Discover Sixty-Five: September 2023

Brass Tacks
Health & Wellness:
Back to School ................... 15
Pathways to PEMF.............. 16
Food Facts: Quinoa........ 16/17
Education:
Cannabis Corner....................8
Senior-Preneurship............... 9
My Downsize Adventure...... 19
Ginkgo Biloba Club :)
Seniors’ Associations............. 2
Classifieds/Personals............ 6
Clean your Chimney.............. 7
Fall Fairs/Markets............10/11
Hunting & Fishing........... 12-14
Puzzle Solutions.................. 19
Puzzles.................. .........20/21
September Horoscopes...22/23
Scratch the Surface
Born to Create?
Meet artist Barbara Brown... 4-5
On The Cover:
Barbara Brown in studio.
Photo: K Halleran
Slyvan Reflections:
Wanderings, Paintings
& Ponderings from the Forest
“Capturing The Enchantment of the Forest,
Barbara Brown satisfies our longing to feel
connected with nature. She brings to life
the magic of the forest and all the splendor
it beholds. Her depiction of trees is always
enhanced by a touch of other-worldliness,
symbolism and geometry.”
~ Renee Phillips, Founder and Director
of Manhattan Arts International
September Spawning Season
September brings you the chance to
watch thousands of spawning salmon
head up the waterways to release
their eggs into the water.
The Kokanee Glacier Provincial Park is
one of the top spots to experience
the spawning mayhem. Meadow
Creek spawning channels are also
very active and produce between
10–15 million fry annually with mean
egg-to-fry survival rate of 45%. There
are fisheries staff on site during the
spawning season which is August
through October.
Spawners
At about
four years,
kokanee
salmon mature
and undergo dramatic changes
in preparation for spawning. The male
turns bright red and develops a slightly
humped back and elongated jaw.
Females turn a darker shade of red.
Eggs
When spawners
arrive at Meadow
Creek, females
use their
tails to dig nests in the gravel. They
then release as many as 1000 eggs for
the males to fertilize. The female again
uses her tail to cover the eggs with
gravel. Once all the eggs are laid, the
adults die.
Alevins
Kokanee eggs
remain in the
gravel of the
spawning stream, hatching out in
January or February as “alevins” nour
ished by egg sacs attached to their
bodies, but still remaining in the
gravel.
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Fry
In a few
months
alevins
develop
into kokanee “fry” which emerge
from the gravel and ride the currents
downstream.
Adults
Kokanee
adults
then
complete
the remainder of their life cycle in the
fresh waters of the Kootenay Lake
ecosystem to begin the cycle again.
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