Spring 2006
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Revelstoke’s Quarterly Arts and Culture Publication Happy Spring! Okay, so ‘winter’ was kind of MIA this year - I don’t think I put on a pair of sunglasses for about three months and I believe I saw several people washing their cars in the dead of January - but I’m willing to let this go. Spring is coming and that’s enough to make anyone forgive and forget. Sun will shine, flowers will bloom...or winter will return with a final flourish and its belated birthday card. Nevertheless, they say it’s time for a little Spring Cleaning, if you’re into that sort of nonsensical organization. I’m not. For example, did you know that occasionally, you should clean out your fridge? I thought if there was no food in there, it was a non-issue. Let’s talk Recycling – now there’s something important. Some people are confused or frustrated by our recycling system in town. I was, so I made some calls. Here is what I’ve learned and maybe it’ll help you out, too. Recycling in Revelstoke The recycle bins at the arena will take glass, newspaper, tin and mixed paper. For residential cardboard, go to the arena between 8am-4pm, Monday to Friday. Plastic is always an issue, but if you have a basement or a shed, just keep it. The Recycling Fair will take it and will be coming to Revelstoke in April, June and October – watch the papers for dates. This is a convenient place to get rid of just about anything: tires, computers, ink, paint, pesticides, yard waste, in-laws…. For inquiries regarding the Fair, phone the Regional District at
shovels and a tarp? (I don’t think your average plastic grocery bag will do the trick for that job.) Just a suggestion. On that note, I’m curious as to what you, the reader, think of this publication. Perhaps after reading about horse crap, this isn’t the best timing, but I would sincerely appreciate if you could take some time out of your day and go to www.reved.net. There you will find Reved’s Reader In Questionnaire. Reved will be undergoing some financial reorganizing in the next year and the Questionnaire will help determine its future. I would really like to hear some of your thoughts (but not all of them). You can remain anonymous or on provide contact information, page your choice. three I will also be hosting a fundraiser for Reved on March 15 at the Woolsey Creek Café. There will be a slide show on rock climbing in various parts You can also get in touch with Community of the world and you can buy lots of beer, Connections who have formed a teen group (which might make it easier to laugh at my called Tinman that will do pick-ups around jokes). It’d be great to see you there! In this issue, you will notice a cartoon town. The Recycling Hotline number is featuring two characters, Uncle Ned and 1-800-667-4321. Larz. They are a new addition to Reved There you go – so no excuses, riiiiight? Speaking of cleaning up – I realize that, in and will be ongoing in their storyline. The artist, known mysteriously as Gabi , along life, there will be dogs and with them, dog with myself, hope you enjoy the goodcrap. I’ve stepped in it and even found natured humour. some on my lawn and it hasn’t killed me, Heather Lea - publisher but horse crap is a whole other story. While walking along the Greenbelt the other day, I almost sprained an ankle on that stuff. I I pg.2...Music Notes, Emerging looked at the rather large pile in a N pg.3...Scene It, Artist in Profile, succession of piles and it made me think – S Writer’s Corner Why don’t horse people clean up after their pg.4...Where is Everything? horses? If someone hit that on their bike, I Revelbush they’d lose teeth. Maybe the drawings of D and of course the Spring the stick man stooping with the little garden E Entertainment Calendar! shovel could include equestrians with snow 1-888-248-2773. The North Columbia Environmental Society, which is based in Revelstoke, will soon be printing off a directory listing for details on where to bring everything.
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All I have to say is...Mama Garoove, The Tuques, Alpha Yaya Diablo...hell yeah - groove it up! Revy’s on the map, kids. We’re doin’ it and you can thank yourselves, because these bands don’t show up for just anybody. It doesn’t take a PHd in musician psychology to know that crowds are what performers like, and you were there! Or maybe you weren’t, but you should have been. Speaking of good times, Carol Palladino, Cindy Powell, Simone Palmer, Heidi Bell and Mike Irvine are the founding directors of the new Revelstoke Mountain Culture Society, designed to help keep Revelstoke’s very own Mountain Beats Festival afloat. Is it ever too early to be thinking about summer festivals? No! So mark your calendars for the last week in June. Also keep in mind that The Woolsey Creek Cafe has live tunes every Wednesday night for gettin’ jiggy with it. If we keep this up, The Rolling Stones aren’t too far behind! (are they still alive?)
Emerging During the month of January, The Revelstoke Street Banner Project enlists the help of local kids to create thirty street banners.You have probably seen these colorful banners backlit by the sun on various lampposts around town while they hang from May until October. For seven years now, the Street Banner Project has helped make parts of Revelstoke look vibrant, even on a cloudy day. “It’s like organized graffiti” says Bonnie Renaud, one of the project organizers who explains that once the banner comes down the artist then has the option to buy it back for $25. “We usually sell back around ninety percent of our banners to the artists. The money then goes back into the project fund for the following year.” At the Visual Arts Centre, helpers Jackie James and Rachel Kelly got to work aiding the kids with this year’s theme of Endangered Animals. The Banner Project was originally founded in 1999 for the Centennial Anniversary by Betty Olynik and Pat Anderson. “It has the feel of an Artwalk” says Heather Duchman, a past volunteer. “People are often seen strolling along looking up.” The project is open to adults and businesses as well. A notice is sent out in the fall giving people a chance to apply and a $5 fee is requested for use of the Visual Arts Centre. The banners will be on display starting in May.
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John Townley’s passion for building with wood is serious enough for he and his family to have I’ve seen a lot lately, (even a dog with once lived on the top floor of their the same hairstyle as its owner, not house, the main floor serving as his that there’s anything wrong with workshop. During highschool, John that...) but The Canadian Avalanche worked at a sign making shop and Association topped ‘er when they continued to do so between travels. asked one of their own to host the Here he developed his skills for auction held at Woolsey Creek Café woodworking and has been honing in January. If you ask me, this little them ever since over the past guy, prone to outbursts of profanity, twenty-five years. made the evening. I think people His two rambunctious boys enjoy were more afraid of him and not hand-built double bunk beds and buying something than they were of there is a beautiful multi-leveled, spending too much money. multi-shelved island smack in the Some generous donations and some middle of the kitchen. I remember even more generous Americans with eating off a giant cedar table built by US cash packed into the cozy café. If John and the food somehow tasted you think that sounds like fun, you’re better. “I like to do unique work. If right. someone wants a large, long table, But the message behind the auction or kitchen cabinets that aren’t your wasn’t really about having a good average shape, then that’s what I time. Avalanches are a serious enjoy.” John works with salvaged business we deal with in these parts wood from local sources. “Birch is of the world, and the CAA aids in really nice to work with, but there’s education for visitors to the the problem with warping. backcountry. Obviously, you want the wood as The auction was a fundraiser to help dry as possible. I have wood drying meet the financial requirements for all over; inside and outside the costs associated with running the house.” John also uses the centre. We hope the money raised branches for table legs or stools. that night can help the CAA keep up It is a lot of work to get the wood their quality service. smooth. “Between every coat of varnish, I sand and use steel wool to get the wood smooth and clean-looking.” It will take John approximately two weeks of consistent work to build a medium sized table. One of John’s latest projects was a 9x3 foot birch table. John hopes for a permanent workshop space south of town so that he can continue woodworking on a larger scale. He even makes guitars so if you want something unique, contact John Townley at kulu@telus.net .
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by Peter Elkington I grew up in a family of story tellers. Both my mother and my grandmother would tell the most wonderful stories; true or not, they would entrance me and my cousins. They would lead us into the realm of imagination where anything was possible. One particular story my mother told was when she was a little black girl in Africa. You could feel and hear the jungle. The fact that my mother was neither black nor had she ever been to Africa made no difference. I didn’t have a way with words and felt quite diffident about putting my thoughts on paper. Nobody would be interested, or perhaps I felt ashamed or guilty. It was only after I had retired that I began to see stories all around me that needed to be told. You just have to start writing what you know or have experienced. My daughters urged me to write down all the songs, poems, and stories that I had heard as a young boy. That sounded easy. Twenty chapters and 100 pages later I had a book. There were many stops and starts, and a great deal of discouragement, but if you feel what you have to say is important, you will continue to write even if it is only a sentence a day. Then other books followed. Some stories took longer to tell than others. A number of years ago a friend of mine suggested that I write my experiences of WW II and the depression, because he said, that many who had lived through those times were passing away and not recording their experiences. My experiences turned into a book. It has been a wonderful experience for me to delve into, and relive past memories. Some were heart breaking and terribly sad and others were joyous. So I would urge anyone who has anything to say or to relate, to write. -Peter Elkington is a published historical writer and novelist living in Revelstoke.
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