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Three ofWestVancouvers popularbeaches opened toswimming for the rsttimeThursday afterweeks of residents beingwarned off because of

high bacteria counts inthe water.

Despite the recent reliefat Ambleside, Dundaraveand Sandy Cove, theresno denying its been a longhot summer of unusualswimming beach closuresforWestVancouver.

Were getting a lot of

questions from the public,said Dr. Mark Lysyshyn,medical health ofcer forthe North Shore.

People are veryunhappy.

So far, authorities stilldont know what causedthe spike in numbers ofE. coli bacteria, whichis sampled weekly atswimming beaches. Notthat they havent beenlooking.

After a sudden spikein coliform counts inmid-July, municipal staffran dye tests in sewagelines that pass close to thebeaches, to check for leaks and found none. Staffalso checked the LionsGate sewage treatmentplant and looked intothe possibility of sewageleaking out through thestorm sewers. None of thatpointed to a problem.

Some people havespeculated the initial spikein numbers whichsent counts climbing tomore than 4,600 units ofbacteria per 100 millilitresin one sample taken atAmbleside on July 18and over 2,000 units intwo Dundarave samples may have been causedby a large ship dumping itssewage into Burrard Inlet.

It is illegal to dump

waste within 200kilometres of the shore,but enforcement byTransport Canada relieson spot checks of vessels.Lysyshyn said hes meetingwithTransport Canadaofcials next week todiscuss those regulations.

Other theories aboutthe source of the bacteriarange from wildlife feces

Authorities probe for answers toWestVancouvers beach water woes

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The transit authorityposted a request forproposals on its website thismonth asking for bids fromrms interested in takingsome high-level conceptsfor a resdesign and creatingdetailed plans and a budgetfor the project.

If it goes ahead, PhibbsExchange will includeshelters, landscaping, newlighting and bigger bus baysas well as improved accessfor pedestrians on foot,bicycle, in a bus or behindthe wheel of a car.

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Nine women wake alittle after sunrise on anAugust morning in NorthVancouver, wonderinghow to work and restand live and love for therest of their lives withoutdrinking.

Shuttered by a shroudof trees at the north endof Lloyd Avenue, whatinitially looks like a bucolicbed and breakfast is theNorth Shores rst andonly womens alcoholrecovery centre.

The women dochores and meditate.They try yoga and arttherapy and they say thethings they thought wereunmentionable.

Group sessions are aplace to rouse the emotionsthey spent years sedatingand silencing with beer andwine.

Those conversationscan happen because ofthe efforts ofTurningPoint executive directorBrenda Plant and Districtof NorthVancouver Coun.Doug MacKay-Dunn,who championed thefacility despite objectionsvoiced by neighbourhoodresidents.

Were just trying tohelp people rebuild theirlives, Plant says.

During a tour of thehouse, Plant explainsthe health standards thatmust be observed in thekitchen and the lack ofcloset doors, an intentionalomission intended tofoster organization andcleanliness in the clients.

The programevolved from AlcoholicsAnonymous and takes anabstinence-based approach,albeit with fewer religiousovertones.

Admiring the sh-bearing creek that runsalongside the house,MacKay-Dunn mentionsthe importance of nature asa higher power.

The term carries someambivalence for Plant, whocategorizesTurning Points

approach as spiritual butnot religious.

When attempting totreat his own alcoholism,BillWilson, the founderof Alcoholics Anonymous,drew inspiration fromfundamentalist religiousorganization the OxfordGroup.WhileTurningPoints approach is rootedin similar principles,theres also a willingnessto incorporate new, proventechniques.

The women go overbasics like hygiene, jobapplications and nutrition.

The program typicallylasts between threeand four months, withincreasing levels ofindependence for thewomen who do theirchores and keep up withtheir individual plans.

The rst nine womento occupy the house willrepresent the full spectrumof recovery.

We dont want to havenine people guring it outall at once, Plant says,explaining senior residentswill help the newcomers.

Both Plant andMacKay-Dunn see the

centre as part of a broadereffort to erase a stigmaand banish the phrase Heshould just stop, from theEnglish language.

Tell the diabetic tojust stop being a diabetic,Plant says.

Sheila isnt her realname.

Even with a new job,a new life and eight yearsof sobriety, Sheila worriesrevealing her real name willget her red.

She took her rst drinkat 14.

I stole it from my dad,she recalls. I guzzled twobeer and then I puked inthe bathtub. And I lovedit.

Her father was a hard-working family man with agreat sense of humour. Andhe drank.

He would come homefrom work and youd neverknow if he would be soberor not, she says. He usedto beat up my mom.

At about the age of11, Sheila tried to be hermoms bodyguard.

Many times I stood

in front of her, she says.I was lled with fear. Mywhole upbringing.

The beer dulled heranxiety and dimmed herfeelings.

It was a relief.At rst it was just on

the weekends. But thenit got to a point where Ireally wanted to have it. Icouldnt stand the life I wasliving. I had no control, Ihad no power, and the onlytime I got a reprieve waswhen I was drinking.

For the next few yearsshe worked steadily.

I was a hard worker,too. Im just like my dad,she says.

At 18, she startedworking atThe Sidetrack, apub under the Alex FraserBridge where The Accusedwith Jodie Foster waslmed.

After we closedthe pub it was basicallyopen bar. I just got righthammered every night anddrove home, she says.

Bright and industrious,Sheila kept her lifetogether, landing a job asa customs broker at theairport.

She was making goodmoney but her drinkingworsened. Shed walkedaway from car wrecks andwas using harder drugs,including crack cocaine.

After calling in sick toooften, she was red.

Whether by oversightor wilful avoidance, no onerealized she had a problem.

I dont think anybodyknew, she says. Maybethey did know, but nobodysaid anything.

At 28 years old she wason the street, stealing tosupport herself.

I wasnt good at it, shesays, laughing loudly at thememory of swiping a stair-climber.

After a few trips to jailshe found her way to detox.

Sheila was sober for fouryears.

Discussing that periodof her life, Sheila repeatsa single phrase: I justwanted to get everythingback.

She focused on work,squirrelling money awayfor a condo.

She also stopped goingto meetings.

People in recovery

would point that out to me,so I stopped hanging outwith them.

A relapse was comingbut she had no idea how tostop it.

After realizing sheneeded more help, shedecided to tryTurningPoint.

The centre was lessmilitaristic in its disciplinethan others, but itsthe little things Sheilaremembers.

They gave meresponsibilities like kitchenmonitor. I know thissounds funny to you,she says, laughing. Butit was huge to me at thetime.They trusted mewith the key to the kitchenand all the food . . .WhenI thought of myself asnothing but a thief before,they give you a little bit ofresponsibility and sometrust.

The treatment focusedon relapse prevention,impressing on her thata relapse happens longbefore you have a drink inyour hand.

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The existing bus baysare designed to onlyaccommodate standardbuses butTransLink isplanning to eventually runb-line articulated busesalongThird Street, Busbysaid.

The transit hubcurrently serves 16bus routes and 15,700passengers per day.

Though there isnta budget set aside forthe plan and theres noguaranteeTransLink willfollow through on the RFP,a Phibbs redesign has beenonTransLinks to-do listsince 2012 when it wasidentied as a high priorityin the North Shore areatransit plan.

Unlike theTransLinkmayors council visionreleased earlier this year,the Phibbs update wontrequire voter approval byway of a referendum to goahead, Busby said.

District of NorthVancouver Coun. RogerBassam said he welcomesthe project to improve whatis today a horrible facility.

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provides no weatherprotection. Its not welllit. I know people whoalways have some concernabout feeling a little bitunsafe in there at night.Its hard to get to froma pedestrian aspect, hesaid. Its obviously a hugeopportunity for us to makepublic transportation a littlebit more enjoyable in NorthVancouver.

Bassam is optimisticthe project will get thego-ahead, but only becausethe district has promised tochip in for some of the cost.It becomes much more

realistic this will happenif the district is puttingmoney into the project,which is what theyre askingof us, he said.

Those costs couldbe offset by revenue thedistrict will generate fromredevelopment projects inthe area, he added.

I think it will happen.Between our willingness topony up some more moneyandTransLinks desire toactually do something forthe North Shore prior toa referendum questionI think there is someincentive forTransLink to

actually send some loveour way, he said, notinghe is disappointed in howlittleTransLink spends oninfrastructure on the NorthShore compared to howmuch local taxpayers pay into the organization.

Redesigning Phibbs isjust one piece of a largerpuzzle that will also see allof the highway interchangesbetween the IronworkersMemorial Second NarrowsCrossing and LynnValleychanged to improve trafcow and make travel easierfor cyclists and pedestrians,Bassam said.

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Bargaining fails educationWill it sink or will itoat?Conservative candidate forBurnaby North-Seymour andDistrict of NorthVan Coun.Mike Little discusses dilutedbitumen and his support ornot of Kinder Morganspipeline expansion (from anAug.22 news story).

Presumably, theyve gota new ight to book.WestVancouver policespokesman Const. Jeff Palmerdiscusses the students who gotlost along the Howe SoundCrest trail and missed theiright back to Korea (from anAug.20 news story).

I thought, at one point,it was going to lickmyhand.Conservation ofcer Sgt.PeterBusink laments having toshoot an extremely habituatedbear (from anAug.17 newsstory).

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Dear Editor:It is a tragedy that the issue that takes all of the energy

and attention related to public education is how to settle anindustrial-age-style collective bargaining dispute in a contextwhere nobody actually in the room is going to suffer anyserious consequence from failure to get an agreement in atimely fashion. It does not work for pretty obvious reasons.

There are no actual owners who will lose their businessesor workers who will lose their jobs if an agreement doesnot get done.The government representatives have jobsecurity and the union reps have guaranteed jobs to go backto. Nobody in the room feels any direct pain from failure.They can stick to the narrow selsh principles they havebeen mandated to protect while the broader value of publiceducation in our society is diminished.

The real pain is the waste of the collective investmentthat we are all making in the next generation.The mostfocused and acute pain is the one felt by the parent whosechild is having their chances of succeeding in life reducedby not getting the best education possible with the resourcesavailable now.

The hemorrhage of children to the private school systemwill compound the problem in the long term. The processof collective bargaining is the only (and dubious) valuebeing served. Its dysfunction is undermining the long termviability of the public education system and ultimately, of ourdemocratic, multicultural society that relies on the integrativeand egalitarian effect of public education to regenerate itself.

Like money, energy and public attention are limitedresources. If it is all spent in and around a ritualized processfor determining how many people are going to be on thejob site, the maximum amount of responsibility they have tohave, and how much they get paid, then there is less to spendon improving quality of the tools they use, the adequacyof the space they occupy and the value of the outputs theyproduce.

Decisions of successive governments to continue toincrease the share of public revenue that goes to fund healthcare over education (and every other ministry such asparks and environment) are ultimately based on values, notefciency.They have been wrong choices that have increasedthe risks to our society in the future.

We have to nd a better way to determine the prioritiesfor spending the intergenerational trust called publiceducation.And, when we all feel better about the way thatthe money is being spent, we need to increase the publiceducation budget. Unlike what the sappyTelus ads say, thefuture is not friendly for our children.There needs to be afundamental reconciliation and change in the process ...now!Guy Heywood andArt CharbonneauNorthVancouverGuy Heywood is a former chair of the NorthVancouver schoolboard.Art Charbonneau is a former NDPMinister of Educationwho once red him and replaced the board of school district 44with a public trustee.They have since reconciled.

Caveat emptorWe bid farewell to Canadas topgeneral next month.Lt.-Gen. Stuart Beare, afterspending nearly a lifetime in uniformand three years as point man on everyCanadian military operation, is leaving onan interesting note.Hes not calling for more bullets, bombs

or planes. Hes calling for diplomacy.That tactic of averting war has fallen

into disrepute lately, just as Canada hasgone from emphasizing peacekeeping tocreating a warrior nation mythology.There may be times when war is

necessary. However, no matter what ourelected ofcials sell us, we should bemindful of what were buying.We may be told airstrikes will be precise,

the conict will be short, or that a limitedforce will be expedient in neutralizing anarrow threat.But that type of language besides

being intentionally bewildering andbloodless cloaks a lie.War is long, and the wounds inicted

fester long after the cessation of hostilities.The United States-led Operation Desert

Storm in Iraq lasted six weeks.The response to Iraqs invasion of

Kuwait seemed swift and tactical atthe time.That was 23 years and fourpresidents ago.Earlier this week, U.S. planes dropped

bombs in Iraq following the seizure ofMosul by militants.Violence is expected to intensify.

Weapons will be lost on the battleeld,waiting for future generations, simplybecause we never pick up after ourselves.Earlier this month, approximately 4,000

Germans were evacuated from Dusseldorfso technicians could defuse a bomb.It was a U.S. aircraft bomb, and it was

dropped 70 years ago.

Dear Editor:I wanted to thank you

for your Aug. 17 editorialregarding theVancouverAquarium. I will use it toenlighten my children andmy future grandchildren,for it is the clearestexample of doublethinksince the Richmond,Virginia area school boardattempted to ban HarperLees To Kill a Mockingbirdas immoral literature.Indeed you have doubleddown (so to speak) on theVancouver Park Boardsdoublethinking that weshould coin a new term quadruplethink. Orwellwould be proud.R. Peter NixonVancouver

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Ive had just aboutenough of these jerk-assrobots insulting our non-articial intelligence andtrying to sneak peaks atour private human bits.

First came the strangestory of a drone botheringformer Carson Grahamfootball star, currentmarketing guru andgenerally well-likedTwitterperson Conner Galwayoutside his downtownVancouver condo.

I heard this loudbuzzing sound, like a packof bees, then over thecorner of the patio camethis robot-looking thing,Galway told The Provincenewspaper. It was a droneouttted with a videocamera, and it proceededto casually peep into high-rise windows for the betterpart of a night.

The intrusion no doubtenraged many a condo-dweller in the area justtrying to enjoy a relaxingevening of looking atthings through a telescope.You know, stars and moonsand whatever. Everybodyloves astronomy.

Next came my annualfantasy football draft, oneof my favourite nights ofthe year.The problemarose after the draft endedwhen the host websiteimmediately posted a draftreport card for each teamwritten by an automatedprogram.

Robot writing is a thingnow, apparently thereare already programsthat are performingchurnalism, banging outnumbers-based storieson sports, nancesand even news eventssuch as earthquakes forrespectable organizations

such as the AssociatedPress and Los AngelesTimes.

As a man who makesmy living writing sillycolumns and sports storiesyoud think Id be worried,but Im not.Whats thereto worry about? I writegood. I mean, me Englishknow lots. I mean . . .phew, is it getting hot inhere?Whos that new guyin my newsroom and whyis he wearing only a longstring of ones and zeroes?Whats your name, kid?Johnny 5? Nooooooooo!

Anyway, My robot-written fantasy footballreport was ne, althoughthe robot writer chastisedme for taking only oneeld goal kicker. Come on its a standard-scoring,non-PPR, one-QB, one-K,no-IDP, three-keeper, 12-team head-to-head league.I think I can nd someoneelse to kick a few eldgoals inWeek 11 whenDan Bailey goes on a bye.You guys all know what Imean, right? Stupid robot.

The real insults werered in the report aimed

at my brother, a normallystrong fantasy footballplayer who has beengetting approximatelyzero sleep lately thanks toa couple of wee childrenwho love trains, Raf,and not sleeping.Theresalso his pesky PhD thesisthat, unlike AssociatedPress news stories, simplyrefuses to write itself.

My brother in his hazystate forgot to change hispre-draft rankings andended up reaching a fewrounds too early for ahigh-upside rookie runningback who, at the moment,is not a starter and maynot actually get to, youknow, play much NFLfootball this year. It was amistake, but not a team-killing one for my brothersbeloved GreenWhites(good for him, by the way,for slipping a CFL jokeinto the name of his NFL

fantasy team. Go Riders!).The robot, however,

was merciless.Hey, remember that

timeThe GreenWhitestookTerranceWestWAYtoo early and the entiredraft room erupted inlaughter? It taunted in thedraft report. It was almosttoo hard to watch asTheGreenWhites took (their)pick and drove any playoffhopes they had right off acliff.

Listen, you heartlessmachine words hurt.No one likes to be laughedat. I hope you never feellove!

No, wait. Im sorryrobots. I want you to feellove so that youll stopbeing creepy jerks. I wouldnever say that any oneperson drove their hopesright off a cliff unless Iwas doing a retrospectivereview of (spoiler-alert-

expired) Thelma andLouise or maybe I wastalking about the hopes ofToronto.

I am aware that humansbuild the robots and, forthe moment, tell themwhat to do. But if movieshave taught us anything itsthat the robots will soonenough gure out how tothink for themselves. Andwhen they do, it would benice if they would think ofloftier things than peepingon hotties and talkingtrash.

Maybe itll be a goodthing when the robotsthink for themselves.Wehave thousands of yearsof proof that humans areidiots. Maybe the robotswill do better.

I believe in you robots.Just stop it with the badwriting Ive got thatcovered.

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The experience has alsogiven Pond a new level ofempathy when treating hisown clients.

I really try to justapproach people from aplace of absolute non-judgment and I dont getinto labelling. Ive beentrained in that medicalpsychiatric model and itsall about diagnosing andlabelling, and we need to dothat at some level to comeup with a good treatment, agood care plan, but in terms

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Ive worked in this eldfor so many years and thenhere I am in my mid-50sactually feeling, knowingI have clinical depression,knowing I have a generalizedanxiety disorder, knowingthat Im having symptomsof psychosis, hearing voicesand extreme paranoidideation and losing touchwith reality and losing touchwith the sense of self.

Ponds journey tookhim through rat-infestedrecovery houses and a 12-step recovery program.

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The system has tochange, says Pond. Thefunds need to go intoresearch, the funds need togo into education, the fundsneed to go into preventionand families.

Since the book came out,Pond says he gets asked tospeak quite a bit now andits become almost a level ofactivism.

Pond and Palmer hopethe book will changeattitudes and conversationsabout treatment.

Its interesting becauseI had to just becomecompletely open andcompletely honest andbasically bare my soul, andI agonized over doing thatin the beginning because Iwas also trying to rebuild apractice, says Pond.

Finally I just said Youknow what, just tell it all,and what its done is itsopened a lot of doors, Ithink, for people that havea lot of shame and stigmato know that its OK todisclose your pain and admityou have a mental illnessand admit that you have asubstance abuse problem.

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People struggling withaddiction need to get helpin their own communitiesrather than being exiled tothe Downtown Eastside,according to MacKay-Dunn.

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at Granville and Davie, ittook some time for Ivan to

earn his share of the $125purchase price and the costof materials, furnishingsand supplies.

It was all worth it,Ivan says, for the skiingand the hiking and thebeauty of being on the

mountain. And there weredances every weekend,with girls.

Like so many youngmen who came of ageafter the SecondWorldWar, Ivan worked at manyjobs, including pushingdirt at aYukon gold mine.They paid his way throughuniversity and led to acareer teaching industrialarts.With no incomeduring the summer andthree children to raisewith his wife, HenrietteShipley, Ivan continued hisseasonal work at the goldmine.

When the Holmesfamily returned to themountain they discoveredthe cabin had beendemolished. Family andfriends, including LloydArnie Arneson, one ofthe original seven cabinmates, pitched in torebuild.

For Ivans daughter Bev,the reconstructed cabinrepresents our childhood,going up there from thetime we were little.Welearned respect for natureand for the environmentand we passed that on to

our children.We hold thecabin in trust for them andfor future generations.

Bev and sister Patty aremembers of the HollyburnRidge Association, whichwelcomes those interestedin the outdoors and inmountain life.The sisterscame up with an innovativeway to celebrate thisunique mountain cabincommunity.Their idea, anexhibition of mountain lifeinterpreted by Hollyburnartists, is an inspired blendof heritage and the creativespirit.

Hollyburn Ridge,Celebrating MountainArt & Culture, is showingnow at the Ferry BuildingGallery inWestVancouver.Fittingly, the gallery is onthe site of the 14th Streetferry dock, the departurepoint for many anexpedition into the coastalwild, including Hollyburnat our own back door.

The location and theexhibition remind ushow close we are to ourhistory here on the NorthShore.The work of theHollyburn Ridge artistsafrms the connection to

nature that the mountainrepresents and inspires usto look with fresh eyes onthe treasures in our ownbackyard.

Restorative might beIvans choice to describemountain life. A weekin the classroom wouldstir his longing for thepeace that nature bringsand a weekend on themountain would rechargehis energy and enthusiasmfor teaching. In his words,the quietude of the cabinis music to the ear and tothe soul.

Hollyburn Ridge,Celebrating MountainArt & Culture, is at theFerry Building Galleryuntil Sept. 7. For galleryopening times, go toferrybuildinggallery.com or phone604.925.7290.Visitorswill nd an additionalsource of inspiration the Ridgerunner,the Hollyburn RidgeAssociations newsletter.

Laura Anderson workswith and for seniors on theNorth Shore. [email protected]

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MEMORIES ANDMORE A 10-week socialrecreation programdesigned for those withearly to mid stages ofdementia (along with afamily member or friend)Wednesday, Sept. 24-Nov.26, 1:30-3:30 p.m. atNorth Shore CommunityResources, 201-935Marine Dr., NorthVancouver. Learn ideas tohelp with memory loss andconnect with others in asimilar situation. [email protected]

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CORONATIONSTREET CHAT Thelast Sunday of the month,12:30-2:30 p.m. atWestVancouver SeniorsActivity Centre, 695 21stSt. Drop-in fee: $2. 604-925-7280westvancouver.ca/seniors

CURRENTCONVERSATIONSA lively gathering thatwill include movement,stimulating conversation,new ideas, laughter and anopportunity to reconnectwith old friends or makenew ones Fridays, 1:30-3 p.m. at Silver HarbourSeniors Activity Centre,144 East 22nd St., NorthVancouver.Tea, coffee andlight refreshments will beserved. $3. 604-980-2474

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FORMERLY MARRIEDCLUB A social group forformerly married men andwomen 55 years and oldermeets the rst Tuesday ofevery month, 7:30 p.m. atHighlands United Church,3255 Edgemont Blvd.,NorthVancouver.Weeklyevents are planned bycommittees and includedining, barbecues, theatre,games, dancing, tours, golfand more. 604-922-5839604-986-8590

FRIENDLY FRIDAYSAn informal group thatmeets Fridays, 9:30-11:30a.m. at Mollie Nye House,940 LynnValley Rd.,NorthVancouver.Thereis coffee and conversationas participants work ontheir own knit, crochetor other small projects.Drop-in fee: non-members$4/members $2. 604-987-5820 mollienyehouse.com

IRANIAN PROGRAMFridays, 3-6 p.m. at NorthShoreVolunteers forSeniors, 275 21st St.,WestVancouver. Registrationrequired. [email protected] nsvs.ca

LOWER LONSDALESENIORS is looking fornew members.The groupmeets the rst Monday ofeach month for a potlucklunch and social at noonat theTwinTowers, 172East Second St., NorthVancouver. Bring a dish orpay $4. 604-985-4021

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Ultimately, though sadly,its not always obviouswine is very much aboutplace: where it comesfrom, the land on whichthe vines are grown, andthe people whomake it.

We were once againrmly reminded of thatlast week when, on yet onemore glorious Okanagansummers day, we foundourselves on the patio atWild Goose.

The winery, establishedin 1990, on the vineyardplanted more than 30 yearsago by Adolf Kruger andfamily, enjoys a well-earnedreputation. But last yearthe Krugers plunged intothe world of winery diningand opened Smoke & OakBistro, which they describeas southern Okanaganbarbecue infused withGerman soul.

The choice of southern-style barbecue completewithTennessee smokerts so perfectly with thelaid-back form and honest,down-to-earth approachthat the winery is all about.But what chef SarrenWolfessucculent ribs, irresistible re-cooked beans (with Merlotreduction) and addictivespaetzle (a generations-oldfamily recipe) really go wellwith is their Riesling, andtheir Stoney Slope Riesling2012, in particular.

Sitting on the laid-backdeck, its impossible notto be impressed by thestunning view, but evenmore so when you realizethat this old-vines Rieslingcomes from the veryvineyard at your feet, itsmeticulously tended vinesmarching up that gravellyslope with its abundance ofsmall rocks left in place.

Look carefully farther upand you can still see the pilesof larger rocks that Adolfand family cleared whenthey planted. He reckons100,000 or more, each onetouched by hand.

No wonder the StoneySlope Riesling so muchembodiesWild Goose. Itoffers up distinctive orchardfruits and a hint of petrolon the nose, followed bya luscious, mineral-toned,vibrant green-apple palate,

with a lingering close, andthat unique stoniness isthere throughout (VQAstores, $20-$22, 91 points).

And it is a perfect matchfor barbecue and ribs.Maybe grab some whileyoure at it.

Its sometimes easyto forget that Germanicaromatics formed the veryfoundation of the Okanaganwine region, in great partbecause of Helmut Beckersground-breaking projectinitiated by Gray Monk andothers in the mid 1970s.

The Stewart familyshistory of fruit growingdates back to 1911, whencurrent ownersTony andBen Stewarts grandparentsfounded Stewart BrothersNurseries in Kelowna.Theirfather, Dick Stewart, laterbought Sunnyside Ranch(settled by pioneering Johnand Susan Allison), whicheventually (25 years ago)became Quails Gate EstateWinery.

As part of the quarter-centenary celebrations,winemaker Nikki Callawayhas made a range of small-lot wines (to be sold at thewine shop and through thewine club), which expressa different style from thecurrent regular and FamilyReserve labels. Keep aneye open for the 2013small lot Chardonnay,

more understated (thinkBurgundy) in style, withrestrained French oak,appealing brioche notes andfocused structure wrappedin juicy acidity (Tanksample, 91 points).

Quails Gate OrchardBlock Gewurztraminer2013, which is grown on aformer peach orchard onthe estates western edge, isa drier-styled expression ofthe variety, less overt thanthe Okanagan norm, but

still with those seductive,rose petal and oral aromasthat set it apart, andstone fruit avours on thepalate, intermingled with adistinctive spiciness (at thewinery, $22.92 points).Bellys Budget BestMount Boucherie PinotNoir 2012

Even though this Pinot ismade on Mount Boucherie,the grapes are actuallygrown on a rocky, riversidesite in the Similkameen, a

fact clearly identied onthe label. Appealing, earthy,mineral notes up front,and lifted, bright cherry,with hints of sasparillaand a streak of very typicalSimilkameen minerality thatruns right through ($20, 90points).

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Swept along in Las Fallas revelry

MANDYTRICKETTContributingWriter

As night falls inValenciaon SpainsMediterraneancoast on this balmyMarchevening, energy andexcitement are palpablein the noisy air.This is theweek of Las Fallas, themother of all parties, evenin Europe where festivalsand estas are a way of life.

Valencia swells to threemillion people for thesefestivities every year: theycome to be deafened byearth-shaking recrackers,to enjoy artery-clogging butirresistible street foods, andto wonder at the beauty ofValencian women in hand-crafted regional costumesor the incredible, ve-storeyilluminations of theTunnelsof Light. But most of all,they come to see the amingdemise of more than 700huge statues in an orgy ofpyromania.

Some believe that LasFallas (literally, the torches,and pronounced FAI-yass)has its roots in the middleages, when artisans disposedof the broken bits and piecessaved during the winter byburning them to celebratethe spring equinox. Untilthe beginning of the 20thcentury, the fallas thereis no decent English term were tall boxes with threeor four wax dolls dressedin fabric clothing.Today,there are professional fallasbuilders, using cardboard,papier mach, polystyreneand soft cork easily moldedwith hot saws.Thesetechniques have allowedthe creation of fallas morethan 12 metres high.Artistswork year round on theircreations and every falla tellsa story, historical or satirical,political or humorous.

We nd our rst falla andshufe around it, sardinedby the throng, oohing andaahing at its complexity.A dozen or so more fallasand were still oohing andaahing at every one: mythicalcreatures fromAtlantis andtheTitans, fairy tale scenes,even American presidentsall come to short-lived life.Short-lived because on thenal night of the festival,around midnight, these fallasare burnt as huge bonres in

the crem (the burning), theclimax of the whole gaudyevent.

We follow a parade ofgorgeous Spanish womenin bright brocade gowns,which sweep the ground,making them look as if theyare oating along.They area feast for the eyes: sashesacross shoulders, ne apronsof golden lace, elaboratehair styles swept back fromhaughty foreheads and heldin place with golden combs.They are heading towardsthe Square of theVirgin bythe citys cathedral, wherea massive oral statue (10 12 metres tall) gazes downbenignly on the millingcrowds. Over two days,thousands of people havebrought bunches of red andwhite carnations, which havebeen woven into the woodenframe to form a resplendentcloak for theVirgin andChild.

In contrast, promptly at 2p.m. each day, the mascleta(an explosive barrage ofrecrackers and reworks)takes place in the Plaza delAyuntamiento, one of thecitys main squares.Thisdisplay is not about colourbut about noise, a symphonyof noise lasting just 10minutes with earthquakereverberations that makethe entire city shake. Saygoodbye to your hearing: thenoise is indescribably loud.A

pall of grey smoke wafts onthe slight breeze. No wonderthe most popular souvenirto buy during Las Fallas is akerchief that can be pulled,bandit style, over the mouthand nose.

This week, all our senseswill be assaulted, not just ourhearing.We follow our nosesto street-side stalls sellingchurros (deep fried pastries),buuelos (pumpkin frittersserved with thick, hot,chocolate sauce), orxata (asweet, milky drink madefrom tiger nuts), and sugar-glazed fartons (pastry ngers

served with orxata) to get aquick sugar x. Fires blaze inmetal wheelbarrows as cookstoss skeins of large shallotonions called calots ontothe ames, searing thembriey on each side. Greatvats of paella simmer onpavement grills.The smellsof sweet and savoury foodsblend together in the warmair and our taste buds will becorrupted forever.

After dark, withthousands of people allheading for theTunnels ofLights, we cant get lost.We jostle along the uneven

pavements at the pace of thecrowd, hemmed in by peopleand the narrowness of thesmall streets.We are sweptalong until, turning a corner,we suddenly see the rstgorgeous display. It takesour breath away. Five storieshigh and a whole blocklong, the structure puts theU.K.s famous Blackpoolilluminations to shame.Wesee two separateTunnelsof Light: at the rst, rockmusic pulses out into thenight, deafening even withour ngers stuffed into ourears.At the second, classicalmusic blasts out equallyloudly. No wonder localresidents often leave townduring these celebrations.

On the nal night, St.Josephs night, the fallas willburn in a riot of ames inwhat might be the worldsmost extravagant legalpyrotechnic display.At onefalla, a fuse cord is strungbetween the efgy and a treeand kerosene is splashedover the entire structure in two other cases thisis done by men who aresmoking! Health and safetyconcerns have no place here,apparently, or maybe thegods of esta will protecteveryone.The personlighting the fuse wisely stayswell back as the amesleap up and great clouds ofthick, oily smoke pour upinto the night. Its the kindof smoke that will surelyblacken not only the facadesof nearby buildings but alsothe lungs of the residents.Asthe ames really take hold,the audience steps back toavoid the wall of heat thatemanates from the fast-disappearing efgy. Its allover in a few minutes andthe crowds move on: thereare about 700 fallas to be

burned tonight.These res will purge

the sorrows of the previousyear, a dramatic springcleaning to get rid ofimpurity and negativity. Butsurely after such hard work,such creativity and suchenormous expense it mustbe hard to see everything goup in ames.

This festival could nottake place anywhere elsein the world. OnlyValenciawould allow it! Crammedshoulder to shoulder in thedarkness, our anonymousnew street-side friend isprobably right.We have seenthings here that would makeany insurance companyrun for cover but it is whatwe have not seen that isintriguing.We have notseen a single instance ofdrunkenness or unpleasantor aggressive behaviour.We have not seen a singleout-of-control teenager. Wehave not had our pocketspicked or cameras stolen.Instead, we have seenelderly gentlemen tossingrecrackers with the glee ofchildren, families enjoyingthe mild night air, swayingto the music of theTunnelsof Lights or reverentlyplacing owers at the feet oftheVirgin.

If you are a person whodislikes loud noise anddense crowds, Las Fallas isnot the place for you.Theve days and nights of thisesta-to-end-all-estas areone continuous, raucous,seething party. But thecity survives this cheerful,annual onslaught and, likea phoenix, rises from theashes each time to faceanother year. It is, quitesimply, unforgettable: justdont forget to bring the earplugs.

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Last week I discussed howdogs have greeting rituals,not only with other dogs,but with humans as well.

A friendly, social yetunfamiliar dog may notbe all too willing to allowa human into its personalspace on rst meeting.When a human reaches outto touch or interact with thedog, the dog may displayavoidance behaviours suchas ducking away from thehand or stepping out of theway of an intended touch.This behaviour does notmean the dog is fearful,it simply means the dogis expecting that propergreeting protocols berespected before physicalinteraction takes place.

This week Ill discussfearful dogs, or dogs thatlack adequate socializationand therefore act in amanner that is not inviting.

Fearfulness in dogs is avery complicated issue oftenrelated to past experiences,or a lack of past experiencesfrom which to drawreference.

When dealing with anegative past experience,a dog will react when

something in the presentenvironment triggersits memory a fearfulresponse is always precededby a stimulus, it is neverunpredictable.

The route in the brainfrom the stimulus to theresponse is referred to as aneural pathway.The trickis to nd what the stimulusis and then desensitize thedog to it.The problem istrying to determine all ofthe stimuli present whenthe initial fearful reactionoccurred.

A common fear in dogsis the fear of men. Anobvious stimulus wouldbe a man.The not-so-

obvious might be the blackhat the man was wearing,a particular cologne or ablue car driving behind theman at the exact moment.It might be the large crowlanding on the ground,a child yelling in thebackground, even the shadeof a tree falling across theground in front of the dog.

All of these are stimulito a dog that the brainhas placed in the memoryalong with the major eventof the man with the blackhat.This means that eventhough we may desensitizethe dog to men with blackhats, any one of the otherstimuli present at the timeof the negative experiencehas the potential to trigger afearful response if the manwith the black hat is notpresent. It gets even trickierwhen you realize that thesestimuli can elicit a fearfulresponse when presentedtogether or separately.

Unlike fearfulnessdue to past experiences,when there is a lack ofearly socialization, there isliterally no picture within adogs head that it may referto. Since the dog has no

reference point to comparethe current experiencewith, it may react fearfullytowards men in black hatsbecause of unfamiliarityrather than negativity.

Because of thecomplexity of fear, itsnever a matter of xingthe dog to like men withblack hats as much as it islearning how to redirect adogs emotional state to amore positive one so thata new neural pathway iscreated.This results in thedog creating a new picturein its head from the newemotional state around menin black hats.The focus ison the dogs emotional staterather than the stimuli itself

because in reality, we willnever know what is goingon in a dogs mind whenit displays fear. All we cando is redirect the dogsattention and encourageit to choose a peacefulresponse to create a newstate of mind in the oncefearful environment.

Training is a multi-staged process.The rststage is working with a dogin a purely positive spaceand creating a cue thattriggers a peaceful response.It is then reinforced untilpredictable.The next stageis to introduce the negativestimuli in a controlledenvironment and usethe cue to keep the dog

peaceful within this fearfulset-up.These two stagesmay take months, notweeks, to perfect. Once thedog becomes predictablein the set-up it can then betested in the real world.

Fearfulness in dogsis very complicated andworking with a qualiedtrainer makes it lesscomplicated. Next week Illdiscuss how to help the dog,the owner and the trainerwhen working with a fearfuldog.

Joan has been working withdogs for more than 15 yearsin obedience, tracking andbehavioural rehabilitation.Contact her at k9kinship.com

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