Looking back at what made headlines in 2018 from the pages of the Eagle Valley News.
Here’s a glimpse from March 2018:
A group in support of the proposed Main Street bridge project is left feeling insulted after finding flyers featuring images of them altered in a way they say misrepresents their views and cause.
The flyers feature the photograph of the yes to the Main Street bridge campaigners, which ran on the front page of the Eagle Valley News on Feb. 21, but with the text on the sandwich board in front of them altered to read:
“Say yes to the destruction of the park we are standing in. Yes to our self-serving vision for your community. Yes to us here that hope to profit from our community. Say yes to us and no to the residents of Sicamous.”
The District of Sicamous continued to support the development permit granted to Mountain Park Motorsports in September 2017 when it returned to the agenda of their Feb. 25 meeting.
The issue was before council again in order to give the owners of a neighbouring property, who were not notified of the September meeting, an opportunity to voice their concerns about the new development.
The newly-renovated snowmobile dealership and repair shop has been open since Dec. 9.
Victor Phillips, who is one of the owners of the adjacent lot, said the access to their property is constantly being blocked. He said he was also concerned that a door was installed on the north wall, which did not appear on the site plans.
Phillip told council there are only about 10 to 16 inches between the edge of the building and the boundary of his property so the door opens onto his property.
Eagle River Secondary students showed they were able builders at a pair of trades and technology competitions at nearby universities this weekend. ERS fielded teams for the 35th Annual Spaghetti Bridge Competition at Okanagan College in Kelowna and for the Skills Canada Cariboo Skills Competition held at Thompson Rivers University.
At the annual Mayor’s Breakfast, Sicamous Mayor Terry Rysz confirmed that he will be running again for office after outlining future projects he wants to see come to fruition.
“I just took a holiday and had lots of time to reflect.. do I want to put in four more years of my life into being the mayor of Sicamous? And the answer to that is yes,” he announced to a round of applause.
A hearing with the volunteers who upgraded the Eagle Pass Summit fire lookout is now being planned following a provincial investigation into the structure’s redevelopment.
Volunteers with the project have been told their actions could result in a fine of $10,000 and demolition of the structure.
Sicamous is the site of an attempt to contact extraterrestrials. Dan Berg described the series of events that led him to hear about the ice rings on Shuswap Lake.
The synchronicity of their appearance while he was trying to contact visitors from other planets led him to choose the beach near the Old Town Bay Marina in Sicamous because he is from Revelstoke and a fellow seeker is from Salmon Arm.
Shuswap Search and Rescue (SAR) had a busy weekend, assisting with the helicopter evacuation of two injured snowmobilers from the Owlhead recreation area on Friday and Saturday and then helping to locate lost hikers near Little Shuswap Lake on Saturday evening.
Jeffrey Straker likes making special connections with small audiences and intimate venues and he is hoping to make that connection at Owlhead Creek Bed and Breakfast on April 18.
Straker played at Owlhead in August last year and he said he really enjoyed the venue and the audience.
As part of an applied design project on March 13, students from grade two to six at Parkview Elementary disassembled a variety of broken electronics. Students learned about tools, circuitry and safety during this project. The various components of the electronics were then reassembled into ‘junk art.’
On the eve of his trial in the United States, Colin Martin, a 46-year-old convicted drug smuggler from the Shuswap, pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge for operating a drug ring that flew marijuana and other drugs into Washington state and returned with cocaine to sell in B.C. Martin admitted to running the cross-boarder helicopter-based drug-smuggling ring after nearly 10 years of fighting his extradition to the U.S.
Related:B.C. drug smuggler pleads guilty in U.S. court
After Dark Distillery plans to celebrate their first year in business anniversary with live music, and barbecue which will coincide with other long-weekend activities such as the Easter egg hunt at the Red Barn’s Farmers Market and Easter hockey tournament held at the arena.
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