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Nelson link key in urn mystery Teenager in Oregon stumbles across the remains of William G. Kennedy while beachcombing and sets off a history hunt that spins a great story of the past Alistair Fraser photo

Right Off the Tracks

GREG NESTEROFF Nelson Star Reporter

An urn that washed up on the north Oregon coast last month — sparking a genealogical mystery and minor media frenzy — contained the cremains of a former Nelson area man.

The Star has also learned the granddaughters of William George Kennedy, who died 87 years ago this month, still live in BC, and are expected to reclaim the ashes from the funeral home director who has been trying to locate nextof-kin.

The story began early last week as Alex Reed, 17, and a friend walked near a jetty in Warrenton, Oregon’s Fort Stevens State Park “We were taking pictures,” he said in a Story continues to ‘Funeral’ on Page 4

On Friday afternoon a rockslide struck a small train along the south shore of Kootenay Lake between Nelson and Procter. CP work crews spent the weekend cleaning up the mess and worked well into the evening. A second trail derailed Tuesday at Corra Linn. See full story on page 3.

Council Extends Deadline; New Group Formed

Civic Theatre not done yet MEGAN COLE Nelson Star Reporter

Nelson city council has announced it will extend the deadline for the Civic Theatre request for proposals.

Proponents will now have until May 21 to submit their ideas to the city.

The announcement comes at

the same time as a new group interested in showing movies at the Civic again is forming.

“Our family loves movies,” said Cindy Sherry, one of the group’s organizers. “We like to go to movies and we enjoy watching movies at home. It’s a family event that we like to do together and it keeps us close.

I was very frustrated with hav-

ing to drive to Castlegar to see a movie when we have a theatre here.”

Sherry works at Baker Street Menswear and was inspired to form a society for the Civic Theatre after speaking with her boss Michael Borsch last week.

Story continues to ‘Meeting’ on Page 12

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Nelson celebrated National Poetry Month on Monday night in city council chambers. Local poets Margaret Hornby and Elena Banfield shared original poems during the city council meeting. The reading was in response to a challenge from the The City of Regina to embrace National Poetry Month by inviting a poet to read at council meeting.

The Weather Wrap

March breaks sogginess records Nelson Star Staff

Last month was the wettest March on record in West Kootenay in terms of total monthly precipitation.

Monthly statistics provided by forecasters Ron Lakeman and Jesse Ellis of the Southeast Fire Centre in Castlegar show we received about three and a half times the average monthly snow-

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Daily precipitation records were also broken on the 12th, 15th, and 29th.

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What’s more, the first ten days of the month were relatively dry, thanks to an area of high pressure over the southern part of the province.

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of the month as one Pacific frontal system after the next passed over the area, bringing snow or rain and quite often both,” Lakeman and Ellis wrote.

Temperatures, however, were pretty much normal, with a high of 12.3 on the 28th (10 degrees cooler than the record high) and a low of –7.6 early on the 7th (also about 10 degrees milder than the record low).

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CATHOLIC CHURCH Second Train Goes Off the Tracks at Corra Linn

Clean-up continues after Kootenay Lake train derailment GREG NESTEROFF Nelson Star Reporter

No one was hurt in two separate CP Rail derailments near Nelson in the last week.

Just before 10 a.m. Tuesday, four locomotives and eight cars from a westbound 67-car train went off the tracks at Corra Linn.

CP spokesman Ed Greenberg says some cars were loaded with zinc concentrate and others were empty.

The engines and cars remained upright. None spilled or leaked, and none contained hazardous substances.

It’s unclear what caused the derailment. The line remain blocked as of 1 p.m.

“The cause will be investigated as soon as we have an assessment of the site and are able to get crews in to begin the necessary cleanup,” Greenberg said.

In an earlier incident, around 3 p.m. Friday, a rock slide struck a small work train six kilometers east of Atbara, along the south shore between Nelson and Procter.

A locomotive and a flat car carrying an excavator left the tracks.

The excavator was dislodged, slid down the bank, and into the lake.

Neither the conductor nor engineer was injured. Crews and equipment were brought in to clear the rock, repair the track, and put the locomotive back on the rails.

“The locomotive was rerailed late Saturday, and once

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Just before 10 a.m. Tuesday, four locomotives and eight cars from a westbound 67-car train went off the tracks at Corra Linn.

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the necessary track repairs and mandatory inspections were completed, the line was re-opened Sunday,” Greenberg says.

Plans are now being made to put the flat car back on the tracks and to pull the excavator out of the lake, although it will likely be early next week before work begins. The machine appears to be a few feet from the water’s surface.

“As safety is paramount, officials are now taking the necessary time to put in place the appropriate precautions before moving forward,” Greenberg says.

An environmental consultant is at the scene, monitoring the area where the

excavator sits. No leaks are apparent, but containment booms are in place.

Alistair Fraser, who lives directly opposite the site at Crescent Bay, heard the derailment but didn’t see it.

“There was a roar as it went down the bank,” he says.

However, he and wife Dorothy didn’t go outside until about an hour later.

He has since posted a series of excellent photos on his website at blog.kootenaylake.ca.

It’s not the first time fallen rock has derailed a train on that line. On January 20, 1995, three locomotives and two cars from a 49-car freight train fell down a 125 foot (42

m) cliff into Kootenay Lake near Procter after hitting a three-meter high slide.

An engineer and trainman were killed, while the conductor suffered minor injuries.

Divers recovered the bodies of Shawn Hogg of Cranbrook and Pete Whitehead from Kimberley from the lead locomotive.

About 28,000 litres of diesel fuel was spilled into the lake, along with a car load of lead sulphide.

CP subsequently beefed up its management of rock hazards.

Greenberg said it would be premature to link the two latest derailments.

Police Blotter

Man survives jump from bridge Nelson Star Staff

A 28-year-old man jumped from the orange bridge Friday and lived.

Police say they received a 911 call just before noon. Witnesses said the man was about a third of the way across the span when he “was observed to climb over the railing and plummet into the lake.”

Police arrived at the dock at Rotary Lakeside Park to find the man walking

toward shore, apparently uninjured.

He was dressed only in a t-shirt, socks, and underwear.

The Nelson man, known to suffer from mental illness, was taken by ambulance to Kootenay Lake Hospital, and after being stabilized for shock and hypothermia, transferred to Daly Pavilion in Trail for a mental health assessment.

incident involving a 75-year-old male who allegedly identified himself to three female employees at a local business as a practitioner in applied kinesiology.

The suspect is known to police and is believed to have only recently appeared in the Nelson area.

Police say the man is not a trained practitioner despite occasionally producing official looking documents.

Warning of phony kinesiologist Police are investigating a suspicious

Blotter continues to on Page 14

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Funeral director surprised Continued from Page 1 phone interview Monday. “It was a really nice day. Nice waves and everything. We decided to crawl on the ocean side of the rocks. I walked up and over them, we took two pictures, and then I turned and saw the urn sitting right there.”

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ing to be an identification tag with a number on it,” Preston says. “We’d track a death certificate, and voila. But when he walks in with this thing, I thought ‘Where do you even start?’”

It sat behind his desk for a couple of days as he mulled it over. He didn’t have time to call state registrars, so he turned to the media: the story of the mystery urn that washed up on the beach appeared on local TV and radio, and soon, genealogists took up the cause.

Despite only a name and dates of birth and death to work with, they quickly identified the late William G. Kennedy, thanks to a biographical entry in the History of Whatcom County, Vol. 2, published a year after his death.

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This urn was discovered on Oregon coast rocks.

It lay on the rocks — wet, but not wedged — amid unremarkable wood and plastic debris. Reed had been in the same area only a couple of days earlier, but failed to notice the sealed urn.

“I was in the same exact spot and didn’t see it,” he says.

The bronze-like container was beat up, and Reed didn’t know what it was exactly until he got back to his friend’s house. There they saw it was engraved “William George Kennedy 1870–1925.”

The next day, Reed’s father phoned Hughes-Ransom Mortuary in nearby Astoria, and talked to funeral director Tom Preston, who agreed to look at it.

“I’m thinking it’s going to be relatively new and we’d just take the top off and there’s go-

Kennedy was born in Canterbury, England in 1871 (the date on the urn is an error). He became an expert gardener in his hometown, and married Mary Windle, who bore him four sons before her death in 1903 at age 30.

In 1911, Kennedy came to Canada with his three surviving children and established a nursery at Harrop. He only stayed a few years before moving to Calgary, where he married Adelia Clohessy in 1919.

Prior to the wedding, Adelia, an Irish lass, taught high school in Spokane, New York, Oregon, Calgary, and at BC’s Okanagan College.

After three years they moved to the US, and following a brief stay in Eugene, Oregon, bought the Sehome Hotel in Bellingham, Washington, which they ran in partnership with Adelia’s sister, Honor, who boasted an impressive secretarial resume.

The Kennedys converted part of the building into an apartment block, described in

the Whatcom book as “one of the most popular apartment houses and family hotels in the northwest, even as the hotel is one of the oldest in this section.”

William died there on April 9, 1925 at 53.

Genealogists located some of Adelia and Honor’s living relatives, but Preston, the funeral director, wanted to release the ashes to a direct descendent. Intrigued by Kennedy’s time around Nelson, he called someone in this area by that name, to no avail. They weren’t related.

Trying a different tact, he sent an email this week to the Star, and included some additional genealogical information that contained a critical clue: one of Kennedy’s sons, William Jr., married in Nelson in 1922. The bride was Jessica Dorothy Hopwood.

There’s only one phone listing in Nelson for that surname.

John Hopwood confirmed Jessica was his aunt, and also revealed William’s three daughters are all alive.

URN WAS ON BEDROOM BUREAU Iris Close, now of Oliver, was surprised to learn her grandfather’s ashes had been found — especially since she wasn’t aware they were missing.

He died the year after she was born, but the last she knew his second wife had the urn on her bedroom bureau in Bellingham.

Close has a letter her uncle Harold sent to her father after the funeral. Edged in black, it confirms William Kennedy Sr. was cremated, and says Canon E. Schmidt of the Episcopal Church conducted the service.

Close doesn’t know too much about her grandfather, and what little she does is Story continues on Page 5

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Last week’s Kootenay Lake School District board meeting touched on both Bill 22 and the new budget, and while both may by some time away from being completed and resolved, the district is hard at work despite challenges.

“I think that we can all agree that a legislated resolution during a labour dispute is not the ideal resolution,” said Jeff Jones, SD8 superintendent.

“There’s a lot of misunderstanding about Bill 22

that needs to be addressed so that we have absolute clarity about what the bill is actually attempting to do in terms of public education in the province.”

Jones, along with other superintendents in the province, will be meeting with the Ministry of Education this week in hopes of clarifying the bill and regulations attached to it regarding its implementation throughout the province.

“I think that it’s really important that we have an absolute understanding of the impact of the bill, both negative and positive,” said Jones.

Continued from Page 4 thanks to Harold, because her father said nothing.

“My dad never talked about his dad, England, or anything,” she told the Star. “I found out from other relatives years later.

“I know my grandfather met my grandmother picking hops in England. My dad picked [gardening] up too, because he could graft trees and knew how to look after roses.

“Apparently my grandfather used to bootleg liquor, and my dad had to bring it down the lake on the paddlewheelers and sell it.”

Her uncles fought in World War I, and after returning home, moved to Vancouver Island. Her father, however, stayed in the Kootenay.

“He worked in lumber mills, mines, and at the Kootenay Brewery in Nelson for 19 years,” Close says. “For quite a while, he lived at Ymir.”

He met a tragic end, however: 40 years almost to the day after his father’s passing, he drowned in a boating accident near Mirror Lake. He was 67.

Close and her sisters were born and raised in Nelson, but have long since moved away. Iris spent 50 years in the Lower Mainland. Elder sister June lives in Victoria, and younger sister Eleanor in Maple Ridge.

“I really value the professionalism of our administrators and our staff as we attempt to figure out how we’re going to move forward from where we are… I’ve been hearing some positive work that’s going on in that regard in our schools and I commend our staff for that.”

Last week also saw the finance committee meeting held at which the board received presentations from stakeholders for consideration in the 2012-13 budget currently in progress.

“We are now in a position in the district where it is our learning agenda that

drives the budget and not the budget that drives the learning agenda… it’s taken almost two years to get to that point,” said Jones.

“It’s challenging because of the nature of the funding has changed.

“We have to reconsider some of the decisions that we’ve made and that always leads to both very important conversations about what our priorities are, but it also leads to difficult conversations… something has to give and I think people are in a good place to have those discussions, but they aren’t easy.”

One cousin, Albert Kennedy, is on Vancouver Island.

Close’s parents and other relatives are buried in Nelson. But she has no idea how her grandfather’s remains found their way to an Oregon beach.

“It’s battered, but I don’t see anything that looks like a bullet hole,” Preston chuckles.

KATU-TV Portland reported Hillsboro resident Larry Sherratt called them to say he found the urn when cleaning out a closet.

Kennedy was an uncle to his ex-mothSTORY CAUSES A STIR Preston didn’t know either. But solv- er-in-law. He didn’t want the urn in his ing that mystery wasn’t his main goal. house, and convinced her to find anoth“That has not been my primary con- er place for it, the station reported.

“They went off in a boat about 50 miles cern,” he says. “Mine has been to find off Astoria and then dropped family. Now that we’ve found him in,” Sherratt told KATU. the grandchildren, it will He estimated the burial at spark more interest in how sea happened 30 to 35 years did it come to be where it ago. was? The rest becomes pure Preston, meanwhile, is asamusement.” tonished at both the attention The appeal for information the story has received — it’s through the media did turn been covered by news outlets up some clues about the urn’s across North America — and journey: after William Sr.’s the fact he was able to locate death, his widow Adelia marthe urn’s rightful heirs. ried a man from Portland.

He also anticipates the ge“[Genealogists] have talknealogical angels who helped ed to people who said the urn was in so-and-so’s possession William G. Kennedy him will feel amply rewarded by the conclusion: “[So] many until they died in a nursing home, and then it passed to so-and-so,” people across the country are just going to be thrilled over this.”

Preston says.

Arrangements are now being made A TV station even received a call from a man who said “I had that urn to return the urn to Iris Close. She says stored in my shed for years. I can prove they hope to inter the ashes in her father’s grave in Nelson. it because I accidentally shot it.”

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Editor: Bob Hall Publisher: Chuck Bennett

Feds throw another punch

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In partnership with Touchstones Nelson, the Star is embarking on a new feature to bring the past alive through historic photographs from the Shawn Lamb Archives. At left is a J.H. Allen image of the Civic Theatre, not long after it opened in the mid-1930s. Now closed, it’s unclear if the building will ever screen movies again.

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he federal government doesn’t seem interested in making life any easier for commerce in the hinterlands.

For communities scattered along the American border, one item leaped off the page of last week’s Tory budget offering. Starting June 1, Canadians who travel south will now be able to open their wallets even wider. The 24-hour tax-free exemption will rise from $50 to $200 and the 48-hour exemption will jump from $400 to $800.

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty stated that the measure is intended to ease congestion at border crossings and reduce the amount of lying that takes place there.

For communities like Nelson, Trail and Castlegar the move means weekend excursions to Spokane will likely add up to more dollars spent in an economy that provides no true local benefit.

“I’m not terribly concerned about the crossborder shopping because we haven’t changed the 24-hour rule,” Flaherty said.

Perhaps the finance minister should step away the from his Ottawa dreamland and speak with retailers along Baker Street. We’re certain they don’t have the same worry free attitude.

It’s disappointing to see such disregard for small business from a government that pretends it cares about this hard working sector of our economy.

Like so many decisions coming out of Ottawa, little can be done once the feds have made up their minds. So what can we do?

Just like before the budget, those who truly care about this community need to look deep into their consumer value system before spending more disposable income afar.

The fact small business in this community continues to support charities and youth sports has not changed. Your neighbour who owns a shop on Ward Street will still continue to recycle the money you spend in his store on other services in this community. The vibrancy of Nelson will always be built on the spirit of those taking risk. Customer service will always be better coming from those you pass daily on the street.

The lack of care shown by the federal government for rural Canadian border towns is disappointing. But the bottom line still weighs heavily on individual choices.

The Nelson Star is a member of the British Columbia Press Council, a self-regulatory body governing the province’s newspaper industry.

The council considers complaints from the public about the conduct of member newspapers. Your written concern, with documentation, should be sent within 45 days to the BC Press Council, 201 Selby Street, Nanaimo, V9R 2R2.

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’ve been doing some travelling recently and just returned from Saskatoon. Whenever I’m in another city, I like to learn about what the council of the day is doing.

After many years, the province of Saskatchewan is booming and Saskatoon is growing quickly, more quickly than some would have imagined possible.

By 2026, it is expected that the population will increase by 50,000 people, with much of the growth in the nearby rural areas.

With growth comes challenge and the city is preparing for these changes with plans to densify its neighbourhoods and is also making improvements to public transit to encourage people to get out of their cars. Part of this strategy includes building another bridge in this city of bridges to streamline and improve traffic patterns. Some

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citizens are not happy with the prospect of building up, not out and are worried about what the increase in population will mean.

All of these concerns have a very familiar ring.

Although we are not dealing with the same magnitude of growth in the Kootenays, we are experiencing a modest upward trend with some of the same issues.

The city, with your input, has completed its large planning pieces and is putting those plans into action. The regional district is also preparing for the future with its own planning. Combining our efforts to encourage smarter growth will result in better outcomes for people and the natural environment that is the reason we choose to live here.

The continuing theme in these columns over the last few weeks has been Bob Hall Editor

Karen Bennett Operations Manager

the budget. By the time you read this article, council will be on the home stretch and will present the proposed budget at the library on April 4.

The perennial challenge is how to maintain existing services levels without raising costs. It’s a tough balancing act. Staff have been challenged to seek out other sources of possible revenue besides taxation and are researching some interesting ideas including alternative energy sources.

You’ll hear more about this and other possibilities as they develop over the coming months.

We have also been studying existing service levels to better understand if there is room for change.

For example, annual costs for snow removal are close to $700,000/year depending on the amount of snowfall. One of the simple, money saving changes has been up to

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Greg Nesteroff Reporter

Megan Cole Reporter

you, the taxpayer. By simply parking vehicles off the street where possible or alternating which side you park on, enables efficient snow removal. If the plow can make one pass instead of two or three to get things done, it’s less expensive. We are also studying if there is room for change in the level of service while maintaining safety.

Over the last few winters, we’ve been clearing more sidewalks. This has been a great improvement for pedestrians, but it’s been observed that on some streets people still prefer to walk on the sanded roads. Could it make more sense to continue to clear the sidewalks on the main walking routes while keeping the roads widened and sanded in other areas?

This could be one of issues you can discuss with us tonight at the library. I look forward to seeing many of you there.

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Letters to the Editor

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Theatre not worth risk I am really tired of waiting for that someone who is supposed to step up and commit to loosing a bundle trying to show first/second run movies and compete with all the 21st century forces we have out there.

Just like Josh Wapp (“Movie theatre needs a second chance,” letters March 28), I also saw and very much enjoyed blockbusters like the English Patient, Titanic and Mamma Mia. Only I watched them in the comfort of my home, videos rented locally from Reo’s.

From what I’ve heard and read, the Civic Theatre never

“The fact that we’ve gone a year and a half without anyone stepping up to the plate and make it work is evidence enough to me that we need a different venue there.” really was profitable and was, at best, still needing subsidies from the city to keep operating. The fact that we’ve gone a year and a half without anyone stepping up to the

plate and making it work is evidence enough to me that we need a different venue there.

Hey Josh Wapp, it will still be an art-deco facility, it’s just the innards that change.

As far as big screen events in Nelson, I’ve been to numerous Banff Film Festivals at the Capitol Theatre every fall that fulfill all the requirements I need for big screen shows. Can this city subsidized location not fill the gap movie fans require for those must-see events?

Donald Whitaker Nelson

We are losing our Film house vital to Nelson’s charm money to Castlegar We would like to add our voices to those in support of retaining our cinema.

Nelson is known as a heritage city, and many visitors seek us out. Because of this films have been made here. The Civic Theatre is part of this heritage and we should do all that we can to retain it.

Small theatres seating 100-150 people do well in other places. Could not an area within the large building be set aside for this? The space would serve more than one purpose and the costs would be shared.

Thursday night art club movies and a meal out was a regular fixture enjoyed by many of us. It also boosted Nelson’s economy!

Let’s try to find a way to restore Nelson’s film house and keep our film-loving folk at home.

Irene and Colin McIlwaine Nelson

I want to keep the movie theatre. I’ve lived in this town for 40 years and have gone there hundreds and hundreds of times.

Let’s keep the money in Nelson instead of sending it to Castlegar.

I use a quarter tank of gas to go to Castlegar and back and can’t drive after dark.

As a child, my daughter would go to the Saturday matinee every week. I would go to the Tuesday cheap movie all the time.

I took my four-yearold daughter there to see ET for her very

first movie.

Teenagers under 16 who don’t drive need something to do on weekends. Not everyone can afford Netflix or the Internet.

I will never use a squash court or climbing wall. Neither will the majority of Nelsonites. As a taxpayer it is not my fault the city made bad management decisions or mistakes about the movie theatre.

Please city council, keep it. I want to go see new movies.

Vivian Stogrin Nelson

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Council should listen to businesses I should like to commend you on your editorial “Dogs deserve their day,” March 28.

Nelson Business Association’s formal request to council for a six month trial period letting dogs in the downtown area should go ahead. Yet by the reactions we have heard so far, council seems to be again avoiding to discuss the issue.

Over the years the issue

of dogs on Baker Street has come up over and over again.

It has been raised more than any other single issue and yet our officials will not bring themselves to deal with it.

The business association has not asked for a reversal of the bylaw, but just a trial period.

Yet the reactions we have heard are as if council were being asked to change the law

now. What are they afraid of? Maybe Nelson will have to be like most other towns and police a more reasonable bylaw?

The law does need to be changed because as it stands now it will continue to engender controversy. So let’s finally do something about it.

Michael Freund North Shore

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The ever popular Symphony of the Kootenays, comprised of musicians from the East and West Kootenays and Alberta, returns to Nelson once again to thrill our audience with their wonderful sound. Under the direction of conductor Bruce Dunn, their concert program will include Beethoven’s Symphony No. 8, and Chopin’s Piano Concerto No.1 in which the orchestra will be joined by American pianist Koreen Kowalec. Koreen, a mother of six and a skilled recitalist, has performed both solo and chamber music throughout Europe and North America.

Students from schools participating in the NOCS School Outreach Program are granted free admission.

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Letters to the Editor

Canadian military falls off course NDP MP Alex Atamanenko and various members of the politically diverse public interested in conscientious tax uses devoted the evening of February 22 to hearing what Alex’s proposed Bill C-363 was about through talk, discussion, and film. There are so many valid points that could be mentioned.

Given that we in Canada have recently stood together donning pink T-shirts to bring attention and change to bullying behaviours through the impetus of some courageous Canadian high school students, this meeting was of optimal timing. Canada’s history as a peacekeeper and supporter of human rights has become so eroded in the past six years that many countries’ representatives walk out of international conferences when Canada’s representatives stand to speak.

Personally, very few of these Canadian representatives voice anything remotely close to my views when it comes to human rights, environmental issues, or interactions in other countries’ affairs. My father spent his early manhood years in fighter planes

over Europe, and also spent his lifetime career as Air Force personnel, part of Canada’s commitment to prepared defense. Until he died at 90 years old, Remembrance Day was of the utmost importance to him, my Legion leader mother, and their peers to impart the message of the values of peace, sharing, and caring... beyond borders.

At this conscience Canada meeting, one of the most disturbing facts shared was that in past armed war conflicts, 80 per cent of the casualties and wounded were the combatants/soldiers. Over the past recent years of war, the ratios are inverted so that 80 per cent of those harmed and killed are civilians. Having military resources to defend ourselves and to provide peacekeeping services globally is vastly different than being forces of invasion and brutal military force lacking target discernment.

That our government chooses to model bullying tactics in global relationships seems out of sync with the views of many members of the Canadian public, including our presently non-voting youth

whose leadership is so admirable and valuable.

A local writer and astrologer, Michael O’Connor, stated in February: “...our world has reached something of a crisis point.

“Having military resources to defend ourselves and to provide peacekeeping services globally is vastly different than being forces of invasion and brutal military force lacking target discernment.”

Greed, corruption and crimes against nature and humanity have become so much the norm that many hardly even see them anymore or have simply tuned them out in futility, disgust and/or despair.”

On February 22, a participant commented that, “Aggression leads to fear; fear leads to silence; silence leads to the breakdown of civil society.”

Wherever called for in our lives, it is up to those of

Walk a mile in the shoes of a teacher Whenever there is a dispute between the government and the teachers, the teacher bashers are always coming out of the woodwork. There is a Native Canadian saying, “do not criticize anyone until you have walked a mile in their moccasins.”

I would like to see some of those teacher bashers teach for a week when tests, exams are being given and

report cards are being prepared. At the same time I would expect them to continue with their daily lesson plans, marking the tests or exams, do their recess or lunch time duties, attend school meetings and/or department meetings, and do your extra curricular activities. At the same time, do not forget to give special attention to those students in the classes of 30 or

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more, that they do require individual attention. Do not forget to keep in touch with those parents who telephoned wanting to talk to you.

Then, after experiencing reality, would they still oppose any concessions made to the teachers? I think they may be singing a different tune.

Bob Abrahams Nelson

Has a recent city council decision made your blood boil? Is the state of our local health care making you furious? Have the shenanigans in Victoria made you shake your head?

Let it out and let us know. Write a letter to the editor. It’s perfect stress relief. Let the community know how you feel. Email your letter to the editor to editor@nelsonstar.com

section in the Nelson Star.

It is always the second section on Friday.

us blessed to be Canadians to uphold and stand for dignified and integral paths to peace through equality, discussion, and respect.

Our own lives are the foundations and reflections of relationship possibilities with Earth’s global community. The age of power-over has shifted to unified internal power as we recognize and truly value each other as fellow humans beyond the superficiality of titles and hierarchal positions in society. We can choose to be voices of compassionate humanity in action by serving as we would our own beloved families, those who are our global neighbours, sisters, brothers, elders, and children.

In a nutshell, that was the theme of the conscience Canada meeting where those present chose to look at how our tax contributions are in alignment with our moral values of responsibility as global citizens.

True resolutions are possible as the corporate war games profiteering agenda of fear is ending because Earth’s diverse peoples choose unity.

Madelene Rutski Nelson

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Be sure that donated footwear is clean, with no holes and in decent shape. Offer applies to regular priced footwear. Minimum purchase $100. Drop off box will be instore.

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News Community Wins Earth Hour Contest

Salmo up to the Challenge GREG NESTEROFF Nelson Star Reporter

If it was pitch black in Salmo for an hour Saturday night, it was proof residents love their library and take energy conservation seriously.

Salmo won the Earth Hour Challenge with the largest per capita pledges in FortisBC’s service area to turn off non-essential lights, appliances, and electronics from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m.

As a result, the Salmo Public Library will receive $5,000 for an energy upgrade.

“We’re pretty excited,” says acting library director Marianne Hanson. “We’re in the middle of expanding, so it couldn’t have come at a better time. We’ve taken over the space next door, but now we’re in the midst of raising money.”

Hanson says they’ll work with the power company and village to determine exactly how the money will be spent — but there are no shortage of energy-related projects, including new doors, windows, and heating.

She says they worked hard to encourage residents to pledge online, including setting up displays inside the library and in their window, highlighting it on their webpage and Facebook site, and putting up posters.

They also had a strong word-of-mouth campaign and encouraged all library

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visitors to pledge.

“We had a lot of support from the community,” Hanson says. “It was great to see.”

However, at first she didn’t think Salmo had won.

FortisBC provided a graph during the competition that showed Salmo and KasloCrawford Bay neck-in-neck for the lead among 17 communities in the Okanagan and Kootenays.

When the pledge deadline passed Saturday afternoon, Kaslo actually led with 117 per cent participation to Salmo’s 106. (Those pledging to take part in Earth Hour didn’t have to live within the community they supported, but participation was measured relative to each area’s population.)

“There were some questions because Kaslo was a bit ahead of Salmo at the

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end,” says FortisBC’s Nicole Bogdanovic. “But when we went through [the pledges], there were quite a number of duplicate entries from Kaslo.”

Once those were removed, Salmo topped the challenge with 102 per cent, to Kaslo’s 96.

“Smaller communities have a bit of an advantage,” Bogdanovic says.

“They do a good job of engaging people with it.

Salmo was really effective in setting up a computer in their local library where people could pledge.”

In all, FortisBC says over 6,000 people pledged to participate, three times as many as last year. Overall electricity consumption dropped 1.7 per cent, or 5.48 megawatts during Earth Hour — the equivalent of switching off 90,000 incandescent

light bulbs — which was 1.9 megawatts more than last year.

Consumption is measured against the same time on a comparable Saturday.

Community-by-community breakdowns were not available.

It’s the fourth consecutive year FortisBC has sponsored the challenge.

In 2011, Kaslo and Crawford Bay were runners-up, while Rossland was third.

Last year’s winner, Keremeos, was fourth this time with 22 per cent participation, behind third-place Princeton at 24 per cent.

No other West Kootenay community recorded double-digit pledge numbers.

Nelson, which participated even though it doesn’t get its power directly from FortisBC, registered 1.7 per cent.

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Police foil would-be auto thief Nelson Star Staff

A Nelson man accused of trying to steal a car and threatening someone with a weapon was arrested early Saturday.

Police say around 12:30 a.m. they received a 911 call of an attempted auto theft. When a witness interrupted the crime, the suspect grabbed a cooler from the vehicle and began to run away, spilling some of the contents from the cooler on the road.

As another witness tried to recover the fallen items, the suspect returned

with a machete.

He “briefly but aggressively confronted that person, then fled the scene,” according to police.

Based on a detailed description provided by witnesses, officers were able to quickly locate the suspect, and after a short chase, he was taken into custody.

The stolen property and machete were subsequently recovered.

Kevin Christopher Tarpey, 21, was held in custody over the weekend and is due in court today, charged with theft under $5,000, possession of a dangerous weapon, assault with a weapon,

and attempted auto theft.

Disturbance reveals outstanding warrant Officers responded to the 500 block of Ward Street at 11:50 p.m. Wednesday for a disturbance complaint.

Officers located a 33-year-old man when they arrived on scene, who was known to them as being at large on a province wide warrant for failing to comply with conditions of a court order. He was subsequently arrested and held in custody.

He was scheduled to appear in Nelson provincial court later that week.

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Calendar Want your event advertised here? Please e-mail event details to: newsroom@nelsonstar.com.

Submissions must be sent by Friday prior to the week you want it printed. Your listing may be edited for length.

NELSON’S HERITAGE HOTEL SINCE 1898

Apr 3rd - Cancer Bats with Touche Amor & A Sight For Sewn Eyes

Apr. 5th - Rahzel Beatboxer formerly of The Roots Apr. 6th - Longwalkshortdock with early screening of ‘Electric Awakening’

Apr. 7th - Old School A Night of Old School Kootenay DJ’s

Apr. 12 - Vadim K Anniversary Party Apr. 13th - Cyclist / Pat Lok FUNKY DISCO HOUSE

Apri. 14th - Hornography, Below The Belt & The Gaff Free Anniversary Party Apr. 19th - Selkirk R&B Ensemble Followed by Rolf & Leif in the Benwell Room

Apri. 20th - Justtin Martin dirtybird Records Apr. 21st - Mochipet with MC Zulu & Yan Zombie Apr. 27th - Freeflow with Vortex Apr. 28th - Fort Knox Five May 4th - Neighbour Home Breakin’ Records May 5th - Tantrum Desire with DJ Cain & Four20MC

Every Thursday features various dj’s.

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$11.99 (Children) Hume Hotel 352. 5331 Baker Street Grill 352.3525

Tell us about your upcoming event, e-mail: newsroom@nelsonstar.com

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All seniors welcome to the monthly meeting of the Senior Citizens’ Association Branch No. 51, located at 717 Vernon Street. Meeting commences at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, April 4.

Tea and goodies will be served after the meeting. For further information, call 250-352-7078 weekday afternoons.

Community First Health Co-op education series begins on Wednesday, April 11 from 12 to 1 p.m. at the Community First Health Coop building at 518 Lake Street. Dr. Joel Kailia will present on Medical Marijuana for Chronic Pain - Risks vs.

Benefits.

Wild and Wacky Wednesday is happening once again on April 4.

After school join us for an Earth Day theme. Food, games and fun. From 3 to 5 p.m. for ages 12 and up. Contact jharris@nelson.ca for more information or call 250-505-5683 Seniors have the right to live in dignity free from abuse, neglect or exploitation. If you have questions or concerns for yourself or an other senior please contact us at The Nelson and Area Elder Abuse Prevention Resource Centre. Wednesdays from 12 to 2 p.m. at 719 Vernon Street or phone 250-352-6000 or read more about us and email us via nelsonelderabuseprevention.org.

Play bingo at the Eagles Hall at 641 Baker Street in Nelson every Thursday. Doors open at 5 p.m. Bingo starts at 6:30 p.m. All proceeds go to local organizations.

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.

A group interested in forming a society to save the Civic Theatre will be holding their first meeting on Thursday, April 5 at 2 p.m. at the Vienna Cafe. The group will also talk about Saturday’s campaign around town.

The 2012 nominees for One Book, One Kootenay are Yes Sister, No Sister

by Jennifer Craig, The Third Crop: A personal and historical journey into the photo albums and shoeboxes of the Slocan Valley 1800s to early 1940s by Rita Moir, and Boundary Country by Tom Wayman. Join the shortlist authors for a reading on Friday, April 13 at 7:30 p.m. at the Nelson Library. For more

The L.V. Rogers Grad Talent Show Stairway to Heaven, takes place Thursday, April 12 at the Capitol Theatre at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $8 students; $10 regular. Enjoy a great night of LVR students strutting their talent across the Capitol Theatre stage.

There will be a raffle and 50/50 draw plus lots more. Tickets are available at the Capitol Theatre box office, 250352-6363 or online at capitoltheatre. bc.ca Come out and support your grads.

Mars and Saturn are all visible in the night sky. Come to Taghum Hall’s Starry Night astronomy program and we will show you these planets as well as starclusters, galaxies and binary stars through two astronomy telescopes. Dates are: Saturday April 14, Friday, April 20 and we will be viewing the first quarter moon April 28, International Astronomy Day. All programs are weather permitting.

For more information contact Wayne Holmes at 354-1586 or email sumfun@telus.net .

Play Scrabble every Sunday afternoon at Waits News. It’s a great way to spend an afternoon, practice your Scrabble skills and even take home a win.

The Friends of the Nelson Library are now collecting donations of your gently used books for the spring book sale. Donations gratefully accepted until Friday April 20, 2012. Please no magazines, encyclopedias, dated travel and computer books, or Reader’s Digest Condensed Books The Chamber of Mines of Eastern BC will hold an Introduction to Prospecting course from April 23 to 29, Monday to Friday from 7 p.m.

to 10 p.m. with a full day review on the April 28 and field trip on April 29.

Cost of $250 includes textbook and supplies. Visit 215 Hall Street weekdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., or call 250-352-5242 to reserve.

All seniors welcome to a potluck luncheon to be held at the Senior Citizens’ Association Branch No. 51, located at 717 Vernon Street. Luncheon begins at 12:30 p.m. on Friday, April 27. For further information, call 250-352-7078 weekday afternoons.

GET ACTIVE

Looking for a fun way to run around indoors this winter? Join Nelson’s Indoor Ultimate Frisbee League on Monday nights from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Beginners welcome. Drop in spots available. Contact nelsonultimatefrisbee@gmail.com for more information.

Scottish Country Dancing every Monday from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Central School gym at 811 Stanley Street (use Mill Street entrance). Beginners welcome. For more information contact Kathy at 250-359-7545, June at 250-352-1836, or Beverly at 250352-7850.

WORKSHOPS

The Cascadia Green Building Council - Kootenay/Rockies branch presents a wood-chip clay wall systems and natural plaster seminar on Wednesday, April 18 at 7 p.m. Learn about these inexpensive and beautiful, insulative wall systems and finishing techniques that use local, waste materials. The seminar will be held at the Seed Studio above Reo’s. Admission is $5, free for members. To register or for information please contact kr@ cascadiagbc.org or 250-354-3116.

Save the date for our upcoming seminar - Vegetated green roofs, May 16.

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Entertainment listings FILM This April, Jon Steinman will be launching the 2012 Deconstructing Dinner Film Festival on Thursday, April 5. The festival will feature six fresh films on food spread out over three evenings at two locations. Beginning on Thursday, April 5 at The Capitol Theatre at 6:30 p.m. Deconstructing Dinner: Harmful or Hopeful Ham? and Truck Farm and at 8:30 p.m. To Make a Farm; on Wednesday, April 18 at The Royal at 7 p.m. Shellshocked with a presentation and oyster bar by Brent “The Oyster Man;” on the last night of the festival on Thursday, April 19 at the Capitol Theatre at 6:30pm Bag It will be shown with Urban Roots at 8:30 p.m.

More information on the festival can be found online at deconstructingdinner. com. Tickets are available at Otter Books and the Capitol Theatre in Nelson.

MUSIC Rahzel of The Roots takes the stage at Spiritbar on Thursday, April 5. Doors open at 10 p.m. Ticket information is available at The Hume Hotel.

Thursday, April 5 at The Royal, Super Luna with Andrea Superstein, Gemma Luna and DJ Breakfluid take the stage. Tickets are $10 at the door. Doors open 7 p.m.

Longwalkshortdock with RIM Visuals and screening of Electronic Awakening is at Spiritbar on Friday, April 6.

Doors open at 10 p.m. Ticket information is available at The Hume Hotel.

Clinton Swanson and Friends play an evening of mostly swing at The Royal on Friday, April 6. Dance starts at 6 p.m. Come dance to live music by Clinton Swanson and friends as Mostly Swing hosts a dance party at the

Royal. You’ll be swinging’ to classic R&B, blues, soul, and swing tunes performed by local saxophonist Clinton Swanson and his fine band.

At the Royal on Friday, April 6, The Cropdusters take the stage. Tickets are $10 at the door. Doors open at 8 p.m.

Opening the Ellison’s Cafe’s Unplugged Sessions Saturday, April 7 at noon is Out Of The Blue. Maggie, Myra and Kathryn began blending their voices in bluegrass harmony about eight years ago. Next up, Sarah Orton and The Strange Felines. Closing act is Windborn, Jeff Pike’s one man acoustic alternative groove band who is touring our area this week. You can also see his electric set that evening at John Ward’s Fine Coffee. More info is available on Ellison’s Cafe facebook page.

Kathleen Edwards will take the stage with Hanna Georgas on Saturday, April 7 at The Royal. Tickets are $30 and available at The Royal, Urban Legends, The Music Store and liveattheroyal.com This is an early show. Doors open 7 p.m.

Saturday, April 7 at The Royal is Abstrakt Nights Ram-a-Jam with Yan Zombie, Lady AK and Buck Lee. Cover is $5 at the door. This is a late show starting at 10 p.m., following Kathleen Edwards’ performance.

Saturday, April 6 is old school night at Spiritbar with some of the original Kootenay dance floor slayers.

Doors open at 10 p.m. Ticket information is available at the Hume Hotel.

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.

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 music and free cover with our all request DJ from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. Come down to Finley’s if you feel like dancing!

LITERATURE Kootenay Co-op Radio is pleased to present an evening with David Barsamian on Saturday April 14, at 7:30 p.m., at the Self Design Commons, 402 Stanley Street in Nelson.

The Nelson Public Library invites young writers to raid their imaginations and find the buried treasure in a special six-week series for kids who love to write stories with pirate-instructor Eileen Holland. The series begins April 24. Sessions are Tuesdays at 3:30 p.m. in the program room for the duration of the series. Pre-registration is required, as class size is limited.

A fee of $15 is requested to help offset costs.

VISUAL ARTS L.V. Rogers art is on display this spring at the Nelson Public Library. Come see some great teen art on display in our TeenScene. Students have created very colourful pictures of famous people, by drawing fruits and vegetables.

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Any other questions or concerns can be directed to {vurb} editor Megan Cole at 250-352-1890 or by email at vurb@nelsonstar.com

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Cindy Sherry is one of the organizers of a new group who hopes to keep Nelson’s Civic Theatre showing movies.

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Continued from Page 1 “He said that there was a gentleman in here last summer in July and he’s been involved with the Salmon Arm Theatre for 30 years,” said Sherry. “He’s on the board of directors. For 65 years they’ve been running it as a non-profit theatre. So it got my mind going, thinking that perhaps we could do that here.”

Sherry is calling on residents who want to see movies stay at the Civic Theatre to attend a meeting this Thursday at 2 p.m at the Vienna Café.

“I don’t think it is up to the City,” she said. “It was run as a business. If they did become involved it would mean a tax increase and we’re already taxed hard. The people who can’t afford higher taxes, I don’t think should get that.”

Sherry said it is up to the community now to work hard to reopen the theatre if they want it.

“The community has got to step up and there needs to be more dialogue in what we want to do with that theatre because once it’s gone it’s gone. That will be it,” she said.

At this point the main contender for the site is a proF R E E

posal put forward by a combined squash/climbing wall group who would transform the facility into a multi-use sports venue called the Nelson Downtown Athletic Club.

Sherry said her enthusiasm to keep the theatre has nothing to do with the alternative, she just wants to see if there is enough community desire to keep movies playing at the building.

“Those fellows have been working hard for their proposal for the climbing wall and the squash courts. They are very enthusiastic and I don’t want to step on anyone’s toes,” said Sherry.

The Salmar Community Association who runs both the Salmar Grand Cinemas and Salmar Classic Theatre in Salmon Arm has offered to host a delegation from Nelson to show them how they run their theatres and the association.

“They’ve been able to give back to their community twofold because everything goes back out,” said Sherry. “This year they are awarding seven scholarships to high school students. That’s what I’m researching and looking into.”

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bers of the group will also be out around Nelson on Saturday raising awareness for the group and collecting signatures.

City councillor Donna Macdonald said Sherry had contacted her after reading her column in the Star.

“My understanding is that she reads the Nelson Star and she read my column in which I said we have two choices facing us: we need a gang of champions from the community to come together and come up with a concept that works or else our other choice at this point is to look at the downtown athletic park,” said Macdonald.

With Nelson’s strong cooperative culture, Macdonald said a non-profit group may work well for the civic project.

“It doesn’t seem that the private sector is stepping forward, although we have just extended the deadline,” said Macdonald. “But if a community group of film and culture lovers can come together and present something that is feasible I would hope that it would find support in council. But just to be clear I don’t have a position at this time.”

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Last Week’s Annual General Meeting

Chamber celebrates, looks ahead SAMUEL DOBRIN

The Nelson and District Chamber of Commerce annual general meeting on Thursday was one that celebrated excellence, diversity and welcomed two new executives to the board.

Ron World and Marni Beninger were welcomed to the chamber as new executives.

Sworn in by mayor John Dooley, World said that when he was asked to be on the board he jumped at the opportunity.

“It’s a great thing to be a part of, it’s a good community role and I’m just going to look for opportunities to help out wherever I can,” said World.

While World has been with Save on Foods for the past 26 years and arrived as the Nelson story manager in October. World spent nine years elsewhere in the Kootenays prior.

“I’m excited to be in Nelson, it’s such a vibrant opportunist place,” said World.

“It’s the ultimate place to raise kids and we’re hoping to set our roots here.”

Beninger was unable to be in attendance.

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Winners of the Chamber’s excellence awards gathered for a group shot at the AGM on Thursday night.

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Dooley addressed the chamber members noting the diverse cross-section of Nelson businesses represented at the meeting.

“We have something really good happening in Nelson, we have something really good happening in this whole region with that diversity,” he said.

“I don’t want to be the mayor of a community that’s focused in one area.

I love this diversity, it’s good for us, it’s what gives us strength and it’s what raises Nelson about the bar constantly.”

Business excellence was also celebrated at the meeting hosted at the New Grand hotel with Shambhala, Baldface Lodge, Mountain Baby and Studio 9 Architects honoured with business excellence awards.

EcoSociety hires new market manager The West Kootenay EcoSociety announced they have hired Jesse R. Woodward as their new markets director for the 2012 season.

Woodward has just returned to Nelson after completing his Masters of Sustainable Environmental Management at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon. Woodward was raised on a small farm in the Slocan Valley and has lived, off and on, in the Nelson area for most of his life.

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plying the many skills that I acquired while completing my master’s degree,” said Woodward. “I want nothing else but to make the EcoSociety’s outdoor markets the best that they can be, both for the community and the environment.”

The EcoSociety coordinates and runs both the Cottonwood Falls and the downtown street markets.

Cottonwood Falls market runs every Saturday from May 19 through to October 27. The downtown market runs Wednesdays from June 13 thru to September 26.

Woodward and the EcoSociety will also stage the Friday night MarketFest, an event with more than 100

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vendors, on three blocks of Baker on June 29, July 27 and August 24.

Woodward believes that outdoor markets are an

important component in developing more resilient local food security systems and giving the public another way to support the local economy. Woodward looks forward to a bustling and thrilling summer and hopes to see all of Nelson come down to the EcoSociety’s wonderful outdoor markets.

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On February 29 the students and staff of LVR, along with schools nation-wide, participated in an antibully awareness campaign by collectively wearing pink clothing. This vibrant afternoon was met with a variety of activities including the opportunity to make pink tie dye T-shirts, which was organized by a group of volunteer students.

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There have been many rising questions regarding the teachers’ strike. The LVR teachers feel that the constant stripping of benefits once provided and the fact that they are close to the lowest paid province in Canada is unjust. The school was closed March 5 to 8 as teachers armed themselves with protest signs and warm clothing,

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and hit the streets to get their message heard. They occupied outside LVR to start, and then made their way to the provincial building, finishing their proclamation with a defiant march along Baker Street.

The students themselves had the opportunity to support the teachers’ decision by choosing to “walk out” during the last block before the strike. Although the intention was to have a large crowd meet at Queen Elizabeth Park to rally for the cause, many used this chance as a quick escape from school, and the aspired attendance was not met.

Now back from spring break, students are fresh off their time of relaxation. It’s time to get back to work.

Cam Olson is a Grade 12 student at L.V. Rogers

the front passenger seat and knew him to be bound by court conditions that included a curfew and to stay away from booze.

The 45-year-old male Nelson man was arrested and taken to jail.

Various drugs were also recovered from the vehicle. The man has been charged with two counts of failing to comply with an undertaking and four counts of possession of a controlled substance.

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Nelson Minor Hockey Grad at NCAA’s Final Test in Tampa

MacLeod eyes Frozen moment BOB HALL Nelson Star Editor

Isaac MacLeod is off to his first Frozen Four this week and with his Boston College Eagles heading to Florida as the number one ranked team in the nation, anything less than a national championship would be a disappointment.

“The team is all really excited for the opportunity to win another national championship,” the Nelson Minor Hockey graduate told the Star. “We’re confident in our game and things are really clicking right now. We haven’t peaked yet and we’re improving every game, so we think we have a very good shot at winning.”

MacLeod is in his second season with the Eagles. Last season Boston College entered the NCAA tournament as one of the favourites, but were upset in the first round

by Colorado College who relied heavily upon St. Louis Blues’ first round draft pick Jaden Schwartz.

In this year’s first round the Eagles were matched up against Air Force. With the number-one ranking confirmed just before the tournament opened on March 23, all the pressure was on the favourite.

“Obviously there were a lot of concerns going into the game from the media and outside influences talking about the same thing happening with Air Force

as with Colorado College,” said MacLeod, who plays defence for the Eagles. “But in the dressing room everyone was really positive. We knew going into the game it was going to be a close game. Air Force has made the NCAA tournament five of the last six years and every year it has been a tough team to beat. They beat Michigan one year and just about every other game has gone to overtime or been a one-goal game. We felt confident in our game and our ability.”

As expected Air Force gave the Eagles a solid challenge.

“Air Force did their best to keep the game close and give themselves a chance to win, but at this time of year it doesn’t matter if you win by one goal or five, it’s all about advancing,” said MacLeod, who played for the Kootenay AAA Midget Ice, the Nelson Junior Leafs as a 16-year-old and then the Penticton Vees.

The Eagles then advanced to the Frozen Four with a convincing 4-0 win over Minnesota-Duluth on March 25.

“The Air Force game had way fewer offensive chances for both teams and was more about capitalizing on your chances,” said MacLeod, who was drafted by the San Jose Sharks in 2010. “The M-D game had more of a flow with chances either way and we were able to capitalize on ours, and our defense and goaltending were able to shut down M-D. “None of the games at this time of year are easy though, the score might be a little one sided but the games feel close the whole way through

KIJHL Stats Playoff Series As of April 2

Neil Murdoch Division ROUND 1 Castlegar (2) vs. Nelson (3) Castlegar wins series 4-1 Beaver Valley (1) vs. Spokane (4) Beaver Valley wins series 4-1 DIVISION FINAL Beaver Valley (1) vs. Castlegar (2) Beaver Valley wins series 4-3

Eddie Mountain Division ROUND 1 Fernie (1) vs. Golden (4) Fernie wins series 4-0 Kimberley (2) vs. Creston Valley (3) Kimberley wins series 4-2 DIVISION FINAL Fernie (1) vs. Kimberley (2) Fernie wins series 4-3 photo courtesy Boston College

Isaac MacLeod and Boston College — seen here after their Hockey East championship — are in the Frozen Four semi-finals Thursday night against Minnesota.

no matter what.”

The win secured the Eagles spot in the Frozen Four which begins in Tampa Bay on Thursday.

“It’s a really exciting and surreal experience going to the Frozen Four,” said MacLeod. “There are a ton of NCAA hockey players who never get a chance in their careers to make it to the Frozen Four, so it’s pretty special. Boston College has been extremely fortunate to maintain its level of excellence over the past couple of years and our team is really looking forward to the opportunity this week.”

This will be Boston College’s 23rd appearance in the NCAA tournament’s Frozen Four. It also marks the program’s fifth Frozen Four appearance in the last seven seasons and its 10th in the last 15 seasons. The Eagles rank second in all-time Frozen Four appearances, just one behind Michigan.

Since 1998, the Eagles have advanced the tournament’s Frozen Four more than any other team in the country.

The Eagles will take on University of Minnesota on Thursday night at the Tampa Bay Times Forum.

“I don’t know a ton about them other than that they are a really strong team,” MacLeod said of the next test. “We’ve spent the week tuning up a couple of things and going over some film to help prepare for the game so we can be fully prepared come Thursday.”

The extra pressure of bringing home a national championship is compounded by the fact MacLeod and his teammates are also full time students.

“It can be a bit of a struggle, but it’s something that as a college athlete you have to be able to do,” MacLeod said. “I had a couple of tests last week which I had to study for and it wasn’t fun, but it was nice to get them out of the way so when I get to Tampa I won’t have to be worried about anything else other than hockey.”

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KOOTENAY CONFERENCE FINAL Fernie (1) vs. Beaver Valley (1) Beaver Valley wins series 4-1

Okanagan Division ROUND 1 Osoyoos (1) vs. Kelowna (4) Kelowna wins series 4-2 Princeton (2) vs. Penticton (3) Princeton wins series 4-3 DIVISION FINAL Princeton (2) vs. Kelowna (4) Kelowna wins series 4-1

Doug Birks Division ROUND 1 Revelstoke (1) vs. Sicamous (4) Sicamous wins series 4-3 Kamloops (2) vs. North Okanagan (3) Kamloops wins series 4-3 DIVISION FINAL Kamloops (2) vs. Sicamous (4) Sicamous wins series 4-3 OKANAGAN/SHUSWAP CONFERENCE FINAL Kelowna (4) vs. Sicamous (4) Kelowna wins series 4-1

KIJHL LEAGUE FINAL Kelowna (13) vs. Beaver Valley (1) Beaver Valley wins series 4-1 Game 1: Beaver Valley 4 Kelowna 2 Game 2: Beaver Valley 7 Kelowna 1 Game 3:Beaver Valley 5 Kelowna 4 (OT) Game 4: Beaver Valley 4 Kelowna 2

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High school seniors garner college interest Nelson Star Staff

Nelson’s Soccer Quest continues to open up plenty of opportunity for locals looking to take the sport to the next level.

Last month Soccer Quest brought a team to the Lower Mainland to participate in the Vancouver Whitecaps college showcase event.

“This is the third year this group has participated in this event and each year more and more of the Kootenay girls have received offers from schools and colleges across Canada and the US,” said Soccer Quest owner and technical director Dave Spendlove.

“This year’s event was by strict invite only and Soccer Quest was the only non BCSPL (BC Soccer Premier League) team allowed entry into the event from BC.” The showcase tournament started off with a tough challenge against Surrey United.

The game started off poorly as centre back Samantha Einarson broke her leg in a strong tackle from behind from one of the Surrey girls. Then the two other centre backs — Sara Fuhr and Taylor Stewart — both received sprained ankles and had to leave the field.

Striker Hailey McLean soon followed with another event

ending ankle injury.

“With temporary goalkeeper Olivia Alexis called in the night prior to the event it was a tough haul for the Kootenay girls,” said Spendlove.

Despite strong play by Morag Patterson, Tasha Hewart and Laurel Sherrif, the Kootenay side lost 3-0.

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“With a patched up defence the girls displayed true character and should have walked away with a tie at least.”

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the Soccer Quest club against Mountain FC. “With a patched up defence the girls displayed true character and should have walked away with a tie at least,” said Spendlove.

A poor first half performance due to players adjusting to new positions was highlighted by a great second half. But the hole was too big and Mountain FC came away with the 2-1 win.

“Britney Wheeler and a hobbling Taylor Stewart kept the defence together and

showed a true fighting spirit which inspired a great second half performance,” said Spendlove.

The third game saw a battered Kootenay team up against the Vancouver Island Wave. Vancouver came out strong, but the Soccer Quest girls contained the onslaught and slowly came into the game.

The second half again should have taken the girls into the lead, but tired legs and a patched up defence allowed the Island girls to walk away with a 2-1 victory,” said Spendlove.

Despite three losses, several players on the Soccer Quest team turned the heads of scouts. Nelson’s Stinson, Wheeler, Stewart, Fuhr and Mansveld are all now being courted by college teams.

McLean of Castlegar is also in the group being courted.

On the boys side, Spendlove said Mitch Melanson has been identified by post secondary schools.

Girls are Hailey McLean of Castlegar, Andrea Stinson, Britney Wheeler, Taylor Stewart, Sarah Fuhr, Paige Mansveld all from Nelson, Kelsey Martin from Kamloops.

The Soccer Quest girls’ next event is the Western Canada Showcase in Vancouver this coming weekend.

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Maida back behind the bench Nelson Star Staff

The Nelson Junior Leafs have extended the contract of head coach and general manager Frank Maida.

Late last month the Leafs board unanimously voted to extend the Nelson grown Maida’s contract into the 2012-13 season.

“We are truly excited to

have Frank continue on with our team,” said Leafs’ president Russell Stocks. “Frank lived up to our expectations and really progressed as a coach as the year went on. It was an easy decision for the board and we are glad that Frank agreed.”

In his first season as head coach of the local Kootenay International Junior Hockey League team, Maida guided

the Leafs to a 30-17-0-5 regular season record. Finishing

third in the Neil Murdoch Division, the Leafs lost in the opening round of the playoffs to Castlegar 4-1.

Maida was an assistant coach with the Junior Leafs for a highly successful four years when Simon Wheeldon ran the bench.

The first order for business for Maida will be a spring camp that is being held April 13 to 15.

Continued from Page 15 Growing up, MacLeod has been on championship teams and said the feeling in the Boston College dressing room is one that bodes well for success.

“The major thing with our team is that everyone has bought into the program and what it’s about here at BC,” he said. “We have a lot of guys that could be playing major roles on other teams, but are willing to sit back and do what the team needs instead.

Guys are willing to sacrifice for the betterment of the team, which creates a great environment to play and be a part of.”

Now all that awaits is the puck drop.

Ask the Professionals

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Dr. Chris Chart

Jenny Heston

Dr. Jeff Lloyd

Owner

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Chiropractor Owner

Can you tell me about this “bird fever” going around in wild birds?

There is currently an outbreak of a Salmonella bacterial infection in our wild bird population — particularly in the pine siskin and house finch, although any species can contract it. Infected birds appear tame and might sit quietly for days in a sheltered spot. Often their feathers are fluffed out, and you might see a bird hold its head under its wings. These affected birds will most likely die.

The Salmonella Bacteria are shed in droppings, and can be spread bird-to-bird via direct contact or through ingestion of food or water contaminated with infected feces.

If a cat kills or eats a songbird, they can also be infected with the Salmonella Bacteria and become ill.

What You Should Watch For: Signs of potential infection for your Kitty may include: weakness, lethargy, decreased appetite, fever and vomiting If your Cat exhibits any of these symptoms, you should book an examination with your Veterinarian.

Things you can do to prevent spreading the infection: • Keep your cat inside - these birds are weak and slow, a bell on your cat may help, but should not be relied on.

• Take down bird feeders near your home until the outbreak has passed.

• Use feeders made of a cleanable material (wood is not recommended) - clean and disinfect feeders regularly.

• Rake the area underneath your feeder regularly • Clean bird baths and replace the water every few days • When cleaning - be aware of the potential for human infection and take appropriate safety measures to protect yourself.

• If you find a dead bird, dispose of it promptly.

If you would like more information you can visit: http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/wld/ wldhealth/

Selkirk Veterinary Hospital 616 Railway Street, Nelson 250-352-2999

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What is Coaching?

I often get asked that question as quite a few people relate the term “coach” to sports, which is one form of coaching, however my response is:- Coaching is a simple, yet highly effective form of personal development where the Client and Coach create an alliance that promotes and sustains the Client’s personal growth and competence. This powerful relationship enables the Client to give up who they are for who they want to become.

So is it like therapy? The therapist is an archaeologist, whilst the coach is an architect. Often counselling and therapy dwell in the past whilst coaching focuses primarily on the present and the future.

Many of us have big plans about what we want to do, who we want to be, how we want to change and who we want to become. Often we never actually do anything about it, either we are too busy, or we don’t know how, or we are afraid. Some of us are successful in our own terms, but still find that something is missing and there is a small empty spot inside ourselves.

The Coach aids the Client in finding out what is truly important to them, not what they have been told is important by others, and then helps to foster the skills that are needed to create a purposeful life that meets those ideals, qualities and goals.

There are all types of coaching from Executive, to Parenting, to Life coaching, to Relationship or Business coaching.

All use similar methodologies to help the client attain the goals and quality of life they are looking for.

In simple terms coaching is an interactive, results orientated, enlightening process that brings about amazing change.

Q A

Is it possible that my arm pain could be coming from my neck?

Often we see patients who have arm or shoulder pain that is coming from the neck. The nerves leave the neck and join other spinal nerves to form a large bundle of nerves called a plexus, which services the arm. These nerve bundles contain millions of small nerve fibres that relay information between the arm and the brain. This vital connection enables the nervous system to control all aspects of the function of the entire limb. The nerve bundles contain different types of nerve fibres, pain fibres, sensory fibres that enable us to feel our skin, motor nerves that control the muscles of the limbs, and autonomic nerves, which control things that we don’t think about such as heart rate, diameter of blood vessels, sweat glands, etc.

The nerves leave the spinal cord in small holes between the vertebrae, called intervertebral foramina. Nerves can become compressed or irritated by injuries to the spinal joints or discs.

With most neck problems there will also be inflammation and muscle spasms.

Depending on which part of the nerve is most affected by the injury, a person may not necessarily have pain. If the irritation is mostly affecting the motor part of the nerve, the major symptom may be muscle weakness or weakness of the limb. If the injury affects the sensory part, the main symptom may be a numb patch on the skin or some other sensory change.

Chiropractic treatment is highly effective at reducing spinal nerve irritation and restoring proper function. In addition to pain, the initial exam will often show other findings such as weakness or loss of neck range of motion. These findings should be treated until tests are normal or the problem is likely to return.

Marni Beninger Owner

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What is the benefit of dry skin brushing?

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Dry skin brushing is such a simple technique for the body. We’ve all heard that the largest organ of the body is our skin. Did you know that our skin is responsible for one-fourth of the body’s detoxification each day? Dry brushing speeds up the internal cleansing of the body and reduces the stress to the kidneys, lungs and colon, which also assists in the elimination of waste.

Benefits of Dry Skin Brushing: • Tightens the skin and improves texture • Helps to remove cellulite • Stimulates circulation • Cleans and drains the lymphatic system • Aids in digestion • Removes dead skin layers, producing smoother skin • Strengthens the immune system • Detoxifies and increases cellular renewal How to perform dry skin brushing: Use a natural body brush designed for dry skin brushing. Begin brushing skin before a bath or shower, as skin needs to be dry. Apply quick strokes, not to hard, in the direction of your heart. Dry brushing should be done at least once a day.

Start on one side of the body. Begin brushing the bottom of the feet, and then start brushing the front, back and sides of the leg working towards the hips. Brush the buttocks, hips, stomach, up to the rib cage area and breasts. Then start brushing the back of the hand to the front and then move up the arm, back to front. Brush under the armpit and then gently towards the heart. When finished brushing one side of the body, begin the process on the other side. Avoid sensitive areas and cuts and scrapes.

After you are finished brushing your body, take a warm shower or bath. At the end rinse with cool water to stimulate more blood circulation. Follow with a good quality body oil or moisturizer to hydrate and nourish the skin.

Call today for an appointment.

Jenny Heston 1-250-509-1240

Dr. Jeff Lloyd, D.C. Located at 621 Vernon Street, Nelson Ph: (250) 352-0075

Marni Beninger PH: 250-352-3280 • Toll Free: 888-288-0813 www.relaxationredefined.com

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The work has started and excitement is building for the place Nelson Minor Baseball will call home-base. Use of Queen Elizabeth park will also continue. The season is set to open April 16 (pending

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weather related field conditions) for Little League and Babe Ruth League ages 9 to 15 years. While the Eagles Youth Baseball for ages eight years and under is set to start May 1. Registration is still open for the Eagles group. For all Nelson Baseball information please visit nelsonbaseball.ca The Nelson Ultimate Frisbee Association (NUFA) will be shifting from indoor to outdoor very soon. The summer league runs April 26 to

September 30 with pickup games every Sunday from 4 to 6 p.m. and every Thursday from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Lakeside Park. All levels of players are welcome.

NUFA is also bringing back the much loved and long lost Nelson Ultimate Frisbee Tournament newly renamed the Nelson Disc Break. On July 21 and 22 weekend a small army of volunteers will organize an epic tournament weekend focused on fun, family, and frisbee. Nelson will host 12 teams from BC and Alber-

ta. Please find out how you can contribute to the best Disc Break ever. Contact nelsonultimatefrisbee@ gmail.com or go to nelsonultimate.ca for league and tourney information.

The next pro-d day is coming up on April 20 and coincides with the weekend Rick Hansen tour through town. The Rick Hansen team is inviting all school aged kids to participate in Column continues to Page 19

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Hunt’s post season over Nelson Star Staff

A Cinderella run was not in the script for Dryden Hunt and the Regina Pats as they were ousted from the Western Hockey League post season on Friday night.

The Moose Jaw Warriors took out the Pats with a 5-2 victory at Moose Jaw’s Mosaic Place to clinch the series 4-1.

The Pats won the first game of the series 3-2, but then went on to lose four straight including a heartbreaking doubleovertime outcome in Game 4.

Hunt, a 16-year-old rookie,

Last, (and a sure sign that spring is coming) Nelson Minor Hockey is hosting its annual general meeting on April 18 at 7 p.m. at the New Grand Hotel.

Kim Palfenier is the executive director of the Nelson Regional Sports Council. She can be reached at nrsc@telus.net

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finished the regular season with five goals and five assists.

The Nelson Minor Hockey grad appeared in 62 of the Pats’ 72 regular season games.

He played in four of the five playoff games, but did not register a point.

The Warriors now move onto the Eastern Conference semi-finals where they will meet the Medicine Hat Tigers.

Two other Nelson connections are still alive in the WHL post season hunt. Former Nelson Junior Leafs forward Dylan Walchuk and the Spokane Chiefs defeated the Vancouver Giants in six games. The Chiefs will now play the Tri City Americans who are coached by Nelson Minor Hockey graduate Jim Hiller. Tri City scored a 4-0 series sweep over the Everett Silvertips.

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It is with heavy hearts that we must announce the passing of our “little brother” Eric Denis. Born in Lachine, Quebec Nov. 9, 1954, he passed away in Trail Regional Hospital, April 1, 2012.

Eric was pre-deceased by his loving parents Ken and Mary Denis (nee Robinson) and is survived by his sisters Nancy Balcaen and Claudia French and his nephews & niece: Ryan Balcaen; David, Christopher and Jennifer French, and his “adopted”son Darren MacDonald.

Eric will be remembered for his green thumb, great sense of humour, and his love of family and friends, and his willingness to drop everything to help a friend in need. A gentle man with a caring heart.

God Bless you Eric - we will miss you.

We would like to thank the nursing and physician staff in Trail General Hospital for taking such good care of our brother.

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Thursday, April 5th, 2012 at 11:00am Chapel of Thompson Funeral Service

613 Ward Street, Nelson BC Rose Greavison (nee Golac), of Nelson, passed away on Thursday, March 29, 2012. She was born on August 25, 1927 in her family’s home on Bealby Rd. in Nelson to parents Kuzma and Ursula Golac immigrants from Grizane, Croatia. Her father came to Nelson in 1912 and her mother & brother Blaise (Bob) joined him in Nelson after the First World War. Rose and her family resided on their home places on Bealby Road throughout her life.

She attended Hume School and Nelson’s Junior and Senior High Schools. After completing Grade Thirteen in Nelson, she attended Normal School in Victoria, and became a teacher. She taught school in Slocan Park and then Crescent Valley; she loved teaching especially playing the piano and singing with her talented Russian students. While teaching she met her husband Walter when he was guarding her school and teacherage. They married, settling in Crescent Valley for a short time before buying the house & property adjacent to her parents & brother in 1952. She kept busy there, raising three children, gardening, and working at home as a bookkeeper for her brother’s contracting business.

Rose always enjoyed hiking, fishing & camping with her husband and family at the many mountain lakes in the area. When her health prevented her from these pursuits she turned to gardening and bird watching. She was also a lifelong learner, being a voracious reader on a diversity of topics. Rose was known for her kindness and generosity to her friends and family and also several dozen charities she donated to every year.

Rose is survived by her husband of 61 years, Walter, her sons Ronald (Nadya), Raymond and her daughter Elizabeth (Betty) McDermott; grandchildren Erik & Curtis Greavison and Rob & Jenny McDermott.

The family would like to thank all the health care workers that helped Rose through her illnesses and hospital stays. Funeral will be held at 11:00 a.m., April 5 at Thompson Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Asthma Society of Canada or the Canadian Cancer Society. Online condolences may be expressed at www.thompsonfs.ca and Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Thompson Funeral Service Ltd.

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Isabel Butler Gently, on March 29, 2012, Isabel Butler slipped away and came to the end of a long and full life. Born in Nelson on September 5, 1921, Isabel spent her entire life in her beloved Kootenays. In 1904, her father William (Tim) Lane and paternal grandparents left England and settled in Nelson. Her mother, Mabel Margaret Wilson, also from England, arrived in Nelson a few years later. In 1914 Tim and Mabel were married in Nelson and in 1917 they moved to Ainsworth, spending their first seven years in a rustic cabin on the beach, from which they operated their livery stable business.

A few years after Isabel was born, her parents moved to their permanent ranch home on a bench above Ainsworth, which was known as the“Good Luck Claim”. The Lane ranch, cut out of virgin wilderness, was complete with flower gardens, orchards, hay fields, a dairy herd, and market garden, which augmented the family’s dwindling cartage business. For a time during the depression, the Lane family operated the Silver Ledge Hotel in Ainsworth, where Isabel claimed she learned to be the fabulous pie maker she became.

In 1941, Isabel married Walter Butler, whose family had settled in Kaslo in 1900. Like her own family, Walt’s family were dedicated gardeners, and Walter and Isabel created beautiful gardens together, even in the inhospitable landscape of Zincton, where the family lived for 10 years while Walt was the mine assayer and Isabel had her first four children, Barry, Janice, Marguerite and Carol. The family moved to Kaslo in 1952, to a property across the lane from Walter’s family home, where Isabel had two more children, Paula and Dean. She also grew and preserved a huge fruit and vegetable garden and for many years won top honours in Kaslo flower shows.

In later life Isabel worked in the Kaslo Post Office and became very active in community life. She served as an alderwoman on Kaslo Village Council for four years and as Mayor for another two, was a founder of the Kaslo home support services, and a key contributor to the efforts to restore the SS Moyie, serving as the Chair of the Moyie Restoration Committee over several years. During those busy years, Isabel also helped to launch the fundraising to build the Abby Manor and served as a local marriage commissioner, holding many happy weddings in her own home and garden. She loved and took much pride in her community, her family, her home and her fishing boat, in which she spent many hours on the lake she so loved.

Isabel is survived by her loving sister Mabel Stainton of Nelson, daughters Janice, Carol and Paula, daughter-in-law Lesley and sons-in law Keith, Rick and Christian, grandchildren Michael, Rebecca, Theressa, Robert, Paul, Megan, Lise and Jennifer, and great grandchildren Jacob, Erika, Sofia, Brendan, Jasmine and tiny Estelle, whose proud parents Paul and Josh had hoped to introduce to great-grandmother Isabel this spring. Over many years, Isabel’s life was enriched by a large extended family, and many wonderful nieces and nephews. Her family is deeply grateful for the compassionate care she received in her final years from home support workers and staff at the Victorian Primary Health Centre. A memorial service and celebration of Isabel’s life will be held in Kaslo on May 12, 2012.

In honour of Isabel, an early planting of annuals would be a lovely gesture. She especially loved sweet peas, which she would pick when she went out into her garden at the crack of dawn to harvest the best of the day, the coffee brewing, the lake sparkling in the distance and an early morning north wind promising clear skies and a perfect summer day.

Online condolences can be left at www.thompsonfs.ca

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Glacier Gymnastics athletes returned from the Twisters’ Invitational competition in Abbotsford late last month with medals and great results.

Nelson’s Chultim O’Neill dominated the Ladies P2 Open category with gold medals in vault, bars, beam, floor and all around. Close behind O’Neill was Rebecca Benner who took silver in vault, beam, floor and all around.

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