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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 2009 Established 1988.

SERVING NELSON & AREA

VOLUME 21, NUMBER 07

INSIDE This week is the Express newspaper’s year in review, a selection of the top stories in 2008. Regular coverage will begin next week.

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Exhilarating start to ‘09 The temperature on Thursday, Jan. 1 was no deterrent for the people taking part in the annual polar bear dip. The fundraiser for the Kootenay Lake Hospital Foundation drew a spirited crowd that took the plunge, above, and quickly made their exit to friends and family bearing warm blankets and dry clothes.

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Get a new look for your house without breaking the bank Our economic future is not looking much brighter as we bid farewell to 2008 and welcome in a new year; we will continue to be cautious. However, that doesn’t preclude refreshing the look and feel of your home. Since you are probably removing your holiday decorations this week, what better time to shuffle a few things around? Here are a few suggestions to help refurbish a room without emptying your wallet: Starting with the large items, reconfigure your furniture. Place the sofa against another wall, or change the orientation of an area rug. You can also take furniture out of one room and try it in another. While you’re packing Christmas ornaments away, avoid over loading and re-cluttering your surfaces. Fewer bits and pieces give a room a cleaner, more spacious feeling. So far, you haven’t spent a cent! If you really want something new, replace your soft furnishings – drapery, cushions and throws. This alters the personality of a room without major disruption. Smaller changes that perk up a room include

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reframing artwork and family photos. New matting and framing can give pictures a whole new lease on life. Bring in healthy, new plants and put those that are no longer flourishing out of their misery. Tidy up books, magazines, DVDs and other loose articles. Create outof-sight storage by adding an attractive lidded bench or ottoman, or install doors on open cabinets. Lighting has a huge impact on the atmosphere of a room; too bright and the room feels harsh; too soft and the room is dull. Changing light bulbs, or the position and orientation of lamps makes a significant difference to the appearance and utility of a space. Working with what you already have, it may surprise you to realize how easily a room is transformed and revived.

Kate is an artist and designer offering in-home consultations to help clients create optimal living and working spaces. If you have design questions, you may contact Kate directly at kbridger@telus.net or 352-4653.

Stay light hearted this winter season The holiday season is truly behind us and a slew of New Year’s resolutions have been broken by now. We are beginning that long stretch of winter that often leads to cabin fever and even seasonal affective disorder. So we need to find things to do that help keep our body functioning well and our spirit light-hearted. The NDCC Leisure Guide for Winter 2009 catalogues a variety of activities, some with no cost attached, that can involve seniors. Included are things that people with restricted mobility would look for, as well as programs for the physically active. Our local

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cross-country and downhill facilities also provide reduced cost access for seniors. And the Seniors Curling Club is on the lookout for new members,

including those who have never curled. The Nelson Senior Citizen’s Lounge offers fun and fellowship over table games and coffee. There are groups that sing, that dance, that produce dramatic performances. Our city offers an outlet for a wide variety of interests. For those who would volunteer their time, there is no shortage of opportunities. A good place to find out what groups need volunteers is the Seniors Coordinating Society. You can reach them at (250) 352-6008. Speaking of volunteers, part of our wish-list for Nelson recorded in our

This column intends to publicize agencies that support seniors’ activities, the lifestyle of interesting seniors, and topics of interest to seniors and those who care about seniors. As well, we – the column and I – will express opinion related to the things, both naughty and nice, that governments and their agencies do to and for seniors. Those opinions will be mine, and not necessarily those of the Express.

A look back for the sports council charitable status, resource Championships in July. At this time of the year In The Zone centre, registrations and Perhaps with the stellar the tendency to review communications have made Nelson Leafs record this the past year seems to go Kim Palfenier their way to our desks and season a playoff spot in hand in hand with setting The Nelson Regional will continue to be devel- the final round of KIJHL goals for the new year. The Sports Council can be oped for the overall benefit league may be in store. Nelson Regional Sports reached at: of the sporting community. Other projects such as Council is no exception and Box 1190, Nelson, BC The value of hosting tour- the Lakeside basketball looking back while projectV1L 6H3 naments has already been court and the outdoor skate ing ahead is a useful task. (250)352-3989 phone evident to our city, however, park are high on the agenThe licence to operate (250)352-0046 fax the upcoming year will see da for completion in 2009. the Civic Arena on behalf nrsc@telus.net more of a city wide con- Another bid will be submitof the city was reviewed certed effort in developing ted for an event that will and with it some improvethe Sports Tourism 2010 be a little further down the ments implemented to road to satisfy the mature our operations. The civic Projects that have been on Legacy model. Amongst locally host- die-hard athletes of the 2011 arena building committee the back burner for the past has been and will continue year will now start making ed events tournaments to Seniors Games. For more information on to repair and improve the their way to the forefront. look for in 2009 will be the physical condition of the A facility use plan, Spirit Provincial High School Girls the Nelson Regional sports arena while office staff con- of BC Week events, 2010 Basketball Championships Council and what it can do tinues to improve ice use Countdown events, altitude in March and the Provincial for your group please visit policies and procedures. youth leadership program, B Cup Boys Soccer www.nelsonsports.ca. Kim Palfenier is administrator for the Nelson Regional Sports Council.

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NEW YEAR 2009

Fort Knox Five and Thunderball

Saturday, Jan. 10, 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. at the Spiritbar, 422 Vernon St. Jon Horvath of Fort Knox Five and Steve Raskin who is half of Thunderball and Fortknox Five are coming in from Washington, D.C. to dish out only the finest goods in support of their newest album. The Fort Knox Five have had a huge impact on the inter-

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national funk and breaks scene over the past couple of years. With the release of five critically acclaimed singles on their own independent label, Fort Knox Recordings, the FK5 have been thrust into the spotlight and caught the attention of music lovers around the world. Also regulars at the mighty Shambhala Music Festival. Tickets are $20 at the door.

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2008 New Years’ column, was the hope that finances might be found to fund even a part-time job of volunteer coordinator in order to better achieve the match-up between those who would give their time and the organizations that would make use of their time. Another wish carried over from last year is the hope that some groups would see their way clear to take on the snow removal for seniors project that the SCS is prepared to coordinate. There surely is a need, and because a charge is involved it could be seen as an organization’s fundraiser.

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Year in Review: January

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Controversial centre

Jan. 9 A 500-seat convention centre in Nelson received another endorsement, but existing businesses say there’s no need for more convention space in the city. Service clubs in Nelson received a letter of support for a multi-purpose facility on grounds near the Nelson and District Community Complex. Owners of the Hume Hotel and the operator of the convention space at the Prestige Lakeside Resort and Convention Centre say there isn’t enough business to support another space like the service clubs plan. The service clubs plan to build the centre themselves on City of Nelson land then hand it over to the RDCK to operate. Neither governing body has approved the multi-purpose space yet.

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Mall renos

Large Selection of Women’s and Children’s Styles

Jan. 16 Owners of Chahko-Mika Mall announced major interior renovations at the mall. The changes would start with a larger Mark’s Work Wearhouse at a new location within the mall. No changes were planned for the height of the building and Wal-Mart would remain the same.

Water rates up

Jan. 23 Council approved new water rates for Nelson. Rates went up 52 per cent – from $240 a year to $365 a year for single-family dwellings – and will be followed by small increases in following years. The increases will go towards maintaining the City’s aging water system. The City received a boost from the federal and provincial governments, who announced a $1.1 million grant for work on the water system.

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Fire chief Simon Grypma shows the training suit members of the Nelson Police Department will be trained in. The suit is needed when police or fire fighters go into buildings used as drug labs.

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Jan. 30 Nelson’s police and fire departments joined forces to clean up grow ops and drug labs in Nelson. The agreement between the two departments will train some police members to use the fire department’s hazardous materials suits, with the fire department providing back up to the police. The move came as police worry about contamination from the various chemicals used in drug operations. Training police to use the hazmat suits would also allow them to safely collect evidence against those running the operations.

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Alex Konkin packages a fresh batch of Faceplant from the Nelson Brewing Company. The local beer company received it’s first batch of B.C. grown hops in January, a welcome development as breweries around the world struggled with hops and barley shortages.

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Michael Graham, as Mother Superior, leads a chorus of sisters and the audience through the actions for “Do Re Mi” at The Sound Of Music sing-a-long at the Capitol Theatre on Saturday, Feb. 2. The sing-a-long, combined with a penny drive, raised $8,600 for the Shouldice family, whose son Kaspar broke his neck while travelling in Asia.

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A wider Hwy. 3A near Grohman Narrows

Feb. 6 The owner of land across from Grohman Narrows Provincial Park has asked if he can widen the highway by two metres a side so he can build an access to his property. Phil Best, senior development technician for the Ministry of Transportation’s West Kootenay District, said Hywood Trucking and Equipment wants to move its logging truck repair business from Nelson to the rural property. The ministry’s require specific distances for a safe line of sight along the highway and the current layout of the highway makes that impossible. The wider highway would allow the necessary sight lines, Best explained. It would also allow a left turning lane for traffic going towards Castlegar and Nelson. Best noted the planned work is entirely within the highway’s right of way and does not encroach on the provincial park. Regardless, the ministry has required an environmental study on the impacts of the widening along with a public meeting. Bayoff confirmed he was asking for an intersection but he did not know when he would hold the public meeting and declined to make further comments.

Teamwork led new fire chief to job

Feb. 13 Simon Grypma took over the top job at Nelson Fire and Rescue Services. Grypma, a 32-year veteran on Nelson’s fire department, succeeded Randy Brieter who retired earlier in the year. He’s been a firefighter paramedic, a lieutenant, a training officer and the fire prevention officer over the years. Those positions have given him a extensive knowledge of how the department works.

Davies St. deal cleared up

Feb. 20 The Davies Street money is in the bank, council heard. At their Monday, Feb. 18 committee of the whole meeting, City staff presented council with the final numbers on an agreement between Nelson Ready Mix (NRM) and the City of Nelson. The agreement, and payment, had been called into question and Councillor Deb Kozak asked staff for a report on the matter. In 1995, the City and NRM entered into an agreement that would allow the company to take out gravel from property at the corner of 9th Street and Davies Street.

Under that agreement, NRM would pay the City one dollar for every cubic metre it took from the the site. After taxes and deductions for moving a water main the city has $52,041 left over in reserve for a park.

Homeless housing seeks council’s OK

Feb. 27 Council is waiting to hear more information on two housing initiatives aimed at getting people off the streets and into housing. Nelson CARES, which operates Ward Street Place and Stepping Stones, and the Canadian Mental Health Association for for the Kootenays (CMHA-K) outlined two separate projects each organization is pursuing for Nelson. While each project is separate, both are hoping for City support and funding from B.C. Housing. Nelson CARES wants to add 12 to 15 self-contained units to Ward Street Place. The project would cost between $2 million to $3 million and would add a third floor to the building. The CMHA-K wants to build a new building on the 300 block of Anderson Street. The project would cost roughly $7 million.

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Opinions & Letters Ban big pickup trucks from Baker Street parking

Editorial

Looking to 2009 It was an exciting year for the West Kootenay last year and 2009 has the potential to equal it. Important issues like health care and the environment showed we can speak as one voice when the mood takes us. On the topic of housing and development, we haven’t been as unanimous but that isn’t a bad thing. Disagreement can lead to creative solutions and we need to be open to those in order to find answers that satisfy as many people as possible. Development, our infrastructure and the environment are three of the largest challenges facing our region and we at the Express have some ideas for the decision makers to consider as the issues come up. On development, we repeat our request for a hold on development on the waterfront until after an upto-date waterfront master plan is adopted into our Official Community Plan. Time, money and nerves could have been spared had there been a waterfront plan in place to guide our decision makers. Regarding infrastructure, nobody should be surprised about having to spend money on it. We rely on sound bridges and sound water pipes (to name a few) our safety and comfort. These valuable assets deteriorate with time and use and we should be putting money aside to pay for future expenses. We gain by saving money and lose horribly when we have to borrow money to do necessary, expected work. While the environment is a huge challenge, it’s important our local governments show leadership in making whatever changes are feasible to lessen our impact on it. We hope to see continued work on our recycling program and a push to buy fuel efficient or hybrid vehicles when the time comes to replenish aging vehicles. Our local leaders should give consideration to bylaws that encourage environmentally friendly behaviour. Here’s to a productive, respective year in the West Kootenay.

Fish Heads & Flowers

Flowers - to the Express Newspaper . . . for having the courage to print Penny’s story . . . others were not so courageous when approached to help spread the truth about Mental Health in this province. Kudos gang! Fish heads - to drivers with special parking permits who chauffeur their able bodied passengers and then sit in the parking spots waiting for their return. Read the back of your permit - this invalidates it! Play by the rules or chance being reported. Flowers - to all the people who help and make the Salvation Army Christmas hampers happen every year. When you need it, it’s really nice that it’s there. Thankful

Fish heads - to people who use noisy and air polluting snowblowers to clear a few inches of snow off their little driveways. Use a shovel! Flowers - to the wonderful crossing guards who stand out in the freezing weather on icy roads to keep our children safe on their way to school. Grateful Parent Fish heads - to the people who could not be bothered to put sand or salt on the sloped sidewalk so a lady fell down in front of me. When I told them the problem they all looked and said the owner of the building has been contacted to sand the sidewalk, shame on you for not getting out of the office and addressing the problem.

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Dear editor, Parking in the downtown area is congested at the best of times but there is a measure that could improve things somewhat. Baker is a narrow main street. This fact is not suf-

ficiently acknowledged in our parking bylaws. Some vehicles stick out dangerously into the main flow and block vision at intersections if parked on the corner. The street is such that double-cabbed and extended pick-up

trucks should be banned from angle parking in the downtown core. Pay attention to the hazard and you’ll agree a banning solution makes good sense. Max Shaw, Nelson

Artisans’ market deserves a central location Dear editor, In the years I have lived here the Kootenay Artisans’ Market has been held in a number of locations including the pre-renovation Civic Centre, St. Mary’s Hall, the new and improved Civic Centre and, this year, the Nelson District Rod and Gun Club. I think it is absurd that this well anticipated and well-attended event should have to go knocking on doors every year in search of a suitable facility. It is time a permanent home for the Kootenay Artisans’ Market was found. It is an intrinsic part of Nelson’s seasonal heritage and has earned its reputation based on longevity as well as popularity. An event of this magnitude deserves

a central location with adequate parking and accessibility; a space large enough to accommodate all exhibitors at once; and a building administered by community-minded people willing to rent it at a reasonable fee. I know the original concept behind the Civic Centre was that it would not be all about sports. Isn’t our Community Civic Centre exactly where an event, such as the Nelson & District Arts Council Artisans’ Market, belongs? What about Central School? If anyone else has any suggestions, please pass them on to the Nelson & District Arts Council. Kate Bridger, Nelson

Clean up your language, Express Dear editor, In addition to reading the Express each week I also read two or three other local newspapers. It is quite discouraging to read editorials and articles written and edited by employees of those publications with so many omissions of words, incorrect usage of words and atrocious grammatical errors. Every one of these local publications to one extent or the other have these errors.

One would hope that professional writers know and use correct English grammar. It does not bode well for a region that prides itself in numerous areas of cultural, professional and business activities to have a media which presents such mediocrity. English teachers must be turning in their graves. Some of the errors printed or words omitted are undoubtedly caused by mechanical problems and space restriction but even

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What was your New Year’s resolution?

To start swimming again. When I was a kid I loved swimming and I want to start working out again. Andrew Ison, Nelson

Try and complete my ‘B’ welding ticket. It will get me into a better job in the oil industry. Glenn Kozak, Castlegar

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many of these could be averted. I will not fill this space with the many examples that can be found in each and every issue. Let us hope that those at fault have enough education and experience to remedy the situation. The English language is the most widely used in the world let us not degrade it, even as it changes as time goes by. Michael Freund, North Shore

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Year in Review: March Scrap over Davies St. Park

March 5 An exciting opportunity. A blasphemous process. A proposal for the land at Davies and Ninth Street was praised and vilified by councillors who shouted at each other at times as they debated the latest development for the park. Staff eventually decided they needed more public input. The dispute started before Mayor John Dooley could even finish reading the staff’s motion for the long-awaited park. Coun. Robin Cherbo interrupted Dooley and introduced a new motion at the Monday, March 3 meeting, calling for all the land to be dedicated to a park. Staff’s recommendation was to sell part of the land and use the proceeds to improve Ninth Street and build a park.

Info costs money: city

March 12 Unhappy with the City’s performance on its freedom of information request, the Nelson Citizen Empowerment Society has asked for its money back, but if Mayor John Dooley has his way, they’d pay what they still owe. In July 2007, the Nelson Citizen Empowerment Society filed a freedom of information request relating to the rezoning of waterfront property, specifically related to the Kutenai Landing condos. The society was told it would cost $1,365 and the city asked for $682.50 in advance, which the society paid. Explaining the city’s side of the story, Linda Tynan explained the

society had broadened their request and costs increased to $2,973.50. Mayor John Dooley said the society still owed the City the remaining $2,291.

Housing solution lies in rural areas

March 19 Affordable housing is a regional problem and any major solution to the housing crunch in Nelson will be found outside the City’s limits. That was the message council heard at their committee of the whole meeting on Monday, March 17. Derek Murphy delivered the message and he prefaced it by saying he would be blunt, but only in order to get the conversation going. He was hired by the Social Planning Action Network to study housing issues in the region and his report came from that work. Only large projects, where builders order material in large quantities, will allow affordable housing, Murphy told council. To do that, you need a large land base and there’s hardly any of that within Nelson’s city limits.

Stepping Stones goes 24/7

March 26 With their budget more than doubled, Stepping Stones is now open 24 hours a day, seven days a week with more staff at the Ward Street shelter. “These are very exciting times,” said Carol Hunter, the shelter’s manager. Prior to the increased funding, the shelter was closed from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Guests had to leave during the day. On Sunday, March 16 Stepping Stones’s bud-

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Brian DeBaiasio, principal of Trafalgar Junior Secondary, fishes a card out of Lisa Menna’s stocking as part of her magic show. Menna’s act was the finishing touch to the Trafalgar Reads initiative. The school’s parent advisory committee started the project, which ran since October, 2007. Trafalgar Reads promoted reading and literacy and librarian Paul Luck said the library saw a 60 per cent jump students borrowing fiction books.

get went from $316,000 to $790,000. The money comes from the province and was part of a province-wide boost to shelters. Along with increased staff, there are two people working at the shelter instead of one, Stepping

Stones has added Bev Derby to their supportive lineup. Derby’s job will be to work with people who’ve repeatedly used the shelter over the year. People looking to donate to Stepping Stones can call the shelter at (250) 352-9876.

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Nelson Police Department chief Dan Maluta and Inspector Henry Paivarinta unveil the police department’s new coat of arms at a ceremony at Touchstones Nelson on Friday, Feb. 29.

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RDCK skunked again

April 2 There’s a whiff of something ripe in the air and rural directors think it’s coming from the City of Nelson. At their Saturday, March 29 meeting, Regional District of Central Kootenay (RDCK) agreed to send a letter to the City of Nelson, asking for assurances skunks trapped in Nelson won’t become a problem for rural residents. The City of Nelson is currently looking for a contractor to resume skunk and raccoon trapping in the city. The request for proposals closed Tuesday, March 25 and set out a $15,000 budget for the work. In August 2007, Nelson’s council hired Trappers Ink to trap raccoons and skunks. RDCK directors were upset to learn the pests were dumped in their areas. According to Trappers Ink’s final report, the company captured more than 120 skunks in Nelson. Mike Roch, co-owner of the company, says they released their animals along Giveout Creek Road, 10 kilometres north of Hall Siding Road. “People just saw a skunk and assumed it was a Trappers Ink skunk,” Roch says. He also heard complaints about more skunks on the North Shore and near Taghum but Trappers Ink didn’t release skunks there, he says.

Skaters get park

April 9 Adjacent to the arboretum and the soccer fields; over part of the turn around at the end of the parking lot. After a brief discussion, council decided that will be the location of Nelson’s skate park. The skate park was a late item added to council’s Monday, April 7 meeting after a spokesperson for the Kootenay

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Year in Review: April Lake Outdoor Skate Park Society (KLOSPS) let it be known the society would disband if they didn’t get a decision at Monday’s meeting. Councillor Gord McAdams brought forward the location, which was supported by Couns. Robin Cherbo, Marg Stacy, Deb Kozak and Mayor John Dooley. Coun. Bob Adams voted against the location and Coun. Ian Mason was not at the meeting.

Environmental questions loom over Kutenai Landing

April 16 Developers planning Kutenai Landing have finished their plans, but environmental questions still hang over the waterfront condominiums and the local scientist who prompted those questions can’t see how construction can begin this summer. Mike Rink, spokesperson for New Future Building Group, said the architectural, mechanical and electrical plans have all been finalized. Recent drilling gave the developers a sense of the geotechnical state of the site and structural plans have also been finished. Rink said. they hope to break ground this summer. But questions raised by a local scientist with expertise in land remediation have yet to be answered, Rink said. In September 2007 Dr. James Sevigny raised concerns about possible methane gas creation – which could lead to an explosion if they leaked into a building – and hydrocarbon vapours, which could pose a health risk to residents.

Davies Street Park approved

April 23 Council has finally approved the idea of selling land at the top of Davies Street to help build a park, but it wasn’t a happy deci-

sion. It was nearly midnight when the matter finally came to a vote in a special council meeting after their usual committee of the whole on Monday, April 21. Leading up to the decision council heard staff’s presentation on a proposal to sell 0.41 hectares of land to fund a 4.8 hectare park, but even getting to the presentation took some debate. Councillors Robin Cherbo and Gord McAdams questioned why the staff brought the park forward in a special council meeting. The last time the controversial park was before them on Monday, March 3, councillors voted to hold another public meeting to get input on the latest version of the park plan. The money would be used to build a $500,000 park and do $154,000 of work on Ninth Street Any net profit would be split between the City and province.

Baby doctor due at KLH this fall

April 30 Interior Health has added a new baby doctor and an emergency room doctor to Kootenay Lake Hospital. Dr. Cheryl Alger will join Dr. Raz Moola as the hospital’s second obstetrician/gynecologist (OB/GYN) in September, said Dr. Peggy Yakimov, medical director for the Kootenay-Boundary Health Services Area. Dr. Alger will work with women in high-risk pregnancies and be available to help with consultations and emergencies, said Dr. Yakimov. The new doctor is on year-long contract but the funding is permanent, Dr. Yakimov said. It was an increased need that started the search for a new OB/GYN. Interior Health estimates there will be 375 deliveries in the next year, up from 250 the previous year.

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Premiere Gordon Campbell came to Nelson in April to open the Association of Kootenay Boundary Local Governments meeting on Friday, April 18. Campbell was greeted by a crowd gathered to protest his government’s actions around independent power projects on the province’s rivers.

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A duck spreads its wings next to a painted turtle at Grohman Narrows last spring.

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Fire fighter Marc Thibault of the Nelson Fire and Rescue Services hoses down a brush fire near John’s Walk on Thursday, May 8. High winds and illegally dumped yard trimmings provided plenty of fuel for the fire that burned half a city block’s worth of land before the department arrived.

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May 7 Several councillors took Mayor John Dooley to task at this week’s council meeting over what they perceived as a lack of communication over potential changes to policing in the region. The councillors were reacting to a report in an area newspaper that Mayor Dooley, chair of the Nelson City Police Board, was talking with several directors from the Regional District of Central Kootenay over how police services could change. Mayor Dooley emphasized the talks were in “the very early stages” and that it was too early to talk about specifics. Speaking after the Monday, May 5 meeting, Mayor Dooley said the discussions with Al Dawson, director for Area F, Josh Smienk, director for Area E and Don Munro, director for Area H, were about how an arrangement between the Nelson City Police and RCMP could benefit the rural areas.

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pitter patter of of little feet through City Hall’s corridors. At their Monday, May 5 meeting, council passed the mayor’s motion to explore the feasibility of establishing a child care facility in City Hall’s basement. While technically in the basement, the room Mayor Dooley has in mind is on ground level at the back of City Hall. The space, currently used for storage, is perfect, the mayor said. On a tour of the basement, Dooley pointed to the grass space just outside and the rudimentary kitchen that could be improved to support a child care facility. Mayor Dooley hopes to use information gathered by another group looking into creating child care to determine what kind of facility would best suit Nelson. He also said there’s a chance up to 90 per cent of the project could be funded by the province.

complete. Once that work is done, people in the Central Waste region – which covers communities from Salmo to Meadow Creek, north of Kaslo – will be asked to put all recycling, except glass, in clear blue bags, says Reinhard Trautmann, Services and Waste Management supervisor. In Nelson, a City truck will collect the bags at the curb according to a set schedule. Rural residents will bring the bags to transfer stations like they did under the old system.

RDCK borrows $500,000 to fix roof

May 28 The regional district has moved ahead with a loan to repair the Nelson and District Community Complex roof and replace its boilers, but the special nature of the loan means the public won’t have to be consulted. “The loan is for maintenance and repair, not new capital,” said Gary Wright, chair of the Regional District of Central Kootenay, explaining why the RDCK was borrowing the money under the Municipal Liabilities Regulation, a provincial legislation governing specific types of loans.

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A member of the L.V. Rogers rugby team tries to go over a swarm of Trail players at Lakeside Park on Wednesday, April 30.

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Corky Evans decides to retire

June 11 Corky Evans decided to leave politics before he starts to think the elections are all about him. On Tuesday, June 3 at his Nelson office, the NDP MLA for Nelson-Creston announced he won’t run in the May 2009 provincial election. “It’s important to leave this work while you still believe in it,” Evans said in an interview with the Express. Long-time politicians can start to think an election is about them and that can bring “an element of cynicism” to it, said Evans. Evans’s first turn at politics came back in 1986. He was a logger in Winlaw and didn’t like the logging practices he saw in the Slocan Valley. The corporations were deciding how the land should be �� treated and he didn’t think that was right. �� Evans lost that first election, but in 1991 he won, �� was re-elected in 1996 and 2005. Evans lost to the �� Liberals’ Blair Sufferdine in 2001.

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Slower ferry, less CO2

June 25 Crew from Kootenay Lake’s ferries are waiting to hear if their proposal to slow down the ferry schedule, and potentially save money and carbon dioxide emissions, will be approved by the province. Capt. Ron Askew said the idea to run the Osprey 2000 and the Balfour at slower speeds and on a slower schedule would bring the ferries to an hourbased schedule, rather than the 50-minute based one the ferries currently use. That slower schedule would give the crew more time make the crossing and therefore run at slower speeds, using less fuel. Some of the ferry’s engineers calculated the ferries would cut 330,000 litres from their consumption and decrease greenhouse gas emissions by 23 per cent. Nelson-Creston MLA Corky Evans presented the idea to the Ministry of Transportation in March 2008. Jeff Knight, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Transportation, said the ministry was reviewing the proposal and could not say how long that process would take.

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During the annual cavalcade of Nelson’s graduating high school class, some students, like Avery Deboer chose to ride bikes instead of tour downtown in a vehicle.

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are a valuable commodity and crushing the bags decreases the value. Jon Isfeld is a site operations technician for the RDCK and he says the recycling and the bag itself remains valuable to South Sky recycling in Cranbrook.

July 2 A local group, convinced council ignored provincial laws and public opinion on Kutenai Landing, asked the Supreme Court of B.C. to overturn rezoning that allowed the project to go Nelson Hydro ahead and stop the city sells power from issuing any building July 23 permits. Nelson Hydro has gotThe Nelson Citizen ten into the power-selling Empowerment Society’s business. �� lawyer, David Aaron, The City-owned util- �� served the city with a peti�� ity signed two deals to tion on Friday, June 27. �� sell electricity generated �� The NCES petition at its Bonnington Falls �� opposed the rezoning on hydroelectric facility, deals �� three main points under announced at council’s provincial �� legislation �� Monday, July 21 commitregarding: �� contaminated tee of the whole meeting. sites; planning; and public CHRIS SHEPHERD/FILE PHOTO NorthPoint Energy �� input. Solutions Inc. will market Above, Neil Davidson, owner and pilot of a Tiger Moth, peers at Nelson during Flightfest on Saturday, July 19. Below is a shot of the “All we’re asking is that Nelson Hydro’s power, aircraft, used to train pilots during the Second World War, from the ground. they follow the rules,” said though the agreement does Anthony Hill, vice presinot commit the Nelson util�� dent of the Nelson Citizen ity to provide a set amount Empowerment Society of electricity. The deal was �� (NCES). “We want them signed in May 2008. �� to represent the needs of FortisBC will transmit �� the people of Nelson.” the power. Most senior staff were �� The agreement does unavailable to review the not commit the City of �� petition with Mayor John Nelson utility to selling a Dooley by press time, but certain amount of power. he was confident the City NorthPoint will only sell carried out the rezoning power when the price is properly. higher than what Nelson “Our number one goal Hydro will have to pay through the whole process to get electricity from CHRIS SHEPHERD/FILE PHOTO was to make sure we were FortisBC. protecting the tax payers The deal is a good one, of Nelson,” Mayor Dooley Mayor Dooley said, as said. “I believe we did a very it will let the City work good job of doing that.” on some projects without going to the taxpayer to pay for them. Blue bag blues July 16 Maligned as a step back- Kutenai cancelled wards, the new recycling July 30 system for Nelson and the An injunction filed surrounding rural areas against council’s decision is the target of a petition to rezone property for calling for a return to the Kutenai Landing has sucold ways of handling recy- ceeded in forcing the City clables. to revisit the decision. “It’s a step backwards,” At a special meeting on says Michael Jessen, the Monday, July 28, council man who started the peti- voted to repeal the rezontion. Jessen was also the ing that allowed Kutenai Regional District of Central Landing to go ahead and Kootenay’s recycling coor- will hold another pubdinator for 10 years. lic hearing in late August In June 2008, the RDCK 2008. changed its recycling proThe decision was one gram. The shift came at that will save taxpayers the insistence of the City money and save time and of Nelson and allows city effort by staff and the City’s residents to put all their legal counsel, Mayor John recycling – with the excep- Dooley said. tion of glass – into a clear, “Working with our staff �� blue plastic bag and leave and legal counsel, we’ve the bag on the curbside. decided the proper process �� The recycling bags are is to repeal the bylaw and �� compacted and shipped redo it.” �� to South Sky Recycling, Darryl Secret, president a company in Cranbrook of NCES, congratulated that sorts the mixed recy- council on deciding to take �� clables. another look at the approv�� Jessen says recyclables al process.

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RDCK likes North Shore subdivision

Aug. 6 The regional district is close to approving an 85-unit subdivision in the four-mile area on the North Shore despite opposition from the majority of residents in the area. The development will be good for the North Shore, Dawson said after the Saturday, July 26 RDCK meeting that gave the development its third reading. Originally, the developer wanted to build a gated senior’s community, Dawson said. The director says he suggested creating a mixed community of 60 per cent seniors, 40 per cent other. “I want to balance the demographics,” Dawson said. “Perhaps bring in some young families to justify reopening A.I. Collinson [Elementary School.]” There was strong opposition to the development at the local level, with 17 of 18 written submissions against the project. Interior Health also spoke against the project, raising concerns about the water supply.

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Aug. 13 The Nelson Citizen Empowerment Society has called on the City to hold a referendum on Kutenai Landing but the mayor says there’s no need. Darryl Secret, president of the Nelson Citizen Empowerment Society (NCES), said a refer-

endum, held during municipal elections this fall, is the best way to gather public input on Kutenai Landing. Mayor John Dooley stands by council’s decision to approve Kutenai Landing last year and says there’s no need for a referendum. “Kutenai Landing is still a relevant project,” Mayor Dooley said. “It’s going to meet the needs of our community. It’s going to meet the needs of our seniors and it’s going to provide employment.”

Whitewater resort sold

Aug. 20 Whitewater’s new owners hope to create a new run on Backside. Former owners Mike and Shelly Adams sold the resort to Knee Deep Development Corporation, a Calgary-based company owned by Dean Prodan, Andrew Kyle and Mitch Putnam. The owners have named Brian Cusack the new general manager. “Whitewater has a lot of potential,” Cusack says. “I’m looking at one lift opening up about a thousand acres of skiing. That’s what we saw as potential there.” The lift would open up Backside, an area that hasn’t been developed yet. Funding for the capital improvements will likely come from building and selling some condominiums, though Cusack emphasizes nothing is decided

yet. “We think there’s a huge number of people out there who do not want the Kicking Horse, Revelstoke, Big White, Fernie experience. They want the Whitewater experience.” Condos are not a new proposition for Whitewater. The ski hill’s 2002 expansion plan included a hotel and condominium in the hill’s future.

Kutenai goes to voters

Aug. 27 With two councillors changing their stance on Kutenai Landing, the development will now likely go before the people of Nelson in a way it hasn’t before. The Nelson electorate will get to vote on Kutenai Landing. On Monday, Aug. 25 council met to vote on the bylaw that would give final approval to the 160-unit development on Nelson’s waterfront. That was derailed when Councillor Robin Cherbo put forward a new motion, that council use the alternative approval from the B.C. Community Charter to let council gauge public opinion on Kutenai Landing. Councillors Cherbo, Margaret Stacey, Gord McAdams and Deb Kozak voted for the motion. Mayor John Dooley and councillors Ian Mason and Bob Adams voted against the motion. The motion means 10 per cent of the voting public will have to sign a form calling on the City to hold a referendum on Kutenai Landing.

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Leonardo Silveira soars over Nelson’s soccer fields in his power paraglider on Friday, Aug. 8. Silveira and Benjamin Jordan flew from Prince Rupert to Nelson, documenting the mountain pine beetles effects on the province’s forests and people. The two landed in Nelson on Friday.

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Special Events

Ongoing Events Wednesdays

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NEED INEXPENSIVE BIRTH CONTROL? Options for Sexual Health drop-in clinic. 333 Victoria St. 5:30-8 p.m. OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS. Do you have a problem with food? Meet every Wednesday, 719 Vernon St. downstairs, 5:30 p.m. 1-800-611-5788. DROP IN GREIF SUPPORT GROUP. 7-9 p.m. at Broader Horizons, 905 Gordon Road, back door. THE NELSON SCRABBLE CLUB meets Wednesdays at 1p.m. Info 250-505-5583 WOMEN’S HOCKEY SCRIMMAGE at the old rink 8:30 - 9:30 p.m. $10 drop-in fee. Full equipment required. Info 250-359-7036 ALCOHOLICSANONYMOUS Harrop Hall, Harrop 5:30 p.m. DOES SOMEONE’S DRINKING TROUBLE YOU? Al-Anon meeting noon The Cellar. 717A Vernon St.

UNITY CENTRE of the Kootenays, 905 Gordon Rd. Broader Horizons. Back door, 11 a.m. Everyone welcome. NELSON AA - Sunday Morning 10 a.m. The Cellar. 717A Vernon St., Nelson NELSON UNITED CHURCH service, 10 a.m. 602 Silica St. All are welcome. ASCENSION LUTHERAN CHURCH Ser vice 10:15 a.m. 1805 Silverking Rd. You are welcome. 352-2515 ST. JOHN’S LUTHERAN CHURCH fternoon worship 4pm, 21 Silica St. 354-3308

HUGH HIBERSON passed away January 1st. Memorial at Argenta Community Hall 2 p.m.

MEET THE CANDIDATES Nelson - Creston NDP All-Candidates Forum. Best Western Hotel 7 -9 p.m. Info: 250-352-3872

Thursdays IS ALCOHOL A PROBLEM IN YOUR LIFE? AA Meetings, Lunch Bunch at Noon. Into Action Big Book Study at 8 p.m. The Cellar. 717A Vernon St. ACUPUNCTURE FOR ADDICTIONS Free drop-in clinic, 1:30 p.m. Located at 333 Victoria Street, 2nd Floor. 505-7248 BIBLE STUDY JOY BAPTIST CHURCH, 6:30 p.m. 560 Baker St., Suite #3. Ever yone welcome. SIGNING CHOIR (sign language) 3:30 p.m. at NDYC, 608 Lake St. www.ndyc.com NELSON BADMINTON CLUB 7-9 p.m. at the Mary Hall Gym. For information call Anne at 3527536 or Guy at 352-6330.

Fridays GENDER OUTLAWS, a support & social group for trans & gender variants. 354-5362. Nelson AA - F-Troop meeting at the Cellar 717A Vernon St 8 p.m. DOES SOMEONE’S DRINKING TROUBLE YOU? Al-Anon meeting 8 p.m. at 601 Front St.

Saturdays WILDERNESS SURVIVAL, HERBALISM and Stone Age Skills classes! Ongoing program. Children, teen, adult classes. 357-2822. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS Noon meeting at The Cellar. 717A Vernon St. THE NELSON SCRABBLE CLUB meets Saturday at 1 p.m. For further info. please call 250505-5583 CHAIR MASSAGE with Nicole Carere. 11 a.m.-3:30 p.m. $1/ minute, walk-in or by appointment at Natural Way Home, 535 Baker Street. 250-352-2980

Mondays NELSON TABLE TENNIS CLUB. 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. at Blewett Elementary School when school is in session. 352-9547 or 3525739 SHAMBHALA CENTRE OPEN HOUSE: 7:00 p.m. meditation instruction and practice; 8:00 p.m. talk and discussion; 9:00 p.m. tea. All welcome. 444 Baker Street, 352-5560. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS open meeting. 7:00 p.m. Passmore Hall, 3656 Old Passmore Road. F-Troop Meeting 8 p.m. The Cellar. 717A Vernon St., Nelson REDFISH ADULT BADMINTON Mon Thurs 7 - 9 p.m. $3 drop $20 two night week. Join us for more details. MT. SENTINEL SCHOOL South Slocan BADMINTON Mon Wed 7:30 p.m. 359-7610 NELSON BADMINTON CLUB 7-9 p.m. at the Mary Hall Gym. For information call Anne at 3527536 or Guy at 352-6330.

Tuesdays PARENT & CHILD TIME at the Harrop Hall. 10 a.m. - 12 noon Information: Lesley 825-0140 ACUPUNCTURE FOR ADDICTIONS Free drop-in clinic, 1:30 p.m. Located at 333 Victoria St, 2nd Floor. 505-7248 DOES SOMEONE’S DRINKING� TROUBLE YOU? Al-Anon Meetings: Lunch Bunch at Noon and open meeing at 6 p.m. The Cellar. 717A Vernon St., Nelson YOUNG FELLOWS OFF BOOZE Al-Anon Meeting 8 p.m. The Cellar. 717A Vernon St. AA TARRY ENG- RUSSIAN GROUP Brent Kennedy School, 7 p.m. Slocan Junction. ‘DRUMMING FROM THE HEART’ Community Drum Circle with Kim Massé. North Shore Hall 7:15 - 8:45 p.m. $7.00 kimmasse@shaw.ca 505-2684 GRIEF COUNSELLING & LIFE coaching with Eve Pries. By appointment. Natural Way Home, 535 Baker St, affirmationascension.com, 250-352-2980.

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OPEN JAM WITH ESTEVAN bring your instruments, voice and poetry to the Royal on Baker. Sign up early, doors open at 9:30 p.m. LIVE MUSIC at FUSION 301 Baker St. 352-3011 Call for reservations. PAUL LANDSBERG & BERT PETERS, jazz guitar duo, Library Lounge, Hume Hotel, 6-10 p.m. KARAOKE Amy Poznikoff putting on the Ritz and Wild Women Wednesdays at Finleys OPEN STAGE at The Royal on Baker, 9:30 p.m. hosted by Estevan. Everyone welcome! RYLAN PLAYS AT MAX & IRMA’S Solo finger syle guitar 6-9 p.m. Tasty tones, great food, good times!

LIVE (ever y 2nd and 4th Saturday) at Nelson’s live jazz venue, The Library Lounge, located in the historic Hume Hotel, the Incomparable Hume Quartet. JUDE DAVIDSON SINGS classic songs & originals, 6-9 p.m. at Max & Irma’s Restaurant. Good food and music. LOCAL DJ’S spinning it up at the Royal on Baker. Prizes and visuals. $5 at the door.

Thurs. Jan 8 DAM UNPLUGGED ACOUSTIC Open Stage, Thursdays, 9 p.m. hosted by Estevan, Dam Inn, South Slocan. DJ BRYX AND FRIENDS Bryx has been doing his thing for over 11 years now, perfecting the art of mashup and turntablism. Doors at 10 p.m. at Spiritbar. MYSTERY TRAIN amazing rhythem and blues with local talents Kelly Fawcett, Ryan Jones, Mar vin Walker and Myster y Guests at the Royal on Baker. No cover.

Fri. Jan 9 FINLEY’S GAME NIGHT, ‘Name that Tune’ at followed by live music at 10 p.m. RYLAN PLAYS AT MAX & IRMA’S Solo finger syle guitar 6-9 p.m. Tasty tones, great food, good times! RADIO HEAD TRIBUTE BAND Amazing local talents playing all the hits at the Royal on Baker. $8 in advanced $10 at the door. Tickets available at Eddy Music.

Sat. Jan 10 NEVER ENOUGH, OUT OF THE Blue, Julie Kerr, Craig Korth & more at Ellisons Cafe, 12 - 5 p.m.

ALIGINGING WITH A PURPOSE A two-day Anusara yoga workshop with Elissa. Open to all levels, including those with pain or injury. $50 for one day, $90 for both days. See www.shantiyoga. ca or yoga@vankula.com BELLYFIT IN THE NEW YEAR Bellyfit is a fusion fitness class with combines belly dancing, bollywood, bhangra and African dance moves as well as a little pilates and yoga. Open to all levels of fitness. $32 for four weeks or $10 drop -in. Call Heather to register at 250-354-0492.

Sunday Jan 11 ALIGINGING WITH A PURPOSE A two-day Anusara yoga workshop with Elissa. See Saturday for details.

Friday Jan 16 HACKING DEMOCRACY - Video night presents this cautionary documentary that exposes the vulnerability of the American electronic vote counting system. As Canadians, our level of awareness and involvement regarding our vote counting, voting system and knowledge of our U.S. neighbors bodes well in maintaining a strong democratic Canada. This easily understood, well documented video presentation will be an informative, entertaining evening at your community theater, time well spent. Come support our theater, a small donation to the theater is appreciated. 7 p.m. Castle Theater 185 Columbia Ave, Castlegar. Info: videonightcastlegar@ hotmail.com

Sun. Jan 11 SARAH AND RICH Per form soulful jazz standards in a pleasant lounge setting. Every Sunday evening at 7:30 p.m. at the Redfish Grill at 479 Baker St. THE TRUMAN SHOW for brunch and Nikko plays evenings at Nelson’s live jazz venue, The Library Lounge, located in the historic Hume Hotel. BLUES JAM at the Royal on Baker 5 p.m. - 10 p.m. Come down and share your talent.

Mon. Jan 12 SARAH McGLYNN & RICH RABNETT live at The Library Lounge, located in the historic Hume Hotel. 6-10 p.m.

Tues. Jan 13 LIVE OPEN STAGE at Finley’s Irish Pub, everyone welcome. LISTEN TO THE SWEET SOUNDS of Nikko ever y Tuesday at Fusion on Baker Street. 7-10 p.m. ALL AGES OPEN MIKE! Poets and jammers welcome at the Cocao-nut Lounge 116 Vernon St, 6 - 10 p.m.

Wed. Jan 14 PAUL LANDSBERG & BERT PETERS, jazz guitar duo, Library Lounge in the Hume Hotel, 6-10 p.m. KARAOKE Amy Poznikoff putting on the Ritz and Wild Women Wednesdays at Finley’s Irish Pub and Grill. ALMOST ACOUSTIC JAM at The Royal on Baker, 9:30 p.m. No cover.

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Sundays WILDERNESS SURVIVAL, HERBALISM and Stone Age Skills classes! Ongoing program. Children, teen, adult classes. 357-2822. SHAMBHALA CENTRE NYINTHUN: Join us for Sunday sitting meditation 9 a.m. to noon. There will be a break for refreshments mid-morning. You are welcome to come & go as you please. Everyone is welcome. 444 Baker St. 352-5560 www.nelsonbuddha.com WORSHIP SERVICES JOY BAPTIST CHURCH, 10 a.m., 11 a.m, 6:30 p.m., 560 Baker St, Suite #3, 825-4095. QUAKER MEETING 723 Ward, upstairs, 9:45. 354-3859. SUNDAY MORNING WORHSIP, Community Church, Passmore Hall, 11 a.m. All welcome. SUNDAY WORSHIP, St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Slocan, 2 p.m. All welcome.

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Expecting the worst

Sept. 3 The Nelson fire department completed a comprehensive wildfire mitigation plan and presented it to council. When Nelson’s fire chief talks about a wildfire threatening the city, he doesn’t say “if,” he says “when,” a sign of how seriously he takes the hazard that flanks Nelson on three sides. “The threat of a wildfire is greater than it’s ever been in the past,” says fire chief Simon Grypma. The mountain pine beetle – a pest that has killed acres of forest, leaving red, dry stands in its wake – combined with dry summers combine to create a situation that Grypma says could easily spill into the city’s neighbourhoods. The mitigation plan outlines how all department heads meet at the fire hall where city staff can sort out what equipment is needed where. The fire chief has shared the plan with the Office of the Fire Commissioner, the provincial body responsible for co-ordinating provincial resources in the event of large wildfires, and received some encouraging feedback. “The fire commissioner’s office said it was one of the first comprehensive plans to deal with a wildfire event,” Grypma says.

Kutenai Landing approved, again

Sept. 10 Council approved Kutenai Landing once more. The vote went the same way it did last summer. Councillors Bob Adams, Deb Kozak, Ian Mason, Gord McAdams and Mayor John Dooley all voted to approve Kutenai Landing at their Monday, Sept. 8 meeting. Councillors Robin Cherbo and Margaret Stacey voted against the development. The vote came after council unanimously voted to abandon the alternative approval process (AAP) they had endorsed at their Monday, Aug. 25 meeting. The AAP would have gone ahead only if 10 per cent of Nelson voters filled out response forms asking for a referendum on Kutenai Landing. At the time, Dooley had said he was absolutely opposed to the AAP and it was the mayor that brought the matter before council once again. Speaking after the meeting, Dooley said the AAP was not a fair

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gauge of public opinion. “It’s 10 per cent of the population is going to dictate for the rest of the community. That’s not a fair gauge at all.” When it was pointed out that the 10 per cent was needed to force the matter to a referendum not decide the matter, Dooley maintained it was a poor option. “So then is 51 per cent a gauge then?” Dooley asked. “And council does have the right to overturn that if they wish.”

City, rural directors kick in for Pulpit Rock

Sept. 17 Council kicked in their share of a $20,000 grant to secure access to Pulpit Rock. Councillors unanimously approved a $6,667 grant at their Monday, Sept. 8 meeting, joining Regional District of Central Kootenay (RDCK) directors Josh Smienk and Al Dawson in a bid to buy an easement across private property to create a trail to Pulpit Rock. The trailhead was effectively closed this spring when the owner of the land, which has long been privately owned, began building a home on the property. Dawson said the contributions from the City, himself and Smienk will be useful in leveraging contributions from other sources. The local governments have been joined by a new society – The Friends of Pulpit Rock Society.

Skate park work stalled

Sept. 24 There’s been little movement on the skate park location in part because the main user group of the lakeside fields isn’t happy with council’s choice for the controversial park. “It’s stalled,” said Councillor Gord McAdams, the councillor who took on the task of finding a suitable location for a skate park. The Nelson Youth Soccer Association has maintained its opposition based on the loss of parking spots and lack of a concrete plan for what the park will look like. A petition circulated around the immediate neighbourhood also drew 120 signatures against the location.

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A competitor takes a turn during the annual Fat Tire Fest on Sunday, Sept. 14.

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Bodywork

Integrated Healing Touch, Biodynamic Craniosacral, Esalen® Massage; www.potentialswellness.com Madelene...352-0084

Breathwork

Blanche Tanner, BP, Family Constellation .................. 227-6877

Homeopathy

Barbara Gosney CCH RSHom Cdn 2102 Creek St..354-1180 Margo MacLaren DHom ............................................. 354-7072

Hypnotherapy

Sharon Best, Certified Adv. Hypnotherapist ............ 354-7750

Massage Services

A Touch Of Aloha, Lomi, Cranio, Struct’l, Sports ..............229-4424 Ginger Joy Rivest, Neuro Somatic Therapy ..............505-4284 Palliative Massage Course, July 3-10, 2009 ...........1-800-611-5788 Power Essentials, True Aromatherapy & Massage...........505-4144 Rub It In, Mobile/Studio, Deep T., Neuro, Sports ...... 352-6804 Thai Massage, Mina Palmer, CTT at Shanti Yoga ...........352-7703 Galena-DeepT, Swedish, Lomi, structl Shalimar ..............354-4408 BodyMind Union, Chronic Pain, Deep Tissue....................505-9945 RebalancingTouch, deep tissue, energywork. Nathalie ....352-2250

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Nutritionists

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Pharmacy

McKenzie Community Chiropractic ........................... 352-1322 Richard Klein, Stress Reduction Coach .................... 352-3280 Holistic Health, www.brendawiseman.com .............. 505-7555

Colonics

Hydrotherapy, Living Foods, Coaching ..................... 352-6419

Counselling & Consultation

Carmen Carter, MEd, RCC, Play & Art Therapy ........354-4485 Miriam M. Martineau, MA, Integral Counselling ..... 505-8170

Feldenkrais Method

Tara Stark, RD, Nutrition Counselling......................505-9854 Remedy’s RX Custom Compound 737 Baker St. ..... 352-6928

Pilates

Kootenai Pilates 540 Baker St. ................................ 352-1600

Registered Massage Therapists

Daniel Voykin, RMT 523 Josephine ...c509-0345 o352-0459 Jennifer Johnston RMT 101-518 Lake St. .............. 551-1197

Reflexology

Mountain Waters Spa, 205 Victoria St............................352-3280

Susan Grimble, Classes/Sessions Learn to move! .. 352-3449 Physical Problems & Nothing has worked? Give me call and let’s get moving! Call Hilary ........354-7616

Shiatsu

Hair Care

Val Amies, BSW, RSW, Counselor .............................505-8044

Front St. Hair Studio, The Key to Beauty ............... 354-1202

Herbalist

Janice Poloway, Certified Iridologist, Herbalist ...... 551-4528

Kimberly Davitsky, RST at Shalimar Spa ............... 354-4408

Social Work Spas

Mountain Waters Spa, 205 Victoria St............................352-3280 Shalimar Spa, located at the Prestige Inn ............. 354-4408

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Jennie Barron receives a sack of grain from Saxon Bowick on Saturday Oct. 25 at the Kuskanook Marina, north of Creston. They were just two of many volunteers who helped sail organically grown grain from Creston to Nelson.

Wheat on the water

Oct. 29 Four sailboats, laden with grain, were greeted with cheers as they pulled up to the dock in Nelson this weekend. The applause came from people excited to see the arrival of the organic grain grown in Creston and brought over by sail, a fitting

mode of transportation for a project meant to reduce the need for fossil fuels. The grain was from the Creston Grain Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) project and the boats were from the Kootenay Lake Sailing Association. For Jay Blackmore, who orga-

nized the sailors this trip was just the beginning. He wants to organize more boats and perhaps a longer trip, so everyone can enjoy the journey more. It’s just as well he’s planning a larger fleet; Matt Lowe, organizer of the CSA said the grain co-op will likely triple in size next year.

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Oct. 1 The four men charged with drug trafficking out of a Baker Street business were found guilty last week but they have to wait until October to hear their sentences. Judge Donald Sperry of the B.C. Provincial Court quickly dismissed the defence built up by Holy Smoke co-owners Alan Middlemiss, Paul DeFelice, and their associates, Kelsey Stratas and Akka Annis. The defendants argued they were providing an important community service by providing a safe environment to buy marijuana that wasn’t mixed with other drugs. Crown lawyer Robert Brown asked for a nine to 12 month sentence for Middlemiss, DeFelice and Stratas. Those three all had prior convictions for drug related offences. Annis has no prior convictions and Brown did not specify a sentence.

Local politicians can’t phone home

Oct. 8 Public response to the launch of the do-not-call list was so overwhelming phone lines and the registry website crashed, but one RDCK director is afraid local politicians could be burned by the new rules. Hans Cunningham, director for Area G in the Regional District of Central Kootenay, learned local representatives could be fined under the national do-notcall list that was launched on Tuesday, Sept. 30 by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). People running for a municipal or regional director seat often make calls to the public, says Cunningham. In previous years, if the conversation went well the candidate might ask for some money for their campaign. That request could lead to trouble, Cunningham says. At a recent Federation of Canadian Municipalities executive meeting he learned local representatives like regional directors or city councillors could be fined for asking for money over the phone. A local representative could be fined up to $1,500 if they called someone who had registered on the donot-call list. To know who they can’t

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Council still backs multi-use facility

Oct. 15 Council reaffirmed their willingness to give up city land beside the hockey arena so local service clubs can build a banquet hall/ gym. Councillor Margaret Stacey was the only councillor opposed to the motion, which approved, in principle, transferring seven lots at the corner of Hall and Front Streets to the Regional District of Central Kootenay. The transfer would be subject to successful fundraising and construction of the project, spearheaded by the Nelson Italian Canadian Society and supported by the city’s Rotary, Kiwanis, Lions and Gyro clubs. Stacey said she wanted to see a more in-depth business plan and analysis of the projected use of the facility. “I think it needs a lot of fleshing out,” Stacey said, asking for more projections before she would consider handing over city land. Council was told there would be no impact on the taxpayer and that the Nelson Italian Canadian Society would lead fundraising efforts.

CP to demolish, clean up site

Oct. 22 A 20-year-old eyesore on Nelson’s waterfront, the old locomotive maintenance building, will be gone by the end of next year. Last week, Canadian Pacific announced they will tear the building down and clean up the site. Mike LoVecchio, spokesman for the railway company, said the move was a result of a number of talks between Canadian Pacific and the city’s mayor and council. According to LoVecchio, the structure will be torn down and the soil under the structure remediated. “When they get down below the level ground, they will continue working at that point too. It’s not just a fill in.” While the company will hold onto the land, Mayor John Dooley said Canadian Pacific knows the City of Nelson is interested in the land being developed for commercial or another use.

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2 SNOWBOARDS/BOOTS FOR sale. Nitro Magnum 165cm, T&C 160cm, Both with Flo bindings, www. charlwood.com/snow Chris 352-3712 SNOWBOARD, 159CM MORROW Lithium w/Sims bindings, set up right foot forward. $175. 352-7401 SKATE SKI PACKAGE Men’s size 13 skatepilot boots, 197cm Fisher RCS. skate skis & poles $600 250551-4469 SILENCE SNOWBOARD 153 cm with Option bindings new never used $375 250-354-1494 SKI RACING DOWNHILL suit, helmet also. 250-352-3860 NEW WITH TAGS! WHITE, womens medium, NorthFace down jacket&White, plaid, womens Small, Burton snowboard pants. $125 each. 250-352-6454 DYNASTAR “FAT MOLLY” skis 189cm with Saloman S900 bindings. Used twice. $250, 250-551-6454 WEMANS SOLOMON XCOUNTRY boots, great shape size 7.5 asking $40, Call John 252-1204

FORUM RAIDER 163 snowboard. Used 1 season in good shape. Asking $250. (250) 509-0541. AWESOME SIMS BINDINGS, with a hardly worn pair of women’s size 6 reichle snowboard boots $150, jennie 354-7812 NEW WITH TAGS! WHITE, womens medium, NorthFace down jacket&White, plaid, womens Small, Burton snowboard pants. $125 each. 250-352-6454

Work Wanted EXPERIENCED NANNY MOVING to Nelson and looking for a family who needs somebody to trust their children with. Full time. Live out. Excellent references! (250) 8015068 JOURNEYMAN ELECTRICIAN/ HANDYMAN (plumbing, painting. household repairs, ect) with 20+ years experience. New to Nelson. Available immediately, day, evenings and weekends. One call does it all! Mike 359-5918

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Cars ‘94 T0YOTA 4 RUNNER V6, 5speed, new clutch, timing belt, water pump. NOT RUSTY!. $4150 OBO 250-359-7772 92 SUBARU LOYALE, 4x4 wagon, 5 speed, 178,000 km, very good condition. $2500 obo. 250-718-1900. 1992 NISSAN 240 SX fastback white 5-speed leather 140 000km no rust/accidents. $7500 pics at acimjoel@yahoo.ca 89 GRAND AM. 4 door, 4 cylinder, no rust. Runs well. 700 obo. 359-6830 2006 TOYOTA YARIS RS, Immaculate condition, Low KMs, Never winter driven. $12,000 obo. 250-226-7619 WANT 50 MPG Rebuilt 91 Chevy Sprint motor, exhaust, battery, brakes, tires. $2000. 250-229-4644

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185 65 R15 Winter Blizzaks on Rims. Used One season only. $300 Mint condition 825-4084 4 WINTER TIRES. 185/65/R15 used one season. Mounted on ‘91 Honda Accord Rims. $200. 250-352-0401 NEW YAKIMA SKYBOX 16 425.00, Toyo 235/55R18 winter tires used 1 season 352-1634 4 NEW BF Goodrich 225/60/R16 M&S tires with new rims, 5000 Km’s. $700 OBO. phone 354-1822. 2 SNOW TIRES p155-80R13 $50 for both. 2 snow tires P235-75-15 like new $100 for both. 1 LT245-16 Wrangler $75. 250-226-7990 HIDDEN HITCH FOR MPV VAN’ Brand new, never mounted $75. 250359-6606 ALLOY WHEELS 5-BOLT fits on 1999-2005 Chevy S-10 or Blazer $295. Winter tires 215-70-16 $160. 352-6221 4X14” ARCTIC ALPIN tires. Slightly used ($750 value) asking $300 firm. 4 Honda rims optional. 250-352-7471 4 WINTER TIRES Hankooks 185/7514, like new $160. 250-825-0168 evenings.

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Nov. 5 The barite crushing plant planned for Canadian Pacific lands in Nelson is still in the works, despite what was said at a recent candidates’ debate. At the forum on Thursday, Oct. 30, candidates were asked how they would stop the barite crushing plant. In December 2007 it came to light that Arrow Reload Systems was going to build the plant on a section of CP lands. The questioner raised concerns about environmental and health impacts of the plant. As part of her answer, Councillor Deb Kozak said the last she heard, the plant was on hold indefinitely. After her answer, Mayor John Dooley quickly took the microphone. “I would just like to confirm what Councillor Kozak just said; the barite plant is on hold indefinitely,” Dooley said. That’s not up-to-date information, says the man heading the project to build the plant. Reached by phone on Monday, Nov. 3, Joe Mather, general manager of minerals and aggregates for Arrow Reload Systems, said the project was still going ahead. It had been shelved at one point because the mine in Washington that was to provide the raw material was held up.

Woods around Red Sands preserved

“I wasn’t thinking in terms of clothing optional. I was thinking in terms of the use and enjoyment of the beach in proximity of a natural forest.” David Sorensen, the developer behind Nelson Landing, said it wasn’t up to him to decide on Red Sands use, but the new residents might have their own thoughts. “My feeling is that with the neighbourhood, with houses 150 feet away from the beach, and public access to the beach and the parking, it just might change in character. But it’s not mine to comment on.”

Dooley dominates

Nov. 19 John Dooley won the 2008 municipal elections with resounding support from voters. Dooley received 1,748 votes, beating out David Aaron (944) Gord McAdams (704) and Philip McMillan (55). Dooley said he was disappointed that Aaron thought he could “show up in Nelson” and become mayor. For his part, Aaron denied he was a newcomer, noting he moved to the West Kootenays three years ago. McAdams, who had served on council before this election, said he was going to give municipal work a break because he wants to give the new council room. Dooley said the results showed voters were happy with the direction the city is going in. “Tonight’s results were clear indicator to me that people want us to maintain on the course we’re on. They don’t want the city to be driven by special interests groups that don’t take into account the greater community.”

Nov. 12 �� The privacy of Nelson’s only cloth�� beach seems to have been ing-optional but comments from the developer secured, �� on the surrounding land suggest working �� the neighbourhood that will be built might not want a nude beach next door. �� Olympic torch coming At the Thursday, Nov. 6 arts and cul- Nov. 26 �� candidate David mayoral ture forum, Nelson was announced as one of the celthe developer working ebration communities the Olympic torch Aaron announced �� had decided to move will visit during its tour of the country leadon Nelson � Landing �� houses away from Red Sands Beach, a ing up the 2010 Olympic Games. move that means woods that surround the The torch will arrive in Nelson on beach will be left standing. Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010. The issue of Red Sand’s status as a People can apply to carry the Olympic clothing-optional beach didn’t come up, flame by going to either www.icoke.ca or www.rbc.com/carrythetorch. Aaron said.

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At left, children get a close look at the living Nativity scene during the Kootenay Christian Fellowship’s Christmas celebration on Friday, Dec. 5. Jaden Schulhauser played Joseph and Nome Reake played Mary. Ahelia Snell had the starring role as Jesus. Above, Caz Tahara-Edmonds got to skate with Santa at the Nelson and District Community Complex on Saturday, Dec. 13. That evening was hosted by the Nelson Leafs.

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Pulpit Rock preserved

Dec. 3 After seven months of work and countless hiccups, Al Dawson finally got to say the words: “We have secured permanent access to Pulpit Rock in perpetuity.” Dawson, the director for Area F, made the announcement at a special event on Thursday, Nov. 27. With financial contributions from Area E and the City of Nelson ($6,667 each), $36,667 from Dawson’s Area F and $10,000 from the Mitchell family, the land was secured. While the land has been secured, the work is not done, said Selwood. The new trail has to be built, extra parking added (the Ministry of Transportation agreed to allow a 60 metre pull out at the new trailhead) and money has to be raised to provide ongoing trail maintenance. A rack for 16 bicycles will also be added to the trailhead.

Condemnation and praise for coalition

Dec. 10 Alex Atamanenko, the MP for the B.C. Southern Interior riding, is afraid the suspension of Parliament will just delay action on the economy, but his opponent in last month’s election says it was what Canadians wanted. With Governor General Michaëlle Jean’s decision to prorogue, or suspend Parliament, Atamanenko sees a stalled government. “In my opinion, nothing is happening. All that’s happening is a battle for the hearts and minds of the nation.” But Rob Zandee, the Conservative candidate who came second to Atamanenko in the November election, sees the coalition differently. Zandee says he’s received hundreds of phone calls and e-mails from people upset with the prospect of a coalition. “Basically it’s a coup and that’s not Canada as far as they’re concerned. It’s not what they voted for.”

Taser powered down, for now

Dec. 17 The Nelson Police Department has pulled its only Taser off the streets while they determine if their electrical weapon is included in a province-wide suspension of the devices. Insp. Paivarinta said police have been talking with the ministry of public safety to determine if the suspension applies to the M26. In the meantime, the Taser has been taken out of service. The police department is reluctant to give up the M26 permanently, said Insp. Paivarinta. The NPD has a $4,500 budget to buy three more Tasers but the Nelson Police Board has put a hold on those purchases until after the Braidwood Inquiry. That inquiry is studying Tasers, also called conducted energy weapons, and will make recommendations about their appropriate use.

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