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Wanda Santos enjoyed a quiet cuddle with her newborn son at Kootenay Lake Hospital on Tuesday morning. He doesn’t yet have a name, but he’s this year’s New Years Baby, arriving at 11:26 a.m. on Monday. Will Johnson photo

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Down a quiet, secluded hallway in Kootenay Lake Hospital on 415 Alexander Road, Procter Tuesday morning, new mother Wanda Santos was sharing a shad“It is my goal to work hard owy cuddle with her unnamed son. to reach your goals” HAPPY NEW YEAR! Born less than a day earlier — at 11:26 a.m. on Monday, weighing In-store Specials! nine pounds, six ounces — she had just learned that he was Nelson’s New Year’s Baby for 2016. “He talks quite a bit, and grunts,” the 39-year-old told the Star, gazing affectionately at him and running her finger through his fuzzy brown Barbie hair while he napped. Her son took Wheaton the opportunity to yawn, paw at his face and screech like a dinosaur. C: 250.509.0654 barbiewheaton@gmail.com “He’s pretty amazing.”

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Wanda and husband Randy decided not to learn the gender of their child beforehand. Because the pregnancy felt different than when she carried her son Matthew, she figured it was going to be a girl. Now all the names they’ve discussed are inappropriate for the newly-arrived infant. One option they’re considering? Alexander, after Randy’s recently departed father. “Me and my husband weren’t planning on having more kids, but then we decided we wanted Matthew to have a little brother who lives nearby,” she said. “We decided on this little guy.” The delivery was uncomplicated, according to Wanda.

“My water broke at 4:30 a.m. and I delivered by 11:26 a.m.,” said Santos, who called the delivery “very quick.” Her boy is joining a family that already includes 18-year-old Katrina and 14-year-old Nicholas, siblings from Randy’s previous relationship, as well as four-year-old Matthew. The pair live in Passmore. Wanda works for Pacific Insight, while Randy is employed by Western Autowreckers. They have family elsewhere in the country who are joining them in enthusiastically welcoming Wanda’s boy. “It’s pretty wild. I didn’t expect on Jan. 4 to have the New Year’s Baby, but it’s pretty exciting.”

The federal government has decided to prosecute the company that spilled 33,000 litres of jet fuel into Lemon Creek during a firefighting operation in the summer of 2013. “I can confirm that a decision regarding intervention has been made and the nature of that decision will be communicated at the next court date,” prosecutor Todd Gerhart wrote in an email to the Star. “That date has not yet been scheduled but is in the process of being arranged.” He said he expects that initial court date to be within the next few weeks. The charges against Executive Flight Centre are for violating Fisheries Act provisions that prohibit polluting a stream. The decision means Slocan Valley resident Marilyn Burgoon can drop the private prosecution she has been pursuing since the fall of 2014 because it appeared the federal government was not going to prosecute. Now she says she will be spared having to raise tens of thousands of dollars in

legal fees. But from Burgoon’s perspective there is a possible downside. She says that on the rare occasions the government does take over a private prosecution, they sometimes simply drop the charges. “But I am optimistic, with the new government, that they will not stay the charges and will proceed with the prosecution,” she told the Star. “A new government with a new fisheries minister and a new attorney general (and both are First Nations people) gives me encouragement because First Nations understand fisheries.” Asked for the reasons behind the decision and whether the provincial government will be named as a defendant as it was in Burgoon’s private prosecution, Gerhart said he would be open to such questions after the upcoming court date. Andrew Gage, a lawyer at West Coast Environmental Law in Vancouver, says he is cautiously encouraged by the federal government’s move. He said that since the spill the government has been CONTINUED ON A5

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Travel journalist Christopher Solomon has written a second article about Nelson, this one highlighting his accommodation

The New York Times’ Christopher Solomon seems to have a crush on Nelson. The city earned a second shout-out from the prominent travel journalist, following a feature spread in 2014, and this time he’s giving some love to the Adventure Hotel. “A customer from Quebec City called us,” Adventure Hotel owner Danny Rickaby told the Star, a few days after the story hit newsstands. “They’d read the story in the Times that morning and phoned to book a reservation right then. I couldn’t believe it.” Rickaby hosted Solomon last year, but didn’t realize a second article was in the works. He touched base with Solomon recently to update him on the hotel’s status, including the new Empire Coffee bar. In the article, published Dec. 28 and titled “In British Columbia, a Stylish Hotel for Adventure Seekers,” the hotel is described as a “hipper lodging option that’s much more Eurostyle.” It also mentions some local characters. “It’s not unheard-of to see a woman walking without pants or a guy playing a didgeridoo made from PVC pipe. And that pants-less free spirit? She rips the powder way better than you do,” Solomon writes. Rickaby said the attention is a welcome shot in the arm.

Adventure Hotel owner Danny Rickaby ploughed the sidewalk along Vernon St. Tuesday morning. His hotel was featured in The New York Times last week. Will Johnson photos

“I’m proud of what we’ve done here, and I appreciate the fact people from bigger places are coming to this small town. To be recognized by The New York Times is just amazing.” Rickaby said Solomon understands the non-franchise ethos of the building, and the adventurous spirit that inspired its renovation. (The Adventure Hotel was formerly the New Grand.) “This really was an adventure for us,” said Rickaby. “We had our own style, and our own concept that fits the facility. Most chains will restrict certain things, they want you to do everything according to their plan. That’s not what it’s like here.” Dianna Ducs of Nelson Kootenay Lake Tourism took the article as a sign that Nelson’s visibility is continuing to rise.

“It’s a great opportunity for us to be on almost the same playing field as some of the new hotels being built. We have funky, stateof-the-art, hostel-like accommodations right here in Nelson,” she said. She said Nelson’s spirit is exemplified by its number of in-

dependent businesses, as well as the Capitol and Civic Theatres. That’s something she believes Solomon captured with his articles. “We don’t have box stores or franchises or cookie-cutter buildings,” she said. “Here in Nelson we don’t fit into a box.”

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Twelve Nelson residents in matching blue shirts, led by Sandra Hartline and Barbarah Nicoll, asked city council Monday night to declare that its citizens have a right to clean air, clean water, and healthy food. They are the Nelson branch of the Blue Dot campaign, founded by David Suzuki, that has so far seen 100 Canadian municipalities and 110 national governments sign on. The declaration would, according to the organizers, fill a gap in the Charter of Rights. “By signing a declaration, the city would show its support for residents’ rights to clean air, water, and safe food, signal municipal leadership in building a healthy, sustainable community and draw attention to the Canadian constitution’s silence on environmental issues,” said Hartline. “The declaration would also ensure that the city protects and fulfills that right within its municipal boundaries.” The project was endorsed by

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Voters’ challenge still awaits figures CHELSEA NOVAK Rossland News

It’s now a new year, but we’re still waiting on the results of the Community Voters’ Challenge following October’s election. Once the results are in, one community will be declared voting champion — having achieved the highest per cent increase in voters for the region. But before the results can be tallied, the organizers behind the Community Voters’ Challenge need access to the results by poll, and that information still hasn’t been released by Elections Canada. According to Mike Chapman, one of the organizers, they were originally hoping to have those results shortly after the election. “We assumed that would be the case, but

Elections Canada has said that they want to have all their I’s dotted and T’s crossed, and until they have all the precise information, they won’t publish them,” said Chapman. A representative from Elections Canada said that it’s normal for that information to be released three to four months after an election, and expects the information will be available by either late February or sometime in March. However, in 2011 the Nelson Star obtained poll-by-poll breakdowns about a week after the election. Residents will have to wait to see who is victorious, but Chapman said the good news is we already know voter turnout in the area increased. “We know that the vote went up considerably across the region and in fact I think that was our hope and plan, and we can

celebrate that regardless of who actually won the challenge,” he said. Voter turn out in the South OkanaganWest Kootenay riding was 74 per cent, whereas the voter turnout for the BC Southern Interior riding in 2011 was 66 per cent. In Kootenay Columbia, turnout was also 74 per cent, compared to 63 per cent in 2011. In the meantime, organizers are still hoping CBC television personality Rick Mercer will take part in announcing the winner. “We still have something up our sleeve; we’re working on that. We’re hoping that once we get the results from Elections Canada and know which community came out on top, perhaps we can invite him to be part of that announcement at that point,” said Chapman.

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Fatal crashes down, impaired driving up on local roads GREG NESTEROFF Nelson Star

Local traffic police saw one encouraging trend in 2015, but lots of others that have them concerned. In a roundup of annual statistics, RCMP Sgt. John Ferguson of West Kootenay Traffic Services said there were four fatal crashes on local roads last year, down from 11 in 2014, â&#x20AC;&#x153;however four is still too many.â&#x20AC;? None were alcohol-related, but Ferguson said impaired driving charges increased by 35 per cent and roadside suspensions related to alcohol increased 100 per cent. Charges of driving while impaired by drugs increased 10 per cent. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is an alarming increase,â&#x20AC;? Ferguson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We cannot stress enough the devastation an impaired charge or an immediate roadside prohibition can have on the driver, family or victims of a crash.â&#x20AC;? On Boxing Day alone, a single officer pulled over four suspected drunk drivers in the Fruitvale area, which Ferguson called â&#x20AC;&#x153;unbelievable.â&#x20AC;? Another four drivers were taken off the road on New Yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Eve. There was also a 25 per cent increase in drug seizures and 100 per cent increase in drug trafficking charges related to people travelling on local highways. Seatbelt and cell phone-related infractions decreased, although Ferguson said distracted driving remains one of the main causes of crashes. Charges related to speeding more

RCMP Sgt. John Ferguson, the top traffic cop for the region, is concerned about what some of his statistics for 2015 show. Greg Nesteroff photo than 40 km/h over the posted limit increased by 50 per cent. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Slow down and drive to the road conditions, not the posted speed limit,â&#x20AC;? Ferguson advised. Ferguson said neither enforcement nor manpower changed with his unit between 2014 and 2015 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; in fact it was down slightly due to one officer who was off injured. He theorized, though, that some increases had to do with people becoming used to stricter roadside prohibition penalties that came into effect a few years ago. Initially, he said, people were more vigilant, but â&#x20AC;&#x153;now

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theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re back to not thinking about it.â&#x20AC;? Ferguson said no one part of West Kootenay/Boundary has a lock on questionable driving. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If it was just Nelson, going to Playmor Junction, we could easily target that, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the entire Kootenays, not just one specific place,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our patrolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mandate is to make Kootenay Boundary roads the safest in BC and we will continue to strive to do this through enforcement and education. We need the public as well to understand that adverse actions on the roads can and will affect themselves and others.â&#x20AC;?

A 23-year-old man was arrested after allegedly pepper spraying another man downtown Nelson just after midnight Sunday. Police say he ran away but was located soon after hiding in a home. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re recommending charges of assault with a weapon and possession of weapon contrary to an order. The man was released on a promise to appear in court on March 8.

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A 27-year-old local man was arrested Monday evening for allegedly shoplifting at a local grocery store. Police say alert staff at a neighbouring business called them after they witnessed the man acting suspicious in the parking lot and then entering the store. An officer found the man stuffing and hiding items in his jacket. He was also released on a promise to appear in court on March 8.

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The Nelson Street Culture Collaborative has been talking to people who rely on the street for survival to find out what would help them, and they are planning to do more of it. “Those who rely on the street culture to survive are not necessarily homeless,” says Rona Park of the Nelson Community Services Centre, who heads the initiative. “They are adrift and not connected to supports, so are on the street. They are either hungry or have no money, and they may be bored and have nothing to do.” She says the group heard recently from a man who is housed and on social assistance, but panhandling for him is a way to engage with others and not feel so isolated.

More than mental health and addiction “That is a legitimate need — some of these people are very lonely,” Park says. “So we need to go through these layers to make sure we know what is going on. It is not necessarily that if you are on the street you have a mental health problem or drug problem. There are multiple reasons why people are relying on street culture. “This is the importance of sharing stories and experiences, and not making blanket statements that lead to errors and assumptions. There is not

The Nelson Street Culture Collaborative at a meeting last summer. one approach because there are multiple needs.” The street culture collaborative consists of a large round table of people from many sectors of Nelson society, originally convened last June as a response to issues related to policing and mental health.

Lessons from other communities After several meetings since then, the group recently decided it needed to find out what other communities are doing, so it created a subgroup, consisting of 17 people from mental health, community services, business, and police. That working group came back with some best practices, including: 1. Multi-disciplinary crisis response teams. 2. Street outreach teams that include peers who have a personal history of surviving on the streets. 3. A one-stop drop-in support centre to get multiple needs met, which Park describes as “where they can not only get warm but see a mental health or housing outreach worker, or someone to look at their sore feet, or talk about other health issues.” 4. Multi-disciplinary sharing teams, where all the disciplines meet to identify key individuals that everyone is concerned about and keep an eye on them

confidentially. This would mobilize resources more efficiently and targete individuals in need. 5. Partnerships with such places as businesses, libraries, victims services, recreation programs, youth and family services, and other organizations so that the moment someone from street culture walks in any door there is a connection that can be made to appropriate resources. It would help people in any business or office know who to call or what to do. 6. A mental health first aid program, a one-day training program anyone can take, to identify when there is a mental health issue and how to respond.

Looking for a common agenda Park says after coming up with these approaches the group decided it needed to test them out. So they plan to conduct some focus groups with people on the street. “We’ll say, ‘This is what we have learned. Would this make a difference in your life?’ We would do that in low key ways where people already meet. We will ask them questions and see what they say, and bring it back to the bigger group.” In starting and guiding the collaborative, Park is relying on a proven method known as a collective impact initiative. The five components are a common agenda, shared measurement,

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mutually reinforcing activities, continuous communication, and funding support. Park says the group is currently working on the first two stages: developing a common agenda and shared measurements.

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The Kootenay Kiltie Pipe Band is hosting an evening of Scottish culture and celebration on Saturday January 30th 2016 at the Nelson Eagles hall. Your ticket to the traditional banquet includes haggis, roast beef, neeps, tatties as well as the music of the great highland pipes and drums, highland dance, poetry, humour, and song, all in celebration of the “Scottish Bard” Robert Burns. Tickets for the evening are $40 ($20 for children under 12) and can be reserved by phoning 250-825-9418. Festivities begin at 5:30pm. Book early, as space is limited. Proceeds from the evening provide support the Kootenay Kiltie Pipe Band, a Nelson fixture for over 97 years.

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2016 a year for poverty reduction

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appy New Year! I hope you had a wonderful holiday season filled with peace and joy and that it continues on into 2016. For me, I enjoyed a bit of time with family and friends as we skied, tobogganed and shared in our communities’ festivities. The holidays also remind us that not everyone is able to afford the basics. While poverty lives in every community all year round, the holidays have come to be a time when generosity is greatest and our thoughts are most reflective on others. This holiday season I thought of the 6,000 children living in poverty who saw some change in the past year, but not enough. The year started off well with the announcement that New Democrats, parents and advocacy groups’ work to end the child support clawback would end on Sept. 1, 2015. This poverty-creating policy had been taking $13 million away from 6,000 of BC’s poorest kids every year under the BC Liberals simply because their single parents received income assistance or disability. Since September, children like Neveah and Gabriella, whom I got to know through their courageous parents, started keeping their child support. This money put nutritious food on the table and paid for school supplies. Rosie, now 15, paid for her own Star Wars ticket instead of asking a friend to pay. This holiday season, they all had more of what they needed because we changed a bad government policy. That a small group of people made such an important change is wonderEMAIL LETTERS TO: editor@nelsonstar.com DROP OFF/MAIL: Suite B - 91 Baker St., Nelson BC V1L 4G8 Phone 250-352-1890

ful to reflect upon and it warms my heart. But reality sets in too. For the most part, the 6,000 kids now getting their child support still live in poverty. That’s how bad child poverty is in British Columbia. The big culprit for these thousands of children is that their families’ income assistance rates remain well below the most conservative poverty measures. Because their families can’t afford appropriate, safe and healthy housing while waitlists for BC Housing remain over two years long, many of their housing needs aren’t being met. Yet the BC Liberal government insists thousands of private market housing units are available for $375 per month despite current data from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation saying otherwise. Food costs continue to rise too and electricity rates jump each year under Christy Clark. These 6,000 children are some of most hard hit by increased costs and lack of affordability, but they aren’t the only ones. One in five BC children live in poverty. That’s 167,810 kids and there are thousands more with parents just barely over the poverty line. Then there are thousands more with parents whose wages aren’t keeping pace with increases to MSP, auto insurance, childcare, activities like soccer, property taxes, bus passes and more. As a result, they are struggling more each year to keep up with the bills. Maybe this is your story. If not, it’s the story of someone you know. That’s why we need a legislated poverty reduction plan. I’ve introduced my Poverty Reduction and Economic Inclusion Bill three times. Christy Clark responds by ignoring it and leaving BC as the only province without a real plan of action. This spring when I’m back in Victoria, I will introduce my bill again and continue to do so until it’s debated and passed. We need a poverty reduction plan this year. Plans work. They work year round. They work for the 167,810 children who deserve better. They work for all of us. Michelle Mungall is the MLA for Nelson-Creston. Her column appears monthly.

Loud pipes make motorcycling safer Re: “Motorcycle noise petition presented,” Dec. 23 I am writing in response to Art Mason, whose opinions were featured in the Nelson Star and Gloria Lisgo, whose opinions were featured in the Valley Voice. Gloria Lisgo began a petition that obtained 4,300 signatures objecting to motorcycles with loud pipes, of which 14 per cent are from tourists. I feel tourists have no standing in this issue as they travel through the Kootenays, do not live here and really are not affected. Quoting one person’s comment on the Nelson Star article, “most bikes going down the road have read articles in magazines such as Cycle Canada. These people come from all over and they aren’t going to change their pipes for one road.” If a law was created and enforced like these two people want, then the Kootenays would lose a valuable asset. Motorcycle enthusiasts would stop coming to the Kootenays. Ms. Lisgo stated “many motorcyclists pass through without stopping.” This is untrue as many enjoy stopping at the local coffee shops, restaurants and pubs for a bite to eat and a drink to drink. They stop and fuel up at the local gas stations. They stop at local shops to purchase souvenirs and gifts for friends and family. They stay in local motels and campgrounds. There is no difference between the “tourists” who drive through the Kootenays and motorcycle enthusiasts who ride through the Kootenays. The Kootenays are a favourite area to ride due to the twisty corners, beautiful scenery and mainly friendly people. Gloria Lisgo was quoted in the Valley Voice as saying “excessive noise can affect physical, emotional and mental health” and “summer was ruined, as motorcycle pipes are noisy and people can not talk and can barely think.” My question to her is: why did she purchase property close to the highway? Did she not take into consideration the traffic noise? Traffic noise encompasses all traffic, not just motorcycles. Semi trucks and logging trucks can be quite loud and annoying, especially their jake brakes. Why single out motorcycles? Why not

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Does having loud pipes lead to greater safety for motorcyclists? One letter-writer thinks so. Thinkstock/Getty Images make and enforce a law against all vehicles including semis, logging trucks and other vehicles with loud pipes? To single out motorcycles is a form of discrimination. Motorcycles have just as much right to be on the roads as cars and trucks, both large and small. If you live close to a highway you should be aware of all the traffic noise and find a solution that does not include limiting the sound made by motorcycles. I support loud pipes on motorcycles. I ride an American-made motorcycle. My pipes are loud and have a unique sound. That sound has saved me from being hit by a car that was going to change lanes right into me. The driver didn’t see me as she didn’t shoulder check before the lane change. I down shifted in anticipation of her lane change, something I was taught in my motorcycle safety course. This burst of noise got the driver’s attention and she pulled back into her lane, thus avoiding colliding with me and my motorcycle. Loud pipes do save lives. Many vehicle drivers don’t take the time and effort to be aware of motorcycles around them. Motorcycles are not as large as a car or truck and can easily be overlooked. The sound of a motorcycle’s pipes makes a driver aware that there is a motorcycle around them. Loud pipes make it safer for motorcycle enthusiasts. Ruth Meyers Meadow Creek

Urban skiers should use more discretion On Tuesday afternoon, around 2:30, I was driving down Stanley St. toward Baker. As I approached the Hall Mines intersection, movement to my right side and up the bank caught my eye. It was a snow-

boarder coming down the slope who was about to do a railslide down the set of stairs that end on the Stanley St. sidewalk. Someone was filming him at the top of the steps, someone else was at the bottom (I’m guessing a spotter). The timing of this would have put him onto the street right when I arrived if the snowboarder didn’t stop himself. I slowed down and sure enough when he landed on the sidewalk he fell backwards and slid out into the street on his back. If I didn’t notice what was going on there’s a good chance I would have run over his head. I stopped adjacent to them (three teenaged boys), and all I could think to say at the time was, “That’s really f— dangerous.” I got a “yeah!”, a stupid grin, and some laughs back. I continued on but I was rattled. I ran in my mind what would have happened if I’d hit him. Not only what would have happened to him, but how it would affect my life, what I would have to live with. If I’d swerved to avoid hitting him and ran into oncoming traffic, maybe I’d injure someone else and myself. I remember skateboarding in the 1980s and ‘90s when I was young, getting chased by security guards in downtown Vancouver. Kids will do what kids do. I wouldn’t expect urban skiing, even though it’s illegal, to stop. We live in an extreme environment and we breed these kinds of athletes. My one plea though, if you’re going to do it, is to exercise some discretion. Stay away from heavy traffic areas, especially in the middle of the day. You may be willing to accept the risks to yourself that come with this activity, but when it can impact other people think twice. Stop being selfish. Carlo Alcos Nelson

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WAY N E G E R M A I N E Serving Nelson & Area Since 1987. SLUGS: To the transit system. On Dec. 18 I spent close to $70 to shuttle to the airport and back. Decided to take the bus and save some money. With flashlight and heavy bag in hand, I walked through the snow (having to stop six times to rest in about two blocks). Approaching bus whizzed by. Then had to trek back home and call a taxi. — Tired 83-year-old HUGS: Big, cozy, snowflake hugs to the kind neighbour who took in a cold, scared, blond dog the night the fireworks started early and scared him away from his gramma’s house. When he came back in the morning he had obviously not spent the night outside and was very happy with his “spa” night. Bless your heart and dog smarts. Thank you. HUGS: To the person who will honestly return my black wool mitts lined with fleece with a snowflake on top, to the customer service counter at Save-On-Foods, no questions asked. I trustingly had them in a green pull basket as I went about the aisles. I was also walking between home and mall and did not have anything to keep my hands warm for the walk home. Please, you’ll sleep better knowing you’ve done the right thing. “What goes around comes around.”

SLUGS: To managers who place their own job security and company rules over the use of human compassion and empathy. We all know you have a job to do but a better understanding of employees’ needs during a crisis is part of basic training in your profession. Guess you missed that part? If you’re reading this and it seems to fit your role then reflect and apologize. The moral to this is “be sure brain is engaged before putting your mouth in gear.” HUGS: To the members of the Nelson Leafs who played shinny hockey with a group of much younger children and one much older man on the Lions Park ice rink this past Saturday afternoon. Your love of the game really shone in the way you encouraged the young children to be a part of the game. Those children were very excited about the opportunity to be playing with members of the Nelson Leafs. On that rink, this Saturday afternoon, you were exemplary ambassadors of the Nelson Leafs and hockey in Canada. I’m very proud of you. BTW: Congratulations on last Saturday’s win against Beaver Valley. HUGS: Thank you and great big hugs to the good Samaritans driving on Highway 6 toward Nelson on Dec. 18. You saw me slide into the ditch and quickly came to my aid and rescue. I will be forever

grateful and I am not sure how I would have handled it without you. Thanks to the young lady who directed everyone on what to do and to the young men who dug my car out! There was no serious damage to my car, myself or others that could have been in direct line with my slide. It’s nice to know there are helpful people such as yourselves out there. It restores my faith in humanity. Happy holidays and enjoy the snow! HUGS: Big warm fuzzy bear hugs to the creative, visionary, inspiring, helpful, and talented artists/ musicians/ actors/filmmakers in this amazing city I call home now. Many of you have more ambition than someone like me who just goes to a job four to five days a week that I may not enjoy that much. But I have a second job that allows me to check out amazing talent. Keep on going: you may not even know it yet but I am a huge fan of whatever amazing inspiration you’re conjuring up right now. Slugs to those who judge people by saying they have no talent, or consider people on assistance just bums on Baker. A small slug of advice: listen with your heart when they speak/open your eyes and minds to their art/breathe in and out/peacefully ask that they play their music/allow your soul to feel the beat and move to it. — Quiet fan cheering loudly in my heart

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From 2014 to 2020, Canada is marking the centennial of the First World War and the 75th anniversary of the Second World War. Pat Henman of the Capitol Theatre will be directing a 2014 play by David van Belle, Liberation Days, a Calgary-based playwright of Dutch descent whose grandparents emigrated here because they were impressed by Canadian soldiers who liberated the Netherlands. Auditions are coming up and there will be four performances from March 3 to 6.

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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.

Movies Star Wars: Episode VII continues to play multiple times daily at the Civic Theatre. Thirty years after defeating the Galactic Empire, Han Solo (Harrison Ford) and his allies face a new threat from the evil Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) and his army of Stormtroopers. The 2016 Amnesty International Film Festival comes to the Shambhala Hall on Jan. 29 and 30, playing a number of films including The Highway of Tears and Casablanca Calling. There will be two films at 7 p.m. on Friday, two at 1 p.m. on Saturday and two at 7 p.m. on Saturday.

Music On Saturday, Jan. 9 Mama Sita’s Cafe in Winlaw will host The Pocket Divas at 7:30 p.m. as part of a birthday bash. The night will include birthday cake. Ellison’s Cafe Acoustic Unplugged Sessions start again on Saturday, Jan. 9 with a performance from Kootenay Music Award winner Motes and Oats. Melissa McCready and Shannon Moldenhauer co-write jazzy

New artwork will be displayed by Rielle Oswald at the Kootenay Lake Gallery in Kaslo. The exhibition will open at 5 p.m. on Jan. 29. It is called The Butteryfly Show.

Literary Arts Winlaw author Chris Dawson will launch his satirical oil sands novel Oily Business at the Nelson Public Library on Jan. 19 at 7 p.m. The cover was designed by local artist Tisha Becker. The book begins with a helicopter crash that strands an oil sands spin doctor and an environmentalist together, using flashbacks to illustrate how they reached this point.

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Transforming the Kootenay Lake school district

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ootenay Lake district superintendent Jeff Jones was the principal of a school in Calgary years ago when he witnessed one of his career’s best examples of transformational education. Having made multiple trips to the local zoo, he wanted his students to “zero in on a topic of inquiry.” “The Grade 1 and 2 class wanted to study polar bears. Before long their questions began to morph into a study of their migratory patterns, which eventually led them to learn about the effects of global warming,” Jones told me. He was speaking about the district’s recent decision to funnel another $110,326 towards transformational education initiatives locally, a decision that will begin to bear fruit in 2016. “Their personal action was to write letters to politicians about what the children could be doing to address the impact of global warming. The teacher’s job was to help the children get to the place where they had a question, and then they had the opportunity to access experts in their field.” In this class it was zoo staff, as well as a climate scientist, who came in to share their expertise with the youngsters. Through this experience, Jones believes the kids engaged much more deeply with the subject than they would’ve had they stuck to the basic curriculum. “Who would’ve thought a trip to the zoo could lead to a project on global warming?”

‘We have a responsibility to look forward’ Jones has a reputation in the school district as

being a visionary, something that inspires a polarizing response from teachers and parents. There are those who believe he’s thinking too big for a rural community, and those who would prefer if he focused on maintaining the status quo. But when asked whether transformational education is truly a worthy expenditure for Kootenay Lake schools, Jones couldn’t have been firmer. “We have a responsibility to think ahead and to look forward. It’s irresponsible to prepare kids for a world gone by, or solely for the world in which we currently live,” he said. “The reality is, if you listen to the grad speeches, the majority of these students are leaving the community. They might come back, but first they’re going into other places in the world.” He believes the district must keep this in mind. “To think we’re educating them to live here in a quiet, rural lifestyle is misleading them and misleading ourselves.” He said the economy is changing, and education has to change in response. So preparing them for a rural, contemporary lifestyle just doesn’t make sense. And sticking to outdated education models won’t do them any favours. “They have to have a sense of what the world is and how it works before we send them out there to find out for themselves.”

The future of education Last year Jones’ contract as superintendent was renewed until July 2019, and I took the opportunity to find out his plans for the coming years. That was the first time he told me about transformational education. “Rather than memorization of knowledge, I think we should be assessing student ability to demonstrate skills and competencies they’re going to need. We have to ask can they work collaboratively? Can they represent knowledge in many different ways?” he said. As the school year progressed, I started to notice more and more projects taking place

The Wildflower mural project is one example of a transformational education initiative. Superintendent Jeff Jones has earmarked $110,326 of surplus funds to support these projects. Will Johnson photo outside classroom walls. One of the first to catch my attention was Teresa Olleck’s South Nelson class, who spent the year working in the Hendryx St. Forest Garden. That was followed by a multi-grade art project in Slocan, a mural collaboration with the Sinixt by Wildflower students and a mock business fair in Rosemont. “This is the future of education,” Jones told me, when I met him at Mount Sentinel Secondary’s Sustainability Day in October, in which students toured a neighbouring farm, had workshops with community issues and discussed how best to embrace sustainability at their school. “We’re challenging traditional paradigms by engaging students in deep inquiry into topics that really matter to them, and we’re helping them be thoughtful about how they’ll contribute and become leaders in the global community,” Jones said. “We’ve taken our students right out of the traditional timetable and gotten them outside their classroom walls.”

Opening up the possibilities Jones said in the past innovation has been quashed by an over-reliance on curriculum, and teachers with exciting and effective practices often kept them secret. He wants to encourage teachers, as well as students, to follow their creative impulses and think outside the box. “We’re looking at a shift towards the teacher being the activator instead of the installer of knowledge. They’re activating the learning and engagement within the students

so they can delve into the bigger questions. The students then become leaders of their own learning.” And the way they share their discoveries can be idiosyncratic. “One example is a student could show a panel of people through dance what they know about the impacts of poverty in the local community. Then we could work on how to apply that knowledge so they can assist in some way.” Linking learning to community issues in this way brings the school district in line with the UN’s Global Sustainability Goals — another crucial aspect of Jones’ educational strategy. “The global sustainability goals are essentially the hook for global thinking and participation that we can attach our current curriculum to.” For instance, Crawford Bay received funding to support a local food initiative that saw them plant a garden and grow their own food. Since one global sustainability goal is to end hunger worldwide, he said the project fits nicely with their priorities. “I suspect some students, as a result of their learning, will become members of communities that are looking at bringing food to all people in the world.”

Looking forward to 2016 Jones is immensely proud of some of the projects his schools have taken on, including a partnership with a school in South America started by kids at Canyon-Lister and a water project em-

barked upon by Redfish. He hopes there will be plenty of projects like these in the coming year. With the new budget surplus allocation, teachers and community partners can start pitching projects to him. In other words: get dreaming! For inspiration, Jones shared the story of Zach Bonner, a US student who started a nonprofit to raise awareness and money for homeless children and youth. His life story was eventually adapted into the movie The Red Wagon. “I think to myself: that didn’t happen in the confines of a timetable. They still today have what are called Zach-packs, which are backpacks full of teddy bears and food and everything a homeless kid needs to feel normal and loved.” The biggest takeaway from this, according to Jones? That was the work of just one kid. “That’s just one kid. What would happen if a whole school took up the work together?”

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arliament is made up of the House of Commons (338 members — 184 Liberals, 99 Conservatives, 44 New Democrats, 10 Bloc Quebecois, and one Green), the Senate (105 senators — currently 47 Conservatives, 29 former Liberals, six independents, one independent Conservative and 22 vacant seats), Queen Elizabeth II and Governor General David Johnston. The House of Commons is an interesting mix of history, law-making and theatre. When we took our seats on Dec. 3 for the opening of Canada’s 42nd parliament I couldn’t help but stop and think of Sir John A. Macdonald, our first prime minister in 1867, and the fact that here in the house is where Canada was “made” over the last 148 years! What a humbling experience it is, and what an honour to be there representing the 107,589 people who live within the 64,000 square kilometre Kootenay Columbia riding. My sincere thanks to

the 74 per cent of eligible voters who took the time to vote on Oct. 19 — it truly is the best way to demonstrate that you care about democracy and the kind of country that you want Canada to be! The sitting of parliament begins with tradition, from the knock on the door of the house by the Usher of the Black Rod with an invitation to walk to the senate to meet with the governor general to officially open the session, to the election of the speaker of the house (Geoff Regan) who gets reluctantly dragged to the speaker’s chair by the prime minister and the leader of the

the House of Commons. While the speech included hopeful initiatives that will be good for Canada (as I said during the campaign there are many similarities between the NDP and the Liberal Party platforms) it also led to the first disappointment. As part of the debate on the speech from the throne we proposed a sub-amendment whose purpose was to benefit “some of Canada’s most vulnerable citizens, including: seniors through an increase to the guaranteed income supplement; middle class families through reducing taxes on the first income bracket (the ap-

the third party (we refer to ourselves as the progressive opposition … because it’s true!) limits the number of questions we are able to ask in question period, is there a specific question you would like me to ask the Liberal government? If yes, please describe the issue and its significance to the riding and/ or Canada, including references and sources, and what the specific ask is. I will do my best to get it on to the floor. The second opportunity is longer term. Government ministers introduce legislation as they see fit; for the rest of us our names go into a hat for the opportunity

Government ministers introduce legislation as they see fit; for the rest of us our names go into a hat for the opportunity to put forward a private member’s bill for consideration by the house. I was drawn 111th, which means I will be able to table a bill in 2017 or 2018 as they are done sequentially. Wayne Stetski opposition. The staged reluctance comes from history where legend has it that in jolly old England if the reigning monarch didn’t like the speaker’s decisions it was “Off with his head!” The next day it was down to business with the reading of the Liberal government’s speech from the throne by the governor general in the senate chamber, which was then voted on in

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proved Liberal tax cut for the middle class benefits people making from $45,000 to $90,000plus — nothing for the lowest income earners); low-income earners by introducing a $15 per hour minimum wage for federally regulated jobs; and support to those struggling to enter the workforce with a robust and reliable employment insurance program.” Our proposal was voted down by both the Liberal and Conservative parties. While parliament only sat for seven days in December it was a very busy time with one session finishing just before 8 p.m. I was privileged to be one of the first members of parliament to give their maiden speech (Hansard Vol. 148, No. 3, first session, 42nd parliament, Dec. 7, page 76 or go to https://youtu. be/1uo9wkxKCDI). We are required to be in our seats in the house for our assigned duty days, for all votes, and for question period. The house resumes sitting on Jan. 25 and goes through until June 23 with a total of six weeks off during that period. I plan on providing you with regular updates but also want to give you an opportunity to be a part of what happens in parliament. While being

to put forward a private member’s bill for consideration by the house. I was drawn 111th, which means I will be able to table a bill in 2017 or 2018 as they are done sequentially. While this does seem to be a long ways away it does take time to draft good legislation and there are many members of parliament who won’t get any opportunity to put forward a bill during the four years of this session of parliament. What do you think the priority should be for our riding? To provide your input or for any other concerns please email wayne.stetski@parl.gc.ca or phone 250-919-9104. My next update will provide a complete listing of constituency office locations and contact information in Ottawa, Nelson and Cranbrook. In the interim I am continuing my visits to communities around the riding along with an opportunity for you to book one-onone meetings. Prior to Christmas I met with constituents in Elkford, Sparwood, Fernie, Kimberley, Cranbrook and Nelson, with more to come. Happy new year to all — I do hope that 2016 is a great year for you! Wayne Stetski is the MP for Kootenay-Columbia.

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For his upcoming remounting of his one-man show Campground, Lucas Myers (left) incorporated feedback from community members including local murder mystery writer Deryn Collier (right). Will Johnson photo

Lucas Myers’ Campground, Take Two Busy Nelson thespian has revamped murder mystery for one-nightonly performance at the Capitol WILL JOHNSON Nelson Star

At the end of both performances of his one-man murder mystery Campground last year, Lucas Myers asked the sold-out crowds at the Capitol Theatre to doggy-pile him with feedback. “The first time I do a show it’s usually me going pffft, here it is. It’s almost like a workshop in that I haven’t bounced it off anybody yet, and with a show like this that has so many moving parts and that’s reliant on someone watching it and figuring out the clues? I was desperate for feedback,” he told the Star. “That’s why I was so delighted when Deryn Collier got in touch.”

Collier, a local murder mystery writer, attended the show with her husband and decided she’d call Myers and share some expertise. The two sit on Oxygen Art Centre’s board, and are longtime friends. Together they hashed out places he could massage the script. Now, when Myers goes on stage for his one-night only performance at the Capitol on Saturday, Jan. 16, Collier will be sitting in the audience with a comp ticket. But she won’t only be watching it critically — she legitimately enjoys herself. “I always go to Lucas’ shows. He’s so talented, and my husband loves him too, so it’s something we can enjoy together. It’s the sort of situation where your cheeks hurt the next day from laughing so hard.” That being said, she saw minor opportunities for tweaking and figured she could give Myers a crash course in the conventions of murder mysteries. She told him “I got it, but I could’ve gotten it a lot better.” This is another example of the collaborative approach being

taken by artists in the area — as exemplified by the growing Blue Night culture crawl — and both Myers and Collier believe cross-genre partnerships are a great way to stimulate and engage the local arts community. “I wouldn’t willy-nilly call someone up and say ‘I want to work with you, I want to collaborate,’” said Collier. “It’s a really measured thing. I have to be careful how many stories are in my head, I have to keep track of my own stories. As an artist your gift is your mindset, your imagination, so being conscientious with how you’re using that is really important.” In this case, she decided it was something she wanted to engage in. But to be clear: Campground is Myers’ show, and his alone. And that means, as always, it will incorporate recognizable Kootenay characters — such as his iconic Randy from Creston — but without resorting to caricatures. Instead, his Trailer Park Boys-esque affection for these characters is always apparent. “In Lucas’ shows there’s always an emotional truth to them,

which is what makes them so funny,” said Collier. Campground follows Myers’ Detective Shelly as he searches for a missing boy. Along the way he encounters a number of characters, including the hipster Justin Case, a redneck named Michael Hodgkins and a “crazy hippie” named Warren. Two of those characters — Hogkins and Case — have online incarnations on Facebook, and Myers encourages audiences to friend them before coming to the show. After the performance at the Capitol, Myers will take the show first to Kaslo’s Langham Theatre and then to the Vallican Whole. He has other plans for it, such as a summer theatre festival on Gabriola Island, and he hopes to book it around the province. “I’m curious for people to come and see it again. It’s not dramatically different, but it’s a streamlined version of the same story,” Myers said. Collier interrupted him. “I think people should come whether they’ve seen it or not, because it’s great.”

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Winter’s wonderland at Wildflower Wildflower student Torin Munroe was practising buttsledding after school let out on Tuesday afternoon when the Star swung by. Meanwhile Noah Leus was enjoying mouthfuls of snow while hanging out with twins Finn and Kelly Coull. Eli Perello clambered across the play structure while Winter McGovern and Talli Philips hung out on the monkey bars. Will Johnson photos

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City of Nelson seeks submissions for art rental program SUBMITTED Black Press

The City of Nelson is embarking upon an art rental program that will see the city’s indoor public spaces reflecting Nelson’s creative nature. The idea stemmed from a request from Mayor Deb Kozak to display local art in her office. From this seed, the idea of a program that would enliven city hall, while supporting local artists, was put forward by the Cultural Development Committee and gained the support of city council. “Over the years, Nelson has assembled a wonderful inventory of over 40 permanent pieces of public art, heritage markers and artistic infrastructure pieces throughout the city,” says chair Stephanie Fischer. “Four years ago, the committee also initiated the popular rotating sculpture gallery on Baker St., in partnership with Castlegar’s Sculpturewalk. I’m excited that through these initiatives we are able to support and promote the growth of public art in

Nelson. This new program will further contribute to citizens and visitors experiencing art as part of their day-today lives.”

As such, the Cultural Development Committee is now calling for Nelson and area artists to submit their work to this new art rental program.

Applicants are asked to provide electronic images of their pieces, along with the medium, dimensions, value and artist bio. All artwork must be suit-

ably framed and ready for hanging. Largersized paintings are recommended due to the nature of the space they will inhabit. Submissions

will be adjudicated by the committee’s public art working group. The deadline for submissions is Jan. 15. Currently, this program

is limited to within city hall. Based on the program’s success, it may be extended to include other city-owned property and outside spaces.

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Dateline: Jan. 4, 1916 Although little Mr. New Year had been in possession of his new house and had practically settled down to live out his 366 day lease, the festivities in his honor at the Hume Hotel last night were a great success and lost nothing of their gaiety by being several days late. Long before the old year had pulled his hood over his snowy locks and slipped away into the limbo where all years go, reservations had been made for tables in the hotel dining room up to the full capacity of the floor and table space. So that when last night at last arrived and the wait-

ers and waitresses began to serve the early diners, those with reservations for a later hour filled the waiting rooms and halls of the hotel in anticipatory groups. Many who found it impossible to obtain reservations for dinner dined elsewhere and attended the dance later. Dateline: Jan. 13, 1916 At the monthly meeting of the Nelson chapter of the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire it was decided to donate the sum of $25 to The Daily News Belgian relief fund. It was announced that 14 pairs of pajamas and 28 helpless shirts were ready to be baled and shipped to the front. The members of the order were requested to contribute at least one helpless shirt a week to this cause and it was announced that material, already cut and prepared, might be had at the rooms on Baker Street at the cost of the material. For this purpose the rooms will be open every Monday and Tuesday afternoon and for the pur-

pose of making surgical supplies every Thursday and Friday afternoons. Dateline: Jan. 17, 1916 Saturday night the Nelson hockey team broke the jinx that has been closely sticking to it since the beginning of the season by defeating the Rossland hockey team at the Nelson rink by the score of 6 to 4 after 20 minutes of overtime play and a free-for-all in which some 200 fans charged down on the ice and started a miniature battle of Ypres. The rioters kept the police and rink attendants busy for about 30 minutes while the crowd in the stand hollered for some more hockey. According to the opinion of the majority of the fans present the game was the best witnessed this season on the Nelson ice rink or any other rink in Kootenay and Boundary, it taking three hours and 20 minutes to play the game, allowing for intervals: the score standing at 4 to 4 at the end of the third period. Two 10 minute extra periods

were played, five minutes each way until the final two goals put in by Nelson gave the game to the local club. According to estimates there were 1,000 fans present. Dateline: Jan. 28, 1916 It was stated by a Nelson coal dealer last night that until the arrival of two cars in the city last evening every coal yard has been swept clean of coal of all kinds yesterday. One local dealer stated that to try and fill the demand for coal in the city from the two cars on hand would be like “attempting to feed 150 men with one can of biscuits,” as he declared, every coal office in the city was flooded with orders which it was being found impossible to fill. The coal shortage is attributable to the inability of the mines to secure sufficient labor to supply the demands that are being made upon them. It is thought that the weather, which has affected transportation, has in some measure delayed cars already shipped.

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Soccer saved Kelvin Opiyo. Now he’s hoping it can save others as well. Opiyo, a recent Selkirk College graduate, travelled to Kenya in December with a hefty donation of equipment from Nelson Youth Soccer. Opiyo and his wife, Nikole, are organizing a pair of tournaments in his native Mombasa that he believes will help some of the city’s impoverished youths. “I grew up in a slum area. You know what goes on around there. Drugs, hopelessness and things like that. I was inspired through soccer [to] have a disciplined life. It shaped me as a man,” said Opiyo, who spoke from Kenya on Sunday. “I see what’s happening to most of the youth there because of hopelessness and poor parenting. They could fall into any of this stuff. I have friends I have grown up with who are criminals, and they’re dead now. I’ve got friends in jail. But also now I have youth that look up to me after we started this program with my wife.” Opiyo started his own soccer program in Kenya in 2010, and received his first donation from J.L. Crowe Secondary in Trail a year later. The program has continued ever since, with Opiyo continuing to send assistance back even after he moved to Castlegar in February 2013 to work on a business administration diploma. “We had our own team that we trained and we empowered, and then now we’ve started working with other teams through tournaments and helping train coaches,” he said. It was during his time in the Kootenays that Opiyo was introduced to Sveta Tisma, the executive director of NYS. This year Tisma sent Opiyo to Kenya with 80 jerseys, 15 pairs of shoes, four soccer balls, about

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Kelvin Opiyo (pictured left) and Nelson Youth Soccer executive director Sveta Tisma holding some of the jerseys that were sent to Kenya. Submitted 20 pairs of shorts and four or five shin pads. The equipment all goes to players on 14 teams who will compete this month in under-13 and under-15 tournaments. It’s not the first time NYS has donated equipment overseas, and Tisma said the practice is a priority for the association. “Why is it important? Promoting soccer in third-world countries. Simple as that. Helping poor kids that don’t have really any possibility of getting any uniform whatsoever,” said Tisma. The donation is only one part of Opiyo’s work in the country. He raises funds through Multi-Nation Missions

Foundation, a Christian organization based out of Abbotsford, to help kids pay for medical needs, school fees and even rent. Opiyo joked some students he helped sponsor ended up graduating college before he did. He didn’t necessarily need to get his diploma; he had all the experience he needed already, but Opiyo wanted to set an example. Opiyo will return to Canada at the end of the month but is already planning another trip to Kenya in 2017. “I feel I’m called to do this and the youth are my heartbeat.”

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Anyone interested in watching the Nelson Leafs play hockey had to wait a period for the team to show up. The Leafs opened Wednesday’s game against the Spokane Braves with a heinous first period before rallying back from a threegoal deficit en route to a 6-3 win. The lowly Braves made Nelson look like a team of pylons during a dismal stretch of play that ended with Spokane leading 2-0 after having outshot the Leafs

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9-7. “We were playing like dogs,” said Leafs goaltender Zakery Babin. “We had to pick it up. No way we should be losing to a last-place team like that.” That period can now be scrubbed from KIJHL history. Nelson gave up another goal early in the second but responded with six unanswered goals to finish the game. Eamonn Miller scored twice, while Jordan Davie, Andy Fitzpatrick, Matthew Sokol and Blair Andrews also scored for Leafs (16-20-1). Babin made

nine saves after coming on in relief for Patrick Ostermann, who gave up three goals on 11 shots. Troy Pichette scored twice for the Braves (5-27-4) while Kurtis Redding had a single and goaltender Patrick Kasper stopped 25 shots. Miller scored a power play goal at 17:37 into the third period on a wrist shot that gave Nelson its first lead of the game. Sokol meanwhile weaved through two Braves defenders and snapped a backhand past Kasper with four minutes left to give Nelson the insurance goal it needed. Andrews added an empty-net goal in the dying seconds.

Miller said the team that returned to the ice after the first intermission was the real Leafs. The dogs, presumably, had been placed on waivers. “There’s no question,” said Miller. “We had a slow start but the last [Beaver Valley] game and the last 40 minutes [Wednesday], that’s our team. That’s how we should play every night.” The game started chippy. Each team had two players in the box less than three minutes into the game. Spokane had just killed off a Nelson penalty when Redding fired a one-timer from the face-off circle at 13:24 to give CONTINUED ON A18

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Miller scores twice as Leafs complete comeback the Braves an unexpected lead on their second shot of the game. Spokane’s second goal drew plenty of ire from the Leafs players. Pichette collected a bouncing pass ahead of the play and went in on a breakaway. His shot trickled in at 5:38 but appeared to be helped by Pichette making contact with Ostermann — just not enough to be called off. Ostermann’s evening ended shortly after the second period began. Pichette’s second of the game just a minute and a half in had the Leafs starter showing some anger as he departed in favour of Babin. The Leafs’ three-goal rally started just over two minutes later on a tip-in by Fitzpatrick that put Nelson on the board but did little to fire up the crowd. There was plenty more enthusiasm, however, for Miller’s goal at 10:30.

some life into what had started off as a forgettable affair. The goal was Davie’s sixth in six games and 12th point during the streak. “We love winning. We had a rough patch there before the break but we’re back and we’re a new team,” said Miller.

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He stayed with the puck during a Leafs line change — he later said he was unaware a line change was even happening — and stripped Kasper behind the net before circling around

for the easy dump-in. Davie completed Nelson’s comeback at 4:28. He jumped on a big rebound during a power play to tie the game at three and finally put

Defenceman Austin Anselmo was called up to the BCHL’s Surrey Eagles. Coach Mario DiBella said he doesn’t believe Anselmo will return to the Leafs. Defenceman Cole Arcuri meanwhile remains on personal leave, which meant Nelson played with just five blueliners Wednesday. … The league’s trade deadline is Sunday. … Nelson visits the Neil Murdoch Division-leading Beaver Valley Nitehawks in Fruitvale on Saturday.

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here are more books on my reading wish-list than I’ll get to in my lifetime. If it’s daunting, it’s also an embarrassment of riches. How lucky am I to be able to read whatever book I choose! And so in the spirit of good reading and the lists to which we aspire, this column is about the books you’ve suggested, the books we’ve suggested, and the books you might find yourself reading when you play Book Bingo! with your library in the new year. In our new cookbook Pairings, we asked the chefs of Nelson for their favourite recipes and books, resulting in a wonderfully eclectic culinary and literary collection. In celebration of our lovely new publication we offered a chance to win a copy by telling us about the book that lit up your life. And you did. Both kids and adults told us about unforgettable children’s books such as The Giver by Lois Lowry, C.S. Lewis’s Narnia series, and of course Winnie the Pooh. Lois wrote “Last year when I was very ill I read a chapter a night. It was such a soothing, calming, delightful read that I felt if all was well with Christopher Robin and all the creatures of the 100 acre wood then all was well for me.” It can be a matter of the right book at the right time that makes all the difference, especially if you’re a teen. Willa told us about This Star Won’t Go Out by Esther Earl, and Nancy offered Forever by Mildred Cram, her “go-to book for a romantic story of unconditional love in life and death.”

For Mary, George Orwell’s 1984 “forever changed my perspective on government control,” and for Bonnie, The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir “opened my eyes to an idea that was just waiting to change my life: women’s liberation.” Marcia loved The People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks about the Sarajevo Haggadah, “the stories of the grains of sand, drops of wine, and bits found between the pages of the amazing illustrated and illuminated book.” This one’s now on my wish-list; I love books about books. Alan’s grandmother read him A Flatiron for a Farthing by Juliana Horatia Ewing when he was a child in England, and it sparked a lifelong love of reading. “You will have to be getting ancient as I am to know what a flatiron was, or a farthing for that matter,” he says. “I have no idea now what it was about, but

it got me started on the exploration of the real as well as the fictional world that books bring to us.” A glutton for reading lists, I asked my colleagues for their best read in 2015. Like the disparate characters we are (in the best possible way), the list includes Cara’s recommendation of the sharply funny graphic novel and history send-up Step Aside, Pops! by Kate Beaton, and Helen’s choice, Mrs. Sinclair’s Suitcase by Louise Walters, in which a bookstore clerk

is “fascinated by what she finds inside the books the store receives, especially things like letters and postcards.” From Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel The Heart Goes Last (thanks, Eva) to the Jacqueline Woodson’s poetic book for children Brown Girl Dreaming (thanks, Nancy), this list is a keeper. Look for the full lists on our website at nelsonlibrary.ca, and in our newsletter, available at the circulation desk. And starting in the New Year, you can grow your own list by playing Book Bingo! Challenge yourself to step out of your reading norms, fill the lines on the bingo card, and win prizes. Bingo! It’s going to be a great year for reading. Anne DeGrace is the adult services coordinator at the Nelson Public Library. Check This Out runs every other week. For more information go to nelsonlibrary.ca.

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Gary Sawyer Gary Sawyer passed away peacefully on December 30th, 2015 in Vancouver after a brief illness with his family by his side. Gary is survived by his loving and devoted wife Kathy, his 3 sons Jeff, Brian (Colleen) and Danny (Shawna), and 3 grandsons Kobe, Ryland and Kelan. Also survived and never forgotten by his brother Steve (Claudette) Sawyer and his sister Wendy (Lou) Lopez, including many nieces, nephews and cousins. Pre deceased and reunited with his parents Ron and Helen Sawyer. Born in Montreal, Quebec, December 1950, he moved to Nelson BC with his family in 1962 where his father opened an architectural firm. Gary and Kathy met and fell in love in high school and were married in 1972. Shortly after, they moved to Kamloops for 5 years, where Gary camped and fished every lake imaginable, before moving back to Nelson where he owned and operated a courier company. Gary loved and was blessed to live in the Kootenays. His favourite past times were hiking in the Valhalla Mountains & Kokanee Glacier Park with his brother Steve and best friends Bob and John, mountain biking with good friends, huckleberry picking, gardening and beach combing for arrowheads and other native artifacts along the scenic shorelines. Summer’s were spent at the family cabin in Queen’s Bay, north of Nelson on Kootenay Lake, where he loved to design and build rock works, collect drift wood art, and frequent the hotsprings at Ainsworth. Winters were spent at Whitewater Ski hill with the kids, cross country skiing the old rail lines with his dog Lobo, whilst spring kept the family busy at numerous soccer tournaments. Gary and Kathy moved to Sidney in 2003 where Gary worked at the 3rd St. Cafe until his passing. He was a devoted husband, father, and had many friends, and will be sadly missed. He was a great man on many levels, inspirational in many ways, and open minded beyond measure..... His wisdom, compassion, and sense of humour to name a few, will never be forgotten. Where there is light there is life. A celebration of Gary's life will be held in the summer at the lake for family and friends. Donations may be made in his memory to the Leukemia Bone Marrow Transplant Unit at Vancouver General Hospital.

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He loved the game of hockey - watching it, curling and football was his favorite pastime and he always enjoyed a good tune of old time country and western music. Merv’s quick wit, many jokes and fantastic memory for a good story of days past will be dearly missed by everyone who knew him. He had been a Mason of the Nelson Masonic Lodge, board member of the Nelson City Police and received a lot of comfort from his faith in God later in his life. He is survived by his daughter Cindy McLaren and son Laurie “Chuck” McMullin; grandchildren Jordan (Laura), Morgan and Megan McLaren, Amanda, Michael and Miranda McMullin; great grandchildren Ayla McMullin and Colton McLaren; sister Josephine Mathieu (George), sister in law Diana McMullin, his wife Elma Neufeld and many nieces and nephews. He is predeceased by his mother and father Marie and Joseph McMullin, brothers Gilbert and Graham, sisters Alma J. McMullin and Frances Colman. Cremation has taken place and a memorial service with interment at the Nelson Cemetery will be announced at later date. Condolences can be sent to the Thompson Funeral Home. Rest Peacefully Dad, Grandpa - we will always love and miss you - forever in our hearts and never forgotten.

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Friday, January 8, 2016 Nelson Star

The Capitol Theatre goes live again!

Join us for the opening of Glamourie Join us for this exciting opening performance and exhibition of Glamourie. The exhibition will open at the Oxygen Art Centre on Friday, January 8th at from 7 to 9pm with the performance at 7:30pm. The exhibition will run from January 9th to February 6th, 2016. The Artist will give a talk on her work on Saturday January 9th at 4pm. Gallery hours throughout the exhibition are Wednesday to Saturday from 1-5pm. As part of her project and residency, THE CAPITOL FAMILY SERIES 2015-2016 PRESENTS Sunday, January 10 at 2:00pm

THE GREAT BALANZO ...live circus performance that is amazing, silly, and unforgettable!!

Talbot-Kelly is working closely with four artists in the community, Lynn Dragone, Thomas Loh, Teyana Neufeld and Ho Soon Yeen. Talbot-Kelly refers to this crew as her “creatives” and is working with them in giving expression to ‘authoritative and powerful’ energies through installation, sound, movement and costume. The creative expressions of their labours will be revealed in a performance on a constructed vessel of humanity, during the opening of the exhibition on Friday January 8th.

GLAMOURIE GLAMOURIE

saxophonists. Acclaimed at the most important venues from New York to Paris by way of Geneva, Tokyo and Beijing, Rémi Bolduc captivates the audience with the dazzling virtuosity and stunning maturity that have made him a most accomplished musician.With his band, the Rémi Bolduc Jazz Ensemble, he composes and plays numbers that convey his formidable energy and spontaneity, allowing his organic sound to breathe freely. A versatile and dynamic artist, Rémi Bolduc performs regularly with some of our most renowned jazz musicians such as Kenny Werner, Ben Monder, Seamus Blake, Lorraine Desmarais, Vic Vogel, Thom Gossage, Ralph Bowen, Jerry Bergonzi and others. Rémi plays on a Selmer saxophone and Rico reeds and will be on tour with pianist François Bourassa, Fraser Hollins on acoustic bass and Dave Laing on drums. Rémi is also professor and Area chair at the jazz department at McGill University in Montreal.“… Rémi Bolduc s’afﬁrme comme l’un de nos meilleurs solistes, compositeurs et instrumentistes.” — La Presse, Canada. Explore all our artists by going to our website www. capitoltheatre.bc.ca where you ﬁnd all scheduled performances, website links and more information on artists and upcoming performances.

TALBOT-KELLY SAM SAM TALBOT-KELLY

After a two week winter break the Capitol is up and running again, and we are excited to bring to you more live theatre, spectacular dance and music. For the second half of our annual Seoan eSties w have some fabulous performances lined up to entertain yo. We invite you to come out for an afternoon or evening of entrainment with your family and friends. This upcoming month we are presenting, amongst many other fabulous performances, a Tribute to Dave Brubeck performed by the Rémi Bolduc Jazz Ensemble. In 1950-60, very few American jazz artists have had as much inﬂuence and were as popular as Dave Brubeck. The Rémi Bolduc Jazz Ensemble with special guest pianist François Bourassa are proud to present a brand new production, Tribute to Dave Brubeck, performing the music of Brubeck’s celebrated band, also recognized thanks to the excellent saxophonist Paul Desmond. Take Five, Blue Rondo a la Turk and several other compositions from the album Time Out are on the program. Time Out is one of the most famous and bestselling albums in the history of jazz, even to this day. Playing that is both intense and under control, breathtaking precision, magnetic stage presence, refreshing original compositions: that’s the formidable package offered by Rémi Bolduc, one of Canada’s best jazz

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MOTUS O Dance Theatre ...eccentric,...part dance - part theatre - part triathlon! Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum, the Mad Hatter & the vivacious Queen of Hearts Inspired by Lewis Carroll’s famous novels, Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass.

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CAPTAIN FUTURE Lucas Myers

Captain Future travels back in time to save reading from being wiped out by the evil Dr. SamGoogApplesoftsung. Songs, puppets, a time machine & a William Shakespeare rap song...

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Hamlin: A New Fable AXIS Theatre Company A comedic, heart tugging musical take on “The Pied Piper of Hamelin”

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A cultural odyssey which traces today’s popular dance style Hip Hop back to its roots in African dance and drumming.

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News Legion Auxiliary helps out with hampers Marla Olson and Hilda Taylor, president and vice-president of the new Nelson Legion Auxiliary, deliver a Christmas hamper to the Nelson Food Cupboard. The auxiliary raised $600 by holding a Christmas party. As well as taking several boxes of food and gifts to the food cupboard, they purchased gift certificates for meals and passed them out to the homeless in the downtown core during Christmas week. Submitted photo

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The Nelson Rotary Club is looking for applicants to the Adventure in Citizenship Program. From Sunday, May 1 to Wednesday, May 4, program participants will join other young Canadians in discussing and debating the issues impacting Canada today. The diversity of Canada and the privileges and responsibilities of citizenship will be a key focus of the program. Participants will learn about the workings of our democratic institutions by meeting with political leaders, senior officials and others, an opportunity not usually available to visitors or residents of the National Capital Region. Participants will be billeted with host families and provided with bed and breakfast and transportation to and from the program. Participants will be immersed in a full slate of activities, develop new friendships, and acquire a deeper knowledge of Canada and what it means to be a Canadian. The selected student must be a Canadian citizen or landed immigrant between the ages of 16 and 18 by May 1, enrolled in and attending school (Grade 11 or 12), and maintaining acceptable grade standards. Preferably, the student should be considering a career in the applicable program. To enable the selection committee to assess the candidate’s interest and capabilities, a written outline/essay on why the candidate wishes to attend the conference is required to be submitted by 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 10. Travel arrangements and expenses are provided by the Nelson Rotary Club. For more information and application forms, contact Abe Fominoff at abrahamfominoff@gmail.com.

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At the confluence of a creek and a river this 5.5 acre property is picturesque from any angle. The completely remodeled 3 bdrm 2 bath post and beam home blends perfectly with the natural environment. Inside, the floor plan is well flowing, featuring a stunning living room with cathedral ceilings, log uprights and exposed beams. Quick possession available.

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Can the Columbia River Treaty call salmon home?

3 bed 1 bath home on 5 pastoral acres. This home has had many recent upgrades including a new roof, new windows, updated bathroom, flooring and stucco siding. In addition there are numerous vintage buildings of mainly log construction, plus a versatile Quonset garage. Call Today.

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She’s an absolutely adorable 1 year old YorkieCairn Terrier cross, totally loving, and great fun to have around the house. She loves long leash walks, and also frolicking in a securely fenced yard (a requirement for adoption). Great with kids, and other dogs. Crate and house trained. Call KAAP at 250-551-1053 or go online: www.kaap.ca/adopt/myra.

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KAAP still has funds available to help subsidize spay-neuter surgeries for cats/kittens and dogs/puppies of low income families in most areas and towns in the West Kootenay. Let’s work together to do the right thing for our community pets. Call or text Daryl at KAAP (250-551-1053) or email contact@kaap.ca. These funds are available through the generosity of Councils and Area Directors via the Columbia Basin Trust Community Initiatives Program, and The Osprey Community Foundation in Nelson, and areas E and F.

3 bed 1 bath home in the Village of Slocan. Placed on 3 lots and a short walk to the lake. This will not last long.

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Join Touchstones Nelson from 7 to 9 p.m. on Jan. 14 at Expressions Café for an in depth discussion on salmon restoration in the Canadian Columbia River Watershed. Perspectives to be explored include those of Virgil Seymour, Arrow Lakes facilitator for the Colville Confederated Tribes; Bill Green, Canadian Columbia River Intertribal Fisheries Commission; D.R. Michel, executive director of the Upper Columbia United Tribes; and local lead for the panel discussion, Gerry Nellestijn, coordinator of the Salmo Watershed Streamkeepers Society. Also included is a screening of the short film, Treaty Talks: A Journey up the Columbia River for People and Salmon. The evening concludes with a performance of The Dam Song by the Ronnie Hayward Trio. This event is coordinated by Touchstones Nelson in support of its current exhibition, Roll On Columbia: Exploring the Landscape and Culture of the Columbia River Treaty, curated by Eileen Delehanty Pearkes. On display until Feb. 7. Tickets for the panel discussion/film/music event are available at the door.

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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2 homes on 4 sunny acres, both share a well but have separate septic systems. Priced to sell, call today. Kristina Little

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Kootenay Animal Assistance Program Society

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!

country liVing in the city

Sarah Rilkoff

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3 bed 1 bath home on .98 acres. Located on a dead end street this home offers a level of privacy unmatched in the city and may be subdivided. Features include completely landscaped yard, huge shop with separate service, 1 bed 1 bath suite, numerous outbuildings and garden areas and a solid family home in move-in condition. Opportunity is knocking

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