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housands of kilometres away in the popular tourist city of Cusco, Peru, Nathan Beninger and his wife are raising their young daughter. However, apart from the beautiful sights one’s imagination might place them in, Beninger and his family decide to live and work among a darker truth. “In the last year, child prostitution has doubled in Peru,� said Beninger, a Nelson native who operates a shelter for young girls who have been severely abused or sexually exploited. A photographer by trade, Beninger first went to Peru to capture its natural beauty. What he stumbled upon was the beauty of the country’s people. His mission to change lives began in 2005 after volunteering at a similar shelter for young girls.
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The Red Bull Supernatural snowboarding event has landed. After months of preparation at Baldface Lodge, host Travis Rice along with 17 of the best snowboarders on the planet arrived in the West Kootenay earlier this week to officially launch Red Bull’s Signature Series. “It’s awesome and it’s an honour,� said participant John Jackson, a California native who is regarded as one of the favourites to win the judged event. “There has never been anything like this, so there is a lot of anticipation and unknown. It’s this fantasy that has come to life. They built all these [course] features in the summertime and now it’s covered in a few meters of snow. I can’t wait.� American television network NBC Sports is a sponsor of the Red Bull Signature Series that kicked off last month. The series will feature a number of adventure sports like mountain biking, freestyle motocross, ice cross downhill and BMX. The idea behind the series is to bring viewers “custom courses from the inspiration of the athletes themselves.� Rice is the designer of the Baldface course that snowboarders will tackle this weekend. “It’s mixed emotions, this whole thing has been incredible,� Rice told the Star on Thursday after-
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Nelson’s population has cracked the 10,000 mark for the first time. According to 2011 census figures released Wednesday by Statistics Canada, the city has 10,230 people, compared to 9,258 in 2006. The additional 972 residents represent a growth rate of 10.5 per cent. “It’s great,� says Mayor John Dooley. “It’s a good indicator
Professional snowboarder and creator of the Red Bull Supernatural contest, Travis Rice, meets with local kids and gives signatures at Tribute Boardshop Wednesday night on Baker Street. Rice was one of several boarders competing at Baldface Lodge for the Red Bull event who met with fans in Nelson.
dramatic drop in the 1980s due to the closure of Kootenay Forest Products and David Thompson University Centre. Previously Nelson’s highest recorded population was 9,585 on the 1996 census. Dooley attributed the recent growth spurt in part to the “tremendous amount of positive coverage for our community in
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Last week, Education Minister George Abbott announced the government would impose a settlement after a fact finder concluded the sides were so far apart a negotiated resolution was highly unlikely. The legislation is expected to be introduced this week. However, Joy says it does nothing to help find a long-term solution. Over the weekend, the BC School Trustees Association passed a motion urging the government to appoint an expedited mediator. The BC Teachers’ Federation has already asked for mediation. Joy says she wasn’t surprised the fact-finder believed the sides have a long way to go, but didn’t expect the government to move so quickly to end the dispute. “We were surprised the announcement came from the minister right after the report came out,� Joy says. “On the other hand, the strike has been in place since September. It’s not like we haven’t been working towards a solution.� Newell, meanwhile, says he was gratified the report
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Nelson area teachers joined in a provincial day of action on Monday afternoon. Almost 100 teachers showed up at 3:30 p.m. in front of Hume Elementary School, holding signs and receiving plenty of honks from passing motorists. Nelson District Teachers Association president Tom Newell (top right) got on the bullhorn to update union members on the latest developments and provide directions for this week’s vote.
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noon during a pre-event lunch at the Hume Hotel. “The amount of work and the dedication the entire crew has shown‌ from Baldface, to our all our hired hands to people like Keith Berens from Live Metal Works to Red Bull’s side. It’s the sum of an amazing amount of work.â€?
The custom designed course was carved out this past summer and is now covered in snow in anticipation for the action. The Supernatural is a judged competition combining freestyle and mountain riding. The goal is to crown the best snowboarder in the world.
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ongtime Nelson resident Yosh Tagami mi remembers working for 25 cents an n hour building internment shacks on the Popoff farm near Slocan City. He was 17 and his family would soon move intoo one of those houses, which measured 14 x 25 feet. “The first winter was cold with four feet of snow, and icicles formed inside so we put cardboard from boxes on the walls,â€? ‘Gwen TOTAL Johnsons Landing devastated Climbing gym, squash courts was a he says. proposed for Civic Theatre rare There was no insulation beyond paper gem’ and shiplap, and no indoor plumbing. Wooden bunk beds lay at either end of the house with a kitchen in the middle. They used a wood stove for cooking and heating. N “Rice was rationed and we made green tea from alfalfa leaves,â€? he says. “We had a garden arden and also Hot rides arriving . bought vegetables from thedailyDouks new ABOVE —Even RIDE NOW. back PAY later! A look in news • sports • opinion hobors who camee in horse horse-driven driven before World War II, wagons.â€? Japanese Canadians Tagami, now 85, was born at like Yosh Tagami Genoa Bay on Vancouver Island were ďŹ ngerprinted and raised at Paldi, a sawmill and photographed community near Duncan. He for identity cards Home-based Selkirk had four brothers and two Ribbon cut on new ER when they turned 16. numbers education sisters. Theirbolsters fatherdistrict Jirosaku, a holding RIGHT — Thousteady millwright,69wasnumbers injured in a fall sands of internees L work, so the sons were sent to Slocan and unable to began logging as teenagers. City where they en-
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elson’s reputation as a strong arts community is a point of pride for the city, but it’s rare that one event manages to rally the talent of acclaimed singers, actors, writers and composers. “I think it should be a point of pride for everyone,� says Don Macdonald, the musical director, conductor and composer of KHAOS. “It certainly is for me. These kind of crazy and amazing things tend to happen in Nelson
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night is days away. “I think in a small community it’s kind of a miracle that we have such a concentration of artists of a certain calibre to be able to do this to the quality we hope it will
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be next week,� said Harwood. “It’s also a reason why a lot of people love Nelson: there is such a strong sense of community spirit here. We are very integrated and loving as a community.� The soloists in KHAOS include some of the city’s most talented vocalists and actors. Audrey Bissett, Allison Girvan, Roger Ley, Kevin Armstrong, Kathleen Neudorf, Bessie Wapp and Christoph Martens are some of the names that make up the cast list of the unique opera. Story continues to ‘A journey’ on Page 12
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The Nelson Squash Club and newlyestablished Kootenay Climbing Association are proposing to jointly turn the old Civic Theatre into a multi-purpose sports facility. Plans for what’s been dubbed the Nelson Downtown Athletic Club call for three 32 by 22 foot squash courts, a 60 by 30 foot climbing gym with 25 to 30 foot ceilings, and two other gyms. The squash club originally looked at the space for its own use, but approached the climbing group to join them, and together pitched the idea to city council Monday (see related story on page 15). Squash club vice-president Pat Hodgson says by teaming up, they believe they can achieve more than either can separately. “We’re both struggling to find permanent homes,� he says. “We think the Civic Theatre fits the bill perfectly.� The squash club’s fate is uncertain given ongoing renovations to its longtime space above The Royal, while local climbers are homeless after the closure of the Gravity Climbing Centre. The new climbing association is not affiliated with Gravity, but counts many of the same people among its 100 members. “It’s the sort of endeavour that seemed to fit with having partnerships and many Story continues to ‘Preliminary’ on Page 15
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Kootenay Climbing Association president Shawn Tasker and Nelson Squash Club vice-president Pat Hodgson hope their groups can jointly transform the old Civic Theatre into a multi-sport athletic club.
A longtime Nelson maternity nurse who died in a crash on Highway 3A last week is being remembered for her magic touch with new mothers and infants. Gwen Elizabeth Kalyniuk, 56, was the lone occupant of a southbound SUV that crossed the centre line at Thrums and collided head-on with a chip truck. “Gwen was one of those very quiet, unsung heroes of this community and probably did more for mothers and babies than anyone else,� says Judy Banfield, who knew her well. Story continues to ‘One’ on Page 4
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Crews continuing to work at the massive Johnsons Landing landslide found a second set of remains on Monday afternoon. The body of a young woman believed to be either Rachel or Diana Webber was found 10 feet from the possible location of the Webber home’s foundation. “The remains of the young woman were found at approximately 1 p.m. this afternoon in fairly close proximity to where the male was found yesterday,â€? said Lisa Lapointe, chief coroner with the BC Coroners Service. “Both of them were in fairly close proximity to where the residence was located; not in the At least three homes were destroyed and others damaged when a landslide came down at Johnsons Landing Thursday. Two bodies home but close to where we believe have since been pulled from the debris, while two others remain missing Bob Keating photo the foundation is.â€? The Coroners Service is work“We had the house on the lake barely escaped when a second slide Resident who lost home ing with 24 remaining people from shore at the bottom of Gar Creek,â€? came down the Gar Creek valley to second slide still the Vancouver-based Heavy Urban and washed her home into Kooteshe said. Search and Rescue team to recover considers herself fortunate “When the first slide came down, nay Lake. the remains. it came down in two directions, “It was obliterated and just finCrews were focused on the Web- MEGAN COLE but the main part of the slide came ished off the job and now there ber home as of Sunday, but an up- Nelson Star Reporter down and crushed the house se- is nothing except a muddy slope date from officials said they are exverely but didn’t wipe it out at that where the house was,â€? she said. cavating the Frehse house as well. Mandy Bath said she is “lucky, point. There were timbers and it was Bath was supposed to be at the Lapointe shed new light on the very lucky.â€? crumpled but it still looked like it house. Her husband, Chris Klassen, magnitude of the debris field crews On Thursday morning, when might be possible to salvage things, was in Oregon visiting his mother. a massive landslide came down that was after day one.â€? the Kootenay Joe Range at JohnStory continues to On Friday morning, Bath reStory continues to sons Landing, her house was de- turned to her home in hopes of ‘Community’ on Page 5 ‘Crews’ on Page 4 stroyed. • More coverage Pages 2-6 finding her cat, but instead she
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The road leading to the unveiling of the new Kootenay Lake Hospital emergency room on Wednesday afternoon has not been without bumps and detours, but excitement and celebration was the theme of the opening as the public was welcomed into the recently completed wing. For 32 years, Jan Flett has been an emergency room nurse at the hospital and has experienced first hand the changes that have affected local health care. “It’s a huge improvement to the community,� Flett told the Star. “After all that we lost in terms of hospital services about 11 years ago, this to me feels like the first big new thing that we’ve gotten after we had so much taken away from us. It feels really positive and I’m looking forward to working here.� Nearly 150 members of the community packed into the new waiting area of the emergency room as local politicians and other representatives spoke in celebration of the new facility. Interior Health Authority board member Glenn Sutherland, Boundary-Similkameen MLA John Slater, West Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital District chair Marguerite Rotvold, Nelson mayor John Dooley, chief of emergency medicine Dr. Rahul Khosla and Kootenay Lake Hospital Foundation chair Pat Dooley all addressed the crowd.
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Meanwhile, district-wide enrolment formi traditional Nelson resident Yosh Tagami remembers working for 25 cents an classrooms decreased by n hour building internment shacks on The number of public 166 students. the Popofflearning farm near Slocan City. He But because of new interschool students o was 17 and is his would into from home onfamily the rise in soon est inmove the home-based prooneKootenay of those houses, which measured 14 school x grams, the district the Lake School 25 feet. actually recorded a 53-stuDistrict. “The first winter was cold with feet in enrolment dent four increase of snow, and icicles formed inside so we overall. As a result, there put cardboard thefiwalls, â€? teaching pove more “We’ve from beenboxes onare he says. sitions in the district this working hard beyond There was very no insulation paper year compared to last. the and school and at shiplap, no indoor plumbing. School district superinWooden bunklevel beds lay end of district to at either tendent Jeff Jones said the the house with a kitchen middle. expand the array in the increases in both student They used a wood stove for cooking and of learning and teacher numbers came heating. a pleasant opportunities “Rice was rationedfor and we as made green surprise, given that lasthad April the district arden tea our from students.â€? alfalfa leaves,â€? he says. “We a garden and also was preparing lay off the36 Doukbought vegetablesstofrom ABOVE —Even Jeff Jones teachers. driven who camee in horse horse-driven District Superintendent hobors before World War II, “When wagons. â€? we did our spring Japanese Canadians projections, we85, anticipated Tagami, now was born at like Yosh Tagami As of September 30, Genoa needing fewer teachers than Bay on Vancouver Island were ďŹ ngerprinted we actually because we when the school district and raised atdo Paldi, a sawmill and photographed submitted enrolment num- community anticipated we haveHe nearwould Duncan. for identity cards bers to the province, there fewer students, â€? Jones exhad four brothers and two when they turned 16. sisters. Their father Jirosaku, a were 400 full-time equiva- plained, noting that only RIGHT — Thoumillwright, in a fall lent students signed up two teacherswas whoinjured received Bob Hall photo sands of internees and unable work,on sothe the sons were sent to Slocan for Homelinks or distance layoff notices to remain began teenagers. education programs. That’s recall listlogging waitingasfor a new Michael will play CityCalledine where they en-Judas when Jesus Christ Superstar opens at the Capitol Theatre on about 219 more students Thursday night. Cast andliving crew are currently hard at work at rehearsal for the local production of dured primitive Story continues than were taking those proStory continues to to conditions. the Andrew Lloyd Webber rock opera. More photos on Page 2 and see story in today’s {Vurb}. ‘Tagami’ on Page grams last year. ‘An array’ on Page 8 3 (Tak Toyota photo) SAM VAN SCHIE Nelson Starongtime Reporter
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Despite a damp start to the summer, haze and helicopters have reminded Nelson area residents that forest fire season hasn’t been cancelled. The Southeast Fire Centre was alerted to a small wildfire in the Five Mile Creek area nine kilometres northeast of Nelson on Sunday afternoon at 1:30 p.m. “It’s in a watershed and that’s the value that is of most concern,� Radha Fisher, information officer for the Southeast Fire Centre, told the Star on Sunday. Five Mile Creek is the City of Nelson’s primary water source and is located in the West Arm Provincial Park. The current fire is located in the area of the massive Kutetl fire that burned in 2003. It is on a ridgeline north of the actual creek. Three helicopters and an air tanker were deployed on Sunday to the fire that was estimated at two
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A young man from Vancouver Island attending Shambhala Music Festival died early Sunday morning of a suspected drug overdose. According to a statement from organizers of the four-night music festival at the Salmo River Ranch, the 23-year-old man collapsed in the food court at 5:20 a.m. Sunday morning. “Several patrons in the area quickly informed first aid services. First responders rushed to the
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A Nelson Search and Rescue volunteer told a coroner’s inquest Wednesday that while members might have been able to reach Sheilah Sweatman, they couldn’t rescue her without putting themselves in danger. Chris Armstrong, who trained Sweatman in swift water rescue and considered her a friend, said her death was the result of a “catastrophic series of events beyond my imagination.� The site leader during the June 29, 2011 operation testified he couldn’t have predicted the tragic outcome when his team tried to recover a submerged car from the Goat River south of Creston. “What happened to Sheilah I was unable to foresee,� Armstrong said. “It had not occurred to me whatsoever that all of these things could happen in seconds.� While attempting to attach a tow line to the vehicle, Sweatman got caught in a steel cable, inadvertently tethered between the car and her double-pontoon raft. She was pulled underwater Story continues to ‘Sweatman’ on Page 4