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when you think Tournament Capital you instantly think of sports and all the wonderful facilities, teams and competi-tions that call Kamloops home, but here in river City, we are also champions of art. we have artists of all genres and calibres with countless local groups that do many wonderful things. we have the bC Living arts society, western Canada Theatre, project X, Thompson Valley potters, Kamloops arts Council, Theatre bC, the arts and Crafts Club, the poetry slam Club and the list goes on and on. each group devotes itself fully to its craft, making Kamloops a Mecca of all things art.

Fresh to the scene is the new and very interesting Laughing stock Theatre society of b.C. The group, which is made up of like minded folks from around town, are excited about the new venture and want to take you, the residents of Kamloops along for the ride.

“i love to entertain people,” explains pat buchanan, one of the society’s directors. “The look in their eyes and the smiles on their faces gives its own adrenaline rush. being on stage and allow-ing people to get caught up in a funny story and forget their day

is such a rewarding experience.”The Laughing stock’s main

goal is to produce funny, come-dic works that will entertain their audiences while at the same time inspiring residents to come out and try their hand at working in

theatre. They want to encour-age members of the community to participate in the production of theatrical plays, meet new friends, and share a laugh or two.

“it’s a wonderful thing to have

a new theatre group in the city,” comments Vance schneider, executive director of Theatre bC. “we are excited to have them join Theatre bC, and encourage everyone who is interested in theatre to go out there and do it.”

if you do have the acting bug, no matter your age or skill level, Laughing stock invites you to join them. all ages and skill lev-els are welcome. whether you want to step out on stage or help out behind the scenes, you will be joining a group that is here to help promote new thoughts and ideas and foster goodwill in the arts. The society aims to pro-duce at least three shows a year, including an annual british pan-tomime (known informally as “panto”), and will also perform at various events throughout the city, starting with the santa Claus parade and Christmas at the old Courthouse! The group also plans to join Theatre bC and participate in zone festivals for the chance of performing at Mainstage, Theatre bC’s annual provincial drama Festival.

“we are bringing a completely new form of Theatre to town, a new product as it were” says don Levasseur, president of the

New theatre troupe–Laughing Stock of BC

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(L to R) Jennilee Fraser, Ruth Roe, and Jessica Buchanan are members of the Laughing Stock Theatre Society, who recently performed as flappers at a local wedding.

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directors of the Kamloops Chamber of Commerce presented four of their members’ federal pol-icy resolutions last weekend at the Canadian Chamber of Commerce annual general Meeting in st. John’s, newfoundland. They are pleased to announce that all four policy resolutions presented were accepted through debate and vote at the members’ policy session.

This approval means that the Canadian Chamber will now work to advocate to the federal gov-ernment on issues raised by the Kamloops business community. Last March, Kamloops Chamber members voted for changes to government policies intended to improve conditions for business and support a healthy and pros-perous community. Last week-end, members of the Kamloops Chamber board presented these resolutions to the Canadian assembly seeking national sup-port.

The four �011 Kamloops policies are: indexing of gsT/hsT new housing rebate: the Canadian Chamber will now actively lobby for increased rebate thresh-olds to $545K - $700K levels; The Locked-in estate Trust - a response to Canada’s coming pen-sion crisis: this resolution builds on Kamloops’ previous �010 pen-sion reform policy and asks gov-ernment to explore an estate trust for parents who wish to contrib-ute to their own children’s retire-ment funds; Marketing Canada as an international destination: this policy asks government to market our country at the previous �009 funding levels; Canada needs Thousands of doctors now: the

Canadian Chamber membership overwhelmingly agreed that gov-ernment must increase the num-ber of physicians and surgeons in our country.

“Kamloops’ success at the

Canadian Chamber agM this past weekend speaks to the power of our Kamloops policy process”, says president and policy chair, peter aylen. “we are proud to speak on behalf of our members

and to work on these vital issues for our community and, indeed, the entire country.”

To view the policies in their entirety, go to www.kamloops-chamber.ca/advocacy.

society, “Comedy is challeng-ing to perform, especially getting the timing right, but when you accomplish it, the reaction from the audience can literally move you. what we are looking to do is produce new and entertaining comedy shows in the Kamloops area and provide more ‘all ages’ family entertainment, starting

with the announcement of our version of Cinderella, a tradi-tional british panto - the classic fairytale with a twist! happening december �3-31, �011 at the Kamloops Convention Center Theatre with matinees and eve-ning performances through the Christmas season and is suitable for all ages.”

now is the time to get involved, as the Laughing stock Theatre

society is holding open auditions saturday and sunday, october 1 and � at the grind Coffee house for Cinderella (ages 7 and up), Haunted Kamloops, (ages 19 and up) and A Stranger’s Guide to Panto (ages 16 and up). For more information on the auditions and the Laughing stock Theatre society itself, visit their website at www.thelaughingstock.ca.

Tanya Orozco, freelance

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Canadian Chamber of Commerce endorses Kamloops resolutions

Council honours Anne Grube with awardLast Friday the

Kamloops chapter of the Council of Canadians present-ed its annual award given to a person who has made a positive difference to our community.

The recipient this year is anne grube, a tireless worker for the common good. anne works on a wide variety of issues and with a wide variety of groups from the Kamloops Food policy Council, to the Kamloops and district Labour Council, to the Council of Canadians - any group that promotes the public interest.

anne makes a conscious effort to live what she believes, biking wherever she goes, shopping local-

ly, and “living sim-ply, that others may simply live”. she is always the first to volunteer to write a letter that needs writing, appear at City Council if that needs to be done, help out with fund raisers, making an effort to educate the public on important issues and to con-tribute her valuable time, opinion and expertise to deci-sions being made regarding the pub-

lic good.anne has by example raised her children to follow

in her footsteps and they are continuing in her tradi-tion of public service. The Council is very pleased to present the award to anne this year.

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Tune-up your green imaginationCome check out all the amazing activities

at the great green Transportation Tune-up’s Transportation imagination station on saturday, october 1st, at gaglardi park and st. andrew’s on the square at 159 seymour st. from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Cool wheels show will have hybrid & electric vehicles (with local dealers in attendance) as well as scooters, e-bikes and even segways to try out. special high-light will be the über-cool solar-powered car from ubC!

what does a look like to you? share your vision for Kamloops’ sustainable transportation future with the community, in words or in pictures. you can send your ideas directly to [email protected], or bring them in person to the imagination station on october 1.

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kids will be happening all day.in the bike, bus or boogie Challenge

participants use a range of different travel options (e.g. bicycle, car, bus, scooter) to complete a specified set of errands before heading to the finish line. speed is not everything – carbon emissions matter too! This is a demonstration event, followed by a panel discussion, so there are no registra-tions from the public to participate.

bring your bike and you can compete in slow bike un-races, held throughout the day. be the slowest to ride a �0-metre stretch -- without touching your feet to the ground. helmets are mandatory.

The bicycle show & shine is an oppor-tunity for people to bring their bikes, show them off, and share experiences & prefer-ences. Contact Full boar bike store for details.

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The Transit Future Bus is a public consultation on wheels, helping BC Transit connect with people and communities throughout B.C and find out what are your transit needs, priorities and concerns. The bus has interactive and educational displays, activities and games, plus the Transit Future Team to help you learn more about transit. The Transit Future Road Tour arrived in Kamloops on Sept 25. Remaining dates and locations are: September 29 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at Thompson Rivers University Campus Activity Centre, and 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Save On Foods; September 30 from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Aberdeen Mall west parking lot; October 1 from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Kamloops Farmers Market and Great Green Transportation Tune Up (St. Andrews on the Square).

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IN MeMoRY oF SANDY WISeMANThe September morning meeting of WINC (Women in Networking Club) was in honour of Sandy Wiseman, the founder of WINC, who passed away in August. Sandy’s longtime friend Diane Fraser spoke of Sandy’s energy and love for our city, and for her never-ending support of women in our community. (L-R) are Sharon Frissel, Diane Fraser, Michele Gieselman, and Lindael Rolstone.

City Council candidate’s 100 conversations Candidate for Kamloops City

Council arjun singh has released his findings from his 100 Conversations project. over the summer, singh set out to meet with a diverse group of 100 Kamloopsians, from all walks of life, and ask these people five questions: what do you value about Kamloops? what could be even bet-ter? what is your general perception of city council/city hall? what are your top issues/concerns? what are the attributes of a good city council-lor/council?

here are the most interesting things he heard.

almost half the people singh spoke to value Kamloops as a com-munity that is neither too big or to small. They felt that Kamloops has great amenities and yet has retained a community spirit with friendly people. a very similar proportion of people valued Kamloops geogra-phy and outdoor recreation oppor-tunities. additionally, many people valued that the community is well managed.

as many respondents feel that the community is well managed overall, there was more difficulty identify-ing ways to improve Kamloops.

Top responses were that we need to attract more business and jobs, that we need to be more green, that we should be more open to new ideas, and that we should consider broad-ening our community focus from the “Tournament Capital” brand.

perceptions on the current council were roughly split 50/50 between positive and negative comments. Many top of mind issues and con-cerns were raised including the Lorne st parkade and the ajax mine pro-posal. “i heard about twice as often about the ajax Mine than about the Lorne street parkade”, singh stated.

in response to the questions about the attributes of a good councillor or council, top of mind were looking at the needs of the whole community and not just of a select few, good listening, approachability, decisive-ness, and strong involvement in the community beyond council duties.

“i make no claim that the 100 conversations are an authoritative representation of overall commu-nity feeling”, says singh, ” but i worked hard to talk to a very wide range of people and i do feel that some incredibly important themes emerged.

Make your harvest meal localJust in time for Thanksgiving, bC

Living arts is offering a presenta-tion on how to create your feast using only locally grown ingredi-ents for a 100 Mile Thanksgiving. Led by Tru Culinary arts Chair ed walker, this event provides you with a number of resources including contacts, approaches, and of course cooking tips and ideas for your meal. regardless of the Thanksgiving theme, this important event gives us an opportunity to

better understand how to support local farmers and maintain good health through local gastronomy.

This event will be held at the Tru Culinary arts building on sunday october �nd, at �:00 p.m., and tickets are $10 each. Tickets are available at Kamloops Live box office (at 10th & Lorne), �50-374-LiVe (5483), online at www.kamloopslive.com, or at the door. More information is available at www.bclivingarts.ca.

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ever since mother-daughter team patricia donnelly and Car-oline dick opened up their retail electrictree yarns store, people in the downtown core have not been able to stop talking about their beautiful selection of lus-cious fibres and the history of knitting and fibre arts in their family. At first it seems odd that yarn would conjure up such memories and reaction, but with such a rich history in Canada fi-bre arts will not be going away anytime soon, especially with the arrival of this store.

you just have to put one foot through the door of the new electrictree yarns at �90 3rd av-enue to realize what i am talk-ing about. its cool and serene at-mosphere invites you in, and all the colours and textures instantly give you inspiration. patricia and Caroline are not only wonderful hosts but also their passion for yarns and fibre arts seeps out of them and you can’t help but pick some of that up.

“we have been marketing our own line of yarns through fibre festivals for years,” explains pa-tricia. “we do everything from raise the animals that have the fluff to shearing, carding, spin-ning and dyeing. Caroline does her own dyeing and we design our own patterns.”

in addition to working together to bring you the finest hand dyed yarns and exquisite luxury fibres, electrictree yarns carries a wide selection of over 60 fibres and yarns, lots of patterns and books, spinning wheels and accessories.

“we want something for every-one, but we love our luxury fi-

bres” continues patricia. “we try to find as many luxury fibres as we can. we have some pretty bi-zarre stuff that would be hard to find anywhere else.”

some examples are the uber-soft quiviut, the chitin that is ac-tually derived from shellfish and a nice selection of soy, silk and bamboo. when patricia and Car-oline are not busy spinning and dyeing they can usually be found helping out various visitors to the store with everything from teaching to picking out the right kind of yarn for their project.

“we teach everyone from the ‘i don’t know what i am doing’ beginner to experts who want to learn some intriguing things,” finishes Patricia. “We teach spin-ning, knitting, and crocheting and can help you with everything from spinning to the completed

garment. each Friday we stay open late for “Knitters anony-mous,” which is a time anyone can stop by to knit socially.”

if you haven’t dropped by the new electrictree yarns yet, make sure to pop in. Join them for their Friday evening knit night from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., sign up for a knitting, crochet or cable class or simply bring your knit-ting and sit and have a cup of special knitters tea blended just for electrictree yarns by garden Tease of salt spring island.

patricia and Caroline and their electrictree yarns can be found at �90 3rd avenue beside oops Café. They are open Tuesday through saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. with the ex-ception of Friday when they are open to 9:00 p.m..

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breastfeeding has many well-doc-umented benefits for both moth-ers and babies including bonding and attachment, protecting mom against breast cancer, ovarian can-cer and osteoporosis, and protect-ing babe against ear infections, respiratory infection and diarrhea. breastfeeding also promotes babies’ tooth, jaw and brain development and provides optimal nutrition while saving money. yet even with all of

the benefits to mothers and babies, in b.C. less than 50% of moms are nursing at six months, despite a nursing rate that’s over 90% when moms and babies leave the hospital after birth.

Lactation consultants and public health nurses are available at public health units across interior health to assist mothers and infants during the breastfeeding years to ensure families have all the help they need to give babies the best start in life. Contact your local public health unit for more information.

breastfeeding mothers and their supporters are invited to the annual breastfeeding Challenge on october 1 at st. paul’s Cathedral at 360 nicola street. registration is at 10:30 a.m., with latch on starting at 11:00 a.m. For more information contact debbie Knudson, public health Maternity Care program, �50-851-736�.

Breastfeeding–reason to celebrate!

hockey star and royal inland hospital (rih) honorary ambassador Mark recchi asks you to “text-to-donate” at the blazers games in support of the new iCu at rih. with a simple text message, you can make a $5 donation to the new iCu Compassionate hearts Campaign. simply text the word “goaL” to 30333 and a $5 donation will be added to your next mobile phone bill.

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Kamloops Bicycle Summit: A look at Velo Culture - arnica gallery, 7 w. seymour st. runs to oct. �9. exhibits, film festival, guided bike rides. info at www.arnica.ca

Kamloops Arts Council Main gallery, 7 seymour st. w. Luke Vigneault’s (Qui groove) panda-Trans–Morphication illustrations. until sept. �4

Call for Entry- Christmas at the Courthouse : The Courthouse gallery, 7 west seymour street, calls for entries to the 5th annual Christmas at the Courthouse fine art and craft juried art show & sale nov �6 & �7. applications can be picked up at the old Courthouse gallery or visit kamloopscourt-housegallery.ca.

So You Think You Are Funny? stand up comedy audi-tions will be held on oct. 7 for comedy night on oct. ��. register for an audition before sept. 30. phone sharon at �50-554-�388 or email [email protected].

Kamloops Film Society pres-ents “Cave of Forgotten dreams” sept. �9 at 7pm at paramount Theatre, 503 Victoria st. werner herzog’s newest documentary about the dawn of art and human consciousness, as portrayed in the recently discovered 33,000-year-old wall murals in the Chauvet caves in southern France.

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Kamloops Culture Scavenger Hunt and free admission celebrat-ing Culture days at Kamloops art galley on sept. 30 and october 1, 10am to 5pm. pick up your hunt sheet at the Kag admissions desk (465 Victoria st).

Giant flea market hosted by the Centre for seniors information Volunteers oct. �, 8am-1pm in northills Mall parking lot. Fundraiser for the new seniors activity and drop in Centre sched-uled to open in brock shopping Centre in mid november.

Music at the Art We Are - bocephus King on oct. 1 at 8pm;

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Latin Hip Hop classes with susy - all ages and levels wel-come! Thursdays 7:30 - 8:30pm. oct. 6 – nov. �4 at nuance dance studio �53 Victoria st. To register email: [email protected].

Ladies Auxiliary General Meeting, Legion branch 5� – oct. 3 at 1pm at the Legion hall, 4�5 Lansdowne. For more info call Joan wensley at �50 579 9��0.

Toastmasters - overlander Club: Tues. 7-9pm, Maurya’s, 165 Victoria st. high Country achievers: Thurs. 7-9pm, desert gardens, 540 seymour st. Morning sun: Thurs. 7-8:15am, desert gardens. www.d�1toast-masters.ca

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Daytime courses for seniors with Kamloops adult Learners society (KaLs). For details, visit www.kals.ca or call �50-819-5153.

Kamloops Real Estate Investing Club free monthly informational and networking meeting with local real estate/financial experts. For more info contact Matt at bCrent�buy at 1-888-7680-��89 or www.kreic.ca.

Centre for Spiritual Living Kamloops is a spiritual commu-nity that honors all paths to the divine. all welcome for sunday meditation at 10am, Celebration of spirit at 10:30am. desert gardens, 540 seymour st. More info �50-314-�0�8 or email: [email protected].

Shambhala Meditation Group of Kamloops - weekly meditations every Thursday. 433b Lansdowne st. (above Frankly Coffee) For info: www.kamloops.shambhala.org or Liz �50-376-4��4.

Council of Canadians meets on the second wednesday of every month at 7pm at the smorgasbord deli, ��5 - 7th ave. Call anita or dalton �50-377-0055 FMi.

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no matter what side of the political spec-trum you sit on, what your thoughts on war are, no matter how old you are or if you have children, everyone should take a few minutes out of their day this upcoming Thursday, July 28 and head down to riverside park to take a look at the portraits of honour tour that will be rolling into town that day.“157 Canadian soldiers have died in combat in afganistan,” explains portraits of honour artist dave sopha. “The portraits of honour national Tour is centred on a 10’ x 35’ oil painted mural featuring the hand painted por-traits of the 155 Canadian soldiers, sailors and aircrew who have lost their lives while serving in afghanistan. The last two have lost their lives since the tour has started and their por-traits will be in progress along the way.”The mural has taken Kinsmen and volunteer artist dave sopha over 6,500 hours so far to paint but admits that his work won’t be com-plete until our combat mission in afghanistan comes to a close. The mural will be toured across Canada in a specialized mobile display trailer and organizers expect to raise over $1.5 million. The funds raised will support the Military Families Fund and established military charities to assist families of the fallen and to assist the thousands of military personnel who return home with physical or emotional injuries. organizers will also seek to fund other charities who offer additional troop and family support that falls outside of the Military Families Fund mandate.although the journey across Canada only started this May, the whole project has beengoing much longer. it all started back in

2008 while dave’s nephew was serving in afganistan. “in 2008 my nephew was on his 2nd or 3rd tour in afganistan,” he explains. “we would watch and read the news and hear of fallen soldiers, we always had our fingers crossed that it wasn’t sean and were happy to find out it wasn’t him. i was ashamed to be happy at someone else’s loss as these soldiers are somebody’s child. These postage stamp

size pictures did not give these soldiers justice so i went out and had a special made canvas created and painted bigger than life portraits of all of our fallen soldiers. The response has been overwhelming.”More than coming to see his work, dave hopes that people come out in every city to show support for those families who have lost

Mural at Riverside Park honours fallen soldiers


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a broken back. Dave has had an extensive career supporting military murals across the country in

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with a wagon in tow, three of

the hardest working summer stu-

dents make their way to riverside

park every Tuesday through

saturday. These university stu-

dents are andrew Crabbe, Kirsten

sandberg and dianna springford,

also known as the Kamloops arts

Council’s rivertown players.

“Join the rivertown players

as they bring don Quixote, sir

gawain and The green Knight,

and percy and The dragon to

life. This is storytelling of epic

proportions – physical comedy,

songs, and interactive fun with

each character telling their own

story,” explains Jacquie brand,

general manager of the Kamloops

arts Council.The rivertown players theatre

company is only two years old

but the program as a whole has

been going on for seven. They

have been making headlines in

Kamloops for the last few sum-

mers and this season is no excep-

tion. The talented theatre group

stages live theatre shows for kids

of all ages twice daily at riverside

park and special performances

elsewhere throughout the summer

including every day of the western

Canada summer games.

“it’s a lot of fun,” explains

Kirsten. “we’ve all gone to school

to do this. it is great working expe-

rience.” “To get a job within the-

atre in the summer is really good.

There are not many opportuni-

ties,” adds diana. “having a sum-

mer job in your field is definitely

really nice,” finishes andrew.

out of school for the sum-

mer doesn’t mean their learn-

ing has stopped. all three of the

rivertown players, have worked

extremely hard on these summer

performances. They have done

everything from build the sets and

design the costumes to write the

material and do their own set up

each day. a hands on approach to

learning first hand what it takes

to put on a show will help these

young adults for years into their

future careers.with a medieval theme in hand,

the team went to work writing,

designing and producing. what

they came up with was two dif-

ferent productions; part one which

they performed all of July and

now part two which you can catch

down at the riverside park until

the end of august. They have also been making

appearances at different events

and festivals within the city and

were recently were awarded the

first place prize in the commu-

nity street performance category

at the Kamloops Central business

improvement associations sum-

mer busker’s showdown, which

Summer performances under the oak trees


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i think i hear the school bell ringing and with that all too familiar sound comes lunch making, extra curricular activities, home-work and the hardest job a parent has to do, which is encouraging and guiding theirchild through another school year.Like everyone else, children are all indi-viduals; there are kids like my daughter who love school with a capital L, there are kids like my son who are extremely brilliant but just the thought of going to school makes them weep inside. how oh how do you con-vince your children that working hard now and taking an active part in what could be viewed as the most important period in life is something that is worth it for them to do?well no one person has an exact answerfor that but by learning what is importantto your child sometimes you can think cre-atively and motivate them with something they do care about. Just ask north shoreresident and grandpa harry Madden. at the spry young age of 79, harry promised his granddaughter rose douglas, a north shorehigh school student, that if she buckleddown and took an active role in her educa-tion that he would do the unthinkable (to him that is) and get his ear pierced.“i am not a jewelry man,” laughs harry. “i have gone my whole life only wearing a wedding band and sometimes a watch. iam definitely against any kind of piercing. iagreed to get an earring just to motivate my little granddaughter.”The good news – it worked. harry gave his granddaughter a reason to stop procras-

tinating and that little push made her standup and take an active role in her life. sheworked hard and made the semester honour roll for the first time in her life.“she got on the honour roll,” continuedharry, “and i had to put my money where my big mouth is. i didn’t know it was a semester system. i thought i would have been a year until she reached her goal but he got it on the

very first one. she got on the honour roll and i got an earring. she says it’s cute, but i don’t know about that. you have to do anything you can for your children. it’s as simple as that. you do what you have to do to help guide them through life.”The moral of the story is as a parent you need to be an active participant in your– continued on page 2

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we are lucky that we live in the

midst of some of the best farm

land and natural food sources

around. That tied with the fact that

we also have a myriad of amaz-

ing culinary artists and chefs that

could go toe to toe in competition

with chefs from all over the world

make being able to enjoy a great

meal using fresh, delicious, and

sustainable products pretty easy.

The Thompson-shuswap Chef

Farmer Collaborative (TsCFC) is

a non-profit organization made up

of chefs and farmers who seeks to

celebrate local food in our region

using sustainable programs that

inspire and educate our member-

ship and the community about

the benefits of eating local. They

work on helping foster respon-

sible regional agriculture, sustain-

ability, and food security.

in an attempt to showcase this

fact to the community as a whole

the Thompson-shuswap Chef

Farmer Collaborative has come

up with a way to introduce the

community about the benefits of

eating locally. The one day event

is aptly named Farms2Chefs

Fundraiser and it will be one

event that you will not want to

miss.“we take over a farm for the

day, invite the public, and let

our chefs show off the best of

what our farmers/producers

offer,” explains ed walker of

the Thompson-shuswap Chef

Farmer Collaborative. “Chefs

create tasty one-bite dishes, local

wineries and breweries pour the

finest of beverages. Come enjoy

live entertainment and children’s

activities.”Connecting the best farmers and

producers in the region with the

best chefs from the best restau-

rants, Farms2Chefs is happen-

ing sunday, august 7 from 3pm

to 8pm at Thistle Farms out in

westsyde. Tickets are $60 for

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5 and under are free. They are

available at wednesday and

saturdays Farmer’s Markets, at

some participating restaurants

and online at tscfc.org. The pub-

lic gets to interact directly with

our membership. Money raised

goes towards the TsCFC grant,

available to farmers and local

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time,” explains dieter dudy of

Thistle Farms. “in order to make

the event viable, we had to pick

somewhere close where people

are likely to come, so i offered to

do it. The whole event is thanks

to ed walker who pursued it and

made people aware. This is such

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no matter what side of the political spec-trum you sit on, what your thoughts on warare, no matter how old you are or if you have children, everyone should take a few minutes out of their day this upcoming Thursday, July 28 and head down to riverside park to take a look at the portraits of honour tour that will be rolling into town that day.“157 Canadian soldiers have died in combat in afganistan,” explains portraits of honour artist dave sopha. “The portraits of honour national Tour is centred on a 10’ x 35’ oil painted mural featuring the hand painted por-traits of the 155 Canadian soldiers, sailors and aircrew who have lost their lives while serving in afghanistan. The last two have lost their lives since the tour has started and their por-traits will be in progress along the way.”The mural has taken Kinsmen and volunteer artist dave sopha over 6,500 hours so far to paint but admits that his work won’t be com-plete until our combat mission in afghanistan comes to a close. The mural will be toured across Canada in a specialized mobile display trailer and organizers expect to raise over$1.5 million. The funds raised will support the Military Families Fund and established military charities to assist families of the fallen and to assist the thousands of militarypersonnel who return home with physical or emotional injuries. organizers will also seek to fund other charities who offer additionaltroop and family support that falls outside of the Military Families Fund mandate.although the journey across Canada only started this May, the whole project has been going much longer. it all started back in


size pictures did not give these soldiers justice so i went out and had a special made canvascreated and painted bigger than life portraits of all of our fallen soldiers. The response has been overwhelming.”More than coming to see his work, dave hopes that people come out in every city to show support for those families who have lost














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no matter what side of the political spec-trum you sit on, what your thoughts on warare, no matter how old you are or if you have children, everyone should take a few minutes out of their day this upcoming Thursday, July 28 and head down to riverside park to take a look at the portraits of honour tour that will be rolling into town that day.“157 Canadian soldiers have died in combat in afganistan,” explains portraits of honour artist dave sopha. “The portraits of honour national Tour is centred on a 10’ x 35’ oil painted mural featuring the hand painted por-traits of the 155 Canadian soldiers, sailors and aircrew who have lost their lives while serving in afghanistan. The last two have lost their lives since the tour has started and their por-traits will be in progress along the way.”The mural has taken Kinsmen and volunteer artist dave sopha over 6,500 hours so far to paint but admits that his work won’t be com-plete until our combat mission in afghanistan comes to a close. The mural will be toured across Canada in a specialized mobile display trailer and organizers expect to raise over$1.5 million. The funds raised will support the Military Families Fund and established military charities to assist families of the fallen and to assist the thousands of military personnel who return home with physical or emotional injuries. organizers will also seek to fund other charities who offer additionaltroop and family support that falls outside of the Military Families Fund mandate.although the journey across Canada only started this May, the whole project has been going much longer. it all started back in


size pictures did not give these soldiers justice so i went out and had a special made canvascreated and painted bigger than life portraits of all of our fallen soldiers. The response has been overwhelming.”More than coming to see his work, dave hopes that people come out in every city to show support for those families who have lost














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The Kamloops symphony’s 35th anniversary season starts october 1, with the nordic sojourn concert at 7:30 pm in sagebrush Theatre. This exploration of the work of nordic composers is full of mel-ody, passion, and musical patrio-tism from norway and Finland with references and connections to denmark, sweden, Canada and germany. The three nordic com-posers, edvard grieg (1843-1907), Johan svendsen (1840-1911), and Jean sibelius (1865-1957), all lived from the nineteenth through to the twentieth century and there-fore were part of the political and societal changes that took place in

the nordic countries during that time.

The october 1 Kamloops symphony performance coincides with Culture days, a collaborative pan-Canadian volunteer move-ment to raise the awareness, acces-sibility, participation and engage-ment of all Canadians in the arts and cultural life of their commu-nities. Culture days �011 takes place september 30 to october. as part of this national program, the Kamloops symphony is providing free public access to a rehearsal on saturday, october 1 at 1:00 pm in sagebrush Theatre at 1300 9th avenue. everyone is welcome.

Symphony season begins

The Canadian breast Cancer Foundation CibC run for the Cure is fast approaching. The run in Kamloops will take place at sunday, october �, 10:30 a.m. at the rotary bandshell, riverside park. breast cancer survivors, their families, friends, and supporters still have time to register and start fundraising. register on-line at www.cbcf.org, in-person at aberdeen Mall or at the run.

Team T-shirt pick up and indi-

vidual registration and T-shirt pick up is Friday september 30, 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., and saturday october 1, 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. at aberdeen Mall, 13�0 west Trans Canada hwy.

Final registration, T-shirt pick-up and donation drop off is on run day, 9:00 a.m., october � at riverside park. registration forms can be picked up at any CibC bank, at the Kamloops running room store or down-loaded from www.cbcf.org.

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The first production of Western Canada Theatre’s exciting 2011 – 2012 season is the powerful and critically hailed masterpiece, Betrayal, by Harold Pinter. Betrayal by Harold Pinter runs to October 8 at The Pavilion Theatre and tickets are available at Kamloops Live! Box Office at 250-374-5483 and www.kamloopslive.ca. Betrayal is the story of a love triangle. Each character believes they have all the facts when in fact they are completely in the dark. Director Daryl Cloran has brought the action even closer by choosing to stage the play in-the-round at the Pavilion Theatre. Pictured here are 9L-r0 Daniel Arnold, Ben Dextraze and Darrell Dennis in rehearsal for Betrayal.

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YOur HOrOSCOpELIBRA (sept �4-oct �3) rewards for past good deeds will be yours. upgrading at this point is not a bad plan. it might be time to shake a leg and do a personal makeover. expressing yourself in novel ways should lead you down new avenues.SCORPIO (oct �4-nov ��) There will be hidden matters that you may find disturbing. Try not to allow superiors or those in a higher position to take advantage of you. you will have to face each issue separately and in person. don’t overspend to impress others.SAGITTARIUS (nov �3-dec �1) erratic behavior at home may be hard to handle. you have the stamina and determination to succeed. Trav-el will also entice you. secret intrigues could get you into trouble.CAPRICORN (dec ��-Jan �0) Try not to allow others to burden you with additional responsibilities. Try not to be too lavish with your lover. Help children complete projects they’re having difficulty with. Courses dealing with psychology or health care will be of interest.AQUARIUS (Jan �1-Feb 19) Try to deal with the problems of those less fortunate; however, don’t allow them to make unreasonable demands. social activities that involve the whole family will be enjoyable. There are ways of making extra cash if you put your mind to it.PISCES (Feb �0-Mar �0) you could have trouble persuading others to accept your ideas and opinions. Cultural activities will prove to be quite enlightening for everyone. your involvement in interest groups may bring you popularity. your charm will attract members of the opposite sex.ARIES (Mar �1-april �0) you are best to put in some overtime rather than get involved in family gatherings. you may be emotional if you allow your lover to take advantage of your good nature. do not borrow or lend money or belongings to friends or relatives if you wish to avoid any hassles.TAURUS (apr �1-May �1) you could have trouble persuading others to accept your ideas and opinions. relationships will become stronger. you can enjoy your involvement in organizations that make charitable contributions. You might find group functions tiring.GEMINI (May ��-June �1) unexpected events may upset your routine. do your chores and get on with the things you enjoy doing. your main concern will be to spend as little as possible of your own cash in the pro-cess. you can make extra cash by moonlighting.CANCER (June ��-July ��) empty promises will cause confusion. Try to be considerate in your personal obligations. Catch up on overdue phone calls and correspondence. Take time to deal with the concerns of children.LEO (July 23-Aug 22) You may find a rare antique this week. False information is likely if you listen to idle chatter or gossip. pursue out-door activities or any physical exertion. you will probably have to de-fend your mate.VIRGO (aug �3-sept �3) you could be misinterpreted if you’re not careful. Confronting a situation will only result in indignation and misun-derstandings. you will have opportunities to advance, but you may have to be willing to make some changes and possibly a residential move.Horoscopes courtesy of astrologer Michael Thiessen. For daily horoscopes go to www.astrology-online.com

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Downtown Echo, Sept 29, 2011