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A delegation from School District 8 is going to China this summer. The hard work of International Program Administrator Sandy Prentice resulted in an invitation for a delegation to visit China by Professor Li of the Tianjin Technology University. The trip takes place from July 17 to 28. While away, the delegation will be exposed to traditional and current Chinese culture which will include a trip to the Great Wall of China and Ancient Culture Street. Participants will be introduced to Chinese calligraphy, history through fable, and cuisine. Delegates will be in dorm accommodations at the university. The group of 19 is made up of six CUPE em-
ployees (janitors, secretaries, bus drivers, and educational assistants), five teachers, four principals, two trustees, and two senior management. “The tie-in is all about relationship building because in order for someone to send their children to us, they have to trust us,” said Prentice. “Last year in our program we had 125 international students from 11 different countries. Twenty of our students were from China.” Prentice says another huge component of the program is the desire to move all staff in the district along the Intercultural Continuum so that people move from monocultural to multicultural mindsets. “This is evident in their interactions with Continued on Page 3
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The principal of Lucerne elementary secondary in New Denver says his school is “hurting” after the weekend canoeing accident that involved youth who were enrolled there. In a statement posted on the school’s website, Drew Neilson told parents that they are “doing everything reasonably possible” to help students and support affected families. Lily Harmer-Taylor, 19, who was weeks away from graduating from the school, was pulled from a canoe that capsized Saturday afternoon on Slocan Lake but died in hospital. Dive teams are still looking for Jule Wiltshire-Padfield, 15, Hayden Kyle, 21, and Skye Donnet, 18. Neilson said they are working with the school counsellor and counsellors to ensure appropriate levels of support for both students and those who work with them. “We are also providing school space for parents or others in the community who would like to connect with each other,” he wrote. “In responding to tragic events it is important to remember that as parents and teachers we are patient and understanding.” He encouraged parents to contact support workers if they were concerned about their children, themselves, or anyone else. “As a school community we will do our best to continue the daily routines and practices that are important to the stability and comfort of our students,” he added. “I want to extend to you the love and sorrow our staff have for all families and community members who are facing this terrible event.” He thanked first responders, searchers, and hospital staff. “We also deeply appreciate the support shown by the community to us as a school Continued on Page 3
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Nelson’s Nathan Beninger hasn’t given up his dream of expanding a Peruvian shelter for abused girls, but he’s asking for the community’s help to achieve it. Beninger, who founded the non-profit Pura Viva Foundation in 2005, will host a public session next week to brainstorm ways of finding enough money to build a new shelter for 20 children and ensure it stays open. “I’ll go over how much we spend yearly, how much it will cost to build the bigger shelter, and what we’re trying to accomplish in Peru,” he says. “I’d like to get new ideas on how we could get the community behind it.” Pura Vida has already benefitted from local generosity: last year Wildlife Genetics announced it would donate $25,000 per year for five years. Beninger says it was a fantastic start, but they need two or three like-minded individuals or businesses before they can be push ahead with expansion. That’s where the public input comes in. For the last five years, the shelter in Cusco has cared for five to seven young girls at a time who have been forced into prostitution, severely abused, or abandoned. They’re provided food, safe housing, and rehabilitation at an annual cost to the foundation of $25,000 to $30,000. Two are now
Nathan Beninger with his wife, daughter, and four of the Peruvian girls they look after in a shelter are seen on a visit to Machu Picchu. Courtesy Pura Vida Foundation in university. Last year the foundation acquired land in a small town 1½ hours outside of Cusco that will become home to the new shelter. An architect has drawn up plans and the local school has pledged its support, but Beninger is reluctant to start building unless there’s enough funding to keep it going.
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“If I build it, have money for first year and then don’t have money for the second year, what do I do? I need that consistency. I would like to have more security to take that next step.” Housing 20 children would cost about $75,000 per year to cover salaries for four staff, food, health care, and education. Although Beninger would like to branch out to bigger cities for support, to date the bulk of his donations have come from Nelson and area. In any case, he won’t be spending as much time in Peru, where he and his family have lived most of the year, as his daughter will soon start Kindergarten in Nelson. In his absence, a psychologist is looking after the shelter. Beninger first travelled to the South American country to photograph its beauty but was alarmed by the exploitation of young girls he witnessed. He decided to stay and do what he could to help them. The meeting, open to the public, is on Wednesday, May 22 at 7:30 p.m. at the church at 702 Stanley Street. Beninger encourages families to attend.
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Tianjin under the leadership of Shannon Lanaway. Li told Prentice that his university wants to change their title and designation from a technology school to an open university meaning it’s international. He asked for help by sending a delegation of people from SD 8 to show the Chinese government that his university has international relations with Nelson, Canada. Delegates will personally bear the costs of the trip not covered by the university which will be $500 per person plus a Chinese
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Underwater sonar being used in search Continued from Page 1 staff and are reminded of the beauty of humanity as we see you all supporting each other.” Lucerne has approximately 100 students. Meanwhile the search for the bodies of the three other youths involved in the tragedy continued on Thursday
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Seven years ago, while researching his family tree, Slocan Valley writer Art Joyce made a curious discovery: immigration records showed his paternal grandfather came to Canada with three other boys and a chaperone, but no parents. “That struck me as odd,” Joyce says, “so I consulted local genealogist Pat Rogers, who said ‘I’ll bet you’ve got Home Children in your family.’” The term didn’t mean anything to him at the time, but it launched his exploration of a migration scheme that saw more than 100,000 poor or orphaned British children sent to other Commonwealth nations — mainly Canada — as labourers. The practice began in 1869 and persisted well into the 20th century, aided by dozens of immigration agencies, many of questionable repute. Children were often exploited and abused, their new lives hardly an improvement on the ones Art Joyce they left behind. Cyril William Joyce came to Canada from London in 1926 at age 16, sponsored by the Church of England, and worked on northern Alberta farms until adulthood. He married Marjorie Maynard and in the midst of the Great Depression moved to Balfour, then Trail where he worked for Cominco until his retirement. He died in 1998, having returned to England only once. He never stayed in touch with family there — a common side effect of child immigration. Joyce wanted to know more, but had little to go on; he only met his grandfather a few times. He was fortunate, however, to find a genealogy website maintained by Brian Joyce. When they compared family trees, many names matched. That led to a trip to England in 2009 for a reunion of sorts
The cover of Art Joyce’s new book, Laying the Children’s Ghosts to Rest: Canada’s Home Children in the West. The author estimates that one in eight Canadians are the descendants of the 100,000 British Home Children sent here from slums and orphanages in the UK starting in the 19th century.
and to view his grandfather’s old neighborhood of East Ham. “We very nearly lost this story because he wouldn’t speak about it,” Joyce notes. “Because they were such a poor class in England, they were stigmatized and ashamed when they got to Canada. Continued on Page 5
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Exploring a migration scheme Continued from Page 4 The best coping strategy was to become invisible.” Solving his personal family history puzzle prompted Joyce to examine the broader picture. “The wider story interested me because I realized if this happened in my family, it must have happened in many other Canadian families,” he says. Indeed, an estimated four million people can trace their roots to Home Children. But while a body of literature exists on the phenomenon, Joyce says not much has dealt with it from a Western Canadian perspective. While most children were sent to Ontario and the Maritimes, others like his grandfather went to the Prairies to be trained as farmers. In BC, Fairbridge Farm Schools in Vernon and Duncan received children from the mid-1930s to the late ’40s. By that point, changing attitudes around child psychology finally ended the practice. “They realized plucking children away from their families and sending them across an ocean to a new country with strangers caring for them was simply not healthy in terms of their development,” Joyce says. He visited archives in Ottawa, Victoria, Nelson, and Vernon to learn more and presents his findings in a book, Laying the Children’s Ghosts to Rest: Canada’s Home Children in the West, which will be launched at the Nelson Public Library on Tuesday at 7 p.m., along with Ymir author Vangie Bergum’s Downstream: Bestemor & Me (see related story, page 12). He’ll also give a reading at the Slocan Community Library on Sunday, June 1 at 1 p.m. as part of a western Canadian tour. Joyce, the author of two books on local
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A group of girls disembark at St. John, New Brunswick, 1920, sent by Barnardo’s Homes, the leading child immigration agency in the UK during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Large groups of 200 or more boys or girls were shipped to Canada to work as indentured labourers on farms and as domestic servants from 1869 to the late 1940s. In the group photo are Gladys and Louisa Martin, who are profiled in the book. Image courtesy Library and Archives Canada history and two poetry collections, says his latest work is a blend of memoir, history, and creative non-fiction, and profiles several individual Home Children. While most have died and others are tight-lipped, Joyce gleaned details from a few who were more open about their experiences. (He also discovered that Leslie Vivian Rogers, the namesake of Nelson’s senior high school, was a British Home Child, sent to Canada at age five.) Joyce avoided writing a straight history, instead exploring long-term psychological and social effects on Canadian families
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Lake tragedy To the love ones of the children lost in this tragedy my heart goes out to you and your families now! Hold on tightly to your family and friends right now as you will need each other in this time of need. I lost my son at the tender age of 17 may your hearts be lightened with the memories of your beautiful kids. Carol Philip Taylor
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My heart goes out to the whole community and especially the families, I know that in a small community that you are all like family... My condolences to all, so many will be touched by this terrible tragedy. She Sells Chevys
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Words cannot express the sorrow I feel for the families of these young people. What a terrible tragedy. Aline Anderson
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here is no doubt that human beings are the dominant species on Earth. The seven billion of us account for about one-third of the total body mass of large animals on the planet, with our domestic animals accounting for most of the rest. (Wild animals only amount to three to five per cent.) But are we really central to the scheme of things? That is a different question. Almost all the scientific discoveries of the past few centuries have moved human beings away from the centre of things towards the periphery. In the 16th Century we learned that the Earth went around the Sun, not the other way round. Then we realized that the Sun was just one more yellow star among a hundred billion others “far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy,” as Douglas Adams put it. And this is just one galaxy among hundreds of billions. Then the geologists learned that our planet is four and a half billion years old, whereas we primates have only been around for the past seven million years, and modern human beings for a mere 100,000 years. And so on and so forth, until we felt very small and insignificant. But now the story is heading back in the other direction; they’re
going to name an entire geological epoch after us. The Anthropocene. Don’t get too excited: an epoch is not that big a deal in geology. Just as there is an ascending hierarchy of days, weeks, months and years in present time, there is a hierarchy of epochs, periods, eras and aeons in geological time. Until recently, everybody agreed that we live in the Holocene epoch of the Quaternary period, which in turn is part of the 65-millionyear old Cenozoic era, the most recent phase of the 540-million-year Phanerozoic aeon. Holocene means “entirely recent”, and is reckoned to have begun at the end of the last major glaciation less than 12,000 years ago. That’s not a very long time even for a mere epoch – but geologists are now considering the possibility that we have already entered a different epoch, the Anthropocene (from the Greek roots for “man” and “recent”). That is, an epoch defined by the impact of human beings on the entire planetary environment. Geologists want to see evidence in the rocks before they define an epoch, and it’s early days for that yet, but it’s clear that the fossil records for the present time will show a massive loss of forests, a very high rate of extinctions, and a preponderance of fossils of only a few species: us and our domesticated
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animals. The acidification of the oceans is destroying the coral reefs, which will produce a “reef gap” similar to the ones that marked the five great extinctions of the past. The changes in the atmosphere caused by the burning of massive amounts of fossil fuels – coal, oil and gas – will show up in the form of rising sea levels due to warming, and in the decline of carbonate rocks like limestone and chalk in the deep-ocean sediments. If this is really a new epoch, then geologists (human or otherwise) millions of years from now should be able to work out what happened just from the rocks, without any direct knowledge of the past. However, if the current global civilization collapses as a result of these changes, they will have only a very thin band of rock to work with. The idea of declaring the Anthropocene as a new epoch is being taken seriously by geologists: the International Union of Geological Sciences has set up a working group of the International Commission on Stratigraphy to report by 2016 on whether the Holocene must give way to the Anthropocene. The real purpose of declaring the Anthropocene period is to focus human attention on the scale of our impacts on the planetary
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environment. As biologist E.O. Wilson wrote: “The pattern of human population growth in the twentieth century was more bacterial than primate.” He calculated that human biomass is already a hundred times larger than that of any other large animal species present or past except for our own domesticated animals. That phase of runaway population growth is over now, but the global rise in living standards is having further environmental impacts of the same order. Climate change is the headline threat, but the loss of biodiversity, ozone depletion, ocean acidification and half a dozen other negative trends are also driven by our numbers and our lifestyle. Being responsible for keeping so many interlocking systems within their permissible limits may be more than our civilization can manage, but it’s already too late to reject that job. All we can do now is try to stay within the planetary boundaries (which in some cases requires discovering exactly where they are), and restore as many natural systems as we can. The odds are not in our favour. Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.
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Re: “The greatest threat to the Fact is, oil producers are seek- bitumen. BC environment in our lifetime,” ing increased access to existing Earlier this year, the federal April 22 and “The Kitimat refinery and new markets – in Canada, the government released a research proposal: safe pipelines, light fuels United States and internationally study that demonstrated diluted and BC jobs,” April 28 — to satisfy market demand for bitumen floats on salt water – even Continued safe marine and increasing Canadian oil produc- after evaporation and exposure to pipeline transport of hydrocar- tion. All options to achieve that light. Whatever your plans, ourgoal personalized bons is in everybody’s interest so are worthy of study. The study was commissioned Canadians canto realize value for Andcan diluted bitumen — oil by Environment Canada, Fisheries approach financial planning help resources and oil producers can sands bitumen diluted with natu- and Oceans Canada and Natural maketothem reality. continue deliverajobs and eco- ral gas liquids that allow it to flow Resources Canada as part of the nomic benefits. No one wants a – is no more dangerous than other government’s plan to implement a Letof me help you for people spill any product at anyprovide time. typesthe of crude oil. world-class prevention, preparedEmily Tucker The performance track record Chemically, you care about… now and over time. there’s noth- ness and response regime for maover the past 50 years is good, but ing about diluted bitumen rine transportation. Results of the Consultant the even still, work is ongoing to im- transportation system emily.tucker@investorsgroup.com cannot be study will be used to inform spill Get advice. Contact me and get prove prevention and ensure pro- prepared to manage. Whether it responders and help guide more (250) 352-7777 started today. companies moves by pipelines or tankers, ducers, transportation di- research. 1-800-331-8393 and spill-responders have the best luted bitumen meets all the same Our industry is focused on reinformation available to manage specifications and behaves the sponsible development of Canada’s products safely and make the best same as other crude oils. resources. plans possible for response, conOil floats on water if it has We welcome transparency on tainment and clean-up in the event an API gravity above water’s 10 our safety and environmental perof an incident. degree API gravity. Diluted bitu- formance, based on sound science. David Black’s articles incor- men has an API gravity of 20-22 As producers, we transport oil rectly suggested the Canadian oil degrees. Any type of oil spilled in with care and attention at all times. ™Trademark owned IGM Financial Inc. and licensed its subsidiary corporations. Investment products industry is bynot interested in tothe water, eventually “weathers” and We expect all transportation proand services are offered through Investors Group Financial Services Inc. (in Québec, a Financial ServInvestors Group Financial Inc.safe services in a ices firm) and Investors Group Securities Inc.and (in Québec, a firm in can Financialbe Planning). Investorsbelow Group proposed refinery project that driven the surface viders toServices deliver Securities Inc. is a member of the Canadian Investor Protection Fund. transporting diluted bitumen is by waves or currents. Diluted bitu- responsible manner. MP1766 (10/2011) more risky than transporting other men behaves the same way. Greg Stringham types of oil because of its chemical There have been several scienCanadian Association of properties. tific studies completed on diluted Petroleum Producers
Oil doesn’t just evaporate and go away It was interesting to read David Black’s position against shipping bitumen in pipelines and tankers, a position I share with him. However, he then described how a refinery of said black sludge, aka bitumen, could be safely refined in Kitimat and turned into so-called harmless light crude oil, which, he said, is much “safer” and would evaporate and just disappear like a cloud of harmless dust. Just ask the people in Appledale how fast the oil spill evaporated harmlessly into the air. It’s oil, folks, and it doesn’t just go away. Isn’t it time to realize nothing just “goes away” it
goes from here to somewhere else. There is no such thing as a pipeline that doesn’t eventually leak. So, let’s just keep all that nasty icky oil in Alberta, and let them refine it for Canada, not risk our environment for Asia. Frankly, I think these oil leaks, spills, explosions (think BP in New Orleans and the Exxon Valdez) are the revenge of the dinosaurs against the humans who are digging up their graves deep down in the ground. Bonnie Baker Nelson
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In a letter to this paper (see page 8) Greg Stringham, on behalf of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, makes assertions about the behavior of diluted bitumen (dilbit) in salt water that are at best half-truths. He states that dilbit floats on salt water and that it is no more dangerous at sea than other types of oil. That is wrong. It is more dangerous at sea, and infinitely more so than refined fuels like diesel and gasoline. What Stringham doesn’t mention is that the same report from Environment Canada that he quotes from, goes on to say that dilbit sinks in seawater when there is sediment present. Another study by a top U.S. environmental chemist, Jeff Short, says the same thing. It was filed by the Gitxaala Nation to the National Energy Board in March 2013, so Stringham is well aware of it.
That study says animal and plant matter like plankton, as well as sediment, cause the dilbit to sink. Our entire coast has sediment and plankton in abundance. All our rivers are glacial and full of silt. Plankton is omnipresent, which is why the whales are here, and shallow seas like Hecate Strait throw up huge amounts of sediment from the bottom in storms. Dilbit will sink in our waters if there is a spill and it will harden up like caulking material on beaches and the intertidal zone. The intertidal zone includes large mud flats in the midcoast because the tidal range is more than 20 feet there. How would we ever get them clean again? Stringham also says our Canadian oil industry is interested in the Kitimat refinery idea. That is news to me. I have talked to all the companies and there is no interest whatsoever. That is why I am spearheading the project.
It will keep dilbit out of tankers and provide an enormous valueadd for BC. Canada’s oil industry needs a west coast pipeline. Coastal First Nations, the Yinka Dene First Nations, Prince Rupert, Kitimat, Terrace, Smithers, the provincial and federal NDP, the federal Liberals, the provincial and federal Green Party, many blue collar unions and the majority of folks in BC are against Northern Gateway’s idea of putting dilbit in tankers. A refinery is economically viable. Why is it so hard for our oil industry to see that the way forward is to build a green refinery which will cut greenhouse gases by 50 per cent, create thousands of jobs, generate billions of new annual taxes, and gain acceptance for a safe pipeline? David Black Kitimat Clean Black Press
It’s about more than just a coffee I love good coffee and like many fellow West Kootenaians I am a regular customer to local coffee shops. Last week an older man addressed me in front of one of these shops. “Would you have a little money for a coffee?” “Come in with me and I buy you a coffee,” I invited him. He rejected with a head shake. “They don’t want me in. I’m somewhat disturbing to them. But I would be thankful for a muffin.” I entered the café, ordered my double Americano and a muffin which I brought out to him while my coffee was prepared. “Thank you so much,” the man said. Someone had already bought him a coffee. When I left the café half an hour later he was gone. As I enjoyed my coffee, a film about an increasingly popular European project called “Buy a coffee, donate a coffee.” I had just recently seen on German TV came into my mind. Customers pay for their own coffee and buy an-
other one for an unknown person. A tablet at the wall indicates the number of coffees donated. Anyone, a senior on a small pension, a person whose dentist bill messed up the whole monthly finances, someone laid off unexpectedly, a homeless person, whoever, can go in, order — not beg for — a free coffee, and the number on the wall gets reduced. The whole thing is not at all about coffee. It is about sympathy, respect, decency, humanity, participation in social life and not being excluded. The small gift from an anonymous donor can brighten someone’s day by offering a bit of normalcy in a difficult situation without being ashamed, having to feel like a beggar. Knowing that Our Daily Bread in Nelson is giving out 90 meals each day, wouldn’t it just perfectly match the spirit of the West Kootenay if all of our local coffee shops joined this project? Elisabeth von Ah Lemon Creek
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Community Events Nelson LVR 2014 grad parents invite you to celebrate at Finley’s Irish Bar and Grill Burger and Beer Night on Thursday, May 15 from 6 to 8 p.m. Tickets are $15, available in advance at Kootenay Glass and Mirror or Mode’s Brake and Muffler. Tickets are also available at the door. 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. Nelson and District Youth Centre hosts Community Yoga on Thursdays from 7 to 8:30 p.m. This fun evening practice is suitable for all levels, focusing on fluidity empowerment. Admission is by donation ($5 recommended). Yoga for Girls is also offered Wednesdays from 3:45 to 5:15 p.m. for ages 12 to 18 for a $2 fee. On Thursday, May 15, as part of the Nelson Public Library Winlaw outreach program, the library and the Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy are hosting a film presentation by valley resident Eloise Charest. All are welcome at this free event, which will take place at Winlaw school library from 3 to 5 p.m. Rotary Interact from L.V. Rogers annual Bottle Drive Fundraiser for Guatemala, Saturday, May 17, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Leave your bottles and cans outside your driveway. Piano improv at Heather Ives’ on the North Shore on May 17, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Any violins, cello, bass free improv out there? Keniris Road 3132. Park on the road. Walk up the mulch path. Bring a pillow blanket if you choose. Kaslo May Days are coming up on May 17-19. Join the Logger Sports, May Day parade, Show ‘n’ Shine, Garden Fest, music in the parks, and horse demonstrations. See kaslomaydays.com for more info. White Pines Dojo ‘aiki-kids’ will be walking Slocan’s main roads May 18 to clean up garbage revealed by the spring melt. The public is invited to join the children’s walk at White Pines Dojo 8835 Martens Rd. Slocan at 1 p.m. following kid’s classes. Call 250-355-0009 or email info@whitepinesdojo.com.
La Leche League Nelson provides breastfeeding information and support to moms and soon-tobe-moms. They meet at 1 p.m. on the third Monday of each month at The Family Place, 312 Silica St. Their next meeting is on May 19. Call 250-352-3583 for more info. Have a look at what is happening on the Sun through two solar telescopes, as Solar Sunday begins it’s third year at Taghum Hall, Sunday May 18 & 25, noon to 2 p.m. The regular night time astronomy program is Friday, May 23 and 30, weather permitting. For more info, contact Wayne at 354 -1586. Winlaw elementary school hosts its annual Spring Fling fundraiser on Saturday, May 24 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event includes a barbecue and bake sale, kids games, face painting, an auction, raffles, and a plant and craft sale. Proceeds support special programs and services at the school. Get your car washed with the Road Kings. L.V. Rogers grad fundraising car wash, barbecue and collector car event on Saturday, May 24 at Kootenay Glass and Mirror on Lakeside Drive. Wash your car, buy a burger and check out the classic cars on display. Play It Again yard sale fundraiser on Saturday, May 24, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. They are clearing out their basement so it is mainly children’s clothing and maternity wear. There will also be kids shoes, toys, books, baby equipment and more. All proceeds will be donated to the Kootenay Kids Society who provide a vast array of services that benefit local parents and children. Come early for the best deals. Olympian Clara Hughes will ride into Nelson on Saturday, May 24 as part of her cross-country bicycle trip to raise awareness and action for mental health. The will be a parade down Baker Street to welcome her, and she will be speaking at an event that evening at Prestige Lakeside Resort. Tickets to see her speak are $25 at Sacred Ride and Gerick Cycle and Ski, and proceeds will go to the newly created Osprey Foundation Fund for Mental Wellness.
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Scotiabank MS Walk in Nelson goes Sunday, May 25 at Lakeside Park. This beautiful walk leaves from the Rotary Shelter at 1 p.m. and takes you along the lakefront for either three kilometres or five kilometres. For more information email Janice Cooper at janice.cooper@ mssociety.ca or call 1-866-352-3997.
The official opening of the Nelson Skatepark will be held on Saturday, May 31 from noon to 2 p.m. at Art Gibbon Memorial Park in Rosemont. The Royal Canadian Legion (Nelson Branch #51) is a non-profit organization aiding veterans and providing charitable funding to local non-profit groups and high schools. Membership is available to the public. Members and their guests enjoy billiards, snooker, shuffleboard, bigscreen television for sports, barbecues, monthly jam sessions, beverage room, darts (Wednesdays), meat draws and karaoke (Saturdays) and cribbage (Sundays). Info: rclbr51@ telus.net or 250-352-7727. 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. 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 about the Cellar meetings contact Norma at 250-352-3747 and for the Front Street meetings contact Sharon at 250-352-7333. Nelson and District Seniors Coordinating Society is a seniors’ onestop centre for free information on community and services. It also offers affordable help with household tasks. The office is open Monday to Thursday from 10 to 2 p.m. at 719 Vernon Street. Available on Tuesdays from 10 to noon are seniors’ counselling and free income tax service. On Wednesdays from noon to 2 p.m. learn about elder abuse prevention. Call 250-352-6008. Balfour Hall Community and Area $ellwhatyouwanta $ale on Saturday, June 7, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. For table rentals call Jackie Nedelec at 250-229-5265. A weekly non-structured, free flow Djembe drum circle is held every Monday night from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Old Church on the corner of Kootenay and Victoria (602 Kootenay Street). Bring your own drum if you have one. A few drums may be available to borrow. All abilities welcome! MARKETS Celebrate the opening of the Cottonwood Community Market on Saturday, May 17, 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Cottonwood Falls park. Live music by Morien Jones 10 a.m. to noon; then Rob Funk and Brian Rosen 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. Local food, produce, crafts, and vendors every Saturday until Oct. 25. For
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Tell us about your upcoming event, email: reporter3@nelsonstar.com more info, visit eco.society.ca. The 4th annual Oxygen Art Market takes place on May 23, 24, 25. Friday 7-10 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Over 40 established and emerging Kootenay artists submit their work for sale over this weekend long event, and major fundraiser for Oxygen Art Centre att 320 Vernon Street (alley entrance). See oxygenartcentre.org. Workshops Circle of Habondia volunteers will be offering free, weekly financial literacy classes for low income people on Fridays in May at the W.E. Graham community services centre in Slocan (1001 Harold Street). Learn Taoist Tai Chi in five weeks starting May 16 at 8:30 a.m. (open house with no obligation) and continuing until June 20. Classes are Mondays 8:30 to 10 a.m. and Fridays 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the Seniors’ Association (717 Vernon Street). Open to all ages and abilities. The gentle stretching and turning in each move contribute to better balance and increased flexibility. For more info contact nelson.bc@taoist. org, 250-509-2499 or visit taoist.org. Ellison’s Market hosts free workshops every Saturday. This May 17 from 10 to 11 a.m., learn how to use Bokashi, a friendly bacteria to clean, compost, and deodorize. Presented by Todd of Mycrobz Solutions from the Slocan Valley. West Kootenay Ostomy Support Group’s guest speaker will be discussing chronic pain self-management on Monday, May 26 at the Kiro Wellness Centre in Trail. For further info, call 250-368-9827 or 250-365-6276. The Nelson and District Women’s Centre is offering Rooted in Community, a popular volunteer skills training program. Participants are taught how to be effective volunteers while learning about community resources, building active listening and peer counselling skills. Senior women are encouraged to apply. This session will run from June 3-June 26, on Tuesday and Thursday mornings, 9-11:30 a.m. The Nelson and District Women’s Centre is a warm, welcoming, barrier-free environment open to any self-identified women. Application deadline is May 29. Apply soon as there are limited spaces available. The last session will culminate in a Volunteer Appreciation party on June 26 for all of their volunteers, old and new. Interested women should call Leah at 250-3529916 or email leah@nelsonwomenscentre.com for more info. Application forms are also available at www. nelsonwomenscentre.com. Nelson and District Youth Centre hosts Community Yoga on Thurs-
days from 7 to 8:30 p.m. This fun evening practice is suitable for all levels, focusing on fluidity empowerment. Admission is by donation ($5 recommended). Yoga for Girls is also offered Wednesdays from 3:45 to 5:15 p.m. for ages 12 to 18 for a $2 fee. The Learning Place invites you to become a volunteer tutor with the Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy Interested in changing lives and connecting people to their community? Consider volunteering with their adult literacy program. This free tutor training workshop helps develop skills working with adults and youth to meet their literacy goals. Join them Friday June 6 from 9 to 11:30 a.m. for an introduction to tutoring and community literacy. To register or for more info, call Melissa 250-825-0185 or Joan 250-352-3218. AnnouncementS The Friends of Kootenay Lake are seeking community input in the design for the Harrop Wetland Restoration Project through the following planning sessions: May 20, 7 p.m.-9 p.m. at Harrop Hall; May 25 from 2:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m. at Harrop Hall; May 25 from 4:45 p.m.-6 p.m., meet at trail head by the Sunshine Bay Riding Club in the Harrop portion of Sunshine Bay Regional Park. For more information please contact info@friendsofkootenaylake.ca Nelson and District Women’s Centre is looking for submissions to its new zine for a May 21 deadline. What is a zine? A self-published, original magazine containing your ideas, issues and explorations through writing, art, cartoon, poetry, interviews and prose. The theme for this issue is “what does feminism mean to you?” Youth submissions are also welcome. For more information email nelsonwomenszine@gmail. com, or call 250-352-9916. Rotary Daybreak Club is calling for nominations for 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. 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 at mdmiller@ uniserve.com.
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Entertainment listings
Dance
Contemporary Theatre Dance presents Detour by Ichigo-Ichich at the Capitol Theatre on Friday, May 16 at 8 p.m. and Saturday, May 17 at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. featuring local dancers Lisa Hanning, Hiromoto Ida and Michael Sheely. Tickets are $25 for adults or $19 for students and seniors, available at the Capitol Theatre box office, online at capitoltheatre.bc.ca or by phone, 250-352-6363. Scarlet Mary Rose presents Rebel Heart: A Neo-Burlesque Variety Show at the Capital Theatre in Nelson on Wednesday, May 21 at 8 p.m. Audience should be 19+. Tickets are $15 and available at the door. The variety show will feature performances by The Circus Act Insomniacs, Jeff Forst and the girls from Chicago, Rosie Delight, Farada Dance and many more, including a mystery guest! L.V. Rogers dance department presents Movements at the Capitol Theatre on Friday, May 30 at 12:45 p.m. and 7 p.m. Tickets are $11 for adults, $6 for students and seniors, and free for children ages six and under. Get your tickets at the Capitol Theatre box office, online at capitoltheatre.bc.ca or phone 250-352-6363.
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Visual Arts
The Langham Gallery in Kaslo presents: Csetkwe Megan Fortier’s Lut aks ilxut - Don’t Go Hungry and Nico Meijer Drees’ Playtime in the Community Gallery. Both shows run from May 16 to June 29. An opening reception will be held May 16 from 7 to 9 p.m.
The Fourth Annual Oxygen Art Market will take place on May 23 to May 25 at the back alley entrance on 320 Vernon Street. Over 40 established and emerging Kootenay artists submit their work to be hung Salon style, and will be available for sale. Participating artists include Brent Bukowski, Alf Crossley, Inken Hemsen and many others! Fifty percent of the sales will go to the Oxygen Art Centre. _adO3_Layout 6:207 AM The market will1 be13-10-04 open Friday to 10Page p.m.,1 Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday 10 a.m to 5 p.m. Details at oxygenartcentre.org.
Blue Night returns on Friday, May 16 with more than 15 shops and galleries in downtown Nelson holding opening receptions for new art exhibits throughout the day and into the evening.
Literature
Kootenay authors Sean Arthur Joyce and Vangie Bergum celebrate their new books in a double book launch on Tuesday, May 20 at 7 p.m. at the Nelson Public Library. Joyce’s book, Laying the Children’s Ghosts to Rest: Canada’s Home Children in the West describes the story of the more than 100,000 Home Children taken from Britain to work as labourers. Bergum’s book, Downstream: Bestemor & Me revisits a murder-suicide in her family’s past that no one wants to talk about. Slocan Community Library presents a reading by Art Joyce (part memoir and history of Canada’s home children) and Ellen Bert (part memoir, nature writing and adventure story) on Sunday, June 1 at 1 p.m. Admission is free.
film
A spelling bee loser sets out to exact revenge by finding a loophole and attempting to compete as an adult in Bad Words, directed by and starring Jason Bateman. The comedy plays at the Nelson Civic Theatre on Friday at 9:00, Saturday and Sunday at 7:00 and Tuesday at 9:00. Rated 14A.
Music
Clinton Swanson and friends will be hosting an after work dance party along with vocalist Laura Landsberg Friday, May 16 at Finley’s Irish Bar & Grill from 7:00 to 9:00. Cover is by donation. Nelson Community Band, with special guests Glacier Harmonies women’s chorus, presents a lively selection of music ranging from classical to contemporary at 1st Baptist Church on May 27 from 7:30 to 9:30. Admission by donation. On Saturday, May 17, four First Nations
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musicians will play a live-to-broadcast show at Kootenay Co-op Radio. Chris Derkson, Joy Mullen, Kristi Lane Sinclair and Jasmine Netsena will be performing. Tickets are $10 at the door, and doors will open at 9:00.
Kenny (Blues Boss) Wayne plays the early show at Spiritbar 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. DJ Soup will be spinning the late show at Spiritbar on Friday, May 30. Doors open at 10 p.m. This is a free event. Corazon youth choir’s year end performances are Saturday, May 31 at 2 p.m., 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. and Tuesday, June 3 at 7 p.m. Lalin Vocal Ensemble, a group made up of Corazon alumni, will also be part of the show. All performances are at the Nelson United
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, and are available at the Hume Hotel or ticketweb.ca.
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Jon Burden Band plays The Kaslo Hotel on May 16 and 17. Come out for a night of Texas blues and rock music. Beats@BIBO DJ series starts this Saturday with a performance from long-time favourite DJ Craig Mullin. The chefs are cooking new spring dishes and preparing summertime cocktails for the patio. Reserve your spot today by calling 250-352-2744. Mat The Alien and Yan Zombie will be spinning at Spiritbar on Saturday, May 17. Doors open at 10 p.m. Tickets are $20, available at the Hume Hotel or ticketweb.ca. British electronic music maker Bonobo will have a DJ Set at Spiritbar on Thursday, May 22 with an opening set by Mooves. Tickets are sold out. Tequila Mockingbird Orchestra and Fish & Bird shared a stage at Spiritbar on Friday, May 23. Doors open at 9 p.m. Tickets are $15 at the Hume Hotel or ticketweb.ca.
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Church. Tickets are $18 for adults or $12 for students and seniors. All balcony seating is $12. Tickets can be purchased through the Capitol Theatre box office, online or by phone 250-352-6363.
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Tickets are now available for Nelson’s third annual Elephant Mountain Literary Festival, happening July 10 to 13. This year’s lineup includes authors Gail Bowen, Angie Abdou and Sid Marty, and book publisher Douglas Gibson, among others. For full event details and to purchase tickets see emlfestival.com.
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. The Intergeneration Vibration Dance Party goes Saturday, May 25 at Vallican Whole Community Centre on Saturday, May 24 and will feature music by Lady Humble and
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Hope for redemption Pair of books launched together
Two books being launched together at the library this month share a common message of courage and hope for redemption. Authors Vangie Bergum and Sean Arthur Joyce celebrate their new books in a double book launch on Tuesday, at 7 p.m. at the Nelson Public Library. In 1999 Vangie Bergum and her husband purchased property along the Salmo River. Their new property had seen tragedy: the murder of a child, and the suicide
of a father. The deaths mirrored the tragic 1929 deaths of Bergum’s grandmother (who she calls Bestemor), her young aunts, and her grandfather’s part in it. Downstream: Bestemor & Me explores the harm that can come from the secrets we keep. Running is a release for Bergum, who weaves her long distance training into the difficult journey she undertakes to understand her grandmother’s murder. As we run with Bergum, we relive her childhood, influenced by her Lutheran upbringing and her experience of loss that shadowed her life. Bergum’s thoughtful approach ultimately lifts readers to recogni-
tion and understanding. Sean Arthur Joyce’s book, Laying the Children’s Ghosts to Rest: Canada’s Home
Children in the West, is an important exploration into a dark chapter of Canadian history (see story page 4). Both books are pub-
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If you wander into the Nelson Public Library any time in the next two months, you’ll be met with a startling image: a cellist, alone in a field, serenading her bovine companion. Pastoral Serenade is the centrepiece of a multi-piece showcase of local artist Bev Krupp’s exciting and unique paintings. The pieces were hung on May 1, and will be featured for the next two months. “I’ve always been a fan of Bev’s work,” said Anne DeGrace, the exhibition coordinator. “Thematically, she works with really interesting subjects. She Pastoral Serenade is the centrepiece of a multi-piece showcase of local artist has these human stories, but Bev Krupp’s exciting and unique paintings. The show is taking place at the she takes them and gives them Nelson Public Library. Submitted photo a twist. And that twist tends to Krupp expresses her concern artists, including painter George be environmental.” Krupp’s work jumps from bib- about humanity’s troubled rela- Binns, wildlife photographer Jim lical milieus right up to present tionship to nature and technol- Lawrence and illustrator Jason day, and her work has a promi- ogy through her creative work. Asbell, who is working with renent spiritual component. One She sees her role as mining for purposed books. “We’re really fortunate to of her pieces depicts Noah re- beauty and finding truth amidst ceiving a message from God via the chaos and destruction of have the caliber of work in this contemporary life. community and people willing a raven on his shoulder. “Like a lot of people these to show at their public library. “She’s working with allegodays, I’m feeling a kind There’s something about the ry, but she’s playful about of urgency about the nature of libraries, it’s different it,” said DeGrace state of the earth, than having work in a gallery, Pastoral Serenade, about what could be people are inclined to come in which is vaguely coming down as we and spend time looking.” reminiscent of Anstand teetering on Originally from Ontario, drew Wyeth’s faAPPROVED the brink of a very big Krupp migrated to BC in the mous 1948 painting precipice,” Krupp said. 1970s and to Nelson in 2000. Christina’s World, She hopes her work Her paintings can be found in exemplifies Krupp’s will help get society get back a number of private collections aesthetic approach. She and she’s shown her work in juxtaposes pastoral images on track. “Art is, after all, about trans- Vancouver, in Nelson’s Artwalk, with jarring contemporary inat Touchstones Nelson, and in trusions, as seen in her painting formation,” she says. DeGrace said Krupp is shy various Kootenay venues The Internet, which is also on about self-promotion, and preDeGrace hinted that Krupp display. In the painting, a naked Eve fers to let her work speak for may change the paintings during peers at her computer screen itself: “For her, it’s all about the the course of the show, swapping in various new pieces. rather than acknowledging the art.” DeGrace said the library is “So people, even if they’ve dense jungle foliage surrounding her, a disturbingly familiar fully booked for the year with seen the show, might want to work from a number of exciting come by again,” she said image these days.
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Young artists have a chance to shine Show features rainbow giraffes and pink unicorns
Jordan Mackay, six, and Uniqua Chesney, five, show off their paintings The Rainbow Giraffe and The Unicorn of the Pink, which will both be displayed in the 4Cats art showcase at the Nelson Public Library starting on May 22. The art will be displayed there all summer. Will Johnson photo
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During a recent trip to the Calgary Zoo, Jordan Mackay got to meet her very first giraffe. “I put my hands on the fence and the giraffe leaned over and licked me,” she said. “It had a bumpy tongue.” The encounter inspired Mackay, six, to create her piece The Rainbow Giraffe. Hers is just one of the pieces of artwork that will be on proud display in the Nelson Public Library starting on May 22 through to the end of the summer. Mackay’s painting will be accompanied by work from the other students who have taken classes at 4Cats Art Studio in downtown Nelson. When asked what inspired her to paint the giraffe rainbowcoloured, Mackay shrugged. “I think rainbows are so beautiful.” Mackay’s fellow student Uniqua Chesney, five, also expressed her enthusiasm for rainbows, and pointed out that her painting features one arcing over her subject, a galloping pink unicorn. However, though she was wearing a pink shirt and chose the same colour for her recreation of the mythical animal, she clarified that her favourite colour is actually black. Chesney’s painting, The Unicorn of the Pink, will also be hung in the library for the summer. When asked what inspired her to paint the unicorn, Chesney smiled shyly. “I have a
This show piece, called Spring Robin, was created by five-year-old Submitted photo Townes Neild. stuffy one at home and it’s polka dot,” she said. Both the girls are looking forward to the opening gala on May 22 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. “There’s going to be treats and drinks and juice and stuff. Kids will be there with their families showing off their artwork,” said the girls’ art instructor Eli Geddes.
“This is art they’ve made over the last year,” said Geddes. “It’s really great to hold an event where the young people in the community get to show off their art. Usually it’s work from adults and people from Selkirk, so it’s big to put a spotlight on the little artists.” Geddes said some of the students are nervous to share
their work, and many of them are eager to hang up their art at home instead. Each student involved selected their favourite piece to be included. “The last time we showed paintings by 4Cats students, the response from kids and parents alike was terrific. Everyone who came into the library loved the bright colours and the wonderful creativity that was displayed,” said Nancy Radonich, the library’s Children Services Coordinator. Another one of the pieces in the show is titled Spring Robin by five-year-old Townes Neild. Geddes said Neild created the piece during a four-day Spring Break art camp. Geddes praised Neild’s use of warm tones, and said it took approximately three hours to complete. “Townes likes painting mostly, and being with other kids excited about art,” said Jenn Pentland, Townes’ mother. She recently bought the studio, and will take ownership on June 1. “It’s all about being creative and doing things at your own pace,” she said. She praised Geddes’ instructor skills, and said the children of the community appreciate the enthusiasm and structure he brings to the classroom. “They all love him,” she said. Pentland said her son ultimately plans to hang Spring Robin on his bedroom wall at home. But first, he has to share it with the community.
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Membership drive begins Not so long ago a night at the movies was a wistful memory. But the community rallied to bring the big screen back. Now, more than 2,400 people belong to the Nelson Civic Theatre Society, enjoying Hollywood and indie films every week with friends and family. And it’s time to renew. This month, the Civic Theatre kicks off its annual membership drive, a chance for returning and new members to win prizes, enjoy member benefits, and join what might be the friendliest club in town. “It’s gratifying to see so many people coming out and enjoying themselves,� said society president Marilyn Mint. “Attendance is about 25 per cent higher than the industry average. That means people here really love their theatre.� At the beginning, people who joined took a leap of faith, explained Mint. “We didn’t know what the member benefits would be, or even when we could start showing films.� There was a lot to be done: hundreds of volunteers cleaned, painted, installed seating, and more. Local businesses and media were supportive, and granting agencies generous; in February 2013 the first film was shown in more than two years, on the old projector. APPROVED After a successful fundraising campaign in which $185,000 was raised locally, the Civic went fully digital last June. Now, the Civic shows new films five days per week, with a full schedule of community events on the remaining days, including film, theatre, music, and special presentations. “There’s more reason than ever to belong,� says Mint. Adult memberships are $25 annually; senior are $20, youth are $15, and a child membership is $5.
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Iconic usher Josh Wapp thinks that new or renewed Nelson Civic Theatre membership cards are a must for every wallet. Anita Baars photo Member benefits include a break at the box office, a vote at the AGM, and free member movie Mondays several times per year. New memberships and renewals purchased between May 16 and 31 are eligible for “Save my Seat!� prize packages consisting of five nights out for two at the movies with large popcorn and front row balcony reserved seating. There are additional weekly draws for prizes starting June 1 until July 10. There’s another benefit to belonging. “Our membership numbers carry a lot of weight with funding agencies,� explains Mint. “We estimate that every $1 in membership translates into $5 in
funding.� That’s a great help towards continued improvements and the Society’s ultimate goal of three theatre spaces, which will mean more community use and greater flexibility in programming. Those who purchased memberships after June 2013 can still renew during the drive to be eligible for prizes, with their memberships forward-dated for one year from original purchase. Look for Membership Drive tables at the Civic Theatre, Kootenay Co-op, and Save-On Foods (where membership forms can be dropped off any time). Memberships can also be purchased online at www.civictheatre.ca.
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Ham and cheddar scones to please all Mother’s Day may have come and gone, but it’s never too late to treat that special lady in your life to breakfast in bed. One of my all time favorite breakfasts are the ham and cheddar scones that my wife Katherine makes for me. It is one that I request time and time again, and I am happy to share it with you. Anytime we have made these for anyone, they always get rave reviews. The biggest tip I can give you is to not over mix the dough — this will make them tough. Work the dough until it just holds together. Even if the dough looks a bit shaggy, that is ok... we call that “rustic” in the culinary world. Enjoy! Ham and Cheddar Scones Recipe created by Katherine Desormeaux (Mrs. Chef Dez) Omit the ham to make cheese scones or omit both ham and cheese for plain scones. You can add raisins or fresh blueberries to the plain scones. INGREDIENTS Makes 12 scones 2 cups all purpose flour 1/2 cup granulated sugar 1/2 tsp salt 1 tbsp baking powder
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Depending on your personal taste, you can leave out the ham, the cheese or substitute raisins or blueberries. Some people just prefer plain scones. Web image 1/2 tsp baking soda 1/2 cup very cold or frozen butter 3/4 cup old cheddar, grated or cut into
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Patio Season
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Outdoor Delights
A warm evening on a restaurant patio, chatting with friends, sipping drinks, enjoying the weather, watching the world go by for a few hours as summer approaches: this is relaxation at its purest! There’s nothing like a patio decked out in summer colours where you can escape from daily routine and be outside in the fresh air for a while. You’ll find tables outside at various restaurants, bistros,
and pubs throughout Nelson where you can savour local produce or micro brews. There’s something for everyone, everywhere you go! If you like to people watch, sit with a cold drink on a patio close to the sidewalk and watch the world go by. Whether you’re on vacation or a well deserved dinner-break, summer is just waiting to be savoured. All you need is to be ready to make the most of Mother Nature’s best, which is more than welcome after those chilly winter months spent cocooning. So launch into the pleasures of summer and park yourself at a patio table today! If you enjoy eating outside, then you should be interested in knowing the 5 benefits of outdoor dining. 1. Food Tastes Better (weird huh?) 2. It’s Romantic 3. Family time outside 4. Winter is now over! 5. Enjoying great views So what are you waiting for? Winter is over so why not enjoy a fine local meal outdoors.
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Perfect season for rugby squad Malcolm McCutcheon Nelson Star
It was the perfect end to a perfect season. The L.V. Rogers Bombers senior men’s rugby team capped off its undefeated season by downing the Grand Forks Wolves 26-0 and winning the Kootenay Interior Championship for the seventh year in a row. After dominating the regular season, going undefeated, the Bombers came into the final game of the championships, played Wednesday at Lakeside Park, on the verge of completing their perfect season. “It was a gut check win, because Grand Forks is slowly getting better and better, its not as easy to win anymore, so it adds a lot more character challenge for our guys. They have to dig a little deeper, and they did that today,” said coach Brad Swan. In the first half the Bombers came out at a blistering pace, pushing the ball up the field into Wolves’ territory. The Bombers opened the scoring early when stellar ball movement in the backs resulted in their first try of the match. Although the Wolves pushed back with a few scoring opportunities of their own, they were pinned in their own zone by the Bombers who used a nifty play from their back line to score a second try just before halftime. “You have to make adjustments all of the time. You can’t play the same team the same way all of the time. You have to tinker around and our guys did great,” commented Swan on his team. The second half opened with the
Wolves digging in defensively with a huge goal line stand to prevent another Bombers’ try. At the midway point of the second, the Bombers scored off of a penalty play using their forwards to punch the ball in to nab the try. “We had to mix it up at half time and make some adjustments to keep the ball tight with the forwards and just let them bang because it just counters what their game plan is to defend against us,” said Swan of the change of pace. Just before the end of the game the Bombers added to their lead with a successful kick at goal defeating the Wolves 26-0. With their perfect season now complete the Bombers, who are ranked 10th in the province, will now turn their attention towards their opponents during provincials, which take place May 2426 on the coast. “We have to play in Vancouver all of the time against elite teams just to keep a challenge,” said Swan. “So we are prepared for what we have to do on the coast.”
“It was a gut check win, because Grand Forks is slowly getting better and better, its not as easy to win anymore.”
A Unique Approach L.V. Rogers Secondary takes a unique approach to the growing sport of rugby by offering a rugby academy, something that no other school in the area does. Each player takes rugby as a course as well as playing rugby all year long. “Rugby is serious at L.V. Rogers, it is the fastest growing sport in Canada,” says Swan. The coaching duo of Brad Swan and Michael Joyce has proved to be very important to the academy
L.V. Rogers senior men’s rugby club defeated Grand Forks 26-0 on Wednesday at Lakeside Park. The victory gave the local school its seventh straight Kootenay Interior Championship. The 10th ranked Bombers now have to get ready for the provincial tournament taking place in Vancouver May 24-26. Malcolm McCutcheon photos as both the junior boys’ and senior girls’ rugby programs also went undefeated this season. Doing their part to develop the sport of rugby in the Interior does not stop there. The Bombers just got back from a tour through Wales and Northern Ireland and next season the team will be travelling to Argentina to train with international talent. On top of their role coaching the L.V. Rogers rugby academy teams and the Trafalgar youth program, Swan and Joyce also coach the provincial regional Thompson Shuswaps club. “We have to put the time in, and the kids have to put the time in,” said Swan.
NOTICE OF AGM Four more medals for Kerby at Masters event Nelson Leafs Hockey Society Annual General Meeting and Election of Directors May 27, 2014 at 7:00 pm Chamber of Commerce, 225 Hall Street, Nelson, BC All those interested in the activities and future of the club are encouraged to attend.
Roger Kerby won four medals at the Canadian Masters Badminton event.
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Nelson’s Roger Kerby has returned from competing in the Canadian Masters Badminton Tournament in Burlington, Ont. at the end of April. Kerby came home with four medals from the event which featured 275 participants from seven countries. The 81 year old won: Silver in the 80+ singles event; Gold in the 80+ mens doubles with partner Jim Duberry (Vancouver); Gold in the 80+ mixed doubles with Shirley Graham (Ottawa); Bronze in the 75+ mixed doubles, also with Graham.
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Triathlon clinic helps athletes cross the finish line
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For the past ten years dozens of Nelson triathletes have trained for their summer races together as part of the Mountain Spirit triathlon club. The club was started by John Knox, an Ironman competitor who was looking for training buddies after relocating to Nelson. He’d been a member of the Pacific Spirit tri club in Vancouver and decided to start something similar here. “The club was really casual when it first started — it would just be a few people cycling out to Kokanee Park or running together after work,” Knox explained. That changed in 2004 when Mountain Spirit members agreed to take over a clinic previously offered by Nelson and District Community Complex to help new athletes prepare for the annual Cyswog’n’fun triathlon in Nelson. Knox and other experienced triathletes from the club became volunteer coaches for the 30 to 40 clinic participants who started training with them three times per week. “It was good for the club because it brought a lot of new members in,” Knox said of the clinic. “People would start as newbies training with us, and after a few
In 2004, Mountain Spirit club members agreed to take over a clinic previously been offered by Nelson and District Community Complex to help new athletes prepare for the annual Cyswog’n’fun triathlon in Nelson. Submitted photo
years they might start coaching the other participants.” That’s what happened for Janice Poetsch. She signed up for the clinic the first year Mountain Spirit offered it and by 2008 she’d taken a coach training coarse and was certified to start leading other new athletes. “Like many newbies who do the clinic, I did my first Cyswog on a mountain bike,” said Poetsch, who has since upgraded to a light weight road bike. “When I crossed the finish line that first year, it was
such a huge accomplishment. I wanted other people to experience that.” Each year about a third of the people who sign up for the clinic have never done a triathlon before. Others are returning athletes who may be working towards a longer distance race or just want the training structure. There about a dozen accredited coaches who help them along the way. “There’s a lot of strong friendContinued on Page 21
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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 A Friendly Bible Centre Church Sunday Morning Worship 10:00 am Nelson couple John Know and Janice Poetsch coach a triathlon training clinic as part of the Mountain Spirit triathlon club. They help get new athletes ready to participate in the Cyswog’n’fun triathlon. Sam Van Schie photo
Swim, bike and run as a group
“Use What God Has Given You” 623 Gordon Rd. Nelson BC V1L 5X6 Phone 250-352-9322 • Pastor Rev. Ken H. Keber Refreshments are served after the service (Affiliated with the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada)
Anglican Church of Canada St. Saviour's Pro Cathedral Ward & Silica, Nelson
Family Service & Eucharist Children’s Sunday School
Sunday Service 10:30 a.m
Continued from Page 20 ships that form in the clinic,” Knox said. “We’re going through a life changing experience together. People who thought they could never do a triathlon are getting in shape and gaining the confidence to actually enter a race and finish it smiling.” The clinic participants are easy to spot on training days in their bright yellow Mountain Spirit jerseys training on the race route. Participants will swim, bike and run together until the first week of August when the Cyswog’n’fun triathlon takes place. To get in touch with the Mountain Spirit triathlon club, email mstcnelson@gmail.com.
St. Michael & All Angels Busk Road, Balfour Sunday Service 11:00 a.m.
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What is a triathlon?
Triathlon is a three-sport endurance race beginning with a swim, followed by a bike ride and finishing with a run. The Cyswog’n’fun triathlon in Nelson offers two race distances. The shorter Sprint distance course is a 500 metre swim, 22 kilometre bike and 5 km run, while the Olympic distance covers 1.5 km in the water, 39 km on a bike and 10 km running. The local race offers the option for athletes to participate individually or as a relay team of two or three people. This year’s Cyswog’n’fun triathlon goes August 3 at Lakeside park. Registration forms are available at Gerick Cycle or online at trinelson.com.
Nelson United Church Sunday Worship Gathering 10:00 am • Minister: David Boyd
Fifth Sunday of Easter Multi-Faith Focus All children welcome for Sunday School and Nursery Room available
All are Welcome
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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
Margaret Ann & Adam Kowalyshyn Married May 16th, 1964 in Rossland BC Love from Daughter Wendy Ann (Ron), Grandchildren Daniel and Hailey
Pastor Ken Keber - Bethel Christian Centre, Nelson BC
Martin Luther made this interesting observation in his ‘Table Talk.’ God and the devil take opposite tactics in regard to fear. God first allows us to become afraid, that He might relieve our fears and comfort us. The devil, on the other hand, first makes us feel secure in our pride and sins, that we might later be overwhelmed with fear and despair. You may go through life feeling secure in your pride and sin, but the Bible states that all die, and that all will stand before God to be judged. If you hold on to your pride and sin, in that moment of judgement, you will know fear that will consume you for the rest of eternity. The Bible says that the wages of sin is death. If, here and know, you recognize that your pride and sin separate you from God and lead you to death, and if you come to God through faith in Jesus Christ, your current fear can be replaced with the peace of God. The Bible says that the peace of God passes all understanding. Do you want to know peace and joy in your life? If so I encourage you to put your faith and trust in Jesus Christ today. Jesus tells us in 1 John 1:9 “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and Nelson Seventh-Day just to forgive Adventist Church us our sins Sabbath (Saturday) Services and to cleanse Please 9:15 am Prayer, Praise & Sharing join Wed 7pm End of us from all 10 am Bible study/discussion us at the World Soon? 1502 11 am Worship Service unrighteousGranite 12:30 pm Vegetarian Fellowship Luncheon Road ness.” “Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heauy laden, Rides offered!
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GATHERING THIS SUNDAY MAY 18TH 10AM @ 2402 PERRIER LANE Bring food to share at our potluck brunch. All welcome.
Displaced rhythms? Come experience ours! Beautify • Listen • Eat • Study • Send www.nelsonvineyard.com Look for us on Facebook
The Salvation Army
Unity Centre of the Kootenays
Sunday Worship Service at 11:00 am
We are pleased to introduce a new speaker Joy Green who is speaking on the interesting topic “Learning to Love Yourself”
Nelson Community Church
Everyone is Welcome Your Pastors:
Majors Robin and Yvonne Borrows 250 551 4986
601 Vernon Street (Middle Level)
Sunday at 11 a.m. Any questions? Contact 250-354-5394
Seniors Citizens Club 51-717 Vernon St.
Friend, it is my hope and prayer that you may know Jesus Christ in such a way that your heart and life will be full of peace and joy.
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John David Kragen December 13, 1948 ~ May 10, 2014 We are sad to announce the passing of John David Kragen on May 10th, 2014. He leaves behind his wife Linda Lessard, his children Sadie Watson and Gabriel and Celeste Lessard-Kragen, his two brothers Robert and William and his sister Patricia as well as many friends. John was born in New York City, where he attended Columbia College. He then moved to British Columbia where he resided on Denman Island, in the Kooteneys, and on Vancouver Island before finally settling on Quadra Island in 1991. John was a silviculturist who had a passion for the forests in all the places he lived in. He contributed massively to the reforestation of parts of the interior of British Columbia as well as many areas on Vancouver Island. In the past ten years John developed Huntingtonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Disease; although his cognitive and physical abilities were diminished, he remained an optimistic, compassionate man who touched all those he met. He will be remembered as a talented, caring, and generous man who loved his family, wood working, skiing, the outdoors, and playing music with friends. We will miss him.
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A TUPPERWARE SALE. TABLE will be set up at the Beaver Valley May Days on Saturday and Sunday May 24 and 25 at Haines Park, Columbia Gardens Road in Fruitvale. Sale opens at 10:00 am both days and closes 5:00 pm on Saturday and 4:00 pm on Sunday. Great in-stock savings so come early for best selection. Susan Wilson, Independent Tupperware Consultant, 250226-7751, swilson@direct.ca or http://susanwilson.my.tupperware.ca/
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FOUND: Pouch with money. Call 250-352-7971 to identify and claim.
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Relief is only a call away! Call Shelley Cameron Estate Administrator at 877-797-4357 today, to set up your FREE consultation in Nelson. Donna Mihalcheon CA, CIRP 33 years experience. BDO Canada Limited. Trustee in Bankruptcy. 200-1628 Dickson Avenue, Kelowna , BC V1Y 9X1
Retail Salesperson Needed (For Busy Building Supply) We are seeking an individual to fill a part-time position on our sales floor. Are you interested in providing great customer service, working in a daily changing industry, learning something new every day you go to work, if so please apply. Experience with computerized POS system and knowledge of building materials an asset but not mandatory. Please forward resumes to: skip@maglio.ca
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Help Wanted HOME SHARE/RESPITE PROVIDER Kootenay Society for Community Living supports individual with developmental disabilities and/or spectrum disorders. We currently have openings for Home Share and Respite Providers in the West Kootenays. Qualifications include: experience working with
APPLICATIONS INVITED: Nelson United Church Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Scholarship and the Brett Music Scholarship. Deadline 5:00 pm May 31st. For further info or an application, contact: Nelson United Church office 250 352-2822 or www.nelsonunitedchurch.ca
IN-FLIGHT Magazine... SOAR Magazine. This attractive business & tourism publication is published bi-monthly (six times a year). Great impact for your BC Business. More than 280,000 passengers ďŹ&#x201A;y PaciďŹ c Coastal Airlines. Please call Annemarie 1.800.661.6335 or email ďŹ sh@blackpress.ca Nelson & Area Elder Abuse Prevention Resources Centre Drop in Wed. 12-2 pm at 719 Vernon St., Nelson For info: 250 352-6008; preventeldRabuse@sbdemail.com or visit www.nelsonelderabuseprevention.org
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To apply, please forward your resume to sjunkerkscl@telus.net or by fax 250-365-5679
Computer Technician
Seeking highly motivated computer technician. Must have knowledge of service and repairs. Full time/part time position available. Monday thru Friday. Wage negotiable depending on experience. Please drop off resume to: Valu Office Supplies 801 Farwell Street Trail, BC V1R 3T8 email: valu@telus.net
New Baby? Have you had a new baby? Then let us know as we have a special gift basket for your new arrival.
Cottonwood Community Market Saturdays 9:30-3:00 May 17 to Oct 25 Cottonwood Falls Park Downtown Nelson Local Market Wed 10-4 June 11 to Sept 24 400 Block Baker St. MarketFest 6:00 - 10:30 June 27 * July 25 * Aug 22 200 & 300 Blocks Baker St. Nelson For more information ecosociety.ca
Call us at 250-551-7971 New to Town? Then let us welcome you with our greetings basket that includes information about your new community.
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ANKORS (AIDS Network Kootenay, Outreach & Support Society) is hiring a summer student as AIDS Walk Coordinator Must be between the age 15 and 30, attended school full time during 13/14 and returning to school fall of 2014.
disabilities and the desire to provide a safe and welcoming home that offers individuals the opportunity for inclusion. For more details please visit our website at www.ksclcastlegar.net or call 250-365-2624
LOCAL COMPANY looking for Sub-Contract carpenters for immediate start on Nelson project. Reliable, hard working and team oriented. Wage depend on experience. Call 250551-2273 after 5pm
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is currently hiring CREW for this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Festival. Paid positions available in Retail, Food & Beverage, Security, Stagekeepers, Bathroom Crew. Volunteer positions in Parking, Environment, First Aid, Shambhassadors & Mill Gate, Plus many more. Positions are 19+. Most positions run from Aug 4-12th. Please visit our website to find out more info about getting involved, job descriptions and to fill out application: shambhalamusicfestival.com/working or call 250-352-7623
An Alberta Oilfield Company is hiring experienced dozer and excavator operators, meals and lodging provided. Drug testing required. 1-(780)7235051.
Now accepting submissions, Attention: Kori Doty @ ANKORS 101 Baker St. Nelson BC V1L 4H1
It is with great sadness that the family of Gerry Vale announces his passing on Friday, April 25, 2014 at the age of 80 years. Gerry will be lovingly remembered by his many friends and by his children, Denise (Cliff), Holly (Beverly), and by sister Vicie. Gerry will also be fondly remembered by his two grandchildren, Ashley and Kris (Autumn) and his great-granddaughter Mikayla. A Celebration of Gerryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life will be held in Balfour this summer â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the date to be announced. In Loving Memory of
Rudi Lauritzen Rudi was tragically taken from us on May 7 in a motor vehicle accident. Rudi was born in Denmark on August 27, 1949 and immigrated to Canada at the age of 7 with his parents Armand and Jenny and brother John. They settled in the Deep Cove area of North Vancouver. In 1973 he met and married the love of his life Jamie Lynn Smith. Their first home was on the Sunshine Coast where they lived on a houseboat in Gibsons. Eventually, with their young family, they moved to Skookumchuck in the East Kootenays. Their home for the last twenty years has been at Riondel in the West Kootenays. Rudi was a talented â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mr. Fix-Itâ&#x20AC;? and through his company R&R Repair served a grateful community. His work ethic was matched only by his unfailing generosity. He leaves behind his grieving wife, eldest son Kalum (Mary) and grandchildren Silk, Sequoia; son Clayton and grandson Javin. Rudi will be sadly missed. A service will be held at 1:00 pm Saturday May 24th at the Crawford Bay Hall. For more information please visit http://www.mcphersonfh.com.
Ph: 250-505-5506 Fax: 250-505-5507, email: information@ankors.bc.ca Job Description available at http://www.ankors.bc.ca/blog/
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Business Manager/Bookkeeper The NCTS is looking for a motivated skilled manager to join a young, fast paced and evolving organization. This new position will be responsible for all administrative, budgetary and financial activities of the theatre and the Theatre Society. Working with the Treasurer/Accountant, duties include - establish and implement relevant controls for theatre operations; develop, implement and monitor concession and ticket inventory control systems, including monitoring floats; handle contractual and invoicing activities; perform bookkeeping including AR and AP, payroll, and prepare statutory reports of both PST and GST. The Business Manager will assist the board Treasurer/Accountant in the development of management reporting systems; work closely with the Theatre Manager on all business related activities of the theatre and with NCTS committee chairs in the development of budgets and the monitoring of activities. The successful candidate will have excellent interpersonal, problem solving and communication skills, will thrive in a high performance environment and will demonstrate a proven ability to work collaboratively in a team of volunteers and staff. This position requires experience in business development, cash management and financial reporting. The candidate must have demonstrated skills in using Quickbooks and Microsoft Office suite, in particular Excel. Salary will be commensurate with experience. Applications should include a resume with details of education and work experience and should be emailed to jobs@civictheatre.ca or sent to the Civic Theatre, 719 Vernon Street, Nelson, BC V1L 4G3. While we would like to thank in advance everyone who applies, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. Deadline for applications is Friday, May 23
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Employment Help Wanted Shipper/Receiver
One of the largest building supply retailer in the Kootenay area is now accepting applications for the position of Shipper/Receiver. This position is responsible for all aspects of shipping and receiving. Applicants must have the ability to work in an active and cooperative environment. Experience is required for this full time position. For confidential consideration, please forward your resume with relative references to: By Mail: Maglio Building Centre PO Box 70 Nelson, BC V1L 5P7 Attn: Skip By Email: office@maglio.ca WELL established West Kootenay Chip Hauler offers steady employment with flexible and part time scheduling available to U.S. Capable Class 1 drivers with clean abstracts and verifiable mountain experience. Extended Benefits, Pension, and Direct deposit offered. Apply online: www.sutco.ca or fax resume: 250-357-2009 For further information 1-888-357-2612 Ext:230
Hotel, Restaurant, Food Services Baba’s Restaurant located in Nelson, B.C. requires cook with minimum of 2 years of experience in cooking East Indian dishes in a restaurant. Pay per hour will be $12-15 depending on experience and skills for 40 hrs/week. There is no language requirements for this job. Candidate should have expertise in working with Tandoor (Clay Oven). Email your resume to anu_26_mat@yahoo.co.in
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Retail ARDENE is looking for an Assistant Manager at Chahko Mika Mall. Apply online! www.ardenecareers.com
Trades, Technical HEAVY DUTY MECHANIC WANTED
YRB Yellowhead Road & Bridge Yellowhead Road & Bridge (Kootenay) Ltd. is looking for a Mechanic for our New Denver facility. Applicants will need to hold a valid TQ for Heavy Duty or Commercial Transport, class three driver’s licence and Motor Vehicle Inspection licence would be an asset. Resumes can be faxed to 250-352-2172 or e-mailed to kootenay@yrb.ca
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BC INSPECTED GRADED AA OR BETTER LOCALLY GROWN NATURAL BEEF Hormone Free Grass Fed/Grain Finished $100 Packages Available Quarters/Halves $3.15/lb Hanging Weight Extra Lean Hamburger Available $5/lb TARZWELL FARMS 250-428-4316 Creston
Free Items Brentwood 10 Fridge 55x24” 359-7805 Frigidaire Free Furnace 352-0442
Fruit & Vegetables FRESH ASPARAGUS Sutcliffe Farms Creston, BC Place your order to ensure availability NEW and ONLY pick-up location 1252 Indian Road (off Lower Wynndel Rd) 250-428-2734
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Financial Services GET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed? Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB. 1-877-987-1420 www.pioneerwest.com
Household Services A-1 FURNACE & Air Duct Cleaning. Complete Furnace/Air Duct Systems cleaned & sterilized. Locally owned & operated. 1-800-5650355 (Free estimates)
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$100 & Under Blue French Provincial Sofa & Chair $100 250 359-7756
HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/ newspaper? Metal frame futon bed, dark print patterned cushion. Like new $90. Rattan hanging basket chair with metal frame $70 250-352-0150
Topsoil, Sand, Road Gravel Fill with delivery call for prices 250.359.7188 c:250.304.8158
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NELSON: Downtown, quiet, clean Bachelor apt, Mature adult, ref NS/NP $625/m util included Available May 1st 354-4779
2 storey 6 yr old cabin 4 km from Ashram, Riondel, beach and golf course. Needs: elec., plumbing, H2O pipe or well, insulation, cabinets. On 2.8 nicely treed acres. Good bench(es) for building second home with lakeview. Appraised at $170,000 but old vendor is quite flexible. Great starter home especially for handy person(s). Call : 780-566-0707 or : 780-222-2996 or t.laboucan.avirom@gmail.com
Trail (Sunningdale) A perfect starter, retirement or rental home. 750sq.ft. main floor, 1 full bath, gas heat and fireplace, a/c. Full basement (350sqft finished). Large carport (500sqft), workshop (100sqft). South facing fenced backyard/garden. Quiet locale close to all amenities. $179,990. Call 250-364-1940
Balfour Hall $ellwhatyawanta $ale. $ell it here! $at June 7th 9-3pm information 229-5265 Moving Sale, 901 3rd st Sat May 17th 7 am - NOON Many New items
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30 pieces 8” commercially built trusses. Never used. $10 each obo. 250-359-7306
LAND FOR SALE 7.58 acres raw land Ymir area, highway accessible 250-551-2049
Affordable Steel Shipping Containers for sale/rent 20’ & 40’ Kootenay Containers Castlegar 250-365-3014
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PHOTOGRAPHIC enlarger & dark room equipment. 250365-5397
Rent To Own Rent to Own New Denver, Trail, Nelson & Grand Forks. If you have a small down payment I have a nice home for you. Less then perfect credit OK call Jessica @ 250 505-7420
Apt/Condo for Rent
High St. Place 2 bdrm, 1 bath, 842 sq. ft. $260,000 250 352-5397
DOWNTOWN TRAIL, renovated 1bdrm. character apt, quiet adult building, coin-op laundry, non-smoking. 250-226-6886.
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Fully Experienced Journeyman Technician Required Immediately Glacier Honda is a fully developed shop with advanced technology and the latest equipment, including alignment. Our shop is fast paced with emphasis on quality and customer satisfaction.
Auto Financing Homes for Rent Large 1 bdrm studio cottage @ 7 mile North Shore 1000/m incl util 825-4416 or 354-2854 NELSON- 2 bdrm executive waterfront home, 6 mile Nelson, partially furnished. NS/NP. Refs req’d. $1700+ utils. Call (250)825-4471 or 250-354-9434.
Suites, Lower Nelson: Sm 1 bdrm, Lwr Uphill, slf cont, Lg term, NS/NP Refs req’d $600 + util avail July 1st 250 352-9788 (eve)
Auto Financing - Dream Catcher, Apply Today! Drive Today!
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Want to Rent Responsible single 60 yr old gentleman seeking clean, affordable furnished 1 bdrm in Nelson or Castlegar. Quiet & personable. Ref avail. Greg Dubord 250 687-1241 Returning Nelsonite, male in 40’s reqs shared or on own. Casual employee needs to be in or near Nelson. Max $600/m all incl. Reliable w/good Refs. Kids & pets fine. Jim @ 250 551-3585 Single Male, 48 yrs old, reliable & quiet, needs affordable housing in Nelson ASAP. Close to medical services & hospital. Refs avail. Ken Jerome @ 250 513-0301 or arieskjj@gmail.com Single young female requires housing; on own or shared. In Nelson, or near bus route. Can afford $450-500 max, all incl. Good reference available. Please contact Samantha @ 250-512-9069 or shesakaluk@hotmail.com Three adults reqs affordable 3-4 bdrm home in Nelson or North Shore. Garden & W/D preferred. Tolerance for visiting dogs, refs avail. Robin @ 1-778-318-8077
Cars - Domestic 2006 Chrysler Sebring Touring, 191,000 km, full set of winter & summer tires both only used one season. $2000 OBO. Call 250 505-2639 for more info
Boats World’s Finest FISHING BOATS
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Weldcraft, Hewescraft, Lund, Godfrey Pontoons Mark’s Marine, Hayden, ID 1-888-821-2200 www.marksmarineinc.com
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Experienced in all makes and models $32.00 per hour flat rate to start. Call and book an interview today.
1602 Columbia Ave Castlegar BC V1N 1H9 Phone: 250-365-4845 Fax: 250-365-4865 Toll Free: 1-866-365-4845
The Nelson Star is looking for freelance writers and photographers to help our busy newsroom. Are you a strong writer with your own digital camera? If so, we’d love to hear from you! Contact editor@nelsonstar.com
Pacific Insight Electronics (PI) is a world-class designer, manufacturer and supplier of electronic solutions for the automotive, specialty and commercial vehicle sectors. PI is currently recruiting for the following positions at our Nelson, BC operation:
Production Associate – 4x4x12 SMT Shift 3 available positions – Reference #1407 The Production Associate SMT Shift position is responsible for the quality assembly of electronic products that Pacific Insight sells to its customers. This position specifically must be available to work a 4 on, 4 off shift rotation with 12 hour shifts rotating between days and evenings. The primary function of this position will include training on Surface Mount Technology (SMT) machinery processes and AOI machinery processes.
Detailed job postings along with the required skills and abilities are listed on PI’s website.
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COURT BAILIFF SALE OF LAND In the matter of The Director of Maintenance Enforcement, for the benefit of Tara Lynn Hooge, Petitioner vs. Jeffrey John Hooge, Respondent. By virtue of an Order issued out of the Supreme Court of British Columbia, dated the 7th day of October, 2013, and made by the Honorable Justice P. Voith, bearing Nelson Supreme Court Registry No. 16959, we will sell by sealed tender to be held at 3120 – 30th Avenue, Vernon, B.C., on the 30th day of May, 2014, at 11:00 o’clock in the forenoon, all the right, title and interest of the Respondent, Jeffrey John Hooge, in and for the following land, more particularly known and described as follows: PID: 010-829-342 Lot 1, District Lot 12101 Kootenay District, Plan 13524 Registered Owner in Fee Simple: Jeffrey John Hooge Taxation Authority: Nelson Trail Assessment Area For Legal Notations, Terms of Sale and Conditions of Sale, please visit www.interiorbailiffs.com for more information.
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ALS Walk returns to Nelson Gord Shannon grew up living all over BC’s Fraser Valley. He was always a very active man, as he was in construction for most of his life in land development. He also loved to play golf, baseball, hockey and loved to curl. All of these things Shannon participated in before he was diagnosed with ALS. ALS is a degenerative disease that slowly affects mobility and speech. Upon diagnosis, patients can live up to five years with the disease. However, Shannon is an exception.
Shannon was diagnosed in 1997 and had since seen some close friends pass away from the same disease. He has a wife of 39 years and two daughters who support him every day. Shannon got involved with the People’s Drug Mart Walk for ALS in 2002 and started as a Walk coordinator in 2004. He has been a coordinator every year since. The public can help Shannon reach his goal of $35,000 on June 1 at Lakeside Rotary Park at the 2014 West Kootenay Walk for ALS.
Registration begins at 11:30 a.m. and the walk starts at 1 p.m. Everyone is welcome to participate in this inspiring event; there is no fee to attend. Money raised goes toward ALS patient services and ALS research — 60 per cent to patient services and programs and 40 per cent towards ALS research to find the cause and cure. The ALS Society of BC is dedicated to providing direct support to ALS patients, along with their families and caregivers, to ensure the best quality of life possible while living with ALS.
Previous ALS walks in Nelson have been well attended
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Open for Lunch Grade 4 teacher Daphne Van Alstine and Louise Poole, SD8 Health Promoting Schools Coordinator present a cheque to Lee Reid and Emily Mask from Seeds as the local Submitted photo students cheer them on.
South Nelson school Salad Bar Initiative
New wine list and dinner menus. Fresh, light and delicious.
Go Greens Day a hit Daphne Van Alstine’s Grade 4 class received a Healthy Schools grant to plan and deliver a salad bar day for students and staff at South Nelson elementary. Leading up to this Go Greens Day the class visited the Lakeside greenhouse and helped harvest the greens. Students learned from the volunteer senior citizens about planting, caring for and growing greens. In preparation for the salad bar/ Go Greens Day, students presented
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an informative assembly to the school community. During a typical week the volunteers at Lakeside Greenhouses harvest and donate bags of mixed greens to the local food cupboard and other local programs. This week students helped with the harvest, included the greens in the salad bar and accepted cash donations to give back to the greenhouses. Student presented $175 to the SEEDS program.
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THIS LONG WEEKEND Look for the
Spring Sidewalk Sale
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Look for the orange sail!
10 am - 6 pm At Still Eagle’s new location, next to Phoenix, across from CIBC, in the amenity area with the big pine tree.
Eco-fashions & natural products reduced storewide in our BIGGEST sale of the year
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HIGH EFFICIENCY WOOD WINDOWS - locally owned - skilled local craftspeople - custom cabinets - sourcing local lumber & materials Proud to supply windows and cabinets for discerning homeowners and builders in the Kootenays
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Live music, plenty of plants and produce on opening day
Market starting a new season On Saturday, the Cottonwood Community Market will be open for the 2014 market season from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Cottonwood Falls Park in Nelson. Live music will be provided by local favourites Morien Jones from 10 a.m. to noon and Rob Funk and Brian Rosen from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. “As our climate and our global trading system become more uncertain, a strong local manufacturing and agriculture network is essential for sustaining our long-term regional service and food needs,” said Jesse Woodward, markets director at the West Kootenay EcoSociety. “Local farmers markets like Cottonwood Community Market create more stable and secure local livelihoods as well as access to unique local products and foodstuffs, so we’re excited to see lots of folks in 2014 taking advantage of what Cottonwood Market has to offer.” Market-goers will find everything from bedding plants to locally grown produce, delicious ready to eat foods, organic meat and eggs, handmade artisan gifts, and locally made body care products. The wonderful mix of drop-in vendors and full season vendors make for an exciting shopping experience that is always different from week to week. For the 2014 season, West Kootenay EcoSociety will continue making improvements to the market site while reaching out to new
The Cottonwood Community Market will be open for the 2014 market season tomorrow from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Submitted photo customers and vendors to increase its local food self-sufficiency. Through a community initiative grant from the Columbia Basin Trust and with help of the metal working studio at Kootenay School of Arts and the City of Nelson, a beautiful new bike rack has been installed at Cottonwood Market. The West Kootenay EcoSociety encourages customers to leave their cars at home and walk or bike to the market. Those who
Not all water damage is covered by basic home insurance. FREE SEMINAR
THURSDAY MAY 22 6:00 p.m. Get tips on protecting your home at our home insurance seminar at the BCAA Nelson Service Location. Plus, we’ll be giving away one FREE emergency preparedness kit*. RSVP to 250-505-1720 or nelson@bcaa.com to reserve your seat today at BCAA Nelson, 596 Baker Street. *Must be in attendance to win. One emergency preparedness kit per seminar will be drawn. Home insurance is sold through BCAA Insurance Agency and underwritten by BCAA Insurance Corporation.
must drive can find early bird parking next to the market site, but by midday it is advised to park at the foot of Baker Street and walk the two blocks to the market. There is also spill over parking at the Rod and Gun Club parking area. Don’t miss being a part of the fun and excitement of Cottonwood Community Market on opening day and every Saturday through to October 25.
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Child Care Month
ADOPT A RESCUE PET THIS SPRING
Promoting healthy child development The BC government has proclaimed the month of May as Child Care Month to celebrate the work of thousands of caring and committed child care operators and early childhood educators throughout the province. On May 15, BC celebrated Child Care Provider Appreciation Day, which acknowledges the valuable service child care providers deliver – and the significant contributions they make to children’s development. It is now widely acknowledged that learning begins at birth and has a profound affect on life long development and adult well-being. We also know that quality child care promotes healthy child development at the same time as it supports families, reduces child poverty, advances women’s equality and deepens social inclusion. Experts agree that high quality child care provides all children with excellent learning opportunities to optimize their physical, cognitive, cultural, social and emotional development. Every day, child care providers are helping children climb on jungle gyms, introducing the joy of music through songs and reading children’s stories that pique young imaginations. Child care providers offer babies, toddlers and children safe, high-quality care environments where they can learn through play. High quality child care programs have the capacity to provide all children with excellent learning environments to optimize the development of the whole children. The most critical factor in determining quality is the stable, consistent and developmentally appropriate care and early learning opportunities provided by staff. High quality child care programs provide dayto-day support to families and complement parenting responsibilities; they reflect the racial, ethnic and gender diversity in the population; and they support the inclusion of children with disabilities Child Care Month is a time to recognize the importance of child care to families, and to honour the exceptional work of child care providers in communities. For more information on Quality Child Care Programs, please contact the Child Care Resource and Referral in Nelson at 250-352-0407.
HAPPY 80th BIRTHDAY
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KAAP has rescue cats and dogs, puppies and kittens, available for adoption. All KAAP pets are spayed/ neutered and vaccinated, for an adoption fee. Please call Daryl at 250-551-1053 or visit www.kaap.ca.
SPCA benefits from fundraiser
LOOKING FOR
LOVE
Leah Jade (left) and Nuzla Izmirli (right) of Dandy Snow Lion Events present a cheque for $1,297.95 to BC SPCA Nelson branch manager Rob Andrew (centre). The money was raised through a Masquerade fundraiser at the SpiritBar held in late March.
GORGEOUS PUPPIES
PRIVATE RIVERFRONT
Wayne Germaine
250.354.2814
$198,000
We have three Boxer-Lab cross pups, ready to go. They will be large dogs, and to be a part of active, loving families. All KAAP pups are vet checked, vaccinated, tattooed, and spayed/neutered. Call KAAP at 250-551-1053 or visit kaap.ca/adopt.
This is a very unique riverfront property with approx. 2160’ of riverfront and 3.4 acres in total. The setting is very private and beautiful. The land is level with a wonderful place to swim and great sun exposure. A truly magical setting for all seasons. Perfect for a new home or recreation.
wayne@valhallapathrealty.com SUITE POTENTIAL
Robert Goertz
250.354.8500
$349,900
3 bedroom home with new kitchen and natural gas stove. Features over 3000 sq ft and has had many updates. This home easily adapts to a wide variety of needs. robert@valhallapathrealty.com
ADORABLE KITTENS
These are two of five sweetie pies who will be ready to join their forever families the last week of May. They are kid-tested, friendly, playful, full of beans. All KAAP kittens are vet checked, vaccinated, tattooed, and will be spayed/neutered when they are old enough. Call KAAP at 250-551-1053.
PUTTING THE ‘V’ IN VALUE
Norm Zaytsoff
250.354.8584
$169,900
Solidly constructed 3 bdrm full basement home on level .84 acre parcel walking distance to shops and services in Winlaw. New roof, upgraded septic system, and gravity water supply. Don’t delay call today.
norm@valhallapathrealty.com LOG HOME MINUTES FROM TOWN
Lev Zaytsoff
250.354.8443
$419,900
5-bed, 2-bath log home on just under 2 acres. Features include: new appliances, new flooring, productive gardens and an orchard. Quick possession is available. Call today.
Steven Skolka
Friends and acquaintances of Leah McFadyen are invited to help her celebrate her 80th birthday on Sunday, May 18, 2014. The event is to take place in the Hume Room, of the Hume Hotel, between 1:00 and 5:00 PM. The gift of your presence is the only gift required.
$319,000
This affectionate and mellow boy has been in KAAP foster care for a year. We need to find him a permanent home. Please call KAAP at 250-551-1053 and find out abut his special needs.
lev@valhallapathrealty.com JOHNSTONE ROAD GEM
250-354-3031
SNOWBALL
Newly renovated, modern 2-3 bedroom home with stunning lake views and private, park-like yard. Wood and tile floors, energy efficient appliances, many upgrades including plumbing and electrical. French doors open to multi-level sundecks and hot tub. Veggie and flower gardens, many established ornamental and fruit trees. This Johnstone Road gem will not last long.
steven@valhallapathrealty.com
Kootenay Animal Assistance Program Society
www.kaap.ca • 250.551.1053
Wondering how to donate to help KAAP pets? The Kootenay Co-op store in Nelson has a KAAP “Till Card”. When you pay for your purchases, just ask to swipe the KAAP till card, and $2 will be gratefully received. Thank you!
WHY RENT, OWN!
Kristina Little
250-509-2550
$169,900
Located on an acre of land near Winlaw, this mobile home has had a substantial addition along with new roof and siding. 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, and 2 living areas round out this home at over 1200 sq ft. Many upgrades here, including new paint, renovated bathroom and new insulation throughout. Very solid home with lots of space in and out. Ready for your finishing touches!
kristina@valhallapathrealty.com
www.valhallapathrealty.com
www.spca.bc.ca/nelson • 250.352.7178
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The Canadian Society for Social Development has received a $20,000 gift from the RBC Foundation to support participants locally and across Canada in the IBDE Web Essentials and Web Advanced programs. Scott Fraser, branch manager of RBC in Nelson, recently presented a cheque to Anne-Marie Edgar, executive director of the society, at the Nelson location. “We are thrilled to receive this generous contribution from the RBC Foundation. This donation will allow us to help more individuals facing challenges to employment get the skills and college certificate they need to start a new career and bring important technology skills to the labour market,” said Edgar. Sam Van Schie photo
100% Locally Owned & Independently Operated
High speed fiber optic service is now available throughout most core commercial areas of Nelson. DHC Communications is leveraging the City of Nelson’s fiber optic network to deliver new services including lightning fast high speed internet, shared IT/cloud server access and local off-site automated data back-up. Talk to the DHC Team for more information or to schedule a complimentary site survey and network evaluation. Visit: www.dhc.bc.ca/nelsonfiber or call 250 352 0861
High speed fiber optics available NOW in Nelson! DHC Communications Inc. 125 Hall Street, Nelson V1L 7B4
www.dhc.bc.ca
fiber@dhc.bc.ca