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With bears preparing for hibernation the city’s new wildlife attractant bylaw is about to be put to the test.

The law, which was enacted in June, seeks to reduce the likelihood of bears entering the city.

“Bears don’t recognize political boundaries.�

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“This is our busiest time of year for bears,� said Bear Aware community co-ordinator Joanne Siderius.

Siderius, who championed the new bylaw, is confident that if residents abide by it there will be a likely decrease in bear sightings in residential areas. “There will always be bears, we live in bear country there will be bears in Nelson there will be bears in surrounding communities,� she said. “But what

we would like to do is keep bears from feeding close to home.�

One possible stumbling block to the new wildlife bylaw is the lack of similar bylaws in surrounding areas. “Bears don’t recognize political boundaries,� said Siderius.

If bears enter surrounding areas there’s always the possibility that they may wander into the city in search of more food.

For that reason Bear Aware is encouraging rural residents to use electronic fences to discourage bears. “They don’t like getting the shock on their nose,�

Siderius said. “A properly constructed predator electronic fence gives out enough of a shock that they don’t want to go near.�

While wildlife bylaws in surrounding areas seems the next logical step, right now Siderius believes the timing is wrong as regional Story continues to ‘Bumper’ on Page 8

Home Owners helping home owners

Searching for Beetles

Megan Cole photo

Grade Five students from around the region converged on Kokanee Creek on Wednesday for a day of forestry activities, in this case digging for pine beetles.

For the full story and more photos check out Pages 16 and 17.

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News Anglican Church Hall Time Capsule Will Be Opened Today

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An 89-year-old time capsule in the cornerstone of the Anglican Church hall is expected to be removed today, ahead of the building’s sale.

Local stonemason Gerry Giasson has examined the site and figures he can get it in one day. Once retrieved, Touchstones archivist Laura Fortier will supervise opening the box.

The contents are expected to be displayed at an October 6 dinner to say goodbye to the hall, to be attended by the Bishop from Kelowna.

The contents will then be donated to Touchstones.

The cornerstone was laid on June 28, 1922 by Trail MLA and prominent Masonic Lodge member James Schofield.

The stone itself, measuring 18 by 18 by 16 inches (46 by 46 by 41 centimetres), came from a Granite Road quarry, was cut by Alexander Ritchie and lettered by James May. The Carbonate Street side has the Masonic emblem and the date, while the Ward Street side has the inscription D.O.M., standing for Deo Optimo Maximo, Latin for “To God, most good, most great,� and In Memoriam Virtutis Nostrum, translated as “In Memory of the Valour of Our Men.�

Its contents includes copies of the Nelson Daily News,

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a Nelson Miner report of the 1898 laying of the cornerstone on the church, lists of clergy, church officials, and officers, a portrait of the first bishop of Kootenay, lists of members of various organizations of the parish, and, perhaps most significantly, a hand-printed list of 219 men and three women from the parish who enlisted in World War I. It’s the latter that most intrigues local historian Greg Almost 90 years after it was laid, the cornerstone on the Scott, who initially suggestAnglican Church hall will be opened today and it’s time ed opening the cornerstone. capsule retrieved.

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Council Hops on Board

Transit users new and old got a chance to hop on the bus for free on Thursday. Nelson city councillor Bob Adams was up early to catch the bus on the corner of Baker and Ward Streets. Bus driver Jeff Adams said early indications showed the free transit day was a success and the bus had been swamped with riders. At Monday’s Committee of the Whole meeting councillors encouraged residents to give transit a ride and take advantage of the free transit.

The Police Beat

Rosemont rampage ends in arrest Nelson Star Staff

Police responded to an assault in progress on Tuesday night at an apartment building in Rosemont.

Witnesses at the scene said that an 18-year-old fe-

male assailant entered an apartment belonging to a female friend of her exboyfriend’s and proceeded to assault her ex-boyfriend and his friend.

The suspect damaged a wall and a television.

She also threw a laptop at

her ex-boyfriend.

When police arrived at the scene the suspect was located locked in another apartment suites.

After a brief discussion with the police the suspect exited the apartment and was later arrested.

The suspect was later released on a promise to appear on charges of Break and Enter and Commit, Assault, Assault with a Weapon and Mischief Under $5,000.

She is scheduled to appear in Nelson court in December.

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THE NELSON CYCLING CLUB WANTS YOU!

The Nelson Cycling Club would like to thank all the mountain bikers in Nelson and area that support the club by becoming members. Fees provided from members are vital support for the core of mountain biking in our community and without a membership, Nelson would not have the infrastructure it does today. Originally built by passionate renegades—and this continues today—many of the trails are now maintained by the club. Over recent years, membership fees, grant money and the generosity of club members has supported trail construction and the development of a bike park in Rosemont.

Currently, at 200, club membership represents only a guesstimated 30 percent of the riding population. A membership of 200 is impressive but a club of 500+ members would speak even louder and stronger. In essence, more members means more money means more trail maintenance and development.

So why do riders not become cycling club members? Is it because being part of an organization is too restrictive? Is the word “club” just too geeky? Or is it too “gangsta”? Is it because they believe there should be no cost associated with crown land activities? Is a bike a statement of freedom so why should we pay to ride? After all, we don’t have to pay to ride on city streets. Is $25 too expensive, or have they just forgotten to join?

For riders who have forgotten to get their membership this year or wonder what a membership goes towards, weigh up the following: In 2005, the NCC was responsible for bringing Mountain Station back from the dead spending $5,000 on signage and trail maintenance. They also pay annual insurance premiums to maintain rider access to Mountain Station, located on private land.

The NCC spent $2,000 constructing Eli Sim and has spent countless hours of volunteer labour on that trail.

For the last five years, the NCC has spent a minimum of $6,000 annually on trail maintenance The NCC negotiated recreation agreements with the provincial government, raised grant funding to match club funds, spending over $7,000 on the layout and construction of the Smallwood Trail Network NCC members lobbied, wrote grant funding proposals and raised over $6,000 for the construction of the Rosemont Bike Park.

Again, club volunteers spent innumerable hours volunteering their time at the park.

This summer NCC paid the “Tuesdays work crew” to clean out Paper Bag; second time round, two NCC members voluntarily cleared 100 trees off the trail. The crew and club volunteers spent three days cleaning off The Vein.

In 2011, the club raised grant money to make improvements on the Morning Mountain trail infrastructure used for the Fat Tire Festival.

Just think how much more could be done if the membership doubled. So if you haven’t renewed your membership or if you’ve never been a NCC member it’s never too late.

Your membership will go towards better mountain bike opportunities in our area. Memberships are available at the bike stores and online by credit card at www.nelsoncyclingclub.org

Name that trail

The newest trail in the Smallwood Trail Network was christened this past Sunday. Votes were counted with a second ballot victory for Vallelujah, a name submitted by Katie Mitchell, avid mountain biker. Other contenders included Moose Knuckle and Morning Wood but without a doubt, the trail was aptly named as all riders will feel the vibe of inspiration as they come up the trail to a stunning view of the Valhallas Mountain Range.

The construction of this trail was made possible through a partnership between the Nelson & District Credit Union, the Columbia Basin Trust, the NCC and its members and the Ministry of Forests and Tourism, Culture and Arts.

Thanks to all riders who attended the celebration and to Troy Trillo, xc extraordinaire, for donating his $50 gift certificate back to the club kitty.

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Since 1982 Marvin Singleton Case

Law society going after cash GREG NESTEROFF Nelson Star Reporter

Although his defence team insisted Marvin Singleton is essentially destitute, the BC Law Society has not given up hope that the former Nelson lawyer will pay them back.

A judge last week sentenced Singleton to three years in jail for stealing nearly half a million dollars from an estate for which he was executor in the late 1980s.

He was also ordered to pay $494,633 in restitution to the Law Society — not $65,000 as the Star reported Wednesday — which reimbursed the defrauded charities.

Lesley Pritchard, the so-

ciety’s communications officer, says in fulfilling their mandate to protect the public, they paid out a total of $559,878 in relation to the John Alexander George estate through their special compensation fund.

While that’s about $65,000 more than Singleton has been told to repay, Pritchard said they “are well satisfied with the judge’s order.”

During sentencing submissions, the court heard Singleton has been living on social assistance in a house owned by a woman described as his neighbour and caregiver, and has no significant assets. He wears old clothes and lives in “near poverty,” his lawyer said.

The defence claimed a

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restitution order would be “symbolic and empty” as there is “no meaningful expectation” that Singleton will pay up.

However, Pritchard said the society is not conceding that.

“At this point we have no knowledge that he won’t, and no evidence that he can’t,” she wrote in an email.

The money he stole was squandered on a scheme to develop a mountainside community and rice plantation outside of Nelson, his trial was told.

The Law Society also compensated other beneficiaries Singleton was alleged to have stolen from in a separate estate. However, the Crown stayed criminal charges in that case for reasons that have never been explained.

The special compensation fund provides financial protection for the public against dishonest lawyers who misappropriate funds.

Kootenay Lake School District

Schools coping with job action BRYONY FORTUNE Nelson Star Reporter

Tuesday night’s Kootenay School District board meeting touched on the British Columbia Teachers Federation’s job action which has been in effect for three weeks.

The union’s decision to initiate a work action as a bargaining strategy with the provincial government has had significant impact on schools as non-essential teaching services like administrative duties have fallen by the wayside.

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ing to do far more duties than they would normally have to do,” said school board superintendant Jeff Jones.

Such restrictions have impacted schools’ efficiency.

“If a principal wants to share a message with his or her staff they can’t just email it to the staff, they actually have to go and talk face to face to each teacher on staff because the Teacher’s Federation has told the teachers not to open emails,” he said.

But no matter what’s going on behind the scenes, Jones remains certain that teachers are still committed

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to educating students.

“One of the things we’re all committed to, both the teachers and the district, is that students are learning

and that they’re able to go to school in a safe environment,” said Jones.

The sticking points for the union during negotiations include, improved class size [ratios and caseloads], fair and reasonable compensations packages and effecting local bargaining to resolve local problems.

The provincial government on the other hand is sticking firm on its own objectives, which consist of eliminating job security, reducing teacher autonomy and removing protections on discipline and dismissing teachers.

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Dr Matthew Osepchook is pleased to announce he has taken over one of Nelson’s finest dental clinics following the retirement of Dr Bickerton.

Dr Osepchook has come from Vancouver and brings his skills in implant therapy, periodontal surgery and overall general dentistry.

He wishes to extend a gracious thank you to Larry’s long time staff and all his existing patients who have already made him feel so welcome. Dr Matt also wishes to extend his invitation to any new patients who require his gentle and caring dental services.

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Kootenay Lake Levels September 21, 2011

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: 1743.97 ft 7 day forecast: Holding.

2011 peak: 1751.71 ft./2010 peak: 1748.68 ft.

Nelson:

Present level: 1743.78 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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Friday, September 23, 2011 Nelson Star

Editorial

Red Sands an important test

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ark it down as a victory for public pressure. Red Sands beach and the adjacent forest has been saved.

Credit is deserved on all sides of this small waterfront battle.

Those who lobbied to save public access and the natural setting of the shoreline area are to be congratulated for an effort that was assertive, yet respectful. The developer should be thanked for listening and realizing Nelson people are tenacious when it comes to cherished gathering spots. And the city deserves a little pat for its low key approach to assisting where it felt necessary.

It doesn’t always turn out this way.

You don’t have to look too far back in Nelson’s development history to find a bitter skirmish that to this day remains a mess: Kutenai Landing.

The roots of the central waterfront’s prime piece of real estate goes back many years and numerous battles have been waged in this war.

It has helped create mayors (Dave Elliott) and gave the incumbent mayor (David Aaron) a good scare the last time around. It has landed in court and padded many lawyers’ pockets in the process. It has divided the community and spawned countless letters to the editor. Still, there it sits. A weed patch with so much promise.

Whether it was the right project at the right time or not, it would be impossible to consider the Kutenai Landing public process a success. This community needs something productive on this land, but the furor that surrounded it helped ensure it sits empty.

The failure of Kutenai Landing is why this small Red Sands victory has the potential to be so important.

The residential and commercial development at that end of Nelson’s waterfront is still far from reality and there will likely be other objections along the way. At least for now the developer has shown that when faced with reasonable protest, Sorensen is willing to listen.

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Victoria Views - Tom Fletcher

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American politics arrive

he Americanization of Canadian and BC politics is gathering speed now that legislated four-year terms are finally settling in at the federal and provincial level.

Scheduled elections are an important reform, but the downside is they seem to lead inexorably to constant campaigning. The latest example is the BC Liberal Party’s website and radio campaign directed at upstart BC Conservative leader John Cummins.

“Strange days indeed,” NDP leader Adrian Dix mused on his Facebook page. “The Liberals, after a week of nasty attacks on the NDP, launched an anti-John Cummins website. Absent a policy agenda, the Liberals seem to want to blame others for their problems. This too will backfire as Ms. Clark is again misreading the public mood. People are demanding substance in politics these days, not photo ops and negative attacks.”

I see nothing strange in Dix rushing to the defence of Cummins, who represents the NDP’s best hope for a move into the legislature’s west wing. It is a bit odd for Dix to accuse others of lacking policy, as he leads a party that has been distinguished by little other than negative political tactics since its neardeath experience in 2001.

This is almost as strange as the BC Liberals damning Cummins as a politician who “says one thing and does another.” Yeah, that can really come back to bite you.

There hasn’t been much of an anti-Dix effort

Premier Christy Clark’s Liberal party is going down the well worn pre-election path cut Tom Fletcher photo in American politics.

yet, but you can be sure there is one sitting on the shelf, prepared for Clark’s recently-abandoned fall election plan. The “nasty attacks” Dix complained about were focused on his federal party’s sudden preference for Quebec seats in the House of Commons, and sniping about which Premier Clark hired more political staff — Christy or Glen?

And it was the NDP who started the negative cycle with their own TV ad, featuring “Campbell Crunch” and “Christy Crunch” cereals, both “loaded with HST.” (I can put to rest the ghastly rumour that the BC Liberal war room will soon unleash a gang of angry, unemployed HST stick-men.)

The US tactic of going negative early, to define your rivals before they can define themselves, has worked spectacularly for

Stephen Harper’s Conservatives. They scorched federal Liberal leaders Stéphane Dion and Michael Ignatieff, and public distaste for these methods does not seem to have hurt them. The anti-Cummins campaign has a similar style, and there are indications that it may have been produced in Toronto.

The website, canttrustcummins.ca, uses a bug-eyed photo of the former fisherman-MP that makes him look like a ray gun-wielding alien from the movie Mars Attacks.

In fact our whole political scene is starting to look like a rerun of a bad 1990s movie.

It was Reform BC that rose from the ashes of Social Credit, and inspired a desperate Gordon Campbell to sing country music and take a hard line on aboriginal relations, to stitch the ruptured right back together.

Cummins defined himself as a ReformAlliance-Conservative MP by railing against treaties, and that continues to be the core of his thin policy book. His other two main ideas are also pure rural populism. He vows to scrap the carbon tax and suggests that municipalities should cut their costs to fund transit.

Voters will have a better idea by the end of this week if Clark’s plan for “defending and creating jobs” is really new policy, or merely more photo ops.

BC has had its first taste of California-style tax revolt. Now we have two years ahead that will be dominated by relentlessly negative, continuous campaigning.

Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press. He can be reached at tfletcher@blackpress.ca

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Letters to the Editor

Wayne Germaine Serving Nelson & Area Since 1987.

End chicken discrimination

The domestic dog: a wolf descendant whose bite is responsible for about 1,000 hospitalizations per day (mostly facial injuries of kids), and 34 deaths in 2010 in the US alone. Known for producing loud noise at all hours of the day, often roaming freely and leaving unsightly and smelly poop everywhere. Perfectly legal in Nelson.

The domestic cat: killer of between 100 million and half a billion birds per year and a known carrier of toxoplasmosis, which poses a serious risk to pregnant women and their babies. Generally roam freely, have a tendency to engage in loud nocturnal fights and poop everywhere.

Perfectly legal in Nelson.

The domestic chicken: Lives in a confined space,

produces minor sound and smell and up to 300 healthy eggs per year. Eats insects, slugs, weeds and kitchen

“The urban chicken issue will return to Nelson city council this fall, and we believe it would only be fair to set the bar for safety and annoyance at the same height for animals and their owners.” scraps. Poops only at home and its scat is appreciated by gardeners as high quality fertilizer. Illegal in Nelson.

Nelson-Creston Greens are not at all opposed to allowing dogs and cats in Nelson.

On the contrary, pets can greatly enrich people’s lives and the vast majority never bite anybody and never poop on sports fields, playgrounds and other people’s lawns.

However, the urban chicken issue will return to Nelson city council this fall, and we believe it would only be fair to set the bar for safety and annoyance at the same height for all animals and their owners. We also hope that councillors in making their decision will not only consider the risks, but also the social, educational and food security benefits of allowing backyard chickens in Nelson.

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So many stores, so many memories

Re: Stores past and present I am writing to thank Monica Sutherland for her letter re: the closing of Ben Sutherland’s store. I would also like to thank Ben Sutherland’s for their many years of service in Nelson.

I would also like to thank stores of Nelson’s past which I enjoyed and can still re-

member. Mann’s and Mayo’s drugstores were nice stores to visit. Mann’s had a great corner for children’s books and toys. There was a Samples Pharmacy before my time.

Sally’s, Sweet 16, Dee’s, Irene’s Ladies Apparel, Wood Vallance, McLaughlin Jewellers, Silvertip Sports, Norm’s Sports, Ramsay’s, Hudson’s

SLUGS. To people who use our precious water resources excessively day in and day out, just to keep their lawns green and lush!

It saddens me to see that water literally going down the drain. Water that could be used for more useful purposes. Shame on you!

SLUGS. To the drivers that park their vehicles right next to an intersection. Sometimes it is difficult enough to see up and down the street with your vehicle in the way!

SLUGS. To people who litter including the smokers who throw their cigarette butts on the ground.

HUGS. To all the Nelsonites that worked so hard to keep Red Sands beach a park for us. Your community spirit and hard work have created a lovely little park for our community.

Bay, Woolworth’s, MacLeod’s, Emory’s, Godfrey’s, Lyon’s, Cutler’s, Rose’s Delicatessen, Harley’s and Peterson’s Fabrics. There was an Overwaitea in the downtown area at one time.

Thanks to all past Nelson stores and the great clerks.

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HUGS. To everyone in Nelson who have been very generous and welcoming to this newbie.

HUGS. To the amazing teachers at our school. Despite the current job action, you are doing your best to ensure our children are off to a great school year!

HUGS. To all the great bands and musicians who make a stop in our neck of the woods.

You add to the great culture and atmosphere of this little city.

HUGS. To the principals at all local schools who are managing to keep the education ship afloat and who are ensuring our kids well looked after.

HUGS. To all of our friends and family for helping us move (again). We really do appreciate it!

If you have a Hug or a Slug... we’d like to hear it. Simply email us at editor@nelsonstarcom 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 ofces at 514 Hall Street.

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Being a traveler you tend to live on the edges of other people’s reality. You can appreciate the good stuff but don’t have to live with the bad stuff. My $5.00 a day lifestyle didn’t leave much room for frolic beyond my small room and something to eat but the atmosphere was free. Being surrounded by the Soviets was a weird feeling because I’d been raised in white bread Toronto and had no interaction with war except on TV and a few beat up uncles who’d taken one for the Queen.

I met Paul in Berlin; he was my age and was traveling back to Utah to go to Vietnam because his number had come up. I had a hard time digesting this because of my encounter with young Soviet soldiers I’d seen ready to kill me and him, this blond haired blue eyed Mormon from Utah who was off to Vietnam. I couldn’t have done it. I was a lover not a fighter. He had been to Australia, though, and so he opened up another window in my life: to think that you could actually go to the other side of the world.

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to my brother telling him to sell my classic motorcycle and send me the money. He wrote back to tell me that he’d borrowed the bike and wrecked it so here was a bit of money. It wasn’t much but hey that’s what family is for.

I was using American Express as my mailbox so I would just tell people to write me in London or wherever was my next stop down the road. My brother sent me the money and I just wrote that part of my life off. I’d been on the road now for two months and I knew I couldn’t go back so it was time to hit up some family. I had a cousin who was married to an Air Force guy in Lahr, West Germany so I got on the train and imposed myself upon them – hey that’s what family is for.

They were beautiful, putting up with me for three days while I snored on their couch, hoovered their fridge and drank all their beer (in Germany they deliver beer to your door weekly! Free! what a concept). The husband cracked on day four, and in a desperate effort to shift me, introduced me to the manager of the base Corporals Club who needed a bartender in the near future. We agreed that since I had no obvious talent beyond being Canadian and having some motor skills that I could do the job. Someone was leaving in two months so I had a job to come back to. My cousin wasn’t heartbroken to see me go, but hey – it’s family. I hitch-hiked to Zurich and got back on my plane to Amsterdam .

With little money and an empty belly, I slept at the youth hostel but quickly got a job at a large hotel on the main square. I did whatever work they wanted done and lived on a jar of peanut butter and bread which I bought each day. I worked there for a week and gave them good value while I wandered “Rosse Buurt” the infamous Red Light District. My meagre pay put me on a totally unacceptable “just looking” footing. Time to move on: next stop Sweden…

A 29-year-old Nelson man faces two charges after crashing his car and leaving the scene.

On Tuesday night a 1997 Honda Civic driving the wrong way on the 1600 block of Cedar Street entered the intersection and struck a 2008 Dodge Dakota, which was travelling east on Silica Street.

The Honda struck the pickup’s driver side rear tire and quarter panel causing the pick-up to spin 180 degrees before coming to a stop.

According to a witness, the driver of the Honda made no effort to stop and tried to flee the scene in his vehicle, but was unable to because of the amount of damage the vehicle sustained in the crash.

One of the two male occupants of the Honda exited the vehicle

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Last year there were 31 grizzly calls in Nelson and its surrounding areas, a significant increase from past years. Experts speculate that the increase may have been a result of plentiful huckleberry crops two years ago.

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and walked down the street away from the crash site, the other occupant removed the license plate from the rear of the vehicle and also fled the scene in the same direction.

After a search of the area police were unable to locate both suspects.

Fire and ambulance teams responded to the scene and tended to the passengers of the pick-up.

The driver and her two children aged nine and 13 were not hurt.

One of the males from the Honda later turned himself in at he police station. The man admitted being the driver of the vehicle and was subsequently arrested for leaving the scene of an accident and one count of dangerous driving. He is scheduled to appear before court in December.

The investigation remains open and further charges are pending.

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plentiful last year, those cubs were then forced to wander into the city looking for nourishment.

The bylaw calls for residents to store garbage in a wildlife resistant structure until garbage collection day.

It also requires residents leave their garbage at the curb only between 5 a.m. and 7 p.m. on collection day. Those in violation of the law may find themselves being billed for the service if the city is forced to clean up after them.

To read the wildlife attract bylaw in-depth residents can visit the City website or contact the City for more information.

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Neil Snelson wasn’t sure how he was going to deal with the murder charge he was facing in the first few days following his arrest. “Is it your intention to plead guilty then?� Sgt. Peter Tewfik asked Snelson early into a two-and-half hour interview, recorded Oct. 24, 2009. “I haven’t made that decision yet,� replied Snelson. “I have to talk to my lawyer about what I’m going to do.�

Deferring an opportunity to make a statement until he consulted with his legal defence, Wade Jenson, was a common refrain for Snelson over the course of that lengthy interview, which jurors at the Kelowna man’s murder trial watched in court on Tuesday and Wednesday.

It wasn’t a matter of if the courts would use anything he said against him, he said he’d been advised by Jenson. It was merely a matter of how.

Although Snelson chose to offer neither a denial nor confession about former Nelson resident Jennifer Cusworth’s death to Tewfik, Justice Alison Beames cautioned the jury Wednesday to not draw conclusions from his silence on the matter.

No person in Canada has an obligation to speak to po-

lice, so an inference of guilt cannot be drawn from choosing to exercise that right, she explained.

Snelson’s videotaped interview was a decidedly different change of pace, from the earlier half of the day where biological evidence was, once again, the focus.

“She died closer to the time she was seen alive than when she was dumped.�

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Specifically being examined was Dr. Ron Roy’s 1993 autopsy.

Crown counsel called in Dr. William Currie, who had looked over autopsy notes at the behest of investigators in 2010.

Upon reviewing the file, Currie had narrowed in on a time of death. “She died closer to the time she was seen alive than when she was dumped,� Currie testified.

Currie noted he was aware of the fact that Cusworth was last seen around 4 a.m., October 16, 1993. She was found October 17, 1993, at 9:30 a.m.

Currie made those conclusions about Cusworth’s time of death based on her body

temperature, the ratio of alcohol in her vitreous fluid to the alcohol level in her blood — a sign of metabolism — and the level of rigor mortis.

Defence lawyer Grant Gray took issue with that finding, and tried to uncover whether it would be possible that Cusworth’s body would reach the same level of deterioration had the teenager drank throughout Saturday afternoon.

Currie said it was a possible scenario.

That said, Lynette Carney testified Wednesday that some time between 3 a.m. to 5 a.m., Cusworth was sitting on the patio of the Richter Street home where she was last seen, contemplating putting an end to her night of partying. “She said she was going to walk home, it was only a couple of blocks away,â€? recalled Carney, who sparked a conversation with Cusworth earlier that night over the fact they were both from the Kootenays. “I told her, this isn’t the Kootenays‌ we should get a cab.â€?

When Carney returned 15 to 30 minutes after that conversation, Cusworth was gone.

Carney had seen Cusworth several times throughout the night, both at the Bernard Avenue bar they’d been at and the after-party.

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Sep. 23rd - Karkwa w/ Aidan Knight Polaris Music Winners

Sep. 24th - Said the Whale 2011 Juno Winners: Best New Group

Sep. 27th - Hollerado with Young Rival & Wildlife Sep. 28th - Yukon Blonde & Library Voices Sep. 29th - The Sheepdogs Cover of Rolling Stone August 2011

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Kyprios & the Chaperones

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Ms Kitten & Loo Loo Fashion Show

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Aaron Nazrul & the Boom Booms with Yardsale

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Eprom and Salva

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Mat the Alien with B-Ron

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Redman with Mad Child of Swollen Members

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Aphrodite

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Val Kilmer & The New Coke Live 80s Band

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MOVING PLANET: A DAY OF ACTION

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23

On September 24 the Nelson chapter of the Council of Canadians will join the EcoSociety at the Cottonwood market to participate in Moving Planet, a world-wide day of action, to get moving beyond fossil fuels. At 3 p.m. a walk will be led from the market to the city hall plaza in conjunction with the EcoSociety’s bike rally. Join us beforehand at our table to participate in sign-making. Bring your ideas and let the government know if you are unhappy with its lack of action on climate change and its dependence on the Alberta tarsands to produce unsustainable energy. For more information Contact Sandra Nelken 250-352-5274.

L’Ecole des Sentiers Alpins will have their back to school barbecue from 4:30 to 7 p.m. At 5 p.m. the new playgound will be officially opened with a ribbon cutting ceremony. The school is located at Six Mile in the former A.I. Collinson school. The address is 2780 Hwy 3A.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24

The fourth annual Nelson fall fair mixes the old with the new – a revival of Nelson’s historic harvest fair with an international day of action on climate change. In the true spirit of an agricultural fair, there will be a contest for best locally grown fruits and vegetables, RIVERS PADDLE DAY home preserves, home baked pies and fruit desserts, food art and On Sunday, September 25 the Columbia Canoe and Kayak Club and more. Additionally, there will be live music and fun races for the kids the Creston Valley Wildlife Management Area will be celebrating BC at noon including such classics as the three-legged and the wheelbarRivers Day in Creston. This is the last flat water trip of the season for row race. Full contest guidelines are available at ecosociety.ca. the Columbia Canoe and Kayak Club and we expect fair weather and a good turn out. Paddlers should meet staff and Canoe and Kayak Max and Irma’s restaurant will now have live music Fridays and SatClub members at the Tim Hortons parking lot at 10 a.m. in Creston. urdays between 6 and 9 p.m. featuring Rylan Kewen and Nikko ForsWe will all drive to the put-in from there. Bring a personal flotation berg. device, lunch, sun screen, appropriate weather gear and an extra set of dry clothing in a waterproof container (couple garbage bags will The Taghum Hall Society’s popular Starry Night astronomy program do). Binoculars are recommended. For more information contact will continue right through the autumn months. The Starry Night program is free and is held outside of Taghum Community Hall Carla Ahern at 250-402-6900 ex. 225 (5915 Taghum Hall Road). For more information, contact Wayne SLOCAN VALLEY BC RIVERS DAY Holmes at 250-354-1586 or email, taghumhall@shaw.com.

Celebrate the Slocan River at a free educational community event.

The event will feature lectures by keynote speakers Dr. Don McPhail, The Nelson Air Cadets will be coming door to door to collect your a pre-eminent fish biologist from the University of BC, and Wayne bottles as part of a bottle drive, but to ensure that your beverage McCrory, a renown bear biologist. There will also be two education containers will be picked up, please call 250-505-5024 by today to video presentations. The weekend will also include artwork, a lunch arrange for pick-up, or you can drop off your beverage containers of salmon and fry bread. The event runs fro 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the with us. Look for our sign on Front Street across the street from the Appledale Hall.

Prestige Inn (not the one at Lakeside). The Air Cadets have been a part of the Nelson community for 59 years. Please support the Air KOOTENAY BOOK WEEKEND Cadets by donating your refundable recyclables.

The Kootenay Book Weekend has a great selection for you to read this summer and provides the format to join in for some stimulating Arts and heritage organizations are facing many challenges. Meet discussion and fun. This year they are pleased to have Ruth Ozeki as those challenges head-on with this upcoming professional developtheir guest author. Two of Ruth’s books will be discussed on Sunday, ment workshop in Nelson on September 24 and 25. Presented by LesMy Year of Meats and All Over Creation. Ruth is an award winning au- lie Thompson, this workshop will cover effective board management, thor, filmmaker, humanitarian, environmentalist and Buddhist nun. volunteer recruitment and management, marketing and fundraising The talk, which is open to the public, is at 11 a.m. at the Best Western fundamentals for arts and heritage organizations – key elements for Inn on Baker Street. The cost is $10 at the door and tickets can also be sustainability. For more information contact 250-352-2421 or toll purchased at Otter Books. free: 1-800-850-2787 or email wkracassistant@telus.net.

TAKE IT OFF DAY

On October 15, 2011 we’re going to have our fourth annual Take it Off Day party at the Nelson Trading Company in Nelson. All it takes is eight inches; an eight inch ponytail that is. Start planning now to take it off with us in October. How does it work? While the date is a little ways off, now is the time to start thinking about donating your ponytail. Through this event and the Pantene Beautiful Lengths program, you have the power to pass along a meaningful gift to a woman undergoing treatment for cancer, at no cost to her. Anyone wishing to donate their hair can do so during the event. We’ll have hairdressers on site with all their supplies. We’ll even ship your donation for you.

Just call or visit us at Annie’s Boutique before the event to register. It takes six ponytails to create a wig. Make the most of your donation by inviting five friends to join in too. If you wish, you will also be able to make a monetary donation to fund groundbreaking research projects for the prevention of cancer, and to support women living with the disease.

CRAFT CONNECTION

Stop by Craft Connection to see the exhibit Picking Up the Pieces featuring work by Kate Bridger with her wonderful fabric scenes, Lena Cutnam’s recycled material hand bags and coats and Katherine Mandley’s beautiful still life paintings. The exhibit runs from midSeptember to the end of October.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25

Join the Nelson Community Labyrinth Group in celebrating the fall equinox by walking the Lakeside Labyrinth. Located next to the tennis courts in Rotary Lakeside Park. This is a community event to welcome the change of seasons. The walk begins at 1 p.m. Everyone welcome.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26

Do you enjoy Scottish country dancing? Join in the fun every Monday from 7 p.m. to 9 pm at Central school gym, use Mill Street entrance. Beginners are welcome. For more information contact Kathy at 250-359-7545, June at 250-352-1836, or Beverly at 250-352-7850.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27

Do you enjoy drumming? Join the drumming circle and take part in some guided rhythms. We are all beginners. The circle meets the second and forth Tuesday evening every month from 7 to 9 p.m. Meet at Bigby Place at 509 Front Street. For more information call 250352-5616.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28

Play table tennis at Blewett elementary school from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. when school is in session. The drop-in fee is $2. For more information contact K. Rosenberg at 250-352-5739.

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Said The Whale, is a Canadian rock band, formed in 2007 as a collaboration between songwriters Ben Worcester and Tyler Bancroft. The pair’s debut EP, Taking Abalonia, featured sunny West Coast indie pop, with breezy harmonies, shimmering guitars, and lyrical tributes to their home city of Vancouver. In 2008, the album was re-released as Howe Sounds/Talking Abalonia, featuring seven additional tracks that stretched the band’s stylistic palate to include bubblegum folk, thundering hard rock and gentle ukulele ballads. The quintet embarked upon a rigorous touring schedule, crossing Canada numerous times and landing high profile gigs at V-Fest 2008 in Calgary and the nationally televised Canada Day celebration on Parliament Hill. Said The Whale took home the Juno this year for Best New Group. Doors open at 10 p.m. and tickets are $10 in advance.

Tuesday, September 27

Trailer Park Boys duo, Randy and Mr. Lahey are bringing their stand-up to the Royal. It’s going to be an awesome night of comedy, featuring two Canadian Trailer Park Boys icons and much more. For this one, the Royal is having a full on trailer park night, so dress accordingly.

With an opening set by Skidney and Sleazel, they will get you howling with their brand of comedy, and hilarious live performance. DJ Rhapsody will be playing all your favourite trailer park hits, and then of course Randy and Mr. Lahey will bring their antics to knock you off your feet. Doors open at 8 p.m. Tickets are $15 in advance or $20 the day of show. Tickets are available at Royal Espresso, Eddy Music and liveattheroyal.com.

Saturday, September 24

DJ Soup will be laying it down at The Royal. Afro beat, bass music and disco funk will be in the mix this night.

After this year’s Shambhala Music Festival, Soup has tons of fresh jams from a lot of the dope artists that played on his Pagoda stage and other stages. Showtime is at 9 p.m.

Tickets are $5 at the door before 11 p.m.

Monday, September 26

Cheesecake Burlesque Revue Celebrate the launch of the Capitol Theatre’s new season with some burlesque. The Cheesecake Burlesque Revue keeps audiences coming back for more: more laughs, more tease and more body confidence. The Cheesecakes are multiple award winners who have shimmied across stages in Las Vegas, Vancouver, Berlin, Seattle and Victoria to name a few. With influences from cult classics like Priscilla Queen of The Desert to Broadway favourites like Guys and Dolls to imaginative roller coasters like their original Cheesecakes In Space, these girls know how to put on the modern day show-stopper! The show starts at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20 for adults and $16 for full-time students. For more information or to purchase tickets visit capitoltheatre.bc.ca.

Thursday, September 29

The time has come for a ski film that stands for something. All I Can unites spectacular cinematography with creative cinematic language to fuse a passion for skiing with the potential to help the environment. In bringing the planet to life and drawing parallels between our daily existence, we find a common ground between the global situation and the real individual. Epic natural cinematography, ground breaking skiing from Chile to Greenland, and an attainable display of green solutions create an accessible identification point for the viewer, leaving them with an inspiring new perspective. The film features skiing by Mark Abma, Eric Hjorleifson, Chris Rubens, James Heim, Callum Pettit, JP Auclair, Mike Douglas, Kye Petersen, Rory Bushfield, Ingrid Backstrom, John Collison, Lynsey Dyer, Ian McIntosh, Chad Sayers, Matty Richard, Dana Flahr, Greg Hill, Cody Barnhill and more. It also features scenes filmed in Chile, Canada, Morocco, Greenland, Alaska and beyond. The show starts at 8:30 tickets are $12 for adults and $10 for students.

Hollerado Hollerado grew up on the same street in a small town in Ontario. There is one bar in the town and on Friday nights the jukebox plays Roy Orbison and John Prine.

One day, while riding the bus, a man in an exquisitely tailored suit said to them “it is not nearly as fun to reminisce about the times you didn’t spend your life savings on four one-way tickets to Japan.” With that in mind they got jobs doing construction. When they were tearing down the old walls they listened to The Who. While0 they built new walls they talked about time travel. Soon they bought an old van and started a moving company (Haulerado). The van had a tape player and they listened exclusively to the Traveling Wilburys. They are thinking of wearing 90s clothes for their upcoming show opening for Weezer. In 2010, Hollerado toured with Free Energy throughout the United States and Canada, as headliner in their home country and as support act in the US. Many of these concerts featured both bands on stage aiding each other in backup vocals on their own songs, and covers of Bruce Springsteen and Neil Young. In 2011, the band was nominated for the Best New Group Award at the 2011 Juno Awards. Doors open at 10 p.m. and ticket information is available at the Hume Hotel.

Ra Ra Riot Combining indie rock with chamber pop Ra Ra Riot flourishes. Their eclectic sound, complete with a small string section, will hit the Royal. This New York six piece is known for their energetic live shows and has quickly gathered a huge following since their beginnings in 2006.

They have been called chamber or baroque rock -- thanks to the cello and violin, the result is a powerful pop/rock sound. Be sure to check them out. Showtime is at 8 p.m.

Tickets $10 available at liveattheroyal.com, Royal Espresso and Eddy Music.

Tuesday, September 27

Have you got the urge to groove to some great local electronic music? Hop on the Magic Bus every Tuesday night at the Royal as they showcase the best in local DJs. This week DJ Express will be getting the crowd moving. Showtime is at 10 p.m. and the cover is free.

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Raymond doesn’t care, but he does care about you, and how you’re coping. He wants to help you be all that you can be in 2112, he wants to show you how to take advantage of the possibilities and hopefully, he won’t have a meltdown and get fired again. IShow (a play written and performed by Lucas Myers) is a satirical look at where we may end up, and how one man tries to survive in the face of mounting obstacles and diminishing returns. IShow features new music and all new material.

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Anne DeGrace Set for Launch of Latest Book

Marrying history MEGAN COLE Nelson Star Reporter

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anada’s history is vast and extensive. History books tackle the events that have changed the courses history, but in Nelson novelist Anne DeGrace’s latest offering Flying with Amelia, Canada’s history is interwoven with the human experience to tell a tale that spans a century.

“The book is part intergenerational tale, part six degrees of separation in that wonderful serendipitous way that we find ourselves saying ‘small world’ when we find ourselves knowing somebody who knows somebody who knows somebody,” says DeGrace.

Flying with Amelia tells the story of two families who emigrate from Ireland during the Great Famine. As time passes the families scatter across the country.

“That’s the connective tissue for the stories, which make up the 10 chapters in the book. Each one takes place in a different decade of Canadian history,” says DeGrace. “They have a historical backdrop but the stories are very much human tales about regular people for whom the events of history influence their lives. I love history and I love being able to marry the common place with those kinds of sweeping changes and events that happen.”

DeGrace began writing Flying with Amelia when she entered the Nelson and District Art Council’s 24 hour literary competition.

“Originally it was a book of short stories. It changed into something with more length,” she says. “The first one was the 1970 FLQ story about the 10-year-old protagonist. In that particular story there is a parallel between the FLQ terrorist crisis and bullying, so those are the two things that are kind of going on there.”

A few years later, DeGrace participated in the competition again where she wrote what became another chapter for the novel.

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Flying for Ameila is Anne DeGrace’s fourth novel.

“In that competition I wrote the story that takes place in 1934 and that’s the title story of the book.

That’s where the title Flying with Amelia comes from,” she says. “It’s a correspondence between a young woman working for a newspaper in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia who’s corresponding with an out of work school teacher on the prairies in the Great Depression, when Amelia Earhart was doing her flight. I won that competition as well.”

Even though DeGrace hasn’t visited all the cities that the stories take place in, she was able to draw on personal experiences for a couple chapters.

“For the chapter that takes place in Ottawa during the FLQ crisis in 197o. I was actually there for that and my protagonist is a 10-yearold girl. I wouldn’t call it autobiographical, but there is certainly a lot of my own experience in that one,” says DeGrace.

Another chapter brings readers a little closer to home

telling the story of Doukhobors in New Denver during the 1950s.

Telling a story that travels across time and geography requires a lot of research and DeGrace drew from the internet, interlibrary loans and a host of experts.

“What happens for me is I become a mini expert in something for a defined period of time and then I move on. Often I forget a lot of what I’ve learned but its there in the story. The research behind whatever the story is solid,” she says.

“My acknowledgments in the back of the book are full of people who helped me like biologists from the Yukon, the Doukhobor people that were willing to read that particular chapter. I had people that knew the geography of Montreal better than I do go over that and who know French better than I do make sure my French was correct.”

Flying for Amelia is the fourth novel by DeGrace.

The launch for the book will take place on October 7 at the Nelson Public Library starting at 7:30 p.m.

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$600,000 Hole

Oso Helps Burn Fund

School district starts paying down debt

Nelson professional firefighters were out in full force earlier this month during the Road Kings annual Queen City Cruise.

The local firefighters were set up in the downtown selling Oso Negro coffee with all proceeds going to the BC Professional Firefighters Burn Fund, which puts money into the Vancouver burn ward.

Coffee for a Cause had three specialty brewed Oso Negro coffee to choose from — Action Ready, Interior Attack and Night Shift. In total the local crew sold 160 bags of coffee, which was all donated by the local roaster. The effort collected more than $1,300 for the fund. Earlier this week Oso Negro’s Mike Tremblay (middle) gathered at the Nelson firehall with firefighters Gord Rae (left) and Greg Procter (right) to hand over the cheque.

BRYONY FORTUNE Nelson Star Reporter

With no appeals left, the final decision has been made by the Kootenay Lake School District to repay the provincial government the $600,000 it was overpaid last year.

On Wednesday, district superintendent Jeff Jones confirmed that the district had already paid back almost a third of the amount owed.

Thieves hit local dealership Nelson Star Staff

On Tuesday, West Kootenay Integrated Road Safety Unit made a request for Nelson Police to attend Nelson Ford.

Nelson Ford staff met with police and it was determined that one vehicle was stolen and two

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Level 6.6 acre parcel is split by Hwy 6, section below Hwy is 4.5 acres which includes 390 ‘ of frontage on the Slocan River. Portion above Hwy is 2.1 acres accessible off Pedro Creek Rd. Just south of Winlaw, fronting on highway & Rails to Trails. Call Burke for details & maps.

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“We’ve already paid back almost $200,000 of it, so I don’t think we’ll need more than three years to pay it back,” he said.

As to how the payments would affect the Kootenay classrooms, Jones said it would be minimal.

“We would be looking at other places in the district before we look at direct removal of resources from the classroom,” said Jones.

3435 Bodard Drive $569,900 This architecturally designed home offers the unmatched beauty of a unique floor plan, gourmet kitchen, and amazing decks. Panoramic vistas from inside & out encompassing mountain & lake viewscapes.

This quality 3 bdrm, den & 2.5 bath home on .43 acre professionally landscaped is close to Kootenay lake & an easy commute to Nelson. Call John to view.

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vehicles were damaged during the theft.

The stolen truck was spotted in the Castlegar area by an IRSU member and was later found abandoned in a ditch.

Damage to the three vehicles is estimated at over $15,000.

Police are currently conducting an investigation.

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Go Green. Walk to downtown, the mall, rec centre, Lakeside park, schools, or grocery stores. Two bdrm compact home with open living design. Lake views. Easy-care 64 x 65 lot. Good starter or time to downsize? Located adjacent to the City of Nelson Tourist Park. Call David for details.

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6123 Telford Road $199,900 Unbelievable valley and river views on a 1 acre parcel of land with 1200 sq ft home and a 1400 sq ft Garage/shop, plus bonus 12’x24’ studio. House is 1 bdrm but large enough to put in 1 or 2 more bdrms. Deck out the back to take advantage of the views, large garden. Great home for the first time buyer, the garage/shop allows one to run a home based business. Call Burke.

Lot B Howe Street

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612 Gore Street $339,000 Uphill Gem. Great family home with 2 bdrms on the main & 2 bdrms down.

Located close to schools and public transit. Tastefully updated with an open plan main living area & nice mountain views. Easy care 45 x 120 lot with lots of space for children & pets. A very easy home to fall in love with. Basement offers in-law suite potential too. Call John.

10-2756 Greenwood Rd $74,900 Comfortable spacious 1991 14’ wide mobile located in desirable Greenwood MHP 6 miles from Nelson. 3 Bdrms, large bath, vaulted ceilings & skylights + workshop. Enjoy an open concept kitchen/ dining, sunken lr. Addition with sun room accesses front & rear decks. Lots of amenities nearby. Call Trevor for details.

3132 Keniris Road $574,900 Custom design straw bale & frame home.

Eco-friendly with amazing attention to detail. Custom hand-crafted cabinetry, beautiful wood beams, hardwood floors & in-floor heat. 3.29 Acres, organic gardens, abundant fruit trees & views of the lake & mountains. A “must see” to be fully appreciated. Call John for details.

1518 McQuarrie Ave

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Affordable 3 bdrm 1.5 bath 1/2 duplex in Rosemont. Updated laminate flooring. Opened living areas. Newer roof & windows. Easy care lot. Back deck. Off Street parking. Close to schools & bus route. Great alternative to paying rent. Call Trevor.

3627 Kendall Court $1,590,000 Private level acreage with 4,000 ft of Slocan River front. 3,200 Sqft 3 bed/3bath rancher with den, hobby room, family room, vaulted cedar ceilings, 16’ view windows in the 34’ x 32’ great room. In-floor heat, Italian tile, Hickory cabinets, granite counter tops. 2 Covered decks, 3 patios. Triple garage, double carport.

Fabulous river & valley views. Call Burke.

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National Forestry Week at Kokanee Creek

Planting the seeds of forestry’s future MEGAN COLE Nelson Star Reporter

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rade 5 students from around Nelson spent some time out in the woods on Wednesday celebrating National Forestry Week.

The Kootenay Lake Forestry Centre partnered up with the Ministry of Environment and BC Parks to teach students a little bit about forestry, wildlife and trees.

“The kids get a sense of why it’s important to save different areas for these animals.”

Neil Bow

Forestry Centre

“The Grade 5 students are taking natural resources as part of their school curriculum and we combine that with the celebration of National Forestry Week,” said Neil Bow with the Forestry Centre.

“The students have a field day at Kokanee Creek Park. They get to go and explore all the different facets of forestry and forestry management and particular some of the topical issues.”

The students wound their way through the woods as they stopped at eight different stations. The stations had themes like forest protection and protecting forests from fires, bugs, bark and art, and a scavenger hunt to identify attributes in the forest.

The Ministry of Environment and BC Parks also set up a few stations for the students.

“One is to celebrate the 100th an-

niversary of the park, they also talk about wildlife and being bear aware,” said Bow. “BC Parks does some of the different aspects of wildlife where they match up footprints to the animal and antlers.”

The students also learn about caribou from a wildlife biologist.

“The kids get a sense of why it’s important to save different areas for these important animals,” said Bow. About 180 kids from the Nelson area took part in the forestry day, and Bow said it’s something teachers and students enjoy every year.

“I’ve had the teachers tell me that throughout the whole year they reflect on this day because they go back to talk about different things that they learn a little bit more about in class and then they come back and think about what they did during forestry day,” said Bow. One lesson that Bow has seen develop over the years is teaching the girls who participate that they could grow up to be part of the forestry industry.

“Forestry has always been a very male dominated industry and more and more so we have women entering the industry, so it’s important for me to ask and make sure that there’s women on the protection crews,” says Bow. “I’ve seen within the years that I’ve done this, little girls watching these women who are on the protection crews who are starting up chainsaws and putting on all of the protective gear and you can see the light go on in their young minds that ‘hey, I could do that.’ That’s really important to me because that’s a big part of where that shift is happening.

I think this is where those types of shifts happen and turn into reality.”

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Touchstones of Nelson - Greg Scott

Police quell Krestova riot Dateline September 4, 1958

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he doors will close today on some of Nelson’s earliest history. The historic Madden Hotel, erected at the corner of Baker and Ward Streets in 1898, is doomed for demolition. Jimmie Madden, owner of the pioneer hostel that was “home” for early sourdoughs before and after the turn of the century, will lock the doors “for keeps” today.

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lence to the school bus hurled earlier by a mob of frenzied Freedomite women warned of a possible attack and sparked the most determined police counter-preparations ever launched in the district. The short tension packed period was the latest indication of radical unrest in this troubled section of BC. It followed a short lull which was brought about by a federal-provincial governments offer to assist the Sons of Freedom to migrate to Russia.

CMP. officers armed with tear gas grenades and a riot gun boarded a school bus Tuesday and escorted 28 children into the Sons of Freedom headquarters at Krestova. Threats of vioStory continues to Page 19

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is romp through Whistler Village after winning a gold medal skeleton will forever be etched in Canadian sports lore.

After a thrilling victory on the track, Jon Montgomery strolled through the crowd, grabbed a pitcher of beer from a fan and took a swig.

A truly Canadian moment of joy that helped bolster the spirit of a nation at a key point in the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.

Earlier this month, Montgomery was in Nelson putting together the stepping stones of what he hopes will be another great skeleton moment at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics in Russia.

“There were five people who knew who I was… my wife, my mother, my father and my two sisters,” Montgomery chuckled when asked to reflect on the night he lifted Canada onto his shoulders. “So to go from five to five million in the course of an evening was a stroke of luck to be honest with you.

Just the manner in which my event unfolded, the dramatic conclusion, it being Friday night, Canada’s hopes were waning at that point where we hadn’t quite realized the success we were hoping for.

People were really looking for something to rally around… all those things led to having a great outcome for myself.

“I was in an incredibly fortunate position, but those

KIJHL Stats League Standings Neil Murdoch Division TEAM GP W Beaver Valley 2 2 Castlegar 2 1 Nelson 2 1 Spokane 3 1 Grand Forks 2 0

L 0 1 1 2 2

T 0 0 0 0 0

OTL 0 0 0 0 0

P 4 2 2 2 0

Eddie Mountain Division TEAM GP W Fernie 3 3 Kimberley 2 2 Golden 2 2 Columbia Val. 2 0 Creston Valley 2 0

L 0 0 0 2 2

T 0 0 0 0 0

OTL 0 0 0 0 0

P 6 4 4 0 0

Okanagan Division TEAM GP Penticton 3 Princeton 2 Kelowna 2 Osoyoos 2 Summerland 2

W 2 1 1 1 1

L 1 0 1 1 1

T 0 0 0 0 0

OTL 0 1 0 0 0

P 4 2 2 2 2

Doug Birks Division TEAM GP Revelstoke 3 N. Okanagan 3 Kamloops 3 Sicamous 2 Chase 2

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Friday, September 23 Kelowna at Nelson Leafs, 7 p.m. NDCC Fernie at Kimberley Sicamous at Chase Castlegar at Grand Forks North Okanagan at Columbia Valley Golden at Creston Valley Kamloops at Revelstoke Princeton at Osoyoos Beaver Valley at Spokane photo courtesy Ewan Nicholson Photography

Saturday, September 24 Nelson at Spokane Osoyoos at Penticton Revelstoke at Sicamous Creston Valley at Columbia Valley Kimberley at Fernie Kelowna at Beaver Valley North Okanagan at Golden Princeton at Summerland

Jon Montgomery’s infectious smile is one of the lasting impressions of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games.

happenstance occurrences don’t happen for everybody.

We consider ourselves fortunate and we are riding this wave and taking advantage of this opportunity to play full time athletes. Myself and [wife] Darla plan on getting it done in 2014.”

Montgomery was in Nelson to train with local physiotherapist Damien Moroney.

Montgomery and his wife Darla Deschamps Montgomery — who is also a Canadian skeleton athlete — actually

spent a total of three weeks in Nelson over the summer training with Moroney, who they met through the local’s work with other Canadian bobsled and skeleton athletes.

“Damien without question is the best at this stuff and so if you want to be the best you have to train with the best,” Montgomery told the Nelson Star.

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Sunday, September 25 Spokane at Nelson Leafs, 2 p.m. NDCC Columbia Valley at Sicamous Kelowna at Castlegar Revelstoke at Chase North Okanagan at Kamloops

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Sports Former Nelson Junior Leafs Forward Settles In with Smoke Eaters

Wheeldon takes work ethic to the next level BOB HALL Nelson Star Editor

The Trail Smoke Eaters will have a name on the 2011-12 roster familiar to Nelson hockey fans. After a hard-fought preseason, forward Adam Wheeldon has cracked the BCHL line-up.

“To be honest with you, every little thing he does impresses me,” says Smoke Eaters head coach Bill Birks who took over the team’s top job this past spring. “He works hard which is number one, but he is a good character kid. He does all the little things that most people don’t see in a game. He is one of those valuable kids that is going to be a big piece of the puzzle.”

Wheeldon was a rookie with the Nelson Junior Leafs last season where he registered nine points in a primarily checking

role. The gritty centre also compiled 78 minutes in penalties.

Wheeldon played minor hockey in Nelson starting in atom and helped the Bantam reps to a provincial title in 2009. Before joining the Leafs as a 16-year-old rookie, Wheeldon played one season with the Kootenay Ice in the BC Major Midget league.

Many of the same qualities local hockey fans have seen on display at the Nelson and District Community Complex over the years are what caught Birks’ eye since training camp opened in August.

“In pre-season he was the guy that had the most hits, blocked the most shots, drew the most penalties,” said Birks. “He does so many things right that it’s hard not to keep him. He’s a great kid and fits into the room well. As a 17-year-old I already

Adam Wheeldon in action with the Leafs last season. The hard working forward will play in Trail this season.

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see him being a leader on this team.”

Luke Bertolucci, who is from Trail and played on the Kootenay Ice midget team last season, also cracked the Smoke Eaters

roster for the upcoming season.

Former Nelson Junior Leafs goaltender Matt Larose is entering his second season with the Smoke Eaters between pipes.

Trail opens its regular sea-

son this weekend with a pair of home games against the Westside Warriors.

The Westside roster includes former Nelson Junior Leafs Shaun Hochhausen, Brett Mackinnon and Brayden Sherbinin.

Both games start at 7:30 p.m. at the Cominco Arena. ttt Another former Nelson Minor Hockey product has also embarked on his second season of Tier II junior A. Troy Petrick is playing with the Dawson Creek Rage of the North American Hockey League. Petrick — who also played for the Midget Ice — has registered three assists in the team’s four games.

Last season Petrick scored five goals and added 11 assists in his rookie season with the Rage.

Despite reaching the top, it’s a struggle to keep public engaged

Continued from Page 20 we have realized there are potentially some deficiencies with the manner in which we move and the way that we train. Addressing those things three years out from the Games is much better than doing it the season of and expecting there to be results.”

Moroney has carved out a niche in the world of professional and amateur sport to the point where his methods have become sought after. A physiotherapist for 19 years, Moroney also has his strength and training certification which allows him to fill in some of the grey areas not covered by specific professionals the high level athletes employ.

“It’s the ability to look at athletes that are both coming back from injury, have recurrent based injuries, but still need to do performance planning and performance based work with objectives,” Moroney said.

“I look at how we can identify movement strategies in the background to make them more efficient, more resilient and less likely to break down.

Ideally enhance their ability to perform on the track or on the field.”

Moroney’s stable of athletes he works is substantial.

Through the B2ten program — a privately funded organization that contributes to amateur sport — Moroney has assisted

athletes in bobsled, moguls, skier cross, cross country, ski jumping and track and field.

He also works with Red Bull Canada to help develop X Games athletes, has worked with professional golfer Davis Love III, consulted with the Montreal Canadiens and helped Cirque du Soleil.

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THE SPOTLIGHT DIMS fter his spirited victory in February 2010, Montgomery found himself a media darling. The Russell, Manitoba native’s gregarious and humble nature was infectious. His red beard and pride was unforgettable.

Yet 20 months later, he was able to wander the streets of Nelson with very few people even recognizing him.

“There are definitely aspects of our lives that have improved as a result of the 2010 phenomenon that we experienced,” Montgomery explained. “I think the single greatest thing that came out of the 2010 Games for athletes in Canada is people’s awareness and pride in what happened there. I know there is a real desire for people to connect with the winter athletes and the amateur sports scene. Unfortunately there is just not an easy way to do it in this country.”

The Vancouver Games helped lift the status of winter athletes to the highest level it

has ever seen, but that momentum has not been sustained.

It’s nothing new in Canada.

Athletes who are given very little financial resources are expected to hoist the flag high during big events like the Olympics, but between Games people tend to forget about them.

In Europe there are 24-hour

“People see it at the Olympics, but that is the end of a quadrennial... four years in the planning.”

Damien Moroney

Nelson Physiotherapist

television stations dedicated to amateur sport and overall media coverage is intense. In Canada there is a proposal for a similar television network, but it sits gathering dust on a shelf.

“All these fringe sports that we call them in Canada get due attention in Europe,” said Montgomery. “These athletes are the big stars… the downhill skiers in Austria are the Sidney Crosbys of the scene. I’m not griping or feeling sorry for myself because I enjoy a little anonymity. But it doesn’t make it easy for people to become vested in you as an athlete if they don’t get to watch you day-in and day-out perform.”

Over the years Moroney has had a front row seat to just how hard amateur athletes in this country work with very little support and attention.

“I don’t think people have a sense for how hard and what the commitment is,” says Moroney, who works out of Kokanee Physiotherapy in Nelson when he is not traveling the world.

“To make small gains in performance — which is what’s required in order to be competing with the world’s elite — the amount of work it takes to gain one-tenth of a second on a start is phenomenal.

“People see it at the Olympics, but that is the end of a quadrennial… four years in the planning. And the thing is, they don’t all make it. I know some of the ones who have worked incredibly hard and not made it for various reasons.

I admire the work they put in and the dedication they put into it. I’m proud to be a piece of that puzzle.”

The challenges Canadian athletes face are not going to get any easier. Canada had its best performance ever at the Vancouver Games and there are going to be expectations for more of the same in Russia in 2014.

Montgomery said that’s going to be difficult.

“You can’t be the best athlete when you have to worry about

putting food in your mouth and putting a roof over your head,” he said.

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NELSON DELIVERS ike so many who have visited for the first time, Montgomery bonded with the Nelson area this summer.

“We love the city… it’s amazing here,” he said. “We have never been here before, but we have been talking about how we can figure out a way to come back and spend more time here next summer. Nelson is the type of place that speaks to us as far as pace of life and the environment.”

The Montgomerys have returned to their base in Calgary in preparation for the upcoming skeleton season. They will now use the techniques learned from Moroney during the winter and into the future.

“He was always around and we were never quite sure why, but now we are finding out,” said Montgomery thinking back to the last two seasons where Moroney worked with the Canadian bobsled athletes.

“He will be a big part of our training program leading up to 2014, I can promise you that.”

“You have a real gem in him [Moroney]. We would like to come back here and maybe become more a part of the community. So if folks know we’re around then we would love to stop and talk with them.”

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Churches of Nelson GOD’S BOTTOMLESS, BORDERLESS, UNCONDITIONAL LOVE

By Sister Nancy Hurren, CND Cathedral of Mary Immaculate

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essence of our faith. This love which God has for us is not abstract but deeply personal, not a general principle, but a bold, creative aection for each of us as we are (and not as we feel we should be).

To believe genuinely stretches our image of God and our sense of self. Some people may accept God’s love in general but balk as soon as it becomes personal. “Of course God loves everyone, but not me. I am the exception.� This attitude often comes from not having been accepted and loved by others.

Most of us are quite unprepared to accept a love which we do not deserve. Our experience of human love is always limited and conditional.

But God’s love is always borderless and unconditional, “bottomlessâ€? as Ruysbroeck says. It is diďŹƒcult to believe

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that we are loved by God unconditionally The human heart, like a bottomless pit, is but God’s love is not based on our ever longing to be loved, a longing that performance but on God’s ďŹ delity and at ďŹ rst glance seems out of reach given reliability. We do love whereas God is love. our evident limitations. However, the following insights, gleaned from Peter van Breeman’s book, “The God Who Won’t Let Goâ€? may help us all as we seek to ease our heart’s deep longing.

We all know that the word love has many meanings.

For some, love is primarily First Baptist romantic; for others, love is Church primarily physical; still others 611 Fifth Street 250-352-3212 interpret love as selessness; Worship Service: 10:00 am some strive for purely spiritual love which leaves behind the Pastor: Rev. Scott Simpson world’s hustle and bustle. fbcnelson.ca Love, however, has not only Part-time childcare available at many meanings, but also Cornerstone Children’s Centre 250-352-9910 several shapes. There is the love between husband and wife, the love of parents for their children, and of children for their parents. There is love Nelson Community Church in communities. There is love among friends. There are many forms of love!

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Born on March 31, 1934 on a farm near Deloraine, Manitoba, Ted died peacefully in his sleep on September 15, 2011 at the age of 77.

Born into a large family, Ted was one of nine children and was fortunate to have big brothers and sisters to guide him and a little sister and brother for him to guide. Family was the center of Ted’s upbringing and he carried the belief that a man could count his riches by the family and friends he had in his life – Ted lived a very rich life. An encounter with him started with a smile and a Teddy-bear hug and he never left you without another Teddy-bear hug and a “see you soon�.

Ted married a young lady named Mary Ann Sahlin in 1961 and thus began a 50 year adventure which included a whole lot of love, kids, grand and great grandchildren. Their marriage was a true partnership in raising their children, embarking on business ventures, travelling and entertaining so many people with their musical talents. Their marriage was a true testament of love, faith in each other, friendship and respect.

Over his lifetime Ted was involved in so many things it is nearly impossible to name all of the interests, hobbies and organizations. His enduring passion for family gatherings, his talent for painting, tinkering and inventing, his long career in musical entertainment and his amazing ability to analyze, assist and oer advice made him the ultimate “go toâ€? guy. The void that Ted will leave in so many lives is incalculable. Throughout his life he was a member of the Eagles, the Boy Scouts as a leader, and the BC Old Time Fiddlers Association Branch No. 9 as their drummer and percussionist.

Ted was predeceased by his parents James and Maybell Stewart, sister Janet, brothers-in-law Gordon, Joe, Dick, Roy, Reg and nephew Gordon. He is survived by his wife Mary Ann, children Brant (Shelley), Tonnie (Terry), and Don (Lori), grandchildren Melissa (Bob), Justin, Andrew and Paige, great grandchildren Fayt and Clairissa. He is also survived by his brothers Jim ( Jessie), Bill (Margie), and Matt ( Jill); sisters Betty, Maybell, Peggy ( Jack), Dorothy (Bob). He is also survived by many nieces, nephews and their families.

Ted had a strong faith in God and believed we were all destined to move from our place on earth to be reunited with God. In recognition of Ted taking his place in God’s garden there will be a service on Friday September 23, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. at the Castlegar Funeral Chapel 411-9th Ave, Castlegar. In recognition of Ted’s belief that family and friends are the basis of life, we will be having a celebration of life on Saturday, September 24, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. at the Genelle Hall 1205 2nd St, Genelle BC (between Castlegar and Trail). Please join us in giving the great farewell that Ted so richly deserves.

In lieu of owers, you may wish to donate to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of BC. On August 28th, 2011 Eric Vance Strautman passed away suddenly in Nelson, BC. He was born in Nelson on February 25th, 1958, the ďŹ rst of four boys born to Robert and Irene Strautman.

His childhood was occupied with hockey, baseball, swimming, ďŹ shing and many adventures with the uphill gang building tree forts and climbing trees.

The family moved to Taghum in the early 1970’s, where life became full of construction, landscaping, and gardening at the family’s new hobby farm.

After high school, Eric was employed at K.F.P, the Savoy Hotel, and the Toyota Dealership in Nelson. He moved to Saskatoon in the early 1980’s where he worked selling electronics; then at a sign shop called Neon Art. In 1988 he met and married Ursula, they then had two boys, Karsten in 1989 and Kiefer in 1990. There was lots of time spent at the hockey rink, prairie lakes ďŹ shing, and skiing in the winters with his family. During this time Eric was also busy with his own business (Norm’s Sharpening) becoming a legend in the ďŹ eld of sharpening anything and everything.

In 2006 Eric moved back to Nelson.

Eric will be missed by his mother and father Irene and Robert Strautman, brothers Trent, Randall (Wanda), and Mark (Zoe, Ava, Adam and Nolan), aunts, uncles and numerous cousins.

A Celebration of Life will be held on Friday, September 23rd at 12pm in the chapel of Thompson Funeral Service located at 613 Ward Street, Nelson, BC. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Thompson Funeral Service Ltd. Online condolences may be expressed at www.thompsonfs.ca.

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Executive Director Career Opportunity Arrow and Slocan Lakes Community Services, a non-profit society headquartered in Nakusp, is a leader in providing community based solutions in the beautiful Kootenays. What started as a Home Support program 37 years ago has grown to provide Transit, Employment Assistance Services, Counseling, Food Bank, and many other services. With our staff of over 40 employees, we administer over 20 community based contracts. This is your opportunity to become part of the solutions we provide.

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Dale Van Ruyskensvelde

October 17, 1936 ~ September 13, 2011 Dale Van Ruyskensvelde passed away September 13, 2011 after a long battle with cancer in Crawford Bay, BC at the age of 74 years.

Dale was born to parents Gladys and Oscar on October 17, 1936 in Swift Current, SK. Dale married Lorraine on September 1, 1962 in Crawford Bay, BC. Dale was a truck driver by trade but in his spare time he enjoyed numerous outdoor activities, some of which included ¿shing, hunting, gardening, getting ¿rewood and picking huckleberries.

Dale was predeceased by his parents Gladys and Oscar Roger Van Ruyskensvelde.

He will be lovingly remembered by his wife Lorraine; daughter Cynthia; sons Allan, Bretty (Christy) and Todd (Kelly); brother Melvin and grandchildren Marissa, Zachery, Jacob, Erich, Kent, Adina, Travis, Neva and Cody.

A Celebration of Life gathering to be held at a later date.

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You are proficient in all Microsoft Office applications, database operations, and social media platforms. You enjoy multi-tasking in a high paced environment, have excellent interpersonal and customer service skills and the ability to retain and disseminate knowledge.

Community Futures is a leading community driven non-profit organization working with small business, municipalities and community economic development organizations.

We are a group of dedicated staff with a passion for helping people in our region. If you would like to join our team for a period of 12 months beginning in October 2011, please submit your resume and cover letter by September 30th to the attention of Carmen Harrison, Manager of Operations & Finance. charrison@futures.bc.ca 201 – 514 Vernon St., Nelson, BC V1L 4E7 P: 250.352.1933 ext 102 W: www.futures.bc.ca g communities one idea at a time

Growing communities one idea at a time

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Employment

Services

Merchandise for Sale

Merchandise for Sale

Real Estate

Transportation

Transportation

Medical/Dental

Education/Tutoring

Food Products

Mortgages

Auto Financing

Boats

RN’s & LPN’s

Get Creative!

Children, Youth, Adult Pottery Classes at eARTh Studios. www.earthstudiosonline.com Register at 250-354-1228

BUTCHER SHOP

Heavy Duty Machinery

Bayshore Home Health Is currently seeking Registered Nurses & Licensed Practical Nurses in the Castlegar / Nelson area to work with children with complex care needs. If you are an RN or LPN and love working with children and their families, we would appreciate hearing from you.

Pediatric experience is an asset and we do offer client specific training.

Please send your resume and cover letter to: pedsvancouver@bayshore.ca or (no hyphen) fax to 1-866-686-7435

Professional/ Management RECRUITING Executive Director The Kalein Hospice Centre Society, based in Nelson British Columbia, is working to create a hospice centre for the care of the terminally ill, and education and resources to the community at large. Please go to www.thekoop.ca to see the full job description. Application deadline September 30, 2011 stephanie.fischer@kaleinhospicecentre.com

Trades, Technical ALTERNATIVE FOREST Operations is a dynamic growing BC Forestry business, providing extraordinary performance for our customers and crew.

We have immediate openings for the following positions. .

Skyline Hooktender .

Rigging Slingers .

Chokermen .

Certified Fallers If you are a safe high level performer, experienced and work well with others contact us! Mail resume to AFO, 3818 Cowichan Lake Rd, Duncan, BC, V9L 6K2. Email: admin@heli-log.com.

Website: www.heli-log.com HEAVY DUTY or Commercial Transport Mechanic required.

Competitive wages and benefits. Please email: reception@profabmanufacturing.net

fax (250-416-0232) or deliver resume to Profab Manufacturing Ltd. 3128 Hope Place, Chemainus BC. May consider 3rd year apprentice.

SKIDDER, BUNCHER, Mulcher, Dozer Operators wanted immediately, living expenses paid, wage $26-$30, Drivers license, FA & H2S alive. email jdhc@telus.net, 780-795-2115 Carrot Creek AB. webpage: www.jdhaggartcontracting.ca

Services

Art/Music/Dancing DRUM LESSONS All Levels, All Genres, now accepting students for fall semester. Contact Alan Black 250-354-0475

Financial Services 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 INCOME TAX PROBLEMS? Have you been audited, reassessed or disallowed certain claims by Canada Revenue Agency? Call Bob Allen @ 250-542-0295 35yrs. Income Tax experience, 8.5yrs. with Revenue Canada. Email: r.gallen@shaw.ca

Household Services A-1 FURNACE & Air Duct Cleaning.

Complete Furnace/Air Duct Systems cleaned & sterilized. Locally owned & operated. 1-800-5650355 (Free estimates)

Pets & Livestock

Feed & Hay Alfalfa, alfalfa mix or straight grass (small square bales) in Lister. Call Jay or Trish at 250428-9755 Alfalfa Hay, no rain, $75. per ton, Discount by volume. Vanderhoof, BC. Dean at 1-250567-9121 or 1 (250)546-3812

Merchandise for Sale

Auctions Huge 2 Day Auction

Oct. 1st & 2nd

West Coast’s Largest Garden Decor Importer & Distributor.

Statuary, fence, driveway gates. $1,000,000 of marble, iron, aluminum etc. pieces. due to health reasons it all must go.

Visit i-90 auctions on facebook or i-90 auctions.com Ph: 509-954-0698 HUGE RESTAURANT AUCTION Deli & Food Services Equipment. Consignments now being accepted. Oct 1, 11am at Dodds Auction, 3311 - 28 Ave Vernon. View photos at doddsauction.com 250-5453259

$200 & Under Crib table & small cedar chest $150/ea, dryer, vanity top w/sink & raised panel bi-fold doors $50/ea, humidifier $20 call 250-359-7830

Fruit & Vegetables

D FORKS FARMS N A • Canning tomatoes .65lb/case GR

• pears .75lb/case • tree-ripened peaches • nectarines • apples • melons • peppers • squash • broccoli • cauliflower and more.

Nelson Market Wednesdays and Saturdays Kinnaird Church 2404 Columbia Ave. Castlegar Thursdays Terry & Val Rilkoff, 250-442-3514

Office/Retail

Office/Retail

Baker Street Location 500 – 1,550 sq. ft. immediate occupancy “It’s the place to be“ The Nelson Trading Company Corner of Baker & Ward St. Furnished office space to rent too.

For more information Call 250-551-6911 Or stop by # 206 - 402 Baker St. Nelson

BC INSPECTED GRADED AA OR BETTER LOCALLY GROWN NATURAL BEEF Hormone Free Grass Fed/Grain Finished $100 Packages Available Quarters/Halves $2.35/lb Hanging Weight Extra Lean Hamburger $3.50/lb TARZWELL FARMS 250-428-4316 Creston

A-STEEL SHIPPING STORAGE CONTAINERS / Bridges 20’40’45’53’ Used / Damaged 40’ insulated makes great shop. Only $2300! Needs door and 40’HC $2800 No Rust!

Semi Trailers for Hiway & storage. Delivery BC and AB Call 24 hrs 1-866-528-7108 www.rtccontainer.com

Buy, Rent, Sell!

2003 Alfa See-Ya 38\\\\\\’ Class A Turbo Diesel Motorhome, model 36FD. Freight liner Chassis with a powerful 330 HP CAT Turbo Diesel Engine. Allison 6 Speed Electronic Transmission, Full Air Brakes, Air Suspension and exhaust brake Two slides (Sofa/Dinette and Rear Queen Bed Area). Fully loaded luxury coach. $65,000 Phone 250 368 9347 or gmcaputo@telus.net

Free Items 200 gallon used home heating oil fuel tanks. 250-352-1826

Furniture QUALITY furniture home moving sale including large sofa/two arm chairs ($1200), Indian antique cabinets, ($200 - $1200), two arm chairs ($200), shelves, coffee tables, wooden bed frame. Call 250 354 9752.

Garage Sales 1201 Gordon Rd. Saturday, Sept. 24th 8am-1pm fabric & sewing supplies, craft items, furniture! A must see sale!!

BEASLEY (just s. of fire hall): Moving Sale ~ Sat.24th 8-2 4604 Beasley West Rd. Desks, kitchen ware, twin & dbl steel beds, coffee tables Rain or Shine!

Everything Must Go Sale!

Saturday September 24th 715 Ninth Street ~ 8am-11am sofa, appliances, kiln, etc...

GARAGE (ESTATE) SALE: Saturday Sept. 24 8am - noon.

2988 Heddle Rd (Six Mile) GARAGE/MOVING SALE, TOOLS, HOUSEHOLD, SPORTING GOODS. 2896 GEORAMA RD. NELSON. 7-2 Multi Family Sale ~ Sat. Sep. 24th 8am-1pm 914 Third St men & women ski/bike gear, household, kid stuff, & more!

NELSON 2mile: Multi Family Sale! Fri/Sat Sep 23/24 8-3 1553 HWY 3A Misc. & Toys NELSON 6mile: 2757 HWY3A (just past Duhamel Store) ESTATE SALE Fri/Sat Sep 30th & Oct 1st antiques, doll collection, yard & household furniture, household items NELSON: 709 Pine St (off Trevor St) Sat Sept 24th 9am household, juicer, collectables & more! Canceled if raining.

NELSON 9mile: Sun Sep 25th 9am-1pm 4077 Heroux Rd, books, furniture, herbs, plants, art, fused glass & torch work studios and more!!

NELSON: Book & Yarn Sale Saturday September 24th 506 2nd St. All proceeds to KL Hospital Axillary ~ Great Buys!

NELSON: Multi Family Sale TELUS COMMUNITY AMBASSADORS Saturday, September 24th 8am ~ 1pm Location: Real Canadian Wholesale Club parking lot. proceeds to “The Friends of the Family” SALMO Yard Sale, Sat, Sept 24th 9-1, No early birds, 608 Cottonwood St, books etc Sat/Sun Sep 24/25 9am start 1503 Cedar Street ~ Waldorf toys, dolls, rocking horse, silk canopy, sauna wood stove, wooden toy kitchen, childrens table / chair set No Early Birds Saturday September 24th 1007 Front Street ~ 9am-12pm kayak, dirt bike, sports equip, household items and more!

Legal Notices

Misc. for Sale

BEASLEY: Allis Chalmers Crawler $2500 250-359-7300 HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available.

1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/newspaper?

Misc. Wanted Coin Collector Buying old Coins, Silver, Gold, Olympic + Also buying bulk silver coins.

Chad: 250-863-3082 (Local)

Swap & Trade Wanting to trade my 1985 BMW 535I for a 4wd! Call Shael @ 777-4449/354-3829

Real Estate Acreage for Sale 82.8 ACRES, 300’ lakefront, S Cariboo. Beautiful, pastoral, private, rural setting. Borders crown land. Adjacent 80+ acre parcel available. www.bchomesforsale.com/ view/lonebutte/ann/

Small Ads work!

Houses For Sale HST? Shove it!

Brand new house, 2bdrm/2bth, loft, wrap around deck, carport, amenities, schools, 15mins to town, river view 10yr warranty ~ $349,000 250-352-0086 Kootenay Living in a warm & inviting 4 bdrm/1.5bth on 1.6 acres @ 6 mile.

1.5 storey, south facing, 2048 sq ft, open floor plan, natural wood trim. $499,500 250-825-9322 or visit www.propertyguys.com id#196649 No Kidding! Brand New Home & Car $199,000, HST incl. Mortgage payment around $800. 3brdm, 2bth, fenced lot, 6 appliances, 16’ wide, carport in Salmo. 250352-0086

Mobile Homes & Parks FREE ~ YOU MOVE: Older but habitable 10x58 suitable for office/storage or guest cottage ph:250-825-0121

Whispering Pines Manufactured Home Park Home Sites available Beautiful riverside community in Genelle. New Homes coming in August or September receive 3 months Free site rent Phone: 250-693-2136 www.whisperingpinesmhp.com

Legal Notices

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE

Mortgage Help! Beat bank rates for purchases and refinances, immediate debt consolidation, foreclosure relief, and equity loans. Free, fast, friendly, private consultations.

Call 1-888-685-6181 www.mountaincitymortgage.ca

World’s Finest FISHING BOATS

Weldcraft, Hewescraft, Lund, Godfrey Pontoons Mark’s Marine, Hayden, ID 1-888-821-2200 www.marksmarineinc.com

Recreational RARE OPPORTUNITY: waterfront property on beautiful Jim Lake, .83-acre with 360 sq ft insulated cabin, located near Green Lake/Watch Lake (70 Mile House). Rare privacy, only three lots on the lake, good fishing for rainbows to 10 lbs, nice swimming, surrounded by crown land. Great trails for hiking, ATV and snowmobile. Seasonal 10-km back road access in 4x4 or pick-up.

FSBO. $230,000. 250-3950599.

(Please see bchomesforsale.com/70mile/frank.)

Rentals Apartment Furnished SIX MILE: Furnished Suites, NS/NP Starting @ $800/month utilities included 250-825-9421

Auto Loans Approved

Largest dealer Group Huge Selection Free Delivery to BC/AB Cars Trucks SUV’s Vans Apply online autocredit911.com Call toll-free 1-888-635-9911

Cars - Domestic 2005 Pontiac Sunfire SE, a/c, auto, sunroof, excellent cond.

1 owner, 101,000km $7999 250-354-8696

Cars - Sports & Imports

Housesitting Long-Time Kootenay resident available for long term housesitting in Nelson.

Up to date criminal record check & bondable.

Please contact Phil: email: ensoitis@gmail.com phone: 250-777-1169

OKANAGAN’S Largest Used Car Super Store. Always open online at: www.bcmotor products.com 250-545-2206

Motorcycles 1989 KAWASAKI DIRT BIKE 2/stroke 125cc Rebuilt Engine MOVING - MUST SELL! MAKE AN OFFER!!

250-357-2708 (Salmo) or 250-979-8599

Shop from home!

Homes for Rent FULLY Furnished home for Rent Oct. 15 until April 30, 2012. Located at Sitkum Creek on the North Shore, includes Satelite TV and High Speed Internet. $1450 per month plus electricity. Phone 250825-9284 or 250 428-6681

NELSON 12mile: Cozy furnished cabin for 1 or 2.

Avail. until June 2012 NS/NP $800 util. incl. 250-354-4779 NELSON: 3bdrm/1bth on golf course, w/d/f/s $1250/mo + util NS/NP call 250-825-4700 NELSON (6 mile)- 1 Bdrm waterfront suite, NS/NP. Refs req’d Call 250-825-4471 or 250-354-9434.

NELSON: Awesome 5 bdrm Beach House 4mins frm town.

Private jacuzzi on large deck, spectacular lake & mountain views, sauna, hdwd floors, granite counters. $2550/mo for 4 people. Negotiable for couple. 808-238-0006/808756-5540/250-352-3408 PROCTOR: Lrg 3bdrm/1bth f/s, w/d, NS, $800/mo + util.

Avail now 250-505-2186 msg ROSSLAND 4 br hse. Nov. 1, longterm Approx. 1600 SqFt. Quiet southend neighborhood. 2 full baths, 7 appliance, rec rm. big deck, carport. refs req. $1100 +util RLBC@ymail.com

Office/Retail DESIRABLE OFFICE space for rent: 406 sq ft w/ skylights, avail immed, 700 sq ft store front w/ washrooms and storage area, avail immed, 406 sq ft, lower level w/ window, avail Sept. 1. Front Street Emporium. 601 Front St., Nelson.

For more info call Douglas Barber 250-551-4449 or preferably: dearlb@yahoo.com

Off Road Vehicles 2006 Ford Escape XLT, 3.0l V6, Well Equipped, No Accidents, Very Good Condition, Phone: 250-3595992

Scrap Car Removal SCRAP BATTERIES WANTED We buy scrap batteries from cars & trucks & heavy equipment. $4.00 each. Free pick-up anywhere in BC, Minimum 10.

Call Toll Free 1.877.334.2288

Trucks & Vans 2001 Ford F150. 2 wheel drive, 8ft box with homemade canopy. For parts or repair $1000 obo 250-352-1779

Boats

1987 Aquastar, 26’X10’ Beam, Volvo V8 duoprop, dual station, full bridge & rear deck enclosure, 9.9 Honda Kicker, electric anchor winch. Beautiful turnkey condition.

Located @ the Prestige Marina. Reduced to $16,000 ph: 354-4588

AUTUMN SPECIAL!!!

BOATING SEASON IS STILL BEAUTIFUL IN FALL MUST SELL & MOVE BEFORE WINTER!! $1000 OFF!!

Your Cabin on the Lake

Shared Accommodation NELSON: Responsible & quiet person for 1bdrm in uphill home. Wood floors, large yard, wd, $575 + util Available Oct. 1st or 15th 250-304-9951

Suites, Lower

Please take notice that on October 5, 2011 and thereafter, the contents of the following storage locker at 12 Mile Storage, 825-9666, will be sold at auction or otherwise disposed of to cover outstanding costs of storage and all fees.

2 bdrm almost new suite. $800-$1000+util. Vegetarians preferred. N/P,N/S, 352-1826 NELSON Uphill: Newly reno’d 1bdrm walk-out basement, WD, NS/NP, $700/mo + util.

Available Oct.1st 352-6933

Locker #P21 in the name of STEVEN RAMSBOTTOM Fort McMurray, AB / Nelson, BC

3BDR Townhouse ~ Nelson Perfect for family! Newly renovated w/ fenced backyard, NS, no dogs. $1000/mo + utilities. 250-353-7404

Townhouses

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The Kootenay Queen 1976 30ft cabin cruiser with a 185 merc Full galley (fridge, stove, sink, furnace, toilet) Fold down table for a queen sized bed Fold up bunk beds VHF radio Hull is sound, galley is dated.

Low draft 200 hrs on new engine A great boat that needs some TLC. $12,000.00 invested, will take offers starting at $8K NEW PRICE Call 250-362-7681 or email frdfntn@yahoo.ca for more information

Fishing for News?

250.352.1890 www.nelsonstar.com

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Registration Push Now On for All Ages

Changes mark figure skating season start SUBMITTED Special to the Nelson Star

A host of developments in the off-season will see changes on the ice for 2011-12 Nelson Figure Skating Club.

Tiny Tots is a new program designed for three and four year-olds too young for CanSkate, but ready to take their first brave steps onto the ice.

Using teaching aids, music and a wide variety of activities, coaches offer a fun and relaxed environment that promotes learning and prepares skaters for stage one or stage two of Canskate. Parents are even encouraged to join their kids on the ice.

The StarSkate program will see a greater emphasis on fitness.

Coaches Rachel Stewart, Yoshie Measures and Sarah Gower are looking

to improve skater strength and flexibility through off-ice training.

“Our aim is to help skaters achieve greater speed and agility, and reduce the likelihood of injury,” says Stewart. “The dryland sessions we’ve added include cardio, strength and flexibility, as well as specific figure skating training such as off-ice jumping, practicing spiral positions and off-ice spinning.”

Other components will include talks on nutrition and video analysis.

The push on fitness comes from both Skate Canada and various levels of government.

“There is a realization that children are no longer as active as they once were,” says Gower. “But we also know that sports demands more of athletes at a younger age. So our focus follows the long

term athlete development model, which is well researched and centred on matching proper fitness development for figure skaters. This is an important addition because programs like StarSkate are where Canada’s future skating champions are coming from.”

CanSkate remains one of the club’s specialties, with emphasis on providing skating fundamentals for children in all ice sports.

Coach Measures says they are interested in increasing the amount of time kids are actually moving while on the ice,

which translates into faster skater development.

“By setting up various stations that focus on ‘go forward’, ‘go backward’ or ‘jump’ then have the kids cycle through the stations, we can increase the amount of movement they get during a 45 minute class. The idea isn’t to rush development, but help kids gain confidence sooner.”

The most notable change for CanSkate parents may be the new minimum requirement for helmets.

Skaters at level five and below must now wear a Canadian Standards Associating approved hockey helmet.

Measures says it’s a simple issue of safety.

“We’ve allowed other helmets on the ice in the past, like bike helmets, but they don’t fit as well as hockey helmets and

aren’t designed to protect the back of the head,” says Measures.

The competitive season begins in November and the club will be led by veterans Erica Tolles, Christina Champlin, Charly Defouw, Shayne Panko Dool, and Sophie Borhi.

Last year the club wound up its season with a successful ice show. The club was so pleased with the response from the public and the skaters that it is planning another one for March, 2012. This year’s theme is Disney.

“Performance is a big part of the skating world,” notes Gower. “The ice show is designed so that everyone participates and everyone enjoys the experience.”

For more information and registration call 250352-6510 or visit nelsonfigureskatingclub.ca

Snowboard, Equipment, Lift ticket, Transportation

It’s not cheap, but we can help!

CURRENTLY HIRING Carriers to deliver twice weekly, Wednesday & Fridays a few hours each day.

We have routes available in Uphill

Call Diane Langille Circulation Administrator for more details • 250-352-1890 • classifieds@nelsonstar.com

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Friday, September 23, 2011 Nelson Star

Sports

Junior Leafs Prepare for Three-Game Set

Busy weekend on tap MEGAN COLE Nelson Star Reporter

The Nelson Leafs hit the ice tonight at home as they face the Kelowna Chiefs for the first a of busy three game weekend.

The Leafs will travel to Spokane on Saturday to play the Braves, and will be back at the Nelson and District Community Complex on Sunday for the back end of a home-andhome against the Braves.

Despite a strong start to the season against the Castlegar Rebels last weekend, head coach and general manager Frank Maida says the team will be looking to improve their powerplay and penalty kill.

When the Braves faced the Chiefs last weekend in Kelowna, the Okanagan club scored the first goal only seconds into the first period, but the Braves came back strong, winning the game 6-4.

In the game Spokane was able to score a powerplay goal.

“We may change some

y a d n u S r e b m Septe 9:00 am to 4:00 pm

says the team will decide on the weekend about whether Defoe will stay with the team.

Former Fernie Ghostrider goalie Andrew Walton, who was able to give the Leafs their first shutout of the season during Friday night’s game in Castlegar, was an important part of the first Rebels game.

Maida says, “Andrew really held us in on some of the penalty kills. He made some really timely saves.”

Looking towards the weekend’s games, the team is going to continue to focus on their Leafs head coach Frank Maida speed. pleased with progress to date.

“We’re going to put in the of our systems,” says Maida same kind of effort and hopelooking towards the weekend. fully be well prepared for our “And we may make a line-up powerplay and penalty kill,” change because we have an says Maida. extra forward.”

The Leafs take the ice toIn goal, the Leafs have yet night at the Nelson and Disto confirm who their second trict Community Complex goaltender will be. against the Chiefs at 7 p.m.

Kelowna-raised goalie PatSunday’s home game against rick Defoe was strong in goal the Spokane Braves starts at 2 during Saturday night’s game p.m. For the full leafs schedule against the Rebels, but Maida visit nelsonleafs.ca

SPECIAL SUNDAY HOURS! Home Goods Furniture is opening

Sunday, September 25

with Special Extended Hours!

SPECIAL SUNDAY PRICES 6 MONTHS NO INTEREST & NO PAYMENTS GUARANTEED BEST PRICES!

Home Goods Furniture has been serving Kootenay Families since 1950.

All of our products are covered by warranties, backed not only by Home Goods Furniture, but also by major North American manufacturers and distributors.

People you can trust ... And service you can count on!

HOME GOODS FURNITURE A family business serving Kootenay families since 1950

Tel: 693-2227 Genelle 1-877-693-2227 Located Halfway Between Trail & Castlegar Monday to Saturday 9:30 am to 5:30 pm Sunday 11:00 am to 4:00 pm

Nancy LeRose

Betty Smitheram

Dave Ramsden

Sara Gattafoni

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fill please

Local Adventure Racers

250.352.7861 2124 Ymir Road

Kaos gives back Indoor Soccer

We Love Your Pets & They love Us! www.nelsonvet.com

STILL DOING TIME

Registration

www.soccerquest.ca

250.352.7178 520 C Falls Street Nelson, BC Above Savoy Bowling Lanes

Registration Deadline Sept 30

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

(L-R) Nelson Rocha, Valerie Warmington, Vince Hempsall, Sacha Kalabis and Dustin Eagleston.

Second Chance Animal Shelter

Valhalla Path Realty

SUBMITTED Special to the Nelson Star

Team Kootenay Kaos, the only local team to have recently competed in Canada’s hardest adventure race, Raid the North Extreme, has just donated over $1,000 to the Kootenay Kids organization.

The four-member team, including Nelson locals Dustin Eagleston, Vince Hempsall and Nelson Rocha as well as Winfield resident Sacha Kalabis, collected pledges in the lead up to the race and surprised the organization with a cheque for $1,005 this past week.

The six day Raid the North Extreme competition saw 30 teams from around the world descend upon the Kootenay region at the end of July and race from Kaslo to Trail. The teams crossed three mountain ranges, paddled the Slocan and Arrow Lakes and bushwhacked, biked and navigated their way over 350 kilometres. Members of Kootenay Kaos slept an average of 2.5 hours a day and came in eighth place overall, winning a free entry into the MOMAR adventure race on Vancouver Island this Saturday.

For more information about Kootenay Kaos contact Vince Hempsall at 250-354-7535 or info@vincehempsall.com.

280 Baker St., Nelson, BC

(250)354-4089

valhallapathrealty@telus.net IMMACULATE FAMILY HOME

Wayne Germaine 250.354.2814 wayne@valhallapathrealty.com

$357,500

Kootenay Animal Assistance Program Society (KAAP)

Pets Available for Adoption Call 250-551-1053 for information or visit: www.homesforanimals.com

FALL SPECIAL! It’s getting cold out there! How about adopting a pair of healthy KAAP kittens or cats ... one to keep your feet warm, and the other to catch your mice? KAAP has several pairs of kitties who need to be adopted together, and are offering a two-for-one adoption fee special until the end of September only.

Call Wayne TRANQUILITY & PRIVACY ARE YOURS

Robert Goertz 250.354.8500 robert@valhallapathrealty.com www.kootenayconnector.com

$329,900

A 5.43 acre treasure just 10 minutes from Nelson, this is a one-of-a-kind place to build your dream home. Surrounded by all of the natural splendor the Kootenays have to offer, this property offers a harmonious living experience from where you will not want to leave.

Tiny Harley & Davidson Pictured are Harley and Davidson, Misty and Tiny. Also available for meeting are Baby and Lola, Levi and Funky (they need a barn), Peep and Peepsis, and more! Call KAAP at 250-551-1053.

Call Robert

YOUR PLACE IN THE WOODS

Norm Zaytsoff 250.354.8584 norm@valhallapathrealty.com

$279,900

520C Falls Street

Tucked into the heart of the Slocan Valley, this 2-bed, 1-bath home is as solid as they come. The floor plan flows seamlessly from room to room and there is a full unfinished basement if more space is needed. Three acres lovingly surrounds the house in a picturesque forest setting making this package few could resist. Opportunity is knocking.

Misty

Call Norm or Lev FAIRVIEW’S HIDDEN GEM

(above the Savoy Bowling Lanes) Open Tuesday- Saturday 12-5pm

250-352-7178

This beautiful family home has been tastefully updated on both floors offering 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. There is excellent suite potential or lots of room for the whole family. The yard is wonderful with a great mix of lawn, shrubs, veggie garden, deck and patio plus 2 large sheds.

Everything here is move-in ready. Great value and conveniently located near schools and bus stop.

250.352.2228

www.secondchanceadoption.com

www.spca.bc.ca/nelson

Lev Zaytsoff 250.354.8443 lev@valhallapathrealty.com

$259,900

This quaint 2-bed, 2-bath home sits on a massive corner lot with heritage fruit trees and a mature hedge enclosing the property for added privacy. Inside there’s a functional floor plan, simple in its design yet adequate for a small family. Within walking distance to parks, schools and shops, this is a must see.

Call Lev or Norm BRAND NEW HALF DUPLEX

Bella

James Loeppky 250.509.0804 james@valhallapathrealty.com

$349,900

Bella is a torbie, which means that she is part tabby, and part tortoiseshell. She came to the shelter as a kitten with her siblings and they were all adopted by a loving family, who helped Bella overcome her shyness.She is now a very friendly cat, but sadly her family had to give her up after they developed allergies to her. Bella is quiet and loving, but also overweight, so her ideal home would be someone who could keep her active and on a calorie wise diet.

SPCA Pet of the Week Ad sponsored by

WWW.NELSONFORDSALES.COM

Yara Chard 250.354.3382 info@nelsonlocal.com www.nelsonlocal.com

$539,000

This spacious strata unit has 1720 sq. ft. of finished area. Superior craftsmanship and attention to detail is evident in this newly built ½ duplex. The ample decks look over a beautifully forested slope. A pleasant walk into town, yet this quiet location gives the owner a country feeling. 3 beds, 2 baths, gas fireplace & plenty of windows are just some of the features of this brand new home.

Call James BEST VALUE This North Shore home is situated on a very private, lush 1/2 acre fenced lot. With an open floor plan, gourmet kitchen, sunken living areas, large bedrooms, and a huge workshop, there is something for everyone. A must see.

Call Yara or visit www.NelsonLocal.com

www.valhallapathrealty.com

Miss Ally GoLightly Miss Ally Golightly This special 3 year old spayed Torti girl needs a loving inside home where she will be the only cat. Please check out her Facebook page and get to know this wonderful girl. Her adoption fee will be waived to the right home. Call 250-352-2008 for more info.

www.homesforanimals.com

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NEWS

September 23, 2011 COUNCIL STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS UPDATE

CITY BULLETIN BOARD

Council adopts new adjudication process

compliance,” says Dooley. “We want residents to know their rights and responsibilities, and work with us to create a safe and healthy community.

That’s what bylaws are there for – so we all agree on what the standards are.”

Cultural Development Commission seeks new members

Railtown District updates

Notice for home-based businesses

A new bylaw enforcement tool was put into motion at the September 6, 2011 Council meeting. Council passed several new bylaws that will allow for an adjudication process to resolve disputed bylaw infractions.

“For now, the new system will apply to the building, noise control and traffic bylaws,” says Mayor John Dooley. “But we are in the process of reviewing and updating all of our bylaws, and others will be added to this system gradually.”

Under the new system, residents will have 14 days to dispute a Bylaw Enforcement Notice – such as a parking ticket. Their complaint will be reviewed by a Screening Officer, who will determine if the complaint stands, a compliance agreement can be entered into or if the ticket should be cancelled. If the screening officer determines that the ticket stands and the complainant still does not agree, they have the option of requesting that their dispute be reviewed by an adjudicator.

“Our number one goal with bylaws is always

Please visit our website at www.nelson.ca for full details.

Have you visited Railtown lately? The Baker Street Bridge and the area at the foot of Baker Street, now called “Railtown”, have received many new upgrades including sidewalks, curbing, gutters, and drainage. Heritage-style light standards will be installed. The Cultural Development Commission recently announced that local artist Brent Bukowski has been selected to create and build a new railing across the bridge. Completion of two amenity areas including park benches and a display garden will be done in 2012. These projects are the first steps in implementing the City’s Downtown and Waterfront Master Plan, which was adopted by Council in July.

SEASONAL UPDATES Thanksgiving Statutory Holiday

City Hall, Nelson Hydro, the Operations Department and the Nelson Public Library will all be closed on Monday, October 10, 2011 for Thanksgiving. For Operations emergency service, please call (250) 352-3103. To report a power outage or for power updates, call 1-877-324-9376 (1-877-32 HYDRO) There will be no transit service on Monday, October 10, 2011. Regular service will resume Tuesday, October 11, 2011. If you have any questions, please call (250) 352-8228.

Win dinner with the firefighters!

October 9-15, 2011 is Fire Prevention Week! This year’s theme is “Protect your family from fire”, and Nelson firefighters are running two exciting promotions to encourage residents to practise fi re safety.

Visit the City’s website at www.nelson.ca for full details.

Keep fire out of the forests

The woods are tinder dry. Please use caution and avoid any activity that may create a stray spark or source of heat in forested or treed areas.

Stay away from fireworks

Fireworks have already started a forest fire, sparked a devastating home fire, and been the cause of several injuries in Nelson over the years. For these reasons and more, fireworks are illegal in the city limits.

Operations projects

The Operations Department has numerous projects scheduled for the fall, including: • The total replacement of the water main on the 900 block of Victoria Street.

• Weather permitting, road paving will continue, with bus routes and emergency routes receiving first priority.

• Relining of 2,200 meters (2.2 km) of sewer pipe is underway with completion expected by the end of October.

Sidewalk hedge pruning

In some places, private hedges, shrubs and tree branches are growing over public sidewalks and restricting the walking width of the sidewalk. Property owners are asked to prune back hedges and shrubs to allow pedestrians to travel safely.

City work sites

City crews would like to remind residents to please respect work sites and the road barriers that are put in place for public safety. City crews follow strict safety guidelines on the job, and ask the public for their cooperation by not entering work sites that have been barricaded.

The City of Nelson invites applications for new members-at-large to serve on the Cultural Development Commission. Applicants from the literary and music communities are encouraged, but all applications will be considered. If you are interested in serving on this commission, please submit a letter of interest with appropriate background information to the attention of Frances Long. Letters can be sent via email to flong@nelson.ca, or dropped off at City Hall by Monday, September 27, 2011, before 4:00 pm.

Many businesses are now located at home and the personal computer is an important part of that business. Occasionally there will be power interruptions on the Nelson Hydro distribution system, either scheduled or un-scheduled. These interruptions can cause loss of data to computer systems if they do not have a back-up power supply.

Customers operating businesses from home using personal computers should consider the investment of a UPS (uninterrupted power supply). These battery back-up supplies will provide power to your computer from 5 minutes to 1 hour, to ensure that you do not lose data. Some UPS systems can also provide power fi ltering to reduce the amount of unwanted harmonics and power surges to your computer. Whole home surge protection is another option customers can have installed which can be used in conjunction with a UPS system.

Reduce power consumption by turning off your personal computers when not in use (assuming that sleep mode is not used). If your computer must remain on make sure to set the sleep mode function.

Nelson Hydro cannot predict unscheduled outages and may not be able to advise customers of maintenance outages. For the success of your home-based business, please ensure that you have installed a back-up power supply for your computer.

LightRecycle for CFL’s (Compact Fluorescent Light bulbs)

Nelson Hydro customers can recycle their used CFL’s at the following recycling depot locations in Nelson: Home Hardware Building Centre, 101 McDonald Drive and Hipperson Hardware, 395 Baker Street. For frequently asked questions and information on LightRecycle, go to the City of Nelson website at www.nelson.ca.

Literacy starts here

It’s sure to be a happy ending with Fall Storytimes at the Library. Preschool Storytime (3 - 5-year-olds) runs Wednesday mornings, 10:15am, September 21 through November 16. Tales for Twos (2 to 3-year-olds) runs Saturday mornings, 10:15am, September 24 through November 19. Stories, songs, fingerplays and more! Pre-registration required: (250) 352-6333.

Upcoming author events at the library

September 27: Kristeva Dowling, author of Chicken Poop for the Soul, 7:30pm. Co-sponsored by Kootenay Country Store Cooperative September 28: Children’s author of Deadly Voyage Hugh Brewster, 1:15pm October 7: Anne DeGrace launches her novel Flying with Amelia, 7:30pm October 11: One Book, One Kootenay winner Rosa Jordan with Far from Botany Bay, 7:30pm October 29: Tales a la Carte joint fundraiser with Touchstones at Selkirk College.

Get thirsty for answers!

Why conserve water? Because the costs to collect, treat, distribute and dispose of domestic water are rising rapidly. And increased demand and competing uses are placing pressure on water resources.

Brought to you by The City of Nelson

in partnership with Columbia Basin Trust’s Water Smart Initiative For more info: www.cbt.org/watersmart

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