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B.C. Ministry of Environment database details hazardous materials spills in Revelstoke area Highway MVIs are a frequent source of significant diesel spills. While rail spills were not , a close call with caustic soda tankers highlights cause for concern Aaron Orlando

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There was lots of exciting kayak action happening in Revelstoke this weekend, with a number of talented paddlers in town for the Jordan River race. While the race was cancelled, the competitors still took the time to paddle the Jordan and the raging box canyon of the Illecillewaet River (pictured). For more on Revelstoke’s kayaking scene, see page 9. A number of the kayakers who showed up will be attempting a first descent of the Incomappleux River next week. Read about their planned adventure on page 8. Alex Cooper/Revelstoke Times Review

The B.C. Ministry of Environment has released a database of hazardous materials spills in B.C., highlighting where, when and how much hazardous materials are being spilt on land, water and air. The Times Review requested the database from the Ministry of Environment; ministry staffers indicated an identical freedom of information request was nearing completion. That database was released on Aug. 15. It covered a period from July, 2010 to December, 2012. When information from the Revelstoke region is analyzed, the database highlights hazardous spill patterns in the region. Although pipelines and railways have been the focus of oil spill concerns, highway MVIs involving transport trucks on the Trans-Canada Highway are a significant source of small but not insignificant spills, where hundreds of litres of diesel escape from fuel tanks, some of it spilling into creeks that drain into local rivers. In total, about three dozen MVIs involving hazardous materials releases were recorded. Of these three-dozen spills, the volume of diesel spilled is commonly in the 400-litre range. One highway MVI involved 1,100 litres of paint. Most memorably, a tanker wiped out on the TransCanada Highway in Revelstoke, flooding a resident’s lawn with a load of dried pig’s blood. Also notable in the highway diesel spills and all spills in general is the amount of incidents where the volume of material spilled is listed as “unknown.” The Times Review requested the information as part of our ongoing series on rail safety in the region. Currently, rail carriers don’t have an obligation to report incidents publicly. Although Canadian rail carriers are required to report to the Transportation Safety Board (TSB), the results are not reported out publicly in a timely fashion. A TSB representative told the Times Review they maintain a public database of incidents under investigation, but the smaller incidents not investigated by the TSB are filed for internal purposes only. Currently, the Times Review relies on shortwave radio monitoring or news tips to find out about unfolding railway derailments and spills – which is not a robust system that will catch all incidents. We wondered: are there a significant number of derailments and spills that go under the radar because they happen in remote areas or after hours? It appears not, but there were some concerning close calls. It should be noted the database includes rail leaks, derailments with leaks, but not

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BCNU representative tours Revelstoke hospital Aaron Orlando

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B.C. Nurses’ Union president Debra McPherson toured Queen Victoria Hospital in Revelstoke on Aug. 25, where she met with Revelstoke nurses and called for more nurses in Revelstoke. McPherson said that Revelstoke Mountain Resort has created demand for hospital services and also attracted young health professionals to the community. But without full-time employment, McPherson predicted nurses working on a casual basis would bail out, costing the community valuable personnel resources. She said Interior Health (IH) staffing was “anemic” in general, and didn’t make financial sense. For example, McPherson said registered nurses were being used to cover care aide shifts due to staff shortages. McPherson criticized an ongoing renovation project at the hospital, saying a new triage room near the hospital’s front entrance physically separated patients from the emergency room at the back. The

result, said McPherson, is that nurses will have to walk back and forth across the hospital, leaving patients unattended. Calling the renovation “totally nuts,” she said it was an example of Interior Health management not consulting with front-line workers when making decisions about onthe-ground services. “I think that’s one of the great failures of health care management today,” McPherson said. “There’s a tendency not to ask the people who actually do the work what works, what works for them, what’s efficient, what will help them provide the best care.” She said the IH management structure had become “siloed” with senior management positions proliferating while front-line staff struggled to maintain core services. The new triage room also created staff and patient safety concerns, as nurses could be isolated in a small, confined room with demented, intoxicated or other potentially violent patients. McPherson said the staffing levels at the hospital’s long-term care facility was inadequate, saying the

BCNU president Debra McPherson (right) toured Revelstoke’s Queen Victoria Hospital on Sunday. She’s joined by BCNU Thompson North Okanagan Regional Executive members Tracy Quewezance (centre) and Judy Surkon. Aaron Orlando/Revelstoke Times Review

patients “seemed subdued” due to lack of stimulation. So, what is the BCNU going to do about the situation? McPherson said the union could employ tech-

niques to “hit [IHA] in the pocketbook.” Examples included filing grievances and insisting on paperwork for any overtime. McPherson said BCNU had organized commu-

nity health care campaigns in other Interior communities. She joined other senior BCNU staff members on a bus tour through the IH health region.

New lines drawn for British Columbia federal electoral boundaries Arne Petryshen Black Press

New lines have been drawn in the federal electoral districts of B.C., Saskatchewan and Quebec, and there are a number of big changes in the Kootenay-Columbia district, as well as the neighbouring B.C. Southern Interior district. Those changes include Nelson, Kaslo and Salmo becoming a part of Kootenay-Columbia and Penticton joining the South Okanagan-West Kootenay, as it is to be renamed (currently named B.C. Southern Interior). Kootenay-Columbia MP David Wilks said the result of Kaslo, Salmo and Nelson coming to the district was something he expected. "That doesn't surprise me," Wilks said. "I was hoping that the commission was going to consider my suggestion that I take Nakusp and New Denver, because I have to drive through them anyways from Revelstoke to Kaslo. But they opted not to accept that recommendation." He noted that it does change the political atmosphere of the district from he perspective of an election.

"The West Kootenay has in the last couple of elections leaned towards the NDP, and the East Kootenay obviously leans toward the Conservatives," he said. "We'll see what the people say in 2015 and I look forward to serving the people of the West Kootenays and I believe it will be a great fit." The Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission released its report on the redrawn federal electoral map of the province this week. The independent commission was assemble in February 2012 to redraw the boundaries to contain roughly equal numbers of people in each, with separate commissions of three people in each province. The report will be used by the Chief Electoral Officer to draft the representation order. Southern Interior MP Alex Atamanenko was not happy about the changes. “When the commission held their hearings, the overwhelming number of people that appeared before the commission did not agree with their initial proposal,” Atamanenko said. “In this area, 99 per cent of the people wanted Nelson to stay with Castlegar and Trail, because of the idea that we all work together as communities of

interest. So that’s a disappointment that Nelson, Salmo, Kaslo and that area will no longer be a part of this riding.” Atamanenko said he supposes it changes the dynamics of his riding as they have removed Princeton and Keremeos and added Penticton. “The dynamics are changed, we’ve got what I would call a major city (Penticton) by our standards in this riding now that will have to be serviced by the MP in the next election,” he said. “It makes it difficult. A lot more difficult I would say.” Atamanenko said the commission was focused on the numbers and decided to even out them out at around 100,000 without taking into account other factors. “My point has always been, if you’re going to increase the numbers riding wise, increase them in urban areas where it’s only another city block or two,” he said. “We always seem to get hammered in rural B.C. with these things.” He said he’d talked to MP Wilks during the consultation phase and tried to get him onboard to keep the status quo in the two districts, as KootenayColumbia stood to become even more

expansive. Atamanenko said that Wilks was not with him on the matter. “Basically his position was: ‘well, what will be will be,’” he said. “As far as that riding, it adds more territory. Already the MP has a huge territory to look at and now they have more.” Back in Kootenay-Columbia, Wilks said that the changes don’t make it more difficult to get around the riding. “I had to go through Nelson and Kaslo sometimes to get to Nakusp,” he said. “Now when you drive through Nelson and Kaslo and Salmo you’re in your area. To me it makes it more fluid and I believe more workable. Now I can say, ‘I’m just driving through and this is my area, so I’ll stop and see what the needs of the people are.’” Wilks said he does feel sorry for Nakusp and New Denver because it will be a challenge for whoever the MP will be to travel between Penticton, Nakusp and the areas in between. Penticton to Nakusp can take six hours by car through Grand Forks and Castlegar, four hours if the route through Kelowna is taken according to Google Maps. “But that’s what the commission decided,” he said. “We had made a sub-

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A new hope for Southside sewer smell solution Investigation, testing point to sewer pipes in headworks, not lagoon as source of summer stench. Discovery points to different, likely much more inexpensive solutions. Aaron Orlando

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There’s a new hope that a practical solution can be found to the problem of the odour coming from the City of Revelstoke’s sewage treatment plant in Southside. New testing has determined that the vast majority of the summertime smell is emanating from the headworks building, not the sewage treatment lagoons. The brick headworks building looks like a big four-car garage and is located right next to the city’s two sewage lagoons. Sewer pipes from across the city lead to the building, where the sewage undergoes initial screening and treatment upon discharge, before flowing into the lagoon. In addition to liquid sewage, the pipe also discharges a considerable amount of smelly gas, including hydrogen sulphide gas, the main culprit behind the summer smell issues in Southside. City of Revelstoke Director of Engineering & Development Mike Thomas said testing conducted in mid-August found that hydrogen sulphide gas concentrations coming from the building’s exhaust fan are “a thousand of times higher” than from concentrations at the edges of the two side-by-side sewage lagoons. Testing showed 2.7 parts per million at the headworks building fan, and only 0.004 parts per million at the perimeter of the lagoon. Both of these numbers seem small, but the human olfactory system is finely tuned to detect hydrogen sulphide; the rotten egg smell can be easily picked up at levels below one part per million. Thomas said the smell around the building is strong, whereas at the far edge of the lagoon, “you can smell it but it’s not a really strong smell.

That’s why I’ve got a real concern about that building.” The new testing points to a whole different set of possible solutions. In the past, city officials indicated the lagoons were the source of the smell problem, saying seasonal weather affected the lagoons’ biology, creating smells during the summer. The solution was thought to be prohibitively expensive, and could be the source of political inertia on the Southside smell issue; a new, mechanical lagoon costs tens of millions of dollars. Options for treating a problem emanating from the sewers themselves may be far less expensive, and therefore more doable. Thomas is proposing bringing in a sewage expert to study the problem and potential solutions. So, what’s causing the sewers to belch out gas, and why is it worse in the summer? Oil and grease in the system is one potential culprit. Fresh in news consumers’ minds is the giant, 15-tonne, bus-sized ‘fatberg’ defeated by heroic sewer workers in the London, U.K., borough of Kingston upon Thames this summer. In fact, fatty buildup is a known major cause of sewer stench and gas. Thomas said upping inspections of restaurant fat traps is an option, as is possible public education campaigns about proper disposal of oils and fats. What else could be a cause? Added RV tank dumping at the free city sani-dump may or may not have an effect, Thomas said. Discovering the factors leading to the smell can help isolate more effective treatment options. “Understanding where it’s coming from is part of the path to a solution. If you can mitigate that earlier on in the sewer system, potentially you’re not treating all of the sewer for the

Located at the shore of the sewage treatment lagoon near the industrial park, the Revelstoke sewage treatment plant’s headworks building is likely the source of the summer sewage smell in Revelstoke, which changes the possible options available to fix the problem. Aaron Orlando/Revelstoke Times Review

smell,” Thomas said. At this point, Thomas said he’s can’t pinpoint a cause. “There’s not one piece of the puzzle that’s sticking out at the moment,” he said. “It could just be a combination of all of the pieces we’ve talked about.” There are many engineering solutions to the issue. A quick Internet search turns up all kinds of systems created by engineering companies. Some are expensive, others less so. “I’d be thrilled if we could find a solution that was very low-impact, environmentally friendly, easy to maintain and a cost-effective solution,” Thomas said. In another development, an operating problem was discovered at the lagoons, and has now been rectified. Thomas said a piece of equipment that measured dissolved oxygen levels in the lagoons was located in the wrong place. As a result, the detector was indicating dissolved oxygen levels were too low, causing the system that circulates air to bubble up through the lagoon to be ‘always on.’ The oxygen in the bubbles helps drive the biological process that breaks down the sewage. As a metaphor, picture a swimming pool with an attached hot tub, but the installer accidentally put the hot tub thermometer in the swimming pool. The automatic heating system works overtime, and never shuts off because the thermometer is telling it to keep going.

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smell alone is enough to create health issues. What is clear is that once ingested through the lungs, hydrogen sulphide is metabolized, meaning it enters your bloodstream and is broken down in your liver and kidneys. Thomas was scheduled to give an oral report to Revelstoke City Council at their Aug. 27 regular meeting. Southside resident Beckie Campbell expressed mixed optimism about the finding that the bulk of the smelly gas is coming from the headworks building. “I’m obviously relived that they’re finally finding something,” Campbell said. “Maybe next summer it will be more bearable.” She questioned why it took city officials 15 years to discover the source of the issue. Campbell said she hoped city council would follow up with community members once the options became available. “People don’t go to council meetings.” The working mother said that like most Revelstokians, she’s at work at 3 p.m. on Tuesdays and can’t attend the Revelstoke City Council meeting where Thomas is presenting on the results of his explorations. She’d like to see some kind of report available to residents. She was hopeful a solution could be put into place by next summer. “I don’t know why it’s taken so long,” she said.

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Thomas said there was a concern the mechanical system operating the oxygen pumps could have overheated. The effect on smell is unknown. For Southside residents, the stifling summertime smell is enough to create demands for a solution. But is it just a smell issue? Are there health concerns? The answer is yes, but the relative danger is harder to determine. Hydrogen sulphide gas can be almost instantly fatal in high concentrations – doses many, many, many times higher than those coming from the sewer. Oil and gas industry workers are required to take sour gas (hydrogen sulphide) training as a prerequisite for most work sites. Many scientific studies have shown many adverse health effects associated with lower dosages of hydrogen sulphide, but the relative danger at much lower doses, like the concentrations around the Southside sewage treatment plant, is harder to determine. Both Health Canada and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency maintain webpages that summarize the scientific literature on the health effects of hydrogen sulphide. The Health Canada website notes the lack of long-term epidemiological studies on the effects of chronic low-level exposure like someone living near a sewage treatment plant would experience. Some medical experts argue that the presence of a

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Slow-roasting backyard chicken bylaw on the council table once again Aaron Orlando

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Editor’s note: Here’s some of the items that were up for council deliberation at their Aug. 27 regular meeting.

On-again, off-again chicken bylaw back on Why did the chicken cross the road? Wait, I thought it wasn’t crossing the road? It was, then it wasn’t, now it is again. A few weeks after Mayor David Raven indicated the long-planned backyard chicken had been shish-kebabed, the bylaw is apparently back on the table. In an August interview with the Times

Review, Raven cited “$5,000 to $10,000” in additional staff costs to get the bylaw completed. The backyard chicken bylaw – which also spells out rules for keeping horses, goats, sheep and bees – was in an advanced draft form when city council’s new austerity messaging signalled its demise. But the chicken bylaw now appears on the Aug. 27 meeting agenda, with a staff recommendation to proceed. In addition to staff time, council has also received a detailed presentation from stakeholders interested in formalizing chicken rules in Revelstoke. The City of Revelstoke has been developing the backyard chicken bylaw since 2011, but it has been rotated from the front burner to the back burner several times. If and when it gets completed, residents

should expect it will be well-done.

Snowmobilers, performing arts earmarked for Resort Municipality Initiative funding City council will likely approve about $57,000 in Resort Municipality Initiative funding for two groups. The Revelstoke Snowmobile Society wants $31,862 to purchase a tow-behind grooming trailer that levels moguls and fills holes on the trails leading to Frisby Ridge. Currently, the club owns one of the groomers, but is building two new trails on Frisby Ridge; the new grooming trailer

will service the two new trails. The Tourism Infrastructure Advisory Committee is also recommending a $25,000 allocation for the Revelstoke Arts Council to help pay for the operating expenses for the Revelstoke Performing Arts Centre. The new theatre at the school has outlined a $82,000 operating budget for 2013–2014, and will draw the majority of its funding from the Columbia Basin Trust, B.C. Community Gaming and the Resort Municipality Initiative fund.

Does Revelstoke need a dog park? Resident Renee Howe has penned a letter to city council asking for an enclosed off-leash dog park where dog owners and their pets could hang out and exercise. Howe notes several locations that are already mostly fenced in, and that many residents currently use playing fields not designated for off-leash use. Will council bite at the idea?

Revelstoke Dam Visitor Centre hours, season slashed Revelstoke Dam Visitor Centre tour guide leader Sharon Honeyman is asking for city council help restoring hours at the visitor centre, after they have been slashed back over the past few years. BC Hydro spokesperson Mary Anne Coules said that visitor centre hours were traditionally 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. from the Victoria Day long weekend to the Thanksgiving weekend. In recent years, the closing time has been reduced to 4 p.m., and the season-ending weekend has been reduced to the Labour Day weekend, cutting about six weeks off the season. Coules said the changes affected all BC Hydro dam visitor centres. Honeyman has penned a letter to city council and the Revelstoke Chamber of Commerce asking them for help. She said many visitors, especially senior travellers, visit in the fall shoulder season. In addition, school groups can no longer visit in September and October. “We would like to see the longer season and longer daily operating hours become a permanent change to the [Revelstoke Dam Visitor Centre], so we do not confuse tourists from year to year,” Honeyman wrote.

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A guilty plea is expected to be entered in connection with the 2011 death of Olindo "Frankie" Brunetti. Caleb Wade Anderson was expected to plead guilty to dangerous driving causing death in Kamloops court on Monday, Crown prosecutor Bill Hilderman told the Times Review. Brunetti died in a car crash near 12 Mile south of Revelstoke on Sept. 29, 2011. He was only 22 years old. He was one of a number of young Revelstokians that died that year. Anderson, who was a pall bearer at Brunetti’s funeral, was charged with impaired driving causing death, causing an accident resulting in death and criminal negligence causing death. His plea was scheduled for Monday afternoon, after press time. A five-day jury trial was scheduled to start on Monday, but it was pre-empted by the guilty plea. Anderson will now undergo a pre-sentence report before sentencing occurs.

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Mayor: Revelstoke water supply main RAP proposal issue Mayor Raven emphasizes water safety concerns, but also said Revelstoke Adventure Park proponents need to be ready for a complex approval process given the scope of the proposal and its proximity to RMR and the city’s water source Aaron Orlando

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Revelstoke mayor David Raven said the City of Revelstoke’s main concern about the Revelstoke Adventure Park (RAP) proposal in Greeley is the city’s water supply. In an interview with the Times Review, Raven said the Province of B.C. and the Columbia-Shuswap Regional District will need to sort out a whole host of issues, such as access from the Trans-Canada, the Illecillewaet River bridge crossing, the CP Rail crossing and more. But from the city’s point of view, it’s

water. “There was a pressure to the city’s water supply and we had to have it formally protected and understood,” Raven said. “It’s a very substantial development; two chairlifts and the roadwork is similar to what was originally built [at Revelstoke Mountain Resort].” Although the proponents have underscored that the boundaries of the proposal is not within the City of Revelstoke’s Greeley watershed, Raven said the potential for issues are there. Raven noted the chairlifts create the potential for skiing into the nearby Greeley watershed.

The mayor said he supported economic development initiatives, but not at the expense of drinking water. “It’s economic development for the community, but it has to go forward on the right grounds. You don’t sacrifice the city’s water supply for the promise of a couple of jobs, or even a hundred jobs. What value is the city’s water supply?” Raven said the city’s exploration of boundary expansion into the area is focused on water: “We don’t want the tax revenue or control of the development, but we want to ensure that the water supply is protected.”

Caustic soda cars derailed next to Illecillewaet Hazardous materials, from p. 1 derailments with no leaks. A total of five leaks related to rail travel are detailed in the ‘Revelstoke’ area. Three were leaks only, while two were derailments with leaks. Most concerning was a June 23, 2011 derailment at Albert Canyon with a reported leak of caustic soda into the Illecillewaet River. The Times Review attended the scene and photographed the site; one derailed and damaged tanker car was resting at a severe angle on the sloping bank of the Illecillewaet River. British Columbians will recall the Aug. 5, 2005 CN Rail derailment that spilled half a tanker car’s worth Position Title: Employer:

of caustic soda into the Cheakamus River, devastating aquatic life on that river’s ecosystem, and killing more than half a million fish. The river’s ecosystem is expected to take many decades to recover. The spill resulted in an order from the federal transport minister ordering CN Rail to limit the number of cars on trains travelling the stretch from Squamish, B.C. to Clinton, B.C. At the time of the June 23 spill in Albert Canyon, Ministry of Environment and CP Rail officials told the Times Review that no environmental damage had been done. Last week, environment ministry officials clarified, saying that two tanker cars that last contained caustic soda did derail in the 17-car derail-

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He said developing major proposals like Revelstoke Mountain Resort or the Revelstoke Adventure Park is a long and complex process involving local, regional and provincial government stakeholders, and that an initial rejection can be a normal part of the process. For example, Raven said the RMR Master Development Agreement is a massive document filling several binders that contains a broad range of contractual obligations and commitments. He said the RAP proposal may require a similar comprehensive agreement, and will also have to work out a relationship with the existing RMR Master Development Agreement right next door. The former forestry bureaucrat said the proponents’ proposal will

need to be fleshed out. “It was a very preliminary piece that they sent in.” The rejection by provincial authorities signalled the ball was in the proponents’ court” “We spend an awful lot of money to provide safe water for the populace of the city. It’s really up to them to prove that they’re not there, and it’s also up to us to ensure we’ve protected the water resource.” In Revelstoke, the rejection by provincial authorities has created much gossip around town. A prevailing theme has portrayed Revelstoke City Hall and the Columbia-Shuswap Regional District as standing in the way of the proposed development.

on September 14, 2010, closer to Golden, B.C. when “human error” led to a terrestrial spill of about 5,000 litres of diesel. There were no reported rail spills involving oil transport during that time period Concurrently, on Aug. 22, a federal senate energy committee investigating the transport of oil in Canada released a report containing a list of recommendations for tanker, rail and pipeline transport. A general recommendation from the senate committee calls for the creation of a web portal containing interactive maps that would detail information on oil spills for all modes of oil transport. The portal would list the type of material released and the cause of the incident – as soon as possible. BC Hydro reported a range of inci-

dents at Revelstoke Dam and Mica Dam over the period – although the rate of incidents may reflect the ongoing major expansion projects at the dam. Their reporting system also appears to be robust; one report detailed just one litre of oil spilled after a piece of equipment failed. The Ministry of Environment listed a July 30 spill of 1,500 litres of high PH liquid at the Mica Dam into the Columbia River system as “intentional.” BC Hydro spokesperson Mary Coules detailed the incident. She said, during construction, water from a temporary penstock flooded an area where concrete was being cured by a contractor. It mixed with the concrete then flooded into a sump. Coules

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CSRD director blindsided by city boundary expansion letter Area B director Loni Parker said city didn’t communicate boundary expansion plan to regional district, expansion plan isn’t happening Editor, The following letter is in response to the open letter to me from Karen Powers regarding the proposed Adventure Tourism Park in the vicinity of Greeley (Revelstoke needs tourism initiative, Letters, Aug. 21). Thanks for your interest in this project. When the CSRD receives a proposal for rezoning we then go through a public process, we also refer the proposal to all affected government agencies and First Nations. We then take all information received and move forward [or not] on the re-zoning requests based on comments received while also taking public interest into account. A re-zoning process takes time and we ensure there is opportunity for input. The proponents of this proposal have met with CSRD

staff, myself, and the Area B Advisory Planning Commission [APC]. I am in support of this project as is the APC. The proponents have been working with CSRD staff regarding the private land component in order to move this project forward through rezoning. Front Counter BC is handling the Crown Land component of the proposal. We forwarded our comments to Front Counter BC stating our support for the Adventure Park on the Crown land with the caveat that the Greeley Creek watershed remains undisturbed. After sending in our comments the CSRD came into receipt of a letter dated June 3, 2013, from Mayor Raven that outlines municipal concerns. The first concern stated was to safeguard protection of

the watershed. Another concern they forwarded to FCBC was access to the development off of Highway 1 and across the one-way bridge. This is clearly an issue that can be dealt with by the Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure. Another concern expressed in the June 3 letter was regarding overlapping tenures with Revelstoke Mountain Resort. That issue is dealt with through the Ministry of Forests, Lands, and Natural Resource Operations, Resort Development Branch. Finally the June 3 letter states that the City of Revelstoke was planning a Boundary Expansion Process, had budgeted for it and was requesting matching funds of $25,000 from the CSRD to investigate the aforesaid. I was completely surprised

by this statement in the June 3 letter as no discussion had taken place with either myself as a CSRD Director, or staff at the CSRD and we were not in receipt of a request for funding. As a result of that statement in the letter from Mayor Raven to FCBC, and in order to ensure there was no confusion with the inaccurate statement we sent a letter to Front Counter BC clarifying that the statement was incorrect. There is no plan for a boundary expansion. I agree that this development will be beneficial for Area B and the City of Revelstoke as it relates to taxes in Area B and tourism dollars supporting businesses in Revelstoke. I encourage the citizens of Revelstoke to voice their support for this project to me. Loni Parker Regional Director CSRD Area B lparker@csrd.bc.ca

City, regional district should promote development Editor, I applaud Karen Powers’ letter to the editor (Revelstoke needs tourism initiative, letters, Aug. 21). I have lived in Revelstoke since 1959 and consider myself an old-timer here. I have been in business for myself in the construction industry for close to 40 years

and completed many projects for the City of Revelstoke. What I have noticed over the last 20 years is that the city has become more negative in all aspects of development, and this is also true of the Columbia Shuswap Regional District Area B. For the City of Revelstoke

to attract any kind of development they need to be helpful instead of creating obstacles that become overwhelming for entrepreneurs wanting to establish in Revelstoke. The city needs to cut costs by eliminating red tape so that staff can be reduced and our taxes can be at a level that will attract devel-

opment. I totally agree that the proposed development at Greeley will be an asset to our city and enhance what we already have. George Buhler, Revelstoke

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Katie Burrell performs at the Stoke FM Comedy Fest at the Roxy Theatre on Friday. The Stoke FM morning show host delivered a hilarious set full of local references, like shopping at Coopers and dating in Revelstoke (why do all guys want to take me on dates that will kill me), and not-so-local references like terrorism (9/11 was just a ploy by Osama Bin Laden to get people to play hide-and-go-seek with him). Burrell, who developed her comedy chops while living in Montreal and Vancouver, was joined at the sold-out show by Vancouver Comedians Kyle Bottom, Rupert Common, and Jon Cole.

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For the second time in three years, labour action could disrupt the school year, only this time it is support staff workers that are threatening to go on strike. The Canadian Union of Public Employees, which represents more than 27,000 school support staff workers across B.C., is threatening to go on strike if negotiations continue to stall on a new contract. “If the government doesn’t show a commitment to bargaining, our members will take full scale job action,” said Colin Pawson, chair of the CUPE BC K-12 President’ Council. “They’re frustrated that we’ve had three false starts to negotiating, and the clock is ticking.” CUPE represents workers such as custodians, librarians, clerical staff, bus drivers and education assistants. The union’s last collective bargaining agreement expired more than a year ago and the support

staff have been without a contract ever since. On the employer’s side, the government has taken over negotiations and has appointed Peter Cameron to represent the government at the bargaining table. Jean Frolek, president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 523, which covers Revelstoke, said CUPE walked away from bargaining because the B.C. government’s negotiator was unable to discuss wage increases. In recent negotiations with public sector unions, the B.C. government has imposed a collective gains mandate that stipulates any wage increases must come from savings found within that sector. Last winter, school districts were asked to identify budget reductions to fund potential CUPE contract increases, however, school boards claimed there was no money to be found and refused to complete the exercise. Alan Chell, the chair of the Revelstoke Board of Education,

said another round of bargaining is scheduled for Sept. 4–6 in order to establish a provincial framework for an agreement that can then be taken back to the local unions. “Both parties would hope during that three-day period that we would be able to establish a provincial framework,” said Chell. He is hopeful an agreement can be reached and said support staff workers make important contributions to the education system and the union’s demands for a wage increase are valid. At the same time, the province has allocated no money to cover a wage increase, so savings will have to be found elsewhere in the budget, either by re-allocating funding or by finding efficiencies in other parts of the contract. “There’s a lot of potential sources for money, but the two things that are absolutely clear is there is expectation for wage increase and there will be no new money added,” he said. “It’s up to the parties take it from there and reach an agreement.”

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1. The Revelstoke Rod & Gun Club’s Aug. 25 rifle shoot at Bullet Basin highlighted the best local marksmen. Shooters showed their target skills from different distances and positions. Greg Brule (centre) finished with the top score of 57, followed by Ian Hill (left) with a 49 and Gord Gowanlock Sr., who came third with 41. Gowanlock used a sightless, black powder rifle from the late 1800s. 2. Contestants check their scores at the target. While we walked back from checking the targets a doe and its fawn ran directly across the range right in front of us. 3. Shooters on the firing line during a 40-second timed shoot. Photos by Aaron Orlando/Revelstoke Times Review

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The last time a group attempted to descend the upper Incomappleux River, the trip ended in tragedy. In July 2003, Yves Laforest, Aurelie Chabaud, Michel Bastien and Martin Champagneur set out to climb Mount Hope in the southwest corner of Glacier National Park, then paddle the Incomappleux River to the Upper Arrow Lake. They were aiming to raise money to support children with leukemia. They were successful in summiting, but their trip down the river ended quickly in tragedy when they were all swept up in a rapid. Only Champagneur survived. Ten years later, a group of nine Kootenay kayakers – including Revelstokians Sean Bozkewycz, Sam Ewing and Christian Foster – is heading back to the Incomappleux River in an attempt to complete a first descent of the river and raise awareness about the unique rainforest that exists in its upper reaches. Carl Jacks, a 36-year-old nurse who lives in New Denver, B.C., is leading the expedition. He is a co-founder of the West Kootenay-based Endangered Creeks Expedition, a team of paddlers that dedicate their time to exploring and reporting on waterways threatened by run-of-river power projects. As a kayaker, he’s regarded as fearless, a bit reckless, adventurous and a very skilled paddler. The idea of paddling the Incomappleux has been with him since he first explored its middle and lower sections in 2006, when ventured as far as he could upriver by road. “Being a paddler, I couldn't help think what's above, what keeps going,” he said. “The features we were seeing in the lower sections were quite unbelievable.” Jacks has undertaken a number of first descents of rivers and creeks throughout B.C., but the Incomappleux is the one he’s felt would be the biggest challenge. He’s not wrong, that’s for sure. Just to access the river, Jacks and his team will have to trek 13-kilometres overland through the Flat Creek Valley in Glacier National Park. Once on the river, they will be faced with 55-kilometres of paddling, some of which has never been run before. All they have is aerial photos to go on taking during the August 2003 search and rescue mission to go on. “It's going to be what looks to really intense class four, five whitewater,” he

said. “It cuts through a lot of slide paths so the terrain on the side of the river will be extremely hard to navigate if we choose to get out of the boat, which is usually the case if we need to scout a section of water.” The purpose of the trip isn’t just to accomplish a first descent. The team also aims to document the wilderness found in the upper Incomappleux valley – a largely untouched wilderness filled with massive old growth cedars and that is also prime mountain caribou habitat. They are partnering with the Valhalla Wilderness Society, an environmental organizational that is lobbying to have the area preserved as a park. They have also received funding from Mountain Equipment Co-op. What are the challenges in an expedition like this? First, there’s the overland approach through the Flat Creek valley. Jacks expects it to be two to three days of bushwhacking. Then there’s the river itself. The rapid that took out the 2003 expedition is the first one they will encounter. It is followed by a kilometrelong canyon. All of it is class four and five white water – about as intense as it gets. On land, the river is surrounded by avalanche paths that are full of devil’s club and alders. Safety will be the prime consideration. "We're not trying to be heroes out there. The river and the land is always going to win,” he said. “If something looks like it’s too dangerous to run or impossible to set safety on, then we walk it. If the walking is almost as dangerous as paddling, you're almost in a toss up. It's like a game of chess strategy, with putting safety in the forefront." Jacks said the fate of the last expedition is in his mind, but that they are going in much more prepared. The 2003 mission consisted of mountaineers who were unprepared to run the river, he said, whereas his team consists of experienced kayakers. "The idea there are unclaimed bodies in the woods, you can't help but think you'll be passing over them at some point. It adds an element of mysticism to it,” he said. “You can't help thinking about it. In the same regards, I understand where they flipped, what claimed them and what happened.” Jacks’ teams is leaving Revelstoke on Tuesday, Sept. 3. They hope to arrive in Beaton a week later. He said this will be his most physically challenging trip ever.

The entrance to the canyon on the upper Incomappleux River. Contributed by Carl Jacks/Nelson Search & Rescue

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Wild waters

Exploring Revelstoke’s burgeoning whitewater kayaking scene ALEX COOPER

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Clockwise from top: Mikkel St. Jean-Duncan paddles into the fifth drop down the Jordan River.; Cooper Lemkay hits the raging KOA Drop on the Illecillewaet River.; A group of kayakers heads down the box canyon of the Illecillewaet River towards Revelstoke. Alex Cooper/Revelstoke Times Review

The upper Jordan River is a short stretch of water consisting of six drops until it reaches the bridge over the river on the Boulder Mountain road. On Saturday, a race was planned to take place down the river and 10 teams of two registered to test their skills down the challenging creek run. There were a few kayakers from Revelstoke, and others came from throughout B.C and Alberta to take part in the race Among them were Carl Jacks, an accomplished expedition paddler, and Mikkel St-Jean Duncan, one of Canada’s top whitewater kayakers. “In terms of general areas that I’ve been, I’d put it in the top five,” said St. Jean-Duncan, who has paddled around the world. “You have some world class boaters who come through and they can find some really good challenging whitewater rapids.” Unfortunately, the race was canceled after an organizer’s dog fell in the river and died. The tragic incident cast a pall over the day, yet the kayakers in town still took the time to get a taste of what Revelstoke first has to offer. I was stationed near the fifth drop on Jordan River and I watched as the racers came down in two large groups. St. Jean-Duncan was the first to navigate the small and narrow canyon. He followed the line into the rapid, swung left to pop off a flat, shallow rock and then pointed his boat through a skinny chute that ended in a small drop. He coasted into the flat water between the fifth and sixth drops and waited for the others to come through. One by one they followed a similar line. Some made it look easy, others struggled a bit more. They then headed off downstream, over the sixth drop and towards the take out point at the

bridge. A second group came through a few minutes later. *** I’ve spent quite a bit of time hanging around kayakers in Revelstoke. A few of my good friends paddle, so I’ve attended many bonfires filled with kayak talk. Even though I’ve never done any whitewater kayaking myself, I’ve heard enough stories about the Illecillewaet raft run, the 13th wave, the box canyon, the upper and lower Jordan, and the Perry River, that I feel like I have a fairly good idea of where people paddle around here. My friend Brendan Ginter administers the Revelstoke Whitewater Facebook group. It’s where local and out of town paddlers share information about water levels and conditions, and make arrangements to go paddling. The group has 161 members. When I asked who the best person to talk to about the local scene was, people told me to talk to Ginter. “The kayaking in Revelstoke is like the skiing in Revelstoke,” he told me. “For the most part, with the exception of a few spots, it’s all pretty high end. Creeking is like big mountain skiing and playboating is like jibbing. We don’t have much of a park around here, but we certainly have some good big mountain terrain.” Revelstoke’s kayak scene is pretty scattered, Ginter said. There’s a some world-class paddlers that call Revelstoke home, but there’s little in the way for beginners. The big draw for visitors is the creekboating in the area on rivers like the Jordan and the many creeks in the area. For beginners though, it’s not the most welcoming spot, with even the easier rivers carrying some big consequence. He mentioned the lower Jordan – from the Boulder Moun-

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Hines was born with Larsen Syndrome, a joint dislocation condition that has him permanently using a wheelchair. He grew up singing in church but his first big exposure was at the age of 14, when he won a competition to sing the American and Canadian anthems at a Toronto Raptors basketball game. From there he want on to do kids shows, telethons and more until seven years ago, when he signed his first record deal and his career took off. He said he’s inspired by John Mellencamp, Jim Croce, Carole King, Cat Stevens and Bob Dylan. He released his first album, Sides, in 2007 and followed it up with a pair of albums in 2009 – Chasing Silver and Season’s Greetings. In 2011 he released Days to Recall and in May he released his latest album, How we Fly. “It was an album we did in a pretty challenging time. I had some health challenges that was affecting my voice a little bit and

we weren’t sure what it was going to look like for the future. We got through it and I’m coming out of the other end of it now,” he said. “I’m really glad we did the record because it’s a snapshot of that time and it’s interesting what happens when you pour that kind of nervous energy and uncertainty into something like music, and it’s interesting what can happen. “My voice is a little gravelliier and a little raspier, and the writing as well is a little bluer than some of the stuff I’ve done in the past,” he added. “But I’m a hopeful guy so I have a hard time doing anything too negative.” Hines’ singing career has taken him around the world, to Europe, the Middle East, China and all over North America. Amongst his career highlights were performing at the Beijing and Vancouver Olympics. “That was a big honour for me,” he said. “I got my own TV special once. That was pretty cool.” One common theme in his career is doing charity performances. He once rappelled down a 33-story building in San Diego for charity, put together a PBS special to raise support for parts of the U.S. hurt by flooding, and launched a campaign to help schools in South Africa. The Vehicle of Change tour is his latest charitable effort. “It’s a privilege to be in the position where you can do that,” he said. “In music or any form of entertainment, you have a public outlet to have that kind of ability to spread word of mouth. It’s something we felt we should do.” Hines is being backed up the duo Ash & Bloom on this tour. He said to expect lots of storytelling in his show, and not a lot of choreography, he joked. “The people I grew up listening to were great storytellers, both in their music and their presentation,” he said. “I really like interacting with the audiences that way and hopefully we can connect on more of an emotional level rather than it just being entertainment.” Justin Hines is performing at the Revelstoke Baptist Church at 1608 Colbeck Road on Tuesday, Sept. 3, at 7 p.m. Entrance is by donation and all proceeds go to the El Redil Sur in Medellin, Colombia.

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

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BABY HARRY Blues rocker plays the 112 Lounge. 7

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BLACKBERRY WOOD Alt-country gypsy circus music. Live at the Grizzly Plaza Summer Street Festival from 6:30–9:30 p.m.

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MARITIME KITCHEN PARTY Rock n roll with a maritime twist. Live at the Grizzly Plaza Summer Street Festival from 6:30–9:30 p.m. SARAH BURTON & DARCY WINDOVER The songwriting and troubadour sentiment of Windover combine with Burton’s fluttering vocals and boot stomping music. Live at the Last Drop at 9 p.m.

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BLUE SCARLETT play songs ranging from dance to rock to country. Live at the Grizzly Plaza Summer Street Festival from 6:30–9:30 p.m. SHANE PHILIP One-man band, with drums, guitar and dijiridoo. Live at the Last Drop at 9 p.m. MAT THE ALIEN Live at the Traverse. 10 p.m.

The music of Tofu Stravinsky is smooth, crunchy, jazzy and hip; like good red wine in a coke can. But who are they, you ask? Compelled to compose and impelled to inspire, Sarah Orton (vocals), Tyler Toews (electric guitar), Quillan Hanley (bass), EdwardT (drums) and Jon Perry (synth/keyboards) are five young artists who write Chuck Taylor High Top Ballads on the regular and excite audiences with their dynamic performances. They play live at the Last Drop on Sunday, Sept. 1, at 9 p.m. Facebook photo

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LABOUR DAY OPEN The Revelstoke Golf Club hosts the 83rd annual Labour Day Open men’s and women’s golf tournament all weekend long.

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Reading Club medal ceremony and volunteer appreciation event. At 4 p.m.

BLUE SCARLETT play songs ranging from dance to

rock to country. Live at the Grizzly Plaza Summer Street Festival from 6:30–9:30 p.m. BROKEN THOUGHT THEORY A hip hop group from Australia. Live at the Traverse. 10 p.m.

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CELEBRATE THE SUMMIT Enjoy chocolate cake and sub-alpine vistas at the summit of Mt. Revelstoke. GARDEN GURU SERIES Harvesting wild mushrooms, with Pat Wells. Presented by the NCES. Meet at the United Church at 1 p.m. for carpooling . By donation. CORRINA ROSE Songs depicting stories of personal loss and loneliness as well as illustrations of emerging from dark and difficult moments. Live at the Last Drop. 9 p.m.

time trial, with two climbs up Clough Road, which has a nearly 10 per cent average gradient. Registration is at 5:30 p.m. at the bottom of Clough Road. The race starts at 6 p.m. Cost is $2 for RCA members, $10 for nonmembers. JUSTIN HINES w/ASH & BLOOM Award-winning singer-songwriter plays a concert to raise money for El Redil Sur church in Colombia. At the Revelstoke Baptist Church at 1806 Colbeck Road. 7 p.m. Admission is by donation.

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The Revelstoke Grizzlies held their main camp last week and there was a coach in the arena to lead things. Darren Naylor, a former coach of the KIJHL Columbia Valley Rockies, has been hired as the team’s new coach and general manager. “I’m a pretty motivational type of coach, I’m very enthusiastic,” he said in an interview following the main camp. “I like to get the most out of my guys. The systems we play, I base that around what we have as far as personnel.” Naylor, 44, is from White Rock, B.C. He played for the Victoria Cougars and Swift Current Broncos of the Western Hockey League before moving on to a brief minor hockey career in the mid-90s. He has coached at various levels of minor and junior hockey since then and was a scout for the WHL’s Seattle Thunderbirds. Naylor coached the Columbia Valley Rockies for the 2007-08 and 2008-09 seasons, but was let go towards the end of his second season. In his first season there, the team went 15-33-0-5 and in his second season, the team went 19-24-0-9 and finished last in its division. Revelstoke fans might remember him from a December 2008 brawl between the Grizzlies and Rockies that ended in a four-game suspension to Naylor. Since then, it appears he has been coaching minor hockey in Richmond, for the elite Selects hockey program, and has been running skill camps and a private

scouting and recruitment business. “I’ve networked myself out a little bit after being in junior hockey,” he said. “I took a step back and Lew presented this. I’ve known Lew a little bit. He’s seems like a good guy and I hate to see someone in a jam at the start of the year.” Turnout at the camp was only about 20-25 players, with a mix of returning players from last year, a few new hopefuls, and some Revelstoke Minor Hockey prospects looking for ice time and experience against older players. From last year’s team, Riley Creighton, Chevy Hantula, Cody Hendrickson, Kent Hendrickson, and Darnel St. Pierre, were all present. Many others were off trying out for Junior A teams. Reports indicate that St. Pierre, who was a clear standout on the ice, will be heading for Junior A. As is usually the case, the final roster will not be known until Junior A teams make their final cuts in September. Naylor said he expects about 10 players to return from last year’s team and he’s been working his contacts to fill out his roster with players who are cut from higher leagues. “I’m working the phones continuously,” he said. “I’m a pretty well connected guy. It is at the 11th hour, so it’s not the easiest thing to get involved with but we’re doing the best we can and we’ll get the best possible product we can to start the season with.” The Grizzlies play two exhibition games in Golden on Sept. 7 and 8 and start their regular season at home on Friday, Sept. 14, against the Kamloops Storm.

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Obituaries Cyr Joseph Blanchard

Cyr Joseph Blanchard passed away in at Queen Victoria Hospital, Revelstoke on Friday, August 16, 2013 at the age of 70 years. A celebration of his life was held at the Chapel of Brandon Bowers Funeral Home on Friday, August 23, 2013 with Gary Sulz officiating. Interment followed in Mountain View Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Heart & Stroke Foundation of B.C., 201 - 635 Victoria Street, Kamloops, B.C. V2C 2B3, in memory of Cyr.

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Richard “Dick” Evans

July 1, 1917 – August 17, 2013 Dick passed away peacefully at 96 years of age holding hands with his daughter, Linda Savjord, and son-in-law, Don. The eldest of nine children, he spent his youth and early adult years in Beaton, in the Upper Arrow Lakes area of BC. He was a hard worker and helped run the family farm from a young age and then took over full management at age 21, after his father’s death. He took outside jobs to bring home money by hauling freight up to the mines with pack horses, snow clearing roads by hand and logging with horses. He married Elda, the school teacher from Toronto, who had come to teach in the one room school house. His middle years were spent in Kamloops where he worked for the Gulf Oil refinery as a shop steward. He raised two daughters and became active with the Lions, Moose and Elks Clubs. He was a consistent blood donor and generous with friends and neighbours, helping with their mechanical, electrical and construction jobs. He was often found “tinkering” in his beloved shop. After Elda died he retired to Vancouver Island and there he found Rose, his partner for the next 25 years. They had many friends and loved to dance and entertain. Dick was very charming and loved to dress up in a suit and tie. They traveled to Europe, Australia and spent many winters in Arizona. Back at home he fished and gardened and, in his eighties, logged trees from his property to build an addition to his home. He was a full time volunteer with the Lions Club, the OAP and COPS and, again, was always generously helping “the old guy down the street” (who was usually quite a bit younger than he). Rose and then his daughter, Donna Evans, passed away in 2006 and at 90 he moved to 100 Mile House. Dick’s hard work and generosity helped many friends and family. His sense of community and his charm allowed him to enjoy his life. The sparkle in his eye lives on through his grandsons Toran (Johanna) Savjord and Mylan (Jaylene) Savjord and four great grandchildren Taylan, Rory, Piper and Nuala. Many extended family and friends remember him fondly. Dick had a full life and was a good man. A celebration of Dick’s life was held at the Savjord home in 100 Mile House. 250 395-3354

Cyr was born in Causapscal, Quebec on May 21, 1943. He spent most of his young life working all over North America, before settling in the 1970‘s in Revelstoke with Rita and opening his own company Ramrock Drilling & Blasting. He operated his own company for 20 years, before continuing employment as a driller for various mining companies up until this past year. His favorite pastimes were watching hockey, walking Buddy and catching up with his numerous friends. Cyr was predeceased by his parents, Leo and Aleida and his brother, Boris. He is survived by his wife, Rita; his faithful companion, Buddy; his brother Jermaine (Jocelyn), sisters, Isabelle, Giselle, and Leoni; step-children Randy (Debbie) Clarkston, Kim (Maria) Clarkston, Cal Clarkston, Garry (Brenda) Clarkston and Jane (Orville) Robinson as well as numerous step-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, great nieces and great nephews. He will also be greatly missed by his nephews; Armando (Andrea), Derek (Janine), Alain, and Edwin (Sofia) for whom Cyr stepped in as a father when his brother Boris passed away. Messages of condolence may be sent to Cyr’s family by viewing his obituary at www.brandonbowersfuneralhome.com. Arrangements were in the care of Brandon Bowers Funeral Home, Revelstoke.

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tain bridge to the Columbia River – as a nice class II, but it’s filled with wood, making it a potentially treacherous option. St. Jean-Duncan cited Pingston Creek as his favorite in the area. Located south of Revelstoke, near the Shelter Bay ferry, the creek starts high up in Pingston Lake in the Monashees and cascades down to the Upper Arrow Lake. The section that gets paddled is close to the lake. “That ones really awesome because it has three different sections,” he said. “One that’s really hard, one that’s intermediate-advanced difficulty, and one that mostly just the pros that come in the area do. “The waterfalls right into the lake are awesome because it’s a really hard rapid but it ends in a lake, so if anything happens, you end up there. It’s not super scary, but its challenging.” The Illecillewaet River provides some of the best variety for kayaking around Revelstoke. The raft run, which stretches 23 kilometres from Albert Canyon to Greeley, is one of the best sections of continuous class II and III rapids around, Ginter said. “It’s 23K, it’s a fairly interesting run with lots going on and it almost never gets done,” he said. A few kilometres below Greeley lies what boaters call the 13th wave – a standing wave of water that kayakers, and surfers, can play in. There’s a standing eddy right behind the wave, so if you fall out of the wave, you can just paddle back around and get back in. “You can hang out there all day, surfing the wave and doing tricks and playboating,” said Ginter. Below the 13th wave is the box canyon. A few hours after watching kayakers come down the Jordan, I snuck across the train tracks to witness most of the group of paddlers attempt the KOA drop in the canyon. The box is regarded as one of the most intense bits of whitewater in the area and the KOA drop – so named because it’s located below the KOA campground – is the burliest part of it. It’s where the river widens and falls rapidly, culminating is a twometre drop. I arrived just as about a dozen kayakers showed up. Three of them went straight into the rapid, not hesitating through the drop and then escaping into an eddy on the north bank of the river. Everyone else pulled ashore above the rapid to scout out the drop and figure the best way through. One of them opted out, and carried his kayak around the rocks above the river. Everyone else went back. The first person to hit the drop got thrown upside down. He disappeared into the raging water and emerged downstream upside down. I watched as he successfully uprighted himself, only to get tossed back under as he swept past the eddy. A kayaker took off after him but he managed to roll over again and paddle away. The second kayaker through had a similar experience as he was buried in the waves and tossed about. After that, everyone chose an easier route, over a rock slide, down the drop and into the eddy. They regrouped and paddled away down a flat stretch of the canyon towards some more rapids and the City or Revelstoke. The box canyon is one of Revelstoke’s star attractions for expert kayakers. Last summer, St. JeanDuncan and some other professional kayakers came to Revelstoke to film with Sherpas Cinema. They dropped the 20-metre high Sutherland Falls in Blanket Creek Provincial Park, and then went to the box canyon to finish their day. Revelstoke has big potential as a destination for whitewater kayakers, especially high-end creekboaters, said Ginter. “There’s endless steep creeks and lots of really good access,” he said. “There’s all sorts of stuff that hasn’t been run before. The Incomappleux is one perfect example, but if you go towards Mica, some of the stuff has never even been scouted or looked at from a kayaking standpoint, and there’s logging roads running up almost every single one of them. The potential is almost endless if somebody wants to put the work in.”

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A new school year is set to begin on September 4, and it marks the

start of a time of change for the Revelstoke School District. There’s a new superintendent, two new principals, new district staff and a number of long-time

teachers and staff have retired in recent years. At Revelstoke Secondary School, Greg Kenyon is starting his first full year as principal, having started there last January. He replaced Hooker, and at graduation in June, he made a point of noting how the school was still very much his predecessor’s. At Begbie View Elementary, Yanping Wang takes the reigns as principal, replacing Shan Jorgensen-Adam, who left last year for personal reasons. Wang’s husband Nian Zhu is the new district principal of support services. Leading the way is Mike Hooker, who is entering his first full year as superintendent, replacing Anne Cooper, who will be officially retired as of the end of this month. Hooker is no stranger to the district, having spent more than a decade here as a principal, first at Arrow Heights Elementary and since 2004, at RSS. He called the personnel changes “exciting.” “Having people from out of Revelstoke come join us is always healthy for all of us,” he said. “People bring new ideas with them and a different focus. That creates good discussion and allows us an opportunity to look critically at what we

do. Revelstoke has been a successful district in a whole variety of measures but that’s something that has to be growing and changing.” There are two big challenges Hooker said he will be facing as superintendent. One will be to continue the district’s success in education established over the past decade. The other will be broadening the district’s focus on less traditional educational matters like social and emotional well-being, and physical health. “I think that’s one of the challenges of public education, of education in general, is to be able to broaden it,” Hooker said. “More and more we’re finding there’s a level of importance of developing healthy people, healthy citizens, and that has to be the main priority.” Students’ social and emotional well being started as a focus last year and continues as one of the districts main goals. Research indicates that students who have good mental health do better in school. It helps students become more confident learners, said Hooker, and helps them better deal with adversity. He said one key piece is making sure students feel connected to two or more adults in school. This helps

because it means students will feel comfortable talking to staff about issues they are having. “To have that ability to have conversations about social and emotional learning, you need to have a relationship there and a level of trust to open up and talk about what you’re thinking about,” he said. “It’s deeper than talking about your learning and your understanding of multiplication. It’s more talking about feelings and interactions and thoughts. To have that you need to have level of trust and without the trust the conversation can’t happen, and if the conversation doesn’t happen, that social and emotional learning won’t take place.” Physical health is a new focus the district would like to look at too – issues like fitness levels and healthy eating habits. “We’ve begun that work in the last few years and now it need to brought to the forefront,” said Hooker. The new school year begins on Wednesday, Sept. 4, and about to 1,000 students will be marching through the doors at Revelstoke’s five schools (including the growing French school, Ecole des Glaciers). It’s an exciting time of year, said Hooker, “Because summer’s ending and that September energy hits.”

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A new school year will soon begin and many people, young and old alike, will hit the books. But not all school books are tomes as dry as dust. The school setting is a rich vein that many accomplished writers mine to produce a remarkable number of both fiction and non-fiction works. The Flight of Gemma Hardy (2012) by Margaret Livesay is a captivating, original work that successfully reconstructs the classic Jane Eyre — no small feat by any means. A kindly uncle takes Gemma in after her parents die. But when her uncle dies, her aunt turns her into a scullery maid and strives to break her down. But Gemma works hard in school, earns a scholarship and eventually takes a position in the Orkneys, where she lives at the estate of the mysterious Sinclair and looks after his wild niece, Nell. The character of Gemma, like Jane, is both proud, principled and learns to expect the best of herself and to forgive the transgressions of others. But she is thoroughly modern and the story captures and sustains your attention to the final page. Too Close to Home (2008), a thriller by Linwood Barclay, addresses how well we really know the people in our lives. The Langley family is murdered on a sultry summer night and the novel’s protagonist Jim Cutter, their neighbor, is drawn into the inves-

tigation when his son is mistakenly arrested for the crime. It is a terrific read full of false trails and shady characters and offers an entertaining glimpse into small town life and the connections among people, both good and bad. For nonfiction aficionados Fortunate Sons (2011) is a gripping tale of 120 Chinese boys sent to America in 1872 to learn about a progressive and modern country. The boys attended the best schools in New England, meticulously described by authors Liel Leibovitz and Matthew Miller. Fragments from diaries and correspondence reveal encounters the boys enjoyed with President Ulysses Grant and life in the same New England community as Mark Twain and Harriet Beecher Stowe. The boys eventually thrived, after China’s initial reluctance to accept the confident Americanized citizens. Their education, ambition and the bond they created during the cultural exchange propels them into high-profile government positions in China where they played an integral role in revolutionizing industry and international relations. Without Mercy (2010) by bestselling author Lisa Jackson, is a cool thriller of mystery and dark romantic suspense that builds to a breath-taking ending. The protagonist, Jules Farentino, gets a job at an exclusive academy to help her 17-year-old sister Shaylee, sent to the school by court order. Jules runs into ex-lover Cooper Trent, hired to find a student who

disappeared six months ago, and together they investigate the disappearance and a shocking crime spree that soon rocks the school, including the scary “suicide” strangulation of Shay’s roommate and the murder of her teaching assistant boyfriend. The School of Night (2010), a wonderfully crafted historical thriller by Louis Bayard, smoothly shifts between present-day America and Elizabethan England. The author introduces us to the world of 16th-century scientist Thomas Harriot, Sir Walter Raleigh and a cadre of intellectuals called the School of Night. Henry Cavendish, a modern-day disgraced Elizabethan scholar, is ensnared in a legal and emotional wrangle after the apparent suicide of his friend Alonzo Wax, an accomplished and well-known bibliophile. It appears Wax possessed a treasure map drafted by Harriot, and through flashbacks we discover a wealth of knowledge about Elizabethan England and a surprising side to Cavendish. He has failed in academia and romance yet he eventually conquers both arenas, an unlikely action hero to say the least. These books, and many others that share similar themes and settings, are available at your Okanagan Regional Library; see www. orl.bc.ca. Peter Critchley is a librarian at the Vernon branch of the Okanagan Regional Library.

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