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The owner of the Johnsons Landing Retreat Centre admits when the landslide tore through the small Kootenay Lake community in July, he was concerned about how it would affect business.

The weekend the landslide came down, the retreat centre was preparing for the arrival of its biggest event of the year.

“People were just about to come in, but fortunately it happened before they got here, so that was good for them,” said Richard Ortega.

The retreat centre had not been directly affected because of its location behind a ridge, but Ortega said it took them a month to get the facility operational.

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It’s been another busy summer for Whitewater Ski Resort.

With the addition of the Glory Ridge Chair, the resort’s skiable terrain doubled last season. Now it’s upping food service capacity and expanding the parking lot to keep pace with growth on the mountain.

Whitewater’s new 24-foot food truck is expected to roll into Nelson next week. The truck was ordered custom made from a company in California.

“We’ll have it parked outside our new office at 602 Lake Street during the off season, and for ski season it will be at the base of Glory in a new post-and-beam shelter we built for it,” said marketing and operations general manager Anne Pigeon.

The truck, affectionately named Pow Chow, will offer menu items from Fresh Tracks Cafe and be outfitted with an espresso machine to brew up Oso Negro coffee beans.

Nelsonites will no longer have to wait for the hill to open to get their favourite Whitewater grub — the food truck will serve it year round. In addition to being stationed in front of Whitewater’s downtown office, the truck will also travel to community events and festivals.

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Meanwhile up at the ski hill, construction is underway for a parking lot expansion that will add 100 new parking spaces. Parking lots A and B will be connected to allow drivers to circle through the lots without turning around.

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know the parking lot has been a bit of a frustration for years.”

As well, inside the lodge the table service area near the bar has been expanded to accommodate 40 more seats.

“We’ve blown out a couple of the walls and repositioned the bar, so it’s much brighter and warmer and a lot more inviting,” Pigeon said.

Finally, three new runs have been added through the old growth forest on the Glory side.

“There’s some logging that’s gone on in there that’s really opened it up,” said Pigeon. “It’s such a pretty, pretty place where the new runs are going in, and it has a really nice fall line, so skiers will get a straight shot from top to bottom then just get on the lift.”

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Provincial Politics

Liberals still looking for a candidate The Nelson-Creston Liberal Riding Association says it will have a candidate in the May provincial election, but there’s no word when they’ll announce whose name will be on the ballot.

Association president Debby Zeeben said no date has been set for a nomination meeting and couldn’t speculate when one might occur.

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A one-day strike by the B.C. Government and Service Employees’ Union (BCGEU) hit the sidewalks of Nelson Wednesday afternoon.

According to the union, the one-day work stoppage is being observed by approximately 25,000 BCGEU members province-wide at more than 700 government worksites across BC. In Nelson there were 100 picketers on sidewalks in front of the BC Liquor Store (right), the Victoria Street government building and Nelson City Hall. Essential service levels were guaranteed during the strike, which is being observed by BCGEU workers as a response to the group lacking a contract with the government since last March.

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going on,” she said. “We’ve been talking with a number of individuals who are interested in becoming involved with the process.”

The Nelson-Creston Greens, meanwhile, have already announced their unofficial candidate will be Sjeng Derkx as they look to get a head start on campaign fundraising.

In previous elections, parties typically announced their candidates in the early fall.

In the 2009 provincial election, former premier

Josh Smienk was the Liberal candidate in the 2009 election.

Gordon Campbell made a campaign stop in Nelson to support Liberal candidate Josh Smienk.

Smienk, who served two decades as a director for the Regional District of Central Kootenay, captured 31 per cent of the vote, finishing about 4,000 tallies behind the NDP’s Michelle Mungall.

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News Monthly Weather Wrap

August sun doesn’t disappoint BOB HALL Nelson Star Editor

Kyle & his parents Kim & Bob Patton are over the moon since Alicia Laree Patton has joined their family.

Thanks to all our family & friends for there support & thanks to the Ministry, Social Workers & to Chuck & Linda who cared for her in the first years of her life.

Mother Nature made it up to sun worshipers in August.

The Southeast Fire Centre released its monthly weather statistics earlier this week and this August was the second driest on record.

“It was a drastic change

from the record breaking wet conditions during the previous two months,” weatherman Ron Lakeman stated in his monthly report. “High pressure dominated for a very warm and dry August.”

There were only two days when the weather office recorded rain. A mere 2 mm combined fell on those days.

The only year on record with

less rainfall was in 1967 when only a trace was measured.

The scarce precipitation was five per cent of normal.

Though no records were broken in terms of temperatures, it was a scorching month. The average daily high temperature was 2.7 degrees above average.

The hottest day of the month was recorded on Au-

gust 19 when the mercury touched the 36.8 C mark.

The hottest day on record for August was also back in 1967 when it hit 40 C. The lowest temperature of the month was recorded on August 25 when it dipped to 4 C. Last August was also hot and dry with only 3.2 mm or rain falling in 2011.

Fear not a factor at Johnsons retreat Continued from Page 1 “We spent a lot of time hand watering the gardens.

We have over two gardens, just trying to get water was a challenge,” he said.

The centre was without water, hydro and road access for some time after the landslide.

“One of neighbours had a thing on the back of his truck with a pump and a tank, so we were bringing water up from the lake and we put a swimming pool up above the garden so that we could siphon water in. At first we were hand watering everything. Just trying to keep everything alive when there was no water was a real challenge,” he said.

Despite the evacuation order implemented by the Regional District of Central Kootenay following the land-

The slide came down in a chute around a ridge from the Johnsons Landing Retreat Centre.

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slide, Ortega never left the retreat centre.

“I didn’t feel any reason to leave because I felt perfectly safe in this location,” he said.

Guests seem to echo Ortega’s feelings about being safe in the retreat centre. He said few have any interest in

the slide at all.

“They all feel really safe,” he said. “None of them even talk about the slide. Some go up and take a look, and ask some questions, but no one has any fear. We’re all perfectly safe right here.”

When asked why people are drawn to Johnsons Land-

ing, Ortega commented on the solitude and beauty of the community.

“It’s an hour away from Kaslo, so for a retreat centre it’s the perfect location because the last thing you want to do is put a retreat centre next to a road,” he said.

“It’s nice and quiet. There is clean water and clean air and an incredible view and forest. It’s like paradise up here. It’s at the end of the road so you don’t just end up with people driving by and making noise and partying because they really have to go out of their way to get here. People are also drawn to the Fry Creek Canyon.

There are lots of folks who drive up here just to hike the canyon.”

The Johnsons Landing Retreat Centre hosts about 150 guests per year.

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Kootenay Medical Centre Dr. David Sonnichsen and his team are pleased to welcome new patients to Nelson’s newest family practice clinic.

The Stories Behind Our Streets

Three key colourful characters We live on them, use them as routes to our destinations and walk them every day. They are Nelson’s streets. Like most small communities, the names of Nelson’s streets are really markers of our history. Names like Ward, Foster and Elwyn are easy ways to describe where we live or how to get there, but they are so much more.

As part of our year-long series of Pioneer Profiles, the Star

has decided to break up the fantastic tales being told by reporter Greg Nesteroff with some smaller tales on the stories behind the city’s street names.

These pieces are written by local historian Shawn Lamb and originally appeared in the Nelson Daily News.

We hope you enjoy finding out more about our history that stands on almost every corner.

STIBBS STREET: Nelson’s Greatest Airport Advocate

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tibbs Street, near the Nelson cemetery, was named for Norman C. Stibbs, mayor from 1938-47 and 1950-52, four times being elected by acclamation. Born in Ontario in 1884, Stibbs joined the CPR in 1903, later transferring from the east to Alberta and finally to Nelson in 1917.

He began his community service at his arrival and continued until his death in 1972. Over the years he was active in both the Shriners and Oddfellows lodges, was a member of the hospital and library boards,

executive member of the Red Cross, Chamber of Commerce, Sea Cadets and senior hockey club, and was a charter member of the Nelson stamp club. He was honoured as a freeman of the City of Nelson in 1947.

After a term on city council in 1936-37, Stibbs retired from the CPR to become a full-time mayor.

His mayoralty is especially remembered for the support he gave to the creation of the Nelson airport, which was named for him when licensed by the Department of Transport in 1972.

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McDonald and his wife Edith raised four daughters and a son in Nelson. He was active in the Board of Trade, Rotary Club, and Masonic Lodge and served three terms as alderman and four as mayor between 1910 and 1927. He was also MLA from 1928-32. McDonald died in 1957.

CREASE AVENUE: The Controversial Judge Crease

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dward Albert Crease is remembered in Crease Avenue in Rosemont. Born in England in 1862, he came out to Ontario and joined that province’s supreme court as a solicitor in 1888. Nine years later he moved to Nelson to set up a legal practice.

In July 1897 he was appointed police magistrate for Nelson. But when he reported to city council to begin work, he received no response. Council proposed a different appointee and unanimously passed a motion protesting Crease’s appointment and questioning the power of

the provincial board of licensing commissioners to ignore the city’s suggestion. Crease held the position into 1898 when he became a stipendiary magistrate for the county of Kootenay as well.

Known as Judge Crease, he contributed to Nelson’s social, religious and political life. A member of the Masonic, Sons of England, and Knights of Pythias lodges, he also sat on the Nelson library and school boards, and ran (unsuccessfully) as Liberal candidate in the 1909 provincial election. He was also active in the Anglican church.

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Editorial The zeal for wheels

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en years ago a group of local car enthusiasts hatched the Queen City Cruise in Nelson. Though hardly ground breaking — public displays of pride in your ride is as old as the automobile industry itself — these locals wanted to turn the weekend into a community celebration.

When the tenth annual Queen City Cruise revs up its engines tonight, the Nelson Road Kings organizers can take pride in having accomplished their mission.

Nelson seems like an unlikely place to stage such a significant celebration of chrome and rubber. With an accelerated eye on the environment, trumpeting machines that consume gasoline seems like an unlikely fit.

Yet, if you wander through the huge crowd on Saturday you will be left with a different impression.

Car lovers are not enemies of the environment. They are passionate folks with a hobby and love for nostalgia. Like any pursuit, they take pride in the hours they put in and the outcome of their toil. In events like the Queen City Cruise, they are able to celebrate their zeal for wheels. We are happy to join the party with them.

Busy weekends like the one now upon us are vital to the local economy. Whether it was the Kootenay Pride weekend that kicked off September or a winter full of Nelson Minor Hockey tournaments, the more reasons we give for folks to visit and feel good about our little slice of paradise, the better.

Congratulations to all those who have been part of the Nelson Road Kings event over the past ten years. You have cemented the Queen City Cruise in the early-September calendar and Nelson is better off for your efforts.

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.

E-MAIL LETTERS TO: editor@nelsonstar.com The Nelson Star is a member of the British Columbia Press Council, a self-regulatory body governing the province’s newspaper industry.

The council considers complaints from the public about the conduct of member newspapers. Directors oversee the mediation of complaints, with input from both the newspaper and the complaint holder. If talking with the editor or publisher does not resolve your complaint about coverage or story treatment, you may contact the B.C. Press Council. Your written concern, with documentation, should be sent within 45 days to the B.C. Press Council, 201 Selby Street, Nanaimo, V9R 2R2. For information, phone 888-687-2213 or go to bcpresscouncil.org

MLA Column — Michelle Mungall

Students drowning in debt

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abour Day long weekend has come and gone, and students are now back in classes. There’s a lot of excitement on BC’s post-secondary education campuses as students reconnect with friends, meet new instructors and settle back into campus life. As the BC NDP opposition critic for Advanced Education, I particularly enjoy this time of year as I travel the province speaking with students about the issues on top of their minds.

To date, no one has asked for help with their first mid-term. Rather, everyone wants to talk to me about student finances.

Not surprisingly since students’ costs and how they are going to pay for them has become their numberone concern according to national studies. There’s tuition, books, fees, rent, utilities, transportation, mac ‘n cheese, and the occasional night out. More and more students also have to pay childcare and feed their kids.

In the last ten years under the Liberals, tuition in BC has doubled. At the same, BC continues to have the highest interest in Canada on student loans while being the only province that fails to offer students financial needsbased grants. The result at the end of a four year program is an average $27,000 debt, and this doesn’t include credit card debt or lines of credit with private lenders. Debt is not for the few either. Fifty four per cent of BC students have a student loan debt.

Recently, Sean Leslie from CKNW radio asked

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On Wednesday afternoon, Selkrik College students celebrated the start of the term with song and games at Nelson’s Tenth Street Campus. Though smiles were aplenty, Nelson-Creston MLA Michelle Mungall says with study comes financial struggle.

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me if students struggling to make ends meet wasn’t a right of passage. Historically, that may have been the case, but the reality is that today’s young generations are much worse off than their parents.

A recent article by Paul Kershaw in The Province discusses this very point and notes student debt is “markedly higher” for today’s generation. High usage rates at campus food banks is also a sign of increasing student poverty.

Now compare that with campuses not even having a food bank thirty years ago.

Eighty per cent of students work either part or full-time to stay afloat, and say that their financial stresses are impacting their studies. Part of this stress reflects students’ purchasing power being considerably less than Bob Hall Editor

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when their parents went to school. The average Canadian minimum wage in 1976 was $10.50 in today’s dollars. That’s more than today’s minimum wage in BC. Students have to shell out more to go to school, more for rent, more for food and are getting paid less than their parents. All this at a time when 80 per cent of jobs will require some level of post-secondary education by 2017.

Financial stress being the reality for the vast majority of students, many banks, schools and columnists do their best to advise students on how to survive the debt. As someone who continues to survive my $20,000 student debt, I would also like to add my advice. It’s easy. Go vote.

Tuition, loan interest rates, grants, minimum wage, rent controls –all

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of these are decided by government. That’s why Quebec students took to the streets, and that’s why young people need to show up at the polls. Every vote is counted, and when young people don’t show up to vote, their issues are ignored.

The BC NDP has put $100 million on the table for financial needs-based grants. Other parties will put forward their ideas for students too. Students can make sure they have their say on these proposals by showing up to a polling station on May 14, 2013.

So when you see me on BC’s campuses, tell me you plan to do something to make students’ lives better.

Tell me you’re voting.

Michelle Mungall is the Nelson-Creston MLA. Her column is featured once a month in the Nelson Star

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Letters to the Editor

Serving Nelson & Area Since 1987.

Getting it right for seniors The BC government has been given a unique opportunity to improve the lives of seniors in the province if it follows the 176 recommendations made by the BC Ombudsperson, Kim Carter, in her recently released report ”The Best of Care: Getting it Right for Seniors in BC”.

Kim Carter is visiting Nelson and Castlegar on September 12 and 13 to present her findings to all those interested in seniors’ care, with special

reference to the West Kootenays.

In Nelson, she will speak on Wednesday evening, September 12 at 7 p.m. in the Nelson United Church Hall (602 Silica Street). The following day, she’ll make a similar presentation in Castlegar from noon to 2 p.m. at the Castlegar Recreation Centre (2101 6th Avenue). An optional lunch, by donation, will be available at 11:30 a.m. Both presentations are free of charge.

The BC government needs encouragement to fully implement the BC Ombudsperson’s recommendations. The public is encouraged to come out, learn about the report and what concerned citizens can do to urge immediate government action. To read the full report go to bcombudsperson. bc.ca For a 14 page summary of the report go to bchealthcoalition.ca Nelson and Area Society for Health

Archdekin provides much inspiration Re: Letter to the editor “Crushed, but still determined” (August 29, 2012).

I was stunned to read that Mr. Steve Archdekin was not allowed to participate in this year’s Cyswog ‘n’ Fun event.

When I first read about him in the Star in the July 20 edition, I had to clip out the article and have kept it since as a motivational piece to remind me who true heroes are.

There I was complaining of some back pain when I read of how much he suffers from his illness and still pushes through with grit and determination to do what he lovesit keeps me moving when I would otherwise stand still.

And here are the organizers of the Cyswog ‘n’ Shun, as I will now call the event forever, who have the audacity to tell this man that he can’t compete because he takes too

long to complete the event.

This is beyond hypocrisy and prejudice, this is a level of stupidity that I have not seen in my 17 years in Nelson.

Instead of accommodating this man and bringing him to the forefront for all to recognize and be inspired by, they have pushed him into the shadows and, as he said, made him feel “crushed” from their actions and prejudiced judgements. If the organizers think they are “moving forward” so that they can bring the event to the level of say, the Penticton or Hawaiian triathlons, they will have a mighty big fight ahead of them. There are enough of those elitist events and we don’t need another one in this town.

My advice to those in charge is to offer this man a full-page apology and beg

HUGS. To the two great men who helped me unlock my car after my keys got locked inside. Your kindness was greatly appreciated!

SLUGS. To the bitter senior citizens and angry people who won’t let Nelson evolve. You judge us or complain about “young” people even though you don’t like to be judged yourself. Don’t be so rude, we are the next generation of this town. Let’s treat each other with respect. Just because you are older and “wiser” gives you the right to not let us skateboard, work at charities, walk our dogs at a certain time, enjoy a wedding celebration. Heck, even starting our cars at 6 a.m. when we work for a living. I think it’s time we all got along, don’t you SLUGS. To people who get angry at cashiers for store prices and policies. You realize they just work

him to participate in next year’s event as a flag bearer to inspire all the other people out there who will now have second thoughts about competing in the event or other events because they may feel they are not good enough.

Myself, I’ve been in the event twice and had lots of fun, but the fun is out of it now and unless I see some kind of apology to Mr. Archdekin, I will never enter again and will be sure to tell all my friends and anyone who is willing to listen to stay away from this, now, no-fun elitist event.

Keep moving Steve, you have a huge groundswell of support. And if they ask you back, tell them politely that the event just doesn’t meet your standards any more.

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there right? And have little to no influence over such things. You are just venting and taking out your frustrations on the innocent (which can ruin their day thank you). If you want to be productive, bring it up with the people in charge.

HUGS. To the small family owned optometrist on Baker Street who helped me get contact lenses when I need them most! You were considerate and understanding to my situation. I will have no problem spending at least $500 on lenses, glasses and an exam!

- No longer blind boy SLUGS. To South Kootenay males who mislead women with false descriptions of who they are and what they want. Slugs to them for getting so blasted at parties that they need to be shoveled into their pickup truck with a skip loader.

If you have a Hug or a Slug... we’d like to hear it.

Simply email us at editor@nelsonstar.com with your short quips, compliments or complaints.

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The Regional District of Central Kootenay has the following vehicles available for bid: 2006 Hyundai Santa Fe GL – DARK BLUE 148,368 km, V6 cylinder 4WD to sell immediately.

MINIMUM BID: $ 7,500 2006 Toyota Matrix - GRAY 171,500 km, 4 cylinder AWD to sell immediately.

MINIMUM BID: $ 6,500 These items will be sold “as is/where is”. All sales are final. No warranties expressed or implied.

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For additional information or to make arrangements to view, contact Randy Matheson, Administrative Assistant rmatheson@rdck.bc.ca or 250 352-8153.

SEALED BIDS marked “Hyundai Santa Fe BID or Toyota Matrix BID” will be received at the Regional District or Central Kootenay Office, Box 590, 202 Lakeside Drive, Nelson BC V1L 5R4 up until 2:00 pm, September 21, 2012.

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Exhibition and Slide Show

The Bugaboos on film

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The Bugaboos - A Celebration in Story & Image comes the Capitol Theatre at the end of the month and features photos from locals like Kari Medig (above). The show is a fundraiser for Keep Jumbo Wild.

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early a century ago, photographer Albert MacCarthy shot the very first climbing photos in the Bugaboos with his folding Kodak camera.

Now, he and his wife Bess’s treks to the top of unclimbed and unnamed Bugaboo peaks in 1916 open an exhibit of spectacular Bugaboo photography by amateur and professional photographers at the Capitol Theatre during the month of September.

The Bugaboos - A Celebration in Story & Image was curated by renowned Invermere photographer and climber Pat Morrow.

Morrow and his wife Baiba will be in Nelson to present a breathtaking slide show at the Capitol of their quest to

climb the highest peaks in all seven continents on Tuesday, September 25.

“This Bugaboo exhibit will provide the impetus for one and all to explore this gem of a park in their big backyard, with or without cameras, and discover for themselves the challenge of the heights and the nurturing effect of nature,” says Morrow.

Nelson area photographers Kari Medigand and Douglas Noblet join Morrow and 23 others, in contributing these stunning images. The pictures are accompanied by text on the “interpretive” panels.

Extended captions describe personal experiences in the Bugaboos, whether they are first time visitors or veterans who have sought both refuge and challenge there.

Medig’s trademark “I wish I was there” photo from his

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Bugaboos to Rogers Pass ski traverse, Noblet’s distinctive aerial shot of the Howser Spires at dusk and Morrow’s “humans in nature” photos are among these memorable images.

The show was launched last year to commemorate BC Parks Centennial, and the natural and human history of Bugaboo Provincial Park. It was initiated by a significant grant from the Province of BC as part of BC Parks 100 — Arts in the Parks program with sponsorship support from Columbia Basin Trust, Canadian Mountain Holidays and Kicking Horse Coffee.

The show is a fundraiser for the Keep Jumbo Wild campaign.

For more information about the show and the Morrow’s upcoming slide show visit ecosociety.ca.

The Oxygen Art Centre has announced the beginning of its final artist residency for 2012.

Throughout the month of September, local artist Ian Johnston will be working on two installations for an upcoming Canadian tour of his project: Reinventing Consumption.

Starting in 2010 with research at the European Ceramic Work Centre in Holland, the project continued at Red Deer College in 2011, and more recently at Columbus State University in Georgia where Johnston was resident artist in their visiting scholar program.

The Oxygen Art Centre residency is an ongoing exploration of Johnston’s invention for vacuum forming wet clay. During the residency, Johnston will be working two-fold. One: a large breathing installation called The Chamber. Two: a wall installation of block printed, vacuum formed ceramic elements formed over a 1940s steam kettle found on Hall Street.

On Friday, September 28 there will be an artist talk at 7 p.m. On Saturday and Sunday the studio will then be open between 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. to see the works.

Oxygen Art Centre is located 3 – 320 Vernon Street (back alley entrance) in Nelson. For more information head to oxygenartcentre.org.

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THE NELSON OVERTURE CONCERTS SOCIETY PRESENTS

INNA FALIKS (PIANIST) SEPT 15TH

8:00 PM

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Adults $24 Students $14 A Celebration on Four Wheels

Called “A delight to hear” and “riveting” by Phil Greenfield of the Baltimore Sun, Inna Faliks played her debut with the Chicago Symphony at age 15, and performs regularly at major venues in US and abroad.

A winner of many international competitions including the 2005 International Pro Musicis Award, Ms. Faliks has recently performed at Carnegie Hall, Paris’s Salle Cortot, Metropolitan Museum, Bargemusic a recital tour of Russia, and in multiple TV and radio broadcasts worldwide.

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

The 10th annual Queen City Cruise takes over Nelson’s streets this weekend. The ode to chrome and rubber fires up on Friday night at 6 p.m. with the cruise rumbling from Bogustown to the downtown. The show-andshine rises Saturday morning with an afternoon trophy presentation and poker run. The raucous rooftop dance at the Nelson parkade closes the weekend. Warming up the events Friday will be the Nelson Chrysler Soap Box Derby (above). The homemade racers will fly down Kootenay Street from Carbonate to Baker starting at 5 p.m.

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The future is in our hands- Let’s all commit to supporting our local businesses, so we can ensure a strong, vibrant and sustainable community.

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Women are invited to free weekly drop-in skill share sessions on Fridays as part of the Nelson and District Women Centre’s Community Threads Project, which also offers free monthly workshops on a variety of Fibre Arts topics. Every Friday come bring a project, receive help when needed, and share a cup of tea with other women.

Drop-ins run from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Nelson and District Women’s Centre.

Professional storytellers from around the Nelson area have committed themselves to showing up on the first Sunday of every month as a way to deepen the craft. Every month the support of this professional experience has brought forth delightful and touching stories from the oral tradition, personal experience and history. Set your imagination on fire while bringing truth to your soul the first Sunday of every month at 7 p.m. at the Back Alley Studio with the Nelson Storytelling Guild.

The Nelson Technology Club is a growing, independent initiative to nurture technology advancement within the local community that meets every Wednesday. Meetings run from 6 to 8 p.m. at 207-601 Front Street.

Saturday, September 8 is International Literacy Day. Enter Nelson Public Library’s literacy contest from September 1 to September 22. Celebrate with us by letting us know all the ways you use your literacy skills every day. Just fill in an entry form at the library to win prizes.

It’s so easy!

The Parkinson SuperWalk will take place in 15 locations in BC and in 90 communities across Canada, including Nelson. SuperWalk aims to raise $3 million nationally and $325,000 in British Columbia. Proceeds from SuperWalk directly support the goals of Parkinson Society British Columbia. Go to parkinson.bc.ca to register as a walker or to make a donation. The 17th Annual Parkinson SuperWalk in Nelson will take place at Rotary Lakeside Park on September 9. Registration begins at 10 a.m. Walk starts at 11 a.m.

The 2012 Scotiabank and BC SPCA Paws for a Cause will take off from Lakeside Rotary Park on September 9 with pets and owners gathering for the fundraiser. Registration starts at 9 a.m. and the walk starting at 10:30 a.m. (changed from 11:00 a.m.). Registration is $25.

Dinner with the Doctor combines a wonderful plantbased banquet, followed by a presentation by a health professional, with Q&A to wrap-up. Sunday, September 9. Dinner with the Doctor will feature Dr. Sid Kettner.

His topic, Hypertension and Stroke. Don’t miss this opportunity to enjoy a great heart-healthy meal, get recipes, and ask the doctor questions of importance for you.

Dinner With The Doctor is at the Seventh-day Adventist Church and begins at 6 p.m. To participate, please phone 250-551-2374 and leave your name and phone number

by Thursday, September 6. We need to know how many to prepare for. This is a free event, however, a donation would be appreciated.

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Bonnington Regional Park free outdoor movie on Sunday September 9, showtime at 7:45 p.m. For more info and movie title, contact brps@telus.net.

Do your suffer from insomnia? Is lack of sleep putting your health or the safety of others a risk? Community First Health Coop begins its fall education series on Wednesday, September 12 from 12 to 1 p.m. with a presentation on sleep related issues by Mark McBride, pharmacist at Remedy Health. Come and find out some effective ways to be more rested and ready for what the day might hold. Bring your lunch and join us at 518 Lake Street in the Stoddart Room on the second floor for another in our series to support health related issues in the community.

Seniors/caregivers, the BC ombudsperson, Kim Carter, will present a summary on Wednesday, September 12 of her report’s 176 recommendations to the BC government, which includes how to improve home and community care for seniors in West Kootenay communities. A question period will follow her presentation. Admission by donation. The presentation begins at 7 p.m. and runs until 9 p.m. Admission is by donation and the event will be held at the Nelson United Church Hall.

The new season for Nelson and area Learning in Retirement begins at 10 a.m. on Friday, September 14 at Selkirk College’s Silver King Campus in Rosemont. The season’s first event is a current affairs session with MP Alex Atamanenko speaking on the proposed changes to the federal electoral boundaries. Join us in a lively discussion into the drastic alterations proposed. Functioning under the umbrella of Selkirk College, Learning in Retirement offers a relaxed and fun learning environment — with no exams or tests — for seniors 50+.

New members are welcome. Become a member: annual membership $15; each session is $3. For more information contact Susanne Raschdorf 250-229-4538 or Nancy Pulsifer 250-825-9250.

A warm invitation to Kootenay Lake’s 101st annual Fall Fair on Saturday, September 15. This year’s focus is on developing local food knowledge and security. Explore local produce, flowers and art at the exhibits. Have a tea and a nibble, and partake in games and other competitions. Taste delicious local foods, learn about growing your own food through interactive displays and pick up something local and wonderful at the market. All this and more at this year’s Fall Fair.

Celebrate the fall harvest at the 10th annual Harrop Harvest Fest. There will be lots of local produce, artisans, entertainment, food and more. Harvest Fest runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on September 16 at the Harrop Hall.

Kootenay Book Weekend is September 21 to 23 at the Best Western on Baker Street. Come and join some lively discussion.

The Bugaboos - A Celebration in Story & Image

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was curated by renowned Invermere photographer and climber Pat Morrow and is currently at the Capiol Theatre. Morrow and his wife Baiba will be in Nelson to present a breathtaking slide show at the Capitol of their quest to climb the highest peaks in all seven continents on Tuesday, September 25. The show is a fundraiser for the Keep Jumbo Wild campaign. For more information about the show and the Morrow’s upcoming slide show visit ecosociety.ca.

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, September 28. For further information, call 250-352-7078 weekday afternoons.

Throughout the month of September, local artist Ian Johnston will be working on two installations at the Oxygen Art Centre for an upcoming Canadian tour of his project: Reinventing Consumption. On Friday, September 28 there will be an artist talk at 7 p.m. On Saturday and Sunday the studio will then be open between 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. to see the works. Oxygen Art Centre is located 3 – 320 Vernon Street (back alley entrance) in Nelson.

For more information head to oxygenartcentre.org.

Nelson moms and their supporters are being invited to take part in the 2012 Breastfeeding Challenge. Let’s break the record for the most children breastfeeding at the same time. The event is Thursday, September 29 at 11 a.m. Arrive early to register at Chahko Mika Mall.

This event is dedicated to Gwen Kalyniuk who devoted her life’s work to breastfeeding.

Two self-help workshops led by renowned hypnotherapist Dr. John Tamiazzo will be offered in Nelson in September to offer tools to build self-healing skills and self-confidence. The workshops, entitled Imagery and Self-Hypnosis for Health, take place Saturday and Sunday September 29 and 30.

FUNDRAISERS

Nelson’s SuperWalk for Parkinson’s 2012 will take place on Sunday, September 9 at 10 a.m. at Rotary Lakeside Park. Donations can be made on line at parkinsonsuperwalk.ca. The SuperWalk starts at 11 a.m.

MARKETS

Enjoy Nelson’s Downtown Market every Wednesday on Baker Street from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information visit ecosociety.ca

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. For more information visit ecosociety.ca

To add your event to your online community calendar visit nelsonstar.com.

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News Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal

Mungall puts medals to a vote SUBMITTED Special to the Nelson Star

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Nelson-Creston MLA Michelle Mungall is asking residents in the riding to vote online or by phone for community members to receive a Queenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Diamond Jubilee Medal.

A short listing committee of respected community members reviewed all the nominations received during the month of August and has narrowed the field to 13. From these 13, the public will vote and choose the final four who will have their names put forward to receive medals. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nominations came in from all corners of the constituency, for people from all walks of life,â&#x20AC;? says Mungall. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was great to read about so many amazing people doing amazing work in the community. I know it was difficult for the short listing committee to choose only 13.â&#x20AC;?

The short listing committee, representing all regions of the constituency was made up of

Salmo village councillor Janine Haughton, Creston Advance editor Brian Lawrence, Columbia Basin Trust southwest community liaison and long-time Nelson resident Rona Park, and Kasloâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s JV Humphries principal Dan Miles.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nominations came in from all corners of the constituency for people from all waks of life.â&#x20AC;?

Michelle Mungall Nelson-Creston MLA

The online vote will take place September 7 -21. Residents can learn more about each nominee at michellemungall.ca and then vote once from their computers or by phone. The person with the most votes from each area â&#x20AC;&#x201D; North Kootenay Lake, Nelson and district, Salmo/Ymir, Creston Valley â&#x20AC;&#x201D; will be forwarded on to the Queen for a Diamond

Jubilee medal that commemorates community service. You can also call Mungallâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s at office 1-877-388-4498 to help decide who of the following outstanding citizens will be put forward to the Queens Selection Committee: Kaslo/North Kootenay Lake â&#x20AC;˘ Steve Anderson â&#x20AC;˘ Bruce Walker â&#x20AC;˘ Hugh Walker; Nelson Area: â&#x20AC;˘ Gordon Broster â&#x20AC;˘ Marg Stacey â&#x20AC;˘ Joan Reichardt â&#x20AC;˘ Mary Ann Morris Salmo/Ymir: â&#x20AC;˘ Andrew Raney â&#x20AC;˘ Dorothy Hearn â&#x20AC;˘ Mary Jean Taylor Creston Valley: â&#x20AC;˘ Phil Thomas â&#x20AC;˘ Anne Hepher â&#x20AC;˘ Shannon Nickisch â&#x20AC;&#x153;The decisions were difficult, there were so many worthy nominees, but the selection we came up with represents a great cross section of our communities,â&#x20AC;? said committee member Lawrence.

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2012 •2013 SEASON AT A GLANCE Sing-a-long-a Sound of Music Season Opener Event Saturday September 22, 2012 7pm

Woody Holler and His Orchestra

Alpha Yaya Diallo & His Band Bafing West African Summit Friday April 19, 2013 8pm

Capitol Theatre’s 25th Season Anniversary Show Thursday October 4, 2012 8pm

Capitol Kids Series

Axis Theatre Company

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Nelson Overture Concerts Society

James Keelaghan 25th Anniversary Tour Friday November 2, 2012 8pm

Ballet Jörgen Canada Swan Lake Thursday January 31, 2013 8pm

Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal Night Box, Harry Saturday February 23, 2013 8pm

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The Nelson and District Seniors Coordinating Society is pleased to announce that they have just received $20,000 from the Osprey Community Foundation.

The funds will be used to expand the Home Help Program of affordable assistance with cleaning, laundry, cooking and shopping. These services enable seniors to remain at a level of independence that would otherwise be impossible.

Dr. Nelson Ames of the Osprey Foundation uses the analogy of “not just helping the victims who go over the waterfall, but preventing people from going over the falls.”

The Home Help Program is intended to do just that. The program staff are qualified, have a criminal record check, and are covered by insurance and WCB. The actual cost per hour for the service

is $20, but a sliding scale makes it possible to subsidize qualifying clients.

Other society programs offered by volunteers include: seniors counseling and community income tax service, a falls prevention program with free home safety checks, an elder abuse prevention resource centre, friendly visits and respite for caregivers, transportation to medical appointments and the coordination of the Thursday grocery bus run.

The society will also work with Interior Health to provide rides home from hospital upon release.

Referrals and community information is a priority for the society.

The Nelson and District Seniors Coordinating Society is a non-profit organization, has been helping seniors since 1997.

It is always open to new memberships and volunteers to help with programs or to serve on the board.

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Standup Comedy Saturday March 9, 2013 8pm

Capitol Theatre

Members of the Nelson and District Seniors Coordinating Society and the Osprey Community Foundation gathered in front of the Vernon Street office late last month to celebrate the $20,000 grant that will help bolster services provided to local seniors. submitted photo

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Business Kootenai Moon Furniture Welcomes Toronto Designer

Taking intimidation out of home decorating SAM VAN SCHIE Nelson Star Reporter

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hen it comes to home decorating, it’s all about taking risks: be it trying a new paint colour, a bold piece of furniture or simply hanging the pictures you love but were afraid to display.

This Wednesday, Toronto designer Cobi Ladner of cobistyle will be at Kootenai Moon Furniture in Nelson to introduce her new line of home accessories and encourage people to bravely decorate... with whatever they like best.

“I’m all about making people feel comfortable with decorating and encouraging them to have some fun with it,” Ladner said.

“Home design can be very intimidating. People think they’re no good at it or they’re afraid they’ll make a mistake and feel like they wasted a ton of money.”

Ladner said mistakes are inevitable — she makes them, even professional home designers make them — but she thinks it’s better to show your true colours and have a few things not go right, than live in a home that doesn’t feel like your own.

This Wednesday, Toronto designer Cobi Ladner of cobistyle will be at Kootenai Moon Furniture in Nelson to introduce her new line of home accessories and encourage people to bravely decorate... with whatever they like best.

“Your home should really show your personality,” she said. “I feel successful when people feel empowered to do something they’ve wanted to do, but for

some reason were afraid try.”

Ladner knows about taking risk.

She worked 15 years as editor of Canadian House & Home magazine, one of Canada’s leading design and decorating publications. The position allowed her to see inside some of the country’s best home projects, in terms of interior design and architecture.

She gave that up in 2008 to develop her own line of unique and affordable home accessories.

“I got to the point where I’d seen really high levels of design, on par with anything you’d see elsewhere in the world, and I realized the happiness quotient was not equal to the money spent,” she said. “It was often people in small apartments, who didn’t have a big budget, that were really having fun with decorating and making their homes into wonderful expressions of who they are.”

So, she set out to create colourful items that would jump out at people and that they would feel a connection with.

“There’s enough beige in the world,” she laughed. “I’m trying to achive a line with a lot of personality and a lot of differences, so anyone could find some-

thing they could really fall in love with.

Because that to me is what you should decorate with.”

Kootenai Moon has carried cobistyle since it was first released. Owner Valerie Semeniuk said the line has always been popular in the store and she’s excited to give the people of Nelson a chance to meet the woman behind it.

“I love her use of colour in home decor and I have a great respect for her having been in the home accessories industry for so long,” Semeniuk said.

“I’m thrilled she’s willing to come to the Kootenays.”

It will be Ladner’s first time in the area, and Semeniuk wants to make sure it’s a memorable one. She’s taking the designer on a tour of three local heritage homes and having her stay at the Hume Hotel, another place known for its heritage.

Ladner will be at Kootenai Moon Furniture (located at 476 Baker Street) on September 12, from 5 to 8 p.m. She will talk about her new line of home accessories and answer decorating questions.

For more information about Cobi Ladner’s work, see cobistyle.com. or call Kootenai Moon at 250-352-5530.

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HELLO ALL YOU PUG LOVERS OUT THERE!

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Sept. 8th, 2012

Tell us how your team is doing, email: newsroom@nelsonstar.com

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to be held at Frog Peak Cafe at 1418 Hwy 6 in Crescent Valley from 2pm to 4pm.

All Pugs and friends of the Pug are welcome.

There will be prizes for best dressed pug, biggest pug, littlest pug. Good times will be had by all!

Hope to see you there.

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Danica and Peter Lee show off their finisher’s medals from Ironman Canada.

Nelson Star Reporter

Racing more than 225 kilometres with 3,000 people, Peter and Danica Lee had no expectation of seeing each other on the route of Ironman Canada.

The Nelson father and daughter had trained together for a year to prepare for the three-sport endurance race, spending 25 hours per week swimming, biking and running during the peak of their training. But at the race on August 26, they planned to take the challenge at their own pace and meet at the end.

“When the starting gun went off we gave each other a hug and said, ‘see you at the finish line,’” Danica recalled. “I swam behind him for the first 500 metres, then he got ahead and I thought I’d be by myself for the rest of the race.”

But as luck would have it, the two would meet up several times during the race and ended up running the final marathon together and crossing the finish line hand-in-hand with a time of 16 hours and 32 minutes Peter, 58, raced Ironman once five years earlier. Danica, 23, convinced him to sign up

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again for her first attempt at it.

The pair had to sign up in person a year in advance and pay a couple hundred dollars in entry fees to secure their spot.

The 3.86 km swim, 180.25 bike and 42.2 km run isn’t something you can do without considerable preparation.

Athletes make pacing plans for themselves and carefully plan how much water and nutrition they’ll need to last them through the day. It’s not uncommon to see athletes throwing up or being treated Story continues to Page 15

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Sports Continued from Page 14 by medics at the side of the course.

“You need to think about having enough calories to replace what you’re burning off or you’re not going to make it to the finish line,” Peter said.

But as well as you plan, things can always go wrong. Peter was slowed down during his swim-to-bike transition when the zipper on his bike jersey broke. He had an extra jersey with him, but he had to leave his transition area to get it.

In the time Peter spent getting his jersey, Danica finished the swim and set out on her bike unaware her father was behind her at this point.

He caught up to her during a climb on the bike route.

“We rode, very slowly, together up the hill. Then I went off ahead,” Peter said.

The two saw each other again briefly at a tent, midway through the bike course, where athletes stop to pick up a bag of nutrition and other items that they packed for themselves before the race.

Then during their bike-torun transition, they happened to bump into each other a third time on their way to the portable toilets.

“At that point we decided to stop the silliness and just stay together,” Peter said.

It was dusk when they began their run. Ironman starts at 7 a.m. and participants are required to finish in the 17 hours

before midnight.

As the sun set, runners were handed glow sticks to light their way.

“I think it would have been really lonely, in the dark, without someone to run with,” Danica said.

“I told Danica we couldn’t let an 82-year-old beat us.

We were running as hard as we could to stay ahead of her.”

Peter Lee Ironman Finisher

At one point in the run Sister Madonna Buder, the so-called Iron Nun, ran past them. The 82-year-old from Spokane authored the book The Grace to Race and is the oldest woman ever to complete an Ironman.

“I yelled to her, ‘you’re my hero,’ as she passed,” Danica said.

A while later they passed the nun while she was puking in the bushes (not uncommon, remember). Eventually she passed them again, then they got ahead of her for a while and they continued to leapfrog back and forth like that throughout the run.

In the final stretch, runners enter a kilometre long finish-

ing shoot where fences line the road and spectators wait to cheer on the finishers. When Peter and Danica reached the shoot, the nun was just behind then.

“I told Danica we couldn’t let an 82-year-old beat us,” Peter laughed. “We were running as hard as we could to stay ahead of her.”

They finished just 20 seconds ahead of her.

The next day, the two of them got tattoos of the Ironman logo.

Looking back at the experience, Danica said, “It was one of the greatest things I’ve done in my life.”

Peter said the experience was made better by having his daughter along with him.

“It’s just a lame excuse to hang out with your kid,” he joked.

Peter may be convinced to do the race a third time, because his 14-year-old granddaughter wants to do it in a few years (she’ll need to be 18 to register).

After 30 years in Penticton, this was the final year Ironman Canada will be held there. Next year Penticton will host a Challenge triathlon, which will basically be the same race but with a different sponsor. Ironman Canada, meanwhile, is seeking bids from other cities interested in hosting the event.

Kim Irving of Nelson also competed in Ironman Canada, finishing in 13:23.

Your success is our next story Whether it’s team or individual sport, the Nelson Star wants to hear about it. Tournament victories or personal bests... let us know and we will get the community in on the action.

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Cyswog ‘N’ Fun Results The official results from the Cyswog ‘N’ Fun triathlon long course distance categories that was held in Nelson on the August long weekend.

LONG COURSE TEAM 1 Team Caron Penticton 2 Tachophillics Victoria 3 The Pretenders Nelson 4 2 Dog Crash Nelson 5 Les Grandes Dames Nelson 6 Thorn Between Roses Sirdar 7 The Barrie Bunch Nelson 8 The Spare Triers Balfour 9 Gericks Gerx Nelson 10 Three’s Comnpany Kelowna 11 It’s Miller Time Nelson 12 Team D Cranbrook 13 Tachophobics Nelson 14 Those Two Kids Nelson

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LONG COURSE INDIVIDUAL Women 20-29 1 Sarah MacArthur Calgary 2:17:19 2 Alexandra Yule Castlegar 2:42:45 3 Alice Kruchtetn Vancouver 2:42:58 4 Elanna Nolan Nelson 2:52:28 5 Kelsy Epp Abbotsford 2:54:26 6 Jessica Lupton Nelson 3:03:07 7 Ashley Gibbenhuck Castlegar 3:05:51 8 Megan Cleaveley Vernon 3:10:14 9 Danica Lee Nelson 3:12:42 10 Samantha Van Schie Nelson 3:36:45

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Kootenay Lake Levels September 6, 2012 For the benefit of Kootenay Lake area residents, the following lake levels are provided by FortisBC as a public service.

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7 day forecast: Down 8 to 10 inches.

2012 peak:1753.78 ft. 2011 peak:1751.71 ft.

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7 day forecast: Down 8 to 10 inches.

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Each presentation will be followed by refreshments and a time for Q&A. Ern is currently the ministerial director of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in British Columbia.

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Leafs Hopefuls Battle Beaver Valley

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Fifteen-year-old Nolan Percival (above) and the Nelson Junior Leafs lost 5-4 to the Beaver Valley Nitehawks in their first exhibition game of the 2012-13 Kootenay International Junior Hockey League season on Tuesday night at the Nelson and District Community Complex. The squad bounced back with a 2-2 tie in Fruitvale on Wednesday to conclude the home-and-home. The Leafs tangle with the Castlegar Rebels for a home-andhome to wrap up the exhibition run starting in Sunday afternoon down Highway 3A and returning to the NDCC on Tuesday night. The regular season kicks off at home against the Rebels next Friday.

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Sports Roller derby’s Golden Boot Help keep the Slocan River clean up for grabs this Sunday ROSSLAND — On Sunday in Rossland, the undefeated Rossland Gnarlies Angels take on their arch-rivals the Salmo Babes of Brutality in the third annual Mountain Mayhem West Kootenay Women’s Roller Derby League’s finals.

The bout is at the Rossland arena, the doors open at 4 p.m. with first whistle at 5

p.m. Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the door. Tickets available at brownpapertickets. com.

The winner takes home the Golden Boot which is a roller skate painted gold and awarded to the top team each year. The Babes won the first Golden Boot by beating the Angels, but the Angels got revenge the

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ter way to celebrate our beautiful rivers and area, but to help clean one up and keep it pristine.

Meeting at the Slocan Valley Rail Trail parking lot across from the Frog Peak Cafe at 10 a.m. volunteers will be organized into small groups and dispersed to different areas of

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the river valley to pick up garbage, litter and debris. The more the merrier. Please come out to help. Time commitment will be two to four hours.

For more information you can find Slocan Riverwatch on Facebook or call John at 250505-2689.

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There is no age limit and games are on Sunday and Wednesday nights.

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next year taking the boot to Rossland.

This year is the rubber match and should be hotly contested in Rossland.

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Climbers Complete Epic Challenge

Pair make history on Gimli SUBMITTED Special to the Nelson Star

Two Nelson adventurers have entered the history books by becoming the first people to complete a selfpropelled adventure to the summit of Gimli Peak in the Valhalla Mountain Range and back again in under 24 hours.

David Lussier and Vince Hempsall bicycled from Nelson to the parking lot of Gimli Peak in the Valhalla Mountains, hiked to the base of the classic South Ridge route, rock climbed it and then descended back to the parking lot before returning by bike to Nelson. The distances travelled included 172 km on bikes (about 90 of those were on gravel logging roads), four kilometres of hiking and descending and 345 metres of rock climbing.

The biking portion of the day was definitely the biggest challenge as the pair spent a total of 12 hours on their hard-tail, hybrid bikes carrying everything they needed for the adventure in backpacks and panniers. It took them five hours to reach the base of Bannock Burn Road and another two hours to bike the last eight kilometres to the Gimli parking lot.

“The logging roads were

David Lussier and Vince Hempsall (right) atop Gimli Peak in the Valhalla mountains late last month.

difficult because they were in washboard condition after a summer’s worth of use,” Hempsall says. “In fact, the scariest part of the trip wasn’t the rock climbing, but biking the highway at night with the traffic.”

Luckily the weather conditions were perfect. They had originally planned to depart on August 29, but a storm rolled through and they were delayed. Instead they set off at 3 a.m. on August

31 under a blue moon and the day proved to be cool in the alpine and partly cloudy.

They returned under clear skies and a full moon.

Other than one flat tire, there were no mishaps during the adventure. In fact, the pair probably set a record for the fastest two-man ascent of the South Ridge route, completing it in just 2.5 hours.

(It normally takes a team five to six hours to gain the summit.)

Lussier and Hempsall undertook the adventure for three reasons: to celebrate their 40th birthdays and the 40th anniversary of the first ascent of the South Ridge route, and to bring awareness to the Association of West Kootenay Rock Climbers, an organization responsible for developing and maintaining outdoor rock climbing routes.

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DIESEL, SMOKE, & BARNYARD SMELLS

. . . are a good thing when it comes to wine

Lie down on the couch and tell me you didn’t once love the smell of gasoline and diesel.

Of course you did. All kids do for some reason - until it makes them hurl in the backseat.

But now, in our jaded adult years, the subconscious mind can be turned back to those olfactory joys of a childhood spent playing with fire. Happy days with our friends, chasing the mosquito truck down our alley, laughing and screaming through the fog. Happy memories, indeed, brought back by, what? a Riesling!?

The first time this happened to me was over a bottle of German Riesling Icewein at the old Delilahs in Vancouver. I summoned our server over and told her what this wine reminded me of. Surely she would agree and replace the bottle, I thought. What she said however was “Ya! isn’t that great wine!”

“It’s supposed to smell like that?”, I asked (this was my first experience with Icewine).

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She explained further that diesel was a highly coveted aroma in Rieslings and that nowhere else in the world could get the depth of that element like Germany could. She gently counselled me into believing that I had just had a good memory and that everything was going to be OK. She was a great server.

Ever since then I have sought the treasure; the Diesely Riesely. Vines in the Okanagan are now reaching deep enough to extract that lovely petrol perfume from the soil, and the wines are rivalling Rhine wines for their depth and character. Check out Tantalus North Okanagan Riesling 2010, $21.90 Just to be clear though; it is not petroleum we are smelling here. These aromas sprout from complex organic compounds found deep in the chemistry of Riesling. Perhaps the whole goulash of flavonoids trigger Jungian memories that suggest why we love the smell of gas and diesel; primal memories of Rhineland fields of Edelweiss, Alpenrose, and Lederhosen, similar aromas found in Riesling.

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Community Touchstones of Nelson — Greg Scott

Automobile era begins Dateline September 1, 1922

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nly one case came up in the police court yesterday. Magistrate William Brown sentenced John Davis for 30 days hard labor. Davis at the beginning of the week was found wandering abroad without means of support and was charged under the Vagrancy Act. Being found guilty, he was given 24 hours in which to leave town, failing to comply with the Magistrate’s orders Davis was again placed under arrest. Yesterday morning he appeared in police court and was found guilty.

Dateline September 2, 1922

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n August 31, Rev. and Mrs. Frank Stanton of Rutland and party arrived in Mirror Lake after having made the journey from Rutland to Nelson in their touring car, starting out on Monday, August 21 and traveled leisurely at the rate of 50 miles per day. They passed through Kelowna, Penticton, Okanagan Falls, Oliver, Osoyoos, Northport Wash., Bossburg, Rossland, Trail and Nelson. They found the roads on the Canadian side very good, but on the American side, very poor and dusty. This touring party is supposed to be the first to

have travelled right through from Kelowna to Nelson.

Dateline September 4, 1922

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amous Players Canadian Corporation has announced the second week of Capital Entertainment beginning tonight in the leading theatres of Canada. During this week Capital Entertainment will give people an idea of what to expect through the year at the Gem Theatre in Nelson. Starting with Blood and Sand with Rudolph Valentino and following with Manslaughter with Thomas Meighan, produced by Cecil B. DeMille, the new fall season , opening tonight, begins a series of famous pictures from famous stories by famous artists. Perhaps the picture that will prove most interesting of all, on account of Valentino, the popular idol of the hour, is Blood and Sand, which had its premiere at the Rivoli Theatre, New York, a few weeks ago, creating unprecedented enthusiasm even among Broadway critics.

Dateline September 4, 1922

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hat a proposed boulevard in the centre of Vernon Street for one block, between Hall and Josephine, should be made into a parking place for automo-

SMART & CARING

MV ANSCOMB WHEELHOUSE That’s Marven Pedersen, one of the volunteers restoring the wheel house from the Kootenay Lake ferry. She ran for over 50 years, then sank in 2004.

This artifact will become part of a new visitors centre at the Balfour ferry landing. Osprey’s community fund generates income that supports local projects like this. With your help, we’re growing a community nest egg that will provide benefits for good, forever.

Investing in Community www.ospreycommunityfoundation.ca

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biles, is the suggestion of J.W. Holmes. Mr. Holmes thinks that the time is not far distant when the city will need a parking place, especially for visitors from the surrounding districts who come here for shopping purposes. He urges that the proposal of the establishing a parking place should be considered before the garden boulevard scheme is carried out, as to make the change later would involve greater expense.

Dateline September 21, 1922

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ith a pavilion packed with exhibits from all parts of the district, with an attractive program of outdoor entertainment for both daytime and nighttime with both the City Band and the Kootenay Kilties furnishing music. With booths inside and outside offering fortune in exchange for mere dimes, and with all the noise, hullabaloo and fun that belongs to Nelson’s annual three day revel, the city’s 20th annual fall fair opened yesterday under the most engaging auspices.

Perfect weather conditions contributed to the enjoyment of the crowds that patronized the fair on its opening day and the registered attendance was far in excess of the opening day of last year’s fair.

Functioning under the umbrella of Selkirk College, Learning in Retirement offers a relaxed and fun learning environment - with no exams or tests - for seniors 50+. Join us, become a member. Annual membership is $15; each session is only $3.

Wednesday, September 12, 7 pm, United Church Basement Kim Carter, B.C. Ombudsman, presents her reports on B.C. Senior’s Care. A free event jointly sponsored with Nelson Area Society for Health, and Nelson Senior’s Coordinating Society.

Friday, September 14, 10 am, Selkirk College Silver King Campus The new season for Nelson and Area Learning in Retirement begins with our Member of Parliament, Alex Atamanenko, who will speak on the proposed changes to our Federal Electoral Boundaries. Join in a lively discussion into the drastic alterations proposed for our riding in British Columbia Southern Interior.

For more information call: Susanne Raschdorf 250-229-4538 or Nancy Pulsifer at 250-825-9250.

JOIN NOW September is just around the corner & local golfers are invited to: Play FREE in September & October by paying your 2013 golf dues now.

Why not try Redstone for one year? Change is good and trying something new is always exciting! Compare the greens at Redstone to any in the Province and you’ll instantly see the Redstone Advantage. So Live it up as a member of Redstone!

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Dinner with the Doctor featuring Dr. Sid Kettner

Good for the Soul

By Rev. Scott Simpson - First Baptist Church Combines a wonderful plant-based banquet followed by a presentation by a Our girls get excited every time we clean the house because they think health professional and a Q&A wrap-up. that someone is coming to visit. “Are Jeff and Erika coming over?” they Sunday, September 9 at 6 pm Seventh Day Adventist Church 1502 Granite Road To participate, please call 250-551-2374 and leave your name and number

by Thursday, Sept. 6.

This is a free event however, a donation would be appreciated.

Evangelical

Covenant Church Loving Jesus, Loving People, Transforming Lives

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

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

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

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Anglican Church of Canada Ecumenical Service Lakeside Park Sunday Sep 9, 10 am at the Rotary Shelter sponsored by: St. Saviour’s, St. Matthew’s, St. Michael & All Angels, Ascension Lutheran, and Nelson United.

All Welcome Office: 8am - 1pm Tue - Fri

250.352.5711

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The Salvation Army Nelson Community Church

Sunday Worship Service at 11:00 am Everyone is Welcome Your Pastors:

Majors Robin and Yvonne Borrows 250 551 4986

601 Vernon Street (Middle Level)

CATHOLIC CHURCH

CATHEDRAL OF MARY IMMACULATE 813 Ward Street 352-7131 Sunday Mass Times: • Saturday 7:00pm • Sunday 8:30 am and 10:30 am Parish office open Tuesday – Friday 9:00 am - noon rccathedral@shaw.ca • www.catholiccathedralnelson.ca

ask. No, we don’t clean the house for the Hayden’s any more. “Is Grandma coming?” No, that would require a much higher level of cleaning. “So, who is coming to visit?”

It’s at this point that I resist the temptation to explain that we need to clean the house because we share the space with two small animals who sometimes pretend to be little girls. Instead, I remind them that cleanliness is next to godliness - and if they clean their rooms we will walk over to DQ for a treat.

The reality is that sometimes the house just needs to be cleaned. Dust builds up and crumbs pile up and paper stacks up and the stuff of life generates a surprising amount of clutter that occasionally needs to be cleared so we can find the phone or the remote or some loose change lurking among the debris in the cracks of the couch.

And the reality is that we also need to regularly dust the cobwebs from our souls.

Confession is a powerful cleansing $ )ULHQGO\ %LEOH tool for spiritual &HQWUH &KXUFK housekeeping.

However, I sense that Sunday Morning Worship 10:00 am sometimes we only use the tool of confession “God Still Heals Today” for the really big things, and usually 623 Gordon Rd. Nelson BC V1L 5X6 only after we’ve been Phone 250-352-9322 • Pastor Rev. Ken H. Keber caught. But there is a 5HIUHVKPHQWV DUH VHUYHG DIWHU WKH VHUYLFH $ŋ OLDWHG ZLWK WKH 3HQWHFRVWDO $VVHPEOLHV RI &DQDGD

place for confession in the course of regular spiritual house cleaning.

For me, the signs that spiritual clutter starts at 11am is piling up are often Angel will talk about Angels subtle. When I find myself slow to laugh Cedar will sing her “original songs” and quick to get angry, Any questions? Contact 250-354-5394 when I realize that 905 Gordon Rd the usual things that I (IHA Bldg., back door) enjoy bring no pleasure and when I find that things like prayer and spiritual reading and serving others have become chores - then I www.kootenaychristianfellowship.com it’s time to clean Sunday @ 10:30AM know house. Not because Central School Gym someone is coming Corner of Ward and Mill, Nelson to visit or because • Developing Relationships I’ve been caught in • Music that will move you some heinous act (like • Helping people - Help people stealing loonies from Jim Reimer 1- 888-761- 3301 my daughters’ piggy bank), but simply because it’s time.

Confession can be an honest conversation First Baptist with a trusted friend, Church mentor or spiritual 611 Fifth Street 250-352-3212 director; a focused Sunday Worship at 10:00 am time of fasting and Pastor Scott Simpson fbcnelson.ca praying; meditating on Cornerstone Children’s Centre a Psalm; writing out a Spaces available for childcare & school age personal confession care - full & part-time. (and then burning it); finding a place of solitude in order to be still in God’s creation Ecumenical Worship Service 10:00 am and presence - all Nelson MINISTER David Boyd these have served as United Church At Lakeside Park cleansing agents in my life, recovering a sense Pot-luck lunch to follow the worship service of peace and order and Beverages provided restoring the freedom (No service at Nelson United Church of God’s grace. this Sunday) Confession is good 602 Silica Street, Nelson BC V1L 4N1 N1 for the soul.

Ph: 250.352.2822 • www.nelsonunitedchurch.ca

Unity Centre of the Kootenays

Community Nelson Food Cupboard

Nuts about fighting hunger

NELSON — Announcing a tasty way to help fight hunger. Once again the Nelson Food Cupboard is hosting its annual Rancho Vignola nut sale.

Rancho Vignola is a family business based in the North Okanagan that sells high-quality organic and natural dried fruits, nuts, seeds and confections.

Each year the Food Cupboard sells a variety of Rancho Vignola products as a way to fund its operations. Prices are similar to those in grocery stores but profits are used to support the Food Cupboard’s holiday hamper project.

“This is a terrific way to support the Food Cupboard and get high-quality nuts and fruits at the same time,” says Food Cupboard coordinator Anna Kirkpatrick.

The Nelson Food Cupboard operates a barrier-free food bank and strives to provide customers with a variety of healthy food options.

Each December the Food Cupboard distributes holiday hampers filled with home baking, pantry staples, fresh produce and other items. Last year the Food Cupboard gave out 175 hampers that helped about 500 people.

“Last year’s nut sale raised about $1,000 for our holiday hamper campaign. We are hoping this year will be even better,” says Kirkpatrick.

Nut sale order forms are available from the Nelson Food Cupboard’s website: foodcupboard.org. Completed forms must be received

by Wednesday, September 26. For more information please contact the Food Cupboard: 250354-1633 or foodcupboard@shawbiz.ca.

Obituaries

First Baptist Church

Nelson United Church

Gus Adams

Sadly, we announce the passing of Gus Adams on September 1st, 2012.

There will be a celebration of his life at the Hotel Grand on Sunday, September 9th at 4pm.

In lieu of flowers, donations would be appreciated in Gus’ memory to Nelson’s Friends of the Family Charity.

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My sincere thanks to all my children, grand children, great grand children and old friends for coming to my 90th BIRTHDAY PARTY. Thanks also for the great food, cards, flowers and friends. Thanks for the memories Evelyn Murray

BALLROOM DANCE CLASSES in Nelson!

Thursdays (Sept 20-Oct 25)

6-7pm Beginner Salsa, 7-8pm PRACTICE, 8-9pm Foxtrot Couples & singles welcome!

Pre-registration only $90/person for 6 week session Call 250-352-0013

Have your say. Get Paid.

Voice your opinion on issues that matter and receive cash incentives for doing so.

Dynamite Dancers ! @ the Moving Centre with “MISS KARIN” PALINKA - 1:15 - 2:00 3 & 4 yrs Creative Dance - 3:30 - 4:15 5 & 6 yrs Ballet/Jazz/Combo -4:15 - 5:00 7 plus yrs Boyz & Girlz Hip Hop 10 classes begins Sept 24 505-5013 kp78@hotmail.ca

Kim Veale of Zig Zagz Hair Studio is pleased to inform you she is increasing her hours of work and is looking forward to connecting with former & new clients for appointments. Please call 354-4771

Also, participate to win one of 10 prizes totalling $1000! www.yourinsights.ca

Voice Piano Lessons in Nelson & Trail Instructor Audrey Bisset over 20 yrs of teaching experience is now accepting students 368-3162 audreymbisset@hotmail.com

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Automotive

Nelson Downtown Local Market Wednesdays 9:30 am - 3:00 pm June 13th Sept 26th 400 block of Baker Street MarketFest 6:00 - 10:30 pm June 29th, July 27th & Aug 24th Baker Street www.ecosociety.ca

Rhythmic Gymnastics 2012/2013 Season Full Year and Recreation Programs Starting Sept 18th Learn to dance with ribbons, hoops, balls & more in our fun and creative programs .

Rhythmic Dimensions 250-505-1812 rhythmics@telus.net

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SALES & SERVICE

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

Kal Tire Sales and Service Team Member

An Alberta Construction Company is hiring Dozer and Excavator Operators. Preference will be given to operators that are experienced in oilfield 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.

Required for an Alberta Trucking Company. One Class 1 Driver. Must have a minimum of 5 years experience pulling low boys and driving off road.

Candidate must be able to pass a drug test and be willing to relocate to Edson, Alberta.

Fax resumes to: 780-725-4430

Drivers/Courier/ Trucking

Drivers/Courier/ Trucking

We are looking for a few team members to work through our winter tire season rush. We provide all training and equipment required for the position. You will be paired up with a skilled long term Kal Tire team member. We hire for a full-time term position that may develop into a career for the right person. Expect 12 hour days and physically demanding work. If your looking to work mid-September through midDecember and would like to make some money before the ski season gets good, come down with a resume and talk to Nicholas.

4 pm Beginner Level, 5 pm Shines & Salsa Rueda, A fun & friendly introduction to this popular Latin dance!

No partners required. $120. for 12 week session, $180. for both classes Pre-registration only Call 250-352-0013

Lost & Found

Lost: White iPod with cracked front screen, screen saver is a picture of Big Ben blue sticker on back reward! 250 352-1230

15TH Annual Barry Crispin Cancer Society Scramble Balfour Golf Course Saturday Sept. 15th 10:00 am Shotgun Start $75.00 per person Limited Entrys. Call the pro shop to register 250-229-5655

Cottonwood Community Market Saturdays 9:30 am - 3:00 pm May 19th - Oct 27th Cottonwood Falls Park

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Employment

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Call Or Drop by our office at 514 Hall Street Nelson, BC 8:30-5:00 Monday - Friday

Announcements

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Employment Business Opportunities Reach most sportsmen & women in BC advertise in the 20132015 BC Freshwater Fishing Regulation Synopsis! The largest outdoor magazine in BC, 450,000 copies plus two year edition!

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Automotive

REQUIRED IMMEDIATELY

AUTOMOTIVE F & I / BUSINESS MANAGER Full Time position, to provide Credit, Financial and Insurance Services to Automotive Customers.

Candidate should have a solid background in Automotive Enhancement Products to go along with extensive knowledge in Credit, Financial, and Insurance on line Programs.

Help Wanted

Apply in person at: Kal Tire 76 Baker St. Nelson BC

Established 1947 Established 1947

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

OWNER OPERATORS REQUIRED

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Van Kam’s group of companies requires Owner Operators to be based at Castlegar or Cranbrook for runs throughout B.C. PRINCE GEORGE and Alberta.

Applicants have winter and Group mountain,of driving experience/ Van-Kammust Freightways’ Companies training. requires Owner Operators for runs out of our We offer above average rates and excellent employee benefits.

Prince George Terminal.

To join our team of Professional drivers, call Bev, 604-968-5488 or email current and details W a resume, ff ll driver’s t tabstractWi t / ofMtruck to: t i careers@vankam.com or fax 604-587-9889 Van-Kam is committed to Employment Equity and Environmental Responsibility.

Help Wanted

Trail BC

WE’RE GROWING!

We require a TECHNICIAN to work in a fast paced, expanding shop.

Please send or email resume with complete work history and references to: Carlos DeFrias at Champion Chevrolet service@championgm.com 250-368-9134 or Marc Cabana at Champion Chevrolet marccabana@championgm.com 2880 Highway Drive, Trail BC V1R 2T3

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

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

JOB OPPORTUNITY Prevention and Education Coordinator One Year Maternity Leave Contract Position AIDS Network Outreach and Support Society Responsibilities: • Provide broad based and targeted primary HIV/AIDS prevention, harm reduction, party safe and public education programming offering comprehensive information, resources and outreach to youth, service providers, health care workers and the community at large.

• Prepare presentations and develop new resources, participate in the design and implementation of evaluation (programs and resources).

• Provide consultation to service providers, public health, other community educators, etc. on the development of effective outreach and educational strategies, community collaboration/partnership and resource development.

• Research, develop and evaluate health promotion and prevention programming.

For a detailed job description please contact: information@ankors.bc.ca or call 250-505-5506.

Candidate must have car and be willing to travel.

Starting salary - $20.00/hour, 32 hours/week.

Closing Date for applications: Monday, Sept 17.

Resumes may be emailed, faxed to 250-505-5507 or dropped off in person at 101 Baker Street, Nelson.

Kootenay Co-op is seeking a skilled and dynamic individual to fill the new position of OPERATIONS MANAGER. This position requires the applicant to possess skills and experience in all aspects of grocery retailing including excellent leadership, communication and multi-tasking skills, customer service, inventory control, merchandising, human resources and financial management. The ability to work a flexible work schedule including evenings and weekends is absolutely required. The successful applicant must be highly motivated to grow with us into our future new store!

We offer a competitive salary, great benefits package and a cooperative work environment.

Please apply with resume and cover letter before Friday, September 21 to: Deirdrie Lang, General Manager Kootenay Co-op 295 Baker Street, Nelson, BC V1L 4H4 deirdrie@kootenay.coop www.kootenay.coop We thank all applicants in advance for their applications; only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

We are a Honda Dealership in the very desirable West Kootenay area. A great place, if you enjoy the natural beauty of a semi rural part of Southern B.C.

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We offer an above average compensation package as well as benefits (after probation period).

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Email resume to: glacierhonda@telus.net or Mail to: Ron Cutler Glacier Honda 1602 Columbia Ave., Castlegar, B.C. V1N 1H9 Phone: 250-365-4845 Fax 250-368-4865

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PRESTIGE Hotels & Resorts require full-time Hotel Front Desk Clerks to make room reservations, register guests, provide information to guests and process payments at the Prestige Lakeside Resort, 701 Lakeside Dr., Nelsons. No experience required. Applicant must have a strong command of English (written and oral).

Conditions: Full Time, Shift, Weekend and Weekday.

Wage: $13.00/hour. To apply, complete employment application found on www.prestigehotelsandresor ts.com/careersmain.php and submit with your resume to: Career@PrestigeHotels.ca

PRESTIGE Hotels & Resorts require full-time Room Attendants to clean and prepare rooms for hotel guests at: â&#x20AC;˘ Prestige Harbourfront Resort, 251 Harbourfront Dr., Salmon Arm â&#x20AC;˘ Prestige Inn Radium, 7493 Main St., Radium â&#x20AC;˘ Prestige Rocky Mtn Resort, 209 Van Horne St., Cranbrook â&#x20AC;˘ Best Western Cranbrook Hotel, 1019 Cranbrook St. North, Cranbrook â&#x20AC;˘ Prestige Lakeside Resort, 701 Lakeside Dr., Nelson â&#x20AC;˘ Prestige Mountain Resort, 1919 Columbia Ave., Rossland. No experience required. Applicant must have basic English. Conditions: Full Time, Shift, Weekend and Weekday. Wage: $12.89/hour.

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

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RESIDENTIAL manager for 41 unit apartment building in Nelson BC. Resume to 100 3525 Laburnum Dr. Trail BC V1R 2S9 Shoes for the Soul is looking for a professional energetic Sales person 3 days a week

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Labourers WANTED Enthusiastic labourers for demolition project. Must have own vehicle and valid drivers license.

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has an opening for a pool attendant. Competitive wage and beneĂ&#x20AC;t package is offered to the successful applicant. Apply in person or submit resumes to : jobs@hotnaturally.com or fax to

Medical/Dental PART Time to possibly Full Time, long term receptionist required for active dental practice in Nelson. Dental experience an asset, must be computer literate, able to multi task, and outgoing. Send resume to: 556 Josephine Street Nelson BC V1L 1W5

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Please contact Ashley Halden at 778-724-2500 or ashley.halden@ vkmason.ca

Volunteers The British Columbia Press Council is seeking three persons to serve as public directors on its 11-member Board of Directors.

Public Directors serve two-year terms and are eligible to serve four terms. A nominal per diem is paid for meetings. Candidates should have a record of community involvement and an interest in print and online media issues. Applications together with names of two references and telephone numbers should be submitted by Sept. 30, 2012, to: The B.C. Press Council, 201 Selby, Nanaimo, B.C., V9R 2R2.

See www.bcpresscouncil.org for information about the Press Council.

Services

PROJECT COORDINATOR - TEMPORARY The Applied Research and Technology (ART) group is currently seeking a dynamic individual for the role of Project Coordinator to join our world-class team of engineers, scientists and technologists at our technology centre in Trail, British Columbia.

This position reports to the Section Leader, Administration and HR. QualiďŹ cations: s 0REFERENCE WILL BE GIVEN TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS WITH A technical or trades background coupled with 7 to 10 years ďŹ eld experience including a minimum of 3 years experience in the planning and oversight of ďŹ eld construction activities. s 3AFETY OFlCER ACCREDITATION AND OR PREVIOUS DESIGN ofďŹ ce experience would be considered an asset. s $EMONSTRATED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE IN ALL ASPECTS OF project coordination. s 3ELF MOTIVATED AND DYNAMIC WITH EXCELLENT interpersonal and communication skills, coupled with a strong desire and ability to manage and lead multiple projects within a team environment.

Responsibilities: s 0LAN COORDINATE AND EXECUTE THE lELD ACTIVITIES OF multiple and concurrent building and pilot plant projects typically under a value of $500,000. s $ElNE PROJECT SCOPE DElNITION s 0RE PLAN TECHNICAL lELD WORK AND SAFETY s 4ENDER AND AWARD OF CONTRACT PACKAGES s -ONITOR AND INSPECT lELD ACTIVITIES SYSTEMS commissioning and project start-up. s -ANAGE AND CONTROL PROJECT COSTS 4ECK -ETALS ,TD IS COMMITTED TO EMPLOYMENT EQUITY AND ALL QUALIlED INDIVIDUALS ARE ENCOURAGED TO forward their resume directly to our career website: WWW TECK COM CAREERS !PPLIED 2ESEARCH AND Technology Centre), before September 19, 2012

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Misc Services Get Your Chops in Shape for Band! I teach all brass instruments either on a regular basis, or in individually designed coaching sessions.

Piano, organ, recorder and ďŹ ddle lessons are also available. Tobias F. Jenny M.A. (mus ed.) Call Tobi @ 352-2338 or e-mail : tobi@studiocantilena.com

Pets & Livestock

Feed & Hay Alfalfa, alfalfa mix or straight grass (small square bales) in Lister. Call Jay or Trish at 250428-9755

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Chorkies, Chihuahua Yorkie cross, 1st shot, dewormed, $400.

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Building Supplies OLD Crawford Bay School Demolition Sale: -Fluorescent Lights -Plywood -Solid Plywood Cabinets Ceiling Tile -Glulam Beams (assorted sizes) -Insulation -2x8 and 2x10 wood beams - Harwood Flooring Various Fixtures - Solid Wood Doors -Benches ( wood and steele) - Rubber Mats (assorted sizes) Several othe items for recycle Call Jim @(778)836-5955 or email dan@allwestdemo.com

$100 & Under sm leather couch, sm dryer, antique radiow/ LP Player, water cooler $25 each 352-5355

Cleaning Services

BC INSPECTED GRADED AA OR BETTER LOCALLY GROWN NATURAL BEEF Hormone Free Grass Fed/Grain Finished $100 Packages Available Quarters/Halves $2.50/lb Hanging Weight Extra Lean Hamburger $4.00/lb TARZWELL FARMS 250-428-4316 Creston

Furniture Good Used Furnishing Warehouse, Trail, Complete Household furnishing, Second Hand Store & Warehouse Call 250-367-9939 anytime Help Recycle

Garage Sales Awesome 3 Family Yard Sale 4 km North of Balfour on Hwy 31 Sat Sept 8th and Sun 9th

Heavy Duty Machinery A- STEEL SHIPPING STORAGE CONTAINERS / Bridges / Equipment Wheel loaders JD 644E & 544A / 63â&#x20AC;&#x2122; & 90â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Stiff boom 5th wheel crane trucks/Excavators EX200-5 & 892D-LC / Small forklifts / F350 C/C â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cabsâ&#x20AC;?20â&#x20AC;&#x2122;40â&#x20AC;&#x2122;45â&#x20AC;&#x2122;53â&#x20AC;&#x2122; New/ Used/ Damaged /Containers Semi Trailers for Hiway & StorageCall 24 Hrs 1-866-528-7108 Delivery BC and AB www.rtccontainer.com

Misc. for Sale

GREAT STARTER HOME &/OR INVESTMENT ON RIONDEL RD. above Kootenay Lake. 4 k to Ashram 4 k to Riondel & beach. 2 3/4 acres & 2 storey unďŹ nished (but furnished) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Small is Beautifulâ&#x20AC;? cabin.

Good benches for building, one with lake view. In Aug. appraised at $170,000 but older, ďŹ&#x201A;exible vendor open to offers & might carry part of mortgage for suitable person or couple.

For info & viewing please call : 1-780-566-0707

Mobile Homes & Parks

LAKESHORE Place @Balfour, 2 bdrm, 2 bath, large basement shop, double garage, pad with full RV hookup, large deck, the perfect retirement home, must see, $160,000. ph 250-229-5310.

RETIRE IN Beautiful Southern BC, Brand New Park. Affordable Housing. COPPER RIDGE. Manufactured Home Park, New Home Sales. Keremeos, BC. Ask us about our Free Rent option! Please cal 250-462-7055. www.copperridge.ca

Rentals Apt/Condo for Rent

1 Bdrm bright, spacious ground level suite. Prefer 1 person. N/S N/P $850/mth incl W/D, Util & WiďŹ Call 354-4455

2 European Competition Air RiďŹ&#x201A;es. 1 - 22Col. European Take Down Air RiďŹ&#x201A;e.

250.231.5732.

2 bdrm apt avail Oct 1st $670/m + util N/P N/S adult oriented queit building 250 352-0118

Claw Foot Tub in good Condition $450 352-1720

Nelson: 2 bdrm apartment avail.

Immediately.

NS/NP $750/mo incl. power 365-7335

HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available.

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

Misc. Wanted Private Coin Collector Buying Collections, Silver Coins etc.

Available now: 250-863-3082

Musical Instruments Upright Piano $500 OBO phone 250 551-3917

Sporting Goods Used 13â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Canoe including 2 paddles + vest + brackets to store $250 352-6804

Real Estate For Sale By Owner

BY OWNER $162,000 2 BD/1BA Beautiful Bungalow, Grand Forks. Enjoy a wonderful yard with a Mountain View, great neighborhood. View on ComFree listing is at: http://comfree.com/333850

Radium - Two units Pinewood W building. 2 bdrm, 2 bath, underground parking, nicely, fully furnished. All inclusive. Avail now. $900/mth/$1100/mth.

Call Lina @ 403-239-6389 or 403-999-2783

Apartment Furnished SIX MILE- Furnished Suites, NS/NP Starting @ $750/month utilities included 250-825-9421

Homes for Rent BEAUTIFUL NEWER HOUSE FOR RENT IN THE SLOCAN LAKE AREA. AVAILABLE OCT 1st â&#x20AC;˘ 4 Bedroom-2 Bath on 2 Acres â&#x20AC;˘ Red Mtn. Road above SILVERTON w/ Valhalla views + quiet privacy â&#x20AC;˘ N/S , Open to keeping animals â&#x20AC;˘ 10 min. drive to Slocan Lake and Village amenities â&#x20AC;˘ Storage, treehouses, good access all year round â&#x20AC;˘ Minimum 1 Yr Lease â&#x20AC;˘ W/D Hookups, F/S plus Earth -Woodstove â&#x20AC;˘ $1250 negotiable with proper care of house, land + gardens â&#x20AC;˘ References Required â&#x20AC;˘ Secure Income Essential â&#x20AC;˘ Serious Inquiries Only Call: 250-362-7681 or Mobile 250-231-2174 Email: monikas_2010@ hotmail.com ROBSON Cute, Clean Updated 1 Bdrm House deck, carport, shed, garden $850/mth 250-304-2944

Small Ads work!

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Rentals

Rentals

Suites, Lower Large 2 bdrm basement suite Uphill Nelson rent negotiable N/S covered deck. util includ call 777-1273 or 352-2188

FRONT STREET Retail Gem 1675 sq ft available Nov 1st.

Garden level and 2nd floor spaces ($225 - $600) 601 Front St., Nelson. For more info call Douglas Barber at 250-551-4449 or preferably: dearlb@yahoo.com Room for Rent In a beautiful established 10 yr hair salon, great Baker St location. Ideal for Esthetics or Massage 550/m includes shared reception laundry, heat, hot water, phone & air conditioning. Contact Diana @ 250 352-1955 or evenings 250 505-3098

Suites, Lower CASTLEGAR, Ground level studio suite for rent, bright & spacious with separate entrance F/S, , W/D, utilities & wifi incl, $750/mth, Avail immediately 250-304-5289

Want to Rent

Uphill 1 bdrm garden suite,1 person only WD N/S N/P $700/m + hydro 352-6399

Suites, Upper

Mature, Retired Woman Teacher, NS/NP/ND, excellent references, seeks long-term detached rental house.

Previous homeowner, immaculate homekeeper inside & out. Under $1,000.mo please 352-4647 Nelson: Couple requires rental in town or access to transit max $800/m guar income. Willing to work for trade in rent. Quiet, respectful good ref avai call Shane @ 250 505-0663

Spacious clean 2 bdrm suite on peaceful beautiful acreage between Nelson & Castlegar, wooden floors, wood stove WD, N/S, No dogs $850/m 359-8280

Want to Rent 27yr old female Clean, responsible N/P, N/S . Fixed guaranteed income. Ref avail, seeking bachelorette w/wifi.

Will paid up to $550/m inclusive danyalec@gmail.com or 352-9876 Greeting Landlords!!

Responsible & Reliable local tenant looking for a 2 bdrm in the Nelson Area. Willing to pay $800-950. Please call if you have something that may work 250-825-9626

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Boats Marine Upholstery, boat tops, repairs & custom work, zippers, restitching & window replacement www.cordm.ca 551-0370

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Cars - Domestic

FIND EVERYTHING YOU NEED IN THE CLASSIFIEDS

2002 Buick Century runs well good condition low mileage and no rust $3000 352-7170

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2007 K1200 GT BGW Motorcycle. Mint cond. 27,000km.

Many extras. 250.231.5732

Motorcycles

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

1-800-910-6402

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Become a GREEN SHOPPER!

**WANTED** Looking for small short box truck camper or camperette in good shape. Phone 250-6938883, leave message.

Small Ads work!

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Nelson Garage Sales 3

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317 2nd Street 1 Multi Family Sale!!

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4015 Stephens Road 3 Multi(Bonnington) Family Sale!

Furniture, Clothng, Household Items

Saturday September 8th 9:00 am - 3:00 pm

Saturday September 8th 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

Saturday September 8th 8:00 am - 1:00 pm

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138 Johnstone Road

1204B Josephine Street

322 1st Street

Saturday September 8th 8:00 am - 1:00 pm

7 ALL TOOLS!!

10” Chop Saw, NEW Jig Saw, Skill Saw, Hand Tools Saturday September 8th 8:00 am - 12:00 pm

MOVING SALE

Baby Clothes, Toys, Books

Lots of toys like new, Household items, Everything good quality

Miscellaneous Household Items

2 Family Sale!!

811 7th Street 5

Furniture, Childs Skates, Clothes & Toys, Pool Table

Everything Must Go!

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Kids clothes, books, sports equipment, videos

Scooters, Trampoline, Tools, Household items, etc

Saturday September 8th 8:30 am - 12:00pm

Saturday September 8th 8:00 am - 12:00 pm

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New to Town?

Then let us welcome you to town with our greetings basket that also includes information about your new community.

Call us at 250-352-3220 or 250-825-4743

Have you had a new baby?

Then let us know as we have a special gift basket for your new baby.

Community Dragons and the Fox This year’s Terry Fox run will take place Sunday, September 16 at Lakeside Park. Nelson’s local dragon boat team — the Kootenay Rhythm Dragons — will be out in their pink shirts helping with the organization for the run. Team members include breast cancer survivors and supporters. Each year the team does a number of fundraising and awareness projects for breast cancer, so the team is willing and ready to provide their annual help at the Terry Fox Run. Participants can run, walk or ride 1, 3, 5 or 10 km. The event starts at 9:30 a.m. No pre-registration needed.

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Kutenai Art Therapy Insitute

Healing through art adds momentum Nelson Star Staff

The Kutenai Art Therapy Institute is starting its 18th year of training professional art therapists.

The institute has an ongoing campus program in Nelson and a specialized distance program, with students from across Canada.

The institute is hosting two evening events that are open to all community members, donations are welcome. On September 11 from 7 to 9 p.m. Nick Zwaagstra — their new director from Halifax — will speak about Bereavement (grief and loss), art therapy and creative expression.

At 7 p.m. on September 13, Martine Bedard and Andy Holmes, from Art for People, will give a presentation on their art projects and travels to different countries. The presentation will include an art show and open house at the institute. The sale of their paintings fund national and international art projects.

The Green Zone Open Studio is offered for families and individuals throughout the school year on Saturdays from 1 to 4 pm, starting September 29. A teen open art studio is offered on Thursdays from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. starting September 27.

The institute is located on the second floor of 191 Baker Street. Info: 250-352-2264 or online at kutenaiarttherapy.com.

WEDDING ANNOUNCEMENT

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will be married September 8/12 at the Blaylock Mansion. Rev. David Boyd will perform the double ring ceremony.

The bride is the daughter of Dan & Louise McGauley of Nelson, B.C. The groom is the son of Fred and Lucille Chenoweth of Toronto, Ont. The newly weds reside in Toronto.

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News Kootenay Lake Hospital

New ER to finally open

Boil water notice lifted for Woodbury residents Nelson Star Staff

Last week’s boil water notice for users of the Woodbury water system has been rescinded and replaced with a water quality advisory.

Woodbury is located along Highway 3A just north of Ainsworth Hot Springs and south of Kaslo. Just over 40 homes rely on the Woodbury Water System for household water.

The Regional District of Central Kootenay issued the boil water notice for the area Friday, as a result of unsafe levels of coliform bacteria in water samples.

All household water intended for consumption — including water used for washing vegetables or brushing teeth — were asked to boil their water for one minute before use.

The advisory for the Riondel water system was also rescinded on Wednesday afternoon.

Nelson Star Staff

Well behind schedule, the ribbon will finally be cut on the new emergency department at Kootenay Lake Hospital on Wednesday.

Part of the $15.3 million Kootenay Lake Hospital redevelopment project, was initially slated to be opened last November. Delays pushed it off until this past spring, but more problems with systems and the flooring added more months to project.

Wednesday’s official opening will include representatives from Interior Health, the Kootenay Lake Hospital Foundation and area politicians.

Renovations to the first floor include an upgraded and expanded emergency department.

The emergency department will triple in size from 291 square metres to 924 square metres to ensure that the projected increase in demand is met. Upgrades also included a renovation to add a CT scanner suite which became operational earlier this year..

Funding for the redevelopment of Kootenay Lake Hospital includes $8.3 million from the province and Interior Health, $5.5 million from West Kootenay-Boundary Regional Hospital District, and $1.5 million raised through the Kootenay Lake Hospital Foundation for the CT scanner.

LARGE VIEW LOT

$239,900

Wayne Germaine 250.354.2814 wayne@valhallapathrealty.com

Prime lake and city view property conveniently located on Douglas Rd in Fairview. A 2-bedroom, 1½-storey house on a .21-acre spacious family property. This solid house could use some cosmetic upgrades but well worth it with this lot and location.

Call Wayne

$199,900

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

www.spca.bc.ca/nelson

Kootenay Animal Assistance Program Society (KAAP) Pets Available for Adoption

For info call 250-551-1053 or visit www.kaap.ca

NOW IS AN EXCELLENT TIME TO ADOPT A RESCUE PET!

FREE FIXED CATS Here are more lovely fixed cats from a rural property that had more than 45 unwanted cats. These cats are shy but getting friendlier, and need special homes to help them become family pets. Their adoption fee is waived because of their special needs. Call us at 250-551-1053 and find out more. They can be visited in the Nelson area.

A well maintained home that is conveniently located close to schools and downtown. This half duplex offers a comfortable 3-bedroom, 2-bath residence and sits on a private 31 x 120 foot corner lot. Also features a covered deck and workshop.

Call Robert

$380,000

This 3 - 4 bdrm, 2 1/2 bath, 15-year-old home is privately positioned on 2 forested acres in a prestigious development 15 min. west of Nelson. It features level entry, cathedral ceiling, decks front and rear, a full, partially finished walkout basement, and a stunning light-filled family room.

Paved driveway, heated attached garage, additional parking and ample storage.

Priced to get your attention.

Call Norm or Lev

$119,900

Commercially zoned 1-bed bungalow located in Salmo’s downtown core. The home is very clean and is in move-in condition. If you have been waiting for prices to drop, your wait is over. Do not delay, see it today.

Call Lev or Norm LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION!

$383,000

James Loeppky 250.509.0804 james@valhallapathrealty.com

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www.frogpeakcafe.com

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

SENSATIONAL VALUE

Lev Zaytsoff 250.354.8443 lev@valhallapathrealty.com

Sept 08 from 2pm-4pm at the Frog Peak Cafe All pugs and lovers of the pug are welcome!

Prizes for best dressed and many more!

520 C Falls Street Nelson

1521 MCQUARRIE

SMALL FOOTPRINT, BIG VALUE

Amazing breakfast and lunch, licenced patio kid friendly.

Open 7 days a week 8am-4pm. 1418 hwy 6 crescent valley. 15 min drive from Nelson.

Guest house available nightly, weekly or monthly.

250.352.7178

All cats and dogs adopted through KAAP are spayed/neutered, so that we as a community can start to deal with the problem of unwanted pets and overpopulation. Support us by adopting your next family member through KAAP.

Norm Zaytsoff 250.354.8584 norm@valhallapathrealty.com

250-359-7261

250.352.7861 2124 Ymir Road www.nelsonvet.com

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

$315,000

This home is a true reflection of the quintessential Nelson lifestyle. A heritage home with quality upgrades, unique low maintenance landscaping and ‘location, location, location’. Enjoy the lake view, or easy walk downtown. 3–4 bedrooms and 2 full baths can appeal to a growing family, or the recently retired.

Call James CREEKSIDE OASIS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN This lush, private .98-acre property borders on Cottonwood Creek offering gardens and outbuildings just 5 minutes from Nelson. 3 spacious bedrooms, a large kitchen, hardwood floors, master ensuite with walk-in closet, jet tub and skylight. Partially fenced yard for kids and pets with an open and covered deck area and path to a fire pit.

Call Yara or visit www.NelsonLocal.com

www.valhallapathrealty.com

LOTS OF KAAP KITTENS We have black ones, and white-and-black ones, and beautiful tabbies, and white-and-gray; short hair and fuzzy wuzzy ones!

All KAAP kittens are vaccinated and vet checked, and have been or will be spayed/neutered at an appropriate age. Come and visit them at the foster home: call Daryl at 250-551-1053 to visit and play. Ask about our time-limited “One Pair-One Adoption Fee”; two kittens are better than one!

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Mo Kenney is a young Nova Scotiaborn singer/songwriter who will be making her way to Nelson with indie rocker Joel Plaskett on September 20 at the Capitol Theatre. Before she arrived, I caught up with her for an interview.

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What was the first concert you remember seeing?

The first concert I ever saw was the Moffatts. I was young I think I was eight or nine and I was mad because they didn’t sound like they did on the CD. What do you remember about your first live performance?

I remember being really scared and thinking that I didn’t want to do it. I was kind of forced into it by my guitar

teacher at the time. It was a recital he had kind of convinced me to sing this song that I had written. I was really scared and really didn’t want to sing. I had a band with me and we were supposed to start the song after a couple bars and I didn’t start singing because I was too scared. I was really terrified and really self-conscious about it. I didn’t feel very good about it afterwards, but it was good I guess.

You had the chance to work with Joel Plaskett on your album and now you’re on tour with him, is there anything you learned about him that you didn’t expect?

I wasn’t really sure what to expect going into it because I had never really spent anytime with him before.

The first time I met him I was 17 so I remembered the way he talked about music was really neat. It was cool because he really knows what he’s talk-

Your debut self-titled album comes out on September 25, what was one of your favourite moments from making the album?

The first couple songs that we recorded were my favourite moments because I wasn’t really sure what the production was going to be, because I primarily do acoustic guitar and vocals. Hearing the songs were amazing.

It was great to listen back after to the final product. It blew my mind. Those were probably my favourite moments.

You’ve received some pretty high praise from musicians like Ron Sexsmith, how do you feel about that?

It’s kind of surreal. I don’t really think about it too much but it’s a massive compliment to hear praise from musicians that are as great as Ron and Brad Roberts. It’s kind of surreal. I don’t think it’s sunk in yet.

If you could collaborate with any musician living or dead who would it be and why?

It would definitely be Elliott Smith because he was kind of my inspiration for taking the kind of path that I’ve decided to take as far as songwriting goes and to be able to work on anything with him would be a dream come true. But he’s living so it won’t happen, but it would be amazing.

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Want to get ahead of the curve in the new music department? Then you should head to The Royal on S a t u r d a y, September 8 and check out Purity Ring, a Canadian duo on the up and up.

Megan James and Corin Roddick are originally oil patch kids, growing up in Edmonton, playing in bands, and spending time in Montreal and Halifax.

Roddick began making chopped up, reconfigured hip hop/ trip hop beats, with altered vocal samples and percolating synth lines.

Needing something more, he emailed James some song files for vocal tracks; with her ethereal voice and body-centric, personal lyrics, Purity Ring’s unique sound was born.

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After only two released singles, they were signed to Last Gang Records here in Canada, and classic British label 4AD. This spring they began touring, James singing her heart out through racks of effects, and Roddick playing a custom percussion kit, which triggers both samples and lighting effects. The tour was a preview for their album Shrines, which finally dropped July 24, to rave reviews across the Globe and Mail, including here at {vurb.} Is their future pop sound a preview of sonics to come in popular music? Time will tell.

Purity Ring takes the stage on Saturday. Tickets are $10 in advance and available at The Royal, Urban Legends, The Music Store and liveattheroyal.com. Doors open at 8 p.m.

Martin Reeves, AKA Krafty Kuts, is without doubt one of the world’s greatest DJs. Lauded in the UK, worshiped in Australia, acclaimed in America, where ever he plays he is guaranteed to cause a commotion with his riotous skills. So far in a glittering career he has gained dance music’s top accolades including Best International DJ at the Australian Dance Music Awards, Breakspoll’s Face of Breaks 2003 and Best Breaks DJ at the M8 Ibiza awards 2006, in only his first year as a resident on the white isle. A stunning haul at Breakspoll 2007 saw him claiming Best Album for his debut long player ‘Freakshow’, Best DJ for a record third consecutive year and to cap it off, the richly deserved Outstanding Contribution to Breakbeat award that acknowledged his long journey to the acme of club culture.

Inspired by the hip hop and electro sounds that were rocking his world, Martin first stepped behind a pair of decks when he entered a DJ competition and incredibly, as a complete novice, he made it all the way to the final. With his love affair for the wheels of steel well and truly cemented, Krafty Kuts set about learning his art, perfecting the cutting and scratching that was to become the core of his DJ sets.

Krafty Kuts takes the stage at Spiritbar on Thursday, September 13.

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

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s a young girl growing up in Poland, Alina Skiba used to thread her grandmother’s sewing needles and watch her make clothes for the family.

Looking back, it’s perhaps not surprising to that Skiba would turn out to be a clothing designer herself. Growing up she loved altering her clothes to make them unique, and even when she was pursuing a career with the forest service, sewing was hobby she never dropped.

“When I was picking a place to live, I needed to be in the mountains for skiing ... and I needed to be close to a Fabricland for sewing,” she laughed.

With no formal training in clothing design, Skiba didn’t start to seriously consider it as a career until her best friend asked her to make a wedding dress for her.

“It’s such an intimate and special thing to do for someone. I realized I was something I was actually really good at it and enjoyed,” she said.

So with the help of Community Futures, Skiba opened Moja Designs in the winter of 2009. She continues to special-

ize in custom wedding dresses — making one or two each year — and this spring she even made her own wedding dress out of her material from her mother’s and sister in law’s dresses.

“Making someone’s wedding dress, you end up spending so much time with them between coming up with the original concept and then bringing them in for fittings,” she said. “I’ve actually becoming really good friends with everyone I’ve made a dress for.

They always ask me to come to their wedding.”

Between making dresses, she also designs seasonal clothing lines, which are sold in local shops and at her Victoria Street studio. And she does clothing repairs and alterations.

“Basically I do the tailoring to pay the

bills, so I can afford to be creative and take on more artistic projects,” she said.

“I’d love to do nothing but create dresses all day, but it’s not realistic in a small place like Nelson.”

Moja Designs is located at 602 Josephine Street, above Basaba Thai Cafe.

Drop in to see her latest designs on display. For more information see mojadesigns.ca.

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It Boy Entertainment proudly presents 54-40 on Friday, September 14 at the Capitol Theatre. Tickets are $42.50 at the Capitol Theatre Box Office.

Tickets can be purchase by phone at 250-352-6363 or online at capitoltheatre.bc.ca.

One of the most important popular music groups to emerge from the Canadian cultural landscape, 54-40 is celebrating their thirty-year anniversary.

The band has an unbelievable catalogue of hit songs, including Baby Ran, One Gun, One Day in Your Life, Miss You, Nice to Luv You, I Go Blind, She La, Love You All and Ocean Pearl.

Led by Neil Osborne, 5440 has carved out a legacy of gold and platinum albums and an outstanding reputation for their live performances.

The secret to their longevity is their ability to redefine and reinvent themselves, picking up new young fans on the way.

To experience 54-40 in concert is to experience how songs have touched and continue to touch people’s lives.

From their first gig on New Year’s Eve 1981 at the Smilin’ Buddha Cabaret, 54-40 is firmly rooted in BC. Now their 2012 Gold, Guts and Glory tour makes a stop in Nelson. This is a must-see event!

54-40 is the winner of The Western Canadian Music Awards Hall Of Fame Award (2011) along with numerous other awards and almost a dozen Top-10 hit singles.

You do not want to miss this show!

For more information on this evolutionary group, please visit 5440.com or contact the Capitol Theatre or Canadian rock legends 54-40 will be taking the stage at the Capitol Theatre on September 14. visit capitoltheatre.bc.ca

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Flying with Amelia reviewed

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I’m going to be honest with you because we’ve built this relationship on a foundation of trust and honesty - I’m a hopeless romantic. I watch romantic comedies (rom-coms). I listen to girls while I’m in a relationship. Hell, I write in a journal what the barometric pressure was the day I meet a girl, because just MAYBE she’ll ask me about it when we’re old and sitting on the porch together watching our spoiled grandchildren play on their hoverboards that cost an exuberant amount of money, but we bought them anyways, because you know what? They’re worth it.

That being said, I love to be bitter about weddings and marriage. I can still be a hopeless romantic and hate marriage right? Whatever, don’t judge me.

This will ruin our relationship that was blossoming.

Anyways, when my best friend told me he was getting married, he asked if I could pick some songs out to play at the reception. So here we go: Wilco Ft. Feist – You and I: This makes for a romantic pairing. Bridesmaids are going to go crazy when this plays. Does that actually happen? If I’ve learned anything from the movies then the answer is: YES. The Postal Service – Brand New Colony: A bit more modern. Ben Gibbard (of Death Cab For Cutie) is as hopeless as myself. His lyrics could make any girl fall in love him. I’ll be the phonograph that plays your favourite albums back as you’re laying there, drifting off to sleep. – Did you hear that? Hearts are breaking everywhere.

The Troggs – With A Girl Like You: A bit old school. Lyrics are obvious, but perfect. “I want to spend my life with a girl like you...”

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without The Beatles. From Rubber Soul this shows off the fantastic harmonies of the band, and their penchant to write timeless, beautiful melodies. – Lame I know. Just listen.

The Constantines Ft. Feist – Islands in The Stream: I know, I know... It’s a mix tape faux pas to put two of the same artists on the same mix. But this is one of the greatest covers of all time, and makes the original with Dolly Parton seem like a joke.

Jackie Wilson- Higher and Higher: Alright, let’s bring it up a bit here. I once danced with a 90-year old to this song at a wedding.

She tore it up.

The Morning Benders – Excuses: Just YouTube this song right now. It’s my favourite and I can honestly say, the most romantic song I’ve ever heard in my life. No joke. There are no other words.

The Third Crop comes out on top Submitted Special to {vurb}

The readers read, they considered—and they voted. Author Rita Moir’s The Third Crop: A personal and historical journey into the photo albums and shoeboxes of the Slocan Valley 1800s to early 1940s (Sono Nis Press 2011) is the book to read in 2012 according to Kootenay booklovers who took part in the 2012 One Book, One Kootenay (OBOK) reader’s choice event. OBOK is an annual project of the Kootenay Library Federation.

It was close, says OBOK organizer Helen Graham.

“It was an exciting, neck and neck race. I couldn’t call it until the last of the nineteen participating libraries, in the Kootenay Library Federation, weighed in. All three books were popular choices, but in the end Rita’s really spoke to the majority of OBOK readers.”

Moir’s beautiful book of image and essay about the history of the Slocan Valley reflects sentiments both local and universal. In The Third Crop, Moir embarks on a personal journey through memorabilia found in private albums, dusty shoeboxes, and community archives, skillfully and passionately recounting the stories of an era. More than 180 historic photographs are beautifully juxtaposed with contemporary images of the valley. For anyone living rurally, or simply loving history, the stories resonate.

The Third Crop is Moir’s fourth book. Survival Gear (Polestar, 1994), Buffalo Jump: A Woman’s Travels (Coteau, 1999), The Windshift Line: A Father and Daughter’s Story (Greystone, 2005), have all been shortlisted for or have won awards, including BC’s Hubert Evans award.

Moir is delighted that The Third Crop got the nod.

“Hundreds of people contributed to this book during the years of research: Molly Hufty, whose recall was phenomenal, and who just died this summer; Ray Kosiancic, who inspired the book’s title when he spoke of bounty and hard work and luck; all the families and all the archivists, volunteer and professional, and the entire team at Sono Nis Press, that’s who made this book what it is,” says Moir. “I’m deeply gratified that people throughout our region look at The Third Crop and see the book for what it is: a story of the ancestry of place, the story of what makes a rural community.”

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Author Rita Moir signs a copy of the 2012 One Book, One Kootenay selection The Third Crop.

In October, Moir will embark on a multi-library tour sponsored by the Kootenay Library Federation, Columbia Basin Trust and the host libraries. To find out when she will be at a library near you go to obok.ca, ask at your library, or watch for an announcement in your local newspaper.

One Book, One Kootenay is a region-wide book club that celebrates the work of the talented writers living in the Kootenay Boundary. Tom Wayman’s collection of short stories, Boundary Country, and the memoir Yes Sister, No Sister by Jennifer Craig were also shortlisted this year.

All three authors were celebrated at the OBOK launch in Nelson this spring, and appeared at solo readings across the Kootenays through the summer.

eing quite new to Nelson, I assume it’s a little unfair that I made local author Anne DeGrace’s fifth novel, Flying with Amelia, my introduction to Kootenay literature. I say this because it’s setting the bar perilously high for me.

Flying with Amelia is a fantastic little book about one of the biggest things on Earth seen through the eyes of some of its most modest inhabitants. It has no main character, no linear story arc, no single climax, no grand villain.

Instead of a main character, DeGrace gives us Canada and all its beauties, struggles, inconsistencies, and stories. Instead of watching a character grow and change, we witness the evolution of a country.

But this isn’t your textbook history of Canada. Anne DeGrace is a librarian, and it shows.

She knows that the real heart of a place isn’t in its grand news headlines, but in individual struggles and stories of the people living there.

Sure, we get reference to the FLQ October Crisis, but it seems like a needless distraction from the much more important narrative of a group of girls growing up in Ottawa. We experience the 1930s labour disputes, but through the burgeoning love-letters between Peg, a young woman in Nova Scotia, and Martin, an unemployed school-teacher from Saskatchewan.

One of the most fascinating aspects of the book is that every chapter is an experiment in form and structure. Some take on the air of the magical, with long-dead figures revisiting the world of the living to discuss century-old questions. Some stories are juggled by multiple narrators, some more reliable than others.

Flying with Amelia loosely follows the branches of two family trees that weave around each other. DeGrace uses these threads as a way to paint a picture of the larger forest, of Canada. This country is a big mess of people, stories and memories, and (if we’re going to continue this tree/forest metaphor) DeGrace has done a tremendous job at finding the buds of stories and letting them bloom.

And well, the bar is set.

Eli Geddis is a writer and educator whose first novel is awaiting a publisher and whose second novel was written last weekend as part of the 3-Day Novel Contest.

What was the New York Times bestseller on September 7, 1997?

Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier.

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This season the stars are truly aligned. I addition to showcasing stellar performers as part of this season, we are celebrating the 85th anniversary of our historical building (1927-2012) and the 30th anniversary of the Capitol Theatre Restoration Society (1982 - 2012). Looking back, the first season series 25 years ago presented four top Canadian performances. In carrying on the tradition today our season series includes eight amazing performances as well as four exciting shows in our Capitol Kid’s Series. For this 25th anniversary season, we are raising the bar by bringing to you outstanding and renowned professional national and international performers in world-class dance, theatre, music and comedy.

“For us it is an exciting and rewarding endeavor to develop a seasonal program that will meet your unique tastes as our patrons. We hope that you will be thrilled with our selection of familiar and new performances for this 25th anniversary season and again support your theatre, fill the house, wait for the lights to go down and relax into a world of imagination and entertainment.” says Marin Oets, Capitol Theatre Board President.

The highlights are Ballet Jörgen Canada who has re-visioned the classical Swan Lake, Woody Holler and His Orchestra, indulging us with “extreme” yodeling and “jazz from the saddle”, The Number 14 20th Anniversary Tour will once more stop in Nelson, James Keelaghan, one of Canada’s finest singer-songwriters, is bringing you his 25th anniversary tour and Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal will dazzle you with contemporary ballet combined with street dance in perpetual movement. To start off the season we invite you to an evening of sing-a-long to the most successful movie musical of all times - Sing-a-Long a Sound of Music.

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he votes have been tallied and Nelson’s Best Burger has been declared a draw.

For the past few weeks {vurb} and the Nelson Star have been asking readers to go to nelsonstar.com and weigh in what burger they think is the best amongst participating restaurants. The winners of Nelson’s Best Burger for 2012 is Finley’s and Bite.

“It was actually a fun race, really exciting until the end,” says Joscelyn Harris, owner of the Bite food truck.

“We’ve had a ton of people coming in for burgers,” adds Tanya Finley, owner of Finley’s. “They have talked about the other burgers and given us new ideas… it was a fantastic way to get people aware of the fantastic food we have in Nelson.”

After thousands of votes were cast, it might seem odd that there was a tie.

A computer glitch in the final hours of the on-line voting made it impossible to declare one winner, so two were given the nod.

“Finley’s and Bite were well ahead of the other six restaurants in voting,” explains Star operations manager Karen Bennett.

“After sorting out what went wrong, the fairest route to go was with a tie.

We congratulate both winners, thank all the restaurants that participated and of course all the readers who cast votes.”

Other restaurants involved in the contest included Relish, Jackson’s Hole, the Hume Hotel, Kootenay Time, Uptown Tavern and Bogustown.

Bite food truck owner Joscelyn Harris (left) and Finley’s owner Tanya Finley (right) get ready to share a taste of each other’s burger creation on Wednesday morning.

With all participants getting a chance to sing the praises of their offerings in the pages of the Star over the last month, Finley says it helped all those who took part.

“It’s amazing how many toppings you can put on a burger to make it unique and the amount of local products being added is very positive,” says Finley. “It’s a great way to make diversity within the burgers.”

Though ultimate champions were determined, Harris says the local restaurant industry is the winner.

“It was a very friendly competition and ultimately competition is healthy for everyone involved,” she says. “It helped promote all of our businesses.”

For all the feature stories on the participating restaurants, head to nelsonstar.com and look under the business tab.

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Chicken Paillard with arugula, peaches and blue cheese As I mentioned last week, my favourite season is just around the corner. But while summer is still lingering why not enjoy everything late summer has to offer. One of my favourite late summer treats is all the ripe and delicious stone fruit - peaches, plums, nectarines, apricots and cherries. But you don’t have to reserve those for desserts, this recipe which was inspired by one from Tyler Florence - only he uses blue cheese - is a nice marriage of sweet and salty.

If you are one of those unusual people that doesn’t appreaciate the combination of sweet and salty, I say be adventurous and give it a try.

What you need: Vinaigrette: 3 Tablespoons honey 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil 1 medium shallot, chopped 1 Tablespoon sherry vinegar 1/2 medium lemon, juiced 1 teaspoon chopped fresh tarragon kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts (about 1 1/2 pounds) kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper 1/2 pound pancetta extra virgin olive oil

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4 ounces blue cheese, broken into hunks 1 bunch arugula, trimmed Three peaches, pitted and diced into bite sized pieces (you can also use nectarines or plums) tarragon leaves for garnish, if desired Prepare vinaigrette: Whisk together all of the ingredients for the vinaigrette in a small bowl and set aside.

Prepare chicken: Sandwich chicken breasts between 2 layers of plastic wrap and pound them very thin with the side of a meat cleaver or a rolling pin. Remove chicken from plastic wrap and season well on both sides with salt and pepper.

Heat a large sauté pan over medium heat. Unroll the pancetta so it looks like big strips of bacon. Add it to the pan and fry it like a tangle of bacon until the fat is rendered, 3 to 4 minutes. Drain on paper towels.

Drizzle a 2-count of olive oil into the pan with the pancetta drippings. Add the chicken and pan-fry for 3 to 4 minutes on each side to brown the breasts and cook them through. Use a spatula to remove the chicken to the paper towels with the pancetta. Add the vinaigrette to the sauté pan and heat for a few minutes, stirring, to deglaze the bits of pancetta and chicken from the bottom of the pan; take the pan off the heat.

To serve, arrange the chicken on a platter. Scatter the blue cheese, arugula, figs, and pancetta over. Drizzle the dressing over everything and garnish with the tarragon leaves.

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Arts and Entertainment Listings

THEATRE

54-40 is celebrating their thirty-year anniversary. The band has an unbelievable catalogue of hit songs, including 'Baby Ran', 'One Gun', 'One Day in Your Life', 'Miss You', 'Nice to Luv You', 'I Go Blind', 'She La', 'Love You All' and 'Ocean Pearl'. Showtime is at 7:30 p.m. and tickets are $43.50. Tickets are available at the Capitol Theatre box office.

Hometown boy Charlie Ross is taking a break from his world tour of One Man Star Wars Trilogy to bring the award winning show to the Capitol Theatre Stage on Saturday, September 8 at 8 p.m.

Performing all three of the original Star Wars trilogy in one hour, Ross plays everything from a holograph of Princess Leia to the Millenium Falcon. (Personal favourite: the pitch perfect Luke Skywalker whine "But I was going to the tosche station to pick up some power converters." Golden.) He has performed on Conan O'Brien and been featured in SPIN Magazine and toured the show internationally for the last 5 years. This performance is a FUN-raiser for the Cromoli Brothers campaign to become Supreme Leaders of the World. One Man Star Wars Trilogy performed with permission of Lucasfilm Ltd. All Star Wars elements property of Lucasfilm Ltd. All rights reserved. Tickets are $16 and are available at the Capitol Theatre.

The Capitol Theatre is celebrating the launch of it's 2012/13 season with a Sound of Music singalong event on Saturday, September 22. The fun-filled evening starts with a vocal warm-up led by your host for the night, who will also take you through your complimentary ‘magic moments pack’ containing various props to be used at strategic points throughout the show. Fancy dress is not obligatory but highly recommended!

The costume judging and fancy dress parade has been known to send audiences into a frenzy. Come out dressed up as anything and everything represented in the classic film –- the possibilities are as endless as the sunlight on a perfect Alpine day. Sing along with Julie! Wave your Edelweiss! Dance in the gazebo with Liesl ! Bark at Rolf!

Snuggle up with Gretl and join in earnest choruses of My Favourite Things!

The show gets started at 7 p.m. Reserved tickets are $15 or $12 for season ticket holders. There is also a student rate for $12. Tickets are available through the Capitol Theatre box office.

MUSIC

On September 7, the Rich Rabnett Live Collective takes the stage at Spiritbar with Kashoo and Vs. Doors open at 10 p.m. Ticket information is available at the Hume Hotel.

The Royal is proud to present the one and only disciple of the blues, Sonny Rhodes on Friday, September 7. Rhodes is a legendary American blues singer and lap steel guitar player. Tickets are $20 and are available at the Royal, Urban Legends, The Music Store and liveattheroyal.com. Doors open 6 p.m.

Showtime approximately 8 p.m.

Val Kilmer and the New Coke is back at Spiritbar on September 8 bring you all the flavour and fun of the ‘80s. Doors open at 10 p.m. Ticket information is available at the Hume Hotel.

The Royal is looking forward to Saturday, September 8 and hosting up-andcoming Halifax/Montreal duo, Purity Ring. Evian Christ and Headaches will open. Tickets are $10 in advance and available at The Royal, Urban Legends, The Music Store and liveattheroyal.com.

Doors open at 8 p.m. Showtime is at approximately 9:30 p.m.

The Royal is proud to present An Evening with Sloan on Sunday, September 9. Sloan will be taking Twice Removed on the road again, playing the album in its entirety, front-to-back before delving into the rest of their catalogue of hits and favourites. Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 day of show. They are available now at The Royal, Urban

Legends, The Music Store and liveattheroyal.com. Doors open at 6 p.m. Showtime at approximately 8 p.m.

Take your turn in the spotlight, or enjoy the music of those who do, at one of the Kootenay's best open stages on Wednesday nights at The Royal. Talk to Estevan to sign up for a timeslot during the night. Starts at 8:30 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.

3 Inches of Blood will be back in Nelson on Friday, September 14. Doors open at 10 p.m. and ticket information is available at the Hume Hotel.

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

VISUAL ARTS The Royal is happy to be hosting Rhoneil's album release party. Join us for an evening with the folk songstress as we celebrate the release of her latest work. Also performing this evening will be YanZombie and Vs. Tickets are $10 at the door. Doors open 8pm.

103.5 The Bridge and Rock.It Boy Entertainment proudly presents 54-40 on Friday, September 14 at the Capitol Theatre in Nelson. One of the most important popular music groups to emerge from the Canadian cultural landscape,

Want to make a difference in your community?

Come volunteer for the ANKORS 2012 Walk for Life!

Be a part of a time-honored tradition that makes a difference in the lives of HIV positive people right here in the Kootenay Boundary Region!

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On Thursday, September 28 head down to The Royal for a special and very unique one-man band showcase with Joe Cohen. Doors open at 8 p.m. Ticket information is available at The Royal.

Krafty Kuts is at Spiritbar on September 13. Doors open at 10 p.m. Ticket information is available at The Hume Hotel.

Buy a square foot of the skatepark for $50 or give a square foot as a gift.

This campaign is aimed at engaging the whole community to help build this park 1 square foot at a time!

The Royal is proud to present Joel Plaskett with Mo Kenney live at the Capitol Theatre on Thursday, September 20. Plaskett has been a prominent figure in the Canadian indie rock scene since the mid '90s with his first band Thrush Hermit. Since then Plaskett's exceptional songwriting and distinct sound has continued to be a staple in the Canadian rock community with countless albums and music awards now under his belt.

Nova Scotian singer songwriter Mo Kenney will open the show. Tickets are $25 and are available at the Capitol Theatre Box office located at 421 Victoria Street or by clicking on this link Capitol Theatre online ticketing. Doors open 7:30 p.m. Showtime 8 p.m.

Contact Chelsea 250-505-5506 aids-walk@ankors.ca

The Grass Roots and Sprouts art exhibition is an un-juried collection of creations from Slocan Valley and Nakusp artists, that has become a successful annual event. Gallery hours are 2 to 6 p.m. The Silverton Gallery is found on Highway 6 just south of the bridge, in beautiful Silverton.

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