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Lemon Creek opens pit houses to public for third year Claire paradis Arrow Lakes News

For the third year in a row, archaeologists from Hamilton College in upstate New York have invited the public to come learn more about the people who used to spend their winters in the Slocan Valley thousands of years ago. Professors and organizers Nathan Goodale and Alissa Nauman have been opening up their findings to public tours since 2011. In their first year, 150 curious people came to see what was happening, and the number of visitors doubled for their second year. This year, their third, started at 11 a.m. with a dozen people ready to learn more about the settlement by the creek. On the tour side of the Slocan narrows there are nine pit houses, but there are 23 that have been found on the other side, suggesting a large number of people lived in the Slocan Valley in the past. The pit houses at Lemon Creek are the last evidence of a big First Nations village, with any others now under water due to the damming of the river. Following pin flags to the first site, the group was greeted by two students who explained that the large depression in the ground that they were standing in was an old

pit house site. Around 3,100 years ago, pit houses were dug into the ground and the homes then covered with branches. At the first site, two students said the building, a large communal one, would have had a ceiling about 15 metres in height and would have housed around 50 to 75 people. Radiocarbon dating evidence has revealed an interesting fact: the buildings seem to have been occupied consistently for centuries, then abandoned for roughly 500 years, and then reoccupied. Why isn’t clear, but the archaeologists are working to figure out the mystery. Another curious finding was that newer pit houses had been dug that were smaller in size and the larger pits left empty, maybe indicating that communal living had been replaced by smaller family units. The archaeological detective work also involves studying soil samples, bone and rock fragments and the physical makeup of the houses. In one pit, beaver bones and many stone pieces were found in the fire pit, leading the researchers to believe that the house was used to make tools and tan hides. The houses were tidy, with the only garbage seen in fire pits. The archaeologists suspect waste matter was likely put into the river. At the last station, three of the 11 archae-

Students from Hamilton College explain what they have been finding at this year’s dig in pit house sites at Lemon Creek. Claire Paradis/Arrow Lakes News ology students stood at the edge of nine smaller pits. From their place on the ridge, they explained that the origin of the pits was thought to be either structures by First Nations people built for defence or the result of CP Rail’s excavation during the lay-

ing of track. Another mystery waiting to be explored. The archaeologists will be back next year, digging their work and telling the stories that they have discovered. Don’t miss the chance to learn some local history.

Body found in Little Wilson Lake may be Trail man Claire paradis Arrow Lakes News

A body was found floating in Little Wilson Lake on Tuesday, July

9. Three men camping in the area called the police around 3 p.m. that day telling them they had found a body. The remains are believed to be the body of Trail man Michael

Guthrie but the identity has not yet been confirmed. The body was transported to Vernon where an autopsy is scheduled for today, and the family of

Mr Guthrie has been notified of the recovery. The initial examination of the body did not reveal any evidence of foul play, said Sgt. Darryl Little of the Kootenay Boundary

RCMP in a press release. The BC Coroners service is assuming control of the investigation from this point forward.

B.C. marijuana decriminalization vote gets green light Tom Fletcher Black Press

Elections BC has given approval in principle to marijuana activist Dana Larsen’s bid to lead a petition drive for de-criminalizing marijuana possession. Larsen has proposed that B.C. go around the federal law with a “Sensible Policing Act” that would disallow the use of B.C. police resources to prosecute simple possession of

small amounts of pot by adults. This fall, Larsen will be allowed to begin collecting signatures in an effort to force an initiative vote similar to that used to reverse the harmonized sales tax. Individuals and groups have until Aug. 12 to register with Elections BC to oppose the initiative, run ads for or against the petition or collect signatures. Larsen, who was involved with the B.C. Marijuana Party before

seeking the leadership of the B.C. NDP in 2011, has worked for the last year to build support for what he calls Sensible BC. His organization will have 90 days from Sept. 9 to collect signatures from 10 per cent of registered provincial voters in each of B.C.’s 85 electoral districts. If that threshold is reached, Elections BC would hold a provincewide initiative vote, likely by mail as was done to repeal the HST. Decriminalizing pot has received

mainstream support in recent years, including a narrow majority vote at the 2012 Union of B.C. Municipalities convention. In a debate at that convention in Victoria last September, former B.C. Liberal attorney general Geoff Plant advocated for loosening marijuana laws, as has since been done in the U.S. states of Washington and Colorado. The idea was opposed by criminologist Darryl Plecas, who

was elected B.C. Liberal MLA for Abbotsford South in the May provincial election. Larsen has had a colourful career, including editor of Vancouver-based Cannabis Culture magazine and co-founder of the Vancouver Seed Bank, which has sold seeds for marijuana, poppies, peyote and coca. Larsen resigned as an NDP candidate in the 2008 federal election, after videos surfaced showing his drug use a decade earlier.

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Alien invaders, bobbing water levels and more at July 8 Nakusp council Claire paradis Arrow Lakes News

Jenifer Vogel and Crystal Klem from Central Kootenay Invasive Plant Committee gave a presentation about the recent Scotch Broom Bash in Nakusp. There were 79 students, and in three hours they accomplished what it would have taken three to four days for two people to do. Vogel said community members have said they would like a community event, and she said the Committee would like to have Village involved, perhaps by allowing a barbeque on Village land.

Cell coverage at ferries The Business Retention and Expansion group has sent letters to Telus about getting cell phone coverage at the ferries, coun. Ulli Mueller told council. She added if it was appropriate to take it to UBCM. Mayor Karen Hamling suggested referring the issue back to staff, and commented that it might be more efficient to look at a bunch of issues being raised, get reports and work on them in a less ad hoc manner.

Interface fire

In the Mayor’s report, Hamling brought up the issue of interface fire management, something that municipalities all over the province are dealing with. Something we’re going to be facing in the future as a community is the interface fire issue, said Hamling, who stated in her report to council that the interface fire property risk is $232 million for Nakusp. Municipal funding under the Community Wildfire Prevention Program Strategic Plan will cover up to two km outside our borders, her report said. The bigger issue is regional district coverage, and one funding idea raised at the RDCK meeting was a taxation model, the report said, which would be $0.89/$100,000 residential. Another suggestion was that a loss of timber study be carried out and to look to insurance companies to contribute to the prevention program.

CRT report

The Columbia River Treaty Local Government report has been given out to different regional district

directors to review and will come to council tables in the fall.

Bobbing water levels BC Hydro water levels forecast are not to reach new highs this year, as Hydro believes most of the snowcap has already melted. A water storage agreement with the U.S. means that water won’t be as low as previously forecast. Due to fluctuations in forecast levels, July 27 is the new date for launch of the new ferry, instead of the previously forecast mid-August, said Hamling. Waterbridge Steel is working hard to get ready for new high water date.

Wood works

Coun. Tom Zeleznik reported that prices for wood are down at the moment. NACFOR also has an abundance of firewood for sale at the moment, and is taking part in a worker training initiative assessing opportunities for training. Zeleznik also told council that Dan Wiebe and David Dubois have started a study to see the feasibility of using biomass heating at the Alliance Church.

Coming along swimmingly Coun. Joseph Hughes said the swimming program is coming along well. A couple of instructors were able to come from Nelson and teach. The Rec. Commission will be looking into creating a coordinator position so that more programs can be offered in the summer.

Biomass info

CAO Linda Tynan told council that Wood Waste 2 Rural Heat’s David Dubois offered to do an analysis of the Village’s buildings to see whether it’s worth converting to biomass heating. Dubois really encourages the Village to do this step, and then it would come back to council. The next step after that would be looking for funding opportunities once a business plan was developed. The mayor asked if getting this info wouldn’t take an enormous amount of time. The CAO responded that it wouldn’t and that it would be good information for the Village to have. “There’s a lot of interest in this,” said Tynan, who mentioned that the

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engineer working with the Village at the moment is interested in working on these kinds of projects and has worked on similar projects up north.

Annual Report

The Village of Nakusp’s annual report was presented. The report has been ready for a couple of weeks, and there were advertisements inviting written comments or queries from the public. There have been none, and were no questions from the public at the council meeting. “Each year we’re trying to make it more of a living document including more useful information,” said Tynan. “They’re quite good community information.” Physical copies are available on demand at the office, and the report is available on the Village website.

UBCM politicking

Discussion about requesting meetings with ministers and the premier at the upcoming UBCM came up. It was noted by the CAO that meeting with the premier had been useful for speeding bureaucratic processes along. Tynan said it was helpful to mention that the premier told the Village to get a hold of her when there were hold ups. When the Village was working with the paperwork surrounding the wharf, mentioning meeting with premier helped process along, she said.

Flail financing

The new flail mower will cost more than $15,000 than the amount budgeted for the equipment, and the money will come from the equipment pool. Only one proposal was received in response to the request for proposal. Coun. Guy Duchaine asked if there would be an issue with fitting the flail to existing equipment. CFO Rob Richards replied that he was under the impression that the brackets were a universal size. Coun. Zeleznik said that generally brackets are included in the price, and asked if the price included delivery. CFO said yes it was.

Arena repairs, continued According to CAO Tynan, the compressors were tested Thursday the week before council, and two

were found to be in not bad shape, just needing a cleaning out. The third looks like it needs to be cleaned out and can be used, although more examination is being done. At this moment it looks like none of the three will need to be replaced, she said. The ice plants are still on schedule with $136,000 for this year and are in the final design phase. Building envelope is coming in, said the CAO. “What I’m learning is we haven’t had full information and we’re getting more information, so we’re taking it very carefully,” she said. What has been learned so far is that a large part of the arena roof does not leak, and the area at the front can be patched. Venting is definitely a concern, as well. There are three options, detailed the CAO: do the roofing job, which would be bigger than projected; put a membrane on, which would take up all the budgeted money and that could have just a 10-year lifespan; or patching. If the Village decided to take on a large infrastructure project, there could be grant funding available in the future. At the moment staff is exploring patching and not more structural work. It seems like a better idea to do a minimal amount now and wait for some funding, said the CAO. When asked if the original engineering firm should have to cover any subsequent engineering required to address issues, the CAO answered that, theoretically, that is correct. We are looking into the obligations of original engineer, she said, and the current engineering firm is aware they may be called on to verify it should be done differently if necessary.

Hydro communications need change A late item was introduced about sending a letter to BC Hydro about getting better communication about scheduled power outages. There needs to be a better way to communicate, and the outage could have been done at a better time, said mayor Hamling. “It affected a lot of businesses, she said. Coun. Zeleznik commented that both the pole yard and Box Lake Lumber were shut down for the day.

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Coun. Duchaine said the change of time of the outage also threw people and didn’t give them enough time to react. “Maybe they need to pay a little bit of overtime and get the work done before businesses open,” said Hamling.

Messy recycling concerns A letter from a local resident about the recycling bins location and unsightliness was forwarded on to the RDCK Coun. Zeleznik asked why the recycling can’t be located at the garbage dump. Mayor Hamling said the recycling bins had been put where they are because lots of seniors can’t drive. If there is not easy access, she said, there could be more dumping all over the place. Coun. Mueller suggested the Village needs a camera there. Coun. Hughes said he’s hate to see a camera but if people won’t respect signs it might need to be done. He said he believed the location was good, and said an area near the dump for working and useful items that could be used by someone else would be good. Mayor Hamling commented that there is a shed up by the landfill for working items where people can drop off and pick up working used items Coun. Duchaine said a camera needs manpower to back it up, and wasn’t the answer. The RDCK needs to be responsible, he said.

Fosthall Creek power? Coun. Zeleznik said it would be nice to get both sides in room and get some answers, some way to get this solved. “The community’s suffering and we need to do something,” he said, suggesting to invite both parties to work something out. There was a motion to schedule a meeting with council, Darcy Fear and BC Hydro to discuss the Village’s interest to get power to Nakusp.

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A world-wide comparison of atheism

John Perkins A Rational View I have no idea what percentage of atheists would like to see a complete absence of religion. I know that I am not one of them. There is no doubt in my mind that the religious community provides a great deal of comfort for the grief-stricken, no matter what the reason for their grief may be. Quite recently I read an essay by Nigel Barber, an evolutionary psychologist, whose thesis is that the religiosity of a country is in direct proportion to the dysfunctionality of its society, in other words the more dysfunctional the society, the more religious it is. Dysfunctionality is measured in well-defined ways such as income inequality, levels of education , healthcare and child mortality, including neonatal mortality. The levels of atheism vary greatly as one moves around the globe says Barber. Sweden has 64 per cent, Denmark 48 per cent,France, Germany and Britain 43 per cent, and sub-Saharan Africa, not surprisingly, is less than 1 per cent. According to Barber, there are perfectly valid reasons for these huge discrepancies in the percentages of non-believers. The leaner the social infrastructure of a country, the more its inhabitants are inclined to find relief and solace in religion. Conversely in modern societies, when people experience physical or psychological difficulties they turn to a med-

ically qualified individual; they prefer the real psychotropic medicines dished out by physicians to the metaphorical opiates offered by religion. Barber writes that the reasons that churches lose ground in developed countries can be summarized in market terms. With government safety nets and smaller families there is less fear and uncertainty in people and hence less of a market for religion. Canada has a healthy proportion of non-believers, which will ensure that it remains a secular society for many years to come. The Clergy Project was started to answer a need for pastors, ministers and priests who no longer believe in God. It was founded as an online community safe house in the Spring of 2011 and its membership at last count is slightly more than 440. Anonymity is guaranteed until a member indicates that he or she is ready to go public. Although many of the members have already resigned from their churches, several are still ministering to their congregations. This has provoked Albert Mohler, president of The Southern Baptist Seminary, to criticize the project as a “haven for cowards and charlatans” - decidedly unChristian language for someone so prominent in his chosen field of forgiveness and understanding. Whatever happened to the old adage “hate the sin but love the sinner”?Perhaps Southern Baptists are different! I would consider myself very remiss had I not brought this escape route/safe house to the attention of all Christian incumbents within the Arrow Lakes News reading area. It is not impossible that someone will experience a crisis of faith at some point and will be very thankful that such an organisation exists. A cogent quotation from Voltaire: “Men will only stop committing atrocities when they stop believing in absurdities.”

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Kootenay jobs at risk as minister signs secret export deal Contributed by Katrine Conroy

A secret 10-year deal signed by forest minister Steve Thomson could have significant implications on B.C.’s pulp mills, including Celgar, says New Democrat MLA Katrine Conroy. “We know that mills are having to pay more to get fibre, and we know that as the timber supply problem gets worse, it’s only going to get harder for mills to get chips,” said Conroy, the MLA for Kootenay-West. “Yet the minister signed a sweetheart deal just before the election that locks a significant amount of wood chips in for export for 10 years. “This puts jobs in B.C. – including here in the Kootenays – at risk.” On Jan. 30, without fanfare or even a press release, Thomson signed an Order in Council grant-

ing a 10-year export permit for 300,000 bone-dry units (slightly more than 300,000 tonnes) of wood chips. It wasn’t until midMarch that the Chip Export Advisory Committee consumers’ subcommittee learned of the order, which was handled outside of normal procedures. The order also appears to violate the Forest Act, which says that chips can only be exported if they’re surplus to B.C.’s needs. Pulp mills and bio-energy companies are regularly in the market for fibre. Conroy and New Democrat forest critic Norm Macdonald raised the issue in the legislature Thursday. Thomson made the outrageous assertion that chip consumers had been given the chance to sign off on the deal. Merl Fichtner, chair of the subcommittee, said in an April 19

letter to Thomson that the length of the deal was the biggest area of concern. He said with a looming timber shortage, it’s “impossible to determine today that a volume of chips will be surplus to the requirements of facilities in British Columbia over the next 10 years.” “This is a terrible deal for B.C. workers,” said Conroy. “Public resources like our forests should be there to create jobs for British Columbians, but the Liberals are content to give them away.” “It’s the government’s responsibility to ensure we get the most value possible out of our resources,” added Macdonald, “but the Liberals are content to ship B.C. jobs offshore. I’m guessing the minister wanted to keep this deal secret because it’s embarrassing just how bad a deal this is for British Columbia.”

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Minister’s CRT comments raise concerns for First Nations Contributed by ONA

Okanagan Nation Territory/Westbank, British Columbia: Recent comments by Minister Bill Bennett in the Vancouver Sun about the future of the Columbia River Treaty have raised serious red-flags for the Okanagan Nation Alliance (ONA). Amongst other things, Minister Bennett suggested the Treaty should continue into the future, essentially in the same form it has been to date, stating that “the treaty has been a huge success.” The Columbia River Treaty has had devastating effects on Aboriginal Title and Rights, including

throughout the Arrow Lakes area which is vitally important to the ONA. These include flooding of traditional lands and village sites, massive interference with cultural heritage resources and severe impacts on hunting, fishing and gathering rights. The Treaty was signed and ratified in 1963 with no First Nations engagement, involvement, or consent. “The Treaty has disrupted our way of life in ways that very few other things have. When the Province came to us last year to discuss potential renewal of the Treaty we made it clear how serious any decisions about the Treaty

are and that the highest levels of engagement with us must occur,” said Grand Chief Stewart Phillip of the Okanagan Nation Alliance. “While we have been trying to follow a general path for discussions with the Province and Canada, the statements of Minister Bennett, as well as indications we are getting from others, suggest that the Crown is moving to minimize our involvement and concerns and push ahead with its own status quo agenda,” he added. Some years ago Minister Bennett clearly understood some of the depths and complexities of the Treaty. As he stated in 2003 “So 2,300 people were displaced

and 60,000 hectares of high-value valley bottom land were flooded. Numerous First Nations archeological and burial sites were submerged or buried.” That reality has not changed. “The Crown should not have comfort that they are going to be able to push ahead with their agenda for the future of the Treaty without substantially addressing in concrete ways the relationship between First Nations and the Treaty,” said Grand Chief Phillip. “I encourage Minister Bennett to recognize that the future course of the Treaty - whether termination, renewal, or amendment - must be set with us,” he added.

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State of the world’s birds is bleak but not hopeless

David Suzuki Science Matters We can’t live without birds. Beyond being fascinating and beautiful, they play a crucial role in keeping the world habitable for all life, including people. They disperse seeds, pollinate plants, control insects, provide food and are indicators of the overall health of ecosystems. They also create recreational and economic opportunities, through the immense popularity of birdwatching. So we should be concerned about the findings of the report, “State of the world’s birds: indicators for our changing world”: One in eight – or 1,313 – species of Earth’s birds is in danger of disappearing. “The status of the world’s birds is deteriorating, with species slip-

ping ever faster towards extinction,” notes the assessment by Birdlife International, a global partnership of conservation organizations. This represents rapid acceleration of a troubling trend: 151 bird species are believed to have gone extinct since 1500. But the study, released at Birdlife International’s 2013 Congress in Ottawa, offers hope: “An annual investment of US$4 billion, used wisely, could improve the status of all known threatened species and virtually halt human-driven extinctions. A further US$76 billion could effectively protect and manage all known sites of global conservation significance. These sums are insignificant in comparison with both the size of the global economy (roughly US$70 trillion per year) and an estimate of the total value of ecosystem services delivered by nature each year (US$22– US$74 trillion).” Many threatened birds are common species, including turtle doves, meadowlarks, barn swallows and purple martins. In Canada, insectivores, grassland birds and Arctic shorebirds have been declining rapidly since 1970,

all because of human activity. But conservation efforts, including regulating pesticides such as DDT, have helped some raptor and waterfowl populations bounce back. Sadly, we’re to blame for the current plight of birds. The report shows industrial-scale agriculture, logging and invasive species are the gravest immediate dangers. It also concludes climate change is an “emerging and increasingly serious threat to species” and “often exacerbates existing threats.” Among other problems, a warming planet changes migration and nesting schedules, hindering birds’ ability to find insects to eat. It also damages habitat. One solution for safeguarding bird populations is to ensure habitats critical to their survival – known as Important Bird Areas, or IBAs – are protected, through legislation if necessary. That doesn’t mean shutting out human activity, just managing these areas in ways that allow birds to survive and thrive. As the report shows, investing in conservation comes with benefits beyond helping birds. The

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more than 12,000 IBAs identified worldwide offer valuable ecosystem services, such as regulating climate and air quality, purifying water and preventing floods, maintaining genetic diversity, providing food and medicines and creating recreation and tourism opportunities. Education is another component of protecting birds and all threatened plants and animals. As we better understand our connection to nature, the importance of biodiversity and the value of services healthy ecosystems provide, we’ll make conservation and biodiversity higher priorities in our decision-making, which will lead to wiser development. While the BirdLife study identifies climate change as a major threat, it also notes the challenge in balancing environmental factors in energy-project development. Critics oppose wind power because of potential harm to birds, but bird deaths from windmills are minimal compared to those caused by fossil fuels, climate change, pesticides, highrise buildings, automobile collisions and house cats. A National University of Sin-

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This summer was the fourteenth year for the Family Fishing Weekend that encourages families to get out on the water and spend some quality time with rods, reels, lines and each other. “The weather was great, fun was had by all,” said organizer Cheryl Black. “Plenty of fish [were] caught ranging from 1.14 - 10.5 lbs.” The event was sponsored by Ministry of Fisheries as well as local business Cheryl Black Cold-

well Banker Rosling Real Estate. Black was also busy with the third annual Golf Fore the Cure held on June 23. The charity teeoff raised $1,370 that will support Breast Cancer research. Nakusp Golf Course Manager Kalum Stevens supported the event by wearing pink. Black gave thanks to all the local businesses who donated fabulous prizes. It was a scorcher, but the ladies were undeterred: the Nakusp Ladies Open was held on July 3, 2013. “It was a hot day for golf but

44 ladies took to the challenge,” said Cheryl Black. “Just about everyone walked away with prizes donated by our local ladies group, the club house, Charlie Granewall, Burt Drysdale, Russell Hopp, Elaine Rogers, Cheryl Black, Coldwell Banker Rosling Real Estate and our main sponsor Overwaitea Foods.” Linda Henke walked away with the Low Gross award with a 78, and Low Net went to Castlegars Myrna Boulne with a 66. With files from Cheryl Black

Above, Cheryl Black and Teresa Zanier Golfed for the Cure in a pink pushup cart. Below, a crew of fishers took part in the 14th annual Family Fishing Weekend. Below left, fishers Kevin Black Rick Esposito and Deven Truax with their fish. Photos courtesy Cheryl Black

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and Main, and Plants and Animals and much more. If you like music, folk, rock, etcetera, you’ll probably like Wapiti. The festival takes place Aug. 9-10, and you will need to figure out a place to stay because there’s no camping in town, yet. And Wapiti means Elk, fyi. Shambhala Shambhala is a major electronic music festival held on a 500-acre ranch on the Salmo River every August. Launched in 1998, it is one of the largest and longest-running festivals of its type in Canada, attracting about 10,000 revelers and 2,000 workers and volunteers over the course of four days. The festival features six different stages, each with their own themes: the Living Room, the Rock Pit, the Fractal Forest, the Village, the Labyrinth, and the Pagoda. It has hosted many of the top electronic DJs from around the world, including Skrillex, Bonobo, Mat the Alien and Bassnectar. The festival takes place from Aug. 9–12. Tickets are $310 and can be purchased through the festival’s website, www.shambhalamusicfestival.com. Salmon Arm Roots and Blues With six stages spread over 18 acres, the Salmon Arm Roots and Blues Festival is one of the biggest in the B.C. Interior. The festival features folk, blues, roots, world, alternative, rock, electronica and other types of music, as well as food vendors, an artisan market, beer gardens, workshops, a children’s area and camping. This year the festival features Bruce Cockburn, City and Colour, Daniel Lanois, A Tribe

Called Red and many more. It takes place from Aug. 16–18. Tickets start at $155 for adults and are available at www.rootsandblues.ca. Golden Sound Located between Golden and Invermere, the festival is one long day that features folk, funk, rock and just lots of opportunity for dancing fun with The Dudes, Kytami, Five Alarm Funk, Willhorse and a whole lot more. The music starts at noon on September 7 that runs until 4 a.m. Bring your travel coffee cup. The festivals that weren’t Komasket Music Festival If you plop “Komasket Music Festival” into a search engine, you will soon find yourself looking at a long essay-like composition about the merits of natural eyelash growth. In early 2012 it was announced that the Okanagan summer festival would be taking a break and not running that year. Like other festivals of note like the Nakusp Music Fest, Komasket has not been roused from its slumber, and the stage remains vacant this year. Loki Festival Likewise, but without the eye makeup ad, the Loki Festival is also not on this year. The Kasloarea festival announced that the music wasn’t happening due to the effect of last year’s heavy rains on the site grounds. “It is with a measure of sadness that we must bring you this news, but not without a great deal of optimism for the future,” the festival’s Facebook page announced on March 18.

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Birds of Nakusp There are several species of woodpecker in our region ranging in size from 17 cm to 42 cm. The ones most often seen around Nakusp are Downy Woodpecker, Hairy Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Red-naped Sapsucker and Pileated Woodpecker. The first two are very similar in appearance and can sometimes be difficult to distinguish. Both are essentially black and white with the males having a small red patch on the back of the head. Downy Woodpeckers, at about 17 cm in length, are a bit smaller than Hairy Woodpeckers, but the difference is slight and it is not always useful for identification. The Northern Flicker is probably our most common woodpecker. Flickers are distinguished by the reddish-orange colour on the underside of the wing, plainly visible in flight. This is also the species that likes to drum on metal objects in the spring! Street lights, chimney covers and even metal roofs are often used. This drumming takes the place of singing and serves to declare “ownership” of the local territory. Red-naped Sapsuckers are also fairly common, but tend to be less obvious than flickers. This is the only one of our woodpeckers that migrates; they arrive in early April and are gone by the end of September. As the name suggests they feed on tree sap. They drill rows of small holes in the bark and return later when the sap has begun to run. They then eat the sap, as well as the insects that are attracted to it. Like the Downy and Hairy, this is also a predominantly black and white bird. The sapsucker, however, has much more red on the head and also on the throat. The Pileated Woodpecker is by far our largest woodpecker at 42 cm in length. It is primarily black in colour with a prominent red crest and large white wing patches visible in flight. Because of the obvious red crest, this bird is often mistakenly called a ‘Red-headed Woodpecker’. The true Red-headed Woodpecker is found only in eastern North America. Higher up the slopes of our valley there is another woodpecker that rarely ventures to the valley bottom. Unlike the previously mentioned species that are all some combination of black, white, and red, the American Three-toed Woodpecker is black, white and yellow. At a glance, they look similar to the Hairy Woodpecker, but the clean white flanks and back of the Hairy are replaced by black and white barring in the Three-toed. And the red patch on the head of Hairy is replaced by a yellow patch. Even in its preferred upland habitat, this is an easy species to miss; they are generally fairly quiet. They don’t call often nor is their tapping very loud. Rather than drilling holes through the bark in search of food, they just peel off flakes of bark. In recent years, this species has benefitted considerably from beetle-killed pine trees.

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Time for these writers to come out of their garrets. On Thursday, July 18, at 7 p.m., a group of about ten local writers will read short excerpts from their work. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be stories, essays, poems, and maybe even a little humour. Some will be reading in public for the first time, so come out and support these budding Margaret Atwoods and Diana Gabaldons. Have a coffee and enjoy some treats while listening to fascinating stories from those shy

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treats! Thursday August 8 1 p.m., ages 10 and up Cost $4 please to cover ingredients Let Go Of My Lego Calling all you Lego lovers. Come in for a fun afternoon of Lego building. Work alone or with a friend to create some really cool designs Thursday August 15 1 p.m., ages six and up Medal Give Away and Summer Reading Club Wrap Up Thursday August 22 1 p.m. Spaces are limited so please register at the Nakusp Public Library or call 2653363 to join in. Hope to see you there!

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Thursday July 25 at 1 p.m. for ages 12 and up Get Your Ghoul On Come join Morgan as she transforms us into a creepy cast of characters and we learn how â&#x20AC;&#x153;special effectsâ&#x20AC;? makeup is used! Thursday July 25 at 1:30 p.m. for ages 12 and up Bring On The Buttons Make you very own two-inch buttons to pin onto clothes, hats and assorted adults! Buttonmaker and supplies provided by the most awesome Sabina Thursday August 1 at 1 p.m., ages five and up and older helpers welcome! Willy Wonka Day Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s take a fantastical trip to our very own chocolate shop where Jennifer shows us how to make and sample scrumptious

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There will be music every Wednesday at the gazebo in Nakusp from 6:30-8:00 p.m., and at the arena in case of rain. This week, Joanne Stacey and Friends

Thursday, July 18 READY, AIM, SHOOT

Photography with Lee Orr at the Library for kids 10 and up. See article above.

WOMENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S SOCCER

On the Zeleznik Field behind the skatepark from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Everyone welcome.

REVELSTOKE FARMERSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; MARKET

A fresh selection of local farm produce, home baked goods and a wide variety of handcrafted goods from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. at Grizzly Plaza.

CHOCOLATE DEMOS AT JENNIFER CHOCOLATES

Watch chocolates being made right before your eyes at 91 4th Ave NW across from the Arrow Lakes Theatre in Nakusp.

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The summer theatre camp puts on a show for you, the audience, at 7 p.m. at the Bonnington.

DARTS AT LEGION

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At the school at 6:30 p.m. $2 drop-in. Try for a triple-20 or a bullâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s eye; starts at 7

HIKE TO EVA LAKE

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Walk, run, bike, or paddle for fun and funds Claire paradis Arrow Lakes News

The Three Island 10k Walk and Run for Fun reached a new record this year. There were 139 people registered as the crowd set out on foot and bike, and organizer Irene Poznikoff was hoping this year the event would raise more than the $3,000 last year. This year, the money will be donated directly to the Arrow Lakes Hospital and will go toward providing wifi to help hospital staff. The fun run is a popular annual event, with each participant walking away not only with a feeling they took part in something that will

benefit the community, but also with a gift. Not only is the event popular with those who walk, run or bike, each year Irene Poznikoff is given donations from businesses throughout the Slocan and Arrow Lake regions as well as from the Okanagan. Once again, the skies were clear and weather promising to be hot for this year’s group. Water stations were ready to hand folks bottles to rehydrate them on their way around the lake. Poznikoff said she had a few kayakers this year, and hopes there will be more paddlers taking a turn around the lake for the sake of our local It was another glorious day in paradise at Summit Lake for the fun walk/run/bike/paddle fundraiser hospital. put on by Three Islands Resort. Claire Paradis/Arrow Lakes News

Dub-step away from me with that noise, man Pop duo Zager and Evans may have predicted most of the future, but they couldn’t predict this.

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blessing), “dubstep” is what the kids of today call a microphone in an industrial tumble dryer. It’s a so-called genre of “music” that defies all standards music should be held to; it is abrasive to the ear, it is purveyed by people whose hairstyles are even worse than mine, and holy crabnuggets is it popular. Waaay too popular for what amounts to the sound of transformers doing the horizontal tango over the remains of Skrillex’s parents’ respect for him. Too mean-spirited, you say? No. For this musical plague has infected the world. Everywhere your ears turn there will be dubstep. Game trailers? Bingo. Movie trailers? Of course! Hollywood will follow anything like a blind dog searching for snausages. Your nightmares? Maybe. Mine, at least. I can’t tell you how well it goes with the sound of the earth burning as it’s swallowed by the sun. Big brother is watching, many say in response to the government’s increasingly privacy-invasive approach to the internet. But they’re wrong. Big brother is too busy listening to “Bangarang” for the 68-millionth time. Perhaps I should be grateful; the thought of a grizzled FBI man sitting in front of his computer and watching me type this is unsettling. On second thought, I shouldn’t really. After all, I must maintain this vitriol in order to defend against the White Walkers in the snow, i.e. Skrillex during winter. (Zing!) I will stem this tide of “wubs” and “wobs” and “BWUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUZZZZZFGNDGFXFHXJKKXHCKCHJVJGJKUes” and other inane noises with my equally inane tide of screaming guitars and bands who don’t know what an acronym is. The music war has just begun. Guitars vs. Laptops, Pianos vs. “The bass”, and me vs. that guy who won’t turn his iPod down on the bus. Unfortunately, I can already see the outcome. It isn’t good. Dub-bots roam the shattered wastes of once great cities, blasting those who resist with their music until they either give up and join the rest in quiet suffering, or their eardrums explode in protest. Dub-cops sit in their patrol cars, silently rueing their ridiculous name as well as their early-onset diabetes. Sheena Easton is back from the dead (I’m assuming she’ll be dead in 2062), and recording a dubstep cover of “For Your Eyes Only.” We’re all doomed.