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One of the big stories of the year was the launch of the new ferry being built by WaterBridge Steel Inc. The Galena Bay–Shelter Bay ferry is scheduled to begin service on the long weekend in May 2014.

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Looking back: 2013 news highlights from the Arrow Lakes News There has been more news this year than could be crammed into a single weekly issue, that’s for sure. In 2013 we saw the beginning or continuation of projects that will continue on through 2014: the controversial boat launch in Nakusp, the launch of the ferry destined to shuttle between Galena and Shelter bays, the Columbia River Treaty, the Nakusp Youth Centre, and a whole host of new businesses in the area. Joseph Hughes brought water and hope to the electorate. Floods and fires were survived, and art, music and dance flourished. Here are a few of your stories.

January Dog killed in trap near MacDonald Creek

A dog was killed by a trap set just off the Baerg Forest Service Road near MacDonald Creek between Nakusp and Burton.

“It took three of us everything we had to get the trap off,” said Brian Graham, neighbour to the unfortunate Yellow Lab named Nikki and her owners Chris Szabo and Brenda Hoyle.

Szabo, Hoyle and Nikki had

returned to Baerg FSR for another walk on Boxing Day. It was on their descent that Nikki suddenly ran into the woods, shortly after which the couple heard a terrible sound. Fearing it was a cougar attack and that the dog would be dragged through the woods, the two didn’t rush into the scene.

Fortunately, they were able to get cell phone service and call Graham who also enlisted the help of nearby local Charles Maxfield.

“They called to help find the dog because I knew the area,” Maxfield told the Arrow Lakes News.

As he ventured off the road, cutting through the bush to where the

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dog had last been heard, he spotted one trap and then another. When he first spotted the dog’s body in the trap, he thought it might have been a cougar.

“I felt really sorry for them.

They said they’d had the dog for ten years,” said Maxfield.

After wrestling with the 330 Conibear trap for ten minutes, the jaws were released but it was far too late for Nikki.

February Late night joy ride ends with

golf cart in lake

The tracks into the lake could still be seen on Friday afternoon near the marina. Sometime during the very early hours of Friday, someone broke through a fence at the Nakusp Centennial Golf Course, and drove one of the privately owned carts downtown, and into the lake.

A local man believes whoever took the golf cart for a joyride ran out of gas somewhere near the waterfront walkway and boarded his houseboat looking for some.

The cart driver(s) wreaked more havoc when on board, burning a

hole in an inflatable dingy and ripping off a solar light from the vessel. Once they were done, the untied the boat from its moorings.

What prompted them to take the cart and rummage violently through the boat remains a mystery, although alcohol is likely part of the equation, said Nakusp RCMP Mark Macaulay.

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If you’re on Facebook, you might have seen that Nakusp native Joseph Hughes is throwing his hat in the ring and running as an independent to represent Kootenay West in the provincial legislature.

Hughes has decided his best chance of truly representing constituents is to run as an independent.

“I can’t get behind party politics,” he told the Arrow Lakes News, as he doesn’t see it as being true democracy.

And democracy is what it’s all about for the 29-year-old candidate, who views it as central to the debate surrounding the Columbia River Treaty (CRT).

“The CRT puts the battle for democratic issues right here. If we choose not to get involved, we’re part of the problem,” said Hughes.

Although he has thought about running for years, this election season he feels he has a solid group of supporters that have made the chance of running as an independent possible. And his family agrees.

“We need a louder, younger voice,” he said, taking a long view, “we’re handing this treaty to our kids.”

Local man proposes licensed marijuana facility within Nakusp Rodney Potapoff brought his proposal for a medical marijuana dispensary application within Nakusp to the April 8 council meeting. With him, he also brought copies of the 27-page document outlining regulations for licensed grow ops, and it was clear that he had done his research.

Changes to the medical marijuana

by Health Canada mean the end to government producers and home growers. Under the new rules, only companies that meet strict security requirements will be eligible to be

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Mr. Potapoff has been in communication with Health Canada researching the new requirements for his proposed medical marijuana company “Delta Nine” and brought copies of the new guidelines to council. Potapoff told council there is a system of “constant monitoring” by Health Canada.

Ktunaxa treaty including Wensley Bench land contentious Across Highway 6 from Box Lake there is a stretch of forest familiar with mountain bikers and hikers who walk the old railway bed. A 242-hectare section twice as long as Box Lake running parallel to the highway is now Ktunaxa land, as of March 27, when the area was signed over to the First Nation by the provincial and federal governments.

Not everyone is pleased with the deal. Marilyn James, representative from the Sinixt Nation, who said the Sinixt have had a land claim filed since 2008.

The incremental treaty has been in the works for years, said Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation Ida Chong.

“The Ktunaxa-Kinbasket Treaty Council entered the treaty process in December 1993, and is now welladvanced in Stage 4 of the six-stage process,” Chong told the Arrow Lakes News. The council is now negotiating a comprehensive agreement in principle, which will conclude in a final agreement in the future.

James said the governments’ claims that they are signing this land to the Ktunaxa fairly and objectively are not accurate.

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Fishermen and women were left high and dry by the new boat ramp in 2013. The ramp project had been promised for years and was eventually passed along from Hydro to Columbia Power Corporation. Unlike the launch it replaced, the new ramp does not allow access during low water periods, which usually occur in the winter when local derbies are held and most fishers like to be out on the water.

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Kaslo closed due to flooding and washouts Heavy rain has triggered conditions that have affected highways around Kaslo, B.C. Highway 31A between Kaslo and New Denver has been closed due to flooding and washouts.

July Lack of details around School District appointment prompts questions

The transition from one Superintendent/Secretary-Treasurer to another in School District 10 hasn’t been the easiest recently.

After Denise Perry’s abrupt dismissal from the position, Terry Taylor took on the role as Acting Superintendent/Secretary-Treasurer while continuing to be District Principal of Learning at the same time. The Superintendent role isn’t completely new to Taylor who would take over duties when Perry was away, she told the Arrow Lakes News.

But the appointment of Taylor to the position wasn’t without controversy, fuelled in the most part by the lack of information about the process that led to the decision.

Independent Hughes was top choice of Arrow Lakes voters There’s something to be said for being the hometown candidate, even if it doesn’t win you the election, poll-by-poll break-

downs from the last provincial election suggest.

Joseph Hughes, a Nakusp village councillor who ran in Kootenay West as an independent, didn’t come close to winning. But he did top some polls in his own backyard.

Data released by Elections BC from the May vote shows that Hughes, who campaigned on the Columbia River Treaty and finished third among four candidates with 13 per cent of the vote, was the top choice among Upper Arrow Lake residents. He won seven of the 11 ballot boxes in the area, securing 37.5 per cent of the vote to incumbent New Democrat’s Katrine Conroy 34.4 per cent.

August Nakusp boaters not happy with new ramp

Problems with the new wharf constructed at the Nakusp marina are coming to light, say a group of Nakusp boaters who met on the boat ramp on Monday, Aug. 26.

Concerns about access during lower water levels were at the top of a list of complaints, with some boaters forecasting the ramp could become unusable in the next few weeks.

When asked if BC Hydro had plans to address the issue, Hydro representative Mary Anne Coules said that the Crown corporation’s mandate was only to provide access during the recreational season. According to Coules, Hydro is required under its water license issued by the Comptroller of Water Rights only to provide summer recreational boat access.

“The current forecast indicates that the ramp should be usable for the duration of the recreational season (through to September 30),” Coules told the Arrow

Lakes News in an email.

As many boaters in the area know, winter is a very popular time for fishing, with two major fishing derbies that draw hundreds of people and their tourist dollars to the area every year.

With the old boat ramp gone, access will now be seasonally limited in a way it never was before.

“I’m getting the impression that we’re not taken seriously,” said Nakusp mayor Karen Hamling, “that we’re considered a bother.” The Village is looking into the terms of the Access Order issued by the Comptroller.

“It’s demoralizing,” said Nakusp Rod and Gun Club’s Hank Scown, and there were many nods of agreement. “We’re done for this year unless they come in with slabs of concrete.”

And without access to the water in fall and winter, Nakusp will lose one of its best features.

September Woman’s life saved by fastacting ferry crew

Mary Walters celebrated her 65th birthday this Friday, Aug. 30 with a bit more gusto this year.

Walters, a paddler with the Kootenay Rhythm Dragons in Nelson, a breast cancer dragon boat team, was on her way home from the BC Seniors Games when she was stung and experienced her first-time serious reaction to a sting.

The sting occurred while Walters and her friend were waiting for the ferry, but the reaction took place about half way across the water.

“The ferry staff were just amazing,” said Walters. “I’m celebrating my birthday with a renewed sense of gratitude and well-being.”

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Body found in Fosthall identified

The body of a man found on Sunday, Oct. 6 has been identified as missing mushroom picker Kyung Chun according the BC Coroner’s service.

RCMP were alerted on Sept. 19 that Mr. Chun had gone missing. Campers in the area had noticed a van that appeared to be stuck and hadn’t moved earlier in the week. The van, full of Pine mushrooms, was in a spot about an hour drive into the bush and away from a base camp.

Mr. Chun’s mushroom-picking partner had been contacted by his family and he told them that Chun had left the van to pick mushrooms and hadn’t returned.

The partner waited by the van, and eventually made his way north, hitching a ride to Revelstoke. It was only after he had made his way back to the Lower Mainland that the police were notified of Chun’s disappearance.

RCMP have now spoken to Mr. Chun’s mushroom-picking partner, but no new information was discovered.

It was determined that Mr. Chun died of natural causes.

Coachman residents shocked by eviction plans It was standing room only at the Oct. 15 Nakusp council meeting, and extra chairs had to be brought in to accommodate the public in the gallery. The majority of the assembled citizenry were from the Coachman Campground, either homeowners or landowners.

At the end of agenda business, homeowner Shawna Lagore gave an impassioned speech on behalf of the residents of the park, asking council to develop a policy addressing issues around mobile home park redevelopment. In her speech she noted that other municipalities have developed such a policy and that parks are often a source of affordable housing.

In a letter to council, Coachman Campground owners Ed and Susan Kostuch defended the Manufactured Home Park Tenancy Act currently in place, saying no municipal policy was necessary as they believed the Act was equitable. According to the Act, landowners who serve eviction notice are required to pay out twelve months’ pad rental in compensation.

“If the Village was to require the landlord to pay up to $10,000 in moving expenses this could work out to forty months or over three years of pad rent,” noted the letter from the Kostuchs. If the landowners were required to pay the market value of a home that couldn’t find a nearby pad, it could costs more than 16 years in pad rental, on property that the own-

ers have been paying taxes, maintenance.

Steep penalties like this could discourage investors who make rental properties available, the Kostuchs’ letter pointed out.

Driver saves garbage truck and self from fire near Summit Lake A garbage truck dumped its load when it caught on fire near Summit Lake on the morning of Oct. 23. The driver of the truck had been picking up garbage from Castlegar and was en route to Nakusp. While he was compacting the load, he heard a large bang and shortly after saw smoke billowing out of the back of the truck. Compacting the garbage further to try to deprive any fire of oxygen, he stopped to check what was happening.

Coming to a halt in a pullout, the driver emptied the smouldering garbage onto the roadside and sprayed it with a fire extinguisher in order to save the truck from burning.

Burning garbage is not common, Communications Manager Robin Freedman told the Arrow Lakes News. This has been the second fire in ten years for Waste Management of Canada, according to her. Either people may have put materials in that can combust, or fire ash, which can set a load on fire.

In this case, the driver followed procedure quickly and conscientiously, said the company rep, and the fire was extinguished quickly and safely.

U.S. interests run with and against Canadian CRT agenda Although Canada’s Local Government Committee is unique as an organization bringing information to the treaty decisionmakers, the U.S. has also been running public information sessions to collect input from Basin citizens south of the border.

Like Canadians, Americans also want to see that ecosystem, recreation, First Nations, compensation to affected areas and climate change considerations become part of any future agreement. Signed back in 1964, the original treaty focussed on flood control and power generation, which were seen as the major issues at the time. Now, there are many more considerations that can be addressed in negotiations.

Which issues are important is up for debate. Although there are many voices in favour of ensuring ecosystems are looked after, for example, there are also a few who see money spent to help plants and wildlife as a waste. Navigation, ensuring shipping

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passage up and down the Columbia stateside, recreation, and irrigation are also considerations for American basin residents. Water from the Columbia River irrigates 7.3 million acres of land in the basin, a significant use of water below the border.

Many comments collected on the U.S. side show keen interest in reducing the Canadian Entitlement, the payment of downstream benefits equivalent to the amount of power that could have been generated. Both individuals and U.S. utilities would like to see the entitlement done away with or reduced, and it is clear that this will be one of the major issues on the table in any negotiations.

Treaty community sessions packed with questions and concerns The afternoon and evening Nakusp sessions of the Columbia River Treaty workshop on Nov. 6 were packed with over 50 people each, as representatives Kelvin Ketchum (BC Hydro), Kathy Eichenberger (Provincial rep, CRT review team), and Karen Hamling

The new footbridge at the Nakusp Hot Springs was another major addition to the village in 2013.

Claire Paradis/Arrow Lakes News And flood control is still very important.

The CRT was created in response to the catastrophic flooding in 1948 that destroyed Vanport, Oregon and killed people on both sides of the border. If the treaty were to be terminated, Called Upon flood control would come into play, but what that means is still unknown. Both Canadian and U.S. interests are trying to determine just exactly Called Upon requests for flood control mean, and how much it would mean in terms of money.

By U.S. Entity calculations, each Called Upon request could cost the U.S. between $4 to $34 million in compensation for lost power revenues.

Called Upon flood control is conditional on what is called “Effective Use” of U.S. reservoirs, but what that means precisely is also unknown. Effective Use is the American obligation to use all available storage before calling upon Canada to supply flood control, but how much is considered “all available storage” has not been hammered out. It could mean that some U.S. reservoirs would be drawn down to lower levels more frequently than they are now, which would impact irri-

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(Local Governments Committee) laid out what information has been collected through the public consultation process.

Eichenberger told the crowd that the majority of basin residents were in support of treaty continuation, and being part of the process.

Residents didn’t want to see any more social or environmental impacts or flood risk, and wanted better trans-boundary planning, but they do want to see that compensation for flood control reflected the value of the service, and that all kinds of water usage were valued appropriately.

Addressing the inequity of affected communities and those that have benefited remains a prime concern. Climate change, stable reservoir levels, the return of salmon to the Columbia, and a water usage plan for the Kootenay/Koocanusa system were also high priorities.

The value of water was raised more than once, with residents pointing out that the U.S. uses water for more than just power generation, but also for irrigation as well as recreation and maintaining their ecosystems.

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February Terra Pondera a safe place for down-to-earth folks

If you walk past the NACFOR building heading north on 2nd Ave., then take a right, outside a lovely heritage house you’ll see the sign for Terra Pondera and Studio In Balance.

The clubhouse has been part of the community for ten years now, and the studio a relatively new addition three or four years ago. The regular visitors to the beautiful building are a family that all come from different moms, and although they don’t live there, everyone who comes to the clubhouse feels at home.

Terra Pondera is a safe gathering place for the people who go there, originating as a space specifically for people with mental health issues to have as part of their treatment plan.

“It fulfills a function for people in the community,” said Ganishka Silverfox-Dann, who said the clubhouse isn’t just for people with mental health issues, it’s for anyone who could benefit from a positive social group.

“Mental health” can be a mysterious term for people, and it can carry a “crazy” stigma. Folks at Terra Pondera are aware of the label, and jokes were bandied around about being “certifiable” that made everybody laugh.

“There’s lots of jokes and humour,” said Silverfox-Dann, smiling.

March Heat, spaghetti and hope: how a Canadian man found the heart of humanity in Haiti

Joe Desrochers love of Haiti is relatively new. His first trip to the Caribbean country was in April 2012, and came about because his aunt Claire has been helping for the past five years

with different organizations helping the hard-hit nation.

It was through giving donations for projects in the country that Desrochers first became involved with Haiti.

Wanting to see where his money was going, Desrochers decided to go on an 11-day “fact-finding” mission to the school and women’s co-op in Jeremie he was sending funds to.

It is clear from his journal that for Desrochers getting buildings up wasn’t enough. Although the construction of housing for more babies was important, it is the moments when the kids are able to be kids, laughing and playing, that give him the biggest reward.

“There’s nothing like 20 happy laughing kids to end the day,” he wrote during his first visit to the orphanage.

April Dan Wiebe and Laurie Page honoured as community heroes

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

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

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

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

“I wouldn’t be who I am without many people,” he asserted, adding that his weaknesses were others’ strengths.

Wiebe also said we are all blessed to be born in Canada and able to live the

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International Rotary exchange students were in Nakusp for Remembrance Day ceremonies, and spent some time at the hot springs too.

Courtesy Gene Nagy way we do, and that his kids were the greatest goal in his life.

May Prevention is the morel of the fuel treatment story

Morels seem to feed on chaos, often showing up after fires or a disturbance of the land. SIFCo has been tromping through the forest to help reduce the impact of fire. Either way, it’s a win for the morels.

As part of Columbia Mountains Institute of Applied Ecology Researchers’ Meeting held on May 10 at the Memorial Hall in Silverton, B.C., Tyson Elhers (Tysig Ecological Research) and Stephan Martineau Slocan Integral Forestry Cooperative (SIFCo) led a field trip about interface fuel treatment and morels.

“Fires are getting hotter each year,” Martineau told the group, “so hot they’re not defendable.”

But when fighting fires is not an option, prevention can be.

“Education is a big component,” said Martineau, who added that privately-owned forests are generally not treated to reduce the amount of potential fire fuel.

And the mushrooms? What about morels?

“They’re here,” Elhers said, grinning, “Now we just need the right conditions for them to grow.” Luckily, the forecast is calling for rain, great for both morels and fire prevention.

July Lemon Creek opens pit houses to public

for third year For the third year in a row, archaeologists from Hamilton College in upstate New York have invited the public to come learn more about the people who used to spend their winters in the Slocan Valley thousands of years ago.

Professors and organizers Nathan Goodale and Alissa Nauman have been opening up their findings to public tours since 2011. In their first year, 150 curious people came to see what was happening, and the number of visitors doubled for their second year.

August Nakusp Hot Springs footbridge opened with a party

The new Nakusp Hot Springs footbridge was opened with fanfare on Aug. 17. Two stages had live music, and there was food, face painting, beer and wine, and even a spot for massage.

September Burton City Daze play in late summer this year

This year, Burton held its dazzling Daze at the end of summer on Sept. 6 and 7, perhaps put off by the heavy rains that came last June.

Missing and missed this year was the La Di Da parade, a crowd favourite, but the canoe-bike-

run triathlon was once again a full mix of pathos (for those who stayed up late the night before), slapstick, and all around fun.

October New youth centre opens with serious fun in Nakusp

Friday night in any town, anywhere, is the night that energy reaches some kind of peak level and so a social gathering is the thing to find. Nakusp is no different, and this last Friday night, about 60 young people found their way to the new youth centre at 212B Broadway (next to CutRite Meats) for the opening of the Nakusp and Area Youth Society’s new space.

Outdoor Ed. provides realworld lessons for students Making tarp shelters, learning firearm and boat safety, getting Search and Rescue skills to help people in need: it’s all possible at Nakusp Secondary School through Outdoor Education.

Instructor Dorian Boswell has developed a curriculum that will give kids hunting, WHIMIS, road flagging and boating safety certification as well hands-on experience practising survival skills that could be the difference between life and death in the bush.

The program is popular with the students who take it because not only have a great time, they also see how it could help them after they’ve left school.

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• SPORTS • SPORTS • SPORTS • SPORTS • SPORTS • Cory and Kendra placed second and earned themselves a silver medal.

David Cold who played on a team from Trail, won a gold medal – they never lost one game.

Slo Pitch reaches fevered pitch in finals Summit Lake Nancy Green skiers and snowboarders had another excellent year in 2013.

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Local softball aficionados were treated to a triple header last Saturday, July 27 at Kathy Pedersen Field as the Nakusp Slo-Pitch League came to an exciting conclusion.

The championship game did not disappoint as the Brew Jays and In the Parkers were evenly matched. The title game consisted of numerous lead changes as each team hit the ball extremely well and errors were kept to a minimum. At the end of the third inning ITP held a slight lead of 8-6. However, the Brew Jays charged back in the fourth to win.

January In no time at all, the group was back at the start of the loop, lookK2, CMH and ing down the hill and across the valley to Summit Lake. In all, it Poor Boyz film was an hour of fun in the sun and and a great way to spend the ‘ski porn’ around snow time (especially for work).

Nakusp June The sound of helicopters was Burton heard again around Nakusp, but during the last week the whirly- Gymkhana a birds were carrying a crew of August filmmakers and pro skiers out to show of skill and capture some hot ski action on the Upper Arrow local mountains. A huge dump speed of snow followed by cold, clear Lake shows well skies made for ideal conditions to Beautiful Burton was the site film what CMH marketing man- of the third Arrow Lakes Sad- at BC Seniors ager John Entwhistle called “ski dle Club Gymkhana. The group porn.” gathers to compete in skill Games races around barrels and poles, March although the competition is for Nakusp’s own Jean Lancaster personal bests, and part of the rid- took gold again this year at the Cross country BC Seniors Games in the Women ers’ training of their mounts.

75-79 10 km road race and 5 km The Club generally puts their trail another horses through their paces in five power walk. Husband Ken Langreat addition at races of differing complexity. caster walked away with a silver Horse and rider work together, or medal in the Men 80-84 10 km are learning to speed through the road walk competition, as well as Summit Oh yeah, it was a bluebird day alright; hardly a cloud in the rich blue of the sunny sky that stretched over Summit Lake Ski Area. A perfect day to get a tour of the lodge’s newly-constructed addition and the new cross country ski loop built last year.

There are some natural points of interest along the way, some marked with a bright blue sign.

Without signage were the Three Sisters, whose bright sunlit peaks were a highlight of the trek, easy to see as the trail left darker evergreen trees and passed through a birch forest.

course, their time recorded by an automatic timer.

July Special Olympics athletes do well in bocce

In the middle of July three special Olympic athletes David Cold, Cory Waskul and her daughter Kendra Kalyn headed down to Langley for the Special Olympics Bocce Championships.

a silver in the Men 80-84 5,000 m power walk. Gale Detta of Burton took a bronze in the Women 70-74 5 km power walk.

September Sports don’t lie at legendary NSS soccer tourney

“Sports are the truest measure of a person, they don’t lie,” Jay Gardner, the Nakusp Cougars Senior boys’ soccer coach,

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remarked as he and I watched the Nakusp Junior boys battle through the rain and the mud early Saturday morning.

In the face of declining enrolment and widespread student apathy, Nakusp continues to produce high numbers of competitive athletes willing to leave the warmth of their beds to take the pitch during an early morning rain shower. Both Jr. teams played to a record of one win and two losses during the course of competition.

The Nakusp community dug deep this weekend and collectively defied the cold, rainy weather by working together to make our home tournament a success. Sports don’t lie.

October Horses and girls work together

Horses and girls go together like peanut butter and jam sandwiches. In this case, Brianna McCoy from New Denver and Ashley Friedenberger from Nakusp got to practice in the show ring some of the skills they have been learning for the past years in the practice ring.

Both Ashley and Brianna have been working

hard over the last few years learning not only about riding a horse, but also caring for one, cleaning up after one and handling one from the ground.

“Brianna McCoy and Ashley Friedenberger’s dedication and commitment are a joy,” said Faye Fox, local trainer at Fox Meadows Equine Centre.

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January Feldenkrais teaches the body how to learn “What’s Feldenchrist?” I asked my friend when she said she was going to a class at NaCoMo, and did I want to come?

“It’s Feldenkrais,” she corrected.

Oh. If you go to Feldenkrais with Tyson in Nakusp, you’ll soon discover what that means in practise.

Each class focuses on a particular set of muscles and movements which students are instructed to pay close attention to. The exercises encourage an attitude of experimentation and exploration of one’s own body, seeing how it works and fits together.

The manner in which the class was taught and the difference from start to finish encouraged a mindfulness of movement that continued on even after leaving the exercise mat on the floor.

February Society is blazing trails to outdoor enjoyment

As the year passes, freshet turns to mud turns to dry earth turns to snow, and every day there is the opportunity around Nakusp to get out into nature to watch the cycle of seasons. The Nakusp and Area Community Trails Society (Nakusp ACTS!) wants to help get you out into the fresh air.

Nakusp ACTS! has been hard at work since their formation in 2011, and now manage nine local trails.

Although maintenance and putting up signage makes up a large amount of the work done by volunteers, the Society has also taken on the ambitious project of connecting Mac’s Trail up with the end of Turner road.

The trail has been dubbed “The Nakusp Grind,” and for good reason. Rising sharply from the Hot Springs Road trailhead, the path includes a series of switchbacks that eventually follows a ridge along Kuskanax Mountain.

June Arrow Lakes Grape Growers plotting future

A busy weekend along the Upper Arrow Lake meant fewer than expected volunteers coming out for the Arrow Lakes Grape Growers Society (ALGGS) work bee, but the few who did show made it happen and planted their test plot in Burton.

Just over three years ago, the ALGGS started the process that has gotten the vines into the ground.

The way has been long, said Society Chair Jerry Botti who is growing the test plot on his land in Burton, but the fruits of their labours are on the horizon now. The vines now growing in the test plot are the culmination of years of research, fundraising and paperwork.

August

Barbara MacPherson pointed at a spindly powder-blue flower and asking if we knew what it was. I knew it by the name chicory, but our guide also called it Blue Sailor, and said it could be roasted, ground and prepared like coffee. MacPherson had tried it herself, with mixed results: the taste hadn’t converted her to taking a cup every morning.

MacPherson’s own faith in natural remedies was cemented with her experience taking Feverfew. Having suffered migraines for years, she turned to the herb to alleviate the pain she would often have to suffer through. The small, bright green, flower brought her a relief she has come to rely on. Now, everyday, she takes a dropperful of tincture and hasn’t suffered a blinding migraine since.

September How to bike travel to Alaska: Janis and Shon’s big adventure

Shon and Janis Neufeld, the folks behind Shon’s Bike Shop recently returned from a 4,000 kilometre cycling journey from Nakusp to Valdez, Alaska and home from Vancouver. No, that’s not a typo: not only did the couple cycle 4,000 km, they did it under a deadline for a cruise leaving Alaska on August 19.

Leaving Nakusp on Friday, July 19 at five in the morning, Shon and Janis climbed on their fully loaded Marin bicycles and headed out into the brightening blue yonder.

Before embarking on this epic journey, the Neufelds had toured around on lightweight road bikes, packing minimal gear and relying on the power of plastic money for places to stay and their food.

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was unsupported, meaning they were packing tents, gear and as much food and water as they could all the way themselves.

“It was hard a lot of days,” Janis told the Arrow Lakes News, “I was so proud of myself. I had to dig really deep, that’s what made it so rewarding.” Being able to face, and complete, the task of riding a nearly Ironman-length cycling distance day in and day out was a major achievement. And for Shon?

“He was very solid,” said Janis, who felt fully supported by her husband-travel mate.

And after many moments on the road, the Neufelds breathed a sigh of relief when they were back in the Kootenays.

October Fees coming to Box Lake campground

Visitors to the Box Lake Campground next year will be paying $12 a night for the privilege of staying at the picturesque site. The fees come in response to mounting complaints: abandoned campfires, debris, stolen signs, damaged – and stolen – picnic tables, and semipermanent settlements.

“The purpose of having someone there is to have eyes and ears out there,” said Dexter, “to enhance the public’s experience.” The rec. officer said visitors should find the site cleaner, and with the extra help, looking at expansion could become possible in the future.

Finding the fun in fungi: mushroom hunting for pleasure What is worth getting lost and maybe dying for? If you’ve been watching the news, you’d be tempted to think that the allure of mushrooms was so magnetic that it could lead to death on the side

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The appeal of mushroom hunting isn’t hard to understand for those who love it. Not only does it get you out into the great big outdoors, it allows grown ups to wander the woods and fields in a natural easter egg hunt. And if you love the taste of Chantarelles, Pines, or Shaggy Manes, the find is much more rewarding.

Bunny Lola a fluffy moment of quiet peace for busy mom Chelsea Pike loves her bunnyrabbit “Lola.” Having a pet that needs love and gives love without being too demanding is perfect for this busy mom.

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Lola is a beautiful rabbit, unique because she has one blue eye and one half brown, half blue eye. She is sweet natured, affectionate and loves being held.

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“When I am having busy days, or when the kids are driving me nuts, I go outside for a visit and she hops up to me and gets blissed-out with a few moments of pets and kisses, and in turn what she brings to me in life are snippets through my day of quiet-filled peace.”

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sive biking knowledge, a boon for anyone on person-powered wheels.

“You name it, he can do it.” said Janis. “He can fix everything from high end bikes to your clunker that’s been in your garage for 20 years.”

And although nothing is written in stone, Neufeld hopes to expand Suffer Fest to include Nakusp too.

Seven students from Nakusp Secondary School made the trek to the BC Boat and Sportsmen Show in Abbotsford, wowing exhibitors and visitors alike with their professionalism.

One exhibitor told teacher Dorian Boswell that it was an amazing experience watching the kids grow up before his eyes, seeing shy students gain confidence and learn to talk with anyone.

By the time the booth was being taken down, the teens had secured three interviews and a donation of fly tying materials. The students put in a ton of work, said the Outdoor Ed teacher.

“They didn’t know how hard they were working until we were driving home,” he said, “the van was silent.”

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Kaslo’s Kootenay Mountain Sports moving to Nakusp Nakusp’s gain of a new bike shop might cause a little suffering for Kaslo, but the drive’s not far for die-hard downhillers and their road riding cousins. Janis Neufeld and partner Shon are packing up Kootenay Mountain Sports and moving to Nakusp.

Janis and Shon Neufeld bring a bevy of skills with them. Janis will continue to lead running clinics and core training courses, and would love to get some athletics going for kids including triathlon and running clubs (the Neufeld family includes four kids who will be going to school in Nakusp, another great thing for the town).

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Wood Waste 2 Rural Heat (WWRH) is a project that aims to supply 15 per cent of B.C.’s commercial, institutional and residential energy via biomass thermal (waste wood-generated heat). And according to the WWRH website, this would mean big benefits for both the economy and environment.

May Madden Timber Frames build for all seasons

Burton now has a beautiful new timber frame gazebo, a covered community space safe from the elements when folks get together. The new spacious outdoor gathering place is a recent project by Madden Timberframes out of Nakusp.

“It’s big enough to play floor hockey in,” said a grinning Dave Madden, owner and operator of the local timber framing business. “I think it’s going to be great for Burton. They didn’t have an outdoor space before.”

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Ninety per cent of the work is done in the shop, said Madden, and typically structures are assembled in a day.

“All pieces are pre-cut and tested and pre-finished before they go to site,” he said. Naturally curved and charactered wood is highlighted, said Madden, and the pieces come together to create a natural and positive space that people are really happy living in. Now that’s Kootenay living.

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After a year off, the Organic Vegi Box is back, thanks to Trisha Shanks who is taking on the project after Gillian Redwood’s efforts.

As Shanks learned about distance that food travels to get to our table and experienced the taste the difference between in-season local and out of season imported foods (“Strawberries are a good example,” she suggested), she became a strong proponent for local food farming.

hay stacked in a giant hill of white plastic marshmallows next to a barn and paddock of horses, Charlotte Ruse and three horses greeted us, as did the two dogs Luna and Dakota.

Ruse, a natural horsewoman, told us about her how her plans to become a lawyer changed in the third year of her criminology degree. Originally she wanted to be a lawyer so she could afford to have horses and ride, but she decided to cut out the middle step.

Trail rides are just one aspect of Ruse’s new horsey business. As mentioned, the young woman is a farrier and will bring her portable forge and anvil to shoe horses, and she also offers both English and Western riding lessons to both adults and kids.

August New ferry launch could be just the beginning

A hair away from a sustainable paradise It would be easy to mistake the new store that’s opened up next to Barton Insurance on Broadway for an antique shop, but you’d be wrong. If you were looking for a haircut and a shave you’d have more luck than searching for a vintage sideboard, because in fact it’s a barbershop.

Being able to grow her own food and possibly food for others is another big reason Smith is here, who appreciates the self-sufficient and community-oriented attitude in Nakusp.

Chillin’ at Jennifer’s chocolate factory Chocolate is delicious. It’s one of the undeniable facts of life, standing among such truths. Migrating from the Americas to Europe in the late 16th century, chocolate has taken the world by sweet, diabetesgiving storm.

Well, luckily for anyone wanting to try out some sweets of a more “indie” variety, per se, there’s Jennifer’s Chocolates, the local mecca for all things cocoa.

“I just love dipping things in chocolate. I’m a chocolatier, after all. Even if its already chocolate,” said Jennifer, “why not dip it into chocolate?”

The new ferry hull built by WaterBridge Steel in Nakusp is now in the water, after a very small snag during the launch. What initially looked like it was going to be a smooth launch for the new boat turned into a one-inch problem that took a day to resolve.

With some innovative thinking, the one-inch problem was solved.

“We eventually pulled it off the grid,” said a tired by pleased Harding, who recruited the Shelter Bay ferry to help the two tugs manoeuvre the hull over its one-inch hump and into the water, with no damage to the beautiful black paint on the hull. “Everyone did a great job.

We’ve got a great crew here.”

But WaterBridge is hoping this will be the beginning, not the end of shipbuilding in Nakusp.

Bright yellow flowers and a “We’re working with ministry patch of seasonal orange pumpkins to try to establish a shipyard here,” sit quietly outside what once was Harding told the Arrow Lakes the Middle Earth Cafe in Nakusp.

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• • • ENTERTAINMENT • • • ENTERTAINMENT • • • ENTERTAINMENT • • • Arrow Park wildlife artist Sharon Bamber’s next show will be pulling back the curtain and revealing the creative process. Genesis: From Concept to Completion follows the creation of a painting from first ideas to final polished work, and details how decisions are made through the creative process.

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

Mirror Theatre’s Panto of the Opera was complete with puns and Valkyries, and just one of many theatrical offerings in 2013.

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January Colourful quintet offers reprieve from winter’s grey It was like standing in line to get on a plane to warm, welcoming Cuba at the Bonnington for the Jan. 30 Luis Mario Ochoa Quintet show.

Winter’s refugees came from all over the valley to catch the warmth and sunny vibrations, and the excitement was palpable. From the nearly newly born to elders in our communities, everyone was ready to soak up some world music sounds.

This is the first time the Arrow Lakes Arts Council has had what is known as world music, and it was a real treat. The band was fronted by Luis Mario Ochoa himself, a radiant and charming man. His wit and humour engaged the audience between songs, and his voice filled the hall with passion and rich song.

The audience was enraptured; it was hard not to get up and dance to the seductive sounds, and there was some serious chair dancing happening. If this is what happens when the world visits town, let’s start sending out invitations now!

March No money required: Artist Trading Cards more than collecting It’s a gallery’s worth of art, all in a regular sized binder.

When Wendy Toogood and Chuck Stake, whose everyday around town name is Don Mabie, head out to the monthly Artist Trading Card (ATC) session, they usually take at least nine new original artworks to trade with other local participants. And all nine fit in a single baseball or hockey card sleeve.

Good things come in small packages, and at the ATC sessions, they come in 2.5 x 3.5 inch (6.4 x 8.9 cm) dimensions. The size isn’t just for carting convenience, although being able to carry them about is part of the appeal.

Stake points out that artists have used the card format for a number of purposes in the last few decades as promotional tools, catalogues and other commercial purposes.

ATCs, on the other hand, cannot be bought, must be

traded, and can be handmade. ATC sessions are open to anyone, and the social part of the event is still key; both Stake and vänçi see the ATC process as a collaborative cultural performance.

The cards also do away with ideas of high and low art too, challenging traditional ideas of art and opening it up to be something that everyone can take part in.

“The creative freedom and spontaneity of artist trading cards also recalls the era of Dada,” said Stake, who also enjoys the fact that they don’t involve the exchange of money.

ATCs caught on in a big way, and there are now groups all over the world getting together every month to trade. In Calgary, the phenomenon caught like a prairie wildfire, with 40 to 50 traders attending regularly, and over a hundred showing up to trade cards at special events.

May Artist’s Genesis on display in Burton

What do artists do all day?

How do they get from an idea to a complete work?

Artist finds quiet stillness Under Box Mountain There is a quiet stillness to the objects captured in shades of charcoal that make up Debra Rushfeldt’s most recent work “Under Box Mountain.” Evidence of human hands are shown in stones sitting balanced on posts or in gardens. Peeling paint on an unopened door, a shovel adorned with the beginning cups of three wasps’ nests hangs on a wall, a well-used washtub fades into dark corners: solitude and familiarity and the ghost of work past fill the frames.

Rushfeldt’s exploration of her neighbours’ property and the objects on them led her to deeper themes of isolation and protection.

“People are there, but they’re not seen,” she agreed.

What initially began as a series of sketches showing the beauty in the discarded became an emotional journey as Rushfeldt discovered she was responding emotionally to her surroundings.

Changing the scale of the images Rushfeldt found has changed the importance of the objects, giving them new significance. When made larger than life, the simple work done of placing stones on top of posts becomes totemic and important, as though the structure is an important and mysterious

artifact like an Easter Island statue.

July Dub-step away from me with that noise, man

I’m sometimes accused of being “behind the times.”

Classmates criticize the shows I watch, or the music I listen to. Why, they even poke fun at my hair! Yes, I know, how anybody could think that a luxuriant mullet such as mine is out of style is simply unfathomable. Sometimes I think they might be right. But then, as the first wavering strains of the most obnoxious music extant drift into my eardrums, leering like the sullen youth whose iPods they dwell in, I snap back to reality. It’s no use being “of the times” or “current”, because today is horrible. And I’ll tell you why.

Dubstep, ladies and gentlemen, is why. Well, it’s one of 61,700 reasons why, but it’s the easiest to mock, so I’ll take it. For those of you who may not know (truly, a blessing), “dubstep” is what the kids of today call a microphone in an industrial tumble dryer. It’s a socalled genre of “music” that defies all standards music should be held to; it is abrasive to the ear, it is purveyed by people whose hairstyles are even worse than mine, and holy crabnuggets is it popular. Waaay too popular for what amounts to the sound of transformers doing the horizontal tango over the remains of Skrillex’s parents’ respect for him.

Too mean-spirited, you say? No. For this musical plague has infected the world.

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cery stores fill up with large orange squashes sold almost exclusively as decoration as opposed to food. Families and merchants then decorate and carve these vegetables up into scary and funny faces, getting more and more elaborate year after year.

I set out to find out the origin of this tradition, thinking it must have something to do with an old pagan or Wiccan ritual since Hallowe’en, All Saints Day and Samhain are where we get many end-ofOctober traditions.

We carve pumpkins into Jack O’Lanterns today thanks to an old Irish folk story. There was once a cheap chap named Stingy Jack. He was so miserly that he didn’t even want to buy his own drinks.

Legend has it that he invited the Devil to knock one back with him and then somehow convinced the demon to turn himself into a coin to pay for the beverages. In keeping with his true nature, Jack opted to then pocket the money instead of paying, along with a silver cross which prevented Lucifer from returning to his original form. He eventually let the Devil change back on the proviso that he leave Jack alone for the rest of his natural life and not take him into Hell once his time was up.

Soon thereafter, Jack died. Surprise surprise – he was not admitted into Heaven since his life had not been lived in goodness or piety. The Devil was still bitter about the tricks Jack played so there was to be no admittance into hell either.

Strangely, though the Devil kept his word yet again (pretty honest depiction of the Devil if you ask me, keeping his word over and over) and didn’t admit Jack into the burning ever-after either. He was kind enough to give Jack a piece of coal, which was placed into a carved-out turnip and he he set out to roam the countryside for eternity with his lantern. Stingy Jack is still wandering the earth by lamplight but his name has now evolved to Jack O’Lantern.