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From left: James Lebuke, Beth Granstrom and Ryder Litke all set provincial records at the BC Summer Swim Association championships on the weekend. LeBuke broke records in the 200 metre individual medley and the 100 breastroke, Granstrom broke records in both the 200 metre individual medley and the 100 metre butterfly, and Ryder Litke broke records in the 100 metre individual medley and the 50 metre breastroke. See page 12 for the complete story. ~ Photo contributed

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Part way through my interview with brothers Al and John McInnes, Al mentions that John was the North American ski jump champion in 1969. John, who also competed in ski jumping during the 1974 and 1978 Olympics, is quick to give credit back to Al who he says was instrumental in organizing ski jumping events in Revelstoke.

“If it wasn't for the work Al put in there wouldn't have been too many tournaments I think,” said John. “He'd take about a month off before a tournament. We get too much snow here for ski jumping. You want just a little bit where it's colder and not much snow.”

For the two brothers, who moved from Surrey to Revelstoke as chil-dren when their family purchased a saw mill, ski jumping started out as simply being something they could do.

“In those days they didn't have a lift anywhere on any of the ski hills,” said Al, the eldest of the two brothers. “You basically had to walk.”

While Al admitted he never had the same caliber of talent as John, he did ski jump until he finished school and started working in the family sawmill business. He also worked as a volunteer on the ski jump for 13 years from 1962-1975.

“We didn't have any groomers. This was all by hand. We had hand and foot and skiis. We had to prepare the hills and it just kept on snowing, you just kept on working,” said Al.

Both McInnes brothers recalled that in the 1940s and 1950s ski jump-ing was a big community event.

“They used to bring in a train from Vancouver and one from Calgary and people stayed right on the train. They just parked them in the yard,” said Al. “The spectators would sleep on the trains.”

While ski jumping makes up a huge portion of John and Al's youth in Revelstoke, both brothers also spent time working in the logging indus-try. Their family owned a sawmill in Revelstoke from 1956 to 1971.

“We sold to Downie Street Sawmill and then I worked for Bell Pole as Logging supervisor.” says Al, who retired in 1996.

John is still working in refrigeration appliance repair but also helped out with the family business when it was still running.

“I worked more at the sawmill,” he says. “Al looked after all the logging and my dad looked after all the logging sales and that sort of thing so it worked out pretty well.”

For the two brothers being part of the family business was mostly a good thing, however it did have its moments.

“We got along pretty good,” says Al. “Once in a while you know, dad was born in the depression on the prairies and money was tight, so some-times I'd want to buy equipment and he'd buy the cheapest or the used and there'd be a little rumble over that. But in general it was pretty good.”

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Personal historiesFOR THE FOURTH INSTALLMENT OF PERSONAL HISTORIES, WE SPEAK TO

SKI JUMPING AND LOGGING BROTHERS, AL & JOHN MCINNES

Al & John McInnes: The ski jumpers

Brothers Al & John McInnes were leading Revelstoke ski jumpers who also worked at the family saw-mill. ~ Photo by Melissa Jameson, Special to the Review

Parents are spending the money and feeling the love like never before from par-ties contesting the Oct. 19 federal election.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper expanded his favoured approach of direct payments, increasing the Conservative government's child care benefit plan that has been com-pared to the former Family Allowance.

The increase was set up to produce bo-nus cheques to eligible parents in July, ret-roactive to the start of the year. Payments

went up from $100 to $160 a month for each child under six, with a new $60 pay-ment for those aged seven to 17, payable to families regardless of income or method of child care.

Liberal leader Justin Trudeau responded by promising a modified version that would phase out the benefit for high-income fam-ilies and increase payments for the rest.

Building into its calculations a proposed income tax cut for middle and low-income people, the party estimates a two-parent family with an income of $90,0000 and two children would receive $490 a month

tax free, compared to the Conservative program of $275 a month after taxes.

The Liberals calculate that a single par-ent with $30,000 income and one child would receive $533 a month, up from $440 under Conservative child benefit and tax rules.

NDP leader Thomas Mulcair has offered to retain the Conservative payments and expand Quebec's subsidized daycare pro-gram across the country, with a maximum payment of $15 a day and a long-term goal of creating one million new spaces across the country.

Mulcair has said the Quebec program allowed 70,000 mothers to return to the workforce, and the NDP program would be available to private daycare operators as long as they are independent and not "big box" operations.

Green Party leader Elizabeth May is also offering a universal federally-funded child care program, including support for work-place daycare through a direct tax credit to employers of $1,500 a year.

The Green Party also wants to appoint a national children's commissioner to advise government on policy.

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Election 2015: Politicians pitch to parentsTOM FLETCHER

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Allan Chabot had a busy first week. There were meetings with department heads and city staff, committee meetings, interviews with the local media and more. All to get caught up as the new top manager at Revelstoke city hall.

"I feel like I've been drinking from the firehose," he told me during an interview at his office on Friday.

Chabot was hired as the city's Chief Administrative Of-ficer in June, coming to the city from Merritt, where he'd been CAO for about a year. His first day of work was last Monday, Aug. 17, and his first week was spent getting caught up on what was happening in the city.

"There's a lot of irons in the fire, there's a lot of projects underway," he said. "There's a lot of projects that probably have a lot more effort associated with them that people might not realize — things like boundary extensions, get-ting electoral approval for the Big Eddy water system im-provements. There's long-term planning issues — the sew-age treatment plant, pavement management strategy, the building maintenance strategy."

In all of this, he sees his role as helping staff prioritize their workload, and working with council to make sure ex-pectations don't exceed available resources.

"Often in government there's never time to do it right, but there is time to do it again," he said. "I'd rather do it right the first time and that means giving yourself the tools to do the job."

Born and raised in Invermere, Chabot comes to Revel-stoke with three decades of experience in local government, beginning with a term as councillor in Invermere when he was 23. Three years later he was elected mayor and after one term in the seat, he decided to pursue a career in local government.

After going to school, he got a job as deputy city clerk, then city clerk in Prince George. After that, he moved to Golden, where he was the Corporate Officer. Eventually he

landed as the CAO for the City of Fernie, a post he held for 10 years until he was let go in August 2012. In May 2014, he moved to Merritt to take over the CAO position there.

"I had no plans to leave Merritt and then the opportunity in Revelstoke came up," he said. He applied for the post here that was vacated when the city parted ways with Tim Palm-er and was hired in June. A Kootenay native, he wanted to return to the region. When asked why he applied for the job, he replied: "The size of the community, the landscape, the climate, the geography, the recreational opportunities.

I like to ski, I like to golf, I like to fish."It's Chabot's Fernie experience that might be most ap-

plicable to Revelstoke. He moved there when it was in the midst of a growth period. The ski resort doubled in size a few years before he arrived, and there was a lot of develop-ment coming to the community.

"Fernie had been put on the map with resort expansion and plans," he said. "The community was growing really rapidly, and then with the economic crisis of 2008 every-thing slowed right down."

Revelstoke got a later start than Fernie in the resort game, and growth was stunted almost right away by the crash of 2008. Development appears to be returning to the community, with building permit values way up this year and at least two major proposals going through city hall — David Evans' Arrow Heights housing development and the highway shopping centre.

Chabot views his role as facilitating the developers deal-ings with the city, and helping the community cope with development.

"Sometimes you can see these things coming in advance, so you can understand the anticipated impacts and plan for them," he said. "Ultimately, land use, development and growth turns on council's authority over land use — help-ing the council to understand the pros and cons of various proposals."

Chabot also brings with him a mix of private sector ex-perience, having worked in a sawmill, mining, trucking and tourism over the years. He said he's supportive of tradition-al resource industries and their needs must not be ignored over resort development.

Chabot is single and has two children and two grandsons. He's already bought a house in Revelstoke, near the golf course and has a travel trailer he's hoping to use. We talked about fishing and skiing, but mostly about his new job.

"I've got lots to learn. I don't know what the issues are but I've got a general sense of them," he said. "It's a fascinating job. I feel lucky to have a job like this."

New CAO Allan Chabot takes his seat at city hallALEX COOPER

[email protected]

Allan Chabot. ~ Photo by Alex Cooper, Revelstoke Review

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The B.C. government's forest steward-ship plans for Crown land are unenforce-able, lack measurable results and are not producing innovative forest management, according to an investigation by the Forest Practices Board.

The board reviewed 43 stewardship plans from all regions of B.C., prepared under provincial law by tenure holders

including forest companies and communi-ties. There has been "no improvement" in problems identified by a similar review in 2006, said Forest Practices Board chair Tim Ryan.

"We are recommending that government not renew or approve any forest steward-ship plans that don't meet the standards set out in the Forest and Range Practices Act," Ryan said.

The investigation found that many of the plans cover "vast and overlapping ar-

eas of the province, and were written using legal language that makes them very dif-ficult for public understanding or review."

The five-year plans are supposed to be approved after measurable and verifiable results and strategies are established and public input is obtained. Many have been extended without further public review and more are due for extension or renewal in the next year, the board says.

This isn't the first time the board has made recommendations with regards to

forestry planning. In a 2013 report on Stel-la Jones' logging of the Begbie Bench area, the board recommended that all local land-use plans be re-visited the province, forest licensees and local stakeholders in order to bring them up to date.

The board conducts independent in-vestigations of Crown forest licences. Its reports and results of the latest province-wide investigation can bee found at www.bcfpb.ca.

Forest stewardship plans failing, report saysTOM FLETCHER

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BC Timber Sales plans on leaving a buffer

around the TNT biking trail when it logs at Mount Macpherson next year.

The logging plans were revealed by the Revel-stoke Cycling Association in an e-mail to its mem-bers that was also posted to the RCA website. The e-mail, signed by RCA president Keith McNab, in-cluded an image from BC Timber Sales outlining the area that will be logged. It shows that a section of trees around the TNT and Ridgewalk trails will be left standing to protect the trails.

"Hopefully the buffer that will be left is large enough that when blowdown occurs the trails will not be significantly impacted," wrote McNab.

The Review initially reported on BCTS' plans for further logging at Macpherson last year. The ini-tial proposal involved logging about 35 hectares of forest around the Main Loop Nordic trail, the TNT mountain bike trail, and a block next to the Nor-dic lodge. The latter block has since been removed from the plans.

The planned logging of Mount Macpherson has

been controversial, with 150 people attending an open house to hear about the proposal, and more than 1,700 people signing an online petition ask-ing for a moratorium on logging until a land-use plan is developed for the area.

Steve Thomson, the Minister of Forests, Lands & Natural Resource Operations has twice rejected requests for a new land-use plan for the area.

Despite protests, the logging is still scheduled to go ahead next year. BCTS has completed their tim-ber cruise of the area, and after meeting with the RCA board in the spring, presented their detailed plans to the board earlier this month.

The revised plans include a bigger buffer around the TNT trail. BCTS has also committed to re-building the Madmen's Step trail, and building a new connector trail.

The RCA said they will be entering into an agreement with BCTS to meet regularly to discuss future logging and trail building plans, "so each group will know what the other is planning as far ahead of possible."

Neither McNab nor BCTS could be reached by press time for interviews about this development.

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Macpherson logging details unveiled

A mountain biker heads down the TNT trail at Mount Macpherson. The forest around the trail is slated to be logged next year. ~ Photo by Alex Cooper, Revelstoke Review filesThere are big changes afoot at StokeFM, with several key players stepping

down and station founder Scott Duke switching to a background position.The community radio station announced last week that Mike Murphy was

taking over from Duke as the station’s executive director.Duke has held the position since he launched the station in 2011.Murphy, a graduate of the Humber College radio broadcast program has

been co-hosting the morning show for the past few months. He will have big shoes to fill, as the station also had to let go of its two key employees – Sarah Peterson and Annie Hewitt, who handled the day-to-day operations.

The changes are the result of Stoke FM not receiving a key grant earlier this year, said Duke.

"Normally we're supported by two means — our grant funding and support from business partners in the community,” he said. “This year, we didn't get grant funding so we had to change things up. Where we had people in paid positions, that's now a volunteer component.”

On top of that, much of the board of directors, which included Duke, Hewitt, Eve Northmore, Amy Flexman and Joey Norsworthy, is stepping down. Those five got the station started four years ago, but several have moved on to other things.

Duke said he will be staying on the board, but he will be trying to recruit new members. "I'm going to send some e-mails out inviting people to be on the board this week,” he said. “Other than that, people can apply if they want to be on the board."

Duke said the station makes enough money to keep it running and pay one employee, but grant funding is needed to hire more. He added that with his jobs running a property management company and as city councillor, he doesn’t have the time to dedicate to the station.

"I want to see it go forward and continually get better and be a bigger part of the community, and for that it needs someone dedicated to it,” he said.

Note: Editor Alex Cooper is a volunteer with Stoke FM.

Big changes at Stoke FMALEX COOPER

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Scott Duke (left) is handing over top duties at Stoke FM to Mike Murphy. ~ Photo contributed

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Kootenay-Columbia Green Party candidate Bill Green received a conservation award Mon-day in Portland from the American Fisheries Society.

Green accepted the William E. Ricker Resource Conservation Award on behalf of the Ktunaxa and Secwepemc (Shuswap) Nations, joint recipi-ents with the Okanagan Nation Alliance and 15 American tribes.

The Ricker award recognizes singular accom-plishments or long-term contributions that advance aquatic resource conservation at a na-tional or international level.

Green is the founding executive director of the Canadian Columbia River Inter-tribal Fish-eries Commission, established by the Ktunaxa and Secwepemc Nations to protect and restore aquatic ecosystems and return salmon to their historic range in the Columbia and Kootenay River systems.

“It has been an incredible honor and learning experience over the past 20 years to work with the Ktunaxa and Secwepemc communities,” Green, a fisheries biologist, said. “Bringing back the salmon is of profound cultural importance to them, and will produce ecological and eco-nomic benefits for all people.”

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Green candidate honoured

Bill Green received a conservation award in Portland last week. ~ Photo contributed

Those attending an invasive mus-sel inspection workshop this week got more than expected when a boat carry-ing the concerning molluscs showed up for an actual inspection and decontami-nation.

The workshop, held in Kelowna’s Cook Street Boat Launch parking lot last Monday, Aug. 17, was organized by the Okanagan Basin Water Board and its WaterWise Program’s “Don’t Move A Mussel” initiative in partnership with the B.C. Ministry of Environment.

It was geared to marina and yacht club operators but included RCMP boat program and local government bylaw staff, as well as Okanagan Nation Alli-ance fisheries representatives.

“It was an incredible opportunity to view the actual mussels on a boat first-hand and then discover just how hard it is to detect them,” said OBWB opera-tions and project manager James Lit-tley.

As it turns out, an Ontario couple owns the boat and is now moving to the Lower Mainland. The boat was moored in zebra mussel-infested Rideau Canal for a couple months before being trans-ported to its new home. The owner in-spected the boat in Ontario before leav-ing that province.

The boat was then stopped this past weekend by Alberta inspectors and, when mussels were found, it was de-contaminated. Alberta followed up and called the B.C. Conservation Of-fice (C.O.), in charge of inspection and decontamination in B.C., to tell them

a boat was on its way. The boater was then ordered to come to Kelowna for a follow-up inspection.

The boat pulled into the parking lot where the training was taking place and within a few minutes, B.C. inspectors detected several sand grain-sized mus-sels around the boat’s legs, trim-tabs and props.

The boat had reportedly been out of water for 30 days and properly drained. Still, not taking any chances, after the inspection in the parking lot and tak-ing a sample, the boat was moved to a gravel location for decontamination.

The mussel samples have been sent to a lab to be tested to determine if they were alive or not. It is illegal in B.C. to transport the mussels dead or alive.

According to provincial staff, there have been at least 15 high-risk boats decontaminated in B.C. so far this sum-mer. Further testing suggests none had live mussels.

However, several fines have been is-sued, including for failure to stop at an inspection station. Some boats have also been quarantined to ensure they were out of the water and dry for 30 days.

News of this latest incident has left OBWB chair Doug Findlater shaking his head.

“While B.C.’s conservation officer team is conscientious and taking this seriously, we still don’t have a lock down system in place,” said Findlater.

“The fact that this boat had to go through two inspections and decon-taminations, shows how difficult it is to fight this.

“If we are going to be successful in keeping these mussels out of our wa-ters, it will take serious vigilance. We are still relying on others to let us know when an at-risk watercraft is coming into B.C. And we’re relying on an hon-our system.”

Last March, the province announced $575,000 in 2015-16 to help fight the mussels, with the majority of the fund-ing going to three roving inspection crews (with two COs each).

Another three roving teams were announced in July, thanks to funding from Columbia Basin Trust.

While the Water Board is supportive of roving inspection stations, it has been calling for permanent and manda-tory stations, as has been done in Al-berta and many other U.S. jurisdictions.

In particular, the OBWB has called for stations at the five main highway entry points on the B.C.-Alberta border.

Last year, the province estimated an effective inspection program would be about $2.4 million per year (15 stations at a cost of $60,000 - $160,000 each per year). Research conducted for the OBWB estimates the cost of an infesta-tion would be $43 million to the Okan-agan alone.

While boats remain the most com-mon way the mussels hitchhike and in-fest new water bodies, they will attach to any hard surface including paddle-boards, kayaks, fishing gear, lifejackets, etc.

For more on the risks invasive mus-sels pose to the Okanagan and preven-tion tips visit www.DontMoveAMussel.ca.

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ZEBRA MUSSELS DISCOVERED ON BOAT AT MUSSEL INSPECTION WORKSHOP IN KELOWNA

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away at 108 years in the cottages, lost her mobility while waiting for nine months in the hospital for a room to come available, and that was about eight

years ago. Things are getting worse, not better, thanks to our illustrious govern-men's poor spending and management habits, and Interior Health's policies.

Diane HolmesThere are no rooms available in the

cottages so month after month our be-loved seniors sit staring at a hallway wall. Ever since the cottages were built, we have had seniors living in acute care. If this is the case, why don't they at least open an area for them where they can have a TV and seating area?

Why don't they put a care aide or two on so they can get some attention, or maybe even attend some of the activities in extended care?

Our acute care staff are busy with

acutely ill people, birthing babies, man-ning the emergency room. They are run off their feet already. If you think this problem doesn't affect your family, what happens when your child needs a bed but theres no room because our acute care beds are full of elderly people that can't go home and cant go to the cottages?

We need some transition beds in this community and another cottage. The situation is not improving.

Steve BenderGood God! Judging by your article

and the cost comparisons, we have to ask, where the hell are the new units for residential care. This present situation appears to be cruel to the patients and devastating to the taxpayer.

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Over the last 10 days there have been numerous reports of a cougar in the area between the hospital and the equine park. The reports have been both of sightings and of people hearing cougar calls.

Cougars are usually relatively rare to see, owing to their na-ture of being a stalking animal.

“In most cases it is they who see us rather than the other way round. For so many people to have actually seen this animal means that it is relatively bold,” said Sue Davies, coordinator of Bear Aware and previous WildSafeBC coordinator. “The area is inhabited by a small band of white tail deer, which are favourite prey for cougar and may have attracted this animal to the area.” At least one pet has gone missing in this area.

Please report any sightings of this cougar to the RAPP line at 1-877-952-7277. It is important that the Conservation Officer service is able to track sightings of this animal to determine if it is just behaving as a normal wild cougar, or if is it developing unnatural behaviours that may cause it to be more of a threat to people or pets. Report any sightings to the RAPP line to assist with tracking the behaviour of this animal.

***Fortunately this year bears are less of a concern in Revelstoke.

There has been an excellent crop of berries this year and this has taken some of the pressure off the town. However, purple plums are just about to become ripe in town and it is essential to harvest them to ensure that bears don’t move in and start feasting.

“Our gleaning program is up and running again this year,” said Davies. “We have already harvested some plums and there are lots more on trees around town. If you have fruit you can’t manage or know of someone who needs help harvesting, call the Gleaning Project, and we will bring volunteers to help with the harvest. We harvest the fruit then take any excess fruit to the food bank."

If you have a tree that you cannot manage to harvest, or if you want to help with the harvesting (and get to take home lots of fresh, local fruit) please email [email protected] or call Sue Davies on 250 837 8624.

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Ongoing to August 28ART SHOW: CELEBRATING GARDENS A new members show at the Revelstoke Visual Arts Cen-tre. The side gallery features Sky Blue Waters, by Tracey Kutschker, Lisa Figueroa and Linda Frank-lin. The show opens Friday, July 10, at 6 p.m.

Wednesday, August 26BENNY WALKER Live in Grizzly Plaza as part of the Summer Street Festival. 6:30–9:30 p.m.

Thursday, August 27BUSINESS AFTER BUSINESS An informal drop-in social for business owners and managers. At the Revelstoke Legion from 5–7 p.m.DEVON COYOTE Live in Grizzly Plaza as part of the Summer Street Festival. 6:30–9:30 p.m. After, he's performing at the Last Drop.

Friday, August 28STACIE BYRNE DUO Live in Grizzly Plaza as part of the Summer Street Festival. 6:30–9:30 p.m.DODGE CITY BROTHERHOOD Live at the Last Drop.

Saturday, August 29TRAILSTOKE 5Peaks hosts its second annual ultra-marathon at Revelstoke Mountain Resort. This 55-kilometre race brings runners from the base of RMR to the alpine, covering about 3,000 metres of elevation gain. The race begins at 6 a.m. Register as an individual or team at trailstoke.5peaks.com.RUMBLE IN THE JUNGLE A bouldering com-petition at the Englishman Boulders in the forest near Three Valley Gap. You can find directions to the area on RevelstokeTrails.com. Starts at 9 a.m.JOHN JENKINS Live in Grizzly Plaza as part of the Summer Street Festival. 6:30–9:30 p.m.STACIE & MATT Live on the Last Drop patio at 6 p.m.STOKE FM COMEDY FEST With Ivan Decker, Ryan Williams, Mitchel Scott, Rupert Common, Katie Burrell and Alex Sparling. At the Royal Cana-dian Legion at 7 p.m. Tickets are $20, available at Skookum and online at stokefm.com. 19+. Bring a donation to the food bank to get a free drink.MAPSTONE Live at the Last Drop at 10 p.m.

Saturday, August 29REVELSTOKE GRIZZLIES vs. North Okanagan Knights. KIJHL exhibition game. At the Forum at 7 p.m. Entry is $5, or free with a donation to the food bank.

Sunday, August 30JODI DOIDGE Live in Grizzly Plaza as part of the Summer Street Festival. 6:30–9:30 p.m.REVELSTOKE GRIZZLIES vs. Kamloops Storm. KIJHL exhibition game. At the Forum at 7 p.m. Entry is $5.

Monday, August 31LASKA Live at the Last Drop.

September 4–25ART SHOW: TOWNSFOLK A new exhibit by Revelstoke artist Cherie Van Overbeke. The side galley features Flourish & Flow, a joint exhibi-tion by the Revelstoke Awareness & Outreach

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Friday, September 4OUTDOOR MOVIE NIGHT: THE INCOMAP-PLEUX Learn about the unique old-growth Incomappleux forest and the efforts being made to preserve the 2000 year old trees and their surroundings. A question and answer session with the director of the film will follow. At the BC Interior Forestry Museum at 7 p.m. By donation.

September 5–785TH ANNUAL LABOUR DAY GOLF TOUR-NAMENT British Columbia's longest running golf tournament is back, with divisions for men, women, and juniors. Visit the Revelstoke Golf Club website for more information.

Saturday, September 5OUTDOOR MOVIE NIGHT: PLANES — FIRE & RESCUE In this Disney film, Dusty learns that his engine is damaged and he may never race again. He joins a forest fire and rescue unit to be trained as a firefighter. At the BC Interior Forestry Museum at 7 p.m. By donation.REVELSTOKE GRIZZLIES vs. Golden Rockets. KIJHL exhibition game. At the Forum at 7 p.m. Entry is $5.

Tuesday, September 8GARDEN GURU SERIES Tomatoes part 2: In the Italian kitchen. At the United Church at 7 p.m.

Wednesday, September 9BELLE PLAINER & BLAKE BERGLUND Prairie folk duo, live at the Mustang Bed & Breakfast.

The second annual TrailStoke ultra-marathon takes place at Revelstoke Mountain Resort this Saturday, Aug. 29. The 55-kilometre course will take runners from the base of the resort all the way to top of Mount Mackenzie where they'll enjoy a long run in the alpine and sub-alpine before descending back to the base. The race starts at 6 a.m. and the first runners should arrive at the finish at the Revelation Lodge before noon if you want to come out and cheer them home. ~ Photo by Alex Cooper, Revelstoke Review files

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BC Hydro is spending $2.4 million to upgrade the boat ramp in Shelter Bay Provincial Park, but some think their plans don't go far enough.

The project was unveiled at an open house at the community centre last Monday, Aug. 17. The Review was unable to attend the open house, but was given details about the project

The plans include re-designing the turnaround area to make it one con-tinuous loop, replacing the existing walkway with a floating one, upgrad-ing the existing water break, expand-ing the number of parking spaces to 32, and, of course, repairing the boat

ramp itself. Gary Krestinsky, the president of

the Revelstoke Rod & Gun Club, said the improvements were welcome, but weren’t substantial enough.

He said he hoped BC Hydro would put a windbreak on both sides of the ramp to help small boats leave the shore on wavy days.

Carly Moran, a spokesperson for BC Hydro, said they would be taking feedback and producing a final de-sign that would be sent to interested people. Construction is set to take place next year.

The Shelter Bay boat launch is popular with local anglers, who have pushed for improvements for a num-ber of years.

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The northern lights came out on Saturday night, creating a spectacular display that soared into the night sky and was bright enough to see clearly from town — if you were up late. ~ Photo by Alex Cooper, Revelstoke Review

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Pictured, clockwise, from above: The Revelstoke Fire/Rescue vehicle gets crunched during the derby; the Revelstoke Fire/Rescue crew rolls their derby entry back for repairs; and Dan Peck, representing East End Autobody and Mt. Begbire Machinery talks with an audience member while being towed in his vehicle following a wild but unsuccessful second heat bid. ~ Photos by Lachlan Labere, Salmon Arm Observer

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Being a comedian in Revelstoke was less "big fish in a small pond" and more "weird fish in the wrong pond."

I moved to Vancouver four months ago, after coming to terms with the fact that this little moun-tain town might not ever have the scene I needed to get better at an art form I've always been drawn to. Maybe there was a part of me that was hiding out in Revelstoke, following a "Plan B" dream of playing in nature, instead of pursuing "Plan A" of performance, creativity, and whatever that might lead to (Botox and handbags). It's easier to fail at your Plan B than it is to fail at your Plan A (some-times even to admit to yourself what your Plan A is), and there was a lot of that going on as I took 10 minute breathers half way up sub peak while everyone else seemed to float up it.

Sure, I could do one stand up show a year and capitalize on every inside joke that being a part of a small community set me up for, and yes, I could riff about foreign politics and local drama on the morning show at Stoke FM, but I knew that I wasn't truly improving, because I wasn't being pushed.

Getting out of your comfort zone is the worst. To quote some of the local athletes I tried to sur-vive hanging out with over the years, it's "Type 2" fun. What I'm doing in Vancouver right now is just that. I'm being pushed. I have no advantage there, I have lots of competition, I fear judgment, I'm scared a lot of the time — but I have this funny feeling that I'm going to look back on this period of my life and think, wow, that was fun, because

learning feels good. I also never walk on stage and think to myself, "I may die here," so at the very least Revelstoke gave me perspective on fear.

I did a lot of growing up in Revelstoke: I learned about work ethic, kindness, my pain tolerance levels, living with grace, looking after yourself, in-come tax strategy, how to remain calm in terrify-ing situations. That stuff has come with me to the city. For example, to look like less of a wildebeest at work, I cut my hair and got a shellac manicure. On day three of the mani, my bike chain fell off and I wrestled it back on, showing up to my office covered in grease, looking like a bicycle murderer, but with my mani intact.

Two weeks later I peeled the somewhat dark-ened polish off with a flathead screwdriver, be-cause I own one of those, but not a "manicure stick" (a real thing). My colleague referred to me as having a "hearty soul," and I did not hear that as "butch." Because the biggest thing that I learned in Revelstoke was about being true to yourself and listening to your gut. There's no such thing as right or wrong when it comes to making life deci-sions, but your gut is usually spot on.

Outdoor action sports photographer jokes don't hit as hard in Vancouver as they did at the Big Eddy Pub, but grocery store jokes do. The Stoke FM comedy festival has a hilarious amount of trac-tion in the city. Comedians I can't even believe I've shared the stage with think it's a totally legit show. Someday, I hope to be known as the grocery store comedian. Then I can say, my roots are in Coo-per's, and it's really just a miracle that I'm not in jail for how many dried mangoes I sneakily ate in the bulk bin aisle.

When you're in the right pond, it doesn't matter what size of fish you are. You're just happy to swim around.

The Stoke FM Comedy Fest takes place this Satur-day, Aug. 29, at the Revelstoke Legion Hall. It features Ivan Decker, Ryan Williams, Mitchell Scott, Rupert Common, Katie Burrell and Alex Sparling. Tickets are $20, available in advance at Skookum and online at StokeFM.com. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the show starts at 8 p.m. Bring a donation to the food bank and get a free drink. The show is 19+.

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“Doing our first event and trying to sur-vive.”

Those were Hugo Rampen’s words when I asked him what he was most excited about his new Axis Mundi festival, which starts in a little more than three weeks.

“But don’t write that down,” he added.Sorry.I sat down with Rampen and Scott

Crocker, the festival’s head of marketing, last week to find out how things were go-ing leading up to the inaugural edition the weekend of September 18. We met in their rather sparse office at 204 Campbell Av-enue — the former home of the Chamber of Commerce.

With four weeks until kick off, they had completed the lineup and put together the schedule. Now it was time for the nitty grit-ty — things like a big marketing push, orga-nizing volunteers, and making sure there’s enough porta potties.

“It's balls to the wall,” said Crocker. “There's lots to do, for sure.”

Crocker and Rampen have both come to Revelstoke from the long-running Salmon Arm Roots & Blues festival. Rampen was the creative director for seven years and Crocker handled marketing.

Axis Mundi has been in the works for a year, since Rampen was contracted to create two shoulder-season festivals in Revelstoke — a solstice festival in June and a harvest festival in September.

The ability to work from a blank slate has given them lots of freedom, but also sparked some nerves.

“With Roots & Blues, every time you change something, you're being criticized by former patrons because it was new or different,” said Rampen. “Here, we have li-cense to do as we wish. The difficult thing is we don't have a built in audience that buys 50 per cent of your tickets without even knowing what the lineup is.

“Earning ticket buyers is a different pro-cess. It’s something were both learning.”

In folklore, axis mundi is a mythical place at the centre of the world, where the four compass points join. For the festival or-ganizers, the four points are music & cul-ture, environment, community and sports. Those are the tenets the festival is built around.

The name Axis Mundi was chosen to be deliberately vague, allowing the organiz-ers more freedom to book different acts. “I didn't want anything with a geographic name or a style or a genre,” said Rampen.

The Axis Mundi team have been slowly rolling out their festival lineup over the summer months. It started with the an-nouncement of the first group of perform-ers, with Canadian fiddling star Ashley Ma-

cIsaac the big draw. Later, they announced up-and-coming indie group Walk Off the Earth as the second main headliner.

In the midst of that they unveiled the speaker lineup, which includes Revelstoke’s Greg Hill, former Olympic cross-country skier Chandra Crawford, environmental ac-tivist Severn Cullis-Suzuki, and mountain-eer Jamie Andrew, who’s scaled numerous peaks despite not having hands or feet.

Rounding out the festival is a day-time adventure market, a 100 mile harvest mar-ket, music workshops, kids activities and more.

With the lineup and schedule set, the big challenge is building the audience and get-ting people to show up.

“We're building everything from scratch,” said Crocker. “I love it. It feels really excit-ing."

Rampen and Crocker have modest ambi-tions for the first festival. They’ve budgeted for 1,500 tickets sold and are capping at-tendance at 3,000 in order to avoid a bottle-neck at the RMR gondola, which is being used to access the main stage. It’s a modest goal compared to Roots & Blues, which at-tracts more than 20,000 people.

"I would love it if we got there,” said Crocker. “I'm not sure we'll get there this year."

The organizers waited until most of the summer’s major festivals were over to make their big marketing push. Over the next three weeks, they’ll be doing media cam-

paigns throughout the Southern Interior. "This is when we'll really know,” said

Crocker. “The inundation is about to hap-pen."

The festival begins Friday, Sept. 18, with what organizers are dubbing the crawl. Various bands will be playing at venues throughout downtown, and festival goers can either stick at one spot, or venue hop.

Saturday begins with the adventure mar-ket in Grizzly Plaza. There will be perfor-mances, speakers and workshops through-out the day downtown.

"We left the daytime fairly open so people can take advantage of the natural aspects of

the community,” said Rampen.Saturday night, the action shifts to Rev-

elstoke Mountain Resort, for the main con-cert at the gondola mid-station headlined by Walk Off the Earth.

Sunday features a similar routine, with the 100 mile food market in the morning and Ashley MacIsaac headlining at RMR.

Organizers are still looking for volun-teers. They have about 30 so far and are looking for 100. Volunteers get a free festi-val pass and a t-shirt.

"I want Revelstoke to come out,” said Crocker. “It's the first time. Come and check it out and I think they will love it."

Nervous excitement precedes first Axis Mundi festival

Above: Scott Crocker (left) and Hugo Rampen are the organizers of the Axis Mundi festival. ~ Photo by Alex Cooper, Revelstoke Review | Below: Rising stars Walk Off the Earth are headlining Saturday night of the festival.


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The deadline for entries isFriday September 4th.

The Revelstoke Aquaducks left town last Wednesday after one last morning practice to begin the long journey to the capital for the BC Summer Swim Asscoation Provincial Champion-ships. Most split the trip into two, and arrived in Victoria just in time for the Regional warm-ups on Thursday to prepare the kids to swim at the Com-monwealth pool in Saanich.

Friday started the competition with a bang in the individual medley. Division 1 Boy Ryder Litke got the ball rolling, breaking the provincial record, though placing second to fellow Okanagan swim-mer Ryan McMillan from Penticton.

James LeBuke was the next swimmer to break a provincial record, winning the Division 4 Boys 200 metre IM by several body lengths.

Beth Granstrom began her total domination of Division 5 Girls with the IM, when she broke the provincial record by more than three seconds, and won the event by almost 10 seconds. Her team-mate Brynn Hoshizaki came from seventh to win the bronze, demonstrating that if you have a lane, you have a chance.

Brynn and Beth then played musical records as Brynn broke Beth’s 50 metre freestyle record, only to have Beth break it the next day in the re-lay. Beth also set her second provincial record on Saturday in the 100 metre butterfly, eking out a gold medal through pure guts, determination, and superior fitness.

The final day of the competition was a big day for the Ducks, with Ryder Litke and James LeB-uke improving on their personal bests enough to set new provincial records. While in preliminary swims both placed first, it was the final swims that got them under the records, bringing Rev-elstoke’s total of standing provincial records to five.

New club records were also set by many. The Gales were on the warpath, each breaking at least one record: Nolan broke Jackson Litke’s 50 me-tre butterfly record, winning a silver; and Devyn Gale broke the 100 metre freestyle and 100 metre IM records, which previously belonged to Brynn Hoshizaki and Beth Granstrom respectively. Meanwhile, Kayln Gale broke her sister’s 50 me-tre fly record and Granstrom’s 50 metre freestyle record.

Alex Jay beat James LeBuke’s Division 3 50 me-tre backstroke record to win his first-ever provin-cial medal after years of being fourth, and Jackson Litke broke Bryce Molder’s 200 metre IM record for Division 5 Boys. Gina Cinelli broke Emily Pfei-ffer’s Division 7 100 metre breast stroke record to close out the meet.

Another first-time medalist was Hunter Stew-ardson, who won a silver in the 50 metre breast-stroke for Division 3 Girls, helping bring Revel-stoke’s individual medal count to 28.

Ryder Litke, Kayln Gale, Nolan Gale, James LeBuke, Beth Granstrom and Jackson Litke won medals in all four of their individual events. Ryder won three silvers and a gold, Kayln won three golds and a silver, Nolan completed a set with two golds, a silver and a bronze, as did James LeBuke. Jackson Litke won a gold and three bronze, and Beth Granstrom won all four of her individual events, making her the meet’s top scorer.

Despite being outnumbered, Revelstoke still managed to fight their way into the provinces top 10 teams for the second year in a row, and were the top Okanagan team at provincials for the first time ever.

Small but mighty has been the theme of the year for the Revelstoke Aquaducks, and a fitting way to end what has been another truly spectacular sea-son. Congratulations to all the Ducks who swam at the Provincial Championships!

Ducks storm the Island for Provincial ChampionshipsELIZA MCGUIRE

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Alex Jay (left) came from behind from fifth place to take silver in the 100 metre freestyle — his second medal of the weekend. ~ Photo by Heather Jay


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Ryan Parent has high hopes for the Revelstoke Grizzlies this year. After missing the playoffs as the result of a tie breaker last year, he wants the team to contend for the league championship.

"We want to have a chance to win it all. Certainly be in the top six teams in the league,” he said. “Out of a 20 team league, I think that's attainable."

Parent is about to start his second season as the Grizzlies bench boss. His first season was a growing experience for the team. He took over managerial duties with the Grizzlies last summer and cleaned house, only returning one player from the previous year.

With a young but skilled lineup, the team started off slow and was inconsistent for the first half of the season. They turned it on after Christmas, finishing with 55 points in 52 games and only missing the playoffs because Sicamous had more wins.

"My expectation is we come out of the gate pretty strong this year,” said the team’s coach and general manager. “I want to have a successful team right off the bat, not half way through."

The Grizzlies look to start where they left off this Satur-day, Aug. 29, when they host the North Okanagan Knights in the first exhibition game of the 2015-16 season.

For Parent, the off-season began in March, when 85 hopefuls came out to spring camp in Armstrong. That num-ber was whittled down to 45 for the main camp in Kelowna at the end of July. At training camp, which began on the weekend, that number was cut in half again.

As is the case in Junior B, exhibition season is a time of flux, as coaches wait for players to get sent down by teams in higher leagues. Parent expects up to a dozen players to return from last year’s team but added that no one is guar-anteed to make the team — not even the returnees from last year.

"I don't know whether you put in the work over the sum-mer or not," he said. "I have an idea on paper what I think we should look like. There's always that 20-30 per cent margin of error that I make. I let the players dictate where they're going to fall into the program."

Three Grizzlies have committed to Junior A teams. Nii Noi Tetteh will be playing for the Trail Smoke Eaters, Carter Huber for the Okotoks Oilers and Tyler Chavez-Leech for the Drayton Valley Thunder. Many others are trying out for Junior A teams, including last year’s leading scorer Steven Fiust, who’s aiming for a spot with Cowichan Valley.

"I think Josh Pilon should have a pretty good shot in Salmon Arm, Mike Lenko should have a good shot in Lang-ley,” said Parent. “We have guys at various camps that have opportunities to make the team."

Parent didn’t reveal too many names for who he expects to be on the roster, but he did note that local boy Louie Federico had a strong main camp. “I have some big expecta-tions for him,” he said.

“Some of our players should be dominant in the KI this year,” he added. “They've had a year to groom their game, get some confidence and now it's time to fire it up. If they're

going to move on, they've got to be good."There have been changes off the ice as well. Kyle Simkins

was hired as the team’s marketing manager in the spring and EZ Rock’s Shaun Aquiline will be running the game days. Karen Powers from Conversations will be handling the concession stand.

The Revelstoke Grizzlies play two exhibition games at home this weekend. On Saturday, Aug. 29, they host the North Okanagan Knights and on Sunday they take on the Kamloops Storm. On Monday, the Grizzlies are in Arm-strong to face the Knights. Entry for Saturday’s game is free with a donation to the food bank. Otherwise tickets are $5.

The team plays kicks off the regular season on Friday, Sept. 11, when they take on the Eagles in Sicamous. The home opener isn’t until September 26 when the Kimberley Dynamiters come to town.

Grizzlies aiming for the top this season

The Revelstoke Grizzlies bid farewell to their fans at the end of last season. The team is back on the ice preparing for the 2015-15 season this week. ~ Photo by Alex Cooper, Revelstoke Review file photo



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Marietta Emily (May) Lausman(nee Mervyn)

was born on May 22nd, 1928 in Revelstoke, B.C., the only daughter born to Cyril and Doris Mervyn. She passed away on August 6th, 2015 in Noric House at the age of 87 years.

May will be lovingly remembered by her husband Herb, to whom she was married for 34 years; her four children, Anne (Larry), Rick, Judy (Scott) and John; eight grandchildren, Collette, Jodi, Shawn, Stefan, Jeramy, Josh, Darren and Courtenay; nine great-grandchildren,

Kevan, Christopher, Brandon, Spencer, Daisy, Jalen, Natalia, Issiah and Ivor; numerous nieces, nephews and extended family members. She was preceded in death by two daughters, Kevin and Sharon; her parents, Doris and Cyril; and three brothers, Bill, Jack and Alexander Mervyn.

May was a member of the Rebekah Lodge in Revelstoke. In her younger years she enjoyed many activities including bowling, fishing and swimming and was a talented gymnast and skier.

Mom will be dearly missed by all of us who knew and loved her.

A private family Funeral Service was held at Bethel Funeral Chapel. Interment took place in the Mountain View Cemetery, Revelstoke, B.C. the following day where May was laid to rest next to her parents.

Funeral arrangements have been made with BETHEL FUNERAL CHAPEL LTD.,

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Land Act: Notice of Intention to Apply for a Disposition of Crown Land

Take notice that Revelstoke Sand and Gravel Ltd., represented by Jack McKinnon of Box 440 Revelstoke BC VOE 2SO has applied to the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations (MFLNRO), Kootenay Region, for a Licence of Occupation for a Quarry (Sand & Gravel) situated on Provincial Crown land located Revelstoke BC (part of S4 T24 R2 W5M) and containing 8.2 hectares more or less.

The Lands File for this application is 4405626. Written comments concerning this application should be directed to FrontCounter BC, 1902 Theatre Road, Cranbrook BC V1 C 7G1 or email to: AuthorizingAgency.Cranbrook@gov. bc.ca. Comments will be received by MFLNRO up to September 25, 2015. MFLNRO may not be able to consider comments received after this date.Please visit the website at http://arfd.gov.bc.ca/Application Posting/index.jsp Search Search by File Number: 4405626 for more information.

Be advised that any response to this advertisement will be considered part of the public record. Access to these records requires the submission of a Freedom of Information (FOI) request. Visit http://www.gov.bc.ca/freedomofinformation to learn more about FOI submissions.

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VICTORIA – The B.C. legislature is being recalled Sept. 28 for a fall session that will likely deal with increasing penalties for

distracted driving and careless smoking.The B.C. government has signalled its

intention to increase penalties in both areas. Justice Minister Suzanne Anton announced preliminary results of public consultation on distracted driving penal-

ties at the end of June, with 90 per cent of respondents calling for stiffer penalties for using smartphones while driving.

Anton said the current $167 ticket for distracted drivers is not sufficient for re-peat offenders, who could have their ve-

hicles impounded. Saskatchewan has in-troduced a one-week seizure of the vehicle for drivers who get two distracted driving tickets less than a year apart.

After dry conditions sparked an early start to the B.C. forest fire season, Forests Min-ister Steve Thomson announced a review of penalties for violat-ing campfire bans and tossing lit cigarettes.

Thomson appointed Prince George-Mack-enzie MLA Mike Mor-ris, a former RCMP su-perintendent, to lead a similar review of those penalties. Morris said he was considering the vehicle impoundment option for careless tossing of cigarette butts, and prohibiting people from camping in provincial parks if they violate campfire restrictions.

Fire bans allow use of camp stoves or barbe-cues with briquets for cooking, but conserva-tion officers continue to find people lighting wood fires that give off sparks and can spread in dry conditions.

The fall session will complete an unusually busy year for the B.C. legislature, which was recalled in July to au-thorize a project devel-opment agreement for the Pacific Northwest LNG gas export proj-ect proposed for Prince Rupert.

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