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The BC Coroners Service hasn’t yet confirmed whether a woman’s body pulled from the Columbia River near the Trail airport is that of a missing Slocan Park woman.

RCMP with the help of search and rescue recovered the body just before 7 p.m. Friday but were awaiting positive identification. A vehicle was recovered nearby on land.

Foul play is not suspected.

Elena Popoff, 64, of Slocan Park hasn’t been seen or heard from since a week ago Tuesday.

She was last confirmed to be in the Trail area.

“She had some appointments there but never returned,” said Cst. Alan Van Hussen of the Elena Popoff Slocan Lake RCMP. “This is not typical of her as she regularly stays in contact with friends and family.”

Popoff was driving a gray Nissan pathfinder with BC license plate 210 TMD. She stands about 5'5" and weights 135 pounds. She has brown hair and brown eyes and wears glasses.

Meanwhile, a man reported missing to Nelson RCMP last week has since turned up. Tyler Sheriff, 28, was last seen April 16 at the Playmor Junction, hitchhiking to Nelson.

Police issued a notice Thursday that they were looking for him. He was located the following evening, although they didn’t say where they found him or where he had been.

In a third recent missing person case, a celebration of life is now planned for Jade Giesen on Saturday, May 17 at 2 p.m. at Sunshine Bay Regional Park.

Giesen’s body was discovered on April 11 near the Burlington Northern railbed on the way to Troup Beach.

She had been missing five days.

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The second annual Easter Egg Hunt in Nelson’s Lakeside Park attracted more than 1,000 people on Saturday. Kids were scrambling to collect eggs and turn them in for some tasty treats.

The Easter Bunny was on hand to pose for photos and there was also craft tables, face painting, and balloons for the kids. All proceeds from the event went to the Nelson Food Cupboard

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Local bid was almost $20,000 less than eventual winner

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Cowan’s protests RDCK contract GREG NESTEROFF Nelson Star Reporter

A local office supply store is crying foul after the Regional District of Central Kootenay awarded a Vancouver Island company a contract to supply new furniture.

The $182,000 decision is part of an overall $662,000 budget before taxes that the board has approved for its Nelson office renovation.

Dan Maglio Contracting of Nelson, which had the low bid of $302,176, will handle several aspects of the project. Three other contractors from Nelson, Rossland, and Castlegar also submitted bids.

Maglio will be paid $182,770 for base renovations including interior wall reconfigurations plus $79,743 to install more efficient lighting, and $17,775 for upgrades to allow the board room to be used as an emergency operations centre.

Meanwhile, Graphic Office Interiors Ltd., the Vancouver Island company that produced the regional district’s space plan, was awarded the contract to supply new office furniture at a cost of $182,088.

Graphic Office’s bid was actually second-highest out of four but had the best evaluation score, slightly ahead of Cowan Office Supply of Nelson and Total Office of Kelowna, who bid $161,716 and $168,945 respectively.

It’s not clear from a staff report where the lower bidders lost out.

The proposals were analyzed by a three-member staff team using a scoring system that awarded up to 500 points for price, 450

A rendering of the Regional District of Central Kootenay’s new board Courtesy RDCK table and seating, expected to cost over $36,000. for specifications and technical requirements, 250 for contractor performance and services, and 50 for value added. The total spread between Graphic Office, Total Office, and Cowan’s was ten points.

Graphic Office was also awarded the contract for a new file storage, reception area, and copy room for $91,545.

Rural Nelson regional director Ramona Faust asked at Thursday’s board meeting why preference wasn’t given to a local bidder.

“Staff did a very good job of the evaluation, but I wonder if we have any community conversation around the fact there is no local vendor in the purchase of equipment,” she said. “I know I will hear about the fact Graphic Office is the major supplier and wonder if there is any room in the future for locals.”

Administrator Brian Carruthers replied that the regional

district’s purchasing policy doesn’t have any provisions to give local vendors special consideration.

Chair John Kettle also said he met with Cowan’s before the tender was awarded.

However, in a letter to the regional district, carbon copied to the Star, Andy and Paul Cowan of Cowan Office Supplies said they were “shocked, disappointed, and confused” to discover they lost the contract despite having the low bid by $20,000.

They acknowledged price wasn’t the only criteria but said the ten point difference between their bid and Graphic Office was “a virtual tie.”

“Considering this, the real difference between bids comes down to $20,000 or 11.1 per cent difference in pricing. As taxpayers and business owners we have to [ask] how is this justified? …

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ers should be enough reason for RDCK directors to reconsider their decision and award the contract to Cowan’s.”

The Cowans said they found the regional district’s procurement process confusing and believe Graphic had a competitive advantage because they developed the space plan.

“By writing the specifications for the project, Graphic could tailor all work to favour themselves, and in some cases lock out competitors from bidding,” the Cowans wrote. They also said no consideration was given to Canadian-made products or environmental impact, which further favoured their bid.

They further asked why they didn’t have a chance to bid on other parts of the project, including the reception area, boardroom upgrades, and filing system.

In addition to the above items, directors approved the purchase of a new board room table and staff seating at a cost of $36,273 and budgeted $22,225 for a new keyless entry system to improve security, although the contract hasn’t yet been awarded. They also approved up to $50,000 for workstation accessories, including monitor arms, trays, and extra storage.

Rural Nelson director Ron Mickel said one of his constituents objected to the price of the table: “He thought the [existing] table was perfect as is.”

Nelson mayor John Dooley asked if they would be kept up to date on the costs. “We all know Continued on Page 4

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The chosen recipients will be honoured at a Rotary Daybreak meeting. Please send your nomination by May 22, containing full contact information for the nominee and description of community service to: Rotary Club of Nelson Daybreak mdmiller@uniserve.com

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Work-to-rule strike starts today

Teachers begin action

Teachers across the province began work-to-rule strike action today — the first of three phases in a plan to show their dissatisfaction with ongoing contract negotiations.

In this phase, teachers will refuse communication with school managers, arriving no more than an hour before and leaving an hour after school, and refusing supervision of students outside class time.

“We will still be teaching our classes, contacting parents and doing report cards,” explained Nelson and District Teachers Association president Paul Boscariol.

This phase also does not affect pre-arranged voluntary activities such as coaching. Boscariol said the aim is have little impact on students while still sending a message to the school and district administration.

Kootenay Lake school district superintendent Jeff Jones said in a media release that “during this phase of strike action, administrators will be performing some of the duties that teachers will withdraw.”

He went on to ask for patience from parents during the course of

the strike: “workloads will be increased substantially and administrators will be less able to respond to your requests.”

The BC Teachers Federation and BC Public School Employers’ Association have been at the bargaining table since February 2013 trying to agree on terms for a new 10-year collective agreement for teachers.

In March, union members voted 89 per cent in favour of a threestage strike plan. The necessary 72hour notice for the strike to begin was given this past Thursday by BCTF president Jim Iker.

The strike will remain in Phase 1 as long as there continues to be progress at the bargaining table. But if talks break down, teachers could move into Phase 2, which involves rotating one-day walkouts in districts around the province.

The third phase of the plan is a full-scale strike. But Boscariol said, “I remain optimistic that this will all be resolved before it comes to that.”

The BCTF rejected the government’s offer for a 10-year agreement with pay increases totalling 6.5 per cent over the first six years

and additional wage increases to be negotiated for the final four years.

“Compared what the province has negotiated with it’s other public sector unions, what they’re offered for teachers is much too low,” Boscariol said.

BCTF negotiators countered with a three-year proposal with three per cent plus a cost-of-living increase in each year. With compounding and current estimates of inflation, BCPSEA calculates that could amount to 13.5 per cent over three years.

The union and employers are also at odds over class size and composition requirements being included in the collective agreement negotiations.

“It’s hard to believe the government when they say they don’t have money to spend on eduction when they’ve spent so much on litigation and having their negotiators bargaining with us for more than a year,” Boscariol said. “Everybody knows there needs to be give and take when you’re negotiating. So far we haven’t seen a reasonable offer come to the table.”

— With files from Tom Fletcher

Continued from Page 3 these things can escalate, and in my opinion there are a few areas where there may possibly be additional costs,” he said.

Carruthers said he wasn’t worried about overruns because it is a “finite” project but if something was missed, it would be brought back to the board. “I’m very confident with the design work.”

The money will come out of a building reserve which sits at nearly $800,000, meaning there will be no impact on taxation. The total cost of the project is more than the $400,000 to $600,000 originally projected but contains several extras.

Surplus office furniture will first be offered to other regional district services, such as fire halls, satellite offices, and recreation centres, then

to member municipalities, and finally sold or auctioned.

The regional district pushed ahead with the renovation to its current office after rejecting a proposal from the City of Nelson to share space in the White Building.

The work, which should be completed this summer, is expected to provide space for up to eight more staff and last five to ten years.

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School has colourful history W GREG NESTEROFF Nelson Star Reporter

ith the Trafalgar parent advisory committee pushing to rebuild the school, we look back on some of its lesser-known history.

Trafalgar was originally conceived as an elementary school in 1923, to relieve stress on Hume and Central schools, both bursting at the seams. The Nelson school district, then recently consolidated with Fairview, adopted a bylaw to build a new, enlarged Hume school as well as a new elementary in Uphill.

The land was leased to the school district for $1. The terms stated as long as a school was on the property, the school district was responsible for the building.

If it was ever not a school, the land would revert to the original owner — presumably the City of Nelson. The school district now owns the school and land.

The name paid tribute to Lord Admiral Nelson, who died in the battle of Trafalgar. However, this later created confusion over the city’s name, which is after former Lt.-Gov. Hugh Nelson.

Local architect Alex Carrie designed Trafalgar as a two-story, eight-room school that measured 70 x 38 with a basement.

Trafalgar’s cornerstone was laid on July 15, 1924 by local MLA and Masonic Lodge grandmaster James H. Schofield. Inside is a casket with a copy of that day’s Nelson Daily News, lists of the school board trustees, staffs of local schools, and mayor and aldermen, plus five, 10, 25, and 50-cent coins.

By the time the brickwork was finished and roof complete, the board was out of money. It became a moot point, however, when to their embarrassment, trustees discovered a 20 per cent decline in enrollment at Hume and Central — they hadn’t taken into account the low birth rate during World War I. Consequently, no new classrooms were needed.

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This photo showing the Trafalgar graduating class of 1932 was provided by educational assistant Cynthia St. Thomas, whose grandfather Henry Stevenson is sitting in the front row, second from left. He’s now 98.

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Trafalgar sat empty for the next four years. During that time, the board tried unsuccessfully to convince the provincial government to use it as a teacher training school.

Finally, it was converted into a junior high school, requiring the addition of an auditorium, gym (which is now the cafeteria), and four more classrooms for home economics and manual training.

In December 1928, the first 259 students moved in and Trafalgar finally had its grand opening on February 14, 1929.

The headlines read: “Enlarged Trafalgar is palatial home of junior high school” and “Nelson’s newest educational workshop is splendidly built and splendidly equipped.”

But soon after, water from neighborhood septic systems accumulated in the basement, cancelling classes. Later, an absent-minded wood worker left glue on a hot plate, filling the school with smoke.

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The north wing, including the elevator shaft, was added in 1950-51. By then the school had Grades 8 to 10.

On June 13, 1975, arson destroyed the school auditorium — a $275,000 loss (about $1.2 million in today’s currency). The flooring and seats were removed and the room rebuilt into the present fine arts centre.

In 1980, the school was closed for six months during a major renovation. Trafalgar students attended L.V. Rogers on a split schedule until the work was completed in the spring.

In the late 1980s, Trafalgar became a Grade 7 to 9 school. Since 2008, it’s been a middle school with Grades 6 to 8.

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Sources: Trafalgar principal CarolAnn Leidloff; Pioneers of Nelson Audio Tape Tour; Nelson Daily News, July 16, 1924 and February 14, 1929

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Editor: Kevin Mills Publisher: Karen Bennett

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10 points = $20,000 Ten points — that appears to be the basis for spending $20,000 extra and awarding a Vancouver Island-based company the contract to supply office furniture to the soon to be renovated Regional District of Central Kootenay, rather than going with a cheaper, local supplier.

Both Cowan Office Supply of Nelson and Total Office of Kelowna submitted bids that were between $13,000 and $20,000 cheaper than the eventual winner, Graphic Office Interiors Ltd. But the RDCK decided to go with the more expensive bid, which scored 10 points higher on an evaluation scale out of a total of 1,250 points.

A three-member staff team used a scoring system of up to 500 points for price, 450 for specifications and technical requirements, 250 for contractor performance and services, and 50 for value added for a total 1,250.

If you scale that down to a percentage, the difference in scoring between

the winning bid and two lower bids was less than one per cent (0.8 to be precise). For that, the RDCK said no to a local company and yes to spending an extra $20,000?

Is a 0.8 per cent improvement in quality and service really worth an extra $20,000 considering the original projected cost of the renovations was between $400,000 to $600,000 and the bill has already grown to $662,000 before taxes? (That new price includes some extras not originally planned, but is still within the amount sitting in a building reserve.)

It’s hard to say: the detailed scoring summary hasn’t been made public and so far the regional district hasn’t explained why a higher bidder was its preferred option. Nor did directors ask many questions about it at their board meeting last week.

Maybe there are reasons to award the contract to Graphic Office, but so far no one is explaining them.

This photo comes from Jennifer De Guglielmo Hayes who posted it on Facebook. It’s called The Heron Returns.

Every Wednesday, the Nelson Star will publish a reader’s photo based on a weekly theme.

All you have to do is snap a photo and post it to Instagram (#nsreaderphotos) or post it on the Nelson Star Facebook site under the reader photo challenge posting. Next week’s theme is “Weather” so whether it’s sunshine, rain or still snow, snap us a pic.

BC Views — Tom Fletcher

Inconvenient truths for Earth Day

Earth Day 2014 will likely go down in BC history as less exciting than last year’s event.

That was the day when, in the heat of the election campaign, NDP leader Adrian Dix announced in Kamloops that he doesn’t support the expansion of the Trans Mountain oil pipeline to its Burnaby terminal, because Vancouver shouldn’t become a “major oil port.”

As of this Earth Day, it has been an oil port for exactly a century, since Imperial Oil began work on BC’s first refinery in 1914, in what is now Port Moody.

There were no pipelines then, so crude was moved by rail or tanker.

For 60 years, Trans Mountain has supplied the Chevron refinery in Burnaby that is southern BC’s last source of fuel.

Some of the Alberta crude is piped south to be refined into fuels and some of that product is barged back up to BC to keep our traffic moving.

Today the proposal to expand and upgrade that pipeline, and to build new oil and natural gas pipelines across the north, dominate BC’s political scene.

In keeping with the educational aspect of Earth Day, here are some things you may not

know about energy and the environment.

• A recent National Geographic report summarizes the main sources of oil in the oceans around North America. Media coverage focuses on tanker and pipeline spills, but they only account for eight per cent of the total.

Fully 60 per cent of the oil load in North American waters is from natural seeps, where oil leaks from seafloor rock.

One of the world’s largest is off Santa Barbara, California, where 20 to 25 tons flows out each day. It’s mostly consumed by oil-eating bacteria that have adapted and proliferated.

The next biggest source is leakage from cars and trucks, which collects on pavement and is flushed to sea when it rains.

• Earth Day is now preceded by Earth Hour, during which we are encouraged to turn out our lights to join a world-wide gesture of conservation. Many people use the occasion for a candlelight dinner.

Given that BC’s power is nearly all from renewable hydroelectric sources, and that the paraffin used to make candles is derived from petroleum or coal, this feel-good ritual produces an increase in greenhouse gas

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“Fully 60 per cent of the oil load in North American waters is from natural seeps, where oil leaks from seafloor rock... The next biggest source is leakage from cars and trucks.” emissions.

David Suzuki is now promoting the idea of Earth Month, an expansion of the symbolic effort designed to “raise awareness.”

This is a popular notion in the climate change industry, which to date consists mostly of government officials and activists flying around the world to conferences in exotic locations to sign agreements that lead

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to, well, not much so far.

• Unlike Earth Hour, BC’s carbon tax on fuels actually appears to be helping to reduce emissions.

An update to provincial data is due this year, but what we have shows a 5.7 per cent decrease in carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases between 2007 and 2011.

Environment ministers have conceded that some of this is due to the recession that struck in 2008-09.

But since the economy has recovered and begun to grow again, emissions have continued to decline.

• There are simple things anyone can do, without gimmicks or government programs.

One would be to stop protesting increased housing density in your community.

By far the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in B.C., not to mention oldfashioned pollution, is transportation.

By living closer to where we work, shop and play, we can exercise our legs instead of just our gas pedal foot to get around.

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Bitumen should not be transported on tankers

Threat to environment

My name is David Black. I am the majority owner of Black Press, the company that owns this newspaper. This is the first of two columns addressing what I see as the greatest threat to the BC environment in our lifetime.

I am a reasonably sensible and conservative businessman, not an alarmist. All of the information in this column can be confirmed from public sources.

The oil industry wants to export Alberta bitumen to Asia via tankers. Under no circumstances should we allow that to happen. A bitumen spill at sea could destroy our coastline, together with the fish and wildlife that depend on it, for hundreds of years.

Bitumen, even if it is diluted, does not float in sea water if there is sediment present. This has been proven many times, most recently in a thorough Environment Canada study published on November 30.

Page 51 of the study provides graphic evidence of sunken bitumen. Given that there is an abundance of sediment along the BC coast, the bitumen will sink rapidly and there will be little chance of recovering any of it if there is a spill. By Northern Gateway’s own admission the likelihood of a bitumen spill at sea is over 10 per cent over the next 50 years. Others say that it is much higher. We are in agreement with the position taken by the Coastal First Nations that even the slightest risk of a spill of bitumen at sea is unacceptable.

The grounding of the Exxon Valdez in Alaska in 1989 is often held up as an example of how bad an oil spill at sea can be, however, a spill of bitumen at sea would be much worse. The Exxon Valdez carried light crude and lost 250,000 barrels, one eighth of a tanker load. The light oil floated and could be removed from the beaches. Even so, after four years of work with up to 11,000 workers and 1,400 boats involved, less than 10 per cent of it was recovered.

Roughly 200,000 birds and many kinds of other wildlife were killed. Approximately 1,300 miles of shoreline were affected and the fishery has yet to fully recover.

Bitumen is very different.

It would harden up on shore and much of it would sink to the bottom, making it unrecoverable and killing virtually everything with which it came in contact.

Imagine if we lost a full tanker load.

Some say that, with GPS-based navigation and double hulls, spills such as Exxon Valdez are not possible today. They are wrong.

Double hulls do not prevent hull fracture if there is a collision at speed, only if there is a gentle scrape. As for the GPS claim, most marine accidents are caused by human inattention, not by a lack of knowledge about position.

All ships carried systems to indicate their location before GPS came along. The Exxon Valdez crew could have glanced at their instruments to determine their location but they didn’t, neither did the crew on the Queen of the North. Marine disasters regularly occur and a quick search of the internet shows human error is most often the problem.

Undoubtedly there will be many more marine accidents in future. Our grandchildren will not thank

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David Black is the majority owner of Black Press, the company that owns the Nelson Star.

Black Press photo us if we willingly risk the destruction of the BC coast on our watch.

Fortunately there is a solution that is beneficial for all concerned: all we have to do is build a refinery at Kitimat. The refinery will convert the bitumen to gasoline, diesel and jet fuel which float and evaporate if they are spilled. Often little or no spill remediation is required. These refined fuels simply do not cause the habitat destruction of conventional or synthetic crude oil, or anywhere near the devastation caused by bitumen.

The second part of this OPED will run in the next issue. It will discuss the enormous value-add benefits and environmental advantages of a modern green refinery. The pipeline from Alberta and the tanker fleet to export the refined fuels will also be considered.

Let me declare my biases. I am for creating thousands of good permanent jobs in BC. I am for creating billions of new tax dollars for government coffers. I am for reducing the planet’s greenhouse gas emissions. I am for building an oil pipeline that will never leak. I am for building a modern tanker fleet that carries only refined fuels that float and evaporate if spilled. I am against shipping bitumen in tankers.

If you agree that we should not put bitumen in tankers please contact your local MP and say so.

The Canadian government makes a decision on this next month.

— David Black

Volunteers deserve thanks National Volunteer Week took place April 6 to 12, and I would like to send a heartfelt thank you to everyone who volunteers in our community.

Volunteers provide an outstanding example of selflessness that others can look up to, and are the foundation of the strength in our community.

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They are the people who we turn to in a time in need; they are neighbours who support us, and the courageous that fight for us.

This is a time to celebrate those dedicated volunteers who give to make this the kind and supportive community we know it to be.

I especially would like to thank those I work directly with at the

Canadian Cancer Society.

You are among our most valuable ambassadors and assets, and continue to be at the heart of the Canadian Cancer Society.

Jacqueline Salvino Volunteer Engagement Coordinator Canadian Cancer Society

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Apr 24th - Sunparlour Players Apr 25th - El Jimador & Just-B Apr 26th - Bass Coast Tour w/ The Librarian, Max Ulis & Sabota May 2nd - Neon Steve May 3rd - Hornography May 9th - Kootenay Music Awards May 10th - The Funk Hunters 4 Turntable A/V Show with Live Sax & Ben Fox

May 16th - Big John Bates with The Other Wayne King May 17th - Mat the Alien with Yan Zombie May 22nd - Bonobo w/Mooves May 23rd - Tequila Mockingbird Orchestra May 30th - Kenny Blue Boss Early show DJ Soup FREE Late show June 13th - DJ Hoola Hoop June 20th - Neighbour Home Breakin’ Records June 21st - D.O.A. June 27th - Sub Bass feat. Erica Dee & Guests July 17th - The Good Ol’ Goats

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Community Events Interested in supporting Nelson’s downtown vitality? Join the Nelson Business Association every Thursday at 8 a.m. at the Kootenay Coop meeting room above Hipperson’s Hardware.

Michelle Mungall is hosting an open house at her new Nelson-Creston community office on Thursday, April 24 from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. The office is located at 433 Josephine Street, next to Nature’s Health.

The Starry Night Astronomy Program invites you to look at Mars, Jupiter and other wonders of the night sky, through two astronomy telescopes, at Taghum Hall, on Friday, April 25, weather permitting. For more info contact Wayne at 250-354-1586.

Trash to Treasure day returns on Saturday, April 26. This oneday event is your chance to help reduce waste by giving away your used household items or claiming old treasures from your neighbours. To participate, simply place unwanted items on the curb with a sign identifying them as part of Trash to Treasure. Then go treasure hunting around your neighbourhood. All unclaimed items should be removed from the curb by 4 p.m.

North Shore community garage sale goes Saturday, April 26 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 12 Mile Storage (4691 Highway 3A). Stop by and discover some great bargains, free breakfast snacks and drinks.

An Earth Day Shoreline Restoration event goes on April 26 at the dog walk park (adjacent to the Prestige Hotel at 701 Lakeside Drive) from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Anyone interested in taking part should bring a pair of work gloves and shovel (if you can). Other tools will be supplied. There will also be outreach booths set up by local environmental groups as well as free chili, cupcakes and refreshments.

Salmo Friends of the Library hosts Sweet Taste of Spring, a fundraising evening of delectable desserts and succulent sweets, on Saturday, April 26 from 6 to 8 p.m. The cost is $5 per plate. All

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The Knights of Columbus will host a formal banquet to honour Citizen of the Year Peter Defeo on April 26 at 6 p.m. at the Catholic Community Centre (523 Mill Street). Tickets are $30, available at Baker Street Menswear.

“Adopt A Pot” of organic vegetables from SEEDS, at Lakeside Park greenhouse on Sunday, April 27 at 10 a.m. SEEDS will be selling five-gallon pots of luscious organic greens that you take home and grow on your patio, balcony or in your yard.

For details call 250-352-3870.

BC Tax Forum featuring keynote speaker Seth Klein of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives goes Sunday, April 27 from 7 to 9 p.m. at Nelson United Church. Admission is by donation ($10 recommended). For information call 250-229-4223 or 250-352-9871.

The Secrets of Nelson’s Underground scavenger hunt goes Sunday, April 27 from 4 to 6 p.m. Teams of up to five people will be given a series of clues, challenges and riddles that will lead them on an adventure throughout Nelson. Registration for the event is closed.

The RDCK is hosting four community open houses to get feedback on its parks and recreation master plan. They will take place on Monday, April 28 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Nelson and District Community Complex arena concourse; Tuesday, April 29 from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the Senior Citizens Association (717 Vernon Street in Nelson) and from 7 to 9 p.m. at Balfour Hall; and Wednesday, April 30 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Mount Sentinel Secondary School. For more information call 250-354-4FUN or visit rdck.ca/masterplan.

Wild and Wacky Wednesdays for teens turns old books into art. Come and Alter a Book on Wednesday, April 30. Create and decorate. For youth 12 and up, 3:30 to 5 p.m. Prizes and snacks. FMI Joanne at jharris@ nelson.ca or call 250-505-5683.

Winlaw Water Day Festival goes Saturday, May 3 at Kayu’s Café (5709 Highway 6 in Winlaw). This is a fun, family event to celebrate water. Live music all day, Kids Zone activities, parade at 2 p.m., information booths, and artisanal vendors.

Nelson Royal Canadian Legion is hosting its monthly jam session on Saturday, May 3, immediately following the regular meat draw. Appetizers will be served. Members and guests are invited to join in the fun and music. Membership is available to the public. For info contact rclbr51@telus.net or 250-3527727.

All seniors welcome to the monthly meeting of the Senior Citizens’ Association Branch No. 51, at 717 Vernon Street. Meeting commences at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 7. Refreshments will be served after the meeting. Activities enjoyed at the centre include bridge, crib, dominos, chess, euchre and snooker. For further information, call 250-352-7078 weekday afternoons.

The 13th annual Nelson Garden Festival goes Saturday, May 10 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the 200 block of Baker Street.

Come on down and experience the more than 50 vendors and community groups that will be on hand with perennials, annuals, vegetable starts, trees, furniture, flowers, and just about everything else a gardener needs.

Workshops Ellison’s hosts free workshops every Saturday from 10 to 11 a.m. The topic on April 26 is Fertilizer 101. Learn how to grow healthy vibrant garden plants, that in turn help you stay healthy with wholesome nutrition! Learn about specific powerful and cleansing fertilizers like fulvic acid, humic acid and zeolite.

The Kootenay Co-op is offering complimentary compost classes with Dr. Compost, aka Christoph Martens, on April 27 and 28 from 2 to 6 p.m. Drop by anytime. Come and learn all about building and operating various composting systems,

including how to build a worm composter, a bokashi composting system and how to make compost tea. You can also enter to win some a new composter.

Alzheimer Society of BC’s family caregivers series presents a one day workshop for family members who are caring for a person with dementia. Learn about dementia, practical coping strategies and early planning. The workshop is Monday, April 28 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Selkirk College, Silver Kind Campus. The cost is $10.

To register, call 1-855-301-6742.

Success coach Shelley Tomelin and Peggy Ness are offering a free presentation to entrepreneurs, business owners and wanna-be businesses on Friday May 2, 8:45 to 10 a.m. at the Nelson Chamber of Commerce.

They will demonstrate an unusual mind/body technique that is now drastically shifting entrepreneurs from their inner doubts to accessing their full power and leading them to the income they deserve.

An intensive one-day workshop on Nonviolent Direct Action will take place on Saturday, May 3 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Oxygen Arts Centre.

Instructors are former Parliamentary Page Brigette DePape, Leila Darwish, Organizer with the British Columbia-Yukon Organizing Office of the Council of Canadians; and Randy Janzen, instructor in the Peace Studies program at Selkirk College and former Director of the MIR Centre. To register contact KDAC@gmail.com. The cost is $10 to $25, suggested donation. Space is limited, so register soon.

Online Trading Academy graduate and presenter Cal Reeks offers a workshop on the topic of online stock trading on Tuesday, May 6 at 7 p.m. at the Nelson Public Library. This twohour introduction to the basics of stock market chart analysis includes how to find and choose the best stocks, interpret data, recognize buy and sell signals, and find online trading platforms to place your own trades from home, at your own pace.

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8:30-9:30 Practica SAT. APRIL 26 10:00-11:30 Cleaning up your act technique for leaders & followers 12:30-2:00 Enrosques For him & her 2:15-3:45 Sweet elements in close embrace SUN. APRIL 27 11:00-12:30 Rebote for me/you...Sacada for me/you

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Theatre

Hornography returns to Spiritbar on Thursday, May 3. DJ Rafferty Funksmith will set the groove at 10 p.m. and Clinton Swanson and an incredible line-up of musicians take the stage at 11:30 p.m. with special guests, The Hornography Dancers! Doors open at 10 p.m.

Tickets are $12 in advance at the Hume Hotel and online at ticketweb.ca (search “Hume Hotel”).

Nelson Youth Theatre presents Greaze: A Live Tribute to the Hit Movie on Thursday, April 24 at 7:30 p.m. at the Capitol Theatre. This show will have you singing and dancing in your seat, with the T-birds, Pink Ladies and old Rydell. Zoe Burrell and Evan Forst star as the unlikely couple Sandy and Danny. They’re accompanied by past NYT actors, such as Zooey Bingham, Zorn Rose, Tate Whitman, Maddy Reilly, Tucker Bingham and more.

There will also be some new faces among the NYT gang. Tickets are $11 for adults or $6 for students and seniors available at capitoltheatre. bc.ca or by phoning 250-352-6363.

Regina roots/folk duo Brass Buttons will perform at John Ward Fine Coffee on Saturday, May 10 at 1 p.m.

Vancouver EDM duo The Funk Hunters (with Smoothie on sax) return to Spiritbar on Saturday, May 10. There will be an opening set by local party rocker Ben Fox. Doors open at 10 p.m. Tickets are $20, available in advance at the Hume Hotel front desk.

Literature

Regina poet Bruce Rice and Winlaw poet Tom Wayman will launch three books between them on Friday, April 25 at 7:30 p.m. at Oxygen Art Centre. Rice will be launching The Trouble With Beauty and Wayman will be launching The Order in Which We Do Things and Built to Take It: Selected Poems 1996-2013.

Admission is by donation ($5 recommended).

Free HealtHy CHoColate tasting!!!

April 26 at Hume Hotel 12:30 pm and 6:30 pm The Emporium Room Please RSVP to Kelsey 780.982.6869 Kelseymgodwin@hotmail.com

Film

West Kootenay EcoSociety and Nelson Hydro’s EcoSave Program present the film Deep Green at the Nelson Civic Theatre on Wednesday, April 23 at 7:30 p.m. This thought provoking movie highlights innovative solutions to our growing climate and energy crises, and provides steps you can take to join the green energy revolution. Tickets are $5.

The Thursday night movie at the Nelson Civic Theatre on April 24 at 7:30 p.m. is The Lunchbox, about a mistaken delivery in Mumbai’s famously efficient lunchbox delivery system that connects a young housewife and an older man who build a fantasy world together through notes in the lunchbox.

SelfDesign High’s WildEarth Outdoor Program is bringing a second round of films from the Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival to the Nelson Civic Theatre on Monday, April 28 at 7 p.m. The films will feature more women protagonists, mountains, wild rivers, crazy Brits and much more.

Tickets are $15 with accompanied children, under 12, free. Advance tickets are available at Gerick Cycle and Ski or the office of Nelson Kootenay Lake Tourism (225 Hall Street).

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Karen Rivers, a children’s author from Victoria, is touring libraries throughout the Kootenays with her book The Encyclopedia of Me, which has been nominated for this year’s Red Cedar Book Award. She’ll be at the Nelson Public Library on Tuesday, April 29 from 10 to 11 a.m. Her presentation is suitable for ages 10 and up. If you are interest in attending, please contact scummings@nelson.ca or Nancy at 250-352-8283.

Corb Lund and the Hurtin’ Albertans are returning to Nelson as part of their cross country Spring Thaw 2014 tour on Tuesday, May 13 at the Capitol Theatre. Harlan Pepper will open the show. Doors open at 7 p.m. and music starts at 8 p.m. Tickets are $37 at the Capitol Theatre box office, online at capitoltheatre.bc.ca or by phone at 250-352-6363.

Toronto multi-instrumental, roots/rock duo Sunparlour Players play Spiritbar tomorrow night.

The Nelson Food Cupboard and SEEDS are joining forces to bring the documentary film Ingredients: The Local Food Movement Takes Root to the Nelson Civic Theatre on May 5 at 7 p.m. The film follows journey of the people behind the movement bringing good food back to the table and health back to our communities. Tickets are $10 for adults or $8 for students and seniors. Doors open 30 minutes prior to the screening, come early to take part in a silent auction and 50/50 raffle.

Visual Arts

Art Show and Live music at Cantina Del Centro Saturday April 26 with local professional artist Nicole Hobbs and music by Dj Mama Sa, 7 p.m. to midnight. Nicole is amazingly prolific and inspired with many new painting in this show. All are invited to drop by for an evening of art, great food and drinks.

Music

Toronto’s multi-instrumental duo Sunparlour Players play Spiritbar on Thursday, April 24 with local songstress Rhoneil. Doors open at 8 p.m. Tickets are $10 in advance at the Hume Hotel or ticketweb.ca (search “Hume Hotel”).

Three DJs from Vancouver — The Librarian, Max Ulis and Sobata — will be spinning at Spiritbar on Saturday, April 26. They’re here to promote the upcoming Bass Coast Music Festival. Doors open at 10 p.m. and Tickets are $15 in advance at the Hume Hotel.

Victoria punk legends Dayglo Abortions play the basement of the Kootenay Co-op Radio Station on Sunday, April 27 with Hippiecritz and Drunk on Purpose. Doors open at 8 p.m.

Cover is $10. The show will broadcast liveto-air at 93.5FM and stream on the web at kootenaycoopradio.com.

Selkirk Pro-Musica presents Trio Voyage — featuring Don MacDonald (violin/ composition) Paul Landsberg (guitar) and Doug Stephenson (guitar/bass) with special guest Laura Landsberg (vocals) — on Monday, April 28 at 7:30 p.m. at St. Saviour’s ProCathedral (Silica and Ward). Tickets are $15 available at Otter Books and at the door.

Ladyhawk plays the basement of the Kootenay Co-op Radio Station on Tuesday, April 29 with Shotgun Jimmie. Doors open at 8 p.m. Cover is $15 (no advance tickets). The show will broadcast live-to-air at 93.5FM and stream on the web at kootenaycoopradio.com.

Winnipeg singer-songwriter Ruth Moody of the Wailin’ Jennys plays an all ages concert at the Nelson Civic Theatre on Wednesday, April 30. Local troubadour James Lamb will open the show. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the show will start at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 in advance at The Music Store or $20 at the door. Tickets are also available online at ontheroadmanagement.com (click “buy tickets” at the top of the page).

Vancouver folk trio The Wooden Horsemen play John Ward Fine Coffee on Friday, April 30 at 7 p.m. Admission is $10.

Ontario singer-songwriter Brock Zeman will play a concert at the Valley View Golf Course in Winlaw on Friday, May 2 with Blair Hogan and Dylan Roberts. The music goes from 7 to 10 p.m.

Victoria DJ/producer Neon Steve returns to Spiritbar on Friday, May 2 with Nelson’s Ben Fox and a local hip hop showcase featuring six different MCs. Doors open at 10 p.m. Tickets are $15, available in advance at the Hume Hotel.

Canadian dark rockers Big John Bates return to Spiritbar on Friday, May 16 with locals Mrs. Strange and The Other Wayne King opening the show. Doors open at 9 p.m. Tickets are $10, available at the Hume Hotel or ticketweb.ca (search “Hume Hotel”) Mat The Alien and Yan Zombie will be spinning at Spiritbar on Saturday, May 17.

Doors open at 10 p.m. Tickets are British electronic music maker Bonobo will have a DJ Set at Spiritbar on Thursday, May 22 with an opening set by Mooves. Tickets are $30 at the Hume Hotel front desk or at ticketweb.ca.

Tequila Mockingbird Orchestra and Fish & Bird shared a stage at Spiritbar on Friday, May 23. Doors open at 9 p.m. and the music starts around 10 p.m. Tickets are $15 at the Hume Hotel or ticket web.ca.

La Cafamore returns to Nelson United Church on Sunday, May 25 at 7:30 p.m. to perform string trios of Beethoven, Kodaly and Dvorak.

Carolyn Cameron (violin), Angela Snyder (violin) and Alexis More (viola) bring to life works inspired by German, Bohemian and Hungarian folk tunes. Admission is $15 for adults or $12 for students and seniors.

Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne plays the early show at Spritibar on Friday, May 30. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the music starts at 8 p.m.

Tickets are $15 in advance ($20 at the door), available at the Hume Hotel or ticketweb.ca.

At the pub

Finley’s Irish Bar and Grill hosts a rock ‘n’ roll jam night Tuesdays from 8 p.m. to midnight.

Finley’s Irish Bar and Grill hosts Karaoke on Wednesday and Sunday nights from 9 p.m. to close.

Spiritbar hosts Top Spin Thursdays, a free weekly ping pong tournament with prizes each week. Doors open at 7 p.m. for registration and the tournaments begin at 7:30 p.m. sharp.

All skill levels welcome. Details at facebook. com/topspinthursdays.

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Health care under attack When Tommy Douglas introduced Medicare in Saskatchewan over 50 years ago, he had to battle against insurance companies and some doctors who believed that health was a way for them to make money. He won.

The doctors who are dedicated to their profession more than their bank accounts won and eventually, all Canadians won. Our health care system became part of our birthright as Canadians and it created an important distinction between us and our American neighbours.

Unfortunately, health care in this country is under increasing attack.

The Harper government has not renewed the Health Accord that expired on March 31, and as such, the provinces are faced with huge financial cuts that will impact our ability to access quality and universal health care.

At the same time, there is a court challenge waged by Dr. Brian Day of Vancouver to change health care in BC.

Dr. Day runs a for-profit clinic in Vancouver and prefers the American style of health care that allows doctors to charge what they want and wealthier citizens to access what they can afford to pay for, leaving the rest of us and our public system hurting.

That isn’t how he would describe his case. He would say that he is trying “to strike down draconian laws, the likes of which do not exist in any other country on earth” (taken from a Vancouver newspaper interview).

Draconian for who? People who can afford to pay but must wait for opportunities like the rest of us?

There is no doubt that our public health care system has been squeezed by funding cuts for years but that is a political act that is being deliberately perpetrated by a federal government that prefers profits over people.

A legal challenge will not change those priorities, only the electorate can. Legal challenges to our health acts will not provide required

health care access to Kaslo or citizens around Castlegar after 8 p.m.

Legal challenges have the potential to strike down the very legislation and public policy that allows our healthcare system to function, as beaten up as it currently is.

Most people had no idea that a 10-year health agreement quietly died on March 31 and that is the way government likes it. We won’t notice the impact until we require hospital care but by then, the nurses, doctors, technicians and equipment will disappear due to lack of funding.

Line ups will become longer and more frustrating or, if the legal challenge prevails, the human and technical resources will disappear into private holdings and those who have the funds to pay will get what they can afford.

Tommy Douglas didn’t know we would have to fight this battle all over again.

Cindy McCallum Miller Thrums

Riondel school reunion seeks grads The committee for J.A. Cochran School Reunion 2014 cordially invites all former students, teachers and support staff who attended this school from 1953 through 1972 in Riondel to join us for this memorable event on August 22 and 23.

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Our society is based on constant growth, bigger is better, and the need to increase profits from year to year.

This concept of continuous growth must find new sources of wealth among corporations. Although we are told that we live in an economic society which thrives on competition, in truth, competition leads to large corporations buying out smaller companies, thus creating a monopolistic situation in which the large corporations control prices, wages and the level of employment.

Not wanting any government intervention, these companies exploit and pollute our society for the sake of profits.

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diseases, and increasing number of deaths among the population.

Chemical spills, oil spills, run-off of chemicals used by farmers affect millions of people world wide. In addition, this “progress” has led to deforestation, erosion of plant species and the destruction of bird and animal habitats.

It has also led to current climate change which our federal government either ignores or denies.

While the one percent elite bask in their millions of dollars of income, and fend off any attempt the government may wish to intervene (supporting our federal government’s view of environmentalists as eco-terrorists), our society, health, resources, animal and human life are put at risk.

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How t o i m prov e you r l a n d s c a pe b e f or e s e l l i n g Selling a house is seldom easy, and homeowners are often willing to do whatever it takes to make their home more attractive to prospective buyers. One of the areas sellers typically focus on is the home’s landscaping. A well-maintained lawn and garden increases a property’s curb appeal considerably, increasing the chances a buyer will have a strong first impression of the home.

Rotary honours pair for community service Nelson Rotary Club Noon Hour president Ed Edmondson presents the Rotary Award of Merit to Brenda Reid and Nancy Ferguson of the Nelson Rhythm Ropers skipping team. The award was presented to honour the women’s long-term service to the community.

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Nominations sought The Nelson Rotary Daybreak Club is calling for nominations of Nelson and area adults for recognition through its Community Service Award.

The Daybreak Club wishes to honour young adults, ages 25 to 40, who are showing leadership and participation in making Nelson and area a better

community.

The chosen recipients will be honoured at a Rotary Daybreak meeting.

Please send your nomination by May 22, containing full contact information for the nominee and description of community service, to mdmiller@ uniserve.com.

But homeowners don’t need to have a green thumb to ensure their lawn improves curb appeal. The following are a few tricks of the trade savvy sellers can employ to make their home an instant hit when buyers pull up to the curb. * Color the landscape. The plants outside a home shouldn’t stick out like a sore thumb, but a few splashes of color can make a home more appealing. For the cost of some annuals, which are typically inexpensive, homeowners can turn a drab flower bed into a colorful spot bound to catch a buyer’s eye. * Lay down new layers of mulch. Mulch is not only good for plants, helping them to retain moisture while inhibiting weed germination and growth, but a fresh layer of mulch also adds to a yard’s aesthetic appeal. Mulch made of wood or bark chips is also slow to decay, so apply a new batch right before the “For Sale” sign is erected and you might not have to apply another batch before selling the home. * Prune trees and shrubs. Pruning trees and shrubs is one of the easiest and most effective ways to improve a landscape. Dead branches in shrubs and trees might suggest to buyers that the homeowners weren’t terribly preoccupied with maintenance, and this might cause them to think twice about making an offer. Stay on top of pruning regardless of what season it is, and be sure to remove any fallen branches from the yard on a regular basis. * Clean bird baths and other water features. Water features create a peaceful atmosphere around a property if they’re well maintained. If not, buyers won’t see the yard as a sanctuary but rather a place where mosquitoes congregate and odors emanate from algae-filled water.

Remove any debris from water features, including leaves and algae, and clean the filters so water is always clear. * Invest in a power washer. Buying a power washer might be a tad over the top, but homeowners whose yards are filled with grimy surfaces might find a power washer can work wonders at restoring a home’s external appeal. If plants are in pots that are covered in years-old dirt and grime, a power washer can restore the pot’s luster in a matter of minutes.

Spray down walkways and even home siding that has fallen victim to dirt and grime over the years. * If planting trees, don’t go too big. Especially large trees are not always attractive to prospective buyers, who likely won’t want sight lines obstructed or won’t want to worry about a tree falling and destroying their home during a storm. * Address issues with weeds. A prevalent problem with weeds around the property is another situation that some buyers might feel is indicative of neglect. Weeds are a pretty simple problem to remedy, so buyers might be correct to assume weeds around the property are there because the homeowner was not concerned with maintenance. Lay mulch around flower beds and gardens to reduce weed growth, and pull any weeds from sidewalks and the driveway. Once weeds are pulled, spray areas that were infested with a weedtreatment product to ensure weeds don’t grow back.

A well-maintained landscape is a great way for men and women hoping to sell their homes to make a strong first impression.

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Water Day celebration in Winlaw Saturday, May 3 marks the 11th annual Water Day celebration in Winlaw.

Started by the Winlaw Watershed Committee, this highly colourful event is a celebration of all things water, and the importance of water and all its sources in the Slocan Valley.

It takes place at and around the newly renovated Kayu’s Café and the Cedar Creek Gardens green space in downtown Winlaw.

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Lead by the Samba Band, those in the parade will walk, sing, and dance their way down to the Slocan River for more celebra-

tions. As this is a well-attended event, it is asked that those attending be respectful of the community when parking. Everyone is asked to use caution whether attending or passing through the area.

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Support for Cyswog’n’Fun The crew at CIBC Wood Gundy continued their annual tradition of supporting the Cyswog’n’Fun Triathlon.

Pictured here are CIBC Wood Gundy staff (from left to right) Ed Mannings, Simon Wheeldon, Robert Trickey, Douglas Turner, Matt Peschke, Deb deTremaudan and Gary Whitfield handing off the cheque to Cyswog’n’Fun race director Larry Bickerton (centre). This year’s race goes Sunday, August 3. For more information see trinelson.com or facebook.com/cyswognfun.

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Events planned around Hunger Awareness Week

Gala Sunday April 27 Lakeside Park Greenhouse

10:00 am until they are all gone!

SEEDS will sell our 5 gallon pots of lush veggies, for you to take home and enjoy all summer long.

The Nelson Food Cupboard has an exThe Nelson Food Cupboard and SEEDS Also during Hunger Awareness Week, Each pot of organic greens will cost $15 for non citing month coming up. On April 29 it are joining forces to bring the documentary on May 8, “We will be sharing a table with members, and $13 per pot for SEEDS members. will host its annual general meeting at 7 Ingredients: The Local Food Movement Takes our colleagues from the Salvation Army, This is a great opportunity to: p.m. in the Fairview Room of the Nelson Root to Nelson. A one night only special Our Daily Bread and St. Saviour’s Anglican • Buy a membership with SEEDS United Church. screening of this movie highlights the rising Church Food Pantry who all help to deal • Learn more about us • Meet the volunteers and staff who grow food, The public can attend and hear about the local food movement, whose proponents with the effects of poverty in our commuall year round incredible support the group received from are shrinking the gap between farmland nity,” said Charlesworth.

• Tour the Outdoor Community Gardens Project with us the community in 2013 and its plans for an and dinner table.

Check out the spring campaign “Buy a BLACK PRESS • See our flower boxes outside the greenhouse expanded Harvest Rescue in 2014.

The film plays at the Civic Theatre on Row/Grow a Row” and help support local We ask you to return your pots to us, when they have completed Includes ad sizesWeek for the Nelson Castlegar News, Arrow News, Creston Valley Advance and Kootenay News Advertiser “Hunger Awareness is from May 5Star, May 5, doors open at 6:30 p.m.Lakes for a celgardeners and farmers to raise nutritious, their cycle of feeding you and beautifying your patio or balcony or to HALF 10 andPage is a great opportunity yard. This honor system has worked well for us, thanks to you.

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CALL FOR PROPOSALS GLACIER CREEK REGIONAL PARK CAMPGROUND HOST

The Regional District of Central Kootenay (RDCK) is accepting applications for an onsite campground host for Glacier Creek Regional Park located on Duncan Lake north of Meadow Creek BC. The Glacier Creek Regional Park Host will be responsible for providing a safe, sanitary, socially acceptable, environmentally responsible, rustic public recreation opportunity. The host will help recover operational costs through the collection of camp fees. The host will be required to provide personal onsite accommodation and will report to the RDCK Parks Operation Supervisor while maintaining open communication with the Glacier Creek Regional Parks Commission (GCRPC). This position will run from May 15th 2014 through September 15th 2014. The host will be paid $2,675/month for a total of $10,700. The host will also have an opportunity to sell firewood within the campground, for profit, if desired.

A copy of the Call for Proposals is available on the RDCK website www.rdck.ca Administration/Bids & Tenders and/or at RDCK reception.

Proposals must be clearly marked “Call for Proposals – Glacier Creek Regional Park Host” and must be received by mail, e-mail or hand delivered to the office of the Regional District of Central Kootenay, 202 Lakeside Drive, Box 590, Nelson, B.C. V1L 5R4, no later than 2:00 pm (local time) on Friday, May 2, 2014.

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Nelson climber backs Sherpas after deadly incident

Tim Rippel unharmed in Everest avalanche Staff Writer Nelson Star

A Nelson climber was not involved in the deadliest-ever avalanche on Mount Everest early Friday but says “a lot of soul searching” is going on.

Tim Rippel of Peak Freaks Expeditions wrote on his blog that all their staff and members are fine and none were involved in the slide on the world’s highest peak which claimed the lives of at least 13 Nepalese guides.

Rippel, who has made nearly 50 Himalayan expeditions and finally reached Everest’s summit on his eighth attempt in 2008, is at the base camp.

“Everyone is shaken here,” he said. “Some climbers are packing up and calling it quits. They want nothing to do with this. Reality has set in.”

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Rippel met with his Sherpa crew and told them all to go home and call it a season if they wanted, with full pay.

However, all wanted to stay — even a couple who came close to being victims themselves. The pair dropped their

loads and retreated to the base camp just minutes before the slide. Two other Peak Freak guides were above the

avalanche and just starting to make their way down. They were briefly trapped and had to remake the route and fix ladders to get down, Rippel wrote.

“They are brave and wise men and I have an enormous amount of responsibility to them and their families,” he said.

Contrary to news reports, Rippel said the route had already been fixed and the Sherpas were starting to haul equipment up to stock camps when the slide hit.

Rippel said he supports the Sherpas, who made a series of demands of the Nepalese government, which profits from the expeditions. “They are our family, our brothers and sisters and the muscle on Everest. We follow their lead.

We are guests here.”

As a professional member

of the Canadian Avalanche Association, Rippel said he is also concerned the mountain has been “deteriorating rapidly’ in the last three years due to global warming. Each day they hear the “groaning and crashing” of the glacier.

“Political grievances aside, we are not here to kill people,” he said. “Everyone agrees Everest 2014 is shaping up to be the worst season in history for complications and for deaths it’s already surpassed previous records in one event.”

In an earlier blog posting, Rippel’s wife Becky explained that Tim instructed his members and Sherpas to call home to tell their families they were okay. She was talking to Tim on the phone when the slide happened.

“Everyone is rattled by this tragic event,” she wrote.

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Strong pitching helped the L.V. Rogers Bombers baseball squad take second spot during a holiday weekend tournament held in Nelson.

The local squad hosted teams from Kelowna (Mt. Boucherie), Kimberley (Selkirk) and Cranbrook (Mt. Baker) in a fourteam, two-day round robin format.

Each team played the other once and the squad with the best overall record was declared the winner.

The Bombers crushed Selkirk 12-1 in their opening game on Friday and followed that up with a 5-3 victory over Mt. Boucherie on Saturday.

That set up a final game between the undefeated Bombers and the undefeated Mt. Baker squad.

In the end, the visiting squad kept Nelson’s batters quiet, defeating the Bombers 4-0.

While the loss relegated the local squad to second place, coach Kyle Mace said overall, the boys had a solid weekend of play.

“We played pretty well. We are doing better as a team. Of course we still have to cut out making multiple mistakes in one inning,” said Mace.

One of the highlights of the weekend was the strong play of

Hano Southam of the L.V. Rogers Bombers baseball squad, pitched a complete one-run game in the local squad’s opening match.

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the local squad’s pitching rotation.

“Our pitchers threw really well in all three games. Our starters went the distance in each game. We’ve got three pretty good Grade 11 kids to pitch.”

Hano Southam, Braden Zarikoff and Austin Tambellini all pitched complete games,

without the need to call on the Bombers bullpen. It’s a luxury any coach would love to have.

Mace, who has been at the helm of the Bombers for several years, said his squad has played about 20 games this season. Local fans may not have noticed, because the team plays most of its games on the road.

“We head down to Spokane a lot, we play south a lot.”

But the players don’t mind all the travel because the experience prepares them for the next level.

“The kids are all gearing up for the American Legion tryouts this upcoming weekend in Trail,” explained Mace.

The squad also travels because most of the American squads do not come up to Nelson to play and local competition is almost non-existent.

“There aren’t any other high school teams in BC except for the ones we had here this weekend. Alberta does have a high school league, but we can’t get into that, because it would be too hard,” said Mace.

With no league, or standings to play for, the local squad is designed to work on skills and let the players enjoy the sport.

“We are just trying to give our kids innings in so when they go to the American Legion level, they are ready to play.”

But most of all, the program is about giving kids a chance to play.

“We like to have a lot of fun.

A lot of those kids, it’s their first time playing baseball. They get to high school, they haven’t played baseball since T-ball and they all of a sudden want to play again. We give them the opportunity.”

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U14 girls soccer squad shines at Kelowna Icebreaker tourney

Silver medal for Nelson Selects

The Nelson Selects U14 girls soccer squad shook off the winter rust at the annual Kelowna Icebreaker tournament over the Easter weekend and brought home a silver medal.

The Selects put together a 2-1 record in the round robin to earn a spot in the gold medal final where they lost 2-1 in a heartbreaker to Okanagan Mission No. 2.

“The teams we played in this tournament have been practicing together as a unit for several months and were from much larger associations,” said U14 coach Paul Burkart. “Though most of our girls have spent the winter honing their skills indoors, we have not had much time to work together as a team. I’m very proud of the effort and pleased with the outcome in Kelowna.”

Nelson came out of the blocks strong on Friday in their opening contest against the Edmonton West Raiders. Jodi Surina and Shaen Panko-Dool scored in the first half to give the Selects a 2-0 lead. Midway through the second half, Mattea Lorenzo Langevin salted away a Panko-Dool rebound to give Nelson a 3-0 win.

Keeper Hannah Quinn and defenders Emily Taylor, Julia Burkart, Allison Bendis, Bella Guderyan, Ashley Hall and Anna Milde did an excellent job of controlling the backfield allowing Quinn to come away with the shutout.

“That was a pretty great start, but more impressive than the score was the possession game the girls played,” said Burkart. “That is the style of game we will continue to work on over the season.”

Nelson Selects U14 Girls winger Jodi Surina thunders down the side during the Kelowna Icebreaker tournament over the Easter weekend. The Selects won silver at the season opening tournament.

The Selects carried the momentum into their Saturday morning game against Okanagan Mission No. 1, when Surina scored five minutes into the first half thanks to a pretty pass from Shianne Michalchuk. The opposition got that one back before the end of the half on a penalty kick.

Missing two of their key players due to illness, Nelson fought hard in the second half and goalkeeper Guderyan came up with some big saves to preserve the tie.

The format of the tournament required immediate penalty kicks to determine a winner so the game went into a shootout. All five Selects shooters scored — Taylor, Grace Dehnel, Sophia Arcuri, Michalchuk and Surina — and Guderyan made the shootout’s

only save to secure the victory.

In the team’s second game of the day against the Kelowna Eagles, Nelson again jumped out to an early lead when PankoDool converted a nice pass from Haley Slomba. Before the end of the half Kelowna tied the game and it would stay that way until the end of regulation. In their second shootout of the day, Nelson did not come away with the same result and had to swallow the 2-1 loss.

In the gold medal game Nelson continued its streak of scoring first when Surina notched her third goal of the tournament pouncing on a penalty kick rebound off the foot of Taylor. The lead would last only a few minutes as Okanagan Mission No. 2 scored on a scram-

ble to tie the game 1-1.

Midway through the second half, a foul just outside the 18-yard box provided Okanagan Mission No. 2 with the chance they needed in an extremely tight contest. The free kick sailed over the head of an outstretched Quinn to give the eventual champions the 2-1 lead, which they would hold despite a spirited push by Nelson late in the half.

“We found ourselves in some foul trouble at various times during our games that cost us some key goals. The girls were disappointed to lose, but this weekend was about learning, and to earn a hard fought silver medal was a great way to start what I am predicting to be a great season,” said Burkart.

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Tennis club prepared for season With spring in the air it’s not hard to imagine why we’re ready for love. That is, 15-love or 30-love and deuce etc.

Yes, the three lit tennis courts at Granite Point Golf and Country Club are ready for action. The local, friendly Nelson Tennis Club is always welcoming new members.

Full use of the club facilities, free lessons for beginner and novice players and a free six-week junior program are all part of membership benefits.

Chris Parenteau is the tennis pro again this year. Tournament dates are to be determined. Membership fees are; single $150, couple $250 and family $300. For more information please contact Chris at 250825-2203 or Linda at 250-352-4659 or go to nelsontennisclub.com

for the club and invites you to support them by watching their fantastic TKD demonstrations April 26 at the Chahko Mika mall from noon to 3 p.m. For more info go to facebook.com/breakingboardsbreaking chains or ijm.ca

q The Kootenay Christian Martial Arts club is once again breaking boards in aid of human rights.

The Breaking Boards — Breaking Chains for IJM Canada is becoming a regular event

q The Nelson Kayak and Canoe Club is in the midst of a change up. Operating for over 20 years or so through Chris Kölmel’s home and shop, it has come time that Chris takes a well deserved break. Many thanks

q This spring has also seen an abundance of visiting sports teams to Nelson for various tournaments.

The next spectator friendly event is being hosted by the local Rhythm Ropers skipping club. The BC Provincial Jump Rope Competition will be held at the L.V. Rogers Secondary gymnasium April 25 to 27. If you enjoy watching high energy skills in action (that you wish you could do) make a date for this weekend.

go to Chris for his years of dedication to local paddlers.

His efforts are greatly appreciated.

Membership fees and boat use and storage arrangements are changing and will be operated in part with local partners such as NDCC (a punch pass) and the Nelson rowing club and perhaps the sports council.

More details will follow when confirmed, so watch this space. In the meantime contact Laurie and Dave Knox at laureenknox@ gmail.com for more information.

q The Nelson Leafs having just finished the past season with the Cyclone Taylor cup event are already heading toward next season with the onset of the 2014 spring training camp on May 9 to 11 at the Nelson and District Community Complex.

The application form can be found at nelsonleafs.ca and must be completed and submitted with the registration fee of $125. Fax forms to 250-352-1903 or email to fmaida @shaw.ca.

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Responsibilities will include: customer service in person and over the telephone by processing orders, providing price and delivery information, co-coordinating project requirements, and answering various product inquiries.

You should be highly motivated, a strong team player with demonstrated learning abilities. We offer an attractive benefits program, which includes profit sharing.

Please forward your resume to: Peter Youngblut Guillevin International Co. 609-13th Street Castlegar BC V1N 2K6 pyoungblut@guillevin.com www.guillevin.com We thank all candidates, but only those short-listed will be contacted.

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NELSON’S 2013 CITIZEN OF THE YEAR

Beckjord earns gold medal for hairdressing

Student’s skills shine through

The Nelson Knights of Columbus are pleased to announce that

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is the NELSON’S CITIZEN OF THE YEAR He will be honored with Presentations and an Italian Banquet at the Catholic Center (523 Mill Street) Saturday, 6:00 p.m. April 26, 2014 TICKETS: $30.00 571 Baker Street Menswear

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EARTH WEEK SALE Amber Beckjord has a new addition to her mirror at the Selkirk College hairdressing program salon on the Silver King Campus in Nelson — her gold medal from last week’s BC Skills Competition in Vancouver.

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have always taken classes above my grade, so I thought it was a great opportunity. If I was going to do it anyways… who gets to go to college when they’re still in high school?”

This week Beckjord will join the rest of the Selkirk College Class of 2014 at the annual graduation ceremony in Castlegar.

In June she will join her Mount Sentinel Secondary classmates for her high school graduation.

“I’ve always been intrigued with hairdressing,” she says.

“I’ve always been really into art and theatre, but was never really sure what my focal point was. Once I came into the class I was still not totally sure, but I love it now.”

With Beckjord’s hairdressing pedigree, her success and future potential hasn’t come totally out of the blue. Her uncle is Anthony Crosfield, one of Canada’s most celebrated hairstylists and a Selkirk College hairdressing program graduate in 1985. The co-owner and creative director of Union Salon in Vancouver, Crosfield won the Slice Network’s Superstar Hair Challenge (season two) and has established an international reputation in the fashion industry.

For the last two summers, Beckjord worked in her uncle’s

“I’ve always been really into art and theatre, but was never really sure what my focal point was.” salon “sweeping floors and keeping my eye on what is going on.”

In preparation for the BC Skills Competition, she spent two weeks in Vancouver at Union Salon doing her program practicum and further developing her budding skills.

“He told me it was a great a program and it definitely is,” Beckjord says of her uncle’s guidance. “A lot of good words have been said about this program and I am going to continue to pass that on.”

Beckjord hasn’t coasted on raw talent. Though the second semester of the Selkirk College hairdressing program is heavy on practical experience, the first semester is primarily classroom and book learning. Throughout

it all, the young student has maintained a perfect gradepoint-average.

“I think studying is important no matter what program you are in,” she says. “It’s a lot of hard work… you can’t expect to go far in anything if you are not willing to put the work in. I spent hours and hours practicing for that competition, it’s the same way with anything you do.

It really helps if you are enjoying what you are doing and I enjoy doing this.”

The pace of Beckjord’s world isn’t set to slow down anytime soon. After Selkirk College graduation, she will finish off her studies at the Silver King Campus in Nelson. After that it’s off to Vancouver to work at Union Salon in preparation for the Skills Canada competition in Toronto where Beckjord will represent BC in June.

If she manages to score a victory at that competition, Beckjord will earn a spot in the WorldSkills International Competition which takes place in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

“I’ve told myself that gold is the only option,” she says with a smile.

With the talent Beckjord possesses, a trip to South America might just be in the cards.

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Amber Beckjord put an exclamation mark on her bright future last week when the 17-year-old Selkirk College student captured a gold medal at the BC Skills Competition in Hairdressing.

Cutting and styling against 30 of the most talented hairdressing students in the province, Beckjord turned enough heads in Vancouver to bring home the top prize.

“I was confident, but I was still surprised when they called my name,” says Beckjord. “But it was a good surprise.”

The annual Skills BC Competition is part of the Skills Canada program, a proactive non-profit organization that partners with government, educators, private industry and labour to promote and celebrate the skilled trades and technologies as first choice career opportunities for young people across the province.

The competition features contests in dozens of disciplines from 3D computer animation to electrical wiring to car painting.

In the hairdressing competition, Beckjord was tasked with coming up with three different styles — day style, night style and men’s progressive — in what was a grueling eight-hour day.

In the end, the Winlaw resident was recognized for her creativity, technique and polished final product.

“I’ve had lots of students win at the skills competition and I would say she is the best of the best,” says Bonnie Piderman, a Selkirk College hairdressing instructor for the last 29 years.

“It’s about dedication and passion… she has both of those and I am very proud of her.”

Further adding to Beckjord’s impressive result is that she’s the youngest member of the class of 2014.

Beckjord is one of several Selkirk students in a variety of trades programs capitalizing on the ACE IT program which allows high students to take the first level of technical training that gives them dual credit for high school courses and college programs.

“Hairdressing has been something that I have wanted to do for a while,” says Beckjord. “I

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