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hen Nelson’s William Sturgeon returned from the First World War, he brought with him an unusual set of souvenirs: three small boxes of stereoscopic glass slides that showed the sort of horrors he’d witnessed.
The sepia-toned images, taken by an anonymous photographer and commercially produced, are not for the faint of heart. While some shown benign scenes of marching soldiers, others graphically depict bodies on the battlefields of France. This early form of three-dimensional photography predated more common stereoscopes printed on cardboard. Light-sensitive photo chemicals were applied to glass and then inserted into a camera with two lenses, about an eye’s width apart. The resulting images were meant to be
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This stereoscopic glass slide was one of about 60 Nelson’s William Sturgeon brought back from France after World War I, graphically depicting life in the trenches. The slides form a current exhibit at Touchstones Nelson. Courtesy Touchstones Nelson/Sturgeon family
looked at using a wooden box that was a sort of primitive Viewmaster that used exactly the same principle. However, the slides were heavy and easily broken. About 40 of Sturgeon’s 60 or so slides are part of a current exhibit at Touchstones Nelson entitled Bringing Home the War: 3-D Images from the Battlefields of World War I. You sit in a darkened gallery and watch a slide show while wearing the sort of red-andblue cardboard 3-D glasses once used at horror movies — only in this case, the horrors are real. Continued on Page 16
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nnie Garland Foster never visited her husband’s grave. The first woman to sit on Nelson city council married William Garland Foster, editor of the Daily News, in early 1915. He had already enlisted with the 54th Kootenay Battalion and been sent to Esquimalt for officers’ training when he proposed. As Annie recalled in her memoir: “Then he arrived suddenly one day after Christmas holidays and announced that we were going to be married. Just like that!” The war hastened their union. The ceremony, which surprised friends and colleagues, was a low-key affair at a Vernon Street home on a Saturday evening with few others present. Rather than leave on a honeymoon, the couple almost immediately parted as William returned to his post; Annie travelled with him by train as far as she could, then retraced her journey so she could be back at her post as principal of Hume school Monday morning. By June, William was stationed in Vernon, and Annie joined him there until the 54th Battalion departed for Halifax a few months later under the command of Lt.Col. Arnold G. Kemball of Kaslo. Annie and her husband, who was promoted to captain, briefly reunited in Ottawa with his family before he went overseas and she went to stay with her parents in Woodstock, N.B. When word came in 1916 that Garland Foster was in hospital with pleurisy, she sailed for Britain. By the time she arrived, he had recovered sufficiently to meet her at the train station in London, and they enjoyed a short time together touring the city. After three months, Annie — a trained and experienced nurse — offered her services to the Canadian army medical corps. She was ruled ineligible as she was married, but offered a position with the British Red Cross and began working at Percy House military hospital in Middlesex. She met her husband as often as possible until the 54th left for the battlefields. They briefly reunited ten months later in London. Annie wrote: “I shall never forget the day I took leave of him after his holiday … One saw him get into his train, with a sort of
ABOVE: The gravemaker of Nelson’s Capt. William Garland Foster in the Bucquoy Road Cemetery, near Arras, France. (Ron Welwood photo) RIGHT: William Garland Foster in uniform. (Courtesy Touchstones Nelson) suspended animation feeling … I knew the moment had come. Leaving life, happiness and all that home had meant to us behind.” Annie continued to treat convalescing soldiers for a few more months, but pregnant with twins, she decided to return to New Brunswick. Sadly, she miscarried during a dreadful crossing of the Atlantic. A month before the armistice, her family read that two adjutants had been injured close to where the 54th Battalion was engaged. Several days later, William was confirmed among them: he suffered shrapnel and lung wounds. Once again, Annie wanted to go to him, but her travel plans were stymied. Two weeks later she received the painful news of William’s death. He was posthumously awarded the Military Cross. Annie returned to Nelson, where she still owned a home. She resumed teaching, became active with the Great War Veterans Association, and was elected to city council in 1920. Continued on Page 3
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Frances Welwood, who in 2011 wrote Passing Through Missing Pages: The Intriguing Story of Annie Garland Foster, spent three weeks in France in September with husband Ron. After a week with friends near Nice, they drove across the country to Picardy and stayed in the town of Arras, near the Belgian border — the centre of the most desperate conflicts of the First World War. They visited the Vimy Ridge Memorial and its two adjacent cemeteries. “The impact and emotion of the Vimy Ridge site on a sunny, blue and white morning cannot be overstated,” Frances says. “We certainly were impacted by our brief encounter with grim battlefields, but in particular the so very silent, pristine cemeteries of Normandy and Picardy.” Ron adds: “It was an unexpected and grim surprise to see such a great number of 54th names at the smaller Givenchy Road Cemetery.” They found Lt. Col. Kemball’s grave at the small St. Villers-au-Bois Cemetery and also saw the Beaumont-Hamel Memorial to the Newfoundland regiments who lost about 80 per cent of their large comple-
ment on July 1, 1916. William Garland Foster’s grave, meanwhile, is at Bucquoy Road Cemetery, about 10 minutes from Arras. The Welwoods laid plastic maple leaves at his tombstone — whose chiseled markings are not that distinct — as well as poppies provided by the Nelson branch of the Royal Canadian Legion and a Nelson city pin. His marker reads: “Captain & Adjt./W. Garland Foster MC/54th Bn. Canadian Inf/14th October 1918/Age 39.” “We are certain that Annie would have been pleased that we paid this visit,” Ron said. They’re not aware of any other locals who have been to the grave — even William’s great-grandnephew, who is very interested in his family history, has not been there. While coming through the southern French Alps the Welwoods also spent a day pursuing the little-known story of the World War II resistance fighters of Vercor, one of five areas recognized by the French government. Ron’s grandparents came to Canada from Vassieux-en-Vercor in 1894, but many remaining relatives were massacred by Nazi forces when they entered the village in 1944.
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ive years ago, wreckage from a Nelson pilot’s plane shot down during the Second World War was discovered in France. Flight officer Harry MacKenzie’s aircraft was found in a marsh near a farming community north of Paris, sparking a search for his descendants and the creation of a memorial by local residents. What wasn’t reported at the time is that Harry’s mother, Marie MacLeod, was a distinguished nurse during the First World War. She gets her due in a new book by Katherine Dewar entitled Those Splendid Girls: The Heroic Service of Prince Edward Island Nurses in the Great War. MacLeod came from an upperclass family from eastern Prince Edward Island. Her father Neil was premier from 1889-91. They moved to Summerside when he was appointed a Prince County judge, and she was born there on Christmas Eve 1889. Marie spent her senior high school years at Acadia University
in Nova Scotia, and then she and best friend Marion Sharp trained as nurses at New England Baptist Hospital in Roxbury, Mass. She returned to Summerside where she became the first matron of Prince County Hospital. It probably didn’t hurt that her father was chair of the hospital board and her mother Adele president of the auxiliary, but Dewar says MacLeod was a “very competent, smart girl,” well-qualified for the position. She didn’t stay long, however, resigning at the end of 1914 to enlist for overseas. Early the following year, McLeod and Sharp were chosen as two of 72 nurses to sail from Halifax for England. Following two weeks of training, they boarded the SS Zealand — a dangerous voyage as Germany had declared the seas around the British Isles fair game for submarine warfare. MacLeod and Sharp served in England for almost a year before being posted to the same hospital at Le Treport, Departement du Seine-Maritime, France — not far from where Marie’s son would lat-
er be shot down. MacLeod’s father died in the fall of 1915 and she returned home on compassionate leave. Their family home was sold and Marie’s mother moved to BC to be closer to another daughter. MacLeod was soon back at the front. She was mentioned in despatches in 1917, although the circumstances are unknown. “It must have been for some valorous act during the Battle of Passchendaele,” Dewar says. “She also spent time in No. 3 casualty clearing station during the German advance in 1918 and narrowly escaped capture by the Germans as their station had to have an emergency evacuation or risk being overrun. “Some patients had to be left on the grass to die. I believe she was one of the nurses who had to walk 15 miles to the next post because of the rapid withdrawal.” While overseas, MacLeod met and married a Canadian army medical corps officer, Dr. Hector MacKenzie of New Westminster. She waited until after the Continued on Page 5
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arie MacLeod didn’t move to Nelson until after the First World War, but other nurses enlisted directly from West Kootenay, including Annie Garland Foster, who in 1920 became the first woman elected to Nelson city council (see related story, page 2). In her wartime diary, Foster mentioned that among two other Canadian nurses at the Percy House military hospital in Middlesex in 1916 was a Miss Cook, the daughter of a minister from Kaslo, and a graduate of Victoria’s Royal Jubilee Hospital. Another nurse at this home, Foster said, was Mrs. Percy Selous, “a very charming person” whose husband was a cousin to one-time Nelson mayor Harold Selous. (Another source suggests Mrs. Selous was actually Harold’s sister-in-law.) Meanwhile, three Nelson-area nursing sisters appeared on an honour roll found in the Anglican church hall time capsule opened three years ago: • Jessie Robina Gilchrist enlisted with the Canadian Army Medical Corps in 1917. She was born in Brandon, Man. in 1893 and was the daughter of George Nicol Gilchrist of Nelson. She married Dr. Nathaniel MacDonald, a Boer War veteran who was also with the Canadian medical corps, and whose first wife died while he was overseas. After the war they moved to Nathaniel’s native Nova Scotia, where their daughter Lorna was born in 1920. Nathaniel died in 1935, but Jessie lived to be 98. • Emily Edith Laslett was head nurse at Kootenay Lake hospital when she went
Katherine Dewar’s new book, Those Splendid Girls: The Heroic Service of Prince Edward Island Nurses in the Great War, is meant to address what she saw as a lack of information about Canadian nurses during the First World War. overseas in July 1918. She was stationed at No. 12 Canadian general hospital at Hastings, England. Sgt. W.J. Mohr of Nelson was one of her patients. She returned to Nelson in January 1919 and took up her former position at the hospital. She married Jessie Kemp in Revelstoke in 1922 and died in Trail in 1965 at age 76.
• Mrs. M. Wileman is a mystery, for there is no record of her enlistment. In her recent book Names on a Cenotaph: Kootenay Lake Men in World War I, Sylvia Crooks mentions a few other nurses from this area: • Misses Fletcher and Noble were reported as tending to fellow Nelsonite Lawrence Amas of the 54th Battalion after he was wounded at Regina Trench. Delphine Rose Fletcher was born in Kaslo in 1896. The graduate nurse was living in Nelson’s Fairview neighborhood when she enlisted in the army medical corps in May 1917. Mary Frances Noble, a native of Collingwood, Ont., enlisted in Toronto the same month. • Mrs. Arthur Major of Procter went to England to nurse for the Red Cross. Her husband, a medical doctor, enlisted in the Royal Army Medical Corps, while three of their four sons also joined the forces, including Cyril, who was killed at Regina Trench in 1916, and Norman, who won the Military Medal in the final weeks of the war. • Mary Motion of Nelson enlisted in 1916 and was stationed at Orpington hospital in England. She told the Toronto Globe she was impressed with their efforts to heal facial and throat injuries, noting “the marvelous way in which skilled surgery and nature’s recuperative power work together to knit the splinter taken from a shin bone into that portion of the nose shattered by a bullet, or into the jaw which has been shot away.” — Greg Nesteroff, with thanks to Sylvia Crooks and Frances Welwood
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Continued from Page 4 ceremony to advise her matronin-chief. As married women weren’t allowed to serve, she resigned in the fall of 1918 and returned to Canada a little ahead of her new husband. Their eldest son Hector Jr. — better known as Hank or Harry — was born in 1920, either in Manitoba or the BC mining town of Anyox, depending on conflicting sources. In any case, within two years the family moved to Nelson where Hector Sr. was a popular physician and surgeon in partnership with Dr. L.E. Borden. The family lived at 504 Carbonate Street but moved to New Westminster in 1941, the year before Harry went overseas. He was about to return home on leave when he won a fateful coin-toss to fill in for a missing crew member on January 3, 1944. German fighters shot his plane down and he died on impact. He was buried in France. “His mother never really recovered from that,” Dewar says. “It was a big blow.” Although it doesn’t appear Marie ever resumed nursing after the war, she was extremely active in the community, according to her obituary, and followed in her
mother’s footsteps with the hospital auxiliary. She died in Vancouver in 1953 at age 63, and was survived by sons Ian and Rod. In writing her book, Dewar had the benefit of MacLeod’s military records as well as seven letters she wrote from overseas to her father that were published in a Summerland newspaper. Dewar, a retired nursing instructor, says there is “quite a bit [about MacLeod] through the narrative of the book,” although she is just one of 115 nurses mentioned. “Prince Edward Island probably had the highest enlistment rate of any province in Canada,” Dewar says. Her book, published last month, is meant to redress the lack of historical narratives about Canadian nurses’ experiences during the First World War. You can buy it and read a couple of sample chapters, including one that mentions MacLeod, at thosesplendidgirls.ca.
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Remember to vote Support for Marilyn James Well, the time has finally arrived. In three days, voters across the West Kootenay will go to the polls and elect, or in some cases re-elect, a council, mayor, school trustee or regional district representative. It seems fitting to be going to the polls now, especially considering on Tuesday we were all paying homage to those who have fallen in battle. Remembrance Day ceremonies remind us of the sacrifices made by brave young men and women who laid down their lives so we could still have the right to vote. They defended democracy and allowed us to live in a world where we are free to choose a government, whether it be municipal, provincial or federal. Voters should remember that it is not only a right to vote, but a hard won privilege. Sure, some parts of the campaign have been more heated than others. Some controversies have occurred
and intense debates have broken out. But that time is almost over. The candidates have done their jobs. Signs have been posted, speeches have been given and hands have been shaken. We in the media have also done our jobs. Stories written, meetings covered and ads sold. Now it’s time for your job. It’s the public that decides the outcome of any election, not the media, not the campaign managers and not the candidates. It’s time for you to do your job. On Saturday get out and vote. There is nothing more important than to take part in the democratic process. It should be mandatory. No excuse is good enough to stop you from doing your duty. Don’t waste this opportunity to do the very thing that young men and women fought for and died to defend. Cast your ballot.
I’m writing in reply to the November articles concerning Marilyn James, the Sinixt reburial at Slocan Pool and the Okanagan Nation Alliance’s response. I was startled to read that the ONA “gladly received all people of Sinixt descent at the ceremony” and that Marilyn James “was welcome.” The ONA representative used the term “our ancestors” to refer to the Sinixt woman whose bones were reinterred. I have lived in Sinixt traditional territory for almost 25 years. In my work to honour the First Nations of my chosen homeplace, my interactions have primarily been with Marilyn James, who, until she recently resigned, was not only the appointed spokeperson for the Sinixt, but also a tireless champion for her people in Canada. We all recognize Marilyn when we see her picture, when we see her speak, because she’s part of our
current community. Any familiarity most of us settlers have with Sinixt culture, language, traditions and the current politics facing this socalled “extinct” people, has come through Marilyn’s work. She has been, and undoubtedly will continue to be, an active protector of the water, land, history and future of JAMES this region. Until recently, there has been no sign of the ONA participating in reburials, welcomings, talks, events, etc. I am curious to know in what way the ONA has “long collaborated… on the protection and repatriation of Sinixt remains?” The 64 remains Sinixt remains that
“have been repatriated” since 1990 were repatriated by Marilyn James, at the request of the Sinixt elder Eva Orr. When “honouring the wishes of some of the descendants” excludes the main person previously involved, there is a serious problem. No disrespect intended toward the Okanagan people, but I’m puzzled by their sudden interest in Sinixt territory. And shouldn’t the Sinixt be “gladly receiving” and welcoming them, not the other way around? I support Marilyn’s work because her values and priorities echo mine. I also honour and support the work of other First Nations in their traditional territories. I believe it is time for everybody, settler and First Nations, to stand behind the Sinixt in reclaiming their presence in Canada. K.L. Kivi Blewett
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are addressed in the bill tabled last Thursday by Nelson-Creston MLA Michelle Mungall in the BC Legislature. But what’s at the heart of this issue is exactly what I’ve described above: kids that don’t have enough to eat. And what is our government doing about it, you ask? According to BC’s youth advocate Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, very, very little. In a report released in October, Turpel-Lafond said that seven of nine recommendations put forward to the province to address child poverty have been “disregarded” in the last few years, despite the fact that BC has now had the worst poverty and child poverty rates in the country for over a decade. She lambasted the government for putting the issue on the back-burner, and refusing to engage fully with the problem. “We’re asking for a sensible policy and strategy,” she told them, before
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along with representatives from the police, the municipal government and the education system. Together we were supposed to discuss what we know about child poverty in the area, how to spot it in a classroom and how to provide help to those who need it. At one point we were all asked to consider some of the implications of child poverty, both on the child and the community. Some consequences that had never occurred to me were brought up. Teachers shared stories about shelling out money from their own pockets to feed their underprivileged kids, while others commented that laundry and hygiene can become a serious issue. And what about the kid who needs to type up his book report, but doesn’t have a computer at home? The observation I found most disturbing, and yet was brought up repeatedly, was how needy kids are often bullied by their better-off peers.
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You read that correctly. Not only does the child have to struggle through math class on an empty stomach, not only do they have to worry about whether their parents can afford school supplies, but on top of everything else they have to deal with other kids making fun of them for it. And because of that, many kids are hesitant to ask for help. “We’re all ready to help. We’re just waiting for them to ask,” one participant said. “But it seems like they don’t know how to.” There’s a lot of things hungry children can’t do. It’s awfully hard to keep up at soccer practice when you’re dizzy from nausea, or to maneuver your way through a math problem while all you can think about is the tender ache of your tummy. Have you ever tried to focus on your teacher’s lecture while Continued on Page 7
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The City of Nelson has permanently installed REALice polar vortex technology into the Civic Centre arena based on the results of last season’s pilot study which saw a $2,000 reduction in utility costs. Last winter, the ice rink participated in a FortisBC-funded pilot to test the innovative ice resurfacing technology, which removes impurities from ice without having to heat the water. The aim was to cut down on its environmental footprint. Ice rinks typically heat water used to resurface the ice to reduce air bubbles for a smoother ice surface. The REALice technology is essentially a section of specialized piping that creates a polar vortex that removes the air bubbles without having to heat the water. This saves money as the initial heating and subsequent re-cooling of the water is eliminated. The $30,000 cost of the polar vortex technology was covered
by a grant/rebate from FortisBC while the $200 installation cost was relatively minimal. Fiona Galbraith, corporate energy coordinator for the City of Nelson, said the first year saw $2,000 in savings in energy costs with the REALice equipment. They saw a four per cent decrease in natural gas usage and a six per cent decrease in electricity consumption. Galbraith said that amounts to a reduction of six tonnes of greenhouse gases per year and although it is a small fraction, every bit adds up to meet the city’s goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. As far as the ice quality, Galbraith said arena manager Al May is happy with it “after a bit of fine tuning” over the season’s pilot. She said the ideal scenario would be that people would not notice a difference. Nine of 10 arenas that participated in the pilot project across BC have now adopted the new technology. Galbraith said the Regional District of Central Koo-
tenay recently invested in the same system for the adjacent ice rink in the community complex. FortisBC representative Grace Pickell said, “The traditional ice-making process requires a lot of energy and contributes significantly to the monthly utility bill of a facility. With the new technology, the arena cut its annual natural gas use by 120 gigajoules — the equivalent of taking 29 cars off the road. Additionally, we estimate that the arena also cut its electricity consumption by 7,800 kilowatt hours.” Pickell said Fortis chose the polar vortex technology for the initial pilot project due to its success in 250 locations around the world, including being used at the 2014 World Junior Hockey Championships in Sweden. “The 10 arenas that participated in the pilot program reduced their energy consumption by 2,900 gigajoules per year — the equivalent of taking 714 cars of the road, or heating about 45 homes annually,” she said. There are approximately 200 ice rinks across BC.
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your throat is parched, your head throbbing? But perhaps the most crucial thing hungry children can’t do is advocate for themselves at the government level. That’s something we need to do for them. Mungall’s bill, which has been introduced and ignored before, comes on the heels of Saskatchewan’s introduction of anti-poverty legislation on October 22. The moment they put that into effect, BC became dead last in the race to fight child poverty. We now have the unique distinction of being the only province that has decided to sit on our hands. When I talked to her a few
days ago, Mungall told me the province’s situation is completely reversible. She quoted the late Nelson Mandela, who asserted that poverty was a man-made structure that can be “undone by people.” “Addressing poverty is a non-partisan issue. The government needs to start putting a plan together,” she said. She’s urging Finance Minister Mike de Jong, Minister of Social Development Don McRae and Minister of Children and Family Development Stephanie Cadieux to finally get their act together and do something. She’s not picky about it, either. She said if they decide to debate her bill, she’d be thrilled, but she’s also open to anyone else’s ideas, as
long as there’s finally some movement on the issue. “It was never acceptable to be the worst in Canada,” she said. But again, let’s not allow this to become too abstract. This isn’t a race and it’s not about numbers or statistics. It’s about those 93,000 hungry children I mentioned earlier, the ones clogging Vancouver traffic inside your mind. I want you to scan the faces of those kids, taking a moment to notice their patched, hand-me-down clothing, and try to imagine the last time you didn’t know where your last meal was coming from. And then remind yourself that though this is an exercise, those children are quite real. And so is their hunger.
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The Nelson Star contacted the three mayoral and 12 1. Why are you running? 2. What do you feel is the biggest issue of this council candidates in Salmo and asked them to answer two questions regarding Saturday’s municipal election. election? Mayoral Candidates Henry Huser 1. I am running for mayor because I feel that I am at the time of my life and in a position to be able to help and support the Village of Salmo as it moves forward. With my knowledge of the infrastructure and personal business experience I have a lot to offer the Village of Salmo. I believe that with a council of kind, honest, respectful people, we can make Salmo an even greater place to live than it already is. 2. The issues in the front these days come down to trust, respect and transparency. There will be many issues along the way but one of the issues we will face as a small Huser rural community is finding the money to support our aging infrastructure without raising taxes out of reach for young families and the elderly. We will need to be creative in our funding applications so that Salmo can stay on the list of BC’s top 10 spending-control communities. If Salmo residents elect me as their mayor for the next four years I will do my best, as part of a team, to move Salmo forward in a positive way and we will continue to be proud of the community we live in. Dennis McLean 1. I am 64. Salmo has been my home town for 50 years, 45 with my wife. We’ve raised three children and presently have four generations of family here. I am retired so have the time to devote to my community, and help to make sure it’s the best place it can be. By being part of the team I would be able to participate in the effective, efficient management of the town. There has to be a balance between spending and priorities. Infrastructure needs to be secure. 2. Open communication is critical to a happy community and I think it is the biggest issue of this election. There have been too many secret in-camera meetings McLean
which have created doubt and insecure feelings in town. The town’s true state of affairs should be more available to the owners of the town which is the community. If everybody was on the same page it would create a more peaceful, productive atmosphere in town. Stephen White 1. Salmo is fortunate to have so many candidates, all fine people, who have agreed to be nominated for village council. I’m running for mayor because residents asked me to. They knew that I had experience and that I wouldn’t be in a conflict of interest. 2. The biggest issue of the election has been ending “secret” g o v e r n m e nt . Residents are entitled to know the state of our finances. Residents had no hint Salmo was White appointing the City of Nelson as Salmo’s chief financial officer until the Nelson Star report of September 12. We have no audited financial statements beyond 2012. We face unknown legal liabilities arising from numerous unresolved claims. Legal costs alone have risen from less than $1,700 to a projected $39,000 in two years. We need a mayor and council who are not so encumbered with conflicts of interest as to make them incapable of proposing, debating or deciding where tax dollars should be spent. We need a mayor who is current on the issues, the rules and the law. We need a mayor who is committed to truly open and fiscally responsible government. That’s why I agreed to serve.
Council Candidates Ken Anderson 1. I’m 66. I worked for the village for 21 years, most of those as the public works foreman. I took an early retirement about eight years ago. After retiring I contracted looking after a couple of water systems, and freely helping Salmo with my experience and knowledge. I’m active in the community, volunteering about 20 years with the fire department (retired) and 25-plus years at the Salmo ski hill. I’m a member of the Salmo Lions club and joined the Chamber of Commerce within the last year, on playground and other KP park committees. I am running because the infrastruc-
ture is at the age of needing upgrading or replacement. With my experience and knowledge I feel I could be an asset to the town. 2. The biggest issue is to stop the unrest so the village can move forward and make improvements. We have many affordable things to do run by volunteers in and around our community. It would by nice to build on these and create more employment to draw more families to our area. As I’m new to politics my learning curve would be great. The mayor and council is a team effort for the good of the town. I am looking forward to the challenge if elected. Dan Danforth 1. This my first time asking my community to place their trust in me on council. I am fully aware of our local issues. I know this because I have been a very longstanding observer and critic of the present mayor/council. I learned by attending every possible council meeting, and informing Salmo of what is actually happening through our own local newspaper. 2. The present regime has failed Salmo to Danforth the point where I feel I must help a renewed council correct the problems. At the same time, we must move forward to revitalize our whole community. The biggest issue Salmo will have in order to recover, is to have a truly responsible, accountable, and transparent, mayor/council. This renewed council must be responsive to what our community really wants, and needs, without conflicts of interest and personal agendas. As a retired veteran of a full military career, I now have the time, energy, and work ethic to do this for my chosen home. Steve Dimock 1. I was raised in Salmo and while my wife and I have lived all over the province, we chose to bring up our family in Salmo because it’s a great community. Fresh air, clean water and wonderful people are just a few of the things the village has going for it. I’ve always thought I would run for council at some point and circumstances seem to be coming together for me to have the time to dedicate to that now since I’m retiring from a few of the other
organizations I’ve been involved in. 2. As I see it, the biggest issue of this election is that people aren’t happy with how some issues have been handled. I know there is usually more to it than meets the eye, but if elected, I would draw on my years of experience working on successful teams and committees, to bring resolution and closure to those issues. We need to put them behind us and move forDimock ward.I realize that not everyone’s vision of a good or the best resolution will be the same, but the bottom line needs to be “what is best for the village as a whole.” Merle Hanson I was elected a commissioner in 1965 (later renamed alderman) and served for 12 years, served as mayor for 22 years, and am now finishing six years as councillor. The No. 1 challenge facing our community is maintaining our current level of services. Salmo has many services and functions with par ticipation Hanson from Area G and its director. If it wasn’t for the combined effort, we wouldn’t have as many functions that we may have begun to take for granted. We need to keep up efforts being made to keep the services and functions at the present level, that are not possible without increased funding or allowing our infrastructure to continue to deteriorate (streets and sidewalks). We don’t want to have to use the rob-Peter-topay-Paul approach to fund what might be considered more favorable functions. Alternative approaches to funding may need to be looked at. We are currently working on improvements in our water system and we need to continue to ensure sufficient supply for our personal use as well as fire protection. Janine Haughton The No. 1 challenge facing all small communities is the constant downloading and federal and provincial cutbacks on government funding.
One strategy to combat this is to join in partnerships with other municipalities to share big ticket expenses and expertise in all areas such as human resources, engineering, Haughton financial, etc. An outstanding issue at this moment is the acquisition of a new Fast Attack vehicle, which our fire department really needs. Jonathon Heatlie 1. I am running because I feel Salmo needs new leadership and a younger demographic to step into the roles of council. 2. The biggest issue I see for this election is lack of ownership from the previous council and mayor for the huge legal fees and lack of reserves for infrastructure upgrades. Daniel Isaacs 1. I am running for council with the hope of bringing unity and solid leadership to village council and the community. 2. I believe the biggest challenge to village council right now is lack of representation for people in my age range and demographic. I also sense a disconnect between some of the aging demographic running for council Isaacs and people with young families. Youth and people with young families have had very little representation on council for a number of years. Salmo is in need of a culture change. I’m hoping to be part of a team that is focused on moving Salmo into the future rather than dwelling on past mistakes or perceived wrongdoings. I believe the key to Salmo’s success lies in voting in a council with positive attitude, fresh ideas and solid leadership skills. Salmo needs a fresh, new generation of council members. We have a number of outstanding projects that have sat incomplete for years. We need a council that can work together, come to an agreement and start moving them forward — start moving Salmo forward.
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Diana Lockwood 1. I am running because I have the knowledge from regular attendance of council meetings and committee of the whole meetings over this last term. This will enable me to hit the ground running and I feel that I can make a difference over the next four years. 2. I believe the biggest issue in this election is to control spending. If elected to Salmo council I will remember Lockwood that I was elected by the residents of Salmo to represent them and govern accordingly. We need taxpayers’ money spent wisely on the day-to-day workings of a village the size of Salmo. Working as a nurse I know the importance of teamwork. I know that my experience living in Salmo and my dedication to making it a better community will help me be part of a new council team that can make the changes we need. With your support I look forward to serving our village over the next four years.
Jim Mullaly 1. I have been attending most council meetings this year. I have become very aware of the mess that Salmo affairs are in. If Salmo is to survive as a community, something has to be done. 2. Salmo needs a council and mayor that Mullaly can work together and with the people of town. Council will need to attract business, not run it out of town. Spending needs to be reined in. You cannot raise property taxes to pay for toys and trips just because somebody wants it.
Cathy Paton 1. For the past 16 years, I have been the director of the Salmo Children’s Centre, but outside of that career are many causes that I have been passionate about. As with many residents of this beautiful village, my husband, Fred, and I have always stepped forward when an extra hand is needed. Salmo thrives on volunteerism and those who volunteer with Salmo’s many amazing organizations are the ones who really make a Paton difference and improve the quality of life for us all. 2. Children and the environment are my passions. The decisions I make on a daily basis have the well-being of children and the well-being of the Earth in mind. I am always learning how to be a better advocate for children and a better steward for the environment. If I am elected to the village council, I will continue to hold my two passions close when making decisions: Families need a voice in all communities, and I would be honoured to be a positive voice for the families of Salmo; the environment also needs a voice. Green economic development, clean industry and sustainability for Salmo are all attainable goals. Curt Richens I am running for councillor because I believe that our town needs some changes and I want to be part of that change. There has already been a lot of talk about the finances and for sure there are some answers and solutions needed. I believe the bigger issue is not so much the money but the people who are our greatest resource. We need to be able to hear the voice of the town and facilitate those needs. We already have great infrastructure in place with a ski hill, pool,
youth center, golf course, great schools etc. We need to grow around what we have. We are at a crossroads in Salmo and we can choose to slowly dwindle away and become another statistic or we can look to growth, helping our local businesses, bringing Richens in new business and new families. We have the ability to take charge and move forward. So on November 15 I urge you to vote. We need to have a team of people who love this community and have a heart for the people, a team that isn’t about a title, but about a town. Bob Vliet As a longtime resident, I have seen the resilience of the village of Salmo. My wife Gerry and I raised five children in our community. Salmo is the place I would still choose to make my home if I had to do it over again. Salmo has smiling faces, fresh air, pure water, a positive community spirit and all the future growth possibilities of being on and at the junction of major arterial travel highways. Let’s take advantage of Columbia Basin Trust’s desire to help bring us high speed wireless service. All types of businesses gain advantage from it. If you have it they will come. Start small and build a solid base. Having served a term on council, I have the desire and ability to bring a positive aspect to the next term on council. I want to have our infrastructure up to date. We still do not have SCADA reports delivered to council at the general meetings. That is the way that you and I would know that our water and sewer systems are operating properly. I asked for this three years ago. The federal and provincial governments require it. Given a new mandate on a new council I will put my knowledge of this and much more to work for you.
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Pat has a 30-year history of successful negotiation and mediation in the Nelson City Police, leadership skills he developed through ongoing professional education and community engagement. He is known for his positiveness, his kindness and his ability to deal with issues in a direct and forthright manner. • Women’s advocate. Taking a personal interest in the safety and well being of women. Specialized training in the prevention of physical and sexual abuse. • Conflict resolution. De-escalating conflict on the streets of Nelson. • Negotiator. Sixteen years as the Nelson Police Association’s negotiator.
With development, Pat will take an approach respecting both citizens and developers since development and land use are issues that can divide our community. • Pat will stay true to the Official Community Plan and will lead early community meetings under council auspices for major new development projects. Broad agreement should be sought early for all involved. • Thoughtful forward-looking development must take into account the character of Nelson. • Pat envisions Nelson as a model community for green sustainability.
Economic Development is fostered best by focusing on retention and expansion of existing businesses. • Business. Pat knows business people put their heart and soul, their time, and their family’s well being on the line. Our economic strength depends on the success of our business community. • Arts and Culture. Pat will promote the vision of Nelson as a thriving arts centre contributing to both our quality of life, and economic vibrancy.
Managing organizational budgets. Pat has years of experience on school boards and societies and as a director on a financial board dealing with multi-million dollar budgets. Pat Coached and Refereed our youth for 15 years in soccer, baseball, hockey, and figure skating. A lifetime on the streets of Nelson has provided Pat with a close-up view of the effects of the social issues that confront us. He is committed to taking a positive leadership role in working with groups and all levels of government to find solutions to these issues.
Pat will be mayor for all of Nelson’s citizens, treasuring the full diversity of our community.
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Tell us about your upcoming event, email: reporter3@nelsonstar.com Anglican Church on November 26, 5 to 7 p.m. Join them for Messy Church with crafts, games, Eucharist and supper. Located at Ward and Silica Street, Nelson. All are welcome. Cafe Langham Inspired Ideas speaker series on Thursday, November 27 with John Pollack at the Langham Cultural Centre in Kaslo at 7 p.m. WEEkly mEEtings Free flow Djembe drum circle every Monday night at The Old Church, 602 Kootenay at Victoria from 7 p.m. Participants are encouraged to bring their own drums and other instruments to complement the rhythm. A small fee to cover hall rental will be collected. Join community yoga at the youth centre every Wednesday. Afternoon practice for girls and women will be held at 4:15 to 5:30 p.m. All levels welcome. A fun evening practice at 6 to 7:15 p.m. for anyone to open up and stretch. For all ages: teens and 19-plus. Pay what you can. Contact Ursula at ursulatwiss@ gmail.com. The Nelson Knitting Co-op has an ongoing knitting group every Thursday from 12:30 to 3 p.m. at the Nelson and District Community Centre general purpose room($2 drop-in). Top Spin Thursday is back! Savoy Lanes is hosting a weekly ping pong night every Thursday from 6 to 10 p.m. Drop-in fee is $5. All levels are welcome. Paddles and balls are provided. For more information, email topspinthursday@gmail.com. Community Threads holds a fibre craft themed project every Friday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Women’s Centre, 420 Mill Street. Knit a sock, crochet a cap, sew a hem, spin some yarn, knit a scarf, hook a rug, and make a friend. Hosted by the Nelson and District Women’s Centre. For more information call Tira at 250-505-0698 or email tirab@ uniserve.com. Nelson Chess Club Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Nelson Seniors Association (next to the Civic
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Centre), 717 Vernon Street. All ages and levels welcome and it’s free. Alcoholics Anonymous holds 14 one-hour meetings weekly in Nelson, at 717A Vernon Street (in the Cellar downstairs), including early morning, noon hour, and evening meetings on specific days. For a schedule please call 250-352-3391 or pick up a complete meeting list at the Cellar. Al-Anon Family Group meets twice weekly. Wednesday noon to 1 p.m. at The Cellar, 717 Vernon Street and Friday 8 to 9 p.m. at 601 Front Street at the side basement. The only requirement for membership is that there may be a problem of alcoholism in a relative or friend. For more information call Norma 250-352-3747 for Wednesday and Sharon 250352-7333 for Friday. montHly mEEtings. The Nelson Chapter of the Council of Canadians will hold its monthly meeting at 10 a.m. on Saturday, November 15, 101 Baker Street, Nelson. All welcome. WorksHops Ellison’s Market offers free workshops every Saturday. November 15 is Dog and Cat Holistic Care. Our pets feel stress and emotions too. Learn how to properly support them through diet and super greens. Presented by Carola Schleuss, certified nutritional practitioner and herbalist. For more information, call Ellison’s at 250-352-3181. AnnounCEmEnts Teens! Enter the Nelson Public Library poster contest. Design a poster of your favourite teen book. Open to youth ages 12 to 18. Pick up a poster board from Joanne at the library to get started. Contest ends December 6. Bookstore gift certificates and movie passes for prizes! FMI jharris@ nelson.ca or call 250-505-5683. Nelson and District Seniors Coordinating Society is a seniors one-stop for information and referrals on community
resources and services: income tax service, low income dental program, or for help with pension and subsidy forms. Open Monday to Thursday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information call 250-352-6008. Is your child between four and six years old or starting Kindergarten? Book an appointment for immunizations at the Nelson Health Unit. Call 250-505-7200. Kutenai Art Therapy Institute welcomes families and individuals on Saturday afternoons to explore art making in a supported environment. Saturdays, 1 to 4 p.m. now until December 13. Drop in free or by donation. Kutenai Art Therapy Institute, 191 Baker Street, Nelson. Call 250-352-2264. Community First Health Coop, 518 Lake Street, Nelson, a non-profit organization operating the Wellness and Education Centre. Volunteers are available Monday to Friday 1 to 4 p.m. to provide free prevention information and links to support services for Nelson and area individuals and families dealing with chronic disease, including information on low-cost dental services for low-income individuals and families with a net income of less than $30,000 a year. Dental applications are also available at healthco-op.ca and Seniors Coordinating Society, 719 Vernon Street. Contact cfhcoop@shaw.ca. Nelson Trail Runners: dropin 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. 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.
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special events The Civic Theatre will host the book launch for Ryan Oakley’s book version of his popular Facebook page Humans of Nelson on Saturday. The 232-page book features photos, interviews and quotes. The free event runs from 2 to 5 p.m. Those who pre-ordered the book are encouraged to pick up their copy at the event. Everyone is welcome. Nelson CARES is hosting a benefit concert to benefit the 100-year-old Ward Street Place on Friday. Hosted by Lucas Myers, the evening will also feature musical performances by Clinton Swanson and his six-piece band, Melody Diachun, Sydney Black, Bo Conlan, Aryn Sheriff, Bessie Wapp and Laura Landsberg. Tickets for the show are $25 at the door or $20 in advance from the Capitol Theatre or Electric Circus.
amy Bohigian’s video installation Wide Shot/Close Up, which poses five questions to 25 Nelson residents, opens Friday at 7 p.m. at Touchstones Nelson. All or Nothing, will be held on Friday and Saturday, November 21 and 22, at 8 p.m. Tickets at the door or at Eddy Music. For more information visit oxygenartcentre.org.
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are $10 at the Hume Hotel. The show is on Friday. Doors at 10 p.m. Ontario-based indie rock band Tokyo Police Club play Spiritbar on Monday, November 17 with Said The Whale and The Pack AD. Doors open at 8 p.m. Tickets are $30 at the Hume Hotel. San Francisco psychedelic rock band The New Riders of the Purple Sage play Nelson’s Capitol Theatre on Friday, November 21 and Saturday, November 22. Doors open at 8 p.m. New Riders will play two sets. Tickets are $39.50 at the Capitol Theatre box office (421 Victoria Street), online at capitoltheatre.bc.ca, and by phone at 250-352 6363. Tickets also available at Eclectic Circus (460 Ward Street).
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Everyone is welcome to the opening reception of local artist and formal Nelson cultural ambassador Amy Bohigian’s exhibition Wide Shot/Close Up, a video installation that explores identity and diversity within our community. After placing a casting call for “real people” she asked 25 Nelson residents from various walks of life the same five questions on camera. The event is on Friday from 7 to 9 p.m. at Touchstones Nelson.
tickets for individual performances in the Kids Series, or you can buy a ticket package that includes four or more Kid Series events and get your tickets for $10 each. For details see capitoltheatre.bc.ca or phone 250-352-6363.
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Tonight, the Civic Theatre will have two screening of Days of My Youth at 7 and 9 p.m. This Matchsticks Production film lays out the joys and struggles of shredding in the big mountain arena, and it showcases the childlike discovery that skiing can offer. For more information visit civictheatre.ca.
Music The West Coast Renaissance Tour, featuring Prevail of Swollen Members, Kyprios of Sweatshop Union along with Prada West, Indelible, Neph and J Dohe. Advance tickets
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The Crooked Brothers and James Lamb will host an after party at Spiritbar (following the Capitol’s concert for the New Riders of the Purple Sage) on November 21 at 10 p.m. Tickets are $10 and are available from the Hume Hotel. Nelson Overture Concerts Society presents Canada’s legendary piano duo Anagnoson & Kinton at the Capitol Theatre on Sunday, November 23 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $24 for adults and $14 for students. (Students from schools participating in the school outreach program can access tickets for free.)
Alissa Arnason returns to Ellison’s Cafe Unplugged Sessions on Saturday, November 29 at 1 p.m. Her music is instantly familiar and comforting. At 2 p.m. The Kitchen Players, made up of four Nelsonites brought together by their love of acoustic music, will plan a set featuring ukelele, mandolin, harmonica and banjo.
literature Author Ernest Hekkanen launches his novella I’m Not You at Oxygen Art Centre on Friday at 7:30 p.m. For more information visit oxygenartcentre.org. The Nelson Public Library presents the book launch for Selkirks Spectacular, a photographic book showcasing more than 300 images that celebrate the international Selkirk Loop. Photographers Tim Cady and Jerry Pavia teamed up with local author Ross Klatte for the project. The event will be held on Thursday, November 27 at 7 p.m. Avi Silberstein brings his novel Human Solutions to the Nelson Public Library on Tuesday, December 2 at 7 p.m. Set in Chile in 1988, the book features a three-person detective team working together to engineer social situations that help their clients achieve goals, whether it’s a love affair or a business deal.
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Technology is progressing at such a rapid pace, it’s no surprise that many are being left behind. For those who feel inundated by these changes, and overwhelmed by the task of learning how to operate a computer, navigate the internet and use new software, the Nelson Public Library is here to help. “I know how overwhelming it can be,” said Winter Calcagno, a Community Access Program intern from Concordia University. “Everything moves so fast in this information technology-based world, and it’s easy to feel left behind. It takes a certain amount of bravery to dive in, to be included. I feel privileged to be able to help people who want to learn how to navigate that world.” Anyone can book an appointment with Calcagno (or any other library staff person) to learn basic computer navigation and internet search skills. Library staff will also teach interested parties how to use Apple iWorks and Microsoft Office programs, email, Skype, Facebook, YouTube, Pinterest and Tumblr. You can also learn how to download ebooks and audiobooks. The service is free. In addition to the scheduled appointments, there will also be drop-in times available for quick questions on Monday and Wednesday from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. and Tuesdays from 10:15 to 11:15 a.m.
Concordia student Winter Calcagno is offering computer assistance through the Nelson Public Library.
For more information email NPLCAP@gmail.com or call 250352-6333. The program runs until the end of March.
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A story last Wednesday (Shooting concerns aired) incorrectly referred to BC’s Independent Investigations Office as the Internal Investigations Office. Also, the search for Peter de Groot spanned five days, not three.
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ification world. Naturally, there is backlash. Enter the “slow movement,” that cultural shift that is all about slowing down our collective and individual pace. Slow food is a key ingredient (pardon the pun), but a quick (instantly gratified) check with Wikipedia turned up other slow movements, including slow art, slow gardening, slow travel. Now, we’ll add slow films. Not the film itself, just our attitude to its arrival. Take your time. Relax. The movie will get here, and when it does, you can enjoy it with your family and friends at your community theatre — maybe with a nice dinner out beforehand. That said, the movie will begin on time (we don’t do everything slowly); do get there in a timely manner. Would you mind passing the popcorn? No rush. Anne DeGrace is the past president of the Nelson Civic Theatre Society. To find out about upcoming films and all things Civic go to civictheatre.ca.
Mockingjay will start its run at the Civic as soon as it’s released, on November 21. Most movies start a little later for greater programming flexibility.
TOM NEWELL THINKS PROPERTY TAXES ARE TOO LOW Recently my honourable opponent, Tom Newell, cited fgures from his own tax bills that show his property taxes were $1,180 on a house evaluation of $80,000 in 1991. He adjusted these fgures for infation to 2014 dollars which are $2,047 and $140,000 respectively. He provided his 2014 tax and value, $2,600 and $400,000. Then Mr. Newell stated: “My summary of these data is that, despite statements by some that the RDCK is growing out of control and our taxes are too high, my real fgures show the opposite – even though the property value has increased by 5 times the rural taxes have just over doubled.” The ability for property owners to aford and pay their taxes has NOTHING to do with the assessed value. In fact, the unprecedented run-up of house values over the last 20 years has been a huge problem for housing afordability especially right here in our own Area F with seniors on fxed incomes being forced out of their homes because they cannot aford the taxes due to assessment increase! The ability to pay taxes is dependent on INCOME, not assessed value. And in adjusted, real dollar terms median, afer-tax family income has only risen from $42,700 to $50,700 between 1991 and 2011 (StatsCan table 202-0605).
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moved to Vancouver. The Sturgeon children all left Nelson by the early 1960s, although Bill and Mimi still have a place at Crescent Beach on Kootenay Lake, and another brother, Joe, often stayed at Bealby Point.
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William Sturgeon (1889-1983) was born in Kamloops to French Canadian parents who changed their name from Tourgeon. When he enlisted for the First World War in the spring of 1916, he was 26, and an accountant with the Bank of Montreal in Nelson. He became a lieutenant with the 102nd Battalion CEF and left for France that August. On November 23, he was seriously wounded in the left hip by an exploding shell. He was patched up in France and then taken to London for more surgery. Despite his injuries, he transferred to the Royal Air Force and started training as a pilot, though the war ended before he saw further combat. Exactly where, when, and why he acquired the glass slides is unknown, but daughter Mimi, who grew up in Nelson and now lives in Vancouver, says she and her siblings always knew about them. “They weren’t on the coffee table, but I remember looking at them. There were an awful lot of corpses. The photographer showed the horror of the war, what it’s really like in the trenches. “How did my father bring them home? He wouldn’t have been packing them around. Perhaps he was able to mail them.” Mimi’s brother Bill, who lives in Coeur d’Alene, adds: “I’m surprised they didn’t get busted up more than they did. My father never really talked about the war other than ‘It was a terrible place to be, and here are the slides to prove it.’” Bill recalls that when he was ten, he saw his father changing clothes, “and he had this big hole in his hip where he had been hit
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William Sturgeon Sr. is seen about the time he enlisted in 1916. by shrapnel. He said ‘Come on over and take a look. Go ahead and touch it if you want.’ I remember thinking that it was a terrible wound and a good thing it wasn’t in his stomach or it would have done him in.” He also remembers his father saying he was advised not to drink his alcohol ration, so that if he was ever injured, he could use it to keep from going into shock. That’s exactly what happened. “When he got hit by shrapnel he was laying in a ditch and some guys came and hauled him away. He told me they didn’t have much if any anesthetic as they cut that shrapnel out of his hip, and being able to have a few drinks maybe saved him. Shock killed a lot of guys.” When he was about 75, Sturgeon felt some pain in his hip, and “darned if they didn’t pull out three more little pieces of shrapnel that had been there for 50 years.” Sturgeon always limped on the side that had been hit, but was able to walk from his home at 618 Silica Street to the courthouse, where he was registrar. Upon retirement he
Touchstones volunteer Steve Kobs, who was cataloging some military artifacts, contacted the Sturgeon family this year on a related project (see story page 17) and learned about the glass slides in Bill Jr.’s possession. “At first I thought his father had taken them, but it’s clear he purchased them,” Kobs says. “The subject matter wasn’t popular. Unlike the cardboard slides that had tourist attractions, these were much more documentary style. Old Bill saw these images as a way for people to have a better understanding of what was going on.” The slides were sold, along with the viewer, by a French company, Lumiere and Joulga, and have handwritten notations in between the left and right plates indicating when or where they were taken. The more gruesome ones bear the word cadavre. On one of his semi-regular visits to Nelson, Bill Jr. brought the slides to Touchstones and an exhibit began to develop. “I thought they were amazing,” says curator Rod Taylor. “It made everything feel so much more immediate.” Presenting the slides posed a bit of a technical challenge, however. Kobs and Taylor explored a few ideas before settling on 3D glasses, which simulate the experience, although it’s not quite the same as using the viewer. The slideshow starts with some Continued on Page 17
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Continued from Page 16 innocuous images before building to barren landscapes, destroyed villages, and soldiers’ bodies. The added depth and dimension of the stereographic photography is chilling. “It didn’t appear gimmicky,” Taylor says. “It drew the viewer in a way that it wouldn’t otherwise. “And when you’re looking at images of corpses, any notion of heroism or grand narratives sometimes associated with war is not there. It’s just death and devastation.” Touchstones member Lois Best told Taylor her grandfather was one of those who carried the injured William Sturgeon off the battlefield. They weren’t sure if he would survive. The exhibit is complemented with portraits of local men who enlisted for World War I, taken from an album at the Legion. Kobs chased down basic info on all of them, while a few receive more in-depth profiles, including Charlie O’Malley, whose distinguished military career was at odds with his checkered civilian life. What’s striking is how young many of them look; more boys than men, they clearly lied about their ages to enlist, and neither their families nor the military stopped them. Taylor says if people take away nothing else from the exhibit, he hopes they recognize the soldiers as individuals: “These were people and this was the time they were in.” The Touchstones exhibit is on until Sunday, November 23. • See more photos at nelsonstar.com
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hen Touchstones volunteer Steve Kobs contacted the Sturgeon family, resulting in the Bringing the War Home exhibit, he was actually looking into the story of a relative who survived the war only to die tragically and heroically at home. Dr. Maurice Vigneux (pictured at right), a brotherin-law to William Sturgeon Sr., was born near Windsor, Ont. in 1878. He graduated from the Ontario College of Pharmacy and came west, first to Cranbrook and then Nelson in 1903, where he worked for the Canadian Drug & Book Co. and Poole Drug Co. He also managed the senior hockey team and was a grand chief of the Knights of Columbus. He had a banner year in 1911, as he received his medical degree from McGill University, began practicing with Dr. L.E. Borden, and married Annie Sturgeon. In 1915 he joined the Royal Army Medical corps and spent 18 months in England and France, attaining the rank of captain. On his return, he was a first aid in-
structor at military camps in Vernon and Victoria. He also took post-graduate courses in Montreal and New York. On August 22, 1919, Vigneux saved Elsie Turner, 9, from drowning at Lakeside Park. According to the Nelson Daily News account: “It appeared that little Miss Turner, who was a fair swimmer, had suddenly lost confidence when she was at a point out of her depth, and Dr. Vigneux rushed to her rescue. He seized her and held her in his grasp until assistance reached him, when he handed her over to another. “While the eyes of the crowd which had gathered were centered on the rescued girl, Dr. Vigneux, who was unable to swim, had got beyond his own depth and since, when he handed over the little girl he appeared to be safe, his cries for help were for the time being unheeded.” By the time Vigneux was finally located, he had been in the water more than half an hour. Despite the best efforts of several doctors who performed artificial respira-
tion, he died at age 41. Further tragedies followed: Vigneux’s only child, Joseph, contracted polio and died in 1927 at age 16. Elsie Turner married Alfred Lawrence Turner in 1929 and lived in Trail. On Remembrance Day 1953, she was struck by a car driven by her husband’s co-worker on the highway in front of their house in Beaver Falls. She died at 43. She was survived by three sons. — Greg Nesteroff
Re-Elect Lenora Trenaman School Trustee
Public education has to be seen as the vital asset that it is! We need to provide our children with the tools to deal with their and our future! We need to take care of those who are taking care of our students! I have always and will always be available and responsive to you and our children.
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L’image du voyage Par Alex Pilon Me voilà nouvellement arrivé à Nelson que, comme ils disent, les choses se passent! Je nage sur une vague de positivisme. Je suis pleinement en ouverture dans ce nouvel univers qui m’entoure et qui dans le fond n’était pas si loin de chez moi, le Québec. Ce qui est beau du voyage, c’est qu’on prend le temps de vivre dans le présent…chose que de plus en plus les gens oublient. Lorsque je profite du moment présent, j’ai tendance à vouloir le garder en mémoire, et d’utiliser les bienfaits d’une caméra (et/ou tout autre appareil électronique) pour immortalisé ce moment. Ce qui n’est pas une mauvaise chose en soi. Nous, les humains, avons tendance à prendre des milliards de photos, de les regarder une fois prise et de les laisser mourir dans notre ordinateur. Nous avons perdu le réflexe d’imprimer nos photos prisent lors d’un voyage à travers le monde ou tout simplement lors d’un souper fort sympathique entre amis et famille. À force d’en prendre autant nous avons oublié l’essence même de la photo. La mémoire! N’est-ce pas agréable que de recevoir une photo papier d’un souvenir oublié que l’on pourra dorénavant admirer sur un mur ou dans un album réservé à cet effet.
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Hekkanen channels Kafka Nelson author releases existentialist novella I’m Not You on Friday at Oxygen Centre
smell of damp, decaying alder leaves in my nose for no reason In the opening moments of at all. And that’s what got me Nelson author Ernest Hek- going.” kanen’s latest novella I’m Not Hekannen said the story You, his unnamed explores themes of character wakes up in identity. the middle of Manning “When you awake Park to the scent of defrom a beating like caying alder leaves. that, and I have, you As he floats back to awake knowing how consciousness, he rethin the fabric of life alizes that he doesn’t really is,” he said. have any memories — “Back in my 20s, indeed, he can’t even when I was a war rerecognize his own face. sister and a fairly acHekkanen And as he tries to piece tive one in Washington together his identity, ulstate, I hit the road with timately ending up in a drab my thumb out like Jack Keroauc. Abbotsford hospital, he goes I only got to the eastern part of through a number of frustrat- Washington before I displayed ing, Kafka-esque trials. my political statements a little “I’m always working on some- too prominently.” thing, so when an idea intrigues He has very little memory of me I pursue it,” said Nelson au- the resulting conflict. thor Ernest Hekkanen, who is “From what I can gather I author of more than 45 books talked about it over beer in some and editor of Kootenay literary tavern and later on I was beaten journal The New Orphic Review. up and left beside the road. I was “One day I woke up with the wandering around not knowing WILL JOHNSON Nelson Star
Faustwork Mask Theatre brings The Mask Messanger to Submitted photo Nelson this weekend.
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The Capitol Theatre Kid Series continues with The Mask Messenger, performed by Toronto’s Faustwork Mask Theatre, this Sunday. This widely toured show has been enjoyed by audiences of all ages, across North America and around the world — and now it’s Nelson’s chance to join in on the fun. “Although it’s part of our Kids Series, The Mask Messenger is a smart and engaging show that parents will enjoy just as much as their little ones,” said Capitol Theatre executive director Stephanie Fischer. The show is structured as a series of vignettes ranging from comic to poignant to bizarre. Expressive silent masks are brought to life with outrageous physicality; comic characters speak from behind half-masks; and exotic creatures are created by masks worn other parts of the body. The Toronto Star described The Mask Messenger as, “Inventive, magical, never less than completely absorbing.” And the Calgary Herald was similarly impressed, calling it, “Enthralling, hilarious, extraordinary.” Using little more than the human voice, movement and some 25 masks, Faustwork creates a uniquely inspiring theatre experience. The Mask Messenger is the second of six performances in this year’s newly expanded Capitol Kid Series. Still to come are The Little Prince by Monster Theatre (January 18), From Handel to Hip Hop by Infinitus (February 22), Juggling! and more by Kamikaze Fireflies (March 29), and Message in a Bottle by The Purple Pirate (April 19). Tickets for Capitol Kids Series performances are $12.50 per show, or $10 per show when book a package of four or more series performances. Tickets are available at the Capitol Theatre box office at 421 Victoria Street during regular box office hours — Tuesday to Friday, noon to 4:30 p.m. — or 60 minutes before show times. To charge by phone call 250-352-6363, or buy tickets online at anytime by visiting capitoltheatre.bc.ca.
artistic endeavours possible. “It’s nice to receive a somewhat higher profile, because otherwise I have to reach deeper into my pocket,” he said. Hekkanen will be presenting his novella, alongside Winlaw writer Tom Wayman and Kaslo poet Sandra Huber, at Oxygen Art Centre on Friday at. Wayman will read his story “Mountain Grown”, which was published in The New Orphic Review, and Huber will read from her poetry book Assembling the Morrow: A Poetics of Sleep. “My better half suggested I have some other readers because I would depress people too thoroughly,” joked Hekkanen, who said his work is “dramatic but has a comedic flair.” “I think people who do enjoy existentialist writing will perhaps enjoy it more than people looking for a happy, cheerful, communal read.” The book will be available from Otter Books.
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who I was or where I was going until a sympathetic soul pulled over and helped me out.” This experience, over forty years ago, made such an impression on him that he was sure he would eventually use it in his fiction. “I refer to is as a tribute to nihilism,” he said, noting that he loves and appreciates the novella form. His book is a slim 125 pages, which he believes makes for a more contained, straightforward experience of the narrative. “I compare it to a bullfight. We all know what’s going to happen to the bull in the end, but it’s the finesse of the telling that’s the important thing.” Hekkanen recently received news that a story The New Orphic Review published last year, “Sealskin” by Tyler Keevil, won the prestigious annual $10,000 Journey Prize. Hekkanen, who finances the journal out of his own pocket, said recognition like that is what helps make his
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Pedestrian hit
The Nelson Police Department is investigating after a woman was hit by a vehicle on High Street a week ago Tuesday. Police responded to a 911 call at approximately 5 p.m. Sgt. Dino Falcone said the pedestrian was taken by ambulance to Kootenay Lake hospital with non-life threatening injuries after the slowspeed collision. The driver has been identified and is cooperating with the police. Falcone said police are following up with the
victim as part of their investigation and charges are being contemplated. With the recent time change, Falcone is reminding you to wear bright clothing and/ or reflective markings. He said ICBC statistics show the majority of pedestrian accidents occur between 3 and 6 p.m. He reminds drivers to pay attention and slow down for the conditions. He and his partner recently visited all Nelson elementary schools distributing 1,000 reflectors prior to Halloween. — Tamara Hynd
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QWhat can I do to create a great first impression of my home when it’s time to sell?
Derek Diener
Christine Pearson
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I’m Single, is home ownership the right option for me?
These days more and more Canadians are becoming homeowners on their own. Whether they are content singletons, or have been there, done that and are content to do it on their own, solo home ownership is on the rise. One in four Canadians who bought a home in 2011 through 2013 were single, according to a study conducted by Genworth Financial. Here are some tips for the single person considering home ownership:
Figure out what you can afford.
This should be the first step for any homebuyer. The best way is to speak with a Mortgage Broker and get preapproved for a mortgage – you’ll get a good idea of what you can afford, a good idea of the process along with a competitive rate guarantee for a set period.
Increase your down payment by putting your RRSP’s to work sooner.
The homebuyers plan allows first time homebuyers to use $25,000 from their RRSP to buy or build a home. RRSP’s save you money on income tax and this program allows you to use that untaxed money for down payment and closing cost’s.
Ask yourself if a rental suite is a good strategy for you.
For some homeowners a rental suite is a great way to add income that can be put directly back into their home for capital improvements or to use towards their mortgage which ultimately shorten the time it takes to pay it off. Those people considering this option should ask themselves if they are ready to take on the responsibilities of being a landlord.
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Why are Real Estate commissions so high?
This is a very common question that comes my way. The plain and simple truth of it is this. Real estate commissions are confusing because it appears to be a large sum at first glance, however, once the full picture is revealed the take home pay is very different. Often, the commission gets split in half between the “Sellers Realtor® and the “Buyers Realtor”®. For instance; if the commission is 7% on the first Edward Member Canadian $100,000 Jones, and 3.5% on the remainder thisInvestor gets split betweenFund. the two Realtors. ® Protection So for example: 3.5% on the first $100,000 and then 1.75% on the remainder. From that, a Realtor® needs to pay for Licensing fees, Association fees, continuing education, vehicle, maintenance, gas, insurance, phone, and office, marketing and advertising costs. We haven’t even talked about how many hours and weekends Realtors® dedicate to their profession. Many months can go by without seeing a paycheck. Someone in my office jokingly said to me that once they factored the hours and money spent, they could have made more at 7 eleven that year. However; I look at it as a long range business plan. I believe in solid ethics and that integrity pays off. The best advertising is word of mouth and a good reputation. There are close to 50 licensed Realtors® in Nelson. Between May 15/2010 – May 15/2011; eighty three homes sold in Nelson. That is a pretty tough statistic to swallow. People are intrinsically the same. We all want to have a decent life, a decent place to raise our children, and to have the means to plan for a decent future. The fantasy depicted on HGTV of Realtors® is just that, fiction. If you would like to contact me, please e-mail me: christine@christinepearson.ca
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How Do I Take Advantage of Today’s Financial Markets to Invest for Tomorrow?
Financial markets are frequently volatile and usually unpredictable — but that doesn’t mean you can’t find good opportunities today to invest for tomorrow. How? Consider these ideas: First, look beyond short-term market fluctuations. When you look back at many short-term price drops, you see that they occurred in the context of a longer-term bull market. If you can develop the discipline to overlook dayto-day price changes, your patience can be rewarded. It’s also a good idea to own a mix of investments that’s suitable for your individual risk tolerance and time horizon. By purchasing an array of domestic and international stocks, bonds, mutual funds and guaranteed investment certificates, and by holding these investments for the long term, you can help reduce the effects of volatility on your portfolio. Here’s one more tip: Contribute regularly to your RRSP and other investment accounts, even in down markets. During downturns, your investment dollars go further and purchase more shares, putting you in a position for bigger gains when the market turns around. You can’t predict the financial markets. But by following these suggestions, you can help yourself avoid unpleasant surprises — and you may achieve surprisingly pleasant results. Edward Jones, Member Canadian Investor Protection Fund.
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As the City of Nelson’s new development services and engineering department continues to undergo personnel changes, a retired senior planner has temporarily come back to work. Dave Wahn has been hired as a casual employee to fill the role of approving officer, a statutory requirement of the Land Title Act. The city recently named Pam Mierau, a planning manager with the City of Calgary, as its new manager of development services. She
starts November 17. However, staff say she needs time to become familiar with BC statutes and Nelson’s operations before assuming approving officer duties. The department was created May 1. Wahn retired soon after and his replacement, Allen Fillion, has since taken a position in West Kelowna. Former Rossland planner Mike Maturo was filling in on a shortterm contract, but has since left as well. — Greg Nesteroff
If you are interested in participating in our next edition of Ask the Professionals contact Kiomi or Tara at 250-352-1890
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The answer to this question is probably yes. More than likely, you are one of the many people who suffer from chronic low back, neck, knee, hip, nerve or joint pain. The stat goes something like this: 90% of people will experience low back pain at some point in their life. What a nice statistic.
Massage is often labelled as an indulgence, with an image of a peaceful-looking young woman, lying in crisp white sheets with a tropical flower in her hair coming to mind. If you’ve ever had myofascial release, active release or rolfing performed, you know for a fact that this often isn’t the case. Massage often means breaking up scar tissue, restoring range of movement and releasing old emotional baggage, all with a focus on facilitating healing. If you have chronic, nagging pain that doesn’t want to resolve, consider booking yourself a consultation treatment with a registered therapist who can assess and effectively treat muscoloskeletal pain and dysfunction.
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Historic reunion at Meadow Creek
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Carson’s Cabin on the road to being reunited with the Meadow Creek Museum.
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PROFESSIONALS If you are interested in participating in our next edition of Ask the Professionals contact Kiomi or Tara at 250-352-1890
Sheelagh Wright Awakener of Change
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BARS Facilitator and Practitioner Access Energetic Body Processes
Is it difficult for you to receive?
Do you remember the last time in your life when you were totally relaxed and nurtured and cared for? Has it been a long while since you received healing and kindness without judgement of your body or being? The BARS are an energetic body process. There are 32 points on the head which, when gently touched effortlessly and easily release anything that doesn’t allow you to receive. These points contain all the thoughts, ideas, beliefs, emotions, and considerations you have stored in any lifetime. This is an opportunity to let go of everything! Another way of seeing it is. The brain is like a computer, and the Bars defrag your hard drive, getting rid of unnecessary files and giving you more space and a fresh new slate. How much of your life do you spend doing rather than receiving? Is your life not yet what you desire it to be? Receiving or learning the BARS will allow this and so much more to show up for you. The Bars have assisted thousands of people change many aspects of their body and life including sleep, health and weight, money, relationships, anxiety, stress, PTSD, and so much more. At worse you will feel like you just had the best massage of your life, and at best your whole life can change into something with total ease. How can it get even better than that? Any questions? I would love to chat. How may I be a contribution to your life? www.bars.accessconsciousness.com
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Carmen Proctor
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EcoSave Program Coordinator
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Why does my knee hurt when I hike downhill?
Many of my clients present with knee pain that only comes on when they are hiking downhill. They had no issues hiking up the mountain, but part way back down a dull ache in the knee turned into a sharp pain and they were left hobbling through the front door. This type of pain is also common for people while walking down the stairs or skiing down bumpy terrain and landing jumps. If this is something you suffer from, physiotherapy can help. When you are hiking down an inclined surface, your body has to work hard to slow down your momentum. The steeper the terrain, the harder this is for your muscles, tendons and ligaments. In order to control your descent you need strength and endurance in specific muscles in your ankle, lower leg, thigh, and gluteal. The proper alignment of your feet, knees and hips throughout your movements are also essential. Alignment can be affected by tight muscle groups or poor footwear. As we transition from the hiking season into winter sports such as snow shoeing and skiing are your knees ready? If you are experiencing knee pain try to avoid descending really steep terrain and move slowly while you build up muscle strength. Try hiking poles to take some of the load off your knees. Finally, book an appointment with a physiotherapist. They will perform a personalized assessment and guide you through which exercises would be most effective for adding stability and strength to your knees. Get outside and do what you love - without that annoying knee pain
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The Lardeau Valley Museum building, which began its life in 1918 as the Gerrard fish hatchery staff residence, was recently reunited with its original outbuilding. “We were taken by delightful surprise,” says Peter Jonker, current president of the Lardeau Valley Historical Society. “Delightful because this development fits perfectly within our ongoing agenda to bring together and preserve keystone representations of our valley’s rich past in a place where their stories can be educationally shared with visitors.” The story of the Carson Cabin, as the outbuilding is now dubbed, came to the historical society’s attention this past spring. Art Carson — a grandson of Frank Carson who homesteaded a large tract of land in Meadow Creek — offered it to the society in exchange for a year’s membership and on condition that the society move it from the nearby hamlet of Lardeau where it was then located. Carson, keenly interested in the cabin’s history, described its wanderings over the years. “When the trout hatchery [at Gerrard] closed down in 1949,” said Carson, “Dad [Ralph Carson] bought a small frame building from them and used it as a base for trapping out of Gerrard. It sat at the northwest side of the hatchery yard adjacent to the edge of the forest … to the left of, and about 90 feet beyond, the main residence building that became the museum. Eventually Dad moved it to Meadow Creek and a few years later he moved it again to some land he had in Lardeau.” This past month, after resting for 60 years on the beach overlooking the north end of Kootenay Lake, the cabin was loaded onto a trailer and reunited with the museum building. When asked what the cabin was used for in Gerrard, Carson said, “The cab-
in had, and probably still has, a metal plate in the wall where the exhaust pipe of an engine seems to have exited the building. This would not have been a water pump since everything was gravity feed. The cabin might have originally been a generator shed for lighting at the hatchery buildings. The Gerrard townsite on the opposite side of the river originally had hydroelectric power from Mobbs Creek but this may have been abandoned and/or removed after the mill burned down.” The historical society and membership volunteers have worked diligently in recent years to make the museum and our collections ever more attractive to a growing number of summer visitors. “This past year,” said Jonker, “has seen a thorough repainting of the museum exterior and its interior upstairs rooms, some very significant additions to our collection, improvements to our road-sign, and now the addition of its original outbuilding.” He applauds the many local volunteers and businesses who contributed to these projects: Boards by George, Hamill Creek Timber Homes, Colin Jacobs Logging, Kaslo Building Supplies Ltd, Steve Bueler, Jillian Madill, Sandra Rempel, Troy Hearne, Holly Hearne, Tyler Hearne, Pat Turner, Kevin Alexander, Jonathan Tremblay, Sandra Martens, Don Edwards, Kelly Abey, Jim Mainland, and Len Trenholm. The museum’s collection has grown rapidly since 1997, when the historical society purchased the main building from BC Fisheries and moved it to Meadow Creek. Other buildings at the museum site include the Billy Clark cabin, moved from Howser prior to flooding the reservoir behind Duncan Dam, and the Bosworth railway shed/ post office that stood alongside what is now Highway 31 adjacent to the tulip farm between Howser and Gold Hill. See more photos at nelsonstar.com.
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Saws are buzzing in the region as the Regional District of Central Kootenay continues to reduce the potential for devastating wildfires by cutting down on the quantity of fuel in our forests. “The RDCK has treated 220 hectares over the past five years and we are set to treat another 50,” said Noreen Clayton, an emergency program coordinator. Woodlands adjacent to the communities of Arrow Creek, Balfour, Edgewood and Kingsgate will be treated between now and April. Contractors will cut small diameter dead and dying trees and remove fine woody debris such as branches and needles from the forest floor. The four projects are: • Area B, Arrow Creek: A & G Refor-
estation started work on October 21. • Area E, Balfour: Loki Tree service started October 28 with thinning in the regional park along the beach. • Area K, Edgewood: Debris Resources Ltd will start in Edgewood tomorrow. • Area B, Kingsgate: Strategic Fire Control Ltd. started work October 22. These projects are being funded 90 per cent through the Union of BC Municipalities strategic wildfire prevention initiative, five per cent through the Columbia Basin Trust and five per cent from the RDCK sustainability service. “The areas being treated were all deemed to be high priority areas adjacent to communities according to the RDCK’s community wildfire protection plan,” said Clayton.
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With a slightly altered lineup, the Nelson Leafs exacted revenge Saturday against Spokane for snapping their winning streak a week ago. Adam Maida made 24 saves as the Leafs blasted the Braves 8-0 on the road. Nelson’s scoring was evenly distributed, with four players earning two points each, and nine others picking up one apiece. Timothy Nichols, Rayce Miller, and Dylan Williamson each scored a goal and an assist, while Nolan Percival had two helpers. The Leafs scored three times on the power play and outshot the Braves 46-24. It was 3-0 after the first period and 4-0 after the second.
The game got rough in the dying minutes as Percival and Aaron Brewer both received misconducts, along with three Spokane players. The Braves were also assessed an unusual bench game misconduct as the buzzer sounded. Last Sunday, Spokane beat Nelson 4-3 to end a five-game winning streak. The Leafs also won Friday night on the road, 5-2 against Creston Valley. Newly-acquired forward Drew Carter and Austin Lindsay led the way with a goal and an assist each while Robson Cramer contributed two assists. Maida made 22 saves in goal. The Thunder Cats actually outshot the Leafs 24-23. Nelson led 4-0 after two periods.
Nolan Percival With the wins, Nelson improved its record to 14-4-2-1 and solidified its lead atop the Neil Murdoch Division, four
points ahead of the surging Beaver Valley Nitehawks, who have one game in hand. The Leafs’ .738 winning percentage puts them third overall in the KIJHL, behind only Osoyoos and Fernie. They have also scored the second highest number of goals with 94. Nelson’s success this weekend followed the loss of three players who missed curfew on Halloween and were cut from the team, namely top goalie Brett Soles, and defencemen Brendan Smith and Cody Paivarinta. Soles was traded to Osoyoos on Friday for Drew Carter and goalie Brandon Locket plus future considerations. Smith is also expected to be traded, while Paivarinta has been sent home to Abbotsford.
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The Nelson Neptunes are going ahead with a competitive season next year, but their president remains worried about the future. The swim club will be displaced next year from the Nelson aquatic centre during a $4.5 million renovation that is expected to begin in April and last until December. The Neptunes asked that the work be delayed until July, when they can begin swimming outdoors, but the recreation commission said that would increase costs and make it harder to find a contractor. Neptunes president Paul Cowan said last week the club has hired a coach and been in discussions with the Salmo pool society as well as staff from the recreation complex and Regional District of Central Kootenay. However, it remains to be seen how many swimmers they will have. “We have budgeted for between 15 and 20. With these numbers our budget looks pretty grim,” Cowan said. “We are going to have to do a lot of fundraising
Sage Cowan to pay for our training space and coach. To top it all off the Neptunes will have no money at the end of the summer, and without a fall and winter maintenance session, interest in the team will likely wane.” Cowan said coaches are generally hired in the fall, so the lack of money and prospective swimmers will make the 2016 season “a real challenge.” The Neptunes lost their season last year after a section of ceiling tiles collapsed at the pool, resulting in a sixmonth closure. Prior to that they had 70 to 80 members ages five to 18. Membership was down to about 50 this year. The competitive season runs from May until mid-August.
Winning streak Nelson’s Matti Erickson easily defeated a field of the province’s best cross country runners at last month’s Kootenay Chaos track and field meet. His stellar performance came after winning a race in Spokane for middle school athletes and all three competitions in the Kootenays for junior high school athletes.
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LEFT: Squash Club member Andy Cowan with the squash bag prize he received for winning the Men’s B Champion in Revelstoke last month. RIGHT: The Nelson squash club league has Submitted photos started for the winter and welcomes new members to join. tamara hynd Nelson Star
If the grey weather is getting you down, joining the Nelson squash club may put the swing back in your step and give you the winter lift you’re looking for. Club recruiter Keira Zaslove said the key-access-only club has been running for more than 20 years but turned non-profit three years ago. The club has approximately 40 members and Zaslove invites people interested in the racquet sport to give it a try. “There are hidden squash players out there,” she said. The club has two courts above The Royal on Baker Street with racquets, goggles and balls available. New members can take advantage a free lesson from one of the
strong players. The club has skill levels ranging from beginner to level A players and offers lessons, drop in, drill sessions, round robin events and tournaments. The club runs year-round but the league runs from October through April. The club holds a team tournament in March and several players do travel to compete in other tournaments with one in Penticton in January. Andy Cowan won the Men’s B Champion in Revelstoke last month. There are a variety of reduced membership options for first time members ($200) and students ages 13 to 18 and full-time college ($100). Kids under 12 are free. For more information, contact Keira at 250-505-4047 or email her at khyzaslove@ gmail.com.
Learn to Skate Seminar 2014, Skate Nelson, Groups 2 and 3. Submitted to the Star sions had different themes — Saturday saw over 30 figure the first focused on jumps. The skaters join in on-ice and off-ice jump class was very exciting, as activities at the annual Learn to some skaters landed jumps they Skate Seminar hosted this year had never achieved before. by Skate Nelson (Nelson FigThe focus was on technique ure Skating Club) for all skating and drills to develop correct clubs in the West Kootenay. technique and muscle memory. Learn to Skate refers to the Jumping in skating is extremely long term athlete development difficult, as skaters rotate in the model stage whereby athletes air one, two, three or even four have achieved the basics of the times for the quadruple jumps, sport and are moving into the all in less than a second, and are Learn to Train and Learn to required to land on one foot. Compete phases where they will The second session focussed participate in regional compe- on spinning and the ever poptitions, take Skate Canada tests ular creative expression task. and train two to five days per Spinning also requires incredweek. Participating clubs in- ible strength and coordination cluded Beaver Valley, Castlegar, as skaters attempt to hit posiNelson and Rossland. tions that are essentially one Skaters skated in on-ice ses- leg squats (i.e. a sit spin), while sions led by Skate Nelson coach- being pulled by the centrifugal es Sarah Gower and Yoshie force of the spin. Measures. The two on-ice sesCreative expression is a fun
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class where skaters were asked to interpret music with facial expression, arm and body movements and transitional skating moves. The on-ice classes were supplemented with an off-ice functional movement class led by Shauna Leduc and dance classes with Margo Larose. Blade Runner skate sharpening service from Vernon also attended to provide professional skate sharpening. Volunteers from Skate Nelson provided skaters with a nutritious lunch and snacks, as well as some well earned treats. Skate Nelson is a not-for-profit-run Skate Canada club, and has been a leader in teaching all levels of skater from beginner to advanced figure skaters. Check out the club website at nelsonfigureskatingclub.ca
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Charlie (Morris Thomas) Kerfoot (July 18, 1935 - October 22, 2014) passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family after a brief illness. He was predeceased by his parents, siblings, and also his loving wife of 55 years, Marilyn, in May of 2012. After Momâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s passing, dad came into his own. He was often seen zooming up the Slocan Valley, Castlegar, Nelson, and even Grand Forks in his van, visiting his many family members and friends. Dad never complained! He was a hard worker and a very capable man. There wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t anything he couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do. He showed his love to us all by doing things for us. We all have stories of Dad working on our homes, fixing our cars, cutting our fire wood, even babysitting our dogs. One of Dadâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s enjoyments in life was playing crib. During his last game with his daughter Deb he scored a 23 hand. He decided that would be a good hand to end on. We love you dad and we are going to miss you deeply. Until we meet again Pops! Deb (Phil) Evdokimoff, Raya Kerfoot, Chuck (Deanna) Kerfoot, Kim (Sheldon) McArthur, Kevin Kerfoot, Koreen (Todd) Williamson; Along with 15 grandchildren; Ashley (Brad), Racheal (Gordon), Brittany (Tim), Tim (Sarah), Bobbie, Kaila (Barclay), Dallas, Shayley, Stevie (Jen), Josh, Samantha (James), Nicole, Michael (Mariah) , Bailey (Matt), Reese (Jocelyne); 10 great grandchildren (and 2 more on the way). What a heritage you and mom left dad! Thank you to Dr. Cochrane and the 3rd floor nursing staff for taking such good care of dad. A family gathering was held on October 23. Arrangements are under the direction of Thompson Funeral Service Ltd. Online condolences may be expressed at www. thompsonfs.ca
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Stan was born to Donald and Olive Wilson on June 5, 1936 in Port Arthur, Ontario. He moved to New Denver, BC as a teenager with his parents, where Stan graduated from Lucerne Secondary School. He loved dancing and was a much sought after dance partner. He sang in the Anglican Church Choir and enjoyed a broad taste in music. He worked for the Province of BC in New Denver, Prince George, Nanaimo and Quesnel, retiring after 35 years in Court Services. Retirement brought him back to New Denver, where he volunteered his time with the Silvery Slocan Museum and rose garden, and the Kohan Reflection Gardens. Stan loved the flowers that grew in his own garden, especially his roses. He was honored to be Citizen of the Year in 2009. He always enjoyed the daily visits and coffee with friends at The Apple Tree and Nuru Coffee Bar. Stan loved to travel and family often teased him about his willingness to jump into any vehicle going anywhere. Family was important to Stan and he kept in close contact with his many, many nephews and nieces, great nephews and great nieces. He passed away peacefully in Kelowna on November 4, 2014 with family at his side. Stan is predeceased by his parents Donald and Olive, his sister Thelma Clarida and brothers-in-law James Clarida and Jack Weselake. He is survived by his sister Charlotte Weselake, and brothers Malcolm (Mae), Don, William (Rowena), Lloyd (Kay) and Keith (Jacquie). He is fondly remembered by many nieces and nephews, their children and grandchildren. Donations may be made in Stanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name to New Denver Hospice Society, Box 217 New Denver BC, V0G 1S0 or the Kohan Reflection Garden C/O Slocan Lake Garden Society, Box 331, New Denver BC, V0G 1S0. A Celebration of Life Tea will be held December 6, 2014, in the Bosun Hall in New Denver from 12 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 3 pm. Arrangements are under the direction of Valley Funeral Home Ltd. Online condolences may be expressed at www.valleyfh.ca
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It is with heavy hearts we announce the passing of Aina Marie Strom at the age of 77. Aina left us on November 3, 2014 in Creston BC. She was born to the late Arvid and Aina Strom in Nelson BC on January 30, 1937. Along with her parents, Aina was greeted in heaven by two brothers Edward and John. Aina was also preceded in death by her brother-inlaw, Buzz (Charles) Buchanan, infant nieces Lenore Elen and Karen, nephew, Kenneth Strom, and a great niece Jennifer Strom. She is survived by her sisters Linda Buchanan, Linea (Dwight) Jones, and her brothers Carl (Lorraine) Strom, Einar (Roswitha) Strom and Bill Strom and sister-in-law Myrna. Aina is also survived by many nieces and nephews and their families. Aina came to earth with a special purpose, to remind those around her to enjoy the simple things in life. Aina enjoyed social interaction and loved to be the centre of attention. When meeting a new niece or nephew she would ask how to spell their name and also wanted to know their birthdate. On the next visit, she would remind us that she remembered the information as it was important to her to keep track of her family as it continued to grow. Aina had a kind heart and a contagious smile and readily agreed to participate in whatever was asked of her, with a grin and a nod. For the last 33 years, Aina had the privilege of residing in group home settings in Creston, BC. First the Endicott Centre and then later moved to Purcell Place. Aina was able to blossom under the care and attention of dedicated staff who quite often â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;went the extra mileâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. We are sincerely thankful to you. We would also like to thank the doctors and nurses who cared for Aina during her final days and ensured she was comfortable. Aina will be greatly missed by those who knew her.
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DEVELOPMENT OF A PEST MANAGEMENT PLAN Application #: NELSON HYDRO WP PMP 2014 Applicant: Nelson Hydro, 80 Lakeside Drive, Nelson BC V1L 6B9 Agent: SMC Consulting, 1582 Lawrence Avenue, Penticton BC V2A 3C1 Tel/Fax: (250) 492-6193 e-mail: smcconsulting@shaw.ca The purpose of the proposed Pest Management Plan (PMP) is to control wood rot, wood pests and mechanical damage to Nelson Hydro wood poles within the Nelson Hydro service area. The PMP applies to areas located within the Central Kootenay Regional District. The PMP applies to areas located within the vicinity of the communities of Nelson, Blewett, Taghum, North Shore, Harrop, Procter, Balfour and Queenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bay. The pest management methods proposed for use include stubbing (non-chemical), pole replacement (non-chemical), insecticide use for ant control, and the use of wood preservative pesticides. The use of pesticides is intended within the area to which the PMP applies. The common name and examples of the trade names of the pesticides proposed for use under this plan include: bendiocarb (Ficam), copper naphthenate (C8-Nap), sodium Ĺśuoride copper naphthenate (Cop-R-Plastic), copper naphthenate borax (CuRap 20), metam sodium (Woodfume), disodium octaborate tetrahydrate (Tim-Bor Professional), disodium octaborate (,mpel Rods ,,), and disodium octaborate boric acid (CobraRod). Application methods include: external bandages, internal liquid injection, internal rod placement and low-pressure backpack sprayer. The proposed duration of the PMP is from January 15, 2015 to January 15, 2020. A draft copy of the proposed PMP and maps of the proposed treatment areas may be examined in detail at: Nelson Hydro, 80 Lakeside Drive, Nelson BC V1L 6B9, online at http://www.nelson.ca/EN/main/ services/electrical-services/current-projects.html, or by contacting the Agent listed above. A person wishing to contribute information about a proposed treatment site, relevant to the development of the pest management plan, may send copies of the information to the applicant (c/o SMC Consulting, Agent, at the address listed above), within 30 days of the publication of this notice.
DEVELOPMENT OF A PEST MANAGEMENT PLAN Application #: NELSON HYDRO FACILITIES PMP 2014
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Applicant: Nelson Hydro, 80 Lakeside Drive, Nelson BC V1L 6B9 Agent: SMC Consulting, 1582 Lawrence Avenue, Penticton BC V2A 3C1 Tel/Fax: (250) 492-6193 e-mail: smcconsulting@shaw.ca The purpose of the proposed Pest Management Plan (PMP) is to manage problem vegetation and noxious weeds at Nelson Hydro facilities within their service area. Facilities include within generating stations, switching stations, substations, pole yards, and around concrete dams, penstocks, spillways and diversion channels, and around buildings and structures. All facilities are fenced compounds that have physically restricted access. The PMP applies to areas located within the Central Kootenay Regional District. The PMP applies to areas located within the vicinity of the communities of Nelson, Blewett, Taghum, North Shore, Harrop, Procter, Balfour and Queenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bay. The pest management methods proposed for use include manual, mechanical, cultural, and biological control, and the use of herbicides within the area to which the PMP applies. The common name and examples of the trade names of the herbicides proposed for use under this plan include: dicamba (Vanquish), glyphosate (Vantage Plus Max), and triclopyr (Garlon XRT). Selective application methods include: wick/wipe-on, injection, cut surface, soil, and foliar applications using backpack, squirt bottle, wick/wipe-on applicator, injection tools or handgun (power hose and nozzle). The proposed duration of the PMP is from January 15, 2015 to January 15, 2020. A draft copy of the proposed PMP and maps of the proposed treatment areas may be examined in detail at: Nelson Hydro, 80 Lakeside Drive, Nelson BC V1L 6B9, by contacting the Agent listed above, or online at http://www.nelson.ca/EN/main/services/electrical-services/vegetation-management.html A person wishing to contribute information about a proposed treatment site, relevant to the development of the pest management plan, may send copies of the information to the applicant (c/o SMC Consulting, Agent, at the address listed above), within 30 days of the publication of this notice.
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The Nelson and District Chamber of Commerce annual gala dinner and auction had the Prestige Lakeside Resort banquet room full of West Kootenay business owners and employees on Saturday. The evening began with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres and a chance to view and bid on the large selection of silent auction items donated by local and regional businesses. Chamber executive director Tom Thomson addressed the crowd and spoke to the value of regional partnerships for successful economic development. He said there are 1,300 business licenses in the area. He welcomed Kootenay-Columbia MP David Wilks, Nelson-Creston MLA Michelle Mungall and the numerous candidates running for the upcoming municipal election. Thomson also thanked the chamber staff. “We’d be nothing with out them,” he said. Mayor John Dooley spoke as well to the risk and reward of running a business. “I’m excited about Nelson. Business people know how to look forward,” he said. “I believe if we’re not at the table, we’re on the menu.” The evening was capped off with a unique live auction led by Reg Clarkson.
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COMMUNITY THANK YOU TO DONNA MACDONALD & OSPREY FUNDRAISER Tributes, roasts, laughs, music, entertainment & special guests We’re raising our glass to long-serving (19 years!) Nelson City councillor Donna Macdonald. In lieu of oers or gis se’d lie you to come out ave fun and mae a donaon to srey Community oundaon— te community nest egg se eled establis.
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I’m voting for Mayor John Dooley. Here’s why you should too: I first met John Dooley through various business and social occasions. I find John to be very down to earth, approachable and open to ideas and different points of view. He is supportive of the diverse needs of the community and treats everyone with equality and respect. I truly believe John Dooley is a good and honest man who works hard to serve his community and I would not hesitate to vote for him in the upcoming election. David Hernandez – The “V”, Enso Hair Design John Dooley is one of the most conscientious men that I have ever met. When asked to do a job, he does it quickly and thoroughly. He is a valued resource in getting issues in Nelson and area identified and dealt with in an expeditious manner. He is very knowledgeable and if he does not know the answer to a question, he quickly draws on a wide variety of resources to get the needed information. He donates generously of his time as a volunteer and to be the face of Nelson at local and national events. All of our lives are enriched through an association with John, who is a most patriotic Nelsonite and Canadian. Sheila Hart, Citizen and volunteer
I’m endorsing John Dooley for another term as Mayor of Nelson. He is tireless in his work ethic and he tackles each issue with a great deal of integrity, honour, and most importantly, fairness. His advocacy and work on behalf of the youth of Nelson to ensure facilities were built and improved (soccer fields, ball diamonds, rink, and skatepark) have helped to make Nelson a great place for families and ensured that kids have healthy, positive activities to enjoy. Tom Hierck, Educator, Author & Consultant I am supporting Mayor John Dooley. His leadership ability is clearly recognized by his colleagues in other places in this province as they elected him Chair of the B.C Caucus and as a member of the Board of Directors for the Federation of Canadian Municipalities. John is an eloquent speaker who passionately extols the features of Nelson and his adopted country, Canada, whenever he can. Dave Douglas, Fellow Rotarian
On November 15, I’m asking you to re-elect me as Mayor. Continued strong leadership will keep Nelson on the right track for the future.
Mayor John Dooley’s volunteer efforts have made life better for youth, seniors and families. That’s why he supports volunteer groups and helps them realize their dreams…. • Coordinator, Kinsmen’s Mothers’ March • Founding member, Kootenay Avalanche Hockey Program • General Manager and volunteer, Nelson Leafs Senior Hockey Team • Coach, Nelson Minor Hockey • Volunteer, Capitol Theatre Restoration Society • Director, Ernie Gare Scholarship Society • Founding member, Nelson Friends of the Family
• Coach, Nelson Youth Soccer • Volunteer and Committee member, Nelson and District Recreation Complex Referendum Committee • Volunteer, Nelson Communities in Bloom Committee • Coordinator, Canadian Cancer Society Relay for Life • Member, Nelson Daybreak Rotary Club • Member, Second Wind Community Choir