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Pick-up truck gutted by fire in Nelson See Page 3
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Elyse Johnson, Joe Gilbert, Amanda Verigin, and Kirk Jensen of Whitewater help Chad Hansen of Nelson Brewing Company (centre) celebrate the launch of Bent Pole, a new beer to mark the ski hill’s 40th anniversary.
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hen Whitewater Ski Resort opens for the season Saturday morning there will be a new tap exclusively serving a special anniversary brew. The unfiltered India pale ale, bottled this week at Nelson Brewing Company, is called Bent
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Pole. “This is a tribute to our favourite ski hill and everything it embodies,” NBC’s Chad Hansen told the Star. “We love that mountain and everything it stands for. Being able to do a 40th anniversary beer means a lot to us.” Partly, that’s because their families are intertwined. “Our brewer, Mike Kelly, has four boys up at the hill all the time. They’re on the Freeride team, they’re totally involved. I’m at the bunny hill stage with my kids right now, but that can be just as good as an intense powder day because it’s memories that stay with you forever.” NBC teamed up with Whitewater before, to make Wild Honey for its 25th anniversary, a beer that took on a life of its own.
“People loved it and it just sort of took off,” Hansen said. “We started at just the ski hill initially, but then the demand was so high we put it on tap everywhere.” Hansen said Kelly “hit a home run” with Bent Pole, which is their first unfiltered beer in a long time. “This morning when I did the first tasting I held it up and looked through the glass. It was nice and hazy like an unfiltered beer should be,” he said. “For a person that’s a fan of big, flavourful beers, a filtered beer has a lot of the flavour filtered out.” Not so with this beer. “I took a sip and it was like a punch to the tastebuds at first. Then it settled off, then I wanted to take another sip. And another.” CONTINUED ON A4
Two Nelson businesses — Kootenay Co-op Radio and Bibby Orthodontics — as well as the owner of the building in which Dr. Kathryn Bibby is located, are not happy with changes to the grade and level of the west side of the 300 block Hall St., which they say have taken away their handicapped parking. In the first of two parts we look at the alley beside the radio station. Since the reconstruction of Hall St. as part of the city’s Stores to Shores project, the alley that heads west from Hall beside Kootenay Co-op Radio has been closed off because, after the new paving, the finished level of the street is about two feet higher than before, making the entrance to the alley very steep. City manager Kevin Cormack said the original plan, long before
construction started, was to close the alley because of the steepness of its entrance. Then, after some feedback from businesses, the plan changed. The result, once construction was underway, was a surprise: the street was almost two feet higher in front of Co-op Radio. “Then, when we saw how steep it is, the question came up: does it make sense to keep the alley open, or should it be closed for pedestrian safety?” said Cormack. At a meeting this past summer, city council decided on a trial closure until spring 2016. Ross Lake, who coowns the building on the south side of the alley whose tenants include Dr. Bibby, and which supplies underground parking opening onto the alley, doesn’t like the closure. “It is absolutely not workable,” he told the Star. “We met bylaws a n d r e q u i r e m e nt s when we renovated the building and put in underground spaces and now we are accessing [the parking] by a oneblock, one-way access in a 16-foot alley. Waste Management [commerCONTINUED ON A5
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Lawyers gave their final submissions to the jury Tuesday in the trial of Krista Kalmikoff, charged in a number of robberies committed in the West Kootenay in 2014 by Andrew Stevenson, who pled guilty and is now serving a 10-year jail sentence. One of the charges against Kalmikoff is failing to stop when being pursued by police. After Stevenson robbed the Nelson and District Credit union on April 25, 2014, Kalmikoff and Stevenson led police on a 24-kilometre chase from the Real Canadian Superstore parking lot on Lakeside Drive through Nelson to a bridge at the Kootenay Canal where Stevenson got out of the car, threw the stolen money and a sawed-off shotgun off the bridge and then jumped off, injuring himself. Police then arrested both Stevenson and Kalmikoff who was in the driver’s seat of the car. Defence lawyer Blair Suffredine told the jury that Stevenson was in control of the car, not Kalmikoff. He pointed to Kalmikoff ’s testimony that she had been waiting in the car in the parking lot for Stevenson while, unbeknownst to her, he robbed the credit union. When Stevenson returned to the car she drove out of the parking lot but in the vicinity of Maglio Building Supplies she tried to brake. He pushed her foot off the brake and then pushed her over against the driver door and took over the driving, putting him, not her, in control of the car. Suffredine noted that in one of several photos taken of the getaway car by the police from behind during the chase, Stevenson’s hand is seen on the steering wheel.
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But Crown counsel Sunday Patola pointed out that in the photos, one person is in the driver seat and one in the passenger seat, and Kalmikoff was in the driver’s seat when the car stopped at the Kootenay Canal bridge. She asked the jury to consider the difficulty of driving while not actually in the driver’s seat at high speed on a winding road. “It may be true that his hand is on the steering wheel in the photo but so is hers,” she said.
What did she know? Kalmikoff is also charged with robbery using a prohibited weapon (a sawed-off shotgun) at the Kootenay Currency Exchange and the credit union, specifically that she was the driver of the getaway car in both cases. Suffredine said Kalmikoff ’s evidence in court was that she did not know Stevenson was committing robberies, that she was simply waiting for him, and that Stevenson’s testimony corroborated this. Suffredine told the jury the onus is on the crown to prove that she knew. Patola pointed to Kalmikoff ’s testimony that after the robbery of the Kootenay Currency Exchange, she and Stevenson decided she would be the driver on the way home because police would not suspect a female driver. Patola alleged there were a number of inconsistencies between Kalmikoff ’s statement to the police after the robbery and her testimony in court, suggesting that in court she pleaded more ignorance than she had to police, and in fact had lied to the police. Patola also argued Kalmikoff must have known Stevenson was committing robberies because of her testimony that there was a sudden influx of groceries and gifts into the
house during that period.
The sawed-off shotgun The robberies of the currency exchange and credit union were carried out with a sawedoff shotgun, and Kalmikoff is charged with being in a vehicle with a prohibited weapon. Court testimony revealed Stevenson carried the gun concealed in a bag, and Kalmikoff testified that in both cases she did not know the gun was in the car. Suffredine said the crown must prove she did know that it was in the car, but added there is no evidence she did. He said her testimony shows that when Stevenson threw the gun off the bridge it was the first time she had seen it since two instances in their home weeks before when she asked Stevenson to get rid of the gun and he agreed he would. But Patola pointed to Kalmikoff ’s testimony that the first time she saw the shotgun in a closet in their home and asked Stevenson to get rid of it, she didn’t whether or not he did, and did not follow up to see if he’d done so. When she found it again in a shed on the property, and he agreed again to get rid of it, she again failed to follow up. “This does not make sense in a home with three young children,” Patola said. She noted Kalmikoff testified that by the time she saw the shotgun a second time she was suspicious Stevenson was the bank robber, and by then the shotgun had been reported in the news.
Stolen property Kalmikoff is also charged with possessing stolen property because pills Stevenson stole to feed his addiction to morphine were kept in their
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house. Suffredine argued there is no evidence that she knew the pills were stolen because of Kalmikoff ’s testimony that even though on the occasion of Stevenson’s break-ins at two Castlegar pharmacies while she waited in the car, he didn’t tell her what he‘d been doing or what was in the box he brought back to the car. Patola alleged there are inconsistencies between Kalmikoff ’s statement to police and her court testimony regarding pills stolen in Castlegar, and argued Kalmikoff knew there were pills in the box. Kalmikoff ’s testified that pills were kept in a cooler in the house but she didn’t know about them until Stevenson’s sevenyear-old daughter found them and asked her about them, after which Kalmikoff confronted Stevenson but didn’t actually look in the cooler. “She did not go to look for herself because she knew what was in it,” Patola said. “In a house with small children the thing would be to go and check. She knew it was stolen property.” Suffredine said there is no evidence she knew the pills were stolen, even though Kalmikoff did know about Stevenson’s addiction and his daily activity of buying and selling pills. Throughout the summations, Suffredine portrayed Kalmikoff as a unwitting victim and a timid and fearful person averse to risk-taking, for whom it was out of character to be involved in robberies or high speed chases. Patola said Kalmikoff is “more savvy than she wants you to know,” and that while Stevenson’s mind may have been muddled by morphine, “hers was not. She was going along with it.” Justice Mark McEwan will give his final instructions to the jury this morning.
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School budget surplus to be allocated next week WILL JOHNSON Nelson Star
FOR THE RECORD A story Friday (“Nelson solar garden over halfway to sales goal”) incorrectly reported that solar data had been collected from solar sensors located at Nelson Hydro’s Bonnington site. In fact, data was collected from a pathfinder measurement, an instrument used to measure the effect of the horizon on the amount of sunshine available at a site, taking into account all 12 months of the year and combined with other weather data from the Nelson airport.
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The Kootenay Lake school district’s finance and operations committee will make its final recommendation on how best spend a $742,000 surplus on Dec. 8. “We try to encourage one-time expenditures, because surplus isn’t sustainable,” secretary-treasurer Kim Morris told the Star. “We’re looking for one-time, big bang opportunities.” There are a number of competing priorities, and an abundance of opinions on how to spend the cash. The decisionmaking process has involved multiple meetings between parents, staff, administration and other stakeholders. Morris said they’re working towards consensus-building as much as they can, though they’re dealing with a “laundry list” of requests.
“We’re talking about more money for clerical time, additional funds for MyEdBC. Then there’s questions like whether we should be adding staffing for transformational learning environments or if we should increase staffing for the new curriculum.” There are also software work-flows that need to be tweaked. Last year’s surplus was $767,547 and ended up going towards, among other things, technology upgrades, laserfiche licenses and MyEdBC. Another $308,000 from strike savings went straight to schools. Morris said this year’s outcome should be similar, but the decisionmaking process has been tough. “We ask a lot of our committee members’ time, and the commitment they’ve shown is commendable.”
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Family Home This was what was left of a pick-up truck after a fire early Wednesday on Photo courtesy Nelson Fire Rescue Josephine St.
Vehicle fire causes $20,000 damage Nelson Star Staff
Nelson Fire and Rescue says the cause of a vehicle fire early Wednesday in the 400 block of Josephine St. remains under investigation. Firefighters got the call at 12:30 a.m. and arrived to find the cab
of the vehicle fully involved. It was parked close to a building but firefighters prevented it from spreading. Capt. Rick Maida said in a news release that the fire appears to have originated in the cab, but they are still looking into how it started.
There were no injuries but damage is estimated at $20,000. The vehicle was towed from the scene. Firefighters responded to the incident with one engine and put out the blaze using approximately 400 gallons of water with foam mix.
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Special brew celebrates ski hill’s 40th anniversary CONTINUED FROM A1 Hansen is thrilled about the beer label, which features a black and white photo by local photographer Dave Heath. “All I did was harvest Kootenay vibes for this,” he said. “This is our first person on a label. She’s female, she’s killing it, and you can tell.” In the photo the woman is holding up a bent pole, giving the ale its moniker, while she crashes through snowy branches on her skis. “This is a typical sick powder day at Whitewater. She’s charging through it and the bent pole ties into the whole ethos up there. Like ‘I may not have the newest, shiniest, flashi-
est gear but I’m riding one of the best mountains with the best snow in the world.’ And even if your pole’s bent you don’t care, you’re not slowing down or giving up.” Hansen hopes once the hill starts serving the beer on Saturday, it will become a crucial aspect of the Whitewater experience. He doesn’t take for granted how “rare and huge” their relationship with the hill is. “For Whitewater to only serve NBC is incredible, and it’s a part of supporting the local community. When you go up there we want you to have an experience you won’t get anywhere else.”
New Interior Health boss seeks ‘wise counsel’ GREG NESTEROFF Nelson Star
Interior Health’s new chief executive officer says a decision on whether to contract out hospital laundry services won’t be entirely about dollars and cents, although there will inevitably be financial consequences. Last week Chris Mazurkewich announced the health authority is delaying a final decision on privatizing laundry facilities, including those at Kootenay Lake Hospital in Nelson, until March. During a tour of West Kootenay this week, he told the Star that he “has a bit of history with the laundry file,” noting that the move was considered a decade ago while he was chief operating officer. “Most other health authorities outsourced laundry, plus food and
housekeeping,” he said. “IH didn’t. The plants were very inefficient, but by collaborating with the union and management, productivity went up remarkably. It was competitive with what private laundry plants could produce.” Despite older equipment, laundry was kept in-house, thanks largely to the leadership of laundry staff in Nelson. “I have to give them credit for that,” Mazurkewich said. However, he added that at the time they knew when new equipment or expansion was needed, they would run into capital funding problems and would have to look at the private sector again. That’s what’s been happening over the last year, although a final decision has now been delayed several times. At stake in Nelson are 17 full-time
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and 12 casual jobs. Mazurkewich, who started his new job Oct. 26, said he called for a review of the laundry issue “to make sure when we go in front of the board that we are prepared on all fronts. Different factors go into the equation. There’s the straight financial analysis but also softer qualitative factors to be considered. Community leaders recognize that, and the board is made up of community leaders. I don’t think whatever the decision the board makes is going to
be easy.” Mazurkewich said if the board opts to keep laundry in-house, they will have to spend money on modernization that consequently won’t be available for other services. During his tour of the area, Mazurkewich met with physicians and elected officials in Nelson, Kaslo, and Riondel among other places. He was heartened to hear of collaborations to improve services, but doubted we will return to the days when every rural community had
round-the-clock emergency service. “I don’t think so, given the shortage of physicians and nurses. We are producing in BC considerably more physicians in the last few years than in the decades before, and more nurses, but there is increasing demand on the system. We have to look at doing things differently.” Mazurkewich described his early days with Interior Health, following the creation of regional health authorities in 2002, as “rough.” He subsequently worked for Alberta Health Services before returning to take the top job with Interior Health, based in Kelowna. “I’ve seen the improvement in IH the last six or seven years and asked ‘Could I take that further and continue those improvements?’ I wanted to participate in that. But at the same time, it’s a daunting job and I’m humbled to be in it. I need to be listening to people and seeking wise counsel.”
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cial garbage collection] has a hard time getting into the building. “The thing most discouraging for me is that in the planning meetings for Hall St. there was a proposal, a year and a half ago, that it be closed. Then there was an agreement to show that alley access would be open. I think nobody knew what the situation was.” Co-op Radio has always wanted the alley closed. “The alley has always been dangerous,” said station manager Jay Hannley. He explained that a few years ago the city installed two concrete barriers so northbound cars turning in to the alley in the winter would not skid into the building. Those were removed during street construction this year. “It has always been dangerous for pedes-
trians. We have a lot of seniors who are programmers, we have handicapped people, and there were always access problems for them. And we get dirt and rocks thrown at the building as cars go up.” But access is now worse. Hannley said that during construction the city took away the station’s wheelchair ramp that led into the alley, so the building is now not wheelchair accessible. And he said there is now a no-parking sign on the side of their building where people used to park temporarily as a passenger drop-off and loading area. “There is no handicapped parking for this building now,” he said. The radio station’s operations manager Terry Brennan thinks a good compromise would be to have a sign that says
handicapped parking only. Brennan said cars parked temporarily beside the radio station in the extreme east end of the alley do not block access to underground parkers in Lake’s building. But Lake said cars parked there impede the garbage truck as it backs out of his underground parking area. If city council decides in the spring to re-open the alley, it is likely Kootenay Co-op Radio would lose much of the city-owned open area in front of the station because vehicles coming up Hall St. would need that space to turn into the alley. Hannley said that patio area is used by people walking up the hill as a rest stop. “When people walk up from the lakefront the station is the halfway
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‘Combative’ drunk charged A man is expected to face charges of causing a disturbance, resisting arrest, assaulting a police officer, and being drunk in public after an incident in Nelson early Saturday. Police were called to a fight at a local business and arrived to find a very drunk man being removed by staff. During his arrest, he became ‘combative’ and the arresting officers suffered minor injuries. The man continued to fight at the police station and was jailed until sobering up. He was released once sober.
point,” he said. “We have chairs and a bench. This is a thousand per cent in line with the city’s whole idea of a pedestrian friendly walkway and having places to stop on the way up the hill.” Phase one of the Hall St. project extends north to Lake St., except for the half block on the west side of Hall between the alley and Lake St. Re-development of that section has been held in abeyance until phase two, next year. In part two we examine how grade changes on Hall St. have caused a similar problem further up the street in front of Bibby’s office.
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A woman is facing several charges after biting a Nelson police officer during her arrest. Late Sunday evening, police were called to a downtown home about a woman refusing to leave. When they arrived they found she was threatening other tenants and becoming “increasingly aggressive.” She refused to leave or identify her self. Sgt. Corey Hoy said as she was arrested, she “became combative and was restrained.” She was taken to the police station where she again fought with police, allegedly biting one member in the leg. She was held in custody for a bail hearing and faces charges of obstruction, resisting arrest, assaulting a police officer, and failing to leave a premise when requested.
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Woman bites Nelson police officer
Co-op Radio likes the alley closure at Hall Street, but is not happy with the loss of handicapped access. Ross Lake, the owner of the building to the left of the photo, wants the city to re-open the alley.
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Editorial
Editor: Greg Nesteroff Publisher: Chuck Bennett Published Wednesdays and Fridays by Black Press Ltd. at 514 Hall St., Nelson BC facebook.com/nelsonstarnews • Twitter: @nelsonstarnews
Reducing greenhouse gases leads to a brighter future
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his week’s news has been dominated by the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris. Rightfully so, as climate change is the biggest issue every single human being has to face from now into the future. We’re all on this planet together and our climate is changing in a way that forces our daily lives to change — so the media attention is warranted. The conference’s goal is to limit global warming to two Celsius above pre-industrial levels by reducing global greenhouse gas emissions. We’ve already warmed our habitat by 1 C and the results are notable. Disappearing glaciers, rising sea levels, more violent storms, forest fires and longer droughts that cause famine and deepen poverty. Anything above one more degree, and we are in extreme danger of massive habitat destruction — so two degrees is a very important number. This past summer, BC news channels were covered with stories of forest fires and water restrictions and warning us that these extreme shifts in weather are our new normal. Imagine, all that smoke we were breathing all summer and the floods and mudslides from 2012 are normal everyday weather. So what’s happening in Paris to make sure things don’t get worse? We’re learning that despite all the talk about reducing emissions, that there are plans to build another 2,440 coalfired power stations before 2030. If that takes places, there is no way we will limit global warming to 2 degrees. EMAIL LETTERS TO: editor@nelsonstar.com DROP OFF/MAIL: 514 Hall St., Nelson, BC V1L 1Z2 Phone 250-352-1890
We’re learning that our leaders have to do more than talk. They need to walk the talk when they get back home. At home in BC, we have so much potential to generate a clean energy plan for the future. Leading up to the Paris conference, New Democrat Leader John Horgan launched our vision called Power BC. Rather than flood an agricultural valley that we need to balance the loss of farmland elsewhere, we have a 21st century energy plan that creates jobs in communities and focuses on conservation and renewables. Retrofitting hospitals, schools, offices and homes now so that they stop wasting energy combined with upgrades on existing hydro dams and broadening solar and wind power will allow us to meet future needs here and in western North America. For every $1 million we spend doing this, we create 16 community-based jobs compared to the three camp jobs produced by building a 1950s dam that destroys 8,000 hectares of food-producing land and the agricultural jobs that go with it. We also need to invest in public transportation and alternatives to carbon pollution. New Democrat Premier Rachel Notley is leading the way in Alberta with plans to end all coal-generated power by 2030 and replacing two-thirds of it with renewables like solar and wind. She’s also implementing a carbon tax, but unlike Christy Clark, will use the revenue to invest in green infrastructure like public transit. These are the actions that experts agree need to take place now, and New Democrats in Western Canada are leading the way. Not surprising conference attendees in Paris are taking note. We are demonstrating that walking the talk in a collaborative way is possible. My hope is that world leaders are inspired and they begin to take meaningful action when they return home. “Why use coal when we can use wind and sun?” they will say. “Let’s develop resource jobs sustainably with communities.” We’re all in this together, and while things look pretty scary on the current trajectory, a brighter future is possible. Let’s put it into action. Nelson-Creston MLA Michelle Mungall writes here once a month.
Just an ordinary day would be nice
As Black Friday loomed followed by the impending Christmas season I began to worry about my days. I am fully in support of various causes and events of awareness but our 24-hour slots are quickly being consumed by “special days.” Failing to stem the tide we risk finding ourselves with a day shortage. Cyber Monday, Toonie Tuesday, Super Bowl Sunday and Seniors Thursday leave only Wednesday, Friday and Saturday unclaimed. “Floater” days remove a vast number more. Boxing Day, Halloween, Valentine’s Day, Worldwide Celebration of Weights and Measures Day, Wookie Life Day and others are quickly eliminating ordinary 24-hour stretches. Weeks are also falling prey to unilaterally declared causes, Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, Global Entrepreneur Week, Worldwide Breastfeeding Week are examples. With fewer weeks available conflicts are arising. The UN-declared World Space Week finds itself at odds with with the Marijuana Users Association, which wants to use the same time slot for World Spaced Week. However, Geography Awareness Week organizers have gone into talks with their counterparts at the Directionally Challenged Week offices. Both groups are hoping for a mutually productive collaboration. Months are no exception to the onslaught. October was declared 4-H Month, as well as American Cheese Month and Menopause Month. November’s competition sees banana pudding lovers, pecan eaters and novel writers all vying to have this same slot as their own. Future conflict can be assured. I submit that we end this penchant for special days, weeks and months. To have a simple Saturday where there are no concerns other than sitting would be satisfying. A mundane Monday where I do no more than mumble about the morons around me would be marvellous. Weeks without World Alliance groups waving placards and months devoid of declarations of various sorts seems desirable. Act now before the days, weeks and months of your calendar are as gone as your choices!
Ryan Lengsfeld Nelson
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Ending conversation bigger threat than banner
Re: “Banner is discriminatory and offensive,” Letters, Nov. 27
I subscribe to the libertarian view that a person who is of sound mind has the inalienable right to have any procedure done to their own bodies; tattooing, scarring, piercings, abortions, etc. Another facet of that philosophy is the right to air their views on such procedures in a public forum. How does it relate to this letter? I find it curious that an organization that purports to represent people’s right to do what they want to their own bodies would at the same time attempt to restrict the right of free speech of people who take the opposite view on abortion, in effect to tell them to shut up and have their banner taken down, a banner that says “from conception to natural death, respect human life,” a statement that doesn’t meet the standard of demeaning, insulting, inflammatory language by a long shot. The best weapon against speech or ideas you don’t agree with is more speech, not less. Free speech is uncomfortable and having people make you defend your views is good for our society. I find the trend of using the language of the victim, the tactic of accusing your opponent of shaming, of bullying, calling them deniers, haters, extremists, bigots, to declare their speech discriminatory, judgmental, or dangerous, to end the conversation far more of a threat than any anti-abortion banner. I don’t agree with anti-abortionists, but I especially don’t agree with silencing them.
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Halloween theft had big impact
To the person who stole our Halloween skull lights from our home the weekend before Halloween: I have debated writing this letter for nearly a month now. On one hand, I don’t want to give you any more time or energy than I already have, but on the other, I must confess that I am still carrying some resentment, but not for the simple loss of some $10 lights. You see, what you stole, was so much more. Halloween is our anniversary, and we love decorating our home up for the season. We don’t buy a bunch
of plastic stuff; we have made most of the décor over the years, from recycled items, and repurposing plants and flowers and other organic matter. We do this as a family. We don’t spend a bunch of money on it. Instead we use our imaginations and creativity. This year, we put up our decorations, and then went out for a lovely family night out. In the four hours that we were gone, you came into our yard, and unwired two sets of skull lights. You were meticulous, and methodical. You trespassed and you stole. But what you stole was so much more. You stole my 11-year-old’s trust in our neighbourhood and our town. You stole the sweet memories we made that day, by tarnishing the experience with a violation of our trust. When we carved our pumpkins, which we had picked ourselves in Creston (you stole one of those too), my daughter was too afraid to put them out on display, lest they get stolen or smashed. Every time we came home, instead of celebrating the wonderful scene we had created, we were looking to see whether something else had been taken. You stole so much more than a stupid set of lights. We have tried to be magnanimous, modelling generosity and understanding to our daughter. We have tried to turn this negative experience into something positive, by trying to imagine what it was about those lights that made you risk, made you take, made you feel entitled to take something that was not yours. We have tried to put as little energy into this, as you did. But still, I need you to know, the damage you did is so much greater than the value of what you took. And those lights? Those were the last thing given to us by our Dad, who we lost in September to a stroke. We will never get another gift from him, and the last present we had, you took. We hope you will think about the impact of your actions, and change your ways so you don’t hurt more people. You have no idea of the significance of a simple item, because it was not yours. My daughter understands this, and I suppose I could thank you for illustrating this so clearly to her, except she has understood that stealing is wrong since she was small. I only wish that you could learn that lesson, too.
Serene Stewart Nelson
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WAY N E G E R M A I N E Serving Nelson & Area Since 1987. HUGS: To the father/son mechanic team who always go above and beyond to assist us in a pinch or during a scheduled service. HUGS: Big hugs and thank you to the person(s) who found the lost Trafalgar GPS and turned it in. The student who was panicking is now relieved. SLUGS: To all involved on the Hall St. “improvements.” Somehow you made a bad intersection worse and now very dangerous. Shameful use of tax money. HUGS: To whoever rescued my son’s work helmet off the road and placed it on top of a sign where I could easily find it. Your action is greatly appreciated! Big hugs. HUGS: Great big hugs to the nice fella who sanded a path for me to get back to my vehicle, without falling on the ice!! It was much appreciated. – A Grateful Mom SLUGS: To people who don’t clean up after their dogs or let them roam freely in town. Nothing like your child playing in their own yard in the snow and coming in covered in dog poop.
HUGS: To the businesses who DO NOT take the flyers out of the Nelson Star. We are capable of choosing whether we use them or not. I, for one, use them. Perhaps a blue recycle bin with the papers. HUGS: Huge and many hugs and sunshine to the meter reader who helped me get into my totally frozen car on Granite Rd. Your help was so appreciated. I am paying that kindness forward a hundred fold!! Thank you so much!!! SLUGS: To those who sneak in and park in the big reserved private parking lot next to the Salvation Army. All those spaces are reserved and paid for by others who then can’t park in them. We now tow without warning! – Parking Manager HUGS: Big hugs to the incredible creator, soloists, dancers, puppeteers, orchestra, chorus and behind the scenes personnel who brought a marvellous and creative original production to life at our local theatre. Wonderful! Wonderful! Wonderful! SLUGS: To the baby boomer who hit my truck rim at SaveOn-Foods two Fridays ago. Not
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only have you depleted my pension but you also cost me $40 to get it fixed. Please tell the truth next time, because you’re a terrible liar when confronted. It was clearly you! HUGS: To the Strong Start coordinator and the moms I never met with unbelievable generosity. I am currently eight months pregnant and these moms provided my family with everything I could possible need for my new baby to come. I am extremely grateful for their kindness. HUGS: Every year the residents of Jubilee Manor look forward to the Christmas light tour. This year we are heading out on Dec. 16 at 6 p.m. Please crank up those lights and look for us! A huge thank you to all who decorate their houses so beautifully!! We really look forward to it every year. HUGS: Big hugs to all of those who are helping others in need. Every act of kindness makes a difference. Thank you to all those who give selflessly this holiday season.
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Help put A book under ev very tree!
This year, the Nelson Public Library, Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy, and the Nelson Star have teamed up to help provide books for the Nelson Food Cupboard’s Holiday Hampers.
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Candlelight Service HONOURING THOSE WE MISS; please join us for a time to reminisce and support each other as we move toward the holidays. This is an event for anyone who would like to take time out to remember those lost. Everyone is welcome. There will be a time of fellowship and refreshments following the service. Hosted by Thompson Funeral Service 613 Ward Street, Nelson BC With music by Suzanne Butterfield, Michael Butterfield and Judy Runions
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The LineUp presents third episode NELSON STAR STAFF Get ready to Line Up ! The third episode of The LineUp is coming to Shambhala Hall on Dec. 5, and host Jenna Raider will be interviewing DJ Adham Shaikh, Tiny Lights Festival founder Carla Stephenson and Trans Connect’s Christopher Moore. Now into its third month, the show has been a success so far and has featured appearances from local artists such as Lucas Myers, The Showcats and Jimmy Bundschuh of the Shambhala Music Festival. The impetus of the night is to highlight local creativity.
Filmed and run by Selkirk students, the episode will also feature comedy bits, appearances from Marco Sordini and a special surprise from local thespian Sydney Black of Black Productions. Shaikh plans to tell stories of his travels and will share some of his newest compositions. A Nelson DJ, his latest release is Basswalla. Moore will share his personal journey with Raider, then will talk about the support and resources they have for people living in the East and West Kootenay. Accompanying Moore will be a panel of people from the community who will answer
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“OK Folks” is a Selkirk College band that digs deep into a wide range of modern rock/folk territory. Comprised of 2 violins, 3 guitars, 3 stunning vocalists and a killer rhythm section, this band packs a big punch. 8:30pm, no cover opening for JON BURDEN and THE BLEEDIN’ HEARTS, blues power in the tradition of the west side Chicago blues trios of the the 50’s and early 60’S. Specializing in Rockin’ versions of Classic Chicago Blues and contemporary blues men like Eric Clapton and Jimmie Vaughan. Jon Burden: Guitar and Vocals Steve Wilson: Drums & Kenny Turner: Bass and Vocals 10:30 until 2am only $5 From 5-10PM is ALL U CAN EAT FISH and CHIPS for $15
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Come on down for some SUB TROPICAL BEATS TO WARM YOUR SOUL!!! Cass Rhapsody and Selectah Meszenjah will be spinning lots of fun tunes to make you feel warm inside. Both these guys have been putting smiles on the dance floor for about 20 years! 10pm Cover is only $5.
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Dazza and Friends. Join Ill Creator & Dj Preety for a night of HipHop and beatboxing brought to you by one of the best in the Kootenays. Joining Dazza on stage are live musicians for some fresh brew of Hiphop 10pm, No cover! $4.50 pints.
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Special events Bloom Nightclub presents a night of Sweet Soul Burlesque with Crystal Precious and Cherry OnTop on Dec. 4 at 9 p.m. Known for breaking the mold with their unique blend of classic, pin-up-girl looks and urban hip-hop styles, the Sweet Soul Burlesque girls are never ones to disappoint. Also a singer and hip-hop MC, the multi-talented Crystal Precious will perform brand new, original tunes from her very own musical repertoire as incorporated into her burlesque performances. Whitewater Ski Resort opens to the public on Dec. 5 and 6. Tickets are reduced by 25 per cent for the weekend. Silver King and summit chairs will be available to skiers and snowboarders. The resort closes back down Dec. 7-11 for staff training. Also available for sale is a calendar celebrating the resort’s 40th anniversary.
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Wednesday Night Live Open Stage starting early , 8pm for all of you shy and timid, come experience the stage while the room is still quiet. Hosted by Jimmy Lewis and Marty Carter. always fresh peppered with new talent. Till 2am. Wings $7 doz.
Thursday
We will share Hanukkah Lore, Light Candles, Join in Song and Dance, and Enjoy a Festive Vegetarian Potluck 5:00 PM, Sunday, December 6 Bigby Place, 509 Front St., Nelson $10/advance @ Otter Books, $15/door, 12& under free
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Open to public at 8pm for Steak Dinner night after RDCKs Christmas party and OPEN STAGE. Let’s keep the party going. Bring your guitar or dancing shoes. Wine $5 glass.
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questions about their personal gender experiences. Stephenson, the visionary behind Ymir’s Tiny Lights Festival, will talk about heading into their fifth year of the grassroots annual event. A multi-tiered project that aims to support the arts and education in the community, the production is overseen by Shain Hainsworth and Blair Altman. Students are responsible for everything about the production, giving them unique hands-on experience. Though you can watch live from home at thelineup.tv, your presence at the live studio audience is appreciated.
On Thursday, Dec. 10 the Capitol Theatre presents The Nutcracker, a Bolshoi Ballet encore presentation. Guests are gathering for a Christmas party at the Stahlbaum home. Among them are Drosselmeyer, godfather to Marie and Fritz, the Stahlbaums’ children. He has brought them a wonderful present: a Nutcracker…And so begins the timeless Christmas tale of the toys coming to life, the mice raising an army behind their King, and the Nutcracker becoming a Prince … a little girl’s vivid imagination come to life through dance! The show is at 7 p.m.
Theatre The Capitol’s 28th Christmas Pantomime is coming up with Lisel Forst in the role of Puss in Boots. The story follows a swashbuckling feline who fights to save his town from an evil villain. Get ready to cheer for the hero, boo the bad guys, and sing along with some familiar songs. It will be performed tonight and Dec. 5 at 7:30 p.m. and Dec. 5 and 6 at 2 p.m.
Movies Steve Jobs, directed by Danny Boyle, plays at the Civic tonight at 6:45 p.m. The film takes viewers behind the scenes of the digital revolution, to paint a portrait of the man at its epicenter. The story unfolds backstage at three iconic product launches, ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac. Starring Michael Fassbender. It will play again on Dec. 5 at 9 p.m., Dec. 6 at 2 p.m. and Dec. 8 at 6:45 p.m. The Night Before plays tonight at the Civic Theatre at 7 p.m. at the Nelson Civic Theatre. On Christmas Eve, three lifelong friends, two of whom are Jewish, spend the night in New York City looking for the Holy Grail of Christmas parties. Starring Seth Rogen, Anthony Mackie and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. It will screen tomorrow at 7 p.m., Dec. 6 at 6:45 p.m. and Dec. 8 at 9:15 p.m. Following the success of last year’s screening of Days of My Youth, this year ski film Fade to Winter will play at the Capitol Theatre at 7 p.m. on Dec. 11. The producers of Fade To Winter have travelled the world from BC to Japan to Iceland with major
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The LineUp’s host Jenna Raider is revving up for the third episode of the show at Shambhala Hall on Dec. 5.
Freeride skiers to produce this year’s film. Local athlete Trace Cooke will be in attendance to raise local support, and will host a fundraising after-party at the Adventure Hotel.
Music On Saturday, Dec. 5 from 1 to 3 p.m. Ellison’s Cafe Acoustic Unplugged series presents Aline Bobbin and Anna Katarina with Trevor Unruh and Kenton Roszmann. This brand-new band brings unique, original compositions with the sounds of guitar, violin, piano, drums and three-part vocals. Up next will be singer-songwriter and spoken word poet HarpPixie, who blurs the line between performance and transformational offering. Ben Johnson will play the udu, Jessica Doerner will play cello and HarpPixie will play harp, making them perhaps the only trio on the entire planet combining udu and cello with harp, vocals, and spoken Word. Savage Blade will play Ymir Hall on Saturday, Dec. 5 at 9 p.m. Minus the Czar will play the opening set. Doors are at 9 p.m. and the show begins at 10 p.m. Ages 19+ Nelson Choral Society presents Messiah by George Frederic Handel. The 65-member choir under the direction of Kathleen Neudorf is joined by the Selkirk Chamber Orchestra and soloists Noemi Kiss, Audrey Bisset, David Herbison and David Stewart. Dec. 12, 7:30 p.m. and Dec. 13, 2 p.m. at the Capitol Theatre.
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During a gathering at Nelson United Church on World AIDS Day on Tuesday afternoon, Amberstaar Pyper stood before those gathered and share a song about losing her spouse to the disease. “Please hear what I say,” she sang. “Don’t push me away.” Hosted by ANKORS, the day also involved a candlelit vigil, testimonies from those living with AIDS, and an open discussion about the challenges they face and
the need for more community education. This year’s theme is Getting to Zero — which means organizers are aiming for no AIDS deaths, no discrimination and no new infections. “There are so many levels of stigma,” ANKORS’ Cher yl Dowden told the crowd. “We need to start breaking down the barriers and fences we’ve built around ourselves.” Dowden said many of those with AIDS face what they call syndemics, which is multiple epidemics at one time.
And, as with other marginalized groups in the area, housing is a huge priority. “This is not just happening in Nelson. It’s happening everywhere. The demand for care is outweighing the supply.” That means support workers are often stretched to the max trying to help. “Being without a home is a full-time job,” outreach worker Vanessa Alexander said, reminding those present not to fall into the trap of thinking of those diagnosed with AIDS as “those
people” but as “those of us.” “We’re all in this together,” she said. More than 35 million people have died of HIV and AIDS since the virus
was first identified over 30 years ago. According to national statistics, approximately 75,000 Canadians were living with HIV at the end of 2014.
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Percé Rock (or Rocher Percé) , Quebec The island is just off shore from Gaspé Peninsula’s most eastern point. History abounds on the peninsula. Gaspé - Gespeg: a Micmac word meaning “land’s end” defines the original inhabitants. The Mi’kmaq were probably here when the Vikings first settled the coast. In 1534 Jacques Cartier erected a cross, claiming the land for King Francis I of France, marking the beginning of the French presence in North America. There are heritage trails, museums, covered bridges and more for the history buff. Just another spectacular landscape in our home country, Canada!
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ross country skiing is a sport for life. We began 40 years ago in a tiny urban park called Steckle Woods in southern Ontario. Our ten dollar packages included wooden skis, flimsy poles and boots that blistered our feet after the first mile. But we were hooked. A few years later and a move to the west coast, we upgraded our gear at Sigge’s; classic wooden Birkebeiner skis and rugged Norwegian boots. Three pin bindings were state of the art then, as was the ancient ritual of pine tar on the ski bases. Skiing at Manning Park and Cypress Mountain was a huge, and humbling step up from Steckle Woods. When we moved to Nelson in 1976, there were no x-c ski stores and no x-c trails So we did what all foolish young entrepreneurs do. We opened a ski store and called it Snowpack Outdoor Experiences Ltd.. At Kokanee Park, we taught hundreds, young and old, in the Sandspit parking area (there were no trees yet). Then up to Nancy Greene Lake and the Paulson Trails, beautiful “blue wax” snow and alpine huts to rest a while and enjoy lunch and perhaps a wee warming dram. A few years later we sold our little store to Dave and Cheryl Elliott, Nelson developed its own trail system up at Apex and Clearwater, and the old Burlington-Northern rail line became a ribbon of snow from Troupe to Cottonwood Lake. And the flame still burns for cross country skiing. We watch the snow creep down the mountains till it finally arrives on Baker St.. It’s time to wax’em up and hit the trails. See you all out there. And happy holidays to all!
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Selkirk Pro Musica reaches schools WILL JOHNSON Nelson Star
Selkirk Pro Musica will present six eclectic chamber concerts this year, and each act will make an additional trip to a Kootenay Lake district school to inspire youngsters. “These wonderful events can be exceptional learning opportunities which go far beyond curriculum expectations,” organizer Elizabeth Cunningham told the Star. Earlier this year brass quintet Fish on Five visited St. Joseph’s, while trio Nicola Everton, Sue Gould and Noemi Kiss visited Hume School. “The school concerts are planned to be 45 to 60 minutes long with opportunities for the musicians
to engage the students … as well as to perform pieces from their repertoires specifically selected for the learners,” said Cunningham. And this year the concerts will involve even more students. “In order to maximize the exposure to the musicians within the community, Selkirk Pro Musica is hoping to be able to extend the invitation to individual concerts to more than one school at a time,” Cunningham said. The next performance will be from saxophonist Clinton Swanson, who will visit Blewett and Rosemont schools in February along with guitarist Doug Stephenson, trumpeter Don Clarke, acoustic bassist Rob Fahie.
That will be followed by the Breakwater Quartet, consisting of cellist Jeff Faragher, Fahie, and fiddler Aurora Smith. They will perform for Trafalgar middle school in March. Jonathan Crow and Andrew Wan, a violin duo, will be playing at Brent Kennedy, W.E. Graham, Winlaw, and the Vallican Whole School in April. Finally, the last concert of the May will be the Sycamore String Quartet, who will perform at South Nelson elementary school along with Homelinks students. The concerts do not cost the schools, because they received grants from the Osprey Foundation and the BC Touring Council.
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Perspectives on Faith and Culture
Coming Together We Can Do More A year ago in October, I visited Nelson for the first time and discovered this hidden gem of a town filled with the most extraordinary people. Despite its small size, Nelson is an impressively active and vibrant place. Regardless of religious affiliation, many people here have a rich spiritual life and contribute to building a community of peace, care and hope. As a person who values creativity, spirituality, and community, I found Nelson to be the kind of place where I would want to live. During my visit last fall, I attended Stuart Maclean’s recording of the Vinyl Cafe at the Capitol Theatre. Stuart painted a wonderful picture of the beauty of this place, of the people, and of Nelson’s heart and soul. He said, “There’s something special at work here. Everybody I met does some sort of volunteer work; everyone I met has some way of giving back. It represents the best of who we could be, trying to make things better for everyone else, giving until it hurts a little, and most of all, coming together in the belief that, in coming together, we can do more than we can ever do staying apart.” One of the most inspiring examples of this is the Nelson interfaith groups that have come together this year to address the vital issue of climate change. Members of the Buddhist, Sufi, Yasodhara Ashram, Christian and other groups are celebrating our diversity of spiritual paths that lead to shared values like respect for the sanctity of the earth, for the dignity of all human beings, and for the sacred trust we have been given to care for the earth and each other. We are visiting each other’s spaces, praying, meditating and working together to be signs of hope for what we can do in our community Unity Centre and beyond. We also invite you, whatever your spiritual of the Kootenays path may be, because “in coming together we can do more Speaker – Janet Stangvik than we can ever do staying apart.” Topic - “The Mystical Retelling of the
Christmas Story”
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Nelson United Church Sunday Gatherings @ 10am The Front Room Event Centre 910 Front Street Come as you are! www.nelsonvineyardchurch.com 250.509.1118 or 250.509.0151
Sunday Worship Gathering 10:00 am Minister: David Boyd All are Welcome Advent 2 Service of Holy Communion Guest Pastor: Parfaite Ntahuba All children welcome for Sunday School and Nursery Room available
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CATHEDRAL OF MARY IMMACULATE 813 Ward Street 352-7131 Sunday Mass Times: • Saturday 7:00 pm • Sunday 8:30 am and 10:30 am Parish office open Tuesday – Friday 9:00 am - noon rccathedral@shaw.ca • www.catholiccathedralnelson.ca
St. Saviour's Anglican Church 701 Ward St. at Silica St., Nelson Eucharist and Children's Program
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THE CAPITOL THEATRE SEASON SERIES PRESENTS
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Celebrating 25 years Clarinetist Nicola Everton, singer Noemi Kiss, and pianist Sue Gould performed classical music for students at Bill Metcalfe photos Hume School last week and answered the kids’ questions.
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the hallmark of playing for kids, said the trio of musicians from the chamber music organization Selkirk Pro Musica. “They are interactive with us,” said clarinetist Nicola Everton. “Their feedback is instant. They are either not interested in talking or they are riveted and listening and then the good questions come out.” “There are funny questions that catch us off guard,” says Kiss. “That is also the challenge — you don’t know what to expect. Anything could happen with an audience like this.” “But it is also a great opportunity,” says pianist Sue Gould, “to
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About 200 elementary school kids got a taste of classical chamber music at the Hume gym last week, and they had lots of questions. “Why is your voice so loud, and why doesn’t it run out?” one boy asked classical singer Noemi Kiss. “Well,” she said with a smile, “it doesn’t run out because I sing with my whole body. I don’t just sing from my throat. And it might run out when I get really old.” The session was also attended by students from École des Sentiers-Alpins and Redfish school. Unexpected questions are
inspire kids to do music, because that is what our community is: it is music making, people that come together and make music. It was encouraging to see so many kids here say that they play musical instruments.” Gould lives in Golden while Kiss and Everton are very active in classical music circles in Nelson. The trio performed at Hume School as a part of a schools program run by Selkirk Pro Musica. Small groups of musicians playing classical, jazz, celtic, or folk music visit the schools, funded by the Osprey Foundation and the BC Touring Council. (See related story, page 10.)
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On fighting winter hopelessness It also helps that earlier that day I went for a drive with the uber-energetic Spanish feline Puss in Boots (aka Lisel Forst) who will be starring in the upcoming Christmas pantomime. I swung by afterwards to take photos of the rehearsals, and it seems like it’s going to be an awesome show.
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born September 2nd, 2015, weighing 8 lbs. 10 oz. His sister Reed is very thrilled with the arrival of her little brother! Proud grandparents are: Nancy Playdon of Nelson and Alex & Sheri Trout of White Salmon, Washington
Dec 4th - Val Kilmer & The New Coke Dec 5th - Easy Glistening
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n the morning of Nelson’s first snowfall, I woke up to find one of the Y-shaped trees outside my bedroom window had been effectively sheared in half overnight. One of the moss-covered broken branches rested only a few feet from my parked car. I watched, bed-ridden and sick, while city crews chopped it into sections, loaded the amputated limbs into a truck, then transported it away piece by piece. By noon there was nothing left but a stump. I probably could’ve predicted my coming sickness, partly because I’d been running myself ragged and partly because the arrival of winter routinely takes me dark places mentally each year. Essentially I hibernate. However, after watching me sleep away three days barely conscious and despondent, my partner Darby dragged me out of bed and got me strategizing about how to beat this winter hopelessness.
With Nelson’s pool temporarily closed, Star reporter Will Johnson has been Photo submitted attending CrossFit classes to battle the winter blues. Exercise = my new religion The first step: CrossFit. We’ve been going to Power By you since the summer, and this year I participated in my first Olympic lifting competition. I’m finding if I don’t get there at least three times a week, things start to deteriorate. I’ve got awesome trainers, including local firefighter and bicepchampion Leo Grypma. I told my main trainer Ali Popoff that I expect her to bug me if I start missing classes, because it probably means I’m taking a turn for the worse, kamikaze-spiralling into depression world. “You just gotta keep going,” she told me. “One day at a time.”
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it upon themselves, following their first Sustainability Day, to take the lead on demanding climate action from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. I heard these youngsters speak about climate action at last week’s school board meeting, and then saw them as they marched front and centre in Sunday afternoon’s climate march. Awesome, inspiring kids, all of them. Approximately 500 people participated, yet another thing to lift my spirits. Many were kids, some Wildflower students, while acting mayor Valerie Warmington cheered us up by saying there are “open eyes and ears” in Ottawa these days.
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It may be a cliché, but it helped. In the past week I made it to four classes, and already I can feel the stomach-tightening, legaching endorphin high of actually using your body’s potential. At first I didn’t realize it would entail so many squats — makes me feel like a Thai-style pooper — but I’ve become obsessed with lifting weights. Honestly, right now, I feel like it’s the only thing keeping me sane.
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Your search for the perfect one-of-a-kind treasure for under the tree is over. Join Kootenay Studio Arts alumni and current students at the Annual Winter Show & Sale to discover unique creations in ceramics, blacksmithing, jewelry and textiles. While you browse, take time to check out the displays of student work from four of the KSA programs. selkirk.ca/ksa
Keeping crazy busy People in the community are keeping us journalists running from place to place. I don’t know why everything seems to have been packed into the last week of November, but Kiesza’s visit (I got a selfie!), Blue Night, Customer Appreciation Day and the Walk with the World climate march had me flailing to keep up. The other day I watched my friend Leesa Dean read from her upcoming short fiction collection Waiting for the Cyclone at Art Party #8, a local extravaganza at Thompson Funeral Home. Leesa and I are already scheming about how to throw a dual launch, because both of our books are scheduled to come out next Fall. (My first novel This is how you talk to strangers is slated for publication with Porcupine’s Quill late 2016.) Looking forward to that is bound to get me through the next few months. I couldn’t believe the hundreds of people who cycled through there over the course of the night — and it was only the start of a multi-day Blue Night take-over of downtown. I bet organizer Brian Kalbfleisch is feeling pretty pleased with himself these days, because I’ve never seen such an overwhelmingly successfully city-scale event like that pulled off. Kudos, Brian. A gesture of solidarity I intended this column as a gesture of solidarity to all those who struggle with this cold, who look out the window and feel a dread akin to Jon Snow’s as he watched that Westerosi zombie horde tumble off that cliff in Game of Thrones last season. I think you’ll find, once you get outside, it was worth the struggle.
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Local faith groups hold daily climate vigils SUBMIT TED Black Press
The West Kootenay EcoSociety and Nelson and area faith communities are organizing daily climate interfaith vigils during the Paris climate summit. They will be convergence spaces for people of all faiths in Nelson to come together to send prayers and intentions to the global community and leaders working on getting a successful global deal to tackle the climate crisis during the Paris UN climate summit spanning the first two weeks of December. The vigils will be hosted by different faith groups and be led in that respective faith tradition. On Sunday, Dec. 13 to mark the end of the Paris climate summit and pray for implementation of agreements from the conference there will be an interfaith pilgrimage in Nelson. People are asked to
meet at the White Building at 3 p.m., bring lanterns or flashlights, or use one of the candles that will be supplied. The group
will walk to faith community and government buildings and stop to provide a meditation or prayer at each venue. The
pilgrimage concludes at Nelson United Church. The faith groups participating in organizing the
daily interfaith vigils include the Ascension Lutheran Church, Cathedral of Mary Immaculate, Kootenay
Shambhala Meditation Centre, Nelson United Church, St. Saviour’s Anglican Church, and Yasodhara Ashram.
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The City of Nelson: Community Solar Garden
Nelson Community Solar Garden Pre-Sales End December 17th, 2015 NELSON COMMUNITY SOLAR GARDEN – SYSTEM 1
FAQs Isn’t Solar Generation going to displace already green hydro generation at the City of Nelson Power Plant? No. The Nelson Power plant already fully utilizes all the water available to it for hydro generation and it will continue to do so. Solar generation will reduce electricity purchases by customers which will in turn result in less electricity purchases by Nelson Hydro.
• What is the cost? Total price may be around $850/ panel. CONCEPTUAL SOLAR PANEL LAYOUT
NELSON HYDRO POWER PLANT – BONNINGTON FALLS
NELSON HYDRO POWER PLANT – BONNINGTON FALLS COMMUNITY SOLAR GARDEN
Isn’t solar generation way more expensive than conventional hydro? At today’s rates solar is more expensive than conventional hydro, however in the not too distant future energy from the Community Solar garden will be cost competitive with hydro. We expect that in less than 10 years CSG energy will be lower cost than conventional hydro. Over the 25 year life of the project we forecast conventional hydro to average $0.145 / kWh, where the CSG energy is forecast in the range of $0.120 - $0.135 / kWh.
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Is the City, through Nelson Hydro, investing over $200,000 in the project? No. The project is forecast to cost about $225,000 for construction. Nelson Hydro is contributing $25,000 plus the annual maintenance, Bullfrog Power has contributed $35,000, the remaining approximately $165,000 comes from the customers who buy into the solar garden. The majority of the cost is carried by the customers who choose to participate. Aren’t there better places in the world for solar generation? There certainly are – any place with less cloud and no snow would be better for maximizing solar array generation. However even though Nelson is not the best place in the world for solar generation it is still a good place. We receive a higher level of solar incidence than Germany does. Investing in a solar project elsewhere in the world would eliminate the Community and Local aspects of this project. If Nelson really cares for the environment wouldn’t it be better to work on other projects that make a difference? The Solar Garden isn’t intended solve all the problems with the environment but it does make a step forward in locally produced generation which the citizens of Nelson identified as important when consulted on the Path to 2040 planning. We should also bear in mind that from 2010 to 2015 the City of Nelson undertook a program to reduce its GHG emissions and was successful in reducing those emissions by 25%. The City is currently working on a District Energy system that will further reduce GHG emissions and increase the amount of locally produced energy. Furthermore, through Nelson Hydro, the EcoSave program has helped many residents in the City and surrounding area reduce both their utility (electric and gas) bills as well as their GHG emissions. How was the energy production estimated for the Bonnington site? A pathfinder measurement, combined with the actual weather data gathered from the Nelson Airport over a long term period was used in providing an energy production estimate. The pathfinder measurement is an instrument used to measure the effect of the horizon on the amount of sunshine available at the site, this takes into account all 12 months of the year, and this data plus the weather data is then used in the modeling software PVsyst to provide an energy production estimate for the actual site. The estimate we have used for the 50kW array is around 61,000 kWh’s/year. Using similiar methods, industry experts have offered their opinions on what this area of the province could generate between Nelson and Castlegar, and that figure was around 70,000 kWh’s /year. Production will vary from year to year, which is why it is an estimate. Based on this information, coupled with a full year of data collection from solar sensors that were installed in Nelson this is a safe estimate.
Invest in a community project and collect the benefits as if the panels were on your own roof. • How do I invest? A $500 deposit/panel is being collected, once final costs are known, you will be invoiced for the balance (Spring 2016).
What is the cost to Nelson Hydro rate payers who are not investing in the Community Solar Garden? Nelson Hydro is contributing $25,000 to the capital cost and an estimated $2,000 / year for maintenance. Over the 25 year life of the project this equates to approximately $0.30 / year / customer. Why does Nelson Hydro want to promote and build the Community Solar Garden? For two reasons; 1) It is a way to facilitate and offer a program many of our customers are interested in. 2) Distributed generation, such as solar, is becoming a larger part of utility operations across the continent. A first project like this is an excellent way to develop our program design and operating experience with solar. We will surely be working more with solar in the years ahead – experience now will pay great dividends in the future.
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The Nelson Community Solar Garden is a solar array that will be built at the Bonnington Generation Station, where Nelson Hydro already produces hydro electricity. Nelson Hydro Customers will invest in the project on a per panel basis, and will be entitled to receive an annual payment, in proportion to their investment for the term of the 25-year contract, which will be calculated based on the kWh’s generated by the solar array. Participation is voluntary, and only those who invest will receive the CONCEPTUAL SOLAR PANEL SUPPORT SECTION benefits.
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• What is the payback? Return on investment is between 12-15 years.
• Who can invest? Anyone can invest, solar credit must be applied to a Nelson Hydro Account, businesses and renters can invest. • Can I gift a panel? Yes! And it can also be donated to a charity or a non-profit organization.
• What if I move? The credit can be transferred to any Nelson Hydro account for a $25 transfer fee. If you move out of the service area, you may sell or donate your remaining credit.
For the full FAQ sheet Visit www.nelson.ca/solar
“Bullfrog Power is proud to be supporting the Nelson Community Solar Garden. We’re excited to be a part of Canada’s first solar garden—an innovative approach to renewable energy that seeks to engage the community on the importance of clean power by encouraging participation in its success,” said Ron Seftel, CEO, Bullfrog Power. “Thanks to the support of bullfrogpowered individuals and businesses across Canada, we are able to contribute to the success of renewable power projects like this one from coast to coast.” On Bullfrog Power’s support of the Nelson Community Solar Garden: • Bullfrog Power is partnering with the City of Nelson, British Columbia on the Community Solar Garden Project
COMMUNITY SUPPORT “Members of St. Saviour’s Anglican Church stepped forward to buy panels, because they see moving to renewable energy as critical to reducing carbon emissions. The best way to learn about renewable energy technologies is to start using them. Thanks to Nelson Hydro for leading the way!”
Julia Roberts, member, St. Saviour’s Anglican Church.
• Through the partnership, Bullfrog Power is supporting Canada’s first community solar garden
“I decided to invest in the solar farm because it’s a step in the right direction for building green energy. I was not looking to become rich, but the fact that my investment will not lose money is an added bonus. I want to support the City’s initiative. I value that the City is doing lots of due diligence on this project, and making information available to everyone in a timely and transparent way. I like that this first run is small, and will be used to gather informative data to determine if expansion is viable. I’m pleased to be part of this.”
With a new Prime Minister that is finally acknowledging the real threat of climate change, I think there’s a new energy and mindset amongst Canadians…especially young people… to finally start making better decisions with our energy choices. Nelson has always been an oasis for artistic, environmentally conscious, open-minded and technologically savvy people….I hope that we can continue that tradition, and all come on-board to support this proactive and forward thinking solar project.
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• Bullfrog Power has supported over 60 community-based renewable energy projects across Canada. For a listing of the community renewable projects Bullfrog Power has supported, see bullfrogpower.com/projects.
SIGN ME UP $500 deposit/panel by Dec. 17th Nelson City Hall All methods of payment accepted Credit Card Payment by phone 250-352-8206
Carmen Proctor, EcoSave Coordinator 250-509-2021 or cproctor@nelson.ca
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The City of Nelson: Community Solar Garden
Nelson Community Solar Garden Pre-Sales End December 17th, 2015 NELSON COMMUNITY SOLAR GARDEN – SYSTEM 1
FAQs Isn’t Solar Generation going to displace already green hydro generation at the City of Nelson Power Plant? No. The Nelson Power plant already fully utilizes all the water available to it for hydro generation and it will continue to do so. Solar generation will reduce electricity purchases by customers which will in turn result in less electricity purchases by Nelson Hydro.
• What is the cost? Total price may be around $850/ panel. CONCEPTUAL SOLAR PANEL LAYOUT
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Isn’t solar generation way more expensive than conventional hydro? At today’s rates solar is more expensive than conventional hydro, however in the not too distant future energy from the Community Solar garden will be cost competitive with hydro. We expect that in less than 10 years CSG energy will be lower cost than conventional hydro. Over the 25 year life of the project we forecast conventional hydro to average $0.145 / kWh, where the CSG energy is forecast in the range of $0.120 - $0.135 / kWh.
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Is the City, through Nelson Hydro, investing over $200,000 in the project? No. The project is forecast to cost about $225,000 for construction. Nelson Hydro is contributing $25,000 plus the annual maintenance, Bullfrog Power has contributed $35,000, the remaining approximately $165,000 comes from the customers who buy into the solar garden. The majority of the cost is carried by the customers who choose to participate. Aren’t there better places in the world for solar generation? There certainly are – any place with less cloud and no snow would be better for maximizing solar array generation. However even though Nelson is not the best place in the world for solar generation it is still a good place. We receive a higher level of solar incidence than Germany does. Investing in a solar project elsewhere in the world would eliminate the Community and Local aspects of this project. If Nelson really cares for the environment wouldn’t it be better to work on other projects that make a difference? The Solar Garden isn’t intended solve all the problems with the environment but it does make a step forward in locally produced generation which the citizens of Nelson identified as important when consulted on the Path to 2040 planning. We should also bear in mind that from 2010 to 2015 the City of Nelson undertook a program to reduce its GHG emissions and was successful in reducing those emissions by 25%. The City is currently working on a District Energy system that will further reduce GHG emissions and increase the amount of locally produced energy. Furthermore, through Nelson Hydro, the EcoSave program has helped many residents in the City and surrounding area reduce both their utility (electric and gas) bills as well as their GHG emissions. How was the energy production estimated for the Bonnington site? A pathfinder measurement, combined with the actual weather data gathered from the Nelson Airport over a long term period was used in providing an energy production estimate. The pathfinder measurement is an instrument used to measure the effect of the horizon on the amount of sunshine available at the site, this takes into account all 12 months of the year, and this data plus the weather data is then used in the modeling software PVsyst to provide an energy production estimate for the actual site. The estimate we have used for the 50kW array is around 61,000 kWh’s/year. Using similiar methods, industry experts have offered their opinions on what this area of the province could generate between Nelson and Castlegar, and that figure was around 70,000 kWh’s /year. Production will vary from year to year, which is why it is an estimate. Based on this information, coupled with a full year of data collection from solar sensors that were installed in Nelson this is a safe estimate.
Invest in a community project and collect the benefits as if the panels were on your own roof. • How do I invest? A $500 deposit/panel is being collected, once final costs are known, you will be invoiced for the balance (Spring 2016).
What is the cost to Nelson Hydro rate payers who are not investing in the Community Solar Garden? Nelson Hydro is contributing $25,000 to the capital cost and an estimated $2,000 / year for maintenance. Over the 25 year life of the project this equates to approximately $0.30 / year / customer. Why does Nelson Hydro want to promote and build the Community Solar Garden? For two reasons; 1) It is a way to facilitate and offer a program many of our customers are interested in. 2) Distributed generation, such as solar, is becoming a larger part of utility operations across the continent. A first project like this is an excellent way to develop our program design and operating experience with solar. We will surely be working more with solar in the years ahead – experience now will pay great dividends in the future.
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The Nelson Community Solar Garden is a solar array that will be built at the Bonnington Generation Station, where Nelson Hydro already produces hydro electricity. Nelson Hydro Customers will invest in the project on a per panel basis, and will be entitled to receive an annual payment, in proportion to their investment for the term of the 25-year contract, which will be calculated based on the kWh’s generated by the solar array. Participation is voluntary, and only those who invest will receive the CONCEPTUAL SOLAR PANEL SUPPORT SECTION benefits.
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• What is the payback? Return on investment is between 12-15 years.
• Who can invest? Anyone can invest, solar credit must be applied to a Nelson Hydro Account, businesses and renters can invest. • Can I gift a panel? Yes! And it can also be donated to a charity or a non-profit organization.
• What if I move? The credit can be transferred to any Nelson Hydro account for a $25 transfer fee. If you move out of the service area, you may sell or donate your remaining credit.
For the full FAQ sheet Visit www.nelson.ca/solar
“Bullfrog Power is proud to be supporting the Nelson Community Solar Garden. We’re excited to be a part of Canada’s first solar garden—an innovative approach to renewable energy that seeks to engage the community on the importance of clean power by encouraging participation in its success,” said Ron Seftel, CEO, Bullfrog Power. “Thanks to the support of bullfrogpowered individuals and businesses across Canada, we are able to contribute to the success of renewable power projects like this one from coast to coast.” On Bullfrog Power’s support of the Nelson Community Solar Garden: • Bullfrog Power is partnering with the City of Nelson, British Columbia on the Community Solar Garden Project
COMMUNITY SUPPORT “Members of St. Saviour’s Anglican Church stepped forward to buy panels, because they see moving to renewable energy as critical to reducing carbon emissions. The best way to learn about renewable energy technologies is to start using them. Thanks to Nelson Hydro for leading the way!”
Julia Roberts, member, St. Saviour’s Anglican Church.
• Through the partnership, Bullfrog Power is supporting Canada’s first community solar garden
“I decided to invest in the solar farm because it’s a step in the right direction for building green energy. I was not looking to become rich, but the fact that my investment will not lose money is an added bonus. I want to support the City’s initiative. I value that the City is doing lots of due diligence on this project, and making information available to everyone in a timely and transparent way. I like that this first run is small, and will be used to gather informative data to determine if expansion is viable. I’m pleased to be part of this.”
With a new Prime Minister that is finally acknowledging the real threat of climate change, I think there’s a new energy and mindset amongst Canadians…especially young people… to finally start making better decisions with our energy choices. Nelson has always been an oasis for artistic, environmentally conscious, open-minded and technologically savvy people….I hope that we can continue that tradition, and all come on-board to support this proactive and forward thinking solar project.
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• Bullfrog Power has supported over 60 community-based renewable energy projects across Canada. For a listing of the community renewable projects Bullfrog Power has supported, see bullfrogpower.com/projects.
SIGN ME UP $500 deposit/panel by Dec. 17th Nelson City Hall All methods of payment accepted Credit Card Payment by phone 250-352-8206
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Plenty of snow as Whitewater opens for 40th season T YLER HARPER
The Nelson Leafs were routed 9-0 by the Rebels on Wednesday. Will Johnson file photo
Nelson Leafs hammered in 9-0 loss to Castlegar Rebels
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The 40th anniversary of Whitewater Ski Resort is shaping up to be a snowy one. Whitewater, which opens Saturday, has already far surpassed last year’s conditions. The mountain has seen 273 centimetres of snow as of Thursday morning compared to 169 cm in November, 2014. Kirk Jensen, general manager of Whitewater, has been working at the resort for 23
years. He said he can’t wait to see people on the mountain. “It’s going to be a fantastic year and it’s fantastic conditions right now,” he said. “It’s going to be an amazing opening.” Organizers have plenty of events planned to celebrate the anniversary of the ski hill, which opened Dec. 26, 1975. It starts Saturday and Sunday with 25 per cent off tickets before the resort closes until the 12th for staff training. The resort is selling an an-
into the first period and Mike Bhatao scored the Rebels took a 4-0 four goals and added two lead into the second. assists as the Castlegar Two power-play goals Rebels routed the Nelson by Bhatao and another Leafs 9-0 on Wednesday. single by Woods gave Whitewater is set to open its 40th Tayden Woods had the Rebels a 7-0 lead season Saturday. a hat trick with two as- after two, while two sists for Castlegar (19- more goals from each Tamara Hynd photo 8-1), Chris Breese fin- player put an exclamaished with a goal and tion mark on a hard loss four assists and Darren for Nelson. Leafs goaltender Medeiros added a single. Rebels defenceman Zakery Babin allowed Nick Headrick chipped five goals on 16 shots in with five assists. The before being replaced by victory increases the Patrick Ostermann, who Rebels’ second-place finished with 13 saves. Joseph McLeod advantage over Nelson in the Neil Murdoch earned the shutout with 33 saves for Castlegar. Division to 11 points. Nelson finishes its The Leafs (13-131) wilted early in the four-game road trip game. Woods scored on Friday against the the power play just 1:59 Kimberley Dynamiters. Thank You For Helping Keep Our Area Prosperous! NELSON STAR STAFF
niversary calendar at its retail stores and is planning a launch party for a video that document’s Whitewater’s history. Whitewater will also host its first annual community day on Jan. 8, which will feature $10 tickets for skiers and snowboarders from the Slocan Valley, NelsonKootenay Lake region and the Salmo-Ymir region. All proceeds will be split between the Nelson Cares Society and Avalanche Awareness Beyond the Boundaries.
Another celebration with live music and competitions is planned for Jan. 15. The settled snow pack at Whitewater is 126 cm. Unofficial Networks, a website that tracks snowfall, listed Whitewater fifth overall among North American ski resorts for total fallen snow as of Tuesday. Whitewater was surpassed in Canada only by Kicking Horse (281 cm) and Revelstoke (325 cm). Alyeska, Alaska, boasts the most snow with 327 cm.
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Help tell the story of Selkirk’s 50 years A commemorative book tracing the history of the Selkirk College is being produced as a component of the year-long 50th celebration. This is just one of many events and projects that will chronicle the college’s 50 years in the region starting in 2016. To help tell the story, the college is collecting photographs, mementos and personal recollections that will help illustrate this vibrant history of learning. If you have a story to tell or an item to share that helps tell the story of Selkirk College please contact Takaia Larsen at 250.365.1358 or tlarsen@selkirk.ca.
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s the ski season approaches, skiers are filled with a dizzying combination of preseason stoke mixed with El Nino-induced panic attacks with predictions of climatic catastrophes washing away our dreams of waist-deep pleasure and replacing them with nightmares of slush, crust, ice, frozen chicken heads, and yes, death cookies. I am here to give you some survival tips to ensure you can calm down and look forward to the season no matter what another El Nino season is going to bring. I was curious about El Nino and La Nina so I did a little digging. El Nino is an abnormal warming of the normally
cold Pacific Ocean waters of the Humboldt Current off the coast of Peru. This warming affects the climate across North America by pushing cooler, wetter weather down to the Southern US giving areas like Taos, New Mexico epic big snow winters while in the north we get warmer, rainier winters with some frustrating dry spells thrown into the middle of the season. We are still above two on the multivariate ENSO index which is the formal measure used by meteorologists to determine El Nino (over +1) and La Nina (under -1). Could this mean another season like last winter’s El Nino at Whitewater? Last season’s 230 cm base was actually not that far off the average base of 280 cm up at the top of Whitewater at nearly 2,000 m, but at the lodge is where the effects of the three to four degree increase in average temperature left its mark. This temperature anomaly had a far greater impact on the lower elevation hills than it did on your precious jewel of the
Selkirks, though. According to snow accumulation data from the past 40 or so years we can expect to have 91 per cent of average snowfall in an El Nino year (versus 116 per cent in La Nina years). The El Nino data does not factor in climate change and following the Earth’s hottest summer on record it might make Ulr’s job of granting your weekly powder wishes a daunting task. So, while I am the bearer of bad news, it is not the coming of the apocalypse. Or is it? Either way I will be skiing. Tips for surviving the El Nino Apocalypse: (I borrowed the outline from a Zombie Apocalypse Guide) 1. Stay calm. Ninety-one per cent of average snowpack means a base of over 250 cm, so it’s still a great winter and besides, firm snow is perfect for improving technique so that when it does dump you are skiing better than ever. 2. Be prepared. That means stocking your ski locker with a ski that has some shape and is waxed for the sticky
days and sharp for the firm days. 3. Have a plan. Set some goals for where you want to take your skiing this season. What run have you always wanted to ski but didn’t have the skill or courage? 4. Stick together. We are all in this together and our survival depends on supporting each other. Your local skier community is here to share with you in the glory of the epic days and the harrowing tales of the wet and the icy. This season I invite you to join me in recognizing and appreciating the winter season and our complicated weather which is created in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Peru, delivered overland, shaped by topography, finally presenting its unrehearsed performance to us the humble audience of skiers. Show us what you got, El Nino, we are ready. Dylan Henderson is head coach of the Whitewater ski team. His goal is to give you something to keep your skiing fresh every week even if the snow is not.
Nelson skaters ready for first competition SUBMIT TED Black Press
Nelson skaters are gearing up for the first competition of the season which is the West Kootenay Invitational. This season the competition will be hosted by Castlegar Skating Club this weekend. “The first competition of the season is where many skaters try out their new programs for the first time. Some skaters are adding more difficult elements, and as we haven’t competed since
last March, there is a lot of anticipation for this event,” said coach Sarah Gower. The Nelson Skating Club is sending 19 skaters to this competition, entered in 34 separate events. As well as the traditional free skate program that most spectators will recognize, skaters can now perform an interpretive program that focuses on the performance and artistic side of the sport. Skaters can also compete in set pattern dances as couples or as an individual,
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ad hoc. “This is a super new event, introduced a few years ago to ensure that Skate Canada complies with the long term athlete development model, and that we don’t introduce competition too early in a skater’s development,” Gower explains. Instead of being ranked, skaters receive a detailed report card and a rating based on the average level of achievement of each element. Each skater receives a ribbon and a positive experience.
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1915: St. Nicholas visits Nelson his sleigh with toys and started off a day earlier than usual so that they might not be overlooked. Coming over the mountains, he said, one of his reindeer had slipped and fallen, nearly causing him to fall into the lake, so if he was a few minutes late in getting there, he hoped all would forgive him. After making this explanation, old St. Nick began to distribute the presents top the eager kiddies, grouped around the tree in a semi-circle. On after another, as their names were called, they came forward — or were carried up in the arms of their mothers and big sisters — to receive their presents, for no one was missed. From much befrilled lassies with braided hair just past their first decade and the Dutch-cut and socked “wrigglers,” to the round eyed bundles who have yet to see their first anniversaries, there was a special present for each.
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Touchstones of Nelson From the files of the Nelson Daily News
December 24, 1915 To the strains of “For he’s a jolly good fellow,” sung by more than 70 lusty young voices, St. Nicholas, much bewhiskered and befurred, made his appearance at the Christmas party given to the youngsters who are on the Nelson Patriotic Fund list, by a number of Nelson women in Eagle Hall. Gaily garbed in scarlet jacket and fur trimmed cap, the jolly old saint crossed the polished floor and took up his stand by the glowing Christmas tree, all a-twinkle with many coloured electric bulbs, its festooned bows drooping low under the their weight of toys and goodies. Then, when he had got his breath, he exclaimed to the kiddies ‚ in a voice amazingly suggestive of a certain well known Nelson citizen, Leslie Craufurd — that while still in the far northland, beyond the mountains, he had heard that a party was being given that afternoon in Nelson, to the kiddies whose fathers were fighting at the front and so he had harnessed up his long train of reindeer, packed
December 27, 1915 After 16 days by boat and rail, wind tanned and fit as when they left the Vernon mobilization camp, the 54th Battalion arrived in Bramshott Military Camp near Liphook, England, and has taken up quarters in huts near old Vernon campmates. The Royal
Bring the forest back into our lives.
This ad in the Nelson Daily News enticed Christmas shoppers in 1915.
Mail steamship Saxonia, Cunard Line, gave the Kootenaians no room for criticism as to her seaworthiness, although the food served on board was, to say the least, greatly inferior to Canadian camp fare. The train trip to camp was featured by great receptions by the people all along the route. A six-day period of leave will be granted each man about Christmas time, when men those records are good, may visit London, just two hours ride from the camp, or other parts of the island where relatives or friends live.
December 30, 1915 After two months of steady operation, destroying the refuse and garbage of the city of Nelson, the little sheet iron-walled incinerator on the flats behind the city hall, it is claimed, has justified the thought and energy that placed it there, by reducing the cost of handling the city’s garbage by one third. It is an unpretentious little building with an iron smoke stack, from which an occasional wisp of feathery smoke may sometimes be seen drifting, but it is said that in the last 22 days it has burned up all the refuse and garbage collected in the city, amounting to about 180 tons. In the case of the Nelson incinerator all gases are completely consumed in the combustion chamber so that no smells of any kind can come from the chimney. This has been corroborated by Dr. Arthur, medical health officer, who states that he was present some days ago when the body of a horse was placed in the incinerator and the fire started with a few broken planks. An hour later, he declared, the carcass was almost completely consumed, and no odor of any kind had been omitted from the smoke’s stack. The incinerator he states is most satisfactory and a complete success.
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Above & Beyond The selection committee is looking for nominations for the monthly Above and Beyond volunteer to be featured in the Nelson Star. To be nominated the volunteer must be a long serving volunteer in a role that is not associated with their professional life Please send your nominee’s name, a description of their volunteer work and why you feel they should be nominated to:
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To a special couple, you are an inspiration to those who know you. Congratulations on your Golden 50th anniversary, Gordon and Erma Sibilleau, December 4,1965
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search for literary landmarks online turns up quite a list. Clearly, the idea of plotting the places where writers wrote — or wrote about — on a map is not such a new idea. In the last column I described Vancouver Public Library’s Literary Landmarks project, and BC Bookworld publisher Alan Twigg’s plans to take literary mapping provincewide. This column, I thought I’d talk about the different ways communities and regions mark their literary sites, and the books and authors we might honour in ours. The American Library Association started their landmarking crusade off in the 1980s, and since then plaques have been unveiled at the homes of Tennessee Williams and William Faulkner, at literary scenes such as John’s Grill in San Francisco (immortalized by Dashiell Hammett), and even Edgar Allan Poe’s stuffed raven, which oversees the Rare Books Department of the Free Library of Philadelphia with a beady eye. The website Buzzfeed has a “Guide to Literary Landmarks to Visit Before You Die” that include Sleepy Hollow, New York (think: Ichabod Crane), and the Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library in Indianapolis, (where you can type on the very type-
writer he used to write Breakfast of Champions). In Canada, literary landmark projects abound, including Miranda Hill’s Project Bookmark Canada, which comes at the idea with a different twist. Project Bookmark “bookmarks” a specific scene from a book at its very site, so you can read Michael Ondaatje’s In the Skin of a Lion and then visit Toronto’s Bloor Street Viaduct, where Ondaatje’s character, a construction worker, catches a nun falling off the unfinished bridge during its construction in 1917. Since that first bookmark, a dozen have been placed across Canada, including the one on the site of Wayson Choy’s novel The Jade Peony in Vancouver’s Chinatown, the scene reproduced in both Mandarin and English. Last month Project Bookmark bookmarked the setting of Lawrence Hill’s novel Any Known Blood. This is a good time to tell you that the literary dynamic duo of Lawrence and Miranda Hill will be in Nelson and Castlegar in April. Selkirk College will host a writing master class and public reading by Lawrence, and Miranda will give a reading at the Nelson Library. Which brings us to our neck of the woods. What Kootenay books, settings, or author hideyholes might be noted? Taking a page from Miranda Hill, a list of contemporary Kootenay fiction set in the Kootenays might include Beyond This Point by Holley Rubinsky (Kaslo), The
Canterbur y Trail by Angie Abdou (Fernie), The Diamond Grill by Fred Wah (Baker St., Nelson), Tom Wayman’s newest book of stories The Shadows We Mistake for Love (Slocan Valley) and Treading Water by yours truly (Renata), among others. Both Antonia Banyard’s Never Going Back and Ernest Hekkanen’s Of a Fire Among the Hills are unapologetically set in Nelson, which is less common for small town settings as in big cities: consider the Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town syndrome (Stephen Leacock fa-
mously got in some trouble with the residents of Orillia, Ont.). Mystery writer Deryn Collier renamed the setting of Open Secret “Kootenay Landing,” perhaps a prudent move given the underground-economy nature of its subject. A look at notable Kootenay authors from history must surely include Frederick Niven, author of 30 novels through the 1930s and ‘40s (many of them penned at Willow Point), and Catherine Anthony Clark, whose children’s classic The Golden Pine Cone is set on the East Shore of Kootenay Lake. There are so many more. We have a rich legacy of writers, and I’ve barely scratched the surface. Suffice to say that to Literary Landmarks to Visit Before You Die must surely include our own impressive stomping ground. Now, let the plotting begin!
Anne DeGrace is the adult services coordinator at the Nelson Public Library. Check This Out runs every other week. For more information go to nelsonlibrary.ca. The Golden Pine Cone, by Catherine Anthony Clark, is set on the East Shore of Kootenay Lake. Fred Wah’s Diamond Grill is a collection of poems and stories centred around the cafe that his family ran in Nelson. Many of Frederick Niven’s books were set at Willow Point, including The Lost Cabin Mine.
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Sadly missed by her parents; Luelda (Jake) Kosiancic, George Lane. Sisters; Heidi (Doug), Annette, Lorrelei (Ron), Catherine (Fred), Jocelyn (Mike), Jennifer (Walter), Jessica, brothers; Earl (Doreen), Rick (Kathy). Children; Karyn, Tracey, Joshua, Logan, Sean, ÀYe grandchildren. Many aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins and friends that called her mom. A memorial will be held at the First Baptist Church, 611 5th Street in Nelson on Monday December 7th, 2015 at 1:00 pm. Pastor John Thwaites ofÀciating.
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Ted (the whistle) Cartildge Our Dad its been just a year since that terrible night when the good Lord took you away the time that has passed has not eased the pain and we still cry when we hear your name they same that the heals all wounds. I know in my heart this is true but why did he take such a wonderful man because we had so much left to do. We have to go on and live in this life now without the whistler, Ted but we know that he’s watching from somewhere above because the whistle still rings in our head. Ted Cartlidge 1931 - 2014 Left to rejoice his life are wife Evelyn, daughters Dolly (Michael), Debbie (Gale), CHarlene (Len) and son Shawn (Robin) and grandchildren, sister Betty (Roy) and numerous loved nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his parents. He had may friends, some of whom are with him now. He always enjoyed and could drink a good drinks.
Janie (Helen) Seaby (nee Wigg) It is with great sadness that the family of Janie (Helen) Seaby announces her peaceful passing on November 16, 2015. Janie passed away at Kootenay Lake General Hospital at age 96 with her loving family at her side. The love of her life Jesse predeceased her in 1986. Her sisters Gertie, Jill, Biddy & Joan as well as her brothers Elden, Sonny, Buster and Arthur also predeceased Janie. Janie is survived by her 4 children Judy (Jake) Thiessen, Carolyn (George) Zabawa, Ross (Esther) Seaby, & Doug Seaby. Grandchildren – Duane, Dori-Lynn (Harley), Dawn (Doug), Kathy-Jean (Laurent), Joe (Carola), CarolAnne (Richard), David, Diane (John), Lyle (Mary) & Leah (Ryan). Great Grandchildren - Keith (Lorraine), Darren (Laura), Chantelle (Chris), Christopher (Breezy), Carlee, Ryan, Connor, Brendan, Kendra, Jenna, Jessica (Travis), Kaitlyn, Oliver, Isabel, Blake, Cameron, Austin, Hayden and Logan. Janie was also blessed with 8 great great Grandchildren, Tayleur, Liam, Layne, Santaya, Lexy, Kohen, Darren, Dillon and a great great granddaughter expected in March, 2016.
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In Loving Memory of Joel Drew & Lyla Mortensen In loving memory of my son Joel Drew and Lyla Mortensen, who were both tragically taken from us on December 5th, 2013.
Joel You are missed by all of your family, all of your friends, your corgi Violet…… but you are especially missed by your Mom I love you from the top of your head To the tip of your toes To the back of your bottom To the tip of your nose. I love you…..Mom
Lyla Although the world keeps turning And the sun comes out each day, Life has never been the same Since you were called away. You were such a special person So gentle, good and kind. And have le the sweetest And thoughts of you behind. I only wish there was a way at I could see you one more time To thank you for the joy you brought Into this life of mine.
Janie is lovingly remembered by her sister Gladys Redman, brother Don (Diane), brother-in-law Don and sister-in-law Tiny and many many nieces and nephews. Mom was born in Nelson on July 29, 1919. She and Dad bought the original family home a few years after they were married and she has lived there ever since, 90+ years. Mom will always be remembered as “The Candy Lady”, walking downtown and visiting friends handing out candy. Her evening walks were 4 times around the block and even strangers got a hello, a smile and some candy. Mom had a special place in her heart for everyone We will greatly miss you Mom and you will remain forever in our hearts. The family would like to thank the Nelson Home Support for many years assisting Mom in her home, the 3rd floor nursing staff, and all her neighbours and friends. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the MS Society - West Kootenay Chapter or a charity of your choice. On line condolences to the family may be expressed at www.thompsonfs.ca Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Thompson Funeral Home Cremation has taken place. A Celebration of Life for Janie will be held in Nelson in the Spring.
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Caring for a great old dame - art makes us! As an arts non-proďŹ t organization, the Capitol Theatre relies on charitable donations in order to keep our programs and theatre space accessible, and to continue to expand our school and community dance outreach program. That is why we ask you to remember the Capitol Theatre with a charitable donation in support of our arts enrichment workâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;an investment in your community and in your theatre.
When four-year-old Opal attended the performance of Raven and the Monkey King by AXIS Theatre Company, she was enthralled. When she came back to the theater for another show in our Family Series she asked: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Does the raven still live here?â&#x20AC;? It is rewarding and wonderful to hear how the Capitol Theatre impacts the imagination of even our youngest of audiences.
The tradition of extraordinary and diverse performing arts experiences for all ages is at the heart of the Capitol Theatre. Meeting the needs of local, national and international artists, the Capitol Theatre provides access to a fabulous stage and supporting facilities for live performances, rehearsals, events of all kind and our Art in the Lobby program. Your year-end donation ensures that the Capitol Theatre continues to inspire the minds of adults, youth, and children. As Christmas approaches, we ask that you remember the Capitol Theatre in your holiday plans and consider supporting the Capitol Theatre with a tax-deductible charitable donation.
You can also support us by considering buying tickets to our season series as presentsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a gift to delight and engage anyone on your list. Theatre tickets to live performances also make great stocking stuffers! Together we are caring for a great old dame. The Capitol was built in 1927, and from the early days of silent ďŹ lm to the live theatre presentations of today has always been a key venue for artistic expression. Since her renovation in 1987, the Capitol has been Nelsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s year-round centre for amateur to professional live performances, lectures, events and moviesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;more than 120+ events per year. Taking care of this heritage jewel for the community is one of our great responsibilities and your donation ensures the Capitol remains in great shape, physically and technologically, for many years to come. Truly, every donation matters. Please donate to your theatre today! You can donate online where you purchase your tickets, by phone, or by mail. Visit capitoltheatre.bc.ca or call 250-3526363 to make a donation using a credit card, or send a cheque to Capitol Theatre, P.O. Box 403, Nelson, BC V1L 5R2. Thank you!
PS. Without your donations, art existsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;but with your donations, art ďŹ&#x201A;ourishes.
Try out for the 2nd Annual Youth Arts Festival Talent Slam!
In the spirit of encouraging young artists in our community, Oxygen Art Centre is thrilled to announce the 2nd Annual Youth Arts Festival! If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re between the ages of 15 and 29 come try out for the festivalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s premiere event, and showcase your gifts at the Talent Slam!
Singing, dancing, music, acting, comedy, performance art, poetry and spoken wordâ&#x20AC;Ś even short ďŹ lm and animations can be submitted for selection! Auditions for the Talent Slam will take place at the Capitol Theatre on Saturday, January 23rd between 2 and 5pm. Pre-register online at www. oxygenartcentre.org (link here: http://www.oxy-
genartcentre.org/portfolio/talent-slam-auditions/)
Selected acts will receive one-on-one mentorship with Lucas Myers or Bessie Wapp or Slava Doval, to develop their acts for the big night! The festival will also be a mentored work experience opportunity for the Youth Coordinators involved in producing the festival. The 2nd Annual Youth Arts Festival and Oxygen Art Centre gratefully acknowledges festival sponsors: Columbia Basin Trust, Osprey Community Foundation, Kootenay Coop, Thorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pizza and Capitol Theatre, as well as Business for the Arts sponsors Hall Printing, Nelson Star, ilovenelson. com, and 103.5 JUICE FM.
PUSS IN
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L e a h We i n s t e i n the Poetry of Objects
Buy Online: www.capitoltheatre.bc.ca Charge by Phone: 250 352 6363 Box Office: Tuesday-Friday Noon-4:30pm Show Sponsor:
U T S Singing, dancing, music, acting, comedy, performance art, poetry, spoken word, film and animations !
to Feb 7
Dec 3, 4, 5 at 7:30pm Dec 5, 6 at 2:00pm
$15 Adult $10 Student $45 Family of Four
T T S 2-5pm Capitol Theatre
The 28th Annual Christmas Pantomime
Adaptation by Lisel & Jeff Forst Directed by Jeff Forst Musical Direction by Darren Fuss Choreography by Danielle Gibson
Tickets:
February 13 & 14 2016
Saturday, January 23, 2016
The Capitol Theatre Presents
Featuring... Lisel Forst as Puss Iain Pardoe as Dame Bee Harris as King Heather Gingras as Felina and many more!
Oxygen Art Centre presents 2nd Annual
to Feb 14 502 Vernon Street, Nelson, BC
Extended holiday hours! Thanks to our sponsors:
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Pre-register online: www.oxygenartcentre.org
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Painting sales to benefit refugee coalition Local artist Lainey Benson will donate all profits from her painting sales at Touchstones Nelson this month to the Kootenay Refugee Coalition. If you’ve ever wished to own an original Lainey Benson and are also wondering how to provide a little help during the ongoing refugee crisis, here’s a way to do both. Lainey Benson image
Join the Write for Rights campaign SUBMIT TED Black Press
Every year around Dec. 10, International Human Rights Day, people in more than 140 countries come together to write letters calling for the protection and promotion of human rights. Last year in Canada, participants contributed more than 35,000 letters to the worldwide total of 3.2 million. Did they work? Yes. “I can never give enough thanks,” said Jerryme Corre of the Philippines. “These [letters] give me strength. It also gives courage to my wife. We are not alone in this fight. Many people also seek justice for us.”
Corre’s case was featured in the 2014 Write for Rights campaign, which influenced his case of horrendous torture by police finally being brought to court. Millions of handwritten letters from around the world can change a life. In all cases, the messages of solidarity infused the vulnerable with stamina and courage. All information is provided, including case histories, sample letters, pens and paper. The event takes place at the Nelson Public Library on Saturday, Dec. 12 and Oso Negro Café on Sunday, Dec. 13 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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Move right in to this completely updated home that is just across the bridge in the popular Sunnyside MHP. If you are looking for a home that offers a great location and style, at an affordable price, this is it!
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3 bed 1 bath home on .98 acres. Located on a dead end street this home offers a level of privacy unmatched in the city and may be subdivided. Features include completely landscaped yard, huge shop with separate service, 1 bed 1 bath suite, numerous outbuildings and garden areas and a solid family home.
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At the confluence of a creek and a river this 5.5 acre property is picturesque from any angle. The completely remodeled 3 bdrm 2 bath post and beam home blends perfectly with the natural environment. Quick possession available.
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COVER FX LAUNCH EVENT! Kristina Little
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the backyard showing how fast se can go. She’s fine with cats after an good intro. Call KAAP at 250-253-2008 or visit www. kaap.ca/adopt.
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www.kaap.ca • 250.551.1053 Wondering how to donate to help KAAP pets? The Kootenay Co-op store in Nelson has a KAAP “Till Card”. When you pay for your purchases, just ask to swipe the KAAP till card, and $2 will be gratefully received. Thank you!
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Come down to Shoppers Drug Mart in Nelson... Thursday, December 10th from 12pm - 5pm for your free consultation! Also samples and GWP offers available. Book your appointment today!
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KAAP has many young kittens for adoption. Check out www.kaap.ca/adopt or call 250-551-1053.
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4 bed 5 bath custom home on 3.5 private acres. Features include 2 water sources, open plan home, generous room sizes, heated detached shop, large garden spaces and minutes from town.
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Colouring contest winners announced The Nelson Star’s annual Christmas Colouring Contest winners have been decided. “It wasn’t easy,” said publisher Chuck Bennett. “We had a lot of entries and all of them were great. We had a really tough time making the decision.” There were three winners, but because of the tough judging the panel also picked four runners up. “We just couldn’t not at least recognize some runners up. They were just great.” The winners have won the right to be the first three kids on Santa’s lap at this Saturday’s Santa on Baker event, sponsored by the Nelson Business Association.
The winners 1st: Sailor, Age 9 2nd: Charlotte, Age 6 3rd: Melina, Age 5 Runners up Albie, Age 9 Brinley, Age 8 Ateyn, Age 9 Leo, Age 3
Sailor Sather, 9, Hall Siding
Charlotte, 6, South Slocan
Albie Drysdale, 9, Nelson
Brinley Carmichael, 8, Nelson
Ateyn, 9, Nelson
Leo, 3, Nelson
Melina Burgener, 5, Nelson