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High water wreaks havoc Goose Creek mishap claims life of Crescent Valley senior; regional district scurries to deal with problems throughout the area and calls on the province to do more for locals MEGAN COLE Nelson Star Reporter

High water in lakes and rivers around the Nelson area took a tragic turn over the weekend as a Crescent Valley man drowned in Goose Creek.

The body of Edward Posnikoff, 72, was recovered Sunday. He disappeared Saturday evening after going to check on water levels and flooding around his property in the 3300 block of Pass Creek Road.

Posnikoff was last seen on a private bridge that connects his property to the road. His brother went outside half an hour later to find the bridge washed out and no sign of him.

RCMP Staff Sgt. Dan Seibel said it’s not known exactly how Posnikoff fell into the creek “We have no idea and may never know… he could have slipped en route or been on the bridge when it was washed away,” said Seibel.

A neighbour help contacted police shortly after 7:30 p.m.

Nelson Search and Rescue members, already in the area to carry out an evacuation order on Slocan Valley West Road,

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Chamber supports effort to entice WestJet MEGAN COLE Nelson Star Reporter

The Nelson and District Chamber of Commerce is backing the City of Nelson’s decision to support a pitch for WestJet service to the West Kootenay Regional Airport.

“We certainly applaud the cities of Nelson and Castlegar in being pro-active in going after WestJet and seeing if we can get these folks to come out to this area,” said Tom Thomson, executive director of the Nelson and District Chamber of Commerce.

Thomson echoed statements by Mayor John Dooley at a city council earlier this month where council voted to send a letter in support of the WestJet presentation.

“I think it’s important that we recognize that here is a company that is deciding to

Natalia Nazaroff photos

ABOVE: The Goose Creek bridge three hours before it gave way and lead to the drowning of a Crescent Valley senior. RIGHT: The area where the bridge used to be.

were joined by a police dog team and the Crescent Valley, Tarrys, and Beasley fire departments to look for Posnikoff.

“RCMP caution residents, pet owners and

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Story continues to ‘Regional’ on Page 8

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The Nelson Police Department had a busy five-day stretch from Wednesday to Sunday, handling more than 90 calls.

On Thursday afternoon at 2 p.m., officers arrested a male after he allegedly broke down a door of an Uphill residence in a drunken rage.

The 33-year-old of no fixed address was apparently attempting to gather his personal belongs that he left at a friend’s house. He was charged with mischief under $5,000 and released with a promise to appear in court in September.

On Thursday evening the department’s park patrol issued two violation tickets to youths for possession of liquor. One was nabbed in Gyro Park and the other Cottonwood Falls Park. Each ticket carries a fine of $230 under the Liquor Control and Licensing Act. All parks in the City of Nelson are routinely patrolled throughout the summer at all hours of the day and night.

Saturday morning at 1:30 a.m., officers received a 911 call reporting an intoxicated 15-year-old male passed out in the laneway in the 600 block of Herridge Lane. Police and Nelson Fire and Rescue members attended the scene.

Two Nelson citizens assisted the male prior to police attendance, helped on scene with treating the young male and located the parents of the teen. The male was transported by his parents to the Kootenay Lake Hospital for further assessment.

BEST MEMBERSHIP Gyro Pool improvements are behind schedule due to skateboarders damaging the paint. It’s expected to open July 6.

Sam Van Schie photo SAM VAN SCHIE Nelson Star Reporter

Recent improvements at the Gyro Park wading pool have attracted uninvited guests.

Skateboarders took note of the sandblasters smoothing out the perimeter of the pool and the fresh coat of paint that went on earlier this month.

Public works supervisor Karen MacDonald said when a city contractor went to the pool early Thursday morning to add a second coat of paint, there were skaters set up with a camera and tripod making a video of themselves riding the rail along the edge of the empty pool.

“The base coat was ruined,” MacDon-

ald said. “I don’t know if they realize the damage they’re doing. It’s putting us behind and increasing the cost of the project.”

The Nelson Police Department are aware of the issue and have been keeping an eye out for people hopping the fence to get into the pool area.

MacDonald said the pool won’t be ready for its usual July 2 opening, but if the paint isn’t damaged again, it should be open by July 6.

The Gyro Park wading pool is a popular summer destination for parents with young children.

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News Our Daily Bread

Kootenay Christian Fellowship eyes Savoy Lanes GREG NESTEROFF Nelson Star Reporter

Kootenay Christian Fellowship has placed its Stanley Street church on the market and made an offer on the Savoy Lanes building.

Pastor Jim Reimer says the proposal has been conditionally accepted pending the sale of their current home. If the deal goes through, they would move their services and Our Daily Bread hot lunch program into the old bingo hall, which was most recently a Curves gym, but is currently vacant.

Reimer called the space “ideal” and noted it won’t require extensive renovation.

“This property will meet all our short-term and long-term goals if we can sell our current building and raise enough funds to purchase it,” he said.

“What excites us about this opportunity is we would be able to have Our Daily Bread in a non-residential area, have our church there, and in the future there’s enough property to build low-cost housing.”

Last year the church tried to buy the old Savoy Hotel next door and convert the top floor into small apartments.

However, estimates on renovating the centuryold building, empty since a 2007 fire, were far higher than building new.

“If we are able to purchase this property, we could fulfill our goals with less money,” Reimer says.

“That’s the key for accessing money for low cost housing: property.”

The SPCA and bowling alley would remain in their present locations, and become a revenue source for the church, Reimer

Greg Nesteroff photo

Kootenay Christian Fellowship is hoping to sell its present building and move to the Savoy Lanes.

added.

“We’re not looking to terminate any leases but to have them continue on, because we don’t really need that extra space.”

The church listed its building for sale last week.

There has already been one

offer, but the prospective buyer couldn’t meet their conditions.

Even if it sells, that won’t be enough to cover the purchase of the Savoy Lanes, Reimer said, so he’s looking for 150 people willing to donate $1,000 each.

About $35,000 is also left over from the building fund established last year.

Reimer says while some people asked for their money back when the Savoy Hotel deal fell through, many others told them to keep it.

That cash will be used to defray the cost of moving the commercial kitchen from their present location.

Reimer said ever since Our Daily Bread began, they’ve promised neighbours they would move to a non-residential area once the opportunity arose, “so we’re trying to keep our word.”

While he believes residents are more comfortable with the program now, “nevertheless, I think we would do a better job in this other building.”

Reimer said the money needed to purchase the Savoy Lanes is on top of the $75,000 required annually to operate Our Daily Bread.

The asking price on their Stanley Street building is $319,000, while the agreed purchase price on the Savoy Lanes is $1.5 million.

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The City posted a sign June 15 advising dog walkers to stay off the path and blocked both entry points with barricades. But people just walked around them and used the path anyways.

On June 18 City crews installed a fences at either end of the trail, but public works supervisor Karen MacDonald said those have been tampered with too.

“People are trying to pull down the fence,” she said.

“We have public works down here everyday fixing it.”

Someone has also been emptying buckets of dog feces along the fence at the southwest end of the trail, near the transfer station. So far there have been four deposits.

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Public works supervisor Karen MacDonald found large piles of dog feces at the gate City workers installed to keep dog walkers off the West Waterfront Pathway.

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here and dump it. It’s just sick.”

MacDonald stressed that to trails are closed for public safety. High water has washed out parts of the trail and there are sinkholes forming under the surface, which may collapse if people walk

on them. As well, the trail is slippery and people risk falling into the lake, which drops off upwards of 10 feet in some areas.

“People shouldn’t be trying to get out there. It’s just not safe,” MacDonald said, noting even after water levels

drop, city crews will need to do some work on the path before it will be reopened.

In the meantime, dog walkers can have their pets off leash on the Burlington Rail Trail or walk on-leash along the waterfront pathway near the soccer fields.

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Camera keeps eye on Highway 6 SAM VAN SCHIE Nelson Star Reporter

A new DriveBC traffic webcam installed on Highway 6 in Nelson will come in handy this winter when drivers want to check local road conditions.

Or perhaps for parents to watch for their teens hitchhiking to Whitewater on powder days while they’re stuck at work.

The camera points south on Highway 6 near the Rosemont/Uphill interchange, and includes a view of the parking lot commonly used by youth hitchhiking to the ski hill.

A live stream of from the camera went up on the DriveBC website Friday, along with new views from two other Kootenay cameras in Creston and Trail.

Cameras were also added to the Balfour and Kootenay Bay ferry terminals View from the new Nelson traffic camera installed by Drive BC. earlier this spring.

Since it started streaming webcams in BC webcams watching highways in the This year the ministry of transportation is adding 30 new traffic cameras to 2009, DriveBC has become the govern- province.

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There are currently about 250 Drive- der the BC Interior tab. previously serviced by a traffic cam.

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Editorial

Editor: Bob Hall Publisher: Chuck Bennett

Documenting community

PICTURES from our

The W.W. Powell Co. at the foot of Stanley Street in the 1930s. This was the storage facility for the mill that manufactured lumber and match blocks.

The photo was taken by J.H. Allen and is part of the Touchstones Nelson collection.

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ne of the goals of the Nelson Star is to include the name or face of every community member in our pages each year. Of course it’s an unreachable target, but we like to set the bar high.

In today’s paper you will find our special A Day in the Life of Nelson photo section. Earlier this month, a team of Star photographers hit the streets to document a typical Wednesday.

We were not in search of the dramatic, just a regular day as it unfolds.

The project was a welcome break from our usual routine. We were not seeking the next big story out of City Hall or following the controversy surrounding our education system. Instead, the photographers found the people who simply make up the fabric of this great community. Everyday tasks and interactions that remind us of why we live here.

Mayor John Dooley and MLA Michelle Mungall get enough ink over the course of our 100-plus editions each year, it’s always nice to uncover some of the people we’ve missed along the way to fulfilling that lofty goal of getting all of you between our fold.

It would take 100 photographers and 1,000 pages to truly tell the story of the day properly, but that wasn’t in the budget. We do think in the 16 pages that have been put together in this edition, you will find a nice snapshot of Nelson life. From sunrise to sunset and a little beyond, we found plenty to document.

This is the first Day in the Life of Nelson this paper has put together, but it won’t be the last.

We look forward to seeing you through our viewfinder the next time.

We want to hear from you.

Letters Policy The Nelson Star welcomes letters to the editor intended for publication but reserves the right to edit for brevity, clarity, legality, accuracy and topicality. Letters should not be more than 500 words long. Anonymous letters will not be published. To assist in verification, name, address and telephone number must be supplied, but will not be published.

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‘Poverty’ decline ignored

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ou probably didn’t hear this on TV, the percentage of Canadians deemed “low income” went down slightly in 2010, according to the latest Statistics Canada analysis.

This news was delivered in the annual Income of Canadians report last week.

The share of people who fall below the federal LowIncome Cut-Off (LICO) went from 9.5 per cent to 9.0.

The CBC couldn’t bring itself to admit any actual improvement, reporting on its website that the number of people with “low income” was about three million, “virtually unchanged from 2009.” Other media outlets followed the unwritten rule that nothing remotely positive must be presented as news, particularly if it reflects positively on a right-wing government. (Plus they had the Montreal body-parts case to update each day.)

This information likely won’t have any effect on the political discussion

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about “poverty” in BC. The LICO survey will continue to be used as a measure of absolute poverty, despite the fact that it isn’t. It’s a relative measure that will always designate the same share of people at the low end of the scale.

BC Stats, the provincial equivalent of the federal agency, explained this problem in a special report last year.

“To illustrate,” the report said, “take a hypothetical future Canada where every citizen earns no less than $100,000 (and assume there has not been rampant inflation in the meantime, such that buying power is not dissimilar to what exists today) and millionaires are common.

“In that kind of Canada, those at the low end of the income scale (that is, those earning ‘merely’ $100,000) would be considered poor if LICOs were used as a measure of poverty.”

Math aside, that’s the alleged “poverty line” routinely cited by the usual media authorities, like BC Bob Hall Editor

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Federation of Labour president Jim Sinclair.

Sinclair campaigned for years to get the BC government to raise the minimum wage from $8 to $10 an hour. They did, in three increments, and on May 1 it increased to $10.25 an hour. As soon as the series of three increases was announced last November, Sinclair called a news conference to announce it’s not enough.

To get to the LICO level, the minimum wage should be $11.50 an hour, Sinclair said. Of course, if BC businesses ponied up for that, the goalposts would shift again and the same proportion of “poverty” would magically still exist.

The BC NDP government-in-waiting continues to demand an “action plan” on poverty, with annual goals. All the progressive provinces have one, which I guess is why poverty is all but eradicated in enlightened places like Manitoba.

There are signs of the reality behind this political smokescreen. Here’s one.

Greg Nesteroff Reporter

Megan Cole Reporter

For what may be the first time in history, we now have a North American society where one of the most reliable indicators of poverty is obesity. This often gets explained away with a popular theory that poor people are somehow forced to eat fast food and drink pop because they can’t afford healthy food.

People who advance this theory presumably don’t do much grocery shopping. There are plenty of processed, sugary, fat-laden choices at the supermarket too. But there is also whole wheat bread, rice and fresh or frozen vegetables that are as cheap as anywhere in the world.

Given basic cooking skills and some effort, it’s easy to demonstrate which diet is cheaper as well as healthier.

Most immigrants know this.

Which diet you choose isn’t a function of money, but rather one of education and self-discipline.

There is genuine poverty in our society. One of the things that’s needed is a useful way to define it.

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Letters to the Editor

Let the downtown breathe I feel like I’ve written this letter half a dozen times since moving to Nelson 18 years ago. It’s that wretched old “heritage” issue getting under my skin once again.

It’s a fundamental slap in the face to creative expression, free enterprise and the dogged entrepreneurial spirit required to run a small retail business in town when a proprietor is told what colour and style of signs, awnings and other exterior trimmings are acceptable to a powerwielding committee of cityendorsed preservationists.

We already know that people are attracted to our downtown because of its quaintness, diversity and visible history. It’s time to trust local residents and business owners not to spoil that; after all, it would most certainly not be in our best interests.

Let the marketplace determine what is acceptable in our downtown instead

of handing it to a select few whose loyalty to “all that once was” far exceeds their ability to see and appreciate a healthy and necessary mix of the past and the present that

It is the personality of Nelson’s downtown that makes this community attractive and engaging. will, ultimately, become the “heritage” package we leave to future generations. Parts of it may appear ugly to some, but obviously not to everyone or they wouldn’t exist in the first place. Who’s to say one person’s definition of ugly is superior to another’s?

And now this visual censorship has its sights set on sandwich boards again. There couldn’t be a smaller, less permanent and less threatening marketing tool for a local

Mayor misses mark My faith in the political process has been restored — to a point, but I’ll get to that in a moment.

Congratulations to city councillors Donna Macdonald, Deb Kozak, Paula Kiss and Candace Batycki for supporting the Stop the Violence BC campaign. You ladies had the courage to stand up, and get counted on an issue that affects every single one of us. Well done!

Now I get to my point. Mayor John Dooley succeed in thwarting the political process by cutting the lady councillors off at the knees when he refused to support what had been passed by council when put to a democratic vote.

A presentation around the issue was made with a lot of

thought and intelligence and after an informed dialogue was supported by the four lady councillors. The mayor reacted very emotionally to the situation. He seemed to be coming from a place of fear or perhaps of wanting to win the next popularity contest. Did the mayor do his due diligence on this matter? Did he research the issues and understand the motion? And most importantly did he ask his people (the community) what they wanted?

I want to see leadership that is not about popular choice but one that comes from a place of knowledgable and informed decision making. Not fearmongering. To me that is leadership.

Sue Stanger Nelson

merchant than a colourful sandwich board designed to serve as an on-the-street business card to attract customers and convey, very efficiently, the nature of the business being offered.

I understand the need for safety and sandwich board population control, but to standardize the appearance of these colourful expressions is completely unnecessary and very dull. It is the personality of Nelson’s downtown that makes this community attractive and engaging. Does city council really want to trade character and diversity for homogeneity and banality?

I, for one, find parking meters unsightly — they don’t appear in old photos of Nelson, so I’m not sure that they are even legal, heritagely-speaking. Is anything going to be done about those prolific eyesores?

Kate Bridger Nelson

Smoking is unwise, period This is in response to the letters mentioning that marijuana should be legalized.

It really surprises me that seemingly intelligent people seem to come up with this rhetoric. Cigarette smoking has been legal forever and the government has been raking in the tax money from the sales of tobacco and tobacco products. Yet for years there has been a movement underway to convince cigarette smokers that it is a shameful thing and that cigarette smoking is a burden on our health care costs.

I seem to remember that a number of years ago the government or our health care system was going to take cigarette companies to court in an effort to recoup some of the money that cigarette smoking costs to our health care.

Does anyone not see that the same thing is going to happen when people smoke marijuana? Cigarette smoking does not make us lazy and be unambitious. We know that smoking anything is bad for our lungs. Be real.

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Regional district directors turn attention to Victoria Continued from Page 1 hikers to avoid flooded areas and fast running streams and rivers,” Seibel said. “Until current conditions improve, area residents with pets should place them on leash and have them under close supervision around these waterways.”

Regional District looks to Victoria for help With more rain expected to fall this week and Kootenay Lake levels potentially exceeding the previous highest level in 1974, local leaders are asking the premier to intervene.

“It’s just a question of having someone at a higher political level assisting local government in making sure what’s being done is appropriate.”

Andy Shadrack Rural Kaslo Director

“It’s just a question of having someone at a higher political level assisting local government in making sure what’s being done is appropriate,” said rural Kaslo Regional District of Central Kootenay director Andy Shadrack, who introduced the motion adopted Thursday.

Directors contend this year’s near-record levels on the river and lake are not merely the result of Mother Nature, but of discharges from Montana’s Libby dam, operated by the US Army Corps of Engineers.

“I want the premier to intervene to make sure the discharges are necessary and not causing undue hardship,” Shadrack said at last week’s board meeting.

On Monday, Kootenay Lake stood at 1,753 feet (534.3 meters), up nearly a foot from four days earlier. It’s expected it to reach 1,753.2 feet — the highest level in almost 40 years — before gradually dropping. In 1974, Kootenay Lake peaked at 1,754.24 feet.

FortisBC says lake levels are “predominantly” driven by natural inflows as a result of melting snow pack and precipitation, and it has been operating the Kootenay River system at maximum discharge since mid-March.

Shadrack added that a storm on Kootenay Lake two weeks ago resulted in waves two to three feet high, and damaged a number of marinas, causing tens of thousands of dollars in damages.

Some basements at Mirror Lake flooded, while a breakwater at Jones Boys Boats at Woodbury was breached, forcing them to move all vessels onto dry land.

Shadrack is concerned damage from the next windstorm will be even more severe.

Rural Salmo director Hans Cunningham and Kaslo director Greg Lay opposed the motion to ask the premier to step in.

snowpack melt. Residents are reminded to stay clear of creeks and rivers, and their banks, and exercise caution at all times.

“Evacuation orders/alerts must be heeded to ensure personal safety and the safety of emergency responders.”

Water conservation measures for Kaslo While water rises around the area, Kaslo faced a restriction to water use after the complete loss of the Kemp Creek dam on Sunday.

“Level 4 water conservation measures continue in place for the foreseeable future,” said village administrator Rae Sawyer.

“Absolutely no outdoor watering or use is permitted.”

The water supply was greatly reduced but Sawyer said “we are holding our own today with everyone’s best efforts, and we thank our water users for their efforts.”

All water is moving through the local treatment plan and Kaslo is not under a boil water advisory at this time.

State of local emergency Across the regional district, residents are being affected by rising water levels.

States of local emergency have been declared on the East Shore, in rural Creston, rural Castlegar, and the Slocan Valley.

Regional district chair John Kettle, who claims most of the flooding problems experienced this spring in the Creston area are “self inflicted,” plans to take a novel approach: he’ll declare a state of emergency as a preventative step.

Noting that emergency orders activate funding and tools that are otherwise unavailable, Kettle said he wants to see how far he can push the idea.

“This is a self-inflicted problem in my opinion,” he said. “It needs remediation, not fixes after the flood damage has been done.”

Kettle blamed federal regulations to protect fish habitat, and wants the issue addressed before another season of flooding affects properties.

“To preserve every inch of the river and call it fish habitat is ridiculous,” he said, adding that he did get Department of Fisheries and Oceans approval to move equipment in to prevent further

Dams work overtime to regulate flooding

TOP: Kootenay Lake levels are nearing a 50-year high and creating many dramatic scenes no the lakeshore (Bob Hall photo). ABOVE: The area around Goose Creek in the Slocan Valley is causing all kinds of problems. This old vehicle usually sits well away from the creek (Ivaan Nazaroff photo).

erosion to the river banks.

Kettle said his plan is to declare a local state of emergency in August to remediate those areas where flooding occurred this spring — resulting in other emergency orders, road closures and evacuations.

He acknowledges, however, that he is testing the system.

Evacuation notices rescinded Crawford Bay and Slocan Park residents were allowed to return home Tuesday after evacuation orders issued on the weekend were rescinded.

A section of Slocan Valley West Road was closed due to water flowing over the road.

Residents of about 30 homes were told to “shelter in place.”

An evacuation alert remains in place meaning that residents

should be prepared to leave if conditions worsen.

Residents staying at hotels in Castlegar and Nelson were expected to return home Tuesday morning.

With more rain in the forecast, the regional district is warning an evacuation order could be put in place should the Slocan River rise again.

Bill Macpherson, public information officer for the regional district, said while river and creek levels have dropped slightly, the threat of flooding remains high.

“Owners of private bridges that cross creeks should have them inspected to ensure structural integrity and personal safety,” he said.

“All Kootenay rivers and creeks are at high levels given the recent precipitation and high elevation

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Dams elsewhere in the region are continuing to release in an effort to bring down water levels.

BC Hydro is planning to increase the amount of water discharging through the Keenleyside Dam near Castlegar to help bring down the water level in the Arrow reservoir.

The total flow through the dam is currently at 165,000 cubic feet per second — 20,000 cfs more than usual — and will continue at that rate for several weeks.

It will be the highest Columbia River flow in over a decade.

BC Hydro urged residents to be mindful of higher than normal flows when planning activities near the Columbia and Kootenay Rivers.

“Like all rivers with upstream hydro-electric facilities, river flows can change suddenly,” the company said in a news release.

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News Dr. Paul Walker Recognized for Impressive Career in Medicine

The rewards of being a small town doctor SAM VAN SCHIE Nelson Star Reporter

After 35 years practicing medicine in Nelson, Dr. Paul Walker shows few signs that he might be slowing down.

He was recently honoured with a Rural Long Service Award from the Society of Rural Physicians of Canada.

The award recognizes doctors within their society who have worked for 20 years in rural and remote communities.

The society doesn’t have an award for 40 years of service.

But the way things are going with Walker, he may well make it to that milestone.

“I failed at retirement,” the 65-year-old told the Star. “Unless I can figure out what to do with free time, I might still be working at 70.”

Walker tried to retire a couple years ago. He moved his practice from its longtime home in a heritage house at the top of Baker Street into the Nelson Medical Clinic. And he found two doctors to take over his patient list (no single doctor would take on the number of people he had).

His wife Pat, who worked

with him everyday as his medical office assistant, settled nicely into retirement. But Walker jumped on opportunities to go back to work anytime his colleagues needed someone to fill in for them during a vacation.

“It’s hard when you’re used to going 110 miles an hour to slow down. Even just going the speed limit is tough, never mind trying to go slower than that,” Walker said.

He currently works eight months of the year, shuffling from office to office wherever he’s needed — and he’s always needed. From the day he arrived here, fresh out of medical school in 1976, there’s never been a lack of work for doctors.

He said even with the recent move towards mandatory rural placements for medical students, most doctors gravitative to urban centers, either because that’s where it’s easier for their partners to find work or because they want to specialize. Not content with retirement, Nelson’s Dr. Paul Walker spends eight months of each year covering in local doctor offices.

Sam Van Schie photo Many who start off in small need to fi nd something to keep so far as to visit a few schools. towns move away after a dethe job interesting. ” But ultimately he didn’t want to cade or so.

Walker did consider returnuproot his wife and their three “The 10-year crisis in mediing to a big city to specialize sons. cine, like any career, is a very in radiology, and even went Instead he took on responreal thing,” Walker said. “You

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sibilities outside his practice, becoming Chief of Staff at the local hospital for a time, as well becoming involved with the Society of General Practitioners, an advocacy group for doctors.

But what really kept him going was mentoring the medical students who came to his office for their practicum and to learn about rural medicine.

“It’s easy to convince students they’ll get to do much more interesting and varied work in a rural community,” Walker said. “That’s what drew me to rural medicine, but for a lot of young people it’s terrifying.”

General Practitioners need to know about 80 per cent of what every type of medical specialist knows, and they also need to learn to live with uncertainty because they can’t know everything.

“A lot of my colleagues who have since specialized say working in general practice was the hardest part of their career,” Walker said. “For me, that’s what keeps it interesting.

That’s what keeps me coming to work when I should be retired.”

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The Nelson Technology Club is a growing, independent initiative to nurture technology advancement within the local community.

Hackerspaces are creative outlets which cater to the curiosities of the enthusiasts and the skilled alike. It’s a place to talk about technology with people who understand what you are talking about. Bring in your projects every Wednesday to 601 Front Street and you too can participate. Do you Arduino? We do. Come engage with like-minded technology enthusiasts.

Second Grand Piano Fundraising Concert and auction Thursday June 28, 7:30 p.m. at St. Saviour’s Anglican Church on Ward and Silica with Noemi Kiss and Kathleen Neudorf, sopranos; Robert Hargreaves, piano and harpsichord; Tobias Jenny, recorders and harpsichord. Bessie Wapp will auction off an Asian dinner for six cooked and served by Lena and Marty Horswill. Tickets $15 or $10 students at the door.

Grounded Coffee House will host a charity art sale and silent auction on Thursday, June 28. Around 70 pieces of art created by students at South Nelson elementary school and 4Cats Art Studio will be sold and two large splatter paintings will be auctioned off. Grounded will also be donating the proceeds of all food and drinks sold that day. All money raised will go to the Kootenay Kids Society’s Farms to Families program, which provides food vouchers to low-income families with children.

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, June 29. For further information, call 250-352-7078 weekday afternoons.

Celebrate Canada Day with Nelson tradition. The Lions Club will be serving their famous pancakes on Sunday, July 1 on the 500 Block Baker Street from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Pancakes are $5 for adults and $2 for kids 12 and under.

The Sunshine Bay Riding Club

Show is a fun show with a number of equine events scheduled for Sunday, July 1. Come on out and do some horsing around. The Riding Club is located in Harrop at 6375 Erindale Road, which is the first left turn just off the ferry.

of past and present photos of many of the historic buildings on Baker Street from the Touchstones Nelson Archives, as well as considering other examples of what heritage may look like as we move further into the 21st century.

Learn to meditate and practice meditation on Monday nights at the Kootenay Shambala Meditation Centre at 444 Baker Street. No previous experience is required. Admission is by donation.

The Grassroots Grandmas are hosting tools and treasures, a deluxe rummage sale, on Saturday, July 21.

Proceeds from this event will go towards the Stephen Lewis Foundation in support of African grandmothers who are turning the tide of HIV/AIDS in their communities. To donate your treasures or tools to this worthy cause, contact Linda at 250-226-7304.

St. Saviour’s Anglican Church hosts summer public tours. The Church, located at the corner of Silica and Ward streets, will be open during the months of July and August with volunteer tour guides in attendance to answer questions. Visitors can also pick up an informational pamphlet for a self guided tour or just enjoy a quiet contemplative time. Concurrent with this years tours, St. Saviour’s will be offering for sale a 32-page full colour guidebook to these stained glass windows. Architectural plans for the imminent expansion of the Church will also be on display. The Church is open for tours, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday to Saturday inclusive, commencing Monday, July 3 and continuing during the months of July and August. Tours are free, though donations are accepted.

Make sure to join the Nelson Public Library on Wednesday, July 4 at 1 p.m. to kick off our summer festivities with snacks, book draws and Rossland children’s author Darcee O’Hearne. If you can’t make that, be sure to come see a fantastic show

by Norden the Magician on Monday, July 16 at 3:30 p.m. Everybody is welcome. For more information about Summer Reading Club check the website at nelson.bclibrary.ca, the online Summer Reading Club at kidssrc.ca or simply email summerreadingcamp2012@gmail.com.

Touchstones Nelson will celebrate the public opening of its exhibit Baker Street Than and Now (and the Future of Heritage?) Thursday, July 19 at 7 p.m. with a talk by Bob Inwood, about the Baker Street Revitalization Project. This exhibit features a montage

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What better way to spend a warm summer evening then to experience a lively street festival full of music, dance and a wide selection papered goods and food. MarketFest has all of this and more. Around 100 vendors will be offering an amazing verity of goods, information, and services at the first event of the season on Friday, June 29. MarketFest is a big party and everyone is invited so come on down and enjoy all that it has to offer. MarketFest begins at 6 p.m. and wraps up around 9 p.m.

Head down to the Cottonwood Falls Community Market on Saturdays from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. There is a wide selection of vendors that include live plants, crafts, baked goods and more.

This downtown market offers regional farm produce and a variety of locally-made and locally-sourced products that support community sustainability. Nelson’s Downtown Local Market offers up a superb selection of regional organic produce, ready to eat food, local arts and crafts, clothing, body care and much more.

Every Wednesday from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. until September 26.

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Entertainment listings MUSIC The ambience of the courtyard at the Ravencourt B&B in Upper Passmore is inspirational, and the next concert in their summer series will be on Wednesday, June 27. Classical music lovers, mark this on your calendar as valley local Sophia Gray, Swiss born and classically-trained, will sing pieces from Schubert Lieder to a Bach Cantata accompanied by piano and trumpet.

The music begins at 7:30 p.m. Admission is by donation and all proceeds go to the musicians. Refreshments will be available. For more information phone 250-226-7801.

The Variety Show is back at The Royal with Estevan on Wednesday, June 27. Take your turn in the spotlight, or enjoy the music of those who do, at one of the Kootenay’s best open stages. The show starts 8:30 p.m. Talk to Estevan to sign up for a timeslot during the night.

Instruments provided.

On Thursday, June 28 at The Royal enjoy a night on the dancefloor with Moonbeam Hustle and music by Breakfluid. There is no cover. Doors open at 9 p.m.

Billy Manzik and Bottoms Down will take the stage at Mike’s Place in the Hume Hotel on Thursday, June 28.

Evade Beatz and DJ Shasta will be at Spiritbar on Thursday, June 28 for a free show. Doors open at 10 p.m.

The Royal is turning 100 years old!

So of course they're throwing a huge party to celebrate the past, present and future of this historic musical venue on Friday, June 29. Join them for a free show with the one and only Blackberry Wood. On this special night we are also launching our new, exclusive, limited edition wheat beer from the Nelson Brewing Company. Join The Royal for the unveiling of our new private NBC label, and enjoy the ever entertaining Blackberry Wood, for free! And remember...this is only the June edition.

The Royal be celebrating their 100th birthday after all three MarketFests this summer. Doors open at 9 p.m. The music starts around 10 p.m following Marketfest.

Enjoy the Canada Day long weekend at Loki Music Festival. Loki runs

The Dudes from Friday, June 29 to Sunday, July 2 at the True Blue Ranch in Kaslo. This year's artists include Subvert, Longwalkshortdock, Mark Instinct and Yan Zombie.

is returning to the Balfour Outdoor Amphitheatre. Beatles tribute band Revolver will be back in the Kootenays on July 6 at 6 p.m. For more information call 1-877-229-4141.

DJ Premier is at Spiritbar with Freddy Foxx on Friday, June 29. Doors open at 10 p.m and ticket information is available at the Hume Hotel.

Join The Royal for an evening of music that speaks to your soul, pleases the ears and gets you on those dancing feet as the The Royal presents Modern Grass on Saturday, July 7. Tickets are $10 and are available at The Royal and liveattheroyal.com. Doors 9 p.m.

Showtime approx 9:30 p.m.

Gisto returns to The Royal, with Natural Flavas on Saturday, June 30.

Doors open at 9 p.m. and tickets are $10 at the door.

House Revolution Music will be at Spiritbar on Saturday, June 30 with Craig Mullin and Justin Pleasure.

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

Hop on the Magic Bus at The Royal every Tuesday for great music from local DJs and musicians. On Tuesday, July 3 Rabs and DJ Olive take the stage.

Doors open at 9 p.m. Free cover.

The Dudes are coming to Spiritbar on Friday, July 6. Doors open at 10 p.m. and ticket information is available at the Hume Hotel.

The Alan Kirk Band will be at Cedear Creek Cafe in Winlaw on Friday, July 6 from 7 to 9 p.m. Featuring guest Michael Fredrick.

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Tuesday nights at The Royal feature local musicians, and this week Funk Boat takes the stage. Come support local music. Doors at 9 p.m. No cover.

The Royal presents Drunk Uncle, Babysitter and guests. Drunk Uncle are a trio originally from Windsor, Ontario who now reside in BC and are ready to terrorize your town. Enjoy a punk rockin’ evening with some local heavy hitters. Tickets are $7 at the door. Doors open 8 p.m.

AT THE PUB Join the Ymir Hotel’s country and bluegrass jam every Friday night.

Things get going around 5 p.m. and wrap up around 9 p.m.

Enjoy music and wings every Friday night at Cedar Creek Cafe in Winlaw with Olin and Rob.

Every Monday at Finley’s check out the blues jam from 8 p.m. until midnight. Hosted by Magic Carpet Blues Band. Amps and drums are supplied but please bring your own instruments. Welcome all singers, bands and musicians.

CONCERT ANNOUNCEMENTS Rockopolus Promotions and Revolution Audio proudly presents Nazareth with guests Headpins live in concert on Tuesday July 10 at the Nelson and District Community Complex. Special 500 early bird advance tickets only $25, on sale now at Phoenix Computers (468 Baker Street) or phone 250-354-4300.

Regular advance tickets, $35. At the gate, $45.

Spiritbar presents Inspectah Deck of Wu Tang Clan on Friday, July 27. Ticket information is available at the Hume Hotel.

The Royal presents Joel Plaskett with Mo Kenney as part of the Capitol Series on Thursday, September 20. Tickets are $25 and are available at the Capitol Theatre Box office located at 421 Victoria Street or online at capitoltheatre. bc.ca Doors open at 7:30 p.m. Showtime approx 8 p.m.

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City plans summer art showcase MEGAN COLE Nelson Star Reporter

A group of young artists create a Jackson Pollock inspired splatter painting at 4Cats Art Studio. Their artwork will be sold in a silent auction at Grounded Coffee Shop on June 28, with the money going to the Kootenay Kids Society.

Sam Van Schie photo SAM VAN SCHIE Nelson Star Reporter

There won’t be much visible wall space at Grounded Coffee House this Thursday.

As part of it’s fourth annual “Grounded Gives to Kids” fundraiser, the Vernon Street coffee shop will be decorated with about 70 pieces of artwork, created by local children at South Nelson elementary school and at 4Cats Art Studio.

“All the individual art has a coffee cup theme,” explained Grounded owner

Sasha Kitch. “The students at South Nelson painted their coffee cups on wood, which makes them really unique.

At 4Cats they did amazing Andy Warhol-style coffee cup.”

Also on display will be two large Jackson Pollock inspired splatter paintings created by groups of children at 4Cats.

All the art was donated to the event and will be sold with proceeds going to the Kootenay Kids Society. The individual artwork is $35 and the splatter paintings will be sold in a silent auction.

“I’m hoping some business owners will come and bid on the splatter paintings for their office,” Kitch said.

Grounded will also donate every dollar it makes selling coffee and food on Thursday.

Kitch hopes to raise over $3,000 at the event.

“If people change their habits for one day and get their coffees at Grounded, they’ll be supporting a great cause,” said Kitch, explaining that she chose Kootenay Kids to receive the proceeds from the event because, as a mother herself, she hates

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Local theatre and arts enthusiast Richard Rowberry is sounding the call for Nelson artists of all kinds to participate in a unique summer arts showcase.

“The City decided in their wisdom to present the talent of Nelson in a public venue in front of City Hall this summer and they asked me for some help with it and I, in my foolishness said I would take it on,” said Rowberry.

The vision for the space in front of the White Building is to have one or two platforms or stages with other performers and artists performing through out the space.

“In one corner we may have a juggler, and elsewhere there may be an artist with their easel painting,” said Rowberry.

The project is open to artists of all kinds including comedy, music, story telling and visual arts.

“Let’s just make it a place where we can show off everything that Nelson has to offer,” he said.

Rowberry is also working with Kootenay Coop Radio to have afternoon live radio broadcasts from City Hall.

“At this point I’m trying to get the word out to get people to get in touch with me if they are interested in participating from mid July through August,” he said.

A day of the week has not yet been solidified but Rowberry hopes the showcase will extend from the afternoon into the evening.

“I’m taking this on as a public spirited fellow,” he said. “I’m trying to show that even though I was not elected mayor there are no hard feelings.”

If you are interested in participating contact Rowberry at 250-505-6900 or histerian@hotmail.com

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Skaterboarders show solidarity Go Skateboarding Day roared down Baker Street on Thursday afternoon. More than 50 skateboarders, young and old, gathered at the top of Kootenay Street just after 4 p.m. Escorted by a Nelson Fire and Rescue truck the crew rattled down the middle of the street while spectators on the sidewalk shouted encouragement and those in their vehicles honked.

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The roller derby teams may have packed up their tights, face paint and skates, but the Klash in the Kootenays left a lasting impression on all involved.

“Roller derby is all about empowering people, giving them confidence and doing something that nobody else does,” said Bob Noxious.

Noxious is a roller derby consultant who was hired by Brown Paper Tickets to help with the Western Canada derby tournament earlier this month.

“Seeing individuals and teams walk away with brand new skill sets and things to work on, knowing that I’ll probably get to see them next year and it will be that much better is amazing. Just to be a part of the history and be able to walk up to people and say ‘I remember when,’ and ‘Gosh, look at how far you’ve come.’ That’s what is rewarding for me,” he said.

In late 2004 Noxious became involved in derby with the Madison, Wisconsin Mad Rollin’ Dolls.

He began as an announcer when the Mad Rollin’ Dolls were only the fourth or fifth

team to skate publicly at the time, now there are 1,200 teams worldwide.

Noxious gradually became involved in various aspects of the sport from coaching to business and marketing, which has taken him from his home league where the Bruise City Bruisers skate in Milwaukee to the West Kootenay.

“I love working for the Bruisers where we sit in an arena with 4,000 people and it’s amazing, but at the same time it’s still fun to get out and see really good derby played in more obscure areas and smaller venues,” he said after the championship game. “You get that whole feeling of the DIY, which is where we got started, that resonates when you go back to those roots.”

Nelson hosted eight of the best teams from all over Western Canada at the weekend tournament.

The West Kootenay Roller Derby League is the largest in Canada in terms of teams and is the fastest growing sport in Canada.

Noxious said it is not difficult to see why the sport is drawing women in huge numbers.

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Bob Noxious

is definitely the opportunity to do something vastly different,” he said. “It is the opportunity to not have necessarily played sports before, but be accepted in what is maybe the most physical in all women’s sports immediately. It gives them a peer group.”

Skaters come to roller derby from all walks of life and Noxious said they are often looking for something that hasn’t helped complete them as many of them hit their late 20s or so.

“What ‘that’ is is different in all of them,” he said beginning to choke back tears.

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cause they had to be on a committee that helped market the league or promote the league. Just knowing that they can do whatever they want to because when they got started they couldn’t even skate and then some of them are skating at a level that is so unbelievable. You just can’t imagine that ride.”

Noxious announced the championship match-up between the Terminal City Roller Girls and the Kootenay Kannibelles.

He had first seen the Kannibelles skate at last year’s Best in the West tournament.

“I was fortunate enough to be able to announce most of their games last year in Kelowna. They came in and nobody knew who they were and that was one of the reasons why a lot of people didn’t want to play them because nobody knew what to expect,” he said. “To have gone from darlings of the tournament and finishing in the middle of the pack to now going to the national championship, that’s crazy. That shows a lot of commitment and a lot of work. It’s almost unbelievable to me to make that amount of progress in that amount of time.”

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U11 Selects show right attitude Special to the Nelson Star

Nelson Selects U11 girls squad came away with a pair of wins this past Saturday at the Get Your Boots On development jamboree in Cranbrook.

The girls produced stunning displays against Kootenay East Rovers and Kootenay South Thunder to be triumphant.

In the first game of the day Nelson defeated a very tall and tough Kootenay East team 3-1 with the scoreline flattering the hosts. Nelson kept the ball fantastically well, dominating possession and playing the large majority of the match in the Kootenay East final third.

The second game of the day saw the U11’s play their

The U11 Selects team that won two games in Cranbrook included (back L-R) coach Sam Heap, Amanda Creak, Shayla Elias, Sophie Borhi, Bryce Winters; (front L-R) Kaleigh Foxcroft, Michaela Anderson, Rylee Zondervan, Reece Hunt, Ashley Caponero and Mimi Lockhurst.

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The Nelson Selects U12 girls program also sent two teams to Cranbrook. Both teams lost to Kootenay East and in the match against each other, Team White beat Team Blue 2-1.

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tember. The club is currently taking resumes for the head coach and assistant coach positions. If you are interested in coaching go to thekootenayswimclub.com and click on the head coach job description for details.

In the meantime, the swimmers will be attending AA’s and AAA’s long course swim meets before age group nationals in July. We wish the swimmers the best of luck.

The Kootenay Swim Club is in its final month of the season and will be off for the months of July and August and restarting the 2012-2013 season in Sep-

The Nelson Ultimate Frisbee Association is proud to be reviving a once popular ultimate frisbee tournament this summer.

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t’s arrived. Exams done, papers marked, lunch bag stashed away. It’s time to collect your lost and found and head outside for two whole months of play time. It applies to us working folks too, as June allows us to look forward to the dog days of summer to relax, visit with guests and do the things we enjoy as well. It’s all good.

past nine years, the tournament had fallen to the wayside, but this summer it will be back in action and bigger than ever. The Disc Break event will be held July 21 and 22 at Lakeside playing fields. Check out nelsonultimate.ca for more info.

Throughout the summer, the Nelson frisbee fanatics meet at Lakeside every Thursday evening from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. and Sunday from 4 to 6 p.m. to play pick up ultimate. All skill levels are welcome.

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10:30 am Opening Ceremonies : Chamber of Commerce Address by President Chuck Bennett; City of Nelson Address by Acting Mayor Paula Kiss; Southern Interior MP Alex Atamanenko Address; Nelson Creston MLA Michelle Mungall Address; Nelson Pilots Association Fly Over, Nelson RCMP, Nelson City Police, Nelson Firefighters, Nelson Rotary Club

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10:40 am O Canada Heritage Harmony Singers 10:45 am Heritage Harmony Barbershop Choir 11:00 am Logan Carlstrom 11:30 am Laela 12:00pm Nelson Community Band 12:45 pm Brenda McJones Highland Dancers 1:10 pm Rhythmic Dimensions 1:30 pm Roy Has Fire 2:00 pm Glacier Harmony Singers 2:30pm The Shants 3:00pm Pat Henman Band 4:00 pm Playmor Junction 5:00 pm White Lightning Blues Band 5:45pm AKA’s 6:00 pm Myriam Parent 7:00 pm Big Mama Blue 8:00 pm Moving Mosaic Samba Band 8:30 pm Sunshine Drive 10:00 pm FIREWORKS Display Special thanks to The City of Nelson, The Nelson Professional Fire Fighters Association, Heritage Canada, Celebrate Canada, RDCK Areas E, F, H, The Nelson and District Chamber of Commerce, and many community-minded businesses and organizations.

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After nearly ten years of writing songs and performing professionally, Alex has started a new chapter with the release of her highly anticipated first album as a solo artist, A Lot Less Gold.

Anne Waters: Is a new local performer. She worked as a teacher at J.V. Humphries School in Kaslo. We are supporting her new venture into performance.

Chizelspank: Is an ensemble of musicians from North Kootenay Lake, who give a North Lake spirited spin on traditional folk tunes. So far, they have appeared at small local venues. We are bringing them to a larger audience.

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of heavy rock ballads. Where else would you hear a version of ELP’s eponymous ‘Oh Lucky Man’ played on piano and kazoo! Taking the experience from earlier music careers, these two dance a merry tune between humor and musical dexterity that gives an enjoyable lightness to their performance.

Buckman Coe: If he had a horse, he might be Samurai. But instead of waving a katana around, it would be an ukulele or a guitar. And he’d be singing downhome Americana, sun-sweetened folk and soul-drenched blues. You might ask yourself, “Who is this cheerful Mongol horseman?” because rather than crushing skulls with his bare hands he’d be squeezing a black accordion and soothing your soul with a voice purer than the look in his eye. There have been comparisons with Jeff Buckley, Ben Harper and Genghis Khan. But Buckman is more than the sum of his influences, and the musician slash yoga instructor is as interested in the health of the global consciousness and respect for the planet as he is a bunch of people getting together to listen to live music and dance.

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Ron McKilligan & Friends: Ron McKilligan is a long-time banjo musician, performing in many ensembles, and is the kind of musician that loves to perform live and loves the opportunity to banjo-jam with other musicians. For the Folk Festival, he will put together a group of mus cians that he plays with from across the region.

Stone Crow (Ian Haynes): The words that best describe the lyrics and mood of Ian’s music are dark, foreboding, and ominous with a glimmer of hope and beauty. Ian was born and raised in rural farmland Quebec into a family that nurtured his musical development. His father is a jazz guitarist, his mother a vocalist. Both recognized and encouraged his love of music. After several years of performing in the Montréal and Toronto folk music scenes, Ian now lives in the mountains of rural British Columbia.

Dawna McLennan: Dawna McLennan aka Harp Pixie is an emerging singer-songwriter, set to record her first CD in the fall of 2012. Her voice has been described by triple Gold Record winning recording-artist Pamela Polland as having “a pure, bell-like quality [that is] associated with some of the finest vocalists, and it’s both a pleasure and truly soothing to hear her sing.”

Open Jam w/ Randy B: Randy is pleased to host the Open Jam for the Kaslo Folk Fest. Randy offers an eclectic mix of original and cover tunes accompanied by acoustic guitar. Randy has been performing in the Kaslo area for several years now and has made appearances at the Kaslo Hotel, the Saturday Market, the May Days stage.

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Thomson says opposition to effort hurts the community Continued from Page 1 get into the regional airline business. They’re making a major investment into their own company and it’s a good opportunity for them to come in and capitalize on their investment.

It’s a great opportunity for future economic development,” said Thomson.

Even though the service to the Castlegar airport is unreliable at times, Thomson said they are doing an exceptionally good job with what they have.

“But one of the things that has always been a detriment to developing extra business and getting business coming in here is reliable air transportation throughout certain times of the year,” he said.

Business people and tourismbased companies like Baldface and Whitewater often struggle with the unreliability of air transportation to the region, which can have a negative impact to their businesses.

“There are a number of indi-

“There are a number of individual consultants that work out of here and use Nelson as a base and do business all over Western Canada or even the world and they have a tough time getting out.”

vidual consultants that work out of here and use Nelson as a base and they travel and do business all over Western Canada or even the rest of the world and they have a tough time getting in and out,” said Thomson. “A lot of the times I think they end up getting in their car and driving to Cranbrook or even to Kelowna to get a reliable flight in and out of the area. It adds extra time and travel to their business abilities.”

Thomson also shared his disappointment with the opposition

to the presentation by councillors Candace Batycki and Donna Macdonald.

“I think it’s a bit disappointing and I understand where councillor Batycki is coming from and there are certainly environmental concerns in a lot of different areas,” he said. “I don’t know if saying that WestJet is something that we don’t want to have happen in the City of Nelson, I don’t think that that was in the best interests of the overall community.”

Ask the Professionals CHRISTINE PEARSON Sales Associate

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Why is my home taking so long to sell?

This is a fabulous opportunity to sit down with your Realtor® & analyze why this may be. Have you had many prospective Buyers come to see your house? If not, find out why?

Ask your Realtor® for some current market data to see where your property sits in the housing market at this time. Find out how many days on average a home is on the market before it sells. Is your home priced accurately? How is your property being marketed?

Does your home look appealing on the MLS website & during showings? Are there some quick fixes and affordable solutions that may showcase your home better?

Take the emotion out of the equation, and look at your property as a stranger might see it.

Remember what attracted you to your property in the first place and make some notes. Discuss these things with your Realtor® and have your ideas incorporated into their marketing strategy. Try and listen to the advice and expertise your Realtor® is offering you. They are on your team and trying to sell your home and get you on your way to the next chapter that awaits you.

Make your property a STAR (Stand out, Transform, Attract, and Return on your Investment) if you have further questions, don’t hesitate contacting me.

RHC Realty Each office individually owned and operated

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Jenny Heston

Archie Laurie

Certified Professional Coach and Certified Life Coach

Licensed Home Inspector

When was the last time you played?

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Do you remember when you were a kid and you counted the days until school ended? Finally that last day arrives and you dash home with a heavy backpack filled with all your projects and left over pencils and there was this great big feeling of “Whoo Hooo!” The world opened up to all sorts of possibilities. Swimming in the lake, visiting somewhere new, sleeping in, hanging with your friends, eating popsicles whilst sitting on a swing watching the leaves in the tree above you glisten in the sunlight. The days were lazy, lovely and the only thing to do was play and BE. Often as we get older we lose that sense of child like wonder and we think we are too old, too smart, too grownup to go bounce on the trampoline, have a water balloon fight, dash through a sprinkler. You know what? That is so not true!

When we continually turn down opportunities to play, giggle and do something out of our comfort zone, we are squashing our internal playful being. What emerges is either the “fuddy duddy”, as I call it, you know the one? Imagine that dour person who sits on the sidelines critiquing everything and not participating and saying “You would never see me do that.” Or the other one that comes out is the small child who sits on the bench, swinging their feet thinking “I wish I could, but I can’t”, watching the other kids run around, laugh, play and have fun. Do you remember that feeling? Personally, I don’t want either of those to come out as I want to Play! I want to feel life course through me and I don’t give a flying fig what other people think, whether they think it is daft, inappropriate – not my issue.

When children play, they become smarter because new neuron connections are formed in their brains. Play has been described as the work of childhood, the place where the greatest learning occurs. Yet great scientists and spiritual leaders are often similarly playful.

So try playing this summer. Jump in a puddle on your way home from work. Take your lunch hour and eat watermelon with a buddy and spit seeds.

Hop on a swing. Do something different. Play and laugh until your sides hurt. You’ll feel much better, be more productive and those niggly cares and worries won’t seem so important.

Jenny Heston 1-250-509-1240

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What’s the best way to protect your investment in your home?

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Your home is like your health.

You have to maintain it to enjoy a long life.

A comprehensive Home Maintenance Inspection by a professional home inspector can be the best investment that a home owner can make over the lifetime of their home. Did you know that the leading cause of home fires is due to lack of home maintenance?

All homes try to speak to their owners by sending messages that are cries for help. Yet many people don’t understand these signs and signals. This new Home Maintenance Inspection service is easy and affordable. It can be of great value to home owners because of three key things: It will Assist you by interpreting what you home is trying to tell you and will help you recognize early warning signs to avoid major repair costs. In other words, it can help prevent minor issues from turning into major repair problems.

It will give you Comfort by identifying the defective items that require immediate attention. It will also let you know which marginal items can be deferred to a later date, pinpointing a list of future items that can be put into a maintenance plan.

It will also Protect you and your home by giving you customized, seasonal, home maintenance guidelines and an extensive list of neighbourhood contractors and service professionals.

A Home Maintenance Inspection helps you stay on top of your home’s health.

Take your home’s health as seriously as you take your own and start creating a plan for your home’s long-term health.

Your home will be glad you did!

Archie Laurie (250) 551-0324 archie.laurie@abuyerschoice.com

Claudia Kavcic

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What is a Watsu treatment?

A little history about Watsu, Watsu first began in 1980 by a man named Howard Dull. He took moves from his own Shiatsu practice and brought it into the Harbin Hot Springs. Then, he linked one move to another and coined the term Watsu or Water Shiatsu. In general, Watsu is moves and stretches done to the breath, while being held and floated in warm water.

Its use is similar to massage for therapy, and is so much more because it induces a meditative state, interweaving different aspects of the self, reducing stress, and allowing for personal growth. Because Watsu is performed in water, it settles us into deeper states of relaxation. Being held close by the practitioner may be difficult to accept on land, but in the water it is welcomed because it keeps us afloat. Being floated at the level of someone’s heart makes for a strong heart connection, resulting in great emotional healing benefits.

It was said in Egypt that water is given the soul as compensation for taking on a bodily form. In water, our bodies find the freedom the soul has lost.

Watsu is the continuing exploration of that freedom. When the whole body is in continual movement, each move flowing gracefully into the next, there is no way to anticipate what’s coming next, which allows for new possibilities of freedom. This freedom is cradled and entrusted to the arms of the Watsu practitioner.

Each person is different in what they get out of a Watsu. It is a very creative and multidimensional experience where no two people come at it or react to it in exactly the same way. Watsu should be approached with an open mind with no expectations and welcomed as a precious gift of freedom. It enables the most basic of human necessities for one to receive touch. As Sandra Wooten states: “Touch not only influences how we move, react, or respond to our environment, but, how we know and experience ourselves.” Being touched and touching others is fundamental to our survival. It gives us our knowledge of depth, density, and form, and continues to influence our physical, emotional, attitudinal and spiritual nature throughout our lives.

250-352-3280 Toll Free: 888-288-0813 www.relaxationredefined.com

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Community Reach Grads Celebrate Earlier this month five students from Kootenay Lake School District were honoured at the 2012 Reach Program graduation ceremony hosted at the Hume hotel. Head teacher/counsellor Jordon Konken (far right) and youth and family worker Karee-Ann Stuart (far left) accompany the graduates (from L to R) Hazen Donet, Brooklynn Leman, Nick Fitzgerald, Hube Mehan and Brandon Leman. The evening was well attended by family and friends and included encouraging words from Nelson-Creston MLA Michelle Mungall, School District superintendent Jeff Jones and principal of L.V. Rogers Tim Hutteman. submitted photo

Ask the Professionals Paul Gaucher Registered Acupuncturist & Chinese Herbalist

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What’s the signifi cance of the Meridians in Chinese Medicine?

Over 5,000 years ago, the ancient Chinese discovered a subtle energy system in the body that can’t be seen as a physical structure such as with bones, nerves or blood vessels. The Chinese discovered and identified twelve acupuncture meridians (or pathways) along which a subtle electrical energy known as Chi, travels in the human body. Quantitative measurements have demonstrated that there occurs a nearly twenty-fold drop in electrical resistance at acupuncture points that are located along these meridians.

These 500 acupuncture points, mapped and used for centuries to optimize human performance, are connections between the meridians and functions of the body, including internal organs and muscles. When the flow of life energy to a particular organ is deficient or unbalanced, patterns of illness can occur. The Chinese were, therefore, especially concerned with eliminating energy blockages in the meridians, and used acupuncture needles and herbs to draw awareness to specific areas of the body--rebalancing these channels and the patients health. Acupuncture and herbs can have a profound effect on circulation, and hormone and neurotransmitter levels in the body to improve health. For more info visit www.nelsonacupuncture.com

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Ojas Cats

Henry Moscalenko

Derek Diener

Owner/Artist

Certified Personal Trainer / Wellness Coach Owner, Kutenai’s Finest

Mortgage Broker

Can I have a tattoo removed or lightened to cover up a bad tattoo?

Yes, Cats Tats is now certified as an EliminInk Tattoo Removal Specialist. Through a specially-formulated process, EliminInk bonds with ALL tattoo inks resulting in a tattoo removal procedure that is NON-colour dependent unlike that of laser.

The EliminInk tattoo removal system is similar to the original tattoo procedure. The EliminInk solution is applied using a tattoo over procedure. Instead of implanting ink or pigment, EliminInk’s specially-formulated solution bonds with the original tattoo and then draws the ink to the skin’s surface. In addition the EliminInk solution also contains a scar-inhibiting product, which helps to minimize or provent scarring. The treatment is less painful and faster than other treatments and is simple, safe and easy to use on all skin types.

This product is also perfect for removing part of a tattoo or to lighten a tattoo enough to put another over.

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Call or email for your personal consultation today!

Nelson Medical Clinic 250-352-6611

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What are the keys to effortless running?

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This is what we found during the thousands of miles, spent on various terrain and in numerous running competitions exploring natural, effortless way of moving your body through space as fast as your feet can turn.

Effortless state of mind • Use playfulness and childish curiosity rather than a sense of grim duty. Don’t push yourself too hard.

• Explore lightly, making small changes, looking for the feeling of gliding, barely touching the ground.

Visualize!

• Visualization gives your body-mind a very crisp and clear scenario to follow when it comes to performing a physical activity. It also gives you a taste of the effortless feeling you should be looking for on your runs.

Running posture, arm swing and leg position • Keep a straight line through ankles, knees, hips, shoulders and top of the head.

• To run, lean that line from your relaxed ankles into the direction you are running, let feet turn placing them under your hips on midfoot and then let them slip from underneath in a circle.

- Arms bent, swinging freely in the direction you are running - Feet and knees point forward - Core engaged at all times Breathing, relaxation and lightness - Synchronize breath with steps - Relax the rest of your body by keeping correct posture - Look for the feeling of lightness in your feet and movement Shoes (if any) • Effortless running is best done in a minimalist shoe, just to protect your foot from sharp objects.

• Shoes to try: New Balance Minimus, Vibram Five Fingers, Merrell barefoot shoes • Caution #1: When switching from a conventional running shoe, let your feet get used to barefoot shoes slowly until you forget you wear them.

• Caution #2: If a minimalist shoe is used with the conventional, ‘heel-striking’ style of running, injuries of feet and joints may result after just a few kilometers.

Sign up for our Running Clinics to learn Effortless Running: info@kutenaisfinest.com Let the Gravity take you!

Henry Moscalenko Certified Personal Trainer/ Wellness Coach 250-509 0752 www.kutenaisfinest.com henry@kutenaisfinest.com

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What’s the deal on the new mortgage rules?

On June 21st 2012, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty announced a number of changes related to high ratio (on a purchase with less than 20% down payment) insured mortgage lending rules that will take effect July 9th, 2012. These changes have been put in place to help address Canadian household debt levels.

Key changes include: 1. Reducing the maximum amortization period for high ratio insured mortgages to 25 years from 30 years.

2. Lowering the maximum amount Canadians can borrow when refinancing using insured mortgages to 80 per cent from 85 per cent of the value of their homes.

3. Reducing total debt service (TDS) ratio for high ratio insured mortgages to 44 per cent (previously 45%).

4. Limiting the availability of governmentbacked insured mortgages to homes with a purchase price of less than $1 million.

Given mortgage debt is the best debt (lowest interest rates on debt, on a appreciating asset) Canadians have, I believe they are focussing on the wrong debt. Consumer debt (credit cards, vehicle financing, unsecured line of credits) is were the Finance Minister should focus his attention.

These rules force poeple to pay down their mortgages quicker and keep equity in their homes which is a good thing, although it will make it tougher for first time homebuyers to enter the market.

For any information on how these new rules may affect you please don’t hesitate to contact me anytime.

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Office (250) 229-5711 Cell (250) 505-5850 Fax (888) 628-2867 derek@derekdiener.com

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Away to The Races

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Making a nest is easy… once you have the right materials, say home schoolers (L to R) Adielle Lewis, Galena Suzy Hamilton photo Lewis, Myra Reasoner, Kai Dykstra-Braumandl, Lu Geraghty and Dove Geraghty.

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Adielle Lewis picks up a piece of bark she found outside the door and inserts it carefully into the nest — just like the birds that build them. She is helping make a display for the opening of the Kokanee Park Visitors Center July 1.

She and six other home schoolers volunteered to build the osprey nest for the new Web of Life display with the help of osprey biologist Marlene Machmer.

“We want to show people what it looks like in those big nests we see on the poles and buoys,” said Machmer.

She and the children scrutinized a picture of a nest and once the materials were identified — moss, bark, twigs and grass — the materials were quickly gathered.

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for the nests,” Machmer told the children. “Like bailing twine and even diapers. And of course, the odd Canada Goose egg.”

She explained to the students how the Canada Geese have moved into the osprey nests, a delay for the osprey that can set them back considerably.

This is the second season the centre will be operated by the West Kootenay EcoSociety. Last year the organization received a Community Legacy Grant from the BC Conservation Foundation to provide upgrades to existing displays and make them more interactive.

The nest is part of a larger display that weaves the bear, kokanee, eagle and osprey together in the Web of Life display depicting the different life cycles of the kokanee salmon.

Murals were also upgraded to be more interactive.

This year the centre will be open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. thanks to grants from Columbia Basin

Trust, RDCK’s Area E, F and H as well as the Young Canada Works program who is funding two summer students with the Friends of West Kootenay Parks.

“This is a real coming together to make this happen,” said the centre’s co-ordinator Mel Reasoner. “We will have yoga and a great dance fitness program for men and women in the morning, hikes, more kids day programs and the evening presentations will continue seven days a week.”

Reasoner said that volunteers were the key to the success of the centre last year and he invites interested residents to come out to the centre for a shift.

New this year is the RedFish Festival, Sunday August 26.

“This is a great opportunity to celebrate the return of the fish and learn more about how they contribute to the web of life,” said Reasoner.

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MAGLIO BUILDING CENTRE Did you know that: We can sell and install your new laminate Åoor?

We can sell and install your new silestone countertop?

We can sell and install your new tile shower?

We can sell and install your new kitchen cabinets?

We are proud to have helped and served our community for the last 35 years.

Community Master Corporal Tyler Salmond

Former soldier from Nelson joins ranks of search and rescue

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Brigadier-General Martin Galvin (left), Commander of 2 Canadian Air Division, presents Master-Corporal Tyler Salmond with his Search and Rescue (SAR) Jump Wings during the Search and Rescue Technician Course 45 graduSgt. Robert Bottrill photo ation parade held in Comox earlier this month.

They’ve done it again! The Nelson Chapter of the Kootenay Lake Hospital Auxiliary gave a big boost to the KLH Foundation’s Breath of Spring campaign. Their $5,000 donation will help purchase a Lifepak 15 monitor for the Emergency Room.

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COMOX — Following almost a year of some of the most intensive training in the Canadian Forces, Master Corporal Nelson’s Tyler Salmond has received his Search and Rescue Technician (SAR Tech) Wings and distinctive orange beret.

MCpl. Salmond joined the Canadian Forces in 2002 as an infantry soldier with the 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry based in Edmonton. He served as a sniper in Afghanistan in 2009.

Following his tour to Kandahar, he set out for a new challenge as a Search and Rescue Technician.

“I want to thank my family and friends for being so supportive along my journey to becoming a SAR tech,” said MCpl. Salmond.

The road to become a SAR Tech was not a short nor easy one. It started with a pre-selection process conducted in Edmonton and Jarvis Lake, Alberta. From a group of 31 hopefuls trying to become the next generation of SAR Techs, only eight actually became candidates on course. From there, the real challenge started.

“The most challenging portion of the course for me was the parachuting phase,” said MCpl. Salmond. “I had to get used to some new equipment

and a different style of parachuting from when I used to do it in the army.”

MCpl. Salmond will now be posted to 442 Transport and Rescue Squadron in Comox.

SAR Tech training is run by the Canadian Forces School of Search and Rescue, located at 19 Wing, Canadian Forces Base Comox. The school pre-

“I want to thank my family and friends for being so supportive along my journey to becoming a SAR tech.”

Tyler Salmond Master Corporal

pares SAR Tech candidates to perform life saving missions throughout Canada, in some of the harshest weather and environmental conditions. Whether they are jumping into surf from a helicopter, rappelling down a cliff, parachuting into arctic winds or scuba diving into murky waters, SAR Techs are known for their ability to reach those in need.

“At the end of the selection phase I knew that I had a very strong group to work with. They arrived on course from a variety of backgrounds and jelled as a team very early,” said Sergeant Paul Moquin, senior instructor

for SAR Tech Course 45. “Their dedication to the SAR Tech profession and to each other has been proven time and again and I am proud to say that I was their course ‘NCO’.”

Working with other Canadian SAR partners, the Canadian Forces plays a vital role in a world class SAR system that answers the call of those in need.

The forces annually respond to approximately 8,000 incidents, tasking military aircraft or ships in about 1,100 cases.

As primary care providers, SAR Techs travel on all military SAR aircraft.

The Canadian Forces’ responsibility for aeronautical and maritime SAR extends over 15 million square kilometres of land and sea — an area one-and-a-half times that of Canada’s landmass.

The aeronautical SAR area extends from the US border to the North Pole, and from approximately 600 nautical miles (1,111 km) west of Vancouver Island in the Pacific Ocean to 900 nautical miles (1,667 km) east of Newfoundland in the Atlantic. The maritime SAR mandate includes the ocean waters within this area, as well as the St. Lawrence Seaway and the Great Lakes. SAR incidents under the federal SAR mandate are defined as “all aircraft incidents and all marine incidents in waters under federal jurisdiction.”

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Having lived a beautiful life, Albert George Edwards of Kaslo, BC left us on June 18, 2012 in his 91st year. Born in Cluny, Alberta, Albert farmed with his father until he moved to Kaslo in 1947. He worked in the mining industry and in highway maintenance as a labourer, carpenter and machine operator. Albert’s love of family and friends was always evident whether he was playing cards, camping, fishing, gardening, fixing or building something new and precious. He will be sadly missed by his loving wife Irene of 62 years, children Don (Wendy) Edwards, Glenn (Marie) Edwards, Joy (Howard) Fletcher, Leah (Roy) Honkanen, Connie (Jeff) Hum, 10 grandchildren, 7 great grandchildren and sister Grace (John) Bell. A Celebration of Life was held 2:00 pm, Friday, June 22, 2012 at the Kaslo Legion Hall. As an expression of sympathy, donations in Albert’s memory to the Victorian Hospital of Kaslo Auxiliary Society, Box 607, Kaslo, BC V0G 1M0.

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Gordon E. (Gordie) Jameson On Thursday, June 21, 2012 Gordie Jameson of Castlegar passed away at the age of 66 years in the KLH. Gordie was predeceased by his parents and his youngest son Randy. Gordie is survived by his wife Gail, his son James & Brandi, grandson Kristopher & granddaughter Ashley, his son Douglas & Amanda, brother Gary, niece Kim, nephew Rocky and family, and many other relatives in BC and Alberta. Gordie was known for his music as well as all the deliveries of explosives. A celebration of Gordie’s life will be held at Taghum Hall in Taghum BC on Saturday, June 30, 2012 from 1 - 5 pm. Cremation has taken place.

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4 OUT OF 5 PEOPLE WITH DIABETES DIE OF HEART DISEASE.

Much loved husband, father, Bopa, brother, uncle and cousin, Ralph Hansen, passed away suddenly on June 18, 2012 at the age of 71. He is survived by his wife, Patricia, children, Catherine, Susan, Dennis and Douglas (Rebecca), grandchildren Jordan, Taylor and baby Jack, honourary grandchild, Sarah, sisters Marcelle (Heinz) Grupe, Adele (John) Erickson, sisters-in-law Judy Hansen and Donna Salby, nieces Debi, Carroll, Amanda, Pamela, Nicole, and their families, and Squirrelly, the cat. He was predeceased by his parents, Lucien and Barbara and his brother, Peter.

Ralph was born in Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg on October 26, 1940. He was raised mainly in Esch and Differdange, Luxembourg. As a teenager he trained to be a baker. His family immigrated to Canada in 1956 arriving by boat at Montreal and then moving further west to finally settle in Winnipeg. He then worked for a number of bakeries in Winnipeg, before moving west to beautiful BC with his family in 1967.

He worked for several Super-Valu stores in BC before finally settling in Nelson to own and operate Hood’s Bakery. Besides his own kids, many other Nelson kids passed through Hood’s Bakery either hanging out or helping out. Pressing tart shells on a Saturday afternoon earned many a kid a couple of spending bucks.

In 1982, Ralph and Patricia sold the bakery and he then worked at bakeries in Calgary and Kitimat, eventually deciding to leave baking behind. He went into business for himself as a general all-round handyman, lawn care worker and snow shoveller. For many years, he could be seen driving around in his distinctive vehicles with a canine companion at his side.

In his youth, Ralph was an avid bicyclist, pedaling all over Winnipeg. Later on when he was finally settled in Nelson he was involved with the CB club, teaching judo to local kids, and the local Lion’s Club.

He jumped on the computer bandwagon early and had a succession of computers planted on his desk since the 1980’s. He and the family liked to take trips camping around BC, visiting the States and taking trips back to Winnipeg to visit Patricia’s family.

The last few years he had slowed down a bit but was still doing work for a few selected people, just enough to keep busy and out of trouble.

We’re sure there are many people out there that can tell you that he’d give you the shirt off his back. He would help anyone who needed it.

He didn’t really judge anyone and he liked to break the rules and maybe every now and then “get your goat”. There are many Ralph stories to be told! Many folks have been recipients of his bread, cookies and pies over the years. He and these goodies will be sorely missed.

Last year for their 50th Anniversary daughter Sue finally rallied Ralph and Pat along with Ralph’s friend, Tim McDaniel, to get out of town with her and head for Europe to see Luxembourg one last time.

We’re so happy that they finally went and had such a wonderful time.

It was one of his greatest wishes fulfilled. Ralph has three awesome grandkids and he was very proud of them. We are so happy that he got to meet baby Jack at least once.

We would like to thank our neighbours, Larry and Glenda Pasutti for their valiant efforts in trying to save Ralph, the BC Ambulance Services for continuing their efforts, the Nelson Fire & Rescue for their backup and support, and the Nelson City Police for their calm kindness during this really sad event. More thanks to our neighbours and our friends for their wonderful help and kindness over the last few days. We hope you know who you are and we love you all.

Cremation has taken place and arrangements are under the care of Thompson Funeral Services Ltd. There will be no service by his request and burial of his ashes will take place at a later date.

There will be a Celebration of Life for family and friends on Sunday, July 1, 2012 from 2:00-6:00 p.m. at the Hansen’s home on Falls Street. This is an informal gathering to share stories, a drink or two, and some nibbles. If you have any stories to share you can e-mail them to Susan at susanhansen@shaw.ca.

In lieu of flowers, you can make a donation to the Alzheimer’s Society of BC, Heart and Stroke Foundation of BC and Yukon, or a charity of your choice. If you so choose, you can buy yourself a good bottle of Scotch and hoist a few in memory of Ralph.

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Help Wanted ENGLISH INSTRUCTOR A part-time position at our Castlegar Campus In this part-time (80%) position, you will prepare and instruct Introduction to Literature in a face-to-face format and College Composition in both a face-to-face and online format. This is an 8-month assignment from August 20, 2012 to April 30, 2013.

You have a Master’s degree in English, although a more senior-level degree would be welcomed, and excellent communication and time management skills.

Experience with online teaching would be an asset.

ON-CALL FINANCE SUPPORT A variety-filled role at our Castlegar, Nelson and Trail Campuses From data entry, petty cash control and freight shipping/receiving to dealing with the public, filing or working in the mailroom, no two days will be the same as you support the wide range of Finance Department areas.

A detail-oriented multi-tasker, you have high school graduation and at least one year of the Business Administration Program or a designating Accounting Program.

With two years’ related experience, you have proven proficiency with the MS Office suite and are both speedy and accurate with an adding machine. Experience in FRS and with duplicating equipment would be an asset.

FINANCE CLERK—STUDENT ACCOUNTS A customer-oriented temporary part-time position at our Silver King campus in Nelson You will take on a full range of accounts receivables and finance functions including: cash control, receiving student payments, generating and reconciling revenue reports, making NSF notifications and collections and monitoring delinquent accounts. You’ll also ensure the accuracy of data input, process refunds, deliver bank deposits and prepare invoices.

Highly motivated with excellent attention to detail, you have high school graduation, at least one year of the Business Administration Program or a designating Accounting Program and 2 - 3 years’ related experience. Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to deal with the public courteously and professionally are also expected.

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SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 8 (KOOTENAY LAKE) Casual Computer Technician(s) Nelson Area

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

Desired training and experience: ¡ Completion of a two (2) year post secondary technical diploma, recognized industry certiďŹ cation or equivalent combination of training and experience working in the information technology ďŹ eld. ¡ SigniďŹ cant experience in current Microsoft server and workstation operating systems; network design and components; and supporting a variety of technology devices, including tablets, netbooks, workstations, smartphones, among others ¡ Microsoft CertiďŹ cation (MCSE) preferred ¡ Windows based software including spreadsheets, word processing, database, etc. ¡ Minimum 3 years’ experience ¡ Electronic experience would be an asset ¡ Driver’s license Please submit your application with an updated resume to the undersigned by 4:00 P.M., Friday, July 6, 2012.

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

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Help Wanted An Alberta Construction Company is hiring dozer, excavator and labour/rock truck operators. Preference will be given to operators that are experienced in oilďŹ eld road and lease construction. Lodging and meals provided. The work is in the vicinity of Edson, Alberta. Alcohol & Drug testing required. Call Contour Construction at 780-723-5051.

CertiďŹ ed Crane Operator required for local construction projects please email resume to timberlinemill@shaw.ca Kaslo: Looking for someone too deliver newspapers from Kaslo to the Lardeau Valley on Fridays. For more info email circulation@nelsonstar.com

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Kootenay Society for Community Living is looking for Home Share providers to provide support to individuals with development disabilities in Nelson & Castlegar. For more info contact rcordinerksck@telus.net or call 352-0867 for Nelson or hr-kscl@telus.net 365-2625 ext 2 for Castlegar Sears Nelson is looking for a part-time customer service person. Successful applicant must be physically ďŹ t, some heavy lifting involved. Please reply with resume to Sears Nelson.

T-MAR INDUSTRIES located in Campbell River is hiring for the position of Heavy Duty Mechanic. Position comes with a competitive beneďŹ t package and applicant must possess a valid driver’s license. For details visit www.t-mar.com Contact Tyson Lambert by Fax: 250-286-9502 or by Email:tysonlambert@t-mar.com

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To the left is a den, ideally placed to double as a home office, while ahead is the great room, featuring a dramatic double-height ceiling, as well as a gas fireplace flanked by an optional entertainment unit. Large windows look out to a large, partly covered terrace, accessible from the dining room, which is situated in a bayed-out space with windows on two sides.

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Rotary Gives to Skatepark, Issues Challenge Jim Reimer of Nelson Daybreak Rotary (centre) presents a cheque for $10,000 to Claire de La Salle and Rob Levesque of the Kootenay Lake Outdoor Skate Park Society, to go towards installing a skatepark near the Nelson Community Complex. KLOSPS is just $90,000 shy of their goal to raise the $600,000 for project. Reimer is challenging other service groups to match Rotary’s donation, so KLOSPS can break ground on the skatepark this year.

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THIS IS YOUR COMMUNITY • THIS IS YOUR NEWSPAPER The Nelson Star is proud to be your community newspaper, but we need your help.

If you have an event, organization or accomplishment that the Nelson area needs to know about, here’s your chance. Simply email us a write up, photo or tidbit of information and we’ll print it.

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Mission Accomplished

5:45 am

It’s never a typical day in Nelson

LEFT — Even before school kids have eaten breakfast, the team of Kootenay Lake school district bus drivers prepare to get the students to school. Though he retired after 25 years as a bus driver, Larry Link (left) still pulls shifts when needed.

On this day he was first to arrive to the yard. After preparing coffee for the other drivers, Link did a thorough safety check of the bus he was going to pilot for the morning. Before hitting the road for the day, all drivers must ensure their rides are up to the task.

The 11 Nelson-based buses service kids from Harrop/ Procter to Viewridge. The first student is picked up at 7:15 a.m.

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ver the course of a day in Nelson there are thousands of moments big and small. In a community as vibrant as ours, it’s not difficult to capture at least some of these moments for all to see.

On Wednesday, June 13 a team of four Nelson Star photographers hit the streets with the goal of documenting life in our town. Star reporter/photographers Megan Cole and Sam Van Schie were joined by editor Bob Hall and wellknown local photographer Fred Rosenberg in this mission. In the pages the follow you will see the results of their hard work.

Hall started the day at 5:30 a.m. when the sun was rising and the community was getting ready for the rainy spring day ahead. Though the bustle of the day had yet to take hold, there was still plenty to see.

Van Schie handled the late morning and early afternoon shift where the downtown area comes alive and folks get down to business.

Cole was charged with wrapping up the day in the late afternoon and into the evening. She captured the town in its transition between getting work done and the vibrant nightlife beginning.

Throughout the day, Rosenberg did what he does best — capture people in their essence. Still shooting on film in a digital age, the veteran photographer turns the average scene into art.

We had a great time blanketing the community with our lenses.

We discovered that it’s true, there’s never a dull moment in our eclectic home. We hope you enjoy this peek into life on our streets as much as we enjoyed shooting it.

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6:10 am RIGHT — Making the community look beautiful in the spring just doesn’t happen. Before starting his shift at the Prestige Lakeside Resort as a server at Ric’s Lounge and Grill, Jake Cobus made sure the hanging baskets around the property were equally ready for the day. Cobus is a new arrival to Canada, having left his native South Africa four months ago and arrived in the Kootenays shortly after that. Cobus said he is thrilled to be in his new hometown and is looking forward to the summer months ahead.

Bob Hall photo

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6:25 am LEFT — The fantastic smells pouring out of the back of Kootenay Bakery Cafe bring the morning air alive downtown. Dustin Eagleston’s (left) shift begins at 4 a.m. to ensure that all the fine treats and breads are ready for customers by opening. Now in her fourth year working at the cooperative bakery, Eagleston is seen here taking chocolate croissants out of the oven.

Bob Hall photo

6:40 am ABOVE — Jim Plamondon (right) shares a laugh with Wait’s News morning regulars Frank Bourgois, Dean Fair and Gord Brewer. The trio have coffee at the Baker Street cornerstone every morning. When asked how long they have been coming, Brewer answered: “I don’t know... forever. As long as there is coffee we’ll get up.”

Bob Hall photo

7:10 am LEFT — Maryanne McClelland and pal Indy take a stroll along the waterfront pathway in front of the Chahko Mika Mall. Before taking her goldendoodle for a walk, McClelland had already had her own workout at the gym. Her day began at 5:15 a.m.

Bob Hall photo

7:38 am ABOVE — Framer Lori Clyde gets the nail gun fired up in Rosemont where she is part of the crew building an eight-plex. Clyde recently packed her toolbox and arrived in the Kootenays from Vancouver.

Bob Hall photo

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7:50 am RIGHT — Train engineer Aaron Shrieves prepares the locomotive for the day’s Kootenay run. A nine-year veteran for CP Rail, the 33-year-old was busy with the morning crew making sure the brakes were working properly. The morning shift for this train’s crew will last ten hours.

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8:02 am BELOW — After looking for a job in Calgary, Peter, stands at the corner bus stop of Ward and Baker. Still upbeat after being shut out in Alberta, he was looking for a ride back to his home north of Kaslo.

Fred Rosenberg photo

8:10 am RIGHT — 103.5 The Bridge music director and afternoon drive host Dustin Stashko pulls the morning shift. Stashko — who has been at The Bridge for a year now — started his day at 4:30 a.m. to prepare for the Morning Grind. The 25-year-old originally hails from Edmonton.

Bob Hall photo

8:30 am LEFT — St. Joseph’s Elementary crossing guard Heather Hardy helps ferry children and adults across the busy intersection at Ward and Mill streets. Hardy pulls the volunteer shift three times a week and enjoys the interactions with the kids and motorists who happily wave as they pass by.

Bob Hall photo

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8:47 am LEFT — Nelson crown counsel Philip Seagram dives into his day at his third floor City Hall office. The veteran lawyer spends plenty of time amongst the mountains of files in his office, which is the staging ground for the many hours he spends in court. From murder cases to shoplifting, the crown lawyers have to conduct a tricky juggling act each and every day on the job.

Bob Hall photo

9:03 am ABOVE — The Nelson Downtown Local Market is a big event on Wednesdays and those who operate booths are up early to prepare for the day. Brian and Heather unload their cube van full of starter vegetable plants. The couple operate a highway farm near Glade and sell their plants at a booth at the popular market during the summer months.

Fred Rosenberg photo

9:14 am ABOVE — One of the most popular local stops on a Nelson morning is Oso Negro on Ward Street.

Nikko and his daughter Tika head to the buzzing gathering place for a cup of java and a snack.

Fred Rosenberg photo

9:37 am RIGHT — Morning, afternoon or night, the corner of Ward and Baker streets is one of the busiest intersections in the downtown — human and vehicle. Gathered in front of Wait’s News, Kleg (middle) describes the recent motorcycle accident that broke his leg to a couple of his buddies. Fred Rosenberg photo

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9:41 am LEFT — It’s a distinctive Uphill smell — roasting coffee. The wafting originates at Oso Negro’s HQ on Latimer Street where they roast, package and distribute the beans that have put Nelson on the coffee map.

Ned Woods (left) has been roasting beans at the local company for more than six years. Using an 80 year old coffee roaster that was designed and built in Germany and is completely manual (“I am the computer,” says Woods), the crew at Oso can do up to 25 batches a day. At temperatures between 200 and 220 Fahrenheit, each batch takes about 12 minutes to roast. In this batch Woods was taking the green beans from Ethiopia and preparing them for distribution. Oso Negro coffee is not only for locals, the company ships its renown beans to other communities in BC and Alberta.

Bob Hall photo

9:55 am LEFT — Amongst the bustle of downtown, there’s always plenty of sound coming from the street thanks to a variety of buskers — regular and passing through. Bex — a music school student at Selkirk College — broke out her guitar at the corner of Ward and Victoria streets and sang original songs with a folksy and personal feel.

Fred Rosenberg photo

10:10 am ABOVE — Mechanic Colin DeRosa inspects brakes at Nelson Ford. One of a team of five mechanics at the Railway Street dealership, DeRosa started working at Nelson Ford in high school and has been with the company for 18 years. He says he loves his job because it challenges and pushes him every day.

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10:15 am Letter carrier Pat Blomme gets set for his day inside the Gray Building. The local carriers usually start their day around 7:30 a.m. They will spend the first couple of hours sorting their routes in preparation for their daily walk. Blomme, who has worked for Canada Post for 11 years, is responsible for the “Walk 5 Route” which includes the area around High Street, Chatham Street and View Street.

Walking between 12 and 15 kilometres each day in one of the more dramatic areas of the community is a big change from his former territory in the flats of Calgary. “It’s cross training every day,” says Blomme, who is also a standout goaltender in the local Gentleman’s Hockey League.

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11:04 am LEFT — SPCA volunteer Cassie Leclair, 25, enjoys a moment with Samantha, one of the adult cats awaiting adoption at the Nelson branch. Leclair has been volunteering at the SPCA for four years.

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11:19 am ABOVE — Nelson Bylaw officer Fred Thompson puts a ticket under the windshield of a truck parked at an expired meter.

Sam Van Schie photo

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1:01 pm RIGHT — Catherine McGrath begins a live recording of her eclectic music show, Mad for Trad, in the Kootenay Co-Op Radio studio. Her show is broadcast weekly on Wednesdays at 1 p.m. and Sam Van Schie photo Mondays at 5:30 p.m.

1:15 pm LEFT — Mark Weigeldt, bike mechanic at Gericks in Nelson, fixes a Sam Van Schie photo broken fork on a mountain bike.

1:54 pm RIGHT — Mat DeVito repairs shoes in the basement of Vince DeVito Specialty Footwear. Here he’s sawing the soul off a shoe in preparation to rebuild it with a thicker base. This is something he does for people who need one shoe taller than the other to compensate for one leg being shorter than the other, such as after a hip replacement.

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2:15 pm BELOW — June Crichton, volunteer in the Hospital Auxiliary Gift Shop in the lobby of the Kootenay Lake Hospital, organizes the shelves of donated used books.

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2:44 pm ABOVE — Norah Thiessen, 2, gets a lift off the slide at the Lakeside Sam Van Schie photo Park playground from her mother Sydney.

2:51 pm RIGHT — Kyla Jakouickas arranges potted orchids at Bella Flora in Herridge Lane.

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3:29 pm LEFT — Patrick Blanch practices his tennis game at the Lakeside Park outdoor court.

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3:35 pm LEFT — Vadim Kristopher checks his progress on a haircut for Tarynn Lloyd.

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3:45 pm ABOVE — Andrew Duff gets some love from the dogs he takes care of at All Play Pet Care & Adventures.

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4:17 pm LEFT — Crystal Shepherd sews up holes in a pair of kids jeans in her studio at Crystal’s Custom Sewing & Repair.

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4:21 pm LEFT — The Fisherman’s Market offers up delicious seafood to local’s like this young fish lover who was snacking on a little candied smoked salmon while his parents picked up dinner for the evening’s meal.

Megan Cole photo

4:32 pm Above — While busy shoppers stopped at the Kootenay Co-op on their way home from work, employees made sure the shelves were stocked with everything they needed for dinners, lunches and snacks. This Co-op employee stacked fresh lettuce while the after work chaos moved around him.

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4:40 pm 4:57 pm ABOVE — Young skateboarders took to the indoor skateboard park at the Nelson and District Youth Centre after school. The Youth Centre is a destination for skaters who have few places to practice their skills around town.

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ABOVE — “Where’s my library card? I know I saw it in her somewhere.” Nelson book lovers make stops to return books and swap for new ones while the librarians move in the background making sure books make it back to their homes in the stacks ready for eager readers.

Megan Cole photo

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5:17 pm LEFT — Jazmyn Nord, 9, and Phoebe Lazier, 11, (behind) paint clay busts they made in their artist of the month class on Italian sculptor Michelangelo at 4 Cats Studio on Victoria Street.

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5:43 pm RIGHT — A late afternoon coffee break at Oso Negro provided Adam some time to work on his computer during a slow time at the popular refuelling destination.

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Nelson Star Wednesday, June 27, 2012

A Day in the Life of Nelson

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5:55 pm LEFT — As customers finished the final sips of their coffees, the staff at John Ward Fine Coffee started the end of the day clean-up wiping down display cases and tables, and vaccuming the espresso machine.

Megan Cole photo

6:20 pm While ball players played at the Queen Elizabeth Park diamond in Fariview, a few of the Nelson Cal Ripken squad took a break to pet a friendly dog.

Megan Cole photo

6:35 pm ABOVE — Nelson’s Dairy Queen is a destination for locals and tourists throughout the summer months.

Staff create sweet treats for crowds who wait in the hot sun for something to provide a little relief from the heat.

Megan Cole photo

6:43 pm RIGHT — During one of the quietest periods in the downtown, Kaya took the opportunity to get some reading done on Ward Street.

Fred Rosenberg photo

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A Day in the Life of Nelson

Wednesday, June 27, 2012 Nelson Star

6:59 pm ABOVE — Having to get his truck to the repair shop the next morning, Marc gets a closer look at what he can do to get in shape to drive down from his Mill Street residence.

Fred Rosenberg photo

7:19 pm ABOVE — Taking a pause from the action inside the Royal Canadian Legion, Brian enjoys a smoke break on quiet evening in the downtown.

Fred Rosenberg photo

7:50 pm ABOVE — The tables were full inside The All Seasons Cafe as hungry diners sat down for a late dinner.

Behind the scenes chefs worked hard in the hot kitchen to plate up pastas, salads, desserts and more.

Megan Cole photo

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Nelson Star Wednesday, June 27, 2012

A Day in the Life of Nelson

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8:31 pm LEFT — Local musicans take the stage at The Royal on Wednesday nights to share new songs and covers of old songs. In the crowd other musicians and music lovers gather to hear the night’s offerings.

Megan Cole photo

8:56 pm ABOVE — Travellers from Kamloops, this trio hung out on Ward Street soaking in some of the early evening action in the downtown.

Fred Rosenberg photo

9:01 pm LEFT — Pool players are a fixture every night of the week at Mike’s Place. Even though this pool player and his friend felt they hadn’t been playing a good game, they enjoyed laughs and some cold beer as the sun went down around Nelson.

Megan Cole photo

9:12 pm ABOVE — It was Wednesday night darts at the Royal Canadian Legion where Tom and Rich engaged in a game.

Fred Rosenberg photo

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Wednesday, June 27, 2012 Nelson Star

A Day in the Life of Nelson

10:15 pm

10:38 pm

ABOVE — While dancers and partygoers arrived at Spiritbar on Wednesday night, DJ Sweet Pickle got the early arrivals moving with his mixes of old songs and new beats.

ABOVE — Before the bars became lined with thirsty customers, Spiritbar bartenders prepared for the chaos by filling bottles, cleaning glasses and stocking shelves.

Megan Cole photo

Megan Cole photo

the photographers Megan Cole

Sam Van Schie

Fred Rosenberg

Bob Hall

Megan Cole is a reporter at the Nelson Star and the editor of {vurb}. Cole received recognition for her photography earlier this year with a bronze at the Ma Murray Awards and a silver at the Canadian Community Newspaper Awards. While she spends her time focused on words, Cole loves that photos can bring a reader into a different aspect of a story.

Sam Van Schie is a reporter and photographer for the Nelson Star and a regular contributer to {vurb}. She enjoys taking photos to illustrate her stories and at the community events she covers on a daily basis. Van Schie loves noticing her photos and stories clipped from newspapers and pinned to bulletin boards in local businesses and schools.

Fred Rosenberg has been documenting every move in the Nelson area for decades. The veteran photographer’s approach is to study a scene and capture the essence of the individual without them knowing. His work has been shown in many venues in the area over the years, including Touchstones Nelson. All of his photos in this section were captured on film.

Bob Hall is the editor of the Nelson Star and has been turning his camera on Nelson area people and events since 1994. He has been on the frontlines of forestry battles in the forest and captured countless sporting moments over the years. Helping document the history of our community and its people through photos is his favourite part of the job.

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