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Retirement dance party
Joan Holzer (centre) and her staff do a dance at Holzer’s retirement party on Friday, May 10. Holzer spent 24 years as a librarian in Revelstoke. Her party included gifts, speeches and cake, but the big surprise was a flash mob dance that broke out midway through the ceremony. From left, Susan Knight, Zoe Knuff, Joan Holzer, Jacqueline Cottingham and Lucie Bergeron. For more photos and video from the party, visit www.revelstoketimesreview.com. Alex Cooper/Revelstoke Times Review
Snowmobile Club picks up reigns after Snowmobile Society dissolves Alex Cooper
reporter@revelstoketimesreview.com
Snowmobiling in Revelstoke will fall under the roof of the Revelstoke Snowmobile Club after the Snowmobile Revelstoke Society voted to dissolve last week. The decision marks the end of 16 years of snowmobiling in Revelstoke being promoted by two different groups that worked together, but often with a confusion as to who did what. “It certainly worked well when it first got started. As the market changes and snowmobiling changes, it is time for another change,” said Greg Byman, the president of the Revelstoke Snow-
mobile Club (RSC). “The directors of both boards decided the best way to move snowmobiling forward in Revelstoke is to bring it back under one name again and under one board of directors.” The Snowmobile Revelstoke Society (SRS) was launched in 1997 as an organization to manage the business side of snowmobile tourism in Revelstoke, while the club remained focused on the social side, said Byman. Ostensibly, the society was in charge of tourism promotion and grooming, while the club ran social events. Over the years, the division of duties between the two organizations became increasingly blurred
and confusing. While the organizations tried to divide duties, they worked together on various projects, which meant many projects took more time to move forward, said Byman. As well, each group had its own lawyers, accountants, insurance policies and more. “There was so much duplication,” he said. “That money could be far better spent on our grooming program and other things like that. It just makes better business sense. “That change is the best decision to move forward with snowmobiling in Revelstoke and keep the hotel rooms full and what not.” The club will be moving forward
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Snowmobilers head up Boulder Mountain during Yamafest in April.
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