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Nelson’s BC Hydro office finished

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CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY SLOPES FOR HOPE EVEREST SKI-A-THON and REDNECK DAY

Despite lobbying by local MLAs and others, staff at local Fish and Wildlife Compensation Program office will pack it in by month’s end

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here and the main key is just getting doctors,” Aitken says.

Aitken has a background in promotions and business management and will act as clinic manager, while Lamoureux, a realtor, will look after marketing and recruitment.

Dr. John Dale, who presently owns the

East Kootenay MLA Bill Bennett believes recently announced structural changes will improve BC Hydro’s Fish and Wildlife Compensation Program — but concedes the program’s Nelson office is doomed.

“The jobs aren’t on the table with regard to them being hired back by BC Hydro and doing exactly the same thing,” Bennett said in an interview this week. “That’s not going to happen.”

The office is expected to close by the end of the month, with a loss of seven jobs, including five biologists, one GIS technician, and one clerical position. Some people have already taken work elsewhere within BC Hydro.

The layoffs were announced last October in response to a government directive to cut heads rather than increase rates. The Prince George office is also closing, while positions in Castlegar, Cranbrook, and Revelstoke are affected as well.

Hydro will continue to invest $8 million within the Columbia region on habitat restoration to fulfill its legal obligations, but plans to rely more heavily on community groups to do the work.

Late last month, Bennett announced BC Hydro

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Story continues to ‘Community meetings’ on Page 11

A St. Patrick’s Day Show Nelson 250-505-2101 Castlegar 250-365-2111 Nakusp 250-358-2347

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Celebrate the luck of the Irish... or the Scottish. The Kootenay Kiltie Pipe band will perform at Finley’s Saturday from 5 to 8 p.m. in celebration of St. Patrick’s Day.

Mall walk-in clinic sold New owners plan to continue efforts to recruit additional physicians GREG NESTEROFF

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Peggy Aitken and Paul Lamoureux will be the new owners of Nelson’s popular walk-in clinic in the Chahko Mika Mall as of April 1.

The local couple say they don’t plan to make many changes, but do want to find two more physicians to solve a staffing shortage.

“We felt it’s something that needs to stay

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THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 2012 AT 9:00 A.M. IN THE RDCK BOARD ROOM 202 LAKESIDE DRIVE, NELSON, BC

When people experience hardships, they often need someone to lend them a helping hand.

For many orphaned children in Romania, that hand has been that of Nelson’s Bruce Halstead.

For the past 21 years, Halstead has worked, with the help of the community and the other members of the Kootenay Romania Relief Organization Canada, to assist orphans, the elderly and the poor in Romania.

The relief effort started after a television program with Barbara Walters, filmed right after the revolution, called The Plight of the Romanian Children aired.

“There were people there from every free country in the world after she showed that first film on 20/20,” said Halstead, adding that the film motivated him to act.

“As a result we went to Romania and adopted two children from there,” said Halstead.

Fourteen Romanian children were adopted to families in this area at that time.

“When we came back we got together with a few people and said ‘we’ve got to do something for that country.’ And that’s how it started.”

Since then, the organization has rebuilt an orphanage, three houses, a playground and is working on its second playground and two more houses as well as having distributed clothing and bedding to every corner of the country.

The organization is also preparing to ship its 11th container of supplies to the country.

“The 40-foot containers, there’s enough items in them to cover about 10,000 people, but I think this will probably be the last,” said Halstead.

“We’ve got some other projects that Handyman Special

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we’re looking at there with building houses for the poor and expanding at the children’s camp, and we want to get those things underway so I think we’re going to work on projects more,” he said.

Halstead said the containers take a massive amount of work to send and most items are donated “Nelson has supported us just 1,000 per cent. I give slideshows and talks but I never advertise. I put out word of mouth and my phone rings every day now with [people wanting to contribute],” said Halstead, who has been in Nelson for over 30 years with his wife — both retired police officers.

“This is a caring community — we live in that type of place.”

The 11th and last container is expected to be shipped in May for distribution in June and July.

Halstead said the Romanian orphanages grew quickly mainly because of a struggling economy.

“In a developing country like that you’ve got about 10 to 15 per cent of the population who are old bureaucrats that are extremely wealthy, probably 15 to 20 per cent of what we would call middle class and the rest are destitute,” said Halstead.

“Birth control was totally illegal un-

der the Communist system… mom and dad would have five or six kids and when number six or seven would come along they couldn’t afford to feed it, so what do they do? Kick the old one out or the new one that they’re not attached to gets turned over to the state. That’s why orphanages grew so fast.”

Halstead adds at one time 100,000 kids were in orphanages, which quickly grew to 300,000.

He says since Romania joined the European Union they’ve started a foster care program, but there are still many children in orphanages.

Halstead, who has been to Romania 31 times, said the most rewarding part has been watching the children grow up and being able to help them.

“We’ve seen them grow from infants right up and are now out of the orphanages at 18 years old,” he said.

“Walking into an orphanage and having 150 children run at you saying ‘poppa Bruce, poppa Bruce.’ That’s pretty rewarding.”

The Halsteads’ own adopted children have experienced a “total change.”

“Our son who was adopted when he was five weeks old is now in fourthyear university going into medicine and our daughter is just graduating this year from high school and she’s going to help us with the distribution,” he said.

“They’ve both been very willing and helpful and instrumental in the whole program of wanting to give back… they appreciate the conditions and the need as well.”

Those wanting to get involved or to donate can contact Halstead at 250825-4206.

“It’s been rewarding. It’s the type of thing that you can’t just sit by,” he says. “Life is too short to sit by and see people suffer when you know you’re able to help — that goes for here [in Canada] as well.”

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Nelsonites join robocall rally GREG NESTEROFF Nelson Star Reporter

About 30 people rallied in front of Nelson city hall Sunday as part of a national movement calling for a judicial inquiry into the federal robocall scandal.

The group is asking for by-elections in ridings where voters received automated phone calls directing them to the wrong polling stations last May, or for the Governor General to dissolve parliament and order a new election.

Elections Canada is investigating numerous complaints, although it’s unclear if any come from the BC Southern Interior riding.

Some speakers aimed their comments directly at Stephen Harper’s Conservative government, while others said it didn’t matter who was to blame.

“We can’t relax until this ugly regime is gone,” retired teacher Earl Hamilton told the crowd. “They have no intention of allowing Canadians to vote freely.”

“Parliament and the legislation it’s passing is a fraud,” said JoAnn Lowell.

“It doesn’t matter if the Conservatives or the Liberals did it. We have a fraudulent government.”

An organizer who calls himself Hippy said: “Regardless of who’s responsible, we have an illegitimate government. I am one very angry Canadian as a result.”

The only politician in the crowd was rural Kaslo regional director and former political science professor Andy Shadrack, who said he regards election-time behaviour as “sacrosanct.”

“I believe the Prime Minister and all MPs should be taking this very seriously, and getting to the bottom of who was engaged in suppressing the vote in the last federal election,” he said. “Doesn’t matter what party they belong to. They

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should be found and brought to trial.”

Southern Interior MP Alex Atamanenko wasn’t at the rally, but sent a statement calling the scandal “an affront to democracy.”

“It’s no wonder Canadians feel that Ottawa is broken,” he said.

Atamanenko says the NDP is challenging the Conservatives to turn over all relevant information on the cases to Elections Canada and the RCMP. The party also introduced a motion Monday asking the government to increase Elections Canada’s authority.

It would further require telecommunications companies that provide contact services for voters during elections to register themselves and their clients.

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The rally was one of more than two dozen held across the country Sunday.

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Did you know? The Chameleon tongue extends out faster than human eyes can follow, at around 26 body lengths per second. These lizards are distinguished by their zygodactylous feet ( two toes facing forward and two back) and are the only lizards to have such arrangements of digits. The purpose for their colour change is social signaling, their camouflage second on their list. Neat huh?

Hot Jobs – Firefighters Patricia Rawson Employment Strategist Firefighting is about ”things constantly changing,”and this is what Martin Ouellette thrives on. Ouellette has worked as a Career (or Professional) firefighter for the City of Nelson for the past 4 years. In the local department, there are two types of firefighters: Auxiliary and Career. Those who want to work locally in this field must start as an Auxiliary before they can apply for the permanent positions. Auxiliary is an on-call position. Ouellette worked 2 years as an Auxiliary before he moved into his present position. ”Every day is different – you never know what is going to happen.”It is the element of change that is an integral part of being a firefighter. Ouellette adds that they are ”constantly making decisions.” No two incidents are the same, and no two days are the same. One of the key tenets of firefighters is that they ”need to be aware of their surroundings”at all times. In terms of priorities, it is definitely about safety; ”safety is a huge, huge part.”To an outsider, an emergency situation may look chaotic but those trained in responding to emergencies know that the chaos is organized; there is a definite sequence to the events that happen. For example, one person is designated to do a ”360 degree walk through” when attending a scene; an assessment could include looking at building construction and potential hazards.

What becomes really important as a part of the team is to follow directions. That ability is one of the many aptitudes that are tested when applying for the job; the process also includes written and physical tests. Applying for firefighting positions can be lengthy and competitive; for Ouellette, it took one year. That was after his 22-week training at the College of the Rockies in Cranbrook. And the training continues. As the world changes so does the hazards; nowadays fires burn hotter and faster and are more toxic because of the materials involved; as well, motor vehicles change and with that the approach to rescues has to change.

Change abounds even in this traditional field. In Nelson, probably due to fire prevention, the number of major fires is going down. But the call volume has increased. At the beginning of November 2010, the fire department has received 100 calls ahead of the previous year at this time.

The Nelson Fire Department responds to 1,000 calls a year.

The clue that this is a good fit for Ouellette is that he looks forward to every day (and night) that he goes to work. Each Career Firefighter is on an 8-day cycle where they work 4 shifts and are off for 4 days; the shifts are comprised of 2 days and 2 nights. As well, they are on call 24 hours a day during their days off.

At any time, firefighters are called to respond to any emergency; it may include fire suppression, first responder (medical), motor vehicle accidents, high angle rescues, confined space, hazardous materials and wildfires. All of which intrigues Ouellette.

What brought Ouellette to being a firefighter was a desire to find more permanent work than the seasonal forestry technician work he had been doing. A couple of days into the training, he knew that this was the work for him.

In addition to emergencies, firefighters also do public education, service calls, fire safety inspections, dispatching, fire prevention, maintenance in the fire hall and on equipment, tours and community service.

And then there are drop-bys. These are people who watched the 1987-movie Roxanne with Steve Martin who played the fire chief in a small town; the movie was filmed in Nelson and featured the local fire hall. A part of any day may include giving a tour of the famous building.

Ultimately, what Martin Ouellette does on a daily basis goes way beyond a job. That he finds the work rewarding is impressive; that he does work that ”can change people’s lives”is indispensable.

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This summer Art Gibbon Memorial Park will become the site of a new public washroom, but unlike others, it’ll be designed to match the nearby greenery.

“We thought if we can do a really great green design then it would promote building green in the area,” said Dixie Nicks, of the Kootenay/Rockies branch of the Cascadia Green Building Council.

Nicks said the project’s goal is to construct a demonstration net-zero energy building showcasing local, healthy and alternative building materials.

The unique building will feature walls constructed of clay and wood chips, a vegetated roof, covered

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Nicks said the installed solar panels will generate electricity to heat the water, and if the washroom sees heavy use in the summer, they’ll switch to using electricity off the grid.

Construction of the building is to be done by Ellenwood Homes, a local contractor, and local volunteers.

Work is set to begin at the Rosemont park in April and is expected to be complete by September.

Cascadia will be using the project as an educational tool as well and will be inviting people to visit the site throughout construction for workshops.

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o say Kaslo’s Aya Higashi was a popular teacher would be an understatement.

Old students invite her to their weddings and anniversaries. She’s held their children. They packed the gym for her retirement party. And she swears she remembers them all.

Her popularity probably had to do with her egalitarian approach: she never played favourites, treating everyone equally.

“Sometimes former students say ‘We were bad kids, weren’t we?’ I never knew a bad kid. In 33 years of teaching, I never yelled at a kid nor strapped nor shook them,” she says.

“My kids, I hug them.”

When she encountered several in the grocery store recently, they clogged up the aisle embracing.

Another is now a 65-year-old grandfather. With the generation gap long since closed, she considers them all friends, and insists they call her by her first name.

Higashi, 92, is the only Japanese Canadian still in Kaslo, which results in many requests to speak to tour groups, schools, and visitors. Reticent at first, “in case I said the wrong thing,” she has since become more comfortable in the spotlight.

She still finds the attention slightly embarrassing, but takes pride in being an ambassador for her village. Walking down Front Street, she is recognized and greeted by nearly everyone.

“It’s an honour to be known but also a heavy weight,” she says. “I have to be a good person. I can’t make a mistake. It’s a big responsibility.”

Born in Campbell River to Kiyomatsu and Kane Atagi, Aya grew up on Quadra Island, where her father was a boat builder. They later moved to Vancouver, where she graduated high school at 16.

She wanted to go into either medicine or education, and took pre-med courses while working at a doctor’s of-

Aya Higashi is one of Kaslo’s best-known citizens. Below, as principal of the school in the Popoff internment camp near Slocan City, ca. 1945.

fice. Then the war changed everything.

During the internment years, her family lived in an abandoned house in Kaslo, minus her father, who was working in the Crowsnest Pass. They didn’t see him again for years.

That first winter was so cold, Kaslo Bay froze.

Aya had never lived near other Nikkei families, and discovered her spoken Japanese was formal and stilted compared to her contemporaries — she didn’t know any slang.

At 19, she began teaching in the Kaslo internment school in the Giegerich block, which is still standing. Later, she became principal of the Popoff farm school, near Slocan City.

After the war, she attended Vancouver Normal School to obtain her BC teaching certificate, and despite many offers to go elsewhere, returned to Kaslo to fulfill a promise to the local principal. She taught mostly senior high, specializing in commerce and home economics.

In 1949, she married Buck Higashi,

a catcher on the Slocan baseball team whose kindness impressed her. They were together 59 years. They had no children of their own, but Aya considers all her students to be her kids.

Upon her retirement in 1986, they were going to move to the coast, but she soon discovered she couldn’t do it. Buck told her: “I wondered when you would realize that.”

“I could never leave Kaslo,” Aya says. “Kaslo is my family.”

By that time, they were the only Nikkei left in town — only two other families stayed after the war. Aya has a younger brother in Nelson and an older sister in Japan.

Despite the circumstances that brought her to Kaslo, she wouldn’t change what happened.

“I was raised on ‘It can’t be helped.’

You make the best of what you get,” she says. “I accepted what came. I couldn’t have a better life than I have here.”

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Editorial Searching for Robin Hood

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iving in major metropolitan areas, it’s easy to forget about the rural communities around you.

In Vancouver, it’s easy to take for granted what happens in communities like Nelson, Trail and Castlegar and ignore what is at stake.

In October, the Star began telling the story of cuts to the Fish and Wildlife Compensation Program.

The program is an adjunct to BC Hydro and with the crown corporation tightening its purse strings, the Nelson office faced elimination, along with seven jobs.

This week we heard MLA Bill Bennett dangle the carrots of “community engagement meetings” and restructured committees. He says the government is trying to take something successful and make it better.

Well and good, we suppose, but what about saving those jobs and retaining institutional memory and expertise?

The program’s successes are well known, but that doesn’t seem to hold much weight in the interest of cutting heads.

BC Hydro says this is not about saving money — it is obligated to spend $8 million in the Columbia region on fish and wildlife projects — which makes the layoffs all the more baffling.

Hydro executives take home fat paycheques while local biologists are left looking for work.

Even those who find other jobs within the company will probably have to relocate their families from West Kootenay.

Cuts are made throughout the province, and while this is often necessary, we’re not convinced they’re always in the right place.

Nurses, hospital employees, and a wide range of public service employees were forced to take a net zero wage increase, while teachers are still fighting for a raise.

Maybe if we cut from the top instead of the bottom, we’d find a little more money in government bank accounts.

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Food for Thought – Megan Cole

Cultivating KHAOS and creativity

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oing into my interview with KHAOS the opera’s librettist, Nicola Harwood, and composer, conductor and musical director Don Macdonald, I will admit I had no idea the grandeur of what was unveiled last Thursday.

Arts eyes from around the country were on Nelson last week.

Reporters from CBC and The Globe and Mail were all in town to take in the world premiere.

I don’t want to diminish the task Harwood and Macdonald undertook but I think Macdonald said it best: “These kinds of crazy and amazing things tend to happen in Nelson often enough. Is this moment any different than any other? There are crazy, wonderful things that seem impossible yet they are getting off the ground.”

Nelson is a place that seems to foster and propagate artistic talent.

Every week in {vurb} I take time to look at the arts and culture at this community and I am blown away by the talent, skill and creative energy that pours out of the people here.

The talent, skill and creative energy on stage at the Capitol last week cannot be ignored.

Take a moment to look at the credentials of some of the KHAOS team.

Macdonald is currently department head of Selkirk’s Contemporary Music and Technology Program. He won the prize for the best soundtrack at the Gerardmer Film Fest in France for his work his current score Fido. He’s

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also received Genie and Leo nominations for his work in Canadian film.

Allison Girvan, who plays Persephone in KHAOS, has been a featured soloist on recordings and in performances with music ensembles like the Vancouver Chamber Choir, CBC Vancouver Orchestra and Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. Girvan is also music director for the Capitol Theatre’s youth program and directs the former City of Nelson cultural ambassador Corazon choir. She is also Macdonald’s wife.

Kevin Armstrong, who plays Cerebus, has returned to Nelson after working in Europe performing next to some of opera’s greats. He has played Pilate in several productions of Jesus Bob Hall Editor

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Christ Superstar.

Clearly when it comes to talent, KHAOS had a stacked line-up.

Layer on a heart stopping performance by 2012 cultural ambassador Hiromoto Ida and creative set design by Thomas Loh and the creative capacity of Nelson flowed off the stage and into the crowd.

The national coverage of KHAOS barely scraped the surface of the significance of the achievement, and in addition missed that even though it was a huge task, Nelson creates culture and creativity.

When you look at the people involved in the production, it was no surprise that it was a huge success.

And if you factor in that it happened in “the greatest little arts town,” Macdonald was right: these

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kinds of crazy things do seem to happen in Nelson often enough.

Walking through the halls of the Kootenay School of the Arts, or attending an open stage night at The Royal, the abundance of artistic ability in this great little arts town is on stage every day.

I have yet to discover why Nelson is different. There seems to be a common theme among Nelsonites that we need to invest in our arts and that as a community we need to do what we can to promote artists, musicians, designers and beyond.

It is this passion embedded in most residents that played a part in fostering the creation of KHAOS and it really couldn’t have happened anywhere else other than Nelson.

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Letters to the Editor

Choosing pets over people?

It is my understanding that three or four years ago the Canadian Mental Health Association put in a proposal to BC Housing to provide affordable housing in Nelson for seniors struggling with mental health and/or addictions issues and required some assistance.

The federal government was to be the largest financial contributor.

The mandate has now changed to provide housing for seniors and persons with disabilities who are able to

live independently and direct their own services.

We, as a civilized peoples, have once again let down another group of the most vulnerable in our society by not providing decent housing to seniors desperately struggling to survive while living with mental illness and/or alcohol or drug addictions (including prescription drugs).

Mentally ill seniors will always be living amongst us‌ requiring the basic need of decent housing and assistance.

So do we, as a civilized society, continue to add to their misery by housing them in hovels (or jails) in which none of us would care to spend an hour, nevermind years and years?

Or do we provide them with decent housing (as the Anderson Street housing project would have done) with some assistance offered?

Our society seems to treat dogs better than fellow human beings.

Evelyn Kristiansen Six Mile

Bad logging a bane to survival

Bad logging has been a BC thing since the turn of the 20th century.

Initially, logs were extracted for settlement and railroads. They took out the best products and left the rest.

This caused stand degradation. The extent of the logging was near roadsides. This early logging was usually converted into farmland so wasn’t too detrimental.

In the ‘20s and ‘30s road building became more extensive, due to mining. Logging continued to be exploitative depending on the need for products.

Towards the end of the ‘30s some people became closer to the forest. “Forest husbandry� seemed to be imported from Europe.

The logging was single tree selection where stands were culled along with the removal of some but not the best large

pieces. This led to the gradual improvement of genetics of the forest. Good quality trees seeded in openings vacated by harvesting. My father and grandfather logged this way, using horses, and were justifiably proud of it.

“These trees are a monoculture and make survival of the forest a poor bet! �

Then came the downturn — enter the “diameter limit cut�. The biggest and best down to 14 inches were cut.

This left the poor quality trees to make the future stand.

Poor trees breed poor trees!

The next step of degradation was the clearcut which came to be in the ‘50s.

Clearcut eliminates all of the trees (genetic material) on

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the site. This results in soil erosion and site degradation.

New genetic material is introduced by planting.

These trees are a monoculture and make survival of the forest a poor bet! This creates a plantation that doesn’t have the biodiversity to be a forest.

The wood produced is of poor quality — short fibered, soft grained and very knotty.

These trees grow fast with a large percentage of early wood and a small amount of late wood. This product tends to delaminate! The world doesn’t want this substandard wood!

When we change the genetic makeup of forests, we interrupt the millennium-old ability to adapt and survive!

Respect and reverence of old forests is necessary for human survival.

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Real movies best seen in theatres Movies have been part of my life since childhood and by movies I mean theatres … places where one shares a big screen with a crowd of people, mostly strangers, where you laugh out loud with them, gasp when they do or hold your breath simultaneously as something threatening appears.

Real movies are places where you can cheer out loud for the hero or boo the villain while comforting yourself with a bag of popcorn or a hot dog with ketchup, relish and onions plus a cold drink. Some of my favourite earliest memories were from movies viewed with my parents.

Movies had a way of making us feel better about ourselves and they helped to lift the weight of post-depression poverty.

Mention King Kong (1933) and I’m still hiding under my theatre seat as a giant gorilla lumbers across the screen from a jungle in far off Africa and later climbs the Empire State Building in New York City, places none of us had been nor had any hopes of visiting. Movies were extremely important factor in my socializing … dating … hanging out with my high school buddies. Later they were important to me in raising a family.

I took my children to see movies as soon as it was feasible.

I remember taking turns with my wife, holding more than one sleeping child in my arms or feeding another formula from a bottle while we watched The Longest Day (1962) and The Sound of Music (1965). Movies were a source of reassurance while I was serving my country 8,000 miles from home during the so-called Korean conflict. I remember going to on-base movies near Seoul feeling the weight of serving in a war zone and coming out of the movie feeling normal again for a few hours because I had seen a movie playing back home.

Movies are still a source of feeling normal in my retirement and growing older … and when I say movies I think of all the things mentioned above … all communal experiences ... being with a crowd … connected although often far away … not the same as sitting alone in my recliner at home watching a movie on television. I absolutely adore my wife and treasure her company in watching TV movies but I treasure even more the experience of going with her to my local hometown theatre for an old-fashioned

community experience.

I admit that one can have similar experiences in watching stage performances by local thespians, but unfortunately that usually means a place where there is virtually no sound system or the acoustics are completely inadequate for someone with 85 per cent hearing loss. Most modern movie theatres have assisted hearing devices that make up for that.

Having shared all these things it should come as no surprise to hear me say that I and probably many others like me in Nelson are languishing for lack of “real movies” now that the Nelson movie theatre remains closed.

“I and probably many others like me are languishing for lack of ‘real movies’ now that the Nelson movie theatre remains closed.”

Two years ago some of our five adult children and seven grandchildren were visiting in Nelson.

They stayed in a campground not far away and came to Nelson for sightseeing, shared meals and visiting. The evening before they were due to return to their respective homes someone suggested we go to Nelson’s theatre to see a movie for old time’s sake, just like we used to do when they were kids. We did so joyfully!

A Leonardo DiCaprio movie was playing called Inception ... a sci-fi thriller … one of those we all loved watching when we were younger. Afterward, just like we did in the old days we went out to a restaurant for snacks, drinks and relaxing conversation about the movie. We connected with each other in ways that made us feel normal again … just for a little while. We filled two tables at a restaurant on Baker Street before saying good night and the next morning bidding them farewell.

If Nelson continues to go without a real movie theatre…there won’t be that kind of a next time for us, our children and grandchildren should they come this way again … not in the same way surrounded by a larger community, thrilled and inspired by the things good movies are made and knowing that we are not so alone as we sometimes seem to be.

John Prochaska Nelson

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An American magazine calls Nelson a “fantasy town.”

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Those who call Nelson home will be familiar with outside attention, and recent coverage from Sunset Magazine continues the trend by calling it one of 20 “ultimate fantasy towns.”

“The Sunset Magazine article was really designed around people thinking that this might be a place for relocation,” said Tom Thomson, executive director of the Nelson and District Chamber of Commerce.

“Our area gets a lot of good quality press. Some of it is press that Nelson Kootenay Lake Tourism generates, some of it is press that just continues to come up from other articles and people seeing those and saying ‘hey, let’s find out more about this community,’” said Thomson.

The article calls Nelson a “quirkyquaint” town “truly in the middle of nowhere. In a good way.”

“Up here, it’s all about community: Networking takes place on the sidelines of the kids’ soccer field,

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folks tend to boycott big chain stores, and if you choose work over family here, you stick out,” says the Sunset article.

Of course, there’s also mention of acclaimed powder skiing, hiking and mountain biking.

“I think when people come to this community they try to see if there’s a way of carving out a piece of the pie either through employment with a current employer or entrepreneurially,” Thomson says.

“I think it’s a place that a lot of people just want to be in.”

He adds many people may do a majority of their work for companies in larger centres, but make an effort to be based out of Nelson.

“A lot of people that have that ability want to shift to a place where opportunity meets lifestyle… it’s a place that a lot of people want to be in and I don’t think that locals are really giving up an awful lot by people coming in and looking to create new entrepreneurial opportunities.”

Sunset is an American lifestyles magazine focused on the west.

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL 2012-P-02 Nelson Civic Theatre

Sealed proposals clearly marked: “Request for Proposal – 2012-P-02 Nelson Civic Theatre” will be received at the oĸce of the Finance and Purchasing Manager – Suite 101-310 Ward Street, Nelson, B.C., V1L 5S4, up to and including 3:30 pm, local Ɵme April 17, 2012 for the following: The City of Nelson is requesƟng responses to this Request for Proposal for lease and operaƟon of the space known as the Nelson Civic Theatre for the purpose of operaƟon of a public theatre A mandatory site meeƟng will take place on Tues.

March 27, 2012 @ 10:00 am at 719 Vernon St, Nelson, BC. Proposal Documents are available from: The CorporaƟon of the City of Nelson Suite 101, 310 Ward Street Nelson, BC V1L 5S4 Contact: Finance and Purchasing Manager Phone No. 250-352-8204 Email:srorick@nelson.ca BC Bid, or the City of Nelson web site, hƩp://www.nelson.ca/html/tender.html

Wearing Hearing Aids Consistently During the Adjustment Period

It may take a considerable amount of time for you to get used to your hearing aids. Research shows that it is sometimes impossible to properly judge right away whether hearing aids are beneficial to you. For example, you may find that unless you’re in a very quiet room, you hear all kinds of distracting noises. Your brain needs to be retrained before this will get better. The good news is that the brain is flexible. If a person has a stroke, another part of the brain can take over what the damaged part was doing. This also applies to your hearing loss: the corresponding part of your brain, which now has no input from your ear, gets “rewired” to do other things. A research study by a leading researcher, Dr. Gatehouse, showed that the brain makes little use of new information for 5-6 weeks, then gradually starts to use it. In Dr. Gatehouse’s study, word recognition scores did not change for 5 weeks. From 6 weeks to 12 weeks, word recognition scores climbed steadily.

In this study, people evaluated the benefits of a hearing aid which had a superior frequency response when compared to a second hearing aid. The differences between the two responses could not be determined initially. The real benefit only started to become apparent after some four to six weeks experience with the hearing aids.

WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE BRAIN? The underlying mechanism of how the brain changes to accommodate new input is unknown. From the literature outside of audiology, Dr Gatehouse feels comfortable making an educated guess. We know that if there is damage to the retina of the eye, the corresponding receiving area of the brain does not respond to any visual stimulus from any other part of the eye. With the passage of time, however, that area in the brain begins to respond to stimulation from other parts of the eye.

In an experiment, part of the cochlea (inner ear) in an adult guinea pig was destroyed. The part of the brain that usually responded to stimulation from this part of the cochlea remapped itself. With time, the brain could respond to stimulation from other parts of the cochlea. In a study involving humans, inverting goggles were taped to the forehead. At first, everything was upside down, and the subjects in the experiment couldn’t read, write, or ride a bicycle. After 4-6 weeks of constantly wearing these inverting goggles, the visual system rewired itself.

When the goggles were taken off, however, the subjects again went through a period in which It was difficult to read, write, ride a bike, etc. To all appearances, the visual system had rewired itself.

BRAIN REWIRING While we have no direct evidence as yet of changes in the brain following inner ear hearing loss, Killion and Gatehouse suggest that as a person gradually acquires hearing loss in the high pitches, the part of the brain which receives soft, high pitch sounds will no longer receive stimulation. Because of this lack of stimulation,

the brain will re-assign other pitches and loudness levels to this unstimulated part. Given that most inner ear hearing losses are very gradual, this process will occur over a number of years, if not decades. When this person is finally fit with hearing aids, the soft high pitch sounds are once again audible. However, because of the brain re-mapping, it may take a considerable amount of time before the brain rewires itself again so that these soft, high pitch sounds are recognized and processed.

Gatehouse and Killion suggest the following analogy.

Having given away all the 4th floor telephone lines to the low pitches, the brain must first get them back—or find an empty floor with unused lines—before re-allocating any space to the high pitches.

HOW LONG? The experimental evidence would suggest that some of these changes can take place over time scales as long as weeks or months. Some hearing impaired people seem to gain the benefits of hearing aids almost immediately.

Perhaps the time it takes to “re-learn” the high pitch information depends on how severe the hearing loss is and how long the hearing loss has existed.

IMPLICATIONS It can take time for benefits of new hearing aids to become apparent. (This also applies to someone who has already worn hearing aids and tries something new).

It appears that the right approach is “Let’s just wait and see,” rather than have the audiologist make adjustments for various complaints right away. It may be a matter of “getting used to it”.

We hope that this information proves helpful to you. If you have any questions, and are interested in taking the first step towards better hearing, please call us at 1-877426-0079 or visit us in the Tamarack mall in Cranbrook, or at the Rocky Mountain Health Centre in Fernie.

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On Saturday, March 24 more than 30 local artisans, crafters and businesses will be showcasing their talents and wares at the fourth annual West Kootenay Springtime Faire. There will be a $2 admission at the door which will help support the Second Chance Animal Shelter.

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The Taghum Hall Society’s popular Starry Night astronomy program is back for another year! Join us Friday, March 16 and 23 (weather permitting) for a tour of the night sky through two astronomy telescopes. See planets, star clusters, galaxies and nebulae.

If we have to cancel on any of the Friday nights due to cloudy conditions, we will try again Saturday. For more information, contact Wayne Holmes at sumfun@ telus.net or phone before 4:30 p.m. at 250-354-1586.

Join the Top O’ The Morning Coffee Party from 10 p.m. to noon on Friday, March 16 at the Nelson United Church. There will be delicious cinnamon buns at the bake table. Admission is $3.

On Saturday, March 17 from 9:30 a.m. the Nelson and District Canadian Federation of University Women will meet at the New Grand Hotel in Nelson.

Provincial and National Resolutions and other club business will be discussed. Jeanette Mergens, our current regional director and future BC vice-president will attend. This is an important, interesting meeting about our future directions. Plan to attend! For more information contact Pat Reid at 250-505-5561.

You are invited to an informational meeting, potluck, and dance on Saturday, March 17 at the Procter Community Hall. Doors open 6 p.m. with the potluck starting at 6:30 and presentations and live music to follow. The Kootenay Rail Service Society will discuss ideas, release survey results, reveal plans for upcoming year, and answer questions from the community.

Guest speakers include Alex Atamanenko, MP for BC Southern Interior and Ramona Faust, director for RDCK Area E. Please bring a dish to share with the community. Bring your own refreshment. Tea and coffee provided. The Kootenay Rail Service Society is a committee dedicated to reinstating light rail passenger service from Harrop-Procter to Nelson.

Food sovereignty forum with Alex Atamanenko, MP and special guests on Sunday, March 18 at 7 p.m., at the United Church in Nelson. Everyone welcome!

For information: 1-800-667-2393.

Celebrate Diversity at Reframing [dis]Ability Day. On Wednesday, March 21 from 12 until 2 p.m. we invite everyone to join us in the Pit at the Castlegar campus of Selkirk College for games, displays, challenges, prizes, and refreshments as we celebrate diversity in our communities. The classroom and community support worker students at Selkirk College in Castle-

gar, along with the transitional training students and the student access support department, are hosting Reframing [dis]Ability Day to increase awareness and challenge ideas or beliefs that people may have about individuals living with disabilities. For more information, contact Jane Green at 250-365-1252 or jgreen@ selkirk.ca.

The Nelson Chapter of the Council of Canadians and the West Kootenay EcoSociety are presenting an information session on the controversial issue of fracking on Thursday, March 22, World Water Day at 7 p.m., Seniors Branch 51, 717 Vernon Street (across from Extra Foods). Join Dan Woynillowicz of the Pembina Institute for a provocative presentation that will explore the climate change and water impacts of shale gas development in BC. For further information go to canadians.org/water/issues/fracking/index. html.

Plan on joining others at a special fundraiser at Finley’s on Friday, March 23 at 8 p.m. The Nelson Refugee Committee is hosting a spring active-wear fashion show from select stores in Nelson. This special night is in support of two young women from Burma resettling in Nelson. Hsa Moo and Htoo Paw have spent most of their lives behind barbed wire in a refugee camp. It’s time to Bring Them Home! Tickets $10 at Otter’s or $15 at the door.

Toby Hemenway will be holding an evening talk in titled Permaculture: Solutions for Community Building and a Fear-Free Future on Wednesday, March 28 at 7 p.m. at SelfDesign High.

The Slocan Valley Seniors Housing Society will be hosting an April Fools brunch at the Passmore Lodge on Sunday, April 1 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The event features a great brunch as well as door prizes! Admission for adults is a minimum $8 donation and kids can eat for just $4. The ‘Fun’raiser will feature breakfast wraps (ham or veggie) with a fruit plate and refreshments. A toast option is also available. One of the highlights of the frunch (besides a lot of April Foolishness) will be a performance by the Slocan Valley Community Band from 11 a.m. to noon. For more information the Lodge can be reached at 250-226-7136 Nelson celebrates National Poetry Month with two special events in early April. One is at the Nelson Public Library. The other? City council chambers! The City of Regina has challenged the City of Nelson — and communities across Canada — to embrace National Poetry Month by inviting a poet to read at a regular council meeting. Nelson has taken up the gauntlet with a flourish: not just one, but two notable Nelson poets will read to rapt city councillors at the Monday, April 2 council meeting. Those poets are Margaret Hornby and Elena Banfield. In addition, the public is invited to the Nelson library on Thursday, April 5 at 7:30 p.m., when Hornby launches a new book of

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poetry, Love in Exotic Places, and Banfield reads from recent works.

SPIRITUAL

The Vocal Ensemble of Studio Cantilena presents Vespers of Wisdom’s Whisperings for Gregorian chant and Tibetan singing bowls. These Vespers are held in the tradition of the Benedictine Evensong. You are invited to listen, sing along, ponder the texts of ancient wisdom literature or simply enjoy the sound-bath within the beautiful setting of St. Saviour’s Church.

Sunday, March 18 at 7 p.m. until about 7:45. For more information and inspiration please visit studiocantelina.com.

Join the Nelson Community Labyrinth Group in a celebration of the spring equinox at the Lakeside labyrinth in Rotary Lakeside Park. A community walk will be held at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, March 20. It marks the first day of spring as well as one of two days in the year of equal light and dark. All welcome. Free event.

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Saturday, March 17 from 10 to 11 a.m. For more information call 250-352-3181.

Kootenay Permaculture presents a full day workshop on Thursday, March 29 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. called Permaculture Design for the Home Landscape: From the urban backyard to the small acreage with Toby Hemenway. Registration required as space is limited. The workshop will be held at the Selkirk College Silver King Campus. For more information email spiralfarm@yahoo.com Find Your Inner Interior Designer during this twoday Nest Building workshop with author and consultant, Kate Bridger. This workshop offers a combination of design psychology mixed in with a reassuring dose of pragmatism. It is the course to take at any stage during your home-making or renovation journey whether you intend to hire outside expertise or not. This workshop will take place on April 21 and 22 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day at 402 Baker Street (upstairs in the Kootenay Real Estate Board meeting room) in Nelson. Register soon to take advantage of the early bird rate. For more information, please visit katebridger. ca/Pages/Workshops.html, or contact Kate directly at kbridger@telus.net or 250-352-4653.

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Community meetings called ‘window dressing’

Continued from Page 1 has agreed to increase the number of locals on the program’s steering committee and immediately fill several vacant seats. The steering committee will also work directly with the policy committee that develops program goals.

Further, a series of “community engagement meetings” have begun with various stakeholders.

“We’re trying to take something that was done rather poorly, I think, and end up with a better model,” Bennett said.

As for the employees, “it’s my sense there wasn’t a full appreciation for the value they brought to the program, but I think there’s a far greater appreciation now.”

That hasn’t, however, translated into saving their jobs.

Bennett says BC Hydro is unlikely to admit it made a mistake by targeting the program and it remains to be seen how the corporate memory and expertise of the laid-off employees can be retained.

He didn’t rule out some of them returning to work for the program in another way, but was “hesitant to speculate too much for fear of prejudicing ongoing discussions.”

Although the BC Wildlife Federation has suggested the positions be rolled

into other government ministries, nothing has yet been announced.

Nelson-Creston MLA Michelle Mungall, meanwhile, dismissed the community engagement meetings as “window-dressing,” calling them too little, too late, and said they should be open to the public instead of limited to stakeholders such as local governments and environmental groups.

She is also dismayed the layoffs are still going ahead.

“The minister has the authority to [stop them],” she says. “No one disagrees that the program has done wonderful work for our region. It wasn’t broken, and didn’t need fixing.

The only reason this is happening is

because of a directive from on high to cut heads.”

Mungall says the program was identified as a place where BC Hydro could eliminate positions without incurring risk to its hydroelectric system.

However, the decision to cut jobs was made before an alternative delivery model was established.

“How the work is going to be done, no one knows. Whether we still get the bang for our buck previously is unidentified and that puts our region at risk,” she says.

Gwen Farrell, utilities vice-president of COPE 378, which represents the staff at the Nelson office, sees little to be gained through the meetings.

“I don’t see how after the fact it is a productive way to deal with this,” she says. “They’re still contracting out the work, and now they’re talking to stakeholders after they’ve done it. It’s certainly not a solution.”

Farrell adds those discussions should have started months ago.

“My frustration is the energy minister said he’s putting a pause on this, yet BC Hydro was never directed to do that.

That’s absolutely ludicrous.”

Since 1988, BC Hydro has invested over $100 million under the program to compensate for the ecological effects of its dams.

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Visit www.nelsonbaseball.ca for a registration form • Eagles Youth Baseball: 5-8 year olds register deadline April 23rd • Little League: 9-12 year olds register deadline March 18th • Babe Ruth Baseball: 13-15 year olds deadline March 18th Season runs from April 16 to June 23rd

Thank you, Nelson! for making KHAOS possible. Your extra-ordinary generosity and your enthusiastic reception of KHAOS is what really made it all happen.

We’d especially like to acknowledge the assistance of the following businesses and individuals: Berg Naqvi Lehmann, Chartered Accountants

Hume Hotel staff and management

Nelson and District Credit Union

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Investors Group

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First a huge “thank you” to the cast, directors, designers and the entire production crew of KHAOS, all of whom donated their time and talents to creating the amazing show we all enjoyed. Bravo to you all. Without you there is no opera in Nelson.

A special thanks to all those who contributed to and were patrons of our fundraising events over the past three years. We had fun together and raised a significant amount of money for this exciting project in the process.

Thanks as well to all the businesses who have advertised in our performance programs. Your assistance is appreciated.

We need to express a special note of thanks (and an apology) to those five businesses who purchased ads in our KHAOS program that we inadvertently failed to insert.

Cottons Clothing, Cottonwood Kitchens, Dave Gentles at Nelson Realty , Itza Pizza and Ted Allen’s Jewellery.

We know you were keen supporters of our efforts and sincerely regret our failure to publish your ads.

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RCMP say two young children lived in a South Slocan home where over 5,000 marijuana plants were seized on Friday.

Police say members of the federal border integrity program joined local detachment members in executing a search warrant that turned up 5,207 plants in various stages of growth.

Two men, ages 40 and 44, and a woman, 42, were arrested.

The Ministry of Child and Family Development was notified to care for the two children, who are primaryschool aged sisters. They were at school when police executed the warrant.

Their parents were among the three suspects, according to Sgt. Dennis Blanch of the integrated border enforcement team.

He says the bust follows a two-month investigation, and based on the number of plants, is the second largest their unit has made.

“As police, finding children exposed to the dangers of a marijuana grow-op

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is particularly disturbing,” Supt. Derek Simmonds, the officer in charge of the border integrity program, added in a news release.

“Anytime children are exposed to, or have access to chemicals, unsafe wiring and drugs there is a very real chance that they could be seriously hurt.”

The release also contained a statement from Children and Families

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An incident at a Nelson pub led to the arrest of a Lardeau man last week.

Staff at the pub asked a group of drunk men to leave near midnight last Wednesday. The group slowly left but became confrontational and as a result, police were called.

Before officers arrived, one of the men told a staff member he was leaving, but would be returning and made several gestures and comments to indicate he would be bringing a gun.

According to Sgt. Paul Burkart, when police arrived, staff gave them the license plate and description of the vehicle in which the man who made the threats left in.

The Nelson Police Department shared this information with RCMP and units from both police services circulated Nelson and surrounding area for about an hour before locating the vehicle on Nelson Avenue near the bridge.

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Minister Mary McNeil: “Whenever police identify situations where families are being put at risk, such as growops, we work closely together to ensure that any children in the home are safe and protected,” she said.

Police recovered grow-op equipment, dried bud, and about $14,000 in cash. No weapons were involved.

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the suspect vehicle was stopped.

The two male occupants were arrested and when the vehicle was searched, police found a sawed-off pistol grip shotgun and approximately 50 shotgun shells in the trunk.

As a result of the investigation, a 22-year-old Lardeau resident was released on a promise to appear and is scheduled for court in Nelson in April.

Charges of possessing a prohibited weapon with ammunition and uttering threats are being recommended.

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Sports Senior Blueliner Given Career Extension

Leafs defenceman moving on to NCAA

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Former Leafs defenceman Jonathon Petrash battles against a Castlegar Rebels opponent during a playoff matchup earlier this season. The Leafs may have had a quick end to their season, but Petrash looks to have been given an opportunity at a bright future in hockey.

SAMUEL DOBRIN Nelson Star Reporter

The Nelson Leafs may have had a quick end to their season, but one of their senior players has been given an opportunity for a bright future on the ice.

Former Leafs defenceman Jonathon Petrash will be making the move to our southern neighbour for four more years of hockey.

“I’m going to Michigan to play NCAA hockey,” he said.

Petrash said he’s been in contact with scouts from Michigan since a game in Kimberley this season and now he’s all set to attend the school.

“I’m really excited about it. I was a little nervous at the end of the last game wondering what I was going to do and where David Gentles

hockey was going to take me and luckily this came up and now I have at least four more years left.”

“I’ve definitely matured as an individual both on and off the ice.”

Jonathon Petrash Departing Leafs Defenceman

Petrash will study business and accounting, but says he would also like to do some firefighting training.

“Right now I’m just taking it year by year. I do definitely want to go pro hockey one day maybe but right now I have four years down at the college and we’ll see what happens after that,” he said.

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Petrash said being with the Nelson Leafs has been a stepping stone for his hockey career.

“I’ve definitely matured as an individual both on and off the ice and I feel like I’ve become a better person for it. The skills and tools they’ve taught me with both education and working — it’s something I’ll carry through my whole life.

“The town, the fans, the coaches were all great to me…

I’ll definitely miss the times in Nelson, but other things are ahead and I’m excited for it.

“It’s definitely not the ending we wanted, but for a young team we accomplished a lot and I’m proud.”

Petrash, 21, put up eight goals and 36 points in 45 games this season.

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SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 2012 FROM 8:30 TO 9:30 PM

Hundreds of millions of people, businesses and governments around the world unite each year to support the largest environmental event in history – Earth Hour.

More than 5,200 cities and towns in 135 countries worldwide switched off their lights for Earth Hour 2011 alone, sending a powerful message for action on climate change. It also ushered in a new era with members going Beyond the Hour to commit to lasting action for the planet. Without a doubt, it’s shown how great things can be achieved when people come together for a common cause. EVERYONE can make small lifestyle changes, which will significantly impact our COLLECTIVE conservation effort.

For the fourth consecutive year, FortisBC is again sponsoring an Earth Hour Community Challenge to encourage customers to pledge that they will turn off all non-essential lighting, appliances and electronics in their homes and businesses.

Homeowners and businesses can pledge their participation by visiting the FortisBC website at www.fortisbc.com/earthhour or by calling FortisBC at 1-866-436-7847. Everyone who

Nik Newman named Rookie of the Year

Good omen for Leafs rookie BILL MCDONNELL Special to the Nelson Star

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n the caption accompanying the Nelson Leafs annual awards photo for 2011-12, something of note was overlooked in the awards presented to Nik Newman.

In addition to being named most valuable player, Newman won the team’s leading scorer and rookie of the year awards.

Why are these additions newsworthy? Well, I challenge you to answer the following question: what does Newman now have in common with former NHL players Robbie Tallas (goaltender), Brad Larsen (forward) and defenceman Geoff Kinrade?

Consider all played junior hockey with the Leafs. Then as Leafs, all four were recognized as rookie of the year: Tallas in 1990, Larsen 1993, Kinrade 2002 and Newman 2012.

Lest you have forgotten, Tallas’ NHL career began in 1996 with the Boston Bruins.

He played the 2001 season with the Chicago Blackhawks, and that summer signed as a free agent with Pittsburgh and played for their AHL affiliated team for two seasons before concluding his career in Finland in 2004.

Nakusp native Larsen’s rookie of the year season prepared him well for a very successful major junior, AHL and NHL career.

While playing for Swift Current of the WHL, he was

Nelson Leafs rookie of the year Nik Newman.

a member of Team Canada’s gold medal teams at the 1996 and 1997 Worlds Junior Championships.

Originally drafted by Ottawa in the 1995, Larsen was subsequently selected in the 1997 re-entry draft by Colorado. Following four seasons with Colorado, Larsen was claimed on waivers by Atlanta in 2006, where he played an additional four seasons.

Following 294 NHL games, Larsen concluded his professional career in the AHL following the 2009-10 season.

Nelson born and Nelson Minor Hockey graduate, Kinrade played two seasons with the Leafs before starring in the BCHL with Cowichan Valley.

Following four successful seasons with Michigan Tech

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University of the NCAA, Kinrade’s graduating year of 2009 saw his hockey season rocket from university to the AHL and subsequently his appearance in a NHL game for Tampa Bay Lightning vs Washington Capitals.

That summer, Kinrade signed with the Ottawa Senators and played two seasons with their AHL Binghamton Senators.

In 2011, the underdog Binghamton conquered all challengers by winning the AHL Championship and the Calder Cup. Presently, Kinrade is playing in the European Elite Hockey League for Bern, Switzerland.

Will Newman follow the lofty professional careers of former Leafs rookie of the year recipients? Stay tuned …

makes the formal pledge to turn off non-essential electricity during Earth Hour will be entered to win a weekend getaway at the Manteo Resort in Kelowna and increase their community’s chances to winning the $5,000 energy savings upgrade for the Nelson Cares Society.

The City of Nelson and Nelson Hydro will arrange to shut off almost all lighting at City-owned facilities / buildings, Baker Street decorative lighting, walkway lighting, park lighting, power plant lights, hydro substation lights and are encouraging customers to switch off, or unplug, non-essential electricity on Saturday, March 31, 2012 from 8:30 to 9:30 pm.

The City of Nelson and Nelson Hydro challenges all customers to participate in Earth Hour and to register their pledge for FortisBC’s Earth Hour Community Challenge for the opportunity of winning the $5,000 energy savings upgrade for the Nelson Cares Society. Email your friends to sign up!

Check the City of Nelson website at www.nelson. ca on ideas on how you can participate for this years’ Earth Hour.

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Sports Minor Hockey Playoffs

Kaslo wins atom championship SUBMITTED Special to the Nelson Star

Kaslo Minor Hockey was host to 10 teams in the Atom B playoffs this month with two West Kootenay Minor Hockey Association championship banners on the line.

All 20 games were exciting but nothing could prepare any of the fans for the exhilarating finishes in both banner games.

Spokane was playing Boundary (Midway and area) for the championship banner. It was tied at one, taking the teams into a five-minute sudden death overtime, still tied after the five minutes, and went to a shoot out.

Boundary went on to win the banner!

Kaslo was playing Grand Forks in the championship game for the other banner.

Grand Forks fans had brought their trumpet, drum and cowbells to cheer on their players, so Kaslo’s fans had no choice but to out cheer them with their voices.

Grand Forks started the scoring off with a hard shot from the point. Ember Hartland tied it up for Kaslo. At the end of the second period, with the second

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Kaslo goal scored by Elijah Havers, Grand Forks was still up by a goal. Hartland for Kaslo was able to tie it in the third and it stayed at three goals each until the buzzer.

Five minute sudden death overtime was upon them.

The Kaslo arena was teeming with loud, cheering fans, from grandparents, and schoolmates to moms, dads and neighbours. “Go, Kaslo, go!� was being chanted almost loud enough to raise the barn roof.

With two minutes left on the clock, Havers took the puck and skated end to end and ripped a shot, top corner to win the game for his team!

Kaslo’s bench quickly flooded onto the ice and celebrated a fantastic win. The home team crowd went wild!

Dave Zarikoff, West Kootenay Minor Hockey Association Atom governor went on the ice with the banner and gave a brief speech about the amazing hockey played in Kaslo that weekend before he presented the hardsought-after banner to the Kaslo team.

Kaslo and District Minor Hockey thanks all the many loud and supportive

fans, the officials who came over from adjacent associations and the local officials, all the teams for being part of this momentous weekend and the efficient arena staff.

The Kaslo Winterhawks Atom team could not have had the year they did without their great coaches: Chad Jones, and Lindsay McKinnon.

The next Kaslo Minor Hockey event will be the awards night in April.

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Kootenay Lake Levels March 14, 2012 For the benefit of Kootenay Lake area residents, the following lake levels are provided by FortisBC as a public service.

Queen’s Bay:

Present level: 1740.68 ft 7 day forecast: Down 9 inches.

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Dr. Dale staying on National Farmers Union Vice Pres.

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Alex Atamanenko, MP and his guests invite you to an evening of lively discussion about the barriers and challenges facing farmers and eaters in the worldwide battle to achieve food sovereigntyâ&#x20AC;Ś.

movement of small farmers fighting giant corporations for the right to determine their own food policies

Continued from Page 1 clinic with wife Diana Haschke is staying on as medical director.

Aitken says their key task is finding a couple more doctors to supplement two existing parttimers. The shortage previously threatened to close the clinic. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re putting the word out to the community to help us recruit,â&#x20AC;? Aitken says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;[Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re asking] people who feel strongly about the clinic to get the word out. If they have friends or family who know a physician looking for the lifestyle here, let them know jobs are waiting for them.â&#x20AC;?

In the meantime, she is co-ordinating shortterm fill-ins and says in the worst-case scenario, they may have to close again on Sundays, as was the case last year.

She is also optimistic about making progress on the issue of hiring foreign medical grads.

Last year, Interior Health denied permission for one to practice at the clinic.

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Ron VanZanden (2) Deb Makasoff (4) Curtis VanZanden (2) Rosie (3) Nicole Kosinec (3) Shane Young (2) Cory Kosinec (2) Rick Nixon (4) Mustache Ridez (3) Jackson Giroux (2) Adam Crawford Alana Markin Bill Clark (5) Syl Coupland (3) Pat Cattermole (3) HBK1997 (2) Zed-1 (2) Wyatt Daniels (2) Snowman2000 (3) Swetty W (4) Ponzi (2) Ronny Rink Rats (4) Ninja2 (2) Aly Mases (6) Auntie Gravity Dave Douglas (3) Amber Walsh (3) Crozier Cats (3) The Ringer (3) Steeters (2) Roughriders (3) Angus Patterson (5) Kris Beaudet (2) Silverado (3) Alan Burch (2) Kim Tagami (3) Rick Cutler (4) Rosa Lattanzio (3) Meowio Maru (2) Philip Markin (4) Vince Cutler (2) Kali (4) Chelsea Markin (2) Liz Markin (3) Wild Cardz (4) One Timer (3) Rocket Regatoni Cory Whitford (4) Vivian Postlethwaite (5) Gale Andrews (2) Lance Gotzy (4) G-Man Len Dunsford (3) Logan (3) Jack Catenacci3 (2) Icebreakers (5) Puckheads (2) Raiders (2) Jack Catenacci4 (4) L Mac Henry (3) Ninja1 (2) MJB&GAB (2) Kristy Daniels (3) Dean Hillyard (4) Ddog (4) B Swendson (3) Jake (3) Cynthia St. Thomas (3) Merek Cutler (2) Dale B Jets (3) Uncle Gravity (2) Lofty

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Secondary Draw Mar. 30, 2012 (secondary prize does not include transportation or accommodations)

Jersey Give-Away!

One hockey jersey will be given away at the end of every Canucks game. Winners from the jersey give-away will be entered into a secondary draw for: 2 TICKETS TO THE EDMONTON VS VANCOUVER GAME April 7, 2012

MOST POINTS THIS WEEK

Sarah Costello This winner has won lunch for two at the UpTown Tavern. Sarah had 13 points this past week (Everyone in the party must be 19 years or older to redeem)

Please cut out this coupon and present at the UpTown Tavern to claim your prize

CANUCKS THIS WEEK CANUCKS VS BLUE JACKETS SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 7 P.M. CANUCKS VS WILD MONDAY, MARCH 19 5:00 P.M. CANUCKS VS BLACKHAWKS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 5:00 P.M. CANUCKS VS STARS THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 5:30 P.M.

Friday Buffet Dinner

All you can eat Roast Beef Buffet

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Obituaries & Memorials “ Forever in our hearts and memories” “In loving memory of Michael Belford Buck who died March 15th, 2007. Michael was predeceased by his wife, Lissy Langefeld on Dec. 23, 1995. His love is missed by his friends, his extended family and his brothers, Patrick and Kevin.”

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In Loving Memory of our dear mother, grandmother and great grandmother Helen Sherbinin who passed away March 15, 2011.

Time may fly and tears may dry but loving memories never die. What we would give if we could say Hello Mom, in the same old way. To hear your voice, to see your smile to sit and talk with you awhile. You shared our hope, our love, our fears Thank you mom for those precious years.

Always remembered and sadly missed by ,

Fujibayashi Catherine passed away peacefully on February 24th, 2012 after a long battle with cancer. Cathy will be lovingly remembered by her daughters, Jill, Kelly and Erin and their families, her partner, Steve and many family and friends.

Memorial donations can be made in Cathy Fujibayashi’sname to BC Cancer Foundation.

Charlotte Hlookoff Collin & Kathy Sherbinin Irene & Patrick Poznikoff Nettie & Mickey Shkuratoff and families

Disposition of Unclaimed Cremated Remains Thompson Funeral Services Ltd., 613 Ward Street, Nelson BC V1L 1T2, 250-352-3613 will be disposing of the following unclaimed cremated remains on Thursday, May 31, 2012.

Deceased

Cremation Date

Deceased

Cremation Date

Deceased

Cremation Date

Bachelor, Jean Margaret

January 22, 1985

Hopkins, John Alan

November 28, 1977

Purser, Roy A.

September 26, 1972

Bastin, Mabel Catharine

November 10, 1967

Hunter, Margaret Jennie

January 23, 1969

Turner, Richard Alexander

May 29, 1966

Bell, Jean Christina

July 16, 1990

Johnstone, Elizabeth

January 5, 1964

Robertson, John

July 31, 1987

Bennett, Marjorie Martha

May 31, 1976

Kirk, Edwin Clayton

December 17, 1968

Sheets, Clara May

July 11, 1961

Blayney, Clifford

July 7, 1977

Koska, Erma W.

September 15, 1981

Smales, Vera Emma

November 4, 1974

Breeze, Arthur

October 9, 1969

Kosma, Ladlislo

September 8, 1969

Spurway, Rowland

1952

Brown, Mildred Francis

1962

Lawrence, Percy

August 17, 1983

St.Thomas, Earl Harrison

June 19, 1985

Brown, Arthur M.

August 21, 1996

Lawrence, Benjamin J.

July 4, 1984

Stanger, Pauline Alma

September 7, 1977

Byres, Robert

July 19, 1977

Linden, John

May 3, 1965

Stevens, Andre Leon Enile

October 29, 1980

Childress, Bernice Leslie

April 5, 1977

Lovelette, Faye

December 30, 1992

Stevens, Henry Fred

September 2, 1992

Childress, Robert Clarence

October 20, 1977

Magnuson Gunnard E.

April 6, 1983

Streets, Clive Alan

May 29, 1979

Clark, Edwin Herbert Clark

November 13, 1997

McGregor, Edward James

January 10, 1977

Sullivan, Kathleen Mary

November 23, 1981

Colquhoun, Jean Wenn

August 8, 1986

McKenzie, Marlin

January 6, 2004

Sutcliffe, David

April 20, 1977

Cooper, George Taylor

November 28, 1977

Methven, Peter Geoffrey Neale

November 25, 1976

Tofell, Neil Eugene

August 21,1996

Crosby, Mervin Eugene

May 10, 1988

Mitchell, Baby boy

December 18, 1981

Treen, Sarah

February 29, 1972

Dayman, E.M.

June 23, 1961

Moore, Lucy Brett

April 21, 2001

Turner, Richard Alexander

May 19, 1966

Dayman, Charles Arnold

September 1, 1964

Moxley, Raymond Donald

August 24, 1996

Turnquist, Karl

September 8, 1987

Dent, James Dennis

April 8, 1969

Nolte, Hedwig

August 26, 1986

Vance, Larry Wallace

December 21, 1983

Farmer, Helmi

August 7, 1970

Odmark, Josefa

January 3, 1980

VanManen, William Johann

1952

Ferworn, Emma

1951

Oliver, Mary Ellen

October 22, 1972

Veale, Frances, Elizabeth

September 1, 1977

Forbes, Edward

May 8, 1986

Pearce, Frank Buck Master

February 4, 1978

Wells, Irma Joan

November 22, 1994

Fountain, Wayne Allen

August 24,1996

Pearce, Frank

July 24, 1965

Williams, Eleanor Agnes

January 11, 1994

Gilker, Mary Evelyn

March 31,1993

Peterson, Carl

December 5, 1989

Wolfhard, John Wolfgang

March 12, 1979

Hendry, Earl Duane

May 11, 1965

Phillips, Elizabeth

1960

Woolls, Ernest Howard

May 30, 1963

Higgins, Charles Raymond

September 25, 1973

Pearce, Elsie

May 20, 1972

Woolls, Harriett

July 5th, 1967

Any person with a right to control disposition of the remains under the Cremation, Interment and Funeral Services Act must contact Thompson Funeral Services Ltd. as soon as possible to recover the cremated remains.

March 6, 2012 Robert Sylvester, Funeral Director

Nelson Star Friday, March 16, 2012

“For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son…” ( John 3: 16) - Sister Nancy Hurren, CND : Cathedral of Mary Immaculate

s we listen to the evening news these days we can be overwhelmed by darkness. So much in our world seems to be out of control, or at least out of sane control. We struggle with such huge questions! So much in our world needs to be bought into the light and made whole again.

I think Nicodemus must have felt overwhelmed when he sought Jesus out by night. He knew the darkness of his own age, and struggled to know God’s plan in the midst of that. In the words and actions of Jesus, he saw signs of God’s presence, signs of a light dawning, but needed reassurance. He needed to speak the many questions that filled his mind. He began to dialogue with Jesus, but Jesus’ responses seemed to put him into an even deeper quandary and challenged his perception of the way things were. Jesus’ answers were enigmatic, facing him with the nature of God’s kingdom and the gift from above that enables one to see and to enter into that kingdom. But Nicodemus, doubtful like ourselves, stutters, “How can these things be?”

Is this not the question of our own age, we who seem to have so much knowledge and ability but who find ourselves facing

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This Saturday and Sunday the West Kootenay Fly Fishing Symposium will take place at the Castlegar Complex. Hosted every year by the West Kootenay Fly Fishing Club, this is a free community event that includes rod-casting clinics, fly-tying and fly fishing workshops, informational booths and children’s fly-tying.

Columbia Power is a major sponsor of the event and the company’s environment director, Llewellyn Matthews (left), met up with symposium organizer and West Kootenay Fly Fishing Club president Rod Zavaduk (right), to show Columbia Power’s support.

Sunday Worship Gathering: 10:00 am Minister David Boyd

Lent 4 Sunday School (Ages 4 and up) Nursery Room Available Children’s Quiet Play Space

602 Silica Street, Nelson BC V1LL 4N1 Ph: 250.352.2822 • www.nelsonunitedchurch.ca dh h

Anglican Church of Canada St. Saviour's ProCathedral Ward & Silica, Nelson Family Service & Eucharist Sunday 10:30 AM

St. Matthew's Village Road, South Slocan Sunday 9:30 AM (No service third Sunday) Office: 8am - 1pm Tue - Fri

250.352.5711 St. Michael & All Angels stsaviours@netidea.com Busk Road Balfour www.stsavioursnelson.org Sunday 11 AM

CATHOLIC CHURCH

CATHEDRAL OF MARY IMMACULATE 813 Ward Street 352-7131 Sunday Mass Times: • Saturday 7:00pm • Sunday 8:30 am and 10:30 am

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Parish office open Tuesday – Friday 9:00 am - noon rccathedral@shaw.ca • www.catholiccathedralnelson.ca

Gathering g Speaker: Angus Buchan, whose life inspired the award winning Àlm ‘Faith like Potatoes’

June 29-July1/12 Prestige Inn Convention Centre. Nelson, BC * All proceeds above costs go to the ‘House of Lambs’ Childrens Home on Shalom farm

Tickets & info: www.gathering2012.ca or itickets.com/events/277434 or phone 1-800-965-9324

so much darkness across the face of the globe, who feel helpless before the many perishing from hunger and war. We too stutter “How can these things be?” How are we to judge these things?

But Jesus’ answer to Nicodemus is also his answer to us. God is light among us, light shining even in the midst of darkness. The Father has sent His Son into this world not to condemn but to save, not to destroy but to bring life. It is God’s love for each and every one on the face of the earth that impels God to enter into human existence, to live fully our life, to allow the darkness to do its worst to Him, to crucify Him, and yet remain among us, risen and victorious, faithful to the Father’s love and truth to the very end, a beacon of light drawing all who would come to wholeness into his embrace. More, Jesus draws each of us to be filled with His light and to be light for each other, “For we are what He has made us, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God has prepared beforehand to be our way of life.” (Eph2:10) Will we stand with Him in the light and be light for all around us?

The Salvation Army

Nelson Community Church

Sunday Worship Service at 11:00 am Everyone is Welcome

Your Pastors: Majors Robin and Yvonne Borrows (New to Nelson) 250 551 4986

601 Vernon Street (Middle Level)

First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church

611 Fifth Street 250-352-3212 Sunday Worship at 10:00 am Pastor Scott Simpson fbcnelson.ca

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Evangelical

Covenant Church Loving Jesus, Loving People, Transforming Lives

A good traveller has no fixed plans & is not intent on arriving -Anonymous

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• Nelson

702 Stanley St. • 352.9613 Sundays at 10:00 am Pastor Arden Gustafson Pastor Chris Wiens

Sunday Morning Worship 10:00 am Sermon title:

“Settling Disputes” 623 Gordon Rd. Nelson BC V1L 5X6 Phone 250-352-9322 • Pastor Rev. Ken H. Keber

Refreshments are served after the service

(Affiliated with the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada)

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• Balfour

7741 Upper Balfour Rd. • 229.2301 Sundays at 9:30 am Pastor Jason Ashley

• Playmor

A Friendly Bible Centre Church

Junction-

2840 Eden Rd. • 359.5065 Sundays at 10:00 am Pastor Jesse Lerch

www.ecov.org

Unity Centre of the Kootenays Sunday 11:00 am Sheelagh Wright “Access Consciousness” 905 Gordon Rd (IHA Bldg., back door)

CHURCHES OF NELSO NELSON “give theOF gift of NELSON mercy” HURCHES

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Your community. Your classifieds.

250.352.1890 fax 250.352.1893 email classifieds@nelsonstar.com Announcements

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Employment

Employment

Employment

Employment

Funeral Homes

Coming Events Tim Hortons Coffee Sale $10.00 a can Kootenay Time Coffeeshop you wake...we bake don’t miss 420 Fridays

Education/Trade Schools

Education/Trade Schools

Haircare Professionals

Help Wanted

In Loving Memory Of EVELYN SCHMIDT Passed Away March 4, 2012 Age 79 Years Residence Creston, BC Memorial Service Monday, March 19, 2012 at 11:00 am Redeemer Lutheran Church Pastor Harry Haberstock officiating Interment of Ashes Forest Lawn Cemetery Erickson, BC

Drivers/Courier/ Trucking DRIVER. Class 1 Drivers wanted. Offering top pay. Close to home. Home most weekends.

Family comes first! 1 year flat deck exp. & border crossing a must. Fax resume & driver abstract to 604-853-4179.

21 WEEK HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM Prepare for a Career in Heavy Equipment Operation. Introducing our new Apprenticeship Program which includes:

Coming Events

FOUND: Black beaded “dream catcher” earring in Nelson on March 3rd. Pls call 777-0136

Rhythmic Gymnastics Spring Programs March 26-June 4th Learn some new moves with balls, ribbons, hoops, scarves and more in our fun and creative classes for girls & women in Nelson & Balfour Rhythmic Dimensions 250-505-1812 rhythmics@telus.net

Drivers/Courier/ Trucking

Information The Cod Fish of the Kootenays Are the Logs that leave each day.

Lost & Found

FOUND: Change purse on Ward St. March 1st. Please call 250-229-4739 to claim.

Employment Childcare LIVE in Nanny wanted. Grand Forks area. Wages paid to care for teen. Must have valid drivers license. Must be positive and responsible. Call 250442-6060 or 250-309-9566

Established 1947 Established 1947

Hauling Freight for Friends for60 65Years Years Hauling Freight for Friends for Over

OWNER OPERATORS REQUIRED LINEHAUL

Van Kam’s Group of Companies requires Owner Operators to be based at our Castlegar & Cranbrook Terminals for runs throughout BC and Alberta.

OWNER OPERATORS

Applicants must have winter and mountain, driving experience/training.

PRINCE GEORGE

We offer above average rates and an excellent employee benefits Van-Kam Freightways’ Group of Companies package.

requires Owner Operators runs out of ouror To join our team of Professional drivers, for call Bev, 1-800-663-0900 604-968-5488 or emailTerminal. a resume, current driver’s abstract and details of Prince George truck to: Van Kam is committed to Employment Equity and careers@vankam.com W ff ll ort fax 604-587-9889 t Wi t / M t i Environmental Responsibility.

Van-Kam is committed to Employment Equity and Environmental Responsibility.

We thank you for your interest in Van-Kam, however only those of interest to us will be contacted.

Career Opportunities

Career Opportunities

Education/Trade Schools

Vancouver Island University training for over 50 years, No simulators. Low student / instructor ratio.

1-888-920-2221 ext: 6130 www.viu.ca/ heavyequipment

ITA Foundation ITA HEO Theory Multi Equipment Training (Apprenticeship hours logged) Certificates included are: • Ground Disturbance Level 2 • WHMIS • Traffic Control • First Aid Reserve your seat today by calling Taylor Pro Training Ltd at 1-877-860-7627 www.taylorprotraining.com

Career Opportunities

Career Opportunities

HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR TRAINING Get Practical Skills That Get Jobs

Busy Nelson salon seeking experienced stylists 551-4217

F/T Occupational & Environmental Health & Safety Co-ordinator

Help Wanted

Experience req.

Salary based on experience.

Send resume to Box398, Trail BC, V1R 4L7.

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AINSWORTH HOT SPRINGS RESORT

Career Opportunities

Project Manager (part time) Kootenay Boundary Region The Project Manager will be responsible for managing day-to-day operational aspects of project and scope in line with objectives of the provincial Shared Care – Partners in Care initiative, which is focused on improving patient care through collaboration with specialist and general practice physicians in Kootenay Boundary.

Key tasks include: • Building relationships with physicians and other key stakeholders • Project coordination • Overseeing and participating in the coordination, design and facilitation of meetings • Financial management The successful candidate will have: • Excellent communication and relationship building skills • Community development and project management skills • Management experience including supervision and coordination of work of others This position requires an average of 18.75 hours per week and will involve home-based working.

Travel across the region is involved; a valid driver’s license and access to a car for regional travel are required.

The hourly fee rate will be commensurate with the individual’s skills and experience.

Visit the Kootenay Boundary Division of Family Practice website for a full job description: http://www.divisionsbc.ca/kb/careers Please email your resume and cover letter to: sharedcarekb.hr@gmail.com Closing date: Thursday March 20, 2012

has an opening for a full time Evening Line Cook.

Food Safe is mandatory. 5 years experience in a similar position and 2 years minimum culinary college certiÀcation are required. Work hours are Sunday to Thursday 3:00pm – 11:00pm. Competitive wage and beneÀt package is offered to the successful applicant. Apply in person or submit resume to: jobs@hotnaturally.com or fax to 250-229-5600 Attention: “HR”

AINSWORTH HOT SPRINGS RESORT has an opening for a full time Breakfast/Lunch Cook. Food Safe is mandatory. 5 years work experience in a similar position and 2 years culinary college certiÀcation are required. Work hours are Monday to Friday 6:30am – 2:30pm. Competitive wage and beneÀt package is offered to the successful applicant. Apply in person or submit resume to: jobs@hotnaturally.com or fax to 250-229-5600 Attention: “HR” Database Administrator (DBA) @ CoreLogic Location: Nelson, BC We are seeking a self-motivated and self-disciplined professional that will work closely with an extraordinary team, all committed to making a difference to our customers and their satisfaction with our product and service.

As a member of the CoreLogic DBA team your primary responsibilities will be: - Troubleshoot and problem solving of database issues - Improve and maintain databases to include rollout and upgrades - Respond to and resolve database access and performance issues - Assist with planning and monitoring data migrations between systems - Create, or support creation of, required reports in response to business user needs.

Experience and skill requirements: - 3+ years DBA working experience building, deploying and administering database management systems using SQL Server 2000, 2005 and 2008 - Solid experience with database management tools - Extensive knowledge of T-SQL language and stored procedures - Knowledge of one or more scripting languages; eg. JavaScript, vbscript, powershell - Strong DTS, SSIS and general ETL procedures for data importing - Experience with database security including sound knowledge of user access and database privileges - Strong interpersonal, written and verbal communications skills - Ability to multi-task and work well under pressure, in a fast-paced environment while meeting deadlines with minimal supervision - Self motivated and directed, with keen attention to detail - Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment

BUILDING SERVICE WORKER A varied, on-call role at our Castlegar or Nelson campuses Based at either our Castlegar or Nelson campuses, you will provide custodial services, facility and grounds maintenance and security functions.

Your duties may include cleaning, minor maintenance (and reporting larger maintenance problems), replenishing supplies, groundskeeping and snow removal.

Along with high school graduation and at least one year of custodial experience at a public institution, you have a custodial training certificate, a WHMIS certificate and a valid Class 5 BC driver’s licence. Ideally, you also have a First Aid certificate.

Closing date: 4 pm, March 23, 2012.

For more information visit

selkirk.ca/s/jobpostings E X C E E D I N G E X P E C TAT I O N S

Experience with database replication and performance monitoring and tuning considered an asset.

Salary will be commensurate with experience and skill level.

To apply: please send your resume and cover letter to jobs@tarasoft.net While we appreciate all interest, only those chosen for short-listing will be contacted. No phone calls please.

NELSON

READY-MIX

CASTLEGAR READY-MIX

Castlegar Ready Mix & Nelson Ready Mix have an opening:

• Concrete Mixer Drivers (Class 3) Please fax or mail your resume and references to: Operation Manager C/O Box 22 Crescent Valley BC V0G 1H0 Fax: 250-359-8164 Posting Closing March 26, 2012

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Employment

Employment

Employment

Services

Merchandise for Sale

Real Estate

Rentals

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

Legal Services

Heavy Duty Machinery

For Sale By Owner

Want to Rent

2004 SRI Dble Wide 28x63 Very Cozy 3bed 2F/bath plus den/office off Mstrbed. Drywall LR/FR off kitchen Appliances top of line, blt in vac. sprinkler, alarm $122,000. MUST BE MOVED. PROPERTY NOT INCLUDED. 250-547-7971 valentines@shaw.ca

Nelson: Previous male home owner seeks immediate affordable accom, private or shared, close to town, rarely home, parking pref. contact Brooks at 505-2445 brooksfrussell@hotmail.com

Automotive Technician and Parts Manager required for Ford Dealership in Prince Rupert, BC. The individuals we seek must be team players interested in joining an exciting business.

Experience an asset but must be willing to advance skills with factory as well as self-study training. We offer competitive wages, a pension plan and full benefit package. Relocation assistance available for the right individual.

Please contact Brian Kennedy Port City Ford Sales 250-624-3673 or fax resume to 250-624-3672

Applications deadline: Monday, March 26 4:30 pm Applications to: June Stockdale Chief Librarian 602 Stanley Street Nelson, BC jstockdale@nelson.ca or fax: 250 354-1799

Trades, Technical

is hiring on behalf of Baker Hughes

ARE YOU EXPERIENCING FINANCIAL DISTRESS? Relief is only a call away!

Call Shelley Cameron Estate Administrator at 877-797-4357 today, to set up your FREE consultation in Nelson.

Donna Mihalcheon CA,CIRP 31 years experience.

BDO Canada Limited Trustee in Bankruptcy, #200 -1628 Dickson Avenue, Kelowna, BC. V1Y 9X1 Full time Certified Dental Assistant required immediately for a temporary position at Dr. Zarikoff’s Office. Please contact Krista at 250-352-3834 Needed: Responsible single person to become a roommate with a young man with a disability in his Nelson home.

This paid position will be suitable for a quiet, responsible, flexible and community minded person who is able to work with others including family. This position is available ASAP. Please call 352-6966

Baker Hughes Alberta based oilfield services company is currently hiring;

Build Your Career With us

DRIVER EQUIPMENT OPERATORS & SERVICE SUPERVISORS

Certified Millwright & # 1 Planerman Okanagan Valley, BC

Class 1 or 3 License required.

Drivers

HD MECHANICS 3rd or 4th apprentice or Journeyman Heavy Duty Mechanics with their Red Seal and CVIP License to work in Red Deer & Hinton.

Do you thrive in a dynamic and challenging environment with opportunities for continuous growth and development?

We want to hear from you. Apply online today and build your career with us!

Please call 250-718-3330 or Fax: 1-888-679-0759

www.tolko.com

For more information or send your resume & current drivers abstract to: driverclass1@shaw.ca Safety/HR person required with Level 3 First Aid for sawmill & mining construction.

Pls fax or email resume to 250-825-9687 timberlinemill@shaw.ca

Classified Ads for items under $200 cost just $2!

1-8-NOW-PARDON (1-866-972-7366) RemoveYourRecord.com

Framing ICF BUILDING PRODUCTS LOGIX Insulated Concrete Forms. Highest Energy (50%) Savings, High Quality Products, Service and Installation.

Castlegar Home Expo March 3 and 4 at Selkirk College.

Demos 1 PM. West Kootenay Distributor: 1-888-289-4731. brianoneill77@gmail.com www.logixicf.com

Household Services

HHDI RECRUITING

An earthmoving company based in Edson Alberta requires a full time Heavy Duty Mechanic for field and shop work. We require Cat Dozer/Deere excavator experience. You will work a set schedule for days on and off.

Call Lloyd @ 780-723-5051

Guaranteed Record Removal since 1989. Confidential, Fast, & Affordable. Our A+BBB Rating assures EMPLOYMENT & TRAVEL FREEDOM. Call for FREE INFO. BOOKLET

Services

Financial Services GET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed?

Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB. 1-877987-1420. www.pioneerwest.com

SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 8 (KOOTENAY LAKE) CASUAL BUS DRIVERS

A-1 FURNACE & Air Duct Cleaning.

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

Merchandise for Sale

Appliances KENMORE White Clothes Dryer Extra Capacity $150.00 250 226-7789

Food Products BUTCHER SHOP BC INSPECTED GRADED AA OR BETTER LOCALLY GROWN NATURAL BEEF Hormone Free Grass Fed/Grain Finished $100 Packages Available Quarters/Halves $2.45/lb Hanging Weight Extra Lean Hamburger $4.00/lb TARZWELL FARMS 250-428-4316 Creston

A- STEEL SHIPPING STORAGE CONTAINERS / Bridges / Equipment Wheel loaders JD 644E & 544A / 63’ & 90’ Stiff boom 5th wheel crane trucks/Excavators EX200-5 & 892D-LC / Small forklifts / F350 C/C “Cabs”20’40’45’53’ New/ Used/ Damaged /Containers Semi Trailers for Hiway & StorageCall 24 Hrs 1-866-528-7108 Delivery BC and AB www.rtccontainer.com

Houses For Sale

Misc. for Sale

Transportation

BARBER CHAIRS: 3 black leather chairs $500 each or 3 for $1200 obo 250-352-5460 HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available.

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

Auto Financing 9/5 2% !002/6%$ s 9/5 2% !002/6%$

Landscape Equipment Exmark mowers 21” & 26” $100 rebate Navigators $1,000 rebate. Used start up package of Bluebird aerator, dethatcher, JD mowers, Stihl trimmers, blowers etc.

Call Toll Free 877-533-1010 Need A Vehicle!

UapplyUdrive.ca

Real Estate

FREE: Wood Pallets Call 250.352.1890

For Sale By Owner

Furniture Beautiful Brown Leather Couch & Chair hardly used $2500.00 Call: 825-9334

1995 Washroom Building 12x40. Great for campsite or workcamp. total 5 toilets 4 showers 2 urinals 4 sinks, utility room and room for laundry. $25,000. 250-547-7971 valentines@shaw.ca

Cleaning Services

Cleaning Services

Required qualifications: Possess a valid Class 2 (minimum) B.C. driver’s license including an air endorsement Clean driver’s abstract Please submit your application with an updated resume to the undersigned by 4:00 P.M. Friday, March 23, 2012.

Legal Notices

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE Please take notice that on March 31, 2012 and thereafter, the contents of the following storage lockers at 12 Mile Storage, 825-9666, will be sold at auction or otherwise disposed of to cover outstanding costs of storage and all fees.

Locker #A6 in the names of STONEY CASH BROCK & DEBBIE MACKENZIE Nelson, BC

Locker #A2 in the name of NICK TATROFF North Vancouver, BC Locker #C107 in the name of JAMES L. WHITBURN Edmonton AB & Nelson BC

for Pre-Approval www.amford.com or www.autocanada.com

Guaranteed

Auto

Loan. Apply Now, 1.877.680.1231 www

1-800-910-6402 YOU’RE APPROVED

Rentals Apt/Condo for Rent 1st MONTH FREE with 12 month lease!

Nelson: 2 bdrm + storage.

Newly renovated, no carpet.

NS/NP. 250-551-4821 NELSON: 2 bdrm with private entrance walking distance to downtown, children ok, cats ok $800/mo + utilities 354-1456 NELSON: Newly Reno’d 2 bdrm w/lake view, close to town, very quiet adult oriented. building. Available now NS/NP, WD $725/mo 250-352-5634/208-304-5297

Small 2 bdrm cabin $695/mth + 3 bdrm cabin $850/mth on large acreage, very private, 1km south of Slocan City.

Wood/ elect heat, creek water, Utilities xtra. Pets ok, room for garden. Lease required.

250-355-0035

Locker #G237 in the name of JASON SHEFFIELD Nelson, BC

www.PreApproval.cc DL# 7557

Office/Retail

School District #8 requires casual Chefs for the Nelson area. The successful applicants will be required to join the CUPE Local 748 Union and have a Criminal Records check.

Required qualifications: • Successful completion of a Food Safe course • Successful experience in the restaurant, catering or other related enterprises • Successful experience as sous chef or chef • Valid BC Class 5 Driver’s License and a reliable vehicle Please submit your application with an updated resume and references to the undersigned by 4:00 P.M. Friday, March 23, 2012.

Susanne Morris Manager of Human Resources 570 Johnstone Road Nelson, BC V1L 6J2 Fax: 250-352-6686 E-Mail: smorris@sd8.bc.ca

Call Dennis, Shawn, or Patti

DreamCatcher Auto Loans “0” Down, Bankruptcy OK Cash Back ! 15 min Approvals

Cottages / Cabins

Susanne Morris Manager of Human Resources 570 Johnstone Road Nelson, BC V1L 6J2 Fax: 250-352-6686 E-Mail: smorris@sd8.bc.ca

CASUAL CHEFS

YOU’RE APPROVED

Misc. Wanted Local Coin Collector Looking to Buy Collections, Mint & Proof Sets, Accumulations, Olympic, Gold, Silver Coins etc. Any amount.

Please call 250-499-0251 WANTED: Women’s heavy weight skull & blades. 250428-3005 / tarrant2@shaw.ca

School District #8 requires casual bus drivers for the Nelson, Kaslo and Slocan Valley areas. The successful applicants will be required to join the CUPE Local 748 Union and have a Criminal Records check.

SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 8 (KOOTENAY LAKE)

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Moving Sale: Mountain bike Giant Reign X2, 09, size m $1450.

Giant OCR C2 red/black carbon compact ROADBIKE, ultegra grouppo, easton bits, aksium wheels, size m $900, Specialized fullface Helmet $50.00, Bike Armour $30. & Kayak HullRaiser Roof Bars $50. call 354-3994

Free Items

Legal Notices

NELSON: Single male with solid references looking at various housing options. Must share to offset costs. Nelson or more rural setting with garden area. April 1 or sooner.

Honest, reliable and personable. Please contact Shane @ 250.352.3806

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Nu-Tech Auto Repairs Ltd. a dynamic, independent automotive maintenance and repair centre requires a full time automotive technician.

Ideally you are an experienced licensed technician with no fear of import automobiles or the technology that drives them. We offer a team environment, training, an exceptionally clean, well equipped shop, top wages and bene¿ts.

Send resume and cover letter to: Nu-Tech Auto Repairs Ltd. 2045 Columbia Ave Trail BC V1R 1K7

CRIMINAL RECORD?

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Automotive Technician

Shelver - Nelson Public Library The Nelson Public Library has an opening for a Shelver II position. Under the direction of the Circulation Services Coordinator. Shelvers are responsible for replacing materials on Library shelves.

Hours are 9am - 1pm Monday-Friday For details and qualifications please see our website: www.nelsonlibrary.ca

Nelson, downtown: 2 sunny offices, big reception area. $780/mo incl util + A/C + HST. Call 250-354-4381/354-7949 Nelson: Downtown office suite for rent. 10ft X 15ft with sink. Mountain Waters Wellness Centre building, 205 Victoria St. Quiet, good parking. $375/mo. Call 250-352-6081

Poor, Good, OR No Credit at AUTO CREDIT NOW DL9597 Details and APPLY online autocreditwithbarrie.com OR TOLL FREE 1-877-356-0743

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

Call Toll Free 1.877.334.2288

Boats

14’ Springbok Boat. 9.9HP, Evenrude engine, 5 gallon fuel tank, 2 fuel lines. as is package $1500 call 250-352-5097

World’s Finest FISHING BOATS 2011 Lund 1800 Sport Angler 150 HP Mercury Verado, full canvas wash down. Shorelander trailer.

Clearance price $36,995 US Mark’s Marine, Hayden, ID Call 1-888-821-2200 for more info. www.marksmarineinc.com

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

Moorage

NELSON Downtown: Small Office/Therapy room. $350 + HST, A/C + utilities incl 250-354-4381 / 354-7949

Rooms for Rent SHARED HOME: lwr uphill, furnished room. NS/NP, W/D, & wifi. Avail April 1. for woman. $475/mo all incl. 354-3922

Shared Accommodation NELSON- Fairview: Quiet person, NS, NP, Avail April 1. $450/mth util. incl. 505-4248

Rare opportunity to own one of the very popular Nelson boathouses. This boathouse has had numerous recent upgrades, including new front and back doors as well as new decking. This is a great boathouse for some family fun and a great way to take advantage of all of the fun opportunities Kootenay Lake has to offer.

For more info contact Bev at 250-505-5744 or by email at taillon@shaw.ca.

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Helping reach the summit The Wheaton family combined their businesses and created a fundraiser for Mount Sentinel school’s Summit Academy of Mount Sentinel school last Saturday. Greg, (taking the picture), with Save-OnFoods, Barbie with Century 21 Mountainview Realty, Colton with Save-On-Foods, and Nathan, a student enrolled in the Summit Academy program, hosted a hot dog sale outside Walmart and were able to present $110 to Mount Sentinel’s outdoor education Submitted photo program.

DO THE MATH. ADVERTISE IN THE NEWSPAPER.

FUNDING FOR STUDENTS, NOT FOR WAGE HIKES. The BCTF is demanding a 15 per cent wage hike and other benefits that would cost $2 billion and raise taxes for BC families. Virtually all other public sector unions have settled for no wage increases.

It’s unacceptable that schools are disrupted and that students and their families are inconvenienced over an unreasonable salary demand in difficult economic times. The union is making claims and demands that simply don’t add up.

BCTF CLAIMS AND DEMANDS

FACT

The union wants more paid time outside the classroom – sick leave for teachers on call, expanded bereavement and discretionary leave.

The government wants more time for teacher training and to ensure that Pro-D days really are for professional development.

The union says all teaching positions should be selected on the basis of seniority.

The government supports seniority but qualifications must also count so that math teachers teach math, and science teachers teach science.

The union says that teachers who perform poorly in evaluations will be dismissed – ‘one strike and you’re out’.

The government wants to support teacher improvement through a standardized evaluation process.

The union says that government refuses to negotiate.

There has been over a year of negotiations and 78 full bargaining sessions.

The union says that class size limits have been eliminated.

Class size limits will remain in place on all grades across BC.

The union says that BC has 700 fewer special needs teachers.

2100 new teaching assistants have been hired since 2001. And, with a new $165 million Learning Improvement Fund, we will hire more.

It’s time to focus on what matters most in education – BC’s students. That’s why we are focused on per-student funding which is at an all time high, not on wage increases.

We all want to do more to make BC’s education system even better. It’s the driving force behind BC’s Education Plan that teachers, parents and students are helping to shape.

Teachers care about their students. Parents care about their children’s future.

LET’S PUT STUDENTS BCEDPLAN.CA

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Community

We Love Your Pets & They love Us!

Nelson

New washrooms for Crescent Valley hall SUBMITTED Special to the Nelson Star

Since 1959, users of the Crescent Valley community hall — previously the local elementary school — have been using the same aged, cramped washrooms.

This will change once renovations are complete, thanks to $15,277 in support from the Columbia Basin Trust.

The project is being spearheaded by the Crescent Valley Hall Society, which manages and maintains the hall.

The main goals of the renovation are to make the washrooms environmentally friendly and accessible to everyone, including people in wheelchairs.

For example, low-flush toilets and motion-sensing light and fan switches will be installed. To allow universal access, a hot water tank will be relocated and entry doors and vanities replaced.

“Once renovations

are complete, the washrooms will be in compliance with current design standards for both energy efficiency and universal access,” said Lynda Lafleur, Columbia Basin Trust community liaison. “We’re pleased that this will make the hall more usable.”

The hall was an elementary school until 1978, when it was donated by the school board to the community.

Since then it has been used by many different groups, as well as individuals, for various purposes.

It also currently houses the Sequoia Learning Centre, which provides lifelong learning programs to a range of community members.

“By providing space to everything from dance classes, to weddings, to government elections, the hall has been an asset at the heart of our community for over 50 years,” said Phil Chernenkoff,

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Crescent Valley Hall Society.

“Upgrading the washrooms to current standards allows us to demonstrate leadership in our community with regard to environmental and universal-access building design.”

Animal A niimall Hospital Healthy Pets, Happy Pets

250.352.7861 2124 Ymir Road www.nelsonvet.com

250.352.7178 520 C Falls Street Nelson

Submitted photo

The Crescent Valley community hall will have new washrooms thanks to support from Columbia Basin Trust.

Valhalla Path Realty 280 Baker St., Nelson, BC

(250)354-4089

valhallapathrealty@telus.net COMMERCIAL LAND & BUILDING

Wayne Germaine 250.354.2814 wayne@valhallapathrealty.com

$459,900

Land and Building for sale in downtown Nelson. 2960 square feet of retail/ commercial space with 14’8” ceilings.

Situated on a 50’x120’ corner lot in a busy location with lots of parking and excellent highway access. Great potential for building expansion as well. The building is in excellent condition and will make a great investment or home for your own business.

www.spca.bc.ca/nelson Kootenay Animal Assistance Program Society (KAAP)

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

Have a

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Adopt a homeless pet and save a life!

Here are some of the cats and dogs currently looking for new homes through the Kootenay Animal Assistance Program (KAAP). All KAAP pets are cared for in foster homes, and you can call 250-551-1053 to set up a visit with any of our animals. More cats and dogs are listed on www. homes4animals.com, or on KAAP’s Facebook page.

FORREST

Frrrrrriendly! This very handsome tabby boy was found, either lost or dumped, with a huge abscess on his face. He has received vet treatment, and neutered as well.

He is the most loving and attentive cat, and will do well as an insideoutside kitty. We predict he will be a fffffabulous mouser as well!

THE GREAT OUTDOORS

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

$429,900

Call Robert LEMON CREEK LODGE

Norm Zaytsoff 250.354.8584 norm@valhallapathrealty.com

$499,900

This Slocan Valley landmark has been operating as an all season resort since 1984. The all wooden post and beam lodge offers 10 bedrooms, 5 baths, and a restaurant with seating for 74 persons. Fully licensed. Additional 2 self contained cabins that sleep 4- 8 persons. An ideal opportunity to invest in a turnkey tourist oriented business. Situated on 3 ½ acres on a quiet secondary road next to the Slocan Valley Rail Trail, 10 km S of Slocan Lake and 45 min. from Nelson and Castlegar.

HONEY

A pretty little princess, long golden hair and a regal walk.

Honey would love to be an inside kitty. Honey is spayed and vaccinated. She will do best in a home with older kids or adults only. Honey is very affectionate, loving, wanting to be your kitty companion.

Call Norm or Lev

BREWSTER

A MOUNTAIN OF OPPORTUNITIES

Lev Zaytsoff 250.354.8443 lev@valhallapathrealty.com

$530,000

James Loeppky 250.509.0804 james@valhallapathrealty.com

Visit our facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/flyerland.ca

$368,900

Call Lev or Norm

.49 acre creekside property just outside city limits! This very well cared for 4 bed, 2 bath home features new woodstove and a 465 sq. ft. deck. Custom glass doors throughout let in lots of light. Enjoy being close to town, close to the Waldorf School and close to nature.

Call James

We show all MLS listings

Save time, save money.

Visit our other Black Press sites Yara Chard 250.354.3382 info@nelsonlocal.com www.nelsonlocal.com

What a character! This dog is the most fun-loving, energetic, playful boy. He is a Border Collie – Heeler – Staffy cross, a great family dog.

Brew is 7 months old, neutered and vaccinated. He is smart and will benefit easily from obedience training. Brew loves to cuddle.

Hidden in the trees of Bonnington this park like acreage is as rare as it is special. From its development potential to its mountainous beauty this is truly a specialty property. The 4 bed 3 bath home is well thought out, bright and is sure to please. In addition there is a wood burning sauna and a 16’3x 24’2 shop well equipped for the craftsman in the family. Quick possession is available as well to rent. Opportunity awaits.

HALF ACRE ON GIVEOUT CREEK, NEAR TOWN

Click it, Share it, Shop it homedepot.ca/dreambook

(Above Savoy Bowling Lanes) Open Tues - Sat.: 12:00 - 5:00pm View our current animals available for adoption and check out the new Lost & Found section on our website!

Call Wayne

A log home overlooking Kootenay Lake that sits on 17 private acres and has a large detached workshop, and custom built kitchen is your opportunity to enjoy the incredible lifestyle that the Kootenays has to offer.

Created in 1996, Valhalla Path Realty is a thriving independent Real Estate company that provides high calibre real estate services with a distinctive personal quality.

www.valhallapathrealty.com

STILL DOING TIME!

SPIKE

Handsome, smart 5 year old neutered German Shepherd.

Spike is used to being a guard dog, but is loving his new role as part of the foster family. We are looking for a great familyy m to love Spike and give him the attention and affection hee craves.

GREAT NEWS! The Kootenay Co-op has included KAAP in their “Till Donation” program. Now it is easy to make a small donation to help our community pets every time you shop. Just look for the KAAP till card, and have it scanned when you do your checkout. Thank you!

www.homesforanimals.com

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RHC Realty

Serving Nelson, Kootenay Lake, Slocan Valley & area since 1908

250.352.7252 www.rhcrealty.com WATERFRONT DREAMING

FAIRVIEW HERITAGE

NEW LISTING!

BONNINGTON

MAYORAL MANSION

New Listing! Enjoy ultimate privacy at Harrop with over 600 ft of shoreline, newer 1450 sq ft home with two bedrooms, den, vaulted ceilings and loads of windows, huge sundeck, wharf with boat moorage, and much more!

Pristine Fairview 2 BED, 3 BATH home, convenient to Lakeside park, completely and lovingly restored.

You’ll love the sensible, flowing layout, modern kitchen w/ granite counter tops and the ample entertainment areas. Full floor plans and HD Video Tour at thePropertyLab.com.

Located in Balfour town site, this well maintained 2 bed 2 bath home with addition is just steps from the beach and close to restaurants, ferry terminal and many recreational opportunities. Daily bus service to Nelson.

Unparalleled Victorian mansion on large, downtown lot. Boasts 4,300+ sqft over 4 floors, w/ 5/6 bedrooms, 3 baths, empire staircase, formal dinning, salon, library, and servants quarters with separate staircases. Full floor plans at thePropertyLab.com.

Call Glen $549,000

Call Tad, Paul & Brady $469,000

Call Lorne or Drew $259,900

Beautifully cared for family home on .59 acres, boasting too many updates to mention, only 15 min. to Nelson and 20 min. to Castlegar.

Call Christine $435,900

RIVERFRONT OPTIONS

BONNINGTON MOBILE

NEW LISTING IN SALMO

Imagine 317 Feet of River frontage on the Slocan River. This meticulously maintained manufactured home was built in 2001 and sits on 5.78 acres.

Some great features include: 28 x 30 garage/ workshop with woodstove, and riverside gazebo for entertaining.

Two bedroom mobile in very good shape set on private 1 acre rental pad. Quiet location, good sun exposure, private setting, wood stove, and numerous updates including flooring and the roof. Storage shed and wood shed included.

This 4 bdrm 3 bath home is located in a dead end cul-desac. Large rec room with cozy pellet stove, open living /dining room with gas fireplace. Landscaped .46 acre lot, backyard is fully fenced with a covered patio, 2 tiered deck, above ground swimming pool & waterfall with pond.

Located halfway between Castlegar and Nelson is this completely renovated 1,332 sq ft, 3 bedroom, 2 bath situated on a private semi treed .69acre lot.

Some other great features include: attached and insulated shop, double carport, new hardiboard siding, new roof, covered patio and much more.

Fantastic views from this easy-maintenance three bedroom home. Comes complete with attractive wood flooring, a finished basement, den (with covered patio adjacent), deck off of the living area, and double garage. Great Value!

Call Tad, Paul & Brady $440,000

Call Dave $39,000

Call Laura $317,777

Call Tad, Paul & Brady NOW $219,400

Call Glen $399,000

NEXT BEST THING TO WATERFRONT

ROSEMONT FAMILY HOME

1930’S LOWER FAIRVIEW CHARMER

CENTRALLY LOCATED STARTER NEW LISTING

NEW LISTING

BUILDING LOT IN ROSEMONT

GRANITE POINTE GEM IMMACULATE

Call Tad, Paul & Brady $749,000

BRADERWOOD TOWNHOME

Great opportunity to build your dream home on this .22 acre lot only a few doors away from Granite Point Golf Course, it has approved building plans and the city services are paid. This lot has everything you could ever want, so when do you want to build?

Come check out this exceptionally maintained 1,644 sq ft, 3 bed, 2 and a half bath Granite Pointe town home. This bright corner unit offers spacious open concept design with vaulted ceilings, maple cabinets, stainless steel appliances, slate and hardwood floors and much more.

A 4 bedroom 3 bath comfortable home on a Lake Access Lane. Vaulted ceilings and gourmet kitchen.

Lower level has an in-law suite. Large deck with carport. Paved drive, RV parking and terraced lawn.

Lake access very nearby.

Family home in a sunny Rosemont location on a large corner lot. 4 bed 2 bath home conveniently located close to school, golf course and bus route. Plenty of storage, double carport, RV parking.

Centrally located 3 bedroom home, with original hardwood floors and wood accents.

This cared for home has many upgrades, don’t pass this affordable family home up!

Call Laura $137,777

Call Tad, Paul & Brady $317,900

Call Alan $359,900

Call Lorne or Drew $299,900

Call Christine $339,000

LAKEVIEW BUILDING LOT!

LAKE AND CITY VIEWS!

Affordable package available for those wanting to start a home business in the Balfour area. A tidy 3 bedroom 1 bath mobile and insulated 24’x24’ shop are included with this 24’ x 40’ garage with 14’ doors.

Outstanding views of Kootenay Lake and surrounding

This well built quality home offers an open main floor living space with a gourmet kitchen, wood burning F/P, exposed timbers concrete countertops, tile and hardwood floors and more. Great family home with 4 bdrms, 4 baths, 3500 sq ft of living space, only minutes to the heart of the city and fully landscaped.

3 bdrm & 2 bath newly renovated home with upgrades to the fullest such as: geothermal heating, windows, floors, paint, bathrooms, new gourmet kitchen, decks and the list goes on. This home is tucked away on a very private 0.63 acres with a pond view, lots of sun & outbuildings located off of Erie Ross Spur Rd.

Just 5 - 10 minutes from town with a private setting is this 3 to 4 bedroom, two bath home. Open living plan, good view, shop and two family rooms. The added bonus is the gorgeous sandy beach that is part of this property just across the road.

Call Tad, Paul & Brady $210,000

Call Lorne or Drew $109,000

Call Tad, Paul & Brady $625,000

Call Lisa $239,000

Call Dave $479,900

RURAL CASTLEGAR BUILDING LOT

FRONT & BACK DUPLEX

BEAUTIFUL HARROP LOCATION

BIG DISCOUNT WATERFRONT

Located just North of Castlegar in the community of Raspberry, this gently sloping .54 acre building lot offers good sun exposure, mountain/valley views in a semideveloped area.

2 bdrm/ 3 bath Front & 3 bdrm/ 2bth Back, Brand New Duplex located in Lower Fairview. With all the high end upgrades featuring, maple hardwood flooring, gas fireplaces with gas ranges, in-floor heating, copper sink vanities, views, privacy and the list goes on! Includes HST.

This 1 bedroom home is undergoing improvements.

A spacious 4 piece bath on main floor. Basement has a master bedroom and a large family room with potential for another bedroom. A level fenced yard with fruit trees. Lake access just down the street.

On the water at Ainsworth. Here’s an ultra affordable handyman special. Buy it and fix it up yourself, or go in with someone else and split the summers. Buyer needs to build access staircase from highway. Full floor plans and HD Video Tour at thePropertyLab.com.

3 bdrm & 1 bath manufactured home tucked away with the feel of privacy located in the lower part of Rosemont mobile home park. Newly upgraded with very nice décor taste makes this a move in ready affordable home. Offering its own large covered deck, a great sized mudroom, newly reno’d bathroom, gourmet kitchen & living room open concept.

Call Lorne or Drew $59,900

Call Lisa Starting at $309,900

Call Alan $245,000

Call Tad, Paul & Brady $249,900

Call Lisa $59,000

AFFORDABLE INVESTMENT NEW LISTING!!!

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Mar. 15th - Joel West Bday feat. Sijay, Naasko & Braden Early

Mar 16th - El Jimador with Just-B Mar 17th - A Wakcutt St Patty’s with Deeps Mar 21st - Electric Six with Bend Sinister Mar 22nd - Grapes of Wrath & The Odds Tickets on sale now

Former Barenaked Ladie Steven Page is playing The Capitol Theatre on Sunday night. Before he takes the stage {vurb} editor Megan Cole caught up with him to ask five questions: 1. What was the first concert you remember seeing and was it influential?

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The first concert I remember seeing was when my parents took me to see Harry Chapin – the folk singer – at the O’Keefe Centre in Toronto. Although I know they took me to other folk shows before that. I think it was influential because he was a great performer and a storyteller. As well as being a singer-songwriter he would tell hilarious or touching stories between songs. I think that really did shape what I wanted to do. Later when I realized I wanted to be a musician I would see other bands and other acts. As a teenager I went to see Billy Bragg and the way he related to the crowd, I thought if I ever did this that’s how I would want to be.

You learn from the people you see and later the acts that I toured with I learned from as well.

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2. Was there a moment that stands out as being the turning point of when you decided to become a musician?

My dad always talks about when I was in Grade 2 and was in the chorus in the production of The Wizard of Oz at school. He said he watched my face and my presence on stage turn into someone that he didn’t recognize — all of a sudden this confidence and this love of performance that he hadn’t seen previously; I was a very shy kid. I wasn’t as aware of that. I sang in choirs and so on throughout high school and university, but when I was a teenager and went to see the Violent Femmes I thought, “that’s what I want to do.” That was the moment for me and probably from then on it was always kind of my dream. I don’t know if I always knew I was capable of it but that was always the touchstone for me.

3. What was it like when you first had the chance to get up on stage with the Barenaked Ladies? Do you remember that day?

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Absolutely. Ed [Robertson] and I had been working together at a summer music camp and so we had sung together there for the campers and got a real charge out of it. But our first real show was at a fundraiser at Toronto City Hall.

It was a free outdoor thing on Saturday afternoon. We went up to sing and it was a battle of the bands and I guess his old band was supposed to be in it and they had broken up. He said “What if my friend Steve and I come down and sing a couple songs? We won’t compete — we’ll just sing between the different acts.” We had almost nothing prepared and we went up and people loved us, which we didn’t expect. The prize of this battle of the bands was to open for a Toronto band called the Razor Backs, which was this rockabilly band that was pretty popular at the time. They gave us the opening spot. Even though we weren’t really in the competition we still actually won.

4. Was there anything that surprised you about the experience of being in the Barenaked Ladies and the success you had?

We were focused on making the best music we could and moving forward. And moving forward sometimes the biggest problem is you’re not looking around you, you’re looking at the horizon, which is where you’re trying to go.

Sometimes what are the most bizarre moments – moments where you’re thrust into situations with “actual” celebrities or those kinds of things – you don’t always take a second to go “what the heck am I doing here?” Sometimes it takes a bit of distance to look back and go, “We still felt like kids in our parents’ basements thrust into sitting in the Grammys or whatever else”. In the meantime it was 10 years of hard work in between those two things.

5. For people that know you from the Barenaked Ladies what can they expect from you on your own?

Same guy, probably a little bit more grey hair and an acoustic guitar. The show’s probably going to be about half Barenaked Ladies songs so there is going to be lots of stuff that they know. There will also be a bunch of stuff from my solo records and we’ll be doing some of Craig Northey’s songs from The Odds as well.

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Take a Burning Man experience and a Gene concert at 16, and you have the beginnings of Buckman Coe’s musical career.

“Gene was a band that was very much had the same kind of feel as The Smiths for instance,” said Coe. The guy was quite a performer and dramatic. Having this kind of dramatic experience which is pretty good for that age — I think I was 16 — it was really cool to see and I was already starting to be in a little band at that age.

It was really nice to see how a performer can take people on a journey and move them into a certain emotional feel and experience.”

Coe only came to becoming professional musician three years ago after sharing his music with his friends, and playing and experiencing Burning Man. “After I started to witness the effect that my music was having on certain friends it really propelled me,” he said. “And then I went to Burning Man. I had a big opening of just playing and the music being received and it effecting people in a powerful way, that was the big

choice for me of becoming a musician, that summer.”

Inspired by a range of topics from the political, the sociological, the psychological, the spiritual and the environmental, Coe has created two powerful and unique albums.

“I try to be very honest to what wants to come out of me,” said Coe about his music. “I think when I first made that decision I was still really in a very folky mood. The first record is very folky and very soft. There are elements of Nick Drake and Paul Simon.”

He describes his second album as being more Americana and more “rocky,” with influences of Jeff Buckley and Ben Harper.

“A lot of it has to do with the music that I’m listening to,” he said. “Right now I’m listening to a ton of dub and still listen to a lot of folk. I love both and for me I like to bring things together.

When I’m creating art I like to bring things that I love together and see what comes out.”

Coe plays The Royal on Tuesday night and will be taking the stage at this summer’s Starbelly Jam Music Festival in Crawford Bay. Doors open for The Royal show at 9 p.m. and info on Starbelly is at starbellyjam.org.

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What’s spinning in Nelson A: I love running into the same faces at all the different festivals all summer long.

After a while you’re like - “Hey man, didn’t we do this last weekend? AND the weekend before?” See you next weekend!

Golden’s Wakcutt is taking the stage at Spiritbar on Saturday night and before his show, our friends at Shambhala Music Festival got a chance to ask some questions about his career, what he’s listening to and more.

Q: What’s your favorite party anthem/ banger at the moment?

Q: Wakcutt, you are somewhat of a veteran in the DJ scene we have here in Western Canada. Where and when did it all start?

A: Cain.1 and Wakcutt — Night Nurse, Jungle Cakes #11, Pick it up on wax at Junorecords.com right now. OBVIOUSLY!

A: I was born and grew up in Calgary. I started buying records when I was 11 with my Dad. He was into cool jazz fusion stuff, so I got into some weirder stuff early on. I got a set of Tech 14s in ‘95, and that’s when I started practicing for many hours every day.

Q: How many years have you performed at Shambhala? And what is your most memorable set?

A: This coming Shambhala (2012) will be my seventh year attending and performing at the festival. I have enjoyed every single set I’ve played there but the most memorable would be a toss up between my first night

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time performance in the Village in 2009, or the first year I played the Rock Pit in ‘06 on a Thursday night right before BC/DC. All hip hop on wax (before Serato) went off the deep end! I still keep a photo of that crowd framed in my studio.

Q: You’ve played other festivals, what sets Shambhala apart from the others in your opinion?

A: I would say the main differences would be the location, and the energy the patrons bring to it. It’s an amazing meeting place for a lot of people that wouldn’t run into each other any other time of the year.

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Thanks Nelson, you’re the illest.

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Did you know? The first ice pop was created by accident in 1905. 11-year-old Frank Epperson left a cup of soda on his porch in cold weather overnight and in the morning found it frozen. He put two sticks in the frozen liquid and pulled it out, and tried it. Neat huh?

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Electric Six is no ordinary band.

Their music doesn’t sound like anything you’ve heard before.

With songs like Gay Bar, Danger!

High Voltage and French Bacon the band demands your attention with lyrics and instruments that at times call on references from ‘80s synth and beyond.

“I always call us nervous rock music,” said lead singer Dick Valentine. “It starts with me and I’m a very nervous individual but we also have five people in the band that come from five different background. It’s hard not to have different sounds going on.”

Even though Electric Six was founded in 1996 in Detroit under the name The Wildbunch, the band didn’t achieve mainstream success until 2003 with the launch of their hit song Danger! High Voltage.

The release of

the track was not only accompanied by rave reviews and mass popularity but rumours around the mysterious additional male voice.

“Anytime it is actually Jack White doing the singing and you’re trying to pretend it’s not, then yes, rumours do happen,” said Valentine about

White’s performance on the track.

“It was a long time ago and we haven’t seen him in seven years.”

Popularity came for Electric Six in the U.K. before breaking into the States.

“It was great because I’d never been to the U.K. before the band took me there. It

was amazing. Surreal is probably the best word to describe it.”

Valentine and the band played Spiritbar last year, captivating the crowd with their energy and gripping guitar playing.

“Just being in the town and staying in the Hume Hotel, the overall experience is great,” he said. “It’s

not the largest population there, so it’s an intimate show for us, but we enjoy it. You can’t always [enjoy] playing the Enormodome in Syracuse, New York.”

Electric Six plays Spiritbar on Wednesday.

Ticket information is available at The Hume Hotel.

The Grapes of Wrath Megan Cole {vurb} editor

Kelowna was no place for a great Canadian band in the ‘80s.

“There really wasn’t much of a music scene there,” said Kevin Kane, one of the founding members of The Grapes of Wrath.

“I guess there were no distractions — that would be the positive side of it. The negative would be we were really in a vacuum. We didn’t really have any peers. We were pretty much it, as far as we knew.”

Kane met bandmates Chris and Tom Hooper in Grade school. In a sea of Kiss and Meatloaf fans, the three bonded over their love for The Beatles and The Who. The Grapes of Wrath achieved mainstream success in the early ‘90s with the release of their second album Now and Again which incorporated keyboardist Vincent Jones.

“It’s all the typical rock stuff that bands get to do,” said Kane about their success in the ‘90s. “We got to tour around in a bus and fly around playing big shows. I guess the experience in a way was good, and I think a lot of musicians get to that point and lose perspective of what initially inspired them.”

Kane left the band and eventually The Grapes of Wrath were deactivated.

In the late ‘90s Kane and Tom reunited and released Field Trip under The Grapes of Wrath name in 2000.

The original three eventually came back together and are set to record a new album.

“The three of us hadn’t played together since 1992,” said Kane. “We went to our first rehearsal and by the second song in we were all laughing because it still sounded the same.”

The Grapes of Wrath play with The Odds at Spiritbar on Thursday.

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Stash Trax Out of everyone I know my dad probably has the most unique taste in music. He’s the person who played The Beatles White Album for me when I was 10 years old, sat me down and told me: “Sonny boy, this is real music.”

On the other hand, he’s also the person who loves Abba and Ronny Milsap with a passion, and would torture me on long car rides with their greatest hits. He’ll say things like: “I like two kinds of music.... country AND western.” This often elicits eye rolls from the whole family.

So you could imagine why I was skeptical when he told me to check out a new Canadian artist by the name of Bahamas. As a dutiful son, I did check it out... and my dad managed to go up a few more notches in the “knows good music” category.

Bahamas has worked with Feist, Kathleen Edwards, and toured with Wilco, and Robert Plant. Yes THAT Robert Plant.

Needless to say, he knows how to craft a tune.

His sophomore album Barchords is very mellow, but at the same time has the perfect number of rises and falls. Kicking off the album is the slow-burner called Lost

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in the Light complete with a choir. Then we get right into the standout track on the album, Caught Me Thinking, which is my dad’s favourite song at the moment. For good reason, with an upbeat sound and clever lyrics like “as if my drinking was the only thing that drove her away,” it’s a song that won’t leave your head for days on end.

Okay, I’m Alright, I’m Alive has references from The Beatles, all the way to The Barenaked Ladies, so I can expect my dad will be all over this one. There’s even a short acoustic track about being excited for a pregnancy... which I find weird, but hey, to each their own, right? You’ll have a laugh when you hear it anyways.

Barchords is fantastic album to listen to with a glass of wine while you’re contemplating previous relationships or getting excited for a new one. As my dad simply puts it: “It’s good music because you can actually hear the words. It’s not that hammer banging crap you always listen too.”

One can only hope this album will replace Abba and Ronnie Milsap on his iPod... I’m not holding my breath, though.

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“I like turtles, and I just wanted Alana [Cronshaw] to draw something up for me. I didn’t expect it to be quite this big but when I saw the picture I was stoked so I went for it. My love for turtles probably stems back to Ninja Turtles when I was a kid, but turtles don’t really mean anything to me apart from just thinking that turtles are just awesome animals. What I really love about this tattoo are the Japanese finger waves.”

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“In the last year before the business started I was trying to figure out what I was doing with my life. It’s funny because it was right in front of me: I love food,” she said.

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Enjoi takes baked goods that are typically baked and filled with ingredients like flour, eggs, dairy and white sugar and replaces them with raw food ingredients.

“The raw diet is technically not eating food that is cooked above 115 degrees,” said Hoeppner. “The other important thing about raw food is that it is free of refined processed sugar, flour, eggs, dairy, and many other things that can cause allergies and health issues.

The primary ingredients in raw food (desserts) are nuts, seeds, fruit, vegetables, and sprouted grains. It’s about eating food in its natural state, with all the vitamins and enzymes intact. Essentially: vitality.”

Hoeppner chose raw desserts after adopting parts of the diet herself.

Eventually she realized for those who enjoy desserts and want to change their diet, sweets are a great place to make that change.

“It’s healthy. It’s nourishing. It’s totally decadent. It’s more decadent because you’re fully enjoying it,” she said When Hoeppner officially decided to create Enjoi she approached the Kootenay Co-op.

“I kept bringing them more and more stuff and then I just knew what I was going to do,” she said. “I was a bit surprised by the response to my treats. I guess I had no thought of how it would actually be.”

Hoeppner recently provided cake for her first wedding which he hopes will be the beginning of more catering opportunities.

But she now has another big project on the horizon: by the summer she will be a mom.

“I’m so excited to have another person in the house to share food with,” she said. “I make too much. I want to make everything but it’s only my boyfriend and me.”

Her own love for baking and sweets began with her mother’s cakes and pies.

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Pat meatloaf into a pan and bake for 1 1/4 hours.

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The task of finding a career that combines passions for art and plants and allows a mom to be at home with her babies could seem daunting, but Nadine Honsinger created a business that would fill all of those requirements.

“I had the artistic background and the knowledge of the plants and flowers so I decided, let’s put the two together,” said Honsinger.

Green Poppy Sustainable Floral Design began less than a year ago after she attended the Community Futures program.

Out of her apartment in Nelson, Honsinger creates living art which she sells up and down Baker Street at locations like BC Wine Guys, Araya Day Spa and Maison.

It’s not uncommon to see her with her young daughter carrying baskets of flower arrangements as they make deliveries.

“I’ve got a background in fine art,” she said. “Something that I really wanted to pursue is to be an artist. I’m a painter – although I haven’t done much of it since I had my daughter.”

At a turning point in Honsinger’s life she was working as a landscaper in Guelph, Ontario.

The wear and tear of the job was getting to her and she decided to look into other opportunities.

“I ended up working at a high-end flower shop,” she said. “I realized I liked it and I asked my mentor if I had to go to school to continue. I was told the best way to learn was to stay in the industry and work in shops and have them teach you.”

Steering clear of the limitations of official floral training, Honsinger worked in floral shops in Ontario, Alberta and eventually Nelson.

“I loved it from the beginning and decided that’s what I’m going to pursue,” she said. “I realized that’s what I wanted to do and what I was passionate about was working with flowers.”

With her passion for art and flower satisfied, there was one more element that Honsinger needed to incorporate.

“I knew I had to take it eco,” she said. “I was pregnant when I was working at Feelings With Flowers. A friend approached me and said ‘you’re wearing gloves right?’ and I said ‘No why would I have to wear gloves? I’m

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at the end of the chain except for the person who is going to purchase this bouquet. I’m sure the pesticides wouldn’t be too much of a factor.’ [The friend] told me to do some research.”

Honsinger discovered that over 175 chemicals are sprayed on flowers in greenhouses.

“I learned I had to wear gloves but I hate gloves. I like feeling the texture of the material that I’m working with,” she said. “That informed me. It has to be eco, if

I’m having my daughter in this environment. I’m in a position where I can make a difference. One person can make a difference. Every person who buys a bouquet is making a difference.”

In addition to using organic flowers, Honsinger uses locally grown flowers were she can.

“I love the concept of local sustainability,” she said.

“I want to promote and support those local farms that want to keep practices organic.”

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Nelson celebrates National Poetry Month with two special events in early April. One is at the Nelson Public Library.

The other? City council chambers!

The City of Regina has challenged the City of Nelson — and communities across Canada — to embrace National Poetry Month by inviting a poet to read at a regular Council meeting. Nelson has taken up the gauntlet with a flourish: not just one, but two notable Nelson poets will read to rapt city councillors at the Monday, April 2 council meeting. Those poets are Margaret Hornby and Elena Banfield.

“We’re excited to bring some poetic energy into council chambers,” says city

councillor and Cultural Development Commission liaison Donna Macdonald. “And we’re delighted to have both a young and an older writer share their work with us.”

In addition, the public is invited to the Nelson library on Thursday, April 5 at 7:30 p.m., when Hornby launches a new book of poetry, Love in Exotic Places, and Banfield reads from recent works.

Hornby’s new collection is published

by Balfour’s PB&J Press. According to Canada’s poet laureate Fred Wah, Hornby’s book “reminds us that the imagination is grounded in the particulars of place,” with poems that “offer sudden surprises and insights into the quotidian and into the awareness that home, no matter where we are, is always right in front of us.”

Hornby, an avid traveler, has lived over 50 years in the Kootenays. She has produced several radio plays, and her work has appeared in literary journals. Her debut poetry collection, When the Snow Leaves Elephant Mountain, was published by Chameleon Fire Press in 2003.

Newer on the poetry scene is Elena Banfield, who spent her formative years in Nelson before turning to post-secondary studies in classical music and international relations, followed by hands-on barista training where she perfected leaf designs on latte foam.

Poetry followed, and Banfield describes her generation’s attempts to negotiate meaning in a rapidly changing reality as a recurrent poetical theme. Other themes include the power of place, the inheritance of memory, and the naviga-

tion of the space between youth and adulthood. Banfield has been a popular voice at local poetry slams and in the Elephant Mountain Spring Review, an online literary journal.

According to Regina Mayor Pat Fiacco, the Mayor’s Poetry City Challenge “will be a world-first in recognizing the enormous contribution of our poets, other writers, and publishers to the cultural history and identity of our communities and our nation.”

The challenge has been enthusiastically embraced by city council, and the public is welcome to come and hear Hornby and Banfield read at the council meeting.

Nelson residents can also help take up the gauntlet by showing record attendance at the April 5 library event.

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Celebrating a KHAOS success Megan Cole {vurb} editor

The curtain closed on KHAOS the opera’s run in Nelson on Sunday.

The production was the result of two and half years of blood, sweat and creativity from various local talents like Nicola Harwood, Don Macdonald, Allison Girvan, Roger Ley and Marty Horswill.

“It’s been busy,” said Horswill this week about the past two and a half years. “It’s been a huge job, but it’s been a wonderful job too. At each step you see yourself getting a little closer and getting more excited as the day gets closer.”

At last week’s world premiere, the crowd was filled with local art enthusiasts, opera lovers and members of the local and national media.

“That’s been extremely gratifying. I mean how often does Nelson get in The Globe and Mail?” said Horswill. “The whole response at every level has been extremely gratifying

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and it makes it all worth while.”

Macdonald and Harwood both commented on the fact that it is a point of pride that Nelson was able to create and produce an opera.

“I think it says a huge amount about Nelson,” said Horswill. “I think it says that we have this amazing critical mass of creative and performing talent in the community.”

Everyone who was part of KHAOS lived within 50 kilometres of Nelson, and 95 per cent right in town.

“It’s very encouraging for the future of the community,” he said.

Having finished their dates in Nelson, KHAOS is now going on tour.

They play the Key City Theatre in Cranbrook tomorrow, the Grand Forks Secondary School theatre on Friday, May 11, the Charles Bailey theatre in Trail on Saturday, May 12 and the Prince Charles Secondary School theatre in Creston on Sunday, May 13. For more information about KHAOS visit khaosopera.com ADVERTISE (ad-ver-tahyz)

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very March les rendez-vous de la francophonie celebrates the Francophone culture around the world. In Nelson, the Association des Francophones des Kootenays Ouest (AFKO) is proud to offer the French Extra event, offering live painting with two French artists, French cuisine with chef Nancy Guillemette and some French dancing beats with DJ MiniLyne.

The event is taking place Sunday, March 25 at the Royal on Baker from 3 to 10 p.m. Admission is free, but limited to those 19+.

“AFKO is now known

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as a dynamic association offering more and more bridges between the Anglophone and Francophone culture throughout the Kootenays. We love to support community activities like French Extra,” said Paul Hinrichs, co-owner of The Royal.

No need to speak French to enjoy all these activities. From 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., the population is invited to participate in cocreating two large format paintings under the supervision of two local artists.

From 6 to 8 p.m. a special menu of French cuisine around the world is offered. The affordable menu will consist of Poulet Yassa from Senegal, Jambolaya

from Acadia-Louisiana, Poutine from Quebec and more. DJ MiniLyne (MeliMelo, 100 per cent French radio show) will be closing the event between 8 and 10 p.m. with some upbeat francophone music for the dance floor.

The rendez-vous de la francophonie will present hundreds of activities organized by Francophones and Francophiles in their own communities, who happen to be the very heart of the rendezvous. The full calendar of activities is available on the Rendez-vous Web site at rvf.ca.

Everyone is welcome.

For more information contact AFKO: 250-352-3516

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Paintings by local watercolour artist Sandra Irvine now showing at the Dancing Bear Inn. This collection of transparent watercolours portrays a selection of colourful local scenery.

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Arts and Entertainment Listings ON STAGE Ed Sullivan performer Larry Merchison informs audiences nightly… “Tonight, right here on this stage… you’re in for a reeeally big sheeew!” And, the touring Ed Sullivan Caravan of Stars is indeed big as it is the largest line-up of top quality tribute artists ever to tour in Canada. The Caravan of Stars will be at the Capitol Theatre on Friday, March 23. The show also includes Ted Torres as young Elvis, Peter Jackson as Eddie Cochran plus superb impersonations of the Big Bopper, Ricky Nelson, and the Everly Brothers. All of the featured cast members are among the most respected tribute artists in the world and their credentials are very well documented in tribute circles everywhere.

Tickets are $39.50 and are available through the Capitol Theatre box office.

The Capitol Theatre Kids Series presents Kathryn Popham doing The Wizard of Oz on Sunday, April 1. This groundbreaking presentation features children from your community playing the roles of Dorothy, Tin Man, Cowardly Lion, and Scarecrow, as well as many Flying Monkeys and Munchkins.

With a one-hour rehearsal the children are let in on the secret that will make them look like they've been practicing for weeks. This play is an excellent choice for a wide range of audiences as it is universally appropriate and relevant and incorporates many elements of theatrical entertainment. Show is at 2 p.m. and tickets are available at the Capitol box office or online at capitoltheatre.bc.ca

MUSIC Musical funnyman B.A. Johnston returns to The Royal on Fri-

day, March 16. He will be sharing from his new album which came out February 23. You’ll be laughing from the moment he walks on stage. Drunk Uncle will open the show. Tickets are $7 at the door and doors open at 9 p.m.

Friday, March 16 at Spiritbar. el Jimador and DJ Just-B are back. Don’t miss this rare public appearance combining DJ Just-B’s smooth mixing technique and user-friendly track selection with el Jimador’s trick-heavy style and beats bleeding with bass-heavy bounce. Cover is $5 and doors open at 10 p.m.

St. Patrick’s falls on Saturday, March 17. It’s going to be a big one at Spiritbar with the master DJ from the East Kootenay brethren. $5 at the door.

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On Tuesday, March 20 Buckman Coe plays The Royal.

There is no cover. Doors open at 9 p.m.

Daniel Wesley plays The Royal with Kim Churchill on Wednesday, March 21. Tickets are $10 and are available at The Royal, Urban Legends, Eddy Music and liveattheroyal.com.

Electric Six was the best show Spiritbar had last year with not the best turnout so we are getting them back again! Check out their videos and you know their songs. Opening by Bend Sinister of Vancouver!

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Tickets are on sale now at the Hume Hotel for $20. Doors open at 10 p.m.

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The Capitol Theatre presents Steven Page on March 18 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $25 for adults and $20 for full-time students. Tickets are available at The Capitol Theatre box office or online at

Advance tix are $10 and are available at the Hume Hotel.

On Thursday, March 22 Steve Brockley Band plays The Royal with Aspen Switzer. Tickets are $10 and are available at The Royal, Urban Legends, The Music Store (Eddy Music) and liveattheroyal. com. (Please note, this is an early show with doors opening at 7:30 p.m. DJ Breakfluid will finish the evening off with his Moonbeam Hustle.)

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CLEANING GREEN On Saturday, March 17, SINCE 2007 Whitewater Ski Resort and The Royal present Butcher and the Redneck Ragers for a free St. Patrick's Day show. Doors Available at the Nelson Star office open 9pm.

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Opening Saturday, March 16 at Ellison’s Cafe Unplugged Sessions at noon is Max Hawk, Sally T, Alana Lilly. More info is available on Ellison’s Cafe’s Facebook page.

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Spiritbar on Friday, March 23.

Tickets are available at the Hume Hotel.

Doors open at 10 p.m.

Friday, March 23 at The Royal We Got Wood! A Selkirk Woodworking Program Fundraiser. Admission is by donation. Doors open 8 p.m.

Join us for a night of great music as we raise money for the Selkirk woodworking program.

On the bill this fine evening: Monsters, Thus Far, Dealer, Forrest Tate, De-Audio, and more yet to be announced.

AT THE PUB Join the Ymir Hotel’s country bluegrass jam every Friday night. Things get going at 5 p.m. and wrap up around 9.

Join the after work dance party every Friday night at The Royal. Doors open at 6 p.m. No cover.

Finley’s Friday after work party starts at 5 p.m. with a toonie buffet, frosty pints of beer and $5.50 Jager bombs. Friday night at Finley’s free cover and an all request DJ from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. with top 40 tunes that keep you on the dance floor all night long.

Finley’s Saturday we have live

On Saturday, March 17 celebrate St. Patrick’s Day at Finley’s Irish Pub. The countdown is on for green beer, new menu launch, prize spinning wheel, party starts at noon until the wee hours of the morn. Foggy Mountain Rangers start off the day, with Sunshine Drive at 4 p.m., Rob Funk and the Pickled Livers. A Nelson fixture, the Kootenay Kiltie Pipe Band will play from 5 to 8 p.m., and our hot fireman always do a roundabout.

This is an all day event. Come down, wear green, eat, drink and be a little Irish! Finley’s is the place to be this St. Patrick’s Day! Come for the food, stay for the entertainment!

Saturday, March 17 the Cedar Creek Cafe in Winlaw is going to be rolling out the blarney in huge slabs. Why not come out and experience some special Slocan Valley music on this special day? That evening marks the return of Kenny Konrad to performing for the first time since coming back to the area. On St. Patrick’s Day from 8 to 11 p.m. he’ll be performing at the Cedar with Andrew Cook, Robin Sittig and Jeff Urbanski. As well Father Paul Erven will be cranking out some of his unique home grown tunes as well. For more information contact 250-2267355.

If you have an event that you’d like us to know about try adding it to our new online calendar found at nelsonstar. com or email vurb@nelsonstar.com