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The colourful history of the Savoy Hotel See Page 4 Federal politics

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nurse could more easily distinguish emergency patients from other people waiting.

Installation of a phone to assist visitors looking for patient room numbers was also considered to alleviate some of the line-up.

The man with the famous name who’s vying to be Canada’s next Prime minister will be in Nelson on the weekend.

Justin Trudeau will be at Lakeside Park on Sunday around 5 p.m. as he and his family make the local stop while vacationing in Western Canada.

“He’s vying to be the next prime minister of Canada and he’s there to shake hands and greet and meet people,” said Dan Ashman, the Southern Interior Liberal Riding Association president.

A non-political low-key event will be more about family time than campaigning though the key figure in Canadian politics is available to the public.

“If people want to meet Justin Trudeau, he’s definitely approachable,” said Ashman.

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Gabriel Macdonald plays the blood thirsty barber in the Capitol Theatre’s 25th annual Summer Youth Program production of Sweeney Todd. Elizabeth Barrett (behind) plays his co-conspirator, Mrs. Lovett. The musical thriller opens this coming Thursday at the Capitol.

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East Shore Protests Nursing Cuts “If health care doesn’t include care, then it doesn’t include health,” said one of the many speakers who gathered at the Kootenay Bay ferry landing on July 7 to protest the replacement of Mary Donald’s 21-hour-per-week resident East Shore nursing position with “as-needed” visitations by nurses from Nelson or Creston. Around 80 East Shore residents turned up in support, bearing placards with messages such as “We need our resident East Shore nurse back” and “IHA give back our nurse.” The rally included marching at the ferry landing and handing Bruce Scott photo out information with the Many Bays Band serenading protesters and travellers. The rally went from 10 a.m. until noon.

Witnesses sought in East Castlegar man missing Shore motorcycle crash Nelson Star Staff

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RCMP continue to investigate a single motorcycle accident that left a driver and passenger seriously injured.

The accident happened on July 6 at about 2 p.m. near the 9000 block of Highway 3A on the East Shore of Kootenay Lake, approximately 40 km north of Creston.

A black 2004 Harley Davidson Classic motorcycle with a male driver from Salmo and female passenger from Ymir went off the road and struck a cement barricade on a sharp corner.

“Both the driver and passenger were ejected from the motorcycle and suffered significant injuries,” said a release issued by Creston

RCMP. Members of the Creston RCMP, BC Ambulance Service and the Creston Fire Department attended the scene. Both people were transported by ground ambulance to the Creston Valley Hospital and were both later airlifted to Foothills Hospital in Calgary.

“The driver suffered serious injuries and the passenger suffered critical injuries,” said RCMP. The pair remains in hospital in Calgary in stable condition.

RCMP believe there may be a witness to the crash or to the driving patterns of the motorcycle who may not have spoken to investigators. They ask anyone with information to contact the Creston RCMP at 250428-9313.

A 25-year-old Castlegar man has been reported missing and RCMP are seeking the public’s assistance in locating him.

Lyle Lamont was last seen Sunday, July 14, at 5:30 a.m.

According to a police report, he left his family home saying he was going for a walk, and never returned.

Friends and family have been out looking for him, with the help of Castlegar Search and Rescue, but at the time this story was published there had been no sign of him.

Lamont is about 6 feet tall and 180 pounds, with short blond hair and blue eyes.

He was last seen wearing a blue striped hoodie and blue jeans.

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hambhala Music Festival’s purchase of the old Savoy Inn with plans to redevelop it as a performance venue means a new lease on life for a building that has twice suffered major fires and prolonged closures.

The project will also coincide with the building’s centennial, for it was on February 12, 1914 that John Philbert opened what was originally called the Athabasca hotel, a three-storey brick and stone structure at the corner of Baker and Falls streets.

“The new hotel is modern throughout and Mr. Philbert has spared no pains to make the hotel as up-to-date as possible,” the Daily News reported.

The building had 40 rooms, each “steam heated and supplied with hot and cold water, as well as being light and airy with plenty of ventilation.”

Philbert also installed a drinking fountain, “an innovation used for the first time in connection with hotel construction in Nelson.”

BECOMES THE SAVOY

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hilbert, a pioneer miner and hotelier, came to BC in the 1890s from Quebec. With proceeds from a mine sale, he bought the McLeod hotel at Ymir and later came to Nelson and operated the Athabasca hotel and saloon at 302 Baker Street.

In 1913, he began building a new Athabasca hotel on the site of an old roller skating rink and operated it until 1920, when it closed for several years, due in part to prohibition. According to his daughters, Philbert walked away from the struggling business. He went to Vancouver where he had a career in real estate and opened a butcher shop and tobacco store. Philbert died in 1935 at 69 following a long illness.

John A. Kerr bought the hotel in 1924 and reopened it a year or two later as the Savoy. (Kerr was the son of the builder of the Kerr apartments.)

On January 1, 1932, the Savoy’s new beer parlour opened, known as the

ABOVE: The Savoy Hotel looked much different in the 1930s than today.

The Life and Times of the

SAVOY HOTEL

By Greg Nesteroff

Lothian Arms. Its main entrance was off Baker Street and it boasted a counter of “highly-polished walnut with light maple trimming in a futuristic design.”

It was the site of an argument and brawl on March 31, 1934 between Doukhobor leader Peter P. Verigin and city police constable (and future chief) Robert Harshaw, recounted by J.F.C. Wright in his book Slava Bohu.

Management called police after Verigin, who had been drinking beer, began shouting, banging his fists, and breaking glasses. According to Wright, Verigin shoved Harshaw, who responded by putting Verigin in a headlock, throwing him to the floor and handcuffing him.

Outside, two men came to Verigin’s aid: one tried to strike Harshaw and the other jumped on his back.

With the help of firefighter Reg Bush and Daily News linotype operator Jack Reid, Verigin and the two others were taken to jail and later fined $25 each for being drunk in public.

OWNERSHIP CHANGES

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etween 1936 and 1973, the Savoy saw a dizzying number of owners and managers, including W.K. Clark, Thomas McGovern, Glen Huxtable, Constance McIndoe, Rudolph and William Young, Firmin Bousquet, and William Turner.

Longtime Nelsonite Ernie Moisey recalls CPR crews were a steady source of income: “The Savoy was close to the yard, so that was where they stayed when they came over from Cranbrook and Penticton. In the morning, call boys would go up and roust them out of bed.”

By the ‘60s, Moisey says the Savoy “was considered kind of grubby” and was a less popular watering hole than the Queens, Nelson, and Civic hotels.

He never entered the building until his mid-20s, although he was to become part-owner.

On November 24, 1973, fire broke out in the hotel just before noon and raged through the northern half of the

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building until brought under control four hours later. There were no injuries but the beer parlor’s floor collapsed into the basement.

Investigators said it was deliberately set, although no one was caught. Brothers Alan and Gary Kilpatrick had purchased the building only four months earlier — Gary was seeking a business opportunity after retiring from professional hockey.

The Kilpatricks immediately rebuilt.

Moisey, Gary’s brother-in-law, laboured on the construction crew the following summer, and remembers a backhoe removing burned debris from the basement.

The project created a buildingwithin-a-building: the area gutted by fire was new construction tied to the outside walls to strengthen both the old and new load-bearing beams. The facade was redone on two sides in an alpine theme with shingled dormers.

“We ramset those dormers into the brick,” Moisey says. “On the inside where there was a hanging ceiling, we ramset anchors into the walls all the way around the perimeter of the bar.”

The Savoy Inn, as it was now known, reopened in October 1974 with 20 Story continues to Page 5

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Continued from Page 4 rooms and an enlarged pub. The basement, once cluttered with coal bins, became a discotheque called Kips, after the brothers.

Moisey, who did some relief bartending, recalls it was “packed almost all the time. If you didn’t get there by 7:30 when they opened, it was almost impossible to get a seat. It was very popular and done first class.

They brought in an interior decorator to do the motifs and had a nice dance floor, lots of lights, really good sound system, and a fog machine.”

In 1979, the Kilpatricks unveiled plans for a $1 million addition including 37 more rooms, a banquet hall, swimming pool, and racquetball courts. None of it happened, but a restaurant — known as McDammit’s and later Bogart’s — opened over the disco, taking the place of several rooms.

By 1987, the brothers and several other shareholders turned their attention to the property just south of the hotel, acquired a decade earlier, and built a complex that included the Savoy Lanes bowling alley and a bingo hall and banquet facility to accommodate large functions.

The Kilpatricks’ association with the Savoy Inn lasted until 1996. At one point, Moisey says they traded it for an island off Tofino, which they logged. However, the island’s former owner couldn’t make a go of the hotel, and ownership reverted back to them.

Both brothers have since died — Gary only last month.

FIRE STRIKES AGAIN

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elson lawyer Blair Suffredine’s family acquired the Savoy next. His son Kevin Dewar ran it for a while with Gary Kilpatrick’s son Greg, but afterward the restaurant, nightclub, pub and upstairs rooms were leased separately with Dewar overseeing the building.

From the 1980s to the 2000s, several nightclubs came and went: The Twilight Zone, Club Utopia, the Avalon, Fluid Lounge, and Club 198.

Two local institutions trace their origins to the Avalon: Kootenay Co-op Radio’s earliest broadcasts came from there and it was also the site of some of Shambhala’s first meetings.

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Things ended abruptly on November 10, 2007 when fire struck again.

Crews arrived at about 5:30 a.m. to find heavy smoke billowing out of the Mazatlan restaurant and 15 guests evacuating the Backcountry Hostel upstairs. Nobody was hurt, but three businesses, including Club 198 downstairs, were finished.

Although the building soon found a new owner, it has been empty ever since due to insurance problems and ongoing litigation (see related story).

In 2011, Kootenay Christian Fellowship launched a $1 million fundraising campaign to buy the building.

However, renovation costs proved prohibitive and the plan fell through.

(The church instead bought the Savoy Lanes next door and recently moved in.)

Today, from the front and side, the Savoy hardly resembles the building John Philbert erected a century ago, although the backside reveals its heritage.

Kevin Dewar says he looked a few times at removing the stucco and taking the facade back to the original brick, but it would be a major job with no guarantee of success.

He is hopeful, however, that Shambhala will resurrect the long dormant building. “We’re happy we could come to an agreement and wish them the best,” he says. “It’s been a long time since anything’s gone on there. I look forward to seeing some life back in the building.”

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ABOVE: ca. 1940-44 business card Greg Nesteroff collection

Proprietors 1914-20 John Philbert 1921-25 Closed 1926-35 John A. Kerr 1936-40 W.K. Clark 1940-44 Thomas McGovern 1944 Mr. and Mrs.

H.J. Hauck 1944-49 Glenroy G. and

Constance E. Huxtable 1949?-51 Alex Wright

(for Huxtable estate’s executor) 1951-55 Roderick A. and

Constance E. McIndoe 1955-59 Constance E. McIndoe 1960-61 Rudolph E. and

William F. Young 1962-64 Firmin J. Bousquet and

Rudolph E. Young 1965-68 Rudolph E. Young 1969-73 William Turner 1974 Alan F. and Gary J. Kilpatrick,

Kenneth Dewar 1975-88 Alan F. and Gary J. Kilpatrick 1989-95 Alan F. Kirkpatrick 1996-97 Kevin Dewar and

Greg Kilpatrick 1998-2007 Kevin Dewar and various leaseholders 2007- Closed

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Savoy subject of legal saga

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n the more than five years since the Savoy Inn burned, reams of paperwork have been generated in still-unresolved litigation between its former owners.

According to court documents, in 2008, Saskatchewan hotelier Phil Poiron agreed to pay $1.4 million to acquire Borrachos Enterprises — whose sole asset was the Savoy — from shareholders Blair Suffredine, his wife Judith Lee, and their son Kevin Dewar.

An adjuster estimated it would cost $600,000 to repair the fire damage, well within the $1.3 million insurance coverage. However, once the bill topped $800,000, the adjusters declared another $1.4 million was required and the repairs stopped.

With Dewar’s help, Poiron sued the insurer, adjuster, and broker and reached an out-of-court settlement. Part of the money defrayed Poiron’s mortgage, some went to the former owners, and another chunk paid legal fees.

In late 2011, with about $843,000 still owing on the Borrachos sale, foreclosure proceedings began on

grounds Poiron failed to pay property taxes on time and seek insurance for the hotel, which he denied.

However, the foreclosure order was granted, and the company’s shares reverted to the family along with the hotel.

Poiron is in turn suing Dewar, Suffredine, and Lee for misrepresentation and breach of contract. They deny the allegations, which have not been proven in court, and are trying to have the long-running case dismissed. Whatever the outcome, it has no bearing on the hotel’s sale to Shambhala.

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Editor: Bob Hall Publisher: Karen Bennett

Uncommon Knowledge – Greg Nesteroff

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Locals shone in first NDP cabinet, book recounts

wo local men who served in the cabinet of BC’s first New Democratic government receive flattering portrayals in a recent book about that era.

As labour minister, RevelstokeSlocan MLA Bill King oversaw a major re-write of the labour code and revamp of the BC Labour Relations Board. He also imposed back-to-work legislation on 50,000 striking workers in one fell swoop.

“No one was more competent or generated more change,” Geoff Meggs and Rod Mickleburgh write of King in The Art of the Impossible: Dave Barrett and the NDP in Power 1972-75. “Few ministers in Dave Barrett’s uneven cabinet had more mastery over their portfolios than the locomotive engineer with a Grade 10 education ... By the time his term was up, the minefield that was labour relations law in BC was forever altered, for the better.”

King and the premier both felt that despite the NDP’s ties to the movement, trade unions should not dictate labour relations in BC — a stance that didn’t endear them to the BC Federation of Labour.

King gave his ministry a thorough housecleaning, warning bureaucrats change was on the way and they could like it or leave. More than 20 left, by choice or by force, replaced with a new wave of talented young mandarins.

One of them, Bob Plecas, called King “one of the best ministers I ever had.”

The new labour code, unveiled in 1973, “provoked gasps at its sheer, breathtaking audacity,” the authors write. It removed jurisdiction over labour disputes from the courts in favour of the Labour Relations Board and made it easier to organize a workforce.

Police officers, firefighters, and hospital staff were also given the right to strike.

Although hailed as the most progressive legislation in the country, the BC Fed was deeply offended by its use of binding arbitration and restriction of picketing rights. Despite measures aimed at calming the volatile labour E-MAIL LETTERS TO: editor@nelsonstar.com DROP OFF/MAIL: 514 Hall Street, Nelson, BC V1L 1Z2 Phone 250-352-1890

LEFT: Former BC housing minister Lorne Nicolson (left) signs up NDP memberships in December 2010 with Corky Evans and Michelle Mungall, two of his successors as Nelson-Creston MLA. RIGHT: Former Revelstoke-Slocan MLA and labour minister Bill King was in Nelson last summer for the Fairview Athletic Club reunion. Nicolson and King both receive glowing words in a recent book about the Dave Barrett era in BC. (Greg Nesteroff photos)

atmosphere, skyrocketing inflation resulted in extraordinary wage demands and then a tidal wave of strikes and lockouts, involving pulp mill workers, trainsmen, truck drivers, and supermarket employees.

King’s efforts to avoid the work stoppages proved futile, so on October 7, 1975, he imposed a cooling off period and sent them all back to work. Labour leaders were appalled, but others called it gutsy leadership. King, who went to high school in Nelson and now lives in Fruitvale, says he has no regrets.

Meanwhile, Nelson-Creston MLA Lorne Nicolson became BC’s — and Canada’s — first housing minister, despite no background in housing policy.

On his watch, the government bought a private development company, and with it all the tools needed to add social housing.

“Rather than create a Crown corporation with tired civil servants,” Nicolson told the authors, “we bought a thriving company.” (They paid $5.6 million. Three years later, the company sold for $21 million.)

Nicolson’s ministry acquired and converted properties and built new housing as well: 1,400 units in 1974, a 36 per cent increase in stock. By the

end of 1976, when the NDP was long out of office, the stock had doubled.

The book also describes a memorable speech Dave Barrett delivered in 1975 during his unsuccessful reelection bid: “Barrett began hitting his stride midway through the campaign.

By the time he reached the resourcebased, counterculture town of Nelson in late November, he simply caught fire. Before a foot-stomping, enthusiastic crowd of 1,100 people who had ventured through a heavy snowfall to crowd the gym at Notre Dame University, the premier responded with his most rousing speech of the campaign.”

Gesticulating wildly, he followed each zinger with a cry of “Whoopee!”

Barrett blasted his Social Credit opponents as “that conglomerate bunch of back-sliders, boat jumpers, high divers and half benders” and said the election was “the people against the big, vested interests.”

In a photo caption, the authors suggest “No one could rouse an audience like Dave Barrett, perhaps the finest political orator in the province’s history” — although former Nelson-Creston MLA Corky Evans might challenge him for the title.

Yet it was for naught. While Nicolson

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and King were both re-elected, their government was soundly defeated.

THE LAST WORD ON KENNETH CAMPBELL: I devoted parts of two recent columns to Kenneth Campbell, the Liberal MLA for Nelson who in 1924 stepped aside so that Premier John Oliver could run here in a byelection. But I was unable to establish what happened to Campbell after he left the area a few years later. I’m indebted to Jan Fisher, a distant relative of Campbell’s wife Margaret, for providing the answer.

Turns out the couple moved to Vancouver in 1927 and according to nephew Roderick MacDonald, “Kenneth apparently suffered no harm in leaving politics. In later life he had a number of hotels and beer parlours in Vancouver, including the Ambassador Hotel.”

Campbell died in Vancouver on March 28, 1951 at 70. He was buried in Nelson in the same cemetery plot as his wife and their infant daughter Effie.

The Campbells also had several other children, including two sons born in Sandon. Charles died last year at 95 while Ken Jr. lives in the Lower Mainland.

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Letters to the Editor

Wayne Germaine Serving Nelson & Area Since 1987.

Telus treating us like guinea pigs I am strongly opposed to Telus’ expansion of microwave-transmitters and towers in and around where I live in Ymir. Without any public input, Telus has set out on a course to increase our exposure to microwave radiation from the installation of several more transmitters in our community.

As a parent of a small child this concerns me greatly. In the history of mankind, we have never been exposed to this level of man-made electro-magnetic radiation before. We are all guinea pigs in the proliferation of wireless technology and the radiation required for it.

One just needs to quickly browse the peer-reviewed 1,800 scientific studies found in the 2012 bioinitiative report bioinitiative.org to know that, at the very least, there is potential harm from long-term exposure to this radiation. In addition, in May of 2011 the International

“In the history of mankind, we have never been exposed to this level of man-made electromagnetic radiation before. We are all guinea pigs in the proliferation of wireless technology ” Agency for the Research on Cancer (IARC), a branch of the World Health Organization, classified the radiation from microwave transmitters and wireless devices as a Class 2B potential carcinogen. Anyone who follows the World Health Organization must know that this classification would have been done with a great deal of reluctance.

So why is Telus not listening to the World Health

Organization? Telus, as usual, claims that they are regulated

by Health Canada’s Safety Code 6 — this is wrong.

Health Canada’s Safety Code 6 was never established to deal with the non-thermal, non-ionic, radiation emitted from microwave transmitters.

In fact, Health Canada has never done an independent analysis on non-thermal microwave radiation. Health Canada is on record as to lying to the public in several other cases, including the Bovine Growth Hormone, that as concerned citizens we should never rely solely on what Health Canada deems safe.

I urge anyone else who shares my concerns to contact your local regional district director, your MLA, and you MP and demand a public hearing on Telus’ microwavetransmitter expansion in our area.

Kathryn Whitehead Ymir

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Community Organizations Women and girls skateboard night at the Nelson and District Youth Centre on Mondays from 7 to 9 p.m. All ages and abilities welcome. The drop-in fee is $2.

Helmets are mandatory.

ANKORS recognizes World Hepatitis Day on Tuesday, July 23 from noon to 2 p.m. at the Lakeside Park Rotary shelter. See the International Hep C Quilt and enjoy a free Lucky Cupcake.

Lots of giveaways too.

St. Saviour’s Anglican ProCathedral, located at the corner of Silica and Ward streets, is open for tours beginning on Tuesdays through Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. until the end of August. Volunteer tour guides will be in attendance to answer questions and the tours are free, though donations are gratefully accepted.

TEENS! Is summer getting boring yet? Wild and Wacky Wednesdays for teens at the Nelson Public Library might just be the answer. Our revised schedule of programs for youth entering Grade 7 and up is: July 24 (Button making), July 31 (Karaoke and talent show), August 7 (Crafternoon), August 21 (Minute to win it games). Drop ins welcome. Snacks and prizes each week! Contact Joanne for more info: 250-505-5683 or jharris@ nelson.ca.

A walking group meets Wednesdays at 9:30 a.m. under the Orange Bridge by Lakeside Park. Everyone is welcome to join in for a walk. For information contact libaz@shaw.ca.

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

at Selkirk College Tenth Street campus. Hackerspace is a place to talk about technology with people who understand what you are talking about.

anyone with a non-motorized water craft. Collect cards along the shore of Kootenay Lake. Best poker hands at the end take the prizes. Cost is $10 per entrant.

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

Alcoholics Anonymous holds 14 one-hour meetings weekly in Nelson, at 717A Vernon Street (in the “Cellar” downstairs), including early morning, noon hour, and evening meetings on specific days. For a schedule of meetings please call 250-3523391 or pick up a complete meeting list at the Cellar during meeting times.

Nelson Knitting Co-op meets every Thursday from 12:30 to 3 p.m. at the Nelson and District Community Complex. The meeting is open to anyone interested in sharing their projects, learning new techniques and socializing with other fibre enthusiasts.

Infertility Support Group meets Wednesday, July 31 from 7 to 9 p.m. at Kalein Hospice Centre (402 West Richards Street). This is a peer-led support group for women and couples living in or near Nelson who are facing infertility, secondary infertility, assisted conception, and/or recurrent pregnancy loss.

For information call 250-5091091.

Celebrate Riondel Days on Friday August 2 to Sunday, August 4 at Riondel Regional Park.

This family festival includes a slow pitch tournament, art show, book sale, cake walk, scavenger hunt and more. The festivities are free to attend. Come out for some good old-fashioned fun!

Spark! is a free after school arts group for girls ages 12 to 16 every Wednesday from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. at the Nelson and District Youth Centre. Snacks are provided. Facilitated by Ursula Twiss

The 31st annual Cyswog ‘n’ Fun triathlon is Sunday, August 4 at Lakeside park. Sign up as a relay team or individual to swim-bike-run the long or short course. For more information and to register, go to Gerick’s Cycle or online at trinelson.com.

The Nelson Technology Club hosts a Hackerspace Wednesdays, 6 to 8 p.m., at their new location in the annex building

Riondel Poker Paddle goes Saturday, August 10 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Riondel Park and Campground. Open to

Nelson and District Seniors Co-ordinating Society offers free income tax service, affordable home help services, seniors counseling and advocacy, information and referrals to community resources. For details, call the office at 250-352-6008 between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Monday to Thursday.

Kokanee Park Visitor’s Centre, open daily from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Join us for yoga, kids art classes, evening stories, movies and more.

Oso Negro coffee for the big kids and frozen/baked treats for everyone! Great for park guests and families. Complete schedule available at ecosociety.ca.

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

The ninth annual Slocan Lake Dance Camp is July 25 through 28 in New Denver. The instructor is Ari Levitt from Seattle.

Visit slocanlakedancecamp.ca for details.

Fundraisers The organizers of Requiem for a Glacier, a musical installation on Jumbo Glacier, have

The Nelson Cycling Club and Nelson Kootenay Lake Tourism present the

18TH ANNUAL FAT TIRE FESTIVAL AUGUST 23-25 Featuring a Bike Parade, Wheelie Competition, Poker Ride, BlackJack Shuttles and cross country and downhill races. There is something for everyone young and old, first time riders or experts!

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launched an online fundraising campaign to offset the costs associated with staging this event, which is at the forefront of both art and activism. For details and to make a donation, go to indiegogo.com and search “Requiem for a Glacier.”

The Capitol Theatre is hosting a fundraising variety show to raise money for Pat Henman and Maia Vezina on July 31 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $30 or, if you would like to contribute more, there are also $50 tickets available. Get yours at the Capitol Theatre box office, online at capitoltheatre.bc.ca or phone 250-352-6363.

Kootenay Co-op Radio’s fundraising Summer Raffle is underway with tickets just $3 each available at KCR, Otter Books, Packrat Annie’s, Gerrick Cycle among other Nelson merchants.

First Prize: an Elie Strait kayak donated by Hellman Canoe and Kayak. Second Prize: a twonights-for-two stay at Halcyon Hot Springs Resort. The draw date is September 13.

Ongoing bottle drive in support of BEAKS Wild Bird Rehabilitation. Bottles/cans can be dropped off at The Nelson Animal Hospital on Ymir Road.

Markets Cottonwood Market is held every Saturday at Cottonwood Falls Park featuring live music, regional produce, eggs, great savory and sweet foods, and a variety of unique products.

The Harrop Farmer’s Market runs Sundays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Lots of organic produce available, as well as honey and preserves. For info call 250-2295370.

Winlaw Sunday Market is every Sunday at Sleep Is For Sissies from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. featuring local produce, artisans, hand made goods and games for kids.

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market runs Wednesdays throughout the summer, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Find locally made art, clothing, food and more.

The second Marketfest of the season is set for Friday, July 26 from 6 to 10:30 p.m. Three blocks of Baker Street will be transformed into a street market featuring 100 vendors of quality crafts, delicious foods, and other wonderful products. There will also be live music and performers on two stages. This is a rain or shine event.

Announcements Oxygen Art Centre has scholarships available for students ages 12 to 19, though the Community Directed Youth Activity Grant Fund administered by Kootenay Kids.

Contact Jordan Dupuis, youth grants program coordinator, by phone, 250-352-6678 ext. 235 or email jordand@kootenaykids.ca.

New scholarships are available for students ages 12 to 19, though the Community Directed Youth Activity Grant Fund administered by Kootenay Kids! Please contact Jordan Dupuis, Youth Grants Program Coordinator for more information about how to apply for a scholarship: 250352-6678, ext. 235 or jordand@ kootenaykids.ca The Nelson & District Women’s Centre is looking for four enthusiastic and dedicated self-identified women to join the Board of Directors. If you are looking for a fullfilling place to make a difference in our community — the Women’s Centre is looking for you, too.

We are currently seeking women who have interest and skills to share, especially in finances, non-profit organizations, fund development and law.

About seven hours a month to dedicate to this important work is required. For an application form and information package, please visit nelsonwomenscentre. com or call the Women’s Centre at 250-352-9916.

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Check This Out - Anne DeGrace

Win friends and influence bellies Visit to the Nelson Library’s cookbook section

I owe my marriage to polenta.

That’s a story in itself, but the truth is that many of our best memories — of life, love, fun, family — are centered around food. Many of us have our grandmother’s Joy of Cooking or Fanny Farmer held together with duct tape and elastic bands. And while we are getting more and more of our recipes online, there is nothing like a beautiful cookbook for true inspiration.

Library cookbooks mean you can’t scribble in the margins, and we’d rather you kept them well away from flying batter, but that little inconvenience is assuaged by sheer variety. We try to get the out-ofthe-box cookbooks in addition to the standards; a local cookbook reviewer has become a regular donor as well, so our collection is fresh, contemporary, and mouth-watering.

Summer is barbecue time, and if you’ve got a hot grill we’ve got sizzling recipes in books such as Bob Rainford’s Born to Grill. Why slap on a beef burger when you could whip up a grilled Malaysian satay with peanut sauce, or blackened salmon with maple glaze?

The Urban Picnic by John Burns and Elisabeth Caton offers everything you ever wanted to know about alfresco dining with menu suggestions such as the “Hipnic,” a vegetarian answer to all those barbecue ribs and things. They even suggest wine and music pairings — in this case, an aromatic

Alsatian white to go with that bocconcini salad, with Elvis Costello crooning in the background. My kind of picnic.

Other great cookbooks include the oh-so-beautiful Pure Vegan, the guilt-free Ocean Wise seafood collection, and A Taste of Canada: a culinary journal, which takes us from BC’s strawberry rhubarb tarts to a Newfoundland seafood pot pie, with a little regional history peppered about.

Specialty cookbooks abound for those who prefer gluten free, dairy-free, allergy-free, or heartsmart. The whole hundred-mile diet thing has us thinking about sourcing our ingredients close to home, and we can do the same with our cookbooks.

Nelson author and cook Olindo Chiocca offers Dinner wit da Dons, a dangerous but delicious pairing of mobster profiles with minestrone.

A gentler collection is Trail Cooks Italian! a Trail Library fundraiser and community favourite. And Nelson writer and reviewer Geraldine Hartman’s Not Just for Vegetarians is a well-deserved Best Books Award finalist that offers “I can’t believe it’s not turkey” gravy for the unconverted.

Folks have learned to identify great recipes with notable cooks — Bonnie, Stern, Jamie Oliver, James Barber — and notable restaurants, such as the Moosewood cookbooks. But we don’t have to go so far afield for inspiration when we have the Whitewater Cooks series by Shelley Adams, which owes its

origins to Whitewater’s Fresh Tracks Café. The Summit Salad is to die for.

Other great local restaurant inspired cookbooks include the Island Lake Lodge cookbook from our Fernie neighbours, and the unpretentious but hilarious Recipes and Rapscallions from the Apple Tree Restaurant in New Denver.

Of course, that brings us around to the fabulous Seasonings: a year of local flavor in words and recipes. A collaboration with the Kootenay Country Store Cooperative and library fundraiser, it’s a compilation of recipes and writing from the kitchens and keyboards of your friends and neighbours. How hundredmile is that?

Sigrid Shepard’s Green Goddess Dressing and Francyne Laliberte’s Book Garden Tomato Pie with Cyndi SandEveland’s ode to basil and Jane Byers’s poem to raspberry pancakes — oh my! During July and August, we’ve put Seasonings at 30 per cent off (this price at the library and Co-op only), so stock up for Christmas now, and benefit the library while you’re at it.

What is it about a man who can make polenta? Or even knows what polenta is? I can’t say for sure, but I can tell you that food is one way to a gal’s heart (or a guy’s), and the library is a great place to start.

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Anne DeGrace is the Adult Services Coordinator at the Nelson Public Library. Her column runs every other Friday.

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Break and Enters keep police busy What are you waiting for?

Nelson Star Staff

A rash of residential and commercial break and enters have kept the Nelson Police Department busy.

Police have been investigating a case in which a group of young males have been stealing from one another over drugs.

Then, on Tuesday night, two of the suspects were taken into custody and charged after they were caught on tape breaking into a vacant commercial building.

“One of the youths had a large quantity of marijuana with him and was also charged for possession for the purpose of trafficking a controlled substance,” says a release issued by the NPD. More arrests are anticipated in the next few days, say police.

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‘315 lbs of fury’: Impaired driver An impaired driver caught this week considered causing a disturbance claiming to be “315 pounds of fury.”

While on routine patrol, Nelson Police Department officers came across a vehicle weaving down the road on Tuesday at 12:55 a.m.

The 31-year-old local male appeared to be under the influence of alcohol and after providing two breath samples and failing both, he was served an Immediate 90-day Roadside Prohibi-

tion.

“The male was upset at this and asked what would happen if he was to start causing a disturbance,” said a release issued by the NPD, who advised him he would be arrested. “He offered good luck to the officers as he was ‘315 pounds of fury’ but quickly calmed down when he noted they were carrying Tasers.”

He was lodged in NPD cells until sober.

Stolen vehicle abandoned and recovered A woman who recently moved back to Nelson had her car stolen last week.

On July 10, Nelson Police received the report of a vehicle stolen from the street in front of her residence the previous evening.

“She also reported she could not find her keys but had advised a friend who believed she saw the vehicle in the Rosemont area during the night,” said a release issued by the NPD. Nelson Police investigators conducted inquiries in the area where the vehicle was last seen and this led to the recovery of the vehicle abandoned on Bealby Point Road.

Several people were identified in the investigation and have been interviewed but to date the case remains unsolved.

Nelson Police are asking anyone with information regarding the theft of the vehicle to come forward.

Trudeau family has West Kootenay ties

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Beautiful Kootenay Lake, a cinema, great shopping and restaurants on historic Baker Street — all just steps from your home.

To learn more about this exciting opportunity, visit www.nelsoncommons.ca or call 250 352 5847.

Nelson Commons is currently not an offering for sale. Such an offering can only be made after filing a disclosure statement. All images are for illustrative purposes only.

Continued from Page 1 “He’ll be having coffee and ice cream with his kids. He’ll be there with Sophie and his children.”

Prominent Canadians appearing in the isolated Kootenays clearly garner attention and Ashman sees it as good for the area and the politician.

“Human curiosity is that if people have the chance to meet, who in fact could be the next prime minister of Canada, that’s a good thing. And to see him in a nonpolitical setting while he’s with his family — He’s not going to have a suit and tie on. I can guarantee that,” said Ashman.

Liberal leader Justin Trudeau is currently on a tour of the west, where he stopped in Calgary for the Stampede last week. The federal leader will be in Nelson on Sunday photo courtesy justin.ca for an event at Lakeside Park.

Trudeau is charismatic and sure to attract the younger generation needed to continue political process into the next era, said the riding association president.

The Trudeau fam-

ily has close ties to the West Kootenay and British Columbia. Justin’s brother Michel Trudeau died in an avalanche at Kokanee Glacier Park in November of 1998 and his body was never re-

covered from Kokanee Lake.

Michel lived in Rossland for one year and Justin Trudeau’s mother Margaret Kemper’s family is also from the Lower Mainland.

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Congratulations Ashley & Ryan Simon Saturday June 29th, 2013 Your wedding was beautiful and you both looked spectacularly stunning. ~ Love Mom

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Double Rainbow A beauty shot of the Nelson Bridge from mid-June was sent in by reader Tosh Rudell. If you have a photo of the Kootenay summer you would like to share, send it to editor@nelsonstar.com.

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Georama’s Plant of the Week

Virginia Creeper

Common name: Virginia Creeper Botanical Names: Parthenocissus Quinquefolia We had a wonderful few days off last week, and took a few day trips to visit some of our favorite Kootenay places.

Fishing on Slocan Lake aboard my good friend Jim’s new boat, and an opportunity to stop in Silverton to swim and walk about this beautiful village with its many wonderful, public landscaped areas! On our walk back from the beach, we came across a planting of Virginia Creeper that was used as a ground cover over a rather steep and rocky bank - boy did it do the job! Virginia Creeper not only grows up trellises and buildings of over 50 feet (if you have ever seen the court house in Nelson you will know what I mean) but will creep along the ground to

hide unwanted features as well. Virginia Creeper is very fast growing, and blooms from June through August with tiny, yellowish-green florets. These flowers form purple berries that can be harmful if ingested, however the rest of the plant was used in many herbal remedies. Its five lobed leaves are green, but are tinted with red when they first emerge in the spring, turning to a deep fiery red when the fall frosts hit, absolutely gorgeous.

Sometimes confused with poison Ivy, we learned an old nursery rhyme in Boy Scouts to tell the difference – “Leaves of three, let it be; leaves of five let it thrive” Case Grypma from Georama Growers

FortisBC, the company that provides electrical service to much of West Kootenay, has applied to the BC Utilities Commission for a rate increase of 3.3 per cent for 2014 and has laid the groundwork to revisit the rate through 2018.

“The way it works for the commission is we re-visit our rates every year, so we only requested for 2014 the 3.3 pe cent but we’re filing the [fiveyear] application to kind of have the parameters in place,” said Neal Pobran, manager of corporate communications in a phone interview. “We’ll go back again through another regulatory process for the following years after that.”

Pobran said the public is welcome to view the application and make comments on-

line. It will be available shortly at bcuc.com and fortisbc.com.

While BC Hydro has been the subject of intense political debate over its fee structure, FortisBC operates on a smaller playing field and with far fewer customers. Still, according to a corporate report, FortisBC’s electric operations had a net income of $49 million in 2012.

The utility is also in the planning stages of a new $16 million operations centre in Ootischenia.

“We’re trying to go to the five year plan so that if we do have any savings, they are passed onto customers,” said Pobran.

“Every utility is struggling with this — when you think how much electricity use has increased and the aging of the infrastructure, it’s what everyone is facing right now. People used to have one television and now what ... four is pretty com-

mon? Different times.”

A FortisBC news release also noted a review of the residential conservation rate is underway and they will be filing a report with the results with the commission. The report will include public input and study the impact of a conservation rate on customers.

“While most customers benefit from the residential conservation rate, we are sensitive that some pay more. This report will provide a better understanding of the issues and impacts of the rate,” said president and CEO John Walker.

“We continue to work with our customers to find ways to make their homes and businesses more energy efficient by offering rebates and through programs like community energy diets, including one currently underway in the Kootenays.”

Grader impounded at Rosebery Nelson Star Staff

A man in control of an approximately 8,000 kg piece of machinery in the area near Rosebery got himself in a bit of a scrape when Slocan Lake RCMP curbed his ride.

Police, according to a press release by Cst. A. Van Hussen,

responded just after noon last Wednesday to a complaint of a road grader driving erratically on Wilson Creek Forest Road.

There was concern the man driving the big machine, a Castlegar area resident, was either having medical issues or was intoxicated.

The 51-year-old operator was apprehended by police and

it was determined that he had been consuming alcohol.

He failed to provide a breath sample and was issued an immediate driving prohibition.

His drivers licence was suspended for 90 days and the grader impounded for 30 days.

Anyone with information on this matter should call Slocan Lake RCMP at 250-358-2222.

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Kootenay Library Federation

One Book, One Kootenay vote deadline looms

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The popular Kootenaywide book club One Book, One Kootenay has kept regional readers busy trying to decide which of the three shortlisted books should get the nod. Each year, booklovers read, discuss, and vote on the book they think all Kootenay folk should read. The deadline for voting for the 2013 One Book, One Kootenay selection is August 2.

This year’s shortlist is comprised of Never Going Back

by Antonia Banyard, Confined Space by Deryn Collier and The Dolphin’s Tooth: a Decade in Search of Adventure by Bruce Kirkby. Since May, these Kootenay authors have been reading in libraries across the region, either in person or virtually through film. With several days left to read and vote, the Kootenay Library Federation that hosts OBOK is urging people to pick up copies of the books at their local libraries, and vote.

They are all good reads: Collier’s mystery Confined Space (Simon & Schuster) in-

Special to the Nelson Star

MarketFest is once again back on Baker Street this July 26 starting at 6 p.m. and going until 10:30 p.m.

This is a rain or shine event but with some luck the weather will be beautiful, the sun will shine, and the music will soar. This MarketFest musical line up includes Lisa Nicole, James Lamb, Shane Philip, Brian Rosen and the WhatNow and many more.

EcoSociety’s Markets Director Jesse R. Woodward is once again working with vendors, business owners, and city agencies to ensure that July MarketFest is a great success.

“June MarketFest was a

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troduces small-town coroner Bern Fortin as he investigates a murder in a brewery; The Dolphin’s Tooth: a Decade in Search of Adventure (McClelland & Stewart) follows Kirkby through 15 years of high adventure in some of the world’s edgier places; Banyard’s novel Never Going Back (Thistledown Press) brings together a group of high school friends after 10

years of separation as they converge for a friend’s memorial.

The 2013 selected OBOK author is celebrated in a tour of select Kootenay libraries in the fall.

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Deryn Collier reads from Confined Space to a rapt crowd.

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and to create a meeting place for arts, culture and community networking.

EcoSociety is able to put on Marketfest due to generous funding from the Columbia Basin Trust, the City of Nelson, Nelson and District Credit Union as well as help from numerous other local businesses including The Bridge, The Nelson Brewing Company and the Kootenay Coop.

The EcoSociety also runs the Saturday Cottonwood Community Market at Cottonwood Falls park and the Wednesday Nelson Downtown Local Market in the 400 block of Baker Street.

West Kootenay EcoSociety is a non-profit organization. Through education, outreach, community building, research, and advocacy, the EcoSociety works to protect the natural environment while building a just and sustainable post-carbon world.

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Nelson Star Carrier of the Month Kai Roenspiess

Tell us a little bit about yourself:

I am almost 13, I like camping and building Lego

What do you like to do in your spare time?

Build wood models and hang out with my friends

Why do you like delivering the Nelson Star?

It’s FUN and I really like the people I deliver to!

Kai will receive a Subway Gift Card

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The Black Press newspapers of the East & West Kootenay and Boundary have joined forces to bring you the best your own backyard has to offer. Read about day trips, share your own stories and photos, pass them onto family and friends.

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Third grader, Nathan Croston with a donation of $230 to submitted photo the Kootenay Climbing Association.

New climbing gym okayed by Selkirk SUBMITTED Special to the Nelson Star

Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim / Book by Hugh Wheeler From an Adaptation by Christopher Bond

Originally Directed On Broadway by Harold Prince. Presented through Music Theatre International (MTI) www.MTIShows.com.

25th Annual Summer Youth Program

July 25, 26, 27 & 28 at 7:30pm $15 Adults $10 Student $45 family of four Buy tickets online: capitoltheatre.bc.ca Charge by phone: 250.352.6363 TICKETS:

Director • Geoff Burns Musical Director • Allison Girvan Choreographer • Lynette Lightfoot Set Design • Doug Scott Sophisticated, macabre, uncompromising and visceral musical thriller with howlingly funny moments of dark humour.

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This week Selkirk College has officially agreed to lease part of the gymnasium at Tenth Street Campus (Mary Hall), to the Kootenay Climbing Association, to operate a climbing facility.

The non-profit venture is projected to open this coming winter.

This project is part of Selkirk’s strategic direction to expand their impact on community development, through our support of community economic development and social innovation.

“This not only helps support an important community association, it is another great addition to the current recreational activities offered to our community out of the Mary Hall Gymnasium. We look forward to having the facilities available as soon as possible,” says Angus Graeme, Selkirk College president and CEO. The association has received support from all levels of the community, including a donation from Nathan Croston and his South Nelson Grade 3 class, who raised $230 dollars at his birthday party.

A number of grants have also been received from the Osprey foundation and the Columbia Basin Trust distributed through Community Initiatives & Affected Areas from the City of Nelson, and areas E, F and H. The Kootenay Climbing Association will be kicking off their latest fundraising drive, this Saturday, July 20 at Valhalla Pure, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. to take donations and sign up members. The Association’s goal is to raise $120,000.

Individuals who donate or invest over $500 will receive a discount at the new facility. The $25 memberships will also be on sale.

The Kootenay Climbing Association is a non-profit society that is mandated to promote climbing by establishing and operating an indoor climbing facility for children, youth and adults servicing the West Kootenays. Their guiding principles are focused on the responsible and safe operation of the facility in an ethical, cost-effective and community-focused manner employing professionally certified ACMG indoor instructors.

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Saints add third goalie to roster SUBMITTED Special to the Nelson Star

Kootenay Rhythm Dragons finished fourth at a Dragon Boat Festival in Lethbridge earlier this month.

Jude Schmitz photos

Rhythm Dragons finish fourth in Lethbridge SUBMITTED Special to the Nelson Star

Kootenay Rhythm Dragons LOL team dodged grape-sized hailstones while attending the 12th Annual ATB Financial Lethbridge Rotary Dragon Boat Festival in Lethbridge, Alberta July 6 to 9.

Luckily, the weather cooperated long enough each day to allow the races in all heats to finish without a problem.

“It was a fabulous experience testing our paddling skills for the first time as a team, while building friendships with paddlers from teams throughout Alberta, BC and Montana,” said team captain Rebecca George.

The Lethbridge Dragonfest volunteers and sponsors ran a smooth and efficient festival with live musical entertainment, vendors and refreshments for the participants and spectators to enjoy during the weekend. As usual, the Rose Ceremony commemorating the lives

of people with breast cancer was the highlight of the weekend.

An exciting twist to the races was the last minute delivery of brand new Elemental International Racing specification Dragon Boats.

Of the 62 participating teams, 46 mixed and 16 women’s teams competed.

Overall, the LOLs placed fourth in the Women’s B Final competition with times

of 2.47.73 and 2.51.22 on the 500 metre course.

Throughout the season the Kootenay Rhythm Dragons’ two teams will participate in three more festivals. The SIS team will compete in Kelowna July 27 and 28, and in Kalispell September 7 and 8.

The LOL team will be in Penticton September 6 to 8.

Betty Golata is 100 A reception in her honour will be held

The Selkirk College Men’s Hockey program announce a playing commitment from goaltender Aaron Oakley (Richmond, BC) to attend Selkirk College and compete for the Saints beginning in the 2013/14 BC Intercollegiate Hockey League season.

Oakley joins Selkirk following an outstanding three-year career in the Pacific Junior Hockey League with the Richmond Sockeyes and Abbotsford Pilots. He led the league in a number of statistical categories during the 2012/13 season as a member of the Pilots, including games played (33), minutes played (1941) and wins (23).

The 20-year-old also finished second among PJHL netminders with a 2.01 goals-against average and fourth with a 0.918 save percentage.

His overall totals spanning three seasons in the PJHL include 58 wins and 21 losses with a 2.27 goals-against average and a .914 save percentage.

Oakley appeared at back-to-back Cyclone Taylor Cups in 2011 and 2012 with the Sockeyes and Pilots respectively, and went on to win the Keystone Cup with Abbotsford to conclude his 19-year-old season.

He has also earned a number of individual accolades, including the PJHL’s Most Valuable Player award for the 2012/13 season.

He was an all-star in all three years played in the league and was the recipient of the Top Goaltender award as a rookie with the Sockeyes in 2010/11.

The addition of Oakley brings Selkirk up to three goaltenders on the roster for the 2013/14 season.

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THANK YOU from St. Joseph School We would like to thank all of their families, teachers, parishioners and the local business community for all of their support and generous donations. Because of these contributions, we have had some very successful fundraising events this year including; our 3rd Annual Walkathon-Rockathon, Love of Music, and Christmas Tree sales. St. Joseph School is truly grateful.

Parent Support Group Andex Rentals BC Wine Guys Bev Pulyk Brenda McDonald—Epicure Catholic Women’s League Cloudside Inn Cottonwood Kitchens Crystal Majeski Cakes Deanne McClure, RMT Dharma Consignment Boutique Holly Jordall—Hojo Designs Home Computing Solutions Hume Hotel Jeff Faragher - Cellist Karin Palinka – Dynamite Dancers Knights of Columbus

Life Moments Photography Nelson Brewing Company Nelson and District Community Complex New Grand Liquor Store OSO Negro Coffee Otter Books Pacific Insight Peoples Pharmacy Prestige Hotel Safeway Secret Garden Toys Sensations Clothing Shannon’s Fabrics Tracy Vulcano—Spa Addiction Whitewater Ski Resort Kootenay Christian Martial Arts Columbia Basin Trust

Cowan’s Office Supplies Action Schools Fortis BC Heart and Stroke IHA Jayne’s Chop Shop Kidsport Lucky Cupcakes Main Jet Nelson Star Saputo Save on foods Shoes for the Soul Starcicles Subway The Dollar Store Vibe Walmart

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Natural gas is used safely in B.C. every day. But if you smell rotten eggs, go outside first, then call us.

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Golf pro thanked ALSBC volunteers Bruce Askew and Bette Lou Askew and ALSBC executive director Wendy Toyer thanks Balfour golf pro Craig Wilkinson (third from left) for participating in the golf-a-thon for ALS. Wilkinson and his colleague Braden Chown (not pictured) raised $2,000 and completed 162 holes each, with 70 birdies and five photo submitted eagles on June 10.

Game On — Kim Palfenier

Make camp memories

‘T

is the season for summer camps, weddings and reunions. While weddings are (hopefully) less a sporting event these activities are about creating great experiences, friendships and memories. In some cases it’s about savoring and keeping them alive too.

Reuniting with my 19891996 Nelson netball team last week was marvelous and with apologies to the other diners on the patio, a laugh-out-loud time was had. All with young babies and toddlers at the time the team took on a few teen players brave enough to play with us 30-somethingyear-old mums. Eighteen years later we hear about the impact we had on those young ladies. Despite all the locker room stories on career, marriage, and scary child rearing the younger players eventually went on to have happy lives and families too.

Such is mentorship. Learning how each player and their families have grown into their lives since our short but precious time playing together was truly heartening.

In fact, it became obvious to me that if the value of team sports ever came in to question you wouldn’t have far to go to get an answer. Every one of those women I’m sure would attest to the contribution that friendship, health and development made in

their lives. Playing through the trials, tribulations and injuries, teamwork develops unmatched amity and is so worth celebrating together — even if only from time to time.

The same might be said of summer camp experiences.

The first overnight away from home or trying something new and perhaps a little unnerving creates a heightened experience that becomes a favourite and lasting memory.

This lifetime gift of community sport and recreation is right on your doorstep. Take advantage of it while you can.

The Glacier Gymnastics Club has camps weekly until August 29. You will swing, bounce and tumble your way through a gym filled with trampolines (big and small), rings, ropes, balance beams and lots more! The super fun camp leaders will teach you lots of new skills as well as help you with old ones (although no gymnastics experience is necessary).

Look forward to highlights such as giant fort building, Mission Impossible, Hide ‘n’ Seek in the Dark, Circus Arts and much more! This is a great way to burn off some of that summer energy, learn new tricks and meet lots of new friends! No gymnastics experience necessary. Junior Campers (ages four to six) will play games, learn tricks and make new friends while

exploring our weekly themes.

Senior Campers (ages 6 – 12) will learn new skills while improving old skills on all events. Camps run weekly - information and registration is available online at glaciergymnastics.com or by phoning our office at 250352-2227.

Get your summer skate on with the Nelson Figure Skating Club. There are three great summer camps for kids for first timers and seasoned veterans. The new “CanSkate: Keep on Trucking” is a oneweek learn to skate program for ages 4 and up taking place August 19 to 23, 9:15 to 10 a.m. It includes more continuous movement for faster development and is great for first timers or for those wanting needing to reinforce basic fundamentals. All skaters must wear hockey helmets.

Junior Academy & Starskate: Summer Blast-off ” is a three-week build-your-own package featuring group instruction and open ice along with off-ice training to teach body awareness, develop flexibility and increase fitness. Yoga, dance and flexibilty training will ensure a fun and beneficial half-day experience, from August 6 to 23 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the NDCC arena.

For complete info and registration info visit nelsonfigureskatingclub.ca or call 250-352-6510.

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American Legion baseball

Diamondbacks take division title

Churchs of Nelson

Bringing to you our weekly words.

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

First Baptist Church

Jim Bailey Trail Times Sports Editor

The West Kootenay Diamondbacks clinched the Washington State American Legion AA Federal Division regular season title on Monday at Butler Park ensuring their spot in what is becoming a controversial district tournament in Spokane this week.

The Diamondbacks needed one win in their final doubleheader against Northwest Christian Crusaders to solidify top spot ahead of Colville, 16-4, in the Federal division.

Colville sat just one game behind WKD heading into the final series, but the Dbacks Joe Ferraro got it out of the way early, picking up the win in a 15-5 pasting of the Crusaders in the opening match. Sean Barta then cleaned up a wild second match, where the Dbacks eventually prevailed in a see-saw 19-15 win.

The victories mean the Dbacks finish the season 18-2, the number-one seed in the Federal division and head to the District tournament, along with second-place Colville, where they will play a do-or-die match against Cheney in their first game today.

“I don’t get the schedule,” said co-coach Wayne McIntyre. “We play the second seed of the National division while the other bracket has the number-four seed of the National playing the fifth seed from the American – and the loser goes home.”

The schedule also has number-two Colville taking on the number-one seed from the National, while the number-three seed from the National opens by playing the sixth seeded American division squad.

If the Dbacks win the opening elimination game they then face the number-one seed from the American division, while the winner of the four-and-five seed game plays the fourth seed from the American division.

“It just doesn’t make sense,” McIntyre added.

Just two teams from the Federal division advance to the District tournament, while four teams from National go, and six teams from the American division advance, with the top four American division teams receiving a bye into the second round.

Despite the cryptic bracketing, coach Roger Handley is confident his team will do what it takes to make it into the playoff round.

Pitching may be the main strategic concern with a 10-inning maximum rule in effect for each hurler, says Handley. Once a pitcher throws 10 innings they must rest for three days before taking the mound again.

Deciding who to pitch in the opening elimination match followed by a game against possibly the toughest team in the tournament in Mt. Spokane is crucial. The Dbacks must win the first game against Cheney or go home, yet can afford to lose the second game as the double knock out format takes effect following the first round.

Handley is leaning toward Scotty Davidson to get the start in the first match, and replying with Tanner Johnson in game two. In the event they do make it to the final, Davidson would then be good to go again on Sunday. The Dbacks opened the tournament against Cheney Thursday at A.K. Jackson Park in Spokane.

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First Baptist Church

VBS Day Camp: July 22-26 Ages 5-10 Register online fbcnelson.ca 611 Fifth Street 250-352-3212 Sunday Worship at 10:00 am Pastor Scott Simpson fbcnelson.ca

Beyond Breaking the Rules

Rev. Scott Simpson- First Baptist Church, Nelson BC

Sin. Not the most popular topic around the water cooler unless we are exchanging tall tales of our recent exploits. I think that most of us know when we are ‘breaking the rules’ and have a latent, underused conscience that quietly informs us of the breach. What we do with that information is another story!

But seeing sin simply as ‘breaking the rules’ leaves us wide open for at least three potentially harmful consequences.

One, rules are meant to be broken (so we say) and so we can easily find circumstantial justification for committing the sin. Heck, the Israelite midwives and Rahab the prostitute were even praised and rewarded for ‘breaking the rules’ with their blatant lies to the authorities.

A second problem with this limited view of sin is projecting an image of God as the great schoolmaster in the sky standing close by with a giant yard stick ready to whack us if we are caught chewing gum or running when we shouldn’t. Our fear of sin then becomes the fear of getting caught. A motivation that often adds to the excitement of sinning.

And a third negative consequence of viewing CATHEDRAL OF MARY IMMACULATE sin only as rule breaking 813 Ward Street 352-7131 is witch hunts. The church is great at witch Sunday Mass Times: hunts. We find one rule • Saturday 7:00pm that has been broken • Sunday 8:30 am and 10:30 am and we condemn it publicly, shame those who commit it and feel Parish office open Tuesday – Friday 9:00 am - noon rccathedral@shaw.ca • www.catholiccathedralnelson.ca safe because we aren’t committing THAT sin.

NEW LOCATION If we are to assess the Kootenay Christian Fellowship true threat of sin we 520 Falls Street, (just off Baker St.) need to move beyond www.kootenaychristianfellowship.com breaking the rules.

Join us for our Let’s start with a worship celebration in our simple premise: God’s new location desire is that we enjoy Sunday @ 10:30 AM life fully and in freedom.  Developing Relationships Jesus said that he came  Music that will move you  Helping people - Help people to bring life and life more abundantly and Church Office: 1.888.761.3301 Jim Reimer, Pastor if the Son sets you free, you are free indeed.

And so, sin is more Nelson Community Church than just breaking the rules. It is any action Sunday Worship Service or inaction that hinders at 11:00 am us from living in full Jim Reimer freedom before God. Everyone is Welcome Sin includes those Your Pastors: decisions we make that Majors Robin and Yvonne Borrows lead us into destructive patterns of behaviour 250 551 4986 601 Vernon Street (Middle Level) instead of leading us toward life. Sin includes the things we do that do not come from love.

It’s no wonder that God took such drastic action starts at 11am to free us from our sin – Christine Sutherland will speak on the topic because he loves us and wants us to be free.

CATHOLIC CHURCH

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Nursery Room Available Children’s Quiet Play Space

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

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St. Michael & All Angels Busk Road Balfour Sunday service 11 AM

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250.352.5711

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ALL ARE WELCOME! 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

The Salvation Army

Unity Centre of the Kootenays

“Dying in Good Hands”

Any questions? Contact 250-354-5394

905 Gordon Rd (IHA Bldg., back door)

A Friendly Bible Centre Church Sunday Morning Worship 10:00 am

“Self Control” 623 Gordon Rd. Nelson BC V1L 5X6 Phone 250-352-9322 • Pastor Rev. Ken H. Keber Refreshments are served after the service (Affiliated with the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada)

“Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us.”

(Hebrews 12:1,2 NLT)

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Call Or Drop by our office at 514 Hall Street Nelson, BC 8:30-5:00 Monday - Friday

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13th Annual New Denver Street Fair

Sunday, July 21st, 2013 Main Street New 8 am - 3 pm Space rental call Helen @ 250-355-2354

Cottonwood Community Market Saturdays 9:30-3:00 May 18 to Oct 26 Cottonwood Falls Park Downtown Nelson Local Market Wed 10-4 June 12 to Sept 25 400 Block Baker St. MarketFest 6:00 - 10:30 June 28 * July 26 * Aug 23 200 & 300 Blocks Baker St. Enjoy summer at the park!

Kokanee Park Visitorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Centre, 9 am-9 pm. Join us for yoga, kids art classes, evening stories, movies and more. Oso Negro coffee or the big kids and frozen/baked treats for everyone! Great for park guests and families.

Complete schedule: www.ecosociety.ca SLOCAN LAKE DANCE CAMP July 25 -28th New Denver, Ballroom Workshops & Dances slocanlakedancecamp.ca or 250-358-2448

DHC Communications is a Nelson based high tech company specializing in technology integration, looking for a Financial Administrator to join our team. Reporting to the President, your primary function will be the daily maintenance of financial records including AP, and payroll, as well as financial reporting. Must enjoy chaos, technically oriented people, and the occasional rant, on the upside... youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have your own office! For a full job description see www.dhc.bc.ca

The Digestion Doctor.

Gastritis, Ulcers, Colitis, Crohnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, Irritable Bowel, Candida and Food Sensitivities. Michael Smith, Dr.TCM, FMC, has over 15 yrs experience resolving the most complicated digestive problems call 352-0459

Lost & Found 12 FT H12G runabout, Kootenay River, owner call Transport Canada 604-775-8835 FOUND: Ring on Taghum Beach, to claim call 250 505-4299 FOUND: Shirt-Jacket @ Cemetery Sat. morning July 6th 354-4942 LOST: Large black & white 5 yrs old cat. Neutered male last seen Sun June 23rd @ 1023 Gilker St 250-509-0864 REWARD

SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 2013 2747 Greenwood Road, Nelson Lincoln and Maureen

June Langhorn

WANTED: Electrical Journeyman in the Elk Valley. $36/hr plus full Benefit Package starting after 3 month probation period. We are looking for someone with commercial, industrial electrical experience, self-motivated, and punctual. You will be responsible for applying Safe work practices as well as using your vast knowledge of the trade. If you believe this is you, please be ready to show us why when you call: 250.425.5464 . Please also email Resume to: jobs@apexpower.ca

Drivers/Courier/ Trucking

HIGHWAY OWNER OPERATORS $3500 SIGNING BONUS Van Kamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Group of Companies requires Highway Owner Operators for runs throughout BC and Alberta.

Applicants must have winter and mountain, driving exp. / training.

We offer above average rates and an excellent employee beneďŹ ts package.

To join our team of Professional drivers, email a resume, current driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s abstract & details of truck to: careers@vankam.com or call Bev at 604-968-5488 or Fax: 604-587-9889 Van-Kam is committed to Employment Equity and Environmental Responsibility.

We thank everyone for applying, however we will only contact candidates that interest us.

Education/Trade Schools INTERIOR HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR SCHOOL. NO Simulators. In-the-seat training. Real world tasks.

Weekly start dates. Job board!

Funding options.

SignUp online! iheschool.com 1-866-399-3853

Interfor is currently recruiting for the Castlegar, B.C sawmill.

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Information Nelson & Area Elder Abuse Prevention Resources Centre Drop in Wed. 12-2 pm at 719 Vernon St., Nelson For info: 250 352-6008; preventeldRabuse@sbdemail.com or visit www.nelsonelderabuseprevention.org Nelson Minor Hockey Assoc Registration form available on website. Save $50 if paid in full by Aug 15, 2013. $75 late fee if received after Sept 15

The Nicholas family welcomes you to join us in remembering and celebrating the wonderful memories and times we shared with Chuck. Light snacks and refreshments starting at 3:00 pm pot-luck BBQ 5 PM (byob)

International Forest Products Limited (Interfor) is a leading global supplier, with one of the most diverse lines of lumber products in the world. The Companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s operations include 12 sawmills in British Columbia, Georgia, Oregon and Washington. For more information about Interfor, visit our website at www.interfor.com.

5P FYQSFTT JOUFSFTU JO UIJT PQQPSUVOJUZ QMFBTF BQQMZ PO MJOF BU www.interfor.com/careers or email to taumi.mccreight@interfor.com June lives on inside her three daughters Pat, Diane, Keely and her 9 grandchildren Karrah, Kris, Heather, Harrison, Keith, Lance, Scott, Joseph, Tara, and her 9 great grandchildren.

June was born in Darlington, Great Britain on June 2nd 1930. June met Keith in 1946 when they were both teenagers, they later married on December 1st 1953. She moved to Nelson B.C. in 1960 and resided on the North Shore. She spent the last 3 years at Lakeview Village before spending her last weeks at Mount Lakes. June passed away on July 14th 2013.

Besides having a full time job as a stenographer June loved to ballroom dance and entertain those around her with her wit and sense of humor. She spent a lot of time traveling with her husband to different pipe band venues. She enjoyed listening to bag pipes and watching the dancing. She became an avid gardener once she retired turning her garden into an array of flowers and greenery that bloom throughout the seasons. She had a passion for reading you never saw her without a book.

Left to mourn is her loving husband Keith of 59 and a half years of marriage and her family. June will be fondly remembered by all those who knew her.

Thank you to the staff of Kootenay Lake Hospital and Mountain Lake Seniors Community for their compassion and care.

A Memorial Service will be held for June on Friday, July 19, 2013 at 2:00 PM in the chapel of Thompson Funeral Service Ltd. Arrangements are under the direction of Thompson Funeral Service Ltd. Online condolences may be expressed at www.thompsonfs.ca

We appreciate the interest of all applicants, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

GROW WITH US Canfor is one of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest producers of sustainable woodbuilding solutions, and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve built our reputation on top quality products and superior customer service. A global leader in dimension lumber, Canfor is not only meeting, but driving demand for green building products and serving markets in every corner of the world.

CertiďŹ ed Heavy Duty Mechanic A temporary position with our maintenance team An energetic team player, you will maintain and repair all aspects of mobile equipment at our facility, in order to optimize uptime, quality and production.

Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a certiďŹ ed journeyperson accustomed to working safely and efďŹ ciently both independently and on a team. Capable of operating mobile equipment for testing purposes, you also bring hydraulics and welding experience, superior troubleshooting skills, strong communication/interpersonal skills and, ideally, a solid woods production plant background and knowledge of Cat equipment. WHMIS and First Aid training would also be desirable.

To apply, please submit a rĂŠsumĂŠ, in conďŹ dence, by August 2, 2013 to:

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Nancy Oscienny, HR Manager Fax: 250.347.9630 Email: nancy.oscienny@canfor.com

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BANNISTER Collision & Glass Centre, Vernon BC

F-T Maintenance Manager required for general maintenance work in Nelson including plumbing, electrical, carpentry, preventative maintenance. Must be organized, responsible and professional. Please forward resume and letter setting out experience to chuckstan01@gmail.com or to Maintenance Position 514 Hall St, Nelson, V1L 1Z2

by July 26, 2013

CanScribe Education

Due to growth in our ICBC Express Repair Body Shop, we are seeking to fill the following position: LICENSED AUTO BODY TECHNICIAN 2ND/3RD YEAR APPRENTICE. Competitive Wages - Good Benefits. Preference may be given to applicants with previous ICBC Express Shop Experience. Please forward your resume with cover letter by fax or email to the attention of Bill Blackey. Fax 250-545-2256 or email bodyshop@bannisters.com

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

An Alberta Oilfield Company is hiring dozer and excavator operators. Lodging and meals provided. Drug testing required. Call (780)723-5051 Edson, Alta.

Dishwasher/Delivery person wanted. Must have vehicle.

Apply @ Amanda’s Rest with resume LIVE-IN MANAGER for 50 unit apt. bldg in Trail, B.C. Send resume to 100-3525 Laburnum Drive, Trail, B.C. V1R 2S9. sstevenson@telus.net

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HELP WANTED Pharmasave in Nelson is looking for a full-time pharmacy assistant.

Previous experience is a requirement. We provide a competitive wage and benefits package.

Interested candidates can contact the pharmacy manager

Eric Sollid (250)352-2313 email rx148@forewest.ca.

Please provide a resume and along with wage expectations. hours are 9am-6pm Monday 9am-5:30pm Saturday, and Sundays.

references Our store to Friday, 11am-3pm

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Work for fulfillment. Work for knowledge.

Work for fun. Work for Castlegar Kia. We need talented, caring and motivated people to staff the dealership in these positions: Sales Consultants Service & Parts Consultants Financial Services Manager Automotive Technicians Vehicle Detailer Lot Attendant Castlegar Kia is opening this fall in a new facility. We will offer the most advanced, well-designed and well-priced vehicles available. And we intend to offer a very high level of service. We invite the best and brightest to apply for the opportunity to achieve, learn and grow in this exciting industry.

To apply, please submit your cover letter and resume to castlegarkia@gmail.com or fax it to (250) 365-5376.

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Legal Assistant The firm of Spilker Watson McNally is seeking a legal assistant with experience in personal injury litigation for their Nelson office.

Please submit your resume via e-mail to Brenda@spilkerlaw.com.

www.mcnallylaw.ca Career Opportunities

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Health & Wellness Connection Career Opportunities

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Pursue a great career on the west coast Make a bold move for the career you’ve always wanted. Where your skills are valued and your goals are supported. Where a balanced lifestyle comes naturally.

Our Crofton and Port Alberni divisions are now hiring:

Maintenance Supervisors/Planners You have the ability to create effective maintenance plans and schedules to optimize equipment performance and reliability.

Paper or manufacturing-sector experience would be preferred.

Journeymen Trades (Millwrights, Instrument Mechanics & Electricians) You’ll perform a wide variety of duties as you support our drive for enhanced performance and improved quality and efficiency. A safety-minded team player, you have a relevant BC or IP TQ and, ideally, paper or manufacturing sector experience.

Producer of some of the world’s most environmentally responsible paper and pulp, Catalyst is valued by its customers around the globe for its competitiveness, innovation and sustainable practices. Based on BC’s west coast, our employees enjoy challenging careers and a relaxed pace of life, close to pristine beaches and mountains, in one of Canada’s mildest climates.

Expect a competitive benefits and salary package along with the chance to advance your skills, experience and knowledge within a supportive peer environment.

If you have the skills we're looking for, please apply without delay at www.catalystpaper.com/careers.

www.catalystpaper.com

Shipping Assistant International Forest Products Limited (Interfor) is a leading global supplier, with one of the most diverse lines of lumber products in the world. The Company’s operations include 12 sawmills in British Columbia, Georgia, Oregon and Washington. For more information about Interfor, visit our website at www.interfor.com.

Interfor is currently recruiting for a Shipping Assistant for our plant in Castlegar, B.C. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing general shipping and production coordination support to our Production and Sales Teams.

The ideal candidate will possess excellent interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills. Must have strong leadership skills, and have the ability to work effectively in a highly interactive and energetic team environment. The ability to function under pressure and be detailed and results oriented is also required.

Position Details: Major responsibilities t Prepare detailed daily production, shipping, and inventory reports t Coordinate domestic and export shipments including all necessary documentation t Communicate with the sales group on inventory and order status t Order trucks and rail cars as per order file t Other duties include, monthly inventory counts, truck/rail car loading diagrams.

Required Competencies t Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (verbal and written) t Ability to work effectively in a highly interactive / energetic team environment t Strong organizational and time management skills t Ability to function at an above average level of detail and accuracy t Ability to prioritize effectively and manage multiple tasks t Results oriented with ability to take initiative to analyze situations and problems to find viable, timely solutions Required Education, Experience, and/or Training: You are an excellent communicator with knowledge and experience in shipping, logistics and supply chain processes. In addition, you must have: t 2 – 5 years of related experience t Post-secondary education preferred t Demonstrated computer proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, and Powerpoint t Ability to learn and use a variety of in-house computer applications t Wood products industry experience is an asset To express interest in this opportunity, please apply on line at www.interfor.com/careers or email to taumi.mccreight@interfor.com We appreciate the interest of all applicants, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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Unemployed? Looking for work?

Full-Time Year Round

Blaster

Chilliwack, BC

Serving Fraser Valley & Lower mainland. Must have valid BC Mines ticket & Worksafe BC ticket. Excellent wage & Benefit package.

Attention Bryan Kirkness @ Western Explosives Ltd.

P/T experienced caregiver to help family with senior mother.

Approx 10hrs/w of meals, light personal care + 3 overnights.

Hrly and overnight rate neg, refs req start Sept 1st email: ruthecol@telus.net

Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re on the net at www.bcclassiďŹ ed.com

reception@kirknessgroup.com

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SALESPEOPLE NEEDED! Due to our continued success and growth, Nelson Ford is looking for three (3) Salespeople. If you are NEW, we offer excellent training to enable you to earn up to $40,000 in your first year! Nelson Ford is in the automotive business, sales experience is an asset but not necessary!

Nelson Ford Requirements: â&#x20AC;˘ Self-motivated â&#x20AC;˘ Excellent Communication Skills â&#x20AC;˘ Strong Customer Relationship Building Skills â&#x20AC;˘ Experience in the automotive industry is an asset but not necessary.

We Offer: â&#x20AC;˘ NON COMMISSION pay plan â&#x20AC;˘ The best benefit and vacation package in the industry â&#x20AC;˘ Great in-house training â&#x20AC;˘ A fun, exciting and fast-paced environment â&#x20AC;˘ Opportunities for promotion due to our exciting growth â&#x20AC;˘ Monthly Vehicle Allowance

Full Times Sales Representative. Andreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Electronic Experts in Castlegar is looking to grow their sales force. Looking for individuals with sales experience and knowledge of cellular/ electronic and appliances. Full time salary/commission with potential wage to be $40,000 - $75,000 plus benefits. Drop off resumes to 200 - 1965 Columbia Ave Castlegar. or email jim.d@andres1.com 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,class three driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s licence and Motor Vehicle Inspectors Licence would be an asset.

Resume can be faxed to 250 352-2172

Cleaning Services

Find your way and find your work at KCDS/WorkBC Call KCDS/WorkBC in Nelson and find out how to get ready for the job you want Call 250-352-6200 www.kcds.ca

Medical/Dental Registered Nurses & Licensed Practical Nurses Bayshore Home Health Bayshore Home Health is currently seeking Registered Nurses & Licensed Practical Nurses for night shifts in the Castlegar/ Nelson area to work with children with complex care needs. If you are an RN or LPN and love working with children and their families , we would appreciate hearing from you. Pediatric experience is an asset and we do offer client specific training.

Please send your resume and cover letter to: pedsvancouver@ bayshore.ca or fax to 1-866-686-7435

Cleaning Services

Employment Ofď&#x192;&#x17E;ce Support WE have an immediate opening in our civil construction Company for a full time Office Administrator. This position involves administrative support in tendering and providing support thru out the life of various civil projects. An accounting background in order to provide payroll relief is required.

Strong organizational skills and ability to multi-task are a must. Experience with MS Work, MS Excel and Outlook as well as previous experience in the construction industry would be an asset. We offer competitive wages and a dynamic team environment.

Please submit resumes and a cover letter to info@maglioinstallations.com NO phone calls please.

Services

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

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Household Services

Robbie McMahon, General Manager at rmcmahon@nelsonfordsales.com or to 623 Railway Street, Nelson, BC V1L1H5.

A-1 FURNACE & Air Duct Cleaning.

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

Pets & Livestock

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JOB OPENING WOMENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S OUTREACH WORKER

HAY FOR SALE small square $160/ton 250-428-4316

(STOPPING THE VILOENCE PROGRAM)

QUALIFICATIONS: Degree in social work or a related Âżeld or the eTuivalent combination of education and experience. â&#x20AC;˘ Experience in providing supportive counselling to women utilizing a feminist approach â&#x20AC;˘ Experience and ability to work and network with other community programs and systems â&#x20AC;˘ Knowledge and demonstrated abilities with group process and facilitation techniTues â&#x20AC;˘ Experience in coordinating and facilitating training programs â&#x20AC;˘ Experience in financial accountability and program budget management â&#x20AC;˘ Experience in researching and developing culturally appropriate public education events on the issue of violence against women â&#x20AC;˘ Experience in keeping case records, data collection and reporting to funders â&#x20AC;˘ Ability to provide learning opportunities and supervise practicum students â&#x20AC;˘ Must possess a valid driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s licence; own a reliable, safe vehicle and have appropriate insurance to carry passenger â&#x20AC;˘ Must be willing to work flexible hours - evening and weekend work may be reTuired.

This position reTuires union membership with %&*E8 and completion of a successful &riminal 5ecord &heck. A valid driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s licence and a reliable, safe vehicle are reTuired. :age consistent with :age *rid > . /hr - . /hr@ set out in %&*E8 &ollective Agreement.

The 1&6& is committed to eTuality in employment; however, due to the nature of the work that is done in this program, the 1&6& has made a bonafide gender reTuirement and as such applications will be accepted from Tualified females.

6ubmit resume and cover letter to Attention: 5ona 3ark, Executive Director 1elson &ommunity 6ervices &entre -5 /ake 6t.

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Closing Date: Monday, July 29, 2013

Real Estate

Furniture

For Sale By Owner

Reclining Sofa, VG Condition View @ 4058 Hwy 3A call 250 825-9958

Garage Sales GARAGE Sale gently used items. Alley between Mill and Latimer Street 2000 block.

July 20, 2013 8:00 am Sat July 20th, 212 Chatham St 8am-12 noon

Heavy Duty Machinery A-STEEL SHIPPING DRY STORAGE CONTAINERS Used 20â&#x20AC;&#x2122;40â&#x20AC;&#x2122;45â&#x20AC;&#x2122;53 in stock.

SPECIAL 44â&#x20AC;&#x2122; x 40â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Container Shop w/steel trusses $13,800!

Sets up in one day!

40â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Containers under $2500!

Call Toll Free Also JD 544 & 644 wheel loaders JD 892D LC Excavator Ph. 1-866-528-7108 Delivery BC and AB www.rtccontainer.com

Misc. for Sale CENTRAL RV. New and used sea containers. Best prices in B.C. Can Deliver. 20â&#x20AC;&#x2122; New $3800. Used $2800. Other sizes available call for pricing.

(250)314-9522.

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

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

Kitchen Table $25, Swivel Rocking Chair $20, Single bed w/homemade frame $50, Queen bed w/frame, toaster oven $15 250 884-4908

Topsoil, Sand, Road Gravel Fill with delivery call for prices 250.359.7188 c:250.304.8158

Independent Respiratory Services is a BC-owned and operated full service respiratory homecare company. We have been providing sleep apnea and home oxygen therapy to British Columbians since 1996. We are seeking applications for the position of Revenue Accountant at our Shared Services Centre in Castlegar, BC.

Food Products

For Sale By Owner

BUTCHER SHOP

FIREWOOD FOR SALE: Logging truck loads, 10-11 cords, mixed species. Nelson, Salmo, Fruitvale, Trail. $1700-$1900 depending on delivery distance. 250-367-9299

BEAUTIFUL NORTH SHORE PROPERTY - .41 acres, renoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d 3 bdrm manuf. home.

1 blk from Kootenay Lake.

Many extras. reduced to $199,000 250-229-4743 Well maintained updated 2 brdm, 2 bath home on subdividable .42 acre. 723 8th St Nelson, BC, Kootenay Lake & Mountain Views close to amenities private sale $525,000. 250 352-2894 Starter Retirement Double Wide 2 bdrm, 1 1/2 bath on lot. $159,000 250 357-2929 WATERFRONT HOME NELSON - 4BR 3 bath, 3200 sq ft, gorgeous city view. 114 ft of sandy beach. RV site incl.

Easy upgr. cottage on just under acre of land. Go to propertyguys.com and type in id # 196175 for more picâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

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Real Estate

Closing date: August 9th, 2013 We sincerely thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

For information about our company, please visit: www.irscanada.ca

Rentals Apt/Condo for Rent NELSON: Downtown, Bachelor apt, Mature adult, ref NS/NP $600/m + util Aug 1st 354-4779 or 825-4666

Homes for Rent 2 bdrm House Lower Fairview, Ideal for Senior lady or retired couple . N/S,N/P. Close to all amenities. 352-5718 Architecturally Designed Spacious, new throughout, energy efficient, 2 1/2 bath, designer kitchen with S/S appliances, W/D, 2 bdrm, master w/bath & deck, storage Pleasant walk to downtown. $1700./mo + utilities Tel: 604-617-6560 nelson.rentals@hotmail.com Newly renoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d sm house 1 bdrm, large living room, quiet location Harrop, W/D plus deck Call 229-6808

Transportation

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Trucks & Vans

1996 Dodge Ram 2500, 4x4, reg cab, long box, DIESEL, auto, PW, power seat, cruise, power mirrors, incredible condition. $7,900.obo. 303000km.

250-442-0122/250-493-1807.

If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re qualiďŹ ed for this challenge and are interested in experiencing a place that oďŹ&#x20AC;ers world class recreational opportunities and an aďŹ&#x20AC;ordable cost of living, please, apply in conďŹ dence to: Independent Respiratory Services Inc. Attention: Human Resources 865 Columbia Avenue Castlegar, BC, V1N 1H3 Fax: 1-888-713-6505 Email: hr@irscanada.ca

1-780-566-0707

Local Coin Collector Buying Collections, Olympic Gold & Silver Coins etc 250-499-0251

Merchandise for Sale

QualiďŹ cations: â&#x20AC;˘ Intermediate Level accounting education and experience â&#x20AC;˘ Preference will be given to those with Accounts Receivable experience â&#x20AC;˘ Experience in dealing with insurance companies & other third party beneďŹ ts providers â&#x20AC;˘ Excellent computer skills, including Word, Excel and Outlook (2007/2010) â&#x20AC;˘ Excellent communication skills, both written and oral â&#x20AC;˘ Excellent organizational skills and an ability to multi-task â&#x20AC;˘ Very strong customer service orientation â&#x20AC;˘ Ability to work independently â&#x20AC;˘ Strong team player â&#x20AC;˘ Motivated to improve processes within an organization

Above Kootenay Lake.

4km to Ashram, Marine, Golf Course, Riondel & beach. 2 3/4 acres & 2 storey unfinished (but furnished) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Small is Beautifulâ&#x20AC;? cabin.

Good benches for building, one with lake view. In Aug, 12 appraised at $170,000 but older, flexible vendor open to offers & might carry part of mortgage for suitable person or couple. For info & viewing please call:

Misc. Wanted

Revenue Accountant

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Keep your old power meter, for a fee: Bennett Tom Fletcher Black Press

People who insist on refusing new wireless electrical meters can keep their old mechanical meter as long as it lasts, if they pay a monthly fee, Energy Minister Bill Bennett announced Thursday.

Customers can keep their mechanical meters until they break down, their MeasureA smart meter installer photographs a sign post- ment Canada accuracy seal ed on a Revelstoke house in May 2012, refusing expires or the customer rea digital meter.

Aaron Orlando photo locates, the ministry said in a statement.

The mechanical meter option is added to an earlier compromise with BC Hydro customers who still don’t have a digital smart meter, which transmits power consumption and status via radio signals.

Customers can have a digital meter with its transmission function turned off, or keep their old meter, as long as they pay the cost of having the meter read manually.

Bennett said the cost of meter reading will be about $20 a month. Customers who accept a deactivated smart meter will

also pay a fee of about $100 to have it adjusted.

The fee to keep a mechanical meter will be higher, because it will require a separate system to manually record and bill for power consumption, Bennett said.

BC Hydro reports that 60,000 smart meter installations have been delayed due to customer request, while 1.8 million or 96 per cent of customers now have a functioning smart meter.

Some people persist in the belief that the radio signals from smart meters are a

health hazard, despite the fact that the periodic meter signals represent a tiny fraction of the radio frequency exposure from a working mobile phone.

Bennett said mechanical meters are obsolete, and eventually every customer will have a smart meter, whether it transmits or not.

“When somebody’s analog meter wears out, stops working or comes to the end of its useful life, there are no analog meters to reinstall,” Bennett said. “You can’t buy them anywhere.”

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Sunshine Bay boat launch renovations completed SUBMITTED Special to the Nelson Star

The West Arm Outdoors Club (WAOC) has finished re-decking the boat launch at Sunshine Bay on the West Arm of Kootenay Lake.

The project was partially completed last year and finished in mid June through the collective efforts of club members. The work party finished the decking, re-anchored exterior floats and improved ramp access. All the lumber for the second phase

of the project was donated by the local mill, Harrop-Procter Forest Products (HPFP), which is part of the local community forest operations.

The boat launch is maintained by the club and was donated to the Regional District of Central Kootenay as part of their Sunshine Bay Regional Park facilities.

The club is progressing with its next project, re-establishing a fishing wharf at the site of the former Procter Wharf near the outlet to the main body of Koo-

tenay Lake. The platform and walkways will be wheelchair accessible and user-friendly, enabling those without boat access to enjoy quality fishing opportunities. Young anglers are a particular focus of the project, which will see initial construction begin later this summer during the fisheries window.

Once completed, the fishing platform will be an integral part of the outlet community. The cost of the project is approximately $80,000. A number of organizations are contributing

funding towards the project.

The West Arm Outdoors Club meets most months on Wednes-

day evenings starting at 7 p.m. at the Harrop Hall. All area residents are invited to join the club.

Interior Health looking for ways to avoid patient line-ups Continued from Page 1 “However, in June 2013, neither the signs nor the phone have been put in place,” she says.

Last month, McGauley says the coalition also heard from Ingrid Hampf, IH Acute Area Administrator of Kootenay Boundary that the new $13.8 million KLH emergency room had a “bad design,” more appropriate for a larger facility with more nursing staff.

They were told a study to streamline the work process in the ER and a review of the decision to integrate emergency patients with those scheduling test and visitors would happen.

An improvement in coordination between the ward clerk and the triage nurse doesn’t resolve their concerns.

McGauley says as for the critical incident that took place in April, “the patient and family are still waiting for an investigative report that might identify the factors that need to be changed to prevent an unnecessary tragedy in Nelson’s emergency room.

“Instead, they receive new deadlines and excuses, showing little accountability and leaving the impression that there was no issue because there was no death — this time,” she says.

Interior Health’s Hampf says wait times aren’t typical at KLH though they do occur periodically when physicians and nurses are busy helping patients with more urgent needs. There are also times patients waiting at desks to register for emergen-

cies are along side people asking about another patients or seeking other information.

But she says the system in place isn’t of grave concern.

“We certainly are working on better signage so people don’t have to wait in line,” says Hampf.

“Obviously if you don’t have to wait in line, that’s the best choice we can give people. If they’re coming in through those doors and need to access a different part of the building, we are constantly looking at ways to improve our way finding so that patients and people in the community can find their own direction.”

“In any building you walk into and people are unsure … whether it’s in a government building or any other place, people do

gravitate to where they see staff to ask those questions. I don’t think it’s an issue,” she says.

Hampf assures the complaint involving the specific patient referred to by the Connected Communities Coalition is being addressed.

“We are doing an investigation as we would with any complaint,” she says. “We do follow through with patient concerns.

We encourage patients to contact our patient care quality office if they have concerns. We like to hear from people. It’s how we can make improvements.”

The staff and physicians are working through any growing pains that may have arisen in the main reception area upon making the major change or move — how they do business

and how they use their time. But the positives for patient care in the new emergency department are to be celebrated, says Hampf.

“We have a state-of-the-art new emergency facility and with anything new, there are certainly growing pains as we move from a smaller environment into a larger square footage,” she says.

“Kootenay Lake is probably the envy of most of the other hospitals in the Kootenay Boundary for its emerg. department. It is wonderful.”

The Connected Communities Coalition, founded in 2002, meets with Interior Health twice yearly to raise issues of concern from the communities of Trail, Nelson, Castlegar, Kaslo, Nakusp and the Slocan Valley.

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Summer Reading Club gets earthy SUBMITTED Special to the Nelson Star

You never know when you might need a survival shelter, and you’re never too young to find out how to make your own!

Kids aged six to 11 years can learn how to make a survival shelter and a para-

cord survival bracelet this Wednesday, July 24 from 1 to 2 p.m. at the Nelson Public Library with writer and forest educator Darcee O’Hearn. No registration is required — kids can just drop in.

Darcee is author of the Legends of the Forest series for children, which intro-

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duces kids to characters such as Leonard the Larch and Cedric the Cedar. Her love of nature and the outdoors prompted her to bike across Canada, where wildlife encounters included wolves and even a grizzly bear!

Darcee’s programs are fun, hands-on, and educational.

This is the second program

by Darcee as part of the Summer Reading Club activities at the library. Both programs are sponsored by the Arthur P. Campbell Project.

The Summer Reading Club has all kinds of activities for kids aged three to 12.

For more information go to nelsonlibrary.ca or call 250352-6333.

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This is a very unique riverfront property with approx. 2160’ of riverfront and 3.4 acres in total.

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This gorgeous family home on private fully fenced acreage has been completely renovated inside and out!

Sunny established gardens on solar powered drip irrigation, 1500 sq.ft. of blueberries, fruit trees, custom hobbit root cellar, outbuildings. Home boasts 2 timberframe decks, polished concrete floors and countertops throughout, in-floor heat, wood cook stove, new windows and roof and deck and so much more!

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Kootenay Animal Assistance Program Society www.kaap.ca • 250.551.1053 Wondering how to donate to help KAAP pets? The Kootenay Co-op store in Nelson has a KAAP “Till Card”. When you pay for your purchases, just ask to swipe the KAAP till card, and $2 will be gratefully received. Thank you!

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Enjoy privacy and sunshine! Just over 4 acres with a roomy two-level home with fully enclosed sundeck and a detached workshop/ studio. Situated along Pass Creek Rd, just p a s t C r e s c e n t Va l l e y. S u r r o u n d e d b y C r o w n L a n d ! MLS 2389517

A c u t e Wa t e r f r o n t r e c r e a t i o n a l b u n g a l o w.

3 bedrooms 1 bath. A pristine setting with 64.2 feet of waterfront. A concrete & stone boat bay and a sandy pebble beach. Excellent v i e w, e x p o s u r e & a c c e s s . B o a t , m o t o r & t r a i l e r i n c l u d e d . MLS 2391700

Fabulous 4 bedroom 4 bath family home located on close to an acre across from desirable Bonnington Park. Potential for a secondary s u i t e . MLS K217021

Alan Tarr 250.354.8489 $449,000

Christine Pearson 250.505.8015 $659,000

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Main street location near largest downtown development project.

Great expansion potential. New 2013 ventilation & fire safety equipment. Seats 25 + 9 sidewalk dinning.

Great 10 year lease. Includes equipment, training & recipes. MLS 4100588

3 bedrooms, 2 baths, open floor plan, stunning larch floors, vaulted ceiling, lots of windows & skylights to take in the amazing views, walkout lower level, on 0.96 acre lot with a portion being treed & a clearing ready for a garage or keep it for RV parking.

Gorgeous 1 bdrm and 1 bah Blaylock condo. Offering upscale upgrades such as new flooring, stainless steel appliances, newly reno’d bathroom. Patio doors off of each room, covered parking, Kootenay Lake view & laundry. Located at 4 mile just 5-10 minutes

Lisa Cutler 250.551.0076 $189,000

Laura Salmon 250.551.8877 $517,777

Lisa Cutler 250.551.0076 $176,300

Glen Darough 250.354.3343 $358,000

MLS 2391367

Beautiful home, ready to move into, with such features as custom cabinets & hardwood floors, constant fresh air HRV system, 3 – 4 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, separate garage, and incredible views. Landscaping is done!

P r i c e d t o S e l l ! ! ! MLS 2218348

Glen Darough 250.354.3343 $559,900

QuaLiTy hoMe, QuaLiTy view

from town. Pets are welcome. MLS 2219114

Lorne Westnedge 250.505.2606 $533,500

Alan Tarr 250.354.8489 $145,900

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Ve r y c o n v e n i e n t l o c a t i o n i n L o w e r F a i r v i e w, close to the Mall/shopping. A level walk to Lakeside park. 1 BR on main floor and a second BR possible in basement. Many recent improvements. Great for first home b u y e r s . MLS 239331

Perfect opportunity for those looking to enjoy maintaining a Nelson landmark, with commanding lake views and all the character you would anticipate. Extra land offers further potential. Presently a private r e s i d e n c e . M a k e i t a B & B ? MLS 2391151

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Glen Darough 250.354.3343 $449,000

Christine Pearson 250.505.8015 $150,000

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s e r v i c e s a n d G o l f i n g . MLS 2389368

Newly listed 3 bedroom, 2 bath, 2nd storey home with view of Granite Pointe Golf Course.

Like new condition throughout. 2 sundecks.

Come see for yourself. MLS 2391661

waiting for someone to roll up their sleeves and make it shine again.

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This 3 bedroom and den home takes advantage of the stunning view of Kootenay and the Purcell Mountains from the private cliff-side locations just minutes from Balfour

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A great starter or retirement 2 BR home on a 120x110 foot, level, landscaped lot. Recent improvements include a new metal roof; hot water tank, electric baseboards, bathroom fixtures, floor coverings and fresh paint throughout. A very private setting next to a beautiful secluded mountain creek

Front facing unit with great floor plan in good condition. Secure underground p a r k i n g a n d s t o r a g e l o c k e r. E l e v a t o r access. Walk to Safeway or Lakeside P a r k . MLS 2391389

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Dave Buss 250.354.9459 $189,900

5 - 6 bedrooms + a legal 1 bdrm suite on a landscaped corner Uphill lot.

Home has been extensively updated recently and is in A-1 condition.

This one is a winner! MLS 2391660

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Alan Tarr 250.354.8489 $219,900

A picturesque 1.04 acre property just N o r t h o f W i n l a w. O n e b e d r o o m h o m e could easily be two, guest cabin, 3 bay garage with storage and shop space.

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Lorne Westnedge 250.505.2606 $218,500

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Elegant Front & Back 4 bedroom & 3 bathroom Duplex with over 2052 sq ft living space with panoramic Kootenay Lake, City & Mountain views. There is an additional 500 sq ft of outdoor covered verandah space. This upscale place is located in lower Rosemont close to the Golf course, all amenities,

Tremendous view lot located in an area of newer

schools & bus routes.

Connection fees pre-paid. GST applicable.

MLS 2390202 & 2391042

homes, centrally located and walking distance to most of Nelson’s amenities including our historic downtown area! Generous frontage.

park. A MUST SEE!

MLS 2218486

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Beautiful & Bright 3 storey 3 bdrm & 3 bthrm handcrafted home on a private 1.4 treed acres with 2 creeks close by. 1800 sqft home which has bdrms & decks on ea floor and Fenced in peaceful surroundings with paths, landscaped perennials & gardens. Just minutes to the Lake. MLS 2216587

Lisa Cutler 250.551.0076 $385,000

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Great starter home on private 1.3 acres of useable land centrally located between Nelson & Castlegar! Nestled in the trees sits a lovely 2 bed, 2 bath, 2003 mobile with peek a boo view of Kootenay River & Gold Island. MLS 2389152

Dave Buss 250.354.9459 $489,900

Lorne Westnedge 250.505.2606 $278,000

Lisa Cutler 250.551.0076 $425,000/unit

Glen Darough 250.354.3343 $129,000

Laura Salmon 250.551.8877 $269,777

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N e a t , Ti d y, A f f o r d a b l e & S p a c i o u s 3 b d r m & 1 bath mobile with a large addition. This great pad has its own private walkway with scenic river views& plenty of room to develop your yard. Dogs and Cats are allowed. Placed in very well maintained Kootnee Kove at the end o f G e o r a m a R d . MLS 2390795

Lisa Cutler 250.551.0076 $62,000

Heritage Charm with upgrades, original Fir floors, excellent sun exposure, box gardens & greenhouse plus plenty of o f f s t r e e t p a r k i n g ! MLS 2218303

Christine Pearson 250.505.8015 $246,000

Level Rancher style home with 3 BR and 2 full baths, like new condition. Bright and cheery living room, dining room and kitchen.

Bathroom has a sun catcher in the ceiling.

This home was custom built in 1996 on a l e v e l | c o r n e r l o t . MLS 2218763

Alan Tarr 250.354.8489 $279,000

Pastoral setting just south of Slocan for this 2 bedroom cabin and very private property. 24 x 32 shop with concrete floor & full basement for home-based business.

4 bdrm & 2 bath home located in lower Fairview. This 2 storey home w/bsmnt is placed on a 46’ x 120’ lot offering a large deck to soak in the sun, carport & garage. The home needs some TLC but is in the perfect location close to all amenities. Suite potential & Quick

Lorne Westnedge 250.505.2606 $349,000

Lisa Cutler 250.551.0076 $249,000

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possession available. MLS 2390803

Cookie Hoops Longtime hooper looks forward to sharing her favourite pastime at Starbelly Jam this weekend

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Prestige Lakeside Resort Open 6am to 6pm- 7 days a week Awesome Muffins, Coffee & Staff!

July 19th - The Boom Booms July 20th - Fort Knox Five July 25th - The Cat Empire SOLD OUT July 26th - Phat Diablo w/ Breakfluid & Rippel P Henman Funraiser July 27th - Shambhala Pre Party AreaOne/ Soup Kitchen/SOCO5 Aug 2nd - Stickybuds Aug 3rd - Five Alarm Funk with Cass Rhapsody Aug 17th - Hoola’s B-day Shaker w/ Special Guests Aug 22nd - Ash Grunwald Aug 23rd - Shred Kelly w/ Tofu Stravinski Aug 24th - The Faraguna Brothers Aug 30th - Audio Architect Montreal Aug 31st - Humans with Sonicanimation Sep 6th - Blackberry Wood Sep 13th - Dub Pistols DJ Set by Barry Ashworth Sep 14th - Deekline Sep 16th - Chali 2Na

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n June 9, Nelson residents Pat Henman and her daughter Maia Vezina were critically injured in a head-on collision.

After three weeks in intensive care they were recently moved to the trauma unit at Foothills Medical Centre in Calgary. They face months of recovery and rehabilitation.

Some of Henman’s closest friends have come together to plan a fundraising event to help the family.

“Raising the Curtain for Pat and Maia” will take place at the Capitol Theatre on July 31.

Doors open at 6:30 p.m., show time is 8 p.m. Guests are invited to come early and get their photo taken in the photo booth (photos will be shared with Pat and Maia), bid on some great silent auction items and videotape a personal message to the girls.

The show promises to be a night to remember with performances by Allison Girvan, Bessy Wapp, Lucas Myers, Shenango, Hiro Ido, Michael Graham, Jenny Craig and many more.

According to Kim Adamson, one of the event organizers, there's been no shortage of people wanting to contribute to the event.

"There is so much talent in Nelson and so many of the performers have worked

TEA PREVILLE

Tea owns and operates a small studio-gallery in Nelson. Occasionally she writes something. The latest is a Haiku titled Sons.

Tea’s fine art is primarily in oils in a style coined "Whimsical Canadiana." She pays close attention to values (light, medium and dark), the rule of thirds, placement of focal points, and light direction while allowing herself the joy and playful feeling that comes with loose brush and/or knife application.

Tea is experimenting using only the painting knife when working en-plein-air (en-plein-air simply means "painting outside viewing the subject matter directly").

Her studio work is inspired from her en-plein-air studies, her photographs and her creative imagination.

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with Pat, who is an accomplished singer and actor, that the line-up for the show was filled within days.

"The response to the request for auction items was just as immediate and the planning team has already confirmed over 60 auction items with more coming in every day.”

If you would like to donate an auction item, you can contact Shannon Lythgoe at shan5330@gmail.com.

Tickets are $30 or $50, available in advance at the Capitol Theatre box office, online at capitoltheatre.bc.ca or

phone 250-352-6363.

For more information about the event, search “Raising the Curtain for Pat and Maia” on Facebook.

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Tea’s work can be seen at Sage Tapas & Wine Bar during ArtWalk, on now until August 31.

ANGIE BOLLAM

Angie grew up in Perth, Western Australia, and went to high school at Santa Maria College. After graduating she completed a three-year degree in fashion design and textile art at Curtin University, graduating in 2010.

A few days later she flew to Whistler, and has spent the last two and a half years travelling, skiing and exploring Canada. Her transient lifestyle is reflected in the scope of people she has come to meet along the way.

The manifestation of Angie’s illustration project came about via the use of Facebook — she sent out a mass message to all of her friends, asking if they would like to be part of a 100-face art piece by submitting a portrait picture of themselves. She received photos from friends and family from all over the world, and the final outcome is 100 Facebook friends’ portrait photos applied to create an impossible class photo and an improbable meeting of these people from across the globe.

Lainey’s work can be seen at Grounded during ArtWalk, on now until August 31.

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ancing with a hula hoop is all part of the music festival vibe.

And Jen Cookson, also known as Cookie Hoops, can’t wait to connect with folks attending the 14th annual Starbelly Jam festival. She’s been bringing her hoops to the East Shore festival for the past several years and has about 50 play hoops to share. They’re bigger and easier to manage because of their weight, making hooping accessible to everyone.

“I just throw them out on the grass and people can use them all day,” she says. “Music festivals were the birthplace of modern hoop dance.”

Hooping makes up a big part of the festival scene because it’s fun, easy to learn and makes people feel good. Studies have shown that twirling a hoop is mood altering, says Cookson.

“When people are hooping, their whole body is stimulated. It releases endorphins and increases the heart rate … if you hoop in both directions it stimulates both sides of the brain which has been shown to elevate mood,” she says. “It is such a simple thing but it does contribute to going to your happy place.”

Hooping is also great for health.

Cookie started hooping in 2008 when she suffered from limited mobility due to back problems.

“I got a really big hoop to start with and it had such a dramatic affect on my health right away,” she says. “It’s so fun and it kept me moving when I couldn’t

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Today, Cookson also facilitates Medicine Hoop Retreats and she explores the spirituality of hooping along with sacred geometry and connectivity to nature.

“It’s taken me in all kinds of new directions,” she says.

Cookie will be giving direction at Starbelly through workshops given on Saturday and Sunday including Hoops and Tricks along with Kids Alphabet Hoop Games. In the past, she’s vended hoops but this year she’s focusing 100 per cent on roaming and teaching hooping.

Being part of the Starbelly family is an honour for her.

“They treat me like gold and I feel

like I’ve really grown as an instructor and a performer through that festival because of how much they’ve supported me,” she says.

This year’s Starbelly line-up includes Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars, Blue King Brown, Antidoping, Aesop Rock and Buckman Coe. This year’s festival will also showcase a great selection of Kootenay talent such as Cranbrook’s The Good Ol’ Goats, Nelson’s DJ Rippel, Bessie and the Back Eddies and Tofu Stravinsky.

For more information about Starbelly Jam, visit starbellyjam.org. Tickets are available at the Crawford Bay Park gates.

Slocan Lake Dance Camp

The countdown is on — Slocan Lake Dance Camp is set for July 25 through 28 in New Denver.

Choose from 31 daytime workshops in Latin, including Argentine Tango, Smooth, Swing and country dance styles. Two evening classes offer instruction for working folks and a dance on Thursday night, Friday night (infamous Polka dot party) and Saturday’s dine and dance provide a chance to show off your new moves.

Now in its ninth year, the dance camp brings folks from around the region as well as others from further afield together on the dance floor. It’s a fun opportunity to visit this pristine region too, take a little hike, visit the beach and relax as well as the chance to hone your dance skills.

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So dig out your camping gear, load up the cooler, and locate your twirliest skirt and dance shoes and come on to New Denver and meet some new friends. Each dance has mixer dances designed for this purpose along with door prizes and novelty dances just to get us all moving.

Singles are welcome and advance registration is encouraged. Visit slocanlakedancecamp.ca for full registration details. If you have questions please call 250-358-2448.

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Canadian fantasy author Guy Gavriel Kay’s new novel River of Stars is only labeled as fantasy because there isn’t really a section of the book store labeled Slightly Fantasized Reimagined Historical Fiction. It’s fantasy for people who like their fantasy like I like my magic shows: without the pretense of actual magic.

In River of Stars Kay reinvents the Song Dynasty of ancient China (here renamed Kitai), changes some names, compresses the timeline of events, takes liberty with a few of the historical figures, and successfully emerges with a world that, while not real, very well could be. Its rulers are suspicious, conservative, unstable, and paranoid; the military is reviled, lest it become too powerful and stage a coup; the decentralized tribes to the north are restless; bandits are uncontrollable, the emperor is ignorant to the suffering of his own people.

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Vanens Munro Brush meets bluster in a series of colourful, weather-inspired acrylic landscapes by Yvonne Vanens Munro, now showing at the Nelson Library. It’s a dramatic exhibition that celebrates the power of nature in the Kootenays.

When Munro was six-months-old her parents, recently emigrated from Holland, drove from Nova Scotia to British Columbia in a Volkswagen truck with a bottle warmer. The truck broke down in Nelson, where Munro and her mother stayed for six weeks while her father carried on to the West Coast to find work and a home.

Munro was raised on the coast with two sisters and a brother, in what she describes as a rough and tumble, tumultuous childhood. There, when she wasn’t exploring the woods at the foot of the Garibaldi mountains, she drew. In high school and college she says, “art class was my little place of peace, away from the angst of

growing up.”

As an adult, Yvonne returned to the Kootenays with her family, where her own two kids enjoyed a rough and tumble, tumultuous childhood. She took classes through the Oxygen Centre and the Kootenay School of Arts. “Studying Art is fantastic,” she says, “but painting is the best way to become a painter.”

About this exhibition Munro explains, “I want to celebrate the Kootenays and mountain weather with this show. So I took the Osprey across the Kootenay Lake with my camera and took several hundred pictures. These paintings are the result.”

Munro is one of four Nelson Public Library bookmark artists, along with Lainey Benson, Rick Foulger, and Keira Zaslove. Bookmarks are available at the Library. Munro’s exhibition continues through July and August

Summer tours at Touchstones Summer Tour Saturdays are back at Touchstones Nelson: Museum of Art and History.

Visitors and locals alike are invited to explore Nelson’s diverse history with a knowledgeable docent in the permanent museum exhibit. Drop in at 11 a.m. on any Saturday this summer for a guided walk through the rich history of the West Kootenays. Additionally, a unique artifact handling experience will be available during the tours.

In Touchstones Nelson’s permanent museum exhibit, you can find a wide array of information on the city’s past, from First Nations history to

mining, dam construction and the development of the arts.

For an hour every Saturday in the summer, docents will be available to give a guided tour or simply answer questions as they come up during your visit.

While at the museum, guests are invited to check out the summer shows at Touchstones Nelson; Abandoning Paradise: The Northern Gateway Project with Glenn Clark and Peter Corbett, and City in Flames: A Journey Through Nelson’s Fire History.

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There’s a few things to take into consideration when deciding what beer best suits your day at the beach.

Crisp, refreshing and quaffable all come to mind. Strong sun along with high alcohol content might not be a great call. Some of the most seasoned beer drinkers have been taken down by a combination of the two.

And they usually have the sunburn to show for it Monday morning.

Any or all of these options would work great for your summer beach sessions.

Central City Red Racer Pale Ale Not as hoppy as its Red Racer IPA older brother, this is a beer that is well suited for the beach. Easy drinking, flavour filled and refreshing. The hop character in this ale a decade ago would probably have qualified it as an IPA. Now a days though, the goal posts have been moved and this pale ale is one of the last of a dying breed. The pale ales have in some ways gone the way of the dodo, the audience moved on to bigger and hoppier options. This beer has stood strong though against the changing fads of craft brewing and is a tasty option for a day at the beach.

NBC’s Tall Tale Organic Wheat Ale This isn’t your typical wheat beer here! The Hefeweizen yeast used gives the beer a slight hint of banana, then the sweet orange and lemon peel that are added to the brew add a crisp citrus blast. Then finally, the beer is unfiltered which gives it an added punch of flavour. When we say this isn’t a typical wheat beer that’s exactly why. There’s a lot going on with in this great summer ale.

Top it all off with a crisp dry finish

Mt Begbie High Country Kolsch High Country Kölsch is a pale, mildly hopped beer which originated in Köln, Germany. Brewed with authentic Kölschbier yeast, it’s an excellent choice on a hot summer day. Should mention we know a bit about Kölsch’s ourselves as our Harvest Moon Hemp Ale is a Kölsch. It’s a great style for a crisp refreshing beer that still has a unique flavor to keep the beer interesting even after you’ve had a couple.

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Our brewmaster Mike Kelly has yet again created a complex, intriguing, and down right delicious beer! As far as a beach beer goes, weighing in at 5.2 per cent vol.alc, you can have a couple pints and still be able to fold up your lawn chair at the end of the day, always a great relief.

As always head into your local Cold Beer and Wine or Government Liquor Store, go over to the craft beer section and grab something new, something your used to and something maybe you’ve never even heard of. Beer sampling should be fun so have fun with it. Expand your horizons as the sun sets on a beach day. You’ll be glad you did.

Remember when you sample a lot of new beers, you’re not intoxicated, you’re cultured!

Cheers, from your friends at NBC! This column, co-written by Nelson Brewing Company staff, appears monthly in this space.

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Showing for the month of July at the Craft Connection/Gallery 378 is Buck Walker and ArtWalk artist Mirja Vahala.

Art at the Capitol Theatre presents Tom Haukaas Landscapes. The exhibition runs until July 31.

The Nelson Library is now showing Yvonne Vanens Munro's weather-inspired acrylic landscapes paintings until the end of August.

Docent Tour Saturdays are back at Touchstones Nelson. Visitors and locals alike are invited to explore Nelson’s diverse history with a knowledgeable docent in the Permanent Museum Exhibit. Drop in at 11 a.m. on any Saturday morning this summer for a guided walk through the rich history of the West Kootenays.

FILM

Everyone needs a little zombie in their summer: World War Z stars Brad Pitt in a race to stop a zombie pandemic. Also playing, the heist flick Now You See Me, with Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, and Woody Harrelson. Showtimes Friday to Sunday and Cheap Tuesday, alternating 7 and 9:30 p.m. For all things Civic Theatre go to www.civictheatre.ca or facebook/ NelsonCTS, or call 352-5833.

On July 27 the Civic Theatre will be showing Happy at 2 p.m. This featurelength documentary takes you on a journey from the swamps of Louisiana, to the co-housing communities of Denmark, to the slums of Kolkata in search of what really makes people happy. This joyful and touching film is sponsored by the Nelson Co-Housing Project.

THEATRE

The Capitol Theatre 25th Annual Summer Youth Theatre Program presents Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. This black comedy concerns the infamous homicidal career of Sweeney, the unjustly exiled barber who returns to 19th century London seeking revenge against the lecherous judge who

coveted his young wife and falsely imprisoned him. Sophisticated, macabre, visceral and uncompromising, Sweeney Todd mixes intense drama with dark humour. The show runs Thursday, July 25 to Sunday, July 28 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for student, or $45 for a family of four, available online at capitoltheatre.bc.ca or phone 250352-6363.

The Capitol Theatre is hosting a fundraising variety show to raise money for Pat Henman and Maia Vezina on July 31 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $30 or, if you would like to contribute more, there are also $50 tickets available. Get yours at the Capitol Theatre box office, online at capitoltheatre.bc.ca or phone 250-352-6363.

AT THE PUB

Mike’s Place Pub hosts Trivia Night every Wednesday throughout the summer.

Come with your team of one to four people. Entry is free. Top scoring team wins a $100 Hume gift card.

at the Cedar Creek Cafe in Winlaw on Tuesday, July 23. The show starts around 6:30 p.m. Admission by donation.

Two public performances of Requiem for a Glacier will take place at the Nelson United Church on Thursday, July 25, at 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. The requiem is a four-movement oratorio composed

by Victoria-based artist Paul Walde and performed by seventy professional and amateur musicians. The following weekend, the group will perform the piece at Jumbo Glacier. Tickets for the local performance are available at the Capitol Theatre box office.

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MUSIC

The Boom Booms return to the Spiritbar on Friday, July 19. Ticket information at the Hume Hotel.

Scarlett Jane plays at Expressions on Friday, July 19 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $12 and can purchased in advance at Expressions or by calling 250-354-3910.

Starbelly Jam music festival is July 19, 20 and 21 in the Crawford Bay Park.

This year’s lineup includes Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars, Aesop Rock and Blue King Brown. Tickets are $105 for adult weekend pass or $60 per day.

Fort Knox 5 vs. Thunderball, a four turntable DJ set, at Spiritbar on Saturday, July 20. Ticket are $20 in advance at the Hume Hotel.

The Sturgeons will be playing at the Cedar Creek Cafe in Winlaw on Saturday, July 20. The show starts around 6:30 p.m. Admission by donation.

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R. A. The Rugged Man will be playing Thursday, July 25 at Finley’s Irish Pub. This New York hip hop artist breaking waves into all genres of music with his highly controversial yet political lyrics.

Tickets are $20 at the door.

Unity Music Festival pre-party for all ages at the Slocan Legion on Friday, July 26 at 8 p.m. featuring Adham Shaikh plus DJs Fatty Cakes, Trippa T and Luke Martin. Tickets are $20 for adults or $10 for children 12 and under.

The Cat Empire play Spiritbar on Thursday, July 25. Doors open at 9 p.m.

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Pat Henman fundraiser at Spiritbar on Friday, July 26 featuring Phat Diablo, Breakfluid and Ripple. Doors open at 10 p.m. Cover is by donation ($5 minimum).

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Melissa Ruth plays the Cedar Creek Cafe in Winlaw on Saturday, July 27.

Her strong voice and riveting lyrics were the signature of her sophomore album Ain’t No Whisky. The show starts around 6:30 p.m. Admission by donation.

Unity Music Festival goes Saturday, July 27 and Sunday, July 28 at the beautiful Slocan City beach. This year’s lineup include Alpha YaYa Diallo, Adham Shaikh, Shane Philip, The Boom Booms and more. Weekend passes are $65 in advance or $85 at the gate. Day passes are $45. Children 12 and under are free with an adult. For more information see unitymusicfestival.ca.

Stickybuds will be at Spiritbar on Friday, August 2 with Ben Fox. Tickets are $15, available in advance at the Hume Hotel.

Doors open at 10 p.m.

West Coast party band Five Alarm Funk plays Spiritbar on Saturday, August 3.

Doors open at 10 p.m. Tickets are $25.

The 22nd annual Kaslo Jazz Etc. festival is August 2 to 4 at Kaslo Bay Park. The lineup includes Mickey Hart Band, African Showboyz, Tiempo Libre, Delhi 2 Dublin and more. Three day passes are $164 and day passes are $71, available online at kaslojazzfest.com. Discounted youth tickets are available at the gate.

Shambhala Music Festival is August 7 to 12 at Salmo River Ranch. Tickets are $310, available at Big Cranium in Nelson (273 Baker Street) or online at shambhalamusicfestival.com.

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