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Will Johnson Nelson Star ootenay legend Wayne King was a painter, woodcutter, philosopher, shaman and beautiful soul, according to those who knew him, and he lived a uniquely monastic life before passing away peacefully in his 70s on June 14. “Wayne was one of the most prolific artists in the Kootenays,” King’s close friend Dustin Cantwell told the Star. “His work was split three ways between landscape paintings, visionary paintings and woodcuts, many of which had little aphorisms for daily life. My favourite was ‘leave no turn unstoned.’ “His comments on life were uplifting, philosophical and beautiful. He liked art, chess, hashish and beautiful women —not necessarily in that order.” Another close friend, Karla An example of the colourful, crazy artwork of the late Wayne King (top Whitaker, quoted him as saying right), who passed away June 14. Submitted photos that “life is an ocean of beauty and wonderment.” was passionate, he was a phi- sparkling, baby blue eyes.” “I really like that,” she said. “It losopher, and he reflected that Cantwell said King had a embodies Wayne. He really was in his art.” unique ability to reach across a yogi; he almost wasn’t human. As news of his passing societal boundaries. He was someone we all went to reached social media, a number “He could basically elevate — he slowed our lives down and of Nelson residents posted pic- anybody’s consciousness, from showed us the beauty and the tures of his artwork from their a skate punk to a single mother colour, the light and the love. own collections and expressed to an elder. He was able to shift He was the hermit in the woods their grief. a person’s thoughts from the who gave us all the things we Tributes have been posted in mundane to the spiritual. That couldn’t get ourselves.” a number of businesses down- was his amazing gift to people King, who had no fixed ad- town, including Oso Negro. of this area was raising people’s dress, was known for acting as “Today I must bid adieu to a consciousness.” “the unofficial welcome wagon friend, inspiration, mystic, artChris Kölmel seconded that to the Kootenays,” and was be- ist, philosopher, dreamer, flirt, sentiment. loved by everyone lucky enough rebel, adventurer, revolution“He spoke in eloquent and to meet him, according to Lilli ary ... an irredeemable, lovable highly imaginative prose, emVandermeer. freak,” wrote Stevland Ambrose phasizing the divine light, the “He was one of my elders. on Facebook. magic and energy that fed his I used to model for his god“Wayne E. King, your pass- passion for art and life. His dess pieces. Anyone who knew ing is a massive loss to every- paintings and woodcuts touched Wayne knew he could talk circles one whose life you’ve touched, the true beauty of our common around anything. The way he especially for those of us who landscape and brought that cothought was neverending. He have had a good look into those lour and richness into many lives

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TAMArA hynd Nelson Star Salmo RCMP say the fast action of two people helped save a man’s life on Highway 3 near the Bombi summit Saturday. Fruitvale’s David Hildahl was driving with his family when he saw a vehicle sliding upside down. Hildahal and his daughter’s boyfriend Brandon Hawthorn got out to help while Hildahl’s wife drove down the hill to call 911. “It was pretty intense,” said Hildahl. “Instincts kicked it.” They pried open a jammed door to find a man wedged down and pinned by his seatbelt. Hildahl raced up the road yelling for a knife as other vehicles stopped. By chance, his cousin Brett Molnar had a knife. They quickly cut him out and with more people helping, moved the man to the roadside. Hildahl estimates it was mere moments later that the vehicle became a “fire ball.” The man’s arm was bleeding heavily so Hawthorn used his shirt to slow the blood flow. A woman, who turned out to be a nurse, then used a belt as a tourniquet to stop the bleeding. RCMP said the driver may have been having diabetic issues and paramedics tended to him at the scene and brought him to hospital. Hildahl was pleasantly surprised to see the man walking in Trail on Wednesday. “I told him ‘It’s incredible to see you walking around’.”

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BILL METCALFE Nelson Star Recent changes to fishery regulations in Kootenay Lake are a result of public activism, according to a Kootenay Lake fishing guide. “Public pressure has got the ministry acting on this,” Kerry Reed says. He’s talking about the collapse in the numbers of kokanee in Kootenay Lake over the last couple of years and pressure put on the government by groups like the BC Wildlife Federation, which sounded the alarm last winter with a letter to the minister of environment demanding urgent action. The Government and citizens are trying to solve out-of-balance predatorWest Arm Outdoors Club called prey relationships in the Kootenay Lake fishery. Nelson Star file photo it the worst fisheries crisis on Kootenay Lake in over 70 years. and by 2012 showed unprecIn April, the province reAs a testament to the level of edented numbers. There were sponded to public pressure by public alarm about the fishery, so many they depleted kokanee placing a moratorium on ko300 people turned up to a public stocks, their main food source. kanee fishing and increasing the meeting in February in Balfour, As a result, kokanee numbers limit on Gerrard trout to four, in and 200 to another last week. have dropped drastically in the an attempt to balance things out The meetings were hosted by last couple of years, so trout have by decreasing predator numbers the Balfour Business and His- less to eat and are therefore fewer and giving the prey a chance. torical Association. Government and smaller. This part of the plan, accordfish biologists attended, made (This dynamic exists in the ing to some attendees at the last presentations, and answered main lake but not in the West meeting, made sense to everyquestions. Arm which has separate popu- one. The subject of discussion was lation dynamics and is not in “They are following through the out-of-balance predator-prey trouble.) with what they said [in Februrelationships in the lake. Gerrard The Gerrard trout fishery is an ary],” Reed says. “They are being and bull trout numbers have in- important part of the economy held accountable.” creased rapidly in recent years of Kootenay Lake communities. Another part of the prov-

ince’s solution is to introduce hatchery-raised kokanee fry to the lake from outside sources if the numbers are still down in September. There was some disagreement at the recent meeting about where those fry should be introduced. Local resident Harvey Andrusak, a retired regional fisheries biologist and director of fisheries for the province as well as a member of the BC Wildlife Federation, thinks all of the fry should all be introduced to the Meadow Creek spawning channel because of its proven effectiveness. “We know that at Meadow Creek the survival rate is 50 per cent, egg to fry,” he says. “In the south arm it is two to five per cent.” Andrusak said the province wants to introduce some of fry into other creeks in the south arm of the lake. No one from the ministry was available to comment. Another action contemplated by the ministry is to extend further into the fall the period of nutrient restoration in the lake. This is a program started in 1992 in which nitrogen and phosphorus are added to the lake each year to compensate for nutrients lost as a result of dams on the system.

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WILL JOHNSON Nelson Star During the Edmonton parade last week in which thousands of law enforcement agents converged to commemorate the life of Cst. Daniel Woodall, local Sgt. Dino Falcone peeked out over the crowd. “As far as the eye could see there were police officers marching, and I said ‘I can’t believe how many police officers are in this parade’,” he told 103.5 Juice FM. Falcone made the trip with a colleague, Cst. Shawn Zukowski. “We were lined up for 9:30 a.m. on the legislative grounds in Edmonton. We had close to 4,000 police officers, and we marched — sheriffs, correctional officers, RCMP, as well as other peace officers and municipal police represented from across Canada and North America,” Falcone said. The Nelson pair marched for an hour along streets blocked off as the procession made its way to the Shaw Conference Centre for a full regimental ceremony. “It was really emotional, not only the trip but it hit home the risks we take sometimes to ensure the public is safe and our members are safe,” Falcone said. He felt compelled to make the 20-

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Society concerned about Broader Horizons closure

Re: “Broader Horizons short of staff,” June 24 Very recently clients of the Broader Horizons facility on Gordon Rd. in Nelson received a letter informing them that effective June 30, Broader Horizons is closing for the summer. I understand this letter is under the signature of Cydney Higgins, community integration service manager. The letter states the closure is due to an inability to fill staff vacancies. The closing of the facility for even a few days removes a major and significant (in some cases only) social venue for many seniors, caregivers and others. It is much more than a gathering place and lunch program. Working with seniors and others, we see and hear daily the difference this facility makes to real people. I have gotten significant feedback on the value of the program to seniors, especially vulnerable seniors. Since the announcement our office has had numerous individuals express concern about both the temporary closure and possible future changes to this valuable program. An equally important consideration is the letter was sent directly to the clients about two weeks in advance of the closure with no advanced warning. This puts all of the clients, and anyone who cares about those clients, in an extremely difficult and stressful position. One woman I can think of takes care of her spouse with Alzheimer’s. This woman has her own serious health conditions. The only way she is able to hold things together is by knowing that her spouse goes off a couple times a week to Broader Horizons and gives her a break. Broader Horizons is not exclusively for people with dementia, but people with dementia are part of the clientele. This last-minute announcement is rough on the caretakers. It is hard enough to find a helper when the person cared for is “normal.” It is even harder when it is someone with dementia. And generally speaking, they do not take change well. Given the clientele Broader Horizons serves, the last-minute change is even tougher. We simply expect more from Interior Health management than this. Deciding to close the program is a clear failure of management to properly manage in my opinion. Manage-

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The closure of Broader Horizons for the summer will have a considerable impact on seniors, their families, and caregivers, Brad Howard writes. Will Johnson photo ment at every level needs to be held accountable for the human cost of their decisions, or lack of decisions, over the last months that has resulted in this closure. Too little value is given the cost to the client when deciding priorities — keeping services affecting real people needs to be put at the top of the to-do list. Prior to the client letter we have been concerned that the program was being minimalized by Interior Health. We are very concerned the “temporary” closure is just the next step in shutting it down. I ask Interior Health board members to please take the time and ask the questions necessary to understand how these decisions and the events around them have been allowed to evolve. Hold senior managers accountable, both for the sake of the clients of this program and the clients of future programs threatened by inaction. Brad Howard, Chair Nelson and District Seniors Coordinating Society

The Jumbo mystery’s next installment Re: “Government stops Jumbo development,” June 24 Environment Minister Mary Polak has announced the Jumbo Glacier Resort has not made a “substantial start.” The Jumbo Wild public is elated, thinking the announcement means Jumbo will be wild forever. Yet the government is only half of the equation. Today I talked with my government contact person in the mountain resort branch of the Ministry of Forest, Lands and Natural Resource Operations. That

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office specifically handles the master development agreement, which, when issued in 2010, allowed Jumbo Glacier Resort to put a shovel in the ground and work toward their “substantial start” to be achieved by Oct. 12, 2014. The resort development branch “had no forewarning about the announcement and were equally surprised. The announcement implies many things. All this will take some time to figure out. There is much interest in what happens next,” my contact said. It is the environmental assessment office which takes care of compliance, or in this case, non-compliance. I learned “First the Jumbo Glacier Resort people will meet with the environmental assessment office and then they’ll know better in which direction to head. It is possible that they’ll simply walk away.” We do recall that when the recent avalanche report came in, the environmental assessment office offered a reprieve to Jumbo Glacier Resort in order to move the foundations out of the non-compliance zone. Thus far there has been no report that they have accepted that offer. And, at the time when the environmental assessment office announced the non-compliance conclusion, Thomas Oberti (son of Oberto, in whose portfolio is the Jumbo Glacier Resort) is quoted as saying, “we knew we were putting the foundations in avalanche zones.” So the plot thickens, as the old saying goes. Rowena Eloise West Kootenay Coalition for Jumbo Wild Argenta

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Why doesn’t IH hire a Class 4 driver and the care aide separately? — Jane DiGiacomo A training program could help increase qualified applicants. More info regarding outcomes and job postings may help. — Rebecca Wheeler Where are those positions posted? I checked the Room to Grow IHA external postings webpage and couldn’t track the listings down. Recreation? Kootenay-Boundary? Where else? — Helmut Kohl

Two Salmo councillors quit Legal opinions seem to be the only answer we get these days from the Village of Salmo. — Bathie-Ann Schmidt Very sad news. Two very capable people who have worked hard for this town in a positive way for many years. — Sue Bakken Knowing the two councillors involved, it would take quite a bit to cause this. — Christine M. Kennedy Well then why the heck don’t they explain themselves? — William G. Webster

Wounded bear put down on North Shore So sad but at least it ended its suffering. People are jerks sometimes! — Robyn Gordon Let’s hope whoever shot this

bear contacts the CO and gives his story. Just plain stupid to shoot something and not follow up on the kill. — Michelle Klassen

Milk drive will feed infant elk Helen, you are an angel. I really hope there are others out there that are able to take your place once you are unable to continue with your animal journey. Thank you for every animal you have helped. — Sherri Ross Great job, Helen! As for dog owners, keep control of your dogs. Any pet that attacks a small animal should be put down and owners fined! — Susan McKenzie

Fireworks ignite small fire on Pulpit How irresponsible. I hope they are caught and fined! Wow! For some, the message is not blunt enough. Let’s find out what and who caused this potential disaster. — Chris Dawson Why, if fire works are banned at this time, are they still being made available? I worked in a small town store and we pulled all fireworks for the summer as they are always banned in the summer in BC but I do notice other stores never remove them. That’s a good question Laurel, but I guess a merchant isn’t going to turn down a sale and can’t direct what the purchaser does with them! The homes in our community have been put at risk (and the forest animals) with trespassers igniting fireworks. Deplorable! We intend to call RCMP to remove all “visitors.” — Jen Arrowsmith

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SLUGS: To the people who falsify mental health and medical documents. SLUGS: To the transient panhandlers who visit Nelson each summer to take advantage of our generosity. HUGS: To the young man in the 7-Eleven who paid for my paper, when I only had a $20 bill. How very kind. HUGS: To a fine man and mechanic. Thanks for your patience, kindness and hard work! Our summer is going to be a fun ride, thanks to you! Shakakhan! HUGS: Thank you to the bus driver who went out of his way to pick me up at 11:30 a.m. and took me to hospital emergency and waited till they admitted me. HUGS: To the little Delbruck darlings (and mommy too) who brought us some delicious watermelon on that hot, muggy afternoon. Thank you so much! Yummy! SLUGS: Sad flattened slugs to the bikers who ride on across the B.O.B on the road. There is a sidewalk – USE IT! There have been far too many close calls. It’s really scary. HUGS: A big festival hug to all the Ymir residents who welcomed us into their town. A big thank you to the organizers and volunteers ... until next year! – A grateful Nelson resident SLUGS: Lovely Art Gibbon Park in Rosemont is not a dog off-leash area. Please be respectful of our surroundings and aware that this small area is for all of us to enjoy. One owner, four small dogs, all off-leash? Come on!

SLUGS: To the woman picking roses out of the rose garden by Lakeside Thursday afternoon. I saw you and I have your licence plate. It’s sad. The city puts so much work into those gardens, and if everyone was as selfish as you, there would be no roses left for anyone to enjoy. P.S. We know you can afford your own roses by what you drive. Have some respect! SLUGS: To how much people charge for living around here. Do you really think someone who works for minimum wage roughly 30 hours a week can afford to pay $1,200-plus a month plus utilities for a clean, safe place to call home? Rent around Nelson has become absolutely ridiculous!!! I’m six months pregnant and every place we’ve called hasn’t wanted to rent to me and my husband because we’re going to have a baby. We can’t stay in our apartment building as we need our own washer and dryer and more space! I’m so disappointed in Nelson. I use to love this town but it seems like people want you to pay their mortgage and are not interested in you if you’re going to have a baby or already have a child. SLUGS: To impatient drivers who refuse to allow the person in front of them to parallel park downtown. I have not been able to parallel park downtown ever without drivers whipping around my car. It’s nuts! Today five cars rushed around me without waiting. When a car stops with their blinker on, and a parking space to the right, they need room to parallel park. (Remember from drivers ed?) Please wait back, allow space, and then proceed. Those are the rules of the road. Has everyone forgotten?!? This doesn’t happen in cities. It’s truly dangerous: you swerving around and into the other lane and possibly having the parker swing back into you as they rightfully assume they can parallel park.

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Transition house turned away 118 people last year

rent supplementation, providing shelter beds and the cost of keeping an individual in prison or jail.

Continued from page 1 to escape their abusers. According to the report card, last year the transition house had to turn away 118 people, including 91 women and 27 children. Specialized victim services’ representative Sarah Bolton noted there is a pressing need for second stage housing, because women who successfully get into the shelter are only given 30 days to find suitable accommodations before being asked to move on. “One month is not a lot of time to get your whole life organized, especially when you’re dealing with multiple kids and there aren’t any options,” she said. “There are huge barriers.”

Lowest vacancy rate in BC A healthy vacancy rate is generally agreed to be approximately three per cent. When CHMC, Canada’s national housing agency, released their study in October, Nelson’s rate sat at 0.6 per cent — the lowest in BC. “The Regional District of Central Kootenay grew by only 4.6 per cent, but 38 per cent of the district’s population growth was within Nelson. As Nelson continues to grow, it is likely that this growth will create increased housing demand,” reads the report. On top of that, they found fewer than a dozen three-bedroom units exist. That’s less than they need to generate a statistic, and means women with multiple kids have nearly no available options. And during that time, rents have increased. “Individuals and families looking for rental housing faced average advertised rental increases over this past year of 8.3 per cent for one-bedroom units ($836), 4.9 per cent for two-bedroom apartments ($1,038) and a big 20 per cent increase for

Raise the rates

Nelson’s seventh annual Report Card on Homelessness highlights the plight of women fleeing domestic violence, and the scarcity of housing options they face. It was distributed alongside Surviving Not Thriving, a report on the systemic barriers facing women attempting to escape a violent relationship, during a press conference Tuesday. Will Johnson photo two bedroom houses ($1,236),” reads the report. “For lone parent families and families on fixed incomes or a minimum or low wage it is a big challenge. Many leave Nelson.” Currently, 46.8 per cent of Nelsonites pay more than 30 per cent of their income for shelter costs.

Poverty reduction strategy In a letter signed by co-chairs Cheryl Dowden and Phyllis Nash, the Nelson Committee on Homelessness notes BC is currently the only province without a poverty reduction strategy and assert that’s the primary reason women are being put at risk. “Canada does not have an affordable housing strategy. This is an election year on the federal level and an opportunity for all of us as citizens to make our priorities clear.

It is our chance to be specific about the kind of Canada we want to live,” they wrote. The report suggests urging municipal councils to create a standards of maintenance bylaw as indicated in Nelson’s official community plan. “It would need to include limits of rental increases for required maintenance. Another possible action is ensuring that developers pay a [perunit] fee on condo developments that is directed to affordable housing.” They also encourage residents to write letters to their Member of Parliament, and candidates for the federal election. “Let them know it is not acceptable to you that women (as a single demographic) are not seen as an atrisk population needing more supports and housing options due to intimate partner violence or sexual violence. It is also not acceptable that we do not have a national housing

policy and corresponding programs.” The report noted some good news story in Nelson and the province, including the end of the child support clawback, and the success of the Room to Live campaign. But they also say “there’s much more work to be done” and lay the blame for the current crisis squarely at the feet of the federal government. “The rise of homelessness in Canada can be traced directly back to the withdrawal of the federal government’s investment in affordable housing, and pan-Canadian cuts to welfare several decades ago.” It warns that Canada could lose 365,000 low-income households within the next 20 years. In 1989, Canadians contributed $115 per person to federal housing investments. That dropped to $60 per person by 2013. It demonstrates that social housing is the cheapest way to address homelessness when compared with

WHAT’S HAPPENING?

During the report card presentation, the panel was asked what needs to change to address both the affordable housing crisis and assist women in need. All agreed there is a desperate need to raise the provincial rates of income assistance. “That may not solve it completely, but it will definitely help in so many ways,” said homeless outreach worker Vanessa Alexander. “They’ve been the same since 2007, and it just doesn’t make sense to me. It’s completely unacceptable that anyone should have to choose between shelter or food.” Maskerine agreed. “We all know that. We know none us could live on that amount of money, so why has it remained the same for eight years?” A member of the audience urged everyone present to take part in BC’s Raise the Rates campaign, which aims to address the level of poverty and homeless in BC. You can visit raisetherates.org or at Raise the Rates BC on Facebook.

Share the report

This year’s homelessness report is small enough to forward to someone in an email, and is available for wide distribution. The authors hope readers will feel compelled to share with friends, family members and anyone in the community — and to start a dialogue about the findings. It features firsthand accounts of women fleeing violence, letters from community members, statistics and proposed solutions. You can download the report at nelsoncares.ca.

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Will Johnson Nelson Star Overwaitea Food Group’s travelling road show hits Nelson on Monday and Save-On Foods assistant manager Greg Wheaton says shoppers are in for a treat. “On display we’ll have an old 1915 Model T Ford that you can have your photo taken with,” he said. “There’s an additional display showing historic equipment and tools that have been used in the industry since 1915.” The show is part of Save-On-Foods’ year-

Save-On-Foods is bringing their historical roadshow to Nelson on Monday as part of their year-long celebrations of Overwaitea’s centennial. Submitted photo long celebration of Overwaitea’s centennial. During the party, which goes from noon to 4 p.m., part

of the parking lot will be cleared for the display. “We’re excited for everyone to come down

and see the display, and we’ll see them a few days later at the park for Canada Day as well.” The display will have a historical timeline, fun facts and a “Did you know?” interactive feature. Visitors will learn about retail innovations, the best and latest in technology and the economic impact the retailer has had on the communities it has served. “Save-On-Foods can’t wait to welcome you to travel back in time and take part in all the birthday celebrations,” the store said in a news release.

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emerging email technologies. In the mid-‘90s, Sutherland and her husband Grant moved the Kootenays to start a family. Once here, she managed her own consulting and training business for over 20 years and landed IT and project management contracts for many of the larger organizations in the Kootenay, including the Columbia Basin Trust. Businesses interested in City of Nelson fibre assessments and applications can contact Sutherland directly at 250-352-8289.

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The Nelson Community Response Network and the Elder Abuse Prevention Program would like to thank the following for their generous support of our recent World Elder Abuse Awareness Day events: The Nelson and District Credit Union, Walmart, Save On Foods, Nelson Safeway, Kootenay Bakery Cafe, Kootenay Co-op, Nelson Chocofellar, Wholesale Club, EZ Rock Radio, Kootenay Insurance Services, The Pennywise, The Nelson Star and the many volunteers and supporters who 3.25 x 4.7 made it all possible.

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GREG NESTEROFF Nelson Star ou’d be hard pressed to find someone with political roots as deep as Lyle Kristiansen. He was named after a politician. His grandparents attended the founding convention of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, forerunner to the New Democratic Party. His parents met at a CCF social evening. His earliest memories were of political meetings in his family’s living room and listening to CCF leaders. So it’s little surprise Kristiansen grew up to be a politician himself, serving two terms as New Democrat MP for Kootenay West, from 1980-84 and 1988-93. Kristiansen, who died June 18 in Sechelt at 76, was also the last Nelson resident to represent the area in parliament. Two weeks before his passing, he shared a quote with his daughter from American labour leader Eugene V. Debs: “I don’t want to rise above my class, I want to rise with my class.” “Lyle said this was important to him because unless all of us raise our standard of living together, none of us are secure,” said Haida Bolton. “As his daughter, this to me means we need to work together as a society to ensure a strong and health middle class.”

A very political family Lyle Stuart Kristiansen was born May 9, 1939 in Vancouver TOP: Lyle and Vera Kristiansen decked out in heritage costumes. Lyle’s to Thorvald (Denny) and Hilda favourite achievements all related to historical preservation. ABOVE: The Kristiansen, and named after Dr. Kristiansens campaign door-to-door with son Eric. Lyle Telford, his parents’ docCourtesy Kristiansen family tor and MLA who later became Vancouver’s mayor. in her memoir, A Very Political with a letter of introduction to Denny immigrated to Cana- Family. local IWA president and failed da from Denmark in 1923 and They married the following Nelson-Creston NDP candiworked in Nelson hauling bricks year — and honeymooned at the date Jack Munro. He spent six to build Hume school. He was NDP’s founding convention in weeks applying for a job at local also a waiter on the sternwheel- Ottawa, although they came to sawmills before Stafford Bros. ers and a cook’s assistant in log- regret supporting Hazen Argue of Harrop finally hired him — ging camps before moving to for leader over Tommy Douglas. although owner Beldon Stafford Vancouver in the 1930s. In 1963, Kristiansen was bet him $20 that he wouldn’t last Hilda’s parents were involved hired as secretary for the New two weeks. in many social movements in- Democratic Youth in Ottawa, Kristiansen’s intensely physicluding the United Grain Grow- while Vera worked for a Ham- cal job, loading green lumber ers and Saskatchewan Wheat ilton MP. They returned to into railway boxcars, had him Pool in addition to the CCF. BC two years later where Lyle vomiting every few minutes. But Kristiansen grew up in Van- stood as the NDP candidate in he soldiered on and won the bet. couver’s west end, and got in- Vancouver Centre, but finished He subsequently worked at Pavolved with the CCF’s youth third. cific Logging in Slocan and Koowing as a teenager. He was At loose ends, a friend in tenay Forest Products in Nelson. elected president of the Van- the IWA asked him if he was The Kristiansens began orgacouver Centre constituency as- interested in working with the nizing for the local NDP, which sociation at 18. labour movement. He arrived at that time only had 28 memHe attended the University of in West Kootenay in early 1967 bers in Nelson-Creston, 100 in BC for two years where he said he “majored in political activity.” During the 1960 provincial election campaign, he met Vera Sharko, who was working on future NDP leader Tom Berger’s campaign. “Most of our courtship took place at political meetings and protest marches,” she recalled

“Most of our courtship took place at political meetings and protest marches. Vera Kristiansen

Rossland-Trail and a handful in Kaslo-Slocan. “We called on each member and asked for ten names of potential members,” Vera recalled. “As each of these potential members was called, we asked for ten more names … We worked nonstop to recruit new NDP members and build an organization.” By the 1968 federal election, the party had over 1,000 local members. Lyle was campaign manager for Randolph Harding, who won Kootenay West handedly. Lyle declined to stand as a provincial candidate, but Vera was elected to the local school board and helped persuade teacher Lorne Nicolson to seek the Nelson-Creston NDP nomination. Lyle was again campaign manager, but they were unsuccessful. Nicolson ran again in 1972 and was elected. Lyle was also a director of the West Kootenay Pollution Control Society, which opposed the establishment of a pulp mill on Kootenay Lake and set up the first recycling depot in Nelson. Although it faltered, toward the end they hired a young man from Vancouver. “He wore a trench coat, a beret, had a short haircut and was full of energy,” Vera wrote. “His name was Gerald Rotering.” Years later Lyle would hire him as his constituency assistant, which Vera said was “the smartest thing we did.” When Randolph Harding announced he wouldn’t run again, Lyle dithered about trying to replace him — Vera, too, was torn about whether to encourage or discourage her husband. But Lyle finally agreed to put his name forward after someone pointed out only five MPs could be considered blue collar workers. There were six candidates for the nomination, but Kristiansen won on the first ballot. In the 1979 federal election, he squared off against incumbent Progressive Conservative Bob Brisco in the first of four straight election and lost by 2,000 votes. Nine months later, Joe Clark’s minority government fell and Canadians returned to the polls. Once again there was a six-way race for the Kootenay West nomination which Kristiansen won on the third ballot. On election night, Feb. 18, 1980, he took an early lead and never fell behind, defeating Brisco by less than 800 votes. During his first term, Kristiansen participated in the occupation of the David Thompson University library to prevent the collection’s removal. He also arranged funding for the first stages of restoring Nelson’s Capitol Theatre and Streetcar 23.

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‘Four years off for good behaviour’ The Kristiansens thought the 1984 election would be an easy victory. “We had lots of volunteers, loads of money, and Lyle and I were received very warmly throughout the riding,” Vera wrote. However, Brisco prevailed by about the same margin as Kristiansen had previously won. Kristiansen went around saying he got the next four years off for good behaviour. He returned to Nelson as the city was facing bleak times but poised for a turnaround, partly under the leadership of Gerald Rotering, who was elected mayor. Kristiansen revealed a theatrical side by acting in three plays — I Always Wanted to Ride a Streetcar, Arsenic and Old Lace (he played an Irish cop) and Cinder Fella, in which he had two silent roles as an Egyptian eunuch and a hockey player. In 1988, he and Brisco faced off for the last time in the redrawn riding of Kootenay West-Revelstoke; this time Kristiansen won easily. He didn’t seek re-election in 1993. While Rotering was expected to succeed him, he decided not to. Instead Heather Suggitt carried the NDP banner, but lost to Jim Gouk of the then-fledgling Reform Party. Lyle and Vera retired to Madeira Park on the Sunshine Coast to be closer to family. A smoker for 50 years, Kristiansen suffered from emphysema and lung cancer. His will to live came partly through recent political developments, such as the federal NDP forming the official opposition in 2011. “He loved that,” his daughter Haida said. “He was really happy to see the NDP form government in Alberta this year and so wanted to hold on until the next federal election. As soon as he got sick 2½ years ago, he just wanted to make it to the next election. He was preparing a month ago to get his ID updated so he could vote.” In the last few weeks, Kristiansen contracted pneumonia, which his lungs were too weak to fight. While in hospital, he spoke fondly of the things he got to do in retirement on trips to South Africa and Tanzania: pet a cheetah, kiss a baby rhinoceros, and hug an old tortoise. Haida said his proudest accomplishments as MP all related to local historical preservation: the SS Moyie (which his father worked on) and Rossland Miners’ Hall in addition to the Capitol Theatre and Streetcar 23. He also specialized in Napoleonic history — and died on the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo. “My mom will miss having political and historical discussions with him,” Haida said. “His mind was sharp. He was great at debates and could pull up facts like an encyclopedia.” In addition to his wife and daughter, Kristiansen is survived by sons Eric and Colin and five grandchildren. Details of a service are still being worked out, but it’s expected to be held in Vancouver in a few weeks.

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Top: Vera and Lyle Kristiansen marked their golden wedding anniversary at the 50th anniversary of the NDP’s founding convention in 2011. Above Lyle Kristiansen with then-constituency assistant Gerald Rotering. Rotering would become mayor of Nelson. Courtesy Kristiansen family

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Lyle Kristiansen’s electoral scorecard • Ran in Vancouver Centre in 1965. Received 5,184 votes but finished third, behind Liberal Jack Nicholson, who had 9,008 and Progressive Conservative Douglas Jung, who had 6,248. • Ran in Kootenay West in 1979. Received 11,503 votes but lost to Progressive Conservative Bob Brisco, who had 13,645.

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• Ran in Kootenay West in 1980. Elected with 12,232 votes to Brisco’s 11,417. • Ran in Kootenay West in 1984. Received 15,060 votes but lost to Brisco, who had 15,804. • Ran in Kootenay West-Revelstoke in 1988. Elected with 16,381 votes to Brisco’s 12,667.

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this weekend Ignite the biologist spark in your kids at Biodiversity Bonanza on Saturday, June 27, from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Old Church, 602 Kootenay St. This free fun event inlcudes games, scavenger hunt, and arts and crafts. Designed to inspire Kootenay kids to go into nature and look at the relationship between living things and the environment, this event is to mark the Central Kootenay Invasive Species Society’s 10 year anniversary.

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Patio Sessions with Jimmy Lewis at 6 followed by Friday Night Live Open Jam hosted by Jimmy Lewis, Danny De Villo, Marty Carter & Patrick Bonin. Come in for 1/2 price fish ‘n’ chips.

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Rafferty Funksmith will be fillin’ the house with his funky beats from 9-close. FREE SHOW Enjoy 1/2 price Royal Poutine.

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Superstar line-up beginning with soloist Gianna Lauren at 6; followed by two bands Mauno & Whoop-Szo. Our Quesadilla’s are 1/2 price choose from steak or chicken

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Royal burger is 1/2 price! Best burger in town! 80’s night with tunes and videos playing on the big screen.

Wednesday

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Open Stage with Danny De Villo from The Handsome Liars. Bring your instruments! Aloha burger & beer for $15.00.

Thursday

Nelson Dances of Universal Peace, with live music this Sunday, June 28. Dances and walks with singing, representing spiritual traditions from the world over. No experience necessary. Located at the Old Church Hall, 602 Kootenay. For info: call Candace, 250-354-4288.

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Local DJ Night with Eyedawg & friends. Enjoy a New York Steak Dinner for only $10!

Happy Hours

4-6pm Tuesday-Sunday with $12 jugs of beer and 1/2 price appies! Come join the fun!

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 festivals 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. Go sailing on July 1, Canada Day at Lakeside Park. The members of the Kootnay Lake Sailing association members are once again offering sailboat rides on Kootenay Lake during the Canada Day celebrations. We will be down at the dock in front of Lakeside Park from 1 to 3:30 p.m. All rides are by donation. Proceeds will go to Nelson Cares and Kootenay Kids. Look for our booth in the park and sign up for a ride with us. Join the West Kootenay paddle not pipes flotilla on Saturday, July 4 at 12 p.m., a family-friendly community paddle, starting from Nelson’s Lakeside Park. Paddle in solidarity with people across Canada to say ‘We are truly greater than the tar sands’. Lakeside beach house has kayak, canoe and paddle board rentals. Kids, come try your hand at art on Saturday, July 4 for Wallace Adkins day, a free children’s art event in Riondel from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Adkins was a Riondel resident who shared his creativity through painting, landscaping and encouraging youngsters to explore their own talent. Hosted at the Circle of Friends Artisan Shoppes, 235 Fowler St.

Weekly Events

Djembe drum circle at Lakeside Park near the greenhouse on Mondays at 7 p.m. Participants are encouraged to bring their own drums and chairs. Alcoholics Anonymous holds 14 one-hour meetings weekly in Nelson, at 717A Vernon St. (in the Cellar downstairs), including early morning, noon hour, and evening meetings on specific days. Call 250-352-3391 or pick up a complete list at the Cellar. Al-Anon Family Group meets twice weekly. Wednesday noon to 1 p.m. at the Cellar, 717 Vernon St. and Friday 8 to 9 p.m. at 601 Front St. at the side basement. The only requirement for membership is that there

Get ready for the first Market Fest of the season this Friday, June 26. As always there will be live music entertaining the crowd on Baker Street from 6 to 10:30 p.m. Submitted photo

may be a problem of alcoholism in a relative or friend. For more information call Norma 250-352-3747 for Wednesday and Sharon 250-352-7333 for Friday. Join community yoga at the youth centre every Wednesday. Girls and women all levels practice from 4:15 to 5:30 p.m. A fun evening practice at 6 to 7:15 p.m. for anyone to open up and stretch. For all ages: teens and 19-plus. Pay what you can. Contact Ursula at ursulatwiss@gmail.com. The Nelson Knitting Co-op has an ongoing knitting group every Thursday from 12:30 to 3 p.m. at the Nelson and District Community Centre general purpose room ($2 drop-in). 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.

Workshops

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.

Announcements

The next Peace Café at Selkirk’s Kootenay School of the Arts (corner of Victoria and Josephine) is Monday, June 29, 7:30 p.m., with a book launch by Chris Walker. Venezuela’s Health Care Revolution explores how ideas from Cuba for rural and underserved communities in use in Venezuela, East Timor could help locally. Walker graduated from LVR in Nelson in 1999 and is doing his Ph.D. in Halifax. For info call Madelyn MacKay 250-505-4122. 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. Nelson People in Pain network support group will meet on Wednesday, July 1 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at Shambhala Meditation Centre. 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.

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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 appear on stage at the Capitol on July 11 at 7:30 p.m. These are: Kate Pullinger, Marina Endicott, and songwriter and memoirist Bob Bossin. For more information go to emlfestival.com.

Kootenay artist Adham Shaikh will perform during Bloom Night Club’s debut event tonight at the Savoy Hotel. Doors are at 9 p.m. and entry is $10. Using the newly installed system from PK Sound, Shaikh will be playing tracks from his recently released Basswalla. Opening for him will be West Coast bass muic performers Intersect. For more information visit Bloom Night Club on Facebook. Erin Eat Your Heart Out presents the Post Modern Jukebox Burlesque on Tuesday, June 30 at Bloom Night Club. Featuring The Showcats, Lola Lane, Ivy Strange and Kelly-Rae, as well as burlesque legend Judith Stein. The show will also feature Brian Kalbfleish, Rafferty Funksmith, Dan DeVillo and the boys of the Handsome Liars. There will be an afterglow party hosted by DJ Just-B. Tickets are $20 to $25 on a sliding scale. For more information visit Bloom Night Club on Facebook. 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 St.

movies Spy will play at the Civic Theatre at 7 p.m. on June 26, 27 and 28 and 30, as well as at 9:30 p.m. on June 27 and 4 p.m. on June 28. Directed by Paul Feig, the film tells the story of a desk-bound CIA analyst who volunteers to go undercover. Starring Melissa McCarthy, Rose Byrne and Jude Law. For more information visit civictheatre.ca. The Civic Theatre presents Timbuktu on July 2 at 7:30 p.m. A cattle herder and his family who reside in the dunes of Timbuktu find their quiet lives—which are typically free of the Jihadists determined to control their faith—abruptly disturbed. Rated PG, the film is directed by Abderrahmane Sissako. 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

Music

London, U.K. drum and pass producer Metrik (above) will make his Nelson debut at Spiritbar tonight, while Kootenay artist Adam Shaikh (below) will play at Bloom Night Club’s debut event.

London U.K. drum and bass producer Metrik will make his Nelson debut at Spiritbar on Friday. 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 from the Hume Hotel. Tonight The Royal on Baker presents Jimmy Lewis on guitar and vocals from 6 to 8 p.m. followed by Friday Night Live Open Jam hosted by Marty Carter, Jimmy Lewis, Patrick Bonin and Danny De Villo. Come party and camp out with Foundationstone, DJ Selectah Messenjah and The Hilties on Saturday 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. Rafferty Funksmith will be filling the house with his funky beats on Saturday at The Royal on Baker from 9 p.m. to close. The Royal on Baker is proud to present Gianna Lauren performing from 6 to 8:30 p.m. followed by two bands Mauno and Whoop-Szo. Tickets are $5 at the door. Afterwards there will be an afterglow party with DJ Just-B. For more information please contact the Royal at 250-354-7014. On the Road Management and Crank it to 6 present iconic Canadian punk legends Gob at Spiritbar on Wednesday, June 30. Special guest openers will be Newtron Bomb and The Tarholes. Doors open at 9 p.m. and music starts at 10 p.m. Tickets are $20. Spiritbar presents Brian Rosen and the Whatnow putting on a show at Spiritbar on July 3 with their new four-member configuration. James Lamb will perform an opening set, while Rafferty Funksmith and DJ Mooves will close the night out. Doors open at 9 p.m. and tickets are $10 at the door. Advance tickets are $8 and are available from the Hume Hotel.

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18 years of Hoola Shambhala DJ thrilled at debut of Bloom Night Club, latest in a series of Savoy venues

WILL JOHNSON Nelson Star ometime in 1997, Kootenay DJ Hoola approached Community Futures to see Unborn babies feel pain more intensely than adults. if they would bankroll him in his Unborn babies feel pain more s an “uniquely vulnerable time,intensely since thethan painadults. system is fledgling career. “I got myself a loan by telling This is a “uniquely vulnerable time, since established,yet the higher level pain-modifying system them, ‘you know, I could probthe pain system is fully established, yet the ably start my own DJ business higher level pain-modifying system has barely has barely begun to develop.” if you hooked me up’. They gave begun to develop.” Dr. Paul Ranalli. Neurologist me seven grand, I made a busi-Dr. Paul Ranalli. Neurologist ness package and I got some Nelson Right-To-Life nrightolife@hotmail.com Nelson Right-To-Life people to sign off saying they nrighttotlife@hotmail.com would pay me X number of dollars to DJ,” said Hoola, whose real name is Mike Paine. “One of the first to sign off was Kevin Dewar, who owned [the Savoy Hotel].” The prolific disco-house performer and long-time director of the Living Room Stage at Shambhala Music Festival met the Star this week at the Savoy’s soon-to-be opened Bloom Night Club to share his history with the space.

sic in this venue. Underground dance, techno, that sort of stuff.” He remembers those three years with fondness. When Purdy’s lease expired, Hoola and Langille stayed on as it transitioned into the Fluid Lounge under general manager Langille, who is also known as DJ Morninglory of Meow Mix. “From the beginning of Avalon to the end of Fluid was almost nine years. That’s a big chunk of my life,” Hoola said, smiling at the memory. Finally, it changed names one more time — this time to RezAvoir, which was the only club in town at the time. He played there right until it closed.

June 26th - Metrik- (London UK) Hospital Records w Smasha June 27th - BESTiE w Battle Stereo & guests June 30th - Gob w/Neutron Bomb + The Tarholes - All Canadian Punk Party July 3rd - Brian Rosen & The WhatNow w James Lamb + Mooves July 4th - Savage Blade - Immune 2 Cobras July 6th - Beenie Man w Zaga Zow Band + DJ Dubconscious July 10th - Snowday + Rabs and Mooves July 11th - Heavy Airship - Nelson’s own Led Zeppelin Tribute Act July 16th - The Sadies July 17th - Rhapsody July 22nd - Jenn Grant w/Mama Kin - On Sale soon

Utopia, Avalon, Fluid, RezAvoir When he first started out, Hoola said the Nelson scene wasn’t especially receptive to house music. One of his close friends, Leif Luttmer, had a residency in the Savoy at a club then called Utopia. There were other electronic pioneers, such as DJ Adept, but the audience response was weak at first. Regardless, Hoola appreciated the creative community and the opportunity to get his beats heard. “At Utopia they didn’t really

Promoting the scene Kootenay DJ Hoola showcases Bloom Night Club’s living wall. The venue will have an opening party tonight with Adaim Shaikh performing. Will Johnson photo

feel comfortable with the electronic thing. They didn’t get it. It wasn’t their thing. But that was the first time I got to DJ, and I was doing what I love,” he said. His time there was shortlived, but not long afterwards the club came under new owners. “These four people came out from Toronto and called it Avalon. Within a few months they set me up with a residency, and I played there every Friday for the three years they had the club.” By this point Hoola had be-

come immersed in the scene, meeting DJs from across North America while working at Shambhala Music Festival every summer, and he started inviting them to the Kootenays. To make the acts work in town, however, they needed venues with supportive management —something they eventually found. “It was Sean Purdy, Laurie Langille, Heather Love and Matt Catalano. They were the main ones to start underground mu-

During his time DJing at the Savoy, Hoola was getting progressively more involved with the Shambhala Music Festival. It was from those experiences, and a few trips to Burning Man, that he started making industry connections. “We brought in Raw Soul, and nobody in Nelson had seen an out-of-town DJ before. We went through a bunch — Doc Martin, DJ Garth, Adam Freeland, all the Finger Lickin’ guys, the list goes on. Bassnectar is one of the biggest names in the world right now and we were booking him regularly,” he said. Having the artists visit and share their work was exciting, and he said the DJ community Continued on page 15

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Genre evolution In the electronic music dance scene of 1997, house was all the rage. “It was straight up, 4/4 house music. Everyone was playing it, and for the first few years Shambhala was pegged as a house

“This is the next evolution of this space. This is kind of the heartbeat of the whole scene in this town, this is where it started and this is where it went strong for 10 to 15 years.” Hoola said the space will be versatile and host a myriad of musical styles. “I’ve got pictures of what this place looked like six months ago, and it’s amazing we’ve turned it into this. It’s insane the amount of work that’s going into it.”

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Kootenay composer, record producer and sound designer Adham Shaikh will perform tonight at the opening of Bloom Night Club. music festival.” Then they morphed into break-beat. “When we brought Bassnectar, he played a hybrid of that style, his own genre, like glitchhop, trip-hop down tempo break-beat but but with a lot of bass. It was pretty fresh back in those days.” Then, once again, they evolved. “Pretty much now every stage at Shambhala has its own genre, and every stage takes care of a different style of music.”

Which means he has the freedom to stick with his tried and true favourite — old school, discostyle house tracks. “My stuff might be feeling old these days, because I like the sounds of funky dance music and I’ve stuck with that style over time. I keep up with the genres, but I mostly stick with my thing.” And now that Bloom is opening, he’s planning to use his connections to bring in increasingly exciting acts, including big-ticket events.

Adham Shaikh will perform at Bloom tonight as the debut event for the club. Having released his album Basswalla earlier this year, he’s been touring exhaustively and is looking forward to warming up the newly-installed PK Sound system. “This is a really versatile space,” said Hoola. “We’ve got a DJ system on wheels, and multiple sound booths.” He said he’s thrilled Jimmy Budschuh and the Shambhala Music Festival crew have resurrected the venue, more than seven years after a fire left the building derelict. And 18 years in, he’s still going strong. “It’s cool that now we’ve got the Shambhala club right here in downtown Nelson.” Tickets are $10 and doors open at 9 p.m. For more information visit Bloom Night Club on Facebook.

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Arts Kootenay gutterska punk band NewtronBomb is opening for Gob during the All Canadian Punk Party at Spiritbar on Tuesday, the evening before Canada Day. Seen here are Evan Catskin, Newt and Luke Fougere. Will Johnson photo

NewtronBomb opening for Gob Local band joins Tarholes in All-Canadian Punk Party on Tuesday

Will Johnson Nelson Star ootenay gutter-ska punk band NewtronBomb likes to describe their music as “kind of like that scratched up CD you find on the side of the road” — similar, in some ways, to the early music of Gob. “But it’s also the one you don’t want to take out of the CD player,” said lead singer and guitarist Evan Catskin. And when they take the stage at Spiritbar alongside the Tarholes to open up for Gob on Tuesday, it will be an all-Canadian punk party to remember. (Or, as they put it, to forget.) “Back when those guys were big I was still a metal fan, an elitist, and I didn’t listen to them,” said NewtronBomb’s bass player Newt, who has the biohazard symbol tattooed on his skull to demonstrate his genre commitment. “But then a buddy showed me the album How Far Shallow Takes You and it’s so thrash punk, it’s beautiful. I’m pretty stoked that I’m getting a chance to see them

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live, and I don’t even have to pay.” Luke Fougere seconded the sentiment, saying NewtronBomb’s sound is comparable to Gob’s earlier albums. The trio have been working together since a drunken jam session, the results of which were surprisingly good. Having worked together in other local bands, such as Drunk on Purpose and Dealer, the guys are taking advantage of a long-term creative chemistry. “With Evan recently moving back to the Kootenays, we’re ready to start playing and writing more,” said Fougere. “We play a mix of snotty crust punk with upbeat ska. From political head bashing songs to immature skankin’ tunes.” And when they take the stage, they’ll be channeling that energy audience-ward. “We try to be as high energy as possible. It’s like a sweat-cave. I like to jump around, I’ll probably play dead a few times, stuff like that,” said Catskin. And Newt said they feed off the party energy. “The more you put out, the

more you get back, so that’s what we go for.” Gob has another Kootenay connection: drummer Gabe Mantle grew up at Sunshine Bay and won a Trafalgar music award. His father spends winters in the Kootenays. Fougere said this is their first Nelson show since playing at Punk Rock Bowling last fall. They will also be playing the ArtsWells Festival in early August. The band thanked Nelson from Nelson, the promoter who gave them the opportunity. The concert is hosted by On The Road Management and the Crank it to 6 Concert Series. The concert takes place the evening before Canada Day, which gives audience members a day off to recuperate following the event. Doors open at 9 p.m. Music starts at 10 p.m. Tickets are $20 in advance from the Hume Hotel. To hear NewtronBomb’s music visit newtronbombska.bandcamp. com. For more information visit NewtronBomb on Facebook.

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Community

Peace camp seeks funding Submitted to the Nelson Star The third annual Young Women’s Peace Leadership Camp will be held Aug. 24 to 28 near Nelson. This camp is for young women aged 15 to 35 who are invited to come and learn about peace and empowerment through a bunch of different workshops and discussions with local women, aiming to build confidence and encourage creativity and leadership. Peace Camp includes 13 meals and 13 workshops, and inner peace self-care experiences such as yoga, mediation, journaling, music, art, drama, building a network of support among participants and resource people. However, so far organizers haven’t been able to come up with the necessary funds to conduct the camp in the most ideal way. And some grants they applied for were denied. Most of the money raised so far is going towards paying for the use of the community hall. Organizers are looking for donations to make sure the camp runs effectively, offering scholarships to young women in the community interested in attending, providing nutritious food and possibly offering honorariums to people leading workshops. A crowdfunding website has been set up with the goal of raising $2,000 or more. It can be found at gofundme.com/xcx7ns. If you’re interested in donating food or time, or want more information, call Madelyn at 250505-4122 or email peacecampnelson@gmail.com.

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Submitted to the Nelson Star The cadets of the 561 Nelson Osprey Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadrons held their annual ceremonial review at the Nelson aIrport recently. The squadron was inspected by Nelson Police Department deputy chief Paul Burkart. During the review, the cadets demonstrated first aid and marching skills that they have learned during their training year. There were also displays showing the other activities the squadron participated during the year, including gliding, range, navigation and survival. After the parade, a dinner was held and several cadet received awards (see sidebar). The cadets have now completed their training for the year and will start a new training year in September. Over the summer, selected cadets will attend training courses in Vernon, Victoria and Comox, as well as other locations. The Royal Canadian Air Cadets, in partnership with the Air Cadet League of Canada, has been training youth in Canada for over 70 years. Nelson’s air cadet squadrons demonstrated their skills and recognized several of their own during a recent ceremonial review at the Nelson airport. Submitted photos

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Local re-elected to BC Lung Association People have been asking... With all the things they do, are they still doing general dentistry? YES! Not only do we provide treatment for TMD, cosmetics, orthodontics and snoring/sleep apnea, we also enjoy the day to day dentistry. Come in today for a free consultation to see how we are different. We welcome new patients.

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Submitted to the Nelson Star Nelson resident Michael Jessen has been re-elected as the local volunteer director of the BC Lung Association for a seventh term. Jessen, who has served on the group’s board of directors since 2009, was re-appointed at the association’s annual general meeting last Friday. “Being associated with the BC Lung Association allows me to continue advocating for clean air in my community,” Jessen said. “I believe passionately in the BC Lung Association slogan that if you can’t breathe, nothing else matters.” Prior to being elected to the board, Jessen served for a number of years as chair of the West Kootenay Airshed Protection group which provided educational information on the dangers to air quality of vehicle idling, backyard wood waste and garbage burning, antiquated residential wood stoves, and the cosmetic use of pesticides. “As a BC Lung Association director, I speak out on behalf of the organization on topics such as tobacco and health, the dangers of radon, asthma education, climate change, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and protection of the quality of the air we breathe,” Jessen stated. He added that he is available to speak to service clubs, school groups, and other organizations about the activities of the lung association. Jessen said that while the group’s 2015 State of the Air report gives Nelson a good rating for particulate matter in the air, the city’s ozone levels tend to be higher than they could be. “Ground-level ozone is a gaseous pollutant formed from reactions involving nitrogen oxides and hydrocarbons and private motor vehicles are a major source this air pollution,” Jessen said. “Ozone exposure is linked to breathing difficulties, aggravation of asthma and other lung diseases and early deaths.” He said community design is becoming increasingly important for moving people out of cars and into other modes of transportation such as walking, public transit, cycling, car-sharing, and ride-sharing. “The costs to our health care system and our economy from air pollution are staggering,” Jessen said, adding that the Canadian Medical Association has conservatively estimated the human capital cost in 2014 of air pollution to be $9.326 billion. “The CMA said this number is an underestimate as it doesn’t include chronic premature mortality, doctors’ office visits, or early childhood effects.”

Dance Your

Feet Off Benefit Dance for the Langham Cultural Society

Kaslo Legion on Saturday July 4 at 8:30 pm.

PERFORMACES BY CLINTON SWANSON & FRIENDS Featuring Pauline Lamb on vocals and Tom Thomson, Jesse Lee and Marvin Walker with guest performances by other local musicians

Tickets $12 and $15 at the door available at Otter Books in Nelson and Sunnyside Naturals and Willow Home Boutique in Kaslo. www.thelangham.ca or 250.353.2661

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REACH for the top Murray Shunter (teacher, far left) and Karee-Ann Stuart (youth and family worker, far right) of the REACH program (an alternative education program of the Kootenay Lake school district) congratulate their 2015 graduates: Jordan Dyoco, Gabe Williamson, and Savi Thompson. Submitted photo

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THE CITY OF NELSON WOULD LIKE TO WISH EVERYONE A

Happy Canada Day! News

Celebrating life in the Kootenays ... Happy Canada Day, Nelson!

Nelson and District Chamber of Commerce Presents

Canada Day 2015 Wednesday July 1st • Nelson’s Rotary Lakeside Park

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Schedule of Entertainment 10:30 am Opening Ceremonies: Chamber of Commerce President Vice President Michael Borch (Welcome) Mayor Deb Kozak Canada Day Address; Nelson Pilots Association Fly Over, Colour Guard Nelson RCMP, Nelson City Police, Nelson Firefighters, Nelson Rotary Club (Schedule subject to change, all times approximate)

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10:45 am

O Canada Heritage Harmony Singers

4:00 pm

Playmor Junction

10:50 am

Heritage Harmony Barbershop Choir

4:45 pm

Kootenay Kiltie Pipe Band

11:15 am

AFKO Choir

5:15 pm

White Lightning Blues Band

12:00 pm

Nelson Community Band

6:15 pm Charlie Jocobsen Band

1:00 pm

Brenda McJones Highland Dancers

7:15 pm

Big Mama Blue

1-2:00 pm

John Kaplan Strolling Magic Shows

8:30 pm

Sunshine Drive

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9:45 pm

Samba Band

1:30 pm

Everyman

2:30 pm

Mountain Station

10:00 pm FIREWORKS Display Special thanks to The City of Nelson, The Nelson Professional Fire Fighters Association, Heritage Canada, Celebrate Canada, RDCK Areas E, F, H, The Nelson and District Chamber of Commerce, and many community-minded businesses and organizations.

Indulge and Enjoy

Let’s Celebrate! Happy Canada Day!

8 am-11 am

Lions Club Pancake Breakfast, Baker St.

10 am

Canada Day Cake on Display

11 am

Canada Day Cake Served, Chamber Directors/City Councillors /Dignitaries

11 am-3 pm

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Le P'tit Choeur de l'AFKO (French folk music)

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July 1st 2015 11h15 to 12 Lakeside Park

Be safe and responsible this holiday weekend.

Happy Canada Day

As we celebrate our country and our communities, we wish all our members and friends a safe and enjoyable Canada Day. Please enjoy a FREE ride on Streetcar 23 on Canada Day, compliments of the members of NDCU.

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Community Display Booths and Activities Nelson and District Chamber of Commerce: Canada Day

H.O.P.E. Church: Follow Your

Flags, Pins, Canadian Flag Stickers, information

Joshua’s Giant Bubbles: Giant

(bookmarks), free gently used books, summer reading program and information booth

10 Foot Bubble Demonstrations

Nelson Friends of the Family:

103.5 Juice FM: Give aways,

Kootenay Co-Op Radio:

Children’s Fish Pond

Information booth promoting Co-Op radio plus raffle draw

Nelson Electric Tramway Society: Historical museum display

Kootenay Kids Society: Puppet

at the Streetcar Car Barn (Free Street Car for Canada Day courtesy of the Nelson and District Credit Union)

balloons, popcorn, and lemonade

BMO Bank of Montreal: Plinko game for families, BMO Bear to interact with kids and to hand out toys, Frisbees, beach balls, and information table. Bubbles the Clown: Face painting and Balloons

Dreams interpretation tent

show props, bracelet making, toddler play area and info booth

Kootenay Lake Sailing Association: Sail Boat rides

Nelson Minor Hockey: Puck Shoot

Bethel Christian Centre: Games

by donation at the wharf 11-3, proceeds to Nelson Cares.

for kids and families

Kootenay Quilters Guild: Quilt

Duke of Edinburgh’s Award:

square coloring competition with hourly prizes, raffle draw

Formation Fly By Opening ceremonies

Children activities and information booth

Kootenay Spirit Festival: Kids

Nelson Pilot’s Association:

Nelson and District Recreation Complex (RDCK): Carnival games,

EZ Rock: Sandcastle Contest

yoga, ribbon dancing, face painting

face painting near the boathouse

(Lakeside Park Beach) plus games and giveaways in the park

Nelson Public Library/Friends of the Library: Craft making

Our Daily Bread: Information booth in cooperation with H.O.P.E

Church

Save On Foods: Give aways, watermelon giveaway Selkirk College: Balloons, balloon animals, and face painting or bubbles SEEDS Senior Economic Environmental Development Society: Tours of the Lakeside Park greenhouse and outdoor garden, raffle

Sparkling Life Family Chiropractic: Canada Day will be the kick off to a summer long, free family treasure hunt. First clues will be provided. Prizes to be won throughout the summer

St Saviour’s Pro Cathedral: Canada Day pinwheel making. Raffle draw, information booth on youth camps

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Begin Canada Day In Nelson At The Annual Nelson Lions Club Pancake Breakfast Held on the 500 block Baker Street, Wednesday 8am 11am Monday JulyJuly 1st,1st, 8AM to to 11AM. Adults $5, Children 12 and under $4

Touchstones Nelson Museum of Art and History: Kid’s craft activities related to the history of Canada, and memory wall specific to Nelson. Watch for the historic “Ladybird” wooden speedboat on display.

Visions Alive Puppets: Puppet shows and puppet play area

West Kootenay Early Childhood Educators: Children activities including painting and crafts, information booth

West Kootenay Community Teeth Clinic Society: Dental toiletries giveaways, information on the low income dental clinic

West Kootenay Grassroots Community Network: Face Painting, children’s games, voter registration

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Rotary keeps triathlon running Bottle drive for swimming Get ready for the 33rd Rotary Cyswog’n’ Fun Nelson Triathlon

TAMARA HYND Nelson Star Pull up that wetsuit, grease up that chain and lace up those trusty running shoes. There’s still time to get some training in for the 33rd annual Rotary Cyswog’n’ Fun Nelson Triathlon on Aug. 2. This year’s event will see new faces at the lead as the Nelson Rotary Club is taking over after former race director Larry Bickerton stepped down last fall. The third-oldest triathlon in Canada keeps tri, tri, trying again. Rotary’s Robert Crawford is the new race director with Bill Harbord as co-director. Rotarian Mark McBride, who is in charge of registration, said the club decided to get involved for a number of reasons. Several Rotarians were familiar with the race as athletes and through previous work volunteering. McBride said the triathlon fits well as Rotarians are looking to build more activities in the community and keep existing ones. The race starts and ends in Rotary Lakeside Park to boot. When Rotary realized the race might fold, the club decided to get involved and McBride said the existing committee was eager to form a partnership. The ten-person committee had five or six core people shouldering the work, meaning fatigue was setting in. “Rotary brings the manpower of 70 members plus organizing abilities which will help take the load off the five to six people at the core,” McBride said The committee has stayed on so it’s a strong team for a challenging sport. With Olympic and Sprint distances to choose from, the course is scenic and aid stations peppered along the route are great during the typically hot weather. Wetsuits are advised for the swim in Kootenay Lake from Lakeside Park beach. The water is, well, refreshing with an average temperature of 14 to 18 degrees Celsius. Cyclists then mount up and cross the orange bridge heading

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duo headed to nationals

THE RACE IS ON! Above, Mark McBride, of Natural Choice Pharmacy hands a cheque to Petra Lehmann, Nelson triathlon committee member, as a new major sponsor for this year’s race. Although rumour had it the race wasn’t happening this year, with new partner Nelson Rotary, the committee is looking forward to the best race yet on Aug. 2, at Rotary Lakeside Park. Sam Van Schie photo

HOW FAR CAN YOU GO? Cyswog offers two courses for prospective participants: Olympic distance: 1.5 km swim, 39 km bike, 10 km run Sprint: 500 m swim, 22 km bike, 5 km run Kids 12 to 17 can complete too with these guidelines: 12-13: One sprint course event (swim or bike or run) 14-15: One or two sprint course events or one Olympic course event 16-17: Any or all sprint course events or one Olympic course event for Kokanee Creek Park along the North Shore and return. Runners cross the orange bridge once again to beat a path down Johnstone Rd. At the finish line you can rest in the shade of Lakeside Park, dip in the lake for a refresh, feast on a well-earned lunch and ease tired muscles with a massage. Christine Sutherland will again be at this year’s race with her group of massage volunteers. Awards are given out for the fastest times in various categories, along with door prizes and a draw for the much-coveted new bike

from Gerick Cycle and Ski each year. McBride said a lot of credit goes to the corporate sponsors who help make the triathlon a success. For some athletes it’s competitive, while for others it’s a social event and many are happy simply to finish the course. Whether you break out on your own solo or wrangle your friends into a team, there are two distances to choose from (see sidebar). Are you hiking, mountain biking and trail running but have yet to try the multi-faceted sport? McBride said the sprint course is a good way to get into triathlon for first timers and he points out that the event is supposed to be fun. A portion of the proceeds will go to Rotary projects such as high school scholarships. More volunteers are welcome as each year 60 people make the race possible for the 250 to 300 participants. If you have family or friends coming to watch you compete, consider asking them if they’d like to help out. It’s not to late to register for this Tri BC sanctioned event. Besides the satisfaction of participating, entrants get a t-shirt, swim cap, post-race luncheon and massage. For more info, visit trinelson.com or drop into Gerick’s for a paper registration form before the July 31 deadline.

Kelsey Andrusak and Samuel Martin of the Kootenay Swim Club have qualified for the nationals in Quebec next month but need help getting there. Will Johnson photo WILL JOHNSON Nelson Star For the first time in the Kootenay Swim Club’s history, they have two swimmers qualified for age group nationals — Kelsey Andrusak, 14, and Samuel Martin, 15. Now the club is fundraising with a bottle drive and seeking donations to send the pair to the Quebec City competition at the end of July. “I can’t wait. I’ve never been to Quebec City before,” said Andrusak, who qualified in the 50m breast, 100m breast and 50m free. She hopes to qualify in the 100m free at upcoming provincials as well. Andrusak, whose older sister Jordan trains elsewhere and made the national team, said she looks up to her sister’s athleticism and aims to follow in her footsteps. Soon she’ll be traveling to Victoria to train alongside her at the Commonwealth Games Pool in Victoria. Meanwhile, Samuel Martin qualified in the 100m and 200m breaststroke. “It’s a big honour to have this support. I’ve been working hard for

lots of years and last year I was so close to qualifying — I only missed by a couple tenths of a second,” said Martin. He moved from the Trail team to Nelson last year. “We felt we needed a change of team and I’d been coached under Chris [Wright] before. He’s an amazing coach. He’s big on technique.” Andrusak agreed. “Some coaches are more hardcore and will swim you to death, but he works really hard on technique and that’s helped me a lot.” Recently, Wright made an anonymous donation of $600 to send the pair to provincials — but they figured out he was responsible anyway. Wright told the Star he’s thrilled the team has produced two highly competitive swimmers despite the instability caused by the Nelson pool’s renovation woes. “I couldn’t be prouder of them,” he said. If you would like to donate your bottles to Andrusak and Martin’s travels, tell the bottle depot you want the funds to go towards the Kootenay Swim Club.

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Tambellini awarded Texas baseball scholarship Jim Bailey Trail Times Nelson native and Trail AA Orioles pitcher Austin Tambellini will take his game to the next level after being awarded a scholarship to play baseball at Hill College in Hillsboro, Texas. “It’s a big relief, finally all the hard work is finally paying off,” said Tambellini, 17. Following a selection to work out with Team Canada U-18 team at the 2014 Latin American Baseball Classic in the Dominican Republic in August of last year, Tambellini began correspondence with the college via email. “It was an awesome experience. There was a lot of good competition out there,” said Tambellini. “I emailed them [Hill College] just to get the word out, and we talked back and forth for a little bit and eventually they asked me to come down.” The invite from the U-18 Team was precipitated by a You Tube

Austin Tambellini video of Tambellini in a nondescript gymnasium throwing ball after ball with nothing but the sound of an intermittent thwack of the baseball

hitting the catcher’s mitt. Shortly after the video went live, Tambellini received a phone call from Team Canada with an invite to the camp that was

attended by a number of college and professional scouts. AA Orioles coach Kyle Mace is proud of Tambellini and says it’s a well-deserved result from a lot of years of practice and development. “He’s a tall lanky lefty, 6-foot-3, 170 pounds, and he’s just going to get better and better down there,” said Mace. “He’s got a great opportunity.” Tambellini, also a good student, plans to continue to do what has brought him success and earned him the scholarship to the Texas college. “I’ll just try to work hard. There’s always things to work on, and you have to work on all aspects of the game,” said Tambellini. “I’ll just try to get as many innings as possible this summer, and then go down there and hopefully it all works out.” The Hill College Rebels play in the National Junior College Athletic Association.

Minor baseball season wraps up

Submitted to the Nelson Star The Nelson Minor Baseball Association recently completed another successful season, as 130 boys and girls from ages four to 18 spent two months, April through June, fielding, running throwing and hitting on local and regional diamonds. The t-ball and rookie leagues each fielded two teams primarily focused on fun and learning through an introduction to competitive baseball under the tutelage of a group of volunteer parents and coaches. In the minor (11 and under) and major (13 and under) leagues, Nelson teams continued a recent trend of fielding teams able to compete with the traditional regional powerhouses in Trail, Castlegar, and Fruitvale. At the minor level, the Nelson Pirates advanced deep into the playoffs behind the play of Brady Stocks, Ryan Durocher and Rowan Nickason, falling just short to the defending champion, Trail Mariners. Perhaps more importantly, coach Greg Kreutz credited his players as a group that “learned to win with humility and lose with pride.” The Nelson Tigers also enjoyed a successful season, with notable performances by Drake Proctor and Brady Augustin.

About 130 kids ages four to 18 participated in minor baseball in Nelson this year. Submitted photo At the major level, the league saw a level of parity that put six of the eight teams credibly in the championship hunt. The Nelson Angels, led by regional all-stars Koa Wintraub and Kelton Forte, won or tied 13 of their 18 games going into the playoff weekend before a first-round elimination, falling to eventual champions, the Castlegar Cubs, by one run, 8-7. The Nelson Giants nearly avenged that loss, storming through the round robin round, beating the Beaver Valley Yankees in a thrilling semi-final 8-7 come-from-behind

win, but came up short against Castlegar in the championship final in a 5-4 nail-biter. The Giants were paced by the pitching and hitting of Bryce Sookro, Noah Quinn, Tayten Dewar and Nolan Dergousoff. Catcher Tenzin Mint anchored the team behind the plate and Lucas Faehndrich added stellar defence in the field. Coach Kevin Dewar was thrilled with the manner in which his team competed, noting clutch hitting from the team’s lower end of the lineup as a key to the team’s playoff success. The senior league saw two teams of local teenagers, ages 18 and under, exhibit competitiveness within the West Kootenay. Newly appointed Nelson Baseball president David Gray expressed his happiness with the season, noting in particular “the development of a group of young local umpires,” and “the commitment of volunteer coaches to developing skilled, smart baseball players, while keeping the emphasis on fun and sportsmanship during a busy, high-energy couple of months.” Parents interested in involving their children with Nelson Baseball are encouraged to keep an eye on nelsonbaseball.ca for announcements regarding recreational fall ball and winter skills development.

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The Apostle Paul lays out three attitudes of life that are at times challenging: “Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.” (Romans 12:12) Let us take a look at these three. 1. To be joyful in hope speaks about going through a hardship with a light of hope at the end of the journey. The process can be filled with grumbling, complaining, and negativity. “Be joyful” is attitude. It needs to be cultivated and watered and nurtured. Hope without joy robs one of the “abundant life” promised by Jesus. It also ruins the atmosphere for others who have the misfortune of being around you. At the end of the day God is faithful and we will realize his deliverance, but when we are “joyful in hope” the process and journey are so much better. 2. Patient in affliction. Those who have never suffered chronic pain or a debilitating sickness cannot really understand the word “patient in affliction”. I contacted Dengue Fever while in Haiti. Dengue is a terrible mosquito borne virus that has symptoms of fever, joint pain, headaches and rash. The nickname for Dengue is “breaking bone fever”. I now know why. It feels like I have been in a junior B hockey game and received a hundred slashes on my ankles, calves, hands, neck, and head. It is strange disease as your whole body aches, but you have specific isolated spots that are extremely painful. The virus particularly hits any joints with arthritis of which I have a few. The most severe part of the virus last a week to 10 days, and then it can affect you periodically for some time after. No cure. Just rest, drink lots of water, and pray. It is amazing to me how affliction can play with the mind and the spirit. Truly we are a three part being. The reason we need to be patient in affliction is that we can be tempted to Hu TheEckankar Most Worship Beautiful Prayer make decisions that are not wise, accept realities that are not Service real, or come to conclusions that are not based on truth. I can relate to Job, who said, “I know my Redeemer lives.” Even Saturday June 27 at 11am though his life was awful, he was going to wait it out, trusting Wharfhouse Business Services 601 Front Street, Suite 108 God would come through for him in the end. For all those (down stairs) out there that are struggling with chronic pain or some other Everyone Welcome sickness I want to say, “be patient in affliction” God will come through for you. 3. Faithful in prayer. What does hardship do to you? Does it drive you to your knees or does it make you walk away? In GATHERING THIS SUNDAY the case of Job, it seemed his wife chose the latter. “His wife JUNE 28TH 10AM 2402 PERRIER LANE said to him, ‘Are you still holding on to your integrity? Curse Bring food to share at our God and die!’” ( Job potluck brunch. All welcome. Nelson Christian Science Society 2:9) Job would Displaced rhythms? A Branch of the Mother Church in Boston MA have none of it! Come experience ours! Life is tough now, Sunday Service in Balfour Beautify • Listen • Eat • Study • Send 9:30 am at the Anglican Church on Busk Rd. but I can’t see how www.nelsonvineyard.com cursing God will For information 250-229-5237 Look for us on Facebook make it better! in prayer The Salvation Army Faithful is an attitude I CATHEDRAL OF MARY IMMACULATE Nelson Community Church adopted a long 813 Ward Street 352-7131 ago. Whether Sunday Worship Service time enjoying plenty Sunday Mass Times: at 11:00 am or want, whether • Saturday 7:00 pm in perfect health Everyone is Welcome • Sunday 8:30 am or in sickness, or and 10:30 am Your Pastors: whether at the Majors Robin and Yvonne Borrows top of my game Parish office open Tuesday – Friday 9:00 am - noon rccathedral@shaw.ca • www.catholiccathedralnelson.ca 250 551 4986 601 Vernon Street (Middle Level) or racked with anguish, I want St. Saviour's Anglican Church to remain faithful 701 Ward St. at Silica St., Nelson Sunday Worship Gathering 10:00 am in prayer. As the Family Service & Eucharist psalmist declares, Every Sunday 10:30 a.m. Minister: David Boyd All are Welcome “Whom have I in St. Saviour’s Food Pantry Open Every Friday 9 - 11 a.m. heaven but you? Prayer Shawl Blessing And earth has St. Michael & All Angels Sunday Service 11:30 a.m. nothing I desire 8551 Busk Road, Balfour All children welcome for Sunday School besides you.” and Nursery Room available The Rev. Jeff Donnelly • kokanee-parish.com (Psalm 73:25) Corner of Josephine and Silica Streets Office: 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Tue. - Thu. • 250.352.5711 Ph: 250-352-2822 • www.nelsonunitedchurch.ca For a full and ALL ARE WELCOME! rewarding life Kootenay Christian Fellowship develop these three Unity Centre attitudes and see of the Kootenays the difference it Join us for our Worship Celebration Sundays @ 10:30am Speaker - Stacey Posnikoff makes. Please feel free to contact me • Developing Relationships Topic - “An Introduction on • Music that will move you for discussion or • Helping People ~ Help People Oneness including a Deeksha” comment. 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Obituaries In Memory George (Errol) Faust January 18 1970 to June 25th, 1995 Today we remember the things we miss A smile a dance move a goodbye kiss The world would have been a better place If we could still enjoy your calm, your grace It’s been 20 years since you’ve been gone On that dewy foggy fateful dawn We know that you would not Want us to mourn So instead we celebrate that you were born Love Mom, Dad, Harmony, Forrest and family

Janice Anne (Barnes) Schaalje Feb 22 1965 – Jan 24 2015

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Janice Anne (Barnes) Schaalje. She is survived by her husband Mike; mother Mary Barnes, sisters Bernadette (Henry), Maureen (Joe), Laura (Jim), and numerous nieces and nephews she was very close to. Her dog Maya was a perfect companion and friend. Janice came to Nelson at a young age attending St Joe’s, Trafalgar and graduating from LVR. She excelled in drama, speech arts and debating. Her smile and warm greeting welcomed you at Oliver’s books, her parent’s store for many years. After graduation she left for Calgary, the big city, to attend university and life beyond. Janice chose to come home to Nelson for her final resting spot and will be interned at the Nelson Cemetery July 4, 2015 at 11am, with a gathering following.

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February 8, 1982- June 29, 2011 Sheilah You ignited our lives with joy, Your halo of curls and flashing eyes. You inspired us to paint, play music, and create. You inspired us to communicate. You inspired us to discover new ideas and new people to appreciate. You were not perfect- but always fabulous! Arousing passion, laughter and energy. You caused worry-but heaped more love on top of love, with every resolution. It is hard now to move on. We miss your strength. So we keep you with us, draw on your courage. Love one another fiercely. You ignited our lives with joy. You inspired us. Time past is always present. Forever in our hearts, always with us- Family strong Can you see the moon? Wynn, Teddi, Tom, Megan, Mark and Victoria. Sheilah was lost to us while serving Nelson Search and Rescue

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Nelson U15 boys win gold Submitted to the Nelson Star This past weekend the Nelson Selects U15 boys soccer team attended the Sam Steele Tournament in Cranbrook, and for the second time in two weeks had to play up an age in the U16 division due to insufficient enrollment for a U15 division. According to assistant coach Daryl Verville, “Having played U16 two weeks ago in Invermere and winning the silver there, missing the gold only by shootout, we had some confidence in our ability to compete at that level.” And this time around the Nelson squad took their results one step better, bringing home the gold medal. “It was a fantastic weekend,” said coach Kerry Dyck. “Two weeks ago I told the boys they should be so proud to win a silver medal in an older division, but they took it a step further and won the gold this time, playing up.” The team started with a 2-1 win over the Kootenay East U16 boys, with both goals coming from Aidan Mushumanski on nearly identical plays, smashing excellent volleys on crosses from the right. Next the Nelson boys dominated the Creston U16 boys, winning 5-0 in a game where the scored could have easily been double. “We have a parent keep certain stats during our games, and we had 35 attempts on goal that game, to their two (both off target),” noted assistant coach Lyle Hill. “Although the boys played great, our one concern was the lack of finishing, as we should have had more.” The goals in that game were provided by Josh Yasek with one and Milo Baranyai-Sheppard and Jaden Dyck with a pair each. Those results vaulted Nelson into first in their pool and a place in the semifinals, where the games started to get harder, facing a team from Coaldale, Alta. The Nelson squad played excellent, though, winning comfortably, 2-0, in a game that was never in doubt. Goal scorers for Nelson were Baranyai-Sheppard again and Blake MarkinHellekson.

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Touchstones of Nelson From the files of the Nelson Daily News

Dateline June 3, 1965

The sawdust and ash nuisance and damage emanating from a local industry has resulted in a special public meeting being called at the Fairview United Church Hall where residents discussed ways and means of bringing the problem to an end. Fairview residents are up in arms over the failure of Kootenay Forest Products Ltd. to curtail the sawdust and ash blanket that descends on the area from the company burner. The sawdust and ash situation has long been a serious problem with reports of roof gutters and downspouts being clogged with sawdust and ash, of cars being coated with it to a depth equal to a light snow fall, and of furniture and home interiors being coated with layers of the dusty fallout. Emboldened by recent successful actions by citizens in Cranbrook and Victoria, over 325 residents, like vigilantes of old, expressed determination to carry the fight beyond city council if they have to and settle the problem through their own methods in court.

Dateline June 16, 1965

An unusual scholastic achievement tallied up in years of attendance as well as classroom prowess was honored by Nelson school board at its regular meeting Thursday night. The precedent-setting accomplishments are divided between the five children of Mr. and Mrs. A. Morton, who have, collectively, a total of 34 consecutive school years of perfect attendance. This represents 6,500 days of uninterrupted school attendance and is something of a record. The five healthy children are presently in Grades 6 to 11.

Dateline June 22, 1965

City council approved

the purchase of 70 acres of land adjacent to the Castlegar airport for the sum of $16,000 as part of its continuing negotiations with the federal government for improvement of the landing field. Nelson has purchased all airport land to date. The villages of Castlegar and Kinnaird along with Nelson, have contributed funds for operation. As the situation now stands, the city will purchase the stated additional land next to the Castlegar airport and sell it back to the Crown for $1 on condition that the Department of Transport agree to provide assistance for the development of the local airport. This follows the agreement of the CPR to sell the waterfront lands now comprising the Nelson airstrip to the city outright for a market price to be established by the municipal assessor. The city has been in negotiation with CPR for the past 12 years in an effort to obtain use of the airport land on a 99-year lease. Word of CPR being prepared to sell the property outright comes as excellent news in that council has been attempting to also inaugurate a pattern of development that would permit the eventual lengthening of the runway to 4,000 feet. The 21.97 acres of land has a market value of $39,380 based on an assessed value of $19,690.

Dateline June 25, 1965

A Nelson city councilor and a West Arm trucking operator died following the crash of a single-engine aircraft at an isolated creek-bed 15 miles north of Nelson Wednesday evening. Nelson alderman F.A. Beresford, 45, died Thursday afternoon just before entering the operating room of the Kootenay Lake General Hospital where he was to have undergone emergency surgery. Trucking operator Alec McLean is believed to have been killed instantly when the light plane he was piloting crashed in Lemon Creek Wednesday, two miles east of Highway 6, four miles south of Slocan. The crash was undetected until shortly after 8 a.m. Thursday when it was found by three men

en route to a mine site in the area. Ald. Beresford was alive and conscious when the wreckage was discovered and the critically injured man was able to tell that the plane had encountered engine trouble. The plane was en route to Kamloops when it crashed. The wreckage has been placed under guard pending arrival of investigators from the Department of Transport.

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June 26, 2015 Edition

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NELSON HYDRO NEWS

Mayor Kozak and Council mark their first six months!

Your hydro meter: Be safe, not sorry

Nelson Hydro is reminding its customers that tampering with your hydro meter is extremely dangerous and a safety risk too. It’s also contrary to City of Nelson Bylaws, and is illegal. Power meters have live electrical connections behind the meter device which can easily cause fires, injuries or death. If Nelson Nelson’s new Mayor and City Council now have the first six months of their terms under their belts. Mayor Deb Kozak says it’s been an incredibly productive Hydro feels that a person has tampered with a power meter, the City can take legal actions or disconnect time, with a steep learning curve too. One of Council’s first acts was to repeal the your power. The safety of our customers and Nelson’s electrical system is Nelson’s top priority. Has your meter been tampered with? Call 250-352-8240. unpopular downtown dog bylaw. Hello everyone and happy summer!

Council has also attended training sessions on governance, completed a bylaw priority setting session and conducted a rigorous budget review. Mayor Kozak and her team have had thoughtful discussions over proposed major increases in recreation and protective services budgets, plus there were some tough decisions made on community initiative grants.

There’ve been some big issues on council’s agendas, including important public hearings on the Ancron Medical Clinic and the new developments at Nelson Landing and Nelson Commons. The Stores to Shores Downtown Revitalization has added excitement, activity and a bit of complexity for businesses in the downtown area. “The new council is strong, committed and has diverse strengths,” says Mayor Kozak. “Each councillor made personal commitments at the beginning of the term and this has resulted in respect around the table for different views, and better decisions. I made a commitment to chair meetings strongly and fairly and to encourage vigorous and thoughtful debate. We do not always agree, which is good. Each person is treated with respect and is heard.” Here’s what the rest of council has had to say about it’s first six months in action: Councillor Val Warmington

It would be an understatement to say that I’ve been busy or learned a lot since joining Council. Early on it seemed impossible to keep up with the breadth of issues and continually-growing pile of reading. I’ve now learned to focus my energy strategically and that there is a rhythm to Council work that I can sync with — working long and hard when necessary but recognizing and enjoying the down time when it comes. Being a Councillor for the City of Nelson is as challenging and rewarding as I’d hoped and I am thoroughly engaged and enjoying it. Councillor Robin Cherbo

The first six months on City Council has been going very well. Going from orientation for all of council to diving into the budget process for 2015, has keep all of us on the go. To say the least it has been a whirlwind of projects and issues that should continue to keep us busy until the end of the year and beyond. Councillor Janice Morrison

Six months already, how time flies when you are a “new” councillor again. Previous council experience has allowed my learning curve to be less of a hill to climb. Pulpit Rock versus new councillor’s Mount Everest. Council portfolios are something new. 2015 budget planning, utility rate adjustments, development approvals and “letting the dog’s out “ are just a few examples of decisions already made by this council. It’s fun working with councillor’s who are as diverse as the citizens we represent. It will be full speed ahead with only 3.5 years left to get all the work done! Councillor Michael Dailly

Being a new councillor means every day is a school day. Whether I’m walking on Baker, at the grocery store or the market, people want to talk about what’s happening in Nelson. Having these discussions and finding the answers to your questions is a learning process for everyone, and a big part of a Councillor’s job. I’m grateful for all the support I‘ve received from City staff and fellow Councillors past and present. Keep asking questions and offering your input! Councillor Anna Purcell

The first six months on council have been amazing — more learning and growing than I had even anticipated, and while that learning curve has sometimes felt more like a learning cliff, and my rockclimbing skills rusty, the views at the top are spectacular and absolutely worth it. Nelson is chock-full of bright, hard-working, well intentioned individuals making it a better city for all of us and it’s a privilege to learn from them and help where I can. Councillor Bob Adams

Even though this is my tenth year on council, there’ve been some big changes, especially with four new council members. But those changes have all been good. There’s been a lot of cooperation, everybody speaks their piece and everybody listens. I think we’re all doing very, very well.

Stores To Shores: Progress, and patience After two months of work, the Stores To Shores downtown revitalization development is on time and on budget. IODE Park, the new Social Steps and the 400 and 500 blocks are beginning to transform into the safer, beautified thoroughfare envisioned by the Sustainable Downtown Waterfront Master Plan. Work on the 300 block, from the corner of Hall and Vernon to the corner of Hall and Front will be getting underway shortly. The first of a number of improved traffic routes is in place with Cedar Street having been converted into a one-way headed north to Edgewood Avenue. New turning bays will soon be laid out on Front Street at Cedar. The upcoming phase will include a number of motorist and pedestrian detours around the Nelson and District Community Complex, the Chamber of Commerce and Lake Street. Please be patient, pay careful attention to w and above all — support those businesses along the construction route!

OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT NEWS It’s gonna be a hot one. Watch your water use!

Did you know that lawns require only three centimetres of water per week? That’s equal to just an hour of sprinkling. With a dry, hot summer in the forecast, the City of Nelson would like to remind residents to restrict their watering use, as follows:

• Water every other day only. Premises with “even” numbered addresses may sprinkle on “even” days (2nd, 4th, 6th etc) and premises with “odd” numbered addresses may sprinkle on “odd” days (1st, 3rd, 5th etc). • Water in the early morning, before 10:00 am, or early evening, after 6:00 pm.

• Premises with underground sprinklers should have the system checked for leaks and the timer set to only give the lawn about one hour worth of water each week. • Ensure that water does not over-spray onto sidewalks, driveways or roads.

Due to the rapidly melting snow pack and the low volume of rain to date, the City may implement more conservation measures if the current warm weather continue, so please, do your best to go easy on watering, and keep an eye open for likely restrictions.

Also…A Water Smart Ambassador will be walking Nelson’s neighbourhoods speaking to residents about their outside water use and placing a lawn flag on properties where the watering restrictions aren’t being followed. Residents can contact the Ambassador for a free sprinkling assessment and receive a free hose timer or rain gauge. More info? Contact the Water Smart Ambassador at 250-352-8102 or watersmart@nelson.ca, Public Works and Water Utility at 250-352-8238, publicworks@nelson.ca or click on www.cbt.org/watersmart/nelson

Here’s how to stay cool kids (and parents too)

The Lions Park Spray Park will be open seven days a week until Wednesday, Sept. 30, from noon to 7:00 pm. Gyro Park Pool will be open seven days a week from Thursday, July 2 ’til Saturday, August 29, (except Monday, August 3) from 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm.

CITY BULLETIN BOARD The Library is cool! The Nelson Public Library is where cool people hang out in a warm and friendly atmosphere. This summer: Summer Reading Club for kids: Build cool things, friendships, and fun with this year’s “Build It!” theme! The Purple Pirate needs help to build his pirate ship on Wednesday, July 8 at 1 pm. Free!…Cool stuff for teens at extra special Wild and Wacky Wednesdays through the summer...Two new quiet rooms in the adult nonfiction section for quiet study and tutoring, plus great reading for all ages: books, audiobooks, CDs and DVDs to check out, eBooks and eAudiobooks, databases and more…Program registration, details, downloads and more at www.nelsonlibrary.carom Thursday, July 2 ’til Saturday, August 29, (except Monday, August 3) from 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm.

NELSON FIRE AND RESCUE The time is now: Protect your home from forest fire It’s going to be a hot summer — and that means your home and business need to be secure from the very real threat of wildland urban interface fires — forest fires that can engulf city structures and neighbourhoods.

The City of Nelson has worked hard to meet the fuel mitigation and Fire Smart recommendations contained in the Community Wildfire Protection Plan. But these efforts are intended to reduce the likelihood and potential impacts of a wildfire spreading into our community — not offer a guarantee they won’t occur. Residents need to clean up dry grasses and plant material including woody debris, all of which is fuel for fires to spread. Remember, a wildland fire can impact our city via the perimeter, start from within our boundaries or occur due to hot embers dropping throughout our area from a fire further away. More info on how you can better protect your home and property? Call Nelson Fire Rescue Service 250-352-3103 or click on Firesmartcanada.ca

NELSON AND DISTRICT YOUTH CENTRE Grand Re-Opening next week! With over 8,000 visits expected this year, there are some big, bold changes afoot at the Nelson and District Youth Centre. Nelson’s foremost venue for youth and young adult services is in the midst of a wide array of improvements to spaces and programs, most recently in the skatepark area. The NDYC is very excited to welcome everyone to its Grand Re-Opening Saturday, July 4, from 1:00 to 4:00, when they’ll be giving the public a sneak preview of all the amazing changes they have made to the building.

Office Closures & After Hours Emergency Service

City Hall, Nelson Hydro, the Operations Department and the Nelson Public Library will all be closed for Canada Day, Wednesday, July 1 and British Columbia Day, Monday, August 3. For Operations emergency service, call 250-352-3103. Power outage? Electrical hazard? Damage to Nelson Hydro equipment? Outage updates? Call 1-877-32HYDRO (1-877-324-9376). Nelson Transit busses do not run on Statutory Holidays.