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STANLEY CUP As the Vancouver Canucks try to become the first B.C. team in 86 years to win hockey’s holy grail, we look back at the province’s earliest Stanley Cup aspirations
CHALLENGE by Greg Nesteroff
“Within the next year, it is probable that a hockey team wearing the colors of the Nelson club of British Columbia will be in the east playing for the Stanley Cup.� — Ottawa Free Press, 1908
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rank and Lester Patrick were adamant: Nelson was going after the Stanley Cup. Between them and the talented Bishop brothers, they felt they had the nucleus of a championship team. All it would take was a few roster additions and a new rink. It was 1908 and in those days, the Stanley Cup was a challenge trophy — if you felt your club was strong enough, you wrote to the cup’s trustees and asked them to schedule a series where you would attempt to dethrone the reigning champs. Your city’s size didn’t matter. In fact, the previous year, tiny Kenora, Ontario prevailed against the Montreal Wanderers — helped by some of the greatest names in the game, including Si Griffis, Eddie Geroux, Art Ross, Roxy Beaudro,
"44&.#-*/( " PANTHEON OF HOCKEY’S GREATS hen he came to Nelson that September to help run his father’s new Slocan Valley sawmill, Lester figured his playing days were over. He was wrong. He couldn’t stay off skates, and before long was thrilling local spectators with end-toend rushes. Oddly, talk of Nelson’s Stanley Cup hopes was mostly covered by newspapers in Vancouver, Edmonton, and Ottawa — and then simply reprinted in the Nelson Daily News. The earliest sign of the Patricks’ dream appeared in the Ottawa Free Press in May 1908 — in which Lester was said to be putting together a “whirlwind septet.� (Back then, teams iced seven at a time, including a rover. They didn’t always carry subs and there was no changing on the fly, so players often went the entire game without a break.) A B.C. club had never challenged for the cup, much less won it, “but the prospects for a
Lester Patrick, shown here on a 1911 tobacco card, and his brother Frank were behind Nelson’s Stanley Cup quest.
and Tommy Phillips. Kenora only held the cup for two months, however, before Montreal snatched it back in a rematch series. Among those in the Wanderers’ line-up: Lester Patrick.
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star team at Nelson are growing brighter, and residents of the far west are beginning to wax warm over the great winter game at last,� the Free Press reported. Lester suggested Kenora’s Si Griffis and Roxy Beaudro might be willing to come to Nelson, and “hinted that several Montreal hockey players of repute are seriously thinking of going west.� In Ottawa, Lester’s brother Frank — a superb player with McGill University — made Art Ross an offer to join Nelson. Then, on Sparks Street one evening, he instantly recognized the game’s greatest player, though they had never met off ice. Cyclone Taylor said he was interested in moving to B.C., and Frank replied he would be welcome in Nelson. Story continues to ‘Nelson’ on Page 8
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Nearly five months after a fire at Kerr’s Apartments left about 80 people homeless, almost all the former residents have new accommodation. “I am so happy to report that every person save one has found a home,” Allison Alder said at a ceremony Tuesday morning at Lakeside Park, called to thank the many agencies and individuals who responded to the disaster. Alder, who chaired the committee that tackled the displaced tenants’ needs, got involved after a Selkirk College instructor in Grand Forks called her to say she knew one of the students who lived at the Kerr. “The instructor said ‘He has a little boy. I’m really concerned. It was a big move to go to Nelson for post-secondary. He was on his way and doing great.’” She worried, however, that the fire would set him back. His son’s biggest concern, meanwhile, was that he wouldn’t be able to return his library book that burned. “That made me want to do something,” Alder says. The fire tested the mettle of many agencies and social services, including the Red Cross, Salvation Army, City of Nelson, and Regional District of Central Kootenay. Individuals and businesses
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stepped forward to donate goods and over $70,000. “We have been able to distribute the money so people have sports equipment they lost,” Alder says. “Kids who lost bikes have new bikes. Students who lost art or cooking supplies have those. The woman who helped seniors complete tax returns has a refurbished computer so she can continue to volunteer her time
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doing that.” But the most gratifying thing, she says, was simply hearing from residents who felt they mattered. “That to me is the biggest achievement. They’re part of a strong community that cares and will rally whenever the need arises. I’m so honoured to be part of that.” Dave Sprague, the Kerr residents’ representative on the unmet needs committee,
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says being asked to assist his neighbours “brought a definite change to my life. Working to help others made a big difference.” Sprague says he was impressed with the community response from the getgo — beginning the night of the fire with emergency responders, city transit, and Story continues to ‘Showed’ on Page 4 Affordable Starter Home
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The cost of living in Nelson Recent survey by Nelson Committee on Homelessness reveals surprising numbers for basic shelter, but Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation not sure if stats a true reflection
ANDREA KLASSEN Nelson Star Reporter
Is $800 too much for a Nelson-area bachelor suite, or an accurate mark of what renters are already paying? A market rent estimate compiled by the Nelson Committee on Homelessness over the month of April says potential tenants should be prepared to pay $800 a month for a bachelor pad and about $850 for a onebedroom, while two and three-bedroom accommodations go for about $1,000 and $1,500, respectively. Community coordinator Celeste LeDuigou says she put together the numbers by looking at what’s currently up for rent around the city. “We looked in the same places where people generally look for apartments: ilovenelson.com, Craigslist, the newspaper and the Pennywise,” she explains. The statistic includes apartments, but also secondary suites, former single-family dwellings carved into flats and condos. LeDuigou says she was inspired to start collecting numbers last year after reading rental statistics for Nelson put out by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, which tracks vacancy rates and average rental prices. According to the CMHC’s most recent numbers, the
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Whatever the true cost of rent in Nelson, those searching for a place to live face challenges.
average rent paid in the city for a bachelor suite is closer to $550, with one-bedroom apartments costing just over $600 a month. “The prices are so low. I just couldn’t believe it,” she says. “How could this be average when nobody I know is paying that, and I’ve never seen a price like that advertised?” Examining the corporation’s surveying practices, she found it only logs the rents paid by people living in apartment buildings with three or more units,
which LeDuigou says represents “older stock” — rentals which may have been held by the same tenants for many years. “The number represents people who are already living in these buildings, and they experience a form of rent control,” she says. “It’s not attainable to any new renter coming onto the market.” CMHC’s Kootenay market analyst Paul Fabri says the corporation is aware their surveys leave out a portion of the rental market that
has become more prominent in recent years. “We do secondary suite surveys in some of the larger centres in B.C. like Vancouver or Victoria and Kelowna and Abbotsford — those are the only four centres in which we do those surveys,” he says. “It’s a very lengthy process, because we contact each owner and ask them for information about their property. For the smaller centres in British Columbia, we just have not been able to do that.” But even with suites and condos left out, Fabri expressed some skepticism over the Committee on Homelessness’ rent estimates, suggesting they may be skewed because of the small number of rental listings available (in the case of the bachelor suite projection for April, only two ads provided the data). “I would be surprised at $800 a unit,” he says. “That’s more than probably Vancouver. So I would be very surprised.” LeDuigou says the Committee on Homelessness plans to keep tracking rental advertisements and will likely compile data every spring and fall. The most recent set of projections will also be part of the committee’s upcoming Report Card on Homelessness, set to come out in June.
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Exhibitors are encouraged to provide an “experience” for festival attendees through demonstration and presentation. If you are selling a product, a high quality of craftsmanship is expected and your product must be crafted, grown or produced locally. Any exhibitors with imported products will be asked to remove them immediately. Please include several pictures of your work with your booking form if applicable. $40.00
FOOD VENDOR BOOTHS The committee will be looking for a variety of local cuisines as well as family favourites. Food vendors must provide a permit from the Interior Health Authority by June 15, 2011 and abide by their rules and regulations. $60.00
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Registration on the Hired Equipment List “Expression of Interest– Hired Equipment List” will be received by the of¿ce of the Finance and Purchasing Manager up to and including 2:30 pm, local time May 31, 2011 for the following equipment: Equipment required may include, and is not limited to, the following: • Dumptrucks, Wheel loaders/Bobcats, Crawler/Bulldozer, Compaction Equipment, Backhoes, Miscellaneous Construction Equipment Please submit your Expression Of Interest (EOI) on the provided form. EOI Documents outlining requirements are available from: The Corporation of the City of Nelson Suite 101, 310 Ward Street Nelson, BC V1L 5S4 Contact: Finance and Purchasing Manager 250-352-8204 Or the City of Nelson web site, www.nelson.ca/html/tender.html
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Vandals may not have been responsible for damaging a plaque commemorating Nelson’s relationship with its Japanese sister city after all. Jim Sawada of the NelsonIzushi Friendship Society heard from a witness this week that the incident in Cottonwood Falls Park was actually an accident. The man, a regular park visitor, said about half a dozen middle aged adults were sitting around late last month, and two were pressed against the plaque. “They weren’t drinking — just visiting and having a good time. That’s what he told me,” Sawada says. “One of them sort of made a gesture of ‘Oh my goodness,’ and then the whole thing tipped over behind him. It wasn’t vandalism, it was totally accidental.” The plaque, presented to Nelson by Shuzenji, Japan in 1997 to mark the tenth anniversary of their twinning, fell from its pedestal and ended up with a large crack in its upper left corner. Although no one reported
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Damage to a plaque marking the tenth anniversary of Nelson’s sister city relationship with Shuzenji, Japan was apparently the result of an accident, not vandalism as first thought.
what happened, Sawada still feels sheepish for concluding it must have been vandals. “I feel bad about it because I spoke out of turn,” he says. While he’s relieved there was no malicious intent and doesn’t want to pursue it further, the society still needs to repair or replace the plaque. “We asked the city to pack it away in their warehouse for us,” Sawada says. “We’re going to talk to a stone mason or somebody familiar with marble, assess the damage, and
see if it can be repaired.” It it can’t be done, they’ll substitute it — and change the design so it doesn’t tip over again. He says it may take a month or two to have something in place, but they want it finished before the next delegation of Japanese students visits Nelson in August. The plaque, along with a stone lantern, was originally placed at the Prestige Resort, then moved to the park in 2002 when a Japanese garden was developed.
Community showed ability to work together Continued from Page 2 coffee shops that opened up to provide sandwiches and drinks. It continued with the hotels that provided emergency housing, and the Villa Motel, “where we’ve been treated phenomenally.” While there, Sprague became a housing advocate, working to help his fellow residents find places to stay. “I attempted to locate housing for the families, single parents, and students, and then it came to a point where I said what about me?” Sprague and his roommate finally found a place on High Street and are moving in this week, leaving just one person at the Villa, who remains there by choice. “It’s another step in the right direction,” Sprague says. “I’ve become involved with other organizations and I hope my input and voice will help other
Selkirk College instructor Allison Alder chaired the committee that tackled the displaced tenants’ needs.
people realize we do need supportive and low-income housing.” Mayor John Dooley praised Sprague’s efforts on the committee.
“We needed a resident of that building who could identify with them,” he says. “Dave seemed to be the kind of guy who wanted to step forward and had ideas. He’s been a tremendous help in grounding us to the people in that building and their needs.” Dooley adds he was “extremely proud” of the community’s response to the fire. “I wasn’t surprised, but I’m not sure why I would think that there wouldn’t be that type of response in Nelson. People always come through.” He thanked those who helped the night of the fire and those who helped raise funds to get people back on their feet. “That’s the Nelson I know and love and am honored and proud to be the mayor of,” he said. “It’s a community that meets the needs of those in desperate straits, not only at the time but going forward.”
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Grade 8 leadership students from Trafalgar Middle School spent a couple of afternoons this week pulling weeds and otherwise tending to the gardens at Cottonwood Falls Park. Teacher Karen Walgren says it’s just one example of kids doing good deeds around town.
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Salmo RCMP are investigating an assault complaint reported around 9 a.m. Saturday, but don’t know who was involved.
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ven if you’re not a sports fan, a hockey fan or a Canucks fan, it’s hard to not get caught up in the excitement of the Stanley Cup run. It’s been 17 years in the making and history is now once again at Vancouver’s doorstep. The last time Vancouver made it to sport’s greatest championship series, Bill Ramsden was the mayor of Nelson, Mike Harcourt was running the show in Victoria and Jean Chretien was the newly elected prime minister in Ottawa where the Liberals would hold power for 13 years. When Nelson boy Greg Adams and the Canucks forged into the final against the New York Rangers, Walmart had just arrived to Nelson, NAFTA was still a newly hatched trade deal, Kurt Cobain had just died, and O.J. Simpson was simply an ex-football player and marginal actor. That series went seven games and the Rangers eventually triumphed, bringing heartbreak to fans across British Columbia. For 17 years the faithful had to wait. Now the pride oozes. At its best, sport has the ability to bind people together. With what the Canucks are doing this spring we are witness to that phenomenon. Flags flapping out car windows, jerseys proudly strolling down Baker Street and local bars overflowing with happy patrons dropping plenty of dough while cheering on Bieksa and the boys. Sure the players are massively overpaid and the corporate culture of professional sport has destroyed some of the joy. But now is not the time to overthink it. The opportunity to challenge for the Stanley Cup is a rare moment for any hockey team. And for the men now hoping to be crowned champions of the greatest league in professional hockey, it’s been a goal since they were little kids dreaming about being the next Mike Bossy or Wayne Gretzky. To hoist that beautiful trophy over their heads and know they have accomplished a rare feat. We’re lucky to get to sit back and watch it unfold. Enjoy the next two weeks. E-MAIL LETTERS TO: newsroom@nelsonstar.com The Nelson Star is a member of the British Columbia Press Council, a self-regulatory body governing the province’s newspaper industry. The council considers complaints from the public about the conduct of member newspapers. Directors oversee the mediation of complaints, with input from both the newspaper and the complaint holder. If talking with the editor or publisher does not resolve your complaint about coverage or story treatment, you may contact the B.C. Press Council. Your written concern, with documentation, should be sent within 45 days to the B.C. Press Council, 201 Selby Street, Nanaimo, V9R 2R2. For information, phone 888-687-2213 or go to bcpresscouncil.org Cindy Amaral Production Manager
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Getting the bigger tax picture
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There’s far too much waste at all levels of government and we should always push our leaders to do better. But overall, I don’t mind paying taxes. The list to the right shows just how much the federal government has going on and for the most part it should be a matter of pride that Ottawa manages to hold it all together. When I stare hard at the dots, however, one picture that jumps off the page is that every dollar collected counts. If the government doesn’t collect, something has to give. Perhaps it’s because I recently returned from a soccer weekend south of the border, but what this list makes clear is that money spent outside of Canada hurts this country’s ability to take care of business. The lure of shopping in the United States has never been stronger. The greenback is slumping alongside the American economy. They are blowing out stock and the deals are fantastic. But every dollar spent down south is one less dollar earned in Canada. One less dollar that goes towards contributing to this list. Readers have likely grown tired of my shop local rants. I could go on about how the small shop owner on Baker Street consistently contributes to your child’s soccer team, the latest fundraising walk or Capitol Theatre productions in order to make our community stronger. But I won’t. Like those optical illusion posters, nobody can make you see the picture. It’s up to you to figure out what you see when you stare hard enough. editor@nelsonstar.com
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THE PRICE WE PAY
In a recent edition, MoneySense Magazine went on the hunt to ďŹ nd out where the money we pay in taxes actually goes. No such list really exists, so the magazine enlisted University of Calgary tax expert Jack Mintz. Under Mintz’s guidance, graduate student Matt Krzepkowski pored through the ďŹ nancial statements of the government of Canada to ďŹ gure out where the $6,017 in federal taxes paid by a person making $50,000 in employment income is spent. This is what they discovered... Canadian Food Inspection Agency..................... $16.36 Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency...............$11.11 Canada Revenue Agency..................................... $100.41 Canada Council for the Arts.................................$4.17 CBC........................................................................ $25.97 CRTC...................................................................... $0.28 National Film Board.............................................. $1.59 Status of Women.................................................. $0.72 Citizenship and Immigration................................ $38.53 Parks Canada........................................................ $17.72 Provincial Fiscal Arrangements (Equalization)... $307.42 Health Transfer...................................................... $565.59 Social Transfer....................................................... $247.43 Public Debt Charges............................................ $615.35 Auditor General..................................................... $2.00 Fisheries and Oceans........................................... $45.15 CIDA....................................................................... $85.73 Governor General................................................. $0.43 Health..................................................................... $129.82 Old Age Security................................................... $601.39 Guaranteed Income Supplement........................ $176.31 Indian Affairs and Northern Development.......... $169.34 Canadian Space Agency...................................... $7.85 National Research Council of Canada................ $21.22 Canadian Human Rights Commission................ $0.52 Supreme Court of Canada................................... $0.66 National Defence.................................................. $450.52 Atomic Energy of Canada.................................... $19.18 The Senate............................................................ $2.06 House of Commons.............................................. $9.75 Privy Council......................................................... $8.13 Canada Border Services...................................... $37.40 CSIS....................................................................... $11.69 Correctional Service............................................. $51.62 RCMP..................................................................... $75.47 Public Works and Government Services............ $61.07 Canada Post Corporation.................................... $1.66 Canadian Air Transport Security.......................... $13.76 Canadian Transportation Agency........................ $0.64 Infrastructure......................................................... $96.12 VIA Rail................................................................... $8.83 Treasury Board...................................................... $56.69 Veterans Affairs..................................................... $77.76 EI.............................................................................$491.89 Children’s BeneďŹ ts................................................ $281.19 Other....................................................................... $1,068.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------SUBTOTAL $6,017.00
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“When you’re ready, I would love to sell your home!”
Your turn on the HST
n Wednesday morning, MLAs were waiting to hear the premier’s “big” announcement on the Harmonized Sales Tax. She had hinted at a “bold move” that will “put families first” to make the HST (some call it the Hated Sales Tax) more palatable for the summer referendum. When you’re told something big is going to happen, you expect, well, BIG. That’s not what happened. So you can imagine how deflating it was to see what she’s putting forward. If you decide that you want the HST, the BC Liberals will decrease the provincial side of it to 10 per cent by 2014. That is three years and another election away. It reminds me of the sales job Stephen Harper conducted during the federal election on income tax cuts. “Maybe sometime in the future, we may see this if this happens. Maybe,” is something that just doesn’t jive. Interestingly, it sounds like the Minister of Finance knows it too, as he warns that each percentage point reduction will cost B.C. coffers $850 million which will result in cuts elsewhere to balance the budget. In other words, if the BC Liberals cut the HST, you can expect cuts in health care, education and other important programs. Sheesh! Most importantly though, if this “Maybe sometime in the future, we may see this if this happens. Maybe,” reduction in the HST happens, it
still doesn’t change the facts that make the HST the wrong tax at the wrong time. First, you’ll still be paying more for bikes, haircuts, vitamins, alternative medicine, school supplies, energy-saving appliances, etc. Corporations
“Now it’s up to you. This referendum was achieved by the people of this province. We have a historical chance to defy the odds, have our voices heard and vote this regressive tax out.” will no longer get the tax cut planned for January 2012, but they will still be paying less. They promise to reinvest the money they aren’t spending in taxes, but that’s not very plausible since it hasn’t been the case in other jurisdictions. After Wednesday’s announcement, you are still paying more under the HST and they are paying less. Period. Another let down is the indefinite postponement of the reduction in small business taxes that was slated for April 2012. This is something the NDP wanted to see because we know that small businesses are the backbone in our economy, and we want to encourage small busi-
nesses to prosper. Many of them, like our many restaurants, are struggling with the HST. Now a promise that would have helped has been broken. Try as we might, we just can’t pin the BC Liberals down to a single honest statement on the HST. Ministers contradict each other; they say big news and we find it is “maybe” news. The BC Liberals claim they are neutral on the HST, but they are spending $7 million of your tax dollars to sell you on it. They said they wouldn’t institute the HST before the 2009 election, then months later they did. Now it’s up to you. This referendum was achieved by the people of this province. We have a historical chance to defy the odds, have our voices heard and vote this regressive tax out. Corporate and BC Liberal government advertising will be fierce and plentiful, but the decision resides with us and our communities. We can stop the HST by marking our ballots “yes” in the referendum. The BC Liberals’ dishonesty is frustrating, but our communities are uplifting. Together we will demand fair taxation, we will demand the truth, and we will get it. Now, that’s what’s big. Michelle Mungall is the MLA for Nelson-Creston. Her column appears in the Star once a month
Dog ban hurts Nelson’s welcomeness
Re: “A contrast in doggy dealings,” May 20 After moving here 11 years ago reading Bob Hall’s recent column reminded me of my first trip to downtown, parked three meters down from Baker Street. I walked up to the corner where I was approached by a policeman and although the tone was conciliatory, the words were “do you see the sign on the pavement? Dogs are not allowed in the downtown.” My dog, a golden retriever, was sitting quietly on the back seat with the windows closed. I felt offended and
angry and ever since that day have had a negative feeling whenever I need to go downtown. Walking along Baker Street alone without my dog I nearly always think about how pleasant it is to go to Portland and walk along 23rd Avenue with all the similar boutiques, restaurants and coffee shops where bowls of water are set out for dogs and people smile when they see you approach with a well behaved canine on a leash of course. Walking into a hardware store the clerk is standing there with an outstretched cookie and asks if he can give
it to the dog. Now that’s a welcome. Yes, I have been to Coeur d’Alene too. and there too I walked down the main street with my dog and it felt wonderful to be received that way. I sincerely hope that Nelson council will someday find it important enough to finally review the repressive and unnecessary total ban on dogs downtown. Of course laws are needed; no responsible dog owner would disagree, but a total ban? Where else is such a law in place? I don’t know of any. Michael Freund North Shore
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VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION Friday, May 27 4:00-6:00 Drop In 601 Vernon St., Nelson (Bottom Level) Snacks/Bubbles the Clown It’s a chance for us to say THANK YOU! to all of those who have helped out The Salvation Army this year.
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Nelson team cruises to provincial championship Continued from Page 1 That summer, another member of Kenora’s championship team, Tom Phillips, indicated he might be willing to come to Nelson, while Harry Kennedy, renowned as the best left winger in Winnipeg, sent Lester a letter saying he intended to move to B.C. Lester also wanted to bring in Harry Bright, a star centre with Pittsburgh of the pro International League.
“Last year the Patrick brothers pointed out to the people of Nelson that there was a very desirable piece of pewter in eastern Canada, vastly prized that sometimes resided on the St. Lawrence river and at other times on the Ottawa. Nelson district boasts one of the finest collections of minerals on the continent, but it is not strong on pewter.” Nelson Daily News October 17, 1909
“It would be a fine advertisement for Nelson to have the championship hockey team of the world,” the Daily News said with remarkable understatement. In addition to the Patricks themselves, another pair of brothers were already in place: Archie and Harry Bishop, originally from Niagara Falls, had played in Nelson for four years. Archie, a centre, was among the most prolific goal scorers of the era, while Harry was a goaltender whom Lester said “was good enough to have made professional company had he cared to make the jump.” “Can you show me any team in the east which would have it on us?” Lester exclaimed. “Not yet you can’t. Just watch us land that Stanley Cup ... We have the champion hockey team of British Columbia in Nelson and we want the championship of Canada now.” As they built their dream team, the Patricks also started collecting public subscriptions for a rink “with the large surface necessary for the training of a team going after such a trophy.” Designed by local architect Alex Carrie, the arena on Hall Mines Road (where the Alpine Motel is now) would replace the old rink at the corner of Houston and Stanley and “meet fully and adequately the wants of curlers and hockeyists.” The money was raised (between $12,000 and $15,000, depending on conflicting accounts), Phillips, Griffis, Beaudro, and Kennedy agreed to join the team, and the Patricks put up both lumber for the rink and $2,500 to cover travelling expenses. They would head
for Montreal beginning around January 15, and play exhibition games en route, in Edmonton, Calgary, Regina, Brandon, Winnipeg, and possibly Ottawa and Toronto. And then something went wrong. According to a later report, “the fine new ice rink... was not ready soon enough and the plan to go after the Stanley Cup was abandoned for the time being.” It’s also possible the cup trustees refused Nelson’s challenge — if it was ever formally issued. Days after a contract was awarded to W.G. Gillett to build the new rink, the Patricks said they would not play with any team for the Stanley Cup that year. “Pressure of business will prevent either of the brothers from going east this season,” a newspaper report said. Yet Lester changed his mind, for in December he joined Edmonton’s unsuccessful bid against his old team, the Montreal Wanderers. He returned to Nelson in time for the local club’s season. Even without other ringers — none of the much-vaunted talent arrived — Nelson was virtually unbeatable. In the season opener, Archie Bishop scored six times as Nelson defeated Rossland 14-1. In the rematch, Lester scored seven times in an 11-4 win. Next they downed Moyie 16-3, with Archie notching seven and Lester five. At the Rossland winter carnival, Nelson stormed its way to the 1909 B.C. championship. They had outscored their opponents 71-12 to that point, but then lost a two-game challenge series against the same Edmonton team Lester helped in its cup run.
photo courtesy Touchstones Nelson/Shawn Lamb Archives
The Nelson hockey club won the B.C. championship in 1909, thanks to the Patrick and Bishop brothers. However, they never got to contest for the Stanley Cup. BELOW: The Patrick family lived in Nelson at 917 Edgewood Avenue. They ran a sawmill at Crescent Valley, whose ruins are still visible.
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TENACIOUS, BUT STILL DENIED elson’s success — and the completion of the new rink — only further fueled the Patricks’ desire to win the Stanley Cup. That fall, they were in talks with the brilliant centre Newsy Lalonde, who had come west to play lacrosse. “Lalonde will, it is said, come back to Nelson for the cold months and will assist that city in making a bid for the Stanley Cup, the trophy which is to hockey as the Minto Cup is to lacrosse,” the Vancouver Province reported. “It is the intention of Nelson to go after the cup sometime in February next if the cup trustees will give them dates then.” Those dates were critical, the Patricks felt, “for it would be folly to go east in December, without having had any practice on home ice, or in March, when home ice would have for some time been a memory.” The series would be played in Ottawa against the champion Senators, and in addition to Lalonde, both Phillips and Griffis — now retired from hockey — were again expected to bolster Nelson’s ranks. Story continues to Page 9
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Grizzlies spotted in garbage
You’re invited to: The Nelson & District Women’s Centre
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Bad news for a couple of subadult grizzly bears seen around Nelson recently: they were spotted early Tuesday in residential garbage in the 1300 block of Granite Road. Police say both animals appeared to be tagged, indicating they had been trapped before. The conservation office was notified. Later that morning, the bears were seen again at Granite Pointe Golf Course. “Nelson Police urge all residents to be responsible with their household garbage and help prevent these bears and others from being destroyed,” Sgt. Howie Grant says. “Any resident who is reckless with their trash could receive a $345 fine under the BC Wildlife Act.” l Someone stole a kite sail, kite board, and related equipment worth about $2,000 from the locked canopy of a pickup truck parked at Lakeside Park overnight MondayTuesday. Police are asking for tips.
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Welwood Nabs History Honour
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A story about a B.C. journalist who went missing after speaking to Hitler has earned North Shore resident Frances Welwood the Anne and Philip Yandle award for best article in British Columbia History magazine. Welwood is seen here receiving the honour from former Wilfred Laurier University history professor Barry Gough, chair of the recognition committee, for “Lukin Johnston of The Province.” In 1933, Johnston became the first Canadian newspaperman to interview Adolph Hitler. Days later he vanished from an ocean liner. The award-winning story can be downloaded at bchistory.ca/ awards/article/index.html. Copies of BC History are also available for sale at Touchstones Nelson, Otter Books, and the Gray Creek store. Welwood’s husband Ron won the same award in 2003 for his article entitled “Baillie–Grohman’s Diversion.”
vying again for the B.C. title. Soon after, the Patrick family sold their sawmill and risked the proceeds in a new professional hockey circuit with teams in Vancouver, Victoria, and New Westminster. Lester and Frank would simultaneously be players, coaches, owners, and officials. The Pacific Coast Hockey Association pioneered new rules — the blue line, forward pass, and playoff system, among them — that forever changed the game. Frank and Lester would go on to coach in the NHL and be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame, while several generations of their descendants would also be involved in the sport professionally. Darren Davidson photo
The Stanley Cup finally visited Nelson in 2007 as part of Hockey Day in Canada — 99 years after the Patricks first talked about winning it for the city.
Continued from Page 8 “We want to get the Stanley Cup for Nelson and if we get the dates, and if the people of Nelson back us up, as there is not a single doubt of their doing, we will make the most of our lives to lift it,” Lester said. However, the cup trustees were unwilling to grant the dates, and once
again Nelson’s challenge was stillborn. The Patrick brothers instead joined a team from Renfrew, Ontario in exchange for then-enormous sums. They returned to Nelson in 1911 after a disappointing season and resumed routing the local competition — although a dispute with Rossland carnival organizers prevented them from
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CUP GLORY PAST... AND FUTURE? n the end, Nelson’s Stanley Cup hopes turned out to be mostly hot air. But in 1915, Frank Patrick’s Vancouver Millionaires brought B.C. its first Stanley Cup victory, while a decade later, Lester’s Victoria Cougars gave the province its second. We’re still awaiting the third. The Vancouver Canucks may be poised to do something about it.
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YOUTH FOR HIRE
FRIDAY, MAY 27
Do you need short term workers? Do you have leaves to rake, walls to paint or trenches to dig? The Nelson Youth Employment Resource Centre is running its casual work program, where you can hire a youth for those specific jobs of yours, for the time you need and the wage you’re willing to pay! Simply call us at YERC at 250-352-5656 we’ll match you against our database of hardworking, eager youths.
STARRY SKIES AT TAGHUM HALL
May 27th May 28th Jun. 3rd Jun. 4th Jun. 6th -
- Amplified w/Billy Bangers & Breaker - Savage Blade w/Alone Against Rome Salival Tool Tribute Band DJ Cain w/ BC Dubcats & Robogoblin Josh Martinez & Pissed Off Wild Free Show!
Jun. 10th - Mat the Alien w/B-Ron Jun. 14th - Kyprios w/Scratch from The Roots Jun. 17th - Antiserum & Chaosphere Jun. 18th - Skratch Bastid Jun. 23rd - Dirty Dubsters Jun. 24th - Sonreal w/DJ Richie Alternative/Hip Hop
Jun. 25th - Wood n Soo Mashups Jun. 28th - Digable Planets Jul. 1st - Canada Day w/Lighta Sound Crew Jul. 2nd - Dexter & Mr Smith
Would you like to see the rings of Saturn, a far away galaxy, or a ball of thousands of stars? Join us for the Taghum Hall Society’s Starry Nights program, most clear Friday and Saturday nights. Look for the big star sign at Taghum Hall road and Highway 3A or contact us at 250-354-1586 or sumfun@telus.net for times.
Teen Movie night is back at the Nelson Public Library. Everyone ages 12 to 17 is welcome to come to a free movie at 7 p.m. Snacks and door prizes too!
SECURITY TRAINING
SATURDAY, MAY 28
The Salvation Army is hosting a volunteer appreciation drop in from 4 to 6 p.m. in the bottom level of 601 Vernon Street. Featuring snacks OXYGEN ART MARKET and Bubbles the Clown. This is a chance for us to say “thank you!” to Join the excitement at the first annual Oxygen Art Market — a stu- all of those who have helped out the Salvation Army this year. dio sale of original work. As a fundraiser for Oxygen Art Centre, over 40 local artists will display their work. Runs today from 7 to New Grand Hotel and Uptown Tavern tenth anniversary weekend 10 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. celebration! Toonie buffet from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. followed by some to 5 p.m. live entertainment by Dallas Wolbaum. Door prizes and specials. In July a basic security training course will be offered with instruction from industry expert Barry Wilding. To learn from Barry and be certified here in Nelson is a rare opportunity of great value to anyone in the security or events industry. The course runs 5 days, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and costs $330. To register for the course please email chrisbrach@shambhalamusicfestival.com. Date to be announced.
ARTISTS’ LEGAL CLINIC
Have you been invited to submit work to a competition or contest? Are you wondering whether you need a release to take photos of a public building? Are you confused by the language in a contract? Join lawyer Martha Rans in this interactive open legal clinic as she helps guide you through the laws affecting creators. Runs June 2 from 7 to 9 p.m. at Touchstones Nelson. Pre-registration is required, please call 250-352-9813, email info@touchstonesnelson.ca, or stop by the facility to book your seat. Touchstones Nelson and CARFAC members $10, general public $15.
UN JOUR DE FETE
Showing at the Craft Connection: one of a kind dresses by Angelika Werth, pottery by Ruth Prosser, Ian Johnson and Stephanie Fisher, and Shannon Merritt, painting by Anne Gillender, lampshade by Lynn Melanson.
COMMUNITY DRUM CIRCLE
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Sparkling Life Family Chiropractic invites you to our one year anniversary. Celebrations run from 3 to 6 p.m. at 514 Nelson Avenue.
Author Vicki Delany will sign copies of her new novel Among the Departed featuring constable Molly Smith at Otter Books at noon. Fundraising walk to support Lupus Canada begins at 4 p.m. at the Rotary shelter in Lakeside Park. There will be a potluck dinner and prize draw to follow. For more information, to register or to make a donation, go walkforlupus.ca or contact Nadine at 250-551-2797. When is a pew not a pew? When it’s been transformed by a local artist for the Grans to Grans auction. Reception and auction at 6 p.m. in the old Presbyterian church at the corner of Kootenay and Victoria Streets. Fundraiser for the Stephen Lewis Foundation supporting those with HIV/AIDS in Africa.
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NELSON’S HERITAGE HOTEL SINCE 1898
All seniors welcome to a potluck luncheon to be held at the Senior Citizens’ Association Branch No. 51, located at 717 Vernon Street. Luncheon begins at 12:30 p.m. For further information, call 250352-7078 weekday afternoons.
SUNDAY, MAY 29
Author Vicki Delany will sign copies of her new novel Among the Departed featuring constable Molly Smith at Coles in the Chahko Mika Mall at noon.
MONDAY, MAY 30
From May 30 to June 30 the Kootenay Bakery Cafe Co-op (377 Baker Street) will feature Return to Slocan or, The Metaphysics of Transcendental Sculpture created by Winlaw artist John Proulx. The installation features eight to 12 pieces of organic abstract sculpture.
A fun, relaxed, learning experience. Guided rhythms, we are all be- TUESDAY, MAY 31 ginners. Bigby Place (next to Superior lighting) 509 Front Street. Nelson Food Cupboard open house. Join us for Hunger Awareness Day. Tour the facilities, learn about our services and take part in an Runs every Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m. $5 drop-in fee. informal discussion on food insecurity in our community.
AT THE LEGION
At the Nelson Legion: Check out our new foosball and refurbished pool and snooker tables along with shuffleboard, darts and 10’ bigscreen TV for sports. Wednesday evening – darts; Saturday afternoon – meat draws with karaoke in the evening; Sunday afternoon – crib tournament; last Sunday of every month – Texas Hold’em charity poker (open to the public); month-end birthday bash; occasional fundraiser barbecues, ribs. etc.; beverage room with a welcoming, friendly atmosphere. Info 250-352-6464 or e-mail rclbr51@ telus.net. Members and guests welcome (service in armed forces not necessary for membership).
NELSON AND AREA ELDER ABUSE PREVENTION RESOURCE CENTRE
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1
All seniors welcome to the monthly meeting of the Senior Citizens’ Association Branch No. 51, located at 717 Vernon Street. Meeting commences at 10:30 a.m. Tea and goodies served after the meeting.
THURSDAY, JUNE 2
White Lightning Blues Band and guests play an Access to dental care fundraiser at The Royal, 7:30 to 11 p.m. A night of fun and fundraising: music, dancing, silent auction and your gracious donations!
FRIDAY, JUNE 3
The Council of Canadians hosts Shout Out for Global Justice. PreOpen Wednesdays from 12 to 2 p.m. at 719 Vernon Street. Phone sented at SelfDesign High, from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Suggested donation is 250-352-6008 or visit nelsonelderabuseprevention.org $5. The film tells the stories of the peaceful protesters at the G8/G20 summits in Toronto last summer.
Come enjoy two of Canada’s BEST Acoustic guitar performers.
Brooke Miller & Don Ross MAY 28th, 2011
Capitol Theatre 421 Victoria Street, Nelson Doors open at 7:30pm Show starts at 8:00pm for tickets call 250-352-6363 • $20 (hst included)
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Nelson’s Corazón Vocal Ensemble embarks on its popular year-end show. As usual, the audience at this show will be amazed by the group’s vibrant presence, professionalism, surprising repertoire, and great voices. Shows at 3, 6, and 8 p.m. Tickets $18 (students and seniors $12) on sale at Eddy Music. The 3 p.m. show features a song by special guest children’s choir VoixVive.
Kootenay Gallery Castlegar Aspen Switzer
Amplified — Mayhem Edition
This will be the last show of the season for the Unplugged Sessions. Opening at noon is local Boo Dee, a superb musician who returns after a long absence and will entertain us on guitar, piano and vocals with some folk, blues and surprises. Come early as seating is limited. He will be followed by another intermission surprise. Based out of Victoria, songstresses Marley Daemon and Betty Supple will follow to create the unforgettable sound of Dirty Grace. They both sing, play mandolin, guitar, accordion and piano. Musical flavours range from sassy swing to soulful hip hop and devotional heart-folk. For the Birds is a music collective comprised of three B.C. singer-songwriters: Aspen Switzer, Elaine Ryan and Genevieve Ryan. The women met through a competition to play in Sarah McLachlan’s Lilith tour. All of them ranked in the top six of the Vancouver contest.
Billy Bangers and Breaker bring you Amplified Mayhem Edition. Now in their eighth year of existence, the Amplified nights have always been memorable ones. Since day one Billy Bangers and Django have never held back from behind the decks. Heavy bass lines and filthy beats fill the dance floor. This spring will be no exception. Still only $5, come out early and kill it with your two favorite skidz.
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The versatile raggamuffin vocal style of Mista Chatman continues to boom loud and clear to the global music community. Gisto will be your host with support from local selectors Mama Sa and Buck Lee. Showtime 9:30 p.m. Cover $5 before 10:30 p.m., $10 after
Friday, June 3
It’s the return of funk ‘n’ groove master Papa Josh! Josh Suhrheinrich is a seasoned funk, jazz and R&B guitarist with a powerful voice and an instinct for making music feel good. Papa Josh’s only mission is to keep the dance floor shaking. His tasteful solos and guitar explorations melt into the groove as people marvel at the funk band with just one man. The sound is all Josh and it all happens live. Show starts 9:30 p.m. Tickets $10.
The Capitol Theatre 421 Victoria Street — tickets at capitoltheatre.bc.ca Mt. Sentinel Secondary presents Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. Since January of this year, 40 students and 20 adults have been working hard on recreating the magic and music of Disney’s popular musical. Although the musical is produced by the students and staff at Mt. Sentinel, the cast and crew involve community members from all surrounding areas including students from Self Design High, LVR, and musicians from New Denver to Vancouver. This musical appeals to all audiences with remarkable characters who are under an enchanted spell until the Beast, once a prince, learns to love. Evening shows each day at 7:30 p.m. and a Saturday matinee at 2 p.m. Tickets $10 for students/seniors and $12 adults.
330 Baker Street Brooklyn Earick is a high energy DJ from Bellefontaine, Ohio. Starting out with vinyl and turntables, Earick has now progressed to music making by creating his own edits, remixes and original productions. During his live shows Brooklyn runs multiple music production programs and uses a mixer and drum machine while playing energetic sets that include anything from house and dubstep, to drum n bass. Local DJ Rhapsody starts the night off.
Nelson based singer-songwriter Aspen Switzer performs with her musical collective For the Birds. The three musicians met through a competition to play in Sarah McLachlan’s Lilith Tour, each ranking in the top six. Words to best describe this trio are soulful, gutsy, witty and magical. This highly entertaining concert will combine folk, traditional and roots music. Advance tickets are available at the gallery: $12 for gallery members, $15 for general admission and $20 at the door. Show starts at 7 p.m.
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Savage Blade Nelson’s hammer of heavy metal Savage Blade returns to the Spirit Bar. An original ‘80s-style heavy metal band (think Dio, Scorpions, Judas Priest, Metallica, etc.), Savage Blade has been hailed as a leader of the new wave of traditional heavy metal. The band has recently entered the studio to record final vocal tracks for their forthcoming release, entitled Angel Museum. This will be the band’s highly-anticipated second full-length album. Although firmly entrenched in the same classic sound and style of their first release, Angel Museum signals a growth in the band’s collaborative songwriting, arrangement and production efforts. Intense, progressive, thrashy, epic.
Saturday, June 4
Bassbizniz presents a stacked lineup of four different acts who will take you on a journey through all styles of bass music and even some beatboxing. Manitoba born Jermel Dindayal, better known as CAIN.1 became an essential part of the budding Winnipeg club circuit in the late 90s. His style is ultra fresh with seamless mixing of all styles. Nelson’s own BC Dubcats will also be dropping the new and old ragga dub and dancehall rhythms. Plus an exclusive beatbox set by Robgoblin. Opening set by C-Biggs.
Saturday, June 11
An inspiring evening of rhythmic gymnastics and dance from Rhythmic Dimensions. Rhythmic gymnastics is a beautiful and dynamic form of movement using ribbons, balls, hoops, ropes, scarves and so much more. Rhythmic Dimension students will be performing along with some special guests. Show starts 7 p.m. Tickets $12 for adults, $10 for students and seniors.
Saturday, June 25
Alseny Diallo and the Kikeyambay Afrobeat Orchestra unites a dynamic, energetic traditional West African drum and dance show and a 12-piece Electric Afrofusion Orchestra. A famed soloist and master djembe player from Guinea, Diallo has performed at many nationally sponsored festivals and competitions in his country. He has a gift for teaching and sharing the rhythms of his culture and is considered one of the best djembé players in Canada. Show starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets $15
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their $20 or their $3 and say, ‘here, this is so I can play.’”
“A lot of little kids actually gave $20 or $25, or they emptied their piggy banks...” Erin Fitchett
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In addition to funding the installation of the new playground, the money will be used to build a picnic shelter (to be added at a later date), landscape the school grounds, refurbish an onsite soccer field and basketball court and spruce up an old but still usable set of monkey bars. Fitchett says volunteers who haven’t signed up to build are still welcome to come to the site Saturday between 8 and 9 a.m. to pitch in. “You can fill out some paperwork and then get to work,” she adds. For more information on Balfour’s playground project email balfourfun@ gmail.com or visit balfour.ltbk.ca.
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A former principal of the Balfour schoolhouse is lending his name to the site’s new playground: the John Roos Community Spirit Park. “John was the principal at the school from 1977 to 1987 when so many kids and families were involved in the community that they actually needed to build a bigger school,” explains local recreation director Erin Fitchett In addition to overseeing a crop of Balfour youth, Roos was known for organizing extracurricular activities that brought a wide cross-section of the community to the schoolyard. “It just kept coming back to what that space represents. Right now it just seems so quiet up there, and years past it was such a great place where there was energy and life and the screams of kids playing and laughter,” says Fitchett. “It was bigger than just coming to school from 8 to 3. It was a community of people doing all kinds of things together, and that’s the spirit we want to bring back to that space.” — Andrea Klassen
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Twelfth in a Series of West Kootenay-Related Lists
Municipalities that no longer exist
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Postcard view of Sandon, mailed 1907. Published by Canada Drug and Book Co. Ltd. of Nelson.
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SANDON
W
est Kootenay’s best-known ghost town was incorporated as a city on either December 30, 1897 or January 1, 1898 depending on how you read the letters patent.
wasn’t unprecedented: Slocan was seized by the Crown for eight months in 1906-07 after a disastrous tax sale.) A series of receivers took over, including former Nelson police chief Charles W. Young, helping Sandon out of the red. Receivership was finally lifted in 1919, but the new council must have struggled, for disincorporation followed on April 17, 1920. In 1955, a washout plugged and wrecked the flume, badly undermining the town, and marking its end as a viable community. However, city hall, built in 1900, is still standing.
PHOENIX
Sandon was disincorporated in 1920, but city hall — now the Prospector’s Pick — still stands.
One of council’s first acts proved Sandon’s undoing, both physically and financially: they built a flume over Carpenter Creek, which ran through the centre of town, and paid for it by issuing a $15,000 debenture. When it came due in 1913, practically no money was on hand, so the bankrupt city was placed in receivership. (It
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ncorporated as a city on October 11, 1900, the mining town between
Grand Forks and Greenwood lived and died with the price of copper — which fell precipitously after World War I. The Granby Company closed its Phoenix mines and focused on operations at Anyox and Princeton, where many Phoenicians moved. City council met for the last time in August 1920, and Phoenix was disincorporated on April 2, 1921, by which time the place was more or less deserted. Many buildings, including city hall, stood for decades, but all that’s left now is the cemetery and cenotaph. During its brief life, Phoenix also claimed to be the highest incorporated city in Canada (no pot jokes, please), with an elevation between 4,361 and 4,603 feet Story continues to Page 15
Postcard view of Phoenix, mailed 1916. Published by W.J. Gage & Co. Ltd. of Toronto. City hall in bottom right corner.
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Continued from Page 14 (1,329 and 1,403 m). The title now belongs to Airdrie, Alberta, of all places, at 3,648 feet (1,112 m).
COLUMBIA
Tadanac, once a separate municipality, remains one of Trail’s nicest neighbourhoods.
T
he little-known and short-lived city of Columbia (that’s right: Columbia, British Columbia) was incorporated on May 4, 1899 in an area otherwise known as Upper or West Grand Forks. Columbia and Grand Forks were bitter rivals: a Grand Forks restaurateur was jailed for making malicious statements about Columbia; the Columbia stage coach refused to let passengers off in Grand Forks; and Grand Forks founding mayor John Manly was accused of helping burn down a Columbia hotel. (The charges were dropped when a key witness failed to show.)
TOP: “Columbia Street and CPR depot,” from a photo booklet published by W.H. Carre around 1903. ABOVE: Columbia’s former train station — now a restaurant — is the last link to its days as a city.
The feud finally ended in 1901 when residents of both cities voted to amalgamate, although it didn’t become official until January 1, 1903. Various names for the new city were suggested, including Amalga, Empire, and Miner. The latter secured the most support, but for some reason Grand Forks still won out. The Columbia Grill, a train station-turnedrestaurant, is about the only reminder of the erstwhile city.
TADANAC
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n December 21, 1922, Tadanac broke away from Trail to become a Cominco-owned district municipality, encompassing the smelter and adjacent neighbourhood, home to company brass and certain professionals.
It raised a stink. The provincial Labour party claimed Cominco was trying to dodge municipal taxes by setting its own rates, a cry heard repeatedly for decades. According to Elsie Turnbull in Trail Between Two Wars, “considerable opposition appeared among taxpayers in Trail,” but they were mollified after a mass meeting. “Trail was to remain the commercial center. No churches or stores were to be built in the new municipality and only a small school for the lower grades.” To further smooth the way for Tadanac sovereignty, Cominco agreed to make annual payments to Trail, cover half of all school costs, and help with the upkeep of parks and cemeteries. Tadanac’s reeve and council would be elected by Cominco employees, although the candidates were usually company lawyers and executives. It stayed that way until 1968, when amid much acrimony and threats of litigation, an amalgamation agreement was at last signed, and on January 1, 1969, Tadanac once again became part of Trail.
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Kinnaird incorporated as a village in 1946. It amalgamated with Castlegar in 1974.
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or decades, Castlegar’s twin community followed it in lockstep like a younger sibling: Castlegar became a village in 1946; Kinnaird did the same on August 6, 1948. Castlegar became a town in 1966; so did Kinnaird, on August 5, 1967. All the while though, there was talk of amalgamation, which finally happened on January 1, 1974, following a referendum that earned over 67 per cent support. Voters were then asked to name the new city, and it turned out local affection for Castlegar ran much deeper than for Kinnaird: Castlegar received 825 votes. Kinnaird received 11. The two communities have since grown together to the point where the dividing line is invisible. Although now commonly called South Castlegar, Kinnaird lives on in the name of an elementary school, a former middle school, a church, and a hall. One other bit of trivia: twin brothers Bob and Colin Maddocks served as mayors of Castlegar and Kinnaird, respectively — Bob from 1966-68 and Colin from 1970-73. Both sought election in 1969. Colin won, Bob lost.
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The New Grand Hotel is celebrating its tenth year anniversary this weekend. Parts of the building that houses the boutique hotel, Uptown Sportsbar and Louie’s Steak House are almost 100 years old, but the festivities this Friday and Saturday will mark the huge renovation which took place a decade ago. Uptown bartender Joe Cheech (left) and Lily Smith (right) each showed a handful of fingers to mark the special occasion. On Friday night there will be a toonie buffet, live entertainment with Dallas Wolbaum and door prizes. On Saturday night Ultimate Fighting continues with UFC130 starting at 6 p.m.
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We Take the Cake The bakery department at Nelson’s Save-On Foods has a new toy. Using rice paper they can now put photos on cakes for all your special occasions. On Wednesday Save-On assistant manager Adam Hirschlcorn (middle) and Lori Stocks (right) brought the Star staff a special cake emblazoned with the whole gang’s faces.
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a master baker in Luxembourg. At the Nelson Public Library, The Rellies have arrived. Ancestry.com may be used in the library at any of our public computers (in-library use is a restriction of our license), and from there the door opens. Ancestry. com trolls over 7,000 databases and 200 billion images to help you avoid Sid and his lineage, or find Mabel and hers. It’s as simple as plugging in what you know, then seeing what comes up. There are records from census to marriage to death in Canada, the U.S. and the U.K.; international collections are constantly growing to include Germany, Russia, China, and more. There are ship lists, phone directories, and emigration indexes; there are military records from colonial era to the last century. The potential for Rellie recovery is huge: consider 30 million baptism, marriage, and burial records from Quebec, 60 million records from Census Canada (yes, that’s the form you just received at your door!), and 200 million records from England, Wales, Isle of Man, Channel Islands, and Scotland. There are Jewish family history records from Eastern Europe and Russia, and there are Poor Law Records from London. Add to that postcards, newsreels, and tombstone photographs, and it’s a great place to begin your family tree, one Rellie at a time. In fact, there’s a template you can access right there to help you get started.
At the library we have a steady stream of people from all over looking for their Rellies in our microfilm of the Nelson Daily News and turnof-the-last-century regional papers like the Nelson Miner, Sandon’s Paystreak,
“What took years to unearth can now take minutes, making Sid, Mabel, and everyone that came before that much closer — shrinking the world, and the passage of time.” or the New Denver Ledge. These, eyeboggling as they can be to use hour after hour, will always be there. We have provincial birth, marriage, and death records on microfiche, and we have a terrific local history collection in our archives. But now, what took years to unearth can now take minutes, making Sid, Mabel, and everyone that came before that much closer — shrinking both the world, and the passage of time. They say you can choose your friends, but not your relatives, and that’s true enough. It might always be necessary to hide the Scotch. But if you choose to find your relatives, who knows what else you’ll find out. The library is a good place to start. Anne DeGrace’s column is featured every second Friday in the Star
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A look back at living off the land Ross Klatte and his wife tried living communally on Kootenay Lake in the 1970s. As he recounts, the experiment had successes and failures
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n late fall 1970, Ross Klatte and wife April were driving from his parents’ golf course outside Minneapolis, where they’d been living and working, to B.C. to winter in Queens Bay. They were considering staying there with April’s older sister, husband, and two children from a previous marriage and going back to the land together. “As an ex-farm boy, I was anything but sentimental about life on the land,” says Klatte, who recently recounted the experience for the Learning in Retirement group. “To live communally unless you have religious or deeply philosophical common ground is pretty difficult.” He knew to expect hard physical labour, and that nature could nurture or destroy in equal, fickle measure. Nevertheless, by spring, he and April decided to stay. Her sister was receiving child support payments, while everyone else contributed with whatever part-time work they could find. Household duties, including cooking and child care, were shared. Major decisions, financial and otherwise, were made together. “Our ultimate goal was to find land we could afford and settle on it,” Klatte says. He and his wife went tree planting while April’s sister and husband stayed home to plant a garden.
“Our garden produced vegetables. We acquired a pair of goats to supply milk. Otherwise we ate a lot of beans and rice and shopped as little as possible in Nelson.” That summer, they returned to Minnesota to fetch the rest of their belongings, including a Winchester rifle, and “feasted on venison... after I shot a deer in the cedar swamp below the Queens Bay townsite.” Klatte was not a draft dodger — in fact, he served in the U.S. Navy — but the couple became provisional Canadian immigrants. Meanwhile, “other dropouts, dissidents, and wandering hippies drifted in, until there were as many as ten people and their kids living in and around the house.” They were all refugees, Klatte says, escaping the “straight, striving world” of their parents. Theirs was just one of several back-tothe-land communes in the area. Others in the Slocan Valley got help from the Doukhobors, who once lived communally themselves. While these collectives are long gone, many of their founders remain in the area. Klatte’s communal family lasted until spring 1972, when April’s sister’s marriage broke up and she and her new partner set out on their own. Ross and April, meanwhile, had “gotten somewhat tenuously back together after our ‘open marriage’ experiments, and now
we recommitted to each other.” He cut his hair, trimmed his beard, put on a tie, and went job-hunting in Nelson, where he applied for the assistant registrar’s position at Notre Dame University. The registrar was fellow Queens Bay resident Ed Baravelle — a former MGM composer who emigrated to Canada after being blacklisted in the U.S. during the McCarthy era. “Ross, my God, I didn’t know you were going to apply,” he said. “I just hired somebody. But wait! Maybe I can get out of it.” That night Baravelle stopped by to tell Klatte the job was his. Ross and April moved into town for a year, then bought ten acres of cleared land near Balfour and started homesteading. “We planted a garden, finished the one-room cabin on the place, [and] hired a draft resister turned carpenter to build a one-room addition with a sleeping loft before the snow flew.” In 1977, they became Canadian citizens, built a second addition that included indoor plumbing to replace their outhouse, and adopted a son. Klatte put his newfound practical skills to good use. “I learned to use a chainsaw, without cutting my toes or a leg off, and to gather enough firewood for the winters,” he says. “I acquired enough building skills to put the siding up on our house and shake the roof. I managed, al-
Ross Klatte recently told the Learning in Retirement group how he lived communally with his extended family in the 1970s. He says they were known as “the first hippies in Queens Bay.”
beit rather funkily, to do the plumbing for our bathroom.” They still live on the land, he says, “though we never lived entirely off it.” They kept chickens until their dog got into the coop one day, and had bees until they discovered April was allergic to stings and Ross got tired of chasing bears away. “We continue to keep a garden and have a small orchard. I don’t hunt anymore, but I could again, if I had to. We could live, in short, as we once did and may have to again.” Their son and some of his friends, he notes, are now attracted to the backto-the-land idea. Klatte, who worked at David Thompson University Centre and Selkirk College until retiring in 1998, is writing a novel based on his experiences tentatively titled Waiting for the Revolution. He previously chronicled his Minnesota upbringing in Leaving the Farm.
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ing 0.7 percentage points higher to 15.2 per cent. This is the highest that the youth unemployment rate has been since May 2010 when it hit 15.4 per cent. Homeowners and businesses can tackle this issue in the community by participating in the local summer casual work program. The program is designed to offer a link between youths seeking work and those employers with short to medium term jobs. The program offers youth between the ages of 15 and 30 the opportunity to support themselves while searching for full time employment as well as providing an effective source for employers to find workers to complete those jobs that do
not require full time employment. Youth are first prepared for the program by attending a compulsory information session outlining their responsibilities and rights and the expectations of employers. Employers call the centre and provide details such as type of work, length of the job and amount they are willing to pay and we match this to our database of eager youths. Standard B.C. laws apply to minimum time worked and wage. The centre always conducts follow ups to ensure the quality of the youths they are sending out as well as the quality of the employers. The centre is now inviting all homeowners and businesses to contact them at 250-352-5656.
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Vous pouvez offrir l’éducation à vos enfants en français, ici même à Nelson.
Touchstones of Nelson – Greg Scott
Time bomb at depot Dateline May 2, 1958 n evening that ended with lively square dance tunes and swirling skirts of dancers saw three trophies awarded and the festival high mark equaled for the third time at the Kootenay Music Festival Thursday night. The Civic Centre was well-filled as choirs and orchestras awaited their turns to perform. The Claude Tyler Memorial Cup went to the Nelson Studio Boys Choir, directed by Mrs. T.J.S. Ferguson. The choir gained high marks for their singing of “A Song of Joy” and “Who Would True Valor See.” The L.V. Rogers High School Choir won the Pennoyer Cup in the mixed voice choirs under 21 and the adjudicator said he was glad to see a choir “of this age and ability interested in singing.”
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Dateline May 10, 1958 onny James, entertainer on television and records, appears tonight at a concert and dance in the Civic Centre. His television appearances include the Ed Sullivan Show, Bob Hope Show, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Bing Crosby Show and American Bandstand. He gained stardom through the song “Young Love” and during the past year 3,000,000 of his records were sold and he was offered movie rolls. James is accompanied by Columbia Recording artists
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Sid King and the Five Strings. Admission at the door is $1.50 Dateline May 11, 1958 ith few exceptions, scheduled Canadian Pacific Railway trains were reported running early today in spite of a strike against the railroad called by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen. Passenger trains arrived and departed on time in Nelson Sunday and one freight train moved east as firemen began their strike. Firemen set up pickets lines at approaches to CPR property and said 34 firemen would do picket duty. Diesel plant and other yard areas were operating during the day and big CPR Express transports were moving “as usual.” High level talks initiated by Prime Minister Diefenbaker ended 2½ hours after they started with no end in sight.
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Dateline May 26, 1958 powerful time bomb concealed in a steel parcel locker shattered the Greyhound bus depot here early Sunday morning in a renewed outbreak of terrorism that swept through the Kootenay over the weekend. Two other explosions cut power lines in the Slocan Valley. The depot was deserted at 3:30 Sunday morning when the blast rocked the combined bus depot and restaurant and sent glass flying across the city’s
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main street, blasted through plastered walls and buckled 28 lockers. City Police constable M.J. Severyn had checked the doors of the bus depot premises only 10 minutes earlier and was just a block away from the depot when he heard the blast and saw dense clouds of black smoke belching from 35 broken windows. He called the city fire department to “stand by” but there was no blaze. Public opinion is running high against the Sons of Freedom Doukhobors amongst Nelson citizens incensed by the brash and savage destruction carried out in West Kootenay. Dateline May 30, 1958 ew British Columbians seemed particularly enthusiastic last fall about the celebrations planned to mark the 100th birthday in 1958. A flop seemed to be shaping up. Now it’s a different story. The Centennial extravaganza has hit high gear and made bustling British Columbia an exciting spot. One problem is the innumerable shows and events — it’s impossible for one person to see everything. So far the Province has had only a taste of the entertainment. From now on, events will come thick and fast — climaxed in July by the royal tour of Princess Margaret.
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Business Business Profile: All Season Cafe
The best of seasons ANDREA KLASSEN
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pring is creeping into Nelson, and Paul Archambault couldn’t be happier. Walk down Herridge Lane on a sunny afternoon, and you’re likely to find the owner of the All Seasons Cafe out watering the dense green foliage that surrounds his restaurant, or tending to the edible garden that flanks his favorite
dining space: the patio. “The patio changes everything,” Archambault says. Shaded by maple trees and strung with lights, the outdoor dining area doubles the restaurant’s capacity and fills the air on the laneway with sounds of laughter and clinking glass for much of the summer. And it’s not just diners who appreciate its return. Story continues to Page 23
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Paul Archambault takes a moment to relax on the All Seasons outdoor patio.
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Kootenay Lake Levels
Alert - High Lake Levels | May 25, 2011
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FortisBC is advising local residents that Kootenay Lake levels are expected to reach 1749 ft. at Queen’s Bay in the next few days, possibly reaching 1750 ft. by the end of next week. There is a risk of flooding in some areas.
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Basin residents who have taken a hiatus of at least one year after completing high school and wish to continue their education within the region are invited to apply for Columbia Basin Trust’s College Community Service Awards. Valued at $2,000 each, the awards are based on volunteer community service rather than academic standing. The deadline to submit an application is June 17. “These awards provide financial assistance to mature students while rewarding and en-
couraging volunteerism,” says Neil Muth, Columbia Basin Trust president and CEO. “Individual Basin residents benefit, as do Basin communities as a whole.” Twenty-two awards are offered to Basin residents attending Selkirk College, College of the Rockies, Revelstoke Centre of the Okanagan College and Valemount Campus of the College of New Caledonia. Applications are available at each college and online at cbt. org/ccsa. Applications must be submitted by June 17 to the applicant’s college. For more information on the award or applica-
Continued from Page 22 “The patio makes me happy, because it’s spring, the sun’s out, I get to go outside and enjoy it. It makes it easier to work. My staff is happier,” he adds. “Definitely the clients coming in, they’re having a good time. They’re sitting under the maple tree with a nice little warm breeze going. It doesn’t get any better than that.” A restaurateur for more than 30 years, Archambault has worked on both coasts and owned restaurants in Toronto and California. Seeking a change of pace, he moved to Nelson four years ago, and took over the then 10 yearold restaurant. “It’s more high end, more fine dining,” he says of the spot. “I was used to quick service, casual dining. In California I had a restaurant on the beach specializing in fish. But this was a good fit. A little less volume, but more attention to detail.” As with his beachfront restaurant, setting has been a key component of the All Seasons, as has locally sourced food. “We have food ranging from elk to venison to fish, we have halibut, we have all the different B.C. salmons when they’re running, spot prawns,” Archambault says. “And it’s all seasonal, it changes daily.” And once again, summer makes the concept all the more sweet. At All Seasons, summer means seafood — halibut, salmon, scallops, mussells, sablefish and oysters. Even closer to home, the cafe gets an extra kick for its menu from the same garden that provides a summer dining backdrop. Mixed in with flowering shrubs and perennials are oregano, sage, rhubarb, strawberries, edible flowers, an array of mints, and lavender. “And then you combine that with the local farmers, and all their produce coming fresh off a truck down the alleyway here every day all summer long,” Archambault adds. “It doesn’t get any sweeter than that.”
During spring runoff, lake inflow is from local rivers and streams that are not controlled by FotisBC.
tion process, contact Linda McInnes at lmcinnes@cbt.org or 1-800-505-8998. Columbia Basin Trust delivers economic, social and environmental benefits to the residents of the Columbia Basin. To learn more, visit cbt. org or call 1-800-5058998.
Queen’s Bay:
Present level: 1748.56 ft. 7 day forecast: Up 16 to 21 inches. 2010 peak: 1748.68 ft / 2009 peak: 1747.89 ft.
Nelson:
Present level: 1746.49 ft. 7 day forecast: Up 16 to 21 inches.
For more information on emergency flood preparedness contact your local authority, or visit the Provincial Emergency Program (PEP) website at www.pep.bc.ca or call 1-800-663-3456.
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Sports Lakeside Pitches
Fields set to get back in play ANDREA KLASSEN Nelson Star Reporter
After a two week rest, Nelson’s Lakeside Park playing fields are back to their summer duties. The pitches have been closed Monday to Friday for the last two weeks, to give the grass some extra
growing time. “Because of our cold, wet spring they were late being able to get our equipment on them to fertilize and prepare,� says city manager Kevin Cormack. “We just felt they needed more time to recover before the heavy, heavy use they get during
“We just felt they needed more time to recover...� the soccer season.� Cormack says the rest has been some help to the greenery, but more warm weather during the
closure would have been better. “Fertilizer takes off based on the ground temperature and it just hasn’t got too warm and allowed that ground to heat up and do what it needs to,� he adds. The fields reopen permanently this weekend.
Been There DONE THAT
First hand reports from local travellers.
Lisbon,Tagus River, the Discoveries Monument built in 1960 to commemorate the 500th anniversary of Prince Henry the Navigator
Ripe for the Picking by Danny Babin I thought it was going to be like in the movies, you know, where the pickpocket shows you your watch and you stare down at your empty wrist in disbelief. But no, I could clearly feel his hand deep in my pocket. This was definitely not a movie. And, looking back, I could see why the thief picked me out of the heaving mass of fellow commuters in the Lisbon subway. In my wheat coloured cords and metallic blue Gortex jacket, every thief for miles must have been lining up to get a piece of me. And Sandy and I had been having such a great time in Portugal. We’d rented a car and travelled down to the Algarve, then out to Sagres, the westernmost point of Europe and home of Prince Henry the Navigator, then back to Lisbon. But all that good food and wine and great hospitality caused us to let our guard down. We strolled in to the subway like we were strolling on Baker Street. The entrance tunnel should have given us another clue, for it was lined with the most desperate souls we had ever seen. But then the platform seemed
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reassuring; people of all walks of life, kids, women with babies, men in suits. So as the train approached, we crowded the yellow line with everyone else and waited for the doors to open. The jostling crowd swept us into the already packed car. Sandy found a seat but the best I could do was to grab one of the hanging straps and hold on tight. It was then that I again noticed the men in suits. They had surrounded me. The hand slid into my pants pocket. I grabbed it with my free hand, but whoever the hand belonged to made no effort to remove it. I looked from face to face. They were inches from my own, but no one flinched or made eye contact. And we were so tightly packed that I couldn’t follow the hand up to the face. A minute passed, maybe two until the train lurched to a stop at the next station. It was like a dam had burst, as the commuters poured out of the car, and it was all I could do to hold onto the strap to keep from being swept away. I still held the hand, but then my hat flipped off, and as I grabbed for it, I released my grip on the thief. In a second the hand went deeper into my pocket, and then someone else’s hand went in to my other pocket, and when the doors closed, the men in suits were gone and so was my money. They didn’t get much, just a few small bills. My main stash was stowed securely in a zippered breast pocket. The tourist police were surprised that I hadn’t been knifed for my trouble. After all, these guys were pros; they went to work in the subways every day and who was I to try to prevent them from making a living. We retreated to the hotel bar to reflect on our naïvetÊ. Here’s to the pickpockets of the world. They remind us to stay alert while travelling.
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Bring Back Memories of ‘94 The Vancouver Canucks earned a spot in the Stanley Cup ďŹ nal Tuesday — 17 years to the day after Nelson’s Greg Adams gave them their last berth with a double overtime goal against Toronto. Bill McDonnell of the Nelson Regional Sports Council shows off a circa 1993 Adams jersey donated for display at the recreation complex by former mayor Gary Exner.
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Nelson Bout This Saturday
Derby girls arrive at the Complex
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Never Too Early to Get Ready for the Race Ed Mannings (middle left) and the CIBC Wood Gundy staff deliver their annual sponsorship cheque to Larry Bickerton (middle right) of the Cyswog ’n’ Fun Triathlon committee. This year marks the 29th edition of the event. Each year more than 300 entrants compete in the swim/bike/run race. Race start is 8 a.m. July 31 at Lakeside Rotary Park. As with all community events, the event depends on many volunteers. If you are going to be in town on the August long weekend, consider helping on race day. Further details and online entry can be found at trinelson.com.
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Roller derby action comes to Nelson for the first time this Saturday night. VAL ROSSI Special to the Nelson Star
Nelson Selects Soccer
Silver for U17 girls in Kamloops SUBMITTED Special to the Nelson Star
The Nelson U17 Selects once again showed that they may be a legitimate provincial contender after scoring silver at a competitive tournament in Kamloops last weekend. The girls squad opened the tournament Saturday morning with a 3-1 win over the Langley FC Fury. Taylor Stewart scored the team’s first two goals while Alex Hawes netted the final marker off a nice pass across the goalie box from Paige Mansveld. Bekka Schrader and Rosie Porter played key roles in the win and Andrea Stintson picked up MVP honours. In the second game of the round robin Nelson squeaked out a 3-2 victory over Westside Campionesse (West Kelowna) FC. Schrader opened the scoring and Stewart added her third goal of the tournament. Stintson scored the winner on a penalty kick awarded as a result of the hard work by Porter. Stintson again picked up player-ofgame honours for her standout play. The 2-0 record placed Nelson in the final of the seven-team tournament
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The Nelson U17 Selects celebrate their silver medals in Thompson country.
against the European Football School of North Vancouver. The Nelson side played well, but dropped the contest 2-1 and had to settle for silver. Brittany Wheeler scored Nelson’s only goal and picked up MVP honours for her strong play. The silver was encouraging for Nel-
son, who played with a short bench and were missing key members Morag Paterson and Sydney Zondervan due to injuries. Next up for the girls club is the provincial playdowns which will pit them against Trail on June 11 and 12. The winner advances to take on the best in the province in early summer.
The ladies on wheels are at it again with “Silence of the Jams,” a West Kootenay Women’s Roller Derby League event that hits Nelson this Saturday. The bouts — Nelson’s Lumber Jackies versus Rossland’s Gnarlie’s Angels and Castlegar’s Dam City Rollers against Nelson’s Killjoys — mark the third double-header for the league this season. Roller derby has caught on fast in the region, which now has the largest league in Canada made up of seven teams. The West Kootenay Women’s Roller Derby League includes Salmo’s Babes of Brutality, the Gnarlie’s Angels from Rossland, Castlegar’s Dam City Rollers, Nelson’s Killjoys and Lumber Jackies, Slocan’s Valley Vandettas and the region’s travel team, the Kootenay Cannibelles. The sport has even appealed to the younger girls, with the newly formed West Kootenay Junior Roller Derby. Doors open at 6 p.m. at the Nelson and District Community Complex, with the first whistle at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 in advance, $15 at the door and $2 for kids 10 years old or under. Last month’s bout sold out quickly so residents looking to cheer their derby girls on are encouraged to buy tickets in advance. Beer and coolers will be available at the complex, along with snacks. For those looking to support the West Kootenay league, fan merchandise will also be up for grabs. Tickets can be picked up in advance at RossVegas in Rossland, Gerick Cycle and Sports in Trail, Mountain High Lighting in Castlegar, West Kootenay Scuba Shop in Salmo and Phat Angel in Nelson.
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IS GOOD New pastor arrives GOD By Pastor Jim Reimer
Kootenay Christian Fellowship
SUBMITTED Special to the Nelson Star
Kootenay Christian Fellowship has announced a new addition to its staff, Gordon Malcolm, formerly of Salisbury, England. Malcolm will work alongside senior pastor and team leader Jim Reimer in a pastoral capacity. His primary responsibilities will be at KCF’s campus church in Castlegar known as Castlegar Christian Fellowship. Malcolm comes with experience in pastoral ministry as he served both as an associate pastor for a year and half and then later as the senior pastor for three years at Elim Christian Centre in Salisbury. Malcolm has strong family values and sees the importance of working to serve the community and helping those most in need. His former church operated a successful preschool nursery and a children/family centre in Salisbury. On Sunday, June 5 at 2 p.m. there will be a special service at the Central School gym to welcome Pastor Gordon into the congregation. In attendance will be various leaders and pastors from area churches. The community is warmly encouraged to participate in this celebration.
In Loving Memory of Joan Laughton 1931-2009 Those whom we love go out of sight But never out of mind. They are always cherished in the hearts, Of those they leave behind.
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Celebration of Life It is with deep sadness that we announce the sudden passing of John Garnett on February 22, 2011. A celebration of his life will be held on Sunday May 29th at 3pm at the Taghum Hall. The service will be followed by live music, John’s favourite records, and a big Mexican feast. We hope everyone who knew and loved John can attend.
Some say, “God is good!â€? Other say, “God can’t be good because evil existsâ€?, or “there can’t be a Godâ€?. They reason that if God was good, life would be free of trouble, sickness, pain, heartache and suering. This line of reasoning would suggest that if God was good, we would all live in a world of continuous bliss on a tropical island without bugs and we would all be in loving relationships with people that treat us the way we deserve. I happen to think God is good. But I also think evil exists.
On Thursday afternoon, December 2, 2010 at 4:10 p.m., a Toronto resident, Si Cheng, 52, was attacked and killed by a crossbow in front of dozens of people inside the Main Street Toronto library. A man with a little girl in hand arrived at the library after the attack had happened. He was interviewed and said that he and his daughter would normally have been in the library at that time, but this time they had a parent teacher interview, so they missed the horriďŹ c event. So was God good because the little girl missed witnessing this horriďŹ c event or was God not good because a dozen others watched while a man was killed in cold blood?
Events like the Columbine massacre, the Tabor shootings, the earthquake in Haiti and the recent Slave Lake ďŹ re may cause one to wonder How God can be good?â€? With events like that, it is not surprising that people have a diďŹƒcult time reconciling this harsh reality with the idea of an all good, all powerful God. Is God good? The scripture says he is! Jesus said, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except God aloneâ€? (Mark 10:18). Christianity aďŹƒrms that there is no inherent contradiction between a good God and the existence of evil.
The question, “Is God good?â€? has to do with our deďŹ nition of good. Often we see events and situations from the vantage point of our own understanding and experience. It is like looking through a knothole in a fence. Climb on the fence and you get an entirely dierent view. Sometimes it is hard to make sense of what has happened. The day after we escaped the Haiti earthquake of January 2010, I began thinking of how good God was for sparing our lives. Then I thought of all those that died, the many that were left maimed for life, and the grief facing the remaining; I felt guilt and wondered why I was spared while others were not. The truth is, good existed in that event and so did evil. Good and evil exists together.
The fact that evil exists doesn’t nullify the goodness of God, instead it magniďŹ es it. In the midst of life’s greatest tragedies and challenges one can ďŹ nd the goodness of God and there we ďŹ nd hope to carry on. As the palmists said, “Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.â€? (Psalms 34:8 NIV )
In other words, it is when we experience God that we will be able to know his goodness as we take “refuge in him.�
Nelson United Church
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Ministers: David Boyd, Christine Dudley g 10:00 am Sunday Worship Gathering: nion Service of Holy Communion
Unity Centre of the Kootenays Sunday 11:00 am
Julie Glynn-Dailly Sickness-�In a Course of Miracles� Everyone Welcome!
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602 Silica Street, Nelson BC V1L 4N1 Ph: 250.352.2822 • www.nelsonunitedchurch.ca
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St. Matthew's Village Road, South Slocan Sunday 9:30 AM (No service third Sunday) OfďŹ ce: 8am - 1pm Tue - Fri
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Your Pastors: Majors Robin and Yvonne Borrows (New to Nelson) 250 551 4986
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611 Fifth Street 250-352-3212 Worship Service: 10:00 am Pastor: Rev. Scott Simpson
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A Friendly Bible Centre Church You are invited to join us Sunday Mornings at 10:00am.
10:00am Service: Teaching on “The Lord’s Prayerâ€? 623 Gordon Rd. Nelson BC V1L 5X6 Phone 250-352-9322 • Pastor Rev. Ken H. Keber
Refreshments are served after the service
(AfďŹ liated with the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada)
702 Stanley St. • 352-9613 Saturdays at 6:30 pm Sundays at 9:30 am Pastor Arden Gustafson Pastor Chris Wiens
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7741 Upper Balfour Rd. • 229-2301 Sundays at 9:30 am Pastor Jason Ashley
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2840 Eden Rd. • 359-5065 Sundays at 10:00 am Pastor Jesse Lerch
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CATHEDRAL OF MARY IMMACULATE 813 Ward Street 352-7131 Sunday Mass Times: t 4BUVSEBZ QN t 4VOEBZ BN BOE BN Parish office open weekday mornings. rccathedral@shaw.ca r www.catholiccathedralnelson.ca
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Help Wanted Dozer & excavator operators required by a busy Alberta oilfield construction company. We require operators that are experienced and preference will be given to operators that have constructed oilfield roads and drilling locations. You will be provided with motels and restaurant meals. Competitive wages, bonus and transportation daily to and from job sites. Our work is in the vicinity of Edson, Alberta. Call 780-723-5051.
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George Henry Fleck March 2, 1925 ~ May 3, 2011
George was born in Aneroid, Saskatchewan on March 2, 1925 to Charles Henry and Ida Hendrina Fleck (Mooy). When he was 12 years old, his family moved to Lister to homestead a 20 acre property which over time expanded to 80 plus acres. George and his brother Robert cleared land while their Dad was serving in WW II. In 1950 George married Nancy Lillian Nespiak and they had four children; Dorothy, Wilf, Rick and Ken. George and Nancy along with Robert and Verna operated a dairy farm for over 25 years. George kept active in producing alfalfa hay and enjoyed living on his farm, working the ¿elds and driving the hay truck in the East and West Kootenays. He always enjoyed family gatherings, suppers out and playing cards with his friends. George is pre-deceased by his wife Nancy in 1999, brother Robert and sister-in-law Verna in 2001, and nephew Donnie in 2005. In 2007 his long time friend and companion Freda Milne passed away. George will be lovingly remembered and missed by his four children; Dorothy (Don) Hills of Cranbrook, BC, Wilf (Linda) Fleck of Lister, BC, Rick (Pat) Fleck and Ken (Karla) Fleck of Creston, BC; his brother Les (Erma) Fleck of Nelson, BC; his 9 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren, along with nieces, nephews and many, many friends. “…He had a simple life but his wisdom was profound. He will be missed.” Friends wishing to make a memorial contribution may do so to Creston Therapeutic Riding Association, Box 1820, Creston, BC V0B 1G0. Funeral Service was held Monday, May 9, 2011 at the Trinity United Church, Creston, BC with Pastor Harry Haberstock of¿ciating. George was laid to rest in the Lister Community Cemetery.
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Obituaries Faye Elaine Taylor December 13, 1932 ~ May 11, 2011 Faye Elaine Taylor (nee Mooljelsky) passed away Wednesday May 11, 2011 at the Creston Valley Hospital with family by her side.
Faye was born on December 13, 1932 in Kamsack, Saskatchewan. She married Ivan Taylor on May 4, 1952 in Kamsack, Saskatchewan and continued to live there with their three children until 1960. Then they moved to The Pas, Manitoba where Faye attended Kiewatin College. After completing her schooling, she had numerous positions as a controller purchaser. Faye was a Scouts Canada Leader and a member of the United Church. She was also a horticulturist and loved gardening, canoeing and ¿shing at the family cabin on Clearwater Lake in Manitoba. Faye and Ivan retired to a hobby farm in Shoreacres, BC in 1976. Faye lived the last fourteen years in the Creston Valley, where she gardened and was an avid bridge and crib player. Faye was predeceased by Ivan Taylor and her parents. She will be lovingly remembered by her daughter Linda Taylor of Cavendish, Newfoundland; sons Danny Taylor of The Pas, Manitoba and Kim (Marilyn) Taylor of Yorkton, Saskatchewan; ¿ve grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; brother Jim Moojelsky; sisters Carol (Steve) Manziuk and Lisa (Lorne) Evans and her aunt Helen Stefura . A Celebration of Life Service to be held on Sunday May 29, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. at the Seventh-day Adventist Church with Pastor Ian Cotton of¿ciating. Interment of Ashes to take place at a later date in Kamsack, Saskatchewan. Any friends wishing to make a memorial contribution may do so to Seventh-day Adventist Church – 713 Cavell St. Creston, BC V0B 1G5
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Pets Golden Retriever Pups. Vet checked, 1st shots, dewormed. $475. 250-265-3320
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School District No. 20 (Kootenay-Columbia)
SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST 2011-2012 School Year
School District #20 (Kootenay-Columbia) is seeking an itinerant, part time SpeechLanguage Pathologist. The position involves providing assessment services; direct & consultative support to special needs students and regular students (priority K-3); as well as consultative support for parents and teachers. There is a focus on augmentative communication technology with the role. For details, including how to apply, please visit www.sd20.bc.ca under Careers and Teaching positions. Applications should be sent to Mr. Greg Luterbach, Assistant Superintendent, Suite 120, 1290 Esplanade, Trail, BC V1R 4T2 BY 12:00 (Noon), Tuesday May 31, 2011.
Nelson Toyota is now accepting applications for the position of Automotive Technician. We are looking for candidates with Journeyman status or currently enrolled in the Automotive Apprentice Program. We are anxious to meet personable, professional candidates that wish to be part of our service team. Work with our team in a modern shop, a comfortable environment, excellent compensation and benefits. If you are a team player, dependable, outgoing, optimistic and strive to do your best, we want to meet you. Nelson Toyota promotes a workplace of integrity, respect and optimum customer service. Please send your resume to: Nelson Toyota, Box 570, Nelson, BC V1L 5R3 Att. Cal Renwick
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Garage Sale! 1774 Ridgewood Rd, Nelson, May 28 8am Downsized house!
NELSON: Friday & Saturday, May 27th & 28th. 8am-2pm 671 Gagne Rd (behind villa). Blue Mountain Pottery, Fire King Antique Radios, Vintage Candles.250-352-9974
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Apt/Condos for Sale Condo for sale by owner. W. Beasely Pl, Nelson $295K. Small strata, 3 bldgs, 4 units. Private,quiet, open floor plan. 2 bdrm, 1 den, 2 full bath. Gas fireplace, south exposure. Balcony view of golf course & mtns. Built in 1995, long term residence. Rarely on the market Call Carmen 250-505-5739
For Sale By Owner BEAUTIFUL 3 bedroom. Uphill Nelson. 1.5 bath. Large south facing kitchen with lots of windows. New hardwood floors, roof, windows. Finished basement with built-in fireplace. Perennial gardens, antique light fixtures, new blinds, built in shelving, lots of storage space. Selling with appliances. Close to bus, schools and parks. $349,000. Call 604-563-6457.
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Rentals Apt/Condo for Rent 1 bedroom apt in quiet complex available June 1 N/S N/P $575. 250-318-4811 or johnschlr@aol.com BRIGHT, Cozy 1BR suite uphill Nelson available June1. Gas fireplace, includes utilities. N/S N/P References please. $695 250-352-0536
912B Stanley St (green house) – Beautifully designed, spacious, new throughout, energy efficient, very private, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 9 ft. ceilings, designer kitchen w/ stainless steel appliances, W/D, 2 br, large master br with en suite & deck. Easy living, close to everything, walk to Baker St. shopping activity. Underground parking optional. $1800/mo + utililities. Tel: 604 617 6560 or nelson.rentals@hotmail.com 912C Stanley St. (blue house) Beautifully designed, spacious, new throughout, energy efficient, very private, 2 ? bathrooms, 9 ft. ceilings, designer kitchen with stainless steel appliances, W/D, 2 br, large master with en suite – patio off living room – large rec room (office or project room) $2000/mo + utilities Tel: 604 617 6560 or nelson.rentals@hotmail.com
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Suites, Lower SUNNY & bright basement Nelson suite. 2 bdrm, laundry, private & quiet, walk to downtown, $900.00 + utilities. No smoking or pets. Seek quiet individuals or couple. Call Steve at 505-5183.
Nelson:1 br sunny/quiet/clean 3 blk. to dntwn. NS/NP/Ref. Sep. entr. $675+hyd.352-6062 NELSON: High Street Condo Bedroom & Den. Beautifully renovated, great view, secure parking, insuite laundry NSNP. Available June 1. References required. 354-0144
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LEMON CREEK. 7.5 level acres. Treed privacy. 2 storey home. Barn & more. $374,900. Call Burke Jones.
BLEWETT ROAD. 36 treed acres. May & Jenny splits upper 1/2. Deep Well. $465,000. Call David Gentles
UPHILL Tidy, well maintained 2 + 1 bdrm home. 50 x 120 level lot. $329,000. Call John Knox
BONNINGTON 1.58 acres on Brown Rd. Treed, South facing.Close to Park. $149,900. Call David Gentles.
BODARD DR. Unique floor plan & styling. 3 bd, den. Decks with Lake views. Landscaped.43 ac. $598,500. Call John Knox.
CHATHAM ST. BUILDING LOTS. $129,000 and $199,000. Call David Gentles.
FORT SHEPPARD Unique frame & log design. Upgraded 4bd 3bt. 3 levels. Views. Huge decks. $549,000. Call David Gentles.
SALMO 3.57 level ac a stone’s throw from the Salmo River. RV & outbuildings. $162,500. No HST. Call David.
SALMO RURAL renovated 4 bd starter home. .41 ac Level fenced gardens. Workshop Quick Possession. $189,000. Call Burke Jones. YMIR 4 bd 2 bt home on spacious lot. Many upgrades. Ready to move into! $299,000. Call Burke Jones. UPHILL 1.5 storey home. Lots of improvements Corner Lot. In-law suite. $300,000. Call Burke Jones. HERITAGE LODGE. circa 1920. Majestic 8 bd 6 bt, w/ suite. Heritage thru-out. Lake views. Treed & private 3.43 Ac. $995,000. David Gentles. UP & DOWN DUPLEX Each unit is 1000 sf. A 3 bd & a 2 bd. Easy to rent. Close to downtown. $329,000. Call David Gentles. SLOCAN VALLEY. Pristine 83 acres @ Cougar Bluffs. Pristine Wilderness. $324,900. Call Burke Jones. GOLF NEARBY. Well constructed 3 bd 2 bt home. Gardeners paradise 66 x 137 lot. $399,500. Call David Gentles SWEEPING KOOTENAY RIVER VIEWS. 2 storeys of glass. Vaulted great room. Custom 5 bdrms. Master loft suite. In-law suite. Private. Decks. $615,000. Call John Knox VIEW RIDGE. Natural, Treed building site. 1.12 Acres $99,900. No HST. Call David.
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16.85 WOODED ACRES. Parkland & wildlife right in Salmo. $249,900. Call Burke Jones. ACROSS FROM TENTH STREET CAMPUS. Great investment location. 4 bdrm 2 bth & in-law suite. $379,000. Call David Gentles UPHILL RANCHER 3 bd, 2 bt. Large fenced back yard. Spacious rooms. New appliances. Suite potential. Hot tub. Covered deck. Move in for Summer. Reduced to $339,000.Call David Gentles CRESCENT VALLEY 7.9 Acres. Level/fenced. Private treed setting. 3 bd 1 bt home. Sunny location midway between Nelson & Castlegar. $365,000. Call Burke Jones. HEDDLE ROAD Executive quality & style. Open design. 5 bd 3 bt. 2yr old. Garage & shop to buy for. 1.26 level acres. $725,000. Call Burke Jones. MIRROR LAKE Gambrel, Open design 3 bd 2 bt. View Deck. Level .83 acres. 1 block from Mirror Lake & 2 blocks to Kootenay Lake.$349,900. Call David. LONGBEACH 4-level split. Spacious 4 bd, deck, gardens, garage. Private 1/2 ac. $389,000. Call David Gentles. 15 WOODED ACRES overlooking Kootenay River. Classic design Log Home. Multi decks & gardens. 2 Detached Garages. Kennel $699,900. Call Trevor Jenkinson GREAT ACCOMMODATION. 3 bdrm 2 bath 1/2 duplex. Back deck & patio. $219,900. Call Trevor Jenkinson POPOU RD 4.96 ac. Custom 3 bd, 3 bt home. Elevator, shop & garage. Plus 2 bd mobile. $399,900 Call Burke Jones. BUILDING LOT Hutcheson Avenue in Salmo. Level lot, ready to build. $49,900. Call Burke Jones.
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VIEW RIDGE Elegant timber frame. Detailed with consideration to style & beauty thru-out. 2 1/2 storey open design. + Full bsmnt. 2+ private acres. $919,000. Call David Gentles.
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CLASSIC CHARACTER HOME 5bd 3bt 2 storey. Uphill. Legal 1 bd suite. Dble corner view lot. $579,000. Call John Knox. WATERFRONT. 55’ level beach, 2 storey home, foreshore lease & marina. $599,000. Vacant adjoining lot with 52’ of waterfront available for $374, 900. Call Burke Jones. KENIRIS RD. Straw Bale on 3.29 acres. Custom features thru-out. $599,900. Call John Knox. BALFOUR 5.91 wooded ac. 1500 sf private home. Huge 30x60 shop. $679,000. Call Burke Jones. HIGH STREET Unique location. Solid 2 bdrm starter home. $259,000. Call David Gentles.
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WATERFRONT. Captivating custom designed 1 1/2 storey home. Multiple decks. 1.64 acres. Foreshore lease & dock. $1,599,000. Call Burke Jones
REAL ESTATE FAIRVIEW HERITAGE Level lot, fenced, gardens, 4 bdrm. Upgraded. Great location. $369,900. Call John Knox. AFFORDABLE 1/2 DUPLEX. Great starter. 3 bd 1.5 bt. Views. Deck & more. $189,900. Call Trevor Jenkinson. YMIR. Big 150 x 110 level lot. 3 bdrm Rancher. Barn/ workshop & shop. $274,900. Call Burke Jones
ERIE CREEK FRONT. 4 bdrm 2800 sqft home. 1900 sqft basement. Covered enclosed porch. dble carport. Great price @ $364,900. Call David Gentles
KAYS RD. 2,012 sf 3bd 2bt Rancher on 2.46 private acres. Separate Shop. $424,900. Call David Gentles.
SPROULE CREEK/TAGHUM 4 bd 3 bt, full basement. Suite potential. .83 ac. $434,900. Call David Gentles.
VALHALLA RIVER SUITES. Riverfront vacation rental units at Passmore. Call Burke Jones for details.
NORTH SHORE Lake view .47 ac building lot. UG services. Great Value. $110,000. No HST. Call David Gentles.
KOOTENAY LAKE BEST BUY Waterfront @ 17 mile. Spacious bungalow, in-door pool. .80 ac w/ 125 ft sandy beach & new deep water dock. $649,000. Call John Knox.
SLOCAN PARK 5 mostly level acres. 4bd home, 1bd suite, large shop. Central location. $399,900. Call Burke Jones. HERITAGE Quality Craftsman 4 bd Home. Wood accents, floors, French doors, leaded glass. 77 x 120 lot. $574,900. Call John Knox.
SLOCAN RIVER FRONT @ Passmore Custom 2100 sf Rancher. Level 1.48 ac. 1600 sf garage. All in-floor heat. Wheelchair access. $649,900. Call David.
WATERFRONT. Amazing 1.15 level acres, 116’ of sandy beach, 2 homes, beach cottage, boat storage, greenhouse, garage, trees for privacy & you have a full waterfront package. $799,000 Call David.
COMMERCIAL SITE @ six-mile. Income Producing. 2 buildings. fenced compound. $449,000. Call Burke.
MOBILE @ 6-MILE. Well kept 14 x 70. 3 bdrm. Upgraded. $42,000. Burke Jones.
COMMERCIAL LAND & BUILDING. 1.78 acres. 11,750 sq.ft. well- maintained building. $749,000. Call David Gentles.
BUILDING LOT @ Taghum. Sunset Drive. 1/2 acre. Great location. $215,000. No HST. Burke Jones.
12 BUILDING LOTS: Full City services. UG power. Lighted paved streets. Priced from $70,000 plus tax. Many building options. Call David Gentles.
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FORMAL SPACES 4500 sq.ft. 2 storey home on 3.48 level acres. Quality thru-out. Garage & Quonset Hut. $899,000. Call Burke Jones.
TREVOR STREET. Outstanding lofty views of the Bridge, lake & mountains. Oversized 75 x 140 building lot. $185,000. Call Burke Jones. UPHILL. Amazing views. Open design. Unique 335 SF upper floor master suite. 2 bdrms on main. Family room & 1 bdrm down. Deck & patio. 50x120 lot. $384,900. Call Burke Jones. TURN-KEY Septic Business. Excellent returns. Control your future. Call Burke Jones. ROSEMONT—AT THE EDGE OF TOWN. 2 storey w/ bsmt 3 bdrm, 2 bt home. Rare .43 treed acres. Great family location. $329,500 Call David. KOOTENAY LAKE VILLAGE WATERFRONT: 3 parcels to choose from. one with a cabin, 2 vacant waterfront lots. priced from $695,000 to $795,000. Call Burke Jones.
BOSUN’S RANCH. Pristine 240 acres w/ Slocan Lake Front, a private lake & caretakers cottage. $3,980,000. John Knox.
key to the Kootenays® 433 Josephine St.Nelson, BC V1L 1W4 Ph. 250.352.2100 Fax 250.352.6888
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At its annual general meeting this week, the West Kootenay EcoSociety announced that it has agreed to partner with Friends of Kokanee Creek Provincial Park and BC Parks to ensure that visitors to the iconic park on Kootenay Lake have access to interpretive programs and displays. A grant from Columbia Basin Trust’s environmental initiatives program and the commitment of dedicated volunteers will allow daily programs during the summer season along with revitalized display information. Oso Negro will provide fresh coffee and equipment to supply a small café at the centre. The centre will also provide a hub for “It would have education programs in the early fall, been such a when spawning koshame to see the kanee salmon draw centre go dark thousands of local for the season, school children. The status of the so we’re thrilled centre was uncerthat funders have tain after BC Parks stepped forward.” requested proposals Suzy Hamilton for an enterprise in West Kootenay EcoSociety the centre in February. EcoSociety volunteers were quick to jump at the opportunity, led by long-time member Suzy Hamilton. “I thought what a great opportunity to teach people how important it is to care for our natural areas. It would have been such a shame to see the centre go dark for the season, so we’re thrilled that funders have stepped forward to allow this project to go forward,” Hamilton says. The group envisions updating the display materials, developing new educational programs, and shifting the emphasis toward being a nature centre for the region. A committee of volunteers will oversee operations for the one-year pilot project, with support from EcoSociety and the Friends of the Park. For now, the committee plans to hire a full-time coordinator and two part-time naturalists and offer one program a day to the thousands of visitors who pass through the park from July through September. The committee welcomes new volunteers to help with oversight, program development, and running the small café and bookstore. For more information contact David at the EcoSociety at 250-354-1909 or via email at david@ecosociety.ca
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www.secondchanceadoption.com Sascha is a German Short Hair Pointer and Dalmatian cross, 3 year old male. Very well trained, but does not do well with cats.
280 Baker St., Nelson, BC
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valhallapathrealty@telus.net WHY RENT?
Wayne Germaine 250.354.2814 wayne@valhallapathrealty.com
$244,900
Walk to downtown from this affordable home in lower Uphill. This is a great opportunity for the first time home buyer to break into Nelson’s real estate market. Located on Josephine, across from St. Josephs, this 3 bedroom and 2 bath home is close to schools and parks.
SASCHA Moshi is a 10 year old female who like cuddles and likes to talk to you.
Call Robert
WALK TO BAKER STREET
This cute 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom home is a nice blend of old charm with modern day upgrades. Many original features, a newer roof, a low maintenance yard, and only 2 blocks to Baker Street. Norm Zaytsoff 250.354.8584 norm@valhallapathrealty.com
$299,900
MOSHI Jade is a pure bread Cain Corso Mastiff, 5 year old female. Is very sweet and loving, but is shy.
Call Yara or visit www.NelsonLocal.com
THE BEST IN THE KOOTENAYS
Lev Zaytsoff 250.354.8443 lev@valhallapathrealty.com
$569,000
This spacious 5 bedroom, 3 bath executive home sits on 1.79 acres minutes from Nelson. Immaculately maintained, there is nothing left to do but enjoy the hot tub on the covered deck and take in the view. Oak cabinets in the kitchen and a full sized double garage with workshop area make this a great value. You’ll not find a better value per sq. ft. currently listed for sale in the Kootenays. Call James
JADE Misty’s kittens are 7 weeks old, all female except for a black one, who is a male. Their names are Hailey – white (is adopted), Sunny – female black, Stormy – male black and Smokey – grey.
OPPORTUNITY IS KNOCKING
Robert Goertz 250.354.8500 robert@valhallapathrealty.com www.kootenayconnector.com
$399,900
Centrally located in the downtown core, this converted heritage home has had extensive renovations inside and out. Keeping its heritage look, the inside has been transformed into a professional space equipped to handle any business. A great investment at a great value, this knock should not go unanswered.
Call Norm or Lev
A VIEW TO REMEMBER
James Loeppky 250.509.0804 james@valhallapathrealty.com
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$299,900
$269,900
Overlooking Kootenay Lake, this 4-bed, 2-bath home is sure to please. With 2 bright bedrooms on the main, a spacious kitchen and a living room with a view you will not forget. The bright and spacious walkout basement with 8 foot ceilings screams suite potential. With some imaginative changes, this property will be a real head turner. Call
Norm or Lev SMALL BUT HAS IT ALL!
This is a very cute home on almost a half acre just outside Nelson on the North shore. Two bedrooms on the main floor plus a covered deck with lake views, and a third bedroom in the full basement. A very appealing property with a variety of landscaping and a nice piece of level lawn. There is a storage shed, carport and separate studio with a woodstove. Paved driveway.
Call Wayne
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MISTY’S KITTENS Kootenay Animal Assistance Program Society (KAAP)
Pets Available for Adoption
Call 250-551-1053 for information or visit: www.homesforanimals.com OREO is a 6 1/2 year old pug, O ssnuggly, snorty and snuffly as a pug should be. Oreo came fr from a situation where he w was picked on by a larger dog a and as a result of an injury he is blind in one eye. But Oreo h holds no grudges; he loves B Bailey, his new best friend & th the resident dog in his foster home. Oreo loves to go for walks, his food, and hanging out with his new foster family. Come visit Oreo and some of his kitty friends this Sunday at KAAP’s adoption clinic, 1 – 3 p.m., at Streetclothes Named Desire, 498 Baker St, Nelson or call 250-551-1053 for more info. Also check our website www.homesforanimals.com to view all of our adoptable pets.
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