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Ferry terminal on the move? GREG NESTEROFF Nelson Star
The Ministry of Transportation is exploring the idea of moving the Balfour ferry terminal. A spokesman this week confirmed the ministry “is looking into the feasibility of relocating the ferry terminal from Balfour to an alternate location. This is early in the process. No alternate locations have been determined and no decisions about relocation have been made.” The ministry said it is doing a technical review to see if a shorter crossing between the west side of Kootenay Lake and Kootenay Bay is feasible. The minutes of last month’s meeting of the area’s advisory planning commission included an item entitled “Balfour ferry terminal move to Queens Bay.”
It read: “As this is a persistent rumor with significant land use issues if it moves forward, a request was made of director [Ramona] Faust that she meet with the manager for Ministry of Transportation to request clarity on if plans are being considered and if so, what public consultation the ministry is planning on this issue.” Faust hasn’t yet had that meeting, but said if the terminal is moved to Queens Bay, it would be “impactful to both communities.” Balfour has been home to the Kootenay Lake ferry’s western terminus since 1947, when the MV Anscomb was launched. Prior to that, the ferry landing was slightly to the west at Frasers Landing. The Osprey 2000 makes 10 round trips daily to Kootenay Bay between
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6:30 a.m. and 10:20 p.m., while the MV Balfour makes five additional runs each day between June and September. The 35-minute trip, billed as the world’s longest free ferry ride, departs Balfour every 50 minutes in the summer and every hour and 40 minutes the rest of the year. The Osprey was launched 14 years ago to replace the Anscomb, while the Balfour turns 60 this year, making it the longest-serving vessel in Kootenay Lake’s history. Capt. Elgin McKillop, marine superintendent of Western Pacific Marine, which operates the ferry, said so far they haven’t been directly involved in any discussions. “The ministry haven’t spoken to us about it but they have indicated there is some interest in moving the terminal
to Queens Bay,” he said. “I suspect it would shorten the run and provide for a nice hourly service.” However, he added it is a “major project” and has “a ways to go yet.” McKillop said moving the terminal has been talked about for at least 10 years, although lately it appears to be gaining momentum. Janice Cooper of the Balfour and District Business and Historic Association said she has also heard rumors about a possible move for the last decade, but wasn’t aware it was officially under consideration until contacted by the Star this week. “The board’s position is that the ferry and its economic benefits are good for Balfour,” she said. “They would want to be involved in any discussion about moving the landing away.”
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Self-proclaimed Nelson computer geek Evan Brynne always knew he wanted to work with computers. “Even when I was a kid my parents were really involved with computers, so I was always playing around with desktops and laptops. I’d play with them in my free time, try installing Windows, write little websites,” said the 24-year-old Kootenay tech engineer, who is now working at Twitter, one of the biggest tech companies in the world. “I always found it really enabling to be able to build something other people can play with. You have so much agency.” Brynne was thrilled to land the job at Twitter, and said he’s excited to go to work every day. “It’s amazing. I come in to work and I play with problems. I work on Twitter for business products. One of my team’s projects is the tweet activity dashboard, which displays statistics on organic and promoted tweet activity. It’s how users can learn from the success of their tweets to be more effective tweeters. My team builds all of that,” he said. “By and large it’s a whole bunch of logic puzzles. You have these complex tools that interact with each other in well-defined ways, and I need to find the most effective way to combine them,” he said. “There are always environmental complexities you have to learn to work around. You have to learn to work around. You have all these tools and you have to use them to create an optimal solution,” he said. Brynne said he finds his work fulfilling. “I’m interested in the global candid conversation it offers. Anything I want to learn about, it’s my go-to tool for gathering public perception of something. In a kind of abstract sense Twitter creates this community where you can converse on every topic. Even as a passive user, you always have access to amazing content about things you care about that are happening in the world,” he said. “We’re living in an ever-more inter-con-
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nected world and I’ve always been a strong proponent of online socialization,” he said. When he was in elementary school, Brynne started a club called Geek Club. Along with a number of friends, he created a text-based fantasy world where they could exist and interact. “We built this little world. We just sat on computers and hung out in this world we built, and we could program our own objects, houses,” he said. And if this sounds like a science fiction movie to you, or if you don’t understand how exactly his job works, then you’re not alone. “A lot of my family and friends have no idea what I do. They can’t even understand the concept of Twitter. They just say ‘oh, he works for one of those tech companies’,” he said. “But they’re proud of me, of course.” Brynne credited two of his teachers,
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A Nelson swim club could lose a second competitive season due to renovations at the aquatic centre. The local recreation commission wants to begin work on the pool in April, despite a request from the Neptunes to wait until July, when they can begin swimming outdoors. “Unfortunately it means us missing our competitive season next summer,” said club president Paul Cowan. “We lost our season two years ago and it just about killed the club. We brought it back this year only to be devastated again.” The project, for which the Regional District of Central Kootenay will borrow up to $4.5 million over five years, is intended to fix numerous structural and mechanical deficiencies in the nearly 40year old building. They were identified even before a section of ceiling tiles collapsed last year, resulting in a six-month closure of the facility, which wiped out the Neptunes’ season. “We really value all the user groups, but
if you’re talking about delaying a building project of that size, you may put yourself in a predicament,” rec commission chair Ramona Faust said. Faust previously indicated the next round of renos would be done over the summer of 2015 to avoid interfering with swim programs. However, she now says that could jeopardize their ability to hire a contractor. “If we wait to engage someone until June, we lose three months of the building cycle and reduce the chances of finding a prime contractor,” she said. “All that said, there may be a way for the contractor to leave the pool intact a little longer after we tender the project.” A quantity surveyor suggested the project faces a one per cent increase in cost for every month it is put off. Faust said a request for proposals will likely go out over the winter so that a contractor is in place by April. The Neptunes’ Cowan said the decision is “disheartening” after his board put in “so much blood, sweat and tears” to revive the club. He said they are exploring other op-
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Wade Roulette and Krissy Balfour are doubly surprised by the early arrival of their baby girl, Skye — who was born 15 weeks early — and the outpouring of support they have received ever since. Born at 25 weeks gestation, Skye will require four months in the Royal Columbia Hospital neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) until her original birth date of December 17. Due to complications with severe pre-eclampsia, Balfour was air lifted from Grand Forks and taken to Royal Columbia Hospital where Skye was born on September 7, weighing one pound, two ounces. Balfour has recovered from her pre-eclampsia and emergency Csection. Skye is currently in an incubator, on a ventilator and is receiving phototherapy and IV nutrition. Wade’s sister, Erin Thompson, is a proud new auntie to Skye and has started a fundraising for her niece aka “Baby Ninja”. Balfour and Wade had just moved back to Nelson and, a week before Skye was born, Wade was able to feel the baby’s movement which he said felt like a ninja kick. Thompson’s online fundraiser has raised $6,560 of the $10,000 goal to help Skye’s parents with mounting expenses and an unexpected early maternity leave. The couple have been living in Vancouver to be close to their baby girl. Thompson said it is common
Skye Roulette weighed one pound, two ounces and was 28.4 centimetres long when she was born 15 weeks early on September 7. Submitted photo for premature babies to need follow up appointments with specialists too, adding that the new parents “were in shock at first but their baby has made it through the first week. Now they are totally amazed by people’s donations from people they don’t know, from other provinces and countries.” “It will get paid forward,” said Thompson, who is a maternity nurse herself and is expecting a baby two weeks away from Skye’s original due date. She explained that at this point Skye is tolerating small amounts of breast milk everyday and she just received her fifth blood transfusion to replenish the blood taken for samples. “Preemie babies don’t replenish their red blood cells as quickly as a full term baby,” said Thompson.
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Nelson Hydro’s tree-pruning program will resume within city limits following a two-week hiatus but with greater emphasis on consulting homeowners before contractors begin removing limbs that encroach on power lines. It comes after a meeting between city council, Nelson Hydro, the city arborist, public works, and the contractor who has been carrying out the work, in response to complaints from the public that the trimming has been too drastic. Over the summer, a three-meter swath has been cut around the utility’s lines — up to five meters around higher-voltage ones — to improve safety and reliability, but it has left many Y-shaped trees. Based on negative feedback to date, council agreed this month to put further trimming on hold until it could meet with the contractor to address the complaints. (However, the work continued around schools and in Nelson Hydro’s service area that is outside the city.) Councillor Deb Kozak said the meeting went well and she now feels “far more comfortable” with the plan. “I think there was a willingness to work together. I was very impressed by how Nelson Hydro and public works is proposing to look after our urban forests.” Kozak said crews would pay more attention to ensuring residents are notified of their intentions before they start cutting: “Sometimes that step was missed, so council asked that neighbourhoods be informed of what trees were being pruned or removed. I think Nelson Hydro heard clearly the desires of council and the community. Nobody
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a number that could benefit from further pruning, as well as some that should be removed. Public works will do the work at a cost of $77,000 although it’s unclear how it will be paid for. Twenty-five trees in Uphill and Fairview have been identified for removal under criteria laid out in the city’s tree management plan, adopted in 2012. “Although application of this methodology is believed to be the best approach, it is acknowledged that the removal of trees can be contentious,” the staff report says. Another concern was incomplete cleanup by crews, who are required to tidy branches and sawdust after pruning. Residents can report any messes left behind.
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Faust seeks third term as Area E director GREG NESTEROFF Nelson Star
The director for Area E (Rural Nelson) of the Regional District of Central Kootenay will seek a third term in November’s civic election. But Ramona Faust said it wasn’t an easy decision since the term length is increasing from three years to four. “Truthfully, it gets in the way of accepting other employment,” she said. “It’s so many daytime meetings as opposed to evening ones.” Faust is one of a handful of directors to hold down an additional job on top of regional district duties. During her first
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destination, the extension of the Taghum Beach, and transit improvements. She also noted several projects about to begin, including a management plan for Balfour Beach, and further renovations to the Nelson aquatic centre. “This particular contingent of directors has gotten a lot done and I’ve enjoyed working with everyone and I’ll be sad to see some people go,” she said. Faust said she hasn’t heard if anyone will run against her. She joins fellow incumbents Garry Jackman (East Shore), Larry Binks (Rural Creston), Hans Cunningham (Rural Sal-
mo), Walter Popoff (Slocan Valley), and Paul Peterson (Arrow Lakes) in seeking re-election. Rural Nelson director Ron Mickel and Rural Kaslo director Andy Shadrack are both retiring. Tom Newell is seeking to replace Mickel, while Shadrack’s alternate, Aimee Watson, hopes to fill his shoes. Chair John Kettle (Rural Creston), Andy Davidoff (Rural Castlegar), and Gord Zaitsoff (Lower Arrow-Columbia) haven’t announced their plans. In addition to the 11 rural directors, the board has nine municipal positions appointed by their respective councils.
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Editor: Kevin Mills Publisher: Karen Bennett
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OF THE WEEK Should the City of Nelson spend $5,000 to help create a study on developing a homeless camp?
Homeless camp Small tiny housing units would be more appropriate than a campground. Campgrounds belong on outskirts of towns (not within). Lorean Campbell Siller That is ridiculous waste of money. I totally back trying to find solutions to the homeless problem in our area but to me it sounds like we would be promoting it. Not a solution but helping create a bigger problem. Kevin Arcuri
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LAST WEEK, WE ASKED:
Do you support a judge’s decision to deny bail to accused armed robber Andrew Stevenson?
That’s about the most ridiculous idea ever. Has this man thought this through? I hope the chief of the Nelson police explains to council about the increases in drunkenness, thefts etc. that will most likely happen if this idea goes through. Mike Lindsay
You responded:
Thank you Jim Reimer for making an effort to eradicate this sad situation. People can talk and talk about all of the negatives of homelessness. Talk is cheap. Opening our hearts and minds to a possible solution needs to be the goal. Pam Armstrong-Hall
YES: 98 % NO: 2 %
With understanding comes progress Summer’s end has arrived, but oh what a magnificent fall we are enjoying. I admit to being smug when I read weather reports of snow in other parts of the country. I am more than ready to wait for ski season to begin. With fall comes a burst of activity as everyone gets back into routine and that is what your city council is doing as well. September 16, 2014 marked the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Columbia River Treaty. While there were significant benefits to both the US and Canada, there were also substantial sacrifices made by residents during the creation of the dams and reservoirs. These impacts continue in communities to this day. The Local Governments Committee is encouraging people to take a few minutes to reflect on this historic date. As well, the Local Governments Committee is continuing to work with the province to address outstanding domestic issues resulting
from the treaty. The inaugural meeting of the Columbia Basin Regional advisory committee was held last week in Nelson. This committee will work with the province and BC Hydro to enhance communications on dam operations. This is significant because this cross-sectoral group from across the basin is the first of its kind in BC. When there is a broader understanding of issues from both sides, progress is possible. We have high hopes for this group and appreciate their willingness to volunteer their time. I’ve chaired the Local Governments Committee since its inception almost three years ago. This work has been some of the most rewarding I’ve done in my tenure as a city councillor. It is rare that a local politician has the opportunity to be a part of issues that have provincial and national significance and I’m grateful to have been in the right place at the right time.
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Council Comments This summer the committee was recognized for its work by being nominated for the Premier’s award for collaboration. Although we didn’t win first place, it was an honour to be recognized. All nominees will be invited to an event later this fall and I’m looking forward to meeting the others. Our ongoing conversations with
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Alp-S, the climate change institute in Austria, have resulted in plans to visit the institute in Innsbruck. AlpS will subsidize travel for a small group to come and learn more about alternative energy systems and other ways to mitigate and adapt to our changing climate. Both groups are very interested in partnering on a project in future and this opportunity for staff to meet and learn is an exciting first step. Nelson Hydro will play an important role in identifying projects that will be considered. I’m looking very forward to this trip and will keep you informed about its outcome. It so happens that the mayor will be in Europe this month and plans to make a side trip to the institute himself. The Nelson and Area Economic Development Partnership (NAEDP) met last week to chart its course for the next couple of years. If you read my last article on broadband you’ll recall that I recommended that Nelson become a part of the Intelligent
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Communities Forum to connect us with others who are making the most of technology. The NAEDP will be pursuing this partnership. As well, there is a commitment to updating the business retention and expansion data to bring it in line with recent surveys done in surrounding communities. And, the NAEDP will be taking the next steps on implementing some of the ideas presented in the Roger Brooks webinars in creating and sustaining successful downtowns. This fall will be particularly busy with civic elections. I will be making an announcement soon regarding my plans and I am encouraging people to run and be a part of the work we do in the community. If you or someone you know is thinking about it, do it. — Deb Kozak is a councillor for the City of Nelson. She shares this space with her fellow council members.
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SLUGS: To those people who put out boxes or piles of junk on boulevards and just leave them there. After a few days, pick it up and take it to the dump.... where it probably should have gone in the first place! SLUGS: Double smelly slugs to those people who put their boxes or piles of junk on someone else’s boulevard and just leave them there! You are a disgrace! SLUGS: Double slugs to the person who came into our yard in Uphill and stole our hammock. As if stealing a hammock wasn’t enough you took it by cutting it out of our tree with scissors and ruining the zap straps it was hung with rather than simply untieing it. We miss our hammock a lot and now to re hang a new one we have also to buy new zap staps. If you were the culprit we would love if it would come back to us. HUGS: To all of the organizers, volunteers, and sponsors of the Kootenay Spirit Festival. You made the weekend so special with all of your work to bring
SLUGS: To all those awesome, dedicated, hardcore runners in the area, who never do the Terry Fox Run! You’re going to go for a run anyway, why not support a good cause? HUGS: To the individuals and businesses that donated to an orphanage in Russia this summer. They were overjoyed with the generosity from our community. You help make the world a better place. May you be abundantly blessed for your kindness. HUGS: Big squishy hugs to all my lovely coworkers. You’ve made the last almost three years so wonderful! Thanks for enabling my shoe habit and putting up with my quirks. SLUGS: To the person or persons who litter all along Sproule Creek Road by throwing their empty beer cans, booze bottles and fast food containers and wrappers out their vehicle windows! Shame on you. Take your garbage home! HUGS: To the kind chap who donated a difficult-tofind cable when you overheard I was missing one for my new backup drive. I’m happily backing up now and grateful for your kindness – your company is lucky to have you as an employee!
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Stand up for the climate The road to a 2015 global warming agreement in Paris passes through New York City on September 23 at the UN Climate Summit. The steep cuts needed on greenhouse gas emissions will require a steadily-rising fee on carbon, which is possible if we give revenue from that fee back to the people. In 2010, Canada and the US signed the weak and non-binding Copenhagen Accord to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Currently, Canada is not on track to meet this international commitment. A 2013 Canada 2020 climate poll revealed that 76 per cent of Canadians believe Canada should sign an international climate change agreement, even if it means doing so before China and the US. In lieu of an effective and binding global agreement, Canada most certainly can lead by example and also provide the incentive for other nations to follow our lead. We don’t need to use cap and trade with offsets. There is a simpler approach: implementing a
steadily-rising fee on carbon-based fuels that returns revenue to households. By including border tariffs on goods from nations that lack an equivalent price on carbon, we provide a strong economic incentive for other nations to follow that lead, including our biggest trading partner the US. The message to other nations would be loud and clear: If your businesses wish to compete in lucrative Canadian markets, you must put a price on carbon. As of today, PM Stephen Harper has indicated he is not going to the Climate Summit. I ask everyone reading this who wants to live in a safe and healthy world to write, email, or telephone our PM to inform him that you want Canada to take action on carbon pollution and institute a carbon fee and dividend program. Contact info is at http://www.pm.gc.ca/eng/contactpm Michael Jessen Citizens Climate Lobby, Nelson Chapter
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Here’s a question about our democracy: When we eject a party from office for bad policy, destructive acts, and/or corrupt government practice, should the new governing party use its new power to go back and reverse all the actions the rejected government has been guilty of? If the answer is yes, then whatever party replaces Harper’s Conservatives next year must reverse many of his horrid acts of legislation and policy. Such as: An end to his fierce gutting of essential fact-finding institutions like our census forms, the CBC, and environmental sciences’ research staffing and funding. A return to our more-balanced foreign policy, pulling back from Harper’s uncritical loyalty to the US and NATO, and his harmony with Israel’s aggressive agenda against its neighbours, and from bombastic preaching to Iran and Russia. Cuts his military spending, and restore more support and respect for the UN. A less hostile attitude toward prostitution and cannabis, more funding for provincial health plans, and raising taxes on corporate profit, with less-permissive latitude in trade pacts with China or Europe. All these would be reversed, if the opposition truly meant their words of condemnation against these polices when they were trying to stop Harper passing his bills. Harper has had a majority and has rammed his agenda ahead. His base loves him for it. But the answer is no. Government is not bound to reverse the course of its predecessor’s actions. It is very rare that such paths are followed in Canadian political history in the last few decades. I might say the new party in power should reverse all Harper’s
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“When we eject a party from office for bad policy... should the new governing party use its new power to go back and reverse all the actions?” tegrity and appropriate ethical concern. But, I cannot expect politicians to reverse all the actions of the government from which they take power. Too bad. Yet in recent BC history, one party has replaced another in government and used its power decisively to reverse a course set by the outgoing government. The NDP was positively-inclined toward teachers at the end of the 1990s, and contracts with the BCTF allowed teachers to negotiate class size and composition. During the 2001 BC election campaign, Liberal leader Gordon Campbell said he would honour contracts signed by the NDP. But once in power, he and his Education Minister Christy Clark did
indeed rip up teacher contracts with class size and composition clauses. They reversed an NDP action vigorously and decisively. BCTF appealed this abrogation of the sanctity of contract and won in the courts. The Liberals today still refuse to accept the courts’ decision, and are appealing. The Liberals are arguing that the NDP’s teacher contracts were a fundamental policy error and that government cannot shirk its fiduciary duty to manage the public purse. Liberals say they will not promise the education sector “more than its proper share” of public revenue, while rejecting more revenue by higher corporate taxes. This is the Liberals’ ideological stance, trapped inside their view of corporations as the benign basis of society and economy. That argument is unlikely to win at the court of appeal, I feel fairly certain. Conclusion: BC Liberals may claim that what they are trying to do is claw back public funding controls, controls the previous NDP government was unwise enough to lose in negotiating with the BCTF. But a contract is a contract. The precedent of BC tearing up contracts with its employees is not one that BC wants to set. I, among others, doubt the Liberals’ sincerity. But, I like their sheer nerve in reversing their political foes’ actions. I do wish passionately that when Harper is defeated, Justin Trudeau turns our course 180 degrees around and retracts substantial chunks of the Harperite agenda. I want the Canada I knew before Harper. If truth be told, I want the Canada before Mulroney and Free Trade, before Maggie Thatcher, and before I got old.
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The Nelson Electric Tramway Society, operators of Streetcar 23 and Birney Car 400, are asking people to help fill the Birney car during their food drive on September 27. The volunteer society has organized the drive in an effort to raise “much needed non-perishable food items as well as cash donations to help the less fortunate to cope with day to day challenges” said society member Chris Holland. The food drive has been named “Fill the Birney car” and each donation would permit the donor to unlimited free Streetcar 23 rides, as well as an admission into their newly constructed museum. The society pledges that 100 per cent of all donations of food and/ or cash will be given to The Salvation Army, Our Daily Bread, The Food Cupboard, and The Food Pantry. “Each agency will determine the best allocation of the donations,” said Holland. “As we approach the fall harvest time of the year and Thanksgiving, we would
There’s a new Doctor in town, but he’s no stranger to the Kootenays.
Dr. Dale Dergousoff has set up his new practice, taking over Dr. R.P. Daniels Optometrist. While Dr. Dergousoff may be new to the Nelson office, there will still be plenty of familiar faces as most of the the wonderful staff, including Dr. Daniels, will be staying on. Dr. Dergousoff has already built up an impressive resume. Born in Grand Forks, the local man eventually went to Simon Fraser University to study. He later moved to New Zealand where he played professional basketball. While there, he met the love of his life and eventually married her. Dale and his wife Tracy have three children and two grandchildren. Earning his Optometric Doctorate from Pacific University in Oregon, Dale moved to New Hampshire in 1998 to start his career in Optometry. He then moved to Nelson in 2001 where he practiced with Dr. Eric Beaucham. In 2003 he moved to Prince George. He has a practice in Prince George where he has practiced for the past 11 years and has owned it for the last eight years. While in Prince George, he also became the assistant coach for the Northern Timberwolves, the men’s basketball at UNBC. He has also been a board member of the College of Optometrist BC for the past nine years and the College Chair for the last four years. Despite his success, the draw to Nelson remained strong. Both his parents and his brother live in the community and Dale decided it was time to return to his family. Dr. Dergousoff is looking forward to providing high quality eye care to the community. He understands the importance of compassion, good communication, and education to his patients. His mission is to provide an excellent eye exam, ensuring the health of his patient’s eyes and tailoring to their visual needs in order to improve their quality of life.
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Magpie Ulysses delivered what she called her “mayoral platform” to Nelson city council on Monday night. The spoken wordartist was the latest performer to appear at a committee of the whole meeting at the invitation of the city’s Cultural Development Committee. The theme of her poem/campaign speech was “When housing becomes affordable.” She’s not actually running for mayor but does appear tonight at the Old Church Hall on Victoria Street with Pauline and James Lamb as part of the Kootenay Storytelling Festival.
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Nelson-Creston’s Michelle Mungall had the highest constituency expenses of the four Kootenay-area MLAs in the second quarter of this year, but the lowest travel expenses. Compensation reports posted online as part of the legislature’s expanded disclosure on individual MLA expenses show that between April and June, Mungall had constituency office costs of $35,553 compared to Columbia River-Revelstoke’s Norm Macdonald at
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$29,540, Kootenay West’s Katrine Conroy at $28,210, and East Kootenay’s Bill Bennett at $26,811. However, Mungall had the lowest travel expenses at $9,715, versus Macdonald’s $11,689, Conroy’s $13,245, and Bennett’s $35,553. Mungall, Conroy, and Macdonald are all NDP opposition MLAs and each made the basic salary of $25,395 for the quarter, while Bennett, a Liberal cabinet minister, made $35,553. The full reports are available at leg.bc.ca/accountability/index.htm.
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Anna Purcell is the first female candidate to announce her intention of running in this year’s municipal election. The Maplerose store employee and Nelson Civic Theatre volunteer coordinator, who has been living in Nelson for the last six years, told the Star on Wednesday she’s ready for “a heightened sense of engagement in the community.” “I’m running for council because I’m interested in doing the work. I went to council in the spring kind of hoping it would be boring, so I could dismiss the whole idea, because it is a lot of work. But I found it surprisingly engaging,” said the 42-year-old, who owns a home with her partner. “Three people are leaving council. It’s a good opportunity for anyone to run.” Purcell is the fourth nonincumbent to declare intentions of running for council, after Michael Dailly, Charles Jeanes and John Paolozzi. Donna Macdonald, Candace Batycki and Paula Kiss have all decided not to run again, while Mayor John Dooley and councillor Deb Kozak have yet to share their election plans with the Star. Purcell, who has was born in Nova Scotia, holds degrees in theatre and women’s studies. She spent some time in the professional theatre scene in Toronto before heading west. She’s proud of her alma mater, the Toronto Waldorf School, and made a point of designating herself as a “Waldorf child”. When asked what her election platform is, Purcell’s answer was succinct: “uplifted pragmatism”. “Traditionally people have seen the city purview as being water, sewer, taxes and, in our case, police. And those things are important, for sure. But a more modern approach, which we’ve already been adopting, is that even though we don’t run the hospital or social programs, we can have a real hand in supporting those and other endeavours. We can have an ear for well-researched, wellplanned initiatives that come out of the community and advocate for them,” she said. “People live in Nelson because they love it. It’s already a great place. The challenge is to make it even better.” Purcell said she’s passionate about innovation and multisectoral collaboration, noting that the Nelson Civic Theatre provides a perfect example of how a community can come together for the greater good. “It might be easier to see interesting collaborations within the realm of the arts, but you don’t have to look far afield to find amazing collaborations in other
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realms as well,” she said. For example, Purcell told a story about Saint John, New Brunswick. A group of business owners there in the 1990s collaborated in unique ways to address homelessness and poverty. “They thought about it and approached it in such a wonderfully business-minded way. Really not the way, at least at that point, that social services sector people were looking at it. They actually hired Deloitte and Touche to do a poverty audit neighbourhood to neighbourhood. They identified five or seven key points, and they rolled up their sleeves and started chipping away at those key points in their own particular fashion to try to destabilize intergenerational cycles of poverty.” Purcell said they came up with exciting ideas, and ultimately reduced poverty in their city by 40 per cent. She said examples like this of thinking outside the box, of innovation, are what excite her about being involved in municipal politics. But she also likes the idea of following other communities’ positive examples. “It can be really easy to be an insular thinker, but if you look even closer to home in Revelstoke, they’ve been doing some really interesting things around poverty,” she said. “There’s a lot we can learn from each other and I’m a total research bug. I’m excited to find amazing
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Community Events ANKORS West Kootenay/Boundary AIDS walk for Life on Saturday, September 20. Meet at Hall and Baker Street. Registration is at 10 a.m. and the walk begins at 12 p.m. Barbecue and entertainment to follow at Lakesiede Park around 1 p.m. For more info 250-505-5506 or information@ankors.bc.ca. The Nelson Legion is hosting free live music September 20, 6 p.m. featuring Cras Donum with Peter and his wife. Peter was formerly with the Austrian Boys, Peter and Harry, which performed at the Royal Hotel 20 years ago.Members and guests welcome (membership available to the public). Info: 250-352-6464 or 352-7727. Twilight Labyrinth Walk: Join the Nelson Community Labyrinth Group on Sunday, September 21 at 6:30 p.m. for the annual autumn equinox walk. Held at the Lakeside labyrinth in Rotary Lakeside Park this is a celebration of the change of season on this day of equal light and darkness. All welcome. See labyrinth.kics.bc.ca. Kootenay People’s Climate March on Sunday September 21, 4:30 p.m. Rally at Nelson City Hall, march to Nelson United Church, 602 Silica Street, for a potluck dinner at 5:30 p.m. and film Disruption at 7 p.m. Dance the tango to rock and roll with the Mental Health Band (Rob Moore on guitar) at the Slocan Hall on Friday nights September 19, 26, and October 3 8 p.m., $5 and on Sundays jam sessions 2 to 6 p.m. Camping at the Springer Creek RV Park and Campground. An open house for all branches of the Girl Guides of Canada on Monday, September 22, 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. This includes Sparks, Brownies, Guides, Pathfinders, and Rangers. The open house will be at the Girl Guide Boy Scout hall, 310 Cedar St. Kaslo’s Cafe Langham Inspired Ideas speakers series continues with Keeping Arts and Culture Sustainable in Rural Communities on Thursday, September 25, 7 to 9 p.m. A panel discussion with local Basin residents Joy Barrett (Nelson), Helen Sebelius (Slocan Valley), Sarah Lawless (Kaslo), and Deb Borsos (Argenta). Explore ideas of sustainability for the arts, culture and heritage in rural communities. The panel will explore methods of engaging community in a larger context; how to keep culture and heritage and the arts alive and how to stay current in rural communities. With harvest season here again, it is time to get ready for the seventh annual Fall Fair
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on Saturday, September 27 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Cottonwood Community Market at Cottonwood Falls Park in Nelson. Contests for best locally grown fruits and vegetables, home preserves, home baked pies and more. Live music by Morien Jones and Brian Rosen. Nelson Legion’s Jam Session returns September 27. Come join the fun at 6 p.m. Members and guest welcome (membership available to the public). Info: 250-352-6464 or 250-352-7727. On October 1, the Argenta post office will celebrate 100 years of postal service with the unveiling of three commemorative stamps at 2 p.m. Envelopes stamped with the new images will be available. Info: argentapo100@gmail.com. Weekly meetings Always wanted to learn how to make lace? Women of all ages come together to share a love of fibre arts at the Nelson & District Women’s Centre every Friday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Learn to knit, sew, crochet, embroider, make a rug, spin wool and more. Beginners welcome, experts too! Share your skills and get inspired by others. Tea and coffee provided, donations welcome. Contact penny@nelsonwomenscentre.com or call 250-551-5509 for more in formation. Join the Ymir Hotel’s country and bluegrass jam every Friday night. Things get started around 5 p.m. and wrap up around 9 p.m. Scottish Country Dancing every Monday, from 7 to 9 p.m. at the D.E.S.K. School Gym, 811 Stanley St., Nelson. Come have fun and learn to Scottish country dance. No experience or partner required. For more info call June 250-352-1836 or Kathy 250359-7545.
The Nelson Choral Society practices every Tuesday 7 to 9 p.m. at the Bethel Christian Centre, 623 Gordon Road. All are welcome, no audition required. Prospective choir members are encouraged to try out the choir for a week or two. For further information, see nelsonchoralsociety.org. Glacier Harmonies, a singing group for women - barbershop style - invites ladies who like to sing and have fun, to Wednesday evening practices at the First Baptist Church, 611 Fifth St., Nelson at 7 p.m. They are also available to perform at events such as birthdays, weddings, Christmas parties, community events. Please contact Dorothy 352-7199, or Joey 352-3393, for more info. Storytimes are back at the Nelson Public Library. Preschool Storytime for two to three year olds every Wednesday until October 29. Family Storytime Saturdays, beginning September 20 to November 1. Both programs begin at 10:15 a.m. Register online at nelsonlibrary.ca or call 250-3526333.
The Nelson Knitting Co-op have an ongoing knitting group, every week on Thursdays 12:30 to 3 p.m. at the Nelson and District Community Centre general purpose room($2 drop-in). The October 2 meeting is an open house to show people
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what they are up to and who they are. Nelson Trail Runners: drop-in trail runs, Sundays at 7:30 a.m., and weekdays at 6:30 a.m. Meet at Mountain Station rail trail parking lot. Check them out on Facebook at Nelson Trailrunners or email nelsontrailrunnerz@gmail.com to confirm times. It’s an open, non-competitive, all abilities trail running group with over 100 members. Alcoholics Anonymous holds 14 onehour 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.
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Nelson Chess Club Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Nelson Seniors Association (next to the Civic Centre), 717 Vernon Street. All ages and levels welcome and it’s free. Non-structured, free flow Djembe circle every Monday night at Lakeside Park near the greenhouse, 7 to 8 p.m. Participants are encouraged to bring their own drums and other instruments that complement the rhythm. No experience necessary. MONTHLY MEETINGS The Alzheimer Society Caregiver Support Group meets the second Wednesday of the month, October 8, at 7 p.m. Families and individuals can meet with a support and education coordinator in person, by phone and email, to offer support and information for every stage of dementia. Printed information, a strong website and newsletters are available and services are free. Contact Gail Russell at 250-352-7444, gailandnelson@gmail.com. On Saturday, October 11 at 10 a.m. at 101 Baker Street (downstairs) the Council of Canadians will have their regular monthly meeting. All welcome. Info: 250-352-9871
La Leche League Nelson provides breastfeeding information and support to moms and soon-to-be-moms. The next meeting is on October 20. Meet at 1 p.m. on the third Monday of each month at The Family Place, 312 Silica Street. More information: 352-3583. Workshops Access The BARS workshop September 20, 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. A nurturing and relaxing body process that unlocks limitations the body and the subconscious are holding and have solidified. www.accessconsciousness.
com. If interested call Sheelagh 250-352-1812 sheelaghmw@gmail.com. Kids learn to draw anime/manga workshop on September 28, 1 to 3 p.m at the Slocan Park Hall for ages 10 and up. Taught by Freya Emery. $10 per person. Community yoga at the Youth Centre every Wednesday. Afternoon practice for girls and women at 4:15 to 5:30 p.m. All levels welcome. Yoga’s about touching your heart, not your toes. Expect an upbeat practice complete with deep relaxation, all accompanied by awesome tunes. Also a fun evening practice at 6 to 7:15 p.m. for anyone to open up, stretch it out, get bent. Expect to leave feeling awesome and a lightness of heart. For all ages: teens and 19+. Pay what you can. Contact Ursula at ursulatwiss@gmail. com.
Nelson Hospice Society Grief Support series starts Thursday, October 2, 6 to 8 p.m. at the Kalein Hospice Centre. This four-week series is open to anyone who is experiencing grief due to the death of someone they love. Hosted by trained Nelson Hospice volunteers. Free but preregistration required. 250-3522337 or info@nelsonhospice.org. Announcements Friends of the Library need your book donations now for the October 24 and 25 book sale. Bring your kindly used books to the Nelson Library Please leave donations with library staff. For information NelsonLibraryFriends@gmail.com or Catherine at 250-352-5975.
Nelson and District Seniors Coordinating Society is a seniors one-stop for information and referrals on community resources and services. Open Monday to Thursday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Please call 250-352-6008 for information regarding the home help program, volunteer income tax service, and low income dental program, or for help with pension and subsidy forms. The Royal Canadian Legion (Nelson Branch #51) is a non-profit organization aiding veterans and providing charitable funding to local nonprofit groups and high schools. Membership is available to the public. Members and their guests enjoy billiards, snooker, shuffleboard, big-screen television for sports, barbecues, monthly celebrations beverage room, darts (Wednesdays 7:30 p.m.), euchre (Thursdays 7 p.m.), meat draws and karaoke (Saturdays, 3:30 p.m.) and cribbage (Sundays 1 p.m.). Call for upcoming jam sessions. Hall rentals available. Info: rclbr51@telus.net or 250-352-7727 or 250352-6464. Fundraisers Beer and burger fundraiser Saturday, September 20, 6 to 9 p.m. at Finley’s bar, $15. In January, Shauna Posnikoff will return to Jinotega, Nicaragua as part of a Canadian group, to participate in building a house. Come for a burger, silent auction, door prizes and 50/50! This page is for community, charity or fundraising events that are free (or nearly free). Submissions will be run at the discretion of the editor. Dated events take priority. If you have previously posted an event and want it to run again, provide an up-to-date version with contact details to reporter3@nelsonstar. com. Thank you.
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Visual arts
On Friday, September 26, art exhibit Let Them Run will open at the Kootenay Gallery of Art in Castlegar. The work is by 21 Columbia Basin residents who were invited to take part in a weekend of learning in beautiful Hidden Creek in the Salmo River Watershed. Each artist then created a piece in their own medium based on their experience. The exhibition will run until November 8. Susan Parr’s art show Here and There will be showing at Cowan Office Supplies at 517 Victoria Street for the month of September. Featured are painting inspired by recent trips to Hawaii, France and the U.S., as well as images of the Kootenays.
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The Capitol Theatre presents a tour-de-force performance from Toronto artist Evalyn Parry on Friday, September 26 at 8 p.m. Spin celebrates the bicycle as muse, musical instrument and agent of social change as inspired by the true story of Annie “Londonderry” Cohen Kopchovsky, the first woman to ride around the world on a bicycle in 1894. Tickets are $25 for adults, $20 for students. Buy your tickets online at capitoltheatre.bc.ca or call 250-352-6363.
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Nelson’s art and business community presents Blue Night, a multi-artist, multi-venue art showcase that opens on Friday, September 19. Artists will be in attendance from 7 to 9 during the opening evening. For more information visit Blue Light Nelson on Facebook.
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The Capitol Theatre presents Georges Bizet’s Carmen, performed at the Royal Opera House, as part of the Civic Theatre Live Performance on Screen on Wednesday, October 8 at 7:00 p.m. Spanish heat and gypsy passion are brought to the stage in Francesca Zambello’s vivid production of Bizet’s opera. Don José is a young soldier in the army in Seville. He intends to marry Micaëla, a girl from his home village, but when he meets the sensual and high-spirited Carmen, his head is soon turned. For more information visit capitoltheatre.bc.ca or call 250-352-6363.
Kootenay Kids Society OPEN HOUSE & AGM Saturday, September 27th, 2014 2 – 4 pm Fun activities for the whole family! Refreshments served! 804 Stanley Street, Nelson www.kootenaykids.ca
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tion visit silvertongallery.ca. Kalle Mattson, along with James Lamb & The Winning Numbers, plays a live broadcast concert at Kootenay Co-op Radio on Saturday, September 20. Doors at 8. Tickets are $10. For more information, visit the Crank it to 6 concert series on Facebook. Beach House will play Spiritbar on September 24 as part of their Northern Exposure tour. Their special guests are TBA. Tickets are $25 and are available from the Hume Hotel. Toronto rockers The Wooden Sky are playing at Spiritbar on Friday, September 26 at 9 p.m. to promote their new album Let’s Be Ready. High ends will play an opener set. Tickets are $15 and are available from the Hume Hotel. On Friday, September 26, the After Work Dance Party with Clinton Swanson and friends at Finley’s Irish Bar & Grill will start up again. The night features Kelly Fawcett on vocals and guitar, Hawaaian musician Milly Mendoza on bass and Marvin Walker on drums, while Swanson plays saxophone. Showtime is 7 to 10 p.m. Suggested donation at the door is $10.
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Slocan Lake Gallery Society presents a group art exhibition Inspired by Nature: The Slocan Valley at the Hidden Garden Gallery in New Denver, until September 21. With over 25 of the area’s finest local artists and crafts people collaborating to make this an energy-filled, exciting exhibition. The natural environment is sacred to many of the artists, who are inspired by its wonders. The gallery is open from 10 a.m. until noon and 2 to 4 p.m. every day until September 21. For more information visit silvertongallery.ca.
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Pilotcopilot Theatre presents the 10th anniversary performance of Dress, a multimedia one-man show written and performed by Lucas Myers. The show starts at the Capitol Theatre at 8 p.m. on October 3 and 4. Tickets are $20 for adult, $15 for students. For more information visit capitoltheatre.ca. Raven Meets the Monkey King will play as part of the Capitol Theatre Kids series on Sunday, October 5 at 2 p.m. J, an inquisitive 11-year-old, dreams of becoming a rich and famous treasure hunter and hits the jackpot when she buys a mysterious box from a garage sale. Once she gets home the box magically opens. For more information visit capitoltheatre.bc.ca or call 250-352-6363.
Tonight BiBO is participating in Blue Night, featuring Branda Avis. DJ Mullin will play from 7 p.m. onwards. For reservations call 250-352-2744. Acclaimed Edinburgh-based performing artist Simon Kempston will perform his first ever concert in Canada on Saturday, September 20 at the Silverton Memorial Hall. This beautiful concert hall is on the main street in Silverton at the north end of the Slocan Valley. This event is facilitated by the Slocan Lake Gallery Society and the BC Arts Council. Admission $12 at the door. For more informa-
The Smalls, beloved punk band of the 90s, have reunited. They will play in Nelson at Spiritbar on Tuesday, November 4. Tickets are $30. Doors at 8 p.m. Show at 9 p.m. Special guest opener TBA.
Festivals
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Sunday September 21st 4:30 pm Rally at Nelson City Hall March to Nelson United Church 602 Silica Street for a 5:30 pm potluck Supper And Film: “Disruption” All are Welcome! in 1899. Lisel Forst is preparing a comedy sketch for the event, and of course, the author herself will be on hand. Everyone is welcome. Judith Plant, the co-founder and publisher of New Society Publishers will share her story at the Civic Theatre on October 8 at 7 p.m. New Society Publishers is a BC small business success story that publishes books on community building, environment, natural building and more. Otter Books will manage an NSP book sale. Tickets are $10 and can be found at deconstructingdinner.com
1st Nelson Scouts Garage Sale! Saturday Sept 20
The third annual Deconstructing Dinner Film Festival returns to Nelson with 11 food documentary films at three venues over the course of four days, October 1 to 4. The festival will feature an opening night oyster bar and closing night local chocolate maker showcase. There will also be an all-new 100-mile pizza bar and BITE truck poutine bar. Info and tickets at deconstructingdinner.com
literary arts
The Kootenay Book Weekend will feature author Deryn Collier as the guest author. She will speak on Sunday, September 21 at 11 a.m. at the Best Western Hotel on Baker Street. Tickets are $10 and are available at Booksmyth, Otter Books and at the door. For more information visit kootenaybookweekend.ca.
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The Nelson Public Library celebrates its new history book with a special launch on Thursday, October 2 at 7 p.m. The Story of the Nelson Public Library, 1986 – 2013, written by Eileen Holland, takes readers through the history of the Nelson institution. Frances Welwood will appear as Mrs. A.J. McCulloch, secretary of the Nelson Library Association
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Kootenay author Angie Abdou will host a literary discussion at Oxygen Art Centre at 7:30 p.m. on October 9. Abdou recently released a new novel titled Between. Suggested donation is $5. For more information, visit oxygenartcentre.org.
MOVIES
The Civic Theatre presents Finding Fela!, a documentary about Fela Anikulapo Kuti’s life, music and political importance. His influence helped bring a change towards democracy in Nigeria and promoted Pan Africanist politics to the world. The film will play tonight at 7:00 p.m. For more information visit civictheatre.ca. On September 24, at 7 p.m. the Civic Theatre present Manet: Portraying Life, an exhibition on screen. This eagerly awaited exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts was the first ever retrospective devoted to the portraiture of Edouard Manet. Spanning the controversial artist’s entire career Manet: Portraying Life brought together works from across Europe, Asia and the USA. For more information visit civictheatre.ca Pierce Brosnan stars as an ex-CIA operative on a very personal mission, pitted against his former pupil in a deadly game in The November Man, which plays tonight at 9:30 p.m. at the Civic Theatre. For more information visit civictheatre.ca.
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ID YOU know a bicycle can be played like a musical instrument? Do you wonder what that would look like? The Capitol Theatre is looking to satisfy your curiosity with the virtuoso performance of Spin, an ode to humanity’s favourite twowheeled mode of transportation starting on September 26. “The bike, interestingly enough, seems to be enjoying a new renaissance,” said Toronto performer Evalyn Parry, who wrote and created the show. “With the environmental movement it’s become associated with green and conscious living, urban revitalization. I think we’re starting to think about transportation, how we live locally and make conscious choices about burning fossil fuels.” However, the bike hasn’t always been associated with environmentalism, and has been symbolic of a variety of human social trends. Parry spent years researching the history of the bicycle and came up with some fascinating content. But nothing caught her attention more intensely than the story of Annie Londonderry, who lived from 1870 to 1947. “I came across her story and I was very excited, I was struck by her fascinating character. She completed a feat that even today would be a difficult thing to do, but there she was doing
it in a corset, full-length skirt and a one-speed bicycle,” she said. Londonderry was famously the first woman to ride a bicycle around the world, but there are other aspects of her character that are similarly revolutionary. For instance, Londonderry was one of the first people to rent out advertising space on her body and bike to fund her endeavours. “She was like a mobile billboard,” said Parry. Parry will spend most of the show center-stage, performing songs and introducing the multimedia component and video elements of the program. Meanwhile, her partner
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Toronto performer Evalyn Parry will perform Spin, a celebration of the bicycle, at the Capitol Theatre starting on Friday, September 26. Jeremy Mimnagh photo
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Brad Hart will play the bicycle as a sort of “avante garde drum kit”. “We’ve been playing music together for the better part of a decade. When we were conceiving this idea of this show, I said ‘what do you think about using a bike as percussion?’ We hadn’t figured out yet about amplifying it,” she said. After months of experimentation, they ultimately came up with a system of contact microphones that pick up vibrations. They then connected it to a sound board with effect pedals, and plugged it into a sound system to “see what it sounds like”. “The spring reverb kind of sounds like a bass drum,” said Parry. “A few spokes on the front wheel are tuned. The sounds of the fender is different than the wheels spinning, so basically we have all the different sounds a bike could make, especially if you have a rusty bike you’ll know what I’m talking about, and we’re trying to audioamplify them, to use it as a sort of accompaniment.” Parry said the show has a strong feminist component. “Bicycles in the late 19th century became a symbol of the women’s suffrage movement. The bike represented the freedom of the new liberated woman, who could literally have freedom of mobility and move under her own steam. At that point in time it was a really revolutionary piece of technology, for everybody,” she said. The bicycle ultimately had major effects in some unexpected arenas, including the world of fashion. Parry believes it helped bring about the death of the corset. “It precipitated the move towards pants,” she said. Since she began performing the show, Parry has been contacted by Londonderry’s surviving relatives and has learned more about her muse. She said the light this shone on her understanding drastically altered the show. “I got a letter from her granddaughter Mary, a very loving letter,” she said. “It totally changed the way I end the show. I decided how could I not include this?” For information visit evalynparry.com. Buy your tickets online at capitoltheatre.bc.ca or call 250-352-6363.
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Collier headlining Kootenay Book weekend
Plans to entertain, shock WILL JOHNSON Nelson Star
Nelson author Deryn Collier doesn’t just write about murders—she’s actually witnessed one. The mystery scribbler, who is headlining the upcoming Kootenay Book Weekend (KBW), promises she will go into much more detail when she takes the stage on Sunday, September 21 at the Best Western on Baker Street. “My plan is to entertain and shock the audience,” said Collier, who was enlisted after author Helen Humphreys dropped out due to illness. Her most recent books are the Arthur Ellis-nominated Confined Space and her most recent release, Open Secret, which came out in the spring. “I’m a huge fan of Helen Humphreys, so it’s a real honour to be asked to take her place. Mystery author Deryn Collier is speaking I was really looking forward to hearing her speak, so it’s unforat the Kootenay Book Weekend on Suntunate she couldn’t come,” she day. She promises to tell a story about a said. real-life murder. That being said, Collier is
thrilled to be a part of the book club event. She said book clubs are where many of the most interesting developments in literature are happening today. “Book clubs are where exciting things are happening with readers. They keep things going and get people excited about publishing. While bookstores are going under, book clubs are where things are getting really interesting,” she said. The books under discussion during the weekend are 419 by Will Ferguson, The Bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seierstad, A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki and The Reinvention of Love by Humphreys. The Kootenay Book Weekend has grown from 37 participants in 2004 to 60 people in 2013. Organizers are expecting even more participants in this year’s event. Tickets are $10 and are available at Booksmyth, Otter Books and at the door. For more information, visit kootenaybookweekend.ca.
Artistic showcase comes to Nelson WILL JOHNSON Nelson Star
The seventh installation of Blue Night begins tonight, with 18 venues hosting work by 40 local artists, and local organizer Brian Kalbfleisch is thrilled to introduce his lineup to the community. “Blue night is a little more open,” said Kalbfleisch, comparing it to other comparable events. “In our case, the venues decide which artist they want to exhibit. That’s up to them. I think that opened up the door for some artists who maybe haven’t been ready to apply for something like Artwalk or haven’t been able to meet the criteria.” Kalbfleisch said the event is more casual and afford-
able. This year the work consists primarily of visual arts, and he said attendees can expect to “find watercolours, acrylics, oils, photography, mixed media, some felting and pen and ink, digital art and a large installation at Oxygen.” Kalbfleisch said organizers were “playing” with the idea of art openings, and trying to demonstrate to the community how accessible art can be. The opening night runs from 7 to 9 p.m. tonight, and will be held simultaneously at all 18 venues, which include BiBO, Cotton Creek Clothing, The Royal, Relish Bistro, Bellaflora and a number of other locations. For more information visit bluenight.ca or Blue Night Nelson on Facebook.
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Experimenting with a new sound
Beach House plays Nelson Will Johnson Nelson Star
Baltimore dream pop duo Beach House are coming to Nelson for the first time as part of their Northern Exposure tour. They will take the Spiritbar stage on September 24. “We’ve never ventured anywhere in British Columbia before,” said guitarist Alex Scally, who performs with vocalist Victoria Legrand. “We haven’t put out an album in a while, and when you do there’s a lot of pressure to do all the big cities. This time between tours is the perfect time to do some smaller venues, go to places we’ve never been.” The band’s most recent album, Bloom, was released in 2012. Scally said since then they’ve been experimenting with their sound and their set lists. They hope to share the results with a Kootenay audience. “We toured so much after our last record, it became predictable in a way we didn’t like. We weren’t being spontaneous. Now we’re trying to write and explore and let whatever happens happen.” Legrand is the chief lyric writer, and Scally said he feels privileged to work alongside her. “One lucky thing is I don’t think I’ve ever heard a lyric of hers I didn’t like,” he said. “But what the music means and why it makes you feel the way it makes you feel is utterly mysterious.”
Baltimore group Beach House will play at Spiritbar on September 24. Web photo
He said their collaboration involves building on each other’s strengths and developing a piece until it invokes the appropriate emotional response. “It starts with something so small, a couple chords, one little melody. Sometimes it’s just a feeling. Then we try to keep that feeling alive and make it grow. What that feeling is a mystery. It’s something so deep inside your soul,” he said. Scally wasn’t sure how to de-
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1. Preheat your oven to 400ºF and turn on your convection fan if you have one. 2. In a large bowl whisk together the flour, sugar, nutmeg and salt. Grate in the frozen butter using the large holes of a standard box grater and toss quickly to thoroughly coat with flour. Sprinkle in the ice water then stir until a dough forms. Knead the dough just a few times as needed to bring everything together. Immediately roll it out thinly – about 1/4 inch thick – and cut out 12 circles. Fit them into a lightly oiled muffin tin. Freeze any leftover pastry for your next baking project.
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Exhibit: Let Them Run In the spring of this year 21 artists who live and work in the Columbia Basin were invited to take part in a weekend of learning at beautiful Hidden Creek in the Salmo River Watershed. The intention was to provide outdoor, interactive experiences to get them thinking like a watershed and the possibility of a future with salmon returning to our rivers. They learned how important the salmon were spiritually, culturally, socially and economically to many Columbia Basin First Nations Peoples before the construction of the Grand Coulee Dam in the 1940s resulted in the complete loss of salmon stocks in the Canadian Columbia Basin. The exhibition, Let them Run, The Salmon Century, opening at the Kootenay Gallery is the result of combining a passion for the environmental stewardship of an important river system with the recognition that art has the power to inspire, inform and ultimately facilitate change.
The participating artists have interpreted their experience during the weekend of learning in many forms, from audio and photography to painting and sculpture. As Gerry Nellestijn, the coordinator of the artist weekend and the founding member of the Salmo Watershed Streamkeepers Society states, “through this exhibition we will be able to learn their (the salmon’s) ways and their influence on place and people and perhaps, move toward inspiring creative insights to contribute to their reintroduction”. The exhibition opens on Friday, September 26 at 7 p.m. and runs until November 8. The opening reception will include a performance by musician and composer Marty Carter and several of the artists included in the exhibition will be in attendance. The Gallery is located across from the Castlegar Airport adjacent to the Doukhobor Discovery Centre on Heritage Way and is open from 10-5 p.m. Tuesday to Saturday.
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Internationally acclaimed author Padma Viswanathan, who earlier this year released her novel The Ever After of Ashwin Rao and came through Nelson to do a reading, has been long-listed for the Scotiabank Giller Prize. “It is a wonderful and wonderfully unexpected list, with many writers — even lauded ones — relatively early in their careers. A person could do worse than munching through this diverse and intriguing list for the next few months! And, of course, I’m very honoured to be included this company,” Viswanathan told the Star. The announcement came along with other exciting news: the prize money has been doubled this year. “When we started this prize 21 years ago with the assistance of Mordecai Richler, David Staines and Alice Munro, the intent was to highlight and reward Canadian fiction authors,” said Jack Rabinovitch, in a press release dated September 16. “The award then was $25,000
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Padma Viswanathan’s book was recently long-listed for the Scotiabank Giller Prize. Will Johnson photo and we had a great deal of help from Canadian book sellers. Now with the warm and unique partnership with Scotiabank and its entire executive group, we are able to achieve this objective in a manner we never thought possible.” The prize purse will double to $140,000, with $100,000 going to the winner and $10,000 to each finalist, which makes the Scotiabank Giller Prize the richest fiction prize in Canada.
Viswanathan’s novel follows Ashwin Rao, an Indian psychologist trained in Canada, as he attempts to complete a study of comparative grief by interviewing people who lost a loved one to the Air India terrorist attacks of 1985. It takes place in a fictional Nelson called Lohikarma, complete with local landmarks such as the man-sized grotesque on Front Street and the big orange bridge.
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Nelson resident Denise Uhrynuk competed in the ITU World Triathlon in Edmonton finishing the sprint distance event with a time of 1:17.25. Representing Team Canada she placed 14th out of 59 athletes in the female 45-49 age category. The Edmonton race in Hawrelak Park had its challenges for the approximately 4,000 triathletes. The swim start was on a platform rather than a mass shoreline start as it was in a reservoir that had been dredged for debris and then chlorinated. Uhrynuk said, “I didn’t feel I got into the groove of the swim until 300 metres in, which is basically half way through.” There were cross winds during the bike ride so she focused on not getting pushed off her bike, and a head wind was an additional challenge. The 300-400 metres in the transition area was longer than the typical 100 metres. (The sprint distance is a 750 metre swim, 20 kilometre bike, and a five kilometre run. The Olympic course is double the distance.) Nonetheless, she had the fourth fastest time in her run. “I guess I was doing better than I thought.” Competing at the World’s for triathlon doesn’t happen overnight and for Uhrynuk it started when she was in her 20s. She completed an Ironman (3.86 km swim, 180.25 km bike ride and a 42.2 km run) in 1994 but took a break once her children were born. Her kids got her back into triathlon through their own interest in the sport when they were eight and 11. She first represented Team Canada by racing the Olympic distance at the 2012 World’s triathlon in Auckland, New Zealand. A hip injury from a bike crash two years ago caused Uhrynuk to make the change
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Denise Uhrynuk competed in the ITU World Triathlon in Edmonton in early September. She completed the sprint distance in 1:17.25 in the female age group of 45-49. Representing Team Canada she placed 14th out of 59 athletes in her category. Submitted photo from the Olympic distance to the sprint. During a triathlon, a cyclist fell in front of her; she braked on the slippery pavement, crashing onto the road and damaging her hip. Once she recovered, she tried a sprint triathlon and did well. She also found the race recovery to be “so much faster with sprints”. Unfortunately she fell directly on the same hip while trail running this July. This meant she was not training for the upcoming triathlon with running. She only ran during races itself. She said any speed work bugs her hip and “she feels her hip injury all the time.” Interestingly, the switch from Olympic to sprint distance triathlon has resulted in more
top podium times for her, qualifying her for the world triathlon 2014. Her time at a race in Kelowna this summer has qualified her to be on Team Canada in 2015 as well. At the provincials in Penticton she finished first in her age class and second overall. She said she is moving up to the 5054 aged group next year. How does she race so well with an injury? “I honestly don’t feel it in the race as I’m focused on the race.” When she signed up with Team Canada there were 853 athletes, which is more than usual as the competition was in Canada. Athletes can’t make it to the Worlds unless they make Team Canada but they
still need to cover their costs. The $400 team registration fee gives athletes access to online coaching and support during the last three months and a team uniform. It also gave her a chance for a formal course familiarization five days before the race. There is an additional $400 race entry fee. Uhrynuk is humble about her podium finishes even though her age group has two ex pro triathletes and is known as one of the two most competitive age categories in the sport of triathlon. “In my mind it’s all who attends the race,” she said. “People come from all over the world and some people cannot attend due to travel costs. “I don’t do my races to get in the top 10; I do it for myself. I don’t have time goals as each course is different. I just do my own thing, I don’t know if I could regimentally follow a coach’s schedule but maybe things would change too if I had a coach.” As a physiotherapist she also goes to professionals for massage and physiotherapy to heal her injury. She said in the off season she might try water running and she usually can be found cross-country skiing. If she decides to go to the World’s next year, she will swim all winter, two to three times per week at the pool and get into the lake at least once a week. “I like being fit so it gives me a goal to be in shape. I thrive and enjoy the competition.” It’s also the people she meets and the friendships she has made that keep her in triathlon. “It’s like family,” she said. “You go from race to race and you get to know and see these people.” Aside from her a career as a physiotherapist, Uhrynuk coaches for the Rocky Mountain Spirit Tri Club in Nelson. “They are so supportive of me when I go to these races,” she said.
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Getting their kicks at Lakeside Park Soccer has returned to Lakeside Park fields as squads from the Nelson Youth Soccer Association were back in action last week. In U14 boys action (top photo) the Nelson Fire Fighters (dark jerseys) and the EZ Rock squad played to a 2-2 tie. In U14 girls action, Vogue (black jerseys) lost to Natural Pharmacy 9-3. Kevin Mills photos
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As the water cools, fish will become more active
Fish are starting to wake up We’re back from the West Coast! And this year was an unusual year on the ocean. With all the predictions from fisheries hailing this as the biggest run of salmon ever, we certainly didn’t see anything spectacular compared to most years. The last couple weeks of July saw some tough days of fishing. The bait wasn’t hanging around and so the salmon weren’t sticking around for long either. We spent a lot of time chasing fish. One day they were in one spot, and the next day they moved 10 miles and we had to move also. But, when the bait finally arrived, we started to have some of the great days that we expected. August saw some really good days with limits of Chinook and Coho salmon, as well as our halibut limits fairly easy. This year we found some great halibut spots and were rewarded with consistent fish from 40 to 70 pounds. We did have some of the days that we are accustomed to though. A few days with over 40 fish to the boat made it exciting. Chinooks up to 30 pounds this year and Coho up to 17 pounds were caught. All in all, it was a good year, and I’d like to thank everyone who joined us on the coast this year. Looking forward to what next year has to offer. And now back to our local reports: Kootenay Lake: The hot summer also made for some the warmest water temperatures we have had in years. This warm water also affected our fishing. July was still pretty good on the lake for Rainbows up to 10 pounds and Bull Trout up to 12 pounds. Early August saw some good mornings of fishing for Kokanee and small Rainbows. And then by mid-August, the fishing did slow down, but we still managed a few fish each day. Now that September is here and the nights are cooler, our water temperatures are dropping fast. This is starting to wake the fish up. We have had some good days with more than 10 fish to the boat lately. Rainbows up to 12 pounds have been caught and should continue as the water cools. Our favorite time is coming up. As the water cools, the fish will become more active and begin to feed heavily. October, November, December are our favorite months of fishing. So, let’s get ready for another fantastic fall! Columbia River: The river came alive in July and August and continues to be great fishing so far in
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Nelson resident Jayden Maida with a nice 24 pound Chinook Salmon. September. Once the hatches started, the dry fly fishing was phenomenal. Fly-fishing remained great throughout the summer. And still the past couple weeks have produced some nice fish.
Kerry Reed
The Fishing Report September is usually a good month not only for Rainbows, but also for Walleye on the River. Looking forward to the next month of fishing out there. Spin casting , fly fishing, or trolling can be very rewarding at this time of year. What are they biting on? The lake is beginning to produce some
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decent fish. We have been using Bucktail flies on the choppy days. And on the calm days, we have had good success on our Lyman plugs and Apex Lures. Colour choice for flies right now are: Grey and white, Brown and White, and Green and white. Lucky numbers for the bucktails are: 210, 221, 226, 227. Our Lyman plugs that have been producing so far are: Black and White, Green and White, Blue and white. Lucky numbers have been 10, 16, 69, and 98, 101. The river has been producing on our favorite fly patterns. Late August and so far early September has seem some great days using hopper patterns or stimulator for dry fly fishing. Nymphing has been productive also using floating line and indicators. Also, spin casting with spoons or spinners has been working well. And the usual three-way rig on the bottom with a worm is producing as well. That should bring us up to date with the local fishing. Hope this helps increase everybody’s chances. Good luck out there. The next couple months are our favorite. So, let’s get out there! Tight lines. — Kerry Reed is from Reel Adventures Sportfishing. Contact him at 250-505-4963 or online at reeladventuresfishing.com.
New name, new logo, new president Nelson’s Wayne Naka is the new president of the BC Senior Games Society. And one of his initial duties was to oversee the re-naming of the annual games. The BC Seniors Games Society will be rebranding its annual multi-sport event as the 55+ BC Games starting in 2015 with the North Vancouver Games. “The new 55+ BC Games will strive to maintain its leadership as the premier multi-sport event
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and become widely recognized among all 55+ British Columbians as being friendly, welcoming, supportive and transformative,” said Naka. Fort Langley-Aldergrove MLA Rich Coleman made the announcement at the Closing Ceremony for the Langley 2014 BC Seniors Games. “As we have seen over the last few days, the spirit and vitality of older British Columbians is nothing short of inspiring.
This new branding aptly reflects BC’s culture of active, engaged citizens of all ages and backgrounds,” said Coleman.
“We have been doing a lot of strategic planning about our past and vision for the future. Since their beginning in 1987 the BC Seniors Games have become a very successful multisport event in British Columbia. However, looking forward to the next five years we learned that for the first time in history a majority of BC citizens will be aged 55 and older,” said June Parsons, BC Seniors Games Society Past President.
2nd Annual General Meeting Seniors Centre Branch #51 717 Vernon Street
Thursday, October 9, 2014 6:30 P.M. - 8:30 P.M. SEEDS will be highlighted in a colourful slide presentation. Members are encouraged to attend. Everyone is welcome. Memberships will be available. Light refreshments served.
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Nelson defenceman Isaac MacLeod (back row to the captain’s right) and the rest of the Columbus Blue Jackets prospects squad, celebrate after winning the annual NHL Prospects Tournament in Traverse City, Michigan. MacLeod was one of four Nelsonites at the event. Joining him at the competition were forward Dryden Hunt (Carolina Hurricanes) and coaches Jim Hiller (Detroit Red Wings ) and Brad Larsen (Columbus). The tournament featured NHL prospects squads from Columbus, Detroit, Columbus, Minnesota Wild, St. Louis Blues, Buffalo Sabres, Dallas Stars and New York Rangers. Facebook photo
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Holland fascinated by Nelson Library’s history
History book launched It takes a dedicated – 2013, picks up where soul to spend hundreds the previous history left of hours poking in boxes, off. Written by histostaring google-eyed at rian, author, and former endless microfilm reels, Library Board member and interviewing mov- Frances Welwood, Nelers and shakers past son’s Library, 1895 – 1985 and present, but Nelson covered the early years of Public Library board the library in back rooms member Eileen Holland and basements and to wanted to update the his- its 50-year “temporary” tory of this long-serving home in the Nelson Civic institution, and Centre — fido it right. nally declared “You’d think undersized and that research inaccessible. into the hisH o l l a n d ’s tory of a library full colour might be dry, history book but I found it takes readers f as c i nat i ng ,” through six said Holland, a chief librarians, former teacher, three referenda, Holland magazine ediand a move. tor, journalist It follows and freelance writer. operations from analog “There’s more going systems and into the on behind the scenes digital age. And it ofthan you might think.” fers a scope of programs The Nelson Public Li- and initiatives, with anbrary celebrates its new ecdotes and sidebars ilhistory book with a spe- lustrating the Library’s cial launch — complete — ahem — storied past. with special guests and Chief librarian June a touch of comedy — on Stockdale is thrilled Thursday, October 2 at with the completion of 7 p.m. the history to date. The Story of the Nel“Eileen has done a son Public Library, 1986 fabulous job. The his-
Slocan Valley Directed Fund
A new funding initiative in the Slocan Valley will host a series of community meetings and an online survey during September and October. Valley residents and organizations are welcome to contribute their ideas on what valley-wide projects would benefit the area the most. With support from Columbia Basin Trust, the Slocan Valley Economic Development Commission (a body of the RDCK) is launching the Slocan Valley Directed Fund. The CBT initiative helps sub-regions (a group of communities from a recognized area) to come together to plan, set priorities and allocate funds for the long-term betterment of the area as whole. The funds are to benefit the entire area, not individual local community projects. The Slocan Valley, through the Economic Development Commission will receive $300,000 in the first three years with the hope that the funding continues. According to Leah Main, chair of the commission, “It’s a good news story, but not without a challenge. The good news is we get $100,000 a year for three years from CBT, and get to create our priorities and the process to use the money. Doing that, of course, is also the challenge.” There will be 10 meetings held in the valley, some open community sessions, where all ideas for projects will be discussed and some with a specific theme. Meeting dates and an online survey may be found at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/slocanvalley and paper versions may be obtained through Village offices and the Economic Development Commission at (250) 226-0064.
tory is well-written and engaging. It’s so important that our history is recorded, and wonderful to be able to read it in such a pleasing format.” Former chief librari-
ans, board members, and staff have been invited to attend the event. Frances Welwood will appear as Mrs. A.J. McCulloch, secretary of the Nelson Library Associa-
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tion in 1899; Holland has threatened to dress up in 1980s attire. Notorious Nelson actress Lisel Forst is preparing a comedy sketch for the launch.
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CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF NELSON 2014 GENERAL LOCAL ELECTIONS
NOTICE OF NOMINATION Public Notice is given to the electors of the City of Nelson and School District No. 8, Electoral Area 1 that nomination for the offices of: One Position for MAYOR Six Positions for COUNCILLOR Two Positions for SCHOOL TRUSTEE will be received by the Chief Election Officer as follows: By hand, mail or other delivery service to Chief Elections Officer, City Hall, 2nd Floor, 310 Ward Street, Nelson BC
From 9:00 am on September 30, 2014 To 4:00 pm on October 10, 2014 Excluding statutory holidays and weekends
By fax to: (250) 253-22131
From 9:00 am on September 30, 2014 To 4:00 pm on October 10, 2014 Excluding statutory holidays and weekends
By email to: elections@nelson.ca
Originals of faxed or emailed nomination documents must be received by the Chief Election Officer no later than 4:00 pm on October 17, 2014
Candidates shall be nominated in writing by two duly qualified electors of the City of Nelson or for School Trustee of Electoral Area 1 of School District No. 8. The nominations documents shall be subscribed to by the Candidate. At the time of filing the nomination documents, the Candidate shall also file with the Chief Election Officer a written disclosure as required under the Financial Disclosure Act. Nomination forms containing all the relevant forms are available from the Chief Elections Officer, City of Nelson 2nd Floor, 310 Ward Street, Nelson BC during regular office hours (8:30 am to 4:30 pm) Monday to Friday excluding statutory holidays until the close of the nomination period: 4:00 pm on October 10, 2014
QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICE A person is qualified to be nominated, elected, and to hold office as a member of local government if they meet the following criteria: Canadian citizen; 18 years of age or older on general voting day [insert date of general voting day]; resident of British Columbia for at least 6 months immediately before the day nomination papers are filed; not disqualified under the Local Government Act or any other enactment from being nominated for, being elected to or holding the office, or be otherwise disqualified by law. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION on these matters, the following persons may be contacted: Frances Long, Chief Election Officer at (250) 352-8254 Joanne Caldecott, Deputy Chief Election Officer at (250) 352-8285 Frances Long Chief Election Officer
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Churches of Nelson
Bringing to you our weekly words.
Road to a New Life – 3 of 4 Joseph Russell – YWAM Nelson
Past Lives, Present Opportunities Eckankar Worship Service
Saturday September 27th 11am Crescent Valley Community Hall (just north of the junction) Everyone Welcome
Nelson Seventh-Day Adventist Church Sabbath (Saturday) Services 10 am
Bible study/discussion
11 am
Worship Service
Rides available!
12:30 pm Vegetarian Fellowship Luncheon Also available: “It Is Written" CTV 11 am Saturdays
Please join us at 1502 Granite Road
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“Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heauy laden, and I vill giue you rest” Matthew 11:28 www.nelsonadventist.ca Pastor Leo 250-687-1777 _____________________ _______________ ______________ ______________ _______________ ______________ _______________ ______________ _______________ ______________ ______________ _______________ ______________ _______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ _____________________ _______________ ______________ ______________ ___
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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
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
St. Michael & All Angels Busk Road, Balfour Sunday Service 11:00 a.m.
Office: 9 am - 1 pm Tue - Thurs • 250.352.5711 stsaviours@netidea.com
ALL ARE WELCOME!
This week I want to expand on the one requirement necessary to receive this free and undeserved gift God is offering us. People are counted as right before God, not because of their work, but because of their in God who Nelson Christian Science Society faith paid the penalty A Branch of the Mother Church in Boston MA for their wrongdoSunday Service in Balfour ings. (Romans 4:5 Paraphrased) Again 9:30 am at the Anglican Church on Busk Rd. I want to highlight For information 250-229-5237 that there is nothing we can do to stand Come Help Change The World right before God Gathering on: Sunday at 10:30 a.m. in and of ourselves. 3308 Silver King Rd. 250-352-5007 The only way, is to receive this gift by OUR MISSION faith. We are committed to living in biblical Covenamt, where we lay down our lives for one another encouraging each person and family practically and spiritually to become all we are called to be as Christ followers.
H.O.P.E. Church Pastoral couple Jeff & Marilyn Zak http://hope.strikingly.com
GATHERING THIS SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 21ST 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
Unity Centre of the Kootenays Speaker – Dania KalTara
Topic: “Heart Songs from India” 717 Vernon St. Sunday at 11 a.m. Any questions? Contact 250-354-5394
The Salvation Army Nelson Community Church
Sunday Worship Service at 11:00 am Everyone is Welcome Your Pastors:
Majors Robin and Yvonne Borrows 250 551 4986
601 Vernon Street (Middle Level)
Nelson United Church Sunday Worship Gathering 10:00 am Minister: David Boyd All are Welcome
A Friendly Bible Centre Church Sunday Morning Worship 10:00 am
“Reclaiming Creation”
“Renewing Our Passion For Godly Things”
All children welcome for Sunday School and Nursery Room available
623 Gordon Rd. Nelson BC V1L 5X6 Phone 250-352-9322 • Pastor Rev. Ken H. Keber
Corner of Josephine and Silica Streets Ph: 250-352-2822 • www.nelsonunitedchurch.ca
Refreshments are served after the service (Affiliated with the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada)
So what is faith? Faith is being sure of what you hope for and certain of what you do not see. (Hebrews 11:1) Our hope is that at the end of our lives we will stand right before God, not because of what we have done, but because of what He has already done for us. Faith is the ability to be certain that even now, in this moment, we can stand right before God and enter into a relationship with Him. It is written: The person in right standing before God lives by faith. (Romans 1:17 Paraphrased) When we believe in what He has done for us it changes the way we think and act. No longer do we strive for acceptance before God, no more do we have to be afraid of being separated from Him. We walk by faith, being confident that we stand right before God, knowing that we can come before Him and experience His love for us. Our position before God is secure. What a privilege, what a miracle, what a gift! Do you believe in this gift God offers? Or are you still trying to earn your right standing before God? To finish up next week I want to share about calling on God and living in His gift.
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Climate march set for Sunday
People concerned about climate change and a clean energy future can join in local events for the global action, the People’s Climate March, on Sunday, September 21. Organizers will be will be rallying at Nelson City Hall at 4:30 p.m. for speeches. Then the group will march to Nelson United Church which is hosting a potluck dinner. Following the dinner there will be a showing of the documentary film Disruption about this giant global climate action. “People in the Kootenays are actively working to move to a clean energy future. We naturally want to participate in this world-wide mobilization to show it’s time to get serious about climate change,” said David Reid, executive director of the West Kootenay EcoSociety. People’s Climate Marches will be taking place around the planet in cities like Delhi, Jakarta, London, Rio de Janeiro, Johannesburg, Berlin and Paris. A huge coalition of over 1,000 environmental organizations, faith groups, unions and others has come together world-wide to create the movement. A huge rally is being organized in New York. A historic Climate Summit hosted by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will take place in NYC just a few days later. “Fossil fuel generated climate change is the biggest threat facing humanity,” said Keith Wiley of Kootenays for a Pipeline-Free BC. “Only a massive public movement will push governments to cut back on oil, gas and coal and move to a life-sustaining clean energy future. This global action helps us get going,” he said. More information can be found at ecosociety.ca and Facebook: Kootenays For a Pipeline-Free BC.
Dealing with grief
For those who have lost someone through death, the cycle of loss through detachment, despair and anger cab be difficult. Recovery can be a lonely, frightening and overwhelming experience, even when family and friends are trying to support us. A grief support group provides a safe, supportive environment where the bereaved can learn that the way they are experiencing their grief is normal and very individual. Grief is a healthy response to loss that needs to be acknowledged and expressed before we can move on. Working through feelings about losses and sharing them with others who are also grieving decreases our isolation and loneliness while helping us learn how to experience and work through our pain. Nelson & District Hospice Society is offering a free grief support series for anyone grieving the loss of someone through death. The group will run for four weeks starting Thursday, October 2 until October 23 from 6 to 8 p.m. Pre-registration is required but attendance is free. For more information and/or to register, please call Nelson Hospice at 250-352-2337 or email info@ nelsonhospice.org. All calls are confidential. Donations gratefully accepted.
SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 8 (KOOTENAY LAKE) FINANCE & OPERATIONS COMMITTEE MEETING @ 2:00 P.M. BOARD MEETING @ 5:00 P.M. (times are PST)
Tuesday, September 23, 2014 Board Office, 570 Johnstone Road, Nelson BC Video Conferencing to Creston at: Creston Education Centre, 617-11th Ave., S., Creston
Public Welcome
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Cards of Thanks Margaret Zimmerman’s family would like to THANK everyone for their prayers, those who sent cards, flowers, visited and called to see how she was doing. A special THANK YOU to the 3rd floor Nurses and Doctors at Kootenay Lake Hospital. THANK YOU
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Lost & Found LOST: Men prescription Glasses Hospital to High St Place to Fairview Tues. Sept 16th 250 352-6991 LOST: Summer skirts & tops in bag, week of Aug 20th 1 skirt was linen 250 551-0242 Reward
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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
Oct.4th Day Trip to see Ventriloquist Terry Fator Las Vegas Headliner
We invite family & friends for the
Celebration of Life for Bill & Gaie Waite on Saturday, October 4th. A graveside Memorial will be held for immediate family at the Nelson Cemetery at 11:00 am. Followed by a Celebration of Life for family and friends at the Eagles Hall, 641 Baker Street, Nelson, BC at 12:00 Noon. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to Penticton & District Hospice Society at the following website: www.pentictonhospice.com and click on ‘How I Can Help’ button then Donate Now.
Lost & Found FOUND: Set of Keys between Blaylock & Six Mile Tues. Sept 2nd call 1 604 612-1999
Obituaries
Oct.6th Northern Quest Day Trip Call Totem Travel 1-866-364-1254
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Obituaries
Bonnie Jean Maximick
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Automotive
Automotive
GLACIER HONDA EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY GLACIER HONDA in Castlegar, B.C. is looking for a highly motivated and driven individual to join our sales team. Honesty, integrity,sincerity, along with respect for our customers is essential for success in the automotive industry. This person will help our customers make solid decisions for their automotive needs. We sell a full line of new HONDA cars and trucks as well as all makes and models of preowned . Compensation is only limited by the successful candidates ability. We offer a full benefit package after a probation period, and a great working environment. If you are looking for an exciting opportunity with great rewards, please submit your resume to: 1602 Columbia Ave Castlegar BC V1N 1H9 Phone: 250-365-4845 Fax: 250-365-4865 Toll Free: 1-866-365-4845 Att. Ron Cutler or Via email to glacierhonda@telus.net
Service Advisor
Kalawsky Chevrolet Buick GMC seeks an energetic, customer-focused and professional service advisor. Duties include scheduling maintenance and repair work, providing estimates, selling service and parts, coordinating technicians and embracing administrative tasks. Strong communication and multitasking skills required. Our standards are high because our customers deserve the best treatment when entrusting their vehicles to us. We offer excellent benefits, bonuses and a positive working environment. This is a full-time position. If you have sales or service experience outside the auto sector, we will also seriously consider your application. Please send your resume with cover letter to:
Hilda Kathleen McMullin Born March 24, 1918, Died June 27, 2014
It is with much sadness that we announce the passing of Hilda Kathleen McMullin, we will miss her. Hilda died on the 27th of June after a heart attack. She was 95 years old and quite active for her age. Hilda was predeceased by her father Albert 1932, mother Ida 1955 and siblings Ruth (Don) Anderson, Gordon McMillan, Reg (Marg) McMullin, Luella (Walter) Martin, Rita (Red) Bland. She is survived by two sons Karl (Rita) Stafford, Gerrit Stafford and a very loving neice Yvonne and her husband Ted Yeates, also grandchildren Julie and Michael Stafford and not least her very good friend Mary Lou Oswald All moms friends and acquaintances are invited to a memorial at 913 Hall Street on Sunday September 28th at 1:30 till 4 pm.
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Homestay coordinator – International Student Program SD#8, Kootenay Lake The successful candidate will provide contracted services to the school district program The Kootenay Lake School District focuses on excellence for all learners in a nurturing environment. We serve a diverse range of communities in an inspiring geographic setting, with access to an active outdoor lifestyle and rich cultural opportunities. More than 100 students from Korea, Mexico, and Brazil participate in our well-regarded international program. Reporting to the Administrator, International Student Programs, the Homestay Coordinator is responsible for overseeing the ongoing placement and support of assigned international students for the district’s full and part time International Student Program. This includes maintaining a registry of potential homestay families, monitoring homestay and student applications, and ensuring appropriate student placements and ongoing follow-up. The full job description for this position can be accessed here.
Location of work:
Home Office:
Title of Immediate supervisor:
Administrator, International Student Programs
Summary: Reporting to the Administrator, International Student Programs, the Homestay coordinator is responsible for overseeing the ongoing placement, and support of assigned international students for the district’s full and part time International Student Programs as outlined in the service agreement.
Duties and Responsibilities: Maintains a registry of potential homestay families through ongoing recruitment of new host families, respite, short and long-term placement. Reviews interview reports, and accepts or rejects applicants based on home visits, criminal record checks, questionnaire responses, and adherence to established homestay handbook criteria. Monitors student applications and strategically places student with host family consultation. Arranging transportation to/from airport for arriving/departing students in consultation with ISP Administrator and relevant host parents. Monitors quality and success of homestay by providing assistance and advice on sensitive problems, responds to emergency calls, relocates students as required and calculates any additional fess to be paid or eimbursed and recommends compensation for damages to homes. Conduct monthly face to face meetings with students to ensure comfort and satis faction with the homestay placement and submit a report to capture the important points of the interview. Conduct monthly phone interviews with the homestay family to ensure satisfaction and support for the family. Compose, prepare, and issue correspondence, confirmation placement letters, new student profiles and homestay profiles and guidelines to homestay families, and arrive and departure instruction to the agents. Maintains a home office with a computer, scanner, file system, photocopier and or printer.
Required Qualifications and Experience:
Mitch Rinas, Controller Kalawsky Chevrolet Buick GMC 1700 Columbia Avenue Castlegar, BC V1N 2M8 Fax: (250) 365-3949 Email: mitch@kalawsky.com
Bonnie Jean Maximick born in Whitehorse, Yukon on November 24th, 1951 passed away on September 3rd, 2014 in Edmonton AB. Despite many challenges thru out her life Bonny always had an upbeat and positive attitude. Bonny was predeceased by her parents Frank and Jean and her sister Barb. Bonny is loved and missed by her brother Jim (Val), sisters Debbie (Mike) and Sue. She is also survived by her niece Bronwyn and nephews Jaimy(Ri), Tyler (LIsa), Kody, Tristan and Levi and one great nephew Dallas. In Bonny’s memory donations to the Canadian Diabetes Association are greatly appreciated.
Help Wanted
- 1 or 2 years of post-secondary education at an accredited university or college Valid BC driver’s license - Computer literate - Good interpersonal and oral communication skills - Ability to work with other cultures and demonstrate an intercultural mindset - Ability to meet deadlines and work with minimal supervision - Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with parents, students and homestay. GMC
1700 Columbia Avenue Castlegar | (250)365-2155
Working knowledge of office procedures and standard office equipment Desirably qualities: Ability to speak a second or third language preferably Japanese and or Chinese Knowledge of the BC public school system
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If you seek a career, not just a job, step up and apply to Castlegar Hyundai.
Product Advisor Listen to customers, ask questions and help them select the right vehicle. Become familiar with one of the world·s most e[citing automotive lineups. Build your own business with unlimited potential in this sales position. Step into a career position with continuous training, beneÀts, e[cellent pay for a job well done, the opportunity to advance and a supportive team. :e want people who wake up each day e[cited to work hard and achieve their goals. A track record of success in your work, education or other pursuits is an asset.
The duties and responsibilities of this position may require the Homestay Coordinator to work outside “regular” hours, including evenings, holidays, and weekends. As the successful candidate, you will have a minimum one-year post-secondary education at an accredited institution, with excellent interpersonal and verbal communication skills. You will be culturally aware, with a demonstrated ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with parents, students, homestay parents, school district taff, and the general public. Knowledge and/or work experience in the BC public school system, as well as the ability to speak a language in addition to fluent English would be helpful. A valid BC driver’s license is arequirement. As you will be providing contracted services to the school district through a Service Agreement, you will have a fully operable and equipped home office.
Interested applicants should submit a detailed resume outlining your qualifications and experience no later September 26, 2014, to: Sandy Prentice Email: sprentice@sd8.bc.ca The interest of all applicants is greatly appreciated; however, acknowledgement will only be made to those selected for an interview.
Take that ÀUst step and apply today. Contact Keith Kalawsky keith@castlegarhyundai.com.
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Community Access program Youth Intern 35 hrs/week @ $12/hr October 6 – March 28, 2015 You will design and deliver internet and computer training sessions to the public. Excellent people skills and knowledge of computers and software applications required. Open to eligible youth aged 15 – 30. Full job description Application Deadline September 30, 2014 4:30pm Full job description and eligibility requirements at: http://nelson.bclibrary.ca/ Resumes and cover letters to: June Stockdale, Chief Librarian Nelson Public Library jstockdale@nelson.ca
Boundary Electric Boundary Electric, a top 50 business in the Kootenays based in Grand Forks, BC, is looking for a Project Manager. Boundary Electric has a strong commitment to quality achieved through its ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management System. The Project Manager will manage and coordinate projects, work with vendors to source equipment and assist clients in the design and supply of product. Also, he/she will be specifying and designing electrical equipment based on clients needs. Some skills required are: • Technical certifications as either a Journeyman Electrician, Associated Science Technologist (ASCT-Electrical) or Electrical Engineer. • Ability to work and adapt in a fast paced environment. • Experience with the installation and/or design of industrial electrical equipment. • Take direction and work well in a team environment while being a creative and solution based thinker. Wage based on experience and include benefits and Pension Plan. Willing to train the ideal candidate. Send emails to reception@boundaryelectric.com by September 20, 2014. NO PHONE CALLS
BC INSPECTED GRADED AA OR BETTER LOCALLY GROWN NATURAL BEEF Hormone Free Grass Fed/Grain Finished Freezer Packages Available Quarters/Halves $4.10/lb Hanging Weight Extra Lean Ground Beef Available TARZWELL FARMS 250-428-4316 Creston
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Visit us for apples Starting approx. Mid. Sept.Gala, Mac End of Sept.- Honeycrisp, Sweet 16, Priam, Blushing Susan & Elstar Beginning Oct. - Liberty, Spartan, Jonagold, Creston, Golden Delicious Mid Oct.- Ambrosia & Orin We also have squash, potatoes, carrots & apple juice Bulk orders welcome Closed Sundays
Garage Sales 1303 Granite Road, Sept 20th 9 am. tools, plumbing supplies, ladders, cacti electronics display case 1421 Front St (behind Safeway) Sat & Sun Sept 20th & 21st 8 am - 12 noon, tons of stuff, NEW ITEMS SUNDAY! 2814 Hwy 3A Sat. Sept 20th 8 am - 2 pm Lots of great stuff! 2 Family Garage Sale! 1547 Hwy 3A Sat Sept 20th 8 am - 3 pm Misc. household, furniture, appl, sporting goods, bike, treadmill & more Rain or Shine! 2 Family Garage Sale! 1821 Falls Street (1 block above Lion’s Park) Sat Sept 20th 7:30 am 2 Family Garage Sale #42 & 43 1554 Granite Road (Chateau Village Mobile Park) Sat Sept 20th 8 am - 12 noon, household, China, tools & lots of good stuff
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Certified Early Childhood Educator at Lakeside Early Learning Centre.
Job description: To lead, inspire, organize and keep safe a small group of preschool children. The program involves regular outdoor activities, indoor structured and unstructured time, creative art ideas and story telling. The position is part time. Wage is $15/ hr to start. Job requirements: Up to date: ECE certification, criminal record check, infant child first aid and CPR, a record of immunizations. A minimum of one year experience working with preschool aged children, some experience in leading a group, an understanding and agreement to support the Lakeside Early Learning Centre philosophy, a love of the outdoors. To Apply: Email your resume to lakeside.elc@gmail.com Subject: Job Application
Client Services Coordinator Castlegar, BC Independent Respiratory Services is a BC-owned and operated full service respiratory company that has been providing sleep apnea and home oxygen therapy to British Columbians since 1996. We are currently looking for a highly motivated individual to join our Castlegar Team. The • • • • • • •
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Rentals
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Misc. for Sale
2 Family Sale! 7617 & 7621 Ross Road, Procter Sat & Sun Sept 20th & 21st 9 am - 2 pm Household, tools, golf clubs, baby clothes, Misc.
HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/ newspaper?
Shared Accommodation
500 Block between Innes & Houston (back Alley)Sat Sept 20th 8 am children’s books, furniture. light fixtures, misc. 60 Years of Stuff 813 Cottonwood Ave. (Salmo) Sat & Sun Sept 20th & 21st 9am-4pm Garage Sale 1020 Gore St, 8am, Sat Sept 20th, kids stuff, house ware, Lots more GARAGE Sale Saturday, Sept 20th 8am-1pm - 111 Cottonwood Road (driveway just over bridge, first road past Nelson Toyota). Variety of items. Large Multi Family Garage Sale, 306 Robson St, Sept 20th & 21st 8:30 am Tools, Vitamix, no plastic kids toys Moving sale, Sat Sept 20th, 421 Carbonate. 10am-4pm Chest freezer, furniture, bunkbeds, double stroller, kids clothes, & more Multi Family! 79 Government Road (next to Andex) Sat Sept 20th 8-4 Something for everyone! Multi Family Garage Sale! 1104 Selby St, Sat Sept 20th 8 am - 3 pm Multi Family Yard Sale! 1303 Granite Road (Follow the Signs) Sun ONLY Sept 21st 9am-3pm No Early Birds. Lots of great stuff incl: Collectables, Ski/snowboard gear, Mountain bike gear & parts, Dirt bike & Motorcycle parts, camera equipment, Housewares, Furniture, Climbing gear, & much more! Robin from Birch n’ Burlap is having a garage sale 723 Nelson Ave. Sat & Sun Sept 20th & 21st 9 am-4pm Furniture, vintage finds, home decor, home accessories, kids stuff & so much more. No early shoppers as gates will be closed
Townhouses Topsoil, Sand, Road Gravel Fill with delivery call for prices 250.359.7188 c:250.304.8158 Rubber Tire Backhoe, Mini Excavator & dump truck service
Misc. Wanted Cash Paid for old guns, signs, tins, toys, military medals, swords, coin collections, cowboy, railroad & mining items, Bottles, license plates, estates. Larry 1 250 545-7140 sumas@shaw.ca Collector Buying Coin Collections, Native Art, Estates, Gold, Silver + 250-499-0251
Musical Instruments Musical Instruments Guitars, Amplifiers, Drums, Keyboards, P.A., Music books and Accessories BAY AVENUE MUSIC DOWNTOWN TRAIL 250-368-8878
Real Estate
GLENMERRY 3Bd., laminate floor on top & main, fenced yard, N/S.$900. 250-551-1106
Want to Rent
Active Single male 35 req furnished room within Nelson city limits. Fully employed, clean, quiet & reliable. Up to $500/m all incl. Kerry @ 352-9876 or G-Kerry@outlook.com Castlegar or Nelson: Two single men, 50’s, salesman & bookbinder seeking quiet affordable housing for Oct 1st. Can help with maintenance, snow removal etc. Good refs avail. Both clean, quiet & considerate. Allan 250 354-4858 Looking for Magical Bright Home with Lovely Spiritual Energy, A Nature Connection, (Back yard &/or Deck) Beautiful View, could be walking distance to the new Co-op or to the Water. 2 bdrm & parking would be ideal. For Oct 1st I’m a conscious, quiet responsible women N/S, love all life but have no pets 250 352-1696 Male, 30 yrs req housing between Balfour & Castlegar, near public transit. Can afford $400/m. Easygoing, responsible & hardworking. Good Ref avail. Dave 250 921-4502 Responsible 30 yr old man req housing in Nelson to reach F/T employment. Own or shared considered. Pet friendly, can garden & prefer raw food/veg, organic environment. Can afford $500-550/m & has good refs. Nathan nathan.hine@gmail.com or call 352-9876
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Salmo, Sat - Sept 20th 9 - noon, Cancel if raining 608 Cottonwood Ave
NEW LISTING! Fantastic unobstructed view over the golf course 2 brdm + den, 2 bath, $315,000 354-0149
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Rentals
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Uphill: Room in house suitable for student N/S $450/m 250 551-0242
Homes for Rent Mobile Home in Thrums 2 brms, addition, deck, F/S W/D, small 15 unit park small pet ok, 250-304-9273
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Dynamic is having a Clearance Sale, misc wood products,excess landscape material, tools, sawmill equipment, large trucks forklifts & much more we are located in Castlegar 1839 Brilliant Rd. Sale starts Sept 15th runs to Oct 15th
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WHAT A DAY!
2014 season comes to an end for local paddlers
Rhythm Dragons shine in final Two Ko otenay Rhythm Dragons (KRD) teams finished strong at the Penticton Dragon Boat Festival on Skaha Lake in Penticton September 6 and 7. The event hosted 73 teams from BC and Alberta in women’s and mixed divisions. The KRD Sisters in Sync paddled strong to first place finishes in the initial two races. This placed them in the Platinum division with strong competition in the semifinal race, but the managed a third place finish. The team posted their best ever time of 2:22.29. They were joined by four members of the KRD Recreational team to bring their success. The KRD LOL team raced hard to achieve second place finishes in their two initial races. This placed them in the Diamond Division. They paddled strong in the semi-final race to finish in 4th place against very strong competition. It was an exciting first time achievement in the Diamond Division. KRD’s amazing steersperson Diane Tulloch was able to steer for both teams with the exception of the second race when the two KRD teams raced each other.
Members of the Kootenay Rhythm Dragons finished strong at the Penticton Dragon Boat Festival on Skaha Lake in Penticton. Submitted photo A wonderful steersperson Ken B, from the Vernon Extreme Currents, tilled for the LOL team. A thrilling race ended with KRD teams finishing in first and second place. In the Sunday Breast Cancer Survivor Cup Challenge, Kootenay Rhythm Dragons survivors Maureen Hendry, Jeanette McCarvell, Sarah Quayle and Mary Walters joined the Kootenay Robusters of Christina Lake. As the winds blew up an exciting start and wavy race finished with the emotional carnation ceremony honouring those fighting breast cancer and those who
have died, with the Garth Brooks song The River. As the winds increased, a decision by the organizers to cancel the final races upheld
the safety concerns for all paddlers. This meant the final results were based on the times of the semifinal races. The KRD SIS
team placed second in the Women’s Platinum B Division and the LOL Team seventh in the Women’s Diamond B Division. As the season closes for 2014, Kootenay Rhythm Dragons continue to support members Sarah Quayle and Mary Walters who will be paddling in the International Breast Cancer Challenge in Sarasota, Florida, October 24 to 26. They will be joining the Vernon Buoyant Buddies survivor team. A fun-fundraising event will be held on Thursday, September 25 at Finley’s Irish Pub to support these ladies and the KRD paddler assistance fund. Everyone is welcome to join the fun.
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HENRY IS MISSING FROM 2014 CHOQUETTE AVE BY THE GOLF COURSE IN ROSEMONT $750.00 REWARD FOR HIS SAFE RETURN
PLEASE CALL LISA DOSENBERGER OR VICTOR MAKORTOFF AND LEAVE A MESSAGE WITH ANY INFO @ 250-352-0450 Henry is a 2 year old stripped cat. He is a neautered, slender and long cat with long hair, a bushy and thick tail and is under 10 pounds.He is golden brown and black and has fairly even stripes along his whole body. He does not have any white fur at all. He has a very narrow and tiny face. He is a cuddly cat, sleeps with us and is very friendly. He usually will come if you shake a bag of temptations or food. He is an indoor outdoor cat and we let him outside in the summer during the day with our other 2 cats. We still have the other 2 cats and one is his birth sister, Nora from the same litter. They are always in for dinner before dark to avoid predators. Henry has been missing since the end of August.We have hand distributed 160 colour flyers in Rosemont trying to locate him with no luck. If you would like a copy of our flyer or additional pictures to identify him please email us at lisados@ hotmail.com or call us at 250-352-0450. A safe drop has been arranged with the Nelson Branch of the SPCA. You can drop him off there no questions asked. If you have taken Henry in Thank You for looking after him but can we have him back please? He is loved very much and we miss him. We would like to Thank all our neighbours, and everyone in Rosemont and some local businesses for your help looking for him and keeping the flyers up and calling on any sightings. We follow up on every lead. We have met some truly wonderful people who also want the best for Henry and we appreciate your love and support.
IODE celebrates a century of service The Kokanee Chapter of the IODE celebrated its centennial Wednesday. Mayor John Dooley dropped by the organization’s Baker Street thrift shop to help cut the cake. The first meeting to organize the local chapter was held in September 1914 and since then, the women’s charity has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for local and national causes. Greg Nesteroff photo
Good Neighbours Visit our showroom at 621 Vernon Street, Wednesday to Saturday, 12:00 - 5:00 or call 250 352-5847 to book an appointment for any other time. Join the neighbourhood.
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Final Co-op event set for September 22
Healthy breakfasts served It may be true that there are no free lunches, but the Kootenay Co-op is proving that there are free breakfasts! Healthy Breakfasts, the Co-op’s fall community initiative, combines a free community breakfast with ideas and information about how to make sure the most important meal of the day get the attention it deserves. They have been serving breakfasts in the Co-op’s covered patio and offering recipes and information to inspire healthy, delicious breakfasts with their Healthy Breakfast Guide. “We know, and multiple scientific stud-
ies confirm, that people who go without a nutritious breakfast will end up consuming more empty calories and fewer vegetables and fruits over the course of the day,” said wellness manager Michelle Beneteau. “Over the long-term, this can mean poorer health outcomes. For example, a study of 6,000 students showed that those who ate breakfast had improved cognitive function, memory, eye-hand coordination and got better grades.” While the benefits of breakfast may seem obvious, the outreach manager Jocelyn Carver says the initiative is as necessary
as it is simple. “Estimates are that about 40 per cent of the public don’t eat breakfast. We designed the Healthy Breakfast initiative to offer a free breakfast both to help our community start the day right in a tangible and tasty way and to create an opportunity to get together and share a meal”. So far, more than 400 people have attended the Healthy Breakfast events. The final event is on Monday, September 22. Everyone is welcome. The Healthy Breakfast Guide is available at the Co-op’s Customer Service desk.
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Yogi
She’s a 3 year old spayed Rotti-Retriever, looking for an active loving family, where she will have lots of play and fun, with dog-savvy experienced owners.
Call KAAP at 250-551-1053 or check kaap.ca/adopt
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$315,000
Wayne Germaine
250.354.2814
Classic 50’s 3-level split home on a corner lot in upper Fairview. Large living room with a wood fireplace. 4 bedrooms and full bath up and a bright family room, half bath and laundry room down. Priced to allow for a cosmetic upgrade which will be well worth it for this style of home and location.
wayne@valhallapathrealty.com
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Robert Goertz
$389,900
250.354.8500
It’s time to take another look at this heritage classic that’s completely updated. If you love heritage homes, you won’t be disappointed with this brilliantly renovated 2-bedroom beauty from the past. The motivated seller has reduced the price to sell now!
She’s a 4 year old spayed super-friendly Chocolate Lab, kid-dog-cat friendly, needing a fenced yard, and lots of activity and attention. Call KAAP at 250-551-1053 or check kaap.ca/adopt
Kaap has Kittens!
We have two litters of kittens ready to go to forever homes the last week of October. Those with pre-approved applications will be given first choice. Visit kaap.ca/adopt for the cat adoption application form, or call KAAP at 250-551-1053 for information.
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4-bed, 2-bath home in a forested setting within walking distance to the Slocan River and Rail Trail. Features include: gourmet kitchen, open plan, spacious bedrooms, fully finished basement and more. Only 20 min to both Nelson and Castlegar. Call Today!
Healthy Breakfasts, the Co-op’s fall community initiative has helped hundreds of people enjoy a nutritious meal to start the day. Submitted photo
$358,900
Norm Zaytsoff
250.354.8584
Bridges Bridges for Women
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3-bed, 1-bath home in Beasley on .35 of an acre many updates have been done including a substantial addition. Great sun, great water supply and only 12 min from Nelson. This will not last long call today.
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Bridges is a joint project of Castlegar & District Community Services and Kootenay Career Development Society Bridges is Program a joint project The Bridges is funded of by Castlegar & District Community Services the Government Canada Development and the and KootenayofCareer Society Province of British Columbia The Bridges Program is funded by the Government of Canada and the Province of British Columbia
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Lev Zaytsoff
250.354.8443
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CleAN ANd SpACiouS 2-bdrm, 2-bathroom manufactured home located very close to Nelson along Granite Rd in the Chateau Village Mobile Home Park. Enjoy the views of your corner lot from your covered timber frame decks. New metal skirting, roof paint and decks.
$59,900
Steven Skolka
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steven@valhallapathrealty.com beAutiful ACreAGe with Mobile Private 5+ acres that offers usable flat land as well as ravine and river views. Mobile home has had an addition and boasts 3 bedrooms, 2 full bathrooms, and wrap around deck. Large shop and garage as well.
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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!
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This 4 bed, 2 bath heritage Nelson home is located on
Christine Pearson 250.505.8015 $235,000
Glen Darough 250.354.3343 $359,500
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MLS 2396421
a triple lot and zoned for a 4plex. It is in a very central
One bedroom, third floor condo with a great view of Kootenay Lake at Silver Bay. Huge covered deck, secure underground parking in a great walking location. Available for quick possession too!
3 bedrooms all located on the main level, Bright kitchen, view of Elephant Mountain. Upstairs could be 4th bed, art studio/ playroom. On a double lot, gardeners dream with apple trees, pear, cherries, plum, grapes. MLS 2400319
location, close to schools, transit and amenities. MLS 2396392
MLS 2400501
Dave Buss 250.354.9459 $269,000
Laura Salmon 250.551.8877 $278,777
slocan Valley acreage
almost waterfront
Nearly New 3 Bdrm & 3 Bthrm, 2 storey home still covered under Home Warranty. This spacious house offers hardwood flooring throughout the main, gourmet kitchen, skylights, full basement w/ roughed in plumbing and a new landscaped custom designed backyard with very private patio. Entertainer’s Delight. Close to schools, parks and bus routes. MLS 2398562
5.6 acres at Passmore. Peaceful setting with mountain views. Less than 1/2 hour to Nelson or Castlegar. 3 bedroom home and double garage/shop. Home is solid but dated.
Large 3 Bdrm & 2 Bthrm home filled with sunlight and spectacular lake views. 3 levels of living space with spacious decks. NEW ROOF, Gorgeous Landscaped .34 acres nestled into the hillside 4 miles from Nelson. Carport and dock with boat slip also make this property much desirable. North Shore Gem! MLS 2396714
Lisa Cutler 250.551.0076 $419,000
Lorne Westnedge 250.505.2606 $269,000
Lisa Cutler 250.551.0076 $349,000
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2536 Boyer Road Lovely Large timber frame home on 3.43 acres 5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms…Including a legal suite! MLS 2399765
MLS 2399398
Alan Tarr 250.354.8489 $194,900
Barbie Wheaton 250.509.0654 $559,000
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Priced to sell!!
Well built & spacious home situated in a quiet area of Uphill, on a fantastic lot, close to the Rail Trail with beautiful views down the river and up the lake. Open living area, 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, family room, & summer kitchen.
Just a few miles out the North Shore…9.6 acres with the finest sandy beach across the hwy. Classic 3 bedroom summer residence plus cabin. Pretty grounds & incredible views across the lake from this former orchard land.
One bedroom and den corner unit with lake view. Storage locker, secure parking, covered deck, wheel chair accessible, and all within a few minute walk to Baker Street, Safeway and the mall.
SOLID and Well Maintained 2 full floors w/ spacious rooms plus newly refinished 1 bdrm in-law suite. This home offers a total 4 bdrms, 3 baths, and 2 kitchens, plenty of storage & attached carport. Wheel chair accessibility, fenced yard, public transit and schools close by! MLS 2400750
Glen Darough 250.354.3343 $370,000
Glen Darough 250.354.3343 $1,025,000
Very well kept, bright and cozy Log home on a quiet location in Slocan City. Walking distance to clean, pristine Slocan lake!! 3 bedroom, two bathrooms. Perfect home for those who enjoy quiet, cozy and homey! MLS 2395609
Dave Buss 250.354.9459 $255,000
Lisa Cutler 250.551.0076 $329,000
Kootenay laKe Views
a Beautiful Home
Perfect family Home witH View!
HarroP waterfront
waterfront lot
MLS 2396409
MLS 2398337
Million dollar views without the pricetag! This 3 bedroom 1.5 bath home is perched to take in breathtaking Kootenay Lake views from every window and the covered decks on each level. 1 Acre treed property provides your own private access road to the RDCK Waterfront park and the beach beyond. MLS 2396995
Well-built home has quality finishings throughout. 3
loVely Victorian Home!
David Gentles 250.354.8225 $599,000
3 bedrooms, 2 full bathrooms, spacious living & dining room, gas fireplace, beautifully updated kitchen, hardwood floors, high ceilings. Backyard is fully fenced and has a single car garage located on a low maintenance lot within walking distance to downtown. MLS 2399794
Laura Salmon 250.551.8877 $319,777
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Barbie Wheaton 250.509.0654 $209,500
MLS 2400767
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Centrally located between Nelson & Castlegar, 4 bedroom, 3 bath split level, open lay out, bamboo floors, main level laundry, basement has suite potential, on 0.34 of an acre stunning view of Kootenay river and gold island below. MLS 2399310
Beautiful furnished home. New kitchen cabinets & countertops, 2 bathrooms totally redone, 5 bedrooms. All new carpet and tile. Oak floors, all recently painted. 0.58 Level Ac. Fruit trees & Lush Lawn, 75 ft. Sandy Beach, Boat Dock & dry land Boat House. MLS 2395862
Riondel North Rd. Lease Lot with a Rustic Cabin. 121.42
Laura Salmon 250.551.8877 $384,777
Alan Tarr 250.354.8489 $569,900
Alan Tarr 250.354.8489 $79,000
10 acre HoBBy farm queens Bay
timBerframe Beauty
rosemont - great lot leVel entry
Just listed!
Original homestead and newer 2 bedroom
Craftsmanship abounds in this light filled 3 bed/2 bath timberframe w/ cathedral beamed ceilings. 2.7 Acres, gorgeous yard, patios, decks & gardens. Huge detached garage w/ bonus room. Central to Nelson & Castlegar.
bed, 2 1/2 bath home with large bonus room above the two car garage. A perfect home for a family hobby farm!
MLS 2397630
Barbie Wheaton 250.509.0654 $399,900
home, several outbuildings on near-level property in Queen’s Bay townsite. Tranquility, yet close to amenities. MLS 2398173
Lorne Westnedge 250.505.2606 $475,000
MLS 2399490
David Gentles 250.354.8225 $599,500
3 bedroom home with outstanding view, front & rear decks and a great garden area. 60 x 179 lot on newly paved no-thru-road. Near bus route. Great starter. MLS 2398608
Lorne Westnedge 250.505.2606 $249,600
feet of pebble beach by 300 feet in depth. Treed, sloping lot with views of Purcell Mountains across the Lake. Recreation get-away. MLS 2394608
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Cute 2 bedroom character home in Uphill with private back yard & rear deck on a 63’x120’ lot. Welcoming large front porch entr y. Roomy living room features a bay front window & brick fireplace. The bedrooms are on alternate corners of the house for added privacy. Come view this home today! MLS 2400862
David Gentles 250.354.8225 $299,900