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A Blewett group wonders if there is enough water in the aquifer underlying the community to support a bottled water plant and meet the community’s domestic water needs. The Blewett Conservation Society has launched a petition addressed to the BC legislature, requesting the government take action to protect domestic water supplies from private enterprises and carry out a water sustainability plan for the community in accordance with BC’s new Water Act. The group’s immediate concern is Okinshaw Water Ltd., which runs a bottled water plant on Shasheen Road in Blewett. But their concerns go beyond one specific company, according to the society’s K.L. Kivi. “It doesn’t matter who functions in
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our domestic watersheds — forestry, mining, recreation, agriculture, industry — we want to ensure the quantity and quality of water in our human community and our ecological community, for now and into the future,” she said. “If independent third party studies and ongoing monitoring confirm that taking water from our shared Blewett aquifer for bottling purposes is sustainable alongside domestic or environmental flows, then we will accept that.” To prove an aquifer is sustainable, a hydrogeologist would have to create a water budget for the aquifer, according to Dr. Gilles Wendling, a consulting hydrogeologist in Nanaimo. “You need to calculate how much goes into the aquifer and how much is used,” he told the Star. “Aquifers are connected to surface water, and groundwater always moves, recharging and
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Savoy Lanes set to close this spring Bowling alley will go out of business TYLER HARPER Nelson Star
The sound of strikes and gutter balls will soon fall silent for good at Nelson’s lone bowling alley. Savoy Lanes will close for good, either at the end of March or April, and eventually be replaced by SHARE Nelson. Pastor Jim Reimer of Kootenay Christian Fellowship, which owns the building Nelson’s bowling alley is in, said the church hasn’t been able to find an operator able to pay the monthly lease of $5,000 for the space. “We’ve done everything we can to keep the bowling alley in Nelson,” said Reimer, “but that space has to carry itself. The bowling alley just isn’t doing it.” KCF, which runs Our Daily Bread and SHARE Nelson, isn’t allowed to operate the bowling alley because of its charity status. The church bought the building in 2012 and initially handed the keys over to the Nelson Sports Council, which backed out of the lease last March. Afterward, KCF tried selling Savoy Lanes but Reimer said there were no credible offers. “Maybe if we were shrewd businessmen and not emotionally caring about people we would have closed the bowling alley down two years ago,” said Reimer. Savoy Lanes hasn’t been renovated since it was built in 1987, which Reimer said hasn’t helped sell bowling in Nelson. “The problem is that for years nobody
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Nelson Star story nominated for Ma Murray Award Nelson Star Staff
A Nelson Star feature about a woman who survived the Frank Slide as a child and spent the rest of her life trying to escape the notoriety it brought her has been nominated for a Ma Murray Award. Sam McBride, who took piano lessons from Marion Leitch McPhail, is up for the Neville Shanks Memorial Award for Historical Writing. His story, entitled “The Nelson woman who HATED being famous,” was published in the Star on May 1, 2015 and can be found online at bit.ly/ FrankSlide. “I enjoyed telling Marion McPhail`s extraordinary story, and I really appreciated the online feedback, particularly comments from other former piano students of Marion,” said McBride, a Castlegar resident. Star editor Greg Nesteroff
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Province moving forward on kokanee recovery plan SUBMITTED Black Press
The province has put together a team of experts to fast track the creation of a five-year action plan to guide the recovery of Kootenay Lake kokanee stocks. The government worked with First Nations, the Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC and the BC Wildlife Federation to put together the advisory team, according to a news release. The plan will be posted for public review by the end of March and implemented before the summer. It will also focus on maintaining Gerrard and bull trout stocks. Kokanee are the main food source for both these fish. Right now, the lake has an unusually high number of Gerrard trout, which is contributing to the steep decline in
Kokanee stocks in Kootenay Lake have declined precipitously in Nelson Star file photo recent years. kokanee stocks. Last fall, provincial biologists counted 18,000 spawning kokanee in the main body of Kootenay Lake and its tributar-
ies, the lowest number since the annual count started in 1979. Scientists estimate that the fish laid 4.26 million eggs, down from a high of 265 million eggs
in 1981. Some steps have already been taken to address the declining kokanee stocks, including: • Changing fishing regulations to decrease kokanee harvest and increase Gerrard trout harvest. • Initiating an aggressive kokanee re-building program. Last year, biologists planted 500,000 eggs in Kootenay Lake spawning channels and released an additional 95,000 fry in 2015. Biologists will release another 500,000 fry into the lake this spring. • Initiating a study of kokanee across the province to identify stocks genetically suitable for future recovery efforts. • Continuing spawning channel operations, nutrient restoration and fish health testing.
FortisBC wins approval for new operations centre Nelson Star Staff
FortisBC has received regulatory approval from the BC Utilities Commission to build a new Kootenay operations centre in Ootischenia. The facility will centralize the power company’s existing operations in South Slocan, Castlegar, and Warfield. “This decision is a critical step in ensuring we can provide the best service to the Kootenay region over the longterm,” vicepresident Dennis Swanson said in a news release. “It’s the most cost-effective way to replace end-of life facilities in the Kootenays, and once built, will have immediate customer, employee and operational benefits.” FortisBC first identified the need for a new facility in a 2011 application to the utilities com-
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mission. The company says its existing facilities, including two South Slocan buildings and its Castlegar district office, are “at or near the end of their useful life and would require extensive upgrades to meet modern building code and safety standards.” The company hasn’t indicated what it plans to do with its South Slocan operations centre building, formerly the West Kootenay Power staff house, built in the 1920s. “FortisBC has since consulted with community stakeholders and reviewed several alternatives, including the cost of upgrades,” the news release said. “Through this process, the company found that a new operations centre would be the most practical and cost-effective way
to address these needs.” The new operations centre will be approximately 30,000 square feet (2,800 square meters). It will contain office and crew space, material storage and a dedicated emergency operations centre. Approximately 100 employees will operate from the facility including power line technicians, substation electricians, engineers, designers and other administration staff and field crews that work with transmission and distribution services. Construction is set to begin as early as May following a tendering process. The company expects to spend more than $20 million on the facility, to be built on the former site of Ootischenia elementary school. It’s expected to open before the end of 2017.
Fortis has 42 employees at its South Slocan office, which is closest to its Kootenay River dams.
FOR THE RECORD • A column Friday (“Budgets, hospitals, police, and Railtown”) erroneously stated that water and sewer rates in Nelson are increasing three and four per cent respectively. The correct figures are two and three per cent. • A story Friday (“Opioid-related drug overdoses increasing in Nelson, IHA says”) stated there is a 30 per cent increase in overdose death when fentanyl is taken. In fact, the proportion of illicit drug overdose deaths in which fentanyl was detected (alone or in combination with other drugs) increased to approximately 30 per cent in 2015.
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Homeshare program creates new kind of family BILL METCALFE Nelson Star
Due to a developmental disability, Amanda Logan, 22, is not able to live on her own. So she lives with Amanda Beavers and James Wilkinson and their two children Peyton, 10, and Piper, 8, in Nelson. “My husband and I realized we want to give back,” says Beavers. “We have been blessed, lucky, in our life. We have this space, we have something to offer.” Logan’s new family life (she moved in with them in October) is part of the homeshare program run by Community Connections Support Services. The program provides homes for people over 19 like Logan. Asked why she likes living with Beavers and Wilkinson and their children, Logan says, “Well, I like them. I like how I have my own space and if I want to get away, I can. We watch movies together sometimes. I like playing with the kids. We like playing board games a lot, and that’s fun.” Peyton and Piper like it too. They are obviously fond of her. They explained, laughing, that they like how Logan always sides with them if there is a stand-off between parents and kids about what movie to watch. “And she will play games Mom and Dad won’t play,” says Peyton, “like tag.” “One time I didn’t want to walk upstairs after a movie and Amanda carried me up,” Piper delightedly reports. “Mom and Dad would have
said, ‘Tough, use your legs,’” says Beavers. “It’s like having another mom,” says Piper, “because sometimes when we are on the couch she will snuggle me and read. One time Amanda brought one her stuffies upstairs and I brought one of my donkeys down, and we played stuffies, and it was so fun.” “And she joins us for the family book we are reading,” says Beavers. Peyton and Piper are homeschooled, so Beavers is home much of the time, which makes this arrangement possible. She works a few hours a week as a fitness instructor and her husband works full time at the Kootenay Co-op. Part of their income is a contract with the homeshare program. “Our home is our sanctuary,” Beavers says. “A friend who did this said, ‘you guys would be great at it.’ But it just seemed so different than anything we thought of. We looked into foster care and worked with an autistic boy in a big brother style thing. We thought our home is good enough, we are in a good place emotionally, and physically our home is comfortable and spacious and calm, so it felt like we have something to offer.” Logan is in and out of the house a lot. “I go to Bigby Place once a week, the disability place where people hang out and are free to be themselves,” she says. “Friday night is youth night. We go to movies or have a dance party. It’s my social place. I go to the
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gym sometimes. I work at the post office twice a week and at Nelson CARES every Saturday, cleaning. I like to clean.” Her preference for cleaning works well in the household, Beavers says. “Because we are all roommates and all have roles here, maybe I grocery shop and cook, kids take out the garbage and sweep, and Amanda cleans the bathroom. She chose that as her job around the house. We all have our stewardship thing in the house. “It is really like having a roommate,” Beavers continues. “Amanda has her own interests. She went to gym this morning, but I didn’t go anywhere — we did math and geography at home. So we have our own lives but a lot of the time we’re together for dinner, or just connecting to check in.” Logan says she’s learning to be more independent, “so if I move out of here I can take care of myself, and maybe get married.” “We are working on the skills that make that possible,” Beavers says. Then she tells Logan: “I am proud of what you have done well. You used to get really stressed about the paperwork you have to do every month [for the program]. It was not something you did independently. You do it independently now, and it doesn’t stress you out and cause anxiety. To me this is huge, and I get really excited about that. Even going into that government building used to stress
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Editor: Greg Nesteroff Publisher: Chuck Bennett Published Wednesdays and Fridays by Black Press Ltd. at Suite B - 91 Baker St., Nelson BC facebook.com/nelsonstarnews • Twitter: @nelsonstarnews
It’s time to prepare for BC’s silver tsunami the right to equality of opportunity. His words are no less true today and can be applied to the issues and challenges our elderly currently face. In the February edition of the Columbia Basin Rural Development Institute’s newsletter, the RDI Focus, there is a report that “over the period 2011-15, Nelson’s population has grown four per cent, an increase of 431 residents. Even more notable than this growth is the change in population structure. The number of seniors (65 and over) in our region is now approaching the number of youth (under 25 years of age).” Our population of seniors is expected to grow by over 40 per cent in the next 20 years. These projections have important consequences for our community, and we need to begin to prepare for these aging baby boomers. Recent news stories have raised the alarm dubbing the growing seniors population the “silver tsunami.” BC’s new seniors
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n 1963 Martin Luther King Jr. wrote: “In a real sense all life is inter-related. All men are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny.” As the leader of the civil rights movement he was referring to the right to be treated with dignity and
advocate, Isobel Mackenzie, has said the shift is slow and there is time to prepare. I don’t agree. I think that the time for action is now. Our transportation systems, affordable housing stock and health care facilities are already stressed and insufficient. We need to act now to expand capacity, build resiliency and add the flexibility needed to accommodate the growing demand for these services. We need to support seniors to be as healthy and independent as possible. If we want to make certain we have the resources in place that allow us the dignity to live out our lives with the supports we will require, we must adopt a culture of getting involved now. One way of becoming part of the solution is by volunteering to help ourselves and others while we are still able. Opportunities to get involved include: • The Age Friendly Community Initiative, a project led by Nelson
Consult public on pool surplus Re: “Nelson pool windfall still being debated,” March 4 As a retired, longtime director of electoral Area F of the RDCK, and an active participant in the original construction committee of the present Nelson and District Community Complex I am delighted to see this windfall substantially reducing the taxation funding of $5.2 million previously approved and budgeted for by the RDCK. While, as a taxpayer, I do agree with some of the new allocations I understand are under consideration (facility reserves and heat exchanger project) I feel very strongly that taxpayers who are paying the bills should have the opportunity to voice their collective opinions in the form of a public meeting hosted by the directors of the Nelson and Area Recreation Commission prior to reallocation of the surplus taxation of approximately $970,000 per year. After the city went to two referendums in the mid-1990s and early 2000s that failed it was decided that a third referendum would be run by
Construction is well underway on the Nelson aquatic centre reno. A former regional director thinks a public meeting should be held to help determine the fate of a project surplus. Bill Metcalfe photo the RDCK with participants being as above (city and Area F and defined Area E) but the method of presenting the referendum would have the following rules of procedure: A public committee was created
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of 10 to 12 taxpayers consisting of facility users, the business community, youth groups, senior groups, etc. from within the taxation area. Their mandate was to have a series of public meetings and determine
CARES Society that aims to create programs, enhance existing services and strengthen the community’s capacity to meet the needs of our growing senior’s population. See nelsoncares.ca. • Nelson and Area Learning in Retirement, a group for those 50-plus who want to “step out of old patterns and habits, try new things by joining a group of companions who have fun in learning.” See selkirk.ca/ce/courses/learningretirement. • Tech Support for Seniors at the Learning Place (lower level City Hall). Offered by the Columbia Basin for Literacy. See cbal.org • Seniors Co-ordinating Society, which helps seniors navigate government programs and filling out forms including income tax returns. They also offer information about home help services such as cleaning, laundry, light cooking, and respite care. See nelsonseniors.ca. • The West Kootenay seniors transportation co-ordinator who
two key points for a referendum and a procedural change to be made for the public committee meetings. 1. What functions did the public want in the new facility? 2. What they were prepared to pay in taxation for the new facility? The procedural change made was that none of the participating elected officials could attend these organizational meeting to influence the recommendations and this rule was followed. The outcome was that what the public wanted in the new facility and were prepared to pay was approximately $4 million short, so the decision was made to go to referendum for $10.4 million with the $4 million difference to come from non-taxation sources with the elected officials and communities of Nelson, RDCK Area F and defined Area E to raise the money from senior government grants and other solicitations, which was done. I mention this mainly to support my earlier request that before allocating the surplus created by the wonderful gas tax rebate funding the current stakeholders/decision makers offer the same opportunity to the
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assists seniors with exploring transportation options such as transit, HandyDart, Rideshare, Carshare, and volunteer driver programs. See kootenayseniors.ca I encourage everyone to get busy with the rewarding work of creating the kind of community that you want to grow old in, because time is ticking for all of us. The World Health Organization describes an Age Friendly Community as an “inclusive and accessible one that allows people to realize their potential for physical, social, and mental well-being throughout their lives, while providing them with adequate protection, security and care when needed.” Working together helping each other we all benefit by being a caring community. Life has a way of coming full circle. This too is part of our shared destiny. Nelson city councillor Michael Dailly shares this space weekly with his council colleagues.
taxpaying residents and the facility users. Before allocating the surplus, have direct consultation with the guys and gals paying the bills. Time is of the essence but if it is important to our elected officials it can be done and you might be pleasantly surprised at the potential outcomes by showing this common courtesy. Al Dawson Electoral Area F
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Laundry move is bullying The Interior Health administration should give their heads a shake. Nelson is losing its ability to hire or maintain a work promotion atmosphere. Interior Health bullies their way trying to shut down the laundry facilities, at Kootenay Lake Hospital. There is no compassion for taking jobs away from dedicated staff that are there to keep the linens and towels squeaky clean and provide the required sanitization for the elderly and people who are admitted to the hospital. If there are problems with aging equipment it’s because no one in administration has the foresight to ensure replacements and scheduled and not let the equipment get rusty and worn because of repeated use. If the IHA is using productivity as an issue, have there been any additional training for the staff on how to achieve better productivity? People normally want to do a good job and get recognition for a good job, and unless you can provide annual employee evaluation sheets, where was the leadership? Interior Health is totally ignoring good human and labour relations, and losing sight of the big picture for Nelson. It’s time the IHA was taken to court and the anti-bullying program tested. Alberta’s highways system was privatized and the standards have suffered because there is a reluctance to provide quality control. Is the IHA going to allow dirty laundry and increased infections to be the standard? Give your head a shake. There is no justification for paying someone at the top in excess of $200,000 annually and bullying on-site workers by insulting their abilities, holding back employee recognition, and threatening job loss. Interior Health has taken bullying to the extreme. R. Johnson Nelson
Right-to-life ad was satirical Re: “Right-to-life ad disappointing,” Letters, Feb. 3 In response to Morgan Barton’s unspecified complaints regarding our ad, why is it the
seem to be an easy positive step in the overall goal of GHG reduction. Ron Robinson Nelson
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Two letter-writers are not impressed with Interior Health’s plans to shut down the laundry at Kootenay Lake Hospital. Bill Metcalfe photo
harm a smoking, drinking woman might do to her unborn child is upsetting, but the exceedingly painful lethal harm an abortion does to her unborn child is not considered upsetting? How can a woman insist that her body not be treated as a piece of property, yet she can turn around and treat her child as a piece of property to be disposed of as she sees fit? For all those who missed the satirical nature of the ad, of course a woman should not smoke and drink at any stage of pregnancy. Thank you for your concern for the welfare and human rights of the unborn child. For all those who have difficulty seeing an unborn child exposed to cigarette smoke and alcohol, but are okay with the child being aborted, Canadian statistics show 605 late-term abortions were performed in one year on viable babies, plus another 4,710 abortions on babies with an unrecorded gestational age; plus another 22,262 unreported abortions. In 2009, 67 babies survived an abortion and were left to die, some taking as long as six hours (BC coroners report). Some of these occurred at BC Women’s Hospital. Hospitals claim these late-term abortions are only performed on babies with genetic anomalies or where the mother’s life is at risk. In a BC Report article, a nurse said these genetic anomaly abortions have suddenly increased from maybe once a month to twice a week. One has only to look at the hospital protocol applied to Ximena Renaerts to determine the truth. After a failed abortion in Washington, she was born at Vancouver General Hospital weighing three pounds, equivalent to a 7½ month preg-
nancy. Because she was supposed to be aborted, she was placed in a closet and left to die. Lack of oxygen and hypothermia caused her to suffer brain damage before she was finally treated. Ximena is now a quadriplegic with the mental capacity of a three year old. Her adoptive parents were awarded a financial settlement, but the seven doctors and nurses involved have never been charged or had their licenses revoked. A 2013 National Post article reported similar cases at other Canadian hospitals. In response, doctors are looking for a better way to kill the child within the womb during late-term abortions or hoping the law will allow them to not report the children who survive abortion. Why are you not weeping for these poor little children? Dawn and Rick Rodman Nelson Right-ToLife
Laundering greenhouse gases On page 7 of our government’s 2015 Climate leadership plan, it was noted that commercial transport accounts for 23.9 percent of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. This would obviously include the GHG emissions from the transport of hospital laundry between Nelson and Kelowna. It is one of the real costs that our current model of gross domestic product does not recognize. The fuel cost yes, the GHG emissions no. If our government is serious about getting our now-increasing GHG emissions on the right track toward reduction, having laundry services supplied locally would
Re: “Aligning what we say with what we mean and do,” March 2 In reply to Michael Jessen’s article I would first say that a switch to cleaner energies from hydrocarbons, often misnamed “fossil” fuels, is a laudable endeavour. However, if we are to act in a proper fashion we must know the larger picture of where we are in order to know which way is forward. Our civilization, like all others before, marches on its stomach consuming calories. Presently these calories are provided almost entirely by hydrocarbons and electrical generation. The consensus seems to be under current technologies to want to shift from hydro carbons to more use of electrical calories as the way forward. Our civilization, all that has been built up, has been predicated on the expansion of caloric intake along with a corresponding expansion of the present monetary credit-debt system financing this expansion. This has resulted in the advanced state of financial collapse the monetary system now finds itself, in effect consuming our own financial demise. To reallocate capital from the hydrocarbon energies now being consumed to electrical will require the most massive shift of re-investment humankind has ever known. Therefore, the private for-profit owners of the monetary structure and the energy corporations they own must be on side. But who will control who or what? Do we, the citizenry of this world, really think the owners of finance and money creation will relinquish their control over everything in the march to cleaner energies? Under the guise of their creation, the UN International Panel on Climate Change (Maurice Strong being a Rockefeller-Rothschild globalist) and the now more than ever growing question of the science on what drives climate here on Earth as anthropogenic catastrophic climate change scientific
scrutiny has brought into question what is not proven and perhaps in gross error. Be that as it may, the owners of the lifeblood of civilization, energies and money do have an agenda, which is to maintain their position of power and control. These folks are using anthropogenic climate change to drive their agenda from the bottom up under various branding like “the livable community” incorporated in various community plans, especially in the large urban centres as just one “front” of action in their overall strategic plannings. Yes, we need to move away from the pollution caused by hydrocarbons but we must be aware of a hidden agenda for the herding and then stampeding of people towards an end result none of us or our children will find acceptable in wishing to be free human beings. Brad Fuller Nelson
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Community Events Seedy Saturday at the Chamber of Commerce in Railtown, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 12. Workshops, seed and supply vendors, info booths, door prizes, networking, hands on activities for all ages. More info: seedsnelsonbc@gmail.com. Council of Canadians regular monthly meeting March 12, 10 a.m. 101 Baker Street (downstairs). More info: 250-352-9871. Michael Smith book release of Ancestral Diet at Ellison’s Market, 523 Front St. March 12, 11 a.m. More info: 250-352-3181.
Liberating performance Nelson actors Lindsay Clague (left) and Michael Calladine (right) portrayed Dutch villagers coping with the aftermath of World War II in the Capitol Theatre’s Liberation Days, which was performed last weekend. See more photos Page 10. Eva Myers-McKimm photo
St. Patrick’s Day Party at the Royal Canadian Legion, 402 Victoria St., March 17, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.. Food and fun, corned beef and cabbage dinner, special beer and music. Tickets will be sold at the Legion Lounge until business close on March 15. Come out, wear green, have some fun and support the Legion. More info: 250-3527727. Top O The Morning Coffee Party at the Nelson United Church, March 18, 10 a.m. to noon. Cinnamon buns and coffee, $4. Ecosociety Winter Market with wonderful flavors, smells and tastes of locally grown, baked and hand-made goods with over 25 vendors, March 19, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Hart Hall, 501 Carbonate St., $2 admission. More info: 250-354-1909.
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West Kootenay Ostomy Support Group, 2 p.m. March 21, 1500 Columbia Avenue, Trail. More info: 250-368-9827. Three Perspectives on Preparing for Death, TED talk films with B.J. Miller, Judy Johnson, and Dr. Peter Saul, and discussion presented by Kalein Hospice Society, March 21, 7:30 p.m. at Expressions Cafe, 554 Ward St. free. More info: 250-352-3331.
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Vernon St., back door, by donation. More info: 250-229-2253.
Nelson Friends of the Family now takes donations online at nelsonfriendsofthefamily.com to support families who need to travel to receive emergency or necessary medical treatment for their children. More info: 250-354-4670.
Royal Canadian Legion Branch #51 invites guests to enjoy billiards, snooker, shuffleboard, big-screen television for sports, barbecues, monthly celebrations, beverage room, darts (Wednesdays 7:30 p.m.), meat draws and karaoke (Saturdays 3:30 p.m.) and cribbage (Sundays 1 p.m.). More info: rclbr51@telus.net or 250-352-7727.
Low cost dental applications accepted the second and fourth Monday of each month at Seniors Co-ordinating Society, 719 Vernon St, 7 a.m. to noon. For more info: 250-352-6008. Canadian Red Cross needs volunteers for one four-hour shift per week, 614 Front St., Nelson. More info: 1-855-995-3529. Osprey Community Foundation 2016 Community Grants now inviting applications, as well as Arts Legacy Grants (this year for dance projects). Applicants require a CRA charitable registration number. Deadline is March 31. More info: ospreycommunityfoundation.ca
Weekly events The Heart and Stroke Foundation’s Living with Stroke program starts April 5 on Friday mornings for eight sessions in Nelson. Have you or a loved one had a stroke? We can help. Register online at heartandstroke.bc.ca/livingwithstroke or call 1-888-475-4636 to reserve. Glacier Harmonies Women’s Chorus at 7 p.m. Wednesdays, First Baptist Church, 611 Fifth St., newcomers welcome. More info: 250-825-0027. Taoist Tai Chi Arts Classes, Mondays 7 to 9 p.m. at Nelson District Rod and Gun Club, 801 Railway St. By donation with free introductory class, join any time. More info: 250-509-2499. Seniors Co-ordinating Society Income Tax Program for low income and seniors at the Civic Centre on Vernon St. Tuesdays 9:30 to noon. More info: 250-352-6008. Heritage Harmony Barbershop Chorus invites men of all ages to sing harmoniously. Weekly practice at Kiwanis Christie Lees Hall on Radio Ave. Mondays, 7 to 9:30 p.m. More info: 250-352-7025. Al-Anon Family Group meets twice weekly. Wednesday noon to 1 p.m. at the Cellar, 717 Vernon St. and Friday 7 to 8 p.m. at 601 Front St. at the side basement. The only requirement is that you have a relative or friend with alcoholism. More info: 250-352-3747 for Wednesday, 250352-7333 for Friday.
Parkinson Support Group meets every third Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Christie Lees Hall in Kiwanis Villa, Gordon Road. No meeting in December. More info: ecartlidge@ shaw.ca. Djembe drum circle every third Monday night at The Old Church, 602 Kootenay St., 7 p.m. $5. Participants are encouraged to bring their own drums. Heartfulness Meditation, Sundays 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. at Vitality Clinic, 206 Victoria St. Wednesdays 7:30 to 9 p.m. at 415 Kootenay St., office 103. Free. More info: 250-354-9496. Nelson Healing Rooms, a place for confidential prayer, Wednesdays 7 to 8:30 p.m. at 711 10th St., free. More info: nelsonhealingrooms@gmail.com. Love 2 Learn presented by the Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy Mondays at South Nelson School and Fridays at Hume and Wildflower Schools, 9:30 to 11 a.m., a free program for little ones three to five years old, and their adult. Explore and learn together, make simple materials into learning toys, make felt boards and book crafts, borrow books, share a snack. More info: 250-505-2361.
Monthly Events SPEAK (Supportive Parents Educating and Advocating for Kids) provides information and support to parents of children with special needs, the last Thursday of each month, 4 to 6 p.m. at Nelson Family Place, 312 Silica St., snacks and childcare provided. More info: speakkootenayboundary@gmail.com or to confirm attendance and childcare needs. People in Pain Support Group, Shambhala Meditation Centre 812 Stanley St., 1:30 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month. More info: dick@pipain.com. Nelson Fresh Tracks Toastmasters meets the second and fourth Thursday of each month at 266 Baker. Improve your speaking, listening and thinking skills and increase self-confidence. Guests welcome. More info: nelson.toastmastersclubs.org.
Nelson Hospice Drop-in Grief Support Series, Saturdays at 1 p.m., 402 West Richards St. For anyone who is experiencing grief due to the death of someone they love. Hosted by trained Nelson Hospice volunteers. More info: 250-352-2337.
La Leche League Nelson provides breastfeeding information and support to moms and soon-to-be-moms at 1 p.m. on the third Monday of each month at The Family Place, 312 Silica St. More info: 250352-3583.
The Healing Meditation, gentle, guided meditation infused with the power of Conscious Co-Creation through spiritually realigning your thoughts and letting go of conditions. Wednesdays, 6:30 p.m., 507
Nelson Breast Cancer Support Group meets on the fourth Tuesday of each month, September-June, noon to 1 p.m. at the Community First Health Co-op, 518 Lake St. More info: nelsonbcsg@gmail.com.
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KIJHL PLAYOFFS Neil Murdoch Division Final Beaver Valley leads Grand Forks 2-0 Game 1: Nitehawks 3 Border Bruins 2 Game 2: Nitehawks 5 Border Bruins 2 Game 3: March 8 Game 4: March 9 Game 5: March 11 Game 6: March 12 Game 7: March 14
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Nelson gymnast captures gold at Games Brianne Stefani tied for first in the floor event, finished fourth in beam SUBMITTED Black Press
Nelson gymnast Brianne Stefani captured the gold medal on the floor event at the BC Winter Games in Penticton. Stefani performed a high back layout in her first tumbling pass to a perfect stick, and in her second tumbling pass she fought hard not to take a step. “It was obvious that Brianne had a goal of locking up a top three finish at the Games,” said Stefani’s coach, Sandra Long. “She fought for every landing and performed all of her skills with maximum amplitude.” Stefani’s routine earned a 9.6, which tied her for first. One other gymnast also scored a 9.6, making a three-way tie for the gold medal at the Games, which ran Feb. 25 to 28. “It was wonderful to see all three girls up on the podium to receive the gold medal,” said Long. “They all had near perfect performances and they all deserved to be up there.” Stefani, 11, initially placed 11th overall in the Level 7 category and qualified for the floor event finals in second place and the beam event finals in third place. “The spread between first and fourth was two-tenths of a point in both events,” said Long. “We knew going into the finals that Brianne’s routines would need to be close to perfect in order to get on the podium.” Unfortunately, Stefani had a couple of small wobbles and a step during the beam event finals, which dropped her into fourth place. Nelson’s Glacier Gymanstics Club’s members are
Eddie Mountain Division Final Kimberley leads Creston Valley 2-0 Game 1: Dynamiters 2 Thunder Cats 1 (OT) Game 2: Dynamiters 2 Thunder Cats 2 (OT) Game 3: March 8 Game 4: March 9 Game 5: March 11 Game 6: March 12 Game 7: March 13
the floor final. It was torture. I just wanted to get out there and tumble.” Stefani is already planning to attend the next BC Winter Games in two years. She will need to move up into the Level 8 category in order to compete at the next Games. “I am already planning out my routines for the next Winter Games,” said Stefani. “I’m excited get back into the gym and start working on new Level 8 skills.” Stefani will start adding more advanced skills into her routines for the BC Provincial Championships, which take place April 15 to 17 in Langley. Long said they will use the provincials as a stepping stone into Level 8. “Brianne is a very motivated and hardworking gymnast,” said Long. “I’m confident that she will be able to achieve any future goals that she sets for herself.”
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Nelson’s Brianne Stefani (left) won gold at the BC Winter Games. Submitted photo
still very proud of Stefani’s beam performance, which missed securing the bronze medal by two tenths of a point. “One less wobble and the results would have been in Brianne’s favour,” said Long.
The disappointment of the beam final results helped pump Stefani up for the floor event final. “I was so close,” said Stefani. “It made me want to perform my best floor routine. We had to wait two hours for
The L.V. Rogers open play at the BC Boys Provincial Basketball Championships today in Langley. The Bombers, who are seeded 16th in the AAA tournament, kick off the competition against topseed Southridge. L.V. Rogers lost three of four games in the 2015 edition of the tournament. Play runs until Saturday. Check nelsonstar.com for daily results.
Okanagan Division Final Summerland leads Osoyoos 1-0 Game 1: Steam 5 Coyotes 0 Game 2: March 7 Game 3: March 8 Game 4: March 9 Game 5: March 12 Game 6: March 13 Game 7: March 14 Doug Birks Division Final 100 Mile House leads Chase 2-0 Game 1: Wranglers 6 Heat 1 Game 2: Wranglers 3 Heat 2 (OT) Game 3: March 7 Game 4: March 8 Game 5: March 10 Game 6: March 11 Game 7: March 12 PLAYERS Austin Dean Carson Cartwright Braden Hughes Justin Bond Ryan Friesen Eric Buckley Jordan Robertson Tyler Ghirardosi Jace Weegar Sawyer Hunt Nick McCabe Travis Beaubien Mike Bhatoa Logan Casavant Brett Harris Keillan Olson Dylan Heppler Wyatt Gale Colton Rhodes
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Lucy Leishman won two gold medals as the Whitewater Ski Team dominated its host event. Leishman was the only skier to post a sub-30 second time in the under-12 girls’ event, finishing the first first race in 29.8 seconds while taking the second in 28.9 on Feb. 28. Her Whitewater teammate Narayani Shapovalova followed in second while Red Mountain’s Amie Steven was third. In the second race, Whitewater’s Sarah Robertson took second behind Leishman with Shapovalova in third.
On the boys’ side, River Swetland won the first race in 33.2 seconds. His Whitewater teammates Cameron Bibby-Fox and Kian Lessard filled out the podium in second and third, respectively. In the second race, Hunter Hedges stormed back from a first-race disqualification with a 31.6-second run to win gold. Swetland finished second while Bibby-Fox was third. The event also included an under-10 competition. Athletes from Summit Lake, Phoenix Mountain and Salmo also took part.
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n the opening scene of Liberation Days, the everoptimistic Canadian Captain Miles Cavendish (Geoff Burns) just wants to know if “everyone is okay.” Village elder Aaltje de Bruijn (Laurie Jarvis) responds with a tirade entirely in Dutch, its meaning unmistakable: under German occupation people in the Netherlands saw their loved ones shot, witnessed unspeakable things, starved, and made terrible choices to survive. Her daughter Emma (Lindsay Clague) translates: “Yes, we’re all right.” It’s a comic moment in the script penned by Calgary playwright David van Belle that sets the stage for the strange bedfellows (figuratively and literally): the liberating Canadian soldiers and Dutch townspeople became at the end of World War II. And while the premise of cross-cultural wartime romance and the return of a missing fiancé is predictable, it’s honest: these things happened. In the hands of Eli Geddis, who plays the fresh-faced Canadian Private Alex King, and Michael Calladine,
who plays returning lover Jan van Egmond, the story is well-wrought. In this play nearly everyone is a tragic character — how could anyone not be under the circumstance of war? —yet thanks to a good script and the artful direction of Pat Henman, the wrenching moments are countered with just enough levity to remind us that, as written in a note found with the gramophone and classical records left by a departing Nazi officer, “there is beauty still.” Particularly tragic are the characters of Marijke (Jordana Champagne), a villager shorn and tarred for her romance with a German soldier, and the wardamaged Jan, who describes Berlin under Russian occupation and the systematic rape of a family of women in which he partook. For his father, Reformed Dutch Church dominee Herman van Egmond (Michael Graham), his son’s confession is devastating. The characters and their situations remind us that war changes us irrevocably. In the hands of the Nelson all-star cast, the twists and turns of the human heart are well illustrated in what is clearly an ambitious play. Not the least of this is
the insertion of Dutch dialogue, which provides realism while being contextually understandable. Kudos to Clague, Calladine, Champagne and Jarvis for pulling this off with the help of local Dutch language consultants. The Capitol Theatre and executive director Stephanie Fischer must be applauded for taking on this production, telling an important story while celebrating local talent. Inspired set design by Adriana Bogaard, lighting by Dave Ingraham, and the animated backdrop of World War II images designed by Bryan Webb created the canvas for solid direction and performances. It takes many hands to pull off a play such as this, and these things are never so apparent as in a local production, where the names on the program are as familiar as the friends and neighbours in the audience. While the Nelson run of Liberation Days has finished, its story continues. A crew of students under the guidance of filmmaker Amy Bohigian documented the play as part of a film, which, with supporting interviews, hopes to find its way into the high school curriculum.
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Breakwater performs at the Shambhala Music and Performance Hall next Monday. The band is made up of Submitted photo (from left) Ben Johnson, Jeff Faragher, Aurora Smith, and Rob Fahie.
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For its fourth concert of the season, the Selkirk Pro-Musica concert series is proud to present Breakwater. Based in Nelson, Breakwater is a four-piece band performing music from multiple genres. Drawing on their backgrounds in classical, Celtic, world and jazz music, they create a crossover style that is all their own. Classical cellist Jeff Faragher meets Aurora Smith on fiddle and Rob Fahie on bass at the crossroads of traditional and modern music
to form Breakwater. Together this trio spans genres and styles that rarely meet in such a harmonious place. Breakwater creates rich tones and fast-changing musical landscapes that bring the audience on a journey through time and across borders. Percussionist Ben Johnson joins the trio for this performance, providing driving rhythms and new perspectives. Fun, flashy and entertaining music from traditional styles in addition to remixes of popular movie and TV soundtracks will engage the audience and even get them on their feet. Having
performed at several festivals and venues in the interior such as MarketFest in Nelson and the Kaslo Jazz Festival in 2015, Breakwater has developed a reputation for entertaining audiences beyond expectation. This concert on Monday, March 14 at 7:30 p.m. will be the final stop on Breakwater’s five-night tour of the East and West Kootenays. The Shambhala Music and Performance Hall at the Selkirk College 10th Street campus will provide an intimate and energetic venue to watch this dynamic quartet perform.
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Working towards ending homelessness in Nelson, let alone Canada, can sound overwhelming. Community organizations have guesstimated the number of homeless people in Nelson. Community opinions abound on whether the people in Nelson who are homeless or in precarious, unsafe housing situations really live here or are just passing through. In April, Nelson will take part in a co-ordinated effort by communities across Canada from January to April 2016 to measure homelessness. On April 12 and 13 the Nelson Committee on Homelessness, in partnership with dozens of nonprofit and public services and community volunteers will conduct Nelson’s first ever point-in-time homeless count. A point-in-time count is a voluntary survey conducted over a 24-hour period to gather information about the extent and nature of homelessness in Nelson. “It involves more than simply counting people,” said Ann Harvey, Nelson’s count co-ordinator. “The methodology is designed to increase our understanding of the demographics of who is experiencing permanent and cyclical homelessness and those living in unsafe or provisional housing situations in Nelson, and what they identify as their service and housing needs.” Over 24 hours, trained volunteers will count and survey individuals who are staying in shelters and short-term housing and sleeping rough (without shelter). As well, “public systems” will be counted; places like regional detention centres, safe homes and
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hospitals will be asked to provide an “administrative count” on any Nelsonites staying there in that 24 hour time-frame who have no fixed address to return to. The count will provide a snapshot of homelessness in Nelson. It will indicate the minimum number of people experiencing homelessness in our community. Other forms of homelessness, such as people couch surfing — staying temporarily with friends or acquaintances — will also be surveyed, with a focus on youth.
Voices of homeless people need to be heard “It is an opportunity for people who are experiencing homelessness or who are in a precarious or unsafe housing situation to make their voice heard,” said Harvey. “We need to hear from them to better document and more clearly present the facts that there are real people with real needs and issues that have to be addressed.” Harvey stressed the surveys are anonymous and voluntary. “Findings from the surveys will shed a light on the housing and service needs specific to Nelson,” said Harvey.
“The survey will provide information to aid community organizations, funders and all levels of government to plan for the funding and service needs of homeless and at-risk persons,” added Nelson Committee on Homelessness cochair and ANKORS executive director Cheryl Dowden. “If done in future years, it can also tell us how successful we have been in addressing homelessness.” “As a service provider, it is important that we understand not just the extent of homelessness but who is experiencing homelessness. This point-in-time count will help our agency to plan effectively and improve our response to those in need,” said Jenny Robinson, executive director of Nelson CARES. And the Nelson Committee on Homelessness has an appeal to Nelsonites. “For a homeless count to be successful,” said Harvey, “the support and cooperation of many people in many organizations will be required. So if, in your work, you encounter people who may be homeless and you are interested in participating in a count, or if you are just interested in learning more about homelessness or homeless counts, please join us to learn more.” The Nelson point-in-time count co-ordinator can be reached at ncoh@nelsoncares.ca or 352-6011 x19. A website with information on the count and how to volunteer is also being developed at nelsoncares.ca. The survey results will be shared federally through a national database and analyzed locally to present a report back to the community with statistics and compiled information. A national report will also be forthcoming.
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Public meeting planned for April 22 on community water issues CONTINUED FROM A1 recently changed its mind and decided to concentrate on the Canadian market. “Until we have a strong understanding of the Canadian market and where we fit in that market competition wise we will not be pursuing any international markets,” he told the Star. Riva Water is sold on amazon. ca. The product description reads: “Drink to your health to the very last drop with this supernatural artesian mineral water! This high alkaline mineral water, rich in electrolytes, is geologically captured and earthfiltered in an underground aquifer inside the Rocky Mountains of British Columbia, Canada. Escape to the mountains, smell the trees, and hear the rushing rivers as you taste this pure pristine water! Your life just got a whole lot better!” In addition to the assertion that its water comes from the Rocky Mountains (Blewett is actually in the Selkirk range), Okinshaw’s website explains that the water comes from an artesian aquifer in the high alpine.
The aquifer BC’s Ministry of Environment maps and names aquifers in BC. According to the ministry’s website, Blewett is underlain by Aquifer 511, shown on maps as a triangleshaped area of 11.2 square kilometres
bounded on two sides by 49 Creek and Kootenay Lake. The maps show several dozen domestic wells drawing from the aquifer. A map of the boundaries of the aquifer can be found in the online version of this story at nelsonstar.com. Okinshaw, however, says the aquifer is 35 square kilometres. Rutherford said he wasn’t familiar with the designation Aquifer 511 and expects it must be a different aquifer. However, the ministry map shows no other aquifer in the area. Rutherford explained his understanding of the aquifer is based on a study done for the company’s previous owner— a report he said is not available to the public or the press without the signing of a nondisclosure agreement. “The report said if we did 250 bottles a minute, 24 hours a day, 300 days a year, we would use less than one per cent of the aquifer,” Rutherford said. Asked for further details, he referred the Star to the author of the report, Dr. Roger Drinkwater of Vernon. Drinkwater told the Star the report was a business assessment for the company, based on what is already known about the aquifer. He wasn’t familiar with the designation Aquifer 511 either. Drinkwater described himself as a business manager, scientist, and technical business consultant with a PhD in chemistry and physiology.
We are still in the Middle Ages in terms of understanding groundwater. Dr. Gilles Wendling He is currently CEO of Vital Waters Inc., an alkaline water business in Kelowna. Drinkwater told the Star that “based on estimates of the renewal capacity of the aquifer (the amount of new water entering it each year) Okinshaw Water would use less than one per cent of the water.” Asked how he arrived at this estimate, Drinkwater said that information was provided to him by one of the original owners, who quoted information from Groundwater Regions of BC, published by the Ministry of Environment. But provincial government sources have told the Star that little is known about the aquifer’s capacity and that it has never been studied. The Ministry of the Environment’s website describes Aquifer 511 as a bedrock aquifer with “moderate productivity, moderate vulnerability, and low demand.” This may explain why Drinkwater added many strong caveats to the estimates Okinshaw has been relying on. He said there are “perhaps 150 million cubic meters of new groundwater per year coming into that system”
but qualified this by saying that it is “based on very general estimates of the catchment area and the depth of the aquifer. There appears to be a large quantity of water in it and again this is a very generalized measurement.” Asked where the water in the aquifer comes from, Drinkwater said it’s difficult to determine. “Without understanding the geomorphology of the strata that is underneath, you are not quite sure where the water is collected from. We can assume the water is coming from regions on both sides of the valley.” The Star contacted Dr. Alfonso Rivera, chief hydrologist at the Geological Survey of Canada, and author of Canada’s Groundwater Resources. We asked what it would take to calculate an aquifer’s capacity. “You have to know how much water is stored in it, and how much it is being recharged yearly,” he said. “Then with those two numbers you can estimate the water budget. With that you can calculate a water volume in cubic meters.” He said that calculation would involve a survey of the water depths of existing wells and the creation of a water table map from that, a study
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A new law, a lawsuit, and a public meeting BC’s new Water Sustainability Act, which came into effect in January, regulates groundwater for the first time. Under the regulations, nondomestic users of groundwater will have to get a licence, and this includes current users, which will not be grandfathered. In the meantime, Okinshaw is being sued by the previous owners of the water bottling plant, Mike and Deborah Marello, for breach of contract related to the sale in 2013. The action is ongoing in BC Supreme Court in Campbell River. The Blewett Conservation Society recently announced a public meeting to be held at the Blewett School on April 22 to address broad issues of water in the community.
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Invasive knotweed was introduced to North America by the horticulture industry as a decorative shrub. It has since jumped the garden fence and is causing economic and environmental harm. This picture demonstrates how the plant’s aggressive nature allows it to grow through the foundation of a building. Barb Stewart photo decorative garden shrub and was popular with gardeners as it was fast growing and required minimal attention. Little did these gardeners know they were helping spread an aggressive plant that has the ability to erode river banks, disrupt spawning beds, grow through roadways and threaten the foundations of homes. The Central Kootenay Invasive Species Society has partnered with the Invasive Species Council of BC and is an active ambassador for the provincial-wide PlantWise program. PlantWise was designed to educate and motivate both the horticulture industry and home gardeners to choose safe alternatives or native plants instead of invasive ones. “Our goal is to educate gardening enthusiasts about horticulture’s most unwanted invasive plants in BC while providing a variety of non-invasive
alternative,” says the society’s education program director, Laurie Frankcom. “We will be attending a variety of gardening events throughout the Kootenays this spring. Our first stop is the Seedy Saturday event, which will take place Saturday, hosted by SEEDS, at the Nelson and District Chamber of Commerce building. We encourage you to attend the free PlantWise information session that we will be providing at 12:30 p.m.” In 2016, the Invasive Sp e c i e s C ou nc i l launched a new app in that allows gardeners to identify which plants to stay clear of in order to protect our communities. The PlantWise App can be downloaded for free. With all this valuable gardening information available at your fingertips, it’s easier than ever to make gardens in the Kootenays free of invasive species.
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Afin de mettre en valeur la contribution de pionniers francophones qui ont forgé l’histoire de la colonisation des Kootenays Ouest, l’AFKO a choisi trois pionniers et leur a donné une deuxième vie. En l’honneur de leur grande influence sur la francophonie et les Kootenays, ils ont été reproduits en 2014-2015 en marionnettes géantes de 3 mètres. Ces marionnettes ont fait par la suite le tour des festivals de la région. La marionnette d’Élie Carpentier (Carpenter) a été la dernière à être réalisée. Les quelques rares informations qu’ils nous restent de ce personnage sont surprenantes. Il serait né aux alentours de 1836 en France et aurait grandi à St-Omer. Durant la première partie de sa vie, il était funambule dans le cirque Barnum et effectua des tournées en France et en Amérique. Vers 1880, il cessa ses activités au cirque et décida de se lancer dans l’exploration minière. S’installant à Ainsworth en 1886, il découvrit en 1891 le lac Slocan où il passa l’hiver, ainsi que la mine d’argent du mont Payne. Une série de petites trahisons firent en sorte qu’il ne profita pas de cette immense fortune. Il fonda ensuite la petite ville de Three Forks en 1892, entre Kaslo et New Denver. Malheureusement, un incendie en 1894 détruisit la communauté. Aussitôt quatre hôtels, six magasins et une prison furent reconstruits. La ville comptait 400 habitants en 1904. Toutefois, les villes avoisinantes de New Denver, Kaslo et Sandon prirent de l’expansion, ce qui mena à l’abandon progressif de Three Forks. En 1897, Élie Carpentier en surprit plus d’un en traversant sur un fil de fer tendu entre les balcons du troisième étage des Hôtels
Lakeview et Arlington, au cœur de la rue principale de Slocan. L’histoire veut qu’il ait voulu marquer l’arrivée du premier train à Slocan, ou encore certains disent qu’il le faisait pour gagner un pari. Peu importe sa motivation, il aurait alors installé sa corde qu’il avait précieusement gardée de ses nombreuses années au cirque de Barnum. Ensuite, il se serait mis en caleçon long d’époque en flanelle rouge, aidé seulement d’un vieux balai pour garder son équilibre. Malgré les 17 ans qui le séparait de sa dernière traversée, il avança lentement mais sûrement et retraversa à reculons, cette fois. Il fit aussi une traversée avec les yeux bandés. Finalement, il traversa avec un mini four et les gens l’applaudirent très fort lorsqu’à mi-chemin, il fit cuire des œufs et du bacon. Il voulut même faire traverser en brouette quelqu’un de la foule, mais personne n’accepta. Il finit sa vie dans une petite ferme près de Salmon Arm qu’il construisit lui-même à l’âge de 80 ans. Il décéda en janvier 1917. Aujourd’hui, une rivière des Kootenays porte son nom, Carpenter Creek. Il est possible de la longer en vélo ou à pied sur un joli sentier d’une quinzaine de kilomètres, au départ de New Denver à son extrémité ouest ou près du village de Sandon à son extrémité est. Il reste quelques bâtiments dans le village fantôme de Sandon, mais quasiment plus de traces de Three Forks, situé à mi-parcours. Le sentier est aménagé dans l’ancien tracé du chemin de fer, et quelques vestiges de l’arrivée de l’électricité le long du parcours ainsi que quelques panneaux d’interprétation nous transportent dans le temps d’Élie.
L’artiste C’est l’artiste québécoise RoseBlanche Hudon, résidente de Kaslo, qui réalisa la conception et la confection des marionnettes. Rose-blanche est diplômée en scénographie de l’École Supérieure de Théâtre de l’UQAM (Université du Québec à Montréal) en 2007 et se spécialise en théâtre de marionnettes contemporain de 2007 à 2009. Question d’élargir son éventail, elle suit
d’autres formations professionnelles telles que: manipulation de marionnettes géantes au Théâtre de la Dame de Cœur (Québec); théâtre d’objets avec Christian Carrignon (France); création et production avec la compagnie Pupulus Mordicus (Québec) ainsi qu’un stage en mouvement et travail corporel avec Claire Hegen (France). Elle est d’avis que l’art de la marionnette ouvre la porte à des projets très créatifs, et ne devrait pas être réservée qu’aux enfants. En 1991, un travail de recherche est entrepris à l’AFKO pour en apprendre plus sur les pionniers francophones des Kootenays. Les trois pionniers furent choisis pour leur contribution à la communauté, ainsi que le caractère mystérieux et aventurier de leur vie dans le cas d’Élie Carpentier. Rose-Blanche fut ensuite recrutée par l’AFKO pour la conception et la réalisation des marionnettes. Tout en s’inspirant des portraits disponibles, elle a dû user d’imagination pour Élie car il n’existe aucune photographie ou portrait de lui, excepté une toile réalisée longtemps après sa mort. Elle passa d’innombrables heures dans son atelier au sous-sol de sa maison à travailler sur ce projet. La structure des marionnettes fut réalisée avec des tuyaux de PVC; la tête et les mains furent confectionnées avec du papier mâché et du plâtre. Dans le cas d’Élie, seule la tête fut réalisée. C’est Alex Pilon, chaussé d’échasses, qui le personnifia pour la première fois à la fête de Noël le 12 décembre 2015. Deux autres artistes collaborèrent au projet, soit Madeleine Arsenault (confection des costumes) et Alex Pilon (patine). Pour en savoir plus, visiter la page des Marionnettes géantes sur afko.ca !
Rose et Henri Bourgeois, un autre pionnier francophone. Photo : Masa Suzuki
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The BC Lung Association is partnering with Radon Environmental Management Corp. to provide a faster way to find out if your home, school or workplace has potentially unhealthy indoor radon levels, the leading cause of lung cancer after smoking. “Waiting for months to find out if your home, school or workplace’s indoor radon levels are a lung cancer risk is not easy,” said Scott McDonald, CEO of the BC Lung Association. “No one should have to suffer from preventable radon-caused lung cancer. “Until now we offered only long-term radon test kits. Today we’re excited to be able to offer both short- and long-term radon testing products for air and water thanks to our new partnership with Radon Environmental.” “Both short-term tests can give people a sense of whether or not their home, school or workplace is potentially at-risk for unhealthy indoor radon levels within 48 hours
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The BC Lung Association now provides both short-term and long-term radon test options. Short-term radon test kits will be available in March. to a month depending Leclerc-Zanet, a certified on which of two short- realtor from Trail, underterm testing options is stands the benefits to chosen. This is much short-term testing. faster than a long-term “If a client is spendtest which takes three ing a lot of money to buy months to a year,” said their dream home, and Alan Whitehead, CEO of they know it’s in a radon Vancouver-based compa- risk area, they’re going to ny Radon Environmental want a timely approach Management Corp, pro- to find out if there’s an viders of scientifically issue,” says Leclercaccurate solutions for Zanet. “Short-term tests radon testing and miti- are one way to provide gation. information on radon Two short-term op- potential and where tions are now available. people need a faster One provides radon test way to gain insights into results within a few days whether or not a propfor $250 to $300 and the erty has a potential radon other, which takes 10 to problem that needs to be 30 days and provides re- addressed.” sults within 10 days fol“We do recommend lowing test completion both a short- and longcosts $60. term radon test be conThe benefits to afford- ducted,” said McDonald. able short-term testing “This is because radon are particularly helpful to real estate professionals, new home builders, and building inspectors. Patty
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Yutaka Atagi July 26, 1929- February 22, 2016 In the early evening of Monday February 22, 2016 Yute Atagi, 86, passed away in Nelson, BC at Mountain Lake Seniors Community after a brief but courageous battle with brain cancer. He was comforted by the company of family and friends. He was predeceased by his wife Ruth, older sisters (Ayako, Kimiko and Mariko) and his parents (Kiyomatsu and Kane). He will be forever remembered by his sons Gene (Susanne) of Campbell River, BC and Dana (Valerie) of Smithers, BC. Yute was born in Campbell River, BC and spent his childhood in Quathiaski Cove on Quadra Island before his family was interned in Kaslo, BC beginning in 1942. He graduated from Kaslo High School in 1947 and was married in 1962. He spent nearly 39 years working for the Canadian Pacific Railway in the Bridge & Building gangs in the East and West Kootenays before retiring in 1986 as a B&B foreman where he forged many lifelong friendships. He was a talented tradesman who was a jack of many trades (carpenter, pipefitter, welder, plumber etc.). Yute and Ruth and their boys loved to camp and fish but Yute’s passion was angling. This stemmed from the Atagi family’s historic roots in the wooden boat building and commercial fishing industries on the BC coast. Yute and his family fished Kootenay Lake and the waters around Quadra Island and Campbell River. Yute passed the fishing bug on to his sons. Yute and Ruth loved the community of friends they made up at Schroeder Creek Resort. His hand-turned Cedar plugs were coveted by all who were fortunate enough to receive them. He fished many years on the waters near Campbell River in search of the elusive 30 pound “Tyee” Chinook salmon and the waters of Kootenay Lake in search of “Walter” the 25 pound Gerrard rainbow trout. He did catch his Tyee salmon (several times over) but he never did catch “Walter” although he came pretty close on several occasions! He will be remembered as a quiet, kind, caring, and gentle man who cared deeply about family and friends. He was committed to the well-being of the Atagi family and he looked after the young and the old. He was a committed husband to Ruth and they shared nearly 60 years together. Yute was the quiet patriarch of the Atagi Clan. He will be greatly missed by his sons, his friends and his Gore Street family. A celebration of life will be held on May 14, 2016 at 300 pm in the chapel at Thompson Funeral Service (613 Ward Street, Nelson, BC). Special thanks go to Dr. R. Milde who gave wonderful care to Dad over the years and to Dr. T. Janz and the compassionate nurses and care aids at Mountain Lake Seniors Community and Kootenay Lake Hospital and who made Yute’s last days comfortable. Condolences to the family may be left at www.thompsonfs.ca. Yute fished Kootenay Lake for 60 years for Gerrard rainbow trout, kokanee and bull trout and he was very supportive of the recent rebuilding initiative for the kokanee and rainbow trout fisheries. In lieu of flowers, a donation may be made online to the Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation (http:// www.hctf.ca/donate) or by sending a cheque to the Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation (#107- 19 Dallas Road, Victoria, BC V8V 5A6). The family requests that you indicate that it is in memory of Yutaka Atagi to support fisheries conservation and restoration activities on Kootenay Lake.
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Job Posting: Employment Counsellor ? Do you want to help people find sustainable employment in a changing economy? ? Do you enjoy working as part of a caring, skilled and motivated team? ? Are you detail-oriented and computer savvy? ! If so, then this may be the employment opportunity for you!
Our Employment Counsellors work with a diverse range of clients (including specialized populations) to understand their employment needs and support them towards achieving their training and employment goals. We use a wide range of practical and supportive tools provided by the Employment Program of BC, plus our own KCDS expertise. Providing a true ‘Gold Standard’ of client service is our highest priority; we take great care in assessing individual needs, identifying appropriate opportunities and resources, monitoring progress, carefully documenting client files, and doing our upmost to help our clients find sustainable employment in a changing economy. This is a full-time, permanent position in our Nelson office. We offer a competitive wage and exceptional benefits. To apply: send resume and cover letter to: jocelyn.carver@kcds.ca www.kcds.ca| 250.352.6200 | 203-514 Vernon St. Nelson BC
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Rolling n’ riding in Rosemont The Nelson Skate Park was abuzz with activity last month as kids got off school. Anika Rathjen and Kylee Johnson (far left) raced each other across the concrete dunes, trying to catch an erratically bouncing rubber ball. Braeden Allingham (left), meanwhile, demonstrated for his friend how to ride over the “Volcano” feature. Will Johnson photos
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Nelson Rotary Clubs recruit Peace Fellowship applicants SUBMITTED Black Press
While the world hopes for peace, Rotary International — a humanitarian service organization dedicated to world peace and understanding – works to make it a reality by training the next generation of peace leaders. The Rotary Clubs of Nelson are now recruiting for the Rotary Peace Fellowship, a program that gives up to 100 fellows worldwide the opportunity to obtain professional development certificates or masters degrees in peace and conflict resolution. “Today, there are still far too few mediators who are experienced practitioners in conflict resolution,” said professor Paul Rogers of the University of Bradford. “This program is the most significant development in graduate work in conflict resolution in decades.” Launched in 2002, Rotary’s Peace Fellowship program provides academic and practical training to prepare scholars for leadership roles in solving conflicts around the world. Up to 100 fellows are selected every year in a globally competitive process based on personal, academic, and professional achievements. Fellows embark on one to two years of study to earn a masters-level degree or a three-month professional development certificate in peace and conflict studies at one of six Rotary Peace Centers at leading universities in Australia, England, Japan, Sweden, the United States, and Thailand. To learn more about the program, applicants are encouraged to visit the Rotary Peace Centres website at rotary.org/rotarycenters. The application process should start immediately and completed applications submitted to the Nelson Rotary Clubs by March 21 in order that applicants can receive Rotary Club endorsement by April 1 and have endorsed applications submitted to Rotary District 5080 endorsement by April 8. Interested applicants can also contact their local Rotary Clubs’ Foundation chairs, Lorne Westnedge at lorne@rhcrealty.com or Janice Morrison at janicemorr@gmail.com.
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FIRST COOK WANTED Consider spending the summer cooking in one of the most beautiful and well-loved places in the Rockies! Lake O'Hara Lodge is looking for a First Cook for the summer season. Phone 403.678.4110 or email alison@lakeohara.com for details.
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The Everest Alpiners (left to right) of Roger Higgins, Bryan Reid, Bob Steed and Jennifer Cowan were the top team of fundraisers at Slopes For Hope. Submitted photo
Skiers conquer Everest for cancer research Nelson Star Staff
Wet weather didn’t deter skiers from taking the challenge at the annual Slopes For Hope at Whitewater Ski Resort. Participants attempted to ski or snowboard the vertical height of Mount Everest (8,848 metres) in one day to raise money for the Canadian Cancer Society on Saturday. The event raised over $10,500 as of Tuesday, although a spokesperson with the society said donations were still being made.
The Everest Alpiners team of Jennifer Cowan, Roger Higgins, Bob Steed and Bryan Reid won the Golden Boot Trophy for most money raised at the event, which totalled around $2,000. Cowan also took the Golden Goggle Trophy as the highest individual fund raiser with a contribution of around $1,500. Seth Edney won the Golden Helmet Trophy for being the top youth fund raiser. The Nelson Nordic Ski Club also participated in the event.
Zoe Taylor (Golden Glasses), Tess Nuttall (Golden Boot), and Solange Machado (Golden Ski Pole) each took home trophies for their cross-country effort. The Golden Toque Trophy, which goes to the individual or team with the best costume, was awarded to councillor Robin Cherbo, Dan Soukeroff, Colleen Driscoll, Louise Hammerick, Chris Cochrane, Pam Woods, Marilyn Miller, Guy Woods, Joanna Cochrane, and Nancy Noiles.
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Wednesday, March 9, 2016 Nelson Star
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An evening with
Margaret Trudeau
Canadians fell in love with Pierre Elliott Trudeau’s beautiful bride when he brought her to the world stage as Canada’s youngest First Lady. Yet, as time went by, Margaret was unprepared for public life, and plagued by mood swings. After three sons with Pierre, the marriage ended. She then remarried and had two more children. But the tragic loss of her son, Michel here in the Kootenays and the passing of Pierre Trudeau a few years later, were too much to bear, and she became severely ill.
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Today, Margaret has rebuilt her life once again and has watched her eldest son become today’s current Prime Minister. Now, she brings her formidable life story to our event in her quest to help others, sharing her message of resilience with the goal of helping to inspire others and to erase the stigma surrounding mental health issues.
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