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The company behind the truck that spilled its load of jet fuel into Lemon Creek this summer says the driver got bad directions.

Executive Flight Centre is responding to a class action law-suit filed by a Slocan Valley res-ident which names the Province, the helicopter company requiring the fuel for forest fire fighting and the transport company.

Executive Flight Centre says they were given incorrect direc-tions by the province who ver-bally communicated they should

use Lemon Creek Road. They also say the helicopter company Tran-swest provided no information on how to reach the staging area and delegated directions to the prov-ince.

Before the tanker drove up Lemon Creek Road, another Exec-utive Flight Centre driver used the road to try access the fuelling sta-tion. A maintenance worker, who happened to be on site, told him Lemon Creek wasn’t the proper way to access the staging area and gave out new directions.

Executive Flight Centre says this driver informed the Prov-

ince of the mistaken directions but nothing was done to rectify the situation.

“The Province knew, or should have know that, in the emergency conditions created by the firefight-ing operation, motorists involved in that operation, including Exec-utive Fuel’s drivers, might mis-takenly use Lemon Creek Road to access the staging area,” reads the company’s response to the law-suit.

They go on to say the road, under management of the Prov-ince, was dangerous and not prop-erly maintained.

On July 26, 33,000 litres of jet fuel entered Lemon Creek and downstream rivers resulting in an evacuation of people and a mas-sive cleanup. Executive Flight Centre says they’ve spent $4 mil-lion on that cleanup and wants that bill paid as well as any law-suit payouts covered.

The Province says they abide by the “polluter-pay principle” which keeps taxpayers from being on the hook for cleanups.

Slocan Valley resident John Wittmayer comments on the “blame game” on Slocan Valley Emergency Response, a Facebook

page that has documented the spill and its outcomes.

“There will be this assess-ing blame game and positioning to reduce the payout,” he says. “Industry should never be allowed to monitor themselves, and they will need to be accountable for their mishaps. The provincial gov-ernment has an opportunity here to prove that they have the stew-ardship values to ensure this never happens again. If they ignore their responsibility in the matter, they will confirm what many people already suspect—that they are pro industry at any cost.”

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Salmon reintroduction emerges as CRT review issue

If all goes according to Bill Green’s plan, the first reintroduced Columbia River salmon will cross the U.S.-Canada border in 2016, 78 years after the construction of the Grand Coulee Dam blocked their passage in 1938.

The plan doesn’t stop there. His organiza-tion’s goal? “Let’s restore the salmon in 100 years, by 2040,” Green tells me in an inter-view from his office at the Cranbrook-based Canadian Columbia River Intertribal Fisher-ies Commission, where he serves as director, overseeing six staff.

Created in the early 1990s in partner-ship with the Ktunaxa, Shuswap and Okan-agan First Nations, the CCRIFC has toiled (amongst other work) on the salmon resto-ration concept since then. Their efforts are often technical, bureaucratic or otherwise behind the scenes.

Green explains, for example, that the CCRIFC was involved in the environmental assessment process for the Revelstoke Dam Unit 5 process, working to guarantee mini-mum water flows once the new generator is installed.

“I think it’s fair to say as a result of our

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This image from 1908 shows a hunting party from the Comaplix area near Galena Bay with the bounty from their salmon-shooting expedition on the Comaplix River. Salmon once migrated up the Columbia River past Revelstoke, but the annual passage was stopped in the late 1930s with the construction of the Grand Coulee Dam in Washington State. Arrow Lakes Historical Society image

efforts we now have the minimum flow there,” Green said. The minimum flows are beneficial to fish in that ecosystem.

They also intervened in the Waneta and Brilliant expansions to advocate for designs that would facilitate future salmon passage.

The CCRIFC’s efforts haven’t been in the public eye often – other than an occasional news story. They don’t even have a web-site, but they did launch an awareness cam-paign this year, including work at the Colum-bia Basin Watershed Network’s Think Like a Watershed Symposium in the East Koo-tenay this summer. An awareness team vis-ited high schools in Revelstoke and Nakusp where they presented the salmon reintroduc-tion concept to students, telling them they’d be the ones to bring the salmon back.

But mostly, the CCRIFC studies, involves itself in regulatory processes related to the Columbia River system, liaises with partners in the U.S., and develops plans for salmon reintroduction.

Their profile seems destined to be raised in the coming years.

On Dec. 13, the ‘U.S. Entity’ – the Amer-ican body representing U.S. stakeholders in the Columbia River Treaty review – released its ‘regional recommendations,’ sending them to the federal U.S. State Department for review.

Key to the American provision is an increased emphasis on “ecosystem-based function” in the U.S. Entity position. They are seeking to add a spectrum of ecosystem considerations into the treaty, saying they were omitted in the 1964 agreement, and

have been provided for on an ad hoc basis since then.

Prominent in the U.S. Entity position’s ecosystem-based recommendations is a rec-ommended joint U.S.-Canada program to investigate and possibly implement “restored fish passage and [the] reintroduction of anad-romous fish on the main stem of the Colum-bia River to Canadian spawning grounds.”

It required significant organization and lobbying to get salmon passage restoration onto the U.S. Entity’s regional recommen-dations, explained Paul Lumley, Executive Director of the U.S.-based Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission. (The Cana-dian and American entities have very similar names and do co-operate with each other, but are not to be confused with each other.)

In an interview with the Times Review from his Portland, Oregon head office, the Yakama tribe-affiliated executive director explained getting the salmon restoration on the U.S. Entity agenda was “a real journey.”

The U.S. Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission’s mission is to ensure a unified voice in the overall management of fishery resources, and to protect U.S. tribes’ treaty rights through exercising the sovereign pow-ers of the tribes.

Since they were formed in the late 1970s, the CRITFC has achieved legal wins, treaty partnerships, scientific studies, advocacy campaigns, conservation initiatives and gained regulatory and enforcement authority over fisheries.

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Positions emerge ahead of 2014 Columbia River Treaty deadline

As stakeholder groups on both sides of the U.S.-Canada border have revealed their positions on the Columbia River Treaty in the past weeks, it’s becoming appar-ent the international boundary line isn’t necessarily the de� ning divide between stakeholder positions.

(See stories on pages 1, 2 and 4)In the past weeks, two major

stakeholders in the CRT process issued their recommendations.

The � rst is the U.S. Entity, which represents many diverse stakehold-ers south of the border. The sec-ond is the Columbia River Treaty Local Governments’ Committee, who formed their recommendations to government after hosting a series of community input gathering ses-sions in the Canadian Colum-bia Basin region. The open houses were facilitated by the Columbia Basin Trust.

BASIN LOCAL GOVERNMENT GROUP DEFINES POSITION AFTER RESIDENT CONSULTATION

The Columbia River Treaty Local Governments’ Committee (CRTLGC) released their recom-mendations to government on Dec. 11, asking for a bigger voice for Basin residents, reduced impacts from Treaty dams, better ecosys-tem function and more equitable sharing of bene� ts � owing from the 1964 treaty.

In an interview with the Rev-elstoke Times Review, commit-tee chairperson Deb Kozak said that residents want to have contin-ued input into the Columbia River Treaty process.

“We are asking for more con-sultation and working with the Basin [residents when] changes are planned,” she said. “We have asked for advisory status during those dis-cussions.”

Kozak said Basin local govern-ments want to be involved in inter-national discussions to provide guidance and get feedback.

The CRTLGC is asking for an assessment of impacts and bene� ts of the current and future treaty.

Kozak said their meetings across the Basin in 2012 and 2013 attracted about 2,300 people to events, including in Revelstoke, which isn’t part of the Association of Kootenay–Boundary Local Gov-ernments, but was included in the process.

In terms of the content of the treaty, the CRTLGC divides their recommendations on treaty issues and negotiations into eight points:

— The CRTLGC wants impacts on the Basin reduced, not increased.

— The CRTLGC wants equi-table bene� t sharing that consid-ers issues beyond � ood control and power generation. They want ben-e� ts that the U.S. receives to be accounted for, such as tourism, rec-reation, navigation, ecosystems and agriculture. They note these issues were not accounted for in the orig-inal Columbia River Treaty deal in 1964. In our interview, Kozak said � ood control alone is a massive bene� t to the U.S.

“The United States feels they are paying too much, whereas if we take a look at the numbers up here and the analysis we’ve done, one major � ood would cost billions of dollars down there if there was no coordinated response to � ood con-trol.”

— The CRTLGC wants “eco-system function” to be a “� rst-order value” that is incorporated in the treaty on the same level as

� ood control and power produc-tion. Kozak said that environmental concerns were barely on the radar in the 1960s when the CRT was negotiated, and the treaty needs to be updated to re� ect contemporary values. “These are industrial work-ing reservoirs,” she said. “It’s all about power production and � ood control and it has huge impacts to this day.”

— The CRTLGC wants care-fully-coordinated � ood control planning when the existing � ood control agreement expires in 2024.

– The U.S. Libby Dam must be brought into the treaty fully to ensure it’s operated in a simi-lar way as other Treaty dams, in order to ensure Canadian interests are incorporated into its operational decisions. This recommendation focuses on the negative impacts of the portion of the dam’s reservoir located in Canada.

— That Columbia Basin Trust-owned dams are not negatively impacted.

— That existing Canadian rights to use water for domestic uses be maintained.

— The CRTLGC wants climate change considerations incorporated into treaty negotiations.

— Salmon. The committee sup-ports technical and � nancial fea-sibility of returning salmon to the Canadian portion of the Columbia River.

The CRTLGC review also iden-ti� ed a host of domestic issues expressed by residents, and urged the provincial government and BC Hydro to work with local govern-ment and residents on them.

In other words, residents’ and local governments’ interface on treaty issues is usually with the pro-vincial government or BC Hydro, not any entities south of the bor-der. Residents said there was lots of room for improvement on how this

relationship works and, through the CRTLGC, expressed them in seven different points:

— Mitigate and compensate. Basin residents want the provin-cial government to continue and increase efforts to mitigate for current or future treaty-related impacts.

— The CRTCLG recommends ongoing study, enforcement and compensation on community eco-nomic development issues, saying more needs to be done to compen-sate for economic opportunities lost by the treaty dams.

— The committee recommends engaging residents on issues like reservoir management.

— In two separate recommen-dations, the committee pushes for a water management process for the Kootenay River and a wildlife res-toration program for the Koocanusa Reservoir.

— The committee said the Columbia and Duncan Water Use Plans that were developed in the mid-2000s have not been ade-quately implemented, and that the provincial government and BC Hydro can “build trust and good-will with Basin communities” by doing a better job implementing the plans. The committee said dif-

� culty accessing information about implementing the plans and “lack of ongoing involvement” are issues.

— The limited budget for the Columbia Basin Fish and Wild-life Compensation Program was a concern, but the committee felt it needed more information before making recommendations.

Kozak, who is an elected coun-cillor with the City of Nelson, said the local government committee was determined to get basin resi-dents’ views on the table leading up to potential negotiations.

“Even though we had no voice the � rst time around in the ‘60s, we decided this time it’s really, really important that we not be left out of these discussions because things could go really sideways if you do not have information directly from the source that is being impacted,” she said.

Kozak said the path forward for treaty negotiations is not clearly de� ned at this point. The provincial government has issued a draft posi-tion on the treaty, but not their � nal position.

Negotiations could occur within the framework of the existing treaty, or entities could exercise their option to withdraw.

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U.S. stakeholders seek to elevate ecosystem function to new pillar of treaty, while regional consultation in Canadian Columbia Basin stresses need for inclusion of impacted residents

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Lumley said restoration of salmon runs into Canada could happen in our lifetimes.

“We are probably talking at least a decade, probably a couple of decades before we can see signifi-cant numbers of fish coming back to Canada,” he said. “I am confi-dent it can be done; we just have to have the will to say that we’re going to make it happen. I have a great deal of confidence from where I’m at because I know and I’m on the right side of history [by] making sure these fish come back to Can-ada.”

The technology and science behind fish passage is improving. Both the U.S. and Canadian tribal commissions are co-hosting an April conference in Portland, Ore-gon that will focus on restoring his-torical fish passage on the Colum-bia River.

Part of that Future of Our Salmon 2014 conference will be technical presentations demonstrat-ing recent advances in fish passage technology. Out of the conference, organizers intend to develop a uni-fied strategy to restore fish passage “that allows Columbia River Basin fish to return to their entire historic range,” according to the event bro-chure.

Can it be done? and who’s going to pay for it?

The naysayers focus on two points: it’s technically too difficult and just too expensive.

“I think they’re assuming it can’t be done,” Lumley explains. “Peo-ple out there who are saying the loudest that it can’t be done are those that might be on the hook for paying to make sure it gets done. I believe totally that if we can put a man on the moon, we can get salmon past Grand Coulee, past all these other dams. We can’t con-clude it’s impossible until we study it, and it really hasn’t been thor-oughly studied. Anybody that con-cludes before we even study it that it can’t be done [has] got an ulterior motive, in my opinion.”

On the main stem of the Colum-bia River, salmon are currently blocked by the Chief Joseph Dam, which was built downstream from the Grand Coulee. Both Green and Lumley explain the two U.S. dams are significant hurdles that need funding to be overcome.

After that, the next physical bar-riers are the Brilliant Dam, the Hugh Keenleyside and the Waneta Dam. The Columbia Power Corpo-ration owns the generating stations and is legally bound to provide fish passage if salmon make it that far, explained Green. The require-ment was built into environmental assessment agreements when these facilities added on new power gen-erators in recent decades and years.

“Once we get them upstream of Grand Coulee, then we’ve got access into Arrow Lakes and that means all the way up to Revel-

stoke with respect to Sockeye and Chinook, into the Slocan system upstream of Brilliant and at least upstream into Waneta and possi-bly into the Salmo River. It’s a huge step,” Green said.

From the activists’ perspective, the technical and funding challenge lays in the two American dams.

Lumley approaches it from the position of shared responsi-bility, and that’s expressed in the U.S. Entity position, which calls for “shared costs” for a joint pro-gram to investigate and implement restored fish passage.

In other words, Canada should help pay for the studies and fish passage work on the American dams.

“I don’t know that Canada’s actually concluded that [fish pas-sage] should not be a part of the Columbia River Treaty process,” Lumley said. “What I have heard from them in writing is they don’t want to pay for it. Especially at Grand Coulee with something ... on the United States side and Canada should not be on the hook for pay-ing the bill – it’s a U.S. responsibil-ity. Now, I have a different opinion on that.”

What about Revelstoke Dam and Mica Dam? “It is going to be technologically sophisticated,” said Canadian Columbia River Inter-tribal Fish Commission director Bill Green.

Technologically, Green points to the Deschutes Passage in Ore-gon and the Lewis River project in Southwestern Washington State as

recent examples of technical fixes that enable fish restoration progress.

Currently, many dams on the U.S. Columbia River have fish passage, and Green said they have developed success-ful passages.

More study is needed, and environ-mental approval is required. Green envi-sions “trap and truck” testing within a few years, bringing the salmon from below Chief Joseph to above Grand Coulee, then releasing radio-tagged fish to see what they do from there.

Green worked with a sockeye resto-ration project with the Okanagan First Nation in the late 1990s, when numbers were down to a just a couple thousand spawners a year. Now the total return is approaching half a million.

“That is a testament to the power of salmon when you give them an opportu-nity to do wonderful things,” Green said. “Dams aren’t impassable.”

Canadian loCal governments support salmon study in Crt

On Dec. 11, the B.C. Columbia River Treaty Local Governments’ Committee released their CRT process recommen-dations, which were compiled after con-sultation with Columbia Basin residents.

They supported the study of fish pas-sage restoration: “First Nations and other Basin residents are passionate about returning salmon to the Colum-bia River in Canada. We strongly sup-port agencies and First Nations/Tribes

on both sides of the border exploring the technical and financial feasibility of returning salmon to their historic ranges in the Canadian portion of the Columbia River.”

However, the committee didn’t want cash to flow across the border on the issue: “The committee believes each country should take responsibility for restoration activities in their jurisdic-tion.”

The local government committee chairperson Deb Kozak said they’d like to see feasibility work continue. “Our request that the government continue these studies.” Kozak said.

The provincial government released their draft recommendations on the Columbia River Treaty review in mid-October. They argue that since the migration ended in 1938, decades before the Columbia River Treaty, salmon pas-sage is not a treaty issue.

“British Columbia’s perspective is that restoration of fish passage and hab-itat, if feasible, should be the responsi-bility of each country regarding their respective infrastructure,” states the Government of B.C. in their draft rec-ommendations.

However, in response to questions from the Revelstoke Times Review, a B.C. government spokesperson issued this statement in early October: “Hav-ing said that, we are currently conduct-ing public consultations with Basin resi-dents because it’s essential that we shape the future of the Treaty with input from all those who are involved.”

The final B.C. recommendations are expected sometime in the new year.

Salmon Ambassadors Gerry Nellestijn and Nevada Nicholas visited schools in Nakusp this past September, telling them about salmon and dams. Courtesy Leslie Leitch

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Is there a war on Christmas?

“The War on Christmas,” for those who are not aware, is the practice of secularizing greetings around Christ-mastime to “Happy Holidays” and avoiding any references to the reli-gious aspects of the holiday. Some Christians have taken to the airwaves to decry these practices as dishon-est at best (we all know it’s Christmas they’re talking about) and discrimina-tion at worst. We wring our hands and worry that one of the two most sacred days in the year is somehow in danger.

But there has been another war on Christmas going on. Is Christmas about Santa Claus or Jesus? “Santa Baby” or the baby in the man-ger? Those in the evangelical Chris-tian community are familiar with the refrain “Keep Christ in Christ-mas.” For some, this means that truly devout Christians should not sing about Jolly Old Saint Nick, reindeer, elves and such. To do so would be to dilute the pure, original purpose for the festive season.

I once had a friend tell me his con-spiracy theories about how Santa Claus was basically invented by Coca-Cola to sell more sugary drinks. And of course he pointed out that when you switch some letters around, “Santa” becomes “Satan.”

This aversion to secular Christmas shows a misunderstanding of the hol-iday. As with Easter and the spring equinox, Christmas is a religious hol-iday tacked on to an existing secular

celebration of the winter solstice. We know Jesus wasn’t born on December 25. We know that the Yuletide season existed without nativity scenes and Christmas carols.

Christmas is about bringing the message of hope to the biggest party we could find. It makes little sense to throw cold water all over that party when it’s the moment when Jesus is already getting the most airtime by far of any moment in the year. Millions of people will hear the good news of Jesus on the radio in the mall, in a Charlie Brown special on television, and at community Christmas celebra-tions.

Jesus knew how to bring some-thing supernatural to a party. When he showed up at a wedding party, he performed a famous miracle of turn-ing water into wine. The party wasn’t about him, but nobody remembers whose wedding that was today. They remember that he made the party even better. That’s what he continues to do today—he makes a festive season even better. So if you want to see more Christ in Christmas, then bring him to the party! Put up a nativity scene, sing the Christmas carols that celebrate Christ’s birth, and join in the festivi-ties with your friends and neighbours.

So to our community I say, “Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!”

Are we estranged from Earth?

A radio commentator called BP’s Oil catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico the “Chernobyl of the petrochemical industry.” A scien-tist later declared that we are cre-ating conditions that may ruin the Earth.

Obviously urgent changes in human behaviour are needed. Technology has provided us with means of subduing Earth for often questionable purposes. Many technological innovations are useful, others dangerous to Earth’s ecosystems need severe regulation. Earth sustains us. It is not a mere commodity for devel-opment.

The Greek philosopher Plato commented on “techne” (tech-nology). He saw that a heavy reli-ance on technology would lead to an extreme narrowing of reality and weaken spiritual, logical, and aesthetic concerns; making peo-ple a servant of their tools. Thus the “whole person” can become a fragmented individual easily tempted to meaningless pursuits. Since the ability to contemplate deeper meanings is reduced, the temptation to obsess oneself with trivia is increased. As Plato said, people can thereby be lured away from the good and noble. This is the beginning of spiritual igno-rance.

The Old Testament revealed ancient awareness of intelligence and divinity in all living things. Consider these verses from the twelfth Chapter of the Book of Job: “…speak to the earth and it shall teach thee” and “the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind, is in the hand of

the Lord.” A modern scientific text,

Microcosmos by Dr. Lynn Mar-gulis, reminds us that, “Our own bodies are composed of ten qua-drillion animal cells and another one hundred quadrillion bacte-rial cells.” You will learn from this book that bacteria “invented” fermentation, the wheel (known as the proton rotary motor), sul-fur breathing, photosynthesis and nitrogen fixing. In short, higher technology than we now have preceded us by millions of years.

Prior to the Industrial Revolu-tion sagacious and moral obser-vations were made about Earth and also about technology’s pos-sible effect on life.

Sir William Temple (1628-1699 AD), the Archbishop of Canterbury offered this thought: “The existing industrial order leads to recklessness and sacri-lege in the treatment of natural resources…it is largely responsi-ble for the problem of the ‘mass man’ who easily develops the herd psychology.” His remarks are applicable today in regard to the consequences which are exemplified by humanity’s possi-bly lethal addiction to petrochem-icals.

Several hundred years before the birth of Christ the Chinese religion-philosophy known as the Tao Te Ching (the Way of Life) provided insights such as the fol-lowing:

As for those who would take the whole world

To tinker it as they see fit, I observe that they never suc-

ceed:For the world is a sacred vesselNot made to be altered by man. The tinker will spoil it;Usurpers will lose it. A belief system called Sto-

icism emerged about 300 BC. The tenets of Stoicism are his-torically recognized as underly-ing many of the beliefs of Chris-tianity. Stoicism helped pave the way for a dogma which stressed the necessity of faith. It called for lives of simplicity, morality and asceticism. It emphasized a con-cept that is now basically ignored. This was the realization that all things exist within the Divine. Some Stoics embraced a life of retreat and were called ancho-rites. Others practiced strong self-discipline and were known as ascetics. Some retreated into con-templative life and were known as “monachi” and their retreat was into a “monasterium.” Beneath all this was the basic Stoic concept, that people are a part of God and Nature and must observe, honour, and protect the law of the world.

The universe was spoken of as a living organism of which God is the soul, as well as the source of universal law and the infusing spirit that sustains all. Live according to the benevo-lence and orderliness of the uni-verse said the Stoics and enjoy “euthymia” which signifies peace and well being. Living according to the divine will brings about a happy inner spirit which comes to resemble the Deity.

In short what religions call the Creation is itself Divine, and Earth merits honourable and even reverent treatment. Human lead-ers have forged an “economy” addicted to wealth and power which ignores the health of the planet that underwrites the real economy. Unless we once again recognize the holiness of cre-ation and begin to treat it with the respect it deserves we may be drastically shortening our days (daze?) on Earth.

Bob HarringtonIt’s Your World

Craig SavageA Matter of Faith

Oh oh oh, is Christmas in trouble? Claire Paradis/Arrow Lakes News

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Over the past few months, local, district-wide and B.C. residents in general have witnessed what is tantamount to a vast and growing development of public transit sys-tems situated not only within our own province, but throughout the entire nation.

This comes as very good news, especially for small and isolated communities such as ours, cur-rently grappling with the challenge of dealing effectively with the real-

ity that approximately one in seven citizens aged 65 or over are clock-ing in as requiring a variety of effective transportation options. For most of us, this will ultimately assist us in meeting our goal of maintaining self-sufficiency and growing independence within all aspects of our lives.

The fact is, affordable and effi-cient public bus transportation has become a major issue in most of our lives. My own quest for avail-able local options arrived with somewhat of a surprise, early last summer. As shared with readers in my last column, my much-appreci-ated vehicle had joined the ranks of the non-operative scuttle-bug, forc-ing some major changes within my own familiar routine. I remember well, when the day came that the test was on-schedule but the ques-tion which followed: was I?

I had suddenly recalled that I was due to attend a planning meet-ing in the Village, so in my usual hurried fashion and without giving

it much thought, I quickly scram-bled to don my outdoor apparel, opened the exit door with the full intention of jumping in to my beloved jolly jumper to take flight, but instead, found myself facing an unexpected shock.

Good grief. I felt stunned ... for no car was at all in sight!

I had momentarily forgotten that my dear old four-wheeler which I had relied upon so heavily for close to 17 years, had vanished perma-nently from sight, a so-called vic-tim of “old age,” and already await-ing a final pronouncement at the far-away across town recycling yard, never to be seen as it once was in my driveway, ever again.

Thoughts bordering panic tum-bled forth. What was I going to do, now that the time had come for me to turn to Plan B, my favou-rite pseudonym, in order to create a seamless journey of getting to my meeting on time. The answer came in the form of a commercial taxi which arrived on my doorstep with

little delay, although leaving a hole in my transportation budget at that time.

Nevertheless, it was a hard les-son to learn – that of advance plan-ning – and one which many of us have had to assume, when we arrived at a point of needing to take on the reins of personal ini-tiative in hastening to move for-ward with one’s life journey. This is especially so when one’s lifelong spouse or grown family members are no longer there to pick up the pieces for us.

It was a summer of wonder for me. What followed was an expected escapade into life born of another time which taught me valu-able insight into the history of our area, the amazing people who had already learned from their mother’s knee the imperative value of work-ing together, to meet one’s personal and community needs especially in the light of major changes in our world. I refer to the lessons our elders passed along to the younger

generation, during the era of The Great Depression.

We have come a long way, folks, but it is wise to follow up on the advice given by our long-ago pio-neers who knew the day would come when many of us here and elsewhere, would be tested to the full on whether we would suc-ceed. Now travelling along the cur-rent super highway of wisdom and knowledge still remaining open to us before the digital age, and all that goes with it, becomes the new reality.

The next column, I will begin outlining the local bus service available to us along with the heart-felt and sincere expression of appreciation I wish to extend to the caring, kind and compassionate drivers current and former, along with our local scheduler/dispatcher Shannon who all work diligently to keep us on track, out of the Com-munity Services complex on High-way 23.

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The organization representing regional interests in the U.S. Columbia Basin has sent their ‘regional recommendations’ on the Columbia River Treaty review to the U.S. State Department. Amongst a spectrum of positions, the U.S. Entity seeks to elevate ‘ecosystem-based function’ as primary purpose alongside flood control and power generation

The ‘U.S. Entity’ – an organi-zation representing the interests of regional stakeholders and tribal sovereigns in the U.S. Columbia Basin – released its ‘regional rec-ommendations’ to the U.S. State Department on Dec. 13.

The recommendations spell out U.S. stakeholder positions on the

upcoming Columbia River Treaty review process.

The recommendation states ways the stakeholders would potentially like to see the treaty change after 2024, a key date in the 1964 Columbia River Treaty (see sidebar on page 10 for expla-nation.)

The U.S. Entity recommenda-tion was the result of a consulta-tion and lobby process, and the

recommended positions weren’t a foregone conclusion.

The U.S. Entity calls for a “modernized framework” for the CRT.

It elevates ‘ecosystem-based function’ as a key new recommen-dation, to be considered along-side the original main purposes of the treaty, which were flood con-trol and water management for the purpose of hydroelectric genera-

tion. “It is important to achieve a

modernized framework for the treaty that balances power pro-duction, flood risk management, and ecosystem-based function as the primary purposes, while also recognizing and implementing all authorized purposes,” the U.S. recommendation states.

The U.S. recommendation notes many ecosystem programs have been added in the basin on an ad hoc basis since it was rat-ified in 1964, but more needs to be done, and some of these initia-tives need to be incorporated into the framework.

The U.S. recommendation seeks to revise the formula on

which U.S. payments to Canada are based, calling the current sys-tem an “imbalance.”

“When the treaty was ratified, the United States and Canada structured Canada’s share of these benefits as one-half of the down-stream power benefits with the Canadian Treaty projects as com-pared to without those projects,” it states. “An equitable sharing of these benefits should instead be based on the more realistic mea-sure of the power value of coor-dinated operations as compared to non-coordinated operations.”

In other words, the U.S. Entity says the U.S. is paying “signif-

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Martin and Shelly Glasheen and Dwain Foster stand in deep snow in front of Hilda Hut. Claire Paradis/Arrow Lakes News

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Cue music: Flight of the Valkyries.

Fade in: the sound of chopper blades as a bright yellow helicop-ter comes in for a landing on the Burton flats. Crouched against a short stack of boxes and crates, a man wearing ski goggles is buf-feted by a brief gust of snow as the aircraft touches and pilot Mark Homis powers it down.

A flurry of action, and the chop-per is once again loaded, taking Martin and Shelly Glasheen and boxes up to Hilda Hut on Mount Hilda. The ‘hut’ is part of Valkyr Adventure’s operations started up 10 years ago by the Glasheens.

‘Hut’ is a very modest word for the three-storey building that can accommodate a dozen guests as well as guides and staff. The hand-built lodge is one of two (the other is Valkyr Lodge on Naumulten Mountain) constructed from tim-bers flown in by helicopter, and is a bright and comfortable space com-plete with indoor plumbing. Pow-ered by micro-hydro, there is even internet at this cabin in the woods, as well as a hot tub and a sauna. Laura Ingalls Wilder eat your heart out. Surrounding the little chalet on the mountain is some excellent ski terrain guest can easily access.

Making the most out of the pre-paratory Dec. 14 trip up to Hilda Hut, the Glasheens donated extra seat spaces to the Burton Volun-

teer Fire Department silent auc-tion, raising a bit of money for the firefighters and giving lucky some-ones a bird’s eye view of the val-ley.

Ski guide Tim Styles and his girlfriend Marie-France Lessor were part of the second load up to the hut. They were part of the effort to get the chalet up and run-ning for the season, test the snow and get some skiing in on the pris-tine slopes. Tim has been working with the Glasheens for a few years, and has high praise for them.

“If there’s ever an apocalypse, Martin is someone you want to live with,” he said Tim the ski guide. Barring apocalypse, Hilda Hut might also be just a great place to spend some time.

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In pictures: NSS’s Check, please a quick treat

A short but sweet production put on by Nakusp Secondary, Check, please was 40 minutes of blind dates with a happy ending. Clockwise from top left: Conner Scambler looks optimistic; things look promising for Ivy Tourand and Ben Gardner; Jessika Hanna in a pensive moment; Kayla Laplan-te mimes it up. Courtesy JoAnne Alaric

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Getting the younger set on Nordic tracks

Which one of these doesn’t belong: Boring. Slow. Cross country skiing.

Alpine skiing’s low-key cousin Nordic has been dogged with a reputation of being slow-moving and, well, not all that interesting. HA! It’s not true!

The Nordic sport is a lot like cycling, said Hills Nordic Ski Club’s Sports Development Pro-gram Director Kip Drobish. Fast sprints are where technique really counts, he told the Arrow Lakes News.

Wait. Fast? Yes, indeed, and a spectator sport too. Cross coun-try races held at Canmore’s Nor-dic track attract lots of both skiers and watchers, thanks to its varied terrain, said Drobish.

But first you have to get good enough to enjoy tricky terrain, and like learning a second lan-guage, the sooner you start, the easier it is.

You can start your ankle bit-ers early with the Hills Nordic Ski Club’s Jackrabbit program for ages three to five. There are also programs for the six to nine and nine to 12 crews too, but this year thanks to more coaches kids will be grouped according to abil-ity as well as age. This year there are 24 kids in the junior program, with a few more down the val-ley thinking about joining up as well. Although registration for the Hills program closes on Dec. 20, there are still lots of trails you can take your kids to over the hol-

idays. With caveats.Attention parents: “Don’t take

kids to the Rail Trail, they’ll hate it,” said Drobish. Tripping down the trail is great if you want to watch wildlife – beaver, moose and more can be spotted on the sedate path – but there’s not much for turns, twists and more techni-cal skiing. You’d better have hot chocolate at the end of a boring trail, advised Drobish. And what kid cares more about seeing a moose than speed and fun? While big-city folks from Nelson might be interested in catching sight of a beaver scuttling into one of the dams along the trail, or a moose cow with her calf, kids who can see them everyday want more of a challenge.

Another no no? Breaking through fresh snow. There can’t be much more of a turn off for newbies to the sport than spend-ing too much time and effort lay-ing tracks by walking through snow with skis strapped to your feet.

Fortunately for cross-coun-try skiers, there are groomed or maintained trails in the area to get out and explore. The Hills Nor-dic Ski Club has state-of-the-art clean, quiet, four-stroke groom-ing equipment thanks to KSCU and other funders, Wensley Creek trails are maintained by the Arrow Lakes Cross Country Ski Club, and there are trails along the Hot Springs Road to try too.

Peer pressure can be another tactic to get kids out on skis. “Get a group to go out together,” sug-gested Drobish, who said the fun

of playing games (did you know you can play soccer on skis, for example?) and actually spend-ing time together rather than just meeting at the lift, is really one great draw of the sport.

“What do you tell people to get them cross country ski-ing,” mused Drobish. “That’s the magic question.”

How about: it’s cheap. Rel-ative to other winter sports like Alpine skiing, luge or bobsled-ding, it requires the least amount of infrastructure. Getting into the sport is relatively inexpensive, at least at the beginning. But be warned: when the kids get older and learn how to skate ski, things can change.

“This is where it doesn’t get cheap,” Drobish warned, “when your kids start wanting multiple pairs of skis for different kinds of skiing.”

But for just around $400, you can pick up a complete pack-age of new skis, poles, boots and bindings from Shon’s Bike and Ski shop. If you’re not ready to drop that much money for years of adventure quite yet, he rents too.

And if you’re looking for a great way to bring in the new year, what better way than on cross country skis at the New Year’s Day ski. It’s a casual affair, starting in late morning from where the road crosses Carpen-ter Creek near Summit Lake and follows along the trail to Bonanza Creek. Maybe it’s time to dis-cover some new winter fun this year. Happy trails!

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Kids take part in a Savage celebration of Christmas

On Monday, Dec. 16, the stu-dents of Savage School of Music displayed their talents with Christmas music at Saddleback Community Church. The Junior Kids’ Choir added actions and enthusiasm to songs like “Up on the Housetop” and “Catch a Falling Star.” This was actually the last of several performances for the choir, which included the Rotary Community Carol Sing, Celebration of Light, and Hal-

cyon House. A variety of Danielle Sav-

age’s students in piano and gui-tar performed Christmas classics throughout the evening. In lieu of refreshments, Savage asked those in attendance to bring items for the local food bank. At the close of the evening, she pre-sented each student with Purdy’s chocolates purchased in support of Nakusp Figure Skating.

Danielle also announced, with mixed emotions, that she will be taking a six month sab-batical from teaching in order to

spend more time with her fam-ily.

“I didn’t come to this decision lightly,” she commented. For those who wish to continue with lessons during this time, she referred students to Marilyn Massey, NSS band teacher Pat-rick MacGibbon, and her most advanced guitar student, Bryce Friedenberger. She opened up the possibility of taking on a limited number of students before the six months are up, but will consider those on a case-by-case basis.

By Craig SavageSpecial to the Arrow Lakes News

The Savage School of Music choir were a hit in their last community performance for the year. Courtesy Craig Savage

Bryce Friedenberger (inset) and Rowan Vibe-Coleman strummed their instruments as part of the Savage night of music. Courtesy Craig Savage

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Donselaar, Yvonne

Yvonne Donselaar passed away peacefully on Friday, December 13th, 2013 at Creekside Landing Care Facility.

She was born in Saskatchewan, and moved to B. C. as a little girl with her brothers, Earl and Dave. She

completed school in Nelson, B. C. and went on to become a teacher. She met Roy Donselaar and they settled in Edgewood. After Roy passed away, she moved to ernon to work at her brother s law rm until her retirement. Yvonne was active in bowling and her church until declining health required less involvement. She spent the last few years at Canterbury enjoying life among new friends.

Yvonne is survived by her loving family: children: Jeanette and grandsons, Mason and Connor; and Michael (Mary) Donselaar and granddaughter, Rebecca; siblings: Earl (Helen) Pattie, Roy (Inga) Pattie, Elaine (Jim) Riederer, and Brian (Robin) Pattie. She was predeceased by her loving husband, Roy in 1986; and by her brother David and his wife, Wilma.

The Funeral Mass followed by a reception was held in St. James Roman Catholic Church in Vernon, B.C. on December 18th, 2013.

Those friends wishing to make memorial contributions in memory of Yvonne may do so to the B. C. Cancer Society, 399 Royal Avenue, Kelowna, B. C. V1Y 5L3.

Arrangements have been entrusted to Pleasant Valley Funeral Home. Phone: 250- 542-4333. Condolences may be offered at www.pleasantvalleyfh.com.

SCHAEFFER, Joseph Francis

April 12, 1952 to November 30, 2013

Joe lived life to the fullest and did it all. He loved spending time with family and friends. He enjoyed boating, hunting, shing, skiing and many good rides on his motorbike. We will miss his love and laughter.He spent his last summer overseeing the building of his cabin in Burton.

He will be lovingly missed by his wife and soul mate, Trudy; daughters Shannon (Shawn Reynolds); Nadine; Heather; son Robert; grandchildren Brady, MaKenna, Camryn and Ryder; Sister Bobbie(Dwayne Lorenz) nephew Darcy and family and niece Kristie. Joe will be reunited with his parents Bob and Fran Schaeffer, sister Lori, Auntie Jan Munger and many best companions including Patches and Dempsey.

Donations may be made to Cross Cancer Institute.

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A Memorial Service was held on Friday,

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icantly” too much, and the pay-ments “far exceeds the value of coordinated power operations under the treaty.”

The U.S. Entity calls for a spec-trum of considerations regarding the future of flood control mech-anisms.

In 2024, the existing flood con-trol regulations under the treaty shift to a “called-upon” system.

The entity calls for resiliency in flood control: “As the nation and region develop a better under-standing of the potential impli-cations of climate change, future flood risk management proce-dures need to be resilient to pro-vide for public safety.”

The U.S. recommendations note the existing water flow agree-ment is a complex system of trade-offs, but say it needs “flexibility” to help meet regional needs for irrigation, municipal and indus-trial use, in-stream flows, naviga-tion and recreation.

Flexibility is needed to adapt to future changes, the U.S. Entity states.

“As the nation and region develop a better understanding of the potential implications of cli-mate change, future flood risk management procedures need to be resilient to provide for public safety.”

The U.S. Entity summarizes their position: “This recommen-dation seeks to formalize, provide

certainty, and build on the many ecosystem actions already under-taken through annual or seasonal mutual agreements between the countries, while also providing a new increase in U.S. power ben-efits based on the actual value of coordinated operations with Can-ada, preserving an acceptable level of flood risk to the people of the Basin, and continuing to rec-ognize and implement the other authorized purposes in the Basin.”

In the Arrow Lakes region, res-ervoir levels are a key concern for residents, and are likely to be affected by changes to the treaty.

As an ‘ecosystem-based func-tion,’ the U.S. Entity is calling for specific measures to modernize the system.

They want to incorporate a “dry-year” strategy into reservoir management.

They also want to gain long-term assurance of ecosystem-based functions rather than nego-tiating those functions on an annual basis.

They want adaptability built into the treaty in order to address future reservoir condition changes, such as ones caused by climate change.

Because the management of reservoir levels and river flows are an important part of operating the system for fish passage, the U.S. Entity recommends that modern-ized operations “should not inter-fere with other opportunities to restore fish passage and reintro-

duction of fish in other blocked areas of the Columbia River Basin,” it states.

The U.S. Entity recommends the federal government make a decision by the middle of 2014 to proceed with a renegotiation of the Columbia River Treaty with Canada “in order to modernize the treaty by incorporating the objec-tives in this regional recommen-dation.”

They call for negotiations to be completed by mid-2015, and if they are not successful at getting agreement on key aspects of the U.S. position, to stop and explore other options to create a “modern-ized, post-2024 treaty.”

U.S. Entity, from page 5

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TRAIN TO be an Apart-ment/Condominium Manager online! Graduates get access to all jobs posted with us. 33 years of success! Government certifi ed. www.RMTI.ca or 1-800-665-8339, 604-681-5456.

Drivers/Courier/Trucking

EXPERIENCED CLASS 1 Drivers, F/T, P/T needed for California & Arizona produce hauling, excellent pay and benefi ts+ safety bonus and home time. Call Jerry or Brian 1-877-539-1750.

Help WantedExperienced parts person re-quired immediately for James Western Star in Williams Lake. Full time, competitive wages, benefi ts and signing bonus. Fax resume to 250-398-6367 or email: [email protected]

K2 Rotor Lodge

Is accepting applications for help in all departments.

Apply in person K2 Rotor Lodge.

(formally Kuskanax Lodge)

Employment

Help WantedGENERAL LABOURERS

OIL & GAS INDUSTRYGUARANTEED Job Placement

• Labourers • Tradesmen• Class 1 Drivers

Call 24Hr. Free Recorded Message 1-888-213-2854

YRB Yellowhead Road & Bridge

Heavy Duty Mechanic Wanted

Yellowhead Road & Bridge (Kootenay) Ltd. is lookingfor Mechanics for our New Denver & Creston facilities.

Applicants will need to hold a valid TQ for Heavy Duty or Commercial Transport, class

three driver’s licence andMotor Vehicle Inspection

licence would be an asset.

Resumes can be faxed to 250-352-2172 or

e-mailed to [email protected]

Employment

Hotel, Restaurant, Food Services

WANTED F/T Cook at SUSHI DEN Rest. 609 Abbott St. Vancouver. 2 yrs. exp., high school diploma. wage: $2240/mth. 40hrs/wk. Apply: [email protected] duties: cook Japanese meal, plan menu, create item. Staff training.

Ofce SupportEVENCE Ltd is a furniture supply company and we are looking for an administrative assistant for our busy offi ce. This position requires strong organizational skills, attention to de-tail and good interpersonal skills. Duties include but are not limited to data entry, reception and produc-tion administration. The Successful candidate will: -Have strong analyti-cal and communication skills, -Be a self-starter who is able to work with minimal supervision, -Have a sound knowledge of MS Offi ce (Excel, Word, Outlook) Candidates with more than 2 years experience will be given preference.Salary is very attractive with other benefi ts at-tached. Please forward resume and cover letter to [email protected] for consideration.

Employment

Trades, TechnicalJOURNEYMAN AUTOMO-TIVE Service Technician(s) in Hanna Alberta. Hanna Chrys-ler Ltd. offers competitive wages, relocation allowance, negotiable depending on ex-perience. Bright, modern shop. Full-time permanent with benefi ts. Friendly town just 2 hours from major urban cen-tres. More info at: hannachrys-ler.ca. Fax 403-854-2845; Or send by email to: [email protected]

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Financial ServicesIF YOU own a home or real estate, Alpine Credits can lend you money: It’s That Simple. Your Credit / Age / Income is not an issue. 1.800.587.2161.

INCOME TAX PROBLEMS? Have you been audited, reas-sessed or disallowed certain claims by Canada Revenue Agency? Call Bob Allen @ 250-542-0295 35yrs. Income Tax experience, 8.5yrs. with Revenue Canada. Email: [email protected] C- 250-938-1944

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Merchandise for Sale

Free ItemsTo Give Away - Turntable with 8 track player and over 100 tapes and lp’s. 250 265-0070.

Misc. for SaleAffordable Steel Shipping

Containers for sale/rent 20’ & 40’ Kootenay Containers

Castlegar 250-365-3014HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/newspaper?STEEL BUILDINGS/Metal buildings 60% off! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for bal-ance owed! Call 1-800-457-2206 or visit us online at:www.crownsteelbuildings.ca

Misc. WantedLocal Coin Collector Buying Collections, Olympic Gold & Silver Coins etc 778-281-0030

Rentals

Apt/Condo for Rent

2 bdrm apt with yard. W,D on site, no pets. Available imme-diately. Reasonable rent. 250 265-4226 or 778 206-0403.

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