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VOLUME 21, NUMBER 43

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Virgo August 23 September 22 Your prosperity and abundance may be flourishing right now. During this time it is important to be able to give and receive graciously. You also have an opportunity to cultivate your self-worth and well-being. Only you know what’s right for you. Explore this opportunity and act in faith knowing that the means will be provided.

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Queen City Cruise The Queen City Cruise, a celebration of all things on wheels, brought hundreds of classic cars to Nelson on Friday, Sept. 11 and Saturday, Sept. 12. On Saturday, the RCMP and Nelson Police Department showed what can happen to a dummy that doesn’t wear its seatbelt, left photo, to an attentive audience. No dummies were harmed.

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Time to fix up downtown

�� Mayor John Dooley says city can’t rest on its laurels and tax incentives� might be needed to get the job done by Chris Shepherd Nelson is renowned for its beautiful downtown, but Mayor John Dooley is worried the community is resting on its laurels and he wants to start a discussion on how to encourage revitalizing the core of the city. At a recent Nelson Business Association meeting, Dooley told business owners the upgrades to the alleys flanking Baker Street (single power poles will replace the current double ones) will go a long way to improving downtown.

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The mayor also said it might be time to find ways to encourage building owners to revitalize the rest of the downtown as well. Tax breaks or tax deferments might be the way to bring that about. In an interview with the Express, Dooley said the idea of tax breaks was one he’s had in the back of his mind for a while, but he cautioned it hasn’t been discussed with council and city staff have yet to work out any details on what the tax incentives would look like or how the budget would be balanced to account for any breaks.

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“But I think it’s really impor- now, but the mayor says little has �� tant to keep in mind that we can’t been done since to keep up the just live on our laurels.” downtown. �� Dooley sees the upgrades in Building owners aren’t the Herridge Lane as a start to add- only ones who need to work on ing new businesses to downtown. the downtown, Dooley says. He “So how can we as a munici- points to the lights in several �� pality be a part of helping that of the trees along Baker Street. stimulus? I think we really need Many of the light bulbs are missto take a look at that.” ing and the city hasn’t budgeted In the 1980s, Nelson’s down- for their upkeep. town had a major facelift as “It’s part of making sure that the city and building owners we don’t lose focus on some of tapped into government grants the key elements that make our to improve the buildings. Those community great. And some improvements helped turn of those are commerce and the Nelson into the destination it is downtown core.”

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economic stimulus project from the federal government and requires matching dollars from the province. An earlier application to a different federal program had failed, but the province had backed that first application and Auliffe believes the province will put up the money once more. The Tenth Street Campus dorms have been

government, half from the province – to turn the empty St. Martin’s Hall and McCarty Hall into LEED standard housing for roughly 100 students. The college teamed up with local green building businesses to put together a proposal that would turn the dorms into a model of environmentally sound construction. The fund is part of a

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of communications and development for the college, said he’s feeling optimistic about the application sent in to the federal Community Adjustment Fund. “It looks like everybody is waiting to nod,” says Auliffe. If those heads do indeed nod, Selkirk could receive up to $7 million – half from the federal

by Chris Shepherd When times are hard the accepted wisdom is people return to school and it appears that has held true for Selkirk College, which has seen a healthy increase in applications this year. There’s been an eight per cent increase in applications says Barry Auliffe, director of communications and development for the college. Final

enrolment numbers won’t be available until later in the month, but Auliffe says the increased applications should translate into more students. “The economy has encouraged people to finish their education but we also think our programs are attracting students.” Auliffe thinks the programs are in demand because there are 17 programs with waiting lists and another 22 are full.

The college’s university arts and sciences program has seen a much larger increase: 25 per cent more applications this year than last to a program that gives students the equivalent of their first two years of university. “I know that relates to the quality of education,” says Auliffe. “It’s just as good as what’s offered at university and is in smaller classes and has lower tuition.”

Central school sets new time capsule with the old Students and community place their memories with 101-year-old time capsule by Chris Shepherd This spring, a 101year-old time capsule was pulled from the walls of Central school and last week it was returned to its resting place, this time joined with offerings from 2009. Dan Dalgaard, principal of the Central Education Centre, led a small ceremony on Thursday, Sept. 10 to talk about the old and new time capsules

that will be placed in the walls of the school. The contents of the new time capsule echo the original. Inside there are records from local service clubs, stamps, a letter from the mayor, and clippings from local newspapers. There are also letters from students and 41 “messages to the future” written by members of the community. The time capsule was first opened in May and some of the stamps, records and newspaper clippings were water damaged and there were many, many silverfish. In an effort to prevent any further damage to the contents, they’ve been wrapped in acid-free paper and the original time capsule was wrapped in tinfoil to keep out moisture (plastic would have produced gasses that might have damaged the materials). Dalgaard credits the assistance of Shawn Lamb, archivist for Touchstones Nelson, with guiding the CHRIS SHEPHERD preservation of the new Dan Dalgaard, principal of Central school, looks over the old and old �� time capsules. “If it�� wasn’t for her time capsule, wrapped in tinfoil, and the new one. we’d just be pretending nerstone. Behind it, the time capsule have been �� we knew what we were plastic time capsule will left at Touchstones Nelson �� doing.” be mortared into place. along with a description The new time capsule Dalgaard has taken of its location. �� is a sturdy plastic lock box steps to ensure the time “We even told them that Dalgaard will seal capsule’s won’t be forgot- how to get the time cap�� with weather stripping. ten, as almost happened sule out,” says Dalgaard. �� The original time capsule with the original. “It took us a day and a will go back into the small Duplicates of much of half just to get it out the cavity of the 1908 cor- the contents of the new first time.”

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News

Rethink public space Parking spots temporarily given up for public space by Chris Shepherd

(PARK)ing Day

Friday, Sept. 18 on Ward Street, across from Oso Negro (604 Ward St.) and on Baker Street, in front of Craft Connection (378 Baker St.) On Friday, two of Nelson’s much-valued downtown parking spots will be occupied all day, but not by cars. Instead they’ll be turned into a temporary park as part of an international effort to get people to rethink their community and how nature fits into it. Theresa Southam is heading the Nelson effort, which will see a parking spot across the street from Oso Negro on Ward Street and another in front of the Craft Connection of Baker Street, turned from a spot for a car into a spot for nature. Students from the Wildflower school program will be responsible for decorating the Ward Street location and artists from Craft Connection will decorate the Baker Street spot. The students will work on a display based around native plants and animals of B.C. while on Baker Street, passersby will see a beach themed spot. She says it is important for people to experience nature, something that can be difficult in the city. “I think there’s so much to be learned from what nature has to offer.” She sees lessons in interconnectivity, perspective and even engineering when she looks at the natural world. Southam shares a story of taking her 14-year-old son hiking in the mountains. The son went ahead and as he walked, almost alone, he gained a sense of the immensity of the world. “You have to be outside to understand those things.” For Southam, (PARK)ing Day is also about making people think about shifting the emphasis off the car and putting it onto nature. “I just want people to question that. Are they happy with the amount of space devoted to cars?” Southam asks.

SD8 cuts jobs 11 positions in school district’s operations department lost by Chris Shepherd School District 8 will chop the equivalent of 11 jobs from its operations budget in a bid to compensate for cuts to their provincial grant. Nine trades positions and four part-time information technology positions were dropped after the province eliminated the school district’s $1.3 million annual facilities grant, says Pat Dooley, superintendent of Kootenay Lake School District 8. The school district also reduced hours for 46 custodians as part of an effort that will save $800,000.

The school board has asked the province for permission to use a restricted capital fund worth $559,512 to make up for the missing money. “If that comes through then we believe we’re going to be all right.” While the school board insists the job cuts won’t affect the classroom, the head of the union that represents operations staff says otherwise. Michelle Bennett, president of CUPE 748, says SD8 is a “huge” district and the cuts will leave it with one electrician, one plumber and one carpenter. “They were falling

behind before and they had 11 more people. It’s going to be a huge hurt and the kids in the classroom are going to feel it.” Bennett says the schools won’t be as clean as they were before, something that isn’t ideal with the coming flu season. She was also critical of the province for timing the grant cuts when they did. School boards across the province learned they weren’t getting their annual facilities grants at the end of August. Bennett says school boards should have been told in the spring when they were planning their budgets.

Bull trout stall Glacier/Howser Environmental Assessment Office asks for more info on fish impact by Chris Shepherd The provincial Environmental Assessment Office has paused the time limit for the review of the Glacier/Howser power project amid concerns about the project’s impact on a species of fish that’s on the province’s watch list. Garry Alexander, project assessment director for the Environmental Assessment Office, said the time limit suspension was needed so the proponent, AXOR, could provide more information on how the Glacier and Howser creeks will be changed by the project, what those changes will do to fish populations in those creeks and what the company plans to do to compensate for the changes. The main fish species in question is the bull trout. Alexander paused the 180-day time limit at the halfway mark and said the clock will start once AXOR has answered his questions. Bull trout are a provincially blue listed species, which means the province considers the fish to be at risk extinction because they are sensitive to human activity or natural events. The province maintains lists of threatened species, a blue list and a more serious red list. AXOR’s own application acknowledges the risk to bull trout. In a report created by a consulting firm hired by AXOR, the authors wrote bull trout are sensitive to habitat disruptions, especially water temperature. “The construction and operation of a hydro project on Glacier Creek will affect a resident bull trout population, which is present throughout most of the drainage,” reads part of the report The project would reduce water flows,

water temperature and fish passage, continued the authors. The power project would divert water from Glacier and Howser creeks into tunnels and then deposit the water into Duncan Lake. Another report by AXOR’s consultation found the project would affect some high quality habitat areas such as the nearby Birnham Creek. The authors also wrote that “since flows in Glacier Creek and Birnham Creek naturally vary considerably, some reduction in flows is unlikely to seriously affect the fish population.” Simon Gourdeau, project manager for AXOR said the pause was not a great concern for his company and that they’re working on gathering new data for Alexander. Gourdeau could not say when the new information would be provided. The pause is good news for people opposed to the power project, says LeeAnne Unger, who has led the campaign against Glacier/Howser for the West Kootenay EcoSociety. Unger says the environmental costs of the project are too high and the pause demonstrates the province is aware of that. The pause “reinforces that AXOR hasn’t done their homework,” says Unger. “There are such serious threats to the project the province had to stop the clock.” Unger says the bull trout are one of the top sport fishing species in Kootenay Lake and Duncan Lake and the power project jeopardizes important habitat for the fish. She hopes the pause is a sign the project will eventually be rejected. “This is a very good step in the right direction.”

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New ad rep at Express Jenna Semenoff brings wealth of experience to ad sales department by Chris Shepherd There’s a new face at the Express; Jenna Semenoff has taken over the newspaper’s advertising sales and is excited to help local businesses. “I’m looking forward to working with businesses and help them to increase their own business,” says Semenoff. Semenoff is no stranger to the Kootenays. She grew up in Grand Forks and is happy to be closer to family and where the air is fresh and nights quiet. Semenoff returns to the B.C. Interior after working in Vancouver and Kelowna where she developed her ad sales skills working at the Georgia Straight, Westender and for Canada Wide Media, which publishes 52 titles including BC Business and TV Week Magazine. She also has experience with smaller community newspapers after working in Kelowna. Semenoff says she’s

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excited to work at a paper that has such involvement with the community. In the few days she’s been in the Express office, she’s been impressed with the number of people that call or walk in to place an ad, speak with the editor or publisher and drop off press releases. That involvement translates into high readership for the Express. “I have a lot of faith in the advertising’s ability to reach people.” Semenoff can be reached by phone at 354-1118 or by email at jenna@expressnews. bc.ca.

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News Briefly Castlegar pays up City settles account with RDCK by dipping into reserves

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shelved a series of penalties they had been considCastlegar’s council ering to recover money decided it was better to from Castlegar. dip into its reserves and The city’s decision to pay the $375,000 it owed hold back some of the the regional district than money it contributes to suffer service cuts and the RDCK, announced in increased fees. July, riled some directors In a letter to the who accused Castlegar Regional District of Mayor Lawrence Central Kootenay Chernoff of passing the (RDCK), Castlegar’s city’s financial problems director of finance wrote onto the regional governto say the city would pay ment. the remaining $375,000 In response, the of the $2 million requisi- RDCK mulled over a tion. Castlegar had with- series of measures to held the money after the compensate for the missZelltsoff Celgar pulp mill ing $375,000 including announced it wouldn’t closing the Castlegar pay its 2009 property and District Community taxes and was asking Complex and surcharges for a�� judicial review of on transit rides, recycling Castlegar’s tax rates. and waste coming from �� Celgar’s taxes normally Castlegar. �� contribute $2.4 million Those measures are �� to Castlegar. off the table now that The RDCK direc- Castlegar has paid up. tors �� were glad to hear Chernoff said his Castlegar was going to council decided to pay �� pay the remaining money the money after seeing and at their general affairs the potential impact on committee meeting on Castlegar residents. Thursday, Sept. 10, they “What we’re lookby Chris Shepherd

Saturday, Sept. 19, 10 a.m. (registration) at Hall and Baker Street The day will feature MLA Michelle Mungall, Councillor Robin Cherbo, singer Aspen Switzer and many others as they walk to honour those lost to and living with HIV/AIDS. Refreshments will be served. A fun warm up will take place, with the Walk set to start at 12 p.m. The walk will head to Lakeside Rotary Park. The park events will include speeches from local dignitaries, a barbecue and music from Aspen. Switzer, as well as Dave Scanlin and friends. All money raised goes directly to persons living with HIV/AIDS in the Kootenay/Boundary region. These donations help to offset the costs of alternative and complementary health care, medical travel, and unforeseen expenses throughout the year. To receive a pledge form, a complete guide to the days’ events, or for more information, contact David Nixon or Cheryl Dowden at 505-5506 or 1-800-4212437.

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ing at is the effects on the citizens and we’re compassionate to the citizens,” Chernoff said after the general affairs committee meeting. The mayor went on to say he and the other members of council were elected to make good decisions, which they believed they were doing when they withheld the money in the first place. “But when you start impacting the citizens, saying you’re going to cut hours, you’re going to start laying people off . . . that’s not in our vocabulary.” During last week’s committee meeting, directors asked Chernoff if the city were to receive the money it’s owed from Celgar, would it forward the appropriate late fees onto the RDCK. Chernoff said matter is up in the air and depends on ongoing talks with Celgar and the province, an answer that did not sit well with the other directors.

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“To develop kids and move them on.” ning both regular season games and domThis year’s Leafs have big skates to �� inating the opposition in the preseason. fill. Last year the team went all the way The Leafs beat the Castlegar Rebels to the provincial championships and lost �� 5-0 in their Saturday, Sept. 12 game and in the gold medal game. They dominated �� thrashed the Columbia Valley Rockies regular season play with 43 wins and nine �� 10-1 on Sunday, Sept. 13 in front of a losses last year. home crowd. Free Day “You’d love to emulate that season Speaking �� before the regular season but let’s just take it a month at a time,” Saturday, Sept. 19, games, Leafs coach Simon Wheeldon was Wheeldon said. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at �� optimistic about the season. While the scores from the exhibition Pawsitive Apparel Thrift The team won all their exhibition games can’t be trusted, Wheeldon was �� Store, 306 Victoria St. games, some by a 10-point margin, but encouraged by what he saw on the ice. Thisfax is orPawsitive Please proof for accuracy then phone, email with �� any changes ornot an to approval. Wheeldon says read too much into “I’m excited by what I saw. I saw some Apparel Thrift Store’s �� the scores. All teams were playing their hard work and some good execution for Phone: 250.354.3910 • Fax: 250.352.5075 • Email: sales@expressnews.bc.ca second free day. �� rookies to see what the new players were the preseason.” There’ll be men’s, capable of.has signed off. The Express is not responsible for any errors after the client �� The Leafs’ next home game is Friday, women’s and children’s Only half of last year’s players are still Sept. 18, 7 p.m. at the Nelson and District fashions for free. with �� the Leafs, the harsh reality of being Community Complex. ��

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annual general meetings. Nelson Youth Soccer is hosting their AGM Wednesday, Oct. 7, 7 p.m. at the Best Western. The agenda can be found at www.nys.ca, noting a proposed constitutional change. Also, to end the season, the second annual awards banquet will be held at Mary Hall on Saturday Oct. 3 for the U11 and U13 divisions. See team coaches for tickets and more information. Also hosting their AGM is the Nelson Tennis Club. It will be held at 7 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 5 at the Hume Hotel. For more information, call 551-0045.

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Opinions & Letters

September 16, 2009

Reports from the Legislature

Editorial Take care in cleaning up downtown Our downtown needs to be refreshed. Look around and you’ll see dirty awnings, chipped bricks and crumbling facades. We like the idea that we live in a heritage community, but the downtown is starting to look a little rough around the edges. As Mayor John Dooley said in the story on page one, we’re resting on our laurels. It’s dangerous to take it for granted that people will always want to visit Nelson and we should take steps to ensure our community lives up to its reputation. The challenge, as always, is money. Who pays for it? Dooley has mused about creating tax incentives for building owners that improve their structure. The mayor emphasized the idea is just a preliminary one and has yet to be analyzed by city staff. We encourage them to take great care in looking at this option as we feel it is a dangerous road to head down. The City of Nelson is not rolling in the dough. We just don’t have the money to do all the things that we would like to do or even have to do. Before creating tax breaks, we have to have a clear idea of what the costs would be to the city. What income would be lose? When a building is renovated its value is increased. One might argue that be enough incentive to keep a building in good shape. What other ways can we encourage building owners to maintain their facades? Perhaps the city should make it a requirement in the downtown core that building owners maintain their facades. Our city’s image is crucial to its appeal and they would only benefit from having a clean main street. Perhaps the building owners could get together and hire a company to do a clean sweep from one end of Baker Street to the other. A spring cleaning of downtown would set up our community to receive visitors in style for the busy tourist season. Another idea is to encourage our courts to sentence people to community service and clean our downtown. Turning their punishment into our community’s cleaned-up downtown might be a way to improve the city’s core without tapping into city taxes or building owners’ pockets.

After my first two weeks of working in Victoria on behalf of Nelson-Creston residents, I am exhilarated and honoured to be brining your concerns to the House. That said, I will be keeping you up to date on what’s happening in the B.C. Legislature, and what I’m working on for our constituency. During this summer, despite contractual agreements, the Liberal government didn’t make its BC Gaming Funds payments to over 500 non-profit organizations, including the Capitol Theatre in Nelson. Like many others, the Capitol Theatre inquired in June about the money and was told that it was coming. Two months later these job-creating organizations got a notice that the government was retroactively cutting those funds, leaving community groups in debt. Other groups, like Touchstones Nelson, found that after decades of receiving BC Gaming grants, they were cut out. I, along with my NDP colleagues, did my job and held the government accountable for these broken promises. As a team partnering with non-profits, we asked tough questions about this cut. The next day, the government retracted

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their cuts and decided to honour their contracts with the more than 500 BC nonprofit organizations like the Capitol Theatre. You can watch the question I asked of Government on my website at www.michellemungall.com. Other hot topics right now in the House are the speech from the throne and the provincial budget. A few budget highlights you may find interesting are: there’s $3.4 billion in cuts, but no mention of where. The budget includes other cuts, including 62 per cent from the Environmental Protection program. At the same time, the Environment Minister’s Office budget is increasing by 52 per cent. The trade off here is less front-line environmental protection in our backyard

for more administrative staff in Victoria. Meanwhile, the government continues to pursue its oil and gas agenda while adding the new HST to carbon reduction items like bicycles and energy efficient windows. On top of the new HST, Medical Service Plan premiums are going up by six per cent for over four million British Columbians, but no new funding to meet increasing costs in healthcare – this will mean more cuts to compound the summer surgery cancellations. Finally, there are a few good carrots in the budget, but the rest of the salad is rotting. Consequently, those carrots may not come out tasting good – especially when the vinaigrette is deception. As part of the opposition team, we are asking important questions in the House and working with citizens across B.C. to mitigate the negative impacts of the rotting salad, and expose the discrepancy between the government’s promises and the facts. One way you can help is by sending me your letters and by signing the petition to stop the HST at www. stopthehst.ca. The more we speak out, the more we get for our rural communities.

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Street Talk What can the city of Nelson do to attract more tourism?

Better signs. We got lost a few times trying to find things. Matt Clark Helena, Washington

Commentary Try a 100 mile art diet

Fish Heads & Flowers Fish Heads to the dog owners that don’t know how to clean up after their beloved pets even when bags and garbage bins are supplied. Why should someone else have to clean up after you? – Irritated walker Flowers for the new bike rack outside city hall. Just when I was about to send an inquiry “presto” a bike rack appeared. – Happy citizen Fish Heads to the drivers who are in such a hurry on their way to and from work, that they neglect to follow basic safety at the 4-way stop! It goes 1, 2, 3, 4. – Worried About Being Smucked

Flowers to the wonderful person who turned in an umbrella and very valuable purse with everything left intact that was left in a public washroom. – Grateful Fish Heads to the server who served me a BLT with practically raw bacon when I specifically requested my bacon well done, and when I returned the sandwich, he had the nerve to slam it down on my table telling me to take it home and fix it myself! – Still hungry Flowers to people that stop and smell the flowers. – Notice beauty

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Anna Heywood-Jones is a local graphic artist and visual arts enthusiast As the 100 mile diet digests itself into Nelson’s social consciousness, many of us are developing a commitment to the localvore food movement in an effort to help save and nurture our local food sources. We are all for consuming locally raised veggies, fruits and meats. But give up our beautiful silk scarves from Indonesia? Maybe not so much. Recently I’ve been considering how the 100 mile diet model might fare if applied to the artistic culture of our community. Art is admittedly a very different industry than agriculture, but is similar in that it often promotes and imports the exotic, while local sources are left to wither away. Ever consider why we have apples from New Zealand on our shelves this time of the year when B.C. grows wonderful apples? Nelson is in a unique position to consider a 100 mile art and crafts approach due to the large numbers of talented artists living and working in our community.

However, I question the sustainability our arts community as Nelson artists are presently challenged and affected by such difficulties as the current downturn in the world economy, federal funding cuts to the arts and sky rocketing living costs. In addition to a competitively saturated and modest local market and a thriving and contentious import trade, driving down local prices and thereby affecting the opportunity for artists to create “slow art.” From an ecological standpoint, the 100 mile art diet provides similar environmental advantages to that of the local, slow food movement. Art that travels costs a heavy carbon footprint on the earth. Taking into account the distance some materials travel to create a piece of art, (even environmentally friendly natural dyes and materials come from as far away as Asia, South America and Africa), many local artists have begun creating work utilizing entirely locally sourced and/or reused and

recycled materials. Given the financial pressures to diversify or specialize in order to gain marketability, many local artists have come to depend on selling their work all over the world in order to make ends meet, sadly at an ecological cost. This is not to say that we should not collect art on our travels, or support artists from other countries or zip codes. What I propose instead, is a concerted community effort to help sustain and expand our local arts culture, in a time when it is increasingly difficult for artists to provide for themselves by profession and passion alone. The art of creation is rarely a lucrative one. We have an opportunity as a community to sink our collective teeth into a 100 mile art diet, and by doing so we can take a step toward helping protect precious environmental resources and vitalizing our local economy, while creating a vibrant, sustainable, and ultimately local arts community.

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PECIAL EVENTS

AROUND TOWN

Wed. Sept. 16

Fri. Sept. 18

Mon. Sept. 21

Fri. Sept. 24

Wed. Sept. 16

Sun. Sept. 20

NELSON WOMEN’S CENTRE 10 week Volunteer Tranining session. 250 352 9916.

WORKSHOPS FOR PARENTS, Educators and Youth Workers to Understand and Empower todays Millennial youth. Special Guest speaker, author, sociologist and youth worker, James Penner from University of Lethbridge. Starts Friday at 7 p.m.

CELEBRATE THE UNITED NATIONS’ International Day of Peace with “The Spirit of Peace” - selkirk.ca/mir/campaign/.

CONTRA DANCE, Central school gym, instruction 7-7:30 p.m., dance 7:30-9:30 p.m. Clean shoes only. Lots of fun!

HALL ST. FARMERS MARKET: Marty Carter, warm and nurturing music to soothe the soul.

NIKKO PLAYS EVENINGS at Nelson’s live jazz venue, The Library Lounge, located in the historic Hume Hotel.

Thurs. Sept. 17 FREE INTRODUCTORY FELDENKRAIS CLASS 7:15 - 8:15 p.m. Curves, 520 Fall St. RSVP as space is limited. Reduce your stress, Improve your health & your ability to move. Judy Katz, Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner, 250352-3319, somatikatz@gmail. com. Wear warm comfortable clothing and bring a mat or blanket. ANNE DEGRACE launches her new book Sounding Line at the Nelson Library. Begins at 7:30,

Fri. Sept. 18 CONTRA DANCE, Central school gym, instruction 7-7:30 p.m., dance 7:30-9:30 p.m. Clean shoes only. Lots of fun!

Sat. Sept. 19 FREE DAY 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. at Paws-itive Apparel, 306 Victoria St. Clothing and housewares. ANKORS 2009 AIDS WALK.

Sun. Sept. 20 NELSON GRANS “C’MON IN” Silent Auction begins downtown. Watch for bright yellow posters then bid. 4TH ANNUAL PUGAPALOOZA, 12 noon. Frog Peak Cafe, Crescent Valley. Info: frog.peak. cafe@hotmail.com or Emma emma@partypets.ca

Tues. Sept. 22 AUTUMN EQUINOX LABYRINTH Walk/Global Solar Sunrise Celebration, Lakeside Park, 6:30 a.m. Nelson Community Labyrinth Group. INTERVIEW 101. Free workshop on effective job interviewing and getting the job. 352-6200 for information/registration LAKE LORE GALLERY Grand Opening at 501 Harold St., Slocan City. 4 - 10 p.m.

NEED INEXPENSIVE BIRTH CONTROL? Options for Sexual Health drop-in clinic. 333 Victoria St. 5:30-8 p.m. PROBLEM WITH EATING and weight? OA support group 5 - 6 p.m., Nelson Hospital cafeteria (basement). No dues or fees. 250-352-7717 or 1-800-6115788. www.endoftrail.ca/ OANelson.htm DROP IN GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP. 7-9 p.m. at Broader Horizons, 905 Gordon Road, back door . THE NELSON SCRABBLE CLUB meets Wednesdays at 1 p.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 ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS Harrop Hall, Harrop 5:30 p.m. DOES SOMEONE’S DRINKING TROUBLE YOU? Al-Anon meeting noon The Cellar. 717A Vernon St. NUTRIENT-RICH COOKING classes every Wed/Sun. Many topics to choose from. Contact Lorraine at lorraine@earthlobby. com or 250-352-3860. GLACIER HARMONIES Women’s Barbershop Chorus. All welcome at 7 p.m. to Baptist Church, 611-5th St. Nelson. Dorothy 352-7199 or Joey 352-3393

PUBLIC MEDITATION 12 - 1 p.m. All welcome. Kootenay Shambhala Meditation Centre 444 Baker St. www.nelsonbuddha.com

SAHAJ MARG group meditation please phone: Eleanor 3523366 or Sarah 354- 9496 SHOTOKAN KARATE 5-7p.m. St. Joseph’s school gym 523 Mill Street.

Thursdays IS ALCOHOL A PROBLEM IN YOUR LIFE? AA Meetings, Lunch Bunch at Noon. Into Action Big Book Study at 8:00 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. Everyone welcome.

PAINTINGS OF EXPLORATION and Discovery Acrylic Paintings by Marilyn McCombe, until Nov. 15th Dancing Bear Inn VIBRANT PAINTINGS by Yvonne Munro, The WhiteHouse, 816 Vernon St., until the end of Sept. POWERS THAT BE: New Works by K.Bullaro until October 16 at OURGLASS Studio & Gallery ROW: REFLECTIONS ON WATER, Touchstones Gallery, until November 22.

Wed. Sept. 23

Sun. Sept. 20

KARAOKE AT FINLEY’S 9 p.m.

Industry Night Punk Rock, Bingo, Karaoke At Finley’s 9 p.m.

FIVE ALARM FUNK Spirit Bar. Advance tix: $15 at Hume Hotel.

Thurs. Sept. 17 NIKKO plays eclectic jazz 6 - 9 p.m. at Max & Irma’s. OPEN STAGE at the Balfour Beach Inn 8 - 11 p.m.

BLUEGRASS SLOW PITCH Acoustic Jam, Bigby Place, 509 Front St. 6:30 - 9:30 p.m. RICHIE SPICE & Spanner Banner (Reggae) Spirit Bar, Hume Hotel. “QUE SARAH” (Sarah Calvert) performing at the Cocoa Nut Lounge on Vernon Street from 8pm until close.

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SIGNING CHOIR (sign language) 3:30 p.m. at NDYC, 608 Lake St. www.ndyc.com REDFISH BADMINTON Ages 15 to 90 Mon Thurs 6:30 p.m. $3 drop in. Call 229-4346 or 2294343 for more details. PUBLIC MEDITATION 5:15 - 6:15 p.m. All welcome. Kootenay Shambhala Meditation Centre, 444 Baker St. www.nelsonbuddha.com SALSA, SWING AND BALLROOM at Lakeside Park’s Labyrinth (or Moving Centre if raining) 7:30-9:30 p.m. biodan@gmail.com DROP IN ULTIMATE frisbee Lakeside soccer fields, 6 p.m. NELSON WOMEN’S CENTRE noon - 4 for recycled bag sewing project. 250 352 9916

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 pm at 601 Front St. CHANT PRACTICE resumes 7 p.m. 250-352-2338 or studiocantilena.com

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 NELSON CHESS CLUB every Saturday morning, all welcome. Seniors Hall, 777 Vernon St.

Sundays WILDERNESS SURVIVAL, HERBALISM and Stone Age Skills classes! Ongoing program. Children, teen, adult classes. 357-2822. PUBLIC MEDITATION 9 a.m. -- 12 p.m Mid-morning refreshments; come and go as you wish. Shambhala Meditation Centre 444 Baker St. www.nelsonbuddha.com

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WINLAW FARMERS MARKET 10 a.m. -2 p.m. Vendors wanted For info 226-7862 or 2267942 Opens May 31. NELSON RADIO CONTROL CLUB, RC car racing 10am most Sundays, (seasonal) private race track, also Rock Crawling and RC Heli Flying, contact jdnelsonrc@gmail.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. SUNDAY WORSHIP, St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Slocan, 2 p.m. 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 UNITED CHURCH service, 10 a.m. 602 Silica St. All are welcome. ASCENSION LUTHERAN CHURCH Service 10:15 a.m. 1805 Silverking Rd. You are welcome. 352-2515 ST. JOHN’S LUTHERAN CHURCH Everyone welcome to 4 p.m. worship 21 Silica St. 354-3308 SAHAJ MARG group meditationplease phone: Eleanor 3523366 or Sarah 354- 9496 CRAWFORD BAY SUNDAY Markets: July and August 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Crawford Bay Park. cbsundaymarket@live.ca or 250-227-9205/6806 DROP IN ULTIMATE frisbee Lakeside soccer fields, 3:30 p.m.

Mondays NELSON TABLE TENNIS CLUB. 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. at Blewett Elementar y School when school is in session. 352-9547 or 352-5739 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.

Mondays

Fri. Sept. 18 RYLAN PLAYS GUITAR, solo 6-9 p.m. at Max & Irma’s. (cont’d)

REDFISH BADMINTON Ages 15 to 90 Mon Thurs 6:30 p.m. $3 drop in. Call 229-4346 or 229-4343 for more details. MT. SENTINEL SCHOOL South Slocan Badminton Mon Wed 7:30 p.m. 359-7610 OPEN HOUSE, Kootenay Shambhala Meditation Centre. Meditation instruction and practice 7 p.m; talk and discussion 8 p.m; tea 9 p.m. 444 Baker St. www.nelsonbuddha.com BAHA’I COMMUNITY OF NELSON Please join us for prayers and an introduction to the Baha’i faith 7 p.m 354-0944 DIAPER FREE BABY / ELIMINATION Communication Support Circle, 4th Monday of each month 10 - 12 a.m. at The Family Place 312 Silica St. HERITAGE HARMONY Barbershop Chorus. Welcoming anyone! Tim 250-825-9694 or John 250-352-6892 NELSON SCOTTISH COUNTRY Dancing 7-9 p.m. Central School gym. Beginners welcome, first class free. SHOTOKAN KARATE 5-7p.m. St. Joseph’s school gym 523 Mill Street

Tuesdays DOES SOMEONE YOU LOVE suffer from an Eating Disorder? Need Support? Last Monday of the month 7-9 p.m. 352-9598 after 6 p.m. or mcsuzzie@hotmail.com for more info. ACUPUNCTURE for ADDICTIONS Free drop-in clinic, 1:30 p.m. Located at 333 Victoria St, 2nd Floor. 5057248 DOES SOMEONE’S DRINKING� TROUBLE YOU? Meetings: Lunch Bunch at Noon and open meeting at ALL AGES OPEN MIC every Tuesday at the CocoaNut Lounge. 6-10 p.m. Hosted by Rob Funk YOUNG FELLOWS OFF BOOZE AA Meeting 8 p.m. The Cellar. 717A Vernon St. AA TARRY ENG- RUSSIAN GROUP Brent Kennedy School, 7 p.m. Slocan Junction. PARENT & CHILD TIME at the Harrop Hall. 10 a.m. - 12 noon Information: Lesley 825-0140

SARAH McGLYNN & RICH Rabnett live at Redfish Restaurant. Evenings.

NIKKO plays live music at Fusion 301 Baker St.

ORIGINAL SUB PUB STYLE open stage. Your music, poetry, performance. No cover. The Velvet Underground

FILM: ART THERAPY & Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Kutenai Art Therapy Institute 352.2264 Free donation 7 p.m.

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Wednesday

Art Showings

OPEN JAM WITH ESTEVAN bring your instruments, voice and poetry to the Royal on Baker. Sign up early, doors open at 9:30.

EXCISION & DATSIK (Dub Step), SpiritBar, Hume Hotel. BARNEY BENTALL @ the Capitol Theatre 8 p.m. THE PINE YEARS with James Lamb & Cameron Gunn, 8pm Velvet Underground.

Sat. Sept. 19 SALSA NIGHTS ARE BACK at Finley’s! It’s time to learn how to Salsa dance. One hour of instruction and then dance. COTTONWOOD FALLS FARMERS Market. Kyla Hanna wonderful acoustic music & Kris LeDrew’s poly-rhythmic inspiration. GYPSY FUSION W/ MAX PASHM & Adham Shaikh, Spirit Bar. MARIE-JOSÉE HOULE, Creek Café Winlaw, Highway 6

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Playing Around with Scales on Hammered Dulcimers, Recorder, Harpsichord, Organ, & Voices. St. Saviour’s on Ward St. www. nelsonearlymusic.org 7 p.m.

Mon. Sept. 21 Blues Jam at the Royal on Baker 7 - 11 p.m. JAZZ DUO Pete Slevin and Adrian Wagner Cedar Creek Cafe, Winlaw. SARAH MCGLYNN & RICH RABNETT live at The Librar y Lounge, Hume Hotel. 6-10.

Tues. Sept. 22 REGGAE MIX MONDAYS Hosted by DJ T.H.C. starting at 8 p.m. at the Royal on Baker. ALL AGES OPEN MIC at the CocoaNut Lounge. 6-10pm Hosted by Rob Funk LISTEN TO THE SWEET Sounds of Nikko every Tuesday at Fusion, on Baker Street. 7-10 p.m OPEN MIC NIGHT Finley’s 9:30 p.m. start. VANCOUVER CORY WEEDS Quintet featuring Jim Rotondi, Ross Taggert play STUDIO 80; 7p.m. door/7:30 show - $10.

Wed. Sept. 23 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. NIKKO plays live music at Fusion 301 Baker St. KARAOKE AT FINLEY’S 9 p.m. ROSSLAND OLD FIRE HALL JAZZ Fest, 1 Heritage Fire Hall, 5 Nights of Incredible Jazz, 25 World-Class Musicianswww.rosslandjazzfest.com/contact.html

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�� Sunday, September 20th at the Hall 6066 McConnell Road 10 am until 4 pm Great music, great food, vendors, children’s games, contests, raffles. New this year — a chance to show off your gardening prowess! Bring your entries in these categories: LARGEST Garlic bulb, Carrot, Zucchini, Cabbage, Pumpkin, Tomato, Potato, Onion LONGEST Green bean, Cucumber BEST DRESSED VEGETABLE! WEIRDEST LOOKING VEGETABLE! Prizes to be awarded so enter each category! Free Admission To The Grounds! All proceeds go towards the Hall restoration project. For more info go to www.harropharvestfestival.com

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Five Alarm Funk

Wednesday, Sept. 16 at the Spiritbar, 422 Vernon St. Five Alarm Funk is a Vancouver-based, 12-piece rhythm machine that delivers a delirium-inducing live show fuelled by original funk and afro-beat grooves. The band’s horn and percussion-driven instrumental jams feature searing guitar leads and horn solos wailing and soaring above a four-man percussion maelstrom that is grounded by Neil Towers’ juicy bass lines. The band’s wicked cross-rhythms and frenetic, costumed stage show appeals to

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Area youth work on artwork that will be part of the opening exhibition of the new gallery at the �� Nelson and District Youth Centre.

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Anisa Farhangi, program Farhangi says there’ll be coordinator for the youth a constant supply of new Opening night centre. artwork going up at the art Thursday, Sept. 24, 6:30 p.m. The AG@YC (its name gallery as the youth centre at the Nelson and District is simply short for Art offers new workshops and Gallery at Youth Centre) as youth create more artYouth Centre, 608 Lake St. A new art gallery will is part of a larger move to work. Organizers at the Nelson give people a chance to bring art into the centre. see what �� creations have An art room, stocked with and District Youth Centre sprung from the minds of supplies, was opened ear- try to make a space for �� lier this summer and youth youth to hang out, have local youth. The AG@YC came had two workshops with fun and feel safe, says about through collabora- local artists Natasha Smith Farhangi. The art gallery and art tion between the youth (who ran a print-makcentre and Nelson’s ing workshop) and Amy room are just the latest museum and art gallery, Bohigian (who ran a film additions to the facility workshop). that also holds a jam room, Touchstones Nelson. The prints and videos lounge, skate park, library, “We’ve been looking at ways to draw in a wider will be the focus of next basketball court, pool table, just to name a few. spectrum of youth,” says week’s opening night.

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602 Silica St. Earlier this year, Ken Lavigne headlined the concert of his dreams at Carnegie Hall with the New York Pops Orchestra. This fall, Lavigne shares the magic of that experience, and his criticallyacclaimed vocal talents with communities across B.C. “Carnegie Hall was the fulfilment of a dream, but it has also given me a new appreciation for the satisfaction of performing in smaller venues. I really crave the sense of intimacy and the ability to make a deeper connection with my audience,” Lavigne says. Known for his beautiful tone, expressive musicality, and engaging stage presence, Lavigne’s pro-

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gram includes a diverse and entertaining blend of opera, show tunes, art songs and folk ballads. Lavigne will be touring

Que Sarah

Friday, Sept. 18 at the Spiritbar, Thursday, Sept. 17, 8 p.m. at the �� 422 Vernon St. Cocoa-Nut Lounge, 116 Vernon St. � �� Dubstep heroes Excision and Singer-songwriter Que Sarah (Sarah Datsik are representing Canada on an Calvert) is formerly of Nelson and �� international stage. presently in Toronto. Recent dubstep releases have She attended Selkirk College: reached number one ��on �� download studying piano and vocals, before charts across the Internet including heading off to the Big Smoke to conBeatport. tinue to pursue her passion. She is just Since founding Rottun Records, finishing her first full-length album Excision has collaborated with artists to be released late fall and is also�� cursuch as Bassnectar, Pendulum and DZ. rently playing piano in David Mirvish’s Considered two of the biggest dubstep Off-Broadway production in Toronto acts in North America, you can expect entitled My Mother’s Lesbian Jewish heavy bass mixed quickly and seam- Wiccan Wedding. lessly. This is the first staged tag �� team�� She sighs and dreams about Nelson set from Excision and Datsik. constantly and looks forward to her �� return�� Opening set by the Philth Kidz. home and to the show; there $10 at the door. will be several surprise local cameos.

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Tuesday, Sept. 22, 7 p.m., Studio 80, Selkirk College’s Tenth Street Campus on the corner of Tenth and Elwin streets in Nelson Vancouver group, The Cory Weeds Quintet, are starting a tour that will lead them from Vancouver to New York City, and Nelson’s one of their stops. Jazz’s unsung hero of the trumpet, Jim Rotondi, will join this quartet for the duration of the tour. Alongside will be Ross Taggart on keys, Ken Lister on the bass, Jesse Cahill on the drums and Cory Weeds on the saxophone. This New York City musician will feel right at home among the musical mastery of these fine players. Cover is $10.

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jazz fans and clubs kids alike. Five Alarm Funk has carved out a word of mouth fan base from a series of crowd-pleasing performances at clubs, concert halls, and festivals throughout Western Canada. The band’s playful, high-energy live show is fuelled by skin-tight arrangements and raw, sweat-drenched passion. From its founding as a six-piece in 2003, the young band (average age is 23) has grown into one of the most exciting and unique groups in Canada. $15 advance tickets on sale at Hume Hotel.

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Barney Bentall

Playing Around with Scales

Friday, Sept. 18 at the Capitol Theatre, 421 Victoria St. This tour accompanies the release of Barney Bentall’s seventh album, Inside Passage. “I knew the title of the record long before I wrote the song,” says Bentall. “I wanted to write a collection of songs that were loosely based on moving through life. I grew up on the prairies but we spent our summers out at the coast. We had a boat and we would take it on long trips from the San Juan Islands to Desolation Sound. I’ve always felt the pull of those two spaces – the prairies where they rise to meet the Rockies, and the sea as it collides with the Coastal range.” SUBMITTED

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Marie-Josée Houle’s cabaret noir

Saturday, Sept. 19, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Cedar Creek Café, 5709 Hwy. 6, Winlaw Ottawa’s sassy firehaired bilingual accordionesse Marie-Josée Houle has spent the summer flying between Edmonton (where she spent the past four months working for her family’s landscaping busi-

ness) and Ontario where she played a bunch of festivals including NXNE and Ottawa BluesFest. She is now packing up her accordion for an adventure further west and will celebrate the change of season with two sets of sultry French café, Gypsy jazz and cabaret noir.

Kris LeDrew and Kyla Hanna

Saturday, Sept. 19, 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Cottonwood Falls Market Kris LeDrew has been involved in several different projects which range from, the Adham Shaikh Collective and Los Gringos to solo mbira performances, playing for belly dancers

and African dancers as well as afro-Caribbean dance classes. Playing, performing, and producing music in many forms and sharing his love of the connection between rhythm, movement and community are what motivates this Kootenay musician. Kyla Hanna, a wonderful singer/songwriter, shares her gift of music

from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. Kyla has worked hard to independently present her music career. Her debut album Bell released in 2006 embodies her talents for lyric, melody and harmony.

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Sunday, Sept. 20, 7 p.m. at St. Saviours Pro-Cathedral, 723 Ward St. The church the Nelson Early Music Society presents Playing Around with Scales with the voices of Studio Cantilena and the sounds of organ, harpsichord, hammered dulcimer, and recorder played by Tobias Jenny. Composers throughout the ages used scales for dramatic expression, to show off agility and virtuosity, or to simply fill up the spaces between two notes. In this program participants will explore the beginnings of naming the notes of scales and hear music from the 11th to 18th Centuries in which scales dominate the musical themes. Most of the pieces chosen for this program would have been considered “easy listening” music in its own time, and organizers will attempt to make this evening an easy listening event. So come and let you mind be carried up and down the musical scales in a playful way. Admission is by donation, proceeds will go towards the outside renovation of St. Saviours ProCathedral.

Arts & Entertainment The Pine Years, James Lamb and Cameron Gunn

Friday, Sept. 18, 8 p.m. at the Velvet Underground, 646 Baker St. This is a night of indie folk music with a collection of players hailing from all over the map: Vermont, Vancouver, Ontario, Armstrong and Nelson. This will be three different sets with an eclectic mix of instrumentation and lyrics.

DJ Vadim CD release party

then think again. U Can’t Lurn Imaginashun is black and white notes and every colour in between. This is by far the most open and eclectic of DJ Vadim’s albums and yet more focused and refined. DJ Vadim brings independent music from the earth, organic, single

estate, nutritious, wholegrain, wholesome soul music. For DJ Vadim, it’s a journey, and with every album comes new expressions and colours. Doors at 9 p.m. with opening sets by Mr. Smith and Dee Selectress. Tickets available at Hemp and Co.

Belly dance lessons

format and movement vocabulary. The cost is $60 for six classes.

for various categories such as the best dressed pug and the pug who can perform the best tricks. Gift bags for every pug that shows up. For more information contact Laurel at frog.peak.cafe@hotmail. com or Emma at emma@partypets.ca.

Mondays, Sept. 21 to Nov. 2 and Nov. 9 to Dec. 14, 7 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. at Slocan Park Hall, 3036 Hwy. 6, beside the Slocan Park Co-op Shauna Robertson brings dance from around the world. The first session covers Egyptian classical oriental belly dance. From swaying hips and fluid arms to lifts, drops and shimmies, this class covers a dynamic range of Egyptian style belly dance. It includes a choreography incorporating new movements and dancing with veils celebrates this ancient feminine art. The second session covers tribal style belly dance. This style is influenced by the tribal cultures of the Near East, Middle East, North Africa and Spain. This class teaches American tribal style approved

Karen Bullaro art opening

Friday, Sept. 18 at Ourglass Studio and Gallery, 568 Ward St. Karen Bullaro says this show, Powers That Be, reflects her disgust with certain aspects of society: the lust for money and power. This body of work is an exploration into things that seem beyond her control. Fortune and power have been personified

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as unsettling portraits of men in suits, smoking and brooding. Her intention was to evoke feelings of anxiety and trepidation by using a dark colour palette and eerie combinations of checkerboard patterning and lightning. The inclusion of these elements was directly influenced by migraines (she says her migraine attacks are horrific events and feel entirely out of her control).

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Saturday, Sept. 19 at Finley’s Irish Bar and Grill, 705 Vernon St. DJ Vadim returns to Nelson with a brand new CD and exiting live show. If you think you know what DJ Vadim does,

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Art show by Cindy Collins

Until Wednesday, Oct. 10 at The Redfish Grill, 479 Baker St. New acrylic and water-colour paintings by Cindy Collins are now up on the walls with almost all ot their tags names and prices. This work includes happier subject matter like pansies, birches, feather and stones, with a few birds and cats thrown in.

Pugapalooza

Sunday, Sept. 20, 12 p.m. at Frog Peak Café in Crescent Valley This is the fourth annual celebration for everyone who has a pug, pug cross or just loves pugs. There will be prizes

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Lake Lore Gallery grand opening

Tuesday, Sept. 22, 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. at 501 Harold St., Slocan City Cindy Moore is celebrating the grand opening of her new art gallery. There will be an exhibition of several Slocan Valley painters and artisans and live music by the Terry B. Moore Trio and Heavy Shtetl. Every six weeks the gallery will feature new artwork and host local music. For more information contact Moore at 3552955.

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Gypsy Fusion Extravaganza

Saturday, Sept. 19 at the Spiritbar, 422 Vernon St. This night features Max Pashm, Adham Shaikh, Boris Schion and Heavy Shtetl. Max Pashm is a one of the earliest pioneers of world fusion. He draws from his Ashkanasi and Sephardic Jewish roots mixing Greek, Gypsy and Balkan flavors with ,lezmer and electric driven beats. This is Ukrainian

world instrumentalist Boris Schion’s first time in Nelson. A graduate of the Academy of Music St. Petersburg and Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, he will perform from his selection of rare and unique world instruments with electronic fusionist. Adahm Shaikh will perform from his forth-

coming album inspired by the sounds of eastern Europe. Rounding out the bill for a repeat performance the talents of Nelsons’ own Heavy Shtetl. Bringing a select collection of Gypsy and klezmer tunes from the vaults of times past, connecting the folk sounds to the folks. $20 at the door.

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Contemplate fall as a time to prepare for winter Shorter and cooler days are all signs that fall is upon us. It is the time of year to harvest the fruits of our labour. Within the context of traditional Chinese medicine, autumn energy is one of moving inward and letting go. It is more yin (inactive) in nature as opposed to the yang (active) energy of summer. We see this in the natural world around us, as a tree lets go of its leaves and the sap goes back to its roots to prepare for the cold winter months ahead. Just as the world around us prepares for the winter, so must we. According to Chinese medicine, fall is the time of the lungs and large intestines. The lungs are about acceptance and letting go. On an emotional level, the lungs have to do with grief. Grief when expressed and resolved is healthy; however grief that is repressed can have ill effects. The fall is a good time to work through any unresolved

Exploring Health

Shauna Robertson

sadness, disappointments or grief. With the advent of fall, the air becomes crisp and dry making it important to dress appropriately, cover the neck and dress in layers to easily adjust to the change in temperature throughout the day. Eating less raw foods and more cooked foods such as root vegetables helps the body store energy for the winter. To produce the contracting energy of fall in ourselves you might want to add a small amount of

The information used in the Exploring Health column is for education only. It is important to consult a health care provider about your specific health concerns. Shauna Robertson is a registered acupuncturist practicing at the Community First Health Coop. She enjoys treating a wide range of conditions including acute and chronic pain, women’s health issues and pediatrics. She can be reached at (250) 352-2167 or shauna@anhc.ca

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sour flavoured foods to your diet such as lemons, limes, sourdough breads, pickled foods, vinegar, leeks, adzuki beans and

sour fruit. Pungent foods are also beneficial at this time of year and good for both protecting and cleansing

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Margo MacLaren, DHom 250-354-7072 Free 15-minute Consultation

bodymind massage therapy 250•354•8406 dennis keithley,

r.m.t. since 1983, b.sc. (kinesiology)

available evenings and weekends by appointment

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Holistic Health

Kate Butt, Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine ......... 551-5283 Michael Smith, Dr. TCM, 10 years experience.........352-0459 Marion Starr, Dr. TCM ............................................... 352-9890 �� Diana Malone, R.TCM.P .............................................. 354-2982 Shauna Robertson, Reg. Acupuncturist ..................... 352-2167

Art Therapy

�� Working one-on-one with a certified yoga therapist can help you take and active role in your own health, whether you are new to the practice and in recovery from disease or injury, or looking for depth in your present yoga practice.

Nelson Pranashakty, Jothi Light/Reiki Healing.......505-7832 Raya�� Kelson, Natural Healing Practice. Activate your healing potential www.quantumtouch.com ... 505-5004

Homeopathy

Barbara Gosney, CCH RS Hom Cdn 12 yrs. exp......354-1180

Hypnotherapy

Sharon Best, Certified Adv. Hypnotherapist .......... 354-7750 Irene Mock, Reg. www.kootenayhypnotherapy.com352-7035

�� Ayurveda �� Massage Services � Anna �� Colin Ayurvedic Practioner...............................352-1853 A Touch Of Aloha, Lomi, Cranio, Reflexology .................229-4424 Breathwork Ginger Joy Rivest, Neuro Somatic Therapy .............505-4284 �� Blanche Tanner, BP, Family Constellation .....................................227-6877

Palliative Massage Course, July 3-10, 2009 .........1-800-611-5788 Power Essentials, True Aromatherapy & Massage .........505-4144 Neuro Somatic, Cranio, Reiki, Deep tissue, Paule .........505-5264 �� RUBITIN Mobile/Studio, Deep T., Neuro, Sports .............352-6804

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Integrated Healing Touch, Biodynamic Craniosacral, Esalen®DeepTissue, Shiatsu, Reflexology, Bliss, �� Nutritionists Certified - Niko ......................................................................... 551-2577 �� Tara Stark, RD, Nutrition Counselling.....................505-9854 Rolf Structural Integration, www.gravitytherapy.com......352-6611 �� Pharmacy

�� Remedy’s RX Custom Compound 737 Baker St. .... 352-6928 McKenzie Community Chiropractic ........................... 352-1322 �� Pilates �� Kootenai Pilates 540 Baker St. ............................... 352-1600 Coaching �� Registered Massage Therapists Richard Klein, Stress Reduction Coach .................... 352-3280 �� Wendy Romanyshyn, RMT at Back In Motion ........ 352-0075 Shayla Wright certified coach/mentor .................... 352-7908 Reflexology Symbols Way-finding your answers. Raya Kelson .505-5004 �� Mountain Waters Spa, 205 Victoria St ..........................352-3280 �� Counselling & Consultation �� Shiatsu �� Sally Shamai, MEd, RCC, EMDR and more ...... 1-877-688-5565 �� Kimberly Davitsky, RST at Shalimar Spa .............. 354-4408 Dienna Raye, MA., Counsellor and Life Coach ............352-1220 Social Work ��

Chiropractic

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Vic Neufeld, MA, RCC, (vicneuf@gmail.com)............ 229-5487 Gail Novack, MEd. Counselling, Grief & Loss .............505-3781

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

Give me call and let’s get moving! Call Hilary ........354-7616

Daphne Fields, MEd., Valhalla Tai-Chi..............................355-2854

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

Om Yoga 3067 Heddle Rd.,6-Mile, omyogasixmile.com.......... 825-0011

Mountain Waters Spa, 205 Victoria St ...........................352-3280 �� Feldenkrais Method �� Nelson’s Aveda Concept SalonSpa ...........................354-4487 Feldenkrais Works! Susan Grimble, 30 yrs exp...... 352-3449 �� Shalimar Health Spa, Voted Nelson’s Best Spa ..... 354-4408 Physical Problems & Nothing has worked? �� Tai Chi

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basil, cardamom, cinnamon, cloves and cumin. Going to sleep earlier can also help your body ease into fall.

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the lungs. These include onion, garlic, radish, cabbage, horseradish and turnip. Pungent herbs include nutmeg, aniseed,

According to Chinese medicine, when the trees prepare for winter, so should we.

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September 16, 2009

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THE HEALTH PAGES Snacks are important sources of nutrition for students Small stomachs and rushed lunches mean snacks can be very important sources of nutrition in your child’s day. Maximize your child’s nutrition each day by packing a variety of small nutritious snacks. Try to avoid buying granola bars or ready made snack packs. They are usually high in salt and sugar. Whole foods make the best snacks for kids.

Here are some great snack ideas that help kids concentrate into the afternoon: Whole grain crackers with nut butter Apple slices with cinnamon Leftover chicken drumstick Veggie sticks with hummus Skewers of cooked meat or tofu and cubes of cheese Raw nut and dried fruit mix Plain yogurt with frozen berries.

Chew On This

Tara Stark

For more information on this topic visit www.wholefoodsnutrition.ca or call 505-9854. Tara Stark is a Registered Dietitian who specializes in helping people optimize their nutritional wellness and prevent diet related chronic disease.

H E A LT H

CA L E N DA R

d ro p - i n c l a s s e s a n d eve n ts

Wed n e s d a y s SHANTI YOGA STUDIO 12-1:30 p.m. Hatha Flow, Elissa 5:30 - 7 p.m. Soma Restorative Yoga, Shayla 7:15 - 8:45 p.m. - Invigorating Flow, Anna TRANSCENDENDENT COMBAT SPORTS 6 p.m. Kickboxing. 7 p.m. Submission Grappling. Join the evolution! 250-509-1606 Located at Summit Health & Fitness. BELLYFIT FUSION FITNESS 7 - 8 p.m. at the Moving Centre. Call Heather, 354-0492 KOOTENAI PILATES CENTRE 8:15 a.m. Reformer 12 noon Mat Work - Fundamentals 5 p.m. - Mat Work - Intermediate/Advanced 6:15 p.m. - Reformer 540 Baker St (upstairs) 250-352-1600 KOOTENAY AKIDO 5 - 6 p.m. Kids Class, ages 7-12 • 6 - 7:45 p.m. Adult Class 213C Baker St. 250-352-3935 QI-GONG & CHEN TAI CHI 7 - 8 p.m. at the Royal Canadian Legion, 402 Victoria Street. Info 250-505-4562 Chris Gibson OM YOGA STUDIO 5:30 - 7 p.m. After Work Yoga, Alison 6 Mile, 3067 Heddle Rd, 250-825-0011, avannest@shaw.ca

Th u r s d a y s SHANTI YOGA STUDIO 12 - 1:30 p.m. Power Yoga, Valerie, New Class! 5:30 - 7 p.m. - Hatha Yoga, Karuna 7:15 - 8:15 p.m. Feldenkrais, Hilary KOOTENAI PILATES CENTRE 8:45 a.m. - Mat Work - Fundamentals 10:30 a.m. - Reformer 2 noon Mat Work - Experienced Beginner 12 noon Reformer 540 Baker St (upstairs) 250-352-1600 APPLIED COMBAT MARTIAL ARTS 6:30 - 8 pm. Adult class 525 Josephine Street, Information call 250-352-0459 FELDENKRAIS CLASSES 11 a.m. - 12 noon Relieve pain and stress. 206 Victoria Street, 30 years experience. First class free. Individual sessions available. Susan Grimble 250-352-3449 EMOTIVE MOVEMENTS 5 - 6:30 p.m. Dance Foundations. All Levels Moving Centre, Pamela 352-1795, vibrationartisan@gmail.com WALK-IN PRAYER CLINIC Summer Hours 6 - 8 p.m. A ministry of Eleos Centre. 711, 10t St., Nelson 250-352-0300 for more information. OM YOGA STUDIO 10 - 11:30 a.m. Gentle/Restorative Hatha, Alison 1 - 2 p.m. Feldenkrais, Hilary 5:30 - 7 p.m. Hatha Vinyasa Yoga, Jenna 6 Mile, 3067 Heddle Rd, 250-825-0011 avannest@shaw.ca KYOKUSHIN KARATE 2:30 - 3:45 p.m. Kids • 6 - 7 p.m. Adults Blewette Elementary School, Keith Clughart, 551-3345 FELDENKRAIS CLASSES 7:15 - 8:15 p.m. Reduce your stress, improve your health. Curves, 512 Fall St. Judy Katz 352-3319, somatikatz@gmail.com. First class free. MOM AND CHILDREN DANCE SPACE 10:30 a.m. - noon Ages 0-7 & prenatal Studio Alive, 1209 Falls St. Slava, 352-0047 GYPSY SKIRT DANCE FOLK FUSION 6 - 7:30 p.m. • Studio Alive, 1209 Falls St. Slava 352-0047

Fr i d a y s SHANTI YOGA STUDIO 5:30 - 7 p.m. Invigorating Flow, Elissa 7:15 - 8:45 p.m. Deeply Restorative, Yasmin KOOTENAY AKIDO 4 - 5 p.m. Akido Fun, ages 4-6 • 5 - 6 p.m. Kids Class, ages 7-12 6 - 7:45 p.m. Adult Class 213C Baker St. 250-352-3935

Fr i d a y s ( c o n t i n u e d ) TRANSCENDENDENT COMBAT SPORTS 6 p.m. Combat cardio, join the evolution of mixed martial arts 250-509-1606. Located at Summit Health & Fitness QI-GONG & CHEN TAI CHI 7 - 8 p.m. at the Royal Canadian Legion, 402 Victoria Street. Info 250-505-4562 Chris Gibson NELSON BREASTFEEDING CLINIC 9:30 - 11:30 a.m. Free drop-in Nelson Health Unit, 2nd ﬂoor Kutenai Building 333 Victoria Street, more info 250-505-7200

Sa t u rd a y s

SHANTI YOGA STUDIO 10 - 11:30 a.m. Soma Yoga, Shayla 12 - 1:30 p.m. Hatha Flow, Cindy KOOTENAY AKIDO 9:30 a.m. Introductory Session starts Jan 13 with Anita Werner 213C Baker St. 250-352-3935

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Briefly Art therapy and post traumatic stress disorder

Wednesday, Sept. 23, 7 p.m. at the Kutenai Art Therapy Institute, 601 Front St. This is the premier showing of An Angel with a Broken Wing at the Kutenai Art Therapy Institute. This is a free event, though donations are accepted. The institute’s executive director, Monica Carpendale, will show her new film about art therapy. This 50 minute film is about the use and value of art therapy for a woman healing from chronic post-traumatic stress disorder. This story is about identity and survival. The film explores the client’s dynamic relationship with the art therapy as well as her art therapist by focusing on the closing art review. It also includes several songs the client wrote and an interview done eight years later reflecting back on the art process.

The artist client’s interest in participating in this film is to have her art and therapeutic process be of value in helping others. For information call 352-2264 or visit www. kati.kics.bc.ca.

Compassion inside and out

Intro course runs Wednesdays, Oct. 7 to Nov. 11, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in Nelson Intermediate course runs Tuesdays, Oct. 6 to Nov. 10, 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Slocan Valley These courses will offer skills in an experiential, interactive format. Facilitator Melody Greger, certified nonviolent communication trainer, she says people should go prepared to transform their conditioned reactions to life into conscious responses that balance meeting needs with contributing to others lives. The fee is $150. To register call 226-7261 or email melody@luminoussource. com.

Su n d a y s

SHANTI YOGA STUDIO 12 - 1:30 p.m. Invigorating Flow, Elissa OM YOGA STUDIO 7 -9 p.m. Kirtan: Sanskrit Call/Response Chanting, Alison 6 Mile, 3067 Heddle Rd, 250-825-0011 avannest@shaw.ca

Mo n d a y s

SHANTI YOGA STUDIO 12 - 1:30 p.m. Power Yoga, Valerie 1:45 - 2:45 p.m. Feldenkrais, Hilary KOOTENAI PILATES CENTRE 8:15 a.m. Reformer 12 noon Mat Work - Fundamentals 6:15 p.m. Mat Work - Intermediate 540 Baker St (upstairs) 250-352-1600 TRANSCENDENDENT COMBAT SPORTS 6 p.m. Kickboxing, 7 p.m. Submissions Grappling. Join the evolution 250-509-1606. Located at Summit Health & Fitness KOOTENAY AKIDO 6 - 7:45 p.m. Adult Class • 213C Baker St. 250-352-3935 CONTACT IMPROVISATION DANCE JAM 7:30 - 9 p.m. all levels welcome, live musicians welcome. The Moving Centre, 533A Baker St. Info 250-352-3319 Judy. OM YOGA STUDIO 7 - 8:30 p.m. Yoga for Women, Alison 6 Mile, 3067 Heddle Rd, 250-825-0011 avannest@shaw.ca KYOKUSHIN KARATE 2:30 - 3:45 p.m. Kids • 6 - 7 p.m. Adults Blewette Elementary School, Keith Clughart, 551-3345

Tu e s d a y s

SHANTI YOGA STUDIO 10 - 11:30 a.m. Gentle Yoga, Maureen 5:30 - 7 p.m. Hatha Yoga, Karuna KOOTENAI PILATES CENTRE 8:45 a.m. Mat Work - Fundamentals • 10:30 a.m. Reformer 12 noon Mat Work - Experienced Beginner 540 Baker St (upstairs) 250-352-1600 KOOTENAY AKIDO 9:30 a.m. Introductory Session starts Jan. 13 with Anita Werner 213C Baker St. 250-352-3935 APPLIED COMBAT MARTIAL ARTS 6:30 - 8 p.m. Adult Class 525 Josephine St. Information call 250-352-0459 OM YOGA STUDIO 10 - 11:30 a.m. Gentle/Restorative Hatha, Alison 5:30 - 7 p.m. Hatha/Vinyasa Yoga, Jenna 6 Mile, 3067 Heddle Rd, 250-825-0011 avannest@shaw.ca KUNDALINI YOGA with Catherine Leighland • 11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m. Shambhala Meditation Centre, 444 Baker St., upstairs 352-6132 FELDENKRAIS CLASSES 7 - 8 p.m. Heal your back. Relieve chronic pain and tension. Selkirk College, Judy Katz, 250-352-3319, somatikatz@gmail.com

THE PURSUIT OF QUALITY LEISURE FOR A HEALTHY COMMUNITY

FITNESS CENTRE • Monday through Friday: 5:30am – 9:30pm • Saturday: 8:00am – 8:00pm • Sunday: 10:00am – 8:00 pm

AQUATIC CENTRE

• Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 6:00am – 9:30pm • Tuesday and Thursday: 12:00pm – 9:30pm • Saturday: 8:00am – 8:00pm • Sunday: 1:00pm – 8:00pm For more information on schedules and programs please call 354-4FUN or look online at www.rdck.bc.ca/nelson

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Classiﬁeds

September 16, 2009

Announcements

Education

Furniture

Help Wanted

WHAT? WHERE? WHEN? Bean Here Now.

SPANISH OR ENGLISH as a second language in one-on-one classes. Learn at your own pace. Instructor with 25 years experience. Call 352-0412 YERC OFFERS SERVING it Right and WHMIS certifications, September 24. Sign up. Space is limited. NDYC, 608 Lake Street, Nelson BC MORNING BOOK CLUB Thursdays 6:45-8 a.m. at Nelson United Church. New book starts Sept. 17th “Christ of the Celts” info 250-352-2822 TRAIN TO BE AN APARTMENT/ Condominium Manager from home. Jobs registered across Canada! Thousands of grads working. Government registered. 29 years of success. Information: www.RMTI.ca or 1-800-665-8339, 604681-5456.

OAK DESK: 6 drawer, 60 x 34, excellent condition for office or home. Asking: $250 250-825-4698 UNIQUE SOLID MAPLE table and hutch with drawers and glass doors. $500 each obo 352-7471 BEDROOM SUITE: 9PC, solid maple, Nadeau incl: Queen 4 poster head, foot board. Triple dresser w/ 2 vertical mirrors: dovetailed drawers, ball wheels. Armoire: 2 pc, top: removable shelves and hanger, bottom: 2 dovetailed drawers, ball wheels. 2 Night tables: door-ed w/ removable shelves. Set: $2,200, can be sold separately. OBO also: Solid Birch Couch Table: Temple Stuart: 1 drawer, 2 shelves. $200: OBO 250 352-9468 OAK FUTON, DOUBLE, new condition, quality mattress hardly used, asking $250, 250-352-2823

STILL EAGLE, A busy downtown eco/clothing store, seeks a new addition to our team. We are looking for somebody with retail experience who is solid, dependable, dedicated, a quick learner, available full time for the long term, energetic, enthusiastic and good with the public. Knowledge of natural and alternative fibres an asset. to apply email resumes to: orders@stilleagle.com FULL-TIME CHEF AND KITCHEN MANAGER required for Yasodhara Yoga Retreat in Kootenay Bay. Yasodhara is seeking a mature, longterm employee to lead the kitchen at our busy retreat. We offer a high standard of natural, healthy, sustainable cooking for groups of 25 to 90. Our ideal candidate has experience managing and supervising, is skilled in all aspects of food preparation, is a good communicator, and has worked with healthy, nutritious foods. Attractive salary and benefits for the right person. Job-sharing a possibility. treasurer@yasodhara.org KOOTENAY KIDS SOCIETY is seeking SENIOR EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATOR and EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATOR for Crawford Bay Daycare Centre. For detailed postings please visit www.kootenaykids.ca. Posting closes September 25th, 2009. REMOVE YOUR RECORD: A CRIMINAL Record can follow you for life. Only PARDON SERVICES CANADA has 20 years experience. Guaranteeing record removal. Call: 18-NOW-PARDON (1-866-972-7366). www.RemoveYourRecord.com.

ennifer & Shane Bristow are thrilled to announce the birth of their son, Rylan William Bristow, on August 4, 2009 at 11:25 am. Rylan weighed a healthy 7 pounds 14 ounces. Proud grandparents are Sam & Melva Bristow and James & Maureen Michelson.

Art POTTERY CLASSES IN my studio: I have 35yrs of experience in the clay field. Fall sessions starting September and October. Call 352-7813

Business Ops MINT CONDITION VINYL cutter Roland CAMM-1 Pro PNC-1210 (PC and Mac option)B.O. Martin 354-1130 DON'T HAVE $1,000,000. for a franchise? Looking for a home based business? Learn how to turn $1,000. a month into $100,000. in 15 months. www.judys-minioffice.com. ARE YOU HIGHLY motivated? Looking for 3 self motivated people to set up and learn to operate office outlets. Free online training. $1500.+/month; www. best4yourlife.com.

Career Training BECOME A WEDDING COORDINATOR with the IWPPa online course. Includes full-colour lesson booklets, DVDs, practical assignments, personal tutoring, and business training. FREE BROCHURE. 1-800-267-1829. www.qcweddingplanning.com. MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION RATED #2 for At-Home Jobs. Achieve your goal. Work from home! Start your Medical Transcription training today. Contact CanScribe at 1-800-466-1535, www. canscribe.com, info@canscribe.com.

Children EXPERIENCED AU PAIR seeking employment. For more information please contact me. 250-551-4537 THE JUNIOR CHOIR at Nelson United Church rehearses Thursdays 3-4 p.m. in the church lounge. All young singers welcome. 250-352-2822 JOLLY JUMPER: GRACO Jolly Jumper with tray and stair gate, $10 each. Excellent condition 352 9784 MAMAS AND CHILDREN DANCE Thursdays 10:30 a.m -noon Sept.17thOct.29th @ Studio Alive 1209 Falls Drop in $5-15 Slava: 352-0047 CHARIOT STROLLER WITH bike attachment kit for sale. Very good condition. $275. Contact Myrna 354-1564

Employment Ops NEED EXTRA INCOME? Everyday Style, Canada’s hot new generation of home party companies, needs Consultants in your area! Visit www. everydaystyle.com or call 1-866-3784331 for information. DISCONNECTED? NEED CHEAP reliable phone or internet service? Great low rates! Calling features & long distance available. Free ADSL connection. Phone Factory Reconnect 1-877-3362274; www.phonefactory.ca.

Events SALSA NIGHT: SEPT. 12 at Finley’s 8:30 p.m. - 12 a.m. $5 cover THE PUBLIC IS invited to hear author Gail Anderson-Dargatz talk about her novel “Turtle Valley” Sunday, Sept. 27th at 11 am at the Best Western. Admission $10 at the door or tickets at Otter Books. Sponsored by the Kootenay Book Weekend. NELSON GRANS SILENT AUCTION, supporting the Stephen Lewis Foundation, now open for bids. “C’mon In!”

Financial Services 1ST / 2ND / 3rd Mortgages. Your Credit / Age / Income is NOT an issue. If you own a home, we’ll lend you money. ALPINE CREDITS 1.800.587.2161. DEBT CONSOLIDATION PROGRAM. Helping Canadians repay debts, reduce or eliminate interest, regardless of your credit. Steady Income? You may qualify for instant help. Considering Bankruptcy? Call 1-877-220-3328 FREE Consultation Government Approved, BBB Member. $500$ LOAN SERVICE, by phone, no credit refused, quick and easy, payable over 6 or 12 installments. Toll Free: 1877-776-1660.

FREE LOOKING FOR LARGE lizard tank call Ruby 304-5600 60’S HID-A-BED COUCH, good condition, you move, very heavy. 359-8115 FREE ALL FRIDGE, clean, works, but sometimes loud. call 2502295673 CLEAN TWIN FUTON & memory foam pad. U-pickup. 352.2624

Computers

Furniture

HC-S (HOME COMPUTING Solutions) Offering reliable and competitively priced PC Support & Computer skills training. From Hardware to Network we come to you’No Solution NO FEE’ 250-505-4940 E-mail hc-s@live.ca PENTIUM 4 INTEL processor and Elixir 512MB Ram. $20 each. Both excellent condition. 250-354-0323

GE FRIDGE $125, portable dishwasher $75, good bed with frame $100, Call 250-229-5385 Must go WOODEN ROCKING CHAIR $90, antique trunk $85, Kenwood turntable $50, Sony amplifier $40 250-3597756

Education TRIBAL BELLY DANCE BASICS: with Penny Allard, 6 classes, Mondays 7 to 8 pm, September 14th to October 26th at the Moving Centre Nelson - $72, to register 250-825-4232 FLAMENCO TRIBAL BELLY DANCE FUSION: intermediate level including SKIRT WORK and VEIL CHOREOGRAPHY with Penny Allard, 6 classes, Mondays 8 to 9 pm, September 14th to October 26th at the Moving Centre Nelson - $72, to register 250-825-4232

Garage Sales TACK HANDTOOLS FURNITURE and much more Sept. 19, 9:30a. m-5p.m & 20th, 8a.m-12p.m 3312 Kenville Mine Rd Blewett n.e.b VACUUM, VCR, LAMPS,, tri-chem pictures, $1 each, household items. No early birds, Sat. Sept. 12 8i5 5th St., bacl alley. 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. 923 VERNON ST. Sept. 12, 8 a.m. Misc items, including table, chairs, exercise bike, kitchen items.

Health & Fitness STRESS RELIEF, EMOTIONAL rebalancing, reconnection to Self: Jin Shin Do Bodymind Acupressure by Dania KalTara, 354-0413 JIN-SHIN-DO BODYMIND ACUPRESSURE: SELF-CARE Packages: Great for physical & emotional support in time of crisis & life changes. 1st treatment 25% discount. Dania 354-0413 HOMEOPATHY? WHAT’S THAT? What can it do for me? Free 1-hour info sessions on Saturdays, 1-2 pm. Margo 250-354-7072 JOIN THE 21ST CENTURY HEALTH CHALLENGE: A supervised and professionally guided 8 week Detoxification, Rejuvenation and Weight Loss Program. Wednesday nights from September 23rd to November 11th, 7-9 p.m. Investment: $245, call 352-0459 EARLY MORNING QI GONG: Wake up to the experience of Qi, with relaxed movement, gentle stretching, deep breathing and moments of ecstatic stillness. Classes Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 6:50-7:50 a.m. 525 Josephine St., beginning Sept. 15. $65/month. Call 352-0459 FALL SAVINGS!!! 9 weeks for $99. Look great. Feel great. Lose weight. Results guaranteed. Call Herbal Magic 1-800-926-4363 for more information. Limited time offer.

Help Wanted BIG CRANIUM DESIGN is looking to hire a Production Artist with experience in customer service and office support. Computer skills are essential, with some Illustrator and Photoshop knowledge being preferred. Please apply in person with resume to 625 Front St. LOOKING FOR A house cleaner for the 6 Mile area. 250 825 4181 clocke@shaw.ca SEEKING STRONG YOUNG person with shovel who likes working hard for a fair wage! Call (250)352-3420.

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ECOSOCIETY IS LOOKING TO HIRE A FULL-TIME EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. To view a detailed job description & qualifications required visit www.ecosociety.ca. Send resume with cover letter to info@ecosociety.ca by September 21st.

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Home & Garden �� SOLAR SYSTEM COMPLETE, 300

watts panels, 2500 MSW inverter, batteries not included, $1600. Jennifer 354-3428. CRAB APPLE JUICE FOR sale, very nutrition and delicious, high in Vit C and calcium, 250-509-1964 MOWER, PUSH-REEL. NO Fumes! Best on even ground. Sharpening kit, Manual. Needs adjusting. $40. 250-354-1412. 2 VINYL WINDOWS 65” X 75”. Never been used. Call 551-7245 or 3592230 NORTHERN FLAME GAS Fireplace, free-standing, black, direct vent. 250352-9610

Lost & Found FOUND A PAIR of prescription eyeglasses in the forest above Camp Koolaree. 250-825-0012. �� LOST CAT: BIG Male Silver Tabby with nicked ear, Latimer/Cherry Sept. 1, come�� home 250-354-4481 FOUND! SILVER RING at Lakeside �� Park. Call 250-505-1325 �� DOG LIFE JACKET lost in parking lot � by dump, orange and black 250-354�� 1273. Jann �� LOST CHANGE PURSE: My ID and my son’s ID. Expensive to replace. Call 505-3873 �� FOUND IN JULY: mountain bike. Call 352-9556 to describe. “LOST” FROM MY carport in Uphill Nelson, sapphire blue mountain bike. If found Phone 352-3256 FOUND CANOE ON Kootenay Lake. Phone 354-2914 to describe. FOUND: LONG HAIRED cat, with, siamese markings, Please call 3544476 if this is your cat. IPOD FOUND BY path near Hwy 6 and bottom of Hall Mines Rd. Call Jim @ 250-354-1737 FOUND: KEY ON lawn. 800 block Victoria. 352-7762

Misc. for Sale

QUEEN PILLOW MATTRESS and CUTE, SMALL WOODEN highchair, frame $200. natural gas bar-b-q $40, gently used Ergo child carrier, $100. cabinet sewing machine 250 $80, portable washing machine, 352-9150 $200. 359-6983. HONEYWELL 2 GALLON 5 TON COMMERCIAL heat pump. HUMIDIFIER natural cool moisture, runs great. serious inqueries only. used only once. $20. (250)505-5583 250-352-7152 POP-TOP 8 FT. camper, sleeps 4, 1 CLAWFOOT TUB $250, queen mat3-way fridge, stove, furnace, sink, tress and boxspring $125 352-9697 cupboards, table. 250-359-8103 MAYTAG WASHER/DRYER IN good 3 LATERAL FILING CABINETS For working condition. $250 for the pair. Sale Call 250-352-7228 352.2624 FRIGIDAIRE, 15.2CU FT., white with LITTLE TIKES; FOLD’N Store Picnic top freezer, made in Canada. $175, Table/umbrella $50, Totsport adjust226-7172 able basketball hoop $15 354-3867. OLDER VALLEY COMFORT wood HOME PHONE DISCONNECTED? stove $250 obo, propane heater, Call Home Phone Reconnect 1-86650,000btu, $100 obo, photos avail287-1348. able. 226-7756 A FREE TELEPHONE SERVICE FURNACE, FORCED AIR, woo/elecGet Your First Month Free. Bad Credit, tric $500 obo or trade for airtight Don’t Sweat It. No Deposits. No Credit stove 250-229-5645 Checks. Call Freedom Phone Lines GRAND FORKS FARMS Gala Today Toll-Free 1-866-884-7464. apples, seedless concord grapes, SAWMILLS FROM ONLY $3,495.00 cantaloupe, squash, peppers, tomaConvert your LOGS TO VALUABLE toes at Cottonwoods Market Saturday. LUMBER with your own Norwood Terry & Val Rilkoff 250-442-3514 portable band sawmill. Log skidders PORTABLE GARAGES/SHED. also available. www.norwoodsawmills. SHELTERLOGIC 2- 10’x20’ $250, ca/400t - FREE Information: 1-800-56610’x10’ $150. Used one year, no 6899 Ext:400OT. direct sunlight. 352-3704. AFFORDABLE PHONE CANON ZOOM EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5RECONNECTION. Up to $30 off for new 5.6 Image Stabilization kit lens for customers! Great rates for phone and Rebel cameras. $50.00. 352-2879. long distance! Call Tembo 1-877-2666398 or sign up online www.tembo.ca. COLLECTION OF 237 classical LP’s in excellent condition. Mozart, AT LAST! AN iron filter that works. Beethoven, Vivaldi etc. $100.- 226IronEater! Fully patented Canada/ 7880 U.S.A. Removes iron, hardness, sulfur, smell, manganese from well water. BREWING SUPPLIES, PLASTIC Since 1957. Phone 1-800-BIG IRON; & glass carboys, corker, capper, www.bigirondrilling.com. beer bottles, siphon, corks, airlock, etc...$50, 2505512255 LATHE - CRAFTSMAN older model with some tools on a work bench SMALL, RELIABLE CAR, 2004 $100 Phone 250 229 4301 05. automatic, a/c, fuel efficient. 250 H. SIEGLER CHILDS violin. Excellent 354-4794. condition with 2 bows,new strings COMIC BOOKS TO read to my $300 obo 352-0335 grandson. Will pick up. Thank you. ELECTRIC OIL RADIATOR, small 250-352-0588. Rubbermaid cooler, small Walmart FREE: UGLY WORKING fridge, old answering machine. Janet 250-825flat bedsprings, pieces of plastic 2” 4411 pipe and joiners 355-2269 TWO LOCALLY MADE satin dress2 TODDLER CAR seats good condies, worn once each. one is white with tion 354-4724 spaghetti straps and a plunge back, STEEL PARTS AND beams, 100 full skirt (not poofy),$100. the other sheets plywood, 1000 sheets styhas a cream bodice, strapless, and rofoam, 2”, 3” 4” plastic pipe, wood a six color paneled skirt, $150. they stove. 250-359-6669 were made for me and will fit someone of similar size: 5’1” 110lbs, chest BIKE WANTED. 1990s Steel frame 32”. they are languishing in my closet, mtn bike or hybrid. 19.5” to 20.5” size. TAKING OFFERS! jennie 354-7812 Christoph 505-2162. LOGGERS RUBBER BOOTS size RUSTED USED CORRUGATED steel 9 $100. Leather vibram-soled boots roofing or sheet metal. Full sheets or size 8/9 $90.Excellent condition. 825bits. Thierry 250-551-4128 9482 8-10HP SNOW BLOWERS, 5-9hp GROLSCH BEER BOTTLE for sale. troy built tillers, all good condition. Offers. 250-352-9245 Looking to purchase multiple logging truck loads (2-20) depending COMPOUND BOW, BROWNING on price. 3/4 to 1 1/2 ton dump truck comes with all the goodies. Excellent preferably 4x4 $1000- $5000. Good shape, $275. 352-6221 or 229-4922 to excellent condition 352-6983 �� SKI RACK, LUGGAGE carrier, Thule FIVE FOOT CLAWFOOT Tub, box, Ascent 1100, brand new. $300 �� Outside door with glass suitable for OBO 352-9468 Regular $400. porch, food dehydrator. 352-5311 TABLE & CHAIRS $35, table $15, �� CHEAP OR FREE furniture, to furentertainment centre $45. 352-9408 nish new apartment. Contact Shawna WILDERNESS 5TH WHEEL Door/ at 250-420-1617. �� Screen, 6 1/4 ft. high by 26 1/2 inches QUEEN SIZE MATTRESS and/or wide. Excellent condition $150. 354headboard, good quality and condi1192 tion. 352 0197 TRUMPET - BACH TR300. Good �� student band trumpet. Recently tuned & tweaked. $350. 352-1794. WASHER AND DRYER $400. SQUARE DANCING (NEW Group) Portapotti $75. 229-4544 7pm Fridays $20/couple for 10 dance 3G IPHONE 8GB excellent condition, sessions. Phone Bob 352-6317 flexible reduced term contract. $80 1970s WILLIS APARTMENT size Shannon 25-035-29211 Piano w/bench,great condition, and 4’ X 8’ utility trailer for sale. 250-352recently tuned $550.00 obo Arron 5704 250-352-7233 GOLF CLUBS $75. coffee end table FLUTE FOR SALE, Angel brand, set $25. pool Q $25. radar detectors excellent condition, silver, hard case, $150, 352-5629 $25. 250 551-9150

Misc. Wanted

Music & Dance

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Classiﬁeds Music & Dance HIGHLAND DANCE LESSONS CALL Brenda for Info & Registration 250.354.7296 b.mcjones@shaw.ca 6 STRING TAKAMINE cutaway, built in EQ and tuner, in-layed, mint condition $495, with case. 250-352-5067 BACH TRUMPET & TROMBONE Perfect for school band. Hard cases included. $200 each OBO. (250) 3526005. MUSIC LESSONS: KEYBOARD/ piano, accordion, mandolin. All ages. Diverse styles. 352-1917 CASIO CTK 541 touch sensitive keyboard, excellent condition, c/w stand and stool, $100. 250-352-3137 SUZUKI 1/4 SIZE violin with case. Good condition. $200 HALF-SIZE TAKAMINE “JASMINE” acoustic guitar, as new condition, soft case. $150 firm. 352-7603 TRUMPET - BACH TR300. Good student band trumpet. Recently tuned & tweaked. $350. 352-1794. FOR SALE: BACH student trumpet $275. 359-7163 CLASSICAL LPS IN good condition. Open to offers. JoAnne @ (250)3526687 PIANO + KEYBOARD LESSONS! 11yrs experience, ARCT certified. Creative, active, FUN teaching approach! 250 505 3345 BALLROOM DANCE CLASSES in Nelson! (Sept.22 - Oct.29) Tuesdays: Jive, Thursdays: Salsa (Beginner Classes @ 6:15pm) Singles & couples welcome! Class sizes limited. Pre-registration only ($85/person) Call 250-352-0013

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Services

Travel

Work Wanted

DYNAMIC DRUM-SET, ELECTRIC blue, great condition.$400 phone: 250-354-1340 THE JUNIOR CHOIR at Nelson United Church rehearses Thursdays 3-4 p.m. in the church lounge. All young singers welcome. 250-352-2822 DRUM’S AND LESSONS for hand percusson and kit drumming 509-0338

FREE KITTENS TO Good Homes 8 week-old, male, kittens to stable, loving homes. 250-505-5337 ELECTRONIC PET FILTERED WATERER and feeder. Paid $275 new for set. Sacrifice $100. stuff. to.unload@gmail.com

DISCOUNT TIMESHARES - Save 6080% off Retail! Worldwide Locations! Call for Free Info Pack! 1-800-5979347, www.holidaygroup.com/bcn.

POLITE, FRIENDLY INDIVIDUAL who enjoys chopping vegetables & basic cleaning in the restaurant setting is looking for part-time work. Very strong work ethic & a desire to perform tasks well! Works best in a 2-hour shift. Call 250-352-6011 ext 15 for more information.

Notices

PSYCHIC READINGS WITH Ratna, BFA., MFA., experienced meditator and sensitive intuitive for over 30 years. 229-4042

DIAL-A-LAW OFFERS GENERAL information on a variety of topics on law in BC. 604-687-4680 (Lower Mainland) or 1.800.565.5297 (Outside LM); www. dialalaw.org (audio available). LAWYER REFERRAL SERVICE matches people with legal concerns to a lawyer in their area. Participating lawyers offer a 30 minute consultation for $25 plus tax. Regular fees follow once both parties agree to proceed with services. 604-687-3221 (Lower Mainland) or 1.800.663.1919 (Outside LM). INCREASE YOUR TARGET AUDIENCE. Community Classifieds reach over 2.5 million BC consumers each week. 1-866-669-9222 or ads@bccommunitynews.com.

BEAN HERE NOW, coffee you can feel good about. Mobile espresso cart beside JB Office

Other 2BDRM, MAIN FLOOR of house in sunny Fairview. Available Oct 1st or sooner. $1000 per month plus utilities. Call Tracey 229-2286. 1 BDRM IN 3 bdrm suite, Beasley (15min Nelson/30 Castlegar). Bright, Spacious, Garden. $310+, vehicle a must. 551-4605

Personals #1 PARDON SERVICE - We can remove your criminal record in 6 months! Receive FREE pardon or waiver evaluation. We guarantee it - Ask for details! Call Toll-Free 1-888-646-0747, www. pardons.ca. DATING SERVICE. LONG-TERM/ SHORT-TERM Relationships, FREE CALLS. 1-877-297-9883. Exchange voice messages, voice mailboxes.1888-534-6984. Live adult casual conversations-1on1, 1-866-311-9640, Meet on chat-lines. Local Single Ladies.1877-804-5381(18+).

Psychic Readings

Services MAN WITH TRUCK demo, cleanup, new construction, concrete, decks, good rates Call Mike 250-352-2889 or 250-354-7378 ORCA TRUCK FOR HIRE. Will do dump runs, moving, etc. Patrick 505-0612 HOUSE-CLEANER FOR HIRE on North Shore- happy, honest, hardworking & reliable from Nelson to Balfour 250-551-0927. NEW EXPERIENCES FLOOR installer in town. We install residential and commercial carpet, tiles, hardwood laminate and linoleum. Please call Marc Orchyk, owner of Just Floor-It. For a free estimate, call 250-3525414 or250-505-4482 JUNK TO THE DUMP Yard CleanUps call me now 352-3871 i’ll do it LOREN MAZEREEUW FINE WOODWORKING mazwoodworking. com (250) 509-1106 Custom: Stairs, Mantels, Cabinetry, Built-ins CLEANING SERVICES: WE clean your house the way you want it cleaned using green products. Excellent References 250-551-4449

Sports Equipment FANTASTIC PAIR OF Sims bindings and a hardly worn pair of women’s size 6 Reichle snowboard boots, i would be delighted by $75 each, or $100 for both, and i am taking offers. jennie 354-7812 BCSKATEBOARDING.ORG: A NOT for profit blog for skateboarders and non-skateboarders in BC.

Work Wanted VIBRANT, ENERGETIC INDIVIDUAL is seeking employment. Enjoys cleaning & stocking shelves, basic merchandising & greeting customers. Eager to learn new skills too. Available for two, 2-3 hour shifts per week. Call Alison at 250-352-6011 ext. 15 to find out more! STRONG YOUNG MAN (18), available for manual labor/yardwork. Great with shovels,rakes,heavy lifting. Patryk 250-551-4556

KOOTENAY PRIDE WAS a hit! THANK YOU, to the Kootenay Community, volunteers, the Nelson Police, and Businesses, and everyone who came out to make these events such a success. Donald Crowe. TO PRIDE THE Ultimate Fling organizers. As an out of towner, I had the time of my life. The atmosphere was warm and friendly. Also thank you to Jesscia and Jennifer. Your beauty and dance moves took my breath away -Dan.

Cars

Tires/Parts/Other

FREE CREDIT CARD / FREE Gas with purchaseÊ$0 DOWN. Need a Car, Truck, Van, SUV? Auto Credit Fast. Bad credit! No credit! Bankruptcy, Repossession! Credit Counselling! No problem. Call Stephanie today and drive away 1-877-792-0599. Free delivery anywhere. www.autocreditfast. caÊDLN30309. # 1 SUCCESS RATE, nervous about your credit. Need a VISA. We fund on your future not your past. Good or bad credit. www.coastlineautocredit. com or 1-888-208-3205. Free Delivery B.C./Alberta.

1985 HONDA ACCORD auto, 4cydr, 4dr, new rad, timing belt, alternator, belts, 10 tires, 235,000kms 250-355-2330 1990 COROLLA LE automatic 4 door sedan good shape only 2 owners first $1300 takes it 250.354.0282 2000 TOYOTA COROLLA 5spd, 157kms, runs excellent, new brakes, 50 mpg, extra set rims. Asking $6800 2000 FORD FOCUS, 5spd, 4dr, very well cared for. Asking $2800 obo 250354-8295 1986 HONDA CIVIC, 418,000 km, $1500. Decent. Call 250-359-2919 1992 TOYOTA TERCEL...NEEDS windshield...well maintained..4 dr. 5 speed...$500 as is. 250-226-6947 CONVERTIBLE SAAB 900 Turbo SPG 1989,red 200,000km. auto.$3000 obo ph#250-825-4260 2002 CHEVY CAVALIER. $3900. Must sell. Only 90,000km. Manual, 4dr, winter tires, new brakes. 352-5802. 1990 PONTIAC TURBO Firefly. 5-speed 3-cyl with intercooler 800obo.250-509-1234 1985 MAZDA 626 very good running and body condition. $1,075.00 obo. Call 250(442-0598) 2009 TOYOTA YARIS CE Hatchback 20,000km Winter/Summer tires on RIMS $13,800 250-505-9985 1992 NISSAN 240SX 5-speed 140 000KM only two previous owners beautiful $6500 705-476-0476 joelguay@yahoo.ca CAR SHARING IS THE way to go. Forget about maintenance, repairs, insurance and even GAS! Become a member of the Nelson Carshare it is easy, affordable and convenient. Currently serving over 90 satisfied members in Nelson with 10 vehicles of all kinds. Visit www.nelsoncar.com or call 250-352-2033. 1991 VW JETTA Diesel, fuel efficient, running, $600 as is. 352-9746. 1991 CHEVY SPRINT Rebuilt 5k ago New exhaust,batt. brakes & tires. $1895 250-229-4644. 2004 SX 2.0L very well maintained excellent on gas great for back to school $6400. 250-352-6931

1987 HONDA CIVIC Excellent condition no rust new gas tank, new brakes, 1000 obo 1993 FORD PROBE, 2.5L 16valve, 4 cyl, 5 spd, only 188,000 kms, runs excellent $2400. Nelson 250-3030891. 1991 PONTIAC FIREFLY Hatchback 45mpg, runs great, roof rack, new radiator, brand new tires $1250. 250352-3860 1998 HONDA ACCORD, 4cly, auto, new brakes, windsheild, muffler etc 260,000km $3400.00 obo ph 250229-4251 2003 VW JETTA diesel, 60 mpg, save $$, ac, good cond., $13,000 call 250-354-2764 2006 SUBARU IMPREZA, 4drSW, AWD, 2.5L4Cyl standard, red, excellent condition, only 17000kms, $19,900. Call 250-352-0013

WINTER TIRES ON 14” rims for Honda’s cars, set of 4. ONLY $120.00 call 250-354-9705. WINTER TIRES, USED one season, lots of thread left, 185/70R14. 3526154 8FT. FIBERGLASS LOW-RISE canopy with tinted sliders fits older Ford pickup. $225. obo. 250-399-4861 CANOPY OFF A dodge dakota $300 250 354-1865 TOYOTA RUST FREE truck bed, fenders and some 4runner parts. installation available. 364-0163 ULTREX MUD & Snow P175/70R13 off Subaru Loyale. Used 1 week. $300 (paid $500) 250-229-5340 4 USED ALL SEASONAL TIRES 215 - 65R16 MAKE AN OFFER rooibosherb@live.ca 226-6743 BF GOODRICH ALL-TERRAIN T/A LT 265/75 R16 M+S - 30% tread offers 250-352-6000 USED ALL SEASONAL tires 22560R16, $200 obo, lv phone number at 250-2266743 or firephoenix@live.ca

Cars 1986 2WD TOYOTA Tercel Wagon, good shape, runs great, winters on rims, $600, 359-7248 1995 NISSAN 200 SX-Selling car for parts; engine is fully functioning; $600; call 352-2194. 2000 TOYOTA COROLLA VE 107,000 kms, automatic, 4 door, green, 2 owners, excellent condition. $7000 (250) 352-5712 MUST SELL 1991 TOYOTA COROLLA Good condition,$500 Nokian W. Tires $1,350 OBO 250229-4939

Sleds/Bikes 2006 HONDA CRF250R $5300, 2002 xr50r $1000, excellent condition. Adult & kids gear for sale. 250352-3526 2003 KAWASAKI KLR650, rebuilt engine, new paniers/rack, new chain/ sprockets, other new parts. Runs beautifully. 352-9235 1996 POLARIS RMK Ultra, RE built New Seat $2000.00. Consider trade for aluminum boat. 352-3861 1999 HERITAGE SOFTAIL, all original. Original owner.25,000kms. Ice white and Aztec orange. Open to offers. 2003 700 SUMMIT SKI DOO: Like new, 1500kms, 151&#733;x2&#733; track, reverse, $4500obo. 250-352-9541 SUZUKI 1979 750GS Nice older bike Asking $1000 call Eric 250 359-6700

Tires/Parts/Other CANOPY, GREEN 60” x 86” Toyota F. Ranger long box $120, 2 tires, Laredo on rims from F150, 5 hole, 90% $120. 2/3” x 10.50 Ranger, 60% $50. 4 Alum. rims 6 hole, Toyota $100 825-0168

A BRIGHT, NEW member to the workforce would love to work at a local hotel to help with vacuuming or completing basic tasks, like laundry. Works well with a job coach, who will assist in task completion. A 2hour shift on Wednesday or Friday mornings would be ideal. Call Nelson CARES Society at 250-352-6011 ext 15 for more information.

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Auto Financing

SAILBOAT 23’, SLEEPS 4, fully camperised, catch the wind, great for lake $6000 obo. 250-229-4939 J-24 PERFORMANCE SAILBOAT, sleeps 4, extra sails, 24ft.’ deep water deck at Prestige, paid until April. 410,000 with trailer, $9000 without. 250-359-7878 16FT. FIBERGLASS BOAT needs repair B.O. :250-825-9674 14FT FIBREGLASS BOAT, 40hp outboard, good motor & hull, new floor, trailer included. $600 355-2659 1977 CENTURY BOAT 175hp OMC, good motor & hull but no leg, good trailer $500, 355-2659 1996 MACGREGOR 26X with trailer, excellent condition, 50hp outboard, recent work, lots of extras, $18,500 250-825-4467

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Music & Dance

Sudoku Classic

Difficulty Level - Easy

Solution to Easy Sudoku

Toys & Wheels

Boats

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Trucks/SUVs/Vans

Sudoku Classic 7 1 Difficulty 5 8 2 - 6Medium 9 3 4Level 1986 TOYOTA 4X4 P/U truck, cano-

py, needs tires, some rust, runs well, $2300. after 7pm 250-229-4346 1990 FORD 3/4TON, 4x4, regular cab, 302 V8, 5 spd, 189,000 kms, $2200 obo Nelson 250-303-0641

RVs

9 8 6 4 7 5 2 1 3 Solution see puzzle on page 6

Solution to Hard Sudoku

16’ 1972 TRIPLE-E CAMPER TRAILER. Fridge, stove, furnace, bathroom. Sleeps 4 - 6. Does need some work. $500 obo 250-354-0115 5 7 6 8 4 3 2 1 9 OKANAGAN IMPORT CAMPER, 4 1 2 6 9 7 8 3 5 new propane system, belly-bar 3 9 8 1 2 5 7 6 4 included, must sell, great shape, $400. 250-365-7038 1 5 9 7 8 2 3 4 6 16’ 1976 TRAVEL trailer, excellent 7 8 4 3 5 6 1 9 2 condition, 3-way fridge, furnace, 6 2 3 4 1 9 5 7 8 © 2005 www.puzzle.tv stove, bathroom, no leaks $850obo www.valusoft.com Generated by Ultimate Sudoku 6 8 of3unique Sudo 1 BILLIONS 9 to7create 5 need 2 - 4all you 250-359-8088 9 6 7 2 3 8 4 5 1 1980 24FT WILDERNESS travel trailer sleeps 6 excellent condition 8 3 1 5 6 4 9 2 7 $4000 OBO 250-352-9781 or 250Solution see puzzle on page 6 551-9781

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Trucks/SUVs/Vans 88 CARAVAN GHOST overheating issue 92 Voyager great but needs transmission work $200. each 357-2260 1988 TOYOTA 4RUNNER, good shape, needs some work, 2 sets tires, $2200. 229-2353. 1989 FOR BOUNDER Class A Motorhome. 146,000km Fully Loaded Great Condition. $10,000 OBO Call Amanda (250)357-2877 LOOKING FOR A 1997 Chev Tahoe 2 door 2wd for cheap, 250-825-4152 or email dragon_boy240@hotmail.com 2007 SUZUKI SX4 fwd/awd 43000km, 7yr warranty, great price/condition, $17000, 352-7675 rstinson@telus.net 2005 HONDA CRV EX, 60,000 km, automatic, silver, $19,500. 250-352-0508 1980 3/4 TON GMC, good tires, carb, new gas tank. Parts truck, $500 obo. 250-359-7008 DODGE CAMPER VAN,79, 153000klm, 3 way fridge, 3 burner stove/oven, toilet, runs well, $2500obo, 352-9832

see puzzle on page 14

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE Please take notice that on September 30, 2009 the contents of the following storage locker at 12 Mile Storage, 825-9666, will be sold at auction or otherwise disposed of to cover the cost of outstanding costs of storage and all fees. Locker #C117 in the name of

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House Sitting

Rentals

WRITER SEEKING FALL housesitting/rental to complete book on spirituality and travel. Quiet, responsible, and reliable. 250-505-8113 OLDER RESPONSIBLE COUPLE available for house-sitting Nov 1stJan good with plants and animals, excellent references, 250-505-0454

FURNISHED ROOM GRANITE Rd Oct-Apr Mature, focused, single student $500. including utilities & wireless References 352-6132 FURNISHED 4 BRM 2 1/2 bath waterfront home available Oct 1 to May 30 352-2492 TWO IRISH BROTHERS aged 34 and 30 wish to find accommodation for Oct 1st to June of next year. All opinions considered, preferred close to downtown. Good cook and Clean. 4 BEDROOM 2 Bath home in Nelson’s Fairview Area. Available Oct 1 to March 31 with the option to extend. $1600 / month + utilities. Damage deposit and references required. Call 604 873 3337 3 BRM. MAIN fl.+ laundry & storage of heritage house in Bonnington,gard ens,views,private,for employed family/couple w/good references $1000+ 250-359-6997 PRIVATE, SPACIOUS, 1 bdrm, view, Oct - April, $800 inclu. hyro. 250505-1108. 1 BEDROOM BASEMENT suite of house in Fairview. N/S N/P $700/month+utilities for Oct. 1 Rentals@NelsonRealty.ca 250-352-2100 2 BEDROOM SUITE main+upper floor, house in Lower Fairview. N/ S N/P $1100/month+utilities Oct. 1 Rentals@NelsonRealty.ca 250-3522100 SUNNY QUIET 2 bedroom apartment near golfcourse. Lots of storage and parking, laundry in building, $770 + hydro 250-352-6849 MODERN 2 BEDROOM half duplex with yard and basement in lower uphill $950.00 Avail Oct 1 352-3248354-0435 CLEAN UNFURNISHED MAIN 2bd. near downtown for Oct. NP NS, quiet single pref. 900 354-2093 CRESCENT VALLEY 2BDRM home & acreage. Avail Oct.15. $875/m plus utilities. 250.359.5021 ON THE WATER beautiful new bachelor suite, 30 seconds to sandy beach, Nelson 7 mins. Everything included. 825-4029 BACHELOR SUITE on main floor, private riverfront house in Slocan Park. N/S N/P $650/month+utilities Rentals@NelsonRealty.ca 250-3522100 1 BEDROOM LOWER suite of private riverfront house in Slocan Park. N/S N/P $700/month + utilities Rentals@NelsonRealty.ca 250-3522100 2 BEDROOM HOUSE on corner lot in Uphill Nelson. N/S N/P $1000/month + utilities Rentals@NelsonRealty.ca 250-352-2100 1 BEDROOM SUITE in Nasookin (3 mile). Completely renovated & immaculate. Gas fireplace. Mature tenant preferred. $850/month utilities included. Rentals@NelsonRealty.ca 250-352-2100 SPACIOUS 3 BEDROOM suite 3kms from Nelson. Pets ok! $1000/mo + util. Oct 1st. 250 352 7303

ONE BEDROOM, OCT. 1, NelsonRosemont short-term sublet $520/ month+utilities. Excellent references required. phone (250)354-1133 email gwthomas@telus.net 4 BEDROOM HOUSE Nelson 5 min, from Baker, $1500.00 p.m n/s n/p plus utilities 250-352-3559 Oct.1 WORK OF ART modern character home spacious 3 bed, 3 bath, studio, sauna, very high end everything windows hardwood, timbers, steel, stone

Real Estate 1991 MANUFACTURED HOME 24x55. Doublewide, 4 bedroom, 2 bath. Must be moved. $69,000 OBO. Phone 250-505-7918. SOLID 2 BDRM house, new floors/ paint throughout, metal roof, private patio, 10 minutes-downtown, $230,000 250 505-6880 CHARMING 3 BEDROOM, Rosemont. Full basement, gardens, great neighbourhood and views, hardwood floors, parking details;bchomesforsale.com (250)352-9235 PRIVATE SERENE & charming, 3 acres with cozy mobil home near Nelson. Many recent upgrades by owner $187,000 250-359-8280 APARTMENT FOR SALE, quiet 2BDR. Ground level corner unit with patio. $189,000 Robert 352-9769 www.nelsonhome.ca 1983 GENERAL 14X70 3 bedroom Mobile Renovated bathroom, new stove/fridge, new laminate, sliding glass doors, custom metal roof with engineered trusses. Must move $29,500 250.354.1257 Erik or Ahna 3 BEDROOM/2 BATHROOM, corner lot, fireplace, den w/bar, mountain views, private back yard, veggie/flower garden. 250-352-6689 12’X 54’ HOUSE, hardwood flooring, 2 separate rooms, insulated walls, tin roof, wired, glass door, you move $15,000obo 357-2466

Rentals 2 BEDROOM HOUSE, Nelson, December 1 to March 1, 3 months, no pets, $900. /mo., incl utilities, 250505-5159 3-BDR, 1.5 BATH townhouse w/yard, Rosemont. $1250 + utilities. W/D, N/P, N/S. Quiet, spacious. Oct.1 250352-9686 LARGE EXECUTIVE FAMILY House at 9 mile. 4bedroom, 2 bath, hot tub, lake views, large yard. $1700 778995-9070 1BDRM, IN QUIET house, for a mature tenant. Includes bathroom, and cooking area, N/P, N/S. $500 includes utilities. 352-3400 DAYLIGHT BASEMENT SUITE, downtown Procter, suitable for quiet single, NP/NS, $575 includes utilities, 250-229-5699 SPACIOUS FURNISHED 3BDRM main floor, great yard, 5min to Nelson. Mature, NS, NP $1000+ utilities. Available 1 Oct. 505-2060 COMPLETELY RENOVATED FURNISHED house 3br 2ba next to Nelson golf course Dec2009-Mar2010. $1500+utils. familymcgrath@gmail.com

West Kootenay/Boundary

Rentals/Comm. WARMTH, QUIET, UPHILL $2000/ mo/inc ph 250-627-7014 DOWNTOWN THERAPY OFFICE. Incl.: Utilities, parking, shared waiting rm. Clean, quiet, np/ns! $300/mo+GST/HST. Photos: nelsonmindscapes@shaw.ca 1000 SQ FT DOWNTOWN Nelson. Suitable for multiple professions, street front access, lots of parking. Quiet. 250-352-0077

Briefly Cob oven building workshop

Saturday, Sept. 26 and Sunday, Sept. 27, at 202 Meadows Rd., six minutes west of Salmo This hands-on workshop will teach the fundamentals of cob oven construction using readily available local materials like sand, clay and straw. Lunch is provided. Participants will build an oven on a one acre farm just outside of Salmo (40 minutes from Nelson). Cost is $125 per person and payment options are available, if needed.

Chris Morasky, co-director of Primal Pathways, says cob ovens are efficient and beautiful. They are perfect for breads, pizza, cookies, crackers, roasts and even mana bread. For more information, contact Morasky at 357-2822 or chrismorasky@netidea. com.

Nelson Food Cupboard fundraiser

The Nelson Food Cupboard Society, a barrier-free food bank that offers high-quality, nutritious foods to people expe-

riencing food insecurity, will be fundraising with Rancho Vignola to raise much needed food and funds for their Holiday Hamper Project this year. The society is asking people to buy the dried fruit and nuts they normally would through Rancho Vignola. For more information or to find an order form, contact Laura Gareau at 354-1633 or foodcupboard@shawbiz.ca. Return order forms no later than Friday, Sept. 25. The orders will arrive and be distributed at the end of November.

Rentals Wanted HOUSING URGENTLY NEEDED! Clean, safe, low-cost accommodations needed to house local low income citizens. For more information please contact Bev at Nelson Cares at : 250-551-3015 WANTED FOR LONG term lease or rent, modest home on private acreage by mature woman, a long-term Kootenay resident. Excellent references, aware & gentle. Prefer 6 Mile, Slocan Park. Purchasing possible if affordable. Phone 250-229-4042 EXPERIENCED HANDYMAN ENTREPRENEUR seeking place with gardening space. Can afford up to 2000$/month + dd (250)505-6098 LOOKING FOR RV spot with Power to rent Sept-Mar/Apr. Castlegar Area. Quiet, clean, responsible. 250-505-0782 MOM WITH SECURE income would love to take care of your place, longterm. june 505-2054. QUIET HANDY PROFESSIONAL Woman(w/ref.) Seeks 1-2 bdrm house/apt./cabin w/d,n/s,n/p for longterm lease. Will trade yard/housework. 250-505-3773

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HOMES & GARDENS The recession and home improvement Without undermining the plight of the underemployed and local agencies whose funding has been cut, Nelson is one of the few places in Canada that has, for the most part, managed to keep its head above water during this economic recession. According to the Kootenay Real Estate Board, sales of singlefamily detached homes in town are steadily recovering. Rural properties are lagging a bit behind due to the fact that many of them are recreational properties and buyers are focusing their purchasing power on more practical acquisitions. The local building and

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furnishing retailers I spoke with have not suffered a drastic decline in revenue over the past 12 months, but have observed changes in buyer behaviour. In general, people are spending less money on travel and entertainment and, as a result, more time

at home. Wendi Thomson at Maglio’s Building Centre, has noticed an increase in the number of people willing to tackle projects themselves, hoping to avoid hiring contractors for their home improvement work. This is in response to the economy, the proliferation and popularity of do-it-yourself programming on television and, most recently, the government’s home renovation tax credit. “Shoppers are taking longer to make purchasing decisions,” according to Val Semeniuk, owner of Kootenai Moon. Consumers are making fewer spontaneous

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purchases, paying more attention to price tags and are prepared to wait for sales. Most of this is nothing but good news for all of us. Nelson business owners are responding to the changing expectations of their clients. Consumers are becoming better educated and more discerning; they are also more patient – willing to wait for a better price, or to learn a new skill. Most importantly, consumers are slowly beginning to differentiate between needs and wants and this is a good thing for everyone, economically, environmentally and spiritually.

ANNOUNCEMENT The City of Nelson will have construction crews working along Mountain Station Road from the Mountain Station parking lot to the City Reservoir starting on Tuesday, September 15th. Trafﬁc may be delayed periodically through the end of October to accomplish installation of new waterworks. The City of Nelson apologizes for any inconvenience and appreciates your co-operation. For more info, please call 352-8238.

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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.

Briefly Parent, educator, youth worker seminar

Friday, Sept. 18, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 19, 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Nelson Covenant Church, 702 Stanley St. Canadian youth sociologist and author James Penner to give a series of lectures in Nelson for parents, educators and youth workers. Penner (B.Ed, MA) is a youth sociologist, youth worker, a former public school educator and presently an adjunct professor of Sociology at the University of Lethbridge. He is also the associate director of Project Teen Canada 2008 (ptc08.com) and the co-author of Soul Searching the Millennial Generation: Strategies for Youth Workers. Penner and his wife Claire reside in Lethbridge, Alberta where they run James Penner and Associates, a Canadian youth research and consulting company that resources

adults and organizations that care about youth, their families and their communities. This workshop is sponsored by the Nelson Covenant Church and is open to all in the community. For more information, contact Darrell Miller at 354-4400.

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Kootenay Bay. A majority of the funds were given to the Osprey Foundation which, depending on investment returns, will provide annual funding for disbursement in the community. Because the funds are contained in the club’s federally registered charity, funds can only be given to groups or organizations that are accepted under the Federal Income Tax Act. Consequently the club can only accept applications from a federally registered charity, a registered Canadian amateur athletic organization, a housing corporation resident in Canada constituted exclusively to provide low-cost housing for the aged or a Canadian municipality. Interested parties can obtain more detailed funding guidelines and application forms by contacting the club at nelsonlions@hotmail. com. The Lions Club hopes to disperse the funds by mid November.

Nelson Lions Club accepts applications for community grants

Deadline is Thursday, Oct. 15 The Lions Club of Nelson is accepting applications for community grants. Applications can only be accepted from the Nelson Lions Club membership area which is defined approximately as the City of Nelson, North Shore, Harrop, Proctor, Balfour, Taghum and Beasley. The funds used to create this grant program originated from the sale of property bequeathed to the club by the late Hilary Harper of

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Shambhala donation to Our Daily Bread Our Daily Bread received help from the Shambhala Music Festival for the extra meals they had to provide this summer. Jimmy Bundschuh presented Janice Van Caeseele a cheque for $1,000 to help cover the costs incurred from the influx of people that used the hot meal program. This year, during the festival, there was an average of 200 guests per day. Our Daily Bread usually has 80 to 100 guests at their hot lunch program. Pastor Jim Reimer says the extra money helps but doesn’t cover the extra costs. “We felt that the transient population ought to contribute to our costs as well,” said Reimer, founder of Our Daily Bread. “Therefore, we instituted a new policy of asking for a three dollar donation from our travelling guests. That initiative increased our daily guest dona-

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September 16, 2009

StenYa the Clear’s horoscopes are channelled specifically for the Nelson area. Your horoscope for the week of September 16-22, 2009… and this is a good time to accept it. Try to be truly honest with yourself and remain open to new ideas. This does not mean to float idly and wait for something to happen; just be aware that there is a path with the least resistance.

Gemini

Aries

May 21 - June 20

March 21 - April 19 This is a good time to step back and see the bigger picture. When you are making decisions, try to remain objective and have a balanced perspective of the situation. You may need to take some time for yourself to gather and assimilate facts so you know as much as you can about both sides.

This is a good time to explore a new direction. Support is available once you take the first small step. You can overcome indecision by applying your expertise, knowledge and experience to the situation. It is also important to remember others need to learn from their own mistakes.

Cancer

Taurus

June 21 - July 22

April 20 - May 20 Hey you sensible, capable, stubborn Taurus, it’s time to go with the flow. There is a will that exists outside of your influence

You usually always have a fair and balanced view of a situation and know how to solve conflicts between others. Be confident and decisive right

now in your resolution abilities. Yes, there is usually more than one right way to solve an issue. Accept that your way is one of them and go for it!

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that come to you. You can always turn back once you are on this new path, but you will never know what is down there if you don’t try!

Libra

Leo July 23 - August 22 Leos are naturally self-reliant but you may be in a tough place right now. Use your reasoning skills and decisiveness to come up with a creative solution. People around you may be feeling a bit of your lion heat but underneath you are just a playful kitten that needs love and affection too. If you remain focused thing will come together for you.

Nov 22 - Dec 21

It’s a good time for you to overcome self defeating attitudes and kick old habits! Your tenacity, patience and drive will pay off. Your fortitude will clear the ground for new ideas and exciting projects. Try not to hold yourself back. You will have success, but remember that these things take time. It will be worth it!

This is good time to be efficient. Creating harmony and balancing opposing forces is important right now. It is a great time to be focused on establishing your foundation and stability, whether in relation to your home, job, family, lovers, education or health. Stabilizing these important relationships now will make things easier later on.

Oct 24 - Nov 21

August 23 - Sept 22 Your prosperity and abundance may be flourishing right now. During this time it is important to be able to give and receive graciously. You also have an opportunity to cultivate your self-worth and

Sagittarius

Sept 23 - Oct 23

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well-being. Only you know what’s right for you. Explore this opportunity and act in faith knowing that the means will be provided.

You may feel inquisitive right now and have a heightened sense of adventure. The strength you need to accomplish your goals comes from within. If you are ready for a new beginning accept new and innovative ideas

Capricorn Dec 22 - Jan 19 Be wary of your self-defeating tendencies right now. It could undermine your efforts. Be resourceful and keep your objectives in sight. Remain vigilant and cautious. Identify what is no longer needed or holding you back. This could be materialistic things, old

habits, or relationships. If something or someone is not working out, move on.

Aquarius Jan 20 - Feb 18 This is a time for careful consideration and a willingness to accept the truth of a situation. Look closely at the opportunities that come available to you. Transition in a new direction providing insight, knowledge and expertise is available; you just need courage to make the change.

Pisces Feb 19 - March 20 Your aspirations for greater insight have helped you developed self-awareness. Through your active selfanalysis and soul-searching you are able to see what needs to be balanced in your life. You are good at making decisions without being clouded by emotions. Plan your next move with this new perspective.

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