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HORSES, HOSES, HISTORY When the Nelson fire hall was built in 1913, horses transported the crew and ladders to the action. Over the years the Uphill HQ has been altered, welcomed Hollywood, and faced replacement. As it marks a century, the Star takes a closer look at the heritage icon that adds to the city’s charm while protecting its residents
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n May 20, 1913, the Nelson Fire Department moved into its new headquarters at the corner of Ward and Latimer streets, a brick building then considered the most modern of its kind. A century later, the department is still there, in what’s now BC’s oldest operating fire hall — no one disputes the title which was recently affirmed during a meeting of provincial fire chiefs in Nelson.
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n 1909, then-fire chief Donald Guthrie pleaded with city council for a new hall to replace the one at the corner of Victoria and Josephine streets built 15 years earlier, which he described as “poorly located, unsanitary, and delapidated.” He got his wish but it took until June 1912 to approve the funds. The new hall was designed in Italiante Villa style by city engineer G.C. Mackay and built by contractors John Burns and Son for $17,973 (over $367,000 today). It came in under budget but slightly behind schedule due to boiler problems.
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This is the earliest known photo of the Nelson fire hall, not long after its completion in 1913, when horses and wagons were the prime means of responding to alarms. Courtesy Nelson Fire & Rescue
According to Nelson: A Proposal for Urban Heritage Conservation, the location was initially dismissed by citizens as too far from the city’s core, but it proved a wise decision given the growing Uphill residential district and proximity of several schools. The original floor plan showed the basement with a coal room, boiler room, and battery room that powered the alarm system. The second floor had accommodation for the chief and ten firefighters and the ground floor had room for two wagons and five horses — two teams and a spare — plus a grain bin and hay room.
“The fire hall basically was a stable for horses as opposed to a garage for trucks,” says current chief Simon Grypma. “Instead of waxing fire engines they would have been feeding, brushing, and washing the horses and checking their hooves instead of air pressure in the tires.” When a call came in, “Residents were amazed and awestruck by the precision training and general intelligence of the horses,” according to an anonymous account compiled in the 1950s. As the gong sounded, the Story continues to ‘Making way’ on Page 14
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As part of International Women Riders’ Day, a crew of local ladies gathered at Main Jet Motorsports earlier this month to swap stories about their love of cruising on two wheels. The ladies then hit the highway for a ride around the Kootenays. Kirsten Hildebrand photo
motorbiking. With different needs in gear and machines than men, they’re looking for comfort and security over speed and style — for the most part. Carol Lissa, 61-years-old, remembers buying her first bike about 30 years ago. “At that time when you walked in on your own, you just didn’t get the service,” she said. Added Hart, “We’ve come a long way baby.” The ladies gathered in early May and spent the sunny afternoon together on highways through Nelson, Salmo,
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Group asks for cell policy Greg Nesteroff Nelson Star Reporter
The Regional District of Central Kootenay has endorsed several non-contentious Telus cell phone towers around the region, but heard last week from residents concerned about a proposed tower in Winlaw. Clare Kelly and Allison Lang of the Slocan Valley Citizens for Safe Technology appeared before the board asking for a local protocol on public consultation for antenna siting. The board has already endorsed a policy developed by the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, but the citizens group suggested several changes and additions. “This happens in several municipalities in Canada and it can certainly happen here,” Kelly said. “We feel local government is the right place for this to happen. It really just takes political will.” Lang explained a key request is for public consultation to happen sooner. Currently, it occurs after the proponent has already invested time and money on a particular site, but the citizens group feels it should come when the proponent first notifies a municipality or regional district of plans to build an antenna. She said a 60-day public input period should precede site development so the proponent can consider
Allison Lang of the Slocan Valley Citizens for Safe Technology addresses the Regional District of Central Kootenay board. They are asking for a local protocol on antenna siting that requires consultation before a site is chosen rather than afterward. Greg Nesteroff photo
feedback when choosing a location. “Telus has proposed to put their antenna very close to one of our schools,” Lang said. “And we don’t want it very close to our school. Had they received that information from the beginning, they might not have chosen that site.” Lang said once a specific site is determined, nearby residents — as well as schools, daycares, and seniors homes — should be notified by mail or hand-delivered notice, followed by a second 60-day consultation period. “So the 120-day public consultation is divided into two parts: one to take input before they develop the proposal, and then afterward to see if what they’ve come up
with is acceptable.” Telus has put its Winlaw tower on hold based on public opposition and agreed to investigate other potential sites, but hasn’t promised the tower won’t end up in the controversial location off Wishloff Road. The tower is part of Telus’ agreement with the provincial government to extend wireless coverage to over 1,700 kilometers of main and secondary highways. It expects to build up to 14 towers on Highway 6 from Nelson to Salmo and South Slocan to Vernon. However, the citizens group worries about health risks from electromagnetic radiation and says it could harm Winlaw’s reputation as an “environmentally health-
ful and pastoral destination.” After the presentation, the board passed a motion asking their staff to consider the information from both residents and Telus and come up with a policy around public consultation. Chair John Kettle called the presentation “excellent ... I thought they were reasonable, which I like.” However, he wasn’t sure how much the board could do: “In this case, probably not much.” As a land-use authority, the regional district has a say in the site consultation process, but the towers themselves are regulated by Industry Canada.
OTHER TOWERS ENDORSED
Despite the ongoing controversy over the Winlaw tower and another in the Salmo valley, the board gave its blessing to six towers where there has been little or no public feedback: two east of Creston, one in Fauquier, two others along the Arrow Lakes, and one near Cottonwood Lake. Kettle said cell coverage is “critically” needed on the highway between Creston and Cranbrook due to a high incidence of crashes and difficulty in calling for help. However, he apologized to the Slocan Valley citizens group for a motion passed Story continues to ‘Winlaw’ on Page 4
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Wind storm knocks out power KIRSTEN HILDEBRAND Nelson Star Reporter
Power was restored to over 1,500 Slocan Valley residents, some without power for 27 hours, following a windstorm that struck the community Tuesday afternoon. Around 4 p.m. power started to fail in parts of the Slocan Valley and other pockets in the surrounding areas, said Fortis BC spokesman Michael Allison on Wednesday. “These are all weather-related outages — lines on the ground, trees coming into contact with lines,” he said. At the first report of outages, crews were dispatched. “They were working at maximum capacity overnight and this [Wednesday] morning we have relief crews out there to clear the lines
and restore service to the customers,” said Allison. “We recognize that the power has been out for some time and
“The wind did hit quite hard. Unfortunately, the power lines are there.” Michael Allison
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it is an inconvenience to our customers.” Concerns for safety came first including that of the residents and crews working the area. Restoring power came second. “The storms were so widespread and so many areas are affected,” said Allison. “Cus-
tomers will be restored at the distribution level as soon as possible. That’s the lines that go to people’s homes. There are just so many different spots hit that they’re working at them one by one.” One Vallican resident said the windstorm had a dramatic effect on people in her community. Travelling during the storm was treacherous according to stories she heard and her own experience returning home from Slocan Park. “Yesterday [Tuesday] afternoon there was only one-lane traffic to Castlegar because of all the trees on the road,” she said. “People driving from Winlaw to Passmore had to dodge trees along the highway. People were almost hit.” According to her 93-yearold neighbours, the storm
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Continued from Page 3 last month to expedite the approvals process based on a request from Telus. He said they would have preferred to hear from the citizens first, but believed the entire project faced being delayed a year. “As a result, those of us who need cell towers for life, limb, and property moved forward to try to get those in our area, respecting the fact that people in the Slocan and [rural Salmo] may want to look at this further,” Kettle said. Slocan Valley director Walter Popoff, however, said his understanding was the noncontentious towers would proceed while the company took another look at the Winlaw site.
“The Telus letter could have possibly been misinterpreted as ‘everything’s on hold.’ As far as I know the process is continuing. Telus is moving forward with the towers where there was no feedback, but the ones that are contentious they’re going to revisit.” Popoff said although he was among rural politicians who urged better cell coverage on rural highways, he shares residents’ concerns about the Winlaw tower placement. It isn’t the only controversy in the area involving wireless technology: parents at Winlaw elementary successfully lobbied the school district recently to have Wi-Fi turned off in the building.
was like nothing they’d seen in 50 years. It’s not surprising the damage ensued. “We have three huge clumps of trees on the road with wires all entangled in them,” she said. Her concern was for safe travel as well as restoration of power after she had faced over 18 hours without service. Allison said this time of year often comes with storms causing damage. Wind takes down trees ready to break. “The wind did hit quite hard,” he said. “Unfortunately, the power lines are there.” Fortis had been getting reports of people trying to clear the lines themselves and Allison discouraged this “very unsafe” practice. He asked that people call Fortis at toll free 1-866-436-7847 to report downed lines.
Man brandishing 7-foot long pole bursts into police lobby Nelson Star Staff
A man claiming to being chased by a gang with knives burst into the lobby of the Nelson Police Department. Late Monday evening, the man, well police say is well known to them, arrived “crashing, yelling and swearing” while carrying a seven-foot long metal pole, say police in a release. The man was out of breath as he explained he was being pursued. Officers located and interviewed four local teenagers along with the man. Investigation resulted in the man who charged into the police department being arrested for sex assault, two counts of uttering threats, possession of a weapon dangerous to the public peace and failure to comply with conditions of an undertaking. The man appeared in court on Wednesday
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A new report on the Johnsons Landing landslide recommends restrictions on further development in the community and that residents who choose to still live there understand the risk. The Regional District of Central Kootenay commissioned the risk assessment report, released to the public yesterday, to understand what caused the massive landslide in July 2012, how likely such an event is to occur again and what can be done to reduce risk to residents. Geotechnical analysis of the landslide site revealed that record rainfall and the late snowmelt last spring had saturated soils on the slope above the community and triggered the landslide. An event of similar size has not occurred in the area since the glaciers receded some 12,000 years ago. The landslide killed four people and destroyed five homes. One other home was damaged. In assessing the ongoing risk to residents, the report considers the likelihood of death from future landslides. The probabilities assume that a resident is in their home when the event occurs. For the people living at four properties in the moderate hazard zone, there is a 1:1,000 to 1:10,000 per year chance of dying in a landslide. In other words, they’re more likely to die in a landslide this year than in a car accident, which is considered a 1:11,000 risk per year according to Statistics Canada. In the high hazard area of Johnsons Landing, where
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1. Notify local residents of the estimated hazard and risk. 2. Restrict further land/house development in the areas identified as having a moderate, high, or very high hazard unless subsequent geotechnical investigations are conducted that supports the development, recommends protective works, and/or reduces the assessed hazard. 3. Establish and maintain a minimum 5 m channel bottom to top of channel bank height at the 70° bend (elevation 750 m) in Gar Creek. 4. Establish a simple landslide monitoring program. 5. Establish communication plans and protocols to update residents and visitors of local conditions during periods of potential increased landslide hazard. 6. Establish a watershed plan for resource management and development on crown land within the Gar Creek watershed. 7. The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure should evaluate opportunities to reduce landslide risk to the travelling public in areas potentially impacted by future landslide events in the Johnsons Landing area. 8. To document lessons learned from this tragic event, government agencies should review... suggestions [provided in the report] intended to improve public safety relating to landslide events. there are nine homes, the risk is 1:100 to 1:1,000 per year, meaning occupants in those homes would be more likely to die in a landslide than all other causes combined (Statistics Canada puts the risk of death by any cause —health,
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“The quantitative risk analysis indicates the risk to some individuals living on the Johnsons Landing bench is unacceptable (higher than typical published acceptability criteria),” the report says, noting typically anything higher than 1:10,000 is considered unacceptable. Constructing a berm along the edge of the creek may help reduce the risk, as could landslide monitoring programs and teaching residents to recognize the early warning signs of slope instability. The report made eight recommendations (see sidebar). In a statement to media, RDCK general manager of corporate administration Dawn Attorp said people living in the highest hazard zones have been informed of that fact. “They understand the level of risk to their particular properties and to themselves,” she said. There are currently still 16 residents whose houses were either damaged beyond use, have no access to their house, or are still under evacuation order. “It’s going to take some time for the RDCK to fully review all recommendations and to develop any possible land-use restrictions based on results from the report,” she said. “We still have a considerable process ahead of us before we can lift the evacuation order for the landslide area and take the next steps in supporting the community in its recovery.” An open house was held in Argenta on Thursday evening to share the report findings with Johnsons Landing residents.
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remier Christy Clark led her party to victory this month in the provincial election while losing her own seat. When this scenario last occurred in 1924, much of the drama played out in Nelson. The story isn’t completely forgotten — several news outlets mentioned it in passing in the wake of Clark’s stunning upset — but the details are worth recounting. It came during a curious era where Nelson residents voted provincially five times in six years, in two general elections and three byelections. It began in 1921 when Conservative MLA William O. Rose resigned to run federally. In the byelection to replace him the following year, Liberal Kenneth Campbell, manager of the Kootenay Granite and Monumental Co., easily defeated realtor and former mayor Charles F. McHardy. Campbell was re-elected over McHardy in the general election of 1924 and the Liberal government also returned to power, but Premier John Oliver lost his own Victoria seat and needed someone in his caucus to step aside so he could run in a byelection. Whether Oliver approached Campbell or Campbell volunteered to resign, I couldn’t determine in a cursory review of the news coverage. But Nelson must have been considered a safe seat. Furthermore, Oliver’s sister Emma and brother-in-law John Bell lived here. In those days parties sometimes sat out such byelections as a courtesy to party leaders, but that wasn’t the case this time. Instead, the Conservatives and Provincial party teamed up to vigorously oppose the premier. After several others declined the nomination — including Annie Garland Foster, the first woman to serve on Nelson city council, and Mrs. Rose, wife of the former MLA — another former city alderman, Harry Houston, agreed to stand as the Citizens candidate. “I have the nerve to stand against
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John Oliver or anyone else,” he declared to what was described as “the largest nominating convention ever held in the city.” (Houston’s uncle was founding mayor John Houston, who also served as MLA.) The premier, meanwhile, arrived in Nelson nine days before the vote with Attorney General A.M. Manson and Mines Minister William Sloan in tow. During a whirlwind campaign, he adopted the slogan “A vote for Oliver is a vote for Nelson” and spoke to a packed rally at the opera house. While he didn’t make any promises, he said he would ask the province’s engineering department to begin preliminary work on a bridge across the West Arm, lobby for a normal school to be built in Nelson, and promote local highway improvements. “Our mines, our forests and our lands have begun to pulsate with the throb of progress as never in our history,” Oliver stated in an ad. “I pledge myself to serve you to the utmost of my ability.” On election night, it wasn’t even close. Oliver took 59 per cent of the vote, 1,124 to 786. “Smack-k, smack-k, smack-k. Audible for some distance even through the din of the Liberals’ jubilation over the election of Premier Oliver, were the hearty kisses that the gallant premier bestowed upon the lady workers in the Liberal cause,” the Daily News reported. Kenneth Campbell, who stepped aside for Oliver, said he was prouder of the premier’s election in Nelson than he ever was being elected himself. After Oliver’s victory speech, his motorcade paraded down Baker Street behind the Kootenay Kilties pipe band. At Josephine Street, defeated Harry Houston climbed on board the premier’s car and congratulated him. “For a block or so Mr. Houston was carried along through the cheering crowds, and after a final handshake, dropped off before the parade turned
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Premier John Oliver’s election ad from the Nelson Daily News of August 23, 1924.
down Hall street,” said the Daily News. I’m not sure how much time Oliver spent in Nelson following his election, but he clashed with local Doukhobors, according to William Rayner’s book British Columbia’s Premiers in Profile. Their leader Peter (Lordly) Verigin was killed in a train explosion along with newly-elected Grand ForksGreenwood MLA John McKie and in the months that followed, Oliver confronted a group of Doukhobors in Grand Forks, telling them: “The laws would probably be more right if you are dead, than you are now.” He told
another group in Nelson they should leave Canada if they couldn’t abide by its laws. Oliver’s government had little patience for anyone who wasn’t a white Anglo-Saxon. Neither, for that matter, did the opposition. Rayner writes the legislature “unanimously passed a resolution ... formally asking Ottawa to renounce trade treaties (especially with Japan) that inhibited BC’s anti-Asian initiatives.” Another resolution asked the federal government to deny the franchise to “British Indians.” The normal school Oliver mused about during his campaign wasn’t built and neither was the bridge across the West Arm until 1957. But he did make good on at least one thing: he was in Ainsworth when the new Coffee Creek highway opened, finally connecting Nelson and Kaslo by road. On August 17, 1927, while still premier and MLA for Nelson, John Oliver died of cancer. Yet another byelection was called but this time things were much closer: James A. McDonald held the riding for the Liberals by 28 votes over Conservative Lorris E. Borden. In the general election the following year, Borden prevailed over Liberal Duncan D. McLean. (Oddly, McLean was runner-up to Harry Houston in the race to contest the premier in 1924, so he evidently switched allegiances.) It was the final election for the Nelson riding, which in 1933 became NelsonCreston. Nelson city hall used to have a display about John Oliver in its foyer, but I don’t know what became of it. As for Kenneth Campbell, the late Dave Macdonald told me he was rewarded for his loyalty with a beer parlour licence for the Pinehurst Inn at South Slocan. Campbell was in the process of selling the building when it burned down in 1927, coincidentally a week before Oliver’s death. Afterward, I can’t find any trace of him, although he may have returned to Scotland.
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Wayne Germaine Serving Nelson & Area Since 1987.
Mungall doing an ‘excellent’ job
RE: Michelle Mungall’s reelection and subsequent stories in the Star. I can only surmise that Nelson-Creston MLA Michelle Mungall is doing an excellent job representing her constituents’ issues if the only criticism that the Nelson Star, and specifically editor Bob Hall, can come up with is that she doesn’t schedule meet-
ings with Nelson’s mayor. Given Mr. Hall’s political leanings, this is success! And as for, Mr. Garbula, I didn’t appreciate the condescension in his post-election interview. Nelson-Creston residents already like their representation and if Mr. Garbula wants to suggest that electing a Liberal is the better way to go, he only has
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to review their performance (Jumbo, our hospitals, education) over the last 12 years to know why we aren’t likely to elect a So-Cred (er, I mean Liberal) MLA any time soon. Perhaps if he wants to win in this riding, he should consider seeking the NDP nomination in the future. Jane Byers Nelson
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Make the right call on cell towers
Open letter to the Regional District of Central Kootenay board of directors regarding the antenna siting protocol (see related story Page 3): I write today to voice my strong and emphatic support for the presentation that came before you on May 16 regarding the question of whether the RDCK will adopt a procedure to govern the approval of locations or sites for cell phone towers on private land in the district. My concern is for the whole of the RDCK but is specific to the southern part of Area H, the Slocan river valley. I was dismayed that you took a vote on April 11 without having heard from residents on this issue, a vote in which you granted Telus unfettered privilege for locating such towers. I find that action to not only be egregious but a
gross and needless violation of the long history and tradition of public participation in development initiatives and community planning in Area H. The excuse that this vote was taken because there are applications for tower sites pending in your planning department does not square with your duty to serve the public interest. You knew these applications were coming and should have prepared to deal with them in an appropriate manner, instead of just rubber stamping approvals. The presentation you received on May 16 has given you an opportunity to correct this injustice and do the right thing by adopting the process in this presentation. It’s absolutely ridiculous to think local government would offer or provide a corporate entity the right to
freely invade our communities and locate communications towers in them that will be up to 165 feet in height and do so at its own discretion, without regard to the many very real concerns your constituents have in this matter.
The presentation you received on May 16 has given you an opportunity to correct this injustice and do the right thing by adopting the process in this presentation. I need not remind you that you work for the public, not the corporate world and that your duty is to serve the public, not corporate interests.
Many residents and business owners in Area H believe with good reason that if the locations of these installations are left unregulated they will have a negative impact on their physical and emotional wellbeing… while limiting or even obviating the economic opportunities that the Slocan Valley’s reputation as an environmentally healthful and pastoral destination present to them. The time has come for you to do your job. Study the attending materials given to you on May 16 and do the right thing by adopting a procedure in which the public can participate in decisions that will affect their communities for decades to come. If you value your reputation as a responsible body of local government, you will do no less. Sean Rooney Vallican
An alternate idea for the Extra Foods site
The project of redeveloping the old Extra Foods building is exciting and upon hearing the proposal thought it was a cool idea. After a few months of thinking of the new building and remembering my initial reaction, I felt compelled to wonder why a great grocery store like the Kootenay Co-op would want to become a developer of a multi-use
commercial building. The co-op is a grocery store. The old Extra Foods building would fit the co-op nicely having lots of space. The purchase of the property was a good move in my humble opinion, but why spend a whole bunch of money to tear down a still usable building? Not really low impact or organic in any way! Renovate the building to better
suit the store needs, provide good food with good service, also break up the vast parking lot and provide pedestrian areas with second-party food services, like Bite truck and the Bean Here Now coffee. Perhaps even a market-type square in the corner of Baker Street. Stefano Bozzi Nelson
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Facebook Fundraiser Gives Back to Friends
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Paige Purcell had a life saving operation to remove a brain tumour last year. Her thankful mother Andrea has organized a Facebook fundraiser to give back to Friends of the Family, the organization that helped them during their medical crisis. KIRSTEN HILDEBRAND Nelson Star Reporter
A local family is giving back to the organization that helped them during a medical crisis with their daughter last year. Andrea Purcell is thankful for the financial help offered by Nelson Friends of the Family when her daughter Paige, now three-and-ahalf-years-old, developed a brain tumour. She has organized a silent auction on Facebook in support of the organization. “I just want to give back to Friends of the Family for the next family in need,” said Purcell. “I never thought my child was going to have a brain tumour. And heaven forbid someone else has something happen to their child… I just want to accumulate money back into that fund.” While Purcell and her husband had some support for family illness through their employers, it didn’t cover all expenses. Friends of the Family supported the family during two visits to BC Children’s Hospital in Vancouver for the removal of a massive tumour growing on Paige’s cerebellum, pushing on her brain stem. “That little bit of money helped a lot — even though it wasn’t much it, it was still a lot in the whole grand scheme of things,” she said. There are already over 50 items listed in the silent auction with more donations coming in all the time. Purcell is pleased with what she has on offer. “What’s really amazing is people are actually coming to me saying they want to donate and I haven’t
even approached them,” she said. “I have been blown away by the response from our community. Blown away.” Life is much different for Paige today compared to how sick she was a very short time ago. This time last year, the little girl started to get progressively sick with constant headaches and by last fall, Purcell carried around a collapsible dog dish because she never knew when her daughter would have to vomit. “It was the extreme opposite of this little kid I have now who’s filled with piss and vinegar like every 3½ year-old should be,” she said. Paige skied 40 days at Whitewater this winter. “The ski hill was our savior this winter, our escape,” Purcell said. Paige also just came home from a trip to Mexico with her family; a trip funded by Make a Wish. After coming out of surgery, Paige asked if she could go to Mexico to stomp sandcastles on the beach, be serenaded by a mariachi band and have a visit with Grandma in Cancun. “So often throughout the trip she would randomly say, ‘I’m so happy, Mom,’” Purcell said, still getting emotional about the whole ordeal. “It helps us as parents to come to some level of closure about her brain tumor — and time to celebrate Paige’s life. The joy brought to my daughter through her wish will always be remembered.” The silent auction starts May 27 at 7 p.m. and runs until June 3 at 7 p.m. It can be found by searching Fundraiser for Nelson Friends of the Family on Facebook.
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Community Organizations 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). The event will include kids’ activities, educational displays, tours and a barbecue.
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.
Annual Strawberry Social and Birthday Party at the Senior Citizen’s Association Nelson Branch #51 on Saturday, May 25 at 2 p.m.
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.
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. Join the Grade 12 EOS youth on Wednesday, May 29 at 7 p.m., for a presentation on their recent trip to Guatemala where they participated in a “voluntourism” project that provides homes for orphaned children, in partnership with Project Somos. The presentation will take place at the SelfDesign High Commons on 402 Victoria Street. A walking group meets Wednesdays at 9:30 a.m. under the Orange Bridge by Lakeside Park. Everyone is welcome to join in for a walk. For information contact libaz@shaw.ca. Spark! is a free after school arts group for girls ages 12 to 16 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.
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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. 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. Gathering of Eagles: Convergence for a Pipeline and Tanker Free BC will be landing June 2 at the Brilliant Cultural Center near Castlegar from 1 to 5:30 p.m. This significant event will feature Grand Chief Stewart Phillip and other First Nations leaders, as well as Canadian MPs including Peter Julian, NDP Energy and Natural Resource Critic. Local advocacy groups, including Kootenays for a Pipeline-Free BC will also be on hand.
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. The Nelson Grans to Grans are once more holding the Stride to Turn the Tide walkathon on Saturday, June 8. Register at Lakeside Park at 10 a.m. The walk to Cottonwood Park starts at 10:45 a.m. The event is to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS in Africa. Donate online at http:// bit.ly/StrideNelson13. Kootenay rock, gem, fossil and mineral show is at the Castlegar Complex on Saturday, June 8 and Sunday, June 9. Try gold panning (for real gold!) and geode splitting. Bring in your own treasure to have it identified and make your own rubbing of a 52 million-year-old bat or fish. Experts on hand to answer questions. The 14th annual Slocan Valley Art and Garden Tour is on Sunday, June 16. The tour includes five new gardens and four past favourites to explore between Slocan Park and the Village of Slocan. Tour brochures are available at local garden centres and on community bulletin boards. An online version is available at slocanvalleyarts.ca. For more information contact Ruth Porter at 250-226-7349. La Leche League Nelson (breastfeeding information and support) meets the third Monday of each month (June 17) 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. 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 of-
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fers quilting lessons from 9 a.m. to noon at the same location. Women of all ages welcome. Call 250-551-4951 for info. 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. For more information, call 250-362-7424 World-renowned ice climber Margo Talbot shares her story of overcoming personal adversity on Tuesday, May 28 at the Best Western. Admission by donation to the MS Society ($10 minimum). Space is limited. Reserve your spot at 1-866-352-3997. MP Alex Atamanenko will host an informal panel and round table discussion entitled, “Pipelines, Tankers and Energy Policy” on Saturday, June 1 at Nelson United Church from 7 to 9 p.m. featuring NDP energy critic Peter Julian and special guests. Fundraisers Gigantic Charity Yard Sale by local TELUS West Kootenay Ambassadors is on Saturday, June 1 at Wholesale Club Parking Lot (402 Lakeside Drive) starting at 10 a.m. All proceeds
to support Friends of the Family. Ongoing bottle drive in support of BEAKS Wild Bird Rehabilitation. Bottles/cans can be dropped off at The Nelson Animal Hospital on Ymir Road. Hume Elementary School is fundraising for our playground expansion. We are selling grocery cards for Save-on, Safeway and Kootenay Co-op in $50 and $100 dollar cards. Every $100 purchase gives you one ballet in a draw in late June for an Apple iPad. 2 for 1 Passport to the Kootenays Coupon books available for $45. Tax deductible receipts issued for all cash donations. Contact humeschoolpac@gmail. com or call Brenda at 250-3524610. Announcements Calling L.V. Rogers grads of 1982, 1983 and 1984. A 30-year reunion is being planned. Email anne@anniesboutique.ca for details. We’d love to see lots of our former classmates. 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. Only a few spots left to take the watercolour workshop with well-known artist Harold Allanson September 21 and 22 in Nelson. Harold is a highly recommended workshop instructor from the Federation of Canadian Artists. He likes to paint all kinds of things — boats, people, cityscape’s, ranch life, reflections, birds, and the work-a-day world. To register or for more information email sandeo@telus.net or call 250-352-7230. To include your event in the online calendar visit nelsonstar. com. Or email reporter@nelsonstar.com to add your event to the community calendar.
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Nelson storm sewers and creeks are seeing heavy use with the recent rainfall, keeping Nelson City staff on alert for potential flooding issues. City operations manager Jim Dinwoodie said culverts are checked daily to ensure they haven’t been blocked by debris. The city also cleaned out the outfall pipe in the lake earlier this spring. That should help prevent water from backing up in the pipes, which was a contributing factor in last year’s flooding. “Where the water comes out of the storm sewers into the lake was plugged up with silt and sand over the last couple of years,” Dinwoodie explained. “We managed to get it cleared out when the lake levels were low.” Besides the storm sewer system, Dinwoodie also noted city crews check streamflow levels in the creeks that run through
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Call for Volunteers: Board of Directors KSCL was started in the 1950’s and is now a multi-serviced, non-profit society dedicated to serving the needs of individuals with disabilities and their families throughout the West Kootenay Boundary Region. Currently, KSCL delivers services on behalf of Community Living BC and the Ministry for Children and Families in Trail, Castlegar, Nelson, Creston and Grand Forks. The 12 member Board of Directors is responsible for the overall strategic vision and action plans for KSCL as well as overseeing the day-to-day administration of the organization. We are currently seeking new members to join our current Board and Board committees. Board Members are expected to attend one monthly meeting (approximately 2 hours in the evening) and be involved in program and/or organizational governance. Involvement depends on candidates’ interests and experience and could include being involved in one of the following committees: • • • • • •
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Enthusiasm and dedication are the main qualifications required to be a KSCL Board or committee member; these positions are a great opportunity to meet like/community minded volunteers and gain valuable work related experience! Young people and parents/guardians of individuals that we support are most welcome. If you enjoy making a difference in your community, being involved with a committed group of volunteers, and being part of a team that promotes services for individuals living with developmental disabilities, we want to hear from you. Please forward your application for consideration by June 11, 2013 to: 2013 Nomination Committee KSCL 2224 – 6th Avenue Castlegar, BC V1N 2V9 For more information please contact Acting Executive Director, Kathleen Elias at: (250) 365-2624 ext # 3 or at keliaskscl@telus.net
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By 1914, motorized vehicles were beginning to replace horses. This is the department’s 1921 LaFrance engine.
Continued from Page 1 horses left their stalls without prompting and positioned themselves in front of the fire wagon or sled. Harnesses were dropped on their backs and snapped beneath them. “Opinions differ as to whether the driver issued the command of giddyup or the horses departed immediately, challenging the driver to mount the driver’s seat at the time of response,” the history reads. “The highly spirited horses were keenly instinctive of direction.” Yet times were changing, for less than six months after the fire hall opened, the city decided to buy its first motorized fire engine, an American LaFrance that arrived in 1914. Horses and vehicles then worked side-by-side for a decade until the department finally dispensed with its equine employees. Retired fire horses (who included Barney and Jerry and Bill and Dick) found jobs on milk wagons or garbage duty but reportedly had a hard time adjusting, for upon hearing the fire alarm they would gallop off, spilling their wagon loads behind them.
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ntil 1973, the chief ’s family lived in the hall. In a memoir, Shirley Hanic (nee McDonald) of Burnaby whose father Gordon was chief from 1939 to 1954, recalled her bedroom was “the little one at the top of the building by the bell tower. It was blistering hot in the summer and I grew radishes in a box on the window sill.” During a fire, she would hear the alarm sound outside her parents’ bedroom, the
clatter of doors opening, sirens on nearby street corners, and the gong in the tower. Returning to the hall after the excitement, the firemen would eat in their kitchen. “Some nights, if the temperature was below zero there would be icicles still clinging to their moustaches,” she wrote. “By that time I was back upstairs in bed but if there was fascinating chat about the fire, I would keep my ears open so that I could tell my friends.” On one embarrassing occasion, while Shirley’s father was out, her mother was frying fish for supper when flames shot out of the pan and spread to the curtains. “The men responded quickly and soon put it out leaving not too much painting and repair to be done. That day we knew there was great advantage to living in a fire hall.”
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he building underwent major alterations in 1948 when it was re-roofed in aluminum and galvanized steel. The cupola atop the hose drying tower was removed and the original arched doors for the horsedrawn wagons were enlarged and squared off so automatic doors could be installed. In 1956, chief Elwyn Owens suggested building a second hall in Fairview, but the idea didn’t go anywhere. By 1979, acting chief Harry Sommerville told city council improvements were urgently needed and recommended replacement. By that time the hall was severely overcrowded and the concrete floor was cracked from the burden of multi-ton trucks — one of which was parked without
cover at the city works yard because there was nowhere else to put it. The city seriously considered building a combined fire department and police station, but times were tough and instead the hall received $90,000 worth of restoration and renovation that included adding an ambulance station on the lower side. The foundation was also stabilized, the sheet metal roof replaced with cedar shingles, the red and white paint scheme removed in favour of the original brick, and a new cupola built by David Thompson University and Selkirk College students. The renos paid unexpected dividends when Hollywood came calling in 1986. The fire hall was a primary set for Roxanne — which cast Steve Martin as Nelson, Washington fire chief C.D. Bales — and one of the key reasons the movie was filmed here. “They were looking for an older fire hall on a hill,” recalls longtime firefighter Gord Rae. “They were here for two months prior [to filming]. Every day we’d pull our trucks out and they’d work on the hall.” The film crew framed in the brick ambulance bay to make it look like an old wooden drayage, added a shake canopy across the front doors, put artificial bricks on the lower front half, and installed Styrofoam planters to hide the hall’s far bay. One scene called for a ladder to stick out an upper window. “They literally took a sledgehammer and smashed it out,” Rae recalls. “The chief ’s going ‘This is a Story continues on Page 15
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“That first year [after Roxanne came out] I think we had over 1,000 visitors.” Gord Rae
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The crew spent five days shooting at the hall and returned everything to normal afterward. Shortly after the movie came out the following year, a family of five from Chicago showed up at the fire hall asking if it was the one from Roxanne. “That’s when we knew it was going to be big,” Rae says. “Everybody was scrambling to bring in pictures. It was just an onslaught. That first year I think we had over 1,000 visitors and ever since we get a minimum of 200.” The lunch room still has a signed photo of Martin that reads: “To the guys at the fire hall.”
Fire chief Harry Sommerville (left) and city councillor Sharon Heflin present Steve Martin with his own fire hydrant as filming wraps on Roxanne in 1986.
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he present chief, who has worked in the building for more than one-third of its 100 years, is proud of its longevity but says it isn’t without its headaches. “The biggest challenge we face today is the size of equipment,” Grypma says. “Backing the trucks into the hall during the winter, the front ends want to slide downhill. City council [of 1912] never imagined engines as big as they are now.” Talk of a new fire hall still comes up occasionally,
most recently in 2010 when Fairbank Architects pegged the replacement cost at $5 million. Since then, the hall has received about $250,000 worth of work, particularly in energy upgrades after an audit found the building was one of the city’s biggest culprits for greenhouse gas emissions due to lack of insulation. “In the next few years I think there’s going to be some serious planning on replacement,” Grypma says, “but I’m hoping this fire station remains an historical site.”
Public invited to help celebrate century
The fire hall’s centennial is being marked with several events. The first was in March, a meeting of the executive of the Fire Chiefs Association of BC, originally founded in Nelson in 1907. On June 21, the fire department will host a wine-and-cheese for current and former members and the following day a community open house and barbecue will be held at the hall. In September, the department and Nelson
Road Kings car club will team up on an antique fire equipment show. The department will exhibit its own 1944 Bickle Seagrave engine and ladder trucks alongside antique equipment from other departments and private collectors. Touchstones Nelson is also hosting the exhibit City in Flames: A Journey Through Nelson’s Fire History from June 8 to September 8. — Greg Nesteroff
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didn’t know anybody,” she ventures show a love of “up “I say there are no rules Speakers • Power Point says. “So, we sewed. ” cycling. ” Presentations • Informational so go. Displays When there’s no Achleitner supported Today, Nelson Stitch Lab thread, nothing can go herself travelling through boasts bins of recycled fabwrong. For them, it’s like Mexico sewing and selling ric for “kids to go to town driving a car.” 1:00 PM – 5:30 PM, Brilliant Cultural Center at markets. She’s sold her on.” Along with buttons, Kids go home with GRAND STEWART PHILLIP, President of the Unionknowledge of BC Indian wares at NelsonCHIEF markets as trim and other gathered andChiefs something JOAN PHILLIP, Penticton Indian Band Councillor, Lands Administrator well. About 10 years ago, garb, the space contains they’ve made — like pajama GERALD AMOS, Former Chief Councillor of Kitimat, Haisla First Nations she used felted wools and seven sewing machines and pants, “stuffies” or a string PETER JULIAN, MP, NDP Critic for Energy and Natural Resources sold under the name ABC a cutting table. of colourful flags. As a FIRST NATIONS TRADITIONAL SINGERS, BC, Alberta (Already Been Chewed). Children wanting to & Peru parent, Achleitner knows MCCRORY, Wilderness Society-Spirit Using WAYNE embroidered table Valhalla learn to sew have been herBear PowerPoint parents love seeing what clothesALEX andATAMANENKO, other reclaimed main focus so far starting MP, BC Southern Interior FRIENDSthem FOR PEACE CHOIR Story continues fabricsDOUKHOBORS she also hadAND a line off with stitch pages at KEITH WILEY, Kootenays for a Pipeline-Free BC-Locally produced PowerPoint on Page 17 called Lazy Eye. Both machines
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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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Linden trees, which are among some of the longest lived trees in the world, have a long history in Europe dating back to at least medieval times. Lindens produce a mass of sweet smelling flowers in early summer, a soothing herbal tea can be made from them and is said to be effective for curing colds, fevers, infections, headaches and even palpitations of the heart! The wood is fine grained and wonderfully ‘workable’ and is traditionally used for intricate carving. Linden trees are very adaptable, and grow slowly, taking a few years to provide shade, but the results are worth the wait. A mature Linden is a beautiful tree that produces fragrant and
showy flowers. Most Linden varieties such as ‘Dropmore’, ‘Greenspire’ and ‘Harvest Gold’ have upright growth patterns displaying a dense pyramidal shape. The main problem associated with this tree is it’s proclivity to aphid infestations that leads to staining on surfaces under the tree. Lindens would be better planted away from cars and patios, in a lawn area. Alas there are no perfect trees. On the other hand, it has been said “There are no bad trees – just bad planning “ So go ahead and plant your Linden, soon you too may be sitting in its shade, with a nice soothing cup of Linden tea! Case Grypma from Georama Growers
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Continued from Page 16 their child comes up with. “I myself am thrilled when they come home with something and I see their personality in what they’ve made,” she says. Ready to branch into adult classes, Achleitner is considering ideas for workshops including an a-line skirt project and recovering a chair. For those with a bit of sewing experience Nelson Stitch Lab offers a six-hour project card. They are also available for three-hour birthday parties for eight-year-olds and up. Kids will go home with a finished project. Stitch labs exist in major cities like Vancouver, Toronto and Paris. In Paris the lab is called (tongue-in-cheek) The Sweat Shop. “The model is also exists — it’s out there already,” says Achleitner. “This is my leap of faith in a small town.” For more information check out Nelson Stitch Lab on Facebook or call 250505-4079 or email nelsonstitchlab@hotmail.com Businesses on Baker Street are on the verge of a major shuffle. After 22 successful years on Ward Street, Still Eagle is moving to the old Kootenai Moon space at 476 Baker Street. One of Canada’s original eco-stores, Still Eagle will open up in the new location on June 20. Currently, about eight staff provide clothing, household items, and “all things eco” not only to Nelsonites, but as wholesalers for hemp stores and eco boutiques Canadawide. They have long been bursting at the seams with web, wholesale, and retail “departments” sharing a single office. In their new space they plan to add staff and broaden their selection as the new space is three times larger. Kootenai Moon will be relocating to INTERO Home location at 115 Hall Street. The furniture store near Sears is going out of business after serving the Nelson community for 16 years. Another long-time Baker Street fixture is going to try out a new space. Maplerose will leave their 265 address
ATTENTION BUSINESSES: to take over Cottons space in the next block. Cottons is relocating to the space where L’Infinity Boutique has struggled with closure over
“We make decisions for the greatest good, contributing each of our strengths and offering support to each other when possible. I see us as individuals standing shoulder to shoulder. Jenna likened each of us to the posts of a tipi, grounded and separate individuals coming together to hold space and the structure.” Christine Oakley the past three months. Lilikoi offering designs by Barbara Boswell has decided to close its Baker Street shop to focus on their thriving online and retail business. A presence is no longer needed for the KSA grad who concentrates on beautiful, ethical and sustainable clothing designs. It’s rumoured another creative business with owners from Kimberley will be moving into that space next to Hall Printing. And lastly, Lucky Cupcakes will be combining efforts with John Ward Fine
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differing disciplines collaborating in one location — The Loft is open. Located at #207, 601 Front Street, The Loft is a clean and open space, says instructor Christine Oakley. She shares what one student had to say about practicing yoga in the new space. “I very much like the traditional feel of the space and it is a playful place that allows for growth and exploration of energy flow,” she relays. “It is called The Loft as I think it aspires for the highest in ourselves and others.” Jenna Arpita Shea, Anna Topf, Elissa Gumushel, Jordan Davignon, Brittanya Beddington and Oakley will each bring their own flavour of yoga, lifestyle, and being as they offer classes at The Loft. Postural alignment and massage will also be offered by Topf, a kinesiologist as well as massage by Davignon. All involved are particularly pleased with their collaborative efforts, promoting each other, united in a passion for yoga. “We make decisions for the greatest good, contributing each of our own strengths and offering support to each other when possible. I see us as individuals standing shoulder to shoulder,” says Oakley. “Jenna likened each of us to the posts of a tipi, grounded and separate individuals coming together to hold the space and the structure.” The Loft offers drop-in classes six days a week on a sliding scale “so that yoga is more accessible to our whole community,” says Oakley. Passes are available which practitioners can use for all instructors on site. The vision includes giving back to the community as well, so a portion of profits goes to local non-profit organizations. “It isn’t just about coming to a class, working the body, then going home,” Oakley says. “Part of our vision is to bring people together through the practice of yoga.” Open as of May 1, a schedule for The Loft can be found at theyogaloft.org If you have something you would like considered for The Biz Buzz, contact Hildebrand at reporter3@nelsonstar.com
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Walgren Weekend on Deck
The annual Terry Walgren rep soccer tournament takes over the Lakeside pitch this weekend with The Nelson Selects hosting clubs from across the Kootenays and Okanagan. Nelson girls and boys teams from U11 to U18 will be in action starting Friday afternoon and running all day Saturday. Round robin action will conclude on Sunday morning with finals in all divisions running on Sunday afternoon. Earlier this week, Selects teams attempted to find breaks in the weather for practice. U13 Girls Selects Sofia Arcuri (left) and U13 Boys Selects Ernesto Archambaulttook some down time during practice to work on their footwork.
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The Nelson U16 Boys Selects took part in the Hot Shot tournament in Coeur d’Alene earlier this month and came home with a 1-11 record. In the U16’s opening game of the tournament they matched up against a club from Bozeman, Montana. Nelson enjoyed most of the possession in this match, but didn’t find the back of the net until Bryce Twible stepped into a Spencer Szabo corner kick with seven minutes remaining. In the final minute Szabo scored the insurance marker on a penalty kick after Micah May got hauled down while breaking into the 18-yard box. Keeper Liam Guenther posted the shutout and
played in all three games on the weekend. In the team’s Saturday night game, the Selects took on Flathead, Montana. Another strong match for Nelson, who went up 1-0 on a blast from May midway through the second half. Heartbreak for the Queen City side, however, as Flathead threw everything they had in the closing moments and scored in a scramble with just seconds left. Needing a win to have any chance at a playoff spot, on Sunday afternoon the Selects took on Vernon In a very competitive match, Nelson again showed poise as they played a good possession game and had plenty of chances. Vernon got the lone marker of the game in the 14th minute after a long shot fooled the
Nelson keeper. Though a disappointing result, Nelson was buoyed by the fact that they have had all they could handle by this same Vernon squad in past years and have shown remarkable improvement in just the past year alone. Nelson U16 boys is a mix of U16 and U15 players.
U15 GIRLS TESTED BY MOSCOW UNITED The Nelson Selects U15 Girls soccer team also traveled to Coeur d’Alene to join a large contingent of local teams. It was the first tournament of the season for the squad and they played well to finish with a record of 2-1. In the Selects first contest on Saturday morning, the Nelson side dominated over the Kootenay South squad. Camille Gebhart opened
the scoring with an unassisted goal at 6:45 to give Nelson an early lead. Late in the first half, Darian Voisard added a marker by finishing a free kick from Naomi Perkins. A successful penalty kick by Perkins at 27:45 made the score 3-0 for Nelson at the half. Early in the second half Emma Gregorich scored from distance, followed by a late game goal from Perkins to complete the hat trick and make the final tally 5-0. Nelson faced Moscow United in their second match. Midway through the first half, Maddie Sternloff finished a long cross from Perkins to open the scoring and give Nelson the lead. Late in the first half Moscow answered with a goal Story continues on Page 19
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Former Nelson Junior Leafs sniper Nik Newman is a national champion after helping the Brooks Bandits capture the 2013 RBC Cup. The Alberta Junior Hockey League champions captured Canada’s 43rd National Junior A Championship with a 3-1 victory over the Summerside Western Capitals in front of a tournament-record crowd of 4,211 on Sunday night. The national championship is the first for Brooks, which held the number-one spot in the CJHL top 20 rankings for the final 22 weeks of the regular season. The Bandits are the eighth team from the AJHL to be crowned national champions, and the fifth to do it since the start of the five-team format in 1990. The Camrose Kodiaks were the last AJHL team to win the national title, in 2001. Newman — who is from Saugus, California — played with the Leafs during the 2011-12 season. The 19-year-old led the Continued from Page 18 and brought the game to a 1-1 tie at the half. Early in the second half Moscow added a marker to take a 2-1 lead. Despite numerous scoring opportunities, Nelson was unable to find the back of the net and Moscow secured the win. In their final contest of the weekend, Nelson once again was the dominating side in a match with the squad from Creston. Sternloff opened the scoring at 5:15, followed by additional goals by Gebhart and Perkins to take the score to 3-0 at the half. Allie Zondervan scored early in the second half to increase the lead to 4-0. In a repeat of the first half, Gebhart and Perkins scored one more each for a final tally of 6-0. U13S IN TOUGH The Nelson Selects U13 Boys team made the trip to
Former Nelson Junior Leafs sniper Nik Newman captured the RBC Junior A National Championship over the weekend in PEI.
Leafs in scoring that season with 27 goals and 41 assists. He was named the Kootenay International Junior Hockey league’s rookie of the year. He joined the Bandits at the start of this season. Newman becomes the second former Junior Leafs player to win an RBC title. Dylan Walchuk etched his name on the trophy in 2009 and 2010 as a member of the Vernon Vipers. Other former Junior Leafs to win national championships in-
clude: Bruno Campese (WHL’s 1983 Memorial Cup with the Portland Winter Hawks), Geoff Kinrade (AHL’s 2011 Calder Cup with the Binghampton Senators and 2013 Swiss League Championship with Bern), Grand Rolheiser (2009 NCAA Championship with Boston University) and Isaac MacLeod (2012 NCAA Championship with Boston College). The 2014 RBC Cup will be held in May 2014 in Vernon with the Vipers as the host team.
Kamloops this past weekend to compete in the annual Slurpee Cup soccer tournament. The team knew they were in for a weekend of tough competition as the U13 age group only had one bracket, unlike some age groups that had a silver and gold category that allows smaller clubs to compete only against each other. The Nelson boys had games against clubs from much larger centres, like Vernon, Richmond, Kamloops and Abbotsford. Nonetheless, the boys came confident, and ready to play, and this was rewarded in the opening game with a 2-0 victory over Vernon. “All of the boys played well to the last player,” said coach Kerry Dyck. “And terrific goals by Milo Baranyai-Sheppard and Josh Schacher in the second half gave us the game.” Next up was a very strong
team from Richmond who topped Nelson 5-0. In the third game, the Nelson boys faced another strong team from Kamloops. The boys fought hard and played well. The score was still tied 0-0 going into the final 15 minutes of the game, when the Kamloops team finally broke through and opened the scoring in a game that finished 3-0 for the hosts. These results left Nelson pitted against Abbotsford in the final game which they lost 1-0. “I was extremely proud of how well the boys played that tournament, but especially in that final game,” said Dyck. Player of the game awards throughout the event went to Thurston (twice), Blake Markin-Hellekson and Ezra Foy. All three teams are taking part in the Terry Walgren tournament in Nelson this coming weekend.
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For many of us, we are taught from a very early age that if we want to know happiness and success in life, we need to make lots of money. Others are taught that happiness is found in having power, which can be attained through politics or by having lots of money. With this being part of the mindset of many people, it’s no wonder that we see so many disillusioned people in the world today. Some are disillusioned because they’ve been stepped on by those climbing to the top. Others may be disillusioned because they’ve climbed to what they understand to be the top, only to find out that it did not bring the fulfillment that they thought it would. What the Bible states, and what I have found to be true in my own life, is that true peace and fulfillment come through being in a right relationship with the one who created us in the first place. Jesus Christ is the only one who truly knows us. He knows what makes us tick, and He knows what we really need. If you feel empty inside, or you feel like there must be more to life than what you are experiencing. Or it may be that you have done very well in life, your bank account may be healthy, and people you know may look up to you, but somehow your life doesn’t feel fulfilled. Then friend you need to understand something: “Jesus Christ is the answer to whatever it is that you are facing in life.”
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KCR hosts block party bonanza KIRSTEN HILDEBRAND Nelson Star Reporter
Kootenay Co-op Radio is hosting a block party this Saturday taking their biannual fundraising drive to the next level. The community block party is being held in the old Extra Foods parking lot at the end of Baker street on Saturday starting at 1 p.m. and wrapping up at 7 p.m. Marya Folinsbee, membership drive coordinator for KCR says the block party hosted by the Kootenay Coop at the same location last summer inspired “Part of KCR’s the radio station. It mandate is seemed to them to be to create fun a great communityspaces for the building event. “Part of KCR’s man- community to date is to create fun get together.” spaces for the comMarya Folinsbee munity to get togethKCR Coordinator er,” she says. “I think a lot of people appreciate our presence that don’t necessarily get involved outside of listening to the radio. This is a nice way to come and get more of a taste of what KCR is all about.” KCR has been around for 14 years and Folinsbee says they have a lot to celebrate. With their membership drive happening all week, the block party is about thanking the community for their constant support. There will be local food vendors, a roller derby demonstration, community outreach groups, a kids zone, and, of course, live and local music. Motes & Oates, Hot Tin Can, Immune 2 Cobras and Chinese For Travellers will perform alongside slam poets. “We try and amplify the voices of people doing good work in this town and so that’s a bit about what the block party is about too,” Folinsbee says. “It’s a great place to catch a whole bunch of eclectic music, to learn about what’s going on with KCR and other organizations in the community, to show support for the station.” Those attending on Saturday will find Folinsbee in the kids zone where the hosts of KCR’s Tale Spinners — storytellers Mary Mortimer and Wendy Nelson — will be on hand to entertain. She’s also looking forward to spending the day interacting with youngsters. “I am excited to do face paints and blow bubbles and do crafts and have fun with a bunch of kids,” Folinsbee says. Kootenay Cooperative Radio is a cooperative radio station based out of Nelson found on the dial in Nelson 93.5, New Denver 107.5, Crawford Bay 96.5, and in Castlegar/Slocan Valley 101.5 and online cjly.net.
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A squatter’s cabin in the forest just off south Sheppard Drive was levelled by fire in the wee hours of Thursday morning. Nelson Fire Department received a report that a cabin was on fire at 1:21 a.m. and both on duty members responded immediately with three additional members joining from home. “Upon arrival, the lone occupant of the cabin was waiting on the road and the cabin was fully involved with fire,” said Michael Daloise, assistant fire chief, in a press release. There were no fire hydrants in the area so the water tender truck responded to provide water for putting out the blaze. “Fire suppression activities were hampered as the location of the structure was approximately 300 feet up the hill, off the road, with poor access,” said Daloise. It is believed the fire originated on the roof of the cabin and recent wet weather prevented the fire from spreading to the surrounding forest. RCMP, EHS and four fire fighters responded with one fire engine, one tender truck and one utility vehicle. No injuries were reported though the structure is completely lost. The cause of the fire is still
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A squatter’s cabin was destroyed by fire just after 1 a.m. Thursday. The fire was located in the forest above Fort Sheppard Drive.
under investigation but not believed to be suspicious. Fire crews also responded to a report of smoke at the Kootenay Lake Hospital near 11 p.m. Wednesday. When the crew arrived, “a strong odour of smoke was evident on the third floor hallway with the smell stronger in a room at the end of the hallway,” said Daloise. Hospital staff initiated an evacuation of the adjoining room and assisted with locating the problem. In all, seven firefighters responded to the incident with two fire engines. It was determined the smoke
was from a ballast that failed in an older light fixture. “Nelson Fire Rescue would like to take this opportunity to remind everyone to call the fire department if they have any fire safety concern or need advice on where to place their smoke alarms,” said Daloise.
Police Briefs
Man wanted for harassment gets naked during police chase Nelson Star Staff
A local man wanted for criminal harassment took off all his clothes when chased by Nelson police officers down Baker Street. On May 20, police caught up with a man they believe had repeatedly been taunting a Nelson man over the past few days. As soon as he was spotted, he fled on foot with officers pursuing in vehicles and on foot. “As the suspect ran along the sidewalk he doffed his hat, necklaces, glasses and in time, all of his clothing,” says a release issued by the Nelson Police Department. “The officers eventually engaged the naked,
sweating and spitting male in the 400 block of Baker street and completed the arrest.” The man was taken into custody and continued to behave unpredictably. With the assistance of Nelson Mental Health, the male was delivered to the appropriate health care providers. The man now faces charges of criminal harassment and resisting arrest.
Nervous pedestrian unlawfully in Canada
Nelson Police Department discovered a person was unlawfully in Canada when nerves gave the man away. On May 18, a pedestrian at the Park and Ride just outside Nelson on Highway 3A was
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contravening the Motor Vehicle Act and a Nelson officer stopped and engaged the man in conversation. Because he was accused of being in contravention, he was asked to show identification to the officer. “The male verbally identified himself, but as he did the officer noticed that the man was very nervous,” says a release issued by the NPD. The man didn’t give the usual form of ID such as a drivers licence and the officer became suspicious that the person wasn’t being truthful and had supplied a false name. Story continues on Page 22
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Continued from Page 21 After further investigation, the officer was able to correctly identify the man as an American citizen who was unlawfully in Canada. He’d previously been deported from Canada. Canadian Border Service Agency was brought in on the case and the man was held in custody under Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. The man is also now facing possible criminal charges of obstructing a police officer and possession of a controlled substance. He was turned over to bor-
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Seatbelt faux pas nets passenger possible possession and trafficking charges
A routine traffic stop on May 18 led the Nelson Police Department to make a drug seizure from a local man. While patrolling on Stanley Street an officer noticed a passenger riding in a vehicle without wearing his seat belt. Upon stopping the vehicle, police developed grounds to launch a drug investigation. The passenger ended up
being arrested for possession of marijuana and further investigation resulted in the officer discovering a number of pills believed to be morphine and numerous small plastic bags containing an unidentified powdered substance. “The amount of drugs located in the possession of the male led the officer to believe that the drugs were destined for sale,” says a NPD news release. The man may now face numerous drug charges including possession and trafficking allegations.
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West Arm Prescribed Burn
Smoke not a threat Nelson Star Staff
Smoke visible in the sky east of Nelson along the West Arm on Tuesday afternoon was coming from a prescribed burn, according to the local fire centre. Jordan Turner, communications officer at the Ministry of Forests’ Southeast Fire Centre, said the burn was 8.5 hectares in size, divided into two separate cut blocks. “There have been radio adverts
over the past few weeks informing the public of this project,” Turner noted. The fire was taken care of by nightfall. And there are no other prescribed burns currently planned for that area. A prescribed burn is used to provided the natural benefit of wildfire without the risk. Burning an area makes way for new habitat, while also reducing fuel loads (i.e. dead wood and under brush) to make the area less susceptible to an unexpected wildfire.
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Please join us for the ANKORS AGM from 1-3 pm on Wednesday, June 19, at the ANKORS East office, #46 - 17 Avenue South in Cranbrook. For more information, or if you are interested in being on the ANKORS Board, please call Karen at 250-505-5506 or 1-800-421-2437
Celebration of the Life for Ivan (Peter) E.I. Walgren January 31, 1928 - November 18, 2012
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MARY SCHICK April 5, 1919 May 11, 2013 It is with great sadness we announce the peaceful passing on Saltspring Island of our dear mother Mary (Kalmakoff) Schick. Born near Yorkton, Saskatchewan, and raised on a farm, she was always fascinated with the natural world. She studied Chemistry and Biology and worked in a lab while raising her four children in Regina, Saskatchewan. Later she taught school in Manitoba. A member of the Voice of Women during the fifties, she was a great supporter of Tommy Douglas whom she had the honour of hosting in her home. Due to her facility with the Russian language she also hosted members of the Red Army Chorus when they performed in Regina. Mary moved to Nelson, B.C. in 1971 where she reconnected with her Russian heritage, living there until 2007 when she retired to Saltspring Island. She is predeceased by our father, Leo, two brothers, Charles and Mike. She is survived by her sister, Betty Glendinning, her four children, the twins Alvina (Ralph) and Peter (Paty), her son Michael (Joan) and her daughter, Erna (Doug), nine nieces and nephews, ten grandchildren, seven great grandchildren and extended family. Above all our mother was a model of kindness and respect for others, appreciated for her sense of humour, and greatly loved by all who came to know her. The world has lost a great supporter of women’s rights, democracy and science, and Heaven has gained an angel. Rest in peace, Mom, you are forever in our hearts.
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Kathleen (Kay) Winifred Swanson 1913 - 2012
A memorial service will be held to celebrate the life of Kathleen Winifred Swanson who passed away in Parksville, B.C. on September 17, 2012. The Memorial Service will be held at Nelson United Church; 602 Silica St. Nelson on Thurs. June 6, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. There will be a Reception and Tea following at the Church. The Interment will be held on Friday June 7, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. at Mountain View Cemetery located between Trail and Rossland. Kay met her husband Carl in Montreal and they moved to the West Kootenays in 1946. They lived in Nelson for many years and were very active in the community. She served as Sunday school superintendent at St. Paul’s Trinity United Church, registrar for Camp Koolaree and was on the Nelson Minor Hockey executive board. Kay was a member of the Stitch and Chatter Club, the 56 Church Group and Beta Sigma Phi. Along with Carl, she was a fan and season ticket holder for the Nelson Maple Leafs. Together they belonged to the Silver Slipper Dance Club and sang in the Fairview United Church choir. After Carl’s passing in 1993, Kay moved to Parksville to be near Son Jim and Family and lived at Trillium Lodge for 16 years. Kay is survived by her son Jim Swanson( Pam) of Parksville; daughter Vida Fisher (David) of Stanwood, Michigan; grandchildren Katherine Fisher MacDonald ( Jeremy), David Swanson and Steven Swanson; great grandsons Hank and Walter MacDonald; and nieces and nephews. Kay is pre-deceased by her husband, Carl; grandson, Owen Fisher; parents, Thomas and Margaret Lewis; brother, T. Denton Lewis and sisterin-law, Mary. Kay is remembered as a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister, aunt and friend.
In lieu of flowers, a donation may be made to a charity of your choice.
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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.
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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 driver’s license & reliable vehicle. Submit resumes to foodcupboard@shaw.ca Deadline June 10th. Medical Office Assistant: Permanent Part Time (20-30 hours/week) position available in local medical office. Reception, typing and Medical Terminology beneficial. Apply to
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My American Cousin Plays Saturday
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Bridget Panko - Customer Service Representative Year started at Georama: 2002 Bridget describes herself as ‘somewhat of a plant geek’ She graduated from the Horticultue/Landscape design Program at Capilano College in 1999 and together with her two beautiful daughters has lived in Nelson for the past 12 years.. Bridget can be found anywhere in the nursery where a job needs to get done! She really loves setting up plant displays and her enthusiasim is infectious. Besides being hard working she has a wealth of practical gardening knowledge and enjoys working with her customers one on one. Bridget says she ‘loves working with my Georama family and interacting with people who love to garden. It’s cool to continue learning from my peers and customers and “spread the knowledge”
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Bring your Brylcreem! Pompadours and duck tails are welcome at the final film to be shown on the Nelson Civic Theatre’s old 35mm projector. On Saturday at 7:30 p.m., the Civic offers a special showing of My American Cousin, a Canadian film set in the1950s. With the producer and director in attendance and some fun with 50s icons, it’s a great way to wrap up an era. After a two month, noholds-barred Community Challenge fundraising drive to raise the $150,000 ticket price for digital conversion, on May 1 the Nelson Civic Theatre Society announced the final tally: $181,425.
Now, the Nelson Civic Theatre will show current movies with brand new digital projection and sound beginning in June. The additional funds will assist in essential renovations. The Civic is set to send off the old 35mm projector in style: on the virtual back seat of a beautiful cherry red Cadillac convertible via this great film. A print of My American Cousin has been graciously donated for screening from the private vault of local producer Phil Schmidt and director Sandy Wilson, who will both be in attendance to mark this event. Shot in the BC interior, My American Cousin won big at Canada’s 1985 Genie Awards. The life of a bored young Canadian girl (Margaret Langrick)
changes dramatically when her older California cousin Butch (John Wildman) visits. With a healthy dose of James Dean rebelliousness, Butch introduces her to rock & roll and chewing gum, among other things. The Civic is set to kick off a summer of digital films where no man has gone before (or at least, for a number of years) four days a week beginning with Star Trek: Into Darkness in early June. It’s a great start to a long-term project that will see a three-screen theatre for the community to enjoy long into the future. My American Cousin is a fabulous film to say goodbye to the old, and get ready for the new. For information head to civictheatre.ca.
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Buffalo in the Sky
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The Royal Canadian Air Force had its Buffalo search and rescue airplane in the Kootenays on Tuesday. The large yellow plane was coasting over Nelson in the afternoon and landed at the local airport. The plane is out of the 442 Comox Squadron and often makes trips to the mountainous regions of the province to train. The Buffalo has the ability to use short take-off and landing areas which is perfect for the Nelson strip. The plane is primarily used in rescue missions involving downed aircraft or troubled water vessels.
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The Jumbo Glacier Resort in the East Kootenay has been given a green light to build lifts and a lodge. On Tuesday, Jumbo mayor Greg Deck and the resort municipality’s council approved permits that allow ski lifts and a lodge of up to 150 rooms at the base of Farnham Glacier. “It allows the operator to use a lift on the glacier as opposed to a snow cat and allows for fixed-roof accommodation,” Deck told CBC Radio. The proposed $450-million high elevation glacier-based ski resort west of Invermere is planned in three phases and will ultimately include 5,500 bed units in a 104-hectare resort base area. It is projected to provide approximately 3,750 people years of construction employment and create 750 to 800 permanent full-time jobs.
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Wayne Germaine 250.354.2814 wayne@valhallapathrealty.com
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Commercial character building formerly Chillers Pub, this C-1 zoned property will accommodate many uses. This is a beautiful building of approximately 2000 sq. ft. on the main and 1100 sq. ft. upstairs including an excellent 2-bedroom suite. Lots of paved parking and level access. Located at 6 mile on Nelson’s North Shore.
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Close to a variety of outdoor recreation opportunities, this energy efficient home sits on a private and flat 2-acre property. The home utilizes all of its space through use of built-ins and a well designed floor plan.
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Hiking, fishing, biking and more just outside your door, THIS 3-4 bed home is versatile and can accommodate any family size. The property gets great sun and is all usable. ddditional features include a 864 sq. ft. shop, hot tub and fenced gardens. Ultra private and only 30 min to Nelson and Castlegar. Opportunity is knocking.
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He’s a big love; Saint Bernard mix, 2 years old. He needs an experienced dog owner who can handle his exuberance, can provide lots of daily exercise, and continue Jax’s obedience training (his commands are very good).
Looking for that special property for your 4-legged friends? This prime 6½-acre property is located in the southern Slocan Valley adjoining the Rail trail and Slocan River. It features a fine 3-5 bdrm, 2-bath home, log barn, corral and riding arena. The fertile land is level and only steps from a beautiful sandy beach and 5 min. from shops and services. The Rail Trail provides a 50 km riding route to Slocan Lake.
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Beautiful, private corner lot in Slocan. Extremely well maintained home is a great value. Home features 3 bdrms, 1 bath, new roof, new windows, new wood burning fireplace insert, 2 large family rooms, and a lovely yard complete with gardens and fruit trees. Don’t miss this opportunity to own for under 200k!
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One acre of sunny creekside privacy at the end of the road in beautiful Procter. Fruit trees, large park-like yard surrounded by tall cedars. Older solid 4-bdrm home has beautiful kitchen and balcony, wood stove, renovated bathroom with infloor heat. Upgraded plumbing and electrical and 200 amp service.
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undreds of art-lovers are expected to file through Oxygen Art Gallery tonight for the opening of its annual Art Market and Sale. With more than 150 paintings, drawings, prints and photographs hung salonstyle on every available bit of wall space, it’s a chance to take in the breadth of work made by West Kootenay artists — and perhaps bring a piece of original, locally-made art home with you. New Denver artist Boukje Elzinga led the hanging committee for the show and has a few of her own pieces in the show. She said many artists choose to markdown their work for the market, pricing each piece between $20 and $1,000 and donating half the sale price to Oxygen. “This is a big fundraiser for Oxygen Art Centre, and the artists want to make sure their work will sell,” Elzinga said. “Usually artists submit pieces that have been kicking around their studio for awhile, or something they made as an experiment that it doesn’t really fit with their larger body of work — though some will make something specific for the Market.” Hanging so many different styles together on the wall is a unique challenge for the hanging committee. Elzinga said they try to match colour tones, shapes and styles in the pieces. The larger
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pieces that are best viewed at a distance are hung higher on the wall, while the detailed pieces are at eye level. “Each piece has to look good and can’t be hindered by the piece next to it,” she explained. “We’ll just keep moving things around until they look good.” Elzinga and three other volunteers spent Wednesday hanging the show, which is only open this weekend. Then, it has to be taken down to make way for the centre’s new artist in residence. “It’s a whirl wind — put everything up, take everything down. But it’s for a good
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With opening night less than a week away, actors and crew are putting the final touches on the local production of Cabaret. Sydney Galbraith, who is doing double duty as producer and lead female actor, says she can feel the buzz around the show growing. “People are stopping me on the street all the time and they’re just really, genuinely excited and that makes me 8,000-times more excited,” Galbraith says. She’s playing the role of Sally Bowles a headlining British singer at the Kit Kat Klub, a seedy nightclub where burlesque dancers entertain their audience with their sexy stage shows.
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Celebrating the Asian Canadian Heritage Month of May, the Langham Cultural Centre presents Bo Shibari (“Tied to a Staff”), a traditional Japanese Kyogen adapted by Mark Mealing and performed by two J.V. Humphries secondary school drama students, Jessie Lay and Savanah Cockrell, along with Mealing himself. Kyogen is a form of Japanese comic theatre recognized by UNESCO in 1991 as a masterpiece of oral world heritage. It is a fusion of dance, mime and acting with satirical humour and addresses worldly concerns of greed, vanity, and the pleasures of witty banter. The play will be followed by an introduction to a Japanese tea ceremony and a pan-Asian dinner. In many Asian cultures food and tea are typically part of celebrations often shared with family, friends and neighbours and symbolize abundance, happiness, cohesiveness and peace. You can also win a prize by participating in “The Naming Contest” where you name notable Asian Canadians. This celebration of Asian cultures is made possible with funding from the Columbia Basin Trust through its sponsorship grant and many hours of volunteer work of the Langham Asian Canadian Heritage Month group. Don’t miss the only Asian Canadian Heritage Month event in the Kootenays happening Friday, May 24 at 6:30 p.m. at Langham Theatre (447 A Avenue) in Kaslo. Admission and dinner are free.
Backed by nine dancers for many of her solos, Galbraith says it makes her feel like a pop star. “I’m like Rihanna up there — I don’t even have to move,” she laughs. “I just do three dance moves and they complete everything and make me look like I’ve been doing things … It’s really awesome.” All the men and woman playing Kit Kat Klub dancers, with the exception of Galbraith, have extensive dance experience (“I can’t dance at all,” she laughs). And, because of some explicit sexual content in the show, all of the actors are over the age of 18. “There’re less limitations and
boundaries with an all-adult cast,” she says, recalling how she did a watered-down version of the show in her teens with the Capitol’s summer theatre program. “It’s hard to believe this show was ever made family-friendly,” she says. Cabaret 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, available at the Capitol Theatre box office. -Sam Van Schie
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It isn’t often that the Kootenays’ best classical musicians come together for a performance like the one happening this Saturday at the Capitol Theatre when the Selkirk Symphony Orchestra presents Symphonic Solos. The concert has been crafted to showcase the variety of professional classical musicians that we have in our communities from Nelson, New Denver, Rossland, Trail, Castlegar, and as far off as Kimberley, Vernon and Kamloops. The players for the concert have performed with various symphonies including the Symphony of the Kootenays, the Kamloops Symphony and the Okanagan Symphony. The Rossini Overture to “La Cenerentola” features the wind section and gives them a chance to shine. The Concerto Grosso Op. 6 No. 1 by Handel features Wendy Herbison, Vic Neufeld and Jeff Faragher as the trio and allows the strings to show off. The Kootenay Brass Quintet is made up of some of the best brass players in the Kootenays and will knock your socks off. Bruce Dunn is coming out from Kamloops to be the music director and conductor for this performance. He is the conductor for the Kamloops Symphony and the former conductor of the Symphony of the Kootenays. Nelsonites will remember him fondly from his years of bringing the Symphony of the Kootenays to a packed
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Toronto-based folk-rock trio Elliott Brood (Mark Sasso, Casey Laforet, Stephen Pitkin) is fresh off a Juno Award win in the roots and traditional category for their late-2011 album Days Into Years. They’ll be warming up for an appearance at the Sasquatch Festival in Washington state with a show at Spiritbar this Saturday, May 25. Brood overlays lyrical Canadiana themes with stripped-down traditional string sounds; Days Into Years drew inspiration from a European road trip detour to visit the resting places of Canadian soldiers lost in the great wars. Opening for Elliott Brood are local favourites Pauline Lamb and James Lamb. Tickets are $25, available at the Hume Hotel front desk or online at ticketweb.ca by searching “Hume Hotel.”
house. The Selkirk Symphony is honoured that he is leading them through this program. The performance also marks some changes in the music community here in the Kootenays. Alexis More will be leaving Nelson this summer, although she will be back for her Symphony of the Kootenays and La Cafamore string quartet engagements, and Martine DenBok will be coming in to take her place performing and teaching in Nelson and New Denver. They will each be playing solos with the Symphony, playing the Bloch Suite Hebraique and Legende by Wieniawsky, respectively. The concert gives Alexis a chance to say a heartfelt goodbye and Martine the chance to say an enthusiastic hello to these wonderful communities. Playing a solo with an orchestra is a gift, a challenge, a thrill and an experience that few musicians get in their musical lifetime. This performance will be something wonderful, and the audience will surely pick up on the love of music and playing together that this group shares. Live music of this caliber is an experience not to be missed and will appeal to all ages and interests. Tickets are $20 for adults or $16 for students, available through the Capitol Theatre box office online at capitoltheatre.bc.ca or by phone at 250352-6363. The concert starts at 7 p.m.
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A few years ago, I had the immensely lucky fortune to convince a certain summer camp here in the Kootenays that I should be trusted to help run day-to-day operations, including up to 80 screaming kids (angels, every one of them...), and a full staff of teenage counsellors. Of course, as I’m sure you know, when comparing looking after the basic needs and emotions of 80 children with 20 adolescents, the children were a piece of cake. One of those counsellors was a young man who, either in a moment of exhaustion-fueled delirium, or as a brilliant, forward-thinking fashion choice, gallantly shaved his big, curly hair into a prime, shining cul de sac. Yep, bald in the center, long on the sides. Now, as many of you would imagine, this earned my full respect. A few years later, this young fellow, Angus Liedtke, is playing banjo/guitar/harmonica in one of Canada’s most exciting and meteoric young bands, The Good Ol’ Goats. The Goats were most recently runner-up in CBC’s cross-Canada Searchlight competition, and winner of Artist of the Year at this year’s Kootenay Music Awards (a big freaking deal!). As such, even if I wanted to, I could never bad-mouth a man who once sported a cul de sac. It would go against my code. The code of the cul de sac. It’s a thing. The Good Ol’ Goats - The Train Which brings us to The Good Ol’ Goats’ self-released debut, The Train, a fun, folksyrockish, full-tilt barrelroll of chugging banjo, hard-strummed guitars, and blasted harmonicas. This six-piece band of 16- and 17-year olds from Cranbrook has managed to attract some pretty potent talent, in terms of basic musicianship and song-writing. One of their chief strengths is that at any given time on the album, even during a few moments on the ballads (listen to the rattling pound of those drums in the deceptively soft “In Autumn,” for example), each member of the band has their adrenaline level cranked up to a solid Spinal Tap 11 — if Spinal Tap dressed in vintage three-piece landowner suits and rugged ranch-hand overalls and called themselves Ye Spinal Faucet. Listen to the rocking opener “Kiss The Cactus” and try to imagine any member of the band not totally givin’ er at any moment. With less convincing groups, this all-out approach might appear indulgent, but everything about the Goats screams (literally, sometimes) youthful exuberance. Each time you think that one part of the song, be it banjo, guitar, harmonica, or vocals might be a little high in the mix, it immediately becomes apparent that every other part is pushing that limit too, and nailing it in just the right place. Lead vocalist Nolan Ackert has an impressive snarl
(very Elliott Broodish) that, at times, sounds like its coming from someone much older. Speaking of Older, the Goats aren’t afraid to be a little tongue-in-cheek when it comes to both their music and their aesthetic. From their rickety-ol band name to their antiquated song titles and subject matter, the Goats clearly have a fascination with the old, the mystical, the expired. Shipwrecks and mountain men and farmers and sailors all inhabit their musical fantasies. But then, in the penultimate song on the album, “The Night Before,” they turn this aesthetic on its head, revealing themselves as the goofy, young, talented teens that they are. The yearning, lovelorn sailor of “Shipwrecked” is suddenly none other than Sailor Jerry, everybody’s favourite cheap spiced rum, making a (definitely) bootlegged appearance at somebody’s (definitely) unsupervised house party. It’s quite a clever little turn-around for the band, and I never thought that a lyric about Sailor Jerry could be clever. My only recommendation for their next album is that they recruit some of the goats from the “Goats Yelling Like Humans” youtube clip to harmonize with back-up vocalist and melodionist, Alysha Seriani. Now THAT would be something.
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hen she assigned me to write a story on Recline Ridge Vineyards & Winery, Food and Wine Trails magazine editor Jennifer Schell said, “You’ll love it!” I prefer to draw my own conclusions, though, and after driving up from Kelowna and spending an hour with owner Graydon Ratzlaff, I decided that I love it!
We arrived via Highway 97 through Vernon and then by following the signs on the Trans-Canada Highway turnoff west between Sicamous and Chase. Another half-hour’s drive would have put us into Kamloops. I had checked out the winery’s web site, of course, but I still wasn’t prepared for the beauty of the tasting room and shop. The structure has its own story, having been built for a customer in Japan. It got some water damage en route, was rejected and then returned to BC. The beautiful alpine-style building looks like it might have been made for the purpose and the site, and Ratzlaff spent the winter doing some renos inside, adding a beautiful wood-slab counter top that perfectly matches the building. We spent our time with the amiable host, who has spent his working days in a number of jobs in the food and beverage industry. He is keenly aware that the northern climate is not suited
to growing grapes that demand a long ripening season. So Recline Ridge has focused on cool climate favourites of the sort one might find in European countries like Germany. Kerner, Siegerebbe, Ortega, Marechal Foch, Madeline Angevine and Madeline Sylvaner grapes need cool night temperatures to develop their flavours and they are doing nicely in the Shuswap area. As we chatted and tasted our way through the Recline Ridge lineup a theme quickly developed. These are clear, crisp and appealingly aromatic wines, well-balanced and made to bring
out the best characteristics of these varietals. Among the wines that really stood out during our tasting was the Siegerrebe, which is cross between Gewurztraminer and Madeline Angevine, both of which are very aromatic. The Recline Ridge version is creamy and perfectly balanced, with a pleasant acidity and very long finish. When we tasted the Bacchus, I was reminded that we often used to buy bottles from the Lower Mainland’s Domaine de Chaberton. I once gave Angela a case for her birthday, calling it
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“The Bacchus a Month Club.” Tart, with pear and spice flavours, I immediately thought it would go nicely with spicy food. We tried just that a few weeks later by opening a bottle after ordering in our favourite dishes, pad Thai and drunken noodles with chicken. Fantastic. My mouth is watering just thinking about it. We were too full from supper to be tempted by a post-prandial drink. Otherwise I might have opened our small bottle of Ridgeport, a fortified Marechal Foch dessert wine that would have been just the ticket because we always like something a little sweet after a spicy dinner. Our visit to Recline Ridge Vineyards & Winery was made on a glorious sunny day in late April, and it really offered everything we hope for when we set out on another winery adventure. Small operations are our favourites — the best ones are bursting with character, hosted by the owners and offering distinct and well-made wines that provide a sense of place. Personally, I like people who are comfortable in their own shoes and who make the best from what their environment has to offer. By leaving any preconceived notions behind and staying open to new experiences and tastes, we are rarely disappointed with what we find. Our visit with Graydon Ratzlaff is one we won’t soon forget, and a memory that will come to life each time we open another of our purchases.
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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.
Selkirk Fine Woodworking year-end show runs Friday, May 24 to Sunday, May 26 in the Nelson Trading Company Building (402 Baker Street).
Spiritbar welcomes back 2013 Juno Award winners Elliott Brood on Saturday, May 25 with Pauline Lamb and James Lamb. 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 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).
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.
TeenScene at the Nelson Public Library is featuring Grade 9 art from L.V. Rogers secondary school. Come in and enjoy the great work of Impressionist landscape pastels on display until June 14.
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Celebrate Asian-Canadian Heritage Month with a Kyōgen-style play on Friday, May 24 at 6:30 p.m. at Kaslo’s Langham Theatre (447 A Avenue). Kyōgen is a fusion of dance, mime and acting with satirical humour. The play is called Bo Shibari (“Tied to a Pole”), in it the key characters become drunk even though they are tied to a pole. After the play there will be an Asian dinner and tea ceremony. Admission and dinner are free. 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 and Sydney Black, 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, available at the Capitol Theatre box office.
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Film
On Saturday, May 25 at 7:30 p.m., the Civic Theatre is showing 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. Tickets are $9 for adults or $7 for children and seniors, with a $1 discount for Civic Theatre members. Fliks is screening Still Mine on Wednesday, June 5 at 7:30 p.m. at the Capitol Theatre. Based on true events, Still Mine is a heartfelt love story about Craig, an 89-year-old New Brunswicker. Tickets are $10 for adults or $5 for youth under 18, available at the door or in advance at Otter Books.
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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, Nashville’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 7 p.m. in the Nelson Commons parking lot (formerly Extra Foods), featuring live music by Motes & Oates, Hot Tin Can, Immune 2 Cobras, KCR DJs, and slam poets. There will be also be a kids zone, and artisan and food vendors. Roller derby teams hold an exhibition game inside the old Extra Foods building at 2 p.m. Pioneers & Legends: The History of Country Music, featuring video footage of country music's early pioneers, at the Kootenay Lakeview Village Lodge in Balfour on Saturday, May 25. Tickets are $34 and include a buffet dinner. Cocktails will be served at 5 p.m. and the buffet opens at 5:30 p.m. The show starts at 7 p.m. Reservation required. Call 1-877-229-4141. 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 Otter Books.
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Electric Wednesday open stage at Spiritbar on Wednesday, May 29. Take your turn in the spotlight, or enjoy the music of those who do, at one of the Kootenay’s best open stages. Talk to Estevan to sign up for a timeslot during the night. 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 info 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. Spiritbar proudly welcomes Berlin house master Lars Moston for a summer-time throwdown on Saturday, June 1. Doors open at 10 p.m. Cover is $5. On Friday, June 7 at 6:30 p.m. be prepared for The Bison Brothers to stretch out at the Cedar Creek Cafe in Winlaw (5709 Highway 6). Admission by donation.
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