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Revelstoke launches SeeClickFix mobile app
Man dies after being struck by train at Malakwa crossing
The City will use SeeClickFix to improve quality of life and encourage greater public participation in City services Contributed by City of Revelstoke
The city of Revelstoke announced a new program on March 23 that will allow residents to report quality-of-life issues and request Revelstoke services through an online and mobile interface. Powered by SeeClickFix, the place-based reporting platform allows residents to document neighborhood concerns and improvements alike, ranging from litter and flooding to damaged sidewalks and malfunctioning street lights. Mayor Mark McKee stated he was “very pleased about the launch of the SeeClickFix application in the city of Revelstoke. This initiative fits in perfectly with Council's objective of improving communications with the citizens of our community." With the online and mobile reporting platform, residents can report quality-oflife concerns via the Revelstoke website, mobile applications (iPhone, Android), Facebook App, and SeeClickFix.com. When submitting issues via mobile app, for example, residents can provide locational, descriptive, and photographic information as they see the issue in real time. Once the resident submits an issue, the city and anyone watching the area will receive an alert. The city can then acknowledge the service request, route it to the proper department, and update the request (and residents following the issue) once it's been resolved.
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The SeeClickFix interface is up and running on the City of Revelstoke website. City of Revelstoke Image
Reports can be submitted and tracked from the Revelstoke website directly at http://www.cityofrevelstoke.com/index. aspx?nid=332, residents can also download the mobile applications at http://www. seeclickfix.com/accounts/651/enhanced watch areas/841/mobile buttons. The partnership allows residents to report community issues, as well as view, and comment to fix problems submitted by their neighbours. Citizens can even create
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their own "watch areas" to receive notifications about all issues reported in their community, enabling them to follow the progress of all service requests, not just the ones they report. Ben Berkowitz, CEO and Co-Founder of SeeClickFix commented on the project stating, "We are excited to begin our partnership with the City of Revelstoke and look forward towards a better community."
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A 62-year old man is dead after being struck by a train on Saturday night in Malakwa. The incident occurred just before 10 p.m. on March 21 at the Malakwa Road/Sommerville-Husted Road crossing. Sicamous RCMP report the man, a Malakwa resident, was one of three adults in a Chrysler sedan that got stuck on the tracks. Police say all three of the vehicle’s occupants, including a female relative of the man and a friend, had exited the sedan before it was struck by a westbound CP Rail train. In the process, the 62-year-old was struck and killed. The other two occupants were taken to hospital, where they were checked and later released. The incident remains under investigation by Sicamous RCMP, the BC Coroners Service and CP Police, who will be reviewing data from the train’s event recorder. More information is expected to be released in the next few days. However, Sicamous RCMP encourage anyone who may have witnessed the incident to contact them at 250-836-2878.
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Development Proposed for Townley Road ALEX COOPER
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A developer has applied to create a private subdivision of a large property off Townley Street. An application to create a nine-lot subdivision of the property located between Townley Street and the CP Rail tracks was set to go in front of council at its Tuesday, March 24 meeting. The application would see the property divided into nine lots, all of which would be zoned singlefamily residential, with vacation rentals permitted. It is not yet known who is behind the development as the application comes from a numbered company. Staff is asking council for the go-ahead to proceed with a three-step process that would change the land-use and zoning of the property to allow for 0.4 hectare, rural residential lots that allow for vacation rentals. The proposal requires an official community plan amendment, an amendment to the zoning bylaw and a re-zoning. According to a staff report, the applicant is looking to create a strata subdivision with a private access road and services. The property in question is located south and east of Townley Street, above the railway tracks.
The City of Revelstoke cannot afford to give up the Century Vallen building to a community group, says the public works department. The Revelstoke Theatre Company and the Social Development Committee have asked council for use of the building in recent months. However, a report to council by Darren Komonoski, the public works manager, is recommending its continued use as a storage facility. The theatre company asked to use the building as a place for storage and to build sets, while the Social Development Committee asked for its use as a community food resource centre. Komonoski’s report says the building “has proven to be useful for storage of a variety of supplies and equipment.” It says the cost of building a replacement storage facility would be about $160,000, and that it would cost $90,000 to renovate the building to make it suitable for tenants. The report says the building needs a new HVAC system and plumbing, roofing, electrical, flooring and insulation upgrades. Komonoski recommended the city continue to use the building for storage. Council was set to discuss the matter at it’s Mar. 24 meeting.
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Our club thanks all of the above for their support through the donation of prizes for our annual events, or through their in-ice, above ice or score board advertising, with a special thanks to our corporate sponsors. Congratulations to our raffle winners Ann Quinn, John Cruikshank and Hugh Fry Through our rental and Friday drop-In programs we were able to host about 1500 individuals at the club. Thanks also to the Club Executive and the many members who volunteered to support Club activities such as the rental and drop in programs. A special thanks to Sheri Hill and Mike Jones our ice technicians who prepared the ice to make this a very successful season.
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TOURISM FUNDING Four new projects have been recommended for funding from the tourism infrastructure fund. The city’s Tourism Infrastructure Advisory Committee has recommended to council that projects by the Revelstoke ATV Club, Revy Riders, Revelstoke Performing Arts Centre and
Revelstoke Visual Arts Society received funding from the province’s Resort Municipality Infrastructure Fund. The projects still need to be approved by council at its March 24 meeting, though usually that is a formality. The ATV Club has asked for $10,000 to work on the trail to the Sproat Mountain Lookout. The club has already received $7,000 from the National Trails Coalition for the project. The Revy Riders are looking for $20,000 to
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help with trail building, including further development of a 13-kilometre loop trail through old-growth forest. A letter from club president Chris Pawlitsky says the Revy Riders have already received $25,000 from the National Trails Coalition, $5,000 from Recreation Sites & Trails BC and $60,000 of in-kind work from Downie Timber to expand the parking lot and motocross track at the growing trail network. The performing arts centre is asking for $25,000 for lobby upgrades, including
improved signange both inside and outside, seating in the lobby area, and a display case highlighting past and future performances. The Visual Arts Society is asking for $20,000 towards the cost of its ambitious landscaping project for the Revelstoke Visual Arts Centre property. As reported previously in the Times Review, RVAS plans to build a xeriscape garden and walkways between the art gallery and Victoria Road.
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PARKS, ADMINISTRATION RECREATION & CULTURE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Please be advised that a Public Hearing will be held in Council Chambers located in Suite 102 – 103 Second Street East, Revelstoke, B.C. on Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. for each of the following three Zoning Amendment Bylaws: Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 2061 The purpose of the Bylaw is to add a High Density Residential Vacation Rental District (R4v) subzone to the existing High Density Residential District (R4) to permit vacation rental use for single family dwellings only. This will permitCALL existing FOR single family dwellings zoned High Density Residential District SUBMISSIONS (R4) to apply to rezone to the subzone to allow for vacation rental use. The Parks, Recreation & Culture Department is looking for local groups to host the Zoning Amendment No. 2060 beer gardenBylaw for Canada Day. If your group is interested in hosting the beer garden, The purpose please of the submit Bylaw isa letter to rezone the subject property 2077 Mountain of interest by 4:00 p.m. onlocated Friday, at April 10th, 2015. Gate Road from Single Family Residential to what Single Family Residential Rental In your letter weDistrict want to(R1) hear your favorite CanadaVacation Day event is! District (R1v) subzone in order to allow for the Vacation Rental use of an existing single family dwelling. Prior experience is preferred but not mandatory. Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 2062 The purpose ofFor themore Bylaw is to rezone the subject at 250-837-9351. 412 Fourth Street West from information, please contactproperty Suzannelocated Grieve at High Density Residential District (R4) to High Density to Residential Vacation Rental District (R4v) Letters of interest can be emailed prc@revelstoke.ca. subzone in order to allow for the Vacation Rental use of an existing single family dwelling.
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revelstoke.ca VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY WILDLAND FIRE PROTECTION COMMITTEE The City of Revelstoke is currently seeking a public at large member for its Wildland Fire Protection Committee. • • • • •
Committee members are volunteers selected for their interest, experience, knowledge, skills and ability to represent the population of the area. The purpose of this committee is to act in an advisory capacity to the Mayor and Council on all matters pertaining to Wildland fire planning and to advocate implementation of the Community Wildfire Protection Plan.
If you are interested in applying for any of the following, please submit an application form (located on the City website) and email to the attention of Dawn Levesque, Director of Corporate Administration, dlevesque@revelstoke.ca City of Revelstoke, 216 Mackenzie Avenue, Box 170, Revelstoke, B.C. V0E 2S0 by April 7, 2015 @ 4:30 pm. For additional information on this committee, please call Rob Girard, Fire Chief at 250-837-2884 or email to rgirard@revelstoke.ca
COMMITTEE VACANCIES The City of Revelstoke is currently seeking members for the committees noted below and invite applications from interested parties. Committee members are volunteers selected for their interest, experience, knowledge, skills and ability to represent the population of the area. If you are interested in applying for any of the following, please submit a letter noting your interest and a brief outline of your qualifications or complete the Committee – Commission application form located on the City website and email to the attention of Dawn Levesque, Director of Corporate Administration, dlevesque@revelstoke.ca City of Revelstoke, 216 Mackenzie Avenue, Box 170, Revelstoke, B.C. V0E 2S0 by March 31, 2015 @ 4:30 pm. For additional information on any of the Committees or Commissions listed below, please call Alan Mason, Director of Community Economic Development at 250-837-5345 or email to amason@ revelstoke.ca.
Revelstoke Social Development Committee
The purpose of the committee is to provide advice and suggestions to the City of Revelstoke with respect to social development matters in the community. Committee members are volunteers selected for their interest, experience, knowledge, skills and ability to represent the population of the area.
Youth Advisory Committee
The purpose of the Committee is to provide advice and suggestions to the City of Revelstoke with respect to enhancing services and opportunities for youth in the community. The vacant position is for a Youth Representative, age 29 or younger.
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Jedidiah Duifhuis and Christina Cecchini will be performing when Ballet Kelowna comes to Revelstoke on April 1. Ballet Kelowna Image
Ballet Kelowna returns to Revelstoke TIMES REVIEW STAFF
Ballet Kelowna is returning to Revelstoke for its first show here under new artistic director Simone Orlando. Ballet Kelowna will present its new show, Forward: A Mixed Repertory Programme. The show will include dances by leading Canadian choreographers James Kudelka, Shawn Hounsell and Orlando. The program will also introduce Lee Dances — a presentation of excerpts from award-winning works created for the Clifford E. Lee Choreography Award. “Forward: A Mixed Repertory Programme concludes an extraordinary season for Ballet Kelowna. This performance is a true celebration of the artistic talents of both our country and our company,” said Orlando. “The artistry and physicality of Ballet Kelowna’s masterly dancers will be on full display in this mixed programme that will undoubtedly showcase the immense possibilities that ballet has to offer.” The evening will feature the company premiere of Byrd Music by Canadian choreographer Kudelka. Rich in technical inventiveness and expressive musicality, the work will feature Kudelka’s signature mix of ingenious ballet partnering and lyrical interplay, set to the music of Vancouver composer Rodney Sherman.
Four dancers performing in pas-dedeux pairs, with each pair comprising one dancer manipulating the other in the guise of a puppet master. Vancouver dancer Jedidiah Dufuis, who performed in Byrd Music at its world premiere in 2011, will reprise his role Hounsell, an award-winning choreographer and former dancer with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, will present a new work set to Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. Orlando, a long-time Ballet BC principal dancer and Ballet Kelowna's artistic director and CEO, will showcase her new work, set to the music of Mozart. The evening will conclude with the world premiere of Lee Dances, a performance of excerpts from three original works – Dedications, by Boston Ballet alumni Heather Myers, Winter Journey, by Orlando, and Creaturehood, by Hounsell – all of which received the prestigious Clifford E. Lee Choreography Award, established in 1978 by the Banff Centre to encourage new work by Canadian choreographers. You can see Forward: A Mixed Repertory Programme by Ballet Kelowna at the Revelstoke Peforming Arts Centre on Wednesday, Apr. 1, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 and are available at the Visitor Information Centre, ArtFirst! and the Revelstoke Arts Council website
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Bridges, blacktop in B.C. transportation plan TOM FLETCHER Black Press
A 50 per cent increase in bridge rehabilitation and 1,000 km of highway repaving each year are included in a 10-year transportation plan released Tuesday by B.C. Transportation Minister Todd Stone. The plan also includes $24 million over three years to pay a provincial share of community airport improvements and an $18 million fund for bike lanes and cycling trails. The plan re-iterates Premier Christy Clark's 2012 promise to spend $650 million over the next 10 years on four-laning the Trans-Canada Highway from Kamloops to the Alberta border. It mentions one new project in the Revelstoke area — twinning a stretch of road known as 'Illecillewaet', as well as twinning the Donald East stretch near Golden. A province-wide trucking strategy is
also included in the plan, which restates many projects previously announced by the government. They include work on a replacement for the Massey tunnel under the Fraser River in South Delta, planning for a second bridge across Okanagan Lake at Kelowna, and conversion of BC Ferries vessels to use liquefied natural gas. Overall the plan includes $800 million over three years to upgrade existing infrastructure and nearly $1 billion toward expansion of major highways. With an eye to an aging as well as growing population, disabled access projects are to include accessible washrooms and curbs at highway rest areas and wheelchair accessible taxis in communities around B.C. NDP transportation critic Claire Trevena called the 10-year plan "insulting to the people of B.C.," with only three years of funding promised and most of the improvements already announced.
"There are lots of vague promises that have been made for many years," Trevena said. "For instance the four-laning of the Trans-Canada to the Alberta border, finishing off the Cariboo Connector, finishing off bridges. "If you're investing in bridges, let's get some strategic analysis of our bridges, and where we need them and how we're going to pay for them." With ballots going out to Metro Vancouver voters for a plebiscite on funding new transportation improvements through a regional 0.5% sales tax, the provincial plan focuses heavily on rural areas. It includes an increase to $270 million over three years to upgrade provincial side roads and $60 million for resource roads in the northeast B.C. gas patch. With files from Alex Cooper/Revelstoke Times Review
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Municipal auditor fired with no severance TOM FLETCHER Black Press
The B.C. government has fired its Auditor General for Local Government, after accountant Basia Ruta “lost all confidence” of her supervisors to complete audits that compare local government spending practices. “The auditor general for local government’s obstruction of an intended review of her office has created an intolerable situation that compounds the unstable work environment and lack of performance from that office,” said Community Minister Coralee Oakes, who took the action on the recommendation of the government-appointed audit council. Former deputy minister Chris Trumpy was due to start his own review of the new office Monday. It is the first attempt in Canada to do “performance audits” by comparing groups of municipalities, but the performance of Ruta’s office has become the pressing issue. Oakes said Ruta will not be offered severance pay, because the government has determined she has been fired for cause. The work environment in the
Surrey office of the AGLG had deteriorated, and Ruta’s decision to refuse Trumpy’s involvement led to the decision, she said. Hired to execute an idea proposed by Premier Christy Clark in her 2012 bid for the B.C. Liberal Party leadership, Ruta set herself a target of 18 audits in the first year. Clashes with the staff at her Surrey office and the audit council began to emerge last year. NDP local government critic Selina Robinson said the twoyear-old office has lost credibility over spending $5.2 million over two years to produce only one audit. Two more reports were issued last week. The function should be included in the existing B.C. Former Auditor General for Local Government Auditor General office, which Basia Ruta. Black Press Photo is an independent office of the legislature, Robinson said. Oakes said she remains commit- and five in the second. It was Ruta who ted to the current structure, which had raised expectations far beyond that and envisioned three audits in the first year then didn’t deliver, she said.
Propane prices set to drop significantly for local customers ALEX COOPER
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The price of propane will drop significantly in Revelstoke starting April 1. Residential customers who receive piped propane to their homes will pay $10.834 per gigajoule, a decrease of $4.513 per GJ from the current commodity rate. According to FortisBC, the average residential customer
will save $226 per year on their gas bills under the new rate. “Oil prices have declined as well, driven by increased North American oil supplies and reduced international demand,” said Cynthia Des Brisay, the vice president of energy supply and resource development in a news release. “This drop in oil prices has helped to lower propane prices, benefitting our propane customers.” The propane rate is still sig-
nificantly higher than the cost of natural gas, which is going down to $2.486 per gigajoule. FortisBC intends on switching Revelstoke to natural gas in 2017. FortisBC reviews rates every three months. The latest reduction to rates follows a smaller decrease at the start of the year. The decreases more than negate the $4.290 per GJ propane rate increase that took place a year ago.
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When our communities were founded the first communal institution that was built was often the local schoolhouse. Among the first examples of British Columbians pooling their resources for the betterment of all was to ensure that children had access to the best schooling that could be pro-
vided under the circumstances. Community members understood that the best way for these little communities to survive was to ensure that every child had the opportunity to learn and grow. Access to quality public education is seen around the world as being one of the most critical building blocks for a productive, inclusive and democratic society. And as a wealthy society, we can easily afford to ensure that every child, regardless of location or parentage, can have access to the best education. But that is not what is happening here in British Columbia. Public education has been under attack by this government. It is deliberate and it is ongoing. The latest budget
underfunds public schools even further resulting in more cuts in BC classrooms. The government tries to say that we simply can’t afford to provide any more money to our school system, yet private schools were given 33% more of our tax dollars in the latest budget. And to further prove the priority of this government, Premier Clark has a Parliamentary Secretary, an MLA who is given a further $15,000 per year, whose job it is to promote private schools. The clear agenda of this government is to further degrade the public system while increasing the transference of public money into the private system. Up until now, teachers have
led the fight to protect our public school system. Each teacher has taken on a significant financial loss as the money they gave up during the 6 week strike will never be regained through wage increases. They did it in an attempt to force this government to fund public schools properly. We can no longer rely entirely on teachers to be the ones taking on this fight. I believe it is every child’s right to have access to quality public education. We cannot remain silent while this critical asset is diminished beyond repair. Norm Macdonald MLA Columbia River Revelstoke | norm.macdonald.mla@leg. bc.ca | 1 866 870 4188
More action needed on youth with OCD Editor, Re: Eating disorders and obsessive-compulsive disorder, in the March 11, 2015 issue of the Times Review. With regard to youth OCD, it is very sad that local psychiatrists and clinicians avoid using or recommending very well known and effective therapies such as Exposure Response Prevention Therapy (a specific form of cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT) and resort only to drugs, which alone absolutely will not help a severe OCD patient long term. It is even sadder still that these same local psychiatrists and clinicians refuse to refer patients to other health-care profession-
L ET T E R S als who may be better equipped and motivated, and who can work effectively and actively with ERP and CBT. God forbid that the local psychiatrists and clinicians might be found wanting, when the best interests of the patient are actually not being served. The patient is then left suffering along with his or her family and friends, trapped in a prison cell which could be unlocked, but for the motivation and interest to do so from our health care system. It needs to be noted that young people suffering with OCD very often do not have
the communication skills or the ability to tell us what they need, how they feel, or what is going on inside. It is up to us and our healthcare professionals to ask the questions and continually actively dig deeper. Too often we fail these young people by assuming that if they don't or can't talk this must mean they are not motivated to get well. Nothing could be further from the truth! Walk a day in these young people's shoes and you will see the truth. Do we wait to actively do something only when a patient becomes so desperate that they take their own life... believing it is
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When it is more than anxiety and depression: Bipolar disorder and Schizophrenia
MENTAL HEALTH BY DR. DAVID SMITH
From previous page their only course of action to escape their private hell and suffering? I applaud Dr. David Smith for writing this article but much more needs to be done to address the huge therapy gaps which exist in this region, and the unwillingness of our health-care professionals to truly listen and work actively. Particularly when patients, family and friends are begging for assistance
although exactly what else triggers it is not fully known. Sometimes it occurs in individuals with no family history, perhaps as a result of a subtle or past brain injury. In the last decade, new antipsychotic medication and the introduction of Early Psychosis Intervention (EPI) programs, noted above, are greatly helping newly diagnosed people with schizophrenia. Like bipolar disorder, along with the right combination of medication, good sleep, healthy diets, regular exercise, established routines and avoiding mind-altering substances will help those with the diagnosis live full and productive lives. In fact, dynamic and wellspoken individuals like BC's Brent Seal, who was diagnosed with schizophrenia while a university student and now runs a company called "Seal Wellness" are helping change the face of schizophrenia. Seal, a mountain climber, ultra-marathoner, wellness coach and inspirational speaker, as well as others who are thriving after a schizophrenia diagnosis, show that good, meaningful lives are possible with the right treatment. For more information about schizophrenia in BC see earlypsychosis.ca; mindcheck.ca; the BC Schizophrenia Society; and the Canadian Mental Health Association BC chapter. Next column, we will talk about reducing the stigma of mental illness. Dr. David Smith is an adolescent and adult psychiatrist and the medical director of the Okanagan Psychiatric services for Interior Health. This series of columns on common child and youth mental health issues is a project of the Child and Youth Mental Health and Substances Use Collaborative. The Collaborative involves multiple individuals, organizations and ministries all working together to increase the number of children, youth, and their families receiving timely access to mental health services and support in the Interior Health and Vancouver Island regions. The Collaborative is jointly funded by Doctors of BC and the government of BC.
and they themselves know exactly what needs to be done. Many doors are closed in their faces. As a person who has lived with and worked with OCD through out the majority of my adult life I am intimately aware of and knowledgeable with what works and what does not. Sitting in our chairs writing copious notes and hoping for the best does not. Martin Ralph Revelstoke, BC
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Two weeks ago we talked about the stresses teenagers face as they transition to adulthood. Adding to that challenging journey, which all teens must make, is the fact that 75 per of all mental health conditions show up in the teen and early adult years. Today we talk about bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, which tend to first show their signs and symptoms between the ages of 13 and 25. As noted last week, and in all the columns to date: If you are worried that your child or teen may be showing signs of a mental illness, talk to your family doctor, or contact the Child and Youth Mental Health program provided by the Ministry of Children and Family Development in your region. Call Service BC at 1-800-6618773 for the MCFD office nearest to you. Bipolar: Originally called manic-depression, bipolar disorder is marked by extreme shifts in mood, energy and activity levels, ranging from severe depression on one side to mania on the other. During a manic episode, the youth will be highly talkative, energetic, full of ideas and enthusiasms, may take risks or behave impulsively, and may even become jittery, sleepless and irritable. During a depressive episode, the youth is very tired or feels slowed down, is very sad and hopeless, has a hard time concentrating or making decisions, and may also be restless or irritable. Different types of bipolar disorder have different extremes in moods and different speeds of cycling between them, but most high or low episodes last several days or longer. Sometimes the extremes in moods can bring on psychosis — losing touch with reality and having hallucinations
(hearing, seeing, smelling, tasting, or feeling things that are not actually there) and delusions (a strong, illogical belief, such as feeling one's actions are being controlled by others.) Early psychosis intervention, called EPI, is very successful. An EPI program exists in many communities in each health authority in BC, see earlypsychosis.ca. Bipolar disorder is known to run in families, but most individuals who have a family member with the disorder will never develop this condition — some other trigger is often needed and research is not yet clear what that is. Many famous and highly successful individuals have bipolar disorder, in part because the manic phase can produce extreme creativity and productivity. Yet the disorder can cause havoc with family relationships, jobs and finances. Substance use, particularly excessive alcohol consumption, is common with the disorder, especially during a manic phase. Significant mood changes can be stabilized with various medications, or their combinations, plus different types of psychotherapy. With long-term treatment productive lives can be lived. Attention to good sleep, healthy diet and exercise, regular routines, and avoidance of mind-altering substances, along with medication and therapy, can minimize the number of mood episodes. For more information see Mood Disorders Association of BC and heretohelp.bc.ca Schizophrenia: Perhaps no mental health diagnosis causes parents and youth more fear than schizophrenia, which is marked by losing touch with reality and experiencing hallucination, delusions, disorganization and cognitive impairment, such as poor judgement and decision-making. But the outlook need not be bleak: treatment works, and recovery and a return to good functioning occurs regularly. About one per cent of all British Columbians have this illness and it affects men and women equally, but first symptoms often appear for men between ages 16 and 20, and women between ages 20 and 30. While schizophrenia also runs in families, it usually needs more than just genetics to arise,
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This weekend, Society Snow & Skate is hosting the fifth annual S-Games at Revelstoke Mountain Resort. The games were launched by Karl Jost, the owner of Society as a way of having a fun snowboarding competition at the resort. Last year, pro riders Terje Hakonsen, Mark McMorris, Jake Blauvelt and Nicholas Muller stopped by during a down-day from filming around Revelstoke, giving the amateur competitors the chance of hitting the same jump right after their heroes. Jost occupies one of the top spots in Revelstoke's snowboarding scene — an elder statesman at age 37, you might say. 33mag.com called Jost "a hairy Bhudda who has come to see that all life is suffering and chosen to dedicate his suffering to the thing he loves, snowboarding." We stopped by Society to talk to Jost about getting into business in Revelstoke and how he plans on topping last year's S-Games. Times Review: How did you start Society Snow & Skate? Karl Jost: I worked in a shop called Rude Boys in Banff for about eight years. I'd been snowboarding for more than 20 years. I just love the snowboard industry and I love snowboarding. I had some friends
tell me about Revy and how they were going to upgrade the ski hill. I did a couple of years of research going back and forth, figuring it all out and I dove in and started the shop. What year? The spring before the ski hill opened — June 07 is when I opened the doors. I did the upgrades and got in. Snow & skate: Are those your two passions? Those are definitely two of my biggest passions. That's why I came up with the name Society. The store is dedicated to the sub-cultures of snowboarding and skateboarding. What's it been like making the store work? It's a lot of work, that's for sure. You make a lot of sacrifices. It's funny — you get into the snowboard industry and then you get to snowboard less because you're working so much. Definitely I've had to give up a lot. I think I've taken one real vacation in the past eight years. It's like having a wife and a kid but the store is all in one thing. Maybe like five adopted children as well. What were some of the challenges you faced getting Society going? I've been in the industry for a long time and seen how it works. I had lots of contacts, so that was good. The biggest challenge was getting the money for it. I don't come from a family with money so I
had to work to get the money I have. I took out a big old business loan. I started it cheap compared to other shops. When I talk to some buddies who own shops and tell them how much I started the shop on, they say, "Jesus Christ! That's nothing." That's why when this place first opened, it was pretty empty and I just re-invested all the money back into the inventory and grew it. What's it been like growing Society? It's been tough too. You want to make sure the space is full, and when it's full you want to keep it full, so you're sitting on a lot of inventory. At least now it's full and I don't have to grow the inventory anymore. What's it like doing business in Revelstoke? It's not easy. Our slow seasons are extremely slow. It's pretty competitive. I have exclusives on the majority of my brands, and that's nice, so they won't sell to anyone else in town. We're a small population. You have to stockpile. If you're making lots of money and you're bringing lots in, stash it away like a squirrel because it's going to be gone when the slow season comes around. You're president of the Columbia Valley Skateboard Association and you organize the S-Games. How important is it to you to be involved in those events and activities? To me community involvement
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is really important. It's a way to give back to the community that supports you all the time. I just like to do it for fun. Even when I was working at Rude Boys, I organized the Season Ender Bender, which was a snowboard comp we organized. I organized a skate comp almost every year. It's fun. It's good to get people out, to get people competing for fun. They were never super serious comps. What's the story of the S-Games? This is the fifth anniversary. There wasn't a good snowboard event here. They had a downtown rail jam, but I don't think the city was too stoked on having events downtown. Those kinds of events are rad, but I wanted to involve the ski hill, because it's a symbiotic relations — retail and the hill, we have to work together. I really wanted to have the ski hill involved and bring something up there, because there was no snowboard events there at all. I came up with the S-Games, making fun of the X-Games. The X-Games were started as the anti-Olympics. If you hear any of my rants, I hate the IOC — they're corrupt and a bunch of idiots. I hate how in a lot of snowboard events across the world, FIS controls it. Terje Hakonsen boycotts the Olympics because it's FIS run and controlled. Nothing against skiers, but imagine how they'd feel if the snowboarders had control of it? I wanted to make a comp that's 100 per cent true to snowboarding. No energy drink sponsors or stuff like that. Keep it all core and keep it all true to snowboarding — the anti X-Games, because the X-Games have sold out. It was supposed to be the anti Olympics, and it's turned into the same thing — a marketing frenzy. How big was it at the start? About 35 registered. Mostly local. There was a few people from out of town — Banff, Nelson, Kamloops — who came out. What was it like last year when some pros showed up? (Terje Hakonsen, Jake
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Blauvelt, Mark McMorris took part in a break from filming around Revelstoke.) It was awesome. It was really rad to have all these people riding and competing in the comp, and then being able to ride next to their heroes in snowboarding. That was what I was most stoked on — how happy the people were they got to ride with them. Of course, it's all down hill from there. That was my next question — where do you go from there? What I decided to do now is every year we're inviting a pro-team out. The ski hill is going to put them up, give them lift tickets. They're going to help build, then ride in the comp with everybody. Not competing, but just riding for fun, getting the stoke level up and to have a good time and get people to ride with some snowboarders they look up to. This year we have Dinosaurs Will Die coming — a good core Canadian snowboard brand — and each year we'll have a different team. What's in store for this year? I had to re-design the whole jib course, and we're going to have milk snow for the hip. We'll make it happen — we'll have that hip going again. The jib course — I've got some ideas, but people will see it when it's ready. What's the future of snowboarding in Revelstoke? I think it will keep growing. The resort will keep growing, the town will keep growing. Snowboarding and skiing are going to keep growing. I'd like to see a park go into the hill, that would be it. You can't be a full service resort unless you have a park. I don't want to see people who possibly have a career in snowboarding here have to leave because we don't have the facilities. I want to see us keep people in town instead of everyone going to Whistler like they did in the past. There's a lot of film crews still coming through — not only just backcountry, but street riding and stuff. I think it's going to keep going up and up and up.
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beach party featuring a pool party foam pit, Easter egg hunt, wet t-shirt contest, prizes for best dressed and more. At the Traverse.
EROSION AND DECAY A new art how
featuring the works of Julia and Patricia Crucil. The side gallery features the members' show Here, There and Everywhere. At the Revelstoke Visual Arts Centre. See the website for opening hours.
Friday, April 3
THE NEW GROOVEMENT Venua TBA. Part of the
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Sunday, April 5
Wednesday, Mar. 25
BIBLE TALKS A series of non-denominational talks
BROWN BAG LUNCH Come learn about
presenting the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. At Okanagan College from 3:30–4:30 p.m. every Sunday in April.
Revelstoke's history at this talk by Cathy English, the curator of the Revelstoke Museum & Archives. This week's topic is the smelter. At the museum at 12:15 p.m.
Tuesday, April 7
THE WARDENS Superb musicianship, haunting vocals and chilling tales from three men who spent their careers in the most rugged of all places. Live at the Performing Arts Centre at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $10, available at the Visitor Information Centre, ArtFirst, and the Revelstoke Arts Council website.
MOVIES IN THE MOUNTAINS: THE RAILWAY MAN Based on the remark-
able bestselling autobiography, The Railway Man tells the extraordinary and epic true story of Eric Lomax (Colin Firth), a British Army officer who is tormented as a prisoner of war at a Japanese labor camp during World War II. Decades later, Lomax and his beautiful love interest Patti (Nicole Kidman) discover that the Japanese interpreter responsible for much of his treatment is still alive and set out to confront him, and his haunting past, in this powerful and inspiring tale of heroism, humanity and the redeeming power of love. At the Revelstoke Performing Arts Centre at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $8.
Wednesday, April 8
BROWN BAG LUNCH Come learn about Revelstoke's history at this talk by Cathy English, the curator of the Revelstoke Museum & Archives. This week's topic is the Italian community. At the museum at 12:15 p.m.
April 10 to May 1
CELEBRATING THE YEAR OF CRAFT: TEXTILES A new show at the Revelstoke Visual Arts Centre. Show opening is Friday, April 10, at 6 p.m.
Thursday, March 26
BUSINESS AFTER BUSINESS Join the Revelstoke Chamber of Commerce for an informal, drop-in social for business owners and managers. The evening will include an update on the Labour Market Survey. At the Royal Canadian Legion from 5–7 p.m. PEDAL & PINT The weekly group mountain ride is back for the summer. Meet outside the community centre at 6 p.m. and follow Brent Strand on a ride around local trails.
Friday, March 27
DJ/VIOLINIST MICHAEL FRASER Live at the Traverse. Part of the StokeFM Frostbite Series.
March 28–29
S-GAMES V Society Snow & Skate hosts the annual S-Games, a snowboarding competition at Revelstoke Mountain Resort.
Saturday, March 28
LADIES SNOWMOBILE RIDE Go for a big
group rip up Boulder Mountain with your fellow female sledders. YAMAFEST 2015 Yamaha Canada hosts its 13th annual Yamafest on Boulder Mountain. GARDEN GNOME WORKSHOP Join Kathy Howell for a fun make-and-take workshop to
Retirement party Michael Fraser has been playing the violin since he could walk. Growing up, he would busk on the streets. The experience put him in touch with a dingy underworld of freaks, thugs and junkies. A graffiti artist introduced him to DJ culture and he soon found himself owning a turntable and creating his own beats. Since then, he has learned to combine his gypsy violin style with electro-house music to create a sound all his own. You can catch him at the Traverse on Thursday, March 27, as part of the Frostbite Music Series. Contributed Image
create your own Garden Gnome storytelling kit. All materials are supplied, plus lunch. At Corner Stones pre-school from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Register by calling 250-837-6669. MULTI-CULTURAL STORYTELLING This month features the culture of Russia. Hear stories, make crafts, and learn some songs from Russia! Free for all ages. At the Revelstoke library from 4–5 p.m. NEIGHBOUR AND LORNE B Deep-house DJ Neighbour is joined by local Lorne B for a night at the Taco Club. Tickets are $12.
Wednesday, Apr. 1
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the stage with a mixed repertoire of classic and contemporary dance under newly-appointed Artistic Director Simone Orlando. An awardwinning choreographer, and former dancer for the National Ballet of Canada, Desrosiers Dance Theatre, and Ballet BC, Orlando “can’t wait to get started.” Join us in giving her and the company a heart-felt welcome. At the Revelstoke Performing Arts Centre at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15, or $12 for a pass holder, available at the Visitor Information Centre, ArtFirst, or the Revelstoke Arts Council website.
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Acrobat Winger qualifies to mobilize to National level JEF KLINE
Revelstoke Acrobats
The Revelstoke Acrobats competed in the third big meet of the year this weekend in Kamloops, where more than 300 athletes showed off their stuff on the trampoline. The club had some amazing results, again proving some of our athletes are the best in the province.
Josh Winger won gold in both of his events and also performed well enough to mobilize to move up to the national level and compete for Team BC. Makenna Gallon also competed well enough to top the podium in both her events winning two golds. Summer Novakowski in double mini trampoline and Devyn Gale in trampoline also brought home golds, beating out the rest of the province in their levels.
Kaylin Gale performed great, winning a silver and a bronze in her competitions. Parker English and Isabella Mendonca both had personal bests and earned silver medals in trampoline. For Saelin Cadieux and Sani Supinen, it was their first competition ever. They both stepped things up in their routines making the finals. We had 14 athletes attend this
competition. There were a lot of great placings, personal bests and team spirit. The coaching staff is so so proud of the way all the athletes have been rocking it this year. We are looking forward to a great provincial championships in May.
Josh Winger won two golds in Kamloops last weekend, earning him a chance to compete for Team BC. Jef Kline/Revelstoke Acrobats Photo
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Lennart Lindston Lennart Lindston, 84, passed away at Surrey Memorial Hospital on Monday, February 16, 2015. He was born in New Denver, BC, January 8, 1931. Len was predeceased by his wife Rose in 2002. Len leaves behind his daughters Kristina and her husband Dale of Surrey, BC and Shelley and her husband Mike of Huntsville, Ontario and his grandchildren Jenna, Joel, Morgan and his greatgranddaughter Makayla. Len worked for the City of Revelstoke as a foreman until he retired to look after his wife who had Alzheimer’s. He loved to work with his hands, fish and have a nice cold beer. He will be sadly missed by his family.
Joanne DeVolder Joanne DeVolder (nee Jolicoeur) age 56 was surrounded by family when she passed away March 5, 2015 at Victoria B.C. Joanne’s sons, daughter in-laws, sisters and brothers all cared for her in the last weeks. She was also blessed to have her childhood best friend Diane Fraser-Easton from Houston BC stay tirelessly at her bedside holding her hand the last several days. Joanne was the second baby born at Surrey Memorial Hospital back in March 4th 1959. She was the second of 6 children to Edmond and Laurina Jolicoeur. The Jolicoeur family all settled in Revelstoke in 1971, where Joanne continued to live until 2007. She graduated from R.S.S. and followed on to achieve her hair dressing apprenticeship. Joanne married Theodorus DeVolder in 1980 and raised their two boys in Revelstoke where she will be remembered for her involvement with many church and community music programs, teaching guitar, and hair salons. Joanne is survived by her siblings Jeanne (Ed), Marcelline (John), Robert (Sandy), Irene (Tracy), Danny (Shelly) and sons Ted (Jaime) and Tim (Rachel), and grandchildren Jade, Marcus, and Charlie. Service for Joanne was held on Monday March 16th at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Victoria, B.C. She was laid to rest at Hatley Memorial Gardens where she joined her husband Ted.
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Bantam boys finish third at Provincials JARRETT SPANNIER Revelstoke Bantam Hockey
Ski Club hosts U-14 Can-Ams KARL KLASSEN
Fourteen local Bantam hockey players were in Fraser Lake to compete in the Tier 4 Provincial Championships this past week. Six teams from around the province competed for the right to host the championship banner. The Grizzlies opened against Windermere Valley. Ray Speerbrecker, Cam Mackenzie (2) and Jacob Ancell scored for Revelstoke in a game that would end in controversy. An originally disallowed goal was counted, giving Windermere a 5-4 lead. It was a tough pill to swallow as the goal was scored with an Windermere player lying on top of the Revelstoke goalie. With their backs against the wall knowing another loss would knock them out of the championship, Revelstoke responded with the game of the tournament. Pitted against the tournament favorite, Whistler, the boys came out flying. Cam Mackenzie (2) and Rory Christie-Hoyle (2) provided the goals. Backstopped by a 53 save performance by Spencer Spannier, Revelstoke won 4-3 to even their record at one and one. With momentum on their side, goalie Noah Newsome then lead Revelstoke to a 9-1 victory over Houston. Callum Gribbon’s 3-point performance (1G, 2A), with goals by Ray Speerbrecker (2), Cam Mackenzie (3), Jacob Ancell (2) and Kohen Martin showed that Revelstoke was a tournament favorite going forward. Revelstoke then played Fraser Lake, jumping out to a 4-1 first period lead with goals by Jeremy Scarcella and Rory Christie-Hoyle (3), but saw the lead evaporate in a penalty filled second period. Revy had two disallowed goals in the game and Fraser Lake scored a controversial go ahead goal
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The Revelstoke Bantams made a lot of friends whilst finishing third at the recent provincial championships in Fraser Lake. The team would like to thank all their generous sponsors and the supporters who made the trip to Fraser Lake. Photo Deb Otto
in the third before Cam Mackenzie tied the game late in the period. The tie cost Revelstoke their spot in the championship game. Revelstoke closed the tournament with a match against Burns Lake to decide who would finish third. Jake ‘Top-gun’ Ancell’s hat-trick, plus goals from Mackenzie and Speerbrecker helped Revelstoke to a 6-5 win. All the skaters of the Revelstoke Bantams earned at least one point during the turnamnet, a clear indication of the all-around team effort. Throughout the tournament defensemen Rylan Bokis, Ben MacDonald, Conner Templeton, Tyson Marsh and Jeremy Scarcella were instrumental in helping to protect the back end and Hayden Mallett was up to his usual peskiness in front of the oppo-
nent's net. The coaching staff could not be more proud of how the boys conducted themselves throughout the week. BC hockey presented Revelstoke with the fair play award for their performance on and off the ice. The team took no unsportsmanlike penalties and were ambassadors for the community of Revelstoke, receiving positive praise from organizers, community members and BC hockey officials. The boys embraced the Fraser Lake grade 4 class that was chosen to be their cheering squad with photo sessions, autograph sessions and raised stick salutes. BC Hockey recognized them for showing what sportsmanship, leadership and fair play is all about.
Revelstoke Ski Club hosted its biggest race in years this past week from March 19 – 22. The U14 Fidelity Western Can-Ams brought together the best 12 and 13 year old ski racers from Alberta and British Columbia with a contingent from the Pacific Northwest. Despite terrible weather for the first three days and challenging snow conditions, a full slate of racing was completed including two days of GS and two days of slalom. The event culminated with blue skies and perfect racing conditions on Sunday, which showed off Revelstoke Mountain Resort in its full glory. Visiting skiers had to qualify to enter the race but as host club, Revelstoke was allowed to enter a full team, which exposed first year U14 racers Sophia Humphreys, John Sidjak, and Nolan Gale to the challenge of a higher level of competition than they had previously experienced. Lowell Schmidt was the only Revelstoke first-year U14 to qualify. “All the first-years skied well and moved up the ranks in tough conditions,” said head coach Ned Lazarevic. “I’m very proud of them.” Second-year skiers Jenna Knight and Colm Molder came up with a number of performances that placed them in the top half of the field, with Molder in the top 30 on day three. Aleks Klassen was in the top 15 on days one and two, top 30 on day three, and hit his stride on day four’s slalom with a 7th place finish. These results earned him a 10th in the overall standings for the event. The Okanagan U12/U14/U16/U18 zone finals will be held at Big White March 28 – 29. The following weekend Revelstoke skiers head for the Whistler Cup, North America’s premier international event for U14 and U16 alpine racers.
Pee Wee team finish third at Provincials ALEX FARRUGIA Revelstoke Pee Wee Hockey
The Revelstoke Pee Wee Rep Team headed to Kimberley to represent Revelstoke and the Okanagan at the BC Hockey Tier 4 Championship Tournament. The first game was against Fort Nelson. With some nerves yet to settle, Revelstoke lost 6-3. The second day was a double game day and the team was now ready to play. In the first game, after being down 5-1, the players elevated their game and with four goals from Grady Powell they won 6-5.
Later that night the challenge was Kimberley. Again with determination, the team battled and the game ended in a 5-5 tie. Next up was Langley, who had yet to lose by any reasonable margin. After a very strong game, Revelstoke conceded a couple of late goals and ended up losing 3-1. The final game against Houston was a 13-0 victory. Goalie Dom Donato was the team's anchor. In front of him was a swift and sturdy defence - James LeBuke, Tyler Jamieson, Will MacDonald, Makenna Howe and Krystal Kinoshita. The fast and handy for-
wards were Sammy LeRose, David Kline, Matthew Scarcella, Grady Powell, Lane Bull, Jayke Coueffin, Carlos Serrouya, Michael Miertsch and Tyson Sessa. With the 2-2-1 record, the Revelstoke Pee Wee team took third place (tied Kimberley with points but edged ahead with a higher tie breaking percentage). The Revelstoke Pee Wee Rep would like to thank the community of Revelstoke for supporting the team on this great adventure. It will be an experience never forgotten for these young players. The Pee Wee team ready for the opening ceremony.
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