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Dan Wiebe and Laurie Page honoured as community heroes CLAIRE PARADIS Arrow Lakes News

Nakusp Rotary has added two new names on its roster of Citizen of the Year and Lifetime Achievement award winners. Dr. Laurie Page was furnished with the title of Citizen of the Year and Box Lake Lumber’s Dan Wiebe was awarded the Lifetime Achievement award.

Previously, local veterinarian Laurie Page earned the Rotary’s Ethical Business award from the Rotary, and on Saturday, April 27 she became the 2013 Citizen of the Year.

Trudy Lillies introduced the good doctor who has been involved with many boards and committees during her time in Nakusp (Page became Vice Chair of the Columbia Basin Trust Board in January of this year, for example).

Laurie Page has been standing up for community for a long time, Lillies told the crowd.

Page herself was very modest about her accomplishments, seeing her contribution as being one part of larger volunteer efforts in the community.

“Everyone does something for the community,” said Page, who also said she was very happy to be standing beside Dan Wiebe who she described as a local hero.

“I’m privileged to join the hallowed throng,” she said about receiving the Citizen of the Year honour.

Page recalled a term for people who live in Nakusp that Sabina Iseli-Otto had suggested at a tourism information event: awesome. That’s what she said people who live here are, and she reminded listeners putting aside judgment and working together is what does and will make this town great.

Dan Wiebe was introduced by Tom Zeleznik who outlined his path to taking the family mill over as well as his extensive volunteerism in the community. Wiebe was equally as humble as Page, and honoured to be receiving his award alongside her.

Wiebe joked that if this was a lifetime achievement award, does that mean he’s close to death, which got the crowd laughing.

“I wouldn’t be who I am without many people,” he asserted, adding that his weaknesses were others’ strengths. Wiebe also said we are all blessed to be born in Canada

Dan Wiebe recieved the Nakusp Rotary’s Lifetime Achievement award, and Laurie Page was named Citizen of the Year.

Claire Paradis/Arrow Lakes News and able to live the way we do, and that his kids were the greatest goal in his life.

When the mic opened up, Wiebe’s reputation as a first-class ping pong player was voiced by both Gene Nagy and Corky Evans.

Ed Conroy also stood up and told the audi-

RCMP seeks help locating missing 18-yearold from Slocan

Daniel Crossley

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Contributed by Darryl Little, Kootenay Boundary RCMP

The investigation into the disappearance of 18 year old Daniel Crossley continues. Police have interviewed a number of people in the Slocan community in an attempt to locate Daniel.

It appears Daniel was last seen near the skateboard park between 7–7:45 p.m. on April 23 and was headed in the

general direction of the Rails to Trail pathway. This area was searched the day after he disappeared with negative results.

On Saturday April 27 a group of people in the community conducted a door-to-door search which unfortunately was not fruitful. In addition, a number of abandoned mines and cabins in the area have been searched.

When Daniel disappeared he was reported to be wearing a purple shirt, black jeans, green jacket and black shoes.

Daniel left home with no wallet or identification.

The young man has not contacted any family or friends since leaving and his plans and destination are unknown.

Crossley is described as a caucasian male with oriental features, 18 years old, 5’6” tall, 140 lbs, medium length black hair, wearing a green coat over brown hoodie, dark jeans and black shoes.

It is believed that he may be hitchhiking along B.C. highways and police are asking for public assistance from anyone that may have seen him in the last few days.

Anyone with information about Daniel Crossley’s disappearance or knowledge of his current location is asked to contact their local RCMP detachment, the Slocan Lake RCMP detachment at 250-358-2222, or 911.

ence that the rest of the Kootenays had discovered Laurie Page, a treasure in our midst.

Emcee Dan Nichols closed up the speeches, and the night closed with warm wished for both Page and Wiebe.

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Local photographer Gail McMartin captures a blue heron in full flight.

Photo courtesy Gail McMartin

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Power, people and bylaws Claire paradis Arrow Lakes News

Fosthall power line still not decided The April 22 meeting of Nakusp village council opened with Darcy Fear, Vice President of Fosthall Creek Power Co. speaking about the amendment to the company’s power plan.

The change will connect their power line to the substation at Pingston rather than Nakusp.

Mr. Fear told council that the change has been made because the costs associated with to connect the line at the Nakusp substation are too high. Fear said the connection would cost $7.8 million plus another 100 per cent “fudge factor” required by BC Hydro. Fosthall Creek Power would also be on the hook for any environmental damages at the Nakusp, Monashee or New Denver substations, said Fear.

“It’s just too expensive, we just can’t do it,” said Fear. Even though Fosthall would be able to service Nakusp and New Denver, the costs to run the line are too high.

TransAlta, who now owns Pingston, is willing to work with Fosthall Creek Power, he told council.

Other projects are not required to have a 100 per cent financial buffer, said Fear, who said the cost is too high for the project to sustain.

The power company will be doing another interconnection study to determine the cost to run the project through Pingston. In a 2006 feasibility study, the cost to connect at Pingston was estimated to be around $4 million, but the costs could have doubled by now said Fear.

“We’ll know that number soon,” the VP told council, acknowledging the costs could be too high to continue in that direction too. “But all the engineer work we’ve done say that’s the cheapest way to connect.” One of the large costs of running power through Nakusp was the 4.4 kilometres of underwater cable ringing in at $4.5 million.

Fear said it was still worth the council pursuing because no final

decision has been made. Although the provincial government will be “on hold” until the election is over, BC Hydro could be approached said Mayor Karen Hamling. New Denver may be interested as well, said Coun.

Tom Zeleznik.

Grow op zone

CAO Linda Tynan has reviewed medical marijuana regulations available from Health Canada and said that it comes down to a land use or zoning question for municipalities. Health Canada’s only restriction is that production cannot be done within a private residence, the CAO told council, but details about the scale of operations do not exist.

“Most municipalities are allowing the use in agricultural or industrial areas,” said CAO Tynan, who also added the security requirements set by Health Canada are very high.

Anyone taking an application are required to give notification to local governments, but council can’t make a resolution allowing a facility at the moment because it would require a public meeting in order to change the OCP. “It would be interesting to hear what the public would say at public hearings,” said Tynan, “but we couldn’t at this time say an absolute yes or no. It would be more prudent to say we’re interested in your application but at this time it’s premature.”

The CAO’s report was received as an information item.

Butt out

Nakusp Community Pride week is taking place April 29–May 3 this year, and CAO Tynan took the opportunity to talk about the issue of cigarette butts littering the streets downtown. The butts are litter, reiterated the CAO, who suggested a litter campaign focusing on raising awareness at local businesses is a good idea.

Village people

An application to Canadian Summer Jobs for the Village to hire two summer students is pending, and two casual employees have been hired at the Village Office. The CUPE collec-

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WTP, STP, etc

The Sewer Treatment Plant has a whole new feel, said the CAO. “It’s like a whole new place, it’s pretty exciting,” she commented. The water treatment plant project is coming along, and the micro-hydro generator is now here and the application for net metering to BC Hydro has been made.

Hot Springs: footbridge and more It’s in the works, with the steel due to arrive May 1, and the bridge really is closed not just in a letter-of-the-law kind of way.

The Nakusp Hot Springs was also closed for maintenance until April 28, and will be open for summer hours (9:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.) when it reopens on that date.

Sharing sharing sharing The Village and School District 10 met to discuss sharing services, which can mean sharing spaces such as gymnasium or meeting spaces, or working together to order items in common to reduce shipping costs.

Ride ‘em,

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After more than a year and a half of time in the courts, Arthur Valentine Weeks plead guilty to the charge of possessing and distributing child pornography.

Initially Weeks, 56, had entered a plea of not guilty in Nakusp Provincial Court on Mar. 28, 2012.

At that point, what was on Arthur Weeks’ computer that led police to arrest him for possession and distribution of child pornography had been a mystery to his defence lawyer, leading to requests by defence counsel Kenneth Wyllie to gain access to the

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Fees and charges and bylaws, oh my!

Council did some housekeeping, bringing dog fines and fees in line with RDCK rates, and moved all fees and charges into a separate bylaw.

The financial plan and proposed taxation increase With the financial plan as it was prepared, an average one per cent tax rate was proposed. In dollars, the increase would bring in $889,317 not $877,762 due to a greater number of light industrial properties. The plan has been revised to reflect the increase, with the excess being added to the Capital Reserve fund.

Residential properties contribute 71 per cent of tax revenue, down from 72.3 last year, and business 25.5 per cent this year, down from 25.7 per cent last year.

The shift is largely due to the increase in light industry.

Waste change

In addition to getting fees and charges moved to the new Fees and Charges Bylaw, commercial waste rates were changed from $17.50 to $20 per cubic metre, but there is no change to bag fees yet. In analyzing the rates, said the CAO, it was discovered that the $17.50 rate didn’t cover the cost of commercial collection. The bylaw states that the fee applies whether or not the bin is full.

RDCK grant application The Village is applying for the RDCK Community Development Grant in the amount of $25,520 to fund the second phase of improvements to the arena.

Audited financial statements Village council accepted the audited financial statements.

The largest changes in the report are the net financial assets have moved from $312,438 in 2011 to $906,033 in 2012. CFO Rob Richards also pointed out the schedules that have been included for water, sewer and general fund to increase transparency. The General Fund has gone from a deficit of $50,710 to a surplus of $220,882.

images found there.

Due to a backlog of evidence waiting to be processed by provincial forensics teams, it took months for the defence lawyer to receive the images. After the case was put off, and the files eventually examined by Wyllie, a trial was begun in early spring of 2013. The continuation of the case was scheduled for April 25, but was cut short by a change in plea.

Wyllie told the court that Weeks was making a voluntary plea of guilty and agreed to undergo a psychological criminal risk assessment.

When asked by Judge Fabbro if he was “content to plead

guilty,” Weeks responded “I guess I am, yes, sir.” The date for sentencing will be fixed on June 27 at the Nakusp courthouse.

Weeks was arrested for the possession and distribution of child pornography late in July 2011, his computer was seized and a police forensics unit has investigated the contents of his computer since then.

The investigation that ultimately lead to Weeks’ arrest began on May 30, 2011. By tracking down the IP address associated with the email account, the RCMP were able to discover Arthur Weeks was the subscriber associated with the IP address.

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Incumbent Conroy answers questions in advance of election Claire paradis Arrow Lakes News

NDP candidate Katrine Conroy spent April 25 in Nakusp and will be back on May 2 for the all candidates forum being held at the Seniors’ Hall. She answered questions about where she and her party stand on election issues important in Nakusp.

Rural healthcare Conroy stated that the NDP is committed to improving health care, particularly in rural regions. Bringing in community-based clinics and nurse practitioners would be potential solutions for some, but each area is unique, she said.

“We’ll be working with local people making it better,” said Conroy.

“Communities are all different with different needs.

“Can we do everything? No. It would be disingenuous to say we could,” said the Kootenay West MLA. She said the NDP know that the Liberals have a deficit budget, but is confident that her party would be able to “repurpose” it as NDP leader Adrian Dix has stated.

For example, no more spending on advertising or fixing the roof of Vancouver stadiums, said Conroy.

Conroy had very positive things to say about Nakusp’s initiatives like buying a house to attract doctors to town, and acknowledged that there has been a lot of downloading of responsibilities from higher levels of government onto municipalities and community groups. She said the NDP would be looking at different ways to help rural health care, such as investing in home support.

Forestry The NDP will be reinvesting in the forest industry, said Conroy, who believes the Liberals have abandoned stewardship of the land. Part of the reinvestment will be a full inventory of the land, she said, and sustainable mining will be looked at.

What this entails for rural areas, said the representative, is more skills training to prepare workers and connect them with jobs. During her visit

to the Nakusp campus of Selkirk College, Conroy discussed the possibility of bringing more training to town.

MLA pensions Conroy was frank that the left doesn’t support its ex-politicians like the right does when asked about the decision to introduce a $100,000 severance for MLAs who were not re-elected.

“I love my job. It’s not a normal nine-to-five job, it’s 24/7. It’s a really odd job,” said Conroy who characterized the severance as support for people transitioning to other jobs. She also pointed to an independent study that was done comparing severance rates in different provinces, and said that B.C. was seen as lagging.

“If you average the time worked to what I make,” she said, “well, you don’t go into politics to get rich. It’s a love of a position and an area.”

Conroy said she didn’t have to defend her salary or benefits because she works hard and is always thinking about expenses on the job.

“You have to be accountable when you’re spending,” said Conroy who also said she agreed with Auditor General John Doyle’s call for greater fiscal transparency.

Politicians can’t assume they have the respect of the people, she said, they have to earn it. Bringing voters back to the polls is very important, she said.

Columbia River Treaty The Columbia River Treaty is up for discussion as of the Fall of 2014, and it’s become a hot topic of discussion on both sides of the border. When Conroy was at a Pacific Northwest area meeting in Oregon recently, she was surprised at the level of involvement surrounding the treaty states-side, and said it’s time for people up here to get engaged too. When she came back to B.C. Conroy said she approached her Kootenay colleagues saying that more needs to be done up here.

“We feel there needs to be more discussion,” she said, but she was

Second independent candidate joins Kootenay West race Black Press With the nomination period for the May provincial election closing today at 1 p.m. another independent candidate for Kootenay West MLA has filed the necessary paperwork with Elections BC. Glen Byle, a 26 year-old medical equipment repair technician from Trail, announced his candidacy Wednesday afternoon.

Byle joins Joseph Hughes, of Nakusp, as one of two unaffiliated candidates running for the office against BC Liberal candidate, Jim Postnikoff and incumbent MLA Katrine Conroy of the BC NDP. “I looked into the other parties and just couldn’t find one I identified with,” said Byle. “I’ve got a website up and people can get an idea of what I’m about by checking it out.”

The tech-savvy candidate is promoting what he calls “Technology Enabled true Democracy” or TED on his website, where constituents can propose their own bills, West Kootenay residents can vote on them, and Byles, as representative, would present them to the legislature.

Voters can determine more about the platforms of the various candidates at forums in Trail at the Cominco Gym, May 6, in Castlegar May 7, and in Rossland May 8.

As of press time, with less than 24 hours to go before the nomination period closed, Elections BC reported that there were still no Kootenay West candidates named for either the BC Conservative Party or the BC Green Party.

Byles’ website can be found at http://www.kowindependent.ca.

Katrine Conroy receives a book from former librarian Sabina Iseli-Otto during a past visit to the Nakusp Public Library.

Claire Paradis/Arrow Lakes News confident that Canada wasn’t an entity to be swallowed up by American interests.

“Do I think the treaty should be cancelled? No, we still benefit by it,” said Conroy, who has great faith in the bureaucrats working on it.

When the issue was brought up about American interests asking for a radical reduction in downstream benefits that flow up north to ten per cent of what they are now, she deemed it as part of initial discussions.

“Obviously that’s not acceptable to us,” said Conroy, who said that the CRT affects the entire Kootenay region, and with four potential representatives from the NDP, the region will have a bigger voice.

Although U.S. farmers have claimed that water coming from the Columbia system makes

no difference to their production, Conroy said she would like to look at the numbers a little closer and see. She recognized that different water usage has different value and that is something that she would like to examine.

PST concerns When Katrine Conroy visited Nakusp, she spent time at the Arrow Lakes Hospital Auxiliary thrift store, where there is serious concern about the shift back to the PST. The change will put tax back on some second hand items, and take thousands of dollars out of the charity’s coffers, a significant amount of money that could be put back into the community. Conroy said the concern was definitely something she wants to look at in Victoria.

“The thrift store keeps money

in town,” she said, recognizing the tax shift would be taking money out of the community.

Independent voting When asked about the NDP’s position on allowing MLAs to vote freely in order to represent their constituents, Conroy said that any good MLA represents their constituents.

“I’ve worked hard to do that,” she told the Arrow Lakes News, but she said she also enjoys being part of a team that supports rural B.C. “We meet frequently as the rural caucus,” Conroy said, which is made up of rural representatives from across the province. The caucus has enabled urban representatives to understand issues specific to rural residents, said Conroy.

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Theories, hypotheses, facts and the G.d. particle

John Perkins A Rational View

A great deal of confusion exists in the matter of theories, hypotheses and provable facts, especially as these words often refer to scientific and religious concepts. Actual Oxford English Dictionary definitions for each of these three words are as follows: Theory: a set of ideas formulated from known facts to explain something, e.g.: the theory of evolution or a statement of the principles on which a subject is based, e.g.: the theory of music.

Hypothesis: a supposition or conjecture put forward to account for certain facts and used as a basis for further investigation by which the hypothesis may be proved or disproved.

Fact: something known to have happened, or to be true, or to exist.

Human reproduction illustrates the meaning and significance of these three words very well. The sex aspect of human reproduction is clearly a theory and a fact. It can be compared to the theory of evolution and it is known to exist.

Another aspect of reproduction involves the stork; it is clearly a hypothesis and is totally without scientific support. It is imaginative and rather beautiful in its conception (no pun intended), but total fantasy.

The idea of a large gentle bird carrying a tiny baby suspended from its beak in a blanket – who could not be moved by such a scene?

This can be compared to some features of creationism – Adam and Eve, the talking snake and all the mysterious Eden-dwellers, Lillith, Adam’s first wife (who knew – Adam and Lillith? – doesn’t have the same poetic ring to it as Adam and Eve), Cain and Abel and their wives, presumably their sisters, a couple of angels sent by God to guard the Tree of Knowledge, but only after Eve had eaten the forbidden fruit, thereby setting the stage for the crucifiction (sic), of Jesus several millenia later.

This was a major lapse for an omniscient deity. The Eden story has all, or at least most, of the features of an X-rated soap opera for adult audiences only.

The God particle, also known as the Higgs boson Professor Peter Higgs, who first theorised the existence of the boson, a sub-atomic particle, in 1964 was honoured by my old university in Durham, England in September 2012 in recognition of the actual existence of a particle with all of the features of the boson discovered at the Large Hadron Collider in Cern, Switzerland in the summer of 2012.

Professor Higgs, an atheist, expressed the hope that it would no longer be known as the God particle. That name was given to it by a somewhat fearful publisher’s editor to replace the original name of “The Goddam Particle.”

It was known as the goddam particle for years because of its “villanous nature and the expense it is causing.” In light of these reasons, perhaps the term God Particle might have been more appropriate after all.

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Clark government misleads public for political gain, says ONA Editor, The Okanagan Nation Alliance is outraged by misleading statements made by Ida Chong, former Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation, and is demanding that she immediately correct the misinformation. Speaking about a controversy that has erupted as a result of an “incremental treaty agreement” she signed with the Ktunaxa First Nation on March 27, 2013, former Minister Chong suggested that staff from her Ministry would have met with the ONA, and engaged in a consultation that would have been “fulsome.” She reportedly stated that “I cannot see where the First Nations community would not have been asked to sit at a table.”

Ida Chong has her facts completely wrong. Despite numerous requests for meetings by the ONA and its member communities to discuss this matter, the Province never met with the ONA, never responded to a number of letters seeking a meeting and raising serious concerns about the proposed agreement, and never engaged in any consultation and accommodation.

The lands that are proposed to be transferred to Ktunaxa under the agreement, are in an area where, amongst other things, there are traditional village sites, harvesting practices, and heritage sites of significant importance to the ONA. “The reality is that the Clark Government rushed to sign an agreement out of political expedience, ignoring basic legal requirements. The result is serious conflict, and making misleading statements about what occurred only further escalates

things,” said Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, Chair of the Okanagan Nation Alliance. “The Clark Government’s fundamentally flawed Aboriginal policy is cracking at the seams, and the ramifications may be a level of unrest that this Province has not seen in years. This is all a result of political expedience trumping honourable principles,” he added.

“Former Minister Chong needs to take responsibility and be accountable – she signed an agreement that she shouldn’t have, and she needs to own up to that. Rather then spreading misinformation, she should give the public some straight talk and admit mistakes were made, and that they need to be fixed,” said Grand Chief Phillip.

The basic facts of what occurred illustrate that far from “fulsome” consultation – which former Minister Chong suggests her Ministry would have typically engaged - in this instance there was no consultation: · On October 5, 2012 the Ministry of Aboriginal Relations, along with Canada, wrote some of the ONA member communities indicating that they were moving towards a possible incremental treaty agreement with the Ktunaxa Nation. ·Letters were sent by the Penticton Indian band (October 24), Colville Confederated Tribes (November 20), Lower Similkameen Indian Band (December 3), and Westbank First Nation (December 17) raising serious concerns. · The ONA sent a letter on November 19 raising concerns and stating that consultation should take place with the ONA and all of its member communi-

ties · On December 13 the Ministry of Aboriginal Relations, along with Canada, wrote confirming that its goal was to commence consultation about the incremental treaty agreement, but stating it wished for confirmation that the member communities wanted to consult collectively through the ONA. · On January 18, in a letter signed by all 8 member communities along with Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, Chair of the ONA, it was confirmed that consultation should take place collectively, that matters were very serious, and that meetings needed to occur right away.

No response was received to the January 18 letter and the ONA and its member communities heard nothing again from the Province. The ONA learned about the incremental treaty agreement from the public announcement of it on April 9.

The Okanagan Nation Alliance (ONA) was formed in 1981 as the inaugural First Nations government in the Okanagan which represents the 8 member communities: Okanagan Indian Band, Upper Nicola Band, Westbank First Nation, Penticton Indian Band, Osoyoos Indian Band, Lower Similkameen Indian Band, Upper Similkameen Indian Band, and the Colville Confederated Tribes on issues of common concern. Each community is represented by their Chief or Chair through the ONA Chiefs Executive Council (CEC).

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It figures: skaters get well-deserved awards Nakusp Figure Skating Club members got their year-end desserts April 8, 2013.

Contributed by Sabrina Hinson, NFSC

The Nakusp Figure Skating Club held its year end Dessert and Awards Party for all skaters in the Pre CanSkate, CanSkate and STARSkate Programs on April 8, 2013 at the arena auditorium.

All skaters in the club were congratulated on their accomplishments this past season, and received participation certificates and awards.

Major award winners were as follows:

CanSkater of the Year - Hayleigh Jansen Canskate Spirit Champions - Devon Wright and Ruby Zoll STARSkate Awards: High Point - Kiley Waterfield Most Improved - Melissa Hascarl Citizenship - Bridget Gustafson Sportsmanship - Chiara Minchin All Around Skater - Maya Watson Janice Buerge Memorial - Kiley Waterfield

Is pizza really a vegetable?

Editor, Congress in the USA in fact considers pizza a vegetable, although many Americans may not honour this or even know it exists.

In 2011, Congress fought to keep pizza and french fries on the menu at public schools in response to the Obama administrations proposal to make school lunches healthier and more nutritious.

With the introduction of a new nutrition guide in 2009, the USDA

developed a new guide to form a plan that would cut back on salt and potatoes, reducing saturated fat and calories.

Currently, an eighth of a cup of tomato paste is considered enough of a ‘vegetable’ under the regulations making pizza count as a vegetable just the same as half a cup of spinach would.

Kiara McLean Fauquier, B.C.

Hydro says silt not a dam problem Editor, Sediment build up does not impact the safety of BC Hydro dams in the Columbia Basin – Mica, Revelstoke and Hugh L. Keenleyside. On the Columbia River, the rate of sediment transport is very low because of the large volume of the river flows and the reservoirs. The rate of sediment buildup is insignificant.

The Mica, Revelstoke and Hugh L. Keenleyside dams have been operating since 1973, 1984 and 1968 respectively and will continue to operate safely for many years to come.

Maintaining the safety and integrity of our facilities is a top priority for BC Hydro. We have a rigorous dam

safety program that includes weekly site inspections by trained inspectors, semi-annual inspections by a dam safety engineer and inspections by an independent dam safety consulting engineer every five to 10 years.

BC Hydro is committed to investing in our electrical system to provide safe, reliable power to our customers. Thank you for the opportunity to address these important issues. If your readers have any further questions or concerns, they can contact me directly at 250-365-4565 or by email at maryanne.coules@bchydro.com.

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The Program Assistants who were thanked for helping with the CanSkate Program and received a gift. Left to Right: Bridget Gustafson, Coach Sabrina Hinson, Kennedy Pazurik, Kimberly Hill, Danielle Aeichele, Tamara Cann, Lindsay Cann and Kiley Waterfield.

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Independent for cooperation and freedom Editor, The search for the new MLA in Kootenay West is well under way. Finally there are options that go beyond the historic party politics that have caused so much voter apathy in our province: an independent. But how is an independent any better?

People say they would love to vote for an independent but they feel it would be “throwing their vote away.” This couldn’t be further from the truth. We need to realize that a party based vote is choosing the historic framework of governance that is failing us, especially in rural settings. The parties they are choosing from are all guilty for ignoring the voice of the people and choosing to keep power and consideration as far from the people as possible.

Consider the contentious issues we are challenged with in the Kootenays. An independent is free to floor any concerns or propose any bills that the people wish. Your independent MLA is

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no party out there that will represent them loudly, let alone take a solid stand on the Columbia River Treaty. This is the time that we need someone free from the muzzling of party politics. The NDP and Liberals will continue their fight for power and adversarial voting.

If ever we needed Independent representation, it must be now or the terrible deal we were handed in the 60s will only happen again and the Americans will have fully integrated themselves into our resources. And finally we need local solutions to local problems, if we wait for parties or government to lobby for our needs we may lose to much ground, and too many families.

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Artist’s Genesis on display in Burton for month of May Bamber added that few people outside the art world get a chance to peer into the process of creating a soft-pastel painting, something she is delighted to be able to shine a light on.

Bears, otters, ducks and wolves and the wild places they live are

some of the subjects intimately portrayed in Bamber’s fine pastel compositions. The animals are beautifully expressive and convey a strong sense of mood and feeling, an important aspect of Bamber’s work.

Exploring the emotional bond

that connects humanity with wildlife and wild places is key to the process of her work, and that process will be opening Friday, May 10 at the Burton Community Learning Centre (previously known as the Burton school) and will be on display for the rest of the month.

Don’t you dare is one of Sharon Bamber’s recent pastel works.

Photo courtesy of Sharon Bamber

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What do artists do all day? How do they get from an idea to a complete work?

Arrow Park wildlife artist Sharon Bamber’s next show will be pulling back the curtain and revealing the creative process. Genesis: From Concept

to Completion follows the creation of a painting from first ideas to final polished work, and details how decisions are made through the creative process.

“Building art appreciation involves giving people the knowledge they need to have rich encounters with art,” said Bamber. “I believe that art can be better understood, appreciated, and evaluated by examining the artist’s path from idea to final product.”

Windswept and waiting was the result of a long and interesting creative process.

Photo courtesy of Sharon Bamber

Studio Connexion is five and alive with art all season long Contributed by Anne Beliveau

Studio Connexion Gallery is celebrating five years of fine art starting this May long weekend, and this year promises to be truly a gift for your eyes and all of you.

Gallery owner and curator Anne Beliveau has worked really hard to bring you this season’s line-up of local artists as well as artists from as far as Vancouver Island.

Kicking off the Studio Connexion season on Friday, May 17 is Nakusp artist Debra Rushfeldt, showing her amazing charcoal and graphite drawings. Formally from Calgary, Debra is

well known for her whimsical mixed media assemblages.

This new series was started two years ago and was inspired by her neighbours’ lands. Some of the first drawings were part of the regional exhibition Language of Drawing. Debra’s show is from May 17 until June 8.

Elizabeth Laishley from Calgary will be presenting her new landscape paintings from June 11–29. Her past work has been inspired by Leonard Cohen’ s lyrics and poems and some of that previous series will be on display.

The only photography show of the season is by Suzanne Schnei-

der who lives in Mexico half of the year and in the Arrow Lakes area, the other half. Her photographs will be featured from July 2–13.

The new Signature status member of the Federation of Canadian Artists Sharon Bamber is coming back by popular demand for her second solo-exhibition from July 16 to August 3. Her fantastic wildlife pastel paintings are known to collectors for their superb life like quality. Bamber is a finalist in the BBC International Wildlife Artist of 2013.

From Vancouver Island, Madeleine Wood and Don Cunningham

Madeleine Woods, who painted this painting “Hen” will be showing at Studio Connexion this season.

Photo courtesy Anne Beliveau

RELEASE A JUVENILE WHITE STURGEON Date:

Thursday, May 9, 2013

Time:

11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Place:

Shelter Bay Provincial Park

Join us on Thursday, May 9 for the annual juvenile sturgeon release event. The event is supported by BC Hydro, the Fish and Wildlife Compensation Program (a partnership between BC Hydro, the Province of B.C. and Fisheries and Oceans Canada), Revelstoke Rod and Gun Club, FortisBC and the Freshwater Fisheries Society of B.C.

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are coming back to the area. This time, to show their new collaborative series of paintings created from nature’s inspiration. The paintings will be featured from August 9 to the 31. Their work and other local artists can also be viewed during the Columbia Basin Culture Tour.

From September 3 –21, Nakusp artists Holly Woods and Denyse Marshall will display a series of still life and landscape in water colour and acrylic. The two former members of the ALFA Guild are very excited by the prospect of this opportunity and so is the curator. The regular season wraps up with a new series of abstract

by Barbara Maye. Also a member of FCA, she is known for her beautiful figurative paintings from the LLUNIO and Asanas series. Her new paintings are created from the imagery seen in

her incredible stone sculptures. Her fourth exhibition at SCG is from September 24 to October 12, just in time for Thanksgiving.

Studio Connexion Gallery is located downtown Nakusp at 203 Fifth Avenue NW just two blocks off Broadway. This visual arts space is open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday to Saturday. It is also possible to make an appointment for a private viewing.

SCG offers a Gift Registry service for your special occasion. It is possible to book the space for special events.

Anne Beliveau will be happy to help you choose pieces to complement your personal surroundings. More information by calling 250-265-8888 and follow us on line at www.studioconnexion.com See you at the gallery!

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Community Concert packed with variety, fun and lots and lots of people

Community Concert clockwise from above: The Fauq singers brought a blend of Fauq classics; Barb MacPherson extols the virtues of not joining a team; the NSS band blew the audience away; Eric Faulks shines a light on simple pleasures.

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Just as spring was poking its head above winter’s leftover grey on Sunday, April 28, the Arrow Lakes Arts Council Community Artists’ Concert was kicking off at the Bonnington.

As usual, it was packed to capacity and beyond, with extra chairs being brought in to accommodate the crowd.

Master of Ceremonies Larry Parkes started us off with a bit of Geoff Chaucer’s Canturbury Tales – a tamer bit – that proved there is a good reason to memorize neat pieces of fiction from times gone by. Parkes was good enough to translate the Middle English verse so everyone could under-

stand that it was about Spring rolling its way around once again.

NSS band launched the singing/ dancing/playing/reciting event with a melange of tunes from Shrek 2. Identifying the songs by their hooks and phrases was a fun game that revealed Funkytown and La Vida Loca among others. The band is set to have their own concert on May 29, so mark the date.

Extolling the virtues of not joining team sports, Barb MacPherson read her original piece entitled My Athletic Career. Although she was proficient at not strangling herself while skipping, Barb has long preferred the company of books rather than sweaty teammates.

Eric Faulks sang a trio of tunes reminding us to be thankful for what we’ve got, ending with Cadillac with a Cattle Rack which he dedicated to the late great Stompin’ Tom Connors.

If Kitluka Brautigam’s singing is any indication, the NSS production of the musical Bonnie and Clyde is going to be a smoking success. Accompanied by NSS band teacher Patrick MacGibbon on piano, the song How ‘Bout a Dance from the play had a smooth jazzy feel that is the best advertising for a musical production you can get.

David Pedersen and Brautigam graced the stage with two deeply touching original numbers composed by Pedersen.

As the Fauq singers were arranging themselves, the annual mid-concert leave-taking by the Arrow Lakes News reporter once again took place. The second half promised more fantastic singing, reading and some dancing, but unfortunately deadlines have no mercy.

Hold a prehistoric fish in your hand May 9

Befriend a sturgeon on May 9 during the annual release.

Photo courtesy Angus Glass, FWCP Contributed by Angus Glass, FWCP

What’s grey, bony and really really cute? Baby sturgeon!

If you have yet to release a juvenile white sturgeon into the waters of upper Arrow Lakes Reservoir, then you will soon have an opportunity. The annual sturgeon release event, hosted by the Upper Columbia White Sturgeon Recovery Initiative (UCWSRI), will occur between 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., on Thursday May 9, at Shelter Bay Provincial Park.

“This is a great way to really reach out, touch, and help an endangered species – quite literally,” says Gerry Nellestijn, chair of the Community Working Group of the UCWSRI. “The fish look - and feel like creatures from prehistoric times; in fact they have largely remained unchanged for 175 million years.

By getting the community, particularly the younger generations, involved, and increasing awareness, we feel there are much better chances for the survival of this population.”

The release event, which involves both local elementary school students and the public, is organized

by Fish and Wildlife Compensation Program (a partnership between BC Hydro, the Province of B.C., and Fisheries and Oceans Canada), with support from BC Hydro, Revelstoke Rod and Gun Club, the Freshwater Fisheries Society of B.C. (FFSBC), and FortisBC. Approximately 6,000 ten month-old juvenile white

sturgeon, raised by FFSBC in their Bull River hatchery in the East Kootenay through a program funded by BC Hydro, will be released; they are produced from wild adults, caught last June.

The juvenile sturgeon are larger compared to previous years, and larger compared to sturgeon released elsewhere

in the Columbia system. The average weight of the fish to be released at Shelter Bay is greater than 150 grams; this compares with an average weight of 85 grams for those fish recently released in the Columbia River below Hugh Keenleyside Dam. The larger weight will determine if the larger body size improves survival of the stur-

geon through the first winter following the release.

“We think that there are only about 75 adults left in the Arrow Lakes Reservoir, all relatively old,” added Nellestijn. “Therefore this Conservation Aquaculture Program is a critical stopgap measure to save this population. Currently there is virtually no natural recruitment taking

place – that is to say little survival of the eggs through the larvae stage, and growing into juveniles and adults.”

For more information about the sturgeon release event call the BC Hydro office at 250365-4550, and to find out more about the UCWSRI visit www. uppercolumbiasturgeon.org.

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Bonnie and Clyde are coming to steal the stage

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Music. Acting. Crime. Firearms. High-pitched screeching.

Things pleasant and unpleasant, usually as discrete as peanut butter and chocolate prior to the invention of Reese’s Pieces.

But now, under the direction of Tessa Wiseman and Patrick Macgibbon, they are mashed together in the only slightly unholy matrimony of a play known as Bonnie and Clyde.

Originally written by somebody from Broadway whose name slipped my mind like an oily fish, Bonnie and Clyde speaks (and sings, naturally) of the adventures and crimes of the titular Bonnie Elizabeth Parker and Clyde Chestnut (hah) Barrow as they careen around America. The play will be performed May 9, by the Nakusp Secondary School’s musical theatre class.

While a Broadway play is a difficult undertaking for anyone, let alone high-school students, they nonetheless soldier on. Not only must they dress up in costume and prance about dramatically, they must sing. As anyone who has ever been a teenager knows, the mere prospect of that is mortifying.

If I had to scratchily wheeze the lyrics to what most would otherwise call a “song,” I’d most likely keel over in embarrassment. Of course, the actors’ singing will (hopefully) be substantially better, but the point still stands: It’s not easy.

With that kind of mediating remark, you’d think you were being set up for some kind of disappointment.

The “good news” before the doctor tells you your son has three extra legs; but no, not at all. While it would be good to have some perspective before your viewing of the play, it won’t be necessary. You see, what was seen at a practice session of the play last Thursday was impressive indeed. Not that it was without flaws; it wasn’t, but keeping in mind that it was a practice, it was surprisingly smooth sailing.

The acting was, with a little prodding by Mrs. Wiseman, better than expected, and the song numbers weren’t even excruciating! That’s quite an achievement. The only thing noticed was a slight lack of enthusiasm in some of the actors, which caused a slight “my school singing ‘Oh Canada’” effect; Also known as the “I don’t feel like it, ugh” syndrome. Still, what can you expect

during school hours? Education is the kryptonite of a young mind’s enthusiasm, experts say.* Disclaimer: No experts have ever said that. Except me.

“Still,” you may say, “this is all hyperbole, you’re just rooting for the home team. Why should I go and see the play?” First of all, thank you for providing that great setup, hypothetical reader I created for that exact purpose! Second of all, I’ll tell you why: Isn’t crime exciting? Isn’t singing far, far less exciting?

Well, what about the two combined? 1.2 times exciting, that’s what! You haven’t seen bank robbery until it’s accompanied by a merry, foot-tapping beat. You’ve never really enjoyed a Schwarzenegger movie until you’ve set it to Darryl Hall and John Oates’ Greatest Hits. Perhaps you will never enjoy a Schwarzenegger movie like that, which might be a good thing. Top Gun was immortalized for two things: shirtless volleyball games that made everybody question Tom Cruise’s sexuality and Highway to the Danger Zone, the latter of which is relevant to this paragraph.

But I digress. What I’m saying, in perhaps too many overwrought words, is that it’ll be entertaining.

I swear upon Mr. Cruise’s favou-

Kitluka Brautigam sang a number from Bonny and Clyde at the Community Concert, and it bodes well for a great night out.

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rite religion, it’ll be worth your while.

Whether or not you’ve seen the movie, or the original musical, go to the show. It probably wouldn’t hurt to

check out the other two plays, either. I mean, who doesn’t like a little entertainment?

Four party leaders square off in radio debate Black Press

Four party leaders squared off last week in a debate on CKNW radio, with B.C. Liberal leader Christy Clark and NDP leader Adrian Dix trading accusations of dishonesty over budget deficits and oil pipelines.

B.C. Conservative leader John Cummins and B.C. Green Party leader Jane Sterk got their first high-profile exposure to voters province-wide.

As the key part of the campaign for the May 14 election approaches, Angus Reid Public Opinion’s monthly poll showed Clark’s B.C. Liberals up three points to 31 per cent in voting intention. The NDP held steady with a commanding lead of 45 per cent, while the B.C. Conservatives slipped one point to 11

per cent and the Greens lost three points to 10 per cent.

In the debate, Dix pressed his campaign’s major attack, that the government’s pre-election budget isn’t balanced, because the B.C. Liberal government lowballed spending and claimed revenues from pending asset sales.

Clark said rating agencies maintained B.C.’s triple-A credit rating because they accept the revenue and debt forecasts in the February budget.

Dix was pressed on his decision to oppose expansion of the 60-year-old Trans Mountain oil pipeline from northern Alberta to Burnaby and northwest Washington. Dix maintained for a year that he wouldn’t take a position on the proposal by Kinder Morgan Inc., but announced his opposition on Monday because he doesn’t want

THANK YOU THANKS TO ALL FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT TO GET THE ADDITION FINISHED! The Library, Museum and Historical Society want to thank all of you who voted for our groups so that we can get the addition completed by the end of the year.

We would not have had the opportunity to do this project without the CBT’s help, the Halcyon Home Foundation, the CBT initiative funding in the past years and all the donations that have come in as well.

Our whole town has been so wonderfully supportive and we could not have done this without your help!

Vancouver to become a major oil export port.

Cummins characterized both the B.C. Liberals and NDP as big spenders, increasing debt and running deficit during their shared 20-year history in government. Cummins said he would abandon the quasi-privatization of BC Ferries and bring it back under direct government control.

Sterk’s strongest moment was when she backed Dix’s call to reinstate independent research into which prescription drugs should be covered by Pharmacare. She said the government dumped the research to help pharmaceutical companies.

Clark countered that her government has cut the cost of generic drugs, reducing costs for patients.

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Nakusp birder spends last days on Texas coast

Gary Davidson Birds of Nakusp Our journey through Texas and the search for migrants has ended – we are now on our way home through the mid-western United States. Our species list now stands at 283 since we left our RV park on March 17. A great many of our summer birds spend their winters in Central and South America. A few come north through western Mexico and can take an overland route, but many more must cross the Gulf of Mexico.

It is this crossing that results in some outstanding birding on the Gulf Coast. In good weather conditions the crossing is quite straight-forward and the birds don’t even

need to come down when they make land. But if the winds are calm, or from the north, they sometimes come down in huge numbers as soon as they reach land. It is these concentrations that make the birding so exciting.

The coast of Texas is largely sand and salt marsh, so any small patch of forest is a huge attraction. We visited three such patches in eastern most portion of the Texas Gulf Coast along the Bolivar Peninsula: Boy Scout Woods, Smith Oak Woods and Sabine Woods. Every day was different as it brought the potential for a new batch of migrants.

We spent seven days in the region and had some days with just a few birds and other days with many.

We had 23 different species of warbler, (only eight of which are found regularly in the West Kootenay).

We also had Scarlet and Summer Tanagers; Orchard and Baltimore Orioles; Yellowthroated and Philadelphia Vireos; Ruby-throated

Hummingbirds; Acadian, Great Crested, and Brown-crested Flycatchers; Indigo and Painted Buntings; Rose-breasted Grosbeaks; and Wood Thrush. All of these species had flown across The Gulf.

In addition to these forest birds, a great many shorebirds make the same crossing. This large family, consisting of sandpipers, plovers, oystercatchers etc. was represented by 30 species during our week on the Bolivar Peninsula. I have not seen that many in 37 years living in the West Kootenay Region.

The most memorable experience we had while looking at shorebirds was seeing a flock of several thousand American Avocets standing on the beach! This is perhaps the most attractive and elegant of all the shorebirds, seeing just one or two is a treat, but to see thousands all together is unforgettable.

Another highlight was the sighting of a Ruff.

This sandpiper is nor-

American Avocets flocking to the beach in Texas during Gary Davidson’s visit.

Photo courtesy of Marie Davidson mally found in Europe and Asia and is a rare bird in the Americas, but one was located in a flooded field near Bolivar.

I made the trip to see it.

I must admit that had I seen that bird on my own without prior knowledge as to its identity, I would have had a difficult

time identifying it. Sandpipers are not colourful or boldly patterned, and this one was not giving much away! It is just the second one I have ever seen.

As I write this, we are in Missouri and it is cool and raining. The weather has been typically “spring-like” since we left

Texas, that is, very changeable and unpredictable. It was sunny and 20 degrees yesterday; it is raining and 10 degrees today.

By the time you read this I will probably be home, or at least back in Canada. My next article take us back to local events and birds.

Spice up your teatime with the flavours of loose teas

By Jean Lancaster

Special to the Arrow Lakes News

The library threw open its doors to all tea lovers and also those who just wondered what all the excitement was about on April 22. A unique tea tasting took place which left everyone wondering why they hadn’t tasted these wonderful brews before.

Marilyn McKinnon, who originally came up with the tea tasting idea, welcomed the 33 people present, and then handed over to Iris Garand, a Company Tea Consultant.

The Steeped Tea Company began around 2006 in a very

small, modest way with founders Hatem and Tonia Jahshan selling product out of their garage in Hamilton,Ontario.

The business grew and in September 2012 was given financial backing after appearing on Dragon’s Den. Since then the Company has expanded and continues to introduce new items, offering much paraphernalia associated with the ritual of brewing loose leaf tea, namely individual strainers, teapots with mesh infusers inside, a heart shaped cup and saucer set in jewel bright colours, cake , scone and savoury mixes, soaps...the list goes on.

There was a frisson of excitement when the tea tasting began and a line of tasters gathered around the tables, deciding which of the many teas on display to try first and which of the tasty treats to sample(all made from mixes produced by the Company).

The teas are very aromatic, and come in traditional flavours, like Earl Grey; green teas in many flavours; fruit teas and rooibos teas which are very popular for their antioxidant properties and the fact that they are caffeine free; wellness teas to help manage stress and organic teas. Quite a variety, and far too many to

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If you have never experienced the enhanced flavour of loose leaf tea, I can promise that you will be amazed by the added richness. You may even want to move away from teabags altogether or at least keep them for use when time is short. Incidentally, plants love the used leaves in their soil especially roses, I am told.

I am confident that we will have another tea tasting in the future, so watch this space and remember, whenever you are feeling low: Tea Cheers!

Iris Garland, tea representative extraordinaire, at the library.

Photo courtesy Marilyn MacKinnon

Saturday, May 11 Three Amigos soup and bun lunch Come out and have some fun on the Mother’s Day weekend at the United Church 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

FUEL

The Revelstoke Theatre Co. performs at the Bonnington. More info at www.revelstoketheatrecompany.org

Nakusp

Bonnington Arts Centre

Nakusp Elementary School corner of 4th St. and 6th Ave. NW

NaCoMo

90-5th Ave. SW behind Kootenay Savings

Nakusp Arena

200 8th Avenue NW

Nakusp Council Chambers 91 1st St. NW

Nakusp Legion 404 1st St. NW

Nakusp Senior Club House 210 10th Ave. NW

Selkirk College

311 Broadway Street