Recipes for your savage herbs
Provençal Aromatic Oil This flavoured oil makes for part of an excellent marinade for vegetables, fish, and barbequed meats. Mix 2 parts of the oil with1 part lemon, lime, or orange juice, or add a dash of wine. Vinaigrette will not separate as easily if 1 tsp mustard and a crushed garlic clove are added. You will need: 500 ml virgin olive oil 2...
Getting behind on payments?
Joel Olson Sooner or later, people suffer circumstances that make it hard for them to meet their financial commitments. Most people as a result of embarrassment and not knowing what to do make their situation even more difficult by doing nothing. The best way to deal with this situations is by taking action. Here are some helpful steps. Call your creditor: Many...
12-Mile Ferryman receives headstone worthy of his importance
The beautiful headstone depicting Ada Domke Jarvis’ drawing of the old cable ferry and Mulvehill falls. Laura Stovel photo By Laura Stovel To Ada Domke Jarvis it didn’t seem right. Ed Mulvehill, the first ferryman who, from 1923 to the late 1930s, plied the Columbia River between 12-Mile and the west shore, did not have a headstone on his grave. Mr....
Heritage Explorers make butter the old-fashioned way
By Laura Stovel The Revelstoke Museum and Archives summer children’s program for five-to-12-year-olds – the Heritage Explorers – has ended this year’s season with its 11th annual biscuits and butter event. The museum provides home-made biscuits and the children make the butter in an improvised version of the old fashioned way: by shaking...
Ode To My Best Friend
Ode To My Best Friend By Vanessa Smith Basil was not only Vanessa Smith's long-time canine companion but a favourite fixture at her Grizzly Book & Serendipity Shoppe, who warmly greeted customers and was loved and greeted in return. He will be missed, as Vanessa's heart-felt poem so accurately expresses. The Revelstoke Current's sympathies...
Obituary Notice — Eldwin Earl “Al” Waters
Al Waters 1936-2010 Eldwin Earl “Al” Waters died suddenly at his residence in Revelstoke on Monday, August 23rd, 2010 at the age of 74 years. A Celebration of Life Service will be held at the Revelstoke Community Center on Monday afternoon, August 30th at 2:00 p.m. with family and friends presiding. Cremation with interment of the cremated remains...
Obituary Notice — Palmila Josephine Eliza (Pal) Wheeler
Pat Wheeler 1922-2010 Palmila Josephine Eliza (Pal) Wheeler passed away at Queen Victoria Hospital, Revelstoke on Monday, August 23rd, 2010 at the age of 88 years. A Memorial Reception will be held at the family residence on Saturday, September 11th, 2010 from 1 – 4 p.m. Cremation with private interment of the cremated remains in the family plot...
Out of the Office for Awhile
It is my regretful duty at this point to notify all of The Current’s faithful that editor David Rooney has recently suffered a stroke and will be unable to continue his work with the Current for the next week or so. Fear not, for David is strong and he is now resting comfortably in the Kamploops hospital and is expected to make a full recovery....
Computers and seniors are coming to a meeting of the minds
Jean Pedersen Many seniors are still mystified by the concept that communications can instantly flow through cables or that information can be retrieved on almost any subject by using a search engine. Computers can be overwhelming to anyone, especially to those who did not ‘grow up’ with them. Never before in our history has so much potential...
Here’s something to brighten up your drive home!
Kids in the Community Connections Pre-Teen Summer Camp made a solidly artistic contribution to the community this year when they painted this great street-surface mural on Ninth Street East by Queen Elizabeth Park. Camp Counsellor Erica Maltby, who organized and oversaw the project that also utilized the skills of artist Shannon Robinson and Bear Aware...
