North Shuswap First Responder Shortage Reaches Critical Stage
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208TH EDITION MAY 2015 Complete Drywall Service Serving the North Shuswap for over 20 years Serving the North Shuswap, Sorrento, Blind Bay, Chase, Adams Lake & Please help us expand our readership & recycle our Ph/Fx: 250-955-2122 newsletter - pass it on when you’re done enjoying it. Seymour Arm. Between 3500 - 7000 distributed (depending on time of year). 250-318-1704 [email protected] North Shuswap First Responder Shortage Reaches Critical Stage Submitted by Karen Boulter We are asking if After twenty years of you, or others you might helping with medical emer- know, will take the gency situations in our com- steps necessary to be- • Drain Rock • Sand Crusher Dust • Road Gravel munity, North Shuswap First come a First Responder. • Landscaping Rock Responders has reached a Without new responders critical point in being able to to take the place of the 250-955-0485 respond to all our emergency many who have com- 250-833-6350 calls. Our current respond- mitted their time over ers and society members are these many years, we fully committed to the com- are at a point where we munity and helping others. may not have enough That being said, we need responders available at • Yard help. WE NEED MORE all times, to respond to Serving the Care RESPONDERS. every call. North Shuswap (Continued on page 3) • House since 1996 Checks Leslie or Dale Jones If you’ve ever thought about volunteering for anything in your life, now is 250-679-7652 the time. PLEASE HELP US. First Responders needs you. And you need First Responders! 3871 Squilax Anglemont Hwy Scotch Creek, BC V0E 1M5 Al Christopherson Masters Personal Real Estate Corporation Hall of Fame Franklin Pump Dealer * Canadian Groundwater Certified Pump Installers Power Snake * Drain Pressure Washer * Sewer Inspection Camera * Licensed Plumbers & Gasfitters WE DON’T JUST SCOTCH CREEK Open RECYCLE BOTTLES we also take . 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By Jo Anne Malpass, Editor LewisRock UNIQUE STONE LANDSCULPTING A recent Global Okanagan A persistent high-pressure ridge that broadcast reported the early run off, set up off the West Coast during the Stairs - Walls - Benches - FirePlaces spring weather conditions and snowpack winter of 2013-14 caused “the blob”. We also carry a selection of stone products levels are similar to those of 2003, the The ridge reformed inland over western LewisRock.com worst fire season on record in BC. North America this past winter prevent- The average of all provincial snow ing clouds from forming and precipita- PH. 250-955-0771 CELL 250-371-7003 Lewis Rock is a Division of G&M Cedar Ltd. water measurements on April 1 was tion from falling. 73% of normal. This is the second low- Living in a forest area, it doesn’t est provincial average snow water hurt to be aware of conditions and take equivalent in the past 31 years of record, some precautions to protect your proper- Dave’s according to BC River Forecast Centre. ty. The Fire Smart Home Owners’ Man- Appliance Environment Canada is expecting above ual put out by the BC Forest Service normal temperatures over the next three says managing the space around your Repair 250-679-5399 months but precipitation is very difficult house and buildings is of prime im- to predict. portance. The first 10 metres of space Washers, Dryers, Stoves Fridges, Dishwashers A weak El Nino is taking part of the around your home is your first priority. blame for the low snowfall. It forms Remove any shrubs, trees, deadfall or Guaranteed service to all Brands & Makes when a warm pool of surface water woodpiles from this area and keep your builds up along the equator on the west grass mowed and watered. coast of South and Central America. As From 10 to 30 metres out from your R & S air passes over warm water and reaches home is the second priority zone. In this Excavating the coast, it produces more rain and less zone, you need to reduce fuels by thin- snow in the mountains. ning and pruning so that combustion Rick Wideman Phone: 250-955-2284 Some scientists are saying the big- cannot be supported. Fax: 250-955-0112 ger effect is coming from something If you are burning yard debris or a they’re calling the Pacific blob, another campfire, choose a cleared location out • Septic Systems Licensed and big pool of warmer than normal water. of the wind and have a shovel, a bucket • Lot Clearing Insured The blob originated in the Gulf of Alas- of water or a rake nearby, constantly Serving the • Driveways North Shuswap ka and is moving south along the Pacific monitor your fire and to extinguish it, • Foundations since 1989 Coast, and scientists are warning it spray it with abundant water and cover it could hurt marine life in B.C. At its with ash, sand or earth. warmest point, it's five degrees warmer Of course, predictions are just that than normal, and as the air blows across and we know the weather man isn’t al- Where is it ?……. it, that air also becomes warmer as it ways right. Things could turn around if heads over land. El Nino's effects are we get sufficient rain over the next two largely confined to the fall and winter months and things don’t heat up quite as Kicker Office: 250-955-0534 months, but "the blob" helps create a much as predicted this summer. Email: [email protected] warmer summer than normal. www.facebook.com/shuswapkicker KICKER DEADLINES .. ... Pg 65 North Shuswap First Responder Shortage Calendar of Events ... .. ..... Pg 65 Reaches Critical Stage continued Church Listings…….. ..... Pg 61 Classifieds ............... .. ..... Pg 68 Clubs & Organizations ..... Pg 67 (Continued from page 1) more information on how to join our Contact Kicker ………… .. Pg 63 This is a situation we are working group. Chamber News - North. .... Pg 8 hard to remedy quickly. Together, “We Make A Difference.” Chamber News - South. .... Pg 49 If you have ever considered join- If you would like to borrow home Dare to Dream .......... .. ..... Pg 29 ing the First Responders, now is the care supplies from our NSFR Society, Fire News ................ .. ..... Pg 14 First Responders ...... .. ..... Pg 1 time to get off the fence. NSFR will please contact Jim Perry @ 250-955- Lakeview Centre ...... .. ..... Pg 40 provide all the training, equipment and 0839. If you would like to order a Letters to the Editor . .. ..... Pg 34 insurance you will require. The future green and white reflective address sign, Lions Club News ..... .. ..... Pg 26 of our group is in your hands. Please, please contact Kath Rowbotham @ RCMP News ........... .. ..... Pg 10 call Andrea Carter @250-679-7746 or 250-955-0805 or by email at Recipe of the Month .. ..... Pg 63 Marie Aylward @250-955-0752 for [email protected] Sidekick .................... .. ..... Pg 12 4 THE NORTH SHUSWAP KICKER MAY 2015 DON’S CSRD Director’s Report PAINTING SERVICE Larry Morgan - Director, Electoral Area ‘F’ Interior (North Shuswap & Seymour Arm ) Columbia Shuswap Regional District Reasonable Rates Tel: 250-955-2567 Cell: 250-517-9578 Email: [email protected] References Available CSRD BOARD MEETING – APRIL 23RD, 2015: Tel: 250-955-5335 Cell: 250-517-8630 Crown Grant Amendment – Evelyn and help guide staff in program devel- Falls Trailhead – Board Resolution opment and delivery. The Ministry of Forests, Lands and The CSRD has recently updated Natural Resource Operations the 2009 SWMP consistent with the (MFLNRO) required a Board resolution Ministry of Environment (MoE) recom- in order to amend the terms of a Crown mendation that SWMPs are reviewed Grant to allow for the Regional District and updated on a 5 year interval. This to construct a trailhead parking lot for Board Report summarizes the review the Evelyn Falls Trail System in Angle- process and recommends that the up- mont. dated SWMP be endorsed and submit- This Crown Grant tenure is for a ted to the MoE for approval. parking lot, which is to be shared with In 1992 the Waste Management Anglemont Fire Department members, Act (now Environmental Management as there is limited parking at the current Act) was amended to require Regional site of the Anglemont Fire Hall, 100m Districts to submit Solid Waste Man- to the south. agement Plans (SWMP) by 1995 and The Anglemont Fire Hall was con- clarified the roles of local governments structed in the mid-1980s on land do- in municipal solid waste management nated for the construction of a fire hall. planning. The purpose of implementing The lot on which the fire hall was actu- a solid waste management planning ally constructed is relatively small and process was to restructure the way mu- 250-679-2787 Box 229, Chase [email protected] B.C.