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Nelson Mayor Deb Kozak is impatiently waiting for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to follow through on his promise to legalize marijuana, especially now

that a sixth illegal storefront dispensary is rumoured to be moving to town. “I think it certainly demonstrates that there are plenty of entrepreneurs in the community anticipating legalization and leaping ahead,” she told the Star. “I’m wondering how many of those would survive over time in such a small community, and I don’t know if all of them are catering to the same customer base.” Regardless, the city still isn’t granting

business licenses to these operations and is viewing them as illegal. Currently five dispensaries operate in Nelson. The Nelson Compassion Club, Cannaclinic and Kootenays Medicine Tree are all clustered around the intersection of Front and Hall streets; there’s one in Urban Legends on Baker St.; and the Kootenay Compassion Collective opened in the former Front St. camCONTINUED ON A5

First of two parts Town-by-town breakdowns of election day voting for the Kootenay-Columbia riding in last fall’s federal election show several clear and intriguing geographic trends. The figures, obtained by the Invermere Valley Echo, have been made available to local candidates, but not yet to the general public. The results do not include the nearly 25 per cent of the KootenayColumbia voters who cast ballots during advance polls. The western part of the riding voted strongly on election day for the NDP — the eventual winners. The southern part of the riding stood staunchly behind the thenincumbent Conservatives. The northern part of the riding was the most evenly divided, with no party able to capture more than 50 per cent of the vote in any of those areas. There are several exceptions to these general trends but, by and large, most communities in the western part of the riding (Nelson, Kaslo, and surrounding regions), NDP candidate Wayne Stetski captured at least 50 per cent of the vote on election day. In several places, he managed to get more than 60 per cent of the vote, including 69.9 percent in Blewett (which was the largest vote share captured by any candidate in a single community CONTINUED ON A17

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The Kootenay Lake school board unanimously voted Tuesday to introduce kindergarten at Nelson’s Wildflower school, and an unsually large crowd of parents, teachers, adminstrators and even students was there to hear the news. “Wildflower started around a kitchen table,” teacher Barbara Hargreaves told the meeting, going through the history of the program for trustees along with principal Naomi Ross. Started in 2000, Wildflower became part of the district in 2002, and has expanded since. An alternative school with a multiage classroom environment, Hargreaves said Wildflower’s mission is to “educate the whole child.” “Our multi-age learning environment is one of support, safety, trust, respect and compassion,” Ross said. “For us, social responsibility goals are just as important as academic goals.” Currently the classroom based at Central School supports students ages 6 to 12, but under their new system that group would

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be split in half. One class would consist of kindergarten, Grade 1 and potentially Grade 2 students, while the older kids would be in a cohort from Grades 2 through 6. Ross said they’re particularly proud of their community garden, and projects they’ve tackled such as the recent pictographthemed mural they created in collaboration with the Sinixt First Nation and local artist Amber Santos. “Every school in SD8 offers kindergarten except Wildflower,” said Hargreaves. “We welcome change and we do evolve and think it’s time for a change. Why now? We feel like we have the support.” That was self-evident. Ross told the board she’s looked at projec-

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The good news is BC-wide student numbers are up for the first time in nearly 20 years. The bad news is that means the Kootenay Lake school district will receive $482,038 less than anticipated. “This is good news for the province. Enrollment is up for the first time since 1997,” Kootenay Lake secretary-treasurer Kim Morris told the Star. The unfortunate side is that the district budgeted on receiving “hold-back funds” they nor-

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mally receive when enrollment is down. Regardless, the financial hit has been taken care of. Morris received the news on Dec. 18, and has already completed the financial footwork necessary to re-balance the budget. The district has some benefits savings, as well as some surplus projections on salary spending. “We’re going to take premium holidays on our extended health and dental. We’ve seen an increase in international program

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revenue. And we’ve also discovered that the economic stability increase for teachers and CUPE will be funded by the province.” At one point administrators were concerned the problem was with MyEDBC, a provincially implemented registration system. But an external audit has proven that’s not the case. “Two major factors are the Albertan economy, with families returning to BC. The other is families returning to the public school system after previously going private.”

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Morris theorized some families driven to the private system are buoyed by the fact teachers have more than three years left in their collective agreement and feel comfortable returning after the nasty strike of 2014. According to her, this financial inconvenience will prove to be “relatively painless.” “However, it’s still taking $482,000 out of the system and reduces the amount we carry forward to the next year. This takes money out of the system for kids,” she said.

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Stetski receives Fair Vote petition BILL METCALFE Nelson Star

Local members of Fair Vote Canada presented KootenayColumbia MP Wayne Stetski with a 600-signature petition on Monday and asked him to deliver it to the government in Ottawa. “The petition asks the government to undertake public consultation and to introduce a suitable form of proportional representation for the next election,” said the group’s organizer, Ann Remnant. The brief, informal presentation took place at the Vienna Cafe amidst afternoon diners, coffee drinkers, servers, and the media. The petition is part of a national campaign by Fair Vote Canada to send MPs from all parties to Ottawa with petitions. According to Fair Vote organizer Anita Nickerson, Nelson has collected more signatures so far than any other municipality in the

Nelson resident Ann Remnant of Fair Vote Canada presented a 600-signature petition to MP Wayne Stetski at the Vienna Cafe on Monday. The petition is part of a nation-wide initiative in which MPs of all parties are asked to deliver petitions on proportional representation Bill Metcalfe photo to the Liberal government. country. “The Liberals won their majority with less than 40 per cent of the vote, almost the same percentage support that gave the Conservatives their majority in 2011,” Remnant told the audience

as she presented the petition. “Forty per cent appears to be the magic number for winning elections, both provincially and federally,” she said. “Wayne can attest to that. This means 60 per cent of Canadians did not get to

elect anyone. We need a system that is both proportional and fair. Proportional means that if a party gets 30 per cent of the votes they get 30 per cent of the seats and 30 per cent of the power, no more no less.” All parties except the Conservatives campaigned in favour of proportional representation in the October election. Receiving the petitions, Stetski said “Six hundred signatures from Nelson. I am impressed but not surprised. Nelson is a leader in many things. I will be happy to take these back to Ottawa.” He said the opposition parties’ job now is to keep watch on the government and on “what [a new electoral system] looks like in the end, because there can be different definitions of what proportional representation means.” Stetski also announced he will soon open a West Kootenay constituency office on the fifth floor of Nelson city hall.

Police officer’s legal fees mounting City declines to reveal amount spent on officer’s legal fees to date, pending police board decision BILL METCALFE Nelson Star

The City of Nelson is paying the legal fees of Nelson Police Department Cst. Drew Turner, but is not prepared to disclose the amount, at least not yet. In October, after a trial in provincial court, Turner was sentenced to one month of house arrest and a number of probation conditions after being convicted of assault for punching Tawny Campbell to unconsciousness while attempting to arrest her in May 2014. Turner was represented in his trial by Victoria lawyer John Green. As a result of the incident that led to the criminal assault charge, Turner is also the subject of an internal investigation by the Police Complaint Commissioner, which may lead

to a hearing, at which it is likely he will also have legal representation. So with the combination of the criminal trial and internal investigation, the legal fees could be significant. Since completing his sentence, Turner has been on leave with pay, according to deputy chief Paul Burkart. In the interim of about a year between being charged and being sentenced, Turner was on desk duty at the police station. The police department is city-funded and overseen by the Nelson Police Board. BC’s Police Act states that a municipal police board may pay the legal fees of an officer accused of an offence, which in this case it did. The Act also states the city may attempt to recoup the fees from an accused officer after legal proceedings are completed. The Star recently filed a Freedom of Information request with the city, asking for the amount of the legal bill so far. The city declined to provide that information on the grounds that if the city eventually tries to recoup its costs

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from Turner, those costs would be a private matter because the city wouldn’t be out of pocket in the end. The city’s FOI decision letter reads in part: “Subsequent to the court ruling, the Nelson Police Board is yet to determine whether Drew Turner will be held responsible for the reimbursement of legal fees and expenses to the city. Should the police board decide the legal costs are to be reimbursed, these costs would become a personal matter to Drew Turner meaning we would be unable to release the information. However, should the city retain responsibility for paying the legal costs, the city will release costs in accordance with Section 21 of the Act …” The internal investigation by the complaints commissioner isn’t complete. Disciplinary measures against Turner could range from anything from mild reprimand to dismissal. The person named to make that decision is New Westminster police chief David Jones, who is designated as the discipline authority. In some disciplinary

cases, according to Burkart, the local police chief would have that role, but in serious cases the complaints commission designates someone at greater arm’s length, as in this case. Jones will eventually receive a final report from investigators at the complaints commission, which Burkart says is expected this month. Jones will then make a provisional decision based on the report. If the decision includes dismissal, a hearing will be held at which Turner and his lawyer can present his case. Then Jones will make a final decision. If the decision doesn’t include dismissal, a pre-hearing conference is held between Turner and a person designated by the discipline authority, and they will discuss what discipline or corrective measure is acceptable to Turner. If no agreement is reached, a hearing occurs with the discipline authority, who make the ultimate decision. Only that decision is made public, not the investigator’s report nor details of the proceedings.

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A group of 23 local residents will develop a plan for the Railtown area over the next few months, with the help of a planning consultant and the public. The Railtown Stakeholder Team met for the first time on Jan. 7. “It was a really great working group that came together,” said group member Stephanie Fischer. “The consultants did a really good job in finding out what do we want, what is working in Railtown, what is not, and how do we get to an improved concept for Railtown.” Fischer represents the city’s cultural development committee and its heritage working group. She is also a trained architect. Other members of the group and their affiliations are listed in the accompanying sidebar. The city’s head planner Pam Mierau told the Star

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Mayor Deb Kozak and the city’s planning manager Pam Mierau at the entrance to Railtown, where a stakeholder group will create a revitalization plan through the City of Nelson photo coming spring and summer. she assembled the group by invitation in order to create a cross-section of groups, but a few members called her and asked to be included. She said she intends to add youth representatives to the list. The plan has to be complete by September to quality for a $25,000 grant from the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, which is half the total planning project cost. The next step, slated for Feb. 24 and 25, is a two-day design workshop — also called a design charrette — for the stakeholder group and design team. They will come up with a preliminary design for the area. The results will be presented at an open house on the evening of Feb. 25, when there will be

opportunities for input. Then the stakeholder group will take that input back to the drawing board and work toward a draft neighbourhood plan, including detailed policy, design and implementation components. That will be presented at a second public open house in the spring, before the final plan is presented for city council adoption. In addition to the two public meetings, you can learn about the project and comment online on the project’s new website at nelsonrailtown.com. Mierau thinks the planning period — from now to September — is not too long and not too short. “I like the pace it is moving at. There is sufficient time to do it in

a comprehensive way without dragging it out. Sometimes if you have more time it goes on and on and the participants get tired.” A city press release is enthusiastic about the potential for Railtown: “Bordered by Highway 3A, Cottonwood Falls, Government Rd. and the CP rail tracks running parallel to the West Arm waterfront, the Railtown planning process is exploring a mix of light industrial, commercial and residential development — all tied together in a walkable, vibrant and unique public neighbourhood. “Based on a 10-year outlook, Railtown could create as many as 100 new jobs and see up to 11 acres of light industrial development, 100

residential units and 20,000 square feet of retail space — space that can be added without negatively impacting the vital downtown business sector.” “The majority of development in Railtown will be market driven,” Mayor Deb Kozak says in the release, “and funded by private sector property owners and builders. There will also be potential for strategic public investments too.” Tom Thomson, executive director of the Nelson and District Chamber of Commerce and the main driver behind the CPR station renovation, also attended the inaugural meeting of the stakeholder group. “I have been to many planning meetings in the past and this very well done,” he told the Star. “The consultants came with a Nelson perspective, prepared to listen to what Nelson people had to say. It was a good start to a long-term vision.” Mierau said the first design charrette will include plans for Cottonwood Market. “Having a market there is a given,” she said. “The current market is a barrier to Cottonwood Falls Park and we need more accessibility into the park. The market may be pushed over toward the bank and will open up into the park.” But she said that is a preliminary idea, and that the public may have other ideas.

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Police taking ‘proactive’ approach CONTINUED FROM A1 paign office of MP Wayne Stetski last Friday. “We are certainly monitoring these dispensaries closely and so are the police,” said Kozak. Before the Star met with the owners of Kootenay Compassion Collective, they had already introduced themselves to the police. “The city will not have them opening near schools or any places like that, and we will act on complaints received,” Kozak said.

The Kootenay Compassion Collective is part of a larger vision for the Front St. space where it resides, and the owners have already applied for a business license for the retail and healing part of their operation, Mahalakshmi. “When we went to the city, we told them we have two separate businesses in the same location — is that allowed? They were all aboard for that,” said operator Chander Nath. Their operation includes a communal room, multiple offices and even a space for children to wait for their parents. It’s easily the largest dispensary operation currently operating in Nelson. “We put the passion in compassion,” CEO Alison VanNest told the Star. Along with Nath and Lita Moth, she hopes to create a communal space where people can meet with doctors, receive massages and counselling, and purchase their medicine all in one place. VanNest said she first became interested in cannabis when she used it to wean herself off oxycontin. She has two replaced hips. “I had this terrible accident and I was on oxycontin for four years, being in a wheelchair, learning how to walk again. I used cannabis to get off it. And another big revelation for me was when I started ingesting it and realized I could sleep through the night.” She believes many in the community could benefit from the medicines she’s discovered. And though all three are nervous about this undertaking, and about outing themselves publicly as working in the cannabis industry, they believe it’s time. There will be a grand opening for the space on Jan. 23.

A proactive approach The two police officers currently keeping an eye on Nelson’s dispensary situation and liaising with those involved are Sgt. Nate Holt and Det.-Cst. David Laing. Holt said the situation is “complex.” “It’s been a polarizing issue around here for generations,” he said. “For the police, taking a prohibitionist attitude is not the way to make any advances. For us the way to go is open dialogue so we can come to a solution together.” Ultimately, it comes down to public safety for him. “We want the people consuming the medicine to be kept safe, the people running these businesses to be kept safe, and we’re always ensuring public safety. That’s a pretty basic part of our job.” In one instance last year a dispensary was potentially going to share an entrance with a children’s clothing store. When concerns were raised, police intervened. Holt said that’s what they’ll continue to do. The trouble is the legal “grey area” they’re currently operating in, he said. He seconded Kozak’s sentiment that the general populace is getting impatient for legalization to move

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Kootenay Cannabis Collective, which is a part of the business Mahalakshmi, opened on Will Johnson photo Front St. last week. ahead. “There’s a few different pieces of legislation pulling us in different directions, and we’re hoping eventually we’re going to get a clear sense of what we’re supposed to be doing.” He emphasized the police aren’t sitting on their hands, and they’re taking a proactive approach to keeping the dispensary situation in check. “There’s going to be different opinions even amongst police officers about what being proactive looks like. For us I think it’s about being conversant, not adversarial, with these dispensary operators. We want to make sure they know they can come talk to us too.” He noted the police’s mandate is to ensure everyone’s safety, including those running these businesses. “We serve them just as much as we serve anybody else.”

Sensible BC launches petition Herb Couch, Nelson’s local representative for Sensible BC, a cannabis advocacy organization, said he’s pleased with the current dispensary situation in Nelson. “I think it’s great we have dispensaries because the federal medical marijuana distribution regulations weren’t working for people. I’m glad the police have seen fit to allow them to operate as long as there are no problems.” He said there’s a double-sided danger: under-regulating and over-regulating. “If we don’t do a good job on this, it won’t successfully kill off the black market. But as far as Nelson goes, I think things are working well and I know there are medical users all throughout the West Kootenay accessing our services.” He doubts the community can support six dispensary storefronts, but figures “the market will decide.” “The fact that they’re still here means there’s a need,” he said. Sensible BC is launching an online petition in the next week, urging the government to move forward on the legalization process. They’re also demanding pardons and expunged records for those imprisoned solely for cannabis offences. But the most important thing is ensuring communities have input into the evolving situation, he said. “I would hope the federal government would allow the local and provincial governments to come up with their own regulations. There would be lots of input into what would work in our community, and we have a lot of expertise here.”

Community engagement, cannabis education Kootenays Medicine Tree’s director Jim

Leslie, who spoke at last week’s Women Grow event at the Hume Hotel and is teaching a course on marijuana through the Learning in Retirement program, said it’s time for dispensaries to come out of the shadows. “We need to be careful in the message we’re sending. We need to talk about peerreviewed science and our own experiences. We want to educate society as we move into a system that can regulate cannabis on a wider scale,” he said. Leslie contacted the city about getting a business license, but was turned down. Cannaclinic applied for a business license, but it was rejected, though a petition urging the city to grant one has now garnered 600 signatures. According to Pam Mierau, Nelson’s manager of development services, the city is “in the process of amending the business licence bylaw to allow council the ability to better regulate the sale of medical marijuana. Given the uncertainty around what the federal government is going to do, it’s a bit unclear what approach municipalities should take.” Kozak said her hands are tied, and the city won’t move ahead with granting these licenses. But they’re looking at the example of other communities, such as Kimberley and Vancouver, and are mulling their options.

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Sooner rather than later According to Kozak, the current federal distribution program for medicinal marijuana is woefully inadequate. “Where the law has fallen short is that currently the only way for medicinal marijuana users to receive their medicine is through the mail, which doesn’t seem to me like the most efficient way. There needs to be places in town where they can access the medicine they need.” She said if marijuana is legalized for recreational use, that’s a whole extra element to cope with. “If they’re going to go that far, let’s look at the whole ball of wax — who’s producing, the quality controls, everything. This industry has such great potential, and it’s ripe for exploitation.” Kozak is hopeful legalization could benefit the impoverished, women in particular. “If this is something people are well educated in and they know what they’re doing and it provides a source of income, I think that’s great. But I also know where there’s money to be made, all sorts of people are attracted.” Which is why we need regulation, she said. And that’s not the city’s responsibility. “We’re urging the government to act sooner rather than later,” she said. The Star contacted all the dispensaries in Nelson, but three of the five declined to comment.

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Beyond the Paris climate agreement: What happens next? As 2016 unfolds, climate policy will be an important topic for all Canadians. New narratives such as the Pope’s encyclical, the Leap Manifesto, and the UN’s new sustainable development goals can help frame these discussions in a way that recognizes that the economy exists within our environment, and not as opposing forces. These new narratives can also create the moral and ethical framework often missing from policy discussions on climate, which tend to pit environmentalists against fossil fuel interests. In December the Paris Climate Accord set in motion an ambitious global process of accelerated climate action. The goal is nothing less than trying to avoid disastrous consequences for our planet. “This is truly a historic moment,” the United Nation’s secretary general Ban Kimoon said. “For the first time, we have a truly universal agreement on climate change, one of the most crucial problems on earth.” The Paris Agreement was a criti-

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majority of rural and urban British Columbians, oppose trophy hunting, please speak out by going to this website: http://apps.nrs.gov.bc.ca/ pub/ahte. Click on the green hunting and trapping icon at the bottom right of the link’s page and register or log in. Go back to the previous page, look for grizzly bears and wolves in the species column and click on the link to the left of these species (grizzly bears: page 1; wolves Peace: page 2; wolves Omineca and Kootenays: page 3; and wolf hunting and trapping Thompson-Nicola: page 4). Please click on “oppose” to show you do not support trophy hunting or trapping. Thank you very much for speaking out to protect our wildlife. Louise Taylor Valhalla Wilderness Society

The Valhalla Wilderness Society is appalled that BC’s Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations is proposing to triple the number of licences from 50 to 150 for resident hunters seeking to kill a grizzly bear in a remote area in the Peace. The Ministry also proposes lifting the limitations on the number of wolves that hunters can kill in the Kootenays, the Peace, ThompsonNicola and Omineca, allowing hunters to kill wolves year round, including with pups in the den, and permitting trappers to trap wolves on private land. The government’s rationales for these proposed increases are based on speculative and anecdotal observations of grizzly bear and wolf population numbers often provided by those with vested interests, including hunters and trappers. So much for science-based decision making! The government is currently seeking public feedback on these proposed changes with a deadline of Jan. 31. If you, like the overwhelming

Who stole Santa? I hope you had a great holiday. I did until the morning of Jan. 1 when I looked out on the lawn at where I had put my Santa, sleigh, and reindeer … and there was no longer a Santa in the sleigh. All that was left was his leg.

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cal step in the right direction, but the work is just beginning. While Canadians were proud to finally be on the right side of global climate action, our prime minister went to Paris with the deeply inadequate emission targets left over from the Harper government. It is essential we develop a detailed national plan to lower greenhouse gas emissions. The current hodgepodge of carbon pricing policies and commitments from provinces must be woven together. In BC we have seen emissions start to creep up since the carbon tax was frozen in 2012. If our premier has her way with LNG, a handful of plants would double BC’s carbon footprint. LNG from fracked gas is far from clean. Climate scientists agree that we have to limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. Unfortunately the agreement in Paris was not a formal commitment to 1.5 degrees, but only aspires to this limit. The actual plans from the 195 countries that took part in

the Paris agreement currently still commit the world to a temperature rise well above the two degree limit. It is widely agreed that above two degrees there will be irreparable and serious damage to the planet. In November 2015 the world already hit the one degree rise above pre-industrial levels. December 2015 broke heat records around the world by a large margin. We can expect more summers of drought and ferocious forest fires. What can any one person do about this? Each and every one of us can help create the political will for climate action this year. To adequately address climate change, we need fair and effective carbon pricing while removing subsidies from fossil fuels. Costs for renewable energy have been dropping rapidly and would be competitive with unsubsidized fossil fuels. Many of our best minds have created realistic road maps to how we can get to 100 per cent renewable energy, but we need effective policy to get there. A carbon fee and dividend system would protect

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Santa was stolen from his sleigh at the corner of Cedar and Latimer streets sometime on New Year’s Eve. Submitted photo I was gifted this plywood decoration by a friend who made it many years before and was just sort of tired of it. I love decorating for Christmas and it has had a couple of fun years over in Grohman Creek, at the end

of my Sex Drive laneway, and then on the top of a school bus that my neighbours (Garret Buelher and Kurt Sorge) use for a bike jump. You can see what’s left at the corner of Cedar and Latimer. I would like to get the word out about this in the

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low and middle income Canadians during this transition and stimulate local economies. We have the tools to save our planet, but our governments need to move from words to action. Think what could happen if each of us wrote or called Premier Christy Clark and demanded that she unfreeze the BC carbon tax and work with all provinces and the Prime Minister towards a national rising price for carbon pollution, while at the same time stop subsidizing LNG. Think what could happen if each of us demanded strong national leadership on climate change — not just words, but an effective national carbon price and a complete removal of all fossil fuel subsidies. Now is not the time to be complacent.

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In 2002 the premier who did not like photo radar removed photo radar in BC to get votes from speeders and risky drivers and sold all the grey vans off we used to see policing the speeds and giving a message to drivers to slow down and obey the speeds on BC highways. Now the double solid lines mean nothing and many drivers pass when it is unsafe and thumb their noses at the double solid lines. On the North Shore there will be some injuries or deaths if there is not some action by the local policing authority to set up some surprises for people who endanger others by not following the posted speed signs and pass on double solid lines. Surely there is still motivation for accident prevention in our traffic safety system. R. Johnson Nelson

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WAY N E G E R M A I N E Serving Nelson & Area Since 1987. HUGS: Huge double hugs to two of Nelson’s finest, who hunted down the vehicle that backed into our truck and ran at 2 a.m. Your extra effort saved us an insurance claim and nailed the guilty party. Very appreciated! HUGS: To the staff at a local supermarket who are so supportive and helpful to their patrons who needs extra help. It’s so brilliant to watch you get items, wheel the carts and even suggest dinner ideas; all with a smile and a positive energy. Good for you. HUGS: To my boss for being so flexible and letting me take time for my children. I have been able to be a part of so many of their activities and events that had I been working at another job I would have missed. It is more appreciated than you know, thank you! HUGS: A huge fresh gingerbread/ hot chocolatey/twinkly light warm hug to our secret Santa/elves who left a gift card inside our front door. You truly touch my heart and made my spirit bright. I only wish I could thank you in person but, this will do. Thank you!! SLUGS: A slug to all of the decision makers who do not seem to think it matters that for up to 10 days in a row we can’t fly in or out

of our local airport. The inconvenience and cost to residents and visitors is so real and the cost to the economy of the region is enormous. HUGS: Oops, forgot to close the tailgate on the truck on the way up to Whitewater and my snowboard fell out. Big hugs to the kind person who stood the board up in a snowbank for me to find. HUGS: To all the people who make it possible for low-income citizens to have the opportunity for affordable dental care. We have dentists, dental hygienists and volunteering folks who give of their time and talent so others can benefit with professional dental care at a nominal cost. Thank you all. HUGS: Big hugs go out to all the merchants that donated to a local hockey tournament. Your donations and kindness are extremely appreciated as they contribute to having a successful tourney and help create lasting impressions on all the visiting players and parents. Thank you kindly. – A Hockey Dad HUGS: Gentle but heartfelt hugs to the letter carrier who dislocated her shoulder on our steps. Even though you were obviously in great pain, your only concern was to phone the post office right away to say that you couldn’t finish your

route. What amazing dedication to your job! I do hope you are painfree and fully recovered very soon. SLUGS: To an apartment dweller. The deadly smell of the deer carcass rotting in your apartment has made some of us vomit and it’s hard on our breathing. Do you realize there are 50 or more people living here? You have no respect for other tenants. I don’t know if Interior Health knows about this, but the owner of this building sure will. This is a serious matter. Please think of moving out to the wooded area and live with your carcasses. Many slugs to you for the new year. I wonder if you had a hunting licence. HUGS: To the very kind and honest person who picked up my lost car keys and left them on the parking meter that was by my car (a red Chev Aveo) on New Year’s Eve. It was after an appointment at a place on Baker St. at the west end when I was digging in my purse for my keys and could not find them. Luckily I had a spare, so I used that and got in my car and dug some more and still couldn’t find them. Then I decided to go back to the place of the appointment. However, I had to put more money in the parking meter so I went there and WOW, there on the parking meter were my keys. Thank you so much. Big hugs.

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Campese, Patrick Bonin and Jimmy Lewis. Expect to hear funk, rock, reggae, psychedelic dance, improv and some classic covers.

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The After Work Dance Party with Melody Diachun and friends will be tonight at 7:30 p.m. at Finley’s Irish Bar & Grill. Swing, Latin, R&B and funk will be featured, with musicians Clinton Swanson, Mark Spielman, Tony Ferraro and Doug Stephenson all taking the stage.

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JANUARY 16 The Mike Mackenzie Band makes their presence known by being simultaneously powerful, bluesy and groovin’. Bring your dancing shoes. 10pm door $10

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Free Pool, $4 pints - Electronic/Live Dance Party Open stage. Veggie or Aloha Burger with fresh cut fries or salad $9, 5pm -2am.

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The Nelson Storytelling Guild presents Stories in Concert, an evening of storytelling surrounded by music. Featuring Barry Gray, with Quinn-Columba, Tobias Gray, John and Ali Galm. Sunday, Jan. 17 at 7:30 p.m. at Bigby Place, 509 Front St., Nelson.

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Movies Starting tonight at 7 and 10 p.m. at the Civic Theare is the Oscar-nominated film The Revenant, starring Leonardo DiCaprio. A frontiersman on a fur trading expedition in the 1820’s fights for survival after being mauled by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team. Directed by Alejandro G. Inarritu. The movie will be shown at 7 p.m. on Jan. 16, 2 p.m. on Jan. 17, 6:45 p.m. on Jan. 17, and then at 7 p.m. on Jan. 18, 19, 20 and 21. On Friday, Jan. 22 join The West Kootenay EcoSociety for the Kootenay premiere of Fractured Land at the Capitol Theatre. A documentary about BC’s fracking industry, the film features the stories of Caleb Behn, a young Dene lawyer who “may become one of this generation’s great leaders, if he can discover how to reconcile the fractures within himself, his community and the world around him.” Filmmakers Fiona Rayher and Damien Gillis have been following Behn for four years. Proceeds from this event benefit both the West Kootenay EcoSociety and the filmmakers. The 2016 Amnesty International Film Festival comes to 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 Sunday. On Feb. 1 at 7:30 p.m. the Civic Theatre presents The Smalls: Forever is a Long Time, with special guest Corb Lund. A featurelength music documentary from Crowsnest Films about the Smalls and the unlikely metal-punk-country band’s short but sweet reunion tour, of which Nelson was a part of with a pair of shows at The Spirit Bar back in early November. Come on out and see if you made it into the film. Corb Lund, who will be performing the following night at the Capitol Theatre, will be in attendance at the screening.

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On Thursday, Jan. 21 the Capitol presents a tribute to Dave Brubeck. The Rémi Bolduc Jazz Ensemble with special guest pianist François Bourassa are proud to present a brand new production, performing the music of Brubeck’s celebrated band. “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 best-selling albums in the history of jazz, even to this day.

Brian Rosen will play an intimate live show at John Ward coffee tonight at 7 p.m. This folk music style performance will include introductions to the songs and audience interaction. There will be new songs as well as Brian Rosen & the WhatNow favourites.

Saturday

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

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JANUARY 15 8pm Screening of Andrew Harvey’s Star Wars Fan Based Web Series. Followed by Sonic Fuse feel-good party band, bringing together the combined songwriting talents of 5 musical souls, fusing the sonic spectrum into the sacred geometry of Groove! $5-10 door.

Friday

The Capitol Theatre presents A Comedy of Errors performed at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London tonight at 7 p.m. Take one pair of estranged twin brothers, and one pair of estranged twin servants, keep them in ignorance of each other, throw them into a reputed city of sorcery, and you have all the ingredients for theatrical chaos.

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Tonight Sonic Fuse will play at the Royal on Baker at 9 p.m. A Kootenay classic, multigenre feel-good party band, the group brings together the groove talents of five musical souls: Marty Carter, Dave Ronald, Lee

On Saturday, Jan. 16 from 1 to 3 p.m. Ellison’s Cafe Acoustic Unplugged Sessions will feature The Kitchener Kids, Holly Hiatt and Jon Burden, playing music with messages of peace, love, joy and non-violent communication for all people across the planet. Enjoy jazz, swing, contemporary blues and soulful voices. On Saturday, Jan. 16 Fort Knox Five will play a 4 Deck DJ set at Bloom Nightclub at 10 p.m. The night will also feature QDUP. On Tuesday, Feb. 2 Corb Lund will perform at the Capitol Theatre to present his latest album with Dave Cobb, Things That Can’t Be Undone,which was recorded with his long-time band The Hurtin’ Albertans. Special guest to be announced.

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Visual Art Local artist Neil Whiteoak has work on display at the Nelson Public Library until Feb. 28. Having graduated from L.V. Rogers in 2005, Whiteoak is a lover of nature and draws inspiration from the earth and being outdoors. Wildlife photographer Jim Lawrence’s work is on display now at Selkirk Eyecare at 543 Baker St. It will be on display until the end of January. The showcase will include his shot of a young bear looking through his tripod, a photo that went viral online last year. Multimedia artist Sam Talbot-Kelly’s new exhibition at Oxygen Art Centre, Glamourie, is now up. Gallery hours throughout the exhibition are Wednesday to Saturday 1 to 5 p.m. 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.

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The drill looked simple enough. Skate hard from the sideboard next to the face-off dot to the blue-line, stop and skate backward before finishing with a quick pivot. Isaac MacLeod showed it off first to the Nelson Leafs defencemen, his skating hiding the surgically repaired knees that destroyed his NHL dream last year. Then he watched as his players repeated the motion over and over until MacLeod was satisfied with their footwork. MacLeod led several more drills before practice ended. Leafs head coach Mario DiBella, who had been helping MacLeod, took the 23-year-old aside afterward. “We came off the ice and I said, ‘Geez Isaac. All those drills look kind of familiar,’ and he said, ‘Yeah, they were all the ones that you showed me when I played for you.’” MacLeod, a San Jose Sharks draft pick in 2010 and Boston College defenceman, was hired as an assistant coach by the Leafs in December. The offer came just two months after knee surgery ended his professional career before it ever really began, a new reality he is still trying to cope with. “It’s tough. I don’t really like looking back on everything that happened because I wish I was still playing. I wish I didn’t have to look back right now. I wish I was still there, but it’s the reality of the game,” said MacLeod. If some players only get a cup of coffee in the pros, his was just a sip. After graduating from Boston, the Sharks declined to sign him. Instead, MacLeod signed a two-way contract with the Columbus Blue Jackets’ then-AHL team in Springfield, Mass., and was assigned to the ECHL’s Kalamazoo Wings for the 2014-15 season. Nine games into the season a skate tore MacLeod’s Achilles’ tendon. He returned to the ice about a month later — earlier, he thinks now, than he should have — and promptly blew out the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee after just four more games. That ended his season and ultimately his career. His last game was in December 2014.

Leafs assistant coach Isaac MacLeod returned Tyler Harper photo to the team in December. MacLeod still hoped he’d get back to the game. But during rehab and training he blew out his right knee in early August. His last surgery was in October. His playing days were over. “If you want to end your hockey career, you kind of want it to be on your terms,” said MacLeod. “You want it to be in your hands. You want to know that you weren’t able to play at that next level or you weren’t going to be successful and you wanted to move on, not having it taken away from you like that. That’s what happens in sports, right?” He returned to Nelson, the place he was born and grew up in. He got a job, but it wasn’t a hockey job. Meanwhile, the Leafs needed a new coaching staff. David McLellan resigned as head coach in December and assistant Greg Andrusak exited with him. Team president John Dooley suggested DiBella give MacLeod a call. DiBella has known MacLeod since he was a small boy — the DiBellas and MacLeods carpooled their kids to preschool together — and later coached MacLeod from age 11 up through bantam hockey.

“Isaac was a very good player, very respectful, well mannered and intelligent young man,” recalls DiBella. “To see him get back to the game warms my heart.” The pair are close. DiBella recalls asking once what MacLeod’s favourite hockey memory was. To his surprise, it wasn’t the national championship MacLeod won with Boston College in 2012. Instead, MacLeod said it was when DiBella coached his peewee hockey team that won the West Kootenay championship and went to provincials. “For all the things that he’s done as a hockey person, to have him name that as one of the greatest highlights of his hockey career was pretty special,” said DiBella. MacLeod was thrilled by the job offer, which is his first paid coaching job. He said working with the Leafs reminds him of the thrill he got playing for the team when he was 16 and won a KIJHL championship in 2008-09. Being in charge is still taking some getting used to. “Every drill I’m sitting there kind of wanting to jump in and do it with them, but it’s their turn to learn right now and my turn to step back and just help them whenever I can,” said MacLeod. DiBella said he’ll talk about the defence with his staff prior to the game, but when the puck drops MacLeod is in control of the Leafs’ defensive line changes. It’s a lot of trust to place in his protege, but it’s trust that’s been earned. MacLeod is still recovering from the sudden end to his playing career. He’s keeping his options open. Lately he’s been considering finding a job in Boston that makes use of his business degree, and getting back to the rink is helping. The Leafs have given him purpose again. “I’m trying to help these guys get to that next level,” said MacLeod. “We’ve got a lot of guys on our team that want to play in the BCHL and get drafted and go play college or major junior. I want to help them achieve those goals so they have some of the memories and some of the feelings that I did growing up.”

Nelson/Castlegar peewees win tournament SUBMITTED Black Press

The Nelson/Castlegar Tier 3 PeeWee Rep hockey team travelled to Cranbrook last weekend to participate in a 10-team tournament featuring teams from Trail, Kimberley, Invermere, Fernie, Lethbridge, West Country, Okotoks, Spokane and the host Cranbrook. The Nelson/Castlegar Leafs consist of Benjamin Haydu and Bryce Anderson in net, Chase MacKinnon, Connor Stainer, Mason Ouchi, and Simon Forrester on defense with wingers Dylan Moynes, Nathan Medeiros, Jackson Cousins,

Devan Andrusak, Gavin Margerison, and Koby Upper centered by Dylan Watts and Reid Gerrand. Not participating in the tournament due to injury were centre Pax Arrowsmith and winger Alexander Andersen. The Leafs went 2-1 in the round robin portion of the tournament and ended up with a goal differential which qualified them in third overall, enough to advance to the semi-final game early Sunday morning with the second place team from Trail. The Leafs started the game well, but were scored on twice in the first period. The Leafs rallied and scored the next four goals, but couldn’t

hold the lead as Trail scored two more in the third period. Forty seconds into the four-on-four overtime, the puck was pushed behind the Trail goaltender, on a rebound from a point shot, sending the Leafs to the final against the host Cranbrook Kings. The Kings finished the round robin with five out of a possible six points, placed first overall, and defeated the fourth place Spokane chiefs in the other semi-final game that morning. In a spirited final game, the Leafs scored two goals to take an early lead but allowed a Cranbrook goal late in the first period. Defending the meagre one-

goal lead proved too difficult, and Cranbrook evened the score early in the third. The Leafs regained momentum but couldn’t score in regulation resulting in a 2-2 tie. The Leafs started the overtime four-on-three due to a residual Cranbrook penalty taken late in the third period. Off the opening face off, Leafs left winger Nathan Medeiros picked up the loose puck, deked the Cranbrook defenceman, and scored off the crossbar to make the Nelson/Castlegar Leafs tournament champions. The success of the Leafs this past weekend was due to a good work ethic, commitment to team systems, and a dedication to team play.

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Black Jack skier Julien Locke (right) captured bronze in the freestyle sprint at the US Ski Championships in Houghton, Mich.

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Locke wins bronze at U.S. championships JIM BAILEY Trail Times

Black Jack skier Julien Locke stepped onto the podium at the U.S. Cross Country Ski Championships last week in Houghton, Michigan. The 22-year-old Nelson native captured a bronze medal in the Men’s Open 1.5-kilometre freestyle sprint, and was first among U23 skiers with a time of three minutes, 18.38 seconds. “It was a good race Monday, I skied well, and had good skis, and finished out pretty well,” Locke told the Trail Times from Houghton. Locke attended the event to prepare for the Canadian World Junior/U23 Trials in Thunder Bay, Ont., and going against the best skiers in the United States seemed like a good warm up. “I didn’t have the greatest start to the season in December,” said Locke. “We had issues with skis and my form wasn’t super good, so it was definitely nice to come here and have a good result.” The veteran Black Jack skier finished just behind Dakota Blackhorse-von Jess who skied neck and neck with Reese Hanneman from the Alaska Pacific University Nordic Centre. “I started moving up through the climbs,

and then there’s some twisty sections, and just carried my speed well, and put in a good burst right at the beginning of the finishing straight, then moved up into third and just kind of held that position.” Hanneman pulled away from Blackhorsevon Jess in the final metres to finish in a time of 3:15.14 to win gold. “It was a good day for me and I know I am in really great sprint form right now,” said Hanneman in a release. “As soon as I won the qualifier I knew I had to use my power and save it until the right point on the course and go for the win and I came away with the win.” The road to the final for Locke wasn’t easy. In the quarter-final, Locke lined up with fellow Canadian skiers Evan PalmerCharrette and Michael Somppi of Thunder Bay in what turned out to be a scorching fast heat where Locke finished fourth out of six skiers but still managed to advance to the semifinals. “It was super fast,” said Locke. “There were three Canadians so we all knew each other and knew it was going to be tight to go through, so we pushed the pace on purpose, and we had somebody on course to give us splits.” The top-two finishers from each of the

five heats advance to the semis, and then the two best times also move on as the “lucky loser.” Locke’s heat was so fast that the Black Jack skier’s, 3:15:52, eclipsed the time of all the other heat’s winners, so he and Somppi, in third place, advanced to the semifinals. “We made a tactical decision to push the pace to get all of us through, and in the end it worked out.” Locke then made it to the final after finishing third in semifinal heats, coming just 0.14 seconds back of Fredrik Schwencke of Northern Michigan University, who won the semifinal heat but would finish behind Locke in the final. The other Canadian to qualify for the final, Palmer-Charrette, came sixth. Locke is currently at the Haywood Nor-Am World Junior-U23 Trials in Thunder Bay. “We have a skate sprint down there, then a 15-km classic, and a 30-km pursuit, but the sprint is my strength so I’ll be playing my cards in the sprint.” Last year, Black Jack skier Colin Ferrie advanced to the FIS World Junior and U23 championships in Turkey, and Locke would like nothing more than to take his turn this year, and qualify for the U23 Worlds in Romania, Feb. 23 to 28.

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Whitewater Ski Resort’s first Community Day last Friday proved to be a resounding success with the resort raising over $10,000 to give back to the community. Locals from Kaslo to Castlegar and south to Salmo enjoyed great snow conditions for only $10 and each of those dollars resulted in a $5,540 donation for both the Nelson CARES Society and Avalanche Awareness Beyond the Boundaries, not to mention the abundance of food donated to the Nelson Food Cupboard. With the most total snowfall to date this season out of all the

resorts in the west, an accumulation of 540 cm and a snow base hovering around two meters, the 40th season could not be off to a better start. And the excitement is not over. Friday marks the official 40th anniversary celebration. The party kicks off at the resort with return of the beloved Master Blaster competition, 40th style, followed by an Old School Ski Moves contest in the terrain park. There will be other contests such as Oldest Season Pass and Most Season Passes, food specials and Nelson Brewing Company’s special Whitewater anniversary beer Bent Pole on tap. There will be live music in the

lodge by Dirt Floor, the band that holds some of the same talent that helped to create the music behind the anniversary film 40 Years Young, which will be shown Friday at the resort as well. What better way to enjoy the story told by the talented team at Freeride Entertainment than in the very lodge built by community hands 40 years ago? There is still time for you to tell your story as the Dear Whitewater Instagram Contest runs until Friday too. The celebration moves into the evening at Mike’s Place Pub, which has teamed up with Nelson Brewing Company for the Get Bent Pole (After) Party. A free event, Vinyl Ritchie will

be spinning beats throughout the evening and there are grand prizes for the Best Bent Pole as well as the Best Duct Tape Costume. The fun does not stop on Friday. Saturday and Sunday marks the seventh annual Winter Carnival at Whitewater Ski Resort. A full weekend is planned with kid scavenger hunts, snow sculpting contests and the Snowball Apres with an incredible buffet dinner put on by the chefs at Whitewater, live music by LINT, a torchlight parade and fireworks. And that is only Saturday. Sunday brings avalanche awareness, more marshmallows and the Gerick’s Summit Cup.

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Remember to get those hips forward DYLAN

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he last column was focused on the sensation of skiing and this week we will focus on getting hips up at the transition. The New Year is a time of reflection and an opportunity to scrap last year’s worn-out versions of ourselves and replace them with new, healthier, happier, hotter, and higher performance versions. I don’t know how this is going for you so far but I might be able to help you meet your high performance

goals. What is your skiing goal this season? Is there a run that you would like to ski that you haven’t or a run that you would like to ski better? Achieving these goals is one of the most rewarding aspects of skiing and the learning process can be really fun. I suggest that if you are serious about improving your skiing experience and your abilities then you should reach out to the great resources that we have with the Whitewater Ski Resort’s snow school pros at snowschool@skiwhitewater. com, and the Whitewater Ski Team coaching staff at whitewaterskiteam.ca. As I coach this season there is one common issue that seems to be universal. Get your hips forward! Forward pressure is the most important factor in ski performance and it is our hips that carry the heavy load. I am not talking about the weight that you have put on through the holidays, but simply that the hips have the whole upper

body sitting on top of them, so where they go is where the body mass goes. The ski technology today is fantastic and is designed to function with some forward shin pressure in the boot at all times. Gone are the days when we needed to lean back when skiing powder or to get our skis to release in the transition. So it is time to get out of the back seat and into the driver’s seat! Thanks to Steven Fry and Helmut Spiegel for this drill. Here is how: 1. Go to an easy wide run and point your skis straight down the fall line and roll your skis up on to edge for your first turn. 2. As you finish your turn, transfer your weight from the old outside leg to the new outside leg and as you do lift your hips up as high as you can on this leg. 3. Start your turn with this fully extended outside leg and try to maintain this extension through the whole turn. 4. Now that you are back at

the transition between turns, step on to your new outside leg and again lift your hips up to full extension and repeat. Instructors and coaches will tell you to get tall when you pole plant and to throw your weight forward at the switch etc., but I find that this drill is really good for getting you to focus on both the weight transfer from your old outside leg to the new outside leg while putting the extension right where it is needed at the precise time that it is needed most. Have fun with this and you never know, maybe it will make you healthier, happier and hotter, too? Happy New Year. Dylan Henderson is the head coach for the Whitewater ski team. He’s a certified development level coach withthe Canadian Ski Coaches Federation and a Level 1 ski instructor with the Canadian Ski Instructors Association. His goal is to give you something to keep your skiing fresh every week even if the snow is not.

Nelson skiers contenders for Kootenay Cup SUBMITTED Black Press

In the dazzling sunshine and brisk East Kootenay cold, over a dozen Nelson-area Nordic skiers recently tested their mettle in Kimberley against competitors from BC, Alberta, the Yukon and Washington state, and came out looking very strong. In temperatures barely reaching minus-15 degrees Celsius (the minimum permitted for racing) seven young racers, aged six to 15, drew on their training to give some impressive and gritty performances. In the atom girls category, Aleah Smith brought home a second-place finish in her classic race (in a field of 20 skiers), and a fourth place in the skate race. Peewee boys Kaelum Smith and Ollie Gyr earned themselves fifth and sixth places respectively (out of 15) in classic, and sixth and fourth in skate. In the midget category Felix Barron clinched gold in the classic race and silver in the skate race. Teammate Dylan Gyr was close behind, earning silver (classic) and bronze (skate), while Rohan Moola persevered admirably through equipment difficulties to finish fifth and sixth. Ira McKimm, skiing as a Juvenile, pulled off two very impressive silver-medal finishes against national-level competition. Eight adults from Nelson Nordic Ski Club also competed. In the Masters II women’s category, Louise Poole came first in both the 20 km classic and the 15 km skate events. In the Masters II men’s category, the

Top photo: Members of Nelson Nordic’s Track Attack team in Kimberley. From left, Rohan Moola, Dylan Gyr (bottom photo), Aleah Smith, Kaelum Smith, Felix Barron, and Ira McKimm (missing: Ollie Gyr). Nelson team owned the podium, with George Edney just edging out Kim Poole and Jay McKimm for a one-two-three finish in the 15 km skate event. In the 20 km classic race, Kim Poole and Edney came second and third respectively.

Skiing in the somewhat shorter-distance recreational categories and earning chocolate medals for their efforts, were Jennie Barron (gold), Sarah Waterhouse (silver), Janet Connolly (bronze), Erik Leslie (silver), and Kurstun Smith (bronze).

The Jackrabbit and Track Attack skiers sincerely thank all their coaches — especially Kaj Gyr and Roger Fontaine, for their attention and encouragement at this event — and the hard-working wax tech dads, Erik and Kurstun. The team was also grateful to Kimberley Nordic Club members, who put on a generous and delicious spread of food for the racers on both days. Racing was not the only focus of the weekend. The skiers also enjoyed snow skating, hot tubbing, and a banquet with great food and dancing. “Just hanging out together was the best part,” said one young skier. The Kimberley races were the first two of the 2016 Kootenay Cup series, sponsored by Teck. The third set of Kootenay Cup races go this Sunday in Nelson. This is a fun annual event, and there are race categories for all ages. The races are freestyle technique, so you can ski skate or classic style, but most racers will be skating. There is an easy 7.5-km course for recreational skiers. Everyone is invited to participate. A free lunch buffet and draw prizes will be part of the fun. If you would like to volunteer at the race, contact Kaj Gyr at kajgyr@telus.net To register for the race go to zone4.ca and click the Teck Kootenay Cup No. 3 link before 8 p.m. tonight. Bib pick up is from 9 to 10 a.m. Bunnies and atoms (seven and under) start at 10:30 a.m. Start times then go sequentially from youngest to oldest.

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A dozen years ago, any talk about restoring ocean salmon to the upper Columbia River watershed in Canada was labeled a pipe dream. Far too many dams in the way. Complicated international politics. Enormous expense. The list of barriers for the return of this iconic fish was long. About the same time, local author Eileen Delehanty Pearkes received a phone call from the Kootenay Storytelling Festival. Could she write a story about the landscape, bringing it somehow to life? “I had just begun research on a new book about the Columbia River,” Pearkes recalled. “It wasn’t long before the Columbia was waking me up in the middle of the night, urging me to record its story. I discovered as I listened to the river that a big part of its story was the salmon. The loss of the ocean salmon, and the river’s hope for its return.” One storytelling festival and one limited-edition version of the book later, The Heart of a River is back, this time in an affordable soft-cover edition illustrated by Nichola Lytle of Pink Dog Designs. A decade later, the book has been re-released into an unexpected atmosphere of hope for salmon to return. Technical issues about fish passage around dams are being resolved, one by one. Leaders of American tribes and Canadian First Nations are uniting spirit and science to press for changes to the

Columbia River Treaty to include eco-system values and salmon passage around Chief Joseph and Grand Coulee dams in central Washington. The new edition of the book has a role to play. “During a recent meeting in Spokane, a tribal representative gave a copy of The Heart of the River to the lead US negotiator for the Columbia River Treaty,” said Pearkes. “I love that our region’s own story of the river has returned to the US State Department in Washington D.C.” The new prime minister is also on the list to receive complimentary copies. Until the 1942 completion of of Grand Coulee Dam in Washington state, three ocean salmon species and steelhead trout made their way upstream from the river-mouth in Astoria, Oregon, over 1,000 km into Canada, and 2,000 to the headwaters. While Bonnington Falls stopped the salmon from ascending to Kootenay Lake, they found their way just about everywhere else in the region, enriching the ecosystem and providing impor-

tant food for the indigenous culture. The illustrator Lytle admitted to some long, sleepless nights during her own creative process. “I wanted to give back to the river,” said Lytle. “I wanted to be part of a more empathetic awareness of the Columbia River. I hope that my illustrations invite others to become part of it, too.” For both Lytle and Pearkes, the story serves as a reminder of water’s potential, as well as the possibilities for change. The Columbia River watershed is the fourth-largest in North America by water volume and encompasses an area the size of France. Its concentrated descent from the height of the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean inspired some of the largest and most profitable mega-projects in North America, and resulted in significant losses, especially in Canada. “So much of our mountain culture is deeply connected to and dependent on water,” said Lytle. “Many of my creative projects are in some way connected to the Columbia — whether I am designing for a local business, creating advertising for tourism, promoting water conservation strategies, or encouraging habitat preservation.” The Heart of a River is available at the Touchstones gift shop, Otter Books and Ellison’s Market in Nelson; at Merixtell Books in Nakusp; at the Yasodhara Ashram bookstore on the East Shore and online at shop.pinkdogdesigns. com.

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The Nelson Public Library celebrates family literacy all month long with fun activity sheets available in the children’s section and a special event on Family Literacy Day, Wednesday, Jan. 27 from 3 to 4 p.m. There are free books, refreshments, games, and plasticine play in honour of this year’s featured author and honourary Family Literacy Day chair, Barbara Reid. The illustrations in Reid’s popular picture books are all created in plasticine. “Family Literacy Day is a great time for families to celebrate reading and literacy-related activities,” says children’s librarian Nancy Radonich, who notes that reading together even 15 minutes a day dramatically improves literacy skills for children — and for caregivers. “If you’re not reading with your family now, this is a perfect time to start,” she says.

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715: Campbell E.J. photographer 723: West Transfer co. And in the odd-numbered side of the 700 block of Vernon: 702: Maccagus Emil restaurant 706: Reid Andrew M. (Mrs. Enga Anderson in 1914) 708: Burns John & Sons contractors So there was a restaurant at 702 Vernon more than a century ago. That’s presently the address of the New China Restaurant, formerly the Shamrock Grill, formerly Grenfell’s Cafe. Grenfell’s first shows up there in the 1936 directory. I’m not positive if the building was erected that year, but it may well have been. Emil Maccagus isn’t listed in the 1910 directory and he’s gone by 1918, although in the latter year an E. Maccagnio is listed as the proprietor of a confectionary and lunch counter, no address given. Also, on Hall St. between Vernon and Baker in 1913 we have: 405 Vacant 409 Ludwig Jacob M harnessmaker 411 1/2 Svoboda John and Katie furnished rooms

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projects expected to begin in 2016. But there was one major omission: Selkirk College will break ground in the spring on an almost $19 million renovation to its Silver King campus. The province announced in November that it would fund the lion’s share of the project, which is expected to be complete by the fall of 2017. Another Rosemont development worth mentioning: the Crossing at Granite Pointe, which could break ground on another complex this year.

This envelope from West Transfer, postmarked 1942, bears an engraving on the back of the company’s brick building in the 700 block of Baker St., which was built about 1910 and torn down in early 1966. Greg Nesteroff collection 415 Ginsberg Harris second hand goods 417 Maple Leaf Restaurant (in 1914 the proprietor was Mrs. Vera Kruglak) 4171/2 Vacant Also in 1914, the rear of 409 Hall was owned by Hazen Stevenson. That’s the property where he built a machine shop in the 1920s, but I

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A quick Q&A about Beer: Q. If you put a coaster on top of your glass in a Czech beer house, what would that tell the bartender? A. In a Czech beer house, the bartender will refill your glass every time you empty it until you place your coaster on top of your glass, signaling that you have had enough. Q. How did Pabst Blue Ribbon earn its name? A. It won the blue ribbon in the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair. Q. According to “The Code of Hammurabi” of ancient Babylonia (c. 1750 B.C.) what could happen to a merchant for diluting beer? A. They were put to death. Kiomi Tucker, Sales Supervisor sales@nelsonstar.com | 250.352.1890

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didn’t realize he’d had the land for a few years before that. Hazen’s son Henry died last year at 99.

IF NO NEWS, SEND RUMOURS: Has Alberta Premier Rachel Notley purchased property at Queens Bay? That rumour has been going around since at least August, but I haven’t had any luck verifying it. The premier’s press secretary would neither confirm nor deny. “I don’t comment on the premier’s personal matters,” Cheryl Oates said. Would the premier herself talk about it? “She won’t.” So there you have it. Another mystery unsolved.

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Selkirk College offers experienced cooks Red Seal training SUBMITTED Black Press

An opportunity for working cooks to gain valuable certification at Selkirk College in Nelson begins Feb. 15. The well-established professional cook training program has been a cornerstone of Selkirk College’s hospitality training for decades. Students interested in culinary careers have been taking the Professional Cook 1 and Professional Cook 2 levels based out of Mary Hall at the Tenth Street Campus which has equipped them with the knowledge and skills for gainful employment. To help fill demand for a continually growing industry, the BC Industry Training Authority has approved Selkirk College to add a special cohort of Professional Cook 3 training that will enable those working in the industry and those with accumulated hours to put the finishing touches on their national Red Seal standard. “Selkirk College has never offered this level before,” says Bob Falle, chair of the school of hospitality, tourism and cosmetology. “We have been faced with increasing demand

Professional cook program students at Selkirk College’s Tenth Street Campus have access to high quality instruction and a top-notch facility. For the first time, the college is offering Professional Cook 3 which enables them to attain their national Red Seal standard. Submitted photo from those working in the industry and those looking for this level of training. We have the instructors and a modern training facility to help

people reach this important standard in their profession. Having a Red Seal will open up additional doors for those who want to validate their

skills and knowledge in the cooking profession.” Professional Cook 3 is the most advanced credential offered in this apprenticeship. The program being offered at Selkirk College beginning in February is six weeks and meets all requirements of the national Red Seal standard for cooks. The program is available to professional cooks who have completed all requirements of the Professional Cook 2 Program. The Industry Training Authority allows professional cooks who have not completed a formal program, but have attained 5,000 hours of work time in a commercial kitchen to apply to challenge the program for direct entry. Upon completion of the program, students will be competent with all major techniques and principles used in cooking, baking and other aspects of food preparation. In addition to demonstrating a mastery of cooking skills, a professional cook at this level will gain knowledge to plan and cost menus and recipes, and understand the communication skills necessary to take a leadership role in the kitchen. “Any labour force study done in

recent years cites chefs and cooks as one of the biggest growth areas for employment,” says Falle. “We regularly receive calls from employers searching for trained cooks. This kind of training will be invaluable for those individuals who want to capitalize on a career that is full of endless opportunity.” One of the latest studies by the provincial government and incorporated into the BC Tourism Labour Market Strategy shows that the Kootenay Rockies region of the province will have a higher percentage of job openings due to retirements in the workforce. By 2020 it is anticipated the region will have 3,089 job openings with a labour shortage of 438. The food and beverage sector will be one of the hardest hit. “The timing of this course is important,” says Falle. “We need an educated workforce in our region with individuals able to meet the challenges and needs of the future. This is one small step, but a key direction we hope to continue in future years.” To register for the Professional Cook 3 Program go to selkirk.ca/ program/cook.

The joy of winter beers There’s a beer for every season. Normally lighter beers and fruit beers sell better in the summer for obvious reasons. Fall is a time for everything pumpkin. Spring … well, spring doesn’t really have a style, maybe green beer. Then there’s winter, the time of year when the darkness rules the beer universe! Stouts, porters, bocks and a wide array of heavenly, dark lovelies dance across our palates. For beer geeks it’s one of the best times of year! Nelson Brewing Company: Faceplant Winter Ale We get asked all the time if we brew special batches of Faceplant just for Whitewater. We always lie and say yes! Yes, of course we make special beer for you and those moments where you have achieved a personal best, dropped a new line, ripped 40 cm of fresh powder and then rallied the group for “just one” at

powers everything else and can leave a bit of an unpleasant flavour and mouth feel. In this case it’s a great compliment to the roasted barley and the coffee and dark chocolate notes that it imparts. The three flavours work well together and give a balanced, mid-sweet winter stout.

the pub on the ski hill! We also make special batches just for those amazing moments in Nelson, Balfour, Rossland, Slocan Valley, Nakusp, Kaslo, Crawford Bay, Golden, Fernie the rest of BC and Alberta. You’re welcome. Thank you. we love you! Lighthouse Brewing Co: Seaport Vanilla Stout Using a vanilla in beer can be a slippery slope with beer. Too much and it over

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Elaine Van Staalduinen has worked in scratchboard, charcoal, pencil and mixed media, but it is the beauty of line and the honesty of black and white that excites her, perhaps most when she is rendering images from the natural world. For her new exhibition Burnt, Bent and Broken: The Tree Series in Ink, now showing at the Nelson Public Library, she honed observational skills and technique, delighting in the twists and turns of her subjects and working to discover their mysteries. “Give me a tree where the curves are visible and the central form is not lost in the leaves or needles. Better yet, make it an old tree with wounds and scars, broken limbs with ragged edges and snapped

WE VALUE YOUR PROPERTY AS MUCH AS YOU DO. If you’re among BC’s approximately 2 million property owners, you should receive your 2016 property assessment in the mail early in January. If you haven’t, call us toll-free at 1-866-valueBC. Access property information and compare your assessment to others using our free e-valueBC service at bcassessment.ca, BC’s trusted go-to property information resource. If you have questions or want more information, contact us at 1-866-valueBC or online at bcassessment.ca. The deadline to file an appeal for your assessment is February 1st, 2016.

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pieces because I love trying to draw my way through the complexity,” she says. “I also love how it feels to move the pen or brush through curves and lines, and see black define an image onto white.” The exhibition features five beautifully-rendered trees, including The Abandoned Almond, The Front Lawn Apple, The Twisted Chestnut Stump, The Fantasy Tree, and The Bonzai. Van Staalduinen uses technical or crow quill pens in an ink and wash technique that allows for detail, depth and subtlety. A life and art coach influenced by life in Spain and in Canada, Van Staalduinen has shown her work and taught life coaching through art and Spanish in the West Kootenay since she moved to Procter in 2012. “It is the energy that learning generates that drives me as an artist and it is the way that I ask questions that defines how I work as an

The Bonzai is among Elaine Van Staalduinen’s works now on exhibit at the Nelson Public Library until the end of February. Submitted photo art coach,” she explains. “Yes, I am an artist but perhaps for me, more importantly, I am a teacher. I have loved learning and helping others to experience their own learning processes in a self-observing manner. Creating art gives me the opportuni-

ty to explore using what I have within myself and then passing on to others what I learn through coaching art.” More information about the artist is available at elainevanstaalduinen.com. The exhibition continues until the end of February.

Nelson residents become Dementia Friends SUBMITTED Black Press

Many Nelson residents are this month making one of their most important New Year’s resolutions ever. They’re becoming Dementia Friends, committing to learning a little bit about dementia so they can be supportive and inclusive toward people with the illness, which has become one of the country’s most pressing health issues. Statistics suggest three out of four area residents know someone living with dementia. “People affected by dementia continue to live in and be a part of our communities, and we can support them to stay connected in ways that are meaningful for them,” says Julie Lefflelaar, regional Support and Education Coordinator for the nonprofit Alzheimer Society of BC for Nelson and the West Kootenay. “Through individual actions we can raise awareness of dementia and reduce the stigma attached to it.” The Dementia Friend campaign is the cornerstone of Alzheimer’s Awareness Month, which runs until the end of January. Becoming a Dementia Friend is easy, says Lefflelaar. The process starts by

signing up at DementiaFriends.ca. The next step is to understand five simple things about dementia: • It is not a natural part of aging. • It is not just about losing your memory. Dementia can affect thinking, communicating and doing everyday activities. • It is possible to live well with dementia. • There is more to a person than a diagnosis of dementia. • The Alzheimer Society of BC’s Nelson and West Kootenay branch is here to help people with dementia and their care partners. That knowledge can easily translate into action at home and work, Lefflelaar adds. The Society has supported people living with dementia for 35 years. One of its initiatives, First Link, connects people affected by dementia with information, Society support services and programs such as Minds in Motion, and dementia education sessions at any stage of the journey. You can find out about upcoming education sessions by contacting Julie Lefflelaar at 250-365-6769 (toll-free 1-855-301-6742) or jleffelaar@alzheimerbc.org, and visiting alzheimerbc.org.

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Wilks only candidate to win his hometown CONTINUED FROM A1 in the riding). In most smaller communities and rural areas in the southern part of the riding (Creston, Cranbrook and surrounding regions), Conservative candidate David Wilks took at least 50 per cent of the vote. In the larger municipalities, Wilks did not manage to secure 50 per cent of the vote, but was still the clear favourite, grabbing roughly 45 per cent in both Cranbrook and Creston. This Conservative stronghold area extends as far north as the southern reaches of the Upper Columbia Valley, where Wilks earned 58.8 per cent of the vote in Canal Flats, and 50.3 per cent of the vote in Fairmont Hot Springs. Immediately north of Fairmont Hot Springs, however, begins a string of communities — roughly corresponding to the northern part of the Kootenay-Columbia riding — stretching in an arc from Windermere and Invermere up through Golden and on into Revelstoke, in which no party clearly dominated and in which the top three parties saw their shares of the vote much more evenly divided than anywhere else. In some of these communities, the Conservatives garnered the most votes; in others the NDP did; but across the board, none of the parties managed to crack 44 per cent of the vote. (In fact, in multiple northern Kootenay-Columbia communities, no party managed to

even crack 39 per cent.) At the same time in almost every single one of these communities, three parties (Conservatives, NDP and Liberal) each got at least 20 per cent of the vote. The northern KootenayColumbia trend of a vote share gap of nine to 19 per cent (depending on the community) between the top party and the third party stands in stark contrast to the vote share gap in southern part of the riding (where it was more than 40 per cent between the top party and second party — nevermind the third party — in some communities), and in the western part of the riding (where the gap between the top party and second party was more than 45 per cent in some places). This narrower gap in the north meant that it was the area of strongest showing for the Liberals. Although the party did not top the polls in any community, it consistently grabbed higher vote share in northern Kootenay-Columbia communities than its riding-wide result of 19 per cent. The Green Party’s best results also had a geographic concentration — the 11.6 per cent of the vote it earned in Kimberley and 10.7 per cent of the vote in earned in the rural areas surrounding Kimberley were the only two places in the entire riding in which the party managed to crack 10 per cent. Kimberley has long been a bastion of Green support in the Kootenay and in this election was the base of operations for Green candidate Bill

Green. Despite this, Stetski’s NDP earned the most votes there, taking 35 per cent, with Wilks hot on his heels at 32.5 per cent. Green, however, was not the only candidate who failed to top the polls in his campaign headquarters’ home turf. Liberal candidate Don Johnston was based in Nelson, which he hoped might help him steal some of the NDP’s thunder in a town that has long been an NDP stronghold. However, Nelson voted overwhelmingly for the NDP, with Stetski getting 64.9 per cent of the vote, compared with the Liberals’ 18 per cent, the Conservatives’ 12.1 per cent, and the Greens’ 4.9 per cent. Kaslo voted 51.2 per cent NDP, 24 per cent Conservative, 16.3 per cent Liberal, and 8.5 per cent Green. Salmo voted a bit more strongly Liberal than its neighbours: 45.9 per cent NDP, 24.1 per cent Liberal, 22.5 per cent Conservative, and 7.5 per cent Green. Although Stetski outdid the Liberals in their headquarters, he too was defeated on his home turf in Cranbrook, where he had previously been mayor. In Cranbook, the NDP got 24.3 per cent of the vote, while the Conservatives got 46.8 per cent. Wilks also had his headquarters in Cranbrook, meaning he was the only one of the four candidates to win the highest vote share in the community housing his operations base. Next: The candidates react

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The power went off on Thursday morning at about 9:15 for a half hour at Whitewater, leaving skiers stranded on the lifts. “But now it’s back on and everyone is having a great time out there,” Whitewater’s Rebeckah Hornung told the Star soon after. Asked how long the mountain will let people sit on lifts before evacuating them, Hornung said preparations for evacuation begin as soon as the power goes off. A power outage at Whitewater lasted a half hour Thursday, but skiers were “First we go to auxiliary power,” not forced to be evacuated from the lifts as they were last year. The above she said, “and run people off at a photo was taken in the spring of 2015. Tamara Hynd file photo slower speed.” At the same time, they prepare to that rappels skiers to the ground No one was available at FortisBC manually evacuate the skiers. This from the lift. This happened dur- at press time to explain the reason takes about 15 minutes to set in ing a similar outage last year, also for the outage or how many other motion, and involves a rope system after a big snowfall. people were affected.

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Student council returns to L.V. Rogers Secondary SUBMITTED Black Press

A student council for L.V. Rogers has been in the works since last year when a few students decided to tackle an issue that was slowing the progression of their classes. These students were in classes that were highly dependent upon computers and wireless Internet for research and Word document processing. Unfortunately, the technology at the time was not good enough to keep up with the pace of the students and their teachers. In response, Simon Hradil-Kasseckert, Lily Miller, Michael Marsland, Merissa Dawson, and Kozmo Sammartino reached out to other students with petitions, and a letter-writing campaign to express the need for better technology to administration, as well as politicians that deal with education in BC. Once the letters and petitions were sent off,

After many years without, L.V. Rogers Secondary has a student council again. Submitted photo responses were received from Premier Christy Clark, as well as School District 8 superintendent Jeff Jones. Clark wrote back with insights regarding BC-wide improvements of technology through the Ministry of Education, and Jones wrote back eager to meet with students

to discuss what the school district was doing about it, and where there is room for improvement. While meeting with Jones, it became clear to Hradil-Kasseckert, Miller, and Dawson that there needed to be a better channel for students to communicate with SD8 administration. The student council was formed to bridge that gap. With the mission statement “building student voice while collaborating with administration,” the student council hopes that it will not only make it easier for students and administration to communicate, but that it will also instill in LVR students the habits of effective citizenship. Since its formation part way through the first semester of this year, the council comprised of Hradil-Kasseckert, Sammartino, Hannah Sachs, Amelia Martzke, Sophie Burkholder, Linn Murry, Miller, Talia Westergreen, Charly

Defouw, Hannah Collinson, Kaitlyn Taburiaux, Margeret Saville and Sophie Borhi, has worked hard to move towards a school that is more connected with its administration. The council members have hosted a world café style open meeting to brainstorm issues, and have conducted a schoolwide survey to see which of those are most pertinent to the students. The council’s next step is to present the findings of the survey to the administration, and have a dialogue about how the students can solve the issues while working toward a uniform goal with the administrators of SD8. What’s unique about the LVR student council is that the entire initiative is student led. The council should not only leave a lasting impact on LVR, but should also strengthen leadership and citizenship traits in the student community.

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Einstein and the Ancient Documents Albert Einstein's 2 theories of relativity, in 1905 and 1916, ushered in a radically new cosmic model of the universe. Since then, this model has become the most accurately tested model known to man (the perfect theory), confirmed to the 0.000000000001 % level of precision. * Amazing that from a single point of ignition, the universe has been continuously expanding, spreading out as a 10 dimensional flat surface, where no star or galaxy can ever exist as the centre. Amazing that the formation of the Milky Way galaxy and our solar system seem perfectly timed for the development of life on earth.* Even more amazing is that the 10 essential attributes of a big bang universe were accounted for in the ancient documents of Scripture, descriptions over 2000 years old*: “all things were created...what is seen was not made from what is visible... the universe was stretched out like a canopy... like a tent to live in... established with day and night... and fixed laws...creation subject to decay...for the earth will wear out like a garment...the stars will be dissolved...the sky will be rolled up like a scroll...the elements will be destroyed by fire... the earth will be laid bare”. ** No writing in classical literature appears to come closer to describing the big bang universe. The Bible makes claims for a cosmic beginning, and a God transcending the universe. In a way, the Bible set the stage for Einstein's theory of relativity, for it can be said that the Bible itself, sowed the seeds of the scientific method *. Today, there are 4 creation and evolution models actively being explored scientifically for their predictive accuracy. Check out the evidence, in Hugh Ross's many books and website www.reasons.org/resources/predictions, and The Salvation Army discover where faith and science converge. Nelson Community Church “It would be very difficult to explain why the universe should have begun in just this way, except as the act of a God who intended to create beings just like us” (Stephen Hawking). * Ideas of Canadian cosmologist, Dr. Hugh Ross. ** Selected words from various books of the Bible

Sunday Worship Service at 11:00 am Everyone is Welcome Your Pastors:

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Unity Centre of the Kootenays Sunday Gatherings @ 10am The Front Room Event Centre 910 Front Street Come as you are! www.nelsonvineyardchurch.com 250.509.1118 or 250.509.0151

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9:30 am at the Anglican Church on Busk Rd. For information 250-229-5237 St. Saviour's Anglican Church 701 Ward St. at Silica St., Nelson Eucharist and Children's Program

Every Sunday 10:30 a.m. St. Saviour’s Food Pantry Open Every Friday 9 - 11 a.m.

St. Michael & All Angels Sunday Service 11:30 a.m. 8551 Busk Road, Balfour

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CATHEDRAL OF MARY IMMACULATE 813 Ward Street 352-7131 Sunday Mass Times: • Saturday 7:00 pm • Sunday 8:30 am and 10:30 am Parish office open Tuesday – Friday 9:00 am - noon rccathedral@shaw.ca • www.catholiccathedralnelson.ca

Kootenay Christian Fellowship Join us for our Worship Celebration Sundays @ 10:30am • Developing Relationships • Music that will move you • Helping People ~ Help People Pastor Jim Reimer

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Sunday Worship Gathering 10:00 am Minister: David Boyd All are Welcome

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Esther PopkinClurman 1923-2016

Esther PopkinClurman passed away peacefully in her home on Thursday, January 7th, 2016. Esther was born in Manhattan, New York, in 1923. She taught French and Spanish at State University of New York at Farmingdale before moving to Nelson, BC, in 1982. She was a volunteer with hospice when it first began for a number of years and worked as a volunteer with seniors who were housebound. She wrote stories, novels and poems since she was five years old. She is the author of a book of short stories, The End Of The Woman In The Book, a poetry collection, Distillations, as well as the novels Odysseys and Turn It Around One More Time. Her latest novel, Express Delivery, which explores the subject of aging and was completed when she was 89, is available on amazon.com. As she would put it, “I’ve had a lifelong addiction to memorizing great poetry.” She was still doing this when she died. She leaves behind a loving daughter, Irene Mock, and son, Dan Clurman, and grandchildren, Anna, Paul and Rose. As an expression of sympathy donations in Esther’s honor may be made to the Kootenay Lake Hospital Foundation, Kalein Hospice and the Nelson CARES Society. Megan Johnson of Thompson Funeral Service has been entrusted with cremation arrangements. Online condolences may be expressed at www.thompsonfs.ca

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We are looking for an energetic, caring and professional full-time Dental Assistant. Experience is an asset but not a must. We hire for attitude first, and would love to join our team if you see assisting as your career and not just a job. Resumes can be dropped off in person at our front desk 201 - 402 Baker Street.

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(Registered Nurses) Bayshore Specialty Nursing is currently seeking (RN’s) for daytime shifts (21 hours per week, between 08001500 to attend in school) and / or 8 - 16 hour in home nighttime shifts per week in the Castlegar / Nelson area for youth with complex care needs. Pediatric experience preferred; some client transfers required. All training will be provided. Please send your resume & cover letter to: Bayshore Specialty Nursing Service - Attn: Kevin Williamson HR Generalist Pedsvancouver@ bayshore.ca or Fax: 1-866-686-7435. Note Nelson area position.

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Sister Rosaleen Trainor, CSJP May 20, 1931-January 4, 2016 A beloved teacher of philosophy, theology and ethics, Sister Rosaleen Trainor, CSPH, died on January 4th, 2016 in Bellevue, Washington. A faculty member at Seattle University from 1965 until her retirement in 2002, Sister Rosaleen was honored as a master teacher, was the Louis Gaffney Professor of Arts and Science and held a McGordrick Fellowship at Seattle University “in Recognition of her outstanding service as a teacher, a counselor and a model for her students.” Born to Nora and George Trainor on May 20, 1931 in Nelson, British Columbia, Jennie Mary Trainor encountered the Sisters of St.Joseph of Peace at St. Joseph School in Nelson and entered the community in 1955 as Sister Rosaleen. She taught briefly in elementary school in Seattle and Wenatchee and completed a B. Ed. Degree at Seattle University before entering graduate school at St. John’s University, New York where she earned her M.A. and Ph.D.degrees. As a S.U. faculty member, Sister Rosaleen was the first woman to chair the Philosophy Department and taught generations of students. In her “Last Lecture,” given at Seattle University in 2001, she recalled a time when two students came to her to resolve a heated discussion they were having on a philosophical text. “Rather than tell them the truth,” she said, “I showed my pleasure in their working the issue and I proceeded to dialogue with them further.” With such great respect for her students and the intellectual process, she was an outstanding and formative professor, always searching to intensify her own and her students’ “desire for truth, love and justice.” She received faculty and teaching awards at Seattle University in 1982, 1987, 1992, 1995, 2000 and 2002. From 1979 to 2000, as a member of the Board of Directors of Peace Health, the health care system founded by the Sisters of St.Joseph of Peace, Sister Rosaleen began Peace Health’s ethics ministry and served on the Executive Committee, Corporate Integrity Committee and Corporate Ethics Committee; she also served on the Board of Director for Peace heath’s Oregon Region from 2003 to 2013. In both her teaching and board service she focused on the ethical issues and dilemmas of health care, bringing great clarity to complex problems of life and death. After retiring from Seattle University, Sister Rosaleen lived and volunteered in Indio, California with her dear friend Maggie O’Miller; in 2015 she moved to the Sister’s retirement community at St. Marryon-the-Lake, Belleviue. She is survived by her sister, Aileen Trainor, CSPH,brother George and sister-in-law Evelyn Trainor of Nelson, BC, many nieces and nephews, and many friends. Her parents, brother Monsignor Leslie Trainor and sister Kay McGauley preceded her death.

In Loving Memory

Lynne Hume 1947 - 2016

With sorrow, her family reports that Lynne Margaret Hume, 68, of Salmo, B.C., died on Saturday, January 9th, 2015 at the Trail Regional Hospital. She was born October 18, 1947 in Beaverlodge, Alberta to Ridler Robert and Edith Margaret Hume, who predeceased her. Left mourning are her partner of 48 years, Michael Koke, Salmo, B.C., her brothers Robert Keith Hume, Merritt, B.C. and Neil Douglas Hume, Oliver, B.C. and numerous nieces and nephews.

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Pharmasave Nelson is Hiring!!!

Front Store Manager Exciting opportunity for an experienced Front Store Manager to be part of our community focused traditional Pharmasave store. Our store is located at 685 Baker Street, Nelson, BC. We offer a competitive wage based on experience and skills, plus benefits. Deadline for applications, January 31, 2016. Please email your resume to clyhne@forewest.ca

Lynne resided just outside of Salmo on “her farm” with her spouse since the late 1980’s/ early 1990’s. She had a variety of careers including aspiring folk singer, ski industry office worker, Parks Canada, school bus driver and her favorite, a caregiver for a person with a disability. Lynne’s ultimate passion was animals. She arrived in Salmo with horses, dogs, cats and birds and continued with a variety of these for the years she was able to care for them. Lynne also loved crochet and gardening and her great accomplishment in the last few years was to make a “lasagna” flower garden. Lynne found it difficult to accept help and really appreciated everything that many community members and organizations provided. A Celebration of Life will be held on January 16th, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. at the Crossroads Christian Fellowship, 4 – 12th Street, Salmo, B.C.. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the S.P.C.A., 520-C, Falls Street, Nelson, B.C.V1L 6B5. www.spca.bc.ca/branches/ nelson/support.html

The Nelson Public Library has an opening for a Circulation Services Assistant (on call) Reporting to the Chief Librarian, the Circulation Services Assistant is responsible for providing services to the public at the Circulation Desk. Application deadline January 22, 2016 at 4:30 pm QUALIFIED APPLICANTS ONLY PLEASE Resume and cover letter are to be submitted to June Stockdale, Chief Librarian 602 Stanley Street, Nelson, BC jstockdale@nelson.ca or fax: 250-354-1799 For full details please go to www.nelsonlibrary.ca

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IT Systems Support Technician Grand Forks Credit Union has an exciting career opportunity for an experienced Information Technology Systems Support Technician. As the first point of contact for employees and directors, strong teamwork and interpersonal skills are required to effectively support and communicate with users at all levels of expertise in matters related to the installation and use of GFCU technology tools. Working together with the Technology & Systems Administrator, you will be responsible for a variety of tasks including the day-to-day oversight of GFCU’s computer systems and networks, hardware and software and problem resolution. Find out more about this career opportunity at www.creditunioncareers.ca where you will find a detailed overview of the position, qualifications and application details. www.gfdscu.com • 447 Market Avenue, Grand Forks

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CASUAL TRANSIT DISPATCH /RECEPTIONIST Nakusp, BC Duties include: Receptionist: answer phone calls, take messages and direct where appropriate; greet and assist walk-in clients. Transit Dispatch: answer telephone inquiries; give schedule information and book transit rides. Support office staff with administration tasks. Respond to requests for information by prospective clients. QualiďŹ cations: Grade 12 diploma and one year of experience in a similar position. Must be efficient at multi-tasking and have good computer skills. Rate of pay: As per UFCW Local 1518, Grid 4, $16.83 per hour If interested please forward resume by 4:00 pm on January 18, 2016 to: ASLCS Attn: Human Resources Box 100 Nakusp, BC V0G 1R0 Email: hiring@aslcs.com Fax: 250-265-3378

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Rentals Apt/Condo for Rent 1 bdrm Baker St Apt avail Feb 1st N/S, N/P $650/m inclu heat, 760 636-0035 or after Jan 15th 250 354-2834 Beautiful Bright Newly Renovated 2Bd Apt, Avai now in central Nelson, Quiet adults only. N/S N/P $1000/m Ref Req. 250-354-4779 Downtown 2 bdrm apart for rental, new appliance and laminate floor without N/S, N/P rent includes head, hot water, cable & parking $1150/ m 250 551-2533

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To Apply: Please email resumes and credentials to Rebecca McDonnell. Email:BCCSHub@live.com Tel: (250)365-7201 We are looking for an Enthusiastic, child and family centric person to join our dynamic team of childcare experts at BCCSHub. One year of experience working with young children, from infant to pre-school, in a registered or accredited child care centre and Computer skills are an advantage. Closing date January 23.

The Nelson and District Seniors Coordinating Society is looking for a part time Home Help Organizer. This is a two (2) year contract position made possible by a Columbia Basin Trust Social Grant. The duties entail managing the growth of our Home Help Service to seniors and vulnerable adults by ; Client and worker acquisition and retention, increasing community profile, maintaining and further developing appropriate systems and policies. We expect the position to work up to 20 hours per week. Previous experience working with Seniors and a reliable vehicle required. Call 250-352-6008 or email sencoord@netidea.com for a job description. Applications with resumes received up to Jan 22,2016.

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MASTER CLASS

Salmo looking forward to age-friendly New Year

with MOTUS O Dance Theatre Company The Capitol Theatre and Front Street Dance are excited to offer a master class in contemporary dance with dancers from MOTUS O, Ontario.

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This unique opportunity is designed for advanced and professional dancers.

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Where: Front Street Dance 612 Front Street When: Friday, January 29th, 2016 10-11:30am Cost: $15 For more information and to register, please drop by the Capitol Theatre 421 Victoria Street Tuesday-Friday noon-4:30pm P.250 352-6363 REGISTRATION CLOSES JANUARY 20

Motus O is performing two shows at the Capitol Theatre Saturday, January 30th at 8pm Sunday, January 31st at 2pm

open call to musicians.

Salmo seniors keep the community thriving. “Our community has a large number of seniors and like many small communities we depend on [them] to be involved in keeping our community going,” explained Diana Lockwood, a Salmo councillor who leads the village’s seniors portfolio. “Whether it is with volunteer work, educating younger generations or having knowledge on how our town has been developed.” Just in time for Christmas, the village received word a $20,000 grant was on its way for age-friendly community planning projects this year. While the money sweetens the pot for engagement initiatives, like an in-depth community survey followed by a seniors roundtable forum, Lockwood points out the harsh reality behind the grant application. “Our village has gone through a devastating event of elder abuse this past summer,” she said. “And this event left an empty pit in everyone’s stomach.” In September, an elderly victim was forced to go

The Falls Music Lounge is almost ready to open its doors and we are looking for musicians to set the mood. We will be hosting auditions at Bloom Nightclub from 1–5 pm on Thursday January 21 and Friday January 22. Please email admin@savoyhotel.ca with your demo to book an audition.

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to the bank and withdraw a large amount of money after she was restrained and assaulted over a twoday period. The age-friendly contribution can help heal the community by broadening awareness about crimes against seniors. “This grant will give us an opportunity to learn from what happened,” said Lockwood. “And what we can do in our community in the future to prevent this type of event from happening again.” Through direct participation with Salmo seniors, the goal is to reduce elder abuse through public awareness and education, such as training for improved response to suspected and identified cases of elder abuse. The first planned action is to gather insight from Salmo’s aging populace. Lockwood said past surveys have not been well received by the seniors, so this time, a face-to-face approach will be used. “We will have a social gathering with some goodies and share stories,” she added. “We will set up different locations and actually sit down with seniors to make sure they understand the questions, help anyone

that may have problems with sight or just [help with] writing their answers down.” Another age-friendly objective is to assess senior support networks then ensure existing services are known to the community as a whole. Lockwood is employed in the medical profession and understands first hand how overwhelming finding resources for seniors can be. Discussions at the round table will include a review of support services already available in the village. “There are some of the same programs available to every senior across BC but where do you find them and how do you access them,” Lockwood questions. Costly health services like Meals on Wheels, adult day programs, respite, or programs to prevent caregiver burnout, aren’t available in a town the size of Salmo. But age-friendly recommendations, which will involve a working group of Salmo seniors, can help the elderly maintain health and safety on a day-to-day basis. “We do not have a resource person in Salmo that can sit down with

a senior and help them find a program, fill out the forms and send them to the right place,” Lockwood explained. “Sometimes I hear from seniors that they just need someone to help with their laundry or shoveling the driveway,” she said. “Simple things like this can keep someone safe from falling and out of the hospital.” Another age-friendly initiative is to launch a sidewalk safety project. Installing benches, increasing lighting on well-used walkways, and collaborating with the village to ensure sidewalk safety, are examples of suggested action. “We have a large number of people that walk in our village due to the flat ground,” Lockwood said. “And they may use an aid to help them, whether it be a cane, walker, wheelchair or scooter. “Activity is important and keeping safety a high priority will benefit everyone.” The age-friendly community planning and project grant program is a partnership between the province and the Union of British Columbia Municipalities. Communities were encouraged to focus on accessibility, elder abuse prevention, dementia and non-medical home support projects for the 2016 grant cycle. “We will all have to step up to the plate as times are going to change with all the baby boomers coming into the senior’s world, we need to make sure we have things available to keep them active, healthy and involved.” Support for Salmo’s initiative came from Isobel McKenzie, BC’s senior advocate, when she was travelling through the Kootenays in September. “She spoke on the housing, transportation, services, incomes and caregiver burnout; all the issues we need to be aware of in Salmo,” Lockwood added. “Our first action will be to hear from the seniors.”

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Selkirk celebrates 50 years with commemorative book CHELSEA NOVAK Castlegar News

Selkirk College is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2016, and is looking for help from the community to put together a commemorative book. Takaia Larsen and Bob Hall are working on a history book to celebrate 50 years at Selkirk, and they are looking for stories, photos and mementos that help tell the story of the college. “We put the proposal together about a year ago. We really thought it would be a great thing to do to celebrate the 50th so that people could come away with a book that tells the history of Selkirk College and also the region,” says Larsen. Larsen is a History professor at Selkirk, as well as a former student, and Hall the community liaison for Selkirk, and a former Nelson Star editor. Larsen also previously worked on a similar project for Zellstoff Celgar. “Celgar turned 50 a couple of years ago and we did a book project like that, and it turned out really, really well,” she says. “The retirees seemed to love it, and the community as well.” Larsen and Hall have been working on the Selkirk 50th anniversary book since July and have collected photos, research and archive material. So far they have interviewed 15 to 20 people — former faculty and

students, and community members who have been involved with the college over the years. “Interviews with them and their personal stories are a big part of the book,” says Larsen. So far, Larsen says, “The hardest part is figuring out which stories to tell and which ones to not tell,” as there is too much material to fit into one book. Asked if any particular stories stand out, Larsen said she learned why grapes can be found growing around campus. “It turns out that originally those were planted for a vintners’ club, a wine making club, that was organized by faculty and they tested out all the different kinds of grapes they could grow, which ones grew the best here and it became part of learning and also beautifying the campus,” she explains. Hall also came across something interesting when he was working on the book during the last federal election: Pierre Trudeau paid a visit to Selkirk College back in 1968 and gave a speech. The book builds on a smaller publication that Selkirk College put out when it celebrated its 25th anniversary. “So we’re kind of building on that project that happened 25 years ago and creating more of a full-length book that tells the history of all of the campuses and the communities surrounding the campuses over the last 50

years,” explains Larsen. Plans are to launch the book during the homecoming weekend at Selkirk in September. The book is just one part of the 50th anniversary celebration.

The 50th anniversary committee will be announcing what else they have planned for the year at the Bursary Tea on Saturday, Jan. 30 at Mary Hall on the Tenth Street Campus in Nelson.

Larsen and Hall will be collecting material for the book until the end of February and anyone who would like to contribute can contact Larsen at 250-365-1358 or tlarsen@ selkirk.ca.

Let’s make 2016 a great year for our communities’ homeless and disadvantaged pets!

SPACIOUS HOME

Wayne Germaine

250.354.2814

$459,900

4-bed, 3-bath home on large corner lot in Uphill. Main floor has an open kitchen, dining and living room with a gas fireplace, 3 beds, 2 baths incl. an ensuite, also access to the private deck. Fully finished basement with large family room, bedroom, full bath, laundry, lots of storage and access to covered patio and the beautifully landscaped fenced yard.

wayne@valhallapathrealty.com

QUIET AND PRIVATE

Robert Goertz

250.354.8500

$59,995

2-bedroom and 2-bath mobile home in Greenwood Mobile Home Park. New cork flooring in living room. Vaulted ceilings in kitchen and living room. Covered parking and deck, plus lots of storage. A very comfortable, well maintained home in a well managed park.

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AFFORDABLE & SOLID 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. Norm Zaytsoff

250.354.8584

$107,500

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RIVER & CREEK FRONT ACREAGE

Lev Zaytsoff

250.354.8443

$469,900

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.

lev@valhallapathrealty.com

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SALE

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Steven Skolka

250-354-3031

$317,800

Chocolate Lab Pups These adorable pups will be available at the end of January for adoption, but can be met and pre-selected now. There are 5 males and 3 females. Mother is a purebred, father ??. The pups will be vet checked, vaccinated, tattooed, and spayed/neutered by KAAP, and their adoption fee is $300. More information at http://www.kaap.ca/adopt/chocolate-labpuppies, or call Daryl at 250-551-1053.

IMPORTANT NOTICE:

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.

Premium location, upgraded unit with over 1600 sq ft of living space on 3 levels, plus private 200 sq ft deck. 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths, nat gas fireplace, hardwood and slate flooring. Gorgeous kitchen with wood beams, granite counters, maple cabinets and gas range. Spacious living area with 18 ft vaulted ceiling. Golf course and mountain views.

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WELCOME TO THE SLOCAN VALLEY

ON NOW!

Kristina Little

250-509-2550

$299,900

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.

lev@valhallapathrealty.com

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

250-509-0006

553 Baker St. Nelson

$559,900

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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KOOTENAY RHYTHM DRAGONS

Annual General Meeting Thursday, January 21, 2016 at the Hume Hotel

5:30pm greeting, 6:00 Dinner, AGM meeting 7:00 pm

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Coaches help smokers go smoke-free SUBMITTED Black Press

To get better at something, it pays to have a good coach. This is especially true when trying to break a habit such as

smoking. “There is no easy fix to going smoke-free,” says Michael Jessen, the BC Lung Association’s volunteer director in Nelson. “However, while there may

be no magic bullet the BCLA’s QuitNow program is certainly a successful approach.” The reason why the QuitNow approach is so successful, explains Jessen,

is that it is personally tailored to each individual. At the heart of this approach are the program’s Quit Coaches — trained cessation counselors who help guide smokers through the

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planning and preparation process. “People who made full use of the QuitNow program – including free, oneon-one counseling with a Quit Coach – have seen amazing results: 24 per cent success rate versus four to seven per cent for those going it alone,” says Jessen. QuitNow.ca is a free province-wide smoking cessation resource managed by the BC Lung Association and funded by the BC Ministry of Health. Danielle Kochan, a Quit Coach with the program for five years, explains their motivational interviewing process. “Everybody has their own story of why they smoke and what’s motivating them to quit. No two calls are ever the same, and what works for one person won’t necessarily work for the next.” Noting that on average it takes eight major attempts before anybody quits smoking, Danielle tells people not to be discouraged by setbacks along the way. “I like to teach people to think of slips and relapses as opportunities to learn what triggers their smoking. Once you understand what’s driving you to smoke you can plan to be better prepared in the future.” Since 2011, QuitNow has helped more than 20,000 British Columbians with their quitting process. Quit Coaches are available to talk via phone (1-877-455-2233) or live chat at QuitNow.ca, where people can also find a comprehensive planning tool, a community forum, and information about the BC Cessation Program, which offers free quitting aids such as the gum and patch. Jan. 17 to 23 is National Non-Smoking Week in Canada.“There is no better time to find out if a QuitNow coach can be your best chance to breaking your smoking habit,” Jessen concludes. A non-profit and volunteer-based health charity, the BC Lung Association has been dedicated to its mission of promoting and improving lung health for all British Columbians for more than 100 years. Eliminating tobaccorelated lung disease in future generations is one of the Lung Association’s key objectives. For further information: contact Michael Jessen, 250-2295632, email zerowaste@ shaw.ca or visit bc.lung.ca.