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Local train engineers concerned about longer trains, less rest
Nobody has a greater personal stake in train safety than the peo-ple who drive them. The engi-neers and conductors who guide the trains out of Revelstoke and up into the Rocky Mountains deal with the risks day in, day out.
As part of our ongoing rail safety series, the Times Review spoke with Revelstoke rail per-sonnel to hear their concerns.
CP Rail staff are prohibited from speaking to the media, risk-ing severe repercussions and even dismissal. We granted anonym-ity to CP staff who spoke with us because we felt we couldn't get to the core of local concerns with-out doing so. Their identities are known only to this author and will remain so.
***Not all derailments are made
public. Minor derailments, like one car skipping a track, � y under the radar. They certainly don't get an of� cial Transportation Safety Board investigation, which is reserved for major incidents. Rail operators don't publicize inci-dents, large or small.
But those minor incidents can point out a troubling trend.
Last Sunday, July 14, a single car skipped the track in the Ille-cillewaet River area. About two weeks before, a train skipped the rail in one of the tunnels at Rog-ers Pass.
The issue, local running trades staff said, were new CP Rail efforts to push for longer trains – a practice that has increased over the past year since new CP Rail CEO Hunter Harrison embarked on an aggressive ef� ciency drive designed to please investors.
The longer trains, which now
routinely run over 10,000 feet – or about two miles long – create sev-eral issues and concerns.
One is inadequate or improper marshalling, train engineers said. Marshalling refers to the act of putting the trains together, com-posing them of their constituent wheat cars, box cars, chemical containers, potash cars, special-ized cargo carriers and so on.
The drive to make trains lon-ger and therefore reduce the num-ber of crews has led to unsafer trains. Much, much longer and heavier trains are part of the issue, especially in the mountain passes through Revelstoke. The prob-lems are compounded by extreme winter mountain weather.
The engineers said the main issue is building safe trains becomes more dif� cult the lon-ger the train is. Generally, heavier cars are placed near the front of the train, while lighter or empty cars are put in the back. Mix-ing light and heavy cars intermit-tently can be dangerous because it complicates in-train forces. The longer the train, the more dif� -cult it can be to perform the com-plex task of marshalling the trains appropriately.
Local engineers say a push for ef� ciency has compounded the issue; in a climate of thousands of layoffs at CP Rail in past years, marshalling yard workers succumb to the pressure, accepting poor decisions in the name of ef� ciency and keeping the trains moving.
Engineers said the recent derailment near the Illecillewaet River was caused by an unloaded box car located too near the front of the train, where it shouldn't have been. Under stress from braking and extreme "in train
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forces” the car was insufficiently weighted down and popped off the rails. Fortunately, that’s all that happened. “It’s one of those smok-ing guns. Those are the warning signs that you are pushing it,” said one engineer.
While trains over 12,000 feet may be okay in the flat Prairies, or
foothills, engineers here are con-cerned the drive for longer trains will end with a disaster here, with our steeper grades and snaking curves.
“I don’t know how long a train you can drive across Saskatche-wan,” said one engineer. “Revel-stoke is the proving ground. Rev-elstoke will be the weak link, for sure.”
Isn’t Transport Canada respon-sible for regulating appropriate lengths and marshalling practices? “They’re not very proactive, let’s put it that way,” said one engineer. Transport Canada and its political masters weigh safety as one con-cern, but also seek to reduce trans-portation costs. “As far as the feds are concerned, the more you can keep that transportation cost under
control, the more competitive those goods are,” said one engineer about Transport Canada oversight.
Longer trains underpowered, engineers say
Engineers complained the longer trains are sometimes inadequately powered, not having enough loco-motives at the front, middle and back for some of the new, longer trains. In addition to pulling the train, the locomotives also power the braking system. Engineers said the issue arises in complicated descents requiring more complex braking.
Put simply, the compressors that power the brakes need time to recharge after being used. Lon-ger trains powered only at the head were flagged as a concern.
Engineers said the situation is often manageable, but equipment malfunctions and other mechanical adversity sometimes lead to nail-biting situations. "It's scary as hell," said one.
Move to 24-hour rest period Main concern
Revelstoke engineers identified CP Rail's desire to make Revel-stoke staff revert to a 24-hour rest period as a key safety concern.
Currently, in most of Canada, rail crews get 24 hours of rest between shifts before being required to be back at work.
In Revelstoke, the fatigue man-agement plan has allowed for 30 hours for Revelstoke home termi-nal workers.
Dave Able is the general chair-man of the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference for train engineers in western Canada. He explained that the system was instituted decades ago to accommodate the spe-cial considerations of local condi-tions. They include steeper grades and slower sections that are more demanding.
Layoffs prompted by CP Rail's efficiency drive – believed to total about 60 in Revelstoke – have com-pounded the issue already. The crews that are working work more often, and are required to be back on shift after the minimum rest period more often.
If required to move to 24 hours minimum rest, Able and the engi-neers we spoke with pointed to increased hazards due to fatigue.
Above and beyond longer train lengths, the company's push for shorter rest periods was their chief safety concern.
Engineers have safety concerns about rail practices that can lead to derailments. Revelstoke Times Review file photo
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Transport Canada ‘not very proactive’ at regulating, engineer says
Ethnic outreach returns to haunt Premier Clark
VICTORIA – Premier Christy Clark tried to put the pre-election ethnic outreach scandal behind her Tuesday, after the NDP raised new questions about an appar-ent effort to silence a former staff member's complaints about B.C. Liberal Party work done by gov-ernment staff.
Clark told reporters Tuesday that emails from former B.C. Lib-eral staffer Brian Bonney were "totally inappropriate … and that's why he no longer works for government."
The emails were included in 10,000 pages examined by a team of deputy ministers after the ethnic outreach program was revealed in a leaked memo in March. The plan to use govern-ment staff time to organize events in ethnic communities, then col-lect names for use in the B.C. Lib-eral election campaign, resulted in resignations of Clark's deputy chief of staff and two other gov-ernment employees, and Rich-mond Steveston MLA John Yap's resignation as minister of state for multiculturalism.
International Trade Minis-ter Teresa Wat, who took over responsibility for multicultur-alism after the May election, repeated for a second day in ques-tion period that the investigation team looked at all documents and
took appropriate action.The 10,000-page package
includes a heavily censored string of emails that identifies Bonney as a participant. The first part appears directed at the unnamed staffer.
"We will see if we can help find you something else – can you send me your resume? Send it to Brian also," one email says.
The next one says: "Have [for-mer minister of state for multicul-turalism] Harry Bloy meet with her and explain how doing any-thing would damage the premier and the party. Have him say how he will try to find her work and get her back involved.
"If need be, offer x dollars per
month to do non-public work up to the election (developing her database of potential support-ers)."
Clark said the email was exam-ined in the review, led by her dep-uty minister John Dyble, and there was no evidence it was ever acted upon. An official in the pre-mier's office said the woman dis-cussed in the email was a tempo-rary employee who left govern-ment employment in September 2012.
In the legislature Tuesday, NDP critics demanded to know if the woman in the emails was offered another job, or if she was interviewed in the investigation.
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Richmond Centre MLA Teresa Wat, appointed by Premier Christy Clark to take charge of international trade and multiculturalism, has been under fire in the legislature over events that took place before she was elected in May. Black Press
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Ministry cites reasons for Revelstoke Adventure Park rejection
The B.C. Government’s Inte-grated Land Management Bureau published their ‘reasons for deci-sion’ to reject the Revelstoke Adventure Park proposal.
The Times Review reported last week that the park was rejected by the provincial government but that the proponents would still be press-
ing ahead with their application.The reasons for the rejection
were released last week. Amongst other concerns, the ILMB decision said the proposal was disallowed because it is in “steep, rugged ter-rain next to the Greeley Creek Community Watershed, which is the primary source of water for the City of Revelstoke. The current proposal poses and unacceptable level of risk to terrain stability and
drinking water.”It states a traffic impact study
must be undertaken, that the pro-posal doesn’t properly evaluate the potential impact on wildlife and habitats, and that the overlap with Revelstoke Mountain Resort’s ten-ure must be captured in the resort’s master development agreement.
“In summary, the proposal is for a substantial development which would potentially convert a large
area to predominantly recreational and commercial use,” the rejec-tion notice states. “There are sev-eral notable issues that are not ade-quately addressed by the current application and management plan.”
In phone calls and emails with proponent Jason Roe, he said the ministry’s claim of overlap with the watershed was not true. He for-warded the Times Review maps of the proposal and existing watershed
boundaries, saying they showed the boundary of the proposed park was several hundred metres downslope from the boundary of Greeley Creek’s drainage area. Roe under-scored that the proposal does not physically infringe on the water-shed.
You can view the full reason for rejection, and a map provided by Jason Roe at www.revelstoketimes-review.com.
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The City of Revelstoke has released its Integrated Community Sustainability Plan – a three part, 179-page document that looks at the community’s priorities for sus-tainability, the current challenges and opportunities for sustainability and actions the community can take to ensure a sustainable future.
“Revelstoke’s Integrated Com-munity Sustainability Plan sets the framework for our future. It addresses current needs and lays out goals for the future to achieve the community we want,” writes Mayor David Raven in an intro-duction. “Set in the context of the changes in the community over the last two decades this plan firmly establishes Revelstoke as ‘a leader in achieving a sustainable commu-nity’ as stated in our community vision.”
The plan came about through gas tax funding from the B.C. gov-ernment. The plan was put together by a team of consultants led by Cindy Pearce and guided by a 13-person steering committee that included city staff, councillors, and other stakeholders. A survey was conducted of Revelstoke residents and several open houses and meet-ings were held while preparing the report.
The ICSP is not an operational plan for the city but instead it is supposed to provide a long-term planning perspective on commu-
nity issues.“The Sustainability Framework
will act as the highest-level plan-ning document that sets direction for City and community plans, policies and operations,” the plan states. The ICSP should be considered when making future city decisions and reports to council should look at the consistency with the plan.
Part one of the report looks at the city’s sustainability framework and the purpose and context of the ICSP. It also identifies sustainabil-ity priorities and summarizes the main points of the plan.
Part two provides a snapshot of the community’s sustainability per-formance as well as challenges and opportunities. Part three provides goal statements, detailed actions, timeframes and roles.
The ICSP identifies several forces that will be at play in the future – environmental, social and demographic, economic, tech-nological and political. It looks at Revelstok’se current strengths in those areas, as well as chal-lenges and opportunities relating to sustainability. It also goes into a detailed look at why these areas are important for a sustainable future.
On the environment, the plan identifies healthy ecosystems and a resilient climate as a priority. It sets carbon neutral energy emission tar-gets. It looks to minimize waste and encourage responsible water use.
On social issues, the plan iden-tifies access to affordable housing as a priority, as well as encourag-
ing a caring and engaged commu-nity with a strong, vibrant and cre-ative identity; and healthy, active and safe citizens.
The plan calls for a diversified economy with strong global con-nections and a skilled workforce.
The ICSP calls for developing strategies that can implement sev-eral goals at once, such as build-ing a trail network linking natural areas. This would help with goals of preserving open space, biodiver-sity and more.
It says Revelstoke should main-
tain a compact community with a vibrant downtown and mixed use neighbourhoods; this would help achieve goals in land use and trans-portation.
Another strategy is identified as developing resilient infrastructure that is environmentally friendly.
The plan also calls for enhanc-ing community social systems to support all residents, to strengthen Revelstoke’s position as a cul-tural community; and to support a diverse economy through busi-ness development, retaining and
attracting a skilled workforce, and improving global transportation and communication links.
The third part of the report looks at all the goals and sets out action plans for implementing them. It also gives each action a priority and says what community group should lead the way on implementation.
The ICSP calls for regular mon-itoring and reporting; it recom-mends holding an annual public update and a “State of Sustainabil-ity” check-in report by city hall at least every three years.
Integrated Community Sustainability Plan sets long-term goalsAlex [email protected]
Many people came out to a sustainability fair in February to share their views of Revelstoke’s future.Aaron Orlando/Revelstoke Times Review file photo
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Family members want focus of tragic incident on mental health
The brother of a Revelstoke man killed in a head-on collision with a tractor-trailer on July 7 hopes the incident will prompt a dialogue on mental health and addiction.
Ki Shiloh Critchfield, 34, died instantly in a head-on collision on the Trans-Canada Highway about eight kilometres west of Revelstoke early on a Sun-day morning, after his westbound car veered into the oncoming lane and struck the oncoming trans-port truck. The driver of the truck was not injured, police said.
Brother Gabe Critchfield contacted the Times Review, saying the incident was a suicide. A sui-cide note was found at the location where Ki stayed the night before. Ki had attempted suicide by the same means before, Gabe said. In one incident he attempted to drive into an oncoming transport truck, but it swerved and avoided him. Another time, Ki drove his truck at high speed into a rock face and survived, Gabe said.
A BC Coroners Service spokesperson said their report on the incident will take about two months to complete, and couldn’t confirm a cause yet. An RCMP spokesperson said the transport truck driver had been cleared, and that the ongoing investigation
focused on Ki Critchfield's actions. Gabe said mental health issues had
impacted himself, Ki and some of the ten siblings in the family. Gabe approached the Times Review and spoke on behalf of some brothers and Ki’s younger sisters.
“I want the truth to be told,” Gabe said. “I don’t want everybody to just ignore the facts. I want them to remember the good stuff about Ki, but I also want them to know about the negative side. There were mental health issues.”
Gabe said the collision on Sunday was a “selfish” act that could have taken another life. He reached out to the driver of the truck: “There is nothing you could have done,” he said. “I want this person to know our family is very sorry about the position he was put into.”
Gabe said Ki was known as a partier; a big drinker and joker who was the life of the party. The truth, Gabe said, is Ki had struggled throughout his life with serious depression.
Gabe feels alcohol abuse was the latest manifestation of life-long addiction strug-gles. Ki had been addicted to heroin and cocaine in the past and had undergone sev-eral treatment programs. Family mem-bers had helped pay for the best treatments available, Gabe said.
After kicking serious addictions with harder drugs, Ki had lapsed into alco-hol abuse in recent years. Gabe said he’d turned it around in past months. He sought counselling support and was studying to become a paramedic.
“That substance abuse was just self-medicating the underlying problem, which was mental health,” Gabe said. “I think it is very important for people to realize how serious it is. If you have a dark moment and you slip up, there’s no undoing it.”
Gabe hopes that his brother’s passing will be a wake up call on mental health and addiction.
“It’s life or death and let’s stop being embarrassed by mental health and not be afraid to come forward. Think of it as being no different than [having] cancer. You can’t avoid it; if you have it, get treatment.”
He hopes the tragedy can help some-one. “Even if it’s just one person who might read it who has known Ki and is able to connect with it and say, ‘Enough is enough. This is somebody I knew, and I can see that they’re dead, and my goal is to
seek some help.’”Sister Nadia Critchfield also encouraged
those with mental health issues to seek treatment. "It's not anything to be ashamed of," Nadia said. "It shouldn't be something we need to feel we need to keep inside."
Nadia pointed out the complexity of the issues; there was no clear-cut signs ahead of the incident. Ki was a caring person with many friends, and was moving for-ward with his paramedic studies. He had seen a psychiatrist recently, and was taking anti-depressants.
"He was seeking help," Nadia said. "He didn't get the help he needed. It truly is a loss. If love could bring him back."
Ki's partner Vanessa Hermansen remem-bers an "amazing guy" who had redoubled his efforts to deal with his demons lately. She is concerned the professional help available in Revelstoke was inadequate.
"He was trying his hardest," Hermansen said. "This was the first time he put every-thing into it. And for whatever reason, the system still failed him."
Brother Gabe stressed the need for com-munity members to take action on mental health issues in their lives.
“I want the truth to be out there; every-body to know. Hopefully we can make progress on changing the viewpoint on mental health, hopefully saving lives.”
B.C. Coroners Service spokesperson Barb McLintock said each year in B.C. there are a few cases of suicide by collision with a transport truck. “There may be more that we miss,” McLintock said. If no evi-dence of suicide is found, such as a note, head-on collisions are registered as acci-dents.
A spokesperson for the B.C. Trucking Association said statistics about similar incidents aren't kept. "As far as we know it is not a common occurrence," the spokes-person said.
***Do you or someone you know need to
access mental health resources in Revel-stoke? There are a variety of regional and local mental health, crisis, family, addic-tion and substance abuse services available to Revelstoke residents.
For crisis situations, the Interior Cri-sis Line Network can be reached at 1-888-353-2273. Here is a list of other services that are available:
Online listings for services available in
Revelstoke:— Shuswap-Revelstoke Branch of Cana-dian Mental Health Association BC Divi-sion: shuswap-revelstoke.cmha.bc.ca/— Community Connections Revelstoke: www.community-connections.ca/clinical-services/— Shuswap Family Resource and Referral Society: www.familyresource.bc.ca/— Crisis Line Information: www.people-inneed.ca/crisis-line-serviceOnline listings for services available in B.C.:— BC Mental Health & Addiction Ser-vices: www.heretohelp.bc.ca— Canadian Mental Health Association BC Division: www.cmha.bc.ca/how-we-can-help/adults— Men’s Health Initiative of BC: www.aboutmen.ca/mens-health/health-areas/mental-health— Mood Disorders Association of BC: www.mdabc.net— Anxiety BC: www.anxietybc.com
***The Canadian Association for Suicide
Prevention recommends specific steps when talking with someone who may be suicidal. It is important to:— Tell the suicidal person that you care and that you want to help them.— Express empathy for the person and what they are going through.— Clearly state that thoughts of suicide are often associated with a treatable mental disorder, as this may instil a sense of hope for the person.— Tell the person that thoughts of suicide are common and do not have to be acted on.
Suicidal thoughts are often a plea for help and a desperate attempt to escape from problems and distressing feelings. You should encourage the suicidal person to do most of the talking, if they are able to.
They need the opportunity to talk about their feelings and their reasons for want-ing to die and may feel great relief at being able to do this. It may be helpful to talk about some of the specific problems the person is experiencing.
Discuss ways to deal with problems which seem impossible to cope with, but do not attempt to ‘solve’ the problems yourself.
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John Cummins quits as B.C. Conservative leader
After more than 24 years of political involvement, John Cummins wants some time to catch up with his day-to-day chores.
He spoke to The Langley Times on Thursday morning, while installing water and elec-trical lines to the barn on his South Langley property. It’s a project he’s been meaning to do for two years — but politics got in the way.
“It’s time to stop running extension cords and carrying buckets of water to the barn,” he said.
On Thursday evening, he delivered a letter of resignation as party leader to the BC Con-
servative Party executive, and stepped away from a position he has held for just over two years.
Cummins first served on the Reform Party’s executive in 1989. In 1993, he was elected Reform MP for Delta, as the party swept the Progressive Conservatives and NDP out of many B.C. seats, and the coun-try turned to the Liberals under Jean Chretien. He remained Delta MP until the last federal election in 2011, and served as a reform, Canadian Alliance and then Conservative MP.
For the past two years, he was busy rebuilding the BC Conser-vatives who, for a period last year, were registering at about 20 per cent in opinion polls. However, by the time election
day rolled around, the party ended up with just under five per cent of the vote total. Cum-mins came third in the Lang-ley riding, won by Liberal MLA Mary Polak.
“The last two years have been pretty intense,” he said. “There has been a lot of travel, and everything else came sec-ond (to politics).
“I enjoyed the challenge, and it was something that was worth doing. I still think there is a place for the BC Conservatives, despite the election result. The Liberals did not so much win the election, as the NDP lost it.
“I don’t think there’s any public confidence in the Lib-erals. Over the next year, there will be revelation after revela-
tion, and as time goes by there will be a lot of unhappiness with them.
“The NDP took a beating and lost a lot of their own support-ers. They walked away from the working guy.”
Cummins would like to see the Conservatives follow the role model laid down by long-time premier W.A.C. Bennett, whose vision was to build the province’s economy without kowtowing to big business or labour interests.
Cummins plans to remain liv-ing in Langley and hopes to get more involved in the commu-nity, and also spend more time with his family and friends. And he plans to do some fencing and other projects this summer.
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Conservative leader John Cummins campaigns in his home community of Langley in December.
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VICTORIA – People who insist on refusing new wireless electrical meters can keep their old mechanical meter as long as it lasts, if they pay a monthly fee, Energy Minister Bill Bennett announced Thursday.
Customers can keep their mechani-cal meters until they break down, their Measurement Canada accuracy seal expires or the customer relocates, the ministry said in a statement.
The mechanical meter option is added to an earlier compromise with BC Hydro customers who still don’t have a digital smart meter, which transmits power consumption and sta-tus via radio signals. Customers can have a digital meter with its transmis-sion function turned off, or keep their old meter, as long as they pay the cost of having the meter read manually.
Bennett said the cost of meter read-ing will be about $20 a month. Cus-tomers who accept a deactivated smart meter will also pay a fee of about $100 to have it adjusted.
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and bill for power consumption, Ben-nett said.
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BC Hydro reports that 60,000 smart meter installations have been delayed due to customer request, while 1.8 million or 96 per cent of customers now have a functioning smart meter.
Some people persist in the belief that the radio signals from smart meters are a health hazard, despite the fact that the periodic meter signals represent a tiny fraction of the radio frequency exposure from a mobile phone call.
Bennett said mechanical meters are obsolete, and eventually every customer will have a smart meter, whether it transmits or not.
“When somebody’s analog meter wears out, stops working or comes to the end of its useful life, there are no analog meters to reinstall,” Bennett said. “You can’t buy them anywhere.”
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The expressions on their faces tell the story. Shock. Horror. Surprise. Drunk. Morose. Vacant. Dilated. Wall-eyed. Kind of goofy-looking. In a pre-planned operation last week, somebody stuck googly eyes on Revelstoke sturgeon and Kokanee sculptures on Mackenzie Avenue. All of them. The googly-ers planned ahead, bringing larger eyes for the two sturgeons. Zuzana, a waitress at the Main Street Cafe, hadn’t noticed the stick-on eyes, despite passing them back and forth while working on the nearby patio. Do the fish look better with or without the google eyes? She had mixed feelings. “More crazy,” Zuzana said. “It looks funny, but it belongs to the artist.” Are they permanent? No. I checked and the adhesive-backed eyes peel off easily. So, go get your photos taken with the googly-eyed sculptures before they get plucked off.
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Green MLA on coal and controversy
After climate scientist-turned-Green Party MLA Andrew Weaver had a taste of debate in the B.C. legisla-ture, I asked him for his impressions on that and other issues. Excerpts from that discussion:
Tom Fletcher: You did a study comparing burning all the world’s coal reserves and all oil reserves, show-ing how big coal really is. The federal government says that when you add up what’s actually being used in North America, carbon emissions from coal are about 30 times more than from oil.
Now we have a symbolic coal export ban in Vancouver, which doesn’t apply to Port Moody or Point Roberts or Prince Rupert. Do you think there’s any signi� cance to this?
Andrew Weaver: There is no ques-tion that the biggest issue around is coal, because coal use is on the rise world-wide. Not in the United States, because they’re converting [power production] to natural gas. This is why American producers are saying, let’s
ship it to Asia. California says no, Oregon says no, Washington says no. Vancouver says no, British Columbia, not sure.
It’s pushing us to start thinking about what I think is going to be the greatest industrial revolution the world has ever seen, which is transforma-tion of energy systems away from our combustion approach, which is essen-tially what we’ve been doing since we were in caves. We’ve gone from burn-ing wood to now fossil wood, and fos-sil plants and fossil algae, to a much more modern era of production of energy through natural means, solar, wind, geothermal etc.
TF: Liqui� ed natural gas. The NDP says they are absolutely in favour of that now.
AW: I have questioned the eco-nomics of it from day one. There’s a market differential that exists now. There’s that small window because Japan is moving from nuclear to nat-ural gas. But we’re way behind every-one else.
TF: Thirty years ago, Japan played Australia and B.C. off for metallur-gical coal. Those northeast B.C. coal mines are back up and running again, but you’re seeing a similar thing here?
AW: Yes. And if we start ship-ping natural gas to Asia … the Asian price comes down, the North Ameri-can price goes up. British Columbians haven’t been told that.
TF: How has the legislature session been for you?
AW: I sit there and watch the two parties. Rhetorical question, conde-scending answer. Rhetorical question, condescending answer. And I hope more British Columbians watch this, because this needs to change. And I think it can change.
TF: The NDP opposition decides when you and Delta South Indepen-dent Vicki Huntington get your occa-sional moments in question period?
AW: Yes, and if I’ve asked it’s been no problem.
TF: Grudgingly no doubt. If the NDP had their way, the closest Green Party member would be in Holland.
AW: [Laughs] Yes. Certainly not in North America. There’s this sense of entitlement within the NDP to the ‘green’ vote. And I sense that the B.C. Liberals very much like our exis-tence, as being not NDP. The reality is, we take as many Liberal votes, if not more. It’s because what it means to be ‘green’ has moved out of what the NDP view as green, which is a tree hugger. It’s kids going to school, talking about conservation, and going home to talk to their parents. That’s where our votes are coming from.
TF: Are you going to be found standing in front of a coal train any time soon?
AW: No, never. They asked me to, and I said no, because I don’t believe in civil disobedience.
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Seal Skull Hammer, an old-time roots band from Salmon Arm, will be headlining a fundraiser to raise money for baby Neve Beisel. Neve has experienced a number of medical problems since she was born in late March and the fundraiser is to help her parents Cory Beisel and Whitney Kendrick with their finances as they tend to her medical care. The Lonely Souls, featuring Rev-elstoke’s Doris Folkens, will also be performing, and there will be a silent auction and desert auction. The fundraiser will be at the seniors centre from 6–10 p.m. Tickets are $10 and are available at the Queen Victoria Hospital physiotherapy department, Apex Rafting, the Regent, the community centre and at the door. Alex Cooper/Revelstoke Times Review file photo
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Archeologist Nathan Goo-dale will be at the Revelstoke Museum & Archives on Mon-day, July 29, to give a talk about the people who used to spend their winters in the Slo-can Valley thousands of years ago.
Goodale, a professor at Hamilton College in upstate New York, will speak about he pit houses that he and his team have excavated in Lemon Creek area of the Slocan Val-ley.
For the third year in a row they invited the public to come learn more about the people who used to spend their winters in the Slocan Valley thousands of years ago.
Professors and organiz-ers Goodale and Alissa Nau-man have been opening up their findings to public tours since 2011. In their first year, 150 curious people came to see what was happening, and the number of visitors doubled for their second year.
This year, their third, started at 11 a.m. with a dozen peo-ple ready to learn more about the settlement by the creek. On the tour side of the Slocan nar-rows there are nine pit houses, but there are 23 that have been found on the other side, sug-
gesting a large number of peo-ple lived in the Slocan Valley in the past.
The pit houses at Lemon Creek are the last evidence of a big First Nations village, with any others now under water due to the damming of the river.
Following pin flags to the first site, the group was greeted by two students who explained that the large depression in the ground that they were standing in was an old pit house site.
Around 3,100 years ago, pit houses were dug into the ground and the homes then covered with branches. At the first site, two students said the building, a large communal one, would have had a ceiling about 15 metres in height and would have housed around 50 to 75 people.
Radiocarbon dating evi-dence has revealed an inter-esting fact: the buildings seem to have been occupied consis-tently for centuries, then aban-doned for roughly 500 years, and then reoccupied. Why isn’t clear, but the archaeologists are working to figure out the mys-tery.
Another curious finding was that newer pit houses had been dug that were smaller in size and the larger pits left empty, maybe indicating that commu-nal living had been replaced by smaller family units.
The archaeological detec-tive work also involves study-ing soil samples, bone and rock fragments and the phys-ical makeup of the houses. In one pit, beaver bones and many stone pieces were found in the fire pit, leading the research-ers to believe that the house was used to make tools and tan hides.
The houses were tidy, with the only garbage seen in fire pits. The archaeologists suspect waste matter was likely put into the river.
At the last station, three of the 11 archaeology stu-dents stood at the edge of nine
smaller pits. From their place on the ridge, they explained that the origin of the pits was thought to be either structures by First Nations people built for defence or the result of CP Rail’s excavation during the laying of track. Another mys-tery waiting to be explored.
The archaeologists will be back next year, digging their work and telling the stories that they have discovered. Don’t miss the chance to learn some local history.
Nathan Goodale will be at the Revelstoke Museum & Archives on Monday, July 29, at 7 p.m.
Archaeologist to give talk on ancient Slocan Valley homesClaire Paradisarrow lakes News
Students from Hamilton College explain what they have been find-ing at this year’s dig in pit house sites at Lemon Creek.
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OngOing tO Fri, Sept. 6ART FAIR at the Revelstoke visual arts Centre, with a members show in the side galleries. visit www.revelstokevisualarts.com for more informa-tion.
WedneSday, July 24ORL SUMMER READING CLUB: LOOK UP, WAY UP! Go to the Revelstoke library for a visit with Revelstoke Paragliders and have some fun with parachute games and paper gliders. 2–3 p.m.THAT GIRL & EARL diane strom and earl staten play old-time country, rock and pop. live at the Grizzly Plaza summer street festival from 6:30–9:30 p.m.GARDEN GURU SERIES succession planting for an increased harvest. Presented by the nCes at the united Church at 7 p.m. By donation.
thurSday, July 25THAT GIRL & EARL diane strom and earl staten play old-time country, rock and pop. live at the Grizzly Plaza summer street festival from 6:30–9:30 p.m.MICAH O'CONNELL a fusion of modern blue grass, old rock n' roll and 300-year-old scottish and irish shanties. live at the last drop at 9 p.m.ON THE ROAD TO SHAMBHALA dJs deeps, tiny dancer, kato and maka team together for a pre-shambhala party at the traverse. starts at 10 p.m.; $5 cover.
Friday, July 26RIPPIN’ RATTLERS a blues-based rock n' roll quartet. live at the Grizzly Plaza summer street festival from 6:30–9:30 p.m. and afterwards at the River City Pub.STEVE SMITH local, Celtic-inspired solo performer, live at the 112 lounge. 7 p.m.MICAH O'CONNELL a fusion of modern blue grass, old rock n' roll and 300-year-old scottish and irish shanties. live at the last drop at 9 p.m.DJ JAYSE ASPEY live at the traverse. 9 p.m.
Saturday, July 27JOANNE STACEY & FRIENDS local country singer. live at the Grizzly Plaza summer street festival from 6:30–9:30 p.m.ALEXANDER MCCOWAN singer-songwriter borrows from many genres to creat an over-all deep, laid back and penetrating groove. live at Benoit's wine Bar at 9 p.m.RIPPIN RATTLERS a blues-based rock n' roll quartet, live at the River City Pub at 9 p.m.dJ PRaiZ live at the traverse. 9 p.m.
Sunday, July 28FUNDRAISER FOR NEVE BEISEL old-time folk group seal skull Hammer, and the lonely souls play a fundraiser for neve Beisel, the four-month-old experiencing a number of medical problems. the event will feature a desert auction and silent auction. at the seniors centre from 6–10 p.m. tickets are $10 and are available at the
Queen victoria Hospital physiotherapy department, apex Rafting, the Regent, the community centre and at the door. THIS MEANS WAR live at the Grizzly Plaza summer street festival from 6:30–9:30 p.m.CHRIS GREVE folk, celtic and acoustic pop. live at the last drop. 9 p.m.
MOnday, July 29BLACKBERRY WOOD a mix of alt-country, gypsy and circus music. live at the Grizzly Plaza summer street festival from 6:30–9:30 p.m. and then afterwards at the last drop.JUDY LILLACE & MARILYN WIWCHA-RUK singer Judy lillace performs with pianist marilyn wiwcharuk. they will perform vocal works by verdi, mozart, schubert, Haydn, Cohen and herself. the concert is primarily classical, but will feature a mix of genres. at the united Church at 7 p.m.
tueSday, July 30SEAN ASHBY a singer-songwriter who used to play with sarah mclachlan. live at the Grizzly Plaza summer street festival from 6:30–9:30 p.m.
WedneSday, July 31ORL SUMMER READING CLUB: SUPER HERO BOOT CAMP leave your secret identity at home, put on your super suit and come to the Revelstoke library to try out their super hero chal-lenges. 2–3 p.m.RCA TWOONIE CROSS-COUNTRY RACE Come test your riding skills in a race at mt. macpherson. the race starts just on Beaver lake Road and includes a timed descent of flowdown.
Registration is at 6:30 p.m., the race starts at 7 p.m. visit www.bikerevelstoke.org for details.SMOKEKILLER americana, with a wilco vibe. live at the Grizzly Plaza summer street festival from 6:30–9:30 p.m.
thurSday, auguSt 1TEQUILA MOCKINGBIRD ORCHESTRA this acoustic ensemble draws on flamenco, afri-can percussion, bluegrass, and other roots music from throughout the americas. live at the Grizzly Plaza summer street festival from 6:30–9:30 p.m.EMBERFIELD Rock and folk tinged melodies described as earnest and heartwarming. live at the last drop at 9 p.m.
Fri, aug. 2, tO MOn, aug. 5GLACIER CHALLENGE SOFTBALL TOUR-NAMENT the summer's biggest event takes over the town, as around 100 slo-pitch teams come to Revelstoke for a fun ball tournament, beer gardens, live music and more. the beer gardens and food vendors open for business on friday at 6 p.m., and the games start at 6:30 p.m. the beer gardens are open until 1 a.m. nightly and wrist-bands are $10 for the whole weekend. for more information visit www.glacierchallenge.com.
Friday, auguSt 2COD GONE WILD modern celtic folk rock, live at the Grizzly Plaza summer street festival from 6:30–9:30 p.m.FIVE ALARM FUNK 12-piece party-funk or-chestra inspires by afro-beat, funk, rock, latin and hip hop. live at the Glacier Challenge in Centen-nial Park. 10 p.m.
KNIGHT RIDERZ & THE SPECIALIST live at the traverse. 10 p.m.
Sat, aug 3, tO MOn, aug. 52 FOR 1 ADMISSION TO THE REVEL-STOKE DAM enjoy a tour of the Revelstoke dam with a friend as BC Hydro offers 2-for-1 admission for the august long-weekend. download your coupon at bchydro.com/revelstoke. open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Saturday, auguSt 3MAT DUFFUS family friendly folk singer and entertainer. live at the Grizzly Plaza summer street festival from 6:30–9:30 p.m.MARITIME KITCHEN PARTY Revelstoke's Celtic-inspired rockers. live at the Glacier Chal-lenge in Centennial Park. 7–9 p.m.DELHI 2 DUBLIN dance party music with in-fluences in indian Banghra music and Celtic fiddle music. live at the Glacier Challenge in Centennial Park. 10 p.m.DJ BRYX live at the traverse. 10 p.m.
Sunday, auguSt 4SHARON SHOOK local singer with amazing voice sings soft rock favourites. live at the Grizzly Plaza summer street festival from 6:30–9:30 p.m.FREEFLOW independent hip-hop, rock, soul and funk. live at the Glacier Challenge in Centennial Park. 9:30 p.m.
MOnday, auguSt 5MAT DUFFUS family friendly folk singer and entertainer. live at the Grizzly Plaza summer street festival from 6:30–9:30 p.m.
The Rippin’ Rattlers is a blues based rock n’ roll quartet operating out of Nelson, British Columbia. The members are Brad Fenton on guitar, bass and lead vocals, Mike Bennet on guitar, bass and harmonica, Chris BooDee on guitar, bass and vocals, and Malik Mourah on Drums and backing vocals. The band has existed in various forms over the years and played hundreds of shows, festivals and more. They play live in Grizzly Plaza and at the River City Pub on Friday, July 26; and at the pub on Saturday, July 27, starting at 9 p.m. both nights. Contributed
Rippin Rattlers at the River City Pub
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TOURISM INFRASTRUCTURE ADVISORY COMMITTEEThe City of Revelstoke invites applications from residents to serve as members of the Revelstoke Tourism Infrastructure Advisory Committee. The purpose of the committee is to provide advice and suggestions to the City of Revelstoke with respect to tourism infrastructure projects which will be part of a Resort Development Strategy. Committee members are volunteers selected for their interest, experience, knowledge, skills and ability to represent the population of the area.
If you are interested in applying, please submit a letter noting your interest and a brief outline of your quali� cations. This can be delivered to the attention of the Teresa LeRose, Deputy Director of Corporate Administration, City of Revelstoke, Box 170, 216 Mackenzie Avenue, Revelstoke, B.C. V0E 2S0 or by e-mail to [email protected] by 4:30pm on Wednesday, July 31, 2013.
For additional information, contact Alan Mason, Director of Community Economic Development at 250-837-5345 or e-mail [email protected].
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PUBLIC WORKS YARD COURTESY GARBAGE BIN REMOVAL
The City of Revelstoke wishes to advise residents that the courtesy garbage bins located at 1200 East Victoria Road in the Public Works Yard, will no longer be available for garbage disposal. Residents now having missed regular garbage pickup, will be required to take their refuse to the Revelstoke Land� ll site, between the hours of 10am - 4pm Monday - Saturday.
Residents having bear issues please contact Bear Aware at 250-837-8624 or [email protected].
For further information please contact the Public Works Department 250-837-2001.
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Clockwise from top: The cast of a Midsummer Night’s Dream takes their bow following the play.;Gillian McTaggart plays Titania, the fairy queen, surrounded by fairies Mustardseed (Andie Reynolds), Peaseblossom (Lauryn Kline), Cobweb (Holly Hamilton) and Moth (Freyja Nielsen).;From left: Hailey Christie-Hoyle as Hermia, Taylor Cound as Helena, and Grayson Norsworthy as Lysander.
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A midsummer night’s success
Shakespeare is never easy to pull off, so it was impressive to watch as six professionals and 20 youth performed A Midsummer Nights Dream at the Revelstoke Performing Arts Centre on Friday, with only � ve days of preparation.
“This is about the process more than the prod-uct,” said Miranda Allen after the play. “They were all so keen. I’m very proud of them.”
The production saw 20 children share major roles, or play minor parts in the play. Taylor and Miranda Cound split the role of Helena; while Hai-ley Christie-Hoyle and Erin Behncke both played Hermia. Grayson Norsworthy played the role of Lysander and four different actors played Puck.
They took part in a � ve day drama camp last week put on by Edmonton’s Theatre Prospero that culminated in the performance
Miranda Allen, Cliff Kelly, Sarina Sorensen, Kerry Johnson, Calvin Malaka, and Mark Hender-son – the � ve professional cast members from The-atre Prospero – anchored the play, especially in the second half when they performed many of the major roles.
Many of the young actors threw themselves with gusto into the play, which made full use of the the-atre. Actors danced and ran down the aisles and even into the audience as they performed Shakespeare’s classic play about love and its compllications. The play has three separate story lines – the plight of two sets of lovers in a magical forest; the world of the Fairy King and Queen, and a group of craftsmen attempting to stage a play of their own.
Allen, who is a graduate of Revelstoke Second-ary School, said that working with the youth was fantastic and they all took to the play. The younger kids love the imagery, while the older ones appreci-ate the story.
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timber prices. The new activity has breathed new life into Downie Tim-ber Ltd. after years of losses.
Owners, managers and workers at the privately-owned Revelstoke mill hope equipment upgrades completed in the approximately
five-year hiatus from profit-mak-ing will better position them for an anticipated revival.
The number of shifts have increased, workers have been re-hired, and the forestry office is plot-ting new, more ambitions harvest-
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Human resources manager Stino Morabito lists off the new machines that have been installed in the past
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automates one stage of grading lum-ber by quality. The high-speed stacker whisks lumber through a giant metal framework, sorting automatically by size.
The plan is to be more ef� cient, competitive and even more � exible to capture the market rebound.
Dozens of mills across B.C. have closed or closed temporarily dur-ing the economic downturn. Morab-ito said it’s Downie’s � exibility that kept it operating. Many mills are only tooled to produce speci� c cuts of dimensional lumber. When market prices drop below their threshold, they become unviable.
Downie Timber Ltd. and Selkirk Cedar are tooled to create specialty products, and can change their prod-ucts to meet market demand. Cedar, harvested locally in the Revelstoke-area inland rainforest, is their other key advantage; it’s a specialty species.
While the mill does produce spruce, � r and hemlock products, Morabito explains cedar is their bread and but-ter.
Downie Timber sales manager Rob Marusic’s of� ce overlooks the mill. He con� rms things are picking up.
“The outlook right now is pretty decent,” Marusic said. “It’s de� nitely a lot better than 500,000.” In early 2013, U.S. new housing unit starts reached about 970,000. It’s a far cry from the heady days of 2005–2006, when new starts approached two million units, but it’s up. The number of new starts slammed down to about 500,000 in 2009, and showed little sign of recov-ery until last summer.
Marusic notes more starts and higher cedar prices provided a shot in the arm for the Revelstoke mill in late 2012 and early 2013, although that’s waned a bit.
“It’s not all roses when you see high prices in cedar,” Marusic said. Higher prices push up the cost for consumers, making competing prod-ucts – like manufactured patio deck planks – more attractive.
A weakening Japanese Yen, a slug-gish UK economy and unexpected mid-summer malaise in the U.S. hous-ing market have dampened demand, but Marusic said there is still cause for optimism. (Provincial of� cials have pushed aggressively for expansion into the Chinese market, but Downie has very limited trade there.)
1. The interior of the Downie Street Sawmill is a true jigsaw puzzle. The produc-tion line snakes around the mill, weaving over and under itself several times as logs are re� ned into � nished lumber.2. In an early stage of the process just after de-barking, logs are scanned us-ing several lasers that measure the log. The logs are twirled around and shot through a band saw as a computer analyzes the measurements to determine the optimal cuts of lumber that can be produced from the log. The mill’s � ex-ibility allows it to adapt to the market to create in-demand products.3. My tour guide Stino Morabito, human resources manager for Downie Street Sawmills, stands next to a giant saw in the sharpening room.4. Specialist mill workers sharpen giant bandsaw blades. The individual blades last several hours before needing to be resharpened. Often their lifetime of sev-eral months, they become thinner and thinner due to successive sharpening.
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Forestry supervisor Mary-Anne Pigeon wades through maps and documents as she plans a new cut in the Wood River area near the Kinbasket Reser-voir. The planned new harvesting activity is nota-ble because it’s much further from Revelstoke than other harvesting in the past few years. To keep costs down, Downie has been harvesting much closer to the mill.
“We’re hoping that lumber prices are going to go on the same,” Pigeon said. New stumpage rates introduced on July 1 caused some surprise; the for-mula amounted to a dramatic increase, something Pigeon believes the industry will have to grapple with.
From a forestry perspective, Pigeon said Downie Timber always struggles with higher forestry costs than across B.C. Steeper terrain, more challenging road-building, barging costs and added silviculture expense all drive up their costs.
The tour through the mill to witness the new machinery is fascinating – jump at the chance to go if you get the chance. The mill is an endlessly com-plex maze of heavy machinery that weaves over and under itself in a steel framework.
In some places, various processes are stacked three stories high. Below, a massive band saw makes initial cuts on a log; in the middle, raw lumber trun-dles along a conveyor belt to the grader; on top, the stacker sorts the lumber by width and dimension.
The process is coordinated by operators who tog-gle joysticks while scanning a bank of computer monitors. On the line, operators troubleshoot, clear jams and manually sort.
Millions have been invested in the past several years, but more is planned.
Outside, the giant mound of mulch grows. From most perspectives on the 35-acre property, it rivals Mount Begbie. It’s grown since burning was banned, and now local � re of� cials have stepped in to demand a solution to the � re hazard. (It requires some managing to keep it from burning, including coring to allow heat to escape.)
Morabito said the mill has been in talks with BC Hydro about developing an ef� cient system to burn the chips while generating electricity. Although it’s still in the planning stages, Morabito said the odds are pretty good the concept will move forward.
Mill managers are also considering building new dry kilns.
Morabity credits the staff at the mill for keep-ing things together during the challenging past � ve years. He also said the Gorman family, owners of the mill, have demonstrated their commitment to the Revelstoke institution through constant investment in the operation.
1. Recent investments have included new scanning and sort-ing machines worth millions, but some sections of produc-tion still uses manual sorting. Here, workers sort and stack cedar boards.2. Newly installed machinery automatically sorts boards into different sizes and grades.3. Lumber is scanned as it passes along the line.
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The weather was unsettled when I met up with Katherine Weed to go stand up paddleboarding. Weed runs Stoke Paddleboard Adventures with Jess Leahey and she agreed to show me the ropes on this fast growing sport.
A bit of rain had come and gone and the sky was cloudy, but we decided to take our chances. Weed picked me up at work in her truck and we drove up to Carnes Creek, which she described as her favou-rite place near Revelstoke to pad-dbleboard, with its long inlet that stretches into the Selkirk Moun-tains east of Lake Revelstoke.
“I just � nd water so Yin and
calming,” Weed told me on the way to Carnes Creek. “My winter days – I’ll go ski touring all day and then go give � ve massages. They’re so physical and so tiring; I � nd the water really relaxing.”
Weed is a certi� ed paddleboard instructor. She’s spent the last few years splitting her time between Revelstoke and To� no, where she would go to surf all summer. This year, she decided to stay in Revel-stoke, and the opportunity to take over the paddleboard rental com-pany started last year by Steve Par-sons came up. She and Leahey went into business together; they have four boards for rent at $50 per day each.
“It’s a nice way to get away from everything,” Weed said. “It’s really
relaxing in the way that canoeing is relaxing. You just hear the paddle on the water.”
I was tempted to dismiss paddle-boarding as a fad but its clearly tak-ing off in big ways, with people all over taking up the sport and com-petitive and fun races sprouting up. Last year Kai Lenny became the � rst ever world paddleboard-ing champion at Turtle Bay Resort in Hawaii
Much like sur� ng, SUP has its origins in Hawaii. According to the website SUPGlobal.com, it began in the 1960s as a way for surfers to reach waves and pose for photo-graphs for tourists. It didn’t really start to take off as a sport until this century, when people started taking their boards beyond the waves onto
oceans, lakes and rivers.Most boards are made using
special plastics with a foam core, though some are made out of wood and in� atable boards also exist.
I’d tried stand-up paddle-board-ing once before at a demo day hosted by Free Spirit Sports, who started selling paddleboards earlier this year. Getting my balance for those � rst few seconds was a bit of a challenge, but once I got moving, it became mostly second nature. Paddling was a different story – it was easy to go straight, but I found it very slow to turn.
And, while there was nothing wrong with it, I couldn’t help but feel limited by stand-up paddle-boarding. If I want to get out on the water, why would I choose a pad-
dleboard over a canoe, which is easier to paddle, is more stable, and you can carry stuff in it.
***Phil Garneau is onboard the SUP
bandwagon. While he told me that he hasn’t taken part in the sport that much himself, he started building paddle-boards after being inspired by an article in Kootenay Mountain Culture about Nelson builder Steve Kerr.
“At the time I was doing survey-ing for Downie. All the time I spent in the woods for the logging indus-try, I was passionate about doing something with those resources,” he said. “I started scheming and at one point it became reality to build boards with cedar.”
His boards are built with a mix of yellow and red cedar, as well as plywood for the frame. The cedar is sourced locally, though some was salvaged from a beached tree on the coast.
“Essentially it’s like building a cedar strip canoe or kayak so I used those techniques to build paddble-boards,” he said.
Garneau grew up in the Car-ribean and South Paci� c sailing and sur� ng so he was attracted to the idea of building paddleboards, especially with their rise in popu-larity.
“I can see the allure because it’s like sur� ng. You’re on a board and your vantage point is higher than what it would be in a canoe or kayak,” he said. “Paddleboarding is like any other boat. They can be designed any shape, size, for any-body. There’s shapes and designs for ocean going, for lakes, for surf-ing. It allows a lot of people who don’t necessarily have the ability to surf, to surf. Paddling into mellow waves is far easier than paddling in on your stomach.”
Katherine Weed paddles on Lake Revelstoke near Carnes Creek. Alex Cooper/Revelstoke Times Review
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Standing on waterStand up paddleboarding has taken off in a big way over the past decade. Lately, it has started to catch on in Revelstoke.
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For most of this year, I’ve been trying to meet up with Casey Brown. As one of the top female downhill mountain bike racers in the world, she is one of Revel-stoke’s top international sporting stars.
I would see her around Revelstoke – at one of the local downhill races (which she would win easily), or dancing up a storm at a Shred Kelly show at the Big Eddy Pub. She showed up at retro ski day at Revelstoke Mountain Resort in a pink one-piece and proceeded to launch a massive spread eagle – a product of her past days in freestyle skiing. How-ever, her busy schedule as a World Cup downhill mountain bike racer keeps her busy, and out of Revelstoke for much of the year.
Last Saturday, I ran into her at the farmers market. She had a massive scar across her left shoulder, the result of a crash that resulted in a broken collar-bone at the Canadian Downhill Champi-onships in Panorama, B.C., the previous weekend.
We had talked about going biking together, but instead we met up over iced tea inside Sangha Bean, escaping the heat outside. She was back in Rev-elstoke, recuperating and working out with the goal of returning to competition at Whistler’s Crankworx festival in mid-August.
The past year has seen Brown rise up through the ranks of the downhill world, from the trails of Whistler to a World Cup podium in Norway last September.
*** Casey Brown was born in New Zea-
land, growing up on a 317-acre sheep farm in the highlands. “I was always liv-ing in secluded places when I was in New Zealand and didn’t do much biking,” she said. “I was more wrangling sheep and riding horses. Farm life.”
At 11, she moved to Revelstoke, where her father Lou and siblings Elinor, Jenn and Sam were. In an attempt to fit in, she dropped her New Zealand accent and started speaking Canadian. Moving her brought about big changes. “I moved straight to the Big Eddy from New Zea-land. I did lots of snowboarding and ski-ing. School was a bit better.”
Her father bought her first moun-tain bike, a GT Avalanche hard tail, and he would take her up to the 5K loop in Mount Revelstoke National Park every day.
She also began to idolize her brother Sam, who was six years older and was making a name for himself as a fearless freeride mountain biker. “He was my hero and he rode bikes,” she said.
One day in 2003 Casey watched Sam’s first film, New World Disorder 3. She saw him getting sponsored, get-ting free bikes and going on trips, and from that point, she decided that’s what she wanted to do. She got a Kona Stinky for Christmas – paying for half the cost – and started riding and building trails with friends. “We’d come up with crazy ideas, hang out in the forest and build stuff,” she said. “Some of them were rideable, some of them weren’t.”
Sam lived in Kaslo at this time, but whenever he came back to Revelstoke, she would be the annoying little sister and follow him and his friends around.
When she got older, they would go on more adventures. He would show up at her house in the middle of the night and they would go ride their bikes on the ski hill.
“I wanted to do the same kind of thing he did but it was hard as a female,” she said. “You needed to establish yourself in the industry before you can just freeride.”
In 2004, Casey entered and won her first race, at Panorama. In 2006, she started going to Whistler to ride the bike park there. She would compete in some of the women’s freeride events at Crank-worx and enter one or two races a year.
In 2009, Sam committed suicide in a U.S. jail after being caught smuggling drugs across the border in a helicopter. Casey was devastated.
“You learn a lot when you lose some-one that’s so important to you,” she said. “You learn to take the good things out of it. That I had a brother up until then, I was pretty lucky, especially one with such a wild personality.”
***There weren’t many doubts Casey
Brown was a fast rider; the next step was finding a way onto the World Cup cir-cuit. Her first big racing breakthrough came in 2011 when she finished second at the Canadian championships and 16th at the world championships. That’s when her friend Miranda Miller recommended her to PerformX trainer Todd Schumlick. Brown started working out with him and received a sponsorship deal that included a free bike from Commencal.
“I started going to the gym, which I didn’t like – I don’t like gym – but I liked the results, so I did it,” she said.
Last summer she started off by finish-ing sixth at a World Cup race at Mont Ste. Anne, Quebec, in June. Then she won the Canadian championships there two weeks later. In August, she was named Queen of Crankworx. Back on the World Cup circuit, she finished seventh at the world championships in Austria before ending the season on the podium with a fourth place finish at Hafjell, Norway.
“To get a podium in my first season on the World Cup circuit was really sweet,” she said.
Brown’s success brought her new attention – where she was barely men-tioned at Crankworx despite her wins, she started having sponsors approach her. She signed agreements with Norco bikes, Shimano, Bell helmets and Sony helmet cams. She spent part of the winter film-ing in New Zealand.
“I didn’t have to do anything for it,” she said. “My results were enough.”
This year her goal is to reach the podium again and finish in the top-10 overall. At her first World Cup race in Scotland, she got a flat. In her second race in Italy she finished sixth. At the Canadian Championships in Panorama, she crashed in training, hitting a big rut in the trail that had developed in qualifying. She went over the handlebars and broke her collarbone.
The crash has interrupted her sea-son but she hopes to be back in action for Crankworx in Whistler from August 9–18. Then she’ll head back onto the World Cup circuit. This year’s world championships are in South Africa, from August 26 to September 1.
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Casey Brown shows her big scar, the result of a broken collarbone experienced duriing practice at the Canadian Downhill Championships at Panorama, B.C, earlier this month.
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Brendan MacIntosh won the Stoked to Get Spanked race this weekend, fending off a strong chal-lenge by Leighton Poidevin to take the win in the elite men's category on Sunday.
"This is my first time winning this," said the owner of Flowt Bikes following the race. "I wasn't feeling good at the start but I was able to pull through."
Stacey Smith won the elite wom-en's race, beating Revelstoke's Mel-anie Bernier.
"I'm tired," said Smith. "It's a hard course, it takes a lot of energy out of you. But good,”
The Stoked to Get Spanked, organized by Skookum Cycle & Ski, brought out more than 100 rac-ers from around the Kootenays and Alberta in categories from the Lil Spankies kids race to elite adults through 17-kilometres of trails at Mt. Macpherson. Elite racers did two laps of the course, while oth-ers did one lap. Younger racers had shorter courses to complete.
The adults began the race at 10 a.m. with a mass start from the Nordic lodge; younger age groups went in turn later.
MacIntosh started off slow, try-ing to avoid the pain he said he nor-mally feels with a fast start. He slowly started making up ground, picking racers off on the steep
climb up Ridge Walk to the top of TNT – the high point of the race.
"I think a lot of people don't know how steep that climb gets," he said. "I went into my lowest gear and made it my goal to get up it, not get up it fast."
Eventually he caught up to Lee English and assumed the lead. "At that point I felt ridiculously good," he said.
MacIntosh had a decent lead at the end of the first 17-kilome-tre lap, but he started to cramp and Poidevin passed him on the second climb up Ridge Walk.
There, MacIntosh's local advan-tage came into play. He took the more challenging, but faster line over a rocky face, while Poidevin followed the easier line, allowing MacIntosh to pass.
"I watched his lines and he was doing everything right for sure," said Poidevin after the race.
They switched positions one more time, but MacIntosh was able to regain the lead heading into the final stretch and fend off Poidevin for a 90 second win.
Racers had to battle the heat, which approached 30 C as the race went on. It played a factor, as the racers had to stay hydrated to avoid cramping up.
"I didn't drink enough," said Poidevin. "There's not too many places to take a drink. Any double track, I wanted to make a push and pass people.
"It's one of the hardest 35K I've done."
Here are the winners by cate-gory:— Men's elite (34K) 18-29: Peter Knight – 2:19:36.4— Men's elite 30-49: Brendan MacIntosh – 2:13:19.1— Men's elite 50+: Larry Hindle – 2:28:50.6— Women's elite 18-29: Stacey Smith – 2:30:08.4— Women's elite 30+: Melanie
Bernier – 2:37:24.7— Men's sport (17K) 18-29: Rylan Kappler – 1:19:23.8— Men's sport 30-49: Jonathan Welsh – 1:16:03.9— Men's sport 50+: Bob Rogers – 1:53:37.6— Women's sport 18-29: Laura Gaster – 1:36:57.9— Women's sport 30+: Meghan Tabor – 1:33.23— Stoked male U17 (17K): Kellen Viznaugh – 1:12:26.2
— Stoked female U17: Sidney McGill – 1:44:30.4— Stoked male U15 (10K): Konrad van Varseveld – 51:38.3— Stoked female U15: Abbey McGill – 1:03:46.1— Stoked male U11 (4K): Avery Baechler – 17:26.8— Stoked female U11: Aydan Bartlett – 18:59.0For complete results, visit zone4.ca.
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Brendan McIntosh powers through a berm on Tantrum towards the end of the second lap of the Stoked to Get Spanked on Sunday. Alex Cooper/Revelstoke Times Review
Stacey Smith races through the cutblock on the Stimulus trail en route to win-ning the women’s race at the Stoked to Get Spanked on Sunday.
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This past weekend in Golden was a scorcher as the Golden Dol-phins hosted the Okanagan Region teams at their outdoor pool for the last meet before the Regional Championships in two weeks.
Once again the Revelstoke Aquaducks � nished second overall as well as second in both the girls and boys divisions. However, the team took home a season high of 15 aggregates out of a possible 40, the most out of any team in atten-dance, including the hosts. This is particularly impressive in light of the fact that the Ducks just � nished their “Survivor Week” which had them � nishing up the week of chal-lenges by running a triathlon the Friday morning before the meet.
In the Division One girls, Kaylin Gale received third aggregate and
Sani Supinen � rst. Division Two girls had Hunter
Stewardson and Devyn Gale col-lecting third and second aggregates respectively. On the boys side, Alex Jay earned � rst aggregate with some runaway performances, while Tye Hoshizaki picked up third aggregate.
Division Three girl Brynn Hoshizaki swam her way to sec-ond aggregate with Division Three boy James LeBuke doing the same. Division Three boy Nolan Gale kept it in the family by tying for third aggregate, making the Gale swimmers three for three this meet.
Jackson Litke bulled his way through to a third aggregate in the Division Four boys.
Bryce Molder had another great meet winning all four of his events for a perfect 56 points and � rst aggregate for the Division Five
boys. Gina Cinelli swam a hard meet
to put herself into the position of second aggregate for the Divi-sion Six girls, and Jordan Cwikula picked up a third aggregate at his � rst full meet of the season in the Division Six boys.
Another consistent scorer was Emily Pfeiffer, who like Molder, swam a perfect meet winning all four events for � rst aggregate in her Division Seven category. Jacob Wallach pulled second aggregate for the Division Seven boys.
So, while perhaps a little sun-burnt, the Aquaducks return to Revelstoke time laden down with plenty of hardware while looking forward to Penticton where Region-als will be hosted the � rst weekend of August, hoping to qualify for the Provincial Championships.
Aquaducks � nish second in GoldenELIZA MCGUIRERevelstoke Aquaducks
Our fourth XC race of the season saw 28 riders challenge themselves to ride as many 5km laps as they could in 90 minutes. Pacing was cru-cial as the longer race distance pro-vided a different challenge than the usual two lap races.
Employing a conservative strat-egy Lee English took the lead on the fourth lap and proceeded to build more than a two minute lead by the end of his � fth and � nal lap. The race for second was shaping up to be a sprint � nish between Nash Masson, Brendan MacIntosh and Bart Jar-mula as all three were riding together in the last singletrack section. The sprint was not to be though as they came upon a younger rider suffer-ing from mechanical dif� culties and
stopped to help her sort things out. Consequently they were all given a tie for second place.
In the women’s � eld Carol Prince won her third race of the season edg-ing out Emily Unterberger. Amanda MacIntosh rounded out the podium. Rob van Verseveld and Courtney Rennie won the primes for the small-est spreads between their lap times.
Thanks to Arrow Helicopters for their support as title sponsor and thanks to Valhalla Pure for the draw prizes we sent home with several lucky racers.
Series standings have been updated and are now posted. There are only two more races left to add to your total! The next race features a timed descent of the upper section of Flowdown. Please note that this race will start earlier (6:30pm) than pre-vious races.
English, Smith win 4th XC raceBART JARMULARevelstoke Aquaducks
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Frank Leslie Grace
Frank Leslie Grace passed away peacefully at Mt. Cartier Court Extended Care, Revelstoke on Saturday, July 13th, 2013 at the age of 94 years. A Funeral Service will be held at St. Peter’s Anglican Church, Revelstoke on Wednesday, July 24th at 1:30 p.m. with
Reverend Dan Meakes officiating. Pallbearers are Bob Grace, Tom Grace, Wes Speerbrecker, Mike Speerbrecker, Steve Krywa and Chris Heminsley. Interment will follow in the family plot of Mountain View Cemetery, Revelstoke. Flowers are acceptable, or donations may be made to St. Peter’s Anglican Church or the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch #46, Revelstoke.
Frank was born in Revelstoke, B.C. on December 16, 1918 and had been a life-long resident. He was a veteran of World War 2 and served overseas for six years. He was a long-time member of the Royal Canadian Legion and a lifetime member of the Revelstoke Rod & Gun Club. Frank enjoyed golfing, hunting, fishing and bridge and was a member of the Duplicate Bridge Club. Frank especially enjoyed gardening and being in the outdoors. Times spent at his cabin on the lake were very special.
Frank was predeceased by his beloved wife Irma, son Fred, nephew Bill, brothers Gary and Reg and sister Marjorie. He is survived by his daughter Fran (Gary) Carlson of Revelstoke; two granddaughters: Kirsten Carlson (Steve Krywa) and Kelsey Carlson (Mike Shellnutt), both of Revelstoke; grand dog Lucy; sisters-in-law Helen Grace of Revelstoke, Gwyn (Hans) Hansen of Burnaby; Louise Breck of Nelson, Karen (Jo) (George) Rohatynsky of Grande Prairie; sister and brother-in-law Greta and Ray Speerbrecker of Revelstoke, as well as numerous nieces and nephews.
Messages of condolence may be sent toFrank’s family by viewing his obituary at www.brandonbowersfuneralhome.com.
Arrangements are in the care ofBrandon Bowers Funeral Home, Revelstoke.
A long life, well lived.
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KNUFF, Shirley Mae (nee Clark) passed away peacefully with her family at her side in Hillside Village, Salmon Arm, BC on Tuesday, July 16, 2013, at the age of 81 years.
Shirley was born at Neepawa, MN on November 8, 1931. She moved with her family to Pentiction, BC when she was a teenager. She met and married Don and they moved to Kamloops BC. In 1960, they moved to Revelstoke, BC where they continued to raise their family. In the 1980s they moved to Sicamous, BC and began their retirement. Shirley eventually moved to Salmon Arm, BC where she lived for the remaining years of her life.
Everyone who had the pleasure of knowing Shirley knew she had a powerful love of her family and friends. All who entered her life were welcomed with love and were never forgotten by her. She was blessed with a wonderful sense of humor and shared it often.
Thank you to the staff at Hillside and Shuswap Lodge for their compassionate care.
Shirley was predeceased by her husband, Don in 1998. She will be lovingly remembered by her brother, Donald (Marjorie) Clark; sister, Ann (Lyle) Hume; sister-in-law, Margaret (Donald) Taylor; children, Russell (Darlene), Stuart (Zoe), Douglas, Laurel (Jim) Block; eight grandchildren; six great grandchildren; one step granddaughter and two step great grandchildren; numerous nephews and nieces. There will be no formal service. Shirley’s cremated remains will be interred in the family plot at Summerland, BC. If so desired, contributions in Shirley’s memory may be made to the Canadian Cancer Society or the S.P.C.A.
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Arrangements are in the care of Bowers Funeral Home and Crematorium, Salmon Arm.
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Frank Leslie Grace
Frank Leslie Grace passed away peacefully at Mt. Cartier Court Extended Care, Revelstoke on Saturday, July 13th, 2013 at the age of 94 years. A Funeral Service will be held at St. Peter’s Anglican Church, Revelstoke on Wednesday, July 24th at 1:30 p.m. with
Reverend Dan Meakes officiating. Pallbearers are Bob Grace, Tom Grace, Wes Speerbrecker, Mike Speerbrecker, Steve Krywa and Chris Heminsley. Interment will follow in the family plot of Mountain View Cemetery, Revelstoke. Flowers are acceptable, or donations may be made to St. Peter’s Anglican Church or the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch #46, Revelstoke.
Frank was born in Revelstoke, B.C. on December 16, 1918 and had been a life-long resident. He was a veteran of World War 2 and served overseas for six years. He was a long-time member of the Royal Canadian Legion and a lifetime member of the Revelstoke Rod & Gun Club. Frank enjoyed golfing, hunting, fishing and bridge and was a member of the Duplicate Bridge Club. Frank especially enjoyed gardening and being in the outdoors. Times spent at his cabin on the lake were very special.
Frank was predeceased by his beloved wife Irma, son Fred, nephew Bill, brothers Gary and Reg and sister Marjorie. He is survived by his daughter Fran (Gary) Carlson of Revelstoke; two granddaughters: Kirsten Carlson (Steve Krywa) and Kelsey Carlson, both of Revelstoke; grand dog Lucy; sisters-in-law Helen Grace of Revelstoke, Louise Breck of Nelson, Greta (Ray) Speerbrecker of Revelstoke, Karen (Jo) (George) Rohatynsky of Grande Prairie, brother-in-law Hans (Gwyn) Hansen of Burnaby; as well as numerous nieces and nephews.
Messages of condolence may be sent toFrank’s family by viewing his obituary at www.brandonbowersfuneralhome.com.
Arrangements are in the care ofBrandon Bowers Funeral Home, Revelstoke.
A long life, well lived.
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REQUEST FOR PROPOSALSGYPSUM RECYCLING
The Columbia Shuswap Regional District (CSRD) has partnered with the Regional District of Okanagan Similkameen (RDOS) and the Regional District of North Okanagan (RDNO) to issue this Request for Proposals from qualifi ed Proponents for the collection, transportation and processing of recyclable gypsum. The CSRD will act as the lead agency for this RFP process and all inquiries must be directed as outlined in the RFP document.
Proposals clearly marked “REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS – GYPSUM RECYCLING” will be accepted until 2:00 PM local time on Thursday, August 15, 2013, at the offi ce of the Columbia Shuswap Regional District located at 781 Marine Park Drive NE, PO Box 978, Salmon Arm, BC V1E 4P1.
Proposal documents and further information are available online on the Columbia Shuswap Regional District website at www.csrd.bc.ca, BC Bid website at www.bcbid.gov.bc.ca, Civic Info website at www.civicinfo.bc.ca and at the offi ce of the Columbia Shuswap Regional District (at the above noted address during regular offi ce hours).
Any questions regarding this Request for Proposals document can be directed to Ben Van Nostrand, Waste Management Coordinator, Environment & Engineering Services at 250-833-5940.
The Regional Districts reserve the right to accept or reject any or all proposals and to waive any informality in the proposals received, in each case without giving any notice. The Regional Districts reserve the right to accept the proposal which is deemed most advantageous.
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FrontCounter BC Cranbrook has accepted an application made by Robert and Vanessa Smith of Revelstoke, BC, on behalf of the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations (MFLNRO), Kootenay Region, for two Licenses of Occupation for the purpose of a Waterpower Development Plan area and roadway situated on Provincial Crown land south of Revelstoke and containing 146.42 hectares more or less for Development Plan area and 3.31 hectares more or less for roadway.
The MFLNRO File Numbers that have been established for this application are 4404983 (Development Area) and 4405372 (Roadway). Written comments concerning this application should be directed to FrontCounter BC, 1902 Theatre Road, Cranbrook B.C., VIC 7G1, or email to: [email protected] Comments will be received by FrontCounter BC until August 15, 2013. FrontCounter BC may not be able to consider comments received after this date. Please refer to our website http://www.arfd.gov.bc.ca/ApplicationPosting/index.jsp Search Search by File Number: insert Lands File Number for more information. These applications will be available for viewing at FrontCounter BC in Revelstoke.
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He had two nearly-finished boards at his workshop, with two others down on the coast with a friend. It’s his goal to start a business manufacturing and selling paddleboards, but for now he described it as a hobby and eventu-ally he plans on venturing out on his own boards. “It’s a great way to get out onto the water and it’s great fit-ness,” he said. “You’re engaging more of your core versus in a canoe.”
***With Katherine Weed we reached
Carnes Creek and unloaded the boards from the truck. Weed had her own board, while the rental was a Bic Peter Pan design board that was just over 10 feet long. We took them out of their cases and placed them in the water just as the rain returned. We each grabbed a lifejacket, which is required while paddleboarding as the boards are con-sidered a vessel.
We started off by pushing out from the shore. The first step was to kneel on the board and then stand up one foot at at time. I stood up slowly, mak-ing sure to maintain bmy balance. Above the glacier below Hat Peak, on the western shore of Lake Revelstoke, the sky was blue, but a light rain pit-ter-pattered on the water around us.
Weed, who is a certified paddle-board instructor and can give les-sons, demonstrated the basic pad-dling technique – essentially you want to lean forward and use your entire upper body while paddling. Your arms should stay straight, and strokes go from the front of the board to the mid-
dle, where you stand. I found it hard to break my paddling habits devel-oped from years of canoeing. I wanted to do a J-stroke, but I found it to be a very slow maneuvre. Turning involved doing a sweeping C-stroke, instead of the J-stroke I was used to. Weed glided quickly ahead of me as I fig-ured things out.
We paddled close to shore as the rain intensified. The water splashed my feet as we went along. I wobbled but stayed upright. By the time we reached the Carnes Creek bridge, the rain and wind had picked up, so we decided to turn back. Paddling back, we headed straight into the wind. A few times the waves lifted my life-jacket off the board into the water and I had to bend over to pick it up.
We returned to shore about 30 minutes after we left, just as the rain stopped. “You’re not convinced?” Weed asked.
I still don’t think I am, though after two times I would say judging the sport would be very premature. Weed talked about the peacefulness and relaxation she gets from paddleboard-ing; the sense that she’s closer to the water than when in a boat.
“There’s so many different ways you can use them,” she said. “For me it’s a way of exploring areas around here that you can only get to by water.
“I don’t want to be on a boat. I want to feel like I’m closer to the water, where you’re feet get wet and you feel like you can fall in.”
Find out more about Stoke Paddle-board Adventures at stokepaddleboar-dadventures.com
from page 13
Phil Garneau with one of his cedar paddleboards.Alex Cooper/Revelstoke Times Review
Stand-up paddleboarding
Whistler is where she spends her time training because, as she puts it, “You need to be bike park fit to handle the World Cup cir-cuit.” What if Revelstoke had a bike park? “I would live here and I would bring all my friends here from Whistler,” she said.
Brown’s ultimate goal is to
win a world cup race and she thinks she’s close to that happen-ing. Right now she is just outside the top echelon of riders, which includes the likes of Rachel Atherton and Emmeline Ragot.
***Casey Brown has coached at
some women’s mountain bike camps and she definitely seeks to inspire others. She says her nephew Jordan and niece Hailey look up to her much like she wor-shipped her brother Sam grow-
ing up. She wants to make sure women keep entering the sport in order to keep up the competition.
What does she like most about biking?
“That’s a hard thing to explain,” she said. “It’s the feel-ing of it, when you know some-thing so well and when you’ve done it for so long the piece of machinery you’re on is like an extension of your body.
“It’s like flying.”
Casey Brownfrom page 14
Casey Brown races down Redneck’s Revenge on Boulder Mountain.Alex Cooper/Revelstoke Times Review