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District clears path to host Stomp event By Lachlan Labere Eagle Valley News
The District of Sicamous has set the stage to host the Summer Stomp. At the request of council, district staff researched the steps required of Stomp organizers to bring the event to Sicamous July 18 to 21, in co-ordination with the community’s own motorcycle burnout event. The end result was a recommendation to, and by council that the Stomp apply for a Special Events and Facility Use Permit. Specifically, council’s recommendation was that “staff be directed to receive and review separate Special Event Permit applications to hold the proposed Stomp and the Burnout Events between July 18th and 21st, 2013, with the commencement of preparations to begin on or after 7 a.m. Monday, July 15… and final clean-up and restoration work to be completed on or before 6 p.m. Wednesday, July 24th, 2013 and further, that staff be directed to issue the Special Event Permits upon receipt of all required applicable securities, insurance coverage confirmation, fees and charges, and any other applicable bylaw requirements.” However, because this permit doesn’t allow for bylaw variances, council agreed to amend the district’s noise bylaw, to allow resolutions See Public hearing on page 3
Fun to strum: Sicamous Three Chord Ukulele Band members Gordon Mackie, Wally and Frieda Sorge and Alice and Fred Duck have fun learning and playing new tunes at their weekly lessons held Monday afternoons at the Red Barn Arts Centre. Photo by James Murray
Public suggest BC Transit study include Revelstoke and Vernon By Lachlan Labere Eagle Valley News
A BC Transit feasibility study into a potential system for the Sicamous area may need to be expanded to include Revelstoke and Enderby. The study is being done in partnership with the Columbia Shuswap Regional District and the District of Sicamous. Its goal, according to BC Transit, is to explore the sustainability of a system that would connect Sicamous, and potentially Malakwa and Swansea Point, to the Shuswap Regional Transit System. A community open house was held March 4 in Sicamous council chambers. About 30 people attended, and the feedback
was surprising, “There were at least to Caropeople interested in lyn Black, the Salmon Arm, but CSRD’s deputy there seemed to be, manager of corat least from those It needs sort of outside-the-box, porate administrain attendance, more innovative thinking to make a transit tion services. interest in travel system as diverse as this area would Black says between Sicamous need to really accomplish the goal of the thinking beand Vernon, linking helping with community growth and hind the feasibilup with the North stability… ity study was that Okanagan’s transit Janet McClean Senft it would explore system that does an a connection Enderby to Vernon between the Sirun on a regular camous area and Salmon Arm. But what she basis. And also, a lot of positive comments learned at the meeting was that residents are about getting up to Revelstoke,” said Black. more interested in going elsewhere. “Folks are working in Thee Valley Gap and
the Enchanted Forest, and there were some comments about the great shopping in Revelstoke….” A survey tied to the study was available online and at the Eagle Valley Resource Centre. Subsequently, the resource centre’s executive director, Janet McLean Senft, sent out emails to get the survey out to as many people as possible, as she views transit as being potentially transformative for Sicamous. But this, she says, would involve a big-picture approach, one involving numerous partners (non-profits, business, education, etc.). “It needs sort of outside-the-box, innovative thinking to make a transit system as diverse as this area would need to really See Transit would on page 2