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The CP Holiday Train chug-chug-chugged into Lakeside Park Monday evening, opening on either side to bathe the community with festive neon lights and entertain them with Christmas favourites. Nelson Mayor Deb Kozak appeared, as well as Santa, while hundreds of families stood in the chilly night air. See more photos page 2. Jamie Reichert photo
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Tiffany Bishop brought her family to see the CP Holiday Train on Monday evening. She was joined by (L-R) her son Lewin, her husband Daniel and their daughters Xiola and Omni. Hundreds gathered on the slope and either side of the train to catch raucous renditions of holiday favourites and to catch appearances from Santa Claus and Nelson Mayor Deb Kozak. Packed near the front were plenty of Christmas-loving youngsters rocking out to the tunes while Blue Rodeo’s Jim Cuddy strutted across the stage. Will Johnson photos
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Ian Johnston named Nelson’s 2016 cultural ambassador BILL METC ALFE Nelson Star
Nelson artist Ian Johnston always seems to be travelling to show his work in galleries in other parts of Canada or in the US. Currently he has shows in Florida and Georgia and he’s got one coming up in Prince George. In that sense he is already a cultural ambassador for Nelson. But now it’s official. On Monday night at city hall’s annual reception, he was named the city’s official cultural ambassador for 2016. “I’m very flattered,” he told the Star following the announcement. “I’m honoured and happy to do it.” An architect by training, Johnston worked in East Germany in the early 1990s, teaching an interdisciplinary program in urban renewal. There he met his partner Stephanie Fischer, and they moved to Vancouver where Johnston set up a studio, making furniture from reclaimed construction materials. In 1995, a restaurateur in Nelson invited Johnston here to design and build a sushi bar (the Rice Bowl). While here, the Kootenay School of the Arts offered him a job teaching design. So the couple moved to Nelson and set up Johnston Fischer Studio in Nelson, where they made ceramic vases for ten years, before again changing course. “I let go of functional ceramics and moved into sculpture,” Johnston says. “I make installa-
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Ian Johnston has had a varied career as a sculptor, designer, cermamic artist, furniture-maker, teacher and multi-media artist. tions, ceramic sculpture, mixed media, multi media.” It didn’t take him long to get residencies and exhibitions in farflung places. “I have been very fortunate because I did not have a visual art education so decided to pursue residencies, which are great places to learn and network. If you want to be taken seriously in the art world you can’t do it from a little mountain town. You have to get out into the world.” The theme of all of his work since has been consumer consumption and waste. “It is kind of an obsession. Every time I try to get away from it, I always end up back in the sub-
ject of consumption and material culture,” he says. A couple of his recent pieces have been room-sized and inflatable: they inflate and deflate repeatedly, slowly, before our eyes. He says this breathing in and breathing out is about our response to environmental issues, and especially waste. “It is a model of a coping mechanism, the way we bring it into focus and then push it away to cope with it — there is this constant breathing in and breathing out: breathing into focus and then out into avoidance.” Nelson city council begain naming cultural ambassadors in 2009, each year focusing on a different art form.
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Police officer nearly dragged by stolen vehicle WILL JOHNSON Nelson Star
A quick-thinking Nelson police officer was nearly dragged under a stolen vehicle early Friday, but made “the right decision” in throwing themselves out of the car’s way, according to Sgt. Dino Falcone. “The member put themselves in danger, but then realized it wasn’t worth getting killed for and backed off,” Falcone told the Star. “There’s a possibility that member could’ve been dragged across the parking lot, so they did some smart thinking: let this person go here, and nobody gets injured.” He noted the proximity to potentially explosive gas tanks heightened the stakes.
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“It could’ve turned into a pretty horrendous scene had it not been for the quick thinking by the member.” The fleeing female driver was ultimately caught in Kamloops two days later, this time in a different stolen vehicle. A man was taken into custody at the scene. The incident began on 2:30 a.m. Friday morning when officers noticed two backed in pickup trucks at the 7-Eleven that weren’t displaying valid front license plates. Police spoke to the drivers and discovered both vehicles were stolen. While trying to arrest a woman, she sped off, necessitating the officer’s leap from danger. “It’s pretty rare to find people
in a stolen car,” Falcone said. “It almost never happens. This is all thanks to some good work by the members, and for even being out there at 2:30 in the morning. We try to be out there as much as we can overnight.” The woman remains in custody in Kamloops and faces numerous charges including possession of stolen property and fleeing from police. A 35-year-old Alberta man also remains in custody and has a court appearance in Nelson on Monday. “There are two people in custody for these offences, and these officers deserve kudos really for bringing this in without any injuries or damage to the vehicles,” Falcone said.
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Kaslo health centre to open 7 days per week starting in April BILL METC ALFE Nelson Star
Starting in April, Kaslo area residents will be able to see a doctor on the weekend for the first time in several years. Drs. Isabelle-Anne Fontaine, Fen Smit, and Shelina Musaji, who fill two full-time positions between them, will stagger their
hours to cover the clinic from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. seven days per week. They work on salary for the Interior Health Authority. This has come about through discussions between the doctors and Kaslo village council’s health select committee, one of whose members is Regional District of Central Kootenay representative
Aimee Watson. “We sat down with the doctors and had them lead what was going to work for them,” she said. “We always wanted to go back to 24-7 but it depended on the doctors. They have been able to manage a schedule and meet the needs. “Many people work 9 to 5
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Two snowboarders were rescued after the pair became lost on a trip to a local peak. The two men visiting from Alberta, and their dog, were found cold and tired early Friday morning by Nelson Search and Rescue. The pair were found by a 12-member
team, according to spokesman Chris Armstrong. Armstrong said the search, which began at 5:30 p.m. Thursday after the snowboarders used limited cell service to alert the Nelson RCMP detachment, was hampered by heavy snow and gusts of wind. “These guys tracks were getting blown in, so [rescuers] had to predict where they
went to keep searching,” said Armstrong. The snowboarders thought they were headed up White Queen ridge, just north of Whitewater Ski Resort. Rescuers eventually decided the pair hadn’t actually gone up White Queen and instead ended up on nearby Mount Beattie, north of White Queen. The pair were finally found
Local paving company honoured NELSON STAR STAFF A Crescent Valley company is being honoured for its work by the provincial government. Selkirk Paving of Crescent Valley has won this year’s deputy minister’s contractor of the year award in the category of paving for the Highway 3 Bombi Junction to Nelway Junction resurfacing project. “This award is well-deserved and highlights the ex-
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as additional paving on municipal roads in partnership with the villages of Fruitvale and Salmo. Selkirk Paving won the award based on excellent quality control and their brand new asphalt plant that resulted in reduced emissions, the ministry said. In addition, the crew worked in close partnership with local governments, donated their work at the Salmo Youth Centre and on a parking project in Crescent Valley.
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at 2:34 a.m., and returned to the trailhead with rescuers after a nearly three-hour hike. Armstrong said the men were lucky to be found. “They were prepared. They had all the proper avalanche equipment and gear for a day hike. But they weren’t prepared for the multi-day situation they were headed into,” said Armstrong.
FOR THE RECORD • A story Friday (“Kutenai Landing property sold”) erroneously stated that highways contractor VSA formerly owned the Kutenai Landing site. In fact, it was owned by the BC Buildings Corporation. • A column Oct. 23 (“The Maddens: West Kootenay’s first family of hoteliers”) erroneously stated that Sadie Hunter died in Nelson. She actually died in West Vancouver.
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Panhandling bylaw won’t address low incomes
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s 2015 comes to a close we reflect on one of its key issues. The panhandling by-law has been requested by the Nelson Police Department, bylaw officers, business, community groups and citizens alike. The actual by-law has been set aside until spring while staff and city council ponders the issue, looking for solutions. The trepidation over individuals panhandling ROBIN on city streets is an issue of concern for many businesses, police forces Council Comment and other municipalities across the province. Nevertheless, this issue goes way deeper than low income people panhandling on the street. As the cost of living has gone up over the years, income assistance to help people in need has not increased sufficiently. The former federal government and our current provincial government have left the responsibility to engage people with no housing and low incomes to local law enforcement and municipalities. Some of us can remember when there were no food banks and only around Christmas time were food hampers given out to needy families. While the minimum wage has increased, it is nowhere near a living wage for people to survive. Volunteer-run food banks have become normal for society and for many people living on low, fixed incomes. Everyone from businesses to individuals contribute to food banks, while the number of people and families who have to access food banks continues to increase. As the number of good paying jobs has decreased, income assistance, income supplements, old age pensions and Canada pensions have not increased sufficiently to meet a living wage. Even though the lack of money continues to affect low income people, the provincial government has reduced office hours in the area for the staff who deal with people who require income assistance. Fortunately individuals, volunteer groups, businesses and grocery stores help out by giving money and food supplies to food banks along with charities and religious groups providing hot meals and emergency homeless shelters, but it does not solve the basic problem that people do not have enough money to live on. A panhandling bylaw will not solve the situation for people with low incomes. The only solution for people with low incomes is to provide a living wage and housing to start to address the some of the problems. Hopefully no one goes without the necessities this holiday season while volunteer groups provide emergency shelters, hot meals and help people access sufficient healthy food to live on. As some people are going through difficult times this season we hope they find comfort and we wish everyone Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
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Mall bus stop could be made safer Re: “Mall bus stop move prompts protest,” Dec. 11 Good article by Bill Metcalfe. Silly and reactionary move by the bus company. There’s no doubt in my mind now (not that there ever was) bus riders are second class citizens in Nelson as elsewhere — efficiency versus rider needs. Moving the stop away from the grocery store entrance to the windward side of an outside garden centre 500-m away demonstrates the insensitivity to consumer needs. There are so many things that could be done to make the former stop in front of Save-On-Foods safe. Some options for routing could be explored further; certainly different markings and traffic guards could be installed to separate passengers from folks who are pushing carts, and I’m confident if the objective was convenience for grocery shoppers who ride the bus, smart people could figure out a way this could work. In the meantime how about if the bus company utilized golf carts (like at airports) to shuttle people to this new ‘safer’ place out in the weeds. Bus drivers are supposed to be pros. If semi drivers, big pick-up drivers, and thousands of car drivers can avoid hitting pedestrians and the relatively few bus passengers certainly the bus drivers can too. This is a decision to be made in Nelson with participation of the riding public, not a decision for an official somewhere else. Bill Wells Kaslo
Apply precautionary principle to Wi-Fi in parks Re: “Nelson council backs Shaw’s free Wi-Fi,” Dec. 9 I’m asking Nelson city council to provide me with links to peer-reviewed scientific studies that prove beyond a doubt that the rapidly increasing layers of electromagnetic radiation are completely safe for the unborn, pregnant women and small children, all of whom spend significant amounts of time in Nelson’s city parks. As the elected officials of a municipality, it is their duty to abide by the Public Health Act which gives them the provision to “regulate and prohibit for the purposes of maintaining, promoting or preserving public health.” Until the safety for the above mentioned population can be proven, the precautionary principle must be followed by Nelson city council. This
means that all parks remain free of Shaw’s or any other wireless provider’s electromagnetic radiation coverage (Wi-Fi and broadband). We await references to the above mentioned studies and ask that until this information has been made available to us, that residents and users of Nelson’s parks remain free of yet another layer of electromagnetic radiation. Nadja Hall, Nelson
Respect all human life without distinctions Re: “Banner is discriminatory and offensive,” Letters, Nov. 27 The Reproductive Health Coalition of the Kootenays takes issue with a banner that reads “Respect Human Life from conception to natural death” that a group of human rights advocates have had hanging over Baker St. the week of Remembrance Day for the last 14 years. The banner is raised during Respect for Human Life Week coinciding with Remembrance Day, because we remember those who fought and lost their lives in war. There are wars that many people try so hard to ignore such as the war of the womb, responsible for over 3 million civilian deaths in Canada alone over the past five decades. As we honour those who fought other wars, we are told that they fought and died for our freedom. Did they fight and die for the freedom of choice, in the context of which it is used by abortion advocates? Not likely. After the Second World War, Canada became a member of the United Nations and is a signatory to the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights, a document consisting of inalienable rights. These rights are not to be violated by any government or its citizens or juridical system, even if the majority of the population is in favour of altering or violating these rights. The most fundamental right of them all is the right to life, and for obvious reasons takes precedence over other rights. This Declaration is inclusive and makes no distinctions of any kind and also protects “everyone” against discrimination. Our Charter of Rights must be consistent with the Declaration, and the Criminal Code must be consistent with the Charter. In 1969 the Canadian government enacted a law that allowed abortions in certain circumstances for “health” reasons, contrary to other sections of the Criminal Code and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. It wasn’t long
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after about a quarter of all Canadian pregnancies were aborted, about the same rate as today without the abortion law. That indicated that the law was badly abused. There was a Charter challenge from Joe Borowsky because this law violated the right to life. The same law was also challenged by Henry Morgentaler because he could not perform legal abortions in his private clinics as that law stated that a committee had to approve abortions. His clinics did not have these committees. In the 1988 Morgentaler decision, that abortion law was struck down because the term “health” was too broad, and parliament did not enact a new law to replace it. Technically, any means that kills a child before, during or after birth is murder under section 238 of the Criminal Code, except to save the life of the mother, and this is not considered as abortion. Abortion is a form of prematurely birthing a child. Though there are many people in a position of trust in Canadian society to protect children by upholding and protecting their rights, however, the mothers are pretty much left on their own to protect children. Supporters of human rights should view the banner is a reminder of who we should be as Canadians, respecting all human life, with no distinctions of any kind, and protected equally, by everyone. Peter Nachbaur, Nelson
Pulling teeth and dental puns Re: “Handicap access like pulling teeth,” Letters, Dec. 9 First, let me say that I agree with Dr. David Sonnichsen and what he says in his letter about handicap access to services and care. But “like pulling teeth?” In my dental career, I found pulling teeth a good service and, in fact, a practice-building factor. Rather, the good doctor should have compared getting handicap access to care and services to getting politicians and bureaucrats to do the right thing. It is my understanding that the City of Nelson has several planners for a population of 10,000 people. And, yet somehow, handicap access was not factored into the project. At any rate, I remain indentured to Dr. Sonnichsen for putting enough of a bur in my britches to contribute to this composite discussion. Dr. William Saliken, Nelson
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A renewable energy future — led by the people 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 coordinated with Canadian organizations attending the summit and followed developments and Canada’s contributions to the Paris climate deal. This is the last of three columns.
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e did it. We got a global agreement to keep us moving towards dealing with this climate mess we’ve gotten ourselves into. It’s certainly not enough to prevent catastrophic climate change, but it is a signal that governments are seeing the writing on the wall and beginning to catch up with the reality that the fossil fuel era is coming to an end. Business as usual is over for big oil, and the global transition to clean jobs and 100 per cent renewable energy is well underway. While the country negotiators and ministers huddled in corners of the conference centre, and worked out the final details of what they could accept in the agreement, I was lucky enough to be able to attend a demonstration on Saturday afternoon. I was one of 15,000 people who stood in the street between the iconic Arc de Triumph and the Paris financial district. Babies, teenagers, grandmas, and everyone in-between lined the street wearing red to symbolize our common redline: climate justice
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Climate Comment must be the priority for the path ahead. We were a massive human redline for many blocks, showing our commitment to defend our common home and commemorate known victims of climate change. It was like a recommitment ceremony for Paris citizens and climate activists from around the world to keep pushing on. The real progress in the fight for climate justice will be lead by the people, not our politicians. While on the Avenue de la Grande Armée, I was overwhelmed by the feelings of solidarity and we are making change. So many people left their comfortable houses on a cold day to stand outside together and make loud noise. This is what keeps me going. Demonstrations at important moments send messages to politicians that we are willing to put ourselves on the line and take risks to get what we want: real climate action. This builds the political will to act, but also builds the climate movement and our sense of community. We are stronger and
more diverse than ever before, in Paris, at home in the Kootenays, and around the world. I started this with “we did it.” What I really mean is that we, the people, did it. We have successfully pressured to make climate inaction a political liability. Yes, the UN countries did work out the deal and did a tremendous amount of good work, but it’s only because the people of their countries gave them that mandate. We now need to keep the pressure on at home over the 90 days following the Paris climate summit. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has promised to work with provinces to come up with a more ambitious Canadawide plan to take real climate action. We also need to work with our local governments to ensure we are taking the leadership in our communities that is lacking more broadly in Canada. Cities need to start conversations on adopting 100 per cent renewable energy goals and developing plans to get us there. We have to have 100 per cent renewable energy throughout the world by 2050, according to science. In the Kootenays, we need to do our fair share to rise to the challenge that can have tremendous benefits beyond the moral reasons. Together, let’s show our cities that we’ll support their efforts to make the Kootenays a leader for clean jobs, healthy communities, and 100 per cent renewable energy. This is the path forward people around the world are taking coming out of this historic moment in Paris to avoid the climate crisis and create the future we know is possible.
Letters Mungall, Leggett & Paris Re: “Reducing greenhouse gases leads to a brighter future,” Column, Dec. 4 and “Folly lies in thinking we can control climate,” Letters, Dec. 11 In her column, MLA Michelle Mungall spoke of the need to reduce CO2 emissions, which means reduced fossil fuel consumption, in order to slow and then stop the human caused climate change we now experience. In his letter, Robert Leggett suggested that in the natural cycle of global warming and cooling that the warming happens hundreds to thousands of years before any CO2 increases. When searching the Internet for additional information, it became obvious that caution is needed when looking for credible data. The work done by climate scientists, whose work is peer reviewed, tends to produce data different from groups such as the Heartland Institute. The former finds that the natural heating – cooling cycle has been interrupted by increased CO2 in the atmosphere and that there is a close cause and effect relation between increased CO2 levels and global temperature increases.
For all of the 195 nations developing an agreement at the Paris climate talks, there seems to be a shared concern that the use of carbon based energy forms need to be reduced and then eliminated. Elizabeth May, commenting on CBC’s The House, said if you start examining the costs, what are the costs of doing nothing? The need for transition is clear. Hopefully the political will is too. Ron Robinson, Nelson Re: “Folly lies in thinking we can control climate,” Letters, Dec. 11 Robert Leggett raised several issues. I have a much different take on all these issues. Following are some of them: Re: Fires: That we were below the “annual average” in 2015 has little meaning for me because 1) I do not know what average Leggett is talking about, 2) fire statistics (size, frequency, season length, severity, area, etc.) are quite variable year to year and 3) experts at BC Wildfire in their 2014-24 adaptation plan state fire size, severity, season length, frequency and area are all expected to increase significantly as our climate warms. Re: Extremes: I have seen no
evidence supporting Leggett’s statement that “statements about extreme weather are normally false.” In fact conclusions by credible scientists in their peer reviewed work are normally true and there is significant and increasing evidence that many extreme weather events are increasing in likelihood and intensity. See for example Explaining Extreme Events of 2014 from a Climate Perspective, published by the American Meteorological Society. Re: CO2 may not drive temperature change: I believe Leggett is talking about the greenhouse effect. This issue has been studied by scientists for the last two centuries and the science is very clear on this topic: CO2 and other greenhouse gases drive temperature changes. Re: political manoeuverings of the IPCC: Greenhouse gases — increases or reductions — know no borders. Global warming cannot be solved by one country. Global warming is a global problem and it will take most if not all governments working together to solve this problem. The continually improving UN IPCC process is not perfect but it’s the best we have. Mike Geisler, Bonnington
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Tree of Remembrance, Chahko Mika Mall, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Dec. 10 to 20. Remember those you have lost at the holidays by placing a dove card for them on our tree. Doves are free, donations are accepted, memories are priceless. More info: 250-352-2337. Encarna: Pre-Christmas Visual & Reflection, Nelson Covenant Church, 702 Stanley Street, Dec. 16, 17, 18, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., a multi-sensory, creative sacred space centred on the theme of the incarnation of Jesus. More info: 250-352-9613. Nelson Breast Cancer Support Group annual Christmas luncheon, noon, Dec. 18, Best Western, 153 Baker Street. More info: 250 551-3800.
Dec 18th - Selkirk Music College Celebration Dec 19th - BCDC’s Christmas Crank-Off
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Dec 31st - The Dirty Gramophones New Years Bash Jan 2nd - Easy Glistening w Shiny Things & Friends
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District Parent Advisory Committee Christmas Social and meeting at 6 p.m. Dec. 17 at the Nelson School Board Office, or by teleconference or online, featuring: The F.O.R.C.E Society for Kids’ Mental Health. Light supper, treats, door prizes. RSVP by Wednesday at 5 p.m. to dpac@ sd8.bc.ca. Christmas Remembered — a holiday celebration in music and story with Nelson United Chancel Choir, Bon Accord String Ensemble, stories by Mathilde Klassen, Deb Kozak and Cyndi Sand-Eveland at the Nelson United Church Dec. 18 at 7 p.m. By donation to Grans to Grans and the food cupboard. A Kootenay Christmas with Rita Deane and the vocal trio Ananta (Allison Girvan, Noémi Kiss, Kathleen Neudorf), joined by the Kootenay Christmas Youth Choir directed by Allison Girvan at Saint Saviour’s Pro Cathedral Dec. 18, 7:30 p.m. 701 Ward Street. Tickets at Eddy Music. Like the Dickens, a dramatic reading of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol by Lucas Myers, Lindsay Clague, Jane Sinclair, Glenn Hicks and Lisel Forst, at Nelson United Church Dec. 19 at 7:30, doors 6:30, by donation to the food cupboard. Plus Nelson Heritage Harmony Barbershop Chorus, hot apple cider, tasty goodies. More info: 354-1633. Winter Solstice Walk at the Lakeside Labyrinth in Rotary Lakeside Park, Dec. 20 at 1 p.m. Celebrate the return of the light. Winter Skateboard Camp at the Youth Centre, 608 Lake St., 11:00 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dec. 21, 22, and 23. More info: 250-3525656 ex.2.
Announcements St. Joseph School Christmas tree sale, at Andex Rental on Government Road. More info: rbellman@hotmail.com. Nelson Friends of the Family now takes donations online at www.nelsonfriendsofthefamily.com to support families who need to travel to receive emergency or necessary medical treatment for their children. More info: 250-354-4670. Low Cost Dental applications accepted
Nelson thespian Sydney Black is mounting Rock of Ages, the fourth Black Productions musical after Cabaret, Chicago and Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Musical director Rick Lingard and stage manager Lisel Forst are looking for a guitarist and vocalists to fill the cast, and there’s plenty of opportunities for rock solos. Auditions will take place from 4:30 to 8 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 9. They will continue from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Jan. 10. Call backs will be held on Monday, Jan. 11. All auditions will be held at 10th St Campus of Selkirk College, in the Music Building, Room 103. Will Johnson photo the 2nd and 4th Monday of each month at Seniors Coordinating Society, 719 Vernon St, 7 a.m. to noon. For more info: 250-3526008. Canadian Red Cross needs volunteers for one four-hour shift per week, 614 Front St., Nelson. More info: 1-855-995-3529.
Monthly Events People in Pain Support Group, Shambhala Meditation Centre 812 Stanley St., 1:30 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month. More info: dick@pipain.com. La Leche League Nelson provides breastfeeding information and support to moms and soon-to-be-moms at 1:00 on the third Monday of each month at The Family Place, 312 Silica St. More info: 250-352-3583.
Weekly events Breastfeeding Drop In Support by a public health nurse Tuesdays, 10:30 to noon at the Nelson Health Centre, 2-333 Victoria St. More info: 250-505-7200. Taoist Tai Chi Arts Classes, Mondays 7 to 9 p.m. at Nelson District Rod and Gun Club, 801 Railway St. By donation. Free introductory class, join any time. More info: 250-509-2499. iPad Support for Seniors at Senior Coordinating Society, 719 Vernon, Thurdays Dec. 31 to Jan. 21, free. More info: 250-5052361. Seniors Coodinating Society Income Tax Program for low income and seniors at the Civic Centre on Vernon St. Tuesdays 9:30 to noon. More info: 250-352-6008. Heritage Harmony Barbershop Chorus invites men of all ages to sing harmoniously. Weekly practice at Kiwanis Christie Lees Hall on Radio Ave. Wednesdays 7:00 to 9:30 p.m. More info: 250-352-7025. Nelson Healing Rooms, a place for confidential prayer, Wednesdays 7 to 8:30 p.m. at 711 10th Street, free. More info: nelsonheadingrooms@gmail.com.
Alcoholics Anonymous holds early morning, noon hour and evening meetings on specific days at 717A Vernon Street (in the Cellar downstairs). More info: 250352-3391. Al-Anon Family Group meets twice weekly. Wednesday noon to 1 p.m. at the Cellar, 717 Vernon St. and Friday 8 to 9 p.m. at 601 Front St. at the side basement. The only requirement is that you have a relative or friend with alcoholism. More info: 250-352-3747 for Wednesday, 250352-7333 for Friday. Nelson Hospice Drop-in Grief Support Series, Saturdays at 1 p.m., 402 West Richards St. For anyone who is experiencing grief due to the death of someone they love. Hosted by trained Nelson Hospice volunteers. More info: 250-352-2337. The Healing Meditation, gentle, guided meditation infused with the power of Conscious Co-Creation through spiritually realigning your thoughts and letting go of conditions. Wednesdays, 6:30 p.m., 507 Vernon, back door, by donation. More info: 250-229-2253. Nelson Chess Club, Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Nelson Seniors Association 717 Vernon St. All ages and levels are welcome. Royal Canadian Legion Branch #51 invites guests to enjoy billiards, snooker, shuffleboard, big-screen television for sports,barbecues, monthly celebrations, beverage room, darts (Wednesdays 7:30 p.m.), meat draws and karaoke (Saturdays, 3:30 p.m.) and cribbage (Sundays 1 p.m.). More info: rclbr51@telus.net or 250-3527727. Parkinson Support Group meets every third Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Christie Lees Hall In Kiwanis Villa, Gordon Road. No meeting in December. More info: ecartlidge@ shaw.ca. Djembe drum circle every third Monday night at The Old Church, 602 Kootenay, 7 p.m. $5. Participants are encouraged to bring their own drums.
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Briefly Hamling and Chernoff re-elected to head RDCK Nakusp mayor Karen Hamling was re-elected Thursday by acclamation to her second term as chair of the Regional District of Central Kootenay board. The chair and vice chair of the regional district serve one-year terms. The board also cast secret ballots to re-elect Castlegar mayor Lawrence Chernoff over one other candidate, Area E director Ramona Faust. – Bill Metcalfe
Man jailed for arson
A man who admitted to starting a fire below the Academy of Classical Oriental Sciences in Nelson is now serving jail time. Daniel Wagner-Verkerk, 20, of Creston confessed to the crime which occurred in October 2014. He was identified during the investigation as a suspect and arrested and charged with arson three months later. He pled guilty and was sentenced to 20 months, but that was reduced to 15 months with time served. The fire started in the basement and storage area below the school. There are two apartments above the area where the fire started, but all occupants got out safely. Damage was estimated at $25,000.
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Local lawyer joins the bench A familiar face around the Nelson courthouse has been appointed a provincial court judge. Rob Brown, the federal drug prosecutor for the region, has joined the bench, the Ministry of Justice announced last week. Brown is a partner in Trail law firm of Thompson, Lerose, and Brown. He earned a law degree from the Universtity of BC in 1979 and for more than 20 years has been an agent for the Public Prosecution Service of Canada. Since 1994, he has practiced family law, criminal defence, and general civil litigation.
Santa Claus needs one last hearty breakfast before he gets to work. Santa will be on hand for the fourth annual Breakfast With Santa at the Prestige Lakeside Resort on Saturday morning from 9 to 11 a.m. A buffet will be served in the Prestige’s ballroom with all donations going to the Nelson Food Cupboard Society and the Nelson Real Estate Fund. Adults are asked to make a $5 donation while kids are half price or a non-perishable food item. A gingerbread house contest is also underway now where you can vote by donation for your favourite.
Parks plans complete
After extensive public engagement and consultation, management plans for four Regional
District of Central Kootenay parks — Crescent Valley Beach, Balfour Beach, Waterloo Eddy and Pass Creek — are complete. “The RDCK thanks all those residents who engaged in this process, either by attending open houses or sending in surveys,” said Sangita Sudan, general manager of development services for the RDCK. “Their input, vision and passion for their parks will help us plan for the future of these public spaces.” The management plans will guide the operations, development and stewardship of the parks over the next 10 years. The board will be asked to adopt the plans at its Jan. 21 meeting. To view the documents, visit rdck.ca/EN/main/services/ parks/park-management-plan. html.
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A portion of the rail trail between Nelson and Troup Junction has been closed after a couple of slides. The Regional District of Central Kootenay’s Joe Chirico said he had no information on the slides, except that one was large and one was small. He didn’t know whether the material was primarily rock or soil. “From Nelson it’s closed after the last large trestle on the way to Troup,” he said. No work will be done to clear the slides until the slope stability is inspected. “It could be closed a while. It’s important that people stay away from it because we don’t know how stable it is.” Th closed portion of the trail is not as popular with crosscountry skiers as the Morning Mountain to Cottonwood Lake portion, but Chirico said it is well used by hikers and bikers even in winter.
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Heartfelt thanks to all the businesses, organizations and individuals Heartfelt thanks to all the businesses, organizations and individuals who contributed to Osprey’s successful Community Tribute to Chief Simon Grypma. We raised $12,000 that night for our Community Fund, which supports local charities. We couldn’t have pulled this off without broad local support. Nelson Fire Department Nelson Police City of Nelson Otter Books Stuart’s News Nelson Star Juice Kootenay Express Pennywise Kootenay Co-op Capitol Theatre Civic Theatre Nelson History Theatre/TNT Touchstones Nelson Hume Hotel
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And special thanks to our first responders. Above all, thank you, Fire Chief Simon Grypma, for your community service and for allowing Osprey to make you the focus of our 2015 Community Tribute and Fundraiser. The evening demonstrated the tremendous respect and affection with which you are regarded by the residents of Nelson. UPDATE: Osprey has now raised a total of over $33,000 for the Community Fund this year – and every dollar will be matched at 50% by an anonymous donor. We have until the end of the year to boost our 2015 total to the $50,000 allowable for this matching opportunity.
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We can at least fill their belly.” Hills says they have not turned anyone away during the past week of warmer temperatures because demand for the shelter is somewhat weather-dependent.
What the shelter provides The Stepping Stones shelter is funded by BC Housing and run by Nelson CARES. The shelter can house 17 people, and people can stay for 30 days. After 30 days away they can come back again for a further 30 days. In addition there are two emergency one-night-only beds. There is one staff person for every nine residents. The shelter provides three meals Mike McGaw and Marjie Hills are among the staff at the Stepping Stones per day, provided largely by dona- homeless shelter. Bill Metcalfe photo tions from farmers and grocery stores. Also: towels, bedding, laun- majority have mental illness, addic- Sometimes there are literacy issues dry services, free donated clothing, tion, brain injury, fetal alcohol, au- or computer literacy issues, so I swimming passes, bus tickets, coffee tism and Asperger’s spectrum, other have walked many people through cards, and an outreach worker to issues.” how to set up an email address. help find housing. “We do some support work, “Bus tickets is one of the best A typical day for staff some rule enforcement. In any fathings we offer,” says Hills, “so peocility there will be rules, built up ple can go out and take care of their “We put out food in the morn- from experience. As a grassroots business. There is no affordable ing,” says McGaw. “People will have [organization] we developed them housing in Nelson so people end up needs: to make a long distance ourselves. For example, we did not looking in Salmo, Trail, Castlegar.” phone call, to have us look at their have a rule about no climbing out “The clients are about 75 per intent to rent form, or some other the window until we needed it. cent male,” says McGaw. “It’s adults application they are making. People We found people were switching only unless a child is with their par- lose their ID while they are home- beds and we were getting confused ent. We have beds for everybody, less and that is a nightmare of bu- about who was who, whose stuff five rooms where people can sleep, reaucracy, to get somebody started was whose. Sometimes people take bunkbeds, four beds to a room. The on that process with no money. off and leave stuff behind. We do
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a lot to keep it from being chaotic, keeping stuff in order. We end up doing some crisis counselling in the moment when somebody is have a really hard time.” “We also store people’s medications,” says Hills. “Those are tracked carefully and handed out to people and signed off on.” Past clients can come back once a day for coffee, to check their email, and make local phone calls. The shelter has active relationships with other services in town including nursing students, mental health workers, the fire department, art therapy students, and the police. “We have a really good relationship with the police,” Hills says.
‘The last month of his life he was not homeless’ The shelter has a feedback form for its residents. Hills says 99 per cent of the comments are positive. “Some people recently wrote a nice letter, somebody waiting for housing. They never thought they would see themselves in that situation, relocated and back on their feet again. They were happy. We get lots hugs at the door, cards and letters and notes, saying thanks so much and the food was awesome.” “We have had people thank us for saving their lives,” says McGaw. “They have described going from worthless, where nobody had their
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back, to feeling like they were invested in the community and the community was invested in them. A 180-degree flip.” McGaw describes an elderly man who found an apartment after being homeless for a long while, and then died a month later: “The last month of his life he was not homeless.” “That’s why we do this,” says Hills. “It is very gratifying when you have had success with someone and see them move on really successfully.” Asked about the biggest challenge in the job, Hills and McGaw resisted talking about their personal challenges. They just wanted to talk about affordable housing. “People are not the problem,” says McGaw. “Lack of affordable housing is the problem. There is a lot of affluence in this world and some people have none of it, so that discord is the hardest part of it. I believe in harm reduction. We recognize that homelessness exists, that poverty exists, and we try to reduce the harm around it. Instead of being judgemental we want to help people help themselves.” “Homelessness is an epidemic,” Hills says. “I was recently in Vancouver and have hever seen it so bad as it is now. There is not enough housing here that people can afford, but we just keep working at it. We just keep going at it and hoping for the best.”
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From top Left to Right: Junior Achievement instructor Amy Robillard helped Jason Hebert keep track of his earnings. Live Laugh Play bracelet company founders Sadye Moore, Niya Latkin, Lily Linnen, Elijah Marsden and Liam Lewsaw showed off their products. Jonathan Mozel and Elijah Marsden interacted with customers during the bracelet exposition. Mr. Schnare addressed the children at Rosemont Elementary last Thursday and explained the importance of having proper business strategies. Will Johnson photos
Rosemont Elementary fosters young entrepreneurs John Schnare’s Grade 4/5 class participated in the Junior Achievement program last week. WILL JOHNSON Nelson Star
The young entrepreneurs of John Schnare’s Grade 4/5 held a mock marketplace for their newly created bracelet companies at Rosemont Elementary last week, and then hawked their wares to enthusiastic younger students as well as their families and friends. “Our bracelets are made from a plasticky kind of string like you find on little girl’s tricycles,” Tanner Jackson told the Star Thursday, describing why be believes his company Wrist Wraps’ product is superior to the handful of other burgeoning bracelet companies in attendance. “We have the best ones here.” He was joined by friends Aiden
Varney and Logan Wright, who acted as their soccer ball-shaped mascot. Nearby Lilly Linnen was acting as the spokesperson for a line of bracelets called Live Laugh Play. “We have handmade them, some of them are loomed, and we have better colours than everybody else,” she said. Linnen said it makes her proud to show off her work to the younger students, and she hopes it inspires them: “All the small kids can see from that we made this in our own time at school.” Schnare said the experience was an invaluable one for the students. “It’s basically to introduce students to the idea of entrepreneurship and business, and I’m using it as a math exercise as well — they have to find out what their target market is, calculate how many people they might be able to sell to, they have to file revenue and expense statements at the end.” That’s only the beginning. “They also have to develop their own materials, come up with their
prices. We’re trying to get as much of a real-world emphasis into the classroom as we possibly can, which leads to a higher level of student engagement.” The opportunity was made possible by Columbia Basin Trust, which funded Amy Robillard to deliver the Junior Achievement Program. Schnare was effusive about Robillard, and encouraged any teachers in the district interested in doing something similar to team up with her. There is still time for schools in the district to participate in the program. Robillard would like any interested educators to contact her at amy.robillard@jabc.org or call her at 250-777-2011. Schnare said project-based learning is often a much more effective method of teaching than “a page of math in a work book.” “There’s a place for that too, but these students have been extraordinarily engaged and very committed to the project. They have a real commitment to what they’re doing.”
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A backpacking trail that is one of the Kootenay’s premiere — although least used — routes, got a much need touch up late this summer and is set to be in prime shape next hiking season. The Earl Grey Trail extends 60-some-odd kilometres (some sources say 61, some say 63, others 64) from the upper reaches of Toby Creek down to Argenta, a four-
to-five day hike through some truly remote and wild backcountry. The rugged natural state of the trail and relatively few number of hikers it attracts means it is usually in rough condition — and is not well defined in many spots — with thick vegetation, rock slide debris and plenty of big blowdown (fallen trees) making it difficult going even for the hardiest of hikers. At least five crossing creeks need to be made by hand-pulled,
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MUST YOU SHARE A MONEY GIFT WITH YOUR EX? Your boss gives you a large financial gift. Can your spouse get their hands on it? Normally, no, but you could lose it or a chunk of it. Our family law has rules for how your property (and debts) are to be divided if you and your spouse split up. For starters, family property (and debts) are to be shared equally – unless the court decides a split down the middle would be significantly unfair. But some things, like property you each owned before your relationship, and individual inheritances or gifts you get before you separate, don’t count as family property – they’re “excluded property,” which generally isn’t shared (though value increases during the relationship are). Money or other assets “derived from” excluded property (say, money you get from selling your gift or inheritance) also typically don’t count as family property. But how you deal with a gift or inheritance that was initially yours alone may (or may not) turn it into family property. In one recent court case, Henry and Trudy (names changed) started living together in 2003, got married in 2004 and separated nine years later. They lived in Richmond and had three children together. Henry had been with his employer company since 1997. About two years before he and Trudy separated, he got a large $2 million sum as an inheritance gift from the company’s principal when that wealthy businessman passed away.
The Earl Gray Trail is a multi-day hike through remote backcountry between Argenta and Invermere. Invermere Valley Echo file photo suspended cable cars. However every several years or so BC Parks tries to clear things up as best as possible, and this summer a crew of four BC Parks rangers did just that. “It’s probably as good as it ever gets right now. It’s a pretty advanced trail and it’s a steep, narrow valley so it gets impacted a lot by [rock and debris] slides,” said BC Parks ranger Ryan van der Marel, one of the four doing the trail work. “It’s certainly intense to do it [the hike] all in one go, east to west. Really it’s for experienced hikers prepared to do some of their own route finding, but it is absolutely spectacular.” Van der Marel and and fellow ranger Jim Grey teamed up with rangers Dave Gottdenker and Robbie McClary and spent four days in early August clearing the western portion of the trail, up to the Earl Grey Pass, the trail’s high point. Then a few weeks later van der Marel and Grey spend three days on their own working on the east-
ern portion of the trail. “It was really tough,” said van der Marel, adding the rangers were hefting 70-to-80 pound (31-to-36 kg) packs and clambering up steep climbs, all while carrying chainsaws. In places the trees across the trail were so large they were impossible to cut through, so the rangers would instead cut footholds and notches in them to help future hikers get over. The route has a heritage aspect, being a former First Nations trade route and having the cabin of former Governor General Earl Grey on the trail. The cabin was built by the Earl in 1909 and his whole family used it as a holiday retreat that summer. The remains of the cabin are still standing, not far from the start of the eastern trailhead. “It (the cabin) is falling into disrepair, which is unfortunate because its a pretty cool structure, but it’s definitely still there,” said van der Marel. There are natural
Henry was a director of more than 30 companies related to his employer company.
splendours aplenty on the trail as well, with views of the Toby Glacier and Lady MacBeth Glacier from Earl Grey Pass, which van der Marel calls “a stunning spot,” and huge old growth trees on the western side of the trail. “They are the kind of trees you don’t see often in the [BC] interior, it’s more what you’d expect to find on the coast,” said van der Marel. The trail gets maintained every few years despite a lack of many hikers, principally because of its historical significance, said van der Marel, adding that although it’s a great route, cleaning it up a greater degree might — given its remoteness — prove fruitless. “To make it less rugged would cost quite a lot of money and you don’t have any assurances that you wouldn’t have to be in there every single year, maybe even more often, to keep clearing up the latest blowdown or the latest slide debris,” he said.
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Concerned about his risk as a company director should things go south with any of these companies, he put their Richmond family home in Trudy’s name alone for creditor protection. He agreed in court that this home was family property. Trudy wanted to move from Richmond to Vancouver. So late 2011 (while still together), the couple used the bulk of Henry’s $2 million inheritance to buy land in Vancouver for a future home. Henry also put that land in Trudy’s name alone, and they started building. When the couple separated in early 2013, only the new foundation had been constructed. To avoid a $500,000 loss, they completed construction although they were separated. They then sold the Vancouver house essentially at cost, avoiding a loss. Henry argued the $2 million he’d been gifted, mostly used for the new Vancouver property (and the $2 million from its sale) were excluded property, so shouldn’t be split. But the court decided that when he put the land in Trudy’s name, making it her property for creditor protection, that was a gift to her. It turned the land into family property, so the sale money had to be shared. Several recent cases have come to different conclusions about what happens after a separation to “excluded property” (or its sale proceeds) transferred between spouses. This is a tricky area, so see a good family lawyer about who gets what after you and your ex separate.
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Shopping for holiday gifts may be a top priority for many come the holiday season, but for hosts and hostesses opening their homes to friends and family, several other tasks need to be done as well. One of the more significant decisions holiday hosts must make is choosing what to serve when guests arrive for holiday dinners. Holiday dinners are often more extravagant than the run-of-the-mill dinners families eat on ordinary weeknights. Crafting a special dinner requires both planning and prep work, and there are some ways to make the experience go more smoothly. What’s cooking? Culture often dictates which meals are prepared. Many popular main courses involve pork and poultry, as baked hams and roasted turkeys are especially popular during the holiday season. But regardless of history, hosts should consider which foods appeal to the greatest number of guests, then plan the dinner around these items. Also, if you’re known for a particular dish, go ahead and make that, even if it’s a less traditional holiday meal. Another savvy move is to choose foods that can be prepared in advance. If you’re hosting a houseful of guests, steer clear of foods that require individualized atten-
tion or must be cooked and served promptly, like a risotto. Casseroles, pasta dishes, roasts, and other similar foods can be prepared and cooked, then reheated in time for the main course. Keep it simple Although you may want to impress your guests with your culinary prowess, experimenting with exotic dishes or trying intricate plating techniques can backfire if you do not have adequate practice. It’s better to stick to familiar foods and save the experimentation for a smaller dinner party. Meals that have become routine to you can almost be made on auto-pilot. This way you spend less time in the kitchen and more time with guests. Delegate some work Guests are often eager to contribute something to holiday meals. When planning a holiday dinner, think about which items you can ask others to bring. A noted early bird may bring appetizers, like a crackers-and-cheese platter. Those who tend to make late entrances may be tasked with providing decadent desserts. Unless the entire meal is potluck, holiday hosts usually handle the main courses and many of the side dishes. Be prepared for leftovers In an effort to ensure ev-
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Tell it to Santa It was a busy night at the annual Santa on Baker event recently in Nelson. The annual event is sponsored by the Nelson Business Association and is always a huge success. Photo by Tyler Harper
Interesting tidbits on Christmas The holiday season has arrived, and millions of people across the globe will be celebrating Christmas with their families and friends. The following are some interesting tidbits to share with your loved ones this holiday season. • In 350 AD, Pope Julius I, bishop of Rome, proclaimed December 25 the official celebration date for the birth of Jesus Christ. Many historians and theologians have surmised that Christ really wasn’t born this time of year, thanks to imagery and information from the Bible. • Christmas carols began as an English custom called “wassailing.” Individuals toasted neighbors to a long and healthy life. • Despite the common tale that three wise men paid homage to baby Jesus, the Bible never specifically calls out a number. Similarly, there’s no specific indication that they visited the infant Jesus. Their visit may have occurred when Jesus was older. • Santa Claus’ modern look was inspired
by writings from The Knickerbockers of New York and imagery from Clement Clarke Moore’s “A Visit from St. Nicholas.” Moore denied authoring the famous poem for 15 years after it was published anonymously, feeling the poem was beneath his talents. • Santa has his own official postal code. It’s H0 H0 H0. • The song “Jingle Bells” was originally written for Thanksgiving and not Christmas. People loved it so much that the lyrics were changed to fit Christmas. • Christmas trees typically grow for 15 years before they’re cut and sold. This means the trees sold today were likely planted in 1999. • Christmas was not declared an official holiday in the United States until June 26, 1870. • Before turkey, the traditional Christmas meal served in England was a pig’s head and mustard. • Male reindeer tend to shed their
antlers in the winter. This means Santa’s reindeer are likely female. • Christ may have been born in a cave rather than a manger. According to the gospel of Luke, the shepherds that helped find shelter for Mary to give birth kept their flock in a cave. The Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem is built over a cave called the Grotto of the Nativity, where Jesus is believed to have been born. • Many people may be less inclined to stand under mistletoe waiting for a kiss if they knew what “mistletoe” means in the ancient Germanic language. It literally means “dung on a twig,” for the bird who eats the berries and then leaves seeds in droppings to propagate new plants. • Each holiday season, PNC Wealth Management calculates the costs of the gifts in the song, “The 12 Days of Christmas.” The price index for the gifts went from $12,673 in 1984 to more than $24,000 in 2011. The most expensive gift is the swimming swans.
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Christmas carols help set the mood for the holiday season. Such songs are played in stores to create festive atmospheres for shoppers, and many families play seasonal music as they decorate their homes for the holidays. Carols were first sung in Europe thousands of years ago during Winter Solstice celebrations. When Christian holidays replaced many of the pagan celebrations, Christian holiday carols replaced the earlier songs. Before Christmas carols were sung by the general public, they were enjoyed during church services, when they sometimes were performed by official carol singers. However, new carols became popular during the Victorian era, when many ordinary people took to the streets to share holiday joy with others through the gift of song. Wassail, a thick, hot and spiced beverage, often kept carolers warm, and soon wassailing and caroling became intertwined. Although carols and other songs are still popular forms of entertainment at school concerts and some religious group events, the classic tradition of carolers going door-to-door has largely fallen by the wayside. But those who want to bring back this once beloved tradition can take the following steps to do just that. Find a caroling group leader. It helps to have someone who has a sense of musicality and pitch to lead the caroling. Carols are usually sung a capella, so you’ll need a strong singer to guide others and keep them in tune. Recruit a theater or music student or even a member of your church choir. Fill out the rest of the carolers with volunteers who have moderate to strong singing abilities. Of course, you can accept anyone, as it’s more about sharing the joy rather than having a pitch-perfect group.
Choose a neighborhood to visit. Select an established neighborhood where there are likely to be many families and even seniors who will be most receptive to carolers. Place fliers in the mailboxes alerting residents of your caroling plans for those who want to be home to enjoy the free show. Promote your plans if you want a larger crowd. If you want to make the caroling a big event, promote your plans in the local newspaper or in a community bulletin. This way everyone in the community can take in the caroling show. Choose a handful of wellknown songs to sing. Your audience will appreciate easily recognizable songs they can sing along with if they choose. Print lyric sheets. Although
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the lyrics to popular songs are widely known, it helps to have them handy if carolers forget verses. Keep extra copies on hand in case others want to join the caroling group. Get a sponsor. If you live in a rural area and caroling door-todoor is impractical, see if a local retailer will let you carol outside of his or her store or business. Doing so can set the holiday mood and may generate free advertising and increased business for sponsors. Involve youth groups. Kids love the holiday, so including them in your caroling efforts can bring smiles to many faces. Speak with local youth groups to determine if their members may want to join in your efforts to spread holiday cheer.
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Tips for great decorating at Christmas It is not the holiday season until homes, stores and town centers are decorated in lights and tinsel. When entire neighborhoods are enhanced by bows and animated figurines, the celebratory tone is set and decorations can trigger happy feelings associated with holiday gatherings. Some people find holiday decorating enjoyable and eagerly anticipate taking out storage containers and sorting through all of their memory-laden trinkets, while others are less enthusiastic about readying their homes for the season. No matter which group you fall into, the following are some simple tips to make holiday decorating easier. • Plan to decorate on a day when you do not have any other responsibilities. Choose to decorate on a day when you can devote your full attention to decorating, avoiding a day when you might be distracted by other things. If you prefer to decorate alone, ask a friend to watch the kids or have a spouse take them out of the house for a
few hours. If decorating is a family event, find a day when everyone’s schedules are clear. • Take out the decorations the day prior. Hauling boxes and containers from the attic or basement can take a while. Take some time to move all of the decorating items to a main floor of the house the day or night before your decorating marathon. This way you won’t get discouraged or tired by the task even before the real decorating has begun. • Put the tree up first. The Christmas tree is the a focal point of holiday decorations, so set up the tree and decorate it before you get started on decorating the rest of the house. If you do not get to all of your other decorating, at least the tree will be ready and your home will still have some holiday appeal. Once the lights are on, decorating the tree is a great activity for keeping the kids busy while you handle other jobs. • Divide and conquer. Nothing makes holiday decorating go faster than delegating decorating tasks.
Assign specific tasks to your helpers. Put one person in charge of decorating the living room while another handles the outside lights, wreaths and inflatable items. • Turn on the tunes. Working to music frequently takes your mind off of the work and will help pass the time more quickly. Have your favorite holiday playlist at the ready and turn up the volume. Sing along to the carols or contemporary songs while you are elbow-deep in decorations. • Take some breaks. Working hungry or tired may lead to sloppy work or frustration. There’s little chance of untangling a knot in the lights with your patience in tact if you haven’t eaten for hours. Plan some time for lunch while you sit and rest. Survey the work you’ve done and make a list of the next steps. After the hard work of decorating, you’ll likely have a sense of accomplishment. Now it’s time to enjoy the holiday scene and prepare for the excitement of the weeks ahead.
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Soon it will be time to bid farewell to another holiday season. By now the gifts have been unwrapped and the last of the turkey leftovers are long gone. The only task that remains is to put away all of those holiday decorations that have been decking the halls since Thanksgiving. Although packing holiday decorations may not be a favorite task, the following strategies can save both time and effort. • Get motivated. The first supply you need when putting holiday decorations away is a healthy dose of motivation. It’s easy to put off the taking down of lights or rolling up of holiday garlands, but the earlier you start the more quickly you can move on from the holiday season. Plan a day when you can pack away decorations, and do not schedule anything else for that day. • Purchase storage bins. Stock up on storage bins as they go on sale. Even if you end up with extra bins you ultimately don’t need to store holiday decorations, you will no doubt find another use for them. Choose bins of various sizes and don’t be afraid to use takeout containers, which can hold smaller
items and be stacked inside of larger bins to keep everything neat and organized. Zip-top storage bags are also handy for ornament hooks and other small trinkets. • Find cushioning material. Fragile ornaments will need to be packed in some sort of soft wrapping to prevent breakage. Tissue paper, newspaper, old dish towels, and even faux polyester “snow” can be used to line bins and boxes. Label accordingly so you can isolate the breakable items. • Start with the tree. If you have a live tree, this should be the first item you remove. The longer the tree dries out, the bigger the mess it creates. Take down the lights and spool onto an empty paper towel tube or package into individual plastic bags to avoid knots and kinks. Thread a tree bag over the top of the empty tree and scoop around the bottom to contain as many pine needles as possible. Drag the tree outdoors and dispose or recycle according to neighborhood collection guidelines. Vacuum up any fallen needles. If you have an artificial tree, take the same steps, but store the tree away for next year. • Divide your home into quad-
rants. You likely use the same decorations in the same places each year. To make decorating easier next year, dismantle holiday displays and pack them up according to specific areas of the home. For example, store all picture window decorations in one bin and label thusly. Continue to store decorations according to the room where they are hanged. Items that are used strictly for outdoors can be grouped together and stored in the garage. • Use a gift wrap organizer. Under-the-bed storage containers are ideal for storing gift wrap and assorted accessories. You also can use a hanging shoe organizer to store bows, tape and name tags. Wrapping paper rolls also can be stored horizontally over rafters in the attic or garage. • Be especially careful with candles. Pack candles separately from other items, as candles must be kept in a relatively cool area so they do not melt when temperatures rise. • Keep an empty bin handy. Use this bin to store any gifts or decorations you buy throughout the year. This way you won’t forget where you stashed them.
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Leafs’ losing skid stretches to seven games Nelson drops games against Beaver Valley, Osoyoos T YLER HARPER Nelson Star
Finding something positive to say is becoming almost as difficult for the Nelson Leafs as it is to score goals. The Leafs once again outshot their opponent and once again were on the losing side of a game, a 4-1 defeat to the Osoyoos Coyotes on Saturday. The only goal the Leafs scored was an ugly one that ended with two Nelson players celebrating with their backs on the ice. Levi Hulston, who banged the puck into the net for Nelson, said the Leafs could use more dirty goals. They aren’t getting many pretty ones, after all. “We’ve all got to just grind and muck at the net, do everything we can to pop those and…have that will to score,” said Hulston. “With that will to win we’ll be able to find some ways to win these games against top opponents like Osoyoos.” Patrick Ostermann finished with 31 saves for the Leafs, who lost their seventh straight game and has just two wins in its last 16 going back to Oct. 31. The Leafs will also have to play their next two games without defenceman Austin Anselmo. He was charged with a checking-from-behind penalty in the third period and a game misconduct, which comes with an automatic two-game suspension. Leafs head coach David McLellan did not speak with media after the game. Braeden Tuck scored twice for Osoyoos, while Reid Wilson and Colton Rhodes added a goal apiece. Brett Soles stopped 36
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The Osoyoos Coyotes defeated the Nelson Leafs 4-1 on Saturday. shots for the Coyotes, who maintained their lead atop the Okanagan Division. It was the fourth time in seven December games Nelson has lost despite outshooting its opponent. The Leafs have fired 222 shots so far this month to just 186 against. The Coyotes got on the board just three minutes into the game after Tuck banged home a rebound off a fast break. Osoyoos then went up 2-0 after Wilson’s shot from the point made its way through a crowd and past a screened Ostermann. Nelson’s defence was nowhere to be seen on Osoyoos’ third goal. Rhodes zipped in along the left wing and snapped a shot past Ostermann at 10:34 of the second. Coyotes head coach Ken Law said Rhodes’ goal caught the Leafs by surprise. “You could tell,” said Law.
“[Ostermann] tried to come across and use the catcher’s mitt instead of just using the blocker. It was a nice placed shot just up underneath the bar there.” Hulston’s second-period goal cut the deficit to two but a scary hit Nelson’s chance for a comeback in the third. Anselmo pushed Osoyoos blue-liner Levi Morin hard into the boards at 10:24. Anselmo was ejected, and suspended, while Morin required treatment on the ice. Law later said Morin was OK. Osoyoos failed to capitalize on the lengthy Leafs penalty, which was served by Malcolm Fenelon, but Tuck’s empty-net goal with just over a minute left gave the Coyotes all the advantage they would need. “What can you do with a fiveminute penalty? It’s hard to turn that around,” said Hulston. “We tried to be aggressive as possi-
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ble on the [penalty kill], but it’s tough. It’s hard to come back from a penalty like that.” The loss followed a 4-2 defeat Friday on the road against the Beaver Valley Nitehawks. Drake Poirer made 41 saves for the Nitehawks, and was backed up by goals from Ryan Terpsma, Nolan Percival, Braden Fuller and Sam Swanson. Malcolm Fenelon and Eamonn Miller replied for the Leafs, while Ostermann stopped 29 shots. “We’ve got that potential,” said Hulston. “I think we’re miles better than a lot of these teams. We’ve just got to pull it through. Bury our scoring chances, that’s one thing we’re definitely not doing.” The Leafs hosted Grand Forks on Tuesday, past the Star’s deadline. Nelson also visits Spokane today before taking a break for the holidays.
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KiJhl • 2015-16 sTANdiNGs and sTATisTics Neil Murdoch divisioN TEAM GP W L Beaver Valley 30 22 5 Castlegar 31 21 9 Grand Forks 32 14 16 Nelson 32 13 18 Spokane 33 4 25 divisioN GAMes Dec. 11 Beaver Valley Dec. 12 Beaver Valley Dec. 12 Columbia Dec. 12 Osoyoos Dec. 13 Beaver Valley
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The L.V. Rogers senior girls basketball team swept the Crowe Cage Bowl tournament over the weekend.
The L.V. Rogers senior girls basketball tournament made a statement to start the season. The Bombers won their season opener Thursday before going on to sweep the Crowe Cage Bowl tournament in Trail over the weekend. Ansleigh Dergousoff led with 18 points as the Bombers defeated Stanley Humphries 64-34 in Castlegar on Thursday. In the tournament, the Bombers opened with a 62-42 win over host J.L. Crowe. That game turned out to be the closest the competition would get to the Bombers. L.V. Rogers went on to beat Mount Sentinel 66-34, rout Boundary Central 61-15 and hammer Stanley Humphries 60-14. The senior boys team meanwhile finished fourth at a tournament in Kelowna. The team fell 63-60 to Rutland before defeating Armstrong 73-42 and Penticton 63-56.
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The Nelson Leafs have sent three players home. Forwards Nick Novin and Tyler Garcia as well as defenceman Brendan Smith are off the Leafs’ active lineup, leaving the team with 22 players available on the 23-man roster. Leafs head coach and general manager David McLellan said Friday the departures put his struggling team in a difficult spot. “It’s a tough one. Novin’s a good player … It hurts us,” said McLellan, who didn’t elaborate on the reason for cutting Novin and Smith. Novin had three goals and 10 assists in 17 games of his rookie season. Garcia, a KIJHL veteran in his third season who left to join a team in Great Falls, Mont., was second in team scoring with 16 points (nine goals, seven assists). Smith, meanwhile, had six goals and nine assists but hadn’t played since Oct. 24 with an upper-body injury. McLellan said he hopes to get some reinforcements back after the holiday break. Maximilian Daerendinger and Rayce Miller have been out since last month with injuries.
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Students unleash creative energy in 24 Hour Write
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he L.V. Rogers annual 24 Hour Write gives young writers a chance to put aside homework and worries for a day and channel creativity. This year, 20 students from different grades gathered in the school library at noon with a promise not to leave the premises until 12 the next day, when each of us would hand in a short story and head home. To get the creative juices flowing, we began with a guest speaker: Leesa Dean, a creative writing teacher from Selkirk College. She spoke to us about creating art with restrictions; a useful topic considering we would have tight word limits: 800 words for the younger grades, and 1,000 for the senior category. After a short writing exercise under her direction, involving ridiculous records of calls to 911, we received our prompts for the day. The prompts were a combination of things; we chose phrases from vintage magazines and pulled objects from a leather suitcase. The objects which varied from teacups to plastic dinosaurs, had a suspicious air of being picked from the selection of props in the school’s drama department. Armed with a laptop and a memory stick to save our story, we began the write. After two hours of straight writing everyone’s fingers get a little bit cramped. At 3:30, the school showed no signs of life but a few custodians, and we were free to roam. With the gym to ourselves, a vicious
game of dodgeball ensued followed quickly by a round of Sardines throughout the school. After a dinner of enchiladas prepared for us earlier by a kindly foods class, everyone’s inspiration was running out, and it was time for another guest speaker. Cyndi Sand-Eveland handed out fortune cookies and taught us, using the obscure fortunes in them, about creating conflict in each sentence in our stories. We learned how much of our story to use establishing characters and premise, and dove back into our writing. The guest speakers helped to inspire us, and, since both have found success in the writing world, gave us courage that we could one day do the same. They provided some good tips on how to follow in their footsteps! Many people wrote late into the night, and woke up early with a desperate need for caffeine. Thankfully, a cheery announcement informed us of breakfast, and we stumbled to the cafeteria to the sight of our principal Mr. Huttemann in an apron, making a feast of waffles with berries and cream, bacon and fried potatoes. The featured item at the table was most definitely the coffee. The hours of the morning slipped by quickly, and before we knew it we were printing out our stories and returning our prompts. While this write is a contest, there is no real sense of competition during the 24 hours that the students spend together. When the stories are finished in the morning, everyone makes edits and contributions to each other’s stories, sitting in collaborative circles and passing around precarious laptops for constructive criticism. By the end, everyone knows one another’s stories inside out, and each work feels like a team effort. It is a wonderful way for students interested in writing to meet other like-minded people and learn from each other. Everyone
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Six dozen panda bears will be finding their way to homes in the Nelson area following the annual Share a Bear campaign. The Kootenay Kids Society received the bears from the Nelson government liquor store with plans to distribute them prior to Christmas. Kootenay Kids Society has been providing support and services in the Nelson area for over 25 years. The non-profit agency relies on government funding, grants, and donations to maintain their programming and meet the needs of local families. Donations of $25 or more are eligible for tax deductible-charitable donation receipt and will go a long way in helping local families. The Kootenay Kids Society board members pictured from left are Jocelyn Davies, Valerie Warmington, Janet Leahy, Rick Morley, Aanyta Fahrenbruch, Stephanie Delnea, and Elizabeth Cunningham. Submitted photo
We will be open throughout the holidays. Join us for Brunch December 25th and January 1st. Contact us at 778-463-2236 or by email at wcgnagm@prestigehotels.ca 701 Lakeside Drive, Nelson
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Pharmasave Nelson at 685 Baker Street is hiring! We have an opportunity for a pharmacy assistant or registered technician to be part of our community focused, traditional Pharmasave store. The successful candidate must have a professional attitude, and excellent communication skills. Preference will be given to candidates that have a minimum of one year of experience in retail pharmacy. Ability to operate Kroll software and compounding experience is an asset. A competitive wage is offered base on experience and skills, plus benefits. Please email your resume to: rx148@forewest.ca Closing day for resumes is December 31, 2015.
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Presently we are seeking applicants for the position of Logging Truck Driver. Reporting to the Project Manager, you will be a direct contributor to successful forestry operations. You are naturally motivated, organized, and believe in a conservation ethic where our timber resources are utilized to their greatest potential. Your work will focus on the successful transport of accessible forest fibres from the roadside and landing waste stream of first pass harvesting operations. Your equipment assignment will include a 2016 Model Western Star/Peerless Super B Log Transporters. You have 5+ years of experience as a logging truck driver and possess the following: • Valid Class 1 driver’s license in good standing • A strong safety ethic and a working knowledge of safe work practices in the forestry sector and the Canadian Transport regulations • Demonstrate a high standard of self-performance and quality control
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Arbor Sentinel is an innovative new company committed to full forest utilization – extracting forest fibres to their maximum sustainable potential. Our operations involve a team of heavy equipment operators and truck drivers, utilizing modern equipment and methodologies to optimize utilization in areas where forest harvesting is occurring. Our company is based in Castlegar, BC with operations in the Arrow, Boundary, and Kootenay Lake Timber Supply Areas.
Pharmasave Nelson at 685 Baker Street is hiring! Customer Service/Sales medical product specialist Pharmasave is seeking a qualified individual with medical equipment sales background for our Nelson Home Health Care department. Working knowledge of mobility equipment, bracing products, urology, compression stockings and wound care would be an asset. Must have strong communication skills and be able to work well with our senior population. This is a full time employment opportunity. Please forward your resume to: clyhne@forewest.ca Closing day for resumes is December 31, 2015.
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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. Please visit the website at http://arfd.gov.bc.ca/ ݲSearch ݲSearch by File Number: 4405657 for more information. Be advised that any response to this advertisement will be considered part of the public record. Access to these records requires the submission of a Freedom of Information (FOI) request. Visit www.gov. bc.ca/freedomofinformation to learn more about FOI submissions.
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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.
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A vignette from Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol.
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Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future come to Nelson SUBMIT TED Black Press
Though the grass is very green, Christmas is just around the corner and there is a treat in store for those wanting to be reminded of the true meaning of Christmas: Like the Dickens, a dramatic reading of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol will be on stage at the Nelson United Church this Saturday. In true Dickens fashion, the event raises money for the Nelson Food Cupboard which operates a food bank and offers food skills programs for community members impacted by low incomes. Nelson area residents are invited to the retelling of this definitive Christmas story read by Lucas Myers, Lindsay
Clague, Jane Sinclair, Glenn Hicks and Lisel Forst. In the Dickens classic, Ebeneezer Scrooge learns the value of giving to those less fortunate after he is visited by the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future, and sees the difference he can make in the world. The evening is rounded out with the always memorable musical accompaniment of the Nelson Heritage Harmony Barbershop Chorus and a post-performance reception hosted by the United Church women’s group — after the reading, guests are invited to gather in the lower hall for hot apple cider and tasty goodies. Doors will open at 6:30 for the 7:30 p.m. event. Admission is by donation; donations above $20 are eligible for a charitable tax receipt.
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These are some examples of Santa-themed pennants produced by Kindergarten students at Hume school. From top, Kian Turner, Alexa McComb, and Gigi Routien.
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Is GIVING AWAY a beautiful holiday centrepiece to one lucky winner! Log on to www.nelsonstar.com/contests and use codeword “Merry Christmas” to enter! Winner will be announced Dec 22nd and centrepiece will be ready Dec 23rd.
Reach a Reader campaign raises nearly $13K The Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy and Black Press’s 2015 Reach a Reader campaign raised $12,687 during October to support literacy programs across the Kootenay Boundary. This year, Kootenay Savings Credit Union partnered with the campaign and matched online donations. From left, Desneiges Profili, Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy’s regional program manager, Aron Burke and Shelly Martin of Kootenay Savings, and Chuck Bennett, group publisher for Black Press in West Kootenay. Submitted photo
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