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In the second forum, hosted by the Revelstoke Chamber of Com- merce, competing mayoral candi- dates Michael Brooks Hill, Mark McKee and David Raven had an opportunity to make introduc- tions and answer some of the same questions asked of council candi- dates at the Oct. 22 forum. During the introductory speeches, Raven, the incumbent, emphasized his leadership expe- rience, managerial skills and “proven track-record,” noting his leadership-style is one of quiet contemplation and collaboration, and that he’d prefer his accom- plishments be judged by their end result. McKee, who has served both on council (1990 to 1999) and as mayor (2002 to 2008), said he’s running again because of a discon- nect between city hall and council, and the community. Political newcomer Michael Brooks-Hill shared his experience of cycling from Panama to Revel- stoke and learning Spanish along the way, explaining he hadn’t any prior experience doing that, but was able to learn. As for why he’s running for mayor, he said he didn’t want to vote for the other two candidates and wanted to give other voters a choice. Question-period commenced with a series of the pre-written queries. On development cost charges, and whether they are positive or a hindrance, Raven provided some background, stating DCCs were introduced in 2007 to address fore- seen infrastructure deficits result- ing from anticipated development. He went on to explain how DCCs continue to play a role in fund- ing future infrastructure needs. However, Raven added the ques- tion of DCCs is fairness, stating they could change at any time if deemed an impediment to new construction. Brooks-Hill said DCCs are hin- dering growth in Revelstoke, and constraining construction of new houses, suites and other infill options. He also suggested the cur- rent cost structure penalizes people for doing renovations. McKee said DCCs are achiev- ing their intended purpose in that they are insuring there will be capacity in municipal services for future development. But as far as price goes, he said they can be a hindrance, adding there’s an opportunity to look at DCCs and see if they’re relevant and helping businesses. Next, candidates were asked what the city’s top infrastruc- ture priorities should be. Brooks- Hill said the Big Eddy water sys- tem, followed by the Victoria Rd./ Trans-Canada Highway intersec- tion. “Those tourists who aren’t familiar with the intersection, no one knows what they’re going to do,” said Brooks-Hill. “You see a plate form Alberta and you’re scared. Because who knows what they might do. Do they want McDonald’s or do they want Tim Hortons?” McKee agreed with Brooks-Hill on the Big Eddy. He also referred to the Thomas Brook water con- cerns, noting it’s not a city issue but something Revelstoke will have to deal with. Raven called the question politi- cally-loaded, stating the city has an asset management plan that prior- itizes infrastructure needs and, to step away from that is a political decision. “That’s why you end up with pools instead of water towers or water systems or sewer lagoons,” said Raven. “And many of the issues… have been here for many, many years because they’ve been prioritized around for the wrong reasons.” As for the Big Eddy, Raven said it will be a priority once the water system’s users decide what they want to do. Given the option to answer “yes” or “no,” all of the candi- dates said yes to supporting a gay pride day in Revelstoke, and to reworking transit schedules so working people can use the bus to commute. As for simplifying the city’s budget presentation, Raven replied, “Yes, and if you look at the last two years, we’ve done that.” To that, Brooks Hill said, “Yes, and I think we can continue to improve on that,” after which McKee replied, “I’m with him.” Asked what he would do to attract businesses that pay a living wage, Raven focused on what the current council has done, noting with the budget he’s asked to bring taxation for light industrial down to the commercial level, thus elim- inating industrial rates. “That would encourage light- industry growth,” said Raven. “Those are wages above that liv- able wage.” Brooks-Hill focused on lower- ing commercial taxes to help small businesses, as well as the city pro- moting businesses already in town, as well as the forestry sector and related value-added industry. McKee said the first thing he would do is come up with a streamlined process to get approv- als through city hall. “Because everybody that I’ve been talking to, it’s just been a nightmare to get through the pro- cess,” said McKee. “We want peo- ple to move their businesses here and expand their business and build things, but for some reason it is just difficult to do.” When it came time for ques- tions from the floor, concerns for the ongoing renovations at city hall were raised more than once. Responding to what the city is getting for $800,000, Raven first stated that is not the cost. He lik- ened the renovation process to peel- ing back layers of an onion, where one thing leads to another. He said the city had estimated the renova- tion would cost up to $350,000. When a request for tenders came back with estimates of $600,000, Raven said council decided to take a piecemeal approach to keep the cost closer to the original estimate. Neither Brooks-Hill nor McKee supported this approach, however. Brooks-Hill said he didn’t under- stand why the city would agree to an approach that would leave city hall “in shambles for years.” “I don’t see the value in that,” said Brooks-Hill. “I also don’t understand if the tender was $600,000, how it’s only going to cost $300,000.” McKee said he didn’t know why the city would rip something apart and not have it planned out prop- erly. “We’re building a ramp up to an office that’s gutted, the whole thing just seems odd,” said McKee. LACHLAN LABERE [email protected]Revelstoke mayoral candidates Mark McKee, Michael Brooks-Hill and David Raven listen intently while taking questions from the public at last week’s all-candidates meeting hosted by the chamber. Photo Mavis Cann Personalities define candidates in mayor’s race
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Revelstoke’s current mayor, a former mayor and a man who wouldn’t vote for either of them had their time on the Q & A firing line last Tuesday during the may-oral all-candidates forum.
In the second forum, hosted by the Revelstoke Chamber of Com-merce, competing mayoral candi-dates Michael Brooks Hill, Mark McKee and David Raven had an opportunity to make introduc-tions and answer some of the same questions asked of council candi-dates at the Oct. 22 forum.
During the introductory speeches, Raven, the incumbent, emphasized his leadership expe-rience, managerial skills and “proven track-record,” noting his leadership-style is one of quiet contemplation and collaboration, and that he’d prefer his accom-plishments be judged by their end result.
McKee, who has served both
on council (1990 to 1999) and as mayor (2002 to 2008), said he’s running again because of a discon-nect between city hall and council, and the community.
Political newcomer Michael Brooks-Hill shared his experience of cycling from Panama to Revel-stoke and learning Spanish along the way, explaining he hadn’t any prior experience doing that, but was able to learn. As for why he’s running for mayor, he said he didn’t want to vote for the other two candidates and wanted to give other voters a choice.
Question-period commenced with a series of the pre-written queries.
On development cost charges, and whether they are positive or a hindrance, Raven provided some background, stating DCCs were introduced in 2007 to address fore-seen infrastructure deficits result-ing from anticipated development. He went on to explain how DCCs continue to play a role in fund-ing future infrastructure needs.
However, Raven added the ques-tion of DCCs is fairness, stating they could change at any time if deemed an impediment to new construction.
Brooks-Hill said DCCs are hin-dering growth in Revelstoke, and constraining construction of new houses, suites and other infill options. He also suggested the cur-rent cost structure penalizes people for doing renovations.
McKee said DCCs are achiev-ing their intended purpose in that they are insuring there will be capacity in municipal services for future development. But as far as price goes, he said they can be a hindrance, adding there’s an opportunity to look at DCCs and see if they’re relevant and helping businesses.
Next, candidates were asked what the city’s top infrastruc-ture priorities should be. Brooks-Hill said the Big Eddy water sys-tem, followed by the Victoria Rd./Trans-Canada Highway intersec-tion.
“Those tourists who aren’t familiar with the intersection, no one knows what they’re going to do,” said Brooks-Hill. “You see a plate form Alberta and you’re scared. Because who knows what they might do. Do they want McDonald’s or do they want Tim Hortons?”
McKee agreed with Brooks-Hill on the Big Eddy. He also referred to the Thomas Brook water con-cerns, noting it’s not a city issue but something Revelstoke will have to deal with.
Raven called the question politi-cally-loaded, stating the city has an asset management plan that prior-itizes infrastructure needs and, to step away from that is a political decision.
“That’s why you end up with pools instead of water towers or water systems or sewer lagoons,” said Raven. “And many of the issues… have been here for many, many years because they’ve been prioritized around for the wrong reasons.”
As for the Big Eddy, Raven said it will be a priority once the water system’s users decide what they want to do.
Given the option to answer “yes” or “no,” all of the candi-dates said yes to supporting a gay pride day in Revelstoke, and to reworking transit schedules so working people can use the bus to commute. As for simplifying the city’s budget presentation, Raven replied, “Yes, and if you look at the last two years, we’ve done that.” To that, Brooks Hill said, “Yes, and I think we can continue to improve on that,” after which McKee replied, “I’m with him.”
Asked what he would do to attract businesses that pay a living wage, Raven focused on what the current council has done, noting with the budget he’s asked to bring taxation for light industrial down to the commercial level, thus elim-inating industrial rates.
“That would encourage light-
industry growth,” said Raven. “Those are wages above that liv-able wage.”
Brooks-Hill focused on lower-ing commercial taxes to help small businesses, as well as the city pro-moting businesses already in town, as well as the forestry sector and related value-added industry.
McKee said the first thing he would do is come up with a streamlined process to get approv-als through city hall.
“Because everybody that I’ve been talking to, it’s just been a nightmare to get through the pro-cess,” said McKee. “We want peo-ple to move their businesses here and expand their business and build things, but for some reason it is just difficult to do.”
When it came time for ques-tions from the floor, concerns for the ongoing renovations at city hall were raised more than once. Responding to what the city is getting for $800,000, Raven first stated that is not the cost. He lik-ened the renovation process to peel-ing back layers of an onion, where one thing leads to another. He said the city had estimated the renova-tion would cost up to $350,000. When a request for tenders came back with estimates of $600,000, Raven said council decided to take a piecemeal approach to keep the cost closer to the original estimate. Neither Brooks-Hill nor McKee supported this approach, however. Brooks-Hill said he didn’t under-stand why the city would agree to an approach that would leave city hall “in shambles for years.”
“I don’t see the value in that,” said Brooks-Hill. “I also don’t understand if the tender was $600,000, how it’s only going to cost $300,000.”
McKee said he didn’t know why the city would rip something apart and not have it planned out prop-erly.
“We’re building a ramp up to an office that’s gutted, the whole thing just seems odd,” said McKee.
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The Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy (CBAL) is celebrating the fifth annual Revelstoke Com-munity Literacy Award.
CBAL requested nominations to honour those in our community who have shown great commit-ment to literacy. Amongst the nom-inees are individuals and organiza-tions that have shown innovation and creativity, who have inspired or motivated others to learn, supported literacy work and been strong com-munity advocates for literacy.
Over the past four years, CBAL Revelstoke has honoured 19 cham-pions. This year alone, we added 12 new Champions for Literacy!
The 2014 Champions for Liter-acy are:
• Sandy Adams is nominated for her tireless work with, and for, students who need assistance with all types of literacy at RSS.
• Marly McAstocker is nomi-nated for her volunteer work with Okanagan College's Adult Liter-acy - Volunteer Tutor Program. She has worked diligently to support and build confidence in the adult learner she works with.
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nated for the initiative to tell stories from different cultures to young children, incorporated with an art activity and dramatization. The project is supported by Embrace BC.
• Pam Mair is nominated for her enthusiastic ability to get kids to want to read, and her creative ways to engage children in learning.
• Amber Thompson is nom-inated for introducing new and exciting ways for her students to take part in literacy activities through the daily five program.
• Elaine Baird is nominated for the exceptional role she plays in her ESL learner’s life, not only helping with English language learning, but also putting her heart into helping her learners succeed.
• The Revelstoke RCMP detach-ment and Const. Gary McLaugh-lin are nominated for being actively involved in Columbia Park Ele-mentary school for several years through the ‘Read with Me and the RCMP’ program. McLaughlin was recognized for taking the lead and for his dedication to the program.
• Lorna Phelps is nominated for her dedication to literacy over the years as a kindergarten teacher, for piloting and advocating for community literacy programs and
always being willing to share her expertise and enthusiasm. Lorna received three nominations for her dedication and countless hours of volunteer time.
• Ann Quinn and Sandra Davis are being nominated for being loyal, positive and encouraging One to One Tutors.
• The Taco Club and Mike Brown are nominated for creating a new opportunity that is making reading materials visible and acces-sible for Revelstoke citizens. The Taco Club sponsored the new and unique Revelstoke Street Library, located in front of the United Church near the community gar-den.
The 2014 Community Literacy Award winner was recently retired kindergarten teacher, Lorna Phelps. This year’s Champions for Literacy were recognized at an awards tea on October 21.
The Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy (CBAL) is a non-profit organization that promotes literacy and lifelong learning throughout the Columbia Basin and Boundary. For more information about CBAL in Revelstoke, visit www.cbal.org/revelstoke.html, or contact Tracy Spannier, Community Literacy co-ordinator at 250-805-2305.
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Requests for multi-year fund-ing, economic development, affordable housing, and infra-structure are among top themes emerging as Columbia Basin Trust employees begin to work through a year long process of connecting with communities in the basin. The community ses-sions are being held as Phase One in deciding how a significant increase in CBT revenues should be spent.
An open house held at the Rev-elstoke Community Centre late Thursday afternoon saw a small but steady stream of residents popping in to chat with CBT rep-resentatives.
Johnny Strilaeff, CBT chief operating officer said the com-munity meetings are chance to engage with residents to get a sense of community while at the same time trying to find some regional themes. So far, he says, the response from the communi-ties they have been to has been positive.
“We're getting a lot of great feedback at the community level,” he said.
In Revelstoke, that feedback
included allowing participants of the drop-in session to write down notes and post them on a large board that asked the ques-tion: [Is there] anything new you would like the trust to do? Among the answers written on the board were:
- Having a Basin office in Rev-elstoke,
- Childcare specific funding for basin,
- Multi-year funding. Other boards included ques-
tions about what CBT could do going forward, as well as asking community members to reflect on what makes Revelstoke a great community.
It also included conversing with attendees, among them Ken Jones and Tina Godfrey – both who were in attendance for dif-ferent reasons.
Jones admitted he wasn't plan-ning on attending the drop-in ses-sion, saying he had actually come to the Community Centre to go swimming, but decided to check it out once he learned what was happening.
“I think it's important for the community as much as possible to have a say in where things go,” he said.
Godfrey, who had daugh-
ter Ezmay Hartley in tow, said her attendance was deliberate as she was present on behalf of the Revelstoke Climbing Co-Op. While Godfrey said all issues are important to her, she feels a local climbing gym needs to be consid-ered as a top priority for the com-munity.
“As a parent it's a huge reason why because there isn't a really safe spot to learn [to climb],” she said.
Strilaeff said that while CBT doesn't want the community engagement to be entirely about the money, they do need to con-sider that by 2016 CBT will have an increase in revenue to about $55 million, with around $50 mil-lion of that being available to sup-port CBT communities.
“We really don't want this to be all about money, but the fact is our revenue is going to double,” he said.
As the community meetings take place, Kindy Gosal, CBT Special Initiatives Director said that in the background, part of it is the creation of a strategic plan for CBT going forward.
“The foundation of it is public engagement and making sure the public is a priority,” he said.
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Free appliance conversions may be in the pipeline for natural gas customers if and when For-tisBC is able to expand into Rev-elstoke.
The process of converting appliances from propane to nat-ural gas, and what’s involved, was one of the questions asked during FortisBC’s open house on Oct. 28. Spokesperson David Wiley says one of FortisBC’s
next steps is to conduct a survey of appliances used in Revelstoke and what it will be like to convert them.
“A lot of people who were interested in how we would go about making the conversion… We will be covering the cost of converting appliances, essen-tial appliances, from propane to natural gas if the project were approved,” said Wiley.
The open house was part of FortisBC’s ongoing consultation process being undertaken before
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“We’re still looking for feed-back from the community and, we do have a website with a lit-tle bit of information on the Rev-elstoke conversion project where people can submit their feed-back,” said Wiley. That website is at www.fortic.bc.com/revelsto-keng. Feedback can also be sub-mitted by email to [email protected].
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Addressing the city’s financial challenges and boosting the economy have been the two most common topics raised by candidates. What other single issue do you think is most in need of addressing? Why? What would you do as mayor/councillor to address it?
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The big problem, which is no different than most municipalities in the coun-try, is a deficit in infrastruc-
ture funding and strong asset management pro-grams that bring a logical and cost effective plan for addressing these core services.
In simple terms, it is the lack of spending on roads, sewers, water and utilities for replace-ment or upgrading of old and deteriorating sys-tems that is now becoming a major challenge for the city. Adding to the challenges is the limited capacity in some systems that were designed and built years ago for a smaller population. Some systems need to be upgraded to meet increased capacity from growth, and environ-mental or public expectations. Some of the new capacity will be addressed through development cost charges, while the costs of addressing the existing infrastructure deficit is through taxes.
Council has been successful using federal and provincial grants for infrastructure work, including replacing the main water reservoir on the TCH, extending sewer service to Clear-view Heights, replacing and increasing the capacity of the Downie sewage lift station and upgrades to Victoria Road. We are currently working with staff on the preparation of funding requests through the Build Canada fund for pri-ority projects within the city’s financial capac-ity. These requests will address water security and quality issues as a priority, and may allow the city to address several of the more criti-cal challenges outside of our jurisidiction. The Big Eddy has its own water system and Thomas Brook residents, who are outside city boundar-ies, rely on two inadequate private systems. We
have a moral obligation to our neighbours who deserve clean, safe and adequate water, and I sincerely hope we can resolve the legal hurdles and bring both systems within the city’s jurisdic-tion in order that we can design, plan and build appropriate and safe systems.
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I would like to address the growing disconnect between our community and city hall.
I want to overcome this feeling of separa-tion. Do we need a wake-up call to city hall that the community does not feel heard and is becoming disengaged? Does this foster a growing disdain for local government? Is the community beginning to ignore city hall requirements rather than deal with frustrating process?
Most of us are unfamiliar with, and very seldom enter city hall. We should welcome people, not waste anybody’s time, and have them be given serious consideration. Our staff should be accessible, our processes sensible.
Dealing with these intangibles need not be more expensive and, in fact, should cost less.
We can move mountains if we work together. We need to build a better rapport between city hall and the various committees that help us make the decisions.
City employees want to be proud to work for the City of Revelstoke. Shouldn’t there be a good connection with the community to hear what is important? Let’s give more insight to council in an effort to make decisions easier for them.
We’ve always been a city that prides itself on what we, as community, could do. Our his-tory has always been to look at ourselves, fig-ure out our problems and collectively come up with a solution and implement it. Revitaliza-tion was a prime example of that, and later our railway museum and aquatic centre (to name a few) are examples of like-minded volunteers
championing their interests. Volunteers keep our community current and attractive to poten-tial newcomers as well as ourselves.
We have had big changes in the last decade and are still having growing pains. We may have differences, but we care deeply about our town and we want to feel the mayor and coun-cil are with us.
MIchAEl BRooks-hIll
Boosting the econ-omy to help create more good jobs is important, but affordability is equally
important. We need to both attract new peo-ple to town, but also work to make sure that those who are already here can afford to stay. Property values and taxes have increased enor-mously in the last 10 years, and this has made housing very expensive. We need to lower DCCs, especially for the creation of suites and infill housing. This will give people another source of income, as well as increasing the housing pool which will help lower housing costs. Another aspect of affordability is trans-portation. Expanding the bus hours so people can take it to and from work will help. The final piece of this puzzle is environment. Fix-ing the Big Eddy Water System needs to be a priority, as does speaking out about the log-ging on Macpherson, the Begbie bench, Boul-der and Frisby. These are recreation areas which increases the value of Revelstoke as a whole, but they are also economic drivers for our long-term economy. We must always be looking at the big picture of how to improve Revelstoke, not just now, but for future gener-ations.
GARYsUlZ
The Big Eddy water issue may be a big concern for the city in the weeks to come, but we need to wait
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for the Big Eddy ratepayers to request the city’s assistance, and then proceed through the proper channels to get this done correctly the first time.
Aging water and sewer pipes will need to be addressed, but is anyone lis-tening to the people in Columbia Park?
The intersection of Victoria Road and the Trans-Canada Highway needs to be addressed. An improper design to start with has only compounded the problem; add in heavy tourist traffic with nowhere to go and that intersec-tion is a mess. Now throw in a road clo-sure due to a motor-vehicle incident and these roads are in-passable.
How do emergency services get through and how do people get home after work? A six-hour delay added to a 10-minute commute home does not make any sense. We need to ask for suggestions from the public on ideas to make this intersection flow, and then propose these ideas to professional road builders and, once we have a few ideas, put these forward to the Ministry of Transportation.
Only good ideas need to go forward, and these good ideas can save us con-sultant money and make us proud of our completed intersection.
GARYSTARLING
It is obvious the hot topic right now, and the single issue that needs attention,
is the Big Eddy water system.Many problems have been identified
by Interior Health. A few weeks ago, the system had what I would call a cardiac arrest. There were six major breaks in one day.
The city, in the last council meet-ing, has taken the initiative to move ahead with some initial investigation of the system so that we can better under-
stand what we are up against. Council and staff have initiated this quickly for two reasons: One is to ensure we move as fast as we can to resolve this. Sec-ondly, there are some funding opportu-nities that can be taken advantage of at this time.
As well, city staff have prepared, and council has approved, a utility acquisi-tion policy. This ensures the ground-work process for getting this done is clearly defined. This should also stream-line the process.
Now it is really going to be up to the Big Eddy water users to make the deci-sion to have the city take over this util-ity, and get it functioning properly. This looks to be the only way we can ensure water sustainability in the Big Eddy. This will also ensure development in the area is not frozen as it is now.
If elected, I will continue to push for-ward on this to ensure solutions to this come quickly and efficiently.
AARONORANDO
More than your federal or provin-cial vote, it’s your vote on Nov. 15
that makes the most difference, because it’s the high cost of living in Revelstoke that’s the problem.
Council and the city need to:• Keep taxes at bay by always mind-
ing the financial implications of council decisions.
• Work hard on making housing affordable by creating market-based solutions like a better development ser-vices process, reduced DCCs, creating affordable new homes, secondary suite fee reductions and housing options that meet the needs of working families.
• Focus on maintaining current industry and residents.
• Support initiatives that bring down
food costs, like better development ser-vices, fair commercial taxation, food security, progressive local agriculture policies and more retail options.
• Clean up after the current council’s expensive, failed planning adventure, and create a made-in-Revelstoke vision that promotes balance and creates cer-tainty that attracts residents and invest-ment.
• Support the more than 30 per cent of Revelstoke households that struggle financially by continuing our social sec-tor co-ordination efforts.
• Take a hard line on senior city staff salaries and adventure-spending.
• Promote a level playing field to attract competition that lowers prices.
• Work hard and smart during the budget process to find efficiencies.
• Make transportation affordable through more retail fuel competition, improved and snow-cleared walking routes, improved cycling infrastructure and better transit usage and revenue numbers.
• Advocate for fair natural gas prices.• Adopt a customer-friendly, open-
for-business attitude.
LINDANIXON
The part of council work that has not been men-tioned is all the
parts that deepen the community. Get-ting the chicken bylaw to council and passed is important to residents. The Food Security Charter and Strategy is important, and a strong value I hold as a nutritional-based nurse.
The access and inclusivity of people with disabilities is a right, not a privi-lege. At the Poverty Reduction Working Group, we are talking about the work-ing poor in our community, not just peo-ple on the un-livable welfare or disabil-
ity monies. The College Advisory Board, which
I sit on, is involved with ensuring that the adult academic career prep contin-ues in a suitable format for Revelstoke.
The youth have a voice to the coun-cil table with myself as their council rep. Twenty youth just attended a Me to We celebration in Vancouver learning to give back to community.
The Illecillewaet River had a mud surge a few weeks back. The Kokanee eggs were covered in mud and the Kokanee flushed down the river. Remember the Woolsey Creek taking out the highway in 1983? To see this happening at the cooling part of the year is concerning.
Lastly, I still want to see outdoor adventure tourism guiding taught here, and a centre of excellence for snow research. We need academic bodies to partner and create the synergy to make that happen. Parks Canada is a natural partner for this type of venture. Inviting the president of Okanagan College as we recently did is a good start.
CHRISJOHNSTON
I find it hard to pick one thing and say “this is my issue,” as I see it
as council’s role to set broader policy and direction, which will in turn impact multiple issues.
In that vein ,I see our goal as improv-ing the “Revelstoke experience.” That experience includes, among others and in no particular order, workable pub-lic transit, affordable housing, service at the city, appearance of our neigh-bourhoods and streetscapes, recreation and conveniences for resident and visi-tor alike, clean streets, healthy children, excellent education, an excellent tour-ist sector, a prosperous business sector
and all those other things that make our community.
What do we do? The city is not the only entity that creates this experience. There are many others and, to be the best we can, we, as a city, need to make rela-tionships that we do have stronger fos-ter and new partnerships. The province, chamber, school district, the Accommo-dation Association, the regional district, the resort, Parks Canada, Community Connections and many others are all in this with the city, and I think together we can all do better .
I would hope the next mayor and council will chart a course to foster and continue to improve upon relationships with our partners in making Revelstoke great, and to overcome any barriers that may be impeding us.
CHUCKFERGUSON
I think one of the most important issues is the Big Eddy waterworks
I know the history of it now and understand the city’s reason for approaching it the way it has, but water for your citizens is a right when they pay taxes to your city funds.
When I ask about it the city responds with we are looking into the fund-ing and getting a better feel for what is needed and I believe that is the correct way to approach it but in the meantime they should pass an amendment to the by law to allow further development in the area for a set amount of time until the problem is fixed.
We cannot be a city open for busi-ness as long as you can’t develop com-mercial property in that area.
It seems to me knowing a bit of his-tory about this whole thing that there
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For a few years now, it seems housing has been much discussed in Revelstoke.
Housing prices and availabil-ity, vacation rentals, maintenance standards, subsidized housing and homelessness have risen to the forefront time and again. Indeed, housing, or adequate shelter, is a primary need and directly impacts a person’s ability to function in society.
The ‘Housing First’ model maintains the � rst, most primary need for vulnerable citizens is to obtain stable, suitable, safe, afford-able housing before any other issues can be addressed.
In Revelstoke, the housing mar-ket – both ownership and rental – has had a variety of in� uences over the past number of years that have impacted housing security for residents. For poverty reduc-tion, access to affordable rental and emergency housing is one of the highest community goals in the strategy.
Housing security is usually
assessed by the percentage of resi-dents or households in the commu-nity in ‘core housing need,’ which is de� ned as those paying 30 per cent or more of their household income on shelter. Shelter includes the cost of utilities. The census tells us that from 1996 to 2006, about 36 per cent of residents living in rental housing were in core hous-ing need. By 2011, this increased to 40 per cent. Further, when we did the affordability ‘snapshot’ for the poverty reduction strategy, we found that housing was the largest single item in the monthly budget, taking up at least 40 per cent. The Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation’s annual rental hous-ing survey, done in October each year, found while vacancy rates � uctuated wildly, Revelstoke con-sistently had the highest average apartment rental costs of all Koote-nay centres and compared to other small centres in the Southern Inte-rior.
Last October, our rental vacancy rate was less than 1 per cent.
A couple of ways to address both the low vacancy rate and high cost of rental housing is to pro-tect existing rental housing stock, while increasing the amount of rental housing available in our community.
The City of Revelstoke has pol-icies and bylaws that protect and encourage development of our rental housing stock. Standards of maintenance and unsightly prem-ises bylaws address quality and
cleanliness. The mobile home park redevelopment and strata title con-version policies protect tenants from displacement and consider the impacts of potential re-devel-opment on the housing stock (e.g. from rental to ownership).
The new vacation rental bylaw is intended to balance the need for long-term rental housing with the need for new vacation rental beds in our community by looking at applications on a case-by-case basis. As well, secondary suites are permitted in all single-fam-ily dwelling areas of the commu-nity. And depending on the proj-ect, affordable, non-pro� t, subsi-dized rental housing developments receive up to 50 per cent off of DCC charges, as well as permis-sive tax exemptions. An inclusion-ary zoning policy requires either the inclusion of affordable housing units in larger multi-unit develop-ments, or payment of an amenity contribution deposited in a special fund used for the development of affordable housing options in the community.
Subsidized rental housing is an important community asset for lower income individuals, and goes a long way to alleviate pov-erty. In a personal interview, one resident told me, “I was living in a terrible place. It was dirty and very expensive. It was very hard for me. Moving here (to subsidized hous-ing) has made such a difference in my life.”
Revelstoke has celebrated suc-
cess in contributing to affordable housing with the recent addition of 24 new subsidized apartments for seniors and people with dis-abilities - 16 at Mount Begbie Vil-las and eight at Moberly Manor. The need for subsidized housing for lower-income residents under aged 55, as well as for families with children, has long been iden-ti� ed as a high community prior-ity. The Revelstoke Community Housing Society, which has a man-date to develop affordable hous-ing options in Revelstoke, owns a duplex and plans to add 12 new affordable rental housing units, which will include four accessible one-bedroom and eight two-bed-room apartments.
As well, the need for emergency housing is something that has been talked about in our community for years. The Women’s Shelter � lls a big gap, but it is transition hous-ing for women and children � ee-ing abuse, and can’t accept every-one who needs emergency shelter. Community Connections Hous-ing Outreach workers assist both the homeless and those at risk of homelessness in our community, but without a shelter it is challeng-ing.
The Revelstoke Commu-nity Housing Society is also con-ducting a study to determine if an emergency shelter in our commu-nity is feasible. Stay tuned for the results. For more information, con-tact Alan Mason at 250-837-5345, or email [email protected].
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I believe in democracy. I believe that governments have a responsibil-ity to tell the truth. I believe that cit-izens have a right to that truth. But when it comes to building our prov-ince’s economic future around liq-uefied natural gas (LNG), any truth coming from government has been buried in the fine print.
With the tabling of the legisla-tion to enable the development of the LNG industry in British Colum-bia, we are starting to get the real pic-ture of what LNG actually offers our province.
Here are some numbers. Christy Clark promised there would be 10 to 15 LNG plants that would result in 100,000 jobs for British Columbi-ans. She promised a trillion dollars in economic activity and an end to the provincial sales tax. She promised a $100 billion prosperity fund, and the first LNG plant by 2015.
But here are the real numbers. The tax structure for LNG which was recently presented to the Legisla-ture lays out that if a plant were to be built, the new tax revenue to the prov-
ince would be between $100 million and $125 million per year. But that revenue would only begin six to eight years after the plant was built and operating.
Now, $100 million sounds like a fair bit of money. But when com-pared to other sources of revenue or other costs to government you will see that there is no way that this level of revenue will get us anywhere close to eliminating the debt, replacing the provincial sales tax or building a prosperity fund.
For example, the current provin-cial sales tax collects $6 billion a year. The province’s debt has grown by $15 billion since Christy Clark became premier in 2011. Medical services plan premiums paid by Brit-ish Columbians brings in $2.6 billion a year. When you are talking about billions, $100 million doesn’t go very far.
Each plant is expected to cre-ate 120 jobs. To put these numbers into perspective, Skookumchuk Pulp in the Columbia Valley, a relatively small operation, employs 290 peo-ple. And still, all talk of LNG plants being operational within this decade is purely hypothetical.
Where did I get my numbers from? All of this information is available in the government’s own documents. These are the facts that are missing from the Premier’s statements.
This is not a partisan issue. This is democracy issue. Citizens have a right to know the truth.
Norm Macdonald MLA Columbia River Revelstoke | [email protected] | 1 866 870 4188
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Mla REpoRTby NoRM MacdoNald
October 22nd 2014 will for-ever be remembered as a sad and solemn day in Canadian his-tory. The death of Cpl. Nathan Cirillo while standing guard at the National War Memorial, as well as a gun man storming Par-liament Hill before being mor-tally wounded by the Sergeant at Arms, Kevin Vickers. Let us not forget the death of Warrant Offi-cer Patrice Vincent a few days earlier at St.Jean sur Richelieu.
Through it all, Canadians stood strong and galvanized as
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A sad, solemn day for Canada
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November 4–5BUSINESS STREET BANNER PAINTING WORSHOP Banner painting at the Revelstoke Visual Arts Centre, from 5:30–9 p.m. Register by calling the community centre at 250-837-9351.
WedNesday, November 5ADVANCE POLLS OPEN This is your first chance for advance voting in the 2014 municipal elections. Polls will be open at the community centre.
Thursday, November 6WINTER MARKET Hand made local goods, goodies and produce, at the community centre every second Thursday from 1–5 p.m.BIBLIOBUS Get some French adult and children's books, CDs, DVDs, etc. from this traveling francophone library brought to you by the AFKO! Become a member on the spot! You can also buy maple syrup there! At La Baguette from 5:30–6:30 p.m.HAPPY KIDS AND ANGRY BIRDS A District Parent Advisory Council (DPAC) workshop that will highlight the challenge of raising children in the rapidly changing Technology Revolution. We will discuss what might be harmful and explore technology that may actually benefit the development of children. You will leave with some ideas around the use of technology while nurturing your child’s well-being. Call 250-837-6669 or email: [email protected] to register. 6:30pm-8:30pm Begbie View Multipurpose Room (1001 Mackenzie).
November 7–8HANDMADE PARADE & CRAFT EXTRAVAGANZA Dozens of craft-ers from Revelstoke and the Interior will be on hand for you chance to do some early Christmas shopping, or just pick up something for yourself. At the community centre.
November 7 To december 5ART IN THE PARK 2014 This year's Art in the Park celebrates 100 years of Mount Revelstoke National Park with the Glacier Adventure Stew-ardship Program. The side gallery features Journey by Jo C Willems. Show opens on Friday, Nov. 7, at 6:30 p.m. at the Revelstoke Visual Arts Centre. Visit the RVAC site for hours.
Friday, November 7NATIONAL RAILWAY DAY At the Railway Museum from 11am-5pm. Luch presentation by Doug Mayer, tours, demonstrations, gift shop sale and coffee in the Business Car.
saTurday, November 8PUGS & CROWS Award winning instrumental band. Revelstoke Perfor-mig Arts Centre, 7.30 p.m. Tickets $10 available at door.TASMAN JUDE BAND At the Last Drop to promote their new album Green.
moNday, November 10DREAM LINE A film by Bjarne Salén about the power of dreams in profes-sional skier Ptor Spricenieks’ life. Revelstoke Performig Arts Centre, 7.15 p.m. Tickets $15 available at door.
Tuesday, November 11REMEMBRANCE DAY CER-EMONY The annual ceremony takes place at the Cenotaph at 10:45 a.m.COMMEMORATING WORLD WAR 1 The Revelstoke Museum & Archives hosts a talk and tour of its new exhibit about Revelstoke during the First World War. At the museum at 2 p.m.
WedNesday, November 12ADVANCE POLLS OPEN This is your second chance for advance voting in the 2014 municipal elections. Polls will be open at the community centre.BROWN BAG LUNCH HISTORY TALK Join Cathy English, the curator of the Revelstoke Museum & Archives, in a talk about Revelstoke's history. Today's subject is Revelstoke during the First World War. At the museum at 12:15 p.m. $5, including coffee and cookies.
November 14–15MOUNTAIN MUSINGS Two nights featuring presentations on mountain and wilderness experiences. Speakers include Pat Morrow, Greg Hill, Chic Sharp Cathy English, and Jo Willems. At the Revelstoke Performing Arts Centre at 7 p.m. All proceeds will go to the food bank.
Friday, November 14LADIES NIGHT & AUCTION The Revelstoke Skating Club hosts its an-nual Ladies Night fundraising dinner and silent auction. At the Traverse.
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MUNICIPAL ELECTION VOTING DAY Go cast your ballots for mayor, council and school board. Voting will take place all day at the community centre.ST FRANCIS' CHRISTMAS BAZAAR It's the annual Christmas Bazaar at the St. Francis Catholic Church, featuring tea tables, food sales, crafts, Christmas ware and a raffle. From 1–3:30 p.m. $6 per person. UNITED CHURCH TURKEY DINNER Details TBA.SCOTCH & SPIRIT TASTING NIGHT The Cabin hosts a night to sample a number of fine scotches and other high-end spirits. From 7–11 p.m. $15.
November 17–22BUSINESS STREET BANNER PAINTING WORSHOP Banner painting at the Revelstoke Visual Arts Centre. Register by calling the com-munity centre at 250-837-9351.Thursday, Nov. 20, 7:30 p.m.ANAGNOSON AND KINTON With over 1000 performances together, Anagnoson & Kinton are recognized as one of the world’s finest piano duos. Acclaimed by The New York Times as “an outstanding two-piano recital with formidable precision and panache.” The duo presents a daz-zling one piano, four hands program including works by Beethoven, Schubert, Dvorak, as well as the complex and spectacular Petrouch-ka by Stravinsky. At the Revelstoke Performing Arts Centre at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15, available at the Visi-tor Information Centre, ArtFirst, of the Revelstoke Arts Council website.
saTurday, November 22REVELSTOKE CHRISTMAS FARM & CRAFT MARKET The community centre turns into a big, indoors Christmas Market. Buy crafts, goodies and more. From 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
WedNesday, November 26BROWN BAG LUNCH HISTORY TALK Join Cathy English, the curator of the Revelstoke Museum & Archives, in a talk about Revelstoke's history. Today's subject is Revelstoke during the Second World War. At the museum at 12:15 p.m. $5, including coffee and cookies.
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NOTICE OF ELECTION BY VOTINGPUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY given to the electors of the City of Revelstoke that an election by voting is necessary to elect one (1) Mayor and six (6) Councillors, and that the persons nominated as candidates and for whom votes will be received are:
Mayor - One (1) to be elected
Surname Usual Names Residential Address
BROOKS-HILL Michael 457 Cedar Street MCKEE Mark 1095 Nichol Road RAVEN David 910 Third Street West
Councillor - Six (6) to be elected
Surname Usual Names Residential Address
BENDER Steve 1939 Upper McKinnon Road BROTHERS Connie #301 – 217 Mackenzie Avenue BUHLER George 1909 Mt. McPherson Drive DUKE Scott 410 Cedar Street ENGLISH Trevor 513 Second Street West FERGUSON Chuck 402 Fifth Street West JOHNSTON Chris 100 Third Street East NIXON Linda Jean 1625 Melnyk Road ORLANDO Aaron 606 Railway Avenue POWERS Karen 1416 Mt. Begbie Road STARLING Gary Richard 219 Third Street East SULZ Gary 708 Eighth Street East
VOTING DATES AND LOCATIONS
GENERAL VOTING will be open to quali� ed electors of the City of Revelstoke:
Saturday, November 15, 2014 Between the hours of 8:00 am and 8:00 pm at the following location: Revelstoke Community Centre, 600 Campbell Avenue
A SPECIAL VOTING OPPORTUNITY will be available to quali� ed electors who are patients and/or residents of the following locations and times as follows:
(i) Queen Victoria Hospital / Mt. Cartier Cottages 1200 Newlands Road 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
(ii) Mt. Begbie Manor (includes residents from Mt. Begbie Villa) 1214 Downie Street 1:30 p.m. to 4:45 p.m.
(iii) Moberly Manor 712 West Second Street 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
ELECTOR REGISTRATION
If you are not on the list of electors, you may register at the time of voting by completing the required application form available at the voting place. To register you must meet the following quali� cations:
• 18 years of age or older on general voting day • Canadian citizen • resident of BC for at least 6 months immediately preceding the day of registration • resident of OR registered owner of real property in the City of Revelstoke for at • least 30 days immediately preceding the day of registration, and • not disquali� ed by the Local Government Act or any other enactment from voting in • an election or otherwise disquali� ed by law.
To register, resident electors must produce 2 pieces of identi� cation (at least one with a signature). Picture identi� cation is not necessary. The identi� cation must prove both residency and identity.
To register, non-resident property electors must produce 2 pieces of identi� cation (at least one with a signature) to prove identity, proof that they are entitled to register in relation to the property, and, if there is more than one owner of the property, written consent from the other property owners.
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Start your Christmas shopping early at the annual Xmas Bazaar and Tea at Revelstoke United Church, 314 MacKenzie Ave. Includes Crafts, Baking and a Raffle.
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VOLUNTEER FAIR Come learn about Revelstoke's many volunteer groups. You might end up joining one while you're at it. At the community centre from 2–7 p.m.MOVIES IN THE MOUNTAINS: TRACKS In 1977, 27-year-old Austra-lian Robyn Davidson walked from Alice Springs across 2,700 kilometres of harsh desert to the Indian Ocean. Presented by
the Revelstoke Multicultural Society at the Revelstoke Performing Arts Centre at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $8, or you can buy a multi-film pass.
Friday, November 28MOONLIGHT MADNESS Deals abound as the stores stay open late to kick off the Christmas shopping season.
Revelstoke caught a glimpse of success in mountain caribou conser-vation efforts on October 28th, at the public talk and open house put on by the Revelstoke Caribou Rearing in the Wild Society (RCRW), and its sup-porters.
The Society ran a maternity pen pilot project in March of this year, fol-lowing over a decade of area research and population stabilization efforts. With the population of the Columbia North herd stabilized at 120, the goal of the pilot project was to determine if penning is a feasible way to increase calf survival, leading to population growth.
The group secured nine pregnant cows, one adult cow thought to be pregnant, and two yearling caribou with their mother; and placed them in 6.4 hectare pen north of Revelstoke. The animals were held until July 23, when the caribou were released, including the nine healthy calves born inside the pen.
According to RCRW researcher, Rob Serrouya, this kind of success demonstrates an opportunity to "boost calf survival without the need to do direct predator management;" as well as recover an endangered species by boosting population parameters to achieve growth in the herd.
Although increasing caribou calf survival is RCRWs main goal, another huge success from the pilot project was the social aspect of having vari-ous stakeholders with different val-ues and interests contributing to the recovery of caribou populations. This project rallied the support of organi-zations such as Revelstoke Commu-nity Forest Corporation, Downie Tim-
ber, Beaumont Timber, Selkirk Tang-iers, Revelstoke Snowmobile Club, North Columbia Environmental Soci-ety, First Nations, Parks Canada, all levels of government, and many more.
In the five years and over 250 proj-ects he’s been involved with, Colum-bia Basin Trust's Project Manager, Rick Allen, has never seen this level of involvement from such a diverse group of stakeholders; a strength that makes this project all the more likely to succeed.
The project comes with its own set of challenges. There is risk involved. Moving animals is invasive, as humans are coming into contact with a species that otherwise wouldn’t expe-rience this kind of interaction. How-ever, Serrouya believes that since calf predation is highest during the first few weeks of life, then the risk may be worth it to ultimately help increase populations.
The animals are secured without being immobilized or heavily sedated, and transported to the pen by helicop-ter. Human contact is minimized but in some cases necessary.
RCRW is in the process of secur-ing funds to put the maternity penning project into full production mode, with hopes of securing 18 to 20 cows for its next attempt, and continuing the project for five years.
Caribou populations have declined dramatically over the last 20 years due to the changes in landscape caused by a warming climate increasing fire fre-quency, and logging activities clear-ing land; making way for the growth of successive vegetation as well as moose and deer populations that feed on this new growth. These new neigh-bors bring along their predators in the form of wolves and cougars, who now have a new food source in the caribou.
Pilot success good sign for Caribou conservation effortsLindsay MacPheespecial to the Times Review
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The sublime beauty of Mt. Revelstoke will be shared on canvas and in print during the upcoming Art in the Park exhibi-tion at the Revelstoke Visual Arts Centre.
Starting Friday, Nov. 7, the exhibition will feature a mix of media by local and visiting art-ists, three of whom got to stay on the mountain for the same number of nights, to capture vis-tas not normally enjoyed by vis-itors. These artists were Caroline Scagel of Maye Isl., who special-izes in painting on silk; Surrey’s Wendy Mould, who works in watercolour, and Salmon Arm’s Valerie Rogers, who works in watercolour and acrylic.
Art in the Park co-ordina-tor Jacqueline Pendergast said the three were able to experi-ence sunrise and sunset from the mountain, as well as the Meadow in the Sky’s wild flower display at its peak.
Local artists, photographer Mas Matsushita, and Jo Willems, who specializes in intricate pen-cil drawing as well as waterco-lour and wash painting, also spent time on the mountain this sum-mer. Their resulting work will also be part of this year’s Art in the Park exhibition. Members of the Revelstoke Visual Arts Soci-ety too will have work featured.
“People were invited to go up on the mountain and be inspired by the fantastic scenery up there and the seasons…,” said Pender-gast.
Art in the Park is facilitated through a collaboration between the arts society and Parks Canada.
Once again, photography will be a big part of the show, with work submitted by students from this year’s Glacier Adventure Stewardship Program (GASP)
run by Parks Canada. The GASP program, explains
Parks Canada spokesperson Jaco-lyn Daniluck, is designed to help youth (Grade 10 students) build teamwork and leadership skills through photography, music and backcountry hiking experiences while connecting with the park. This year, GASP mentor Kip Wiley was joined by professional photographer Keri Knapp.
“The results have been an extraordinary collection of photos showing how the students have connected with the park,” said Daniluck.
With 2014 being Mt. Revel-stoke National Park’s centenary, this year’s Art in the Park exhibi-tion is of particular significance. Hence the unique opportunity for artists to stay at the Balsam Lake cabin at the mountain’s summit.
An opening reception for the exhibition is planned for 5 p.m., with the formal opening at 7. Pen-dergast says local participating artists will be in attendance.
“So it’s a good opportunity for people to meet the artists and see what’s been produced this year,” said Pendergast.
Bad Hair Day by Caroline Scagel, one of the three artists who got to stay on Mount Revelstoke for three nights. Image Contributed
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We re-open for Dinner onNovember 20th
WANTED: FANS OF INCLUSION, INSPIRATION, SPORTS AND FUN!Come join us on Thursday, November 13 from 7-9 pm at the Revelstoke Community Centre and learn about the many opportunities offered through Special Olympics BC including non-competitive programs such as ActiveStart and Fundamentals for children and ClubFit for teens and adults.
I’m going into medicine because I feel like a doctor is what I’m supposed to be. Studying in a class of 17 people I’m not just on a first name basis, but really close with everybody enroled in the Rural Pre-Medicine Program. SPENCER PAOLONE, RURAL PRE-MEDICINE PROGRAM STUDENT, SELKIRK COLLEGE
Having survived Hodgkin’s lymphoma at the age of
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Gallery open Tuesday to Saturday 12 - 4 pm Saturday Nov 8 - Friday Dec 5, 2014
Located at 320 Wilson Street, Behind the Days Inn
Presents
All Welcome, Admission by Donation Opening Reception Friday Nov 7, 6- 9 pm
Revelstoke Visual Arts Centre gratefully acknowledges the �nancial assistance from the Province of British Columbia Columbia Basin Community Initiatives, the City of Revelstoke and support from Parks Canada.
For more information phone 250-814-0261, e-mail info@revelstokevisualarts.
Located at 320 Wilson Street, Behind the Days Inn
Presents
Jo Willems Journey
Art in the Park 2014 Celebrating 100 years of Mt. Revelstoke National Park with
Glacier Adventure Stewardship Program
Jo Willems
Keri KnappMas Matsushita
Valerie Rogers
Caroline Scagel
Wendy Mould
Gallery open Tuesday to Saturday 12 - 4 pm Saturday Nov 8 - Friday Dec 5, 2014
Located at 320 Wilson Street, Behind the Days Inn
Presents
All Welcome, Admission by Donation Opening Reception Friday Nov 7, 6- 9 pm
Revelstoke Visual Arts Centre gratefully acknowledges the �nancial assistance from the Province of British Columbia Columbia Basin Community Initiatives, the City of Revelstoke and support from Parks Canada.
For more information phone 250-814-0261, e-mail info@revelstokevisualarts.
Jo Willems Journey
Art in the Park 2014 Celebrating 100 years of Mt. Revelstoke National Park with
Glacier Adventure Stewardship Program
Jo Willems
Keri KnappMas Matsushita
Valerie Rogers
Caroline Scagel
Wendy Mould
Gallery open Tuesday to Saturday 12 - 4 pm Saturday Nov 8 - Friday Dec 5, 2014
Located at 320 Wilson Street, Behind the Days Inn
Presents
All Welcome, Admission by Donation Opening Reception Friday Nov 7, 6- 9 pm
Revelstoke Visual Arts Centre gratefully acknowledges the �nancial assistance from the Province of British Columbia Columbia Basin Community Initiatives, the City of Revelstoke and support from Parks Canada.
For more information phone 250-814-0261, e-mail info@revelstokevisualarts.
Jo Willems Journey
Art in the Park 2014 Celebrating 100 years of Mt. Revelstoke National Park with
Glacier Adventure Stewardship Program
Jo Willems
Keri KnappMas Matsushita
Valerie Rogers
Caroline Scagel
Wendy Mould
The Revelstoke Chamber of Commerce Business Excellence Awards took place last Saturday. The banquet event was sold out, with 300 dressed-for-the-occa-sion people showing up to the Community Centre for the event.
The awards were as follows.Business Person of the Year:
Joel Asher with the Village Idiot, Chubby Funsters and Big Eddy Pub: Accepting on behalf: Chuck Ferguson
Business Of Year: Big Moun-tain Kitchen and Linen: Nicole Cherlet
Community Support Excel-lence Award: Tanya Secord: Touch of Elegance and Selkirk Saddle Club
Home Based Business Excel-lence Award: B.A. Sausage
Entrepreneurial Excellence Award: Yvette Pendergast, Bet-te’s Underthings and Clothing
Best New Renovated Build-ing: Selkirk Saddle Club Arena: Tanya Secord
Youth Employer Award: Cooper’s Foods
Retail Excellence Award: Skookum Cycle
Industrial Manufacturing and Excellence Award: Toppa Stone Services (not in attendance)
Accommodations Excellence Award: Courthouse Inn, not in attendance, (accepted by RMR).
Food Service Excellence Award: La Baguette (Banquet Caterer for Evening)
Tourism and Attraction Excellence Award: RMR
Employee of the Year: Tracey McKinney of Revelstoke Credit Union
LYNDSAY ESSONSpecial to the Times Review
Business Excellence Awards
Top, the awards banquet was a sell out, and above, some of the award winners. Standing, Terry Robertson (for Tracey McKinney), Barry Asmundson (BA Sausage), Mike Gravelle, Tyler Bradbury (Skookum) and Rob Bett (Coopers Foods). Sitting, Rob Elliot (RMR), Nicole Cherlet, Tanya Secord, Yvette Pendergast and Isaac Becker (Skookum). Photos Lyndsay Esson
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Parade...• Forms up on Mackenzie Avenue• Between 1st Street and 2nd Street• Moves off at 10:45 am
order of Parade...• Revelstoke Highlanders Pipe Band• Royal Canadian Mounted Police• Royal Canadian Legion Members• Royal Canadian Legion Auxiliary Members• # 2458 Rocky Mountain Rangers Cadet Corp• Boy Scouts• Girl Guides• Fraternal Organizations• Others
At The Cenotaph...• 10:55 am ~ “O Canada” - Sharon Shook• 10:58 am ~ Prayer, Chaplain Ken Jones• 11:00 am ~ Last Post ~ Silence• 11:02 ~ Reveille• Address by Mayor Dave Raven• Address by Legion President Todd Driediger
Laying of Wreaths...• Canada ~ George Buhler• British Columbia ~ Alexandra & Nelson Luxmoore• City of Revelstoke ~ Mayor Dave Raven• Mothers of Revelstoke ~ Mrs Sheryl Wolgram• Royal Canadian Legion President, BR. 46 ~ Comrade Todd Driediger• Ladies Auxiliary, Royal Canadian Legion, BR. 46 ~ Sue Driediger• Royal Canadian Mounted Police• #2458 Rocky Mountain Rangers Cadet Corp• Arrow Heights Elementary School• Begbie View Elementary School• Columbia Park Elementary School• Revelstoke Secondary School• Next of kin, fraternal organizations, all others
Act of Remembrance• Blessing ~ Chaplain Ken Jones
• god Save the Queen ~ Sharon Shook • Dismissal
Tuesday
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Former Revelstokian awarded French government honour for wartime courage
Remembrance Day reminds us all that we are truly fortu-nate to live in a country that is peaceful and free. And we are reminded that this peace is earned and must not be taken for granted.
As with so much in life, we benefit from the efforts of oth-ers, and in this case, from the
sacrifices of others.As we gather together on
November 11th, we recognize those who fought to keep us free with the rights and privi-leges that we enjoy every day.
While we show our appreci-ation by gathering each year at the cenotaph, we also need to honour our veterans by keep-
ing their contribution in mind throughout the year.
We must also remember that these rights come with the obligation to pass them on to future generations as they were handed to us. That is how we show our respect to veterans every day.NorM MacdoNald
MLA shares Remembrance Day Message
On June 6, 1944, Canadian infantryman Frank Zantolas was among the allied forces involved in the invasion of German-occu-pied France. Zantolas and the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division stormed Juno Beach in Opera-tion Neptune, where allied sol-diers, approximately 14,000 of whom were Canadian, took part on one of the largest amphibious mil-itary invasions to date as part of the overarching “Operation Over-lord,” more commonly referred to as D-Day.
Seventy-years later, for his role in that fierce but, ultimately suc-cessful invasion, Zantolas is to be awarded the rank of Knight of the French National Order of the Legion of Honour.
France’s Legion of Honour, sim-ilar in importance to Canada’s Vic-tory Cross, is awarded “for bravery and merit without regard to rank.”
“This distinction illustrates the profound gratitude that France would like to express to you,” states a French government release. “It is awarded in recognition of your pro-fessional involvement in the libera-tion of our country.
“Through you, France remem-bers the sacrifice of all your com-patriots who came to liberate French soil, often losing their lives in the process.”
Zantolas, now 91, currently resides in the Lower Mainland. When contacted by the Times Review, he said he wasn’t aware of when the ceremony for the award would be taking place, but it will be happening at the North Vancou-ver Legion Branch #118. As for the honour itself, Zantolas had lit-tle to say, noting many years have passed since that harrowing event, in which an estimated 1,200 troops lost their lives.
In an Oct. 2009 interview with
the Vancouver Province, Zantolas described the June 6 invasion as a kind of organized chaos.
“Everyone had orders and they were doing what they had to do – I can see it now – but that day it seemed like quite the shemozzle.”
Navigating upland from Brit-ish landing craft through a barrage of enemy fire, Zantolas said you hit the ground running and didn’t stop – despite what was going on around you.
“You ran down the ramp and into the water and slugged up onto the beach with machine-gun fire all around you, and saw men getting hit and falling and yelling. You ran past the bodies,” said Zantolas.
In his youth, Zantolas attended high school in Revelstoke. Other Revelstoke High School alumni who fought for Canada in the D-Day invasion include Rob-ert Bruce, Archie McLaren and “Bugsy” Nelson.
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Teachers and students will be honouring sacrifices of the past and working for
peace in the future.
RemembranceDay 2014
A message from the Revelstoke Teachers’ Association
One hundred years ago, in November of 1914, the war had recently begun, and the � rst soldiers had left for England, where they would train for the winter before travelling to the front. At this time, Revelstoke had not seen any casualties. There were still much patriotic fervor and enthusiasm for the war effort, and this early in the con� ict, nobody expected that it would drag on for four long, dif� cult years. Local groups, such as the Women’s Canadian Club, and the
Red Cross Society, were busy knitting socks and pre-paring packages to ensure that the local men would not be forgotten for their � rst winter away from Rev-elstoke.
As the war grew on, more and more people received the sad news that their son, their husband, their brother, or their friend had died in the � ghting. By Armistice Day, November 11, 1918, over 100 men from Revelstoke and the surrounding district had died from wounds or illness caused by the war. The citi-zens of Revelstoke seemed to be in a constant state of mourning as the numbers of casualties grew. There were days when the bad news came in clusters, such as the Battle of Mount Sorrel on June 3, 1916, when six Revelstoke men died, and the Battle of Vimy Ridge on April 9, 1917, which took the lives of twelve Revel-stoke men. Another seven men died at Passendaele in October and November of 1917.
Local community groups, such as the YMCA, the two volunteer Fire Brigades, and the churches, all cre-ated honour rolls to mark the contribution of all of their members who were serving, as well as those who paid the supreme sacri� ce. Everyone in the commu-nity felt a strong sense of solidarity with the local sol-
Remembering Revelstoke’s First World War CasualtiesCATHY ENGLISHRevelstoke Museum & Archives
The Cenotaph at First Street and Garden Avenue, looking north, circa 1925.Photo courtesy of Revelstoke Museum & Archives
see Remembrance Day, page 15
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On November 11, let us remember all the men and women who have bravely served our great country so that we can enjoy a better life today.
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On November 11, let us remember all the men and women who have bravely served our great country so that we can enjoy a better life today.
In addition, let’s continue to understand that the actions we take today and the plans we make for tomorrow can have a significant impact on our own futures.
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Please Take a Moment.On November 11, let us remember all the men and women who have bravely served our great country so that we can enjoy a better life today.
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On November 11, let us remember all the men and women who have bravely served our great country so that we can enjoy a better life today.
In addition, let’s continue to understand that the actions we take today and the plans we make for tomorrow can have a significant impact on our own futures.
PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT.
In remembrance, we are.
Chris BostockFinancial Advisor.
101-B 2nd Street EastP.O. Box 70Revelstoke, BC V0E 2S0250-837-4855
Member – Canadian Investor Protection Fund
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On November 11, let us remember all the men and women who have bravely served our great country so that we can enjoy a better life today.
In addition, let’s continue to understand that the actions we take today and the plans we make for tomorrow can have a significant impact on our own futures.
PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT.
In remembrance, we are.
Chris BostockFinancial Advisor.
101-B 2nd Street EastP.O. Box 70Revelstoke, BC V0E 2S0250-837-4855
Lest We ForgetHonour and remember those who served our country.
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diers and officers and wanted to do all in their power to make sure the men knew they were constantly being thought of.
As a tangible way of honouring those serving overseas, on May 23, 1917, the Women’s Canadian Club planted several maple trees on the courthouse grounds as a living memorial. At the service, Mayor Hector McKinnon, who had just lost his brother Leo at Vimy Ridge, said, “It is but a small thing to plant some trees in honor of our boys, but it will show they are not forgot-ten and will in years to come serve to remind those children assem-bled here today what they owe to the brave lads who gave up splen-did positions and loved ones and adopted the Maple Leaf as their badge, many of them to go down to their death that we might live in safety. Let us not forget them but prepare in a substantial way to receive with open arms those who may be spared to return.”
When Armistice was declared for 11:00 am on November 11, 1918, emotions were mixed. There was joy and relief that the fighting had finally come to an end, but sad-ness and regret that so many lives had been lost. Everyone had been affected by the toll of the war in some way. Another cause for sad-ness was the death on November 10, 1918 of Allan Daniel McDon-ald, a recently returned solider who died of what was known as “trench fever.” His funeral was held on the day of Armistice, and the local vic-tory parade was delayed to allow for his funeral procression to make its way to the C.P.R. station from where his body was trans-ported to his family home in east-
ern Canada. After that, the victory parade wended its way through most of the streets of Revelstoke, with schoolchildren, residents and returned soldiers all coming out to mark the end of the terrible con-flict.
The people of Revelstoke felt strongly that the men who had sac-rificed their lives for their coun-try must be remembered for all time. The Women’s Canadian Club arranged for a memorial plaque to be created and placed on the court-house. This bronze plaque was unveiled by the Prince of Wales on September 20, 1919.
By 1920, the Great War Veter-an’s Association had formed, and they gained use of the former hos-pital building. The G.W.V.A. was later to become the Royal Cana-dian Legion, and the old hospi-tal served as the legion building until it burned down in 1961. The G.W.V.A. felt that the community should have a permanent ceno-taph, rather than simply the plaque on the courthouse. They began fundraising for the cenotaph, and decided that a new plaque would be prepared, as some of the names on the courthouse plaque were incorrect.
At the time that the cenotaph was to be built, there was a street known as Government Road that angled from Victoria Road to Third Street, cutting through the former Mountain View School property. The last vestige of this angled road can be seen on what is now Pearson Street, alongside the Lordco store. The City of Revelstoke granted a small triangle of land at the inter-section of First Street, Garden Ave-nue and Government Street for the cenotaph.
The War Committee raised funds through a benefit play and by running a refreshment stand at the Ski Festival and through dona-tions. The total cost for the Ceno-taph project was $3,370, includ-ing $2,600 for the cenotaph itself and $475 for the bronze tab-let. The monument was made of white hammered granite by the B.C. Monumental Works of New Westminster, and the bronze tab-let was made by O.B. Allan, Jew-eler of Vancouver. In a letter to the War Memorial Committee dated July 23, 1923, the manager of the B.C. Monumental Works states: “The bronze tablet is, in our opin-ion, very fine indeed and by far the best we have seen used on any war memorial so far put up by this company.”
On September 2, 1923, a large crowd gathered in front of the new war memorial. The Revelstoke Band and combined choirs from all of Revelstoke’s churches were present to lead the music at the ser-vice. The Cenotaph was unveiled by Brigadier General Victor W. Odlum with the following words: “Greater love hath no man than this: that a man lay down his life for his friend. In grateful recogni-tion in the service they have per-formed for us, our Dominion, for the Empire and for civilization, and in recognition, too, of the great price they paid in giving that ser-vice, in the name of the citizens of Revelstoke, I unveil this monu-ment to them.”
Memorial tablets were added after World War II and after the Korean War. Once Government Road was closed in the 1960s, the cenotaph was moved to its present location.
from Remembrance Day, page 14
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know of someone who is, please contacteditor Alex Cooper at 250-837-4667 or
was a vote on the annexation of the Big Eddy and it was lost and then they had another vote including the whole city and it was decided to go ahead and include the Big Eddy in the city. This allowed the taxes to be paid to City of Revel-stoke which has continued all this time but very little has been done as far as infrastructure and services for these citizens of Revelstoke.
Now we have a situation where the Big Eddy Water Works cannot support their water system financially for what ever reason.
It doesn’t matter the reason for the failure.These 96 rate payers deserve and have a right to the needed volume and clean water.
I hear people all the time refer to them like they are another town or something. They are Revelstoke citizens!
We borrow endless amounts of money to buy things like city hall renovations and a fire-truck that would never go to the Big Eddy but debate about fresh water for citizens of our city.
They are Revelstoke taxpayers and they need to be serviced properly so I say put all the his-tory away and get this problem fixed now.
TREVORENGLISH
I think the biggest issue, outside of the economy and the city’s financial chal-lenges, must be the relation-
ship the city currently has with residents. We need to do a better job of maintaining our
relationship with residents. My promise is that I will always try to make
time for residents’ concerns, listen and under-stand what their concerns are and take that infor-mation back to council, enabling us to make the best decisions for all of Revelstoke.
I would like to continue to engage with our residents. We have a shared history and a wealth of experience that we could tap into provided the residents want to continue to help.
I want a place on city council where people know I am understanding their concerns and that I will act in their best interests.
SCOTTDUKE
It is difficult to choose just one topic. So I will list a few issues that will need to be quickly addressed
by the new council, and then speak to a single challenge that, if tackled, will have the great-est impact on improving the quality of life for everyone in Revelstoke.
Culture improvements: focus on customer service, increase transparency, improve com-munication, improved staff delegation, proper vision setting, active listening and result-ori-ented action.
Opportunities for city: affordable housing, livable wage focus, improved permitting pro-cesses, increased efficiency and improved bud-geting within departments.
Revelstoke is a can-do, energetic and positive
community. We have great ideas, a strong pas-sion for our city and our way of life. This is why I will say our biggest “opportunity,” not “issue,” is placing a strong team into our council seats, so the concerns, vision and solutions for commu-nity improvement can be more swiftly addressed and acted on by the city. I look forward to listen-ing and acting on behalf of the citizens of Revel-stoke, if fortunate enough to be elected.
GEORGEBUHLER
I feel bad I missed the economic development question.
I will make a couple of comments I feel will definitely make a differ-ence to the health of our economy.
Make it easier to develop by changing the restrictive bylaws and lowering excessive DCC charges.
Make potential developers feel welcome instead of laying down onerous rules and regu-lations.
These items I have mentioned lead me right into the fourth question, which is the most important issue before the council.
I say make the City of Revelstoke friendlier to the existing businesses and to new business prospects.
Speed up the process which, in turn, will make it more affordable.
If elected council, I will review the plan-ning and permitting process, and work to have the new council remove or change the stum-bling blocks that make the process so difficult to accomplish.
It has been my experience, during my 35 years of contracting, that fewer rules makes things go faster and more efficient. It also makes life a lot easier and less stressful for those who are enforcing the rules.
These changes will make the City of Revel-stoke a friendlier place to do business which, in turn, will attract new business to Revelstoke.
CONNIEBROTHERS
There are so many issues facing Revelstoke that it is difficult to choose just one. Focusing on what is a prior-
ity in need of addressing, I would have to say the Big Eddy water problem and affordable housing rank equally.
Affordable housing is an issue that we, as a city, have been struggling with, and will continue to struggle with as there are no easy answers.
We must: • Move quickly to complete the affordable
housing project currently under way. • Be creative in coming up with and being
open to ideas for affordable housing. Other municipalities have been faced with the same problems and it is worthwhile looking into how these municipalities solved the problem.
• Consider possibly partnering with develop-ers to build affordable housing.
• Look into providing incentives to local resi-
dent homeowners to build legal, approved suites and/or carriage houses.
• Explore further for other grants and/or assistance we can tap into at the regional, pro-vincial and federal level.
There are two aspects to the Big Eddy water issue, both of which must be dealt with as soon as possible, as the availability of clean water is fundamental:
1. Short-term, we need to see if we can legally allow residents of the Big Eddy to con-tinue building on their properties.
2. Long-term, we need to have a study done (part of which must include receiving input from residents) on what is the most cost-effective way of fixing the water problem. We then need to apply for the appropriate available grants and subsidies, and then we must move forward with the plan as quickly as possible.
STEVEBENDER
There are so many prior-ities that need attention.
Many of them are highly affected by outside forces
that a municipality cannot wholly control, issues like affordable housing, poverty, public trans-portation, expansion of the water system, expan-sion of our RCMP police force, support of the arts, other infrastructure upgrading issues, eco-nomic development, tax reform, all dependant on grants, partnerships and/or the participation of the provincial and federal governments.
You have asked for a quick and short answer to one of the many, so I will attempt to simplify a massively complicated issue.
Therefore, my answer would have to be con-tinuing to work on infrastructure, because with-out the solid foundation of good infrastructure and amenities, all the sectors will have nothing to build on and a town won’t grow.
KARENPOWERS
The other issue fac-ing the city is the Big Eddy Water system and moving forward on this
as quickly as possible. As councillors we must sit down with the Big Eddy Water Works to truly come up with a way to move forward. I doesn’t matter who said what or did what years ago, its time to fix the prob-lem and move on with a smart financial plan. Keeping in mind that once the prob-lems are fixed we open the doors for devel-opment...and income to the city with DCC to help pay.
Its one of those things that make sense.
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The Revelstoke Busi-ness and Visitor Informa-tion Center Building, built by VVI Construction, has won an ‘Award of Excellence” for Design and Construction at the 6th Annual Southern Interior Construction Asso-ciation Commercial Building Awards, held on Thursday, October 23rd, 2014.
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tIMES REVIEW StAFF The date and location for next year’s Battle of the Bor-der is set: April 25, 2015 at Hillside Stadium in Kamloops.
This track and field meet brings together high school athletes from Calgary, South-ern Alberta and British for what has become a great kick-off to the high school outdoor track and field season.
The Battle of the Border is the creation on Andy Pfeiffer, head coach for Revelstoke High School’s Avalanche track and field team.
"Each year the Battle gets bigger and better as more schools commit to taking
part.” said Pfeiffer. “It is the kind of track and field meet that really works in creating interest, promoting track and field and getting the athletes energized. School and provin-cial pride are on the line and, as a result, team building and support for their teammates are benefits that come with such an event.”
The City of Kamloops and the Kamloops TF Club are key partners in the event, with the club forming the core of the host organizing committee and officiating crew.
For more information on the Battle of the Border track and field meet, contact Andy Pfeiffer at [email protected].
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The Grizzlies started their 3 game weekend on Halloween night taking on the Chase Heat. They had a strong start taking the � rst goal at 1:39 in the 1st period. The credit for that went to Louis Fed-erico with the assist going to Ryan Hozjan and Josh Pilon. The Grizz carried this score in to the until mid 2nd period where Tristan Simm with the assist from Zach Morey and Steven Fiust got another goal.
The grizz once again carried their lead in to the 3rd but this time Chase narrowed the score at 16:30. The Grizzlies responded with put-ting another puck in the net care of Zach Paxman and Tyler Chavez Leech. Chase was soon on the power play and at 4:08 put one in the back of the net followed by another goal with an empty net and an extra player. This sent the teams in to which would eventually be double overtime and a 4-3 win for Chase.
The next day the Grizz trave-
klled to Kamloops which had a better outcome. Louis Federico scored their � rst goal at 15:42 in the 1st period. They quickly got another goal at the hands of Steven Fiust and Riley Creighton at 11:59. Going in to the 2nd Kamloops managed to tie things up but a goal from Nii Noi Tetteh assisted Tristan Simm ensured their lead. Kam-loops countered and for the sec-ond night in a row the team landed themselves into two overtime bat-tles, where they took their � rst win of the weekend.
Sunday the Grizzlies moved on to Summerland. The � rst period ended without any goals but with many penalties killed. Summer-land took � rst blood in the 2nd but Riley Creighton and Steve Fiust countered at 15:06. The teams took turns scoring but thanks to the goals by Kyle Baron at 3:18 and Kenny Batke with 16 seconds left in the period, the Grizz managed to go in to the 3rd with a 3-2 lead which eventually would be the � nal score of the game.
The stars of the games were
announced as Jackson Fulton for Fridays game, Josh Pilon for the Saturday game and Kyle Baron for Sunday.
The win against Summerland gained the Grizzlies 5 out of a pos-sible 6 point this weekend.
Come catch the Grizzlies in action this Friday November 7th at 7 p.m. taking on the Osoyoos Coy-otes, they return the following eve-ning Saturday November 8th at 7 p.m. to play host to the 100 Mile House Wranglers for an exciting inner division match up.
Grizzlies earn 5 of the 6 points available at the weekendSAMANTHA ROBERTSpecial to the Times Review
A shot from the point ends up on the stick of Grizzly Tyler Chavez Leech, with Steven Fiust in attendance, during the � rst period of the game against Chase. Photo Rob Stokes
Mel Bernier reach-ing for the top, but needs help
Revelstoke based Canadian National Ski Mountaineering Team member Mel Bernier is looking for sponsorship to help enable her to com-pete on the World Cup Circuit and World Cham-pionships. Although ski mountaineering is under Olympic Committee review, it is not yet rec-ognised as an Olympic sport, so no funding is avail-able to athletes. She has embarked on a 30 day Uphill Challenge during November, climbing as many verti-cal metres as possible, all self propelled by foot or ski, depending on conditions. She has already been spotted doing multiple (and fast) ski laps of the McCrae gla-cier and will continue to use this event to train for the � rst race of the season at Calgary Olympic Park.
Mel would like to invite companies and individu-als to help by becoming a sponsor for the event. At the end of the Uphill Challenge, a closing ceremony will showcase all businesses sponsoring the event and draw prizes will be given away for people who have made personal donations. All proceeds from the Olympic Park event will go to the Revelstoke Ski Club.
Should you be interested to � nd out more details about the project/fundraiser, feel free to contact Ber-nier via email at [email protected] or at 250-814-7890. You can � nd more details at www.reachforthetop.myevent.com, where you will also be able to make donations.
Reach for the Top The 30 days Uphill Challenge Help a Canadian Reach for the Top October 27th, 2014 Dear Alex, As you know I am an athlete from the Canadian National Ski Mountaineering Team living in Revelstoke, BC. In 2014, I became the first Canadian to podium at a Ski Mo World Cup event. With several 5th and 6th places, I am currently ranked amongst the top in the World. I am getting ready to reach for the stars over the 2014/15 Season. I am
