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The Invermere Lakers throw one of their own in the air in celebration after winning the annual Nakusp Jr. and Sr. Boys Invitational Tournament. JILLIAN TRAINOR Arrow Lakes News
Busloads of soccer players descended on Nakusp last weekend to play in the annual Nakusp Sr. and Jr. Boys Invitational Tournament. The two-day event hosted both junior and senior teams from various parts of the province, including Grand Forks, Fort St. James, and Invermere. Friday’s games were slightly overshadowed by the weather. Rain came down for most of the event, which was rather unlucky for the David Thompson Secondary School Lakers from Invermere. The Laker’s equipment was stolen before they left for the tournament. Their balls, their bench, and their tent, every-
thing was gone. “When I left home, I put the stuff on the road to get picked up,” said coach Jurgen Striegel. “I left it alone a minute, and everything was stolen.” The first day was a bit rocky for other teams as well. Nakusp lost their first game against Fort St. James 2-0. “These boys come out, it’s the first game of the season, an early tournament, and they’re learning,” said coach Ryan Willman. “It’s all about making mistakes, but it’s whether they learn from their mistakes.” The second day of the tournament was better. The sun had come out, which made for better playing, but some of the teams were starting to fight fatigue. “Tournaments are hard on kids because it’s many games in a short period of time,” said Mike Phelan, coach of the Grand
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Forks Wolves. “Even during a day, you play a game, you rest, you play a game, you rest. It wears on them, even though they’re young.” By the end of the afternoon, the games were decided. For the Juniors, the Creston Bulldogs came in first, followed by the Hawks of JL Crowe in Trail. In third place, the Wolves of Grand Forks, and the Nakusp Cougars came in fourth. For the Senior games, The Invermere Lakers took first place, followed by the Fort St. James Falcons in second place, The Hawks from JL Crowe in Trail were third, Midway Boundary Central Secondary School was fourth, and the Nakusp Cougars took fifth place. “I’m proud of the boys, the way they played soccer and the effort they put in there,” said Striegel. “I knew they were capable of winning if they played well.”
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RDCK board lobbies minister on recycling BILL METCALF Arrow Lakes News
The Regional District of Central Kootenay board has agreed to step up its lobbying of BC’s environment minister, asking her to enforce a provincial recycling law. That law requires companies that produce paper and packaging to pay Multi Material BC (MMBC) to recycle paper products when they enter the waste cycle. But many companies have not signed on, even though the program has been in place for two years. According to RDCK staff, this means its residents pay twice to have
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their paper and packaging recycled: once when they buy the products (whose prices have been increased to pay for recycling) and then taxes to have the RDCK process their recycling. The RDCK would like to hand over its recycling to MMBC rather than doing it itself at a cost to local taxpayers of nearly $1 million per year But MMBC, which provides recycling for many municipalities and regional districts across the province, says it cannot take on more because it can’t afford to, because many businesses that produce paper products in the province have not signed on. “For us to expand we need additional businesses joining,” MMBC’s Allen Langdon told the board at their meeting last week. “There are hundreds of businesses not meeting their regulated obligations.” MMBC provides recycling services for several local communities, including Nelson, although their presence is not obvious here because they contract curbside collection back to the city. The RDCK board passed a resolution earlier this year to send a bill to MMBC for reimbursement of its recycling costs but did not follow up. At the recent meeting,
it was suggested the bill should be sent instead to the government because it doesn’t enforce the requirement that all paper producers join MMBC. However the board ultimately decided that sending a bill to either party was too confrontational and that it should lobby the minister instead. “If we slap a bill on them it will create a huge rift that we cannot repair,” said RDCK chair and Nakusp mayor Karen Hamling. “It would be better to push them to start fining these companies, and then ask them to reimburse us.” RDCK members attending the annual Union of BC Municipalities conference this week met with environment minister Mary Polak about this. RDCK manager Stuart Horn told the Star today that “we definitely felt heard.” He said the minister appears to take the government’s enforcement responsibility seriously, but that she prefers to negotiate with delinquent producers rather than force them. Also at the conference a resolution was brought to the floor by the Town of Comox asking the UBCM to urge the government to start fining companies that don’t join MMBC.
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Terri Roberts was the lucky winner of the Arrow Lakes News Summer Shopping Spree. Roberts was given $250 in vouchers to spend at local stores. She chose Overwaitea, Home Hardware, Touch of Fashion, and Treasure Trove. She was allowed to spend a maximum of $75 at each store. “It was fun. I had a great time. I try to shop local as much as possible. I like supporting the local businesses,” Roberts said.
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Tyler Leeson, Executive Chef at Halcyon Hot Springs Village and Spa, has won the Armstrong Interior Provincial Exhibition (IPE) Iron Chef Competition that took place Sept. 2-6. Leeson was asked to participate last year, but because the request came on such short notice, he wasn’t able to compete. He was called again this year, and was given a month’s notice. He entered with friend and fellow chef, Josh Hines of Kelowna. “It’s not the same one that you would see on the Food Network. It’s not quite as big, but still a lot of fun,” Leeson said. Ten teams competed throughout the week, two per day for five days. “It’s a 100 mile competition, and they give you a list of ingredients and you have half an hour to come up with your first course and then ten minutes for each of your next courses,” he said. “It’s a total of four courses in an hour. You have to use the one ingredient in everything, and then there’s three or four other ingredients that you have to use somewhere in your meal. They’re all regional.” He said as far as ingredients go,
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Only you (will-writer) can prevent this Tyler Leeson, left, and Josh Hines, during a break at the IPE Iron Chef Competition. Photo submitted this competition was fairly simple. “I’ve had other competitions where you had to pair salmon with veal liver together somehow, and then you get the kidneys, and the hearts. Offal meats are tricky, especially in that short period of time. Most of them take a long time to prepare.” Time is a constraint. While an hour might seem like plenty to prepare a meal, with four courses to make, it can be stressful, and going over can cost you. “I’ve struggled in other competitions,”Leeson said. “I’ve always gone over by 30 seconds, or a minute, and I’ve lost more than once because of it. This time I didn’t go over time and I think we won by .125 per cent.”
One thing about the competition Leeson enjoyed was the camaraderie. “You get to meet lots of cool people, and the people that are fun to compete against are really good about it. There’s no poor sportsmanship, everyone helps each other,” he said. “If they need something that we have, we just give it to them, and if they have something that we need we can ask for it. It’s the camaraderie. It gives you an idea of where you stand in the grand scheme of things. Sometimes living in a small town like Nakusp, you can do well here, but does that mean you’re actually good, or just good here? That kind of thing. It’s nice to kind of get out there and compete against some of the top winning chefs in B.C.”
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This is part three and final column which focusses on the history of the Sinixt People, courtesy of Sharon Montgomery of Nakusp and District Museum. In the year 1770, Samuel Hearne, a British explorer who worked for the Hudson Bay Company, travelled overland from Churchill, Manitoba across the North West Territories to the mouth of the Coppermine River on the Arctic Ocean. Samuel and his expedition brought about disease to the natives of the NWT and in turn, the diseases filtered down across the Grease Trails and trade routes wiping out almost 80 per cent of the Aboriginals in southeast BC, Washington, Oregon and Idaho — all along the Columbian River Basin. In 1836, smallpox hit Colville and half of the Sinixt population perished. In the winter of 1847-48, a total of 123 children died of measles at Fort Colville. In 1850-51, influenza
struck. In 1853 another smallpox epidemic hit — then two more epidemics ravaged the Sinixt in 1857 and 1862. After the third of five waves of disease, infected Hudson Bay blankets came through this area, and the terrified Sinixt people began to leave. They were absorbed by neighbouring Salish Tribes because they were known as the Mother Tribe and were very much respected. It was during the mid-1800s when the border was established between Canada and the US. The Sinixt people were at Kettle Falls engaging in their annual fishing expeditions. When they tried to go north to their winter homes, they were stopped at the border and were told that they now had to make a decision about being either a Canadian or an American Indian. At that time, there was no reservation in existence within the Columbia Basin — only disease and persecution by bounty hunters. There was however, a large reservation in their southern territory at Fort Colville. The Sinixt chose the safety of a reservation where disease could (potentially) continue to plague them. Some Sinixt chose to live in rural areas, such as Burton and Arrow Park and eventually, some 30 years later, a small reserve was established across from Burton at “Oatscott.” In 1953, when Annie Joseph of Oatscott passed away, the
Government thought she was the last person on the band list. So, just prior to the planning of the Columbia River Treaty in 1956, the Federal Government mistakenly declared the Arrow Lakes People extinct, in Canada. The authorities of the time wanted an unencumbered valley to flood. Today there are a great many Sinixt people living in Colville, Wash. They would like the opportunity to have the freedom to travel their ancestral territory, visit their burial grounds and return to stewardship of this landscape. Currently the Federal Government remains in negotiations with the Sinixt to have their Extinct Status removed. They have plans for a number of biological and environmental studies including terrain, hydrology, fisheries, lichens and wildlife mapping. They have identified four keystone species critical to the local ecosystem — grizzly, wolverine, mountain caribou and fisheries. So, these people, even though they have “ghost status” are quietly working at preserving this landscape because it is their cultural law to provide stewardship. The Museum will be closed for the winter season on Sept. 19, reopening in May, 2016, however group or classroom tours can be arranged upon request at other times. Call Sharon at 250-265-2120.
• This Week in History • October 2, 1925 The palatial steamer, Bonnington was tied up at the ways here for the winter on Saturday night- the Minto taking her place. The passenger tug Columbia was taken down to Robson on Saturday by Capt. J. Fitzsimmons where she will be tied up until the lower lake service is necessary. October 3, 1935 W.K. Esling, Conservative candidate for Kootenay West Riding, addressed a well attended meeting in the Bosun Hall, New Denver,on Friday. An attentive audience gathered in the Opera House in Nakusp Tuesday to listen to H.W. Herridge of Nakusp, C.C.F. candidate for Kootenay West, and E. Bakewell, MLA. D.D. McLean, the National Liberal Federation candidate for Kootenay West received enthusiastic support from meeting in the lower area of the Kaslo-Slocan riding.
The chicken supper put on by the Needles Women’s Institute was a huge success from every angle. Over 100 people sat down at the well loaded tables during the course of the evening. October 4, 1945 A joint nomination convention was held recently at New Denver in the Kaslo-Slocan riding for the purpose of nominating a Coalition candidate to contest this seat in the coming election. Capt. C.S. Leary was nominated from the Liberal side and Alex Bedard of Nakusp from the Conservative side. Twenty-eight delegates had been previously chosen from each party to vote by ballot on the issue. It was later announced by the chairman that Mr. Leary had won a majority of 10. Mr. Bedard then pledged his support for Mr. Leary.
Pine Lodge celebrated the anniversary of their wedding. Mr. and Mrs. Fowler were married at Trout Lake on Sept. 27, 1905.
been given permission to use a basement room of the Centennial Building to house the articles collected for the museum.
October 25, 1955 H.M. Rolston has been given the contract to clean up the Nakusp arena site with half the salvage going to the contractor and half to the Recreation Commission. Mr. Rolston will also erect the side walls which are still good. An attempt is still being made to collect damages assigned but the B.C. Court by registering the claim in Alberta.
A Prince George contractor, London Contracting and Development Ltd., and MacAurthur Construction Co. Ltd have been awarded contracts to clear areas that will be flooded by the Arrow Dam.
Charles Augustus Ferguson, a pioneer of Edgewood, died there on Saturday. He was 80 years old and had come to the Edgewood district 46 years ago. September 30, 1965 For a winter project the Kinette Club of Nakusp has chosen to establish a museum in Nakusp. They will work in conjunction with the Women’s Institute. The group has
Frank Rushton proposed the toast to the bride and groom of 40 years on Thursday evening, when Mr. and Mrs. A.E. Fowler of
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October 2, 1985 A retirement party was held for Monica Irwin on Friday, Sept. 27 at Bosun Hall in New Denver. Mrs. Irwin worked for 20 years as the secretary at Lucerne School in New Denver.
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Art/Place Names Encaustic art makes a Connexion JILLIAN TRAINOR Arrow Lakes News
If you were to stop by Studio Connexion today, you’d see something quite different on the gallery walls: artwork made from beeswax, otherwise known as encaustics. The art form, which was practised by Greek artists as far back as the fifth century BC is also practised by New Denver artist Louise Ducharme. She discovered the art form when searching for ideas when she taught art for Grades 8-12. “I like this medium because it’s exploratory and it’s playful, you don’t know what’s really going to happen, so you’re making decisions as you go along about what it’s going to be like,” she said. “At the beginning, the only decision I could really
make was my knowledge of colour theory. If I had the right colours, whatever would happen would at least look somewhat good because of colour theory.” The showing marks the first time Studio Connexion has had a gallery of encaustic works. “Every year I look for new artists and I like to present something new at the gallery, because otherwise you just have the same old thing over and over and over,” said curator Anne Beliveau. All the pieces in the gallery were created specifically for the show. “She produced a lot of material. She came with all her material last Tuesday, and had a lot of different pieces,” said Beliveau. “Some were a little less abstract than others and we decided which ones were going to stay in the show. Then you lay out how
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the show should look, and you have to link it together and it has to flow well.” When creating encaustic art, you always work on wood because you don’t want the wax to bend or crack. The wax can also be a little tricky to work with. “I have little pots of melted wax on a hot plate. I will take a brush
of natural hairs, and I’ll put it onto my board, but as soon as it hits the board, it gets hard, said Ducharme. “Every time I want to add another colour or another layer I have to fuse it with a hot air gun or a propane torch so it all melts again.” From The Melting Pot will be at Studio Connexion until Oct. 10.
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Kettle River was first known as Nehoialpitku GREG NESTEROFF Arrow Lakes News
Ninety-ninth in a series on West Kootenay/Boundary place names The Kettle River was named by July 31, 1860 when the Victoria Daily Colonist quoted a New Westminster Times report about gold being found “on all the tributaries of the Okinakin [sic] Rock Creek, Kettle River, and Semilkameen [sic] in paying quantities.” There are a couple of theories about the name’s origin. As G.P.V. and Helen Akrigg put it in British Columbia Place Names, one possibility is that it “comes from the boiling, seething Kettle Falls, which were known as La Chaudiére [The Boiler] to early explorers.” Alternatively, it comes from “the round holes, shaped like cauldrons, which water has hollowed out in the rocks.” Hudson’s Bay Co. governor George Simpson gave the latter explanation in 1847, according to the Akriggs, although they didn’t say where. The river, and its valley, was previously known by the Okanagan name Nehoialpitku, according to Lt. Charles Wilson of the British Boundary Commission, who wrote on Aug. 31, 1860: “We started for to continue our journey to Colville and passing throughout he town of Rock Creek followed down the stream of the Nehoialpitku. Oh! Valley of the Nehoialpitku, how shall I sing thy praises!” (The name is otherwise written as nxwya?łpítkw.
Colonial secretary Arthur Birch gave it as N-whoyalpit-kwu in a letter written on Oct. 31, 1864.) When a post office application was filed in 1891 near what was then called Grande Prairie (and is now called Grand Forks), postal inspector E.H. Fletcher wrote: “As there is already a post office in operation [known] as Grande Prairie it would not be desirable to duplicate the name, and the establishment of the office applied for as ‘Kettle River’ will be satisfactory.” He was wrong. Three years after the Kettle River post office opened in 1892, residents petitioned for a name change, feeling Kettle River was too general, since there were many settlements along it. So it was renamed Carson in 1896 and operated until 1915. The north fork of the Kettle River became known as the Granby after the Granby Consolidated Mining and Smelting Co. of Granby, Que. which built a smelter at Grand Forks in 1900. The earliest known reference to the river by that name is in the Grand Forks Sun of Feb. 23, 1917: “A few properties on Granby river, mostly in Franklin camp, were examined …” The name Kettle Valley, meanwhile, dates to the creation of the Kettle Valley Railway Co. in early 1898. Kettle Valley, the community just east of Rock Creek, dates to before 1913, when the post office opened. It closed in 1975. What’s strange at first glance, however, is that instead of taking its name from the Kettle, the district came to be known for a tributary, Boundary Creek. We’ll look at this in greater detail next week.
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“Wild goose chase” Meaning: A pointless search. Origin: This was once a sort of horse race, so named because the positions of the horses resembled geese in flight — except it wasn’t much of a race, because no one could win.
There are eight species of wrens in British Columbia, but only one occurs regularly in our region. All B.C. wrens are quite small and generally brown in colour. They tend to be fairly secretive and spend their time creeping through the vegetation foraging for insects and fruit, often with their tails held high above their backs. Most have long narrow bills, ideally suited to probing in cracks and crevices for food. All but two species are cavity nesters, and some will use artificial nest boxes. The Pacific Wren is the only wren that breeds in the Nakusp region. Along with the very similar Winter Wren, it is the smallest of the North American wrens measuring just 10cm from tip of bill to tip of tail. It favours areas of dense vegetation, usually in moist situa-
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Thanks to a grant from the Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance and Columbia Basin Trust, this summer we cataloged and photographed our 6,000 accessions. Our photographer Linda Dixon and museum curator Sharon Montgomery cleaned, updated and streamlined our 27+ displays for a more coherent story line and to make them more accessible. Please come and see for yourself at our Open House on Saturday, Oct.3rd from 11am - 3pm at 92 6th Ave.NW (Below the LIbrary). Everyone welcome. Free admission. Light refreshments.
Pacific Wren. tions in the coniferous seconds. Several auforest. Nests are usually thors have attempted to built in natural cavities describe it, but few have but old woodpecker done it justice. In 1926, holes are occasion- P. A. Taverner, in his ally used. Spaces under book Birds of Western stumps or in the roots Canada, calls the wren of an upturned tree are the “...finest songster of frequently used natural the northern woods.” sites. He goes on to say, “It’s The Pacific Wren has song, strangely disconone of the most remark- nected yet continuous, able songs of all the composed of jerkily North American song- jumbled trills and stacbirds. It is loud, varied, cato notes, dies down as and long, lasting 8-10 though about to cease,
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only to revive and continue with full vigour several seconds longer.” The Encyclopaedia of North American Birds describes the song as: “... loud, rich, full, ... rising and falling high pitched notes in a fine silver thread of music ... contains 108-113 separate notes...”. Once heard, the song is difficult to forget! (You can hear it for yourself at https:// www.youtube.com.
Enjoying the sunshine Barry Rein enjoys the beautiful falll weather outside What’s Brewing on Broadway. Photo by Jillian Trainor
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Community Well known author reads from latest novel JILLIAN TRAINOR Arrow Lakes News
The Nakusp Public Library was full as people came to hear author Caroline Woodward read from her latest book Light Years: Memoir of a Modern Lighthouse Keeper. It was a chance encounter that would bring the Woodward-George’s to their decision to leave their jobs in publishing. At the Nakusp Public Library on Sept. 23, author Caroline Woodward explained what led to the making of a life altering decision. One day, while on the ferry bound for Alert Bay, Caroline rescued a Jack Russell Terrier on the deck, and met its owner, a relief lighthouse keeper. They got to talking, and Caroline realized this would be something Jeff would probably like to do. “I called him after I finished taking book orders in Alert Bay and Port McNeil, and I drove down the island highway to the northern outskirts of Campbell River, where there’s cell phone service,”she said. “I said ‘Get the white wine chilling honey, I’m going to buy salmon at the dock in Campbell River. I have found out what we’re going to be doing for the rest of our lives.’” With her blessing, Jeff applied to be a relief lighthouse keeper, and once his training was through, he got a posting on Egg Island. In 2008, he was asked to be the assistant lighthouse keeper on Leonard Island. It was then that Caroline made the decision to become a relief keeper. After going through several training courses, including first aid, and a VHF radio course, she was ready. “I ended up having to do relief 15 days after I got to the Island,” she said. She now does anywhere between six and eight months of relief work a year. At the lighthouse, they give weather reports every three hours, the first one is at
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Author Caroline Woodward reads an excerpt from her memoir Light Years: Memoir of a Modern Lighthouse Keeper. Photo by Jillian Trainor 4:40 a.m., the last at 10:40 p.m. Of the many lighthouses that dot the B.C. coastline, 27 are staffed. Woodward stated the importance of having these lighthouses staffed, as opposed to being monitored by computer, when she recounted an event that took place just a few weeks ago. “I was waiting for that last weather report, and all of a sudden there was bang, bang, bang on our door at Leonard Island. We have kind of a hostile island, jagged toothy beaches, it’s not a safe place,” she said. “There was, in the fading light of 9:30 p.m. and fog rolling in, a man and his little boy. They had come in on some sort of Canadian Tire kayak, and there was no cover, had no VHS radio. Their phone was soaking wet and defunct — they were in big trouble. “We got them warmed up, and Jeff woke
up, and called the lifeboat crew and they came out and took them back to the resort they had zig-zagged away from.” Marilyn McKinnon, one of the attendees, thoroughly enjoyed the reading. “I thought she was just delightful, very articulate,” she said. “I was particularly interested in her talk, because I’ve been out to that area, and I just love it. I’ve seen quite a few of the lighthouses when we’ve been on the water, in and around the inside passage, so I was interested in hearing of her life as a light keeper.” The first week the book was released it was number 10 on the B.C. Best Seller List, and last week it went up to number three. Woodward thinks part of the reason is because many people have connections to lighthouses on both coasts. “It’s really a part of our history, and people really connect to that.”
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It’s a good thing! Last Thursday, students from the Nakusp Elementary School participated in the 9th annual TRYathlon. This year the swimming portion of the TRYathlon was exchanged with an obstacle course encouraging all students in Grades 4-7 to participate in the obstacle course, bike and run.
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COMMUNITY CALENDAR October 1 Recycling Day in Nakusp! Leave your recycling on the curb in clear blue bags, for 7 a.m. pick-up.
October 7 Poker Night @ the Leland Hotel. It’s free and beginners are welcome. 7 p.m. start. For more information contact Dan @ 265-3314.
October 1 Mother Goose @ Nakusp Public Library. 10 to 11 a.m.
October 7 AA Meeting from 7 to 8 p.m. @ the Terra Pondera Clubhouse in Nakusp. For more information call 265-4216.
October 1 Nakusp T’ai Chi @ the Legion 10 to11 a.m. Call Ruth 265-3353. October 1 African Drumming Group @ Move on the Kusp at 7:15 p.m. Bring your own drum. New drummers welcome.
October 9 ALHS presents: The Jean Spicer Collection @ The Bonnington Arts Centre. A selection of stunning imagery from the 1950’s -1980’s, spanning the Arrow, Lardeau & Slocan Valleys. Admission by donation and refreshments and goodies available.
October 2 All Candidates Meeting @ Silverton Memorial Hall. 7 p.m.
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October 3 Community Choir practice @ Saddleback Church. 1 to 2:30 p.m. For ages 19 years and up. Cost is $7 on your first practice only. For more information contact Marilyn Massey @ 250 265-4087. October 4 AA Meeting 5 to 6 p.m @ the Terra Pondera Clubhouse in Nakusp. For more information call 265-4216. October 5 BC Transit Bus to Nakusp Hot Springs. The bus leaves Overwaitea at 1:15 and arrives back in Nakusp at 3:55 p.m. Cost is $1.25 one way, or $2.50 round trip. October 5 Bridge @ Nakusp Senior’s Centre, every Monday 1:30 to 4 p.m. Cost is $2.50, and beginners welcome. October 6 Free Family Law and Child Protection information session @ ASLCS (Community Services). 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. For more information or to schedule an appointment call The Advocacy Centre at 1-855552-2708 ir 250-352-2708.
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October 6 Nakusp T’ai Chi @ the Legion 10 to11 a.m. Call Ruth 265-3353.
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Seminar to benefit executors Most executors, when asked if they would ever take that task on again, answer with a resounding “No”. Although honoured when first appointed executor, many quickly realize they lack the legal know-how to properly administer an estate when called upon. Most Canadians are either named as executor in a will or have a will of their own in which they’ve named an executor. As executor, certain duties must be performed, within a certain timeframe and in a specific order. Vehicle ownership must be transferred, terminal tax returns filed, taxes paid (including the possibility of capital gains tax), property transferred, accounts closed and accurate records kept. The average estate in Canada takes 18 months to settle. Even a little planning by the testator (writer of the will) now can make a big difference to the executor later when called upon. “Executors, usually at a very emotional and stressful time in their lives, need to complete a task they have never done—or did once twenty years ago. They are required to find and gather specific documentation, know who to contact and locate where the government offices are, pay for numerous fees…for many, it is daunting,” says Kevin Holte, seminar presenter and Assurant Life of Canada district manager. “That’s why we are thrilled to be able to provide this important information that can save families unnecessary headaches and estate settlement costs. From: “It never ceases to amaze me how Lockkeeper, Hugh L. Keenleyside Dam oft en a death in the family is the Phone: 250 365-3115 sparkhlk.lockkeeper@bchydro.com that ignites the underlying Email:
flame of sibling rivalry or perceived parental favouritism…add money to the mix and the executor can be looking at a Molotov cocktail of stress,” says Holte. One of the most common mistakes people make is trying too hard to avoid probate fees. “People need to be aware of the risks when they joint their home with one of their kids, because sometimes the cure is worse than the disease” adds Holte. “I think what the local funeral home is doing to educate and empower the public is very commendable.” Bill Clark, local funeral home owner, is enthusiastic about the seminar’s content. “It is important for the average person to walk away from the seminar with some real understanding and tangible steps they can take to make their executor’s job easier. That’s exactly what these seminars provide, and they are presented in simple English so even the most ‘rookie’ testator or executor will benefit.” Everyone is invited to attend. Topics include an understanding of the executor’s legal responsibilities along with a realistic expectation of costs and timelines, time-saving and money-saving tips, dangers of joint ownership, explanation of probate, capital gains tax overview, funeral pre-planning information as well as cremation options. “The goal is to ensure everyone ends up with a grateful executor and not a frazzled one,” Holte summarizes. The estate planning seminar will be held Wednesday, Oct. 7, 6:30 p.m. at the Valley Funeral Home. To register, call 250-265-4316.
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The following forecast information is provided to federal, provincial and municipal officials, media and others who have expressed interest in receiving this information. Forecast information is subject to change at any time if there are significant changes in the projected weather patterns in the Columbia basin, load requirements, Columbia River Treaty provisions and other variables during this period. ACTUAL ELEVATION September 26, 2015
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Meat draws are held every Saturday- 4PM, 5PM & 6PM
The Nakusp Minor Hockey will be sponsoring the Meat Draws in October All members and guests welcome!
Jade Kessler (the one with the beard) of the Nakusp Cougars runs for the ball at the Nakusp Senior and Junior Boys Invitational Tournament. Photo submitted by Jillian Trainor
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Work B.C. celebrated six of its clients on Sept. 23 with its second annual Celebrating Diversity event, held at Gabi’s Fairytale Café. “We’re celebrating the word diversity, the idea of diversity, and the success of diversity tonight,” said Terri McLeod, a rehabilitation consultant with Work B.C. “Disability, or differing ability as we know it, is just another difference, like cultural ethnicity, sexual orientation, or gender. We recognize that by embracing differences, embracing diversity can be a valuable source of personal inspiration and insight, insight that hopefully leads us to become more tolerant, patient, and accepting people by witnessing the diversity of our fellow man.” Those being celebrated were individuals who have shown success in the workplace over the last 12 months. Success varies for each person depending on their abilities. One might be able to work a couple of hours a week, another person might be able to do fifteen hours a week. McLeod says it depends on what their passion is, and what kind of jobs are available for them. “We’ve got two self-employed people with disabilities that have been doing self-employment, and sometimes self-employment is a really good fit for differently abled people. “They can control their work environment, they can control what they do and when they do it.” Kim Keriaff, one of the six clients celebrated, shared her story. In December of 1984, she suffered a spinal cord injury, breaking her neck on the fifth and sixth vertebrae. At the time, she was enrolled in the Early Childhood Education program at Selkirk College. During her rehab, she met with a counsellor who was also in a wheelchair. The counsellor had also tried going for the ECE program, but didn’t make it, and said if she couldn’t make it, Keriaff probably couldn’t do it either. “At that point I was really crushed, because it was my passion,” she said. Fortunately Keriaff has a mother who doesn’t take no for an answer. “I ended up moving back to Castlegar a few years later, and she came in my bedroom and said ‘What are you going to do?’ and I said ‘Well, I’m going to watch TV.’ She said ‘No, what are you going to do
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with the rest of your life?’ and I said ‘I’m going to watch TV.’ She wouldn’t hear of that. “She was saying ‘You need to do something with your life.’ I said ‘I wanted to do the ECE but was told that I couldn’t.’ She said prove that you can.” Keriaff thinks events like these are needed. “I think it’s important to let people know that everybody has something to give if you just give them a chance,” she said. The event also celebrated local employers, community groups, and individuals who have hired or supported people in the community with diverse needs. “You have come forward and invested in the wholeness of our community,” said Tim Payne, executive director of the Arrow & Slocan Lakes Community Services and Halcyon Assisted Living Society. “You have fought the naysayers and you have offered your expertise and time in a manner that benefits and includes everyone, and in doing so, you have demonstrated the true meaning of being inclusive. Thank you for that.”
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WorkSafeBC – Workers’ Compensation Board of B.C. hereby gives notice of proposed amendments to the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation (BC Reg. 296/97, as amended) and notice of proposed new Lower Maximum Administrative Penalties Regulation (pursuant to section 196.1 of the Workers Compensation Act ).
The proposed regulatory amendments are about: • OHS Citations: proposed new Lower Maximum Administrative Penalties Regulation (LMAPR) • Consequential amendments to the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation (OHSR) relating to Employer Incident Investigations
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NOTICE OF EXCLUSION APPLICATION REGARDING LAND IN THE AGRICULTURAL LAND RESERVE I, the Board of School Trustees School District #10 (Arrow Lakes) of 98 6th Ave. NW; Box 340 Nakusp, BC V0G 1R0 intend on making an application pursuant to Section 30 (1) of the Agricultural Land Commission Act to exclude from the Agricultural Land Reserve the following property which is legally described as, Lot 1 District Lot 9156 Kootenay District Plan 6680, and located at 344 Spruce Street. Any person wishing to express an interest in the application may do so by forwarding their comments in writing to: Regional District of Central Kootenay Box 590 202 Lakeside Drive Nelson, B.C. V1L 5R4 by October 7, 2015
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This notice is the second of three notices to advise electors in the Village of New Denver of the intention to adopt Fire Engine Replacement Loan Authorization Bylaw No. 696, 2015. The purpose of the bylaw is to borrow an amount not to exceed $255,000.00 to finance the cost of a replacement fire engine that will be repaid over a period not to exceed 15 years. The Council of the Village of New Denver proposes to borrow the money and undertake the purchase of a replacement fire engine unless, by 4:00 p.m. on Friday, November 6, 2015, at least 10 percent of the electors in the Village of New Denver sign an elector response form opposing the implementation of the proposal. The number of elector responses required to prevent the local government from proceeding unless a formal vote is held is estimated to be 40. Elector responses must be submitted to the local government on forms that can be obtained during regular business hours from the Village Office. The form can also be downloaded from the Village of New Denver’s website at: www.newdenver.ca The only elector response forms that will be accepted by the local government are the ones provided by the Village of New Denver, or an accurate copy of that form.
The Nakusp and Area Youth Society is now hiring for the position of Youth Coordinator. This part-time role requires the development and management of programs and activities at the newly renovated youth center located on Broadway Street for youth ages 12 to 18. We are looking for an individual who is self-motivated, and who has great communication and interpersonal skills. The position offered is 20 hours per week, $18.00 an hour. Send in your resume by email to: board@nays.ca or by regular mail to: Box 1025 Nakusp, BC V0G 1R0
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Literacy campaign launches Community leaders and volunteers will join Black Press, Kootenay Savings Credit Union and the Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy on Oct. 8 to raise awareness about the importance of literacy and to celebrate the power literacy has in the Arrow and Slocan Lakes area. The 5th Annual Reach a Reader campaign will raise funds for local communitybased literacy programs. Why literacy? Statistics indicate that up to 45 per cent of BC’s adult population has difficulty with some daily living tasks — due in part to limited literacy skills. These include reading a newspaper, filling out an application form, reading a map, or understanding a lease. “Literacy is the single most significant skill needed to function effectively in school, in the workplace and in society,” says Lisa Bjarnason. “Through our
You may also donate online at chimp.net/ groups/arrow-slocanlakes-reach-a-readercampaign. To learn more about community-based literacy programs contact Lisa Bjarnason, Arrow and Slocan Lakes Community Literacy Coordinator, at aslcoordinator@cbal.org or go to cbal.org/arrow--slocanlakes. Mom and baby enjoy time together at Mother Goose. Donate to the Reach a Reader campaign to support literacy programs in the Arrow and Slocan Lakes region. Reach a Reader campaign, we hope to increase awareness of literacy needs in our community and raise funds to support the literacy programs and services available for children, families, adults, and seniors.” In Nakusp funds will help support the ParentChild Mother Goose program. In Mother Goose, parents and young children between
the ages of zero and four come together to enjoy songs, rhymes and stories that encourage early language development. You can support the Reach a Reader campaign by making a donation in exchange for a special edition of the Arrow Lakes News on Oct. 8. Volunteers will be on the street in Nakusp with papers in hand at Overwaitea between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m.
About Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy: The Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy (CBAL) is a not-forprofit organization that develops, promotes and delivers literacy and essential skills services for people of all ages in the Columbia Basin and Boundary regions. CBAL’s 16 Community Literacy Coordinators provide services in 77 communities, working with local literacy advisory committees to develop effective literacy programs and resources in the communities they serve.
Increase your financial literacy MARIA KRUCHEN Kootenay Savings MoneyWorks
When it comes to personal finance, too many people wander aimlessly with very little awareness how their spending habits today will affect their future. Setting goals is very powerful and rewarding simply because it sets a foundation for future success and a strategy to achieve it. Many people skip this important step in their path to financial independence or retirement. Some make an attempt to set goals but they may not do it properly. Skipping goal setting can certainly still lead to success but maybe success by chance instead of choice. On the other hand, setting goals can increase the likelihood of success because it starts a plan. Remember the old saying “People who fail to plan, plan to fail?” One of the challenges in the world of personal finance is it’s such a big space. Financial planning can mean so many different things, such as: • Debt management – How to reduce, manage and pay down your debts like mortgage, credit cards, lines of credit. Which ones should you tackle first? • Saving money – How much should you save? Is it better to use RRSPs or TFSAs? When do you have enough? • Tax Planning – It’s not how much you make that counts but rather how much you keep after tax that makes all the difference. • Retirement planning – When do you want to retire? Can you retire? Do
you have a plan for retirement? • Estate planning – Do you have a will? An enduring power of attorney? Have you thought about what will happen if you die or become disabled? • Risk management - Are you protected from financial disaster? Do you have enough life insurance or disability coverage? • Investing – Do you know what you are investing in? Do your investments line up with your goals? • Saving for children’s education – Are you utilizing RESPs? Have you looked at other ways to save? Take a snapshot of where you are right now. Recognize your areas of strength and weakness and establish your goals around them. Develop an action plan; goals cannot be met without action. It may be easier to break down your goals into smaller milestones and make adjustments as necessary. Achieving goals starts with finding a balance between setting goals that can be accomplished while still allowing you to live the life you want right now. What is really important to you? Do your goals match your values? Is building up a savings account important or is paying down debt more important to you? Your goals belong to you and no one else. Ensure they reflect what you want, not your neighbor, coworker or extended family members. And remember, it’s never too late or too early to start planning.