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Council More than 65 years ago Japanese Canadians were forcibly removed from their homes on British Columbia’s coast debates and brought to internment camps in places like the Slocan Valley during the height of the Second World War. Today those who lived through the ordeal tell stories of struggle, sadness, and forgiveness. Here’s one such tale... merit of water meters

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ongtime Nelson resident Yosh Tagami mi remembers working for 25 cents an n hour building internment shacks on the Popoff farm near Slocan City. He was 17 and his family would soon move intoo one of those houses, which measured 14 x 25 feet. “The first winter was cold with four feet of snow, and icicles formed inside so we put cardboard from boxes on the walls,� he says.

There was no insulation beyond paper and shiplap, and no indoor plumbing.

Wooden bunk beds lay at either end of the house with a kitchen in the middle.

They used a wood stove for cooking and heating. “Rice was rationed and we made green tea from alfalfa leaves,� he says. “We had a garden arden and also bought vegetabless from the Doukhobors who camee in horse horse-driven driven wagons.�

Tagami, now 85, was born at Genoa Bay on Vancouver Island and raised at Paldi, a sawmill community near Duncan. He had four brothers and two sisters. Their father Jirosaku, a millwright, was injured in a fall and unable to work, so the sons began logging as teenagers.

ABOVE —Even before World War II, Japanese Canadians like Yosh Tagami were ďŹ ngerprinted and photographed for identity cards when they turned 16.

RIGHT — Thousands of internees were sent to SlocanSam Van Schie photo City where they endured primitive Nelson author Kristene Perron holds a copy of her latest work, Warpworld. The science fiction living novel is the first in a Story continues to conditions. five-part series that she co-authored with Texas author Joshua Simpson. She will officially launch the book later this ‘Tagami’ on Page 3 (Takturn Toyota photo) month at the Nelson Public Library. For the full story on Perron and her project to Page 12.

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MEGAN COLE Nelson Star Reporter

The prevalence of water metering may be on the rise in Canada and BC, but city council is divided on whether Nelson should follow the trend.

During a special committee of the whole meeting on Wednesday, council debated water rates and meters in the city.

Early into a presentation by Econnics consultant Kirk Stinchcombe, Mayor John Dooley said it would take a lot of convincing for him to consider introducing meters.

According to data presented, as of 2009 in Canada 72.1 per cent of single family residential homes have a water meter.

While BC is lagging with only 40.2 per cent of homes having meters, Stinchcombe said metering is on the rise and grew by 7.6 per cent between 2006 and 2009.

The necessity of water meters for Nelson was questioned throughout Stinchcombe’s presentation and was also addressed by chief financial officer Colin McClure. “Nelson is unique in the sense that unlike Castlegar, which has to pump its water up out of the river and then distribute it to the community, ours is gravity fed,� said McClure.

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A coroner’s inquest into the death of Nelson Search and Rescue volunteer Sheilah Sweatman finally gets underway Monday, with her family expecting to hear about mistakes in the recovery mission that claimed her life.

“Our objective is clear: to get the reasons for this loss made public so search and rescue and others can avoid these things happening again,” her father Wynn Sweatman told the Star from Winnipeg, where much of her family lives.

Sheilah, 29, of Ymir, belonged to a swiftwater team called out on June 29, 2011 to a bridge south of Creston, where a car was submerged in the Goat River. While trying to attach a tow chain to the vehicle, she went overboard and didn’t resurface.

Her colleagues found her body the following day.

The inquest is scheduled to last five days next week at the Nelson courthouse.

Presiding coroner Matt Brown and a jury will hear evidence from subpoenaed witnesses to determine the facts surrounding Sweatman’s death and make recommendations to prevent similar deaths. Testimony will be heard Monday through Thursday while Friday is reserved for jury deliberations.

The evidence is expected to include the results of several separate investigations,

Members of Sheilah Sweatman’s family at the memorial held for her at Lakeside Park in the summer of 2011. Several members of the family will return to Nelson next week for the coroner’s inquest, including her parents Wynn and Teddi (far left).

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including those by WorkSafeBC and Emergency Management BC. Wynn Sweatman, who has read the reports, said they draw the same broad conclusions.

The inquest will also hear from witnesses and view video evidence — Sheilah’s death occurred during filming of the reality show Callout: Search and Rescue, and the tragedy was captured on film. “[We want] to identify what went wrong and who’s responsible,” Wynn said. “I don’t mean that in a personal sense, but in a systemic sense.”

He anticipates witness testimony will reveal planning failures that led to his daughter’s death and said it is potentially a “landmark

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“We would really not like to hurt the search and rescue community, but raise money for them,” he said. “Sheilah was passionate about what she did and it’s important work. Search and rescue needs way more financial support. We’re committed to trying to help.”

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The inquest was originally scheduled to be held in June but was postponed “to ensure availability of all required witnesses as well as counsel for parties with standing,” according to the BC Coroners Service.

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News Baldface Lodge Preparing for Another Big Winter Event

Red Bull readies for return MEGAN COLE Nelson Star Reporter

Nelson will be back in the extreme sport spotlight this winter as Red Bull prepares to setup for another snowboard series at Baldface Lodge.

While the name of this year’s event is still being crafted by organizers, Baldface owner Jeff Pensiero couldn’t be happier to share his business with Red Bull again.

Last year’s competition — the Supernatural Series — was created by one of the world’s best snowboarders Travis Rice and broadcast on a two-hour NBC television special.

For weeks and months prior to the event, builders, competitors, NBC crew and Red Bull staff and organizers filled Nelson hotel rooms, ate in local restaurants and left with rave reviews of the area.

“All the people involved spent so much money in town when they were here,” said Pensiero.

“They went home with nothing but the best things to say about Nelson. They also just raved about Whitewater and Red Mountain. We were happy we could help share our community and the region.”

This year Red Bull is shifting the focus to live Internet coverage — similar to what was seen in their invite-only freeride mountain bike competition called the Rampage — with a one-hour TV show on NBC. “That is the big push,” said Pensiero. “They did that with the Red Bull Rampage. They are going to keep pushing the live feeds and up-tothe-minute scoring. The TV show is going to have a lot more back story to it instead of just showing the runs.

“I think the broadcast is going to have a piece on Nel-

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There were plenty of thrilling moments from last year’s Red Bull event at Baldface Lodge. Some of the best snowboarders on the planet competed in an NBC television sponsored event at the resort just north of Nelson. Red Bull is bringing back the cameras this winter for a second shot at the local powder and terrain.

son, Baldface, the builders and a couple of the competitors. I think it’s going to be a really great event and the live part is going to be exciting.”

Last year Pensiero encouraged NBC to shoot whatever interviews they did in Nelson, but said he hopes there will be more highlights and footage showcasing the community and region.

Since Baldface began working with Red Bull for the signature series, Pensiero has had the opportunity to work with some of the best in the snowboard and ski industry which is inspiring him with his business.

“I have had to work really hard to build my company,” said Pensiero. “I have used every resource I have access to, and then Red Bull comes in and they spend massive amounts of money to create some really fun projects.

“It’s empowering to work with people like that and see how they’ve built their business. It really inspires me to try similar things with my business.”

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they are constantly pushing the boundaries of extreme sports and while scenes from last year’s competition made amateur snowboarders tremble, this year Pensiero said they are taking it even further.

The course being built for this year’s event will not only include one similar to last year, but an additional component by the same people who create courses for the X Games.

“The bottom part of the course is going to be on an Olympic level,” said Pensiero.

“It’s going to be unbelievable what they build.”

Part of the team who came up to Baldface this week with Red Bull was Frank Wells with Snow Park Technologies.

Snow Park Technologies are the creators of over 250 competition courses including all of the Winter X Games and the Burton US Open.

“I was talking with [Wells], who is one of the best snow cat park builders in the world, and he has been everywhere and done every-

thing,” said Pensiero. “To get that guy’s eyes on my business and to talk about the snowboard and ski industry is an amazing opportunity.”

Baldface annually sells out for the winter and routinely appears in ski and snowboard magazines, but their involvement with Red Bull and NBC has brought Baldface to a whole new audience.

“Whenever we get coverage in Powder Magazine or Kootenay Mountain Culture we always hear from our friends in the industry,” said Pensiero.

“It is always rewarding to appear in any magazine, but after the Supernatural series my first grade teacher wrote me an email and said she saw me on TV, and friends from grade school have reached out. Now it’s not just the industry people, skiers and snowboarders who know us, it’s so much bigger.”

Baldface has since received inquiries about weddings, retreats and corporate gatherings which has been a huge asset in its off-season.

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Cost of meters would be $2.5 million

Continued from Page 1 address the costs that come from pumping water to the community. McClure said most of the costs incurred by the City of Nelson comes from capital cost and water and sewer infrastructure upgrades.

Until recently, the city has implemented steady increases to water and sewer rates to address an infrastructure deficit.

“Cities both provincially and nationally have not looked at these capital costs,” said McClure.

“Some communities may appear to have lower rates now, but consider what they are going to have to put in down the road. You will see them start to catch up to our rates.”

Stinchcombe said implementing a universal water meter system in the city would cost $2.3 million, while installing meters for the industrial, commercial and institutional buildings would cost $625,025.

While Dooley and councillors Robin Cherbo and Bob Adams questioned the viability of water meters in Nelson, councillors Paula Kiss, Deb Kozak, Candace Batycki and Donna Macdonald spoke about the various positive implications of water meter use.

Kiss said a metering system is more equitable than the current system because residents and business owners would have more control over their bill. Based on their actions to conserve water, the bill could be reduced monthly.

City manager Kevin Cormack and McClure made several recommendations to council on water rates and metering including reducing or eliminating water rates

City council heard an exhaustive presentation on water meters and followed it up with a lengthy discussion on Wednesday in council chambers.

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for affordable housing units (apartments, mobile homes and secondary suites), a conservation rate or rebate for installing water-saving measures like low-flow toilets, lowering the rate increase, increasing current water meter rates and expanding institutional, commercial and industrial water meters.

Kiss suggested council move quickly on rolling out a plan for the latter after receiving conflicting information from Cormack, McClure and operations and engineering director Allen Fillion about funds being withheld by senior government because of water meter use.

“There is some question whether some of the funding we apply for different projects is maybe being withheld because we are a non-metered community,” said McClure. “We are trying to look at zone or strategic metering including for industrial, commercial and

institutional properties to show that we are working towards it and not opposed to meters completely.”

Fillion said there may be reason to believe Castlegar received provincial government funding last year that was denied to Nelson because of their water meter program.

The economic benefits may be up for debate, but McClure said the city can gather a lot of valuable information about water use and loss (via leakage) through meters.

Concerns arose from Kiss when she suggested the presentation failed to address the environmental and social benefits of introducing water meters.

While the City is fortunate to have high quality water coming from Five Mile Creek, Fillion said there was an incident in the spring after a wind storm unearthed trees, causing increased wa-

ter turbidity.

The city will look at a secondary water source in 2016 and is considering Grohman Creek for a supply in addition to a potential hydro project.

“There would be a business case on conservation if Nelson did consider Kootenay Lake for a secondary water source,” said McClure.

“The whole idea that we have a gravity-fed system means the amount of water that gets to your door isn’t necessarily the cost, it’s the capital component.

“If we had a secondary source and had to pump out of Kootenay Lake, then yes, we would have a higher variable cost, and there would be a better case for installing meters.”

Fillion said there would also be additional costs of building filtration for water from Kootenay Lake which could be avoided by drawing from Grohman Creek.

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‘Except as authorized under the regulations, no person shall possess ... cannabis, its preparations, derivatives and similar synthetic preparations, including ... cannabis (marihuana).’

— Controlled Drugs and Substances Act

GREG NESTEROFF Nelson Star Reporter

More than twice as many marijuana possession charges have been laid in Nelson in recent years compared to a decade ago.

The Vancouver Sun reported last week that charges for simple possession are on the rise province-wide: up 88 per cent between 2002 and 2011, far in excess of the population increase over the same period.

“It could be the prevailing misconception that cannabis is legal.

Twin that with Nelson’s reputation and I can see a few [people] thinking they can just spark up on Baker Street.”

Philip McMillan

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The newspaper also provided an online database giving community-by-community breakdowns based on data from Statistics Canada.

“Nelson, which earned a reputation for growing and smoking BC bud, had 298 charges per 100,000 people last year,” reporter Zoe McKnight noted.

That’s compared to 30 per 100,000 in Vancouver and 81 per 100,000 across Canada.

In actual numbers, 29 charges of simple possession were laid in 2011 in Nelson, second highest in the city during the period studied.

The figures ranged from a low of two in 2003 to a high of 31 in 2009. In 2002, there were 14 charges.

Nelson police chief Wayne Holland, who joined the department in early 2011, said he couldn’t explain the higher numbers in recent years without an incident-by-incident review. However, the department does not have a strict policy about possession charges, leaving it largely to officers’ discretion.

“Every incident where

marijuana is found on a person who interacts with a Nelson police officer is decided based on the facts of the file itself,” Holland said in an email.

He said a variety of factors are taken into account, including the amount involved, the circumstances that brought the person to police attention, whether they have a history of drug offences — especially trafficking — and whether it’s a young offender.

“On every occasion the officer uses their discretion as to whether to charge,” Holland says. “And if the decision is to charge, Crown Counsel reviews the recommendation to ensure the investigation and seizure were lawful and that the recommended charges are merited and have been lawfully brought to court.”

Philip McMillan of the Nelson Cannabis Compassion Club, which helps members access medicinal marijuana, said he couldn’t read too much into the statistics, but the recent jump could be the result of new police officers in the community — or just a statistical blip.

“Or it could be a prevailing misconception that cannabis is legal,” he said. “Twin that with Nelson’s reputation and I can see a few [people] thinking they can just spark up on Baker Street.”

Rural Nelson, policed by the RCMP, saw a similar increase in charges in 2009 and 2010 — 20 and 25 respectively — but the figure fell to 16 in 2011, closer to the norm of previous years.

SALMO SEES DRAMATIC SPIKE

An RCMP officer quoted by the Sun suggested areas with easy access to pot and lenient policing may result in more people openly flouting the law — and therefore more charges — but that may not explain one local anomaly.

Salmo saw five or fewer possession charges each year between 2002 and 2008, but has had 24 or 25 annually since 2009 — a per capita

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Dr. Sarah Sherrard MARIJUANA POSSESSION CHARGES

BY POLICE DEPARTMENT 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

NEL. NEL. (Rural) 14 13 2 12 7 15 9 12 7 8 20 18 15 14 31 20 15 25 29 16

SAL. 1 2 3 0 3 5 4 25 24 24

KAS. S. LAKE 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 2 7 5 7 2 6 3

Source: Vancouver Sun, via Statistics Canada

rate of 869 per 100,000, third highest in BC. RCMP Staff Sgt. Dan Seibel attributed this in part to the creation in the spring of 2009 of the Kootenay Boundary regional detachment, which includes nine West Kootenay detachments and a plainclothes investigation section.

Seibel said when he and Insp. Nick Romanchuk arrived, they established annual performance plans with priorities including tackling organized crime, cross border smuggling and illegal drugs. Some projects also targeted outdoor grow-ops.

Seibel further noted a new corporal in Salmo worked closely with Shambhala organizers and security staff to reduce drugs at the music festival.

The Kaslo detachment saw a modest increase in possession charges: where zero to two were laid annually 2002-08, six or seven were

laid 2009-11.

Not all West Kootenay communities saw increases, though: Trail has never hit double digits in a single year and had no charges last year, although there were nine in the surrounding area.

The statistics don’t tell us how many charges resulted in convictions or what sorts of punishments were handed out. Under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, simple possession of marijuana is illegal, although the amount involved determines the seriousness of the offence.

Having less than a gram of cannabis resin or 30 grams of cannabis is punishable on summary conviction by a fine of not more than $1,000 or six months in jail.

Larger amounts, however, can result in summary conviction fines of $2,000 and a year in jail for second offences, and up to five years in jail on indictment, even for a first offence.

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Friday, November 16, 2012 Nelson Star

Editorial

Banner policy flawed

T

he pro-life banner hanging over Baker Street for the past two weeks has surely raised a few eyebrows.

The City of Nelson has a policy that allows charitable groups and organizations to hang banners to advertise local events or activities.

But the message on the banner “Respect life: from birth to natural death” isn’t really an event advertisement.

We’re used to seeing the Road Kings weekend or the ALS Walk announced over our downtown street, but not something like this.

The Nelson Right To Life Society did have an event recently: a vigil at the Nelson cemetery on Remembrance Day to mourn the lives that were terminated in the womb by abortion.

City council also passed a proclamation at an October meeting that declares November 5 to 12 “Respect Human Life Week,” as it has each year since at least 2007.

So there were two events the banner could have advertised, but instead the message is promoting an ethical viewpoint against abortion. It’s a divisive issue and hardly a community event. It serves to further stigmatize abortion and the women (and teens) who choose to have one.

Canadians have had access to legal, medical abortions since 1988. For every 100 live births in the country there are about 28 abortions, according to figures from Statistics Canada.

We see lots of rallies and advertisements in this newspaper and elsewhere on this issue.

They are supported by people who would like to see those statistics, and perhaps even the laws, changed. That’s free speech.

But we don’t think our city’s resources and public space should be used to promote issues that divide the community. The respect life banner doesn’t seem to meet the basic criteria in the City’s banner policy. It’s time for council to revisit its policy.

EMAIL LETTERS TO: editor@nelsonstar.com DROP OFF/MAIL: 514 Hall St. Nelson, BC V1L 1Z2 Phone 250-352-1890 The Nelson Star is a member of the British Columbia Press Council, a self-regulatory body governing the province’s newspaper industry.

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

Editor: Bob Hall Publisher: Chuck Bennett

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A truly Superstar experience

t was one of the most successful community theatre productions this town has ever staged and I still can’t believe I was a part of it.

With a cast of 57, a live orchestra of 17 and 41 members of the production team, Jesus Christ Superstar was a pretty impressive undertaking. That 2,400 very appreciative people came out to see it made it a pretty impressive community moment.

I dove into Superstar back in the spring when director Kevin Armstrong and musical director Laura Johnson held auditions at the First Baptist Church in Fairview. A lifelong love of the Andrew Lloyd Webber music is what provided me the courage to even try.

The pair were kind enough to look past my limited vocal range and cast me in the chorus. I was thrilled to be part of it.

What followed was a journey into a theatre experience I never expected and an entirely new appreciation for what it takes to pull off such a high quality show.

Starting in September there were 10 intense weeks of rehearsal. When I looked around the Fairview church that was our home base and saw the amazingly talented people the directors had assembled, fear was the overriding emotion. Though enthusiastic about the music and being part of the scene, I felt much anxiety that my horrible dancing ability was going to totally ruin the show. But as I’ve learned, the theatre scene is one of encouragement

It really wasn’t a dream. Evidence that Star editor Bob Hall (right) was Tresy Kilbourne photo part of the Superstar team.

and empowerment from others in the cast. I forged on.

I’ll be honest. When I heard we were putting on six shows during a long weekend at 30 bucks a head, I wasn’t sure how full the Capitol Theatre would be. Clearly I had no idea how popular the music was and how eager the community was to take it in.

Opening night was incredible from start to finish. With a perfect mix of the experienced and the unproven, the cast gave it all they had. At the end the crowd stood and cheered.

I knew it was something special, but standing in the bright lights at that moment it became crystal clear.

The next morning I met one of my good friends for our regular coffee chat.

Though he has lived here most of his life, the majority of his time is spent at the hockey arena. His trips to the Capitol are rare, but he came to support his buddy. He left with a whole new appreciation for community theatre.

Our conversation generally turns to sport, but

on this morning it was all theatre. Like so many on opening night, he was thoroughly entertained and impressed with all aspects of the show. I left coffee wondering if Superstar managed to pull off a small Nelson miracle of bringing sport and art together. We can only hope.

Five more shows, five more standing ovations and four more sellouts followed. Way too many cool moments on stage and off to even mention.

By Saturday afternoon my fear had finally subsided and I settled into the parts I was given. At last I was comfortable with the opening chorus dance scene (public displays of dance are not cherished personal moments) and was loving the scenes on stage. I even figured out the whole fourth wall concept and totally forgot the audience was there.

The final bows on Sunday night were bittersweet. Total satisfaction in having been part of such a fantastic production, yet sad knowing that Monday morning the cast would no longer be together. Like any other journey you take

with a group of people, you don’t fully appreciate what you have until you part ways.

One of the keys to success of Superstar was the job Armstrong and Johnson did at assembling the cast. There were stage veterans like the electrifying Bessie Wapp, Armstrong, Sydney Galbraith-Black, Gabe Macdonald, Michael Graham and Pat Henman.

Breakout performances by relative local theatre newcomers Arron Nelson, Josh Murray, Solona Armstrong, Michael Calledine, Julie Johnson-Murray, Taylor Dean Wilson and Dana Rosenberg. The rest of the cast came from a diverse range of age, experience, occupation, interest and talent. All of this combined to bring an unrivaled enthusiasm to the historic Capitol stage.

The tentacles of Superstar reached deep into the community and the community responded in kind.

As for me, that’s it. I’m done. I can totally appreciate the drug that is live theatre. It’s an addiction and for good reason. The past three months have given me a whole new appreciation for what it takes to pull off such an epic production. I will be forever grateful to the directors for allowing me the opportunity. But my favourite role is as an audience member where I can continue to appreciate the talents this community is so blessed to enjoy.

Bob Hall is the editor at the Nelson Star. He can be reached at bob@nelsonstar. com

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Editorial

Area E planning is a very good idea I was disappointed to see a letter to the editor last Friday (“Planning in Area E a bad idea”) that actually criticized the direction of our regional district for implementing new changes.

There was mention of bullying, crazy freedom and undemocratic processes.

What nonsense!

The directors should be praised for taking a leadership role in these changing times. If anything the new bylaw will help preserve our present rural lifestyle.

Change is necessary.

Brian Wood Area E

Wayne Germaine Serving Nelson & Area Since 1987.

Local currency does not make any sense

I cannot understand the need for a local Nelson currency. What is the incentive for anybody?

I am told it is meant to stimulate buying locally.

I already do that with my Canadian currency. Besides that, Nelson has a severly limited selection of everything I require. So, when I go out of town, I have a pocket full of useless currency.

If I shop locally, and that particular store does not accept Nelson currency, again I am left with a pocket full of useless currency.

In addition, what about the cost of printing new currency?

SLUGS. To the “group” who decided that some were not welcome to their gatherings, despite believing that they are a “loving” circle. Be open to receiving hugs from “your” perceived slugs.

SLUGS. To the man that refused to hold the door for my mother, walking with her cane on her way into the mall to the walk in clinic on November 3. I’m in a hurry he said — only to be seen standing in line at the A&W after I parked the car!

HUGS. Big hugs to my husband for raking the leaves down my path before the white stuff hits and it gets scary slippery there.

HUGS. Huge hugs to Chris from Telus for helping us out in our crisis and driving a cell phone to our home in the interim. Thanks so much.

HUGS. To Jennifer and Andrew at People’s Pharmacy for going above and beyond in customer service!

- Your appreciative (and forgetful) neighbour.

HUGS. To true friends who get out of their comfort zone to support you no matter what. Appreciate the effort and the strengthening bond.

SLUGS. To the selfish “neighbour” in our trailer court who has to whine and complain to the manager when people play some music in their own backyard in the afternoon! And not even loud! And then phone the cops too! By law we all are allowed to play music until 10 p.m. which no one ever has done. You are a pathetic creature! Grab some serenity!

HUGS. To my wife and kids for putting up with my pursuit over the last three months. I am back at your service once again. Love ya!

HUGS. Big hugs to the OR staff at Kootenay Lake Hospital in Nelson. You made my knee surgery quick,

Wouldn’t that money be better put towards the disavantaged in society?

Another way to benefit the local businesses might be a monthly draw, prizes donated by these business owners, therefore getting much needed advertising, something along the lines of putting your name and phone number on the back of the sales slip. Therefore, creating incentive to buy locally.

I will continue to use my Canadian currency, accepted everywhere, locally and out of town.

Bob Abrahams Nelson

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SLUGS. To those dog owners who leave plastic bags full of doggy-doo on and around the footpaths and trails that we all love to walk. What are you thinking?

That your mother will come along and pick up after you?

SLUGS. To those people who take more time making excuses rather than making things happen.

SLUGS. To the so called “graffiti artist” called DEMO. I see your tag strewn across the Kootenays. I was alright with it until I saw that you had defaced local architecture and historical sites. Your unoriginal smug leprechaun graphic has absurdly stamped your name on every crime you committed. I look forward to the day I see you in an orange jumpsuit scrubbing it off every property you defaced. Hugs to the person who gives his name to the police so he can pay some penance for his disgusting actions.

SLUGS. To those who choose to ramp up the tension for no other reason than creating unnecessary drama. Focus on what you were chosen to do and not get sidetracked by silliness.

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

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

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HUGS. To the entire cast and crew of Jesus Christ Superstar. You guys are incredible and I’m going to miss hanging out with you on a regular basis.

SLUGS. To the person in Rosemont (Tower Road area) who keeps shooting my cat with bb/pellet gun.

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Friday, November 16, 2012 Nelson Star

News

Third in an Occasional Series

On the Baker Street watch History

detective The History Detective says this photo shows Tom Davies (centre) outside his watch repair shop at 257 Baker Street in Nelson, ca. 1900-05.

by greg nesteroff THE CASE: A photo purchased online shows an early 20th century watch repair shop. Where and when was it taken and who are the men in front?

THE INVESTIGATION: This drymounted five by seven-inch photo depicts three hirsute men standing in front of two stores. One man has a white coat and another smokes a pipe. Signs on the stores say “Watches repaired” and “Agents of the German M&M Co.” and “Baltimore Oysters.”

Written on the back in a feminine hand is: “Uncle Tom Davies’ jewelry and watch repair store in Nelson, BC, Canada, before he took up the 160 acre place in Rosehill, Kamloops, BC. Daddy Jack’s (John O. Davies) brother.”

There’s an asterisk below the man in the middle, which

seems to indicate he is Uncle Tom. The BC directory of 1893 listed Thomas J. Davies as a Nelson rancher. He also shows up on the 1898 provincial voters list, living somewhere on the Kootenay River.

His brother John, meanwhile, is listed as a labourer in Trail.

Tom vanishes from the directories in 1899-1900, but reappears in 1901 at 257 Baker Street, although no occupation is given for him. The same listing appears through 1905, after which interior towns weren’t included for a few years.

By 1910, he had evidently left Nelson. There’s no listing for him in Kamloops that

year either, although the 1911 census finds a Thomas Davies, 48, cooking at the Yankee girl mine in Ymir. Hard to say if it’s the same guy.

Ted Affleck writes in Kootenay Lake Chronicles that a “plucky little Englishman” with a “scrappy disposition” named Thomas Jones Davis lived on the Kootenay Flats near Creston and acquired the steam launch Mudhen from William A. Baillie-Grohman.

He was thus nicknamed Mudhen Davis. But even ignoring the spelling discrepancy, there’s nothing to link him to the Nelson watch repairman.

Mudhen Davis apparently returned to England by 1894.

John O. Davies (wonder

what the O stood for) presumably moved to the US, given that his daughter specified the photo was taken in Canada and the photo’s seller found it at a trade show for vintage ephemera in Phoenix, Arizona.

Now we turn to exactly where in Nelson the shop was. With a magnifying glass, the fire number is visible above the door: 257 — the same address given for Tom in the directories.

That puts it where Connect Hearing is today, although that building probably only dates to the 1920s or ‘30s. Yet Star editor Bob Hall took one look at the photo and somehow correctly pronounced its location. Lucky guess.

Police Brief

Man arrested after Slocan Valley crash Nelson Star Staff

It sounded like something out of The Dukes of Hazzard.

A man involved in a dramatic crash on Highway 6 Saturday just south of Winlaw was arrested after fleeing the scene.

Slocan Lake RCMP responded around 2 p.m. along with fire, ambulance, and search and rescue crews.

Police say the vehicle was speeding and lost control, nearly colliding with an oncoming vehicle.

The car left the road and hit a steep hill. It was then launched into the air and travelled over the two lanes of the highway and landed in the opposite ditch.

A man who was in the vehicle left the scene before police arrived, but was later located and arrested.

He was taken to hospital in Nelson with serious injuries although he was expected to be released within a day.

Cst. Christopher Spiers says they aren’t releasing the man’s age and hometown for the moment. No charges have yet been laid.

But police do want to thank members of the public who stopped to help the man and want to hear from anyone with information about the incident.

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7 day forecast: Up 3 inches.

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Jobs in British Columbia

Trucking industry provides diverse opportunity BOB HALL Nelson Star Editor

Job seekers are in luck when it comes to the commercial road transportation industry in British Columbia.

Trucking companies throughout BC require professional drivers, mechanics, dispatchers and operations staff right now, which means that job seekers with experience and/or training may find work within their preferred region.

For those considering training prior to joining the workforce, demand for skilled workers in the industry is likely to grow to 2020 and beyond.

There are a number of reasons for this. For truck drivers, the industry is facing a North America-wide shortage because most are 45 years of age or older and nearing retirement (in fact, in Canada, according to a report by the Canada Trucking Human Resources Council, 58 per cent of long-haul truck drivers fall in this age range). Similar short-

ages exist for other jobs, including diesel engine and heavy duty mechanics.

Aside from worker shortages, economic growth in the AsiaPacific Gateway is also driving demand for workers in transportation.

This applies not only to companies in the Lower Mainland, but in other regions as well, since the Asia-Pacific “gateway” is actually made up of an integrated supply chain of airports, seaports, rail and road connections, and border crossings, from Prince Rupert to Surrey, with links supplied by trucking.

Today’s trucking industry is an exciting place to be.

Equipment in many companies is state of the art, meaning increased comfort and ease for drivers and opportunities for mechanics to work with technologically advanced systems, keeping both their skills and interest engaged. Dispatch relies on sophisticated tracking and routing systems.

Others on the operations side

Long haul trucking brings drivers to all parts of Canada and the United States.

also use information technology of many kinds to deal with everything from licences and permits, to customer services, accounting, sales and marketing.

And, people joining the industry have many career choices.

Drivers, for example, may work close to home as pick-up and delivery or short-haul drivers.

Those who like the idea of travelling across Canada or North America can become long-haul drivers for an employer or work

as owner-operators. Drivers may haul consumer goods, fuel, logs, heavy-duty equipment, livestock – most of what we purchase or consume spent some time on the road with a commercial truck.

If you already have experience as a driver, mechanic or operations worker, most companies advertise jobs on their websites.

Members of the BC Trucking Association from across the province may post jobs under Careers on bctrucking.com, and

the provincial and federal governments maintain job sites at WorkBC (workbc.ca/Jobs/) and Working in Canada (workingincanada.gc.ca/ — choose to Explore Careers by Occupation, then by region).

Within your own community, it may also pay to approach a company you’d like to work for, drop off a résumé and inquire if and when they’ll be hiring.

If you’d like to enter the industry but need training, there are also many avenues to explore.

Although there is not a standard training course for professional drivers, there are numerous private schools throughout BC that offer programs.

For information on transportation trades in BC, including mechanics and other technicians, visit transCDA (tcda.ca/ home). And for information on trucking careers in general, seetruckingcareers.ca.

Your own community and region depend on trucking. It may also offer the right career for you.

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Calendar

Community Organizations Play table tennis Wednesdays (school holidays/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.

The andromeda galaxy may be 2.4 million light years away but we can show it to you through our astronomy telescopes at Taghum Hall’s Starry Night Astronomy Program, Friday, November 9 and Friday, November 16. We start viewing at 7 p.m., weather permitting. For more information, phone Wayne Holmes at 250354-1586 or check out Taghum Hall on Facebook.

Going local seniors and community care specialists for to learn about options for seniors. The session will take place Thursday, November 14 at Selkirk College’s Silver King campus from 1 to 3 p.m.

It is your opportunity for a one stop session on all that is out there to support seniors in the area.

The Nelson Public Library is looking for super sleuths between the ages of nine and 12 to join us at the first spy training academy on Thursday November 15 at 3:30 p.m. Pre-register at 250-352-6333 or nradonich@nelson.ca. This is the first of a series of free tween programs that will take place on the second Thursday of each month at 3:30 p.m. at the library.

For more information contact Nancy at 250-352-8283.

The Selkirk weavers and spinners guild are holding their annual sale and exhibit of handwoven items in the Kootenays with flair. The sale and exhibit runs from Friday, November 16 from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. to Saturday November 17 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Quality Inn in Castlegar.

Admission is free. For more information contact selkirkweavers@gmail.com

Kootenay Kids Society presents their annual fundraising extravaganza at the Nelson Rod and Gun club on Friday, November 16. Invitations are available by calling the society office at 250-352-6678 or can be purchased at the following locations: Otter Books, 398 Baker Street; The Bridge/Mountain FM or Family Place. The invitations cost only $20 and ensure your spot at the tables as well as complimentary starter poker chips and tasty appetizers.

There will be 10 tables and a number of

Tell us about your upcoming event, email: newsroom@nelsonstar.com

different games — black jack, poker, roulette, etc. — to try your luck at, along with great prizes to be won.

Local Nelson youth will be speaking out on “What do Youth need to Thrive?” at the third annual TEDx SelfDesign High School event, Saturday, November 17.

For more information and to reserve seats visit tedxselfdesignhighschool.com.

The annual Nelson Eagle Ladies Auxiliary borscht luncheon takes place this weekend on Saturday, November 17 between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. at the Eagles Hall. Grab your hat and coat and head to lunch for a steaming bowl of borscht, bread, apple pie and ice cream and your choice of tea or coffee. The whole lunch is only $7 and if you choose to buy a litre of borscht to take home is $8. Enjoy also a white elephant sale, bake sale, and the homemade items for sale, made by the participants at the Women’s Centre. To put in an order for litres of borscht call Charlotte at 250-352-5116. Don’t be disappointed as the soup sells out each year!

Proceeds this year go to the Nelson and District Women’s Centre and The Food Cupboard.

The Nelson and district chapter of the Canadian Federation of University Women will meet at the New Grand Hotel on Vernon Street on November 17. Coffee at 9:30 a.m. followed by a club meeting at 10 a.m. At 11 a.m. Kate Bridger will speak on the topic of home design and how to achieve it through a personal perspective.

All are welcome. For further information please contact Dorothy Fraser at 250-8250130.

Join us for the 19th annual Wild and Tame Game dinner to raise money for various community initiatives on Saturday, November 17 at First Baptist Church.

Tickets are $12 per person or $35 per family and are available at the church. You can reserve yours by calling the church office at 250-352-3212.

On Sunday, November 18 the Nelson Grans to Grans are serving an African Dinner at the Nelson United Church.

Doors open at 4:30 p.m. Tickets are on a sliding scale of $15-20 each for adults and $10 each for children under 12 years of age. Tickets can be purchased at Cottons on Baker and Sensations Dress Shop on Josephine.

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Wildflower School at 811 Stanley Street is inviting community members to a design charrette on Tuesday, November 20 at 7 p.m., for their new playground area. If you would like to attend, please RSVP to Wildflower School, 250-505-7020.

The West Kootenay EcoSociety will be holding a series of conversation cafés over the winter and early spring. The first conversation café will be held on November 22, at Oso Negro Café and will address the possibility of building housing that is both sustainable and affordable. The conversation begins at 7 p.m. at Oso Negro, with admission by donation. More information on the café series is available online at ecosociety.ca.

On Wednesdays from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. at the Cellar at 717 Vernon Street and on Fridays from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. at 601 Front Street in the basement there are Al-Anon meetings. For more information about the Cellar meetings contact Norma at 250-352-3747 and for the Front Street meetings contact Sharon at 250-352-7333.

On November 24, Annie’s Boutique is going to have their fifth annual Take it Off Day party at the Nelson Trading Company. All it takes is eight inches. An eight inch pony tail, that is! Start planning now to take it off with us in November.

Through this event and the Pantene Beautiful Lengths program, you have the power to pass along a meaningful gift to a woman undergoing treatment for cancer (at no cost to her). Just call or visit us at Annie’s Boutique before the event to register.

Saturday, December 1 starting at 10 a.m., the L.V. Rogers grad class of 2013 are having a bottle drive. Please save your bottles as grads will be stopping by homes to collect on that day. If you would like the grads to pick up bottles and aren’t sure if you might be on a route, please call 250551-1777 to arrange pick up.

25 to December 20 from 10 a.m. to noon in the multipurpose room in the public health building at 33 Victoria Street.

There is no cost for the series, although donations are graciously accepted. Preregistration is required and can be done by emailing nelsonhospice@netidea.com.

Volunteer Opportunity Do you enjoy live classical music? Are you a well organized person who would like to contribute to your community?

Since 1955 the Nelson Overture Concerts Society has been committed to bringing in live classical music to Nelson. We are seeking an enthusiastic individual to take on the role of program director. This volunteer position includes developing an annual programme of concerts, establishing contact with agents, signing contracts, arranging performance venues and hotel accommodations and regularly communicating with the NOCS Executive.To apply for the above position please contact: nelsonoverture@gmail.com, or phone Anne Macdonald: 250-352-7625. Nelson Overture Society, 2015 – 622 Front St. Nelson, BC V1L 4B7 by November 30. Inquiries are also welcome from those interested in joining the NOCS Board of Directors.

Craft Fairs and Bazaars The 12th annual Baker Street Christmas craft fair will be held on November 16, 17 and 18 beginning at 10 a.m. daily and wrapping up at 9 p.m. on Friday, 5 p.m. on Saturday and 3 p.m. on Sunday. The fair will take place at the Best Western.

Admission is $2.

The Craft Connection/Gallery 378 is having an opening for their annual Seasonal Treasures Show on Saturday, December 1 from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Come in and enjoy some Christmas treats and mulled cider, meet the artists and enjoy new crafts brought in for the season.

Workshops Every Saturday beginning at noon Ellison’s Market is offering free workshops.

Head down to Ellison’s cafe and learn something new you can implement in your life.

The Kootenay Artisan Fair is back at the Prestige Lakeside Resort on December 7, 8 and 9. There will be 46 vendors and live music. Doors open at 12 p.m. on Friday and wraps up at 9 p.m., on Saturday and Sunday doors open at 10 p.m. with closing at 6 p.m. on Saturday and 5 p.m. on Sunday.

The Nelson Hospice grief support series is open to anyone experiencing grief due to the death of someone close to them. The series runs Thursdays from November

To include your event in the online calendar visit nelsonstar.com. Or email reporter@nelsonstar.com to add your event to the community calendar.

Monday November 19, 7:30 pm Selkirk Pro-Muscia Presents

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Kootenay Co-Op On Board Streetcar 23 On Tuesday the Kootenay Co-Op is once again holding its community donation day at its Baker Street store.

Every third Tuesday of the month the grocery store donates one per cent of its daily earnings to a worthy community organization. On Tuesday it will be the Nelson Electric Tramway Society that benefits. Earlier this week Walt Laurie from the tramway society visited the store to meet with the Co-op’s Jocelyn Carver. Laurie and other society volunteers will set up a booth in front of the store and hope all those who value the historic Streetcar 23 will come to shop at the Co-op.

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wo writers — separated by time zones, international borders and some 3,000 kilometres — may not be the most likely pairing to co-write a five-book science fiction series.

But Nelson author Kristene Perron says collaborating with Joshua Simpson from Texas is what gave her the motivation to sit down and write the first draft of all five books in a mere 18 months.

“I would wake up at 3 o’clock in the morning and just write all day,” Perron said, sitting in her home office where she spent all those hours feverishly typing.

A collage of pictures on the wall depict each of her characters and their families (or, more accurately, the celebrity or public figure who reminds her of each character).

The book centres around two worlds — one that has depleted its resources, and one that is resource rich but suffers from political corruption — and characters who travel between them, stealing what they need to survive and escape their enemies.

When they were writing the books, Perron and Simpson divided up the characters and would take turns writing scenes together in a Google document.

“We were writing live, so we could see each other’s words appearing on the screen as we typed, and we’d also have a Google chat window open to tell

the other person when it was their turn to write,” Perron explains.

Perron didn’t meet her writing partner in person until last summer. Initially, he contacted her through her blog, asking her advice on how to become a writer, then he asked if she’d work on the project with him.

“He told me his idea for one of the worlds. It was such a good idea, immediately I just said, ‘yes, let’s do this,’” Perron recalls.

She came up with the second world (no surprise hers is the one that is lush and resource rich, like the Kootenay landscape) and created some characters.

Then the two writers got to work, weaving their stories together.

“We had a blast writing the first draft,” Perron said.

“We’d try to throw curve balls at each other and challenge our characters to get through new situations.”

When the books were finished, they polished the manuscript for the first book (“It takes about 20 drafts to get it right,” laughed Perron) and found

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a respected New York agent to shop it around to publishing houses across North America.

“That’s when all the really nice rejection letters started coming,” said Perron.

“He told me his idea for one of the worlds. It was such a good idea, immediately I just said, ‘yes, let’s do this.’”

Kristene Perron Warpworld Author They couldn’t find anyone to buy the book, but Perron was determined not to let it sit in a drawer, forgotten.

“I was determined, because I love the story and I know it’s good, I wanted to get it out there for other people to read,” Perron said.

She decided to self publish the first novel, Warpworld, and plans to do the

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same with the other four.

Warpworld is now available for download onto e-readers and in hard copy through print on demand.

Copies are now being sold on Amazon, and the Kindle and Kobo stores.

Since the book came out, Perron has become her own publicist, looking for buyers online and within her personal networks.

Simpson is doing the same.

“You never know what can happen with self publishing,” Perron said.

“There are authors who abandon traditional publishing because they can do better independently. But it takes some time to build a reputation with readers.”

Locally, hard copies of Warpworld are for sale at Otter Books. Perron is also having a book launch at the Nelson Public library, Thursday, November 29 at 7:30 p.m. She’ll be reading and signing copies of Warpworld and has also recruited a handful of L.V. Rogers secondary school drama students to help bring scenes from the book to life.

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EcoSociety Launches Conversation Cafe Series

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The West Kootenay EcoSociety will be holding a series of conversation cafès over the winter and early spring. The environmentally-focused conversations will cover hot topics such as forestry, energy, food systems and waste.

“We’ve been cooking up this café series for a few months,” said John Alton, the EcoSociety’s outreach committee chair. “We’re excited to bring together both experts and community members to have real conversations about some of our communities’ challenges.”

The first conversation café will be held on November 22, at Oso Negro Café and will address the possibility of building housing that is both sustainable and affordable.

The affordable sustainable housing conversation will feature short presentations and a facilitated discussion among the panellists and the attendees, who will learn about a six-

In Nelson, struggling to make ends meet is a familiar reality for many. In recognition of this, Community Connect Day is an annual event that provides access to a wide range of free services and activities all under one roof.

Organizers are extending a warm welcome for community members to visit this year’s event.

Relax and enjoy an Oso coffee while taking in local music at the café area; create and contribute to art making projects; and check out a variety of free services.

There will be over 20 booths on-site this year offering everything from dental exams, haircuts, flu shots, acupuncture, employment counselling, warm winter items, and much more. Kootenay Kids Society will provide child minding and fun kids activities. The Nelson Fire Department will be dropping

Three Amazing Shopping Spree Gift Certificate draws, Goodie Bags, Refreshments & Snacks. Raffle with all proceeds going to the Alzheimer Society

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unit multiplex being built out of shipping containers in Vancouver. Local builders will also show off so-called tiny homes, new ideas for laneway homes, and an example of a passive solar home in our region.

Nelson city councillor Paula Kiss, city planner Dave Wahn, and Nelson CARES Society director Jenny Robinson will keep the conversation grounded in what is possible in the

by with truck tours for the kids too.

“It’s a great day with a positive atmosphere,” says Katie Tabor, organizer with the event. “Many of our lives are touched, at some point, with struggling to make ends meet. This event recognizes our common ground as a community; the fact that many residents face challenges in making ends meet; and that we can take a community approach to taking care of each other.”

The fifth annual Community Connect Day is a free and inclusive event. It happens this Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Central School Gym (811 Stanley Street). A free shuttle leaves on the hour from the Salvation Army store front on Vernon Street, starting at 10 a.m. and going until 1 p.m.

Community Connect Day is organized by the Nelson Committee on Homelessness and made possible by the support of sponsors, volunteers and contributors.

context of affordability and implementation in our community.

Everyone is welcome to attend and share their thoughts and experiences with making homes more affordable and sustainable. The conversation begins at 7 p.m. at Oso Negro Café, with admission by donation. More information on the café series is available online at ecosociety.ca.

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In October, residents of the Regional District of Central Kootenay safely disposed of approximately 21,660 litres of hazardous liquids at four round-up events held throughout the region. An additional 9,480 litres of paint were also collected at no charge to the RDCK by Product Care. Other miscellaneous items such as fire extinguishers, mercury, lead and compressed gas cylinders were also collected at the events held in Castlegar, Creston, Nakusp and Nelson.

“The results demonstrate that the residents of the RDCK and municipalities want to keep our communities and environment free of hazardous waste. All the events were very well attended and we are pleased with the volume of materials that were collected and safely disposed of,” said Uli Wolf, general manager of environmental services.

This is the first time that the RDCK has organized collection events for residents to safely dispose of household hazardous waste at no charge.

For more information about what was collected at the events head to rdck.bc.ca.

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Juniors Off to East Kootenay Riding 10-Game Winning Streak

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Leafs hit the road for three BOB HALL

Nelson Star Editor

The Nelson Junior Leafs will hit the road this weekend for an important three-game set against East Kootenay teams, but the bigger picture goal is more important than what will shake out in the standings come Sunday night.

“We can have some fun and go to work when it’s time to go to work.”

Frank Maida

Nelson Leafs Coach

“A roadtrip like this is very important,” explained Leafs head coach Frank Maida. “It’s an opportunity to do some team-building. We can have some fun and go to work when it’s time to go work.”

Since the start of October, the Leafs have certainly been getting the job done on the ice. On Tuesday night in Fruitvale the locals won their 10th game in a row with a thrilling 7-6 victory over the Beaver Valley Nitehawks.

Since October 6 the Leafs have won 13 of their last 15 games.

Maida feels heading out on the road at this point in the season is perfectly timed.

It will give his squad an opportunity to spend quality time together on the bus, in the hotel and between games.

Of course when they match up against Kimberley (Friday), Golden (Saturday) and Columbia Valley (Sunday), they will be looking to return to Nelson with six more points to build on their Kootenay International Junior Hockey League overall lead.

“We are looking forward to playing teams we haven’t seen too much of,” said Maida. “We are looking for victories in all three games of the roadtrip.”

On Tuesday night, the Leafs continued to find ways to win with a wild come-from-behind victory in Fruitvale.

In the last couple of weeks, the Leafs have pummeled their Neil Murdoch Division rivals by scores of 10-3 and 12-0. On Tuesday night, the feisty Nitehawks were not about to let it happen again.

The Nitehawks came out strong in the first period and scored a pair of goals on Nelson starter Cody Boeckman by the midway point of the opening frame. But in a three second span, with eight minutes left in the period, captain Colton Schell and Bryce Nielsen scored to notch the score at two.

With just over two minutes left in the wild first period, Kurt Black scored to give the home side the 3-2 lead. Then with one second remaining in the period, Black completed his hat trick to send the teams into the dressing room with Beaver Valley leading 4-2.

The Nitehawks outshot the Leafs 14-8 in the first 20 minutes.

The Leafs stormed back in the second period with Aaron Dunlap and Schell tying the score in the late stages of the period. But once again the Nitehawks responded late — with 1:08 on the clock — to head into the break with a lead.

Five minutes into the final period, Schell completed his hat trick on the powerplay when he scored on Zach Perehudoff to tie the score

Leafs rookie goaltender Brett Soles has been one of the surprises of the season so far.

once again. Five minutes after that Danny Vlanich returned the favour with a powerplay marker of his own to put the Nitehawks up 6-5.

With just over eight minutes left in the third, Dunlap scored his second of the game on the powerplay to tie the score. Then with just under two minutes left in the period, Leafs rookie Colton McCarthy notched the game winner.

The Nitehawks once again outshot the Leafs in the final period 16-11.

With the season nearing its midway point, Maida admits he didn’t really think about having his team in this position at this juncture.

“I really didn’t think about it,” Maida said of being first in the league. “I just thought about a putting a team together that wanted to buy into a team program and play system hockey. It’s working so far.”

Though Maida stresses the team game, there have been a few surprises that have helped fuel the Leafs’ current run.

The goaltending tandem of Cody Boeckman and Brett Soles have exceeded expectations. Though the team’s offence has been pelting opposition goaltenders with shots, the pair have been solid when needed.

At the start of the season Boeckman was slotted in as the starter, but Junior B rookie Soles has compiled a 9-0 record and is second in the league in goals-againstaverage. Instead of a numberone and number-two, Maida now has the luxury of two top ‘tenders.

“Not many teams can alternate goalies and be completely comfortable,” said Maida. “We feel real good about that part of the team.”

Another key part of the team’s defence has been the play of rookies Seth Schmidt and Cole Arcuri. Both grads of major midget hockey, the youngsters have not looked out of place on the blueline.

“They are coming along really well,” said Maida.

“They are bright hockey players. They have learned the difference between minor hockey and junior hockey.

They have the skills and they are big part of our team.”

IN THE CREASE: Rookie Colton McCarthy is back in Nelson after a three-game stint with the Moose Jaw Warriors. The 16-year-old played in three of the team’s games on their road trip through Calgary, Medicine Hat and Cranbrook… After his four-point performance on Tuesday, Schell is back on top of league scoring.

League Standings

Neil Murdoch Division TEAM GP W Nelson 22 16 Castlegar 21 14 Beaver Valley 20 10 Spokane 22 7 Grand Forks 22 2

L 5 4 8 13 18

T 1 3 1 1 0

OTL 0 0 1 1 2

P 33 31 22 16 6

Eddie Mountain Division TEAM GP W Fernie 21 15 Kimberley 23 14 Golden 20 10 Creston Valley 20 8 Columbia Val. 23 7

L 5 9 9 10 15

T 0 0 0 0 0

OTL 1 0 1 2 1

P 31 28 21 18 15

Okanagan Division TEAM GP Osoyoos 22 Princeton 19 Kelowna 20 Summerland 19 Penticton 21

W 13 12 11 7 6

L 9 6 9 9 13

T 0 0 0 0 0

OTL 0 1 0 1 0

P 26 25 22 15 12

Doug Birks Division TEAM GP N. Okanagan 22 Kamloops 23 Sicamous 20 Revelstoke 20 Chase 22

W 14 12 11 10 6

T 0 2 2 1 1

OTL 1 2 3 1 1

P 29 28 27 22 14

UPCOMING GAMES

FRIDAY, November 16 Nelson at Kimberley Summerland at Golden Beaver Valley at Creston Valley Castlegar at Chase Kamloops at Sicamous Penticton at Princeton Revelstoke at Kelowna Osoyoos at North Okanagan SATURDAY, November 17 Nelson at Golden Spokane at Fernie Summerland at Columbia Valley Kelowna at Penticton Castlegar at Kamloops Chase at Revelstoke Sicamous at Osoyoos SUNDAY, October 18 Nelson at Columbia Valley Creston Valley at Beaver Valley Spokane at Kimberley Castlegar at North Okanagan Princeton at Sicamous Revelstoke at Kamloops

Nelson Leafs Leaders

PLAYER Colton Schell Colton McCarthy Jacob Boyczuk Carson Willans Linden Horswill Bryce Nielsen Aaron Dunlap Matthew Naka

LEAFS HOCKEY

AWAY FRI. NOV. 16th 7:00 PM vs.

Kimberley Dynamiters

AWAY SAT. NOV. 17th 7:30 PM vs.

Golden Rockets

L 7 7 4 8 14

AWAY SUN. NOV. 18th 1:00 PM vs.

Columbia Valley Rockies

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Position Forward Forward Forward Forward Forward Forward Forward Forward

GP 22 19 21 21 22 18 21 22

G 15 16 11 5 6 10 8 5

A 25 9 11 14 12 7 8 11

P 40 25 22 19 18 17 16 16

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News

Nelson Fire and Rescue Campaign a Success

Nelson Kootenay Lake Tourism Pleased

Getting smoke alarms buzzing New tourism push by province welcomed

SAM VAN SCHIE Nelson Star Reporter

“We need to be in their face all the time to remind them, but we don’t have an unlimited budget to do that...”

Chief Simon Grypma

According to statistics by the National Fire Protection Association, some 20 per cent of homes across North America aren’t protected by a working smoke alarm.

“The good news is Nelson is below the national average, and we’re going to keep working to get our numbers down,” Grypma said.

The department is developing a new strategic plan for the ongoing effort to monitor residential smoke alarms use. Part of the plan is to partner with home care workers to have them regularly testing alarms for their elderly clients. Firefighters will also do annual outreach in residential neighbourhoods, going

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However, the phone campaign won’t likely be repeated because it’s too time consuming, Grypma said.

The firefighters phoned 20 homes each per shift, spending about 3.2 hours per week on the task. The bill for the work — if the department had hired somebody to make the calls rather than using on-shift firefighters — would have been $7,252, which works out to an equivalent of $55 per alarm problem fixed.

“It’s not hard to test a smoke alarm, but people tend to forget about it,” Grypma said. “We need to be in their face all the time to remind them, but we don’t have an unlimited budget to do that and we need to be creative.”

The department recently put big smiling smoke alarm images on the back of its fire trucks in hopes drivers who see them will think to test their alarms.

Grypma stressed that if anyone is having trouble getting their smoke alarm working, they can call the department at any time for help.

“We would prefer to come and fix your smoke alarm than have to pull you out of a fire,” he said.

If you require assistance with your smoke alarm, or cannot afford to purchase one, call Nelson Fire and Rescue at 250352-3103.

SAM VAN SCHIE Nelson Star Reporter

Nelson Kootenay Lake Tourism is among the destination marketers applauding the BC government for reviving an industry-led model of promoting the province to international tourists.

“It sounds like an extremely positive move,” Nelson Kootenay Lake Tourism executive director Dianna Ducs said of the news that a new crown corporation will manage BC tourism beginning next spring.

She hopes the change will result in better communication between provincial tourism marketing and the community destination marketing organizations like Nelson Kootenay Lake.

“Trying to get our message heard by one government minister can be a lot more challenging than just talking to our industry partners.”

The new crown corporation, called Destination BC, will take control of tourism operations beginning April 1. It will be governed by a board made up of nine government-appointed private sector directors. There will also be a tourism marketing committee, made up of representatives from each of the province’s six regional tourism destination marketing entities, including Kootenay-

Rockies Tourism.

The model mirrors how Tourism BC was run, until it was disbanded in late 2009. Former Premier Gordon Campbell handed the task of attracting out of country visitors to a provincial ministry, but now Premier Christy Clark has put the wheels in motion to reverse the decision of her predecessor.

Clark announced the change at a press conference in Vancouver earlier this month.

She and Jobs, Tourism and Innovation Minister Pat Bell said the new crown corporation will focus on attracting international tourists from Asia, especially China and India.

Ducs said if the organization helps bring more international tourists to our area, it could change what types of activities our visitors will demand.

“We might have to adapt, tourism wise, to provide the services that these groups are more likely to enjoy,” Ducs said, noting bus tours and group adventure tours could gain popularity. “We’ll still be authentic and true to who we are. We aren’t ever going to be a Banff, and that’s why people come here — for the community.”

Clark hopes Destination BC will help increase tourism revenue to reach an annual target of $18 billion (a $4-billion increase) by 2014.

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More than one in six Nelson homes didn’t have a working smoke alarm when Nelson and Fire Rescue contacted them as part of a phone survey earlier this year.

Between March and October, Nelson firefighters spent more than 200 hours dialling every local number listed in the phonebook. If somebody answered the call, the firefighter would ask them to test their smoke alarm while they were on the phone together.

If the smoke alarm wasn’t working — perhaps because of a dead or missing battery, or because the alarm had been removed and placed on a shelf or in a cupboard — the firefighter would either stay on the line until the resident could fix the problem or make a home visit to help resolve the issue.

Of the 714 residents who tested their smoke alarms over the phone, 132 required some form of intervention to get the alarm working. About 45 per cent of the problems weren’t easily remedied over the phone and required the firefighter to go to the house to help, in some cases bringing with them a new working alarm to install in the home.

About one-fifth of Nelson homes were reached by phone during the survey.

Nelson Fire and Rescue has

been promoting the importance of working smoke alarms for years, and the survey was a chance to see if the message has been getting across.

“We’re still a long way from seeing a working smoke alarm in every home,” Nelson fire chief Simon Grypma said.

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Donate an Alarm Save a Life Be a winner. Donate a smoke alarm and be entered in for NOVEMBER’s prize of a 1 day lift ticket at Whitewater Ski Resort! Here’s how it works: 1) Purchase a new smoke alarm from a local retailer (some have reduced pricing for residential smoke alarms) 2) Drop off the new alarm at the Nelson Star Office (514 Hall Street) anytime from Monday – Friday between 8:30am & 5:00pm 3) Your name is automatically entered in our Monthly Draw for great prizes!

The Province of British Columbia invites you to a Columbia River Treaty Review consultation workshop with information on future Treaty scenarios. Find out how your interests may be affected. We want your input on the future of the Treaty.

The Columbia River Treaty Local Governments’ Committee encourages you to join them and be heard at a community near you.

Jaffray

Wednesday, November 14

Jaffray Hall

Creston

Thursday, November 15

Creston and District Community Complex

Revelstoke Tuesday, November 20

Revelstoke Community Centre

Golden

Golden Civic Centre

Wednesday, November 21

Valemount Thursday, November 22

Valemount Visitor Centre

Nelson

Tuesday, November 27

Nelson and District Rod and Gun Club

Trail

Wednesday, November 28

Best Western Plus Columbia River Hotel

Nakusp

Thursday, November 29

Nakusp and District Sports Complex

Presentations and discussions: 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Open House: 6:00-6:30 p.m. Refreshments provided.

Join us live, online from Trail on November 28. To find out more about the community and live streaming events visit: www.gov.bc.ca/columbiarivertreaty/events/2012-11 To find out more about the Columbia River Treaty Local Governments’ Committee visit: www.cbt.org/crt

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Nelson Branch of the Canadian Federation of University Women

Preparing for an enlightening year SUBMITTED Special to the Nelson Star

Lisa (Playdon) Conley

, of Homer, Alaska has recently received her Bachelor of Elementary Education at the University of Alaska - Southeast. She is the daughter of Nancy and the late Wilf Playdon. You followed your heart and with great determination and hard work, you have fulfilled your dreams. We are all so proud of you!

Love Mom, Tracey & Joseph and husband Brad.

Lucky Loonie Cakes for your holiday event or party!

Delicious Holiday Flavors!

Just ask us how!

Calling all Elves of the Kootenays!

Reserve your seat at our Saturday Cookie Decorating Parties!

Charming Tea Advent Calendars from Europe!

Be sure to get your’s before they’re gone!

Open 11-5 Tuesday to Saturday 564 Baker Street 250.352.7370

“Education is an important key to uplifting children, women and families locally and throughout the world,” says new local Canadian Federation of University Women co- president Dorothy Fraser.

The Nelson district club was formed in 1967 and is a branch member of the Canadian Federation of University Women and also of the International Federation of University Women (an affiliation of 77 national associations around the world).

The Canadian Federation of University Women is a non-governmental organization and also has consultative status with the UN Committee on the Status of Women.

The federation has over 9,000 members and collectively donates over $1 million to scholarships.

Women can join who have degrees, diplomas or other trainings that support the objectives of federation.

Students in post-secondary studies are welcomed as well.

The monthly meetings are usually on the third Saturday of the month at the New Grand banquet hall and usually feature a guest speaker or a discussion of specific topics: artist Kate Bridger will speak on home design

The 2012-13 Nelson District Club’s executive and committee members are: (back row) Janice Murphy (resolutions), Marilyn Rhodes (program), Dorothy Fraser (co-president), Kay Stewart and Sheila Kerr (interest groups), Tracey Mozel (membership chair), Bonnie Bell (treasurer), Lois Arnesen (archivist); (front row) Bea Shumey (webmaster), Judy Deon (secretary), Liz Bossio (program), Anne Farrell Webb (correspondence), Val Sherriff (co-president), Denise Brackett (webmaster) (absent: Patricia Malcolmson, Hoda Ghamrawy, Heather Myers). submitted photo

through a personal perspective (November 17); Major Yvonne Borrows will speak to the topic “community overview on child poverty” (January 19); Clare North will speak on environmental initiatives at Teck Trail operations (February 16); and Pauline Daniel will discuss “coaching connections in personal life coaching” (April 21).

The local members study proposed resolutions and advocate to governments at local, provincial and national

recognizes the need to simplify your life.

Forget greasy take-out or toast and eggs for supper. Let him and his staff cook for you. After an interview to find your specific needs, Trevor will shop, prepare, package and deliver your healthy and delicious gourmet meal for you and your family; Or when you decide to take that last last run ready to warm up and enjoy. at the hill and wonder the whole drive home For the cost of food and an hourly chef what you are going to feed the starving fee, Trevor will create a dinner that will not masses in the back seat? only satisfy your hunger but also your own

You know those days when you rush home from work and remember there is nothing ready in the kitchen for dinner?

Your day can be hectic: organizing lunches and after school pick-ups, doctor’s appointments and endless household chores.

Life gets so busy! Prepping for dinner is last on that list for many of us.

The idea of a personal chef is just a phone call away. Trevor Ditzel of Rel-ish Bistro

unique palate.

And we won’t mind if you let everyone think you made it… your secret is safe with us.

Contact Trevor for more information at Rel-ish Bistro 250-352-5232 or on facebook/relishbistronelson

levels. Some members belong to our various book clubs and other interest groups.

In 2012-13, club members will continue to contribute to our community and also do fundraising to continue to provide a L.V. Rogers high school scholarship and to support a Selkirk bursary and scholarship.

The Nelson club will be hosting the BC Council’s AGM 2013 which will bring delegates from throughout BC to Nelson.

The local club’s theme

is: Boldly Go! Frontiers in Learning (frontiers in professions, technology and networking).The BC Council’s theme is child poverty.

Speakers will highlight both themes.

Together and as individuals, our members (throughout BC) are working on winwin solutions for children ages six and under by working with established groups in the community that focus on the joy of learning for children and their family members.

New at rel•ish Sunday:

Family Night Kids order 1/2 price from the kid’s menu

Monday:

Margarita Mondays Appy Special

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Wednesday: Wine Wednesday No corkage fee Thursday:

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Filmmaker returns to Selkirk College roots for festival SUBMITTED Special to the Nelson Star

Todd Smee, who grew up in Castlegar, has been making films since he was a young kid, and has always had a passion for filmmaking.

A former Selkirk College English student, Smee transferred his Selkirk College course credits from the School of University Arts and Sciences towards an associate degree in film from the Northwest Film Centre in Portland, Oregon.

He also has an industry certificate from the Musicians Institute in Hollywood.

After high school graduation Todd received a full scholarship to the Gulf Islands Film and Video School on Galiano Island where he wrote and directed his own segment for a short film entitled Outline. The film went on to be nominated for numerous awards at the Eye Lens Film Festival in Vancouver and Todd won the award for best editing. That same year it competed at the DOXA Documentary Film Fest.

In 2001, Mean Anything was selected for the NYC Mix Experimental Film Festival.

In 2010, Smee moved to Los Angeles to complete his studies. He made several films including two commercials. His final project in school was showcased upon graduation at the Wiltern Theater. While still in school Smee won an internship with DNA films, specializing in video and commercials.

One of his short films, Voltage, has recently been short-listed by the Misty Moon International Film Festival in London.

Selkirk College’s School of University Arts and Sciences is proud to host the first Todd Smee Film Festival to be held on November 21 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. in the Sentinel 113 lecture theatre (301 Frank Beinder Way, Castlegar campus). Admission is $2 by donation at the door.

For more information call 250-365-4826.

Barbie Wheaton C: 250.509.0654 W: 250.505.2101 barbie.wheaton@century21.ca www.century21.ca/barbie.wheaton

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Leadership Principles That Work - 3 Pastor Jim Reimer–Kootenay Christian Fellowship LEADERS ARE PEOPLE OF ACTIONT.

1. He had passion for what mattered.

2. He was willing to sacrifice his own comforts and put feet to his faith. It is one thing to be passionate about something; it is another to be willing to sacrifice one’s own comforts for the betterment of others. God likes that; it is the characteristic of Jesus.

We have been talking about leadership principles that work, taken from the small book in the bible called Nehemiah. In our first article we learned that leadership is possible by ordinary people. Nehemiah was an ordinary guy with an ordinary job (a butler to the king) but had a passion to make a difference. While an unlikely choice to be a nation changer, God was with this man for three reasons.

Nelson Christian Science Society A Branch of the Mother Church in Boston MA

Sunday Service in Balfour

9:30 am at the Anglican Church on Busk Rd. For information 250-229-5237

Evangelical

Covenant Church Loving Jesus, Loving People, Transforming Lives

Nelson

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

Balfour

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

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

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3. He was willing to step out.

Then last week we said, leaders are people who can inspire with words. The power of words cannot be minimized. Nehemiah articulated the problem, the challenges, and the victory ahead. This gave people hope, reason to believe, and deposits energy into their bones.

Which brings us to our third principle of leadership; leadership requires action. In chapter three of Nehemiah, we see this principle at work. After assessment, Nehemiah knew he had to involve others. Nehemiah enlisted family units to re-build each section of the wall. The job was massive and seemingly impossible, but entirely manageable, as each family unit took on a small piece of the whole. Who led the way? “Eliashib A Friendly Bible the high priest.” Now Eliashib was not your Centre Church typical steel toed, hard hat kind of guy. He laid Sunday Morning Worship 10:00 am aside his sacred richly ornamented garments of gold, purple, and scarlet. He removed his 623 Gordon Rd. Nelson BC V1L 5X6 breastplate with twelve Phone 250-352-9322 • Pastor Rev. Ken H. Keber precious stones set in Refreshments are served after the service gold with the names of (Affiliated with the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada) the 12 tribes of Israel engraved on them. He hung up the dark blue turban with the phrase; “Holy to the Lord” engraved on a diadem of starts at 11am pure gold and donned a pair of work gloves, We welcome Dan Nelson. grabbed a trowel and His topic will be “Conspiracy Theory” shovel and got dirt under his fingernails and Any questions? Contact 250-354-5394 blisters on his hands.

“What Is Love?”

Unity Centre of the Kootenays

905 Gordon Rd (IHA Bldg., back door)

Anglican Church of Canada St. Saviour's ProCathedral

www.kootenaychristianfellowship.com

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

Sunday @ 10:30AM Central School Gym

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

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

Corner of Ward and Mill, Nelson

• Developing Relationships • Music that will move you • Helping people - Help people

Jim Reimer

The Salvation Army Nelson Community Church

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

Majors Robin and Yvonne Borrows 250 551 4986

601 Vernon Street (Middle Level)

CATHOLIC CHURCH

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

First Baptist Church

1- 888- 761- 3301

First Baptist Church

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

Nelson United Church Sunday Worship Gathering 10:00 am Nelson United Church

MINISTER David Boyd Spiritualism in our Daily Lives Sunday School (Ages 4 and up) Nursery Room Available 602 Silica Street, Nelson BC V1L 4N1 Ph: 250.352.2822 • www.nelsonunitedchurch.ca

His actions inspired other family heads and one by one, next to each other, they worked and in just 52 days the task was completed. Great leaders do whatever it takes to get the job done. His actions inspired others to do what seemed impossible. Our example is more powerful and inspirational than decrees, charisma, or intellect. As the saying goes, action speaks louder than words.

This one characteristic (living out one’s words) is what sets Jesus above all the rest of the great leaders and teachers throughout history. He lived and performed exactly as he declared one should live. Great leaders do that. If you need help living true, Jesus loves to assist and heal us from our own inconsistences and set us free from our duplicities. If you would like to discuss this leadership principle, feel free to email atpastorjim@kcfoffice. com for a confidential consultation.

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West Kootenay EcoSociety presents Winter Craft Fair Dec 1st 10am - 4pm Central School Gym, 811 Stanley St, Nelson for more info ecosociety.ca

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Dr. Michael Smith (TCM) offers service in Acupuncture, Chinese medicine, Nutritional and Functional medicine. New location at 507 Baker St suite 215. Call 250 352-0459

Found: Cash Kootenay & Baker near the BMO @ 11:45 am Wed Nov 7th 229-4966

The Nelson branch of the Navy Leagues of Canada is having their AGM Tuesday, December 18th at the Rod & Gun Club. Please come and support our youth. You do not need to have a child in the Sea Cadet to be part of the organization.

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Help Wanted Chatters Salon is looking for a full-time hairstylist with at least 2 yrs experience.

We offer benefits including medical, dental & year round paid education with a potential signing bonus.

Apply in person to Julie or Ros or email resume to: chahko@chatters.com

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Working as part of a team of supervisors, this position will have direct responsibility for woods operations and union crews.

The successful candidate will value the team-oriented approach, have a good working knowledge of applicable occupational safety regulations, first-hand knowledge and experience in a unionized environment, and will be responsible for planning, supervision of hourly personnel, safe work performance and the achievement of departmental goals.

Further job details can be viewed at:

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

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

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Obituaries

McGregor, William Gordon Born: 1914 Passed: 2012

William Gordon McGregor passed away peacefully in Victoria on Nov. 4, 2012 in his 99th year.

Gordon was predeceased by his loving wife, Ruby Amelia, in 2001, and is survived by his son, John McGregor (Valerie), and his daughter, Jean Wheeler (Bob), as well as his much cherished grandchildren: Scott (Sarah), Sherry Lynn (Tony), Blair (Morag), Traviss (Ariel) and Ashleigh (Fergus).

Gordon was also blessed with wonderful great grandchildren: Von, Jami, Ryan, Kai and Stella. He is also survived by his dear brother, Frank, in Sidney.

Born in Kelowna in 1914, Gordon’s early life and schooling took place in a number of B.C. and Saskatchewan communities as his Dad was a railway shop foreman. He married Ruby Traviss in 1942 in Penticton.

Gordon’s working career was marked by initiative, enterprise and achievement: from painting railway trestles in 1936, working as a conductor on the Kettle Valley Railway out of Penticton, serving as the western general manager of the brotherhood of Railway Trainman through to his last position as the Canadian Legislative Vice President of the United Transportation Union (UTU) in Ottawa. He was a union man through and through and fought for many workplace improvements for members of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, which later became the UTU. Gordon received many accolades and awards for his legislative and negotiating efforts, including a letter of commendation from Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent for his contribution in preventing a nation-wide railway strike.

Following a long and successful career, he and Ruby retired to Appledale, in the Slocan Valley, near Nelson, in 1975 and later moved to Victoria in 1990 to be closer to their children.

Despite his many career accomplishments, family was always Àrst with Gordon. He was so proud of his children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. Most of all, Gordon encouraged them to pursue education and travel.

We will miss his wise counsel and good humour. We are all so sad to lose him, but our memories are priceless.

Special thanks to the staff of Sunrise Senior Living, as well as his doctor, Mark Sherman.

A family celebration of life will be held at a later date.

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Housekeeper /Babysitter Wanted Hrs 8 - 12 Monday - Friday Must be experienced, friendly & good with kids. email resume michaelchesney@gmail.com Must have car

Relief is only a call away!

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

Donna Mihalcheon CA, CIRP 33 years experience.

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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.

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TELUS YELLOW PAGES Seeking mature individuals with car or small truck to deliver the new Yellow Pages / Telus phonebooks into Trail, Castlegar, Nelson and surrounding areas.

Door to door delivery. ~No selling involved~ Start Immediately!

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

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

Fax resumes to: 780-725-4430

RESERVATIONS & ADMINISTRATION POSITION

For Fitness Retreat in Ainsworth. Part time, $17.50/hr. Requires communications and computer skills, and excellent customer service. Send resume to: info@mountaintrek.com before Dec 7th The Kootenay Area Office of the Heart and Stroke Foundation is looking for leadership volunteers. These unpaid positions will provide you with the opportunity to work with people in your community. This is a great chance to build your resume while developing a variety of marketable skills. Willing to train committed volunteers in Excel and Word. Contact Nancy at nliknes@hsf.bc.ca or (250) 505-5342

PDC Logistics Tel: 1.800.663.4383 Mon.- Fri. 8 a.m.- 4 p.m.

Help Wanted

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Resumes should be submitted no later than noon on Friday, December 14th, 2012 to: Klee Hunter, Manager, Affordable and Emergency Housing 521 Vernon Street, Nelson, BC V1L 4E9 Ph: 250-352-2851 Email: khunter@nelsoncares.ca

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Career Opportunities at Mountain Lake Seniors Community in Nelson, BC “Pride in Caring” is AdvoCare’s philosophy and we welcome you to become a part of our team!

Care Aides - must be registered with the BC CARE AIDE REGISTRY with registration #.

Registered Nurses- Current practicing Registration with CRNBC For both positions 2 yrs exp preferred, you must be able to work variable shifts, including weekends.

To apply, please go to our website www.advocarehealth.com or fax resume: 250-352-0056

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Clock/Watch Repairs Clock & Watch Repair, Jewellery Repair, appraisals, custom work. Ted Allen’s Jewellery, 431 Baker St, Nelson 250 352-5033

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Feed & Hay Alfalfa, alfalfa mix or straight grass (small square bales) in Lister. Call Jay or Trish at 250428-9755 SMALL square alfalfa/grass hay bales for sale. 1st and 2nd cut. Call 250-428-1793. Creston area. Pick up only.

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SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 8 (KOOTENAY LAKE) CASUAL COMPUTER TECHNICIAN(S) NELSON AREA

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

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Nonagenarian disposing a multitude of cherished items, antique and modern. China Cabinet $80, barley corn folding table $175, trunk $50, record player, records, sewing machine, collection of razors, sharpening stuff, lighters, old cameras, postcards, pliers, timekeepers, wartime, medical bandages, 2 speakers, home and shop tools, 306 rifle with scope & case, deepwell pump, pop boxes, damaged motorcycle, big roll of single strand wire, fireproof shingles, antique farm implements & 8N Tractors, stump puller, ploughs, discs, harrow mower, rake, heavy roller, cultivator etc. etc. etc. acreage, house in Nelson 505-5200

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Looking for quiet respectful people considerate of other tenants and neighbours.

Available Dec 1. References required. $1100 + utilities. (= $1250 utilities included). Contact Jon 647-405-6509

Apt/Condo for Rent NELSON Uphill: 2bdrm apt at Granite Manor, 104 Morgan St 55+, NS/NP, avail Dec1 st $900/m heat/cable incl.

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ROOMMATE WANTED to share 2 Bdrm Suite in South Castlegar $470/mth + 1/2 damage, includes utilities, cable/wifi. Working or student only, N/S, No partiers. Room is unfurnished, W/D, TV in otherwise furnished suite.

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Suites, Lower 2 bdrm, fenced yard, windows all around $800/m includes util avail immediately 354-1944

Modular Homes CASTLEGAR, Broadwater Rd. Immac dble 2 bdrm, 2 bath, manufactured home, open concept, private corner dble lot, F/S. DW, Gas fire, hot tub, WD hook up, 2 workshops, huge deck, floral yard to die for, N/S, small pets ok, $1150/mth + utilities, DD, $625 Call 780-333-1676, Avail Dec 1st, vgoegan1@gmail.com

Homes for Rent 3-bdrm townhouse, 1-1/2 baths, unfurnished, W/D, F/S, gas fireplace, clean & roomy, Rosemont, avail now. N/S, N/P. $1050/m ref req’d 250 505-5460 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 Mobile Home, 2 bdrm, F/S W/D, Deck, Addition, in Thrums, No dogs over 15 # 250-359-7178, 250-304-9273

Office/Retail 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

Townhouses

AVAIL IMMED. In Rosemont, near public transit & Selkirk College. 3-bdrm, 1.5 bath. Absentee landlord keeps 1 bdrm for storage. NS/NP. W/D, F/S, D/W, freezer. Ref’s req’d. $1000. + utils. (250)777-4071. angel.carriere@yahoo.com

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Nelson & Area:Quiet 29 yr old male looking for bachelor suite for $500/m incl util. Refs avail James @ 352-9876 Nelson thru Winlaw area for retired 58 yr old woman with cat. Spiritual, quiet, artistic, writer & gardener. Uses natural products & organic food. only $300/m inclu ulit Great ref,message Ana @ 352-9916

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

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Please submit your application with an updated resume and three (3) supervisory references, to the undersigned by 4:00 P.M., Friday, November 23, 2012.

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3 Room Office space 500blk Baker St upstairs. phone 250-352-3330 ask for Cameron (lv msg.)

Desired training and experience: • Completion of a two (2) year post secondary technical diploma, recognized industry certification or equivalent combination of training and experience working in the information technology field.

• Significant experience in current Microsoft server and workstation operating systems; network design and components; and supporting a variety of technology devices, including tablets, netbooks, workstations, smartphones, among others • Microsoft Certification (MCSE) preferred • Windows based software including spreadsheets, word processing, database, etc.

• Minimum 3 years’ experience • Electronic experience would be an asset • Driver’s license

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On-going collaboration with the Co-op Board is required to maintain/manage the 31unit housing co-operative composed of members of all ages/income levels. This position is for 25 hr/wks (flexible hours) at $16/hr (number of hours and hourly rate are non-negotiable). We are searching for a long-term permanent employee.

Extensive training in the housing co-operative sector and management practices to be provided to the successful applicant. For info about our co-op and a detailed job description/qualifications, visit www.linksco-op.com.

Email resumes: admin@linksco-op.com by Nov 30. No phone calls please. Anticipated position start date is January 2013

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1900 km, drive clutch was redone at 1500 km so it rides like new.

153” Power Claw track and Fox float shocks. Never moded, shop demo sled, mainly trail ridden, sled is in mint condition and will take you to places you never thought possible, insainly reliable. Asking $9800, sled is all servived and ready to go for the winter! Extras Include: 7 “-SLP powder pro skis, All vented, Speedwerx clutch kit (Spring and weights), RSI bars, plus snowpro adjustable steering post, Standard and Extra belt, Tunnel bag, Handle bar bag, Hand guards, scratchers, heated goggle bag, Loaded... Call (250)354-3545.

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OPEN HOUSE Saturday 1 - 3 pm

Exceptional value for first time home owner or investor alert!

Very private in upper Fairview, spectacular lake views, wood burning fireplace, built in eating nook, main floor laundry, newer furnace. Private backyard with sundeck overlooking Anderson creek. Move in condition!

$295,777

Laura Salmon

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E-mail Laura@LauraSalmon.com Website www.LauraSalmon.com Each office independently owned & operated

Laura is Your #1 Choice for “All” Your Real Estate Needs in Nelson and The West Kootenays.

SPCA’s Spay-ghetti and No Balls Event

Pet-perfect excuse for a party

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SUBMITTED Special to the Nelson Star

On November 25, the Nelson branch of the BC SPCA will be holding its fourth annual Spay-ghetti and No Balls fundraising dinner in the Hume Room of the Hume Hotel.

In addition to a deli-

cious spaghetti, chicken and salad dinner, guests will be treated to entertainment from local musicians, Aryn Sheriff, Bill Lynch and Jesse Lee. The meat is locally and ethically raised and tasty vegetarian options will also be available.

Guests are encouraged to come early to

bid on some wonderful silent auction and raffle prizes.

“The support from the local business community has been incredible,” says Rob Andrew, the Nelson branch manager. “We just need the public to come through with showing up for the event.”

THINK LOCAL FIRST LIVE. SHOP. PLAY NELSON AND AREA

What three businesses would you miss if they disappeared from Nelson?

Has it been a while since you shopped there?

Stop in….say hello…and pick something up. Make an ongoing commitment to spend at least $60 in your favorite stores. It’s pretty simple…. It’s your purchases that keep those businesses around When you think local first it allows your money to go full circle, right here at home… 360 degrees right back into our community.

Spend it out of market on line or over the line…..and NOTHING comes home.

Think local first. If we all made a commitment to spend more money locally….image the impact it could have on our economy…more jobs…more payroll…more local businesses… which really means a stronger tax base…that helps pay for public services for your family.

Among the prizes available will be the first two tickets to Shambhala 2013, a $500 All Play doggy day care package, a tour of the BC SPCA’s wild animal rehabilitation facility and multiple spa and bed and breakfast packages. There will also be many smaller items that will be perfect Christmas gifts.

The dinner was originally conceived in 2009 to jumpstart the branch’s low-income spay/neuter program, catnsip/dogsnip. That program is well underway and a big success, but the branch still needs help to maintain it and to pay for their ever-rising spay and neuter bill.

“We spend over $30,000 a year on spay and neuter expenses,” says Andrew. “In addition to controlling pet overpopulation, spaying and neuter-

ing can help solve certain health and behavioural problems which makes pets less adoptable.”

The Nelson adoption centre not only adopts animals to loving homes, it creatse a compassionate community in many different ways. Through the centre, staff provide humane education programs such as summer camps and school visits, reunite lost pets back to their homes, provide low income spay/neuters, and respond to cruelty complaints to make sure that all animals have a voice.

Doors open at 6 p.m. for cocktails, entertainment and the silent auction, while dinner begins at 7 p.m. The dress code is casual and there is a cash bar. Tickets are $30 each and can be purchased at either the Hume Hotel, Selkirk Vet, or at the Nelson adoption centre (520-C Falls Street) above the Savoy bowling lanes. For further information, contact the Nelson BC SPCA at 250-352-7178.

12th Annual Baker Street

Christmas

Craft Faire

Pick 3 ….Spend $60…your money goes full circle back into our community.

With all the great shops and restaurants in Nelson and area… why stop at 3????

Remember to Think Local First

Best Western Nelson Fri, Nov.16th 10am – 9pm Sat, Nov.17th 10am – 5pm Sun, Nov. 18th 10am – 3pm Admission $2.00 Free Parking Great Door Prizes “Over 40 of the Kootenays finest artisans & crafters!”

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GIVE A HOMELESS ANIMAL A SECOND CHANCE. Kootenay Animal Assistance Program Society (KAAP) needs your help to find forever homes for the many special cats and kittens that are living temporarily in foster homes. All KAAP pets are spayed/neutered, vet checked, and vaccinated, for your peace of mind. Please support our continuing efforts to help these homeless animals. Call 250-551-1053 or visit www.kaap.ca/adopt for more information.

SUBMITTED Special to the Nelson Star

Learn how you can pursue energy savings through appropriate design in a one-hour interactive exploration of permaculture.

This Saturday continues a season of Saturday Acoustic Cafes at Ellison’s on Front Street. This week explore patterns for saving energy with The Foodtree Permaculture beginning at 10 a.m. followed by live music.

Permaculture is a design philosophy modeled on ecological patterns. We can design aspects of our lives using permaculture to function in harmony with these patterns. Applying permaculture design can help us create resilient, functional systems.

Subjects such as green energy retrofits, community development and low maintenance gardening may be explored. Energy saving can be applied everywhere: indoors, outdoors, office, home, rental, apartment or homestead. Bring your questions as this event will be guided by your design needs.

Join the Foodtree Permaculture at Ellison’s Market Café, 10 a.m. November 17 and explore ways you can use less energy, save money and manage time by designing what you already do, better.

The Foodtree Permaculture education facilitates hands-on educational events inspired by permaculture design, organic gardening, appropriate technology, skill-building and sustainability. To find out more, visit thefoodtree.org.

KAAP Kittens

They don’t get any cuter than this! These sweetie pies are almost ready to be adopted, but they can be met and picked now. They are being fostered in Nelson; call 250-352-2008.

CHARMING & PRIVATE

Wayne Germaine 250.354.2814 wayne@valhallapathrealty.com

$399,000

This 2-storey, 3-bedroom, 2-bath (circa 1918) home has been beautifully restored to its original farmhouse charm. The high ceilings, enclosed verandas, stone fireplace, wood floors and trim create a sense of grandeur. The .78-acre property is very private. The lovely yard has a spacious lawn and large veggie garden, all bordered by trees. Located on a secondary road near Kokanee Glacier Park, Kootenay Lake, Redfish Elementary School and the city bus stop.

Call Wayne THE GREAT OUTDOORS

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

$395,000

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

Call Robert

$275,000

First time on the market, this property has been lovingly maintained and family owned for half a century. The house is in great condition offering 3 beds and one bath. The land is all usable and ideal for keeping animals or growing veggies and there is also a large 3-bay shop and barn. Within 25 min to Nelson and Castlegar.

Call Norm or Lev

SMALL FOOTPRINT, BIG VALUE

The School House early care and learning centre

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James Loeppky 250.509.0804 james@valhallapathrealty.com

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BEGINS WITH WONDER”

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$383,000

Commercially zoned 1-bed bungalow located in Salmo’s downtown core.

The home is very clean and in move-in condition. If you have been waiting for prices to drop, your wait is over. Do not delay, see it today.

Call Lev or Norm LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION!

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

Call James

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ph: 250-352-0315 email: theschoolhouseeclc@gmail.com website: theschoolhouseeclc.com

These kittens are almost 5 months old, and gorgeous! Silver tabbies, Stevie has sleek hair, and Nick has an interesting fuzzy coat. They are ready to go – fixed, tattooed, vaccinated, and dewormed. Funny and entertaining; quite a pair. Fostered in Nelson, call 250-551-1053 to meet them.

TREASURED HOBBY FARM

Norm Zaytsoff 250.354.8584 norm@valhallapathrealty.com

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Kristina Little 250-509-2550 kristinadlittle@gmail.com

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

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Punkin

Rare to find an orange female tabby, but here she is.

Punkin is 3 years old, and although she has endured a rough life to date, she is still so sweet and loving. And deserving of the best. The more attention the better! She will make a wonderful companion. Call 250-352-2008 to meet her in Nelson.

KAAP AGM (Annual General Meeting) is being held this year on Saturday December 1st, 1 pm, at the Nelson CARES Society office, 521 Vernon Street in Nelson BC. For more information please call Daryl at 250-551-1053. Everyone welcome.

Join the KAAP Rescue Team for $5 a month!

Details on www.kaap.ca/rescue-team. Be part of a community that is supporting a more humane approach to our animals. Join today!

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

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

ADOPT TODAY!

250.352.7178 520 C Falls Street Nelson

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

www.spca.bc.ca/nelson

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Solid Family Home

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International franchise with strong earnings, after-purchase guidance, busy Castlegar Loc.

Rare walk-out unit at Granite Pointe, fully upgraded with largest master bedroom in development.

3-4 bedroom family home with enough room for a basement suite. Immediate possession.

$200K-$250K

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Forest Townhome

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ID:1045 Affordable, renovated 1,332 sq ft, 3 bed, 2 bath home situated on a private, treed .69 acre lot.

$250K-$300K

ID: 1025

Rare opportunity for this two bedroom condo on offer just steps from the downtown core.

20 acre forested park on one side and golf course on the other. Great 3 bed, 3 bath.

$300K-$350K

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Ready to Build W/F

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Just under an acre and fully serviced on Kootenay Lake.

Awaiting your dream home...

Best Price Waterfront

ID:1385

Great family getaway property.

Clean, 2 bed mobile home w/ dock and room to expand.

City & Lake Views

ID:1465 Ideal 3 bed, 2 bath home just outside city limits. Huge sun deck w/ hot tub and fireplace.

ID: 1605 Horses, gardening, or loads of room to wander could all be yours with this 20 acre ranch.

7 Meadow Creek Acres

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2 bed, 2 bath mobile w/ large carport, shop, add’nl garage, w/ mature cedars all around.

Knock-Out Patio!

ID:1055

Engineered floors, vaulted ceil ceilings, loft-style mbdrm, 3 beds, 3 baths with a great deck. Must see.

Close to College

ID: 1015

Well appointed and newly renovated 3 bed, 2.5 baths, handy to Selkirk Campus.

New Home & 12+Acres ID: 1165

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New hi-efficiency solar home and 12.5 acres of very secluded land just 10 mins from Castlegar.

Just 10 minutes from town you’ll find this cute 3 bdrm home on 2.53 acres w/ rental cabin. Immediate possession.

21 Riverfront Acres

ID: 1155 Beautiful mfd. home w/ basement near Salmo with 21+ acres riverfront, a barn and fencing. Wow!

Fairview Family Value ID: 1565

Close to Lakeside, 2,400sqft split-level family home w/ beautifully landscaped lot.

Large, well planned with 5 absolutely massive bedrooms on 1.18 acres near Fletcher Creek.

Rare Deal Near Balfour

ID: 1615

$400K-$450K

Sought-After Vallican Acres ID: 2155 new listing

Two bedroom, mountain retreat style cottage on whopping 29 acre parcel near Balfour.

Make an Offer! reduced!

ID:1595

4 BDRM family home located walking distance from beach w/ gurgling creek in backyard.

All of the Upgrades! 700’ of Riverfront!

Craftsman built 2,700 sqft home with large, detached workshop on 7 flat, sunny acres near Slocan Park.

Home, Rental & Busi Business ID: 1075

ID: 1415

ID: 1175 8.8 acres on the lazy Slocan River just outside Winlaw. Recreational opportunities abound.

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ID: 1585

Right beside a tranquil creek in lower Fairview on great 60X120 lot. Wheelchair accessible too!

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Steps from the Beach 4-PLEX Vacation Home ID:3325 ID: 3095 new listing

Stunning 4 bed, 3 bath home, south facing on beautiful .51 acre lot overlooking Kootenay Lake.

New Home in the Sun

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Lakeshore Lifestyle ID:1275

50 feet of beach, a dock with covered boat slip, 4 beds, 3 baths. Come have a look.

$550K-$600K

4 rentable vacation suites on the Slocan river with furnishings and hot tub included.

$600K-$650K

Best Bonnington View ID:3295

Panoramic view, privacy, 3 bed, 3 bath, 1.72 acre property, sauna, greenhouse, hothouse & more.

$650K-$700K

Close to Nelson W/F

ID:1495

Just a short walk from the city is this .5 acre lot w/ 86' of sandy beach. 4 bed, 2 bath.

Modern w/ Mortgage Helper $700K-$750K ID:1215 WF Home & Cottage!

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Astounding views of the Kootenay River and a very flexible floor plan.

Just minutes from Nelson.

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143' on the water with a solid 3 bed, 3 bath home on a level .69 acre lot w/ 1 bdrm cottage.

Timeless Family Retreat ID:3045 Step into a 2 bed, 2 bath home, a job, and a stream of rental income all in one fell swoop...

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Easily among the best of the Granite Pointe condos, this unit has it all: A/C, engineered H/W, Granite, gas stove and more...

$500K-$550K

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Country farm house with two additional dwellings, & barn on 9+ prime, flat, ag-friendly acres.

Great Home & 32 Acres reduced!

ID: 1265 A farmer, artist, or gardener’s dream: 3 beds, 2 baths plus room to roam, retreat, & relax.

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ID:1485

3 bedroom log home with 17.89 acres. Barn, pasture, forest.

Near Fruitvale. Must See.

Waterfront with Shop ID:1625

Over 3,000 sqft of boat access waterfront living space on the East Shore of Kootenay Lake.

$850K-$900K

Waterfront w/ Shop ID: 1115 A 330 X 85 waterfront parcel in Procter with 4 beds, 4 baths and a great 3 bay garage/shop.

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Food delivery: Sunday to thurSday 9am- 11pm Friday and Saturday 9am - midnight

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Pizza now available 11am till Late!

inding the good in goodbye is always bittersweet. Juno nominated roots duo Madison Violet (Brenley MacEachern and Lisa MacIsaac) can attest to that with their latest release, The Good in Goodbye.

An album born from their growth, both together and apart, The Good in Goodbye is an open diary of their personal and professional experiences together as friends and musicians, two very unique relationships that affect each other in profound ways.

Since releasing their last album, No Fool for Trying in 2009, Madison Violet won the 2009 John Lennon Songwriting Contest for their track “The Ransom,” took home the 2009 Canadian Folk Music Award for Vocal Group of the Year, and were nominated for multiple East Coast Music Awards and a 2010 Juno Award for Roots and Traditional Album of the Year (Group).

As a follow-up to their breakthrough successes in 2010, The Good in Goodbye captures the duo’s growth and musical maturity. Their distinct take on iconic Americana-inspired up-tempo melodies beautifully contrasts with their breathtakingly sweeping and personal lyrics, creating songs that blend nods to Lucinda Williams and Gillian Welch with radiofriendly flecks of The Court-Yard Hounds.

To capture the intimacy of The Good in Goodbye, Madison Violet returned to the studio with trusted friend and producer Les Cooper (Jill Barber) while bringing a collective of remarkable musicians into the fold, including Joel Stouffer (Dragonette) on drums, Adrian Lawryshyn (Andy Stochansky) on bass, and vocals from Ruth Moody (The Wailin’ Jennys) and singer/songwriter Blair Packham.

Though Madison Violet seemingly made their mark in the last year or so, success was hard earned, spending up to eight months a year on the road, winning fans and champions

the old-fashioned way, one song at a time, one gig at a time.

Receiving a mass of acclaim from outlets including the BBC, the CBC, Maverick Magazine, NPR, and Penguin Eggs Magazine, No Fool for Trying made dedicated fans of even the most hard-to-crack critics. Ultimately, Madison Violet captured the attention of Mojo Magazine, landing “Small Of My Heart” on the publication’s distinguished playlist, “Mojo’s Top 10,” in December 2009. Madison Violet also have the unique distinction of being the only Canadians to win The John Lennon Songwriting Contest.

The duo has sold-out venues across North America and Europe, had the prestigious distinction of touring with Stuart McLean’s Vinyl Cafe, and has shared stages with contemporaries such as Chantal Kreviazuk, Ron Sexsmith and The Indigo Girls. With their newest effort, Madison Violet prove on they’re among Canada’s brightest singer/songwriters.

Madison Violet play The Royal on Sunday night.

The Wooden Sky

Megan Cole {vurb} editor

In a world of iTunes and digital music, touring has become an essential aspect of being a career musician.

Gavin Gardiner — frontman for Toronto’s The Wooden Sky — spoke with {vurb} as he and the band made their way through the dessert between Las Vegas and Los Angeles, where they were scheduled to play.

The Wooden Sky are nearing the end of their nearly four month tour which has taken them across Canada, the US and into Europe.

“It’s definitely the most touring any of us have ever done, or would ever want to do, I think,” said Gardiner.

The reality of the current music industry is apparent to Gardiner and many bands who know the only viable source of income is touring.

Aside from the obvious challenges of touring — long days on the road, late nights and early mornings — Gardiner said being on the road can be a “creative black hole.”

“It’s hard enough to figure out Editor: Megan cole vurb@nelsonstar.com

where and when you’re going to eat let alone find time to create new music,” he said.

The Wooden Sky have been touring on the wake of the release of their second album as a band Every Child a Daughter, Every Moon a Sun. The album was created and recorded the new embodiment of Montreal’s Hotel2Tango, which as been in a new location since 2007.

For the second time, the band worked with Howard Bilerman, who produced and engineered The Arcade Fire’s first album Funeral.

“He kind of called himself a musical midwife,” said Gardiner about Bilerman. “He said ’it’s not my baby, it’s yours, I’m just helping you deliver it.’”

In combination with Bilerman’s subtle approach and the ’positive vibe’ of the Hotel2Tango, The Wooden Sky took the 18 song Gardiner went into the studio with and the 13-track album Every Child a Daughter, Every Moon a Sun. The Wooden Sky will be at The Royal on November 21.

Vinyl Ritchie

Known for his near religious obsession with vinyl only sets, Vinyl Ritchie, aka Wicked Lester, is one of Canada’s original eclectic electronic music DJs. In the early days of Vancouver’s embryonic early ’90s rave scene, Vinyl Ritchie made a name for himself as an inventive mash-up artist, long before the hipsters and Ableton/Serato remixers started hybridizing electronica.

Anything from old school metal, to ’60s-era Motown and soul can be found mingling in amongst big fat dancefloor filling beats. A consistent party rocker for over two decades, a Shambhala Fractal Forest favourite, Living Room beach stage staple, and globally sought out DJ, Vinyl Ritchie/ Wicked Lester is a guaranteed good time. Add to the mix his extremely talented and beautiful gogo dancer/DJ partner Foxy Moron, and chicken bone it’s on!

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The Secret Life of Walter Manny The Capitol Theatre is pleased to present Trent Arterberry in The Secret Life of Walter Manny on November 25 at 2 p.m.

In this energetic physical comedy, Arterberry delves into the wild imagination of an awkward eight-year old boy who is having trouble fitting in and being understood by his family and friends.

Arterberry explores classic themes, such as alienation and acceptance, to which both children and adults will relate.

When he was just seven years old, Arterberry was amazed and intrigued watching legendary mime artist Marcel Marceau (on television’s Ed Sullivan Show) ascending an invisible staircase and battling a nonexistent wind.

Many years later those iconic, compelling images were still in Arterberry’s mind’s eye, vividly illustrating how the elemental language of gesture is truly a universal one — understandable, evocative and engaging to young and old alike.

In recent years, Arterberry has stretched into new territory again, working with director Gregg Goldston and playwright Rob Wipond to develop shows which include multiple characters and voices and dramatic story arcs alongside his trademark physical expressiveness and comedic antics.

Their collaborations have produced My Impractical Life, a semi-autobiographical exploration about confronting career choices in the teen years, and The

Secret Life of Walter Manny, about an eccentric boy with an overactive imagination who turns his own life around by saving the life of another.

Using movement and dialogue, the play blends five speaking characters with eight mimed adventures. Ostracized by his classmates, Walter escapes into highoctane reveries of race-car driving, firefighting and secret-agent spying.

When a fire threatens the classroom, Walter must use his imaginative skills to save his best friend’s life.

Tickets are $12.50 or buy all four performances in the Capitol Kids Series for $40. The three other performances include Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal performing ZAP on February 24, FIGURA Theatre of Iceland with Metamorphosis on March 3, and Axe Capoeira performing Brazilian dance, music and capoeira on April 21.

For more about Arterberry and his upcoming shows visit his website at trentshow.com For more information about upcoming shows at The Capitol Theatre visit capitoltheatre.bc.ca or contact the box office.

Are you ready for this world? Banff World Tour

Warpworld is the first in a five-book science fiction adventure series, co-written

by Nelson author Kristene Perron and her Texan writing partner, Joshua Simpson.

Perron will launch Warpworld Thursday, November 29 at 7:30 p.m. at the Nelson Public Library.

The story centers around two young rebels, from two very different worlds.

Seg, an arrogant but brilliant Cultural Theorist, is on his first interdimensional mission to scout for vita – necessary fuel for his dying world.

Ama, a fiery and headstrong boat captain, bursting at the shackles of her gender and caste, is hired to act as his guide.

When a violent murder reveals Seg’s true identity, the two must strike an uneasy truce to survive, while the fate of two worlds rests

in their hands. One reviewer called it “total immersion of the heart-pounding variety.”

Perron is a former professional stunt performer for film and television (as Kristene Kenward) and self-described “fishing goddess.”

Pathologically nomadic, she has lived in Japan, Costa Rica, the Cook Islands and a very tiny key in the Bahamas, just to name a few.

“My suitcase is always packed,” says Perron. “I tend to have one foot elsewhere, all the time.

“Maybe that’s why having a writing partner 3,000 kilometres away, writing about another planet altogether, isn’t such a stretch.”

Perron’s stories have ap-

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In 2010 she won the Surrey International Writers’ Conference Storyteller Award and she is the current chair of the Kootenay Literary Competition Committee. She is a member of Speculative Fiction Canada.

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The Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour brings Banff to audiences around the globe.

Immediately after the Festival ends in November, a selection of the best films go on tour across Canada, the United States, and internationally from Scotland to South Africa to China, Japan, New Zealand, Antarctica, and points in between. Each year, the films travel to 32 countries reaching more than 245,000 people at over 635 screenings.

Host organizations in each tour location choose a program that reflects the interests of their local audiences from a selection of films on exploration and adventure, culture and environment, and mountain sports.

The proceeds of many tour screenings benefit a local outdoor program, community cause, or a non-profit such as youth adventure and outdoor pursuit programs, search and rescue operations, climbing clubs, adaptive sport programs, conservation groups, and trail maintenance organizations.

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103.5 The Bridge Afternoon Drive Host Ever since I was a kid, I always loved a good romantic comedy (rom-com).

There’s something uplifting about watching two unlikely characters on the screen, eventually finding out that they love each other by the end of the fi lm. I’ve always dreamed my life being a rom-com, and this is the soundtrack to it. Script style.

The Cave Singers – ‘Distant Sures’ (opening credits): INT. RECORD STORE – DAY – We see Dustin leafing through records. He sees a girl pick up a Lady Gaga vinyl. Dustin scoffs under his breath, she hears it. She goes over to Dustin with purpose. Clever banter ensues about music tastes and then this song comes over the speakers.

Dustin suggests she buys this album, and then they go for waffles.

Van Morrison – ‘Moondance’ (pivotal moment scene): INT. The Cave Singers frontman Pete Quirk performing at this summer’s Starbelly Jam WAFFLE HOUSE – NIGHT – Megan Cole photo Music Festival.

We see Dustin and Amanda (name is established on the walk to the waffle house, Dustin a giant stuffed animal. Dustin and Amanda walk and also that she’s a career girl who’s never had time off with Dustin holding seven huge stuffed animals. for love) sit down and look at each other without saying (END MONTAGE) anything. This song fl ips on the classic jukebox. Dustin Coldplay – ‘Till Kingdom Come’ (proposal scene): INT. asks Amanda to dance. She asks “Here? What about the CAR – NIGHT – We see Dustin and Amanda sitting in people eating?” Dustin looks at her, smiles, and says, a car overlooking a city. Coldplay comes on the radio.

“Who cares?” They dance.

Dustin mentions to Amanda that he made her a mix with John Butler Trio - ‘Groovin’ Slowly’ (sweet lovethis song on it, and hands her a CD case. She opens the making scene): INT. AMANDAS APARTMENT – NIGHT case and we see a wedding ring in it. The face of the CD – We see Amanda hand Dustin a drink, and spill it all reads “Well, will you?” Amanda starts to cry and says over his shirt. He removes it, revealing an eight pack and yes. ripped body. He makes a joke about it being cold in here, Death Cab For Cutie – ‘Stay Young, Go Dancing’ then kiss. They move to the bedroom. End Scene.

(Closing Credits) – We see snapshots of the rest of The Beatles – ‘Here Comes the Sun’ (morning after their lives from their wedding, all the way to their 50th scene): INT. AMANDAS BEDROOM – MORNING – anniversary.

We see Dustin leave a note for Amanda on her pillow And Boom! Romance. Eat your heart out Nicholas reading “Those were some great waffles. Call me.”

Sparks.

Amanda wakes up to the note, smiling.

So this movie didn’t have the “Boy screws up, boy The Drums – ‘Days’: (getting to know each other has to make it better” or “Reconciliation scene.” Why? montage): EXT. OUTDOOR CARNIVAL- CITY – DAY Because it’s my movie. Get your own.

(MONTAGE) – Dustin and Amanda shoot pellet guns The casting call will be held in early spring. at targets. Amanda wins Dustin a giant stuffed animal.

Please note, that the lead character will be very suave They throw baseballs at bowling pins. Amanda wins and probably portrayed by Ryan Reynolds.

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There is something so delightful about children’s books when they’re written with the parent (or adult) in mind. Jon Klassen’s books are a treat for everyone.

With simple illustrations (that are full of personality), and cheeky text (but don’t be fooled, there’s a lesson to be learned here) Klassen creates a fun story that you won’t mind reading more than once.

In This is Not My Hat a small fish thinks that it’s okay to steal the hat of a napping fish (who is very large) — but will he get away with it?

I Want My Hat Back follows a bear searching for his lost hat; nobody seems to know where it is, but there is something suspicious about a certain rabbit.

Both books have the underlying message that it’s not so good to take something that isn’t yours, but there is no patronizing voice or heavy handedness about it.

I adore these books, and would highly recommend them to anyone with a sense of humour, young and old.

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Highlights from the open stage I was honoured to be a Prophet that night and given the opportunity to play lead for Paul’s set.

Brian Bailey finished the evening with his bluesy bluegrass with Bert Kniss on the harmonica and Susan Glen playing some tasteful beats behind them.

Out at Balfour, Cecil Foley, a former City of Nelson employee who took up the guitar again after his retirement gave a sweet performance.

I really love his rendition of Gordon Lightfoot’s “If You Could Read My Mind.”

Keyboard player Daryl Doyle, bass player Dennis McLeod and myself entertained for the rest of the evening.

Artmin Productions is the website to check out for up to date times and places for open stage.

For more information about upcoming open stage nights and other events at The Royal visit liveatheroyal.com, follow them on Twitter @Liveattheroyal or on Facebook by searching The Royal on Baker.

Estevan Artmin {vurb} contributor

Last week I was only able to book two open stages as the usual Royal venue was hosting the CBC radio program Radio West with Rebecca Zandbergen. During the show she interviewed a member of The Rural Alberta Advantage and later in the show Dan Mangan. Both these Canadian musical acts performed later that evening.

The South Slocan community had open stage at the Dam Inn on Thursday, and the Balfour community enjoyed open stage on Friday at the Balfour Beach Inn. The Dam Inn was bustling with performers on Thursday: bass player Cody Mun and harmonica player Bert Kniss were there from Trail.

Father Paul, a longtime supporter of the open stage at the Dam Inn, gave a fine performance. Father Paul is unique and known for referring to anyone who performs with him as The Fireside Prophets.

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Don’t miss this fascinating exhibit!

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

Best Christmas Display * Business * Tell us which store you think has the best Christmas display in Nelson.

You can nominate a business by sending an email to publisher@nelsonstar.com or by calling the office at 250-352-1890 and letting us know why you think this business deserves to be chosen.

This is open to all Nelson businesses and the prize will be $500 worth of advertising in the Nelson Star. Decorate your store front by November 30th!

Deadline for nomination is Dec. 14.

A small panel of judges will make the final decision.

Best Christmas Display * Residential * Tell us which house in the Nelson area has the best Christmas Display. They will win dinner for two at the restaurant of their choice.

You can nominate a neighbour or anyone for that matter. All we need is a residential address and our panel of judges will go around one evening in mid December to do the judging.

If you want to nominate someone please send their street address to publisher@nelsonstar.com or by calling our office at 250-352-1890 with a brief description of why you think they should win.

Deadline to enter is Dec. 14.

Winners will be announced in the newspaper on Dec 21.

You don’t have to be nominated to win, however, if you want to ensure the judges don’t miss your business or house, please let us know so that we make sure it is on our list.

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Then by some miracle all the food is ready at the same time. The host, with a look of relief and surprise, gathers the guests around the table and everyone sits down.

But much to their horror the pork is dry, the dressing on the salad has separated and the potatoes are dry.

The guests are looking at each other awkwardly, looking for some kind of guidance. “Is it really that bad?”

“Maybe if I add more sauce?” “No, no that was the wrong move.” And then all the fake grins and over enthusiastic “Mmmms” start.

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“Oh no, I’m full, I had a late lunch.”

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Tip number three is think one pot meals. Instead of coming up with an elaborate meal with a bunch of high maintenance pieces, go for comfort food served family style.

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Provide the toppings and let them assemble. It’s more fun and it lets you enjoy your party and your guests.

My last tip for you to consider is to reinvent the potluck. Now, I’m not talking the type of potluck where you end up with five Caesar salads, two litres of root beer and a store bought black forest cake. I’m talking hosting a crepe party for New Year’s Day brunch. You make the crepes and ev-

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Cromoli 4 Supreme Leader, Lucas Myers’ hilarious rock n roll campaign satire is heading to the Ymir Hall on Saturday, November 17, at 8 p.m. Tickets are $10 and available in advance at The Music Store in Nelson and the Ymir Store.

Vote Cromoli!

Capitol Theatre Kids Series presents Mime/Actor Trent Arteberry performing The Secret Life of Walter Manny on Sunday, November 25 at 2 p.m.

Tickets are $12.50 or package of all four performances in the Kids Series $40. trentshow.com/walter.html

November 17 is Angel and Cedar. Next up is another new musician to the area, Allison Kane. Last act is Mountain Station, who will brighten your day with their high energy bluegrass and folk music.

Back by popular demand, on Saturday, November 17, Bessie and the Back Eddies, best roots and blues group at this year’s Kootenay Music Awards, are returning to the Vallican Whole Community Centre. The doors open at 7:30 p.m., dancing starts at 8 p.m., and it costs $12 to get in. All ages are welcome, and tickets are available at the door.

Capitol Theater presents its 25th Anniversary Christmas pantomime 'Sherlock Holmes and the Hound of Buskerville' directed and written by Laurie Jarvis.

Showtimes are November 29, 30 and December 1 at 7:30 p.m. and matinees on December 1 and 2 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $25 Adult $10 Student/Senior $45 Family of 4. Buy online at capitoltheatre. bc.ca or phone 250.352.2293. The Capitol panto is a mainstay of local theatre featuring members of the community of all ages in ridiculous and hilarious roles.

The panto is an annual fundraising event for the Capitol Theatre Restoration Society and is an integral part of its continued operation. Come on out to this family friendly event and enjoy a night out at the theatre. We promise the panto will be great entertainment! See you at the theatre.

The Royal is proud to present the Juno nominated roots duo, Madison Violet on Sunday, November 18. Tickets are $10 in advance / $15 at the door and are available at The Royal, Urban Legends, The Music Store and liveattheroyal.com.

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

Music

The Royal presents and evening with tree great singer songwriters, Liam Titcomb, Josh Hyslop and James Lamb on Tuesday, November 20. Tickets are $8 at the door or online at liveattheroyal. com. Doors open at 6 p.m. Showtime is at approximately 8 p.m.

Delhi 2 Dublin are back at Spiritbar on November 16 for two back-to-back shows. For more information contact The Hume Hotel.

Step it Up is a night of music in support of Our Daily Bread , at 612 Stanley, on Friday, November 16. The evening is to raise money for a Our Daily Bread, Share Nelson and Kootenay Christian Fellowship. From 7 to 10 p.m. local musicians that include the Pineapple Man (funny ukulele originals), ReggaTony and June-Bug who will collaborate to bring some originals as well as some Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and Buju Banton songs. Suggested donation is $10.

Wackutt and Deeps are at Spiritbar on Saturday, November 17. Doors open at 10 p.m. and ticket information is available at the Hume Hotel’s front desk.

Wax Romeo hits the road again in support of his latest album and The Royal is going to help celebrate on Saturday, November 17. Doors open 9 p.m. Tickets $10 at the door.

Opening Ellison’s Cafe Acoustic Unplugged Sessions at noon on Saturday

What kind of music can you make with five bells and a whole lot of hot air? Just about any kind! The Kootenay Brass Quintet is thrilled to present its debut performance on Monday, November 19 at St. Saviour’s Pro-Cathedral as part of the Selkirk Pro-Musica concert series, a musical travelogue spanning several continents and centuries. Tickets cost: adults $15, students $12 and family $45 and are available now at Otter Books, Nelson and at the door.

Main Event shows and Spiritbar present hip hop icon Xzibit on Tuesday, November 20. Ticket information is available at the Hume Hotel. Doors open at 10 p.m.

The Royal is happy to welcome back The Wooden Sky on Wednesday, November 21. Advance tickets are $15 and are available at The Royal, Urban Legends, The Music Store and liveattheroyal.com. Doors open 7 p.m. Showtime is at approximately 9 p.m.

The Royal is proud to present the seven piece rock ensemble from Cape Breton, The Tom Fun Orchestra on Thursday, November 23. Tickets are $12 in advance at The Royal, Urban Legends, The Music Store and liveattheroyal.com.

Tickets are $15 day or show. Doors at open 6 p.m. Showtime is at approximately 8 p.m.

Vinyl Ritchie returns to the Kootenays on Friday, November 23 at Spiritbar.

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

Local favourite DJ Terrantino is at Spiritbar on November 24. Enjoy your favourite songs from the '80s and '90s.

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

WA Mozart’s Coronation Mass along with works by Bach, Handel and Corelli at the Capitol Theatre December 8 at 7:30 p.m and December 9 at 2 p.m.

Soloists include Noemi Kiss, Audrey Bisset, David Herbison and Kevin Armstrong. Tickets are $20, or $15 for students and seniors.

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.

Steal away with the hoodlums! Come to the Dam Inn on Friday nights for some of your favourite tunes, a seafood special and other fine eats and drinks.

There will be music by Pauline Lamb aka Molly Malone, Marvin Walker kickin’ the ol’ travellin’ case and Glen Martin of Tuques and Von Butcher fame on mandolin and the guitbox.

Things get going at 8 p.m. Minors welcome.

Fridays at Finley’s: After work and all request DJ to follow. Free cover.

Saturdays at Finley’s: All request DJ and free cover.

Sundays at Finley’s: Football with karaoke at 9 p.m.

Mondays at Finley’s: Football and battle of the hotels, bars and restaurants.

Tuesdays at Finley’s: Live rock ’n’ roll and blues band come play with the band Wednesdays at Finley’s: Wine and wing night with karaoke dance party to follow.

Thursdays at Finley’s: Selkirk college student night with resident DJ and guest.

Saturday, November 17 at Finley’s Irish Bar and Grill St. Pierre will be in the rings in a live UFC fight. They have added eight more TVs to our rooms for your viewing pleasure. This is a huge event with a Canadian athlete you don’t want to miss.

Finley’s has joined forces with Molson Coors Canada, 103.5 The Bridge and a few local celebrities like Chuck Bennett from the Nelson Star and our very own Mayor John Dooley to help raise funds and awareness for Movember. Come down to Finley’s with your pre-‘stache, half ‘stache or attempt at a ‘stache and you will receive a prize on the spot, get your photo taken and be entered into our VIP party pack for four. To join the Movemeber campaign just pop down to Finley’s or call to find out more. Prizes weekly for best handle bar, best porn, best weakest links, best sister, best Tom Selleck ‘stache.

Literature

Are you ready for this world? Warpworld is the first in a five-book science fiction adventure series co-written by Nelson author Kristene Perron and her Texan writing partner, Joshua Simpson.

One reviewer called Warpworld — the story of two young rebels from very different worlds — “total immersion of the heart-pounding variety.” She’ll launch her sci fi thriller Thursday, November 29 at 7:30 p.m. at the Nelson Public Library.

Visual Arts

Douglas Noblet is currently showing his aerial photographs and prints of the West Kootenay at the Capitol Theatre lobby. The exhibition runs through December 4. Check out the wild-air photography Tuesday through Friday from noon to 4:30 p.m. at the Capitol at 421 Victoria Street.

A new art show at Oso Negro Café will feature the fine art nature and landscape photography of local photographer Colin Payne. He will also be selling his work at the Kootenay Artisans’ Market in Nelson on December 7, 8 and 9, as well as at Christmas by the Lake in Silverton on November 30 and December 1 and 2.

Artwork by Jen Smith is currently on display at the Frog Peak Café. Come enjoy her creations (and something delicious!) from now until mid-December.

An art opening on Thursday, November 15 will feature music, pie, and the opportunity to decorate your own lid.

Come drop from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.

Five local artists will be showing their finest pieces at an art sale on Saturday, November 17 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the old church hall on the corner of Kootenay and Victoria streets: Sally Johnston, Patrick Krohn, Graham Hurst, Sue Parr and Marilyn McCombe.

The Craft Connection/Gallery 378 is having an opening for their annual Seasonal Treasures Show from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, December 1.