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Students from both Nelson and Creston Wildflower schools participated in creating the pictograph-inspired mural on the backside of the Central school gymnasium.

They gathered Tuesday morning in front of the mural to show off their handiwork.

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While working on a massive pictograph-inspired mural unveiled this week at Nelson’s Central school, local artist Amber Santos encouraged the students involved to ponder what they hope to offer the community.

“We’re inspired by the idea that young Sinixt, when they were looking to find

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their gifts to the community, as a spiritual visioning, they would draw their gifts,” Santos told the Star, explaining the process she went through to complete the ambitious collaborative project.

“So we launched that as a challenge to the kids, for them to come up with a symbol that represents their gifts. It could be something they’re good at, something they care about or some sort of positive impact they make on their family or in their school.”

Once each student created their symbol, they sketched it out in their classroom for practice and ultimately painted it on panels laid out in the parking lot. Their creations were inspired by their studies, in which they looked at

Ktunaxa and Sinixt pictographs going back centuries along with ancient cave paintings and contemporary work from artists such as Keith Haring.

“It was really important for us to know and understand we’re being inspired by the Sinixt and their pictographs on rock faces, but these are symbol drawings, which is different,” Santos said. “We’re all inspired by things — it’s about acknowledging and being aware of our influences, and then doing our own thing.”

The project was completed in May by members of both Nelson and Creston Wildflower schools.

On Tuesday morning the school gathered for the dedication ceremony,

which began with a speech from Sinixt elder Marilyn James, who described the lengthy history of her people in the area. She compared the mural to long-lasting pictographs on Kootenay Lake, and congratulated the students on making their mark on the world.

Grade 6 student Keighan Stothers participated in a tobacco offering ceremony, along with Grade 4 student Sophia Peloso, and expressed enthusiasm for his handiwork.

“These symbols represent meaning for people and show what we care about,” said Stothers, noting that his symbol incorporates a crane building a CONTINUED ON A22

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SEEDS is selling a classy new calendar and planning outdoor demonstration gardens while awaiting news from the city’s insurance adjustor on the repair of their greenhouse destroyed by a fallen tree.

The non-profit seniors’ group produced 30 pounds of food per week in the city-owned greenhouse at Lakeside Park before a windstorm last June brought its activities to a halt.

In the meantime, the group is planning to run demonstration gardens in its outdoor plots just west of the tennis courts, to help people with specific kinds of gardens.

“If you have a patio garden, here is a demonstration of what you can do with it and here are some workshops around that,” says SEEDS executive director Eva Hernandez. “Then the same for a small yard garden, and then a large yard garden.

Tina Shields and Eva Hernandez of SEEDS with Four Seasons of Nelson, the group’s new fundraising calendar. The seasonal photos of Nelson in the new SEEDS calendar are by local photographer Madeleine Guenette.

Submitted photo “And we are hoping to include a small household size greenhouse, showing what a person can do with that. There are composting and permaculture aspects to it, and also workshops where you can come every month and get a workshop on where your garden is at.

“The greenhouse was great

for production and beautiful in the winter for volunteers and groups to come in, but not really an example of what someone could do with their home.”

SEEDS past president Tina Shields says once there is an insurance decision and the greenhouse is rebuilt, lots of community groups are waiting to help

out. In the meantime they hope to raise some money with Four Seasons in Nelson BC, a calendar with donated photography

by Madeleine Guenette, available at Save-On-Foods and the Kootenay Co-op.

“We are fundraising so we can make a really beautiful greenhouse,” Shields told the Star. “And the calendar will be perfect for people who live here or people who used to live here.

We hope to produce one every year with a different theme. This year is seasons of Nelson but we could have artists of Nelson, gardens of Nelson, buildings of Nelson, news reporters of Nelson …”

Solar garden meets sales target, gets grant BILL ME TC ALFE Nelson Star

Nelson Hydro’s solar garden has moved a step closer to reality because of a $20,000 grant and the pre-sale of 152 solar panels to the public.

The solar array has yet to be built, and will be located near Nelson Hydro’s Bonnington generating station. The power produced by purchased panels would be credited to purchasers’ power bill and Hydro is promising a return on investment in 12 to 15 years.

The grant has come from Bullfrog Power, a social enterprise with offices in Halifax, Toronto, Calgary, Ottawa and Vancouver. The company helps businesses and individuals shift to green energy or invest

in it, and it funds projects like Nelson’s solar garden.

Nelson Hydro put 200 solar panels on pre-sale recently, stating that if 150 were sold by the end of the one-month pre-sale period, the project would move to the next step, which means taking bids and awarding a contract for the supply of the panels.

There are still panels for sale, says project lead Carmen Proctor: “We would sell up to 400 panels if there are buyers for them.”

The more panels sold, the lower the cost for each subscriber.

Because she doesn’t yet know what the panels will cost or how many there will eventually be, Proctor is still not de-

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Nelson Hydro has committed $25,000 to the project plus $2,000 per year in maintenance costs. Proctor says the cost to people not participating will be very low.

“This will cost each ratepayer 30 cents per year for 25 years,” she says. “If the maintenance cost were to fluctuate from time to time, the cost to ratepayers will still be minimal.”

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Kootenay Lake secretary-treasurer Kim Morris is thrilled with the result of a budget surplus allocation finalized Tuesday that will see $600,000 funnelled to staffing in the district.

Will Johnson photo “We’re looking for opportunities to create cross-curricular, multi-age learning environments that promote deep inquiry into global issues,” superintendent Jeff Jones said.

“It could be a cohort of students working together for several months on a project, or it might be a teacher with an interest in expanding their opportunities for students but doesn’t have the resources.”

Two pieces of software in the district — Smart Find Express and MyEdBC — will also receive additional funds, with the former receiving $7,500 and the latter getting $8,050.

Both systems have caused problems for the district this year.

Morris said a number of possibilities for surplus allocation didn’t make the cut, such as

a $50,000 IT assessment supported by the district parent advisory committee.

“We were considering hiring a third party provider to do a voluntary audit or assessment, but now that won’t be done,” Morris said, noting administration didn’t include it in their plan because their community survey results showed little interest in it.

“We’re still trying to find money to do that assessment anyways, maybe this year, because it’s an important move towards creating next year’s budget,” said Morris. “We’ll learn what our needs and gaps are.”

The funds will also cover a sixth computer technician, who will work as part of the tech team until at least the end of June. The roles of that position includes providing technical

support for teachers and administration while assisting with the roll-out of the Evergreen technology renewal program.

Another $78,267 will ensure schools with declining enrollment will receive the same level of funding.

Morris said the surplus allocation championed by the parent advisory council had a lot in common with the administration’s version, and after some money-swapping and horsetrading they came up with a happy medium.

“I’m elated at the commonality between the two proposals,” said Morris.

Trustees were similarly effusive about the result. “All of this work was done by consensus.

I’m proud of our hard work,” said Rebecca Huscroft.

Appropriated surplus 2014-15: Smart Find Express – $7,500 Computer Tech – $78,267 Clerical Plan A – $41,650 Transformational staffing – $110, 326 Staffing resources for migration/ immigration – $100,000 Highest priority operations and work orders – $102,354

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Students enrolled in the French immersion program at L.V. Rogers received some disappointing news this week: their annual trip to Bordeaux, France

has been cancelled.

“The trip is planned for early March, and the students would return in the first part of spring,” superintendent Jeff Jones wrote in a news release.

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The Kootenay Lake school board will funnel more than $600,000 of a $734,000 budget surplus towards staffing, a decision reached by consensus this week.

“We’re really starting to understand how to add in one place and take from another in a respectful and democratic way,” secretary-treasurer Kim Morris told the Star, noting the finance and operations committee met remotely and in-person three times between Nov. 24 and Dec. 8 to hash out the details.

“What I like about this is over $600,000 will be provided for staffing, which should address, among other things, the secondary school pressures around second semester courses.”

Earlier this year concerns were raised by parents and community members about staffing levels at L.V. Rogers and Prince Charles Secondary, which some deemed a cause of the “registration chaos” that took place in September. The board has allocated $247,674 to directly address this.

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The former Kutenai Landing property was on the market for one year and one week before it sold Tuesday for $1.9 million, less than the asking price of $2.395 million. Ron Palmer of Kelowna’s Syber Realty said the buyer is a holding company known as Sun 3 Holdings Inc. The 2.74-acre property has a storied past. Formerly owned by highways contractor VSA, the land was acquired by a local consortium, including former mayor Dave Elliott, who paid $1.1 million in late 2001 to prevent a standalone Walmart from being built there.

They then sold the property to Kamloops developer Mike Rink, whose New Future Group proposed Kutenai Landing, a residential complex that won city approval but faced much local opposition.

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New Town then sought a developer for the site willing to buy the land from Paradigm. Syber Realty handled the transaction and added a sticker to an old promotional sign on the site indicating it was a “court ordered sale.”

The online listing stated: “The vendor has undertaken extensive investigation with the assistance of a private planning firm with respect to alternate uses for the site including a combination of potential phased townhomes plus commercial/retail space. The city has participated in this process and has been generally supportive.”

City manager Kevin Cormack confirmed at the time that they had been in discussions with New Town about a project for the site, “likely quite a bit different from the original one.”

The initial asking price was slightly less than $3.5 million but was reduced at some point this year by over $1.1 million. The sale price was close to the assessed value of $1.86 million.

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Water and sewer rates up 3% and 2% for 2016 BILL METC ALFE Nelson Star

Nelson city council plans to raise residential water rates for 2016 by three per cent and sewer rates by two per cent. The new rates for a single family home, compared with past years, are show in the sidebar at right.

The proposed 2016 rates passed third reading at council’s meeting on Monday and have yet to be finally approved at a future meeting.

In 2005, council made a plan for annual rate increases over a 25-year period to pay the cost of gradually replacing its aging and deteriorating pipes. The rates at the time weren’t high enough to pay for massive upgrades that were urgently needed. Since then, Nelson residents have become accustomed to seeing streets being dug up in a different part of the city every summer, including on Hall St. this past summer where the water and sewer upgrade was done simultaneously with new street construction. The rate increases in 2007 and 2008 amounted to about 50 per cent and then were reduced to about nine per cent for a few years after that.

“Nelson is one of the few communities across Canada where water and sewer rates are sufficient to fund both projected capital upgrades and build reserves,” state the

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made the news this year on another front, namely the question of the adequacy of Nelson’s overall water supply during drought years.

The materials presented to council on Monday, including detailed spreadsheets indicating water and sewer revenue and expenditures projected to 2030, and including rates charged currently to several different categories of businesses, are attached to the online version of this story at nelsonstar.com.

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The documents also state that the city has been replacing an average of 1.8 km of water line per year at an average cost of $525 per metre since 2009, and 2.5 km per year of sewer line at an average cost of $206 per metre since 2010.

At Monday’s meeting council also discussed the problem of how much to charge businesses and institutions for water and sewer. The tax increases described in the chart are about water and sewer for homes, not businesses and institutions, which are billed according to the number of sinks and toilets, or in the case of restaurants, by number of seats.

But the city’s chief financial officer, Colin McClure, says not only does the city not know how much water businesses and institutions use, but neither does it know how much the average household uses.

So the city is doing some experimental metering of both.

In 2014 the city installed meters in some Nelson businesses and institutions and and has been metering a number of residential zones in the city as well as a few individual houses to collect information on usage. Along with the rate increases for 2016

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.

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y partner Mike and I have just returned from our annual vacation. This year we travelled to one of our favourite cities, Rancho Mirage, Calif. I know some of you will already be questioning what my vacation has to do with Nelson or being a city councillor.

Travel, whether down the street or around the world, constantly reminds me that we have more similarities than differences and that we need to learn from each other’s experiences.

Rancho Mirage is a city of 17,000 permanent residents, about the size of Greater Nelson (when we include Areas E and F).

Rancho Mirage depends heavily on tourism as an economic driver during the winter like Nelson in the summer (winter, too, for those looking for the best powder).

So what do we have in common? Water.

California is in the fourth year of a statewide drought. Last winter’s lower than average snowpack and higher than average summer temperatures required Nelson to go to Level 4 restrictions. The governor of California has set a state-wide mandate that water utilization be reduced by 25 per cent.

In the Coachella Valley it is even higher at 36 per cent as they have a higher per person use of water than the rest of the state.

Here in Nelson the goal is a permanent 20 per cent reduction. This is where the similarities end. Here in Nelson we implemented a water conservation plan, hired a water ambassador and provided education through a number of venues — city newsletter, city webpage, Facebook and the help of local media.

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We successfully reduced our water utilization. Unfortunately, water districts in the desert do not appear to have a comprehensive plan and have been incurring fines for not meeting targets and could be looking at future fines of $10,000 per day for non-compliance. These costs will no doubt be passed on to the users. Here in Nelson we do have the capacity to fine those that violate the Level 4 restrictions — to date we have not needed to levy a single fine.

What else do we have in common? Solar energy. Pre-sales in Nelson have now surpassed the required 150 panels and our demonstration solar garden will go ahead.

While we will not be replacing our green hydroelectric anytime soon with solar, the solar garden concept has garnered significant interest (both supporters and dissenters). In California another story is unfolding.

Gov. Jerry Brown has signed into law SB350, which requires California to get 50 per cent of its electricity from renewable resources by 2030. Federally, the US government wants to phase out all coal burning electrical production. So one would naturally think that in a region that gets as much sunshine as California, solar would be a no-brainer. Unfortunately, the state’s major utility companies are pushing back against roof-top solar. Big power wants homeowners with roof-top solar panels to pay additional monthly fees to be hooked up to the power grid. Some green energy advocates believe these additional charges will kill roof-top solar in California.

Other thoughts: Remember, shop local.

Being in the US for the frenzy of Black Friday, I could not resist the temptation to go and at least take a look. With the weak Canadian dollar there were no shopping bargains to be found by crossing the border. Even without considering the exchange rate many products were the same price as at home. Here in Nelson we are fortunate to have an eclectic mix of one-of-a-kind shops, boutiques and services that can meet the needs of even the most demanding Santa’s list. Shopping local is an investment in your community.

As this is my last column for 2015, I wish all of you a Merry Christmas, peace and a bountiful year to come. Comments and questions are always welcome, and I can be reached at jmorrison@nelson.ca.

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Column wise and insightful Re: “Making a better world starts with us,” Column, Dec. 2 I read with pleasure the heartwarming commentary by Michael Dailly. What wonderful leadership this councillor displays; Nelson is the richer for it. (I live in Area F and don’t vote in Nelson.) There are so many quotable, meaningful paragraphs, from the mention of our “pluralistic society” with some “louder voices than others” and the mention that “all voices both loud and soft” should be represented, to “the freedom to express one’s views” being “at the foundation of our democracy” to “emotions can run high … and people can even get upset.” But the most important sentence surely is “This is how we collectively find our way and move closer to becoming an inclusive, caring, sustainable community that leaves no one excluded.”

Wars often start at home with secrecy, small infractions, disagreements and back-room dealings. If not remediated, they build. Real peace is only achieved through openness, consultation, explanation and the inclusion of all.

Leaders of whatever groups and boards, from small to large, here or elsewhere, must remember that exclusion and punishment usually have negative effects which, in extreme cases, lead to war or violence, whereas inclusivity creates real peace, understanding and a solid base for communion.

Thank you Michael for your insight and wisdom.

Ann Alma Beasley

Folly lies in thinking we can control climate Re: “Reducing greenhouse gases leads to a brighter future,” Column, Dec. 4 I would like to start this letter with stating I am not a climate change denier. It happens and it is real, and I do believe there is much that needs to be done for the environment; but I am an anthropogenic global warming agnostic, and as such

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I take issue with some things that Michelle Mungall wrote in her column.

First, to state something as fact doesn’t make it one. We did not experience extremes in water restrictions or forest fires. According to bcwildfire. ca in 2015 we were actually below the annual average of fires and have been since 2009 and as for water restrictions, the national precipitation per cent departures graph shows that annual precipitation amounts have tended to be above the baseline average for Canada since 1971 (ec.gc.ca/ adsc-cmda).

The restrictions were caused by people overusing water rather than a lack of water. The City of Nelson said it best: “Residents have used 35 per cent more water this year than last year at this time.

So far, the summer of 2015 is recording the highest level of water use in recent years.”

Also, I would like to point out that statements about extreme weather are normally false.

Storms have not been more frequent or violent (ncdc.noaa. gov and wunderground.com/ hurricane/top10.asp) Secondly, evidence points to temperature increasing hundreds to thousands of years before there is an increase in atmospheric CO2. This shows that CO2 may not drive temperature change (antarcticglaciers.org). In the past, when CO2 was up to 1,000 times higher than at present, there were no tipping points and no runaway global warming.

In fact, only one molecule of every 85,000 in the atmosphere is CO2 of human origin, and yet we are asked to believe that this one molecule compels very complex climate change systems.

Thirdly, I, in theory, welcome alternate energy sources; however until they become more efficient it is neither practical nor cost effective for the consumer. Renewable generators only produce power intermittently — when the sun shines or when the wind blows.

Wind turbines, for example, spin only about a third of the time. That means countries

which have a lot of renewable generation must still pay to maintain traditional kinds of power stations ready to fire up when demand peaks.

Consider Germany: between 2007 and 2014, residential electricity prices rose by more than 40 per cent. Those prices —available on Eurostat — jumped at the same time Germany’s solar capacity increased 17-fold and wind capacity more than doubled.

Eurostat data from Spain tells a similar story. Between 2007 and 2014, residential electric rates jumped 70 per cent, while wind capacity increased by about 50 per cent and solar capacity grew about seven-fold.

Lastly, Canada should be wary of agreeing to any deal that comes out of the IPCC, a wholly political organization that unashamedly boasts a political agenda. As the panel’s former chairman, Rajendra K. Pachauri, admitted “We are an intergovernmental body and we do what the governments of the world want us to do. If the governments decide we should do things differently and come up with a vastly different set of products we would be at their beck and call.” We would be better off taking care of the environment as a nation without all the extraneous political manoeuvrings that come out of the IPCC. In what can only be regarded as hubris, climate alarmists now assert that every weather event is due to the action of prosperous Westerners. Yes, climate changes, sometimes drastically. It has for 4.5 billion years before man and will continue to do so after man.

There is no folly in admitting this; the folly lies in thinking we can and will control it.

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HUGS: To the person who returns our wagon that was probably mistaken for trash to treasure. It was sitting on the street in front of our stairs.

HUGS: To the staff at the club. Your compassion is exactly the kind of stuff that gives this community such an outstanding reputation.

We’re all very happy that the move worked out.

SLUGS: To the beaver who came into my yard in the dark of night, cut down my little decorated fruit tree, and and swam off up the lake with the tree and the new set of lights. May you have a colourful lodge this Christmas!

SLUGS: To the winter street maintenance. Whatever happened to sand? The gravel being used is dangerous. People are twisting ankles and falling! Would rather walk on ice. Going to be a real mess to clean up come spring.

Sand is a much better alternative.

SLUGS: To the hard-hearted man who shouted “fur is murder” to my seven-year-old son off Baker St. My Métis son was expressing both his heritage, and his heart, by honouring an animal and giving a new life to an old fur coat.

While I understand and respect your opinion, you have no right

to shout at my son!

HUGS: To the local minister who wrote a piece for this paper about his struggles dealing with depression; as well as the reporter who gave his personal story. During this time of unfettered merry making, many are pulled into the depths of despair for an assortment of reasons. Both men gave sound advice, both gave hope. I have the clippings by my bedside.

They sustain me.

SLUGS: To the stores that incessantly play Christmas carols for three weeks straight every December. It’s not fun or cute for everyone; for folks like me, it’s sappy and irritating and makes me want to go elsewhere to shop.

Perhaps you could supply either ear plugs or barf bags for shoppers if you’re going to play that drippy, shmaltzy, commercialized pablum? Well, Merry Xmas anyway!

HUGS: To the woman in the bank line at closing time! I was feeling shy and awkward, you struck up an incredibly kind conversation. I went to my truck to get my card and a few pencils to give you in THANKS but you were gone. I have been known to wire a house in exchange for intermittent conversation that is friendly. Thank you!

“When you’re ready, I would love to sell your home!”

And to all of you friendly people I meet here each day THANK YOU for making our world a better place.

HUGS: To the off duty city bus driver at the Bank of Montreal who overheard my conversation with a local homeless man who was in desperate need of footwear and then asked what size he needed and proceeded to his vehicle for a warm pair of boots. These are the actions that create and make a difference in our world. This act of kindness and generosity made an enormous difference for this man’s well being and you deserve a huge hug. Thank you, you are awesome!

HUGS: Great big loving hugs: My elderly mother slipped and fell in the 400 block Stanley St. last week. Thank you to all the men that came to her rescue and helped her: the young man who jumped out of his car, the older gentleman who knew her name and the other young men who helped her up. After a trip to the emergency room she was sent home with a large bump on her head, a swollen eye and bruised face but thankfully no broken bones or concussion. Big hugs to all of you: Thank you from my mother and all of our family. – Mother J & daughter S

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The yard is completely private. The property is 31.5 acres with Falls creek flowing through it. There is a large level lower bench.

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December 10, 2015 For the benefit of Kootenay Lake area residents, the following lake levels are provided by FortisBC as a public service.

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Present level: 1744.42 ft.

7 day forecast: Up 6 to 8 inches.

2015 peak:1747.14 ft. / 2014 peak:1750.37 ft.

Present level: 1742.34 ft.

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Entertainment Join the 119 year old hotel ymir

Selkirk students support Room to Live campaign

monday - Sunday open 3pm-9pm, will stay open later for parties! over 20 musical instruments to choose from to play anytime

The Selkirk College music students will perform a fundraising concert for the Room to Live campaign on Dec. 18.

Every Friday join us for the Country & Bluegrass Jam

STAY THE NIGHT!

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Friday

DECEMBER 11

SONIC FUSE is a Kootenay Classic: multigenre, feel-good party band, bringing together the combined songwriting and groove talents of 5 musical souls, fusing the sonic spectrum into the sacred geometry of Groove! With 4 singer/songwriters and a kickass drummer, SONIC FUSE travels through countless fractals of original Funk, Rock, Reggae, Psychedelic Dance & Improv. 9pm $5-$10. All u can eat Fish & Chips 5pm-10 $15.

Saturday

DECEMBER 12

Kootsy Artisan Market 10am-4pm ALL U CAN EAT FISH &CHIPS 5-10pm Come get your snow dance on with the jazzy funk sound of LINT, the brainchild of Kootenay Music Awards Artist of the Year, Jesse Lee aka Rafferty Funksmith. Rich Rabbett on guitar, Clinton Swanson on sax & flute with Jimmy Lewis on the drums. 10pm2am sliding scale $5-10

Tuesday

DECEMBER 15

Free Pool, Aloha Burger $9, $4 Beer, Electronic/Live dance party 10pm.

Wednesday

DECEMBER 16

AFKO French 5 & 7 come hang with the french with music and laughter followed by our Legendary Wednesday Night Live Open Stage hosted by Marty Carter and Jimmy Lewis 8-2am no cover

Thursday

DECEMBER 17

Odyssey 3 plays from 7-10pm with a special guest performance by Laura Landsberg as her and Paul Landsberg are celebrating their 21st anniversary!!! Odyssey 3 plays a blend of jazz, funk, world, and psychedelic live electro with a hint of classical. ADRIAN WAGNER- Keys PAUL LANDSBERG- Bass JIMMY LEWIS- Drums.

Followed by an Open Stage 10-2am with the budding talents of Selkirk College music students. No Cover Come early for steak night

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 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.

Odyssey 3 will play at the Royal on Baker at 7 p.m. on Dec. 17. Local musicians Laura and Paul Landsberg will make a special appearance to celebrate their 21st anniversary. Performing that night will be Adrian Wagner on keys, Paul Landsberg on bass and Jimmy Lewis on drums. The night will conclude with an open stage for the budding talent of the Selkirk College music program.

On Friday, Dec. 18 and Saturday, Dec. 19 at St. Saviour’s Pro Cathedral in Nelson there will be a performance by classical guitarist and composer Rita Deane, along with the vocal trio Ananta (featuring Allison Girvan, Noémi Kiss and Kathleen Neudorf). Joining Deane and Ananta in these concerts will be the Kootenay Christmas Youth Choir, a choir of 18 young voices directed by Allison Girvan. The concerts will feature both traditional and newly composed music. Five new compositions by Rita Deane will be performed for the first time in these concerts. The concerts begin at 7:30, with doors opening at 7 p.m.

The Scarlet Mary Rose Revue will perform at the Hubb in Winlaw (5598 Hoodikoff Rd.) on Saturday, Dec. 12. It will be a delicious mix of comedy, music, art, interviews and striptease! Burlesque for the Backwoods! Starring Scarlet Mary Rose, Lil’Miss Dynamite, and Niko Latte.

Featuring musical guest After the War and wearable art with Kristen Renn.

Literary arts John Ward Fine Cofee will host the next Nelson Poetry Slam on Sunday, Dec. 13.

In addition to the slam, there will also be an open mic. Organizers plan to celebrate spoken word in all it’s marvellous forms: poetry, story telling, rap, rants and song are all welcome. It begins at 6:45 p.m.

Theatre Lucas Myers’ murder mystery comedy Campground is returning to the Capitol

Theatre on Saturday, Jan. 16 at 8 p.m. After consulting with local writer Deryn Collier, Myers plans to revisit the script before remounting the tale, which tells the story of a young man who goes missing from a provincial campground while on a personal journey to discover himself. Four people are suspects, despite lack of evidence aside from Facebook posts and the video from the young man’s cell phone but the overzealous detective is undeterred.

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2015 Winter Craft Fair DECEMBER 12TH 10:00 PM TO 4:00 PM

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Movies Trumbowill be shown at the Nelson Civic Theatre tonight at 6:45 p.m., tomorrow at 9 p.m. and Sunday at 6:45 p.m. In 1947, Dalton Trumbo was Hollywood’s top screenwriter until he and other artists were jailed and blacklisted for their political beliefs. Bryan Cranston stars.

The Nelson Civic Theatre presents Suffragette tonight at 9 p.m., tomorrow at 7 p.m. and 2 p.m. on Sunday. The film follows foot soldiers of the early feminist movement, women who were forced underground to pursue a dangerous game of cat and mouse with an increasingly brutal state. Starring Meryl Streep and Helena Bonham Carter.

Music Starbelly Jam and Shambhala Music Festival veterans Sonic Fuse are a multigenre, feel-good party band bringing together the groove talents of five musical souls. They will play funk, rock, reggae, physchedlic dance and classic covers at the Royal on Baker Dec. 11 at 9 p.m.. The members of the band are Marty Carter, Dave Ronald, Lee Campese, Patrick Bonin and Jimmy Lewis.

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.

On Saturday, Dec. 12 at 10 p.m. Jesse Lee a.k.a Rafferty Funksmith will play will with Rabs at the Royal on Baker. Jesse handpicked Rich Rabbett on guitar, Clinton Swanson on sax and flute with Jimmy Lewis on the drums for a signature original funk sound with hints of progressive odd time changes and extended improvisational solos.

Rabs and Rafferty Funksmith will spin vinyl funk classics to keep the dance floor classy and sassy.

On Saturday, Dec. 12 from 1 to 3 p.m., Ellison’s Cafe presents the Acoustic Unplugged Sessions. Dylan Freedom is a new multi-instrumentalist singer songwriter to Nelson. He left his home of Peace River last summer (where he was in a band called A New Direction for the past five years) to perform on the streets of Edmonton. Dylan’s own music is a mix of funky blues and folk.

You can also expect some ska/reggae/rock covers including Sublime.

Following Freedom’s performance at Ellison’s will be Sarah Calvert, a modern day renaissance woman who adorns many hats as an award-winning performing singersongwriter, producer and assistant musical theatre director. She is also aformer high school English teacher, freelance journalist, Extreme Freestyle Skiing competitor, ski, sailing and Kundalini Yoga instructor, mantra musician and all around swell gal. She will be joined by about ten members of her Elephant Mountain Choir for a few songs.

On Friday, Dec. 18 Bloom Nightclub is hosting the Village Stage Christmas Party at 10 p.m. Victoria’s top turntablist DJ Anger, Calgary’s ragga jungle fanatic Hush, and the roving roof jockey Mr. B will provide the entertainment.

On Friday, Dec. 18 from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. the Selkirk College music students will host a performance at the Spiritbar, with all proceeds going to the Room to Live campaign. Doors open at 8 p.m. with five groups planning to deliver a music-filled evening.

Smalltown DJs are coming to Bloom Nightclub on Saturday, Dec. 19 at 10 p.m.

The Canadian duo’s uncanny ability to make crowds feel like schoolkids at recess stems naturally from their focus on maximizing fun for themselves. With an opening performance from DJ Soup.

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Communities fail to thrive without 24/7 coverage Re: “New Interior Health boss seeks ‘wise counsel,’” Dec. 4 Interior Health Authority CEO Chris Mazurkewich is quoted as saying he “doubted we will return to the days when every rural community had roundthe-clock emergency service.”

I find this this type of thinking extremely alarming. It essentially means those Canadian citizens who live and work in the rural heartland of BC must do so without vital local 24/7 emergency services.

Doctors know how devastating a diagnosis of “failure to thrive” can be. Rural communities without 24/7 emergency services will fail to thrive, depopulate and are doomed to be unviable communities.

When the federal government writes out the cheque for their share of the BC health care system I hope they will ensure the government of BC will agree to address the issue of rural community 24/7 emergency services first.

Rural BC provides the natural resources that allow urban centres to thrive. Given the advances in 21st century emergency care, I see no reason rural communities cannot be provided 24/7 emergency services in their communities You may find the following document of interest: Review of the Role of Emergency Services at Victorian Community Health Centre at Kaslo,

by John Ross, MD FRC, Department of Emergency Medicine, Dalhousie University.

Greg Lay Kaslo

Is solar garden info deceptive?

Re: “Solar garden over halfway to sales goal,” Nov. 27 This $300,000 or more project won’t make enough power for four average homes.

A Star article from 2012 says Nelson Hydro made a windfall profit of $500,000, all earned from April through August, when lake levels were high. This is the same time almost all annual solar power is also made. During this time the solar garden power, if

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That same article said BC Hydro, who buys our power, didn’t need it. I asked Alex Love, manager of Nelson Hydro to clarify: did they or didn’t they earn $500,000? This makes solar power absolutely worthless — worse, it’s a waste of $300,000.

He replied that was a long time ago. It’s 2015; 2012 isn’t a long time ago.

He also said he could only remember once when BC Hydro didn’t buy Nelson Hydro’s excess power.

A BC Utilities Commission submission from Nelson Hydro stated Nelson Hydro makes 28 GWh of extra power annually. To help you understand that number it would be 700 solar gardens worth of annual power. BC Hydro pays less than a penny, actually 0.7 cents/kWh, for Nelson’s excess power.

The entire year of solar garden power if sold to BC Hydro wouldn’t bring $400.

It’s clear Nelson Hydro makes a lot of excess power, not always able to be sold, that would result in the cleanest and greenest power we

know, waterpower, just spilling over the dam.

This makes solar power worthless.

This is supposed to reduce greenhouse gas.

How? We are sending the cleanest and greenest power over the dam.

Solar actually increases greenhouse gas. They say the solar garden will mitigate winter excess power purchase costs from Fortis, last year $6.4 million. During that time the solar garden power made could be bought from Fortis for less than $500. We pay a lot more for excess power from Fortis than BC Hydro pays for our excess power — almost six times more.

They call this an investment and say everyone opting in will get a credit. From what?

The project was to be only $25,000 from Nelson Hydro to get it started and all future costs paid for by those opting in. I asked Mr. Love under whose authority and when this changed. He didn’t answer. Now every Nelson Hydro customer is in for at least half of this project cost. Mr. Love blocked my emails to his staff saying I was wasting

their time. I was trying to educate and help.

Do those who bought in know this? Will they proudly display the stickers in their window for every solar panel they bought? Help this city: go ask for your money back.

The solar garden is a political greenwashing feel good waste.

Norm Yanke Nelson

Re: “Grypma gala raises $11,800,” Dec. 9 I would like to extend my heartfelt thanks to P’nina Shames and all the members of the Nelson Osprey Community Foundation for the wonderful evening honouring me and the first responder community in Nelson.

Having served for 38 years in the Nelson Fire Rescue service I have seen firsthand what the Osprey society has accomplished in helping make Nelson the best place to live in the world.

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MESSIAH Selkirk Chamber Orchestra

Noémi Kiss, soprano Audrey Bisset, alto David Herbison, tenor David Stewart, bass-baritone

Saturday December 12th, 7:30pm Sunday December 13th, 2pm Capitol Theatre Tickets $20 ($15 for students) available at the Capitol

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retirement and donate to the fundraiser.

A special thanks to retired Capt. Jack Chambers for his kind words, his friendship, and his support over the last 40 years. In Jack’s own words, “When all else fails, listen to the captain.”

Simon Grypma Retired Nelson Fire Chief

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THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF NELSON 2016 VOLUNTEER POSITION VACANCIES Each year the City invites residents interested in serving the community and participating in the direction that the City of Nelson takes for the future to apply to serve on a City Board, Committee or Commission.

Applications can be made online, in person or via fax.

The deadline to apply is Noon on Tuesday December 29, 2015 Further information is available from the City’s website www.nelson.ca Please address confidential applications to: Joanne Caldecott at City of Nelson Suite 101, 310 Ward Street, Nelson, BC V1L 5S4 or by Email to volunteers@nelson.ca or Fax (250) 352-2131 Advisory Planning Commission [APC] 2 vacancies The role of the Advisory Planning Commission is to advise Council on matters referred to the Commission which includes land use, project design and landscaping, community planning as well as bylaws and permits relevant to land use provisions of the Local Government Act. See the Advisory Planning Commission Bylaw on the City’s website for further information.

Cultural Development Committee [CDC] 1 vacancy for a community member particularly involved in the literary area of the cultural sector This Committee leads Council in the strategic planning and development of Nelson’s cultural sector and works in close collaboration with all sectors of the community. The Committee helps promote a high level of creativity, diversity and excellence in the cultural life of Nelson. Part of its mandate is to review, monitor and evaluate the implementation of the City’s Comprehensive Cultural Policy and make recommendation to Council on a variety of policy and initiatives pertaining to the arts, culture and heritage sectors. See the Cultural Development Committee Bylaw on the City’s website for further information Nelson & District Youth Advisory Committee [NDYAC] 1 vacancy This Advisory Committee supports the Nelson and District Youth Centre (NDYC) staff and youth through transitional times. The NDYC supports youth leadership through its services and programming which includes a drop in youth centre, indoor skate park and a Youth Employment Resource Centre. See the Nelson & District Youth Advisory Committee Bylaw on the City’s website for further information.

Nelson Housing Committee 3 vacancies This Committee advocates for the development of affordable housing units within the City. Its mandate is to identify housing needs and priorities; assist in finding collaborative and cost effective approaches; and provide networking opportunities for housing providers to share knowledge and identify opportunities for collaboration; cooperation and sharing of expertise.

See the Nelson Housing Committee Bylaw on the City’s website for further information.

Nelson Public Library Board 1 vacancy The Library Board oversees policy and sets direction for the Library and is intended to represent the diversity of the community. Our mission is to engage readers, strengthen community and stimulate the pursuit of knowledge and ideas. Board participation includes monthly meetings and periodic special events. For more information, check out the About Us section of the website, and the policy manual at http://nelson.bclibrary.ca/.

Application forms can be picked up at the Library or found online. Please submit confidential applications for the Library Board to: Dianne Harke at Nelson Public Library, 602 Stanley St, Nelson BC V1L 1N4 Or email to dharke@shaw.ca

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Kalmikoff may suffer from PTSD Re: “Final arguments heard in Kalmikoff trial,” Dec. 4 Last week as I read about Krista Kalmikoff and her trial for participation in her partner’s crimes, it seemed very clear to me (from my experience) that she probably has PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder) and was quite clearly involved in an abusive relationship with a controlling man whom she was intimidated by and afraid of upsetting.

Now, I don’t know these people and I am

not a psychologist, but I do have experience living in a similar situation and feel a ton of empathy for this lady, who is a fellow mother, and have concern for her child(ren).

I hope that she is receiving adequate support as she goes through such a trying and stressful time, and I hope that she has counsellors and legal professionals involved who understand the position she was in and the psychology of abuse and trauma.

Consider that she may be telling the truth when she says that she “cannot remember” or “didn’t know” what her partner

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was doing — she was possibly in a dissociative state and has blocked out many things that she has gone through. These memories may manifest once she is in a safe and supportive environment for a length of time (months not days).

“Seeing” these memories for the first time (despite having lived through them) is an experience that is extremely distressing/frightening for the victim. That is why it is called “post” traumatic stress disorder — the symptoms do not show up until after the onslaught is over.

This is how our brains work to preserve us during times of intense and overwhelming stress, such as that caused in an abusive relationship. It allows us to “hold ourselves together” and function during those times when reality is too frightening to bear.

When I was involved in an abusive relationship it was more of a hostage situation than a romantic relationship — though I did not recognize that until many months after leaving him, with the support and protection of a women’s shelter, very skilled counselling for myself and social workers to help me protect my children.

Leaving is not easy when you are held hostage. Your partner knows what is dear to your heart and uses it against you — and

when you have children it becomes very easy for him to control you even further, by implying threat to the child if you do not act in the way that he demands. A mother will do anything to protect her child.

In the case of Krista Kalmikoff I know nothing, and it is up to the honourable judge to decide her fate.

But as a survivor and a mother I wish her the very best and hope that her future is one of healing and empowerment and that her relationship with her child(ren) will be supported, protected, and nurtured.

She may feel very ashamed and beat herself up mentally and feel like her brain is a tangled mess, full of confusion and distorted reality, and her self esteem may not even exist anymore — or not, but that is what it was like for me.

That is a hard place to be in but healing is possible if one sets her heart on it. I hope that this trial may be a life-changing transition point to set her on a better path, whatever that path looks like for her.

Sometimes it takes something huge to wake us up. This holiday season I send out my heartfelt best wishes to every woman living in, trying to escape, or recovering from abusive relationships.

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Kootenay Lake financially prepared to welcome Syrian refugees WILL JOHNSON Nelson Star

The Kootenay Lake school district is financially prepared to accommodate incoming Syrian refugees thanks to the allocation of a budget surplus finalized on Tuesday. And though there are no finalized plans for refugees to settle in the area, the student population is already preparing to welcome them.

“We recognize, and I’ve been saying this for six years, that the district needs to be preparing for higher levels of migrant students,” superintendent Jeff Jones told the Star. “As a public school district we need to step outside the political frame and welcome all children and youth.”

The bottom line, according to Jones: “We will accept them, work with them, welcome them.”

Currently the district isn’t sure how many, if any, refugees will end up in Nelson. But Jones is aware of a number of groups and churches in the community working towards bringing them here.

Trustee Curtis Bendig sees this as an opportunity for students to engage deeply with global issues that affect them.

“The piece that really stands out for me is that the board has set our student expectations and one of those is citizenship and one is resil-

iency,” Bendig said. “There’s a lot of learning to be done by welcoming refugee families, in addition to the humanitarian aspect. It’s definitely something our district needs to be a part of and needs to be involved in.”

He said students in School District 8 are already demonstrating a stronger sense of the world’s issues than his generation.

“The students we have in our schools, they know they’re growing up in a shrinking world. I think it’s something they understand even better than we do.”

L.V. Rogers principal Tim Huttemann agrees, and told the Star he’s immensely proud of students like Arianna Murphy-Steed, a Grade 12 student in Tamara Martin’s Global Perspectives class, who helped organize the recent Harry Potter fundraiser to raise funds for refugees.

With students like that, he feels they’re in a great position to lend a helping hand.

“I’d love to see a Syrian family come in. As a school we’d love to sponsor a family. I think that would be so cool.”

Mount Sentinel principal Glen Campbell is also proud of his students, who recently participated in their first annual Sustainability Day and started a #WeAreReady banner campaign to call for action on climate disruption.

“Our school counsellor the other

day heard kids lined up outside her window talking about Donald Trump’s latest comments and how despicable they were, how racist.

They were saying ‘how can we have leaders like this?’ and we as a staff chuckled, like what have we done to these kids? They’re talking geopolitics on their own time.”

He said his students would be “very receptive” to welcoming and supporting refugees and the potential influx will be a good thing for the community.

“If you look at the Kootenays as a whole, we’re seeing a declining population, certainly with the youth. There’s a natural opening for migration to this area.”

Secretary-treasurer Kim Morris said the surplus allocation will also cover the costs of students moving from one school to the next within the district.

The funds will cover the cost of adding additional classroom space, for whatever students may need it.

But Jones and Bendig both said there are still unanswered questions in how this situation will pan out.

“There’s a lot of big question marks,” Bendig said. “But there’s a lot of people having initial conversations and trying to get organized, having meetings so we can be prepared as possible. Hopefully soon a lot of those question marks will be removed.”

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The Kootenay Lake school board re-elected Lenora Trenaman as chair on Tuesday and named Heather Suttie as vice chair.

“A year’s flown by and there’s still more work ahead,” Trenaman said, noting she originally planned for a single term in the spot. “I hope this year is as productive as this last one.”

The board also elected Sharon Nazaroff as their representative to the BC School Trustees Association, with Curtis Bendig as the alternate.

Rebecca Huscroft will be the representative to BC Public School Employers’ Association, with Dawn Lang as alternate.

Kootenay Lake school trustees (L-R) Curtis Bendig, Heather Suttie, Dawn Lang, Lenora Trenaman, Rebecca Huscroft and Sharon Nazaroff were all elected on Tuesday to roles for the new year.

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The Gift That Makes a Difference Every year, before you can put away your jack-o-lanterns, the commercial Christmas season breaks out in full force. Stores and shopping malls are the first to remind us that “it’s the most wonderful time of year” for buying gifts and all the trimmings that make Christmas the biggest retail season of the year.

At some point, I wonder whether we all ask ourselves why we’re doing this gift-buying, giftexchanging thing to begin with. Of course, we love our friends and family and want to show them how much by giving them gifts at Christmas, but I wonder whether, deep down, we want to give something more meaningful.

A couple weeks ago, I began thinking about my own Christmas gift list. Being a photographer, I thought I’d like to give the photographs I’ve taken around the Kootenays. In a 12-month calendar I could share photos with friends and family.

Then, another thought occurred to me—how could I give a gift that would make a difference, however small, in the lives of people somewhere in the world? I ordered 100 photographic calendars and asked people if they would donate $15 for each calendar. All proceeds are going to emergency relief efforts for displaced Syrian refugees and their families, and the Canadian government is matching each dollar through December 31, 2015. In just one week, 80 calendars were sold. A friend who bought several said she wants to give gifts people can enjoy that also mean something more.

Since then, the printer sent extra calendars for free, and I have more for anyone in the community who would like to Nelson United Church support this effort.

Sunday Worship Gathering 10:00 am Why does any of this matter? Because Christmas celebrates Minister: David Boyd All are Welcome Advent 3 God giving the gift who made a difference in our world.

Service of Holy Communion White Gift Sunday When you’re shopping for or making your Christmas gifts, Music by Spirit Wind Recorder Ensemble perhaps you might ask, “How can I give a gift that does All children welcome for Sunday School and Nursery Room available something more?” “Does it care for the Earth?” “Does it Corner of Josephine and Silica Streets help someone in need?” “Does it support our community?”

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Making new Columbia Basin friends at the Paris climate summit Montana Burgess lives in the Slocan Valley and works as the community organizer with the West Kootenay EcoSociety. She is in Paris at the international climate conference as the head of logistics for the Climate Action NetworkInternational delegation, the largest non-government network working on the climate crisis. Additionally, she will be co-ordinating with Canadian organizations attending the summit.

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ometimes you have to go to the other side of the world to meet your neighbours. Sandpoint, Idaho is Nelson’s sister city just south of the border. Gary Payton is a Sandpoint environmental activist and my new friend at the Paris UN climate summit. We’ve sat together perking up with conference coffees and sharing what the communities of Sandpoint and Nelson have been doing to take climate action.

Sandpoint has a railway that runs through the city. It carries coal to the terminal near Vancouver and tar sands bitumen to Washington’s coast to be exported to Asian markets. Gary is really worried about the impacts the trains could have on his community if there was a derailment. Remember the Lac-Mégantic rail disaster in Quebec in 2013? That too could happen in Sandpoint.

He’s also concerned about climate change impacting our lives and livelihoods across the Columbia River Basin and threatening the environment we love and hope to pass on to our children and grandchildren.

Our countries are finally being relatively constructive at the climate summit in some areas. The latest news is that Canada’s environment and climate change minister said we need to limit global warming to no more than 1.5 degrees by the end of this century. This is necessary

Climate Comment to ensure the survival of the most vulnerable countries and people in the world, like small island countries and indigenous peoples living in the arctic.

While this acknowledgement of the importance of not going past 1.5 degrees warming is important, Canada has not put forward new carbon pollution reduction goals since Justin Trudeau became prime minister. In Paris, Canada needs to get ambitious and commit to reviewing and increasing their commitment to reduce carbon pollution significantly before 2020 to show Canada is stepping up as a climate leader.

While Canada is working out how to get more ambitious at the summit, provinces have continued to take climate action. Quebec has promised millions to support carbon pollution reductions and support to the most vulnerable countries. Manitoba has joined Ontario and Quebec in a regional carbon pricing “cap and trade” system, which aims to harmonize programs in all three provinces under a larger program called the Western Climate initiative.

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Local governments around the world aren’t waiting for national governments to show climate leadership. I attended a presentation from mayors in Africa, Europe, Asia and Canada who are all transitioning to 100 per cent renewable energy. Vancouver’s mayor, Gregor Robertson, said they had various goals of going partially renewable.

When they reviewed the needs and climate impacts, they had to set a goal to achieve 100 per cent renewable energy and then get innovative with plans to reach that target, as anything less was not going to solve the problem. Vancouver is aiming to have 100 per cent renewable energy by 2050.

Speaking of Canadian cities, I found Rossland city councillor Aaron Cosbey, another neighbour who I’d not previously met, at the climate summit. We laughed about how we had to travel so far to finally meet up and talked about Rossland’s renewable energy plans and current projects, like the Washington St. upgrade plans including mini-power generators inside the pipes.

It’s comforting to know my neighbours in Rossland and Sandpoint participated in the Nov. 29 global climate march and are here in Paris. We can work together to take the momentum of the climate movement from this special global moment centered around Paris to get our region on track to be a renewable energy leader and an example for the world.

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Forget about individual Christmas cards this year.

Use our annual section to wish customers and friends all the best of the holiday season and say thank you for their support and patronage throughout the past year!

aturday at 2 p.m., we are hosting our second annual Home for the Holidays Winter Celebration of Family and Friends at the Civic Theatre. It’s our open house, featuring free films (the 50th anniversary of A Charlie Brown Christmas, and the 1938 holiday classic film A Christmas Carol), prizes courtesy of Play It Again Kids, and a visit by Santa Claus, of course. Our doors are open to everyone, and in addition to free entry, bring a donation for Nelson Food Cupboard and we’ll give you a free mini-popcorn in return!

This event is really special for us. It gets to the heart of why the Civic Theatre was re-opened, and why it’s so critical that the society continues to simultaneously operate the theatre, work on our plans to add two more screens, and diversify and deepen the ways that we partner with people and groups in our region to have the greatest possible impact on our community overall.

Broadly speaking, as a society our purposes are to show films, educate the public about cinema arts, and preserve and improve our facility, but really, these activities are ultimately all about the same thing: sharing. Seeing a film together, learning together, caring about our theatre together — these are shared experiences. The act of sharing our anticipation of something, enjoying it with other people, and having conversations about it afterwards speak to some of the most basic and visceral community-building things that we can do.

I’ve had bit of a fascination with the story of Roseto, Pennsylvania for a while. If you’ve not heard of it before, Roseto is a small Italianheritage quarry town that drew the

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I thought of Roseto after our annual general meeting at the end of November. At that meeting, a number of our most passionate and committed members joined us to hear about our last year and

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ask questions about the plans we have for the future. It was a great time for us to hear feedback from our members, and while we were there to share updates with our members, I feel like I may have learned as much or more about our non-profit society than our members in attendance.

The passion and commitment to the theatre society and our purposes that our members brought to that meeting was a clear reminder to me of just how vital our work at The Civic is for our community.

We are so grateful to everyone who took the time to come, to share their thoughts and questions with us. We are indebted to all of you who continue to renew your memberships — it is so important to the continued vitality of our independent cinema in Nelson. It is this commitment to our goals by people in our community that nourishes this organization and ensures our prosperity in the future.

Home for the Holidays is special because it is a celebration of community — an acknowledgement of the people who are close to us, not only here at the Civic Theatre, but between us all. I invite you to come see Charlie Brown and his droopy little Christmas tree that we love so much, and watch Ebenezer meet the ghosts who show him why his true wealth is to be found in his community.

Join us at The Civic this holiday season, where we, much like the people of Roseto, take a page from Mr. Dickens to “honour Christmas in [our] heart[s], and try to keep it all the year.”

Eleanor Stacey is the executive director of the Nelson Civic Theatre Society.

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Because the sidewalk is blocked, pedestrians must walk on the street to reach the new bus stop near Bill Metcalfe photo Walmart. Previously it was in front of Save-On-Foods.

Mall bus stop move prompts protest BILL METC ALFE Nelson Star

The City of Nelson has moved its mall bus stop from Save-OnFoods to a location near the Walmart garden centre and riders are not happy.

“I feel like a second class citizen now,” one transit rider told the Star as he boarded the bus at the new location.

The city’s public works director, Colin Innes, said the move was for safety reasons.

“This summer we had an incident where an elderly man was struck by a bus,” he told the Star.

“He was returning a cart, and he was clipped by the rear of the bus.

We have had some close calls before that, and a history of bus drivers frustrated by navigating through there. There is too much traffic and general congestion.”

He said part of the safety problem is that the buses need to travel through the parking lot between the rows of cars. He also said that the decision is not final, and that the company that manages the mall, RioCan, will have some part in the decision.

The Star has been unable to contact anyone at RioCan willing to discuss this issue, despite considerable effort including phone calls to its Nelson, Calgary, and Toronto offices.

A number of letters to the editor recently have stressed the importance of having the bus stop adjacent to the grocery store because mall shoppers do their grocery shopping last, and then board the bus when they are loaded down.

“We are upset we were never

told it was going to happen until after it happened,” said Karen Rymal, a frequent transit rider.

“Where they have put the stop, we as passengers feel is very unsafe. It is at a three-way intersection and you get off the bus into a little patio thing with a tree. Then you have to step down at the gate by the garden centre, and often lately it has been icy and there are buggies there, and for people with walkers or mobility problems it is a hazard.”

Elaine Langlois, another frequent transit user, agrees. She says currently there is no sidewalk access to the bus stop at all, because of a structure built on top of the sidewalk outside the Walmart garden centre.

“I am very frustrated,” she said.

“The bus stop is no safer than the one at Save-On. When it is cold and icy it is very dangerous by the garden centre at Walmart.”

Langlois said one problem is shopping carts: at the new location they must be moved on and off curbs, and at the new location there is no convenient place to return them, as there is at SaveOn. She pointed out a number of abandoned shopping carts left on the pedestrian approach to the bus stop. She said this is not only a problem for people with mobility issues but for parents with strollers.

Langlois said in cold weather people would wait inside the entrance to Save-On for the bus until it arrived.

“Someone is not saying what is really going on,” Langlois said.

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When Langlois talked about how difficult it has been to get a response from city hall, her daughter, Eva Hernandez, said “If my mom drove a vehicle, the city would give her a free parking pass to park uptown, but since she rides public transit she can’t even get a phone call back from a city councillor.”

Rymal thinks everyone involved should be sitting down and talking about it.

“We understand the safety issue, but it would be really good if the manager of transit for the city, one or two of the bus drivers, the mall people, and some passengers could get together and have a meeting about this.”

In a letter to the Star, Langlois offered a solution. “The buses … could travel behind the mall, along in front of Walmart and on to Save-On Foods. Then they would turn down through the road between the parking spots and carry on past the Prestige. This should not be considered unsafe because semi trucks who unload at SaveOn do this same route.”

Innes told the Star that running a bus route behind the mall is not an option because it would interfere with loading zones and the Greyhound bus and because of the impossible U-turn at Poplar St. He also said running the bus along the front of the mall (over the speed bumps) is not possible.

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When Slocan Valley fly fisherman Chris Dawson first set out to write a book about Alberta’s oil sands, he didn’t realize it was going to be a satire.

“Let’s face it: the oil patch can be dry, dry subject matter. At first I was writing a much more serious book, but then I started setting aside my own reservations,” Dawson told the Star, describing the process he went through in writing his recently released tragicomic novel Oily Business. “It was really difficult figuring out how far to go.”

Dawson has had an eclectic career as a environmental writer and sports journalist for the Calgary Herald and National Post, but also spent a stint as a senior communications strategist for Petro-Canada, where he helped lead their oil sands PR campaign. It was his experiences there that he’s now mining for creative inspiration to tell the story of two men stranded together in a helicopter crash.

“Basically you’ve got this spin doctor for a major oil sands producer trapped with an environmentalist, and in the course of waiting for their rescue party to arrive, through a series of flashbacks, they recount the events that led them to that point.”

But his intention isn’t to preach to the reader, or to necessarily take sides.

“It pokes fun at windmills, lampoons everyone and everything, but at the same time it deals with some important subject matter: climate change, environmental degradation, bottom line corporate thinking and naïve environmental thinking.”

These weren’t topics he was encouraged to explore while working in the oil sands.

“I’ve won nature writing awards, I’ve worked as an environmental feature writer, and I always had to wear that stigma when I was in the oil patch.

Whenever I suggested we put out something with a green

Local fly fishing guide Chris Dawson recently released his first novel, Oily Business. New Denver graphic artist Tisha Becker creWill Johnson photo ated the cover art for Dawson’s novel. flavour they’d say ‘remember, couldn’t happen or hasn’t hapwe’re in a business and it’s the pened already. bottom line’.”

“Many of the things in this He originally thought he book I witnessed firsthand. could help improve the indus- There’s so much obfuscation try from within, and he’s proud going on, the wool being pulled of some of his “little victories” over our eyes,” Dawson said, — such as a documentary he citing as an example a spill he worked on showcasing some of worked on in Ontario years ago their sustainability initiatives where an oil byproduct was re— “but at the end of the day leased into a lake. you work for a business with He was on the team strugshareholders and profit drives gling to figure out the approprieverything.” ate response.

Now that he’s found a new “We huddled and the spin career, leading fly fishing trips doctor masterminds locked “from Calgary to Castlegar,” he heads, got everyone in a room feels like he’s finally free to speak and said ‘what do we have his mind. He’s been touring with here?’” the book, and so far has received The description of the oil both positive and negative feed- changed from “mineral oil” back. to “white oil” to finally being One journalist asked him compared to “Johnson’s baby straight out: “Do you feel like a oil” over the course of their shill for the oil patch?” conversation.

“I struggled with that while “When we heard that all I was writing, but eventually I our eyebrows went up. We figured I was being fair. I set out said this isn’t a spill! This is a to be honest and I didn’t white- free fluff and shine for all the wash anything.” little duckies! That’s where we Dawson compares his work landed. That’s what went out. to the speculative fiction of Was I proud of myself that day?

Margaret Atwood, because Yes. But once you start to think there’s nothing in the book that about those things, it weighs on

you. That incident compounded with others like it finally wore me out.”

Dawson’s own brother would call him “Darth Vader” on the phone.

“I really encourage anyone trying to make up their minds about the oil sands to go up there. It’s making a wasteland of Northern Alberta. I had to speak out of the textbook, saying we’re doing all the right things.

But you know what? It’s not enough. Development needs to slow down.”

Put another way: “Neil Young got it right.”

And now that the industry’s going through a depression, Dawson believes it’s finally catching up to them.

“Something had to happen. Parts of my book deal with the materialism and sheer grandiose spending that goes on in Fort McMurray,” he said. “I had my very first newspaper job at Fort McMurray, and I got to see it right at the advent of the production boom. Then I went back 20 years later.”

What he saw horrified him.

“It’s growth happening too fast. I moved to the Kootenays for a reason. I’ve lived a faster life, a much more profitable life, but now I’m living the good life.

Here we have this right wingthinking person coming into this leftist part of Canada and I couldn’t be happier.”

One positive outcome of living in the Kootenays was that Dawson teamed up with New Denver graphic artist Tisha Becker, who designed the cover.

“We have so much talent in this community,” he said.

Dawson’s hopeful the climate talks in Paris will be productive, but he’s concerned we still aren’t doing enough to address climate disruption.

“We reach some agreement in Rio or in Copenhagen, but we never follow through because politicians only think in electoral time frames. We have to abandon that short-sightedness and think long-term, because serious consequences await if we don’t.”

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Naomi Perkins wanted to make an impression. Six goals later, Perkins may be the only player anyone remembers.

Perkins, a Vancouver Whitecaps prospect at the Kootenay academy, travelled with three teams to Seattle for the AstroTurf Collegiate Showcase in November. Scouts from 21 schools were present, and Perkins was hoping to show off what she could do.

What she did electrified everyone in attendance. Perkins scored six goals in four games for the Whitecaps’ under-17 squad, including a hat trick in one game.

The 17-year-old Nelson native is hoping to get a scholarship, but before the tournament began she was trying not to think about the scouts in the stands.

“I keep it in the back of my mind to play hard because there’s people

watching me, but if I make a mistake I try not to carry that through the rest of the game,” said Perkins.

Perkins, who attends Grade 12 at L.V. Rogers, started playing soccer when she was three and has trained with the Whitecaps since she was 14.

The striker describes herself as aggressive on the pitch. “I like to take people one-on-one,” she said.

Her performance delighted Whitecaps Kootenay regional head coach Brett Adams.

“Naomi, she’s a special player.

[She’s] one that we’ve been working with for three years now and we’ve always had high expectations for her,” said Adams. “It’s not always gone the way that Naomi would want in some of these tournaments because … we were playing really amazing teams or we just weren’t putting the performance together.

“But because the team played so well [in Seattle], it gave Naomi that opportunity to expose how good she is as a player … I would imagine she

Leafs blow lead, lose to Grand Forks

Whitecaps Kootenay prospect Naomi Perkins recently scored six goals while at a collegiate showcase.

Tyler Harper photo probably caught the eye of scouts while she was there.”

It was the second year the Whitecaps visited the tournament, but the first that the teams, which

NELSON STAR STAFF A third-period collapse cost the Nelson Leafs in a 4-3 loss to the Grand Forks Border Bruins on Wednesday.

The Leafs were up 3-1 early in the second, but the Border Bruins rallied to hand Nelson (13-16-1) its fifth straight loss.

Ryland Smaha-Muir and Logan Hascarl each scored in the third for Grand Forks (1414-2), while Chad Grambo and Dylan Haney also scored. The win moves the third-place Border Bruins three points ahead of Nelson

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Samuel Weber, Jordan Davie and Aigne McGeady-Bruce replied for Nelson.

Newly acquired Leafs goaltender Zakery Babin allowed all four goals on 26 shots.

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development against.

“It was obviously very, very pleasing to go down to the States to face some stiff competition, some really, really good competition and be able to come away with some great performances,” said Adams. “Absolutely proud of the players and their ability to go down [and] just do what we’ve been doing in training.”

Perkins, meanwhile, isn’t sure if she’ll make soccer a career — right now all she wants to do is get recruited — but the game is important to her. She cites Canada’s Christine Sinclair, American Alex Morgan and Brazil’s Marta as her favourite players and was in the stands for the Women’s World Cup final last summer in Vancouver.

What happens after high school is in the air, but soccer will still play a part in Perkins’ life.

“I’m really competitive. It’s a nice outlet I guess,” she said. “I like the team sport aspect. It’s always been a part of my life.”

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Bantam Leafs win home tournament The Nelson Bantam House Leafs made it three tournament wins in a row by capturing their host tournament this past weekend. Teams from Cranbrook, Summerland, Kelowna, Grand Forks, and Kaslo attended. Nelson went undefeated throughout the weekend. In the final game against Grand Forks, Nelson found themselves behind early, but battled back to a 10-2 victory. Back row from left: head coach Dave Zarikoff, Cale O’Meara, Max Spielman, Keanu Tromans, Nick Haydu, Mike Zarikoff, Ethan Grill, Blair Sookro, Alex Laing, Ava Young, Noah Marsh, assistant coach Jim O’Meara, Front row from left, Josh Marsden, Noah Whiffen, and Kylan Palm.

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Kootenay Swim Club set for final swim meet of year NELSON STAR STAFF The Kootenay Swim Club is hoping to end 2015 on a high note.

The club will be among those participating in the MJB Law Classic in Kamloops, which runs today through Sunday and is the last short-course tournament of the year.

Logan Blair, Riley Mager, Brianne Mager and Stevenson McCulloch are each working on acquiring AAA times in order to qualify for next summer’s Canadian Age Group

Championships, which in turn will qualify them for Canada’s under-15 team.

Club president David McCulloch pointed out Blair as a swimmer to watch. Blair set new AA times in the 100 free, 50 fly and 50 free at a Calgary meet in November. “[He’s] probably our diamond in the rough because he just keeps blowing us away every time he goes into the pool,” said McCulloch.

Blair and McCulloch are already qualified for February’s SwimBC AA Championships in Penticton.

Hickson, Thunderbirds win Mainland Cup Nelson native and UBC Thunderbirds rugby player Sean Hickson (14) carries the ball at the Mainland Cup on Saturday. UBC defeated Burnaby Lake RC 20-0. The victory moves the Thunderbirds to 8-0 to start the Submitted photo season.

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Nelson skaters exceeded expectations at the first competition of the season that took place in Castlegar over the weekend.

In the free skate discipline, many skaters were testing out new programs.

Of note, Hannah Corven came fourth in STAR 4 O13, while Charly Defouw won a silver medal skating up a level in senior silver ladies free skate. Skaters excelling in dance were Naomi Lee, first time-competitor, winning a gold medal in junior bronze dance solo and Mallory Pinske mining silver in the senior bronze dance solo event.

In the interpretive events, Corven won the gold medal in the pre-introductory interpretive category while teammate and fellow competitor Helena Keating won silver in the same group.

Skaters shone in the elements discipline. In introductory elements, Ella Wilkinson claimed the bronze medal,

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Lee won her second gold medal of the weekend and Makayli Wilkinson picked up the bronze in the same grouping.

Isabella Kroker Kimber won the silver, and Corven the bronze in the elements Level 1, Group 2. Rounding out the medals, Defouw won bronze in the competitive elements 3 grouping.

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Wildflower students gathered with Sinixt elder Marilyn James, principal Naomi Ross and local artist Amber Santos to celebrate the unveiling of their pictograph-inspired mural on Tuesday morning. Sophia Peloso and Keighan Stothers performed a tobacco offering to honour Will Johnson photos the Sinixt.

house covered with an X in one section and a flourishing tree in another.

“Nature is really important to me. I love climbing trees and running in the forest.”

And it’s giving kids like Stothers the opportunity to express those sentiments that Santos is interested in.

“From my perspective it’s important that everyone can identify with public art,” Santos said. “There should be murals our elders have created, our kids have created. It shouldn’t be confined to just wellknown artists. We need murals that represent the diversity within our community.”

The mural is only one local project Santos has been involved in. Earlier this year she participated in the Metamorphosis project by Thor’s Pizzeria and a community art project on Willow St. She also found time to illustrate K.L. Kivi’s book The Town of Nothing.

For the Wildflower mural she worked with one of her former students from SelfDesign High, Clara Foulds, who helped “move panels and wrangle kids” — a job Santos calls “bigger than it sounds.” Foulds said seeing the mural on the wall fills her with a sense of accomplishment.

“It’s amazing how big and striking it is against the grey weather sky.”

Wildflower principal Naomi Ross was effusive about the project as well.

“It’s been phenomenal. Amber has all this energy and wisdom, and this is one of the most major projects we’ve taken on as a school community. I love that it brought all the members of the community together. This really shows what you can do when you have members of the community and the school involved together.”

She believes this project demonstrates the school’s commitment to embracing innovative education strategies, as championed by superintendent Jeff Jones.

“To me this speaks about what education is all about: looking beyond the four walls of your school building.”

James told them their symbols will be there for the community to enjoy for years to come, just like the pictographs on Kootenay Lake. When asked how that makes him feel, Stothers smiled.

“I feel pretty good about that.”

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itek Radomski and Carrie Wong were hiking along a forested mountainside in the Kootenays, looking for gemstones, when they came up with the idea to create their adult colouring book Legendary Landscapes.

“This book was conceived in the Kootenays,” said Radomski. “Carrie and I staked some land there last year and tried our hand at prospecting.

We’d always be perched on the edge of some cliff looking at these amazing views, and the real treasure we found was the beauty of those landscapes.”

The project, which eventually spawned a successful crowdfunding campaign, features work by Wong and Radomski, who now live in Vancouver, along with five other artists including Selkirk College digital arts graduate Kamala Melzack. The pair wanted it to be a collaboration and hope to enable artists to explore their creativity with their work.

“I wanted to find out what Legendary Landscapes was all about, so I looked them up on Facebook and asked them what they would like,” said Melzack, who is also a Star graphic designer. “I did some research on places from around here, and on Canadian landmarks, and basically drew whatever felt like a Canadian landscape to me.”

She created 12 pieces for the book.

“The point is to see everyone else’s creativity coming through.

I love doing the outlining, and it’s pretty awesome that people will be colouring my work. I’ve never done anything like this before.”

But they’re part of a growing trend.

“Colouring books are really fascinating,” said Wong. “People think it’s a childlike activity but it’s allowed more people than ever before to get involved in art. I’ve never seen any-

thing like it, and it’s even crazier now with social media.”

She said they wanted something different than the typical “mandalas and abstract art.” They were also looking for something gender neutral.

The landscape theme provided plenty of inspiration, and they ultimately produced 85 illustrations for the book.

In late summer, merchandise buyer Kenny Vannucci heard about the project and met with Radomski and Wong in Trail. He has now

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“It’s not just beautiful BC and Canadian landscapes,” Vanucci said. “There are out-of-this-world moon and space scenes, mushrooms fields and all kinds of picturesque illustrations from deep within their imagination. The detail is exquisite and enticing.”

And they’re most excited about the creative collaboration the book will inspire.

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colouring groups and our colour- may have felt some anxiety and coing community on Facebook that louring has proven to be therapeutic. both colouring enthusiasts and adult I think there is also huge benefit to first-timers will find enjoyment and people putting down their phones solace within the pages of this book. and devices and picking up a pencil They will create pieces they will keep crayon.” private, and pieces they will proudly Kootenay artists collaborated on put on display,” said Radomski.

Legendary Landscapes, an adult Many fans post their coloured-in colouring book with 85 illustrations. creations on social media, something Nelson artist Kamala Melzack is one the Legendary Landscapes authors of the illustrators for the Legendary encourage.

Landscapes adult colouring book, Wong said colouring can be excontributing 12 pieces. She is seen tremely calming. here with one of her creations.

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Walking with the world This photo of the Walk with the World climate march in Nelson this month was shared with the over 175 countries and 600,000 people who participated worldwide. It was taken from city hall by local photographer Ryan Oakley.

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Nelson pets get a day with Santa SUBMIT TED Black Press

Looking for a Christmas photo that includes all members of the family, two or four legged? How about a last minute Christmas gift for your animal loving relatives?

The Nelson SPCA may have your answer.

Santa has graciously booked off his time between 3 and 6 p.m. on Wednesday at the Chakho Mika Mall for photos with pets, kids, and other family members. For a donation, you will receive two 4x6 and eight wallet sized photos.

“We are very grateful Santa has found time in his busy Christmas schedule to accommodate us,” said Nelson SPCA branch manager, Rob Andrew. “He is a huge animal lover and even adopted Rudolph from the North Pole SPCA, so he wasn’t hard to convince.”

All friendly dogs, cats, or other Santa and Scotty got their picture taken together. You and your pets small animals are welcome. can too.

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A few months ago Nelson’s Jeremiah Richichi approached his mother Rebecca with a troubling realization: there are some local children who will have to go without Christmas presents this year. He decided he would do something about that.

“Ever since Jeremiah has been old enough to talk you could see the kindness in him,” Richichi said of her seven-year-old son, who is approximately halfway to his goal of collecting 40 toys.

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As part of the toy drive, Richichi created a Facebook page called Jeremiah & His Little Elves. Classmates have donated toys, and they are also being collected at his mother’s workplace, Nelson’s Florist and Baked Tanning, at 621 Vernon St. So far he’s already generated a lot of enthusiasm from classmates, and the community’s generosity has floored him.

“He’s getting quite a few gifts.

They’ve been bringing them in and they’re piling up,” Richichi said. “The toys will be distributed to local shelters and churches who will make sure they’re placed with families in need.”

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Aged 51 of Wightwick Rd, North Shore, Nelson Died: 29th November, 2015 at Kootenay Lake Hospital after a prolonged illness.

Born: Rossland, BC, 6th December, 1963 Sadly missed by parents Irene and Dale Williams, sister Leanne, brother Jason, children Jesse, Deanna, Cristian and Anna, as well as numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews and friends.

Shane went to school in Procter and Nelson. Shane loved Kootenay Lake and spent many happy hours snorkeling in Queens Bay where he amassed a large collection of ďŹ shing lures both old and new.

His great love was music and he was an accomplished drummer and guitarist. He discovered chainsaw carving a few years ago and produced bears, eagles, herons, wolves and many other critters and caricatures in cedar, much sought after by local collectors.

Of his life "I have no disappointments, I've had a great life and many awesome friends" No service or memorial is planned at this time however get together of family and friends is planned for the spring.

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In Memoriam David Sullivan July 11, 1970 December 13, 2014 David died last year, after a 9-month battle with brain cancer. He is survived by his wife, Laure Bourely and son Daniel Mael Sullivan of Slocan Park; by his mother, Bonnie Waterstone of Gibsons and brother, Jonathan of Vancouver, as well as by uncles and aunts in California. He is predeceased (in 2000) by his father, Timothy. He is also mourned by a wide community of friends in the Kootenays, Vancouver and California. Many friends oďŹ&#x20AC;ered generous support throughout Davidâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sudden illness and those last months in the hospital and at home, and continue to be a comfort to Laure and Daniel.

David and Laure moved to Slocan Park in 2006, one year after Danielâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s birth and Davidâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s graduation from University of California (Berkeley) with a B.Sc. in Forestry and Resource Management. David was happy to return to the trees, forests and mountains of his childhood. He was dedicated to his family, particularly his son; their close relationship was very signiďŹ cant in his life. We remember and honour his warm heart, his sense of humour, his always searching intellect, his courage and kindness.

Alberto Pulice 1926 - 2015 We are saddened to announce the passing of our beloved father Alberto Pulice. Alberto passed away suddenly on December 7, 2015 at his home in Nelson at the age of 89. Alberto was born in Aprigliano, Italy on March 2, 1926. In 1963 he immigrated from Italy to Canada where he settled in Nelson until his passing. In Canada, he worked for CP Rail and the City of Nelson. He loved the outdoors and tending to his garden. Alberto is survived by his sons Sante and Aldo (Nelson), granddaughters Angelina and Amanda (Kamloops), sisters Josephine Porco (Nelson) and Palmina (Toronto). Alberto was predeceased by his loving wife Esterina, and brother Angelo.

Funeral services are under the arrangements of Thompson Funeral Services and the funeral will be held in Nelson on December 11, 2015 at 10:30 a.m. at the Cathedral of Mary Immaculate.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to the Kootenay Lake Hospital Foundation, 3 View Street, Nelson, BC V1L 2V1 Online condolences may be expressed at www.thompsonfs.ca

David, you are greatly loved and greatly missed.

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Ralph Smedbol It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Hans Ralph Smedbol on December 3, 2015 after a short ďŹ ght with cancer. Born in New Denver on December 2, 1951 to Marion and Hans Smedbol, he lived for most of his life in the Slocan Valley, except for the time he spent at the University of Victoria where he got a bachelor of music and his later years in the City of Nelson. Pre-deceased by his parents, he is survived by his beloved wife Easwari Thoreraj, brother Richard Smedbol and children Emanuel and Tara Smedbol. The family would like to thank Dr. Malpass, Dr. Kailia, and the home care nurses who have been with us on this tumultuous journey. Arrangements are under the direction of Thompson Funeral Service. Online condolences may be expressed at www.thompsonfs.ca

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Ferguson Passed away Nov 23, 2015 at Mountain Lake Seniors Community.

Dad was born on July 11,1928 in Orillia Ont. After he ďŹ nished grade 7 he decided to leave home and make his way to BC to see the mountains. After working in local mines and on the Moyie Dad realized to get anywhere you had to know math, so he taught himself algebra. He became a very successful electrical contractor getting lots of work from the Department of Highways.

Jim is survived by his wife of 43 years Marie and by his daughter Nancy Ferguson (Tim LeRoy) and her children Sherry Johnson (Clint) and Patrick Hergott (Sam) and his son Robert Ferguson (Donna) and their children Becky Pepin (Andy) and Joey Ferguson, and twelve great-grandchildren.

Dad is predeceased by his son Steve Ferguson and survived by Steveâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wife Diana Ferguson and their children Cam Ferguson (Keri), Daniel Ferguson and Garett Ferguson. He is also survived by Marieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s two kids Steve Knowles and Marjorie Knowles.

Dad had a great love of the outdoors, animals and a passion for photography. He spent hours with his camera and took some pretty amazing pictures.

A lot of people will remember Jim riding his scooter down to the dog walk with Toto then Hazel strapped in the basket.

Dad spent this past year at Mountain Lake where he received wonderful care from the staďŹ&#x20AC; and Dr Janz We would like to invite family and friends to a Ceremony of Life on Dec 21 from 2-5p.m. at the Adventure Hotel in Nelson.

Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Thompson Funeral Service.

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Jessica Hall (nee Cormack)

It’s with great sadness that we announce the passing of Jessica Hall (Cormack), a bright light who left us too soon on December 7, 2015.

Jessica was born on a wintery morning January 31, 1987, a beautiful eight-pound, three ounce baby girl.

She was married to the man of her dreams, Rance Hall. He proposed to her in the Valhallas and they married at the base of those mountains in a beautiful ceremony a year and a half ago.

They lived in a cottage in the woods for two years near 108 Mile Ranch where they had everything they ever needed, each other – until Jessica convinced Rance they also needed a dog, Cooper.

Jessica was a nurse, the perfect career for someone so kind and caring. She was a nurturing spirit who loved working closely with people in need.

She died in a car accident while working as a travel nurse at the TI’azt’en Lake First Nations near Fort St. James.

Jessica was a traveller from the beginning. She spent her first birthday on route to New Zealand, and over the following 28 years Jessica’s adventures took her from the mountains of Nepal to the jungles of Guatemala with the people who meant the most to her.

Jessica’s parents moved her and her siblings around British Columbia when they were young to Kamloops, Qualicum Beach and Gold River before settling in Castlegar.

The Kootenays, the mountains and the people who live there meant the world to her. Jessica and her best friends, Jenny Benner, Adria Geissler, Deanna Jasper, Stesha White and Dallas Houghton all dreamed about moving back home to be reunited.

Jessica is survived by her loving husband, Ransom Hall, parents Kevin Cormack (Alison Alder) and Pam Cormack, siblings Jocelyn and Kirk, Grandpas Bob Bagg and Joseph Cormack.

She is predeceased by her adoring grandmothers, Dorothy Bagg and Olive Cormack.

A service will be held at 1:30 p.m., Sunday, December 13, 2015 at the Brilliant Cultural Centre in Castlegar B.C..

Donations gratefully accepted for a bursary in Jessica Hall’s name to Selkirk College at 250-365-1360 or jkinakin@selkirk.ca

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All three mills continue to invest in their core assets and investigate new revenue streams in the emerging bio-economy to further improve their long term viability.

Zellstoff Celgar Limited Partnership is looking for an individual with technical expertise and skill to provide effective maintenance within our modernized pulp manufacturing and pulp log processing complex. Applicant must have an interprovincial trade qualification in the Millwright trade and be able to contribute to a flexible work environment. Previous pulp mill or sawmill experience is preferred but not essential.

A copy of the trade certification is required with the application.

Our mill is located in the beautiful West Kootenay. The area offers a college, quality leisure facilities and excellent year-round recreational opportunity. To apply for this opportunity submit your resume by December 18, 2015 to: Zellstoff Celgar Limited Partnership Recruitment & Benefits Specialist PO Box 1000, Castlegar, BC V1N 3H9 Or email to: phyllisp@celgar.com

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Space for Lease The Nelson Star is moving and our current office space will be available for lease. It will be available in early 2016. The space is 1200 square feet and includes three parking spots.

This would make a great location for any number of business, including as a professional office or retail boutique store. It is located on the corner of Hall Street and Herridge Lane. This is a very busy location in the downtown core, especially now that the Hall Street construction has been completed.

Land Act:

Notice of Intention of Apply for a Disposition of Crown Land Take notice that Michael and Sandra Harasymuk and Scott Willis from Cochrane, AB, has applied to the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations (MFLNRO), Kootenay Region, for a Specific Permission for a dock fronting their provate property situated on Provincial Crown foreshore located on Kootenay Lake (Arm) and containing a total of 0013 hectares more or less..

The Lands File for this application is 4405657.

Written comments concerning this application should be directed to FrontCounter BC, 1902 Theatre Road, Cranbrook, BC, V1C 7G1 or email to: AuthorizingAgency.Cranbrook@gov.bc.ca Comments will be received by MFLNRO up to January 14, 2016. MFLNRO may not be able to consider comments received after this date.

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School district call-out issues investigated and addressed Kootenay Lake school district administration are working to address issues with newly implemented system Smart Find Express

system “was calling out exactly as it should.”

Morris has contacted teachers on call in the district to make sure they’re booking them-

selves as not available in the system on days they can’t work.

Currently the administration is seeing a huge number of un-

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answered calls, so after consultation with the teachers’ union they’ve decided to adjust their call-out times.

From now on no calls

will be made on Friday nights, calls will only be made from 7-to-9 p.m. in evenings and there will be no calls on Sundays that fall before

a holiday Monday.

Morris noted 760 staff members have trained on the new system, many of them more than once. She

said training will continue.

Morris invited anyone having trouble with the system to contact her directly.

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The Kootenay Lake school district is doing all it can to solve the issues surrounding the implementation of Smart Find Express, a call-out system for substitutes, according to human resources manager Susanne Morris.

“It is a pretty complex system but it also works very well in ensuring fairness,” she told the school board on Tuesday evening.

“I’ve been monitoring the system closely. I feel like I’ve been babysitting that thing.”

Though there have been vocal critics of the system, Morris pointed out their classroom fillrate is now higher than it was last year — it’s currently sitting at 97.5 per cent.

“The reasons for not filling are really consistent: human error,” she said, adding that the

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Walmart staff recently put on a bake sale that brought in over $2,800 for the Kootenay Lake Hospital Foundation.

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Christian school tops food drive On Tuesday, students at Nelson Christian Community School won the food drive contest sponsored by 103.5 Juice FM. The Grade 5, 6, and 7 class collected the most food items in Nelson and area. The students also donated their prize, which was a Subway lunch. The class also received a tour of the Juice FM studio and were interviewed on the air.

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Man faces charges after police arrest for fighting NELSON STAR STAFF A man who got into a drunken alley brawl with another man early Monday is facing charges of being drunk in public.

Police say when they arrived, the fight was still in progress, but one of the men took off.

The other man was arrested after a brief struggle and jailed, although he continued to fight with police. He was released once sober.

Tax scam continues Nelson police are still getting complaints about people misrepresenting themselves as working for Canada Revenue

Agency.

In the latest incident reported Tuesday, someone got an email notifying them that they were entitled to an additional tax fund and asked them

to click on a link to begin the process. “The complainant was prompted to enter their personal information, which was used maliciously,” police said in a news release.

This link has been confirmed as a scam.

Police say Canada Revenue Agency only provides tax refunds by direct deposit or cheque, and never by e-transfer.

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RBC Foundation gives to urology campaign The RBC Foundation represented by Zarchi Shein, Nelson branch manager (centre), recently donated $20,000 to support the regional urology campaign at Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital Health Foundation in Trail. Arleen Gallo and Debbie Martin, foundation board directors were on hand to accept Submitted photo the contribution.

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COUNTRY LIVING IN THE CITY

Steven Skolka

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Private and unique setting, tucked away .22 acre property with outstanding lake and mountain views. The house has 2 bedrooms on the main floor and 2 more in the basement. This is a perfect affordable home ready for a cosmetic upgrade.

Conveniently located within walking distance to downtown, Lakeside Park and the mall.

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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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TICKET: ADULTS $24 STUDENT* $14 *Students from schools participating in the NOCS School Outreach Program are granted FREE ADMISSION.

Tickets available at: THE CAPITOL THEATRE 421 Victoria St., Nelson BC 250-352-6363 www.capitoltheatre.bc.ca

Nancy Argenta (left) & Ingrid Attrot (right), sopranos.

“Couloir”, Heidi Krutzen harp & Ariel Barnes cello “...they share a passion for creating fresh music ... using the exquisite sound world of cello and harp. www.couloir.ca Thank you to our fine sponsors:

Well known and loved by Nelson audiences, these internationally renowned sopranos return to the Kootenays for one performance only.

Along with Maggie Cole, pianist, they will bring glorious solos and duets spanning three centuries of song. vcm.bc.ca/Nancy-argenta;vcm.bc.ca/Ingrid-attrot

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Growing Women’s Health campaign raises $2,000 SUBMIT TED Black Press

With the combined efforts of Shoppers Drug Mart and its customers, Nelson will now have improved access to services and programming supporting women’s whole health in body, mind and spirit. The Shoppers Drug Mart 2015 Growing Women’s Health (formerly Tree of Life) fundraising campaign has harvested more than $2,000 for the Nelson and District Women’s Centre With over 1,250 Shoppers Drug Mart locations Canada participating in the four-week campaign, the 14th annual Growing Women’s Health campaign will provide support to over 500 Canadian women’s health charities. National in scope yet locally based, the campaign offers patients, customers and employees the opportunity to donate directly to charitable organizations to ensure that resources and programming are available to meet the needs of Canadian women.

In Nelson, the proceeds harvested by local Shoppers Drug Mart customers and employees will benefit the Nelson and District Women’s Centre.

As the oldest women’s centre in rural Canada, the Nelson

Shoppers Drug Mart fundraising captain Ashley Robins (right) recently presented Karoline Kemp (left) of the Nelson and District Women’s Centre with a cheque for over $2,000.

Submitted photo and District Women’s Centre has served a variety of needs in the community over the years. From promoting women in the trades, to social enterprise initiatives, the Women’s Centre strives to meet the needs of community members.

“The success of the 2015 Growing Women’s Health campaign can be attributed to the support and commitment of our loyal customers and staff,” said

Keith Kerekes. “Shoppers Drug Mart has partnered with women’s health organizations at national, regional and local levels, in order to provide direct support, ensuring that essential funding, resources and education are available to meet the needs of Canadian women. We are pleased to present this year’s Growing Women’s Health campaign proceeds to the Nelson and District Women’s Centre.”