Columbia Valley Guide
Lots happening at CV Arts
Can you feel the buzz in the valley? It’s growing, and you don’t want to miss out on being a part of it.
If you’re wondering where the buzz is coming from, look no further than the Columbia Valley Arts Council. CV Arts has been thrust into the limelight twice this spring, receiving the Columbia Valley Chamber of Commerce Business Excellence Award for not-for-profit organization of the year, and our president, Chris Evans, was just honoured as the Rotary Club of Invermere’s citizen of the tear. We want to sincerely thank the people who nominated and voted for us for these awards.
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GreensCleaning
In 2010, when Stephanie Green arrived in Invermere BC from Banff, she brought along her small daughter and 12 years of experience in business management and customer service and in high-quality, detail-oriented hotel service procedures, primarily housekeeping. In 2011, her training helped open the doors of Invermere’s newest resort, Copper Point Resort.
Stephanie is passionate about making everything around her sparkle so it seemed natural that she would put her experience to work to create her own cleaning company, which she named GreensCleaning
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The endangered Townsendia hookeri
It is called low townsendia because it is only about one inch high. This almost stemless plant would go unnoticed if it weren’t for the large white to pink ray flowers surrounding the yellow disk. It blooms in early spring on dry hillsides.
This endangered plant was photographed in the Columbia Valley National Wildlife Management Area near Wilmer.
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Aquatic health
Shelley Humphries, Kootenay and Yoho’s aquatic specialist, talks about aquatic heath. (YouTube video, copyright 2011, Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada)
“Everything is downstream. Rivers connect to people, fish, wildlife, and eventually feed into the oceans. It’s essential to protect our watersheds because good planets are hard to find.” – Shelley Humphries
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