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Mayor’s Message
Summer 2014
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O
ver the last couple months I
have been witnessing firsthand
the reasons for why we all have
chosen Radium as our home. In April
my sister moved here from Montreal.
She took a huge leap of faith to pack
up her belongings and leave the big
city to come to our beautiful resort
community. Her eyes have been as wide
as saucers since she arrived! She has
witnessed: how the sun rises in the East
but lights up the mountains to the west!
Sheep walking down Main Street! Cool
mountain air in the mornings. A Creekside walk 5 minutes from the
front door. A grizzly and her cubs (that aren’t in a zoo!) People saying
hello when they walk by! The weight of a sheep horn displayed at the
visitor centre. She has been overwhelmed by how friendly everyone
has been. But best of all, she has embraced, as all of us have, the
saying – the mountains shall bring peace to the people.
Enjoy reading this newsletter – there is an awful lot of information for
you, if you need anything further contact the Village Office and they
will be happy to assist you. Happy Summer!
Dee Conklin, Mayor
Our New Home
in support of the
Radium Fire Department
Date: Friday July 4th, 2014
Fee: By donation · Time: 9:00 -11:00 AM
Sponsored by:
Taxes are due
on JULY 2nd.
Funds have to be received at the Village
Office on this day to avoid the late
penalty as per the Community Charter,
Section 234 (2). Best payment option at
this point in time is a cheque dropped
off at the Village Office (there is a mail
slot in the door for after hour drop off).
GREYHOUND Courier is the second
best option as Purolator does not deliver
to Radium Hot Springs directly. Third
option is online or telephone banking
– the funds will be receipted the day
the funds arrive at the Municipality
therefore bank settlement times could
affect the arrival date. Please remember
Canada Post marks are not accepted.
All payments must be made in Canadian
funds. Please call the office if you have
any questions, we are more than
happy to assist you.
Façade
Guidelines
or
“What do you mean I
can’t paint my business
hot magenta pink?”
P
lanning changes to the look
of your business? Remember
to apply for a development
permit. Development permits are
required for changes to the form
or character of an establishment.
These controls are in place to help
maintain a distinctive and high
quality appearance to our business
sector. Attractive businesses
promote our economic well-being
and enhance the commercial appeal
of our community for the benefit of
residents, tourists and businesses.
These principles are explained in
our Official Community Plan and
detailed in our ‘Façade Guidelines’.
These documents and a guide to
the development permit process
can be found in the ‘documents’
section of our website
www.radiumhotsprings.ca
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Water Conse ation
rv
ater use, on average, doubles during the summer
months. Much of this increase is caused by needless
water waste. By using water wisely, you will waste less water
and cause less stress on the Village’s treatment and distribution system.
Users are asked to restrict their water use to watering only on the days that
correspond with their address. For example, a house number ending with an
even number should water only on calendar days that are even numbered
and vice versa with house numbers that end with an odd number.
In Radium Hot Springs, water conservation measures are in effect from
JUNE 1st until SEPTEMBER 30th of each year, with no watering of lawns
and gardens between 10 am & 6 pm. Watering during the heat of the day is
ineffective and results in evaporation and waste of valuable water.
Adventure Radium 2014
Hey Kids! Get ready for another two months
of summer fun at Adventure Radium. Join Ashlee,
Lauren, Nicole and Nicole for games, crafts,
water fights and fun. This year’s camp begins
Wednesday, July 2nd and runs every Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday until August 21st.
Ages 5 – 8 attend the morning session from 9:30
to noon, while kids ages 9 and up meet in the
afternoon from 1:00 to 3:30. This program has
a drop-in fee of $5/child; a summer fee of $25/
child or $50 for a family of 3 or more siblings.
Kids need to bring water, a snack, sunscreen and
insect repellant. Registration forms are available
at the Village Office or on the website, www.
radiumhotsprings.ca/departments/recreation
(under ‘Things to Do’). Come and meet new
friends, old friends, and let the Adventure begin!
Sign Bylaw Review
Council is working with the business community to discuss possible changes to our signage regulations.
We are currently undertaking a pilot project to allow certain types of sandwich boards and Council recently
approved the replacement of a back lit sign. The prohibitions against banners, back lit, changeable copy,
and off-site signage are being reconsidered due to requests from the Chamber of Commerce sign bylaw
review committee. Would you like to learn more or express an opinion?
Please contact Mark at [email protected]
Village Life
ing Events
Upcom
July 28 – Single Track Six bike
race at Lake Lillian
Oct 3-5 – Golden Larch
Artists’ Retreat
Oct 30-Nov 1 – Rocky
Mountain Rally
Evening events in Radium Hot Springs.
Check our website for details. www.
radiumhotsprings.com
A weekend of peace to focus
and let your creative juices flow.
Photographers and painters will
benefit from workshops, tours of the
best view points for our beautiful,
golden larches and a relaxing soak in
the hot springs! Find your peace. Be
inspired.
This year’s exciting event in beautiful
Invermere BC will see some of the
best on and off-road racing in North
America.
Saturday, Sept 6 – Movie in
the Park, Radium Central Park
Radium’s annual drive-in movie! Come
experience the nostalgia. Movie will
be announced in August – check our
website for updated details. www.
radiumhotsprings.com
Oct 24-26 – Headbanger
Festival, Radium
Sept 19 & 20 – Classic Car
Show and Shine, Radium
Springs Golf Course
Always a big attraction, back again for
its 25th anniversary in 2014!
Sept 27 – Headbanger
Challenge
This annual trail run will include a half
marathon this year! But if you don’t
feel like Marathon Man (or Woman),
you can still participate in the 12 km
run or the 3 km family fun run. Check
our website closer to the event for
registration details.
www.radiumhotsprings.com
Check our website for details closer to
the event. www.radiumhotsprings.com
Come see nature in action as the
bighorn sheep ram heads in our
streets*. A weekend full of activities,
educational opportunities and a soak
in the hot springs.
Check our website for details closer to
the event. www.radiumhotsprings.com
There’s no better way to get close
to the action than by volunteering!
Help make the 40th Anniversary of
the Rocky Mountain Rally another
national class event! Visit www.
rockymountainrally.com/volunteers/
for more information.
FESTIVALS and EVENTS
and other FUN THINGS!
Want to pitch in?
Big and small jobs available!
Contact Melanie at:
(250) 270-0375 or [email protected]
* This action normally happens in our
streets at this time of year. Although we
cannot control the sheep, we will do our
best to direct you to the area of town
where the rams are fighting!
A great big THANK YOU!
to all the volunteers who helped out at the last couple of village events.
Special thanks for Radium Days to: Jim and Lawanda Neilsen, Becky Blakley, Karen Larsen, Jill Logan
Special thanks for the Radium Car Rally to: Dave Dixon for use of the Fire Hall, Graham Kerslake
and James Hagman for helping to control traffic
The Tourism Radium 1st Annual
Ram Into Summer Golf
Tournament was held on Monday,
June 23rd at the Radium Resort. 72
players from the community, local
businesses and Alberta enjoyed a
spectacular round on the newly renovated course under blue
skies and sunshine. The Tournament raised about $6,500
which will be used to fund marketing initiatives focused on
driving tourist traffic to Radium Hot Springs.
The Tournament featured a scramble format and attendees
enjoyed food & beverage samplings on 3 holes provided by
Horsethief Pub, Leo Burrito and CasaVino Wine & Tapas Bar.
There was also a fantastic assortment of hole and team prizes
donated by local businesses which were awarded at the BBQ
steak dinner following the Tournament.
The host, Radium Resort, donated the green fees and the
golf carts for the day. In addition they coordinated many of
the details on the day of the event. Their continued support
of Tourism Radium and the community as a whole is greatly
appreciated. Their contribution to the Tournament was a
significant factor in its financial success.
Tourism Radium
wishes to
extend a very
special thank
you to all of the
sponsors and
the attendees
who made this
tournament a
success.
More
than j
ust a Visit
or Centre
ourism Radium Hot Springs and Radium Hot Springs
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Chamber of Commerce support the staffing and
operation of the Radium Hot Springs Visitor Centre.
Many residents and local businesses fail to realize or
appreciate the impact the Visitor Centre has on our local
economy and tourism industry. The Radium Visitor Centre is
much more than just a visitor centre; here are a couple of our
highlights:
A MARKETING CENTRE: The Chamber of Commerce
toll-free number, website and email address are the call-toaction on all of Tourism Radium’s marketing efforts so the
Visitor Centre staff are extremely important in “completing
the sale”. Employees field thousands of phone calls and
emails requesting information on businesses, attractions and
activities in the area. The Visitor Centre is our “front line”
for direct contact marketing to the hundreds of thousands
of visitors that pour through our community every year. This
type of one-on-one marketing far outweighs the effectiveness
of most other forms of advertising we do. Our welcoming,
engaging and friendly staff with their treasure trove of
information goes a long way to insure that our visitors have
an enjoyable stay and come back again and again.
So, as you can see the Visitor Centre is a very valuable asset
to the community, the businesses, to local residents and, of
course, to our most valued visitors.
UPCOMING EVENTS HELD AT THE VISITOR
INFORMATION CENTRE:
Market on Main
ÄÄ Friday Evenings 4-9pm, June 27th though August 29th
A WELCOME CENTRE: The Visitor Centre employees
are instrumental in directing visitors to local businesses and
attractions and in many cases influencing their decisions on
staying an extra day or two. They are that all important “first
impression”, the welcoming ambassadors of our community.
ÄÄ The Radium Hot Springs Visitor Centre is the only
Community Visitor Center in the province open 363 days
a year, also ranked the 6th busiest Community Visitor
Centre in the province.
ÄÄ The 2014 summer season has started strong. May long
weekend visitor stats were up 20% compared to 2013.
ÄÄ Visitor Centre Summer Hours in affect, we are operating
9am -7pm daily, every Friday & Saturday in July & August
we will be open 9am – 9pm in support of Market & Music
on Main.
P R E S E N T S
ÄÄ Long Weekend Markets 4-9pm Saturday June 28th,
Saturday August 2nd, Saturday August 30th
Music on Main
ÄÄ Friday and Saturday evenings 7-9 June 27th through
August 30th
ÄÄ Friday June 27th featuring Swannee & Cronin / Saturday
June 28th Featuring Siofari
Rockin’ on Main
ÄÄ Friday September 19th 4-8pm / Market opens at 4pm /
Featuring 60Hertz 5-8 PM
ÄÄ Saturday September 20th 12-4pm / Market opens at
12pm / Featuring Marty & Eli 1:30-3:30pm
6th Annual Pancake Breakfast
ÄÄ Friday July 5th
P R E S E N T S
Friday Evenings
from 4-9 PM
June 27th to Aug. 29th
Contact: [email protected] / (250) 347-9331 or (250) 688-0658
P R E S E N T S
Friday June 27th Entertainment
Friday July 4th Entertainment
Sponsored by Lake Windermere Point
Sponsored by Kootenay Savings Credit Union
Saturday June 28th Entertainment
Saturday July5th Entertainment
Sponsored by RADIUM PARK INN
Sponsored by The Cedar Motel
Swannee & Cronin
Siofri
The Halfsacks
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Village Life
WildSafeBC Community
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ildSafeBC has a new face in the Radium Hot Springs
and Invermere area. Kara Haugseth has joined
the WildSafeBC program as the local Community
Coordinator.
Following a week long training session in Kamloops
Haugseth is now about to launch a season of door-to-door
campaigning, school programs, public displays and generally
working with the public to help “keep wildlife wild and our
communities safe.” WildSafeBC has found
that if wildlife is kept from becoming foodconditioned or habituated to the presence of
humans, then they retain their natural wariness
of humans and the potential for conflict can be
greatly reduced.
WildSafeBC provides conflict reduction advice
for all types of wildlife – everything from bears,
coyotes, cougars, deer, raccoons and even
rattlesnakes for those communities that have
them.
din a tor
Haugseth encourages residents to go WildSafeBC’s
interactive mapping program to see where, when and why
wildlife has been seen in their neighbourhood. The website
is found at warp.wildsafebc.com
Residents concerned about wildlife in their community or
persons wishing to book Haugseth for a presentation at
an event can contact her at [email protected] or by
calling 250-347-6455.
WildSafeBC gratefully acknowledges the
support of Columbia Basin Trust, The Village
of Radium Hot Springs and The District of
Invermere. Without their support this valuable
program would not exist.
Kara Haugseth
Radium Hot Springs & Invermere
WildSafeBC Community Coordinator
Website: www.wildsafebc.com
Facebook: WildSafeBC Columbia Valley
What’s New in Kootenay National Park?
Interpretive Programs
Art, Geocaching, fossils, bears and bighorns – Kootenay
National Park’s interpreters are back with more exciting
programs throughout July and August. Release your inner artist,
try geocaching or take a stroll in a secret canyon. Parks Canada’s
interpreters can’t wait to share stories of the park with you!
This summer, Parks Canada is offering two new guided hikes in
Kootenay National Park.
Kootenay Fossils Revealed
Beginning in an expansive fire swept forest with a profusion
of wildflowers, this 12 km (return) Burgess Shale guided hike
crosses a turquoise river, passes waterfalls and gives close-up
views of the Stanley Glacier. Hold a piece of earth’s history in
your hand and make a fossil rubbing to take home. Reservations
are required. For more information, visit parkscanada.gc.ca/
Burgessshale.
Marble Canyon to the Paint Pots
Colourful paint pots, a rushing glacial river and signs of wildlife.
Experience it all on this easy, 2-hour (one-way) family-friendly
hike every Wednesday. Reservations recommended. Visit the
Radium Visitor Centre for information, pricing and tickets.
Visit parkscanada.gc.ca/kootenay-interpretation for program
dates and times. A valid park entry pass is required to
participate in all interpretive programs.
Stanley Glacier and Paint Pots trails’ bridge
replacement
Parks Canada will be working as quickly as possible to
install two new footbridges that allow safe access to
Stanley Glacier and the Paint Pots. Both were impacted
by flooding in the last two years.
ÄÄ Access to the Stanley Glacier trail is anticipated to be
closed from July 2 through August to allow bridge
replacement work to proceed safely
ÄÄ Installation of the new Paint Pots trail footbridge will
occur August through October. The Paint Pots are
currently accessible via the Marble Canyon Day Use
Area
ÄÄ Both day use areas remain open. For information
about trails in Kootenay National Park please stop by
the Visitor Centre in Radium Hot Springs.
Visitor safety is our top priority. We greatly appreciate
your patience and understanding while we make these
improvements.
If this won’t work
then please pick up
after your pooch!
Village Life
Unique Gifts
and Summer Camp
A
s a volunteer organization the Friends
of Kootenay operate the Nature’s Gifts
& Bookstore, located at the Radium
Visitor Information Center. We are open year
round with an excellent selection of unique
gifts, books, and maps… representing the
Columbia Valley and Kootenay National Park.
One of our very popular books “Sheep in the
Village” published by the Friends of Kootenay highlights the local
population of Bighorn sheep.
We are currently seeking a friendly talented high school or
university student who is going back to school in the fall for our
Junior Naturalist coordinator position. This summer position will
deliver the Junior Naturalist summer camp program to children 6
to 12 years of age as well as work in the Friends Gift shop assisting
with sales. To apply please contact Natalie Wallace at: 250-272-6800 or email at:
[email protected] The summer camp will start mid July.
The Radium
Sunrise Rotary Club
is busy exploring the possibility
of creating a community garden
behind the school. So far, they
have made a presentation to
council, 2 Strata AGM’s, hosted
an information table at Radium
Days, and posted sign-up sheets
at the library and post office.
Support has been enthusiastic –
over 35 people have signed up
for plot if we build it! Next steps
include confirming use of the
school yard, and then exploring
grant opportunities and donations
of materials. Please watch for
updates.
As a volunteer, charitable, non-profit organization, the Friends of Kootenay
National Park Association is dedicated to the protection, appreciation, education
and understanding of the cultural and natural history of Kootenay National Park
and its surrounding ecosystem, the Columbia River Valley.
In Recognition of Helle Fry
The painting was donated to the Radium Public Library by the
daughters of Helle Fry. The painting occupies a central location
in the library and the public is invited to view the wonderful work
of art in memory of our founder of the Radium Public Library.
NUMBERS TO KNOW
911 • Police, Fire, and Ambulance Services
250-347-6455 • V
olunteer Fire Chief
Dave Dixon
250-342-9292 • Non-emergency RCMP
250-342-2055 • N
on-emergency
Ambulance Service
250-342-9201 • Invermere District Hospital 1-800-665-4929 • R
oad Hazard Reporting
24 hours
250-347-6455 • Village Office