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July 15, 2009 The Valley Voice 1 Volume 18, Number 14 July 15, 2009 Delivered to every home between Edgewood, Kaslo & South Slocan. Published bi-weekly. “Your independently owned regional community newspaper serving the Arrow Lakes, Slocan & North Kootenay Lake Valleys.” Valhalla Mile celebrated at Silverton’s Canada Day festivities by Art Joyce canoeists, hikers, power boaters, the Fish and Wildlife Compensation lamented the current round of commented, Colleen would have The blazing blue skies of a sunny and skiers. Stetski said it’s important program, and an ecological gift of government cutbacks that have left been smiling on this day. Wayne day were the ideal setting to celebrate to remember that First Nations people $325,000 from Franz. us without an area park manager Stetski summed it up well. the purchase of the Valhalla Mile at used the area for thousands of years, Although then-Environment and has slashed budgets for future “Colleen had a special gift for Silverton’s Canada Day celebrations recording events in pictographs along Minister Barry Penner is a supporter parks acquisition. But this event leaving lasting legacies for the rest this year. It was also apt because it the west shore of Slocan Lake. of the project, Wayne McCrory was a celebration, and as Visser of us to enjoy.” e was two years ago July 1 that Colleen “Valhalla Park’s value as a C oy McCrory died of a brain tumour. protected area increases as resource J Artist Peter Vogelaar commemorated extraction activities expand outside it: art art it: her with a sand sculpture dedicated the park’s boundaries,” Stetski noted. D re to the Valhalla Mile, Colleen’s last Other speakers on hand for the C oto oto campaign. ceremony were Kathleen Sheppard H p “To protect the Valhalla Mile of The Land Conservancy, Angus and have it added to the park was Glass of the Columbia Basin Fish one of the dreams of my sister and and Wildlife Compensation program, environmental colleague Colleen Kindy Gosal of the Columbia Basin McCrory, so this acquisition gives Trust, and Wayne McCrory of the us great joy,” said Wayne McCrory, Valhalla Foundation for Ecology a director of the Valhalla Foundation and Social Justice. Lorna Visser of for Ecology and Social Justice. Carmanah Strategies, who was hired The Valhalla Mile is a section of by the Foundation as fundraiser, was land that had been privately owned master of ceremonies. She named by Burkhardt Franz and was critical and thanked virtually everyone who to ensuring the continuity of Valhalla contributed. The TLC helped co- Provincial Park. As Wayne Stetski of ordinate the fundraising campaign BC Parks explained from the podium, with Visser, its reputation providing a the park was established on March vital seal of approval. Both Sheppard 3, 1983, and Colleen was a major and Gosal of the CBT said the criteria New Denver ambassadors at the Valhalla Mile ceremony during Silverton’s Canada Day celebrations. More Canada Day photos on pages 12 & 13. force in the campaign to have the for approval is whether a project can park established. Originally 49,979 demonstrate widespread community hectares in size, with the addition of support and by that standard the the 63 hectares and 1.7 kilometres Valhalla Mile was an easy winner. of shoreline of the Valhalla Mile, Sheppard presented the special guests Valhalla Park now protects over with Valhalla Mile commemorative 50,000 hectares of land and water. prints. “Valhalla Park, like many of us,” “The special guests today,” said Stetski, “is gaining in size and said Angus Glass, “are out there in stature as it ages, but in this case it’s the audience for achieving such a very positive and a great thing.” spectacular goal.” The park is home to grizzly The purchase price was bears, mountain goats, caribou, $1,625,000, for which the campaign wolverines, fishers, and the blue raised $200,000 in public donations. listed shorthead sculpin, a rare type Major funders in the campaign of fish found in great diversity in included the Toronto Dominion the Columbia Basin. It is BC’s first Friends of the Environment provincial park to protect an entire Foundation. Of the total, $700,000 mountain ecosystem, from riparian was paid for by the Ministry of habitat to old growth forest to alpine Environment, $200,000 by BC tundra. Not surprisingly, Valhalla Trust for Public Lands, $250,000 by Park is popular with kayakers, Columbia Basin Trust, $150,000 by Mayor Hamling and Nakusp’s first ambassador, Devon Leitch, cut the Canada Day cake at Nakusp’s July 1st celebration. Some Nakusp Music Festival tickets still available at discount by Jan McMurray and Jim McCarty of the Yardbirds ‘Ballroom Blitz.’ hula hoop dancing, magic, and movies begin at 7:30 for a nominal Tickets for the Nakusp Music (Saturday night), Greg Rolie and On Saturday, the line-up goes miming by Stiffy the Robot. The fee. Movie Night in the Park starts Festival are going at a reduced Mike Carabello, formerly of Santana like this: Hot Rash, Mad Shadow, Kid Zone will feature a climbing with Walt Disney Pixar short films ‘recession special’ rate until the gate (Sunday), and Sam Moore (Saturday Delhi 2 Dublin, Sweatshop Union, wall, Scooby-Doo Bouncy Castle, for the whole family, followed opens on Friday, July 17. night). Skavenjah, East Blues Experience, Bungee Run and Science World. by 2008 Nakusp Music Festival Call 1-877-265-5565 or go to All 21 bands are worth seeing. On the Yardbirds, Sam Moore and Blues At the beach, Slocan Valley sand video shorts and the feature movie, www.nakuspmusicfest.ca to buy Friday night, The Hip Replacements Traveler. sculptor, David Ducharme, will be Code, starring Morgan Freeman and your discounted tickets before the – The Tragically Hip cover band – Sunday starts off with the creating another masterpiece, and Antonio Banderas, starting at 9:15. festival gets rocking. rolls out the rocking, followed by amazing Nakusp band Eddie Fryer kayaks and canoes will be available There will be a barbecue and beer You don’t want to miss it. This Nick Gilder and Sweeney Todd, best and the Lost Tribe, and keeps up from Crescent Valley’s Endless gardens on site. year’s line-up is the best ever, known for ‘Roxy Roller’ and ‘Hot the momentum with MOBADASS, Adventure. On Thursday night, the Three with headliners like John Kay and Child in the City’; Trooper, a great Suzie McNeil, The Zombies, Gregg For the second year now, Lions’ Pub, the Leland Hotel and the Steppenwolf and Colin James on Canadian band that has sold millions Rolie, Emerson Drive, Colin James festivities start the week before the Nakusp Golf Club will each present Sunday night, Sweet and Trooper on of albums, toured extensively and and John Kay and Steppenwolf. festival. On Wednesday night, July three entertainers: comedian Nelson Friday night, and Blues Traveler on won the Juno for the best band of Kids of all ages will be 15, Jackie James baseball diamond Giles, magician Aaron Martini and Saturday night, and five Rock n Roll the year; and Sweet, with hits ‘Fox entertained on the festival grounds by will be the venue for Movie Night Dino DiNocolo. Shows start at 8:30 Hall of Fame inductees – Chris Dreja on the Run,’ ‘Little Willy,’ and stilt walking and fire performances, in the Park. Gates open at 7 pm, and pm. These shows are free. Visitor Information - page 16 2 NEWS The Valley Voice July 15, 2009 Glacier/Howser project discussed at RDCK committee meeting by Jan McMurray in favour of his motion of the committee received from and no empowerment about for power to Invermere. There these projects.” He said he was The RDCK board is non-support for the proposed Brent Hancock, a professional what is happening in our is an opportunity for this board not sure where to go from here, heading towards taking a stand Glacier/Howser transmission engineer with experience in communities.” She said the to make comment and surely “but instead of coming from on power projects. A draft lines, Shadrack reiterated hydro and power transmission RDCK directors don’t have we have the responsibility to behind, we need to be ahead.” position paper on the subject information received in a letter projects. Hancock questions the technical expertise in IPPs, make sure that the EAO and He suggested writing to the will be presented to the RDCK’s to the committee from an East the overall planning of the G/H but that they should be able to proponents come back and fully Province to tell them that the General Affairs Committee at Kootenay Regional District project, and the reliability of the represent their communities, justify the transmission line. In RDCK needs to be participating its August meeting. director, who said that power power that would be produced. “and that’s more the issue than the long term it may not make a “and somehow obtain licences This was decided at the generated from the proposed Jackman said Hancock’s review these transmission lines.” difference but it will show that for the greater good of this committee’s July meeting, Glacier/Howser project is not shows that RDCK directors do Director Wright said he we care and tried to make a stab area.” following a discussion on the needed in the East Kootenay. not have the expertise to deal felt the motion would fail at it. I didn’t come to board to In addition to asking proposed Glacier/Howser power The East Kootenay director with the issue, and advocated when put to a vote, and asked ask that it oppose this project – Directors Dooley and Chernoff project and a presentation from says that the BC Transmission for taking it to the BC Utilities Shadrack if he would consider this is a compromise.” and CAO Gustafson to draft a Douglas Hurst of Selkirk Power, Corporation held open houses Commission through the Union amending the motion to refer After the motion failed, position paper on power projects a Nelson-based company that in East Kootenay communities of BC Municipalities.