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10 • The Columbia Valley Pioneer December 14, 2012 15 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS December Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 9 10 16 23 30 Columbia 20% O� Fat Quarters Buy 3 get the 4th FREE Sorel Boots 20% O� SEWING NOTIONS 30% OFF Festive feast Karen Jukes serves J.A. Laird Elementary students Brandon Cote and Errol Baddas during the turkey lunch provided by AG Valley Foods and catered by Randy Mac- Steven and Anna Steedman of MacSteven’s Fresh Foods on Thursday December 6th. The event fed 200 students. Sobeys and Hopkins’ Harvest and Kountry Kitchen also prepared 200 plates for students at Eileen Madson Primary on December 5th. Photo by Kristian Rasmussen PJs, Boxers, Nightgowns, Housecoats & Lingerie 20% O� O� Yarn & Knitting Supplies 20% O� O� 17 Life is Good 20% O� Flannels 30% o� min. 1 meter cut 24 WE PAY THE HST ON REGULAR PRICED ITEMS 11 18 25 Sock Day - Buy 1 & get the 2nd 30% O� O� O� O� O� O� O� O� O� O� Minkie 20% O� O� O� O� O� min. 1 meter cut Accessories 20% O� Dr. Suess Fabric 20% O� min. 1 meter cut Closed Invermere library unionizes By Greg Amos Pioneer Staff Union cards are among the newest documents being housed at the Invermere Public Library, after local library staff became members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) in mid-November. “Library workers are front-line employees who carry out the day-to-day operations at the library,” said Invermere Public Library technician Nicole Pawlak. “We feel that by joining CUPE we will have a stronger voice and be able to better serve our community.” The library’s five employees voted unanimously to join the union, a move they say is aimed at ensuring library staff input is heard when charting the future course of the library, which is overseen by a sevenmember board of trustees that changes significantly every two years. Three board positions are turning over this month alone. “In recent years, some decisions the board has implemented were against staff reccomendations,” said Ms. Pawlak. “Now this staff will have more of a voice.” Sorel Boots 20% O� O� O� O� O� O� O� O� O� O� O� O� O� O� O� O� O� O� O� O� Flannel 20% O� O� O� O� O� O� O� O� O� O� O� O� O� O� O� O� O� O� O� min. 12 19 26 min. 1 meter cut Hats, Mitts & Gloves 20% O� Minkie 20% O� min. 1 meter cut BOXING DAY CLOSED “Maybe personnel isn’t the board’s strength.” Nicole Pawlak, Invermere Library technician Don’t forget! All sewing machines are on sale! See flyer in store. 516 13th Street, Invermere • Phone: 250-342-9313 13 27 Sorel Slippers 20% O� O� Christmas Fabrics 30% O� O� O� O� O� O� O� O� min. 1 meter cut Slippers 20% O� Yarn & Knitting Supplies 20% O� 14 28 Ladies Fashions 20% O� Quilting Cottons 30% O� min. 1 meter cut Men’s Fashions 20% O� Sewing Notions 30% o� 31 1 NEW 2 3 4 5 YEAR’S DAY CLOSED 20 With the Invermere library’s chief librarian on sick leave as of the end of September, some decisions at the library were made with no staff input over the fall, said Ms. Pawlak. The chief librarian is expected back early in the New Year. “Maybe personnel isn’t the board’s strength, and maybe having a collective agreement in place will relieve board members from having to worry about day to day operations,” she added, not- ing the board’s mandate is around fundraising, executing the strategic plan, and conducting policy reviews. Asked about whether the staff are requesting increased wages, Ms. Pawlak said staff are more concerned about a collective agreement that creates consistency in library policies. The library operates on a municipal library model, and is funded by the District of Invermere, and the regional district areas F and G. There are currently 26 libraries across B.C. that are unionized, including libraries in Castlegar, Fernie, and Creston. “CUPE is a large union and by becoming part of CUPE we will now have access to a wide array of information, education tools and resources,” added Ms. Pawlak. 21 15 29 Men’s Fashions 20% O� Notions 20% O� 22 Happy New Year! Ladies Fashions 20% O� Fat Quarters Buy 3 get the 4th Free
December 14, 2012 The Columbia Valley Pioneer Page • 11 What’s happening in the Columbia Valley Music • visual arts • dining • Bar scene • entertainMent • perforMance arts CROSSROADS CUTTER What does ART mean to you? Photo by Kristian Rasmussen Bryan Robbins performs some maintenance on his chainsaw before sawing a log into the likeness of a bear cub at the Cross Roads Collective’s open house on Saturday, December 8th. Like us on Facebook/pynelogs Current info on all CV Arts events. Visit columbiavalleyarts.com for our current events calendar, or call 250-342-4423. MOVIE REVIEW PAGE 12 Raising Kain PAGE 16 Out & About Your weekly guide to what’s happening around the Columbia Valley Page 13
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