Obituary Notice — Thomas William (Tom) Koshman
Thomas William (Tom) Koshman 1928 - 2011 Thomas William (Tom) Koshman passed away at Queen Victoria Hospital, Revelstoke on Friday, November 25th, 2011 at the age of 83 years. A Memorial Service will be held from the Chapel of Brandon Bowers Funeral Home on Wednesday morning, November 30th at 11:00 a.m. with Mr. Gary Sulz officiating. Interment...
Is this the Facebook election?
This is the first election in Revelstoke that is seeing many candidates reaching out to voters using social media. There is also a Facebook page organized by Giles Shearing to foment public political discussion. The page, called Revelstoke’s Fall Vote – The One that Counts, is at http://www.facebook.com/groups/304446056235525/314072328606231/. You...
First Place at last!
In their sixth year of competing Revelstoke’s Dam Survivors team scored their first ever first and set a new personal best time at the recent Penticton Dragon Boat Festival. Almost 90 teams bringing 2200 competitors converged on sunny Skaha Lake September 10. The two day event has become the race not to miss. Up to five boats at a time streaked down...
What’s On This Week
If you’d like your event included in What’s On This Week please send the details, including contact information, to: drooney1@telus.net May 11: Revelstoke Awareness and Outreach Program Open House — The RAOP office is in the tiny building in alley next to the Regent — 12:30 pm – 3:30 pm May 11: Three great exhibitions, one opening night!...
In Memoriam of Malcolm ( Mac ) Caverhill
Malcolm Caverhill 1920-2010 … if you love someone with all your heart it is unbearable to have them die. And because you can’t bear it, you don’t let it happen. Without even thinking about it, you, the one who didn’t die, change, enlarge your nature so that there is room for them too, and they go on living in you and through you… We...
Snowpack still presents avalanche hazard
Avalanches remain a significant danger in the backcountry. This one is at Lizard Ridge in the South Rockies and occurred on May 10. Forest Latimer photo With the snowpack in most regions of the province still well above average, the Canadian Avalanche Centre (CAC) is cautioning backcountry users that avalanches remain a hazard. “Until recently, temperatures...
Reducing greenhouse gases in City Hall’s sights
By David F. Rooney The City took the first steps towards reducing greenhouse gases (GHG) and becoming carbon-neutral with Council’s decision to follow the recommendations contained in a long-awaited Corporate Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventory and Reduction Strategy. Councillors voted unanimously to: undertake the report’s 15 recommendations...
New community interpreters can help when the chips are down
There are moments in the life of every community when linguistic and cultural barriers can impede attempts to deal with tragedy. At those times having a trained interpreter is critical. Here are five of Revelstoke's new community interpreters. Kathrina De Vera (Tagalog), Cathy Cameron-Suchy (German), Young Seon Cook (Korean), Wendy Jin (Mandarin),...
A poster contest just for kids
Hey, kids! If you’re between the ages of eight and 15 and like to draw, you could design a poster for the national Canada Day Poster Challenge and win a really cool prize — a lap top and a trip to Banff and Jasper National Parks. The Canada Day Poster Challenge is an annual contest and this year’s theme, Canada: A proud past, a bright future!,...
Little Mischa to get her bone-marrow transplant
Mischa Lewis-Arnott, a three-year-old girl who has been battling bone-marrow failure this past year is being admitted to the BC Children’s Hospital in Vancouver to prepare for a bone-marrow transplant on Feb. 8 — her fourth birthday. Photo courtesy of Renata Lewis-Arnott Editor’s Note: Mischa Lewis-Arnott, a three-year-old girl who has been battling...
