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Thursday, July 31, 2014
Volume 66, No. 31
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Trails nearly complete following paving BY LORNE ECKERSLEY Advance Staff
bark (the electrician’s tape that held parts together during the construction was removed as those parts were tied together). Once the white pine bark was attached, Louie said it would be cured in the shade for about 10 days — the sun would heat the canoe too quickly, twisting it out of shape — so the pitch from the bark would seal the skin, making the vessel waterproof.
A yearlong project to provide more cost-free leisure activities to Creston’s downtown core is closer to completion after the recent paving of 1.3 kilometres of trails south of Cook Street. Town engineering manager Colin Farynowski said on Tuesday that concrete pads are being installed this week so that park benches and trash containers can be installed. The entire project, which includes the trails, an off-leash dog park, green gym fitness equipment, lighting, signage and parking areas, is a partnership between the town and two local Rotary clubs. A $400,000 community and recreation grant was boosted with $134,000 in contributions from the Creston and Creston Valley Rotary clubs. “The paving is the most visible aspect, so it seems like it all coming together quickly now,” Farynowski said.
See CANOE, page 2
See TRAILS, page 3
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Richard Jacobs (left) and Wayne Louie putting the finishing touches on the frame of a white pine bark canoe.
Canoe a reminder of LKB heritage BY BRIAN LAWRENCE Advance Editor There hasn’t been a sturgeon-nosed canoe on the Kootenay River for decades, but a project by Lower Kootenay Band member Wayne Louie is about to change that. He was commissioned by the Ktunaxa Nation to build a 12-foot canoe for the Sept. 28 Columbia Salmon Festival in
Invermere, and has been working on it since early June, completing the frame on July 24, with a goal of attaching the skin on the weekend. “It’s made of all natural resources like my ancestors used to do,” said Louie, who has been assisted by Richard Jacobs. That means no nails, screws or anything prefabricated is part of the design — the western maple and cedar frame is tied together with cedar roots and bitter cherry
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