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Friday, June 28 • 2013
Vol. 5 • Issue 104
Community joins fire hall celebration See Page 2 280 Baker Street Nelson BC (250)
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It’s official: Sandpoint is Nelson’s sister See Page 16
Music Festival Buys Old Hotel With Plans to Rejuvenate Baker Street Property
Shambhala launches Savoy project SAM VAN SCHIE Nelson Star Reporter
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Shambhala Music Festival has purchased the former Savoy Inn, which it plans to restore and reopen in 2014. Shambhala executive producer Corrine Zawaduk hopes to see the fire damaged building restored to its former glory with hostel-style accommodations upstairs, a smaller restaurant on the Baker Street frontage and a 300-person capacity nightclub on the main floor, and a lounge area and recording studio in the basement. “People say, ‘Shambhala: in your heart 365 days of the year’ and now we’ll actually be able to offer a little taste of the festival all 365 days,” Zawaduk said. The Savoy building has been mostly or entirely vacant since a fire in the Mazatlan restaurant in November Story continues to ‘Festival’s’ on Page 31
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Members of the Shambhala Music Festival team are thrilled to be embarking on a new downtown project.
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Harrowing Tale of Hamill Creek Couple Who Lost Everything Last Week
‘The water just kept coming and coming’ KIRSTEN HILDEBRAND Nelson Star Reporter
As parts of southern Alberta deal with massive devastation from flooding, in our region, one area couple’s loss of everything mirrors the heartbreak. Last week, Bruce Mach-
holz and Ellen Wasser were hardest hit by the flooding occurring north of Kaslo. Their home and outbuildings were swept downstream as Hamill Creek raged out of control. Tracy Remple was awoken early Thursday morning by Wasser, her close friend
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and neighbour, who’d broken into her home in search of help, unable to call due to phones lines being out. Wasser, a homesteader, was woken by the sound of water already running six inches throughout their property. Instantly on alert, she and Machholz needed
help rescuing livestock including cattle, goats, rabbits, chickens, turkeys and pigs along with dogs and cats. “She yanked me out of bed to say we have to get the animals out. I have to hurry,” says Remple. “When I got there water was midcalf. In a little less than three
hours, their house was floating down the creek.” At the end of the rescue, water was at shoulder level and ducks and geese were beyond saving. “We couldn’t risk our Story continues to ‘Together’ on Page 13
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