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Victoria street is about to get a whole lot crazi-er! From hostage situa-tions to motorcycle ral-lies, shayne Turner is about to bring some dark Moments to the city. The film actor-photographer-camera man has turned his attention to the streets of Kamloops and is em-barking on an adventure that could turn this whole town upside down.

“We will be filming all along Victoria street on saturday, July 7,” explains Shayne. “At 7:00pm we will have a group of 150 motorcycles heading from 4th avenue to 1st Avenue down Vic-toria street towards City Hall, at 9:00pm we will have a hostage situation in front of Jonathan buchner Jewellery.”

Never one to shy away from the spotlight, the Downtown Echo’s own Cristina Ostapovitch is playing part of the damsel in distress that will be held hostage.

“There will be lots going on all day. We will also have a sniper on a roof and scene where someone will be repelling down a building on 2nd or 3rd avenue,” continues shayne.

If you have not yet guessed, all the hoopla is for the filming of the se-ries trailer ‘Dark Moments’ which will be airing on both YouTube and iLoops as of September 1, 2012. Dark Moments is a modern suspense thriller which centers on a reporter who finds himself working for a small newspaper in Kamloops as a means to get away from the high profile work he had been covering in his recent past. As he begins to set-

tle into his new position, the mysterious disappear-ance of a local teenager throws him back into the pursuit of another high profile story.

“This is probably the biggest and most exciting thing that has ever been filmed in Kamloops or area,” says shayne. “i am very excited about this project. It is Magnum PI meets the Twilight Zone. We will be filming entire-ly in the Kamloops area using both the natural features and urban land-scape. This trailer will be used as a springboard to launch the entire series of dark Moments which is expected to be five year project with the filming of 60 tantalizing episodes.”

Keep your eyes peeled for the series hero, reporter Jason Averil Ed-wards who everyone calls Jae! played in the trailer by local actor Mar-shall Munson, Jae and the crew will be out and about downtown on July 7 and elsewhere throughout the city right thru until July 29 getting all the shots they need for the trailer. They will be everywhere from inside their downtown ‘soundstage’ to out at Riverside Park, Tobiano, Kamloops Lake and up at the Kamloops fire training centre.

If you don’t happen to see them out and about getting their shots, you will be able to check out the trailer of Kamloops’ potential new series starting September 1 on YouTube and iLoops. If you have further ques-tions or need more information feel free to contact Shayne by phone at 250-578-7074 or by email at [email protected].

Tanya Orozco, freelance

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The Kamloops Chapter of the BC Sustainable Energy Association (bCsea) wants, once and for all, to set the record straight when it comes to clotheslines and city bylaws. “ever since our clothesline giveaway started with the Solar Laundry Project we’ve found that there’s still a bit of confu-sion on this subject, so we thought we would ask the Mayor to clear up any misperceptions”, said Cheryl Kabloona, chair of the Kamloops Chapter.

Kamloops Mayor Peter Milobar was unequivocal on the topic. “The City has no clothesline ban. Unless you live in a strata or a place where a devel-oper enforces a clothesline prohibition, you’re free to use one. Actually, we encourage people to use clotheslines because it’s a way to reduce energy consumption. The Sustainable Kamloops Plan calls for a 20 percent reduc-tion in community energy use (compared to 2010), so this is one way we can move that goal forward.”

Kabloona explains why the Kamloops chapter initiated the Solar Laundry Project. “Currently, clothes dryers account for roughly six percent of all electricity use province-wide. Using a clothesline is a simple way to conserve energy. Our sponsors, the Kamloops Home Hardware Building Centre and bC hydro power smart, were eager to get on board with this because it’s something that almost everyone can do, especially in our sunny Kamloops climate. Of course, more sunshine would be nice right about now, wouldn’t it?”

The Solar Laundry Project encourages the public to “put a little sunshine in your shorts” by rethinking their laundry drying habits. The main initia-tive of the project is a giveaway of 12 clotheslines every week for the next 6 weeks, until July 14 (each is an $85 value). Registration is done online at www.bcsea.org/kamloops and only has to be done once, since all registra-tions remain active until they are chosen as winners.

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Cheryl Kabloona, chair of the Kamloops Chapter of BCSEA and Mayor Peter Milobar hold up a clothes line outside of City Hall.

Sandbag pick up next weekwith declining river levels, the

Kamloops Emergency Operations Centre is beginning demobilization of flood protection measures. First priority is unsealing catch basins in low-lying areas. removal of the gabion flood baskets is expected within the next two weeks.

beginning the week of July 9, the City is offering sandbag pick up for residents. Similar to garbage collection, residents must place the sandbags in the same curb-side location by 7:00 a.m. where they would typically place their garbage containers. sandbags will be picked up the business day fol-

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KAG offers interactive workshopThe Kamloops Art Gallery will

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Join Hope to create drawings and telling stories about the wild men you’ve seen or imagined and post your drawing or story on the bMo Open Gallery, which will be open to the public as an interactive space from July 7 to August 18. In addition to the exhibition, Hope has collabo-rated with local artists to create draw-

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During the week of June 23 to 30, businesses have been having pink ribbons painted on their windows in support of the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation. Pictured here is the CIBC branch downtown covered in pink ribbons. Some of the other businesses who have been “pinked” include Scoopz Ice Cream, Expedia Cruise Ship Center and Nature’s Face and Body.

Back Alley Project earns Best in the West Awardit has been an exciting year already

for the Cap team. events such as the Spring Festival and the annual KCBIA Golf Tournament have taken place and we are now busy preparing for BC’s Biggest Sidewalk Sale the KCBIA’s Downtown Merchants Market. in addition to these very exciting events, the Cap Team also works on a variety of on-going projects. One of the main projects that the team has been working on for the last few years is the Downtown Back Alley Project.

This project focuses on making the alley-ways an appealing place to be in. Through follow-ing CpTed guidelines, (Crime prevention through environmental design), we can make the alleyways a safer place to be. This includes eliminating any unneces-sary and excess amount of dumpsters. By getting busi-nesses to share we can contribute to effectively opening

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and 300 blocks of Victoria st; increasing lighting, remov-ing dumpsters and opening the alleys up. Increasing the walkability and safety of our downtown is all of our responsibilities. Only with the help of the business and business owners alike can we make our alleyways a safe and welcoming place to be in.

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The World is As You See ItDr. James Golden of California will present a workshop, “The World is As

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Their merchandise rang-es from trendsetting tees, hoodies, hats, sunnies to dresses, skirts, accessories and more. The graphics and colourful language on their merchandise comple-ments the expressions and attitudes of men and wom-en with street style.

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stone for me, I turned 50, was in year two of running my own business as co-owner of natural Strength CrossFit in Kamloops, bC. i was encouraged to register myself to compete as a “masters” in the 2011 CrossFit Open fitness competition so that’s exactly what i did. Thanks to sean white, my coach, partner in business and in life who believed in me, kept tell-ing me that i had a great chance at going to the reebok CrossFit games and that we should start planning for the trip.

Journey 2012…in March of this year i regis-

tered once again to compete in the reebok CrossFit worLd Open Competition. There were over 500 ladies in my age cate-gory alone (50-54). After the five weeks of competition whereby we had to do one workout a week and then register our results on-line, I finished in 17th place out of all of the ladies in my age category. I am the only 50+ female Canadian going to La this year. The top 20 who qualify get to move onto the reebok CrossFit world games in La, California in July. There is no fee to enter the reebok CrossFit games; you do however have to get there on your own. Luckily we have some great commu-nity support, amazing clients and family and friends who help sean and i get there. Fundraising has already started with “limited edition” t-shirt sales which were designed by our friends at Crock of Shirt. $10 from each sale will go directly to getting us to La.

on June 9, we held a fundraising dinner at on the rocks pub once again. Like last year we raised enough money to cover all travel and hotel expenses.

Currently I am proud to share that I have cleaned and jerked 158lbs, I can bench press my body weight and more, and can squat 192lbs. These are huge accomplishments for me of which I am proud of. I feel stronger this year, faster and have worked hard at transition-ing from one exercise to the other during a workout without huge breaks.

As for the 2012 CrossFit games, i am both nervous and excited, the CrossFit jitters I guess you could say but i feel prepared. July 11 is when we take off to compete July 13, 14 and hopefully make it to the 15th!

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one heck of a ride!Final numbers are in from this year’s Bike To Work

Week event from May 28 to June 3, and the coordina-tors are overjoyed. “What a great week. The number of teams was up 48 percent over last year and the number of riders was up 75 percent! Way to go everyone!” said James Gordon, one of the coordinators. “We’re delighted,” said Marcia dick, the other coordinator. “We ended up with 527 riders and 108 teams—which surpassed our goal of 100 teams. We had over 40 spon-sors who really showed amazing support with tons of great prizes, cash and in-kind donations. And we really lucked out with the weather! it was really a win-win-win all around.”

gordon and dick credit the solid backing from the City of Kamloops, the Province of BC, and a dedicated, hard-working and fun-loving volunteer committee for putting on such a great event. They are also very grate-ful to all of the team-leaders who organized their teams and logged all of the kilometers their teammates rode.

“It’s really about the riders, though” said Gordon. “It’s about deciding to get on your bike and ride to work. and once you do, then you realize how good it feels; and it’s great for the environment too. Good for your health and the planet’s health. The trick now is to keep going all summer. Keep on riding everyone!”

The Bike To Work Week Kamloops website, Facebook site and Twitter account all have more wrap-up infor-mation and images.

BTWW is a province-wide event supported by the City of Kamloops and the Province of BC. Kamloops is one of over 20 BC communities par-

(L-R) James Gordon, Matt Davis, Marcia Dick, Colleen Lepik and Trevor Dinn. The winner of the “Most Elevation”, “Longest Distance” and “Best Story” prizes went to Matt Davis of New Gold, who rode from Downtown to New Gold every day during the week (160 km and 2250 m) and wrote a story about it. Way to go, Matt and everyone that participated!

ticipating in 2012 Bike to work week through bike to work bC, a non-profit organization dedicated to encourag-ing people to cycle to work for fun, health and to lessen our impact on the environment.

Lend a hand to AIDS WalkASK Wellness event volunteers will be required

September 22 for the AIDS Walk for Life and volun-teers are needed to help with registration, handing out water, directing walkers, handing out information, set-up and clean up.

For these and many other volunteer opportunities and contact information, visit www.volunteerkamloops.org.


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n Alice As You Have Never Seen Her Before to July 31 at the old Courthouse gallery, 7 west seymour st. Jackie Chadwick, textile artist and Pat Hall, potter/painter take a whim-sical and sly political look at Lewis Carroll’s wonderland. Open Tue to Fri, 10 to 5, Sat, 10 to 4.

n The Art We Are, 246 Victoria St. 250-828-7998. July 5 Jennie Thai 8pm, July 10 Matiation 8pm, July 11 Poetry Slam 8pm.

n Mainstage provincial theatre fes-tival - All plays held at Sagebrush Theatre. Tickets available through Kamloops Live Box Office, 1025 Lorne St. or 250-372-3216. July 5 at 8pm Crimes of the Heart. July 6 at 12pm The Lion in Winter. July 6 at 8pm The Woman in Black.

n The Journey Back - acrylic on canvas and photoprints by Annette Dominik from July 6 to 28 in the Kamloops Arts Council Main Gallery, 7 West Seymour St. Opening night July 6 at 7pm.

n Fill a Bag Sale until July 7 from 10am to 4pm at the RIH Thrift Seller, 146 Victoria St. Proceeds supporting Special Patient Care Equipment to rih.

n Canada Day Book Sale on July 7 beginning at 9am at the Farmers’ Market, 245 St. Paul St.

n Book Reading by Canadian icon Bill Bissett on July 8 at 1pm at Second Glance Books, 448 Victoria St.

n Pema Chodron, ‘all in The same Boat’ a video presentation by a well known buddhist nun and author on July 11, 18, 25 at 7pm at Shambhala Meditation Group of Kamloops, 433b Lansdowne st. FMi: www.kamloops.shambhala.org or call Liz 250-376-4224.

n Interior Savings Moonlight Movie Nights at riverside park on July 12, 19 and Aug 16. All movies

by donation with proceeds going to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Kamloops mentoring programs. Movies begin at dusk but get there early to claim your space and enjoy the activities.

n Kamloops Highland Games on July 14 from 8am to 5pm at Albert McGowan Park, 2025 Summit Dr. Come out and enjoy a fun filled Celtic day! Take in all the sights and sounds of a traditional highland games. FMi www.kamloopshighlandgames.ca.

n Tour TRU Campus Gardens every Wed at 6pm. Meet at the back of Horticulture House 10 for a 90 minute tour. FMI call Kevin 250-828-5181 or Doreen 250-579-8674.

n Kamloops Interior Summer School of Music (KissM) from July 9 to 27. Beginner to advanced, ages five to 18. Concerts, water fights, BBQ’s, Mini Olympics and more! FMi visit www.kissm.ca or [email protected].

n Join Kamloops Riverside Lawn Bowling Club for some fun for all ages. No time requirement or com-mitment. bowling times are sun, Mon, Wed and Fri at 7pm and Tues and Thurs at 9am. Lawn bowling is a sport for everyone, try it out and enjoy yourself.

n Summer Kids Camps at the bC Wildlife Park for kids aged 6 to 12. Camps July 9 to 13, July 30 to Aug. 3, Aug. 20 to 24 from 9am to 4pm. FMI and cost visit www.bczoo.org or call 250-573-3242 ext. 228.

n ‘Putt For The Cure’ Challenge at the dunes golf course all summer to support JDRF. Next challenges will be held July 8 and 22. Top winners will advance to the playoff in September. FMI contact Jim at 250-578-2678.

n Kids and Teens Summer Reading Club runs from July 3 to Aug. 25. Sign up through www.tnrdlib.ca or at the Kamloops Library.

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YOur HOrOSCOpECANCER (June 22-July 22) You have to know what your boss wants if you expect to do your job correctly. Your involvement in groups will be fa-vorable for meeting new and exciting individuals. Do not expect too much from others. Look into physical activities that will help get rid of tension.LEO (July 23-Aug 22) You can find solutions if you are willing to com-municate. Your reputation may be at stake if you partake in gossip. Only offer to do the things you have time for. Luxury items will cost you more than you can truly afford. not everything you hear will be legitimate.VIRGO (Aug 23-Sept 23) Travel should be on your agenda. Your tenden-cy to take on too much will end in fatigue. your tendency to dramatize may be a little much for your partner to take constantly. Don’t be too critical.LIBRA (Sept 24-Oct 23) Think before you act if you wish to avoid fric-tion. You have the ability to motivate others. You may end up being blamed if anything goes wrong. do not give your heart to someone who may not live up to your standards.SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 22) Try to spend time with those having similar interests. Your diplomatic nature will help you in straightening out unsa-vory situations. Social events will lead to a strong and stable relationship. Problems with fire, gas, or oil may cause disruptions and annoyances.SAGITTARIUS (Nov 23-Dec 21) Your need to put great detail into ev-erything you do may cause you to miss the overall picture. Your mate will enjoy helping out. Find out all you can; secret enemies may lead you astray. Trying to deal with your mate will be unproductive and possibly hurtful.CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 20) It may not be the best time to socialize with clients or colleagues this week. Go on business trips if at all possible. Educational pursuits should help you develop your hobbies. Your ability to deal with others will help you accomplish your goals.AQUARIUS (Jan 21-Feb 19) Don’t let coworkers get wind of your ideas or they might try to take credit for your hard work. Any difficulties with peers could be unnerving. Pursue outdoor activities or any physical exer-tion. Proceed with caution if operating equipment or vehicles.PISCES (Feb 20-Mar 20) Avoid joint ventures and steer clear of groups that want you to contribute financial assistance. You can make drastic changes in your professional direction this week. Do a little shopping. You’re likely to find a real bargain.ARIES (Mar 21-April 20) Colleagues may try to undermine you. Don’t let your jealousy be the reason for a decaying relationship. Your energy will be high; however, if not channeled suitably, temper tantrums may erupt. you should be on the road.TAURUS (Apr 21-May 21) You’re best to avoid disputes. Do you really want to start something with someone you can’t reason with? Look into projects that you feel would con tribute something to your appearance. Your input into their activities will help bring you closer together.GEMINI (May 22-June 21) You need to start planning that vacation. Emotional deception will cause friction on the home front. You must deal with an emotional problem with your loved one that you have been avoid-ing for some time now. Horoscopes courtesy of astrologer Michael Thiessen. For daily horoscopes go to www.astrology-online.com

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juLY at the MuseuMMuseum Guided Tour $4 July 12 • 12-1pm 9 years and up, Course No. 189890

Intro to Archaeology at the Museum $20July 14 • 10-11:30am 10-12 year olds, Course No. 189939

Dinosaur Discovery at the Museum $20July 14 • 1-2pm 7-9 year olds, Course No. 189940

History of Kamloops Architecture by the Kamloops Museum $8July 19 • 6:00-7:15pm 10 yrs and up, Course No. 190987

Archives Orientation $10July 25 • 10-11:30am 16 yrs and up, Course No. 189893

Museum Guided Tour $4 July 26 • 12-1pm 9 years and up, Course No. 189891

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WEDNESDAY, JULY 11

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Expanded Farmer’s Market 8am - 3pmcommunity

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Wednesday, July 11 – Saturday, July 14

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Victoria Street • 10am - 4pm

Street Performers and Musicians Competition

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406 Boutique Ltd.

the Art We Are tea Joint &

GalleryBeauty code Boutique

Big Boot inn Ltd.

Boston pizza

caffe Motivo

castles & cottages

AntiquesciBccommodore Grand cafe &

LoungeD’Agostino restaurant

Essentials & Beyond

Eyes international

Fratelli Foods

Fresh healthy café

Frou Frou Monkey

Full Boar Bike Store

Genesis Fashion & Beauty

Golden Buddha

healthylife Nutrition

hello toast hoJA Mongolian Grill

instinct Adornment

Jardines - Domaine

Jonathan Buchner Gems &

Jewellery

Kennell’s Shoes Ltd.

kpa printersMain Street clothing

McAllister & howard

clothiers McDonald’s restaurant

oronge Boardshop

ric’s Mediterranean Grill

Subway

thomas cook travelwise

torino clothing co.

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