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Amazing fundraiser for Juvenile Diabetes Wanted: fun-loving challenge seekers for the 4th annual “Sun Life Amazing Race” in Kamloops on April 20, in support of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF). “This is a really fun, family-oriented event,” says event organizer Payton Comazetto of Sun Life Financial. “The challenges are designed to be fun - not difficult – so anyone can take part.” Based on the popular television show, “The Amazing Race,” teams race throughout Kamloops completing challenges at roughly 15 pit stops at various locations, vying to be first to cross the finish line in Riverside Park. “This year’s challenges are a big step up from last year,” says Payton. “We’ve added some fun food challenges, and some new businesses who are really excited to be involved. The energy should be high. There are lots of new twists, and lots of great prizes.” Past challenges have included things like a harness challenge at the climbing gym, and this year the new No Limits Fitness is on board with a fun obstacle course in store. Like the show’s format, par-
ticipants register as teams of two: parent and child, husband and wife, co-workers or friends. “Last year’s winning team was a pair of moms,” says Payton. Those lucky ladies earned themselves a week long, deluxe accommodation package to Lake Tahoe and $1000 cash – the same prize that’s up for grabs this year. “There are prizes for first, second, third and fourth places and for the top fundraiser and the best dressed team, so don’t forget to dress up,” adds Payton. “The crazier the better – anything goes!” The day begins at 9:30am at Riverside Park, where teams
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set up for participants and people from the community who come out to support the event. Televisions will broadcast the contestant’s GPS locations so that spectators can follow the race from Riverside Park. 100 per cent of the proceeds will be donated to support JDRF, and those who want to go for the top fundraiser prize can use a simple online tool at jdrfca.donordrive. com to get pledges from family and friends. – continued on page 2
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Renowned speaker to give talk at local conference One of Vancouver’s youngest and most attention-grabbing entrepreneurs is coming to Kamloops to speak at the annual Business Improvement Association BC conference, being hosted by the Kamloops Central BIA from April 15 to 17. Mark Brand is currently working on his largest undertaking to date, Save on Meats. Founded in 1957, Save on Meats had been a Vancouver landmark serving the local community with a butcher shop and lunch counter. After closing down, Mark Brand resurrected the enterprise, with a vision to restore the building back to its prime for all Vancouver residents, and to be committed to it being a true social enterprise by working with partners to create a sustainable business model that serves the community. Mark Brand has since been invited to share his message of social enterprise at numerous conferences and universities in North America, as well as worldrenowned events such as TED Talks. Another speaker of note is Seattle’s Roger Brooks, from Destination Development International. Roger is among the most popular speakers on the planet on the subjects of tourism development and marketing, commu-
nity branding, downtown revitalization, and economic development. In addition to great speakers there will be a workshop, roundtables and sessions which
touch topics like business recruitment and retention, urban design, parking solutions, events that work, sports tourism, food carts, panhandling, and urban recycling and composting. Many sessions will be made available for drop-ins. You can see the full schedule and register to see Mark Brand online at kcbia. com or call 250-372-3242. The conference will host 120 delegates from across BC and Alberta, and will be focused on helping businesses position for the future. Mark Brand’s life as an entrepreneur began with the opening of his first venture, a downtown Vancouver restaurant. Over the course of the next three years, he would establish several other popular local businesses, but they would all prove to be mere training grounds for when he assumed control of the historic Save On Meats Butcher Shop / Grocery and Seafood. Working in closely with various community programs and initiatives, Mark and his team are harnessing compassion in their pursuit of new approaches to tackle important societal issues like barrier employment and food security straight from the heart of Vancouver’s Downtown East Side. He will share his story at the BIABC conference.
Solar Laundry Project flies again with video contest The Kamloops Chapter of the BC Sustainable Energy Association (BCSEA) is delighted to announce that because of the overwhelming success and public interest in last year’s Solar Laundry Project (SLP), it will run again in 2013 – with a twist. “We’re building on the momentum and interest from last year by going bigger and better,” says James Gordon, a member of the Kamloops
It’s amazing – continued from page 1 Kamloops JDRF has been very successful in past years, raising over $25,000 for diabetes research. Their objective for 2013 is to raise the bar and make this an extraordinary event to increase public awareness about the disease, so the more teams the better – last year saw 58 and event organizers hope to see that surpassed this year. Registration is $50 per team of two and is open right up until the morning of the event. Children eight years and older may compete with parent or guardian. To register, or for more information, contact Shianne at Kamloops@ jdrf.ca or call 250-374-0599. Rebecca Stewart
Chapter and one of the project organizers. “To keep the Solar Laundry Project ‘fresh’ in the public’s mind, we’re launching a video contest with cash prizes as part of the marketing campaign this year.” Cash prizes for the top three videos are $300, $200 and $100 for first, second and third place. Videos should be 30 or 60 seconds in any genre so long as they’re humorous and must
A collaborative art exhibit Pictured here is artist Catherine Dalfort at the opening of Barely They’re: Consider the Sensual Edge on Friday, April 5. Barely They’re is available for viewing until April 27 at the Old Courthouse in the Kamloops Arts Council main gallery.
promote clothesline use (either indoor or outdoor lines). Filmmakers can submit more than one video. The submission deadline is May 10. For more information on how you can save energy and save money at the same time, visit bchydro.com/powersmart. Details of the video contest can be found online at bcsea.org/kamloops, or contact James Gordon at 250-3748199 or jamesgordon008@gmail.com.
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Grade 12 students Kevin Mulligan and Brennan Haggerty spent their Saturday selling Krispie Kream donuts to shoppers outside Shopper’s Drug Mart, doing their part to raise money for their Dry Grad ceremonies at St. Ann’s Academy this spring. We wonder how many they had to test for product knowledge?
15th Annual ‘Evening to Remember’ On April 27 the Kamloops Hospice Association will be hosting the 15th annual ‘Evening to Remember’ fundraiser. The proceeds of the event will be used to renovate the flooring of the Marjorie Willoughby Snowden Hospice House building as part of the ‘Floor of Fame’ campaign. There will be a dinner and dance for guests as well as two auctions with donations from the Kamloops community and local businesses. Items up for auction include golf packages and gift baskets. The evening will start at 6:00pm with cocktails and bidding on the auctions fol-
lowed by dinner at 7:00pm. The gala event will be held at the Columbo Lodge near Pioneer Park. Tickets are currently on sale for $50 and tables of up to ten people can be reserved in advance. Tables will be available for only $650 for donors contributing to the auctions as part of the evening’s festivities. Thanks to the generosity of the community, the Kamloops Hospice Association is able to support and care for individuals facing life threatening illness both in their home and at the Marjorie Willoughby Snowden Hospice House. For tickets call 250-372-1336.
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From April 3 to 6, School District No. 73 students in grades 11 and 12 were provided opportunities to explore the wide variety of rewarding career choices as heavy equipment operators in the construction industry. Through the Trades and Transitions experiential program, Heavy Metal Rocks 2013, students received safety training and were mentored by equipment operators as they learned to operate several different types of heavy equipment. The program was situated at T'Kemlups gravel pit and was made possible through a partnership with School District No. 73, WorkSafe BC, Southern Interior Construction Association, International Union of Operating Engineers - Local 115, Acres Enterprises, Extreme Excavating, Ministry of Mines and Minerals, and the Kamloops Indian Band.
Local schools want your used shoes Kay Bingham Elementary School set the bar last year. Students and staff collected 4300 pairs of shoes that were sent to Nicaragua. This year, ten schools in School District 73 have joined together to collect as many shoes as they can. The shoe drive takes place until April 26. All of the shoes collected will go directly to people in need in Nicaragua. Students in the ten participating schools have been learning about a small community in Nicaragua and gaining an understanding of challenges that face these citizens each day. The small village of Jiquillilo has been ravaged by civil war, decimated by a tsunami, and plagued by extreme poverty. It is the students’ hope to make a change in the world and deliver much needed shoes to those in need. Shoe donations will be personally delivered by members of the Kamloops community. A group works
directly with firefighters in Nicaragua to ensure supplies are delivered to those most in need. The shoes are given to those who live and work in the garbage dumps and would not otherwise have the means to purchase footwear. A pair of shoes means protecting feet from burning rubbish, covering wounds or even to allow children to attend school. Network with people you know and donate as many shoes as you can get your hands on to make this a huge success! Shoe Drop Off for the general public is at Big Steel Box, during business hours at 1370 Salish Road. A specific PVC tape must be used to secure the shoes in pairs as they are collected. The expense that comes with that is large and currently unfulfilled. WAMACO has agreed to accept donations by phone or in person towards the cost of tape. If you are able to make a donation, call 250374-3810 or visit them at 962 Laval Crescent.
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Junior curator program for kids in putting together The Kamloops an exhibit of unique Museum is offerartifacts and showing ing a junior curator it to the public. This program this month is a great opportuto children ages nity for kids to see 8 to 12, in which and learn from real participants will be historical objects. introduced to basic It’s going to be a lot museum practise and of fun for them and given an opportunity they’ll learn some to see what goes on new things as well.” behind the scenes at Possible instalthe museum in a real lation themes are hands-on way. endless, and may “Junior curainclude local natutor programs can ral history like trout be found at many fishing or trapmuseums and are ping, the history of very popular,” says local First Nations Museum Curator or schools in the Dennis Oomen, of region. The ideas this first-time offerwill be as broad and ing in Kamloops. varied as the kids “There won’t be who participate and any shortcuts in this bring them. The program; the goal opportunity to work is to produce a real alongside profesexhibit which will sionals and bounce go on public display for several months. A young historian closely investigates a mallard duck at the the ideas off of the museum staff The participants Kamloops Museum and Archives. makes the experiwill have access to the museum collection and other resources to ence especially valuable in fostering a love of ensure the end result will be an exhibit they can regional history. The junior curator program begins April 11 and be proud of.” The children will not just come to do as they’re runs for six weeks, meeting every Thursday at the told: they will have a say in the theme and content of museum from 3:00pm to 4:30pm. The exhibit will the exhibit as well, choosing the artifacts and decid- be on display following the program’s compleing the best way to interpret them, making the result- tion. To pay and register for the course, phone ing exhibit entirely produced by the kids from begin- 250-828-3500 or on-line at Kamloops.ca/ezReg ning to end. Dennis says the Kamloops Museum has and quote program #207742. And, if you’re little historian is looking for a fun an extensive collection and they should not have any way to spend a day off of school, they can come trouble finding objects they can work with. “Display work and exhibits are at the heart of what have an adventure at the Kamloops Museum in museums do,” said Dennis. “There is a lot of debate the Pro-D Day camp coming up next month. Go in museums on the best way display and interpret behind the scenes of the museum, meet the staff, artifacts, so we’ll be looking at some different and learn all about local history. Be a pioneer, approaches and seeing if the kids can come up with explorer and fur trader all in one day on May 17. Rebecca Stewart some ideas of their own. There is a lot of satisfaction
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The Vancouver Aquarium’s AquaVan will be making a special appearance at the BC Wildlife Park on Saturday, April 13 from 10:00am to 3:00pm. The AquaVan is a hands-on experience designed to inspire the stewardship of all aquatic habitats and encourage the discovery of connections between animals, environments and our selves. Park guests can also enjoy a special visit by the fire truck from Kamloops Station 6 Auxiliary Firefighters, bouncy castles, Wildlife Express Miniature Train, Home Hardware Family Farm and say hello to the Park animals!
Inspired by the current co-production of Fiddler on the Roof, Western Canada Theatre (WCT) and the Kamloops Symphony are partnering again on a joint raffle fundraiser. The grand prize package is a Napa Valley Wine Country experience and similar second- and third-prize packages for Vancouver and Kamloops respectively sweeten the deal for ticket buyers. For information on package details visit kamloopssymphony.com. Tickets are $10 and will be sold at the following Kamloops locations: Save on Foods, Wal-Mart, Superstore, and Coopers Foods in Valleyview and on Lansdowne. Tickets will also be sold at Sagebrush Theatre during the runs of Fiddler on the Roof, Never Shoot a Stampede Queen and A Splendid Adventure. Additionally, tickets will be sold during Kamloops Symphony events such as Barb’s Used Book and Music Sale, Paws and Tails Chamber Music Concert, and the special event recital of tenor, Ben Heppner. Tickets will be on sale until May 28. The draw will be held at the Pavilion Theatre Lobby, situated at 1025 Lorne Street, on May 29 at 12:00pm.
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Unique venue provides intimate performance experience Real music lovers covet opportunities to witness talent up close and personal and there may be few chances as edgy as what the HomeRoutes series offers: performances by touring Canadian artists in the comfort of a local home. The final house concert in this year’s HomeRoutes series is a performance by the Vancouver-based world-music duo, Silk Road. For over twenty years, Silk Road has been smashing stereotypes about Chinese music and taking Chinese instruments in new artistic directions. Its pioneering musical fusions have merged Chinese folk and classical music with Brazilian, jazz, Celtic, Spanish, Arabic, Aboriginal and blues music. Founded by Qiu Xia He (pr. Chu-sha Her), a one-time music teacher and touring musician in her native
Shaanxi, China, the ensemble has earned a Juno nomination, two West Coast Music Awards and two Canadian Folk Music Award nominations. Most recently, the group has begun exploring sinified flamenco music and performing onstage with flamenco dancers. HomeRoutes.ca is a non-profit organization with the goal of supporting musicians and facilitating live music performances to Canadian communities. The $20 admission goes directly to the musicians, with a small percentage going back to HomeRoutes, and can be purchased at Erwin’s Fine Baking at 369 St. Paul Street.
Snacks are provided at the concert, but you must bring your own beverages. To find out more about seeing Silk Road in a lovely downtown Kamloops home on April 13 at 7:30pm, simply call 250-3743234 or email bluemoonlivemusic@gmail. com. And, if you’ve already made plans for that night, Silk Road will also be playing in a Rayleigh home the following afternoon at 4:00pm. Just ask for those details when you inquire.
Grandma’s Visit “Oh, I sure am glad to see you,” the little boy said to his grandmother (on his mother’s side). “Now Daddy will do the trick he’s been promising us.” The grandmother was curious. “What trick is that?” she asked. “He told Mommy that he’d climb the walls if you came to visit,” answered the boy.
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Gear up, gear down, for Bike to Work Week Last year over 100 teams signed up to participate in Kamloops Bike to Work Week (BTWW), and, based on this success, the BTWW committee has set their goal for 150 teams this year. Although the event is still two months away - spanning May 27 to June 2 - the committee is working hard to get Kamloops bike commuters exited about getting on their bikes. “This event is now in its sixth year and has grown every year - there were 73 teams in 2011. The committee is keen to keep this momentum going and hit this new goal,” says event coordinator, James Gordon. “We really want to stress that people can bike as much or as little as they want. You can bike all week or just try it for one day, going one way. You can easily put your bike on the front of a City bus to go the other way. This is a fun event and a great way to stay in shape and help the environment.” Free online registration using an improved system will start April 15. It’s as easy as choosing a team leader and registering
a team name. Additional team members can be added to the team at a later time. There are morning and afternoon commuter Celebration Stations being set up at key city locations (details TBA); lots of free food, drinks and chances to win bike-related prizes; and a wrap-up BBQ after work on Friday, May 31. Volunteers are still being sought to help out at the Celebration Stations. If you’re interested to learn more about this, please contact James at 778-257-5577. During last year’s BTWW, local photographer Ray Perreault set up a mobile studio at several of the Celebration Stations and took over 90 amazing portraits of people with their bikes. Those portraits are now available and can be downloaded free of charge. Contact James (jamesgordon008@gmail.com) to access your portrait. For more information, visit biketowork.ca/ kamloops. You can also find us on Facebook (Kamloops Bike to Work Week), or Twitter (@kamloopsBTWW).
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4th Annual Quilt Show The art of fabric design and the craft of turning it into fashionably functional pieces will be honoured again at the 4th Annual North Shore Quilt Show on Sunday, April 14 at the Holiday Inn on Tranquille Road, across from Heather’s Fabric Shelf. The fair will showcase quilters from beginner to professional and even non-quilters who are sharing family heirloom quilts. Alongside the colourful quilted eye-candy will be button, wool and pattern vendors. Maybe most exciting, visitors can be the first to see the new Kamloops-themed batik fabric designed especially for Heather’s Fabric Shelf by BC designer Shania Sunga, who will be here from Vancouver to unveil it in the fabric shop at 10am on Sunday morning. Designed from the photography of the shop’s own staff - Mazy Matuschewski’s photos
of the north valley by Jamieson Creek, Betty Oswell’s images of Batchelor Flats, and sunset pictures by Joanne Fennell - they will be available exclusively at Heather’s for six months before launching in fabric stores all over. For keen quilters, the show will be preceded by a two-day workshop with Lidia Froehler, an internationally known pattern designer, quilter and teacher who offers regular classes out of Heather’s Fabric Shelf. Lidia will be teaching her gorgeous bed runner design called “Santa Fe Stars.” Find more details on this project at fabricshelf.ca. There will be special pricing in the store on Sunday, with door prizes every hour and a grand prize of a queen-size quilt. Admission is by donation with all proceeds going to the Kamloops SPCA.
CFBX spring volunteer drive CFBX, the campus and community radio station at Thompson Rivers University, is now recruiting volunteers for on and off air shifts, especially for morning shows, late night shows and anyone interested in programming in a language other than English. Programming includes a wide variety of music and spoken word. Volunteers do not need to be TRU students to get involved. To volunteer, call the station at 250-377-3988, email radio@tru.ca or drop by the station at House 8, behind the Campus Activity Centre on the TRU campus.
Earth Day goes viral Every year on April 22, more than one billion people take part in Earth Day. Kamloops 350 has created a Facebook event page ‘Earth Day Kamloops’ where residents are encouraged to share their commitments with the rest of the city. “We’d like people to think about their daily habits and make some adjustments, whether for one day, one month, or one year,” says Gisela Ruckert of Kamloops 350. “Earth Day is a reminder that we need to live lightly on this planet, and this campaign will give some of us that extra bit of motivation to do what we know is the right thing.” So what can you do? Don't drive – make a point of walking, cycling or taking transit. Invite your neighbours over for a dinner of local, sustainably grown food. Get your clothesline
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