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Revelstoke’s Quarterly Arts and Culture Publication FREE! SUMMER 2008 REVED! pg.2.... - What Matters - Artist in Profile pg.3.... - Music Notes - Health & You - What’s Your Biz’ness - Write This Way pg.4.... - Sleeps n’ Eats - Sponsor Thanks WHAT’S IN THERE? Emerging The flowing was written by Rayne Kramer and Kathryn Hui in Michelle Gadbois’ grade 6/7 class at Arrow Heights Elementary. Salmon Unit at Arrow Heights School At Arrow Heights School, the grade 6/7 class studied the life-cycle of Chinook salmon. We started in November and have continued it for about seven months. We have studied each stage in detail, learning by several different exercises such as taking notes, reading handouts, drawing pictures and doing activities. The first stage was the eyed, or fertilized, eggs which came from the Kingfisher Interpre- tive Centre. They were an orangey, pinkish colour with a small, black dot at the centre. This was the eye. These eggs needed cool and clean water in their tank as well as a steady flow of water for their supply of oxygen. To determine when the eggs will hatch, we needed to measure the A.T.U.’s, which stands for Accumulated Thermal Units. To calculate the A.T.U.’s, you add the water temperatures each day to the total for the last day. We did a calendar on A.T.U. and predicted when the eggs would hatch. The next stage was the alevins. These are the first stage of salmon after the hatch. These fish carry a yolk sac on their stomach. This sac in filled with all the nutrients and vita- mins they will need for this stage. The alevin’s yolk sac is orange and the alevins are gray- ish with parr marks just above the lateral line. After the alevins have used all the nutrients in their yolk sac, the empty sac is sucked up into the salmon’s stomach and dissolves. This is called “buttoned up”. When they are buttoned up, they become fry. Fry stay near rocks or large wood debris for protection from predators. They also start eating real food. That means that we must give them fish food every half hour. Gradually, we begin to feed them less and less until it is only once a day. From fry, the salmon turn into smolt. At this stage, human activity causes a huge impact. But in the tank, they have nothing to worry about. They also would begin to eat insects if they lived in the wild. This brings us to the adult stage of salmon. These salmon need safe access and a clean river to start swimming to their home river where they were born. There, the female will create a redd to spawn and hatch the eggs in. They need clean gravel and a gentle flow of water. Another necessity is a river that doesn’t flood. After they spawn, they will die. That is the life-cycle of a Chinook salmon. After we had finished raising our salmon to the fry age, we took them to Kingfisher Interpretive Centre to release them back into their home river. There, we did three different activity stations to do with eco-systems in which fish live. This has been an interesting and enjoyable unit and we would like to thank everyone who has made it possible! Heather Lea [email protected] HERitagE MoMEnts by Cathy English, Curator/Director, Revelstoke Museum & Archives Revelstoke’s Built Heritage Revelstoke is fortunate to have such a large percentage of its original homes and business buildings still standing. This built heritage gives our city a unique personality, and reflects the vibrant history of the community, when Revelstoke was one of the largest centers in the interior of the province. The various neighborhoods reflect the different economic classes and even ethnic groups, and help to tell the story of the development of the community. The first settled area of Revelstoke was on Front Street and the surrounding area, originally known as Farwell. The original photographs show it as a “wild west” settle- ment with rough frame buildings, but it soon developed into a busy commercial area with several large hotels and other businesses, as well as a few houses on Front Street and many more on the adjacent streets. Once the commercial buildings were destroyed or removed, Front Street was rather sparsely populated until the late 1950s and early 1960s. Surprisingly, some of the older-looking buildings in the lower part of town were built elsewhere, and moved to that area much later. Farwell’s land grant extended to the area around the courthouse, but because of a land dispute, owners could not get clear title to their lands until after 1897, after which a building boom occurred in the area between the court house and the area around Mountain View school. Some of this land was owned by J.A. Mara, who, as principal owner of the Columbia & Kootenay Steam Navigation Company was given a small land grant in the area near the school. As a result of the land dispute, (and that’s another story) the Canadian Pacific Railway built their station and yards in the present location, and in the 1890s began selling lots in their land grant which roughly extended from the east side of Mackenzie Avenue to Eighth Street, and into the area across the tracks at Fourth Street. Much of the residen- tial section has just been proclaimed a Heritage Conservation Area, which will help to preserve the heritage character of the neighbourhood. The downtown area shifted from Front Street to Mackenzie and First and Second Streets because the business owners wanted to be as close as possible to the station, to cut down on delivery costs. There was another distinct neighbourhood in Revelstoke, known as the Smelter town site. In the early 1890s, a syndicate acquired land stretching from the west side of Mack- enzie to Rokeby and over to the river. As a result of erosion, the equivalent of about ten city blocks of their land grant slid into the river, including the site of the original smelter erected by the syndicate. A downtown revitalization project in the 1980s saw the restoration of many of Revel- stoke’s heritage commercial buildings, and a large number of private citizens have shown great initiative in restoring and preserving their homes. Revelstoke benefits greatly from this pride in our local heritage. Chinese Legacies Exhibit: This August will see the launch of an exciting initiative between Revelstoke Railway Museum, Revelstoke Museum & Archives and Rogers Pass Centre. Each venue will tell one aspect of the story of the Chinese community. On Friday, August 15 th , after the official opening of Railway Days 2008, the Revelstoke Railway Museum will open their exhibit telling the story of the Chinese labourers who helped to build the western section of the Canadian Pacific Railway in the 1880s. The next day, August 16 th at 11:00 am, Revelstoke Museum & Archives will open their exhibit on the Chinese community in Revelstoke. Rogers Pass Center will feature an exhibit on the Chinese people who worked on maintenance of the railway through Rogers Pass, as well as those who worked as cooks and servants at Glacier House. Watch for other special events, including speakers and cultural presentations Bill Cameron Artist in Profile: This spring I spent seven weeks in Vancouver taking some courses. I don’t really love cities, having been born in one (Calgary) and vowing never to go back even if I was dragged by my hair, but Vancouver was a pleasant surprise. As far as cities go, it’s pretty aesthetic: mountains, ocean, foliage. It’s also ideal for practicing shopping and other glamorous activities like eating Pho, which is pronounced Fuh, (I think), or for spending terrific amounts of money on organic food at Capers, or for finding crazy sales, (I came back with four pairs of shoes which I paid, like, less than half price for, and stuff!). But the one thing that was surely a key factor in why city-living was tolerable for almost two months was that I didn’t drive. How you get around in the city can greatly determine how you feel about the city and there is no better way to get around than on a bicycle. No parking fees, no fuel emissions, no rush-hour or traffic jams – just you and your bike cruising past a bunch of idling bumpers. The only downside is when it’s pissing rain or when you want to show up somewhere looking good – my hair didn’t exactly spring out shampoo- commercial style from under my helmet, but it still looked better than it would have had I been looking for a parking spot for an hour. Nothing sends me into maniacal spasms quite as quickly as city driving. I also avoided public transit because swearing at other people’s driving habits in the relative safety of my own vehicle is more or less normal, but on a public bus? Not so much. After spending so much time cycling around Vancouver, I wasn’t well-equipped mentally for my last day driving in the city. I had to make one last stop at an auto-wreckers in Burnaby when I came across one of the biggest construction gong shows ever. The road I needed to turn on was blocked off so I had to keep driving with the traffic which came to a com- plete stand-still a kilometer down the road. I thought about leaving my truck in line and walking back to the wreckers, but I opted instead to make a tire- squealing lane change and frisky u-turn. Now I was heading back in the right direction, but it didn’t really help because I couldn’t turn left any- time soon and I watched the auto- wreckers pass by through a chain- link fence 500 ft from my elbow and several florescent orange barriers. Cursing, I turned right and then left and up and down and found a dead end and after about twenty minutes trying to figure out how to get into the stupid auto-wreckers, I sorta lost my temper. Then I became an advocate of what I’ll call Constructive Road Rage because soon after the tantrum came the mind-numbing calm that only a really good bout of Turret’s Syndrome and pounding on the steering wheel can unleash; it was like I’d had a nap and was ready to through myself back out there. I did get to the auto-wreckers and they gave me free pop and stale nuts, so it was all worth it in the end. Constructive Road-Rage – for times when ‘damn’ doesn’t quite cut it.

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- Music Notes- Health & You - What’s Your Biz’ness - Write This Way

pg.4.... - Sleeps n’ Eats - Sponsor Thanks

WHAT’SIN

THERE?

Emerging The flowing was written by Rayne Kramer and Kathryn Hui in Michelle Gadbois’ grade 6/7 class at Arrow Heights Elementary. Salmon Unit at Arrow Heights School

At Arrow Heights School, the grade 6/7 class studied the life-cycle of Chinook salmon. We started in November and have continued it for about seven months. We have studied each stage in detail, learning by several different exercises such as taking notes, reading handouts, drawing pictures and doing activities.

The first stage was the eyed, or fertilized, eggs which came from the Kingfisher Interpre-tive Centre. They were an orangey, pinkish colour with a small, black dot at the centre. This was the eye. These eggs needed cool and clean water in their tank as well as a steady flow of water for their supply of oxygen. To determine when the eggs will hatch, we needed to measure the A.T.U.’s, which stands for Accumulated Thermal Units. To calculate the A.T.U.’s, you add the water temperatures each day to the total for the last day. We did a calendar on A.T.U. and predicted when the eggs would hatch.

The next stage was the alevins. These are the first stage of salmon after the hatch. These fish carry a yolk sac on their stomach. This sac in filled with all the nutrients and vita-mins they will need for this stage. The alevin’s yolk sac is orange and the alevins are gray-ish with parr marks just above the lateral line. After the alevins have used all the nutrients in their yolk sac, the empty sac is sucked up into the salmon’s stomach and dissolves. This is called “buttoned up”. When they are buttoned up, they become fry. Fry stay near rocks or large wood debris for protection from predators. They also start eating real food. That means that we must give them fish food every half hour. Gradually, we begin to feed them less and less until it is only once a day. From fry, the salmon turn into smolt. At this stage, human activity causes a huge impact. But in the tank, they have nothing to worry about. They also would begin to eat insects if they lived in the wild.

This brings us to the adult stage of salmon. These salmon need safe access and a clean river to start swimming to their home river where they were born. There, the female will create a redd to spawn and hatch the eggs in. They need clean gravel and a gentle flow of water. Another necessity is a river that doesn’t flood.

After they spawn, they will die. That is the life-cycle of a Chinook salmon.After we had finished raising our salmon to the fry age, we took them to Kingfisher

Interpretive Centre to release them back into their home river. There, we did three different activity stations to do with eco-systems in which fish live. This has been an interesting and enjoyable unit and we would like to thank everyone who has made it possible!

Heather [email protected]

HERitagE MoMEntsby Cathy English, Curator/Director, Revelstoke Museum & Archives Revelstoke’s Built Heritage

Revelstoke is fortunate to have such a large percentage of its original homes and business buildings still standing. This built heritage gives our city a unique personality, and reflects the vibrant history of the community, when Revelstoke was one of the largest centers in the interior of the province. The various neighborhoods reflect the different economic classes and even ethnic groups, and help to tell the story of the development of the community.

The first settled area of Revelstoke was on Front Street and the surrounding area, originally known as Farwell. The original photographs show it as a “wild west” settle-ment with rough frame buildings, but it soon developed into a busy commercial area with several large hotels and other businesses, as well as a few houses on Front Street and many more on the adjacent streets. Once the commercial buildings were destroyed or removed, Front Street was rather sparsely populated until the late 1950s and early 1960s. Surprisingly, some of the older-looking buildings in the lower part of town were built elsewhere, and moved to that area much later. Farwell’s land grant extended to the area around the courthouse, but because of a land dispute, owners could not get clear title to their lands until after 1897, after which a building boom occurred in the area between the court house and the area around Mountain View school. Some of this land was owned by J.A. Mara, who, as principal owner of the Columbia & Kootenay Steam Navigation Company was given a small land grant in the area near the school.

As a result of the land dispute, (and that’s another story) the Canadian Pacific Railway built their station and yards in the present location, and in the 1890s began selling lots in their land grant which roughly extended from the east side of Mackenzie Avenue to Eighth Street, and into the area across the tracks at Fourth Street. Much of the residen-tial section has just been proclaimed a Heritage Conservation Area, which will help to preserve the heritage character of the neighbourhood. The downtown area shifted from Front Street to Mackenzie and First and Second Streets because the business owners wanted to be as close as possible to the station, to cut down on delivery costs.

There was another distinct neighbourhood in Revelstoke, known as the Smelter town site. In the early 1890s, a syndicate acquired land stretching from the west side of Mack-enzie to Rokeby and over to the river. As a result of erosion, the equivalent of about ten city blocks of their land grant slid into the river, including the site of the original smelter erected by the syndicate.

A downtown revitalization project in the 1980s saw the restoration of many of Revel-stoke’s heritage commercial buildings, and a large number of private citizens have shown great initiative in restoring and preserving their homes. Revelstoke benefits greatly from this pride in our local heritage.

Chinese Legacies Exhibit: This August will see the launch of an exciting initiative between Revelstoke Railway Museum, Revelstoke Museum & Archives and Rogers Pass Centre. Each venue will tell one aspect of the story of the Chinese community. On Friday, August 15th, after the official opening of Railway Days 2008, the Revelstoke Railway Museum will open their exhibit telling the story of the Chinese labourers who helped to build the western section of the Canadian Pacific Railway in the 1880s. The next day, August 16th at 11:00 am, Revelstoke Museum & Archives will open their exhibit on the Chinese community in Revelstoke. Rogers Pass Center will feature an exhibit on the Chinese people who worked on maintenance of the railway through Rogers Pass, as well as those who worked as cooks and servants at Glacier House. Watch for other special events, including speakers and cultural presentations

Bill Cameron

Artist in Profile:

This spring I spent seven weeks in Vancouver taking some courses. I don’t really love cities, having been born in one (Calgary) and vowing never to go back even if I was dragged by my hair, but Vancouver was a pleasant surprise. As far as cities go, it’s pretty aesthetic: mountains, ocean, foliage. It’s also ideal for practicing shopping and other glamorous activities like eating Pho, which is pronounced Fuh, (I think), or for spending terrific amounts of money on organic food at Capers, or for finding crazy sales, (I came back with four pairs of shoes which I paid, like, less than half price for, and stuff!). But the one thing that was surely a key factor in why city-living was tolerable for almost two months was that I didn’t drive. How you get around in the city can greatly determine how you feel about the city and there is no better way to get around than on a bicycle. No parking fees, no fuel emissions, no rush-hour or traffic jams – just you and your bike cruising past a bunch of idling bumpers. The only downside is when it’s pissing rain or when you want to

show up somewhere looking good – my hair didn’t exactly spring out shampoo-commercial style from under my helmet, but it still looked better than it would have had I been looking for a parking spot for an hour. Nothing sends me into maniacal spasms quite as quickly as city driving.

I also avoided public transit because swearing at other people’s driving habits in the relative safety of my own vehicle is more or less normal, but on a public bus? Not so much. After spending so much time cycling around Vancouver, I wasn’t well-equipped mentally for my last day driving in the city. I had to make one last stop at an auto-wreckers in Burnaby when I came across one of the biggest construction gong shows ever. The road I needed to turn on was blocked off so I had to keep driving with the traffic which came to a com-plete stand-still a kilometer down the road. I thought about leaving my truck in line and walking back to the wreckers, but I opted instead to make a tire-

squealing lane change and frisky u-turn. Now I was heading back in the right direction, but it didn’t really help because I couldn’t turn left any-time soon and I watched the auto-wreckers pass by through a chain-link fence 500 ft from my elbow and several florescent orange barriers. Cursing, I turned right and then left and up and down and found a dead end and after about twenty minutes trying to figure out how to get into the stupid auto-wreckers, I sorta lost my temper. Then I became an advocate of what I’ll call Constructive Road Rage because soon after the tantrum came the mind-numbing calm that only a really good bout of Turret’s Syndrome and pounding on the steering wheel can unleash; it was like I’d had a nap and was ready to through myself back out there. I did get to the auto-wreckers and they gave me free pop and stale nuts, so it was all worth it in the end. Constructive Road-Rage – for times when ‘damn’ doesn’t quite cut it.

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Do you need a bag for that?

Carrying purchases is when the plastic bag is at its prime, but af-ter that quick convenience, it’s hard pressed to find further purpose. It feels rejected and begins to drift around aimlessly in the wind, weav-ing through fences, wrapping around sea birds and resting in our water sources. The plastic bag wreaks havoc on our planet, killing wildlife and costing millions in clean-up and recycling. In Canada alone, we use 9 billion plas-tic bags a year. If this is hard to visualize, consider then that if these bags were tied together, they would circle the earth 55 times. In some areas of our oceans, there is more plastic found than plankton. Every piece of plastic ever made still exists. The question is: Do we really need plastic bags? Anna Young is a Revelstoke resident and co-founder of Greener Footprints, a non-profit society focused on drastically reducing plastic bag use in Canada. Anna and her business partner, Tracy Saxby, are both originally from Australia where 81% of the population now use plastic bag alternatives as a result of a plastic bag ban initiated by a small community in Tasmania. Greener Footprints has the same idea for Canadian communities like Revelstoke, where Anna, along with volunteer coordinator, Tara Sylvester, have started an awareness campaign for reusable bags. The idea is to make our community plastic shopping bag free by encouraging retailers and consumers to use reusable bags. A reusable bag only has to be used eleven times to have a lower environmental impact. During the campaign, Anna and Tara will visit local stores and collect logos for the bags in return for sponsorship to help with funding. One side of the bags will show local art; the other will have business logos. Not only does going plastic shopping bag free look good for businesses, it’s a great way to start setting standards for greener decision-making in Revelstoke’s developing future. Presentations to council on behalf of Greener Footprints will start the end of June along with public presentations to promote reusable bags. In the meantime, you can buy the reusable bags at the following loca-tions: The Modern Bake Shop and Café, Mountain Goodness Natural Foods, Alpine Equipment and Got Scraps, or from Anna by calling 837-2630. For further information and some interesting stats, visit www.greenerfootprints.com.

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Guarding the entry to Grizzly Plaza on MacKen-zie Avenue may be one of Revelstoke’s best known and most visible attrac-tions – the Grizzly Bear sculptures. The original larger-than-life-size carv-ings were done by Bill Cameron in partnership with a woman named

Fran Jenkins, who now lives on the coast. Bill was a local man who passed away eight years ago, but not without leav-ing his legacy as one of the best soapstone carvers in North America. After retiring from the logging industry in 1972 at the age of 49, Bill found a second career in sculpting, learn-ing the techniques from his wife, Ruby, who was a sculptor herself. Ruby would sometimes wake in the morning to find that Bill, thinking he was ‘helping’, had been meddling with her carvings during the night. She told him to go get his own stone to carve and so he did.

Bill’s carvings soon found their way into galleries and private homes from the east to the west coast. His sculptures were presented two years in a row at the Greycup Finals to the Most Valuable Player of the Year. Premier Bennett was also presented with a carving by city council while on a visit to Revelstoke in the 1980’s.

Perhaps one of the most significant events in Bill and Fran’s sculpting careers came during a heritage revitalization project in Revelstoke in 1987. By now, they were both well established as soapstone artists, selling their work world-wide. As part of the project, the two volunteered to sculpt the bears for the Plaza believing the animals to be more than just a backyard nuisance and rather a reminder of what we live amongst. With help from Ruby and Tom Lynn, an accom-plished artist in Nelson commissioned to do the foundry work,

the team worked together for several weeks construct-ing the three grizzly bears: mother, father and baby.

Bill and Fran initially carved small originals of each animal from wax, which took about three weeks. The molds were used as reference for carving the bears into life-size forms out of styrofoam which were then cut into smaller, workable castings. Now it was over to Tom who had the difficult and exacting task of pouring the alumi-num into the castings and then welding them into their final shapes.

Twenty-one years later, the bears continue to guard Grizzly Plaza with strength and majesty. Nothing makes Ruby Cameron happier than to watch her husband’s work appreciated by people of all ages who can’t help but climb up onto the bears for their chance to ride the soapstone beasts, (surely the safest way to fulfill that curiosity!). With the hundreds of photos taken every year of the bears, there’s no doubt that Bill Cameron’s legacy lives on.

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usic Notes

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The Revelstoke Mountain Beats Festival is geared up for its best year yet. With the musical talent that’s booked and the jive of our mountain lifestyle, this is one show that can’t be missed.

The music festival began in 2000, thanks to Lane Seabrook. His entrepreneurial spirit formed what has become a festival worth attending. Draw-ing crowds from the Kootenays, Okanagan, Lower Mainland, Columbia Valley and Alberta, Lane created a weekend focused primarily on blues and supplied the skeleton needed for the festival to take root. The Revelstoke Mountain Beats Festival would not be what it is today without the constant support of our fine community and the commitment of all the volunteers that make it happen. Since the incep-tion of the idea there have been many people at work to keep the event supplying us with a smooth weekend in June to appreciate some tunes. Moni-tored currently by Heidi Bell and Rob Wall, a mix of music has slowly introduced much more than blues. Heidi’s a long time invaluable volunteer and lover of all music that makes one dance and enjoy. Her unsurpassed knowledge and zest are incomparable. Rob’s a relative newcomer with a fresh approach, good instincts and an ability to recommend some wicked bands … change is good. Undeniably the mix is going to be a success. With bands like Delhi 2 Dublin, Clinton Fearon & the Boogie Brown Band and so much more, the goal of this festival is to ap-peal to a wide audience.

Among the dancing you’ll also see an Ultimate Frisbee Tournament which brings approximately 200 participants from all over. The pairing of these two events has been ‘ultimately’ successful. Come and check out one of the most rapidly growing sports.

The inclusion of youth was achieved this year by introducing youth rates and hosting a youth poster contest at RSS. This poster contest was won by grade 9 student Alie Mohr and her thoughtful artwork became our face. (Great job Alie!) All of the other kids deserve honorable mention as their work was definitely hard to judge with two local talents coming in 2nd & 3rd. (Jaclyn Piotrowski and Eric Reynolds.)

So here we are in 2008 celebrating an event that has seen dedication, sweat, a few tears and a lot of dust-raising dancing. Let’s celebrate with beats we can’t stop dancing to! See you June 20th and 21st at Centennial Park.

Tracy Edwards is the Director of the Revelstoke Mountain Culture Society

Health & You by Anne Corrie Community Health & Wellness

Community Connections, in partnership with Interior Health and an assembly of local businesses in Revelstoke are hosting a series of monthly Health and Wellness Workshops beginning in April and ending in October. The workshops will be delivered in coopera-tion with local experts in the field of preventative health. Our aim is to deliver events that provide information, access, education, services and referrals to a broad range of people on topics such as nutritional, emotional and physical health. These workshops are designed to include community families and individuals of all ages to raise public awareness and to gain valuable feedback from participants regarding what topics they would like to learn more about.

During our Health and Wellness series, we will be inviting people from many different sectors to participate in workshops and a community-wide Wellness Fair. We hope people will share ideas of what they would like to learn more about. These initiatives will increase public awareness and encourage community participation through dialogues, monthly workshops, advertising and informational sharing through the media.

A Community Wellness Fair for residents of all ages will also be held on October 26th, from 10 am until 4 pm at the Revelstoke Community Centre. Local businesses, merchants, service groups and home based businesses will be invited to participate in the Community Wellness Fair and showcase their products and services. Health and wellness encompasses the physical, emotional, social, intellectual, occupational and spiritual well-being of all community members. It is our hope to provide a comprehensive day of health education, promote activi-ties, services and programs that are available in our community. We look forward to seeing everyone there! For more information and workshop schedules, please contact Anne Corrie or Patti Larson at 837-2920.

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Keep your reusable bags near the front door in 3. your home or office, or in your car so you always have them with you when you go to the supermarket or other stores.

Reuse plastic bags you have accumulated the 4. next time you go shopping, or as liners for your trash can.

Open your eyes to how many plastic shopping 5. bags you have at home. Keep count and try to reduce the number you take home.

Spread the word. Ask your local stores to stop 6. providing plastic bags for free, or to offer a discount for not taking a plastic bag. Ask them to stock plastic bag alternatives if they don’t already and encourage friends and family to also get involved.

Encourage your local politicians to introduce 7. legislation taxing or banning plastic bags.

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What’s Your Biz’ness? Adults are always looking for ways to feel like a kid again

and Revelstoke has just the place. Sky-Trek Adventure Park, located just 23kms west of Revelstoke at the Enchanted Forest, is a high ropes course that gets you hanging from mon-key bars, slithering through nets and teetering on swinging ob-stacles just like in the days of your youth, only this time, it’s at a height you wouldn’t feel comfortable at without a safety net. Body harnesses and cable ropes keep you from falling to the ground far below while you balance your way through courses that aren’t as easy as they look. You’ll use muscle groups you never knew you had while dragging, pulling and ascending through the park, which can take anywhere from 45 minutes to 3 hours to complete, depending on your ability or, in some cases, nerves of steel!

Sky-Trek Adventure Park was the inspiration of Rocky Ehlers, who owns The Enchanted Forrest with his wife, Juliet. After completing BC’s Tallest Tree House, Rocky found himself with a view unlike any other of the old growth forest surrounding him. Soon thereafter came the idea to build an attraction that could give people the same views, but in a unique way. One challenge was finding someone to build it; an environmentally-conscious engineering company based in Quebec was chosen and the project began using innovative tree anchoring systems that do not damage the trees. Rocky’s next mission was to find someone who could run the park. A chance meeting led him to Veronika Stevenson, who is an avid skier and rock climber and was about to head back to her job in Vancouver when she got the offer to become operations manager for Sky-Trek. Veronika accepted and became certified in Europe to run a high ropes course park.

Difficulty levels on the course are set like a ski hill: green is easy, blue is intermediate and black is difficult. A Sky-Trek guide will take you through three orientation stations to get you familiar with what to expect. At the last station, you dem-onstrate that you know what you’re doing and then off you go! There are many options along the way to quit the games if you’re tired, but you can also up the stakes by trying not to use handrails for balance or by doing the course over again and again. Sky-Trek Adventure Park has four challenge courses, three are for adults, one is for smaller children. The park also works in conjunction with The Enchanted Forest, so your ticket will get you into both attractions - pretty ideal when you’re trying to settle on an outing that will appeal to all ages. For more information, operating hours and ticket prices, visit www.skytrekadventurepark.comby Heather Lea

Spending the better part of fifty years on a vast, scenic farm south of town, Pearl Myers appears to be a strong, determined woman - a useful trait in the farming lifestyle and also important when it comes to writing novels. For some, self-publishing a novel would be more daunting even, than actually writing it, but Pearl has done both - twice. Her first novel, Lean Into the Wind was published in 2003 and took five years to complete. “I should have started with short stories!”, Pearl smiles.

After successfully completing a correspondence course in Creative Writing, Pearl devoted much of her time to writing. In 2005, her second published novel, The Long Whistle was short-listed by the Historical Novel Heritage Group Writing Contest. A year later, she wrote a short fiction called A Funny Way of Laughing, which won the Columbia Writer’s Studio “United by the River” contest and is published in the spring 2006 issue of Word Works Journal. Her story, Everyone But Me won the 19th Annual Short Grain Contest and is published in the 2007 copy of Grain Magazine.

Pearl calls the art of self-publishing “fairly hard work” and says it helps to be good with computers. She also mentions that starting out by entering contests and hopefully winning is a good way to show yourself as an established writer when you are trying to proceed into the self-publishing world. “I’m more of a farmer than a writer,” says Pearl, “but I was always fond of books, although we didn’t have many around as kids.” As for future ambitions, Pearl has ideas for more novels and would like to write another. She has since started a sequel to Lean Into the Wind. You can find copies of Pearl Myers’ novels in Grizzly Books or at the library.

by Tracy Edwardsby Heather Lea

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Hotels/B&B’S

Comfort Inn 301 Wright St. 837 - 2191 $$$$ Hillcrest Hotel 2 km east of Revelstoke off Hwy 1 837 - 3322 $$$$Inn on the River 523 3rd Street West 837 - 3262 $$$Minto Manor B&B 815 MacKenzie Ave. 837 - 9337 $$$Monashee Lodge 1601 Third St. West 1-800-668-3139 (837-6778) $$-$$$Powder Springs Inn & Spa201 Second St. West 837 - 5151 $$Regent Inn112 1st St. 837 - 2107 $$$$Revelstoke Gateway Inn www.revelstokegatewayinn.com 1500 1 St. 837 - 2164 $$ Swiss Chalet Lodge 1101 Victoria Rd. 837 - 4650 $$-$$$$

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Sleeps n’ Eats

112 Lounge 112 1st St. E 837 - 2107 $$-$$$Conversations Coffee House205 Mackenzie Ave. 837 - 4772 $ Hillcrest Dining Room located at the Hillcrest Hotel 837 - 3322 $$ Kawakubo Japanese Cuisine 109 First St. East 837 - 2467 $$-$$$Modern Bake Shop & Cafe 212 Mackenzie Ave. 837 - 6886 $Powder Springs Restaurant201 Second St. West 837 - 5151 $$ Reflections Restaurant 171 Columbia Park Drive 837 - 2440 $$River City Pub 112 1st St. E. 837 - 2107 $-$$The Nomad Food Company 1601 W Victoria 837 - 4211 $ Woolsey Creek Restaurant 604 2nd. St. W 837 - 5500 $-$$

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