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More than 65 years ago Japanese Canadians were forcibly removed from their homes on British Columbia’s coast and brought to internment camps in places like the Slocan Valley during the height of the Second World War. Today those who lived through the ordeal tell stories of struggle, sadness, and forgiveness. Here’s one such tale...
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News NDP MLA Comes to Terms With Continued Reality
Mungall defends party and Dix KIRSTEN HILDEBRAND Nelson Star Reporter
With the election-day choice made, Nelson-Creston remains an NDP stronghold in a province where the Liberals make decisions. This leaves MLA Michelle Mungall in a familiar place — battling for her riding amid a minority opposition. Working for Nelson-Creston is a challenging assignment when the government in power may not be agreeable. Still Mungall says she’s up for the task, mustering enthusiasm to soldier on. “That’s the job I’ve been given and I do my job,” she told the Nelson Star Wednesday morning. “We need to press on. This region has a clear vision and I know that myself and the other Kootenay MLAs with the NDP will be bringing that vision to the legislature.” Foremost in Mungall’s mind as she begins another term is “keeping Jumbo wild.” With the re-election of East Kootenay MLA Bill Bennett, the Liberal’s pro-resort stance will move forward despite 20 years of local opposition, she says. “Jumbo is the most immediate flashpoint because there are decisions being made about that land right now,” she says. “People in this area are determined not to see a resort there.” In addition to environment, Mungall also plans to focus on issues of education, health care, and building a stronger economy — expressed priorities of Nelson-Creston during this election campaign. She hopes to see restoration of services in schools and hospitals. “Hopefully we’ll have a government who’s amenable to restoring health care services and to restoring education and making sure young people have every opportunity in the world as opposed to using the same old excuse that there is not enough money. We found the
Incumbent MLA Michelle Mungall hugs one of her supporters on Tuesday night after her victory Kirsten Hildebrand photo was secured.
money. We put forward ideas. It’s time the Liberals step forward as well,” she says. The NDP will also be trying to come up with ideas of their own. The losing party is holding a caucus meeting in the coming days to address what went wrong with their election campaign despite being one that Mungall says they’re proud of. “There are a lot of questions, certainly, that we have,” she says. Christy Clark’s BC Liberals pulled off a shocking upset Tuesday, winning a fourth consecutive majority government over the NDP, leading in polls for almost two years. Just before Election Day, Angus Reid forecast 45 per cent of voters going NDP with Liberals in second at 36 per cent approval. When votes were counted Liberals had picked up five seats winning 44.4 per cent of the popular vote. The NDP ended up with 39.5 per cent support. Mungall discredits neither her party with some members remaining from Premier Glen Clark’s era nor the current
NDP leader who were targeted by the Liberals during the campaign and political analysts afterwards. Adrian Dix “did a good job” and any blame aimed at the top is misplaced, she says. “I think it’s a lot of responsibility to put on one person’s shoulders,” she says. “This is a team effort. Even Christy Clark recognized it takes countless volunteers to come forward and to make democracy happen. This is a team effort and we have to do some analysis of what happened here.” According to Angus Reid, young voters indicated they’d vote NDP at a rate of 2 to 1. According to initial reports slightly less than half of eligible British Columbians voted. “We’ll see who were the demographics who didn’t get out and vote. Was it young people again? And did it make a difference,” says Mungall. “Elections BC… did a lot in this election to enumerate, to educate, to engage people and yet, we still ended up with a low voter turnout. We need to start asking what’s going on with our democracy.”
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Garbula questions representation BOB HALL Nelson Star Editor
Liberal challenger Greg Garbula says the voters of Nelson-Creston have spoken clearly, but he’s concerned they will not get the representation they deserve over the next four years. “I’m not bitter, but I really do feel sad for the communities and people that are really asking for help,” Garbula told the Star shortly after it became clear NDP Michelle Mungall had easily taken the race for the local riding on Tuesday evening. “They have not been getting representation, they have not been getting emails or phone calls answered. Maybe she’s [Mungall] learned from that. Maybe she will come to the point where she will pay more attention to the people of this riding. Really it is about the MLA right now and her political aspirations versus what is best for the riding.” Garbula came into the election race with virtually no political experience on his resume. The Nelson resident, who has spent most of his life in the hospitality and tourism industry, was put on the
Nelson-Creston candidates Sjeng Derkx (left) and Greg Garbula (right) share a moment after both realized that incumbent Michelle Mungall had scored an easy victory. Bob Hall photo
ballot late in the process. The former manager of Kokanee Springs Golf Resort said he ran a campaign that was more grassroots than his main opponent. “It’s a tough pill to swallow,” he said of the decisive loss that saw Mungall take 50 per cent of the vote and the Liberals only 29 per cent. “We didn’t pander ourselves or showboat, that’s not what we wanted to do. People tell you that in politics you are supposed to go out and hang off the windows or stand on the sidewalk and wave your sign. That’s not my style. I just wanted to help the peo-
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Green Party candidate Sjeng Derkx may have finished at the bottom of local polls, but he remained full of optimism after the results were tallied. Seeing BC’s first Green
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ple of this riding — it wasn’t about me. “If this is the way people feel, then good luck with it and I really hope it works out for this riding.” Garbula said he purposely kept a careful eye on what kind of pledges he made to residents of the Nelson-Creston riding. “We didn’t want to lie and over-promise,” he said. “We didn’t want to tell people that we would be giving them $100 million dollars for education and health, we didn’t want to tell people we would fix all the problems in the riding. We wanted to tell
people that we would represent them and fight for their cause.” Though disappointed he won’t be heading to Victoria to represent Nelson-Creston, Garbula was happy with the results province-wide. “I’m very pleased,” he said about the Liberal’s fourth victory in a row. “Our biggest goal in all of this was to help win enough seats in the province to make sure we had a strong provincial presence. It’s a fabulous result and it’s too bad we couldn’t ride on that whole wave.” As for Liberal leader Christy Clark, Garbula said she must continue to lead the party over the next four years. “I think that Christy Clark is a strong leader, I think the Liberal party has a great platform and overall philosophy,” said Garbula. “The vision for the province is a good one and we will be in better shape for that.” Regarding his own future, Garbula is not sure if his entrance into politics will also be his exit. “I have no way to predict that,” he said. “I have my family to take care of and my life to get on with.”
MLA elected in the riding of Oak Bay-Gordon Head, near Victoria — where climate scientist Andrew Weaver defeated the liberal incumbent — Derkx told his supporters Tuesday night that it was a positive result for the Green 2.83party. x 4" “We have a foot in the
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Cody Caves to reopen mid-June GREG NESTEROFF Nelson Star Reporter
More than three years after closing to the public, the Cody Caves are set to reopen next month with a new business model emphasizing what the new operator calls the “caving experience.”
“It’s very diverse. It’s got a bit of everything... It should be open for the public to see.” Lee Hollis
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BC Parks has awarded veteran caver Lee Hollis of South Slocan a 10-year permit to run a commercial guiding service in the provincial park north of Ainsworth. Tours haven’t been offered since the fall of 2009 when the former operator said he couldn’t afford to run them due to fees imposed through his operating permit. However, Hollis said in an interview he hopes to avoid the same pitfalls by running tours on a telephone booking system. Previously guides met spelunkers at the cave’s mouth for hourly tours, but now reservations will be required for one of three different tours. An hour-long family tour will be available on holiday weekends between June and September for $25 per child and $35 per adult
with a minimum group of four and maximum of 10 to 12 depending on the ages involved. The explorer tour is available seven days a week at $85 per person with a minimum of four and maximum of eight. It takes about 3 1/2 hours and goes deeper into the cave. The adventure tour is also available seven days a week at $125 per person and takes up to six hours, including a tour of the cave conservancy area. The minimum group is two and maximum seven. “The tours will cover different areas,” Hollis says. “The emphasis is much more on education and the caving experience, so the tours are more in-depth. There are climbs and squeezes which increase the duration of the trip significantly.” Lights and other equipment is provided. For the adventure and explorer tours, visitors will meet guides at Ainsworth Hot Springs and then convoy to the caves to reduce traffic on the access road. Hollis, who has been a caver for 26 years, came to Canada in 2007 from England. He worked in Banff for two years before arriving in Nelson to take a job as an automotive service manager. He soon got in touch with Kevin Stanway, the Cody Caves’ previous operator, and received permission from BC Parks to visit the caves during
Continued from Page 4 join Andrew, but this is just absolutely fantastic ... I’m so proud of my party.” He also noted that the Greens saw improved results in Nelson-Creston since the last election. In 2009 the Green candidate collected seven per cent of
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their public closure. Hollis approached BC Parks about taking over the guiding contract last July and applied for the permit the following month. He has hired Stanway as one of two guides this summer but may have a third and ultimately envisions four depending on how popular the tours are. Having caved across Canada and around the world, he calls the Cody Caves “a fabulous place ... It’s very diverse. It’s got a bit of everything. It’s an active stream cave. It has some very pristine sedimentary layers. The boxwork [calcite formations] is pretty unique. It should be open for the public to see.”
votes, while Derkx saw about 20.8 per cent support — one of the best results the Greens have ever seen in this riding. “This has been an amazing campaign, I can’t believe all the people who have come forward to help,” Derkx said, rais-
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For the first time, tours will be offered year-round depending on access. “There are going to be several months where we can’t get in, but certainly in the winter it’s accessible by sled or ski,” Hollis says. “It makes for a completely different experience. The whole entrance chamber is just full of beautiful ice formations.” Hollis has established a website at codycavetours. com but says bookings need to be done by phone at 250359-2283 to ensure visitors know what they’re getting into. Tours are expected to begin mid-June.
ing a glass of champagne to about 50 of his supporters who had gathered at the Seed Network in Nelson to watch the poll numbers roll in. “Tonight we celebrate, tomorrow we start to prepare for the campaign of 2017.”
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lections are important tools for education. Both the public and the politicians who seek office ultimately learn from the exercise. We can only hope the rigours and rhetoric of this campaign result in better leadership. The Nelson-Creston campaign provided some valuable lessons which we hope the victor uses to make her a better representative over the next four years. NDP incumbent Michelle Mungall cruised to an easy victory. She once again proved to be a very good campaigner. Her charisma combined with a dedicated core of left leaning support in this riding make her almost unbeatable come election time. We offer her congratulations for a wellearned win, but hope the previous five weeks have taught her a little more about the riding she represents. Rural representation is different than big city politics. In a community where your friends are your neighbours and your neighbours are your friends, there is a strong connection amongst people. In her first term, Mungall seemed to ignore this important fact. It continues to disturb us that Mungall expects municipal leaders to come to her. Over the next four years she must sit down on a regular basis with the city councils, school trustees and local business leaders to find out what they require from our strongest link to the provincial government. Another troubling trend that emerged over the campaign is Mungall’s apparent lack of responsiveness to constituents. We heard many stories and received many emails from people who had reached out to her, but did not hear back. That has to change in this term. Mungall’s biggest fault is her ambition, strange as that may sound. In the next four years she needs to focus less on taking shots at the Liberals in order to score points for her own gain. Laying the groundwork for the next election and an NDP government is not what we elected her to do. The biggest lesson to be learned is that Mungall needs to represent us — all of us — if she is to become the effective MLA we know she can be. The Nelson Star is a member of the British Columbia Press Council, a self-regulatory body governing the province’s newspaper industry. The council considers complaints from the public about the conduct of member newspapers. Directors oversee the mediation of complaints, with input from both the newspaper and the complaint holder. If talking with the editor or publisher does not resolve your complaint about coverage or story treatment, you may contact the BC Press Council. Your written concern, with documentation, should be sent within 45 days to the BC Press Council, 201 Selby Street, Nanaimo, V9R 2R2.
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Views from Victoria — Tom Fletcher
Clark’s win confounds ‘experts’
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he pollsters, pundits and the self-styled rebels of the BC Liberal Party were struggling for answers as their conventional wisdom went out the window on election night. In came the BC Liberals and Christy Clark for a fourth term, with a 50-seat majority that is stronger than the one they took into the 2013 election. “Welcome to the club,” Alberta Premier Alison Redford wrote on Twitter on election night, referring to Redford’s own win in the face of a wall of polls and pontificators saying she was done. Here’s the next thing to ignore from the media experts who rub shoulders with those pollsters and political strategists. It’s all about the negative ads, they will say, and NDP leader Adrian Dix’s big mistake was to run a “positive” campaign. Rubbish. Was their long fight against the harmonized sales tax a positive campaign? Is piling on sham environmental reviews for the express purpose of killing industrial projects a positive idea? “Clearly our message didn’t get out the way we wanted it to get out,” Dix said after watching one of the biggest comebacks in Canadian political history. That’s rubbish too. He got his message out just fine, serving it up in bitesized pieces in a classic front-runner’s campaign that cynically put off the most difficult choices. He was going to expand government, and restrict industrial development to appease urban voters.
Premier Christy Clark clearly knew something that NDP leader Adrian Dix did not.
Dix’s most dramatic policy shift contributed to his undoing. Mid-campaign, in a decision that surprised even his platform co-chairs, Dix turned against the proposal to twin the TransMountain oil pipeline that winds across BC from Alberta to Burnaby. Well, not the pipeline itself, but the prospect of more oil tankers in and out of Vancouver harbour. At least now, more people will understand that Vancouver has been an oil port for nearly a century, and that Canada’s future includes energy development. More people should also appreciate that environmental assessment is not a political game. Andrew Weaver made history as BC’s first Green Party MLA. He came out swinging against Clark’s economic holy grail, development of liquefied natural gas exports from
the North Coast. Weaver calls LNG a “pipe dream” that will never materialize. It will be interesting to watch him as he is proved wrong on that, and then as he grapples with gas as a transition fuel that can be used to develop clean energy infrastructure. BC Conservative leader John Cummins ran a distant third in his Langley constituency, and his goal of a breakthrough didn’t materialize anywhere. His idea of scrapping the carbon tax on fossil fuels didn’t impress many people, despite his focus on rural and northern BC. Clark should heed the NDP on at least one thing. Dix promised to move BC election dates to the fall, starting in 2017. The idea of giving his anticipated government an extra six months to govern the province was uncontroversial when Dix proposed
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it in his party’s election platform, so Clark will probably proceed with it. Another NDP idea Clark should adopt is getting the corporate and union money out of election campaigns. She likely won’t, because her party’s financial advantage is too great, but the time has come for this important reform. The BC Liberals’ muchdiscussed “balanced” budget will now be put to the test over the next few months. The legislature must be convened by September to debate that budget. This should be the last vote based on an untested budget, and the first of many scheduled fall legislature sessions. Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press. He can be reached at tfletcher@blackpress.ca
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Letters to the Editor
Wayne Germaine Serving Nelson & Area Since 1987.
Contaminated rye prompts warning
I purchased locally grown rye. Recently, I opened by bag of rye to discover many enlarged, purplish kernels. It turns out that this is ergot of rye. Ergot, when consumed by people can have severe health consequences. I have no way of knowing who else purchased rye in this way, hence this public letter to warn other people about ergot contamination. Wikipedia mentions that
“Ergotism is the name for sometimes severe pathological syndromes affecting humans or other animals that have ingested plant material containing ergot alkaloid, such as ergot-contaminated grains.” Symptoms include such things as severe burning sensations in the limbs, sometimes leading to gangrene and loss of limbs due to severely restricted blood circulation. Also, “the neurotropic activi-
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ties of the ergot alkaloids may also cause hallucinations and attendant irrational behaviour, convulsions, and even death. Other symptoms include strong uterine contractions, nausea, seizures, and unconsciousness.” I encourage people to spread the word about the potential ergot contamination. K.L. Kivi Nelson
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Canada needs a new approach in dealing with international relations. Today war, economics and flawed foreign aid policies form the basis of relations with our fellow man on planet earth. It is quite obvious that things are not getting better for all our efforts. We need a new approach. We need a new idea. Canada needs to choose its destiny rather than be buffeted by the every-changing winds of politics, economics and religion. Join the ‘many’ EcoSaver’s in the Cancel our membership to NATO. Eliminate all foreign aid programs. community who are now ‘Saving Cancel the F-35. Energy and Saving Money’ Halt the War on Drugs. Stop the War on Terror. Then take all that money and all that CaHomeowner Benefits: PANTONEnadian 307c talent355c and focus it in a new direction. • 3.5% financing on energy efficiency upgrades Canada will spearhead a new direction for • LiveSmart BC and FortisBC rebates water management on this planet. The oceans cry out for someone to speak for them and • Low cost home energy assessments fresh water in many parts of the world is in • Assistance through the process peril. Canada, from sea to sea to sea. Canada, from the Atlantic to the Arctic to Contact: the Pacific. Canada, bounded by sea water. EcoSave Coordinator Canada, blessed with fresh water. Carmen Proctor Canada, a nation of immigrants whose turn it is to give back to this grand land by protect250.509.2021 ing its water and the water of planet earth. cproctor@nelson.ca The oceans are dying and the fresh water of www.nelson.ca/ecosave our planet becomes more sullied as each day goes by.
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The Vancouver Sun carries an article that 98,000 students voted in favour of NDP in a mock election. Is that perhaps a comment on the kids’ teachers rather than the kids themselves? What will the new Minister of Education do about that? Maurice Rhodes Nelson
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There are no free lunches in the world
Re: “Chinese banks back Kitimat refinery,” April 26 Large complex chemical plants, including petrochemical refineries, are historically designed and operated by so-called owner operators, today’s international corporations. Some of the chemical unit processes involved may also be of proprietary nature. Necessarily, intimate involvement with such operation throughout the useful life of the plant is necessary for efficient, competitive and profitable operation. In other words, without intimate attention to such operation by the owner operator the plant would be
useless. This has been shown historically in the last 30 to 40 years by unsuccessful takeover attempts by state control of the various Far East and South American governments. Today ownership of those expropriated plants is back with free enterprise. The large European and North American corporations are leaders in petrochemical plants. For this reason world leadership in design, construction and operation rests with Europe and North America. A so-called 51 per cent plus by Canadian interests of the so-called Kitimat plant would be utterly meaningless. A Chinese designed and
constructed plant would be wholly owned by China in any case, operation and maintenance wise, enhanced by the language hurdle, as per the complexities mentioned above. In other words, profits, if any, can easily be eroded (manipulated) by operating and maintenance problems. The worst case scenario would see a heap of scrap at Kitimat for which Canada would be on the hook for its share of the 51 per cent ownership. Canada would be ill advised to lose sovereignty to China, similarly to some African states. Gerhard Magner, M Eng, P Eng Bonnington
Sharing a can of spinach with letter writer
Thank you, thank you, Mary Mortimer (“Moving away from the heart,” Letters, May 1) for your sane and sensible response to the Vagina Monologues. What a relief it was to read your letter! You’re like the first brave voice in the crowd who spoke out about “The Emperor’s New Clothes.” As you said, the entire production and content are
devoted to such a minor part of us as women. It debases us, goads us to be crass and brash about our bodies, and truly sets us back decades in terms of the evolution of women in the world. Now is not the time to trade in our feminine mystique and grace for unbridled vulgarity and a lexicon of unpleasant and unusable words.
Ladies, we’ve been had! It was many years ago that I attempted to watch a performance and I lasted little more than half an hour. I wanted my money, “our” dignity and those wasted minutes back. Later, I wondered if I’d just been out of sorts that day and perhaps I’d missed something important and revealing, so I read the transcripts. I’d missed
nothing (just more minutes I couldn’t get back). What drivel. What betrayal. And, most of all, what marketing! Again, thank you Mary for your monologue and our dialogue. (I don’t know what my friends will think, either... perhaps we should share a can of spinach some day!) Kate Bridger Nelson
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Community Organizations Mir Lecture Series presents Arun Gandhi, peace activist and Mahatma Gandhi’s grandson. Gandhi’s talk is entitled Lessons learned from My Grandfather: Nonviolence in a Violent World. This lecture will be held at the Brilliant Cultural Centre (1876 Brilliant Road, in Castlegar) on Friday, May 17 at 7 p.m. There will be a special music performance by local artist Soniko. Tickets are $16 adults, $13 students and seniors, available at Otter Books in Nelson and at the Selkirk College Bookstore.
takes place every Wednesday from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. at the Nelson and District Youth Centre. This week we’re making feather earrings, and next week, dream catchers. Snacks are provided. Facilitated by Ursula Twiss.
Have a look at the sun through two specially filtered solar telescopes. Come to Solar Sunday at Taghum Hall, Sunday, May 19, noon to 2 p.m. For more information call Wayne at 250-354-1586.
Play table tennis Wednesdays (school holidays/events excluded) at the Blewett elementary school from 5:30 to 7 p.m. There is a $2 drop-in fee. For information phone Karl Rosenberg: 250352-5739.
La Leche League Nelson (breastfeeding information and support) meets the third Monday of each month (May 20) at the Family Place, 312 Silica Street at 1 p.m. Come on out and meet other moms and babies, share your stories, help and be helped. Snack, lending library and childcare. Expectant moms are especially encouraged to attend.
Transition Nelson AGM will take place at the Chamber of Commerce meeting room on Tuesday, May 21 from 4 to 5:30 p.m. At 4 p.m. there will be refreshments, live classical guitar, an info table and membership sales; at 4:30 p.m. a presentation and launch of the new Transition Streets Initiative, and at 5 p.m., short reports of projects followed by board elections. Find out more about a positive approach to preparing for the future, town by town. For more information see transitionnelson.org.
A walking group meets Wednesdays at 10 a.m. under the Orange Bridge by Lakeside Park. Everyone is welcome to join in for a walk. For information contact liba@shaw.ca
Spark! is a free after school arts group for girls ages 12 to 16 that
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The Nelson Technology Club hosts a Hackerspace Wednesdays, 6 to 8 p.m., at their new location in the annex building at Selkirk College Tenth Street campus. Hackerspace is a place to talk about technology with people who understand what you are talking about.
Al-anon meetings are held Wednesdays from noon to 1 p.m. at the Cellar, 717 Vernon Street, and on Fridays from 8 to 9 p.m. at 601 Front Street in the basement. For more information about the Cellar meetings contact Norma at 250-352-3747 and for the Front Street meetings contact Sharon at 250-352-7333. The Earth Matters Upcyclers meet Wednesdays and Thursdays from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Nelson and District Youth Centre. Their current project is turning reclaimed Shambhala festival tents into reusable shopping bags. Youth 13 to 30 are invited to stop in and learn how to turn trash into treasure, or take part in group discussions about waste reduction, meet other youth and enjoy a snack. Nelson Knitting Co-op meets every Thursday from 12:30 to 3 p.m. at the Nelson and District Community Complex. The meeting is open to anyone interested in sharing their projects, learning new techniques and socializing with other fibre enthusiasts. Nelson and District Arts Council annual general meeting on Thursday, May 23 at 7 p.m.
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The Nelson Branch of the BC SPCA invites you to an animalthemed day of fun on Saturday, May 25 from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Nelson SPCA, 520-C Falls Street (above Savoy Bowling Lanes). Annual Strawberry Social and Birthday Party at Senior Citizen’s Association Nelson Branch #51 on Saturday, May 25 at 2 p.m. Nelson Grans to Grans will host a Kazuri Jewellery Sale Saturday, May 25, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Hume Hotel. A buffet lunch will be served, and there will be a fashion show of Kazuri Jewellery with clothing from Sensations Dress Shoppe and Cottons. Tickets are $20, available from Cottons (390 Baker Street) and Sensations (534 Josephine Street). MS Society Walk at Nelson’s Lakeside Park on Sunday, May 26 at 9 a.m. Walk lengths range from 1 km to 5 km. Register online at mswalks.ca or phone 1-866-352-3997. Nelson Grans to Grans will host a Kazuri Jewellery Sale Saturday, May 25, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Hume Hotel. A buffet lunch will be served, and there will be a fashion show of Kazuri Jewellery with clothing from Sensations Dress Shoppe and Cottons. Tickets are $20, available from Cottons (390 Baker Street) and Sensations (534 Josephine Street). MP Alex Atamanenko will host an informal panel and round table discussion entitled, “Pipelines, Tankers and Energy Policy” on Saturday, June 1 at the Nelson United Church from 7 to 9 p.m. featuring NDP energy critic Peter Julian and special guests. The Peoples Drug Mart Walk for ALS in the West Kootenay will be kicking off at 11:30 a.m. on Sunday, June 2 at Lakeside Rotary Park in Nelson.
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Workshops Every Friday, Community Threads meets at Nelson and District Women’s Centre from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Come learn to knit, crochet, spin, embroider and make rag rugs. On Wednesdays, Community Threads offers quilting lessons from 9 a.m. to noon at the same location. Women of all ages welcome. Call 250-551-4951 for info. Teen Job Search 101 is a free workshop for 15 to 18-yearolds at the Nelson Library on Wednesday, May 22 from 4 to 6 p.m. Nelson Youth Employment Centre counsellor Jonny Salerno will offers expertise and answers questions. Space is limited; to reserve a spot call Joanne Harris at 250-505-5683 or email jharris@ nelson.ca by May 17. Family Caregiver Series, Alzheimer Society of BC workshop, Friday May 24, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Selkirk College, Silverking campus. Pre-registration is required. Selkirk College at 250-352-6601 or Julie Leffelaar at jleffelaar@ alzheimerbc.org. Ellison’s Market is hosting a woman’s workshop by master herbalist Colleen Emery on Saturday, May 25 from 10 a.m. to noon. The topic is “Fermenting for Woman’s Health.” This workshop is free but donations will be accepted for Olive Tree Projects. There will also be a fundraiser BBQ at noon in front of Ellison’s Market. Biologist Juliet Craig will share her enthusiasm for bats and their conservation on Monday, May 27 at 7:15 p.m. at Selkirk College’s Silver King Campus. Learn about the importance of bats and what you can do in your backyard to help them. All welcome at this free event. World-renowned ice climber Margo Talbot shares her story of overcoming personal adversity on Tuesday, May 28 at the Best Western. Space is limited. Reserve your spot at 1-866-3523997.
Fundraisers J.V. Humphries PAC Silent Auction on Sunday, May 19 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. to raise money for new playground equipment. There’s a huge variety of items up for bid; from one-of-a-kind art to accommodation to golf and ski passes to merchandise from local shops and health care services.
The third annual “Grand Piano” fundraising concert on Wednesday, May 22 at 7:30 p.m. at St. Saviour’s Anglican church. Music will range from bagpipes to baroque, and Brahms to blues. Musicians will include Kevin Underwood, Arne Satanove, Bob Hargreaves, Tobias Jenny, Alex Nichol, Wendy Herbison and Vic Neufeld. Tickets are $15 for adults or $10 for students, available at the door.
Hume Elementary School is fundraising for a playground expansion by selling grocery cards for Save-on, Safeway and Kootenay Co-op in $50 and $100 dollar cards. Tax deductible receipts issued for all cash donations. Contact humeschoolpac@gmail.com or call Brenda at 250-352-4610.
Ongoing bottle drive in support of BEAKS Wild Bird Rehabilitation. Bottles/cans can be dropped off at The Nelson Animal Hospital on Ymir Road.
Announcements Calling L.V. Rogers grads of 1982, 1983 and 1984. A 30-year reunion is being planned. Email anne@anniesboutique.ca for details.
Nelson and District Seniors Co-ordinating Society offers free income tax service, affordable home help services, seniors counseling and advocacy, information and referrals to community resources. For details, call the office at 250-352-6008 between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Monday to Thursday.
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Bear’s fate an unfortunate one Continued from Page 1 With the bear downstairs from the kitchen, she grabbed the phone and called 911. No door separated the animal from the main living area of the house, bedroom area and two children needing their mom’s protection. “I am in panic mode and got the kids all into our room… we huddled and kept quiet,” she said. “I have a 10-year-old and a baby and everyone was pretty scared at this point. We weren’t completely safe and with the door closed we couldn’t tell what’s going on.” The 911 dispatcher forwarded the family’s call to a local conservation officer. Meanwhile, her husband worked to prop the upstairs door open and put the kitchen garbage and compost outside on their deck hoping to lure the bear out of the home. He barricaded the top of the basement stairs with a dishwasher and then joined his family secured in the bedroom. “The scariest thing was when I stayed with the kids and the lady on the phone. I didn’t have contact with my husband… He was trying to see if he could save the day,” she said. The bear was in their home for nearly an hour and a half. “I expected we would have the bear come upstairs at any point because the kitchen is there, right? There’s a full fridge, a pantry, it smells really delicious,” said the woman. When the conservation officer arrived he opened a downstairs door, but the bear chose a different route out of the home. After coming part way upstairs toward the kitchen, it turned to see the light of day starting to break through a stairway window. “There was a loud explosion and it was my glass window busting open,” she said. “It ran out that window and the conservation officer shot it while it was escaping.” “It was pretty intense. It was like, holy crap, when does a bear come into your house? “Thankfully, he [the conservation officer] saved the day.” The family is fully aware that mitigating bear
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encounters comes with rural life. In the fall of 2011, the family had a bear break into their garage and “after that scare” have been diligent about ensuring attractants were properly dealt with. Compost is kept in kitchen and birdfeeders are nowhere to be found. They have a sturdy steel door for their garage on order. In the meantime their garbage was stored inside the home — downstairs. The family has suspicions that the bear was the same one who broke into their garage two falls ago. They find it strange, however, that the bear was so aggressive outside the pre-winter feeding season. When a bear last caused trouble for the family, it got spooked while inside their garage and “literally tore the garage apart.” “So we thought if we left the bear alone, hopefully he would just stay there and be happy or find a way out,” she said. “The last time, the bear crapped all over and went ballistic.” The family considers themselves lucky that no one was hurt and damage was limited to the door and window the bear used to enter and leave the home. Garbage strewn about was easy enough to clean up. “Because we didn’t scare him, he didn’t get into defensive mode inside our house. Who knows what would have happened.” The woman says the broken window was slated for replacement.
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<< Michelle McLeod and Athena- Kenya- Africa >> Cheetahs are smaller than Africa’s other larger cats (lions and leopards) and thus do not regard humans as prey. Which is a good thing for this lucky meticulous traveller from Nelson. This cat, named Athena was discovered as an orphan, when the size of a loaf of bread, and to survive needed to be reared and cared for by humans. She was raised at a west Kenyan game reserve. Athena is more fond of women than men, but not every woman gets chosen by Athena for the magical moments of purring and licking that will always be a treasured memory for this Nelsonite. The recommended strategy is to bring a book into her 1 acre enclosure, ignore her, and hope Athena gets curious or lonely.
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Nelson’s Dylann Heidi McPherson Wins Best New Artist at KMAs
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or Selkirk College music student Dylann Heidi McPherson, just being nominated for a Kootenay Music Award was a big deal. She didn’t think she’d actually win the Best New Artist category. “It’s just a dinky little song on piano,” 18-year-old McPherson said of her song The Rope, which her nomination was based on. But her fans — and especially her mother — thought otherwise. Kootenay Music Award winners are selected by online vote, and her mom made sure everyone she knew across the country was voting daily. “My mom’s like my biggest fan, and I think she’s a big reason why I won,” McPherson told the Star Tuesday. Home The awards were handed Sam Van Schie photo out Friday night at Spiritbar. All things Beautiful! McPherson, being too young 476 Baker Street Nelson, B.C. V1L 4H8 to enter the bar, gave her 250-352-5530 ~ 1-888-352-5530 mom an acceptance speech to read on her behalf. In the days since winning the award, McPherson has already been contacted by a producer interested in helping her with her first album, which she hopes to complete this summer. McPherson has been singing as long as she can remember. She joined a local children’s choir, directed by Bob Hall photo Allison Girvan, when she was Dylann Heidi McPherson (top) picked up Best New Artist at the KMAs on Frieight-years-old and moved day. Because she is too young to go into bars, proud mom Kendall (bottom) into Girvan’s Corazón audiaccepted the award and read her speech to the Spiritbar crowd. tion choir in her teens. material with her instructors together once she finishes Also self-taught on piano her second year of the music and guitar, McPherson began at Selkirk she found out she T Hwriting her own songs in was playing piano at a much program. higher level than she expected. For updates from McPherhigh school. She didn’t learn F O U R C O U R S E D I N N E R . W I N E PA I R Ito N read G W I T H until E AClast H M E A LMcPherson said she hopes son, who writes under the how music Open 7 Days a Week - Lunch 11am - Dinner 5-11pm to one day make a living as a name Dylann Heidi, check T I C K E T S•: Call $ 6to 0 reserve P E R Pyour E R table S O N fall, A Vwhen A I L she A Bstarted L E Athe T SelS A Gsinger-songwriter. E 705 Vernon Street •250.352.5140 She doesn’t out her Facebook fan page at kirk College music program. have any solo shows planned facebook.com/dylannheidi“I’d just play around until I TH for this summer — instead music. She also has a Youfound something that soundfocusing on writing music for Tube channel, youtube.com/ ed good, then record it on my F O U R C O U R S E D I N N E R . W I N E PA I R I N G W I T H E AC H M E A L her debut album and workdylannheidi, where she posts computer so I wouldn’t forget T I C K E T S : $ 6 0 P E R P E R S O N AVA I L A B L E A T S A G E ing to save money for school mostly cover songs and a few it,” McPherson said, noting — but hopes to get a tour originals. that when she shared her
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he City of Nelson’s pledge to bring more public art to the community has been fulfilled with the arrival of seven new sculptures to the downtown and waterfront. In a project that cost $10,000 there are now seven sculptures that have been placed around the community. Two have been purchased and the other five are on loan for the summer season. In the next two weeks we will provide some background on the artists and the works they have created for the public to enjoy. Here’s a look at the first three.
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Location: CIBC amenity area Artist’s Bio: • Artist for over 40 years. • Graduated from Kootenay School of the Arts with majors in sculpture and printmaking in 1976.
• Ran sign business in BC north, returned to the Kootenays in late ‘80s to pursue artistic ambitions, including plein air water colours of street scenes and depictions of musicians playing at jazz festivals. • Snow and sand sculpting has become a career, including a couple of world chamPeter Vogelaar pionships, an Olympic championship at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Italy and the Canadian Open Sand Sculpture championship, four years in a row. About The Sculpture: Venus De Cello started off as a large snow sculpture about 10 years ago. We built a piece called His Mistress depicting a bass player who had fallen in love with his instrument. It was a winner. I was very pleased with the concept, and decided to try a piece depicting the bass or cello as a female figure. When done, she reminded me of the Venus de Milo, that famous sculpture of a female torso in which the arms had broken off, so I couldn’t resist the pun. Venus De Cello is my first granite sculpture, quite a different medium from working with snow or sand, but very satisfying once completed.
Man in Motion by Nelson’s Denis Kleine
Location: 542 Baker amenity area Artist’s Bio: • Professional sculptor who works mostly in stone and bronze. • Graduated with a BFA from David Thompson University Centre and
teaches part time at Kootenay School of the Arts. • Member of the Sculptors Society of Canada, currently represented by the galleries in Invermere, Seattle, Penticton, and Texas. Shown extensively in BC, Canada and the US. • Also sculpts in sand, snow and ice and Denis Kleine participate in projects and competitions around the world as member of the Canadian Snow Sculpture Team. About The Sculpture: A bronze abstract, Man in Motion is partly inspired by French-American painter and sculptor Marcel Duchamp’s famous controversial painting, Nude Descending a Staircase No. 2. That and strobe photography. Feature continues on Page 15
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING You’re invited to meet CBT’s Board and ask questions about CBT’s work in the Basin.
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Continued from Page 14 I’ve tried to capture the kinetic, mechanistic movement Duchamp achieved in his seminal canvas. The sculpture is full of movement and life realized in abstraction. Through the enveloping layers — kind of like frames of a stop motion picture — I convey motion and movement. Transforming the cold, hard rawness of bronze and stone into something warm and attractive is hugely rewarding. Both of them present physical and mental challenges but, especially with stone, the transition from a block to a finished piece is invigorating. The repetition of strong lines and surface planes enhance the beauty of the stone, bringing the piece to life. That’s the enchantment of sculpture summed up right there.
Man Waiting by Kaslo’s Sergio Raffo
Location: 464 Baker amenity area Artist’s Bio: • Born and raised in Cuba. • Settled in Kaslo six years ago after immigrating to Canada, via Montreal.
• Internationally acclaimed artist whose works are prominently displayed in cities throughout the Americas. • His stark, eerie figures are distinctively his own, unique in every instance but with recurring themes. Many of the figures he sculpts are devoid of detailed features. • Raffo sculpts fantastical beings that brim with Sergio Raffo unspoken messages and meaning. In his words he “approaches the human condition from the purity of imperfection.” About The Sculpture: Talk about standing the art world on its head. Sergio Raffo’s ceramic sculpture Man Waiting is literal. The seven foot work shows a man standing on his head, hands and fingers entwined behind it. Eyes unseeing, teeth clenched in a grimace, his bare
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GRAND CHIEF STEWART President of theLands Union Administrator of BC Indian Chiefs JOAN PHILLIP, Penticton PHILLIP, Indian Band Councillor, JOAN PHILLIP, Penticton Band Councillor, Lands Administrator GERALD AMOS, Former Indian Chief Councillor of Kitimat, Haisla First Nations GERALD AMOS, Former Councillor of and Kitimat, Haisla First Nations PETER JULIAN, MP, NDPChief Critic for Energy Natural Resources PETER JULIAN, MP, NDP Critic for Energy and Natural Resources
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A group of 17 L.V. Rogers high school students and two teachers ventured to Fort McPherson, North West Territories last month as part of the North-South student exchange.
I do not think anyone knew what they were getting into when they signed up for this exchange, but each and every one of us came home with an incredible life changing experience and truly amazing story to tell.
on foot. The Snack Shack is one of two places to eat in town and a little store they call “The Northern” is their superstore. But by far, our favourite place in Fort McPherson was Margaret’s local craft store. She is an elder and artisan who greeted our group with a friendly smile and said it was great to see new faces in town. She told us how happy she was that we came to her craft shop, then delightedly went on to explain the meaning of her crafts and how she started a business out of her home. We all enjoyed speaking to Margaret and getting to know her. Surrounding Fort McPherson there are several small cabins built by community members for the purpose of hunting, trapping and family campouts. Spending a night at one of these cabins was a highlight of our trip. We snowshoed for 2 ½ hours in deep soft snow, leaving our legs burning that night. We collected tiny chunks of frozen sap from trees which could later be boiled and mixed to form a medicinal drink used to soothe sore throats. We skidooed for hours on frozen lakes. We learned the local tradition of making homemade slushies. Underneath the fresh powder lay a gold mine of what the Gwich’in First Nation’s people call “sugar
L.V. Rogers Grade 9 student Joey Timmermans (left) with his exchange I do not think anyone partner Richard from Fort McPherson. submitted photo knew what they were getting into when they signed up for That night, the northern managed to win prize money this exchange, but each and lights came into sight at two in a jigging competition. every one of us came home o`clock in the morning. It My favorite activity from with an incredible life changwas the most amazing sight our experience was dog ing experience and a truly I have ever seen. A glowing sledding. My mother used amazing story to tell. I am splash of greens and blues il- to tell me of her experience here to tell mine. luminated the sky with rib- dog sledding and read me Flying in on the icy landbons of light flowing above stories of the Yukon Quest. ing strip in Fort McPherus. They left our exchange The beautiful white huskies son, there was a feeling of group speechless. were playful and friendly. Just excitement in the tiny charThe next few days we par- four of the muscular dogs per ter planes. Some of the first ticipated in the Fort McPher- team pulled us along through comments made were on the son Winter Carnival. The a narrow trail. It was amazing stunted growth of trees. It felt dance was when it really hit to see how they were born strange seeing forest me, how fun and dif- to run. The dogs would run with trees under ten ferent the Gwich’in straight forever unless given feet! Another thing culture is. Nearly the other instruction. Once you that I noticed was entire hamlet was in let the brake off, your eager that breathing was attendance. As you team took off immediately. actually difficult, can imagine, the NelAfter staying in a commulike my lungs would son students had no nity with some of the friendnot accept the air. idea how to dance liest people on Earth, seeing The temperature any of the routines, the northern lights, being was -22 C. but we were all wel- pulled by a team of dogs, and Seeing the stucome to participate. even dancing in front of the dents from Chief The square dance was whole town, I learned how Julius School again lucky I am to have seen one loads of fun. Kootenay Lifestyle Specialists was like meeting You could always of the many different cultures old friends. They see a Nelson student of Canada. Kevin 250 354 2958 greeted us with step out of line, turn As Wade Davis writes “The karcuri@telus.net Layla warm smiles and the wrong way or even world in which you were born 250 354 3369 laylap@telus.net asked us for our first get so confused they is just one model of reality. liveinthekootenays.com We never stop moving impressions. To us, would start spinning Other cultures are not failed Fort McPherson circles until a laugh- attempts at being you; they was one of the best places on snow” which is grainy snow ing local stopped to get them are unique manifestations of earth and it stayed that way that we collected and mixed back in order. I did not see a the human spirit.” This was throughout the exchange. with juice flavoring. Slushies face without a smile through- never truer than our experiThat night we ate a typical are probably not good for you out the dance. ence in Fort McPherson. northern moose meat dinner if you eat four in a row, but Many dancing competiit might have been the only tions were held. Some of the followed by ski-dooing. Joey Timmermans is a In Fort McPherson, the time I ever see sugar snow, so Nelson students entered in Grade 9 student at Nelson’s whole town can be travelled maybe it was okay. dancing contests, and even L.V. Rogers high school.
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The Nelson U14 Girls Selects travelled south to Coeur d’Alene to face stiff American competition and came away with solid early season results.
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The U14 squad was part of a hearty contingent of Nelson soccer teams that made the trip for the first major rep tournament of the season. The Coeur d’Alene Hot Shot Soccer Tournament is always a stiff test for local teams who match up against top notch US teams. In the U14s first match on Saturday morning they soundly outplayed the Belgrade Rage Royals from Montana and came away with a 2-1 victory. Emma Wheeldon played a very strong game for the Selects scoring both goals on leftfooted strikes. In the afternoon match under very hot conditions, it was another strong outing for the Selects as they battled for a 3-1 win against another strong Montana team. Amy Hodgson converted a Wheeldon cross into the box for the game’s first goal. After the Montana side found the net to equal the score, the Selects dug deep and came on strong with some fine individual efforts to secure the win. Hodgson took a pass at the top of the 18-yard box, made a quick move to her left and a brilliant strike off the left post to put Nelson up 2-1. In another great individual effort, Jesse VanDonsellar made a great run down the left wing but seeing that the
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Nelson Selects U14 goalkeeper Ava Strautman played solid in the tournament.
play was not there, held onto the ball and played it back. She stayed in the play taking the pass back again from her defender and played in a great pass to Wheeldon who made a great play taking the ball in mid-air and blasting home a drive to the right side past the helpless Montana keeper. In Sunday’s third game, Wheeldon and Hodgson kept up their scoring streaks. Hodgson opened the scoring with another converted cross for her third goal of the weekend. Wheeldon made it 2-0 shortly after that with a strong individual effort, taking a through ball just past half and charging her way to the net. She blasted a shot past the keeper to put Nelson up 2-0. The squad from Helena, Montana closed the gap at 2-1 shortly after on a well placed strike from just outside the 18-yard box. “Ava Strautman made a substantial contribution in this game as the keeper for
us,” said Selects assistant coach Pat Hodgson. “She made a stop on a penalty shot late in the first half to keep the Helena team at bay, but they did eventually tie the score. Strautman stood on her head in the second half to maintain the tie and made a diving save late in the game to keep us in it.” Though putting together a 2-0-1 round robin record, it wasn’t good enough to secure a shot at the medals. But considering the strength of the opposition on the weekend, the coaching staff was pleased with the result. “Team play was the main reason for this weekend’s success,” said Hodgson. “A stellar starting back line led by McKenna Bennett and Megan Tennant stifled opposing strikers all weekend long. Solid midfield play by Maya Ida, Laurel Halleran and Emma Wieland kept control of the game in every match. A strong bench of supporting players also filled in admirably when called upon.”
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The offensive output was indicative of how much work the girls have put into their games over the last two seasons in the rep stream. From a coach’s perspective, this weekend’s results are the culmination of three years work by this team,” said Hodgson. “Two years ago, we failed to score a goal in our first trip to Coeur d’Alene. Last year we played competitively and came away with a single win. This year was the end result of all that hard work, coming home with an unbeaten record. “It was especially satisfying as it’s always hard to anticipate how a team will do in their first game action of the season. To see these girls put together so many elements of what they have been training on and see them rewarded for their efforts was very satisfying to watch.” The next major event for Nelson Selects teams will be the Terry Walgren Tournament on the May 24 to 26 weekend in Nelson.
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NOTICE OF AGM Kootenay Zone Championship Wrap
Nelson Leafs Hockey Society Annual General Meeting and Election of Directors May 29, 2013 at 7:00 pm Chamber of Commerce, 225 Hall Street, Nelson, BC All those interested in the activities and future of the club are encouraged to attend.
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Plenty of medals for Glacier gymnasts SUBMITTED Special to the Nelson Star
The Glacier Gymnastics Club hosted the Kootenay Zone Championships earlier this month with participation from nearly 200 athletes out of seven BC clubs. The competition was stiff, but Nelson’s gymnasts gave stellar performances once again. In the Boy’s Provincial Level 3 Category, Oliver McDougall-Eisele shone placing first on floor, rings, vault, parallel bars and horizontal bar, and first all around. River Murphy placed first on pommel horse, second on vault and parallel bars, and second all around. Noah Daigle-Arsenault placed second on floor and rings, third on pommel horse, parallel and horizontal bar, and third all around. Sam Fisher finished second on pommel horse, third on floor and vault and Chris LawrenceJeffery finished second on horizontal bar and third on rings and parallel bars. Matthew Bullen placed fourth on floor and pommel horse and Ruedi Kelsch finished fourth on parallel bars. In the Girl’s Provincial Level 1 Category, 10-year age group Brynn McTague placed first on vault and third on bars. In the Girl’s Provincial
Level 1 Category, 11-year age group Maika Houde placed first on beam and vault, third on floor and second all around, while Versailles McGeady-Bruce finished second on vault and beam, and third all around. Gwen McCrory placed first on floor and Elisa Clark placed second on floor and third on beam. In the Girl’s Provincial Level 1 Category, 12-year age group Teagan McTague came first on vault, bars, beam, third on floor, and first all around. Sarah Quinn came first on floor, and third on beam. In the Girl’s Provincial Level 1 Category, 13 to 14year age group Zoe Crisfield finished third on beam and floor. In the Girl’s Provincial Level 1 Category, 15 yearsplus age group Arianna Murphy-Steed placed first on vault, bars and floor, and first all around. Megan Poetsch placed first on beam, second on vault, bars and floor, and second all around. In the Girl’s Provincial Level 2 Category, 8 to 10year age group Brianne Stefani finished second on floor and third on vault and beam. In the Girl’s Provincial Level 2 Category, 11 to 12year age group Alexis Dyck placed first on vault, bars and
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A competition for local gymnasts was held earlier this month.
beam, second on floor, and first all around. Olivia Kelly placed fourth on vault and bars. In the Girl’s Provincial Level 2 Category, 13 to 14year age group Sara Tolles finished second on vault, and third on floor. Victoria Lawrence-Jeffery placed first on bars, beam and floor, third on vault and first all around. In the Girl’s Provincial Level 2 Category, 15-yearsplus age group Julie Poetsch came first on vault and bars, third on beam, and first all
around. Casmin McCatty finished second on vault and beam. Chultim O’Neill finished second on floor, third vault and bars, and second all around. Bronwyn Sutherland placed first on beam and floor and third all around. Rebecca Benner placed third on floor and Maddie Sternloff placed fifth on bars. In the Girl’s Provincial Level 3 Category, 8 to 12-year age group Senna Moroney placed first on beam and floor, second on vault and bars and second all around. In the Girl’s Provincial Level 3 Category, 13-yearsplus age group Ella Keelan placed first on vault and bars, third on beam and floor and second all around. Kylee Dyck finished first on beam, second on bars and floor, third on vault and first all around. Jasmine Schacher came in second on vault and beam, third on bars and finished third all around. Now that the club has wrapped up the competitive season, the athletes are already hard at work preparing for the club’s year-end show. This event showcases athletes’ tumbling skills and is definitely worth watching. Show dates are June 18 and 19 in the Vernon Street gym. More information at 250352-2227 or info@glaciergymnastics.com.
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Land use to get review SAM VAN SCHIE Nelson Star Reporter
Nelson’s advisory planning commission will finally undertake a comprehensive review of the City’s land-use regulations bylaw — a project that’s been on the city’s to-do list for more than a decade. The 115-page bylaw document outlines zoning and permitted uses for every parcel of land in the city. If the city wants to encourage higher density development — by allowing laneway housing or development on sub-standard lots — this is the file that needs to be changed to allow it. At last Monday’s council meeting, development manager David Wahn said his pre-
decessor started reviewing the land-use bylaw in 2001, but the project was repeatedly put aside to deal with more pressing planning issues. Now its finally made it to the top of the stack. “We’re done our sustainability planning; we’re wrapping up the Official Community Plan revision. So, we’re finally going to tackle this one,” Wahn said. A University of BC student working on her masters in planning has been hired for the summer to assist with the bylaw review, along with the city’s advisory planning commission. Wahn is confident the revised bylaw will be in council’s hands by early fall. “The 1987 bylaw is holding back initiative in the commu-
nity,” Wahn said, noting the bylaw has been subject to 80 separate amendments. Anytime a resident wants to modify their property in a way that isn’t permitted in the land-use bylaw, they have to go through a rezoning process and get permission from city council. There are some modifications that council routinely allows and working them into the bylaw as a permitted land use would be a time saver for everyone involved. “Zoning regulations are meant to change with the community,” Wahn said. “I think (when the new bylaw is in place) the community will be very surprised at how it will be able to be used as a positive tool.”
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Salmo recreation rates going up GREG NESTEROFF Nelson Star Reporter
Monthly and annual membership rates at the Salmo and District fitness centre will nearly double on July 1, the Regional District of Central Kootenay has announced. A one-month membership will increase from $28 to $50 while a one-year membership will go from $185 to $335. Drop-in rates, however, will remain $6 per visit. “We realized there is no way to sustain services unless we increase membership rates,” community services manager Joe Chirico said in a news release. “This increase is essential to keep the fitness centre operational and it is not a decision
that was taken lightly.” Chirico said Salmo has had some of the lowest fitness membership fees in the regional district, partly due to a budget surplus accumulated early in the fitness centre’s existence, when the bulk of services were delivered by volunteers. Now that the surplus is gone, rate increases will help cover staffing and operational costs. Low-income families in the Salmo area can apply to the leisure access program, which reduces membership costs by 50 per cent. “We want to make sure everyone in the Salmo area has an opportunity to access recreational facilities,” Chirico added. The regional district employs
a recreation programmer, two part-time employees, one oncall employee, as well as instructors and volunteers who operate the fitness centre, instruct group fitness and other recreation programs in Salmo. The complex itself includes a fitness centre, gym, multipurpose room, youth centre, kitchen, and recording studio. “Recreation services in Salmo are extremely important to everyone in our area from tots to seniors,” said regional director Hans Cunningham. “Our recreation services go a long way toward encouraging community connections, increasing activity levels, and providing opportunities to improve quality of life. We need to keep them affordable and sustainable.”
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As a pastor, I meet people almost every day who are lonely or hurting or just looking for reality in their lives. So many people are disillusioned with what is considered the main stream of society. Many others have either been hurt by or confused by the church. For this reason many people look in all sorts of directions to find peace, joy, and fulfillment in their lives.
Today I want you to know that we as Christians make mistakes and blow it from time to time, but Jesus Christ is always faithful and true. Jesus declared that He is the “Way the Truth and the life.” He calls out to all who will hear Him, “Come unto me all who are weary, all who carry a heavy load, I will give you rest.” The Bible tells us that in Jesus Christ we find righteousness, peace, and joy. I have found that Jesus has always been the answer to every situation that I have faced in my life. The truth is that I have faced some real challenges. I have faced times when it has seemed like there is no good answer to what I face. In all of these times Jesus has been faithful to me, and seen me through them. Friend, whatever Unity Centre your need may of the Kootenays be, whatever starts at 11am your heart may “Unity Unplugged” will feature Paul Bowles, be crying out playing his drum, xylophone and for, if you will reading his poetry truly give your Any questions? Contact 250-354-5394 heart and your 905 Gordon Rd (IHA Bldg., back door) situation to Jesus Christ, He will Anglican Church of Canada see you through. St. Saviour's ProCathedral Let me leave Ward & Silica, Nelson Family Service & Eucharist you with words Sunday 10:30 am from Jesus that St. Matthew's Village Road, South Slocan He speaks to Sunday Service Suspended Office: 8 am - 12 pm Tue - Fri you today. He 250.352.5711 St. Michael & All Angels stsaviours@netidea.com Busk Road Balfour says: “Behold I Sunday service 11 AM www.stsavioursnelson.org stand at the door ALL ARE WELCOME! (your heart and The Salvation Army life) and knock. If anyone hears Nelson Community Church my voice and Sunday Worship Service opens the door, at 11:00 am I will come into Everyone is Welcome him and have fellowship with Your Pastors: Majors Robin and Yvonne Borrows him.” 250 551 4986
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Nelson police struggle with stubborn drunks Nelson Star Staff
Police and staff at Finley’s had their hands full with belligerent drunks on Friday night in Nelson’s downtown. Just after 11:30 p.m., the staff at the Vernon Street nightspot called to report a customer was refusing to leave as requested. When the Nelson Police Department officers arrived, the man had fled because he was told police were coming. A few minutes later while officers were still in the area, they noted a man walking back to harass the door staff. “What he failed to notice was the police officer on the corner watching him,” said the police press release. “He was escorted away from the business and given an option to end his evening by going to his home or face arrest for public intoxication.” The man decided he wasn’t willing to go home or identify himself as required. He was jailed until sober. Later the same night, Finley’s staff called 911 to report a drunk man fighting other customers. Officers raced down and found that staff, assisted by other patrons, had the man held down. He struggled with police while being taken out and was jailed for the night. “It appears the 37-year-old local man was celebrating a birthday and had consumed too much liquor,” the release stated. “He began harassing other patrons and when someone finally objected, he started to fight.” The man was released when sober and charges of assault are being contemplated. ••• A 55-year-old man is facing breach of conditions charges after being arrested outside of the Nelson Court House on May 7. A sheriff ’s deputy observed the man in a vehicle across from the courthouse violating his court-imposed conditions. Charges are pending.
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The blueprint for Nelson’s tomorrow now complete SUBMITTED Special to the Nelson Star
Weighing in at a whopping 180 pages — the combined 36-month effort of over 100 volunteers and city staff — it’s being called a major milestone, both on account of its sheer accomplishment, and what it means to the City of Nelson’s future. Made official this past Monday night, the City’s newly revised Official Community Plan (OCP) was adopted as Bylaw 3247 by Mayor John Dooley and city council. “The update of our OCP would not be possible without the many committed community members that came out to our public meetings and advisory board efforts over the last three years,” says Dooley. “It’s a telling and tremendous reflection of Nelson’s deep volunteer spirit. This is true community-building, figuratively and literally.” The OCP is the City’s core planning document, incorporating months of thorough work undertaken since 2010 — including a close look at the City’s vision, goals, objectives and policies for the next 27 years, as part of the City of Nelson’s Sustainable Path to 2040 program. With the help of volunteer participation in the review of eight different planning documents, City staff poured over each chapter of the former OCP, updating stats and community
information, maps and policies. In order to incorporate all that new information, a substantial reorganization and rewrite of the 2008 OCP was completed. “This is an Official Community Plan that we can be proud of,” says Dave Wahn, manager of development services and sustainability. “It incorporates and reflects all of the critically important planning work that we’ve completed over the last number of years and will ensure that we move forward as a community in a cohesive, sustainable way.” Wahn explains that the new OCP focused on cultural strength, healthy neighbourhoods, robust ecosystems, prosperity and resiliency. Full details on the new OCP are available at nelson.ca/ocp. The effort doesn’t end here though. The next steps for the City include developing a comprehensive implementation, monitoring and reporting strategy — to ensure the OCP’s publicly driven guidelines are achieved over time — as well as beginning an update of the City’s primary zoning guidelines, its Land Use Regulation Bylaw. Dooley says the formidable work on the OCP review and plans for an overhaul of the Land Use Regulation Bylaw are combined proof of the City’s leadership in the areas of community planning and sustainability amongst communities across BC.
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Last month the Royal Canadian Legion No.51 Branch in Nelson made a donation to the Nelson Air Cadets #561 Osprey Squadron. The cheque was for the amount of $1,500 which is to be used for support of cadet activities for the year. The local legion has long been supporting cadet activities (both sea and air) for the youth of Nelson. In the photo (L-R) Mark McBride representing the Osprey #561 Squadron accepts the cheque from Sheila and Ronald Cox of the Branch No.51 Legion. Ronald and Sheila are longstanding members of the Legion No. 51 Branch.
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Cards of Thanks Bags of Love Ministry, Trail Seventh Day Adventist Church, would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to all the people and businesses in the West Kootenay Region, for their generous and continued donations and support. Your response to our Ministry has been phenomenal and has made it possible for us to donate 40 bags to children who are in transition. As our Ministry grows, we look forward to developing further relationships within our communities. Thank you all. For more information about our Ministry please contact: Sharon 250-364-1265 or sharon1j@hotmail.com
The family of the late Jo Crozier wishes to express sincere thanks to our friends, neighbours and family members for all the support and assistance we received after the loss of our wonderful wife, mom and gramma, Jo. A special thank you to the Kootenay Quilters, Nelson Lions Club, Al May and the Nelson Curling Club for their help in organizing the celebration of Jo’s life. To all of you who donated to Jo’s favourite charities, sent cards and food, thank you! Jo was special and we miss her terribly. Your support has been so important in helping us as we grieve her passing. Thank you.
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Cottonwood Community Market Saturdays 9:30-3:00 May 18 to Oct 26 Cottonwood Falls Park Downtown Nelson Local Market Wed 10-4 June 12 to Sept 25 400 Block Baker St. MarketFest 6:00 - 10:30 June 28 * July 26 * Aug 23 200 & 300 Blocks Baker St. IS Still Eagle moving? YES, and soon! Our annual sidewalk sale just became the BIGGEST CLEARANCE EVENT EVER. 30-90% OFF a huge selection of goodies we just don’t want to move. Sale starts Friday May 17th at 557 Ward. www.stilleagle.com MARION BERGEVIN’S CD release/Birthday Party, is Friday, May 17th at 8:00 PM in Nelson United Church!! “ When Soul Touches Soul,” is Marion’s 3rd. album of original folk music. Admission, featuring Producer/Musician, Rocko Vaugeois, is $5, or $20, with a “When Soul Touches Soul” cd. Refreshments served. EVERYONE WELCOME!! Marion @ 250-354-9577
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Information Attention University Students A university scholarship & bursary program is available to students attending years 2, 3 & 4 of their first undergraduate degree program at UNIVERSITY from the East & West Kootenay area. Full details & application forms may be requested from: Pisapio Scholarships c/o 421 Baker St. Nelson BC V1L 4H7 or email: maurice@poulinagencies.com
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APPLICATIONS INVITED: 7th Annual General Meeting Interested parties are invited to attend SIDIT’s Annual General Meeting to be at: Prestige Hotel & Resorts, Monashee Salon, 701 Lakeside Drive, Nelson, BC June 19, 2013 at 1:00pm - 2:30pm SISIT was created by an Act of the British Columbia legislature with an allocation of $50 million to support economic development initiatives throughout the southern interior. SPANISH, Art, Life Coach 250-777-2468 More about me? see www.inglesymagia.com
Closes 5:00 pm May 31st For further info or an application, contact: Nelson United Church office 250 352-2822 or www.nelsonunitedchurch.ca
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Nelson & Area Music Students Age 12-17 (Male preference) Closes 5:00 pm May 31st For further info or an application, contact: Nelson United Church office 250 352-2822 or www.nelsonunitedchurch.ca
Lost & Found LOST: Clear prescription glasses, oakley black frames in tan/brown case Al 352-6969 LOST: On Baker St or the waterfront dog path, mens Sierra Design windbreaker. Ken 352-3314
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MEMORIAL NOTICE Effie Pearl Laurie May 20th at 2pm Nelson First Baptist Church 622 Fifth Street
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John Hopwood will be held at the Prestige Lakeside Resort on May 18th from 2-4 pm John passed away at KLH on Feb. 12, 2013 at the age of 84 years
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In Loving Memory Alice Elizabeth Sheloff 1916 - 2012 (May 21st) Ever Close in Mind and Heart No further away than a picture, A smile or remembered phrase, Our loved ones live in memory-So close in so many ways. For how often does a sunset Bring nostalgic thoughts to mind Of moments that our loved ones shared In days now left behind! How often has a flower, Or a crystal autumn sky Brought golden recollections Of happy days gone by! Yes, memory has a magic way Of keeping loved ones near-Ever close in the mind and heart Are the ones we hold most dear. Daughters Edna Friesen, Helen Sheloff & families.
Shear Talent is looking for a full time stylist for chair rental and cliental preferred 354-3909
Help Wanted ARE YOU EXPERIENCING FINANCIAL DISTRESS? Relief is only a call away! Call Shelley Cameron Estate Administrator at 877-797-4357 today, to set up your FREE consultation in Nelson. Donna Mihalcheon CA, CIRP 33 years experience. BDO Canada Limited. Trustee in Bankruptcy. 200-1628 Dickson Avenue, Kelowna , BC V1Y 9X1
An Alberta Oilfield Construction Company is hiring dozer, excavator, and labourer/rock truck operators. Lodging and meals provided. Drug testing required. Call Contour Construction (780)723-5051.
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Rolan Fardal A memorial service will be held for Rolan Fardal who died tragically May 10, 2013 in a motor vehicle accident. Service to be held at 2 pm on Wednesday May 22nd at the Castlegar District Community Center. Civic Address 2101-6th Ave Castlegar, BC. Parking at the Aquatic Center.
Automotive Service Technician Kalawsky Chevrolet Buick GMC has an immediate opening for a Certified Automotive Technician. We are a leader in automotive repair and service and we’re looking to hire and retain the very best. We offer competitive pay, excellent benefits and a great work environment. We’re a family-owned and operated General Motors dealership with over 20 years of experience providing uncompromising service to our customers, and we’re looking for someone who shares our philosophy and work ethic. Come be a part of our team. General Motors experience is considered an asset, but is not essential. However, you must have your own tools and safety boots. Please submit your cover letter and resume to: Mitch Rinas, Controller Kalawsky Chevrolet Buick GMC 1700 Columbia Avenue Castlegar, BC V1N 2W4 Fax: (250) 365-3949 Email: mitch@kalawsky.com
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It is with our deepest sorrow and regret that we announce the passing of our beloved husband, father and grandfather, Milton Cyril Langill. Born May 5th, 1949, and after a heroic battle with cancer left us on May 6th, 2013. Milton leaves behind his wife Judy (The love of his life of 42 years). Loving daughter Brandy and son-law Cory and their 3 wonderful children Drake, Devon and Desiree. (The apples of his eye). His sister Bernice, Brother’s Terry (Laura) and Jack (Sue). Many beloved nieces and nephews and numerous caring friends. Milton was predeceased by his parents, Alice and Leehart Langill and brother David. Also many other loving family members and friends. Milton was a devoted and generous man, always wanting to help everyone (He was a jack of all trades). He cherished his time with family and friends and his love of music. He was a very gifted musician and singer. The memories he leaves behind will forever be in our hearts. He will be sadly missed by all. We would like to express our sincere thanks to our wonderful family and friends for their love and support during our difficult journey. Also our heartfelt thanks to our dear friend Dave Scanlon for his exceptional compassionate and caring that he showed Milton in his final days. We would also like to thank Dr. Malpass, Dr. Reinecke, Dr. Carlson and the many wonderful nurses from Chemotherapy and Palliative Care on the 3rd Floor – KLH. At Milton’s request there will be no funeral service at this time. A celebration of his life may be held at a later date. Should friends or family wish to honour Milton’s memory, in lieu of flowers please make donations to Kootenay Lake Hospital 3rd floor, Chemotherapy and Palliative Care units. Online condolences may be expressed at www.thompsonfs.ca Funeral arrangements were under the direction of Thompson Funeral Service Ltd.
Reference No. 1307 Reporting to the Projects Coordinator, the Document Control Assistant will be responsible for the Waneta Expansion Project submittal review process under the direction of the Projects Coordinator; maintaining, auditing and archiving of the Waneta Expansion Construction Contract files within Columbia Power’s information system. This position must also manage the document control strategy and ensure the proper control and protocol for all documents. The incumbent will also be required to assist with a wide range of administrative support services. This is a two year position. Qualifications: t An understanding of “document life cycle”, with a minimum of 2 years experience of document control and knowledge of records information management policies and procedures; t Experience in working with construction documentation and knowledge of construction terminology is a requirement; t Knowledge of filing systems, with preference to ARCS and ORCS; t Progressive training on the use of computer applications including MS Office, Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, and other office software programs with a strong desire to learn new skills and software as required; t Demonstrated proficiency in supporting Project Managers and interacting directly with 3rd parties in maintaining document timelines and schedules consistent with the project deliverables; t Strong communication, organizational, attention to detail, and problem solving skills including the ability to work well both independently and in a team environment; t Demonstrated ability to be self motivated, flexible/adaptable dealing with project demands and able to prioritize; t Ability to prioritize and balance a variable workload and have a strong general knowledge of contract administration, invoice processing, travel vouchers and business expenses. To apply for this position, email your cover letter and resume to: careers@columbiapower.org with the reference number in the subject line. The closing date for this position is May 17, 2013.
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@ the Nelson & District Community Complex Recreation Summer Camp Leaders Early Childhood Recreation Program Leaders Canoe & Kayak Camp Program Leaders Sailing Camp Instructor
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Project Manager (Contract) Kootenay Boundary Region Responsible for managing day-to-day operational aspects of projects improving patient care through collaboration with specialist and GP physicians in Kootenay Boundary. Key tasks:
Nelson Family Eyecare is seeking an optometric assistant for a full/part time permanent position. Experience an asset but not necessary. Friendly attitude and the ability to work as part of a team a must! Pay commensurate with experience. Reply in confidence to Dr.Newhouse@nelsonoptometry.ca Deadline: June 1, 2013 366 Baker St. Nelson www.nelsonoptometry.ca
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Graphic Production Person Required Speedpro Signs in Nelson is seeking an individual to work part time in the production department. Mature, detail oriented with a strong work ethic and excellent comm. skills essential. Design background and knowledge of Illustrator and SignLab an asset. Possibility to become permanent. Please e-mail resume and cover letter to info@speedpronelson.com Harvest Rescue Program Coordinator: The Nelson Food Cupboard Society seeks a Harvest Rescue Coordinator. For info, see www.foodcupboard.org. The position runs July-Oct, 20hr/week,$16.50/hr. Qualifications include volunteer management experience, excellent communication & organizational skills, ability to work flexible hours, physically fit, valid driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s license & reliable vehicle. Submit resumes to foodcupboard@shaw.ca Deadline June 10th.
Head Vehicle Detailer At Castlegar Hyundai our inventory and customer vehicles must be spotless. We require a detailer to clean, restore and protect vehicles with the utmost care and skill. This is a full-time position with benefits. Experience and a clean driving record are mandatory. Submit your resume to darryl@castlegarhyundai.com or fax 250-365-5376
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Student only: Outreach Worker/Administrative Assistant for EcoSociety. Includes office & field work. 30 hrs/week for 14 weeks @ 12/hr. Beginning immediately. Must be able to lift 30 lbs. Car helpful. Email resume & cover letter to Jesse @ markets@ecosociety.ca
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Medical/Dental Registered Nurses & Licensed Practical Nurses Bayshore Home Health Bayshore Home Health is currently seeking Registered Nurses & Licensed Practical Nurses for night shifts in the Castlegar/ Nelson area to work with children with complex care needs. If you are an RN or LPN and love working with children and their families , we would appreciate hearing from you. Pediatric experience is an asset and we do offer client specific training.
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Boarding Sentinel Boarding Kennels Open for the Season. Best RATES in the Kootenay’s 250 359-7433
Feed & Hay HAY FOR SALE small square $160/ton 250-428-4316
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GRAND FORKS FARMS The Apple Guy is returning to Castlegar! Come see us at the Castlegar Farmer’s Market every Saturday. Season starts Saturday, May 18th. Grand Forks radishes, green onions salad greens, rhubarb; Delicious Creston asparagus; fresh Okanagan tomatoes cucumbers and peppers; Okanagan Fuji apples $5.00/10lbs; Okanagan Spartan, Gala, Ambrosia and Pink Lady apples. New product arriving weekly. We are also at the Cottonwoods Market Nelson, every Saturday starting May 18th, and continue with our Wednesday Market in Nelson at 402 Baker Street beside the Full Circle Cafe.
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This is a temporary part-time position of one year to cover a maternity leave. The Executive Director will oversee the efficient and effective day-today operation of the organization, including human resources, fund development, strategic planning and community outreach.
PProgram Coordinator: 18-23 hours
This is a part-time permanent position. The Program Coordinator trains and supports volunteers in addition to overseeing the drop-in program. Some of the responsibilities include providing counselling and referrals to women who utilize the drop-in, facilitate volunteer training, and organize special events.
FILM, VIDEO, AUDIO, PHOTO DIGITAL SERVICES 8mm, 16mm movie film transfers, slide, video & audio tape conversions, DVD & CD duplications www.tmtv.net Toll free: 1-800-824-8688 Nelson, BC Serving the Kootenays since 1980
Apt/Condo for Rent Mid Uphill 2 brd suite private entrance and driveway W/D N/S Pet neg $950/m incl util avail June 1st 354-5324 NELSON: Downtown, bachelor apt Mature single adult. ref NS/NP $625/m incl util. 354-4779 or 825-4666 Nelson Large bright 1 Bdrm ground level suite avail June 1. Suitable for 1 quiet responsible person. N/S N/P $850/m incl Sat. TV, W/D, Utilities 250 354-4455 NELSON Uphill: 2bdrm apt at Granite Manor, 104 Morgan St 55+, NS/NP, avail June 1st $950/m heat/cable incl. 250-352-2072
Topsoil, Sand, Road Gravel Fill with delivery call for prices 250.359.7188 c:250.304.8158
The City of Nelson is currently seeking to fill the position of Facilities Maintenance Manager. This position reports to the Director of Engineering and Operations and ensures the maintenance of all buildings and systems. The Manager develops and oversees the facilities maintenance plan including capital project work and planning and works with contractors on major repairs. Further information regarding this position can be found on the City of Nelson web site at www.nelson.ca. Resumes must be submitted no later than Monday, June 3, 2013 at 12:00pm, quoting posting # 13EX18 to:
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1991 Knight Car Dolly Utility Trailer For Sale in Nelson. Good shape. New wiring and repacked bearings. Two sets of straps - one for larger vehicle & one for smaller vehicle. $500 firm. 250-354-7471.
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To apply, send a cover letter specifying the position you are applying for outlining relevant experience and a current resume. Resumes will be accepted by email at tasha@nelsonwomenscentre.com or by mail or in person to 420 Mill Street, Nelson BC, V1L 4R9. Please specify the position for which you are applying.
Lake. 4 k to Ashram 4 k to Riondel & beach. 2 3/4 acres & 2 storey unfinished (but furnished) “Small is Beautiful” cabin. Good benches for building, one with lake view. In Aug,12 appraised at $170,000 but older, flexible vendor open to offers & might carry part of mortgage for suitable person or couple. For info & viewing please call : 1-780-5660707
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The Nelson and District Women’s Centre has two job postings. For the past forty years, the Nelson and District Women’s Centre has been providing space, support and resources for women to learn, connect and become empowered in their own lives and engaged in their community.
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Garage Sales Balfour Hall’s $ellwhatyawanta $ale. $ell it here! $at May 18th 9-2pm information 229-5265
BC INSPECTED GRADED AA OR BETTER LOCALLY GROWN NATURAL BEEF Hormone Free Grass Fed/Grain Finished $100 Packages Available Quarters/Halves $2.55/lb Hanging Weight Extra Lean Hamburger $4.00/lb TARZWELL FARMS 250-428-4316 Creston
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Homes for Rent 2 bdrm house w/extra studio $1250/m. 3 bdrm suite $1000/m June 1st 352-7303
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Misc. Wanted True Coin Collector Looking to Purchase Collections, Accumulations, Olympic Gold and Silver coins, Bills + Not melting down, Serious Collector. Call: Coin Couple 1-250-499-0251
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2 Fantastic 3 bdrm home in Rosemont. On June 1st your new half duplex is available. It is 3 bdrm, 2 bath. Lots of storage, big kitchen, dining room and a living room with a great view of the mountains. Includes a carport & cedar fenced backyard with deck and all appliances. Close to Rosemont Elementary. Pets welcome with damage deposit. $1400/m + hydro each. Call Steve to see your new home 250 505-9339
Quality Nursery Stock Large selection Fruit Trees & Bushes Like 2 Blueberry Bushes $15 250-428-2062 Creston, B.C.
GREAT FAMILY HOME! Nelson: Uphill, half duplex, 4 bdrm, 2 bath. new appliances$1200/m + util. N/S N/P avail May 1st Phone 250 352-5059
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Recreational/Sale 2001 28’ Komfort 5th Wheel 1 Large slide, N/S, N/P $10,900 Call 250-365-6200
Trucks & Vans 06 Dodge Laramie Qd/Cb low mileage 72 k kl new condition, new tire & brakes $20,000 352-5679
1989 L9000 Ford Dump Truck Certified, newer nahanee lock box, 425 cat engine, 15 over eaton fuller transmission, new paint, $15,000, $5,000 for 20 T Trailer flat deck 250-365-3458 or 304-8638
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250-428-9604, 250-402-9476 Creston, BC 2000 18’ Star craft/bow rider immd cond, low hours indoor storage, 4.3 inboard outboard merc, alpha #1, keel guard, doel fin, canvas cover 4 hp 4 stroke merc troller lots of acc’s,1 owner asking $11,000 Call 250-608-2107
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There’s something for everyone in the 2004 Grand Prix GT
Brand new winter tires & extra set of summers. New brakes, front & rear, recent oil change, brand new set of headlight lenses w/extra set of bulbs (low & high beam), loud stereo w/ 10 inch subs & amp, very clean, lots of power, very reliable! $4000 obo. Comes with 3/4 tank of gas ~ 250-357-0122
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Georama’s Plant of the Week
Magnolia, Tulip Tree Common name: Magnolia, Tulip Tree Botanical Names: Magnolia x soulangeana, Magnolia stellatta, Magnolia x loebneri Although Magnolias conjure up images of the American Deep South, many varieties can be grown in Canada, some even in Zone 4, which could be in Salmo and even Ymir! Magnolias are some of the most primitive of our flowering trees, and fossils dating back millennia prove that they have little need to evolve. Despite their natural forest habitat, the majority are perfectly happy to adapt to city living. The two most popular types are the Saucer magnolia (soulangeana) sometimes referred to as a tulip tree, in
reference to its flowers which before fully opening look for all the world like tulips, and the Star magnolia so named for its beautiful, smaller and pure white flowers shaped like stars. Of course like so many cultivated plants, both of these now come in an astounding array of flower colours. Though most magnolias prefer a soil on the acid side, Magnolia loebneri is adaptable to a more sweet soil. Most of them are quite happy in an exposed location, and will be a vibrant addition to our Kootenay landscape. Case Grypma from Georama Growers
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when grass went out of style,” says Harris. “I don’t think you could put a halter on any of our cows!” The cows certainly do appear spirited and content, with plenty of space and lots of straw in the barns. The cows are out at pasture for at least six months a year. Many of the cows have names, reflecting the family’s close relationship with their animals. “Bandit” for one is apparently quite the escape artist. Another major welfare issue for dairy farmers is the fate of the male calves. The breeds used for dairy cows don’t produce high quality beef, and so the male calves often get raised for veal. Veal calves may be kept in isolation, in crates and slaughtered very young to provide tender meat. Harris is aware of the welfare issue. “All of our beef calves get sold in Alberta, we don’t know that some aren’t ending up as veal. Eventually, we would love to raise our own beef as well,” she says. The organic certification has strict regulations on feed, antibiotic and hormones, but it also includes high standards for animal welfare. This includes access to pasture, anaesthetics for painful procedures and short transport times. For a cow’s final journey, Harris says “we haul ourselves and it’s always butchered the same day so they are never
there for a long period of time.” Organic farming is criticized as inefficient, but Harris disagrees. “Organic yields will almost equal conventional yields after about five to eight years,” Harris says. She added that “with global climate change, when temperatures go up and we get less water, it all goes back to the soil. If we haven’t taken good enough care of it then we’re kind of….” The sentence didn’t need finishing. Kootenay Meadows get 26 litres a day from each cow, while the BC average is 31 litres. “We feed a lot less grain than most farms so that they’re not pushed quite so hard to produce,” says Harris. “That also has a lot fewer health issues.” The Harris cows are milked for seven years, compared to just three years average in BC. Kootenay Meadows is proof that animal farming really can be humane and sustainable, and at the same time efficient and commercially successful. Look for their products in local stores. For more information and farm tours visit kootenaymeadows.com. For the full interview, visit the Farm Animal Advocacy group at facebook.com/groups/ nelsonfarm and for information on the SPCA and farm animal welfare, visit spca.bc.ca/ welfare/campaign-issues/.
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“Mom’s favourite line is that we’re stressed so that our cows don’t have to be” says Erin Harris when asked if her farm has a philosophy on animal welfare. The Harris family run Kootenay Meadows Farm in Creston. They achieved organic certification in 2008 and are best known for their cheeses (Kootenay Alpine Cheese Co). They have 160 cows. Last month they began a new and exciting venture, bottling and distributing their own milk in returnable glass bottles. The first stores to carry the milk are The Kootenay Co-op and Save-On-Foods here in Nelson. They also raise free range pigs, and supply some beef products. The Nelson SPCA’s Farm Animal Advocacy Group promotes local farms that practise high standards of animal welfare. Our visit to Kootenay Meadows was for our own education — none of us are farmers — and we left with very favourable impressions. Harris was very comfortable answering our questions on animal welfare. An inhumane aspect of conventional dairy farming is that lactating cows can be continuously tethered in small stalls with no access to pasture. “Continuous tethering is very recent, in the last 10 years,
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On Thursday, May 23 at 7 p.m., the L.V. Rogers dance department will perform at the Capitol Theatre. The show will feature choreography by Jen MacMillan, Joshua Beamish and LVR students. Tickets are available at the Capitol Theatre box office (250-352-6363). Tickets will also be available at the door: $11 for adults, $6 for students/senior citizens, and children 6 and under are free. This year’s highlights were numerous. Students travelled to Vancouver where they participated in a variety of master classes at Harbour Dance Centre, toured Simon Fraser University’s new contemporary arts facility, and attended Cirque de Soleil’s newest show Amaluna. Students also had the opportunity to work with Joshua Beamish, artistic director of MOVE: the company thanks to a generous grant from Artstarts. Following Joshua Beamish’s residency, students partook in a master class with Les Ballet Jazz de Montreal. Finally the dance company travelled to Kelowna to attend the INNOV8 dance competition at Mount Boucherie Secondary School. They earned first and second place. As the show nears, excitement mounts and the studio is buzzing with enthusiasm and hard work. From ballet to hip-hop, the show is diverse and entertaining. For more information on the LVR Dance Program visit lvrdance.com.
The L.V. Rogers dance department will perform their season ending show at the Capisubmitted photo tol Theatre next Thursday.
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This gorgeous 2 year old Collie – Shepherd cross also needs an experienced dog owner who will continue the training that KAAP has started around his protective issues. He responds well to positive handling, and loves walks and play time.
Be part of a community that is supporting a more humane approach to our animals. Donate just $5 a month to KAAP and become an honorary member of our Rescue Team. Details at kaap.ca/rescue-team. Join Today!
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A Taste of Recognition for Nelson Library The Nelson Public Library was honoured with a Merit Award for marketing and advocacy at the British Columbia Library Conference earlier this month. The award recognized last fall’s Taste of Nelson initiative that partnered the library with Nelson’s Chocofellar to create bars with literary titles such as Pride and Pecans and Call of the Wild Hazelnut, and with Oso Negro Roastery to produce a library blend called Read All Night! The initiative also produced a series of artist bookmarks by Lainey Benson, Rick Foulger, Yvonne Vanens-Munro and Keira Zaslove. Pictured here (L-R) are chief librarian and BCLA president June Stockdale, BCLA past president Christopher Kevlahan, library board member and city councillor Donna Macdonald, and Taste of Nelson creator and library staffer Anne DeGrace. submitted photo
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reetings music freaks, Shambhala enthusiasts and people who are neither of those but have found themselves reading this column.
This month's Yan Zombie Presents is a collaboration with my good friend B-Ron and AreaOne Events. Tonight we're excited to welcome personal favourites and Living Room stage alumni Daega Sound from the Lighta! Crew in Vancouver. Daega Sound have their own unique take on creating dubstep and dance music. Driven by their lifelong love of music, they are steadily laying a foundation of releases and performances gaining national and international acclaim in the ever-evolving bass music scene. Their sound is polished and sophisticated, with a dubbed out quality and heavy emphasis on sub bass. Intricate syncopated drum rhythms laced with unforgettable melodies sit on top of layers of ethereal soundscapes, cre-
ating an unmistakable atmosphere. Their high energy sets have a distinct techno quality meshed with a “classic” dubstep sound, ranging from banging drum machine driven rhythms to massive halftime hitters to rich evocative and soulful tunes. Being brothers and somehow seeming to know what each other are thinking, they each man a deck and relentlessly bang out the tunes in long curving mixes or crazy stop cuts, drawing from over a decade of djing techno and DnB. They were nice enough to endure my interrogation for your enjoyment: Yan Zombie: What can you tell me about your process while writing tracks? What sparks a song idea? Daega Sound: It totally ranges depending on mood and timing but some thing are always fundamental. Getting in the zone, dimming the lights, make sure you're supplied with hot drinks and free of distractions. Always be ready, — if and when an idea turns up — ready to record. Many things may spark a song, sometimes it comes to you when you're walking through the woods, our on the
water, in the city, reading a book, other times it can come from experimenting with some new technique, or simply a good feeling rhythmn. YZ: What's your favourite piece of gear? DS: Access Virus C.
YZ: Where's the dodgiest place you've ever stayed on tour? DS: Sleepling on the tube into London after flying in from Montreal. Also in the hotel above the Jungle Room... and there was two benches at a bus stop in there too.
YZ: What can we expect from upcoming Daega Sound releases? DS: More LP's in the fall, a few more digital singles/EP's under way, our first full length and some top secret stuff!
Tickets are only $10 at the door come early to catch myself and B-ron. Respect!
Yan Zombie is a Nelson-based electronic music producer and promotor. His events run monthly at Spirtbar. Follow him on twitter @yanzombiemusic.
Big Dave McLean Legendary Canadian Bluesman Big Dave McLean has spent his career touring the countless small towns that dot the prairies — but this Saturday you can catch him in our neck of the woods. The Winnipeg native is a masterful guitarist and top notch harpist, with a raw and gravelly voice that bespeaks a life lived to the fullest. McLean’s heart beats to the ghosts of the delta greats — especially the incomparable
Muddy Waters, who he toured with over two decades ago. Just how important the Mojo Man was to the development of Big Dave can be gleaned in an 11-minute tribute aptly titled Muddy Waters for President. Big Dave McLean will be in Slocan City on May 18 playing a free show at the Slocan city Trading Company between 2 and 5 p.m., before heading over to the Silvery Slocan Legion for a show starting at 7 p.m. Tickets to the evening event are $15.
Cam Penner
Folk singer Cam Penner recently escaped the city to live in the Kootenays with his sweetheart and new daughter. It's here that he recorded his fifth full-length album, To Build A Fire. With verses still to be written and arrangements still unknown, he placed one mic in the room and got to work. Over eight days, ukuleles, guitars, banjos were strummed. Voices strained and bent. Now he's on tour to promote the new album, with public house concert booked at The Special (810 Silica Street) on May 22. Doors open at 7:30 p.m.
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For many local music lovers the sum- climate means you can bust out your mer festival season can’t come soon tank tops early. enough, which is why making the trip More than 125 bands will play on five down to The Gorge Amphistages over the course of the Sasquatch theatre for Sasquatch has belong-weekend. The lineup is Quincy, WA come an annual tradition for comprised of mostly indie May 24-27 a lot of Kootenay folk. rock bands with some rock, Tickets sold out A five hour drive south hip hop and EDM thrown in from here, the festival venue for good measure. Some of is one of the most scenic you’ll find any- this year’s headliners include: Mumford where in North America, and the desert & Sons, The Postal Service, Vampire
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Year after year Starbelly Jam Mu- the Kootenays from July 19 to 21. sic Festival has been committed to With the full festival line-up anbringing the best of local, national and nounced earlier this month organizers international music to are anticipating another Starbelly Jam Crawford Bay — and great event. Crawford Bay, BC this year is no different. “It’s always an exciting July 19-21 From the unique folktime when people see the $105 adult, $60 youth style of Kimya Dawson, line-up and share with us Day passes available whose music appeared who they’re looking foron the acclaimed Juno soundtrack to ward to seeing,” said artistic director the inspiring sounds of Sierra Leone’s Lea Belcourt. “I really think the lineRefugee All Stars, to Australian urban ups get better every year.” roots band Blue King Brown, Starbelly Tickets can be purchased online at is bringing the music of the world to starbellyjam.org/tickets2013.
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Ymir’s Tiny Lights Festival is two days of music, theatre, workshops, and much more, modelled after the Artswells festival in Northern BC. Organizers Carla and Shawn Stephenson ran a stage at Artswells for eight years before creating the local spinoff last year. They saw the similarities between Ymir Tiny Lights Festival and Wells — both beYmir, BC ing old mining towns June 15-16 with a population of $75 adult, $45 youth around 300. Day passes available With five stages in the historic buildings of Ymir, part of the appeal is enjoying the action in small, intimate venues. Some highlights from this year’s lineup include music by Jaron Freeman Fox, Miami Device, and Morelove; and theatre by Lucas Myers, and Mind of a Snail Puppet Company. There will be spoken work, dance and art demos, as well as workshops, historical reenactments — and so much more. Get your tickets at tinylightsfestival.com.
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FROM 10AM-5PM ‘The Slocan City Trading Co.’ 501 Harold Street, Slocan BC We buy, sell, trade, we buy and sell antiques, collectibles, musical instruments, tools, art, celebrity memorabilia, boats etc. We also sell guitar strings and many more things. Please be our guests on Saturday May 18th for snacks and hospitality from 10am to 5pm at our new showroom in Slocan. We will also have some music featuring Canadian Blues Icon Big Dave Mclean, the Drake Brothers, Steven and Adam, Kelly Jay Fordham of Crowbar and a host of local and nationally known musicians for some easy listening at the shoppe from 2pm till 5pm. There will be a dance at the Slocan Legion staring at 7pm running till 1am in the evening. There will be a cover of $15 at the Legion.
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MarketFest Nelson’s street festival pops up and competitive skippers can also on Baker Street three times over be seen on the MarketFest stage. the course of the summer. Several A tenth of the population of Nelblocks are shut down to make room son will flood into the street for for about 100 vendors, these free monthly marMarketFest with everything from kets. It’s an especially Nelson, BC clothing to fine art and popular place for famiJune 28, July 26, food to face painting. lies when the weather August 23 Two stages bookend co-operates. It’s a great Free the market area with place to bump into old live music going into the evening friends and take in a warm sumand plenty of room to dance or take mer evening, while doing a bit of in the show. Local dance troupes shopping.
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Unity Music Festival, now in its third year, is moving to the beach site in Slocan City. Unity Fest is a great family-friendly celebration of music and culture in the Slocan Valley. Headliners inUnity Music Festival clude Adam ShaiSolcan City, BC kh, Tofu StravinJuly 27-28 sky, Erica Dee and $65 adult more. Expect many Day passes available free workshops in dance and art, plates of homemade food, vendors and artisan booths, music and spoken word. Profits from the festival are donated to children and youth groups in the area by the Slocan Valley Cultural Alliance. Get your tickets at unitymusicfestival.ca.
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There’s a new festival coming to Rock Creek this Labour Day long weekend and it’s called the Ponderosa Arts & Music Festival. The event will showcase artists and musicians from Western Ponderosa Festival Canada and attract Rock Creek, BC people from all August 30 to over to enjoy the September 1 amazing beauty of $125 adult the Kettle Valley. Musical genres will vary between folk, indie rock, electronica and funk. Some of this year’s bands include Gold & Youth, Bend Sinister, Humans, and Close Talker. In addition to music, Ponderosa will be showcasing works from local artisans and businesses, and a variety of delicious foods will be available to tickle every type of taste bud. The open air festival includes camping accommodations adjacent the festival grounds and the Kettle River. For a limited time, you can buy four festival passes at a reduced price of $400. Buy your tickets at ponderosafestival.com.
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Wapiti Music Festival is back for a third year in Fernie’s Annex Park. Intentionally scheduled on the same weekend as Shambhala Wapiti Festival to keep the numFernie, BC bers down, Wapiti August 9-10 is the perfect place $75 adult to escape to for a Kids/seniors free relaxed weekend, watching great bands from the comfort of your lawn chair or beach blanket during the day and dancing into the night. This year’s lineup features Plants and Animals, The Current Swell, Inlet Sound, Shred Kelly and the Good Ol’ Goats.
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Some 10,000 ticket holders and a crew of 2,000 mostly-volunteers will once again converge on a Salmo cattle ranch to help Shambhala celebrate its Sweet Sixteen. What started as a gathering of 500 has grown into an event that has twice Shambhala beat out Burning Man in the Salmo, BC Best Large Event category August 7-12 of the International Break$310 adult spool Awards. The festival grounds features six themed stages, each with their own stage director booking the talent for that stage. The lineup features mainly electronic music, but there’s also some hip hop, rock and other genres in the mix. This year’s performers include: ATrak, Opiuo, Kastle, Nick Thayer, Krafty Kuts and hundreds more. A temporary village is built to sustain the crowds who camp onsite for five days. There are still tickets available to this year’s festival. Get yours at shambhalamusicfestival.com.
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Kaslo Bay Beach is the place to be on the Au- floating stage included blues, funk, soul, world, gust long weekend. latin and jazz bands. Now in its 22nd year, Kaslo Jazz Etc. FestiThis year’s lineup features Mickey Hart Band val has become synonymous with and the African Showboyz, the Dan Kaslo Jazz Etc. great music and an intimate beautiBrubeck Band, Paul Peress and Kaslo, BC ful setting. The venue’s unique locamany other spectacular performAugust 2-4 tion provides festival patrons with ers. Kootenay-based performers $164 adult natural amphitheater surrounded by include the Clinton Swanson Blues Day passes available pristine wilderness to enjoy while Band, Melody Diachun, the Selkirk watching the performances on the floating stage Trio, the Jan Van Gold Band, Eric and Shauna, nestled on the shoreline of Kootenay Lake. Approaching Normal and the Funky Plucks. Jazz may be in the festival’s name but it doesn’t See the full lineup and get your tickets at kasloend there. Many acts who have performed on the jazzfest.com.
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NELSON BREWING COMPANY COLUMN
Top Five Beers for May Long T
he old May long weekend is a funny beast. We all know that weather can range from snow storms to bomber summer heat. We’ve all woken up in a tent to less than ideal camping situations (go into your own memory tickle trunk now and insert funny story). So when we talk about what beers to take with us, it can vary like the weather. We went around the brewery this week and asked, “what are your top five May long weekend beers and why?” Our Brewmaster initially joked “Bud, Bud Light, Bud Light Lime…. And Michelob. That’s five right?” The lists are not in any particular order, though you can quite rightly assume the NBC product is at the top of all of them. Mike Kelly – Brewmaster When we asked Mike about his beers, he made comment about wanting a refreshing summer drinking beer, but keep in mind it can get cool at night.
Hoegaarden NBC - Harvest Moon Organic Hemp Ale Phillips – Ginger Beer NBC – Full Nelson Organic Imperial IPA NBC – Tall Tale Organic Wheat Ale You may be asking yourself why you haven’t heard of or tasted this new NBC Tall Tale Wheat Ale. Well, that’s because it hasn’t been released yet — it’s only on tap at Mike’s house. So if you know Mike, I recommend you stop by, say hi, and bring a jug with you to fill. Mike loves to share! Tessa G – Assistant Brewer Tessa has a scheme in mind when she picks at least one of her beers, “You have to plan for those friends who like to ‘share’ your beer.” Tessa takes along what she calls a “deflection” beer that she knows her friends will take first but that she only sort of enjoys. The beer in this case is Phillips Blue Buck or a Pabst Blue Ribbon. That will take care of hipsters too cool to actually have their own money who may even pull that cardinal May long sin of the late-night cooler rummage. New rule on the beer stealing front: when you get caught, we dump the
Whistler – Grapefruit Ale Fernie – Big Caboose Red Ale NBC - Full Nelson Organic Imperial IPA Big Rock – Traditional NBC – Wild Honey Organic Ale Chad Hansen – Director of Propaganda Chad has to be very careful about the alcohol content when it comes to the time of day when he’s having a beers: “Get me into the 8.2 per cent
When you’re pulling out of town grab a bunch of your favourite beers, not just a flat of the cheapest. We spend thousands on RV’s, canoes, ATV’s, kayaks, mountain bikes etc. Then we’ll grab a flat of whatever is on sale to save five bucks. Have you ever noticed there’s a direct correlation between cheaper drinks and hangovers. Just sayin’, life’s too short to drink cheap beer! This column, co-written by Nelson Brewing Company staff, appears monthly in this space.
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Clair Hately – Cellar person Criteria for the beers that Clair would take with her May long, “Nice, crisp, good for getting silly beers”.
NBC – Full Nelson Organic Imperial IPA Unibroue - La Fin Du Monde NBC – Harvest Moon Organic Hemp Ale Central City – Red Racer IPA NBC – After Dark Organic Brown Ale
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NBC – Full Nelson Organic Imperial IPA Sierra Nevada – Torpedo Philips - Blue Buck NBC – Harvest Moon Organic Hemp Ale Tree – Cutthroat Pale Ale
Full Nelson at 2 p.m. and I’m napping before anyone’s even thought about chopping wood for the fire.” Let’s be honest, one of the great things about long weekends is the ability to guilt free enjoy an afternoon beverage — some will even push that rule to encompass breakfast.
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ice water down your pants and send you on your way branded a beer thief for all to see. As the shame shrinks in (yes, I meant to say shrink) you may learn from this error in your ways. Be thankful you still have both hands!
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Specializing in Greek cuisine, fresh Mediterranean Style Roast La mb served nightly. Come try our world fa mous fish‘n’chips, a Nelson icon for over 25 years. Gourmet burgers, wraps and sandwiches. We offer a wide selection of vegetarian dishes. Join us for every occasion.
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DJ Braden Early Thursday May 23
Salt-cured Basa & roasted garlic spread Method With a spice grinder or mortar and pestle mix dill, salt, cracked pepper and sugar. Rub spice mixture on Basa and chill for one hour. Rinse the Basa to remove salt. In a saucepan heat milk, onion, garlic and peppercorns to a simmer. Add Basa and cook for about 10 minutes until flaky. Drain and put Basa into a bowl.
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Using a fork flake the fish and add one head of roasted garlic mash with olive oil until creamy. Add herbs and pepper. Slice baguette. Heat oil in a frypan, add garlic to infuse oil, add baguette slices and brown on both sides. Spread the Basa mixture on bread and serve with lemon slices.
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Ciabatta baguette Olive oil 2 cloves garlic How to roast garlic: Cut the top off one head of garlic drizzle with olive oil wrap in foil and bake in a 350 F oven for about 40 minutes or until soft.
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�rts and Entertainment Listings Literature
Nelson literary magazine New Orphic Review launches its 16th issue at Oxygen Art Centre (320 Vernon Street, alley entrance) on Friday, May 17 at 7:30 p.m. The event includes readings by eight regional authors. This is a free event, though donations will be accepted. Confined Space author Deryn Collier will be at the Nelson Public Library on Thursday, May 23 at 7:30 p.m. reading from her novel, which is shortlisted for One Book, One Kootenay, a region-wide book club.
Visual Arts
Selkirk Fine Woodworking year-end show runs Friday, May 24 to Sunday, May 26 in the Nelson Trading Company Building (402 Baker Street). The third annual Oxygen Art Market, featuring the work of nearly 40 Kootenay artists will take place on Friday, May 24 from 7 to 10 p.m., Saturday, May 25 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday, May 26 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Oxygen Art Centre (320 Vernon Street, back alley entrance). 3rd Grand piano fundraiser Wed. May 22, 2013 @ 7:30PM
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Kevin Underwood • Bagpipes, Arnie Satanove • Alpenhorn Robert Hargreaves • Piano and Harpsichord Tobias Jenny • Alpenhorn, Hammered Dulcimer and Euphonium Alex Nichol • Double Bass Wendy Herbison and Vic Neufeld • Violins Tickets $15.00 at the door ($10.00 for students)
Theatre
Pilotcopilot presents Charles Ross performing One Man Lord of the Rings on Friday, May 17 at the Capitol Theatre. Ross condenses the J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic fantasy novel series into one hour of incredible all-ages entertainment. Tickets are $16 and available at capitoltheatre.bc.ca or at the box office. Penticton’s Get Bent Active Arts Society presents Bollywood Stardom at the Capitol Theatre on Saturday, May 18 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 for adults or $12 for students.
Pole”), in which the key characters manage to become progressively drunk even though they are tied to a pole. The second play is The Not Naming Contest, a contemporary satire about North Kootenay Lake life. After the plays, an Asian dinner will be served culminating with Chado (Japanese tea ceremony). Admission and dinner are free.
photo and autograph. The show starts at 8 p.m. Tickets are available at the Telus kiosk in the Chahko Mika Mall.
A local production of the musical Cabaret, directed by Pat Henman and featuring a slate of local actors including Michael Graham, Lisel Forst, Michael Calladine, Sydney Black, Jeff Forst, Louis Butterfield opens at the Capitol Theatre on Thursday, May 30 and continues Friday, May 31 and Saturday, June 1 at 8 p.m. nightly. There will also be a 2 p.m. matinee on June 1 and a late night show on May 31 at 11 p.m. Tickets are $22 for adults or $17 for students and are available through the Capitol Theatre box office.
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Music
Marion Bergevin CD Release/Birthday Party on Friday, May 17 at 8 p.m. in Nelson United Church. When Soul Touches Soul is Marion’s third album of original folk music and features producer/musician Rocko Vaugeois. Admission is $5 or $20 with a copy of the CD. Refreshments served. All are welcome. Yan Zombie presents Daega Sound at Spiritbar on Friday, May 17. Doors open at 10 p.m. Ticket info at the Hume Hotel. Slocan Trading Company is celebrating its grand opening on Saturday, May 18 with live music from 2 to 5 p.m. featuring Canadian blues icon Big Dave McLean, Kelly Jay of Crowbar and The Drake Brothers. The party continues next door at the Silvery Slocan Legion (502 Harold Street) with more live music, 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. Tickets to the Legion event are $15. Wild Canadians will be playing and calling old-time contra dances Saturday, May 18 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Selfdesign High. Admission is $8 for adults and $5 for children. Local DJ Cass Rhapsody is at Spiritbar on Saturday, May 18. Doors open at 10 p.m. Cover is $2.
L.V. Rogers Dance Department’s showcase at the Capitol Theatre on Thursday, May 23 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $11 for adults and $6 for students and seniors.
Petunia returns to play a solo evening at the Cedar Creek Cafe in Winlaw (5709 Highway 6) on Sunday, May 19. Music starts around 6:30 p.m. Admission by donation.
Celebrate Asian-Canadian Heritage Month with two Kyōgen-style plays on Friday, May 24 at 6:30 p.m. at Kaslo’s Langham Theatre (447 A Avenue, Kaslo). Kyōgen is a fusion of dance, mime and acting with satirical humour. The first play is Bo Shibari (“Tied to a
Snak the Ripper will be at The Royal for a youth-only hip-hop show on Sunday, May 19. You must be age 18 or younger to attend and show proof of age (e.g. a student card). Tickets are $40 and include a meet and greet with the artist before the show at 7 p.m., including a
Brian Pottie returns to the Cedar Creek Cafe in Winlaw (5709 Highway 6) on Tuesday, May 21. Music starts around 6:30 p.m. Admission by donation.
monday - Sunday open 3pm-9pm, will stay open later for parties! over 20 musical instruments to choose from to play anytime Every Friday join us for the Country & Bluegrass Jam
Local folk singer Cam Penner plays a public house concert at The Special (810 Silica Street) on Wednesday, May 22 at 7:30 p.m. Awna Teixeira of Po’ Girl brings her accordion-driven European folk music to the Cedar Creek Cafe in Winlaw (5709 Highway 6) on Thursday, May 23 at 6:30 p.m. Admission by donation. Finley's hosts a hip-hop showcase on Friday, May 24 featuring solo artists Anonymouz, Assault of Knowledge (AOK), Azrael, Copasetic, DJ Booz, Nicky Scarfo, P-Butta, Risskant De Woordvoerder and Sythe. Doors open at 10 p.m. Cover is $5. The Abramson Singers play a public house concert at The Special (810 Silica Street) on May 24 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 at the door. The Blues Caravan, a trio featuring Toronto’s Jimmy Bowskill, Nachville’s Bart Walker and Joanne Shaw Taylor from Britain, bring their international tour to the Capitol Theatre on Friday, May 24 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $32.50 for adults or $22.50 for youth, available through the Capitol Theatre box office. Kastle will be at Spiritbar Friday, May 24. Doors open at 10 p.m. Ticket information at the Hume Hotel. Kootenay Co-op Radio Community Block Party and membership drive on Saturday, May 25 from 1 to 9 p.m. in the Nelson Commons parking lot (formerly Extra Foods) The event will feature live music by Motes & Oates, Hot Tin Roof, Immune 2 Cobras and more. Selkirk Symphony Orchestra presents Symphonic Solos on Saturday, May 25 at 7 p.m. at the Capitol Theatre. Tickets are $20 for adults or $16 for students.
Corazón, a 63-member youth choir directed by Allison Girvan, has its yearend concerts on May 25 at the Nelson United Church. There will be three shows, at 2 p.m., 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. Tickets are $18 for main floor tickets and $12 for balcony seating. Students and seniors pay $12 for all seats. Tickets are available in advance at The Music Store and Otter Books. Spiritbar welcomes back 2013 Juno Award winners Elliott Brood on Saturday, May 25. Doors open at 10 p.m. Tickets are $25, available at the Hume Hotel front desk, or online through ticketweb.ca by searching “Hume Hotel.” The Shrugs play the Cedar Creek Cafe in Winlaw (5709 Highway 6) on Sunday, May 26. Music starts around 6:30 p.m. Admission by donation. Edmonton heavy metal band Striker plays Spiritbar on May 30 with Nelson’s Savage Blade. Doors opens at 10 p.m. Ticket information at the Hume Hotel. Laura and Paul Landsberg bring their jazz music to the Ravencourt Bed and Breakfast (4615 Upper Passmore Road) on Friday, May 31. Admission by donation. For more information phone 250-226-7801. UK drum ‘n’ bass duo Tantrum Desire will be at Spiritbar with Deeps, Dirty Tactix vs. L-Nix on Friday, May 31. Doors open at 10 p.m. Ticket info at the Hume Hotel. Vancouver's Orpheus Male Chorus will join the Nelson Barbershop Chorus for an evening of vocal music, Saturday, June 1, 7 p.m. at Bethel Christian Church. Tickets are $20 for adults of $18 seniors and students, and are available at Kootenai Moon Furniture and the Music Store. For more info, call 250-352-6892.
“WRITING A NEW WORLD” Writer’s Weekend featuring key presenter, Alanna Mitchell author of “Sea Sick: The Global Ocean in Crisis”
June 14 - 16 Heart’s Rest Retreat Centre in New Denver, BC Limited to 25 participants. Call 250 358 7904 or email info@heartsrest.com
Film
On Saturday, May 25 at 7:30 p.m., the Civic Theatre offers a special showing of My American Cousin, a Canadian film set in the 1950s. This will be the final film shown on the Civic’s old 35mm projector. The film’s local producer Phil Schmidt and director Sandy Wilson will both be in attendance for event.