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Lemon Creek trial set for April 2016 BILL METCALFE Nelson Star A trial over the fuel spill into Lemon Creek nearly two years ago will be held in Nelson between April 18 and 28, 2016. The date was set at the Nelson courthouse on Tuesday. Slocan Valley resident Marilyn Burgoon has launched a private prosecution against the Calgarybased company Executive Flight Centre and the BC government under a provision of the Fisheries Act that states “no person shall deposit or permit the deposit of a deleterious substance of any type in water frequented by fish.” The case follows the July 26, 2013 spill of jet fuel into Lemon Creek by Executive Flight Centre, the company that was working for the provincial government at the time fighting a forest fire. “My major focus will be in fundraising,” Burgoon said Tuesday. “A two-week court case has a high financial cost and it will be a huge thing for me to get the funding.” Private prosecutions are not common in Canada, but Jeffrey Jones, a semi-retired lawyer from Sointula, says they are getting more frequent because “our governments are backing away from their regulatory frameworks” and enforcing fewer of their environmental regulations. This requires citizens to take up the slack, he says. Jones has 20 years of experience in pursuing charges under the Fisheries Act as a federal prosecutor. He has advised Burgoon and her lawyer, Lilina Lysenko, on this case and was the lawyer for biologist Alexandra Morton in two high-profile prosecutions related to fish farming in BC. Jones says the right to pursue a private prosecution is a “valuable constitutional safeguard.” When a citizen begins a private prosecution the federal government can choose to step in and prosecute, but in this case has decided not to, although it could change its mind and decide to intervene at any time. Jones calls this failure to intervene an “abdication,” and says the problem is magnified by the fact the provincial government is named as a party Continued on page 5
Missing man found safe See Page 4
Lobster menace In the ever-changing mural beside Thor’s Pizzeria on Vernon St. a menacing lobster captures a cartoon rabbit while lightning bolts rain down from the sky. The piece is the final result of Metamorphosis, a community art project that saw the wall populated by a gorilla in a hard hat, an osprey mid-flight and a myriad of other compelling images. Will Johnson photo
New model proposed for policing and mental health BILL METCALFE Nelson Star Following Nelson city council’s refusal to increase funding to its police department this year, the question of how to approach an increase in mental health case loads for police and other agencies has been a live issue. Last week, a meeting between the city, police, Interior Health Authority and several community service agencies started some dialogue. Deb Kozak initiated the meeting in her dual role as mayor and chair of the police board.
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One suggestion advocated by the police is funding for Car 87, a police car with a mental health worker in it, but at the meeting the IHA’s Dave Harrhy said that model isn’t feasible for communities under 100,000. “We have done the research and the literature reviews,” he told the Star in an interview this week. “They show that for a community [with a population as small as Nelson’s] that doesn’t make financial or clinical sense.”
He said there wouldn’t be enough calls to justify it, and a social service agency would have to pull staff from their current jobs to fill the position.
Street outreach workers At the meeting, Rona Park of Nelson Community Services put forward a proposal for a team of two street outreach workers to interact with those who “rely on street culture to survive.” Continued on page 9
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Amy Ferguson Institute contributes to Capitol Theatre stage upgrades BILL METCALFE Nelson Star The Amy Ferguson Institute has contributed $15,000 to the Capitol Theatre to renovate the orchestra pit — the space under the stage used by live orchestras in large musical productions. No one ever sees the orchestra pit other than the musicians playing in it, so the need for renovations might not be obvious to the public. But a recent investigation by a group of local architects, theatre designers and musicians determined there is a need for the following upgrades: • Acoustically upgrade the pit (sound baffled floor/walls/ceiling); • Improve the pit environment (ventilation, electrical, audio, additional electrical outlets, low temp lights, new chairs, painting, etc.); • Upgrade the sound equipment (pressure zone mics/monitors in ceiling, connection to booth); • Find a creative way (such as a flatscreen monitor) to make the orchestra visible to the audience (maybe in the lobby) if there are any leftover funds. “We are excited that we are able to contribute to the theatre renovations,” said Dianna Ducs, chair of the Amy Ferguson Institute. We set aside $15,000 from [our]
room, installing a new wheelchair-accessible wooden front entrance door, replacing the sub-flooring and marmoleum, replacing sinks and faucets in the washrooms, constructing a new loading dock, upgrading electrical and fire protective systems, replacing the theatre curtains, and upgrading lighting and sound equipment. As for the orchestra pit, the changes can’t come too soon. Opera singer and Amy Ferguson Institute director Marty Horswill says the pit is “claustrophobic and dangerous.” The danger comes from the risk a stage performer could fall through the opening on the stage floor onto the orchestra. Musician and band-leader Rick Lingard has spent a lot of time in the pit and says it is an “unworkable concrete bunker.” He’s very pleased to hear about the funding for the upgrades. A survey of 1,000 Canadians commissioned by the Professional Association of Canadian Theatres from Nanos Research in March 2014 found 84 per cent of Canadians believe live theatre plays an important or somewhat important role in “making communities across Canada vibrant places to live.” Support for this statement was particularly high in BC (91 per cent) and in Canadians ages 18 to 29 (also 91 per cent).
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production of Jesus Christ Superstar, and the locally written and produced opera KHAOS in 2012, and earmarked the funds to go towards upgrades and renovations of the Capitol Theatre’s orchestra pit.” The Amy Ferguson Institute was founded in Nelson in 2000 to celebrate the musical legacy of Dr. Amy Ferguson, a much-loved music teacher and mentor best remembered for the Nelson Boys Choir she founded in 1930 and directed until her death in 1972. The institute produces operas, musical theatre and choral events, including the upcoming world premiere of the opera Jorinda this fall. Capitol Theatre executive director Stephanie Fischer said the donation is part of a long history of community support for the theatre, going back to its reconstruction and rescue from oblivion in the 1980s. “Contributions such as this one show the love for the Capitol Theatre,” she said, “and acknowledge the importance of community support ensuring the protection and longevity of the theatre.” She said the city, province, federal government, Columbia Basin Trust, local businesses and individual citizens have over the years contributed to replacing the heating and ventilation systems, repairing and painting the building’s exterior, renovating the green
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Architecture grad brings five awards home to Nelson
BILL METCALFE Nelson Star Narelle Sookorukoff thinks Olympic sites should be built so they can be re-used, rather than sitting idle and wasting away after the event. In her justcompleted Master’s thesis she re-designed one of the stadiums at the upcoming Olympics in Brazil so that it could be taken apart and re-used in projects in the slums. And she won a prize for it. It was one of five awards the Nelson native got this year from the School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture at UBC (see sidebar). “Sustainability is not just about using green materials, but it is about creating architecture that lasts and keeps its relevance,” she says. “I am interested in buildings that are demountable. There is one building on the UBC campus, the CIRS building, that is built with large wooden columns and beams that are bolted, and you could take them somewhere else and use them in another building.” She points out that architects are well positioned to deal with climate change and other environmental issues because the construction industry is one of the biggest polluters and one of the most significant producers of greenhouse gases, particularly in the production of cement. Sookorukoff graduated from L.V. Rogers Secondary in Nelson in 2002, then spent a number of years doing undergraduate work in biology, working as forest fire fighter in the Kootenays, and travelling the world. “Seeing how people live and how buildings are created in other parts of the world really caught my interest. I have always
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OPEN HOUSE Narelle Sookorukoff of Nelson won five architecture awards at her UBC grad ceremony this year. Nick Davis photo
been interested in how people use space and build buildings, and in healthy spaces.” Sookorukoff is now in her third month of an internship at Cover Architectural Systems in Nelson, and she’s happy because she got a job so quickly in the place she really wants to be — her hometown — and in a firm whose priorities are a perfect fit for her ideas about sustainability. Graeme Leadbeater, one of the principal architects at the firm is pleased too. “Most of the students that get gold medals end up in Vancouver or Toronto,” he said. “Narelle is incredibly talented, and to have this person born and raised here and working here is an exceptional asset for Nelson.”
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St. Joseph School Invites applications at this time for the following positions:
The Catholic Independent Schools of the Nelson Diocese St. Joseph School Invites applications at this time for many different positions. Please visit the website www.applytoeducation.com for more details.
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Missing Atamanenko says farewell to Ottawa Blewett man • 1 part-time Special Education Coordinator. Start Date: as soon as possible Application Deadline: until position is filled
Positions will continue for the upcoming 2015-16 school year. Please view the diocesan school website www.cisnd.ca for posting details, application documents and process.
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TAMARA HYND the 2004 election with the supNelson Star port of his wife Ann, even though Retiring Southern Interior MP she thought he was crazy, while Alex Atamanenko has delivered fellow Pass Creek residents Ed his parting address in the House and Katrine Conroy encouraged of Commons, thanking his sup- him to “Go for it.” port staff and co-workers and Atamanenko said his retirepraising those comment plans are to mitted to fighting for spend time with social justice across his wife and two the country. cats. In his speech “When I meet he wrote: “There with them, it is as if is wood to chop, I recharge my batflowers to plant teries,” Atamanenand music to play. ko said in his final I guess that is what speech in Ottawa. retirement is all “I have met with about.” citizens concerned Atamanenko’s about world peace, full speech can be Canada’s involvefound appended to ment in war, prothis story at nelAlex Atamanenko tection of the ensonstar.com. vironment, food sovereignty, The current electoral district poverty, Canada Post, smart of BC Southern Interior is being meters, women’s rights, interna- dissolved. Nelson, Salmo, Kaslo tional development and many and their respective surroundother issues. ing areas will become part of the “It is amazing to see how many Kootenay-Columbia riding to the people, both in my riding and east while Nakusp and the Slocan across the country, are consis- Valley will be added to the new tently engaged in working to im- district of South Okanagan-West prove the lives of others. It has Kootenay, which also includes truly been an honour to represent Castlegar, Greater Trail, the their views in Parliament.” Boundary, and Penticton. Atamanenko is retiring after Needles and area will go to the nine years in office. First elected new district of North Okanaganin 2006, he served three terms. Shuswap. These new boundarHe used his last address to ies were defined in 2013 and will reminisce on how he first decided come into effect with the October to seek the NDP nomination for federal election.
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Nelson Star Staff A Blewett man missing for four days was found safe with his dog Tuesday evening. RCMP say Nelson Search and Rescue located Joe Moyer about 8:30 p.m. west of Copper Mountain forest road in Blewett. Searchers focused on the area following an aerial search by an RCMP helicopter earlier in the day. Moyer was spotted from the air and a ground crew was sent in to follow up. This lead was the result of friends finding a footprint beside 49 Creek the previous night. Police said Moyer, 42, had multiple cuts and scratches when found but wasn’t suffering any other injuries. He was taken to hospital. “The dedication of Nelson Search and Rescue, friends, and especially the family in working cooperatively to bring this to a successful conclusion was amazing,” said RCMP Cpl. Michael Stefani. “As well, our local media cannot be left out. The speed and accuracy in getting our information out to the public speaks volumes to the professionalism of our local outlets in supporting this community and they should be commended.” Moyer walked away from his home barefoot at around 5 a.m. Saturday with his black lab in tow. His family became concerned when he didn’t return that morning and called police for help.
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Introducing Morning Mountain’s newest biking trail Upper Bottoms extends from Bottoms Up to top of Giveout Forest Service Rd.
TAMARA HYND Nelson Star Mountain bikers rejoice! The newest trail extending from Bottoms Up to the top of Giveout Creek Forest Service Rd. is officially open — and the riders know it. Cyclists have been heading to Morning Mountain in Blewett with a new zest to check out the intermediate biking trail which opened last week. The much-anticipated up track is called Upper Bottoms and is actually an extension further up the mountain from Bottoms Up. Now the total climb from the parking lot base of Morning Mountain is roughly seven kilometres with a gain of 1,700 feet (518 m) in elevation. Joel McBurney laid out the line (and Bottoms Up too) and ran the trail building crew for the approximately 4.5 km trail which tops out on Giveout Creek Forest Service Rd., just short of the 9 km marker. He has been building trails for 20 years and has spent the last 12 as a paid trail builder through the Nelson Cycling Club. “It is a smooth climber,” said McBurney, “giving riders access to the existing trails up there. [It] also happens to make a fine easy descent option for the less gnarly crowd.” The intermediate trail is climbable, albeit a cardio builder. Creative wooden decks, bridges and log benches add charm and pleasant places to rest along the shaded trail. Upper Bottoms continues up through the cedar and hemlock forest, eventually reaching the heights of replanted cut blocks. Along the way there is a chance
Craig Hollinger (top) rides over one of the several wooden bridges constructed on the new trail called Upper Bottoms, which is an extension of Bottoms Up. Mountain bikers (below) explore the intermediate trail at Morning Mountain rec area. Eric Ridington photos to enjoy the exotic-looking bear grass currently in bloom alongside the vast numbers of white thimbleberry blossoms. Views of distant mountain peaks in
Valhalla and Kokanee Glacier parks and Baldface Lodge’s cat skiing terrain can be seen from the trail top. McBurney says the up track
Bear activity extends trail closure
TAMARA HYND Nelson Star Continued bear sightings near Cottonwood Lake south of Nelson have prompted the extended closure of a portion of the Nelson-Salmo Great Northern Trail until June 29. This annual closure includes the trail south of Cottonwood Lake parking area to Hall Siding. The original closure was posted as May 1 to June 15 but according to regional parks operations supervisor Cary Gaynor, continued bear sightings and one person’s Facebook post alerting people about his run-in with a grizzly bear prompted the two week extension. “Usually the bears have cleared out of there by mid-June but a number of sightings led us to give them more time,” said Gaynor, adding signs will be posted accordingly at entrances to trail the trail. The Regional District of Central Kootenay initiated the spring closure in consultation with the BC Conservation Officer Service, regional bear biologists and the Ministry of Forest Land
The bear facts As black bear and grizzly bear activity is common in the spring and early summer, bears may be present on the Great Northern Trail system throughout the year so remember to always: • Use caution • Do not attempt to view or approach bears • Do not leave garbage or food on trails. and Natural Resource Operations. The regional district said collared bear data has shown the area from Cottonwood Lake to Hall Siding, particularly the areas of Apex and Camp Busk, are heavily used by grizzly bears in the spring because of its high-valued forage habitat. In most cases the bears move on to higher elevations by the middle of June. It’s felt an annual closure will help ensure public safety and benefit the local bear population from overexposure.
has been adopted as part of the Trans Canada Trail route with the goal of connecting it to Cottonwood Lake and the rail trail. There is more happening up there too. Approximately three-quarters of the way along Upper Bottoms, two benches are perched at the junction of yet another soon-to-be complete machinebuilt intermediate to advanced downhill trail which is still a work in progress. Nearby is a crossroads with popular downhill trail Placenta Descenta. If it’s anything like last year’s debut of downhill trail Lefty, it promises not to disappoint. Rick Schneider was the chief trail designer and principal machine operator of Lefty. Schneider and crew are at work on a new machine-built downhill in the flavour of Lefty that will tie in from high above. In addition to the local cycling club, McBurney credited Recreation Sites and Trails BC, the Regional District of Central Kootenay, and Trans Canada Trail for their support, along with independent support from a number of small local businesses and volunteers. The Morning Mountain recreation area will see additional improvements this summer with the regional district’s recent approval of $30,000 for further development of the base area. The picnic area will soon have running water for a bike wash station and watering station for an improved picnic area and ice rink. On Thursday, the regional district committed an additional $25,000 to the Nelson Cycling Club for trail construction.
Private prosecutions occurring more often Continued from page 1 in Burgoon’s prosecution on the grounds it didn’t respond effectively to the Lemon Creek spill. “What do we do in a democracy when the government itself no longer enforces the laws and when the government itself is also a party to offences that are violating the fisheries? We are on new ground here,” said Jones. The federal justice ministry told the Star in April it would not comment on the Lemon Creek case or its role in it.
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Putting a human face on laundry privatization I have been reading and listening to comments regarding the privatization of laundry services by Interior Health. I would like to add a human face to the equation. My husband is one of those workers who will be affected by the IHA’s decision to privatize. He is a hard worker, dedicated to his job. He has been at his job for 23 years and not at the age that he can retire yet. His body hurts at the end of the day; he is exhausted. It is not an easy job. Anyone who thinks it is is mistaken. The amount of soiled linen that has to be dealt with is not something most of us would want to handle daily, if at all. The likelihood of getting poked by a needle while sorting the laundry is always a concern. The handling of hazardous chemicals is also a concern. I think there is a misperception in the general public. While the Nelson facility does laundry for the immediate area (Castlegar, Nelson and Trail), they actually handle laundry for a total of 26 facilities (servicing the East and West Kootenays and Revelstoke) and they push through an average of 18,000 to 22,000 pounds of laundry a day (five days a week). They work very hard to fill their orders each and every day and make sure every facility has what is needed. The health minister doesn’t seem to realize that laundry is health care. It is an important cog in the wheel of the health care system. Just because these workers don’t have a degree doesn’t make their job any less important. The workers take pride in the product they put out to the public. These are not high-paying jobs. They are family supporting jobs and remember back in 2001, these workers and others had to take a 15 per cent wage cut when Gordon Campbell’s government came into power. That 15 per cent has not been caught up in the 14 years since. My husband and his co-workers work hard for their wage. Why take away more jobs from these communities and give them to private enterprise? The next time you have a loved one in the hospital, look around. You and your loved ones should not have to worry if the linens are cleaned properly. That should be the least of your worries. I would ask the health minister to reconsider the idea of privatization and keep these jobs in our communities. I would also ask for the public’s support to help save these jobs. Join a rally this EMAIL LETTERS TO: editor@nelsonstar.com DROP OFF/MAIL: 514 Hall St., Nelson, BC V1L 1Z2 Phone 250-352-1890
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John Houston is missing
What does it mean to be a Lion? The Nelson Lions Club is all about service to the community and providing an opportunity for individuals to develop their personal skills in doing so. The organization provides opportunities to grow leadership, organizational, presentation, and social skills. The organization was named Lions by Melvin Jones its founder in 1917. Jones was convinced that the lion stood for strength, courage, fidelity and vital action. The symbol of the lion stands for “loyalty to a friend, loyalty to a principle, loyalty to a duty, loyalty to a trust.” These are ideals that most of us seek to achieve and participation in local clubs provides that opportunity. Essentially we are a group of volunteers working together for the benefit of the community. Currently, our local group includes men and women between the ages of 39 and 94. We would love to see these boundaries extended to both younger and more mature individuals who are committed to making our community a better place to live. Our capacities to participate vary greatly but all are afforded the opportunity to take on any roles that works for us. Service clubs are an important and valuable local activity that provide the opportunity for individuals to share their time, effort and resources to make our community a better place for all. With that in mind I urge you to consider looking at the club as an outlet for community involvement. We are non-political, nondenominational and a registered charity. Our function is to serve our community through fundraising and offering assistance to community projects as well as providing funds for individuals who require a hand up. As president of the Nelson Lions Club I invite you to join us either as a visitor or potential member. Visit our website and Facebook page to get a sense of who we are. We have been partners with the citizens of Nelson for 70 years and hope to continue for at least another 70 years. This is only possible due to the involvement and support of the people of this special city. Trent Nash, President Lions Club of Nelson
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The John Houston monument on Vernon St., unveiled in 1916, remembers Nelson’s founding mayor. Bill Metcalfe photo
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his job, sold his properties, and walked to Butte, Mont., only to return a few months later and resume his position with the Times. But on July 29, 1882, the Idaho Statesman noted: “John Houston, a printer, formerly of Boise and a man well known in every Territorial newspaper office, suddenly disappeared from this city on the morning of the 4th of July. He came here from Wood River, had several hundred dollars in his possession, and his disappearance has caused considerable alarm among his friends. It is thought that he may be in San Francisco or Portland.” (Such disappearances would not be uncommon for Houston. During his last stint as Nelson’s mayor, he vanished without leaving a forwarding address and later turned up in Nevada.) The Wood River Times found the disappearance “quite strange, as he owns a half interest in a mine on the East Fork of Wood river, which shows a good ore vein, and which he expected would enrich him. But he was always somewhat queer, and it is just possible that he is tramping through Washington Territory.” The co-owners of Houston’s mining claim, known as the Sterling, placed a legal ad notifying him that he owed them $50, otherwise his interest would be forfeited. The Statesman reported a possible sighting on Aug. 3: “Mr. Morris D. Abbott writes us that
Second of two parts ast week we started looking into new information about the early life of Nelson’s first mayor, John Houston, including a fracas in a Texas saloon in 1877 that left him with nine stab wounds and within an inch of death. Houston’s exact whereabouts for the next few years aren’t known, but he turns up next in Boise, where the Idaho Statesman of March 22, 1881 reported: “Mr. John Houston, who has been foreman in the Statesman office for the past six months, will leave tomorrow for Bellevue, Wood River. Mr. Houston is one of the best printers ever in Boise City, and a very intelligent, honorable gentleman; a good accountant and bookkeeper; capable of running a newspaper or job office — or most any other kind of business. We wish him good health and a handsome fortune awaiting him in that new El Dorado.” According to a later account, Houston arrived in Hailey, Idaho, where the part owner of the townsite offered him his pick of two lots on Main St. Houston built a log home and although it only had a canvas roof and no floor, he rented it out for $30 per month. That summer, Houston built another log home on a second lot that he rented for $35 a month. Between his properties and work on the Wood River Times, he earned over $200 per month. However, he became restless, quit
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John Houston … passed through Baker City on the 12th of July on his way to The Dalles, Oregon.” But his whereabouts were not firmly established until the following February, when the Times received a copy of a Milwaukee newspaper called Peck’s Sun, “which conveys as much information as a letter. The date is crossed out and changed to Madison, Wisc., Monday, Feb. 19. In a corner of the paper is written ‘30c a M.’ All this in John Houston’s handwriting. He is therefore in Madison, Wisc., working for 30 cents per 1,000 ems. As the price paid in the Times office is 50 cents per thousand, it is not unlikely that John Houston wishes himself back again, and that the wish will cause him to turn his wandering feet this way at an early day.” (An em is a typographical measurement.) Nothing further was heard from Houston until February 1887, when he apparently became city editor of the Butte Miner. Presciently, the Wood River Times wrote: “He is a thorough printer and journalist, and an honorable, upright ‘white’ man, who would scorn to do a mean act; and if he would only settle down for good somewhere would soon make his mark in the world.” A little more than three years later, after stops in Calgary, New Westminster, and Donald, Houston arrived in a fledgling town on the shore of Kootenay Lake to do just that.
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HUGS: Thank you to everyone who dedicated their time and energy making Grad 2015 so special. – Proud parent HUGS: To everyone for their help during my tough time after a car accident and continued attention and concern for me and my family. SLUGS: To the national mailing service that serves our country – shame on you for proposing to cutback hours at our local postal outlets. Surely you can find other ways to save money? HUGS: A warm hug to the anonymous person who placed a seed or bulb that has flourished into a fivefoot high gorgeous mystery flower. Everyone guesses. Maybe the flower will tell us what, but not who. SLUGS: To the drivers who pass slower traffic on the highway into on-coming cyclists. The law states that cyclists are to be treated as a motor vehicle. You are passing illegally and may kill somebody! SLUGS: To the drivers who don’t acknowledge crosswalks or slow down when approaching them. Please be aware of your surroundings when driving, and remember that pedestrians have the right of way in some cases. Hugs to the drivers who keep their eyes open! SLUGS: To the person(s) who stole a 24-inch coral and gray geometric design marble tabletop from a moving truck on June 10. We were moving a senior to her new home when you made off with your treasure. You couldn’t have gotten far and will probably try to fence it locally. If anyone sees or gets offered this piece, please contact the Nelson police and get this
item back to its owner. It’s hard to hear her so upset. Stop being so dastardly! HUGS: To the woman in the lovely red dress at the boathouses who asked me how I was managing to walk with my daughter in her backpack in the heat. As a very busy mom, sometimes all it takes is someone to ask you how you are even capable of doing what you’re doing to make you feel like a Superhero, even just for an instant. I spend far too long the rest of the day feeling like I’m just staying afloat and not able to get everything done. Thank you for a moment. HUGS: A big hug to the lady driver of the seniors facility van/bus on mid-afternoon Friday on 5th St. I took a misstep off the back of my truck and fell from about three feet onto the pavement. A passerby saw it happen and stopped to assist me. (I’m 80.) The person mentioned above also stopped, having arrived a minute or so after the event, and offered me some advice. I hope that her supervisor reads this and offers her the appropriate comments on my behalf. The actions of an employee often reflect on the employer. HUGS: To people who treat their rhubarb plants with respect. On a three-year-old or older plant between May and mid-September, pull/twist the stalks that are half an inch to one inch and 10 to 15 inches long. Over the season please do not harvest more than one-third of the plant. Some really large plants may tolerate more. Please be kind and remember a clean plant is a healthy plant. If the stalk breaks and leaves a stub, remove the stub. And remove all stalks and leaves before the snow falls. Note the leaves are poisonous but safe for compost or make a spray and deter the bugs that eat your broccoli and other cole crops.
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leven years before I was born in 1984, Alice Munro moved to Nelson to teach creative writing at Notre Dame University. Her marriage was crumbling and the 42-year-old was looking for somewhere to crash that was “well away from Victoria and indeed from just about anyplace else,” according to biographer Robert Thacker. In one of her drafts for the unpublished story “Creative Writing,” Munro’s main character is asked why she came to the Kootenays. “I wanted to get away somewhere for a while and it seemed like — I remembered driving through here once and I thought it was a nice place, with the lake,” she says. Munro published her first short story only six years earlier and her literary superstardom was still years away. Always ambivalent about teaching, the opportunity nonetheless gave her a chance to support herself financially during a vulnerable time. Munro’s time in Nelson was short — she moved to Ontario soon after — but I like to think Elephant Mountain provided the magical refuge she needed during one of the toughest periods of her life, and made her future trajectory possible.
A university town I moved to the Kootenays last year with my partner Darby when we were in a similarly tight spot, glomming on to a newspaper rather than a university, because I figured it would give me a chance to practice my writing in public. I’d spent eight years pursuing post-secondary education in creative writing — first at Douglas College, then UVic and UBC. As soon as I moved here, I was struck by Nelson’s similarity to Victoria — my home for more than five years — and couldn’t help but fantasize about a similarly bunny-infested campus right here on Kootenay Lake. When I interviewed Padma Viswanathan, author of The Ever After of Ashwin Rao, which went on to be shortlisted for the Giller Prize, she expressed the same sentiment. Her novel, which features a fictional version of Dorkmyer the
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Kootenay Goon Front St. grotesque, takes place in a version of Nelson called Lohikarma, and it’s here the main character spends most of his time at an imaginary university. Viswanathan, like so many people in this area, thinks of Nelson as a university town — despite the fact David Thompson University shuttered in 1984, the same year Munro gave her last reading in the area. According to Tom Wayman and Verna Relkoff, the duo behind the push to re-establish higher-level creative writing education in Nelson, it’s been a 31-year fight that has been exhausting, political, and at many points seemingly hopeless. But last month they contacted me with exciting news: they had successfully teamed with UBC Okanagan to bring a communitybased course called Writing from the Ground Up back to the area. Tom and Verna said the course was their first step, a toe-dip in the literary pond, to see whether there was sufficient interest to support further programming. They were hoping to attract 15 students. Days after my story on the announcement ran, Tom sent me a celebratory email to let me know all 15 spots had already been shot-gunned by a variety of community members chomping at the bit to get writing.
The future of Nelson Lit Around this time, Selkirk College announced the hiring of a new creative writing instructor — Leesa Dean, author of the upcoming collection Waiting for the Cyclone. A cursory Facebook search
Will Johnson likes to think Alice Munro enjoyed this view of Elephant Mountain when she travelled to Nelson to teach creative writing in the 1970s. Will Johnson photo revealed that we shared a number of Toronto writer-type friends, as well as a publisher: Brindle & Glass, where I worked before moving here. I called Leesa while she was driving across the country with her friend Kathy Friedman — another amazing writer who’s planning to spend the summer working on a book. Right away we were excitedly chattering about the growing lit scene here in the Kootenays, engaging in writer gossip and fantasizing about our vision for the future of Nelson Lit. I can tell already that she’s a kindred spirit, and I can’t wait to see what she accomplishes here. Dean will be joining a faculty that has been teaching first and second-year courses in creative writing in the Kootenays for many years, under the guidance of celebrated author Almeeda Glenn Miller. With these two institutions now offering first, second and third year courses, we now have more opportunities for aspiring authors in Nelson than any time since David Thompson closed. And now that UBC has announced it will be moving into its learning centre headquarters at 266 Baker St. — only a handful of blocks from my house — this literary dream is starting to finally come true. Tom and Verna have teamed up with the West Kootenay Teacher Education Program — a 26-year fixture in the area — which will use the classrooms during the week while all us
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I’ve had the opportunity to be immersed in a number of different lit scenes across the country, but nowhere have I felt as embraced and encouraged as here in Nelson. Earlier this year Verna was the judge who selected my story “Paisley” — a flash piece about murderous lesbians on a Gulf Island — to take second-place in the Kootenay Lit Competition. The gala at Touchstones Nelson was one of the highlights of my year, and now I’ve been invited to read at the upcoming Elephant Mountain Literary Festival, an opportunity I’m stupid-grateful for. And most recently, I found out the Columbia Basin Trust approved my grant application to finish my fiction collection This is how you talk to strangers, a financial shot in the arm that couldn’t have come at a better time. (Like most people my age in this area, I’m barely making rent despite holding down three jobs.) Like Alice Munro back in the 1970s, I came to Nelson during a period of desperation and now that I’m a year in I feel like I’ve benefited incredibly from the healing powers of this magical refuge. This is a very exciting time to be a writer in Nelson, and I feel privileged to be even a small part of it.
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Continued from page 1 She told the Star they would be “social workers with mental health or trauma background who would get to know [the people in street culture] personally and also those who are travelling through, checking out what are they doing, are they homeless, do they have support needs? They could contact the police if need be, or the police could contact the outreach worker. “It is a big city response, but Nelson is there now. We have enough of a homeless and transient population, and that means we need a more front-line response that is not [entirely] police. She said another role of the outreach workers would be to interface with businesses, to “help businesses figure out how to respond.”
‘Drawn into street dramas’
Park said there are individual, isolated services in place now, such as the police. She also used the example of homeless outreach workers whose job is to find housing, not to accompany people to the hospital. “They are not there to be first responders,” she said, “but by default get drawn into these street dramas.” However, even while she is proposing it, Park say if a larger group of community stakeholders got together to problem-solve, they might find a solution better than hers, so the outreach worker proposal was her way of putting something on the table to get the discussion started. She said street culture includes very complex problems such as poverty, mental health, addictions, unemployment, and health, requiring “multiple approaches to creating the desired change” and which “cannot be solved by one single organization or an isolated sector. Not everyone in street culture has a mental health problem or an addiction.”
Working in silos
Kozak agreed many groups in Nelson work in different silos, not necessarily understanding each other’s reality and not necessarily using the same measures to quantify the problem.
Snelson convicted of killing Jennifer Cusworth
Basics of collective impact initiatives 1. A common agenda: All participants share a vision for change that includes a common understanding of the problem and a joint approach to solving the problem through agreed-upon actions. 2. Shared measurement: All participants agree on the ways success will be measured and reported, with a short list of common indicators identified and used for learning and improvement. 3. Mutually reinforcing activities: a diverse set of stakeholders, typically across sectors, coordinate a set of differentiated activities through a mutually reinforcing plan of action. 4. Continuous communication: All players engage in frequent and structured open communication to build trust, assure mutual objectives, and create common motivation. 5. Backbone support: An independent, funded staff dedicated to the initiative provides ongoing support by guiding the initiative’s vision and strategy, supporting aligned activities, establishing shared measurement practices, advancing policy, and mobilizing resources, including funding. So Park proposed a large number of groups in Nelson form a downtown street outreach collaboration, and that it use a proven model called a collective impact initiative, created by John Kania and Mark Kramer. The essence of such initiatives is that they are collectively formulated, driven, and funded (see sidebar), meaning a larger range of groups and agencies in Nelson need to get together and create something new, Park said. Harrhy agreed the approach has been well validated. “It is bringing together likeminded organizations to solve complex social problems,” he said.
Let’s get started Kozak and Park said they want
Kelowna Capital News A Kamloops jury has convicted Neil Snelson of manslaughter in the death of L.V. Rogers graduate Jennifer Cusworth. It’s the second time the Kelowna man has been found guilty of the crime. Cusworth, 19, was found in a ditch a day after she was seen at a house party in 1993. Snelson was charged with first degree murder, but found guilty of manslaughter by a Kelowna jury in 2011 and sentenced to 15 years in
to start such an initiative at another meeting during the summer and will invite many organizations including the police, non-profit community organizations, churches, the health authority including hospital staff, the business community, library, city, school district, and Selkirk College nursing and social service worker programs. She said the collaborative’s job could include agreeing on goals, collaborative practices and mutually reinforcing activities and meaRona Park surement, as well as researching best practices, finding funding, and “building trust, ensuring we stay on track, and keeping motivated around the change we all want to see.” One tenet of a collaborative impact initiative is to go into the process without preconceived solutions. Park said she is prepared to drop her outreach worker idea if the group comes up with something better.
Collaboration is ‘easy to say’ Park said it’s easy to agree with the idea of collaborating, but it’s actually hard work. “Collaboration is easy to say,” said Park, “but if people don’t show up, or are too busy doing their own things, they won’t get their needs met.” Nelson’s police chief, Wayne Holland, who was also at the meeting said he was “pleased when discussions of this nature occur because it means someone is talking to us about options to help us with the emotionally disturbed. Any dialogue is good.” Harrhy also spoke positively about the meeting. “Everyone left with a sense of optimism,” he said, “because we were able to acknowledge there was a shared problem and a shared responsibility, so we have to work collaboratively, instead of pointing the finger and saying, ‘You solve this.’” prison. He successfully appealed the verdict and a new trial was ordered, along with a change of venue. “If I’d have been a little weaker I’d have fallen over,” Terry Cusworth, the victim’s father, told Kamloops This Week following the verdict, which came after one day of deliberations. Jennifer’s mother, Jean, was not able to be at the courthouse for the verdict due to a medical condition. However, Terry called Jean after the verdict was rendered and said “We got it.” Snelson will be sentenced later.
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WILL JOHNSON Nelson Star When BBC viewers tune into Scottish novelist Iain Banks’ miniseries adaptation Stonemouth, they’ll be serenaded by Blewett musician Cam Penner during the opening credits. “I got this text from Charles Martin, the director, a while back and I thought ‘cool, maybe he’ll use it in the background or something’ but then he came back and told me I want to use ‘House of Liars’ for the theme music,” Penner told the Star. “Then he says ‘send me your whole catalogue’, and he ended up using ‘Curiosity’ for the final scene and ‘Hour of Need’ from my previous album Gypsy Summer.” And now that Penner’s seen screeners of the end result, he’s thrilled to see the way his tracks complement the storyline. “It’s kind of awkward because in one scene it’s this couple in a van, they just blew something up and then I start singing like I’m there in the backseat or something,” he laughed. And in another moment one of his songs accompanies a bombastic, violent outburst from baseball bat-wielding lead actor Peter Mullan. “Mullan is ****ing awesome. He’s the drug dealer from Trainspotting, and he was just in this show Top of the Lake, and he just carries the show. He’s got this really great, sublime anger.” Penner said though his music’s inclusion in the show is a career coup, he’s trying to focus on his next album rather than rest on his laurels. He plans to record his latest, Sex and Politics, with long-time touring partner Jon Wood in September. “I like to say sex and politics are the only two things that matter. I mean, I worked with the homeless for most of my life from Chicago to Brandon, Manitoba to Calgary. And I don’t want to call it the dark side, but it’s a subculture
Lyrics from ‘House of Liars’ Down at the scene of the crime they’re working overtime, they’re fueling the fire, feeding the wire; what sounds like a choir is a house of liars, I’m still looking for one good and honest person for hire.
Three tracks from Blewett musician Cam Penner are featured on the BBC Scotland miniseries Stonemouth. Will Johnson photo
I got to be a part of.” And his experiences working in shelters have provided him with plentiful inspiration. “I’m doing it again here in Nelson, at Stepping Stones, and for me that’s where I feel comfortable. It’s raw, it’s honest. It goes from addiction and horror to beauty too. That stuff will always been inside me.” And it makes him angry. “A lot of my songs are about revolution, because there’s a revolution going on and I want to be a part of that. We’ve got one of the worst governments we’ve ever had and it’s more important than ever to fight. We should all be rallying.” And though he says Nelson is much more progressive than Calgary, where he used to be horrified by what he calls hyper-consumerist culture, he feels there’s still plenty of work to do here. “I’m inviting people to understand the darker parts of society. When I lived in Calgary, it was such a big-money town and there was so much ugly stuff going on. There’s still stuff going on here — like we have
a huge homelessness problem — but the biggest thing is we’re not providing affordable housing.” Penner believes that would be the first step in addressing the Kootenays’ intensifying mental health crisis. “You take dignity away from people, you take away affordable housing, and no wonder we’re in this situation. This is an expensive, rich town. But I don’t like being direct, you know? I’m not a storyteller. I grew up going to church and I didn’t like that directness.” Instead he tries to paint an audio image for his listeners. “Okay, so John is a crack addict — but we already know that. The real question is how does he feel? What is that like?” And the way he gets that across is idiosyncratic. “I’m not a learned musician, so I don’t understand the language most musicians use. For me it’s how I’m seeing it, how I’m feeling it. I’m painting a picture. That’s why I travel with Jon, because he understands my language.” Penner said he can’t wait to get into the re-
cording studio with Wood, where he’s planning to produce songs with a potent emotional kick. “The best part of my day is getting up on that stage and trying to pull the rug not only from under the audience but also from under myself. I want to be moved, you know? I want something to hit me in the chest.” Penner said his music has evolved over the last 15 years from a rootsy, country singer-songwriter vibe to something “darker and bigger.” “Now my stuff has a little bit of Tom Waits-y vibe, lots of soundscapes and ethereal shit. We can go big as we want, but we can also make it fragile.” He said his sound wouldn’t be possible without Wood’s contribution. “I’ve played with so many amazing players, and it takes a long time to find someone like that who can make your songs come alive. He really tries to serve the song, and every time we play it’s something different.” And, Penner said, he’s having lots of fun. “I never want to kiss myself. At 75, maybe, then I can pat myself on the back … but the main thing is I’m having fun. It started out as a dream, and now it’s a business, but I feel rich because I get to travel, I get to own a place out here in the Kootenays, and I just keep doing it and doing it.” Penner will play MarketFest on July 24, Spiritbar on July 24, Unity Fest on July 25 and Ponderosa Festival on August 22.
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Student scientists clean up at national competition Nicolas Paun and Dylan Peil take home silver and bronze medals
Will Johnson Nelson Star The Kootenay Lake school district sent three aspiring scientists to the national science fair in Fredericton recently, where Nicholas Paun was awarded the senior level silver medal and Dylan Peil came home with the junior bronze. “This year’s Canada Wide Science Fair was the most fun I’ve had in my entire life. I got to see Fredericton for the first time and it reminded me of home without the mountains,” said Peil, who received a $2,000 prize with his bronze medal. Peil is a Grade 8 student at Trafalgar and for the science fair he designed and prototyped a solar concentrator using a satellite dish covered with mirrors, and also constructed three Stirling engines that can transform heat energy into mechanical energy and finally into electrical energy. “I also enjoyed the hospitality of University of New Brunswick. It was a very beautiful campus,” said Peil. Peil’s fellow students effusively agreed. “This was my second year, and it was quite different from last
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Dylan Peil, Ivie Lock-Luttmer and Nicholas Paun recently returned from the national science fair in Fredericton, where Paun brought home a senior silver medal and Peil was awarded a junior bronze. Will Johnson photo time,” said Paun. “It’s hard to pick out any one thing, but I enjoyed presenting my project to the judges. I also made a lot of connections with fellow finalists and had so many interesting conversations.” Paun, a Grade 12 student at Mount Sentinel, earned his spot at the national competition for developing Chemlogic: A Logic Programming Chemistry System. Paun’s invention is now available as an Android app on Google Play. Paun’s silver medal came with a $11,000 prize, and he’s planning to attend UBC in September to study computer science and physics.
“This is my last year of high school so it was an amazing way to end my science fair career,” he said. Lock-Luttmer, a Grade 7 student at Trafalgar, said she enjoyed sharing her project with the judges, and thoroughly enjoyed her weeklong stay. Her project was about dead zones in lakes, and she plans to continue her research to include more local information. “It was cool to be in a dorm and see what that would be like,” she said. To view pictures of the trio’s trip, visit 2015westkootenaycwsf. blogspot.ca.
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BALFOUR BEACH REGIONAL PARK Please join us on June 23, 2015 to provide your comments on the Draft Balfour Beach Regional Park Management Plan. This 3.8 hectare waterfront park is on the western shore of Kootenay Lake in the community of Balfour within the Regional District of Central Kootenay. The Draft Management Plan provides direction for public access and includes proposals to preserve the park’s natural environment.
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Dinner with Patrick Bonin followed by Friday Night Live Open Jam hosted by Jimmy Lewis, Danny De Villo, Marty Carter & Patrick Bonin. Come in for 2 for 1 Fish & Chips.
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The Royal is proud to host Rita Marie’s Birthday Bash a salsa extravaganza! 2 for 1 poutine specials!
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Latin Flavours hosted by Soniko. Come in and beat the heat! Enjoy 2 for 1 Aloha Burgers and 1/2 price seafood chowder!
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80’s night with music videos played on the big screen! 2 for 1 Classic Burgers!
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Danny De Villo from The Handsome Liars is hosting our Open Stage so bring your instruments. Burger & Beer for only $15.00!
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The summer solstice marks the official start of summer and is the longest day of the year. In celebration the Nelson community Labyrinth Group will be hosting a community walk at the Lakeside Labyrinth in Rotary Lakeside Park on Sunday, June 21 at 1 p.m. This is an opportunity to join others in exploring the benefits of walking the labyrinth. For more information visit labyrinth.kics. bc.ca. Nelson Community band holds its concert, A Summer Celebration of Song, on Tuesday, June 23, 7:30 p.m. at First Baptist Church, 611 5th St. Admission is by donation. MarketFest returns on Friday, June 26 with an amazing lineup on two stages and 100 vendors of all kinds. MarketFest is one of Nelson’s premier summer festival so don’t miss it! Join the EcoSociety for an evening of family-friendly fun. MarketFest runs from 6 to 10:30 p.m. on the 200 and 300 blocks of Baker Street. A $5 donation is kindly requested for persons over 13 years of age. For more info: markets@ecosociety.ca.
Workshops
Take part in a free seniors health and wellness workshop, Staying Fit at Home-Armchair Yoga, Nelson Seniors Citizen Centre, 719 Vernon St., today, 10 a.m. Please wear comfortable clothing. Attention 10 to 16 year old scientists! Kootenay Nature Investigator is being offered at Kokanee Creek Provincial Park every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday in July and August. Explore with a naturalist, aboriginal educator, and an artist. Learn about tracking, botany, keeping a field journal. For more info or register, visit kokaneevisitorcentre.org. The Women’s Centre is taking registration for the Meal Planning workshop with nutritionist and health coach Erin Morrison on June 24,
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Dinner set 6-8pm by Glennn Mitchell on piano. Ladies Night featuring DJ Eyedawg, Mr. Bounce & Spindy. Come enjoy 2 for 1 Steak Dinners!
Happy Hours
4-6pm Tuesday-Sunday with $12 jugs of beer and 1/2 price appies! Come join the fun!
The Slocan Valley Art and Garden Tour is this Sunday! You can find the map at Kootenay Co-op, Ellison’s, Kootenay Bakery, Slocan Village Market, Mountain Valley Station, Mama Sita’s, Sleep is For Sissies, Evergreen Natural Foods, Fulla Beans, garden centres, and other businesses around the valley. See you on Sunday, June 21 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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The Kootenay Car Share encourages people to fill out the wheelchair accessibility vehicle survey prior to Tuesday, June 30 at surveymonkey.com/r/S8YH2VS. Call 250-352-6011 or email wcvan.nelson@gmail.com. The Kootenay Shambhala Meditation Centre (Tibetan Buddhist Lineage) offers free introductory meditation instruction every Monday night at 7 p.m. Teachings, a talk or discussion group and tea follows the meditation session. Other public sitting times are Tuesdays 7 to 8 p.m., Wednesdays and Fridays noon to 1 p.m., and Sundays 9 a.m. to noon. For more information go to nelson. shambhala.org or email nelsonbuddha@ gmail.com.
Royal Canadian Legion Branch #51 invites guests to enjoy billiards, snooker, shuffleboard, big-screen television for sports, barbecues, monthly celebrations, beverage room, darts (Wednesdays 7:30 p.m.), meat draws and karaoke (Saturdays, 3:30 p.m.) and cribbage (Sundays 1 p.m.). Call for upcoming jam sessions. Info: rclbr51@telus. net or 250-352-7727/250-352-6464. Nelson Chess Club Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Nelson Seniors Association (next to the Civic Centre), 717 Vernon St. All ages and levels are welcome. It’s free. The Young Women’s Peace Leadership Camp, for 15 to 35 year olds, runs Aug. 24 to 28 near Nelson. Participants explore possibilities for careers and activism in a beautiful environment. Contact and registration info: peacecampnelson@gmail.com, or call Madelyn MacKay at 250-505-4122.
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Come party and camp out with Foundationstone, DJ Selectah Messenjah and The Hilties on Saturday, June 27 at the Ymir Hall. There will be a barbecue campsite across from the Ymir Hall. Tickets are $10 at the door, and you can book a spot by calling Patrick at 250-551-7720.
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The Nelson Community Band presents their Summer Celebration of Song at Nelson Baptist Church on Tuesday, June 23 at 7:30. Canadian content, Carmina Burana, and a trip through space await audience members. A feature solo will highlight the tremendous skills of Ian Hartline. Admission is by donation. Funds raised will help pay for some improvements to the church.
Funds will go to the purchase of Shelterbox Nepal to help earthquake victims and the Room to Live (nelsoncares.ca) project
Special events The Avant Garde Cabaret at the Capitol Theatre on Friday, June 19 has brought together performers from all over the Kootenays to entertain, shock, excite and move you. This is a dress-up opportunity for the adult audience. The lineup includes Brian Kalbfleisch, Lola Lane, Nadine Tremblay and Scarlet Mary Rose. Doors at 6:45 and show at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 and are available from the Capitol Theatre box office. Selkirk College’s Kootenay Studio Arts present their annual year end show and sale on Friday, June 19 from 3 to 8 p.m. and Saturday, June 20 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Students in five different studios — blacksmithing, ceramics, jewelry, metal casting and textiles —will be featured in the show. Admission is free and everybody in the community is invited to have a look. For more information about Kootenay Studio Arts at Selkirk College visit selkirk.ca/school/arts. The West Kootenay EcoSociety presents Marketfest on June 26 from 6 to 10:30 p.m. Featuring Lint, Breakwater, Brian Rosen and the Whatnow, Miles of Motion, Soul Fire, Moving Mosaic Samba Band and James Lamb. The festivities will take place on Baker Street.
Movies The Nelson Civic Theatre presents Cameron Crowe’s Aloha on June 19 at 7 p.m. Starring Bradley Cooper and Emma Stone. A celebrated military contractor returns to the site of his greatest career triumphs and reconnects with a long-ago love while unexpectedly falling for the hard-charging Air Force watch-dog assigned to him. It will also screen at 9:30 p.m. on June 20 and 4 p.m. on June 21. For more information visit civictheatre.ca. On June 20 at 7 p.m. and June 21 at 6:30
Kristen Renn is one of the performers in the Avant Garde Cabaret at the Capitol Theatre on Friday. p.m. the Nelson Civic Theatre will be showing Love and Mercy. In the 1960s, Beach Boys leader Brian Wilson struggles with emerging psychosis. In the 1980s, he is a broken, confused man under the 24-hour watch of shady therapist Dr. Eugene Landy. For more information visit civictheatre.ca.
literary arts The Lure of the Local is the theme for a special reading by accomplished author and former Parliamentary Poet Laureate Fred Wah on Thursday, July 2, 7 p.m. at the Nelson Public Library. The free reading is a kick-off to Wah’s workshop with Elephant Mountain Literary Festival as writer-in-residence. The workshop is for any writer with a landscape-oriented writing project looking for ways to develop it and runs July 6 to 9. For information Wah’s course, go to emlfestival.com. For reading information please visit Nelsonlibrary.ca. Creativity is highlighted at Nelson’s annual Elephant Mountain Literary Festival from July 10 to 12. The 100-Mile Gala on Friday at 7:30 p.m. at the Adventure Hotel celebrates the local with readings, food, and wine pairings. Daytime Saturday panels explore the creative process with local luminaries, including the authors who will also appear on stage at the Capitol on Saturday, July 11 at 7:30 p.m. These are: Governor-General’s Literary Award-winner Kate Pullinger, Commonwealth Writer’s Prizewinner Marina Endicott, and songwriter and
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Music Friday Night Live at the Royal on Baker will be hosted by Danny De Villo, Marty Carter, Jimmy Lewis and Patrick Bonin. Rita Marie will be having her birthday bash featuring a salsa extravaganza on Saturday. Call the Royal at 250-354-7014 for more information. Rafferty Funksmith hosts a party to celebrate the longest day of the year on Saturday, June 20. He’ll be throwing down a full night of vinyl funk, soul, hip hop and more. Tickets are $2 at the door and doors are at 10 p.m. For more information contact the Hume Hotel. On Tuesday, June 23 The Wooden Sky will play at Spiritbar. There will be no opening act, and the band plans to play two full sets. The audience is encouraged to be there by 8 p.m., with the show starting at 9 p.m. Tickets are $15 in advance from the Hume Hotel. London U.K. drum and bass producer Metrik will make his Nelson debut at Spiritbar on Friday, June 26. Local openers Eyedawg and Smasha will perform first, and there will be a custom visual experience by Ayin and a laser show by Triple Beamz. Tickets are $20 and are available from the Hume Hotel.
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On the Road Management and Crank it to 6 present the iconic Canadian punk legends Gob at Spiritbar on Wednesday, June 30. Since they’re stopping in Nelson on the eve of Canada’s birthday, it will be an All-Canadian punk party. Special guests will be Newtron Bomb and The Tarholes. Doors open at 9 p.m. and music starts at 10 p.m. Tickets are $20 and are available from the Hume Hotel.
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Ravencourt B&B in the Slocan Valley will host a unique Charlie Jacobson house concert on Saturday, July 4 at 7 p.m. Jacobson is a 22-year-old blues prodigy who has performed hundreds of shows across western Canada, ranging from modest house concerts to large venues like the Calgary International Blues Festivals. Admission is by donation. For more information phone 250-226-7801.
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Over the last year, members of Savage Blade have ventured far and wide to spread the wrath of traditional heavy metal. They will now return with a concert on Saturday, July 4 at Spiritbar with local heavy-hitting rock sensation Immune 2 Cobras. Doors open at 10 p.m. Tickets are $12 in advance and are available from the Hume Hotel.
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Unity Festival announces line-up
Submitted to the Nelson Star Unity Music Festival is bringing music from around the world to Slocan City beach on July 25 and 26. The line-up includes OKA (New Zealand), Delhi 2 Dublin, Pigeon Hole, House of David Gang, Adham Shaikh, Moontricks, Cam Penner, Intersect and Dazza, Rosie Brown Band, J. Greg Walter Trio, Rhoneil, Good Old Goats, Sheree Plett, Father Paul and the Fireside Prophets, The Circus Insommniacs and more. This is the fifth year for the family festival which will have two stages, kids zone, live art
and the beautiful swimming beach of Slocan City along with the breathtaking vista of Valhalla Park. Tickets are $75 in advance and $80 at the gate. Kids 12 and under are free. For the full line-up and more info, go to unitymusicfestival.ca. The festival is run by the Slocan Valley Cultural Alliance, a non-profit society dedicated to promoting music, art, dance and culture in the Slocan Valley. For more information contact Felicity Gerwing or Danielle Bedard at slocanvalleyculturalalliance@gmail.com.
The backdrop to the Unity Music Festival will look different now that the Springer Creek sawmill has been demolished. This photo was taken a few years ago. Anitra Winje photo
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The Showcats strike out on their own Erin Eat Your Heart Out hosts Post-Modern Jukebox Burlesque
Will Johnson Nelson Star Erin Eat Your Heart Out has been dancing in Nelson for the last 12 years, but her upcoming burlesque showcase at The Royal on Baker is the first time she’s produced her own show — and she couldn’t be more excited. “I’ve been involved in samba bands, I’ve been a belly dancer, and I’ve danced at all kinds of community events like MarketFest and Streetfest,” the performer, whose real name is Erin Thomson, told the Star. “Lately I’ve been participating in burlesque with the Heavy Petal crew, and I thought now was the right time to do this because I’ve had so much interest from the community in developing a showgirl class.” The event, called Post-Modern Jukebox Burlesque, will feature songs from a variety of eras. “I get to work with the idea of a jukebox, so we’ll have songs from the ‘20s, the ‘40s, the ‘60s, all of
them with a modern jukebox twist. The style of dancing will change from piece to piece, with lots of retro-vintage stuff, and it will be very eclectic. This is new territory.” The main attraction of the night will be The Showcats, a group Thomson has been performing with for about a year and a half, consisting of Velvet Jones, Sherry Perry, Sage Anise, and Stacey Lockdown. Thomson said the group is ready to take their performances to the next level. “Three of these ladies I’ve danced with for over three years, and some of them for even longer with samba and my global rhythms dance troupe. It’s through their dedication we found each other.” The show will also feature the Show Kittens, participants in Thomson’s dance class. For many of these women, it will be their first time on stage. And each will get to do a solo. “We’ve also invited some other artists from the community, such
as Lola Lane, Ivy Strange, and Kelly-Rae with her troupe The Martinis. As well, we’ll have Brian Kalbfleisch and the Handsome Liars,” said Thomson. The show will be followed by an “afterglow” party by DJ Just-B. One thing Thomson is most excited about is the inclusion of burlesque legend Judith Stein, who will perform during the show. “We are so thrilled to have her in our show. I can’t wait,” said Thomson. Admission is $20 and doors open at 9 p.m. For more information visit the Showcats on Facebook. Above: Erin Eat Your Heart Out (centre) is the producer of the upcoming showcase Post Modern Jukebox Burlesque at the Royal on June 27. She is joined here by the other four members of her group the Showcats, (from left) Velvet Jones, Sage Anise, Stacey Lockdown and Sherry Perry.
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can’t hear the words “curl up with a good book” without feeling all warm and fuzzy. At the library we believe bookcurling-coziness should be a universal and inalienable human right. And so we try to encourage it in myriad ways. We lend books, audiobooks, DVDs, CDs, and downloadable books to anyone with a library card, and we make the library a welcoming place to read for travellers and other non-cardholders. There is no shortage of ways to curl up with a library book, physically or virtually. We give away books through free book bins at shelters, soup kitchens, and food banks. When we discard books from our collection, we put them in our lobby
for you to take home and curl up with. Or (this being summer) to stretch out in the shade with, or to take to the beach. (We’re not so happy when library books come back full of beach sand, so by all means, take these!) A note: please don’t put the books you wish to give away into our lobby “free bin.” If they’re in good shape, please donate them when we’re open; if they’re not, please find another home for them. We don’t encourage curling up with a Friend of the Library unless you are a relative or an extremely close buddy, but we do feel warm and fuzzy about our Friends. That’s because the Friends sell the better books that are donated to us (but don’t go in the collection) at annual book sales, at the silent auction across from the circulation desk, and at the perpetual book sale shelf — and with the funds raised do wonderful warm and fuzzy things for the library. The perpetual book sale (not to be confused with the free bin in the lobby — we count on you to honour the honour system!) is by our stairwell. The sale from these books raises approximately
Catherine Brocchagen $130 per month — that’s more than $1,500 over a whole year. The Giant Fall Booksale (just down the street at the Old Church Hall on October 23 and 24) raises about $2,000, and the spring Kids’ Booksale raises around $800. That’s all from sales of books donated by you (feeling warmer and fuzzier all the time, here). Currently, the Friends are using some of the funds they’ve raised to create a cozy reading nook for kids and their adults to curl up on. Designed and built by Doug Scott (whose talents have created many a wonderful Capitol Theatre set, among other things) this beautiful wooden bench will snuggle up against the back wall by the Friends’ Den (where the books you donate are stored). Huge thanks to Deborah of the Nelson Stitch Lab, who has agreed
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to work with some library-loving kids to create book-themed cushions for the new bench. As a backdrop to all that coziness, artist Nichola Lytle, who designed our beautiful mural in the children’s section and covering the electrical box outside, is custom designing a mural variation for the space. New Friends of the Library are always welcome. Catherine Brocchagen is stepping down as chair after 4½ years to have time to pursue further studies in library and information technology, and I think I echo the sentiments of all when I say she is the epitome of warm and fuzzy community service. Thank you, Catherine! The library is more than books, of course. It’s a place to connect — with ideas, and with each other. Summertime at the library is all about connecting kids through the Summer Reading Club, and older kids through the teen version. When it’s warm outside we turn up the cool programming. And there is always a place to curl up with a good book.
Anne DeGrace is the adult services coordinator at the Nelson Public Library.
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First MarketFest of 2015 nears cluding the vendors, the city and local Baker Street businesses,” he said. “June MarketFest is once again sold out with 100 vendors displaying their amazing variety of offerings. “It is always remarkable to see all the creativity and care vendors put into their products and displays. MarketFest attendees will have a fantastic variety of products to chose from including hand-made hats, locally made clothing, pottery and jewelry, an array of locally crafted body care products and, of course, lots of different and delicious ready to eat foods.” MarketFest will have its food court area on and around Kootenay St. which makes it easy for festival goers to find and choose from the wide selection of ready-to-eat foods on hand. What better way to spend a warm summer evening then eating scrumptious fresh foods, shopping for locally made goods and listening to wonderful live music? The West Kootenay EcoSo-
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Submitted to the Nelson Star The West Kootenay EcoSociety is once again bringing MarketFest back to Baker St. next Friday from 6 to 10:30 p.m. This is a rain or shine event but hopefully the weather will be kind, the sun will shine, and the music will soar. This year’s music includes Breakwater, Brian Rosen and the WhatNow, Miles in Motion, James Lamb and Lint. There are also of number of dance acts including Slava’s Folk Fusion and Soul fire. This year the three 2015 MarketFest events take place June 26, July 24 and Aug. 21 on the 200 and 300 blocks of Baker St. EcoSociety markets and events Director Jesse Woodward is working with vendors, the Chamber of Commerce and city agencies to ensure that MarketFest is, once again, a great success. “We’re delighted with the response from all who are involved in making the June MarketFest a wonderfully successful event in-
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WILL JOHNSON Nelson Star A mechanical failure at the Stibbs pressurereducing valve station on Stanley St. in Nelson is to blame for multiple houses that experienced flooding at approximately 11 p.m. Monday night. “It’s intended to keep the pressure down, but in this case it didn’t and that was the problem here,” said public works director Colin Innes. “From what we can see, the pressure climbed from 45 to 100 psi for a short duration. We had to reset the valve and get it working again.” Innes said the pressure came back down quickly, but not before causing multiple water heaters to release their contents into homes. Innes said he was inundated by calls from angry customers with flooded water heaters, but from what he understands none actually broke — instead, their pressure release valves worked as designed. “We’ve been telling everyone to get a plumber to look at their water heaters. We’ve heard of about 20 so far that weren’t blown up, or destroyed, but obviously people are dealing with a lot of water.” Innes said the surge affected what they refer to as Zone 2, which covers the upper part of Rosemont between the highway and Gore St. The Star also received phone calls from upset residents in Uphill. Innes said the city isn’t sure what caused the surge, and expressed bafflement at the outcome on Tuesday. He ruled out rumours connecting the event to an earth tremor in Trail. After recreating the circumstances, the city has determined the valve is now working correctly. “We’ve been scratching our heads over here trying to figure it out,” Innes said.
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Former Nelsonite joins Toronto Maple Leafs staff
Nelson Star Staff Jim Hiller has been named an assistant coach with the Toronto Maple Leafs. Hiller, who grew up in Nelson and played minor hockey here until the midget level, worked as an assistant under Mike Babcock last season with the Detroit Red Wings. Also going from the Wings to the Leafs is fellow assistant Andrew Brewer, while D.J. Smith rounds out the additions to the bench staff. Hiller, 46, moved to Sas-
katchewan in 1987 to play Junior A and also played at the college level with Northern Michigan University and was drafted by the Los Angeles Kings in 1989. His NHL career only lasted 63 games, but he found professional success during six seasons in Germany and Italy before returning to Canada to coach in the Western Hockey League in 2002 and a brief stint with the BCHL’s Alberni Bulldogs in 2005-06. “I’m excited at the oppor-
tunity of working again with Mike, and to also add to the value that both D.J. and Andrew bring,” Hiller said. “I’ve been fortunate enough to work with many great organizations — most recently the Red Wings — and am grateful for the chance to now join the Leafs.” Babcock signed a lucrative long-term deal with the Maple Leafs last month after a 10-year run with the Red Wings. Hiller was in charge of Detroit’s power play unit last season.
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Skating club hands out the hardware Nelson dropped a close match in the final of the West Kootenay Little League Major baseball championship Sunday in Fruitvale. Jim Bailey/Trail Times photos
Nelson Giants second at championship
Nelson Star Staff The Nelson Giants placed second behind Castlegar in the West Kootenay Little League Major baseball championship last weekend. The Castlegar Cubs won the championship Sunday after going undefeated through the tournament, beating Okanagan Falls in the semifinal 15-13 before defeating Nelson 5-4 in the final at McInnes Park in Fruitvale. The Giants lost 7-3 to Trail on Friday but went on to win against Okanagan Falls 11-3 and Salmo 14-1 on Saturday. On Sunday the Giants rallied against Beaver Valley. Down 5-1 in the top of the fifth inning, the Giants came back in a dramatic last inning to win 8-7 and earn a berth in the final.
Submitted to the Nelson Star The Nelson Skating Club recently held their 2014/15 year end banquet and awards ceremony at the Eagles Hall. It was an entertaining event hosted by Lucas Myers who enlightened everyone with his humourous insightfulness of the skating world. Highlighting the night was recognition of the gigantic milestones the club achieved this year: the jump harness installed in the Civic Arena, the new logo and new club jackets. It was a celebratory night on several levels with Morgan Sabo receiving a 16th birthday singalong and touching speeches to high school graduates Christina Champlin and Courtney Shrieves along with a slide presentation of their years in the club. Program Assistant of the Year went to Shantalla Hill, the Dance Artistry trophy was awarded to Charly Defouw; Most Improved Skaters in their respected level went to Daria LeBleu, Brianne Morris, Courtney Shrieves, and Charly Defouw. Sportsmanship was awarded to Helena Keating and
The Nelson Skating Club wrapped up its 2014/15 season recently. the Test Achievement Trophy to Charly Defouw. Christina Champlin was given her special Gold Interpretive Medal. Coaches Sarah Gower and Yoshie Measures gave speeches and special awards recogniz-
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ing each skater for their accomplishments this season. Earlier, at the Broadway on Ice Show, awards were also given to the CanSkater of the Year: Ivan Hale, CanSkate champions Molly Anderson and Gabriel
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Makortoff, and the Coaches Cup Trophy to Brianna Tomlin. After a short rest, the club is gearing up for summer school taking place over three weeks in August at the Nelson and District Community Complex.
The Annual Legacy Golf Event in partnership with Selkirk Paving & Nelson Ready Mix. Fantastic prizes, dinner and a fun day of golf, all while supporting our hospital. Call 352-5913 to register now $100 includes golf and a delicious dinner
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Keep them busy this summer!!
Kootenay Kids Society Adventure Summer Day Camp
Glacier Gymnastics
Summer CampS! Junior Campers
June 29 – September 3 Ages: 5-10 $35/day Monday – Friday, 8:15 am to 5:15 pm (register by day or by week)
9:00 - 10:30 am Ages 4-6 $60 / 4 days
Art, crafts, science, gardening, book club, nature, culture, swimming skills and outdoor field trips!
10:30 am - 12:00 pm Ages 6 and Up $60 / 4 days
senior Campers
Trampoline Campers
Weekly themes including Gardening, Mad Scientist, Water Wonders, Art Attack, Detective, Around the World in a week and more!
Art Camps Mixed Media Art Camp - July 13-17 9am - noon ~ Ages 5-7 2 - 5pm ~ Ages 8-10
Fashion Camp - July 20-24 9am - noon ~ Ages 8-11 2 - 5pm ~ Ages 12-15
Theatre Camp - July 27-31 9am-noon ~ Ages 6-10 ~ Theatre Workshop 2 - 5pm ~ Ages 11-16 ~ Shakespeare
12:30 - 2:00 pm Ages 8 and Up $45 / 3 days For further information and registration visit our website (www.glaciergymnastics.com) or call 352-2227.
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Program dates: June 29th to July 3rd Morning Session: 9 am to 12 pm $150 Ages: 8 to 14 years Canoe Kids is a nationally recognized program that focuses on water safety awareness and paddling skills. All equipment is provided. The session includes games, the opportunity to try a variety of racing and pleasure boats, BBQ on the last day, a mini regatta and a certificate!
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SUMMER CAMPS!! Get ready for Wild, wet and hilarious fun during NDCC Summer Camps Register Now!
SLAVA'S DANCE FUSION SUMMER CAMPS Both boys and girls will develop skills and creativity through a fusion of Contemporary, Breakdance, Ballet, Jazz, Lyrical, Bollywood, Hip hop, Urban styles and more. Fun music and healthy snacks!
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Go to: www.rdckca for the entire schedule
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Cool recreation programs offer ways to beat the heat
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Registration is open for cool programs with the Nelson and District Community Complex. Access to summer fun was never easier with awesome pass prices and activities. Browse programs in the leisure guide and online: rdck. bc.ca. Click the rec reg button or phone 250-354-4386. If you’re heading for the
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gear for ages six and up (50 to 275 pounds [23 to 125 kg]). This is a fully guided tour that takes two to 2½ hours over six lines. The guides clip/unclip and brake for all participants and start you off on a small line to ensure enjoyment with the whole course. Contact Todd for more information at 778214-0444 or todd.manton@ mountainzipline.com.
Out on the playing fields the Nelson ultimate frisbee scene has been heating up like the weather. In April, the Nelson ultimate competitive touring team, Homegrown, travelled
to Spain and Italy placing fifth at both the Costa Brava tournament and again at Paganello, the largest beach ultimate tournament in the world. Way to go Nelson Homegrown! Inspired? Then join a pickup game and see what the fun is about on Sundays from 4 to 6 p.m. and Wednesdays evenings 6 to 8 p.m. at Lakeside playing fields. Disc Break, the annual Nelson tournament July 25 to 26, is set to expand this year from 10 teams to 15 teams. The tournament will feature teams from Spokane, Seattle, Bozeman,
Kelowna,Vancouver, Calgary, Nelson, Rossland, Grand Forks and more. Get out and support the home team and see some of the best disc athletes in our region compete for top prize at Lakeside fields.
Gymnastics For All online registration is now open for Monday to Thursday, July 6 to Aug. 27 summer camps. Junior campers ages four to six (9 to 10:30 a.m.) and senior campers ages six-plus (10:30 a.m. to noon). Cost is $60 for four days. Trampoline Campers ages eight-plus (12:30 to 2 p.m.). Cost is $45 for three
days. For information, call 250-352-2227, email info@ glaciergymnastics.com, or visit glaciergymnastics.com. Last but not least is the Nelson Regional Sports Council annual general meeting on June 23 at 6:30 p.m. Please join the board of directors in reviewing the past year and electing new board members. All members welcome at the Nelson and District Youth Center meeting room upstairs. Kim Palfenier is the executive director of the Nelson Regional Sports Council.
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MLA hosts workshop to build dementiafriendly community
Submitted to the Nelson Star MLA Michelle Mungall is hosting a workshop in Nelson to build a more dementia-friendly community. “A growing number of people in our region are living with dementia,” said Mungall. “It is important that we have conversations and build our knowledge about how we can best support them and their families.” The workshop is open to the entire community and will be presented by the Alzheimer Society of BC. Participants will learn how to recognize signs of memory problems and how to best support people with dementia in our communities. “We are working with municipalities, professionals, corporations and volunteers to better support people with dementia through our Mungall dementia friendly communities initiative, and we are thrilled to be able to work with the community of Nelson,” says Maria Howard, CEO of the Alzheimer Society of BC. Like many others, Mungall’s family has experienced firsthand some of the challenges associated with dementia. “My family didn’t know how to communicate properly with my grandmother as she progressed into the later stages of dementia. It was difficult for everyone,” said Mungall. “These workshops will help people better understand the disease and make conversations about dementia easier for families and communities.” The workshop is Thursday, June 25 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Nelson Senior Citizens Association Hall at 717 Vernon St. All are welcome, but please RSVP to michelle. mungall.mla@leg.bc.ca or 1-877-388-4498.
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What wisdom will do for you
Where does wisdom come from? Are you wise? Do you want to be? If you were to seek wisdom, where would you look? If you possess it, what would it look like in you? It is amazing how much the city of Corinth, to whom Paul writes his Letter, was like us. At the time of its writing, there was a culture in Corinth of learning wisdom and experiencing the mysteries and deep spirituality that was not associated with Christ. Is that not our culture today? To be a radical follower of Christ in today’s world puts you right beside the simpleton or naïve. “We have grown past that foolishness,” declared a very inebriated man to me just the other day. Wisdom is a wonderful thing. But what is wisdom? What may seem like a wise choice to one may in fact look foolish to another. Who is right? The post-modernist would say neither, it just is. Somebody described wisdom as the right application of knowledge. Therein lays the conundrum for us. What is the right application of the knowledge that I possess? I think this is where we need the infusion of the Spirit of God. God knows stuff. In fact, God knows stuff we haven’t even thought of yet. When we open ourselves to the Spirit of God we can know “stuff ” our natural mind may never think of or even consider. When we open our hearts to God’s Spirit mysteries are revealed, hidden things become apparent, and the light shines brightly on our path. There is a human wisdom, but Paul the Apostle tantalizes the Corinthian Christians with a wisdom that has its origin in heaven. Paul lays out two kinds of wisdom. One is a wisdom that is from Heaven and another is a wisdom that is from the earth or has its origin in humans. Wisdom of the human type has a nice ring to it, but falls miserably short in the business of radically changing a life. People were caught up in nice sounding arguments, great oracle discourse and deep mysteries that no one could really fathom. Paul was interested in changed lives. Without apology he proclaims, “For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.” 1 Corinthians 1:18 Possessing wisdom will result in the power of God to live a new life... It might look like this; a life of purity, of peace making, of considering the plight of others, of submission, of showing mercy, of having good fruit, of being impartial, and of being sincere. To do the above list with any sort of integrity would require a supernatural infusion of the highest degree. Yet this is exactly Eckankar Worship Service the result of possessing a wisdom that originates from heaven and not from Saturday June 27 at 11am this earth. The brother of Jesus wrote, “Who is wise and understanding among Wharfhouse Business Services you? Let him show it by his good life, by deeds done in the humility that 601 Front Street, Suite 108 comes from wisdom.(Emphasis mine) But if you harbor bitter envy and (down stairs) selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth. Such Everyone Welcome “wisdom” does not come down from heaven but is earthly, unspiritual, of the devil. For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice. But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, GATHERING THIS SUNDAY impartial and sincere.” James 3:13-17 JUNE 21ST 10AM
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CATHEDRAL OF MARY IMMACULATE 813 Ward Street 352-7131 Sunday Mass Times: • Saturday 7:00 pm • Sunday 8:30 am and 10:30 am Parish office open Tuesday – Friday 9:00 am - noon rccathedral@shaw.ca • www.catholiccathedralnelson.ca
St. Saviour's Anglican Church 701 Ward St. at Silica St., Nelson
Family Service & Eucharist Every Sunday 10:30 a.m. St. Saviour’s Food Pantry Open Every Friday 9 - 11 a.m.
St. Michael & All Angels Sunday Service 11:30 a.m. 8551 Busk Road, Balfour
The Rev. Jeff Donnelly • kokanee-parish.com Office: 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Tue. - Thu. • 250.352.5711
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The wisdom that reveals mysteries and has the power to change a life is not easily obtained. He says, Nelson Christian Science Society “We speak of God’s A Branch of the Mother Church in Boston MA secret wisdom, a wisdom that has been hidden Sunday Service in Balfour 9:30 am at the Anglican Church on Busk Rd. and that God destined for our glory before time For information 250-229-5237 began.” 1 Corinthians 2:7 This wisdom will reveal things to us that are so magnificent Nelson Community Church and wonderful that we Sunday Worship Service will scarcely believe it. Heaven will open up to at 11:00 am us, God will be manifest, Everyone is Welcome and decisions of life will bear positive, lifeYour Pastors: bearing fruit. We sell Majors Robin and Yvonne Borrows ourselves woefully short, 250 551 4986 601 Vernon Street (Middle Level) by only considering what we can fathom and understand with our mind. Allow another Sunday Worship Gathering 10:00 am dimension into your life. Minister: David Boyd All are Welcome Give room for the Spirit Robin Murray presiding to shed light on every Sunday School and Graduation Recognition decision. I conclude with Paul’s admonition, Church pot-luck picnic to follow the service “We have not received All children welcome for Sunday School and Nursery Room available the spirit of the world Corner of Josephine and Silica Streets but the Spirit who is Ph: 250-352-2822 • www.nelsonunitedchurch.ca from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us.” 1 Corinthians 2:12
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Unity Centre of the Kootenays
Speaker - Elizabeth Blakely
• Developing Relationships • Music that will move you • Helping People ~ Help People
Topic - “A Spiritual Journey: From Mennonite to Metaphysician” Pastor Jim Reimer
520 Falls Street (Just off Baker Street) Parking available behind the building www.kootenaychristianfellowship.com • 1.888.761.3301
717 Vernon St. Sunday at 11 a.m. Any questions? Contact 250-354-5394
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SPEARHEAD, a design driven heavy timber manufacturer participating in award winning projects around the world, is looking for an experienced timber detailer. Experience with CAD Work is important, but not a prerequisite. Our company is based in beautiful Nelson BC. Competitive wages, a medical plan and vacation/holiday package are included. www.spearhead.ca contact: randy@spearhead.ca
One year ago, so suddenly, we lost our dear Anne. She was an amazing wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister, and friend to many. Her unconditional love was endless and her twinkling green eyed smile is deeply missed. Our lives go on without you But nothing is the same We have to hide out heartache When someone speaks your name Sad are the hearts that loved you Silent are the tears that fall Living here without you Is the hardest part of all You did so many things for us Your heart was kind and true And when we needed someone We could always count on you Those special times will not return When we were all together But with the love thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in our hearts You will be with us forever Our family will never be the same Till we meet again..Love You Lots n Lots!! John, Juanita and Crystal
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Part Time Maintenance Position available at Chahko Mika Mall, Nelson BC. Responsibilities include cleaning and maintaining all common areas of the shopping centre, including snow removal and grounds maintenance. Seasonal maintenance duties; is customer focused and able to work with minimal supervision. Position is up to 24 hours a week- various shifts.
Forward resume to: Karyn Clarkson Chahko Mika Mall 1150 Lakeside Drive, Nelson BC, V1L 5Z3 kclarkson@riocan.com
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FOR SALE Business Opportunity in beautiful Nelson BC Flowershop & Rental Business All Inventory and Equipment included email: feelingswithflowers@shaw.ca
Houses For Sale House for sale built on 6 acres of pristine forest. Post & beam structure. (1,100 sq.f.) 2 brdm, 3 pc bath & loft. Wood heating, 1 yr firewood supply, propane stand-by furnace, partial basement, carport, large patio, small orchard, room for large garden, composting system, excellent well (6.6 gpm), very private, Taghum area. 6210 Wills Rd, Nelson, BC. Off Sproule CK. Rd. 250 352-1142 . ask for Elaine or Aurelien (Al) Dupuis $349,000.
Mobile Homes & Parks 1976 14x60 in Balfour. 2 bdrm with addition, upgraded wiring, great cond, must be moved $20,000 obo 250-354-9734
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Female, late 30’s is seeking bachelor or 1 bdrm accom in or near Nelson, on/near bus route. On own or willing to share. Quiet, responsible & personable. tsuki.yuna77@gmail.com or 250 505-0361
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Male looking for housing. N/S, N/P, no vehicle. has lived in Nelson for 10 years, clean, ref avail on request needs something affordable $500/m max Josh83sherman@gmail.com
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Single Mature woman looking for affordable housing in the W. Kootenay. Must be near public transit. Can afford $650/m max all incl for 1 or 2 bdrm suite. Good ref avail. Quiet & responsible Linda teddy_bear_20054@hotmail.com or 250 352-9876
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Duplex / 4 Plex Great Duplex in Uphill Spacious & nice. Two floors. 4 bdrms, 2 baths. Renovated kitchen, baths, flooring and windows. W/D. Off street parking. Fenced yard. N/S. N/P Avail July 1st! $1250/m + util. Call 250 352-5059
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Employment Opportunity Early Childhood Educator Job share opportunity. Up to 18 hours per week working in partnership as a primary educator with children ages 2.5-3 years old. Starting wage for a qualified ECE is $16.00/ hour.
Office Administration Part time position, ranging from 8-12 hours per week. Working knowledge of excel and word essential.
Please send a cover letter & resume to: The School House ECLC Attn: Veronica O’Connor 1623 Falls Street Nelson, BC V1L 1J7
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Firefighters fêted Monday night was a big one for two Nelson Fire Rescue Service members. Far left, Chief Len MacCharles, Mayor Deb Kozak and fire commissioner Darrell Green presented a 35-year provincial service award to Capt. Gordon Rae (second from the right). Left, MacCharles and Kozak also thanked long time auxiliary firefighter Peter Defeo for his donation of a rapid intervention team kit to the fire department. It’s essential to aiding downed firefighters trapped in rescue situations. Submitted photos
Nick Wasyl Osachoff Sadly the family of Nick Wasyl Osachoff, of Castlegar (formerly of Vallican), wishes to announce his passing, with his loved ones by his side, at Talarico Place Care Centre, on Thursday, May 27, 2015 blessed with 88 years of life.
Obituaries
Nick was born in Blaine Lake, Saskatchewan on June 18, 1926 to parents Polly and Wasyl Osachoff. He grew up on the farm, along with two brothers, and attended school up to grade 8 in Riverhill, Saskatchewan. In 1943, at 17 years of age, Nick got his driver’s license, bought a car, and drove, with his dad, to BC and settled on a farm that his dad bought. He ended up living in Vallican for 64 years. On December 19, 1948, he married the love of his life for 52 years, Nellie Swetlishoff. They lived in an old shack until Nick built their home in 1954. The young couple adopted their son Walter in 1958 and daughter Theresa in 1961. Nick worked for Burns Lumber and the Vallican Pole Yard. In 1956, he was instrumental in starting the valley’s credit union, which he ran out of his home and was also involved in starting up the Slocan Valley Co-op. In 1961, he was asked to manage the co-op for 3 weeks, he did not leave until he retired in 1991 and even went back for a year and a half in 1995. Nick was a well liked and respected active member of the community. He spent many years as president of the Passmore Senior Citizen’s Association. In 2007, Nick moved to Castlegar, where he spent the remainder of his years. Nick loved animals and had many pets over the years. He loved music and enjoyed playing his sax and violin. Nick enjoyed pitching horseshoes, and won trophies in the BC Senior Games, gardening, golf and woodworking. Nick now joins his parents, his wife Nellie, his son Walter, his daughter Teresa Kanigan and his brother John. Nick will be remembered by his four grandchildren Jodi (Keelan) Lightfoot, Scott Osachoff (Amanda Rivet), Jaime (Sean) Massey and Kelly Kanigan (Mike Van Ryn); 7 great-grandchildren Braden, Jordan, Lexi, Morgan, Keegan, Zoey and Melody; brother Fred (Mabel) Osachoff; sister-in-law Fanny Osachoff and an huge circle of extended family and friends. Funeral Services were officiated by Sid Malakoff at Castlegar Funeral Chapel on Wednesday, June 3, 2015 followed by interment in the Slocan Park Cemetery. The family would like to express their heartfelt gratitude to Castlegar Funeral Chapel, officiant Sid Malakoff, the Slocan Park Ladies Cooking Group and the Men’s Digging Group, as well as for the many kind words of sympathy, cards, flowers and donations that were given. The family would also like to thank the staff at Talarico Place and the staff at Castlewood for their care and kindness.
Eugene Eiche
Eugene Eiche passed away April 5 2015 at the age of 80. Eugene was born in Paris, France on May 25, 1934 to a French father and Russian mother. He set his sights on an education in language and after he was awarded a Fulbright scholarship in 1956 he made his way to the University of Iowa, USA where he received his Masters in French literature. This is where he met and later married Mary-lue Condon. They moved to California in 1958 where he received his PHD in French literature at Stanford University and they started their family having a son and daughter. The Canadian dream was realized when he accepted a position as professor in the department of Romance languages at the University of Calgary in 1966. He loved being in nature and pursued time hiking and fishing in the mountains and lakes of B.C and the Rockies. Wanting the full experience he and the family spent their summers at a remote lake in a little log cabin in northern B.C. when the kids where small. After parting ways with his first wife and losing his second wife (Colette du Cheyron) to cancer Eugene took an early retirement in 1991. He travelled extensively abroad concentrating on France and Russia where he searched and then discovered family that he never knew he had. He forged wonderful lifelong relationships that tremendously enriched his life. It was in St Petersburg Russia in 1999 where he first met and five years later married his beloved Tatiana. They returned to Canada in 2004 to his Crawford Bay paradise. Eugene and his devoted wife happily spent the last eleven summers high above the Kootenay lake on their property. Their most frequent visitors were the deer, elk , bears and even cougars that would shortcut through their yard past the giant picture windows. They filled their days by enjoying the beauty of nature and each other’s company. Left to mourn are his wife Tatiana Lukovitskaya , daughter Katy Eiche, Son Greg Aitken (Sarah), adopted daughter Aurellie Mabille, Grandsons Nick and Riley Aitken, Ex-wife Mary-lue Whitcher and many relatives and friends in Canada, US, France and Russia.
Captain W.M. (Tony) Taylor
Tony was born and raised in Sunshine Bay, B.C. at the family farm, Tanglewood, on Jan. 30, 1936. His schooling included the Vernon Preparatory School for Boys, Procter Superior School, and St. George’s Academy in Vancouver. Tony’s love of the boats and the lakes was cemented in him when he obtained a summer job as a deckhand on the SS Minto during his later school years. He worked on many different vessels: SS Minto, SS Moyie, SS Granthall, MV Balfour, MV Anscombe, plus tugs, long range tow boats, barges, etc. on the Arrow and Kootenay Lakes. In 1961 he obtained his Marine Masters Ticket. In l963 and 1964 he was hired by the Federal Government as Captain on the Icebreaker/Survey Ship, Hugh A Young on the Mackenzie River from Hay River to Tuktoyuktuk, a distance of 1600 miles. In 1965 he was hired by the City of Calgary to oversee the construction of the SS Moyie II which was to operate as a Tourist Attraction on the Glenmore Reservior. He made the test trial and inaugural runs on this vessel. Tony tried his hand at a number of career choices, including the Air Force (where he played goalie on the hockey team), and the RCMP (where his trumpet playing found him in the RCMP Band). However, the water and boats remained his choice and he returned to the Kootenays. In 1971, Tony settled into a permanent position on the MV Anscomb as Mate/Relief Skipper. In 1978 he received his Captain posting, and in1986 he became Senior Skipper/ Administrator, retiring in this position in l992. Working on the Arrow Dam (Keenleyside) in the late 60’s gave Tony the opportunity to take up another passion, flying. He received his Private Pilot’s License in 1969. Tony and his wife, Linda, have lived at their Kootenay Lake home since 1978. Fishing, Curling, Golfing, RV Travel, trips North and South, have all been part of a happy retirement, along with the many large and small dogs that were part of the family over the many years. Tony will be remembered for his friendly smile, his love of life and his loyalty to his friends and family. So many people were involved in helping Tony during the past 15 months of illness. We felt so fortunate to have such wonderful teams in the Nelson Area. Tony was predeceased by his father, Duncan, his mother, Rachel and his brother, Cleland. He is survived by his brother, Walter ( Jean ) of Richmond, B.C. and his wife, Linda, of Balfour. A Huge Thank You to: Dr. Malpass (Annette, Cheryl, Juanita, Kelly and Karen) Dr Cochrane (Dianne, Frances, Olga ) Team 1 Nurses at the Gordon Road Wellness Centre Homecare Nurses and Careworkers Pharmacist Andrew Hoffert (People Pharmacy) Third Floor Nurses, Student Nurses and Caregivers A Heartfelt Thank you to the many friends and relatives who came to visit (some from many miles away). He enjoyed every visit, but especially those of his ‘old’ buddies from the Procter area. A Special Thanks to our neighbours, Dan Macdonald and Norm Wagner. ( You plowed us out in winter, rebuilt the “China Wall” in Spring, and were always available in time of need). To Donna and Serge Leukov. You kept us supplied with Borscht, brought much laughter and fond rembrances during your many visits, and were always there when needed. To my Brother, Ced and to Trudi, you have done so many wonderful things over the past year!! You are truly loved and appreciated. And finally, to Tony, for being such a good patient, making it possible for him to remain at home until the final few days of his life. He is remembered with much love! “Sail on, Captain”.
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The Capitol Theatre would like to thank the funders and trades that made the first phase of our Theatre Improvement Project a resounding success.
Do you remember the A&W drive-in on the north side of the orange bridge? This photo is ca. 1960s. Courtesy Touchstones Nelson
Share your memories at Touchstones Nelson
Submitted to the Nelson Star A son’s first haircut, going to the Starlight Drive-in theatre or hanging out at the Diamond Grill on Baker St. What would your Nelson/ Kootenay Lake memory be? These are just a few memories people have shared in the 60 years/60 Objects exhibit now on display at Touchstones Nelson. Along with a gallery full of local artifacts, visitors are invited to write their memories down and pin them up on the gallery wall. If they have a photo or object to go with the story, the gallery will scan or photograph it so they can take the original home.
Exhibit curator Rod Taylor says the stories “are a great addition to the exhibit — they can really bring the past to life.” Beyond the exhibit, Taylor says it’s also a reminder that a community museum such as Touchstones can only tell the stories that people bring them. That story can be as simple as a photograph of a business or building that is no longer there. “When we moved here in the mid-’90s, I remember having lunch at the Book Garden Cafe on Josephine St., quite a lovely place. I can think of other businesses that have come and gone as well, and
it would be great to have photos of them in the archives.” In addition to the gallery display, visitors can pick up a walking tour brochure that features 15 downtown businesses and buildings that have changed or are gone completely. Starting outside Touchstones, the tour route is an easy walk that should take between 30 minutes and an hour. 60 Years / 60 Objects will run all summer, and guided versions of the walking tour will be offered Saturdays in July. For information call 250-352-9813. Touchstones Nelson: Museum of Art and History is located at 502 Vernon St.
A & A Painting, A-3 Plumbing, Applied Electronics Ltd., Arts Management Systems, AV Solutions, Brent Bukowski Fine Art, Bruce Miller Construction, Cal Laybourne, Clean- Scene DKI, Dan Maglio Contracting Ltd., Dave Ringheim Fine Woodworking, David Dobie Architectural Design, David Ingraham, Digerati Computing, Eddy Music, Fine Woodworking Program at Selkirk College, Fortis BC, Hipperson Hardware, Inland Allcare, Jay Blackmore, Jan Kozlowski, Kootenay Glass & Mirrors, Kootenay Lake Electrical, Maglio Building, Nelson Farmers Supply, Oakwood Broadcast Ltd., bp ProAudio, Peter Galonski, Phantom Forest Electrx, Quality Stage Drapery, Rocky Point Engineering, SNT Engineering, Speedpro, Terry Brennan, The Blindman, Thomas Loh Architect, Trainor Mechanical, TU-Door Lock, Wheeler’s Classical Upholstery, Whites Digital, Wood Vallance. Special Thanks to our funders: The City of Nelson, Columbia Basin Trust, Amy Ferguson Institute, The Province of BC and Canadian Heritage for their funding support. And the work continues! On the Capitol Theatre’s wishlist is additional technical equipment and other improvements. Donations to assist in the next phase of the Capitol Theatre’s facility improvement are invited. Donors may contact Stephanie Fischer, Executive Director at the Capitol Theatre at 250 352-6363 to learn more about sponsorship and donation opportunities.
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Community Selkirk College student Charles Harris puts the finishing touches on one of the bronze masks that he will have on display at the annual Kootenay Studio Arts year-end show and sale that takes place today and tomorrow. Submitted photo
Kootenay Studio Arts wraps up semester at year-end show and sale Submitted to the Nelson Star You’re invited to take a peek at our region’s up-and-coming artists this weekend when students in Selkirk College’s Kootenay Studio Arts present the annual year-end show and sale. A late-spring tradition in the West Kootenay, students will have the results of many hours of splendid toil on display and available for sale at Selkirk College’s downtown Nelson campus at the corner of Victoria and Josephine streets. Students in five different studios — blacksmithing, ceramics, jewelry, metal casting and textiles — will be featured in the show that opens Friday afternoon and runs through
to Saturday afternoon. “I’m looking forward to it,” says metal casting studio student Charles Harris. “This is a profession I wanted to do since I was a kid and after spending nine months at KSA, I want to show it off a little.” Harris, 24, grew up in Rossland and after stepping away from postsecondary for three years, returned to Selkirk College this past September. With a passion for working with metal, he spent his first four months in the blacksmithing studio and since the Christmas break has been developing his skills in metal casting. Harris will have a number of items at the year-end show and sale
this weekend including belt buckles, door knockers, decorative hinges, chess pieces, knives and intricate bronze masks. Some will be for sale and some will be for show. “All these things that I had in my head and that I wanted to create required the skills that I’ve now acquired,” says Harris. “The program was better than I imagined. If you want something made out of metal … I can do it.” The show opens today at 3 p.m. and runs until 8 p.m. The students will be back at Kootenay Studio Arts tomorrow between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Admission is free and everybody is invited to come take a look.
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Live entertainment every night from 6-8pm, there will be tons of prizes and giveaways, as well as coffee tastings. Bringing the Third Wave Coffee movement to Nelson, one Cup at a time.
Founded in 2015, and proudly named after the vintage 1913 Empire Boiler that was recently decommissioned by The Adventure Hotel in Nelson, BC. This piece of equipment kept people warm for more than 100 years. Sections of this incredibly crafted steam boiler stand on display throughout our coffee house to pay homage to when things were just made better. At Empire we strive to provide things made better, and it all starts with the fruit. Our roasters go to incredible lengths to source their beans. They are selected from the top 1% in the world, and are bought farmer direct. From there we depend on our incredibly passionate team of baristas to deliver you the best cup of coffee and the experience to go with it.
Come celebrate our opening with us! 616 Vernon Street Nelson BC 250.352.7211 empire-coffee.ca
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Selkirk College provides industry options New intake added for popular plant operator program based at Silver King campus
Submitted to the Nelson Star Selkirk College is opening doors to multiindustry opportunities by offering an additional intake for the popular plant operator program. Based out of Nelson’s Silver King Campus, the 24-week program prepares students for entry level positions in a multitude of areas like oil and gas, refineries, pulp mills, forestry, mining, health care, educational facilities, manufacturing and recreation. With a six-week practicum built into the program, students gain knowledge and develop the skills required to operate, monitor and troubleshoot modern industrial plants. “The complex equipment that make things work together as one is the exciting part about this program,” says instructor Bruce McMaster. “You need a strong mechanical aptitude to be able to operate these pieces of equipment and problem solving is a big part of being a plant operator. It’s a field that has endless opportunities.” Selkirk College has the only replica plant of its kind in Western Canada. Built by Cominco in the 1980s, it is modeled after a sand batching plant and allows students to get hands-on training right on campus. Over the years the rep-
lica plant has been used by millwright/machinist program and electrical program students, but five years ago McMaster created the plant operator program which has morphed the unit into modern training equipment. Graduates earn a certificate of completion and typically find employment in manufacturing plants, production plants, processing plants, gas plants, oil fields, smelters, mines, mills, hospitals, refineries and recreational complexes. The program has two intakes each year — in October and March — that suit the hiring cycles of Teck Resources in Trail and Zellstoff Celgar in Castlegar. The provincial government has bolstered funding in areas of trades that are anticipated to be in-demand over the coming years. Plant operators are considered one of those areas, so a third intake has been added and starts this August. This intake will focus more on hospitals, school districts, municipalities, sawmills, recreational facilities and other large plant operations. In this round there will be potential practicums across the Kootenay. “Local industry involvement makes the program what it is,” says McMaster. “Without them and their plants, it would
Plant operator program instructor Bruce McMaster stands beside the replica plant used for training at Nelson’s Silver King campus. Submitted photo
be impossible to connect so many learning objectives with the real world. In turn, we have the op-
portunity to help fill positions that are required in their operations.” During the 18 weeks
of instructional time, students travel to 10 plant operations of various sizes throughout the West Kootenay including Nelson Hydro, Teck, Zellstoff Celgar, Columbia Brewery, Selkirk College, and the Nelson and District Community Complex. Classes for the next program start on Aug. 4. For more information on the program or registration call 250-354-3221 or go online to selkirk.ca/ plant-operator.
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Did you know BLACK KITTENS are the very last to be adopted? Yet they often have the best personalities -- check these sweeties out. Ready for adoption next week, but can be visited and picked out now! Call Daryl at 250-551-1053. Blewett Family Home
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Perfect rural family home in sunny Blewett backing onto the Nelson Riding Club. Modern style 5-bed, 2-bath home with 3 bdrms, full bath, kitchen, dining, living room and covered deck on the main floor. Daylight basement has a woodstove, 2 bdrms, full bath, laundry and access to back yard. The 1.03-acre property is all usable with lots of lawn, fenced garden, fruit trees, wood shed and small barn/outbuilding. Approx. 15 mins from Nelson.
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6172 redFisH road Waterfront home tucked away on no thru street far from highway traffic. A level .39 acre lot with almost 80 feet of waterfront. A unique home with self contained lower level and a 16’ x 33’ boat house to store those summer toys. Below assessed value. Robert Goertz
250.354.8500
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aFFordaBle HoBBy Farm 1.62 acres, 2-bed, 1-bath solid home 35 mins to Nelson & Castlegar. Recent improvements include a new metal roof, perimeter drainage tile and a new wood stove with insulated chimney. Affordability never looked so good. Quick possession is available. Norm Zaytsoff
250.354.8584
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Adorable Puppies We have male and female Rotti cross pups, born April 24th, almost ready for adoption. They can be met and picked now; they are being fostered in Balfour. Call Daryl at 250-551-0153.visit kaap.ca/ adopt.
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www.kaap.ca • 250.551.1053 Wondering how to donate to help KAAP pets? The Kootenay Co-op store in Nelson has a KAAP “Till Card”. When you pay for your purchases, just ask to swipe the KAAP till card, and $2 will be gratefully received. Thank you!
winlaw cHarmer This rustic, open plan home has all the room for a family yet has a very cozy feel. 4-bdrm, 2-bathroom home has a wood stove and 2 decks to sit on and enjoy the 2.4 acre property. Many structural upgrades have already been completed.
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LOL at the Civic Theatre in support of the BC SPCA
Submitted to the Nelson Star On YouTube you can see them in boxes, chasing dogs, dancing, singing, and even sitting around looking grumpy. Now for the second straight year, some of the Internet’s biggest celebrities are coming to Nelson. On Wednesday, June 24, Kootenay feline fans are invited out to the Nelson Civic Theatre for a very fun event in support of the Nelson SPCA. The Just For Cats 2015 film festival features all of your favourite cat videos in a hilarious compilation fun for the whole family. Last year this event sold out at the Civic Theatre and now it’s back with an entirely new reel, programmed by Will Braden, creator of the Henri, le Chat Noir series. In addition to the film screening, there will be a Kitty Corral adoption event prior to the show. “These adoptable kit-
Staff and volunteers at the BC SPCA Nelson branch get celebrity kittens ready for their big night at the Just For Cats film festival, coming to the Civic Theatre on Wednesday, June 24. Submitted photo ties aren’t world famous yet,” says Nelson SPCA branch manager Rob Andrew, “but they will be the stars of your family in no time.” Local DJ Jesse Lee AKA Rafferty Funksmith, Artist of the Year at the Kootenay Music Awards, will be spinning records during the adoption event. The Showcats will also have a very spe-
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cial family-friendly dance performance prior to the film. Just For Cats supports a national initiative to increase the welfare of cats across the country and enhance the human/cat bond. It is the only series of national festivals exclusively dedicated to cats and improving their welfare. Nelson as a small town is one of the very
few exceptions on a 2015 schedule, that mostly includes Canadian capitals. “Being a cat person isn’t always the most social experience, but this event is a great opportunity to kick back with like-minded animal lovers for a great night and a great cause,” says Andrew. “Dress up in your best cat costume and celebrate your inner feline.” The Kitty Corral adoption event begins at 6:30 and the main event starts at 7:30. The film lasts approximately one hour and there will not be an intermission. Tickets are $15, $10 for seniors and kids, and can be purchased online at civictheatre.ca or at the Nelson SPCA. The organizers acknowledge the Nelson and District Credit Union for sponsoring the event. For more information, contact the Civic Theatre at 250-352-5833 or the Nelson SPCA at 250-3527178.