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100% Locally Owned & Operated Winlaw Man Dies While Camping in Slocan Valley Wilderness February 14, 2019 The Valley Voice 1 CHRISTINA HARDER Your Local Real Estate Professional 250-777-3888 Volume 28, Number 3 February 14, 2019 Delivered to every home between Edgewood, Kaslo & South Slocan [email protected] Published bi-weekly. Your independently owned regional community newspaper serving the Arrow Lakes, Slocan & North Kootenay Lake Valleys Winlaw man dies while camping in Slocan Valley wilderness by Jan McMurray 26. Roberts said there was nothing Roberts says Ty would have gotten the recovery by helicopter was being constantly being approached and Ty Larstone, a 32-year-old unusual about Ty heading off into his clothes wet while wading across carried out. I am so moved by the asked how the search was going.” Winlaw man who loved the outdoors, the woods alone. “He loved going Slocan River, which he would have courage that it must take to go in and An RCMP media release says recently died while camping on out in the outdoors and being by had to do to get to the site where he out from the site hanging from that the cause of death is not considered his own in the mountains near himself. He was part native and very made camp. helicopter. All to help other human suspicious at this time, and that the Appledale. interested in native culture, and I Kootenay Valley Helicopters out beings they don’t even know. We BC Coroners Service is involved in Three of Ty’s good friends and think with some of the things he did, of Nelson was called in to bring Ty’s know that dozens if not hundreds of the investigation. local expert tracker Ben Hird found he was living that culture.” body “out from a difficult spot” on people from the Valley were working A celebration of Ty’s life will his body on Friday, February 1, the Roberts says he and Kathy Dunn, a long line. to help us once word of the search got be held February 23 at the Winlaw third day of the search. Slocan Lake who live in Salmon Arm, got a call “There is tremendous flying out. The RCMP told us that they were Hall, 1-4 pm. RCMP, Castlegar and Nelson Search from their friend and Ty’s landlord, skill involved in that,” Roberts said. and Rescue, and Kootenay Valley Martin Braun, when Ty didn’t come “You have guys who go in, hanging Helicopters were all also involved home. They travelled to Winlaw on onto a 250-foot long line, with the in the search effort. Tuesday, and the search began on helicopter 1,000 feet in the air.” He “His friends were experts in the Wednesday. said that RCMP Officer Terry Smith woods just like he was,” said Ty’s Jerome Liboiron of Castlegar from the Slocan Lake detachment in stepfather Paddy Roberts. “Had they Search and Rescue (CSAR) found New Denver was one of the men who not gone out, we probably never Ty’s footprints in the snow near came out on the long line. would have found him because Bailey Road, and the CSAR team “The police from the New the snow started falling Friday tracked him until dark on Wednesday. Denver detachment were simply afternoon.” On Thursday, a chopper tried to take fantastic,” said Roberts. “As soon Roberts said it was so very them to where they had left off the as the RCMP were aware there was touching that Ty’s oldest friend told day before, but there was nowhere a tragedy, they were with us always. Ty’s mom, Kathy Dunn, that he for the chopper to land, so they There was always someone there would find Ty and bring him back walked up again and got even farther telling us what they were doing.” – and he did. the second day before darkness fell. Ty’s mom, Kathy Dunn, said, “I “The coming together of our On Friday, the weather rolled in and was very touched by seeing all of the friends and the community was it was deemed unsafe for the team to effort put in by Castlegar and Nelson tremendous,” Roberts said. “We’ve resume their efforts. Search and Rescue, and knowing been told we’ll probably never know Ty’s friends decided to take up that these were all people who were exactly what happened.” the search on Friday and to enlist the volunteering to help us find Ty and Ty was dropped off on Bailey help of local expert tracker Ben Hird. to bring him back to us. Paddy and I Road in Appledale by a friend at They found Ty at his campfire pit and my daughter Harmony and Ty’s RCMP Officer Terry Smith and a Search and Rescue team member coming out from Ty about 2 pm on Saturday, January with his clothing hanging up to dry. cousin Chelsea were all there when Larstone’s camp on the long line during the recovery operation. 100% Locally Owned & Operated 2 NEWS The Valley Voice February 14, 2019 Nakusp Citizens of the Year chosen for 2018 Former Mayor of Nakusp Karen Hamling is Nakusp’s Citizen of the Year. Dan Nicholson, president-elect of the Nakusp Rotary Club, presents her with flowers. Mikala Lewis-Morrison will receive the Youth Award at the Nakusp Citizen of the Year banquet. The Nakusp Rotary Club thanks everyone for their nominations, and encourages those whose nominees weren’t chosen this year to re-submit them for next year. See the ad on page 15 for banquet details. Barb Abbey has been chosen to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Nakusp Citizen of the Year banquet on April 23, in recognition of her years of dedication to the Arrow Lakes Health Care Auxiliary. February 14, 2019 The Valley Voice NEWS 3 New SD8 facilities plan process re-opens discussion on school closures by Jan McMurray The REEF will still be available for to lead to the best education for out that a 45-minute bus ride on a at the meeting included putting more School District 8 Kootenay Lake the 2019-20 school year, so Jewett all students in the district? That’s difficult road is less than ideal for resources into the existing Valhalla (SD8) is working on its 2019-29 and Winlaw will remain open for the question we want answered by young children. Eliza Shine, the Wilderness Program and Outdoor long range facilities plan, and held another year for sure, McLellan said. Barager,” McLellan explained. “We early years coordinator, said there are Education Leadership Program, public consultation meetings at However, a new funding model for want to make a data-based decision. 13 families regularly attending the more collaboration with community schools throughout the district during the BC education system is coming Hopefully we’ll come to a less early years programs at the school. groups or larger organizations such the first two weeks of February. into effect in March 2020, and controversial decision than last time.” The importance of the school as a as Selkirk College for revenue and Another round of public meetings McLellan warned that REEF may The Kaslo family of schools community hub was noted. cost sharing, a French immersion will take place in June, and the plan is not be a part of it. meeting took place at Jewett School Superintendent Christine Perkins program, and a robotics academy. expected to be adopted in September. “Our buildings are deteriorating, on February 4. suggested that the solution may be in Principal Mike Hurley pointed out An online discussion about the plan and we can’t keep them up with the With five students this year, technology. “There are ways to bring that the school has a music room, can be found at My.thoughtexchange. funding currently available from the Jewett’s capacity utilization at 6% technology in; how we are learning art room, science room, and a shop, com/#537341911. There is a link ministry,” he said. is the lowest in the district. The is evolving and changing. We could so is suitable for grades 11 and 12 on the school district website and The school district has achieved school was built for 88 students. be in Lardeau Valley Hall or Argenta students, particularly with the new Facebook page. some of the goals in the current The school measures 0.57 on the Hall. How many large buildings can project-based graduation program. Mike McLellan, new SD8 facilities plan – the disposal of the facilities condition index – it needs we sustain?” secretary-treasurer, made a Crawford Bay Hall property, the $1.4 million worth of upgrades, The Slocan Valley family of SHELLEY BORTNICK, presentation at the beginning of DESK transition to LV Rogers, and “but it’s still in good condition – it schools meeting took place at WE MSW, RSW each meeting. He said the 2016- the disposal of the Creston properties. doesn’t need to be done tomorrow,” Graham on February 6. Individual, couple and 24 facilities plan is still in effect The board office will move to Central McLellan said. Altogether, the four schools family therapist until the new one is adopted. In School in July 2019, and is up for Jewett School receives $46,947 in the Slocan Valley have a 71% 25+ years experience the current plan, Jewett (Meadow sale along with properties in Ymir, per year in REEF funding. “It costs capacity utilization. Brent Kennedy Offers counselling services involving Creek) and Winlaw Schools are Yahk and Retallack. Income from the district more than the REEF and Winlaw have high capacity mental health (depression, anxiety, under consideration for closure, property sales will help with school grant to keep this school open.
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