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Tom Jackson a partner in oil sands railway to Alaska

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Revelstoke resident and former IPP developer Ward Kemerer is one of a few key partners – including Tom Jackson – in a plan to build a First Nations backed oil super-railway to Alaska

his role on ‘90s TV show North

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Actor, singer and activist Tom

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of 60. Revelstoke audiences have seen him live as part of

I first met Revelstoke resident Ward Kemerer last snow season in a ski shop on Mackenzie Avenue.

My engineer brother was in town for skiing and he was looking for some equipment. On a TV screen in the shop, embattled former CP Rail CEO Fred Green was the subject of a news story; rebel investors had their knives out, eventually deposing Green.

I told my brother I’d met Green briefly. While on the job, I rode a vintage train from Revelstoke to Craigellachie to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the driving of the Last Spike. Green was on the train to help celebrate the milestone of Canadian nationhood, the culmination of epic visionaries with unyielding wills sewing the country together with steel.

Kemerer stepped up from near the wool socks and asked me how I’d met Green. When I explained, he told me of his dream: Building an oil railway from the Alberta oil sands in the Fort

his Huron Carole Christmas fundraising tour. Now, the Canadian performing arts icon is throwing his support behind an oil railway with a Revelstoke connection.

Photo by Craig Koshyk/ Courtesy Tom Jackson

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Stella-Jones faces down criticism at Begbie Bench open house Company’s plans to log in popular Begbie Bench recreation area comes under attack at open house; but response likely too little, too late with work already started Alex Cooper

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Ashley Ladyman, a forester with Stella Jones, explains the company’s logging plans for the Begbie Bench area at an open house on Friday.

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Friday’s open house about plans by Stella-Jones to log in the Begbie Bench area was unusual.

Stella-Jones showed up well prepared, with a timeline outlining its operations in the area, a map detailing exactly where would be logged, simulated images showing how the view would be impacted from different areas around Revelstoke, and three staffers on hand to answer questions.

The problem, of course, was the timing. The open house was held on Friday, prompted by a request from Loni Parker, the director for rural Revelstoke. She got wind of the plans at a wildfire committee meeting – months after they were first reported in

this paper, and after road work had already been completed on the Begbie Forest Service Road that leads through the area.

In short, logging looks to be a done deal. It’s been approved by government forestry officials and work has started. The open house was simply an information session held to placate the public. Stella-Jones representatives emphasized it was an information session, not a consultation.

The public reaction to the logging was largely negative (at least during the hour I was at the open house). The complaints centred on two things – that there was no public consultation before work was started, and that the logging would make a popular recreation area ugly. Some local residents said the logging would have a negative impact on their property

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values and create traffic hazards due logging traffic on Mt. Begbie Road.

The logging will take place on four main cut blocks in the area, each of which are about 15 hectares. Two are located south of Begbie Creek, and those garnered less concern. The two others to the north of the creek were the subject of the biggest criticism. Of those, the northern one would intersect the Quarry Trail, while the southern one would cut across the Hemlock Groove trail and intersect a lengthy section of the road leading to Begbie Falls.

The logging plans were advertised in the Times Review in May and we reported on the plans in a May 23 story. The Revelstoke Cycling Association responded,

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Revelstoke School District taking another look at French immersion Alex Cooper

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A parents’ push for French immersion in Revelstoke has been given new light after the school district launched a community-wide survey on the matter earlier this month.

“We’re hopeful,” said Vanessa Morrow, who along with Stephanie Melnyk has been leading the

push for French immersion in Revelstoke. “Just from talking to people in the community there’s a lot of interest among parents who have children who are not even preschool aged yet. I think it’s just a question of getting the survey in these people’s hands and getting them to return it on time.”

The Revelstoke School District explored French immersion

five years ago but at the time there wasn’t enough interest and the issue was put on the back burner.

Melnyk and Morrow pushed the issue to the forefront of last year’s school board elections. At the time, board chair Alan Chell said the district was busy with the new schools but would look at the issue again once the projects were finished.

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opened, the school district is once again seeking feedback on the issue. Superintendent Anne Cooper said the district was soliciting interest through the survey and would look at the results in January.

The survey was sent out to the entire community through the post office, though this has meant it did not get delivered with ‘no flyer’ designations on their mailboxes.

This has prompted Melnyk and Morrow to deliver surveys by hand to make sure everyone has one.

“We’re now back in play,” said Melnyk. “We’re trying to hand out paper copies of the survey to preschool and child care locations and some of the drop-in centers. That’s just supporting the school board’s initiative.”

Melnyk is hopeful that a combination of higher births, higher kindergarten enrollment and more young families moving to Revelstoke will mean that French immersion will take this time, where it didn’t five years ago. “The demographics have changed, there’s a lot more young families moving into Revelstoke. That makes a big difference,” she said.

Now their goal is to make sure enough people return the survey by the Friday, Nov. 30, deadline.

“This is where parents need to be committed and say, we are going to commit to this new program,” said Melnyk.

Added Morrow: “If it doesn’t go this time, it will probably be another four years before they look at it again. Interested parents just need to let their interest [be] known.”

Cooper said a French immersion program, if implemented, would start in kindergarten and grade one and eventually grow to encompass every year until grade 12. The curriculum would be exactly the same as it is now, but it would be taught in French. It would run alongside the current English curriculum.

It would not be connected to Revelstoke’s new French school, Ecole des Glaciers, which is run by the Francophone School Board of British Columbia. “French immersion is intended for Anglophone parents to get an experience in French where they can acquire the language,” said Cooper.

The survey can be downloaded from the school district’s website at www.sd19.bc.ca. Morrow and Melnyk have a Facebook group called Interest in French Immersion and can be contacted at french_immersion@mail.com.

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OTTAWA – Lt.-Col Mason Stalker received a special military honour at the hands of the Governor General during a presentation ceremony at Rideau Hall.

Lt-Col. Stalker was one of 45 military and civilian personnel from both Canada and other countries receiving honours from His Excellency, the Right Honourable David Johnston on Nov. 15.

The Revelstoke native received the Meritorious Service Medal (military division) for his actions as commanding officer in Afghanistan of the Canadian contingent at the Regional Com-

mand (South) Headquarters from September 2010 to October 2011, and also during his assigned duties as executive officer to the deputy commanding general at the time.

“Lt-Col. Stalker displayed leadership and tactical acumen,” stated the Governor General, before presenting the medal. “Responsible for operations in the most volatile and violent region of Afghanistan, he was instrumental to operational success and significantly contributed to defeating the insurgents.”

His Excellency noted that Lt.-Col. Stalker’s performance “was of a high standard and brought honour to the Canadian Forces and to Canada.”

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City dog fees to increase, cemetery fees to skyrocket Sticker shock: Weekend funeral ‘opening and closing fee’ to jump from $250 to $722; ‘After hours’ (after 2 p.m.) to jump from $150 to $612.

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Revelstoke city hall unveiled proposed new fee hikes for city services at the Nov. 13 meeting of council. They included modest yet significant increases to dog licenses and impoundment fees.

Many of the proposed cemetery fee increases are far more dramatic, doubling and tripling the existing fees in some cases, and introducing brand new fees.

The increases are part of an ongoing overhaul of city fees to move them towards a ‘costrecovery’ model. The idea is to shift the cost of city services away from general taxation and make the services more dependent on fees charged for them.

The city introduced new building and recreation fee increases earlier this year; these increases are a continuation of that process.

Dogs fees jump The earlybird fee for getting an annual tag for your fixed dog will increase to $20 from $15, if you do it before the earlybird deadline of Feb. 28. The

will jump from $200 to $231 – an option that may become more popular following the fee increases.

In response to media questions, city staff said the increases were needed to bring the cemetery to a ‘cost-recovery’ model, and to factor in the cost of snow removal, which wasn’t full accounted for before.

City staff also agreed to investigate outlining the increases in a simple PDF form. This followed media complaints that the new fee increases were inaccessible to the public because the layout and explanation of the increases was cryptic and hard to understand.

The bylaw is now at first reading, meaning members of the public wanting to provide feedback should get in touch with the mayor or city councillors soon.

new regular fee (from Feb. 28 forward) is $30, a $10 increase over the current regular fee of $20. The late licence fee for an unspayed dog will increase from $45 to $80.

Dog got loose? The proposed first impoundment fee will increase from $30 to $50.

Second offence? It jumps from $60 to $75. Strike three? It will jump from $120 to $150.

Cemetery fees skyrocket At their Feb. 13 meeting, council gave the first three readings of the new fee schedule for cemetery services.

The cost of an adult cemetery plot and columbarium niche will more than double from $200 to $441 – plus taxes.

The plot care fund will also increase from $200 to $441.

The capital investment fund fee will jump from $150 to $173.

The total increases from $550 to $1,055.

Getting city staff to open and close a plot for a funeral will cost much more. The standard fee for adults will increase from $405 to $446. However, if you request a weekday funeral after 2 p.m., the fee increases

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from $150 to a whopping $612.

Need to hold the funeral on the weekend? The standard opening and closing fee will jump from $250 to $722.

In response to questions, city staff said the increase is due to the need to pay staff double time after hours.

The cemetery fees were last updated in 2000.

The fee schedule also includes brand new cemetery fees. For example, new colum-

barium fees at the Mt. Mackenzie Columbarium will cost $893 for a niche, $231 for a carefund and $347 for the capital improvement fund fee. The total? $1,471 – and a larger or better-located niche will cost you even more.

Many fees for more peripheral services at the cemetery have much more modest increases. For example, a double-depth grave to permit a second burial in the same grave

Revelstoke prefers CBC Kelowna Aaron Orlando

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At their Nov. 13 meeting, Revelstoke City Council decided to write the CRTC and ask that Revelstoke be put back into the CBC Kelowna bureau’s broadcast area, instead of the recent switch to CBC Kamloops.

“We’ve had a flood of emails today,” Mayor David Raven told council. The emails followed a story posted 14 hours earlier on revelstoketimesreview.com asking residents to provide input before the council meeting. “We’re probably up to about 50 emails right now and they’re still coming in.”

Raven said about 80 per cent

preferred Kelowna, while 20 per cent wanted Kamloops.

In a short discussion, councillors Steve Bender and Chris Johnston agreed with petitioner Bob Bellis’ points, saying CBC Kelowna is a better fit for Revelstoke. They cited closer ties and political ridings, as outlined in Bellis’ letter.

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Draft B.C. gov’t plan supports grey wolf kill to aid caribou recovery Grey wolf management plan says wolves have increased to an estimated 8,500 animals in B.C., can be culled to protect endangered species like caribou Aaron Orlando

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A new B.C. government grey wolf draft management plan has found the species has largely recovered across the province after persecution last century. Grey wolves are now “not at risk” and have a, “widespread, large population with no evidence of decline over the last 10 years,” finds the report released Nov. 14.

The recovery follows “persecution” through much of the 20th Century; their population and ranges decreased due to poisoning, trapping and other targeted efforts to reduce grey wolf populations, the report states.

The wolf population in B.C. is now estamated to be about 8,500 animals in B.C. They’ve recovered in the Kootenays after being largely exterpated in the 1970s.

Of particular local interest to Revelstoke, the plan supports hunting, trapping and potentially shooting wolves from helicopters in order to aid recovery of species at risk, specifically mountain caribou.

The plan outlines how decisions to reduce wolves would be made. It favours short-term reduction efforts, noting the inter-relationship between predator and prey is very complex. Successful intervention will rely on much existing research done over the past decade and ongoing monitoring, the plan states.

“Intensive wolf reductions should be viewed as a short-term treatment rather

than a long-term cure,” it says. “To reduce wolves over the long term requires a reduction in the abundance of their primary ungulate prey.”

The plan also supports hunting and trapping wolves to reduce their threat to livestock.

It does not support hunting or trapping wolves in order to increase ungulate populations for hunting, as was done during the 1980s when wolves were shot from helicopters, causing much controversy.

That wolf kills are highly controversial in B.C. is acknowledged throughout the report: “The species attracts a highly polarized debate between those who see the wolves as emblematic of B.C.’s wilderness heritage and those who see them as a threat to game species, agricultural interests, and human safety,” it notes.

The B.C. government is seeking public input on the draft management plan until Dec. 5.

In a joint media release, environmetnal groups Pacific Wild and the Valhalla Wilderness Society objected to much of the plan, including measures designed to protect caribou populations. “This is really a continuation of the slaughter that began in 2001, sterilizing and killing wolves while development continues,” they wrote in a statement. “To date the wolves that have been killed have provided no evidence of more caribou, but the government wants the killing and sterilization to continue. In the meantime, so will mineral exploration,

snowmobiling, heli-skiing, and other activities that compromise sensitive caribou and many other species.”

In an October story, Revelstoke-based caribou researcher Rob Serrouya advocated for short-term wolf culls to aid mountain caribou recovery. “If you want caribou on the landscape, you will have to do short-term, targeted wolf and cougar management,” Serrouya said. “If you don’t, then no problem — let it go.” He told the Times Review researchers can predict that mountain caribou will go extinct under the status quo scenario.

The University of Alberta PhD candidate and lead researcher with the Columbia Mountain Caribou Research Project said underscored the shortterm necessity.

“It’s a short-term solution, but it’s a necessary short-term action to get through a bottleneck if your goal is to recover caribou,” he said. “You have to be clear. Nobody is suggesting eliminating predators from broad ranges. What’s being suggested is targeted removals in key spots. It’s removing the ones that are directly limiting caribou recovery.”

A new provincial draft management plan for grey wolves calls for short-term, targeted culling to protect mountain caribou herds.

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A grey wolf attack in Revelstoke?

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He beat it to death with a stick.

No, he stabbed it to death with a screwdriver. No, wait, he …

Persistent rumours of a Nov. 8 grey wolf attack on CPR Hill can only be confirmed as a rumour at this point.

The story goes a young man fought off a wolf with a hand weapon after it ambushed him in the Clearview Heights neighbourhood. Its

body was recovered the next day, the rumour goes.

Wolf attacks on humans are extremely rare.

The Times Review followed up on the story on Nov. 9 with Revelstoke RCMP, City of Revelstoke Animal Control and the provincial Conservation Officer Service. They hadn’t heard hide nor hair of the event. No wolf carcass had been recovered.

We’ve directly approached an acquaintance of the alleged victim

twice, but the victim of the attack hasn’t responded.

However, several tipsters have asked the Times Review about the incident, so this story is our response.

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Oil railway vs. pipelines in race to the west coast Oil railway, from page 1 McMurray area to Alaska – not your average ski shop chat. He handed me a business card.

We’ve talked a few times over the months since then. Kemerer worked in the hydro-power field in the Revelstoke area, and was a key proponent for successful independent power projects in the region.

Kemerer is a partner in proponent company G Seven Generations Ltd. (G7G) along with CEO Matt Vickers and Tom Jackson. That Tom Jackson. North of 60 star actor and Huron Carole star Tom Jackson.

The plan is to link the $10-billion-ish, 2,600-kilometre railway to the existing Alyeska Pipeline network in Alaska, which would then transport the oil to the Valdez super tanker terminal in Valdez, Alaska.

G7G’s leverage is to give First Nations communities along the route running from northern Alberta, through B.C. and the Yukon a significant stake in the ‘Unifying Nations Rail Co.’ project, in addition to the economic and employment benefits of railway construction and operation.

Opposition from First Nations groups in B.C. has been key snag in plans to construct oil pipelines like the Enbridge Northern Gateway proposal through B.C., as has concerns over terrestrial and coastal oil spills.

“The greatest strength of our

Alberta-Alaska railway concept is the support it has received from First Nations along the route,” said G7G CEO Matt Vickers. “Studies have already demonstrated that a rail link to Alaska is a viable alternative to the oil pipelines currently being planned through British Columbia.

This approach is timely because it promises significant economic benefits to First Nations communities and all of Canada while avoiding many of the environmental risks associated with current pipeline proposals and related supertanker traffic off B.C.’s West Coast.”

G7G has been working behind the scenes, consulting with First Nations groups in B.C. and Alaska.

Kemerer emphasizes it’s part of their “ask first” strategy.

I asked Kemerer lots of wrapmy-head-around-it questions. The key leverage is First Nations buy-in explains Kemerer. The railway creates the jobs that helps enable that.

He believes the system will be much safer than a pipeline; a wreck would have a limited spill and the supertanker port is already there. He tells me they’d design oil super-trains that could compete with pipeline volumes – something just not possible on the existing CN and CP railways; they’re old and can’t carry the capacity and terminate in inappropriate, jammed ports that couldn’t handle the volume or the social opposition.

The Alaska pipeline system is

undersupplied now, he explains; Alberta oil sands would top it up.

The railway would cost in the $10– 12 billion range, estimates Kemerer. The economic benefits to the oil industry would be made up in time; the whole thrust to the Pacific and Asian markets beyond is to diversify the market and avoid discounting caused by reliance on the U.S. market. Higher prices times years covers the costs. An influential and widely-reported International Energy Agency report on projected world energy supplies released last week found the U.S. will grow to be the world’s largest energy producer within a decade and will be a net exporter by 2030. This bodes worse for Canadian reliance on the North American market.

Last week, G7G announced support from a number of B.C. and Alberta Chiefs and First Nations representatives. The announcement got limited media coverage – much like a 2011 media release they put through commercial newswire services. Just before our press time, the Financial Post ran an opinion column advocating for the idea – the first real exposure for the plan.

Kemerer explains G7G has been “media shy to a fault” as they conducted their consultations with First Nations in private.

The Times Review contacted Tom Jackson for an interview, but his press secretary said he’d be busy into the new year.

I asked Kemerer about Jackson’s involvement. “All his buddies are in the oil patch,” he tells me. Enbridge Pipelines Inc. has been a major sponsor of his Huron Carole concert series that raises funds for Canadian food banks.

In the limited media coverage to this point, Tom Jackson’s common name (I believe) has meant nobody’s made the connection between the Officer of the Order of Canada and the company – it’s simply been listed beside the other three directors.

At this point, G7G is looking for money to complete feasibility studies. They’re floating a few options, in the millions- to tens-of-millions range for a stake.

Will their plan be a success?

Kemerer explains G7G is in the midst of a modern nation-building Great Game, and the variables are many.

They’ve rallied a range of support.

Alaska Governor Sean Parnell noted the longstanding vision for a railway, including a 2005 study jointly funded by Alaska and the Yukon, and a more recent $1.1 million University of Alaska study on the subject. “The potential economic benefits of a rail link for both Alaska and Canada have been a vision as far back as the Harriman Expedition in the mid-1800s,” Parnell wrote in a letter to G7G that the Times Review confirmed with

the Governor’s office. “Tremendous mineral wealth also exists along and near the rail corridor. Interest by my administration and the legislature for potential economic benefits of a rail link remains strong, and this work will be complimentary to the G7G feasibility efforts.”

G7G also has opponents and rivals. The Enbridge Northern Gateway proposal and the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion being the most notable.

“It’s difficult to deal with the powers that be right now,” Kemerer explains. The federal government and the oil patch were betting on the pipelines, but he believes that’s changing. “This is an Ottawa, Alberta issue.”

Kemerer believes both efforts are doomed to fail as the proponents fail to gain “social licence” for pipelines through B.C. “Someday we’ll have our day; I don’t know if it’s now or when Harper abandons Enbridge,” he said.

If they fail to make it to the Pacific, the oils sands would languish under low prices in the U.S. market – a national tragedy.

“I call it a risk to the Canadian economy,” Kemerer adds. Like pioneers 125 years ago, he views the G7G railway as an absolutely vital nation-building exercise. “This is why we have to get to the west coast.”

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BY CINDY PEARCE Part six of an ongoing series exploring Revelstoke’s Integrated Community Sustainability Plan.

Congratulations!

Almost 800 Revelstoke and area residents and non-resident property owners completed the 2012 Community survey – 50 per cent more than responded to the survey the last time it was done in 2007. Susan Knight was the winner of the prize draw.

The project team thanks Susan and others for making time to share their views with the community.

A sample of some of the survey responses follows. We will post the survey results and the almost 200 pages of comments on the project website (see link below) in the next week.

PROUD, SATISFIED AND OPTIMISTIC The majority of survey respondents are proud of Revelstoke (72 per cent), satisfied with Revelstoke as a place to live (89 per cent very or somewhat satisfied), and optimistic about the future of our community (91 per cent). These results are very similar to the 2007 responses.

ELECTRONICALLY CONNECTED, ACTIVE, HEALTHY HOUSEHOLDS Almost 100 per cent of survey respondents have access to a computer with high speed internet at home, and 94 per cent own

A FRIENDLY COMMUNITY OF INVOLVED VOLUNTEERS ‘Beautiful,’ ‘friendly’ and ‘community’ were the most common words respondents used to explain to other people what is most important to them about living in Revelstoke.

There are many community organizations for residents to be involved in. Seventy-seven percent of survey respondents are members of these organizations, and 65 per cent volunteer.

This level of volunteerism has continued since the 2001 survey.

THE ENVIRONMENT IS IMPORTANT As in past surveys, 2012 survey respondents feel the condition of the natural environment around the community is important to our quality of life (85 per cent very important; 14 per cent somewhat important). Respondents ranked the five most important environmental conditions that need attention as: recycling/composting, quality drinking water, energy conservation/renewable sources, sustainable forestry practices and local food security. With the exception of air quality, which ranked second, this is consistent with the 2007 priorities.

MIXED VIEWS ON OUR ECONOMY Views are split on the state of our economy – less than 10 per cent see Revelstoke’s current economy as growing, with the remaining respondents equally split between the current economy being stable and declining. Respondents identified tourism/hospitality, education/ training, value-added forestry and agriculture/ local food production as the four highest pri-

ority economic sectors to focus on developing. This differs from the responses in 2007 when retail and services were higher priorities. The five most important economic conditions that need attention according to respondents are: the high cost of living in Revelstoke, the ability to pay for city services, maintaining a diverse economy, opportunities for youth and support for business. Come and join a discussion about services for small business on Monday, Nov. 26, from 7–9 p.m. at the community centre.

SOCIAL STRENGTHS AND CHALLENGES Revelstoke is a safe community, with 91 per cent of respondents feeling safe in the community and 97 per cent feeling safe at home. However, theft, vandalism and physical assaults are recorded at higher rates than in 2007. Families are coping with the economic slowdown, with 40 per cent of respondents reporting their families are thriving and 52 per cent are managing.

Some respondents report difficulties – 15 per cent do not have someone or some place to turn to when they have personal or family problems and 15 per cent indicate their family is not able to participate in recreational activities they are interested in, mainly due to affordability. The five important social issues that need attention as identified by respondents reflect these challenges: affordable housing, activities for youth, meeting basic needs/addressing child poverty, access to education and care for seniors.

WHY WE DO THIS SURVEY This survey is one of the most comprehensive public input tools that measures community views about the quality of life in Revelstoke. It was initiated in the 1990’s as part of a Healthy Communities program. In 2001 it was expanded and included in the first Community Development Action Plan (CDAP), which addressed economic and social issues.

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main gallery of the Revelstoke Visual Arts Centre.

The side galleries feature the Best of Banff Photographic Exhibition and Deviant Abstraction by Teria Davies. Opens Friday, Nov. 9, at 6 p.m.

Come for a taste of fresh nuts, dried suit, fine confections and gourmet gifts at Rancho Vignola's 2012 harvest event. At the community centre from 6-9 p.m. on Nov. 23 and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Nov. 24. For more information visit www.ranchovignola. com.

Saturday, November 24

BROWN BAG HISTORY on Revelstoke in

REVELSTOKE CHRISTMAS FARM & CRAFT MARKET This annual event is a great

Friday, November 23

TRACKSIDE CHILDREN'S CHRISTMAS PARTY Come to the Revelstoke Railway Museum

Wednesday, November 21

1912 – part 2. Enjoy a talk on Revelstoke's history

by Cathy English, the curator of the Revelstoke Museum & Archives. 12 p.m. $5.

509 VIDEO PREMIERE 509 Films presents its latest snowmobiling movie at the Big Eddy Pub. The showing will include a strongman competition and possibly a snow volleyball event.

Starts at 4 p.m.

REVELSTOKE GRIZZLIES vs. Kamloops Storm. At the Revelstoke Forum. 7 p.m. $10.

FLOW STATE Come watch the premiere of the latest Warren Miller ski and snowboard movie. At the Last Drop. 8 p.m.

BLACKBERRY WOOD Vaudevillian roots band tours in support of their new album, Strong Man vs. Russian Bears. Live at the Last Drop. 10 p.m.

Sat., Nov. 23, and Sun., Nov. 24 RANCHO VIGNOLA HARVEST EVENT Snapshot, from page 6 2007 was the next survey date, again, as one aspect of preparing the CDAP – this time integrating economic, social and environmental actions.

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place to search for gifts and goodies, with dozens of vendors from Revelstoke and beyond. At the community centre. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

for this children's Christmas Party. This year's theme is the Polar Express. There will be crafts, cookie decorating, games, snacks and more. $5 for children, members are free. Children must be accompanied by an adult. From 2-4 p.m.

SNOWFLAKE WINE FESTIVAL Sample wines from some of the best wineries in southern B.C. at this Revelstoke Ski Club fundraiser including appetizers and a huge silent auction. At the Nelsen Lodge at Revelstoke Mountain Resort. 7-10 p.m. Tickets are $45 and are available at Skookum Cycle & Ski in Revelstoke and Salmon Arm. THUNDERSTRUCK 11 PREMIERE Come watch the latest snowmobiling movie by the Thunderstruck crew. This annual event also serves as

grated Community Sustainability Plan (ICSP), which will update our CDAP, with a longer-term lens. The survey samples views after the first few years of incorporating a busy winter tourism season into our community, creating a rich, multi-year history of community

a fundraiser for the Canadian Avalanche Centre and Revelstoke Food Bank. At the River City Pub. 6 p.m. Admission is by donation to the food bank.

REVELSTOKE GRIZZLIES vs. Princeton Posse. At the Revelstoke Forum. 7 p.m. $10.

THE FUNKHUNTERS Internationally renowned DJ duo brings its four turn-table dance party to the River City Pub. 10 p.m.

Sunday, November 25

O NIGHT DIVINE! A ROMANZA CHRISTMAS Three classically trained tenors come to the

Revelstoke Performing Arts Centre to present a Christmas program that is sure to lift spirits and warm harts. They will sing carols like Ave Maria, Panis Angelicus and O Holy Night. 2 p.m. Tickets $30 at the door, or $25 in advance, available at Talisman or by contacting the box office at 250837-8565 or info@revelstokeartscouncil.com.

GREY CUP SUNDAY Come down to the Legion Hall to watch the Canadian Football League championship game, complete with a chili cook off, meat draw, and more. Starts at 2 p.m.

Monday, Nov. 26

MOVEMBER CASINO NIGHT Featuring the

Tom Fun Orchestra, an indie-rock ensemble out of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. The night is a fundraiser of Canadian men's health issues. At the Big Eddy Pub. 8 p.m.

perspectives on our quality of life.

Exploring further The project team is digging into the survey results to better understand community views regarding such things as the ideal population for the

Mon., Nov. 26, & Tues., Nov. 27 SUSTAINABILITY FAIR Can Revelstoke be a

Leader in Community Sustainability? Come out to learn about how Revelstoke is doing at achieving social, economic and environmental sustainability; & contribute your ideas about how Revelstoke can remain a great place to live, work and play for generations to come. Monday, Nov. 26, from 7-9 p.m. – Cultivating sustainable small/home-based businesses. Tuesday, Nov. 27, from 4-6 p.m. – Drop in and learn more and provide input; 4:30-6 p.m. – Join a discussion group about Living Happily in Revelstoke Without Excess; 6-7 p.m. – Fun activities about personal and community sustainability; 7-9 p.m. – Presentation and discussion groups about priorities for the future.

Tuesday, November 27

RILEY DICKSON Local folk-rock singer plays live at Benoit's Wine Bar. 8 p.m.

Thursday, November 29

FREE FLU CLINIC Come get your free flu shot.

At the senior's centre. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

WINDBORN Jeff Pike rocks the room, accompanied by summer and cellist Nils Loewen. Live at the Last Drop. 10 p.m.

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community, the preferred number of visitors, sources of stress, and employment challenges.

We invite you to join us at the Sustainability Fair on Nov. 27 at the Community Centre to learn more of the community survey results and tell us

how you think Revelstoke can become more resilient and sustainable. *** Cindy Pearce is a lead consultant on the City of Revelstoke’s Integrated Community Sustainability Plan team.

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Look for Santa Claus in Grizzly Plaza. Starts at 4 p.m.

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Canoe Forest Products sells to Downie Street Owners

that focuses on moving vehicles past here quickly – which isn’t ideal from a tourism perspective. The plan is still on the planning director’s desk. It won’t likely surface until the city’s Transportation Plan gets going again early next year – after the new engineering director gets a look.

Revelstoke Mayor David Raven was thrilled to report that the Gorman family, owners of the Downie Street Sawmills, have completed their purchase of the Canoe Forest Products Mill near Salmon Arm. “This is excellent news for Revelstoke for many reasons,” said Raven. The result? More timber supply for Revelstoke; it also means a likely closure of parts of the operations in the Salmon Arm area.

Petro-Canada plans include 50-seat restaurant

City, CSRD flat footed on Begbie Bench

Hotel traffic assessed

City Hall and the CSRD Area B director Loni Parker were playing catch up on Stella-Jones’ plans to log in the Begbie Bench area (see page 1 for more). Despite the fact that the Times Review published a story on the plans in May of this year, both seemed caught on the back foot last week. Loni Parker mounted a last-minute campaign to oppose the logging, while the city’s economic development department red-flagged the plans over conflict with recreation values. City council decided to monitor the situation.

If you heard about this issue months ago and wanted local government attention, would you know what to do? Letters to council are increasingly becoming a lost art, which is unfortunate. Just send an email addressed to Revelstoke City Council to City Hall expressing your view on an issue and ask for action. You may not get what you want, but it will force their hand on the matter.

Transportation Ministry wants travellers to drive past Revelstoke?

Well, that’s the impression the city’s planning department has of a Ministry of Transportation plan for the Trans-Canada at Revelstoke. City planning director John Guenther explained the city is not happy with the Ministry’s proposal, so they’ve been sitting on it for months. The problem? It’s a big, efficient concrete thing

ICSP open house The Integrated Community Sustainability Plan process garnered 797 responses on their recent community survey. That’s a lot. The big public input session is Tuesday, Nov. 27 at the Community Centre from 4–9 p.m.

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City planning director John Guenther reports the old Petro Canada site at the highway is scheduled to be redeveloped in the spring, with three gas bars and a 50-seat restaurant.

Word from the planning department is the consultants who visited recently to assess visitor traffic potential for a proposed hotel at the Revelstoke Crossing went away with positive numbers.

The city will let you ride the Revelstoke Transit Service buses for free from Dec. 10–31. The new three-route bus system starts on Dec. 10. The idea is to promote the new system.

Unified Development Bylaw update The Unified Development Bylaw should be back for council review sometime in the new year. It’s much delayed, mostly because it came back from the consultant too Americanized, city planning director John Guenther told the Times Review. City staff have been working to adjust it and make it more appropriate for debate. I did a double-take when Guenther told a recent Planning, Building & Bylaw Committee meeting, but apparently there’s a possibility the UDB might not get adopted at all.

It requires lots of sign-offs from various departments and authorities. Compound this with the fact the UDB is being pioneered in Canada here in Revelstoke. The result is it’s not a done deal.

$3.5 million affordable housing deal almost done City council signed over $96,000 to the Revelstoke Community Housing Society (RCHS) to help fund a $3.5 million affordable rental housing project on the Bridge Creek Properties on Oscar Street. The RCHS is applying for $2 million from BC Housing at the Columbia Basin Trust to develop the $3.5 million project.

The city money comes from an affordable housing fund. The city is also donating land with an estimated $750,000 value for the project.

City economic development director Alan Mason told city council the application for grant funding would be completed last week.

Wino licence extension okayed Council has okayed a request from Wino Wine Bar at RMR to extend their liquor licence hours to 2 a.m., adding oneor two-hours onto the licence depending on the day of the week. The consultation process saw next to no public feedback.

The city doesn’t have final say, but their endorsement means a great deal to provincial liquor regulators who do decide.

Illegal rentals, secondary suites, vacation Kovach Park seniors rentals meeting recreation equipment The city will host a pretty broad-rang- coming ing meeting on vacation rentals, secondary suites, renovations, illegal suites on Dec. 5 from 7–9:30 p.m. at the community centre. It’s for people interested in renovating, putting in a suite, starting a bed & breakfast or dealing with illegal suite issues.

cess on line registrations.”

The city is installing a fibre-optic line at the community centre, which will enable the new system.

Kovach Park is set to get several workout stations designed for seniors, provided the city’s successful in landing a $20,000 grant from UBCM. City Parks, Recreation & Culture director Laurie Donato told council the total price tag will be about $60,000, and a private donation is also expected. A new washroom facility for the park is on the city’s capital plan for 2013, but that depends on the budget process.

Parks department installing $45,000 booking system Signing up for yoga class or swimming lessons? The city’s parks & rec department is installing a new online booking system called ActiveNet that will streamline the booking process. It’s not the same system that was shot down in the 2011 budget process. That system cost $75,000. “The software will really streamline the administration process at the RCC front desk,” Donato said. “It will also allow us to pro-

Seniors Christmas Dinner Wednesday, November 21st at the Community Centre A limited number of tickets are available at $18.00 per person

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Early cross-country ski competitions and cross-country skiing in general did not use regular, groomed trails. Instead, routes were charted out and groomed by skiing in them. Ed Jaatteenmaki, who along with his wife, Moira, served as a ski official for decades, remembered the creation of one route for a Combined Nordic Championship in the late 1950s:

name. The trails begin at the base of the Nels Nelsen Hill and are popular running, walking and snowshoeing routes today.

At first, Sorensen and other committed volunteers groomed the cross-country ski trails by packing them with snowshoes.

Later, he groomed them with the ski club snowmobile that pulled a track setter. Initially this was just two 4”x4” boards, attached by chains and dragged crosswise over the trail. The two-kilometre loop was lit for night skiing by the mid-1970s.

The ski club organized races on both loops for youth and adults, and held clinics and workshops throughout the winter. In March 1974, the club held the International Cross-country Champion-

Winter Games but the machine “kept overheating and breaking down.” Grooming the five-kilometre loop could take five hours, she said. Better machinery was needed and this, in turn, needed wider trails.

According to Abear, “Crosscountry skiing was changing so much. Skating was coming in.

The trail on Mount Revelstoke was just not big enough for the new technique, not wide enough for two tracks and it wasn’t wide enough” for the new machinery the club was considering purchasing.

In 1988 Parks Canada was reluctant to allow the ski club to widen the trails so Brian Abear and others approached Peter Frew at the provincial Ministry of For-

We wandered around the hillside of Mount Revelstoke, hacked a trail and that was what they raced on. ~ Ed Jaatteenmaki (Hill Captain) Lloyd Bennison asked me to help him lay out the cross-country course. We wandered around the hillside of Mount Revelstoke, hacked a trail and that was what they raced on.

We skied the course to groom it.

We had no way of measuring it.

Lloyd said, ‘I think it’s about five miles.’ It started off below the big jump and then we wandered around in the bushes and came back. It was bushwhacking really.

In 1954, a Danish immigrant, Soren Sorensen, moved to Revelstoke and began working for Parks Canada in the carpentry shop, making rustic signs. By the late 1960s he became a major driving force in the development of cross-country skiing in the community. Sorensen, with the help of Alan McInnes and others, laid out the five- and two-kilometre trails that now bear Sorensen’s

ships on Mount Revelstoke, celebrating the City of Revelstoke’s 75th anniversary.

In 1983, Revelstoke hosted the BC Winter Games and in 1986 the club held the Western Canada Cross-Country Championships with a day of classic skiing and a day of skate skiing – this was the first year that skate skiing (called “free technique”) was held.

Grooming challenges As cross-country skiing became more active and competitive in Revelstoke, so did the need for better grooming. After Sorensen moved to Victoria, Lionel Wheeler and Brian Abear took over the grooming. As Robyn Abear recalled, the club bought a “big, heavy snowmobile” to pull the track-setter for the 1983 BC

ests about using the logging roads at the base of Mount Macpherson, where some cross-country skiing was already taking place.

In 1989, the Nordic branch of the Revelstoke Ski Club formally separated from the alpine branch and created an agreement with the Ministry of Forests to set track at the base of Mount Macpherson.

The trails on Mount Macpherson were wide enough to accommodate skate skiing and the club was able to gradually upgrade its grooming equipment to meet the new demands.

First Tracks, the History of Skiing in Revelstoke, is due out in early December. Pre-orders can be made at the Revelstoke Museum & Archives or by calling 250-837-3067. The book is $40 inc. HST if ordered before Dec. 1, and $45 inc. HST afterwards.

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TransAlta cancels plan for Incomappleux power project Environment groups welcome decision to cancel plans for 45-megawatt plant, 75-kilometres of power lines in remote valley subject to conservation efforts Aaron Orlando

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Regional environmental groups are celebrating after TransAlta Corporation announced Nov. 14 that they are dropping plans to build a 45-megawatt river power project in the Incomappleux Valley.

TransAlta spokesperson Stacey Hatcher confirmed for the Times Review that TransAlta notified B.C. government regulators on Nov. 14 that they were withdrawing their investigative and water licence applications for their independent power producer (IPP) project.

The plan to build a 45-megawatt power plant and 75 kilometres of transmission line down the valley to Beaton drew opposition from a spectrum of environmental groups in the region, including the West Kootenay EcoSociety, Valhalla Wilderness Society and the Revelstoke-based North Columbia Environmental Society. They cited the unique environmental and ecological values of the low-level, inland, old growth rainforest in the Incomappleux Valley.

Hatcher told the Times Review the decision to cancel was based on a number of factors. The Calgary-based energy company inherited the project through a takeover, then found it was not viable.

Hatcher said it was due to, “a whole bunch of different reasons, some of them geotechnical in nature.

We balanced a lot of the economic

and environmental research [with] stakeholder concerns.

“Obviously we’d heard from some stakeholders with regards to the project. It’s a whole balance for us, to make sure that when we look at operating somewhere that we’re doing that in the best interests of all concerned.”

She emphasized the studies done by TransAlta were all “desktop” and no physical work had been done on the site.

“We had an awareness that this was a piece of land that was very special to a lot of people,” Hatcher added.

West Kootenay EcoSociety executive director David Reid welcomed the news. He said his organization and its members sent dozens of letters and submissions opposing the project to TransAlta and provincial regulators.

“We realize that some of these companies that are coming in from Calgary may not realize the depth of feeling that people in our region have about these last remaining resources of old growth,” Reid said. “We wanted to let them know, essentially, what they were walking into.”

“I think the message from the public got through,” he told the Times Review, saying the proposal was “completely out of the question” from the outset.

Reid noted the Incomappleux has limited protection at this point and said his group continues to sup-

port the Valhalla Wilderness Society’s plans for a caribou park in the area. The current old growth protection is policy-based and not enshrined in law, he said.

The New Denver-based Valhalla Wilderness Society’s Selkirk Mountain Caribou Park proposal calls for the creation of a park that would link Glacier National Park with Goat Range Provincial Park via the Incomappleux River and Duncan River valleys.

Spokesperson Anne Sherrod was happy with the news of TransAlta’s withdrawal, but cautious about the potential for other proponents to try again later. “That owner may be able to put together a different application,” Sherrod noted.

“I was very glad that they moved quickly,” Sherrod said of TransAlta’s response to a lobby effort started early in the fall. “They saved us all a lot of trouble.”

“If it had gone to the investigative stage there could have been damage done to the forest,” Sherrod said.

The controversy about the IPP project has been beneficial for the drive to create a park in the area, Sherrod noted: “The public profile is rising enormously.”

Revelstoke-based North Columbia Environmental Society spokesperson Michael Watson applauded Trans-Alta’s announcement. “I’m very excited. It feels like a victory for the little guys,” he said. “It’s still one of many. This one was def-

Environmental groups are applauding a Calgary-based energy company’s withdrawal of plans to build an IPP in the Incomappleux Valley, which includes old growth rainforest as pictured here.

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initely brought to the limelight due to the area and the sensitivity of the ecosystem in there. It’s great to see it being pulled back.”

Watson noted TransAlta has many IPP applications in the Revelstoke region and is a large, wellresourced energy company. He’s

doubtful another proponent would attempt to develop a project in the Incomappleux given that TransAlta deemed it not viable.

The Times Review reported on this story in September and October when opposition to it was first raised by environmental groups.

But now a heli-skiing operation is being proposed for Incomappleux News of cancellation of Incomappleux IPP quickly tempered by word of heli-skiing proposal for surrounding mountains Alex Cooper

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It was not the news environmentalists were looking for. Just as they were celebrating the cancellation of the an independent power project on the Incomappleux River, word came in of a proposal for a new heli-ski operation that would largely use that drainage for its tenures.

which currently operates a ski touring lodge in the Rocky Mountains north of Golden. It calls for a 350-square-kilometre heli-skiing tenure that would operate out of the existing Mountain Hostel (to be renamed the Incomappleux Lodge) near Beaton. Part of the tenure on Battle Mountain would also be used as a ski touring lodge. The operation would be called Battle Heliskiing, after the Battle Range

“This area is so ecologically unique it needs to be protected in the form of a provincial park to protect the area from future development like IPPs and heli-ski operations,” said Mike Watson, who actively campaigned against the IPP in the area.

The proposal was placed on the province’s website for land-use applications on Monday, Nov. 13.

The proposal is by Icefall Lodge,

of the Selkirks.

“It’s big mountains and deep snow. It’s an incredible skiing area,” said Larry Dolecki, the owner of Icefall Lodge, when asked why he’s eyeing that area for his tenure.

Most of the proposed tenure area is to the west of the Incomappleux River, from Glacier National Park in the north to Pool Creek in the south. There are several pockets of tenure to the west of the river.

Part of the tenure is already used

by Selkirk Tangiers Heliskiing, Canadian Mountain Holidays, Purcell Heliskiing, and Battle Abbey

Lodge.

The operation would offer weeklong heli-skiing trips based out of the Incomappleux Lodge and week-long ski touring trips based out of a yet-to-be-constructed lodge on Battle Mountain.

Ann Sherrod, a researcher and past chairperson of the Valhalla Wilderness Society, expressed concerns about the impact of another heli-skiing operation in the area.

“Our concern is that as more and more companies are overlapping

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Enjoy Christmas music classically sung with Romanza ALEX COOPER

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Christmas music comes in many forms. It could be a group of carollers going door to door spreading holiday cheer, or a band set up outside downtown, playing for anyone passing. Or there’s the schlock you hear on Top-40 radio.

Or you can take in Canadian tenor trio Romanza when they perform their Christmas show O Night Divine at the Revelstoke Performing Arts Centre on Sunday, Nov. 25.

Romanza is Philip Grant, Ken Lavigne and Paul Ouellette, three classically trained vocalists who have been singing together for close to a decade. The three friends started performing together as part of the Canadian Tenors in 2004 but after two years in that group, they decided to branch out on their own.

“In total we’ve done 37 states, all 10 provinces and 300-plus shows since then,” Grant told me in a phone interview last week.

When Romanza first started together, they toured constantly,

Romanza is, from left: Paul Ouellette, Ken Lavigne and Philip Grant.

playing 80 shows a year and spending months on the road. Recently, they’ve slowed down, heading out on the road for a few shows here and there while they pursue other passions: Grant is doing a PhD in marketing, Lavigne performs as

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a solo artist and Ouellette runs a vocal school.

While Grant said life on the road could be tough, he still gets a joy out of performing.

“We get to do what we love, which is hang out with each other

and perform for an audience that has really been welcoming for us over the years,” he said. “And we get to perform and sing.”

This will be Romanza’s second trip to Revelstoke in the last two years; they were here in February 2011 for a sold out show where they performed many tenor classics.

This Sunday’s show will be a mix of tenor classics and Christmas hits. Joining the tenors on stage will be a trio consisting of a pianist, violin and double-bass.

“The first half will be those big tenor hits, people crave them. The Nessun Dorma, O Sole Mio, Danny Boy, that kind of stuff,” Grant said. “The second half will be all the Christmas music, the holiday music. We're sticking with stuff that tenors are famous for singing.”

He mentioned songs like O Holy Night – “That’s a Christmas Eve special for tenors all over the world” – and Jesus Bambino, a Pavarotti staple.

He said to expect Christmas classics and one surprise song that will seem out of place, but will get people talking.

“We have a great one we're working on and excited to perform but I can't tell you what it is,” Grant said. “We don't just do old music but we breathe new life into the show by adding a couple of new pieces.”

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Get your circus shoes on when Blackberry Wood comes to town Alex Cooper

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Blackberry Wood is no stranger to Revelstoke. The self-described alt-country-gypsy-circus band seems to come up here a few times a year on their frequent tours, whether its to play the Last Drop or the Summer Street Festival in Grizzly Plaza.

The first time I saw them was in the plaza, where, dressed in candy red, they hopped up and down while playing a frantic, almost ska-like beat. I’ve also caught them at the Drop, where some of the more carnivalesque elements of their show came out as the night went on.

So, who, or what, is Blackberry Wood? The band is fronted by guitarist and singer Kris Wood. He is backed up by a varying cast of players, which currently consists of Jen Charters on saxophone, Ryan Trigg on drums, Shelder Footz on trumpet and Devon Bates on banjo and percussion.

“When I say percussion I mean things like slide whistles, giant crashing cymbals, noise makers and things like that,” Wood said.

Blackberry Wood is returning to the Last Drop this Friday, Nov. 23, on a tour that is serving to promote their newest album with its circuslike title, Strong Man vs. Russian Bears.

I spoke to Wood last week to talk

Blackberry Wood has studied the art of bouffant – French clowning – to improve its live show.

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about the band and album. The first thing I had to ask is, ‘What is altcountry-gypsy-circus music?’ Well, it’s a meld of alt-country, gypsy punk like Gogol Bordello, and circus influences, replied Wood.

“The whole idea of the circus to me is quite an interesting thing because there’s so many different things under one tent that for me it puts all my different musical

interests into once place,” he said.

“I’m interested in so many different kinds of music, and the rest of the band as well, that the whole circus thing holds it all together, going from some strange Indian thing, to a ska thing to old jazz and country.”

Wood cited as his influences lots of old-time music, like country singer Jimmie Rodgers, Louis Armstrong and western swing origina-

tor Bob Wills. As for his own song writing, it all starts with a story.

“For me its about figuring out the setting for the story. That’s where I pull on different styles of music to set the story in a different place,” he said. “If the story’s a little exotic, I’ll try to incorporate something Eastern European or Indian, something like that.”

Blackberry Wood formed six

years ago when Wood and his girlfriend got together for a New Year’s Eve party. Since then the band has grown to as many as nine people but has since settled into a quintet, with the occasional extra member.

They’ve toured regularly throughout western Canada and have been to the States and to the UK. They played the famous Glastonbury festival twice – once taking the stage shortly after Lady Gaga. Their bass player even got to use her private port-a-potty, said Wood.

Strong Man vs. Russian Bears is Blackberry Wood’s second album. It was recorded by Steven Jake from The Odds, who has also produced the Tragically Hip and 54-40. Wood said the goal for the album was to try and capture the feeling of the live show.

“This album is a lot more high energy rock and punk and such like that and it still has all the flavors like the Eastern European and old jazz and stuff like that. It’s more like our live show.”

What the album doesn’t capture is the visual element of their show – the costumes and stage presence of a band that once did a residency where they were trained in clowning. For that, you’ll have to go see them live.

Blackberry Wood plays at the Last Drop this Friday, Nov. 23, starting at 10 p.m.

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Best local Christmas gifts from the Handmade Parade Metal Clay workshop, with Dana Cloghesy

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Shop local is all the rage these days. With that in mind, the Times Review hit up the Handmade Parade this weekend to scout out the top local gifts at the craft fair. Here’s what we found:

Dana Cloghesy’s stand at the Handmade Parade (top left) was full of jewellery, ranging from bracelets to earings made out of silver, gem stones and more.

But the woman behind Vivid Designs Jewellery was more eager to promote her metal clay workshops as a gift, rather than her own goods. “This year the unique gift for your woman would be a $100 gift certificate to take a workshop,” she said.

Cloghesy teaches a process called silver metal clay. The process involves mixing silver with an organic binder and water. The clay can be shaped like any other clay and after firing, the binder burns away, leaving the metal behind.

“I want people to discover the magic of metal clay themselves,” she said. “To watch something go into the kiln as clay and come as silver is pretty magical.”

To learn more, visit Cloghesy’s website at www.vividdesignsjewellery.com.

Quaich, by Corin Flood Is there a whiskey drinker in your life?

They might appreciate a quaich to imbibe their drink with.

A quaich is a two-handled drinking cup used primarily in Scotland for drinking whisky. They sometimes have a hole in one handle so you could easily loop it to your belt, Corin Flood told me.

The quaich is one of several wood items made by Flood (top right), whose specialty is bowls. He makes them from scavenged local wood, most of which comes from trees chopped down in people’s yards or by the city. “I divert it from the firewood stream,” he said.

The bowls are turned twice on a lathe – first when wet, and again once they’re dried.

Some are decorated using a milk and lye paint.

If you want a bowl or quaich, look for Flood at the Christmas Farm & Craft market at the community centre this Saturday.

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Jacqueline Palmer (bottom left) works out of her studio crafting bowls, mugs, vases and other items.

“The unique thing about my pottery is it reflects the characters and personalities of the community,” she says.

Her pottery is adorned with paintings of local wildlife, from caribou to owls to grizzly bear. She uses the ash produced from the firing process in a glaze to create the paintings.

Palmer has been creating things out of clay since she was a sevenyear-old growing up in Woollongong, Australia. She has lived in Revelstoke for the past two years.

Her most unique item? Probably the travel mug that is plugged by a large cork.

You can find Palmer’s work at Talisman, the Revelstoke Museum, and the Revelstoke Visual Arts Centre.

Learn more at her website, www.vistige.ca.

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The cards were made using paintings and photos by the two of them.

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No update on missing man Times Review staff

Revelstoke RCMP say they have no updates on missing White Rock man David Klammer, 39.

As reported in the Nov. 14 issue of the Times Review, Klammer’s last known location was Oct. 19 in Revelstoke. His family reported him missing on Oct. 21.

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His 2003 Subaru Impreza was discovered at Twelve Mile south of Revelstoke on Nov. 5. A bag belonging to Klammer was discovered earlier on Oct. 26.

Revelstoke SAR conducted searches that week, but were eventually called off by RCMP after no further trace of Klammer was found.

Columbia Basin Trust is making $150,000 available for projects that benefit Basin youth through two granting programs.

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Blown leads prevent perfect weekend for Grizzlies Revelstoke Grizzlies tie the Kelowna Chiefs and Chase Heat 4-4 before downing the Kamloops Storm 4-2 in weekend action ALEX COOPER

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Four out of six points in a three-game weekend would be a satisfying result on most occasions. That is only if you didn’t ruin a chance at a perfect weekend by blowing 4-2 leads in backto-back games.

That was the case for the Revelstoke Grizzlies, who tied the Kelowna Chiefs and Chase Heat 4-4 on Friday and Saturday respectively, before salvaging their weekend with a 4-2 win over the Kamloops Storm on Sunday.

“If we didn’t play Sunday I would have been absolutely livid right now,” said coach Kevin Kraus after the weekend. “We’re lucky enough that we played Sunday and we got the win and we held the lead for once. You have

to take some positives out of it.”

On Friday the Grizzlies took a 4-2 lead thanks to a pair of goals

by Spencer Samuel and markers from TJ Christensen and Dylan Ossman. Their scoring helped Revelstoke rally from an early 2-0 deficit and hold a two goal lead into the final four minutes.

Then, the wheels fell off. Nick Josephs got the Chiefs within one with a power play goal with 3:45 to go. He followed that up with a short handed goal with 91 seconds left in the game to tie it up.

Overtime solved nothing and Revelstoke returned home with only one point.

On Saturday, the Grizzlies met a similar fate at home against the Chase Heat. After leaving the first period up 1-0, Revelstoke seemed to have the momentum, scoring three times in the final five min-

utes of the second period. First, Christensen wacked home a rebound, then Brayden Beckley scored on a breakaway, followed

by Austin Donalson, who was set up in front by Tyler Reay on a two-on-one.

Once again, a 4-2 lead wasn’t enough. At 12:19 of the third period, Chad Wilde deflected a point shot over the glove of goaltender Conrad McMillan to make it 4-2.

Then, with two minutes left, Ossman shot the puck over the glass from the defensive zone, sending him to the box. Chase pulled its goalie to go up by two skaters. With 29 seconds left, a point shot by Dominick Hodges eluded a screened McMillan to send the game into overtime,

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RSS senior boys volleyball team off to provincial championships Alex Cooper

The Revelstoke Secondary School senior boys volleyball team gathers for a photo after winning the Okanagan Valley championships on Saturday. The team is off to the provincials next week.

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The Revelstoke Avalanche senior boys volleyball team is off to the provincial championships after an undefeated performance at the Okanagan Valley Championships in Penticton. last weekend.

“We’re really happy we made it because its a big step for us,” said team captain Zev Isert.

The Avalanche, who went into the tournament ranked seventh in the province, won all three games in round robin play on Friday. They beat Okanagan Mission, South Okanagan and Vernon Secondary School to advance into the playoffs in first place.

In the semi-finals on Saturday, the boys beat George Elliott in four close sets to make the finals against Okanagan Mission.

“They’ve been our rival team all year,” said Isert.

On this day, the game belonged to RSS, who emerged with a convincing three set win, 25-14, 25-16 and 25-15.

As one parent put it to the team, much like an avalanche they started off the tournament slow and “ended up roaring down the mountain and coming on strong.”

RSS made the provincials last year with largely the same group of players, finishing ninth. This year they go into the tournament ranked seventh in the province, and having ranked as high as fifth this year.

“If we play like we did at this tournament at provincials we should be able to overachieve that ranking,” said Isert.

The provincials take place in Kelowna from Nov. 28, to Dec. 1. The team plans on doing some fundraising before then to help defray the costs of travel.

“They’re just a really excellent group of guys both on and off the court,” said coach Terry Beitel.

“They have put it all together and are heading in the right direction and I’m looking forward to seeing how we’ll do at provincials.”

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“We sat back and let them have a couple of chances,” Kraus said. “If you sit back and let teams get shot after shot after shot, one of them is going to go in eventually.”

On Sunday, Revelstoke travelled down Highway 1 to salvage its weekend against the Kamloops Storm. Beckley scored twice, Devon Hascarl scored short handed and Donaldson also scored to give Revelstoke a 4-2 lead. This time though, they would hold on for the win. Aaron Brandoli made 38 saves to help seal the victory.

“We did play very well, we just didn’t handle our leads very well on the weekend,” Kraus said.

The win gave the Grizzlies 26 points – two points behind the Storm but with three games in hand. The North Okanagan Knights are first in the division with 33 points and the Sicamous Eagles sit in second place with 31 points.

This weekend the Grizzlies enjoy a mini homestand, hosting the Kamloops Storm on Friday and the Princeton Posse on Saturday. Both games are at 7 p.m.

Kraus said he was happy the way his forward group was coming together and he praised both goalies for their recent work. He is hoping some of the injured defensemen return to the lineup for next weekend.

“I’m going to beat into them how important it is to keep leads, especially in the third period,” he said.

“Every two points is crucial so I want to leave every game with us getting two points and them getting zero, not giving up one point and only getting one point.”

There were 384 fans at Saturday’s game, and he hopes the strong support continues.

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RSS girls swim team caps off high school years with provincial bronze Andy Pfeiffer RSS Swim Team

The bronze medal winning swim team, from left: Emily Federico, Emily Pfeiffer, Gina Cinelli and Hanna Thompson.

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A special thanks also goes out to Hector Scarcelli for many good years as an understanding landlord and those who helped move from our old facility. Contributors included: H&J Readymix; Mountain Cat; Grizzly Auto; and RER. Thanks also to the coaches and parents that put in so many tireless hours!

We would also like to thank all those who donated prizes for our ticket raffle. These include: Selkirk Tangiers Heliskiing; Arrow Helicopters; The Hillcrest Hotel; Revelstoke Paragliding; The Village Idiot; Dorothy Klassen and Revelstoke Printing.

This past weekend in Richmond, three Revelstoke Secondary Grade 12 students walked away from their last high school swim meet with a BC. .Provincial Championship medal around their neck, and a broad smile smeared across their face.

Their medley relay bronze medal swim began with Emily Pfeiffer powering through a 33 second 50m backstroke followed by grade ten Gina Cinelli’s always strong breaststroke.

Hanna Thomson’s 34-second 50m Butterfly swim in which she barely came up for air had the team in third place and all that was left was for Emily Federico to swim the freestyle anchor to bring home the bronze medal.

The medal haul continued for Emily Pfeiffer who followed up her relay bronze with two more medals in individual events. Her 50m backstroke time of 33.02 was good for another bronze medal and that was followed up by a bronze in the 100m individual medley.

Hanna Thomson was in fine form as well, swimming a best time in her 50m butterfly finishing in 12th. The RSS girls team which also included two more relays that finished ninth and 15th amassed enough points to have the team finish eighth in the province out of the 67 girls teams at the championships – the best finish ever of any RSS swim team.

The RSS boys’ swim team included mostly junior swimmers who had to swim against mostly grade 11 and 12 boys, which had them finish 41st out of 66 teams.

The best result for the boys was a strong ninth place in the 4X100m freestyle relay which featured Andreas Suchovs, Bryce Molder, Raine Carnegie and Josh Rota.

With the departure of Pfeiffer, Federico, and Thomson, the RSS swim team is now in the hands of mostly junior swimmers who will no doubt work hard next year to equal the success they had this year in Richmond.

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100m IM – 1:12.96; 5th 50m butterfly – 31.50 Hanna Thomson: 12th 50m butterfly – 33.31 Bryce Molder: 19th 100m freestyle – 1:03.68; 22nd 100m IM – 1:12.92 Liam McCabe: 22nd 50m freestyle – 28.54 Josh Rota: 21st 50m backstroke – 33.97 Gina Cinelli: 20th 100m Breaststroke 1:27.03 200m medley relay (E. Federico, E. Pfeiffer, H. Thomson, G.Cinelli): Bronze –2:22.20 400m freestyle relay (Anna Pfeiffer, Brynn Smith, H. Thomson, G. Cinelli): 9th – 5:12.66 400m freestyle relay (A. Suchovs, R. Carnegie, B. Molder, J. Rota): 9th – 4:38.82 200m mixed freestyle relay (Emma Rota, Jessa Burke, A. Suchovs, R. Carnegie): 16th – 2:16.94 200m medley relay (J. Rota, L.McCabe, R. Carnegie, A. Suchovs): 21st – 2:28.11

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Bronte Viznaugh makes a diving stab during the senior girls Okanagan Valley Championships in Kamloops last week. RSS wound up losing all three round robin games to finish the tournament in 7th.

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Bocce recruits for B.C. Games

By Sarah MacMillan Special to the Times Review

It’s a game that started in Italy, but has now become popular recreation all over the world And, Canada is no exception as bocce is played at summer gatherings and sporting events alike.

Bocce is a game played on a soil or asphalt court in which individuals or teams throw their balls, trying to get them as close to the jack as possible. The jack is a smaller ball that is thrown by the team and the goal is to try to throw the bocce balls as close as possible to the jack.

“Bocce is just like bowling” said Judy Zmaeff, B.C. Senior Games zone eight bocce representative. “It’s very similar to bowling, but you don’t knock over pins — you throw towards the jack.”

Zmaeff used to be a dart player, but became interested in

bocce after she received a shoulder injury.

“With my shoulder, I could throw underhand,” she said.

“And, I figured it would be just so interesting to try something new.”

Zmaeff noted bocce is a very mental game “You have to know where you’re going,” she said.

Though the game is somewhat similar to lawn bowling, the game is drastically different in that the balls used in bocce are completely spherical and therefore have no built-in bias.

The rules of bocce are relatively simple.

Each person or team gets four bowls and the match begins when one team, which is randomly selected, usually through a coin toss, throws the jack to the other end of the bocce court.

The team that places the jack then bowls first, with the team that does not have its ball closest to the jack continuing to bowl

until all four balls have been placed.

After all balls have been bowled, the person or team that has balls closest to the jack — and is not farther out than the opponents ball — is awarded one point for each ball.

This year was the first for Zmaeff in bocce competition and, though she doesn’t expect any medals at the 2013 B.C. Senior Games in Kamloops, she does think it will be fun.

“And, if I can do it, than so can you,” she said.

If you are interested in bocce or would like more information about the B.C. Senior Games, contact Judy Zmaeff by phone at 250-837-5670, by email at bzmaeff@telus.net or visit the B.C Senior Games website at bcseniorsgames.org.

Part 1 of an ongoing series encouraging participation in the 2013 B.C. Senior Games in Kamloops.

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Sherrod said the lower elevation areas might be used by caribou

in the early winter and spring, and that it is also considered wolverine and grizzly habitat, something that could be an issue when the bears wake up in the spring.

“Right now the Incomappleux is an area that still has a great deal of very high biodiversity values and

wildlife values even though it has already one layer of heavy impacts on it, and that is logging,” she said.

About two-thirds of the river length has been logged so adding additional impacts such as IPPs and even recreational use, that’s going to get much worse for wildlife.”

Dolecki believes the new proposal will be a relatively lowimpact operation. No new roads would be built and an existing lodge would be used as the main base of operations, he noted.

“You certainly don’t make any big changes to the landscape and you’re operating at high elevation when there’s snow on the ground,” he said. “I’d say the biggest impact is noise. I plan on using small heli-

copters so it will be less than using your standard heli-ski machines they use.

Valhalla is lobbying the provincial government for a provincial park to be established in the area and the proposed heli-skiing operation would overlap the proposed park’s boundaries.

“Putting a new heli-ski operation in there, it would be very unwanted,” said Sherrod.

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Leidloff, Werner Heinz Mr. Werner Heinz Leidloff passed away at Mt. Cartier Court Extended Care, Revelstoke on Tuesday, November 13th, 2012 at the age of 76 years. A Memorial Service will be held at the Chapel of Brandon Bowers Funeral Home on Saturday morning, November 24th, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. In lieu of Àowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Heart & Stroke Foundation, Box 2088, Revelstoke, B.C. V0E 2S0, in memory of Werner.

Werner was born in Berlin, Germany on January 25, 1936 and became a permanent resident of Revelstoke since the early 1960’s.

He loved woodworking and carving and was an accomplished carpenter. Werner’s hobbies included skiing, exploring, collecting artifacts and hunting.

He loved being in nature and especially enjoyed seeing and observing bears in their natural habitat.

He also liked to sing and dance. Werner was a private, solitary person.

Werner was predeceased by his parents and one sister. He is survived by two children: Glenn (CarolAnn) Leidloff of Krestova Valley and Marina (Fred) Dunn of Agassiz; four grandchildren: Keira, Benn, Tanya and Amanda; two great grandchildren: Tiryn and Sienna; two sisters: Ilse and Marianna, both of Germany, as well as several nieces and nephews.

Messages of condolence may sent to Werner’s family by viewing his obituary at www. brandonbowersfuneralhome.com.

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Hall, Hilda May Hilda May Hall passed away at Mt. Cartier Court Extended Care, Revelstoke on Sunday, November 11, 2012 at the age of 89 years. A Memorial Service was held at the Revelstoke United Church on Friday afternoon, November 16th with Mr. Gary Sulz of¿ciating. ,n lieu of Àowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Mt. Cartier Court Foundation, c/o Bag 5000, Revelstoke, B.C. V0E 2S0, in memory of Hilda.

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She joined the Women’s Royal Air Force at the age of 17. Hilda was an airplane mechanic as well as a member of the Balloon Barrage during WW,, where she met her future husband. She immigrated to Canada in 1947 as a war bride, settling at Halls Landing (Sidmouth) south of Revelstoke with her husband on the family acreage. Together they farmed for many years until the area was Àooded by B.C. Hydro for the High Arrow Dam. Hilda then lived in Langley until 2011 and has been in Revelstoke since June, 2011. She was a member of the Royal Canadian Legion and sang with a group of former service personnel. Hilda was a hard-working woman who had many interests including curling and camping. She had a great love of all animals, both as pets and farm animals. She enjoyed spending time with her friends. Hilda especially loved her family and they were everything to her.

Hilda was predeceased by her husband Fred in 1968 and her sister Frieda. She is survived by four children: Don (Cindy) Hall of Revelstoke, Bill (Margaret) Hall of Prince George, Bruce (Trudy) Hall of Salmon Arm and Joan Wolbaum of Langley; 10 grandchildren; 7 great grandchildren; sister Marris (Danny) Gawiuk of Revelstoke as well as numerous nieces and nephews.

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Funeral Announcement Funeral service for the late Dr. Roger James Foulis Morrison “Roger”, will be held at the Revelstoke United Church on Saturday afternoon, November 24th, 2012 at 1:00 pm.

Laurilla, Kathleen (nee Fox)

September 22nd, 1930 – November 9th, 2012

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Kathleen Laurilla in the early morning hours on November 9th, 2012. At the age of 82 years Kay passed away peacefully with family at her side, while staying Mt. Cartier Cottages in Revelstoke.

Kay was born in Aneroid Saskatchewan on September 22, 1930. After marrying Bill a park warden in both Revelstoke and Glacier National Parks in 1951, Kay then spent parts of her life in Flat Creek, Beaver River, and other locations within Glacier National Park before moving to Revelstoke in 1962. Kay took pride in raising her two sons Roger and Donald and was the most supportive and loving mother one could have. Kay will be remembered as one of the cheerful and humorous faces with her long time employment at Donaldson’s Drug store, which is now the current Pharmasave.

Kay is predeceased by her husband Bill and son Donald along with parents William and Mammie Fox. She will leave cherished memories to her surviving beloved son Roger of Golden, B.C. Memories will also be in the hearts of Kay’s surviving three siblings: Alice Miller of Kamloops, Rose Lund of Revelstoke, and Edie Singer of Nanaimo; nieces: Rose Lund and Joy Cwikula from Revelstoke; nephews: Norm Lund and Bob Lund also from Revelstoke; brother-in-law: Ray Laurilla of Sicamous; sisters-in-laws: Aino Bray of Kamloops and Alma Eiler of Kelowna and all respecting family members.

Please forward any healing messages of condolence to the family by visiting Kay’s obituary notice at www.brandonbowersfuneralhome.com.

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Junior squash team brings home medals from first ever tournament

TIMESReview n WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2012 n 23

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Six junior squash players from the Revelstoke Squash Club competed at a tournament at the Vancouver Lawn Tennis Club last weekend, with five of them coming home with medals.

On the boys side, Gabe Laidlaw finished in first place in the U15/U17 novice division. Gordon Mason finished second and Gavin Mason third in the U15/U17 B division.

On the girls side, Julia Dorrius finished second and Sophie Dorrius third in the U13 division.

This was the first tournament that the junior program ever participated in, so it was a big step for the club, said coach Kevin Dorrius. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Going in, we really didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know how competitive our program was,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Now we know that our juniors can play with the juniors down on the Lower Mainland. The kids all had a great time at their first junior tournament and are looking forward to the B.C. Junior Open in January.â&#x20AC;?

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The Revelstoke Novice Grizzlies finished sixth in its home tournament last weekend. After winning its first two games over North Okanagan and Golden, the team fell to the Westside Stingers 4-0 in its final game. The final match was an all-Kamloops affair, with the Crushers beating the Flyers in overtime. Tournament organizer Stacey Grimm credited the help of all the volunteers for helping make the 10-team tournament a success.

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Susane Johnson takes a break in Grizzly Plaza after completing her run from Rogers Pass summit.

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Most endurance athletes heading across Canada for a cause go from west to east. Susane Johnson was going the other way, so when she passed through Revelstoke on Friday, it meant she was almost done. She ran from Rogers Pass to town on Friday, encountering several angry drivers and one coyote along the way.

She is raising money and awareness to stop violence against children. She asked anyone interested to make a donation in her honour to the Revelstokeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Shelter.

Find out more on her Facebook page, Journey Across Canada to Stop Violence Against Children, or on Twitter, @thechangewithin.

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The junior squash team, from left: Gordon Mason, Gavin Mason, Julia Dorrius, Gabe Laidlaw, Tettey Tetteh, and Sophie Dorrius.

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Ballet premiere at RPAC

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Ballet Kelowna artistic director David LaHay joins dancers (from left) Jed Duifhuis, Raelynn Heppell, Desiree Bortolussi and Eric Hall at their fantastic performance of Double Variations at the Revelstoke Performing Arts Centre on Nov. 15.

Ballet Kelowna’s repetoire show mixed classical pieces with contemporary dance to a delighted audience just short of a sell-out crowd – which is remarkable for a ballet performance in Revelstoke. The real star of the show was the Revelstoke Performing Arts Centre; LaHay joked that the Okanagan ballet troupe did their best on the high stage at the Revelstoke community centre, but ballet was always better when you can see the dancers’ feet. The show was the first time Revelstoke audiences have seen dance on a proper theatrical stage since the Revelstoke Opera House was torn down in 1922. The event showcased some of the theatre’s lighting capabilities, including stage lights, spotlights and some interesting photo projections on the massive backscreen. Unfortunately, there’s still some persistent kinks in the audio presentation, including muted sounds and level issues. It’s been a noticeable quibble at that past few shows and events at the theatre – we’re sure they’ll get it ironed out with time.

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CSRD passes motion asking Begbie Bench logging to be stopped from page 1 asking that certain areas are protected. Several other mountain bikers, a few climbers and one crosscountry skier also provided feedback, said Ashley Ladyman, a forester with Stella-Jones.

Beyond that, the news seemed to have gone unnoticed. Director Parker didn’t hear about it until recently and local residents also weren’t informed directly. While a lot of criticism was directed at the Stella-Jones employees on hand, a lot was also directed at the government for approving logging in such a popular area. There was also criticism that the 1993 Begbie Falls Integrated Resource Plan (BFIRP) that governed use of the area was not updated when changes to government regulations made it redundant in 2007.

What happens next is still up in the air. Ladyman wouldn’t comment when asked if there was a chance Stella-Jones would halt its logging plans. Meanwhile, the CSRD passed a motion at its monthly board meeting on Thursday asking Stella Jones to halt logging until a new resource plan is in place.

The motion also calls for the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations to recognize all existing plans and for the ministry to direct forest companies to consult with the public when they operate near communities.

In a letter to the board, Parker wrote: “There is no requirement for public consultation and Forest Companies are not required to send referrals to local government regarding plans to harvest in locations near communities or in areas of special interest such as Begbie Falls. However "stakeholders" still needed to be advised… I believe it is in the public interest that the BFIRP be revisited and revised to take into considerations growing public use of the area, wildlife consideration and visual components from Mt MacKenzie before harvesting commences.”

Ladyman wouldn’t comment on Parker’s letter because he had yet to read it at the time of the open house. Stella-Jones says it has to log somewhere to meet its annual allowable cut and that it has avoided logging the area but now it has no choice because other areas in its Timber Supply Area (which includes Boulder Mountain and Frisby Ridge) have been logged to the max.

Residents of the area mulled the idea of a peaceful blockade to halt logging. As of press time, it was unknown if Stella-Jones would go back on its logging plans, though it seems doubtful given the money they've already spent and the impact it could have on their future annual allowable cut. They are still accepting feedback at begbie.feedback@gmail. com