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New tour explores Revelstoke’s diverse garden scene

Clara & Francis Maltby’s prominent garden at 512 Campbell Avenue is just one of 18 featured in the North Columbia Environmental Society’s first Garden & Art Tour this Friday, Aug. 9 from 4–8 p.m. Experience the lush varieties of gardens in Revelstoke and swap knowledge while experienceing some in-situ art installations. Here, local artist Stefanie Lynn displays some of her works featured in the tour. See page 16 for more.

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Water quality tested in Williamson’s Lake after sewage spill Risk was low, but water tested out of abundance of caution, officials say Alex Cooper

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The water around the beach in Williamson’s Lake is being tested for E-coli after a sewer line break on Camozzi Road, but officials say there isn’t a big reason to be concerned about water quality.

The situation arose at some point when a plugged sewer line on Camozzi Road burst, leading to a sewage leak into a trench just off the road, said Mike Thomas, the director of engineering for the City of Revelstoke.

He told the Times Review that Hard Hammer Construction plugged the sewer line while conducting repairs to a section of line that wasn’t installed properly during

initial construction.

“At some point over the weekend the plug that was stopping the sewage from running towards the excavation failed,” he said. “An unknown amount of sewage did enter the trench.”

The fear is that the sewage seeped through an eight-metre berm and into a creek that flows into Williamson’s Lake.

“It is possible – and we’re not 100 per cent on this – it is possible some of the sewage did infiltrate through the fill material and did enter into the creek,” said Thomas.

The Provincial Emergency Preparedness program and Interior Health were both notified about the situation.

Water samples were taken from the lake near the beach and test results are expected

by Thursday afternoon. The Williamson’s Lake beach will stay open in the meantime.

“Our expectation from Interior Health – what I understand their expectation is – there will be no reason to be concerned about the water quality there, we’re just making sure,” said Thomas.

He said Hard Hammer was taking the matter seriously and was “diligent in reacting to the situation.” *** Later last week, City of Revelstoke engineering director Mike Thomas said results from the water testing have come in at three E Coli per 100 ml. That’s well below the limit of 400 E Coli per 100 ml for a single sample at a recreational beach.

Residents gather for Family Fishing Day at Williamson’s Lake in Revelstoke this June. Aaron Orlando/ Revelstoke Times Review

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A Vernon man died in a small plane crash on July 26 at a remote lake in Hamber Provincial Park near the B.C.-Alberta border.

Pilot Yves Rene, 62, was the sole occupant of the Cessna 182 float plane, which had landed at Fortress Lake, a high-altitude lake west of Jasper.

Sgt. Kim Hall of the Revelstoke RCMP said it appears the plane clipped some trees while it was attempting to take off from the lake.

An emergency beacon alerted rescuers.

A search and rescue team found Rene deceased at the scene.

The BC Coroners Service, the Transportation Safety Board and the RCMP continue to investigate.

The incident occurred inside the border of the Revelstoke RCMP detachment’s catchment area, although Valemount RCMP were initially notified and responded along with the Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre, Parks Canada staff and the Royal Canadian Air Force’s Squadron 442.

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Dry July in B.C. one for the record books Black Press

Not a drop of rain was recorded at Vancouver and Victoria airports during July, the first time that has happened since Environment Canada began keeping rainfall records in 1937.

Much of the rest of B.C. also had an unusually dry month, with numerous local records falling. Williams Lake airport recorded 1.6 mm of rain during the entire month, while communities in the northwest had only occasional showers.

Provincial bans on all open burning including campfires took effect Thursday in the Kamloops and Coastal fire districts, covering most of southern and central B.C. The ban covers coastal areas

except Haida Gwaii and the designated “fog zone” along the west coast of Vancouver Island.

Fire bans apply to open fires of any size, including those with permits, as well as industrial burning, fireworks, tiki torches and burn barrels.

Camp stoves that use propane or briquettes are still allowed.

The ban took effect as rain showers were forecast for many areas of B.C. The B.C. government’s wildfire management branch says lightning is expected over the next week in the coastal region.

Provincial fire restrictions cover all private and Crown land, including parks, but not within the boundaries of local governments that have fire departments, which establish local restrictions.

‘Monsoon in June’ then dry July in Revelstoke A wet June in Revelstoke gave way to a record-breaking dry July this year.

Revelstoke beat a record for low precipitation in July, totalling just 6.2 mm last month. The previous record was set in 1922.

The wildfire danger rating reached ‘extreme’ for much of last week, but the thunderstorm downpours over the August long weekend knocked the risk back to ‘low.’

As of August 5, campfires are still permitted, but must be small in size.

A wildfire located in a remote area about 90 kilometres north of Revelstoke had expanded to about 16 hectares by July 30. The lightning-caused Old Camp Creek fire was discovered on Saturday, July 27. B.C. Smoke from the fire may by visible from Highway 23 north. The fire is located to the east of the highway. As of press time, the fire was listed at about 17 hectares and had ‘patrol’ status.

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Revelstoke Bike Fest 2

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The downtown townie crit will return this weekend at the second annual Revelstoke Bike Fest offering. The weekend-long festival is a home-grown effort to stimulate bicycle culture in Revelstoke, said organizer Brent Strand. Check the Times Review community calendar for many dirt, street and social events happening Friday through Sunday.

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The B.C. government is pressing ahead with its goal of a 10-year agreement with B.C. teachers, appointing a “public administrator” to replace school trustees on the board of their provincial bargaining agency.

Education Minister Peter Fassbender said the change is temporary, and the B.C. Public School Employers’ Association will continue to play an important role in talks with teachers and support staff. BCPSEA will be under the direction of Michael Marchbank, CEO of the Hospital Employers’ Association, when talks with the B.C. Teachers’ Federation resume in September.

Fassbender’s announcement surprised school trustees around the province. He said he spoke to or left messages for trustees on the BCPSEA executive before making the announcement in Vancouver Wednesday.

The move is to meet a demand of the B.C. Teachers’ Federation to bargain directly with the B.C. government, Fassbender said. The government also intends to eliminate essential services rules that keep schools open with minimum staff during strikes.

Fassbender denied the suggestion he is

setting up a “showdown” with teachers that would shut down schools and turn the public against unions. The structural change is needed to achieve the stability for students and parents promised by Premier Christy Clark, he said.

“It’s not about pitting them against us,” Fassbender said. “It’s about finding a new road map where we can achieve that goal.”

A two-year contract extension and wage freeze imposed by the government on teachers expired at the end of June. Jim Iker, who took over this spring as BCTF president, told CKNW radio Thursday his union isn’t opposed to a long-term settlement, as long as more resources are there to improve classroom conditions.

The BCTF is returning to court this fall to seek restoration of bargaining for class size and special needs support.

School support staff represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees are to resume negotiations for a new contract this month, after walking away last spring because their negotiators didn’t believe BCPSEA had an adequate mandate to get a settlement.

CUPE employees have not had a raise in four years.

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A Big Thank You from Garhwali English Medium School

Rotary Member for: 30 Years What’s been the highlight of your Rotary experience?

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By Chris Bostock Public Relations Co-Chair

In April, we told you about our Taste of India fundraiser, a portion of which went to support the Gahrwali English Medium School (GEMS) in Sainji, in Uttarkhand, Northern India. GEMS is an elementary school that provides free, quality education to low income children in Sainji. Vivian Mitchell, who cochaired our International Project committee last year, recently received a glowing email from the school.

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Some may wonder why we would choose to support a cause halfway around the world, but it’s messages like these that make these projects worthwhile for Rotary members. What may not seem like a lot of funds went a long way to helping these children succeed scholastically, as well as furthering Rotary’s goal of promoting international peace and understanding.

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Graham Harper Occupation: Business Manager Rotary Member for: 9 Years What’s been the highlight of your Rotary experience?

Rotary fellowship and service back to the community.

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The thank you email in full.

Dear Vivian, I wrote you earlier to express our gratitude for the effort you put forth in organizing the fundraiser for GEMS, but I just wanted to send another mail to thank you once again.

We have received most of the books now for GEMS, thanks to the Rotary, and as Laura has told me, you were responsible for most of the organizing. Wow! That must have been no small feat! Well, the rewards here are amazing. The children love their books as do I and the teachers. They are good quality books and the lessons are so well planned and have lots of activities for the children to engage in. Having books like this go such a long way in helping the children to learn. You know, when we first started our school three and a half years ago, the children’s dreams were so small. They could not imagine becoming anything more than a gatekeeper, a driver, or in the case of the girls -- a wife and a mommy. Today their dreams are so much bigger. They aspire to be teachers, nurses, doctors, engineers, business people, bankers, scientists, etc. We have a huge responsibility in helping these children reach their goals, but when we get this kind of support their dreams are just so much more attainable. So thank you so much for all of your help. We hope that one day we might get to meet you so we can thank you in person, and we also hope that maybe one day you can visit us at GEMS. You would be most welcome!

All the best, Lori and Kunwar

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Children attend class at GEMS, above & right, and below a boy reads from one of the books donated using funds raised by Rotary.

Joel Olson

Occupation: Mortgage Broker Rotary Member for: 2 Years What’s been the highlight of your Rotary experience?

I enjoy the ability to network with like-minded professionals, and also to participate in raising money and championing local, national, and international causes.

Revelstoke Rotary Club meets at noon each Thursday in the Begbie Room at the Regent Inn. If you’re interested in community service and learning what Rotary is all about, guests are welcome.

You can contact any club member, or membership chair Randy Driediger at 250-837-6291.

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Malcolm Bott

Rotary Member for: 24 Years What’s been the highlight of your Rotary experience?

The highlight is the Youth 250-837-3855 Exchange.

Rotary has allowed us to host well over 10 students over the years. It was a rewarding opportunity knowing that by sharing some of our family time with them, it allowed the students to grow as individuals in what can be an indecisive time in their lives. And when the students thank us many years after, that is rewarding.

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The fellowship and the new friends I’ve met, as well as the Youth Exchange Program.

What’s been the highlight of your Rotary experience?

Looking at all of the 250-837-3855 positive changes Rotary has brought not only into our community but around the world as well.

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Revelstoke museum opens new exhibit on multicultural history Alex Cooper

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The Revelstoke Museum & Archives opened its new exhibit on Revelstoke’s multicultural history Wednesday, while it also began consultations on a new exhibit plan for its recently-renovated main floor.

The new exhibit, titled MOSAIC, looks at the history of Revelstoke’s main pioneering cultural communities – British, Ukrainian, Italian, Scandinavian, Japanese and Chinese.

“I’d like to see this exhibit as something that can evolve over the years,” said curator Cathy English. “We’ve represented our pioneer ethnic groups in Revelstoke but there’s a lot of different groups that are living here now and there’s a real wide variety of cultures that are represented in our population.

I would like to see us continue to develop the exhibit and to showcase our current cultures as well as well as our historic ones.”

The exhibit features a brief history of each community. It looks at the Scandinavian role in introducing skiing to Revelstoke, the Chinese who worked on the railroad, the Ukrainians who established the community at the foot of Mt. Cart-

ier, the Italian stonemasons, the Japanese who died in the 1910 Rogers Pass avalanche, and the dominant role British immigrants played in early Revelstoke society. It also displays historic artifacts from each cultural group.

The displays were designed by summer student Claire Carsley.

“In terms of the exhibit, I hope you enjoy it and add your colours to our mosaics on the window,” said English.

At the same time, English introduced Cuyler Page, an exhibit designer who will be working with the museum on a revamped exhibit plan for the museum’s main floor space, which was recently renovated to make it more open and brighter.

Page had a display set up on the main floor outlining three different ideas to use the space. The first would a be traditional timeline exhibit of Revelstoke, showcasing the town’s history through the years, with a changing exhibit in the middle of the room. “One would progress around the room through the decades,” he said The second idea was for exhibits grouped around certain themes like business, religion and recreation. It would look at how Revelstoke has developed over the years in those

Clockwise from above: An Italian dress that’s part of MOSAIC, the museum’s new exhibit on Revelstoke’s multicultural history.

A Chinese wok and rice grinder that are display as part of MOSAIC, the museum’s new exhibit on Revelstoke’s multicultural history.

A few of the historical Ukrainian items on display.

Alex Cooper/Revelstoke Times Review A few of the historica Ukrainian items on display as

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The third idea would be to use the space for ever-changing exhibits around different themes and events.

“One things the museum is very good is at creating exhibits around a theme,” Page said. “This would build on that.”

You can indicate which idea you

like best at the museum. The new multicultural exhibit is located on the second floor.

Trans-Canada four-laning work east of Kamloops Black Press

Construction on two projects that will improve safety on the TransCanada Highway east of Kamloops kicked off on Tuesday, July 29.

The two Highway 1 projects include Phase 2 of the Monte Creek to Pritchard project, and Phase 1 of the Pritchard to Hoffman’s Bluff project. The governments of Canada and British Columbia are investing $110.6 million to improve Highway 1 between Monte Creek and Hoffman’s Bluff, with the Government of Canada contributing a maximum of $43.6 million through the Building Canada Fund.

Political dignitaries, including Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP Cathy McLeod, Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Todd Stone attended a small ground-breaking ceremony marking the occasion.

“The Government of Canada is committed to making sure our roads are safe, modern and efficient,” states McLeod in a Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure (MOTI) press release. “By investing in these projects, we are helping to improve safety and ease traffic congestion for residents and travellers along these heavily-used stretches of Highway 1.”

Stone said the projects are part of the province’s commitment to continue upgrading the Trans-Canada Highway to four lanes between Kamloops and Alberta, improving safety for all highway users.

MOTI and local First Nations

communities worked collaboratively during the archaeological investigation and mitigation phases of these projects, and will continue to work together, minimizing impacts and preserving culturally significant sites during construction.

“The Neskonlith Indian Band supports the safety improvements that these highway projects will bring,” said Neskonlith Chief Judy Wilson.

“We are pleased with the work in developing a protocol for ancestral remains finds with government, and are encouraged by the direct involvement the Neskonlith community has had with the archaeological works.”

Last fall, Phase 1 of the Monte Creek to Pritchard project was completed, expanding a three-kilometre section of the Trans-Canada Highway from two lanes to four lanes between the Monte Creek Interchange to east of Bostock Road. Phase 2 of the project will widen a further 7.5-kilometre section of Highway 1 to four lanes, and includes a grade-separated interchange at Pritchard.

The total cost of this project is $49 million. The federal government committed $16.7 million to the project through the Building Canada Fund. Completion is scheduled for the summer of 2015.

The Pritchard to Hoffman’s Bluff project is the second Trans-Canada Highway project now underway. This will widen a 5.8-kilometre section to four lanes, and construct a new, safer intersection at Stoney Flats Road.

The Pritchard to Hoffman’s Bluff project will be completed in two

phases. Phase 1 will widen a 2.8-kilometre section to four lanes, and is valued at $19.3 million, with completion scheduled

for 2014.

Phase 2 of the project will realign and widen the remaining three-kilometre segment of the

Trans-Canada Highway through Hoffman’s Bluff. It is anticipated this next phase will go to tender in 2014.

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IPP construction continues in Revelstoke region

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BY MICHAEL WATSON

Now that the dust has settled from May’s surprising election we must continue to question the government’s currently flawed provincial energy plan. It is mismanaged, unregulated environmentally, and continues to not be in the best interest for British Columbians. Since its windfall start in the early 2000’s under the BC Liberals BC Hydro has acquired $54 billion in debt to Independent Power Producer (IPP) contracts. As a result it is leading the provincial Crown corporation directly into bankruptcy.

For the first time ever, BC Hydro is forecast to run at a loss of one billion dollars over the next four years.

Prior to this the public hydroelectric utility provided funding for public infrastructure, produced reliable low carbon power, and maintained long-term energy security.

Aside from the sub-par environment regulations particularly associated with run-ofriver IPP’s, these projects continue to be rampant province wide with over 800 applications to date. They have no long-term cumulative impact planning, require no local and First Nations input, and are simply not required for B.C.’s long-term energy needs.

The election promise of liquefied natural gas terminals in the north, which would be supplied with ‘green’ IPP energy, shows the current government’s complete lack of foresight. Not only is IPP run-of-river unreliable and intermittent, it is also far too expensive to run the LNG plants.

BC Hydro is left holding the bag, so to speak, and is contractual obligated to buy this expen-

sive IPP energy. According to BC Hydro, IPPs produce less than 20 per cent of the total provincial electricity supply, yet BC Hydro owes over $54 billion in private energy contracts. The economics don’t add up and is congruent with the government’s financial inaptitude by benefiting private and not public interests.

Previously, BC Hydro could take advantage of ‘negative pricing’ during times like now where there is abundance of electricity in B.C. Due to the private contract obligations BC Hydro it is unable to take advantage of this cheap energy.

On a local scale, the Revelstoke area is far from exempt of run-of-river development. Currently two projects are underway with a third one close to approval. As reported a few weeks ago in the Times Review, McKay Creek is expected to start construction this month. I had an opportunity to tour the lower section of the proposal a year ago and couldn’t help but notice the sheer beauty of the canyon and the numerous large cedars that dotted the landscape.

Once built, the canyon will be a lot more silent and the cumulative impacts from the project on the surrounding landscape won’t be known for years to come.

To the south of Revelstoke lies the oncepristine watershed of Cranberry Creek.

In 2005 the landscape was changed forever when Advanced Energy Systems constructed their 6.6-megawatt run-of-river project.

The facility diverts 2.1-kilometres of the creek just below the old Walter Hardman dam and has successfully scarred the landscape forever.

Recently on a hike into the area, which contains cedars measuring upwards of two meters in diameter, I discovered that construction has commenced on a 3.3 MW addition to the existing facility. The new addition that was essentially approved in 2008 and will divert about three kilometres of Cranberry Creek, removing a large portion of the water from that stretch.

The addition (along with the original project) went through no public consultation process and letters from me to the company have fallen on deaf ears. The company has started to

construct a road on the south side of the pristine Cranberry Creek and stockpile construction materials without any media attention. This addition is a prime example of the potential for these ‘spider-web’ networks to run rampant in B.C. going deeper and deeper into the shrinking pristine wilderness.

The fact of the matter is these IPPs that supposedly promise long-term energy security do anything but. The electricity coming from runof-river facilities comes at a time when BC Hydro’s reservoirs are at capacity and there is an excessive amount of power. The regulation process behind these projects is despicable, putting private interests before the public good and the commons. The BC Energy Plan is purely not in the best interest of British Columbians because it continues to bankrupt the once profitable BC Hydro.

So write the Provincial government urging them to terminate the IPP program and write the companies building run-of-river projects asking them to participate in local meaningful community consultation – even if your letter will probably fall on deaf ears. *** Revelstoke resident Michael Watson has been active in lobbying against IPPs since 2009.

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Scientists work to solve mystery of dying bees

SCIENCE MATTERS

BY DAVID SUZUKI

When a swarm of bees landed on a tree in their yard a few years ago, a David Suzuki Foundation staffer and her husband became accidental beekeepers. They called an apiarist relative who came over and helped them capture the bees, build hives and round up equipment. Now they’re enjoying fresh honey and wax and have developed a fascination for the amazing insects. Staff shared that wonderment when she brought honeycombs and tools to the office for an impromptu lesson on beekeeping and bee behaviour.

Bees are endlessly intriguing,

and incredibly useful to us – and not just for honey and wax. If bees disappeared, it would be difficult, if not impossible, to grow much of what we eat. Bees pollinate crops ranging from apples to zucchini.

Blueberries and almonds are almost entirely dependent on them. Some experts say they’re responsible for one of every three bites of food we eat. The economic value of pollination services from honeybees alone is estimated at $14 billion in the U.S. and hundreds of millions in Canada.

Bees are good pollinators because – unlike some birds and other insects that are after nectar alone – they also seek out pollen, which they use along with nectar to feed the hive. In the process, they transfer pollen from the male part of one flower to the female part of another, fertilizing plants so they can develop seed-carrying fruits.

Wild bees and domesticated honeybees are both important pollinators.

In fact, research indicates wild bees may be more important for

food-crop pollination than honeybees. That’s in part because a single species, such as honeybees, is vulnerable to mass disease outbreaks. Wild bees also use a wider range of pollination techniques and visit more plants, and so increase chances of cross-pollination, according to an article in the Guardian.

Sadly, both wild and domesticated bees are in trouble, and that means we could be, too. Causes of phenomena such as colony collapse disorder and other declines in bee populations are not entirely understood, but scientists are getting closer to knowing why bees are dying. Ironically, much of it relates to agricultural practices. Modern methods of growing food are killing one of our biggest helpers in food production.

Wild bees also face threats from climate change and habitat loss. A recent study published in Science found half the wild bee species in the U.S. were wiped out during the 20th century. That’s been partly

B.C. aboriginal progress fragile TOM FLETCHER Black Press

VICTORIA – The ceremonies have become common at the B.C. legislature. Government officials and aboriginal leaders gather to celebrate resource sharing agreements that allow economic development in areas that need employment but are hampered by a century of uncertainty and dispute over treaties, or lack thereof.

This approach emerged a decade ago with forest agreements. The B.C. Liberal government bought back timber cutting licences from big forest firms and made them available for community forests and aboriginal communities who claimed the areas as their traditional territories.

Recently the approach was extended to mining revenues and water licence fees paid by private power developers.

These are substantial steps forward for the only province in Canada in treaty limbo. A 2010 sharing deal worth more than $30 million in royalties for the Mount Milligan copper-gold mine north of Prince George helped the McLeod Lake Indian Band recover from the pine beetle and forestry slump that devastated its business base.

After many years of struggle, Mount Milligan expects to go into production this year. Another agreement with Kamloops-area communities shared revenues from an expanded Afton mine.

Perhaps the most ambitious agreement was concluded in March of this year when the government signed a deal with the Tahltan Nation for mining and hydroelectric development in remote northwestern B.C. The deal clears the way for a major extension of the BC Hydro grid to power the Tahltan village of Iskut and also the Red Chris metal

mine, opening up the region to other mining and hydro potential as well.

To get that deal, the province put up $20 million last year to buy back Shell Canada’s coalbed gas leases in the Klappan region, headwaters of the Nass, Skeena and Stikine Rivers.

Those leases had become a target of international protest.

Even after these expensive concessions, it would be an error to conclude that all is well between the Tahltan and the province. Stikine MLA Doug Donaldson questioned Aboriginal Relations Minister John Rustad on this point during the recent legislature session.

The Tahltan Central Council was pleased about shared decision-making on resource projects, until they found out that B.C. had handed the environmental assessment of a new open-pit coal mine over to the federal government. The proposed mine is in the Klappan, known around the world as the Sacred

Free access during Culture Tour Contributed

The Columbia Basin Culture Tour allows you to explore artists’ studios, museums, art galleries and heritage sites in Revelstoke during this free, self-guided event on August 10–11.

Travel to studios and archives that aren’t normally open, see demonstrations, new exhibitions and collections or meet people behind the scenes. To participate in the tour, simply grab a map, your Culture Tour Directory and go!

Revelstoke events take place 10 a.m.–5 p.m.

The BC Interior Forestry

Museum is situated in Revelstoke, nestled between the Selkirk and Monashee mountains, beside the Columbia River in British Columbia, Canada. This forest-covered part of the world has a long history of forestry and is part of a very important forest region known for its precipitation and interior rainforest ecosystem.

There are many exciting exhibits on display as well as a gift shop with local creations and fantastic picnic grounds.

The Revelstoke Visual Arts Society as a not-for-profit community facility dedicated to the creation, exhibition and promotion of the visual arts. Their cur-

rent ‘Art Fair’ exhibition is showcasing the talents of its artist members. This exhibition will provide a wide variety of work in all media. All work is available for immediate sale. Art First Gallery is another gallery displaying work of local artists, with some work from Columbia Basin artists. These are two galleries worth visiting to take in the work of the local talent.

Tour brochures are available at the Revelstoke Tourist Info Centre and participating venues. Visit the website at www.cbculturetour.com to view full artist/venue profiles for further details on each location’s activities.

attributed to “an increasing mismatch between when plants flowered and when bees were active, a finding consistent with climate change,” according to the Guardian.

Causes of honeybee deaths are more complicated. Colony collapse disorder has wiped out millions of hives over the past decade, with pesticide use, parasites and poor nutrition eyed as likely culprits. Scientists from the University of Maryland and U.S. Department of Agriculture recently found pollen collected by honeybees was contaminated with a toxic mix of pesticides and fungicides. It appears the toxins make the bees more vulnerable to a parasite called Nosema ceranae, which is believed to cause colony collapse disorder. Pollen samples contained an average of nine different agricultural pesticides and fungicides, and as many as 21 in one case.

The European Union has imposed a two-year ban on three neonicotinoids, a class of pesticides thought to be responsible for

Headwaters.

Rustad said shared decision-making deals such as the Tahltan agreement do not cover activities of the B.C. Environmental Assessment Office. Whether the review of that coal mine is federal, provincial or combined, it requires extensive consultation with affected parties.

That’s great, but all that goodwill could evaporate quickly if a coal mine ends up getting a permit despite Tahltan objections.

Rustad’s Nechako Lakes constituency is also a focal point for oil and gas pipeline proposals. Donaldson highlighted another problem. Last year the government signed a reconciliation agreement with the Gitanyow First Nation near Terrace, one of many communities struggling to get through the B.C. treaty negotiation process.

the dramatic declines in Europe’s bee populations, but only for use on “crops attractive to bees”. However, according to the Maryland study’s lead author, Dennis vanEngelsdorp, quoted in the online news outlet Quartz, “It’s a lot more complicated than just one product, which means of course the solution does not lie in just banning one class of product.”

We need to get a handle on the toxic chemicals we use to grow food. If our practices kill insects and birds that make it possible to grow crops, we’re defeating their purpose and putting ourselves and the rest of nature at risk. As individuals, we can help bees. Stop using pesticides and join the call to ban the worst ones. Plant bee-friendly plants and gardens, make wild bee “houses” and learn more about our fuzzy, buzzing friends. Like our DSF staffer, you could even adopt a hive.

Written with contributions from David Suzuki Foundation Communications Manager Ian Hanington.

That agreement included a joint landuse plan. Then the Environmental Assessment Office asked the Gitanyow for its input on proposed gas pipelines through its territory, to feed the government’s liquefied natural gas plans. Again, the joint land-use plan has no provision for pipelines.

The Gitanyow hereditary chiefs wrote to the B.C. government in July, threatening to go to court over the pipeline proposal and questioning the value of their hard-won reconciliation agreement.

Resource revenue sharing agreements and shared land-use plans are well-intentioned and represent real progress. But these situations show how fragile they are.

Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com

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Wednesday, August 7

event takes place at Terra Firma farms and will feature a five-course meal by La Baguette, wine pairings from Larch Hills Winery, herb-infused cocktails, and live music. from 6–11 p.m. The event is a fundraiser for the NCES’ Local Food Initiative. Tickets are $75, available at Chantilly Kitchen, Art First or online at northcolumbia.org.

DEVON COYOTE Rocking one-man band, live at the Grizzly Plaza Summer Street Festival from 6:30–9:30 p.m.

GARDEN GURU SERIES Fermenting the harvest, with the Melnyks.

Presented by the NCES at the United Church at 7 p.m. By donation.

Thursday, August 8

BIKE FEST WHERE THE TRAIL ENDS A film that follows the world’s

STEVE PALMER Country-roots, with

a mix of originals and good old, downhome, toe-tappin’ tunes. Live at the Grizzly Plaza Summer Street Festival from 6:30–9:30 p.m.

KIRBY EDWARDS Live at the River City Pub. 9 p.m.

Fri, Aug. 9, to Sun, Aug. 11 REVELSTOKE BIKE FEST Come out for a celebration of cycling in Revelstoke. On Friday and Sunday there will be group mountain bike and road rides starting at 9 a.m. Friday night at 7 p.m. will feature the poker run, followed by a band at the River City Pub. On Saturday, there will be kids events, a bike scavenger hunt and a downtown crit. Note the schedule is subject to change.

top freeride mountain bikers to unridden terrain around the globe. At the Roxy Theatre at 7 p.m. $8, with half the ticket sales going to the Revelstoke Cycling Association.

BIG JOHN BATES This band spins dark cabaret, alt-country and rustic blues into a sound they call Americana noir. Live at the Traverse at 9 p.m.

Sunday, August 11 RCA TRAIL MAINTENANCE DAY

Friday, August 9

BIKE FEST GROUP RIDES Cross country and road rides meet at the community centre at 9 a.m.

BIKE FEST KIDS PLAYGROUND RUN Meet at the gazebo in Grizzly

Plaza for a kids fun ride. Starts at 4 p.m.

GARDEN & ART TOUR Visit a number of Revelstoke’s hidden gardens and discover the creative talent of numerous community artists displaying, playing, and creating work within garden environments. Pick up your map for the evening at Art First of Chantilly Kitchen. Runs from 4–8 p.m., with a suggested donation of $5.

BIKE FEST POKER RUN Take part in a fun poker ride around town. Starts at the River City Pub at 6 p.m.

JOANNE STACEY & FRIENDS

Local singer-songwriter takes to the stage with her friends to play a mix of country, roots, folk and pop. Live at the Grizzly Plaza Summer Street Festival from 6:30–9:30 p.m.

THE HAIRFARMERS Whistler’s favorite band returns to the River City Pub. Show starts at 10 p.m. $5.

The downtown crit race at the first Revelstoke Bike Fest in 2012 brought out some fierce competitors, shocking some passers-by and causing many viewers to take a step back from the curb. We recommend a vantage point close to a downhill corner, where racers pick a line and test their nerve as the pack funnels through the bottleneck. The downtown crit (Saturday, 5 p.m. downtown core) is one of many Revelstoke Bike Fest 2013 events this weekend.

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of downhill shuttle rides. Pickup at Skookum at noon and 3:30 p.m. $35 per person.

BIKE FEST KIDS EVENT A cycling event for kids. Meets at Grizzly Plaza at 1 p.m.

p.m.

Saturday, August 10

EVA LAKE PILGRIMAGEJoin

Parks Canada staff for a 12-kilometre hike to Eva Lake in Mount Revelstoke National Park. Follow in the footsteps of the first people to explore the summit area of Mt. Revelstoke and witness the wildflowers in full bloom. Meet at the Balsam Lake parking lot near the summit of Mt. Revelstoke at 9 a.m.

BIKE FEST DOWNTOWN CRIT RACE The streets of downtown turn

into a race course for the second annual Downtown Crit Race. $10 for adults, $2 for children. Register at Skookum at 4 p.m.; the race starts at 5 p.m.

NICE VERDES Original world folk music. Live at the Grizzly Plaza Summer Street Festival from 6:30–9:30 p.m.

BIKE FEST SHOW N SHINE

Show off your townie at the Village Idiot at noon.

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S GREEN This year’s dinner fundraising

BIKE FEST SHUTTLE RIDES

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Meet at the Mt. Macpherson Nordic Lodge at 8:30 a.m. for a morning of trail work on local mountain bike trails.

Equipment is provided.

BIKE FEST GROUP RIDES Cross country and road rides meet at the community centre at 9 a.m.

BIKE FEST SHUTTLE RIDES Join Wandering Wheels for three hours of downhill shuttle rides. Pickup at Skookum at 5:30 p.m. $35 per person.

LOTUS 7 CAR CLUB brings exotic Lotus car tour to Glacier House Resort for a barbecue and show-n-shine starting at about 1 p.m.

NICE VERDES Original world folk music. Live at the Grizzly Plaza Summer Street Festival from 6:30–9:30 p.m.

Monday, August 12 JESSICA STUART FEW Folk-jazz power trio. Live at the Grizzly Plaza Summer Street Festival from 6:30–9:30 p.m.

AN EVENING WITH THE STARS Drive up to the summit of Mt. Revelstoke National Park to watch the Perseid Meteor shower. The Meadows in the Sky Parkway will be open until midnight for the occasion.

Tuesday, August 13 BOB ROGERS JAZZ Local trombon-

ist, live at the Grizzly Plaza Summer Street Festival from 6:30–9:30 p.m.

GARDEN GURU SERIES The mechanics of canning, with Josie Woodman. Presented by the NCES at the

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United Church at 7 p.m. By donation.

Wednesday, August 14

RCA TWOONIE CROSS-COUNTRY RACE Come test your riding

skills in a mountain bike race at Mt. Macpherson. Registration is at 6:30 p.m., the race starts at 7 p.m. Visit www.bikerevelstoke.org for details.

BOB ROGERS JAZZ Local trombonist, live at the Grizzly Plaza Summer Street Festival from 6:30–9:30 p.m.

CABARET EVENING featuring Vancouver-based burlesque dancers April O’Peele and Melody Mangler in an intimate show at Benoit’s Wine Bar. 9 p.m. $10 advance, $15 door.

Thursday, August 15

THE WHEAT IN THE BARLEY

Folk fusion with “crack songwriting, brilliant and warped arrangements and stunning instrumental solos unite under the banner of a savvy eclecticism.” live at the Grizzly Plaza Summer Street Festival from 6:30–9:30 p.m.

WINTERCOURT is folk duo Tanyss Nixi and Sherry-Lee Wisor playing melodic folk-pop with Appalachian influences. Life at Benoit’s Wine Bar, 107 Second Street East. 9 p.m.

Friday, August 16

JOHN AND HOLLY live at the Grizzly Plaza Summer Street Festival from 6:30–9:30 p.m.

Fri, Aug. 16 to Sun, Aug. 18

RAILWAY DAYS Celebrate Revelstoke’s railway heritage during a weekend of events for the whole family.

With special tours, music, presentations, book launches, demonstrations, kids activities, car shows and much more. Visit www.railwaymuseum.com or call 250-837-5250 for details.

Saturday, August 17

SHRED KELLY PLAYS REVELSTOKE RAILWAY MUSEUM

East Kootenay stoke-folk band plays at the rail museum from 7:30–11 p.m.

Shows at 8:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. Beer garden. Tickets at Railway Museum and Society Snow & Skate. Fundraising event for Columbia Valley Skateboard Association, Revelstoke Canine Search and Rescue and Revelstoke Railway Museum.

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features the Grand Victorian Railway Days show by donation at the museum starting at 7 p.m. 111 First St. West.

tournament turns 15, with 30+ boys and girls teams of all ages expected to take part.

LINDSAY MAY live at the Grizzly Plaza Summer Street Festival from 6:30–9:30 p.m.

FAMILY DAY AT REVELSTOKE RAILWAY DAYS features events for

children, families. Hobo Camp Art Corner, Kettle Valley Brakemen play music, Revelstoke Model Railway Club exhibit, storytelling and more. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Revelstoke Railway Museum.

TANYA LIPSCOMB live at the Grizzly Plaza Summer Street Festival from 6:30–9:30 p.m.

Monday, August 19

THE REV live at the Grizzly Plaza Summer Street Festival from 6:30–9:30 p.m.

Tuesday, August 20

TEREZA plays lyrically-driven songs

Sunday, August 18

BOCCE BALL TOURNAMENT at the Big Eddy Pub. $20 entry for twoplayer teams. Cash prizes, costume prizes. 2 p.m. start.

Sat, Sept. 7, to Sun, Sept. 8 LITTLE BEAR SOCCER TOUR-

The Kettle Valley Brakemen bring B.C.’s dramatic railway history to life with musical storytelling. They tell the tales of train wrecks, rowdy brawls, jail breaks and other colourful episodes of the region’s railways. The Brakemen perform August 16 and 17 at Revelstoke Railway Days.

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rooted in empathy. Benoit’s Wine Bar. 9 p.m.

CANADIAN PLAYBOYZ Male strippers laden with tattoos and sexual innuendo. Routines include cops, soldiers, cowboys and even an orangejumpsuit prisoner one. At Traverse Lounge.

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NOTICE OF PROPERTY DISPOSITION

WATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS - CEDAR STREET

In accordance with the requirements of the Province of British Columbia's Community Charter, Revelstoke City Council hereby gives notice of its intention to lease the Concession at the Revelstoke Arena to Heimark Industries Ltd., dba Kino's Snacks, as follows:

Please be advised that the City of Revelstoke will be installing new water and storm pipes in the west end of Cedar Street. Construction is scheduled to begin August 19, 2013 and will take approximately 8 weeks to complete. Work hours will be from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm. Monday to Friday.

1. August 2013 to April 2014 2. for a nine-month term commencing August 1, 2013 at $5357.16 plus applicable taxes.

The land ....is located at 1100 Vernon Avenue and legally described as Lot 1, Section 27, Plan NEP90975.

Tim Palmer Chief Administrative Officer

Bike and pedestrian trails near the west end of Cedar Street will be closed for the duration of the project. Please follow detour signs and do not bypass any barricades on the trails.

A plan of the proposed project is available for viewing in the Engineering & Development Services Department at Revelstoke City Hall, 216 Mackenzie Ave. Location Map

NOTICE OF PROPERTY DISPOSITION AND ASSISTANCE In accordance with the requirements of the Province of British Columbia's Community Charter, Revelstoke City Council hereby gives notice of its intention to lease to the Revelstoke Snowmobile Club for a three year term at $1.00 per year, land located at 1800 Powerhouse Road. This property is legally described as Parcel B, Sec 26 Twp 23, R2, W6M, Kootenay Land District, Except Plan DD16882I, 10185 (see 35095I) of S.E. ¼.

Revelstoke City Council intends to provide assistance to the Revelstoke Snowmobile Club for leased land in the industrial park. The non-profit society will pay rent in the amount of $1.00 per year for a three year term which is less than fair market value rent.

Tim Palmer Chief Administrative Officer

ENGINEERING & DEVELOPMENT SERVICES HIOB ROAD CONSTRUCTION PROJECT The City of Revelstoke has planned a construction project in the area of Hiob Road for the summer of 2013. The project generally includes excavation, backfilling and compaction of the roadway base, paving, ditching and landscaping on Hiob Road from McKinnon Road to Windsor Drive.

Construction is scheduled to begin August 20, 2013 and will take approximately 3 weeks to complete. Work hours will be from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm. Monday to Friday.

Due to the nature of the project, access to residential driveways will become unavailable at certain times. In the event that access is unavailable overnight, we ask that residents park their vehicles outside the construction area until access is restored.

A plan of the proposed project is available for viewing in the Engineering and Development Services Department at Revelstoke City Hall, 216 Mackenzie Ave. Project information is also available online at www.revelstoke.ca under the Engineering and Development Services Section. We will be pleased to address any questions or concerns you may have regarding this project.

During construction, every effort will be made to minimize inconvenience to area residents.

The City of Revelstoke would like to thank you in advance for your patience while this necessary work is being carried out.

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Project information is also available online at www.revelstoke.ca under the Engineering & Development Services Section. We will be pleased to address any questions or concerns you may have regarding this project.

Thank you in advance for your patience while this necessary work is being carried out.

PUBLIC WORKS TRAFFIC SIGN AMENDMENT The City of Revelstoke wishes to advise residents that the City will be removing the 30km signs on 4th Street East between Temple and Humbert Street. The City has decided after receiving the Signs and Marking Report from ICBC that the best course of action to meet the arterial traffic requirements is that this area be returned to a 50km Zone. This section of road will remain a Playground Area with a speed limit of 50 km, not a Playground Zone with a speed limit of 30 km.

The City has consulted with School District #19 and the RCMP and ensured that they are aware of the upcoming changes. If you have any questions or concerns please call the Public Works office at 250-837-2001.

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Bats and caves go together.

So many popular images of bats involved swarms of them hanging upside down onto the roofs of

caves, and then swarming out at night to feed.

Batman has his bat cave for a reason.

In Glacier National Park, bats have been spotted in the Cougar Valley but what isn’t known

is whether or not bats live in the Nakimu Caves, which are located several kilometres up the valley from the Trans-Canada Highway.

The issue is of particular interest because of the spread of White nose syndrome (WNS) in bats through-

out eastern North America. The disease was introduced to North American from Europe in a cave in New York State and has since spread in all directions through 21 U.S. states and five provinces. In Canada, it is found as far west as northern

Ontario and in the United States, west of the Mississippi River.

WNS is caused by geomyces destructans, a fungus that thrives in cool environments like caves. It

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2. At the main entrance to the Nakimu Caves. From foreground to background – Calgary Herald reporter Colette Derworiz, Silas Patterson of Parks Canada, microbiology student Baylee Out, and visitor safety manager Eric Dafoe.

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from previous page mostly affects bats while they’re hibernating, and eats away at a bat’s fat reserves, causing it to wake up from hibernation and then starve to death from excess winter activity. The mortality rate in bat populations affected by WNS is about 75-95 per cent.

There are nine species of bats found in Glacier National Park.

Of three species of bats that are being recommended for placement on the Species at Risk Act, two are found in Glacier – the little brown bat and the northern bat. WNS is estimated to have killed from 5.7—6.7 million bats in North America so far.

“The bat species who are hit hardest right now are really commonly found bat species,” said Sarah Boyle, an ecologist in Glacier National Park. “Their populations, when they’re hit, particularly in the winter when they’re hibernating, it will wipe the entire colony out.”

WNS is believed to have been brought over from Europe, where bats are immune to the disease, and spread to North America, possibly by a spelunker who transported the fungus that causes the disease overseas. Since 2006, when it was first detected, it has spread rapidly.

Bats play a very important role in an eco-system. They eat more than their weight in insects every day and pollinate crops. A report published in Science magazine estimated their economic value to U.S. agriculture as being in the billions of dollars. With popula-

tions being decimated by WNS, there has been a renewed interest in bat research. Sarah Boyle showed us a map produced by the website whitenosesyndrome.org that shows the spread of the disease.

“I’ve been told from other wildlife health surveillance operations that it’s not a matter of if it comes westward, but when,” said Boyle. “We’re trying find out if that fungus is here and we’re also trying to get a really good handle on the bat population in the caves, if we have bat populations in the caves and if so, if they use the caves, and when.” *** Last Thursday several members of the media were flown into the Cougar Valley in Glacier National Park to visit the site where researchers are conducting bat studies in the Nakimu Caves.

The caves were a major tourist attraction in the park in the early 20th century, but access has been very limited in recent decades after the valley was closed in order to protect bear habitat. Due to the difficult access through Balu Pass, and the need for special permits, only a few dozen people access the caves every year.

We flew in by helicopter, landing in a clearing high up the Cougar Valley, beneath towering cliffs and steep, alder-filled avalanche slopes. Silas Patterson, a resource conservation technician was there to greet us. He brought us down a short path to the staging area, where we met Sarah Boyle, the Glacier National Park ecologist.

She was sporting a little baby

bump and wearing a green Parks Canada skirt. “Like Mary Vaux,” she joked later, referring to one of Glacier National Park’s pioneering female mountaineer.

A few more Parks’ staff and contractors joined us. Eric Dafoe, the long-time public safety manager, was there serving as the guide to the caves – he has been in them about 50 times over his long career in the park. We also met Mandy Kellner, a wildlife biologist who has been contracted to study the bats in the cave and Baylee Out, a fourth year microbiology student at Thomson Rivers University.

Our tour started with a visit to a nearby cave entrance so we could get a glimpse of the caves while Parks’ staff enjoyed their lunch. Then, we regrouped and made our way down to the main entrance of the cave. We switchbacked through the Cougar Valley until we came upon a culvert inserted into the side of the mountain. It led into the cave, where a cool air blasted out like natural air conditioning.

One-by-one we entered the cave and stepped gingerly down a loose cable ladder. The cave was cool and damp, the roof was coated in water droplets and the ground was slick and muddy.

Dafoe led the way into the cave while the scientists went about their work. We didn’t get too far in before we reached a point where the cave dropped off sharply.

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High up the Dupont Forest Service Road, on the western flank of Mount Sproat, Blair Schiller is nimbly lifting and stacking logs along a trail carved through a steep cut block. He maneuvers the arm of the his log loader with seeming ease, grabbing the trees next to the trail and stacking them for his brother Travis to pick up with his skidder.

It was a hot July day and the wildfire danger is extreme – like it had been for the past week. As a result, the crew – down to three people – was removing what it could from the block before shutting down until the fire hazard is reduced. At the bottom of the cut block a grapple-yarder and a fellerbuncher sat idle due to the fire risk, limiting what the crew could do.

I walked up the trail with Dave Dickson, a logging operations manager with Stella-Jones, the forestry company logging the area. Schiller was contracted to do the work of cutting down the trees and Dickson was there to make sure he was doing everything right.

“Schiller’s really experienced,” Dickson told me earlier that day. “They’re really good loggers so my job’s a little easier when I’m dealing with them.”

After Travis pulled a load away, Blair turned off his machine and jumped out of the cab. He was wearing an orange safety best and a dark grey Woodland ball cap, and he sported a bushy moustache.

He asked if I was in training. Nope – I’m just a journalist interested in seeing what happens out on a cut block when trees are being harvested. *** I met Dave Dickson at 7:30 a.m. at Tim Horton’s

for the drive south to where Blair Schiller was working. He warned me straight away that I wouldn’t be seeing too much action because of the extreme fire danger. Logging contractors were heading into shut down mode and were gathering what few logs they could before taking a few days off. I had hoped to see trees getting mowed down by feller bunchers and grapple-yarders removing them from the slope, but it was not to be.

Dickson has been with Stella-Jones for five years and has been supervising logging operations out of the company’s Salmon Arm office for most of that time. Around Revelstoke, he oversaw the work on Boulder Mountain and on the Begbie Bench (he said he couldn’t talk about the latter because of the ongoing investigation into the logging there by the Forest Practices Board).

Around Revelstoke, Stella-Jones logs along the west shore of the Columbia River from the Begbie Bench to Frisby Ridge; and on the east shore south of the Alkolkolex River. Their license is volume based, but through negotiations with other operators, those are the areas they work in.

My main goal this day was to learn about steep slope logging. In all my discussions with foresters in Revelstoke, they always talk about the challenges of steep slope logging.

As Dickson explained it, the process begins by assessing the cut block to see if it will be economical to log. Once that’s determined, they will go in to see where to put the roads, which is determined by the shape of the slope.

On a steep slope, a big issue is deflection. The timber will be removed from the cut block by grapple-yarders, so what foresters look for is slopes where they can extend a cable from top to bottom

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Blair Schiller lifts a long pole from the cut block using his loader.

without it bumping into the ground when it’s carrying a heavy load of logs. The roads will be laid out where the slopes flatten out, that way the cables can be run straight down through the block without running into bumps or rolls along the way.

“You walk around the hillside and figure out where those convexities and bad deflections are and that usually means you need to put a road there,” Dickson told me. “Then you run profiles, or deflection lines.”

Dickson will walk the slope with a rope and clinometre to measure the length and steepness of the slope. “It gives you an accurate representation of the ground in that straight line,” he said.

In a simple situation, you can look at the look at the slopes profile, draw a line through it, and if that line doesn’t touch the ground, you’re good to go. Since it’s usually not that simple, there’s special software that will help make those determinations and let you know where the roads should go.

“Then you go and approach a logger – who probably won’t trust your work, it’s just the relationship

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foresters have with loggers – and they’ll decide if it will work,” said Dickson. “They might need a trail to achieve deflection.”

A trail is a temporary road put up through a cut block to help access timber and get around those obstacles that get in the way of cable-yarding.

In logging, a slope is considered steep when it reaches a grade of 45 per cent, or about 25 degrees – the steepness of an advanced ski run. Dickson called that the critical number where ground-based equipment like skidders can’t operate. At that point, loggers will cut trails up the cut block, but they’re only allowed to disturb about 10 per cent of the area, which limits the number of trails you can cut into a block.

“That’s why you use cable equipment, because it has less an effect on the ground and on the soil,” said Dickson. “The trees are the resource we’re after but the soil is what’s producing for us.” ***

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‘It’s nice being out here. What’s better than this?’ from page 13 After the 34-kilometre mark of the Crawford Forest Service Road, Dickson turned left up the Dupont FSR. Another four kilometres up he stopped and we got out to see the grapple-yarder. It wasn’t in operation because of the fire risk; the yarder features a metal cable running through a metal wheel; it produces sparks that can quickly start a fire when the ground is as dry as it has been lately.

High above we could see the backspar, which is the equipment the cable runs to a the top of the slope (sometimes the cable is attached to a tree stump). Dickson pointed out a little roll in the slope likely deflected logs being brought down.

“That little bit of a roll, they don’t like that,” he said. “It cuts into productivity because you have that concave slope. Logs will come down and start catching on the ground and on the stumps right there. You can’t bring as many logs down because it pulls your cables down further.”

He pulled out his clinometre and measured the slope at about 56 per cent, or 30 degrees. We could see signs the trees had been hand-falled at this location – the ground was too steep for a feller-buncher. The fallers would have likely worked from left to right across the block. “In a patch like this they’d want to have all the trees down first before they set up the yarder,” said Dickson.

We got back in the truck and drove further up the road. We passed by Blair Schiller’s feller-buncher that was sitting at the side of the road. The cab could tilt so that when it was being run on a steep slope, Schiller could sit level. We took a look at the blade on the feller. The teeth were massive – at least an inch thick and much wider. It didn’t need to be sharp because the blade spins with such speed and force it buzzes through trees with ease. *** We drove higher up to the landing where the remainder of Schiller’s crew was working. Brett Turcotte was running a dangle head processor. He would pick up logs one by one, cut off

the knob at the tail, run the log through the grapple to de-limb it and measure how long it is, and then lop off the head where the log is too small to be worth much. He would then stack the logs into a pile depending on their destination.

Stella-Jones’ specializes in utility poles, so only about 10 per cent of the logs they harvest actually get used

by Stella-Jones. The rest are sold to local mills – mostly Downie Timber, but also Interfor in Castlegar, Dickson told me.

Turcotte noticed us watching and turned off his machine briefly.

I walked over to have a chat. He got into his father’s logging business eight years ago as a summer job during high school. He said he’s basically selftaught as a logger.

“I’m pretty comfortable with hopping on anything that’s hydraulically driven and learning it within a day or two,” he said. “It’s something that’s been bred into me.”

Two weeks ago he was hired on by Schiller to run the processor.

“As far as all the machines go, it’s probably one of the more fun ones to run,” Turcotte said. “You have to move the wood differently and use your brain and think.”

He said the machine required a lot of technique to use, and that there was also some pressure he felt while running it because it’s the last machine to touch the logs before they’re loaded onto the trucks to the mill.

“If there’s lots of defects, you’re the last person to have touched it so I guess you carry the weight of the whole show as far as the quality of the wood that goes in and out of the mill,” he said. *** Dickson and I moved onwards, up to where Blair Schiller was working.

On our way up the trail, Travis Schiller came up with his skidder to grab another load, so we scrambled out of the way.

We watched as Blair lifted the logs from the cut block – sometimes one at a time, sometimes more. He would grab them with the grappled, tilt them up and then stack them on the trail

Above: A grapple-yarder sits idle in the middle of a cut block up the Dupont Forest Service Road south of Revelstoke. It has been shut down while the wildfire risk remains extreme.

Below: Blair Schiller (left) and Dave Dickson, the logging supervisor with Stella-Jones.

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for Travis to pick up. The machine seemed like an extension of his body the way he easily manipulated the logs.

With the shutdown coming up due to the fire risk, and being unable to use

some equipment, they were just grabbing what they could before taking some time off.

Blair Schiller, 43, started in logging when he was still in high school.

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Clockwise from left: Sandra Davis’s Ninth Street garden features culinary and medicinal herbs; Lee Olsen has been known as the ‘flower lady’ for installations like this wheelbarrow planter; Francis Maltby at his Campbell Avenue garden; a day lily at the Olsen’s garden; Sam & Betty Olynyk’s garden mixes vegetables and flowers.

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“We love your garden!” shouts the passenger in a passing blue BMW convertible.

“Thank-you!” exclaims Francis Maltby from behind a shady latticed alcove at his riverfront Campbell Avenue garden. A wasp joins us in the refuge from the burning, humid Saturday heat. The insect spreads its legs wide to delicately balance on the surface tension of the water trough, then grabs a drink.

Outside, we walk a narrow path through a cloud of honeybees busily stripping the oregano, goldenrod, yarrow and stunning tiger lilies. We step into a hidden sunken patio area, then inspect a giant yew rescued from a construction site.

The Maltbys’ prominentlylocated home gets lots of passing traffic, and dozens of compliments a year, Francis explains.

His garden – just one of 18 featured in the North Columbia Environmental Society’s first Garden & Art Tour this Friday – displays the diversity that exists in Revelstoke’s garden scene, which is undergoing a transformative revival.

Local gardens are miniecosystems unto themselves, blending vegetables and flowers, medicinals and ornamentals, studied order and controlled chaos.

Maltby, a well-known defender of the local Columbia River ecosystem, explains they’re managing their ‘urban meadow’ for conservation and biodiversity values, mixing native and agronomic species to create a beautiful oasis that sup-

ports birds, insects and controls invasive species.

Not mowing the tall, native grasses at its periphery is part of the philosophy; the grasses are habitat for bugs, some of which deposit their eggs on the tall grass.

Another goal is to stretch out the blooming season from spring to fall.

Clara and Francis try to be somewhat laissez-faire, balancing the garden naturally by allowing the plants to compete with each other. They step in to control runaways, like lupins or a recent buttercup infestation.

“It’s not easy,” Francis explains. “We put a lot of work into it. Lots of things happen; we try to allow it to develop the way it’s going to develop.”

Gardening isn’t a hard news topic, yet we go off-the-record several times. Doing your own thing causes tension with the authorities, it seems. The Maltby’s garden even earned the ire of a Stoke List troll – who proved to be a shrinking violet in the face of daughter Erica Maltby’s withering rebuttal.

Normality is often tyrannical, seeking approval through disapproving; lawn chemical ads portray the neighbours for a reason.

In a community surrounded by forest, the Maltby’s garden has a fire management plan now.

I’ve spoken with Francis about his garden in the past, and felt I got his philosophy. Visiting in person, you pick up the nuances you overlooked.

I look forward to meeting more gardeners on Friday and learning what guides their creations. ***

The Revelstoke gardening scene is undergoing a revival, seeded in part by the local food movement.

“There are a lot of people who have long-term plans for their gardens,” said Revelstoke Garden & Art Tour organizer Hailey Ross. “They’ve gotten reinspired lately and they are reinvigorating their gardens.”

The tour features 18 local gardens paired with local artists, who will install their works in situ for the one-day affair this Friday, Aug. 9 from 4–8 p.m.

Ross said there’s been lots of “friends nudging other friends” to get involved with the tour, including gardeners and artists.

“People are just excited to share what other people are doing, but of course most people are modest about their garden,” she said.

Garden enthusiasts are encouraged to pick up a tour map and then take to bikes in groups to visit the gardens, most of which are in the downtown area.

There are many highlights.

Sandra Davis’ garden on Ninth Street features a unique blend herbal, culinary and medicinal plants. She’s paired with artists Jenn Fusick, who creates ‘art from the heart’ acrylics.

Ken Sakamoto started his Japanese-themed garden on Downie Street in the 1950s, and has built up a school of about 70 koi in a well-pruned garden featuring flowers and a productive vegetable garden.

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and unique artist Bruce Thomas is creating an acoustic installation for their garden.

That’s just a sampling of what’s available. “Chances are somebody’s going to offer you some homebrew from their plums or their grapes – I’ve heard mulberry wine,” Hailey hints.

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Logging on the lakes from page 14 never interested in school.”

Blair worked for his father for a bit and then for a number of other contractors throughout the Southern Interior before coming back to Revelstoke. He’s run pretty much every machine there is.

“It’s nice being out here,” he told me, looking at the view across the Upper Arrow Lake to the Monashee Mountains beyond. “What’s better than this?”

Logging has made him a good living – better than most of his classmates who stayed in school, he said.

Schiller does a lot of work for StellaJones. They were brought onto this cut block after the previous contractor went broke partway through the job. The contractor was new and Schiller had to fix some of his mistakes. He pointed out the jumbled pile of logs he was removing from the block and stacking. When he’s

falling, he tried to make sure every tree lands in the same direction.

“It doesn’t pull out nicely and it all busts up,” he said. “That’s just poor planning.”

I asked him about the challenges he faces as a logger. “Weather is probably the hugest challenge,” he replied. When it rains, the roads become hazardous for trucks. When it’s dry, they can’t work and machines and workers sit idle – the bills pile up but the money isn’t coming up.

And if you’re logging in winter and it’s stormy, you have to put up with snow.

The other issue – and one I’ve heard repeated again and again by people in forestry – is finding good workers.

“There’s lots of people in town, these ski bum types – by the time you train them up, about a quarter of them may stay and they’re probably no damn good for frick all,” Schiller said.

He said he has to pay workers more

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l i f estyl es than they’d make elsewhere to come to Revelstoke, and sometimes he’ll have to provide accommodation too. Then there’s a problem of finding people that can run the machines – some people are eager and can do the work, others can’t.

Because of the dangers inherent with steep-slope logging, it becomes really hard to train someone properly and still provide a safe work environment.

“It’s steep ground and if something was to happen, you’re already pushing the limits as far as (WorkSafeBC) goes hugely,” Schiller said.

What’s the sign a kid might be cut out for the industry? Watch him play with his Tonka trucks and if he loves doing that, he’ll be into logging. The machinery is all big, and expensive – $600,000 for a grappler, $300,000 for a skidder, $600,000 for a processor, $600,000 for a log loader; and more than a million for a yarder, if you can find someone to make one for you.

“That’s all my knowledge. That’s all I can share with you. The rest is top, top secret,” Schiller joked. *** We walked back to the landing where Travis Schiller was busy duct taping something together. He was getting help from Lloyd Foisy, a logging truck driver who was there to pick up his second load of the day. I started asking him what it was like being a driver and he offered to give me a ride down the mountain.

With a bit of hesitation – most people I know say driving a logging truck is crazy – I agreed.

Blair Schiller came down to load up Foisy’s truck and I jumped in the

passenger seat. Foisy has been driving trucks for 33 years. He started with his uncle, cleaning and fixing trucks, and once he was old enough he jumped in the driver’s seat. He spent some time shipping bath tubs from Armstrong, B.C., as far as Newfoundland, but he said he preferred driving logging trucks.

“Hauling logs out of the bush is actually really safe,” he said. “Being a highway trucker, you’re fearing for your life because you’re worrying about the other guy. Here I’m only worrying about myself – no big deal.”

Foisy has worked consistently as a logging truck driver. He keeps working year-round, except during spring break-up, when the ground is too wet for logging to happen. He’s been working for Schiller for the past 10 years.

“The thing I like about it is I’m my own boss on the road,” Foisy said. “My boss, he’s in the landing loading me. I see him twice a day, and then I do my thing.”

However, the hours are long – more than 12 per day – and shifts start in the middle of the night. He’s in bed when most people are sitting down for dinner.

Foisy kept the truck in a low gear and made his way slowly down the mountain, staying off the brakes. Sitting high up in the cab, the ground is much further away. At points it seemed like the ground disappeared beneath us and some of the corners looked too tight for a logging truck to navigate. The road was dry and dusty and, for Foisy, an easy drive.

“Right now it’s really good going but when it rains it will slipperier

than shit,” he said. In the winter, when the snow is compacted and the snow banks are piled high, the driving can actually be easier – just strap on the chains and go.

Like forestry in general, finding capable logging truck drivers isn’t easy. Foisy is 52, and he said many of his colleagues are getting older, with few young people taking over.

“This industry is a dying breed.

You don’t see too many young fellows that want to wake up at 2 a.m. anymore,” he said. “They don’t want to wake up early and work all day. There’s an easier way to make a dollar.”

Foisy gets paid hourly, so he doesn’t face the pressure of many logging truck drivers, who get paid by the load. He’s been at it since he was a teenager and while he said he likes the freedom of the job, the views and the occasional wildlife sighting, he does wish he would have stayed in school.

He drove us down through a series of switchbacks to the bottom of the mountain, where Dave Dickson was waiting. I switched vehicles for the drive back to Revelstoke.

Dickson gave up a job as a computer programmer to enter forestry.

“I was working in my cubicle and thinking about my prospects about getting outside, and they were slim to none,” he told me. “In forestry I get to work outside and work with people. That’s my job every day, and that’s why I love it.”

That seemed to be the consensus, despite the challenges and variability the work entails.

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will return in October to collect the data and install new batteries and then continue collecting data through the winter and next spring and summer.

“The thing with bats, is there’s bats everywhere, it’s just that you never see them,” said Kellner. “We know so little about them. Unless you specifically set out – It’s not like pack rats. You use such specialized equipment for the bats that you just never know.”

The goal of the study is to establish a baseline on bat use of the Nakimu caves. When all is said and done, Parks Canada will have 18 months of data to sort through. It’s a novel study in Glacier National Park, where bats have never been researched before.

“It’s an awesome project,” Kellner said. “It’s a very exciting thing to come work in a cave. It’s the first chance to really check out if there are any bats in Nakimu.”

There is little ability to stop the spread of WNS. The best way, said Boyle, is to make sure cavers don’t spread the disease through their equipment. Some cavers are using entirely different equipment for each cave they enter, she added. She sprayed the soles of our shoes with disinfectant before we entered the caves. The results of the study will help determine access to the caves in the future “If we can still allow people in our caves in Parks Canada but get them to disinfect their equipment that will go a long way to stop the spread,” she said. “We’re trying to get ahead of the curve.”

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some small pieces of wood that had found their way into the cave. As she arade Route explained, little bits of wood are the Road Closures: START: The City of Revelstoke Courthouse (Kootenay St and 2nd Street) best place to find living organisms 1st street - from Campbell to Orton because they cling to the few bits of st st 1. Kootenay Street to 1 Street (turn right onto 1 ) Orton St.Avenue - from street to 2nd street organic material that make their way Mackenzie (turn1st right onto Mackenzie) 2. 1st Street to 3. MackenzieSecond Avenue to 9th (turn left on 9 th) to Mackenzie Ave St.Street - from Orton into the otherwise bleak cave environMackenzie Ave - from 2nd St. to 3rd St. ment.

END: At Queen Elizabeth Park She grabbed a sample using a ster3rd Street - from Mackenzie Ave to Campbell Ave PLEASE NOTE: The parade will officially “end” at 9 th Street & Vernon to allow parade participants a chance to join us in ile swab and then quickly sealed it in a Campbell Ave(East Queen Elizabeth Park for the flag raising ceremonylane) at 1PM.- from 3rd St to 1st St. test tube. Later, it will be brought to a We encourage all businesses, organizations, youth groups, churches and citizens to participate.

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“My major project is to clear the Map of Criterium Route ____Character ____Business ____Non Profit ___Band/Choir ____Child ____Group cave, that it’s got no geomyces destructans in it, which is the fungus that Name: ________________________________________________________________ causes white nose syndrome,” she told us. “If I do culture it and I do find it, Address: _______________________________________________________________ then they’ll have to close the caves and Phone: ____________________ Fax: ________________Contact: _________________ try to prevent people from spreading it out. If it’s not here, they can focus on escription of Float: _________________________________________________________Length:*_________ protecting the caves from people bring* Revelstoke By-Law permits maximum vehicle width of 8 feet, height of 13 ½ feet, and length of 35 feet for a single ing it in.” vehicle and 40 feet for articulated vehicle.

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– a specialized machine that can detect the eco-location signals sent out by bats and determine their species based on the signals sent out. The other was a song metre, which can detect high frequency sounds. They will also be monitoring the climate in the cave.

Kellner and Patterson had a large box filled with D-cell batteries, a microchip, and a number of SD cards to store data. Outside the box, Kellner affixed two microphones. The box was set to turn on at night for 30 minutes every half-hour; bats are most likely expected to roost in the caves at night.

“They will sleep all night in their day roosts, but if they are using this as a swarming site, they will come in at night,” said Kellner.

So far, she hadn’t noticed any signs of bats in the caves. There were none of the usual signs of guano in the cave.

“Often if bats are roosting somewhere there will be guano either on the floor or stuck to the walls,” she said. “When they’re hibernating they’re not eating, so you’re not getting a bunch of guano, and then there’s fact the floors are really wet. I haven’t given up.”

There has also been no anecdotal reports of bats in the caves, but visits are so sporadic and the bats so small (they weight only about 10 grams) that it would be easy to miss them.

Patterson and Kellner wrapped a red rope around the box and tied it to an overhanging rock – the better to keep away pack rats that have a tendency of interfering with the equipment. They

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Obituaries BORSTEL With regret we announce the passing of Kurt Borstel on July 23, 2013 at the age of 92. Kurt went peacefully in his sleep at Bastion Place in Salmon Arm. By his request there will be no service.

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Lloyd Henry Good passed away at Queen Victoria Hospital, Revelstoke on Sunday, July 28th, 2013 at the age of 85 years.

A Memorial Service will be held at the Chapel of Brandon Bowers Funeral Home, Revelstoke on Wednesday afternoon, August 14th, 2013 at 2 p.m. with Mr. Gary Sulz officiating. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the charity of one’s choice, in memory of Lloyd.

Lloyd was born in Brandon, Manitoba on May 26, 1928. He married Shirley Louttit on January 7, 1950 and they lived in Souris, Manitoba & Kenora, Ontario before moving to Revelstoke in 1971. Lloyd worked as an engineer with C.P. Rail for 40 years, from October 1, 1946 to February 1, 1986. While working he was very involved with the B.L.E. (Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers).

After retirement, Lloyd became a driving force for Big Eddy Waterworks. He was actively involved with Ducks Unlimited’s project of building bird boxes with school children. He also enjoyed being involved in supporting his favorite political party.

Lloyd loved to fish hunt and garden.

Lloyd was predeceased by his wife Shirley and his brother Allen. He is survived by four children: Teresa Elsom, Darleen (Stewart) McCartney, Ivan Good and Loran (Wayne) Lilwall; grandchildren: Samantha Mathie, Jeff Stoddart, Eric Stoddart and Edward McCartney; great grandchildren: Eliza and James Mathie and Talon Stoddart.

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

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74,009 kms

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$21,587

'08 FORD FOCUS SE SEDAN

$9,987

54,361 kms

14,172 kms

$20,987

$17,897

DT362A

0P6215

$32,987

DT389B

'11 GMC YUKON XL 1500 SLT SUV

'11 FORD RANGER EXTENDED CAB

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