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Cover images and design
by Rob Buchanan:
Clockwise from top right:
1. Fall (Oil on Canvas),
2. Embracing Winter (B/W
Photograph), 3. Major Rogers 2014
(spray paint/stencil on board),
4. Downie Peak (B/W Photograph),
5. Breeches of Miss Conduct
(Steel Sculpture), 6. Snowflake
Wine Festival (Graphic Design)
by Rory Luxmoore
I
f Revelstoke is a canvas then Rob
Buchanan’s brush strokes are all over it.
Whether you are flipping through the local
paper, visiting one of our parks, relaxing in front of
the community centre or dropping in at a friend’s
place, Rob’s creations are part of our cultural landscape. In fact, it is difficult to escape his reaches.
Rob is an award-winning artist, designer, editorial cartoonist and professional photographer who calls
Revelstoke home, yet his canvas stretches beyond the
mountains of Revelstoke. His work has graced the
pages of National Geographic and the Vancouver
Province newspaper. His images have even been
blasted across the Jumbotron in New York’s Time
Square. Fortunately for us, his feet are firmly planted
in Revelstoke with its rich history, stunning scenery
and dynamic culture providing a creative backdrop
for his multimedia work.
Art is powerful. It moves us and makes us think.
As Rob says it is the most powerful communication
tool we have. It is multilingual and has no borders.
He notes the most popular tattoo in the world is the
Nike swoosh. Rob’s artwork has been “swooshing”
Revelstoke and beyond for many years. He began as
a young boy in grade 4 in Georgetown, Ontario. Rob
remembers having an early love of drawing and doodling. His elementary school principal saw a talent and
“commissioned” Rob to do a charcoal drawing of his
beloved Corvette.
Rob's love and talent for art continued throughout his early years propelling him into photojournalism school in 1991. After graduation he quickly
started to apply his newly acquired skills freelancing
for numerous magazines including Transworld,
Snowboarding, Powder, Explore and Patagonia.
For 15 years he led an enjoyable, transient lifestyle travelling to the far corners of the world as a
professional photographer.
Sixteen years ago a door opened for a designer
exhibit job with Parks Canada and Rob’s roots started
to grow deep into Revelstoke. This job allowed him to
use his many skills as a photographer, artist and sculptor to bring Revelstoke and Glacier National Parks to
life. He notes the unlimited subject material from our
judgments.” His cartoons have certainly done this,
however it can also be seen in his pictures and sculptures. On a trip to Turkey he wrote down all the rules
he had been taught about composition of photos.
Then for the rest of the trip he strived to break every
rule. Another strategy he has developed is to “take”
photos without looking through the viewfinder in order to give a different perspective.
Rob has had an ongoing project for many years
that involves salvaging dump sites around the world
for old bike seats and handlebars and recreating Picasso’s famous 1942 sculpture “Bull’s Head.” He then
photographs the sculptures in these new landscapes.
Death Valley, Moab, the Himalayas and the Arctic
barren lands are just a few places these sculptures
have been fashioned. Yet despite the ambiguity Rob
wants to create he is deliberate about the finished
product. He knows what his creation will look like
before he starts and strives to make the viewer think,
laugh and perhaps even cry through his work.
Rob continues to leave his mark. He comments,
“In Revelstoke the definition of home does not end
at personal property lines. They extend into our
landscapes to Mount Begbie, Lake Revelstoke and
beyond. I want to contribute to make the definition
of our home better.” No question here. Revelstoke is
fortunate to have our own “Renaissance” man whose
creativity and emotionally moving creations help us
be a better home and community. r
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Being Buchanan
rich history of explorers, railroaders, ski jumpers and
mountaineers to our beautiful and varied landscape.
This has been captured well in his numerous projects
with Parks Canada. His design of the Breeches of Miss
Conduct has immortalized the trail breaking female
mountaineer, Georgina Englehard, who chose to wear
pants when doing so was an unheard of social taboo.
Thanks to Rob, you too can wear her pants at Rogers
Pass Discovery Center.
As well, Rob’s pop-up steel creations of railroad
workers can be seen at the Memory Garden in Rogers
Pass, which recognizes the triumphs and tragedies of
the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway and the
Trans-Canada Highway. The sternwheeler exhibit in
front of the Revelstoke Community Centre is another
of Rob’s creations and brings us back to a time before
roads came to Revelstoke.
In the near future you will be able to feel what it
would be like to fly through the air like a ski jumper.
The Nels Nelsen Historic Area in Mount Revelstoke
National Park will sport a pair of Nels’ knickers and
skis, hammered from steel and perched high above
the town waiting for curious visitors to experience for
themselves the incredible sights and feelings that beheld our ski jumping legends.
Perhaps you know Rob best through his editorial
cartoons in the Revelstoke Times Review where he
has been chronicling life in Revelstoke for 20 years.
Of all the work Rob does he finds cartoons teaches
him the most. “You take a subject that has no limits,"
he says, "and look into it to find the angle that works.”
He must be finding the right angles because his cartoons are cut out and immortalized on bulletin boards
and fridges all over town.
Who can forget his cartoon that showed the new
Village Idiot Pub sign being mistakenly hung in front
of City Hall? Ask any Revelstokian and they’ll tell you
their favourite Buchanan cartoon and what a badge
of honour it is to perhaps see yourself as a subject in
one of his works.
In his work, Rob strives for ambiguity. He says,
“I want to create things that make people take a longer look and that will leave them to make their own
Ask any Revelstokian
and they’ll tell you their
favourite Buchanan
cartoon and what a badge
of honour it is to perhaps
see yourself as a subject in
one of his works.
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Photos clockwise from top right: 1. Rob Buchanan taken by daughter Aislin (age 8), 2. Chrome sculpture "Flying Without Wings", 3. Glacier Challenge (acrylic on canvas); private collection, 4. Rogers Pass
Memory Garden, 5. The Sternwheeler Pavilion, 6. Cartoon from the Revelstoke Times Review, 7. Shimano Pronghorn, Moab, Utah, 8. Blue Mosque, Istanbul, Turkey. Photos courtesy of Rob Buchanan.
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EDITORIAL
I think the medical term
we're looking for here is
deadbodymyphobia.
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Forty Fears by Heather Lea
My almost-40-year-old self climbing Mount Shuksan in the North Cascades. Photo: Adrian Langford
B
y the time 04:18 rolls around on
Sept. 25 this year, I’ll be 350,640
hours old. Also known as 14,610
days old. OK you don’t want to do the math.
It equals 40 years old and yes I’ve added
leap years.
That’s a lot of time spent just generally
being me; all those years figuring out the
who that is me. Which is why it’s surprising
I can still surprise myself. Not like jumping
out from behind a door ‘surprise’ but when I
do something uncharacteristic of ‘me.’
Turning 40 doesn’t really freak me out.
I don’t really feel 40 and people tell me I act
much (much) younger than my age. Sometimes I still even get ID’d, which does something wonderful for my ego.
There is, however, one thing that sucks
about getting older: I’m more afraid of
things. Climbing, skiing, riding my motorcycle – basically anything I do on a regular
basis that also amounts to extreme fun has
been forcing questions lately. “What if I fall/
there’s an avalanche/a deer runs in front of
my bike?” Then the graphic images take over
and, not being a real blood and gore type, I
get scared. This cramps my style. I think the
medical term we’re looking for here is deadbodymyphobia.
This past summer in Washington’s
North Cascades, after myself and my climbing partners Tom, Adrian and Dave had
down-climbed from the 9131ft summit of
Mount Shuksan, I decided to rappel the last
100-plus feet to the trail while the guys opted
to down-climb a gulley. Throwing the rope
pre-rappel I could see it didn’t quite reach
the bottom but figured the last 20 feet could
be down-climbed. When my hand came to
rest on the knotted ends of my rope at the
bottom of the rappel I untied it from my har-
ness and pulled, letting my lifeline snake
down the rock and coil messily on the trail.
I turned to start down-climbing but found it
was harder than it looked from above. Frozen by a sudden sense of terror that crept
up so fast it was overwhelming, I became irrationally rooted to the spot for what felt like
half an hour.
I once asked a mountain guide how one
can tell the difference between fear and intuition – two very important distinctions to
make in the mountains. “Fear is loud,” he
said. “Intuition is subtle.”
I pride myself on being a person with
good instincts in all areas of my life but my
experience on Shuksan has stayed with me. I
wanted to learn more about what was messing with my head. It didn’t escape me, after
all, that fear might be sharpening its claws
in other areas of my life – not just through
my activities.
During my research, not just one light
bulb but a whole movie-star-mirror of bulbs,
went off in my head. Fear, I read, reflects
past psychological wounds that haven’t
healed. I’ve had falls in the mountains and as
such am now terrified of falling. Fear is also
demeaning, emotionally charged and belittling whereas intuition is subtle, neutral and
has a compassionate tone. As my good friend
Suzanne says, “Intuition is neither positive
or negative for me. Fear is all negative.”
My brain’s movie of my body slipping
down the rock, catching a ledge, flipping
upside-down and breaking my neck was just
fear. I knew this. All climbers know fear. But
our mission as mountain people is to shush
that fear so intuition – that trusty ‘gut feeling’ – can be heard. I wasn’t nailing this.
Fear also seems to like excuses. It was
telling me I couldn’t down-climb the rock be-
cause I’d been climbing for 15 hours, hadn’t
eaten enough and hadn’t been mountaineering for two years. Intuition would have told
me I had the skills. I’d climbed around the
world and summited a 22,000ft peak without oxygen. I’d rappelled thousands of feet
from the ground and led rock-pitches of a
more advanced level than average.
Knowing intuition points you towards
something whereas fear points you away can
mean the difference between accomplishing great things in life or simply eking out
an existence. Why does anyone do anything
that scares them, after all? We wouldn’t get
far in life if fear stopped us in our tracks.
Naturally, the older you get the more you
see, hear and experience, which allows an
excuse for the gradual build-up of fear. But
if age equals wisdom how then do we stop
wisdom from becoming fear?
Climbing mountains has kept me young
but it took a mountain for me to feel my age.
Eventually I got down off the rock on Shuksan that day. Dave had to climb up and map
out a series of moves through a traverse I initially rejected but he did get me off the rock.
Me and my slightly broken heart. I’d truly
seen the difference between myself at 20
and now at 40. Perhaps off-the-couch athleticism doesn’t work when you’re 47 days
– or 1128 hours – away from turning...older.
Maybe we all get to a point where doing something we love that defines us becomes something that scares us away. I’d
hoped to be much older – senile, really –
when that happened. But perhaps becoming wizened (aka “schooled on Shuksan”)
has given me an opportunity to distinguish
fear from intuition so I can keep doing what
makes me happy. And happy never gets old.
Unlike me. r
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“[TRX Suspension training] is a workout using a person’s own body weight against
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Bees Matter by Alison Lapshinoff
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he first thing that caught my attention was
the funny hat. Then the oversized gloves
that reached all the way to the elbows.
The mudroom was strewn with boxes in various
states of unpacking, a faint smell of beeswax in the
air. The beekeeping supplies had finally arrived. My
husband, John, would soon be the proud owner of
a honeybee hive.
A colony of honeybees is a highly structured, organized society: tens of thousands of female workers, a few thousand male drones and one queen.
Unbeknownst to many, we owe much of our food
supply to these underappreciated farm workers.
They are the backbone of our agricultural system.
Without them pollinating our crops, fruit and vegetable yields would drop dramatically. In fact, commercial beekeepers make the bulk of their income
not from honey but from pollination contracts.
Truckloads of beehives are shipped from one end
of the continent to the other bound for farms and
orchards. There they take on the important task of
pollinating plants and trees that grow our food.
In the last decade, a massive decline in honeybee populations has caused serious concern to scientists and beekeepers alike. The main symptoms
of what has been dubbed ‘Colony Collapse Disorder’ (CCD) are abandoned hives, empty of workers
but still containing a live queen and immature bees.
Strangely, no dead bees are found around the hives;
they simply disappear.
Some blame the varroa mite. This parasite has
spread from Asia throughout the world in the last
half century. Others believe the problem lies with
our modern agricultural practices. Shortly before
the onset of CCD, farmers began using systemic
pesticides. Biologists have revealed over 150 different chemical residues in bee pollen – a direct result
of wide scale industrial agriculture.
‘Honey Joe’ Meuller, a long-time Revelstokian,
came from a Swiss beekeeping family and operated
Meuller Apiaries from 1977 until 2008. At its peak,
Joe’s business had some 200 hives throughout B.C.
and Alberta and sold honey to wholesalers such as
Bee Maid. Joe would follow the nectar, placing his
bee hives where his bees could feed on fireweed,
wild raspberry, milkweed and sweet clover. Different flowers lend unique flavours to the honey.
Over the years, beekeeping became more challenging for Joe. The bees seemed to have less resistance to pests and disease.
“We just couldn’t keep on top of the varroa,”
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“Pollination is a stressful business,” he explains.
While the bees are in transit they are unable to forage for nectar and are fed sugar water, devoid of
nutrition. Then they are set free to forage on large
mono-cultures of one specific crop, often grown
from seed coated with systemic pesticides.
Dawn Burling and Bill Sanders from Revelstoke
agree. They have 17 hives and have been keeping
bees for two to three years. A challenge more than a
hobby, they are not in it for the money; indeed they
do not even sell their honey.
“We keep them because they are fascinating
creatures. You can learn so much from them,”
Dawn explains. Recently she met her first queen
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The queen doesn’t get out much. In fact, she has
one wild fling – a mating flight – then spends her
life in the hive laying eggs – up to 2,000 per day.
Bill and Dawn have lost a few hives to the varroa
mite and poor weather but agree that part of what
causes CCD may be attributed to weak, stressed
bees feeding on mono-crops and travelling so much.
“If you are stressed, you get sick,” Bill says.
As for John’s bees, their summer was spent foraging for nectar in the area and hopefully pollinating
the plants in his large garden. The hive keeps growing taller as he adds more boxes to accommodate all
the honey – over 100 pounds so far. It is likely he
may not take any out this year; the bees may need
it to survive our long, lean winter. That is why bees
work so hard to make honey in the first place. It is
their food source.
Following protests by French beekeepers, systemic pesticides have been banned in the European
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The Workers:
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reproduce and live for only a few weeks or months.
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Fermented Food: Friend or Foe?
I
think my scoby is dead,” I stated to
my husband, who was watching my
latest culinary experiment with mild
curiosity. I peered sceptically at the jar of amber liquid that had taken up residence on my
counter. “Nothing is happening.”
An acronym for symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast, the scoby is the mother of all
kombucha tea. The irony that my first batch
was brewing not far from my anti-bacterial
dish soap was not lost on me. In an age where
we wage war on all germs and bacteria, it
seemed a little counter-intuitive. Here I was
purposely cultivating a colony of bacteria and
yeast on my kitchen counter with the intention of drinking it.
Before pro-biotics there was fermented
food. An effective preservation method before
refrigeration, bacteria would convert sugar
into lactic acid, which works as a preservative.
And surprisingly, our bodies welcomed these
invisible, ill-reputed guests.
Of late, it seems our war on bacteria may
be somewhat misguided. Our bodies are host
to hundreds of bacterial species; on our skin,
our tongues and in the coil of our intestines.
This ‘internal ecosystem’ plays a key role in
keeping us healthy by crowding out bad bacteria, protecting against infection and nurturing our intestinal lining. It is a symbiotic
relationship between ourselves and a host of
microbes that in modern times, we fail to appreciate or nurture at all.
Here in the Western world we typically
have a lower biodiversity of microbes in
our guts than in less-developed countries.
Whether this is due to overuse of antibiotics
in health care and farming, mass consumption of sterile processed food or simply less
exposure to bacteria in general remains up
for debate. But scientists are finding correlations between insufficient gut flora with the
staggeringly high rates of obesity and chronic
disease in the West.
Confounded by a complex carbohydrate
found in breast milk infants lack the enzyme
to digest, scientists questioned its purpose.
Turns out these ‘oligosaccharides’ nourish a
specific gut bacterium that keeps the infant
healthy. Mother’s milk is not sterile; it feeds
baby and all the healthy bacteria that colonize
baby’s gut.
In-utero, baby’s gut is sterile; it is colonized after birth and many of these important microbes are acquired during the messy
business of vaginal delivery. Infants born by
c-section have been found to have guts that
have not been optimally colonized. Scientists
speculate whether this attributes to higher incidences of allergies and weakened immunity.
Many cultures have a fermented food that
is specific to their culinary heritage. The Germans have sauerkraut made from cabbage
that has been fermented. This is achieved
by mixing it with salt to draw out the moisture and leaving it to marinate in its own
juices and essentially ‘go off’ at a cool room
temperature, allowing the friendly bacteria
to do their work. Similarly, the Koreans
have kimchi.
Japanese miso is made from fermented
soy beans and grains while tempeh, made
from the same ingredients, is Indonesian. In
days gone by, all pickles were made by a lacto-
by Alison Lapshinoff
fermentation process. Today they are washed
in a chlorine solution to kill all bacteria and
brined in vinegar.
Yoghurt is perhaps the only food commonly consumed in the West that contains
live bacterial cultures.
Kombucha is a lightly effervescent, fermented tea that originated in China over
2,000 years ago. In Revelstoke, mine was
still quietly fermenting on my countertop. It
began with a scoby, acquired from a friend
who had a batch of her own on the go. She
found that drinking kombucha helped with
digestive issues.
But where to get one if one doesn’t have a
buddy with a yen for fermented tea?
“Oh, there are a few ‘dealers’ in town,” my
friend said offhandedly. Curious, indeed! But
I digress.
A new scoby had formed on the surface of
my tea, proof of microbial activity. A gelatinous mass reminiscent of a jellyfish, the thing
was none too appetizing to behold. But the tea
was refreshing; amber in colour, lightly effervescent, sweet with a slight sour tang. Certain
medical websites are full of dire warnings
about kombucha, citing lack of medical evidence to support health claims and the possibility of contamination resulting in sickness,
so it was with a mild trepidation that I sipped
my first glass. But I am happy to report no ill
effects and hope my gut is now teeming with
friendly microbes helping to ward off sickness
by crowding out the bad guys. Now if you will
excuse me, I need to go wash my hands. r
A jar of kombucha. The cheesecloth allows the
scoby to breathe. Photo: Alison Lapshinoff
Photo: William Eaton
There's A New
in Town
by Emily Beaumont
Main photo: Holly Colwell (left) and Tennille Barber gettin' some air. Left: Ladies out on the trails near Lake Revelstoke. Centre: clinic
session at Glacier House - use that clutch! Right: stellar line-up at one of the first women's nights of the year. Photos courtesy of Revy
Riders Facebook page except where indicated.
T
here's a movement happening in Revelstoke and if
you listen carefully you may just hear it in the distance. Girls have realized how fun it is to ride dirt
bikes and they’re gearing up and heading out.
Kertis Broza, owner of Infinite Powersports, says, “Dirtbiking in Revelstoke has been growing with rave reviews
for the past few years. No surprise, really, given the terrain
and trail quality in the area developed by the Revy Riders
Dirtbike club.”
The club, formed in 2008, has approximately 20 females
out there ripping it up and is gaining in numbers and skills.
This year, I'm one of those girls. Sure it can be intense at
times. For example, you could come off your 250lb machine
and land on rocks. Or seemingly simple hills can turn into
death defying feats of bravery and strength to climb or descend. But quicker than you think, you’ll be catching air on
the track and taking corners in the dirt like you’re on rails.
In these moments you really come to appreciate your
body armour. From head to toe dirtbikers are covered in
padding and protection. It only does so much though so learn
some basic riding techniques as soon as possible. Due to the
influx of lady rippers wanting to do just this, Eve Northmore
sprang into action to organize the First Annual Revy Riders
Women’s Dirtbike Rally weekend hosted by Glacier House
and Infinite Powersports. This past July there was a turnout of about 20 woahmen ranging in ages from 20 to 60 for
everything from beginner to advanced clinics. This personally gave me a new edge.
“The big surprise,” says Kertis, “has been the number of
ladies that are taking it up and taking off with it. In just a
few years there has been at least 20 new local female riders
in the area. With such a strong start, I'm really excited to see
how far this will go.”
There are some absolutely stellar women who just rip
it up out there and then go back to their jobs or families
without missing a beat. In fact after getting to know some
of these Yahama-mamas, I can say getting out there on the
trails and whizzing through the shady forest is so rejuvenating you’ll go back to your life with an exhilaration that carries through. When you're out there – when you’re mid-air
or ripping through a sweet turn – whatever’s going on in
your life just flies away. It's just you and your steel horse and
you're free. This feeling is known as ‘brappy’.
This year we've had group sizes up to 11. With a large or
small turnout, it’s always a great ride. Learning all you can
about what might go wrong (without scaring yourself) helps
prepare you. It’s best to go with a buddy for many reasons.
Bring a pack with water, snacks, duct tape and zip ties for
starters. Dirtbiking is a sport that demands respect but can
be extremely rewarding.
There are a few really strong riders in our group; one of
whom is Eve Northmore. She tells me, "The riding in Revelstoke is some of the best in Canada hands down. We have
such an amazing variety of terrain to choose from for people
of all skill levels, set amongst a backdrop of our epic mountain range and beautiful lush forest. We also have an absolutely awesome group of girls who push and support each
other and who are some of my most favourite people in this
town. Really what more could you ask for?”
The group is very supportive. If you need help you’ll get
it and sometimes it’s just an encouraging word to get you up
that hill you didn’t think was possible. You’ve just got to try.
Knowing how rad this sport was going to be really hit
me in May this year during my first time out with my friend
Tennille. She showed me how she loads and unloads her
bike by herself, what to wear and what the bike can do. It
seemed we were the only ones out that afternoon but then
out of nowhere came another female dirtbiker. She rode
up to introduce herself. Lindsay, as it turns out, lives in
my neighbourhood. Of course she does – that’s how these
things work. We now rip it up together on weekends,
girl-power style.
Sand, mud, rocks, roots and pure joy flying over it all;
you and the bike are one. You see a line and you know you
can take it. It’s true throttle therapy. r
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heading west. To find out more about becoming a member visit revyriders.com or their FB page. Don’t miss the
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by Alison Lapshinoff
T
he station was pulsing with humanity. Throngs of people, sweating and disgruntled, pushed insistently in every direction. I needed to procure a
ticket and find my train but first there was a
more pressing matter: I needed a toilet.
The line-up snaked its way along the concrete wall; an organized rainbow of weary
women clad in colourful hijab. The stench
of sewer hung persistently in the damp air. I
wiped away the sweat forming on my brow.
Finally I neared the cubicles. A Malaysian woman swathed in layers of cloth sat
resolutely in the doorway next to a saucer of
change. Was I expected to leave a tip? My turn
arrived. I gingerly pushed the door expecting
a porcelain throne but staring up at me was
simply a dark hole flanked by dirty white foot
pads. Not a scrap of toilet paper was in evidence; just a hose and a bucket. My sweatladen brow creased a little as I regarded this
perplexing arrangement before gamely loosening my shorts, finding my balance and…
Until around 1850 squatting to relieve
one’s bowels was the norm. It is, in fact,
considered by some to be the healthier way
to go. Squatting aligns the rectum and anus
vertically while sitting creates a poorly situated kink in the plumbing. The popularity of
the porcelain throne in the West is blamed
for everything from constipation and hernias to irritable bowel syndrome and even
colon cancer.
From England, the pedestal toilet caught
on quickly as it was brought on the scene
around the same time as plumbing. Its use
spread throughout the ‘civilized’ world. No
more outdoor privies and chamber pots,
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whose contents were carelessly tossed out
windows into the open sewer below with a
hearty call of “gardyloo,” thought to be a British interpretation of the French “regardez
l’eau” or “watch out for the water,” a warning
to passersby a servant was about to chuck the
contents of the family chamber pot onto the
street below.
But not everyone was impressed with the
evolution of the toilet. To complement one’s
new throne, many Britons headed to Harrods
of London to pick up a squatting stool, a small
bench used to elevate ones feet as they ‘went’
intended to align the body in the correct position; that of the good old-fashioned squat.
The problem of where to relieve oneself
has been around since humans first trod the
earth. In Turkey, Ephesus was once a mighty
commercial center. Men would pay to use the
grand communal latrines where they would
discuss business while, well, doing their
business. One visualizes a wall flanked by
toga-clad men in comfortable squat positions
cheerfully catching up on the latest current
events while their waste piles up in pits below.
Each would be equipped with a stick, one end
bound with fabric for cleaning purposes, raising the important historical question: could
this be where the saying “getting the shitty
end of the stick” came from?
Humans have devised countless clever
solutions to the issue of waste disposal, some
simple, others ingenious.
Today male pub-goers in central London
are able to relieve themselves in a sleek, silver
open-air urinal that rises out of the sidewalk.
When the revelry of the weekend ends however, a push of a button sends this modern
convenience descending into the ground until
the next Friday when its services are again required. Midweek, only a large manhole cover
gives away its existence. (Images 5-6 above.)
Outhouses on stilts above the sea can be
seen protruding from Panama’s coast. Accessed via docks or narrow wooden planks,
these simple thatch-roofed toilets need
no fancy plumbing; waste drops right into
the ocean. Nearby, locals cool off in the
same water.
In Japan, polite custom demands you
don toilet slippers and Taiwan boasts toilets
so advanced that the use of all their functions requires detailed instruction. (Images
3-4 above.)
In contrast, it is common for villagers in
rural India to use a nearby lake for defecation
as well as drinking, washing and bathing.
With a goal of improving global sanitation and breaking the toilet taboo, November 19 has been recognized as World Toilet
Day since 2001. A UN recognized event,
World Toilet Day aims to draw attention
to the 2.5 billion people on earth, who do
not have access to a proper toilet and demand government action to improve this
deplorable situation.
For most of us, the cry of “gardyloo” from
above is no longer a worry. Yet for many,
open sewers are simply part of life. To learn
about the challenges of global sanitation and
what is being done to tackle them, check out
worldtoiletday.org. In the meantime, if you
are travelling overseas in a less developed
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Fall Wines of the Okanagan
by John Devitt
J
ust a few hours’ drive south-west from Revelstoke is the heart of Canadian wine country.
Among many global honours, the readers of
USA Today recently voted the sunny Okanagnan as
the world’s number two wine destination, alongside
places such as Portugal, Chile and New Zealand. How
lucky we don’t need a plane ticket to sample the wines
right at our doorstep.
At last count there were somewhere near 200 distinct wineries within the Okanagan region, the majority of which are clustered amongst Osoyoos, Oliver,
Penticton and Naramata. With so many wineries offering many varietals and vintages, it can be difficult
to know where to begin. So I started with the experts
at the British Columbia Wine Information Centre and
Vintners Quality Alliance Store in Penticton. With fall
upon us, here is a short list of delicious wines in the
$20 range. r
‘Bacchus’ from Arrowleaf Cellars
$15.95
The Bacchus is an interesting cross of Riesling, Sylvaner and Müller-Thurgau grapes. These varieties have
thrived since planting in 1986. This wine is known
as the ‘wine before the wine’ as it is a great aperitif
and pairs well with tapas or cheeses. Fresh, floral and
soft, this off-dry wine will linger with flavours of citrus
and grapefruit.
‘2013 Pinot Gris’ from 50th Parallel
$17.00
Pinot Gris thrives in the Okanagan as the lakes will
often moderate the extreme temperatures. This offer
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The Dance, 50th Parallel Pinot Gris, Arrowleaf Cellars Bacchus. Photo: John Devitt
ing from the estate winery of 50th Parallel is recommended to be sipped with friends and family in the
sunshine. Richly aromatic, the palate will offer up flavours full of citrus stone fruit but finish with an emergence of smoky, spicy notes.
Petit Verdot, the Character is a liquid representation
of Hester Creek’s personality. This wine pairs well
with red meats and especially game meats. Rich notes
of coffee, spice and toasty oak lead to a long peppery
finish. Perfect for an autumn day.
‘The Dance’ from CC Jentsch Cellars
$17.90
This Rosé is a blend of Cabernet Franc, Cabernet
Sauvignon, Merlot, a little splash of Malbec and Petit Verdot. Together, these varietals create a rare Bordeaux-style blend that is not as sweet as many Rosés,
and carries intense aromas of passion fruit and wild
cherry, which are also matched on the palate.
‘Illegal Curve’ from Bartier Brothers Winery
$22.90
Although slightly over the 20 dollar mark, this wine
deserves an honourable mention. This blend of half
Cabernet Franc, Syrah and a little Merlot is full bodied with soft tannins. Bright red fruit aromas delight the palate and match well with hearty stews
or barbecue. This 2012 vintage was harvested late
after a long, warm and dry autumn giving it plenty
of ripeness.
‘Milepost’ from Intersection Winery
$18.90
One-hundred per cent Merlot, this wine was harvested
at peak ripeness in early November of 2011. This red
has very soft tannins but with high flavour profiles and
rich berry aromas. Best paired with hearty pastas, red
meats or wildfowl. As always, enjoy with friends!
‘Character’ from Hester Estate Creek Winery
$19.95
I have to admit, this has always been a personal favourite. A blend of 100 per cent estate
grown grapes including Merlot, Syrah, Malbec and
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Dog Sees God: The Positive Aftermath of Revelstoke’s Most Polarizing Production
by Imogen Whale
D
og Sees God — Confessions of a Teenage
Blockhead (DSG) performed in Revelstoke May 16-17 and 20-23, 2014. The
play received no small amount of criticism. Members
of the cast were threatened and sponsors went so far
as to withdraw their support. But the play was performed with pride and its existence forced Revelstoke
to come face-to-face with the uncomfortable reality
facing many youth today.
So what was the big deal?
DSG, written by Burt Royal, was based on the
characters from the popular Charles Shultz's Peanuts
comic strip. Only there was a twist. The play brought
suicide, abuse, homophobia and general teenage anger to the forefront in Revelstoke. The character of
Charlie Brown was written as an angst-ridden youth
whose dog had just died of rabies. The rest of the
characters wove through the gamut of teenage behaviours from drug use to bulimia as they tried to discover who they were.
Boasting a cast of youth actors and challenging
material, the production, put on by the Revelstoke
Theatre Company (RTC), reverberated throughout
the community, shed light on taboo subjects and
forced Revelstokian’s to take note.
The current social stigma around suicide and the
lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning (LGBTQ) community convinced Hailey Christie-Hoyle to
play Patty, one of two insecure but cruel high school
queen bees in DSG.
“Society is changing,” she says, “and I think DSG
was a step to helping Revelstoke get there.”
Benjamin Menzies, who played the verbally and
physically bullied, friendless, gay and gifted Beethoven who ultimately takes his own life, found the part
to be ‘alien’.
“Not just because of [Beethoven’s] sexuality but
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also in the way he deals with situations. To be honest, I never really felt like I understood the character until the final performance.” But Ben must
have played his character well as during a particular scene where Beethoven’s fingers are brutally
broken, several members of the cast and crew broke
down themselves.
Felicia Van Leur’s character Sally spent the play
searching for an identity.
“I’m still figuring out what I want to be. I think a
lot of us are. Sally [was] an amplified version of us.”
Hailey initially found being cast as a bully
daunting.
“I was so excited but worried. I didn't want it to
be one-dimensional.” Fortunately Anna Fin, one of
DSG’s three directors, helped Hailey find her character’s vulnerability.
A play David Rooney of The Revelstoke Current
noted as “easily one of the most controversial plays
performed by the RTC in the last decade,” DSG came
with a unique set of challenges. Certain RTC members were openly criticized for tackling a play with
such content matter. Some sponsors even withdrew
their support from the production.
Shockingly, one person in the production received threatening phone calls and e-mails from
disturbed individuals rallying against the homosexuality addressed in DSG. These threats were
kept quiet from the cast in an effort not to frighten
them and had stopped by the time DSG went to
live performance.
“We pressed on and faced the challenge,” says
Martin Ralph, another of DSG’s directors. “In the end
the cast and crew felt this play was a life-changing experience because we chose to live it just as one might
live life.”
“Some people struggled with the language rath-
er than the suicide or homosexuality,” the third of
DSG’s directors, Darren McKay adds, “but most
people [who came to see the play] embraced DSG.”
Hailey, Ben, Anna, Martin and Darren all found
the play to be an overwhelmingly positive and emotional journey. “You spend so much time with these
people,” Hailey explains, “and it’s all such a bonding
experience.”
Ben found theatre is “more than one night’s entertainment.” Months after the performance, he is
still getting comments.
“I have people coming up to me at work or on the
street saying, ‘You were the one in that play I saw! It
was fantastic!’ Then we get into a conversation about
what happened. The fact that they remember after so
long makes the wait well worth it.”
Samantha Robert saw DSG and it helped to solidify an idea that had long been on her mind. She has
since opened a Safe Space at Castle Joe Books that
meets every fourth Thursday. “It's a place to hang
out,” she explains. “Allies, those who are supportive
of the LGBTQ community, as well as anyone who
identifies within it, are welcome.”
“DSG tells us that no matter what we are going
through,” director Martin Ralph says, “no matter how
complicated and difficult the road ahead of us is to
travel, that we are loved, valuable, special and unique
and that life without each and every one of us would
be somehow... less.”
After struggling to gain traction with an audience,
the production ended up with rave reviews, holding
six performances and seeing two sold-out shows with
people being turned away at the door. Dog Sees God
— Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead, a production
cast and crew found to be an overwhelmingly positive
experience with an ultimately positive message, took
a time to win Revelstoke over. r
Heritage Moments
Internment Camp on Mount Revelstoke: World War I
by Cathy English
Internees and guards at Mount Revelstoke Internment Camp circa 1914. Photo courtesy of Revelstoke Museum and Archives.
M
ost people are aware that
Japanese civilians interned in
camps during World War II
were perceived as a potential threat. History
has come to recognize this as unjust treatment of an entire group of people based on
race. Fewer people are aware, however, that
there was also an internment operation during World War I and that many of those interned were civilians of Ukrainian and Eastern
European background.
Britain entered into war against Germany
and the Austro-Hungarian empire on August
4, 1914 and Canada, as part of the British dominion, also entered into the war. The government of Canada passed the War Measures Act
on August 22, 1914, which led to the creation of
Canada’s first internment operations.
Between 1914 to 1920, 8,579 people were
incarcerated but only 3,138 of them were Germans or Austrians who were classified as Prisoners of War (POW). The remaining 5,441
were civilians, most of them from the Ukraine
and other Eastern European countries. At the
time those countries were part of the AustroHungarian empire. Those interned were guilty
of nothing other than having passports linking
them to the enemy power.
Under the terms of the War Measures Act,
all enemy aliens within 20 miles of offices were
to register and report to local authorities each
month. This act also gave Canadian authorities the power to detain unemployed or destitute workers from Austria-Hungary and send
them to distant work camps. Over the course
of the internment program, 24 camps were established across Canada, many of them in National Parks, where the civilian internees were
expected to work six days a week at 25 cents
per day. The average wage at that time was
$1-$2 per day.
Revelstoke City Council requested the dominion government establish an internment
camp here to “relieve labour situation and remove menace,” as the headline of an article in
the May 29, 1915 issue of the Revelstoke MailHerald phrased it. Alderman McSorley, who
proposed the resolution requesting the camp,
stated there were about 200 Austrians working close to Revelstoke, while there was much
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Those interned were
guilty of nothing other
than having passports
linking them to the
enemy power.
unemployment in the community. He felt the
government should intern the Germans and
Austrians to give “good citizens” a chance to get
work. He stated the “Austrians and Germans
were a menace to the community.”
This attitude was prevalent among the
community and dominion leaders of the day.
The “Austrians” he referred to, were in fact
Ukrainians, who by this time had established
a farming community at the base of Mount
Cartier. Most of them had no allegiance to
the Austro-Hungarian empire and had committed no crime or done anything to hinder
the war effort.
Revelstoke was granted its internment
camp, which was built about 13 km up the
Mount Revelstoke Auto Road, under construction at that time. By the end of August, the
camp was ready to receive the internees. It
consisted of two log bunkhouses 60ft x 25ft, as
well as a large mess house, a cook house and a
hospital. A wash house was built of canvas on
the lower side of the road for better drainage. A
16ft x 14ft cabin was erected for the Camp Commandant, Captain Rose.
On August 27, 1915, 56 men of the 102nd
regiment, Rocky Mountain Rangers arrived
from Kamloops with a large number of these
men from Revelstoke. Arrangements were
made to secure provisions from local stores.
During the first week of September, 50 men
arrived from the internment camp in Vernon
then marched from the station to the camp
under guard.
The newspaper reported the men “had a
well-fed appearance.” A week later more men
arrived with a total of 200 interned aliens, including two Germans, two Hungarians and the
rest Ukrainians. The camp also included 75
guards. The men were to work on the summit
road but with snow already falling as the camp
opened only about 1.6 km of road was built.
The rest of the time was occupied by chopping
wood and shovelling snow. By the middle of
November the internees were moved to Yoho
National Park and the camp was closed. There
were plans to reopen it the following year but
that never happened.
The former internment campsite has now
returned to its former state, with little evidence
of its presence remaining. The Ukrainian Civil
Liberties Association has worked long and hard
to have this sad moment in Canadian history
made more public and on August 22, 2014, 100
plaques were unveiled across Canada marking
the 100th Anniversary of the War Measures Act
that led to this unjust incarceration of civilians.
Revelstoke Museum and Archives is honoured
to have one of the plaques installed in our First
World War Exhibit.
More information on the First World
War Internment program is available at:
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diesel, painted with cartoons of monsters on hot rods.
“My wife said no more tattoos.
I’m a big child at heart who grew up
in the 60s around hot rod magazine
and rat fink cartoons.” Cliff drew the
designs and local artist Ron Nixon
painted them onto his truck. The
truck helps Cliff’s mission, which is
to create positive human interaction.
“Tour buses, skiers…everyone
wants a picture with it!” he laughs.
There are three types of economies. The market economy drives
our consumer world, the exchange
of goods and services for money.
The barter economy involves trading
with expectation of reward, either
spiritual merit or consumables. Then
there's the gift economy: giving gifts
without expectation of reward. It’s
at this “market” where you’ll find
Cliff Schultz.
“Who are you?” I ask over wine
at his kitchen table one very stormy
night in August.
“I babble,” says Cliff with a smile.
It’s true. Reved would need a second
fall edition for me to tell all the amazingly wonderful stories Cliff and his
wife, Sue, have to share.
For example, Cliff tells me he
drowned once. “I don’t know why
I’m here,” he tells me. “My mom said
I was brought back to help people. I
love helping people.”
A recurring theme in our conversation is how important Cliff’s mother was to him.
“Mom is greater than Number
One!” While she was pregnant with
Cliff, his mother was battling a heart
condition.
“Mom’s surgery involved one of
the first artificial heart values, made
from a pig’s heart. She was given 10
years to live and went on for 42 years
after. She was very religious and
strong-willed.”
Cliff was born in Wetaskiwin, Al-
berta, some 62 years ago. His family
is comprised of, well, everyone he’s
ever met. Biologically, he had three
siblings. One brother remains, Les,
with whom he speaks of fondly.
Cliff, an enthusiastic antique collector, started his hobby at 17 years
old. He would give all his newfound
treasures to his mom to hold onto
until he was responsible enough to
get them back. I ask at what age his
mom handed them over. “Around
30,” he says.
He now stores antiques until the
right person comes along, such as
new people to town getting a start or
visiting skiers who need a couch for
a winter.
For 38 years Cliff worked at
Downie Mill in Revelstoke, sharing fish he caught and smoked with
co-workers before retiring two years
ago. Mill life was preceded by brief
careers as a baker and mink farm
worker.
Cliff and Sue married 42 years
ago — about how long they’ve lived
in Revelstoke — and have three sons.
They are proud parents. “This is
God’s country: fishing, hunting and
meeting people and I love meeting
people,” Cliff says. “I’m here ‘til the
day I die.”
After Cliff tells me a story of missing an out-of-town specialist appointment to help someone stuck on
the highway and how long trips often
involve multiple “kindness” stops, I
ask Sue about being his passenger.
“I let him do what he wants because it makes him happy. It bothers
Cliff not to help and I want him to be
happy.”
When I ask Cliff if there is a
mantra he lives by, he states with
conviction:
“A happy wife is a happy life; I
believe Sue and I knew each other in
another life.”
Cliff looks at Sue. “I’ve never met
anyone like you in my life.” I can only
imagine Sue thinks the same.
Cliff and Sue’s stories of kindness
are endless. They once picked up
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Sue and Cliff Schultz at home.
Photo: Giles Shearing
A&W has made
Cliff Schultz
employee of the
month twice.
He doesn't even
work there.
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hitchhikers — a couple from Montreal, fruit-picking in the Okanagan.
Their belongings had been stolen
and they had a long journey home.
Cliff and Sue drove them to Revelstoke, put them up, got the man work
boots, clothes and a job and got his
female partner a ride back to Quebec.
Months later the couple reunited and
are still together today.
“I wonder if the relationship
would have survived the crossing
home?” Cliff asks.
Cliff tells of how things used to
be. “You never used to hire anyone.
If a barn needed built the call would
go out at church. Everyone in town
would show up: electricians, people
with freshly killed chickens to eat —
and the barn would go up in a day.”
I ask Cliff how to teach kindness
to children. “Don’t get mad at kids.
Work with them, not against them.
Sometimes kids can’t articulate their
problems.
"We need to wait and eventually
they’ll tell you everything. Kids are
our future. Hopefully they take us to
a place where everyone is equal and
giving without reward.”
Cliff tells me he believes in God.
But from our conversation, I understand his conviction is held in his
heart, not something he professes. “I
love everybody,” Cliff reiterates.
He hopes to make it to Disneyland one day when Sue retires from
the hospital. He also wants to drive
north until he reaches the Arctic.
Cliff’s kindness is far reaching.
A&W has made him employee of the
month twice.
He doesn’t even work there. r
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[email protected] Spas
Hwy 23, Nakusp B.C.
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778-252-0078 (local number)
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theolfrontier.ca
122 Hwy 23 N.
Yoga/Pilates
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Powder Pillow B&B
Sheri Zebroff RMT and Shendra Kelly RPT
Frieda Livesey - Guided Energy Therapy
414 1st St. W.
250-837-3975
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powderpillow.ca
1103 Pine Ridge Crescent
Helios Rehabilitation & Performance
Repose Massage Therapy and Day Spa
Nutritionists
Mountain Goodness Natural Foods
1601 Victoria Rd.
250-837-4352
Revelstoke T'ai Chi - Qi Gong
Bodylogic Therapeutic Massage
Sleeps
Natural Health Products
1605 Victoria Rd. Unit 5
250-837-7171
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regenthotel.ca
112 1st. St. E.
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swisschaletmotel.com
1101 Victoria Rd. W.
The Cube Hostel
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112 Restaurant and Lounge - regenthotel.ca
112 1st. St. E.
250-837-2107
$$$
La Baguette Espresso Bar
607 Victoria Rd. & Garden Ave.
250-837-3755
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Big Eddy Pub and Liquor Store
2108 Big Eddy Rd.
250-814-0095
$-$$
Main St. Café
317 Mackenzie Ave.
250-837-6888
$
River City Pub - regenthotel.ca
112 1st. St. E. Sangha Bean
111 Connaught Ave.
Conversations Café
205 Mackenzie Ave.
250-837-3035
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Modern Bake Shop & Café
212 Mackenzie Ave.
250-837-6886
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Traverse Lounge and Night Club - regenthotel.ca/traverse
312 1st. St. E.
250-837-2107 $-$$
Nomad Food Co.
S-$$$ 1601 Victoria Rd. 250-837-4211
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604 2nd. St. W.
250-837-5500
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1601 Victoria Rd.
250-837-5555
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250-837-6743
Kingfisher Restaurant - halcyon-hotsprings.com
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250-837-5119
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