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Adventures in Calgary Alex Cooper

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Last Thursday I went to Calgary.

Yep. I went to Calgary, despite the fact the highways were chaos and the city was quickly being flooded. The occasion was the Sled Island music festival and there’s no way a bit of rain was going to stop me from seeing some of my favorite bands.

I checked DriveBC before leaving Revelstoke, fearing Heather Hill in Glacier National Park had come down and the highway was closed. It was all clear so I picked up my passenger Dana and off we went. We stopped at Tim Horton’s in Golden and the bad news started. I overheard a couple of truckers saying the highway was closed near Canmore. They were being told to go through Cranbrook.

Back on the road, we were stopped by a highway worker. Kicking Horse Pass was closed and the road around Canmore was bad. As in several days of closure bad. If we wanted to get to Calgary our best bet was going through Jasper because the Crowsnest Pass wasn’t looking good.

Dana suggested turning around but I wanted to push on. Sled Island is lots of fun, I had some friends I wanted to see and, worst case scenario, we spend the night in Fernie. At that point there was no indication Calgary was about to enter into a state of emergency.

So off we went south to Cranbrook.

Clockwise from above: Water pours onto Highway 3 on the Alberta side of the Crowsnest Pass on Thursday, June 20.; The Bow River was flooding pathways alongside the river on the morning of Friday, June 21.; The Elk River flooded the surrounding valley near Fernie.

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The creeks and rivers were raging everywhere. Near Fernie I got a text saying Highway 3 was down to one lane east of Sparwood and might close completely. The Elk River was raging and was perilously close to the highway. We kept going, holding onto our bladders and hoping for the best. We got to the closure and waited a while.

Traffic started and stopped and started again. We made it past the flaggers and past the closure. We crossed into Alberta and stopped for a bathroom break and breathed a big sigh of relief.

Somehow, in our rush to take a break, we didn’t notice what as up ahead. There was a series of cascading waterfalls crashing down some cliffs onto the road. I wanted to rest for a bit but there was no way I was taking any chances so we jumped into the car, drove through the flooded roadway and out of the mountains.

From there it was smooth sailing. Until High River. Just south, traffic stopped dead. Cars and trucks were making U-turns. We turned the music off and the radio on. The highway was flooded up ahead and completely closed. High River was underwater. We turned around and detoured through green fields under the endless, dark prairie sky. A tornado watch was in effect, so we watched the sky expecting the worst.

At around 8 p.m., after 11 hours

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A celebration was held on June 18 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the opening of the hospital. It was similar to last year’s ceremony of the 100th anniversary of the laying of the cornerstone, though as Cathy English put it, it’s always good to celebrate our history and eat cake. There was speeches and tea and cake, and English gave a talk on the history of healthcare in Revelstoke, with Dr. Geoff Battersby adding his own personal stories.

Afterwards, the Revelstoke & District Hospital Foundation unveiled its Donor Wall. The large mural of Mt. Begbie is dotted with trees of varying sizes, representing the various organizations and individuals who have made a donation to the hospital. A monitor displays information on made donations, and what the money went to. “We will be adding to it every year,” said Margaret Zielonka.

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Eagles Pass Heliskiing proposing new lodge on Nelles Ranch Alex Cooper

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Eagle Pass Heliskiing is looking to build a new lodge on Nelles Ranch just outside Revelstoke.

An application has been filed with the Columbia-Shuswap Regional District to re-zone the property to allow the construction of an 11-bedroom, 669 squaremetre (7,200 square-foot) heli-skiing lodge.

The property, which is located along Highway 23 just south of Revelstoke, is owned by Denny Kaulback. It was originally a ranch before being turned into monthly rental accommodations.

Eagle Pass Heliskiing has used a number of lodges and hotels as a base over the last few years, including Griffin Lake Lodge, the Three Valley Gap Hotel and, for the past two years, Mulvehill Creek Wilderness Inn (that Eagle Pass has dubbed Echo Point Lodge).

The application with the CSRD,

which was filed by Kaulback, calls for an amendment to the Area B Official Community Plan to allow the property to be re-designated as resort commercial. If the OCP amendment is successful, the applicants then want to re-zone the property to resort commercial from rural residential.

The property currently has a large residence, a small apartment, barn and storage yard on site. It is being used as rental accomodation, however the CSRD staff report on the application says that a recent fire revealed several building code violations that need to be addressed.

The proposed lodge would be located in a currently-forested area at the north end of the property, away from the existing buildings.

Scott Newsome from Eagle Pass Heliskiing said he couldn’t comment on the company’s plans right now.

“I’ll let you guys know when we come to a decision but as far as right now it’s just speculation,” he said.

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I dropped off Dana and made it to my friend Ryan’s hotel. Heading up MacLeod Trail, I crossed the Elbow River. What was normally a trickle was now a torrent.

The streets were wet but downtown was still alive with festival goers. I got my pass and was told one show had to change venues because of flooding. Everything else went on, and I had a good night catching a few bands.

The next morning, Ryan woke me up at 7 a.m. “I think the hotel is being evacuated,” he said. I packed my bags and we went downstairs. Turns out we jumped the gun. The power was out, but we could hang around.

I went back to bed; Ryan went for a walk.

An hour later there was a knock on the door. We weren’t being kicked out yet, but there was free breakfast downstairs if I wanted it. Not being able to sleep, I went to get some food. Ryan came back and showed me some video he took of cars driving through flooded streets. I hopped on my bike and went to check things out.

A block to the east of our hotel, the street was covered in water. Heading towards the Bow River, I passed by police officers blocking off flooded streets. The traffic lights were out, but people were stopping at every intersection. The Bow River was a churning mass of brown water, overflowing onto some of the lower riverside pathways. The river was splashing onto the lower deck of the Centre Street bridge. On the upper deck,

people were taking pictures of the chaos around them. Passage further east was blocked due to the floods.

I didn’t see much more because just then I got a text saying the hotel was being evacuated and we had to check out. I messaged a few friends looking for a place to stay. Two of them had also been forced from their apartments, but my friend Seth’s home way in the southwest was in a safe spot and he invited us in. By this point, the festival was canceled.

The drive there was tricky.

MacLeod Trail flooded overnight, so took an alternate route past the Glenmore Reservoir, which had overflowed the day before resulting in the floods along the Elbow River.

We arrived to a dry neighbourhood far removed from the flooding elsewhere.

Matt and Megan, two other refuges, were already there. We spent the day watching TV, drinking beer and playing Balderdash. We watched the footage I’m sure you’ve all seen – flood-ravaged Canmore, High River underwater, downtown Calgary deluged, the Saddledome inundated.

It was strangely serene being there knowing what was happening elsewhere. We tried to get to a barbecue at another friend’s place, but the road closures made it impossible. We turned around and went back home.

On Saturday, after a good night’s sleep, I decided to head back to Revelstoke. The festival was continuing at random house shows around the city, but not knowing what it would be like getting back, it was best to leave.

I left the city on Highway 2, past High River, where army trucks were blocking access to the town. I turned onto Highway 22, which had been

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closed two days earlier. It was calm and beautiful, and other than one stretch where a bit of the road had collapsed, the drive was easy.

I made it through Crowsnest Pass without problems. The Crowsnest River, which had overflowed and forced nearby communities to evacuate, didn’t affect the highway.

The road was still down to one lane east of Sparwood, but the risk to the road was essentially over. Past Sparwood, the Elk River had overflowed its banks, but didn’t reach the road. I saw vast fields that were flooded and houses that were partly underwater.

I had to detour through Kimberley and there was a minor delay at Skookumchuk, where the Kootenay River had eroded the shoulder right at the Springbrook Bridge. From there, it was an open road all the way back to Revelstoke. There were no trucks or RV traffic slowing down traffic.

The Columbia River south of Golden was high enough to reach the CP Rail tracks. From Golden to Revelstoke, I passed four vehicles, and not a single one from Rogers Pass on down.

This makes me 0 for 2 on vacations last year. In March I was supposed to go the Asulkan Hut for three days of backcountry skiing but the trip got canceled because of a Pineapple Express system that led to dangerously high avalanche conditions.

I have a trip home planned for the end of August, so lets hope Montreal doesn’t sink into the St. Lawrence River, or something like that.

I’ve never seen flooding like ths up close. Really, I was just a tourist amdist the unfolding distaster. I was always safe and I didn’t lose anything. Tens of thousands of people have lost their homes so I feel fortunate.

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Watershed advocate says Revelstoke watershed protection disappeared Watershed protection advocacy group B.C. Tap Water Alliance warns Revelstoke City Council that Greeley Creek and Dolan Creek watersheds aren’t currently protected, urges council to act Aaron Orlando

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The B.C. Tap Water Alliance, an advocacy group that monitors and strives to protect community water sources in the province, claims Revelstoke’s Greeley Creek watershed and the Dolan Creek watershed that serves as a backup source for the Big Eddy have both lost their protected tenure status.

In a June 4 letter to Revelstoke City Council, BCTWA coordinator Will Koop said the alliance reviewed a provincial list of watershed reserves in May of this year and found that both the Greeley and Dolan watersheds weren’t included.

Koop advises the city to act now: “We would advise the City of Revelstoke to make immediate inquiries with both the Ministry of Lands and the Ministry of Environment about the Reserve status history of Greeley Creek, and to immediately request the government to reinstate or re-register Greeley Creek as either a Section 16 Map Reserve, or as a Section 15 Order-in-Council Reserve, over its hydrographic boundaries in order to protect your vital interests.”

The City of Revelstoke is working on its Greeley Creek Watershed Source Protection Plan, which included a draft report and public consultations in May of this year.

However, the report didn’t include

the Dolan Creek area.

Koop said the historical reserve status that was enjoyed by both watersheds provided a far superior level of protection than under the proposed watershed protection plan.

In his submission to council, Koop warns that an unprotected watershed is “vulnerable to inadvertent dispositions,” and gave the Revelstoke Adventure Park proposal as an example of a tenure application located within portions of the watershed.

At a public meeting earlier this year, RAP proponent Jason Roe said the project was outside of the Greeley watershed area.

However, the City of Revelstoke seems unsure if it does or doesn’t overlap. In a June 3 referral letter sent to the Columbia–Shuswap Regional District and provincial authorities, the city wants confirmation the proposed development doesn’t overlap the community watershed catchment as it was outlined in a 1973 agreement with the Province of B.C. In an interview, Koop said he was very sure the reserve status for both watersheds had disappeared over the past 15 years, but couldn’t find a paper trail explaining the context of the removal. He was insistent that city officials would have been in the know if the reserve status had been removed at one point, suggesting the removal the could have come at an in camera meeting.

“For some reason, the tenure status of Greeley Creek as a watershed reserve under the land act has been removed,” he said, listing commercial interests and bureaucratic oversight as possible causes.

He said the reserves have been prone to “shenanigans” and “scandals” across the province.

Koop said the City of Revelstoke has the authority and ability to get to the bottom of what happened to the reserve status.

Since the RAP application became public this spring, the City of Revelstoke has also expressed renewed interest in boundary expansion plans. The city has allocated $25,000 for a feasibility study to extend the city boundary to include the Greeley Creek Watershed east of Mount Mackenzie. In the same June 3 referral letter to the CSRD, the City of Revelstoke requested matching funds from the CSRD and the province to conduct a feasibility study of possible boundary expansion into the area.

In the letter, Mayor David Raven notes the connection between the Greeley Creek watershed and the RAP proposal. “The City’s primary water source intake is on Greeley Creek, adjacent to the proposed development. The City has recently drafted the ‘Greeley Creek Watershed Source Protection Plan,’ which recommends that the development

surrounding the watershed, including recreational activities, must be regulated and restrictions on activities that may impact the watershed be enforced.”

At a spring open house looking into the Greeley Creek watershed protection plan, a tenure map showed several skiing tenures in the Greeley area. Some, like the Revelstoke Mountain Resort, overlap the watershed boundary slightly, mainly near the peak of Mount Mackenzie.

When asked by the Times Review, consultants working on the Greeley Creek Source Protection Plan were unaware of the status of a large skiing tenure located within the Greeley Creek watershed – they were unable to name the owner. It was delineated as a ground-skiing operation, as opposed to a heli-skiing tenure, of which several were shown on the map. The consultants were working on discovering its status for the final report.

So, why is Koop stirring the pot?

“It’s about me representing that information to the public,” Koop said of his activist role with the B.C. Tap Water Alliance. “It’s entirely possible that this missing status has something to do with this ski hill development.”

But he said the change could have been inadvertent. “I’m open to the possibility that it was a mistake,” he said.

Either way, he believes city officials would have known about the change, and should act now.

If the tenure protecion was purposely removed, wouldn’t it show up in the paperwork? Koop said after extensively researching the matter for an upcoming book on the history of the Dolan Creek watershed and the Big Eddy water system, he’s been unable to find it.

Revelstoke environmental sustainability coordinator Penny Page-Brittin is overseeing the ongoing Greeley Creek watershed protection plan.

“It’s a good question,” Page-Brittin said of Koop’s submission to council. “I haven’t tried to dig down that path as of yet.”

She said she is unsure of the historical background leading to the current protection level covering the watershed. “I don’t think we’re operating as we have this protection,” she said Page-Brittin added a new cut block went up at the edge of the Greely Creek reserve last year, something that wouldn’t have happened if the area had further protection in place.

“At this time, as best I can see, under Crown land it’s designated as a community watershed,” she said.

That’s a different level of protection than the reserve status.

Revelstoke city council was set to consider the Watershed Alliance’s letter at their June 25 meeting.

The Times Review will continue to look into this story, which raises more questions that it answers at this point.

Green light or red light? Council to consider highway Jumbotrons proposal Should the City of Revelstoke spend an estimated $100,000 on two giant TVs for the highway corridor in order to attract tourists to town?

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Revelstoke city council will give the green or red light to the idea of creating large electronic Jumbotron-style signs on the Trans-Canada Highway to the east and west of Revelstoke.

The concept was first highlighted for council in December, 2012, when it met with very neg-

ative first responses from some city councillors. “Atrocious” and “obscenity” were two descriptors used at a December city council meeting; one councillor did say he supported ideas that support business.

The item was up for discussion again at council’s June 25 meeting after the city’s enhancement committee advocated for the new signs. The council meeting took

place after press time.

Tourism and economic development forces argue Revelstoke needs to do more to attract passing motorists into Revelstoke.

The electronic signs would help achieve this goal by promoting the town and its many special events through the programmable signs.

Opponents say the proposed large LED TV signs are a liter-

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In a report to council, CAO Tim Palmer also notes the Jumbotrons fly in the face of the city’s sign bylaw, which would need revisions to accommodate the new electronic signs.

If the giant TVs idea goes forward, the ongoing review of the city sign bylaw will be further delayed. The city planning department has also noted that, while the signs contravene the City of

Revelstoke’s sign bylaw, the city “may be exempt” from following its own regulation.

What’s the price tag? $50,000 each to purchase and install, so $100,000. But the enhancement committee recommendation and accompanying report from the city’s economic development department doesn’t have details like quotes or maintenance costs.

The report suggests the signs could “possibly” be funded through the city’s Resort Municipality Initiative fund – the socalled hotel tax fund.

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was conscious but had serious injuries to his left arm and shoulder.

Paramedics treated the man and took him to the hospital in Salmon Arm. He was later transferred to hospital in Kamloops where he remains in the intensive care unit.

CP Rail police are investigating the incident.

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Revelstoke avoids storm damage, but highway closure hurts

By Aaron Orlando and Black PRess Kootenay staff editor@revelstoketimesreview.com

Heavy rainfall that caused flooding to the Kootenays in the south and the Alberta-B.C. border region to the east of Revelstoke didn’t take much of a toll here.

The City of Revelstoke Public Works Department didn’t have any issues to report after heavy rains between Wednesday, June 19, and Thursday, June 20.

Government of Canada meteorologists issued rainfall warnings for areas south, west and east of Revelstoke, but the West Colum- The bridge across Hamill Creek in the West Kootenay was destroyed in bia region, where Revelstoke the June 19 and 20 flooding.

B.C. Ministry of Transporation photo is located, wasn’t under storm watch or warning at the height of tinue throughout today,” said Dar- bridge’s approaches on both sides the storm. rell Gunn, District Operations have been washed out and one The flooding, which cut off the Manager with the Ministry of resident evacuated to the north Trans-Canada east of Golden, has Transportation and Infrastructure side. Power lines were in the had a big impact on highway traf- for the West Kootenay District, creek.

The bridge led to five homes fic. The highway was eerily quiet in a statement released on June over the weekend, with few cars 20. “This may result in increased and Glacier Creek regional and almost no commercial vehi- stream and river levels so please park on Duncan Lake, where an be careful around all fast moving unknown number of campers cles, despite the summer season. were staying. The park is now The heavy rains triggered water.”

More information regard- inaccessible and has been closed. slides and flooding that closed It has been a dramatic few days highways around Kaslo, B.C. and ing possible opening times will wreaked havoc on houses and become available, and up to in the West Kootenay with heavy bridges in the region on Thurs- date information can be found at rains causing slides, washouts, closing roads and bridges, leavwww.Drivebc.ca. day, June 20.

Homes have also been ing people isolated and damaging Highway 31A between Kaslo and New Denver was closed due impacted by the high water lev- homes. to flooding and washouts. The els. The Regional District of CenBut it seems conditions are sethighway was reopened to single tral Kootenay is assessing dam- tling down, said Bill Macpherlane traffic that afternoon, with age following heavy rain last son, information officer with the half-hour delays expected. week that damaged two homes RDCK. A debris slide at the Lardeau north of Argenta and caused “Barring any unexpected Bluffs, approximately 27 km problems around the region. heavy rains, which are not forenorth of Kaslo closed Highway A double wide trailer on casted, everything should slowly 31, but the area reopened later Hamill Creek floated downstream return to normal,” he said Saturthat day. and another home is being eroded day morning.

Also, approximately 13 km at its foundation. Emergency The Regional District of Cennorth of Kaslo, Schroder Creek social services was trying to con- tral Kootenay activated its emeroverwhelmed its banks and tact everyone in the area. gency operations centre Thursday flooded the highway. As of Mon“Obviously that’s going to with flooding mostly a concern in day afternoon, the highway was be an issue is making sure those and around Kaslo.

It was deactivated Friday open to single-lane at that loca- people are okay and have water,” information officer Bill Macpher- night, said Macpherson. tion.

The forecast for next week “Over the past day and night son said. this areas has received over Although no people were in includes rain showers, though 80mm of rain. There has been a the trailer when the bank eroded, heavy downpours like those fallsignificant rainfall warning issued Macpherson said there may have ing last week not expected. Most for the West Kootenay area which been some pets. water systems in the region have anticipates heavy rainfall to conThe Hamill Creek peaked and are dropping slowly.

B.C. losing people to other provinces Tom Fletcher Black Press

VICTORIA – More people continue to move from B.C. to other provinces than migrate west, according to the latest Statistics Canada estimates.

Quarterly Statistics Canada figures show a net loss of 1,611 people from B.C. to other provinces from January to March this year. That is the seventh straight quarter of net out-migration from B.C., with the last net increase of 73 people recorded in the April-June quarter of 2011.

In 2012, while B.C. was a net loser of about 7,000 in interprovincial movements, Alberta gained about 43,000 and Saskatchewan gained about 2,500 people.

NDP leader Adrian Dix said Wednesday the latest totals mean B.C. has lost a net 12,000 people to other provinces since Premier Christy Clark took over. Dix said the number of private sector jobs has

declined since Clark launched her jobs plan, and her government continues to cut the budget for job skill training.

Dix said the NDP government of the 1990s saw an increase of 129,000 people in interprovincial migration, and during Gordon Campbell’s term, there was a net increase of 64,000.

Clark shrugged off the numbers Wednesday, saying B.C.’s overall population continues to grow.

“More people are coming here than are leaving, and we need to continue to work to make sure that more people are staying,” Clark said. “We’re competing hard with Alberta and the oil sands to keep people here.”

B.C.’s rising total population is a result of international immigration, offset by the losses to other provinces by people moving within Canada.

Ontario has also steadily lost people inter-provincially in recent years, including a national high of 6,823 in the first three months of this year.

In search of those affected by the flooding in Alberta and the East Kootenay, I swung past Grizzly Plaza on Friday to look for some Revelstuck tourists and came across a heated dispute. A busload of tourists, mostly from China with a few Vancouver residents on board, were waylaid in Revelstoke after highway closures blocked the way to Banff, and then to a glacier tour. The majority of passengers had voted and wanted to go back to Vancouver, but the bus driver – on contract with tour operators – had instructions to drive around the Interior for a few days and show the guests Salmon Arm, the Shuswap, Whistler and more. The situation erupted into a sometimes heated verbal argument in the plaza – in Chinese. Passenger Raine Xue spoke on behalf of the passengers, saying they were thinking of calling the police to help th sort it out. When they found out the inquisitive guy with the camera was from the newspaper, the passengers lined up for a photo without any prompting at all. They hoped the bad publicity would help their cause.

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Take Back the Night gives thanks Editor, On behalf of the Revelstoke Women’s Shelter and the Take Back the Night Committee, we would like to thank the many businesses and sponsors that made our event such a wonderful success.

First and foremost, thank you to Jay Shoji and his staff at Traverse Night Club and Brady at the Regent Motor Inn for your generous hospitality and for hosting our event. Your cooperation and assistance was second to none.

Many thanks to Downie Timber for financial sponsorship, to Lakeside Printing for donating the printing of our tickets; to 2nd Chance/Escape Within and Society Snow and Skate for selling our tickets; to Grant Leiterman for donating

L ET T ER S his time to provide the sound and lighting for the show, to Revelstoke Times Review, EZ Rock, and Stoke FM for media coverage.

A big thank you to Ginger and Spice, Revelstoke Excel Tire Centre, Red Apple, Chantilly Kitchen Bed N Bath, 2nd Chance/Escape Within/Hair Salon, Beyond Gifts, Revelstoke Pharmasave, Peoples Drug Mart, Enchanted Forest-Sky Trek Adventure Park, Jewelles Smith and Nelli Richardson with some of the many donations Evolve Living and Giving, from local businesses that helped support the Take Back the Night Isabella’s Ristorante, Emo’s event at Traverse last month. Aaron Orlando/Revelstoke Times Review Pizza and Steak House, Woolsey Creek Bistro, Mane Attrac- the Revelstoke Derailers and Take Back the Night Comtion, Wearabouts, and Julie Sweet Soul Burlesque for cre- mittee and the Revelstoke James Studio for donating to ating the vibe for “Take Back Women’s Shelter Society the Night”. our silent auction.

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Budget estimates debate will be critical NORM MACDONALD

MLA, Columbia River—Revelstoke

The first legislative session of the 40th Parliament begins this week, and the main business of the House will be to pass the provincial budget. That process is referred to as estimates debate.

The role of opposition members in estimates is critical as it is our responsibility to question ministers, line by line, on the budgets for their ministries.

The BC Liberal budget will be presented on Thursday, June 27, and is expected to be similar to the budget they first presented before the election in Feb-

ruary. At that time, it was considered by most to be very controversial. It is unlikely that the claims made in the budget will be able to withstand close scrutiny.

The new cabinet has been announced and the Ministers are now settling into their portfolios. And slowly, we are finding that ministries are becoming more responsive to requests. This allows my office to work on casework files as we did before the election.

The MLA office is available to assist you with issues you have with provincial government services, and we open dozens of new files every week. All con-

tacts with my office are confidential. My staff can provide information, advice and advocacy on a wide range of provincial issues.

As your MLA, my role is to be your voice in Victoria. To be able to do that effectively, I need to hear from you. I value your feedback and the information you can provide.

You can reach my office by email at norm.macdonald.mla@leg.bc.ca or by phone at 1 866-870-4188. *** Norm Macdonald is the MLA for Columbia River–Revelstoke.

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Social sector wants to start dialogue on teenage drinking Some youth social workers feel that parents, in an effort to protect their kids, are enabling them to drink. They want to start a community dialogue on the issue and provide support for parents and youth.

Alex Cooper

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Last week, a teenager was sexually assaulted at a bush party in Kamloops. More than 1,000 youth were at the party when a 17-yearold girl became separated from her friends and was approached by a male teen who sexually assaulted her.

The incident spurred national headlines. By coincidence, the Times Review had been approached the previous week to talk about the issue of teenage drinking in Revelstoke. Jill Zacharias, the city’s social development co-ordinator, said they were hoping to start a community conversation about youth substance abuse.

I met with her a week before the incident at the party in Kamloops.

“How can we start a community conversation where parents are questioning their role in enabling underage drinking in Revelstoke?”

Zacharias asked.

Underage drinking is not news.

Teenagers partying at the end of the school year isn’t news either. It becomes news when the police get involved or it starts to have reper-

cussions on youth in their day-today lives.

Zacharias’ concern, which is shared by others on the city’s social development committee, is that parents, in an effort to protect their children, are enabling them to drink. They’ll give them a ride to and from parties rather than have them make their own way home drunk. They’ll let them party with friends in the basement. They’ll even provide them with alcohol.

“There’s a fine line between thinking you’re being a good parent and actually enabling behaviour that increases risk for harm for youth,” Zacharias said.

She has been working with several other youth workers on developing outreach programs to help parents and youth address issues of underage drinking. The committee includes people from the Ministry of Children and Social Development, Community Connections, Revelstoke Secondary School and the Stoke Youth Network.

“It’s education at school and education from families that has to take place to make sure kids are aware of issues relating to drugs and alcohol,” said school district

superintendent Mike Hooker, adding that kids in Revelstoke weren’t different than anywhere else. “We are a community who are concerned about our kids so any amount of substance use and abuse is too much. In that way, that’s safe to say.”

One issue that was brought up is that teens pressure their parents by using the age-old excuse that everybody is doing it, and that its been happening in town forever, so what’s the problem?

“Certainly by no means is everybody doing it,” said Hooker.

“Lots of parents have boundaries or guidelines for their kids and kids have forever told their parents no matter what the issue is everybody else gets to, so why won’t you let me.”

A youth drug survey conducted in the fall of 2009 sheds some light on the situation. According to the survey, 78 per cent of RSS students have consumed alcohol. Most had been drunk by the age of 14. Nearly a third drank once or twice a month and 20 per cent drank at least every weekend. Sixteen per cent would drink to get really drunk, and more than half would drink until they could feel it. Eighty per cent said it was easy to get alcohol.

One-third said they had been in a vehicle where the driver was under the influence. More than a quarter said it lead to fights with parents, and a fifth to fights with their friends. 35 per cent had passed out, 45 per cent had blacked out, 24 per cent admitted to getting hurt,

17 per cent committed a sexual act they wish they hadn’t, and 16 per cent had hurt someone else.

“It’s reducing harm and reducing risks and really looking at those established patterns and how you can alter that,” said Zacharias. “If a kid establishes a pattern of binge drinking every weekend through high school they’re going to continue that the rest of their life, unless they have a big wake up call.”

For Sgt. Kim Hall of the Revelstoke RCMP, bush parties cause policing concerns such as assaults, sexual assaults, impaired driving, alcohol poisoning, and, sometimes, death. Sometimes they get calls from neighbours complaining about the noise or the mess left behind. The Rotary Club has done cleanups near the Equestrian grounds, which is a popular party spot. There were criminal charges at one party in March when three teenage girls assaulted another one.

“Do we have a high-volume of calls?” said Hall. “I guess relatively, no, we don’t get a high volume. However we go back to what the worst case scenario and we all know we as a community have to ensure the safety and well-being of young people.

“We want them to have a good time and enjoy their teenage years.

We want to keep them safe and this is not a safe way to do it.”

Zacharias hopes to raise a community dialogue around the issue.

She wants parents to start talking about enabling alcohol use. They

also want to provide more alternatives for teens in Revelstoke so they don’t resort to drinking.

“We want to be myth busters and not just blow it off as something all kids do and they’re just being kids,” she said. “There’s a fine line between them just being kids and enabling a pattern of use.

They’re going to keep pushing the boundaries.”

Superintendent Hooker said that from his experience high school students are more likely to look out for each other, which leads to fewer problems. “My perception is there are far fewer problems associated,” he said. “You mentioned fights – those are far more infrequent than what I experienced years and years ago.”

Still, he said, it’s important to address problems that result from partying and alcohol use when they do occur, because they inevitably spill over into the school. However, he added that many kids at school are aware of their own health and wellness and go to parties, but don’t drink.

“There are always a small percentage of our more vulnerable kids who are more apt to be involved in risky behaviours, including drugs and alcohol, and those are the ones we tend to focus our attention on,” he said. “And those are also the ones the stories are built on when the kids say everyone is doing it.

There’s a bit of a self-fulfilling prophecy there too.”

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Wednesday, June 26

The Okanagan Regional Library presents Things with wings: Insect Mania with the Okanagan Science Centre. At the library at 1 p.m.

RSS JAZZ BAND plays the Grizzly Plaza Summer Street Festival. From 6:30–9:30 p.m.

REDEYE EMPIRE Sublime-worshipping reggae rockers return to town to tear apart the Traverse. Show starts at 9 p.m.

BROWN BAG HISTORY This week – the Dickey Photographs. Come to the Revelstoke Museum & Archives for a lunch time talk by curator Cathy English on local history. 12 p.m.

Thursday, June 27

PICK A PIPER Dreamy psych-pop from Brad

Weber, a member of indie band Caribou. Live at the Last Drop at 9 p.m.

Saturday, June 29

ROLLER DERBY DOUBLE HEADER

Fri, Jun 28 & Sat, June 29

THE HAIR FARMERS Voted Whistler’s

favourite band for more than a decade, the Hair Farmers play everything from Jimi Hendrix to Coldplay to U2 to Bob Dylan. Live at the River City Pub at 9 p.m.

Friday, June 28

ORL SUMMER READING CLUB

The Calgary Reservoir Dogs will be in Revelstoke on Saturday, June 29, to take on the Vancouver Murder in a men’s roller derby bout. The match will follow a bout between the Revelstoke Derailers and the Calgary Kill Jills. The double-header starts at 6 p.m. Tickets are $8 in advance or $10 at the door. Visit revelstokerollerderby.com for more information.

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The Revelstoke Derailers take on the Kill Jills from Calgary, followed by a men’s bout between the Vancouver Murder and Calgary Reservoir Dogs. $8 in advance, $10 at the door. Visit www.revelstokerollerderby.com for more information.

TANYA LIPSCOMB Award-winning singer-songwriter plays the Grizzly Plaza Summer Street Festival. From 6:30–9:30 p.m.

MT. BEGBIE BEER LAUNCH WITH AIMIE LAWS At the Last Drop. 9 p.m.

DJ PRAIZ at the Traverse. 10 p.m.

Sunday, June 30

MARITIME KITCHEN ROCKERS

Revelstoke’s Celtic-inspired rock band plays the Grizzly Plaza Summer Street Festival. From 6:30–9:30 p.m.

WE WERE LOVERS Indie-electro dance-rockers with a penchant for post-punk guitars, they’ve drawn comparisons to Bloc Party and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Live at the Last Drop. 9 p.m.

Monday, July 1

CANADA DAY CELEBRATIONS at Queen Elizabeth

Park kicks off with a parade through downtown leading to the park. Music, kids’ games, food and prizes. 12 noon.

THE CLIFF JUMPERS New Orleans-style Dixieland jazz band plays the Grizzly Plaza Summer Street Festival.

From 6:30–9:30 p.m.

Tuesday, July 2

GARDEN GURU SERIES Composting and vermiculture, with Rory Luxmoore and Sara Jeffereys. Presented by the NCES at the United Church at 7 p.m. By donation.

WILLHORSE Southern rock, with a northern twist from the Golden band. At the Grizzly Plaza Summer Street Festival. From 6:30–9:30 p.m.

Wednesday, July 3

QUIDDITCH WORLD CUP Head down to the library to take part in a game of Quidditch, the wild sport from the Harry Potter universe. Dress up in a witch or wizard costume if you want. From 2–3 p.m.

TOBY BEARD Australian roots artist plays the Grizzly Plaza Summer Street Festival. From 6:30–9:30 p.m.

Thursday, July 4

CORNSTARR Rocking cover band plays all the hits as part of the Grizzly Plaza Summer Street Festival. From 6:30–9:30 p.m.

Friday, July 5

DARYL MAKK The Helmet Head Comedy Tour features

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motorcycling comedian. Show, tickets at Revelstoke Community Centre.

COAL CREEK BOYS Country music drenched in the Western Canadian tradition. Live as part of the Grizzly Plaza Summer Street Festival. From 6:30–9:30 p.m.

Saturday, July 6

REVELSTOKE TIMBER DAYS Come out for a celebration of Revelstoke’s logging heritage and watch locals compete in a variety of logging sports. At Centennial Park.

TOBY BEARD Australian roots artist plays the Grizzly Plaza Summer Street Festival. From 6:30–9:30 p.m.

Sunday, July 7

SHARON SHOOK Amazing local singer performs her favorite songs as part of the Grizzly Plaza Summer Street Festival. From 6:30–9:30 p.m.

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Anne Cooper retiring after 14 years with school district Alex Cooper

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In 1978, Anne Cooper and her husband Bob packed up their belongings and hopped on a train to northern Alberta.

The new graduates were hired to teach at a small school in Conklin, a tiny hamlet in north eastern Alberta, which was then accessible only by rail or through the small local airport. Bob was hired to teach kindergarten to grade four and Anne grades four to eight.

There was no store, so they had to mail-order groceries from Woodward’s, who would ship the deliveries by train. “Woodwards would send us anything,” Anne told me one day last week. “We had ice cream – it came in dry ice. We had pretty much anything you wanted, you just had to eat the fresh stuff first.”

The school, due to its remoteness (it was 600 kilometres from the district head office in Peace River, Alta.), experienced a high teacher turnover rate. The year before they arrived, the school went through three teachers. Anne and Bob surprised many when they returned for a second year, and they ended up teaching there for four years. It was there that Anne started to develop the foundations that would make her a leading educator in British Columbia.

“The real biggest challenge was the reading abilities of the kids,” she said. “Not all but for some, they were really struggling with reading. I realized first off that reading for some of the kids in my class had to be my first priority ahead of everything else.

“I tried to do some early work with kids that were really struggling with reading in my first two years.

That was the platform for those kids to do a lot better.”

Anne Cooper is retiring at the end of the school year after 35 years in education, including 14 as the superintendent of the Revelstoke School District.

She leaves a legacy of lifting Revelstoke to become one of the top performing districts in the province, with province-leading early learning results, high literacy rates, high graduation rates, a new elementary school and a new high school. *** I met with Cooper for a lengthy interview about her career in her office on the upper floor of the school district office. She vacated the superintendent’s office earlier this year when Mike Hooker assumed the post full-time. Since the start of the year, she has been helping Hooker transition, filling the post of district principal of support services, and working on the disposal of the old schools.

Cooper’s path started in high school in Calgary where, inspired by two of her teachers, and with her penchant for helping others, she realized she wanted to become a teacher.

“I was always helping other kids. Re-explaining things because they didn’t understand something,” she said. “I was always going to be a teacher.”

She and Bob – they met in grade 12 – both went to the University of Calgary where they pursued Bachelor of Education degrees. Anne specialized in teaching high school, with an emphasis on math and science. Bob specialized in elementary school education. Upon graduation in 1978, they decided they would go to whatever school district had positions for both of them.

“We thought its better that we both have our own classrooms,” she said. “Neither wanted us to go somewhere and be a substitute.”

That turned out to be Conklin, Alberta, which was part of the Northland School Division. While there, she got to teach all subjects across five grades in a two-room school.

In her third year there, she was asked to serve on the bargaining committee for the local teachers’ association. She wound up chairing the committee and her work got her noticed by the board office.

After four years in Conklin, she was hired as the coordinator of staff development and teacher welfare.

“I think my experience I had bargaining with the teachers’ association, it let people see the kind of

person I was,” Cooper said.

Over the course of six years at the district office in Peace River, she started down the path that would lead her into administrative work. She began work on a Masters degree in education from the University of Oregon.

In 1988, Cooper went to Fort Nelson for a six month stint as director of instruction while Bob completed his Masters. She worked on the budget and on collective bargaining and, at the end of the six months, she applied for a permanent position there.

“I got to Fort Nelson and immediately I knew it was a wonderful little school district,” she said. “It was a northern district. It was a compact district like Revelstoke. It had one high school and three elementary schools.”

She stayed for 11 years, becoming assistant superintendent and then the superintendent. Eventually, they talked about moving closer to Calgary to be able to better care for Bob’s aging parents (Anne’s had already passed away). By coincidence, she said, she happened to see an advertisement for the superintendent’s position in Revelstoke.

“We didn’t know where Revelstoke was,” she said. “We travelled a little bit in B.C. but we were really Prairie people.”

After doing her research, realizing it was another small district like Fort Nelson, and talking to people she knew in Revelstoke, she decided to apply for the position.

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Anne Cooper’s last day of work is set for August 30, 2013.

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Sniper Action Photo melds technologies into action photography business Revelstoke duo Dave Grimsdell and Ryan Johnson combine RFID technology, photography and web skills to create automated action photography business that’s getting international attention

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This sequence at the Silver Star Bike Park was taken using an automated camera. The camera takes the photo then uses info from a radio frequency ID tag attached to the bike to file it online almost immediately.

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THANK YOU RSS students and staff sincerely thank the following businesses and organizations for sponsoring Work Experience and Secondary School Apprenticeship students (SSA).

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This very valuable service helps prepare students for the workplace and make decisions about their futures.

Also a big thank you to Okanagan College, the Industrial Trade Authority ACE-IT, and BC Hydro for the Level I Construction Electrician Program, and to Queen Victoria Hospital for their “Careers in Medicine” tour.

Revelstoke entrepreneurs Dave Grimsdell and Ryan Johnson were at the Silver Star Bike Park near Vernon this weekend to unveil their new invention, called the Sniper Action Photo system.

The pair have developed the automated, solar-powered action photography system over the past few years and just rolled it out commercially on the weekend.

Here’s how it works. They set up cameras and flashes at key locations in adventure parks, like at a jump on a downhill bike course, a bungee jump platform or looking down a zipline.

Patrons are given a small radio frequency identification tag (RFID) they attach to their bike or clothes. When they approach the jump and catch air, the system senses the tag and takes a picture, then immediately and automatically uploads it to their website, www.sniperactionphoto.com.

The patron can then go online (it’s mobile-ready) using the password on their RFID tag to view the photos, and download them for a fee.

Grimsdell relocated to Revelstoke from Whistler several years ago. After years of biking and snowboarding there, he realized he didn’t record many adventure memories. “I’ve been in Whistler for 11 years and I didn’t really have a single photo,” Grimsdell said. He then thought about ways to overcome the burden of carrying camera equipment while out riding, or the cost of hiring a photographer.

With the idea in mind, he worked with friend Ryan Johnson, who is the tech guy. “He is a computer genius, I think,” Grimsdell said of Johnson’s work developing the turnkey system.

In addition to Silver Star Bike Park, they also have systems at the Oyama Zipline, Chase Tree Top Flyers and SkyTrek Adventure Park near Revelstoke.

“The challenge for these locations is they’re not busy enough for a full time photographer,” Grimsdell said. “We fill that niche for a fraction of the cost of a photographer.” Their business model provides for several different revenue or ownership arrangements with host adventure parks.

Their idea got some exposure recently in a journal devoted to RFID technology. Since then, they’ve got inquiries from adventure parks in Florida, Italy, Turkey and more.

Grimsdell is excited about the possibilities, but said right now they’re focusing on improving the technology, the photo quality and reliability. They could expand in the future, into the winter market or possibly video.

Grimdell joked that video had unique limitations: “People don’t always look as great on video as they think they’re going to look.”

Dave Grimsdell tests out the Sniper Action Photo system at Silver Star Bike Park.

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A Sniper Action Photo worker sets up their camera system at a zipline park.

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North Columbia Environmental Society coordinator Hailey Ross’s Farwell-area garden ekes out a living on the steep banks of the Columbia River overlooking the Big Eddy Bridge. The combination flower and food garden features a steep stairway leading to an ultra-private seating area by the river. The NCES is searching for gardeners who want to showcase their work in the Aug. 9–10 event.

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I checked in with North Columbia Environmental Society coordinator Hailey Ross to find out about gardening-related events the local environmental society is cultivating.

Many will be familiar with the ongoing Garden Guru series featuring weekly gardening events in town, many focused around the Revelstoke Community Garden at the United Church.

That’s just one of many exciting initiatives on the go, I learned. Here’s a snapshot of some others.

A committee headed by Laura Stovel has brought together many of the people involved in creating the Revelstoke Museum’s First Tracks ski history book to create a Revelstoke gardening history book.

The book will pair pioneer and senior gardeners in town with young interviewers to explore practical aspects of gardening in our mountain environment.

It will be packaged into a gardening coffee table book full of locally-specific gardening wisdom, advice and knowledge.

“There’s a new movement to bring that stuff back,” Ross said of the compact, instructional format coffee table book. “I think it will be a nice result, because it has a lot of the players involved.”

NCES Urban Junior Farmer Sara Jeffery and NCES Garden Coordinator Keenan Way have been working on youth initiatives and the downtown community garden, respectively.

Jeffery is focused on finding out what motivates young gardeners and urban food producers to do what they do. “It’s about finding out what aspects interest them,” Ross said. There are lots of reasons people garden – for food, fun, food security, relaxation – but not a lot is known about what motivates local youth gardeners.

The community garden has moved towards a more communal model this season. The square-foot format used to be divided up into individual plots, but this year the focus is on group learning via the collaborative model.

“We thought that if the place was gardened as a whole we could make it more efficient and increase the yields,” Ross said. “[It’s about] the learning, less than it is having a significant space to contribute to their kitchens.”

Over at the Revelstoke Visual Arts Centre, Ross said the NCES is involved with the art centre’s landscape expansion plans. They hope to help the centre create a “food forest” which is a perennial garden including nut trees, fruit-bearing shrubs, perennial herbs and medicinal plants. (It’s sort of like permaculture, Ross explained, but different because it doesn’t follow the

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The food forest will feature raised beds and other design considerations to make gardening more accessible to those with mobility challenges. “It’s easy access,” Ross said. “You don’t have to bend over as far.”

The NCES is working on a land share program to connect those with garden-able land with the landless.

“We’re actually going to get a website going,” explained Ross. Part of the idea is to create a link between seniors who have under-utilized property and young gardeners.

“We’ll try to involve seniors in their own yard if they want to get involved.”

Part of the the idea is to connect gardening enthusiasts with more square footage to work.

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Revelstoke Go Skateboarding Day 2013

The Columbia Valley Skateboard Association hosted Revelstoke Go Skateboarding Day events on June 21, including a skate comp at Kovach Park, and a skate to work or school initiative. The events also included a fundraiser dinner and evening show to raise funds for a new skatepark.

Top left: Ben Doyle won the King of SKATE competition at Kovach Skatepark. Competitors went one-on-one to see who had the deepest bag of tricks. Miss five tricks, it spells SKATE, and you were out of the competition. Here, Doyle warms up with an ollie over the pyramid.

Top right: Eddie Edmonds won the flatland high ollie competition. Here, he easily clears five boards. He advanced to six boards along with Matt Rebelo, but neither could make the next cutoff. Edmonds took the comp for better attempts at six boards.

Middle right: Matt Rebelo goes for a kickflip 50-50 across the box, but came up just short in time for the best trick competition cutoff.

Bottom left: Revelstoke longboarder Jim Browning recently started manufacturing his own line of custom longboards, and brought along one of his new creations – a Geezer custom shape.

Bottom right: Clay Carroll landed this boardslide down the rail on his first try.

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Secret gardens, art talent wanted Gardens, from page 11 Kelowna-based Green City Acres.

Stone has created a living by converting larger urban plots into conventional, market-focused, organic urban gardens that deliver directly to restaurants and through a food box program. “It’s teaching you economic and business skills associated with local gardens,” Ross explained. See the Revelstoke Times Review community calendar for the date.

The big, new upcoming event is the NCES Art Tour aimed to excite art and garden lovers. The Aug. 9–10 self-directed tour will partner unique gardens with Revelstoke artists. The artists will set up their works in the garden and Revelstokians will get a chance to check out secret gardens

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What’s this? Permaculture expert Gregoire Lamoreux led a Garden Guru series course on permaculture farming. This project (now located at the Revelstoke Untied Church) used shipping pallets and landscaping cloth to create minigardens that can be wedged into the tiniest of spaces

cocktails, regional wine from Larch Hills, Mt. Begbie Brewing beers and a multi-course meal prepared by Olivier Dutil-St-Pierre and Sonia Ratte of La Baguette served up in Terra Firma’s farm overlooking Revelstoke from the Begbie Bench. That’s the plan for the Midsummer Night’s Green local cuisine celebration this fall. “We’re excited to bring a formal dining experience to the farm,” Ross said. They’ll be formalizing the date soon – expect a quick sellout.

The next Garden Guru workshop is July 2 at 7 p.m. The composting and vermiculture course at the Revelstoke United Church will be led

by Rory Luxmoore and Sara Jeffery.

Check the Revelstoke Times Review community calendar in print and online for Garden Guru series events and the events listed above that don’t yet have a firm date set.

and new works on this map-based tour.

“We’re trying to find some of those little hidden gem gardens from around town,” Ross said. “It’s a celebration of people who are already doing interesting stuff.”

Sarah Harper and Jackie Pendergast are assisting with the event, which will also tie in with the Revelstoke Visual Arts Centre’s spring show; artists will be invited to attend the Art Tour and create their own works based on the event, which will then be featured in the spring show in 2014.

“I want people to suggest gardens for the garden tour,” Ross said.

“We’re still looking for artists.” *** How’s this sound: Herb-infused

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Despite the weather reports that threatened rain for the weekend, the decks of the Brockelhurst pool in Kamloops stayed dry during the racing hours, allowing for plenty of fast racing from the Revelstoke Aquaducks.

Best times were flying at the first Finals meet of the season. More than a dozen Aquaducks won aggregate awards in their respective divisions, and two Ducks broke meet records, as well as Revelstoke Aquaduck Club Records.

The third aggregates were division six girl Gina Cinelli, division eight girl Nadia Salon, division four boy Colm Molder, and division six boy Josh Rota.

The second aggregates were division three girl Brynn Hoshizaki, division eight girl Rosemary Kelsall, division two boy Alex Jay, division three boy Nolan Gale, division six boy Liam McCabe, and division eight boy Cam Molder.

The first aggregates from Revelstoke were division one girl Kayln Gale, division two boy Tye Hoshizaki, and division three boy James Lebuke, who went yet another personal best this weekend in the 50 metre backstroke, improving the club record to 37.21 seconds in an event winning effort.

Bryce Molder won first aggregate for the division five boys, winning all four of his individual events. Bryce broke two meet records in the pro-

cess, in the 200 meter individual medley and the 100 meter butterfly on the first night of the meet. His 1:07.69 was enough to bring down the club record of 1:07.74 that was set by Eric Huettmeyer in 2005, as well as better the Tsunami meet record.

A best time in the 100 meter freestyle had Bryce breaking his own record from the year before by just over half a second for his second club record of the weekend.

To cap off an excellent meet of fast and fun swimming, the Aquaducks beat out all the other teams to win the overall team title by scoring the most points at the meet in an excellent group performance that has the team ready to race at the competition in Kelowna next weekend.

The Aquaducks hoist their championship trophy from the Kamloops swim meet last weekend.

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Audrey’s grandsons, Jared Butcher (daughter Linda) and Matthew and Corey King (son Bill) were her pride and joy, and she loved them dearly.

Audrey will be missed by her many nieces and nephews, from Vancouver Island to Medicine Hat, all of whom brought her much happiness through her life.

As a young girl Audrey was busy with basketball, gymnastics, lots of friends and music. At home Audrey loved to play the piano for her family and friends, often accompanied by her dad on accordion. In 1952, she met a young lad named Bill and they soon were singing sweet harmonies.

Audrey and Bill were married on October 10, 1953 and proudly called Revelstoke home until they moved to Fruitvale in February, 2009.

A graveside service for family and friends will be held at 11:00 am on Wednesday, July 3, 2013 at the columbarium in the Mountain View Cemetery in Revelstoke. A tea will follow in the basement of the United Church.

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Micheal Anthony Bafaro Mr. Micheal Anthony (Mike) Bafaro died suddenly at Royal Inland Hospital, Kamloops on Tuesday, June 18, 2013 at the age of 55 years.

A Mass of Christian Burial was held from St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, Revelstoke on Tuesday afternoon, June 25th with Father Aaron de Dios celebrant. Interment of Mike’s cremated remains will take place in the family plot of Mountain View Cemetery, Revelstoke at a later date.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Heart & Stoke Foundation of B.C., #201-635 Victoria Street, Kamloops, B.C. V2C 2B3.

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Mike was predeceased by his parents, Filippo and Maria and several other family members. He is survived by wife, Diane of Vernon; children: Tony (Jessie) Bafaro of Kelowna, Stacie Bafaro, Sean Bafaro and Ryan Bradley all of Vernon, his dogs Gizzy and Pika; brother, John (Angela) Bafaro of Revelstoke, their children: Phillip (Karley) Bafaro and their son Nixon, Franco (Ashley Dubois) Bafaro and Steven Bafaro all of Revelstoke; sister, Maureen Bafaro of Kamloops; sisters-in-law, Tracy Baird of Rocky Mountain House, Alberta and her children Justin and Janelle Krabben; Glenda Chambers of Vernon and her children Marisa and Danny Chambers as well as parentsin-law Bill and Louise Baird of Pender Island and many other family members in Canada and Italy.

Messages of condolence may be sent to the family by visiting Mike’s obituary notice at www.brandonbowersfuneralhome.com.

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Mary was born in Sclater, MB on October 22nd, 1922. She was predeceased by her parents, and her four older brothers, and a son and daughter at birth.

Mary's husband, Leon passed away in 1998, her grandson Jared in 1989 and her son Mark in 2009.

Mom is lovingly survived by her son, Larry (Nancy), grandson Chris (Annette), great-grandson True, Chris' mom Joanne, all of Revelstoke, granddaughter, Ryah , great-grandson Leo, of Calgary, daughter Susan ( Frank), grandsons Jeff, Scott and Justin, and great-granddaughter Talia, of Delta and Langley, daughter Shelley (Kevin) of Burnaby, and daughter-in-law Tammy and grandson Mitchell and granddaughter Erin of Port Moody. Also missing mom are a wonderful array of family and friends. Mom had a group of five ladies that visited her at her care home every Monday for the 3 years that she resided there. The family wishes to thank the staff at Northcrest Care Centre for their tender, loving care.

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The Columbia Shuswap Regional District (Regional District) is issuing this Request for Proposals seeking a Proponent to develop a plan for the deconstruction of disposed mattresses and box springs, which includes the recycling of wood and metal materials extracted from the mattresses, as well as the disposal of the non-recyclable materials.

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Proposals clearly marked “REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS – WASTE CHARACTERIZATION STUDY” will be accepted until 2:00 PM local time on Tuesday, July 30, 2013, at the office of the Columbia Shuswap Regional District located at 781 Marine Park Drive, PO Box 978, Salmon Arm, BC V1E 4P1.

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Any questions regarding this Request for Proposals document can be directed to Ben Van Nostrand, Waste Management Coordinator, Environment & Engineering Services at (250) 833-5940.

This project has a maximum budget of $50,000. Any questions regarding this Request for Proposals document can be directed to Ben Van Nostrand, Waste Management Coordinator, Environment & Engineering Services at (250) 833-5940.

The Columbia Shuswap Regional District reserves the right to accept or reject any or all proposals and to waive any informality in the proposals received, in each case without giving any notice. The Columbia Shuswap Regional District reserves the right to accept the proposal which is deemed most advantageous.

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Fax submissions will not be accepted. The lowest or any proposal will not necessarily be accepted.

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facility and to be able to look out in the audience with parents and community members, that was almost breathtaking,” she said.

“That was such an exciting day, not necessarily because we were opening the school, but it was a culmination of what we had accomplished in the school district. In my head, I already knew I was retiring.”

Even with retirement, Cooper plans on staying active in education in Revelstoke. She intends

years.

— Receiving the first set of Early Development Instrument data, which measured children’s vulnerability in kindergarten, and seeing how well Revelstoke had scored.

— The work on the Neighbourhood Learning Centres and bringing in the theatre and early learning hub.

— The opening of the new Revelstoke Secondary School. “To actually be in such a beautiful

on staying on the literacy committee and early childhood development committee. She will also be working as a mentor for new school district superintendents.

“I want to do a few things because I think I have something to offer, whether it’s around early learning, or student achievement,” she said. “I’m going to work less, I’m going to get on that ski hill. I’m going to get to the farmers market. I’m going to enjoy Revelstoke.”

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“I think that was really my focus right from the get go,” she said. “The real focus that we needed was to ensure that kids left grade three reading. And once we could do that, kids needed to be leaving grade seven reading fluently. And once we could do that, we would have a completely different system because we wouldn’t have resources at the secondary school supporting kids who can’t read.”

A committee was formed to look at literacy and the ambitious target of having 90 per cent of students leave grade three reading at grade level was set. The target was met after only a few years and has been reached ever since.

“I think that’s the best work that I’ve done here – to be focused on a system that focuses on a children’s success early, which is success in reading,” Cooper said. “By doing that, kids benefit from greater success in math and have huge levels of success in how they conduct themselves, their comportment and social responsibility.”

Another thing she realized right away was that Revelstoke had too many elementary schools for a district its size. “It was obvious to me that trying to spread resources around five K to 7 schools was going to be a real struggle,” she said.

With that in mind, the process was started on closing two schools. First, they looked at closing Mountain View Elementary, but it was eventually decided to close Big Eddy Elementary first, which happened in 2002.

Afterwards, the district started looking at closing either Mountain View of Mount Begbie Elementary.

A business case was submitted to the Ministry of Education that it would be better to close both schools and open a new building.

At around the same time, the district was also looking at what to do with Revelstoke Secondary School. It was in need of a renovation, and the district conducted a building audit.

Part of the school could stay as is, part would need to be renovated and part would need to be replaced. Once again, the case was made to the Ministry to build a new school.

“The projects got married because they came together at the same time.”

Cooper said. “That’s hugely exciting to have two new facilities but I must tell you our kids were succeeding at the old facilities.”

*** Anne Cooper came to Revelstoke just as the Ministry of Education was expanding the mandate of its school districts to include early childhood education and literacy.

“She was the perfect person to take us through that transition,” said Chell.

Not long after the School Act was changed to reflect the expanded mandate, Cooper attended a talk by Dr. Clyde Hertzman, a leading expert on early childhood development. He spoke about when children develop different cognitive and physical skills.

For Cooper, the talk was an epiphany.

She started working with the people in that field, such as Tracy Spannier, who had assembled an early childhood development committee.

“I think it was a huge opportunity in our community for a lot of people interested in learning about early learning and children to develop a strategic plan and look at developing programs and services for families,” Cooper said. “We’ve really done that for the last, oh, eight years and now Revelstoke is first for vulnerability in the province.” *** Another area where the school district has seen improvement is in graduation rates. When Cooper arrived in Revelstoke, only about 65 per cent of students were finishing high school, she said. That meant that in a cohort of about 130 students, only about 85 were graduating. The struggles students had reading meant they weren’t doing well in school and would lose interest in their courses. “It’s hard to do well in school when you can’t read,” she said.

The work that had begun on literacy in the early years began to translate into more success at the high school level.

Cooper also credited the diversity of courses at the high school with helping keep students interested.

“I think we’ve got an extremely well rounded high school and I give Mike (Hooker) and his staff credit for that,” she said. “We have a culture that recognizes that kids are different, that kids can excel in different ways.

“Kids can build a time table of stuff they’re interested in with teachers that care about them. It makes it OK to come to school every day. If you come every day and have stuff do, then the five years go by very quickly.” *** In her 14 years in Revelstoke, Anne Cooper has had opportunities to leave for a bigger district, but she never considered them. Her plan all along was to retire here, and she stuck to it. “I don’t think a career should be judged by how big a school district you’re running as a superintendent,” she said.

“There’s been nothing to make me pick up the paper and see if there’s a better job out there. I’ve got the best job.”

I asked her what her most significant memories are. She mentioned several: — Seeing the grade three literacy data and realizing the school district had reached its goal of 90 per cent of children reading grade level after only two

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