living room o his Invermere home.

I know youre chasing Hammie. Youve been stir-ring the pot today. Youve got mischie in you! jokes hiswie, Kimberley Harris.

Te 42-year-old ather o two has a lot to be excitedabout. Once a volunteer reghter, Norm suered astroke and resulting brain injury in 2008. Te road torecovery has required him to relearn how to speak and,in the past year, how to walk.

On April 13th his ght or recovery will pay o,when he walks his 250-metre leg o the Rick Hansen25th Anniversary Relay in Invermere.

Norm has been identied as a dierence maker inthe community, and has been given the honour o carry-ing Rick Hansens medal or a portion o the race.

For me it will be a milestone. I will nally get morerecognition or my disability, Norm said.

I think I was more excited about it than he was,Kimberley added. One o the people in the ocephoned us. I said he will be doing it, as a matter o act,hell be walking it. Norm just gave me this look o Whatare you getting me in to?

Building up to walking in the relay was an extremelydicult task or the reghter, but it was born out o love.

He started walking at Christmas time in 2010.Tat was my Christmas present, Kimberley said. It wasquite painul at rst it still is to a certain point butit isnt as hard or him as it used to be.

o make things tougher, while learning to walk hebattled pneumonia, C.Dicile and debilitating boneinections.

With so many changes to his mobility and access tothe community, Norm has aced a whole new set o chal-

lenges living in Invermere.Although the community is learning how to betteraccommodate people with disabilities, Kim said her am-ily is oten rustrated with people parked blocking accessramps, or at times a lack o snow removal downtown.

He has been in the house all winter because he cantget out. He cant get into a lot o the stores because thereare lips or a step up, Kim said.

Despite the tough winter conditions and lack o ac-cess to certain parts o town, the amily has never consid-ered leaving the area.

I think it was a no-brainer. He was born and raisedhere. Tere is no reason why people in this communityshould have to move to Kelowna, Calgary, or Cranbrookbecause they are now disabled. He is 43 next week. Whyshould he have to leave his home o 43 years to get prop-er care, assistance, and access? questioned Mrs. Harris.

Te other issue acing brain injury victims is the lack

o access to patient-specic treatment.Tey [private care acilities] are also or people whereNorm is now. Tey are not or people like Norm was be-ore, lying in a hospital bed, being labelled a bed block-er, Kimberley said.

I think what we need to look at is getting, rst oall, an infux o unding into local brain injury societieswho are ground zero or helping people like Norm.

FAMILY SUPPORT Norm Gagatek at home with his8-year-old son Braeden. Photo by Kristian Rasmussen


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Te tank was ull ogas. Te oil was toppedup. My old riend thatalways greets me on longroad trips, the check en-gine light, came along orthe ride.

Like all respectableCanadian road trips, minebegan ill-planned and un-prepared. I was embark-ing on an adventure to anew town, a new job anda new lie. I packed up allmy worldly belongings and hoped or the best.

Graduating rom university in April, I had beenon the job hunt or several months. I had heard a tipthrough one o my newspaper contacts about a moun-tain town that was looking or a reporter. With romanticthoughts o living the Grizzly Adams liestyle, I putin my application and became the latest member o the

team at TeColumbia Valley Pioneer.Arriving in town to start my new job, I was imme-

diately struck by the intense beauty o the area. Tesize and scope o the surrounding mountains are in-timidating or an outsider.

I worried about how I was going to ft in with mynew community. I was a city transplant. How was Igoing to be received?

I learned the only thing more grand than thelandscape o the Columbia Valley is the passion andriendliness o its people. My frst day in town I re-ceived advice on everything rom hiking to garbageremoval.

Being rom the Lower Mainland, I also worriedi there was going to be enough news to keep me go-ing in a small town environment. I discovered theColumbia Valley to be a hotbed o exciting storiesand interesting dialogue. Valley citizens are passionateabout their beautiul home and are not araid to stand

up or what they believe in, no matter the issue.I cant wait to document the living history o this

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MOVIE REVIEW

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MUSIC VISUAL ARTS DINING BAR SCENE ENTERTAINMENT PERFORMANCE ARTS

Visit columbiavalleyarts.com for our current events calendar, or call 250-342-4423.

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Pynelogs isOPENCaf & Art GalleryFeaturing Counting Crows ExhibitionFill your senses with Art & Food

Spring awakening

A new exhibit celebrating spring is on oer now at Invermeres Artym Gallery. Featuring paintings from

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For more information, phone 250-342-7566 or visit www.artymgallery.com. Photo submitted


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Reviewed by Kate Irwin

We Bought A Zoo is one o those lms youd be slight-ly embarrassed to get caught watching. Not because oexplicit or gratuitous content. Oh no this moviessqueaky clean. But i you can be gratuitously sweet, WeBought a Zoo is obscene.

Tis cloying ofering rom director Cameron Crowe(who had us at hello withJerry MaguireandAlmost Fa-mous) ticks all the boxes or a amily movie. Cute kids?Check. Animals? Check. Solid acting rom Matt Damonand Scarlett Johanssen? Check. Supercially these looklike the perect ingredients or movie magic. But super-ciality seems to be the lms main problem.

Te lack o emotional honesty rom our well-mean-ing-but-bumbling protagonists and the all too predict-able plot leaves a eeling o great dissatisaction. Watch-

ing the lm is like gorging yoursel on candy. Youre leteeling slightly ill, airly ashamed o yoursel and hungryor something you can actually sink your teeth into.

What Crowe has done is taken an interesting true storyo British journalist Benjamin Mee who purchased a di-lapidated zoo and brought it back to its ormer glory andturned it bland. Matt Damon earnestly portrays the griev-ing widower struggling to hold his amily together ater thetragic loss o his wie. But it winds up as an over-long amilytherapy session, crossed with a trashy sitcom.

Tis week on We Bought A Zoo: hilarious hijinks orthe Mee amily as mopey teen Dylan (Colin Ford) leavesa crate ull o snakes open; drama as Scottish gamekeeperMacCready (Angus Macadyen) tries earnestly to kill avisiting USDA inspector (John Michael Higgins); andadorable moppet Rosie (Maggie Elizabeth Jones) doessomething cute so we can all go awwww!

Ten theres the music. My God. Its like you are thevictim o an emotional mugging. Te music comes alongand goes, Oy, you! Yeah, you! Tis is SAD, alright? SAD.Youre bloody sad about this. Got it? It needlessly swells toa crescendo over scenes where the (actually quite good) casto actors somebodys hired are trying to, you know, act.

Forcing the viewer on an emotional journey throughcheap tricks like this is as transparent as the waer-thinplot. Te experience is like being walloped over the headwith a sack o orphaned kittens wrapped in cotton can-dy. I youre looking or something the whole amily canenjoy, this is ne. But sel-respecting adults, steer clear.


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April 6th - 7th and April 9th - 11th, 7:30 p.m.:e Lorax.April 20th - 21st and April 26th - 28th, 7:30 p.m.:

John Carter.For info: www.tobytheatre.com.

Friday, April 6th: 4:30 - 9 p.m.: Free lift-accessed tobogganing onHighway 1 at Panorama Resort. Pick up lift ticket at

Guest Services. For info: 250-342-6941. 6 - 9 p.m.: Cameron Bird and Vance eoretExhibition at e Artym Gallery. Show continuesuntil April 15th. For info: 250-342-7566. 7 - 9 p.m.: rough My Eyes solo art show by JanZora at Radium Resort. Music and snacks. Artist inattendance. Runs April 5th -12th.

Saturday, April 7th:

12 noon - 4 p.m.: Panorama Mountain SpringCarnival. Carnival games and activities at Mountainbase arena. For info: 250-342-6941. 7 - 8 p.m.: Campre Fun and Marshmallows atFairmont Hot Springs Resorts courtyard re pit.Free.

Sunday, April 8th:

10 a.m.: Easter Egg Hunt hosted by WindermereCommunity Association. Entry by donation,volunteers needed. For info: 250-341-3383. 10 a.m.: Easter Egg Hunt at Panorama Resort.

10 a.m.: Fairmont Hot Springs Resorts annual

Easter Egg Hunt. Meet at the tennis courts. 12 noon - 3 p.m.: Carnival games and activitiesat Panorama Mountain base arena. For info: 250-342-6941. 3 p.m.: Egg Toss at Fairmont Hot Springs Resort

Ski Hill. 4 p.m.: Annual Make Your Own Toboggan race atFairmont Hot Springs Ski Hill. Come watch thestaff race down the ski hill for the last time this year.

Tuesday, April 10th:

6:30 p.m.: Spring General Meeting for InvermereBusiness Committee (IBC) at Lions Hall, behindthe Columbia Valley Chamber of Commerce.Refreshments served. In need of more steeringcommittee members. For info: 250-341-3775. 7 p.m.: Cinefest at Pynelogs series presents eGuardat Pynelogs Cultural Centre. $10 per person.Tickets for sale at the door. Doors open at 6 p.m.For info: 250-342-4423.

Wednesday, April 11th:

1 - 2:15 p.m.: Seniors Day at the Invermere PublicLibrary. e community bus will pick up and dropoff at Columbia Garden Village and the Manor.Seniors are treated to tea and treats.

5:15 p.m.: Spring Running Clinics start at MountNelson Athletic Park. For info: 250-342-8737.

ursday, April 12th: 6:30 p.m.: Columbia Valley Relay for LifeKick-Off Party at Copper Point Golf Club.Registration, live auction and silent auction. Forinfo: 250-342-9059 or email [email protected].

Friday, April 13th:

2 - 5 p.m.: 25th Anniversary Rick Hansen Man in

Motion World Tour arrives at Pothole Park. Comecheer on the relay runners. Entertainment, foodvendors, games and cake. Hosted by the A.C.E.Committee and the District of Invermere. For info:250-342-5596 or visit RickHansenRelay.com. 4 p.m.: Offi cial Ceremonies. Relay arrives at PotholePark. Honouring of medal bearers and cake cutting. 7 - 9:30 p.m.: Open Mic at Pynelogs CulturalCentre. Entry by donation. Cash bar. For info: 250-342-4423.

Saturday, April 14th:

8 a.m. - 4 p.m.: Parkade Sale at Copper PointResort. 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. and 2 - 4 p.m.: Big Band dance

lessons with Cranbrook instructors Randy Tappand Kim Bombardier. $15 per person. For info callNancy: 250-342-8784. 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.: BBQ fundraiser for Global

Animal Lovers at Home Hardware. 5:30 p.m.: Spring dinner at the Edgewater Legion.Ham, cabbage rolls and scalloped potatoes. $12 peradult. $10 for seniors and children under 12. Forinfo: 250-347-0044. 7 p.m.- 1 a.m.: 4th Annual Galarama GoesBollywood at the Edgewater Community Hall.

A ladies-only event presented by Edgewater RecSociety. $15 per adult. Tickets available at Budsand Scrappy Dos in Invermere, Nellies Salonand Prestige Lounge in Radium and Pips Store inEdgewater. For info call Tammy: 250-270-0340.

Tuesday, April 17th: 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.: Options for Sexual Healthclinic at Invermere Health Unit. For info: 250-342-OPTS(6787).

6 - 10 p.m.: Business Excellence Awards atFairmont Hot Springs Resort. Brought to you bythe Columbia Valley Chamber of Commerce andthe Radium Chamber of Commerce. For info: 250-342-2844 or www.cvchamber.ca.

Wednesday, April 18th:

Denis Chang Master Guitar Workshop broughtto you by Columbia Valley Arts. For info: 250-342-4423.

7 p.m.: Denis Chang Manouche QuartetConcert at Buds Bar and Lounge. Featuring thestyle of music from Django Reinhardt. For info:250-342-4423.

ursday, April 19th:

7 p.m.: e Christmas Bureau of the ColumbiaValleys annual general meeting in the activity roomat Columbia Garden Village. For info, call Gail at250-342-6752 or Helen at 250-342-6789.

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By Kristian RasmussenPioneer Staf

A group o David Tompson Secondary Schoolseniors will be going hungry April 5th and 6th to raisemoney and awareness or access to clean drinking water,education, ood and saety on the Arican Continent.

Te 30-hour amine at the high school is organizedby leadership group member Elizabeth Ari.

I want to tell Columbia Valley residents about thisto help them realize how lucky we are, Ms. Ari said.

While simply reading about the issues acing worldhunger may grab attention, Ms. Ari wants students tolearn rom experience.

A amine is not only good to raise money, but tobring awareness to the students. Tey can experiencehunger rsthand and think about how lucky they are or30 hours.

Te David Tompson senior contends that the in-spiration or the event has two purposes.

Tis is not only to inspire them [students] to helpwith amine in Arica, but also to see that they are mak-ing a diference and that we have the power to do that,and also how un and easy it is.

Te event will eature two guest speakers, including

local celebrity Pat Morrow. Te mountain climber andphotographer is amous or his photos o Canadas rst

scaling o Mt. Everest in 1982. Ater Everest, the Co-lumbia Valley local went on to be the rst person toclimb the highest peaks on all seven continents.

He received the Order o Canada in 1988 and theSummit o Excellence Award at the 1990 Banf Moun-tain Film Festival.

Also speaking at the event, via skype, is Liz Wiebe oWorld Vision. Mrs. Wiebe will discuss the our causes oamine with students and how they can get involved atthe community level.

I would like to see everybody come out o it [theweekend] with something diferent, something that theycan tell me that they learned, experienced, or appreci-ated more, Ms. Ari said.

Ultimately the Grade 12 student would like to seemore participation in the local community by youngpeople.

I would really like to see a big number o peoplejoin the leadership group at the school and promote di-erent causes, not just poverty, but other causes that theyare inspired by.

Te event will eature a Wii station donated byGone Hollywood Video, a series o games and activitiesor participants inspired by the V show Minute to WinIt, and a high school dance.

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View show online at artymgallery.com

downtown Invermere ~ 250-342-7566 ~ [email protected]

Cameron Bird, Westcoast Evening, oil, 28 x 22

Cameron Bird&

Vance Theoret

ExhibitionApril 6 - 15

Opening Reception Friday 6-9pmwith artists in attendance

Art Demonstration Saturday 11-4pm

April 3rd to 21stGallery Hours 11 to 4 pm dailyPynelogs Art Gallery - Invermere

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Sunday, April 15th

Cocktails at 5:30 p.m. Dinner at 6:30 p.m.Adults $12.00, Seniors andchildren under 12, $10.00.

Spring Dinner

Jan Zora raising money for childrenTis Friday, April 6th, the paintings o local artist Jan Zora will be showing at Radium Resort, just of Highway 93/95.

Te show is a undraiser or the Family Resource Centre, and a portion o the proceeds will go to help children who usethe community acility. Ms. Zora will display works like this mixed-media piece titled Dancing in the Moonlight rom7-9 p.m. Local musicians Elijah and Marty Beingessner will be on hand to entertain the crowd.

Photo submitted

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New eatery opens in FairmontBy Kate Irwin, Pioneer StaFour friends are bringing fresh avours to Fairmont Hot

Springs at their new market bistro, From Scratch, whichopened April 6th. From Scratch - A Mountain Kitchen fea-tures a menu sprinkled with Italian and French inuences,along with fresh-made takes on Canadian classics.

Chef Adrian McCormack and his wife Lara, alongwith fellow locals Holly Brockmeyer and Norbert Kleiber

have teamed up to help make Fairmont a true destina-tion for food-lovers.Weve been thinking about doing this for years,

said Holly, From Scratchs president. We all live in Fair-mont and weve always wanted to open this business here.

Weve seen what we think is missing from the lineup andthe ideas just evolved from there.

Along with a comfortable restaurant where break-fasts, lunches and (from May long weekend) dinners willbe served, the eatery will oer a take-home food menuincluding curries, soups, stews and lasagna, and a deliwith olives and seasonal salads.

From Scratch will also sell its own product line inthe Market Bistro section, which will include condi-

ments, breads, bacon, pasta sauces, desserts and more, allmade in-house. Frozen foods available from the team ofchefs will include pasta and stews.

Regional ingredients will be used whenever possible

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. . . continued from page 16and suppliers will include valley busi-nesses like Pattys Greenhouse and EdibleAcres, Lara explained.

Almost everything is made from scratchwith fresh, seasonal, local ingredients, sheadded. When you dine here youll nd themenu dierent from the take-home menu,which will be changing depending on theseason. erell be some good staple dishesto take back to your home, RV, hotel room,or wherever you are staying.

e star of the show in the open-plankitchen is the wood-red oven. Not onlycan it crank out sizzling pizzas in minutes,its also key to creating some of the uniqueavours that From Scratch - A Mountain

Kitchen will be known for, Adrian said.We ordered it all the way from Italy,explained the chef of 22 years, who trainedwith some of Englands top culinary experts.I also requested not to be shut o behind awall when cooking. We designed the restau-rant with a modern, rustic feel. Comfy, butwith a little touch of mountain too.

With the bistros open layout, dinerscan see their dishes being prepared andwatch the wood-red oven at work crank-

ing out piping hot food. ere is also asun deck for diners to enjoy a glass ofwine and nibbles, a dessert or a full meal.

Another investment for the four busi-ness partners was to purchase a smoker,allowing them to smoke roasts for pulledpork sandwiches, ribs, bacon, and chick-en for sandwiches and salads.

Well have packaged, smoked ribsthat people can take home and reheat,Lara said, and well adjust the take-homemenu depending on whats popular. OnFridays well be open until 7 p.m. to letpeople stop by and grab food for the eve-ning so they dont have to cook.

Attention to detail has been key whilecreating the bistro, said Norbert, whohelped to make and build much of the in-terior dcor. From the water served to thetables diners sit at, nothing has escapedthe owners eagle eyes.

We really want to build a good localfollowing. Holly said. We know were in asleepy area o-season, so were going to havelots going on and plenty of atmosphere.

e four are also hoping to create areal food community in Fairmont. Sup-per clubs will be a regular feature in thecoming months, with a set menu andchance to mingle with fellow foodies.Cooking classes may also feature in thefuture, Adrian said.

Weve heard people say, Fairmontreally needs something like this so weredoing our best to provide it, Lara added.Were really happy with all the enthusi-

asm and support from the community.From Scratch - A Mountain Kitchen islocated on the corner of Hot Springs Roadand Resort Road in Fairmont. e restau-rant is now open Wednesday - Sunday forbreakfasts and lunches. For more informa-tion, phone 250-345-0008 or go to www.fromscratchfood.com.



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Federal budget highlightsLast week the Conservative government releasedtheir 2012 ederal budget. Among the more notableitems were changes to the Old Age Security, increasedtax-ree amounts or cross-border shopping and theelimination o the penny. Te newly balanced budget isexpected to move our country rom a $33 billion decitto a $3.4 billion surplus by 2015-2016.

OAS and GISPerhaps the most talked about item in the budget

was the government moving orward with a plan to delaythe age at which Canadians can start receiving Old AgeSecurity and Guaranteed Income Securities paymentsrom 65 to 67.

Te changes will not afect anyone age 54 or older aso Saturday, March 24th. For those born between 1958and 1962, collection can start between age 65 and 67,subject to details pertaining to their actual birth date.Tose eligible or Old Age Security may also choose to

deer their payments or up to ve years in exchange oran elevated payment in the uture.

No more penniesTough pennies will still be considered an accept-

able currency, the Royal Canadian Mint will cease pro-ducing the coins in April, and circulation will cease inthe all. At this time, the government recommends that

cash transactions are rounded of to the nearest ve-centincrement. In the case o debit and credit card purchases,no rounding will be imposed. Tis change is expected tosave $11 million per year.

Cross-border shoppingGlobe-trotters and Black Friday shoppers will be

pleased that starting June 1st, there will be an increase tothe amount o goods Canadians can bring home tax andduty-ree ater travelling outside o Canada.

Tere is no exemption or trips shorter than 24hours but or trips up to 48 hours the exemption in-creases rom $50 to $200. For those leaving the coun-try or two to seven days, the current $400 exemption isdoubled to $800.

For trips lasting longer than seven days there is aslight increase, rom $750 to $800. Rules pertaining toalcohol and tobacco will be the same.

Public service workersTe public service will be reduced by about 19,200jobs over the next three years, including 600 executivejobs. Tis amounts to approximately 4.8 per cent o cur-rent public service positions.

o put this number into context, the public servicegrew by approximately 95,000 jobs between 2008 and2011. Few details have been released about which pro-

grams and departments are experiencing cutbacks andwhich are expected to be shut down entirely.

In addition, the Public Service Pension Plan hasbeen adjusted so employee and employer contributionsare shared equally, instead o elevated employer contri-butions. Tese changes are expected to also afect theRCMP, Canadian Forces and Parliamentarians.

CharitiesGoing orward, the Canadian Revenue Agency will

require charities to disclose more inormation on theirpolitical activities, particularly their unding rom out-side sources. According to the government, this moveis expected to improve accountability and transparency,and charities can expect to ace new sanctions i theyarent compliant.

BusinessesSmall businesses in Canada will enjoy the Small

Business Hiring Credit or one more year, as well as lim-

its to EI premium increases. In the case o businessesocused on research and development, ewer tax creditswill be available but there will be more opportunity ordirect grants, amounting to $400 - $500 million.

While those looking or more rom the budget maybe disappointed, it is common or majority governmentsto present their most meager budgets during the rstpart o their term.

Manulife Securities Incorporated is a Member of the Canadian Investor Protection Fund. Insurance products and services are oered through Manulife Securities Insurance Agency (a licensed life insurance agency and a liate ofManulife Securities) by Manulife Securities Advisors licensed as life agents. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company is the sole issuer of the Manulife GIF Select insurance contract which oers the IncomePlus benet and the guarantor of any guaranteeprovision therein.

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Valley

businessbeats

Canadian Tire now opene newly built Canadian Tire opened its doors last week

to a lineup of eager customers.On March 29th, more than 100 excited shoppers waited

outside Canadian Tire, some standing in line for up to twohours in order to be the rst to browse the stores aisles.

e Invermere location is the 15th Canadian Tire SmallMarket Store to open since 2008. It has 14,000 square feet ofretail space, including automotive supplies and housewares. espace also includes a Marks Work Wearhouse clothing store.

With all the attractions Invermere has to oer, Canadiantire is a natural t, owner Craig Knapp said. Our business islife in Canada, and my team has been working hard to ensurewe are ready to help the community take it on, at prices thatare competitive with any other larger centre.

Mr. Knapp is now living in Invermere, after moving from

Wallaceburg, Ontario, where he operated another CanadianTire. He has more than 13 years of experience with the company.

e new store is located across the highway from the EagleRanch entrance, beside Bavin Glassworks.

Source no longer dealt downtownSelkirk TV and Appliances in downtown Invermere is no

longer a Source dealer store, but will continue to oer the sameservices as before. e store continues to be a Telus dealer, andsells hookup cables and accessories, printer ink, furniture andTVs, appliances, and Christian books and supplies,

e family-run store, which just celebrated its 41st anni-versary, is owned and operated by the Matheson family. Jayneand David Matheson are the second generation of the family torun the business. Selkirk TV and Appliances is located at 12297th Avenue, Invermere.



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A DAY IN THE LIFE OF THE COLUMBIA VALLEYValley residents, either at work or play, were out in full forceduring the last weekend in March. is page, clockwisefrom top left: skateboarder and photographer Mark Johnstonnds himself on the other side of the lens as he catches some

air at Mount Nelson Skate Park in Invermere; pilot TammyLeonard of Babin Air performs a pre-ight inspection ona four-seater Cessna 206; reghter Michael Hecken checksover the Jaws of Life equipment at the Invermere Fire Hallon Saturday. According to Mr. Hecken, the newer genera-tion of lifesaving equipment is much lighter and can easilybe operated by one reghter; Christine Squire multi-tasksat Panorama ski resort Saturday. e winter enthusiast getsboth family time and toboggan thrills with her two boysAlexis, 6, and Justin, 4, of Red Deer, Alberta.

Photos by Kristian Rasmussen



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SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 6

(ROCKY MOUNTAIN)

Rocky Mountain School District is pleased to celebrate

Education Week (April 2nd-6th)with a special edition of our Learning Leadership Report.

Please look under Important Links on our website atwww.sd6.bc.ca to read about some of the wonderful things

happening in the Windermere Zone.

DIRTY BLINDSYes, its that time

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For all your blind cleaning andrepairs call Doug or Cathy Cowan

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Spring Running and Triathlon Clinics

Running Clinic(10 weeks)

$9500 + HSTWednesday nights Beginner Class

and Intermediate/Advanced Class.

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Free Sunday group

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Wasa TriathlonPreparation Clinic

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$5000 + HSTTuesday nights starts May 1st

Free Sunday group runs for

clinic participants.

To register go to www.columbiavalleylifesports.comor call 250-342-8737

Email: [email protected]

VisionTo encourage and teach

participants how to improve

their quality of life through

walking, running and other

life sports.

. . . this page, clockwisefrom top left: Franz Graseg-ger of rock and folk groupL8 plays the accordion infront of the Great Hall atPanorama Mountain Vil-lage; snowboarder Brandon

Ellefson competes in the bigair event of the Easy RiderSnowboard Cup. Te eventhad 203 competitors lastyear, and this year a whop-ping 439 riders turned outfor the competition; ClaytonHildebrant performs somespring cleaning at Kins-men Beach; Myrtle Holdenprepares for her turn carpetbowling at the InvermereSeniors Hall.

Photos byKristian Rasmussen



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Even the turkeys are excitedTe Columbia Valley will soon become host to legions o migratory birds. o celebrate,

Ornithologists can ex their oculars during the Wings Over the Rockies bird watching es-tival, May 7th to 13th. Registration or estival event begins April 9th. In 2010, veteranbirdwatcher Russell Cannings set a new record when he spotted 373 diferent species o birdin a single year. Photo by Larry Halverson



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Wedding bells with Pioneer in towInvermeres Jennifer Gleave and Mike Szabo tied the note at the top of Kicking Horse

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BUDGET CONSULTATION

Village of Radium Hot Springs Council hereby gives notice thatthe proposed 2012-2016 Financial Plan is now available forpublic review by obtaining a copy from the Villages o ce or

website: www.radiumhotsprings.ca. Written submissions areinvited from the public up to 4:00 pm on April 10th.

The Christmas Bureau of the Columbia Valley

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MeetinGThursday, April 19th, 2012 7:00 p.m.Activity Room, Columbia Garden Village

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Map Book supporting two causes

IN WIH HE NEW Grey Bradatsch and Connie Artym-Bradatsch of Invermeres Artym Gallery display the 2011and new 2012 Columbia Valley Map Book cover art. On the left is Te Buck Stops Here, by Brent Heighton, prints ofwhich are now on sale. o the right is last years cover art, Cameron Birds Generations - Grizzly. Photo by Kate Irwin

By Kate IrwinPioneer Staf

Te 2012 Columbia Valley Map Book is here, andor the rst time, not one, but two local causes will besupported through sales o its cover art.

Te Map Book is an annual visitor guide publishedbyTe Pioneerwith cover artwork chosen in partnership

with Invermeres Artym Gallery. Working with Artym,high-quality prints o the chosen cover art are sold toundraise or local causes.

Since 2005, the cover project has donated over$25,000 to a range o valley non-prots, with 100 per cento the unds raised poured back into the local community.

Te rst o this years causes is Columbia ValleySearch and Rescue, a not-or-prot organization help-ing to keep our valley sae or all who live and recreatehere. Te money will go towards the purchase o a much-needed piece o equipment: a portable radio repeater.

Columbia Valley Search and Rescue is honoured to

be chosen as the recipient o this very generous dona-tion, said Steve Williams, President.

One o the biggest actors in a successul search op-eration is efective communication Tis repeater willallow our members to communicate in the mountain-ous terrain with the RCMP, the search manager and eachother, making or a saer and more efective search.

Te remaining unding will go towards creating two

bursaries or graduating students at the local high school.Te Columbia Valley Pioneerand Artym Gallery Bur-

saries will be awarded annually to two David TompsonSecondary School students going on to post-secondaryeducation in the elds o media, journalism, graphic de-sign or communications.

Ryan Bavin Photography has produced just 100prints o Te Buck Stops Here. Te reproductions are20 x 16, costing $280 and are printed on paper, dry-mounted, varnished and ramed. o purchase one, stopby the Artym Gallery at 934 7th Avenue, Invermere, orcall 250-342-7566.



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Submitted by Sheila Tutty

Te Kick-O Party or the Colum-bia Valley Relay or Lie will be at theCopper Point Gol Course on Tursday,April 12th.

Te Relay or Lie is an annual und-raising event or the fght against cancer.

Tis un-flled kick-o party is anopportunity to help us start our relay instyle. You can learn about Relay or Lie,register yoursel or your team, enjoy abu-lous hors doeuvres, bid on auction items,and visit with your neighbours.

It is open to people o all ages and weeven have a childrens auction.

We still have an ice fshing shackwhich we will be auctioning o this night,

as well as many wonderul items, includ-ing a quilt made by yours truly; a two-dayaccommodation or up to eight peopleat Nipika; a $1,500 landscaping packagerom VJ Bishop Excavating, including twotrucks o screened top soil with all ma-

chinery and labour or our hours.Tere are also green ees to your

avourite gol course to bid on; two ce-ramic horses rom e Papa Nui, a beau-tiul git basket rom Fusion Spa; localart rom Denise Lemaster, Carney Ou-dendag and other locals; and many otheritems and git certifcates.

I you wish to donate an item(s) tothe auction, we would be happy to ac-cept them. Call Sheila at 250-342-9059or details.

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A sweet traditionBy Kate IrwinPioneer Sta

Here in Canada, a bun refers to any kind of breadroll, but in England the word has a more specic mean-ing: a sweetened and spiced small loaf. ese tasty bunsemerged in Britain in their modern form during the late1600s, when sugar and spices from the New World be-came aordable to the burgeoning middle classes.

Some variants included the icing-topped Londonbun, a nger-shaped treat with currents and carawayseeds, and the Chelsea bun (almost identical to the NorthAmerican sticky bun) with lashing of brown sugar, cin-namon and a sticky, nger-licking glaze. But the hotcross bun traditionally eaten on Good Friday, is believedby some historians to pre-date Christianity itself.

e term hot cross bun rst appeared in print in1733, when Poor Robins Almanack noted: Good Fri-day comes this month, the old woman runs. With oneor two a penny hot cross buns. But the bun tradition isfar older than that.

e ancient Egyptians ate small round cakes markedwith ox horns, which were oered to the goddess of themoon and signied the four seasons.

e Greeks and the Romans followed similar prac-tices. Indeed, when archaeologists excavated the Romancity of Herculaneum buried by the same volcanic ex-plosion that preserved Pompei in AD79 they foundtwo small, carbonized loaves among the ruins, eachmarked with a cross.

e pagan Saxons, who colonized Britain during the

Dark Ages, baked breads slashed with crosses to honourEostre, their goddess of spring and fertility, who is themost likely source of our word Easter.

e truth is that the cross is such an ancient, widely-used sign that it can represent almost anything. Loavesand buns marked with it have spawned a large numberof legends and superstitions.

Sailors, always a superstitious bunch, would takecrossed buns to sea to keep safe from shipwrecks. It was alsowidely thought that stashing a bun marked with a cross in aheap of corn would keep the rats and weevils away. People

also hung them in kitchens to protect against res and im-prove a cooks baking.e most common belief was that buns and loaves

baked on Good Friday never go mouldy, and so theywere sometimes kept as good luck charms for an entireyear. Pieces were then grated o for use in medicines tocure a variety of maladies, especially diarrhea.

e tradition of hot cross buns at Easter was likelycemented in 1592 by Queen Elizabeth I of England,who restricted London bakeries from making crossedbuns except ... at burials, or on Friday before Easter, or

at Christmas.

Hot Cross BunsIngredients: 1 cup (200 ml) milk, plus a little more for glazing 3 cardamom pods, bruised 1 cinnamon stick 2 cloves tsp grated nutmeg Pinch of saffron 4 teaspoons (50 g) fresh yeast cup (50 g) superfine sugar, plus extra to glaze 3 cups (450 g) strong white flour (bread flour)

1 stick (100 g) butter (frozen until solid) teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon ground ginger 3 eggs cup currants cup mixed peel 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour

1. Heat milk gently in a pan along with the carda-mom, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg and saffron until justboiling. en turn off the heat and leave to infuse.

3. After one hour, return the pan to the hob andheat until warm. Strain the milk and mix in the yeastand 1 teaspoon of sugar.

4. Tip the flour into a large mixing bowl and gratebutter over the top. Rub it in with fingertips, or in afood mixer, until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs.

5. Add the remaining sugar, salt and ginger.

6. In a cup or mug, beat together two eggs.

7. Make a well in the centre of your flour mix,and add the beaten eggs and the yeast mixture. Stirtogether, adding enough milk to make a soft dough(it shouldnt be tough or at all dry).

8. Place your dough on a floured worksurface andknead for 10 minutes, until smooth and elastic.

9. Lightly grease a mixing bowl at least double thesize of the piece of dough and place the dough inside.Cover with plastic wrap and leave in a warm place un-til the dough has doubled in size (60-90 minutes).

10. Tip dough onto a lightly floured work surface

and knead for a minute or so, then flatten it out andscatter over the fruit and peel. Knead again to spreadthe fruit around evenly, then divide into 16 equalpieces and roll these into bun shapes.

11. Place them on a lightly greased baking trayand score a cross into the top of each, then cover andput in a warm place to prove until doubled in size.

12. Pre-heat the oven to 390F (200C) and beattogether the last egg with a little milk. Set aside.

13. Mix all-purpose flour with a pinch of salt andenough cold water to form a stiff paste. Paint the top

of each bun with the egg/milk wash, and then, usinga piping bag or teaspoon, draw a thick cross on thetop of each. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until golden.

13. Meanwhile, mix 1 tablespoon superfine sugarwith 1 tbsp boiling water. When the buns come outof the oven, brush them with this before transferringto a rack to cool. Eat with lots of butter.

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