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tor and no driving-related charges are expected. They have turned the investigation over to the BC Coroners Service.

Nelson’s plans for an outdoor skatepark are on hold again after the Kootenay Lake Outdoor Skate Park Society was informed there would be nearly $200,000 of additional costs involved with the proposed location.

During Tuesday night’s city council meeting, councillor Paula Kiss asked staff to put together a comprehensive report on including a skatepark in Rosemont’s Art Gibbon Park.

The skatepark society had been planning to build a custom designed park at the Nelson and District Community Complex, but when the city told organizers a retaining wall would need to be built and issues around fill at the site addressed, the feasibility of the plan was put into question.

“We’re really trying to find a location that isn’t going to present a significant financial burden for the skatepark society,” said Kiss following the

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Mayor John Dooley and wife Pat were part of the crew that fanned out across the community Wednesday as part of the Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy Reach-A-Reader campaign. Politicians, Nelson Leafs hockey players, Nelson Police Department members and other community leaders sold the Nelson Star for donations to the Alliance, which offers a wide variety of literacy programs across the region for both children and adults. A total of $1,800 was raised on the day.

Sunday’s ATV Tragedy

Coroner takes over investigation GREG NESTEROFF Nelson Star Reporter

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The four-year-old boy who died in Sunday’s allterrain vehicle tragedy on a forestry road between Nelson and Castlegar has been

identified as Isaac Robert Zukowski.

The Glade child was a passenger on a quad driven by his stepfather when it struck a drainage ditch and flipped, landing on top of them. The boy died at the

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Continued from Page 1 council meeting. “The other location near the rec centre would require such a huge amount of geotechnical remediation to basically keep that concrete block from cracking or sliding down that bank.�

Chad Hansen with the society speculated the additional costs would range between $180,000 and $200,000, making it, per square foot, the most expensive skatepark in North America. “We were looking at cozying on close to $1 million for a very small park,� said Hansen. “We all just decided that was a huge waste of money and plus we would still need to fundraise another $400,000 or so. We started looking at other locations and the site up at Rosemont was brought to us.�

Kiss said the city and the society also looked at the possibility of building the facility at Lakeside Park, but additional costs around the flood plain presented more problems. “Both of those locations which were obviously more ideal in terms of proxim-

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ity and access to downtown were eliminated because of the financial burden they present,� said Kiss.

The society and the city are working to solve some of the issues around security, transportation, parking and access for emergency vehicles. “When we’re faced with this decision it basically boils down to: do we build a really big, awesome park that maybe doesn’t have the ideal location? Or do we fight for an amazing location and not build a very good park?�

Hansen asked.

If the skatepark is able to go ahead with construction at Rosemont park, Hansen said work could begin on a

park in the vicinity of 10,000 to 15,000 square feet with the possibility of expanding to 20,000 square feet.

New Line Skateparks who designed the original plan for the Nelson and District Community Complex location has agreed to redesign the Rosemont location for free. “We’ve talked with a lot of kids in the area, a few of the skate shops and also the people that use the bike park and they were all of the same opinion of ‘let’s get something built,’� said Hansen.

The skatepark society received a big financial boost in March when they were given a $400,000 grant through the

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City, but Hansen said it is important the society moves forward with the project soon. “The grant we got through the City stipulates that the park needs to be done by March 2015,� said Hansen. “That gives us two summers, this summer and the following. If we go back to the drawing board looking for something down at the lake or another location, we could run out of time.

Two summers is not a lot of time to go looking for something.�

City staff will be coming back to council at the end of November with a comprehensive report.

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News Ensuring Fairness in Eastern Europe

Nelson-Creston MLA to observe Ukraine election GREG NESTEROFF Nelson Star Reporter

Nelson-Creston MLA Michelle Mungall is headed for Ukraine next week as part of a Canadian team that will observe the fairness of that country’s parliamentary election.

“I’m really excited,” she told the Star. “The concept of democracy is a huge passion of mine and being able to contribute to increasing democratic fairness around the world is a wonderful opportunity.”

Mungall will be part of a 430-strong delegation led by federal multiculturalism minister Jason Kenney monitoring the October 28 vote.

Eighty-seven parties are seeking seats in the parliament, known as the Verkhovna Rada. Presently the Party of Regions, led by prime minister Mykola Azarov, holds the largest number of seats — 195 of 450.

The election will use a combination of proportional representation and first-pastthe-post, with each system to account for 50 per cent of the seats. (Something similar was used in 1998 and 2002 elections.)

Mungall has been an international election observer before, in Zambia in 2006.

Following that experience, she added her name the registry of Canadem, the civilian reserve that oversees such delegations.

She was invited to apply for the Ukraine mission and learned this month that she had been chosen from among over 2,000 applications.

She will be away for about two weeks, first attending training sessions in Ottawa before heading to Ukraine ahead of the election.

Mungall says observers are there to report whether the election result reflects the democratic will of voters, but not to interfere or intervene.

“It’s really important to be neutral and focus on how the election itself is being conducted,” she says.

“We go in without any bias towards any candidate or party and look at ‘Is this process being conducted freely and fairly?’”

However, concerns have already surfaced from longterm observers around votebuying and pressure tactics.

The former Soviet republic has a chequered electoral history, with widespread allegations of corruption.

The 2004 presidential election between Viktor Yanukovych and Victor Yuschenko in particular resulted in the

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517 Victoria Street (250) 352-5507 Michelle Mungall — seen here speaking at Redfish school last year — will soon be off to the Ukraine to help monitor the fairness of the country’s parliamentary elections.

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political crisis known as the Orange Revolution after Yuschenko’s supporters and international observers claimed the vote was rigged.

A supreme court decision voided results from a runoff ballot and ordered a new vote, which Yuschenko won.

Mungall said she’s not sure exactly where she’ll be assigned, but expects it will be to one or several polling stations.

In Zambia, she was stationed at the country’s largest poll, in a university.

“It was neat because people there did not take their right to vote for granted at all,” she says. “They lined up for three hours before the polls opened.”

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One other eye-opener was presidential candidates campaigning in the polling stations on election day.

“That’s illegal [in Canada] but all three of them did it,” she says.

The final observers’ report concluded the election was free and fair overall, but made several suggestions for streamlining the process — such as multiple booths at each polling location — which have since been adopted.

Mungall isn’t sure if any of her fellow MLAs will join her in Ukraine — Mike Farnworth was asked to apply but may not be able to go.

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Public Notice BRIDGE CLOSURE Please be advised that the one lane bridge on Lakeside Drive, across Cottonwood Creek, will be closed on Sunday, October 14 from 6:00 am to 4:30 pm. This closure is necessary in order to re-deck the surface of the bridge.

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News School District’s Slocan Valley By-Election

Two jump into trustee race GREG NESTEROFF Nelson Star Reporter

Two parents heavily involved in advisory committees at Slocan Valley schools are looking to fill the vacancy on the Kootenay Lake board of education.

Bob Price and Sheri Walsh have submitted nomination papers for next month’s byelection created by Barb Lindsay’s resignation.

Walsh, of Crescent Valley, is a forestry consultant and secretary of the district parent advisory committee. Price, of Bonnington, is a realtor who has chaired the parent committee at Brent Kennedy.

Walsh said she is running because she is “very concerned” about public education.

“I’m very passionate about it as one of the great equalizers in society,” she said in an interview. “I have great concerns given budget cuts — or the amount of funding — in delivering the quality of

education we would like for all students.”

She pointed to the viability of small schools, particularly W.E. Graham in Slocan, as a key concern. But lately, she’s been “inundated” with calls about school buses arriving late or not at all.

“We don’t want to be talking about the logistics of bussing — we want to talk about education. But unfortunately, it’s having an impact on families right now.”

“We don’t want to be talking about the logistics of bussing — we want to talk about education. But unfortunately, it’s having an impact on families right now.”

Walsh was involved with the parent committee at Brent

Kennedy and Mount Sentinel, which her daughter presently attends. She has also been sitting in on board meetings in her role with the district parent advisory council and said she looks forward “to being a participant as opposed to in the audience.”

Price, meanwhile, said he was motivated to run by a “sense of civic duty.”

“I’ve always been involved with the parent advisory committee, so it seemed like a natural extension,” he told the Star.

Although he wanted to wait to get a sense of the key issues, he said cost pressures and budget reductions are perpetual problems. He also pointed to transportation, childcare, and economics as things that may not be core educational issues but still affect schools.

“A partnership approach needs to be taken. The district seems to be advocating this family of schools approach, and I think that’s good,”

Stricter ATV regulations might be difficult Continued from Page 1 McLintock said as with any accidental or child’s death, they will try to find anything that might prevent similar deaths — although recommendations have to be “reasonable and practical.”

ATV use is largely unregulated in BC, with no minimum age to be either a driver or a passenger, but McLintock wasn’t sure it would be practical to ban young children from such machines.

“How you’d enforce it I’m not sure,” she said in an interview. “But it’s an interesting question. All of these things can be looked at by the coroner who, especially in child deaths, can take a fairly broad view.”

She added something else to be considered is protective equipment, but in this case everything was done correctly, as the boy wore a helmet and goggles.

Although she knew of other ATV fatalities in BC involving children 9-12 as well as teenagers, she couldn’t recall

any others with a victim this young.

“A four-year-old is certainly unusual,” she said.

Gordon Galloway, the Elkford-based safety chair with the Quad Riders ATV Association of BC, said the organization has a standard set of safety recommendations for all riders.

These include taking a safety course, which explain hazards to riding, clothing, and environment, and following manufacturers’ recommendations that appear on each model. (The machine involved in Sunday’s incident was a Can-Am 1000, according to police.)

Galloway said there are many safety instructors throughout the province and age restrictions on the club’s courses: • Those for ages six to 11 are limited to four participants, must have parents present, and have a maximum ATV size.

• For those ages 12 to 15, parents “should” be present, class sizes are capped at six but recommended at four,

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he said. “We need schools working with other schools and communities and businesses. We’re being pushed to be more creative and innovative.”

Price’s wife is a teacher and he has a daughter at Mount Sentinel. In addition to his work on the parent advisory committee, he served on a committee looking at ways to preserve Slocan Valley schools with low enrollment.

Candidates have until 4 p.m. today to withdraw their names. The election is slated for November 10 and the term runs through late 2014.

Lindsay, who was in her second term, resigned in August to take a volunteer position in Zanzibar. z A by-election is also expected in Silverton after village councillor Christopher Love resigned. He’s moving to Ontario for family reasons.

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and slightly larger ATVs are allowed.

• For those 16 and over, parents are not required, class sizes are a maximum of eight and there is no ATV size limit.

Despite safety precautions, “we also understand accidents happen, and this is one with the gravest of outcomes,” Galloway said in an email. “We hope we can learn from these so as to make further recommendations to riders, and try to prevent these tragedies. There may be many causes.”

Galloway extended condolences to the family and hoped everyone appreciated the risks involved, “to help us be safer riders while partaking in our sport in the backcountry.”

The site of Sunday’s crash was off Rover Creek Forest Service Road, near BC Hydro’s Kootenay Canal. Midslope Road, which branches off at the 8 km mark, was decommissioned in recent years and is now only accessible by ATV.

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he first time Betty Tillotson and her family visited Argenta, she left thinking “Beautiful place, lovely people, but we couldn’t live there. It’s too remote.�

By the time they reached Balfour, however, she changed her mind. “The ferry had left, but it came back twice for people left behind.

We thought ‘Wow, isn’t that great? This might be a good place to live.’�

The idea stuck with her, and in 1972, Tillotson and her four children moved to Argenta from White Rock. “I spent a while worrying, because I said we weren’t going unless they all agreed,� she recalls. “And when they did, I realized I didn’t have to make up my mind. It was great to have them want to be on this new adventure.�

Her neighbours were friendly and helpful, although after one privately complained: “It’ll just be another single woman with a washing machine we’ll have to help fix,� Tillotson resolved to learn to fix her own things.

She bought a 25-acre property and decided to share it with others. Today half a dozen people live there in a co-op and divvy up garden space and other amenities. “It’s worked into an ex-

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Bibliophile and Argenta elder Betty Tillotson continues to be the driving force behind The Greg Nesteroff photo Smallholder (left) that has produced 117 issues since 1973.

tended family,� Tillotson says.

She began teaching at the Argenta Friends (Quaker) school and soon became involved with The Smallholder, a fledgling publication about rural living.

The current issue — No. 117, comprising pages 3,118 to 3,148 — contains letters from as near as New Denver and as far away as Kerikeri, New Zealand. It’s delightfully low-tech, produced on a “misbehaving� typewriter. The editorial salutation welcomes a new subscriber in Fairfax, Virginia and laments that for the first time, some items are accompanied by email addresses only, without mailing addresses.

The press run is 450 and it comes out “at least twice a year.� The Argenta Friends Press has indicated it will continue to print the Smallholder as long as Tillotson and others put in the effort, but at 87, she’s not sure how long that will be.

“I do all the editing and typing and then somebody puts it on a light table and does the layout. Those things require a lot of commitment. But it’s worth it because so many people want it.�

Tillotson came to Canada in 1967 from Modesto, Calif., where she was active in Vietnam war resistance.

The last straw was when her eight-year-old son asked: “Daddy, which jail will I go to when I get to be 18?� “We thought no child should ever have to ask that,� Tillotson says.

In Vancouver, she worked with the Committee to Aid American War Objectors. “That was a good experience. Lots of people helped us find jobs for people or places where they could stay. And the whole Canadian population was sympathetic at that time.�

Through her Friends connections she heard about Argenta, where

THE SEASONS ARE CHANGING. YOUR TIRES SHOULD TOO.

Quaker families settled in the 1950s. Despite reports to the contrary, she says their Friends meetings are not dying. While the school closed in 1982 and the Friends Press is mostly inactive, more people have joined in recent years and they’ve raised money for water systems in Haiti.

Comparing the community as she first saw it to today, she notes “it still has some of the same good things with people caring about each other.� Fewer people make their own entertainment — Sunday soccer games and big Halloween parties don’t happen as much — “but I do think the feeling is still there.�

Forty years on, Tillotson is an Argenta elder, pleased to see people in their 80s and 90s talking with little kids: “It’s always been a community where age didn’t matter much.�

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Editorial A new set of challenges

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t’s back on the front page again: The outdoor skateboard park. Just when you thought it was safe to get the kids excited about what is to come — another snag in the plans. Will this issue ever be resolved?

Faced with the prospect of a far too tricky plot of land adjacent to the Nelson and District Community Complex, those behind the outdoor skatepark have decided to not build the most expensive per square foot facility in North America. Seems like the right choice.

The focus has now shifted away from the downtown and up to Rosemont’s Art Gibbon Park. On the surface it seems like a wise move, but the proposed location carries with it an entirely new set of issues.

Skateboarding is a pursuit of the young.

Most of those who tear it up on four wheels don’t have access to reliable transportation.

That’s why you find most of the outdoor skateparks located in areas where getting there is easy.

Art Gibbon Park is tucked away in a far corner of the community. Getting there is not easy. Factor in the steep climb from the city’s core and it’s made even more difficult. Is a kid who lives in Fairview going to pounce on the opportunity to use the park on a regular basis? Not if he or she doesn’t pack a lunch (and maybe even dinner).

That said, the location is already turning into a destination for kids of all ages. The bike park has opened up the area to a whole new interest group and is well used. Coupling jumps and trails with the skatepark would bring the area even more alive. It seems like a good fit.

Nelson is faced with challenges most other communities don’t grapple with. Our geography is our greatest asset, but it brings with it issues of finding flat ground. And when you are trying to build a skatepark, that is the only ground that really works.

If those behind the skatepark can address the issues of access, the Rosemont location holds tremendous promise. This facility is long overdue and our guess is that wherever it lands, it will be well used and true asset for our community.

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Guest Column — Judy Banfield

The many faces of homlessness

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arah and John were a young couple with a four month old baby.

John had been excited about the new baby, loved Sarah’s beautiful growing belly, and attended the difficult, but amazing birth.

The baby was healthy, but challenging, slept little, cried a lot, and left little time for the parents to be alone together. One morning, after a restless, sleepless night, John announced that it was all too much for him. It wasn’t what he expected, and he was “out of here.” John was the sole support of the new family.

Sarah did not have the funds to cover the rent on their one bedroom suite in Uphill. She was suddenly homeless.

The faces of homelessness are many, and in our community, and throughout Canada, homelessness takes many forms. The stereotype vision of the middle aged, disheveled, alcoholic or mentally unstable male lying on the street, is not the only homelessness reality. Young moms like Sarah, elderly people who have worked all their lives whose pensions can no longer cover their basic expenses, families who suffer sudden job loss, teenagers who have suffered abuse throughout their childhoods who are either thrown out of their houses or run away, business owners whose businesses have gone under during the recession, families who lose their loved ones, and their homes in sudden devastating mudslides — these are some of the many possible faces of homelessness.

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Homelessness impacts a great many people and this past week the Nelson Committee on Homelessness shed light on how it impacts Nelson.

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The reality is, it can happen to anyone. Life happens. Circumstances change and we are, all of us, vulnerable.

Homelessness does not only refer to being out on the street. Relative homelessness — which is more prominent in Nelson — refers to the inability to find decent, safe, stable, affordable and clean housing. Homelessness rarely occurs in a vacuum... it often occurs in the context of economic distress, poverty, and/or family or personal crisis.

As someone who has been involved with babies, young children and families for my entire adult life, I am particularly concerned about the impact that inadequate or unstable housing has on children’s development. I have seen too many young families living in substandard housing, too many families working two or three jobs using one-third Bob Hall Editor

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of their income on poor quality housing, too many single moms desperately trying to find an affordable, stable, safe place to live where their children are welcome.

Children need a stable healthy living environment to call home so they can develop to their full potential. When they don’t have it, a whole range of problems follow which ultimately are damaging not only to the individual children, but to all of us.

Lack of stable housing can result in difficulties in school, learning problems, social problems, health problems, a troubled adolescence, and eventually a troubled adulthood.

Nelson has a serious lack of quality, affordable family housing. It has been years since any affordable family housing was built here. There have been some wonderful housing initiatives that have helped a range of people Greg Nesteroff Reporter

Megan Cole Reporter

in housing distress. But nothing new has been built for families. Families with children are key to the healthy economic and social development of any community. And, as a point of information, one-fourth of the people who use the Nelson Food Bank, are children whose families are permanent residents of Nelson.

During this Homelessness Awareness Week I am asking that we all be aware of the many faces and forms of homelessness in our community, but to be especially aware of the plight of many of our young families. Speak up and advocate for affordable family housing, speak up for our children.

Judy Banfield has a masters degree in early childhood education, is an internationally certified lactation consultant and is the owner of Mountain Baby

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Letters to the Editor

Serving Nelson & Area Since 1987.

A bold Local health care: a tale of ups and downs prediction Yeah, it’s me on health care again. I recently had to avail myself of the surgical services of the Interior Health Authority. The less said about that first night — the ambulance ride to Trail, the surgery there — the better. It was like re-entering heaven to come back to the cool, comfortable ward of the Kootenay Lake Hospital staffed by competent professionals, for which I have never-ending praise.

Even more worthy of praise have been the services of the home care nursing staff here in Nelson. They truly are first-rate assets to the health care system, bringing not only skilled nursing services but ones touched by compassion and human understanding.

It would be extremely unfortunate if Interior Health were to further cut services

which are so valuable to the health care system. So many bedside workers have been displaced by the addition of needless administrative positions throughout the BC “Authority” system of delivering care. The bottom line is money — theirs, not ours.

One is tempted to again vote NDP to get rid of this government whose soulless approach to health care brought slashing cuts and the over-bureaucratization of Interior Health and other health authorities to us, not to mention the stripping of our own hospital (in Nelson) of superior services. Of course, we now have a marvellous new emergency room, the better to assess our needs and ship us off to Trail.

Maurice A. Rhodes Nelson

I predict the Kutenai Landing permits are renewed for the new owners with a 4-3 vote at city council: Dooley/Adams/Macdonald/Kozak vs. Cherbo/Kiss/ Batycki. I would like to be proven wrong.

Donna or Deb, you are the best prospect for a mind change. Do not buy the argument that “the community does not need another divisive debate like last time.”

The division is real. You do not make it happen. But if you uphold the permits, you merely endorse the winners of a previous battle. That fight is now ancient history and ought not to be allowed to commit us.

We have a fresh chance for wisdom. Please embrace it.

Charles Jeanes Nelson

SLUGS. We recently moved to this community and there are many things to give hugs to, however, I would like to give a great big slug to the person who put a great big ding and scratch in my car in the Safeway parking lot a week ago (you know the cute little black HHR). Of course when I came out of the store no one was there to own up to it or take responsibility. The last time this happened it cost me $3,000, I can only imagine what the price tag will be this time and we all know it is not ever advisable in this day and age to put in an insurance claim. I guess taking ownership of our errors in life belongs to an age gone by, so thanks again and I hope YOU are having a great life!

am a very responsible dog owner, evidenced by the leash, poop bags and morning walk. My dogs get regular check-ups and always have up to date vaccinations. Next time, don’t be so presumptuous. Or better yet, mind your own business!

SLUGS. To the person take took my golf clubs on the corner of Hall and Robson while I went back in the house to finish my coffee. Hugs to the person that returns them to where you found them no questions asked at 250-352-4544.

SLUGS. Great big slimy slugs in the mouths of dog owners who allow their dogs to defecate in other peoples yards. Especially around the 500 and 600 block of Mill Street. You know who you are and you know it’s illegal and anti-social. Our children would like to be able to play on the grass without us having to check it first for your dog’s feces. If you can’t pick up after your pooch then you shouldn’t have one.

SLUGS. Giant Slippery, slimy, slugs to the woman driving the dull yellow Echo on October 4 at 8 a.m. at the boat launch in Kokanee Creek Provincial Park filling the garbage bin and recycling bin with your personal garbage and then went for a walk on the beach. You do know there are actual dumps and recycling depots in the area. It is people like you that will cause the closure of the park during the offseason. To you and many other people that use the park for their personal garbage. STOP IT ALREADY! Be a responsible citizen.

SLUGS. A big stinky slug to the woman who accused my dog of having kennel cough on the rail trail. I

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HUGS. Thank you to the Nelson Star for plugging my parking meter when I was late. What a great surprise and no parking ticket!

HUGS. Thank you to the Ross and the mechanics at Nelson Toyota for fitting us in and taking care of our Pilot while we visited town on the Thanksgiving long weekend.

SLUGS. To the white Mitsubishi driver who put their parking ticket on my windshield last week with the hope that I would pay their fine. Shame on you, I caught it but someone else may not have!

HUGS. To the lady who gave us a rose in a swan vase. What a wonderful random act of kindness and very thoughtful, sorry we didn’t get your name.

<< Sandy Keith and Nancy Lewis, Trollfjord, Lofoten Islands, Arctic North of Norway >> Spectacular! Stunning! Amazing scenery! Caribbean blue sea and breathtaking mountains jutting high above. We took a day cruise through the Lofoten archipelago during the season of the midnight sun. The archipelago is known for its exceptional natural resources: Cod is dried and exported to many European countries and the bird sanctuaries are famous. Our stay in Norway was more than we could have imagined. So much to see and do. Between May and September, the birds are protected. We were surprised to see a dog on leash in a forest! (mandatory during the restricted season) The homes we saw were all small and very clean and tidy. Looking so quaint that they could have been staged just for tourists. We are so glad our son INSISTED we visit him in Norway.

HUGS. To our Nelson family for a great Thanksgiving dinner on Saturday night. You guys rock!

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.

We will print the anonymous submissions for all to see. Be honest, but all we ask is you keep it tasteful. You can also drop by a written submission to our offices at 514 Hall Street.

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A local committee is hoping to put Nelson on the map with another annual festival, but instead of attracting musical lovers the Festival of Lights would enhance the city’s Christmas spirit.

The committee, with a contribution from the city’s Spurway fund, is hoping to “significantly enhance” the existing December 7 Christmas tree lighting ceremony in addition to encouraging businesses to stay open later during the weeks leading up to December 25 and offering a best dressed window competition.

“We are requesting $30,000 come out of the Spurway fund,” said Festival of Lights committee member Joy Barrett. “This money was originally left to the City over 10 years ago with the vision it would be spent on lights and decorations for the city.”

Barrett said there is about $65,000 in the fund and the committee is asking for about half. The money would be used for purchasing the lights and installation.

In a letter to mayor and council, event organizer Maureen Crawford expressed concern about the perception the

city gives to tourists around celebrating Christmas.

“Two years ago I stood behind a young woman who was visiting Nelson during the holiday period. She asked the cashier why Nelson doesn’t celebrate Christmas?” read the letter. “This was not the first time, I or indeed many other small business owners and residents had heard something similar.”

“Two years ago I stood behind a young woman who was visiting Nelson during the holiday period. She asked the cashier why Nelson doesn’t celebrate Christmas.”

Maureen Crawford Event Organizer

Barrett said the committee is working on putting together a proposal to be presented to council at the October 22 committee of the whole meeting.

The committee has been working with the City on a detailed proposal and is addressing concerns expressed so far.

“The City does seem receptive,” said Barrett. “I do believe

they see the value in this from a local and tourism standpoint.

Especially the fact this could be quite a large economic generator in terms of bringing tourists in to shop.”

One of the concerns expressed to date around the Festival of Lights project has been around maintenance.

The committee is also looking at what city resources will be needed around installation of the lights.

“In certain cases we would have to rely on city staff for help with installation especially with the two large trees on Baker Street which would require people to get quite high up,” said Barrett. “We would need to rely on city public works to do that. Either that or the fire department. The rest of the installation would likely be done by the city or a combination of city staff and volunteers. We do have a large volunteer committee that is going forward.”

In addition to the lights and encouraging later business hours over the holiday season, the committee hopes to encourage community involvement around a Best Elf competition for children to be judged on December 7 and to promote the initiative locally and regionally to encourage shoppers to come to Nelson.

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News Jury Trial

Drug trial hears of mystery tenant blamed for grow up GREG NESTEROFF Nelson Star Reporter

A rare jury trial began Wednesday in Nelson for two men accused of drug production.

Eduardo Andreas Novella de Cubas, 46, and his son, Coda Shae Hyder, 22, are charged with production and possession of more than three kilograms of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking.

Federal crown prosecutor Rob Brown told the jury of eight women and four men that 154 plants were seized after a search warrant was executed on a Latimer Street home on March 4, 2010.

Several police witnesses testified for the Crown Wednesday,

and de Cubas took the stand in his own defence Thursday.

He told the court that although he was aware of the basement grow-op, it belonged to a fellow tenant and member of his extended family named Herb.

He said Coda Hyder was away in Vancouver and Victoria during the time the marijuana was grown, had no knowledge of it, and only returned to Nelson a couple of days before the raid.

“Did he have anything to do with this marijuana operation?” asked his lawyer, Don Skogstad.

“No, he did not,” de Cubas replied.

De Cubas said he has not seen Herb since before the bust, although when they spoke on the

phone, Herb was “aggressive and threatening,” although he wasn’t sure why. De Cubas said he complained to police.

He said he is suing Herb for $25,000 in legal costs arising from the present trial, but doesn’t know where he is and hasn’t been able to serve him with the statement of claim, filed in March of this year.

Under cross-examination, Brown asked de Cubas why he waited two years to sue.

“I hoped it would be resolved more amicably,” he said.

“There is no Herb. You are Herb, right?” Brown asked.

“No,” de Cubas replied.

De Cubas testified he loaned Herb $5,000 cash to buy equipment for the grow-op and ex-

pected to be paid back in rent.

He added that he helped set up the operation by moving some equipment, including a chiller and charcoal filter, but was not involved in tending the plants.

He believed Herb did all the electrical work.

Brown presented power bills showing a dramatic drop in consumption following the raid as compared to the year before, suggesting the grow-op had been underway for some time.

De Cubas, however, responded that the bill was likely inflated because the house used electrical heating one winter while a gas furnace was broken.

De Cubas was also asked about $19,000 in $1,000 cash bundles found in his bedroom closet and

$2,200 in $100 bills found in his pockets when he was arrested.

He denied it was the proceeds of drug sales and suggested he was “getting ready to go shopping.”

Although he has a bank account, he said he uses it mostly to pay bills.

De Cuba also said he smokes marijuana occasionally, but rarely buys it and does not sell it.

Testimony is scheduled to wrap up today in BC Supreme Court before Justice Joel Groves puts the case to the jury.

In an odd sidenote, the judge is letting jurors wear sunglasses in the courtroom, as sunlight is streaming in from high windows and hitting the jury box.

“They’re not just trying to be cool,” he quipped.

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The Application estimates the capital cost of the Project to be $47.7 million and expects the Project to commence in late 2013 and be completed by 2015. FortisBC proposes to install 115,000 residential and commercial AMI meters. To maintain firm contract vendor pricing, FortisBC requests approval of the proposed Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity by July 20, 2013.

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Calendar COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS Enjoy the Salmo River Valley fall festival celebrating our environment throughout October. There are many vibrant events are planned for all ages and interests. The events include: The Valhalla Blacksmith Festival, 6 km run/walk/bike from Ymir and Salmo to Hidden Creek, barnyard breakfast, library pig roast and entertainment and more. Events continue throughout the month. To find out more see our website svycc.ca under fall festival.

The Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy is offering ongoing, free ESL/EFL (English as a second or foreign language) classes. Join our informal conversation classes Monday morning from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. or our Thursday lesson 4 to 6 p.m., focussing on reading, writing, grammar, listening and speaking. Everyone is welcome.

Classes are at The Learning Place (basement of City Hall). Questions? Please contact Nicole 250- 352-5431 or cameronnicole@shaw.ca The Nelson and District Women’s Centre is offering Rooted in Community, a volunteer skills development training for women. The program will run for eight mornings, Tuesdays and Thursdays at 9 to 11:30 a.m. starting on October 4. The entire program is free. For more information or to register: 250-352-9916 or jordanna@nelsonwomenscentre.com Play table tennis Wednesdays (school holidays and events excluded) at the Blewett Elementary School, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. There is a $2 drop-in fee. For information phone Karl Rosenberg: 250-352-5739 Rosa Jordan will read from her novel The Woman She Was at the Nelson Public Library on Thursday, October 18 at 7:30 p.m. For more information call 250352-6333.

What the Heck is Going on Inside Your Teenager’s Brain? If you want to help your children in today’s world, then you need to begin with their brains. Take a fascinating tour of the teenage magic brain with brain-based learning facilitator Gary Anaka on Wednesday, October 17, from 7 to 9 p.m. at Mt. Sentinel School in South Slocan. Watch for future presentations in the Parents’ Night Out series brought to you by School District 8 and Kootenay Lake District Parents’ Advisory Council.

Basic computer classes for seniors begin on October 17 and 18. Learn the basics of email, internet, creating documents and organizing files. All classes are free. Call Joan t 250-352-3218 for information or to register.

Nelson and District Credit Union would like to invite members and the community down to the Nelson community branch to celebrate international credit union day on Thursday, October 18 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Stop by for light refreshments, prizes and the Ecosave light bulb exchange.

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

Visit the Craft Connection Co-operative on Thursday, October 18 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. for the opening of the Youth Co-op Stories Travelling Art Show. The show will hang throughout the weekend, but we’d like to show the young artists our support at the opening, so come one come all. Light refreshments will be served. Admission is free.

The Cottonwood Market organic growers are sponsoring the fifth annual pumpkin auction on Saturday, October 20 starting at noon. This is your opportunity to purchase a local organically grown pumpkin, in a fun family oriented atmosphere. Kids of all ages are encouraged to bid on the pumpkins.

The Cascadia Green Building Council is proud to invite you to the official opening of the new net-zero energy natural washroom building, at Art Gibbon Memorial Park (Rosemont bike park) on Saturday, October 20, between noon and 4 p.m. Come explore this innovative building showcasing green building techniques available in the Kootenays. For more information, email kr@ cascadiagbc.org.

Canadian Federation Of University Women are holding a meeting on Saturday, October 20 at the New Grand Hotel Banquet Room. There will be coffee at 9:30 a.m. with the meeting following at 10. Irene Mock will speak on hypnotherapy for health at 11 with lunch at noon.

The Slocan Valley Recreation Commission #8 invites members of the public to an open house at Slocan Park Hall on Saturday, October 20 from 1 to 3 p.m. Support recreation services in the valley - come out, share memories and give us your thoughts on how we can make our programs even better. Refreshments will be served at this casual drop-in event. For more information, call 250-226-0008 or email slocanvalleyrec@rdck.bc.ca. Visit us online at rdck.bc.ca or on Facebook at facebook.com/ slocanvalleyrec.

The Slocan Community Library announces a new fall mini-series featuring readings from regional authors.

Plan to come to the library on Sunday, October 21 at 1 p.m. when G. Jake Conkin will be entertaining all ages, and on Sunday, November 4 at 1 p.m. to hear Anne DeGrace. On Sunday, November 25 at 1 p.m., Gary Wright will entertain us with stories from his recently launched book. The library is in the comfortably-renovated red schoolhouse across from the Harold Street Cafe in Slocan.

The Capitol Theatre is holding its annual general meeting on October 24 at 6 p.m. at the Capitol. All members are invited to attend. Please purchase your membership two weeks before the meeting to be eligible to vote.

Memberships can be purchased at the box office Tuesday through Friday from noon to 4:30 p.m.

The Friends of the Nelson Public Library will be holding their fall book sale at a new location this year. We

will be at 602 Kootenay Street in the old church building on the corner of Kootenay and Victoria Street in Nelson.

There will be lots more space for all the books we’ve collected and more space for you to browse in comfort for you favorite authors, topics and children’s books. Sale time times are Friday, October 26 from 6 to 8 p.m. and Saturday, October 27 from 10 to 3 p.m. Come early for the best picks, or, late for the $3 bag of books bargain from 2 to 3 p.m. on Saturday. Don’t forget our new space, just down the street from the library.

Take part in a one day conference to accelerate local businesses through innovation. EXCELerate Kootenay business and innovation conference is Friday, October 26 at the Prestige Lakeside Resort from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Innovation is today’s key to success in business and beyond. Innovation is not a mystical process; the basics can be taught and learned. KAST is pleased to bring together a host of business innovation experts to accelerate local businesses success. Admission is $60 and participants can register at kast.com.

The Nelson Refugee Committee is hosing a delicious homemade Burmese dinner to help financially support two refugees from Burma who are new to Nelson. The event begins at 6 p.m. on Saturday, October 27 at the United Church at Josephine and Silica Streets. Tickets are $15 per person or $45 for a family. Tickets can be purchased at Otter Books.

Nelson Nordic Ski Club is holding their ski swap, annual general meeting and pre-season membership drive. The ski swap will be held Sunday, October 28 at the Nelson Rod and Gun Club at 701 Railway Street.

Items for sale can be dropped off between 9 and 10 a.m.

For more information or to help out If you would like to help out at either of these venues call 250-354-4299 or email ajpop@netidea.com or lisab05@shaw.ca.

VOLUNTEERING Interested in volunteering one-on-one with the terminally ill, the dying and/or the bereaved? If you are at ease with people who are ill and/or grieving, consider volunteering with Nelson and District Hospice Society.

The next weekend training intensive is scheduled for late November. To apply, please follow these steps: become familiar with Nelson Hospice by viewing our website at nelsonhospice.org. Click on “volunteering,” then download and complete the application. For more info contact nelsonhospice@netidea.com.

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. For more information visit ecosociety.ca

To add your events to our online community calendar by visiting nelsonstar.com. To have your listings included in the community calendar email reporter@nelsonstar.com

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Arts Cultural Development

Sparking Up the Dialogue

Searching for an ambassador

The Nelson Fire Department kicked its Fire Prevention Week efforts into high gear last week when they set up in the downtown.

Firefighters Leo Grypma (left) and Marc Thibault (right) handed out information and spoke about the importance of a proper working smoke alarm in your house.

SUBMITTED Special to the Nelson Star

The Cultural Development Committee, on behalf of the City of Nelson, is currently inviting applications and nominations for the position of 2013’s Nelson cultural ambassador in the category of theatre.

The winner will be announced at the City of Nelson’s annual reception in December and will receive a $500 honorarium, provided by the Capitol Theatre in partnership with Nelson Kootenay Lake Tourism. The deadline for submissions is November 2.

Applicants should be professionals performing in a recognized form of theatre arts. Applications can be made on an individual basis or on behalf of a theatrical group or company for a field of work. Preference will be given to individuals or companies who will be touring outside the city limits, in addition to within Nelson.

“The cultural ambassador program has been successful,” said Stephanie Fischer, chair of the committee. “We’ve had four years of talented professionals representing our city: the Corazon Youth Choir, fibre artist Angelika Werth, author Anne DeGrace, and 2012’s recipient, dancer Hiromoto Ida. It’s a wonderful opportunity for the community to recognize and reward the exceptional talent we have here.”

Four years ago, the committee established this honour in recognition of local individual artists, groups or collectives who have achieved a high standard of excellence in their artistic discipline and who are active not only in Nelson’s cultural community, but extend their talents to other communities and countries. The cultural ambassador is expected to represent and promote the City of Nelson on their travels, increasing the visibility and cultural reputation of Nelson.

In return, the cultural ambassador can use their official designation in their own promotional materials, programs and fundraising.

Contact Joy Barrett, the City of Nelson’s cultural development officer at cultural@nelson. ca for an application/nomination form or for further information.

We would like to extend special thanks to Dr. Andre Kirsten and his staff, Dr Malpass, and all the wonderful doctors and nurses in Nelson, Kelowna, and Trail. Thank you to Father Jim, Sister Nancy and the choir at The Cathedral of Mary Immaculate. Special thanks to all our friends and family who have brought food and Áowers and have donated to the Rodi De Vuono Scholarship Fund and/or the De Vuono Education Fund. We would also like to thank: The City of Nelson Taylor Wilton Nelson Fire Department Aaron Seminoff and Main Jet Motorsports Nelson City Police Department Clive Jackson and Jackson’s Hole Nelson Italian Society Amanda’s Restaurant Thompson Funeral Home CWL Nelson & District Credit Union Tera, Rachel, and Christopher De Vuono Franco and Ada De Vuono

Sam Van Schie photo

THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF NELSON

NOTICE OF PERMISSIVE PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS List of Properties that are proposed for tax exemption for the years indicated under Section 224(2) of the Community Charter SCHEDULE ‘A’ 100% TAX EXEMPTIONS FOR THE 10-YEARS 2013 TO 2022 INCLUSIVE Organization

Civic Address

Nelson & District Boy Scouts & Girl Guides

310 Cedar Street, Nelson

Nelson & District Rod & Gun Club

801 Railway Streetw

Permissive Tax Exemption Years

Proposed Estimated Municipal Taxes 2013

Estimated Municipal Taxes 2014

Estimated Municipal Taxes 2015

100%

2013 to 2022

466

475

485

100%

2013 to 2022

7,087

7,229

7,373

Curling Club

302 Cedar Street

100%

2013 to 2022

17,834

18,191

18,554

Capitol Theatre Restoration Society

421 Victoria Street

100%

2013 to 2022

8,307

8,473

8,643

Nelson & District Museum, Archive and Art Gallery

502 Vernon Street

100%

2013 to 2022

18,725

19,100

19,481

SCHEDULE ‘B’ 100%TAX EXEMPTIONS FOR THE 1-YEAR 2013 Organization

Civic Address

Permissive Tax Exemption

Year

Estimated Municipal Taxes 2013

Kalein Hospice Centre Society

402 West Richards St Parcel A 402 West Richards St Parcel B

100%

2013

4,297

Kootenay Advocacy Network

620 Nelson Avenue

100%

2013

1,776

Kootenay Kids Society

312 Silica Street

100%

2013

3,428

Nelson & District Housing Society

805 Nelson Avenue

100%

2013

3,146

Nelson Kiwanis Projects Society

824 Sixth Street

100%

2013

4,736

Nelson Kiwanis Projects Society

509 Gordon Avenue

100%

2013

2,952

West Kootenay Women’s Association

420 Mill Street

100%

2013

1,109

SCHEDULE ‘C’ PARTIAL TAX EXEMPTIONS FOR THE 1-YEAR 2013 Organization

Civic Address

Permissive Tax Exemption

Year

Estimated Municipal Taxes 2013

Granite Pointe Golf Club

1123 West Richards Street

100% of improvement value excluding the clubhouse portion of the improvement value; 100% of land value

2013

7,992

Nelson CARES Society

567 Ward Street

65% of Residential land and improvement values

2013

2,612

Salvation Army

601 Vernon Street

50% of improvements not statutorily exempt; 100% 2013 of land not statutorily exempt

3,897

Please address enquiries to: City of Nelson – Chief Financial Officer 101 - 310 Ward Street, Nelson, B.C., V1L 5S4 Tel: (250) 352-8235 Fax: (250) 352-2131 email: cmcclure@nelson.ca

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Arts Household Hazardous Waste Round-Up Saturday October 13th, 2012 10:00am-2:00pm Nelson Leafs Bottle Depot 120 Silica Street Don’t miss the HHW RoundͲup!

Bring your poisonous, Ňammable or corrosive items for safe disposal and recycling. Unlabeled products are accepted.

ResidenƟal Household Hazardous Waste Only No Explosives, AmmuniƟon, Flares, RadioacƟve Materials, or BioͲHazardous Waste. No Commercial or Industrial Wastes will be accepted.

x Items idenƟĮed as Household Hazardous Waste should be treated x x x x

carefully and brought safely to the roundͲup.

Unlabeled containers should be treated with cauƟon.

Do not mix diīerent products together.

Tightly cap all containers.

For a complete list of items accepted visit the RDCK website.

For more informaƟon visit www.rdck.bc.ca or call 1Ͳ800Ͳ268Ͳ7325

Every September, Shoppers Drug Mart® stores across Canada set up a Tree of Life in support of women’s health, with 100% of all proceeds going directly to women’s health initiatives in your community. Over the years, you’ve contributed over $17 million and we’re hoping you’ll help us make a difference again this year.

Visit your local Shoppers Drug Mart between September 29 and October 26 and buy a leaf ($1), a butterfly ($5), an acorn ($10) or a cardinal ($50) to help women’s health grow in your community.

To find out which women’s charity your local Shoppers Drug Mart store supports, visit shoppersdrugmart.ca/treeoflife.

Jesus Christ Superstar Coming to Capitol Theatre Next Month

Coles Notes Superstar On November 8, the local production of the rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar will open at the Capitol Theatre for a four day, six show run.

Leading up the show, the Star has asked producer Margaret Stacey to write a series of columns on the show and the people involved in bringing it to life next month. This is the second of her four columns.

MARGARET STACEY Special to the Nelson Star

I

know everybody knows the plot of this story; it ends badly. But what’s important in theatre is the journey getting there, so I’m giving a brief synopsis of the show. To me, it’s a tragedy, a lot like Julius Caesar, with Judas playing Brutus.

Judas, the right hand man, opens the show warning Jesus that the Roman conquerors object to another noisy sect, and complains that Jesus has become a national star: “you’ve begun to matter more than the things you say.”

And that Jesus wastes his time with the woman Mary Magdalene. She is his faithful comforter, and is perplexed about her feelings for Jesus: “I don’t know how to love him.”

Meanwhile the high priests of Jerusalem are disturbed by Jesus’ superstar status with the hosanna-singing crowd of 50,000, calling them “halfwitted fans.” The priests are as concerned as Judas about the political furor, foreseeing Roman “blood and destruction because of one man.”

Enter Pilate, the Roman authority, with a premonition of the future of the movement: “I saw thousands of millions crying for this man, leaving me the blame.” Jesus further angers the priests by expelling money lenders from the temple and the mob begins to sour on him as he is unable to heal and care for all of them: “Don’t crowd me, heal yourselves.”

Judas, weighing it with his conscience and seeing that “Jesus can’t control it like he did before,” betrays him to the priests, hoping he won’t be “damned for all time.”

At the Last Supper, the apostles are proud to be his followers and they are looking forward to fame for writing the gospels; Jesus

Local musician Ron Butler on trumpet, heralding the show in the overture of Superstar. The music is one of the main attractions of the show which Michael Mayrhofer photo will be on stage next month.

despairs at their “blank faces,” and predicts that he’ll be betrayed and denied by some of them. They even fall asleep as he battles with his destiny and God in the garden of Gethsemane: “Why should I die?... I will drink your cup of poison... do it now before I change my mind!”

What follows is Gospel history — Herod’s examination: “you are nothing but a fraud.”

Judas’ suicide, an audience before Pilate, and a 39-lash whipping before a crowd that now wants their former star crucified, which happens shortly.

The end is grisly, and the second-to-last word of the rock opera comes from the voice of a contemporary Judas: “Did you know your messy death would be a record breaker?”

There it is folks. The Gospel according to Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice.

The story to me is like The Blind Men and The Elephant; everybody surrounding Jesus partially gets what he’s all about, but none of them have the whole picture that he knows, and most of them twist and misinterpret what they understand.

Why on earth would anybody want to see this show at all?

Well, because of the unbelievably great music, and the characters of this history which are often portrayed quite flatly in most Passion plays; they come alive in Superstar.

Another really special reason to see Superstar is that

you can watch and hear 70 local talented people bring it to life. Kevin Armstrong and Laura Johnson have doublecast Jesus, Mary, Judas and Herod, so you even have an opportunity to see it done differently — if you go twice!

Jesus is played by Arron Nelson and Josh Murray, Mary Magdalene by Julie Johnson-Murray and Solona Armstrong, and Herod stars are Taylor Wilson and Michael Graham. The Judas role is shared by Kevin Armstrong and Michael Calladine.

Watch for Bessie Wapp as Pilate, and Kevin MacKenzie as High Priest Caiaphas. There’s a flock of apostles, lepers, soul girls, reporters, money lenders, mob and crowd.

There is dancing.

In the orchestra pit is a band of our finest musicians and teachers, and at the helm is the stage management team of Janet Cook, Mary Defeo and Olivia Bogaard, assistant director Pat Henman, technical director Dave Ingraham, choreographer (and apostle) MacKenzie Hope, designer Adriana Bogaard, with Michael Graham building costumes and Douglas Scott building the set.

With a team like this, the production will be great.

This show is usually played around Easter, but for some, it might lend to Remembrance Day an extra significance. We also hoped that it would be an event for people to attend at a holiday time, and at the rate the tickets are going, it should be a superstarry weekend in Nelson.

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City Turns Focus to Homelessness Mayor John Dooley (seated) officially signs the proclamation to make October 7 to 13 Homelessness Action Week in Nelson. Joining Dooley in the council chamber last week were: (L-R) Phyllis Nash (Nelson Committee on Homelessness co-chair), Katie Tabor (Nelson Committee on Homelessness community coordinator) and Judy Banfield (Homelessness Action Week honourary chair). photo submitted

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MUSICA INTIMA October 13, 2012 ~ 8 pm

SEASON TICKETS: ADULT $75 STUDENT* $42 SINGLE TICKET: ADULTS $24 STUDENT* $14 *Students from schools participating in the NOCS School Outreach Program are granted FREE ADMISSION

Tickets available at: THE CAPITOL THEATRE 421 Victoria St., Nelson, BC 250-352-6363 www.capitoltheatre.bc.ca CONCERTS ARE HELD AT

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Arts Railtown District Coming Together

A bridge with artistic flow SUBMITTED Special to the Nelson Star

Late last month, the City of Nelson announced the completion of the Railtown Bridge railing across Cottonwood Creek.

The railing was designed, created and installed by local artist Brent Bukowski.

Bukowski, who has had solo exhibitions at Touchstones Nelson and the Oxygen Art Centre, works primarily with found objects such as metal and glass, the majority of which have been reclaimed from forestry and mining regional landfills.

“My preliminary design work for this railing focused on the significance of the railway and the strong heritage theme of Nelson’s downtown core,” said Bukowski. “However, upon visiting the project location, a theme was revealed when a young lad rolled by on his skateboard and I envisioned, chronologically, a sampling of what may have crossed the creek over the last century.

“It was important for me to use reclaimed materials from within the region: the bulk of the sculptural core consists of cross-sections of 300-plus castiron automobile brake rotors/ drums, each filled out with bicycle sprockets, mountain bike rotors and the measurement gears from petrol pumps.”

Assembled side by side, the items create the meandering middle rail with the required flush surface for the sidewalk side of the railing. The creek side of the railing reveals the three-dimensional perspective of the sculpture, in which a variety of mixed metals (horse related, mining/forestry/agricultural components, auto/ motorcycle/snowmobile parts, bicycle/skateboard, etc.) lap the front pieces. They area all bolted and riveted together.

Members of the Cultural Development Committee and artist Brent Bukowski gathered at the Railtown Bridge at the foot of Baker Street late last month to celebrate the completion of the railing project. Those in attendance included (L-R) Kevin Cormack, Bukowski, Joy Barrett, Stephanie Fischer and Donna Macdonald.

Sam Van Schie photo

This railing is a first step in implementing the City’s Downtown and Waterfront Master Plan, which recognizes the historical importance of the railway in Nelson by renaming the lower Baker Street area Railtown.

The Railtown district is expected to grow in significance in the coming years, showcasing the restored CP Stationhouse that will house, amongst

other uses, a regional visitor gateway and business welcome centre. Provincial grant funds received through the LocalMotion program were used for the railing, and to install sidewalks, curbing and heritage light standards at the four-way stop at the foot of Baker Street. Additional features, to be installed in the next two months, will include Railtown signage and decorative banners.

Come and meet the food cupboard SUBMITTED

October 16th is International Food Day.

Don’t miss this fascinating exhibit!

Touchstones Winter Hours: Wed-Sat 10am-5pm Thurs 10am-8pm, Sun 10am-4pm. Closed Mon-Tues.

Special to the Nelson Star

October 16 is World Food Day. The Nelson Food Cupboard will mark the occasion by opening its doors to local students.

Classes ranging from Kindergarten to Grade 12 will tour the food cupboard and learn about emergency food services in the Nelson area.

The Nelson Food Cupboard provides barrierfree access to healthy food and serves more than 1,000 customers each month. About one quarter of the food cupboard’s customers are children.

Community members who want to learn more about the Nelson Food Cupboard are warmly invited to this year’s annual general meeting on October 23 in the basement of the Nelson United Church at 602 Silica Street.

Come enjoy hot apple pie with vanilla gelato starting at 7 p.m. The meeting begins at 7:30 and is an excellent opportunity to learn about the food cupboard’s people and projects.

The Nelson Food Cupboard always welcomes donations of time, money or food. For more information or to get involved contact the food cupboard at 250-354-1633.

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Pumpkins Up For Grabs The Investors Group has teamed up with Safeway for a fall-themed fundraiser for breast cancer research.

Ashley De Leeuw (first assistant at Safeway), Grenville Skea and Karen Pilipishen from Investors Group, and Safeway produce manager Devon Nazaroff will be launching the pumpkin giveaway in support of breast cancer Megan Cole photo research on October 26.

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News

Proudly putting new smiles on faces every day

Actor Finds New Home and New Passion in New Denver

Getting back to the basics SAM VAN SCHIE Nelson Star Reporter

In the last 12 years we have put a lot of new smiles on local faces, eliminating jaw, head and neck pain, and straightening teeth.

For inspiration on smile makeovers, TMJ therapy, orthodontics and more, visit our website www.kootenaysmiles.ca or put a new smile on your face today by giving us a call:

Dr Yuro Ihns 2503657511 Dr Peter Lawczynski 2503042111

After 20 years working as a Hollywood film and television actor, Steve Shellen has discovered the simple life in New Denver.

Since returning to Canada, the 55-year-old originally from Victoria has shifted his focus to creating his own work in visual art and filmmaking, in a style that is distinctly nonHollywood.

“The problem with Hollywood films is they really spell everything out for people,” he lamented. “What I do is more abstract, with a lot of metaphors and strange stuff happening.”

He compares his work to that of surrealist filmmaker David Lynch.

“You don’t always understand everything in a David Lynch film and it kind of lets the audience participate by forming their own idea what the movie was about.”

Shellen is currently working

Steve Shellen

on a short film that he plans to shoot in New Denver this winter. It will be set in 1890 and, in 11 minutes, will tell the story of a man who comes to town intending to kill the owner of a mine but decides against it during a poker game.

“It deals with some time travel and some really strange mysterious event,” he said.

Shellen is both writer and one of four actors in the piece.

His friend Isaac Carter will direct and help edit the piece It’s the first serious film he’s worked on since moving to New Denver six months ago.

He intends to show it at international film festivals, as well

as organizing local screenings, in 2013.

“The advantage with doing short films, rather than feature films, is you can throw them together real quick, so people don’t have to wait forever to see the thing,” he said.

One of Shellen’s earlier short films, Mélancolique in Chicoutimi, was screened at the Festival du Court Metrage in Clermont-Ferrand, France. He hopes his current film — which doesn’t have a title yet — will enjoy similar success.

“You don’t need to be in a big city and have a big budget to make a great film, not with the technology available today,” he said, though it seemed the reality of that statement hadn’t truly set in for him yet. “It’s crazy, saying that. But if this film goes somewhere, I’ll prove it’s true.”

Shellen’s resume is long, but the most well known film he has appeared in is the 1992 classic A River Runs Through It, starring Brad Pitt and directed by Robert Redford.

THE CAPITOL SEASON SERIES PRESENTS: Axis Theatre Company 20th Anniversary Tour

“Winnigly wild.”

― New York Times

PHOTO BY DAVID COOPER

SATURDAY OCTOBER 20, 2012 @ 8PM Tickets: $35 Adult, $28 Season Package / Full Time Student Charge by phone: 250-352-6363 Buy online: www.capitoltheatre.bc.ca

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Community

Retail Makeover Workshop Prestige Lakeside Resort

Special Fundraiser Later This Month for Incredible Women

From Burma to Nelson SUBMITTED Special to the Nelson Star

Some years ago there was a child born in a bamboo hut during a rainy day in the mountainous jungles of Thailand. Her parents were one of the 300,000 Karen (ka-REN) people of Burma, who fled the persecution of the military government. She lived in many refugee camps on the Thai/ Burma border for 27 years. Her name is Hsa Moo. Twelve years passed and another young girl was sent to the camps for her safety after her village in Burma was repeatedly burned to the ground by the army. She left behind her parents and siblings, who are now either dead or among the internally displaced persons.

Her name is Htoo Paw. Hsa Moo and Htoo Paw, who are cousins, somehow found each other among the other 130,000 refugees living in the camps. Despite the hardships that they faced, they

survived, educated themselves and eventually became leaders amongst their people.

Htoo Paw worked with a woman’s organization which helped women organize to build work co-ops within the camps. Hsa Moo was vicepresident of a youth organization, and taught other young people about their rights and their Karen culture. She also was involved with a rudimentary radio station built for the people in the camps. She interviewed incoming refugees and produced radio programs which told the truth about the situation in Burma.

Both women could never return to their homeland for fear of being persecuted or murdered by the Burmese military government, nor were they able to leave the camps to find work and live in Thailand. As refugees, they had little hope of a future outside their camp.

But miracles do happen, and this past June the two cousins, now in their late 20s,

resettled in Nelson and are now permanent residents of Canada. The Nelson Refugee Committee worked for more than three years to make this a reality. They waded through the paperwork involved and began fundraising in earnest from the start. Their commitment is to support Hsa Moo and Htoo Paw during their resettlement process and to provide full financial support for one full year.

On Saturday, October 27, there will be a fundraising dinner for the cousins at the United Church, Silica at Josephine Streets. This event will take the committee one step closer to meeting their financial goals for their support. Join the for a delicious Burmese (Karen) meal and meet Hsa Moo and Htoo Paw. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Dinner served at 6 p.m..

Tickets are available at Otter Books ($15/single, $45/ family).

For more information contact 352-3117.

Keys to Retail Success and Best Practices In this workshop Barbara Crowhurst, North Americas #1 Retail Business Coach will go back to the basics.

Teaching the Strategies that Drive Retail Sales.

Effective Marketing: At the core of this basic strategy is bringing new customers into your store and increasing the number of times existing customers come in to your store.

Key points Barbara covers: defining your market place, what is your potential customer base, knowing who your competition is, using technology effectively, social media, website, your customer data base, today’s traditional advertising and how best to maximize effective, using a POS system, creating a promotional calendar and the best marketing practices for retail success in today’s economy .

Updated Store Design and Product Placement: At the core of this strategy: Barbara covers what makes good retail store design and why placing products in her retail grid system keeps customers in your store longer and buying more.

Strong in Store Sales Focus: At the core of this strategy: Barbara covers your role in the performance of your store, your sales staff commitment to your business, increasing the average sale, what an add on sales program is, why it’s important to you and how it effects your yearly sales targets.

October 29th Prestige Lakeside Resort 1pm-4pm Tickets available through the Nelson and District Chamber of Commerce $40 per person plus HST 250 352 3433 info@discovernelson.com This event is sponsored by the Nelson and Area Economic Development Partnership

If you only go to one session this year to upgrade your retail knowledge this is the one!

Baker Street 1977

Baker Street Now

Baker Street Future

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.

Think Local First… Shop Nelson and Area.

Photo credit Touchstones Nelson: Courtesy of Touchstones Nelson

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Sports

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

Junior Leafs Take on Castlegar in Weekend Pair

KIJHL Stats

Life in the tight Murdoch BOB HALL Nelson Star Editor

In a Kootenay International Junior Hockey League season, there are a great many variables and unknowns.

But one thing is always certain: the top three teams in the Neil Murdoch Division are going to be amongst the best in the league and are going to be slugging it out for division bragging rights all season long.

The Beaver Valley Nitehawks, Castlegar Rebels and Nelson Leafs are perennial KIJHL powerhouses who have taken turns over the last couple decades as league champions. The Spokane Braves might be lacking banners in their arena, but the division’s American cousins are always strongly in the mix.

Because of the might of the Neil Murdoch, divisional match-ups become terribly important no matter what point the season is at. The

Leafs rookie Colton McCarthy gets tripped up on Sunday against the Chase Heat at the Nelson and District Community Complex. McCarthy and his teammates will face a tough challenge this weekend with a homeBob Hall photo and-home series against the Castlegar Rebels starting tonight at the NDCC.

Leafs will face an early season test when they tangle with the Rebels in a key homeand-home weekend.

“This is a big weekend,” said Leafs coach Frank Maida after watching his team take four of a possible six points in a three-game homestand

this past weekend.

“We need to really focus on our division and be up for the challenge in these games.

Winning games against teams in your division can separate you either way.”

Though Friday night’s game at the Nelson District

Community Complex will only be the Leafs’ tenth of season, a pair of wins will set an important tone for the rest of the season. With a 5-3-1-0 record, the Leafs currently sit

League Standings Neil Murdoch Division TEAM GP W Beaver Valley 9 6 Castlegar 10 5 Nelson 9 5 Spokane 10 3 Grand Forks 10 1

L 1 2 3 6 9

T 1 3 1 1 0

OTL 1 0 0 0 0

P 14 13 11 7 2

Eddie Mountain Division TEAM GP W Fernie 9 5 Kimberley 9 5 Columbia Val. 11 4 Golden 7 3 Creston Valley 8 3

L 3 4 6 3 4

T 0 0 0 0 0

OTL 1 0 1 1 1

P 11 10 9 7 7

Okanagan Division TEAM GP Osoyoos 9 Princeton 9 Summerland 9 Kelowna 8 Penticton 8

W 8 6 4 3 2

L 1 3 4 5 6

T 0 0 0 0 0

OTL 0 0 1 0 0

P 16 12 9 6 4

Doug Birks Division TEAM GP N. Okanagan 9 Sicamous 7 Revelstoke 9 Kamloops 7 Chase 9

W 7 5 4 3 3

L 1 0 4 2 5

T 0 0 0 0 0

OTL 1 2 1 2 1

P 15 12 9 8 7

UPCOMING GAMES FRIDAY, October 12 Castlegar at Nelson, 7 p.m., NDCC Columbia Valley at Fernie Golden at Princeton Kamloops at Spokane Osoyoos at Kelowna Revelstoke at Chase Kimberley at Creston Valley Sicamous at North Okanagan SATURDAY, October 13 Nelson at Castlegar Creston Valley at Kimberley Fernie at Columbia Valley Chase at Revelstoke Summerland at Penticton North Okanagan at Sicamous Kelowna at Princeton Spokane at Grand Forks Kamloops at Beaver Valley Golden at Osoyoos SUNDAY, October 14 Kamloops at Grand Forks Revelstoke at Sicamous Golden at Penticton

Story continues to ‘Jmaeff’ on Page 19

NHL Coach Returns to Familiar Territory During NHL Lockout

Renney runs Leafs through paces BOB HALL Nelson Star Editor

With National Hockey League players locked out, Detroit Red Wings assistant coach Tom Renney is getting an opportunity to stay close to home and get back to his roots.

The veteran NHL coach has been a fixture at the Nelson and District Community Complex over the last few weeks, taking in Nelson Junior Leafs games

and even helping on the ice with drills.

“Nelson is home in essence,” Renney told the Star on Sunday at the Leafs game.

“With the lockout, there is not really much for us to do. The general manager and ownership is really fair in what they expect from us, they said ‘go home and enjoy the next couple weeks because we know how hard you go when we go, so take advantage of it.’ So we are.”

Renney is married to

Tom Renney

Glenda Gare and the couple owns a home in the area.

Renney started his coaching career in the KIJHL with Rossland and Columbia Valley. He asked Leafs coach Frank Maida if he wanted

a hand and the local coach jumped the chance.

“I was hoping he might invite me to come out on the ice and he has done that,” said Renney. “I am just giving them ideas and some little things to think about. I’ve run some drills and encouraged the players to do what they do best. As much as they might get something out of it, I’m getting more.”

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Nelson Leafs Leaders

PLAYER Colton Schell Colton McCarthy Seth Schmidt Linden Horswill Carson Willians Jacob Boyczuk Bryce Nielsen JJ Beitel

LEAFS HOCKEY

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Position Forward Forward Defence Forward Forward Forward Forward Defence

GP 9 9 9 9 8 8 5 9

G 4 9 2 3 2 2 3 1

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Sports Nelson Mountain Biker Wins Impressive Title

Sorge tops Rampage Nelson Star Staff

Nelson’s Kurt Sorge came out on top of the heap of the world’s best big mountain riders at the Red Bull Rampage 2012.

The annual event in southwestern Utah wrapped up on the weekend with Sorge being crowned the best after a tworun test against 24 of the planet’s best mountain bikers.

Sorge was ahead after the first run, but it was the second run that cemented the title.

“A confident approach to the upper section of his line (with a no-handed drop high on the course), a big drop before a shot through the Oakley Icon Sender and a Superman jump and backflip step-down all combined to make Sorge’s run tops for the day,” is how the second

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Nelson’s Kurt Sorge (holding trophy above head) came out on top at the Red Courtesy Red Bull Bull Rampage 2012 in Utah last weekend.

run was described on the Red Bull website.

Like Travis Rice’s Supernatural snowboarding contest that filmed at Baldface Lodge this past winter, the Red Bull Ram-

page mountain biking event is part of the Red Bull Signature Series on NBC television. The mountain biking event will be shown on December 8 starting at 11 a.m.

Jmaeff makes return to Leafs offense Continued from Page 18 in the third place in the division, three points behind the Nitehawks and two points shy of the Rebels. Two wins would catapult them ahead of their Highway 3A rivals.

If the Leafs are to come away with four points they will need to be more consistent as a team.

Though it’s early in the season, a top line has emerged with captain Colton Schell clicking with rookie Colton McCarthy and power winger Jacob Boyczuk.

Though the line has produced most of the points so far, Maida feels his team has other lines who have been stepping up.

“We are getting an equal amount of scoring from all

lines,” said Maida. “We are very deep both upfront and defensively. We are setting lines and have some guys starting to feel comfortable with each other and it is paying off in games.”

One of the recent additions that should prove to bolster the attack is Matti Jmaeff. The Creston native arrived back in Nelson last week after being released by the Dauphin Kings of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League. Last season Jmaeff scored 14 goals and added 25 assists in his first season with the Leafs.

“Matti will be a big part of our team,” said Maida. “He brings a lot of size and offence to our team. He is a big addition.”

The Leafs are also enjoying

some scoring from the defence.

In Sunday’s 7-0 win over the Chase Heat, KIJHL rookie Seth Schmidt scored two goals and added a pair of assists. The Creston native played with the Midget AAA Ice last season and the 17-year-old is expected to continue to play a big role on the blueline.

“Seth has been really coming along really well,” Maida said.

“He is getting to understand our systems and the junior game a lot better. Now he is being rewarded and working really well with Kevin Bow in that pairing.”

The puck drops at the NDCC at 7 p.m. The Castlegar side of the home-and-home will be played on Saturday night.

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Obituaries & Memorials â&#x20AC;&#x153;My love for you is a journey, starting at forever, ending at never.

If i could reach up and hold a star for every time you made me smile, the entire evening sky would be in the palm of my hand. You are forever in our hearts and our thoughts.â&#x20AC;?

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Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Masterpiece

Pastor Arden Gustafsonâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Nelson Covenant Church In thinking about the idea of calm the last few weeks, I have been struck by how hard it is for me to â&#x20AC;&#x153;calm downâ&#x20AC;? at times. There is pressure on a pastor to be a â&#x20AC;&#x153;non-anxious presenceâ&#x20AC;? in the lives of others. Sadly, I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think that always describes me.

I remember in college when I was taking a psych class, we were to go to 3 or 4 people and show them our list of selfdescriptive words, asking them how accurately we described ourselves. Being a conďŹ dent person (one of my â&#x20AC;&#x153;selfdescriptive wordsâ&#x20AC;?) I showed a friend my list, waiting for an enthusiastic aďŹ&#x192;rmation. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This one doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t ďŹ t you at all,â&#x20AC;? she said.

I was shocked? I spent the next several minutes trying to convince her (quite forcefully and full of agitation, I might add) that that word did ďŹ t my persona. What was the

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Nelson

Billie Lorraine Botterill Born in Sandon, B.C. June 27th, 1927 Long time resident of Nelson where she passed away at Mountain Lakes on October 5th, 2012.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s with great sadness we would like to announce Billieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s passing, peacefully with her loving husband, Ed by her side, they were married for 62 years. Also leaving to mourn are Doug and Joanne Botterill and family, Gord and Shirley and family, as well as her nephews and nieces in England.

As an expression of sympathy donations may be made to Canadian Cancer Society Box 292, Nelson BC V1L 5P9

702 Stanley St. â&#x20AC;˘ 352.9613 Sundays at 10:00 am Pastor Arden Gustafson Pastor Chris Wiens

Balfour 7741 Upper Balfour Rd. â&#x20AC;˘ 229.2301 Sundays at 9:30 am Pastor Jason Ashley

Playmor Junction

Or Kootenay Lake District Hospital 3 View Street Nelson, BC V1L 9Z9

2840 Eden Rd. â&#x20AC;˘ 359.5065 Sundays at 10:00 am Pastor Jesse Lerch

www.ecov.org

There will be no service at Billieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s request. Cremation has taken place. Online condolences may be expressed at www.thompsonfs.ca Funeral Arrangements are under the direction of Thompson Funeral Service Ltd.

Anglican Church of Canada St. Saviour's ProCathedral

SHIRLEY TURNER Born: Dec.4, 1948 Passed: Sept.10, 2012 Shirley passed away suddenly at her home on September 10, 2012.

She was born in Nelson and was predeceased by her parents Elizabeth and Russel Cole, and brothers David and Bruce. Shirley is survived by sisters Yvonne and Cheryl, brothers Randy and Brian, daughters Kassi, Rhea, Raini and Krista, and grandchildren Sage, Tyson, Keegan, Cedar, Taia, Bodi, Lexa, Larken, Bryden and Soleil.

Shirley wore many hats during her working years, waited tables, â&#x20AC;&#x153;car-hoppedâ&#x20AC;? at A&W, delivered newspapers, scaled log booms for KFP, was an operator for BC Tel, welded at Cominco and Fording Operations in the Elk Valley. Shirley retired after 30 years of service for the City of Nelson in 2009.

Shirley was dedicated to her family, friends and community, always being the first to volunteer when help was needed. Shirley loved adventure and would never turn down an opportunity to hike, bike, snowshoe or kayak. She was a member of: Scottish Country dancing, Red Hat Society, Kootenay Mountaineering Club, Canoe & Kayak Association, West Kootenay Naturalists and Country line dancing. Shirley enjoyed playing ball, curling, cross country skiing, windsurfing, scuba diving, water skiing and downhill skiing. Shirley loved playing cards, gardening, and wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t pass up a chance to garage sale.

Shirley had a huge circle of friends and always made each and every one of us feel special and appreciated. We are so grateful that she has touched each of our lives in such a powerful and inspiring way.

Shirley was genuinely filled with joy and wonder, she had an amazing ability to embrace the world with open and loving arms. Her life is a testimony to living passionately every day.

A celebration of Shirleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life was held on September 16th at the Nelson Curling Club. As an expression of sympathy, family and friends may make a donation to: Kootenay Lake Hospital Foundation, Friends of the Family, or Nelson and District Womensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Centre.

Ward & Silica, Nelson Family Service & Eucharist Sunday 10:30 AM

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CATHEDRAL OF MARY IMMACULATE 813 Ward Street 352-7131 Sunday Mass Times: â&#x20AC;˘ Saturday 7:00pm â&#x20AC;˘ Sunday 8:30 am and 10:30 am Parish office open Tuesday â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Friday 9:00 am - noon rccathedral@shaw.ca â&#x20AC;˘ www.catholiccathedralnelson.ca

descriptor? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Laid-backâ&#x20AC;?.

Laid-back. I was convinced I was laid-back. In my mind it mean â&#x20AC;&#x153;calmâ&#x20AC;?, â&#x20AC;&#x153;relaxedâ&#x20AC;?, â&#x20AC;&#x153;coolâ&#x20AC;? or â&#x20AC;&#x153;not easily perturbedâ&#x20AC;?. In that day I was convinced it was the ultimate of compliments to be called â&#x20AC;&#x153;laid-backâ&#x20AC;?. Of course I was laid-back! But here was this so-called â&#x20AC;&#x153;friendâ&#x20AC;?, laying bare my self image as it truly was â&#x20AC;&#x201C; caught up in aspiration, not reality. So much for my â&#x20AC;&#x153;conďŹ denceâ&#x20AC;? as well.

Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what I learned that day and am continuing to learn.

We have an image of ourselves that often doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t synch with the image others have of us. And there are other times when we put on an image that is a lie or a mask of what it going on inside. We may want others to believe we are â&#x20AC;&#x153;laid-backâ&#x20AC;? or â&#x20AC;&#x153;calmâ&#x20AC;? or â&#x20AC;&#x153;conďŹ dentâ&#x20AC;?, but the reality is we are simply masking inner turmoil. Either way, there is a conďŹ&#x201A;ict between inside reality and outer aspiration. $ )ULHQGO\ %LEOH The only way to â&#x20AC;&#x153;know thyself â&#x20AC;? fully, &HQWUH &KXUFK or to move beyond Sunday Morning Worship 10:00 am that inner conďŹ&#x201A;ict is 5IF $IVSDI "U *UT #FTU to know God who Wed Oct. 17, 7:00 pm created â&#x20AC;&#x153;thyself â&#x20AC;?. My -BVHI :PVS 8BZ 5P " #FUUFS .BSSJBHF list of self-descriptors 623 Gordon Rd. Nelson BC V1L 5X6 is irrelevant and 1IPOF t 1BTUPS 3FW ,FO ) ,FCFS my conďŹ&#x201A;ict forever 5HIUHVKPHQWV DUH VHUYHG DIWHU WKH VHUYLFH $Ĺ&#x2039;OLDWHG ZLWK WKH 3HQWHFRVWDO $VVHPEOLHV RI &DQDGD

unresolved without knowing who I am as a creation of God. One of my favourite verses in the Bible: â&#x20AC;&#x153;For we are Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s starts at 11am masterpiece. He has Speaker Jerry Levinson created us anew in â&#x20AC;&#x153;What is Awakening?â&#x20AC;?

Christ Jesus, so that we can do the good Any questions? Contact 250-354-5394 things he planned 905 Gordon Rd for us long ago.â&#x20AC;?

(IHA Bldg., back door) Ephesians 2:10 (New Living Translation) I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to prove anything or mask www.kootenaychristianfellowship.com anything. I just have Sunday @ 10:30AM to live in the truth Central School Gym that Jesus Christ is my Corner of Ward and Mill, Nelson new identity because â&#x20AC;˘ Developing Relationships of my relationship â&#x20AC;˘ Music that will move you with him. I am â&#x20AC;˘ Helping people - Help people truly a new person, Jim Reimer 1- 88 8- 76 1- 33 01 a â&#x20AC;&#x153;masterpieceâ&#x20AC;?, not because I have a great list of describing words, but because First I am known by God Baptist Church himself. He sees 611 Fifth Street 250-352-3212 me as I am and still Sunday Worship at 10:00 am loves me enough to Pastor Scott Simpson fbcnelson.ca transform me into his Cornerstone Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Centre masterpiece.

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Celebrating World Food Day Sunday School (Ages 4 and up) Nursery Room Available 602 Silica Street, Nelson BC V1L 4N11 Ph: 250.352.2822 â&#x20AC;˘ www.nelsonunitedchurch.ca

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Sports Gold for Firefighters The Nelson Youth Soccer U12 boys final was held late last month at Lakeside pitch. After a hard fought game, it was the Nelson Professional Firefighters squad that topped JY Contracting to earn the gold medal. After a two-week break, young soccer enthusiasts will be moving indoors next week for the winter season.

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KOOTENAY MEDICAL AESTHETICS Nelson’s only Medical Spa since 2005 Dr. Kirsten has completed his Fellowship in

Anti-Aging, Regenerative and Functional Medicine Focus is on the functional and metabolic approach to medical conditions by investigating and treating the metabolic cause of the problem as opposed to treating just the symptoms.

Some of the conditions we specialize in:

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• Auto-immune Disease • Detoxification • Chronic Pain • Fibromyalgia • Chronic Fatigue • Cancer Prevention • Metabolic Syndrome • Cognitive decline

• Sports Injuries & Training Programs • Back & Neck Pain Dr. Andre Kirsten MD, MBChB, CCFP ABAARM, FAARFM

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• I.M.S. (Intra Muscular Stimulation) • Cranio-sacral Therapy

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• Postural Dysfunction • Vestibular Rehabilitation

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Followed by a hydration mask, and ending with a Organic enhancement complex. Special Price of Only $35 Pretty in Pink Skin Treatment: For the month of Oct book a customized corrective skin care treatment & Receive a $15 product credit on treatment day.

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Sports MacLeod notches first ECHL goal NORTH CHARLESTON, SC – Nelson’s Alex MacLeod scored his first East Coast Hockey League (ECHL) goal earlier this week as his South Carolina Stingrays beat the Greenville Road Warriors in 3-2 overtime.

The power forward scored nine minutes into the Monday night game to tie the game at 1-1.

It was the Stingrays last pre-season contest as they get set to head into the ECHL regular season tonight.

MacLeod — who completed his NCAA career last spring — has signed with the Stingrays on a weekly contract basis.

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Our sincere thanks for all the expressions of sympathy in the passing of Franz (Frank) Flegel. The many cards, flowers and donations from friends, neighbors and family are gratefully appreciated.

The Flegel, Allen and Dutoff families.

Coming Events Balfour Anglican Church Guild Fall Coffee Party Sat, Oct 27th, 10 - noon Balfour Community Hall Baking, Deli, Prizes Admission $3 Please join us for a morning of visiting & refreshment

EXCITING Opportunities With CoreLogic! We are CoreLogic – a leading provider of business information, analytics and outsourcing services. We have the opportunity to drive innovation, cultivate insights and build unique solutions for our clients. Current openings include: Database Administrator, Sr. Business Analyst and Customer Care Specialist.

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Pets are an extension of the ego of Man There are about 100 million cats in the USA and Canada.

They kill more than a billion birds each year, Pets are an extension of the ego of man.

Lost & Found Found: Knife Set w/wooden block in box on Hwy 3A by Brilliant call 359-6609 Found: Silver Rosary @ 1 mile beach 825-0066 Lost: DKNY (Donna Karan New York) Sunglasses in Nelson plz call 352-5600 Lost: Set of Golf Clubs on the corner of Hall & Robson plz call Paul 352-4544

Employment Business Opportunities ADVERTISE in the LARGEST OUTDOOR PUBLICATION IN BC The 2013-2015 BC Freshwater Fishing Regulations Synopsis The most effective way to reach an incredible number of BC Sportsmen & women.

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Help Wanted

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

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THERE’S STILL TIME TO REGISTER! Homeshare and Respite Care Training available through ShelterGuides 14 week online program.

Now running October 22 to February 11.

Visit www.shelterguides.com for more info, call Selkirk College to register 250-365-1208

Obituaries

Obituaries

Kathleen “Kay” Winifred Swanson September 7, 1913 – September 17, 2012 It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Kay Swanson at Trillium Lodge, Parksville after a long and happy life. Kay was born in Montreal to Thomas Kidd Lewis and Margaret Emily Lewis (Downes). She lived and worked in Montreal prior to moving west to marry Carl Swanson.

They were married in Vancouver on September 25, 1946 and started their life together in Rossland where Carl owned his barber shop. They moved to Anderson Street in Nelson where Kay was a resident for the next 42 years.

Active in the community, she served as Sunday school superintendent at St. Paul’s Trinity United Church, registrar for Camp Koolaree, Nelson Minor Hockey executive board and keeper of Nelson’s supply of Girl Guide cookies. Kay was a member of the Stitch and Chatter Club, the 56 Church Group and Beta Sigma Phi. Along with Carl, she was a fan and season ticket holder for the Nelson Maple Leafs. Together they belonged to the Silver Slipper Dance Club and sang in the Fairview United Church choir. She enjoyed camping, swimming and skiing with her family.

After Carl’s passing in 1993, Kay moved to Parksville and lived at Trillium Lodge for 16 years.

Kay is survived by her son Jim Swanson and wife Pam of Parksville and daughter Vida Fisher and husband David of Stanwood, Michigan; grandchildren Katherine Fisher MacDonald and husband Jeremy, David Swanson and Steven Swanson; great grandsons Hank and Walter MacDonald; and nieces and nephews.

Kay is pre-deceased by her husband, Carl; grandson, Owen Fisher; parents, Thomas and Margaret Lewis; brother, T. Denton Lewis and sister-in-law, Mary.

Kay is remembered as a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister, aunt and friend.

The family wishes to thank Dr. Brad Bell and the staff at Trillium Lodge for their outstanding care and the kindness Kay received.

A celebration of Kay’s life will be held at a later date in Nelson.

In lieu of flowers, a donation may be made to a charity of your choice.

Line Cook & Prep Cook Drop Resume at The Greek Oven, back door between 9 - 11, 400 Columbia Ave ask for Peter Registered Care Aide required for Castlegar Senior.

Phone 250-365-8096

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

Help Wanted 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.

Ski Lift Maintenance Helper needed.

Strong mechanical background and driver’s license required, and education and experience an asset.

Drop resume off at: 602 Lake Street or email: info@skiwhitewater.com

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

- Castlegar & District Community Services Society.

Responsible for overall program management, staff accountability, community development and growth of the Society. Full time position with a competitive salary and benefits package. See www.cdcss.ca/employment for details.

Whitewater Ski Resort is looking for KITCHEN STAFF to join the team for the 2012.13 winter season.

If you think this is you, please send by post or drop off your resume and cover letter to: 602 Lake Street, Nelson, B.C. V1L 4C8.

Or email to: info@skiwhitewater.com, Or by fax: 250-354-4988.

See our website for more info and a list of job descriptions: www.skiwhitewater.com

CAREER OPPORTUNITY Manager, Procurement & Contracts Reporting to the Director, Finance, the Manager, Procurement & Contracts assesses all existing service contracts and procurement methods and will recommend changes for implementation, including contracting strategies such as master agreements. This position leads the preparation, development and administration of all service and procurement contracts as well as provides support to the contract managers overseeing the work under the service contracts, and will also lead periodic contract management training sessions for staff.

The Manager, Procurement & Contracts will be responsible for creating competitive bid documentation and developing related agreements for various program operations and support services. Also responsible for developing policies and procedures for all procurement activities and facilitates the development and issuance of all service contracts.

The ideal candidate will have a Supply Chain Management Professional (SCMP) designation or equivalent with preferably an university degree in a relevant field and a minimum 7 – 10 years of progressively responsible contracting experience in the construction industry. A good knowledge of contract law, analysis, practices, procedures and drafting of legal documents is expected. Demonstrated negotiation skills and ability to effectively apply analytical tools, concepts and methods is also a requirement.

Qualified applicants interested in joining a dynamic team and living in the beautiful Kootenays are encouraged to visit the Careers section of our website at www.columbiapower.org. This position will remain open until filled. This position will be located at Columbia Power’s main office in Castlegar, BC.

Sex and the Kitty A single unspayed cat can produce 470,000 offspring in just seven years. Sadly, most of them end up abandoned at BC SPCA shelters or condemned to a grim life on the streets. Be responsible - don’t litter.

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School District No. 8 (Kootenay Lake) has an opening for an ABYWL at Prince Charles Secondary School. This position is 20.5 hours per week (Àex schedule) on a 10 month per year basis and includes a full bene¿t package. Start date would be immediate. The incumbent: This position will mainly provide cultural and academic support (including secondary math) for aboriginal students.

The incumbent will be expected to help develop, support and implement cultural programs that increase the pride and understanding of the heritage of the aboriginal students and the awareness of all students regarding aboriginal culture and issues.

Extensive knowledge and practise of authentic aboriginal traditions/culture; with experience and involvement in the aboriginal community is required.

Experience working with aboriginal youth in an educational setting is preferred. Completion of the Human Services Diploma Child & Youth Care specialty or the Aboriginal Education Support worker or equivalent combination of education, training and experience including working within an Aboriginal Community and/or program, and a strong understanding of the Aboriginal Enhancement Agreement is required.

The ability to work as a liaison with families, the aboriginal community, community agencies and the School District is also required.

The ability to work as an advocate for aboriginal youth and the ability to promote academic success in all students and support high school academic subject matter, especially math is also required.

The ability to assist other educational educators with identifying and supporting the needs of aboriginal students is also required.

The successful applicant will be required to join the CUPE Union.

A criminal records check will be required.

Valid BC Driver’s License.

Further information can be obtained by contacting Sharen Popoff, Principal, PCSS, 250-428-2274.

Please submit your application with an updated resume to the undersigned by 4:00 P.M., Friday, October 19, 2012.

Theresa Montpellier Executive Assistant-Human Resources 570 Johnstone Road Nelson, B.C. VlL 6J2 E-mail: tmontpellier@sd8.bc.ca

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Help Wanted

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Trades, Technical

Handypersons

Fruit & Vegetables

Apt/Condo for Rent

ARE YOU EXPERIENCING FINANCIAL DISTRESS?

Cellar Person/ Production Assistant: The Nelson Brewing Company is seeking a highly motivated, responsible individual with a passion for crafting all natural organic beer to assist in filtration, brewing and packaging duties.

Previous experience is preferred but not necessary.

Preference will be given to applicants with post-secondary education in a brewing-related discipline and/or related trade experience (electrical, plumbing, millwright). Contact Mike Kelly at: mike_nbc@netidea.com with a cover letter and resume detailing your interests and suitability for this position.

CARPENTERS needed for industrial work on union projects. TQ or Red Seal preferred. for details call 250-3652813

Get it done before the Snow Flies Gare’s Home Maintenance & Yard Care General Contracting Call 250-359-2983 or Cell 250-304-5298

GRAND FORKS FARMS:

Nelson Fairview: Clean quiet, 2 bdrm apt. Adult oriented.

NS/NP. Ref required. $650/mo + util. Call 250-352-3965 NELSON: Gyro Park, Lake View Apartment. 1 or 2 bdrm, private entrance, shared laundry, clawfoot tub and internet.

Semi-furnished, if needed.

Park-like setting. NS/ NP References required. Available Nov 1st $1,050/mo all inclusive. 352-0776 or 505-7650 Salmo: Apt 3 bdr W/D, F/S, N/S, N/P, new high efficient very economical heat pump. ref req. Looking for mature quiet tenant. $550/m + hydro avail Nov 1st 250 357-9753

Wanted: self loading log trucks, steady work till March 2013, must be BC Safe Certified. Dennis, call 1(250)3495415 or fax 1(250)349-7522

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

Heavy Duty Machinery

Household Services Services

A-1 FURNACE & Air Duct Cleaning.

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

Martial Arts

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Improve your body, mind and spirit.

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Children & Adults M-W-F @ Trafalgar School 551-3345 call Keith for more info.

Sales Representative

Psychotherapy

The Nelson Star has an opening for a temporary, full time Advertising Sales Representative. This position is for a one year term for maternity leave coverage. The successful candidate will be part of a dynamic and fun, but results-oriented team, and will be able to meet and exceed sales targets by deepening relationships with existing clients, while at the same time developing new business for the newspaper. The ability to work independently in an extremely fast paced environment while adhering to deadlines is a must. Candidates considered for the position will be results oriented, strong communicators, and be willing to learn and adapt in an ever-changing business environment. The successful candidate will also be an active member of the community and be willing to get behind community initiatives and events with a positive and helpful attitude. A vehicle and valid driver’s license is required. We offer a great working environment with a better than average compensation plan, along with a strong benefit package for the proven candidate.

The opportunities are endless.

Feed & Hay

Wed: 402 Baker St, beside the Full Circle Cafe, Nelson Thur: Canadian Tire parking lot behind A & W, Castlegar Sat: Cottonwood Market Nelson Grand Forks Tree ripen Gala apples $0.50/lb in 20 lb box Fresh Grand Forks Gala/ Honeycrisp apple juice $13.00/5 litre box.

Grand Forks butternut, acorn kabocha & spaghetti squash $0.80/lb.

Honeycrisp & Ambrosia apples, Coronation seedless concord grapes.

Local sweet spanish onions cooking onions, potatoes carrots, beets, cabbage and much more . Family friendly prices.

Terry, Val & Erran Rilkoff 250-442-3514

Sexual Secrets? I’ve heard it all! Dr. Pega Ren 352-3139 www.smartsextalk. com

Education/Tutoring

Pets & Livestock

Pets

Retired Teacher 34 years exp elem, math, eng, hist, geog. In your home Bob 354-1449

Wanted: Med Size trained Dog (about 5 years old) for senior lady w/fenced acreage 250 777-1169

Financial Services

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Food Products

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

BUTCHER SHOP 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

Cleaning Services

Please submit your resume with a cover letter by 5:00pm Friday, October 26, 2012. Thank you to all who apply, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Please send your resume and cover letter to: Karen Bennett, publisher@nelsonstar.com 514 Hall Street, Nelson, BC V1L 1Z2 No phone calls please

Production Assistant The Nelson Star is looking for an outstanding Production Assistant for advertising and layout in our busy Nelson office. The successful applicant will be a creative and highly motivate to work independently and effectively within deadlines, while paying close attention to detail.

A comprehensive working knowledge is required of CS3 or higher on Mac OS X. If you’d like to be part of a great company, please send a resume portfolio showcasing your talent to: Karen Bennett, Nelson Star publisher@nelsonstar.com 514 Hall Street, Nelson B.C. V1L 1Z2 No phone calls please Closing date: Friday, October 26th at 5 pm

Black Press is Canada’s largest independent newspaper group with more than 150 community, daily and urban weekly newspapers located in BC, Alberta, Washington State, Ohio and Hawaii.

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3 bdr 1 1/2 bath 1/2 duplex in Rosemont. Fenced Yard, Deck & Carport. N/S $1400/m + util 250 509-1117 Dogs Welcome GREEN Living Johnstone Rd. Solar hot water F/S W/D 2 BR Children welcome. NS NP Oct 15. $850/mo 250-352-5492

20 Acres In South Castlegar & 4 Acres in Ootischenia Call 250-365-5663

For Sale By Owner

BEAUTIFUL MOBILE HOME (for removal)

507 Vernon Street Office Space offering 3000 square feet on 2 floors with option to expand. Available Jan 1, 2013.

Some parking available.

Call 250-352-3165 NELSON: near Nelson Ford, 300sq ft office space Available October 1st. $450/mo incl. utilities. Call 250-825-4700

Want to Rent 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

Transportation

14x70 plus 16x10 porch and deck. Complete reno inside/out in 2007! Too many upgrades to list!

$42,000

250-919-3249 Houses For Sale FOR Sale. Four bedroom home with mortgage helper suite in Salmo. Many upgrades. Asking $189,000. Ph 250-352-5269

Lots Lots for Sale Two Building Lots in Castlegar Fully Serviced, Call 250-365-5663

Cars - Domestic 2008 Buick CX 34,000 kms, V-6 fully loaded, leather seats, aluminum wheels, $14,000 Call 250-365-5164

Recreational/Sale

1997 Nash 21.5 ft 5th wheel.

Exc cond. $6,500. 250-4428655.

Boats 1979 Reinell 21’ Cabin Cruiser mercury inboard, 9.5 outboard evenrude, 2 electric down riggers, VHS Radio fish finder bottomline, $7,000 Super winter fishing boat.

Call 250-365-7854 or 250365-4740 Can be seen at Lang Marina at Balfour BOATING SEASON IS STILL HERE!!

WANNA HAVE SOME FUN WITH YOUR FAMILY & FRIENDS ON THIS GREAT BOAT ALL YEAR ROUND? Great for fishing.

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Homes for Rent

Acreage for Sale Opportunity for Outstanding

Avai Immed 2 Bdrm Furnish Cottage Lakefront North Shore on bus route N/S $1200/m incl Util, Internet & TV Call bef 8pm 825-9295

3 BDRM, 2 bath, new appliances, 1000 + util/mon, no smoking or pets. 250-3651005 CASTLEGAR 3 Bdrm House,1 up & 2 down $800/mth + utilities Phone 250-304-3026 Cute small 1 bdrm cottage W/D, adult park 7 min to Nelson Granite Rd $600/m + util Trevor 250 354-8409 Great for couple/family!

Perfect Uphill location, 3-4 bdrm, new appliances, bright, wd floors, fenced yard, off street parking, NS/NP. $1200 + utls. Avai Nov 1!

250 505-9759 NELSON: Older 3 bdrm family home 5 min from town w/city & lake views. Quiet location, lrg yard w/storage & basement workshop area.

Covered parking. Will suit family long term. $1100 + util.

250-352-2127 Waterfront Property, 12 mile 2 bdrm house w/den, dining room, laundry room & 3/4 basement, flower & veggie garden space N/P N/S near corner store $1200/m + util 509-1011 after 5 pm ref req

Real Estate Help Wanted

Cottages / Cabins

Misc. for Sale

Upright Piano $500 OBO phone 250 551-3917

Help Wanted

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

COMMODE (BEDSIDE) $25 Wheelchair $50, Hospital Bed Husky Snowblower $1,400 Firm, 3 yrs old, hardly used, 27” electric start w/light.

(250)365-6491.

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

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Newer White High Back Truck Canopy, fits mid size Pickup, paid $1000 6 years ago asking $295 250 551-5115 Panasonic 27 in TV, digital satellite receiver 305, & dish, exc cond; Raven PR2417 24 pin printer; 350 new plastic 4 L juice jugs; honey.

Mike McLennan. 250-442-2933.

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The Kootenay Queen •

1976 30ft cabin cruiser with a 185 merc • Full galley (fridge, stove, sink, furnace, toilet) • Fold down table for a queen sized bed • Fold up bunk beds • VHF radio • Hull is sound, galley is dated.

• Low draft • 200 hrs on new engine • A great boat that needs some TLC $12,000.00 invested $8000 OBO Call 250-362-7681 or Cell 250-231-2174 email monikas_2010@ hotmail.com 4 more information & to view

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

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Community Touchstones of Nelson – Greg Scott

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Dateline October 17, 1922

.H. Brown of Fairview has just closed a deal through which he becomes the owner of the old smelter smoke-stack which towers over Rosemont like a monument. Over 40,000 bricks were used in the construction of this stack, which stands about 160 feet in height, by the Hall Mines Smelting people, who erected it in 1898. It is Mr. Brown’s intention to fall the stack this winter when the snow is the deepest so as to somewhat break the fall and save as many bricks as possible from damage. No doubt several cameras will be working when the stack comes down.

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utput of jam from the KootenayColumbia Preserving Works this year, operated by the Doukhobor community, has totaled 35 carloads, or 750,000 pounds. In addition, 10 carloads of canned tomatoes have been manufactured and five carloads of other canned goods, including pie fruit, such as peaches. All this has already been sold, states Larion Verigin, manager of the factory, with the exception of two cars of jam and three carloads of tomatoes. “It has been a very good year,” states Mr. Verigin today.

SKI SWAP ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING & PRE – SEASON MEMBERSHIP DRIVE SKI SWAP: Sunday October 28 2012 Nelson Rod & Gun Club, 701 Railway St, Nelson Drop off items for sale: 9:00am to 10:00am

AGM – 10:00 am – 11:00 am Anyone attending the AGM will be the first to the Ski Swap SKI SWAP: 11:00am to 12:30 pm Pay out to sellers: 12:45pm to 2:00 pm

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Dateline October 24, 1922

mbodying the ideal of parish and community service, erected as a memorial to those who paid the price, and representing the fruition of years of effort by the Mother’s Club and other organizations of St. Saviour’s Parish, the beautiful memorial hall of St. Saviour’s was solemnly dedicated last night to the Lord’s use with religious ceremonial, and then put to the practical use of a very pleasant assembly, this constituting the formal opening. Rt. Rev. A.J. Doull, D.D., Bishop of Kootenay, dedicated the handsome grey granite structure. Archdeacon Graham, following his Lordship, pointed out that the

hall was a memorial hall, bearing testimony to the gallantry of the 203 men and women of the parish who offered their services in the Great War, and of whom 37 did not come back. With the congregation standing, the list of 37 “hallowed names” was read amid a solemn hush.

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Dateline October 25, 1922

self-confessed murderer was allowed to go scot-free, by a jury of his peers, and for the first time, so far as I know, a special kind of lynch-law has been sanctioned in this country, as it makes no difference in principle whether the victim is slain by one man who lurks in ambush, or by a mob who openly attack him. I am now asked to add further discredit to the administration of the law by returning the weapons to the assassin.

I reject the application.” In the above stinging language, Chief Justice Gordon Hunter refused the application of Charles Beguin of Argenta, acquitted slayer of Henry Denoreaz, for the return of the rifle with which he shot Denoreaz. Judge Hunter went on to say that the evidence was indisputable but undaunted by those facts, counsel for the accused eloquently pleaded self-defence, which must have seemed a mockery to anyone who heard him. “The only verdict open on the evidence was that of murder and if the jury saw fit they could have added a recommendation for mercy.”

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Dateline October 27, 1922

he year’s apple yield throughout the Kootenay district is good. In fact it is the biggest in the Kootenay’s history,” stated the District Horticulturist, E.C. Hunt.

Qualities are also much better, being due practically to the absence of scab of any kind.

There is also this year a noted improvement in the pack, owing to the fact that most of the packing is being carried on through central packing houses, where all packs are put up under the strictest observance. In all there are 17 such packing houses in this district.

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Community Check This Out - Anne DeGrace

Back Door Cuba Travelling Through Fiction at the Nelson Library

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or a writer, fiction is a wonderful way to find your way into history or culture.

For a reader, it’s a wonderful way to learn about history, without really trying, and offers the human side to things — something that’s not always there in the history books.

I once quipped that everything I know about the big wide world comes from fiction. While that may not be entirely true, it’s a fact that novels have left me with impressions about countries I have never seen and eras I have never lived, a textural take I don’t think I’d get any other way beyond actually being there.

Rossland author Rosa Jordan used fiction to give a textural take on Cuba, its complicated leader Fidel Castro, and Castro’s “significant other” Celia Sanchez.

Jordan, a Cubaphile who has previously written nonfiction books about the country, was fascinated by Sanchez, but challenged by the lack of historical information about this enigmatic woman. So she explored the subject through the imagination of a present-day

protagonist, a pediatrician who shares Jordan’s fascination.

The result is her 2012 novel The Woman She Was. Jordan reads from her new novel next Thursday, October 18 at 7:30 p.m. at the Library.

I haven’t been to Cuba, although it’s near the top of my rather long list. I loved Our Man in Havana by Graham Greene and The Motorcycle Diaries

by Ernesto Guevara, and I could watch Buena Vista Social Club (legendary Cuban musicians, along with American Ry Cooder) on DVD a hundred times and never tire of it.

Some fiction titles in our collection that offer that textural take on Cuba include Thine is the Kingdom

by Abilio Estevez, Loving Ché by Ana Menendez, and several titles by Oscar Hijuelos including Emperor of the Splendid Season and The Fourteen Sisters of Emilio Montez O’Brien, all hard copies you can check out. Among the e-books available for download is Roland Merulio’s Fidel’s Last Days, perhaps a good companion book to Jordan’s.

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ers write Cubaphilic novels, too: Ernest Hemingway wrote the classic tale of a Cuban fisherman and a marlin in The Old Man and the Sea while living in Cuba.

Although it initially garnered negative

reviews, it won the Nobel Prize for Literature and has been a part of part of high school curricula for decades.

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Community Salmo and Slocan Residents Join Honoured Canadians

Greene Raine hands out pair of Queen’s medals CRAIG LINDSAY Castlegar News Reporter and Nelson Star Staff

Two local residents — Jean Patterson from Slocan and Lawrence Bond from Salmo — received the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Award last month for their outstanding service to their respective communities.

Bond received his at Castleview Care Centre and Patterson at the Slocan village office.

Senator Nancy Greene Raine presented the awards.

The duo are among 60,000 Canadians across the country who will be recognized, chosen by senators, MPs, MLAs, as well as military and RCMP leaders.

“It’s been an absolute thrill to be able to nominate people,” said Greene Raine.

“It’s great to see the mayors respond to my requests to nominate people. I really appreciate that. We didn’t hear from all communities but we sure heard from the small communities and to me that’s the heart and soul of Canada.”

Bond was nominated by Salmo mayor Ann Henderson for his tireless work in the community.

“When I got the email from the senator’s office, I had several names put forward by the Chamber of Commerce and

LEFT — Slocan village councillor Jean Patterson (centre) receives her medal from Senator Nancy Greene Raine as mayor Madeleine Perriere looks on. (Leonard Block photo) RIGHT — Lawrence Bond receives a Diamond Jubilee Medal from Greene Raine for his volunteer work in Salmo. (Craig Lindsay photo)

various citizens, but Lawrence was right at the top of my list,” she said. “He’d never had that recognition for anything and he had given so much to the community.

Soon as I put his name forward everyone unanimously agreed that Lawrence deserved this.”

Bond was a custodian for the school district and worked on many projects

to help children in Salmo. He was well known for getting up early and flooding ice rinks so the kids in the community could skate. In the summer, he helped build and maintain the local swimming pool.

“He would attend all meetings pertaining to the village,” said Henderson. “He worked tirelessly both in groups and, in

many cases, ran recreation facilities for the local children. He never hesitated to pick up a shovel when that was required.

He was a great neighbour and a devoted friend.”

Patterson, meanwhile, has lived in Slocan since 1952 — the same year as Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation — and is presently on village council.

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Wednesday October 17, 2012 6:00pm - 8:00pm Touchstone Gallery 502 Vernon Street Nelson, BC V1L 4E7 Light fare and refreshments will be served.

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The thought of performing in front of thousands is crippling to most teenagers, and as a teenager Mathew Andrew (aka Mat the Alien) could be found before many of his early shows hunched over in an alley throwing up from the nerves of playing a big party.

Using the second location for his father's record shop Muze, Andrew quickly moved from DJing small football clubs to opening shows for Marcus Intalex (a drum and bass DJ from Manchester).

Considering Andrew grew up between rows of vinyl and cassettes, it's no surprise he eventually found himself behind a set of turntables.

“That's all I remember growing up was being around records. We'd always be going to shows, festivals and concerts,” he said.

But growing up in Manchester through the birth of Factory Records, Stone Roses and New Order, led Andrew to the drums and he joined a band pursuing percussion.

Fed by the music scene emerging around him and the

never ending supply of records at his dad's shop, Andrew found acid house which was being played in illegal warehouse parties.

“We just stumbled on them when we were 14,” he said.

“We weren't even old enough to drive.”

Andrew and his friends would bus to the town where a party was being held and they would weave around cars knocking on windows asking for a ride to the party.

“We'd end up in this big warehouse with 500 or 600 people,” he said. “I remember the first time hearing the music mixed together. It was 1988, so there wasn't the Internet or that much information. I had never heard anything like it before.”

Within a year the parties Andrew was attending grew to hosting 5,000 to 10,000 people and he was completely immersed in the world of electronic music.

Collecting mixed tapes from friends and tapes of pirate radio shows in London like one by DJ Hype (a drum and Story continues to ‘bass DJ’ on Page 4

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From their beginnings performing in rural Alberta in 1995, Wide Mouth Mason has seen its fan base grow in Canada and extend to other areas of the world such as the United States and in Europe as well as becoming one of the first North American bands to tour China in the 21st century.

While Wide Mouth Mason's studio catalogue provide musical snapshots of a band's journey and growth, it is the opportunity of hearing the guys perform live that is something not easily described or captured, only experienced.

Wide Mouth Mason has opened for such groups as AC/DC, The Rolling Stones, The Guess Who, and have gained more fans with each performance along the way.

They've played at many different music festivals, including the prestigious Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland.

Each time the three of them perform, Wide Mouth Mason has

One of the biggest names in Canadian country music, and the newest member of the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame, Michelle Wright will do a special concert in Nelson at the Capitol Theatre on Tuesday, October 23.

Wright will be on her Canadian tour Songs From the Halls which will take her across Canada to celebrate her induction into the Hall of Fame.

In her first set she will perform her greatest hits in near chronological order.

In her second set, the audience will hear a spectacular collection of world class songs from members of various Halls of Fame, whose music-country, pop, soul and rock-has inspired Wright throughout her career.

Since her 1990 Arista/Nashville self-titled album, Wright has sold nearly 2 million albums in the United States and Canada, and enjoyed an international career.

Michelle has amassed 25 Top Ten hits and has accepted more than 40 major North American music awards.

Tickets for Wright's Songs From the Halls tour 2012 are $40 and are available through the Capitol Theatre box office.

The show starts at 7:30 p.m. Don't miss a great night of music and entertainment from one of Canada's great vocal talents.

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ably demonstrated at each instance the innate ability to tailor their performance to the size of their audience and the environment created with each subtle nuance of a music fan enjoying the band's music.

Wide Mouth Mason has the rare ability to not just sense the music the audience is hoping to hear but to also often surprise even the most jaded listener with their versatility and range.

Wide Mouth Mason takes the stage at The Royal on Monday, October 15.

Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door.

They are available at The Royal, Urban Legends, The Music Store and liveattheroyal.com.

Doors open at 6 p.m. Showtime approximately 8 p.m.

For more information on upcoming shows at The Royal visit liveattheroyal.com or follow them on Facebook.

To hear the latest from Wide Mouth Mason visit widemouthmason.com

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Trust the Capitol Theatre to bring in high quality, amazing and hilarious performances.

The Capitol welcomes the triumphant return of Axis Theatre Company performing The Number 14 on Saturday, October 20 at 8 p.m.

“Welcome to the bus ride that has managed to outlive its namesake,” said directors Wayne Specht and Roy Surette.

“When we gathered together the amazing people who created this show 20 years ago, we never dreamed we would have the longevity to be bringing this unique vehicle to people all over the world.

“The Number 14 has pulled into school gymnasiums and community halls from the Gulf Islands to the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto. From an acclaimed run in Jerusalem to a Drama Desk nominated Broadway run in New York, The Number 14 proves that travelling by bus can be prestigious, adventuresome and filled with surprises.”

The Number 14 is a Canadian success story extraordinaire. In an amazing theatrical tour-de-force, six of Vancouver’s finest performers strut, swing, sing and talk their way in and out of adventures aboard Vancouver’s #14 bus that is part Monty Python-esque, part Mr. Bean and wholly engaging.

An ingenious farce about the variety of personalities that congregate on a city bus, the Drama Desk Awardwinning production by Axis Theatre Company features six actors playing over 60 larger than life characters who are sometimes goofy, occasionally elegant and always hilarious.

Overall, this is a piece that celebrates the theatrical.

Sitting in a seat becomes a dance, silence becomes music and the audience is transported — taken for a ride on The Number 14.

Somersaulting old ladies, ballet-dancing businessmen and turbo-talking girl scouts all hitch a ride on one of Vancouver’s real-life bus routes and capture the absur-

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Open Stage was alive and well again in the West Kootenay last week.

You never can tell what is going to happen at these events.

Last week held a few surprises.

At the Royal on Wednesday a new comer by the name of Michael J Popoff sat at the piano for a few sets. He joined me for the opening set with Michael Appleyard on the bass guitar.

Together we warmed up the room with a harp player and a lead guitar rounding out the last few songs.

It wasn’t long before Bottoms Down took the stage and got people on their feet dancing.

Sonico continued to keep people excited and moving.

Almanak also delivered some of their newer progressive rock styled tunes.

Kootenay Jack showed at the Dam Inn and met Johnny Tornado on stage for an invigorating set of original tunes.

With stories and songs Jack held the place in sway for a good half hour set. Earlier that evening a young woman by the name of Teyanna delivered an mesmerizing rendition of Patricia

The Stripper. The whole place gave full attention to her performance Wouldn’t you know it, Johnny T. showed at the Balfour Beach Inn on Friday and sat in with a few musical presentations that evening.

He also finished the night with an acoustic set of some of his original songs. Kim who use to host jams at Dockers Pub rocked out a few classics with Johnny on lead Darrell on keyboards, Dennis on bass and Al on the drums.

Community is always invited to come and contribute to or enjoy the live music that is created at these events.

For the up to dates schedule please visit artminproductions.com.

dity and diversity of city dwellers daily commute.

Combining Commedia dell’Arte, puppetry and music, The Number 14 is the one bus audiences will want to take again and again and again. And like Commedia dell’Arte in 16th century Italy, the performers use masks to create larger-than-life characters who are instantly recognizable as the people we see every day — the wealthy and the destitute, the aggressive and the apathetic, strangers and lovers, the kind and the cruel.

Buy tickets online at capitoltheatre.bc.ca or charge by phone 250.352-6363.

Tickets are $35 for adults and $28 for season package holders and full time student.

Follow the Capitol on Facebook and see all Capitol Theatre events on our website.

Coming up next at your Capitol Theatre is James Keelaghan, Canada’s finest singer-songwriter on November 2.

Salmo author celebrates the release of first book A lovely book for young children by Salmo children’s author Kathryn Bourdon and Robson artist, Sandra Donohue is now available.

The pair have teamed up to collaborate in the production of The Hundred Dollar Special: The Antics of a Rescue Cat. The book — a first for the two retired elementary school teachers — is the story of a couple and their granddaughter.

They adopt a cat to deal with their mouse problem, which have invaded their home.

Written from Bourdon’s actual experiences, Donohue illustrated these with 24 beautiful watercolour paintings.

Kathryn’s son, Marc Bourdon of Quickdraw Publications published the book, and it was printed by Friesens Corporation in Winnipeg, making it a 100 per cent Canadian product.

“I wanted to write my first book to be especially for my granddaughter, Elise,” said Bourdon.

“The cat in the story, Jewel, actually exists, and the tales

are true. I met [Donohue] and reviewed her work along with other Kootenay artist. I decided that her style was just what I was looking for.”

“I had never seriously considered illustrating a book,” said Donohue.

“It is a lot of work, and a huge responsibilty when it is for someone else’s project.

However, I liked the story that [Bourdon] had written, and thought it would be a good challenge for me. I had a feeling I would like working with [Bourdon]. I was right on all accounts. It was lots of work.

It was challenging, but [Bourdon], who I found I had a lot in common with, was a great partner.”

The book is available at Otter Books in Nelson, Cafe Books West in Rossland, Artisan Craft Co-operative in Trail, the Kootenay Gallery, The Book Shop, and The Gift Box in Castlegar.

It will be sold at the Salmo River Valley Craft Faire on October 20 and at the Fruitvale Christmas Craft Fair on November 9 and 10 at the Memorial Hall.

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International Tasting Faire A fund-raiser to support Rotary Club of Nelson Daybreak projects including funding the annual salary of a qualified teacher in Haiti at the Haiti Arise School in Grand-Goave, Haiti.

Presented by the Rotary Club of Nelson Daybreak at Best Western Baker Street Inn, 153 Baker Street, Nelson Date: Thursday, October 25, 2012 Time: Social: 5:30pm Dinner: 6:00pm

Highlights *Sumptuous tasting faire of international specialties (supplied by both local restaurants and rotarians) *No host bar * Presentation and entertainment * Raffle / Auctions Entry Fee: $25.00 per person Contact for tickets: Andy Leathwood, Ticket Chair ~ 250-354-8935 Roger Higgins at Investors Group ~ 250-352-7777 Lorne Westnedge at Re/Max ~ 250-354-8834 Jim Reimer at Kootenay Christian Fellowship ~ 250-354-8834 Dave Douglas ~ 250-354-8418

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When you’re young, you’re stupid. You think you’ve got it all figured out, but you don’t. You don’t have any experiences to draw from to justify having it “figured out.”

I remember years back, cleaning hostels in Townsville, Australia and the video for “Mr. Brightside” was on every TV. I’d always think: “This song’s about a guy not getting a girl, I sooo relate to this. Also, my lip ring is totally bitchin’ and I’ll never have to remove it because it will never scratch the enamel on my teeth or get infected and all the babes will love it.”

Thinking back to who I was then is laughable. Now I could care less about getting a girl, I mean they should come to me! Right? Right. Okay, it’s still laughable, I’m still single, but I’m a hell of a lot older. So are The Killers on their new effort Battle Born.

First off, let me start by saying how bad-ass of a name is Battle Born? I picture two metallic horses galloping and colliding into each other then exploding. Once the dust settles we see a baby metallic horse emerge, who was Battle Born. Just me then? I have an overactive imagination. Now that that’s out of the way, I’ll continue by letting you in on what you usually want to know by the end of a review: This a great album.

There. I trust you’ll continue to read because let’s be honest, you’re probably reading it for free, so you still get your money’s worth. .

This is the Killers Joshua Tree. I mean to say it’s their Joshua Tree because they’re at a point in their career as a band when their musicianship and lyrics coincide with each to create something amazing.

This is an album that should be listened to with

headphones on to fully appreciate all the awesome sounds that have been cooked up here.

On lead single, “Runaways” we get a taste of lead singer Brandon Flowers’ great singing pipes, and he keeps the streak going throughout the album with “Be Still” ranking as his best vocal range of any Killers song.

The band draws from a lot of tried and true sounds on this one, and it really works. They even sample Lou Reed’s classic “Walk on The Wild Side” for “Heart of a Girl,” that eventually fades out into their own Killers jam.

Numerous times on this album you’ll have to listen to a song over again to hear some lyrics that hit your head like a hammer. “Ms. Atomic Bomb” about a passionate, but ultimately failed love affair, gets it done — “You should have seen your little face burning for love, holding on for your life.”

They even break the heavy undertone of the album by letting us glimpse their fun side on “From Here On” that boasts a good ol’ fashioned country twang.

The Killers are back on top, and that’s where they should be, making fantastic music.

Even if you don’t have your life figured out, The Killers have theirs figured. Let’s just hope they’re as content with it as we are, and can expect more greatness from this band.

Taking a sound international Continued from Page 2 bass DJ) Andrew was actively learning all he could about the new genre.

What he didn’t know was in the crowd at the parties was a familiar face, his older brother who was also getting wrapped up in the music.

“I would tell my mom I was staying at a friend’s house to watch movies, but we would stay up all night listening to the music at these parties,” said Andrew. “It turned out my brother was there too, and eventually he ended up getting turn tables.”

While his brother was at work, he would go into his room and spend all day on his turn tables, going though his records and mixing music.

Through the record shop, they quickly got access to the music they were learning and started importing new music to the shelves.

“We had two record shops,” said Andrew.

“We made one of them a dance music shop and the other had all kinds of music.”

As he grew up his love for DJing continued, but a new love would enter this life in the early ‘90s.

In 1994, Andrew visited Whistler for the first time to snowboard, the next year he had packed his things and moved to Whistler.

In England, he was playing some of the biggest some of the biggest drum and bass parties in the country, but when he landed in BC he found the music he had been playing had yet to gain a following in West Coast.

“It was still pretty small over here,” said Andrew. “A lot of the sound systems at the club just didn’t have enough bass and the drum bit was really trebly.”

Faced with the restrictions of his new environment, he started looking at what DJs were doing around him and found Vinyl Ritchie who was mixing funk, acid jazz and hip hop.

He also shared the stage with scratch DJ Kilo Cee where they brought four turntables on stage.

“It was fun playing in Whistler because you didn’t have to play one sound like house or drum and bass,” he said. “I could scratch and follow it with funk, and then play a hip hop track followed by a drum and bass track and some rock influenced stuff.”

In 2010, Andrew had the opportunity of playing for the Vancouver and Whistler Winter Olympics, and has also played the US Supercross, the Torino Olympics and the X Games.

While he often finds himself lost in a culture with a language he doesn’t understand, his music always translates to the people on the dancefloor.

“One time I was in Moscow and it was so crazy because no one knew what we were saying and we didn’t know what they were saying,” he said. “We got to the club and did some scratching and beats and everyone was dancing, jumping up and down and giving us pounds.”

In addition to playing stages in over 15 countries, Andrew has been a regular at Shambhala Music Festival in Salmo for the past nine years.

“Shambhala has been a big part of my DJing,” he said. “But sometimes I find my favourite shows are the small clubs where the crowd is right in front of you.”

Andrew will be playing Spiritbar on Saturday night.

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locally sourced Foreign inspired left coast inland cuisine. award winning wine list.

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IT’S BACK!

Dear readers, in the time that I have been writing about food for {vurb} it may have become apparent that I, your editor, have a bias towards meat, and particularly pork.

But I have not always been the meat obsessed foodie you’ve come to know through my columns.

When I was 20, I was a vegetarian. There I said it. I feel better for getting that out in the open.

It wasn’t that I had an issue with the way animals were treated — although the way animals are treated for mass consumption is horrifying and even more horrifying is what goes on in the slaughterhouses and meat packing plants, but let me get off my soap box.

I stopped eating meat for environmental reasons. The impact of mass produced meat on the planet — the water used, the massive swaths of land devastated, the feed — it became too much for me to deal with so I gave it up.

My parents weren’t terribly thrilled with the idea (yes, I was living at home, I was going to University at the time).

My mom said if I wanted to eat vegetarian I would have to do the cooking. Looking back I’m not sure how I didn’t starve or have a serious vitamin deficiency because I was terrible at cooking vegetarian dishes.

After moving to Vancouver, I was out one night with a friend. We decided to walk home from the bar and pick up a sandwich along the way. My judgement had been impaired, alcohol was involved, and I ordered a turkey bacon club from Tim Hortons. The next day I proceeded to eat a two egg breakfast with extra bacon, a bacon cheese burger and a steak.

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I fell of the vegetarian wagon hard.

Since then, I have tried when ever possible to eat locally produced meat from small farmers. I choose organic when I can, but what is even more interesting is my meals are often vegetarian.

I make tofu nuggets because, much to my surprise tofu isn’t disgusting. This week I made French onion soup, which typically calls for beef stock. I never have any beef stock on hand, but always have miso paste in my fridge so I substituted, and let me say, it tasted much better.

Lentils can be used as a replacement for taco meat in burritos, tacos and more.

I’m not saying give up meat but I’m saying try going meatless for one meal a week. It’s healthier, it’s better for the planet, and trying new things in the kitchen is fun.

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Specializing in Greek cuisine, fresh Mediterranean Style Roast La mb served nightly. Come try our world fa mous fish‘n’chips, a Nelson icon for over 25 years. Gourmet burgers, wraps and sandwiches.

We offer a wide selection of vegetarian dishes.

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Slow cooker Baja pork Believe it or not the Crock Pot, or slow cooker as they are also known has been around for over 40 years.

It makes sense really because I’ve seen many mustard yellow or paisley patterned slow cookers in cupboards, yard sales and second hand stores over the years.

For some time it seemed like people had really moved away from the slow cooker. People were giving them away and throwing the out. But now the glorious slow cooker has had a make over and is making a comeback.

Why we ever abandoned the slow cooker is a mystery. I mean what could be wrong with a tool that basically does the cooking for you while you’re at work with minimal prep?

Or throw in some soup before you go for a hike or head to the hill once the snow gets here?

Just like the slow cooker, the custom recipes have gotten a face lift too and hear is one of my favourites.

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Le Creuset Dutch Oven Cottonwood Kitchens 574 Baker St. Nelson

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Ingredients 1 (3 lb) Boneless pork sirloin roast 5 (4 oz) cans chopped green chilies 2 Tbsp. reduced-sodium taco seasoning 1 Tbsp. ground cumin 24 corn tortillas 3 cups shredded lettuce 1 1/2 cups shredded cheese Cut roast in half; place in a 3- or 4-qt. slow cooker.

In a small bowl, combine the chilies, taco seasoning, and cumin; pour over pork. Cover and cook on low for 8-10 hours or until meat is tender.

Remove pork; cool slightly. Skim fat from cooking juices.

Shred meat with two forks; return to the slow cooker and heat through.

Spoon 1/4 cup onto each tortilla; top with your favourite taco topings.

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Arts and Entertainment Listings THEATRE

The Capitol Theatre presents AXIS theatre company The Number 14 on Saturday, October 20 at 8 p.m. In celebration of its 20th anniversary of entertaining passengers from around the world, The Number 14 is embarking on an international tour in the fall of 2012 and stopping in Nelson! For ticket information visit The Capitol Theatre box office, call 250-352-6363 or visit capitoltheatre. bc.ca

Castlegar Sculpturewalk is excited to announce that its 2012 awards gala will be headlined by internationallyacclaimed performance artist Shane Koyzcan. The gala, to be held at the Element Club Bar Grill on Saturday, November 3 at 7 p.m., will announce the winners of all Sculpturewalk awards, including the coveted People’s Choice.

Tickets are $25 and are available online atclubelement.ca or at the Element in Downtown Castlegar. Dinner reservations (starting at 5pm) are available by calling 250-365-8066. Awards begin at 7pm with the performance at 9 p.m.

FILM

Freeride Entertainment presents Where the Trail Ends on Friday, October 12 at the Capitol Theatre. The show starts at 8 p.m. and tickets are $15. Tickets can be purchased through the Capitol Theatre box office.

Mat the Alien is back in Nelson on Saturday, October 13. He will take the stage at Spiritbar with doors opening at 10 p.m. Ticket information is available through the Hume Hotel.

Opening Ellison’s Cafe Acoustic Unplugged Sessions begins on Saturday, October 13 at noon with Barry Gray, who will focus on storytelling interspersed with music and attempts at humour. He will be followed by Kelle Wardle, a 22-year-old singer/songwriter who graduated from the music and technology program at Selkirk College in 2011 with a major in vocals and songwriting. The closing act is Andrew Parkhouse with Eddie Annett. Andrew is a singer songwriter with influences from blues to country and some 90s acoustic rock.

The Nelson Overture Concerts Society presents Musica Intima on October 13 at the Capitol Theatre. Single tickets are $24 for adults and $14 for students. For season tickets are $75 for adults and $14 for students. Tickets are available at The Capitol Theatre box office, at 250-3526363 or at capitoltheatre.bc.ca Poverty Unplugged: An Acoustic Evening takes place October 11 at Self Design High from 7 to 9 p.m. It is presented as part of Homelessness Action Week 2012, which runs from October 7 to 13 in our community.

MUSIC Nelson’s Chinese For Travellers are celebrating the release of their album on Friday, October 12. Doors open at 8 p.m. and tickets are $10 at the door.

It's going to be such a night when Willie MacCalder, legendary boogie blues piano man plays Friday night October 12 at The Dam Inn - in beautiful downtown South Slocan. MacCalder is making one stop in the Kootenays before embarking on a European tour in support of his newest release, Such a Night.

Nasty Nasty will take the stage at Spiritbar on Friday, October 12 for a unique harvest party. Doors open at 10 p.m.

Tickets are available at the Hume Hotel.

Bocephus King is at The Royal with Pauline Lamb on Saturday, October 13.

Doors open at 8 p.m. and tickets are $10 at the door.

The Royal is proud to present The Russell Jackson Band on Sunday, October 14. The band features Russell Jackson on bass and vocals,Theo Brown on drums and Glenn Mitchell on guitar. Jackson is a seasoned veteran of the blues having played and toured with many blues legends. It is his purpose to honour the tradition of the blues blending in a contemporary component of high energy funk and jazz. Tickets are $10 for students at the door only. Advanced tickets are $15 and they are available at The Royal, Urban Legends, The Music Store and liveattheroyal.com.

The Royal presents Wide Mouth Mason on Monday, October 15. They’re back with a new album and a new bass player Gordie Johnson. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door. They are available at The Royal, Urban Legends,

Comedian Lorne Elliott, star of CBC’s Madly Off In All Directions, at the Procter Hall on October 21, 2012, 8:00 p.m.

Tickets are available at The Gill and Gift in Balfour, The Procter General Store, or you can call 250-229-5370.

For further information you can email: kootenannyman@gmail.com

The Music Store and liveattheroyal.com.

Doors open at 6 p.m. Showtime is approximately 8 p.m.

DJ Soup returns on Tuesday, October 16 at The Royal for a night of free funky music! Also on deck this evening will be Logan Hart. There is no cover. Doors open 9 p.m.

Join The Royal for free on Thursday, October 18 as they welcome Declan O’Donovan. David Hartman will open the show. Doors open at 6 p.m.

JPod is at Spiritbar on Friday, October 19. Doors open at 10 p.m. and tickets are available at the Hume Hotel.

Braden Early and Breakfluid join forces on Friday, October 19 once again to get the dancefloor at The Royal thumpin’. Tickets are $5 at the door.

Doors open at 9 p.m.

Pimpsoul is in Nelson at Spiritbar on Saturday, October 20. Doors open at 10 p.m. and tickets are available at the Hume Hotel.

The Royal is proud to present an excellent line-up of artists for one great night of music on Saturday, October 20. Kalle Mattson, an experimental folk-rock quintet from our nation’s capital will start the night followed by Cuff the Duke and their unique blend of country, folk and indie rock. Finishing the night off will be the creative and diverse country and punk influenced sounds of Sunparlour Players. Tickets are $15 and are available at The Royal, Urban Legends, The Music Store and liveattheroyal.com. Doors open at 8 p.m. Showtime at approximately 9 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.

VISUAL ARTS Craft Connection/Gallery 378 is having a huge studio clearance/seconds sale from October 12 to 16. Come downstairs into the gallery and get discounted prices on consignees’ and members’ work as we all clear out our studios to make room for winter stock! Large

pieces and paintings too!

Head to Spiritbar on October 26 for Creepshow a night of local art and music. Doors open at 10 p.m. Ticket information is available at the Hume Hotel.

For the month of October, Nelson artist Scott Dickson presents the Mountain Art Show at Oso Negro.

WORDS A decision made in a jail cell sets off a compelling journey of self-discovery in world-renowned ice climber Margo Talbot’s unflinchingly honest memoir All that Glitters, a book that takes us from the depths of depression to the inspiration and healing found in the world’s frozen places. Talbot reads at the Nelson Public Library on Thursday, October 11 at 7:30 p.m. For more information call 352-6333.

Celia Sanchez –Fidel Castro’s “significant other” –is brought to life through the imagination of a present-day Havana pediatrician in Rosa Jordan’s novel The Woman She Was. Jordan, who has written two books about Cuba as well as novels for adults and young adults, reveals her fascination with past and present-day Cuba in this deeply moving novel. Jordan reads at the Nelson Public Library on Thursday, October 18 at 7:30 p.m. For more information call 352-6333.

ANNOUNCEMENTS The Royal presents Mother Mother with Hannah Georgas on Tuesday, December 11. Tickets go on sale on Friday, September 28. For more information on this and other shows visit liveattheroyal.com Rockopolis production has announced the Saturday, October 13 presentation of Pigs at the Nelson and District Community Complex has been cancelled.

Organizers are working on an upcoming show at the Charles Bailey Theatre, but details have not yet been confirmed.

Refunds for Pigs will be offered through Finley’s Pub. Any other additional refund inquiries may be forwarded to rockopolis productions by email at rockopolis@gmail.com

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