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Since she was 12 years old, Jean Roy “Rocky” 90 — Hewat has beenBeattie, involved inlong the time Nakusp resident — passed mushroom industry. As a kid, she away on with October 10 inpicking the Arwent out her family for row Lakes Hospital due to compocket money and she’s been buying plications mushroomsfrom frompneumonia. other pickersMany at her have used the term to place on 15 Avenue ongentleman the north end describe this confi rmed bachelor, of town for the past 21 years. With who for his light-heartsomewas helpknown from her mother and oced demeanor and warm smile. casionally other family members, she Crossley and Sandi Coates were is more or less a one-woman show. good friends of Beattie, who was The set up has moved from her
garage to a new building still being very modest. saidwith in an infinished on herSandi property plenty terview with the paper, “He was of parking and a large walk-in cooler. the kindest the gentleman, very She explains unfinishedand building humble. Rocky could never unduring an interview with the Arrow derstand why people bothered Lakes News as her mother answers with him.” and For example, the phone groups ofsomeone pickers who might be bringing him food, come in carrying their bounty — ”He was happy to accept but large buckets of freshly pickeditfungi. would be baffl ed that reThe odour inside is people damp and ally cared that much about him. mossy — the baskets of mushrooms” inthe February 1924 in Banff areBorn mostly large, fluff y white pine,, Alberta, Rocky joined the Calor Matsutake as they are known in gary branch of the RCAF (Royal Japan, where most of these are desCanadian in tined to go.Air TheForce) largest serving market for
pine mushrooms in the world is in JaAir Armament during pan, but Canada isoverseas not the only supWWII. Aft er his discharge in plier. They are also grown in the US, 1946, Beattie spent the next 33 China, Scandinavia and elsewhere. years Banff and Milk River, Local in to Nakusp, Chanterelles, LobAlberta, serving in the Legion ster and several other varieties sprout there. Because of his throughlove of up inexplicably in pockets cars, he also started the “Leout the forest. Many locals covet gion Taxi,” a taxi service in their spots; at least those that havBanff which is still in operation. en’t been decimated by the biggest He eventually turned to carpencompetitor to mushrooms: forestry. try,Logging buildingishouses in Banff , Canone of the highest paymore, Milk River and eventually ing primary industries in the Kootetwo afterbiggest relocating nays,in yetNakusp it poses the threat to to B.C. in 1979. He continued workthe niche industry of mushrooming.
Mushrooms are a multi-million ing as aindustry carpenterbringing until retirement. dollar tourists, Rocky made a pickers and buyerslotto ofthefriends area. doing morning ee runthe to Duringhis September andcoff October, the K2 Rotor Lodge, and was frestreets are lined with vehicles bequently in great Restaurant longing to peoplespirits. who are in town Manager Gillian Heagy remembecause of this natural resource. bers Beattie fondly, “He hadanda They are buying gas, groceries nickname for all of us. I think in it other supplies and are staying helped him remember our names. hotel rooms and going out to dinMine wasdollars Jack are andbeing Jill, pumped and he ner. More called the morning staff Bright into the local economy, but all of it Eyes or Sunshine, which they is threatened by clearcut logging. loved. He was quite the charmer.” • Continued • Continuedononpage page133
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