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Charles Maxfield displays a net weight, one of many in his collection. CLAIRE PARADIS/ARROW LAKES NEWS
Anthropological research starts with local artifacts By Claire Paradis Arrow Lakes News
If you travel up and down the shore of Upper Arrow Lake enough, you’re likely to find artifacts of first nation people who populated the area long before Europeans came here. In fact, you might have already held an artifact in your hand and not known it. When I arrived at the home of Charles Maxfield, situated at the top of a long and winding driveway that made me glad to have 4-wheel drive, I was greeted by a collection of hundreds of artifacts. Maxfield has lived in the area since he was just a toddler, and has been combing the beaches for decades. Charles Maxfield is the son of Dr. Fred Maxfield who came to practise medicine in Nakusp way back in the 1940s, and Charles was fortunate enough to grow up on the Upper Arrow Lakes during the run of the Minto. Maxfield became known as a collector of artifacts, and people in town began to give them ones that they had found. Picking a small, flat-bottomed pestle from the table full of shaped stones, Maxfield told me it had been painted green and used by a local family as a door stop. “They were often used as door stops,” he told me about the rocks that had once served as tools for the first peoples living along the river. The collector had set up his hammer and grinding stones on two tables in the sun, and had two or three more crates on the ground with various other rocks in them as well. Maxfield held up a flat rock with two clear
symmetrical notches high in either side, and explained that this rock had been a fishing weight that had kept a net vertical in the river so the most fish could be caught. “Once the fish were in, they’d pull a string and the stones would drop to the bottom of the river,” he said. With pride, he then showed me two rocks he found together near the Whatchan dam, one on top of the other, which were a lap plate and another tool rock. “Most people would just walk by these,” Maxfield said, but their subtle shaping caught his eye, so he picked them up. Were they made by the Sinixt, I asked? “I don’t know,” he said, “I didn’t see the Sinixt making it so I don’t know. It could’ve been Kootenay or Okanagan Indians.” Another one of the guests invited to the day’s display arrived, Eileen Pearkes, a Nelson author who has written about the Sinixt and is working on another book about the history of the area beginning with first nations peoples to nearly present-day. She told me she is particularly interested in delving into the reasoning behind why the Columbia was chosen for hydroelectric dams. Pearkes, an articulate figure dressed in summer whites and a broad-brimmed hat, has lived in Nelson for 20 years now, although she is originally from California. She is very knowledgeable about the geography and history of the area, and travels widely collecting stories as part of her research for her book.
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David Black shows a sample of thick bitumen from the Alberta oil sands. His proposal would keep diluted bitumen from being shipped in bulk from the B.C. coast. TOM FLETCHER/BLACK PRESS Black Press
A Victoria businessman is heading up a proposal to build a $13-billion oil refinery in Kitimat. David Black, chairman and owner of Black Press, announced Friday he wants to build a world scale oil refinery at Kitimat, B.C. Black told a news conference in Vancouver Friday he is submitting an environmental assessment application to build a “world scale” oil refinery on behalf of Kitimat Clean Ltd., a company owned by Black. The application to the B.C. Environmental Assessment Office is expected this fall. The proposed refinery would be big enough to process all the diluted bitumen carried by Enbridge’s proposed Northern Gateway pipeline. Black said he has had extensive discussions with Enbridge and other players in the Canadian oil industry, but none has so far offered to back the project. Black said he will use his own money to finance the proposal through environmental assessment, which he expects to cost several million dollars. After that, he said investors would be needed to complete it, assuming both the refinery and the pipeline receive approval. He has had preliminary meetings with
Kitimat and Terrace councils, as well as the Haisla and Kitselas First Nations in the region. The proposed site is a 3,000-hectare Crown industrial property between Terrace and Kitimat. Kitimat Mayor Joanne Monaghan spoke by phone to the news conference, offering encouragement for the proposal. But Black acknowledged he does not yet have formal support from communities or investors. “I see myself as a catalyst to make this happen,” said Black, who first proposed the idea to the province and the industry seven years ago when he was chairman of the B.C. Progress Board. Black is working with Glenn McGinnis, a consulting engineer and former manager of the Ioco oil refinery in Port Moody. “We want it [the Kitimat refinery] to be the cleanest and greenest upgrading and refining site in the world,” McGinnis said. The refinery would produce 240,000 barrels per day of diesel, 100,000 barrels per day of gasoline and 50,000 barrels per day of kerosene or aviation fuel, refined from heavy oil. Among those attending the news conference was Art Sterritt, executive director of the Coastal First Nations, a group in the Kitimat area that has strongly opposed the pipeline proposal. Sterritt disputed Black’s assertion that a B.C. refinery “solves half of the problem” with exported oil by shipping refined gasoline, jet fuel and diesel in tankers instead of heavy crude. Those products have their own risks, Sterritt said. Black pointed out that without marine shipments of those fuels, the remote coastal communities Sterritt represents would not be able to function. The lighter fuel products are still an environmental hazard, but they dissipate much more quickly and do not persist for many years like spilled heavy crude, he said. NDP energy critic John Horgan was also skeptical. “At this point, it’s a proposal without business partners and without First Nations and local community support,” Horgan said. “It doesn’t change our position [opposing] the Enbridge Northern Gateway project.” Black said the refinery will mean nearly 6,000 construction jobs over a five-year period, 3,000 permanent jobs at the refinery and tax revenue for various levels of government.
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A part-time hydro electric generating station? ARE RECENT AND RENEWED INDEPENDENT POWER PRODUCERS (IPPS) PROPOSAL ON STONEY AND OTHER ARROW CREEKS ON ANYONE’S RADAR, ASKS ARROW LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP SOCIETY’S HANS DUMMERAUF. Contributed by Hans Dummerauf, ALESS
Stoney Creek, located seven kilometres north of Fauquier is the subject of a Notice of Intention to Apply for an Investigative Licence on Crown Land by a numbered B.C. company, according to FrontCounter BC Cranbrook. Company director Dustin Erickson of Surrey, B.C. stated last year that an application to generate enough electrical power to serve approximately 60 homes will likely have only a small environmental impact. The proposal lays claim to 50 hectares of Crown land in order to accommodate a typical dam, intake structure, 1.7 km of 0 .4 m diameter penstock (a sluice that controls water flow), powerhouse, tailrace (where the water flows out of the system), access roads and a very short transmission line. So what’s the big deal in generating power on a creek without fish or human dependency? For starters, Stoney Creek only lives throughout freshet, providing a three or four month window of opportunity to harness power, yet a claim has been put forth that the project will supply power for 60 homes. A smallish project for sure but don’t homes typically use power all year long? The applicant also presents a rather puzzling description with respect to access. Assuming a road is to be built, how in the dickens does one accomplish that on a 40 per cent gradient within a 50 hectare plot that is 1.7 km long? The plot would only be 300 yards wide (50 ha = 0 .5 sq.km.). Small environmental impact? All roads have an environmental impact, more so for our steep back-country access roads that lend considerable cause to erosion and siltation. It brings to mind the ongoing siltation of Burton’s spawning
grounds, the dusty Burton Flats in spring, the death of Eagle Creek’s spawning grounds. One may venture to question how many small impacts does it take to make a large one? Apparently the term ‘cumulative effects’ does not exist in our bullish leaders’ vocabulary. Next, given that all Run-ofthe-River developments start with a dam, experience has shown that dams greatly reduce the flow of aquatic nutrients. Praise BC Hydro’s Arrow Fertilization Program, but keep in mind that ten other hydro-electrical development proposals between Fauquier and Halfway are still on the books, not to mention another 60-some proposals throughout the recently targeted Kootenays. Sadly, the cumulative effects resulting from these and past ventures arguably cannot support the few remaining Arrow fish regardless of future fertilization efforts. No fish, no food; it’s that simple. A bleak outlook for a broken food chain indeed. Furthermore, that power will be sold to BC Hydro at a rate typically 30 to 50 per cent higher than the rates we presently pay. Who pays for this higher rate? According to NDP energy critic John Horgan, Hydro was forced to buy private sector power at $68/MWh for a three month period earlier this year when the average purchase price on the open market was approximately $10. This amounted to BC Hydro losing $180 million while spilling hundreds of million cubic feet water over the publicly owned Peace Canyon Dam. Who profits and where are these profits spent? And who buys surplus power during April through July when heating and cooling demands are at their lowest? According to our uninformed Premier, the northern gas companies. Why are rate payers subsidizing the profitable gas industry?
The legal notice posted in the ALNews suggests that if you want more info visit the URL given. The first problem is that the website is not accessible via that URL. Can we expect the proponent to present their proposal to the local public? Probably not, since water power projects under 50MW are not required to involve the public. You’ll only get a public notice through the newspaper. In the event one provides written comments (Front Counter BC), it is done so without adequate background information and even so, it is unclear whether comments, submitted past a given deadline or not, are ever considered. In light of all these proposals, organizations including Nelson’s West Kootenay Eco society, Golden’s Wildsight , Arrow Lakes Environment Stewardship Society, the Council of Canadians, regional directors and Mayors formulated a Regional IPP long-time standing message: NO to all IPPs; and YES to a moratorium on all IPPs until they are regionally planned, environmentally appropriate, acceptable to First Nations without attachment, determined to be in the public’s interest, and publically owned. Apparently that message didn’t get through to 0900024 B.C. LTD. of Surrey, B.C., or Premier Christy Clark. They will now. Let’s all stop this madness together and take advantage of our shrinking democratic right today by submitting your written comments to: premier@gov. bc.ca or The Honourable Christy Clark, Premier of BC, Box 9041 Station Prov. Govt. Victoria BC … AND FrontCounter BC 1902 Theatre Road Cranbrook BC V1C 7G1 or email to: AuthorizingAgency.Cranbrook@ gov.bc.ca For Stoney Crk. refer to MFLNRO File Number 4405121.
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Shop local and shape the economy Editor, All Canadians want a thriving economy, but we’ll never have one if we don’t all share the responsibility for achieving it. Every one of us, consumers and business owners alike, makes choices every day that impact the strength of our economy, now and in the future. Until we acknowledge that each choice we make, however small, has a consequence, we won’t see the kind of prosperity we seek in our communities. Making a commitment to shopping local whenever possible is a great place to start. When it comes to shopping local, many challenges and barriers exist for both consumers and business owner/ operators—the problems are on both sides of the cash register. Economic leakage is happening more every day across the country as a result of online shopping, cross-border shopping or visiting distant locales. So what does it mean to shop local? Shopping local can stretch past the limits of our corner grocery store. It may be showing our economic support for the community 20 minutes down the road or looking at broader regional initiatives. What’s good for the community next door is good for the communities that we live in, too. Here’s just one example of how where we spend our money can shape our future: one locally spent dollar can turn over in the community about six times. In the six-turnover scenario, the benefit is that the equivalent of about $1.65 for every dollar spent remains in the community, providing a sustainable economic climate for local business. Consider what our communities will look like if those dollars are regularly spent outside of the local economy. Making informed purchasing choices in the long term is one way we can all contribute to maintaining and developing thriving local economies. Local store owners have tough
decisions to make about how they can best give back to the community. Businesses are often asked to support and assist in fundraising efforts for youth sports, community events and charitable organizations. Pragmatism dictates that the consumers who support their local businesses will be the ones rewarded with commercial support. Small businesses also struggle to be competitive when faced with competition from corporate purchasing power. Pricing structures are passed on to the consumer not because of a business mark-up, per se, but as a reflection of wholesale cost. (Mark-ups are quite comparable in Canada and the U.S., by the way.) Consumers may struggle to support small business when they feel that the customer service is poor or the selections are inadequate. As consumers, it’s important for us to play a role in effectively communicating our concerns and needs to the business we frequent. Commerce is anything but a one-way street, and it’s up to business owners to ensure that those needs and concerns are heard and, wherever possible, addressed. Taking ownership of the impact of our purchasing choices and servicerelated decisions will help to shape what our local communities will look like in the future. Many local chambers of commerce are actively involved in shop local campaigns, as are labour unions, advocating for their business members through building positive community awareness. With that awareness, commerce and consumer can be brought together in a way that ensures our communities’ economic potential moves from dream to reality in the years to come. Let’s all work together to support the economic vibrancy of the places we live in. Alex Atamanenko, MP BC Southern Interior
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David Suzuki Science Matters Preventing illness is the best way to get health-care costs down. So why aren’t governments doing more to protect the environment? We’ve long known that environmental factors contribute to disease, especially contamination of air, water, and soil. Scientists are now learning the connection is stronger than we realized. New research shows that 60 per cent of emerging infectious diseases affecting humans – those that rapidly increase in incidence or geographic range – start with animals, two thirds from wild animals. Lyme disease, West Nile virus, Ebola, SARS, AIDS… these are just a few of the hundreds of epidemics that have spread from animals to people. A study by the International Livestock Research Institute concludes that more than two-million people a year are killed by diseases that originated with wild and domestic animals. Many more become ill. According to an article in the New York Times, “emerging diseases have quadrupled in the last half-century.” The increase is mainly due to human encroachment into and destruction of wildlife habitat. For example, one study concluded that a four per cent increase in Amazon deforestation led to a 50 per cent increase in malaria because mos-
quitoes, which transmit the disease, thrive in the cleared areas. Another example from the article shows how interconnected life is. Development in North America has destroyed or fragmented forests and chased many predators away. This has led to a huge increase in white-footed mice, which carry Lyme bacteria. The mice are not good at removing ticks and their larvae and so the ticks pick up bacteria from the mice and spread it to other mammals, including humans. Because the number of Lymeinfected ticks has multiplied, more are transferring the disease to humans. “When we do things in an ecosystem that erode biodiversity – we chop forests into bits or replace habitat with agricultural fields – we tend to get rid of species that serve a protective role,” Lyme disease researcher Richard Ostfeld told the New York Times, adding that our actions tend to favour species that act as disease carriers. Global warming is adding to the problem. A study in the journal Nature, “Impact of regional climate change on human health”, notes that heart attacks and respiratory illness due to heat waves, altered transmission of infectious diseases, and malnutrition from crop failures can all be linked to a warming planet. And economic and political upheaval brought on by climate change can damage public health infrastructure, making it difficult for people to cope with the inevitable rise in sickness, according to a study in the Archives of Medical Research, “Global Warming and Infectious Disease.” Research has also shown that warming ocean waters are increasing the incidence of waterborne illnesses, including those caused by toxic bacteria in shell-
fish. This is costly to the economy as well as to human health and survival. The World Bank estimates that a severe influenza pandemic could cost the world economy $3 trillion. Environment Canada says air pollution alone costs the Canadian economy billions of dollars a year because of increased health-care costs, missed work days, and reduced productivity. A key solution, according to the One Health Initiative, is to look at the links between human, animal, and ecological health and to manage our activities in a sustainable and holistic way. The U.S.-based initiative is bringing experts in human, animal, and environmental health together to study these links. Another promising area of research is natural capital evaluation. Although it’s difficult, if not impossible, to put a dollar value on the numerous services nature provides, leaving them out of economic calculations means they are often ignored. Forests and green spaces filter water and store carbon. Urban green spaces provide cooling and protection from storms. And, ecosystems in balance help to protect us from disease outbreaks. Destroying these systems and replacing them with human-built infrastructure or paying for the consequences often costs much more than profits gained from exploitation. With the world’s human population now at seven billion and growing, and the demand for technology and modern conveniences increasing, we can’t control all our negative impacts. But we have to find better ways to live within the limits nature and its cycles impose. Our physical health and survival, and the health of our economies, depend on it.
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Fall a community affair By Claire Paradis Arrow Lakes News
It’s that time again. Yep, the end of the summer is nearly upon us, and school is due to open its doors once again. Like years before, the end of this too-short summer will be celebrated by local Fall Fairs. Burton will be holding theirs early on August 26, so let’s hope the zucchinis have had enough time to get gigantic. The fair in Burton will be held at the same time as the Farmers’ Market from 10
a.m. to 2 p.m., so get out there and enjoy the weather, the market and the fair all in one go. You might even be able to head to the beach if the sun decides to stick with us. The Nakusp Fall Fair will be taking place September 15, so get the canning jars prepped and feed whatever magical growing substances you need to get your squashes enormous. Listing will be out soon, but if you’ve got a craft in the works, now is the time to get it done!
Although you may have seen a periodic haze in the air over the past month, it hasn’t been caused by local fires at all. “All of our fires are very small and not large enough to produce smoke,” said Karlie Shaughnessy, Fire Information Officer with the Southeast Fire Centre. The latest update from the Centre pin points the closest fire to Nakusp just east of New Denver in the Silverton Creek area. The fire, started by lightning, is a mere 0.009 hectares and is being managed by a single initial attack crew. This tiny tinder in a teacup isn’t what’s turning the mountains grey, it’s smoke coming up from the south and over the water from the east. Shaughnessy told the Arrow Lakes News that the smoke is likely coming from either Russia, brought to us via the jet stream, or from fires to the south of us that continue to consume forests and threaten homes in the U.S. This week, the focus has shifted from Colorado to Idaho, which has around nine significant wildfires burning. According to the Southeast fire centre data, 102 fires have burned 296 hectares this season, with 34 of the fires being caused by people and the rest by lightning. The five-year average for this time of year is 268 fires and 3,245 hectares.
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“There were some problems, and the basic problems were communications,” he said. Stanhope raised the alarm in 2011 after BC Transit notified local officials of a doubling of management fees, after municipalities had adopted their budgets for the year. Nanaimo also protested a plan to move some of the community’s new buses out and replace them with older ones. The B.C. government pays 47 per cent of costs for BC Transit service in partnership with 58 local governments in B.C. BC Transit has a target to double its ridership to 100 million passenger trips by 2018. When he ordered the review, Lekstrom ruled out any increase in the provincial share of funding.
On Tuesday he declined to comment on specific recommendations until they have been reviewed by local communities and discussed at the annual Union of B.C. Municipalities convention this fall. Recommendations include: • a local government advisory panel to consult on system-wide capital expenditures • local governments should share information on long-term transit budget changes, land use and zoning decisions • the province should amend the BC Transit Act to allow multi-year operating agreements • BC Transit should report to municipalities twice a year ridership, cost per capita, passengers per capita and other performance measures.
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Anthropologists Alissa Nauman and Nathan Goodale, left, brought students to examine Maxfield’s collection as part of a summer school program offered at Hamliton College in New York state. CLAIRE PARADIS/ARROW LAKES NEWS
Con’t from page 1 Lately she has come from Edgewood where another collector has a variety of artifacts there. Her praise for Maxfield’s array was effervescent, and he demured, calling it “a modest collection.” Pearkes confirmed my deep suspicion that collecting is controversial, not only for first nation groups but for governments as well. Legislation in the form of the Heritage Conservation Act lays out the rules for what happens to objects when found. Artifacts in this valley are even more of an issue, with which nation they belonged to originally still up for debate. For her part, Pearkes believes they are Sinixt. Pearkes and Maxfield wander through the collection, debating the use of different stones, and discuss (for my benefit more than each other) how the tools were created with the “chip and peck” method of shaping, then abraded with specific abrading rocks to a finished product. “Imagine using that all day,” said Maxfield, handing me a large hammer stone probably used to make hammered food, a variation on pemmican. “You’d have muscles.” I imagined you’d have sore muscles too, depending on how much food was being harvested. Some of the stones had ergonomic grips to fit fingers or palms, and varied in size from a small pestle that could fit in a child’s hand to large stones that could easily crush fish bones to powder. Pearkes told me that a black lichen was pounded to create a survival food that looked like liquorice. Although apparently not a favourite in terms of taste, the nourishment could get people through hard times when no other food was available. “The mortars are harder to find,” Pearkes remarked, sometimes because they were upside down and unrecognizable, or broken by the vicissitudes of time. Maxfield had a twinkle in
his eye as he led us over to a table shaded on his deck where he had a couple of mortars with pestles alongside a variety of chipped arrowheads. Just then, the next and last wave of guests arrived, the research party. The arrival of Nathan Goodale and Alissa Nauman, anthropologists, and David Bailey, geologist, and a handful of their students was announced by the barking of the dogs. Hailing from Hamliton College, a small college in upstate New York, the researchers were spending three days in the area collecting data and visiting private collections like Maxfield’s. Goodale and Nauman have been working on uncovering the site of several pit houses south of Slocan, and each year they invite the public to visit the site in July during their summer school. What are a bunch of researchers from the other side of the continent doing up here on the side of a mountain in Canada? Both Goodale and Nauman have been here before. When he was at the University of Montana, Goodale started the dig at the Slocan pit houses in partnership with Selkirk College. For her part, Nauman was familiar with the area from camping during the summer months when she lived in Washington State. Both were happy to be spending their summers doing research in the valleys. This year, geologist David Bailey made the trip with them, contributing his knowledge from the geoscience department of the college to help with locating and dating types of rocks found in the area. The collaboration is the beginning of an exciting research project that will be examining the location of certain kinds of rock which may have been made into tools, and where those tools have ended up. The implication is that building a database of stone locations as well as where artifacts made from that stone have been found could uncover previously unknown trade routes and ethno-
graphic relationships. It’s a long-term project, one that could easily take ten years or so, said Bailey, but one that will show how rocks travel, and therefore more about the people who shaped and used them. But geologic time is long, and phenomena like glaciers can wreak havoc by depositing stones willy-nilly (well, “downhill” for the most part), making the matching process more difficult. Undaunted by the chaos created by glaciers, the crew here in the Kootenay is busily cataloguing sources and artifacts that will eventually make up the database. The researchers’ efforts have also been hampered by the more contemporary complications of stringent border regulations. Bailey said they weren’t allowed to bring a portable X-ray scanner into Canada that they had been able to transport via airplane to Ireland without issue. Although less reliable than analyzing crushed samples, the scanner can accurately date and identify types of stone without taking physical samples from artifacts, keeping them intact. What would be really helpful to the research, said Bailey, would be to find a local geographer that has been doing work in the area for decades. “It’s hard to substitute for that,” he said, commenting that experience was really the best resource of all. A group of students had gathered around a large mortar that Charlie keeps in his garden, with Maxfield telling them about the find as I said goodbye. The group’s next stop was the Nakusp Museum to look at the artifacts there available to the public. Goodale was careful to point out that they do not encourage people to amass private collections. Like the fictional archeologist Indiana Jones, Goodale would prefer collections to be kept public. “We don’t promote it,” he said, although he was grateful to have an opportunity to examine Maxfield’s collection.
Local author Eileen Pearkes discusses one of the finds with Maxfield.
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Goodale explains how one stone tool could have been used to beat cedar or lichen that was harvested by first nations people in the area. CLAIRE PARADIS/ARROW LAKES NEWS
Geologist David Bailey and Pearkes debate whether this rock is the result of natural forces or work done by human hands. CLAIRE PARADIS/ARROW LAKES NEWS
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Camp destruction brings kids’ fest to Nakusp Contributed by Craig Savage Chris Madsen is coming to the Silverton Art Gallery this weekend.
Contributed by Carla Nemiroff
Skilled artist Chris Madsen has a passion for composing and performing works with a rich creative and technical depth that serve as testimonies of and reflections upon life’s journey. He creates music to touch the heart that resonates in a place of beauty and healing, music that celebrates life. Influenced by three older brothers who all played, he first picked up the guitar at the age of six. In these early formative years his passion for guitar
led him to develop the life-long habit of playing for hours on a daily basis. By the time he was 16 he was performing at coffeehouses and busking on the streets of Laguna Beach, and at 18 Chris hitchhiked to Canada and was soon immersed in the Vancouver music scene making a living teaching and performing his original songs. The awards started early in his career when he was voted “Most Advanced Guitarist” by The Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. Most recently he was
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recognized by the British Columbia Indie Music Awards for Best Instrumental Artist of the Year in 2007, and again in 2011 for Instrumental Recording of the Year for “Song of the Troubadour.” Since 1992 Chris has resided in Vernon, where he is well known locally as a top performer and teacher. Check out his music at www.chrismadsen.com, http:// www.myspace.com/chrismadsen. You can hear him play at the Silverton Gallery Saturday, August 25 at 7:30 p.m. for just $10.
The destruction of the Pines Bible Camp in Grand Forks has brought an unexpected benefit to the community of Nakusp. In July, The Pines was destroyed by a violent storm that tragically took the life of an 11-year old camper. The Kootenay Camp Foundation, which normally operates kids’ camps there this time of year, was forced to cancel those camps. Instead, they have contacted a number of communities about holding day camps and other events, and Nakusp was invited to host one. Saddleback Community Church is partnering with the Kootenay Camp Foundation to hold a one-day Kids Fest on August 27 at the gazebo in the
park. This free event includes an illusionist, carnival games, inflatables, and a free lunch. Registration begins at 9:30 a.m., and the event runs until 2 p.m. Parents may drop off children age 7-13, but younger children must be supervised by parents or guardians. The Kootenay Camp Foundation came into being with the sale of another Christian camp some years ago. The proceeds from that sale have been invested, and the return from those investments have been used to rent camp facilities, operate Christian kids and youth camps, and subsidize the costs for kids to attend camp. The Foundation is affiliated with the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada, the parent organization of Saddleback Community Church.
New Arts Programming at Selkirk College Contributed by Barry Auliffe
Selkirk College has brought together three program areas that reflect different aspects of the arts in the new School of the Arts. The new school includes Digital Arts and New Media, Contemporary Music and Technology, and Craft, programming that was previously under Kootenay School of the Arts. School Chair Jason Taylor, and Kate Pelletier, Dean of Instruction for all Nelson campuses will be leading the way for the new school. The School of the Arts will be located at two campuses in Nelson; Digital Arts and New Media and Contemporary Music and Technology will be located on the Tenth Street Campus, and the Craft programming will be delivered on the historic Victoria Street campus in downtown Nelson. The Craft programming will consist of five different certificate programs: Ceramics, Jewelry and Textiles which are ten months in length, while certificates in Blacksmithing and Metal Casting can be earned in consecutive four month periods. All programs except Metal Casting begin in September with the latter commencing in January. The new Craft programming brings with it a number of benefits to students, such as lower tuition, accelerated learning and opportunity to apply skills in a self-directed studio experience. An additional benefit comes from the new alignment with Digital Arts and New Media and Contemporary Music. Faculty and students will have a greater opportunity for collaboration with one another, including shared learning and teaching, and the possibility of new programming. “The vision of the School of the Arts is to inspire students in their development as artists and designers by providing an excellent studio-based education,” said Jason Taylor, School Chair. “The programs will emphasize development of practical skills, with a foundation in professional practice and design.” More information can be found at selkirk.ca/programs/ arts/ The new Selkirk School of the Arts is offering an exciting new array of courses.
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General Burnham, at back, is in his usual conversational mood at Halcyon while passengers prepare to board the SS Minto. Photo courtesy of the Arrow Lakes Historical Society and Crescent Bay Construction
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The MFLNRO File Numbers that have been established for these applications are 4404698 (Asher), 4404711 (Beaton), 4404699 (Pool), and 4404712 (Upper Incomappleux). Written comments concerning these applications should be directed to FrontCounter BC, 1902 Theatre Road, Cranbrook B.C., V1C 7G1 or email to: AuthorizingAgency.Cranbrook@gov.bc.ca. Comments will be received by FrontCounter BC until September 22, 2012. FrontCounter BC may not be able to consider comments received after this date. Please refer to our website http://www.arfd.gov.bc.ca/ApplicationPosting/ index.jsp Search Search by File Number: insert Lands File Number for more information. The Land Act application will be available for viewing at FrontCounter BC Office in Nakusp BC.
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August 25, 1932 - Beer prices rise in B.C. Effective today, British Columbia beer parlours will pay $1 more per barrel for draught beer, it was announced by the liquor board commissioner today. Half and quarter barrels will be increased proportionately. There will be no increase in the price of bottled beer. With beer parlours making 110 per cent on draught beer and the government only making 25 per cent, the action was taken for a more equitable distribution of profit, and would not result in the increase being passed on to the public either by price or in the way of smaller quantities being served. Beer parlours have up to the present paid $22 per barrel for draught beer. The new price is $23.
August 20, 1942 - Steamer Bonnington The steamer “Bonnington� recently figured in a deal between the C.P.R. and the government in which the latter has purchased this palatial steamer. Tenders were advertised for its sale, after the boiler had been removed to the ferry boat on the Kootenay. Bids were so low that the government will retain ownership. The Bonnington was built entirely in the Nakusp shipyard and was used until 10 years ago.
August 22, 2002 - Byline Burpy There is a fire burning in Valhalla Park across the lake from Silverton. Many people see the fire from the highway and report it. The fifteen hectare fire is very high up on Nemo Creek and unless it starts to threaten other values, will not be tackled by the forest service fire fighters. It is policy to watch fires in provincial parks but to let them take its course. So if you see this fire burning and burning and burning, don’t fret, they are keeping an eye on it. *** The problem of distances and terrain have again come to the forefront with the bicycle accident in Edgewood on Thursday. First responders Search and Rescue from Nakusp were called. Four volunteers left their jobs to gear up and travel to Edgewood at high speeds over dangerous roads, cross a ferry but by the time they got there, ambulance crews and volunteers had lifted the patient from where he had crashed, so the SAR team was not needed. Each of those men lost a couple of hours of work because of many factors. Perhaps if there was a better communication system they could have been turned around before they all got all the way out to Edgewood. Things can only improve.
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BC Beemers prove motorcycles go vrrroom By Angus Schroff
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Brian and Marjie Radford are two of the Beemer riders who know the arcane language of motorcycles and love riding them. ANGUS SCHROFF/ARROW LAKES NEWS
Derrick and Michael take a moment to look at the camera while busily organizing their day. ANGUS SCHROFF/ARROW LAKES NEWS
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There are a few words that come to your mind when someone says “BMW:” style, performance, cachet, and camping in the woods. That last one would be for motorcycles only. Most BMW automotive owners would rather not spend nighttime out in the woods in a tent. After all, why sleep outside when you have heated seats? Indeed, the clientele for BMW motorcycles are of a much different sort than those who buy the cars. For one thing, the price of entry is significantly lower. While 17 thousand bucks might seem expensive for a bike (and it is), that price wouldn’t get you a nicely-optioned Honda Civic in most places. Still, $17,000 seems like a lot. Most bikes I had the pleasure of seeing were older models, lovingly restored or kept up by their owners. A used bike would probably cost significantly less than a brand-new slab of German composite, still reeking of glowing reviews. The point I’m trying to make is that there’s actually a huge crowd for touring motorcycles and clubs alike, and it shows. When I first arrived on the campgrounds, not much was going on. A few bikes lazily rolled in, puttering and whirring. A few middle-aged men in shirts espousing the virtues of one lateseventies band or another sat in folding chairs, discussing things that I had no clue about. Distilled into something eloquent, it would be “Motorcycles, vrrrm.” That isn’t meant to be an insult. My friends and I could possibly boil down our discussions about vehicles to “Cars, vrrrm.” Well, they’re more on the truck side of things, but I’m not here to tell off my friends for their obviously inferior brand choices. I stared around helplessly,
because that is what I’m good at, until a man named Eric walked up to me and introduced himself. Eric Elshof is, according to the website, a “director at large.” Congratulations to him for evading the cops so far. He led me to John Robertson, the current rally president, who (politely) told me to come back in an hour when Michael Mcpeak, one of the past presidents, would be back from his lunch break. After the hour was up, I strolled back to the campground to find it much more busy than before. The number of bikers had pretty much doubled, and more were pouring in by the minute. This time, Michael was there, and was poised to answer my questions. At least until a situation arose with signatures on the entry forms for the rally. Once that was dealt with, he and Rally President for the first seven years, Derrick Ward sat down and talked to me about the rally. “In the 90s, members came to Nakusp for labour day weekend,” Derrick said. “They raved about the country, the roads, they said it was great. So in 2002, when we needed a new venue, we decided on Nakusp. It went for two days and attracted 115 people. It’s grown a little bit every time since. This time we expect over three hundred people in attendance.” A number that may seem unimpressive, until you realize the population of Nakusp is rumored to be somewhere around five people. “One of the greatest draws for the BC Beemers has been the food,” he added. “We have world-class caterer Debbie Guest, she’s really great.” I would have liked to test his statement, but I had to take some pictures of the awesome bikes that were filling the camp-
ground. Luckily, I had a perfect opportunity a few short steps ahead of me. Marjie and Brian Radford, owners of a 1978 BMW R80-7 with 606,000 kilometres on it were a few paces away, in almost a perfect position for a photograph. I got them to pose, and the results can be seen above this article. They’ve taken care of their bike with religious dedication. In fact, it doesn’t even have the original engine; they swapped it for... another engine. I don’t know much about motorbikes. But what is it about motorcycles that makes them so engaging to ride? Lacking personal experience, I asked Derrick: “Well, it’s very hard to explain coherently...” he said. “That can be fixed.” “What?” “Never mind, go on,” I prodded him. “It’s...” he paused for a moment, thinking; “it’s much more engaging than driving a car. You’re involving all of your senses when you’re following a twisting road, calculating your cornering lines, it’s just a really engaging experience. You have to completely concentrate on, as we say, ‘keeping the rubber side down.’” I think I know what he’s talking about, if only a little bit. When I get into a video game, when everything goes right, it’s a great feeling. You have to concentrate 100 per cent, but it rewards you for doing so. In the end, it doesn’t matter. It doesn’t matter why or how everyone finds motorcycles fun, or engaging, because in the end, you have a huge group of people who enjoy the things you do. When you’re in that kind of crowd, it’s easy to make friends. The Bee Cee Beemers operate on that principle, attracting bike lovers of every kind. Some of them don’t even have BMWs.
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NAKUSP FARMERS’ MARKET Between KSCU and
market. You can hit both events between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
What’s Brewing On Broadway from 9 a.m. ‘til 1 p.m.
MONDAY, AUGUST 27
SATURDAY, AUGUST 25 AND SUNDAY, AUGUST 26
KIDS’ FEST IN NAKUSP This free kids event put
SATURDAY, AUGUST 25
Ages 7 – 13 years Monday August 27th Admission Free
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
9:30am: Carnival Games, Inflatables, Registration 10am– 2pm: Kids Fest (Lunch Included)
CHRIS “LORD OF THE STRINGS” MADSEN AT THE SILVERTON GALLERY Come hear songwriter
Gazebo in the Park - Across from Beach
and guitarist Chris Madsen’s songs at the Silverton Gallery at 7:30 p.m. for $10.
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
SUNDAY, AUGUST 26
on by Saddleback Community Church starts at 9:30 a.m. and runs until 2 p.m. at the gazebo in the park, and promises a day of games, lunch and an illusionist.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29 ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS (AA) Meets 7 p.m. at Terra Pondera, 97 2nd Ave. in Nakusp. For more info, call Mary Ellen 250-265-4604.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 31 ADULT CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS (ACOA) Meets 8 p.m. at Terra Pondera, 97 2nd Ave. in Nakusp. For more info, call Mary Ellen 250-265-4604.
BURTON FALL FAIR & FARMERS’ MARKET
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1
Burton’s harvest cornucopia will be on display at the Community Hall at the same time as the weekly farmers’
NAKUSP FARMERS’ MARKET Between KSCU and What’s Brewing On Broadway from 9 a.m. ‘til 1 p.m.