November 2nd, 1pm at Celista Hall This is a continuation of the Town Hall meetings that I started last March. I hope to have a Town Hall meeting every 6 months or so just to bring you up to date on things happening around the community and give you an opportunity to ask questions and give me ideas of things needing attention. For next Saturdays meeting I’m bringing in some speakers to talk about important things for the winter. I’m…
Community Watch – Wednesday Oct 23, 7pmHealth & Rehab and also Political Action on Thursday Oct 24, 7pmBoth meetings at the Scotch Creek Hall, doors open at 6:45. This week we’ll be having our second meeting for the Community Watch Group on Wednesday at 7pm at the Scotch Creek Hall (doors open at 6:30). The group has been busy getting information on various different flavours of communty watch, from Citizens on Patrol to Rural Crime Watch and others. On Wednesday…
Safety In the North Shuswap – Upcoming meetings Health/ Recovery & Political Action meeting now Wednesday October 23th. The North Shuswap Health Centre is having their AGM on Wednesday the 16th, which we originally scheduled for the HR & P meeting, but it is important to have them at the table for this upcoming meeting so we’ve now moved it to Wednesday the 23rd. I hope all those interested in these topics will be able to make it. Last week…
We had a great Community Safety meeting last night with about 130 residents coming out to see what is happening and how we can make our community safer. Sargent Barry Kennedy from the Chase RCMP detachment began the evening giving us some info about what has been happening in our area. There was a good question and answer session with a variety of questions and comments detailing our frustrations with the crimes and criminals in the area as well as…
Wednesday October 2nd, 7pm sharp, Celista Hall. An open town hall meeting is being held at Celista Hall to continue the conversation about North Shuswap Community Security. We will not gather to rant about the crime in our area. It is an opportunity to put our heads together and make some plans for how to deal with it in a legal, progressive way. The RCMP will be invited to discuss their efforts and how we can best help them. We…
Yes, I know it seems that they sometimes don’t care, sometimes they come out and do nothing, sometimes they don’t come even come out. So what the hell? Well, that’s what happens, or doesn’t happen, out here. After our Saturday night adventure on Hilliam Road, I had an interesting conversation with Sgt. Barry Kennedy from the Chase RCMP detachment. The Chase RCMP (the cops), live under a different reality from us. They only have a certain amount of staff at…
…but nary a drop of community water for Scotch Creek. Yes, it seems our application for a grant to help with the building of a Scotch Creek community water system has been denied. We were hoping to get 73% of the cost from a federal infrastructure grant. But that is not to be. It’ll likely be a few years before that generous a funding opportunity comes up again. (My cynical side suggests a year before the next federal election..?) So,…
Bylaw 5798 and the Alternative Approval Process Some community awareness is happening about this Youth Programming tax bylaw. That’s great! Up until Friday I’ve had maybe one call on it, but I’ve had a few emails and a few calls this weekend. Here is the process we’re going through right now:– your CSRD Director (me) feels in general that a program or service has a community benefit, and that the cost is not unreasonable. In this case, roughly $12,500 from…
WEATHER REPORT for the summer was just released and suggests we will have another hot, dry June-August. Not exactly what I would like to hear. My preference would be for it to rain every day (between 1am and 5am). Failing that, maybe every third or fourth day. Extra vigilance will be needed from everyone. Keep an eye out for smokers tossing butts, let them know we don’t appreciate it. Keep campfires low, while we can still have them. And protect…
At this time of year many calls I receive are about the state of the roads. The reality is that the CSRD has no control over what happens with the roads, it’s up to Ministry of Transport and their budget. But, I can make requests and give suggestions as well as get information. So here is what I know… Graders will be out re-shaping local gravel roads starting this week. New gravel will not be going on until the fall….