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Carlos Zelaya, tattoo artist. In profile on Pg. 3. Photo: Carlos Zelaya

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Art and Soul in Inkby John Devitt

Having ink injected into your skin by a vibrating needle is a decision not to be taken lightly. The finished product is a work of art that will be with you for life and should represent part of your heart and soul. Tattooing is a practice passed down through cultures since the Neolithic era, circa 10,200 BC. At times revered or seen as profane, tattooing has always remained a very personal pursuit of self-expression. It was with this in mind I met Carlos Zelaya at his new piercing and tattoo studio, Flower of Life, located at 107 First Street East in Revelstoke.

I had long considered my next tattoo and knew it would be two Latin phrases that are personally meaningful. As the needle buzzes on my skin I ask Carlos why he thinks so many Canadians get foreign language tattoos such as Chinese, Arabic, or in my case Latin, and whether he thinks anyone walks around getting English words tattooed on them. He laughs, says it’s a good question and then proceeds to chas-tise me for touching the raw lines he’s just etched into my skin.

Carlos “Zlok” Zelaya’s artistic journey, culminating now in the opening of his own tattoo studio in Revestoke, has been a long and winding road. He was first exposed to art by the political graffiti he saw adorning the streets in his native El Salvador. When he moved to Vancouver at the age of 12, the differences in the work — the larger scales and more vibrant colours — resonated with Carlos. Instantly he knew what he wanted to do. Carlos linked up with an experienced artist named ‘Neon’ and it wasn’t long before he was developing tags of his own. Taking the name “Zlok” and specializing in lettering, he became renowned in the graffiti scene for his fluidity and variety. “We were pioneering so much of the pop culture,” he says. “It was a privilege to be a part of it.”

Ultimately, Carlos had his work published in Visual Orgasm, a book by Adam Melnyk in 2011. Visual Orgasm presents a history of the early years of Canadian graffiti art and fea-tures Carlos along with several other West Coast artists all

recounting what it was like to be instrumental in developing the graffiti culture. It was the winding road of graffiti that fascinatingly led to his pursuit of tattooing.

“I got my diploma in Advanced Internet De-velopment,” he explains, “so I actually went to school to become a computer nerd. But shortly thereafter in 2001 things changed with Sep-tember 11. There wasn’t much work in web design. Many big companies were suffering and weren’t hiring. So I was on Granville Street in Vancouver handing out CD ROMs of my work to see if people wanted websites done. I ended up at Anarchy Ink Tattoos and I was checking out this cool mural some friends had done on the back of the building. All of a sudden the back door swung open, the owner came outside and we struck up a conversation.”

Just like that, everything began to change for Carlos. He began working at the front counter at Anarchy Ink and doing promotions. It was there he met Ken Greer, who became his teacher for the next few years. “Ken had been tattooing for about four years at the time that he gave me an apprentice-ship. They’re hard to come by now.” Carlos relates, “Not a lot of people are willing to take on apprentices anymore, so I really, really lucked out. I was guided really well in the tech-nical aspect of tattooing and I’m very grateful to Ken.”

For the first six months Carlos was only allowed to do small black tattoos before graduating to tattoos with more black shading and eventually colour work. His first tattoo was on his teacher, the second on his best friend and his third he did on himself. Now Carlos has a promising business in Revel-stoke as well as a large, loyal clientele in Vancouver he visits once a month.

Carlos puts on a fresh pair of latex gloves to start work on my other arm. “I go through so many gloves to be sanitary. It

would be awesome to get a sponsorship,” he laughs. “A latex glove sponsorship!”

While the designs on my arms are in a very small script written by each of my parents, looking through Carlos’ port-folio shows how versatile an artist he has become over the 12 years of his career. From large back pieces reminiscent of his early graffiti days, to colourful fish and birds, beauti-fully rendered First Nation designs and even simpler scripts, he executes each project with professionalism and spirit. “I take my work very, very seriously,” he tells a prospective cus-tomer, who stops in to inquire about her first tattoo. “I never do the same tattoo twice.”

I smile while Carlos wipes away the last remnants of ink from my arm revealing the finished work. “You’re done,” he says as we admire the inscriptions written in my parents’ handwriting.

We both laugh as we try to decipher my father’s horrible penmanship. It means a lot to have this work done and Car-los is happy to have been a part of it. “People always ask me what is the most meaningful tattoo you’ve done,” he says. “I always say the last one, because it literally is. It’s so powerful to the individual that you can’t place one over another. Sure there are some pieces that push me as an artist but when it comes to the meaning of tattoos and how important they are, it could be a dot or it could be a full back piece, they’re all equally significant.”

All photos from Carlos Zelaya's portfolio except where indicated. Photos: Carlos Zelaya

Carlos removes the stencil from the author's right arm. Photo: John Devitt

Carlos Zelaya sketches a tattoo. Photo: John Devitt.

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Establishing a bicycle pump track has been an on-going topic for several years but it looks as though some dirt will be moved this spring. The debate of the exact location and whether to develop this feature in conjunction with a new skate park had previously locked this project in a state of flux. Pump tracks are undulating pathways that wind through a closed circuit of networking trails. Rollers, burms, jumps and endless fun are incor-porated into the design of these parks, which are becoming common throughout the world. The concept is simple; cruise the course without ped-dling by working the terrain for optimum speed. As Mountain Biking, the Manual explains, “Flow is where it all begins.”

Funding has been established, top-notch terrain shapers are lined up and the biking community of Revelstoke is on the verge of getting this rad com-ponent added to the bike scene.

Pump tracks go hand-in-hand with dirt jumps and in the original planning stages there was a designated zone for these launch pads and transi-tions. Ultimately the big-air jumps were cut from the blueprints due to spatial limitations. As local pump track advocate Lorraine Blancher explains, “We don’t have enough land for both so the plan is to build the most kick ass pump track possible.”

Lorraine shreds on the bike and her true pas-sion for the sport gleams radiantly whenever she speaks on the topic. During a bottomless coffee she enlightens me on the vision for Revelstoke’s future track. It’s a well-researched project that in-corporates the best design features of other first-class layouts. Centennial Park has been chosen as the location for this new feature because it's centrally located with easy access. Revelstoke is fortunate to have distinguished builders on board who will help develop this park into a multi-use recreation haven. To further paraphrase my con-versation with Lorraine, she explains this ven-ture is a community project with kids being the main target audience. It’s a place for families to hang out and watch youngsters laugh their way around the track.

Revelstoke boasts a gamut of remarkable moun-tain biking trails and a pump track will help pre-pare riders for the miles of single track that bless this area. This will undoubtedly compliment the recreation options of our city while providing a crucial learning centre for two-wheeled enthusi-asts of all ages. The course design will have a loop for beginners and another more technical track for advanced riders to progress their skills. Brendan MacIntosh of Flowt Bikes has also helped spear-head this project and is optimistic the final hur-dles will be passed in the quest for Revelstoke’s future pump track.

This will be the first official pump track in Revel-stoke but do not expect it to be the last. Towns like Whistler boast having upwards of five well used tracks within city limits. The master plan of the colossal Greely Adventure Park includes a pump track and one day a beginner skills area could be incorporated into the McPherson trail system. Local businesses have shown support and our friendly Columbia Basin Trust has donated cash to help get the wheels in motion. Professionals will be hired to create the masterpiece and public bulletins through local media will inform you of volunteer options once the project breaks ground.

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Ever buy something, turn down the offer for extended warranty and then a year later it’s broken? Ever won-der if those water fil-ters really need to be replaced every three months? Welcome to Planned Obsolescence, a policy that actually plans and designs things to break down. Why is this even allowed? Well it seemed like a good idea at the time, ‘The Time’ being 1932 when an eight-page document titled, Ending the Depression Through Planned Obsolescence was written by a New York man named Bernard Lon-don. He’d hoped to persuade his govern-ment to implement a ‘legal’ way for products to deteriorate quicker in order for the econ-omy to become stimulated again. Looks like he won. According to storyofstuff.org, only one per cent — one per cent of stuff that zips through production lines is still productive or of use within six months of date of sale. Can that seriously mean 99 per cent of all consumer products is used up or even obso-lete within six months?

I don’t know how people working in the Planned Obsolescence industry can sleep at night though there are supporters of this policy, who claim it helps drive the advan-ces of material well-being. I’m convinced product quality can advance using more moral approaches. Take the ‘lifetime guar-antee’ for example. There are companies out there actually backing their product for life. Though these products may be more expen-sive initially, should it ever fail its replace-ment is guaranteed. This encourages me to fork over the cash.

But we always want new stuff and the po-tential benefits of self-destructing products to the economy are plenty. There’s always a job for everyone, whether you’re a product engineer, a production line worker or an after-sales marketer. Not to mention the ex-tended warranty industry.

In February my cell phone, which I’d man-aged to get wet and drop hard enough to crack the screen, died. It was 8 months old. When I went back to the store in Vancou-ver for a new one I inquired about the ex-tended warranty this time. It cost $99 and the sales guy assured me I could drive over my phone and have it replaced, no ques-tions asked. This assurance in insurance is incredibly savvy product marketing and to the untrained consumer, it seems like a killer deal. But if and when I ask for the new phone there’s an additional $50 charge. So basically the warranty is $150, I tell the guy. He says surely the peace of mind I get know-ing I can drive over my phone and have it replaced for free is priceless. “Except it’s

still $150,” I repeat. Now of course break-ing or dropping your phone isn’t Product Obsolescence but making mobile phones so hard to hold on to is a form of it. If there’s a cover on your phone, take it off and notice how smooth and slippery it feels. Drop it, it breaks and voila you need a new phone.

Now let’s look at computers. My laptop has a soldered-in RAM, so memory upgrades are impossible. The battery was glued in during production so I have to mail it in just to have the battery replaced. The display is fused to glass, which means replacing it would also be costly. And why is there even ‘glass’ in something designed to be mobile? And guess what? There’s no way to recycle this laptop with everything glued and fused together. But it’s our fault. As consumers we keep voting for computer stuff that’s thinner and lightweight rather than upgradable.

The only time Planned Obsolescence doesn’t work for the producer is when consumers learn manufacturers actually invest money into ensuring the product breaks down fast-er. In this case, the consumer might seek out a competitor that still incorporates morals while building their products and makes things that’ll last. However, such companies are becoming obsolete themselves.

Planned Obsolescence can be broken down into even finer detail. Perceived Obsoles-cence is where you are encouraged to throw something away to make room for a New Thing, even if the Old Thing still works, (cell phones, DVD’s, cars...). There’s Tech-nical or Functional Obsolescence, where the cost of repair is equal to or greater than that of a new item, (soldered-in components, LCD screens on cameras…). Systemic Obso-lescence is where a product’s system is al-tered so its continued use without upgrades or refills is impossible, (printers and ink cartridges, software…). Style Obsolescence makes you look like a dork for owning some-thing out-of-style, (cars, clothes, shoes…). Finally, there is Notification Obsolescence, where your product tells you when its time to be replaced, (water filters, strips on razor blades...).

As one friend remarked, when people figure out the rising cost of living, do they take into consideration the fact that we are constantly spending money on replacing products?

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The Revelstoke U-Brew on the corner of Second Street and Victoria Road has been a fixture in town since Barry Urquhart and Keith Bramhill opened it in 1994. Today they are still loyal customers. Ownership passed to Jamie and Cathy Burke, also loyal customers, until they sold the busi-ness to Joel and Kristi Leblanc in early 2009. “We’re customers too,” Kristi says laughing “Probably the best ones!”

Now celebrating their fourth year of oper-ation Joel and Kristi couldn’t be happier with how their business is unfolding. Joel explains he first put the offer in to buy the business the day after proposing to Kristi. “She had said yes so I was in a good mood and decided to ‘propose’ to Jamie and Cathy too.”

As customers, both Joel and Kristi under-stood the business and the products. Joel had been trapped in the seasonal work cycle that comes with being a faller for a logging company and fighting forest fires. After a short stint as a garbage collector he had enough and wanted to create his own year-round, stable employment. “What better way to do that than to own an established business with a solid his-tory, great clientele and incredible loca-tion?” he asks.

The business is essentially Joel’s baby but Kristi helps out as much as possible whenever she isn’t teaching. “Joel is kind of my boss,” she says, “He fires me all the time.”

“She’s always late,” he replies with a smirk.

For both Joel and Kristi, their favourite part of the business is the social aspect. Over the past few years they have come to know their clientele intimately through the chit-chat that occurs while bottling a seasonal beer, crisp cider, sparkling champagne, award winning wine or deli-cious port or sherry. “I know their birth-days, travel plans, their children’s univer-sity plans, their health problems. I love it,” Joel exclaims.

In the past few years Joel has seen a change in customers consistent with the changes in Revelstoke. While still main-taining a core ‘Revy’ clientele, there has been a huge boom in the winter seasonal crowd. Many of which come in for the quick turnaround that comes with brew-ing beer. “Our red wines are our most popular product by far,” Joel says, “but it’s surprising to see that in the winter the beer volume equals that of our wines.”

The product knowledge Joel has de-veloped in the four years he has run the business is significant. He can easily an-swer questions about different fermenta-tion processes, the various wine regions around the world, how the finished prod-uct should taste, supplies for the industry and the things to look for to tell if a batch of wine or beer is off.

The U-Brew industry has changed a great deal in the last couple of decades. A lot of kits were based on trial and error, leading to lots of disappointed people drinking poor tasting products. However, as Joel explains, many large companies have in-

vested vast sums of money in the industry in just the last 10 years in order to perfect their recipes. The ultimate goal, of course, is to develop a product that is competitive with store bought products. “I get some high end kits in the store that are only available at U-Brews,” explains Joel, com-menting that many people do not know the distinct difference between ‘U-Brew’ product and ‘home brew’ kits that are found at places like Costco. “Many of the kits I get are winning medals at wine mak-ing competitions around the world.”

Since taking over the business in 2009 Joel and Kristi have added their own touches to the Revelstoke U-Brew. For them, creating a personalized experience for their customers is key. Not only have they developed a web site (www.revel-stokeubrew.com) for easy browsing at home but they have increased the inven-tory of home brewing supplies. “We’ve also started getting into custom label de-signs,” says Joel “which is quite popular for weddings.”

“We’re also bottling beer in glass now,” Kris-ti chimes in. “No previous owners did that.”

Running the business is a labour of love for both Joel and Kristi. For them the business is primarily about the relation-ships they have built with their clients and they foresee that will always remain true. “I’m happy coming here know-ing that everything I do and all the work I put into the place is directly related to the strength of those relationships.” Joel says as he looks around the store. “I’m pretty stoked being able to keep my customers happy.”

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A toolbox full of coping methods is the metaphor that comes to mind when I think back on a lifetime of wading through constant stimulus that flowed through my head. I like to call myself an adult survivor of Attention Deficient Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).

You can most likely relate to the things that happen during my average day. They have happened to you too I’ll bet. But imagine them happening day after day each day of your entire life. Things like how hard it is to put my purse in the same spot each day. There is almost a magnetic pull making me put it down in some random location, not to be found again for days. What about the little person in my brain pulling my eyes and focus away from the person talking to me so I don’t really hear a word they say? That little voice is also able to lead my mind on tangents upon tangents almost all day long. The endless elementary report cards recorded my journey of disorganization and of not living up to my abilities. I was the person who interrupted others when they were speaking, replying with seemingly unrelated responses. I was flighty, manic and obsessive. I also had an almost fatal inability to do anything in a systematic way. I was the child, and then the adult, with the chronically messy desk, room, clothes, hair, the lost homework and the mismatched socks. I was that train wreck of a kid, and it was easy for me to call myself stupid, easier still to believe it. Far worse than the behaviours was the fact that I was hard to like, and to be honest, I didn’t like myself much either.

Attention Deficient Hyperactive Disorder is not news to any-one. More and more children are diagnosed with this disor-der and its evil twin - ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder) each year. Being the hippy person I am, I believed the vast majority of these kids could be ‘fixed’ with better diet, more exercise, less screen time and better parenting. If that was true then what did I make of myself and my life story? I was raised on a healthy diet, with tons of exercise and the only screen I saw on a regular basis was the one on our door to the backyard. As an adult I eat organic — no refined crap. I exercise, get outdoors and am not hooked on a screen.

As I got older the battle to hold things together became more and more difficult. A quick Internet search of adult ADHD made me look like the poster child: adult ADHD lists exces-sive risk taking, chronic irritability, depression, trouble fo-cusing, difficulty sitting still, disorganization and extreme distractibility. I was truly tired of trying to keep these things in check, exhausted from being regretful for blurting out in-

appropriate comments, for being cranky, distracted, scatter- brained, moody and the one word that best summed it up for me: brittle.

I dreamed about sitting down and being in the moment with my children at the dinner table. Being in the moment, what is that? Once a friend suggested meditation to calm my mind. That was laughable. The thought of being able to hold only one thought was completely outrageous.

Then it all changed. One day my boss said that if I thought I had diabetes would I take the diabetes test? Yes, of course. If I were diagnosed with diabetes would I take the insulin? Well yes, of course. So then why not investigate medication for my ADHD? Finally in my middle life, I did just that. I was so ex-hausted by trying to hold all the strings together. I thought what did I have to lose? Medication after all is not a tattoo. I had nothing to lose.

Medications for ADHD increase dopamine production, the neurotransmitter that is under produced in the brain of an ADHD sufferer. Dopamine helps regulate movement and emotional responses. The pharmaceutical answer to ADHD is a prescription of Dexedrine. The naturopathic option is exercise (that naturally increases dopamine production), ad-equate sleep, reduced screen time and good nutrition. I felt like I had exhausted the exercise route; I was swimming and playing squash multiple times a week for hours at a time. My nutritional habits were exemplary and I didn’t watch much TV. I also got enough sleep.

Off I went to the doctor. She gave me a prescription for Dexe-drine and told me I would know if it was going to work for me within one day. I can’t overstate how much of a life changing day that was. A calm descended over me as I was transformed to the blissful person I had never dreamed possible. The havoc and chaos of the day flowed over me like a warm rain, not bothering me at all. I could literally stop and smell the roses in the midst of a busy day. Enjoying the moment happened right then and there and hasn’t really stopped. The swirling chaos of a thousand things on my mind and all the negative behaviours I endured are nothing more than a bad memory. I can truly listen to my kids and be with them, truly be there in that instant. I can hold them in my mind’s eye and enjoy them like never before. The change has been so profound and with-out sounding melodramatic — life saving. I don’t know how I existed before with the swirling sensory inputs (not to men-tion outputs). I feel like a better parent, friend and spouse.

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In years past survival was directly dependent on how much food one could grow and gather, raise and hunt. Making it through a hard Can-adian winter meant months of toil in the fields, harvesting and preserv-ing the summer’s bounty and keeping the livestock fed and healthy.

Today things are radically different. It is no longer necessary to soil our hands in order that we may eat. Sparkling and orderly rows of im-peccably waxed produce and cleverly marketed packaged products are flown in from all corners of the globe for a multicultural food extrava-ganza at that giant, brightly lit warehouse we call the supermarket.

But all this convenience comes at a price. A lot of our meats are laced with antibiotics and some of our produce sprayed with harmful chem-icals. Out of season foods are flown in at a high cost to the consumer and the environment. Fruit and vegetables are grown simply for their longevity and ability to withstand long, arduous journeys not flavour and quality. Meanwhile, fertile land sits fallow right here in Revelstoke.

Vital knowledge and skill are being lost as we become more and more reliant on others to supply us with something absolutely essential to our survival: food.

The North Columbia Environmental Society (NCES) began in 1999 with a modest group of five individuals who recognized environmental issues in Revelstoke that were not being addressed. Today the group engages about 200 people from whom a new entity has recently arisen.

The Local Food Initiative (LFI), a project born of the NCES, is respon-sible for the community garden, the seed library and the Garden Guru Workshops, to name only a few. Melissa Hemphill, chair of the LFI Committee, and Hailey Ross, NCES coordinator, are vocal advocates of the importance of producing food locally and maintaining that vital link with the earth that allows us to coax food from Her soil.

“Being totally dependent on the industrial food model has put the state of food production into the hands of large multinationals rather than small-scale farmers. This tips the focus of food production towards money-making, rather than growing nourishing, sustainable, diverse, and environmentally sustainable crops,” Hailey explains.

This growing season will see some changes to LFI projects thanks in part to a nearly $10,000 youth grant from the Columbia Basin Trust to fund the Urban Junior Farmer Project. Meant to engage young people in the process of growing food, this project will raise awareness about the issues surrounding food security and the environmental impact of the choices we make at the supermarket.

The community garden is located at the United Church at Mackenzie Avenue and Second Street. This spring the LFI will be seeking 18 people who want to be members of the garden; people interested in cultivating the entire garden as a group and sharing the whole harvest as opposed to just tending their one, small plot.

“In the past it has been a rental plot based program,” Melissa explains. “Everyone was responsible for their own plot.”

“It will be the ideal site for demonstrations and education,” Hailey ex-plains of the change. The group has added interpretive signage to the garden making it something of a tourist attraction.

Being able to utilize the garden will enable the Garden Guru Workshops the NCES puts on to be more hands-on, with actual demonstrations in-stead of just gardening theory. For example, they will be able to demon-strate something like removing the suckers on a tomato plant without trespassing on someone’s personal plot. Any surplus produce will be donated to the Revelstoke Food Bank, allowing lower income earners access to good quality, locally grown, organic produce.

In addition to the changes at the community garden, the grant money is allowing the group to offer three paid positions to oversee the garden and related workshops, including an Urban Junior Farmer. This person must be under 29 and demonstrate a basic understanding of food secur-ity in Revelstoke, have good leadership qualities and be keen to learn more about the issues surrounding food security and the skills needed to grow your own. They will also be responsible for organizing a local food film festival.

“They needn’t be an expert but be ‘thinking bigger’,” Hailey explains. “They need to grasp the concept of why increasing Revelstoke’s food resiliency is so important.”

Grant money will also be used to expand the Farm to Table program. In its second year, this program takes food security issues into the class-room. It teaches students from grades four to six to make connections between our food choices and big issues like climate change, our health and how small decisions like what we put in our shopping cart can have lasting environmental effects. The LFI plans to expand the program to include sessions in the high school.

Although our survival no longer rests on our ability to grow food, it is a crucial skill that is being lost as we become more dependent on in-dustrial agriculture, increasingly urbanized and less connected with the land. The LFI aims to help us as a community recognize that our environment is changing rapidly and local farming is one way we can reduce our carbon footprint and feel secure in our ability to feed our-selves, one small plant at a time.

Watch the NCES web site (northcolumbia.org) and the employment centre for upcoming job postings for the LFI. Garden membership ap-plications will be available at Mountain Goodness Natural Foods and Valhalla Pure Outfitters.

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Paragliding is a fairly new activity and one that’s still relatively unknown to many. Not to be confused with hang-gliding, which is simi-lar but uses a metal bar to steer a triangular sail. Paragliders resemble parachutes and are directed using strings and a couple of hand-held controls from a comfortable harnessed seat. They both launch and land in a similar way – that is to say, by running full-tilt off a mountaintop and gently floating toward a wide open space in the valley down below – but paragliding is much more portable as the whole rig fits inside a large backpack allowing for easy stowage and transportation.

Alan Polster, co-founder of Revelstoke Para-gliding based at Revelstoke Mountain Resort (RMR), has been flying since 1995 after seeing a movie at the Banff Mountain Film Festival about a father-son duo who climbed a mountain in France and then flew off via paraglider into the sunset. “I wanted to try it,” Alan explains. “Flying is the dream of many people and this is pretty much it.”

Alan draws several parallels between para-gliding and two of his other passions in sport: whitewater paddling and skiing. “Flying a paraglider is like the best powder day you’ve ever had,” he says. “That fluid motion of mov-ing through rapids or floating through powder is the same as drifting through air currents. It’s just an incredible feeling.”

The company he started with two other pilots, Chris Delworth and Scott Watwood, has been providing the same breathtaking experience to tourists and bucket-list subscribers since the resort opened five years ago. While they do of-fer tandem flights in the winter when the resort and ski-lifts are running, August and Septem-ber are by far their busiest months, due largely to thermal lift from the sun-kissed earth below, which makes it possible to stay aloft for hours at a time. Throw in an alpine meadow full of flowers and a sparkling river winding its way between snow-capped glacier peaks and you’ve got yourself one heck of a scenic ride.

Because their sport is completely depend-ent upon wind and weather patterns, it can be tricky to accommodate reservations much more than a day or two in advance. This win-ter has been particularly challenging for the crew at Revelstoke Paragliding due to low cloud cover and relatively high winds. “For tandem flights we draw the line at temper-atures below -15° Celcuis and winds higher than 15 kilometres per hour,” Alan explains. “Anything beyond that and it’s not a very pleasant experience.”

Despite this being a bit of a slow season for paragliding the area is generally considered to be prime real estate for flying. In fact, the world record for longest flight to a declared destina-tion used to be held up the road in Golden, B.C. Over in Europe and down in South America, however, paragliding is far more mainstream and common than it is here in Canada. While it’s still somewhat rare to see a bright canopy glide overhead at RMR, places like Chamonix in the French Alps might see 30 to 40 flights in the run of a day. For some reason, whether it’s many Canadians’ notorious aversion to perceived risk and potential danger or a simple lack of exposure, paragliding remains a mar-

ginalized activity even in a place as full of ad-venture seekers and extreme sport junkies as Revelstoke. But it’s not a popularity contest for these high flyers; they clearly do it because they love it. While the area’s paragliding com-munity is small, it’s poised to grow with the recent introduction of newcomers like novice flyer Simon Beland, who moved to Revelstoke in October, 2012, to develop his skills and learn on the fly, so to speak.

At the other end of the spectrum, local veterans Dave Sproule and Jeff Bellis are setting their sights on lofty accomplishments and in the realm of cross-country flying. Just last sum-mer, the duo made the 100 kilometre trip from Revelstoke all the way to Golden, a 4.5 hour flight that hadn’t been done since the first suc-cessful attempt by a Golden-area pilot in 2000. Alan’s colleague Scott Watwood made the first flight in the other direction last summer as well.

Regardless of whether it’s a quick trip down the hill at RMR or a full day’s flight through Rogers Pass, Alan is encouraged to see so many people taking to the skies and sharing his personal passion for paragliding. “When I’m flying, I’m not thinking about the cloth and the string that’s above me. I’m just flying,” says Alan. “Above the trees, above the mountains, it’s 360 degrees of unrestricted visibility. You see things you can’t possibly see any other way.”

To see for yourself and catch some serious air, visit revelstokeparagliding.com, e-mail tandemflights@revesltokeparagliding.com or call 250-837-7929. Reservations can also be made through Revelstoke Mountain Resort at revelstokemountainresort.com or by calling 250-814-5060. Tandem flights are $200.00 per person.

Alan Polster taking off from an alpine meadow atop Mount Mackenzie (top of the Stoke Chair) on a summer flight. Photo: Zoya Lynch

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Pricelessby Rory Luxmoore Kilograms of donated supplies: 1.5 millionNumber of countries lived: 6Number of adopted children: 4Near death experiences: 3Gold machines built: 30 and countingCups of soup served in foreign countries each year: 3.5 millionLives changed along the way: Thousands

Ray Brosseuk’s life may resemble a TV com-mercial, however, this local humanitarian, who calls Revelstoke his home, is real and very inspiring.

Ray’s childhood was far from ordinary. “I spent 11 years without a pair of shoes,” he chuckles when reflecting on his early years. He was born in Vancouver, yet he soon found himself living in Hawaii, the South Pacific and then Central America where his father was volunteering as a teacher, building contractor and mechanic.

Ray has countless memories of times spent in these exotic locales. He remembers being the only white boy in a rural school on the South Pacific island of Tonga. Students would have their fingers rapped with a stick if they answered questions incorrectly. This was good motivation for him to learn the language and to realize that he did not get any special treatment.

While we sit at a table during this interview, Ray reaches over to show me a slight discolora-tion in his forearm. He explains his first near death experience. At age 15 he had a job bak-ing bread in a fire heated adobe oven. He re-ceived third degree burns to his torso, arms and head when the oven blew up. Coincident-ally he was rushed to the hospital his father helped build. While his parents wanted him to return to the U.S. to receive medical atten-tion Ray refused. Instead, he welcomed the use of a traditional healer, who collected oils and herbs from the nearby forest to treat him. Sev-eral weeks of treatments helped Ray to make a miraculous recovery.

At age 16 Ray thought he should make some money on his own but choosing only one ca-

reer path proved difficult. First he joined his father and brother in opening an auto shop in Bella Coola. A year later he bought some land and built himself a log home, cutting and mill-ing his own lumber. His next job was as a den-tal assistant for 18 months when he was 20. He received some strange looks from the pa-tients, who remembered the man who used to work on their rusty vehicles now had his fin-gers in their mouths.

A couple of years later Ray found himself in Likely, B.C. where he caught the gold mining bug. As he puts it “the gold snagged me.” In 1986 Ray built his first machine to extract gold from the earth. This led to his present endeav-our of designing and building gold machines, which are transported to destinations world-wide. The unique design allows for capture of up to 95 per cent of gold material and uses significantly less water than other methods of extraction. The machine is easily transported, can process 100 cubic yards of material an hour and can be run by one operator. It is no wonder he is busy filling orders for new machines.

As you can see from Ray’s early years he is a brilliant and divergent thinker. While many of us visualize in black and white pictures, Ray can create in his mind through colour movies. In 1992, he was watching the America’s Cup sailing race on TV and commented to his wife that he could design a faster yacht. He spent a few days visualizing the movement of the boat through the water being able to critique the flaws and make design changes in his head. A week later he created a revolutionary keel de-sign that played a crucial role to the winning team in the race. Likewise, The Gold Machine was formed in his head. Once he was content with his virtual design he grabbed his torch and started to build.

Ray credits his early childhood experiences for significantly shaping who he is today. “I would not have been able to think, design or feel the way I do without those formative years in Cen-tral America.” He continues, “It gave me free-dom for my brain and allowed me to see the bigger picture of what the world is all about.”

Fortunately, Ray has chosen to put his cre-ative mind and generous heart to good use. In 1997 he formed the humanitarian organization

Partners For Others, which operates in the Big Eddy area of Revelstoke. Since that date they have shipped over 1.5 million kilograms of donated supplies to villages in Southern Af-rica, the South Pacific, the Caribbean and Asia. Supplies include clothing, food, medical equip-ment and supplies, textbooks, tools, comput-ers, building supplies as well as farming and industrial equipment. The inspiration for the organization came from a twenty-year school reunion in Fiji. He realized how fortunate we are as Canadians. He also felt blessed to have a creative mind and an ability to go for what he wants and to get it. Fortunately, what he wants is to make the world a better place. Ray states, “I only have 80 years so I want to do the best I can do with it. I can’t take anything with me and don’t want it wasted.”

It is apparent Ray gets a great deal from a life of giving. “There is nothing that you could give me that is greater than helping others,” he says. “Seeing the look on a boy’s face when he receives a soccer ball and a t-shirt makes all the hard work worthwhile,” he declares. The power of giving is infectious. Ray notes that the help he has given others is often paid forward be-cause the people he has helped are often keen to help others less fortunate than themselves. Behind each good person is a strong support system. Ray is aware of how fortunate he is to be born into a family that gave him the op-portunity and freedom to be himself. His wife Jackie and six children stand proudly with him as does the community of Revelstoke, provid-ing overwhelming support in helping others through Partners For Others.

The ability of one man to bring positive change to the lives of others … priceless.

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The word gaudy took on new meaning here. Buddhas a kilo-metre long reclined in extravagant robes, temple mosaics glit-tered with flamboyant gemstones and one monk, reincarnated as a Burmese python, napped under a tawdry blanket of kyat coins and bills. The Bago region in Myanmar (Burma) felt like a theme park of religious flash and show.

But a full moon festival is supposed to be gaudy, I reminded my-self. Who hadn’t heard stories of a million loud celebrants in ir-reverent costume dancing garishly on the beaches of Thailand?It was March 7, or the Full Moon Day of Tabaung. According to the Burmese lunisolar calendar the new year would begin next month (Tagu) and today Buddhists across the region would celebrate with merit-making visits to nearby temples. Instead of sipping cocktails from a plastic bucket in Koh Phi Phi, my companions, Hadyn and Marcus, and I were touring the ornate and sacred sites of this small city. Instead of intoxicated teen Brits, we were surrounded by devout natives and glitzy statues.

With one final pagoda – or pya – to visit we waved down a pas-senger truck and squeezed in next to a group of young women. As the vehicle's wheels careened down the main street, squeal-ing at horse carts and dodging cyclists, Shwemawdaw Pagoda grew out of the horizon. I couldn’t tear my eyes from the crash-ing orange sunset reflecting off its 375 foot stupa.

Shwe means “golden” in Burmese, a translation that literally describes the elaborate mineral wealth of the pagoda’s central sculpture. Painted and pressed with gold leaf, decorated in dia-monds, this is the tallest stupa in Myanmar. Over 600 years old it supposedly contains two hairs from Buddha’s head and sev-eral fragments of his teeth. Of all the spiritual places in Bago none, we were told by our hostel owner, draws a full moon crowd like Shwemawdaw.

Below the elevated pagoda grounds folks rushed to purchase hand-strung flowers and incense offerings. Buyers and sellers bartered loudly, examining holographic images of Buddha or sifting through piles of holy ornaments. It was the scene of a travelling carnival: the entire neighbourhood flooded with tem-porary vendors that would disappear tomorrow.

Moving carefully and conspicuously amid the worshipers we ducked into an open-air eatery. Like most of the corner stalls in Burma, menus and English ingredients were non-existent. In-stead, Marcus and Hadyn admired three simmering cauldrons of curry choosing at random.

“Goat,” the chef announced, spooning thigh meat, shoulder bone and cheek onto three Styrofoam plates. It was not the typ-ical full moon bonfire barbeque but under the rays of that pock-marked orb, it tasted rich. Giant sculpted lions, their mouths open in silent roar, guarded the four temple entrances. Before passing the feline representations of power and protection we added our flip-flops to a mountain of other shoes.

“This is the best moment of the trip so far,” Marcus whispered as he advanced barefoot toward the bright spire. We were the only Westerners present. Walking clockwise around the stupa I again felt luckily self-conscious of our presence. Though none of us were Buddhist the piety of this yearly occasion was overwhelming.

Here hundreds, possibly thousands, had gathered in prayer, not debauchery. Elderly women in the Burmese wrap skirt, a ta-mein, bent gingerly over small candles. Row upon row of flames were tended by fathers and sons. There was a gaiety among the ranks of congregants, everyone stepping excitedly in their circular adoration. A cluster of monks, mandarin-coloured robes glowing like the candles, broke their usual sombre de-meanours to laugh and grin. One mother raised the chubby arm of her baby; waving back we sent him into terrified tears.

After several rotations we gained an entourage of brave chil-dren. Hadyn’s digital camera sent them into spasms of giggles as they snuck into our photographs with peace signs and tongues sticking out. Marcus, Hadyn and I were caught in a sense of participation in something bigger, more beautiful than a drunk-en beach party.

Welcomed so warmly to an experience we could not fully join in, I felt privileged to witness this outpouring of faith and good will. We spent hours repeating our steps, smiling and watching and believing in the holiness of this auspicious day.

“Full moon fest was crazy,” Hadyn joked when we finally found our flip-flops and descended out of Shwemawdaw. “I ate goat, walked in circles, things were burning. I’ve got so many photos of people I don’t even know!”

It sounded just like the lurid reports of anyone who’s participated in a touristy Thailand version of events. Kitschy and crazy and slightly distasteful. But with just enough sanctity to make it special.

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A visitor to the Revelstoke area would likely miss any indication of a First Nations culture that thrived for so long in this region. Although there was never a permanent settlement in this area, the Columbia River Valley was a hunting and gathering place for at least four tribes of native peoples.

The Secwepemc (Shuswap) band centered their activities around the Fraser and Thompson Rivers but travelled to this area in the summer months. The Syilx (Okanagan) group travelled northeast from the Okanagan Valley across the Monashee range and one of the Northern Ktunaxa bands, the Qatmuk'tek, travelled over the Purcell and Selkirk ranges. But the group that spent the most time in this area, a deriva-tive of the Syilx, is the Sinixt, or Lakes group. The territory of this band ranged from Colville, Washington along the Columbia River and its tributaries as far north as Jasper, Alberta.

All of these First Nations peoples spent time in this area because of the abundant fishing. The Columbia River was the greatest salmon pro-ducing river in North America in pre-European contact time. There was a major Sinixt encamp-ment at the meeting of the Tonkawatla (Tum Tum) Creek and the Columbia River, where the current Big Eddy greenbelt trail resides. This strategic location at the eastern entrance to Eagle Pass, with its relatively direct access to the Thompson River drainage, was noted as a trapping, hunting, berrying and salmon-fishing spot, as well as serving as an important trading centre. Tonkawatla Creek supported import-ant runs of kokanee and anadromous salmon (meaning they are born in freshwater, mature

at sea and return to the streams they were hatched in).

During the summer and early fall, all groups would gather at fishing stations on the rivers for the annual salmon runs. In his 1892 re-port, Notes on the Shuswap People of British Columbia, George M. Dawson summarized the importance of the salmon resource as follows:“Dried salmon constituted the sole winter staple. The right to occupy certain salmon fish-ing places, with the annual visit to these by the more remote families, and the congregation of large numbers of Indians at specially favour-able places, largely influenced the life and cus-toms of the Shuswap peoples.”

The seasonal nomadic routes were utilized by the early European explorers. The well-known Native trail ascending Tonkawatla Creek to Eagle Pass was used by Sir Sanford Fleming in the company of a Sinixt in 1883. David Thomp-son crossed the Athabasca Pass in 1811 and overwintered at the confluence of the Columbia, Canoe and Wood rivers at a place later known as Boat Encampment. The fur traders estab-lished a supply depot at Boat Encampment, which served as a major fur trade transfer point along the Columbia Trail trading route, con-necting Jasper with present-day Washington state for over 50 years. In September of 1865, Walter Moberly and a party of Sinixt ascended the Illicillewaet River to its headwaters but they were reluctant to proceed further because of the threat of early snow.

The area of Arrowhead was another salmon fishing place and a noted centre for digging

roots of lilium columbianum (tiger lily) in July and August. The Hudson’s Bay Company fur trading post, Fort of the Lakes, was built in 1838 in that area, but was short-lived. Arrow-head has also been identified as a site of a small Sinixt village and a traditional burial site. Most of the First Nations villages and burial grounds were flooded with the damming of the Arrow Lakes.

The Department of Indian Affairs recognized only a handful of Sinixt descendants. In 1956 the department wrote its last cheque to an in-dividual who was legally recognized as Sinixt. When she died the government declared the Sinixt extinct and closed the book on a nation that had endured for many thousands of years. A permanent Sinixt presence was reestablished in British Columbia during the late 1980s when, following direction by an elder, a number of Si-nixt descendants returned to the Slocan Valley to protest road building affecting an important village site, now called the Vallican Heritage Site. Since 1989 a permanent Sinixt presence continues in the Slocan Valley with members playing an increasing role in local affairs.

The main focus of the Sinixt nation has always been to uphold the whuplak’n (the law of the land). Environmental degradation and altera-tion of the Columbia River and its tributaries has led to a decline of salmon and other native fish species' habitat. Although popularized by larger indigenous groups, currently these issues of our First Nations, as well as treaty rights and social and economic inequality, are being ad-dressed by the “Idle No More” movement and apply to First Nations across all of Canada.

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A town is only as good as its local music scene. Isn’t that how the saying goes? I’m pretty sure it is. For-tunately for Revelstoke, the streets are full-to-over-flowing with musical talent and creativity. With live shows on offer just about every night of the week and monthly coffee house style variety shows featuring a diverse collection of local artists from poets to pia-nists, there can be no doubt there is a lot more going on around here than simply the skiing and mountain biking that put Revy on the map.

Exhibit A: Local darlings Stuck on Honey. Armed with an arsenal of instruments that includes every-thing from a banjo and mandolin to a washboard and a kazoo, they’ve been sweetening the local music scene for the past two years with their foot-stompin’ barn burnin’ jams.

The quartet is composed of Denis Severino, Dar-rin Herting, Jacob Verburg and Maggie Davis — all enormously talented by their own right but genuinely stoked to be playing music together in what Maggie describes as “an eclectic little ball of fun.”

It’s tough to pinpoint where and how it all began for the band but if there’s a common denominator, it seems to be Denis. He first met Jacob playing cof-fee houses in the Shuswap region. Around that same time Denis and Maggie were playing gigs here and there, such as opening for the Breakmen at the Roxy Theatre downtown. Denis recommended bringing Ja-cob into the fold as a prime guitar shredder and, soon thereafter, the group recorded a demo CD and needed a bass player to round out the roster. So they called upon Darrin, a hip and happening music teacher from Salmon Arm.

The result is a collection of unique talent and musical taste that simultaneously raises the roof and brings down the house each and every time they take to the stage. Since coming together the band has embarked on a couple of tours in the Kootenays as well as a few house parties and, perhaps most notably, they head-lined the Revelstoke Coffee House Holiday Fundrais-er Extravaganza Hootenanny held this past December at the Performing Arts Centre.

As much as they love taking their show on the road the crew always enjoys playing here at home. “Rev-elstoke is such an incredible audience,” says Denis. “This community is just so supportive of local music. We’re all still learning a ton about our instruments and the style of music we’re playing, so it’s just re-ally nice to be able to experiment and grow in such a positive, encouraging environment.”

So what’s next for Stuck on Honey? In addition to their regular gigs at The Big Eddy Pub and the Last Drop, they’ve got several projects on the go. They’re excited to be performing at a banquet for the Organic Farmers’ Association in Vernon and, of course, there’s always a combination of some or all of them on stage at any given time for the monthly coffee house, tra-ditionally held the fourth Saturday of each month at Revelstoke United Church on Mackenzie Avenue. Word on the street is that March’s performance will feature slide guitarist Sam Masterton, who played with them for a few shows on their last tour in the Kootenays and is “guaranteed to blow everybody away,” according to Denis. There’s talk of van tours and canoe tours and busking at festivals in the U.S. this summer but it’s hard to say what will actually come to pass given the busy backstories of the four friends and bandmates.

“We all do all sorts of stuff,” says Maggie with her signature enthusiasm. “This is just one of the things that we do.”

That’s cool, just as long as all the other stuff doesn’t get in the way of this one thing because Revelstoke’s music fans are Stuck on Honey and the only cure is a lot more honey.

Isn’t that how the saying goes? I’m pretty sure it is.

Revelstoke's YouthEMERGING

There are very few people who can proudly say they have checked off one of those perennial bucket list items; writing and publishing a book of their own. There are even fewer 11 year olds who can proudly say the book they wrote is displayed on bookshelves throughout Revelstoke. But eleven-year-old Amelia Vine, grade six student at Arrow Heights Public School, is in this elite club.

Quiet and shy when talking to ‘journalists’ curious about her project, at first Amelia’s father Ian Brown leads much of the conversation. The book's illustra-tor and local artist Zuzana ‘Zu’ Driediger is also present. “[Amelia] wrote a lot of books when she was younger,” her father notes. “She would write and draw and we’d staple them together. She wrote something like 30 stories.” Creativity comes at any age.

With these practice stories under her belt, The Lonely Dragon is Amelia’s first published book. It started as an extracurricular activity that Mrs. Allison Just, learning assistant at Arrow Heights Elementary, challenged select students with. “She took a few of us and showed us Blurb [an online site] where you can publish your own book. I think I was the only one of the group that finished [writing a book],” Amelia says.

Amelia explains that one night she just sat down and the story came pouring out in one long stream. “I just started typing and in a few hours there it was,” she says. “It really didn’t change much after that.”

Although written in just a few hours, the finished product she speaks of took nearly an entire year to complete. After writing the story about a lonely dragon that will not take his medicine, Amelia knew she had to have pictures to go along with the words. “I didn’t really know anyone that was an exceptional artist,” she says. “Except I knew Zu was really good because I’d seen some of her artwork and thought it was really good.”

Zuzana Driediger, a local artist, is no stranger to illustrating books and is cur-rently working on one with an established author from North Vancouver about Canada’s first avalanche dog in Whistler. With a planned release in the fall, the children’s book will feature a foreword written by Justin Trudeau. As exciting a project as that sounds, Zuzana has been moved by Amelia’s burgeoning creativity. “I think she’s really awesome. I’m totally inspired by her.”

Exceptionally well-organized, Amelia supplied Zuzana with the text and Zuzana in turn drew dozens of ink line drawings for Amelia to colour. While the colour-ing took nearly the entire year to complete Amelia credits Zuzana for breathing life into the story. “Zu did the most amazing job you could have expected on the pictures. They’re amazing,” Amelia says.

Amelia is now touring some of the local Revelstoke schools reading her book to younger grades. As yet, Revelstoke's library does not have a copy but hopefully that will be remedied in the near future. Amelia’s next project is helping the Ecole des Glaciers, the new French immersion program at Arrow Heights, translate The Lonely Dragon into French. Amelia has no immediate plans to write new stor-ies. She is focused on winning the upcoming school district spelling bee. As her school’s resident champ she stands a good chance of taking home the top hon-ours. Nevertheless, she says she doesn’t think the story of this lonely dragon will continue and she will probably start with a brand new story the next time she writes. But she will probably still include either dragons or unicorns — or both.

Amelia’s father Ian laughs at the irony when he reflects on the plot of The Lonely Dragon. “The theme was quite interesting. When she was young she refused to take her medicine. So she wrote a story about why it’s important to take your medicine. It’s a good message for kids.”

Zuzana chimes in and says it’s about ‘healthy medicine’ but Amelia won’t have any of it. “I wrote it about my younger sister,” she says with a smirk. Visit www.blurb.com and search Lonely Dragon. There you will be presented with a variety of soft cover and hardcover options to order the book.

Mar. 7 Mindil Beach Markets 9-11p.m. Big Eddy PubMar. 14 The Bitterweed Draw 9-11p.m. Big Eddy PubMar. 20 New Country Rehab 9-11p.m. Big Eddy PubMar. 21 Turtle Mountain 7-9p.m. Big Eddy Pub Odd Man Out 9-11p.m. Mar. 28 Meet & Greet 6-7p.m. Benoit's Wine Bar Carlos del Junco 8-10p.m. RPACApr. 4 WILLHORSE 9-11p.m. Big Eddy Pub Live it! Love it! Fundraiser Apr. 11 Kootenanny-Locals Night 9-11p.m. Big Eddy PubApr. 18 Craig Cardiff 9-11p.m. Big Eddy PubApr. 25 Alexander Flock 7-9p.m. River City Pub DJ Competition 9:30-Late

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The Sweet Sounds of Stuck on Honey by Katie Marti

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Flourishing Imagination

Amelia Brown proudly shows a copy of The Lonely Dragon, a book she recently published. Photo: Ian Brown

Stuck on Honey members from left to right: Maggie Davis, Denis Severino, Darrin Herting and Jacob Verburg. Photo: Amy Burton

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Bodylogic Therapeutic Massage Karen Schneider RMT, Tina Giotsalitis RMT Suite 103 - 103 1st St. E.250-837-3666bodylogicmassagerevelstoke.com

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