Arrow Lakes News, April 09, 2014

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Citizen of the Year

Left: Sharon Montgomery receives the Citizen of the Year award from Bill Tobey, the president of the Nakusp Rotary Club. Montgomery’s nomination forms credited her for work with the Nakusp museum, for which she has dedicated countless volunteer hours. “She has been dedicated to bringing awareness of both our history and pre-history to locals and visitors,” wrote one nominator. Another wrote: “She is the museum.”

Right: Dawna and Charles Dinning received the Lifetime Achievement Award. They were credited for their many long years of service with the Kinsmen Club, which included helping with the arena, Summit Lake Park, the Kinsmen Health Centre, hot springs, museum and more. Their service has extended to other groups like the hospital board, golf course, and hospital auxiliary. “Their unique talent for making people of all ages laugh, sing and feel better is much appreciated at Halcyon House, Minto House and Rotary Villa, as well as the many organizations they are associated with,” wrote one nominator.

All three will honoured at a dinner at the Nakusp Legion on Saturday, April 26.

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FWCP hears mouthful on state of Arrow Lakes fishery Alex Cooper Arrow Lakes News

The Fish & Wildlife Compensation Program is being urged to rethink the way it manages the Arrow Lakes fishery, with a greater focus on restoring wild spawning streams over operating artificial spawning channels.

The advice came from a meeting in Nakusp last Monday, Mar. 31, where four biologists from the FWCP made presentations about the state of the fishery. They spoke about the nutrient restoration program and presented charts on the number of people fishing and the

fish being caught. They spoke about the Hill Creek Spawning Channel and about what the program plans on doing in the future.

What they heard back is that they need to re-think and re-focus their efforts, because what they’re doing doesn’t seem to be working.

The FWCP presentation focused on three things — the nutrient restoration program, the angler survey, and the Hill Creek spawning channel. Here’s a look at all three, followed by the feedback they received.

Nutrient restoration program

Marley Bassett, a fish biologist, spoke about the nutrient restoration program. It started in 1998 with the aim of adding phosphorous to the Arrow Lakes reservoir to improve the food web from the bottom up, she explained. Phytoplankton eat phosphorous, zooplankton eat phytoplankton, kokanee eat zooplankton and the bigger fish eat kokanee.

The reservoir is monitored to show how the phosphorous is moving up through the food web.

Bassett told the group that phos-

phorous levels in the reservoir were remaining steady, indicating the nutrients are moving up through the food web.

“In general, since the nutrient restoration project is going on, we’ve had a three-fold increase in biomass for kokanee, but unfortunately the last few years have not been so great,” she said.

The chart she presented showed a huge increase in kokanee in the first five years of the nutrient restoration program, followed by a general decline since then.

“Same as the other guys, we see these cycles. It’s a bit concerting, but one thing that’s happened

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in 2013 that changed the pace a little bit, is we see an increase in the size,” she said. “Bigger fish is good, it means better in-lake survival and it means better reproductive success.”

Angler survey How much are people going fishing and what are they catching?

That was the topic of Steve Arndt’s portion of the presentation.

Arndt, also a fish biologist, presented several graphs on the angler survey that he runs. They showed

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BC Hydro knocked for Columbia River Water Use Plan process Alex Cooper Arrow Lakes News

BC Hydro is once again feeling the heat following a two-day meeting in Nakusp last week that provided a review of the Columbia River Water Use Plan, and where they attempted to explain the challenges of operating the Arrow Lakes reservoir to meet a variety of soft constraints.

Due to time constraints, the Arrow Lakes News was unable to attend the but we spoke to several people from Edgewood, Nakusp and Revelstoke who were there.

According to people who attended, there were 22 members of the public in attendance, and an equal number of BC Hydro personnel. A BC Hydro spokespeson said more than 30 stakeholder, including local government, First Nations and others attended.

"It was an odd meeting," said Edgewood resident Ed McGinnis.

"The first thing they said is they were talking about the Water Use Plan, but remind yourself there would no changes as a result of this consultation, so keep that in mind.

"They were just telling us what they were going to do and why they were going to do it."

The Columbia River Water Use Plan (CWUP) looks to study a range of topics to determine how best to operate the Arrow Lakes Reservoir within the limited flexibility BC Hydro has outside of treaty obligations — the so-called soft constraints.

The plan was developed by a consultative committee and over the last five years a number of stud-

ies have been undertaken, looking at vegetation, wildlife, fish, culture & heritage, recreation, and erosion.

The Nakusp meeting was held to provide a five-year review of the plan.

"There was a lot of information shared during the session and we were pleased with the participation of the stakeholders that attended," said BC Hydro spokesperson Sabrina Locicero in an e-mail. "The feedback and questions discussed provided us with valuable information that helps us better understand local interests and informs our decision making process when operating the system.

A fact sheet posted to the BC Hydro website outlines the optimum water levels for each area and the monitoring programs being undertaken. Recommendations are: — For recreation, reservoir levels from 1,435 to 1,440 feet above sea level from May 24 to Sept. 30; — For birds, a reservoir level below 1,424 feet from late April to mid July when birds are nesting; and below 1,438 feet from early August to late October during the migration season; — Levels above 1,424 feet for kokanee access to spawning streams from late August to early November; — Low levels during growing season to maintain 2004 levels of vegetation; — Reservoir levels below 1,430 feet for as long as possible to limit impacts to archaeological sites; — To limit erosion, minimize duration of full pool and avoid sudden drawdown once full pool has been reached. The ideal water level

is 1,440 feet.

Locicero said the data would be assessed to show how and if BC Hydro could meet its soft constraint targets given the Columbia River Treaty obligations and a nontreaty storage agreement it has in place with the Bonneyville Power Authority. "This will be a major focus as we work through the full term of the Columbia River WUP implementation period," she wrote.

Janet Spicer, who's family has run a farm in Nakusp for more than a century, attended the meeting. She is a long-time critic of BC Hydro's operation of the Arrow Lakes reservoir.

She said based on the numbers BC Hydro presented, the reservoir should be maintained between 1,415 and 1,425 feet above sea level.

"The solution completely for everything is to lower the high water mark, raise the low water mark so you don't have this huge draft — this big rise and draw down," she told the Arrow Lakes News. "It's too big for this valley, with its delicate silt bench lands, to sustain. It will always just be tumbling in. There will always be turbidity in the water, the fish won't be able to spawn, the birds won't be able to raise their young because their nests will be flooded."

Spicer criticized the science presented by BC Hydro. She said reservoir operations have negatively impacted many aspects of area, including birds, erosion and recreation, but BC Hydro made poor comparisons and ignored evidence indicating otherwise.

"It was very clear that the param-

BC HYDRO COLUMBIA AND KOOTENAY OPERATIONS CONFERENCE CALLS BC Hydro will be hosting two conference calls on Wednesday April 23, 2014 to provide information regarding forecast 2014 reservoir and river operating conditions for the Columbia and Kootenay systems.

Kootenay System: The conference call regarding the Kootenay system (includes Libby Dam/ Koocanusa Reservoir, Duncan Dam and Reservoir, Kootenay Lake) will be held jointly by BC Hydro and the US Army Corps of Engineers, and will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. PST (9:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. MST).

The Columbia Water Use Plan studies things like the impact on reservoir operations on bird habitat, like in the wetlands near Revelstoke. File photo eters of these projects falsely proved the BC Hydro operating regime has no direct effect on so many things," she said.

Spicer's words were echoed by her sister Crystal, who e-mailed the Arrow Lakes News a long list of comments on all aspects of the water use plan.

"The audience generally disagreed with the WUP committee's recommended targets and BC Hydro's data and arguments for each issue," Crystal wrote. "The audience generally agreed that with the Arrow Lakes reservoir level at around 1,425-feet elevation, all issues would be mitigated substantially."

Francis Maltby, from Revelstoke, called BC Hydro's studies “pharmaceutical science.”

"It's not objective and it’s directed towards client needs rather than pure science," he said.

He was involved in the original CWUP planning process and attended the Nakusp meeting.

"My thoughts on the meeting are that BC Hydro was presenting science, while valid, that dodged most of the important questions around

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reservoir operations," he said. “The important questions are the ecological impacts of operating both the dams and reservoirs.”

McGinnis said he was hoping to hear more about future plans, especially after the next five years. "If you've already decided on next five years, what about next five years after that," he said.

Jody Lownds, who represented the Revelstoke-based North Columbia Environmental Society, said the meeting was more about why BC Hydro couldn't meet all of its soft constraints.

"It seems like something they should have addressed when they came up with the soft constraints," she said. "My big disappointment is that they didn't seem inclined to follow adaptive management principles where you're doing a bunch of tests and monitoring and if what you're doing isn't helping, to change what you're doing."

She said a common theme from people at the meeting was that BC Hydro should stop with massive fluctuations in the water levels. "I think anything that moderates the fluctuation would be better."

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FWCP asked to focus on restoring wild spawning streams Fishery, from page 1 how many people were fishing, what they caught and the size of the fish. The graphs showed data from Shelter Bay, Nakusp and the Castlegar area.

Before the nutrient restoration program started in 1998, Castlegar was the busiest fishing spot on the lake, followed by Nakusp and Shelter Bay. After the program was started, Nakusp numbers climbed while Castlegar numbers fell to similar levels as Shelter Bay. “Overall, if you look at these three sites together the last few years and you follow it across, we’re definitely below the peaks before and after nutrients, but we’re still above these worst years before the beginning of the nutrient program,” Arndt said.

He also showed harvest data for four different fish — burbot, bull trout, rainbow trout and kokanee.

For burbot, catch levels have remained steady. For bull trout and rainbow trout, the harvest increased after the start of the nutrient restoration program, but have since fallen back down. There are more rainbow trout that are more than 50 centimetres long being caught, but no rainbow trout weighing more than 15 pounds have been caught since 2005.

“I’m not saying nobody’s caught one, they just haven’t brought them into our station, so it’s not as common,” said Arndt.

As for the kokanee harvest — “This is where we’re doing really poorly on Arrow,” he said, noting the kokanee catches has declined steadily since the start of the nutrient restoration program Reflecting what many local anglers would tell you, Arndt said not a single kokanee catch was recorded at Shelter Bay and Nakusp last year. However, he added that kokanee are generally fatter.

“The biomass has been three times higher on average since we started nutrients,” he said, adding later: “Either you can have a whole lot of very small fish and not much of a fishery, or you can have fewer but bigger fish and have a bigger fishery.

“If you want to have a kokanee fishery, you need to have bigger kokanee.”

Hill Creek spawning channel High kokanee spawning in the Hill Creek Spawning Channel is a detriment to wild kokanee spawning in other streams, said Jeff Burrows, who manages the channel.

He said a meeting was held in Nelson last July where a group of experts reviewed the operation of the Hill Creek. Their goal was to look at the data and come up with a new strategy to improve the kokanee numbers in the Arrow Lakes.

“It was clear to us from the evidence that high Hill Creek fry production decreases production of all those other streams,” Burrows said.

The new goal is to reduce kokanee spawning in Hill Creek with the hope that the fish will return to other streams.

“When Hill Creek fry suppress the wild fry and too many shrink down the size of the kokanee, there’s not much point of going at maximum capacity at Hill Creek,” said Burrows.

He said Hill Creek will keep operating but at lower numbers in order to optimize the number and size of kokanee for fishing and feeding predators like bull trout.

The FEEDACK Once the FWCP biologists were done talking, the floor was open to questions, and they heard an earful about their programs.

There was questions about the sturgeon release, the presence of invasive fish species, and the impact of water flow on the fishery. The biggest critique came from a group from Revelstoke, who said the FWCP needs to completely rethink how it manages the Arrow Lakes fishery — particularly above Shelter Bay, where the Columbia is still a river for most of the year.

“At this time of year the reservoir is low enough that from Revelstoke to Shelter Bay is actually a river, and the fishery is being managed as a lake fishery,” said Brian Gadbois, a former BC Hydro biologist. “If it was managed as a river fishery, there would be closed seasons, especially at this time of year, especially in the fall.”

Gadbois’ point, that was echoed by several others, is that by allow-

From left: Jeff Burrows, Trevor Oussoren, Steve Arndt and Marley Bassett, presented findings from the Fish & Wildlife Compensation Program research on the Arrow Lakes fishery.

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ing fishing in the river between Revelstoke and Shelter Bay all year, lots of fish are being caught as they’re swimming upstream to spawn.

“Right now there is a slaughter going on up there,” he said. “If you want a bull trout fishery in Arrow Lakes, that fishery needs to be managed differently, because it’s wiping out those populations.”

He said a boundary needed to be set where the river would be treated like one, so that it is closed to fishing when the water is low, and open when the water is high and the river turns into a lake.

Gadbois also took issue with the graphs that were shown, saying they essentially represented a flat line, with a little spike in the early 2000s. He said that indicated the nutrient restoration program wasn’t working.

“I think that everyone at that front table on day one of this fertilization program would have said that if we fertilize, that graph would look like Mount Everest,” he said.

“Everything’s going to go straight up and it’s going to be a great success and everything would look wonderful.

“I’m not seeing that,” he continued. “What I’m seeing is exactly what you’re saying. You cranked

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production in Hill Creek for a few years and it basically wiped out production in all our tributary streams.

“I’d really like you to re-think these programs.”

Hank Scown, the president of the Nakusp Rod and Gun Club, said more effort should be made to have lots of fat kokanee in reservoir.

“Cutting back the numbers would only make sense to me if there was a food shortage for the kokanee, and if there’s a food shortage for the kokanee we can do something about that,” he said.

He said that instead of spending money on sturgeon recovery, it should be invested to improve the kokanee fishery.

“We’re allocating $35 million to white sturgeon,” he said. “$35 million to a fish that can’t prove that it will survive. It can’t spawn. It was doomed the day the dams went in.

It’s going extinct. Let Darwin do his work and lets get working on the fish we can fish for and enjoy here.

“There’s the money. It’s going down the rat hole and we’re not focusing enough of it on the fish.

The fish that we can use and we’d like to see sustainably regenerated in this system.”

Kim Doebert from Revelstoke

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said money needed to be invested to clear spawning streams of sediment that has built up while the reservoir has been in operation. Debris that used to flow downstream in the river now simply settles and blocks the channels that fish use to access their spawning grounds.

“We have to start moving rocks to make these channels more open and accessible.”

Gadbois said the goal should be to get the wild spawning streams back to their previous numbers rather than rely on Hill Creek.

“Whether it’s problems with tributary access, whether its populations that have been decimated — I think that’s where the priority has to be right now,” he said. “Get the populations back where they belong and then let’s start managing these tributaries.”

He mentioned Bridge Creek, a kokanee spawning stream in Revelstoke where school children are brought every fall to learn about the fish. Last year, the students were brought there, but there were no fish around.

“Something is very wrong with the management of this resource,” Gadbois said.

“Let’s get it back to a natural state.”

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OPINION

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West Koot Route brand should be re-considered The following was posted as a comment on the Arrow Lakes News website.

Editor, Re: New West Kootenay tourism brand launched, from the March 26 issue of the Arrow Lakes News Having lived in the Kootenays for 20 years now I understand that it's hard to please everyone in the area. However, I would be disappointed if the word was shortened to KOOT. It doesn't have positive connotations. It sounds like 'old koot'. It's a harsh sounding word. In fact locals seldom use the word Koot. It doesn't represent the level of sophistication that locals who benefit from tourism in the area are trying to achieve. I would be embarrassed to use this 'hick' word. It reenforces the stereotypes of a bunch of crazy 'koots' and hippies living in the woods.

Things have changed in the Kootenays — does this branding agency understand the nuances of this?

Using the Route 66 concept for the signage has been done a million times, as has the passport idea. This is unoriginal and uncreative. (The local 'Powder Highway' campaign is beautifully designed — unfortunately this looks like an unsophisticated derivative of that design.)

'Go Wander' is clunky, non memo-

rable and not beautiful.

The comment below by Stephen Symons is much more original and memorable, "Ever Wandered?" Beautiful!

“You aren’t necessarily a destination brand. What you want to promote is the journey through.”

The destination backcountry ski lodges would probably disagree with this statement — as would anyone involved with the Powder Highway campaign.

I recommend that the region take a look at Baldface and Retallack and note the depth of their social media reach and their affluent, sophisticated clientele who bring a lot of money to the region — they may not respond to a campaign like this.

I think that the people we are trying to attract to the region are more design and tech savvy than this campaign suggest. To reach the POTENTIAL visitor, a campaign combined with a clever social media plan makes much more sense. We need to attract them while they are still PLANNING their vacation. Brochures and highway signage only work once you've got them here.

Looking forward to more discussion on this topic.

Fiona Richards, Nelson

Correction

In the article Trout Lake digs out after snowy winter, in the April. 2, 2014, issue of the Arrow Lakes News. The Trout Lake snowfall accumulation should have been ‘25’ feet, 9.5 inches’ not ‘over 31 feet.’ While it is a lot of snow, it is slightly below Trout Lake’s annual average of 27 feet.

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Well folks, my time here is almost done

Alex Cooper On Nakusp I swear, when I took the job as editor of the Arrow Lakes News, I wasn’t planning on leaving so quickly. I looked at it as a chance to edit a newspaper by myself and gain experience in doing so, while staying in the Kootenays.

I didn’t expect to be given the opportunity to do be the editor in Revelstoke so soon.

As many of you know, I came

down to Nakusp from Revelstoke where I was a reporter for 4.5 years. I love that community and it’s been hard to pry myself away. I’ve been driving back there every weekend to go skiing and see friends, telling people that come spring, I would be in Nakusp full-time.

That all changed when Aaron Orlando, who was my editor in Revelstoke (and the editor here before that) decided to step down from his post and move on from the paper. My bosses asked me if I wanted to take over in Revelstoke and I couldn’t say no. It’s where my home and my friends and my heart is, and it only makes sense for me to go back.

So, I’m leaving after not even three months at the Arrow Lakes News. This is my second to last issue, and I was going to save this column for next week, but

Black Press has already started advertising for my replacement, so I figured it’s better to write this now than to wait and have people wonder what’s going on.

I won’t bother with any reminiscing since I haven’t been here long enough to have any real memories or make any real impact on the community. I just hope that people are happy with the work I’ve been doing.

I’ve still got one issue to go and I’ll be helping with the transition to my replacement. You can continue to send any story ideas or contributions to editor@ arrowlakesnews.com.

I was looking forward to going for a mountain bike ride, followed by a jump in the lake after work. That won’t happen now, but I know this move is right for me and hopefully it’s right for the paper.

500-acre Nakusp Greenscapes for sale ALEX COOPER Arrow Lakes News

Got some extra cash sitting around and looking for some property to call your own? The Nakusp Greenscapes property in the Glenbank area is up for sale.

A cool $1.5 million dollars will get you nearly 500 acres of land on the flank of Mount Jordan, above Kuskanax Creek.

According to media reports, the property was purchased for just over $2 million by a coalition of mostly local investors when properties owned by the bankrupt Pope & Talbot company were put up for sale and auctioned off in 2008.

Since then, phase one of the development was started and put up for sale— a subdivision of 10 two hectare lots along Alexander Road. They range in price from

$144,900 to 235,900.

A website for the Greenscapes property says phase two would include "varied residential opportunities and different ownership and rental options... continued development of walking and hiking trails, park reserves and a few other exciting projects that are currently in the planning stages."

Now, phase two is for sale in one chunk. Like many other recreational developments, the plans have fallen victim to the market crash of 2008.

"Everything is for sale, that's pretty much what it is," Willi Jahnke, one of the investors, told the Arrow Lakes News. "We bought the property in 2008, so that was during a time when (things) hit the rocks. Until now, everything was pretty slow. Yes, we developed and we have 10 lots for sale, but there wasn't much

interest in bare land."

Jahnke said there are challenges in developing the lot — notably in providing water, power and other infrastructure.

The 10 smaller lots that are up for sale will be on the Village of Nakusp water system, but a new source would have to be found for the rest of the property.

"I don't think anyone would say they would have a water problem, but if we want water, we need to upgrade the entire system," he said.

Jahnke said of the 10 lots that are up for sale, none have been sold, though some people have made offers that were turned down. "We want somebody to build on it, that's why we didn't agree on any offers," he said. "We know the area rather well and there is hope and there is a vision but time will tell.”

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CREATIVE WRITING CLUB Come down to the Nakusp Youth Centre with your pen and paper in hand to share ideas for stories and poems. From 3:30–4:30 p.m.

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COMMUNITY CHOIR REHEARSAL All are welcome! No try-outs and no need to know how to read music, just come to Saddleback Community Church (59 3 St. NW, Nakusp) at 7 p.m. For info: Marilyn Massey 250-265-4087.

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BINGO AT THE LEGION The action is nonstop, from 6:30-10 p.m. in Nakusp.

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Friday, April 11

workout, designed for women and of all ages and capabilities. Incorporating many styles of dance, yoga, core exercises and meditation. Starts at 10 a.m. at NaCoMo. BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP Present your current favourite book to the group — anything you’ve read or are reading. At the Nakusp Library from 10 a.m. to noon.

FLOOR HOCKEY IN BURTON At the Burton Community Learning Centre, from 6:30–8 p.m.

Equipment is provided. $2.

FOR THE LOVE OF POETRY Enjoy a lovely evening of poetry as locals recite their favourite poems. At the Nakusp Library from 7–8:30 p.m.

GAMES NIGHT AT THE LEGION Come play Wii, darts, pool, or bring a game of your choice from home. Bring a friend or two along, there’s always enough people for some fun. At the Nakusp Legion from 7-10 p.m. Members and guests are welcome.

NOLIGHTS FREESTYLE DANCE An event created to celebrate in the pure joy of dancing, music and community with the inspiration of minimal lighting encouraging freedom on the dance floor.

Come practice formal dance moves or discover new ways of movement and expression, freestyle.

At NaCoMo (90 5th Ave., Nakusp) from 7:30–8:30 p.m. $3.

ROSIE LUKENDA SPRING SHOW OPENING Etherial flow photos using Rosie’s transformative editing techniques will be introduced at an opening reception at Gabi’s Cafe at 6 p.m. Come join in for the celebrtaion of spring and Rosie’s new works.

Saturday, April 12

STORYTIME AT THE LIBRARY Sabina reads

for kids. From 10–11 a.m.

SOUP & BUN LUNCH Enjoy lunch with your

friends at the United Church from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Lunch by donation and the proceeds go to outreach programs in the community.

COMMUNITY CHOIR REHEARSAL All are welcome! No try-outs and no need to know how to read music, just come to Saddleback Community Church (59 3 St. NW, Nakusp) at 1 p.m. For info: Marilyn Massey 250-265-4087.

Centre. From 1–3 p.m., followed by a public meeting.

MEAT DRAW Proceeds go to the Burton Volunteer Fire Department. At the Legion from 3:30–6:30 p.m.

NAKUSP WINE TASTING FESTIVAL The Rotary Club of Nakusp and the Arrow Lakes Grape Growers Society present the Nakusp Wine Festival.

The evening includes wine tasting from 15 B.C. wineries, gourmet hors d’oeuvres, a 50/50 draw, silent auction, character face drawings and more.

At the K2 Rotor Lodge from 7–10 p.m. Tickets are sold out, but you can get on the waiting list by contacting Kees van der Pol at 250-265-0002.

KARAOKE WITH SHIRLEY Shirley hosts her popular karaoke night at the Legend, from 9–11:45 p.m.

Sunday, April 13

COMMUNITY STRING ENSEMBLE Do you

play a stringed instrument? Our String Ensemble practices each Sunday at 2 p.m. in the home of Marilyn Massey, 1007 4th St NW. Musicians of all ages & skill levels are welcome. For more information call 250-265-4087.

April 14–17

EASTER EGG TREASURE HUNT Head to the Nakusp Library during opening hours to take part in the Easter Treasure Hunt. Find treats by learning where items are shelved in the library.

Monday, April 14

WISE YOGA Join Terri McLeod, a certified Kripalu Yoga instructor, for a class at the Nakusp senior’s hall. For returning students the class is from 10-11:30 a.m. and for beginners the class is from 4:45–6 p.m. Classes run until Mar. 10, with a new six week series starting Apr. 14. For more information and to pre-register, call 250-265-0177.

BRIDGE Play a hand at the Senior’s Centre 1:153:30 p.m. $2.50.

MONDAY MUSIC JAM AT NYC Monday music jam at the Nakusp Youth Centre. Bring an instrument if you have one, and/or bring a song that you know or want to learn. From 3:30–5:30 p.m.

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NYC EASTER EGG MAKING Make an easter egg, or just play games. At the Nakusp Youth Centre from 3:30–5:30 p.m.

BELLYFIT Come and experience a complete workout, designed for women and of all ages and capabilities. Incorporating many styles of dance, yoga, core exercises and meditation. Starts at 6 p.m. at NaCoMo. DROP-IN BADMINTON Drop-in badminton at Nakusp Secondary School from 7–9 p.m. $3 fee.

FELDENKRAIS Starts at 8 p.m. at NaCoMo. For more info email Tyson at thaitouch@yahoo.com

Wednesday, April 16

WORKBC WORKSHOP WEDNESDAY

Clever Cover Letters. Part of a series of weekly employment-focused workshops designed to help you gains the skills and knowledge you need to find a job. Offered by the Nakusp WorkBC Employment Services Centre from 9:15–11:30 a.m. To register, call 250-265-3318.

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE GENERAL MEETING The public is invited to attended the

general meeting of the membership of the Nakusp & District Chamber of Commerce. Beaton Arm Crossing Association representatives will be attending to provide an update on their activities. At the K2 Rotor Lodge from 12–1 p.m.

April 18–19

COLT 45 Live at the Leland starting at 9:30 p.m.

Saturday, April 19

FAMILY EASTER BREAKFAST The Saddle-

back Community Church hosts a free community breakfast for all ages. Every child receives a bag of candy, and there are door prizes to be won. From 9–11 a.m.

Sunday, April 20

EASTER EGG HUNT Overwaitea holds a free easter egg hunt for the kids in Waterfront Park from 12–1:30 p.m.

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EDGEWOOD Edgewood project applicants for Columbia Basin Trust’s Community Initiatives & Affected Areas Programs present their proposals to the public, who then get to vote on which ones get funding. At the Royal Canadian Legion Hall at 7 p.m.

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The Arrow Lakes Historical Society held an open house at its new facility on Saturday, and a number of dignitaries joined about 50 others to take in the new location. There were lots of thank yous and congratulations as the addition was hailed as an example of the community coming together. The late Milton Parent and his wife Rosemarie were heralded for their work establishing the archive and in pushing for the new building.

"This is one of the best archives in our region,"

September 9 - 13

Over 3500 BC 55+ Seniors expected to attend.

What’s happening in your region?

Get involved. We’ll show you how.

said Kootenay West MLA Katrine Conroy.

"I tell people about it when I go to other places."

Councillor Tom Zeleznik said it was "a wonderful example of what our community is capable of."

"It is a wonderful addition to our community," he said, giving special thanks to Rosemarie Parent for her "dogged determination in getting it built."

A highlight of the ceremony was when Paul Peterson, the rural Arrow Lakes director and Columbia Basin Trust representative, presented Parent with a cheque for $9,000 to cover the remaining costs of the project.

Parent, for her part, thanked all the organizations that helped fund the project.

Columbia Basin Trust provided a $100,000 development grant to get things started.

The society received a $25,000 New Horizons Seniors grant from the federal government to pay for the hydraulic lift in the building. The Halcyon Home Foundation donated $72,000 from the sale of Peggy and Johnny Grigg's property, which had been donated to Halcyon Home. More CBT Community Initiatives grants were received, and the museum and library contributed $30,000 each. As well, more than $10,000 in donations were received after Milton's passing in July 2012.

Rosmarie also thanked Earl Frerichs for taking over the construction project after

Local photographer Rosie Lukenda will be displaying her latest works at Gabi’s Fairytale Cafe starting this Friday, Apr. 11 at 6 p.m. The colourful photos evoke the onset or spring and showcase her transformative editing techniques. There will be food and music at Friday’s opening.

Photo by Rosie Lukenda

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What’s happening in NAKUSP LEGION? Come out and Support our Meat Draws which are held every Saturday at 4 p.m., 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. Nakusp Secondary Grad Class 2014 will sponsor the Meat Draws for April.

The Ladies Auxiliary is available for Catering. Call Liza for information: 250.265.3240

Cribbage is on the last Sunday of every month...

CRIB TOURNAMENT Sunday April 27th at 1:00pm

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Marilyn Taylor (left) a director with the Arrow Lakes Historical Society, and Bev Herridge, hold the ceremonial red ribbon while Lynda Lafleur from the Columbia Basin Trust, and Earl Frerichs have the honour in cutting it. Alex Cooper/Arrow Lakes News Milton's passing in July 2012. Benny Bruneau, the contractor who built the addition to the Centennial Building, was credited

for taking on the difficult project.

"He did a wonderful job and we are all proud of the results," said Rosemarie.

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Awaken Nakusp family festival

The Awaken Nakusp family festival took over the Nakusp auditorium on the weekend, with a host of activities geared towards family and youth. It was organized by the Saddleback Community Church in conjunction with a group from Kelowna. Clockwise, from top left: Jax Marchischuk and Chloe Martin have fun in the bouncy castle on Saturday.; Taylor Hutton, Angie Clark and Jessica Lamontagne take part in karaoke on Friday.; Mateus Dachwitz has 10 clothes pins attached to his face during a game of Silent Library on Friday. The objective of the game was to see how much pain one could endure while remaining silent.; Kids have fun on the parkour structure that was set up in the auditorium on Saturday.

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Nakusp Figure Skating Club

Awards Ceremony and Annual General Meeting Sunday, April 13 2 p.m. Arena Auditorium

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Refreshments will be served.

Come Celebrate Our Skaters’ Achievements!

Memberships: $10/person or $15/family.

Many thanks to K2 Rotor Lodge for the meeting room

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The collection of debris will be done in a systematic way, so that the entire town is covered once to avoid backtracking; therefore, all debris must be ready for pick up on the boulevard or beside the alley by 7:00 am on April 28th.

Small branches/tree limbs should be cut and bundled where possible & not exceed 8’ in length. There is no charge for this service and residents do NOT need to call for a pick up.

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Nakusp Secondary School student Renee Goodman finished second in B.C. in the Royal Canadian Legion’s literary contest. Goodman’s entry was awarded first place in the West Kootenay Zone in the intermediate category, and then went on to place second in the province. “This a tremendous achievement as there was over 8,000 entries,” said Harvey Truax, the president of the Nakusp Legion.

The Royal Canadian Legion’s Literary and Poster Contests are held to held promote Remembrance Day and honour Canada’s military heritage.

Pictured, from left, is Cheryl Truax of the Nakusp Legion, Renee Goodman, Stephen Tays, the vice-president of the Nakusp Legion, and Harvey Truax, the president of the Nakusp Legion.

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Evansport named after Evan Johnson Greg Nesteroff Black Press

Evansport, a phantom townsite on the northeast arm of Upper Arrow Lake near the mouth of the Incomappleux River, was first mentioned in the Nelson Tribune of December 30, 1893: “Its owner, Evan Johnson, says it is the best landing place for people going to the rich mineral country around Trout Lake.”

Johnson, about whom little is known, acquired land just west of present-day Beaton in 1891 and began selling lots in early 1894.

Newspaper ads claimed Evans-

port would be “The natural terminus of the wagon road about to be constructed from Arrow Lake to Trout Lake City, thereby tapping the famous Lardeau mining district.” Lots sold from $25 to $100.

But according to Milt Parent in Silent Shores & Sunken Ships, “The rather pleasant name faded into obscurity soon after the post office chose Thomson’s Landing as its station [in 1895].”

Curiously, in 1894 Johnson successfully sued Malcolm Beaton and James W. Thomson — two other townsite namesakes — for payment of hay he supplied to their horses.

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The final Evansport townsite ad appeared in December 1895. It was last included in the BC civic directory in 1898 (without any residents) and the same year appeared on a map of BC

by J.H. Brownlee. However, the Revelstoke Herald of January 26, 1898 couldn’t resist pointing out the latter’s geographic shortcomings: “Our readers will be pleased to hear that a large and important town known as Evansport has sprung up on Galena Bay, at least so the map says …”

Evan Johnson was listed in 1901 as a farmer at Thomson’s Landing. After that he vanishes.

Nakusp special olympians (from left) Kendra Karyn, Cory Waskul, Dariel Dubuc, Michael Waskul, Hans Sparreboom (the organizer) and Joseph Deverol, were out around town on Saturday selling raffle tickets for a fundraiser for the organization. First prize is a Vancouver Canucks hockey stick signed by Alex Burrows or $250.

Second prize is whichever first place isn’t taken.

Third prize is a $150 gift certificate for Overwaitea. Raffle tickets are available at various businesses around town until April 12.

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Craft distillery in Slocan Valley brings 100-mile vodka to region Kirsten Hildebrand Black Press

The love of a good drink has taken one Slocan Valley couple into business with the area’s first craft distillery.

Kevin and Lora Goodwin are making Valhalla Vodka at the Kootenay Country Craft Distillery operating out of their Winlaw ranch where they once grew organic strawberry crops.

“We’ve always made things from our garden and we were big into making beer and wine. This was just the next step up and we noticed no one was doing it around here,” said Lora.

Four years ago, Kevin was a construction worker noticing a downturn in his trade. Not wanting to leave his family to earn a living up north like many others, he was thrilled with his wife’s idea to start a still on the property they’ve had for 14 years. He learned the art of distilling in Seattle, Washington while Lora waded through mountains of paperwork to license their operation.

“It was a long process,” said Lora. Added Kevin, “She has gone through a painstaking amount of paper work and waded through all the red tape that’s involved in starting something like this.”

In addition to approval from the Regional District, the couple now has five licences from both federal and provincial governments assur-

ing that their operation is above board.

“It’s a state-of-the-art facility we’ve built,” said Kevin. “I think sometimes people envision somebody out in the woods with an open fire and this sort of thing but it’s sophisticated equipment that creates a sophisticated product.”

Today, their operation is turning out small batches of about 150 to 170 bottles of crafted vodka. They use locally-sourced milled heirloom wheat from a farm east of Creston and Kootenay spring water in their 300-gallon still coming from Lethbridge, Alberta.

“Our small batches and local use of ingredients set us apart,” said Lora. “Vodka is 60 per cent water and the Kootenays have some of the best water in the world.”

They make a batch of vodka per week and are currently making their fifth batch. Vodka was the perfect spirit to get their business off the ground and into the bottle.

“Vodka is a neutral spirit and it doesn’t need to be aged,” Kevin explained. “Vodka is just ethanol and water. It is the easier spirit to make.”

Once their business is established and some of their start-up costs are recouped, they plan to branch out into other spirits. Next up is a dry London-style gin — Lora already has a recipe ready to go — and a variety of fruit brandies and a young whiskey.

“I am really looking forward to aging some whisky. In Canada

Kevin and Lora Goodwin are making Valhalla Vodka at the Kootenay Country Craft Distillery now operating out of their Winlaw ranch.

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whisky has to be aged a minimum of three years so the whisky lovers are going to have to wait,” Kevin said.

Smaller craft distilleries are on the rise south of the border much like the craft beer movement of the 1990s, said Kevin. He and Lora have fallen in love with the art of making spirits and are proud of

Valhalla Vodka’s taste that doesn’t need a sugary mix to mask its taste.

“We drink it over the rocks. It’s definitely a sipping vodka and it has a nutty aftertaste which makes it really smooth,” said Lora. Added Kevin, “We are partial to the flavour and think it should be enjoyed one sip at a time.”

Valhalla Vodka is available at

liquor stores throughout the area.

Kootenay Country Craft Distillery is located at 7263 Gustafson Road off Highway 6 about eight kilometres north of Winlaw. They welcome visitors to their tasting room Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 2 to 6 p.m.

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Government restarts forest licence review Texting is the new drunk driving Tom Fletcher Black Press

VICTORIA – Former B.C. chief forester Jim Snetsinger is leading a public discussion this spring about converting volumebased logging licences to areabased tenures, a proposal the B.C. government backed away from before last spring's election.

Forests Minister Steve Thomson announced the consultation this week and released a discussion paper for comment on a new website, engage.gov.bc.ca/foresttenures that will collect comments until May 30.

About 60 per cent of the logging on Crown land in B.C. is through volume-based forest licences, which give companies permission to cut a specified volume in the licence area. Thomson said the proposed change to areabased licences is to encourage companies to make longer-term

investment in planting and silviculture to increase future productivity on Crown land. Area-based licences give the holder exclusive access, instead of competing with other logging companies, each licensed to take a set volume of wood from the same forest.

Thomson said the proposal is to help deal with the widespread damage left behind by the mountain pine beetle infestation that is causing a decline in timber supply for decades to come.

NDP forests critic Norm Macdonald said the experience with existing area-based tenures, called tree farm licences, is that they have not improved forest stewardship. About 15 per cent of B.C. lumber production is from tree farm licences, and the ministry can't show evidence that they are better managed, he said.

Many of the existing tree farm licences are on the B.C. coast, where log exports have increased.

Macdonald said B.C.'s big forest companies have lobbied Premier Christy Clark for the change, which effectively privatizes large tracts of Crown forest, and now the forests ministry is being directed to implement the change.

Snetsinger said he worked with volume-based and areabased licences as B.C.'s chief forester, where he was responsible for setting annual allowable cut from 2004 to 2012. They have their supporters and detractors, and Snetsinger said he will hear from them all.

The consultation tour will have stops in Nanaimo, Kamloops, Prince George, Quesnel, Burns Lake, Williams Lake, Smithers, Dawson Creek, Cranbrook and Vancouver. Details will be posted on the consultation website when they are finalized.

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VICTORIA – More people are dying from distracted driving than drinking and driving, and that has caused Attorney General Suzanne Anton to reconsider whether B.C.'s penalties for using smart phones behind the wheel are tough enough.

Anton said the latest statistics from 2012 show 81 deaths from distracted driving in the year, compared to 55 related to impaired driving.

"People seem to know that they must not drink and drive, but distracted driving, people don't seem to have the same level of awareness," Anton said Wednesday.

B.C.'s Motor Vehicle Act currently sets a $167 fine for talking on a handheld mobile phone, and $167 plus three demerit points for emailing or texting while driving. Ontario recently raised its fine from $155 to $280, with a maximum of $500 for those who contest the fine and are convicted.

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A few weeks ago Anton wasn't convinced higher penalties would help change driver behaviour, but she said Wednesday she was disturbed to discover that B.C. has more distracted driving deaths than Ontario, which has three times the population.

"Should there be points attached to holding the handheld device and talking? Probably," Anton said. "Should the fines be higher? Probably, so I'm having a look at both of those."

Another statistic that caught Anton's attention was the 51,000 distracted driving tickets handed out in B.C. in 2013. She said that's a "huge number" that suggests the message of distracted driving is not getting through, and a reminder that seatbelt use and impaired driving also took time to impress on the public.

The Superintendent of Motor Vehicles is analyzing B.C. driving habits and will report to Anton, who is considering changing penalties later this year.

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