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Rich Hamilton leads Nash Masson during the Revelstoke Bike Fest downtown Revelstoke crit race last Saturday. Hamilton won the crit, a 20-lap race winding through downtown Revelstoke Streets. The race brought out a good crowd to cheer on the riders. For more photos from Bike Fest, see page 11.

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Revelstoke on hold: City retreats from planning processes AARON ORLANDO

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Between 2007 and 2010, the City of Revelstoke laid out $602,564 in federal gas tax funding for its Official Community Plan – and that’s not including costs for staff time and other expenses.

“It did become a very large and expensive project,” said Revelstoke Mayor David Raven, who called the plan “leading-edge” work. “It’s a fairly massive document in its

own right. It’s just a big piece of work.”

The OCP, as it’s known, will likely remain at the pinnacle of Revelstoke planning initiatives.

Since the start of 2013, city officials have signalled a broad retreat from the fevered planning processes of the past five years.

Times Review readers are aware that city council harpooned the Unified Development Bylaw in early 2013. The revolutionary plan was supposed to lay the foundation

for future development growth, but remains incomplete, with future development-related planning an outstanding question mark.

In recent weeks, city hall has signalled many ongoing plans have been shelved for now as the city takes a new short-term focus.

Backyard chicken and beekeepers will have to keep their activities clandestine – the city isn’t moving forward with that nearly-completed backyard horticulture plan. The mayor cited “$5,000 to $10,000” in

costs for nixing the plan.

The off-leash dog park and accompanying work, which never got good legs underneath it, is also on hold.

The City’s Transportation Master Plan and culture plan are much delayed, but are still progressing.

Raven said it’s part of a new “restraint” agenda at city hall.

“You’re tightening your budget,” he said. “We’ve backed off to very immediate needs.

“Some of the pieces we would

have liked to have done aren’t going to happen right now. The borrowing that did occur and the commitment to this new fire truck was done four years ago. There have been no commitments made and no plans put forward … in the last seven months.” Raven said. “We’re not bringing forward new stuff.”

The Times Review interviewed Raven while taking a look at federal gas tax fund spending. Of $1.5

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Restraint usurps planning Planning, from page 1 million in gas tax money spent since 2006, the lion’s share has gone to planning processes. $602,564 for the OCP. $184,678 for the Liquid Waste Management Plan. $140,629 for an environmental coordinator. $62,395 for the Integrated Community Sustainability Plan. These are the costlier examples.

Actual physical projects included road drainage on Pearkes Drive ($111,846) and a dehumidifier for the Revelstoke Aquatic Centre

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($182,815).

Raven defended spending on abstract plans rather than concrete projects, saying the federal gas tax infrastructure funding has “strings attached” that require ‘green’ components to the projects. He also sought to signal a break from the past starting in January of 2013.

“Council have given direction to reduce budgets and be more efficient.

To do that it’s not doing the same with less. It’s doing less with less,” he said.

What’s driving the change?

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The planning processes were prompted by a forecasted population boom predicated on exponential population growth driven by the new ski resort. Revelstoke’s population base is around 7,500, depending on how you count it. City planners once speculated that would boom to 20,000 in a few decades.

“There has not been the

growth that was anticipated,” Raven said. “Some people argue that we’re shrinking. Where will we be in 20 years? Good question.”

Nevertheless, Raven said the city still gets infusions of around four thousand visitors during peak season, and infrastructure needs to be in place to host guests.

What’s the mayor’s current population growth prediction? It took a bit of prodding. For Revelstoke and area: “Ten years?

10,000.” He believes Revelstoke will attract more lifestyle migrants and has potential to be a lifestyle retirement destination. “Will half of Fort McMurray move down here to retire?” he asked.

Fire crews respond to 14 wildfires around Revelstoke Times Review staff

The lightning storms that lit up the Revelstoke sky in the past few days also touched off 14 wildfires in the Columbia Fire Zone. All of them are in remote areas, most are spot-sized and none are causing fire officials any concern.

Most of the fires were discovered on Saturday, Aug. 10.

B.C. Wildfire Branch spokesperson Karlie Shaughnessy said the tanker planes that stopped by the Revelstoke Airport on Aug. 11 were working the West Twin Creek fire located about 14 kilometres east of Revelstoke. Firefighters from the Revelstokebased Columbia Unit Crew are also working on that 1.1-hectare fire.

The largest fire is located northeast of Revelstoke at Jumping Creek. It’s about 10 hectares in size.

Some smoke is visible from the Trans-Canada Highway at Albert Canyon, and on Highway 23 North.

“All of these fires are far away in very remote areas,” Shaughnessy said, adding they are of “no concern.”

The Revelstoke Airport was a hive of activity on Aug. 11.

At least two large tanker planes made stops there, and several helicopters with buckets came

A helicopter with bucket in tow lifts off from Revelstoke Airport on August 11.

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and went.

The fire danger rating in the Revelstoke area is mostly

‘high’ with a few pockets rated ‘extreme.’

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Man sentenced to nine years jail for heinous crimes against toddler Alex Cooper

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Warning: This article contains an account of shocking and horrific crimes committed against a young child. We have chosen to report on it fully because the case raises questions about the ability of institutions to protect children in society. Reader’s caution is advised. *** A Revelstoke man was sentenced to nine years in prison for horrific crimes involving filming himself raping his very young daughter.

The man, who cannot be identified due to a publication ban designed to protect the identity of the victim, was sentenced to six years in prison for committing incest, and an additional three years for making child pornography.

The sentencing, which took place at the Revelstoke Courthouse on Thursday, Aug. 8, raised questions about the role of the RCMP and Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD) in protecting the victim, as the accused’s interest in young children was first made known to authorities in 2006.

For the purpose of this article, the accused will be known by the made-up initials JS. His former wife will be known as DB. The three children will be referred to as LR, TM and NW. In a lengthy sentencing last Thursday, Aug. 8., Crown prosecutor Angela Ross laid out the facts of the case in Revelstoke court, while defence lawyer Melissa Klages spoke on behalf of the accused. *** On March 1, 2011, an anonymous women brought a laptop computer to the Revelstoke office of the Ministry of Children and Family Development in Revelstoke. The woman didn’t say how she got the laptop, but said it contained child pornography and belonged to JS. The lap-

top was brought to the RCMP and searched. Police found 309 images of young girls wearing black lingerie. A further search uncovered almost 1,000 images of child pornography and several videos of adults having sex with children.

They also found family photos and determined the children in the photos were those of JS. The computer was sent to the RCMP’s Vancouver Integrated Technological Crime Unit for further investigation.

More than a year later, on April 30, 2012, a second laptop was brought to the MCFD. It was also searched.

On October 26, 2012, – 19 months after the authorities received the first computer – JS was arrested and his home was searched. Police seized a number of computer storage devices, computers, CDs, DVDs, a camcorder, camera, porn DVDs and journals.

In the kitchen ceiling, they found 13 discs in hard cases.

Those discs contained a child pornography collection that included, amongst other items, three videos of JS raping his three-year-old daughter. The courtroom was closed while the videos were shown.

Crown prosecutor Angela Ross also entered into evidence a sampling of images that were found.

JS had them filed into categories. There was one titled ‘Babes,’ which contained photos ranging from infants through females to about age 10 being sexually assaulted. There was another folder called ‘Girls’ consisting of photos of young girls taken in public places. There was another folder with pictures of his daughter.

Last Thursday, 286 days after being arrested, and five months after pleading guilty to his crimes, JS was sentenced to nine years in prison for incest and making child pornography. *** JS’ lawyer Melissa Klages

described him as a solitary individual who had trouble socializing and relating to others. “There was a lack of stability in his personal relationships,” she told the court. “There was a lack of relationships altogether.”

JS father had drinking problems and was violent and abusive.

When JS was a child, his parents separated and his father moved away. When his mother fell ill and couldn’t work; she relied on social assistance for support.

“He was often forced to be self-reliant and look after the household, which was himself and his mother,” said Klages.

He didn’t have many friends and was bullied in school. He experienced social anxieties that hampered his ability to meet people. After high school he went to university, but he became depressed there and dropped out.

He moved to another B.C. town, where he had no friends and spent most of his time alone, playing video games.

In 2000, JS moved to Revelstoke, where he found work. He got in trouble with the law and a pre-sentencing report prepared at the time described him as “dysphoric, anxious, at times hopeless, apathetic and at risk of suicide.”

“He was also noted to be uncomfortable in social situations, have little interest or need for interaction for others, appeared to be passive and submissive in relationship and often prone to self-doubt and negative, harsh self evaluation,” said Klages.

JS recognized his attraction to young girls by the time he turned to 17. He knew it was wrong and was embarrassed and scared by his feelings, said Klages. Without access to the Internet, and with no children in his life, he didn’t act on his impulses.

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Collector helped salvage artifacts from Empress of Ireland Travelling exhibit on sunken CP Rail ship will tell story of Canada’s greatest maritime disaster during Railway Days Black Press

Three, four, five feet of silt swirl around his waist, the diver’s finned feet are invisible in the murk. He flicks them, floats up a bit, and waits before delving in to find plates, saucers, and other memories.

Bart Malone remembers diving the wreck of RMS Empress of Ireland, despite the fact it’s been 15 years since the 65-year-old was down in the waters of the St. Lawrence River. There’s a strong current, and the waters of the St.

Lawrence are always cold, even in late August when he would make the yearly week-long visit.

“Once you got inside, and you start moving stuff around, you lost your visibility,” Malone said. “It’s silty because you have the St. Lawrence River and the wash off land. You had a real fine silt, that was what was nice about it, the silt also protected the artifacts.”

As a souvenir diver, the New Jersey man had no desire to return after the Canadian government closed the Empress to salvaging.

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Chris Klausen holds up a postcard sent a day prior to the sinking of the Empress of Ireland.

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“I had no need to go back,” he said. “I dive shipwrecks for the purpose of restoring artifacts. I’m not a sightseer.”

“I was recovering historic artifacts. Even the Canadians don’t know anything about the Empress of Ireland,” said Malone, who is also a curator at the not-for-profit Museum of New Jersey Maritime History. “That’s Canada’s greatest marine tragedy … If I don’t bring them up and I don’t restore them nobody sees them.”

On May 29, 1914 in the wee hours of the morning the Empress of Ireland was struck by Norwegian coal freighter SS Storstad while steaming on the St. Lawrence River in fog. In 14 minutes, the eight-year-old ocean liner was gone, taking the lives 840 passengers (eight more than the Titanic) and a total of 1,073 lives. There were 465 survivors.

“It sank in 14 minutes in the middle of the night. There’s no romantic hour-and-a-half on deck,” said Chris Klausen, an avid collector of Empress items. War broke out a few weeks later, replacing headlines of death at sea with those of death overseas.

Klausen has created an impromptu Empress of Ireland museum in a walk in closet in his home in North Saanich.

On its shelves are relics from the wreckage, trinkets that made the voyage in the eight years she travelled the seas prior to the fatal night, and tons of postcards memorializing the liner.

“I was always interested in the Titanic, like everybody,” explained Klausen, who has a multitude of Malone-found pieces in his collection.

While reading a book on shipwrecks 11 years ago, Klausen came across the tale of the Empress of Ireland and got curious, since he’d never heard of it. He hopped online,

and discovered some inexpensive wreckage memorabilia. For $78 he got a creamer, salt pot and sugar bowl — and a new passion.

He’s careful about the items among his collection. Some were simply on board, like the old pair of specs worn aboard the ship by a young lad making the trip to Canada on a voyage well before the final night. Others are memorabilia salvaged by divers after the tragedy.

“I don’t want to carry personal items from the wreck,” he said. “If I die and somebody took my wedding ring, I’d be upset. If somebody took a glass I drank out of, I wouldn’t be upset.”

Along his shelves are plates from first, second, and third class; cutlery, grape scissors, a leather crumb-catcher, an old New York Times announcing the tragedy boldly across the front page; and many postcards.

One postcard bears the image of the Empress of Ireland on one side and a short message on the other — signed ‘your old aunty’.

The postmark makes it distinctive.

It was written and mailed the day before the sinking, and refers to an ‘old aunty’ heading to the boat that night with the expectation of breakfast on board in the morning.

Though he’s from New York and works in California, Klausen and his family live in North Saanich, where he keeps the memorabilia.

Klausen feels it’s Canadian culture and should remain here.

“This is something that is uniquely Canadian. I want Canadians to be aware of their Titanic,” he said, pointing out that 500,000 Canadians can trace their family tree back to the Empress of Ireland to settle in Canada. “I’m trying to repatriate the artifacts back to Canada. I feel they should be here.”

Fast facts

— The ship’s cat Emmy, a loyal orange tabby who had never once missed a voyage, repeatedly tried to escape the ship near departure on May 28, 1914. The crew could not coax her aboard and the Empress departed without her. It was reported that Emmy watched the ship sail away from Quebec City sitting on the roof of the shed at Pier 27, which would later become a place for the dead pulled from the rive — Artifacts from the wreckage and the history of the vessel, her passengers and crew are on display in the Empress of Ireland Pavilion in Rimouski, Quebec.

— While no orchestra performed, as it did during the sinking of the Titanic, in 14 minutes there was still time for stories of heroism.

“In 14 minutes it was truly survival of the fittest, but you did have stories,” Klausen said.

“You had the grand staircase, on the Empress of Ireland tipping over because the ship capsized and you’ve got people with ropes and fire hoses pulling the women up the staircase. Even in that brief 14 minutes there were people giving their lifebelts away. People doing everything they could.”

As the ship fell to her side, people outside pulled others out through portholes to escape the enclosed spaces.

“The hero of the disaster was from Victoria,” Klausen said. “The ships doctor, Dr. Grant is from Victoria and he was regarded as the hero because he saved so many lives once they got on the rescue ship.”

The Empress of Ireland exhibit opens at the Revelstoke Railway Museum on Friday, Aug. 16, at 5 p.m. It runs through the weekend as part of Revelstoke Railway Days 2013.

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C Hydro rates are going up. In its rate application hearing before the BC Utilities Commission last year, BC Hydro forecast increases of some 10 per cent per year for five years or more. In ten years time, rates could be double current levels.

That hearing took place prior to the recent election and needless to say talk of such increases, let alone their implementation, was not allowed. The government capped BC Hydro’s rate increases and the hearing abruptly terminated. Now, postelection, BC Hydro is back to square one: it still has to increase its rates to match its growing expenditures, as well as recover costs that were deferred inappropriately in the past.

While the government looked to BC Hydro management and even the NDP administration in the 1990s to blame for the current predicament, the nature and scope of the Liberal government’s intervention in the affairs of BC Hydro over the past decade were unprecedented.

First, the government directed BC Hydro to be self-sufficient. BC Hydro could no longer rely on any imports of electricity, even the seasonally surplus hydro and wind routinely available in the Pacific Northwest, to meet its requirements. Nor could BC Hydro recognize the Burrard

natural gas-fired thermal plant or the electricity that the province receives under the Columbia River Treaty as sources of energy that it could use in case of drought or other contingencies.

It was widely recognized that self-sufficiency has simply forced BC Hydro to buy or develop more sources of new supply than it needs or could otherwise justify.

At the same time, the government severely restricted the sources of supply that BC Hydro could itself develop, directing that new sources be purchased under long-term contract with independent power producers (IPPs). The government later legislated that BC Hydro plan to buy IPP power for export, and provide the transmission, back-up and other services needed to create marketable products.

BC Hydro’s mandate was no longer to meet its customer needs in a reliable, costeffective and responsible way. It was to be a vehicle for the development of a new IPP industry in B.C. BC Hydro was also directed to make billions of dollars of new investments, all exempt from BC Utilities Commission or other independent review, including the now infamous smart meter and Northwest transmission line projects. BC Hydro was told to rush ahead with those projects despite the lack of well-developed business cases or public interest justification, and despite the large amount of priority investments that BC Hydro had to make at the same time to maintain and refurbish its existing facilities.

These major changes in direction and arguably the basic mandate of the corporation, contributed greatly to the upward pressure on BC Hydro costs and rates. The recent IPP purchases alone will impose losses of over $250 million on BC Hydro in 2014 and over $1 billion in losses over the next four years, based on BC Hydro’s own estimate of the average price of the

energy it was forced to purchase and its forecast value in the export market.

We cannot undo what has already been done. But changes can and should be made going forward to reduce further pressure on hydro rates.

The requirement for self-sufficiency needs to be completely eliminated. Government should restore BC Hydro’s traditional mandate: to ensure reliable supply in a cost-effective and responsible manner.

BC Hydro should again be allowed to recognize Burrard as a back-up resource in event of drought as long as that plant remains in operation.

Major new investments, including Site C, need to be subject to BC Utilities Commission or other independent review of the benefits and costs they entail. Government must resist exempting them from benefitcost assessment and independent review.

Most importantly right now, government must ensure there are no major subsidies to LNG plants for BC Hydro energy or services, or to the supply and pricing of electricity for major new mining and oil and gas loads.

The low rates BC Hydro customers have enjoyed are due to the benefit we all share in the low-cost hydro generation BC Hydro developed in the 1960’s and 70’s – its socalled heritage resources. A limit must be placed on each customer’s sharing of the benefits of those heritage hydro resources; otherwise there will soon be little such benefits to share. *** Marvin Shaffer is a research associate with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and a consulting economist specializing in energy, transportation and natural resource economics. He is also an adjunct professor in the Public Policy Masters Program at SFU, where he teaches a course on benefit-cost analysis.

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B.C. orders another round of liquor reforms

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by Tom Fletcher VICTORIA – The B.C. Liberal government is ordering up another round of liquor regulation changes, looking for ways to make life easier for businesses and customers without aggravating the health and social problems associated with alcohol.

Discussions with B.C.’s 10,000 liquor licence holders have identified a few problems that should be fixed.

Going into a consultation phase that runs to October, the government is looking for answers to a few obvious questions, such as why it takes a pub or bar up to a year to get a licence.

Another question: why can a family with under-aged children go into a licensed restaurant for lunch, but can’t go to a pub and place the exact same food and drink order? This should be allowed, perhaps until the traditional 5 p.m. “happy hour” when the pub reverts to adults-only.

A couple of suggestions have come out of the healthy growth of B.C. wine, craft beer and distillery operations. Look for new licence opportunities for farmers’ markets to sell local beverages along with the produce and preserves.

Letters inviting suggestions from existing licence holders have gone out, and Richmond-Steveston MLA John Yap will be meeting this fall with industry groups, local governments,

police, health and social policy organizations and First Nations in the fall.

A website will be put up in September so members of the public can have their say. Here’s my suggestion to start things off.

Recent incidents involving socalled “party buses” shone a light on this growing industry, The sudden death of a 16-year-old on a party bus outing in Surrey in February turned out not to be alcohol-related, but to no one’s surprise, open liquor was found aboard the bus.

Open liquor isn’t allowed in any vehicle, but perhaps a new kind of special event licence could be created for party buses. They have been viewed mainly as part of the solution to impaired driving, and the situation isn’t much different from a supervised event on a boat.

Here’s another suggestion. Gourmet cooking classes are becoming popular, with customers preparing and then enjoying their meals. Why not licence these establishments, at least so people can bring their own wine for dinner?

Both the B.C. Liberals and NDP have advocated for easing the archaic rules on inter-provincial trade in wine.

B.C. lifted its restrictions on mailorder wine and has urged other provinces to follow suit.

There are a couple of reasons why this Prohibition-era structure persists.

Liquor sales are a cash cow for provincial governments, and every case of wine brought in from elsewhere is lost profit for the provincial wholesale monopoly. Then there is the local industry lobby that would rather not add to its competition.

Premier Christy Clark pressed this point at the recent premiers’ meeting in Ontario wine country, bringing in the maximum amount of B.C. wine allowed under Ontario rules and urging free trade in Canadian wine.

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Safe operations CP CEO’s first priority Editor, In response to your cartoon (August 7, 2013) Canadian Pacific and its Revelstoke employees would like to express our disappointment with the paper’s misguided attempt at trying to be funny about something that this company takes very seriously, which is rail safety.

Each year, CP safely moves millions of carloads of freight across our North American network, including in our Mountain Region.

We are proud of the work of our employees and their dedication to upholding one of this railway’s key foundations, which is to operate safely. To insinuate this is the not case,

The Toronto media drank it up, aghast that they were barred from ordering the latest Naramata Bench tipples directly. No movement so far from the Ontario government, in a province that has done well developing its own wine industry.

The B.C. government will no doubt be lobbied again to allow beer and wine sales in grocery and convenience stores. Our politicians show little interest in that, which is understandable. The B.C. Liberals don’t want to upset the private liquor stores they have nurtured for a decade, and the NDP would never risk annoying the government liquor store union.

There are more creative ways to liberalize alcohol sales. *** Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com tfletcher@blackpress.ca

Job Opportunity for a part-time SelfEmployment Coordinator The ideal candidate will have a combination of formal business training and business counseling experience, knowledge of bookkeeping and financial management.

Job Description available by email request. There is potential for full time employment.

Please send resume and references to: Community Futures Revelstoke Box 2398, Revelstoke B.C., V0E 2S0 or cfdc@revelstokecf.com by 12:00 noon August 28, 2013

City of Revelstoke 216 Mackenzie Ave., Revelstoke, B.C. V0E 2S0. Tel: 250-837-2161 web: city.revelstoke.ca

ADMINISTRATION 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 WATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS - CEDAR STREET 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.

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

This Aug. 7 Rob Buchanan cartoon drew criticism from a CP Rail spokesperson. Rob Buchanan image

as depicted in the cartoon, is misleading and disrespectful to those railroaders living in the Revelstoke area.

CP and the town of Revelstoke have a deeply rooted history.

The safe operations of trains in your community and the more

than 1,200 we operate through, is paramount.

This is and will always remain our company’s and our CEO Hunter Harrison’s first and highest priority.

Kevin Hrysak CP Public Affairs Calgary

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.

city.revelstoke.ca

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Tuesday, August 20

BENNY WALKER & BAND A blend of soul, blues, reggae and acoustic folk, live at the Grizzly Plaza Summer Street Festival from 6:30–9:30 p.m.

TEREZA plays lyrically-driven songs rooted in empathy. Benoit’s Wine Bar. 9 p.m.

CANADIAN PLAYBOYZ Male strippers laden with tattoos and sexual innuendo. At Traverse Lounge. 10 p.m.

Wednesday, August 21

MICHAEL WOOD BAND Rock n roll evoking influences of Green Day, the Killers and Kings of Leon. Live at the Grizzly Plaza Summer Street Festival from 6:30–9:30 p.m.

JAKE & STEPH: GYPSY JAZZ Local musicians Jake and Steph play their Gypsy jazz songs at Benoit’s Wine Bar. $2 off single malt scotch. Show starts at 9 p.m.

Railway Days

Thursday, August 22

Railway Days returns this weekend with three days worth of events from Aug. 16–18. The traveling exhibit Empress of Ireland, about Canada’s largest maritime distaster, will be on display all weekend. On Friday evening, Railway Days kicks off with Baggage Cart A La Carte. On Saturday, it’s family day at the museum, and that evening Shred Kelly will perform at the museum. Sunday is the vintage car show.

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Ongoing to Fri, Sept. 6

ART FAIR at the Revelstoke Visual Arts Centre, with a members show in the side galleries. Visit www.revelstokevisualarts.com for more information.

Wednesday, August 14

RCA TWOONIE CROSS-COUNTRY RACE

Come test your riding skills at the final mountain bike race at Mt.McKenzie. Registration is at the Rockford at 6 p.m., the race starts at 6:30 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 Vancouverbased burlesque dancers April O’Peele and Melody Mangler in an intimate show at Benoit’s Wine Bar. 9 p.m. $10 advance, $15 door.

PACHA MAMMA combines roots-rock, blues, regga and funk with the surf culture of Byron Bay, Australia. Live at the River City Pub. 9 p.m.

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. Live at Benoit’s Wine Bar, 107 Second Street East. 9 p.m.

HOUSE OF DAVID GANG A tribute to Bob Marley, live at the River City Pub. 9 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. Baggage Cart à La Carte, Empress of Ireland special exhibit, family day, Shred Kelly concert, vintage car show and more! Visit www. railwaymuseum.com or call 250 837-6060 for details.

RAILWAY DAYS: MAGIC LANTERN SHOW

Friday, August 16

nial Park. Movie starts around 8:30 p.m., as soon as it’s dark out.

RAILWAY DAYS: SHRED KELLY East Kootenay stoke-folk band plays at the Revelstoke Railway Museum from 7:30–11 p.m. Sets 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. $10 in advance and $15 at the gate for an individual; $20 in advance and $25 at the door for a family.

EASY FIX Five-piece dance band from Kelowna.

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

RAILWAY DAYS: BAGGAGE CART A LA CARTE Join the Revelstoke Railway Museum for

the official start of Railway Days. See a 30 minute presentation of the traveling exhibit Empress of Ireland from 5–5:30 p.m. Afterwards, there will appetizers served; platters go for $10 and proceeds will support the museum. The Kettle Valley Brakemen will take the stage on the front lawn from 6–9 p.m.

HOLLY & JON Genre hopping blend of music that leans heavily on contemporary blues but also offers elements of jazz and swing, imbued with the spirit of rock and roll. Live at the Grizzly Plaza Summer Street Festival from 6:30–9:30 p.m.

EASY FIX Five-piece dance band from Kelowna.

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

DJ JFB Two-time UK DMC Champion. Live at the Traverse. 9 p.m.

Saturday, August 17

RAILWAY DAYS: FAMILY DAY AT THE MUSEUM Ride a velocipede, make a train craft,

check out the hobo camp art corner and play interactive games. The Kettle Valley Brakemen will perform at 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. Kendra from the library will tell stories in the business car from 12–4 p.m.

TANYA LIPSCOMB Award-winning singer/ songwriter, live at the Grizzly Plaza Summer Street

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OUTDOOR MOVIE: HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA Come for a movie under the stars at Centen-

Sunday, August 18

RAILWAY DAYS: VINTAGE CAR SHOW

The Revelstoke Vintage Car Club brings their rides into Rotary Park behind the Revelstoke Railway Museum. From 12–4 p.m.

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

LINDSAY MAY Classy alt-country by a guitar and mandolin wielding songstress. Live at the Grizzly Plaza Summer Street Festival from 6:30–9:30 p.m.

Monday, August 19

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

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

THREE INCHES OF BLOOD Pure heavy metal.

Live at the Traverse. 9 p.m.

Friday, August 23

SEAN ASHBY Singer/songwriter who used to backup Sarah McLachlan. Live at the Grizzly Plaza Summer Street Festival from 6:30–9:30 p.m.

STOKE FM COMEDY FESTIVAL Vancover comedians Kyle Bottom, Jon Cole and Rupert Common join local comedian Katie Burrell for a show at the Roxy Theatre. Tickets are $15, available at Skookum. Starts at 7 p.m.

MARIA IN THE SHOWER Vancouver’s legendary folk cabaret band, live at the Traverse.

9 p.m.

Saturday, August 24

STEEP CREEK RACE ON THE JORDAN RIVER Kayakers compete in teams of two in a

race down the Jordan River. Visit kayakrevelstoke. wordpress.com for more information on how to get out to the race and watch. Registration is at 10 a.m., the race will start at noon.

DENIS SEVERINO Local old-time folk and country multi-instrumentalist and singer. Live at the Grizzly Plaza Summer Street Festival from 6:30–9:30 p.m.

ZEPPELINA Female Led Zeppelin tribute band.

Live at the Traverse. 9 p.m.

Sunday, August 25

HUNTING RIFLE SHOOT The Mt. Begbie Pistol & Rifle Club, and Revelstoke Rod & Gun Club host a rifle shoot at the Bullet Basin Rifle Range on Camozzi Road. Any hunting rifle of .243 calibres or above, any sights are allowed, but no bi-pods. Entry is $10 for members and $12 for non-members.

Starts at 10 a.m.

FAYE BLAIS Jazzy and bluesy folkstyle on acoustic and electric guitars, keys and with stunning, dynamic vocals. Live at the Grizzly Plaza Summer Street Festival from 6:30–9:30 p.m.

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Remaining restrictions lifted on Slocan River Black Press

All remaining do-not-use water restrictions on the Slocan River north of the Winlaw bridge and Lemon Creek have been removed, reports Interior Health.

This means that water drawn from this area may be consumed, and that it is now safe for recreational purposes from a health perspective, says communications officer Lannea Parfitt.

“All of the water sample data provided by the Ministry of Environment and agencies contracted

by Executive Flight Centre meet the Canadian guidelines for drinking water,” she says.

She adds, visual assessments of the containment booms and shorelines have not detected levels of fuel that pose health concerns.

Residents in this area are encouraged to thoroughly flush their drinking water and irrigation water systems, as there will be stagnant water in the lines.

Dorothy McKenzie, 71, who lives by the Passmore bridge, says she is growing impatient after nearly two weeks with no water.

Her source was cleared for use on Thursday as restrictions were lifted south of the Winlaw bridge, but had not come back on by midday Friday due to concerns about the state of stagnant water in the lines.

It’s been a struggle for the elderly woman who is having a hard time maintaining sanitation in her kitchen without wash water.

Flies are starting to gather and she worries about getting sick.

“Now I see what attracts flies,” she says.

McKenzie has been getting water brought to a barrel on her front porch from the Passmore water station. Still, having broken her leg three times, she has found this past two weeks of hauling water for the simplest of things as flushing the toilet a challenge.

“It just hurts. It’s painful. Carrying anything of weight is difficult for me, especially upstairs,” she says. “Those are the sorts of things, it’s just basic living.”

After making several calls Friday morning, the woman was assured her water would be on within the next few days. Plans to turn it on included the condition water wouldn’t be consumed until the lines flushed.

Domestic water system flushing procedures are now available on the Interior Health website interiorhealth.ca, after flushing, residents have any concerns or detect odours of fuel, please contact IH Health Protection at 250-4202220. Residents should not use well water if there is a fuel smell in the well or at any tap.

Join us for a FREE outdoor movie under the stars at Centennial Ball Fields on Saturday August 17th!

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Wineries such as Nk’mip Cellars in Osoyoos can now get licences for tasting rooms, as can craft distilleries.

The B.C. government is looking at further reforms.

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B.C. liquor laws get another look TOM FLETCHER Black Press

VICTORIA – A glass of wine at the spa? A craft beer at the farmer's market? Can B.C. survive the next wave of modernization of its archaic liquor laws?

These suggestions are part of a review of liquor policy promised by the B.C. government in its February throne speech and rolled out Wednesday. Richmond MLA John Yap has been assigned to examine regulations that unnecessarily restrict business, making recommendations to the provincial cabinet by November.

One proposal is allowing underaged children to have lunch at a pub with their parents during the day, as they can do in a licensed restaurant. As well as consider-

ing licences for farm markets and spas, the review is to look at why it takes up to a year to issue a liquor licence to a business.

Letters are going out to 10,000 licence holders and rural liquor agency stores looking for feedback, and a website for public comments is to be added in September.

Don't expect a price break, however. The terms of the review include ensuring that the $1 billion annual government revenue from liquor sales and sales tax is maintained or increased. The review will not look at privatization of liquor distribution, a controversial suggestion the government backed away from last year.

Recent reforms in B.C. have included allowing people to bring their own wine to a restaurant,

and removing restrictions on buying wine from another province for personal use. B.C. has yet to convince Ontario and other provinces to lift their protectionist wine rules.

On the enforcement side, last year B.C. increased its fine to $575 for bootlegging liquor to people under 19. Two years ago, legislation allowed liquor inspectors to employ minors to test liquor outlets' willingness to check identification and refuse service.

A University of Victoria study released Wednesday called for B.C. to impose a minimum drink price of $1.50 on licensed establishments and charge higher prices for drinks with more alcohol, to discourage over-consumption.

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We hosted a gathering at our place before biking around the first annual Revelstoke Garden & Art Tour hosted by the North Columbia Environmental Society on Aug. 9. Our group took in a sampling of the diverse and phenomenal Revelstoke gardens. It was a great time – let’s hope the tour returns in 2014!

1. Veggie King Bob Wilford teamed up with Flower Queen Cheryl Wilford to create their stunning CP Hill garden overlooking Revelstoke. This clean, ordered and well-developed garden brimmed with thick roses, flowering peas, massive cabbages and a greenhouse full of veggies.

2. Ken Sakamoto’s koi pond teems with dozens of fish taking refuge under a cluster of lily pads. The mixed vegetable, shrub and flower garden adapts Japanese garden design concepts to the Revelstoke environment at his Downie Street garden. Here, Ken poses with artist Nancy Geismar’s Haida-inspired ceramic.

3. Host Sarah Harper participated in artist Bruce Thomas’s sound, art and installation work. Dressed in all-gold, she struck statuesque poses under and fading sun. Partner Stu Smith showed visitors their extensive Track Street vegetable garden, including impressive garlic and onion harvests.

4. Guiseppe Laccino shows you what a motivated Italian gardener can achieve in our northern climate.

He’s got fig trees, a peach tree and a nectarine tree with lots of fruit – on top of tomatoes, beautiful eggplants, basil and mind-blowing cabbages.

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Bike Fest 2013

Bike Fest was a moderate success last weekend, with about 20 people showing up to each group mountain bike ride (above), 40 to the poker ride on Friday (left) and a good crowd who came out to watch the downtown crit races (top). Rich Hamilton won the downtown crit in a tight battle with Stu Smith, Nash Masson and Don Robertson. Despite only eight people signing up, the race was still an exciting affair and quite a few people came to watch as the racers completed 20 laps of the downtown course. The race began as normal, with everyone riding in a pack. Eventually, the riders split up, with Smith breaking away for several laps. He was slowly caught by Hamilton, Masson and Robertson, who worked together to close the gap. The final five laps saw the quartet take it a bit easier, saving their energy for the final push. Coming around the final corner from Campbell Avenue to First Street, Hamilton took off, winning by several bike lengths. Smith just edged Masson for second place, and Robertson finished a very close fourth. The battle for fifth was just as tight, with Kellen Viznaugh beating Daniel Stewart by an inch. Carol Prince, the only women, finished sixth. Before the big race, Nelson Luxmoore won the kids race (inset, right). Dave Pearson (inset left) won the townie crit.

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Rail crossing warning system coming down AARON ORLANDO

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The seldom-used railway crossing warning system at the intersection of Fourth Street and Victoria Road is coming down.

City of Revelstoke engineering director Mike Thomas explained that CP has deemed it unnecessary since trains cross the intersection only a handful of times a year.

The two large metal towers with lights, bells and signs will be taken down.

The City of Revelstoke will pay $14,000, half the cost of removal. Thomas said it’s expected to pay for itself in a few years because the city pays CP $3,656 annually for maintenance of the crossing warning system. The city is also on the hook for repairs if someone crashes into the metal towers.

CP will continue to use the short spur line for yard purposes.

Revelstoke city council will vote on the engineering department recommendation shortly.

Approval of the concept seems likely, as it will also make room for potential upgrades to the dangerous intersection.

ICBC STUDIES SIGNAGE IN REVELSTOKE Traffic experts from the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia have been in Revelstoke to study city road signage, with a view to modernizing, harmonizing and improving city transportation signs. They’ve provided a draft report to the City of Revelstoke, which

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should make its way to city council soon.

“All of the signs should be consistent,” Thomas noted. “They should say the same thing, but they don’t.”

Some signs are improperly installed or no longer meet contemporary safety standards.

If all goes well, the report could pave the way for potential ICBC funding to assist with some roadway safety improvements.

“It was a good experience and now we’ve got this big report to work out and digest,” Thomas said.

He said his two main transportation infrastructure priorities are the Victoria Road & Fourth Street East intersection and the Mutas

Loop road on Victoria Road at the Trans-Canada Highway. No work is budgeted for either this year.

City council still hasn’t adopted the Transportation Master Plan, which has been in development since 2010. Roundabout plans for both of the troubled intersections were presented in a draft version of the transportation plan in early 2011.

Staff changes have led to an extended delay of the transportation plan. Thomas said that short-term improvements are his priority, such as shifting paving projects from residential neighbourhoods to Victoria Road, for example.

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HAPPY 21ST BIRTHDAY

We had cake and a special sale to celebrate (which is running for the month of August). Quite an achievement for an independent retail business to still be around after all this time!

Left to Right: James Rorstad, Elmer, Sarah Moores (our new manager), Sam Rorstad and Eric Gurley.

Ben Wilkey hikes in the Gold Range of the Monashee Mountains southwest of Revelstoke. He called the Contributed Gold Range his favourite area to hike in.

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For years, Ben Wilkey has been exploring trails in the Revelstoke area. First as a member of the wildfire crew, now as a helicopter pilot, and always as a hiker he has been to all those areas that are mostly just lines in the Backcountry Map Book.

Many are very remote, some are overgrown and no longer in existence, others are very difficult to access.

Lately, he has compiled everything together into the website RevelstokeTrails.com, and he hopes to create enough interest to form a trail society that would look at maintaining old trails and building new ones.

"My whole reason for Revelstoke Trails, unless you've been around and know the logging roads, these trails are hard to find," he said. "I thought if we could get the word out and get some interest in these trails, then maybe we can get some people together."

For someone interested in exploring new areas, the Revelstoke Trails website is a goldmine. There is comprehensive information on pretty much every trail in the Revelstoke area, from the short trails around Williamson's Lake to the remote Cummins Trails in the Rocky Mountains, across the Kinbasket Reservoir. The trip there requires 168 kilometres of driving, a boat ride, a 15-kilometre bike ride and five kilometres of hiking.

I've looked through the Backcountry Map Book at all the different trails marked in it, planning adventures, but not knowing what trails still are still hikeable (or bikeable). Wilkey does his best to

provide that information.

Each trail is given a rating from one star to five, and the best use (walking, running, biking, dirt biking, or ATV) is also listed. There are descriptions of each trail and directions on how to get to them. Wilkey has also posted PDF maps of each trail made using Garmin GPS software, and KMZ files to view the trails in Google Earth.

Some trails don't have any information yet, but Wilkey has been updating the site regularly.

He also plans on posting descriptions of big traverses, as well as alpine areas that can be accessed easily via high logging roads.

"That's the benefit of working as a helicopter pilot. I can see the linkups. I can see where the high roads goes," he said. "These are the things I haven't begun to post.

It would be such an easy thing, even a weekend a half-dozen guys could put in a trail to an amazing ridge. For me, that's super-exciting stuff."

Wilkey wants to put together a trail society that would be focused on developing and maintaining hiking trails. The way he sees it, there are active groups for mountain biking, dirt biking and quadding, but no group dedicated to hiking trails.

"We have no organized body when it comes to hiking trails," he said. "I think that's where I want to see the slack picked up."

(The Revelstoke Trail Alliance seems to be largely inactive since the Revelstoke Cycling Association took over the former's mountain biking trails.)

It wasn't hard to get Wilkey talking about where he's like to see some trails built. He'd first like to see a focus on the surrounding mountains – Macpher-

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"A trail up Begbie Shoulder – it's perfect," he said. "There's a high road there, with a cut block, and it wouldn't take much to put in a little trail. People would use that because it's easy, it's close to town."

The key, he said, is to organize a group of people to do the paperwork and put in the grunt work to get the trails funded and built.

He said he will try to organize a group in the fall.

Wilkey also wants to get local youth involved by having them help build trails in exchange for teaching them mountaineering skills.

"That's a vision too, to get the young people tuned into these trails so they're maintaining them for themselves and the next generation," he said.

I asked Wilkey about his favourite trail. He was hesitant to answer. "They're all special in their own way," he said at first. Then, quickly, he added, "McCrae has always been the nicest. You have a bit of a summit, it's easy access, you have beautiful lakes.

"That one and Begbie would be the obvious."

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Revelstoke water usage continues to drop as metering study approaches Preliminary studies on water metering coming to council soon; city water passes quality testing with flying colours AARON ORLANDO

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Revelstoke water usage dropped to its lowest point this millennium, totalling about 1.9 million cubic meters in 2012, down significantly from a high of 2.5 million cubic metres in 2003. The average has been 2.16 million litres.

The stats came in the new 2012 Annual Water Report.

What’s driving the drop, which has trended downwards for the past three years? It’s hard to say with scientific certitude, said City of Revelstoke engineering director Mike Thomas.

“The city has been fairly proactive at targeting old pipes for reductions,” he said, adding new lawn watering restrictions also play a part. The restrictions now limit the number of hours residents can water on watering days. “Reducing it down to mornings-only does make a big difference. There’s been some better understanding and knowledge about water conservation from the community,” Thomas said, adding education and enforcement effort have helped.

In the annual report, Revelstoke’s water quality earned great grades. Monthly coliform bacteria testing at locations around Revelstoke didn’t turn up any problems.

Canadian drinking water guidelines allow for coliform bacteria up to 10 ‘colony forming units’ (CFU) per 100 millilitres of water. All Revelstoke tests came back at less than one CFU per 100 millilitres.

Although the water usage reduction is a success, more work is needed to understand the issues, Thomas said.

WATER LOSS AND WATER METERING STUDY UPDATE IS COMING SOON Revelstoke City Council will soon receive a water loss and water metering study done in conjunction with the Columbia Basin Trust.

While it may be tempting to suspect your water-hog neighbour is single-handedly draining the water reservoir, determining the causes of water usage is much more difficult. Leaks are buried underground and taps are located behind closed doors; where it all goes is part mystery.

Water loss due to leaky pipes “can be anywhere from 10 to 50 per cent of the water that you’re actually treating,” Thomas said.

Revelstoke has 98-kilometres of water mains. 74 per cent of Revelstoke water mains are more than 26 years old; 15 per cent of them are more than 50 years old. It’s a patchwork of cast iron, ductile iron, galvanized metal, asbestos-concrete and PVC pipes, all of which have different operational lives.

Older pipes can even last longer than newer ones, depending on the material they are made from.

Thomas estimated 20 to 30 per cent of water supply could be regained through a better understanding of leakage.

The water loss and metering study will explore the topics and suggest routes forward.

“For us, understanding that is the first step. Once we understand where our losses are, that will inform how we move forward,” Thomas said.

Water main replacement and new watering restrictions have contributed to water consumption decreases in recent years, but much more remains to be discovered about water use.

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ture, financing, maintenance costs, operational costs and those for any new programs like education and, potentially, metering.

Operational costs were a downside on the 2012 water report; costs per cubic metre jumped from $0.62 in 2010 to $0.89 this year. Thomas couldn’t pinpoint the reason, but said fixed costs with lower volumes of water were likely a driver.

Always controversial, water metering has been discussed as an idea in the past. A less-understood option within the metering spectrum is zone metering, which basically means metering arterial pipes to gain a better understanding of where, when and how much is being used.

For example, a zone meter could detect a big, seasonal spike in a certain neighbourhood, helping the city understand where and who the big users are.

Thomas said he’s interested to see the results of the study, “to see if there’s a good argument for metering or not.”

His gut feeling? No, water metering isn’t in the pipes in the short-term.

“I wouldn’t want to presuppose the outcome of the report. I’d be surprised if we’re going to metering in the short term,” Thomas said. “It doesn’t feel like it’s the most necessary thing to be focusing on right now. I think we’ve got lots of other infrastructure things we can spend our money on.”

After all, the driver of watertreatment decisions really is cost; balancing out capital expendi-

CROSS CONNECTION PLAN The city is also working on a “cross connection” program. It seeks to address the potential for water contamination from high-risk water connections. For example, contaminants from an industrial user could enter the system due to faulty connection or broken pipes.

The city also has a number of pipe replacement and maintenance projects ongoing in 2013, including installing a new main and pressure-reducing valve on CPR Hill, a new main on Cedar Street on CPR Hill, and abandoning a main on the Trans-Canada Highway.

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RCMP say computer specialist backlog delayed arrest from page 3 In January 2003, JS bought a computer and started accessing the Internet. He found support groups online where people with pedophilia could discuss their issues. He also found websites where he could access child erotica, which differs from child pornography in that is non-pornographic and is not illegal, the court heard.

In 2004 he entered into a relationship with DB. This was his first sexual relationship, said Klages. She had a child, LR, from a previous relationship.

They soon married and shortly after, DB became pregnant with TM, who was born in 2006.

In mid-2006, DB found child erotica on the family computer.

JS admitted it was his and he sought counseling from the minister at his church and turned himself into the RCMP to see if what he was doing was illegal.

The Revelstoke RCMP examined LR and found no signs of abuse. They looked at the pictures on the computer and determined they consisted of only child erotica and there was no crime being committed. The investigation concluded.

MCFD put a protection order in place and JS left the family home for a short period, said Klages. His access to the children was temporarily restricted, but eventually he resumed the relationship with the family and was allowed to return home.

“The ministry did their own inspection and deemed that JS was not a threat to the relationship and he resumed living at the family home,” Klages said.

JS later admitted that around this time he became interested in child pornography, Klages told the court.

JS started seeing a local mental health worker and he and DB had a second child, NW. *** In 2009, the relationship between JS and DB started breaking down and JS feared that DB was going to leave him for a man she met online. That is when the worst of the crimes happened.

In July 2009, over the course of a two week period, JS filmed himself having sex with TM on three different occasions. The courtroom was cleared while the videos were shown.

“The betrayal of parental trust that any child has the right to expect and deserves from a parent is apparent in the video,” said Justice Wilfred Klinger during sentencing. “While significant physical harm to the child is not apparent, the conduct of the accused is intrinsically violent.”

In August, DB left town with the three children to meet the boyfriend she met online (at this point she did not know what

had been done to her daughter).

She gave a laptop to a police force in another community that allegedly contained images of child pornography and she said belonged to JS. It is unclear what happened to that investigation; Staff-Sgt. Olsen said the Revelstoke RCMP (now retired) was not notified about that laptop at the time and they only learned about it later.

In October, JS obtained a court order to regain custody of the children and he brought them back to Revelstoke with him.

The two children, TM and NW, lived with their father in Revelstoke during this time.

He continued to make pornographic images of TM until March 2011. *** Melissa Klages said JS’ did feel remorse and knew his behaviour was wrong. He wanted to receive treatment and that rehabilitation should be a factor in sentencing. She argued his imprisonment should be on the lower end of the range.

“The crime itself was a result of circumstances that are unlikely to occur if he receives some treatment and his access to children and the Internet are restricted,” she said. “He didn’t publish or distribute materials and there’s no evidence of assault aside from the videos.” *** After three hours of deliberation, Judge Wilfred Klinger returned to the courtroom with his sentence. He called the videos “highly disturbing and disgusting” and the photos “pornographic, disgusting and criminal.”

“This young child has been significantly impact by the accused’s violation of her,” he said. “Both offences involved considerable planning and deliberation. There is nothing spontaneous about it.

“This child was violated in her own home,” he continued. “A place where she should expect to be safe and receive protection from harm. The accused appears to have limited insight of the harm caused by his actions.”

Klinger read from the pre-sentence report and forensic psychiatrist’s report. Of the former, he said it demonstrated a lack of insight into the seriousness of the crime. “The author relates that the accused says he never wanted to hurt children and feels bad about what he did to his daughter, and that ‘he does not think it affected her too badly,” he said. “He minimizes the sexual violence perpetrated on his daughter.”

The psychiatrist’s report, Klinger said, states “the accused has a serious sexual deviance and is aroused by children as young as one year old.”

Klinger read out from a pre-

vious decision in a similar case that adult sexual predators that put children at risk to satisfy their needs “must know they will pay a big price,” and that denunciation and deterrence should be the biggest factors in sentencing. It was up to society to protect children from the harm conducted by offenders like JS. “To this I can only add that if the courts do not protect the helpless and vulnerable in our society, where to and whom they should look for protection?”

Klinger sentenced JS to six years in years in prison for incest and three years for making child pornography. He ordered JS be placed on the sex offender registry for life and said he cannot have any unsupervised contact with children. He ordered JS to undergo treatment as a sexual offender, and for alcohol use. As well, he ordered all the evidence be sealed.

A further order on the use of the Internet has been left to a future date due to recent changes in legislation. *** The Ministry of Children and Family Development and the RCMP knew of JS’ proclivities as early as 2006, so why did it take until October 2012 to arrest him?

Retired Staff-Sgt. Olsen, who joined the Revelstoke RCMP in 2006, shortly after the detachment was notified of JS’ interest in young girls, said the investigation turned up nothing criminal.

“He indicated to the Ministry of Children he liked looking at pictures of young girls,” she said in an interview during a break in proceedings. “There was no crime. There was an indicator of something that could be a crime, but there was no crime.”

What about the delay after the first laptop was delivered in March 2011? Olsen said there was a big backlog at the RCMP in investigating computer crimes. Investigators not only had to look through the images, they had to determine who downloaded them onto the computer. Just because the computer belonged to JS, it doesn’t mean he was the one who saved the images onto the computer, she said.

After the second laptop was turned in, “It was a matter of gathering evidence,” said Olsen.

“Unfortunately, our tech crime labs are inundated with these things. One of the biggest hold backs was the technological aspects.”

The disturbing videos that were shown in court were not found until JS’ home was searched.

As for MCFD, a ministry spokesperson declined to answer questions about the case, citing privacy reasons. “We can assure you that any time a case or con-

cern is brought to our attention we examine the specific circumstances and determine what steps are appropriate to ensure children are not at risk,” the spokesperson said in an e-mail. “That may involve putting services or supports in place to ensure the health and well-being of the child are being addressed or Continued on next page

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from previous page removal from the care of the parent.” *** The Times Review spoke to the mother DB on Friday, the day after sentencing. She was in court in the morning, and at the first break she sat bawling on the stairs inside the courthouse.

She was not present when Judge Klinger delivered his sentence Thursday afternoon.

She said she had no clue what was happening to her daughter until JS was arrested.

She was at her new boyfriend’s house when she heard about the arrest. “I was so shocked, upset and mad I wanted to start throwing things and screaming and crying,” she said.

Though she knew of his inclinations towards very young girls, she didn’t think he would follow through. “He always swore that he would never do that,” she said. “He always promised it would never come to that and he would never do anything to hurt the kids ever.”

DB said she did worry he would give into his temptations and mentioned those concerns to MCFD but that nothing was done.

The children are doing well right now. “They don’t know what’s going on,” she said. “They act like any ordinary child their ages. They’re not closed off or withdrawn or anything. They’re both still open and happy children.”

year in prison after being convicting of driving drunk for the sixth time.

Cameron Paul Thomson, 54, who lives in Three Valley Gap, was sentenced in Revelstoke court last week after pleading guilty to driving over the legal blood-alcohol limit and driving without a licence.

It was his sixth conviction for impaired driving.

“You have to understand you have an alcohol problem,” said Justice Wilfred Klinger during sentencing, noting that in addition to his six criminal convictions, Thomson had several other 24-hour driving prohibitions for driving drunk.

“This is a pattern of behaviour that has to stop,” Klinger said. “Untold misery is caused to people across Canada every as a result of drinking and driving.”

Thomson was caught driving impaired on the TransCanada Highway near Three Valley Gap on July 11, 2012.

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Thomson also received 18 months probation, a three year driving prohibition and was ordered to attend counseling.

BELIGERENT DRUNK GETS TWO WEEKS IN PRISON A repeat offender was given two weeks in prison for failing to provide a breath sample and obstructing a police officer.

Harvey Scott Hillier, 44, pleaded guilty to the offences and was also fined $1,150 and given a one year driving prohibition in Revelstoke court last week.

“I did it,” Hillier admitted in court last week. “I was being pretty stupid, but what’s done is done.”

On May 11, 2013, Hillier was arrested after police were dispatched to a dangerous driving call on Highway 23 South. Hillier showed signs

his name and date of birth.

He was taken to the detachment, where he was aggressive and belligerent, Crown prosecutor Angela Ross told the court. He became violent and was lodged in a jail cell until he sobered up.

She presented a five-page criminal record and two-page driving record to the court.

The last criminal offence was in 2004, Judge Wilfred Klinger noted while handing down the 14-day prison sentence, which is to be served on weekends.

42 DAYS FOR DRIVING WITH SUSPENDED LICENCE – THREE TIMES A Revelstoke man was given 42 days in jail after pleading guilty to three separate counts of driving without a license.

Lourie Thomas Karr was caught three times in the past two years driving with a sus-

On Oct. 11, 2011, he was stopped again near Blackpool, B.C. Lastly, on Apr. 26, 2013, he was stopped in Revelstoke while driving on Laforme Boulevard.

He pleaded guilty to all three counts in July and was sentenced by Judge Wilfred Klinger in Revelstoke court last week. Karr has multiple prior convictions for driving while his license was suspended.

“You’re lucky the Crown hasn’t suggested you go to jail longer,” said Klinger.

“You’re a father of children.

How would you explain this to your children?”

Karr was sentenced to 14 days in prison on each count, to be served consecutively.

He was also fine $500 on each count and given a two year driving prohibition.

“There aren’t many alternatives left if you don’t pay your fines, if you don’t listen to the Superintendent of Motor Vehicles and don’t drive,” said Klinger.

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Carl Dennis Beauchamp passed away at Shuswap Lake General Hospital, Salmon Arm on Sunday, August 4th, 2013 at the age of 66 years. A Mass of Christian Burial was held at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, Revelstoke on Friday afternoon, August 9th, 2013 with Father Aaron de Dios celebrant. Memorial contributions may be made to the Canadian Cancer Society, 202 – 1835 Gordon Avenue, Kelowna, B.C. V1Y 3H5, in memory of Carl.

Carl was born in Pembroke, Ontario on June 25, 1947 and had been a resident of Revelstoke since 1981. He worked as a labourer for the City of Revelstoke for over 25 years. Crib was Carl’s passion and he was proud of having a perfect crib hand. Carl enjoyed his retirement years and spending time with his family and friends, especially with his grandchildren.

Carl is survived by four children: Dennis (Monique) Beauchamp of Nanaimo, Corenna Beauchamp (Bob Jackman) of Surrey, Michelle Beauchamp of Calgary and Kim Beauchamp (Ron Irwin) of Maple Ridge; seven grandchildren: Rayden Beauchamp of Nanaimo, Jordan Dedosenco of North Vancouver, Petra Dedosenco of Calgary, Domonic Morabito, Mikala Morabito, Kirstin Irwin and Felicity Irwin, all of Maple Ridge; great grandchild Marly Jade Dedosenco of Calgary; mother of his children and long-time friend Deborah (Tony) Aulisa and their daughter AnnaMaria. “Beaver” as he was known to his family in Ontario, is also survived by five brothers and seven sisters, as well as numerous nieces and nephews.

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Dave Cashato David Albert Cashato beloved husband, father, uncle, grandfather and friend passed peacefully on Sunday July 28, 2013 at 90 years of age.

Dave is survived by his strong and devoted wife of 64 years Amy, daughter Janice, son Robert and daughter-in-law Kathy, grandchildren Reed and Ashton. He was predeceased by his parents: Louis & Mary Cashato; siblings: Danny (Verna) Cashato, Clarence (Mary) Cashato and Vera (Frank) Sampson as well as his son-in-law, John Ramlall.

Dave started his career working alongside his father in the Revelstoke brewery. He proudly served in WWII, from being in Jamaica to fighting on the front line in Europe. He then began a career with the CPR; in the early days he was a hostler and then worked as a machinist in the CPR shops until his retirement.

Dave was so fortunate to live 87 years in the town he was born in and loved – Revelstoke. He enjoyed a life filled with family and friends; the kitchen table was his “office” so to speak and there was nothing better than when his nieces, nephews, family and friends gathered for coffee. Dad was a soft spoken gentle man – one of the kindest you would ever have the pleasure to meet, his quick wit was fun to be around. Becoming a grandfather was one of the defining moments in Dave’s life, it allowed him to be a kid again and he adored not only his grandchildren but all the kids in his life, Super Dave, Uncle Davey or Papa were the names he went by.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held from St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, Revelstoke on Thursday morning, August 15th at 11 am with Father Aaron de Dios celebrant. Inurnment will follow in Mt. Mackenzie Columbarium of Mountain View Cemetery, Revelstoke.

We would like to thank the staff at Oakside, Salmon Arm and also Creekside Landing in Vernon where Dave spent the last few months of his life for the care they provided him. As Dad would say, “thank you kindly” to all those who made his life so rich, especially you Amy!

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

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

Cremation arrangements were in the care of Brandon Bowers Funeral Home, Revelstoke.

Arrangements are in the care of Brandon Bowers Funeral Home, Revelstoke.

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Bench boss drama: Kevin Mackay third Grizzlies coach this off-season Alex Cooper

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The Revelstoke Grizzlies are on to their third coach of the offseason. First Kevin Kraus left to take an assistant coach position with the Salmon Arm Silverbacks.

James Eccles, who coached major midget in Kelowna last year, was hired as his replacement, but he stepped down shortly

after, accepting a better-paying job elsewhere, said Grizzlies’ owner Lew Hendrickson.

The newest coach is Kevin Mackay, a former head coach of the Fernie Ghostriders and Kimberley Dynamiters of the KIJHL, and former assistant coach with the Salmon Arm Silverbacks of the BCHL. He coached the Ghostriders to the league championship in 2006-

07.

Recently, he coached with the Pursuit of Excellence hockey program in Kelowna. He was an assistant coach for Team BC at the 2011 Canada Winter Games.

His bio for Team BC says he was born in 1961 in Turner Valley, Alberta, and has spent 20 seasons in hockey.

The Times Review was unable to reach Mackay for an interview

before press time. We will try to speak to him before main camp, which is scheduled for August 21–23.

The team is scheduled to play two pre-season games in Golden on Sept. 7 & 8 – one against the Golden Rockets and the other against a team from Montana.

The Grizzlies start the regular season at home on Friday, Sept.

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You can see the Revelstoke Grizzlies full schedule at www. revelstokegrizzlies.com.

Beth Granstrom broke her own Aquaducks record by seven seconds in the 200-metre individual medley last weekend. She will be part of a large group of Aquaducks at the provincials in Coquitlam this weekend.

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Aquaducks qualify for provincial championships Eliza McGuire

Revelstoke Aquaducks

The Revelstoke Aquaducks competed last weekend in Penticton, where they had a spectacular threequarters of their swimmers in attendance at the championships qualify for the provincial championship meet to be held in Coquitlam from August 16–18.

Eleven relays qualified as a team and eleven individual Ducks were chosen to represent the Okanagan region on the regional relay, which takes the fastest in each stroke to create a medley relay.

Those Ducks are: Division two boys Alex Jay (freestyle) and Tye Hoshizaki (breaststroke), division two girl Hunter Stewardson (breaststroke), division three girl Brynn Hoshizaki (freestyle), Division Three boys James LeBuke (backstroke) and Nolan Gale (freestyle), division four girl Beth Granstrom (backstroke), division four boy Jackson Litke (backstroke), division five boy Bryce Molder (butterfly), division six girl Gina Cinelli (freestyle) and division six boy Josh Rota (backstroke).

Division six boy Liam McCabe was selected to swim the freestyle on the division seven regional relay.

The two Aquaducks to break regional records at the meet were James LeBuke in the 50-metre breaststroke (38.48) and Bryce Molder in the 200-metre individual medley

(2:27.57).

Both were new club records, LeBuke's being a 27-year-old record set by Angus Staniforth in 1986. However, those were not the only club records to fall at this meet.

Beth Granstrom broke her own 200-metre IM record by seven seconds going a region-winning 2:42.68 as well as breaking the 100-metre backstroke record in a time of 1:16.26.

James LeBuke broke his own 50-metre backstroke record in a time of 36.60 as well as the 100-metre freestyle record, previously held by Graham Gale for 30 years, in a time of 1:09.89.

Brynn Hoshizaki broke Beth Granstrom's 50-metre freestyle record in a time of 31.02.

Many other Aquaducks had breakthrough meets, such as Jordan Cwikula, Alyssa and Stefan Spataro, Kayln Gale, Kale Jay and Ryder Litke, who will be attending their firstever provincial championships.

Others who have qualified for the meet are Jaclyn and Elizabeth Elliot, Devyn Gale, Megan Hoshizaki, Claudia Cinelli, Kate Granstrom, Stefanie Wallach, Cam Molder and Rosemary Kellsal.

While not every Duck qualified for provincials, at least one best time was achieved by every swimmer in an effort that vaulted the Ducks to second in the girls category, second in the boys for a second overall finish in the Okanagan region

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