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t was a career-defining journey for Selkirk College nursing student and Nelson native.

Last May, Tessa Munro spent three weeks in Guatemala with fellow classmates who were selected for the practicum experience. There she learned the importance of grassroots health care.

“It opened my eyes to the complexities of health and health promotion,” says Munro. “It’s not just enough to look at a person in isolation and their lifestyle choices. There are all these broad social and political factors that shape the circumstances and environments that people live in and those in turn influence people’s ability to achieve and maintain their health.”

As health care providers, understanding this complex picture — the underlying causes of poor health, is a revealing lesson for nursing students that Munro believes is incredibly valuable.

“Schooling, poverty, food security, social well-being aren’t what you would consider traditionally as part of the health care system,” she continues. “But they have such a strong influence on people’s health.”

This is a lesson Munro brought home.

Ten third-year Selkirk College nursing students are preparing to travel to Guatemala in May, 2013 where they will gain similar enriching experiences. Nelson’s annual Beans and Rice extravaganza returns tonight as the first major fundraising effort to send the group south and Munro will be attending to share her experiences.

Tessa Munro was on the trip to Guatemala last year with other Selkirk nursing students.

This year’s students are the seventh group to travel to the country that endured 30 years of civil war ending a mere decade ago. Previous groups visited urban free-trade zones, highland villages and remote jungles where government health services are almost non-existent.

When Munro went to Guatemala with fellow students, health promotion was at the forefront of their mission. Free from a clinical setting, nurses worked in schools teaching basic concepts such hand washing and teeth brushing. They educated nursing students like themselves about sexual health and met with the many women widowed by war, educating them on how to make change for themselves.

“There’s a lot of work being done to foster community among these women to empower them so that they can have more rights and choices,” she says.

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The ever-popular Beans and Rice dinner offers a delicious, traditional Guatemalan dinner at 6 p.m, tonight at Nelson’s United Church. As well as the dinner, there will be music, a silent auction, and a personal report from students who made the trip south this past year, sharing images and stories of their experience.

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Nelson residents had their first peek at what the new regional integrated transit system could look like.

A series of West Kootenay Transit open houses asked the public for feedback on the proposed route changes and fare structure.

“I think we’ve made a huge amount of progress in integrating the system and making it way more user friendly,” said Donna Macdonald, a city councillor and Nelson’s representative on the West Kootenay Transit Committee.

“Hopefully we’ll see a lot more people riding the bus and finding it a great service that’s a lot easier and less expensive than the cost of driving your car and having to pay for parking.”

Proposed changes to the Nelson routes include shortening the Rosemont and Uphill circuits and having the Fairview route run only in one direction, removing the confusion of alternating reverse routes that required riders to board the bus across the street from regular stops.

“We’ve streamlined the system based on rider counts and public input,” explained Jody Koehle, Nelson’s acting transit superintendent. “The idea is to provide better service to the areas where people ride the bus the most, and make the routes faster and more efficient.”

Public feedback at the open houses Tuesday was mostly positive. People used red sticky dots to indicate how they feel about the plan, and most placed their dot in the space to show support for the proposal or to support most of the proposal with minor changes.

The most common request for change in the Nelson area was to have a bus running down Perrier Road, where there’s been several new developments in recent years.

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“We’ll be taking all feedback into account and see if we find a way to address the concerns,” explained Koehle.

The biggest change under the integrated system will be the new zones and improved inter-city connections.

“We’ve improved connections at Playmor Junction, so it will be much easier to get from Nelson to Trail,” said Sharman Thomas, transit supervisor Trail and Castlegar.

Two new early morning runs between Nelson and Castlegar are included on the proposed schedule, allowing riders to leave Nelson at around 6 a.m., 7 a.m. or 9:30 a.m. to get to work or appointments in neighbouring cities (the current schedule only has a 6:45 a.m. departure). Each of those morning runs have a connecting bus meeting it at Selkirk College for riders continuing on to Trail.

“The new system will have one standard look and feel — all the busses will look the same and transit operators will be wearing the same uniforms — so you

can go between cities without feeling like you’re in a whole different system,” said Thomas.

The proposed new passenger fares are $2 for one zone (a 25 cent increase from the current rate) and $3.50 for all zones.

The fare boundaries between Nelson and Six Mile Point have been removed.

The new zone structure breaks the area into three broad zones. Nelson would fall into the “Kootenay Zone” and includes all routes between Balfour and Playmor Junction.

The “Slocan Zone” runs from Slocan City to the junction. And the “Columbia Zone” covers routes south of the junction that go to Caslegar, Trail, Rossland and Fruitvale.

For full details on the proposed changes and to provide your feedback online, see bctransit.com/transitfuture and click “West Kootenay” in the current projects table on the right side of the screen.

The new schedules and fare structures will come into effect next April.

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Friday, December 7, 2012 Nelson Star

AXOR determined to continue Continued from Page 1 authority,” reads the letter signed by Dave Nikolejsin, associate deputy minister.

The Montreal-based AXOR planned to build a 98 megawatt hydro project diverting four creeks into a 16-km underground pipe near Kaslo. The proposal was met with a great deal of opposition from local residents concerned about its impact.

West Kootenay EcoSociety has led the charge against the project, citing impacts to sensitive species including bull trout and caribou.

“After fighting this proposal for over five years, we are celebrating the final nail in the coffin,” says West Kootenay EcoSociety’s David Reid. “This is a great example of how good science and a strong public voice can work together to protect our ecosystems. We still need

to give our wild rivers lasting protection from smaller forprofit power schemes, but this is a great victory.”

The environmental review was suspended in September of 2009 after what Reid describes as a raucous meeting in Kaslo attended by over 1,100 citizens.

The working group of scientists and First Nations representatives had asked AXOR for more data to support claims that ecosystems wouldn’t be impacted.

According to Nikolejsin, information provided earlier this month by Simon Gourdeau of AXOR was inadequate and no further extensions of the review process would occur.

Neil Murphy is a local representative for AXOR. He says the EAO decision is disappointing, but not surprising.

“It has been very apparent that the decisions regarding the

Glacier/Howser project have been highly political, by the working group and EAO, and were not based on scientific studies or facts,” he says.

Murphy says for much of the last nine months, all of the environmental studies for the Glacier/Howser project addressing the winter flows and fish concerns have been ignored by EAO and the working group even though the studies where thorough, extensive and on time.

AXOR is weighing their available options including third party evaluation of the EAO process.

“No, this is not the end,” says Murphy.

The proponent can make a new application for a revised project. A smaller project less than 50 megawatts would not need an environmental review.

Blue Ridge plan gets encouraging feedback Continued from Page 1 winter,” he said. “The intent is for the management company to demonstrate its capacity, restart some jobs in the north end of Kootenay Lake and address some forest health issues that have been identified in the operating area.”

Clarke said the ministry is taking a “probationary approach” to the license, and any changes to the suspension’s terms will be based on performance.

No new cutting permits will be issued for now, he added.

Blue Ridge general manager Trevor Kanigan said in a phone interview that in recent weeks they have opened an office in Kaslo and over the next three months expect to create eight to 12 full-time positions. Locals are expected to fill most of those jobs.

Kanigan said they’re also talking to a handful of contractors about doing some harvesting through the winter, considering options for a sort yard in Cooper Creek or Meadow Creek, and looking at setting up a field office in that area to be used by operations staff in the summer.

“Nothing’s definite, but things we’ve thought about are starting to take shape,” he said.

Meadow Creek Cedar has also transferred ownership of its seed inventory to Blue Ridge, and additional seedlings have been ordered for spring planting, Kanigan said.

APPEALS ABANDONED Meanwhile, Meadow Creek

Cedar’s appeal of its license suspension and $55,000 in fines to the Forest Appeals Commission has been abandoned.

Several days were set aside in January for hearings, but Kanigan said they have accepted the district manager’s decisions.

“We just decided it wasn’t worth the risk of continuing the appeals based on the information we had,” he said. “So we chose to abandon them and accept responsibility for dealing with the issues.”

The appeal hearing was originally scheduled for September, but delayed when Meadow Creek Cedar didn’t provide documentation to flesh out its case.

POSITIVE FEEDBACK Despite some disappointment expressed last month by readers on nelsonstar.com that Blue Ridge’s plans don’t involve Meadow Creek Cedar’s shuttered sawmill, Kanigan said that’s at odds with other comments he’s heard.

“By no means is that representative,” he said. “I’ve received nothing but positive feedback.”

Kanigan says based on the resumes and phone calls they’ve received, many people are interested in helping reestablish the license.

“We’re seeing that as very positive, as people looking forward to the changes,” he said.

“We’ve had a wide variety of people interested — contractors, consultants, professionals, forestry-related staff, you

name it.

“We’ve had a lot of people say ‘We’re interested in what you’re doing, and we’d like to be part of it.’”

COMMENT PERIOD Kanigan attended an informational meeting last night in Meadow Creek, past the Star’s deadline, to field questions about his company’s plans.

The meeting also discussed an economic development project being undertaken by the Southern Interior Beetle Action Committee, targeting the Kaslo/Meadow Creek area.

Project manager Chris Ortner was expected to attend as well and meet with various interest groups.

Blue Ridge is also seeking feedback on its forest stewardship plan for the Meadow Creek license.

A 60-day comment period began Wednesday. The plan can be viewed by appointment at Blue Ridge’s office in the Kemball building in Kaslo, weekdays between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.

MLA PLEASED Nelson-Creston MLA Michelle Mungall says she is “very pleased” that a local group has stepped forward to work with Meadow Creek and the north end of Kootenay Lake on economic development.

“We have to be happy all is not lost and hopeful we can build on where we are starting from.”

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His family lived on the Nelson waterfront close to where the RCMP station is now, and as a two-year-old in 1946, he witnessed the launch of the new Kootenay Lake ferry.

“I didn’t know what it was, but I remember all these people — I couldn’t see anything — and a band playing,” he says. “Eventually it cleared enough and here was the Anscomb.”

Fast forward 11 years to the last run of the SS Moyie.

Ringrose, who hawked the Vancouver Province, was trying to sell a souvenir edition when the old boat made its final stop in Nelson.

“I hustled papers for an hour and a half,” he recalls.

“I was aggressive. ‘Paper, sir? Paper, sir?’ But I never sold a single, solitary paper.

Nobody wanted one. I was so depressed.” (As a consolation, the Province agent gave him a dollar.)

Ringrose normally had better luck: he’d start at Lakeside Park, site of the ferry landing before the orange bridge was built, and stash papers at various spots, keeping only one in hand. Approaching a prospective customer, he’d ask: “Buy my last paper, sir?”

“I don’t know if it worked,” he says. “[But] as a kid, I made good money.

When an ice cream cone cost a nickel, if you sold 50 papers and made a buck and a half, you’d won the lottery.”

The park loomed large in the lives of Joe and brothers Bill and Bob. They were always at the lakeshore, often in an old row boat.

One year the lake came up so high the whole park was flooded, and Joe remembers hanging onto the concession stand counter

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ABOVE: Joe Ringrose pulls out a large collection of family photographs and memorabilia at his North Shore home. (Greg Nesteroff photo) RIGHT: Joe, about age 12; his uncle Alex, who ran a painting business; and his uncle Jim as a member of the 1925 Fairview football club.

from the boat.

He also recalls a large swing suspended from a huge cottonwood tree near the present greenhouse.

Several kids could use it at once, with the oldest holding the chains, and the youngest in the middle.

“We’d spend hours on it. When I finally got old enough to stand on one of the chains, a big windstorm blew a lot of those trees down.”

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he Ringrose name has been around Nelson almost from the start.

Joe’s grandfather, also Joseph Ringrose, installed the first phones for the Kootenay Lake Telephone Co. and worked on Nelson’s first hydro-electric plant on Cottonwood Creek.

He married Jane Crichton Orr in 1897 and they had six children, two of whom died in infancy. Jane died in 1908, not long after giving birth, while tuberculosis claimed Joseph in 1914. Their former housekeeper, Maggie Fraser, then raised the children.

Three of the four kids never married. Charlotte had a long nursing career that took her to Balfour,

Victoria, New York, and Hawaii. Jim had a store on Nelson Avenue, known for its ice cream cones. Alex ran a painting business and once had the contract to paint the smokestacks in Trail. Joe Jr. worked for the CPR as a bridge and building foreman.

He married Ethel Lewis and they had three boys.

Joe Ringrose — the third — spent 20 years as a mechanic with Plaza Gulf, where the 7-Eleven is now. Later, he worked for the provincial government as a mechanic, building superintendent, fleet manager, and in skills training.

Now retired, Joe, 68, and his family are the last Ringroses in the Nelson area — his brothers live in Squamish and Edmonton.

He and wife Karen have lived at Willow Point since they married in 1970. He’s traced his family tree back to the 1600s and has a large collection of photos and memorabilia detailing the Ringrose legacy.

For the full version of this story plus more family photos, see nelson star. com.

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Editorial

Looking back on 2012

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his is the time of year in the news cycle where we take the opportunity to look back on the year that was. It’s a good exercise and given that news typically grinds to a halt come middle-December, pretty much a necessity if we want to fill these pages.

Like every year, there was plenty for the editorial team to write about in 2012. From tragedy to triumph, the headlines kept Star readers engaged twice a week.

We’ve started to dive into the 90-plus editions that have been produced to this point in 2012. Starting in January, we are looking through the pages to pick out the most compelling and most interesting of the last 12 months.

After Christmas, we’ll start unveiling those determined to be the best stories, photos and newsmakers of 2012. The items that left a lasting impact.

We don’t want to do it alone and that’s where you come in. This newspaper is a reflection of our community. We might coordinate the effort twice weekly, but you are the ones who set the course. It’s your stories, your opinions and your lives we are documenting over the course of a year. In keeping with that, we want you to tell us what you thought stood out in 2012.

Let us know what comes to mind when you look back on the year. What stories, issues and people made it to the top. Email us your ideas and thoughts at editor@nelsonstar.com or drop them by our downtown office. We will find room to include them in our final sendoff for 2012.

We want to hear from you.

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Friday, December 7, 2012 Nelson Star

Editor: Bob Hall Publisher: Chuck Bennett

Guest Column — Eli Geddis

Discovering pantomime “So everybody here knows what the Pantomime is, right?” director Laurie Jarvis began. The seats of the Capitol Theatre were occupied by a crowd of eager, energetic performers, the house lights were on, and open auditions for this year’s annual Christmas Pantomime, Sherlock Holmes and the Hound of Buskerville were about to begin. Her question was met with an affirmative buzz of dozens of voices. But of course! Well, obviously!

I tentatively raised my hand: “Um, well, what’s a pantomime?”

It’s three months later and for the past week, I haven’t known what to do with myself. My Wednesday nights and Sunday afternoons are suddenly open, I have strange new calluses on both of my hands (more on that later), my voice is sore from barking, arfing, woofing, and bowwowing (yes, more on that later, too), and I suddenly have a new-found respect for quadrupedal movement. I’m humming parodied versions of classic songs that I just can’t get out of my head.

If you haven’t guessed by now, I had the strange and wonderful fortune to play role of the eponymous “hound” in the 25th annual pantomime.

As a relative newcomer to Nelson, I had attended the pantomime auditions mostly as a way to become more engaged in and connected to the community. I had heard that it was a fundraiser for the Capitol Theatre, but I didn’t know much else. I’d done some theatre in high school, mostly minor roles — and more than eight years ago — but had never really considered it as something that I would ever go back to. If I could just join in a group experience, maybe get a line, sing a song, and get to know people, perhaps I could feel like part of the community. And then, a few days after auditions, I got a call: “Eli, would you be willing to play Holmes’ dog, Baskerville? It will be very physical and uncomfortable!”

I didn’t even think twice about my answer.

Baskerville (left) was a wonderful challenge for Geddis who went into his first pantomime tail-a-wagging and full steam ahead in his Capitol Theatre scenes.

Sam Van Schie photo

The pantomime was truly a unique and communal experience.

In no other population of just 10,000 people could I imagine finding another dedicated arts group such as this one. Dozens of people, willing to slap ridiculous outfits on, step out onto an exposed stage, and play the fool for the hundreds of audience members, cheering, goading, booing (good-naturedly), participating, and singing along.

One of the most impressive things about the pantomime was the multigenerational involvement. The cast and crew ranged in age from six to 60, and no lines between generations were ever drawn. It takes a unique city to make this sort of magic, and I can’t imagine a better way to spend my first year here.

Throughout the whole run, I routinely cycled back and forth between favourite characters and moments.

Highlights from the experience include, but are not restricted to, the goofy slapstick chemistry of the MC bobbies, Nedine Scott and Rob Andrew; the Dame, Craig Korth’s, ad-libbed one-liners; Leslie Dickinson’s dedication to sewing the perfect dog costume, an endeavour that took more than 30 hours of work;

Dustin Cantwell’s scene-stealing facial expressions as Dr. Watson; June Spearman’s impeccably arranged props table; Lisel Forst’s hilariously deranged villain, Professor Mariarty; the army of talented children that took time out of playing tag in the aisles to dance and sing on stage; and, of course, the ceaseless efforts of the director and playwriter, Laurie Jarvis and her daughter, Hannah, who did all the play’s choreography.

As the dog, Baskerville, I was the only member of the cast who neither sang nor danced. However, I made up for this by running around on all fours enough to build up calluses on my hands and an aching in my calf muscles. I got to crouch around on the stage, watch the proceedings as an audience member might, glance upwards as wild and weird things happened above me, react, laugh, break character, and — as in any great pantomime — play along.

Eli Geddis is a writer, Vurb contributor, musician, and children’s arts instructor in Nelson. He doesn’t have a dog of his own yet, but hopes to change that soon. You can find him on the great wide internet on twitter @theoddtopsy

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Wayne Germaine Serving Nelson & Area Since 1987.

Standing with the Sinixt

We are writing to clarify our position and what happened at the Columbia River Treaty consultation at the Rod and Gun Club last Tuesday (November 27).

An ad hoc group of people organized a very simple protest whose sole purpose was to ask why the Sinixt Nation has not been formally included in the treaty consultation process. We were being silent, to signal our solidarity with the Sinixt peoples who have been legislatively silenced by their formal extinction (1956) and by institutions and processes that refuse to recognize that they continue to exist as a people and as a nation alongside Canada.

Our small group that had symbolically wrapped ourselves up in red tape, were not the only people at the event who spoke out in solidarity with Sinixt; several other individuals in the audience, including the woman who spoke at the very beginning, had questions and comments for the organizers.

We would like to clear up a

misperception; no one from our group spoke on behalf of our group. We came to respectfully affirm that the Sinixt people, on whose territory we stand, are not being consulted in the Columbia River Treaty renegotiation process.

Their input as the original inhabitants and caretakers of this land is essential to a treaty of integrity.

Their input as the original inhabitants and caretakers of this land is essential to a treaty of integrity. The long history of this land and the well-being of the ancestral human and non-human communities who share it with us must be considered and upheld.

We do not speak for the Sinixt Nation, but in consultation with them. We uphold their right to be heard.

Sinixt Nation are the

sovereign caretakers of sinixt tum’xula7xw (territory), located in the area now known as the interior of BC, Canada, extending north of Revelstoke as far south as Kettle Falls, WA, and surrounded by the Monashee and Purcell Mountains.

In 1956, the government of Canada declared the Sinixt extinct and has refused ever since to allow Sinixt people inherent right to Sinixt interests, including land title, in our territory. For over 25 years the appointed Sinixt Nation representatives have actively protected and stood up for Sinixt lands and interests and the interests of the local community in regards to watershed protection in the northern part of our territory.

For more information about the Sinixt, visit their interesting and informative website at sinixtnation.org.

K.Linda Kivi Gabriel Keczan Catherine Fisher Nelson

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Tread With Confidence This Winter.

HUGS. To the kind soul who found my purple eel skin wallet in the vicinity of Leo’s and turned it in to the Nelson City Police. Thank you very much for being such a GOOD person.

HUGS. Huge hugs to the car dealership who honored our coupon even though we had the wrong dealership. It was a honest mistake. Your service department rocks. Thank you.

SLUGS. To the RDCK for bringing in dog bylaws in Procter/Harrop. What good are bylaws when the officer will not come out and see for herself that the dogs are still barking non stop, still running loose (but in the dark now) and still killing wildlife. Why do we have to document and take our neighbours to court to enforce the bylaw? All you had to do was come out and sit on any given day or evening for the last year to see it and hear it yourself. We are paying for nothing! Irresponsible dog owners — you win!

SLUGS. To the dad at the pantomime on Saturday night who let his cute little boy run up and down the aisle while the show was going on. Your kid is adorable, but we came to see the show on the stage.

Perhaps next year you can audition and the two of you can be up there under the lights instead of a distraction in the audience.

HUGS. To the transit city, regional and greyhound drivers. You’re patient, courteous and helpful.

- Happy Rider

SLUGS. To folks who think the curbside parking spot in front of their home belongs exclusively to them.

Leaving a nasty notes on my windshield and your parking your car an inch from my bumper isn’t very neighbourly. Perhaps you should move somewhere with a driveway?

SLUGS. To nervous/scared drivers who crawl along in the middle of the highway. It’s winter and driving conditions change quickly. Stay home or take the bus.

HUGS. To those who give extra during the holidays.

HUGS. To Dr. Osepchook and his team. Your generosity towards the ones who need it the most is a wonderful example of how a community works together.

Thank you for your solidarity and your kindness. We will always be grateful.

HUGS. To friends that are always there for you no matter how grumpy you may get at times.

HUGS. To the West Kootenay MS Society for all their hard work and thanks for the great Christmas event.

HUGS. To the bantam house parents for all your hard work preparing for this weekend’s tournament.

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

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

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

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As the folk song says, “When will they ever learn?”

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Not enough days in the year to accommodate causes RE: Nelson answering Black Friday with Customer Appreciation Day. I am fully in support of various causes and events of awareness, but the days of the year are quickly being consumed by “special” days.

Failing to stem the tide we risk finding ourselves with a day shortage.

Black Friday, Cyber Monday, Toonie Tuesday, Superbowl Sunday and Seniors Thursday leave only Wednesday and Saturday unclaimed.

Floater days remove a vast number more. Boxing Day, Halloween, Valentines Day, Worldwide Celebration of Weights and Measures Day, Wookie Life Day and others are quickly eliminating ordinary 24-hour stretches.

Weeks are also falling prey to unilaterally declared causes, Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, Global Entrepreneurship Weekend

Worldwide Breastfeeding Week are examples. With fewer weeks available conflicts are arising.

To have a simple Saturday where there are no concerns other than sitting would be satisfying.

The UN-declared World Space Week finds itself at odds with the Marijuana Users Association which wants to use the same time slot for World Spaced Week. However, Geography Awareness Week organizers have gone into talks with their counterparts at the Directionally Challenged Week offices.

Both groups are hoping for a mutually productive collaboration.

Months are no exception to the onslaught. October

was declared 4-H Month, as well as American Cheese Month. November’s competition sees Banana Pudding Lovers, Pecan Eaters and Novel Writers all vying to have this same slot as their own. Future conflict can be assured.

I submit that we end this penchant for special days, weeks and months. To have a simple Saturday where there are no concerns other than sitting would be satisfying. A mundane Monday where I do no more than mumble about the morons around me would be marvelous. Weeks without World Alliance groups waving placards and months devoid of declarations of various sorts seems desirable. Act now before the days, weeks and months of your calendar are as gone as your choices.

Ryan Lengsfeld Nelson

Friday Night Shopping in Nelson Starting Friday, November 30th

the following businesses will have extended Friday Night hours.

Visit them November 30, December 7th, 14th, & 21st until 7pm.

Bia Boro Gerick’s Cycle & Ski Tribute Mountain Baby Valhalla Pure Outfitters Culinary Conspiracy Bent Over Leather ROAM Maison Tara Davis Otter Books Cydney’s Cutting Edge Barbershop

John Ward Coffee Handsels Blue Sky BC Wine Guys Kokanee Camera Shoes for the Soul Vogue Camera Vibe Baker St Menswear Habits The Music Store Lucky Cupcakes Skin Bliss

Streetclothes Named Desire Kootenai Moon Global Underground L’Infinity Sacred Ride Ted Allen’s Jewellery Kootenay Co-op

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* Some businesses may be open later than 7pm, please call individual businesses for more information.

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Community Organizations Come to Taghum Hall Friday December 7 and Friday, December 14 for the Starry Night Astronomy Program. See Jupiter and its moons, as well as star clusters, nebulae, and galaxies through our astronomy telescopes, weather permitting.

For more information, contact Wayne at 354 – 1586, or check out Taghum Hall on facebook.

Light Up the Hospital pledge day is Friday, December 7, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Chahko Mika Mall. Enjoy Christmas music from local school choirs, buy your ticket for the Canadian Diamond Necklace Raffle, drop off your donation and pick a gift from under the tree…and so much more. Visit klhf.org or call 250-354-2334 for info.

spring. Cost is $10 at the door.

Children are welcome. For information please call 354-4791.

LV Rogers secondary school hosts a Christmas Fundraiser on Saturday, December 8. Come by the school 9 a.m. to noon for homemade pancake breakfast and activities, including a bake sale, a silent auction, games and crafts for the kids, a cake walk and a visit from Santa. Everyone is invited to this fun, family event. Entry and activities are all by donation. Pancake breakfast is $4. Proceeds will be split between the Salvation Army Food Bank and Kidsport, and used to purchase gifts from the Wish Tree.

The Nelson-West Kootenay Chapter of the Council of Canadians will hold its monthly meeting on Saturday, DecemAll seniors welcome to the ber 8 from 10:30 a.m. to noon at monthly meeting of the Senior the Labour Exchange Building, Citizens’ Association Branch No. 101 Baker Street (next to the Best 51, located at 717 Vernon Street. Western). All interested folks are Meeting commences at 10:30 welcome. Further information: a.m. on Wednesday, December 250-352-5274.

5. Tea and goodies will be served after the meeting. Some of the The West Kootenays Francoactivities enjoyed at the centre phone Association (AFKO) will include bridge, crib, whist, domi- hold its annual Christmas dinnos, chess and snooker. For fur- ner on Saturday, December 8 at ther information, call 250-352- 5 p.m. at Tarry’s Hall in Thrums.

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The buffet will feature traditional recipes from Quebec, such as National Day of Remem- meat pies, pork stew, Quebec style brance and Action for Violence turkey, and so much more. The Against Women on Thursday, costs to attend are $48 per family, December 6, the anniversary of $20 per person (13+), $8 per child the 1989 Montreal Massacre at (six to 12 years old) and free for Ecole Polytechnique, in which 14 children aged 6 and under. young women were murdered. A Candlelight Vigil will be held on Amnesty International’s Write the grounds of Nelson City Hall for Rights write-a-thon is Satat 4 p.m. There will be an exhibit urday, December 8 at Nelson on display throughout the day at Library 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and City Hall and at 2 p.m. a video Sunday, December 9 at Oso presentation and discussion of Negro Café from 11 a.m. to 3 the film The Use of Technology to p.m. Supplies and direction proStalk will be held at 518 Lake St, vided. Each letter does make a 2nd Floor. difference. For more details, see writeathon.ca.

Nelson’s seventh annual Beans and Rice Dinner is Friday DeNelson Ultimate Frisbee has cember 7, 6 p.m., at Nelson’s moved inside for the winter.

United Church. Support Selkirk Come join us on Monday nights College nursing students who at Soccer Quest from 7:30 to 9:30 will be participating in a prac- p.m. Bring a light and a dark ttice experience to Guatemala this shirt, running shoes and water.

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Drop in fee is $12, to cover rental costs. All levels of experience are welcome! Stay warm and get in shape chasing after a disc! Email nelsonultimatefrisbee@gmail. com for info.

Holiday Sparkle Storytime for three to five-year-olds and the Nelson Library on Wednesday, December 12 at 10:15 a.m. Includes seasonal stories, merry songs, glittery crafts and yummy treats. Register at 250-352-6333 or nradonich@nelson.ca.

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: 250352-5739.

The Nelson Technology Club hosts a Hackerspace Wednesdays, 6 to 8 p.m., at their new location in the annex building at Selkirk College Tenth Street campus. Hackerspace is a place to talk about technology with people who understand what you are talking about.

Christmas on Baker will be held in the 600 block of Baker St. on Friday, December 14 from 6 to 8 p.m. Hot chocolate will be served to help keep spirits high and fingers warm! A live nativity scene and Christmas music will be on offer. Carol singing at 7 p.m.

Christmas Remembered, a holiday celebration in music and story, is at the Nelson United Church, Friday, December 14 at 7 p.m. Featuring music by the Jubilate Deo Handbell Choir, Nelson United Chancel Choir and Bon Accord String Ensemble.

Admission by donation to support Nelson Grans to Grans.

Remember loved ones and friends who are no longer with us by placing a dove card on the Remembrance Tree located at the Chahko Mall. December 14, 15 and 16. Hospice volunteers in attendance. Donations gratefully accepted.

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The Nelson Branch of the Navy Leagues of Canada is having their AGM Tuesday, December 18 at 6:30 p.m. at the Rod and Gun Club. Come and support our youth. You do not need to have a child in the Sea Cadets to be part of the organization.

to knit, crochet, spin, embroider and make rag rugs. On Wednesdays, Community Threads offers quilting lessons from 9 a.m. to noon at the same location.

Women of all ages welcome. Call 250-551-4951 for more information.

The next Breast Cancer Support meeting is Tuesday, December 18, noon at Community First Health Co-op, 518 Lake Street.

For information call Alice 250352-6223 or Nadine 250-3597777.

Craft Fairs and Bazaars Earth Community Clay studios is hosting a holiday pottery sale and open house for Winter Classes on Friday, December 7 from 5 p.m. onwards. Studio tours, gift certificates, pottery sales and a door prize will be waiting for you at 1116 Latimer Street. Call 250 354-1228 for details.

Ascension Lutheran Church’s free dinner has moved with the congregation to Rosemont Elementary School while the church is prepared for demolition and reconstruction. All are welcome to join us for a free Christmas Dinner on Tuesday, December 25 at 6 p.m.

Workshops Dying in Good Hands workshop with Christine Sutherland, Saturday, December 8, 9 to 5 p.m. at East Shore Hospice in Crawford Bay. Designed for hospice volunteers, health professionals, caregivers, massage therapists, volunteers, family and friends. Cost $50. For more information contact hospice@ theeastshore.net or call toll-free 1-800-611-5788.

Every Saturday beginning at 10 a.m., Ellison’s Market is offering free workshops. The topic for Saturday, December 8 is “Compost for Christmas.” Head down to Ellison’s cafe and learn something new you can implement in your life.

The Circuit: Women’s Health and Fitness is hosting a workshop on healthier eating habits.

Become sugar free at last (and also caffeine and chocolate free).

Learn how on Monday, December 10 from 5 to 7 p.m. Admission by donation.

Every Friday, Community Threads meets at Nelson and District Women’s Centre from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Come learn

SelfDesign High invites you to its annual Fair Trade for Peace Market, December 7 to 14, at 402 Victoria Street (the second floor of the Nelson Legion Building). Open Friday 5 to 9 p.m., Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Monday to Thursday 4 to 7 p.m. There will be a wide variety of crafts including home décor and textiles. Funds raised support SDH’s peace and social justice projects.

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. It opens at noon to 9 p.m. on Friday. On Saturday and Sunday doors open at 10 p.m. with closing at 6 p.m. on Saturday and 5 p.m. on Sunday.

Nelson Waldorf School will be transformed into a winter village for the Winter Faire on Saturday, December 8 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. There will also be children’s activities throughout the day, including The Snowflake Theatre performances of the Shoemaker and the Elves are at 11 a.m., noon and 1:30 p.m. for $3 per person.

All families welcome to this fun seasonal celebration.

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

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They have the snow how When the wet stuff turns white, they get it out of sight. Going behind the scenes with the City of Nelson snow removal team

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tanding in work boots in a muddy maintenance yard, be-speckled, blonde and immediately amiable, Karen MacDonald doesn’t quite look the part.

But throw the mom-of-two the keys to any of the big rigs in the City of Nelson’s 16-machine snow removal fleet and she’ll likely get ‘er done.

With winter poised to submerge the Heritage City’s 122 cumulative kilometres of streets and sidewalks with snow, slush and glare ice, you’d be right to say the City of Nelson’s got the right man, er, woman, for the job.

“I can remember when I was 11-years-old hauling grain to the elevator,” smiles the Estonia, Saskatchewan native. She recalls that for safety’s sake, the elevator supervisor would drive the little lady’s truck into the loading dock for her. She’d hop back aboard and rumble back and forth to the family farm. Since then she’s run “everything” — truck, loader, back hoe, lumbering belly dump motor scrapers, grader and ‘dozers.

MacDonald, the only female Public Works and Parks supervisor in the province, is the field boss for the city’s roadways, and this time of year, that means she keeps a very close eye on a crew of two dozen (her “boys” as she fondly refers to them) who together plow through a snow removal budget that has averaged $595,000 per annum over the last four years, or roughly 20 per cent of

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Here in the Kootenays, especially in precipitous Nelson, snow removal is a big job. And it’s a yearly task the city wants the public to know more about; not only how it all happens, but how the city’s citizenry can help out. In fact, in some cases home and business owners are legally required to. (see “You Can Dig It Too” fact box, page 13).

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The same crew is required to simultaneously trouble shoot sewers, water mains, park space and tackle trash pick up too, snow or no snow.

• All of the city’s streets and 22 kilometres of its highuse sidewalks are cleared, in most cases on only one side of the road.

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Continued from Page 11 downtown routes, residential streets third (beginning with up/down streets, then cross streets) and finally, all 78 of the city’s often difficult-to-navigate dead end streets and alleys. And on top of that, a tonne of handshovelling on stairs (all 73 sets of them), downtown crosswalks, stops signs, catch basins and fire hydrants.

The challenges, according to utilities supervisor Gil Bogaard, who works in concert with MacDonald, are ample. And increasing.

There’s on-going maintenance, our notoriously undulating urban geography, soggier, icier weather patterns than ever before, and the sheer and very unique job stresses heaped on the City of Nelson’s snow removal squad.

“Operating snow removal equipment here is an art,” says the silver-bearded Bogaard, who ran his first city plow in 1981.

It’s an art that can run operators through an emotional wringer on particularly hairy days. And there are many more of those tough shifts as of the last few years, with temperatures hovering more often around the deadly 0 C mark, where despite the application of 5,000 tonnes of sand per winter, everything becomes unpredictably slick, unlike a decade or two ago when most storms dumped deep, dry snow, rarely ruined by rain. Beyond the day-to-day, the unpredictable month-to-month weather has made Public Works’ seasonal scheduling a veritable Rubik’s Cube for management to figure out.

The City of Nelson garage’s six-member pit crew are kept on their steel toes too. Despite the fact the fleet is “relatively current” according to new manager of operations Jim Dinwoodie, many sets of brakes, transmissions and plow-cutting edges take a licking.

Dinwoodie — who relocated to Nelson from the City of Fernie this summer — is quick to point out that he’s the guy to call if there’s any snow removal complaints, not Macdonald or Story continues on Page 13

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YOU CAN DIG IT TOO

Tips and requirements for residential and commercial snow removal

Nelson’s tight streets and big dumps make navigating for crews tricky.

Continued from Page 12 Bogaard, who are often on the road with crews.

And yes, there are complaints. Plenty. It’s part of the job, Dinwoodie admits. There have been stormy days, with crews flat out, when more than 100 calls have jammed Public Works’ four lines. For some, patience has grown thin — there’s rudeness, unnecessary obscenities, even the odd screamer.

“But there are a lot more people who appreciate us than don’t,” says MacDonald, adding that shovelling locals will often stop to cheer or offer the thumbs up to operators like veteran drivers Aldo Pulice and Norm Rich.

“It’s great when people phone just to say ‘thanks,’” says Rich, a grandfather of three.

“We’ve got families here too,” adds Pulice, an ace on both “the blower” and “the blade.” “And we want them to get around town safe.”

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With fat raindrops dappling puddles in the Public Works yard, MacDonald and her crew hustle out of the wet and into the city garage. It’s Friday afternoon. A weekend of relative rest awaits before a 10-day stint the weatherman says is loaded with precipitation, and temperatures likely bobbing in and out of freezing.

MacDonald has no doubt her staff are up to whatever meteorological mayhem rolls their way.

“I’ve got the absolute greatest crew ever,” she says. “I’ve worked with all of them and come up through the ranks with them too.”

That can-do attitude runs through the city’s snow removal family, and evidently MacDonald’s as well. One of her two adult daughters runs a behemoth electric shovel — one of biggest digging machines on earth — near Fort McMurray, Alberta.

She beams with pride when she talks about her two gals, her co-workers, and the locals who chip in to offer a quick bit of praise when the snow and slush get deep and ornery.

So next snowfall or storm, it couldn’t hurt to offer a cheer, and where you can, even a few minutes to chip in. The boys would surely dig it.

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• Street parking: To assist snow-removal crews, on odd-numbered days, park on the odd-numbered side of street and on even-numbered days, park on the even side. If you have off-street parking, please try to use it.

• Parked cars must be clear of snow for visibility to our plow operators.

Vehicles should not be parked on City streets for more than 72 consecutive hours.

• Please do your best not to shovel snow from a sidewalk or driveway back onto a plowed street.

• Business owners, homeowners and home occupants: It’s your responsibility to remove snow on the sidewalk or stairs adjacent to your properties — before 11 a.m., any day it snows.

• Under City Traffic Bylaw 3156, the City has the right to impound vehicles/trailers that interfere with snow removal. Residents will also being responsible for impoundment fees and a $50 administration charge.

• Need more info about snow removal and City bylaws? Visit nelson. ca or call 250-352-8238.

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Fifth Win in a Row for Nelson Juniors

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League Standings

Neil Murdoch Division TEAM GP W L T OTL P Nelson 29 22 5 1 1 46 Castlegar 28 18 5 4 1 41 Beaver Valley 28 16 10 1 1 34 Spokane 29 11 16 1 1 24 Grand Forks 28 4 22 0 2 10

Windows on Waldorf Wednesday December 19 8:30 am

Eddie Mountain Division TEAM GP W L T OTL P Fernie 25 16 6 1 2 35 Kimberley 30 17 13 0 0 34 Golden 26 14 10 0 2 30 Creston Valley 27 9 14 0 4 22 Columbia Val. 29 9 18 0 2 20

Opportunity for parents to visit classes Kindergarten - Grade 8

Okanagan Division TEAM GP W L T OTL P Princeton 26 17 8 0 1 35 Kelowna 28 16 11 1 0 33 Osoyoos 30 16 14 0 0 32 Summerland 27 14 12 0 1 29 Penticton 28 6 20 0 2 14

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SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 8 (KOOTENAY LAKE) FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING @ 1:00 P.M. BOARD MEETING @ 5:00 P.M. (times are PST) Tuesday, December 11, 2012 Board Office, 570 Johnstone Road, Nelson BC

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FRIDAY, December 7 Golden at Creston Valley Grand Forks at Columbia Valley Kamloops at Princeton Castlegar at Sicamous Revelstoke at North Okanaga Penticton at Summerland Fernie at Beaver Valley SATURDAY, December 8 Kimberley at Nelson, 7 p.m. NDCC Creston Valley at Columbia Valley Grand Forks at Golden Beaver Valley at Fernie North Okanagan at Kamloops Castlegar at Revelstoke Sicamous at Princeton Summerland at Kelowna Chase at Osoyoos SUNDAY, December 9 Grand Forks at Kimberley Princeton at Osoyoos Chase at Penticton

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Leafs goaltender Cody Boeckman was solid between the pipes on Wednesday night, thwarting 22 Grand Forks shots on his way to earning second star honours.

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The Nelson Junior Leafs survived an atypical slow start at the Nelson and District Community Complex Wednesday night to notch their fifth win a row.

The league-leading Leafs took on the Grand Forks Border Bruins for the third straight game in a row and the Neil Murdoch Division basement dwellers took it to their hosts in the first 20 minutes.

The Border Bruins scored the first goal of the game on the powerplay 12 minutes in when Luke Jones beat Nelson starter Cody Boeckman. Just over a minute later a Grand Forks forward came close to increasing the lead to two on a

breakaway, but rattled his shot off the post.

With six minutes left in the opening period, captain Colton Schell tied the score to send the teams into the dressing rooms tied.

The high powered Leafs offence typically outshoots teams in every period, but on Wednesday night were outshot in the first 12-11.

“We didn’t come out and play the way we usually can,” said Leafs’ forward Aaron Dunlap. “We usually come out a lot faster and that didn’t happen tonight.”

In a somewhat lackluster middle frame, Carson Willans gave the home side the lead when he scored on a breakway, beating Grand Forks Story continues to Page 17

Nelson Leafs Leaders

PLAYER Position Colton Schell Forward Colton McCarthy Forward Carson Willans Forward Linden Horswill Forward Jacob Boyczuk Forward Seth Schmidt Defence Bryce Nielsen Forward Matthew Naka Forward Aaron Dunlap Forward JJ Beitel Defence

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Nelson Food Cupboard Hosts the

7th Annual Reading of Dickens’ Christmas Carol Ebenezer Scrooge and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future will once again transform audiences and evoke the spirit of Christmas on Sunday December 16th at this year’s Like the Dickens event.

The Nelson Food Cupboard Society and CBC radio invite you to their annual dramatic reading of Charles’ Dickens A Christmas Carol featuring another all-star lineup of Nelson celebrities: actor

and comedian Lucas Myers; news director Glenn Hicks; actress, director and writer Jane Sinclair; pastor David Boyd; and novelist Anne DeGrace. Mayor John Dooley, the evening’s host, will provide lively commentary and Irish charm, and the Nelson Heritage Harmony Barbershop Chorus will offer the sounds of Christmas to warm hearts and lighten spirits.

Enjoy this dramatic Dickens

classic at 7:30 Sunday December 16th at the Nelson United Church. Doors will open at 7:00 and admission is by donation (donations over $20.00 will receive a tax receipt). The Food Cupboard will also be accepting donations of non-perishable food items at that time. After the event, guests will be invited to meet the readers at a reception hosted by the Nelson United Church’s Women’s Group.

The Nelson Food Cupboard Society strives to make a difference by offering barrier-free healthy food to over 1,000 community members each month.

For Breaking News Check Out www.nelsonstar.com Leafs forward James Sorrey pounces on a rebound Wednesday.

Continued from Page 16 starter Dominic Stadnyk while killing a penalty. It was the only goal of the period.

“They’re [Grand Forks] getting better,” said Dunlap, who came to the Leafs from Anchorage, Alaska.

“They have a really good goalie and they work hard.”

The Leafs played a more typical period in the third, controlling the majority of the play.

Just under five minutes into the final period, Dunlap cruised down the rightwing boards and made a nice pass to Kootenay Midget Ice call-up Justin Post who jammed it past Stadnyk to increase the lead to 3-1.

“I was coming down the boards and saw him standing in front of the net, I just wanted to get the puck to him,” said Dunlap.

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With five minutes remaining in the game, Leafs rookie defenceman Cole Arcuri secured the win with a nice goal that he shelved over the short side of Stadnyk.

The victory keeps the Leafs atop the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League standings, five up on the Castlegar Rebels. The Leafs have not lost in regulation since October 19, a 17-game run that has impressed even the players themselves.

“It’s always fun going to the rink,” said Leafs veteran forward James Sorrey.

Next up for the Leafs is the Kimberley Dynamiters who are making a western swing out of their Eddie Mountain Division comfort zone.

The game goes Saturday night at the NDCC with the puck dropping at 7 p.m.

Kootenay Lake Levels December 5, 2012

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

Queen’s Bay:

Present level: 1744.99 ft.

7 day forecast: Down 0 to 2 inches.

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

Nelson:

Present level: 1743.92 ft.

7 day forecast: Down 0 to 2 inches.

Levels can change unexpectedly due to weather or other conditions. For more information or to sign-up for unusual lake levels notifications by phone or email, visit www.fortisbc.com or call 1-866-436-7847.

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Check This Out - Anne DeGrace

Filling heads and cupboards

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The Nelson Library in an age of need and a time of giving

here are few places in the world as egalitarian as a library.

Here is where you will find books and information on all sorts of topics and with all kinds of viewpoints, the

better to educate yourself and make up your own mind. We believe everyone has the right to access information which, in turn, has the right to be on our shelves or in our databases.

In this way, we

have something in common with Amnesty International, whose annual Write for Rights day takes place in the Library on Saturday, December 8 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

On Saturday,

Amnesty volunteers will be on hand with information about this year’s campaign targets, groups and individuals who themselves have become targets for speaking out. One such entity is the

Girifina Sudanese Youth Group, student activists calling for non-violent resistance to their government.

Girifina means “we’re fed up!” Their attempts to speak out, educate, and or-

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.

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

Friday, December 7, 2012 Nelson Star

Community ganize have been met with intimidation, arrests, and torture.

Some have had to flee Sudan, and those who are incarcerated have had no access to their families or lawyers. But members of Girifna refuse to be silenced in their call for the respect and protection of human rights in Sudan.

Each year that I’ve participated in Write for Rights I’ve wondered how my letters could possibly make a difference. The good news is, they do add up. Youth activist and political blogger Jabbar Savalan, for example, sentenced to two years in prison for his Facebook campaign for a day of peaceful protest, was pardoned after more than 130,000 actions reached Azerbaijani authorities as part of Write for Rights.

There is power in numbers, the voices of many having the effect of wave after wave on rock. Like Water on Stone: The Story of Amnesty International (323.0601

POW) tells the full story. Author Jonathan Power, a longtime foreign affairs columnist for the International Herald Tribune, offers an objective view of the good works and the controversies in the organization’s history since 1961.

Other compelling reading can be found in Aryeh Neier’s 2012 book: The International Human Rights Movement: A History (323 NEI) and Michael Ignatieff ’s The Rights Revolution (323.0971 IGN) among more on display this week in the library.

Write for Rights and Amnesty volunteers are also at Oso Negro Café on Sunday, December 9 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

As well as a universal right to access information, the library believes that everyone has the right to access healthy food.

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Nellie Laycock (nee Strelaev) Nellie Laycock (nee Strelaev), of Lantzville, BC died at the age of 64 on Friday, November 23, 2012 in Nanaimo Regional General Hospital after a short fight against cancer. Her loving children, son, Brian and daughter, Elka were by her side when she passed on.

She was born at home in Glade, BC February 5, 1948 to Peter and Molly Strelaev, the fourth child of six. She grew up and lived in the Castlegar area for many years and for a short while on Vancouver Island. She moved to Pouce Coupe, BC in 1985 where she resided until April of this year after which she moved to the Island to live with her daughter and son-in-law where she was happy to be away from the Northern cold and back where she felt she belonged.

Nellie was predeceased by her mother, Molly Strelaev in 1994, father, Peter Strelaev in 1997, niece, Teresa Strelaeff in 1999 and sister-in-law, Mary Strelaeff in 2005.

Nellie will be deeply missed by her children, son, Brian (Glenda) Strelaev and grandchildren, Lacey & Alyssa, daughter, Elka (Miguel) Levesque, brothers, Tom Strelaeff and Philip (Liz) Strelaeff, sisters, Mary (Paul) Verigin, Vera (Dave Attewell) Rezansoff, and Ann (Rick) Andriashek and many nephews, nieces, one aunt and many cousins.

In accordance to Nellie’s wishes there will be no service and cremation has taken place. A Celebration of Life will take place in the Kootenays at a later date.

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News

Pair rescued from mountaintop Nelson Star Staff

It may be early season, but rescue officials have already been busy in the region’s backcountry.

On Monday evening at 8:30 p.m., Nelson Search and Rescue, the BC Ambulance Service and Slocan Lake RCMP responded to an emergency beacon activated by two individuals requesting assistance on a mountaintop near Winlaw.

The two individuals were located and found to have no injuries. The two people were very well equipped for the backcountry and police say this is probably the reason no one was injured.

“The Slocan Lake RCMP would like to thank the Nelson Search and Rescue team and the BC Ambulance Services for the outstanding job they did in quickly locating the two missing persons and assisting them off the mountain,” the RCMP said in a press release. “We would also like to remind the public that if they are planning to head into remote areas, to be well equipped and advise someone of their location and return time.”

CAR THIEF NABBED Slocan Lake RCMP dealt with a theft of a vehicle from the Hills area on Sunday morning.

The vehicle had been stolen during the early morning of December 2. Another vehicle in the area also had a bag of tools stolen from it.

The stolen vehicle was later located by the Salmo RCMP with two occupants. The driver was arrested and the passenger fled on foot.

The Salmo RCMP are still attempting to locate and identify the passenger.

The Slocan Lake RCMP remind the public of the importance of locking their vehicles when not in use and not keeping the vehicle’s keys inside them.

Any persons with information in respect of this incident are asked to contact the Slocan Lake RCMP at (250) 358-2222 or Crimestoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS. Continued from Page 18 Monday, December 10 is Fines for Food day at the library. On Monday — the Library’s busiest day of the week — all late fines collected will be turned over to the Nelson Food Cupboard to help stock shelves. We’ll also be accepting additional cash donations for the Food Cupboard. Want to pay your fine? Care to Supersize that?

The Nelson Food Cupboard is a barrierfree organization that recognizes that due to various social and economic factors, many people in our community don’t have sufficient resources to provide food for themselves and their families. The Food Cupboard serves more than 1,000 people every month from Nelson and surrounding areas—one quarter of which are children — offering healthy food year-round as well as a Christmas hamper program.

Knowledge is power, but it’s hard to think with an empty belly. This month, the Nelson Library is hoping to fill heads, cupboards — and hearts.

Anne DeGrace’s column is featured every second week in the Nelson Star

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OF DARKNESS AND LIGHT, NEED AND LONGING Sister Nancy Hurren, cnd –Cathedral of Mary Immaculate “ The season of Advent is a time to get in touch with our longing, our aching, our frustrations. Its crimson colour speaks not of penance, but of desire – and in desire, we can, as the mystics say, enter into the

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

www.ecov.org

Anglican Church of Canada St. Saviour's ProCathedral Ward & Silica, Nelson Family Service & Eucharist Sunday 10:30 am

St. Matthew's

Village Road, South Slocan Sunday 9:30 am (No service third Sunday)

St. Michael & All Angels St. Michael & All Angels Busk Road Balfour Sunday 11 am

Office: 8 am - 12 pm Tue - Fri

250.352.5711

stsaviours@netidea.com www.stsavioursnelson.org

Jazz Vespers Sunday December 16, 4 PM

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

loneliness of God and intuit the Kingdom” (Ron Rolheiser, OMI, 2005) Advent has begun and the countdown to Christmas is on. For many, Christmas has lost its original meaning and has become a secular feast.

It is heralded by a time of frantic shopping, of gift planning and parties, often leaving us distracted and exhausted. However these four weeks of Advent call us to another path, a path that prepares the way of the Lord in our hearts, in our families and in our communities.

The scriptures proclaimed in our churches these days speak of a people who have been walking in darkness who see a great light. (Isaiah 9: 1). A child is promised who will stir the hope for peace and joy in hearts burdened and distressed by war and oppression.

Our hearts have their own shadowy burdens.

We wage inner wars that bring us grief and A Friendly Bible discouragement Centre Church and unfulfilled dreams. We avoid the pain, we Sunday Morning Worship 10:00 am look the other way, pushing “What Love Is Not” our sorrows 623 Gordon Rd. Nelson BC V1L 5X6 down, distracting Phone 250-352-9322 • Pastor Rev. Ken H. Keber ourselves with material goods Refreshments are served after the service (Affiliated with the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada) or frantic activity.

We find ourselves restless and empty.

Unity Centre There is another way.

We could of the Kootenays accept the invitation of this starts at 11am season to slow Illumina - “Healing, a Journey down, to pay attention to the into Oneself” neediness within; not the superficial Any questions? Contact 250-354-5394 need but the 905 Gordon Rd deeper hunger (IHA Bldg., back door) for the healing of our hearts. Only when we face our own insufficiency, our own weakness and need, can www.kootenaychristianfellowship.com our longing for Sunday @ 10:30AM a Healer surface Central School Gym from deep within.

Corner of Ward and Mill, Nelson Only then will we know our deepest • Developing Relationships desire and long • Music that will move you for the coming of • Helping people - Help people the One promised, Jim Reimer 1- 888- 761- 3301 the “Wonder Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.”

(Isaiah 9:6) This time of First Baptist Advent invites Church us to long for the better path and to 611 Fifth Street 250-352-3212 walk in this hopeSunday Worship at 10:00 am filled Way towards Pastor Scott Simpson the light found in the Birth of the fbcnelson.ca promised Child, Emmanuel, Godwith-us.

First Baptist Church

Nelson United Church Sunday Worship Gathering 10:00 am

Nelson United Church

MINISTER David Boyd

“Advent 2 ” Guest Singers: Corazon Saturday, December 8, 6:00 pm Youth Event (Grades 6-12) In the Church Hall All youth are welcome

602 Silica Street, Nelson BC V1L 4N1 Ph: 250.352.2822 • www.nelsonunitedchurch.ca

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Announcements

Anniversaries

Information

60th Anniversary Tea Evelyn & Ted Cartlidge Sun Dec 9th, 2012 2-5 pm 7126 Highway 3A

Coins for Christmas Got Pennies? Help me to turn rolls of coins into real food. For the 3rd year in a row, all the coins collected will be used to help provide a variety of nutritious food in the Christmas Hampers given out by the Nelson Food Cupboard. I will pick up your coins... you don’t even have to roll them. Call Chantelle at 505-0103. Or... you can drop your coins at the Nelson Food Cupboard during their open hours. They are located in the lower hall of the United Church at 602 Silica St. They are open on Mon & Wed from 9-1

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Kootenay Kiltie Pipe Band AGM Tues. Dec 7th @ 6:30 pm at the Legion

Coming Events

Destruction of the World The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything.

Albert Einstein The Nelson branch of the Navy Leagues of Canada is having their AGM Tuesday, December 18th at 6:30 pm 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.

Sylvain 352-2407

Coming Events

Lost & Found

In Memoriam

Found: in Nelson on Hall St Camp Pillow call 250 357-0122 to ID

Career Opportunities

In Memoriam In Loving Memory Of

Lost: Fri Nov 23rd set of keys, with 3 FOB’s, large key chain & 15 keys on the 600 block of Herridge Lane 250 359-7740 LOST: Watches outside or inside the mall Caravelle Bolova silver w/swarovski crystals 250 551-7900

Kieran Michael Galbraith

Career Opportunities

PRODUCT SUPPORT MANAGER We have a position available for a Product Support Manager in our Castlegar location. This position will be responsible to grow and manage the servicerelated business, particularly through increased customer sales and maintaining proper staffing levels.

This position will also manage the parts department operations including supervision of parts staff.

B. Eng and P. Eng April 17, 1976 - December 12, 2008

HEAVY DUTY JOURNEYMAN DIESEL MECHANIC required in Invermere, B.C. Permanent full-time position. Wage based on experience. $30 – $38.

Benefit package available.

Please fax or email resume to 250-342-0212 max@maxhelmer.ca

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.

Career Opportunities

So sorrowfully missed by his family and friends

Previous leadership experience in a heavy equipment service and/or parts department is a definite asset.

Deep peace of the running wave to you.

Deep peace of the flowing air to you.

Deep peace of the shining stars to you.

Deep peace of the quiet earth to you.

Deep peace of the God of peace to you.

Deep peace. Deep peace. Deep peace.

Brandt Tractor is the world’s largest privately held John Deere Construction & Forestry Equipment dealer and a Platinum member of the Canada’s 50 Best Managed Companies Program. Find out more about our exciting career opportunities at www.brandtjobs.com or by calling (306) 791-8923.

Email resume indicating position title and location to hr@brandttractor.com or fax (306) 791-5986.

Rest in peace, my son, my brother

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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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Employment

Employment

Employment

Employment

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

ARE YOU EXPERIENCING FINANCIAL DISTRESS? 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.

BDO Canada Limited.

Trustee in Bankruptcy.

200-1628 Dickson Avenue, Kelowna , BC V1Y 9X1

Journeyman Commercial/ Heavy Duty Mechanic Full time Monday to Friday day shift Union wages and benefits Castlegar location Apply to: www.wmcareers.com Skilled Millwrights, Welders, Fabricators required for sawmill construction in the Nelson area. Please email resume to timberlinemill@shaw.ca

Help Wanted

An Alberta Construction Company is hiring Dozer and Excavator Operators. Preference will be given to operators that are experienced in oilfield road and lease construction. Lodging and meals provided. The work is in the vicinity of Edson, Alberta. Alcohol & Drug testing required. Call Contour Construction at 780-723-5051.

Heavy Duty Mechanic Wanted Yellowhead Road & Bridge (Kootenay) Ltd. is looking for a Mechanic for our New Denver facility. Applicants should hold a valid TQ for Heavy Duty or Commercial Transport and a Motor Vehicle Inspectors Licence. Resume can be faxed to 250 352-2172

Call for Casual Employment:

The Kootenay Society for Community Living seeks casual employees to work in the West Kootenay. Casual employees provide service for persons with development disabilities and/or spectrum disorder in residential settings and in the community. For more information please visit our website at www.ksclcastlegar.net.

To apply please either email your resume to hr-kscl@telus.net or fax to 250-365-5679 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: 780725-4430

Help Wanted

Garage & Transit Superintendent

More detailed information regarding this position can be found at www.nelson.ca We thank all applicants in advance for their interest, however; only those under consideration will be contacted. The City of Nelson is committed to employment equity. We invite applications from all qualified persons.

THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF NELSON & THE CITY OF GRAND FORKS

The Kootenay Society for Community Living seeks a permanent full-time Customized Employment Coordinator to work in the West Kootenay. Under the direction of the Executive Director, the Customized Employment Coordinator provides customized employment services for persons with development disabilities and/or other spectrum disorders with an 80% target placement rate.

For more details please visit our website at www.ksclcastlegar.net.

To apply please either email your resume to bgooliefkscl@telus.net or fax to 250-365-5679 This posting closes on December 10, 2012

HOME SHARE PROVIDER The Kootenay Society for Community Living supports individuals with developmental disabilities and/or spectrum disorders.

We currently have opening for Home Share Providers to share their home and provide support to individuals in the West Kootenay.Your qualifications include experience working with individuals with development disabilities and the desire to provide a safe and welcoming home that offers individuals the opportunity for inclusion.

For more details please visit our website at www.ksclcastlegar.net.

To apply, please forward your resume either by email to bgoolieffkscl@telus.net or by fax 250-365-5679 SYSCO Kelowna is currently seeking an experienced CLASS 1 DRIVER to shuttle from Castlegar to Kelowna four shifts a week from 3pm to 3am. Sysco offers highly competitive pay, bonuses and full benefits, if this sound like a career for you, submit your resume and driver abstract to frank.donald@kelowna.sysco.ca

Services

Martial Arts Improve your body, mind and spirit.

Kyokushin Karate.

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

Merchandise for Sale

Financial Services

Heavy Duty Machinery

GET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed?

Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB. 1-877987-1420. www.pioneerwest.com

Handypersons Gare’s Home Maintenance & Contracting Call 250-359-2983 or Cell 250-304-5298

Household Services A-1 FURNACE & Air Duct Cleaning.

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

Pets & Livestock

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

Pets Peach faced lovebirds, 5 mos old, male & female, hand tamed $70 ea. Call 250-4452228 for Delmer or leave message

Merchandise for Sale

Antiques / Vintage Antique oak icebox, beautiful solid oak, excellent condition.

37.5”Wx22”Dx54”H $1500.

Westbridge area.250-4462761

Nelson, BC V1L 5S4 Fax: 250-352-2131 email: hr@nelson.ca

Box 220 6350 – 2nd Street Grand Forks, BC V0H 1H0 Fax: 250-442-8263 email: ceuerby@grandforks.ca

Att: Charlene Eureby

We wish to thank all applicants for their interest but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Radial Arm Saw Sears $95, Utility Trailer Fat deck 6x7 $125 250 352-1710

Misc. Wanted Private Coin Collector Buying Collections, Accumulations, Olympic Gold & Silver Coins + Chad: 250-863-3082 in Town

Musical Instruments Upright Piano $300 OBO phone 250 551-3917

Houses For Sale

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

Free Items Free: Electric Hospital Bed in good condition 352-7170

Cleaning Services

Exclusive Factory Direct Pricing on SRI 14s, 16s, doubles & modular homes. Take advantage of our 38 years experience and then take advantage of our pricing only at Lake Country Modular conveniently located next to SRI’s factory.

Huge grants, discounts and factory incentives. Call Don at 1-866-766-2214 or visit us at 515 Beaver Lake Rd, Kelowna www.LCMhomes.com

Rentals Apt/Condo for Rent

Homes for Rent 2.5 bdrm Mobile Home N/S, N/P, W/D. Adult Park references required, 7 min to Nelson on Granite Rd. $775.00/mo plus utilities.

Trevor 350-354-8409

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, $550 Call 780-333-1676, Avail Dec 1st, vgoegan1@gmail.com Great For Couple or Family!

Perfect Uphill location, 4-5 bdrm, wood floors, fenced yard, off street parking, NS/NP, $1200 + uts. Avail.

Jan. 1. 250 505-9759 NELSON- (in town) 3 bdrm house. $1500 includes heat, electric. 2 bath, deck, view.

New carpet, paint, appls.

Shared laundry. NP/NS. 1 year lease. Call 250-352-7025 or 250-551-9024.

Shared Accommodation ROOMMATE WANTED to share 2 Bdrm Suite in South Castlegar $465/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.

Phone 250-304-4649

Small ads, BIG deals!

Want to Rent Nelson: Reliable male & female in their 40’s need a 2 bdrm in $600-$800 range all incl for Jan 1st 2013 Deborah 250 352-9876

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1 bdr Uphill, separate entrance, free WiFi, shared W/D $1000/m incl util, 352-9545 NELSON: Downtown, bachelor apt Mature single adult. ref NS/NP $600./m incl util. Avail Jan 1st 354-4779 NELSON Uphill: 2bdrm apt at Granite Manor, 104 Morgan St 55+, NS/NP, avail Jan 1st $900/m heat/cable incl.

250-352-2072

POWER LINE TECHNICIAN

Grand Forks Electric

Limited Release for Christmas - West Kootenay Boundary Country regional pictorial map poster by renowned artist Jean Louis Rheault. $25 + HST. Available at the Nelson, Trail & Castlegar Visitor Centres & Gallery 2 in Grand Forks

BUTCHER SHOP

The City of Nelson and the City of Grand Forks are currently seeking highly motivated individuals to support their Hydro Departments:

101-310 Ward Street

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

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

Real Estate

Surrounded by mountains and set on the shores of Kootenay Lake, Nelson’s charm and stunning scenery create the quintessential small town setting.

But, don’t let the quiet fool you, here on the shores of the giant Kootenay Lake, you’ll find a world-class recreational playground with all the comforts of today’s amenities, and lots of exciting things to do and see year-round.

City of Nelson Human Resources

Misc. for Sale Back2Life Machine as advertised on TV, slightly used 6 months old $160 825-4569

Food Products

& Grand Forks is a city of 4,000 situated in South Central BC and is located within driving distance of several larger centers. Called the Garden City, Grand Forks features an attractive cost of living and is surrounded by lakes and mountains that provide many recreational opportunities.

The Power Line Technician is responsible for the construction, maintenance, repair and testing of distribution, transmission, overhead and underground electrical systems.

The ideal candidate is a Journeyman Power Line Technician/Lineman with an inter-provincial red seal certificate. He/she will hold a 25 kV Rubber Glove Certification, Class 3 BC Driver’s License with airbrake endorsement, Crane Certification, Level 1 First Aid and have bucket rescue and confined space training.

More detailed information can be found by visiting the Employment Opportunities page on the City of Nelson website www.nelson.ca or the Community Futures Boundary Website www.boundarycf.com/jobs .

Interested applicants should submit their resumes by January 10, 2013 quoting competition #12HY37 to:

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Rentals

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The City of Nelson is recruiting a Garage & Transit Superintendent. This position reports to the Manager of Operations and will play a key role in ensuring the repair and safety of the City of Nelson fleet is maintained and operational at all times. The successful incumbent will also be responsible for working with BC Transit to provide transit services to the City of Nelson and the surrounding area.

As the Garage & Transit Supervisor, you bring with you 3-5 years of progressively responsible experience in administration and supervision. You hold a valid BC Certificate of Trades qualification in Automotive Mechanics and have a full understanding of the application, methods and procedures of mechanical maintenance. Your strong leadership skills, analytical and problem solving skills will assist you in the management of both the Garage & Transit Departments.

The City of Nelson offers a salary range of $73,098 to $87,311, a comprehensive benefits package and a team oriented environment. Interested applicants should send a detailed resume by January 16, 2013 to: Human Resources City of Nelson 101-310 Ward Street Nelson, BC V1L 5S4 Fax: 250-352-2131 email: hr@nelson.ca

Customized Employment Coordinator

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Nelson Star Friday, December 7, 2012

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The City of Nelson is recruiting a Temporary Bylaw Enforcement Officer who under the supervision of the Inspector will be responsible for enforcing the City of Nelson Bylaws.

Applicants must have a grade 12 education, Bylaw level 1 Certification and a Valid Class 5 BC Drivers’ License. Applicants will be required to undergo a criminal background check and security clearance.This position is Temporary and is expected to conclude

by April 2013.Benefits and salary are in accordance with the CUPE Collective Agreement Local 339. Interested applicants are invited to send their resume by December 14th, 2012 at 12:00 pm to:

Human Resources City of Nelson 101-310 Ward Street Nelson, BC V1L 5S4 Fax: 250-352-2131 email: hr@nelson.ca We thank all applicants in advance for their interest, however; only those under consideration will be contacted. The City of Nelson is committed to employment equity. We invite applications from all qualified persons.

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Community

Touchstones of Nelson — Greg Scott

Warning for coasters Dateline December 9, 1922

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Rotary Christmas

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Dec 2 - Dec 18 in Walmart Nov. 30the - Dec. 16 Parking Lot Walmart Garden Centre Monday - Thursday 11 am - 5:50 pm Monday - Thursday 11 am - 6 pm Friday 11am - 9 pm Friday 11 am - 9 pm Saturday S aturday & Sunday 10- am Saturday & Sunday 10 am 6 pm- 6 pm f Nelson r y Club o The Rota ash Draw Holiday C ze $1000 • First pri 0 prize $30 • Second 0 5 ce $2 • Third pri

each only $10 r 14th e r a ts e Tick Decembe te Friday, Draw da

Rotary Golf CardsThey make great sold out stocking stuffers! quickly last year Available at the so don’t delay!

Nelson Star offi ce or Rotarians

• Money raised supports local Rotary projects in Nelson

VOTE VOTE for Nelson/Rossland in the third round of the Ski Town Throwdown.

www.powdermag.com/stories/ ski-town-throwdown/ Visit these facebook pages to get the direct link on Dec 12: NelsonKootenayLake or whitewaterskiresort Competition is only Dec 12-13!

Thank you for helping us get one step closer to becoming North America’s top Ski Town!

VOTE

romising religious freedom, 20 years exemption from military service, and other concessions calculated to attract the Doukhobors, two emissaries of Soviet Russia are said to have been at the Doukhobor settlements in the Kootenay and Boundary last week, and to have interviewed Peter Verigin, head of the Christian Community of Universal Brotherhood, in an effort to secure the return of the Doukhobors to Russia.

By the terms of the Soviet’s offer the Doukhobors would have to be in Russia by April 1 next, so that they would get next year’s crop under way.

Dateline December 11, 1922

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he Police Department has published the following notice to the public regarding coasting and the clearing sidewalks of snow. Silica Street has been set aside for the use of coasters and has been well lighted and every precaution will be taken to avoid accidents. Drivers of vehicles are requested to observe strict caution when crossing Silica Street so as to avoid accidents. Stop! Look!! Listen!!!

Coasting on all sidewalks and on any other street other than Silica is strictly prohibited.

Coasting must cease at 10:30 p.m. on all streets within city limits. Coasting past churches during hours of worship cannot be allowed. Sidewalks must be cleared of snow by 10 a.m. Parents are earnestly requested to assist the authorities in having these regulations carried out. By order, Thos. H. Long, Chief of Police.

Dateline December 14, 1922

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hen the sun rose yesterday morning it was discovered that during the night Jack Frost had extended his dominion over the West Arm, whose surface was snowy white, a thin seam that had formed during the night being coated with the thin film of snow that had sifted down during the night. The temperature, though on the side, reached an extreme low point of 5 degrees (F) above zero, and its highpoint during the day was 15 above (F). Last evening the sky was overcast, and this, with a gently falling barometer, seemed to point to snow before long.

Dateline December 26, 1922

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here are green Christmases and white Christmases, but Nelson’s Christmas yesterday might be broadly described as an “indoor” Christmas, for weather conditions did not favor outdoor sports, owing to the general thaw. But Yuletide atmosphere indoors made up for any lack of frosty weather and glistening white snow without, and there is no record that the season lacked any of the usual cheer. Many a hamper from an anonymous donor found its way to some doorstep, to give cheer to a family whose Christmas threatened to be bare, and fuel that was not ordered similarly found its way to empty bins. After innumerable family Christmas trees had been divested of their loads or still less numerable stockings had been investigated, and the Christmas turkeys were out of the way, the good folks who take a particular pleasure in min-

istering to others started their rounds, and helped to make the day one of jollity at the institutions and homes they visited. An innovation this year was the arrival of a Christmas turkey at the home of every married man who has been in the employ of the city for one year past, and of a box of cigars at the abiding places of the ones still addicted to single blessedness.

Dateline December 27, 1922

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yr, the fighting Frenchman, who hails from Moose Jaw, didn’t show much fight last night in the main event of the boxing card at the “Y”, and it took Fighting “Bob” Fox just 50 seconds to administer a sleep producer and say “Au revoir.” Truly speaking, the main event was the poorest of all the bouts on the card, and ended in a bad way for all concerned, the Frenchman, who was sorely outclassed, showing little ring craftsmanship. When the fighters squared off Fox walked in with a right to the jaw which jarred the Frenchman. The Nelson lad followed his right with a succession of rights and lefts and a rabbit punch to the neck which sent Cyr to the floor. The referee counted to five when Cyr got to his feet and hollered to the timekeeper to stop the fight, but, according to the rules, he had to stand up and take the punishment, as the round was not yet up. The referee ordered the men to continue the fight, and Fox put over a wallop to the chin which settled all arguments, Cyr dropping in a heap in his corner, dead to the world. Many of the fans booed as this well publicized and anticipated fight which drew over 250 persons.

Francophone association Christmas party Saturday NELSON — The West Kootenays Francophone Association (AFKO) will hold its annual Christmas dinner on Saturday at 5 p.m. at Tarry’s Hall in Thrums.

Members of the association, as well as locals are invited to attend this fun and yummy event.

Special guest Santa Claus and his helpers will be there to distribute gifts while the parents can sip on a good glass of wine.

The buffet theme is about traditional recipes from Quebec, such as meat pies, pork stew, Quebec-style turkey, and so much more.

Preparations for this event begin in early fall when the volunteers from AFKO and from the community start crafting decorations for the party.

The costs to attend this party are $48/family, $20/person (13+), 8$/person (6 to 12 years old) and free for children aged 6 and under.

The costs for members of the association will be $38/family, and $16/person (13 and +), 8$ (6 to 12 years old) and free for children aged 6 and under. Doors open at 5 p.m., dinner starts at 6 p.m. and Santa will visit at 7 p.m.

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Street View Upgrade Available for World to See

Nelson streets now live on Google The Google Street View vehicle and special camera was in Nelson in June and October to photograph the city’s streets.

The product of the crew’s work can now be seen on Google Maps.

BOB HALL Nelson Star Editor

The flowers in your front yard and cars in your driveway are now live for all the world to see.

Google Street View’s latest update went live across Canada last Wednesday and now features almost all of Nelson in all its spring and autumn glory.

“Google’s goal is to create the world’s most accurate, comprehensive and usable maps in the world,” Google spokesperson Aaron Brindle told the Nelson Star via an email interview. “Street View plays an important role in delivering on that ambition.”

Google first came to the Nelson area with its special truck back in June. They returned in October to finish photographing the community.

“The [photography] includes cutting-edge face blurring technology, which helps make sure that passers-by in the photographs can’t be identified… and we also blur legible license plates,” Brindle told the Star in June.

If you are in Rosemont, for now you are out of luck. The Google truck did not visit that part of the city this time around.

Brindle said Google is excited about its latest update.

“Once in Google Maps, you can visually explore and navigate a neighbourhood through these street-level photographs, moving up and down streets or looking around in 360 degree panoramas,” he said.

“In addition, we’ve also created easy-to-use reporting tools so that people can ask for images of their house, car or themselves to be obscured in Street View.”

To have Google blur out images you are not comfortable with, you can head to the website and click on “report a problem” at the bottom right of the screen.

“We take user’s privacy very seriously,” said Brindle.

Kootenay Animal Assistance Program Society (KAAP) has many affectionate, healthy cats and kittens who would really like to find their forever homes before the holidays. We have all colours and sizes. All KAAP felines are vet checked, vaccinated, tattooed, and spayed/neutered, and this is covered by their adoption fee. All pets are listed on www.kaap.ca, or call Daryl at 250-5511053 for more information or to arrange a visit in their foster homes.

ANNABELLE

The perfect lady. She is mellow, beautiful, and so very affectionate and loving. She’s great with kids and dogs, but not cats. Call 250-551-1053.

VIEWS & RECREATION

Wayne Germaine 250.354.2814 wayne@valhallapathrealty.com

$154,900

The best and last lot available in a 4-lot development at the South Slocan Junction in an incredible recreational area with easy access to walking/biking trails and water sports. Spectacular view of Kootenay River and Gold Island from this private .42 acre treed property. The foundation, community septic and power are in. A well will be needed. Close to schools and stores, a great opportunity to build a stylish new home on a gorgeous lot.

Call Wayne BUILDING LOT WITH GREAT VIEWS! 1.28-acre serviced lot with lake and mountain views. This north shore property is close to recreation for the outdoor enthusiast. Located on the end of a quiet cul-de-sac in an upscale neighbourhood, this lot is a great option for those looking to build.

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

$99,900

PUNKIN

Female orange tabby cats are unusual, but here she is.

Punkin has had a rough start in her 5 years, but she is wanting to have a person to love and a safe home. Call 250-551-1053.

Call Robert CREEKSIDE COTTAGE

Norm Zaytsoff 250.354.8584 norm@valhallapathrealty.com

With only six years under its belt, this well constructed home has instant appeal. Situated on a fenced, level one-acre, backing onto Winlaw Creek surrounded by forest, this home offers fine finishings and a smart floor plan for a small footprint. If you have been looking for your cabin in the woods, here it is.

Call Norm or Lev GREAT HOME, GREAT LOCATION

Lev Zaytsoff 250.354.8443 lev@valhallapathrealty.com

$249,900

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SAVE A LIFE! Adopt a Rescue Pet!

Bob Hall photo

$264,900

A heartfelt Thank you to this years Pantomime participants, cast, crew, staff, volunteers and show sponsors for their dedication, support and energy making this 25th Annual Pantomime “Sherlock Holmes and the Hound of Baskerville” a resounding success. Many thanks also to our theatre patrons 1,800 of you came for a night out at the theatre to celebrate amazing community theatre.

The winner of the Kootenay Coop gift

250.352.7861 2124 Ymir Road www.nelsonvet.com

Every time you shop at the Kootenay Co-op, you have the opportunity to make a $2 donation to help homeless animals in our community. Just ask the cashier to swipe the KAAP Till Card, right beside the cash register. Thank you from KAAP!

Be part of a community that is supporting a more humane approach to our animals.

Donate just $5 a month to KAAP and become an honorary member of our Rescue Team.

Details at kaap.ca/rescue-team.

Join today!

Call Lev or Norm

Pristine .93-acre south facing building lot. Level North Shore lot with lake and mountain views. Includes drilled well, septic approval, easy power and telephone hook-ups. Driveway access to building site. Bring your dreams and make them come true.

$169,000

Steven Skolka 250-354-3031 steven@valhallapathrealty.com

FRIENDLY! FUNNY! AFFECTIONATE! Stryder has 2 speeds: fast, and fast asleep. Perfect for kids, other pets, active family. Call 250-551-1053.

LOVELY NORTH SHORE BUILDING LOT

James Loeppky 250.509.0804 james@valhallapathrealty.com

Kristina Little 250-509-2550 kristina@valhallapathrealty.com

Available for immediate possession, detached shop, full basement, fruit trees and clean as a whistle this is sure to be added to your short list. Located on a no through road in the Poplar Ridge subdivision this home offers a spacious family layout, covered parking and an excellent water supply. Close to schools, shops and the river, this should not be overlooked.

STRYDER

Call James IMPRESSIVE HARROP ACREAGE

Please join us in welcoming our Beautiful Incredible and rare acreage. treed and level 7-acre property located newest Sales Representative, in Harrop. A wonderful setting for your new home with privacysales and excellent Steven Skolka, to the dynamic access. team at Valhalla Path Realty! $219,900 Call Wayne

www.valhallapathrealty.com

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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This 700 feet of waterfront property has 8.8 acres of privacy and is placed in recreational heaven. Added plus is there is a 2 bedroom, over 1100 Sq foot home with outbuildings. MLS K213880

Possibly the most beautiful acreage on the market in the West Kootenay’s today, this is a large and modern log home, with 3 bedrooms and 3 baths, situated on a storybook 17.86 acres of horse friendly property, capped off by a lazy river that winds its way through all. 30 mins. from Trail, Castlegar & Nelson. MLS K214230

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Super three bedroom home with fresh paint and flooring situated on 8.8 sun drenched acres less than 10 minutes from Nelson. Perfect for a hobby farm or potentially subdivide. Properties like this seldom come available! MLS K214003

Very sweet 3 bdrm rancher style home with breathtaking lake & city views located along much desired Johnston Rd. This charming home has had many new upgrades including a new roof and is placed on a perfectly landscaped .34 acre property. Double carport with extra storage and still very close to town.

MLS K216705

Lovely 3 bedroom 3 bath family home on a level landscaped lot. Paved driveway and a double attached garage. Centrally located between Nelson and Castlegar.

New kitchen stone effect counter tops. Newer roof and a new 14x14 deck. The dormered roof line adds character to this excellent value home. MLS K216880

Call Lisa $479,000

Call Alan $324,900

Call Brady @ The Property Lab Team $329,900

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This stunning custom built home is south facing and offers a .51 acre lot that is beautifully landscaped. A bright, open main floor with 2 sun decks, large kitchen, a self contained in-law suite. A bonus is the waterfront access to the beach below. MLS K216624

This well maintained 3 bedroom cottage style home is located only steps away from Lakeside Park and public transportation. Whether you are buying your first home, have a young family or you’re downsizing and still want room to garden; this is a sweet package.

MLS K215668

The new 3 bedroom 2 bath home is set at the end of a

Upper Fairview, spectacular views, wood burning

Four bedrooms 3 baths and lots of open living spaces are

quiet Winlaw area road, yet close enough to walk to area

fireplace, built in eating nook, main floor laundry,

just some of the features of this completely renovated

services. 300’ on Winlaw Creek, big deck, developable

& newer furnace. Private backyard with sundeck

home. Garage/shop and potential bachelor suite, all an

basement and more. MLS K215599

overlooking Anderson Creek. MLS K216359

easy walk to parks and schools. MLS K214872

Call Christine $273,000

Call Dave $390,000

Call Laura $295,777

Call Dave $495,500

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Classic Nelson heritage home situated at the corner of Silica and Hendryx Streets. Three bedrooms plus den, covered front porch entry, nicely refinished wood floors, great basement including garage.

MLS K217231

Be impressed with this 3 bedroom 1 bath home’s layout and feel. Recent reno’s to the bathroom and kitchen along with other improvements to the home have created an impressive package. Great layout and feel. MLS K217025

Call Glen $315,000

Call Tad @ The Property Lab Team $449,000

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Very nice 3 bdrm 1 bath manufactured home located in Sunnyside Park just minutes to town. Many beautiful updates with extra large rooms, also offering lake views and privacy. Private large yard and covered parking. A Great package! MLS K216245

Call Lisa $78,900

2.5 acre estate property just outside of Castlegar city.

Log package home with floor-to-ceiling rock fireplace, hand-crafted cabinetry, 2 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, triple garage + guest suite, pool, hot tub, garden and much more. MLS K217025

Ground level 2 bedroom apartment with a natural gas fireplace and covered parking in Lower Fairview, 1 block from Safeway, Lakeside Park and the bus route. Easy turnkey property for traveling and maintaining an independent lifestyle. MLS K213674

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Kokanee Falls timberframe masterpiece for waterfront enthusiasts with refined tastes. Large 4 bdrm 3 bath luxury waterfront home brags over 9 acres of common property, brand new heavy-duty dock for up to a 28’ boat, endless trails and adventures from your door step, and thousands of acres of crown land in the area. MLS K213874

Enjoy easy walking to Lakeside Park and all amenities from this 3 bedroom 2 bath home in lower Fairview. A good investment in your future. MLS K214984 Call Tad @ The Property Lab Team $339,500

37 acres in Appledale. Gorgeous custom built home, 2 bedrooms 2 bath, and partially finished basement, an opportunity for 3rd bedroom, open layout, main floor laundry, wood stove, & AC.

Call Alan $309,987

Call Paul @ The Property Lab Team $699,000

Alan Tarr 250.354.8489

Call Lorne$685,000

Christine Pearson 250.505.8015

Dave Buss 250.354.9459

601 Baker Street, Nelson BC V1L 4J3

Beautiful newer home located on Silver King Rd just outside of the Nelson City boundary. Natural larch flooring, high ceilings, four bedrooms plus a 2 bdrm in-law suite down. Lots of parking plus separate garage. MLS K216778

Call Glen $479,900

Home on large corner lot is currently a 4 bedroom, 2 bath family home. Carport, deck, shed & view. Would make a great revenue property downstairs, converted to a suite.

Separate entry, 2 driveways. MLS K213560

Call Lorne $279,000

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A 4 bedroom 3 bath comfy home on a lake access lane. Vaulted ceilings and gourmet kitchen.Lower level has an in-law suite. Large deck with carport. Paved drive, RV parking and terraced lawn. Also for rent $1300+ utilities. MLS K216321

Glen Darough 250.354.3343

Call Paul @ The Property Lab Team $595,900

Call Christine $215,000

MLS K215347

Tad Lake 250.354.2979

Locally owned and operated, growing with and serving Nelson & Area since 1908!

Long time continuing sponsors of the Nelson Maple Leafs, Nelson Road Kings, Nelson Youth Soccer, Nelson Curling Club, Kootenay Lake Hospital, BC Children’s Hospital, Nelson Food Cupboard, Ducks Unlimited, Nelson Electric Tramway, along with numerous other Community Projects over the years.

Our success, your support, keeps us “Giving back to the Community”; if you are considering Buying or Selling, trust your business to us!

Call Laura $403,777

Paul Shreenan 250.509.0920

Brady Lake 250.354.8404

Lisa Cutler 250.551.0076

Laura Salmon 250.551.8877

Lorne Westnedge 250.505.2606

Call 1.855.352.7252

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n e l s o n s t a r. c o m NELSON CHORAL SOCIETY PRESENTS

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Coronation Mass & works by Bach, Handel & Corelli SOLOISTS: NOEMI KISS, AUDREY BISSET, DAVID HERBISON AND KEVIN ARMSTRONG DIRECTED BY KATHLEEN NEUDORF WITH THE SELKIRK CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

DEC. 8 AT 7:30 PM DEC. 9 AT 2:00PM THE CAPITOL THEATRE ~ ADULTS $20 STUDENTS & SENIORS $15 ~ TICKETS: WWW.CAPITOLTHEATRE.BC.CA OR PHONE 250-352-6363

NELSON’S HERITAGE HOTEL SINCE 1898

Dec 7th - The Fungineers (Puppet DJ Set) Dec 8th - Fort Knox Five Dec 11th - DJ Nu-Mark of Jurassic 5 TOY SET! Dec 13th - Featurecast w/ Timothy Wisdom Dec 14th - Diesel Boy w/ Special Guests Dec 15th - The Vibrations Soul & Music from Motown

Dec 22nd - Amplified feat. Billy Bangers & DJango Dec 26th - Boxing Day w/Bryx, B-Ron & Erica Dee Dec 29th - Kyprios & The Chaperones Dec 31st - New Year’s Eve with Hoola Hoop, DJ Soup & Lorne B Video Mapped Visuals Jan 19th - Love & Light

Every Thursday features various dj’s.

No Cover!

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

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Mother Mother Sam Van Schie {vurb} editor

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he last time Mother Mother played in Nelson, it was a free show in Lakeside Park for the 2008 Keep the Beats music festival.

In the four years since, the quirky Vancouver indie rock quintet has released a new record nearly every year and has circled North America in tour vans that grew to tour busses.

"Every year the show gets bigger," says frontman Ryan Guldemond. "We bring more lighting, more guitar pedals, a bigger drum kit, and need a bigger tour bus and more stage crew to make it all happen."

They started the current tour last month in Halifax and are working their way West towards their home in Vancouver, as they promote their fourth album, The Sticks, released in September.

The Sticks is something of a concept album, with brooding and moody songs that centre around the perils of the modern world.

"It's about getting back to a simpler existence and trying to free oneself from the binds of the varmint, fabricated things that humans have imposed upon themselves in order to function

and communicate," Guldemond says.

He says he stumbled upon the theme in one song and soon that sentiment had made its way into every song on the album.

"I really relate to it; I'm a very simple person," Guldemond says. "I don't like technology, in terms of the passive entertaining variety."

That's not to say he doesn't appre-

ciate modern transportation or the house he lives in.

"It's just all these devices to help us get our thoughts out fast are kind of deteriorating the value of our thoughts," he says.

Mother Mother is at the Royal with Hannah Georgas on Tuesday, December 11. Doors open at 6 p.m. Show starts about 8 p.m. Tickets are sold out.

Kytami and Michael Fraser Sam Van Schie {vurb} editor

Dec 21st - Sweet Pickle with Perching Crow

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Forget everything you think you know about violin music.

Two young violinists — Kytami and Michael Fraser — have taken the instruments out of the orchestra line and onto the dance floor.

Now they'll be sharing a stage on their first ever tour together, along with DJ Joshua James. Though Kytami and Fraser play the same instrument, their sound is vastly different.

"She loves drum and bass and hip hop, and I play mostly funky, housey stuff," said Fraser. "I play jazz violin and she is classically trained."

So what can you expect when the two come together?

"You never know," said Fraser.

"We both love to be spontaneous,

and I think our show will demonstrate that."

The duo set out on their 10-stop Beats, Strings & Life Tour yesterday. Fraser packed his recording rig in his suitcase and plans to release some new tracks while they're on the road.

"If we had three or four hours to kill, there's no reason we couldn't either record something together or individually," he said.

Those tracks will be uploaded at soundcloud.com/michaelfraserviolin.

"You never know what will come out of spending time together on the road," Faser said. "We'll be collaborating on stage and off, and we'll just see what comes out of it."

Kytami and Michael Fraser stop at Finley's on Thursday, December 13. Doors open at 9 p.m. Tickets are $5 in advance or $10 at the door.

liquor delivery 9am - 11pm 7 dayS per week

Beverage & DELIVERY

Food

352-5331

For a downloadable menu go to: www.humehotel.com/Menus

Pizza now available 11am till Late!

Editor: Sam Van Schie vurb@nelsonstar.com

Floral Designs, Plants & Gifts

Cover photo: "Mt Airy (Frog Peak) early winter"

by Helmuth Mayrhofer

Find us at:

621b Herridge Lane

250-352-5592

bellaflorastudio@gmail.com

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As owner of Vogue Studio for many years, his portrait camera immortalized hundreds of individuals and families while he and his wife raised their own family — and a landmark business.

His photographic journey has its own story to tell. Landscape photographic images by Mayrhofer are on display at the Nelson Library until the end of January, In the 1950s, after arriving in Canada from his native Austria, Mayrhofer joined the PR offices of Cominco Ltd. In Trail, bought a 35 mm Leica camera, and enrolled in the New York Institute of Photography. Outpacing its program, he worked as a freelance photographer until purchasing Vogue Studio.

Combining art and technique, Mayrhofer strove to create images that incorporated artistic inspiration and technical excellence, employing the art of exposure and chiaroscuro while finding ways to portray the true personality of portrait clients.

Although hesitant at first to embrace digital photography, he grew to appreciate its opportunities. After his retirement from business, with his interest in the genre of the landscape rejuvenated through new technology, his awareness of the finer details of nature grew.

“As a photographer in search of

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or many long-time residents of Nelson, photographer Helmuth Mayrhofer’s name will be as familiar as Baker Street.

those moments when light, form and colour come together to create magic, I am grateful for the opportunity to see more deeply,” he says.

The Canadian Professional Association awarded Mayrhofer the de-

gree of craftsman of photographic arts, made him a fellow of the association, and bestowed upon him an honorary life membership.

More information is available at helmuthimages.com.

Paint with Kristy Gordon

New York based artist Kristy Gordon is teaching a three-day “alla prima” painting workshop in Nelson on January 2, 3 and 4 at the Nelson United Church.

This new figure painting workshop is designed for artists who want to learn the alla prima painting technique through observation of the live model. Alla prima means “at once” in Italian and is an approach to painting that is done in a quickly executed wet-into-wet fashion.

Artists of all skill levels will have an opportunity to develop a painting each day, utilizing a different palette. They will explore a monochrome palette to develop

their ability to perceive tonal values, a warm/cool palette to investigate temperate variations and finally utilize a limited palette that provides a full range of colours while maintaining colour harmony throughout.

The course will include demonstrations, discussions and individual instruction at the easel. Discussions will include proportion and structure of the head, stages to developing a painting, as well as form, value, edges, balance, unity, light and modeling with colour temperature.

Gordon is visiting BC from New York where she currently resides.

She will bring new inspiration

from artists she has studied with there such as Jeremy Lipking, Yuqi Wang, Odd Nerdrum, Vincent Desiderio and Jenny Saville. She has been a full-time, professional painter since 2004, exhibiting her work internationally and earning numerous awards including the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant, an Award of Excellence from the Portrait Society of America.

Her work can be viewed at kristygordon.com.

To register for the workshop, or for further information, please contact Bev Gordon at 250 7661126 or email beverleybobshe@ yahoo.ca.

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Take a Local Author Home for Christmas

Otter Books continues its “Take a Local Author Home for Christmas” series this weekend with two more book-signing events.

Friday from 7 to 8:30 p.m. authors Deryn Collier and Shelley Adams will be joining Otter staff for a festive literary party, complete with a sampling of delectable treats.

Collier will be reading from her popular mystery novel, Confined Space, a story set in a small BC mountain town with a brewery (sounds a lot like Nelson).

Shortlisted for the Arthur Ellis Award, this is Colliers debut novel. Collier, a graduate of McGill University, lives and writes in Nelson.

Shelley Adams will be talking about the creation of her three runaway bestselling Whitewater Cooks cookbooks. Adams, a well known Kootenayite, and former co-owner of the Whitewater Ski Resort, has achieved immense success with her cookbooks, originally based on recipes from the ski hill’s Fast Tracks Café. Adams attended the famous Ecole de Cuisine Varenne cooking school in Paris and spent 15 years as a caterer to the West Coast film industry.

On Saturday, December 8, from 1 to 3 pm, Blaise Enright will be at Otter Books signing copies of 111 West Coast Literary Portraits, a gorgeous new coffee table book featuring rare portraits of well-known and emerging writers who have lived in BC, accompanied by excerpts of their writing. Enright will be happy to discuss her role photographing many of BC finest writers, and refreshments will be served.

Further events will feature Rosa Jordan on December 14 and Anne Degrace on December 15.

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You know those songs that you sing on the top of your lungs in the shower in the privacy of your own home, but you wouldn’t be caught dead listening to in public? Of course you do.

There’ll always be songs that you’re ashamed you love. They’re called “guilty pleasures” Here’s a few that you’ll agree with.

Sir Mix-A-Lot – “Baby Got Back” What? You know you love this song.

Starland Vocal Band – “Afternoon Delight” Made (more) famous by Ron

Burgundy and his news team. This song’s got it all: sexual innuendo, harmonizing, and... Sexual innuendo.

New Found Glory – “My friends over you” Probably the peak of pop-punk in the early 2000’s. If you admitted you liked this song in high school, you’d get beat up.

Starship – “We Built This City” Many publications tout this as the worst song ever made in music history. Haters.

Savage Garden – “Truly Madly Deeply” I bet if you played this song for a girl in 1996, you’d probably get to second base. My second base is touching a shoulder. So in my ball game, there’s about 62 bases. It’s exhausting.

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Snow – “Informer” A white, Canadian rapper. How can this be even remotely bad?!

4 Non Blondes – “What’s up” I’ve defended this song for years now! Mostly because even the most cynical person will eventually be singing the chorus in a high-pitched, annoying voice.

Culture Beat – “Mr.Vain” This was played during every dance party in the 90’s. We had “sock hops” where I grew up. Where you’d dance. In socks.

LFO – “Summer Girls” Yes LFO, the New Kids on The Block did have a bunch of hits, and chinese food also makes me sick. The rhyming on this is so terrible, that’s its genius.

Highlights from the open stage bango, mandolin and guitar depending on the piece they where doing. They presented several original compositions in both French and English.

The Citizens got the crowd up and dancing and that energy continued most of the night with Almanac showing off their new addition Steven Lee on the keyboards.

Nelson from Nelson fronts The Almanac singing and playing guitar, with Kevin Welsh weaving out the leads on guitar and Ryan Hagen on the bass and Malik Mourah on the drums. Malik has been a supporter of the Open Stage since I began hosting about seven years ago at the Royal. He’s supported almost every group

that has come through there being very versatile on the instrument. Presently Malik There was an amazing preplays with Val Kilmer and the sentation of music at the New Coke and Tofu StravinOpen Stages this week. Ensky as well. Keep an eye out ergy seemed to be running a for any of these bands around little higher than usual. I attritown. They are all great enterbute this to the full moon that tainers. happened during the week.

The Dam Inn was bustling All three Open Stages that I Thursday with Johnny Torhost saw some great perfornado popping by with some mances. acoustic numbers, it’s always It started at the Royal On a pleasure to hear him. I Baker on Wednesday where thought we got visited by an we had two performers from angel when Teyana Neufeld Quebec City make an apbrought Clementine, her pearance. The Two Birds, as harp, to the stage. The whole they like to call themselves, place fell silent as she sang consisted of Kim Drouin her songs in her beautiful Radeciffe playing the viola voice accompanying the heavand Simon Gebourg playing enly sounds of her harp.

Later, Ruckus got the place rocking with Lorreta Sheriff heading the band. Joe Gagan blazed on the guitar with Brian Posnikoff on the bass and Rob Taylor hitting the beats.

At the Balfour Beach FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2012 Inn on Friday, Dan 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm - 600 Block of Baker Street Perrault fronted an amazing set with Dennis Macleod and Al Archibald holding down the rhythm section. At one point we had eight Community musicians on stage Caroling at at once. Chris Bodie 7:00 p.m. also gave a wonderful set of his soulful blues numbers. Chris has hosted a few jams in Free Nelson at Mike’s Place Hot and Finleys.

Community Sing-Along te Chocola E V I Although these L Youth Choirs ! ls a shows generally hapAnim Special Music pen weekly, once in a while the Royal needs Live Nativity Scene to book in an act that This Event Sponsored By: is passing through Bethel Christian Center, Bridge Christian Community, town on Wednesday.

Cathedral of Mary Immaculate, First Baptist Church, Eleos Centre, Check artminproducNelson Vineyard, Kootenay Christian Fellowship, Nelson Covenant Church and The Salvation Army tions.com to see the current schedule.

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Blue Night

Blue night / blu: nait/ n. sporadic evening art event with two of more venues, in the spirit of ArtWalk Blue night is like the HOV lane of art openings. It only takes two to make it happen and it looks like there is growing interest in this fast lane.

Memories of the great excitement and crowds at ArtWalk of summers past are the root of the inspiration to create an event that combines multiple

art events in a single evening.

Thursday December 20 is the first blue night. It begins with an opening at the Capitol Theatre from 5 to 7 p.m. featuring the encaustic work (painting with pigment and hot wax) of Boukje Elzinga, Bridget Corkery and Deb Thompson.

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From there people are encouraged to wander over to Oxygen Art Centre in the back alley on the other side of Baker Street behind Hipperson’s Hardware for the Opening of Lylian Klimek: Rescue – My Landscape. The show opens at 7 p.m. and the Calgary artist and avid hiker will give a talk at 8 p.m.

Last but not least, the art viewing public are invited to walk back up to Ourglass on Ward Street and see the newest wood tile mosaics made of reclaimed lumber by artist Brian Kalbfleisch.

Oxygen Art Centre presents...

Lylian Klimek: Rescue – My Landscape

trance) in Nelson and entrance is free and open to the public.

For more information see oxygenartcentre.org or email info@oxygenartcentre.org

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Merry Christmas!

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Admission by donation 8 Authors, 2 Hours, hosted by exhibiting artist Arin Fay!

Board, 2011, Image courtesy the Artist

Oxygen Art Centre is pleased to announce the opening of Rescue – My Landscape, a mixed media installation by Calgary-based artist Lylian Klimek.

Based on her research into environmental remediation techniques, Klimek combines natural and manufactured materials to create her own re-imagined landscapes. Through her artwork, Klimek invites us to reflect on our complex relationship with the natural world.

Klimek’s visual poetics are evocative yet open ended.

Tree stumps doused in bright green paint have their roots reflected by a mirror below. Lime green netting hangs close by, perhaps to protect or entangle. A column of orange and green swatches on the wall seems to announce the prescribed colours of fall leaves.

The exhibition is open from December 21 to February 9, Wednesday to Saturday from 1 to 5 p.m.

Oxygen Art Centre is located at 320 Vernon St (Alley En-

Image: Arin Fay, Susan Andrews Grace, Pyrography and Acrylic on

Opening reception December 20 7 to 10 p.m.

Aartist talk at 8 p.m.

A Blue Night event

Marcia Braundy, Anne DeGrace Susan Andrews Grace, K. Linda Kivi Rita Moir, Almeda Glenn Miller Eileen Delehanty Pearkes Holley Rubinsky

502 Vernon Street, Nelson BC 250.352.9813 www.touchstonesnelson.ca

A thank-you from the Nelson & District Arts Council to all who participated in our ArtSocial on Saturday, December 1st at Oxygen Arts Centre. It was an enjoyable and inspired event.

All are invited to our next event at Oxygen in January, the date soon to be confirmed. Our venerable John Cooper will be our feature artist. A short acoustic musical event will be presented as well.

If you have any requests, ideas and/or suggestions as to future ArtSocial content and/or theme events, do get in touch. Please email us at artsocial@ndac.ca.

A reminder to our membership; you are always welcome to our board meetings every third Thursday of the month.

Check out your website at www.ndac.ca for the coming board meeting locale.

Event sponsored by:

With thanks to the following for their ongoing support :

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Our Glass Studio and Gallery - 568 Ward St., Nelson presents the Artwork of Brian Kalbfleisch Using reclaimed lumber from various heritage locations in Nelson and Rossalnd, Kalbfleisch creates wood tile mosaics influenced by Pollack, Klimpt, pixels, and the natural universe.

Opening Reception December 20 5pm-7pm

Show runs from Dec. 20, 2012 to Jan. 18, 2013

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can’t imagine ever being disappointed to pull out a wine lover’s name in a secret Santa draw. After all, the choices — in variety, price range and label appeal — are virtually without limit.

Of course,wines that are particularly conducive to the season are always the first that come to mind. Bubbles and beautiful colours abound on the shelves. Let’s start with Rosés, the most festive-looking of all wine types, with their cheery dark pinks, light reds and salmon colours. They are almost certain to look good in a glass whether the backdrop is a buffet table, sit-down meal or throng of partiers.

Creston’s Skimmerhorn Winery and Vineyard 2010 Pinot Rosé is a deep pink colour with strawberry and raspberry flavours over a crisp, lingering finish. It pairs with an amazing variety of food dishes.

Rosé wines are often overlooked as being a good turkey dinner choice.

Too bad, because their acidity balances out the gravy and other creamy dishes, the flavours go nicely with cranberry and turkey meat, and they just look so darned nice on the table.

Staying with the turkey theme, my first choice of a red wine with Christmas dinner is Pinot Noir, which shouldn’t be surprising because a lot of Rosés (or Blancs de Noir) are made from that very grape. Light enough to

not overwhelm the white meat, the wine typically has a combination of fruit and earthy flavours to make it an excellent complement for the holiday meal.

I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention another favourite turkey dinner pairing, particularly for those who, like me, favour sage and onion dressing.

Near Oliver is a winery that has long been one of our favourites. Silver Sage Winery owner Anna Magnola has a Romanian heritage and she carries some of the family traditions with her when she’s in the winery. A wild sage leaf infusion gives an off-dry Gewurztraminer a wonderful, aromatic sage flavour that makes it an obvious choice to go with the stuffing. The Sage, as it’s called, is a fruit bomb, too, and I’d be in big trouble if I arrived at my sister’s holiday table without a bottle or two under my arm!

Bubbles and the holiday season go together like, uh, rum and Coke and Hawkins Cheezies. We don’t have any locally made sparkling wines yet (note to self: check with Baillie-Grohman on the status of the bubbly that was bottled two years ago), but there are many good, not-too-expensive choices.

These days we tend to turn to the sparkling wines made in Spain by Freixenet, a large producer about an hour outside of Barcelona. BC Liquor Store shoppers will think of the matte finish on black and clear bottles, always at a reasonable price. We visited the Freixenet winery when we trav-

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elled to Europe last fall and it was a great experience. Naturally, popping the cork on one of the bottles takes us right back to that brilliant sunny day we learned at any given time there are more than 2 million bottles of bubbly of various ages on site.

We are also partial to Moscato, the low alcohol, slightly off-dry Italian sparkler that always seems like the perfect choice for brunch. The fruity flavours go nicely with most brunch dishes and the low — usually around 10 per cent — alcohol helps one avoid an unwanted buzz that might make the rest of the day a write-off.

When that really special occasion arises, a good bottle of Champagne (a name that should only be used for the sparkling wines from the namesake region in France) is hard to beat.

What makes Champagne so special?

Extremely tiny bubbles in huge quantities, and an unsurpassed ability to age, for starters.

BC makes some nice bubblies, too, and Sumac Ridge is always a good choice. But consider looking into wines made at Summerhill Pyramid Winery in Kelowna too. Summerhill is a world leader in organic and biodynamic practices and the sparkling wines are aged in a pyramid that has identical proportions to the Great Pyramid of Egypt. Believe in the familyowned business’s approach to making wine or not, the proof is in the pudding. The winery is racking up awards at a remarkable rate these days.

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Vegan mango curry Sam Van Schie {vurb} editor

Some of my tech savvy friends recently introduced to a website called Snap Guides for sharing how-to guides.

The site has guides for everything, from removing nail polish to cold starting a pickup truck. There’s also a large selection of cooking guides.

The way it works is people use an iPhone app to compile photos and descriptions as they go step by step through a project. My friend Doug recently posted a Snap Guide of this vegan mango curry recipe, which he says was inspired by a dish at East to East restaurant in Vancouver.

Doug’s guide is full of helpful tips, and I recommend pulling it up if you’re a curry making novice. One thing he suggests is forming a well in the vegatables to pour the spices, allowing them to roast and become more potent before combining them with the vegetables.

His full guide can be found at snapguide.com/doug-alder.

The following is my adaptation of his recipe, reprinted with permission.

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1 cup basmati rice 2 cups water 3 blocks tofu, chopped 2 Tbs tamari 2 Tbs cooking oil 1 large onion, diced 2 large mangos, peeled and chopped 2 bell peppers, chopped 1 large tomato, chopped 1 Tbs curry powder 1/2 tsp cayenne powder 2 Tbs fresh ginger, minced 1/2 can coconut milk 1/4 cup cashews, crushed 1/4 cup fresh cilantro, chopped Combine rice and water in a saucepan (or in a rice cooker if you have one) and cook according to the directions on the rice package.

Set oven to broil. Place tofu on a baking sheet and drizzle in tamari. Broil the tofu until tops brown, flip and repeat on the other side. Remove from heat and set aside.

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Pour in the half can of coconut milk, the broiled tofu prepared earlier, and the cashews. Mix well and cook for a few more minutes before removing from heat. Finally, stir in the cilantro and plate the curry along with the basmati rice you prepared earlier.

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The Nelson Food Cupboard Society and CBC radio invite you to their annual dramatic reading of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Sunday, December 16 at the Nelson United Church. The night will feature another all-star line-up of Nelson celebrities: Actor and comedian Lucas Myers, news director Glenn Hicks, actress, director and writer Jane Sinclair, pastor David Boyd and novelist Anne DeGrace.

Mayor John Dooley, the evening’s host, will provide lively commentary and Irish charm, and the Nelson Heritage Harmony Barbershop Chorus will offer the sounds of Christmas to warm hearts and lighten spirits. Doors open at 7 p.m. Reading begins at 7:30 p.m.

Admission by donation. Non-perishable food items will be accepted.

Film

Kootenay Mountain Culture Magazine presents Backyard Booty On Saturday, December 15 at the Capitol Theatre. Featuring films and images by Steve Ogle, Sherpas Cinema, Anthony Bonello, Juicy Studios, Douglas Noblet, and more. Get your tickets at the Capitol Theatre box office.

Literature

“Take a Local Author Home for Christmas” continues at Otter Books this weekend with two more book-signing events. Friday evening, from 7 to 8:30 p.m., authors Deryn Collier and Shelley Adams will be joining Otter staff for a festive literary party, complete with a sampling of delectable treats. On Saturday, December 8, from 1 to 3 p.m., Otter Books will have Blaise Enright in the store signing books.

Visual Arts

Historical landscapes: Places of Spiritual gathering is a 21-painting exhibit on display this month at Kootenay Baker Cafe, 377 Baker Street.

Art at the Capitol presents new works by Bridget Corkery, Boukje Elzinga and Deb Thompson with an opening reception December 20 from 5 to 7 p.m. The exhibit runs December 6 to January 31.

Music

Blackberry Wood returns to The Royal stage with their gypsy circus. Check out their high-energy cabaret spin on

dreamy old musical styles on Friday, December 7. Doors open at 8 p.m. Tickets are $10 at the door, and available in advance at the Royal, Urban Legends and liveattheroyal.com.

The Fungineers come to Spiritbar for the first time on Friday, December 7.

This live puppet/dj set features Paragon, the CyberUnicornTron, as the Fungineers’ super-star puppet DJ puppeteer.

Packing fuzzy friends and flipping styles and records like pancakes, he mixes Fungineer original tunes, fancy freestyles and party rockin' flavours that tickle your ears and elbows to smile.

Doors open at 10. See the Hume Hotel for ticket info.

Ellison’s Cafe Acoustic Unplugged Sesions on Saturday December 8 at noon will feature singer/songwriter and piano player Steev N. Lee, followed by another half hour of piano and vocals

by Heather Ives. The second hour will feature music by Soniko Waira and, to close the show, the newest version of Strings Attached from the Selkirk Music Program.

Beats at BiBo continues with dj KID eh on Saturday, December 8 spinning live for the dinner crowd at 518 Hall Street.

KID eh began dj-ing eight years ago in Fernie, BC. He knows his ways around genres, from drum and bass to funky house, and dub to downtempo.

The Royal is happy to have the reggae funk band, Brian Rosen and the WhatNow return on Saturday, December 8. Their earth lovin’ vibes will keep you dancing all night long. Tickets are $5-10 sliding scale at the door. Doors open at 9 p.m. Show starts at10 p.m.

The Fort Knox Five seamlessly interweaves live instrumentation with funky electronic breakbeats. Check them out at Spiritbar on Saturday, December 8.

Doors open at 10 p.m. Ticket info at The Hume Hotel.

WA Mozart’s Coronation Mass along with works by Bach, Handel and Corelli will be performed 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.

DJ Nu-Mark of Jurassic 5 comes to Spiritbar on Tuesday, December 11. NuMark introduced himself as a solo artist in 2004. Today he experiments with children’s music toys and constructs full DJ sets around toys most people dispose of by the time their kids are old enough to read. Tickets $15. Doors 10 p.m.

The Royal presents Mother Mother with Hannah Georgas on Tuesday, December 11. Doors 6 p.m. Show starts around 8 p.m. Tickets sold out.

Kytami and Michael Fraser's Beats Strings & Life Tour comes to Finley's on Thursday, December 13. Doors at 9 p.m.

Tickets $5 in advance, $10 at the door.

The Royal welcomes back Wil! on Thursday, December 13. He’s on the road in support of a limited release album titled, Hold Me On. Tickets are $10 at The Royal, Urban Legends, The Music Store and liveattheroyal.com. Doors open at 6pm. Showtime approx 8p.m.

Canadian folk legend, Valdy is making a stop at Nelson’s Capitol Theatre, Friday, December 14. Tickets $30 at the Capitol Theatre Box Office, or online at capitoltheatre.bc.ca or by phone at 250-3526363. Doors open at 7:30 p.m.

Nelson’s newest tribute band The Vibrations make their debut performance at Spiritbar on Saturday, December 15.

Their music from the Motown era is a soul revival.. Doors open at 11 p.m.

Cover is $5 before midnight and $10 after.

The Royal is happy to be hosting a local favourite, James Lamb as we celebrate his latest album release on Saturday, December 15. Tickets $10 at the door or in advance at liveattheroyal.com. Doors open at 7p .m.

Billy Bangers and Django are uniting to once again at Spiritbar on Saturday, December 22. A four-hour DJ set to bring on the post-apocalyptic showdown after the world melts down in Mayan chaos.

Doors at 10 p.m. Cover is $5.

At the Pub

Join the Ymir Hotel’s country and bluegrass jam every Friday night. Things get going around 5 p.m. and wrap up around 9 p.m.

Books and CDs- Perfect Stocking Stuffers!

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. 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.

Rock N Roll Bingo at Mike’s Pub on Tuesdays, December 11 and 18 at 8:30 p.m. Proceeds to the Nelson Skatepark Society.

Concert announcements

Nelson Overture Concerts Society presents Allison Girvan, performing works by composers Kurt Weill and George Gershwin, Adam Guettel and Ricky Ian Gordon on January 26, 8 p.m. at the Capitol Theatre. Joining her on stage will be pianist Christoph Martens, upright bassist Mark Spielman and violinist Don Macdonald. Tickets $24 for adults, $14 for students and seniors available at the Capitol Theatre box office.

The Royal is beyond excited to announce that on Tuesday, February 19, for the first time ever, a member of The Grateful Dead will be performing in Nelson. Come experience a historic night in the Capitol Theatre as the Mickey Hart Band delivers the legendary music that has carried him through his famous and beautiful career. Tickets go on sale December 7 at noon and will start at $42.50 and will increase to $47.50 once the first 100 tickets are sold.

Get yours at the Capitol Theatre Box Office, online at capitoltheatre.bc.ca, or by phone at 250-352-6363.