Rossland News August 11,2011

To meet local artists behind the scenes and see fi rst hand what their newest creations are, residents are invited to participate in a free self-directed tour throughout the Columbia Basin this weekend.

Nearly 100 artisans are hanging up their newest inventions – be it

paintings, pottery or clothing – and dusting off discounted older pieces for the third annual Columbia Ba-sin Culture Tour this Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

There are five venues in the Rossland area this weekend.

Finding enough time to bike, ski, raise children and capture it all in a painting has proven pos-sible by self-described “spinster”

Stephanie Gauvin, who doesn’t have to travel far to fi nd inspiration in Rossland.

Th e painter continues to capture the Golden City’s scenic mountains and quaint corners downtown through her vibrant acrylic and oil-based paintings that could very well be hung in every second home.

“You hear, ‘I have one of your paintings in my house’ and some-

times it’s like visiting your chil-dren,” she laughed in her studiothat will also be open to the publicthis weekend.

Aft er completing a fi ne arts de-gree in Sherbrook, Que., Gauvinmoved out west to tree plant. Th eadventure seeker wound up inWhistler, before relocating to Ross-

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Quite a number of Rosslanders are getting ready for the upcoming B.C. Senior Games, being held in Trail, Castlegar and Nelson from August 16 to 20.

Les and Vi Anderson, who have a horseshoe pitch carved into the back of their property amongst the trees, spend fi ve or six hours per day practicing their throwing techniques.

“I like sports a lot so I put everything into it and practiced as much as I could,” said Les, who introduced himself to the game in 2001. His wife, Violet, began three years later.

“We practice together so are good competition for each other,” he said.

Les’s fi rst gold medal came at the 2003 B.C. Games in Chilliwack; and at the Canadian Championships in 2007, he came in third.

“Th ose with fi rst and second practiced eight to 10 hours per day.”

He has since earned quite a collection of medals.Th e game of horseshoes can be dated back to the time

of the Romans. Soldiers occupied their spare time pitching metal rings at stakes stuck in clay. Th e game continued to be a viable pastime throughout the centuries. It was even outlawed in 1388 because it distracted soldiers from their training.

“All the Legions and beer parlours had horseshoe pitches,” Les said. “But then it became a stigma that all players were older persons.”

But the game is making a comeback and is being taken up by younger generations.

“In the Penticton school, they have them in the gym. Horseshoes has to be the only sport in the world where a 14-year-old can compete with adults. And you can practice all day long and it doesn’t cost anything.”

Th e couple go to a dozen or more tournaments in a year but they say they aren’t in it for the money.

“First place in Penticton recently was $65. It paid for our

gas.”Th at, aft er paying $10 to enter.Th e Anderson’s tried to get a public pitch built at Nickle-

plate Park but plans fell through. And so did the dozen or so people who wanted to form a horseshoe club in Rossland.

Despite lack of support and having to compete with a persistent black bear for space against the forest behind their home, the Andersons spend most of their days practicing their pitch.

Th ey each have their own sanctioned set of horseshoes.“Th ey’re like golf clubs. Th ere are diff erent styles,” Les

added. “We guard them with our lives.”

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Rossland 17 years ago with her hus-band Phil Patterson to start their “ski family.”

Th e Rossland free-ski champ and Red Mountain poster girl began paint-ing on glass before switching to canvass in 2004.

If she’s not hitting Red for inspiration in the winter, Gauvin can be found rip-ping through a mountain bike trail in the summer, only stopping to capture inspiration with a photograph she can bring back to her studio.

“I tell my friends, ‘Stop, we have to go to the viewpoint,’” she said of her adventures that she chronicles.

Constantly wanting to learn new techniques, Gauvin has attended vari-ous workshops given by prominent Canadian painters.

“I never want to stop learning,” she said. “Your whole life you’re going to get better, obviously, and aft er seven years you start changing the way you do something and try something totally new.”

Over time, Gauvin’s work has moved more toward abstract, all while still sticking to “child-like” images that evoke a feeling of community.

“Th e colours always stay very vibrant

and I try not to get stuck on making things look exact,” she said.

Among the 20 venues in the re-gion, residents can visit Lori Prest of Bea&Glad Studio, who will be showcas-ing her unique silk-screened designs made in her East Trail studio.

Using a combination of natural and renewable resource fabrics, Prest pro-duces patchwork clothing that comes to life with water-based ink patterns and decorative fl at-lock stitch.

“I’m not really attracted to fashion, I’m not one to buy a magazine but sometimes I am like the fashion police,” said Prest, clarifying that her work is more like art in motion.

She started sewing at the age of six when her mom refused to mend her Barbie clothes and it wasn’t long aft er that she found herself sharing a bach-elor suite in Vancouver’s West End with hand painted silk scarves.

Aft er taking a clay and textiles pro-gram at Capilano College in the ‘80s, Prest helped start up a textile coopera-tive in Granville Island and continued on her path of creating functional art for women – calling her line aft er her nana, Beatrice, and her grandmother, Gladys.

“I called them the grandmothers of invention, they both lived through the

depression and had kids they had to raise on nothing,” she said. “Th ey did everything – between them they knit-ted, crocheted, quilted, sewed clothing, did canning and smoked fi sh.”

Her desire to concentrate on her art and get away from an offi ce job that was “sucking the life ” from her, led her to the Kootenays where she now creates clothing that can be purchased at her studio in Trail on Fridays, at Global Underground in Nelson and Frock in Kelowna.

Beyond feeding off of inspiration from simple items she stumbles across in every day life, Prest visits the library and turns to books for diff erent image-ry. One of her favourites, she points out, is from a surrealist photographer who superimposed an image of a woman in an evening gown and a tree.

Residents are invited to travel to studios and archives that aren’t nor-mally open, see demonstrations, new exhibitions and collections along the tour this weekend by grabbing a map and hitting the road.

For more information on the culture tour, visit www.cbculturetour.com, to download a tour directory or stop into one of the venues participating in the tour (Artisan and Rouge Gallery) for a pamphlet.

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Les and Vi Anderson are ready for the BC Seniors Games taking place next week. Lana Rodlie photo

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Her books have been six years in the making; rejected by publishers; but Darcee O’Hearn is trudging along, undaunted.

The 39-year-old mother of three has been through trials and tribula-tions before, and her latest venture is just another in a growing list of challenges.

O’Hearn created a series of chil-dren’s books that will help children gain a better understanding of the forest.

Aft er completing a degree in for-estry at Selkirk College, O’Hearn was funded by the West Kootenay Edu-cation Fund to teach kids “the good news about the forest industry.

“I was alarmed to see that chil-dren didn’t know the difference between a coniferous and deciduous tree; they called a cedar a pine tree and had absolutely no clue what the diff erence was.

“What was more alarming was, even the teachers didn’t know what trees were called in their own back-yards.”

O’Hearn found the easiest way to translate information to children was to make up stories.

While conducting her program at a school in Ft. St. John, a native woman overheard her stories and told her she should write them down.

“She cried, and said they re-minded her of the stories her elders told.”

Th e books: Legends of the Forest are broken down into stories about individual tree specimens.

Leonard the Larch tells the story of the larch, the only coniferous tree that drops all its needles every year.

“He’s a real character who likes to make trouble. He likes to spook peo-ple and Halloween is his favourite time of year. Mother Earth told him if he shed his needles, he’d look like a skeleton and be much scarier.”

Others in the series include: Lenny the Lodgepole Pine, Wendy the White Pine, Harry the Hemlock, Bruce the Spruce, and Douglas Fir and Mack the Mouse.

A Douglas Fir cone looks like the tail and feet of mice are sticking out of it.

“That’s because Mother Earth trapped the mice for stealing all the seeds.”

Hemlocks are the trees with the bent tops.

“Harry the Hemlock looks like a fi r, but the diff erence is the bent leader. That’s because he has the smallest of coniferous cones. He hangs his head in shame due to this ‘small cone syndrome.’”

Th e books give a complete profi le of the tree, bark, cones, and include a craft section as well. So children can go

out to the woods and use the books to identify various trees, leaves, needles, etc. In the fi rst book, she’s also included a recipe for making Plasticine amber out of tree sap.

“If you take kids into the bush, they usually will rip up leaves or tear off tree bark. I like to teach them that trees

require the leaves to grow, to absorb carbon. I want them to realize that trees have personalities. I want them to slow down and enjoy nature.”

Th e 24-page books are in an easy reader style, 9 by 6 inches, to fi t in back-

packs; and fi lled with projects.“Kids can take them into the forest

and try to match the diff erent trees byusing the books. Th ey are also good bedtime stories.”

O’Hearn went through several pub-lishers and is opting to publish andmarket the books herself.

“I had a lot of positive feedback.But getting them onto store shelveswould take three years, and I’d onlymake 33 per cent of the sales.”

She sees this as just another lifechallenge, of which she’s enduredseveral.

In 1997, a kayaking accident on ariver in Chile left her with a brokenneck and the threat of becomingpermanently paralyzed. Just gettingback to Canada for medical treat-ment was an incredible journey initself.

When she recovered, she wantedto make a diff erence in the worldand decided to cycle all the wayacross Canada to raise money forspinal cord research.

While the trip was a success,O’Hearn was disillusioned by the“mere $10,000” she raised.

But the real downer happened inNewfoundland, when she visited a14-year-old boy who was a quadri-plegic due to a diving accident.

After sharing her own experi-ence, “I told him I believed he’dwalk again.”

She was quickly ushered out ofhis room and doctors chastised herfor giving the boy false hope.

“They said I shouldn’t inspirepeople with empty promises.”

A few years later, she receivedan email from the boy and it blewher away.

“Th e fi rst line was ‘Guess who’styping.’

“He’s walking now, with support.He said all kinds of people came tosee him and try to inspire him butout of all of them who had the mostinfl uence, he chose me.”

Th e email had O’Hearn in tears.“His name is Chris Campbell. I

didn’t know I made such an impact.But he didn’t know how much of animpact he had on me.”

She looked back over that two-and-a-half month journey.

“All the wind, the rain, the bugs;it was all worth it, just because ofhim.”

While in the north working for aforest company, she was once chasedby a grizzly bear.

“Demonstrating what not to dowhen you meet a bear in the woods– I sprayed a whole can of bear-sprayin my face. Th en I ran blind, clearingan entire creek in one leap.”Today, jumping through the hoops of

writing and self-publishing, O’Hearn isinspired by her children.

“Whenever we go in the truck, theyalways want me to tell them a story – thesame story, over and over again.”


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A Rossland Secondary School gradu-ate has earned Canada’s most prestig-ious scholarship – $150,000 toward continuing her doctorate at Western University in London, Ont.

Katie Kryski is one of the 167 re-cipients of the Vanier Canada Gradu-ate Scholarship, a government-funded award for doctoral research. Th e 2003 RSS grad received a personal congratu-lation from Prime Minister Stephen Harper Wednesday.

“Th is scholarship will be paramount in aiding my development as a research-er and clinician,” said the 26-year-old via email. “Not only does it off er fi nan-cial security to its recipients, it provides a much-needed feeling that your hard work is recognized as a genuine contri-bution to society. Most of all, it provides a strong impetus to continue to strive for excellence at times when the road ahead can be daunting.”

Kryski began her undergraduate degree in a Kinesiology program at the University of Calgary but aft er taking an “abnormal” psychology class in her third year of studies, her path was reset toward clinical psychology.

“My research now explores how biological and contextual factors infl u-ence the development of early emerging vulnerability to mood disorders, with a focus on the how psycho physiological reactivity to stress infl uences this proc-

ess,” she said. “I am passionate about both my research and clinical training and I hope to continue to contribute in both streams as my career unfolds.”

Kryski recommends that students, who are beginning their academic career, keep an open mind and take a breadth of courses in the early years to discover and later target an area they are passionate about.

She still holds much of her success to the foundation set in high school.

“RSS was a place where you knew everyone’s name and they knew yours, teachers and students alike,” she said. “I felt supported by teachers, who took a genuine interest in my success and demonstrated a desire to see me con-tribute my own knowledge and skills to society.”

Her parents, Brad and Cyndi Kryski of Rossland, not only feel the fi nancial relief for their daughter but also know that the recognition must feel good for someone with a long road in post secondary.

“I have a new respect for anyone with Dr. in front of their name because the world does not give this easily,” said Brad via email Friday. “Our reaction (besides fi nancial relief for her and us) was, of course, pride but huge happiness for her because we know how hard she has been working for a long time (eight years of post secondary at this point) and she is passionate about her work.”

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It may feel a little too soon to start thinking about Ross-land’s annual fall festival, but Golden City Days organizers have been hard at work ironing out the details as the big weekend quickly approaches. Th e 2011 heritage celebra-tion will take place September 10-12 at a variety of venues throughout the alpine city. In addition to the traditionally popular activities, the event committee promises some excit-ing new elements that are on the brink of confi rmation, but not able to be offi cially announced just yet.

A number of components are still required in order to make this year’s GCD a success: volunteers are needed on the Saturday and Sunday of the event weekend to help as-semble and dismantle stages and tents, assist with parade management, and help with children’s games and shows. Co-ordinator Terry Brinson is hoping for a good turn-out of student volunteers, “It’s nice to see the high-school kids be involved. We get a great number of students each year, and are hoping for the same again.”

Golden City Days has always been a great draw for chil-dren and families, and this year they’re inviting Rossland’s children to create the offi cial event poster. Th e only criteria is that the artwork depicts some element of the festival’s es-sence (gold, mountains, mining...etc). Entries should include a name and phone number on the back, and be submitted to the Chamber of Commerce by Friday August 12.

Th ere is still room in the schedule for any group or indi-vidual that would like to add their own entertainment, display or activity to the festival. Interested parties should contact

Terry Brinson by August 18, before the GCD schedules are fi nalized and shipped off to the presses.

Organizations and clubs are also encouraged to enter the parade; anyone wishing to show their community spirit, create a fl oat or don heritage costumes is welcome to join free of charge.

Th ose interested in joining the parade are asked to contact the parade coordinator via email at [email protected] to receive an information package. For all other enquiries, sug-gestions or off ers of help, write chief organizer Terry Brinson ([email protected]).

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The always popular pancake breakfast during last year’s Golden City Days.

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With the last stretch of summer in front of us, make sure you cross off a few “must do’s” before it’s too late. Th e Gold Fever Follies show, which runs Tuesday to Saturday every week, with shows at 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. is a defi nite “must do”. Th e show is receiving great review this year, with an excellent cast and lots of funny historical references. An excellent way to learn a bit about the history of Rossland! For more information about ticket prices and cast informa-tion, check out their website at www.goldfeverfollies.com

Th e Rossland Pool is off ering the Bronze Cross from Monday, August 15 to Friday, August 19 from noon to 5 p.m. daily. Th e Bronze Cross is designed for lifesavers who want the challenge of more advanced training – including an introduction to safe supervision in aquatic facilities. Th e Bronze Cross is a prerequisite for all advanced training programs, includ-ing the National Lifeguard Service (NLS) and Instructor certifi cation.

Th ere’s a Kids Kung Fu class for kids 7-10 years coming up, starting August 15 and running until Friday, August 19 with a second session run-ning from August 22 to 26. Th is is a traditional Kung Fu class that chal-lenges kids physically while increas-ing their mental well being. Th e class is fun, action packed and challenging. Bare feet, comfortable clothing and a water bottle are all the kids need. Th e class runs from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. in the Rossland Arena. Right aft er the Kung Fu class, starting at 11:00 a.m. is the Teen Self Defence Class. Th is

class teaches personal defence meth-ods that are fuelled by adrenaline and taught to participants through martial techniques and scenario examples. Th is class also covers core exercises, total body stretching, strength, fl ex-ibility and mental awareness. Th e class runs from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Monday to Friday for kids ages 11-13 years.

Do you have a young writer in the house? Direct them to the “Express Yourself ”, BC Kids Writing Contest. Th e contest is open to kids between the ages of 8-12 years who live in BC. Children can write a story, a poem, a play or some other piece of writing as long as it is no longer than 300 words. For more information about the con-test, check out the website at: http://expressyourself.bclibraries.ca .

Th e Rossland Public Library has their Summer Reading Club infor-mation out and this year’s theme is “Savour Each Word…discover the deliciousness of reading”. With games to play, craft s to make and stories to tell, there’s lots of fun to be had. For more information about age groups and times, please contact the Library at 250-362-7611 or [email protected]

To see what the Summer Reading Kids have been up to check out the website: http://rossland.bclibrary.ca/kids/summer-reading-club-2011. Th e last Summer Reading Club week is 22-26 August and the theme will be Party! Th e Summer Reading Staff encourages all the kids who have at-tended, even once, to come out and receive their certifi cates and medals

and enjoy party games and treats. Th ere may be prizes involved, too!

AquaTot lessons at the Pool are on Tuesdays and Th ursdays for the dura-tion of the summer from 11:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Th is half hour lesson is for parents and tots to enjoy social time in the water and introduce skills like buoyancy, movement, fl oating and active water play. Tots will be assessed on the Red Cross Preschool levels Starfi sh, Duck and Sea Turtle. Once your little one has shown mastery of certain skills, they’ll move up to the next level. Th e guards will keep track of your little person’s progress. When one level is completed, you’ll receive your child’s fi rst Red Cross Swimming Lessons booklet to keep track of their progression for the next few years. Th e lessons are drop in and parents can enjoy coming as oft en or as little as summer holidays permit. Cost is $2.00 for members and $3.00 for non members.

The Recreation Department is currently working on the Fall and Winter Brochure. Th e brochure typi-cally spans the months of September to December but in the interest of saving paper, printing costs and administrative time, the Recreation Department will be combining the Fall and Winter Brochures into one brochure, spanning the months of September to March.

If you have a hobby or an interest and would like to off er a program that falls into these months, please contact our Department to discuss available options. Th e deadline is past, so don’t delay to contact our offi ce!

Next week several thousand people will be welcomed to the West Kootenay for fi ve days of athletic competition, fellowship and fun as the region hosts the BC Seniors Games.

In the days while the BC Seniors Games are underway we’ve got what amounts to a free pass at making a good impression on a large crowd of people we hope we’ll see again, and again.

For our West Kootenay communities, these games are a treasure trove... social, athletic, and economic.

Th is is the sort of infl ux of humanity that makes the marketers of tourism products sali-vate and it’s important to go out of our way to see that our guests take fond memories home with them.

While Rossland does not have an offi cial role in hosting the Games, we do have a sig-nifi cant number of visitors staying in our ac-comodations, visiting our stores, eating in our establishments and enjoying all that our city has to off er.

Th is is also a time for some friendly com-petition among the host cities as well as sur-rounding towns and villages – not a time for knocking our neighbours, by any means, but for going even that extra bit further in promot-ing our own home.

Misery’s not the only one who loves com-pany, so it’s a great idea to let the people from across the province know that we love having them around.

Here’s counting on great competition for themselves and their friends, great entertain-ment for their relatives who make the trip, and for the lasting impression gained by being treated with warmth and courtesy by the wel-coming folks of the West Kootenay.

Let’s welcome participants

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Having a hard time shop-ping for that picky adolescent or never-pleased teen?

Try Rossvegas Boardshop on Rossland’s main drag.

Th e shop is packed from the walls to the raft ers with must-have brand name shirts, hood-ies, tees, footwear and sporting gear particularly popular with teens and sports enthusiasts alike.

Oh – they sell snowboards and skateboards, too.

Owner Peter Gearin came to Rossland in the early 1990s where he grew up in retail. His family owned clothing stores in Collingwood, Ont.

Aft er arriving in Rossland, he managed Powderhound for 10 years; then purchased the Kingdom Boardshop in 2002. Two years later, he changed the name to Rossvegas.

“Th ere was a band with that name, and there was an old joke that Rossland was once called Rossvegas,” he said.

He has since trademarked the name and screen-prints it on popular shirts for locals and tourists.

“Our main part is clothing, shoes, kids sizes 2T and up. We carry all top brands in the business, such as Burton and Volcom.”

Rossvegas also carries equip-ment and accessories for a wide variety of sports.

Where else could you buy a set of competition horseshoes with a Volcam label and Vol-cam carrying bag?

Frisbee golf? It’s quite a popular sport in

Rossland and discs are tough to keep on the shelves at Ross-vegas.

Along with the upbeat at-mosphere and metal music, Rossvegas staff walk the talk.

“Everyone in the store is involved in skateboarding or

snowboarding. I’ve been snow-boarding since 1985.”

Gearin runs the business with silent partner Nigel Payn-ter (chief financial officer) and his wife, Cathy Brodie, who works behind the scenes, keeping books “and keep-ing us all organized. She’s the backbone.”

Business has been good in Rossland, but Gearin expects it to improve even more once the skateboard park is up and running.

Although he was involved in the beginning, trying to get approval for the concept, Gearin doesn’t give himself credit for helping to make the park a reality.

“Once it got to the latest stage, it was far too political. I didn’t want someone pointing to me saying they didn’t want it in their back yard.”

Being some 15 years in the making, Gearin says the park missed a whole generation.

“Now the people who want-ed a park back then are bring-

ing in their own children.”Although skateboarding is a

“super technical” sport, it isn’t expensive.

“You can buy a board for about $100. Two hundred dollars and you’re set with all you’d need.”

If a board breaks, a new plank for the deck is about $40.

“Most get a season out of a board.”

Besides running the shop, Gearin is a huge supporter of carnival events. He hosts “Th e Game” Rail Jam on Queen St. during Winter Carnival.

He also sponsored a hole at the frisby golf tournament held at Black Jack.

Currently, Rossvegas is gear-ing up for the second busiest season besides winter – back-to-school.

“It’s huge. We sell tons of backpacks, kids clothes.”

And Rossvegas is just get-ting into the on-line business.

Check it out at rossvegas-boardshop.com

Pete Gearin stands outside his shop on Columbia Ave.Lana Rodlie photo

Alzheimer support group A place to fi nd a sense of hope. Th at, in a nut-

shell, is what Rossland residents can fi nd by at-tending the free information and support groups off ered by the non-profi t Alzheimer Society of B.C.

“It’s a place to exchange information, support and fi nd friendship with others whose lives are aff ected by dementia,” says Linda Hoskin, the So-ciety’s local support and education coordinator.

Participants learn about dementia, its progres-sion and the impact it may have on individuals and families. Th ey also learn practical coping

strategies, encouraging caregivers to actively en-gage in protecting and maintaining their physical and emotional health.

Th e meetings off er ”the chance to regain some control in the face of a disease that cannot be con-trolled.”

For more information on meeting times and locations, contact Hoskin at 250-352-6788 or toll-free 1-877-452-6788, or email [email protected].

For more information visit www.alzheimerbc.org

Cover your menfolk’s eyes and your childrens’ ears - it’s time once again for the Gold Fever Follies to show off their saucy sides in the annual “Naughty Knickers Night” (formerly the “Saucy Sunday Show”). Th is year’s blush-enducing escapade takes place on Sunday, August 14th; with back-to-back

sell-outs, advanced tickets are highly recommended.Th is one-off evening takes the seasonal Follies show to a new level, adding a cabaret-style tal-

ent show, as well as a humorous spoof of this year’s regular performance, “Th e Race, the Voiceand the Gentlewomen”. Cast member Kate Eldridge promises “a night full of talent, humour, andvery little clothing.”

In previous years, the show has been wildly entertaining and hugely popular with locals, but it alsogives the Follies’ cast a chance to focus on something new and exciting during their 83-performanceseason. “It keeps [the cast] working as a team,” Eldridge comments, “It also gives the communitya glimpse of what we can do beyond the musical, be it singing, dancing or playing the guitar. Wealso have some high-school students in the cast, and they are getting a chance to show off somehidden talents.”

Whereas the regular show is created by Fol-lies directors and pro-ducers, the Naughty Knickers Night cabaret is assembled, choreo-graphed and directed completely by the cast. “It is signifi cantly more avante garde than the show we do every day,” Eldridge notes, “Th ere are group numbers and solo acts from each cast member, as well as pieces from modern musicals.” Everyone in the cast is a gradu-ate of musical theatre colleges, so there is no shortage of talent and star power. Th e second half of the show is a spoof of the regular show, with much self-deprecation,as well as surprising and uproarious twists.

For musical fans looking for something tamer, “Th e Race, the Voice and the Gentlewomen”continues to play twice daily Tuesday through Saturday. Th e show has several intertwining plots,including a barmaid trying to woo a heartbroken piano player, a German obsessed with buildingrailroads, and two women trying to prove themselves in a man’s world. As one would expect fromGold Fever Follies, there are dance numbers, original songs, more than a sprinkling of Rosslandhistory, and no shortage of laughs.

Showtimes for the regular show are 3:00 and 7:30, with tickets available at the door, or as part ofthe Golden Ticket which includes a Museum Tour and a meal at the Flying Steamshovel. “NaughtyKnickers Night” advance tickets are available for $10 at Pro Hardware or the Miners’ Hall (showvenue), and at the door for $12, but if past shows are any indication you’d better get your handson tickets early.


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It seems Rosslanders are feeling the absence of the Old Firehall and the musical acts that once populated it, as small-scale outdoor concerts have been popping up around town this summer. One such casual event took place at the Moen household on Saturday night, where local folk group Pickled Th istle shared stage time with Montreal trio Sapo.

Th e natural bowl shape of the Moen’s garden made for perfect ampitheatre-style seating, and the casual vibe of the aff air suited the musical stylings well. Andrew Bennett and his fi ddle joined Pickled Th istle duo Janet (accordian, harp and vocals) and Terry Marshall (guitar and vocals) as they opened the show with folky classics.

Sapo entertained the crowd with a mix of earthy music and theatrical interludes. Th e Montreal-based trio cycled through a variety of instruments, from accordion to ukelele to clarinet, underscored by extremely creative percussion using household items. At one point, percussionist Brownita

Chiquita (known in the past as Bronwen Moen) uses mixing bowls, a whisk and an egg timer to keep the beat through a pie-baking story song.

When Bronwen contacted her parents about an upcom-ing Sapo road tour from Montreal to Vancouver, the Moen’s decided to host the band in their sizable garden as they passed through the Kootenays. It’s not the fi rst time the family has transformed their green space into a stage; the Moen’s son is also a musician whose band has graced the backyard grass in summers passed.

What motivated the hosts to put on a concert? “We haven’t been in Rossland very long,” Mara Moen explains, “We thought it was a good way to get to know people in the community. And now that the Firehall has closed there are less musical acts in town. We aren’t the only ones doing it, there are three or four other families. Now imagine if there were twenty, putting on one concert each? Wouldn’t that be great?”

It’s certainly something for ample-yarded Rosslanders to think about.


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When you fi rst walk into the Red Pair, the fi rst thing you notice is the stylish, urban vibe. Th is is because owner Stephanie Robinson misses certain things about city life, particularly the consumer experience. “My idea of a perfect holiday is heading down to Vancouver and just shopping,” she says with a smile. Robinson wanted like-minded Rosslanders to have a place where they can browse and splurge on “fun and

funky” items.Shoes at the Red Pair target the West Koote-

nay lifestyle, with an emphasis on comfortable,durable footwear that happens to look fantastic.“I try to carry things that other local stores won’thave,” Robinson says, “Most of the shoes in hereare health-focussed, you can be in them all day.A few others are just fun and fancy.”

Shoppers can also peruse a large selectionof handbags, shades, costume jewellery andaccessories that echo the funk-factor of thefootwear. “I like shoes,” Robinson laughs, “ButI love handbags.” A testament no visitor to theRed Pair could possibly doubt.

Twice a year, Robinson heads off to shoeshows where she must make purchasing deci-sions for the coming season. “I think I havepretty good taste, people seem to like the shoesI bring in,” she says, “But it’s diffi cult. Aft er aweekend of choosing this shoe or that one, andthen in red or brown or green, I fi nd I’m second-guessing myself. I go into these things excitedand ready to battle, and then I leave wonderingif I’ve made good decisions.” Sometimes, how-ever, it’s the customers that make the decisionsfor her; “If enough people come in requestinga certain brand, I will do my best to get it,” sheinsists, “I had so many people asking for UGGboots that I really didn’t have a choice but tobring them in!”

The shop came about because Robinsonsaw a need in the area. She strongly consideredpurchasing a couple of local businesses, beforedeciding to start up her own from scratch. Shewaited patiently for the Bank of Montreal build-ing to become available to businesses, and hadher eyes on the corner spot from the beginning.“I was looking in Rossland for so long, I wasstarting to lose hope,” she says, “I almost gota space down in Trail, and then things fi nallyhappened with this building. Th is is the veryspot we were waiting for.”

Robinson’s entrepreneurial spirit has beenwith her since her post-secondary days, when aBusiness Management professor saw her sparkand wooed her away from the Sales & Adver-tising course she had been taking. During hertime at school, Stephanie ran a small accessoriesbusiness, then went on to help run her sister’swindsurfi ng shop in Oregon. Several Rossland-based business plans came and went before theRed Pair emerged as a clear winner.

Funky-shoe seekers can visit the Red Pair onthe corner of Washington and Columbia Mon-day through Friday from 10-6, Saturdays 10-5and, in true Kootenay style, the occasional Sun-day if Stephanie is up for it (check the Red PairFacebook page for opening hours updates).

After pulling the plug on Spokane chan-nels, Shaw is listen-ing to its West Koote-nay customers and switched back to the southern friend last week.

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Connect ing the West Kootenay to Shaw’s fi bre optic will enable them to deliver new broadband Inter-net packages, recently launched in all of its fi bre-shelved commu-nities.

Th e sudden change-of-heart stems from the telecommunica-tions provider recent-ly adjusting its U.S. network feeds in the region –replacing fi ve Spokane-based sta-tions with four from Seattle and one out of Detroit.

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frankly, we didn’t an-ticipate the level or extent from which we heard from our cus-tomers.”

Among the locals who made their voices heard was Brent Can-tarutti, a 20-year-old university student who is back home in Rossland for the sum-mer.

Th e history and po-litical science major, not only made a pres-entation at Warfield council last Wednes-day but also connected with MP Alex Ata-manenko, local poli-ticians and tweeted with Shaw, the CRTC and the Spokane news channel. He feels the West Kootenay is de-tached from Seattle, which was the only news feed received via Shaw for the past couple of weeks.

“You’re basically grabbing a lifelong customer,” said Can-tarutti, touching on his frustrations with the lack of attention Shaw gave to the switch. “You’re making deals with my age group, that we continue to purchase TV, and I haven’t had an issue with you and now you go and do something like this in the era of customer choice – supposedly right?”

With his great-grandfather settling in the community in 1906, Cantarutti said he’s aware of the his-torical linkage – from capital flowing from the American city in support of the Ross-land mines to a rail connection and even the first local televi-sion station came from Spokane.

If historical ties or bang-on weather fore-casts weren’t enough to appreciate the Spokane news, economic op-portunity was also a reason to complain, according to Warfi eld council.

“It just doesn’t both-er everyday people, it really has an impact

on commerce and our relationship with rec-reation because we do tons of advertising in Spokane,” said village councillor Tom Milne at a regular meeting recently.

“Seattle is like an-other world, they’re not here; they’re not adjacent.”

Just as in the past, Cantarutti sees that the region needs Spokane in order to economi-cally diversify and is pleased to hear Shaw has reconsidered.

“Th is region, tech-nically isn’t that small, when you think of up until the late 80’s that it still was a major economic base for the province, you don’t

forget that and then treat the people here like they’re are no longer important,” he said, pointing to the “subversive” notice given to West Koote-nay Shaw customers.

“We aren’t rural – not like you’re living on a farm in Saskatch-ewan where you have 10 miles in between houses – there are at least 30,000 people living in this area, who don’t deserve to be back-handedly treat-ed.”

He congratulates Shaw for making the right choice but still can’t help but feel someone from higher up cracked the whip.

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Jean Buchanan went from a dog-paddler as a toddler at Kitsilano beach in Vancouver to a life-long swimmer at the Senior Games.

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Heavy Duty Machinery

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Bridges 20’40’45’53’ Used / Damaged 40’ insulated makes great shop. Only $2300! Needs door and 40’HC $2800 No Rust! Semi Trailers for Hiway & stor-age. Delivery BC and ABCall 24 hrs 1-866-528-7108www.rtccontainer.com

Medical SuppliesCAN’T GET Up Your Stairs? Acorn Stairlifts can help. Call Acorn Stairlifts now! Mention this ad and get 10% off your new Stairlift! 1-866-981-5991.

Misc. for SaleA FREE Telephone service - Get Your First Month Free. Bad Credit, Don’t Sweat It. No Deposits. No Credit Checks. Call Freedom Phone Lines To-day Toll-Free 1-866-884-7464.DO-IT-YOURSELF Steel buildings. Priced to clear - Make an offer! Ask about free delivery, most areas! Call for quick quote and free brochure - 1-800-668-5111 ext. 170.HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/news-paper?RED ENVELOPE - Unique & Personalized Gifts for All Your Friends & Family! Starting at $19.95. Visit:www.redenvelope.com/Jewel for an extra 20% off or Call 1-888-473-5407.SAWMILLS FROM only $3997 - Make money & save money with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. Free Info & DVD: www.NorwoodSawmills.com/400OT 1-800-566-6899 Ext:400OT.STEEL BUILDING Sale... Specials from $5 to $12/sq. ft. Great pricing on Absolutely every model, width and length. Example: 30’W x 50’L x 16’H, Now $11,900. End walls in-cluded, doors optional. Pio-neer Steel Manufacturers 1-800-668-5422.

Misc. WantedI Buy old Coins, Collections,

Silver, Gold, Olympic sets etc.Chad: 250-863-3082 (Local)

Real Estate

Acreage for Sale20 ACRE Ranch Foreclosures Near Booming El Paso, Texas Was $16,900, Now $12,900, $0 Down, take over payments, $99/mo. Beautiful views, own-er fi nancing, FREE map/pic-tures 800-755-8953.

Real Estate

Acreage for Sale82.8 ACRES, 300’ lakefront, S Cariboo. Beautiful, pastoral, private, rural setting. Borders crown land. Adjacent 80+ acre parcel available.

www.bchomesforsale.com/view/lonebutte/ann/

Mortgages

Mortgage Help! Beat bank rates for purchases and refi -nances, immediate debt con-solidation, foreclosure relief, and equity loans. Free, fast, friendly, private consultations.

Call 1-888-685-6181www.mountaincitymortgage.ca

Recreational

RARE OPPORTUNITY: wa-terfront property on beautiful Jim Lake, 0.83-acre with 360 sq ft insulated cabin, located near Green Lake/Watch Lake. Rare privacy, only three lots on the lake, good fi shing for rainbows to 10 lbs, nice swim-ming, surrounded by crown land. Great trails for hiking, ATV and snowmobile. Sea-sonal 10-km back road access in 4x4 or pick-up. FSBO. $230,000. 250-395-0599. (Please see bchomesfor-sale.com/70mile/frank.)

Rentals

Apt/Condo for Rent2-BDRM, 2 BATH condo in Silver Bay. Fully furnished, 1 indoor parking spot incld. Top fl oor with great views & all up-grades. Avail. Sept. 15th. $1650. 1(215) 692-0277.

Homes for RentSMALL Genelle 2 bdrm house for rent for Sept 1. $875.00 per month plus utilities. References required. 250-304-7686.

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Auto Financing

YOU’RE APPROVED

Call Dennis, Shawn, or Patti

for Pre-ApprovalFinance at autocanada.com

or amford.com

Cars - Sports & Imports

OKANAGAN’S Largest Used Car Super Store. Always open online at: www.bcmotorproducts.com 250-545-2206

Motorcycles

1989 KAWASAKI DIRT BIKE

2/stroke 125cc Rebuilt Engine

MOVING - MUST SELL!$1,000/obo OFFERS?250-357-2708 (Salmo)

Scrap Car RemovalSCRAP BATTERIES WANTED

We buy scrap batteries fromcars & trucks & heavy equipment.

$4.00 each. Free pick-up anywhere in BC, Minimum 10. Call Toll Free 1.877.334.2288

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Trucks & Vans

1990 GMC SIERRA 4x4 lifted, standard shift

new parts paperwork for work doneMOVING - MUST SELL!$2,000/obo OFFERS?250-357-2708 (Salmo)

Boats

For Sale:A Cabin on the LakeThe Kootenay Queen

• 1976 30ft cabin cruiser with a 185 merc

• Full galley (fridge, stove, sink, furnace, toilet)

• Fold down table for a queen sized bed

• Fold up bunk beds• VHF radio• Hull is sound, galley is

dated.• Low draft• 200 hrs on new engine• A great boat that needs

some TLC.$12,000.00 invested, will take offers starting at $9KCall 250-362-7681 or email [email protected] for more information

Your community. Your classi eds.

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pam martin250.362.71681760 2nd ave rossland bc

LadybugLaneWellness Centre-Boutique

1140 Cedar Ave, Trail250.512.2121

[email protected]

Carhartt • Sears • UPS • Purolator Hunting & Fishing Licences

And all your hardware needs!1990 Columbia Rossland 362-7300

Your one stop shop for:Your one stop shop for:

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Hardware

The Kootenays only locally owned full service asphalt contractor. Municipal -

Commercial - Residential

250-551-61411-866-466-6141

[email protected]

Karen SiemensNotary Public

1331 Bay Ave. Trail BCTel. 364.1241Fax. 364.0970

Real Estate transfers • Mortgages • Leases • Wills

• Power of Attorney• Contracts of

Purchase & Sale



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