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“A life without garlic would surely stink”
Volunteer directors of the society that ran Nakusp Music Fest may or may not be liable for outstanding amounts owed now that bankruptcy has been declared. PHOTO COURTESY OF NAKUSP MUSIC FEST
Nakusp Music Fest society bankrupt By Claire Paradis Arrow Lakes News
Over a dozen creditors will likely be out of luck as far as regaining equipment or money owed to them by the Nakusp Roots Music Society. Sad news of the Nakusp Roots Music Society’s bankruptcy came as a notice posted by KPMG Inc. in the paper for the first meeting of creditors on August 10, 2012 at the Kuskanax. At the end of last year, after taking hard losses for two years in a row, the Society made the decision not to hold a festival in 2012. The news of the bankruptcy wasn’t a huge surprise, considering the festival’s recent history, but the process was still a sad marker of the loss of what was the largest revenue-generating event for Nakusp in recent history, made sadder by the knowledge that local businesses and families will have lost money, as well the festival. On August 10, 2012, creditors filed into the Tenderfoot basement with claims against the Society who had put on the annual Nakusp Music Festival from 2004 until 2011. James F. Gilchrist, Vice-President and representative of KMPG Inc., moved the meeting through its necessary paces with an efficient and friendly manner. “These meetings don’t take very long,” he said, and quickly but carefully executed all the requisite legal steps. After the meeting, former Society President Donna Rebman was clearly upset, but said she was relieved the process hadn’t been as emotional as she had feared.
Rumours that the volunteers who were on the Board of the Society may be personally liable for outstanding sums have been circulating, one considerable sum being a sizeable amount owed to Revenue Canada. Although it is true that board directors may be held personally liable in some cases, a source of stress for volunteers who were trying to help their community, local opinion was that the Society directors would be ok. “I cannot see anybody getting any money from the Nakusp Roots Music Society,” said Benny Bruneau, one of the creditors who said he would take the loss and not bother trying to legally recoup his money. “I take my losses and have to move on,” Bruneau said, who saw no good in pursuing individual members of a small volunteer board. “Imagine what would happen to Minor Hockey,” he commented, noting that even fewer people would be willing to come out and give their time volunteering if they feared being sued. “I think they are safe,” said Willi Jahnke, who has been in the event promotion business for more than four decades. “When it comes to payroll and taxes, that’s when usually directors are liable, but that’s why you have directors’ and officers limited liability insurance.” Janeke is very familiar with both the legalities of running non-profit societies in general and Nakusp Music Fest in particular. He told the Arrow Lakes News that he was there in the beginning of the festival, and has served as a member of the board as well. His
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Walter Pasieka stands by his garlic, and a life with garlic.
PHOTO COURTESY OF MARY FREEBAIRN
Internet disruption interferes with meter installation By Claire Paradis Arrow Lakes News
After running into problems with interference in Silverton between BC Hydro’s new meters and local wireless internet service, Hydro has put a hold on installing meters in Fauquier, Burton and Arrow Park. All three communities rely on fixed wireless broadband for their internet access, and broadcast at 900 MHz. “About a third of our people are on the 900 band,” said Fauquier Internet Society president Frank Poirier. When Poirier received notice in the mail at the beginning of July that BC Hydro contractor Corix would be installing meters in town, he called the utility with his concerns about potential interference. He was told that the meter transmission would be at 928 MHz, and interference wasn’t likely. Transmission of messages between the provincial utility and the small internet society seems to be an issue. Hydro representative Cindy Verschoor claims that Hydro “sent a direct email to the internet service provider in Fauquier to make them aware of possible interference issues.” According to Verschoor, Hydro is still awaiting a response from Fauquier. “They made no effort to get in touch with us,” said Pat Kula from the Fauquier Internet Society. Kula agreed that the meter transmissions
shouldn’t cause a problem in theory, “but you’ve got to know about the technology,” she qualified. “If [the meters] stayed to 928, then the theory is that they should be OK. But what seems to happen is that they’re broadcasting across the whole 900 spectrum.” “BC Hydro had an open competitive procurement process to select our new metering system and did not specify the use of 900 MHz unlicensed frequency band,” said Verschoor in an email to the Arrow Lakes News, who also added that the majority of smart metering vendors around the world operate in the 900 MHz frequency band. “While the 900 MHz frequency band is not normally used by ISPs, we are reaching out in an effort to work more collaboratively to ensure mutual coexistence of our equipment. We are fully compliant with Industry Canada regulation,” read the email. Kula pointed out that 900 MHz is the only frequency that can transmit through dense brush and trees, a necessity for getting the signal to homes in our heavily treed region. Hydro, the newbies to the frequency, says they won’t install the new meters until a solution to the interference issue is found. “We are still working with internet service providers to find a mutually agreeable solution,” wrote Verschoor, “In the meantime, we have temporarily stopped installing meters in areas where we are aware of possible wireless interference issues until the situation is resolved.”
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A Robson author is looking for stories, photos, and family histories to help her write a comprehensive book on the Arrow Lakes. “The goal is a complete analysis of the Upper and Lower Arrow Lakes and the narrows,” says Takaia Larsen, who has a $9,000 Columbia Basin Trust grant to complete the manuscript within 18 months. The book will devote one chapter to each town that once dotted the lake. “I’m still deciding what defines a town, but thinking wherever the SS Minto stopped,” she says. “If it had a store, it was a town.” She figures 28 places between Castlegar and Arrowhead met that criteria before dam construction of the 1960s flooded many of them. Her interest began several years ago when she created an exhibit about Renata for the Kootenay Gallery. Despite growing up in the area and boating recreationally on the lake, she didn’t realize how many communities there once were. “The work on that one town made me realize there were so many,” she says. Larsen adds while a number of books have already been published on such places as Burton, Edgewood, and Nakusp, her project will synthesize them all. As a history instructor at Selkirk College, she has longed for a single volume covering the whole area.
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Takaia Larsen will be accessing the Arrow Lakes Historical Society interview for her book about the region’s history. PHOTO COURTESY OF TAKAIA LARSEN
time around. The grant only covers the research phase. Afterward she’ll have to find a publisher. The book is tentatively titled And Then the Waters Rose: Histories and Memories of the Arrow Lakes. Once published, Larsen plans to do a reading tour of the entire Columbia Basin, noting East Kootenay residents were similarly displaced by hydro-electric development. Larsen has two other titles under her belt. She turned her thesis on women working at Cominco during World War II into Sewing the Seeds: Women, Work, and Memory. She also co-authored a limitededition history of the Castlegar pulp mill, Working Together: Celgar’s First 50 Years in the West Kootenay. Larsen can be reached at 250-365-3900 or tjmk@shaw.ca.
Rock the Peach hits sour note
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“It’s so scattered and it’s hard for students to get a sense of the history of the whole region,” she says. She’s particularly intrigued with Oatscott, the Indian reservation opposite Burton that reverted to the Crown in 1953. “I’ve always wondered how that land came into the hands of the province because it was privately owned,” she says. “I’m hoping I can shed light on that.” She’s also curious about Robson, where she lives on what used to be a large orchard. She’s hoping to use previously untapped resources, and already has some leads. The Castlegar Heritage Society has 50 pages of transcripts from interviews done 20 years ago, plus materials that used to be housed at the Kootenay Gallery. The Arrow Lakes Historical Society has over 400 taped interviews conducted by Milt Parent dating back to 1972. And later this month Larsen will visit the BC Archives to listen to other audio interviews of Arrow Lakes residents from the Imbert Orchard collection. She’s also working with Bruce Rohn, who was raised in Renata, and has many photos. “It’s a huge project,” she says. “I want it to be well researched and academic but for a popular audience. I’d like to be able to use it at the college. I want people to be able to pick it up and read it.” Larsen applied unsuccessfully for project funding last year, but thanks to support from local heritage groups, was luckier this
pected and some suppliers have been left holding the bag as a result. Six creditors are owed a total of about $100,000 and have been asked for a 90-day grace period on payment after some of their cheques bounced, confirmed promoter Willi Jahnke. “We’re pretty much restructuring here but we’re not running away,” he said, “and we want to stay and we want to make it work.” Jahnke said he’s the president of iRock Entertainment Inc., which produced the event at Kings Park in Penticton with $400,000 of its own money. The July 27-29 festival featured headliners like Collective Soul and Sam Roberts Band. But a stormy Friday night got Rock the Peach off to a bumpy start from which it never recovered, Jahnke said. A total of 1,904 people walked through the gate that night, according to numbers he provided, and attendance declined on each of the following days for a three-day total of 4,865. Organizers expected total attendance in the range of 14,000. “Besides the attendance, the show was really well done,” Jahnke said. The event also seemed to please the City of Penticton, which engaged in a “collaborative process” with neighbours prior to the event, said communications officer Simone Blais. She said city staff met with area residents in May and then worked to address their stated concerns about security, litter and parking. A total of 15 vehicles were towed over the three days from residential-parking-only areas around Kings Park. Still, Blais
said the city received “really positive reports” from festival-goers and “it seems like we’ve addressed most of the residents’ concerns.” The promoter paid up front for use of the park, as required by the city on all its leases, Blais added. Jahnke said the company will now talk things over with the city before deciding whether it will try to Rock the Peach again next year, but he still sees potential here: “New kids on the block are always taken with caution, especially as Penticton didn’t have a positive track record when it comes to festivals.” Data collected from ticket buyers showed about 60 per cent of the audience came from outside the region, Jahnke said, and he thinks that figure could go higher. “It’s just a matter or tapping into that and proving to people this is really a festival worth coming to.” Organizers also noted complaints about high prices and found most people preferred single-day passes. Grouping artists of similar genres together on the same day could grow that segment, Jahnke said, and would avoid a repeat of the disparate Sunday lineup, which featured 1980s rockers Glass Tiger, followed by Spanish guitarist Jesse Cook and country singer Ronnie Dunn. “Will there be adjustments? Absolutely. There has to be,” he said. Jahnke also produced through a different company the Nakusp Music Fest, which ended an eight-year run with its last show in 2011.
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Stats reveal Nakusp and area aging dramatically By Kyle Kusch
Special to the Arrow Lakes News
As Statistics Canada continues to release data from the 2011 census, the reality continues to hit home that our region’s population is aging. The village of Nakusp showed a small amount of growth between 2006 and 2011, with the population increasing from 1,524 to 1,569. The growth, however, was recorded almost exclusively in age groups from 40 and above. As baby boomers are now running headlong into retirement with the first of the GenerationXers not far behind, senior demographics are rapidly expanding at the expense of working-age (15to-64) groups. Nakusp, for example, has seen an increase in the population of 70-to-74 year-olds from 60 in 2006 to 105 in 2011, while the population of 35-to-30 year-olds fell from 125 to just 65. The median age of Nakusp’s population rose over ten per cent over the past five years from 45.8 to 50.6 – nearly a decade higher than the provincial median age of 41.9. The implications of such num-
bers on the taxpayer base, especially in a small town with economic challenges, are huge. There are now 61.3 dependents (seniors plus children under 15) for every 100 working-age persons in Nakusp, a massive change from 2006 when the ratio was 48.3 for every 100 working-age persons. Again, this growth is due to an increasing senior population; of these dependents, 39.2 are seniors compared to just 24.6 in 2006. Perhaps the most disturbing numbers in our region came from Burton. Between 2006 and 2011, the population of the village core fell nearly in half from 225 to 115. Even more of an alarm is that 98.3 per cent of the population was 15 and older – in other words, all but approximately five people in the entire village. The median age of a Burtonian is now 60.8 years. Of all designated places in the Arrow Lakes/North Slocan region, only Edgewood did not experience net aging, staying level at 55.3 years. While New Denver’s population stayed essentially flat (504 in 2011 versus 512 in 2006), the median age increased from 53.0 to 56.5, making the village the
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third-oldest municipality in the entire Kootenay-Boundary region behind Midway and Greenwood. Silverton, on the other hand, no longer claims the distinction of being B.C.’s smallest municipality, gaining ten people to pass the Vancouver Island logging town of Zeballos with 195 residents. Province-wide, the fastestgrowing municipality was Langford, the second largest suburb of Victoria, which grew by 30.1 per cent over the five-year period to 29,228. On the other end, the fastest-shrinking town was Zeballos, which lost 33.9 per cent of its population. Whistler had the youngest median age of all municipalities at 32.4, while Qualicum Beach had the oldest at 63.9. As a whole, the province’s population continues to grow, rising from 4,113,487 to 4,400,057. As the charts below show, urban areas in our region such as Nelson, and even ones as small as Nakusp, continue to grow slightly at the expense of the small rural villages surrounding them as people move into large centres with more services. This trend is likely to grow as the overall population continues to age.
Originally from Nakusp, Robison is now taking his skills to Halifax.
Nakusp’s Robison heading to east coast Black Press
A long-time UNBC employee who filled key roles in the athletics department is taking on a new position on Canada’s east coast. Zane Robison, a former coach and player on the Timberwolves’ men’s basketball team, has been named the director of student life at Dalhousie University in Halifax. The title is similar to the position he’s held at UNBC over the past few years as the residence and student life manager. Robison is scheduled to begin filling the new role on Aug. 20. His final day at UNBC is Aug. 16. “It’s an exciting opportunity not only for the career, but also for my life,” Robison said. “I’ve always wanted to be near the ocean and the east coast has been quite appealing to me. I’m excited for the opportunity and I think it’ll be a really, really nice change. It’s going to be tough to leave UNBC. I absolutely love it here and it’s been an incredible place. It’s been very good to me and this opportunity would’ve have come without what UNBC did, but I think this is going to be good for me.” Although he put in his notice at UNBC on July 3, Robison has continued working on the Cranbrook Hill campus this summer to help the university through the transition. The announcement of the hiring was made on Dalhousie’s Notice Digest e-mail information service on July 10 (www. dal.ca/news/notices/2012_07_10. html). Robison’s acceptance of the Dalhousie leaves an opening at UNBC. The job posting is listed among staff
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titles online at www.unbc.ca. As a UNBC student and employee, Robison helped shape the men’s basketball program. He filled the role of head coach from 2001 to 2008, turning a young program into a competitive squad in the B.C. Colleges Athletic Association. Prior to joining the team as an assistant coach for the 2000-01 season, he played on the UNBC men’s basketball team from 1996 to 2000. Robison also acted as interim athletic director while the position was vacant in the 2009-10 season, before Jason Kerswill began filling the role in August 2010. Although it’s been four years since Robison stepped down from his Timberwolves coaching position, his imprint is still seen on the roster today, having recruited guards Francis Rowe, Sam Raphael and Joel Rybachuk in 2008. The three students will be fifth-year players for the Timberwolves in the 2012-13 campaign, their first competing in the Canada West Universities Athletic Association. Robison, a native of Nakusp, completed a undergraduate degree program in natural resources management in 2000. He’s worked at UNBC a total of 16 years. “It’s been a huge part of my life for almost half my life so it’s bittersweet,” he said. “I think it’s going to be definitely a significant change because UNBC has been such a big part of my life. But I think it was time to move on and try something different and try the big school experience, and this was obviously a good opportunity for that.”
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Ride on, cyclists!
Claire Paradis Your Editor Who knew there could be so much happening on the highway between Nakusp and Arrow Park? The bikers are back for the summer season. I’m not talking about the leather-clad Harley/Norton/ BMW-riding set, but their unplugged counterparts who cruise the winding highways at a much slower velocity: cyclists. If there’s a siblinghood of bicyclists, then count me in. And if we are a family, we are a large and varied one. Although he may be my brother in cycling preference, Ryder Hesjedal and I are definitely not twinned spirits when it comes to pace. If he’s the hare, then I’m the snail. Slow and steady is my preferred speed, and even though travelling along paved roads, the rate opens up the sights and sounds of the road’s surroundings (although my iPod supplies just the inspiration needed to hustle my butt uphill). Careening along at 80 kilometres-plus, the beauty of the grass that jumps up from a burning yellow base to many vigourous green points sprouting out to all directions. There are the perplexing existential questions that poke up when
confronted by shards of bottle glass: why? what for? is this fun? Not for the cycling brethren, that’s for sure. Glass on the highway can punch a hole in an otherwise fun road trip, a deflating experience for sure. As appealing as sparkles can be, sharp glass on the shoulder isn’t a welcome sight on a bike. There are other wayside artifacts, mostly anything that wasn’t tied down tightly enough to travel 100 km/h: half a floaty noodle, a pillow, a touque which has now ended up on a tree near Idler Road, random shoes, etc. Each item may have a story, but they are all silent now, abandoned by the roadside. And of course there are the other more breathtaking sights of the Upper Arrow Lake, the sounds of birdcalls from the treetops, and the smells... A small deer still in its spotted youth, hit and road-killed, has been slowly decaying on the uphill highway side near Donnelly’s Road for a week now, another motivator to move quickly, to pass the stench. Motivation comes in many surprising forms. Like finding a loose $20 bill among the empty Bud cans that dot the side of the highway. Yay! Or the indefatigable enthusiasm of some August long weekenders broken down on their way into town, unswerving in their aim to have a good time. The small moments and details that make the way between this place and the next are easily missed if moving too fast (something I remind myself when I’m in a burning hurry somewhere), so why not try slowing down and appreciating the richness that surrounds us? Try understanding the art of cycling, to paraphrase Thoreau: you won’t be disappointed.
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Who could blame a visitor for feeling a bit envious when they visit Nakusp’s waterfront?
Editor, As a Vernonite, I am a little jealous of Kelowna — just for one reason and one reason only — their accessible waterfront. When you visit Kelowna, the pleasure of strolling along their waterfront, enjoying the lake views, with music and entertainment in the summer, is immeasurable. Recently, we visited Nakusp. Here, in this tiny village, is a beautiful waterfront promenade which includes a lovely pergola and sitting area and a tranquil
Japanese garden, all leading to a public beach. Here in Vernon, we are blessed with three waterfront areas, all of which are almost completely inaccessible to the public. No lovely waterfront promenade here. What Vernon has let happen is truly tragic: gorgeous waterfronts that are almost completely taken over by residential homes and condos. Even Swan Lake is heading toward the same fate. Imagine the tranquil nature walks that could be there.
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Thank you to Ducks Unlimited for preserving a small corner of this lake. Thank you, too, to the small group of people who are preserving the historic Okanagan Landing Station. The loss of our waterfronts is obviously irreversible, however, let’s pull together to preserve what is still left for public enjoyment. Wanda Fisher Vernon
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A rare postcard showing the camp at Edgewood where Ukrainian Canadians and other Eastern Europeans were interned during World War I sold recently for the opening bid of $200 US. The unmailed card, showing two rows of tents and bunkhouses — as well as a chicken-wire fence in the foreground — is a reminder a little-known bit of local history. When the war began, the Canadian government implemented the War Measures Act and issued an order-in-council resulting in the internment of over 8,500 “enemy aliens,” more than half of whom were Ukrainian immigrants. The Edgewood camp and work site operated from August 19, 1915 to September 23, 1916. Up to 200 men, many from the Crowsnest Pass, were housed in tarp-roofed bunkhouses and forced to build a wagon road through the Monashees to Vernon using hand tools through uncleared land. A recent item found on eBay is a memento of a dark period in Edgewood’s past.
Local pharmacists offer free medication counsel
Marilyn Boxwell Seniors helping seniors It was startling to learn recently that although Canada is not yet adequately tracking prescription drug death statistics, an inordinately large percentage of U.S. patients prescribed medications have resulted in fatalities being recorded. In fact, one in five patients on average, according to an article carried in a recent edition of The Hospitalist, an official newsmagazine published by the U.S.-based Society of Hospital Medicine. With so many new health products now reaching the public through the pharmaceutical marketplace in general, more prescription or over-the-counter medications as well as vitamin and supplement options are available now than have ever
also be available. “This is an exciting and beneficial service being offered, especially in the case of those experiencing a complex medication regimen,” Smallwood told his audience, adding “bring in all your medicines and supplements, and each will be reviewed privately during a 20-30 minute assessment (by suggested appointment). Each medication will be explained as to what it is intended to do.” Smallwood urged those planning to take advantage of the new service to make out a list beforehand of all the medications, vitamins and supplements being used or consumed, and any possible problems or challenges which they may be encountering. “Part of the problem-solving process may include a pharmacist’s getting in touch with one’s doctor to assess whether certain medications and/or other health products may actually be needed,” said Smallwood; dependent of course, upon each patient’s individual circumstances. For further details and to make an appointment for the free Medication Review Service offered to qualified persons, drop by People’s Pharmacy on Broadway or call 265-2228.
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been been the case before. It is reasonable to then conclude that medications, particularly those prescribed to the elderly and vulnerable citizens within our region and elsewhere, should be carefully reviewed to ensure patient safe handling and a prescription’s medical effectiveness by a qualified professional on a regular basis. The relatively recently held Nakusp Seniors’ Resource Fair highlighted a number of guest speakers, each of whom were experts in their field and concerned with a variety of awareness and public safety factors. Local pharmacist Rob Smallwood, serving as a representative of People’s Pharmacy (Nakusp), was one of them. He addressed the Fair’s attentive audience, announcing details of a new-to-Nakusp free Medication Review Service sponsored by the British Columbia Pharmacy Association, which is now being offered through the local pharmacy. This service is open to patients who are on five medications taken within the last six months and who wish to increase their personal knowledge and understanding of the medicine they are taking, as well as possible options which might
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Box Lake Lumber puts Nakusp on the map
Two shifts keep the mill running day and night. Here, logs are split into lengths for posts.
By Claire Paradis Arrow Lakes News
If you keep your eyes peeled on the way out of town toward New Denver, you’ll spot a new sign on the side of the road just before Brouse Loop. It says: Box Lake Lumber 3 km. If you turn off Highway 6 and drive up Wilson Lake Road to the mill, you’ll quickly see it’s a very busy place. Large trucks back in and are loaded, and forklifts and other machinery roam around the work yard. It was bright skies and good weather the day that the Seniors Association took their tour with Dan Wiebe, the mill’s owner, who guided the group of ten through the site’s operations, which employs around 40 people in two shifts. Danny handed out bright orange earplugs to the seniors, and there were a few jokes about just turning down hearing aids instead. Outside, the noise of the mill isn’t that bad, it’s the trucks and machines making their way through the site that are loud. This is the third incarnation of the Wiebe mill that Dan has been part of, thanks to fires. With each rebuilding, Dan and his father took advantage of the opportunity to try something a little different. Box Lake Lumber now specializes in cedar products, from split rails to chips to bark mulch. The lumber mill is a much-admired business, and Dan Wiebe was nominated for an Order of B.C. for his innovative, positive and hard-working approach. His nomination was supported by the Village and the Development Board as well as Tom Zeleznik, and the letters they wrote all emphasize the importance of the mill for the Village, as well as Dan’s upstanding character. Unfortunately, he wasn’t chosen, but that’s alright; he’s still busy doing good work here in Nakusp, including taking time out of his busy day to lead a tour of seniors and one Nakusp journalist through the work site. Walking through the muck resulting from many days of rain, we were fortunate to have only a few inches of mud to deal with, thanks to the concrete on the site. We made our way up to where the logs come in to the mill. It all starts with loads of cedar logs that come in by the truckload that are scaled then decked, or stored, in a gravel-pit area of the mill site. It’s an efficient operation; every part of the wood gets used, from the bark to the wood in rotten logs. First, the trees are peeled, with the bark being destined to be ground and sold primarily as mulch. Cedar fibre is ideal as mulch, Dan explained. Its sponge-like quality makes is perfect for retaining water while it protects roots from sun and stops weeds from growing. For the most part, the mulch is sold by the 5.5 cubic yard bale, but the company will sell truckloads to people wanting smaller amounts, and the same is true for any of their products. Box Lake Lumber hopes to have smaller bags of the mulch available by next spring. Right now they’re waiting on a replacement part for a robot (I’m not kidding) that will make the smaller bags of mulch possible.
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The seniors and I moved to the next station of the tour where a continual flurry of chips was being blown from a pipe onto an enormous mountain of the bits of wood. Box Lake Lumber chips are shipped all over North America, and are primarily used for paper, Dan told us. Rotten trees, which were once seen as not worth transporting, now gets shipped more than once: as logs, as chips, as paper and as retail product. (Next time you’re stuck behind a chip truck on the long and winding road, remember they’re carrying what turns into that great stuff: paper, so relax, sit back and appreciate.) By the way, the trucks full of chips and other cedar products from Box Lake Lumber drive their cargo to faraway locations like Chicago, Wisconsin, and Texas as well as places on the same side of the border. Trucks and forklifts were going about their business on the site, and there seemed to be a lot of business, as the group of seniors headed down the hill toward the mill itself. At one entrance, large logs were being hauled up and chopped into lengths to be made into fence beams and posts. Even standing outside, the sound of the mill was loud enough to make everyone in the group to stuff their earplugs in, or turn their hearing aids down, while trying to listen to Dan. Once inside, the noise was even more intense, with only the folks closest to our tour guide able to hear what he was saying. Sawing and splitting was the focus of the labour inside, with machines and saws kachunking and screeching along. Outside on the other side of the building where the sounds of industry weren’t as intense, Dan showed the group a sample of the posts and beams with pre-cut gaps that allow them to be easily assembled into attractive fencing. He also brought out some of the tapered shingles the mill produces, and handed them around the group. When asked if the mill was computerized, Dan replied that it was “people powered.” “It’s nice to have a computer, but the logs vary so much,” he said. It is the skill of workers that produces Box Lake Lumber’s fine products. As we move along to the packaging area of the plant, a sprinkler is continually watering the shake blocks so they are kept wet inside and out. “One day without water and they can be completely destroyed,” said Dan, who explains that one dry day could cause the entire load to crack as they dry. Not far from the pile, a packaging machine wraps plastic around a bale of mulch like a spider enveloping its prey: the plastic wraps around the bale that is spun like a spool of thread on a pin. Then, it’s pushed down the ramp to where it will be loaded on to one of the many trucks driving in and out of the yard. As the seniors and I made our way down to where we parked, a line up of trucks was now taking up the roadway in to the busy little lumberyard, waiting to be loaded up and on the road taking Kootenay cedar to parts all over the continent.
Dan Wiebe shows how cedar fencing is easily constructed from the split pieces manufactured at the site. CLAIRE PARADIS/ARROW LAKES NEWS
Bark mulch is moved into position to be wrapped for transport.
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Dan explains the shipping system near a bale of mulch, wrapped and ready to go near the loading area. CLAIRE PARADIS/ARROW LAKES NEWS
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Sean Ashby is offering a workshop as well as a concert in Silverton this weekend. PHOTO COURTESY OF TRENT RICHER
Contributed by Carla Nemiroff
Although they may be difficult to spot, Western Screech-owls have a unique call that makes them easy to identify. PHOTO COURTESY OF TOM ABRAHAM
Can you hear whoo is out there? Contributed by Doris Hausleitner
When biologists embarked on a study of the endangered Western Screech-owl in 2009, they were not aware of how much the success of their project rested on the hands (or ears!) of the public. West Kootenay residents have been integral in finding new territories (four of eight territories monitored last year were reported by local landowners), helping monitor owls and conserve valuable habitat on their properties. Once again, the public are being asked to listen for the calls of the Western Screech-owl. “Because of their nocturnal habits and elusive ways, these birds have a certain allure with people,“ says biologist and project manager Doris Hausleitner. “We have really appreciated the leads we have received in the past and we are hoping that we can find a couple of new territories this year.” Although the Western Screechowl is listed federally and provincially as an endangered species, their habitat is offered no real “protection” on private land. The Western Screech-owl in the West Kootenay region typically reside in low-elevation areas adjacent to water; precisely where people also
like to live. In fact, over 90 per cent of locations (collected from owls wearing small radio backpacks) have occurred on private lands. Biologists have followed owls on eight different territories from the Creston Valley to the Columbia River and from the border of the U.S. north to Slocan City. “For these territories, there are approximately 150 landowners involved,” added Hausleitner. “So far, every single one of them has cooperated positively with the project which we are really pleased about. “Getting all the residents of a particular owl’s territory together to view the territory has been very successful. A landowner might not think they have high-value land for wildlife when they look within their property lines, but when they see the significance of their property on a larger scale, a sense of collective responsibility sets in. Some have even invited biologists to walk their properties to give them ideas on how to enhance their land and keep important wildlife trees for the owls. This type of habitat conservation will benefit a multitude of species.” As a direct result of the project, biologists have applied to the province to provide conservation
status on approximately 150 hectares of crown land on three owl territories. In addition, commercial landowners have been notified of owl use on their properties and regional districts have used the spatial data from the project in their official community plans. Together with private landowners, habitat is being conserved for the Western Screech-owl one territory at a time. The Western Screech-owl telemetry project is funded by the Fish and Wildlife Compensation Program, Columbia Basin Trust, FortisBC, Habitat Stewardship Program and the Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation. Project biologists are still searching for owls to monitor by radio-telemetry in 2012. Not only will this data be used in habitat conservation, but also for species recovery province-wide. Recordings of the Western Screech-owl can be found at www.owlpages. com. This call, which will only be made when the bird is perching, can be heard at night and should not be confused with that of the Common Snipe. If you have heard this owl or you have any further questions please contact Doris Hausleitner at 250.505.7768 or dorishaus@ shaw.ca
Although you may not recognize his name, you know his playing; Sean Ashby is one of the Canadian music industry’s top guitarists. Now, his solo career is taking off, and he has just released his third solo album, Fantastico. Sean was lead guitar for 12 years with Sarah McLachlan and has played in many bands including Jack Tripper and Delerium, as well as with well known singers such as Rita Chiarelli, Mae Moore and Sue Medley. If you love guitar and the blues/ rock genres, Sean Ashby’s show is a must see. Sean uses six different guitars on stage, including his “lap steel”, similar to a dobro, which he plays with amazing skill. He describes his performance as a “singer-songwriter, guitar-guy show,” and his musical style as “twang and slide – heavy on the twang.”
He plays his own material plus covers of Motown and rockabilly tunes, some country classics, and even old surfer tunes using a hollowed-out Gretsch guitar. On a busy 160-show North American tour now, Sean is traveling solo, singing and playing with backing tracks of live recorded bass and drums. Sean Ashby’s Guitar Master Class at 1:30 p.m. is open for all ages and all levels of guitar students. “It’s a chance for people to play in front of each other talk about music, share ideas and take some pointers from an experienced pro – also talk about song writing and live performance,” said Sean. This workshop is subsidized by the BC Arts Council, which takes a bite out of the costs for interested listeners and musicians. For more info or to register, contact Carla at 250358-7198 or silvertongallery@gmail. com.
Hard times for music fest organizers Con’t from page 1 company, Octopus Productions, handled the production and administration of the festival, and so he is also very familiar with that end of it as well. “I probably have the most background of anybody,” said Jahnke, who confirmed that was the reason that he has taken on the role of one of two investigators in the bankruptcy proceedings. The two investigators will act in the interests of all the creditors. Like Bruneau, Jahnke is also willing to accept a loss if there is nothing to give out to creditors. “Of course I don’t feel good,” he said, “The good thing is I don’t have
a career ahead of me. I’m looking into filling out pension forms. I’m not concerned about myself.” The loss of the revenue that came to the village through the festival dwarfs the loss that individuals face, for Jahnke. “I think the long-term effects of the cancellation is much higher,” he commented. Jahnke’s most recent foray into a rock festival production, Rock the Peach in Penticton, experienced very low audience turnout, something he says might be the new norm for certain kinds of festivals. “I think the market has run out for [classic rock],” he said.
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Help Wanted An Alberta Construction Company is hiring Dozer and Excavator Operators. Preference will be given to operators that are experienced in oilfield road and lease construction. Lodging and meals provided. The work is in the vicinity of Edson, Alberta. Alcohol & Drug testing required. Call Contour Construction at 780-723-5051. CERTIFIED ELECTRICIANS Wanted for growing northern company. Competitive wages and benefits. Safety tickets needed. Fax 250-775-6227 or email: info@torqueindustr ial.com. Apply online: www.torqueindustrial.com. CERTIFIED MILLWRIGHTS Needed for growing northern company. Competitive wages and benefits. Safety tickets necessary. Fax resume to 250-775-6227 or email: info@torqueindustrial.com Online: www.torqueindustrial.com INSERTING MACHINE Operator required for busy Alberta printing plant. Previous Alphaliner or other machine experience an asset. Mechanical & computer aptitude required; ejamison@greatwest.ca PARTS AND Services representatives at Jacobson Ford Salmon Arm BC. We are looking for exciting, customer friendly, dynamic individuals capable of working in a fast paced work environment. Parts and service experience an asset but not necessary, email resume to: iwantacareer@jacobsonford.com
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Trades, Technical AUTOMATED TANK Manufacturing INC. is looking for welders. Due to a huge expansion to our plant located in Kitscoty, Alberta, 20km west of Lloydminster. We have openings for 10-3rd year apprentices or journey person welders. We offer best wage in industry. 3rd yr apprentice $28$30/hr, journey person $32$35/hr, higher with tank experience. Profit sharing bonus plus manufacturing bonus incentive. Full insurance package 100% paid by company. Good working environment. Join a winning team. Call Basil or Blaine at; (office)780-8462231; (fax)780-846-2241 or send resume to blaine@autotanks.ca; p r o d u c t i o n @ a u t o t a n k s. c a . Keep your feet on the ground in a safe welding environment through inhole manufacturing process. No scaffolding or elevated work platform. CERTIFIED ELECTRICIANS wanted for growing northern company. Competitive wages and benefits. Safety tickets needed. Fax 250-775-6227 or email: info@torqueindustr ial.com. Apply online: www.torqueindustrial.com. CERTIFIED MILLWRIGHTS needed for growing northern company. Competitive wages and benefits. Safety tickets necessary. Fax resume to 250-775-6227 or email: info@torqueindustr ial.com. Online: www.torqueindustrial.com. CONCRETE FINISHERS and Form Setters. Edmonton based company seeks experienced concrete finishers and form setters for work in Edmonton and northern Alberta. Subsistence and accommodations provided for out of town work; john@raidersconcrete.com. Cell 780-660-8130. Fax 780-444-7103. Fort St John, B.C. Licensed Plumber/Gasfitter/Sheetmetalman wanted for new construction and installations. Must have valid drivers license. Send resume to pronorthheating@telus.net or (250)7855542
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SHINGLE SAWYER needed in Gold River. Pendragon Forest Products Ltd. Apply to: Box 1100 Gold River B.C., V0P 1G0. Call 250-283-2111 or 604-369-3045. Or Email: pendragonfp@xplornet.com TICKETED Crane Operator in the West Kootenay Area with experience/Ability up to 75 ton crane send resume to wkm@shawcable.com
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This Week in History This Week in History features a selection of stories from the Arrow Lakes News archives sons may expect to meet Charlie on out-of-the-way mountain trials. They may fail to recognize the knickerbockered, baggy-trousered, splay-footed screen favorite, but it will be Charlie Chaplin getting a close up of the wonders of the Northland, the wonderland that he means to put on the silver screen for the delight of the adoring public.
August 13, 1942 - An old Canadian custom
This little fellow has landed a large sucker and a prize trophy to show off at this 1985 fish derby. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE ARROW LAKES HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND CRESCENT BAY CONSTRUCTION
August 16, 1922 - Movie idol to do a mountainclimbing marathon Charlie Chaplin wants to make a picture in the Canadian Pacific Rockies. In preparation for such a picture he plans to spend his vacation in tramping over the mountains; no little patch-worky climbing for Charlie, but a hike right across the Rockies. He is convinced that in the Canadian Pacific Rockies he will find the ideal location for a big picture, something that will make the movie fans sit up on the edges of their seats. While the Comedy King has not a personal knowledge of Canada’s wonderland, he is by no means ignorant of its possibilities and beauty. Among the books which he studies during his leisure hours are three huge volumes filled with Canadian data and pictures and with their contents he is thoroughly conversant. The mirth-provoking Charlie has his serious hours, too, and a keen business sense that is put to work in seeing that the public gets what the public wants. He has a story in view in which the greater part of the action occurs in picturesque parts of Quebec and Manitoba. Visitors to the Rockies during the next few sea-
When our pioneer grandparents had a big job to do, they called in their neighbours. A barn raising brought help from miles around. Skilled barn framers took charge; sides were chosen and competition between teams lent interest to the work. This old Canadian custom was revived when Canada’s National War Finance Committee was formed and went into operation. Under the leadership of the National and Provincial Committees – men experienced in the organization and conduct of financial operations – Local Committees were formed in all communities. Co-operation and competition characterized the work. The biggest “raising” in Canada’s history got away to a magnificent start.
August 16, 1972 - Poisonous plants from Idaho Peak hospitalize two Don’t eat the plants. Two people were taken seriously ill and admitted to Castlegar hospital recently having eaten a plant found in the mountains. The pair had been climbing the meadows of Mt. Idaho out of New Denver. The plant, according to Dr. R.T. Pagan of the Selkirk Health Unit in Nelson, is know as False Hellebore. The colloquial name is “death weed.” It is found in swamps and and moist meadows at elevations above 6,000 feet, and grows between two to eight feet with tassles of greenish and yellow blooms. This plant contains a poisonous alkaloid (veratrum) which has a serious affect on the heart and blood vessels, and can cause paralysis, convulsions and death. Initial symptoms may be nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. People are warned to avoid eating plants of any kind unless they know what they are.
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sidewalk chalk and help make the world’s longest hopscotch course along the waterfront. For kids six and up; starts at 1 p.m. at the Nakusp Library.
TOADFEST 2012 The third annual western toadlet event - Toadfest - will be happening again at Summit Lake Provincial Park just southeast of Nakusp between 4 and 7 p.m. LIBRARY PARTY Join the library staff and volunteers for summer-end snacks and prizes (bring your completed reading records for awards and prizes). Starts 1 p.m.
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SUNDAY, AUGUST 19 BURTON FARMERS’ MARKET At the Burton community hall from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
GUITARIST SEAN ASHBY AT THE SILVERTON GALLERY Although you
EARTHEN PLASTER WORKSHOP IN SLOCAN/SILVERTON Learn how to identify clay, process ingredients and prepare surfaces for plastering. For more info and to register contact Cindy Walker 250-505-4532, info@naturalplasters.ca
may not recognize his name, you know his playing; Sean Ashby is one of the Canadian music industry’s top guitarists. Sean Ashby’s Guitar Master Class at 1:30 p.m. is open for all ages and all levels of guitar students; concert 7:30 p.m. For more info or to register, contact Carla at 250-358-7198 or silvertongallery@ gmail.com.
will be on display at the Community Hall at the same time as the weekly farmers’ market. You can hit both events between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
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SUNDAY, AUGUST 26 BURTON FALL FAIR & FARMERS’ MARKET Burton’s harvest cornucopia
TOADFEST 2012 The third annual
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Meets 7 p.m. at Terra Pondera, 97 2nd Ave. in Nakusp. For more info, call Mary Ellen 250-265-4604.
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Legion cruises Kootenay to support veterans Kids Fest with Illusionist Rod Clarke
Ages 7 – 13 years Monday August 27th Admission Free 9:30am: Carnival Games, Inatables, Registration 10am– 2pm: Kids Fest (Lunch Included)
Gazebo in the Park - Across from Beach Rod Clarke is a regular at camp, schools, churches, birthday parties and many other corporate venues. Sponsored by Saddleback Community Church, 59 3rd Street NW, Nakusp.
Further Information call Craig Savage at 250-265-3113
Steve Tays, Paul Blanchette and Harvey Truax are three of the riders who will be taking part in the ďŹ rst annual Ride for Vets on August 26. CLAIRE PARADIS/ARROW LAKES NEWS
fund raiser on August 26. From Trail to Rossland, Castlegar, Nelson, Salmo and them back to Trail, partakers will cruise the roads, taking breaks for lunch and to cool their heels and possibly their behinds as they ride the loop.
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Our curvaceous roadways will once more be appreciated, and in a helpful way, when the BC/Yukon Legion rides the West Kootenay highways as part of a fun
If you feel like joining the tour and contributing to the cause, get your bike ready and yourself in contact with Harvey Truax (htruax@hotmail.ca) or Greg Hill (greg.hill@shaw.ca). The fee for the fun ride is $20, and whatever gas the trip takes, of course.
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Come out and Support our Meat Draws which are held every Saturday at 4 p.m., 5 p.m. & 6 p.m.
The Nakusp Legion is the Meat draw sponsors for August THERE WILL BE NO BINGO UNTIL SEPTEMBER 13TH. DROP-IN BINGO CHAIRMAN, HARVEY TRUAX IS LOOKING FOR GROUPS TO SPONSOR BINGO IN THE FALL
Texas Hold’em has been postponed until the Fall!
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