June 29, 2011 - Valley Voice

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June 29, 2011 The Valley Voice
Volume 20, Number 13 June 29, 2011 Delivered to every home between Edgewood, Kaslo & South Slocan. Published bi-weekly.
“Your independently owned regional community newspaper serving the Arrow Lakes, Slocan & North Kootenay Lake Valleys.”
Regional Innovation Chair Penfold reflects on economic challenges
by Art Joyce
Selkirk College’s first Regional
Innovation Chair in Rural Economic
Development, George Penfold, will
be retiring in July. The position was
formally established on November
15, 2006.
The Valley Voice interviewed
Penfold about what has been
accomplished during the past five
years and what challenges lie ahead
for the region.
What are the unique strengths
of the West Kootenay economy?
Its weaknesses?
The West Kootenay economy’s
history of – and remaining dependence
on – natural resources has left us
vulnerable to global economics and
trade policies, and replacement of
labour with technology. The resources
sector is still is a foundation, but we
need to expand other parts of the
economy to become more resilient.
In that regard, we have many assets,
not the least of which is the beauty
of the region, a growing arts and
culture sector, a small but vibrant
technology-based industry and lots of
under-utilized agricultural potential.
We also have the Columbia Basin
Trust, our energy sector, plus people
and organizations that are absolutely
dedicated to the area and its success.
But we are distant from markets and
have some challenges in infrastructure
– in airport and digital services for
example. We also have a relatively old
George Penfold, Regional Innovation Chair in
Rural Economic Development at Selkirk College,
retires after filling the position for its first five years.
and under-skilled labour force.
What priorities are you seeing emerge
for the West Kootenay economy
in your research?
In the short term, job creation
is a big issue. The unemployment
rate in the West and East Kootenay
combined was 9.5 percent in May,
the highest in BC. The forestry sector
is still struggling, and the support for
the construction sector through the
federal Economic Action Plan has
come to an end. Over the longer term,
economic diversification, affordable
housing, labour force, migration
and immigration to the region, the
growing seniors population, energy
costs and climate change will be some
of the bigger challenges.
What in your opinion is the
likelihood that we will be able to
meet these pressing needs? Does
it seem some issues will persist as
chronic problems?
There are no quick fixes unless the
US and global economies rebound in
a much stronger way than they have
so far. Rural areas have been dealing
with these issues for a long time, and
I think we will have to keep dealing
with them for the foreseeable future.
One of the changes we will have to
make if we are to make headway is
to start thinking and doing more at
the regional scale. These issues are
all too big to solve by focusing only at
the community level. There has been
a lot of collaboration recently that is
really positive, for example, between
the regional districts and CBT on
the carbon neutral initiative and the
regional Welcoming and Inclusive
Communities and Workplaces
initiative.
What do you feel you have
accomplished in this position,
especially given skepticism when the
position was created that this would
just be another ‘think tank’ job that
did little more than produce reports
that collect dust? There are never any guarantees
that information will lead to change.
This was a new initiative when I
came here five years ago, and like
any other small business, it has taken
those five years to develop. I came
with the idea that the RIC should
be the ‘go to’ place for community
and regional groups when they were
looking for data, information and
advice, and that the research should
be focused on those concerns that
were common throughout the area. An
Advisory Committee of community
representatives has been invaluable in
keeping us on track. I have also tried
to partner wherever I can on research,
for example with Community Futures
Central Kootenay on the Welcoming
Communities Survey, and with the
Kootenay Association for Science
and Technology on the Manufacturing
and Technology survey. There’s
always more to be done, but I leave
feeling that there has been a good
momentum established. The housing
study is a good example of how
the RIC can work. That research
was recommended by the Advisory
Committee, was undertaken in
partnership with the CBT and the Real
Estate Foundation, and the results
have been used by many groups
throughout the region as a platform for
next steps. I think there are now nine
housing projects at the local level, and
CBT has developed a support program
to help them succeed.
Are there any changes contemplated to
the duties of the Regional Innovation
Chair or its organization?
There are big changes underway.
A new agreement with the CBT means
that the college will have a new Rural
Development Institute (RDI) that
the RIC will manage. The RDI will
take over the CBT State of the Basin
function, including development of
the related databases and reports,
outreach to help communities and
groups use that information, and to
do more applied research. A new
full-time researcher will be hired to
help do all that. It’s a great fit with the
RIC – most of the data I developed for
the housing study was also used in the
State of the Basin report.
What will you be moving on to?
Marilyn and I will be moving on
to retirement in Comox on Vancouver
Island. It will include more fun stuff,
some consulting, some volunteer
activities, a home makeover and travel
– including trips back here to visit
some great friends we have made
over the last five years, and to keep
going on the ‘things to do and see in
the Kootenays’ list that I don’t think
I’ll ever get through in this lifetime.
Representatives from Village Council, the Regional District of Central Kootenay, the federal and provincial government, Woodfirst, SIDIT, the BC
Ambulance and Fire Services and Columbia Basin Trust were on hand for the grand opening of the new Nakusp Emergency Services Building.
Visitor Information pages 18 & 19
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NEWS
The Valley Voice June 29, 2011
New Market Foods in New Denver set for grand opening
June 8 - July 2: Boukje Elzinga
July 6 - 31: Katja Oljuscha Grunther
August 3 - 28: Ed Kemp
September 1 - 24: Barbara Maye
September 30 - October 15: David Langevin
by Art Joyce
New Denver has a sparkling new
grocery store now open – New Market
Foods will have its grand opening July 2. A
barbecue will be hosted by the New Denver
Fire Department to raise money for an infrared camera to use at night-time accident or
fire scenes. There will also be door prizes,
in-store specials and balloons for the kids.
The store’s design was inspired by
New Denver’s historic New Market
Hotel, a photograph of which takes pride
of place in the store. Owned and operated
by New Denver residents Vern and Janice
Gustafson, New Market Foods is a fullservice grocery store with meat department,
deli counter with soups and sandwiches,
and all regular groceries. The Gustafsons
are highly responsive to their customers’
needs and are always happy to hear
suggestions for food products. The store is
handicapped accessible and the lanes are
wide enough for two shopping carts abreast.
The store sources much of its food
from Mcdonald’s Consolidated, which
carries many of the same brand lines as
Safeway. New Market Foods is affiliated
with Family Foods and will be sending out
sale flyers regularly once the postal strike
is settled. Expect to find weekly specials in
the store. There will be both organic foods
and a full line of gluten-free foods.
“It’s amazing the amount of people
now that are going gluten-free, some of
them celiacs and others just deciding going
gluten-free is healthier,” says Janice.
The deli will offer fresh sandwiches,
deli meats (also gluten-free), goat cheese,
soups made on the premises, and Oso
Negro coffee is always on. The gluten-free
products will be segregated into a section
in the deli case for ease of shopping. Deli
Manager Ray Schuff is happy to point
out other healthy options such as nitratefree Freybe ham. There are also dairy
alternatives such as rice, almond and soy
milks, as well as soy and goat cheeses.
“We’re all just so grateful to be
working here,” says Schuff. “We’ll do our
best to keep people happy, so let us know
if you have any special needs and we’ll do
our best to accommodate you.” He points
out that some products customers have
asked for were already on the shelves after
just two weeks in business.
Sappho’s Bakery bread, made in
New Denver, will be available fresh out
of the oven Monday, Wednesday, Friday
and Saturday. There will also be fresh
locally grown vegetables so local growers
are encouraged to talk to the Gustafsons
about retailing their crops. They will also
take orders for foods in bulk quantities. All
the construction contractors were locally
sourced and the store staff is also hired
locally. Opening hours are 8 am to 6 pm
with a possibility for later summer hours.
NEWS
June 29, 2011 The Valley Voice
Perry Ridge Water Users provide hydrology, archaeology updates
by Art Joyce
Marilyn Burgoon of the Perry Ridge
Water Users Association (PRWUA) hosted
an evening of information and updates June
24 on the situation at Perry Ridge. The
program at the Threads Guild hall included
recent video helicopter footage of logging
activities, hydrological maps prepared by
Tony Salway, an update on the Sinixt court
case, and an archaeological update by Dr.
Nathan Goodale.
Sinixt spokesperson Marilyn James
opened the evening with a traditional
offering of tobacco and prayer. “This is
the last stand on the moral square, on the
environmental square, and on the cultural
square,” she said. “When you live here, this
place is the centre of the universe and all the
things here become your responsibility.”
James reported that the $12,000 loan that
was taken out for the Sinixt legal costs has
been used up and has been advised that
an appeal would likely cost $50,000. “We
wouldn’t be where we’re at without the
people in our community supporting us.
Let’s take it up a notch,” she concluded.
Marilyn Burgoon introduced
hydrologist Salway, who suggested the
helicopter footage of Perry Ridge be
shown. Burgoon remarked on the irony that
this was necessary because even though
Sunshine Logging is operating on public
land, anyone showing up at the cutblocks
risks being slapped with an injunction. It’s
hoped the footage will be useful in future
court proceedings.
Salway pointed out that the whole
lower bench is covered with sinkholes –
places where groundwater is rising to the
surface. He said his analysis of the report
prepared for the Ministry of Forests by
Summit Engineering was that it lacked
the critical component of groundwater
studies. Burgoon added that according
to hydrologist Alan Isaacson 75 percent
of the water that comes into the Slocan
River is groundwater, not surface water.
There are bedrock shelves along the ridge
less than one metre thick, added Salway,
which means they easily become saturated
and unstable.
He said a second concern is logging
debris that can accumulate in gullies and
potentially create washouts, although the
helicopter footage revealed only modest
debris so far from the logging. Nelly and
Jerome Creeks are prime areas for debris
initiation, transport and deposition zones;
Nelly empties right into the Elderbee
Greens residential area. The Jerome Creek
drainage was the one that nearly destroyed
the home of Austin Greengrass in 1997.
Already there has been a slide from private
logging on the lower part of the woodlot
near Nelly Creek.
Salway believes the mitigation work
being done above Van Tuyl has actually
increased the danger of slides. In his view
these diversion gullies are a greater risk
factor than the recent wildfires in the area.
There are risks of a debris flood, when
water backs up behind a debris dam in a
gully, as in the case of Oliver, BC. Burgoon
said Dr. June Ryder has warned that it
by Jan McMurray
Retallack Lodge has recently
issued a press release announcing
that it has teamed up with Riley
McIntosh, previous founder of Rilor
Wilderness and renowned trail builder
and mountain biker, to offer mountain
biking tours.
“Retallack has been hard at work
developing new trails, hiring and
training professional guides, and
preparing its operations for the initial
season debut in July that runs until
October,” states the press release.
Last year, Riley McIntosh applied
for tenure over Crown land to run a
mountain biking tour business (Rilor
Wilderness) out of the Kokanee Falls
development near Enterprise Creek.
Members of the public expressed
concerns with many of the areas he
was applying for, as well as with the
unauthorized trail work he had been
doing in the Enterprise Creek area.
In April this year, the government
decided to disallow many of the areas
McIntosh applied for, most notably
the Enterprise Creek area, but to
offer him the tenure to some of the
areas he applied for, subject to some
conditions. The trail system and
technical terrain features McIntosh
built in the Enterprise Creek area
without authorization, known as the
Tunnel Vision trail system, were to
be disassembled and the site returned
to a natural state. Also, he was to resubmit his Tenure Management Plan
for government approval before the
tenure offer could be finalized.
A spokesperson from the Ministry
of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource
Operations confirmed that he has
remediated the Enterprise Creek site
and has paid the two violation tickets
he was issued in relation to the
unauthorized trail work.
Chris McNamara of Retallack
Lodge explained in an email
interview: “Retallack has entered
into a business arrangement with Mr.
McIntosh whereby the assignment of
the tenure has been transferred from
Rilor Wilderness (owned by Riley
McIntosh) to Retallack. All future
marketing efforts, customer mountain
biking tours, and any potential tenure
efforts will therefore be conducted
under the auspices of Retallack.”
He confirmed that the trails in
Retallack’s program this year are
only the ones that were allowed in the
original tenure offer to McIntosh.
“We have not applied for any
additional trails at this time,” he
advised. “Any potential future tenure
modifications or expansion will be
subject to the government’s stringent
review and approval process.” This
process includes public input.
McNamara said that the Retallack
team takes their environmental, social,
economic, and safety responsibilities
very seriously. “We strive to continually
meet or exceed expectations in all of
these areas and intend to bring a
new level of professionalism to the
nascent backcountry mountain biking
industry,” he said, adding that their
Tenure Management Plan addresses
many key areas of concern.
Retallack is 100% owned by
expert skiers, snowboarders, and
mountain bikers – including legendary
freeskiers Seth Morrison and Tanner
Hall.
Retallack teams up with Riley McIntosh
to offer mountain biking tours
only takes one plugged culvert to cause
unacceptable risk to life, limb and property.
“We think it’s too high a risk. Who’s going
to monitor it?”
James said when she asked the
ministry, it’s Sunshine Logging who is
responsible for monitoring culverts and
keeping them clear. Salway explained that
it can take 10 or even 20 years for debris to
break down and release pent-up water. It
was felt that Sunshine Logging is unlikely
to be monitoring over such a long period.
Hamilton College Professor of
Anthropology Dr. Nathan Goodale next
provided an update on the archaeological
excavation currently being done at Sinixt
pithouses near Slocan Narrows. Goodale
currently has a team of staff and students
from Hamilton and Selkirk Colleges
working at the site, excavating 15 as of yet
unexplored pithouses. There are at least
another 23 pithouses already identified,
stretching some two kilometres on both
sides of the river.
The team is searching for charcoal
samples from fire pits for radiocarbon
dating; this has revealed that there were at
least two different occupations of the village
and the team is only about halfway done.
The village was formed around 3,000 years
ago with very large houses – probably some
of the biggest in the Pacific Northwest by
about 1,700 years. Village settlement dates
to 3,500 years ago in the Upper Columbia
River drainage and there is evidence of
artefacts dating back 9-10,000 years.
Goodale has been doing archaeological
work in this area since 2000 and has
witnessed serious erosion to the pithouses
due to the changing course of the river
over time as well as rising water levels as
a result of increased sediment load into the
Slocan River from Lemon Creek and other
tributaries. A dozen or more sites are being
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lost to water seepage and erosion, making
mitigation work important.
Goodale emphasized the site’s
importance as a cultural resource to
understand the prehistory of the Upper
Columbia due to being one of the few
remaining since the damming of the
Columbia River. He said public education
will be an ongoing and important part of the
project, with an event to be hosted by the
Slocan Valley Heritage Trail Society on July
24, 11 am-1 pm. The team will be wrapping
up this season’s work around July 29.
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OPINION
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Thanks to the
troops
As the combat mission in
Afghanistan transitions into other
military activities, the Royal Canadian
Legion would like to extend a heartfelt
thanks to those service men and women,
and their families, who have served with
distinction and sacrificed on behalf of
Canadians during these past several
years. Their contribution to the wellbeing and care of another country’s
populace is a tremendous reflection of
Canada’s efforts toward maintaining
global peace and we are proud of the
way you have represented us.
Words are not enough to convey how
grateful we are for their commitment and
dedication. As a national endeavour,
I am encouraging local branches to
hold appreciation events for veterans
of the Afghanistan mission this coming
August, in order to remember those
who have fallen, thank those who have
returned and to celebrate how proud
you and your families have made us to
be Canadian.
Patricia Varga
Dominion President
The Royal Canadian Legion
A tribute to
Henk Van Tuyl
Feb. 16, 1948 - June 11, 2011.
H - happy, helpful; E - energetic,
enthusiastic; N - nice neighbour; K knowledgeable & kind. V - visionary
vocalist; A - admirably artful; N noticeably nonchalant; T - tremendously
truthful; U - ultimately utilitarian; Y
- youthful outlook; L - loved by many.
Far memories recall tree planting
camps and the building of the Van Tuyl
Farm and family on the meadows at
Meadow Creek. More recently Henk
brought us organic hay, mulch, manure
and music. And everywhere and always
he offered an abundance of good cheer
wrapped in a ready smile issued from a
warm and caring heart. He will be dearly
missed, not only by his family, but his
many friends in the Kootenay Lake and
Slocan Valleys.
Rowena Eloise
Argenta
Hockey hurtin’
I was in Beijing just before the
massacre and mass arrests of Tiananmen
Square. The mood in the city was not
oppressive; it was on an ‘up beat’ and
it was exciting to be there. The violent
and brutal police crackdown on those
thousands of demonstrating students
demolished any chance for positive
change. There, people cannot gather at
all as we still can here. (Anything like
Shambhala, forget it!!)
In Vancouver, the police were
‘restrained.’ How can we not be glad
for that? For sure, some crazy angry
drunken folks incited bad stuff, but the
bottom line is: two wrongs don’t make
a right. Violence passed back to violence
always ‘ups’ the violence. Had there
been a greater abundance of lawkeepers
perhaps order might have been restored
with less damage done. But there weren’t
enough, and perhaps there needs to come
a day when people realize just how good
the mass of us is, and how incredibly
strong we can be when we stand together.
Bottom line is to prevent trouble before
it arises. Bottom line is never to allow
in our country the creation of a police
state like China.
Daphne Fields
Slocan
Yes vote to
extinguish HST
is a vote for
democracy
A year ago so many British
Columbians signed ‘Fight HST’ petitions
that the campaign succeeded and a
powerful message was sent to Victoria.
Although politicians designed the
referendum legislation to be nearly
impossible to use, people were angry and
grassroots democracy prevailed.
The gobsmacked government has
tried everything – delay, dumping
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The Valley Voice Gordon Campbell, saturation advertising,
and promises of tax reduction – to make
us forget why we signed those petitions
in the first place.
Certainly the HST is a tax grab that
adds 7% to services needed by people
who can least afford it. But the real voter
rebellion rose out of the political fraud
behind the HST. The Liberal government
knew it could force the HST on us if it
won the 2009 election, but it could win
only if it lied about its intentions. The
result was possibly the most blatant
corruption of democracy ever seen in
British Columbia.
The government didn’t want to listen
to the message voters sent them last
year, so now it’s up to us to use the HST
referendum to repeat it. Of course the
government wants us to believe we have
no choice, that it would be too expensive
to stop the HST now. But the principle at
stake is more important than money. A
‘Yes’ vote – to extinguish the HST – is a
vote to save our democracy.
Donald Scarlett
Kaslo
Shocked by
treatment of
parent at school
board meeting
I must express my extreme
disappointment with Chair Joy’s
treatment of Trish Dehnel at the June 21
public meeting of the Board of Education
of Kootenay Lake School District
#8. Chair Joy’s constant interruption
of Trish’s discourse was uncalled for
especially since there was no large public
presence to stall or otherwise lengthen
the board meeting. Trish was sharing
highlights from a letter she wrote, which
only lasted five minutes at most. It was
the constant interruption by not only
Chair Joy, but also Trustee HamblerPruden, which elongated the exchange.
Further, the suggestion Trish was
“embarrassing herself” only shows a true
lack of compassion or tolerance for one
of this district’s parent leaders. Trish has
worked tirelessly promoting the French
Immersion program, yet she was treated
so poorly.
I was shocked this board would
allow such treatment of the public. The
public board meetings are the only way
individual parents can approach the
Board and Chair Joy’s actions tonight
have severely hurt the credibility of the
Board of Education of Kootenay Lake
in the eyes of the public.
I expect the board will forward
a written apology to Trish Dehnel
The Valley Voice June 29, 2011
before the end of June, with a public
statement at the August 30 public board
meeting. As a long-time board meeting
attendee, I’ve never witnessed such
contempt for the public and hope I never
witness such treatment again.
Susan Wilson
Winlaw
Enron fraud
comes to BC
Hydro
So now it appears that the office
of the Premier of BC is concealing a
disturbing link between the fraudulent
Enron Corporation and her office.
After the collapses of Enron in the
US, the company changed its name to
Accenture and moved north to continue
business as usual. Executives of Enron
are executives of Accenture BC.
Plus, look to the offices of BC
Hydro to discover other executives
from the same scandal. Guess who’s
behind the ‘smart’ meters? The
concept is simple. The Liberal party
takes hundreds of millions from BC
Hydro every year, puts it into general
revenue, and accuses it of not being
able to show a profit. This will lead
to the privatization of BC Hydro
with a resulting increase to EVERY
household of up to 400 percent higher
hydro bills.
If you do nothing, this WILL
happen. The premier has been warned
of this, and her only action has been
to appoint Rich Coleman to pretend
to look into the matter. Isn’t that the
same Rich Coleman who did Gordon
Campbell’s bidding when the former
premier had a scam to cover up, or a
rumour to squash?
Want proof? Rent or borrow the
DVD titled Enron: The Smartest Men
in the Room. It clearly exposes the
entire scam being perpetrated against
YOU, the public. Write the Premier
and the Energy Minister with your
comments, or pay up to 400 percent
more for your hydro.
Jody Rogers
New Denver
Kaslo trails –
free exchange of
views important
Josana Starbuck’s letter of
June 15, regarding the recreational
development of Crown land, was
inspirational to me. Imagine heading
out to a path you’ve walked for
years to find signs, changes in usage
and trail blockages without anyone
ever asking you. Imagine finding
all this information for sale in a
booklet downtown without any public
process.
Those who were confused about
the appropriateness of the new projects
and trails, in seeking to understand
what was happening, found that they
had to be very careful about what they
said and to whom they talked or asked
questions. A mention that the trails
and the Buchanan recreation project
were going forward without adequate
consultation or planning had some
people jumping to the conclusion that
the comments were an attack on Janis
Lampimaki herself, or, interestingly,
on the principle of physical fitness.
It’s a sad day when people start
assuming that Janis (or anyone) needs
protection from opinions. This doesn’t
encourage a free exchange of views
about an issue as important to all of
us as land-use.
Holley Rubinsky
Kaslo
Open letter to
SD#8 board of
education
For the public record, please find
attached the letter I attempted to read
to you at the SD8 board meeting this
evening.
The letter summarizes the
following: a celebration of the 14
2011 LV French Immersion graduates;
a disappointment that the French
Advisory Committee has not yet
reviewed the French Immersion
registration process; suggestions on
how to accommodate the students on
the wait list for Grade 6 FI and prepare
for future years.
Chair, please be reminded that
SD8 Board Meeting Agenda item 5
states: “opportunity for comments
by the public.” I, as a community
member, stakeholder, parent and
taxpayer, have the occasion to speak
about an issue I am passionate about
concerning the education of my
children and the students of this
community. When I am told that I
am embarrassing myself by speaking
competently about an issue that
impacts my child, I feel that it is you
that does not understand. Further I
was interrupted twice and told to stop
speaking as I tried to quickly and
concisely express important issues
with elected officials. I was also asked
why I was speaking at the meeting.
Board meetings provide
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LETTERS
June 29, 2011 The Valley Voice
continued from page 4
an opportunity for public
comment. Another agenda item this
evening discussed the Family of
Schools Community Engagement
committee. It was described as a place
for “open and frank discussion of
community engagement to the broader
community and then the comments
will be shared with the board.
They will engage staff and parent
representatives.” So when parents
do come to speak at community
engagement committee meetings
and at board meetings to provide
public comment in an uncomfortable
environment, it would be appropriate
to be considerate.
Patricia Dehnel
Nelson
Revenue from
HST needed for
social programs
The elimination of the HST
mostly because we did not like how
Gordon Campbell virtually lied to
us in the election of 2009 by not
saying he planned to bring it, would
be stupid. We did not stop the GST
when PM Mulroney brought it in
after no warning during an election.
We got used to it. Dropping the GST
rate has made Harper beloved of
tax hating government distrusting
conservatives everywhere. It has hurt
federal revenues badly; we pay for
it in lost services. Premier Christy
learned from Harper.
Not one person of the absurd
mixed stew of anti-HST allies –
NDP, big unions, the Zalm, old
SoCreds, reactionaries – is agreed
on what tax will replace the lost
revenue. There will be a tax. If you
doubt it, you are truly foolish. The
anti-HST crowd is not in power, yet
is irresponsibly pretending that an
end to HST can be accomplished
with no consequence. That is simply
low ignorant politics. Death and
taxes are unavoidable, remember?
If you believe that the taxes will be
shifted to the wealthy in an equitable
manner, you’ve been ignoring the
last 30 years of history. The reaction
against graduated tax rates toward
flatter rates began in 1980. The
evidence is overwhelming: the rich
got richer in that time.
To be clear, I loathe the present
popular consciousness of the
electorate that is afraid of business
and the captains of industry. Since
the 1960s, the pro-corporate mind
has rolled our post-WW II consensus
backward. Once we expected
business to pay a share of taxes
commensurate with profit rates.
Now we will not tax their capital at
rates we did back when corporations
carried a heavy load for government
revenue needs. We are on our knees
before them, afraid they will take
their capital abroad.
Look at the poor debt-burdened
Irish and Greeks. They believed
that lowering their corporate tax
rates to lowest levels, while trying
to put a floor under the poor with
government-funded programs, was
sustainable. I’m not impressed with
BC Liberals’ revenue-spending
priorities. But without tax revenue,
they will do more harm to us. More
of the programs and services we
depend on will be cut.
The capitalists surely laughed
as they watched the debts of small
nations balloon, leading up to 2008.
When the bubbles burst, just in time
to put the whole financial crisis on
the back of the “socialist” president
Obama, banks fell like dominoes.
And who got the trillions that put
the system back on its legs? The
people at the bottom who had lost
jobs, houses and pensions and
5
savings? No. Governments saved
the system by pouring staggering
sums of borrowed money into the
socio-economic pyramid – at the
top, into the hands of the banks and
corporations, not into the hands of
the millions of ‘little people’ whose
consumer spending would have
righted the system as effectively. And
the Dow rose...
The pendulum is against us,
swinging to an extreme where private
capital has its day of lording it over
us, the public sector shrivels, and
organized labour retreats. When it
begins to swing back, then we’ll force
disgorgement of the wealth of the socalled geniuses of the market. Until
then, the present voter consciousness
is not prepared to challenge the idea
that we can’t tax profits at rates we
did 50 years ago. Consumption taxes,
flat taxes, user fees, and ever-fewer
income-tax brackets, will be the
norm, until we revolt against the
disappearance of government from
our lives. We’ll learn the hard way
that government is the only collective
institution we have that can address
the inequities that are absolutely
normal to our ‘free’ market system,
where individual egos and capital
struggle, each for the good of the self
and mindlessly unconcerned with the
common good.
End the HST? For sure. And tax
profits big-time. And start the Rev.
And save Earth. We’re all agreed.
Charles Jeanes
Nelson
Have You
Heard?
Polar Pete has
chosen New
Denver for his
Canadian Debut
...this July!
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COMMUNITY
Arrow Lakes Grape Growers creeping along
by Jan McMurray
Agriculture in general and
viticulture (grape growing for wine
making) in particular is getting a boost
in the Arrow Lakes area.
The Arrow Lakes Grape Growers
have raised money to do a climate
study, which will help all farmers and
gardeners with decisions about which
crops to grow, when to plant, etc. The
group has also started raising funds
to set up a test plot for viticulture, an
important step towards a viticulture
industry in the area.
“Our climate study will tell us what
our frost-free season is, our growing
days – whatever crops anyone decides
to grow, they’ll have this information
online,” said Jody Scott of the Grape
Growers.
The group has installed 20 data
loggers, which measure temperature
only, and have purchased 20 more.
They will also buy two weather
stations, which will measure wind
speed, precipitation, humidity, etc.
Scott says the group is looking
for sites to install the second batch of
20 data loggers they have purchased.
“We’re looking for acreages from
Nakusp
Village
Council
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three acres and up that have potential
for agriculture,” he said. The group has
a legal contract drawn up for private
landowners who agree to have a data
logger installed on their property.
Every three months, the data
loggers are checked and the data is
downloaded. Although the goal is to
have the data available to the public
online, this is not yet set up. Scott says
the group plans to apply for funding
from the Ministry of Agriculture to
help with building a website for the
information, and to help with the
data collection from the test plot for
viticulture.
Columbia Basin Trust is the biggest
funder of the climate study, with a
$14,000 contribution. Other funding for
both the climate study and the test plot
has come from the RDCK through Area
K Director Paul Peterson, BC Hydro
and the Nakusp and Area Community
Foundation.
Scott reports that the site for the test
plot for the grapes will be in Burton,
though the exact location has not yet
been determined. Hopefully next
spring, the test plot will be planted with
30-50 vines of several varieties. “We
want to be a bit different than everyone
else, so we have to go after different
varieties than what they have in the
Okanagan,” said Scott.
Scott says the group wants to grow
the grapes as organically as possible, so
they would like to try out alternatives
to pesticides and herbicides, such as
burning and hot water treatments,
on the test plot. They will also use
pesticides and herbicides on some rows
for comparison.
In researching which varieties
by Jan McMurray
BC Hydro representatives held
their annual operations update
meeting in Nakusp on June 15.
The Arrow Lakes reservoir water
level is expected to hold above 1435
feet all season this year, and will
likely fill this July to 1440-1444 feet.
The preferred level is 1435-1440 feet.
The snowpack is above normal
on the south coast and the southern
Columbia/Kootenay region, and near
normal elsewhere in the province.
With above normal conditions in
the Columbia Basin on both sides of
the border, 2011 is forecast to be the
fourth largest runoff year on record
in this region.
BC Hydro operates its reservoirs
according to the Columbia River
Treaty, but has also signed side
agreements with the US that are
mutually beneficial. The 2011 NonPower Uses Agreement protects
trout and whitefish in Canada during
spawning and improves Canadian
reservoir levels from January to
July. A new Non-Treaty Storage
Agreement is expected to be signed in
August this year. This new agreement
improves Canadian control over
Mica and Arrow Reservoir levels
and makes it easier to meet Columbia
Water Use Plan (WUP) objectives.
One of the WUP objectives is
recreation improvements. The Burton
ramp will be finished by the end of
June, but low water levels are needed
to construct the new Nakusp ramp.
Next spring, if levels are low enough,
The Valley Voice June 29, 2011
would grow best here, Scott has met
a few industry experts, among them
Paul Troop and Daniel Cosman from
Salt Spring Island. These two have
been helping the Arrow Lakes Grape
Growers since their inception, and
Troop has agreed to make the wine
from the test plot vineyards.
“Part and parcel of the test plot is
you have to have a wine maker, and
Paul Troop has offered to do it,” said
Scott. “The bottom line is that you have
to be able to make good wine from the
grapes grown here.”
As part of a climate study, the Arrow Lakes Grape Growing Society has installed 20 of these
data loggers in locations throughout the Arrow Lakes Valley, and will install 20 more by fall.
BC Hydro holds annual operations update meeting in Nakusp
the new ramp will go in. There are
plans for some underwater work
to remove the old wooden ramp,
probably this winter.
BC Hydro is spending $6
billion over the next three years to
upgrade and expand its infrastructure
province-wide. This investment
has to be recovered through rates,
so BC Hydro applied to the BC
Utilities Commission (BCUC) for
a 9.7 percent rate increase. BCUC
approved an 8 percent interim
increase.
BC Hydro is undergoing a review
by government to ensure that costs to
customers are minimized. After the
review is complete on June 30, BC
Hydro will submit a new application
for a rate increase.
COMMUNITY
June 29, 2011 The Valley Voice
New Denver, June 14: BC Hydro no-show at town hall meeting
by Michael Dorsey
• The town hall meeting prior to
the council meeting was not attended
by representatives of BC Hydro
as planned. Hydro cited ”financial
constraints” as the main reason for
their lack of presence. Meeting Chair
Ann Bunka noted that Hydro had
comments on “not being ready to
talk to the public” about the proposed
smart meter installations.
Several citizens expressed
concerns over Hydro’s “objectionable
actions,” including the smart meter
program and the “tree massacre.”
One resident stated that if Hydro
could afford smart meters, they could
afford to attend the meeting.
Asked what individuals can do,
Mayor Wright suggested getting
together to make a list of issues.
Administrator Gordon suggested
asking council to field the questions/
issues. Bunka noted a series of good
letters would help.
Mayor Wright reported that
Hydro has invited the mayors of
area municipalities to a TBA private
meeting to discuss smart meters. He
noted that this was Hydro’s way of
co-opting the concerns, and could
be perceived as a way for Hydro to
say they had communicated with the
public. Wright was asked if he would
represent concerns of council and the
public at this meeting, and he agreed.
In response to the query of when the
smart meters are scheduled to be
installed, he said sometime in 2012.
Other questions and issues
brought forward by the public
included: status of the tree planting
program (they have been planted);
can the old Esso building have a
mural painted on it (not under the
present heritage corridor rules); is the
Mori Trail open (yes - the trees have
been removed and the signs will be
down soon).
Council was thanked by the
public for organizing a “good
proactive meeting.” Bunka reminded
all that BC Hydro representatives
were scheduled to attend the June
submitted by Natasha Smith
In the afternoon of June 1, in the
Winlaw School gym, students from
each of the Slocan Valley elementary
schools were involved in a block
building project, forming the final
stage of a unique valley-wide artstarts
project.
The project involved students
of the three Slocan Valley schools
creating blocks – not just any blocks,
but creations that represent their
identity, their family ancestry and
what makes their community school
and where they live special.
Artist Natasha Smith, who came
up with the idea for the blocks,
spent time with students at Brent
Kennedy, Winlaw and WE Graham
schools as their artist-in-residence.
Teaming with teachers at each school,
Smith investigated aspects of social
studies curriculum through various art
techniques, facilitating the creation of
self-portraits, the designing of their
initials, age, painting of flags/symbols
and the creation of collages for each
side of a simple wooden block.
The three schools’ blocks are
differentiated through colour – yellow
for WE Graham, red for Winlaw,
blue for Brent Kennedy. These
colours relate to the current student
population, and each colour, like the
school, has its own strength. In total,
350 students expressed their thoughts
and feelings, not through writing or
worksheets, but through art – creative
work done in acrylic paint, ink, and
collage, on the six sides of wooden
blocks.
On June 1, students from each of
the three schools collaborated in the
last installation of all 350 blocks to
represent various Kootenay scenes.
The project celebrates identity,
diversity and the collaboration of the
youngest people in this community,
each block representing a precious
young creative mind that is living and
growing in the Slocan Valley. Each
student can now choose to keep their
block or donate it to their school for
future children to hold and wonder
about.
Two Mount Sentinel students,
Brianne Hartman and Sierra
Zimmerman, digitally documented
the project, combining documentary
photos and comments by the
students in each of the schools into
a commemorative book. Support for
the project was gratefully received
from the artstarts program, Slocan
Valley Arts Council, Slocan Valley
Co-op, the Parent Advisory Councils
of Brent Kennedy, Winlaw and WE
Graham schools, and Hall Printing.
For more information contact
Natasha Smith 250-226-6878.
Slocan Valley schools
participate in art blocks project
Students from WE Graham, Winlaw and Brent Kennedy Elementary Schools got together at the
Winlaw School gym on June 1 and created scenes with the blocks they made with local artist
Natasha Smith as part of an artstarts project.
28 council meeting to discuss
the January 7 power outage, and
noted that the six-month statute of
limitation on damage claims would
expire soon.
• The Heritage Advisory
Committee reported that quotes for
painting the Silvery Slocan Museum
had all come in higher than the
budgeted amount. Council referred
this to staff, who will look at having
Public Works staff do the painting.
Staff noted the museum was the
oldest wooden Bank of Montreal
building in Canada.
• Mayor Wright reported meeting
with Ministry of Transportation
reps and cyclists regarding highway
cycling safety. Wright commented
that the ministry was not doing
any new construction aside from
the Weisbrich Hill, just re-paving.
Ministry reps said that they would try
to use the Highway Service Repair
Program to extend aprons, and over
the next two years will look at metal
barriers and signage.
• Administrator Gordon reported
that the grant application for
replacing the Nikkei Centre fence
was unsuccessful. Council decided to
proceed with the project using money
from the Heritage Reserve Fund.
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• Council asked staff to arrange
a meeting with WSA Engineering
Ltd. to discuss the Well Replacement
Study, as some questions were raised
about drilling location and dikes.
• Council gave three readings to
the OCP Amendment and Zoning
Amendment Bylaws in relation to
the Becker property. The date for
the public hearing was set for July
12, 7 pm in council chambers, to be
followed by the regular meeting.
• Council authorized staff to sell
the 1993 International tanker truck,
and the 1984 GMC rescue unit, as
they are excess firefighting apparatus.
Staff will work with the fire chief to
set a price for the vehicles.
• Councillor Bunka was
appointed as New Denver’s alternate
director on the West Kootenay
7
Boundary Regional Hospital District
board. Councillor Greensword is
New Denver’s director.
• Council denied the application
from Katrine Campbell and Karen
Stephens for a Development Variance
Permit to relax the maximum square
footage of a home based business.
• Council approved accounts
payable for May 2011 in the amounts
of $92,714.86 General, and $1,224.80
Water, and received the 2010
Elected Officials Remuneration and
Expense figures, as per Section 168
of the Community Charter, which
were: Mayor Wright, $5,142.50;
(Councillors) Bunka, $2,975.00;
Campbell, $4,241.11; Greensword,
$3,014.84; Murphy, $2,780.00.
• The July 26 and August 23
council meetings were cancelled.
PROPOSED 2011-2021 WOODLOT
LICENCE PLAN FOR CROWN WOODLOT
494-SELKIRK FOREST DISTRICT
Notice is hereby given that the Kootenay Agroforestry Society
(KAS) will hold a public viewing of the proposed 2011-2021
Woodlot Licence Plan for Woodlot 494. The plan is now
available for review and comment for period of more than 30
days, commencing with the publication of this notice. This
plan covers the area South of the Village of Kaslo, along both
sides of the Back road and ends at Underbelly Farm. The
Western boundary is the Bjerkness Creek Road and the Eastern
boundary of the Woodlot is the settlement of Mirror Lake. As
per the Woodlot Licence Planning and Practices Regulation, the
Woodlot Licence Plan shows the location of areas in Woodlot
494 where timber harvesting will be avoided and areas where
timber harvesting will be modified. The plan also proposes a
wildlife tree retention strategy within the area of the woodlot.
The Woodlot Licence Plan is available for review and comment
at the office of Kootenay Agroforestry Society by Appointment
or through the Kaslo Library from July 1st 2011 to August
15th 2011.
Peter McAllister, tenure clerk for KAS, is available through
phone, internet or walkabout to discuss the proposed Woodlot
Licence Plan and receive written comments.
If any interested parties are unable to review the proposed plan
through the means listed above, arrangements can be made
to view the plan at a time mutually agreeable.
Please contact Peter McAllister at 250-353-2575 or email
peterunderbelly@hotmail.com
Or by writing KAS at Box 1386, Kaslo BC V0G 1M0. Concerns
and comments must be received by August 15th 2011 and can
be forwarded to the address listed above.
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COMMUNITY
The Valley Voice June 29, 2011
Slocan council, June 13: 110th anniversary celebration to be held September 4
by Jan McMurray
• The Village of Slocan 110th
Anniversary Celebration was
scheduled for September 4, and a
meeting was set for June 21 to discuss
the celebration. During public time,
Mable Bone pointed out that the
Women’s Institute and Legion have
only one meeting before September
4, making it difficult to coordinate
efforts.
• Staff was directed to hire a
Waterfront Ambassador again this
summer. The ambassador’s job is to
direct parking, keep dogs off the main
beach and generally assist waterfront
users. Administration is aware of
some improvements that could be
made in regards to the position, such
as hours of work and supervision.
The Village has decided not to
go ahead with hiring a Water Smart
Ambassador under the CBT program,
but will review this in spring 2012.
• Council received the final draft
of the ‘Wellness Centre Building
Energy Conservation Assessment’ as
prepared by Fairbank Architects. The
report contains recommendations on
how to reduce energy consumption
at the centre, improve building
functionality, and bring the building
more in line with the building code.
The plan is to use the $30,000 left
over from the grant for the Village
office renovation project on some
of the energy-saving upgrades to the
Wellness Centre that are outlined
in the report. The Fairbank report
will assist in getting approval from
government to transfer the use of the
grant money from the Village office
to the Wellness Centre.
• Council granted a request to
have Sunday Markets in front of the
Wellness Centre again this year, and
to have staff set up a band shell and
picnic tables by July 3. The request
came from Elaine Marasek, on behalf
of the ladies from the Presbyterian
Church and the Catholic Church. She
says other community people would
be welcome, and mentions that the
Curling Club will hold a market at
the curling club site.
• Council received a letter
of resignation from the Slocan
Community Library Committee
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from Joyce Johnson, who has been
on the committee for two years. She
has positive words for the library
and the many people dedicated to it,
but says: “It has become clear to me,
though, that despite my best efforts
there is still a hidden agenda and
the animosity that it creates is more
stress than I want to deal with when
volunteering my time.” She commits
to finishing the valuation project and
digitization project, which she can
do without sitting on the committee.
• Council received a copy of a
letter from Slocan Holdings Ltd.
to the Slocan First Responders.
Ray Caouette of Slocan Holdings
has donated $2,595 to the First
Responders for the purchase of a
defibrillator (piece of equipment
that can diagnose and treat heart
conditions) that is compatible with
the units used by ambulance crews.
This will eliminate the need for a
patient to be “unplugged” while
being transferred to the ambulance
system. The letter states that Caouette
is “very grateful for the professional
help he was given after the last
unfortunate incident where he was
attacked and badly beaten outside his
own front door.”
• The Village of Slocan Water
Smart Action Plan, prepared by
the CBT’s Water Smart Team,
was received. The plan includes
recommendations on how Slocan can
meet its target to reduce community
water consumption by 20 percent
over 2009 levels by 2015.
• The 2010 annual report and
audited financial statements were
accepted.
• Jack Richardson was appointed
chief election officer with David
Mills as deputy chief election officer.
• During public time, Joyce
Johnson reported that the Archive
Committee plans to meet July 29
to discuss formation of a Slocan
Historical Society.
by Jan McMurray
A debris torrent occurred on
Memphis Creek on June 14, plugging
a main culvert and an overflow
culvert under Highway 6.
Ministry spokesperson Jeff
Knight reported that the start zone for
the debris flow was identified in the
higher elevations of the watershed,
in the area of the 2007 Springer
Creek fire.
“YRB maintenance crews
responded quickly and have been
working hard at opening and
maintaining stream flows through
the two culverts under Highway 6
and the one culvert upstream under
the old highway,” Knight said.
Due to the steep and rocky
terrain, maintenance crews had
to build roads and work pads to
effectively reach the culvert inlets.
At one point during the work,
two excavators, one long-reach
excavator, two articulated six-wheel
drive rock trucks, and two tandem
trucks were being used to help clear
away about 30,000 cubic meters of
debris from the culvert inlets.
Knight said work is proceeding
to help restore the catchment area
upstream of the old highway, remove
debris around the site, return the
stream channel to its original location
and install preventative maintenance
structures to minimize work around
the culvert inlets.
Meanwhile, YRB crews continue
to work on cleaning out the catch
basin from the May 9 slide at Van
Tuyl Creek.
by Jan McMurray
Major upgrades to Slocan Park
Hall began May 9 and will be
ongoing until fall, when there will
be a Grand Opening to celebrate the
improvements.
Although the hall has been closed
because of the renovations for much
of June, it will be open for July and
August, reports Karen Markin of the
Slocan Park Hall Society.
Improvements include putting up
hardiplank siding, replacing the old
windows with energy efficient triplepane windows, installing blinds for
the windows, putting in an air source
heat pump, painting, and purchasing
a surround sound system, projector
and screen.
The energy efficient upgrades are
being funded with $54,807 from the
RDCK’s Community Works Fund
(gas tax dollars). Other improvements
are made possible through a $22,000
CBT Community Development grant.
Markin said one of the directors
on the board of the hall society
asked Area H Director Walter Popoff
about funding opportunities for the
hall upgrades, and he suggested
they apply for RDCK Community
Works funding, which is for green
infrastructure projects. Markin says
the application process was onerous,
but worth it in the end.
Director Popoff says he hopes this
project will spark interest in making
Area H halls more energy efficient,
and invites groups to contact him
about this.
submitted
School District #8 is receiving
$12,500 through the Growing Innovation
Program of the Ministry of Education
and UBC for a project titled ‘Digital
Storytelling Project: Community
Heritages.’
Grades 6/7 students from WE
Graham, Winlaw, Brent Kennedy and
Mt. Sentinel Schools will collaborate
to document local culture and family
heritage through interviewing senior
community members and doing online
research. The resulting videos will be
presented at community events and
posted online.
“This pilot project will allow the
school district to preserve the rich
history of the region while providing an
opportunity for students to explore the
benefits of personalized learning,” said
Minister of Education George Abbott.
UBC graduate students will offer
support and provide resources that may
help districts and schools assess the
effectiveness of their projects, allowing
schools throughout the province to learn
from one another.
Seventeen projects were approved
under this program, but WE Graham’s
intergenerational park/garden and
outdoor classroom proposal was not
one of them. “We continue to work with
Linda Farr-Darling from UBC on that
project and other initiatives and remain
excited about our future,” said WE
Graham Principal Brent Cross.
Memphis Creek slide plugs culverts
Ray Caouette of Slocan Holdings donates an AED Life Pac 1000 defibrillator to Slocan &
District First Responders, represented by John Gates.
Slocan Park Hall renovations to be complete by fall
Slocan Valley schools benefit from program
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COMMUNITY
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COMMUNITY
The Valley Voice June 29, 2011
Nakusp visual artist to show her work at Framed on Fifth Gallery in Calgary
submitted
Barbara Maye’s painting series
‘Llunio,’ which premiered at
Nakusp’s Studio Connexion Gallery
in 2010, is heading for Calgary. The
series will be featured at the new
gallery Framed on Fifth.
Maye has this opportunity to
NOTICE! NOTICE! NOTICE!
Swimming Lessons will be held at Bigelow Bay, New
Denver, BC starting July 25th and ending August 5th (9
sessions) sponsored by Slocan Lake Rec. Comm. #6. A
certified swimming instructor, Blaire Smith will be teaching
all levels. Registration will be held on July 6th, from 1:00
to 3:00 pm at Slocan Lake Arena Office behind Liquor
Store. Fee will be $30.00 each, $20.00 for 2nd child in
family. Registration is limited so register early. For further
information please contact Carol Pengelly at 358-2717.
show at the Calgary gallery in July
before bringing Llunio back in
August to the Hidden Gallery in New
Denver for exhibition.
The artist is working on a new
exciting project funded by a grant
from the Columbia Kootenay
Cultural Alliance. This time, she
is using local people as models
for the paintings. The new series
features both male and female
forms in different yoga positions
called ‘asanas.’ A totally different
palette has been chosen to illustrate
each painting. The asanas paintings
will be shown in September along
with a series of artist talks on body
image with students and community
members at Studio Connexion
Gallery in Nakusp.
Maye’s studio is also part of a
new group of artists’ studios and
galleries that are open on Saturday
afternoons in July and August. The
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A celebration of School District #10 staff was held on June 22. Ruth Fraser (20 years), Richard
James (retiree), Bill Jackins (25 years), and Alistair Skey (10 years) and all attended and
received their gifts from Pattie Adam, board chair. Other staff members recognized, but not in
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NAKUSP & THE ARROW LAKES
June 29, 2011 The Valley Voice
Nakusp council, June 14: Council hears of major residential zoning inequities
by Art Joyce
• Andy Moffatt of Arrow Lakes
Appraisals Ltd. appeared as a delegation
to discuss the fact that there are over 100
residential dwellings in the Village that
are in a ‘legal non-conforming’ status
due to current zoning regulations. He is
urging the Village to change its zoning
to make residential an allowable use in
zones C1 (core commercial), C2 (service
commercial), C4 (highway commercial),
LD1 (lakeshore development), and I
(institutional). He has support from
real estate agents, Barton Insurance and
financial managers at CIBC and KSCU.
Moffatt said because of the way risk
is currently being managed, financial
institutions are resisting new mortgages
for single family dwellings on properties
not zoned for such use. If 75 percent of
the value of a dwelling is destroyed by
fire, it is not allowed to be replaced in
these zones. This creates problems for
homeowners seeking fire insurance and
affects resale values.
“These houses are going to be
here for 50 more years,” said Moffatt.
“One home is 94 years old and is being
renovated to last another 50-plus years.
And yet for that entire time under the
wording of the current bylaw they’re
not a legal use for the site they were
created on.”
Moffatt emphasized that he is not
asking the Village to change its Official
Community Plan (OCP) but simply to
make these homes legally permitted uses
within these zones.
In a second presentation to council
he pointed out a similar problem with
R5 (resort-residential) zones. Although
properties in these zones are currently
assessed according to actual use, if
they are vacant or unused they are by
default assessed at the resort/commercial
taxation rate. This requirement has been
upheld by recent BC Supreme Court
decisions, said Moffatt. That means
paying a taxation rate 2.6 times higher
than residential for unused lands, leaving
property owners “trapped” according
to Moffatt. “They are unable to sell or
develop these properties in a local real
estate market that has been in decline for
two years. Investors who may be looking
at possible future development in the
Village see the extremely high taxes and
lose all interest.” Moffatt and supportive
realtors are requesting council remove
the reference to hotel, resort and retail
uses in R5 zoning, while leaving the
OCP and Development Permit Areas the
way they are.
Mayor Hamling said that in the
past, assessors “just ignored it.” Moffatt
explained that this has changed due to a
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2011 in the Hospital Cafeteria.
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recent court case in Nanaimo; assessors
are now legally required to classify
unused land in these zones as commercial
until owners start using it for something
else. In answer to Moffatt’s suggestion
that changing the zoning should be a
minor issue, the mayor reminded him
that any zoning changes require a staff
report and public hearings. Councillor
Mueller asked if the Village’s land use
plan can stay the same even if the zoning
is changed; CAO Linda Tynan said yes.
Council will instruct staff to prepare a
report.
• Public Works Manager Mike
Pedersen related information from the
Columbia Basin Water Smart seminar
he recently attended. All communities
in the Basin were represented,
although some are taking a wait-andsee approach on the success of water
smart programs. Others are already
beginning with educational campaigns
emphasizing water conservation. A
common area of interest for public works
departments is leak detection technology
to determine how much water is being
lost through aging infrastructure; others
are implementing more careful irrigation
management. Some municipalities are
sharing the cost of purchasing acoustic
leak detection equipment while others are
hiring specialists to provide that service.
Pedersen suggested leak detection is a
good place for the Village to start on
conservation before implementing public
use restrictions. Councillor Mueller
suggested including it in the Village’s
next two-year plan.
• Mayor Hamling reported that the
ferry advisory committee will be meeting
with MLA Katrine Conroy to discuss
the possibility of a fixed link. Dr. Avery
Granger from UBC met with hospital staff
and the mayor and is urging the Village to
either purchase a home outright or offer
to pay rent for a year to attract a doctor to
the community. The mayor said she was
unsure how the community would receive
such a notion. Hamling also floated the
idea of the Village using social media
such as Facebook to promote events
or address public concerns and correct
rumours. During question period Laurie
Page pointed out that this can take far
more staff time than may be practical.
• Council directed Arena Parks
submitted by Adriel B.Goodman
The little town of Burton hosted
the second annual Burton Beach Daze
event at the Burton Historical Park June
17-19. This jovial gathering, meant
for fundraising, turned into a full-on
celebration of the community.
On Friday the 17th, the beginning of
the horseshoe tournament marked the start
of the main entertainment of that Friday.
The reason people really got caught up in
this probably was a combination of the fact
that the contestants were so relaxed and
not really competitive, and the fact that
everybody was joking around and having a
good time. One of the big surprises shared
by all was the fact that so many people
came despite the threat of rain.
“They were coming, rain or shine.
They already had it all planned out,”
explains Wayne Cromwell. This was
proven when we later looked back and
counted that indeed, many people from
Nakusp and even a few from Hills had
turned out for this affair.
The relay race was composed of three
legs. The first stretch was five kilometres
of biking, followed by two kilometres of
running (with a new route this year) and
finished by another two kilometres of
canoeing. The crowed that turned out for
either watching or participating in the relay
was in an excited mood and fun was had
by all. There were games for the children
in the afternoon and a delicious catered
dinner with beer garden in the evening.
In the volleyball tournament there was
a grand total of four teams, with a few last
minute sign-ups. Many people came to
watch and cheer on family members and
friends. The teams competed for some
great prizes. There were also many draw
prizes given out throughout the weekend.
Next year promises to be even better,
with new events. “We learn every year,
you know,” Brian Harrop explains. “The
tug-a-war next year should be a hoot. I love
Burton Daze.”
Burton Beach Daze a community success
Manager Richard Cann to determine costs
and options for roof replacement/repair
at the arena entranceway. The roof has
leaked here for many years because the
tin roofing was not installed properly. All
repair options have been exhausted, and
there is considerable damage to ceiling
tiles and insulation. Further damage may
become evident once part of the roof has
been removed.
• Councillor Hughes announced
that a swim program has gotten off the
ground this summer by cooperating with
Slocan and New Denver. Someone will
be hired to teach two-week sessions in
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SLOCAN VALLEY
The Valley Voice June 29, 2011
Silverton council, June 21: Council to seek more information on microcell transmitter
by Art Joyce
• In response to a letter that went
out to Silverton residents asking for
their response to a proposed microcell
transmitter on Village property, Acting
Mayor Carol Bell noted that only five
letters had been received. Of these
three were in favour, two against. Bell
said the Village approached Telus
about the microcell in response to
businesses complaining of poor cell
phone coverage south of the Village
hall.
Art Joyce appeared as a delegation
to inform council of the recent World
Health Organization classification
of electromagnetic radiation (EMR)
as a Class 2B Possible Carcinogen.
This places the EMR emitted by
wireless devices in the same category
as lead and DDT, both of which are
banned in Canada. Joyce submitted
a letter warning the Village that by
installing the microcell transmitter
they will be knowingly exposing
both staff and residents to a possible
carcinogen and that this could have
future liability implications. Some
major international insurance and reinsurance corporations such as Lloyd’s
of London and Swiss Re have refused
to insure wireless telecommunications
corporations against worker liability
claims. Already cases have been
won by telecom workers suing due
to cancers or other health issues due
to on-the-job exposure. Leading
Canadian EMR expert Dr. Magda
Havas has said that the new WHO
classification means that Health
Canada must upgrade its current
inadequate public exposure standards.
Acting Mayor Bell said she lives
within the proposed transmitter’s range
and has no problem with it. Councillor
Main said she uses WiFi at home and
“we’re bombarded with this so saying
no to this isn’t going to make that much
difference,” but recommended asking
Telus for more detailed information
about the transmitter. Councillor
Barber proposed a motion to not
allow any cell phone transmitters to be
installed in Silverton but could not get
a seconder. Joyce pointed out that since
they are approaching a corporate entity
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to receive will necessarily be biased.
Bell asked him to provide balancing
information. Council voted to proceed
with the information request to Telus.
• Included in the agenda package
was information from BC Hydro
regarding the planned installation
of ‘smart’ meters. Councillor Main
pointed out that BC Hydro is saying
they won’t be implementing time-ofuse rates yet and wondered therefore
where the savings would come from.
“I’m very sceptical of anything from
BC Hydro,” she said. “Obviously it’s
going to go ahead regardless of what
anyone thinks.”
• Acting Mayor Bell reported
that the RDCK is re-negotiating
its 911 contract. She added that a
presentation was made to the rural
affairs committee by Dr. Hasselback of
Interior Health on the need to maintain
cooperation between local government
and central health authorities. Bell said
she reiterated the need for a regional
addiction treatment centre. In response
to questions from the audience she said
Mayor Everett’s leave of absence is
indefinite due to personal and health
reasons.
• Councillor Johnson reported on
his attendance at the regional hospital
board meeting but noted that there
wasn’t a quorum. Johnson queried the
IH representative about what it would
take to get a regional hospital built and
was told that the planning stage alone
would cost over $2 million and take up
to four years.
• Councillor Barber asked CAO
Rogers whether the report on the
geothermal study had been completed
yet and also if the structural assessment
for the Silverton Gallery was ready.
Rogers said neither has been received
yet by the office.
by Jan McMurray
Complete with red carpets,
lights, and even an appearance
by Elvis, the Mt. Sentinel gym
was transformed into ‘Hollywood
North’ on June 17 for the stars of the
evening – the Class of 2011.
Shellie Maloff and Ken Wiens
introduced the grads as they took
their seats on the stage. Shellie told
them to remember what it means
to be a Mt. Sentinel Wildcat, and
commented that this group brings
a positive and respectful attitude to
all they do. Ken acknowledged the
many people who helped organize
the grad, especially Dave Steele –
“the backbone.”
Trustee Barb Lindsay
commented that she was very proud
of the things she had heard about
the grads during their introductions.
“This makes me hopeful for the
future,” she said. “You have the
skills and talents to make the world
a better place.”
Andy Leathwood, former
principal, told the grads he had
missed them and wished them all the
best in the future.
Principal Glen Campbell, a.k.a.
Elvis, was very impressed when he
walked into the gym that morning
to find ‘Valleywood.’ He said he
was very proud to be part of this
place, with its creative, talented and
supportive nature. “I have confidence
in this school,” he said, indicating
that Mt. Sentinel can and will shift to
21st century learning, exemplified by
innovative programs such as Quest
for Community, Summit Outdoor
Leadership Academy, outstanding
theatre and Sequoia.
Guest speaker Ken Wiens’
message was about self-esteem.
There are two steps to take in
cultivating self-esteem, he said. First,
come to terms with the dragons in
your head. “We all have self-doubt,
self-loathing. We all spend lots of
time and money on our physical
health, but we don’t like to spend
time and money on our mental
health. And we’re all crazy,” he said.
Step two is to set goals and achieve
them, and not blame the world for
not getting it done. “Take your
accomplishments and put them in
your heart. Don’t brag about them
– everyone hates bragging. If you
screw up, take responsibility. Say
I’m sorry, I made a mistake. Life gets
easier and your self-esteem is intact.
Those are the things that matter.”
The Mt. Sentinel stage band
provided a musical interlude, with
four grads playing with the band for
the last time.
Valedictorians Minna Frederick
and Brian McIntyre gave their
address, mentioning each student
in the class.
Graduates received their
diplomas and awards and
scholarships, and left the stage in Mt.
Sentinel candle and rose ceremony
style.
Emily Barber: Dogwood
District/Authority Award, Columbia
Basin Trust Award, Nelson and
District Teacher Member Award.
Courtney Bojey: Selkirk
College Board of Governors (Sec.
Grad Award), Rotary Club of Nelson,
West Kootenay Toy Run Assoc.
Bursary.
Adam Butler: Robert Boyer
Mem. Bus. Admin. Entrance
Scholarship, Selkirk College Board
of Governors (Sec. Grad Award).
Sarah Corbett: Kootenay
Savings Credit Union Bursary,
Kootenay Lake Principals/VP
Award.
Katrina Dutoff: Kootenay
Slocan Lions Award, Mt. Sentinel
PAC Bursary.
Devin Flynn: Mt Sentinel PAC
Bursary.
Minna Frederick: Columbia
Basin Trust Award, Georgia Ethel
McKeown Award.
Kaylie Gillman: Selkirk
College Board of Governors (Sec.
Grad Award).
Amanda Jmayoff: Mt Sentinel
Administrators Award, Mt. Sentinel
Student Council Award.
Ryan Knott: David Thompson
Univ. Foundation Fine Arts Award.
Jessica Laramee: Selkirk
College Board of Governors (Sec.
Grad Award).
Zach Lecerf: Dogwood District/
Authority Award, Selkirk College
Board of Governors (Sec. Grad
Award), Rotary Club of Nelson.
Namaste Leister: Georgia Ethel
McKeown Award, Selkirk College
Board of Governors (Sec. Grad
Award).
Ian MacDonald: Selkirk
College Board of Governors (Sec.
Grad Award).
J e s s y M a g o w a n : N D TA
Scholarship, Columbia Power
Corporation.
Dakota Marsh: FortisBC.
Felicia Mayrhofer: Masonic
Lodge Award, Mountain Valley
Station Award, Nelson and District
Credit Union.
Brian McIntyre: Mt. Sentinel
PAC Bursary.
Bradly Niminiken: Coca Cola
Bottlers Association, Mt. Sentinel
Student Council Award.
Skylar Parent: Aboriginal
Heritage Scholarship.
Stephanie Parker-Davis: Mt.
Sentinel Yearbook Bursary.
Jessica Paulson: Mt. Sentinel
PAC Bursary.
Reid Popoff: Royal Canadian
Legion, Katrine Conroy MLA Trades
Bursary.
Miranda Poznikoff: Phil
Malekow Peace Award, Rotary
Club of Nelson.
Eli Slade: Selkirk College Board
of Governors (Sec. Grad Award), Mt.
Sentinel Summit Academy Bursary.
Laura Soukeroff: Slocan Valley
Women’s Institute, Ernie Gare
Scholarship, KAST Award, Mt
Sentinel Student Council Award.
Chelsie Van Bynen: RHC
Insurance Brokers Scholarship, Mt.
Sentinel Yearbook Bursary, Heritage
Credit Union Award.
Jan Vreys: Masonic Lodge
Award.
Kia Weir: WE Graham PAC
Bursary.
Tess Wiens: Dogwood District/
Authority Award.
Mt. Sentinel graduates in the limelight on June 17
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Mt. Sentinel Valedictorian speech
by Minna Frederick and Brian McIntyre
Minna: Hey Brian
Brian: Hey Minna
Minna: So here we are, the valedictorian
speech - that special time where the two most
charming, popular and attractive people in the
whole class get to represent the grads. I don’t
really know why you chose us. I’m bitter and
negative and Brian is not that attractive.
Brian: It seems like only yesterday we first
set foot in the school in 2005. Having grass fights
in the field, playing Red Rover and looking up
to everyone else.
Brian: Except for Reid Popoff who looked
down.
Minna: We have many fond memories from
earlier grades. I still remember when we went
to the mall and bought as much candy as our
stomachs could handle, and Ian MacDonald ate
12 ice cream sandwiches to himself.
Brian: Two weeks later he was diagnosed
with diabetes.
Minna: In Oly’s grade 9 math class we all
sat down frightened and scared. Conner Curry
especially found the class to be rather “hard.”
Brian: My fondest memory of Troy Petrick
was in grade 7 when he had his year-end party
once school was out. We had the coolest idea
to roll up a page of Mrs. Sookro’s homework
and attempt to smoke it. Lots of coughing and
hacking in pain occurred shortly after.
Minna: I also can’t wait to see our grad class
in the future. Emily Barber will have designed
500 new, different and exciting outfits, all of
them black.
Brian: Stephanie Parker will still be
working at Blue Lake camp, while Kiyomi
Williams will become the world’s greatest
international nanny.
Minna: And Felicia Mayrhofer will have
become the world’s most intimidating German
lawyer, frightening the jurors with her impressive
death glare. Felicia will also take the infamous
silly bed wherever she goes.
Brian: Kyle Dodds will ride his snowmobile
off into the distance, going wherever the snow
takes him and Darcy Saprikin (a.k.a. the Darce)
will become the master of “Command and
Conquer.”
Minna: I have also heard that Amanda
McClure and Leonard Lorenzi will be wandering
the hallways of Selkirk College next year, and
you will probably see Dani Biggs cruising
around in her new VW convertible.
Brian: Chelsie Bell is a very optimistic
person. We found this out when we heard she
was moving to Trail and was actually looking
forward to it.
Minna: We have been in some interesting
classes during our time here. I first got to know
Clay Gale in Lit 12, a class full of powdered
wigs and haaannnbaaaaggs. He might seem
like a serious guy, but I have seen Clay Gale
skipping across fields like a dainty little elf. He
also enjoys Bunburying.
Brian: Then there is Mr.Wiens’ psychology
class. You can probably imagine what it’s like
being in his class every day. Devin found this
class very difficult at times. Anytime he tried
to speak his mind, his hopes and dreams would
be shattered.
Minna: I have been in a lot of nerdy classes
this year. And for those of you who don’t
know the nerdy classes are where the party is.
There aren’t that many people who can turn
trigonometry into a sexual innuendo, but Math
kids do it every day. Tim and Steven would eat
their massive meaty lunches and all of us would
rock out to the math party playlist and laugh
inappropriately.
Chem and Physics with Mr.Tchir always
has the most interesting word problems. We
rescue Batman and Tarzan from danger and
sometimes we are terrorists dropping bombs
on moving trains. Jessica Laramee is usually
pretty quiet in these classes unless there is a lab.
“Is there a LAB today Mr.Tchir? Oh boy a lab!!
Really? There’s a lab?”
Brian: A lot of us have changed over the
years, Dakota Marsh especially. One day he is
wearing sweater vests and collared shirts, the
next he is missing a tooth wearing a trucker
hat and plaid.
Minna: Another person we have noticed
change is Evan longhair/short hair/metal head/
floorface Buday.
Brian: Then there is Daniel. Daniel has
evolved into quite the gentleman. He is the type
of individual who opens doors for ladies, will
put his jacket in a puddle for you, or give you
flowers when you feel depressed. And best of all
ladies this stud’s single!
Brian: We also have many very talented
classmates. We have a lot of exceptional drama
kids in our class, but none of them have reached
the level of Tess Wiens. She has memorized
almost every single musical, written a play
that was performed by professional actors and
basically became the “mom figure” during
Beauty and the Beast. This is pretty impressive
considering her father is Mr. Wiens.
Minna: We also have a whole bunch of
great artists in our class. Ryan, Montana, and
Casey are well known in the class for their art.
Minna: We were very privileged to have
two different academies running this year.
In Quest we were given the opportunity to
volunteer in our community and to discover how
others live around the world.
Brian: When we were in class however
most of us just sat around playing Mario party.
Minna: In Quest we learned to love and
understand each other.
Brian: But the one thing none of us will
understand is why Zac Lecerf thinks it’s practical
to tan in Mexico with a toque on.
Minna: Or why Sebastian thought it was
necessary to do hundreds of push-ups even
after doing four hours of work in the mountains.
Brian: Julia came into our class knowing
no one, but she is leaving this school with
great friends
Minna: And even though Amanda hasn’t
had the easiest year, she always has a big smile
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on her face and time for everyone.
Brian: It was always very difficult to have
a conversation with Courtney Bojey because it
usually went something like this:
Brian: Courtney, do you have a pencil I
can borrow?
Minna: Yeah, it’s in my bum.
Brian: Do you know where the library is?
Minna: It’s in my bum!
Brian: Do you have the time?
Minna: It’s in my bum!
Brian: Have you seen Ian anywhere?
Minna: (wait for silence) …well you get
the point.
Brian: If we had to describe Katrina in
three words it would be cucumbers, borscht
and awkward.
Minna: It was always easy to tell if Katrina
was uncomfortable because she would be
tapping her chin in a rapid motion while doing
an awkward dance.
Brian: The other academy at Mount
Sentinel was Summit. Summit worked with
chainsaws and chopping firewood. Summit was
very responsible; they would never forget to have
a safety meeting before they started. Jan would
get in trouble for not partaking in the meetings,
thinking it was more worthwhile to go to the
beach instead.
Minna: Also in Summit they got to do many
other exciting things – rock climbing, skiing,
hiking, canoeing. Skylar seemed to know the
most about it all because he is best friends with
so many professionals.
Brian: Heidi, Kaylie and Jessica Ihlen are
the girls of Summit. The only girls of Summit.
This might seem like a challenge for them, but
we have heard that through the trips these girls
have become even manlier than some of the
boys in the class.
Minna: There is also Frenchman Jade
Theriault. Jade seems like a pretty contained guy
but be careful about standing too close to him
once he starts talking. He flails his arms around
like a madman.
Brian: Adam Posein makes more “that’s
what she said” jokes than Namaste. And I hear
Eli makes a lot of jokes too, except for his jokes
go over most people’s heads.
Minna: I have known Eric Peirson since we
were wee little ones. He was a hunky beast then
and he is a hunky beast now. I have no doubt that
Eric Peirson chopped his firewood with a fury.
Brian: Adam Butler on the other hand isn’t
quite as much of a hunky beast as Eric Peirson.
He can chop firewood and use a chainsaw just
fine, but it seems that he will never in his life
grow facial hair.
Minna: Our last Summit kid is Alex
Altman. Alex is a quiet kid, a very intelligent
kid with glasses. And black hair. He likes
mountain biking.
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Brian: Good for you Alex.
Brian: We also have Natasha Sandulak. Nat
really enjoys gardening and she really, really
enjoys garden gnomes. Maybe this is because
she is about the same height as them.
Minna: Sam McLean might have been
away from the school for awhile, but she always
lets everyone know when she is in the building.
Brian: Some other people we don’t see
much of these days are Miranda Poznikoff,
Staci Nachbour, and Sarah Corbett, because
they are almost always spending time with their
boyfriends. And even though Jessy Magowan
is in the room her mind is elsewhere while she
continues to text her boyfriend.
Minna: We also have our Canucks fan
Bryer Murphy. Bryer has been egging the
Nucks on since day one, even when it was 12
past Luongo.
Brian: We’d also like to acknowledge
our three Wildcats. And of course our Wildcat
Roberto Skinner, who in case you didn’t know
has a Wildcat tattoo on his arm. Now that is
school spirit. Our Wildcat girls are Chelsie,
Laura, and Jessica Paulson. They have remained
dedicated volleyball players since grade seven.
Minna: We would also like to acknowledge
their dedication to Justin Bieber. They arrived
at the theatre hours before it opened with lawn
chairs and blankets in the winter time just to
watch the Never Say Never movie.
Brian: In 3D!!!!
Brian: When we asked about Kia Weir a
recurring theme was running with pizza. We
don’t know exactly what that means. I guess
Kia Weir likes pizza.
Minna: Kyle Waskul likes wearing a red hat
and for some reason he has a golf cart in the back
of his truck. I don’t really know why.
Brian: Mark and Bradley really like cars.
Minna: and Pele skateboards and
snowboards and spends a lot of time in Hawaii.
Brian: I don’t think I have ever seen Sam
Burton and Alexie apart since they got together.
Again.
Minna: And I don’t think I will ever forget
hearing Nam’s many laughs ringing through
the hallways.
Brian: Or how fast Haley Soukochoff talks
when she is really mad at something or someone.
Minna: And finally, we are lucky enough
to have Cody Archambeault graduating with us
this year. He is a good friend to many of us and
has been through a lot these past few years. We
are glad to have him with us.
Brian: One last thing. We would like to
warn our fellow graduates about the grad march
tomorrow. If your shoes do not match the rest of
your outfit, then Kaira Weatherall will find you.
And she will hurt you.
Minna: And now for my metaphorical
band-aid, pasted hastily onto the mess that is this
speech. I know that there is much, much more
to all of these people here tonight than what we
have been able to mention in this short amount of
time. Everyone here has had their own struggles
and successes during their high school careers,
and now all of us are moving on and beginning
something new. It is likely that most of us will
grow apart, but one thing that we will always
share is our roots here. Many of us have lived
in this little valley our entire lives, and even for
those of us who haven’t it will definitely leave
its mark on us. The best thing about growing up
here and going to Mount Sentinel has been the
people. We are the last remnants of the flower
children. We are Doukhobors. We are rednecks.
We are valley people. We are mountain people.
And we are all pretty nice people. I have found
our class to be very accepting and kind. We are
all friends with each other; there aren’t exclusive
groups or bullies. For the most part, we get along
pretty well.
Brian: Of course, I have to be honest. There
are some things we won’t miss so much. Joe’s
hot dogs always seem to end up burnt, the pasta
is flat and flavourless, the water fountains taste
like blood, and there is nothing to do all lunch
hour except for loser laps around the school.
Minna: But I will miss all of my great
classmates and all of our great teachers and all
of our great neighbours. I will miss the people.
What about you Brian? Are you going to miss
anything?
Brian: Nope. Congratulations Grad Class
of 2011!
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June 29, 2011 The Valley Voice
Back row: Matthew Guttensohn, Eli Stocker, Kris Anderson, Hunter Stanway, Dillon Remple, Mike McNabb, Jacob Rempel, Donavin Funk, Valentin Conrad, Elliot Humphries, Eyn Khalsa Lang, Lukas Smith.
Front Row: Kayti Mihalynuk, Katie Berry, Leah Aasen, Hanna Thomas-Hofmann, Bronwyn Chomitz, Ashley Hill, Kristina Addison, Chantara Blair, Lindsay McKinnon.
Kaslo’s graduation ceremony honours 22 students in Class of 2011
by Jan McMurray
Kaslo’s JV Humphries School
graduation ceremony took place on
June 24.
Ian Einer and Meleana Terlingen
introduced each graduate as they
walked up the centre aisle to the stage.
Trustee Dawn Lang welcomed
everyone to “this exciting evening for
these 22 graduates.”
Superintendent Jeff Jones, new to
the Kootenays, said these grads were
privileged to be in Kaslo. “I hope
you come back and contribute to the
community and make it even better
than it is now,” he said. He reflected
on the changes in the world since
these students entered kindergarten
– the largest free border in the world
has become closed; the death of
Princess Diana; the economy has
gone up and down several times.
“As you go into this world – a global
world, far bigger than we have ever
experienced – you are crossing a
threshold where we have never been
before,” he said. Completing high
school shows that these grads have
developed endurance, can make
decisions for themselves, and can
survive times of challenge. “On behalf
of School District 8, I congratulate
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Kayti Mihalynuk introduced
guest speaker Rod Dunnett, the
class’s grade 7 teacher. Kayti said the
“epic trip” to Vancouver and Victoria
with Mr. Dunnett was a bonding
experience for the class.
Dunnett did some reminiscing
about the trip in his address, and
told the students to remember, when
they are parents, that “road trips are
the best.” He likened life to an everflowing river. Although tributaries
will appear and rapids will appear, we
can usually re-trace our steps, and we
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we can’t stop the river. “May you have
a pleasant ride,” he said.
Bronwyn Chomitz thanked Mr.
Dunnett after the class gave him a
standing ovation. Hanna ThomasHofmann thanked the teachers “who
keep on teaching after school.” Lukas
Smith thanked the community for
the support while they were trying to
grow up, for the financial support at
fundraisers, for offering employment
opportunities to students, and for
volunteering to make events such as
the Jazz Fest and Suffer Fest happen.
Principal Dan Miles introduced
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The school was named after his
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the school for 35 years. Elliot is the
last of his grandchildren to graduate
from JVH.
This year, the class decided
to present a monetary gift to the
programs in the school in place of
the candle lighting ceremony. Lukas
Smith and Hunter Stanway presented
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Berry for Art; Bronwyn Chomitz for
Math and Science; Kayti Mihalynuk
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The Valley Voice June 29, 2011
J. V. Humphries Secondary School Valedictorian Address
by Elliot Humphries
Good evening, everybody. My name
is Elliot Humphries, and I am privileged
to be representing the class of 2011. My
class in this school makes me think of
something like this… (shows picture
of Alcatraz) well maybe not that bad…
(shows picture of school).
I have discovered that the years
in this school are somewhat like the
years spent in a correctional facility.
You know what I mean? We start off
thinking “oh, this won’t be so bad, it’s
only 13 years”… then we get to about
grade 8 and say to ourselves, “when will
it end? This has been going on forever
and still going strong. Then we get to
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our senior year and it wasn’t so bad
after all. We have learned many things
and have grown up with amazing prison
guards and wardens. I mean teachers and
principals.
And now how about some story
time…
Back in the elementary days we
did too many fun things to list. I would
be here all day talking about the neverending amounts of plasticine and all the
paintings we did. Here we all are (shows
picture of class in kindergarten). But we
really haven’t changed much (shows
current picture of class).
Let’s skip ahead a few years oh,
how about grade 7, the Vancouver field
trip. We were just some kids trying to
make the most of our time and we were
hanging out by Lake Cowichan. All of us
were thinking really deep and important
thoughts about what girl we thought was
the cutest and then one of us spotted
some reeds. Wham! An idea struck me.
Theoretically we could smoke those
reeds – it would be pretty mature of us to
smoke some random things we found on
the beach. So we did and sure enough we
got caught. Some stealthy classmate had
spotted us from behind a bush.
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new beginnings,
Class of
2011!
I don’t blame her. And now let’s walk our way through
some of the grades. A memory that
should still be pretty fresh in the minds
of last year’s physics class is the Mr.
Larcomb story. Well... Mr. Larcomb
was standing on a desk in the physics
room demonstrating to us how when two
marbles of different weights are dropped,
they will hit the ground at the same time.
As he was getting off the desk he slipped
and fell. He hit the ground and got back
up as fast as he went down. Mr. Larcomb
was a great sport and enjoyed it just as
much as we did.
Other memories that will be in our
minds are the endless… well maybe not
endless, but plentiful sports trips, drama
adventures and random field trips that
made our days at JVH that much more
exciting.
Grade 7 was taught by Mr. Dunnett.
This year summed up: a super cool guy
that was weirdly good at soccer for his
age, teaching a group of smelly kids who
didn’t really understand the concept of
cooperating with the opposite sex. Don’t
get me wrong we had a lot of fun, it was
just a little chaotic. Grade 8 was a shock because in
grade 7 we thought we ruled the world
and just tried to ignore the fact that there
were five more grades above us that had
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more power. Then when we did get into
high school all of us realized that we
were quite insignificant. Most of us had
to accept the fact that we were right back
at the bottom of the food chain.
Grade 9, 10 and 11 were somewhat
of a blur, these years were spent writing
provincial exams, giving the teachers a
hard time and ultimately realizing were
we all fit in the school and the world.
Then grade 12 came along and hit
us like a bag of bricks, what happened to
all of those years! Who knows but now
we get the chance to go and experience
the great big world for ourselves. We
will look back on these years and
realize that this school and community
have prepared us for anything that
we want to do with our future, except
for professional lawn bowling... sorry
Dillon.
I realize now after all these years
of school that it really isn’t like a
correctional facility and it is an amazing
school were we have been taught by a
great group of teachers and staff. Not to
mention the community we grew up in,
it might not be the biggest place in the
world but at the end of the day it really
does offer a lot to us, and I believe has
shaped us as people. I would like to thank the class for
giving me the privilege of representing
all of you. You have been a great and fun
group of classmates. Even though we are
different types of people, we have shared
great memories that will stay with us
until about the end of summer. Or maybe
longer. There is a good reason they
call these ceremonies ‘commencement
exercises.’ Graduation is not the end; it’s
the beginning.
Elliot Humphries delivered the valedictory speech at the school named after his grandfather.
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J.V. Humphries Graduation – Awards and scholarships
Kristina Addison: Dogwood
District Authority, Victorian Hospital
of Kaslo Auxiliary Society Bursary,
Ernie Gare Scholarship, Kootenay
Lake Principals and Vice Principals
Association, JVH Parents Advisory
Council, Alan Hoshizaki Memorial,
Kaslo Golf Club Scholarship.
Katie Berry: North Kootenay
Lake Arts and Heritage Scholarship.
Bronwyn Chomitz: Howard
Green Memorial Scholarship, Royal
Canadian Legion Branch 74 Ladies
Auxilary Bursary, JV Humphries
Scholarship, Royal Canadian Legion
Branch 74 Bursary, Kootenay Lake
Teacher’s Association Scholarship,
Georgia Ethel McKeown Bursary.
by Jan McMurray
“When you move away from a
place, the thing you miss most, next to
your family and friends, is the bread.”
This was Aaron Mathers’ response
to the question: “What made you decide
to open a pizzeria in Kaslo?” He and his
wife, Cathy, renovated the building at
417 Front Street and opened Buddy’s
Front Street Pizzeria on the May long
weekend.
“I’m a pizza maniac, like most
people from my town,” says Aaron. “So
much so, that, when we decided that we
wanted to raise our son in Kaslo, we had
to open a pizza place. It’s easy if you
have the passion for it. I’ve never been
more fired up in my entire life, and our
product is just getting better and better.”
Cathy laughs about the trials and
tribulations the couple experienced in
the start-up of the new business. “It
was ridiculously hard at the beginning,
and there were moments when we
had to ask ourselves just what had we
got ourselves into, but we worked out
the kinks and all the little details are
getting figured out as we go. Kaslovians
are understanding people and have
forgiven us the few hiccups at the
beginning.”
“Hiccups” like the ovens not
firing up on opening day after having
operated beautifully for three weeks
of recipe testing. “We had to make
an emergency call to a technician in
Nelson to come out and fix it, and
then the oven died again that evening,
mid-service, with 30 orders yet to fill.
I thought I was going nuts, or that I
had entered a time warp, wondering
what was taking these pizzas so long
to brown up. And then I finally looked
in the flame chamber, saw the fire out
and thought ‘uh oh, plan B – fire up
the convection oven!’ So that night the
pizzas weren’t, let’s say, fabulous, but
it’s all been sorted out.”
Their two Bakers Pride stone ovens
are now fully functioning and can cook
up to 16 pizzas at once.
“Our menu is intentionally
simple: mouth-watering pizzas, fresh
housemade pastas, seasonal local
salads. Simple ingredients, lovingly
prepared,” says Aaron.
There are several ‘classic’ pizzas
on the menu, and there are daily
chef’s specials to accommodate all
the local, organic food that farmers are
delivering. “We are getting more and
more inspired with each new supplier
we meet, and with each new customer
we can dazzle,” says Aaron.
Before moving to Kaslo, Aaron
was working as a cook in Jasper and
Cathy ran a bottled water company in
Alberta for 12 years. This is their first
restaurant venture. “We’re celebrating
our first month in business by putting in
another 14-hour shift,” says Aaron with
a great big grin. “We’re just so happy
to see that there is a good response to
what we’re doing, that the local people
feel that they’re getting good food at
a reasonable price, and that our son
might have the opportunity to grow
up in an artistic, creative, and musical
community. Living in Kaslo is like
living inside of a postcard.”
New pizzeria opens on Kaslo’s Front Street
Va l e n t i n C o n r a d : K a s l o
Community Forest Scholarship,
Ernie Gare Athletic Scholarship,
Dinosaur Hockey Club Scholarship,
Kootenay Association for Science
and Technology, Kaslo Afterburners
Hockey Club Scholarship.
Matthew Guttensohn:
Aboriginal Education Scholarship,
CUPE Kootenay District Council
Bursary, CUPE Local 748 Bursary,
Larry MacNicol Memorial, Kaslo
Afterburners Hockey Club Scholarship.
Elliot Humphries: Village of
Kaslo Scholarship, Nelson Rotary Club
Scholarship, Kootenay Lake Teacher’s
Association Scholarship, Aya Higashi/
John McNabb Scholarship, Barry Butler
Memorial Scholarship, Yellowhead
Road and Bridge Scholarship, Ernie
Gare Athletic Scholarship.
Lexa Owen: Kootenay Savings
Credit Union Scholarship, Hewat
Baker Mattes Scholarship.
Lukas Smith: St. Mark’s
Anglican Church Scholarship, Jack
McDowell Memorial Scholarship,
Royal Canadian Legion Branch 74
Bursary, Kootenay Lake Teacher’s
Association Scholarship, Kaslo Golf
Club Scholarship, Dogwood District
Authority.
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Hunter Stanway: Dallas Benwell
Memorial Scholarship, Shelagh
Leathwood/Kathy Wynnychuck
Scholarship, Kaslo Jazz etc. Society
Scholarship, Kootenay Lake Teacher’s
Association Scholarship.
Hanna Thomas-Hofmann:
Howard Green Memorial Scholarship,
Kootenay Lake Teacher’s Association
Scholarship, Columbia Power
Corporation Bursary, Georgia Ethel
McKeown Bursary, Geoffrey and
Stuart Sinclair Memorial Scholarship,
Farmer’s Institute Scholarship, Edie
Allen Bursary, Columbia Basin Trust
Youth Community Service Award.
Village of New Denver
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COMMUNITY
Ice climber shares her inspiring story with audiences across the Kootenays
by Art Joyce
There is no success so hardwon and well-deserved as that
earned through facing down
tremendous personal adversity.
Margo Talbot has been touring
the West Kootenay to relate a
compelling story of overcoming
her inner demons to become a
world-renowned ice climber.
Talbot recently read from her
memoir All That Glitters: A
Climber’s Journey Through
Addiction and Recovery,
published by Sono Nis Press, at
Otter Books in Nelson, Jennie’s
Book Garden in Winlaw and
Rossland at Café Books. In her memoir Talbot
recounts how she overcame
a childhood of neglect that
led to decades of depression,
addiction, breakdowns and
arrest for trafficking drugs. A
decision made in a jail cell set
off a compelling journey of
self-discovery.
In her memoir Talbot
recalls finally hitting bottom
and calling the suicide hotline.
“You never think you will be
the one to call in – that you will
be so desperate, and so lacking
in alternatives... that you will
actually pick up the phone one
day and call it. However, in
the spring of my thirty-sixth
year, that is exactly what I did.
I did not do it with a moment
of hesitation but, rather, with
a sense of urgency. My mental
state was becoming more and
more fragile by the month, and
without drugs to numb the pain
I was at a complete loss as to
how to cope.”
Fortunately she had recently
been introduced to the sport
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of ice climbing in the Banff/
Jasper region and with it her
first glimmer of hope. “I was
mesmerized by the whole affair;
the gear, the ice, and the cold
air that made me feel alive. I
felt at peace standing at the
base of that ice strip, on the
side of a mountain, surrounded
by the beauty of nature. …I
found climbing so engaging that
everything else slipped away,
including the weight of the
world that often felt heavy on my
shoulders. I recognized in these
first two climbs an outlet for my
anger. … I realized that this was
the perfect outlet for the intensity
that I constantly lived with but
had no idea what to do with.”
Talbot now leads expeditions
in some of the world’s most
remote locations. She spent 23
years skiing and climbing in
the Canadian Rockies before
deciding to travel to the coldest
reaches of the planet. Her goal is
to experience the wildest places
on Earth before she dies.
All That Glitters is available
in local bookstores. For more
information visit www.sononis.
com.
submitted by Eric Clough
The Slocan Valley Seniors’
Housing Society recently
announced its intentions to
build additional affordable
housing units in the Slocan
Valley and is now seeking
property in a suitable location.
The proposed units will be
compact and energy efficient
and aimed at independent living
for seniors above 55 years of
age.
According to Eric Clough,
chair of the Housing Committee,
Passmore Lodge has now passed
its tenth anniversary. The lodge
has been continuously filled
to capacity since the day it
opened; in fact, there’s a waiting
list for those needing seniors
accommodation. “We feel it is
time to build additional units so
that our senior citizens can find
affordable accommodations and
continue to reside in the valley
we love so dearly,” he said.
This is a challenging goal.
Building costs are high and BC
Housing’s primary mandate
is to provide housing for the
homeless and for seniors who
need assisted living (which
includes daily care). This
project will explore the latest
ideas in alternate construction
methods and energy efficiency.
The housing planning
committee’s first quest will be
to find suitable land for this
construction project. They are
seeking help from the valley
community. They need at
least one hectare (2.5 acres)
of affordable land, either as a
donation or a low-cost, longterm lease. They need it soon
in order to start the detailed
planning process. If you know
of a suitable parcel, please
contact Eric Clough.
“Very little government
financial support is available
to affordable housing projects
of any kind so this endeavour
will depend upon support from
our local community resources,
affordable land and suitable
long-term financing,” said
Clough.
To help fulfill its mandate to
provide services for seniors, the
Slocan Valley Seniors’ Housing
Society is also expanding its
outreach program and will be
introducing more community
activities to bring people
together for activities such as
fitness, yoga, dance, music, art
and education as well as tasty
and nutritious breakfasts.
The Slocan Valley Seniors
Housing Society’s mandate is to
provide affordable independent
living and assist seniors to obtain
outreach programs to insure that
they remain independent for as
long as possible.
For more information or to
help out contact Eric Clough at
250-226-6988.
Seniors’ Housing Society seeking property
June 29, 2011 The Valley Voice
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COMMUNITY
The Valley Voice June 29, 2011
Good news announcements at BC Hydro meeting in Meadow Creek
by Jan McMurray
BC Hydro representatives and
Area D Director Andy Shadrack had
some good news for the community
at the recent BC Hydro Operations
Update meeting in Meadow Creek
on June 14.
The first piece of good news has to
do with the swimming facilities on the
Duncan reservoir. Because of liability
and because recreation is not part of
BC Hydro’s mandate, a decision was
made earlier this year that BC Hydro
can no longer have docks and booms
in the reservoir. This decision affects
the docks and booms at Glacier Creek
Regional Park and Glayco Beach at
Howser.
BC Hydro representatives and
Director Shadrack sat down to see
what they could do to ensure that
the community could still enjoy
swimming facilities at these sites. The
RDCK agreed to take on ownership
and responsibility for the four docks
and the boom at Glacier Creek
Regional Park; and BC Hydro agreed
to purchase a brand new 10’ by 14’
dock for Glayco Beach, as the existing
one has come to the end of its life, and
is committed to transferring ownership
of the new dock to a community
organization.
“The new swim platform is not
something we can normally fund –
this is one-time funding because it is
a historical issue. We want to be fair
to the community and not leave them
without a float they’ve been relying
on for swim lessons,” said Mary Anne
Coules of BC Hydro in an interview
after the meeting. The Red Cross swim
program has been running during
the last two weeks of July at Glayco
Beach for some years and is very well
attended.
The other piece of good news is
that BC Hydro is providing $25,000
for improvements at Glacier Creek
Park (bay improvement, infrastructure
replacement and completion of well)
and $5,000 for the mosquito abatement
program. This is mitigation funding
due to the Duncan Dam Spillway
Gates Reliability Upgrade Project.
This $39.8 million project will
see minor modifications to the two
spillway gates at the dam, replacement
of the hoist tower and installation
of back-up power for the spillway
gates and low-level outlet gates. The
spillway gates control the amount
of water that is discharged from the
reservoir.
Because the two spillway gates
will be taken out of operation while
the project is underway, the reservoir
will likely be drawn down earlier
than prescribed by the Duncan Dam
Water Use Plan. Hydro anticipates that
the reservoir will be two feet below
what is ideal for recreation during
the Labour Day weekend. Because
of this, the company is providing the
mitigation funding.
“BC Hydro would be seeking
a one-time variance from the Water
Use Plan to lower water levels, which
will cause recreational impacts in the
reservoir after August 24. The variance
will ensure that impacts to fish and
fish habitat are avoided,” said Coules.
Currently, rock scaling above the
spillway gates is underway for safety
reasons. Work on the spillway gates
is scheduled to start in September,
and is expected to be completed by
June 2012.
Chris Waite, project manager from
BC Hydro, said the contractors will
be looking to hire local workers, and
that the project will account for about
$25,000 per month being spent in the
local area.
submitted by Gillian Sanders
Students from Jewett School
planted their pumpkin seedlings at the
Lakehead garden in Meadow Creek
on May 25. Students had started the
pumpkins from seeds at the school
three weeks earlier as part of the
school garden program.
The Jewett School Garden was
initiated by the school’s teachers
Molly Leathwood and Sarah
McDougall for several reasons: to
promote food security, to coincide
with curriculum content in social
studies and science, and to use the
produce from the garden for the
School Meals Program.
In 2011 the garden helper’s team
of Jenn Berg, Gillian Sanders, and
Colleen O’Brian are working with
the teachers to help the students learn
about topics such as composting,
pollination, plant life cycles, seedsaving, and also to seed and tend to
their garden. There are raised garden
boxes of salad, radishes, carrots,
beets, peas and herbs and flowers at
the school garden, and the pumpkin
patch at the Lakehead garden is a fiveminute walk from the school.
Unfortunately, the week after
May 25 had almost freezing nighttime
temperatures and most of the pumpkin
seedlings died, so the bed was replanted on June 7 with beautiful
varieties of squash transplants, which
will be used for the hot lunch program
this winter at the school. Some butter
and a little brown sugar... yummm.
Gardening will resume in
September with salad and radishes,
and hoop cold frames will cover
the beds at night into the fall. The
Jewett School Garden program
is a partnership between the
garden helpers and teachers Molly
Leathwood and Sarah McDougall,
made possible with support from
Lakehead and Beyond Produce, wood
from Boards by George, and funding
from Regional District of Central
Kootenay and Kaslo and District
Community Forest Society.
Jewett school students tend school garden
Castlegar & District
Public Library
CHILDREN’S AREA
is being renovated!
Anticipate service
interruptions and no
access to all juvenile
books. The library
anticipates full service
to resume by July 18th.
Further information
call 250-365-6611
SLOCAN LAKE STEWARDSHIP SOCIETY thanks all the volunteers who love the lake
and have worked so DILIGENTLY,
GENEROUSLY,
and ENTHUSIASTICALLY,
– contributing skills, goods, equipment, money, TIME, TIME, and more TIME.
More than 70 volunteers have helped with:
• Creel Survey • Secchi Dip (water temp. and turbidity) • Water Studies (near-shore & deep water)
• Fish and Wildlife Habitat Assessment • Events and meetings • Grant writing • Lake Lies • Geezer
Fish Contest • Newsletter • Fundraising • Education and Outreach • Auditing and Tax preparation
We also thank: Ministry of Environment, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, BC Lake Stewardship
Society, Regional District of the Central Kootenays, Villages of New Denver, Silverton, and Slocan,
Central Kootenay Invasive Plant Committee, Passmore Labs, Indelible Ink, Valley Voice, Galena
Environmental Services, Red Mountain Residents Association, Zion United Church, generous
individual donors and funding agencies, and all those who step up when a job needs to be done
or offer special skills……….
YOU HAVE CREATED THE STEWARDSHIP NETWORK THAT WILL KEEP OUR LAKE
AS BEAUTIFUL AND CLEAN INTO THE FUTURE AS IT IS TODAY. THANK YOU!
Jewett school students got into the spirit of spring recently by helping to plant pumpkin
seedlings in the school garden.
Employment Opportunity: Make a Difference!
Executive Director: North Kootenay Lake Community
Services Society in beautiful Kaslo, BC.
Seeking creative, dynamic individual with qualifications
relating to community social services or counselling. You have
experience in administering contracts and communicating
with funders, public, board of directors and clients. You
have leadership capacity to support and supervise a diverse
professional team and demonstrated success in creating
programs, grant writing and proposal development.
You respect the need for adhering to human resource
development and regulation. You understand financial
statements and have a disciplined and collaborative approach
to agency growth. You are capable of developing policy and
procedure and enjoy organizational development as required by
leading an accredited agency. You love a positive challenge and
will enjoy being part of a regional social services partnership.
You will enjoy this lifestyle opportunity at 24 hours per week.
Agency information and job description at www.nklcss.org
Competition closes August 15; interviews
ongoing during July and August.
Start mid September. Orientation
and cross-over with current ED
provided.
Please submit Curriculum Vitae to:
administrator@nklcss.org
LIVING
June 29, 2011 The Valley Voice
with
Andy
Rhodes
Putters on the
Green
with Pam Vargas Solis
Last Thursday I found myself
on the road again, driving through
the rain and mist heading north
on Highway 6. I was in one of the
company cars in the small fleet
belonging to the Valley Voice. My
destination was PUTTERS ON THE
GREEN, which is the restaurant in the
clubhouse at the Nakusp Golf Course
just south of Nakusp on Highway 6.
As I drove I began to wonder
what I would order for lunch when
I got there. I sometimes experience
what I call “menu stress” when
faced with decisions about what
to eat. Then I saw the sign for the
golf course. It said “Nakusp Golf
Course and Clubhouse,” and at that
moment I knew what I’d have for
lunch. I’d have a clubhouse sandwich.
Decision made. End of menu stress...
as long as they actually had clubhouse
sandwiches on the menu.
From the parking lot I noticed
some hard-core golfers driving their
golf carts through the rain. Inside the
clubhouse I met the proprietor Pam
Vargas Solis, who greeted me warmly
and handed me a menu. In a quick
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Your employer-sponsored
glance I saw that there was indeed
a sandwich listed as a Putter’s Club.
Now before I tell you what a cool
person Pam is, I want to say something
about clubhouse sandwiches. I’ve
been to some places where the menu
says “club sandwich” but what you get
is just a plain old two decker sandwich
instead of the triple decker that the
words “club” or “clubhouse” usually
imply. Luckily, Pam’s “Putter’s Club”
is not only a real live triple decker,
but it has a pleasant twist. Pam
replaces the turkey or chicken with
a generous portion of ham, which
makes the sandwich not as dry as most
clubhouses and thoroughly delightful
to eat. It alone is a good reason to visit
this place!
Pam is a status Cree Indian whose
mom took her and her two sisters, as
kids, along to England, where her
mom lectured at British Universities
on the topics of Canadians in general
and Native Canadians in particular.
Her mother wore all traditional
First Nations clothing for these
lectures and eventually was invited or
“commanded” by Queen Elizabeth to
attend a garden party at Buckingham
Palace.
Later Pam studied and finished
programs in commercial baking and
professional cooking at the Southern
Alberta Institute of Technology.
Then she had a family restaurant
in Killarney Manitoba called The
Great Oaks. That’s where she invented
her signature clubhouse. She sold
thousands. She also invented what
she calls the “RCMP sandwich,”
which consists of baloney stacked
on top of bannock. I asked her what
the RCMP thought of that. She said
“Oh they ordered it all the time.” She
says that sandwich is also known as
“Indian Steak.”
Pam has had bannock concessions
at all the First Nations Pow Wows in
Alberta and Saskatchewan. That’s
a whole lot of bannock, and guess
what, bannock appears on her menu
in the “Indian Taco,” which is: “Lean
ground beef, grated cheese, shredded
lettuce and tomatoes piled high on
bannock.” The Indian Taco is found on
the menu between Mandarin Chicken
Salad and Greek Salad. How’s that for
international flavour? Speaking of the
menu, appetizers include calamari,
popcorn shrimp, nachos, wings and
jalapeno poppers. Sandwiches range
from beef dip through grilled cheese,
fish and chips, my favourite Putter’s
Club, and several burgers. Entrees
(after 4 pm) are veal cutlets, steak and
shrimp, liver and onions and a 3-piece
chicken dinner.
Don’t forget “side dishes”:
poutine (the calorie-free treat
sweeping the continent), onion rings,
fries, bannock, soup and gravy. Big
hot dogs too. Desserts vary from day
to day. The standard beverages are
available, as are beer and wine.
I really liked Pam Vargas Solis a
lot, and it was a treat talking to her.
Pam says “You don’t need to golf or
be a member, everyone is welcome at
Putters On The Green.”
So, golfer or not, if I were you I’d
go to Putters On The Green and have a
club sandwich and some bannock and
a beer (or whatever else you fancy),
chat with Pam, and enjoy lunch or
dinner. Do it soon!
pension plan may allow you to
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into a locked-in, personally-directed
plan. You then assume the investment
risk but you also reduce the risk of
forfeiting some of your pension assets
in the event that you and your spouse
die prematurely.
Your group health coverage
will likely end at retirement. Critical
illness, long-term care and other
supplemental health and dental
insurance coverage may be needed
to fill the gap.
Your RRSP income can kick in
when you retire or, if you don’t need
the income, you can contribute until
the end of your 71st year when you
have the choice of cashing in your
plan, converting it to a Registered
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leisure ‘life balance.’
5. Enjoy personal relationships.
6. Feel financially comfortable –
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Green Restaurant
“You don’t need to golf
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KASLO & DISTRICT
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Kaslo council, June 14: Water Street petition submitted
by Jan McMurray
• Debra Hamilton attended on
behalf of the Chamber of Commerce
to express the Chamber’s view
that the municipality’s proposal
to reprint a Kaslo brochure is not
an effective way to advertise the
community. In a letter to the Village,
secretary/treasurer of the Chamber,
Maggie Winters, points out that
this year’s Village budget is very
limited with respect to promotion and
advertising for the Village. “In light
of this, you can imagine our concern
when, without even consulting the
Chamber of Commerce, the Village
Open Daily
6:30 am to
8:00 pm
– Licensed –
Located at the Heart of
Front Street • 353-2955
“Best Eggs Benedict Ever”
“Mexican, Salads,
Dinners, Wraps & Stir-Fry
council suddenly made a decision
to spend $2,000 on advertising and
to spend those funds on what is now
a very outdated marketing tool.”
The Chamber was involved with
developing and funding the brochure
originally, and had decided not to
reprint it, but to print an updated and
more inexpensive rack card instead.
Council has not yet made
a decision on whether or not the
brochure will be reprinted.
• A petition regarding Water St.
with 17 signatures, mostly from Water
St. businesspeople, was referred to the
Development Services Committee.
The petition asks for a ten-foot
corridor on the south side of the street
for future location of utilities; two
traffic lanes; and parking to the north
edge of the street, with the cement
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barriers to stay put on the north edge.
It also asks that Front St. Park be
maintained as park/green space and
to consider any use of the park on an
annual (not longer term) basis.
Earlier that same day, the Public
Works crew moved the cement
barriers about 10 feet to the south,
as requested by the Water Street
Planning Select Committee in March.
At that time, the committee also
asked Public Works to investigate
the establishment of a gravel path on
the north side of the concrete barriers
and angle parking on the north side
of Water St.
• 4th and 5th Streets between
Front and Water Streets were included
in the mandate of the Water Street
Planning Select Committee.
• The tender submitted by Louis
Alaric of Meadow Creek in the
amount of $101,650 for construction
of new campground washrooms was
accepted. Councillor Hewat declared
a conflict of interest for this item.
The Development Services
Committee was given the authority
to act in all matters pertaining to the
The Valley Voice June 29, 2011
new campground washrooms.
• JDQ Engineering out of Vernon
will be asked to submit the cost to
design a geothermal system for the
Kemball Memorial Centre, to write
the call for tender, to participate in
the tendering process and to supervise
the works.
• The Kaslo Boat Club informed
council of its plans to replace the old
wooden pilings with steel pilings, and
to place some of the new pilings in a
location that would allow for more
boat moorage. Council approved
the changes, and agreed to file a
notification with the Ministry of
Environment on the club’s behalf as
leaseholder.
• An amended set of plans for the
laundromat building development
have been received. Council will
consider a Development Variance
Permit to reduce the rear property
line offset from 4.5 metres to 2.976
metres; increase the height of the
structure from 12 metres to 12.5
metres; and overhang Front Street
sidewalk by 1.524 metres.
• The Victorian Hospital of Kaslo
Auxiliary Society wrote to thank
council for budgeting funds to repair
the old fire hall, and outlined their
plans to put up walls, install flooring
and a ceiling once the repair work is
done. The auxiliary asks “to tenant the
building for at least a further five years
upon the expiration of our current
five-year term.” This referred to the
Municipal Services Committee.
• Another Kaslo Transfer Station
Options Study is being initiated
by the RDCK. Council received
a draft terms of reference for the
consultant, Wild Earth Associates.
The terms of reference state that
options under consideration are to
retain the existing location for all
activities; retain existing location for
processing activities (composting,
wood grinding, etc.) only and relocate
public drop-off to either Jones or
Back Road properties; relocate all
activities to Jones property; relocate
all activities to Back Road property. A
stakeholders workshop will take place
this summer, and council will attend.
• Council received a reply from
Am Naqvi regarding increased audit
costs. He explains that the new
auditing standards, effective January
1, 2010, have made the audit process
considerably more time consuming
than in the past. Naqvi says his firm
intends to have Village staff do as
much of the work as possible to
reduce costs, and offers training on
the preparation of the consolidated
financial statements. This was referred
to the Municipal Services Committee.
• An email from Jim Yount with
several questions about Water St.
and the Front St. Park streetlight was
referred to the Development Services
Committee and will be held there
until such time as Terms of Reference
for the Water Street Planning Select
Committee are met.
• A $1,000 Community Tourism
Opportunities grant will be provided to
the Village to pay for costs associated
with attending the Calgary Outdoor
Adventure Show.
• Council agreed to rent the locked
area behind the fence at Kemball
Memorial Centre to the Kaslo and
District Community Forest Society
for a vehicle and equipment for $100
for three months.
• A request from the Kaslo Area
Youth Council for the use of Vimy
Park Ring Road on July 10 for a
fundraiser was approved.
• Council approved a municipal
grant of $25 to the Helping Hand
Trust, in response to the group’s
request that the Village waive the $25
picnic shelter rental fee during the
annual July 1 run and walk fundraiser
event.
• An application by Kaslo
Jazz Etc. Society for three Special
Occasion beer garden licenses on July
29, 30 and 31 was approved subject to
RCMP approval.
• The Temporary Street Closure
Policy was amended to include a
pro forma letter of notice to affected
business in commercial zones and a
process for exchanging information
with council.
• Accounts payable of $66,595.26
were approved.
by Jan McMurray
A video documentary of early
settlement in the Kaslo area is
being produced by Kootenay Lake
Archives, 26 years after the project
first got started.
Elizabeth Scarlett, volunteer
archivist, explained that in 1985,
Bernadette Lynch and Ed Bamiling
interviewed 11 elderly residents
living in Kaslo and area about their
early lives in the area. The first
interviews were recorded on a tape
recorder, and later ones on video.
Bernadette and Ed’s plan to
create a video with this material
did not come to be, so they passed
on the audio and video tapes to
the Kootenay Lake Archives with
the hope that the project would be
completed in future.
Now, 26 years later, the video
will be produced and even digitized
so it can be viewed on a computer.
And what is so fitting is that Kiara
Lynch, Bernadette’s niece, will
produce the video. Kiara has a
degree in Fine Arts, and the focus of
her degree was in video production
and editing. The project has received funding
from three sources. The Community
Fund of North Kootenay Lake
(CFNKL) covered the cost of
digitizing the audio files to CD.
The Columbia Kootenay Cultural
Alliance (CKCA) has provided for
the production of the video. The
Irving K. Barber Learning Centre’s
BC History Digitization Program at
UBC has recently announced $800
for the digitization of the final video.
Scarlett said that finished
copies of the DVD will be available
for viewing and also stored for
safekeeping at a number of locations,
including the Kootenay Lake
Archives and a sample on YouTube. Video documentary of early
settlement in Kaslo on its way
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COMMUNITY
June 29, 2011 The Valley Voice
Hidden Garden Gallery features sculpture, photography, textile exhibits
submitted
The Hidden Garden Gallery offers
work by the following artists for your
enjoyment. Elly Scheepens’ show
Grails and Goddesses: In Search of the
Holy Grail continues through July 2.
Scheepens has begun creating a series
of grails or chalices, showcasing her
diverse talents as both a potter and
sculptor for this expressive exhibit.
A familiar artist in New Denver,
Scheepens has taught classes and
workshops in the surrounding area.
Her wheel-thrown work can be
seen in stores, galleries and markets
throughout the area.
Cradled by Earth, a photography
exhibit by Rosie Lukenda, will exhibit
from July 4 through July 9 with a
reception scheduled for Tuesday, July
5 from 6 to 8 pm. Lukenda is a unique
artist whose photography is enhanced
by her strong will, courage and
adaptability to the physical challenges
she faces daily. With a diploma in Fine
Arts from the Alberta College of Art
and Design, Lukenda moved to the
West Kootenays in 2001 and has most
recently shown her outstanding colour
images of local flora at the ALFA Guild
in Nakusp.
Linda Dixon’s upcoming show of
textile art is titled From the Ground and
will run July 11-16 with a reception on
Wednesday, July 13 from 7 to 9 pm.
The title refers to the subjects taken
from farming and associated rituals
of Mother Earth. Dixon’s complex
process produces stunning results. She
hand-dyes cotton, silk, linen, rayon and
hemp fabrics, often using natural dyes,
and then prints on cloth using her own
silk screens and hand-carved blocks as
well as natural materials such as leaves,
fish, insects, and found objects. On
silk-rayon, velvet and satin, she uses
the devore or ‘burnout’ technique to
acid-etch designs into the cloth, giving
a sculpted look. Using the same silk
screens to print on the cloth, Dixon
creates a repeated design motif which
results in varied and complementary
effects. She then combines these
pieces in a collage to make quilts, wall
hangings, cushions, bags, tea cozys,
potholders and more. Each piece is
original from design to completion.
The Hidden Garden Gallery is
open Monday through Saturday, 10
am-3 pm all summer. It is conveniently
located at 803 Kildare Street, New
Denver, between Garden Graces and
Ann’s Natural Foods.
submitted
Fun, interactive and uplifting,
children’s entertainer Oso Simple creates
shows that are a treat for young and
old. Come out and sing, and get silly
with Oso Simple at the free concert at
St Andrew’s United Church in Kaslo
on Thursday, July 7 at 10 am, or at the
Nakusp Library later that same day, at
2 pm.
Oso Simple – yes that’s his name
– is now living in the Columbia Valley.
Originally a songwriter from Ontario,
he came to BC to spend a season in the
mountains skiing, but fell in love with
this province’s undeniable beauty and
stayed.
Living all over the province in the
last decade, it was during a stay on
magical Cortes Island that the silly and
wonderful music of his album Squishy
Banana was born. Filled with animals,
fun, laughter and love, Oso’s music
embodies a friendly, caring, upbeat
attitude that kids and parents can’t get
enough of.
With catchy songs like Chaos in the
Kitchen you might even find yourself
singing along with the kids: “It’s chaos
in the kitchen! There’s oatmeal on the
ceiling! And we’re all covered in jam!”
Singing is known to be important for
a child’s language development. It’s
perfect; singing is fun and good for you.
Oso Simple’s songs are also perfect
for this year’s Summer Reading Club
theme ‘Savour Each Word.’ Words are
so important to us, whether it’s writing,
reading, talking or singing.
Squishy Banana is available at your
library, or you can go to the website
www.squishybanana.com to listen to the
title song, Chaos in the Kitchen, The Bike
Song and Scruffy Aroo. Sponsored by the
Kaslo and District Public Library, the
Nakusp Public Library and the Kootenay
Library Federation.
For more information about the
concert or other Summer Reading Club
activities phone the Kaslo Library at
250-353-2942 or the Nakusp Library at
250-265-3363.
On Red Mtn Rd, near New Denver
submitted
The community of Glade is
celebrating its centennial this year and
invites everyone to join the fun July
29 to 31.
The weekend will be full of family
oriented activities highlighting the
history of this Doukhobor community.
On Friday night, there will be a baseball
game and live music. Saturday and
Sunday will start off with a pancake
breakfast, with traditional Doukhobor
meals served up at mid-day. Ongoing
events will include historical displays, a
multimedia presentation and a historical
tour walkabout and hayride. There will
be both traditional and contemporary
music.
Glade (‘Plodorodnoye’ in Russian)
was purchased in 1909 by Peter Lordly
submitted by Silverton Gallery
Do you sing in the shower? Do you
dance with wild abandon in your living
room? Are you a natural comedian?
Have you been learning an instrument,
dance, or some other form of creative
expression but haven’t had the nerve
or opportunity yet to perform? Then
here’s your chance – sign up with the
Silverton Gallery Coming Out of the
Closet Coffeehouse Saturday, July
23, 7 pm.
Last year the event was hosted
by MC Matthew Fry and featured
comedy, music, and dance. “It was a
very successful evening, I think people
enjoyed it,” says Penelope Stuart,
treasurer for the Slocan Lake Gallery
Society, which hosts the event.
This is the moment for your hidden
talents to come out and shine. We
welcome all ages. You can perform
alone or find a partner or group to
appear with in combined talent. We
welcome all acts that have not yet
performed at a gallery coffeehouse.
If you have already revealed your
talent or creative gifts to the gallery
coffeehouses then find someone new
to perform with or a new venue of
creativity and sign up now.
For more information call Sue
Mistretta at 358-2167 or Penelope at
358-7239.
Verigin for a Doukhobor settlement.
Between 1911 and 1912, 11 villages,
for approximately 1200 people, were
constructed. Each village had two
communal Doms, individual residences,
a barn, bathhouse, blacksmith shop and
gardens.
As a community, Glade had
extensive orchards and farming, a
sawmill, a cemetery, a community hall,
packing house, flour mill, linseed press
for oil, clover press for seeds, and a
general store.
Today, this community is a
combination of Doukhobor and nonDoukhobor residences and small farms.
Descendants of the original Doukhobors
have welcomed their new neighbours
and included them in cultural activities
that make this community unique.
Glade is located halfway between
Nelson and Castlegar. Across from
Glade Esso Station, turn off Highway 3A
down Glade Ferry Road. Take the free,
on-demand ferry and follow the signs.
For more information and a full
schedule of Centennial Celebration
events: https://sites.google.com/site/
twooldkoots/
THANK YOU...
by Jan McMurray
Kyla Smutny, a Lucerne School
graduate this year, was honoured
with the prestigious BC Hydro Power
Pioneer Youth Community Service
Award.
The award recognizes students 18
years of age or younger who dedicate
a significant amount of their time
and energy to volunteering in their
communities. Only 20 awards of
$1,000 are available province-wide
each year.
As part of the application process
for this award, Kyla submitted an essay
about her volunteer work. A quick
read of the essay makes it very clear
that Kyla is a deserving recipient of
this award.
For two years, she was involved
in the New Denver May Queen
Ambassador program, and was named
Miss New Denver in 2009. Kyla and
her friend, Meagan Brown-Dahl,
started a dance program for children
that doubled in size from one year to the
next. She volunteers at New Denver’s
long-term care facility whenever she
has time, and has helped at the local
Garlic Festival and Christmas by
the Lake events. At school, she has
been part of the student council and
participated in the ‘Food for Thought’
program.
She concludes her essay this way:
“Whenever there is help needed and I
am available, I am willing to help out
with whatever is needed. Community
volunteering and involvement has and
always will be a large part of my life.”
At the Lucerne School graduation
ceremony, Kyla also received the
Columbia Basin Trust Youth
Community Service Award, the
Selkirk College Board of Governors
Secondary Graduates Award, and a
Women Celebrating Young Women in
the Arts Award.
Children’s entertainer Oso Simple visits Nakusp & Kaslo on tour
The community of Glade celebrates 100 years
Coming out of the Closet coffeehouse
New Denver girl recognized
Play a
Part in Art
at the
Hidden Garden
Gallery
Choose a quilt
square for $10
Your
square
will be
part of
the Gallery’s
Signature Quilt
Cob Oven Workshop
Learn How to Build Your
own Earthen Oven
July 23 & July 24
$100/person (lunch included)
• Learn to build an outdoor
woodfired oven with local
natural materials.
• Lay fire bricks, identify
clay and mix up materials for the various layers.
• Mix cob and learn how to sculpt your oven
into any shape.
• Discuss firing the oven. Once fired, you can
bake for many hours.
To Register, or for more information,
contact Cindy Walker at 250-505-4532
Paula Conrad wishes to send gratitude
and thanks to New Denver/Silverton
for the past 6+ years of support from
buyers and sellers. Sharing an integral
part in helping you to secure ownership
of your properties and assisting you in
selling your properties gave her great
satisfaction.
She joined the office of Royal LePage
Selkirk Realty, Nakusp, in 2004 with Ken
Marshall as broker. In 2010, Kelly Roberts
became broker. She and her staff will
serve our area well.
Paula has turned in her licence and
wants you to know how much she loved her
job and enjoyed serving her community.
She will take personal time off but hopes
to stay in touch with all.
She sends her best.
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Announcements
A WEDDING REGISTRY at Willow
Home Gallery, Kaslo! Quality bedding,
tableware, bathware and more. Register
early. Beautiful, practical, affordable. 250353-2257.
CORNUCOPIA -The Natural Choice.
More than Just a Health Food Store.
Groceries, Specialty Foods, Organic, Glutenfree, Bulk discounts. Front Street, Kaslo
250-353-2594. www.cornucopiakaslo.com.
Automotive
1961 PYRAMID CAMPER TRAILER,
antique, sleeps four, propane stove, brand
new brakes, sink and power hook-up, $1200
obo. Also for sale 1964 Dodge one-ton plow
truck with blade & 1974 Dodge plow truck
without blade, $900 obo. 250-265-4914.
Business Opportunities
UNEMPLOYED and thinking of starting
your own business? Community Futures
offers the Self Employment grant, business
loans, counselling and training in the Arrow
& Slocan Lakes area. For more info leave
a message at 265-3674 ext. 201 or email
Nakusp@futures.bc.ca.
Personal Classifieds start at $10.00
Call 250-358-7218 for details
CLASSIFIED ADS
Call for artists
SLOCAN LAKE GALLERY SOCIETY
(Silverton Gallery) is calling for artists of all
media to place 1-2 pieces of your art into our
CKCA funded Grass Roots Art Show to run
August 1-6. Please contact Sue (2167) or
Penelope (7239) to register and get a space.
Coming Events
THE FRIDAY MARKET happens in
New Denver every Friday, June through
September, 10 am to 2 pm on 6th and
Kildare – local produce and artisan’s wares.
Ph 250-358-7733.
T H E S I LV E RT O N G A L L E RY
announces the 2nd annual ‘Coming out
of the Closet Coffee House’ for Saturday,
July 23. (5-10 acts please). Sing, Dance,
Poetry, Comedy, skits? If you have already
performed at a gallery coffee house then
find someone new to perform with or a new
venue of creativity & call Sue at 8-2167
to sign up. Look out for ‘Summer Events
at the Silverton Gallery’ around Silverton
and New Denver (after July 1) which lists
our upcoming art shows and musical &
community events. For a taste of July:
The Great Canadian Dog Show is at 2
pm on July 1 on the lawns with children’s
art being exhibited upstairs in gallery. On
July 8, Rails to Trails to Watercolours II
opening and show on July 9-10 (students
of Donna Hicks). July 16-23 experience
“Unearthed” photographic art by Brian
Stolle and opening on July 17. July 25-30
enjoy ‘Spread the Love’ an exhibition of
friendship quilts compiled by Hootowl with
opening on July 27.
40 WHOLE YEARS! The Vallican Whole
Community Centre GIANT 40th Birthday
Party August 26, 27 & 28. Friday: Cafe
Voltaire (poetry, jazz, wine & cheese);
Saturday: eclectic music; market; art;
Locavores’ Feast; live auction; Boogie with
Brain Child! Sunday: Kids’ stuff (crafts &
music); birthday cake; classical concert.
And more! Vendors needed: 226-7730.
www.vallicanwhole.com.
CIRCLE OF SELF: Mandala expressive
painting workshop offered 2x this summer:
July 13 and Aug 17 (6-9 pm $25 Please call
Sue to register 8-2177.
SLOCAN LAKE DANCE CAMP July
21-24, New Denver. Four days of Latin,
(Tango), Swing, Smooth & Country
Workshops & Nightly Dances. Tango Show
& Sunday Milonga 1 1/2 hr. workshop:
The Valley Voice June 29, 2011
$20/$12 Teens (includes dance) Singles
Welcome! Early Bird Deadline July 8.
www.dancingbeat.org, magic@redmtn.ca
or 250-358-2448.
VISIT THE HIDDEN GARDEN Gallery
for the best in West Kootenay art: Elly
Scheepens, Pottery and Sculpture, June 27July 2; Rosie Lukenda, photography, July
4-9; Linda Dixon, Textile Art, July 11-16.
803 Kildare St., New Denver, 10 to 3 pm.
NEW DENVER STREET FAIR – 11th
annual! Sunday, July 24, 9 am-3 pm. Main
St., New Denver. For space rental, contact
Joan 250-352-3788.
THE EVOLUTION of Human Sexual
Nature, a talk by Prof. Mark Jeffreys,
anthropologist, Sat. July 9, 7:30 pm,
Knox Hall, New Denver. Hidden Garden
Gallery’s Food for Thought series. Mark
is a Professor of Integrated Studies and
Behavioural Science at Utah Valley
University.
RARTS AGM (aka Vallican Whole
Community Centre) July 7, 7 pm. The
usual AGM proceedings, directors
election, refreshments and news of our
40th Anniversary bash Aug 26-28. www.
VallicanWhole.com.
FRIDAY RIDE FOR PIE DAY – Join
us for a leisurely 5-km bike ride from
the New Denver Friday Market to the
Cup and Saucer Café in Silverton, home
of great coffee and savoury pies. Depart
every Friday at 11:30 am. Feel daunted by
traffic? Enjoy safety in numbers and learn
a few strategies to enhance your security,
confidence, and enjoyment of cycling
on Hwy 6. Locals and visitors welcome
(children must be accompanied by an
adult). Helmets required. For more info, call
Helen or Daniel at 358-2612. A Recreation
Commission #6 program.
40 WHOLE YEARS! The Vallican Whole
Community Centre GIANT 40th Birthday
Party August 26, 27 & 28. Friday: Cafe
Voltaire (poetry, jazz, wine & cheese);
Saturday: eclectic music; market; art;
Locavores’ Feast; live auction; Boogie with
Brain Child! Sunday: Kids’ stuff (crafts &
music); birthday cake; classical concert.
And more! Vendors needed: 226-7730.
www.vallicanwhole.com.
Business Classifieds
start at $10.00
Call 250-358-7218 for details
BUSINESS DIRECTORY
AUTOMOTIVE • SMALL MOTORS • MACHINE SHOP
Slocan Auto &
Truck Repairs
24 hour towing
BCAA, Slocan, BC
355-2632
COMPUTER
- Repairs
Palmer
- Upgrades
Computer - Consulting
Microsoft Certified
Services
Systems Engineer
Phone: 355-2235
• welding repairs • full service
& repair • licenced technician •
radiator repairs & service • mobile
service available • fast, friendly
and
BCAA Towing
24 hour towing
1007 hwy 23, nakusp
ph: 265-4577
Nakusp 265-4406
NAKUSP GLASS
201 Broadway
265-3252
111 Mcdonald Drive, Nelson, BC
ph 250-352-3191
sales@mainjet.ca • www.mainjet.ca
JEWELRY
Jo’s Jewelry
Custom Work and Repair in
Silver and Gold, by Appointment
358-2134
New Denver, Goldsmith Jo-Anne Barclay
SALES & SERVICE
98 - 1st Street, Nakusp • 265-4911
OPEN TUES - SAT
CHAINSAWS
TRIMMERS
• Stihl
• Stihl
• Husqvarna
• Husqvarna
MOWERS
SMALL ENGINES
• Husqvarna
• Tecumseh
• Toro • Snapper • Honda
• Lawnboy
• Briggs & Stratton
RECYCLING
MOUNTAIN VALLEY STATION
BOTTLE DEPOT
Slocan City • 355-2245
Open MON - SAT 9-5
Your “Bottle Drive” Specialists
The clear choice for
all your glass needs!
EQUIPMENT RENTAL
COLES RENTALS
HEATERS (PROPANE & ELECTRIC)
PLATE TAMPERS, JUMPING JACKS, REBAR BENDER
JACKHAMMERS, HAMMER DRILLS, CONCRETE
MIXERS, CONCRETE SAWS, TILECUTTERS,
BLOCKCUTTERS, SCAFFOLDING, FLOOR SANDERS,
NAILERS - ALL TYPES, LM ROTARY LAZER TRANSIT,
GENERATORS, WATER PUMPS, COMPRESSORS,
INSULATED TARPS, PRESSURE WASHERS, ROTO
TILLER, LAWN COMBER, AERATOR, PROPERTY PIN
LOCATOR, CHIPPER/SHREDDER, GAS POST HOLE
DIGGER, WOODSPLITTER, CONCRETE FLOOR
GRINDER ...AND MUCH MORE!
PHONE 358-2632
1-888-358-2632
HEALTH • WELL BEING • FITNESS • ENVIRONMENT
• Deep Tissue Massage
• Nutritional Consultation
• Reiki
Sliding Scale - Mobile Service
Daniel Thorpe 250-358-6808
MASSAGE THERAPIES
Myofascial, Swedish, Lymphatic, Joint Play, Craniosacral,
Visceral, Somatoemotion, Chakras, Nutrition etc.
MTA rates (Low income consideration)
also MSP, WCB, ICBC & care plans
Garth R. Hunter, R.M.T.
Slocan Health Clinic - Thursdays
250-358-2364 • Mobile & Office
24 Hr Towing and Recovery
Auto Repairs & Tires
Auto Parts
5549 Frontage Road
Burton, BC
ken@palmercomputerservices.com
FULL SPECTRUM HEALTH
Caribou Service
(250) 265-3191
Wholistic Midwife
Lana Knoll
250-353-2213
maramamidwife@yahoo.ca
Stone Massage • Deep Tissue
Salt Glows • Mud Wraps & More
DAY SPA
Honouring natural childbirth through
nourishing body, mind and spirit, and
by embracing family and community.
Susan L. Yurychuk • 250-358-6804
Hand & Soul Wellness Centre
Spectrum Home & Family Care
Larry Zaleski, D.C. Chiropractor
Mondays & Fridays - Silverton • Every other Wednesday in Winlaw or Nakusp
Sue Mistretta, M.A., CCC Counsellor/Expressive Arts
358-2177
www.handandsoul.ca
myofascial release • deep tissue massage • relaxation massage
By Appointment Only • New Denver
Helping you maintain
YOUR lifesyle!
Free consultations
in the West Kootenay!
250-265-3842
www.spectrumhomesupport.ca
Nakusp Taxi
250-265-8222
Pick up and Delivery
Let us get it for you
• Auto parts • Groceries
• Pharmacy • Cigarettes
• Take out food
Just let your local business know your needs
and we will deliver them to you.
Alcoholic beverages until 11:00 pm
HAIR
Ava’ s
Hair
Studio
OPEN YEAR-ROUND
358-7769
Far right entrance of the Wild Rose Restaurant in Rosebery
BREWING
Winlaw Brew-Op
Wine & Beer Making Kits
to satisfy all budgets!
Take-Home Kits, or Brew it with Us!
Open 11:00 to 6:00 Tues. to Sat.
5972 Cedar Creek Road, Winlaw • 226-7328
Specialty Coffees, Teas,
U-Brews and Kits for Home
• Open Every Day
Nakusp 265-4701
June 29, 2011 The Valley Voice
Education
MOTHERGOOSE - parent and tot singing
and storytelling summer sessions will be
held at the Silverton Day Park (Knox Hall
if rainy) July 6, 13 and 20 at 10 am. Guests
and grandparents welcome!
PARENTS! EVER WISHED for a small,
safe alternate school at the junction?
Experienced BC Certified alternate-trained
teacher. Vibrant, thematic, hands-on
learning. Call 359-6993 by July 31.
Relieve Pain * Breathe Easier * Sleep
Better * Tyson 250-265-3827 * thaitouch@
yahoo.com.
YOGA AT THE DOMES – Rejuvenate
your spirit! Drop in classes – Monday
morning 9-10:30, Thursday afternoon
3:30-5.
For sale
For rent
LOVELY STUDIO/LOFT suite available
on July 1 for nightly, weekly rentals in
Silverton. $100/nite and $625 weekly. Call
Sue or Larry at 358-2177.
FOR RENT IN NAKUSP - 3 bdrm, no
smoking home with full finished basement.
Convenient to downtown, quiet and private.
Must have current references. $1000 per
month. Available July 22, 2011. Ph: 250265-4875 or email skosiancic@telus.net.
Garage sale
GARAGE SALE - Sat. and Sun. July 2
and 3, 8 am-4 pm. Moving sale - everything
must go! 5525 Burton Frontage Rd.
Health
FELDENKRAIS Awareness Through
Movement classes: *Nakusp * Hills *
Winlaw. * Relax * Release Tension *
1912 BURBANK COOK STOVE
that has been rechromed and newer fire
box. Like cooking with radiant heat. A rare
find. Asking $3500. Reasonable offers
considered. Ph: 250-265-4875 or email
skosiancic@telus.net.
CLASSIFIED ADS
Help Wanted
WILD ROSE RESTAURANT – Wait
staff wanted. Must have experience, be
committed to working weekends and have
‘Serving It Right.’ Please send resume to
wildrose7744@gmail.com or mail to: 204
Rosebery Loop Rd., New Denver, BC V0G
1S1 or call Lilliana at 250-358-7744.
SUMMER STUDENT EMPLOYMENT
at the Sandon Museum. Must be returning
to school in the fall. Basic duties include
greeting the public, taking admissions,
introducing the history of Sandon and
answering basic tourist questions. Some
cleaning and record-keeping involved. Send
resume and cover letter to Sandon Historical
Society, Box 52, New Denver V0G 1S0.
For more information, call 250-358-2479.
2 TRAIL WORKERS, 4 weeks of summer
work in New Denver, must have own
bicycle, reply with resume to jbus@
netidea.com.
RNs, CERTIFIED CARE AIDES (Home
Support Workers) needed for casual
work. We are looking for compassionate
professional caregivers. We offer flexible
work schedules. Apply to We Care Home
Health Services, Penticton, online at www.
wecare.ca or email pfedor@wecarecanada.
com.
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Notices
FOR INFORMATION ON AA OR
ALANON MEETINGS contact in New
Denver: 358-7904 or 358-7158; Nakusp
265-4924; Kaslo 353-2658; Slocan 3552805; South Slocan 226-7705.
Real Estate
ARGENTA COUNTRY HOME – 3 bdr,
2 bath, 1600-sq.-ft. round log post and
beam home. Mature fruit and nut trees with
gardens on a fenced 3/4 acre. Spectacular
view. 250-366-0041.
PROPERTY FOR SALE by owner.
.52 acre, fully serviced, top soil and
equipment for construction available.
Rosebery – property borders provincial
park. Temporary living quarters in place.
Asking $130,000. Call Ron 250-358-2865.
180 x 100 DOUBLE LOT IN NEW
DENVER. Glacier view. In ‘The Orchard.’
Single wide trailer with addition. Furnace,
wood stove, fridge & stove. $180.000.
250-919-7814.
PERFECT STARTER/RETIREMENT
HOME, lush one acre, excellent exposure,
privacy, great neighbourhood; bright,
comfortable home, $189,000, Crescent
Valley. www.propertyguys.com/property/
index/id/58097 or 250-359-6983.
Slocan Valley Recreation
SUMMER REC’ FLYER - Is now available.
Did you get yours?
GOLFING WITH THE PRO - Ages 9 +.
Valley View Golf Club. June 29 and/or July
6. Instr: Craig Wilkinson. CPGA.
YOUTH SUMMER TENNIS PROGRAM
– July 4, 5 & 8. Mt. Sentinel School Tennis
Courts. Instr: Ron Stinson.
BIRDS, BUGS & BEES ARTIST WEEK
- A different guest artist every day! PreSchool and 7+ age groups. Slocan Park
Hall July 11-15.
SUMMER OUTDOOR BABYSITTING
PROGRAM - July 6 & 7 - Bonnington
Park. July 20 & 21. Village of Slocan Beach.
S K AT E B O A R D I N G C A M P AT
TENACITY - With the Black Russian
Skate Team & guest pros. July 18-22.
Slocan Skate Park.
RED CROSS SWIM PROGRAM - July
18-29. Village of Slocan Beach. Pre-School
to Level 6.
226-0008
Services
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SEPTIC TANK CLEANING: “Serving
the Valley” 7 days/wk, 24-hr. All-Around
Septic Services, Don Brown (250) 3543644, emergency 352-5676.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY
CONSTRUCTION • HOME • GARDEN
COMPLETE SALES
SERVICE AND
INSTALLATION
YOUR VALLEY COMFORT AND BLAZE KING DEALER
SPECIALIZING IN WOOD/ELECTRIC, WOOD/OIL AND
WOOD/GAS COMBINATION FURNACES
Certified • Insured
Crescent Bay
Construction Ltd.
Eric Waterfield — Septic Planning/Installation
Nakusp, BC • Ph. 250 265-3747 • Fx. 250 265-3431
• Email cresbay@telus.net
Slocan City, BC • (250) 355-0088
website: www.kootenayfurnace.com
email: kfurnace@netidea.com
HALL LUMBER
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• Registered Septic System
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• Lock Blocks • Drain Rock •
• Road Crush • Sand & Gravel •
• Dump Trucks • Excavator •
• Crusher • Coloured Concrete •
• Site Preparation •
Box 1001, Nakusp, BC, V0G 1R0
Ph. 265-4615 • vieirac@telus.net
JEMS Propane Ltd. KF PowerVac
Installation and maintenance
Open Mon, Tues, Wed, Fri & Sat
10 am to 5 pm
PHONE 250-269-0043
Find us at 280 Lower Inonoaklin Rd.
Edgewood, BC
Castlegar
250-304-2911
• general contractor
• new homes & renovations
• design/build
HPO licensed/Home Warranty
Fully insured. 30 yrs.+ exp./ cert.
carpenters/ foundation to finish/
custom trim/heritage work.
Call Drew 250- 353-2450. Duct Cleaning & Duct Sanitizing
Local: 355-2485 • Toll-free: 1-888-652-0088
email: kfurnace@netidea.com
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call Jim Berrill
(250) 359-5922
Jim Pownall & Co.
LOG & TIMBER FRAME HOMES
New Denver • BC
250-358-2566
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Prefinished, antique R. Oak - Maple
3 ¼ x ¾ $4.59/sf pallet – Import Eng
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AT JUAN’S – 1503 Hwy 3A Thrums
250-399-6377 Mon-Sat 8:30 am-5 pm
Tradesman Electric
commercial • residential
new construction • renovations
Reliable friendly service
Free Estimates Call Steve 226-7163
Uncommon Ground Farm
& Landscape
Now booking landscape projects for the
2011 season!
Design & Installation
cell: 250-354-8661 • uncommonground@
columbiawireless.ca
FOR ALL YOUR
PROPANE NEEDS
365-9958
1-800-471-5630
Your local bulk dealer & service centre
Bergevin Electrical
Inc.
Please call
250-358-7172
or 250-354-4171
and leave a message
Free Estimates. Certified,
Licenced, And Insured
Serving New Denver, Nakusp
and the Slocan Valley
peacock
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organic housekeeping
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Serving Nakusp Burton New Denver Silverton
reliable & fully insured
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250.265.8479
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for details
Indoor Garden
Supplies
J.C. Roofing Company
For all your roofing needs
Serving the Arrow and Slocan Lakes
16 years of professional installations
WCB • All work fully guaranteed
We also install Soffit and Vinyl Siding
For your free estimate, Call
Curtis Roe at 250-265-9087
1730 Hwy 3, Selkirk Spring Building
dan@canadiangardensupply.com
Nakusp
Redi Mix
serving the Kootenays since 1973
Edgewood • Nakusp • Trout Lake • Kaslo
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250-265-4311 (ph)
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Ted’s New & ReNew
Residential & Commercial Projects
Journeyman Floorcovering Installer
carpet • lino • hardwood • cork • laminate • tile
Property Maintenance & Management
Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning
Phone 250-265-6809
Simon Bamber, AScT, ROWP.
Civil Technology Consultant
Septic Systems
Water Systems
Subdivisions,
Land Development
Project Management
Site Inspection
Drafting (CAD)
250-265-1767
si@bambertech.com
www.bambertech.com
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Services
ROGAN ELECTRIC Residential,
commercial, industrial wiring. Local
references available. All work guaranteed.
“We get the job done.” 353-9638.
COLLEEN NAHNYCHUK
BOOKKEEPING. By Appointment.
Tel: 551-7054 Fax: 1-888-370-4938
cntaxprep@gmail.com.
NORTH NAKUSP TOWING is offering
clean-up of scrap vehicles and metal at
little or no cost. Call us for details. 250265-4406.
PETER’S WINDOWS & DOORS – Sales
and installations. Energy efficient vinyl and
wood windows. Renovations/upgrades of
wooden and metal windows and doors.
Peter Demoskoff 250-399-0079.
GERRY CONWAY – Journeyman
carpenter/builder. 250-265-3163.
Wanted
LAND SEARCH - The Slocan Valley
Seniors’ Housing Society is looking for a
hectare of land near Winlaw, Slocan Park
or Passmore with the intention of creating
more affordable housing units for seniors.
A long-term (50 year) lease is preferred.
Contact: Eric Clough-Housing Committee
250 226 6988; email: eric.housing@gmail.
com.
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Deadline:
July 8,
2011
CLASSIFIED ADS
The Valley Voice June 29, 2011
SD#8 denies request for independent review
by Jan McMurray
The board of education of School
District #8 has decided not to initiate
an independent review, as requested by
Trafalgar Middle School Parent Advisory
Committee in response to a botched
French Immersion registration process.
The request by the Trafalgar PAC
was discussed at the June 21 board
meeting, supported by two letters from the
PAC requesting two independent reviews.
One of the letters asks for a review into
the decision-making processes used in the
district for limiting access to educational
programs and selecting students for such
programs. The other letter asks for a
review of efforts to engage parents.
The registration process for next
year’s grade 6 French Immersion program
resulted in 60 students being accepted and
34 being put on a waiting list.
“The District did not fill the 60
seats fairly – there was no way to do
that,” writes Patricia Dehnel, parent of
a Trafalgar student and vice-president
of the Canadian Parents for French
(Nelson Chapter), in a letter to the
board. “Applications received before the
unpublished start date of registration were
accepted and some people who handed in
their applications at the program’s parent
information meeting were not accepted.
Misinformation was given when parents
made early inquiries, parents were sent
away when they applied before the
unpublished date.”
In the same letter, Dehnel says
that Administration hosted a parent
information meeting on April 26 to
discuss collaborative solutions with the
registrants. However, she says none of
the collaborative material and solutions
were shared with the board.
Dehnel attended the June 21 board
meeting and tried to summarize the letter
quoted from above during the public
comment period, but was interrupted by
the chair and another trustee, and could
not finish.
• A Community Engagement
Committee will be set up for each of the
‘families of schools’ in SD#8.
The terms of reference for the
committees, which were adopted at
the June 21 board meeting, state that
the committees are to advise the board
regarding the context of the communities,
and the hopes and expectations for the
students in the community. They are
also to inform the broader community
regarding trends and issues in public
education.
The committees will normally
meet twice a year, and will plan and
facilitate broad community engagement
sessions twice a year. These sessions
will inform the school district about
shifting demographics in the community,
emerging needs of students, desired
programming for students, and initiatives
for community involvement in the schools
and of the schools in the community.
Committees will be composed of the
trustee, the principals from each school
in the family, one representative from
each school’s PAC, one teacher from
each school and one representative from
CUPE Local 748.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY
RESTAURANT/COFFEESTAND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
’s
Nicklace
P
Lemon Creek
Lodge & Campground
Year-round facility
Licensed Restaurant
Open Thurs - Sun
5 PM - 8 PM
Reservations: 1-877-970-8090
SUMMER HOURS
8 am - 9 PM
Seven Days a Week!
QUALITY PIZZA anytime!
265-4880
Air Conditioned
Non-Smoking
93-5th Ave.
Nakusp
Meat Cutting
Legendary Meats
Custom Cutting & Sausage
Making, Curing & Smoking of
Bacons & Hams
Mobile BBQ Services & Hog
Roaster Rentals
• Christmas Tree Sales •
www.legendarymeats.ca
Phone/Fax: 250-226-7803
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Even little ads
get noticed in the
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The Cup
and
Saucer Café
Silverton, BC
Monday - Saturday 8:00-4:00
Groceries, fresh produce, fresh meat,
Agency Liquor, organic foods,
in-store deli, in-store bakery.
Open 7 days/week, 9 am - 8 pm
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- 358-2552 805 Kildare St., New Denver
CUSTOM CARDS • BROCHURES • CALENDARS • NEWSLETTERS
412 Broadway St. Nakusp, BC V0G 1S0
Bus 250-265-2111
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Cell 250-265-8040
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The best selection of photo cards of local views anywhere
1007 Josephine St. (Box 298), New Denver
Ph. 358-2435 essay@direct.ca Fax 358-2607
Paul Merrifield
Digital Video Production
Serving the Arrow and Slocan Lakes
Video for the web
Promo, Education and Training Videos
Video Recording, Editing, Slide shows
Apple Tree
Sandwich Shop
The
Soup, Sandwiches & Desserts
358-2691
Mon. - Fri. 7 A.M. - 4 P.M.
Sat. 11 A.M. - 4 P.M.
Fullabeans Espresso Stand
Espresso • Snacks • Lunch
Open 7 days a week, 7 am - 2 pm
704 Arlington, Slocan City
beside the gas station
250-355-2889 to order
Re-Awakening
Health Centre
• Health Products, healing sessions
• New Age cards & books
• Sensual products¶ ¶
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320 Broadway St. Nakusp 265-3188
Natural Food Store
422 Front Street • Kaslo, BC
1-250-353-2594
For all your
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needs
HUB INTERNATIONAL
Barton
265-3631
INSURANCE
1-800-665-6010
BROKERS
Number Five
Productions
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250-358-6806 work
250-505-9748 cell
pauljmerrifield@gmail.com
358-2267
Ann’s Natural Foods
Ann Bunka
Colour/B&W Laser Printing/Copying • Digital Photography
Word processing • Scanning • Faxing • Binding • Laminating
Mountainview Realty Ltd.
Soup, Stews,
Meat Pies, Treats
and Great Coffee
GROCERY • HEALTH FOOD
Slocan Village Market
Shirley Kosiancic
Realtor
CLOTHING
Your Slocan Valley Specialist
Call JoAnne Alaric @ 250 265 0088
www.numberfiveproductions.ca
Passmore
Laboratory Ltd.
RECREATION
Water Testing • Flow Measurements
CAEAL certified to test drinking water
We’re in the Valley at: 1-250-226-7339
Jennifer & Tony Yeow passlab@xplornet.com
THE RIDE SAYS IT ALL
Ph: 359-7111 Fax: 359-7587
www.playmorpower.com
Men’s & Ladies Clothing
The Clothes Hanger
Playmor Junction Hwy 6 & 3A
400 Front St • Kaslo • 250-353-9688
1043 Playmor
USED GOODS
The Donation Store
Main Street • New Denver
Open 10 am - 2 pm • Monday - Saturday
(depending on available volunteers)
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MEMORIAL
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Weddings, Parties, Reunions,
Concerts, Funerals, Meetings
To book call Sue: 250-358-2711
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Ainsworth, British Columbia
4080 Hwy 31 N
Call: 1-877-552-6287
(250) 353-2550 Fax (250) 353-2911
HARBERCRAFT
COMMUNITY
June 29, 2011 The Valley Voice
Lardeau Valley out of power for two days
by Jan McMurray
A two-day power outage in the
Lardeau Valley, from June 23 at 2:12
pm until June 25 at 5:33 pm, affected
approximately 420 customers in
Lardeau, Meadow Creek, Howser,
Argenta and Johnson’s Landing.
BC Hydro spokesperson Mary
Anne Coules reported that trees
down on the wires took out six
spans of large conductors, and broke
ties and insulators on another five
spans. There were several broken
cross-arms and stretched wire as
the trees bounced off the lines.
The released tension caused the
conductor to recoil, which flung it
into the downhill tree line, causing
it to be destroyed.
Fortis BC initially responded to
the outage, followed by BC Hydro
by Jan McMurray
The Province has announced that it
will issue a Request for Qualifications
(RFQ) to start the process to replace
the aging ferries that have plied Upper
Arrow Lake between Galena and Shelter
Bays for more than 40 years.
Ferry service will not be interrupted
at any time during the ferry replacement
process, which will take approximately
three years, including crew training.
Nakusp Mayor Karen Hamling said
the government plans to replace the two
ferries that operate at Galena/Shelter
with one 80-car ferry. The two current
ferries have a combined capacity of 78
submitted by RCMP
A 56-year-old man from the
New Denver area was rescued on the
morning of June 23 after spending
a rainy, windy night in a 14-foot
aluminum boat with electric trolling
motor. He was found suffering from
hypothermia, laying face down
inside the boat in several inches of
water. Alcohol was a factor in the
incident.
At about 7 am on June 23,
Slocan Lake RCMP received a
report of the missing boater, who
had travelled with his friend from
Silverton to New Denver in the boat
the evening before. Once they got to
New Denver, the one man decided to
go out in the boat by himself. He had
been seen last at about 7 pm.
Police called out New Denver
and Nakusp Search and Rescue,
as well as an RCMP helicopter. It
was the New Denver rescue boat
that spotted him in the vicinity of
Wee Sandy beach and brought him
to safety. He was taken to Slocan
Community Health Centre.
With the summer boating
season now upon us, RCMP remind
boaters that it is illegal to operate
a vessel while impaired. Each year
in Canada, nearly 150 people die in
boating incidents. Ensure that your
boat is properly equipped with life
jackets. For more information on safe
and responsible boating practices,
visit www.boatingsafety.gc.ca.
cars, but the second ferry operates only
during the summer and only from 9 am to
7 pm. The 80-car replacement ferry will
run year round on the regular schedule,
which is from 5 am to 12:30 am.
Hamling said the government has
not yet decided if the replacement ferry
will be newly designed and constructed,
or rebuilt.
The RFQ will be released in
early July and is expected to be open
for approximately six weeks. Up to
three respondents to the RFQ will be
shortlisted for the second stage – the
request for proposal. It is expected the
final decision will be made by the end
of 2011 to have the new vessel ready
in 2014.
The detailed Request for
Qualifications will be posted in early
July at: www.bcbid.gov.bc.ca.
by Dan Nicholson
Three galleries and five artists’
studios in Nakusp have banded
together to offer a Saturday Art Tour
in July and August. Says organizer
Debra Rushfeldt, “The idea was to
give visitors and locals something
to do after the Saturday Farmers’
Market.”
Studio Connexion, The Museum
of Ephemera, Barbara Maye’s studio,
Tale of the Dragon Pottery, Deb
Rushfeldt’s Studio Gallery, Gillian
Redwood’s Small Gallery and
the ALFA Guild Gallery will be
open from 1-4 pm every Saturday
throughout the two summer months
and are all within easy walking
distance of each other.
Betty Fahlman’s Studio in
Glenbank rounds out the destinations
on this interesting art tour. Says
Rushfeldt, “There’s a big variety
of artwork to see, and it’s a good
chance to meet serious local artists
and gallery owners.”
Replacement ferry for Upper Arrow Lake in the works
New Denver’s rescue boat finds missing boater
aerial contractors from Vernon. All
equipment and materials had to
be brought in manually. The new
conductor had to be pulled by hand
along the right of way, and was reinstalled one phase at a time and
spliced individually. Crews raised
the line by hand to the linemen on
each pole.
Coules reported that the
mountainous conditions required
exceptional work planning to
minimize risk to the crews, given the
slope and unstable footing. Because
of the huge risks to the linemen in
this situation, they were unable to
continue with any restoration efforts
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after nightfall.
“This is very time consuming
work as all proper safety precautions
and work procedures must be
followed to ensure the safety of
our workers at all times. I would
like to acknowledge our crews for
undertaking such an incredibly
difficult task in these precarious
conditions,” said Coules.
BC Hydro is currently in the
process of issuing a tender for
the first phase of re-locating large
sections of this circuit to the highway,
which will improve reliability to the
Lardeau region and provide crews
with easier access to the line.
Nakusp’s Saturday Art Tour
MEN with BROOMS
250-265-4679
This YRB grader ended up in the Lardeau River on June 14 due to operator error. The machine
landed upside down and one window broke on impact, so the operator was lucky to get out in time
with only a scratch while the cab was filling with water. He used a hammer, in the machine for
emergencies, to break the other window to escape, reported YRB operations manager, Bob Kinnear.
Wreckers from Nakusp and Nelson were called in, and it took four hours to get the machine righted
and pulled out of the river. There is significant damage to the electronics in the machine.
Open Thursday – Sunday every week
8 am – 8 pm
Retallack Lodge would like to announce the opening
of our Restaurant on July 1st for the summer season.
Join Chef Yves Robitaille and enjoy some of his many
delectable culinary creations –
Lodge Direct – 250.469.9598 emphasizing fresh and local
Main Office – 800.330.1433
Email – info@retallack.com ingredients.
Reservations: 250-469-9598
CHIMNEY SWEEPS
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Insurance Inspections & Installation
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2 days left on the Early Bird tickets!
The Valley Voice June 29, 2011
Nakusp Music Fest – eighth year
submitted by Nakusp Roots Music Society
The Nakusp Music Fest returns to the
lakefront village of Nakusp on July 15, 16,
and 17. For the eighth consecutive year,
the BC Interior’s most popular classic rock
festival returns with an all-star roster of
world-famous artists and up-and-coming
talent in a beautiful mountain setting. Early
Bird tickets are still available but only until
July 1.
Combined with the picturesque venue
on the shores of Upper Arrow Lake, alpine
scenery, and friendly small-town hospitality,
Nakusp Music Fest is the place to be this
July. The action kicks off Friday, July 15 and
goes for three straight days of classic rock,
modern rock, blues and country on two
separate stages with the Doobie Brothers,
Kevin Costner and Modern West, Soul
Asylum, Spirit of the West, Honeymoon
Suite, the Sheepdogs, Skavenjah, Canned
Heat, Grapes of Wrath, Savoy Brown
featuring Kim Simmonds, the Pack A.D.,
Odds, Gary Hoey, Mobadass, the Alan Kirk
Band, the Perms, the Led Zeppelin Show,
Serotonin Crush, and Tambura Rasa.
Recently Saskatoon-based rockers
The Sheepdogs competed at the renowned
Bonnaroo Festival in Tennessee for a major
recording contract and the cover of the
August edition of Rolling Stone magazine.
They are the only Canadian band in the
running after competing against 15 other
bands. They are opening the festival at 6
pm on Friday night.
All festival ticket holders will have
additional opportunities on the site to enter
to win the chance to meet The Doobie
Brothers, Kevin Costner and Modern West
and/or Soul Asylum. There are additional
draws for all VIP package purchasers and
sponsors. They are automatically entered
for opportunities to meet the bands as well
as our VIP getaway packages to Penticton
Lakeside Resort, Halcyon Hot Springs and
Kelowna’s Mon Reposa Luxury Penthouse.
In addition to the terrific music lineup, Nakusp Music Fest provides on-site
entertainment and amenities for the entire
family at the festival site in downtown
Nakusp. Vendor Village provides a wide
variety of food, crafts, souvenirs, and
entertainers of all types roam the grounds
interacting with concertgoers. Our Kid
Zone keeps children occupied with lots of
fun activities including the Bounce Castle,
face-painting, arts and crafts, and more. The
2,000-seat Bavarian beer garden with great
selections of beverages, giant LCD video
screens, and contests for concertgoers add
to the interactive festival experience.
Between the great music, beautiful
location, and vibrant atmosphere, it’s no
wonder Nakusp Music Fest continues
to entertain thousands of fans each year.
Readers of RV West have voted Nakusp
Music Fest their favourite festival to attend
for the past two years. Camping is available
throughout the village within easy access to
the downtown venue. Shuttle bus access is
provided to campers as well.
Single-day, two-day, weekend, and
VIP passes, and camping information are
available at nakuspmusicfest.ca.
Open Sun. 11-3 • 411 Kootenay St, Nelson
We have expanded! Now three rooms of
the best “Boho Chic” in the Kootenays!
14TH ANNUAL SUMMIT LAKE WALK/RUN/BIKE FOR FUN
Hosted by Three Islands Resort
Come out and walk, run or cycle the 10 kms around beautiful Summit Lake on Sunday, July 10
Walk begins at 9 am sharp. Registration ($5) begins at 8 am
Refreshments & Gifts – everybody walks out a winner.
All proceeds go to the Arrow Lakes Hospital with Three Islands Resort matching funds raised