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If you have a medical emergency in the Kootenays, it’s best to be in Creston, judging by statistics from the BC Ambulance Service. In 2012, Creston’s average response time to Code 3 calls — requiring lights and sirens — was nine minutes and 20 seconds, better than Cranbrook (10:01), Nelson (11:06), Castlegar (10:42), Trail (11:16), or Grand Forks (12:30). However, all were slower than the nineminute standard suggested by the US Commission on Accreditation of Ambulance Services, a benchmark reached by only ten communities in the province last year. Creston also posted the fastest times in the region in 2010 and 2011. The slowest response times in West Kootenay/Boundary last year were in Christina Lake (27:05), Rock Creek (26:27), and Kaslo (24:05). The former two don’t have ambulance stations, but the latter does. The figures, obtained through a freedom of information request by former air ambulance pilot Hans Dysarsz (see related story, page 5), surprised rural Creston regional district director Larry Binks, a retired BC Ambulance administrator. “Under ten minutes is good,” he said. “It comes down to staffing: if a station isn’t staffed properly, response time is going to be poor. We Story continues to ‘Local’ on Page 4

Powder Plunge Sherpas Cinema’s newest ski film Into The Mind is screening Monday at the Nelson Civic Theatre. Read more about Eric Crosland photo the film and its local producer on page 12.

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Kaslo approves cheetah proposal KIRSTEN HILDEBRAND Nelson Star Reporter

Kaslo village council has given the go ahead to a couple wanting to bring cheetahs to the community — but the cheetahs may not come. Earl Pfeifer and Carol Plato own two of the endangered species that now live with them at their home near Toronto. In late June, they approached the community of Kaslo about bringing Robin and Annie

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with them to live at Kane Manor, their second home, in a conservation efffort with the benefit of tourism. Mayor Greg Lay said council has granted approval in principle to the cheetah proposal subject to the proper certification and community support. “These people love their animals and Mr. Pfeifer is a well-respected community citizen — he’s no flyby-nighter — so that’s why council supported it in principle,” Lay said. Needing the village’s endorse-

ment to gain the necessary permits to proceed, the endeavour intended to offer educational and outreach programs from their home which would be transformed to safely house the South African cats. Since council’s approval was granted at their September 24 meeting, it was learned that Pfeifter and Plato are instead moving their project to Innisfail, Alberta. Story continues to ‘Cheetahs’ on Page 11

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When the golden statues were handed out this week, local talents Robert Neufeld and Adham Shaikh didn’t get their Emmy Awards. But they’re still glowing about the experience. The duo was up for Outstanding Music and Sound for their work on the National Geographic project Untamed Americas, a four-part series. Shaikh said he was a “weebit sad” about not winning the prestigious award but relished in the adventure that the Emmys provided. “There’s always that moment of deflation,” he said, “but to even be included in this slice of reality has been a trip. It’s been an amazing journey since the first demo cue I wrote to try and get on the project.” Shaikh made his first trip to New York City with the help of Kootenay folks wanting to see the independent local artists

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Local musical talents Adham Shaikh (left) and Robert Neufeld (right) are all smiles at the Emmy Awards ceremony held this week in New York City. benefit from schmoozing in the Big Apple — in turn benefitting the Nelson area. “I have enjoyed myself. Met lots of interesting people,” Shaikh told the Star. He expressed gratitude for the generosity that got him there.

BC filmmakers Velcrow Ripper, who Shaikh worked with on Fierce Light, and Nova Ami toured the Slocan Valley-based composer, producer and DJ around the city. He also went to see his “good buddy” Nicodemus NYC do a private show

with Kruder of Kruder and Dormeister fame. Neufeld was previously nominated for an Emmy in 2008 in the same category recognizing a project on the Titanic for the History Channel. This year, HBO’s In Tahrir Square won the Emmy for Outstanding Music and Sound. “The film that won was a more journalistic piece which was lighter on music but had some great location sound from Tahrir Square,” Neufeld described. He and Shaikh spoke highly of their collaboration for the National Geographic project, though it proved trying at times. Of Emmy night Neufeld said, “We had a fun evening. It was an honour to be nominated.” Shaikh said of his and Neufeld’s trip to the Emmys, “really we are just getting warmed up.” Of returning home to the Kootenays, he said, “Now back to chopping wood and carrying water.”

Weather Report

West Kootenay soaked in September Nelson Star Staff

Last month was the wettest September in West Kootenay since 2004 and the third wettest since local record keeping began in 1966. According a monthly roundup from Southeast Fire Centre weather specialist Ron Lakeman, the Castlegar airport was deluged with 91.4 millimetres of rain last month and the 21.4 millimetres that fell when a “vigorous frontal system” passed ge

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But the month didn’t start off so damp. “Other than a system that produced a few showers, thundershowers and relatively cool temperatures during the 6th and 7th, summer continued through the initial half of September with high pressure providing many sunny and very warm days,” Lakeman wrote. The warmest temperature of the month was 32.3 degrees on the afternoon of the 2nd. Records for warmest average tem-

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peratures were set on the 13th and 14th. But the second half of the month was far more typical of autumn as numerous Pacific disturbances produced frequent rain and much cooler temperatures, Lakeman said. More than 80 per cent of September’s total rain fell during the final 15 days and only three days were dry. The all-time high of 123 millimetres of rain was set in 1997 while the record low of 1.6 millimeters occurred in 1990.

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WOW 6 9 Ye ars! !! A very happy 69th Wedding Anniversary to Earle and Alice Cutler. Your love and dedication to one another is an inspiration to us all. A proposed amendment to Nelson’s zoning bylaw would require all new construction of single detached homes in the downtown residential zone be secondary suite ready. The public meeting on the bylaw changes, which will impact every property in Nelson, is slated for October 22. Sam Van Schie photo SAM VAN SCHIE Nelson Star Reporter

A complete overhaul of Nelson’s land use and zoning bylaw is ready for public review. City planners have spent more than a decade revising the original 1987 bylaw, which regulates municipal development issues like land use, density, building size and off-street parking. It lays out the areas of town where commercial and mixed-use development can take place, how tall buildings can be in a neighbourhood, and how close to the property line houses can be built. “This is not a small change,” Nelson’s development services manager David Wahn stressed at a council meeting this past Monday. “It is significant and applies to each and every property to some extent.” Council decided to begin public consultation on the proposed bylaw. A public meeting is slated for Tuesday, October 22 at City

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Hall (310 Ward Street, second floor) from 6 to 9 p.m. Drafts of the bylaw have also been posted on the city website, and hard copies are available at City Hall and the Nelson Public Library. Many of the changes to the bylaw are intended to reduce the number of property variance permits that come before council. The land setback requirements are reduced and lot coverage allowance increased on all residential properties, with added considerations given to narrow lots to encourage infill development. “We’ve tried to set things at a level that variances won’t be required and staff won’t be recommending them, unless there’s an exceptional case,” city manager Kevin Cormack said. To further encourage building density on existing lots, laneway houses will be permitted in most residential areas and all new construction in the downtown residential zone (between Silica and Latimer streets in Uphill) must be

multi-family, either a multiplex or secondary suite-ready. The number of different zoning categories have been significantly reduced under the new bylaw and there are also far fewer site-specific zones. Other changes include a restriction on portable garages and other temporary shelters to only be allowed between the months of November to March, and off-street parking and loading requirements for businesses. There’s new fencing rule, lighting provisions and home business regulations. None of these proposed changes would impact existing dwellings — non-conforming properties in the new zoning areas would be grandfathered in. But if you wanted to build an extension on your home or develop on a vacant lot, the new rules would apply. A copy of the draft bylaw is available on the city website, nelson.ca, along with a zoning map and summary sheets on the changes being proposed for each zone.

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Continued from Page 1 recognize we live in rural areas and won’t get the same response times [as in urban centres] but certainly deserve better than what is happening in some cases.” Creston achieved its response times despite only having one full-time paramedic and 13 part-timers. By comparison, Nelson has seven full-timers and 33 part-timers, Trail four full-timers and 27 part-timers, Castlegar one full-timer and 27 part-timers, and Grand Forks one full-timer and 14 parttimers. (Part time employees submit their availability and shifts are staffed accordingly.) Binks, who worked for the ambulance service from 1974-2006, and Castlegar mayor Lawrence Chernoff have been advocating for improvements. Response times could be faster if all stations were manned fulltime, Binks said, but attendants have to be adequately compensated, rather than receive a standby pittance. Chernoff, who retired in 2006 after 29 years as a paramedic, suggested the service isn’t as good as it used to be, and one reason is training. “That’s been identified as a key issue. In the past BC Ambulance trained you. Now Story continues to Page 5

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Nelson’s average ambulance response time in 2012 was slower than Creston or Castlegar, but quicker than Trail. Continued from Page 4 and work in a small-volume station, you’re never going to get that money back.” Chernoff and Binks met with BC Ambulance management last month at the Union of BC Municipalities conference, although Chernoff said previous talks were “frustrating ... It’s moving too slow for us. We’ve met with probably everybody in BC Ambulance.” BC Ambulance spokeswoman Kelsie Carwithen said response times aren’t determined solely by staffing — other factors include weather, terrain, roads, traffic, and geography. Reponses in rural and remote areas are generally longer due to the distances involved, she said. Sixteen ambulances respond to calls in the West Kootenay, including stations in Nelson, Castlegar, Trail, Kaslo, Fruitvale, New Denver, Riondel, Rossland, Salmo, and Winlaw. They aren’t restricted to emergencies in their immediate area, so a Nelson-based ambulance might handle calls from Castlegar and Salmo. Carwithen said the ambulance service constantly monitors call volumes and is committed to improving all response times, especially for the most urgent calls where speedy arrivals can affect patient outcomes. “Despite increased call volume, overall response times for urgent events in the West Kootenay have remained consistent since 2011/12,” she said. “Response times are extremely important, but the care and treatment paramedics provide when they arrive is equally important.” Carwithen also said the nine-minute standard is only a target that applies to urgent calls in metropolitan and urban areas — but one they do try to achieve. “Response time figures are not based on the time it takes to have a trained emergency medical responder reach a patient; they only reflect the response time of paramedics,” she said. “First responders can arrival on scene before paramedics and begin providing care.” Carwithen said the ambulance service is looking at ways of doing business differently and has already made several improvements including implementing an automated vehicle location system that lets dispatchers see where ambulances are in relation to the incident, and adopting computer-aided systems to maximize efficiency and better relay information to crews.

Critic promotes European approach Don’t tell Hans Dysarsz that BC has a first-class ambulance system. The former air ambulance pilot and outspoken critic of the BC Ambulance Service says this province and much of Canada lags behind European nations in prehospital care. “A true first-class system uses doctors in prehospital response. If you’re downtown Nelson and there’s a car crash with a doctor’s office around the corner [in Europe] those doctors would be paged at the same time as the ambulance. We don’t do that here.” Further diminishing BC’s status, he says, is a lack of advanced life support paramedics. While Trail and Castlegar have such a crew, there isn’t one in Nelson. “There is a misperception by politicians that pre-hospital care is too expensive and we can’t afford it,” Dysarsz says. “That is patently false. There is no medical reason for it and no financial reason for it. It’s cheaper to provide care sooner.” He points to Switzerland and Germany as nations that long ago embraced different models which reduced mortality rates and saved money.

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Common name: Maries’s Doublefile Viburnum Botanical Names: Viburnum plicatum tomentosum ‘Mariesii’ Taking a walk around lower Fairview in Nelson with Imelda last week, we truly enjoyed the many plants and shrubs showing off their fall colours. One such shrub we noticed was a nice example of Viburnum ‘Mariesii’ and if you have a bit of room, this viburnum is absolutly one of the best multi-season shrubs you can grow! At this time of the year, it’s dark green leaves change to a most beautiful shade of deep, firey red. In springtime it’s strong horizontal branches are smothered with flat sprays of pure white flowers, giving the impression of snow-laden branches. These flat topped, lacecap-like flower clusters apprear in two rows or files, hence it’s name. Later in summer, clusters of red berries rest where the flowers once stood.

During the late summer and early fall the berries turn black and make an excellent food source for many birds. This easy to grow viburnum loves full sun or even part shade, and prefers moist loamy soil, but will adapt to a wide range of soil conditions that we find here in the Kootenays. Do not let the soil dry out in the heat of summer as some leaf scorch will occur. Pruning to shape should be done immediately after blooming, and for smaller spaces consider removing the bottom branches to create a small multi stemmed tree. This viburnum is one of my favouites, and will provide even the new gardener with a very easy to grow addition to the garden! Case Grypma from Georama Growers

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Climate change issues deserve front page

I am writing in the context of the new Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report. I do not represent a special-interest lobby group trying to increase constituents’ bottom line. The essentially absolute consensus about climate change is remarkable given that science is about uncertainty. It is understandable that we have difficulty considering the changes necessary to mitigate what we have unleashed, given that we easily instinctively attribute the climate extremes we are already experiencing as one-off events; we have experienced these kind of individual events before and need science and analysis to actually interpret that the pattern is already clearly different. We also do not instinctively understand positive feedback loops and exponential functions. For our species, which has been so diverse in its cultural/ technological evolution, in the vast majority of times there would have been natural selective advantage to expect the world to go on just as we have experienced it growing up and to continue in whatever cultural matrix was adapted enough to allow us to have survived to adulthood. Unfortunately, at this time, science, whose real achievement and role it is to filter out our unconscious biases, tells us that we are headed for a cliff. Please make the climate change story front page. Andre C. Piver MD Director, Transition Nelson Procter I would like to draw your readers’ attention to the serious issue of climate change. Climate science informs us that we must keep our global temperature rise below 2ºC (3.6ºF) and consider the safe level of CO2 to be not more than 350 parts per million (ppm). We are in a crisis because CO2 levels are nearing 400 ppm and are rising rapidly. Not only is the planet undergoing one of the largest climate changes in the past 65 million years, climate scientists report that it’s on pace to occur at a rate 10 times faster than any change in

teaching methods and is always putting in the extra mile to stay in at lunch or after school if help is wanted. As Jeff Jones said, the disciplinary decision shouldn’t cast a dark light on the district or Belanger and neither should the Star. The distasteful article caused unfair and unnecessary public judgment. I believe it was an insensitive and poor decision to call a teacher out for his imperfections. Sydney Zondervan Nelson

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that period. Without intervention, this extreme pace could lead to a five to six degree Celsius spike in annual temperatures by the end of the century. It is therefore in the public interest, in the national interest, in the interest of civilization, to protect our climate. Our federal government, rather than protecting our climate and future by meeting the greenhouse gas reduction targets as outlined in the Kyoto accord, has forsaken its Kyoto commitments. Furthermore, in March of this year, Canada eliminated the National Round Table on the Environment and Economy. Debate over a Canadian energy strategy and the future of pipelines has obscured real progress on an effective climate policy. Canada must put a price on carbon in order to effectively, rapidly reduce our emissions. Canada must develop and implement a real plan to emphasize conservation and renewable energy. Canada must eliminate subsidies of over $1 billion each year (about $40 for each Canadian) to coal, oil, and gas companies. In 2009, Canada agreed to eliminate these subsidies. We have not done this. We give our public money to hugely profitable industries which further accelerates the damage to our climate. This shows a reckless disregard for the climate crisis. We should not promote destruction of the climate with public funds. I would ask readers to contact

government representatives and demand urgent action on these three goals: end fossil fuel subsidies, put a price on carbon, and support the development of a renewable energy plan for Canada. It has been said there is enough renewable energy from wind, water and sun to convert the planet to 100 per cent renewable energy in 20 years. All we need is the political courage and will. Let’s start now. For further information, go to climatefast.ca Sandra Hartline Nelson

Story was unfair Re: “Nelson teacher disciplined,” September 27 Greg Nesteroff ’s article on local L.V. Rogers math teacher Paul Belanger, covering the disciplinary decision to suspend him for professional misconduct, was inappropriate and unsuitable for a local paper. The piece was negative and invasive casting aside all respect for Belanger, especially when he wasn’t allowed to comment or have any say in what was published. As an L.V. Rogers graduate I can honestly say Mr. Belanger was the best math teacher I encountered throughout my high school experience. Belanger puts his students and studies first, placing a high standard on learning. I would recommend him to any student, vouching that he has great

I am a Grade 10 student at LVR and am currently taking math with Paul Belanger. My experience is that Mr. Belanger is a dedicated teacher who is passionate about math and sharing his knowledge with his students. I believe that I am going to learn a lot from him this year and this will help prepare me for my future. I wanted to let people know that I feel he is a good teacher. Micah May Bonnington There is no doubt that the quality of education for our youth is a topic undergoing constant change, improvement, and scrutiny. Such is the way of progress in all of life’s valued amenities. The recent article regarding a local high school teacher exposed some of the so-called boundaries of our education system being crossed. But was this exposure for the right reasons? It is no doubt that certain behaviors are not acceptable in the classroom, for students and teachers alike. However, the article on this matter closed the curtains to a very a compassionate person and a brilliant educator. If examined under a microscope, a vast majority of educators, employees, and volunteer staff in any situation would be reprimanded for one reason or another. People make mistakes, and people grow. This particular article, though the research was concrete, set a very close-minded and slandering tone. Our beautiful community of Nelson is globally known for its welcoming energy, and exposing a person in this unflattering light is not the way we do things.

Educators shape lives and it comes as no surprise when some of their practices are seen as abnormal, but do we really want to stamp out groups of cookie cutter children into the world? A lot of brilliant and inspiring lessons took place in that third floor classroom. I know I’m certainly not the only student to leave L.V. Rogers with gratitude toward all my instructors, and a glistening bright future. Alexander the Great said it best: “I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.” Emelia McMahon Nelson

Student documentary gives hope

On September 18 approximately 180 people gathered for the premiere showing of a 37-minute documentary film made by local L.V. Rogers students, with mentorship by local film maker Amy Bohigian. The film, North-South: a Documentary, shares the experiences and insights gained by our local youth as they participated in an exchange with aboriginal youth from Fort McPherson, NWT. Nelson hosted the northern students last February and our students travelled north in April. Following the screening, one adult commented, “It gives you hope to see what these kids have learned and accomplished.” The documentary can be viewed online at youtube/ AXuqog8s2x8. Cathy Scott-May Bonnington

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Re: “Legalization is much too costly,” September 20 This letter writer seems to assume that when cannabis is relegalized there will be more users. This is not supported by the facts in the Netherlands where its use is permitted and they have lower use rates in all age groups. This really appears to be a rant to make alcohol illegal again. We are not going to fall for that BS again. Dave Lane Santa Cruz, CA

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’ve had the pleasure of representing members of the Kootenay Co-op as a board director since 2006. Those were the early days when the conversation of needing a larger location began. With a growing membership, increasing number of staff, and a sales growth far surpassing most North American grocery stores, we desperately needed to relocate. Here we are today, seven years later and another two years to go until this vision will finally be realized in the form of a new and larger co-op. Why such a long process? With most supermarkets, when growth is necessary, wheels are set in motion at a breakneck pace. Stores are closed, renovated, moved, expanded, rebranded, sold to another chain, you name it. Change moves quickly in the world of chain supermarkets. Because we’re a co-operative, owned by the people of this community, and because we’re a business with strong social, community, economic and ecological values, our process was instead remarkably slow — an almost 10-year process! This snail-like pace was the result of a number of considerations — first and foremost, finding a location. As we looked at options throughout the city, it became abundantly clear that the co-op belongs in our beloved downtown. This greatly narrowed our options and added years to the redevelopment process. There simply was no downtown site that would accommodate a single-level grocery store and enable our over 11,000 members to finally own our own building. When the opportunity to purchase the former Extra Foods presented itself, it was clear that this was the only viable option in the downtown core and the site was purchased immediately. It was up to the board to figure out how to best use that site. The board engaged in a thorough process of assessing our development options: 1. Refurbish the existing building; 2. Build a new stand-alone store; or 3. Be part of a multi-use development. It was clear that option three was the obvious choice, and since then, we’ve received incredible support from our membership and community. Thank you. Of course, there are also many concerns that have been expressed as a result of our decision and I’d like to respond to the most common. Why condos? Why not just build a store?

Standing on the old Extra Foods location, we all have the opportunity to look back in time at an approach to urban planning and grocery store design that I believe simply doesn’t work. Large boxes surrounded by parking lots have de-communitied cities across North America. From an economic, cultural and ecological point of view, this approach is a poor use of space, especially in a downtown core of a city where available land is limited and valuable. From a financial perspective, it was also clear that if there was sufficient demand for owning residences in the downtown, then building condos on top of the store would be the most financially sound approach for our 11,000 members and could significantly reduce the debt (and risk) that we would have otherwise incurred renovating or building a stand-alone store. With 45 of the 54 units now spoken for, that decision is proving to be one of the best decisions we could have made for the benefit of our members. The Co-op also saw it as an opportunity to keep development within the control of our community and not in the hands of developers from outside the region. What are the green building considerations? I propose that the Nelson Commons development is the most ecologically sound development in Nelson’s downtown history. Why? We are building 54 residences on a very small footprint. In comparison to other residential areas in the city, that same footprint would be room for only 10 Uphill homes or five Fairview homes. These 54 residences will also be using existing infrastructure and not require any new land to build. With 54 families living downtown, that will also mean less traffic in the city as most needs and wants can be satisfied by downtown businesses. I can also assure the community that every option for using materials

and technologies with the least short-term and long-term impacts have been considered and many great low-impact choices have been made. That aside, the co-op itself has always strived to supply products with the least ecological impact. We all eat food every day and it’s through these choices that I believe our individual footprints carry the largest impact. In the end, this project will be an exemplary model for conscientious development and mindful living in Nelson. For more on greening the Commons, go to nelsoncommons.ca. Why is there no non-market housing? The desire for housing that is accessible to a wider segment of the population was a desire shared by the board from the beginning of the redevelopment process. I can assure the community that the board pushed ourselves to the very limit of possibilities, but, in the end, it was unfortunately clear that the need for more affordable housing in Nelson is beyond the capacity of the Kootenay Co-op — especially in the downtown core where the price of land is high. For 38 years, our co-op has expended tremendous energy to work outside of the food system box and supply this community with the healthiest and most responsibly produced food we can find. At the same time, we’ve supported more local food producers than probably any other grocery store in the country. While the co-op has also supported the non-food community in many ways, we are first and foremost a food store, and our decision to construct residences was to make absolutely sure we can continue to provide the community with good food at the most affordable prices while continuing to ensure our farmers and suppliers are fairly compensated. For the past eight years, my work outside of the co-op as a food journalist has involved observing the evolution of food systems throughout North America. When I put my bias aside (as best I think I can), I can say quite comfortably that I think this project is hands-down one of the most innovative local food system initiatives in the country. In less than two years, Nelson Commons, in its entirety, will become a living symbol of how much this community cares for our farmers, the earth, and each other. Jon Steinman is a director on the board of the Kootenay Country Store Co-operative.

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A unique group aiming to help men reclaim their lives after suffering through an impactful event is coming to Nelson. Transitions for Men is a pilot program offering support to members of the sometimes forgotten gender who’ve been impacted by a trauma that’s limited their ability to live and work in their community. “It’s time for men to support each other,” said coordinator Roger Luscombe. “There aren’t particular programs focused around supporting men so when a man has trouble he scrambles, ‘where do I go.’ … There aren’t as many places for men to land.” Historically, women have faced more oppression and have worked hard and supported each other as they moved toward equalization, said Luscombe who works at the Nelson Community Services Centre. “They really organized over the years and have had a good sisterhood… It was mainly their grassroots effort to make it work for themselves. “Men haven’t really organized themselves that way and don’t necessarily socially connect that way either. We tend to be more stoic and ‘we can deal with it and put up with it.’” When one suffers a traumatic event it can have varying degrees of impact. Sometimes a person retreats inward. Sometimes they turn to drugs and alcohol.

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“It translates differently for every person. Everyone who experiences trauma has trouble with their lives and employment but for some people it impacts them more so,” Luscomb said. For men, their self-identity is often tied up with their employment and many see their contribution to society as being the provider. While the group will set its own goals and workshop topics based on the needs of participants, some potential subjects are: role of culture, substance abuse impacts, understanding boundaries and exploring physical, spiritual, relational and financial impacts. “We hope to have a whole tool-

box of things that could potentially be issues for men and then draw upon those for the group that’s there,” Luscombe said. “It’s not just a group where they’re going to come and get something. It’s a group where they’ll be offering their life experiences and contributing too. They will explore employment readiness including strength assessments, interview and resume effectiveness and the hidden job market, for example. “It’s a group support model. Not so much we’re going to give you a bunch of techniques and educate you and you’ll be better,” he said. “This really is men supporting men. That’s a real awesome thing.” Should this pilot program prove successful, there are plans to offer it throughout the West Kootenay. The program is free and runs for six weeks with four-hours sessions for four days per week, 9 to 1 p.m. starting October 15. It ends November 21. Luscomb is pleased to report that the program’s first session is full with a wait list started for future considerations. The Transitions for Men program is a project of Nelson Community Services Centre and Kootenay Career Development Society with funding from federal and provincial governments.

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Community Events Kelowna author Corinna Chong will be reading from her debut novel Belinda’s Rings at Oxygen Art Centre on Friday, October 4 at 7:30 p.m. The reading, part of Oxygen’s Presentation Series, is free ($5 donation appreciated) and open to the public.

Kootenay Quilters’ Guild “Quilted Treasures” show is at the Prestige Lakeside Resort, Friday, October 4 from noon to 8 p.m. and Saturday, October 5 from 9 to 4 p.m. The raffle draw is at 4 p.m.

Nelson area residents can bring household hazardous waste to Nelson Leafs Bottle Depot on Saturday, October 5 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Accepted items include poisonous, flammable and corrosive items, as well as lights (bulbs and tubes) and alarms (smoke and carbon monoxide). For a complete list of accepted items, see rdck.bc.ca or call 1-800268-7325.

The Capitol Theatre is holding its Annual General Meeting on October 9, from 5 to 6 p.m. at the Capitol Theatre (421 Victoria Street). Memberships available at the Box Office.

Redfish Elementary and Missoula Children’s Theatre are proud to present a musical adaptation of The Secret Garden, performed by the students of Redfish on Friday, October 11 at 7 p.m. and Saturday, October 12 at 1 p.m. Tickets are $5 at the door.

World Food Day is Wednesday, October 16. The Nelson Food Cupboard (602 Silica Street) is hosting a “Food Security Fair” from 4 to 7 p.m. to celebrate.

Seniors Economic Environment Development Society (SEEDS) will have its first annual general meeting on Thursday, October 17 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Kalein Hospice Centre (402 West Richards Street). For info contact seeds12nelson@ gmail.com.

On October 18 and 19, Touchstones Nelson will be hosting an art and antiques appraisal clinic with Peter Blundell, a long time former Ontario Antiques Dealer. The cost is $35 for Touchstones members or $45 general public, which includes an appointment of 15 minutes for up to three items. Sign up at Touchstones.

Authors and social historians Patricia and Bob Malcolmson offer a glimpse into the role of personal journals in our understanding of history in a special presentation on Tuesday, October 22 at 7:30 p.m. at the Nelson Public Library. The AGM for the Nelson and District Hospice Society has been postponed to Tuesday, October 22 at 7 p.m. at the Kalein Hospice Centre (402 West Richards Street). Columbia Basin residents are invited to participate in the Columbia Basin Craft Symposium to be held October 25 to 27 in Nelson. This event will focus on the professional development of contemporary craft artists with a variety of workshops, discussions and presentations by some of the most influential artists in the field of craft today. For more information visit.columbiabasincraftsymposium.com or contact the West Kootenay Regional Arts Council at 250-352-2421. The Nelson Nordic Ski Club hosts its preseason membership drive from Thursday, October 31 to Sunday at Chakho Mika Mall. On Saturday, November 2 they host their AGM and ski swap at the Rod and Gun Club. AGM goes at 9 a.m. with doors opening on ski swap at 10 a.m. For more upcoming events and dates, and membership and kids program forms, see the website nelsonnordicski.ca. Weekly meetings Free iPad for Seniors group every Wednesday at 3 p.m. to explore your iPad and learn new tips and tricks. All levels welcome! Located in the Learning Place (lower level of City Hall). Call Joan for more information at 250-352-3218. St. Saviour’s Contemplative Group meets every second Monday, beginning October 7, for a centring prayer from 5 to 5:30 p.m. at St. Saviour’s Anglican Church (corner of Ward and Silica Streets, lower level door).

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6 to 8 p.m., in the annex building at Selkirk College Tenth Street campus. Hackerspace is a place to talk about technology with people who understand what you are talking about. Al-anon meetings are held Wednesdays from noon to 1 p.m. at the Cellar, 717 Vernon Street, and on Fridays from 8 to 9 p.m. at 601 Front Street in the basement. For more information about the Cellar meetings contact Norma at 250-352-3747 and for the Front Street meetings contact Sharon at 250-352-7333. 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. The St. Saviour’s Anglican Church Food Pantry is open every Friday 9 to 11 a.m. at 701 Ward Street (Silica Street side entrance) to all those in need. Barrier free, everyone welcome. Nelson Indoor RC Flying Club meets every Tuesday at 4 p.m. in the gym at the Central School on Ward Street, small drop-in fee for gym rental. Bring your own helicopter/plane/quadricopter or “borrow” for trial flight. All ages welcome. Contact jdnelsonrc@gmail.com for more info. 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. Snacks are provided. Facilitated by Ursula Twiss. Women and girls skateboard night at the Nelson and District Youth Centre on Mondays from 7 to 9 p.m. All ages and abilities welcome. The drop-in fee is $2. Helmets are mandatory.

Drop in table tennis at the Blewett Elementary School every Wednesday from 5 to 7 p.m. when school is in session. Please bring clean gym shoes, no street shoes allowed. A drop in fee of $2 will be collected.

Alcoholics Anonymous holds 14 one-hour meetings weekly in Nelson, at 717A Vernon Street (in the “Cellar” downstairs), including early morning, noon hour, and evening meetings on specific days. For a schedule please call 250-352-3391 or pick up a complete meeting list at the Cellar during meeting times.

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facilitated by certified Simplicity Parenting leader and creativity coach Kathy Stowell, begin October 7. Choose from either seven Thursday mornings 10 a.m. to noon; or Monday evenings 7 to 9 p.m. Please contact Kathy at 250-352-6757 to sign up and receive more information. A global “Bars” class will be hosted in Nelson on October 10. Bars is a dynamic process where you lightly touch and hold 32 points on the head that when held dissipate and release stress, limitations and judgements. The class will be livestreamed around the world. For details about the Nelson event call Sheelagh at 250-352-1812. Oxygen Art Centre courses open for both Youth and Adults! Karen Guilbault is teaching two one-day workshops: How Did You Get That Colour? on October 19 and Wet and Wild: A Fresh Approach to Painting on November 30. To Register phone 250-352-2821. More information at oxygenartcentre.org. In conjunction with the Underwritten exhibit at Touchstones Nelson, Lynn Dragone will also offer a “Moving with the Big Brush: Calligraphy and Movement” workshop, on Saturday, October 26 from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Shambhala Meditation Center (444 Baker Street) The fee is $50 or $35 for members. Register through deerdragon55@gmail.com. Internationally acclaimed artist, Kristy Gordon, will be teaching a three day portrait painting workshop in Nelson from December 5 to 7. Each day will include a painting demonstration, discussion and individual instruction at the easel. To register for the workshop, or for further information, please contact Bev Gordon by email at beverleybobshe@yahoo.ca. Every Friday, Community Threads meets at Nelson and District Women’s Centre from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Learn to knit, crochet, spin, embroider and make rag rugs. On Wednesdays, Community Threads offers quilting lessons from 9 a.m. to noon. Women of all ages welcome. Call 250-551-4951 for information. Fundraisers The Friends of the Nelson Municipal Library will be holding their annual book sale in the evenings of

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Friday, October 25 and Saturday, October 26. Donations of lightlyused fiction books will be accepted by library staff until October 5.

The Civic Theatre society will be collecting donations for the theatre at Dr. R.P Daniels Optometrist on Saturday, October 5 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. during the frame show and sale.

The great pumpkin giveaway is Friday, October 26 from 2 to 6 p.m. at Nelson Safeway. Everyone who makes a donation to the National Breast Cancer Foundation can pick a pumpkin to take home with them and enter to win a $5,000 cash prize compliments of Investors Group.

Ongoing bottle drive in support of BEAKS Wild Bird Rehabilitation. Bottles/cans can be dropped off at The Nelson Animal Hospital on Ymir Road.

Announcement Ascension Lutheran Church is collecting sweaters to go to Syria for refugees living in relief camps outside their home country. The goal is to gather 10,000+ sweaters and get them there before winter. Sweaters of all sizes are needed for men, women and children. New or gently loved sweaters can be dropped off at Wait’s News until October 31.

Each year hundreds of people take advantage of the fabulous costumes housed in the Norma Vecchio Costume Collection in the basement of the Capitol Theatre. People love our collection, and we here at the Capitol love to look after them. However, occasionally costumes don’t get returned and we start missing them. This fall, the Capitol Theatre Costume Shop has declared a Costume Return Amnesty. If you (or someone you know) has a Capitol Theatre costume lurking in your closet at home, or languishing, forgotten in your basement, just return it to the Capitol — no questions asked! Lonesome costumes can be dropped off at the Capitol anytime Tuesday to Friday, between 12:30 and 4 p.m.

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More than 100 skunks were removed from Nelson city limits this summer. For the past five years, Nelson Urban Trappers has held a contract with the city to trap and relocate problem skunks and raccoons. Justin Willands, one of a handful of people who manage the traps, was at Nelson city council Monday to report his work to date. He said the company caught 108 skunks and 12 racoons over the course of its three month contract from May to July. “Those numbers are fairly typical of what we’ve been seeing for the past three years,” Willands said, noting numbers were higher when they first started trapping the pests but seem to have levelled off. He was surprised to see that raccoon activity hasn’t spiked with the decline in skunks. “When you remove one [forager], you tend to see another move in to take it’s place,” Willands said.

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“As far as I can tell, the crows seem to have been the real winner — they’ve really taken off … It could be because the food skunks used to eat is now available to the crows.” Willands has also noticed an increase in urban deer, though not to the point that he’d recommend the city take any action to reduce their numbers. He suggested if council was considering adding to his contract, the best option would be to continue skunk removal to the end of August.

“That’s when they start to bed down for winter and cause problems with digging into foundations of people’s homes,” he said. While the Nelson Urban Trappers contract is active, they provide a cell number for residents to call and report unwanted wildlife in their yards. Willands and his crew respond with a trap that will remain in place for at least a week. The animals they catch are taken a long way out of town and released.

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Earl Pfeifer and Carol Plato sit with their two cheetahs, Annie and Robin. Continued from Page 1 There, the Discovery Wildlife Park houses over 40 species of orphaned animals on a 90-acre property. Plato said that the change of venue is due to regulatory hoops they must jump through to bring the cats to BC. “We have not given up on bringing our outreach/education for conservation program to Kaslo, but given the provincial government’s self proclaimed ‘wall around BC,’ we know it will be a lengthy and difficult process,” she said. “However, we certainly do understand and support the importance of well thought out controls for the safety and well-being of both people and animals.” Some locals have expressed concern about such matters in

response to the couple’s desire to bring Robin and Annie with them to Kaslo. Meanwhile, thousands of kilometres away, Pfeifer and Plato are nursing one of their cheetahs back to health. Last week, Annie suddenly fell ill and required emergency surgery on Thursday having portions of her stomach and liver removed. As she recovers slowly, Plato expressed feeling frightened at the seriousness of Annie’s illness. The “fragile” cat still has a strong purr and her owner, at her side day and night, described this experience as “a roller coaster.” “I honestly don’t think there could be a more wonderful cheetah anywhere, and we are devastated to think we might lose her,”

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she posted on her Facebook page last week. “We believe she will make a huge difference to the cheetah conservation effort via outreach, because of her incredible, purry and cuddly personality, so we’re distraught both for ourselves because we love her, and for the possible loss to the conservation effort to save the species.” A week later, Plato reported Annie is hungry and doing much better though still has a lot of “healing and recuperating to do.” “Regardless, until Annie is 100 per cent well, we will be staying in Ontario,” Plato told the Star. Today, there are fewer than 10,000 cheetahs left in the world and their numbers are declining by nearly 1,000 per year.

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Ripping down a mountain is more than just a physical feat, it’s a mental one. Freestyle skiing is all about balancing risk versus reward. Sherpas Cinema’s new feature-length ski film, Into The Mind, takes you inside the head of a pair of common skiers as they ascend the ultimate mountain in search of a powder paradise. “It’s a reoccurring scene in the movie,” producer/director Eric Crosland explains. “These guys keep hitting obstacles in their climb and they need to make a decision whether to keep going.” Each decision point introduces an athlete segment in the film, made to appear like a dreamscape in the minds of the men on their trek and helping inform their choices. “It’s not a happy, fluffy ski movie by any means,” Crosland says. “It’s story driven and very serious topic by the end.” Crosland, originally from Calgary, lives in Nelson with his wife and son — that is, when he’s not travelling the world in search of snow. Into the Mind was filmed over two winters in places like Switzerland, Bolivia and Nepal, as well as in our own backyard around Whitewater Ski Resort and Retallick Lodge. He said one of his favourite locations visited for the film was Denali National Park in Alaska. “It was super cold and super rugged, but it’s one of the most

Diadora Hernandez, featured in Gold Fever, is determined not to sell her land to a mining company. beautiful places on Earth,” he says, describing the heavily glaciated, Himalayan-size mountains and the -30 C temperatures they endured on a daily basis. “You’d see kilometres of thick ice hanging everywhere and it would crack off right in front of you.” He also spent a lot of time with an 80-something-year-old sherpa in Nepal who shows up in the film to symbolize the person who controls the Earth’s cycles. “We really wanted to learn about the mountains and do something different with this film,” Crosland says. “There’s a lot of crazy stuff going on in it.” While many production companies focused on ski/ snowboard/mountain bike films pump out a new release every year, Crosland and his team are more interested in longer-term projects.

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TOP: Director Dave Mossop filming in the Himalayas from the air. (Renan Ozturk photo). BOTTOM: Sherpas Cinema director/producer Eric Crosland. “You wind up with a better product at the end that the viewer enjoys way more,” Crosland said. Into the Mind is screening at the Nelson Civic Theatre this Monday at 6:30 and 9 p.m. The

early show is all ages, with children under 14 offered free entry with an adult. The late show is licensed, and you must be at least 19 to enter the theatre. Tickets are $12, available in advance at Gerick’s Cycle.

A powerful, award-winning documentary film will be shown on Wednesday, October 16 at 7:30 p.m. at Nelson’s Civic Theatre. Gold Fever is about the globalized race for resource extraction in Guatemala, and the lives of the communities and people who get caught in the front lines of the ensuing struggles. It takes viewers from a Guatemalan highland village to the corporate board rooms of the world — especially Canada’s — connecting all the dots between them. Reviewers have called it “eye-opening and inspiring,” and just months ago it won the 2013 Rigoberta Menchú Grand Prix at Montreal’s First People’s Film Festival. It is the hard-hitting story of three campesino women as they resist the effects of a transnational gold mine in their community. Faced with health harms, social conflict and environmental devastation brought by the mine, these women’s strength and determination are an example for others around the world saying no to huge developments that often favour the few, at the expense of so much and so many. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased online or at the door. The film’s trailer is at goldfevermovie.com. For more information, call 250-354-4641.

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There’s also her aptitude for the viBut Grant isn’t coming to Nelson sual arts: Grant is a holder of a BFA in alone. She has recently joined forces painting. “It’s a luxury to with Canadiana pop titan Ron o you know if there are be able to paint,” she says. Ron Sexsmith Sexsmith to tour the country w/Jenn Grant any gluten-free places in “Painting is an exercise both promoting her latest reOctober 8 that strengthens you and cord (last year’s sublime The Nelson?” asks a curious voice Doors 8 p.m. makes your mind more Beautiful Wild) and trying through a crackly telephone. Spiritbar open to creating music. It’s out some new material. “To The voice belongs to Jenn Grant, the using a muscle that then be honest, I kind of felt like Halifax-based folk pop songstress who triggers something, and you become the album cycle was short-lived for this has been steadily wowing listeners and more open to art.” record,” says Grant. “I feel it deserves a peers since her debut album, bit more time to get around the block.” Orchestra for the Moon, first If her restless touring and creative came out six years ago. Now, schedule were interrupted, there’s good four studio LPs, a number of reason. “My mom passed away while EPs, countless collaborations, were making it [The Beautiful Wild], as and a side project or two later, we were finishing recording. She loved Grant is finally coming through the record and it’s really a tribute to her Nelson. And if a friendlier in some ways so I wanted to honour town for gluten-intolerance that.” exists in Canada, then modWhen asked if it was difficult to return ern day cartographers haven’t to these songs, just over a year later, at mapped it yet. the risk of bringing up heavy feelings, In fact, a good case could be she doesn’t balk: “Oh yeah, definitely… Kootenay Lifestyle Specialists made for Grant being awarded but it’s been therapeutic. I didn’t know honourary Nelsonite status, if I’d be able to, but it’s actually been a Kevin Layla even though she hasn’t been really beautiful thing. I’ve felt a deeper 250-354-2958 250.354.3369 here yet. There’s her fierce connection to the feelings that I had karcuri@telus.net laylap@telus.net and fearless sense of combefore. It’s been special.” liveinthekootenays.com We never stop moving® munal music making — even Jenn Grant and Ron Sexsmith will while straying from the folkbring their distinct brands of thoughtpop sound that she’s made her signaShe also used the previous leg of her ful folk pop to Spiritbar this Tuesday, ture — from her scene-stealing guest tour to showcase works by artist and October 8. spots on a number of hip-hop artist’s printmaker Charley Young, who specialAnd when informed that she wouldn’t Buck 65’s tracks, to her genre-bending izes in architectural monoprints of con- be able to walk through downtown Nelelectro-leaning collaborative project demned urban facades. Though Young’s son without bumping into something AquaAlta with producers Charles Austin work is no longer touring with Grant, that was gluten free, Grant laughed: and Graeme Campbell. that doesn’t negate her artsy bonafides. “I’m so happy. I want to go there now!” Eli Geddis

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ancouver actor-playwright TJ Dawe will be in Nelson this Saturday performing his deeply personal dramatic monologue Medicine, about his experience at a healing retreat led by author, doctor and activist Gabor Mate. Dawe, a longtime fan of Mate’s work, signed up for the weeklong retreat with only a vague idea of what might go on there. He knew that he’d be expected to ingest the Peruvian shamanic psychotropic plant brew ayahuasca — that was okay with him. But he didn’t realize he’d be expected to take part in group therapy sessions — something that terrified him. “I might not have gone if I’d known it was going to be like that,” Dawe admits. “For someone who feels socially alienated, like I have all my life, spending days sitting in a big cycle sharing our feelings, it’s just not something I’d like to do.” Though Dawe has built a career on sharing his personal experiences on stage, he says talking about these things off script is totally different. “On stage it’s scripted and rehearsed and I’m in complete control of what I’m revealing and what I’m not, and the audi-

ence only has certain means of responding,” Dawe explains. “In a group therapy session, anyone can speak at anytime and you have to engage with people individually — it’s much different and much more frightening for me.” But the initial discomfort of therapy was nothing compared to what he’d go through when he finally tied the ayahuasca. “It was the worst night of my life,” he says unequivocally. “It was physically gruelling and emotionally painful. I was really brought to my lowest point.” The drug has a different effect on everyone, and a different effect on each person every time they do it. During the second ayahuasca ceremony of the retreat, he had a much better experience. “I don’t know if I would have gotten to that place [of healing] if I hadn’t had the bad experience first,” Dawe said.

Reflecting back on the experience, Dawe says he has no regrets. But he says it’s not for everyone. “I would never lightly recommend it to anyone. If anyone were to do it they need to know, they could be in for the worst night of their life.” The play runs 90 minutes, with no intermission. It’s performed on a bare stage, and has minimal technical cues. Dawe will answer questions following the show. Medicine is coming to Nelson through the support of Nelson actor Lucas Myers, a old theatre school friend of Dawe’s. Myers usually produces his own show this time of year, but decided to focus his efforts on bringing Dawe here instead. The show is Saturday, October 5 at 8 p.m. at the Capitol Theatre. All tickets are $20, available in advance at the Capitol Theatre box office and at capitoltheare.bc.ca.

Figure painting workshop in Nelson

Internationally acclaimed, New York-based artist Kristy Gordon will be teaching a three day portrait painting workshop in her hometown of Nelson, December 5 to 7. This is a unique opportunity for students of all levels to learn the process of painting the portrait in oils using a limited palette, similar to the palette of artists such as Anders Zorn and Odd Nerdrum. The upcoming workshop will center on the experience

of painting from a live model. There will be a single, sustained pose throughout the workshop, and students will complete one painting over the course of the three days. This will allow students to explore the stages to developing a portrait. “We will begin by discussing comparative measuring, to get accurate proportions in the underpainting,” says Gordon. “Then we will move to colour and concentrate on

big form modeling, then defining the planes of the face and features, and finally glazing to fine-tune the details.” Students will learn how to achieve a better likeness as well as how to paint convincing flesh tones and render textures like cloth and hair. Class sizes will be kept small to ensure individual instruction. To register for the workshop, or for further information, contact Bev Gordon at beverleybobshe@yahoo.ca.

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It’s an all-star musical lineup brought together for a very special person. On October 18, Selkirk College’s music and technology program instructors will bring together an eclectic night of entertainment for their faculty concert. It will be the first time the multi-talented instructors play together at the Shambhala Music and Performance Hall on the Tenth Street Campus. “You will have every style under the sun and that’s what makes it really cool,” says keyboards instructor Gilles Parenteau, one of the organizers of the event. Faculty have put on concerts in the past, but this is the first one in three years. Parenteau says it’s important to showcase the talents of the instructors to those who are with them in the classroom learning on a daily basis. “It’s overdue… it’s nice to show our students what we can do,” Parenteau says. The concert will feature instructors Steven Parish (drums), Mark Spielman (bass), Darren Mahe (guitar), Paul Landsberg (guitar), Laura Landsberg (vocal), Melody Dia-

chun (vocal), John Tucker (guitar), Nikko Forsberg (guitar), Kiyo Elkuf (saxophone), Don MacDonald (violin/vocal) and Parenteau (keyboard). They will play as an entire group and split off in different formations during the evening. “It will be packed with different styles from one song to the next,” says Parenteau. The hour-and-a-half long concert will feature everything from R&B, to funky Celtic, to jazz. Adding to the special vibe of the evening will be that the concert is a fundraiser for Selkirk College employee Pat Henman who continues to recover from a serious car accident this past

summer. “Pat has been really connecting with our department over the years. She has a real heart for alumni and for music,” says Parenteau. Henman is the Community Liaison/Alumni Coordinator for Selkirk College. She is also a vocalist with several recordings to her name and a well known local theatre director/actress. Parenteau is not making any promises, but the hope is to have Henman at the show. “It would be great to have a full house for this very special evening,” says Parenteau. “Music is an international language and it’s one easy way for us to reach out to the community.” The MCs for the evening will be Kate Pelletier and Barry Auliffe. The event is by donation and seating is limited. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the show begins at 7:30 p.m. For more information, contact Gilles Parenteau at 250-5055739 or gparenteau@selkirk.ca.

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Each year hundreds of people take advantage of the fabulous costumes housed in the Norma Vecchio Costume Collection in the basement of the CapitolTheatre. The costumes are cared for by Laurie Jarvis and Leslie Dickinson, who collect, clean, create and repair all of the items in the enormous â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;closetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Patrons rent costumes for many occasions,â&#x20AC;? reports Leslie. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They may be looking for something for a theme wedding, a corporate event, or a murder mystery party in addition to renting costumes for theatrical productions. We charge a rental fee, plus a deposit to ensure that the pieces come home.â&#x20AC;? Occasionally, however, costumes donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get returned. Jarvis explains: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Missing costumes make us feel sad. After the years that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve spent curating the collection, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m pretty familiar with each item we have, and can usually pinpoint its location on the racks. When itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not there, Leslie and I really miss it.â&#x20AC;? This fall, the Capitol Theatre Costume Shop has declared a Costume Return Amnesty. If you (or someone you know) has a Capitol Theatre costume lurking in your closet at home, or languishing, forgotten in your basement, just bundle it up and return it to the Capitol â&#x20AC;&#x201C; no questions asked. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d really love to see our giant red parrot costume come home,â&#x20AC;? says Laurie. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was created by Mary Defeo for our Pantomime, Treasure Island. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a unique piece with a lot of sentimental as well as practical value. You wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t believe how often weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had a need for a giant parrot!â&#x20AC;? Lonesome costumes can be dropped off at the Capitol Tuesday to Friday 12:30 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 4:00PM.

Both Youth and Adults are welcome to sign up for Karen Guilbaultâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s workshops: How Did You Get That Colour? on October 19 and Wet and Wild: A Fresh Approach to Painting on November 30. Workshops fees are only $50 each. In other news we would like to congratulate our writing instructor Deryn Collier, for winning the OBOK award for her debut novel Confined Space! Deryn will be touring Kootenay libraries this fall so keep an eye out for a reading near you! If you would like the opportunity to develop your writing with Deryn then the Hands-on Fiction course is for you! The course starts October 29 and runs weekly for 5 weeks. To register P: 250 325 2821 More info: www.oxygenartcentre.org

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Creatures of the Sun Art Opening, Original West Coast Artwork by Andrew Talbot Original Canvases, Prints, Cards & more on sale. Surf videos later on and live music by local DJ Mamasa. About the Artist: Andrew Talbot grew up exploring and photographing the far corners of the island from an early age. Inspired by surf trips, hikes, and kayaking along the West Coast, his canvases offer a glimpse into those sacred places that connect us with nature. See you there!

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Painting: Â Colour Â and Â Space

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How Â Did Â You Â Get Â That Â Colour? Instructor: Â Karen Â Guilbault 1classes: Â Â October Â 19 1pm Â -Â Â 5pm Â Saturday

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Nutrition for kids: Back to the tasty basics

Michelle Beneteau

Kootenay Co-op Wellness Manager

et’s face it — kids can be hard to feed! Their growing bodies use up a lot of energy, and they are usually drawn to refined carbohydrates (sweets!) which provide quick energy, but not much in the way of health sustaining nutrients. For optimal health, kids need to enjoy a wide variety of nutritious foods. How do we get proper nutrition into our little loved ones without having to force feed their every bite? Assuring our wee peeps get the nutrients they need can sound daunting, but with enough variety and perhaps a few specific supplements, we can rest assured our little ones are thriving. Here are a few essentials to help guide us as we put together a nutrientrich, tasty diet for our children. Nutritional Oils Omega-3s are required for healthy brain and nervous system function, among other things. These essential fatty acids help improve focus and behaviour in children and are needed for proper nerve transmission and learning patterns. How to get ‘em: • Eating raw nuts and seeds and

High-Protein Energy Balls Choc-full of protein and nutrients, these make a sweet, high-energy snack. Ingredients ½ cup ground unhulled sesame seeds 1 cup ground sunflower seeds ½ cup ground chia seeds ½ cup hulled hemp seeds ¼ cup ground flax seeds 1 cup ground cashews ½ – 1 cup carob or cocoa powder ¼ cup spirulina or chlorella ½ cup almond butter and/or cashew butter 1 cup raisins, chopped 1 – 1 ½ cups liquid sweetener: honey, brown rice syrup, (warming them to a less viscous state can help the mixing process), or agave syrup 4 cups puffed millet and/or quinoa their unrefined oils and fatty cold water fish. • Omega 3 supplements geared toward kids can be very effective. Many are chewable, flavoured and easy to take. Some liquid oils can be very delicious or easily added to smoothies. Greens Loaded with antioxidants, vitamins and minerals — awesome for nourish-

Method Grind seeds in an electric coffee grinder, food processor, or with a small enclosed attachment (available at hardware stores) on a blender. Put dry ingredients in a large bowl and mix with a strong spoon and a table knife once it gets really thick. Add raisins, nut butter, liquid sweetener, and puffed cereal, mixing as you go. Add extra powder or liquid sweetener as required to make a firm, nonsticky consistency. Keep cool in a closed container. Makes at least 40 large energy balls. ing growing bones and teeth. Greens are nutritional powerhouses! How to get ‘em: • Eating leafy greens! Admittedly, this can be challenging for some kids. Adding leafy greens or green powders to fruit smoothies can work well. The earlier kids start eating these foods, the easier it is in the long run. • Older kids can take Chlorella or Spirulina in tablets.

Protein Foods Growing bodies need protein. Protein contains amino acids necessary for building, maintenance and repair of muscles, body tissues and nerves and much more. How to get ‘em: • Amino acids are found in all foods. What is important is getting a variety of different foods to get the full range of amino acids. Organic lean meats, free range local eggs, beans, raw nuts and seeds (and nut and seed butters) are great protein foods and so versatile. • Protein powders can also be added to smoothies or baking for an extra boost when necessary. Water Water is an essential nutrient for life and is part of almost every tissue and process in the body, including the elimination of waste products and maintenance of the body’s temperature. Water is also needed to maintain healthy mucous membranes to help fend off unwanted pathogens. When kids are thirsty, reach for a glass of ‘mountain juice!’ Check out these great tips for picky eaters: http://tinyurl.com/nhtma4f The Kootenay Co-op Column appears monthly in this space.

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Recipes of the Week

Stuffed Pork Loin

250-352-9777 Ingredients 6 slices pancetta, chopped 1 small onion, chopped fine 3 cloves garlic, minced 1/4 c white wine 300 gr spinach trimmed 1 c bread crumbs 4lb pork loin roast, butterflied salt and pepper

Method Preheat oven to 325 F. In a large frypan, fry pancetta until crisp. Drain fat, add onion and garlic, saute until translucent. Add spinach and saute until just wilted. Transfer to a bowl and let cool completely. Add bread crumbs. Place butterflied roast on board. Season with salt and pepper. Spread cooled spinach mixture

onto pork, leaving one inch bare on the short side. Roll up jelly-roll style and tie with string. Heat frying pan. Add 1 Tbsp oil and add pork searing on all sides. Place in roasting pan and roast for 50 minutes or until thermometer reaches 155 F to 160 F Place on cutting board and tent with foil. Let stand for 10 minutes before slicing. Remove string and slice.

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This weekend's movie at Civic Theatre is Prisoners (Friday to Sunday, October 4 to 6, and Tuesday, October 8 at 7 p.m. nightly) about two sets of parents who become frantic when a police investigation does not solve the disappearance of their children. Sherpas Cinema’s newest feature film Into The Mind is screening at the Nelson Civic Theatre on Monday, October 7 at 6:30 and 9 p.m. From the creators of All.I.Can, this ski film takes you into the mind of a common skier as he attempts to climb and ski the ultimate mountain. Tickets are $12, available in advance at Gerick’s. Children under 14 may attend the 6:30 p.m. show free with an adult. The 9 p.m. screening is licensed (no minors) Gold Fever, an award-winning documentary film about the race for resource extraction in Guatemala is screening at the Civic Theatre on Wednesday, October 16 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $9. There will be a discussion following the film.

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Kelowna author Corinna Chong will be reading from her debut novel Belinda’s Rings at Oxygen Art Centre on Friday, October 4 at 7:30 p.m. The reading, part of Oxygen’s Presentation Series, is free ($5 donation appreciated) and open to the public. Authors and social historians Patricia and Bob Malcolmson offer a glimpse into the role of personal journals in our understanding of history in a special presentation on Tuesday, October 22 at 7:30 p.m. at the Nelson Public Library.

Theatre

Vancouver actor-playwright TJ Dawe brings his one-man show Medicine to the Capitol Theatre on Saturday, October 5. In Medicine, he tells of his experiences at a retreat led by Gabor Mate in which the participants ingest the Peruvian shamanic psychotropic plant brew ayahuasca. There will be a discussion after the performance. Tickets are $20, available at the Capitol Theatre box office.

Redfish Elementary and Missoula Children's Theatre are proud to present a musical adaptation of The Secret Garden, performed by the students of Redfish on Friday, October 11 at 7 p.m. and Saturday, October 12 at 1 p.m. Tickets are $5 at the door. British comedians James Brown and Jamesy Evans will also be performing their awardwinning production of 2 for Tea at the Capitol Theatre on Wednesday, October 16 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $16 for adults or $12 for students/seniors, available in advance at the Capitol Theatre box office and online at capitoltheatre.bc.ca. The Capitol Theatre presents the ultimate theatre comedy show starring four exceptional acts. Headliner Roman Danylo is accompanied by sketch comedy group Titmouse; the cast of Vancouver’s Urban Improv; and Mirage, an improvised rock ‘n’ roll band. Come experience this life-changing act on Friday, October 18 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $25 for adults or $20 for students and Capitol season subscribers. Advance tickets are available at the Capitol Theatre box office and online at capitoltheatre.bc.ca. Jeff and Lisel Forst co-star in the world premiere of Cop Shop/Grow Op, an original play written by Jeff, on Saturday, October 28 at 4:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. Tickets are available for $15 at the Capitol Theatre box office and online at capitoltheatre.bc.ca.

Music

On Friday, October 4 the after work dance party will feature vocalist Aryn Sheriff with Clinton Swanson and Friends at Finley’s Irish Pub. Backing saxophonist Clinton Swanson will be Colin Spence on keys, Doug Stephenson on bass, and Rob Funk on drums. Show time is 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Cover is by donation. Put on your dancing shoes. Jpod the Beat Chef will be spinning at Spiritbar on Friday, October 4 with B-Ron. Doors open at 10 p.m. Little Miss Higgins and the Winnipeg Five play Spiritbar on Saturday, October 5. This is an early show, beginning at 8 p.m. Tickets are $10, available in advance at the Hume Hotel or on ticketweb.ca by searching “Hume Hotel.” The late show at Spiritbar on Saturday, October 5 will feature Nelson DJs Cedar and Billy Bangers. The fifth annual History of Country Music concert is at the Capitol Theatre on Sunday, October 6 at 2 p.m. Hosted by Jim van Horn, this fundraiser for Kootenay Co-op Radio. Tickets are $16.

La Cafamore presents Celebrated Trios, a night of classical music. Two famous piano trios will be performed: Haydn’s "Gypsy" and Beethoven’s “Archduke” on Sunday, October 6 from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at Nelson United Church. Tickets are $15 for adults or $12 for students/seniors. Children under 12 are free. Argentine pianist Gabriel Palatchi plays at Shambhala Hall at Selkrirk College's Tenth Street Campus on Tuesday, October 8. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 to the general public and $5 for Selkirk students. Canadian folk music legend Ron Sexsmith is coming to Spiritbar on Tuesday, October 8 with Halifax darling Jenn Grant. Doors open at 8 p.m. Tickets are $25, on sale now at the Hume Hotel or on ticketweb.ca search “Hume Hotel.” Ontario-based singer-songwriter B.A. Johnston will play a public house concert at The Special (810 Silica Street) on Tuesday, October 8 with guest Bag Boi. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. Cover is $10. Declan O’Donovan, Ryan McNally, and Steve Brockley play a live-to-air show in the basement of the Kootenay Co-op Radio on Wednesday, October 9. Doors open at 8 p.m. Tickets are $10. Local favourites Selectah Meszenjah and Mama Sa will be spinning roots reggae, dancehall and dub at Spiritbar on Thursday, October 10. Doors open at 10 p.m. No cover. On Friday, October 11, a seven-member edition of the Alberta-based Front Porch Roots Revue will take to the Capitol Theatre stage and rock the house with over two dozen cherry-picked selections from the songbook of The Band. The show starts at 8 p.m. Tickets are $25, available in advance at the Capitol Theatre box office and online at capitoltheatre.bc.ca. UK jungle and drum and bass DJ/producer Aphrodite will be at Spiritbar on Friday, October 11. Ticket info at the Hume Hotel.

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Spiritbar hosts a night of twerking and teasing as Samantha Blondtron Mathews and Sweet Soul Burlesque team up to bring a show for the eyes and the dancefloor. Doors open at 9 p.m. First 100 tickets are $15, available in advance at the Hume Hotel. Ornament & Crime, Dusty Bones, and Law of Signs play a public house concert at The Special (810 Silica Street) on Tuesday, October 15. Tickets are $10. Vancouver’s new wave synth trio, Terrace, bring their original sound to Spiritbar on Thursday, October 17 with Justin Pleasure, who will be performing a future house DJ set. Doors open at 10 p.m. Cover is $5. Six-time Juno award winning singersongwriter Colin James plays an acoustic concert at the Capitol Theatre on Thursday, October 17. Doors open at 8 p.m. Tickets are sold out. Lee Harvey Osmond and Gordie Johnson co-headline at Spiritbar on Friday, October 18. Doors open at 9 p.m. Tickets are $25, available in advance at the Hume Hotel. Symphony of the Kootenays presents New Beginnings at the Capitol Theatre on Saturday, October 19. The program will feature works by Copland, Smetana and Felix Mendelssohn. Tickets are $29.50 for adults or $21 for students, available in advance at the Capitol Theatre box office. Mat the Alien returns to Spiritbar on Saturday, October 19 with Deeps. Doors open at 10 p.m. First 100 tickets are $15 at the Hume Hotel or search “Hume Hotel” on ticketweb.ca. Invasives and War Baby play a live-to-air show in the basement of the Kootenay Co-op Radio on Saturday, October 19. Doors open at 8 p.m. Tickets are $10. Selkirk Pro-Musica presents West Kootenay blues artists Holly and Jon on Monday, October 21 at St. Saviour’s Pro-Cathedral (Silica and Ward). The show starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 for adults or $12 for students, available at Otter Books and at the door. Multiple Juno Award winning Toronto band The Sadies play Spiritbar on Tuesday, October 22. Doors open at 9 p.m. Tickets are $20. Advance tickets are available at the Hume Hotel or at ticketweb.ca by searching “Hume Hotel” Nelson Overture Concerts Society presents The Gryphon Trio on October 24 at 7:30 p.m. at the Capitol Theatre. Tickets are $24 for adults or $14 for students, available now at capitoltheatre.bc.ca.

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• Almost one third of burns are caused by hot water. Keep an eye on pot handles that may catch clothing or be easily reached by children. • Never use water to put out a pot of flaming oil or grease. It will explode and may cause severe burns to anyone in the room. • If your smoke alarm is set off too easily from kitchen activity, relocate the alarm. Don’t disable it! It is the law in BC to have a working, mounted smoke alarm in every home.

Fire Prevention Week Oct. 7-13 In Canada, 1 out of 100 preventable residential fires are fatal. There are about 24,000 house fires each year in Canada, resulting in an average of 377 deaths and 3,048 injuries per year. Here are some useful tips in helping you stay stafe and fire aware. (1) Be cautious with cooking equipment When a pot or pan overheats or splatters greases, it can take seconds to cause a fire. Avoid loose long sleeves and never leave your cooking unattended. Check kettles and toasters for damaged electrical cords and thermostats. (2) Heating/Electrical Equipment Have your furnace inspected annually by a qualified technician, and your chimney cleaned and inspected annually. Keep portable heaters at least one metre away from anything that can burn (including curtains, furniture, and you), and don’t use your heaters to dry shoes or clothes. Install a carbon monoxide alarm to alert you to deadly carbon monoxide gas. Ensure the following for electrical devices: 1) Your electrical appliances don’t have loose or frayed cords/ plugs 2) Your outlets aren’t overloaded with plugs 3) You’re not running electrical wires under rugs or heavy furniture 4) You’re not overusing an extension cord. Be careful about do-it-yourself electrical projects; many home fires are caused by improper installation, so use a licensed electrician. (4) Careless Smoking Make the bedroom off-limits to smoking, never smoke in bed or in a place where you may fall asleep. Use large, deep ashtrays; never place an ashtray on or near anything that will burn; and check furniture for fallen cigarettes/embers. Ensure all hot embers are in an ashtray and are extinguished before emptying it into the trash. (5) Candles Make sure that candles are placed in a sturdy holder on a level surface, away from combustible materials and out of the reach

of children or pets. Blow them out before leaving the room. (6) Ensure that you have a plan Prepare a fire escape plan for your family, outlining designated escape routes and a safe meeting place outside of your home. Keep portable fire escape ladders in all upstairs bedrooms. Have a fire extinguisher in your kitchen for small fires, and learn how to use it. If a grease fire occurs, remember to never use water as this will cause the hot grease to splatter, burning you or spreading the fire. Instead, smother it with a lid or another pan, then turn off the burner. (7) Inspect your home Check your home for fire hazards, such as overloaded electrical circuits, light bulbs with greater wattages than a light fixture is rated for or combustible items (like newspapers, cardboard and rags). Keep any combustible items away from all portable space heaters, water heaters, furnaces or other heat sources. Install smoke alarms and check them monthly to make sure they’re working. Remember to change the batteries yearly. (8) Basement Safety Remove all combustible and flammable materials from the basement and attic and makek sure to use only approved containers to store and transport gasoline. If your home has a chimney, they should be cleaned at least once a year. Flammable material over stove top

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Do you have a plan?

Fire can spread rapidly through your home, leaving you as little as two minutes to escape safely once the alarm sounds. Pull together everyone in your household and make a plan. Walk through your home and inspect all possible exits and escape routes. Households with children should consider drawing a floor plan of your home, marking two ways out of each room, including windows and doors. Also, mark the location of each smoke alarm. Everyone in the household must understand the escape plan. When you walk through your plan, check to make sure the escape routes are clear and doors and windows can be opened easily. Choose an outside meeting place (i.e. neighbor’s house, a light post, mailbox, or stop sign) a safe distance in front of your home where everyone can meet after they’ve escaped. Make sure to mark the location of the meeting place on your escape plan. Be fully prepared for a real fire: when a smoke alarm sounds, get out immediately. Residents of high-rise and apartment buildings may be safer “defending in place.” Once you’re out, stay out! Under no circumstances should you ever go back into a burning building. If someone is missing, inform the fire department dispatcher when you call. Firefighters have the skills and equipment to perform rescues.

Smoke Alarms Hundreds of people die in residential fires in Canada every year. In many fires that have been extinguished in their early stages, people have been found dead of smoke inhalation without having suffered burns. It has been conservatively estimated that many of these lives could have been saved by the installation of properly functioning smoke alarms. Although these devices are no substitute for carefully planned fire prevention measures, they are invaluable to providing an early warning when fire strikes. Smoke alarms save lives. Almost two-thirds of home fire deaths resulted from fires in homes with no smoke alarms or no working smoke alarms. When there is a fire, smoke spreads fast and you need smoke alarms to give you time to get out. Install smoke alarms in every bedroom, outside each separate sleeping area and on every level of the home, including the basement. Interconnect all smoke alarms throughout the home. When one sounds, they all sound. An ionization smoke alarm is generally more responsive to flaming fires, and a photoelectric smoke alarm is generally more responsive to smoldering fires. For the best protection, both types of alarms or a combination alarm (photoelectric and ionization) should be installed in homes. Replace batteries in all smoke alarms at least once a year. If an alarm “chirps”, warning the battery is low, replace the battery right away. Replace all smoke alarms, including alarms that use 10-year batteries and hard-wired alarms, when they are 10 year old or sooner if they do not respond properly.

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T-shirts designed to open eyes Special to the Nelson Star

It’s estimated that one third of Canada’s homeless population are between the ages of 16 and 24. In Nelson, local youth endure homelessness and live at risk. Their realities are mostly hidden and often misunderstood. This month local youth are creating original t-shirts, designed to open eyes and hearts about youth homelessness. The project is on now and all youth, age 30 and under, are invited to participate. Youth create the message and design. Any mediums can be used and t-shirts can be altered or even sewn from scratch. Winning t-shirt designs will receive prizes, including Whitewater lift tickets and a cut and colour with Jai Lynn at Front Street Hair Studio. Submission deadline is Friday, October 11. Supplies, including

Nelson Committe on Homelessness coordinator Katie Tabor blank t-shirts and entry forms, are available for pick up at Nelson Cares, 521 Vernon Street. Complete entry details are available

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online at Nelson Committee on Homelessness on Facebook. A public exhibit will showcase all designs, along with facts and information on organizations involved in solutions. The community is invited to view the exhibit October 15 to 17, downtown Nelson at the Trading Company building, 402 Baker Street. “Our goal is to open eyes about youth homelessness through art and design and we are very excited to be working with local youth”, says coordinator Katie Tabor, “We are also kindly accepting prize donations from local businesses interested in supporting their efforts.” This project is sponsored by 103.5 The Bridge, ANKORS, Whitewater and Front Street Hair Studio. For more information on Design To Inform: A DIY T-Shirt Project on Youth Homelessness, contact Tabor at 250-352-6011 ext. 19 or at ncoh@nelsoncares.ca

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Touchstones hosting World Food antiques appraisal clinic Day coming SUBMITTED Special to the Nelson Star

Appraiser Peter Blundell, seen here on a visit to Rossland this year, is coming to Touchstones Nelson this month. Submitted photo SUBMITTED Special to the Nelson Star

On October 18 and 19, Touchstones Nelson will be hosting an art and antiques appraisal clinic with Peter Blundell, a long time former Ontario antiques dealer, who for the past 22 years has resided in Vernon. Today he is a fully accredited independent art and antiques appraiser, consultant and lecturer. Blundell will give verbal opinions of market value on art works, antiques and collectibles (appraisals cannot be provided for jewellery, coins, stamps, guns, and wristwatches). Individuals who wish to have large furniture pieces assessed are asked to bring in a portion of the piece, e.g., a drawer, along with a photograph, and the item’s mea-

surements. Please note that items thought to be over 400 years old cannot usually be assessed during this format. Blundell will assess those unknown treasures you have tucked away — that beautiful bowl that Granny loved, your unused sterling and silver-plated tea sets, that picture on the wall from Auntie Liz, the lovely and pleasing Royal Doulton figurine, the dining table beautifully restored or not — they all have value. Tickets are $35 for Touchstones members and $45 for the general public. They’re on sale now at Touchstones Nelson. For further information please call 250-3529813. Tickets guarantee an appointment of 15 minutes for up to three items. Come, watch and listen. Spectator tickets are also available for $5.

Sustainable Food Systems for Food Security and Nutrition is the official theme for World Food Day 2013. The event held every October 16 seeks to increase understanding of problems and solutions in the drive to end hunger. This year World Food Day is in the middle of Hunger Awareness Week. The Nelson Food Cupboard is hosting a food security fair from 4 to 7 p.m. in the Nelson United Church basement (602 Silica) to celebrate World Food Day and provide an opportunity for the public and organizations to continue the local conversation around food security. The food cupboard is inviting local food producers as well as organizations involved in facilitating access to food to book a free table at this public event. Coordinator Kim Charlesworth states “We wish to encourage increased awareness and conversation around the reality of hunger in our community, and the incredible efforts going on right here to put meaning to the phrase ‘food is a right.’ Food security affects everyone — from local farmers right through the distribution chain to eaters everywhere.” To book a free table at the fair, contact Charlesworth at foodcupboard@shawbiz.ca.

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Thanks to the leadership of eight Grade 12 students, Special Olympics BC — Nelson is preparing to launch a fun new program that will open a world of opportunities in motor, social, and sport skill development for children with intellectual disabilities. Special Olympics BC’s Active Start program has been specifically created for children with intellectual disabilities ages two to six, designed to help Eight Nelson high school students have started a local chapter of the Special Olympics Submitted photo them develop essential Active start program for young kids with disabilities. basic motor skills in a fun as they achieve goals and kids with intellectual dis- people with intellectual and supportive environ- do things they could not abilities appealed to them, disabilities,” Exley said. “I ment that also helps them before. Tessa Exley said. think it’s really important bloom socially. The L.V. Rogers stuThat age is “a really im- to do that sort of work in Many individuals with dents — Erica Augsten, portant time in their life our communities.” intellectual disabilities Tessa Exley, Sarah Harley, to start working on and The students’ interest is have reported feeling Rachel Kinakin, Natasha developing their motor making it possible to have left behind by tradition- Lecerf, Calena Marchand, skills and sport skills,” Active Start in Nelson. al sport programs, and Daniel MacFarlane, and Exley noted. The students are going to family members have Danielle Solari — saw Exley has been into help lead the program as described the heartbreak an opportunity to get sports throughout her life, facilitators, with support of watching their active involved by helping to and has been a member from Exley’s mother. children with intellectual launch this program with of the acclaimed NelActive Start is the first disabilities retreat and feel the Special Olympics BC son Rhythm Ropers for part in a continuum of isolated during programs — Nelson branch. After more than seven years. Special Olympics BC that aren’t specifically de- hearing a presentation She feels it is important youth programs, followed signed for their needs. from Special Olympics to give back to her com- by FUNdamentals and Active Start provides a BC community develop- munity with the kind of Sport Start programming, fun and safe environment ment manager Cyra Frisk, opportunities that Special which would offer further where the children love they became interested Olympics provides. opportunities for the next playing with the equip- in the world of Special “I think it’s a really age groups and help Acment and gain confidence Olympics, and the idea great program, giving tive Start participants’ physically and mentally of working with younger really good support for transition into developing

sport skills and growing into full-fledged Special Olympics sport programming. If more volunteers come on board to help coach Special Olympics BC, Nelson could begin to offer the further youth programs as well. Once the Active Start program is launched, it will be important to provide the young participants with something to move on to, Exley noted. The more volunteers involved, the more opportunities can be offered. Volunteers interested in the heart-expanding experience of coaching and supporting children with intellectual disabilities can join in a free training session for youth program coaches on Saturday from 1 to 5 p.m. at KidSport Nelson. To reserve a place, please contact Cyra Frisk at 250919-0757 or cfrisk@specialolympics.bc.ca. To enroll children in the Special Olympics BC — Nelson Active Start program set to begin Sunday at The Family Place, please contact Exley at asset_exley@live.ca or Lecerf at n.lecerf@hotmail.com. One parent or caregiver must participate along with each child, and will have fun doing so.

Powerful Results Fourteen participants from Nelson’s CrossFit gym Power by You took part in a Canada-wide competition put on by CrossFit Ladies of Canada last month. It consisted of three workouts in less than three hours. Bobbi Barbarich came in second place out of over 200 competitors across the country. Five women from Power by You made the top 10, including gym owner Ali Popoff and coach Katya Hayes. Submitted photo

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A new full-time head coach for the Kootenay region is a boon to ballers in Nelson’s Youth Soccer Association. Vancouver Whitecaps’ Brett Adams will be heading up the entire Kootenay region. Adams, 30, has been coaching for over 10 years. In England he played semi-professional soccer while coaching. His qualifications include a toplevel UEFAA licence. The Whitecaps aim to continue the excellent work that players and coaches have done in the Adams Kootenays “but take it another step,” said Adams. “To have 900 youth players registered in a community of 10,000 people is absolutely unbelievable. It just shows you how seriously the kids and parents take soccer in this area,” he said. With Adams now a permanent fixture in the community, soccer stands to benefit, says youth soccer association president Chuck Bennett. “As an association we are very excited that the Vancouver Whitecaps have committed to hiring a full-time head coach for this region who will be based out of Nelson. This is going to be great for our players and our volunteer coaches,” said Bennett. “I have met Brett and he really seems to be a great addition to our Nelson soccer community.” Adams is relocating to Nelson with his two young children and fiancée. He is looking forward to making this community his home.

LEAFS HOCKEY

HOME FRI. OCT. 4th 7:00 PM vs. Columbia Valley Rockies

HOME SAT. OCT. 5th 7:00 PM vs. Kimberley Dynamiters

CORRECTION

A photo caption Wednesday about the Nelson City Soccer league playoffs (“Battle for the Finals”) erroneously stated Bia Boro played Real Nelson. In fact, the opposing team was Club Inter. Bia Boro takes on Real Nelson Sunday in the final.

HOME FRI. OCT. 11th 7:00 PM vs. Beaver Valley Nitehawks

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In Memorium I.T. (20.2.1931 - 1.3.2013)

✝ INGRID HERBERT Forstmeister

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Obituaries

HARTLEY Noreen Mae 1940 - 2013

Noreen Mae Hartley, 72, died Thursday, September 26th, 2013. Noreen was born October 12, 1940 in Stornoway, Scotland and was the youngest of 6 children. She graduated from the Royal Infirmary Nursing School as an RN and moved to Canada with her husband in 1966. She settled in Nelson, BC and worked at Kootenay Lake and Mount St. Francis Hospitals. Noreen is survived by her son Iain and her brother Ivor Macualay. A funeral service will be held on Saturday, October 12, 2013 at 11:00am at the Chapel of Thompson Funeral Service Ltd., 613 Ward Street, Nelson. Online condolences may be expressed at www.thompsonfs.ca Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Thompson Funeral Service Ltd.

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FREEDOM Quest Regional Youth Services is looking for a dynamic and professional person to fill the combined position of facilitator for both the Youth Drug and Alcohol Intensive Day Treatment Program (RADD)and the Community Drug and Alcohol Prevention Program. 35 hrs fulltime with complete benefits. Posting Closes: Wednesday, October 7th,@ 4:00 p.m. Email Teresa Winter, Executive Director at teresafq@shaw.ca with cover letter and resume.

Dental Hygienist wanted Part-Time 2 days/week avail immediately Send resume to Dr. Zarikoff’s office 515D Vernon St. Nelson BC Silverbirch Massage Therapy Clinic is expanding & relocating. We currently have opening for RMT’s licensed Estheticians & Holistic Practitioners Call 250-365-6538

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Invest your future with one of the world’s largest lumber companies Castelgar Division IMMEDIATE OPENING TICKETED “B” Welders, Electricians, and Millwrights International Forest Products Limited (Interfor) is a leading global supplier, with one of the most diverse lines of lumber products in the world. The company has operations across North America and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada. For more information about Interfor, visit our website at www.interfor.com. Interfor is looking for ticketed “B” Welder with Millwriting experience, Planer Tech 1, electricians, and millwrights to join our lumber manufacturing facility in Castlegar, BC. The skilled individuals must be self motivated, able to work on their own, and in a team environment. Applicants must be flexible with shift scheduling and trade lines. Interfor offers a competitive wage and benefits package as outlined in the USW Southern Interior Master Agreement.

Reference Number 1313 Reporting to the Vice President, Project Development, the Project Manager has overall responsibility in the development of projects from initiation, identification, definition, and implementation. This role involves planning, organizing, and executing the successful completion of several projects concurrently and has overall responsibility for overseeing the development of budgets, schedules and reports. The successful candidate will have an Undergraduate or Graduate Degree in Engineering with a Professional Engineering Designation and a minimum of 15 years experience in engineering or operations in the energy industry including at least 5 years in project management or contract administration. Certification as a Project Management Professional (PMP) would be considered an asset. Experience in preparing and coordinating major capital procurement and construction contracts in the energy sector is critical. Qualified applicants interested in joining a dynamic team are encouraged to visit the Careers section of our website at www. columbiapower.org for the detailed job description. Closing date for this position is October 25, 2013 Please refer to Job #1313 when submitting your cover letter and resume to careers@columbiapower.org

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Thank you!

The family of the late Bob Ludlow would like to take this opportunity to thank all our wonderful friends, and relatives, for the support offered us through your cards, emails, phone calls, food, flowers, online condolences, offers of help, and donations to charities in Bob’s name. You have been such a blessing to us with your compassion, kindness, and understanding, and you’re gentle loving care, You all have helped us get through the most difficult time in our lives. We were overwhelmed at the outpouring of love and praise for Bob at his Memorial Service. Your beautiful tributes to him were a glowing testament to the kind of man Bob was, a gentle soul who everybody respected and loved. Your support at this time was so greatly appreciated and a great source of comfort for all of us. So we thank you over, and over again. All of you have left an imprint in ours lives, we shall not forget. What a gift you all are to us. We love you Bob, Papa and will always hold you lovingly and closely to our hearts. We shall miss you forever.... A special thank you to: Wayne Neilson The M.C, Joe Richichi, Bartender, Alan McLeod, Nelson Brewing Company, Pat Thast, for the Tables and Chairs, Ashley and Jeremy Laurie, the hostesses, Paul Prappas, the musician, and all the ladies that baked treats, one of Bob’s favourite forbidden indulgences. Also a big thank you to the Beasley First Responders, especially Rebecca Scown, whose compassion and caring, was such a comfort to me. The Nelson Paramedics, your services are invaluable, and to Donna Hollman for the lovely poem for Bob. With much Love and Gratitude Sandra, Kelli, Ron, Shannon, Roger, Jade, Chase and Sweetie.

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THE APPLE GUY & GRAND FORKS FARMS: Coronation seedless grapes $1.25/lb in 12 lb boxes Gala Apples $12.00/20 lb bags Honey Crisp apples $8.00/5lb bags, Squash .75/lb, Prunes pears, cabbage, Spanish onions and much more Reserve your Foch wine grapes and juice. Find us in Castlegar on Thursdays at the Sandman Hotel Saturdays at the Castlegar Railway Museum Farmerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Market. In Nelson at 402 Baker Street on Wednesdays and the Nelson Cottonwood Market on Saturdays Erran, Terry & Val Rilkoff 250-442-3514 Grand Forks

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October 2, 2013 For the benefit of Kootenay Lake area residents, the following lake levels are provided by FortisBC as a public service.

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Balfour ladies open golf tournament winners Barb Koftinoff (low net, left) and Roma Crispin (low gross, right) pose with course pro Craig Wilkinson (middle).

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Churches of Nelson

Bringing to you our weekly words.

Nelson Christian Science Society A Branch of the Mother Church in Boston MA

Sunday Service in Balfour

9:30 am at the Anglican Church on Busk Rd. For information 250-229-5237

CATHOLIC CHURCH

CATHEDRAL OF MARY IMMACULATE 813 Ward Street 352-7131 Sunday Mass Times: • Saturday 7:00pm • Sunday 8:30 am and 10:30 am Parish office open Tuesday – Friday 9:00 am - noon rccathedral@shaw.ca • www.catholiccathedralnelson.ca

JOIN US THIS SATURDAY FOR A THANKSGIVING GATHERING. Saturday, October 5 @ 5:30pm, 2402 Perrier Lane. Bring a side dish or dessert to share.

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Unity Centre of the Kootenays starts at 11am We welcome Caroline Vrba

Her topic will be “Is Heaven Real”? Any questions? Contact 250-354-5394 905 Gordon Rd (IHA Bldg., back door)

Anglican Church of Canada St. Saviour's Pro Cathedral Ward & Silica, Nelson

Oct. 6 10:30 am Celebration of St. Francis Day with Pet Blessing Harvest Thanksgiving Service Oct. 13 10:30

St. Michael & All Angels Busk Road Balfour

No service in Balfour Oct. 6. On that day there will be a

St. Francis Day service at St. Francis in the Woods, Queen’s Bay, at 1:30 pm Harvest Thanksgiving Service Oct. 13 11:00 Office: 9 am - 1 pm Tue - Thurs • 250.352.5711

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“Are You With Me?”

Arden Gustafson - Nelson Covenant Church In his deeply guttural voice, our tour guide, Wallid, would often punctuate his rolling commentary with the repeating question, “Are you with me? Are – you – with – me?” Then he would follow that question with the command, “Say yes!” And of course the whole bus would resound “Yes!” “Alright,” Wallid would answer and then continue his well rehearsed script, pointing out details of the history, architecture, landscape and the ongoing conflict in Israel and Palestine as our bus rolled along. Last May I was on a trip to what is often referred to a “The Holy Land” or the nation of Israel and the occupied territory of Palestine, to be more precise. I was travelling there with my son on a 10 day guided tour that included members of our Covenant Church family from across Canada and the U.S. The purpose of the trip included visits to some of the most revered sites of our Christian faith, but was also designed to be an introduction to what has become the most watched conflict in the world. And what a place of conflict. Since the externally imposed creation of the secular State of Israel in 1947 by the United Nations, no place on earth has seen the kind of ongoing conflict that this strip of land has seen. And no conflict on Earth is more complex or difficult to comprehend. Besides the complex conflict Israel has with its neighboring Arab countries, it has an even more complex conflict within its borders with the occupied territories of the Palestinian West Bank and Gaza Strip. Each side of this Palestinian/Israeli conflict has legitimate grievances and desires. And each side NEW LOCATION as you listen to them, is Kootenay Christian Fellowship very convincing. I found 520 Falls Street, (just off Baker St.) myself, and continue www.kootenaychristianfellowship.com find myself pulled back Join us for our and forth as I heard and worship celebration in our hear the stories – stories new location Sunday @ 10:30 AM of loss and grief. Stories of persecution. Stories of  Developing Relationships  Music that will move you fear and suspicion. And  Helping people - Help people stories of hope. Jim Reimer, Pastor

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Nelson United Church Sunday Worship Gathering 10:00 am Minister: David Boyd

World Wide Communion Sunday Service of Holy Communion All are Welcome Carol Prochaska presiding Guest Speaker: Christopher Moore Representing the Transgendered Community

All children welcome for Sunday School & Nursery Room available

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A Friendly Bible Centre Church Sunday Morning Worship 10:00 am

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My hope in the next few weeks is to provide my own perspective on what I saw and what I am continuing to learn about this conflict. As a Christian, I personally want to stay away from choosing sides. But I am finding it is a harder “third” way – to seek justice and peace in such a highly polarized conflict. But it is the way I think most reflects the way of Jesus. So my hope is to ask you, as Wallid asked us, “Are you with me?”

Walk to School Week

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Prepare your walking shoes and get ready for International Walk to School Week October 7 to 11. iWalk is a weeklong event that happens every October giving children, parents, school teachers and community leaders an opportunity to be part of a global event to celebrate the many benefits of walking to school. During iWalk week, some of the schools in School District 8 are planning events that celebrate physical activity and encourage students to walk to school. The City of Nelson is supporting School District 8 to promote iWalk in Nelson. Councillors will walk with students to school and in some locations cones will be set up in a three-block radius around the school to mark off no-drop-off or pick-up zones. Organizers hope that parents will take up the cause and walk or bike with their children to school or at least for the three blocks around the school. Let’s get out and show our kids how we used to walk to school! The Report Card for Active Healthy Kids (you can read it at 2013activehealthykids.ca) shows too

many students are driven to school. Fifty-eight per cent of parents walked to school when they were kids, but only 28 per cent of their children walk to school today. Seven per cent of five to 11-year-olds in Canada, and four per cent of 12 to 17-year-olds, meet the Canadian Physical Activity Guidelines for Children and Youth, which recommend at least 60 minutes of daily moderate to vigorous intensity physical activity. Walking and bicycling to school enables children to incorporate the regular physical activity they need each day while also forming healthy habits that can last a lifetime. Regular physical activity helps children build strong bones, muscles and joints, and it decreases the risk of obesity. In contrast, insufficient physical activity can contribute to chronic diseases, such as diabetes, heart disease, cancer and stroke. The whole community benefits from efforts to enable and encourage more children to walk or bicycle to school safely. Benefits include less traffic congestion, stronger sense of community, safer streets, lower costs, improved accessibility and economic gains.

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VOLUNTEER POSITION VACANCIES The Cultural Development Committee is inviting membership applications to its new Heritage Working Group. Interested persons should submit a letter outlining their experience, knowledge and background with heritage matters and their general availability for meetings. The Heritage Working Group Terms of Reference and the City’s Community Service Application Form are available on the City’s website www.nelson.ca If you are interested in applying, you are encouraged to: 1. Read the Heritage Working Group Terms of Reference 2. Download and complete the Community Service Application Form 3. Submit your letter and application form no later than Friday October 18, 2013 Applications should be sent as follows:

Attention: Joanne Caldecott City of Nelson Administration Department 2nd Floor, Suite 101 - 310 Ward Street, Nelson BC V1L 5S4 Email: volunteers@nelson.ca Fax: (250) 352-2131

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Selkirk College

Changes at the Mir Centre SUBMITTED Special to the Nelson Star

CASTLEGAR — With the new semester underway at Selkirk College there are exciting changes at the Mir Centre for Peace. Former Mir Centre chair Randy Janzen has left his post to return to the college’s nursing program and hands the reins to Cara-Lee Malange. “I would like to thank Randy for the dedicated and visionary work he has done over the past three years,” says Rhonda Schmitz, dean of instruction. The Mir Centre for Peace runs two programs out of its base on the Castlegar campus: the two-year peace studies diploma and the nine-month certificate in transformative justice geared towards students who have already completed a degree or diploma in postsecondary education. Throughout the year the Mir Centre also pro-

vides members of the community with symposiums, lecture series, peace cafes, workshops and presentations. Along with his duties in the nursing program, Janzen will continue to be a Mir Centre instructor in peace studies courses. Malange works in Selkirk College’s community education and workplace training department and is a Mir Centre advisory

member. She will be handling the day‐to‐day activities required to support the lecture series, the peace café series and other ongoing initiatives of the Mir Centre. Malange arrives to her responsibilities with a master’s degree in anthropology and a bachelor’s degree in criminology as well as 15 years community development and community education experience.

Interim Green leader coming to Nelson Special to the Nelson Star

Recently elected interim Green Party leader Adam Olsen will be visiting the West Kootenay on October 24, 25 and 26, on his first trip away from the BC coast. “I look forward to visiting south east British Columbia,” Olsen said in a news release. “We have a great local organization that I am ex-

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The Mir Centre is in a former Doukhobor communal home on Selkirk College’s Castlegar campus.

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cited to support. There is a lot of opportunity for the BC Greens in Nelson-Creston and beyond. Sjeng [Djerkx] did very well. He attracted over 20 per cent of the vote and I am confident we can grow that support over the next four years.” During his visit Olsen will meet with Kootenay mayors, councilors and regional directors to learn more about local issues.

On Saturday, October 25, Olsen will speak at a fundraising dinner in Nelson alongside Green Party candidate Sjeng Derkx. Olsen served two terms as a councillor in Central Saanich before running in the 2013 provincial election in Saanich North. He was elected interim leader of the BC Green Party on August 25 after former leader Jane Sterk retired from politics.

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Nelson Commons. Now in 3D. We’ve had many visitors to the Nelson Commons Display Suite and Sales Office. Perhaps because the new 3D model makes living in downtown Nelson even easier to imagine. Though we aren’t permitted to start pre-selling units just yet, visitors have been pre-selecting their preferred units. Come and talk to us at the display suite at 621 Vernon Street. We’re open 12:00 to 5:00, Wednesday to Sunday (or call 250 352-5847 to book an appointment).

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Rare and special and moving forward ANNE DEGRACE

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fter last month’s Nelson Civic Theatre annual general meeting I received an email from Gray Creek “mayor,” history buff, and local pioneer Tom Lymbery. “Congratulations Anne on handling a full theatre at the Civic — and thank you so much for the effort you have put into this project,” wrote Tom. “We enjoyed the movie very much — otherwise I couldn’t have got my wife, Sharon, to come to an AGM.” It was great to see Tom and Sharon at the AGM, along with 289 other Nelson Civic Theatre Society members, some of whom would not normally have come to an AGM. Knowing this, and knowing we had to pull out all the stops to get our 10 per cent quorum out in order to change the bylaws that required a 10 per cent quorum, we resorted to a little bribery. We offered a social hour with appies (thank you, Save-on!) and tours beforehand and a free movie with popcorn and drink afterwards. We showed Hugo, a delightful movie about movies. And it worked. (Of course, many of you came just because you cared.) I gave the president’s report, describing our journey — trajec-

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Achieving and surpassing their fundraising target for a digital projector was just one of several highlights for the Civic Theatre Society over the past year. tory, really — from semi-gutted is subsidized through various space to going concern: seats in, grants and that to be profitable fully digital, regular films, not to — and therefore able to mainmention those supportive 2,117 tain the theatre and give back members. I also lauded our to the community in the long staff, including “Central Nerve” term — three screens remains an operations and project manager essential goal. Sue Adam, fundraising manager Roger Ley reported on fundRoger “Go-get-‘em” Ley, and our raising successes, in particular resident cinephile and theatre the community challenge that manager Jason Asbell. And I saw more than $180,000 raised gushed about my fellow board in two months for digital conmembers, of course, because version, and outlined challenges they really are a rare and special for the next development phases. bunch. Committee chairs and Roger talked about major supmembers, volunteers — extraor- porters such as the Columbia dinary hardly touches it, really. Basin Trust, described the corTreasurer Rick Dietrich porate sponsorship program, reported on financials, noting Story continues our happily positive cashflow but cautioning that our staff to Page 23

Nelson Curling Centre Thank You to the sponsors for making the 2nd Annual Shirley Turner Memorial Golf Tournament and Fundraiser on Sept 14th a huge success!

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Continued from Page 22 and introduced the members of our fundraising campaign cabinet — local movers-andshakers all. Jason Asbell reported an astonishing figure of 40 different movies shown since we opened as a fully digital theatre just three months ago. He described the challenges of distributors’ requirements, and our strategy to show films a few weeks after release for maximum flexibility. And he announced Monthly Member Movie Mondays (MMMM) with a chance to vote from the Theme-of-the-month list for a free movie for members. Volunteer committee co-

chair Anna Purcell described the thousands (yes, thousands) of hours put in by volunteers, from cleaning through committees. She also noted the volunteer contributions of our paid staff, who log many hours above and beyond. And then nominating committee chair and vice president Marilyn Mint introduced the new board, who are: (continuing): John Brand, Rick Dietrich, Marilyn Mint, Darryl Santano, Ken Spencer, and (new): Don Johnston, Graeme Leadbeater, Mary Prothro, and Mark Stevens. Let me say now that this is an exceptional board going forward, which is great — because while there is

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much to celebrate, there is still much to do. Oh — and that quorum question? You discussed, you amended, and you eventually passed a more easily achievable AGM quorum — phew! Next year we’ll fill the seats not because we have to, but simply because you want to be there. It’s your theatre, after all. The Nelson Civic Theatre project is all about building community, and building good memories like the one Tom included in his letter, in which a movie in Nelson was a rare and special thing. “When my sister and I were young we only got one trip to Nelson each year, by

Greyhound, to see the dentist,” Tom wrote. “Overnight at a $2 room at the Hume and a movie at the Capitol or the Civic.” Isn’t it great that the Hume, the Capitol, and the Civic are still here, all these years later? We’ll strive to be not so rare, but we’ll definitely work to stay special. Anne DeGrace is the past president of the Nelson Civic Theatre Society. Large Popcorn, Extra Butter runs every two weeks. If you have a Civic Theatre memory to share please email anne@civictheatre.ca. Find out about movies and more: go to civictheatre.ca

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