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The Air Up There Riding his telemark skis, Nelson’s Robbie Kalabis pulls off some tricky air at Whitewater Ski Resort last weekend.
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NBC’s Today Show in Nelson to Promote February Event
Baldface to host world’s best SAMUEL DOBRIN Nelson Star Reporter
The arrival of some high profile guests to the Nelson area like Travis Rice and NBC’s Today show is evidence that something
very big is about to happen soon. It’s called the Red Bull Supernatural contest and it’s going to crown the best snowboarder in the world right here on the slopes at Baldface Lodge.
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Only a month away, Rice, star of snowboard films such as That’s it, That’s all and most recently Art of Flight, will appear on the Today show to reveal the new Red Bull contest.
As a partnership between Red Bull and NBC, Rice will appear from Nelson’s own catskiing operation, Baldface Lodge, to promote the Red Bull Signature Series, a series of high-calibre events in not
only snowboarding, but skiing, mountain biking and motocross to name a few. A crew of four from the Today show arrived in Story continues to ‘Baldface’ on Page 2
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Continued from Page 1 Nelson Wednesday to shoot a segment at Baldface and the event that is expected to run next week. “Snowboarding right now is broken into two sectors,” said Rice in a press release. “The progressive and talented up-and-comers who are doing the most incredible things on the contest and jib side, and you have the film stars, guys who have been in the game for years who started on a freestyle platform and have moved in a more backcountry-focused direction. The two worlds are pretty segregated.” The idea behind Red Bull Supernatural is to bridge the gap between both groups. “The two groups have a lot to teach each other… at the end of the day, the best snowboarders out there are the ones who can do it all,” said Rice. The Red Bull superstar said after scouring everywhere for the perfect place to host the event, they finally found an amazing run at the Nelson-based catski operation of Baldface, which rests 10 minutes north of Nelson by helicopter. “Without the hard work of owner Jeff Pensiero and the whole staff and crew, the event would not be happening this year,” he said. Pensiero, who helped start Baldface 12 years ago, said he’s excited and ready to see the world’s greatest ‘boarders on his home turf. “It’s just so out of control
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Baldface has plenty to celebrate this season, including its new lodge and facilities.
how rad it is,” said Pensiero, adding that now they have their brand new 11,000 square-foot lodge, they can finally say they have a world-class facility. Over the past five months, the crew at Baldface has been hard at work building over 100 features that will form into multiple pillow lines at top section of the course. Combined with a lower section with other features that will appeal to different styles and a massive jump at the bottom of the course, Rice aims to create a multi-dimensional contest that will test rider’s ability in all areas. Pensiero said he’s always had faith in Baldface to become the world-renowned destination it’s proving to be. “I had a lot of faith in my decisions and it’s really cool to see it coming together,” he said. “I just believe in snowboarding and I believe in
snowboarders and I totally always thought that if I started a cat or heli place that I could make it like this.” While things are looking up for Baldface, Pensiero said it hasn’t been an easy road. “We went through the death of a partner, which was devastating, we went though that Norwalk virus, we went though a lawsuit last year. We’ve just had to deal with a lot of stuff over the years and I’ve always tried to keep my eyes on going riding and making it worth it.” Pensiero has already had a bit of time on the course and said it’s going to be the real deal. “This contest is going to separate the men from the boys… it’s something that hasn’t been done before and it’s something that anybody could win.” The contest holding pe-
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riod is from February 2 to 9, which will give the riders a window of time to run the event in the best weather possible. Each rider will also be able to scope their lines safely before their run. “A big mountain guy, a half-pipe guy, a slopestyle guy, an X Games guy, whoever can hold it together is going to win it and it could be somebody who just throws down a crazy X Games style trick on the booter at the bottom, or it could be somebody who just stacks up and connects a bunch of these pillows at the top, so I think it’s a true representation of who’s the best snowboarder.” Pensiero said he feels he’s got something really special in Baldface he likes to keep it a little quiet. “I’ve been really careful to budget and really careful to hire the right people and just protect it and not let the cat out of the bag. It’s really exciting to be a month away from it right now with Travis and he’s freaking out, he’s so excited.” “We bring over 1,000 people to town every year and they’re all high networth individuals. We really love Nelson and we’re so glad we’re here,” he said. “We’re so glad we’re here and my whole thing is I just don’t want to blow it out to all the tuques in the world… I want to keep it quiet because we’ve got an amazing thing here… It’s such a rad place to live.”
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Annual Property Value Notices Out This Week
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Property assessment notices are being delivered to more than 17,000 property owners in the area and if you haven’t received one yet, you will soon. There’s no need to fret though, while property values in the Lower Mainland have skyrocketed, most of the province, including Nelson, have remained stable for 2012. “Nelson saw little more upward bias… but there’s wasn’t a whole lot of change,” said Dennis Hickson, deputy assessor for BC Assessment’s Nelson office. Changes in property assessments are a reflection what has happened in the real estate market from year to year. “We’re just interpreting the marketplace and applying that to the properties on a mass basis,” said Hickson, adding that if someone’s assessment is different from the average change in assessment, they will have an assessment-based change in their property tax bill. “While there was a range, the overall change in a residential classification was minus-one per cent, so if somebody’s property went up 10 per cent, they can expect to see an assessmentbased increase in taxation,” he said. “In addition to that, you’re
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The Nelson region’s deputy assessor Dennis Hickson says there was a slight rise in local property values, but nothing like the jump in the Lower Mainland. Samuel Dobrin photo
going to find that the taxing jurisdictions have to set their budgets, so even if everybody’s assessment remained exactly the same as last year, their taxes might change by virtue of a change in the budgetary requirements of the taxing jurisdiction.” However, Hickson said typically changes in municipalities’ budgets will reflect a consumer price index increase of one to two per cent. “What happens in markets that are rapidly changing is you’ll find that not all the housing stock will go up in the same proportion,” said Hickson. “You might find that the
top end might be going up higher than the lower end and you get shifts so that the average assessment might
“We’re just interpreting that marketplace and applying that to the properties on a mass basis.” Dennis Hickson Deputy Assessor
be 10 per cent, but the upper end might have gone up 25 per cent and the lower
end might have only gone up a couple per cent.” This results in large assessment-driven changes in taxation, which some areas around Vancouver will experience this year. “Fortunately this year we don’t have that situation occurring, it’s much more stable than prior years.” Those who have concerns about their assessment not reflecting market value of their property from July first of last year can visit bcassessment.ca to review assessments of neighbouring properties for comparison, or contact the BC Assessment office to speak to appraisal staff.
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News Grant Allows Local High School Opportunity for Hands-On Learning
L.V. Rogers shines a focus on solar energy MEGAN COLE Nelson Star Reporter
With the clouds hovering over Nelson and snow on the ground it’s hard to think of sunshine, but with the help of L.V. Rogers shop teacher Dave Afford, students are shedding light on a new
power project. LVR was chosen as one of 11 schools to receive a $20,000 grant which would help them buy and install new solar panels. Afford applied to Solar BC for the grant and the school found out last summer that they would
“The students that have become involved in the project are enthusiastic about it. They think it’s interesting.”
The staff at the Nelson and District Community Complex suggest these great reads: The Help by Kathryn Stockett A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry Buddha at Bedtime: Tales of Love and Wisdom for You to Read with Your Child to Enchant, Enlighten and Inspire by Dharmachari Nagaraja The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy by Jeanne Birdsall Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt Half Brother by Kenneth Oppel Eat-Clean Diet for Family and Kids: Simple Strategies for Lasting Health and Fitness by Tosca Reno
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Children’s book Young Adult book Adult Fiction Adult Non-Fiction Tell us why this book is a great read:______________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ *your nomination may be published in the Nelson Star Your Name_________________________________________________ Phone Number______________________________________________ Email ____________________________________________________ There will be a draw for a bag of books in each category! Forms can be returned to: The Learning Place (lower level of City Hall) Nelson Public Library The Nelson Star Otter Books Email to: jexley@cbal.org Please return form by Family Literacy Day – January 27th For more information call Joan at 250-352-3218 or email at jexley@cbal.org
be recipients of the money. “The students that have become involved in the project are enthusiastic about it. They think it’s interesting,” said Afford. Because it’s not safe to take entire classes on to the roof of the school to work on the project, Afford brings a few students up during his spare and after school and with the help of maintenance staff have been installing the panels. “It will be useful for students when it’s up and operating because there will be a monitoring centre to show what each panel is producing, and how much they produce each day. They can run experiments and see how they can increase production,” he said. “Also they can see how difficult it is to generate electricity using solar panels. Everyone thinks ‘hey, it’s going to save the planet,’ but you’re going to need a lot of solar panels to save the planet.” The schools who received the grant will share what they have learned about solar power with their community and other schools. Through videos, tours and science fairs the schools will help to encourage
L.V. Rogers shop teacher Dave Afford has been taking groups of students to the Fairview high school’s roof over the last few months and working on a project that will provide solar energy to the facility in the coming years.
families across the province to investigate clean, renewable energy solutions in their own homes. Afford said the solar panels at LVR will generate — on an ideal day — three kilowatts or 3,000 watts, which would provide enough power to run a computer lab and all the lighting in the lab. “During the summer, I think we’ll be fine for sun, but during the winter we do have lake overcast, but the sun does come through the
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clouds that’s why it’s light outside, so we will be generating electricity in the winter months just not as much as we would in the summer,” said Afford. There will be a total of 14 panels installed at LVR and Afford thinks that the school along with Nelson as a whole is a great place for a solar panel project. “We’re the right sort of community to have solar panels,” he said. “The whole community is very environmentally
aware. We do need to look for alternatives to generate electricity and it is of particular interest to people who can maybe buy land from the existing grid, there is a definite application there, and as you can see on the roadside signs are often illuminated with solar energy.” Although Afford doesn’t have a background in solar panels specifically, he has a diverse background as a shop teacher and has an interest in solar energy.
Vandals hit school bus Trail Daily Times Staff
School was out for several unknown suspects as they broke into a locked school bus at the Salmo High School on New Year’s Eve. Vandals broke a window and fan in the bus, throwing garbage around the interior. “Entry appears to have been gained from the roof of the bus,” said Salmo RCMP Cpl. Riordan Bellman. Police are continuing their investigation with evidence left at the scene. If you have any information regarding this incident, please contact Salmo RCMP at 250357-2212 or Crimestoppers.
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‘It wasn’t even that bad of a fall’ The night Will Schooler crashed while urban skiing at the Tenth Street Campus could have been just another war wound, instead the fall took his life. With the start of a campaign to raise helmet awareness, the friend Schooler was with that night hopes his death will not be in vain MEGAN COLE Nelson Star Reporter
Andrew Helton was with Schooler the night he crashed at the Tenth Street Campus
ach because there was some blood,” he said. “I was super surprised and by the time I’d gotten ready and called they were getting the ambulance ready to fly him to Kelowna. I didn’t really get to see him in the hospital. He was just gone all of a sudden.” It was later confirmed by acting regional coroner Chico Newell, that Schooler died from a blunt force head trauma, something Helton believes could have been prevented had Schooler been wearing a helmet. Schooler typically wore a helmet whenever he was skiing, but Helton said on that day he forgot. “He didn’t really fall until that one crash,” he said. “Nothing really happened leading up to it that would make him think ‘whoa I should really go grab my helmet.’ Sometimes it is as much as forgetting. You do one run with just your goggles on and no helmet because you were just messing around and you go up the chairlift and it’s on that one run that something stupid can happen.” The I Will campaign is promoting helmet use by all skiers and snowboarders. Helton believes it’s challenging to enforce helmet use when aspiring riders see professionals in movies like All.I.Can (which features an urban skiing segment) performing tricks without helmets. “We were watching ski movies this year and some of the premieres with Will.
We started noticing that there were maybe one or two segments where a skier or snowboarder wears a helmet during the entire segment. Most of them are doing triple cork, going upside down three times, or hitting huge rails wearing no helmet,” said Helton. Even though the snowboarders and skiers may be landing the tricks in the movie, there is often reels of tape where they fall. “It’s becoming cool not to [wear a helmet],” said Helton. “To be that good that you don’t have to wear one. This is why it’s a huge thing because Will was never like that. He literally forgot his helmet and his poles and it was the only time I saw him ski without. He would never hit an urban rail without. He just forgot it.” The campaign is hoping through word of mouth along with features in Freeskier Magazine and a movie with Retallack cat skiing and Ingrid Backstrom, helmet use will become instinctual and will combat the negative press the sport has received in the wake of Schooler’s accident and ones like it. ESPN.com published an article by John Symms following Schoolers death warning of the dangers of urban skiing. “Schooler’s death raises awareness of the dangers of urban skiing. Skiers are well aware of the risks inherent in backcountry skiing, but urban and terrain park skiing, devoid of unpredict-
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The words “I Will” are appearing all over Nelson. They are on the scrolling sign leading into Chahko Mika Mall and t-shirts in the window of Valhalla Pure Outfitters. I Will is in a sense a promise made by skiers and snowboarders to wear a helmet. The campaign was launched by friends of Selkirk College student Will Schooler, who died of a head injury he received after falling while riding a hand rail on his skis. Schooler was up at the Tenth Street Campus with his friend Andrew Helton on November 25. “It was just me and him riding the rail,” Helton told the Nelson Star earlier this week. “It wasn’t even that bad of a fall really.” Schooler slid out and fell down the stairs and seemed to be okay despite his shoulder popping out of its socket. “He was laying on his back and popped off his skis,” said Helton. “He’s got a really bad shoulder and he put it back in. He was all good and I think we hit the rail three more times, just slower and a bit differently.” Eventually the pair decided to call it a day and started to walk back to their cars. On the walk back, Schooler mentioned to Helton that he thought he may have hit his head. “I checked him out. I shined onto his pupils and they were dilating,” said Helton. “He was talking normally. I asked him what he had for breakfast and what he was doing tomorrow and all that. We checked his balance. I think we did that for four hours.” Helton said Schooler’s roommate found him on the floor between his bedroom and the bathroom. He had thrown up and was starting to go into a coma. “I got woken up saying that he was in the hospital and they were asking me if he’d hit his ribs or stom-
able environmental dangers such as avalanches, are generally considered safer than backcountry skiing,” wrote Symms. Helton acknowledges the risk involved in urban skiing but believes wearing a helmet helps minimize some of the risk involved. “CBC Calgary did something from Edmonton as well,” said Helton. “They were talking about banning [urban skiing] and talking about whether the city should be banning it. That muddies it so much as well. “It’s a simply safety factor that people should be taking. It was directly a head injury that 90 per cent could have been prevented by wearing a helmet. It wasn’t because of a skill ability or that he was doing something reckless or endangering somebody else.” Helton said those who practice urban skiing take risk into their hands and wearing a helmet helps eliminate some of it. “People talking about chaining up more rails and putting more studs on rails so people can’t hit them, it’s not going to stop it and if anything it makes it harder for us to do what we love to do. It’s not going to stop, I can guarantee that,” he said. The I Will campaign is selling shirts to raise money for a scholarship fund at Selkirk College in Schooler’s name. The group is also selling I Will stickers around town to support Schooler’s family in whatever way they can.
Nelson Star Carrier of the Month Mark Knapik
Congratulations to Mark Knapik, our Nelson Star Carrier of the Month for December!
I am 18 years old and attending Selkirk College. I enjoy watching the Canucks, camping with my family, skiing and golfing. I deliver the Nelson Star with my Mom and Dad. It’s a great way to get exercise. I have a great route and the people I deliver to are all so friendly. I have been delivering the Star for over three years. Mark will receive gift certificates from Canadian 2 for 1 Pizza.
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Editorial The heart of our winter
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elcome to the Nelson Star ski and snowboard edition. We didn’t plan it that way, it just kind of happened. With it being January in the Kootenays, it does seem fitting. For four months of the year Nelson is a ski town. Even if you’re not part of “the scene,” it’s vital to our existence during the winter months. It fills hotel rooms, brings much needed revenue to shops and restaurants during the lean times of January and February, and it builds on our reputation as a must-visit destination for travellers around the world. Without Whitewater and the abundance of catski/heliski operations in our area, Nelson would just be another grey speck on BC’s winter map. In today’s issue we’ve provided a great snapshot of just how vital this outdoor industry is to our community. The front page story about the Today show being at Baldface Lodge should continue to build on our area’s appeal. Getting time on one of America’s most loved breakfast shows is sure to provide a measurable mark on future tourism. Baldface is blessed with epic terrain, but that kind of exposure just doesn’t happen. Tuques off to the crew at Baldface who continue to build a world class reputation through dedication and hard work. In our sports section you will find a story on another catski operation. A wee bit north of Nelson, Selkirk Wilderness Skiing is the company that started it all. Though a pioneer in the industry, they don’t rest on their laurels and are continuing to compete hard in the world they spawned. Another important story is the I Will campaign started by friends of Will Schooler, who died tragically late last year. Nelson is not only a magnet for visiting adventurers, we have an amazing core of local young athletes who enjoy all of this winter magic at their backdoor. The terrain and tricks of today are incredible to witness, but also very dangerous. Helmet use is vital for all ages and abilities, we hope everybody gets the message. During the often glum days of winter, some may forget the essence of the season in Nelson. Today is a good reminder. Let it snow! The Nelson Star is a member of the British Columbia Press Council, a selfregulatory body governing the province’s newspaper industry. The council considers complaints from the public about the conduct of member newspapers. Directors oversee the mediation of complaints, with input from both the newspaper and the complaint holder. If talking with the editor or publisher does not resolve your complaint about coverage or story treatment, you may contact the BC Press Council. Your written concern, with documentation, should be sent within 45 days to the BC Press Council, 201 Selby Street, Nanaimo, V9R 2R2. For information, phone 888-687-2213 or go to bcpresscouncil.org
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World View - Gwynne Dyer
Agony Aunt passes judgement
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t’s getting harder for freelance journalists to make a decent living, so recently I’ve had to branch out into the advice column business. The people who write in seem pretty flakey, on the whole, but sometimes their letters cast a useful light on larger issues. For example: Dear Aunt Gwynne: People say I am beautiful and my male friends tell me that I am very accomplished, but I have a problem. I married my high school sweetheart, but he was in the construction business and he went bankrupt in the crash. We are now divorced and I have lots of new boyfriends, but I really want security this time and it’s so hard to choose. My Chinese boyfriend comes from a rich family who are also in the construction industry. That means they have to give a lot of bribes, but I’m used to that. The problem is that he is not a Communist Party member, and nobody in his family is a senior regime official. What if they execute him for bribery? I don’t really know what my Russian boyfriend does for a living, but I think it’s not exactly legal. He has tons of money, but his bodyguards never leave his side, so the bed is quite crowded. He bribes all the right people, he says, but sometimes he talks about politics and that scares me. What if the government decides he is an enemy? The other guy is an Indian, and his family is in the construction business too. He’s really sweet and I like him best, but nothing works in India. Also, I just read that they’ve passed a law in India that would make it dangerous to bribe people, and then the whole family would go out of business. I don’t know what to do. Please help. Perplexed of Beverly Hills Dear Perplexed: You have my sympathy: anguish can strike at every socio-economic
level. Let’s take this one piece at a time. I agree that the Russian boyfriend is problematic. Criminality is no obstacle in itself, but if your boyfriend is thinking of dabbling in Russian politics, he will soon be neither free nor rich. You should move on. Your Chinese boyfriend sounds better, but his lack of connections really is a potential problem. Bribery is as common as spitting in the street in China, but the regime does jail or
execute somebody once in a while to show it cares. The chances are no more than one in 50, but to be really safe one should be a Communist Party member. Only one in a 1,000 of them ever get punished. Can your boyfriend get a Party card? If not, you really should consider the Indian boyfriend. Poor infrastructure is not a problem that affects the rich in India, and bribery is a perfectly normal part of life for everybody. I wouldn’t worry about the new law that the Indian parliament passed. The lower house did vote in favour of a tough anti-corruption law, but they made sure that the new anti-bribery ombudsman would have no control over the Central Bureau of Investigation, which actually carries out the corruption investigations (when it feels like it). Besides, the upper house of parliament failed to vote on the new law last week, so it’s probably not going to happen at all.
Eight similar anti-corruption bills have failed to make it onto the books in India in the past 43 years, so why should this one be different? And why do you feel that you have to outsource your husband anyway? You seem to be American, from your address, and there are plenty of rich Americans. In the United States bribery is called “political contributions” and it’s perfectly legal. And if Americans are rich enough, they don’t pay any taxes at all. So head up, chest out, stomach in, and get on with it. Corruption is only a problem for the little people. Aunt Gwynne Putting my journalist’s hat back on, I must admit that I was cutting a few corners in that answer. In Transparency International’s “Corruption Perceptions Index”, Russia is actually ranked as much more corrupt than China or India. It ranks at 143 (higher numbers means worse corruption) out of 183 countries, tied with Nigeria, East Timor and Togo. India and China do much better, coming in at 95 and 75 respectively. And the United States, with a rank of 25, is only a little more corrupt than Chile, Qatar and the Bahamas. Indeed, corruption in the United States is mainly a political problem. The petty corruption that make daily life so wearing in most developing countries barely exists there. Why don’t most Americans take bribes? Because they earn enough that they do not feel compelled to demand bribes to do their jobs. Anti-corruption commissions and the like can make dents in the problem, but the only long-term solution is to pay people a living wage, which generally happens only when you give them a democratic voice. There is no moral gulf between New Zealand (ranked number one on the scale) and Uzbekistan (ranked 177); just a huge difference in politics and in living standards. Gwynne Dyer is a London-based independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries
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The business of buses So, we all know that there has been discord in our fine city regarding BC Transit cutbacks and the effect it is having on our citizens. I could continue the discussion about the city’s lack of commitment to the community, etc., but I see another side of the story. I think the city and maybe even the province are neglecting a hugely important aspect of this issue. It’s a business, run it like one. It’s subsidized, yes, but still a business all the same. If BC Transit is truly dedicated to an initiative to increase ridership, services need to be made available, that’s just good business. Here are some things to think about: 1) People don’t bother going into shops when the hours keep changing, they take their business elsewhere more reliable, why would transit services be any different? 2) Bus passes and tickets. Can I get them at Star Grocery? No. Burrell’s Grocery? No. Fairview Husky? No. 7-Eleven? No. Selkirk College bookstore or office? No. Chahko Mika Mall? No. You can find them at City Hall or Wait’s News if they’re open. Handy if you live downtown. How many of us actually live downtown? I think we all get the picture here. You have to actually try to sell a product or service to make money, even kids run-
ning a lemonade stand will make big signs and let people know they are out there. Basic marketing here people. Sell, sell, sell! 3) There was no free transit for New Year’s Eve partiers, most communities have this option to encourage responsible choices after a night of drinking. It’s a great way to get people familiar with bus routes and encourage increased ridership all year round. Yes guys, you have to pay your drivers. Get over it, you’ve got to spend money to make money. 4) Have holiday events, make transit the destination. Follow the example of communities with successful services, such as: a) Have bus driver Santa behind the wheel of a bus decorated like Rudolph and encourage everyone to ride by describing how it makes a great tour to see people’s holiday light displays over winter vacation. b) Host an Easter egg hunt on a bus or two the Saturday of Easter weekend. c) Summertime and beach season? Every adult with a monthly transit pass could bring up to two children 12 years or under for free on weekends over the summer schedule. Start a Shambhala shuttle. Host a heritage home tour. d) Halloween have a spooky bus and encourage parents to trick or treat with transit. Be sure to have a map
HUGS. Huge hugs to the sidewalk plow. You make my walks more enjoyable! HUGS. A big hug to all the bus drivers! Thank you for the kindness and the transportation; Go transit!
highlighting fun school and community events along the route. It’s true that we do have members of the community that are dependent on transit access and have mobility or financial limitations, but we all know that. The more we use it as a platform for protest, however, the more the people and officials will turn a blind eye to these people — sad but all too true. Desensitization is like that. I guess my final point is that I’m not convinced that the officials/employees that make decisions regarding this issue are truly exploring their options or working to develop a real plan. If so, we have yet to see evidence of it. To those people who make these decisions I say this: Smarten up! If you worked for any other company the first thing they would axe is you. They would say, “You are cutting into the bottom line, make results that make money or we’ll find someone who can.” I say this in closing to the folks in charge of making things happen. Come on, people — earn your keep. I put this all together after working an eight-hour bar shift all night New Year’s Eve and sleeping four hours. Show me you can do better. Don’t be so lazy. Take some pride in your job and do it well. Clarissa Thompson Nelson
SLUGS. To dog owners who refuse to put their dogs on a leash. You give all the other dog owners a bad reputation.
HUGS. To those businesses who shovel right away after a snowfall. You make getting around so much easier!
HUGS. To the generous, energetic people who shovel all the way to the end of the sidewalk. Also those who pick up litter that others may have dropped or forgotten to recycle, helping to keep our city beautiful.
SLUGS. To people who use alley ways as mini race tracks and short cuts... it’s not faster and you’re going to cause an accident!
HUGS. To the person who turned in the wallet I lost at Safeway on New Years Eve and I hope you truly needed the $200 cash you kept.
If you have a Hug or a Slug... we’d like to hear it. Simply email us at editor@nelsonstar.com with your short quips, compliments or complaints. We will print the anonymous submissions for all to see. Be honest, but all we ask is you keep it tasteful. You can also drop by a written submission to our offices at 514 Hall Street.
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Simple solution The solution to the dog by-law is simple. Allow dogs downtown on leash. Promote tourism rather than alienating visitors. People travelling with dogs cannot leave their animals in their vehicle in the heat of the summer. Nor are they accustomed to Nelson’s anti-dog attitude. Utilize the bylaw officers already employed and enforce use of a leash, ban dogs from being tied up on Baker Street and have owners pick up after them. In my experience as a dog owner, my dog has already done his business (which I pick up) elsewhere than on concrete during a domestic walk. Having the option to walk rather than drive is one of the reasons I live in a small town. I pay city taxes and am happy to purchase dog licenses, but would rather not be treated as a second class citizen for having a well-behaved dog on leash at my side while passing through town. Kimberley Hyatt Nelson
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Dog eat dog issue In response to Barry Warren’s letter to editor, More things to ban on Baker Street, as sarcastic as you like to be to eliminate every agitation imaginable; let’s get real and pull up the socks. You would say dogs on leash is okay and the bylaw officers to get the tickets ready for offenders on Baker Street. Perhaps the taxes/parking tickets will go up then. Maybe the city council should make Baker Street a park. Maybe there should only be golf carts allowed on Baker Street. However, as of December 27, 2011, CBC Radio News reported that the City of Nelson will not reconsider their standing on the doggie by-law. The other issue addressed should be of the driving offenders who cut off every pedestrian crossing the street in their hurry to go nowhere fast. I have my pen in hand to write down all the licence plates of those offenders to hand into the Nelson police. I am tired of being a defensive pedestrian who would like to keep my legs in place. Jana Harmon Nelson
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The Kootenay Literary Competition is getting ready to wrap up another successful year. In 2011, local writers tackled the theme “chaos” in works of fiction, creative non-fiction and poetry. Once again, KLC also offered an Emerging Writer category. This category, unique to this competition, is a way for beginner writers to compete against others at their level. New to KLC this year was the Kootenay Youth Creative Writing Competition, a separate category just for teens. Competitors had to incorporate specific words or phrases into their work, as creatively as possible. Because one of the biggest goals of the competition is to encourage more young people to start writing, all youth competitors will receive comments on their work and tips to help them improve. Organizers were thrilled with the number of entrants in all categories, both youth and adult, and are excited to keep growing in 2012. With generous donations of time, service and sponsorship from the Nelson District Arts Council, Selkirk College and the Nelson Star, as well as local judges and volunteers, this competition gives our talented writers a chance to show what they can do. The Kootenay Literary Competition Awards Ceremony and Celebration will take place on January 6th, 6:00pm, at the Hume Hotel, in Nelson. Along with awards presentations, authors will read from their winning pieces, wine and appetizers will be offered, and writers will have the opportunity to mix and mingle with fellow scribblers. Everyone is welcome to come out and celebrate Kootenay writers and writing! Questions? Email: kootenaylitcomp@gmail.com
Writing classes with Luanne Armstrong! Editing for Yourself and Others February 17, 18, 19 Fri 7-9 pm, Sat 10am-4pm, Sun 10am-4pm Course fee $140 + HST
Writing Non Fiction March 2, 3, 4 Fri 7-9 pm, Sat 10am-4pm, Sun 10am-4pm Course fee $140 + HST Courses take place at Oxygen Art Centre #3 - 320 Vernon St. Nelson (Alley entrance)
Register now: 250-352-2821 or drop in: Kootenay School of Art 602 Victoria St.
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You’ve had a challenging but wonderful year.
Love you lots! Mommy & Daddy Jenny Kootnikoof & “Parker” Granny & Grandpa Kootnikoff
CAPITOL THEATRE Friday January 20 All Tickets $35 Charge By Phone: 250.352.6363 Buy Online www.capitoltheatre.bc.ca
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RHYTHM ROPERS BOTTLE DRIVE
FRIDAY, JANUARY 6
The Rhythm Ropers are having a bottle drive Saturday, January 7. Funds raised will go towards preparation and training for the World Jump Rope Competition this summer. Rhythm Ropers will be collecting in some neighbourhoods. For pick up or other information please call Rick Maida at 250-509-0353.
Max and Irmas restaurant has live music Fridays and Saturdays between 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. featuring Rylan Kewen and Nikko Forsberg.
MONDAY, JANUARY 9
Uncover the hidden jobs by finding your strengths, learning about the local labour market and find out how to target employers. Learn Picking Up The Pieces, a fabric art show by local artist Kate Bridger, key job search strategies while connecting and sharing information will be on display at the Nelson Public Library from now until Janu- with other job seekers. This free four-day workshop is for everyone ary 30 during which time Bridger will donate 10 per cent from all who wants to get their job search fired up. Register beforehand to save your seat for this workshop. To register contact the Kootenay sales to the Nelson Food Cupboard. Career Development Training Centre at info@kcds.ca or call 250352-6200. CHRISTMAS TREE PICK-UP The Nelson Lions Club and Air Cadets are once again teaming up to pick up Christmas trees in Nelson on Saturday, January 7 between 9 Looking for a fun way to run around indoors this winter? Join Nela.m. and noon. A donation of $5 per tree is requested. Please leave son’s indoor ultimate frisbee league on Monday nights from 7:30 the tree in a visible location in front of the residence. If you will not p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Beginners welcome. Drop-in spots available. Conbe home leave the donation attached to the tree or leave a note indi- tact nelsonultimatefrisbee@gmail.com for more information. cating where the donation can be found. If you have any questions please phone 250-352-9771 or contact nelsonlions@hotmail.com Interested in doing some Scottish dancing? Every Monday from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Central School gym dancers get together to practice their steps. Beginners are welcome. For more information contact YOGA-THON FUNDRAISER Tipi Camp hosts its third annual Yoga-thon Fundraiser in Nelson on Kathy at 250-359-7545, June at 250-352-1836 or Beverly at 250-352Sunday, January 8 at SelfDesign High at 402 Victoria Street from 9 7850. a.m. to 6 p.m. Participants can stay for one class, all day or anywhere in between. Spontaneous drop-ins on the day are most welcome. Al- TUESDAY, JANUARY 10 ternatively, print up a pledge sheet off the Tipi Camp website at tipi- Kokanee Speakeasy Toastmasters Club meets every second and camp.bc.ca and sign up sponsors before the event. Pledge sheets are fourth Thursday at 7 p.m. in room 118 at Selkirk College’s Silverking a vital aspect to our fundraising effort. Imagine, if every person who Campus in Rosemont. For more information visit kokanee.freetoastshows up to the yoga-thon brings a little, or a lot, of money in their host.ws or call 250-352-7808. envelope amazing things can happen and who knows what fundraising heights we can reach. Every little bit helps (no contribution is WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11 considered too small), as loonies, toonies and $5 bills add up fast. The Nelson Technology Club is a growing, independent initiative to We all know this from our own piggy bank experience. Take your nurture technology advancement within the local community. There pledge sheet around to family and friends asking them to support are open meet ups every Wednesday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at 207-601 your participation in the event by sponsoring you to attend. For those Front Street besides Ellison’s. who live far away donations can also be made on line at tipicamp. bc.ca/contact-us/support-our-work. When you arrive at the Yoga- Interested in playing table tennis? Head down to Blewett Elementary thon, hand your pledge sheet in with the sponsorship money, make School every Wednesday from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. There is a $2 drop-in your own personal donation with cash or cheque and take in a class fee. For more information contact K. Rosenberg at 250-352-5739. or spend the whole day with other people who love yoga and wish to support Tipi camp. For more info contact Sandra or Dave at 250-505- THURSDAY, JANUARY 12 3173, or Melanie at 250-359-7702 or email tipicamp@theeastshore. Learn chen tai chi, chi gong and broad sword. Classes will be held net. Visit our website tipicamp.bc.ca, where donations can be made every Tuesday and Thursday evenings, 7 p.m. to 8p.m. at the Central directly via PayPal. School gym. For more information contact Chris Gibson at 250-5054562.
BRIDGER’S LATEST SHOW HELPS NELSON FOOD CUPBOARD NELSON’S HERITAGE HOTEL SINCE 1898
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Tribute to Dancing Kenny feat. Kenny Himself, Bryx & Friends
Jan. 7th - Suplex & Friends Jan.12th - Slakjaw Free Show Jan. 13th - DJ Maseo of De La Soul Jan. 14th - Vespers & JPod Jan. 20th - Neon Steve Jan. 21st - Keys n Krates w/ Grandtheft Jan. 27th - Bone Thugs-n-Harmony Grammy Winners
Jan. 28th - Timothy Wisdom Vancouver Feb. 3rd - Nick Thayer A/V set with Seven Milligram Feb. 4th - Gisto’s Bob Marley B-Day & Farewell Bash Feb. 10th - Shane Phillip Feb. 11th - South Rakkas Crew Valentine’s Massacre with Dubconscious
Feb. 14th - Valentine’s Burlesque Show Feb. 17th - Ryan Wells & Joel West Feb. 18th - Dehli 2 Dublin Tickets on sale now! Feb. 22nd - Chali 2Na of Jurassic 5 Tickets on sale now!
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Support the great work of local photographer Nathan Beninger’s foundation at a night of Latin food, salsa dancing and mariachi. The foundation hopes to attain their goal through varied projects. The current goal is to build a shelter for sexually exploited young girls of Cuzco, Peru and surrounding areas. In addition, Pura Vida strives to provide basic necessities throughout Cuzco that will enhance the living conditions for children and youth. The fiesta is Friday, January 27 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Selkirk College Tenth Street Campus. Tickets are $60 (which includes tapas and entertainment.) There is a wine passport available for an additional $15. Tickets are available at Mountain Waters Spa and Kootenay Valley Financial.
LIONS CLUB KIDS’ VARIETY SHOW IS BACK
The Lions Club of Nelson Kids’ Variety Show is back after a one year absence. The show continues to be suitable for kids of all ages and will be held on January 25 at the Nelson Rod and Gun Club. Telephone ticket sales will be starting soon so please answer your phone when we call and support your local Lions Club by purchasing tickets for your family or for less fortunate kids in the community.
SUNDAY, JANUARY 15
Healing with bliss is a new addition to the healing services offered to all by Pranashakty Siddha Yogis. This is a free healing workshop designed to give access to the healing energies and methods as brought to the world by the Siddha Swami Ramalinga and the saint Shirdi Baba. These workshops will be offered as seva by the Pranashakty Acharaya, in line with the philosophy of Swami Ramalinga and Pranashakty. Only Acharaya, who have received the Ananda Siddhi Diksha from Sri Pranaji, are qualified and authorized to offer the Healing with Bliss workshops. Registration is required. Contact 1-778-786-8210, email blissbodies@gmail.com or visit bodiesinbliss. ca for more information or to register.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 19
Nelson and District Hospice Society will be offering a six week grief support series for adults grieving the death of a loved one. If interested, please contact nelsonhospice@netidea.com. Pre-registration is required. The series will run every Thursday from January 19 until February 23 from 10 a.m. to noon at the public health unit multipurpose room.
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Entertainment listings Spiritbar
The Royal
Below the Hume Hotel
330 Baker Street
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Friday, January 6
Gentle and kind yet mysterious and sometimes strange; these are some of the words used to describe the guy you see dancing in front of the speakers most nights in Spiritbar. His name is Ken. An urban myth exists that he actually danced cancer out of his system. The reality is, it was mainly the chemotherapy that saved him. He dances to get higher. “The intention is shamanic,” he says. “To try and raise the vibe of the people and the place”. He is always the first to hit the dance floor and often the last to leave. While we don’t know a lot about Ken, we love him just the same. Few may realize that he produces music and has performed at Shambhala Music Festival. This night is for Ken, headlined by Ken and backed by some of his local DJ bretheren who have also had a big part in shaping our vibrant, dynamic nightlife Bryx, Rippel, Busta and B-Ron. Doors open at 10 p.m. and ticket information is available through the Hume Hotel.
The fundraising effort continues for the Nelson skate park effort. Head down to Spiritbar to show your support. A $2 donation gets you a night of great beats that are sure to get you moving. The night includes six great DJ’s including Suplex who has thrilled crowds at Shambhala Music Festival’s Labyrinth stage. Obatak, Raveformz, Ses, Dion Rego and Ben Fox will also get the masses moving. Doors open at 10 p.m.
Join us for an evening with The Citizens and become a citizen of the psychedelic society, with their blend of deep bass, artful lyrics and soulful riffs. The Citizens play music to keep you dancing with a mix of reggae, blues, latin and rock. Mango Train will open the show. Tickets are $5 at the door. Doors open at 9 p.m.
It’s a night of global beats and dance floor humpin’ beatchunks with DJ Papa Roots (the host of earth vibes on KCR) and Instrument Being. Come prepared to move and groove. Cover is $5 at the door and the doors open at 9 p.m.
Finley’s Irish Bar and Grill 705 Vernon Street
Friday, January 6 Come down every Friday night to Finley’s where Dallas Wolbaum shares his live music with a comedic twist. Come and enjoy drinks and great company. Finley’s is the place to be on Friday nights for appys and drinks with friends. Dallas performs from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.
DJ Maseo DJ Maseo of the groundbreaking hip hop trio, De La Soul is coming back to Spiritbar. Maseo’s role in the group is primarily that of a DJ, although it is believed that he has as much of a say in the direction of the group as the other two members. On a few occasions, such as Jungle Brothers’ Doin’ Our Own Dang, he’s stepped to the mic, and showed himself to be a capable, if lighthearted, rapper. Doors open at 10 p.m. and ticket information is available at the Hume Hotel.
Capitol Season Series Presents Ballet Jörgen Canada Anastasia Saturday, February 4 at 8 p.m.
Ellison’s Market and Cafe 523 Front Street
Saturday, January 7 Friday, January 13
421 Victoria Street — tickets at capitoltheatre.bc.ca
Capitol Season Series Presents Harry Manx Friday, January 20 8 p.m. All tickets $35
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Sunday, January 8 Rockers, divas, and wailers unite. Come down to Finley’s Irish Bar and Grill every Wednesday and Sunday for the karaoke experience of a life time. We have a huge list of classics, top 40, country, rock, and hairband legends to choose from.
Tuesday, January 10 Calling all musicians to Finley’s Irish Bar and Grill for open mic jam nights. Amps, guitars and drums are provided. The music gets going at 9 p.m.
Saturday, January 7 The first Unplugged Sessions of the year opens at noon with Jennifer Plummer, an expressive songwriter with a soulful acoustic edge. Her song Sun will be Breaking off her album Recordings before dawn, is being used in an episode of the L.A. based TV show Missing. She has opened for a variety of well known Canadian musicians including the Rheostatics, King Cobb Steelie and also performs locally as part of the duo Laugh Rebel. Next up is Heartsong composed of Morien Jones and Sat Nam Schafer, a husband and wife duo whose performances will draw you in with captivating acoustic guitar, djembe and soulful harmonies. Andrej Hostynek is a sonic storyteller and musical guide into an intimate, inspiring world that straddles and plays on the edge of the everyday and the magical. He concocts his soundscapes weaving poetics, spoken word, Jennifer Plummer storytelling, accordion, guitar and piano into a stew that is both hearty and heady. Andrej will be joined by Robbie Sinclair on strings, voice and percussion. Come ready to listen and to be moved.
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A Crescent Valley company has been named one of BC’s best road builders after being given a prestigious award by the Ministry of Transportation. “I feel very honoured,” said Tony Maida, operations manager of Interoute Construction Ltd. “It was great.” The company was awarded the Deputy Minister’s Contractor of the Year Award for work done in the East Kootenay near the Fernie ski hill. “The project was a $5.5 million project,” said Maida. “We did it in four weeks and we beat the weather.” The multi-million dollar project involved resurfacing of Highway 3 from 12 kilometres east of Elko to Fernie Ski Hill Road. Because of the harsh weather conditions in the East Kootenay, which involve wind, cold temperatures and massive snowfalls,
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the staff at Interoute had to complete the project in a very tight timeline. “Getting the award is because we have great employees who are very dedicated and work hard. We wouldn’t have been able to do it without our employees,” said Maida. He emphasized that everyone who worked on every aspect of the project
from estimating to the testing crew was vital in the success of the work and in winning the award. Maida said Interoute averages about three to four projects a year and at their peak they employ about 100 people. In a press release from the Ministry of Transportation, Minister Blair Lekstrom said, “This award is
well deserved and highlights the outstanding work Interoute Construction has done to improve Highway 3. The work that was done will make travel along this important corridor safer for residents, tourists, the forest industry and commercial transport vehicles.” Interoute is one of the branches of Selkirk Paving Ltd.
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Entertainment The Music Behind the Backyardigans
Not simply child’s play DALE BASS Kamloops This Week Reporter
It’s fitting an interview with Evan Lurie is filled with laughter. After all, this is the man who, along with Douglas Wieselman, composed songs for the children’s show The Backyardigans. The humour, however, isn’t based on strange childcreatures in bright colours who sing and dance. It’s based more on Lurie describing the process he and Wieselman had to work with
as they created almost 400 songs. It was a job Lurie said he didn’t realize would be as intense as it became — after all, it’s just music for a kids’ show, right? — and, conversely, he’s pretty sure the producers didn’t expect what they got in the deal, either. “Thank you for not asking me how hard it is to write kids’ music,” Lurie said, “because it’s not kids’ music. It’s music.” That’s what fuelled the drive to create songs and background music that did more than just move the animation along.
Each episode featured a different genre of music, so Lurie would research everything from the many forms of African music through to opera and balalaikas. The goal was not only to meet the needs of the show, but to do it in a way that would expose younger minds to music — and then hope it would stick with them “so that in 20 years, maybe they’ll have forgotten all the stuff on the radio and realize there is real music to listen to,” Lurie said.
“Well, not all the stuff on the radio, but a lot of it.” With a background in scoring films and television shows, Lurie said he wasn’t prepared for the tight deadlines of Backyardigans. The music would be composed, demonstrated, approved, transcribed to paper, recorded, sent to children to sing for the soundtrack, shipped off to animation and choreography departments. The next week, it would begin again. “It was an enormous number of songs,” Lurie said, “and I didn’t realize this going in.
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“We got realer and realer as time went on but, after the first 20 shows of the season, we had to start on another season and we didn’t want to have songs that sounded like the first season.” “But, it was eight years of deadlines, of composing on cue — and then we were finished.” His songs are included in the stage show, The Backyardigans Quest for the Extra Ordinary Aliens, which comes to the Capitol Theatre on January 31 for shows at 3:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Now that the series has ended, Lurie said he’s
not sure where his love of music will take him next. It’s taken him a long way from the time, as a teenager, he decided he could teach himself to play the trumpet. “That didn’t work out well.” He switched to piano, took lessons and eventually worked on films directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman, Roberto Benigni, Steve Buscemi and Stanley Tucci. While scoring for a film might seem less challenging than producing five new songs a week for a children’s show, Lurie said it was just different, no less difficult. “The great terror in movies, though,” he said with a laugh, “is the director telling you he plays guitar.”
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Nelson Students Continue to Support Onagawa Last month Mayor Suda of Onagawa, Japan (left) was presented a special flag that was made by students at Trafalgar Middle School and L.V. Rogers to show support for those in the community who had their lives destroyed by last spring’s tsunami. The flag was presented by Shawn Lawlor (right) who works with the Council of Forest Industries in Tokyo. The flag now hangs in the middle school in the Onagawa.
From the Hallways of L.V. Rogers - Cam Olson
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Call for Board of Director Nominations nrich your community and your life by joining our Board of Directors Opportunities are available for the following positions: One Director from the Nelson Representative Area (3 year term) One Director from the East Shore Representative Area (3 year term) One Director from the Rossland Representative Area (3 year term) One Director at Large (2 year term) Applications must be received no later than Tuesday, January 31, 2011. Please direct inquiries to: VIRGINIA MAKAROFF Executive Assistant Nominating Committee Nelson & District Credit Union PO Box 350 Nelson, BC V1L 5R2 P. 250.352.7207 F. 250.352.9663 E. vmakaroff@nelsoncu.com
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inter has brought its snowy mark creating new excitement and anticipation to Nelson and L.V. Rogers’ students especially. Some have been anxiously waiting to grab their skis or snowboard and hit the Whitewater ski hill, while others were just eager to finish their last week and feel the relief and satisfaction of stepping into the winter break. A lot of courses, especially the Grade 12 ones, had issued tests during the final week before break to summarize the current unit, and solidify any information that could be forgotten during the hurry of the holiday season. The LVR staff, the rec leadership team, and the grad council have been busy organizing events of all kinds that relate to the icy season outdoors. Inside the hallways, the thrill of the holiday created the same hurried panic to hand in all homework as the frantic rush to complete Christmas shopping. The holiday haste was quite evident inside the school, and the communal excitement during the final week before break brought lingering anticipation to the students.
The annual Silver Slipper dance competition had been hosted in the gym all throughout the last week, with judges from each grade watching carefully to see who’s got the style and the rhythm. Some of the dances included were the cha-chacha, the foxtrot, and the hustle, which were instructed by some brave and rhythmic students. Smaller awards were distributed ranging from different categories such as most enthusiastic to best personal style, but the two main trophies, a Silver Sneaker and a Silver High Heel Shoe, were given to this year’s winners Conner Defeo and Mikaya Austin. The winners were announced during the 2011 Christmas talent show, which offered the students and staff a look at the many courageous and talented members of LVR. The acts were mostly musically based, with impressive singing solos, as well as duets, drumming, and guitar shredding. Mixed with astonishing hula-hooping and the occasional tossed juggling ball, it was an amusing passage into the holiday break. The first dance of the school year was put on by an enthusiastic team of rec lead-
ership students, with intentions of raising money for the 2012 grad class. Sporting the Winter Wonderland theme, they dressed the gymnasium with an array of festive decorations that matched the holiday atmosphere. DJ Express started the evening off, and LV’s own Liam McGovern flexed his DJing skills which was amplified by the encouraging cheers of his friends. Altogether it was a night enjoyed by everyone, and the grad class is that much closer to the necessary funds for the celebrations in June. With the recently ended break, the students are now lazily shaking off the pampering of holiday chocolate, endless sleeping time, and daily trips to the ski hill, and replacing them with the less popular alarm clocks, text books, and hourly trips to the drinking fountain. Despite the slow return, the routine will soon pick up; the wheels will start rolling again, this time towards the upcoming exams and the not so distant start of the second semester. Happy new year to everyone! Cam Olson is a Grade 12 LVR student
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Community Check This Out - Anne DeGrace
Something tropical Taking a trip through your public library
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nd then there’s the day, not long after Christmas, when you wake up and find that the fridge is empty. Turkey leftovers are history, and the last cookie is gone. You open the door and there it is, in your face: January. The snow that was soft enough to shovel last week — when you were still working through leftovers — has hardened into the Berlin Wall. Your car is out there somewhere, but it’ll take a jackhammer to chip the ice from the windshield. Standing there in your doorway, with the cold blowing around your ankles, who could blame you for thinking about someplace warmer than this? When I step out of my office (assuming I’ve chipped and shoveled my way to work), the first thing I see is our new geographic reference centre. Thanks to a grant from Areas E and F, we were able to purchase beautiful laminated topographic maps for the whole region. They’re wonderful for hikers and snowshoers, hunters and prospectors, and I know they’ll get a lot of use. But it’s January, and so my eye is drawn to our new large world map, all warm colours and blue seas, surrounded by a square dance of happy little flags. The hottest parts just happen to be eye level, and I find myself imagining soft sand and aqua waves. Mmmmmm. It’s not far from the reference centre to the travel section, where writers such as Bill Bryson, Michael Palin,
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Where on Earth would you like to go this winter? You can start your search at the Nelson Public Library.
Canada, the top travel destinations for Canadians are the USA (which, in terms of proximity, stands to reason), followed by Mexico, Cuba, and the Dominican Republic. Warm places, all, which tells you something about our climate from October to April. I’m not one to run with the pack, necessarily, but I have to say I’ve always had a thing for Cuba. The notion of the only ice being the cubes in my glass is pretty attractive, too. Luckily, the library has a full complement of Lonely Planet guides, as well as
Fodors, Eyewitness, Rough, and Moon guides, in print and downloadable e-book. We have multiple guides to Cuba, and for background, there’s BC Bookworld publisher Alan Twigg’s Cuba: a concise history for travelers. We’ve got great complimentary literature, from Isadora Tattlin’s The Cuba Diaries: an American housewife in Havana to David McFadden’s An Innocent in Cuba and Loving Che by Ana Menendez. To get in the mood, I can watch Buena Vista Social Club on DVD, or a documentary on Fidel Castro. I can download books like Havana Heat by Darryl Brock to listen to while I sweat it out, try to get in bathing-suit shape on the crosstrainer. When I’m not dreaming of sand and sun, old cars and music-making, I can practice my Latin American Spanish with tutorials on CD or brush up using Rocket Languages, e-lessons accessible free from our website. I can peruse phrasebooks and pocket guides, rifle dictionaries and check out Spanish for Dummies. The honest truth is, I can’t afford to go to Cuba. But who cares? With all this reading, watching, listening and learning, I’m already feeling warmer. And whether or not I take a pick axe to the snowbank, it’ll all be gone by May. So I’ll stoke up the fire and crack another book, and maybe pour myself something tropical — with ice cubes. Anne DeGrace’s library column is featured every second Friday in the Nelson Star
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Talks open on power treaty Dateline December 5, 1958
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he Canadian government is hopeful that it may soon be able to reach an agreement with
the United States on sharing the huge power potential of the Columbia River. Acting Prime Minister Green said in a statement Friday that steps are to be taken at once to complete an agreement with the US which will make co-operative development of the river possible. His statement followed a federal committee report on the economic feasibilities of Columbia River development to increase the flow of low priced power to British Columbia industries and homes. It is understood that
this will be economically advantageous for Canada even though it would involve large expenditures. Canadian authorities estimate total Canadian-American expenditures on the development could run $200,000,000.
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n unhappy dogowner lost his pet to a poisoner early Wednesday morning after Column continues to Page 17
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Community Continued from Page 16 nursing the female seven-month-old German Shepherd since noon Tuesday. This loss was the latest in a series of poisonings in the Sixth and Cottonwood Streets area. The dog, which was valued at $200 and was “priceless� in the eyes of the owner, first showed signs of poisoning at noon Tuesday. “We have a suspect, but we have no proof as yet,� This was the statement of the City Police. “We believe in the laws of Canada, for dogs as well as people.� It is noted that dog poisoning is a criminal offence, and jail sentences and fines are provided for convicted poisoners. The poison is “moucide�, made with strychnine, a poison deadly to humans as well as animals. The poison, about a teaspoon is wrapped into a piece of raw hamburger, and rolled into a ball small enough to be eaten in
one piece. More than seven animals in the area have been affected and “very vigorous� complaints have been laid with the police department.
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Dateline December 15, 1958
he long-awaited day has arrived - Nelson’s skyline hospital is officially open. . Hon. E.C. Martin, B.C.’s Minister of Health and Welfare, declared the new Kootenay Lake General Hospital officially open at an outdoor ceremony attended by hundreds of Nelson and district people. The brief ceremony – held in a sparkling winter setting of snow and brilliant sun – was the culmination of over five years of planning and construction. It was a proud day for Nelson and district. The $2,000,000 hospital, commanding a breathtaking view of the entire city and West Arm of Kootenay Lake, is a tribute to the people who made it possible. About 3000 people toured the building
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Dateline December 18, 1958
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number of children are going to be made a lot happier at Christmas – and all through the efforts of Nelson fireman. Their mothers and fathers will be happier too, because these parents won’t have to worry about how junior would feel when the child next door showed up on the morning of December 25 with an armload of newly acquired toys. The reason for the greater joy will be the arrival of toys, compliments of the Nelson Fire Department. The fireman have been working long and hard on the repair and painting of 600 old toys for distribution to poorer families in the city and district. Many of the toys have been “farmed out�, such as dolls for repairing and dressing. A local firm has been welding sleighs and tricycles, and many others have contributed time and work on the project.
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KIJHL Stats
A match made in ski heaven
League Standings Neil Murdoch Division TEAM GP W Beaver Valley 35 28 Castlegar 36 25 Nelson 36 20 Spokane 35 15 Grand Forks 35 1
L 6 8 14 19 34
T 0 1 0 1 0
OTL 1 2 2 0 0
P 57 53 42 31 2
Eddie Mountain Division TEAM GP W Fernie 38 25 Kimberley 34 26 Creston Valley 34 19 Golden 34 13 Columbia Val. 36 2
L 9 6 12 17 33
T 0 1 0 1 0
OTL 4 1 3 3 1
P 54 54 41 30 5
Okanagan Division TEAM GP Princeton 35 Osoyoos 36 Kelowna 37 Penticton 34 Summerland 36
W 20 19 19 15 10
L 13 14 16 12 24
T 1 1 0 1 0
OTL 1 2 2 6 2
P 42 41 40 37 22
Doug Birks Division TEAM GP Kamloops 36 Revelstoke 33 N. Okanagan 34 Sicamous 33 Chase 33
W 25 24 23 13 3
L 6 7 10 18 27
T 1 0 0 1 1
OTL 4 2 1 1 0
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Upcoming Games Friday, January 6 Princeton at Nelson, 7 p.m., NDCC North Okangan at Sicamous Kelowna at Penticton Kimberley at Chase Castlegar at Grand Forks Spokane at Creston Valley Golden at Fernie Kamloops at Summerland Saturday, January 7 Grand Forks at Nelson, 7 p.m., NDCC Penticton at North Okanagan Kimberley at Kamloops Revelstoke at Sicamous Columbia Valley at Spokane Fernie at Golden Princeton at Beaver Valley Summerland at Osoyoos Sunday, January 8 Creston Valley at Golden Columbia Valley at Beaver Valley North Okanagan at Chase Kimberley at Revelstoke Osoyoos at Sicamous Grand Forks at Castlegar Summerland at Kelowna
The network of snowcat roads at Selkirk Wilderness Skiing provides skiing within an area of 30 square miles (the size of Vail and Whistler combined) with runs up to 4,000 vertical feet. SUBMITTED Special to the Nelson Star
Could there be anything better than Selkirk Wilderness Skiing and Sherpas Cinema teaming up to produce a cutting short promo film? Following on the massive success of the full length feature film All.I.Can, Sherpas Cinema has been retained by Selkirk Wilderness — the world’s original snowcat operation — to create a short film to help promote operation to the global ski and snowboard community. “We are so excited to be working with Sherpas Cinema on this project,” said Irene Brinkman, general manager of Selkirk Wilderness Skiing. “I could not believe it when they responded to our call for proposals and how excited they are to work with us. We can’t wait to see what they come
up with especially after seeing what they have done with the film All.I.Can which is so amazing.” The upcoming film, written and directed by Dave Mossop and Eric Crosland, will be shot this winter at Selkirk Wilderness and will star surprise ski and snowboard athletes as well as the ever impressive Selkirk Wilderness guiding team lead by Jason Remple. Without giving too much away, the film will focus on what Selkirk Wilderness fells makes their snowcat operation best in the world including some awe inspiring powder footage and also finds the heart of why guests keep coming back year after year. The project is scheduled for a July 2012 release. “The idyllic setting and rich history of Selkirk Wilderness sets the perfect stage to tell a compelling story about the originators of cat skiing in Cana-
da,” says Sherpas producer Malcolm Sangster. “They started a movement, subculture, and on-going industry here and we want to tell that story and show why Selkirk Wilderness is still at the top.” Since 1975, Selkirk Wilderness Skiing has been known as the original snowcat operation. Since then, and with only 24 skiers per week, they have developed a loyal following as one of the finest experiences that a seasoned skier or snowboarder could hope to enjoy and also the perfect place to try deep powder for the first time. Situated 90 minutes north of Nelson visitors experience more than 70,000 vertical feet of untracked bliss. The network of snowcat roads provides skiing within an area of 30 square miles (the size of Vail and Whistler combined) with runs up to 4,000 vertical feet.
Nelson Leafs Leaders
PLAYER Nik Newman Brett Norman Colton Schell Matti Jmaeff Carson Willians Dallon Stoddart
LEAFS HOCKEY HOME Sat. JAN. 7 7:00 PM
vs. Grand Forks Border Bruins
HOME AWAY Sat. JAN. 14 7:00 PM Fri. JAN. 20 7:30 PM vs.
Fernie Ghostriders
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NOTICE OF PASSING Eileen Patricia Peel, beloved wife of the late Robert Peel, passed away at Jubilee Manor in Nelson, British Columbia on December 31, 2011 at the age of 85. Eileen was born on December 2, 1926 in Saskatchewan to William and Annie Norrish. As an expression of sympathy, friends and family may make donations to: Alzheimer Society West Kootenays 809 Davies Street Nelson, BC V1L 3T6 Cremation will take place at the Nelson Crematorium and a service will be held at a later date. Arrangements are under the direction of Thompson Funeral Services ltd. Online condolences may be expressed at www.thompsonfs.ca
Coming Events DYNAMITE DANCERS Moving Centre w. “Miss.Karin” 3-4yrs,1:30-2:15;Creative Dnc 5-7yrs,3:30-4:15;Combo Class (ballet/jazz/hip hop). 6-10yrs,4:15-5:00;Breakin’ & Hip Hop (boys & girls). 12 classes on Mondays beginning January 16th call 250-505-5013 or email kp78@hotmail.ca
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Alberta earthmoving company requires a Journeyman Heavy Duty Mechanic. You will work in a modern shop and also have mechanics truck for field work. The job is at Edson, Alberta. We require that you have experience on Cat crawlers and or Deere excavators. Call Lloyd at (780)723-5051. AUTOMOTIVE PARTSPERSON Required for Kamloops Automotive Dealership. Parts experience necessary. $27.41/HR Great Benefits (R.R.S.P. Medical, Dental). Apply @ btaylor@dearborn ford.com or mail to 2555 E.T.C. Hwy, Kamloops, B.C. V2C 4B1 Attn Bruce Taylor Food Counter Attendant required Full time Food Counter Attendants req’d for Java Coffee Garden Coffee Co. in Nelson Shopping Mall. Duties: Meet & greet customers, take orders, cashier duties, prepare different types of coffees & other drinks (training provided) & light food preparations such as sandwiches. General kitchen duties such as cleaning, stocking shelves & refrigerators etc. & keeping records of the quantities of food used. No education or experience req’d. Able to lift 9kg(20lbs), should be physically fit and willing to work in a fast paced work environment. Please email resumes to: javabythelake@gmail.com RV Technician required. Now hiring 2nd or 3rd year apprentices for our upcoming season. Benefits available, must be a team player. forward resume to service@jubileerv.com
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It is with sadness we announce the passing of our mother. She was predeceased by her parents, all siblings and husband Jack Charles Walker in 1968. Kay was born in Dodge, North Dakota and moved to Canada with her family when she was 4 years old. Residing in Nelson most of her life, her early years were spent waitressing and then working for Boeing Aircraft in Nelson assembling components during the war years. She married Jack, a railway engineer, in August of 1945. Over the years together they raised 5 children, Joan McKenzie (Al Akroyd) currently residing in Kamloops, Alan Walker (Theresa) in Nelson, Faye Brown (Ron) in Moyie, Gary Walker (Marlene) in Maple Ridge and Neil Walker (Leslie) in Fruitvale. She also leaves behind 13 grand children and 9 great-grand children. Mom worked primarily as a homemaker until the passing of her husband, then as a waitress & salesclerk for many years until retirement. In 2005, she moved to Maple Ridge to live with her son Gary and his wife Marlene for many years under their loving care. In 2011 she moved back to the West Kootenay area and resided in Castlegar until her peaceful passing on the 28th of December. We would like to thank the professional and loving care she was given during her stays at Castle Wood Village, Castleview Care Centre and the KBR Hospital in Trail. As per Kay’s wishes, there will be no service memorial, but a commemoration of her life is planned for the spring of 2012.
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Though your smile is gone forever And your hands we cannot touch We will never lose the memory Of the one we loved so much Five years have passed since you left us Forever Missed, Love Mom & Dad
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oda Longley
Olive Longley “Ollie” was born Olive Rhoda Parker in a small prairie cabin near Bluesky Alberta, September 3, 1919. Her father was a teacher but chose to move to Edmonton Alberta before the depression and ran a market garden business. In 1943 Olive left Alberta to join the forces and became a Sargent in the RCAF Womens Division. After the war she moved to Toronto and lived with her sister and cousin. She worked three jobs, saved her earnings, and eventually bought a 40 acre parcel of waterfront property on a small remote lake near Bancroft Ontario. There she and scores of relatives and friends built a rustic log cabin which became known as the “live and learn lodge”. Soon a hard working husband and a wilderness loving daughter joined the crew and lots of living and learning were had by many at that lodge over the 60 years that followed. Over her lifetime Olive was very involved with the C.G.I.T., a christian womens organization, and acted as Camp Director and secretary of the board for “Ryde Lake Camp” near Gravenhurst ON. Olive also worked as a secretary at a publishing company “The Book Society of Canada” and after her husband, Donald Longley, passed away in 1973 she started travelling extensively. Upon retiring Olive moved to Peterborough Ontario to be close to her relatives and her cottage. She joined the Legion and 452 wing of the Air Force Club and became well known and admired for her creative verses and poetry recitation. At age 88 and with failing health Olive made the courageous decision to move west to Nelson British Columbia and live with her daughter and granddaughter. She enjoyed making many happy memories with her family in BC for over 4 years and then passed away peacefully at Mountain Lakes Seniors home, December 24, 2011 at the age of 92 with her daughter and granddaughter at her side. Olive is survived and lovingly remembered by her daughter Ashala Yardley and her two granddaughters Kristal Yardley and Anestacia Reid. She is also survived by her niece and nephew Helen and John Wilson and by scores of cousins, most notably, Nora and Gladys Parker and Bonnie and Tim Sheehan. In lieu of flowers a donation “in memory of Olive” can be made to Ryde Lake Camp, Box 7854 Poplar Lane, Washago ON , L0K 2B0
Find your challenge at Domtar. At Domtar you can expect more than just a job. North America’s largest integrated manufacturer and marketer of uncoated freesheet paper, and among its “greenest”, Domtar offers opportunities on which you can truly build a career. The Kamloops Pulp Mill is currently recruiting for a Shift Supervisor. This mill is located in Kamloops, British Columbia. Close to 85,000 people resides in this beautiful community. The City called “Tournament Capital of Canada” is vibrant & growing fast, offers an extensive variety of services, businesses, leisure facilities and outdoor activities. Power & Recovery Shift Supervisor This position reports to the Assistant Superintendent of Power & Recovery and is responsible for the safe operation and coordination of a crew in power and recovery. Applicants must have an Inter-provincial Second Class Power Engineering certificate and a proven track record of success in a supervisory capacity. You also are an excellent communicator with a demonstrated ability to track and measure performance. Pease submit your applications no later than January 16, 2012 to: Human Resources, 2005 Mission Flats Road, Kamloops, B.C. V2C 1A9 Or via email to: kamloopshr@domtar.com Domtar is an equal opportunity employer.
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Kooteany Society for Community Living is looking for someone to do homeshare with an individual with developmental disabilities in his home. The homeshare provider would be living 24-7 in his home. This contract would include respite money, and daytime staffing hours at 5 hours/day, 5 days/week. Anyone interested please contact KSCL by email at bigbykscl@telus.net or fax at 250-352-0867.
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Financial Services EQUIPMENT ROOM & VAN FLEET ATTENDANT February to August 2012 Based at our Castlegar location, you will oversee the daily sign-out and repair of field gear used by students. You’ll also oversee our van fleet, keeping a keen eye on Transport Canada and Ministry of Transportation regulations. A high school graduate with at least one year of post-secondary eduation in small engine repair or outdoor education, you also bring WHMIS certification, Occupational First Aid – Level III, a Class 4 driver’s licence and at least two year’s related experience. In addition, you are comfortable dealing with students in a professional, supervisory role. Closing date: January 12, 2012.
ARE YOU EXPERIENCING FINANCIAL DISTRESS? Relief is only a call away! Call Shelley Cameron Estate Administrator at 877-797-4357 today, to set up your FREE consultation in Nelson. Donna Mihalcheon CA,CIRP BDO Canada Limited Trustee in Bankruptcy, #200 -1628 Dickson Avenue, Kelowna, BC. V1Y 9X1 GET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed? Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB. 1-877987-1420. www.pioneerwest.com
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NELSON: Gyro Park, 2 bdrm WD/FS, NS/NP, Avail. Feb 1st $685/month 250-354-7438 Shaughnessy Apartments now accepting applications on 2 bedroom apt. NS/NP $670/mo + util. Quiet Adult bldg in Rosemont 352-0118
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COACH Janis Neufeld, BPE 20yrs exp. Online training prgms designed for your needs/goals. Triathlon, running, wt loss $65-105/mo Give the gift of health 250-353-8025
Hairstylists ROOT 99 Hair Design would like to welcome Sam to their team. Sam has recently graduated from the Vancouver Hair Academy in Vancouver. Sam will be offering introductory specials: men haircut for $15.00 , women haircut for $20.00 and foils for $50.00 For appointment please call 250354-4999
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Office/Retail Nelson, downtown: 2 sunny offices, big reception area. $780/mo incl util + HST. Call Hans 250-354-4381/354-7949 NELSON Downtown: Small Office/Therapy room. $350 + HST, utilities incl 250-3544381/354-7949 NELSON: near Nelson Ford, 300sq ft office space Available November 1st. $450/mo incl. utilities. Call 250-825-4700
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Suites, Lower BEASLEY: Quiet nature setting. Spacious 2bdrm suite, lg sundeck, cedar ceilings, fireplace, W/D, N/S, no dogs. $785/mo. 359-8280
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Small 1 bdrm cabin w/beautiful lake view, close to town, lake & bus stop, NS/NP great place for mature single or couple. Recently reno’d, new windows, kitchen, bathroom & sundeck (under construction). $850. including electric. Ph 250-551-3336 THRUMS Mobile Home, 3 bdrm, Deck, F/S, W/D No Dogs over 15 lbs 250-359-7178 or 304-9273
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Balfour Golf Course located in beautiful Balfour, BC is seeking proposals for a Lessee Operator to assume management and operation of the Balfour Golf Course restaurant and bar.
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Help Wanted REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FUNDRAISING CONSULTANT FOR A CAPITAL CAMPAIGN Nelson CARES Society is requesting submissions from fundraising consultants interested in developing and managing a Capital Campaign to raise the money needed to retro-Àt Ward Street Place, a mixed use low income rental housing and commercial real estate building in downtown Nelson, British Columbia. The campaign will be developed between February – July 2012, and launch in September 2012 to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the building. The organization’s Board of Directors envisions a time speciÀc strategic Capital Campaign Plan. For further information about this Request for Proposal, please check our website at www.nelsoncares.ca, or contact Leisa Talbot, OfÀce Manager at info@nelsoncares.ca. Proposals addressed to Nelson CARES Society, Leisa Talbot, OfÀce Manager, 521 Vernon Street, Nelson, BC V1L 4E9, or emailed to info@ nelsoncares.ca will be received until 5:00 p.m. on January 20th, 2012.
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Sports Leafs Set for Two Home Games
More focus stressed by coaching staff SAMUEL DOBRIN Nelson Star Reporter
The Nelson Junior Leafs are gearing up for a double header this weekend with both the Princeton Posse and the Grand Forks Border Bruins making their way to Nelson Friday and Saturday respectively. “We’re just getting prepared for the two games and I think we’re confident going into the weekend,” says Frank Maida, Leafs’ head coach. “If we play our game, things will work out for us.” The Leafs are coming off last “I think this weekend’s homeweekend the and-home split boys will come with the Spokane out ready right Braves, but Maida says they’re ready off the hop.” to bounce back. Frank Maida “I think it was a Leafs Head Coach couple things that came into play. We got in [Nelson] at 3:30 a.m. and back on the ice at 2 p.m. and I think we weren’t focused to play our game and they caught us off guard,” says Maida. “I think we’re going to be focused and ready to go Friday and take one game at a time. Princeton is a good team and they’re big and we’ll have to definitely play our game against them.” Maida added that utilizing their speed, playing low on their defence and keeping the puck in the Princeton zone are a few things that will help lead to the Leafs success in Friday’s game. “Going into the playoffs we need of course everybody on board, but it’s really important for our leaders to lead, play our game and play every game,” says Maida. “I think this weekend the boys will come out ready right off the hop.” Both games start at 7 p.m. at the NDCC.
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Churches of Nelson Staying Fit Rev. Scott Simpson First Baptist Church I enjoy sweets – a lot. The Christmas season with a seemingly never ending supply of fresh baking, candy and chocolate is a constant and relentless form of temptation. Interestingly, I read an article recently that suggested that people do not gain as much weight over the Christmas period as has traditionally been thought – that’s good news. The bad news is that, while we may be packing on less weight during the season, few people ever lose those extra pounds, and we do gain them! Anecdotally I find it a bit unfair that gaining weight is so effortless but losing those same few pounds can be excruciatingly difficult. Too bad it wasn’t the other way around, it would make my pursuit of a healthy and fit body more manageable! As I reach the half-century mark I am painfully aware (literally at times) that my physical body is wearing down and needs special care and attention. What I took for granted even ten years ago has a way of coming back to bite me now. Like the saying goes, “it ain’t like it used to be”. The “spare tire” or what my girls call my “ personal baby” is expanding and I’m discovering new and alien aches and pains on a too regular basis. As a result, I’ve decided to “work out” with the rest of our healthconscious population. I have always been an active person but formal exercise has never been my strong suit. Some friends, recently invited me to an aqua fit class and to my surprise, I enjoyed it. A fellow swimmer next to me asked if I was visiting Nelson. I smiled in response, “No, I’ve lived here over seventeen years. It’s just I haven’t been much into exercising”. What’s the moral of this story? Take care of your body. It’s an extraordinary and astonishing work of divine engineering that deserves our attention and care. Moreover, I believe that our physical body is the receptacle and home of our soul and spirit. I believe that we are made up of mind, body, spirit and soul and that each part of our being affects the other. The goal is to be fit and healthy in all our parts. Unfortunately some have a tendency to elevate one part over the other. For some people, physical fitness reigns supreme, for others, intellectual prowess is the goal. The Church at times has elevated one’s spiritual condition over the rest. It’s time to see our selves as a whole and to nurture and care for every aspect of our being – body, mind, soul and spirit. To neglect one aspect over the other is to undermine God’s perfect plan and design. My challenge to you this season and in this coming year is to pursue fitness and health in all aspects of your being. Enjoy the season. Indulge . . . a little. Treat yourself. But keep in mind what you do today is often carried over into tomorrow. So, take care of yourself and remember to honour God in and through the wonderful vessel that He has given you.
Evangelical
Covenant Church
CATHOLIC CHURCH
CATHEDRAL OF MARY IMMACULATE 813 Ward Street 352-7131
Loving Jesus, Loving People, Transforming Lives
• Nelson
Sunday Mass Times: • Saturday 7:00pm • Sunday 8:30 am and 10:30 am
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702 Stanley St. • 352.9613 Sundays at 10:00 am Pastor Arden Gustafson Pastor Chris Wiens
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Parish office open Tuesday – Friday 9:00 am - noon rccathedral@shaw.ca • www.catholiccathedralnelson.ca
• Balfour
7741 Upper Balfour Rd. • 229.2301 Sundays at 9:30 am Pastor Jason Ashley
• Playmor
A Friendly Bible Centre Church
Junction-
2840 Eden Rd. • 359.5065 Sundays at 10:00 am Pastor Jesse Lerch
www.ecov.org
The Sheeps Point Of View 623 Gordon Rd. Nelson BC V1L 5X6 Phone 250-352-9322 • Pastor Rev. Ken H. Keber
Refreshments are served after the service
(Affiliated with the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada)
Unity Centre of the Kootenays Sunday 11:00 am
Nelson United Church Nelson United Church
Minister: David Boyd Sunday Worship Gathering: g 10:00 am
“Epiphany”
Service of Holy Communion
Bowl Burning Service
All are welcome Sunday School (Ages 4 and up) Nursery Room Available
905 Gordon Rd (IHA Bldg., back door)
602 Silica Street, Nelson BC V1L 1L 4N1 Ph: 250.352.2822 • www.nelsonunitedchurch.ca
Anglican Church of Canada St. Saviour's ProCathedral Ward & Silica, Nelson Family Service & Eucharist Sunday 10:30 AM
St. Matthew's Village Road, South Slocan Sunday 9:30 AM (No service third Sunday) Office: 8am - 1pm Tue - Fri
250.352.5711 St. Michael & All Angels stsaviours@netidea.com Busk Road Balfour www.stsavioursnelson.org Sunday 11 AM
First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church
611 Fifth Street 250-352-3212 Worship Service: 10:00 am Pastor: Rev. Scott Simpson fbcnelson.ca Part-time childcare available at Cornerstone Children’s Centre 250-352-9910
The Salvation Army
Nelson Community Church
Sunday Worship Service at 11:00 am Everyone is Welcome
Your Pastors: Majors Robin and Yvonne Borrows (New to Nelson) 250 551 4986
601 Vernon Street (Middle Level)
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News The Physios and Staff at Kokanee Physiotherapy Clinic would like to wish our friends and clients a Safe, Healthy and Happy Holiday Season with Best Wishes for 2012.
New clients always welcome. Quality, individualized care in a relaxed environment.
801 B Front Street • 250-352-7030
WHO WILL BE NELSON’S 2011 CITIZEN OF THE YEAR?
The Nelson Knights of Columbus are seeking nominations to recognize an individual who has made the greatest contribution through volunteerism. Nomination forms and cover letters are available at Nelson City Hall, Chamber of Commerce and Sonja’s China Cabinet. Nominations close at 4:00 p.m. February 29, 2012
K N I G H T S OF COLUMBUS
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Jennifer Cusworth Murder
Kelowna man appeals manslaughter conviction Kelowna Capital News Staff
The Kelowna man found guilty of manslaughter for the 1993 death of Nelson’s Jennifer Cusworth is appealing his conviction. Neil George Snelson’s defence lawyer Wade Jenson filed the appeal Friday, aiming to overturn the verdict a jury rendered last October. The underlying thrust of the appeal is the belief that the jury saw evidence that they shouldn’t have. Although the full scope of the appeal will be revealed in time, one issue at play is video of Snelson’s police interview, which took place the day after his 2009 arrest. During that interview Snelson touched on every topic from religion to a passion for music, but he chose to neither deny or confess to killing the teenager 16 years earlier when the conversation turned back to the criminal investigation at hand. He repeatedly said he’d defer making a comment
Jennifer Cusworth
on that matter, until he spoke to Jenson. Jenson will not be handling the appeal, he said, as it’s not his speciality. However, if whoever does is successful and Snelson’s conviction is overturned, there will be a new trial to address Cusworth’s death. The 19-year-old was last seen alive in Kelowna at a Richter Street party October 1993. A day later her body was found face down in a ditch on Swamp Road where she was left after being strangled and,
ultimately, bludgeoned to death. In the years that followed an extensive police investigation was launched, although a break in the case didn’t come until 2009 when a DNA sample collected from Snelson matched semen found in Cusworth. Snelson was charged with first degree murder, but found guilty of manslaughter October 6, 2011. His sentence, which was delivered at the start of December, was 15 years in prison, minus four years for two years he served when double-time rules were in place. With an 11 year sentence remaining, Snelson would be eligible to apply for full parole in three years, and day parole in half of that term, said Jenson. Regardless of the conviction and sentence, Snelson, 45, has continued to maintain that he is not guilty. His only contact with Cusworth, he said, is they had sex at the party.
Castlegar council upset about ambulance coverage CASTLEGAR — After hearing that there was no ambulance service in Castlegar on either Christmas or new year’s, city councillor Russ Hearne put forward a motion to invoice the BC Ambulance Service for the expenses incurred by the Castlegar Fire Department that filled in for five emergency calls during that time. “On Christmas day and
new year’s day there was no ambulance service in the city of Castlegar,” said Hearne. “There was no staff available to man the ambulances. Our fire department, first responders, were required to attend I believe it was five calls in order to help people in need.” The motion was passed unanimously, with all five councillors voting yes.
It was my opinion that these were unnecessary costs incurred upon the city. We pay our volunteers when they go out and the cost of the vehicles,” said Hearne. “So I think it’s only fair that they should cover the costs that we incurred.” Hearne said it is unacceptable that Castlegar should be left without service at such a busy time.
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January 4, 2012 For the benefit of Kootenay Lake area residents, the following lake levels are provided by FortisBC as a public service. Queen’s Bay:
Present level: 1744.83 ft 7 day forecast: Holding. 2011 peak: 1751.71 ft./2010 peak: 1748.68 ft.
Nelson:
Present level: 1743.75 ft. 7 day forecast: Holding.
Levels can change unexpectedly due to weather or other conditions. For more information or to sign-up for unusual lake levels notifications by phone or email, visit www.fortisbc.com or call 1-866-436-7847.
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Animal A niimall Hospital
December Weather Wrap
Healthy Pets, Happy Pets
A month of ‘weak’ systems SAMUEL DOBRIN
250.352.7861 25 2124 Ymir Road We Love Your Pets & They love Us! www.nelsonvet.com
STILL DOING TIME
Nelson Star Reporter
250.352.7178
The snow did not fall as usual last month.
Valhalla Path Realty 280 Baker St., Nelson, BC
(250)354-4089
valhallapathrealty@telus.net COURT ORDERED SALE
$154,900
Wayne Germaine 250.354.2814 wayne@valhallapathrealty.com
Level strata building lot located only 4 miles from Nelson on the North Shore at Shannon Point Place. This partly treed property is fully serviced and ready to build on. Community water and sewer. Paved street with lights. The purchase includes your own boat slip at the community dock. Strata fees are $1100/year. A beautiful setting with extremely nice homes.
$275,000
Open Tues - Sat.: 12:00 - 5:00pm View our current animals available for adoption and check out the new Lost & Found section on our website!
www.spca.bc.ca/nelson Kootenay Animal Assistance Program Society (KAAP)
Pets Available for Adoption Call 250-551-1053 for information or visit: www.homesforanimals.com These are just some of the pets ready for their forever homes; a full
listing is at www.homes4animals.com as well as KAAP’s Facebook page for updates. Please call 250-551-1053 to receive more information on any pet, and to arrange a visit in their foster home.
Call Wayne A WHITE PICKET FENCED HOME
Robert Goertz 250.354.8500 robert@valhallapathrealty.com www.kootenayconnector.com
520 C Falls Street Nelson, BC Above Savoy Bowling Lanes
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Each season has its share of highs and lows, but as far as precipitation goes this winter we’ve only seen the lows. In fact, we’ve had less than half of normal precipitation so far. According to the weather report for the month of December based out of Castlegar, the area has only seen 46 per cent of normal precipitation. Such low moisture levels can be attributed to “an upper ridge of high-pressure that dominated the first 23 days of the month,” said meteorologist Ron Lakeman of the Southeast Fire Centre weather service. “Typically in December we get system after system rolling though with almost continuous precipitation… any system that came in was incredibly weak and lacking in moisture.” Lakeman said the pattern that occurred for the first three weeks of December is more typical for the month of February, so it was rather unique to see such a pattern in December. “It has no real bearing as to what the whole winter will bring,” Lakeman added. Predictions of a La Nina winter have also yet to come to fruition, but Lakeman said La Nina’s and El Nino’s typically don’t have a great deal of influence until after Christmas in the months of January, February and March. “Last winter was also a La Nina and the month of December last year was on the mild side, it was nowhere near as dry, but each La Nina is unique and not all are associated with heavy precipitation.” Cooler than normal temperatures and a fairly active storm cycle through the latter months of the winter last year resulted in an abnormal amount of heavy precipitation and a large snowpack. “As far as what we have on the mountains right now as a snowpack, it’s hard to say as to whether or not we’re going to end up with a lower than normal snowpack by the time we get to April or if we’ll make up for it as we go through the remainder of the winter,” said Lakeman. “Commonly what we end up with is cooler than normal temperatures and that’s what we’re still [predicting] for the remainder of the winter. We don’t see it happening in the near future, but it’s still the general idea as we go through January to March.” Lakeman said that as far as precipitation goes, it’s near 50/50 as to whether there will be significant amounts or if it ends up being on the relatively dry side of the spectrum.
Built in 1919, this home in Uphill offers an affordable alternative to renting. A comfortable residence, this 3 bedroom heritage home sits on a superb lot and has a good floor plan. www.kootenayconnector.com
Blaze & Toes These two sweeties are approaching 6 months in age. They are still a little timid, but will be fine once they are together in their final home. They are spayed, tattooed, and fully vaccinated. We are offering a reduced adoption fee for both kittens.
Call Robert A LOT OF POTENTIAL
$129,900
Norm Zaytsoff 250.354.8584 norm@valhallapathrealty.com
Level serviced Fairview Lot with access off of 10th or 11th Street. Towering evergreens, a lake view and assured privacy are just a few of the perks of this well positioned lot. Bring your plans and bring your dreams.
Tildie We can’t understand why this beautiful friendly young female cat has not been adopted! She’s wonderful, playful, clean, and used to living indoors. A great companion.
Call Norm or Lev LOW IN MAINTENANCE HIGH IN VALUE
$200,000
Lev Zaytsoff 250.354.8443 lev@valhallapathrealty.com
Looking for a change of pace this 3 bed 2 bath townhouse offers all the essentials without the maintenance. This home has had many upgrades over the years and a layout to support any age group. Whether you are downsizing or starting out this one should be on you radar.
Spike Beautiful 2 year old Shepherd cross, neutered male. Spike needs a loving dog-experienced family, who are wanting to include him in the home. He will need lots of exercise, and a fenced yard would be an asset.
Call Lev or Norm BRAND NEW, NO HST
$269,500
James Loeppky 250.509.0804 james@valhallapathrealty.com
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Yara Chard 250.354.3382 info@nelsonlocal.com www.nelsonlocal.com
$599,000
You have it all, 3 beds, 2 baths and even a yard for the kids to play in. This remodel of a single family home is now a Duplex and consists of 95% new building material, without an HST bill to pay! Close to Lion’s Park and Rails to Trails. Heated bathroom floor on main, Moen fixtures, brand new stainless steel appliances. Why spend all your weekends doing renovations? Just move in and enjoy your life.
Holly Another cutie! Holly is almost 11 weeks old, and is going to be a large dog. She is an Akbash- Anatolian Shepherd cross; this is a working/herding breed that needs a large property and a job – such as watching over livestock.
Call James ELEGANT LOG HOME
5 mins from Ainsworth Hotsprings and approx 5 kms from Loon Lake recreation area. Enjoy the open concept design from the gourmet kitchen or outdoor cooking area, to the beautiful rock fireplace in the living room, or relax in the hot tub on the 950 sq. ft. deck overlooking Kootenay Lake and the Selkirk Mtns. 2.64 private acres – a must-see.
Call Yara or visit www.NelsonLocal.com
www.valhallapathrealty.com
Bonnie Ever so sweet, this Collie-Husky cross pup is 10 weeks old, and is going to be a big girl. She has been vet checked and vaccinated, and will be spayed when she is older. She is being fostered in Nelson.
www.homesforanimals.com
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LIVE SHOP PLAY • NELSON AND AREA •
THINK LOCAL FIRST When you support local business, those businesses in turn support local organizations and causes who depend on local business support for their success. Local businesses provide in-kind donations, cash donations and indispensible contributions to many organizations within our communities. Locally owned businesses build strong neighbourhoods by sustaining communities, linking neighbours and by contributing to local causes. As consumers, we have the power to shape our community by shopping local! Isn’t that an amazing thought?
“Shopping local really beneÅts local organizations like Nelson Youth Soccer. We have a tremendous number of business that come forward to support and sponsor teams every single year and without that sponsorship we wouldn’t be able to keep the prices as low as they are. Nelson Youth Soccer beneÅts and the community truly beneÅts. We have 1000 kids playing soccer every spring and fall down at those Åelds at Lakeside Park and that really is done through the help of local businesses.” ~ Chuck Bennett, Chair, Nelson Youth Soccer