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fabric called scrim that has grommets along the edges to attach it to the fence. The banner will be six feet tall and 200 feet long, and run from the side of the Nelson Daily News building’s parking lot along Baker Street and up Falls Street to Herridge Lane.

“It’s the biggest canvas I’ve ever worked on,” said Lytle, who’s been running her design and illustration business out of her Blewett home for the past 12 years.

A traditional Chinese medicine doctor convicted of evading more than $60,000 in income taxes says he didn’t know he was doing anything illegal.

Speaking under oath during his sentencing hearing Wednesday, a tearful and apologetic Warren Fischer said he hadn’t intended to break the law and thought he’d found a legitimate method to avoid paying taxes when he began claiming natural person status and following the teachings of the Paradigm Education Group.

But after being arrested June 25 and spending 38 days in jail, including 17 in 24-hour lockup, he realized the serious trouble he was in.

Fischer hired Shawn Buckley, a Kamloops-based personal injury lawyer, to represent him during sentencing, and sat quietly in the courtroom until he took the stand.

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Banner solution found for downtown eyesore

SAM VAN SCHIE Nelson Star Reporter

Nelson’s Cultural Development Commission has hired a local graphic designer to create a massive banner to hide a brownfield site next to the Nelson Daily News building at the west end of Baker Street.

Once the site of an Esso gas station, the vacant lot has been an eyesore and an ongoing source of frustration for Nelson’s cultural development officer Joy Barrett.

“It’s one of the first thing people

see when they come into town,” Barrett said of the lot at the corner of Baker and Falls streets. “Every time I drive by it, I just cringe and think to myself, ‘I have to do something about that.”’

Part of the cultural development commission’s mandate is to secure funds for cultural initiatives, including public art. Barrett found sponsors to cover the full project budget of $8,000 without using a cent of city money.

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For pizza on-the-go that tastes homemade, Thor’s Pizzeria is the place to call.

The Victoria Street eatery, which celebrates its 12th year in business this October, was opened by Chris Van Dyk, a certified chef de cuisine, and Lorri McCready, who brought her marketing background to the business.

“We knew from the beginning that we didn’t just want to make regular pizza,” McCready said. “Thor’s isn’t part of a chain or franchise, so we had the freedom to experiment and, over time, customize it to Nelson.”

Van Dyk developed recipes for the dough and sauce.

Both are made from scratch using extra virgin olive oil, rather than canola oil.

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scratch and seasons it with his own blend of herbs and spices,” said McCready, noting the end result is more flavourful and lower in sodium.

The dough is a made from a mix of whole wheat and unbleached white flour. It’s aged in the fridge for days — a method popular in Italy — which creates a yeastier flavour and makes it easier to

digest. All the vegetables are hand chopped and the meats are high quality with no filler.

The cheese is a blend of mozzarella and edam, again with no filler (some places use a soy product to bulk up their cheese).

“We do all these little things that make our pizza incrementally better, so the end result is really good pizza

Project could be just the beginning Continued from Page 1 The concept for the piece is four seasons in the downtown core. Each business along Baker, the cross streets and alleys are represented by an icon — there’s a lobster to symbolize the Fisherman’s Market and a bookshelf for Otter Books. There are dresses and skis, and latte art: all the things you can find downtown.

Some of the iconic heritage buildings are also represented. On each of the end of the banner are nature scenes, with the river on one side and the ski

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“I wanted it to be like the city was emerging from the nature,” Lytle explained. “If people stop and look at the graphics, they’ll be able to pick out the different businesses, which is kind of fun.”

The banner is being printed this week and is expected to go up on the fence within the next two weeks. It will remain in place until the site is developed, at which point it could be moved to a different site.

Barrett pointed out that there are

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Thor’s has been cooking up homemade-style pizzas for nearly 12 years.

— though you might not be able to put your finger on the exact thing that makes it different,” McCready said.

“I’ve had people tell me that usually they can’t eat pizza, but they can eat Thor’s pizza.”

Among the most popular pizzas at Thor’s are the Venus Veggie with spinach, feta, black olives, onions, tomatoes and roasted garlic; Poseidon’s Treat with ham, pineapple and bacon; and the Hera Fave with chicken breast, sun-dried tomatoes, res peppers, onion and roasted garlic. (All Thor’s pizzas are named after Greek gods, like the restaurant itself.)

To vote for Thor’s in the Nelson’s Best Pizza contest, go to nelsonstar.com and click “contest” atop the page.

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several brownfield sites around town, including one on Front Street near Safeway, another on Nelson Avenue and a third on Hall Mines Road.

“If people like [this banner] we could continue along the same vein to cover up the other lots around town,” Barrett said.

The funders for the project are: Imperial Oil, who owns the vacant lot; Nelson Daily News Partners, who own the building next door; Nelson Kootenay Lake Tourism; and the Nelson and Area Economic Development Partnership.

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A Lemon Creek resident hardest hit by last month’s jet fuel spill dismisses environmental data released this week as “skewed.”

“The samples were taken by SNC Lavalin hired by Executive Flight Centre,” Russell Hulbert told the Star. “Interior Health and the Ministry of Environment make assessments and decisions based on that data. Where is a thirdparty monitor for the people getting the real information that supports us, not Executive Flight Centre?”

Hulbert and his family — including two young children — live on Lemon Creek 2.7 kilometres downstream of the spill site. Displaced since the incident, they have been renting a house in Slocan.

He says they continue to see and smell fuel in their water, which comes from a well 30 meters away from the creek.

They have no idea how long it will be before they will able to use their water again, and fear it may not be until next year at runoff. They have not turned their well on since the accident, he said.

In a conference call this week, officials said no surface water samples have tested positive for fuel contamination since August 1, and samples collected from at-risk shallow wells downstream of the spill site haven’t detected any fuel

One of the homeowners hardest hit by last month’s tanker spill of 33,000 litres of jet fuel into Lemon Creek is skeptical of environmental data released this week.

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— but Hulbert isn’t buying it.

He questioned whether the samples were actually taken from the surface or sub-surface. He also doubts air samples taken in his yard are accurate. “I look at the test results and can’t believe it. I’m appalled. I have serious concerns about the way the samples were taken with regard to the type of fuel.”

Hulbert added he has received little support beyond an offer of three days of accommodation in Castlegar and a potable water station at Lemon Creek which was removed four days ago.

“We have nowhere to live and have been given no assistance. We’ve had no backing from some members of our local and provincial government. We’re

getting flopped on. We’re not happy about it.”

He did have praise, however, for those working for clean-up contractor Quantum Murray: “They’re the only ones who have been doing anything. They’re the only ones who have had my back.”

The spill on July 26 saw 33,000 litres of jet fuel enter Lemon Creek and in turn the Slocan and Kootenay rivers after an Executive Flight Centre truck took a wrong turn and crashed on a forest service road.

Soon after, Interior Health issued an order not to use the water for consumption or recreation. The order was removed in stages between August 6 and 9, despite remaining pockets of fuel.

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Nelson police report being kept busy during an all-ages event held this week.

On Monday, they responded and made over a dozen liquor seizures and a few arrests, including a 22-year-old Fruitvale man.

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Procter citizen left indelible mark GREG NESTEROFF Nelson Star Reporter

Procter matriarch Hilda (Dilla) Ogden, who has died at 98, was known to all who lived there for her beautiful garden and extensive volunteerism.

Ogden spent nearly her entire life in the community and was the driving force behind the history book Kootenay Outlet Reflections.

“It’s a big loss, yet we’re so blessed to have had her that long,” says her daughter, Beth Ogden-Wood. “We’ll sure miss her. She was a great lady.”

Ogden was born October 23, 1914 on a farm about a mile west of Procter. Her maternal grandparents, the Waltons, arrived in 1908 from Alberta and ran the general store. Their widowed daughter Clara joined them a few years later and met Alfred Heighton, a Nova Scotian who came west to build bridges for the Canadian Pacific Railway.

They married in 1913.

Hilda, the second of their six children, grew up on the farm and worked in her grandparents’ store. She recalled Sikhs from the local sawmill would come over to cash their paycheques, but asked her to hang on to the money. “They said ‘You keep.’

She’d write them a receipt and they’d get her to keep the receipt too,” her daughter says. “She acted like a bank.”

It was also at the store that Hilda met her husband.

English-born Albert Ogden, almost ten years her senior, was delivering freight.

“She used to still blush about it,” Ogden-Wood says.

“She had lovely blue eyes and my dad was pretty cheeky.

He started singing Beautiful, Beautiful Blue Eyes. That was the first time they laid eyes on each other.”

Hilda’s father, however,

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was very protective, so Albert set about winning him over. “They talked guns, played crib, and of course he’d get invited to dinner.”

Alberta and Hilda married in Procter’s United Church on June 13, 1934.

Her new husband nicknamed her Dilla. “She had two Aunt Hildas,” their daughter explains. “My dad said Dilla was a pet name in England. That’s what he called her and it stuck. Because they were so close, it’s what she preferred.”

In 1935, the couple bought the house they were renting from Hilda’s grandmother.

With enlargements, remodelling, and landscaping, Hilda would call it home for the next 75 years.

Albert continued to operate the Procter-Nelson freight line before and after serving overseas during World War II, then worked aboard the SS Moyie, Harrop ferry, and MV Anscomb.

Hilda, meanwhile, became a community pillar. “She guided so many people and

counselled couples in trouble,” says daughter Beth. “She ran a Sunday school for over 25 years, basically by herself.

No other adults were willing to put that much time into it.”

When Beth and sister Claire were in school, Hilda and friend Edna Fitchett took charge of the annual Christmas concerts, ensuring every child had a part and a costume.

Hilda lamented the 1987 closure of the Procter school, writing that “The children are now bused away... I miss the sound of them at play during recess and lunch time.

It’s as though the Piped Piper has spirited them away.”

She was among those who

spoke against the building’s demolition. Years later, when it was a thriving venue for the Kootenay Storytelling Festival, she opened her garden for tours.

“Her white house sat at the end of the street like an English cottage, always looking so quaint and well cared for,” says festival co-founder Rick Budd. “She was always very supportive and loved the storytelling festival, especially how it reminded her of earlier times when Procter was busy with young families and community events.”

In the 1980s, Ogden was president of the committee that compiled the massive Kootenay Outlet Reflections, writing in the preface that the project was “at times, arduous, time consuming and sometimes discouraging. But always interesting and very, very rewarding.” The book is due to be reprinted this year.

When Albert took early retirement, he and Hilda paid an extended visit to family and friends in England. They were fans of TV’s Coronation Street — Albert could translate the thick accents — and got a kick out of the fact the show’s most popular character was named Hilda Ogden.

After Albert died in 1973, Hilda kept up the house and garden on her own. She joined the hospital auxiliary and sold raffle tickets with her dog in tow.

Hilda Ogden died February 27 in Kamloops, where she had been living part of the year with her daughter.

“People say she’s really an icon,” Ogden-Wood says.

“The way she lived her life was such an example. She always kept so positive.”

Ogden was predeceased three years ago by younger sister Lily. She’s survived by her two daughters and many grandchildren. A celebration of her life was held last weekend in Procter.

Nelson CARES announces a Request for Proposals (RFP) Nelson CARES Society is seeking a non-profit organization to coordinate Kootenay Seniors, an exciting new project emerging from the Age Friendly Community Initiative. This will be a two-year pilot project that is regional in scope. There is $50,000 maximum funding available and the RFP is open to organizations from Nelson and/or RDCK regions E and F. Kootenay Seniors will be a centre for coordination and collaboration for seniors-serving organizations, as well as an information hub for seniors and their family support networks.

For information or to request a copy of the RFP: seniorsproject@nelsoncares.ca or 250-352-6011.

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Nelson scouts make commemorative trek A group of more than a dozen Nelson Cub Scouts are taking the Youthful Yeti Challenge and embarking on a backcountry trek with ties to history.

From August 28 to September 1, the Scouts will be making a commemorative backpacking trek in Kokanee Glacier Park. They intend to emulate a portion of the trek the 1st Chapman (Kimberley) Scouts did in 1927 as documented in the book No Pass Too High. No Trail Too Far by Alfred and Malcolm Watson.

“It was a famous trek for our area,” said Scout leader Jim Garth. “These kids back then were tough as nails…

They went on a 17-day trek using horses to go over Rose Pass. They took the paddle wheeler to Kaslo, hiked up to Sandon and down into New Denver … then they went up through Enterprise Creek into the Kokanee drainage.

We’re going to retrace the Kokanee portion of the trek.”

This over 40-kilometre trek will take five days and four nights with the help of local mountain guides.

Along the journey they’ll be exploring and learning about geology, history, mountain travel and survival, as well as stargazing and much more.

Working on organization since October, Garth said he’s “charged right up” to get going.

They’ll start out from Gibson Lake parking lot and hike up to Kokanee Lake. From there they will continue through Kokanee Pass to Kaslo Lake. They will head onto Slocan Chief Cabin and Esmeralda Peak on the glacier and revisit the spot the 1st Chapman group sat and had lunch 86 years ago.

They will return to Smuggler’s Ridge passing the Battleship back to camp near the Cabin where they will hang a plaque to commemorate their journey near one placed by the troop in 1927.

“This will be something that the kids can go back to,” Garth said. “It keeps it alive.”

The Chapman group spent a night at the Slocan Chief Cabin but today’s group will spend their last night in luxury at the Kokanee Glacier Cabin.

Incident on orange bridge ends safely

NELSON — On Tuesday, police responded to a report of a woman’s sandal falling from atop Nelson’s orange bridge from a motorist passing by.

When officers arrived, they found an emotionally distraught woman perched and walking along the top of the bridge.

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They’ll visit Tanal Lake for some fishing, exploring, forest education and sub-alpine relaxation. They may also check out Sapphire Lakes before heading back down to Gibson Lake to end the trip.

Garth explained Scouts is about building leadership, character and responsibility to community. He believes the adventure will be a boon for Scouting in the area and give kids a life-long interest in being outdoors.

“I am doing this to promote Scouting, to shed light on the good things in it for kids,” he said. “I want to take them away from their iPods and get them to experience being a kid again. This is what kids should be doing.”

This trek is for third-year Cubs and all Scouts and Pathfinders. Mason Garth has been involved in Scouts for five years. This is the first

adventure of this magnitude for the organization and the 12-year-old can’t wait to get out on the mountainside.

“I think it’s going to be really fun because I really like being outdoors,” he said.

“We’re going to be hiking for a long time.”

Mason feels up to the challenge with hopes of seeing wildlife along with “really cool plants,” and hanging out with his friends along the way all motivating factors.

The Scouts have been practicing with short hikes and reading No Pass Too High in preparation. The significance of retracing historic steps is not lost on the youth involved.

“I think it’s pretty special,” said Mason. “We’re going to be doing the same thing Scouts did a long time ago.”

The Scouts have been fundraising for the trek and have also benefitted from money and donations from Valhalla Pure, Columbia Basin Trust, the RDCK, and 12 Mile Storage.

Scouts start meeting again in September on Tuesday evenings. Specialized gear will be used to make this trek again.

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After lengthy and successful negotiations by police, the woman agreed to be brought to safety by the fire department. She was taken to hospital for further assessment.

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Friday, August 23, 2013 Nelson Star

Editorial

Covering up a terrible scar

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he west end of Baker Street is finally going to get a much needed addition to help remove a prominent scar.

In the next couple of weeks a commissioned piece of art will cover the fence in the 200 block of Baker that cordons off a former Esso gas station. It’s about time.

About seven years ago, leaky underground gas tanks caused Imperial Oil to pull up stakes. The Esso station was destroyed, the tanks removed and an ugly chain-link fence erected to ensure people didn’t wander through the weed infested wasteland.

The vacant lot is classified as a brownfield and they dot the landscape across Canada.

From abandoned gas stations to old industrial sites, the BC government estimates there are between 4,000 and 6,000 of them in the province.

In Nelson we have four abandoned gas stations, all of which significantly take away from the natural and human made beauty of this community. It’s hard to say exactly why they remain undeveloped — the issues can be many and oil companies are not keen on calling media back on these matters — but in all cases there seems to be no hurry by the property owners to take action on meaningful redevelopment.

The most disturbing aspect about these brownfields is that three of the four are very prominent locations in our community. The first impression these scars leave on visitors can impact their length of stay in the community and whether they return.

Though many people have lobbied Imperial Oil and the City of Nelson over the years to do something about the ugly lot, it took the Cultural Development Commission to get it done. In partnership with Imperial Oil, the neighbouring property, Nelson Kootenay Lake Tourism; and the Nelson and Area Economic Development Partnership there is finally some action. Kudos to cultural development officer Joy Barrett for helping take action on the blight.

We only hope more partnerships can be forged to help ensure the other three lots get the same cover-up and beautification.

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World View – Gwynne Dyer

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Australia: Race to the bottom

he Australian boat people are getting to be a problem.

The first few million just got off the boats from Britain, pushed the Aborigines off the good land, and declared themselves the real Australians. This latest lot of boat people, though... they don’t even stay in Australia. They’re settling in Papua New Guinea.

It’s not exactly their own idea, to be fair. The descendants of the earlier boat people, now numbering some 20-odd million, have decided that Australia is full up, so any more boat people have to be sent elsewhere. But where?

Well, how about somewhere poor and violent, to deter them from trying to get into Australia in the first place? Besides, if it’s a really poor country, then it can be bribed to accept them. Right, then. PNG it is.

The Australians have convinced themselves that they are drowning in refugees, but they aren’t.

Just go to the OECD’s 2011 online statistics, and check out the top four lines for “Inflows of Asylum Seekers.”

First by alphabetical order is Australia (population 23 million), which got 11,505 asylum seekers. Then comes Austria (pop. 8 million), which got 14,406. Then Belgium (pop. 10 million), which took in a whopping 26,003 refugees. And finally Canada (pop. 35 million), which received 24,985. If the Australians are drowning, they are drowning in very shallow water.

Moreover, 70 per cent of the boat people seeking

asylum in Australia are Sri Lankans, Afghans and Iranians, most of whom we may assume are genuine refugees. So why did Australian governments start detaining asylum seekers, including children, as long ago as 1992, even though that is illegal under the 1951 Refugee Convention of which Australia is a signatory?

At that time refugee flows were high everywhere, though that’s hardly an excuse. No other country did that, and at no time have asylum seekers amounted to even 10 per cent of Australian immigration.

Keeping them in prison in Australia while sorting out their claims eventually got too embarrassing, so in 2001 the government signed a deal with Papua New Guinea to send them to mosquito-infested Manus Island, 300 km off PNG’s northern coast, for “processing.” But their claims for asylum were still treated seriously, and the genuine claimants were eventually settled in Australia.

Asylum seekers to Australia were at a peak of almost 13,000 in 2001, but over the next few years they dropped steeply. By 2004 they were down to 3,200, so Australia closed the Manus camp.

Labour prime minister Julia Gillard reopened the Manus Island prison last year, presumably because the number of asylum seekers had gone back up to 11,500. (Why? The defeat of the Tamil separatists in Sri Lanka, a possible Taliban takeover in Afghanistan, and

the crushing of the Green protests in Iran). But horrible though it was, the Manus camp was still a “processing” centre, and (some) genuine refugees got resettled in Australia in the end.

Compared to any other English speaking people, Australians (or a great many of them) are openly, astoundingly racist.

Then Kevin Rudd took over the Labour Party leadership last June in an inner-party coup, and his almost-first act as prime minister was to declare that no person arriving by boat would ever be allowed to settle in Australia. They would be settled in Papua New Guinea instead. He was facing an imminent election that Labour seemed bound to lose, so he needed to rouse the rabble. It worked: Labour’s poll numbers have already improved considerably.

Papua New Guinea is an utterly impoverished country with one of the highest crime rates in the world. Eighty-five per cent of its seven million people survive by subsistence agriculture, and the cities largely consist of gangridden slums swept by tribal violence. It is a completely unacceptable place to “resettle” refugees, but Rudd has persuaded the PNG government to take them in return for a very large (but secret) amount

of money.

Why does Australia behave like this? Racism, obviously. Compared to any other English-speaking people, Australians (or a great many of them) are openly, astoundingly racist. You’d have to go somewhere like Russia or China to find people expressing their racial prejudices in such an unselfconscious, almost naive way. And here’s a clue: New Zealanders, similar to Australians in so many other ways, don’t talk like that at all.

Racism is mostly about fear, and the Australians are very afraid of something. You may mock, but I have a theory about that.

Every time Australians look at a map, they see the entire continent of Asia looming above their country like an avalanche waiting to happen. I suspect they are afraid that one day it will fall on them and crush them.

But that’s only because conventional maps are drawn with north at the top. You can already get joke world maps in Australia that put south at the top, so that Australia floats serenely above that huge Asian mess below. Just make those maps standard in Australian schools and on Australian TV news, and in a few months you’ll see the change.

Then, if the occasional boat-load of refugees bubbles up from below, who cares? Australia’s above it all, and we can deal with it.

Problem solved. My bill is in the mail.

Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.

Nelson Star Friday, August 23, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Wayne Germaine Serving Nelson & Area Since 1987.

Gluten free section helpful

Thank you for publishing the section on gluten free eating in the Kootenays in last Friday’s Nelson Star.

I am continually amazed at the many options available so close to home. When I was diagnosed with celiac decease a few years ago, most restaurants were totally unaware of the problems I faced when eating out.

Things have changed!

It should be noted though, that people with celiac should always tell their server that

they are celiac and not just choosing to eat gluten free.

Cross-contamination in the kitchen is still a real problem regardless of whether or not the menu states the food is gluten free.

Your article mentioned just a few of the restaurants in Nelson that serve gluten free food, others such as Busaba Thai Cafe, Jagannatha, Kurama Sushi, the Bite Truck and Itza Ristorante have always been good choices too. There are a number of websites that

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list the local restaurants and shops that cater to GF foods according to the city or town (theceliacscene.com is a BC run site). I would encourage all our businesses to register with them, it is free.

I may not have a choice about what I can eat but I can choose where I eat, and when I travel, I choose the place based on a website. Tourists coming to the Kootenays will do the same.

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Fairview ends at Cottonwood Street. How am I to get my family from Lakeside Park to upper Fairview HUGS. Huge and many hugs to all the volunteers without going uptown, transferring busses and then and sponsors who help make the MS Ride, West back to Fairview? You encourage people to use the Kootenay Glacier Challenge a great success. Thank transit system more and now we are using our car you so much for being out there on the roads for us, more than ever and the cab companies will pallproviding much needed water, snacks, shade and ing up funds from the transit system. Think about it encouragement and for fantastic dinner and lunches please. The old routes covered us all. throughout the weekend.

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SLUGS. You came twice onto our private property on August 11 and took an item. Stop this and please don’t teach your children to do this devil act. Live and let live.

HUGS/SLUGS. I was recently visiting friends in your quaint town. We attended the Cottonwood Market.

What a wonderful tradition. I do have one item I would like to mention. As we were parking, we had a chance to witness a violent verbal attack on an employee of one of the businesses. This attendee of the market, was clearly blocking access to the business. When this lady (employee) kindly asked if she could please just “scoot” her car over just a bit, the response was horrific. We went and got the manager of the market, who quickly responded. I believe the attendee’s of this peace-loving market should maybe be a bit more peace and loving. Hugs to the

HUGS. To all those in Interior Health who have helped our family over the last few weeks. From the nurses and administration at Kootenay Lake Hospital to all the Home Care crew who take the extra time to make sure families are part of the solutions. Everybody is overworked, but to continue to provide the level of service we have here in the Kootenays is impressive.

Hugs. To my quiet friend, who never complained, when the person he had been helping for the last 15 years, moved away without a “goodbye” or a “thank you.” My friend put in many hours of labour while suffering the pain of degenerative arthritis and sciatica, only because he wanted to help an old man and his wife. Hugs again, my friend. You are appreciated, even if not by the man who should’ve known better.

Hugs. To all the patient kind bus drivers. I love you.

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Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police

Nelson chief supports tickets for pot possession Nelson Star Reporter

Nelson Police Department Chief Wayne Holland

Top cops from across the country think ticketing for pot possession is better than jail.

Nelson Police Department’s Wayne Holland is among Canadian chiefs of police who met in Winnipeg this week where a resolution was passed suggesting officers should have the option of writing tickets to penalize pot users caught with less than 30 grams of bud.

Canadian chiefs say this would be more effective and efficient than laying criminal charges.

Holland agrees that this process would eliminate unnecessary red tape for both law enforcement and the public. A ticket would mean no criminal record, no court costs, no cost of a lawyer and the matter would come to a quick conclusion unless the ticket was challenged.

Because pot use is prevalent in Nelson, ticketing would be a “good fit,” he said.

“The NPD already initiates and processes more criminal code charges of simple drug possession per capita than almost anywhere in BC,” Holland told the Star.

“I think the last media article stated we were second highest — no pun intended — as regards enforcement, so this initiative would allow us to deal with such matters in a few minutes as opposed to a few months.”

His officers catching people puffing would be able to stay on the beat instead of returning back to the detachment to com-

plete administrative work. And the ticketed person wouldn’t have to be jailed. The marijuana issue would be dealt with in a fashion similar to being ticketed for consuming liquor in public.

Trafficking marijuana and driving while under the influence would still be handled as a criminal manner, but the majority of cases arising involve people smoking recreationally.

While tough penalties for pot are becoming passé, turning a blind eye isn’t the way to go either, said Holland. Ticketing is a way to address the changing attitudes toward marijuana while still policing in a professional manner.

“This will save time and money and allow us to do what is expected of us, on a transitional basis, until such time as society finally decides on the level of tolerance it wants to have vis-a-vis drug consumption.”

While marijuana consumption is common in the Kootenay region and some people believe there is a lax attitude within the communities, Holland explained not everyone is on board with BC bud.

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Holland has attended several annual meetings of Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police over the years. He sits as a director of BC’s and the Yukon’s Criminal Intelligence Bureau as well as the BC Association of Chiefs of Police and the BC Municipal Chiefs of Police Association. Through such organizations, he continues to build and maintain professional contacts nationwide as well as gaining valuable knowledge.

“It is also a role that not many citizens are aware of,” said Holland. “Being a member of those entities keeps me current in regards to best practices in policing from a national as well as a provincial perspective — and allows me to access a lot of research and information on programs that will benefit Nelson.”

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Shed fire spreads to trees in Fairview Nelson Star Staff

A shed fire in Fairview Wednesday afternoon started to spread to nearby trees before firefighters extinguished the blaze.

At 5:19 p.m. the Nelson Fire Department responded

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to a report of a shed on fire at 811 Sixth Street.

“Upon arrival of the first crew, a fully involved utility shed was observed with the fire spreading to the trees,” said Michael Daloise, assistant fire chief in a press release.

Four members responding

from home joined the initial on-duty crew and their primary objective was to ensure the fire didn’t spread further into the trees.

“The shed was directly on the bank of the creek and crews had to be cautious as they extinguished the fire,” said Daloise.

Two fire engines and one utility vehicle were used to fight this fire and no injuries are reported.

The cause of the fire is still under investigation by members of the fire department with assistance from the Nelson Police Department.

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Community Events A parade to support the Jumbo Wild Democracy Camp leaves Nelson City Hall on Friday, August 23 at 6:30 p.m. All are welcome to participate. The group will march up to MarketFest and speakers for the cause will be on the Fall Street stage at 6:45 p.m. Bring your signs, songs and voices. Help stop the exploitation of grizzly bear habitat.

The 18th annual Fat Tire Festival is August 23 to 25. The weekend starts with a bike parade and events on Baker Street Friday evening. There will be group rides on Saturday and races on Sunday. For details see nelsonfattire.com.

Celebrate the return of the Kokanee at the RedFish Festival, Sunday, August 25 at the Kokanee Creek Park Visitors Centre from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Learn more about this remarkable fish on spawning tours with park naturalists. There will also be live entertainment and activities for kids, at this free, rain-orshine event.

This Sunday, August 25 Endless Adventure hosts a stand up paddle-boarding competitions on the Slocan River from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. For details call Endless Adventues at 250-359-8181.

Kootenay Swim Club is holding its annual general meeting on Tuesday, August 27 at 6:30 p.m. in the Multipurpose Room at the Nelson and District Community Complex.

Kootenay Pride weekend begins with Meet ‘n’ Greet barbecue dinner at Finley’s Irish Pub in Nelson on Friday, August 30.

On Saturday, August 31, there will be a drag show and dance at the Eagle’s Hall. Then on Sunday, September 1 the Kootenay Pride Parade rolls down Baker Street. For more event information, search “Kootenay Pride” on Facebook.

Enter the cool, peaceful interior of St. Saviour’s Pro-Cathe-

dral, one of Nelson’s premiere heritage buildings. Marvel at the vibrant stained glass windows, learn their stories and how they connect to Nelson’s history. The church at the corner of Ward and Silica is open for Heritage Tours, Tuesday to Saturday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. until the end of August.

All seniors welcome to the monthly meeting of the Senior Citizens’ Association Branch No. 51, located at 717 Vernon Street.

Meeting commences at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, September 4. Tea and goodies will be served after the meeting. Some of the activities enjoyed at the centre include bridge, crib, whist, dominos, chess and snooker. For further information, call 250352-7078 weekday afternoons.

The first AGM of Nelson’s local currency will be held at 4 p.m., Thursday, September 5 at The Seed Studio (607 Front Street, second floor). Discussions will be on the past year’s experience and the future of Nelson’s community currency. For more information, email admin@communitydollars.ca.

The Corazón Vocal Ensemble will be holding auditions for new members on the afternoon and evening of September 10, in Nelson. There will also be auditions for Lalin, a sub-group of Corazón that features collegeage singers and more advanced music. Interested singers should email Allison before August 31 at alligirvan@gmail.com to book a time and to get more information about the location and how to prepare.

Beginner’s Class in Taoist Tai Chi will be offered at the Senior’s Association (717 Vernon Street) on Mondays and Fridays from 8:30 to 10 a.m. beginning September 16. The cost to register is $40 for your first month and $20 thereafter, or $100 for four months. All ages welcome, no previous experience required.

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Kaslo-area residents can bring household hazardous waste to Vimy Park on Sunday, September 22 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

While Nelson residents will get their opportunity on Saturday, October 5 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Nelson Leafs Bottle Depot.

Accepted items include poisonous, flammable and corrosive items, as well as lights (bulbs and tubes) and alarms (smoke and carbon monoxide). For a complete list of accepted items, look online at rdck.bc.ca or call 1-800-268-7325.

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

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 250-3527333.

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.

The St. Saviour’s Anglican Church Food Pantry is open every Friday 9 to 11 a.m. at 701 Ward Street (Silica Street side entrance) to all those in need.

Barrier free, everyone welcome.

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.

Every Wednesday at 10 a.m. under orange bridge Nelson by Lakeside Park a walking group established four years ago takes off. Everyone welcome. For more information email Liba at libaz@ shaw.ca.

Fundraisers ANKORS is auctioning off a number of items from local businesses to raise money for its foundation fund, to support HIV positive residents in the West Kootenay and Boundary regions. Some of the items include yoga and fitness passes, hotel stays and tickets to Shambhala 2014. Bid online at 32auctions.com/ankors. Auctions close August 24 at midnight.

The organizers of Requiem for a Glacier, a musical installation on Jumbo Glacier, have launched an online fundraising campaign to offset the costs associated with staging this event. To donate, go to indiegogo.com and search “Requiem for a Glacier.”

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

The Friends of the Nelson Municipal Library will be holding their annual book sale in the evening of Friday, October 25 and Saturday 26. Donations of lightly-used fiction books will be accepted by library staff until October 5.

Workshops Mondays beginning September 9, come have fun and learn to Scottish country dance. No experience or partner required.

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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 information.

Markets The final MarketFest of the season is Friday, August 23 from 6 to 10:30 p.m. There will be four blocks full of vendors and two stages with live music.

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, handmade goods and kids’ games.

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

Salmo Valley Farmers Market goes every Thursday from 4 to 7 p.m. Come for fresh produce, baking and much more. There’s also live music, dinner and kids activities. For info contact salmovalleyfarmersmarket@ gmail.com.

Announcements Kokanee Park Visitors’ 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.

Your numbered golf ball and 999 more will be dropped from the Nelson Fire Department’s ladder truck at Granite Pointe Golf Course on Saturday, August 24, 2013 at 5:30 pm.

The first ball that lands in, or closest to the hole, wins!

Chances are 1 in 1000 to win a grand prize. BC Gaming event licence #55109

Winners consent to the release of their names by the licensee.

Call: 250•354•2334 or visit www.klfh.org for a list of locations to buy your golf ball.

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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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Touchstones of Nelson — Greg Scott

Lakeside a sporting hub Dateline August 4, 1943

precipitated a lengthy argument in city council. Mayor Stibbs stated that he had okanee Chapter of given orders to the police the Imperial Order last fall, to check the houses.

Daughters of the The city could not padlock Empire has acquired the the known houses because beautiful summer cotthe operators owned them tage recently owned by and that the police J.A. Knoepfil of would “really have Calgary, and will to get the goods on raffle it in aid of its them.” He further dewar fund. This is clared that he would the first property stack Police Chief to be raffled locally, Harshaw against any although many in Canada when it organizations have comes to trying to raised money in carry out his duty Vancouver and and if he could get other cities in the the goods on them he same manner. The Kootenay Lifestyle Specialists would. Ald. Waters summer home to described the situabe raffled is on 1.3 tion as one “which acres, four miles Kevin Layla has been giving 250-354-2958 250.354.3369 from Nelson and karcuri@telus.net laylap@telus.net mankind trouble for quite close to We never stop moving ® liveinthekootenays.com centuries’.”

Willow Point. The outstanding attracDateline the cause of the disease, as tion of the three bedroom August 19, 1943 it has infected trees over a home is the beautiful sandy ational Selective wide area and if it should beach which is generally Service offices in continue to spread would conceded to be among the the Kootenay, and materially reduce producbest on the West Arm. tion of the fine cherries for no doubt throughout the country, have been diwhich the district is noted.

Dateline rected by Ottawa to send August 13, 1943 Dateline all unskilled labor to the xperiments now August 17, 1943 coal mines, in an effort to under way in a Koold.

Ross Fleming’s relieve the critical shortage tenay Bay orchard, assertion that a of mine workers. Unskilled will, it is hoped, determine Nelson doctor had labor, of ages from 16 to whether or not “little told him houses of prostitu65, if medically fit, must be cherry disease,” which has tion continued to operate in directed to the coal mines, been threatening Kootenay Nelson, that doctors did not so that production, which is cherry orchards, is a virus want to do business with now suffering from shortage disease. The latest step in the persons operating the of crews, may be speeded the campaign to discover houses, and that the doctors up, so as to overtake as far the cause of the disease is were “incensed about it” as possible deficiency in to bud healthy trees with

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If “little cherry disease appears in the orchard as a result of this budding, the experimenters will be fairly sure that it is the cause.

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Please call 250-505-3316 to make an appointment

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HELP A TOADLET CROSS THE ROAD When:

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What:

A free, family, fun event with lots to see and do. Learn about western toads and other local species. Drop in anytime, but parking is limited so please carpool. Containers provided.

ack in the rootin’, tootin’ cowboy days of the Civic Theatre, things could be rough-and-tumble. The new Nelson Civic Theatre’s iconic usher Josh Wapp remembers the bad ol’ days when boys were boys.

“When I was in junior high school (a time long, long ago, before cell phones or the internet) I had a friend who worked as a cleaner at the Civic Theatre. Since I lived out of town, and sometimes stayed over at his house, I would follow him to work and help out a little,” he says, describing the leaf-blower used for chasing popcorn from between the rows during post-movie clean-up.

“My friend, and some of his

friends who also worked at the theatre, had a pellet gun hidden from the boss in some old, dark corner somewhere, and they used to set up the pop cups on the balcony ledge for target practice, standing right by the front stage!

I’m sure there’s a few pellets in those walls if one were to dig into the old plaster.”

There is a strict No Firearms Allowed policy at the re-opened Civic, but otherwise the main policy is to enjoy our new community theatre.

At the upcoming first Annual General Meeting on September 22 at 1 p.m., members can learn about the work of the Nelson Civic Theatre Society, vote on Column continues on Page 13

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After the 200-plus members — including you!

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of people required for a quorum at an AGM). Go to civictheatre.ca/AGM for info, and buy your membership online or at Marketfest this Friday if you haven’t already, so you can come to the Nelson Civic Theatre Society’s first AGM. And you do want to come! Because it’s your theatre, because you love having it back, and because you care about its future.

As a bonus, we’ll show a free movie, with popcorn (non-GMO, with real butter!) and a drink, after the

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because when we incorporated as a society in June 2012, we never thought there’d be 2,000 of you!

The trick is to get at least 200 members out for the AGM in order to make that change. Which is where you come in.

You have to be a member as of September 1 to attend and vote at the AGM. That’s also the deadline for applications to the board of directors (there are four two-year positions available) and Notices of Motion (such as the number

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Continued from Page 12 new motions and new board members, and take a stand for that continued enjoyment.

We promise an efficient, enjoyable meeting. You’ll hear about where we started, how far we’ve come, and where we’re going. We’ll give you the financial pulse of things, and a heads up on the challenges ahead.

And we’ll vote to change the by-law that says we have to have 10 per cent of our membership at the AGM for a quorum,

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There are options to join a local learning circle (where available) as well as join the online Gateways community.

This coinincides with the personalised learning each learner directs with the assistance of their Learning Consultant.

Special Invitations to participate in SelfDesign events created for youth.

Experiential trips offered around the province each year.

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Court hears Fischer still teaching and practicing Cont. from Page 1 with Fischer in peaceful protest during his trial were noticeably absent, and instead the public gallery was packed with more than 60 of Fischer’s patients, students and family members.

The multi-million dollar liens he’d earlier issued against members of Canada Revenue Agency and

other officials involved in the case had been removed.

“I understand your job is difficult, and I apologize for making it more difficult,” Fischer told Judge Lisa Mrozinski, explaining he now understands the separation between government and the courts and, in fact, respects the court’s work.

He said he avoided paying income tax because he didn’t want his money supporting war efforts. In 2007 and 2008 Fischer filed tax returns claiming no income and in 2009 he claimed a net loss of $150,000.

During that period he declined to cash GST cheques issued to him and mailed his health card back to the

government to prevent him from using medical services.

However he continued to pay property taxes, which fund local services, and corporate taxes for the Academy of Classical Oriental Sciences, which he co-founded.

“I felt that I was contributing, while still taking a personal stand against the war,”

Fischer explained.

He said he plans to speak to a financial planner to find a legal way to avoid income tax, which will likely involve him working for a certified charity that will take the majority of his earnings.

Fischer has already turned many of his assets over to family members — including the Academy and

a home he built himself in Uphill. Buckley explained Fischer recently organized his affairs so that much of his income goes to the Sovereign Squamish Government, who cover his housing and medical expenses and pay him a monthly salary of $1,200.

His net income, if he were keeping it for himself, would be less than $70,000, according to Buckley.

He also said Fischer has around $78,000 in credit card debt and recently received notice of a $193,000 debt owing to Canada Revenue Agency.

Buckley said because of Fischer’s limited ability to pay a large fine, he should get the mandatory minimum — a 50 per cent fine and no further jail time.

He pointed out that Fischer is practicing traditional Chinese medicine (though not in good standing with the College of Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners) and sees 50 to 60 patients per week. He also teaches 60 students at the Academy of Classical Oriental Sciences.

“It hurts his patients

and the students, having him locked up,” Buckley said.

The court received numerous letters vouching for Fischer and explaining his vital role in the community. Some of his students and patients shared their experience with the judge.

Mrozinski acknowledged Fischer is respected, but found it troubling that many of the letters minimized his crimes, calling the taxes he evaded a “paltry sum” and not understanding why anyone would be convicted for such actions.

“Nobody seems to care about what he did,” Mrozinski lamented.

Crown prosecutor Nils Preshaw is calling for a 100 per cent fine and one year in jail.

He maintains Fischer is not a “conscientious opposer” of the war and greed, not politics, motivated him to evade taxes.

He pointed to income statements prior to 2006 showing Fischer earned six-figure salaries and believes he’d be able to pay a fine.

Fischer, who is on bail, will learn his sentence October 22.

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There have been many exciting developments for the Kootenay Swim Club this summer and they are ready to launch this September.

The club meets out of both the Nelson and Castlegar pools and swimmers are gearing up for another great year as the club marks its fourth regular season of competition and training.

Kootenay Swim Club swimmers attend meets about every six weeks during their season and have plenty of fun meeting new swimmers and travelling to new racing venues across BC. Chris Wright will be taking

on the role of head coach for the 2013/2014 season and is focused on expanding the swim club to a level where Kootenay swimmers are recognized not only in BC, but across Canada.

Wright’s 10 years of experience racing and training at the national level will provide the foundation for all swimmers to make this year unforgettable.

The club is pleased to announce a few new additions to its program. A list of highlights includes: • A new eight-week sessional program aimed at giving youngsters a taste for competitive swimming. These sessions are focused on taking their skills to the next level when they are showcased at a minimeet at the end of the session.

• Free try-outs every Monday in September at the Nelson pool. Come on down and enjoy a free one-hour coached session by Wright.

• Individual video analysis sessions and feedback from the head coach.

They will be holding their AGM, 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, August 27 at the Nelson and District Community Complex in the multi-purpose room.

Come and talk to the parents and the coaches and get to know what they’re all about.

If you can’t make it, feel free to contact them at info@thekootenayswimclub.com For more information you can check out the Kootenay Swim Club’s revamped website at thekootenayswimclub.com.

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Savoy Bowling Lanes Grand re-openinG Sept 14th 3pm-5pm all welcome!

League starts week of Sept 9th Get your team registered!

Please go to www.nelsonsports.ca for registration form.

Grand Reopening and volunteer appreciation party!

Come celebrate with us and enjoy games,prizes, hot dogs and free bowling!

Info at the Nelson Regional Sports Council (new owners)352 3989, nrsc@telus.net .

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Sponsors: CIBC Wood Gundy, Main St. Diner, Dr. Doug Kelly, Lakeside Physio and Sports Injuries Clinic, Nelson and District Credit Union, Gerick Cycle, Whitewater and the Nelson Star.

Without them the Race entry fee would be much higher.

The dozens of race-day volunteers from Berlin to Ymir who monitor the courses, give our athletes food and water, provide pre and post race massages, and perform countless other “small” jobs which make the Event succeed.

The entrants into the Race, especially the rookies. We do it for you, and the community as a whole.

Super Volunteers: Ron Berarducci and Yellowhead Road & Bridge for sweeping the highway. Nelson Hydro, City of Nelson, Ellison’s, Dairy Queen, NDCC, CP Rail, Ministry of Transportation & Highways, Nelson RCMP, Mrs. Santor, Sheila Hart, Blair Altman, Patrick vonDehn and all of the Lakeside Rotary Park Neighbors. We appreciate the ongoing help and support.

Thank you all again from the Cyswog’n’fun committee of the Nelson Athletic Association: Larry Bickerton, Kim Irving, Liz Edwards, Ross McNamara, Petra Lehmann, Sean Costain, Ashlie Dejong, Jim Noiles, Christine Sutherland and Louise Poole.

Space provided by the

Seniors Tee It Up The BC Seniors Games are now on in Kamloops and there are four Nelson golfers in the mix from Granite Pointe. The group representing the Kootenays includes (L-R) Mike Wagg, James Mattice, Vito Tummillo and John Kazakoff. The Games wrap up on Saturday in all events. photo submitted

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Races on the Slocan on Sunday

Paddle board catches on SUBMITTED Special to the Nelson Star

This Sunday, Endless Adventure presents the second Annual SUPrace of the season on the Slocan River between Shore Acres and the Glade Ferry Landing, a moving water section ideal for Intermediate paddlers.

Earlier in the morning, a beginner race will take place on the Kootenay River near Slocan pool, for those who want something more mellow.

As stand up paddle-boarding (SUP) has grown in popularity throughout the Kootenays, the SUPrace provides an opportunity for beginners, intermediate, and expert paddlers to get together and share their love of

the sport, with an added dose of friendly competition.

In the last two years, the annual SUPrace has brought more than 20 competitors from all over the Kootenays to compete and share their love of SUPing.

Come on out to cheer on the competitors, learn to SUP and find your perfect board all in one day.

This year, the race day will allow for two separate races starting at 10 a.m. and ending at 3:30 p.m., including a free SUP demo in the morning and

lunch provided to the competitors courtesy of Funky Lemon.

Endless Adventure, ROAM, and Just Liquid will be providing the opportunity to demo their vast selection of SUP boards.

Whether you are interested in trying an inflatable SUP, a fiberglass beauty, or a foam top, you will be able to find a SUP board that suits you best. Plus, there are many prizes to be won.

Come on out to cheer on the competitors, learn to SUP and find your perfect board all in one day.

Contact Endless Adventure at 250-359-8181 or info@endlessadventure.ca. Registration is $30 before the event, $35 at the door. Registration is at 9 a.m. on Saturday at Endless Adventure.

International Paralympic Committee Swimming Worlds

Bronze for former Neptune Nelson Star Staff

Former Nelson Neptunes swimmer Sarah Mehain captured a bronze medal in the woman’s 100 metre backstroke S7 at the 2013 International Paralympic Committee Swimming World Championships in Montreal earlier this month.

The international event hosted more than 650 of the world’s

best swimmers from more than 60 countries.

The majority of the medal winners from 2012 London Paralympics — at which Mehain also competed — were part of the competition.

The 18-year-old — now a student at McGill University in Montreal — competes in six events and is now preparing for the next Paralympics in Rio which take place in 2016.

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Applicants and the subject property must meet the criteria established

by Council Policy 1970.04.005 and as outlined in the Community Charter.

Applications must be received by the Finance Department, 1st Floor City Hall, 310 Ward Street, Nelson BC V1L 5S4 no later than close of business at 4:30 p.m. on Friday September 13th, 2013.

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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

CATHOLIC CHURCH

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

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Nelson United Church Sunday Worship Gathering 10:00 am Minister: David Boyd Carol Prochaska presiding Speaker: Joyce Dahms-Whiffen Nursery room & children’s quiet play space available

All are Welcome

Corner of Josephine and Silica Streets Ph: 250-352-2822 • www.nelsonunitedchurch.ca

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

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

Balfour

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

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

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Sebastian Ellis- Seventh-day Adventist Church Nelson, BC All Scripture is breathed out by God and prof itable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work.

2Timothy 3:16 I would love to encourage people to read the Bible. I didn’t always read the Bible, I came to it later in life and my relationship with it has shifted over time. Before I read it I read what others said about it, or excerpts from it and had little to no desire to explore it, my life was so busy and full of other things. I had no idea of the history, sacrifice and hardship of it or the people who died to carry it on its road to the printing press. That didn’t stop me, however, from having an opinion about it, like the people we might not know well, make conclusions about anyway and then speak them out loud as if it they are so.

It took time for me to understand the thread of love toward humanity and the treasures within its pages. I was an avid reader of literature and a lover life sciences (and thought myself too smart to believe) and it surprised me to realize how many books I had read that were full of paraphrases, thoughts and ideas that were inspired by the Bible`s words. Sir Isaac Newton read and wrote extensively on the Bible.

The Bible in Luke 6:27 says Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. In Leviticus 23:22 When NEW LOCATION Kootenay Christian Fellowship you reap the harvest 520 Falls Street, (just off Baker St.) of your land, do not www.kootenaychristianfellowship.com reap to the very edges Join us for our of your field or gather worship celebration in our the gleanings of your new location Sunday @ 10:30 AM harvest. Leave them  Developing Relationships for the poor.  Music that will move you  Helping people - Help people The Bible contains Church Office: 1.888.761.3301 Jim Reimer, Pastor over 300 verses on the poor, social injustice and God`s deep Nelson Community Church concern for both.

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It has taught me to study more deeply with discernment any starts at 11am subject to prepare me Our popular Speaker Dan Nelson for when in the last has chosen the topic days men shall be lovers “Technology for Awakening” of their own selves, Any questions? Contact 250-354-5394 unthankful, without 905 Gordon Rd natural affection and (IHA Bldg., back door) lovers of pleasures more than lovers of A Friendly Bible God. (2Timothy 3) so Centre Church that I might become a better expression of Sunday Morning Worship God`s love.

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Coroner names Mirror Lake drowning victim Nelson Star Staff

The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of the Kaslo man who drowned in Mirror Lake on Sunday afternoon.

Randolph Peter (Randy) Lundblad, 73, had ridden his bicycle to Mirror Lake about five kilometres south of the town in the early afternoon of Sunday. Lundblad was seen to dive into the lake and shortly thereafter to be in trouble in the water. The witnesses were unable to rescue him and he was deceased at the scene.

Lundbald was one of three people who died over the weekend in the BC interior.

Mervyn Kenneth Reinson, 66, of Langley was boating alone on Okanagan Lake on Friday. He was seen beneath the water near the Kelowna Yacht Club. He was rescued and transported to Kelowna General Hospital, but did not survive.

Mitesh Krishnil Gounder, 23, of Surrey had spent Sunday afternoon on a rented boat on Okanagan Lake with a friend. About 6:45 p.m., he went into the lake for a last swim and was seen to be in trouble in the water shortly afterward.

He was not able to be rescued and emergency personnel were called out. He was spotted by an RCMP helicopter the next morning, and his body was recovered.

The BC Coroners Service and RCMP continue to investigate all three deaths.

“As summer weather continues, the BC Coroners Service reiterates the need for everyone engaging in recreational activities near water to take extra care for their own safety,” a Wednesday afternoon release stated.

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Brent W. Slobodian Feb. 4, 1959 - August 22, 2012

Those we love don’t go away, they walk beside us every day. Unseen, unheard, but always near. Still loved.

Still missed, and in our hearts.

Isabel, Mike, Gayle, Calvin, Daryl, Samantha & families

Coming Events

The Dance Umbrella, Nelson’s largest & longest established dance studio which has been promoting the art of dance for over 17 yrs, is now accepting registration for our Sept term. Specializing in classes for all ages in Ballet/Point, Pre-Ballet/ Creative, Jazz/Modern, Hip-Hop, and Partnering.

Please contact info@danceumbrella.ca or 250 352-2071

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Gastritis, Ulcers, Colitis, Crohn’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

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

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Henry Griko Celebration of Life

On Sunday September 1st a Celebration of Life in memory of Henry Griko will take place. All friends and family are invited to join us for a luncheon at noon at the Nelson Rod & Gun Club.

LOST: Glasses on Slocan Lake Between Sandy Point and Cove Creek. Thick, squarish frames, Aug 8th 226-7585 LOST NELSON: iPhone on Morgan St @ the scene of an accident Tues Aug 13th please call 354-9088 LOST: @ Nelson Medical Clinic, green Chirico, lime green hood, umbrella baby stroller 352-0970 LOST: North Shore: Tuxedo Jacket Black around 3 mile reward 354-3045 LOST: Single Key on a PURPLE Lanyard 354-4281

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LOST: Canon camera in case left in car rec’d ride from Salmo to Nelson (hitchhiking) from Shambhala call 514-627-0879

Downtown Nelson Local Market Wed 10-4 June 12 to Sept 25 400 Block Baker St.

TUPPERWARE BACK TO SCHOOL SALE! Saturday September 7, Sandman Inn 1944 Columbia Avenue, Castlegar, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm.

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Cottonwood Community Market Saturdays 9:30-3:00 May 18 to Oct 26 Cottonwood Falls Park

Don’t miss our STORIES in the Kokanee Creek Park!

We also feature great naturalist programs, yoga, drawing and Jerry’s Rangers! Oso Negro In the Park coffee, frozen and baked treats and movie nights on Sundays. Join us! www.ecosociety.ca/kokanee-creek-visitors-centre for full schedule.

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J.J. was born on St. George’s Day April 23, 1989 in Nelson, British Columbia. He was raised on the North Shore of Kootenay Lake’s West Arm. He attended the Nelson Waldorf School, Trafalgar, and L.V. Rogers Secondary School.

Following high school he went on to attain his Paramedic Certification at the Justice Institute of British Columbia in Victoria, BC. After graduation J.J. returned to his hometown and began his chosen career as a Paramedic with Nelson’s BC Ambulance Service.

Justin James loved life; plants, animals, birds people and places. Born and bred in the West Kootenay Mountains he enjoyed all the area has to offer; hockey, skiing, hiking, fishing, tubing and boating. He could plant a garden, fix a car, shingle a roof, paddle a canoe, and fell a mature Douglas Fir. Well travelled, he’d been to Europe, Mexico, South Africa, and South East Asia. He had travelled the highways from Florida to the Yukon, from California to Alaska, from Bella Coola to Victoria. He had gone swimming in the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian and Arctic Oceans.

J.J. leaves behind his dear Sister Jaime, his Mother Lynn and Father Frank; Uncle Glenn; Auntie Margaret, uncle Earl, and Cousins Jessie and Joe; Uncle John, Auntie Alma and Cousin John; Uncle Peter and Auntie Barbara, as well as his many, many friends.

He was predeceased by his grandparents.

As an expression of sympathy, contributions may be made towards the purchase of a memorial bench and tree in J.J.’s memory. Please contact Megan at Thompson Funeral Service Ltd. for further information.

A celebration of J.J.’s life will be held on Saturday, August 24th, 2013 at 2:00pm at Mary Hall located at the 10th Street Campus of Selkirk College, Nelson BC. Arrangements are under the direction of Thompson Funeral Service Ltd. Online condolences may be expressed at www.thompsonfs.ca

Photo by Louis Bockner Born in Winnipeg, Agnes spent most of her childhood in Stouffville, Ontario. As she lost her mother, stepmother and grandmother all by the age of ten, her father played a very important role in her life. He was a schoolteacher, a free thinker with a love of language and a passion for gardening – all attributes which he passed on to his daughter. Agnes showed promise as a pianist at an early age and her ability to play a song after hearing it once or twice on the radio ensured her popularity at social gatherings throughout her teenage years.

She graduated from the University of Toronto with a degree in Sociology, and in 1940 obtained a diploma in Social Work.

At the same time she continued with advanced piano studies at the Royal Conservatory of Music, where she obtained her A.R.C.T. Agnes married Hugh Herbison in 1940 and immediately they moved to B.C. where Hugh was first a church minister, then a logger and schoolteacher. Their years in isolated coastal communities were full of adventure along with hardship.

In 1942 Agnes gained employment as a Social Worker, with a caseload covering several coastal communities including Courtenay and Powell River. Although this job lasted little more than a year, it gave her enormous satisfaction to be working in the profession for which she was trained.

In 1951 they moved to Crescent Valley, then to Nelson in 1953. Agnes was active in the musical life of Nelson, teaching, accompanying and performing, and was a co-founder of the Nelson branch of Voice of Women (for Peace). The family made Argenta their permanent home in 1961.

Always keen for adventure, they spent two years (1966-68) on the island of Borneo (Malaysia) where both Hugh and Agnes taught at a secondary school. Upon returning to Canada, Agnes began commuting to Nelson to teach piano, and in 1971 she accepted the position of organist and choirmaster at St. Paul’s Trinity United Church (now Nelson United), a position she held until 1985. She took a two-year sabbatical from the church to attend Vancouver Community College, where she obtained a Diploma in Music in 1977. Agnes considered this period of total devotion to music a real highlight of her life. At the age of 70 she retired from her musical activities in Nelson. She was always loved and admired by her many students and musical colleagues.

Back in Argenta and full of her typical enthusiasm, she mounted a production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s HMS Pinafore in 1990. Much of the community was involved in the production, and in the following years she undertook productions of two more Gilbert and Sullivan operettas, all with great success. Agnes gave her last public concert in the Argenta Community Hall two years ago, just after her 94th birthday.

Family, community, gardening, politics and social justice were among the issues dear to her heart and informed her actions throughout her long life. She was made a lifetime member of the NDP in 2002; she was an active supporter and fundraiser for SOS Children’s Villages; she kept abreast of world events and donated generously to causes she believed in; and she wrote countless letters to politicians. Most of all, she believed in the power of love, a belief she demonstrated beautifully even during the last months of her life. Agnes was predeceased by her husband Hugh in 2009. She will be greatly missed by her five children, Kathie, Wendy, David, Brenda and Nancy, her nine grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and many in-laws.

A celebration of her life will be held at the Argenta Community Hall at 1 pm on Sunday, October 13, 2013. All are welcome.

Agnes’ family wish to thank all the staff and volunteers at the Kaslo Victorian Health Centre for the truly exceptional care, respect and affection shown to her during the past seven

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March 18, 1941 - August 12, 2013

Terry was born in Zeballos, a remote village on the North West coast of Vancouver Island. He was educated in Zeballos and later in Surrey.

He was retired, but previously employed as a steam-fitter and pipe-fitter. He worked on construction jobs throughout various locations in Canada. He lived his adult life in Surrey, Kamloops and latterly in Spences Bridge.

He was predeceased by his father, Emanuel and his mother Marion. He is survived by two sons, Chris and David and two daughters, Christine and Karen, several grandchildren and his brother, Mike in Nelson.

He was a great skier in his younger days and enjoyed fishing.

He visited Nelson every summer and said he loved walking down Baker Street.

There will be no service at his request. He was a great guy and a free spirit. He will be missed.

Arrangements are under the direction of Thompson Funeral Service Ltd. Online condolences may be expressed at www.thompsonfs.ca

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The City of Nelson and Nelson Hydro are currently seeking to fill the position of Operations Manager.

This position reports to the General Manager, Nelson Hydro and plays a key role in the coordination of the operations crew activities and strategic direction of Nelson Hydro.

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Resumes must be submitted no later than Monday, August 26, 2013 at noon, quoting posting #13EX29 to: Human Resources City of Nelson 101-310 Ward Street, Nelson, BC V1L 5S4 fax: 250-352-2131 email: hr@nelson.ca We thank all applicants, in advance for their interest, however; only those under consideration will be contacted.

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JUNIOR SYSTEMS ANALYST The City of Nelson is currently recruiting for a Casual Junior Systems Analyst to join our team of professionals in the Information Systems Department. This position will work on an intermittent basis, on-call and as required.

If you have three years recent related experience, and a Diploma Program in Computer Systems Technology please see the detailed posting on our website at: www.nelson.ca.

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This is a CUPE position, $28.72 per hour, plus 12% in lieu of benefits, based on a 35 hour work week.

Detailed information about this position can be found on the City of Nelson website at www.nelson.ca under employment opportunities.

Resumes and covering letters quoting competition #13CU26 can be sent by August 29, 2013 to: Human Resources City of Nelson 101-310 Ward Street Nelson, BC V1L 5S4 Fax: 250-352-2131 Email: hr@nelson.ca The City of Nelson is committed to employment equity.

We encourage all qualified persons to apply.

Nelson Star Friday, August 23, 2013

Help Wanted

TODAY IS JUST THE BEGINNING...

APPLY NOW Opportunities Available: Server / Kitchen Help, Prep Cook / Dishwasher, & Cooks

Lake View Village Nelson, BC Please apply by email or fax at: F: (250) 489-2673 E: careers@glm.ca THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF NELSON

SUPERVISOR GARAGE & TRANSIT The City of Nelson is recruiting a Supervisor, Garage & Transit. This position reports to the Manager of Operations and will play a key role in ensuring safe and efficient operation of both the Garage and Transit Departments.

As the Supervisor, you bring with you 3-5 years of progressively responsible experience in administration and supervision. Your strong leadership skills, analytical and problem solving skills will assist you in the management of both the Garage & Transit Departments.

The City of Nelson offers a salary range of $73,098 to $87,311, a comprehensive benefits package and a team oriented environment. Interested applicants should send a detailed resume by September 10, 2013 to: Human Resources City of Nelson 101-310 Ward Street Nelson, BC V1L 5S4 Fax: 250-352-2131 email: hr@nelson.ca

We thank all applicants in advance for their interest, however; only those under consideration will be contacted. The City of Nelson is committed to employment equity. We invite applications from all qualified persons.

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 driver’s licence and Motor Vehicle Inspectors Licence would be an asset.

Resume can be faxed to 250 352-2172 “OUR DAILY BREAD” a Ministry of Kootenay Christian Fellowship requires a P/T cook to cover 1 day/week, staff holidays & sick days. Applicant must be flexible, able to interact with volunteers & patrons, able to cook & Food Safe. This is a paid position.

Please call Nancy @ 1-888-761-3301 or email nancy@kcfoffice.com Receptionist / Assistant Required Are you energetic & outgoing?

Interested in being part of a dynamic, fun team & making a difference in the healthcare of pets in our community? Selkirk Veterinary Hospital is seeking a Receptionist / Assistant to join our team immediately.

Benefit package. Some weekend shifts required.

Please apply with cover letter to jody@selkirkvet.com or in person at 616 Railway St., Nelson.

Call KCDS/WorkBC in Nelson and find out how to get ready for the job you want

To apply for this position please submit cover letter & resume to careers@columbiapower.org by September 6

A healthy local economy depends on you

SHOP LOCALLY

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.

Food Products

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

BUTCHER SHOP

BC INSPECTED GRADED AA OR BETTER LOCALLY GROWN NATURAL BEEF Hormone Free Grass Fed/Grain Finished $100 Packages Available Quarters/Halves $2.60/lb Hanging Weight Extra Lean Hamburger $4.00/lb TARZWELL FARMS 250-428-4316 Creston

Garage Sales Services

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

Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB. 1-877-987-1420 www.pioneerwest.com

Household Services A-1 FURNACE & Air Duct Cleaning.

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

Pets & Livestock

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

Reference Number 1310

Q UA L I F I C AT I O N S:

For Sale By Owner

Find your way and find your work at KCDS/WorkBC

Contracts Technician

ǩ College diploma or university degree. ǩ Completion of a Professional designation or Diploma in Supply Chain Management would be preferred. ǩ Be in good standing with the Purchasing Management Association of Canada. ǩ Minimum 3 years of demonstrated experience in a related position. ǩ A good knowledge of contract language and legal requirements for contracts (note that this requirement will be tested). ǩ Adaptable/flexible; being open to change in response to new information in a high paced environment. ǩ Strong negotiation skills, business acumen, interpersonal, and communication skills.

Building Supplies LOG HOME shell kit WRC 6X8 flat 3 bdrm w/grge & curved glass sunroom, ready to ship, 604-856-9732

Unemployed? Looking for work?

career opportunity

The Contracts Technician will also be responsible for creating competitive bid documentation and developing related agreements for various program operations and support services under the guidance and direction of the Manager, Procurement and Contracts. This position will prepare, review and administer agreements by working closely with business stakeholders, and will correspond with outside parties to ensure service contracts meet Columbia Power’s business goals and requirements.

Medical/Dental

Help Wanted Community Support Worker required to work FT w/young woman w/disabilities in Nelson & immediate area 352-7803

Call 250-352-6200 www.kcds.ca

Reporting to the Manager, Procurement and Contracts, the Contracts Technician is accountable for the preparation, development, and administration of purchase orders and contracts for Columbia Power Corporation, as well as providing support to the project managers overseeing the work under service and construction contracts. This includes obtaining and processing various contractor pre-qualification documents such as WCB, insurance, and bonding as well as preparing and issuing purchase order and contractual changes and amendments.

Real Estate

Employment

5th Annual Enderby Antiques & Collectables Sale Enderby Seniors Centre 1101 Hwy 97A 40 plus tables of collectables Fri Aug 30, 11-7, Sat Aug 31 9-6, & Sun Sept 1, 9:30-4 Admission $1.00

Heavy Duty Machinery A-STEEL SHIPPING DRY STORAGE CONTAINERS Used 20’40’45’53 in stock.

SPECIAL 44’ x 40’ Container Shop w/steel trusses $13,800!

Sets up in one day!

40’ 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 Double Chariot stroller in good condition. $200 352-0049 Firewood For Sale, 1 + cord, mostly hardwood, 75% split $175 354-4391 HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available.

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

MOBILITY ISSUES HELPERS. Full bath chair w/back $80, tub handle $25, Safety grab bar w/suction cup x 2 $15 each, steel safety grab bar $15. All items gently used.

Call 250 354-1969

Misc. Wanted Cleaning Services

Cleaning Services

Genuine Coin Collector Buyer Collections, Olympic Gold & Silver Coins etc 250-499-0251

Real Estate For Sale By Owner 1.25 acre View Lot at Six Mile on the North Shore of Nelson.

Located at 3056 Keniris Road.

Ready to Build. All offers considered, private sale. Phone 250-509-0961.

WATERFRONT HOME NELSON - 4 BR 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 pic’s

Rentals Homes for Rent Small 1 bdrm cabin in Nelson w/beautiful lake view, recent reno, new kitchen, windows etc... great for non smoking, mature single or couple with no pets. $850/mo heat, power & water included. Avail Oct 1st Phone 250-551-3336

GREAT STARTER HOME &/OR INVESTMENT ON RIONDEL RD.

Above Kootenay Lake.

4km to Ashram, Marine, Golf Course, Riondel & beach. 2 3/4 acres & 2 storey unfinished (but furnished) “Small is Beautiful” 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:

1-780-566-0707

Suites, Lower Clean & Quiet 1 brdm Suite, private level entry, N/S, N/P, refs pls $900/m incl util 352-2279

Want to Rent NELSON: Honest, polite male, 30’s requires affordable accom within city limits. Active community volunteer w/good ref. Chris @ 250 777-3093

NELSON: Need to rent 3-4 bdrm accommodation call Curtis @ 778 962-0177 Nelson: Quiet couple 30’s looking for 1-2 bdrm housing on/near bus route. Up to $850/m all included. Handy w/yard work & home repairs.

Good refs avail. Call Crystal @ 250 352-9876

MONTANA INVESTMENT Propertyduplex 8.25% ROI/year. $160,000. Seller will take Canadian money at par. Unique investment opportunity and great rental market never vacant in 15 years. Call Paul Francis 1-604-816-3974 or Email: ip3group.pr@gmail.com

Nelson: Seeking a room with W/D. Employed smoker can pay $400/m. Cable not necessary. 1 occupancy if possible, close to downtown core for Sept. jaspergirl58@gmail.com

ROBSON Home For Sale: $185,000 (5 min to Castlegar) 1 bdrm, 1100 sqft, Ready to move in. 250-304-2944

Antiques / Classics

Transportation 1955 Dodge Royal Lancer 4 dr sedan, good condition V8, red ram hemi motor $7500, 250-365-5003

Revenue Property QUALIFIED BUYER looking to purchase Mobile Home Park. Must be in good state of repair. Reply @ investmentproperty@yahoo.ca or leave message @ 250-777-3810

Rentals Rent To Own Sunningdale, 3 bdrm, 2 bath, 5 appl, must be employed. For more info call Ron 250-5053453

Apt/Condo for Rent Fairview: 2 brd suite, clean bright, level entry, W/D, N/P, N/S $850/m + util 229-4661

Cottages / Cabins Balfour: 2 bdrm furnished cabin. Avail Sept 1-May 30,2014. NS/NP. References required. $600/mo+ util 403-308-6901

Homes for Rent 1 bdrm semi furnished House for one student, Avail Sept 1st Shoreacres, N/S, N/P 250-359-7308 Castlegar furnished 3 Bdrm main floor, short term tenant required, Sept to June, directly across from Community Complex, $1,195/mth includes utilities, 250365-2839 or 365-3621 showing Aug 10th, 12 - 2 Uphill Nelson duplex: suitable for family 4 bdrm, 2 full bath 2 living rooms, sundeck, 2 off street parking, N/S N/P newly ren’d refs & DD required $1500/m + util avai Oct 1st LM 505-5188

Auto Financing YOU’RE APPROVED • YOU’RE APPROVED

• GOOD CREDIT • BAD CREDIT • NO CREDIT • HIGH DEBT RATE • 1ST TIME BUYER • BANKRUPTCY • DIVORCE

YOU’RE APPROVED

Call Dennis, Shawn or Paul

1-888-204-5355 for Pre-Approval www.amford.com

• YOU’RE APPROVED • YOU’RE APPROVED • YOU’RE APPROVED •

More detailed information regarding this position can be found at www.nelson.ca .

Merchandise for Sale

Employment

• YOU’RE APPROVED • YOU’RE APPROVED • YOU’RE APPROVED •

Help Wanted

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YOU’RE APPROVED • YOU’RE APPROVED

DreamTeam Auto Financing “0” Down, Bankruptcy OK Cash Back ! 15 min Approvals

1-800-961-7022

www.iDreamAuto.com DL# 7557

Recreational/Sale Castlegar 1976 two wheel Travelaire rebuilt with new plumbing, flush toilet, battery & brake magnet Call 250-304-2766

Boats 19’ Campion SE Bowrider c/w trailer and many extras 5L 1/0, less then 200 hours like new - asking $17,500 OBO, Phone 250-365-5663 email: chevyam@telus.net

World’s Finest FISHING BOATS

Weldcraft, Hewescraft, Lund, Godfrey Pontoons Mark’s Marine, Hayden, ID 1-888-821-2200 www.marksmarineinc.com

4 OUT OF 5 PEOPLE WITH DIABETES DIE OF HEART DISEASE. Better your odds.

Visit getserious.ca

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News

Police Briefs

Warrant sought for jet ski jerk

August 21, 2013 For the benefit of Kootenay Lake area residents, the following lake levels are provided by FortisBC as a public service.

Queen’s Bay:

Present level: 1743.55 ft.

7 day forecast: Down 2 inches.

2013 peak: 1749.42 ft. / 2012 peak: 1753.78 ft.

Nelson:

Present level: 1742.85 ft.

7 day forecast: Down 2 inches.

Nelson Star Staff

Police want to arrest a 25-yearold local man following an incident Saturday at Lakeside Park.

Several people reported the man riding a jet ski made a very close run and sharp turn near the dock, splashing several children. They reported he might have been drunk.

The driver and a female passenger then left the area, but soon after he came back and allegedly

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

assaulted and threatened a man who confronted him.

He left on his jet ski before police arrived, but they know who he is and warrants are being sought for his arrest for dangerous operation of a vessel, assault, and uttering threats.

Pet store robbed

Thieves stole a cash float from a local pet store sometime overnight Wednesday-Thursday of last week.

Other items were left untouched.

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ESTATE SALE!!

Tools to Teacups, Antiques to RV’s Fri Aug 23, Sat Aug 24 & Sun Aug 25

10:00am - 5:00pm

1005 Carbonate Street

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Saturday August 24th 8:00am - 2:00pm

313 Houston Street Adirondack Chair, books, planters, antique lacrosse sticks & typewriter etc!

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Saturday August 24th 8:00am - 12:00pm

1201 - 1223 Gordon Road

Multi - Family Sale Household Items, Bathroom Sinks, Mirrors & Lights, Rugs, Furniture.

Golf Cart, Antiques & Collectables

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Saturday August 24th 8:00am - 1:00pm

402 W. Richards Street

651 8th Street

Windows, doors, shevling, office furniture, cabinets, dryers etc.

Hide a bed, Oak kitchen table, Dressers

Kalein Hospice Renovation Sale!

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Mon - Thurs Aug 26 - 29 9:00am - 12:00pm

1536 Granite Road

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Saturday Aug 24 10:00am-4:00pm Sunday Aug 25 9:00am-2:00pm

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Saturday August 24th 8:00am - 12:00pm

Saturday August 24th 8:00am - 1:00pm

710 7th Street FABRIC SALE!!

Sewing is cheap therapy!

CANCELLED IF RAINING

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Saturday August 24th 9:00am - 3:00pm

804 Robson Street NO EARLY BIRDS 6

Saturday August 24th 8:00am - 12:00pm

1537 Granite Road

405 Hampton Gray Place

506 Foster Place

We’ve emptied the Nest!

Furniture, Christmas decorations, kids toys, collectables & pretty much anything else you can imagine

Maternity Clothes, Infant & Toddler girls items, Sporting Goods & more!

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Saturday Aug 24 & Sunday Aug 25

8:00am - 12:00pm

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Nelson Star Friday, August 23, 2013

nelsonstar.com 25 RICK LINGARD’S KOOTENAY MUSIC ACADEMY

A new music school coming this September.

Registration now open online www.kootenaymusicacademy.com

Business

A Vision of the Commons Future New images of the Nelson Commons exterior design have been submitted to the City of Nelson for development approval. They are the end result of loads of input from the community, and hard work from the Nelson Commons team — in particular Raymond Letkeman Architects, Steven Kaup from Studio 9 Architecture + Planning, David Dobie Design and Spearhead Timberworks. To see the images in detail, and to sign up for the Nelson Commons newsletter, visit nelsoncommons.ca. The Nelson Commons display suite and sales office will be open to the public on Saturday starting at noon. Hours after that are Wednesday to Sunday, 12 to 5 p.m. or by appointment (250-352-5847). The image above and on the website show the building’s exterior. For an idea of the interior, be sure to visit the display suite. They’ll have a kitchen, bathroom and bedroom set up to give you a good idea of what your home could look like. There will also be a scale model to show how the building will look in 3-D. If you haven’t yet heard about the Nelson Commons project, it’s an initiative of the Kootenay Co-Op and came into being out of the co-op’s need for a new, bigger store. The Nelson Commons redevelopment will provide a new home for the co-op store on the ground floor, with the residential units on three floors above. A significant public area, designed by David Fisher — who did the outdoor space at Oso Negro — is also in the works. Current co-op neighbours BC Wineguys will be making the move along with the co-op in 2015. The Nelson Commons Display Suite and Sales Office is located at 621 Vernon Street at the corner of Hall. image submitted

ANCRON MEDICAL CENTRE

Walk-In Clinic Open 7 Days a Week • Short Wait Times

Monday to Friday 9am – 4pm Saturdays & Sundays 10am – 2pm Located on Baker Street inside the Nelson Trading Company across from the Royal Bank

250.352.9144

108-402 Baker Street, Nelson BC. V1L 4H8

Family Medicine & Walk in Clinic

Announcement RE/MAX RHC Realty is pleased to announce

Barbie Wheaton

has joined our team of Professional Sales Representatives.

Born and raised in the Kootenay’s, Barbie has a true appreciation and understanding for what this area and lifestyle has to offer. Whether it was as a personal trainer, or now as a REALTOR, Barbie is well known in the Nelson area for getting results for her clients! As a top producer, you will find Barbie’s unique style and approach to your real estate needs a true pleasure. When not working, you will find her out waterskiing on any one of the area lakes, and in the winter on our local famous ski hill, Whitewater. Above all else though, is her family. With her husband and two grown sons at her side, Barbie’s goal is to work hard to reach your goals!

Barbie looks forward to meeting new clients, and extends a big “Thank you” to her previous clients for all their business and support. Come in and see her at RE/MAX RHC Realty, and let her put her talents to work for you today!

B: (250) 352-7252 C: (250) 509-0654 barbiewheaton21@gmail.com

www.rhcrealty.com 601 Baker St. Nelson

RHC REALTY

100% Locally Owned & Independently Operated

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You paid how much!?

#ShouldaUsedKootenays

Community Sunday Event at Kokanee Creek Provincial Park

Return of salmon to Kokanee Creek to be celebrated SUBMITTED Special to the Nelson Star

It’s time to celebrate the annual return of the Kokanee salmon at Kokanee Creek Park this coming Sunday. Get ready for spawning tours, dance, food and fun along with a travelling art exhibit from Living Lakes, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the visitors centre.

This is the second annual RedFish Festival presented

by the West Kootenay EcoSociety. Guided channel tours run throughout the day where residents and campers can learn more about these wonderful fish who return year after year, how they are the key to the web of life, and what we can do to protect them.

It wouldn’t be a festival without music, dance, bubbles, kids activities and good food. Local food vendors will be on hand all

day for a meal or a treat. Opening the entertainment will be Slava’s Dance Fusion at 1 p.m. followed by music from Bessie Wapp and Friends from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. in front of the visitors centre.

And it’s free.

“We were blown away by the response last year,” said the centre’s coordinator Mel Reasoner.

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St. Joseph School: A school with commitment!

ACCEPTING REGISTRATION FOR KINDERGARTEN – GRADE 6

At St. Joseph School we provide:

• Long standing tradition of high academic and ethical standards • Low student/teacher ratio • French and Music Programs K-6 • Faith based education that is welcoming to everyone • A community of hope and trust; building on children’s strengths • Multi-age activities to develop; courtesy, compassion, community awareness • Up to date technology including Smart Boards and Computer labs • A focus on fitness and nutrition • Many extra curricular activities including: • Art Club • Choir • Youth Band • Dance • Chess • Volleyball • Running Club • Skipping Club • Basketball School events: Penny Carnival, Christmas Concert, Spaghetti Dinner, Family Barbeque, Spring Concert, Festival of the Arts, Talent Show, Fun Day, Sandcastle Day, Skating, Swimming and Snowshoeing Programs, Downhill and Cross-country Skiing, Snowboarding, Walk-a-thon, Singing for Seniors, Christmas on Baker.

Parents are encouraged to join the School Council, Parent Support Group, Parish Council, or Volunteer Program in order to have an active role in their child’s education as well as enjoying a strong sense of school community. “Joey’s” after school care available on site.

Phone today and find out how your family can be a part of St. Joe’s.

250-352-3041

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This weekly column proudly sponsored by:

Lending a Hand to Local Cadets Nelson’s Royal Canadian Legion Branch 51 recently gave the 561 Osprey Air Cadet Squadron a $1,500 donation. Gerry Rempel (right), commanding officer of the cadets accepted the cheque from Legion representative Ron Cox (left).

Adopt a Rescue Pet!

By ADOPTING, DONATING and FOSTERING you can help these pets find their forever homes.

We can’t do this job without YOU!

CATS LOOKING FOR

LOVE

Last week for 1/2 price adoption fee special!

We still have many (too many) adorable kittens and cats who need forever homes now! 50% off the KAAP adoption fee (or two for one) cats and kittens for one more week.

More on our web site at www.kaap.ca/adopt, or call 250-551-1053. All KAAP pets are spayed/neutered and vaccinated. Adopt a rescue pet, and save a life!

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Continued from Page 26 “We could see that many folks really want to learn more about the Kokanee as well as enjoy a Sunday in the park.”

“We even had a bear fishing on the other side of the creek last year to entertain us,” added Reasoner, who cautioned it’s best to leave the dog at home.

This festival will feature a special travelling art exhibit presented by Living Lakes Canada which explores the Columbia Basin.

Nelson is one of several communities now putting on salmon festivals. The art exhibit will finalize at the Fairmont Festival the end of September.

Don’t miss this opportunity to spend the afternoon with the family and marvel at the thousands of RedFish, while having a fun time at the park.

The festival enjoys wide support from its vital sponsors which include BC Parks, Columbia Basin Trust, Regional District of Central Kootenay Area E and F, the Nelson Star, and 103.5 The Bridge.

For more details, go to ecosociety.ca or Facebook kokanee visitors centre.

OPEN HOUSE

SUNDAY AUG 25

Wayne Germaine 250.354.2814 wayne@valhallapathrealty.com

$329,900

$323,000

Lovely 4 bedroom, 3 bath home recently redecorated located in south uphill Nelson on large corner lot Fruit trees and nice patio Near hiking trails. Garage DON’T MISS OUT ON OUR OPEN HOUSE!

www.nelsonstar.com

Lovely modern, 3-level home centrally located for walking to downtown. 3 bedrooms and 3 full baths including a master suite. Kitchen with maple cabinets and eating area. Spacious living room with tall ceilings and several windows.

Large basement family room. Nice yard with rock walls, shrubs, fenced area, deck, patio and storage shed.

Call Wayne

ORGANIC COUNTRY LIVING

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

$499,900

Privately positioned home on a prime 4.24 acre parcel in Shoreacres. Overlooks green pasture and the Kootenay River.

An attractive home inside and out.

Modern, spacious interior with vaulted ceilings and hardwood floors. Property is fully fenced and currently operates as a market garden selling organic berries.

Organic living at its best.

RIFF

Call Robert RIVERSIDE FARM

Norm Zaytsoff 250.354.8584 norm@valhallapathrealty.com

$249,900

Just under 7 acres, this riverfront property is as rare as it is beautiful. Property consists of upper bench which has been fenced and cross fenced for horses & lower pasture (approx 3-4 acres) along river. The 2-bed, 1- bath home with a full daylight basement is solid but in need of a little TLC. The property also offers great sun and a 24 x 32 ft detached shop.

Don’t miss this fantastic opportunity

Call Norm or Lev

CRESCENT VALLEY COMFORT

1PM TO 4PM 222 STIBBS ST

DEWD

TERRIFIC VALUE

Lev Zaytsoff 250.354.8443 lev@valhallapathrealty.com

$595,000

Looking for something special? This stunning 4 bed 3 bath custom home will have you at hello. Built by one of our areas sought after builders this home offers fine finishing’s inside and out. Walking distance to schools, restaurants, rail trail and the Slocan River. And 20 min to both Castlegar and Nelson do not let this opportunity pass you by.

Call Lev or Norm

ZAC All these pets are being fostered by the Kootenay Animal Assistance Program Society (KAAP), and are available for adoption. Please check out www.kaap.ca for more details, and information of application forms and fees. All KAAP pets are spayed/neutered and vaccinated. Adopt a Rescue Pet! Save a Life! KAAP is 100% volunteer.

MODERN GREEN CONSTRUCTION

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

$434,900

Modern green home built in 2009 close to waterfront and park! Enjoy the glacier v i e w s f r o m a l l t h e o v e r- s i z e d t r i p l e g l a z e d windows on all three levels. This home will appeal to everyone including retirees, young professionals and families. Close to shopping and Lakeside Park, this 4-bdrm with laundry on the same level, 3 full baths features hardwood and cork flooring, granite counter tops, custom timber staircase and custom metal railings.

Call Steven

We show all MLS listings Kristina Little 250-509-2550 kristina@valhallapathrealty.com

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

www.valhallapathrealty.com

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!

www.spca.bc.ca/nelson • 250.352.7178

520 C Falls Street Nelson (Above Savoy Bowling Lanes) Open Tues - Sat.: 12:00 - 5:00pm

250.352.7861 2124 Ymir Road www.nelsonvet.com

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We want to know who you think has the best pizza in Nelson.

Go to www.nelsonstar.com, click on contests and vote for your favourite. Contest runs August 2 - September 6.

Winning restaurant will be featured on the September 13 VURB cover.

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Delivery + Pick-up.

OR CHOOSE FROM DIFFERENT OPTIONS!

MAKE IT THE WAY YOU WANT IT! Get it Delivered now!

250. 352. 1212

303 Victoria Street, Nelson BC

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216 Anderson Street NELSON

Across from Safeway Hours: Sunday - Thursdays 11:00am - 11:00pm.

Fridays & Saturdays 11:00am - midnight.

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Pizza available 11am till Late!

Steakhouse & Lounge

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413 Hall Street 250.352.3573

Try our rustic thin crust pizza with our signature three cheese blend

Order a second pizza & get

50%off when you take out or have it delivered.

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We deliver 11:00am-10pm

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Tattoo Artist Josh Gatten of Divine Alchemy Tattoos winnner of 'Your Ink In Ours Contest'

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PHOENIX COMPUTERS AND TECHNOLOGY IS YOUR ONE STOP COMPUTER AND TECHNOLOGY STORE IN NELSON. Is it time to buy the new Blackberry Z10?

Come and see us.

Our expert staff can answer all of your questions, help you pick the right product for your needs and we offer repairs on all computers.

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Touchstones Nelson is pleased to present the recently digitized Stevens Studio collection.

On August 24, the museum will celebrate the online launch of photos taken by Art Stevens and Alice Stevenson, the former owners and operators of the Stevens Studio in Nelson.

This notable collection was donated to the Shawn Lamb Archives in 2008 and contains a fascinating diversity of images. From large industrial projects and scenic landscapes of the Kootenays, to commercial portraits and photos of Nelson businesses, the collection covers a variety of aspects of Kootenay life between the 1940s and 1970s. Of particular note is a series of captivating images depicting the daily lives of Orthodox and Reformed Doukhobors.

A selection of images from the collection may be viewed online at flickr.com/photos/touchstonesnelson.

Stevens Studio collection Come by Touchstones for the launch party on August 24 at 1 p.m. to view the digitized images and mark another successful milestone in Touchstones Nelson’s photo digitization efforts. Meet the collection’s donor and photographer, Art Stevens, and enjoy refreshments while watching the remarkable slideshow of Kootenay history.

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Bryn Stevenson was born into a family of working artists in the Slocan Valley during 1983. As a little tot his father, an eager back-country enthusiast, would bring him hiking all over the West Kootenays. After attending one year at KSA in 2002/03, he knew he wanted to keep practicing art but not as jeweler or potter. He later found inspiration from newer styles of painting and fell in love with the vibrant colors, workability and thick viscosity of oil paint. He works mostly with a knife and feels somewhat like an instrument letting the knife and paint create the natural patterns and thick, rough textures of mountains. Bryn also likes using brushes to create soft strokes and gentle blending of clouds and foliage. Stevenson is primarily self-taught, molding his own style with influences from different sources and art forms. He works from his own photography and direct experiences of local mountains as well from his imagination. He loves dramatic scenes that hold peace, power and divine sovereignty and hopes his art will capture these vibrations and radiate them to others.

Bryn feels very thankful for all the beautiful mountains and trails in Canada along with all the wonderful people who have supported him.

KEIRA ZASLOVE

Keira is originally from Deep Cove, BC. While growing up in North Vancouver her principal interests were competitive sports, dance and doodling. For over eight years after high school she studied and danced professionally while doodling in her spare time.

From 1983 to 1985 she attended Capilano College, taking a wide range of art classes. For the next few years she practiced art on fabric, hand painted clothing, logo designs and wall hangings.

In 1997 Keira moved to Nelson with her two daughters to raise them in a smaller community and to continue dancing and creating paintings. She attended Nelson Fine Arts Center taking as many courses as she could.

For the last sixteen years she has continued her painting full-time. Over the last ten years her art has been exhibited locally every month in Nelson - ranging from shops, coffee houses to galleries.

Keira strives to express the moment visually, shifting from the technical eye to the intuitive. She considers herself a contemporary painter. For the last sixteen years her topics have ranged from figurative to still life.

She loves color, shapes, texture and line. Oils, acrylic, charcoal and conte are the mediums she uses to explore and create on canvas and wood supports.

Bryn’s work can be seen at Kutenai Clothing Co. during ArtWalk, on now until August 31.

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

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group of local musicians have quit their day jobs and packed their bags for the chance to make it bigger as a band.

To leave these jobs, in some cases well-paying and rewarding, shows the value members of Tofu Stravinsky place on playing music.

“It feels good to take a chance on something that has a lot of potential,” says Tofu’s Tyler Toews.

Tofu Stravinsky is Sarah Orton on lead vocals; Toews on guitar and vocals; Quillan Hanley playing bass; Jon Perry playing synth and EdwardT on drums.

The band will be travelling across the country in their tour van aptly named Priscilla Stravanski playing 18 shows along the way. It’s their biggest tour to date.

Once in Montreal, they plan to “do what they’ve done here,” “make friends and play shows,” says Toews, hoping to ultimately record “a proper album,” says Orton.

For Orton, a Castlegar native, this move is a big one.

“It’s definitely time to be venturing off,” she says. “It feels ready, being in a new town. I’ll put my travelling pants on.”

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Tofu Stravinsky The young woman feels more comfortable in her skin these days having grown in the year since graduating from music school and joining Tofu Stravinsky.

While she’s excited, she’s nostalgic about the start Nelson’s given her in the business. The band’s played everywhere from Shambhala Performance Hall to Ellisons Market to the Royal and with the likes of Alex Cuba, Tequila Mockingbird and Hey Ocean.

“If it weren’t for Nelson, we’d never have had these opportunities,” says Orton.

“There’s no way we’d have done this anywhere else, just starting out.”

Tofu Stravinsky’s last show is at Spiritbar tonight as the band opens up for Kootenay Music Award winners Shred Kelley.

“The music will be great as usual,” says Toews. “But it’s also going to be a bit emotional — a lot of hugs and good byes. It’s going to be a special show taking time to reflect and celebrate our years of living here.”

Tofu should hit the stage about 11 p.m.

The band is also playing the Falls Street stage at tonight’s MarketFest at 7:30 p.m.

Passions collide in Andrea Wright’s new novel When the town of Greenstone, Montana is thrown into chaos by a planned dam expansion, people from the United States and Canada form a cross-border alliance to save Sweet Grass Valley from flooding. Conflict erupts as passions collide.

The complex relationship between people and nature provides a springboard for an intimate story of power by Kootenay author Andrea Wright. Wright reads from her novel Greenstone Rising on Thursday, August 29 at 7:30 p.m. at the Nelson Public Library.

Anyone who lived through or who understands the impact of hydroelectric dam development in the Columbia Basin will find resonance in Wright’s novel, which brings to life the human aspect of progress and power. Characters include wise woman Stella and her daughter Aberdeen, dynamic Canadian activist Elliot and his flamboyant partner Gitta, wildlife biologist Lawrence, and Harold

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Clay Harding, paramilitary ex-con, who schemes his way to power.

“Greenstone Rising manages to stir into a tantalizing narrative broth all the interests close to the author’s heart, not the least of which is her deep commitment to the environment,” said reviewer Art Joyce in the Valley Voice.

“Many who have been activists will be able to relate personally to the central plot, but even those with little interest in activism will find the characters carry them along above the action.”

Food is also a character in Wright’s novel, bringing people together. Recipes included in the back of the book are a nod to Wright’s other passion: she ran the Wild Rose Restaurant in Rosebery for 20 years, while raising her two daughters.

A lifelong resident of the Columbia Basin, Andrea Wright grew up in rural Oregon and lived in Montana, before settling in the wilds of British Columbia.

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Josh Gatten has won the online Nelson Star competition that had people select their favourite West Kootenay tattoo artist.

Pegged against Colin Millar of Wolf’s Den in Castlegar and Aza Samchuck of Cymatica, Gatten got the most votes during the monthlong contest.

Gatten has come far despite not moving far.

He attended Kootenay School of the Arts right across the street from his current shop at #204, 602 Josephine Street. He got his start in the industry helping out the previous owners at this shop on odd projects.

“One day they said, we know your art is good, why don’t you try tattooing?” he said.

In 2009, Gatten took over the business then known as Sikfrig N’Innk. Now on the job for almost 10 years, he still loves it even though it’s all consuming. It offers a challenging diversity not found while pursuing one singular art form.

“It just seems to have so many different variables not found in the other art forms,” he said.

“I like the challenge. It’s what keeps me going.”

Working with the always-moving human body, Gatten says he has to rely on the cooperation of the client. Tattooing is a three-dimensional art form so he has to move his own body across that ever-differing canvas. Every person’s skin is also unique and the ink takes differently.

Gatten describes his studio space as “comfortable” and “cozy” which, along with being in tune with a person’s state of mind and body, is very important, he said.

“They’re nervous. They know that this is something that’s going to hurt. It tests people’s boundaries. And in order for me to work effectively with them, I need to make them feel as comfortable as possible… It just makes it that much easier for them,” he said.

Originally from Victoria, the tattoo artist has varying abilities though prefers clean lines in the work he does. He also loves doing geometric work.

On his own body, Gatten sports many tattoos, a Buzz Lightyear piece being one of his favourites for the meaning that’s stuck with him.

“People always ask me, ‘are you going to regret that later?’” he relayed. “I say ‘no, I like watching cartoons.’ When I was a kid I always wanted to have a job where I watched cartoons and drew for a living and I’m like ‘wow, I nailed that on the head.’”

A Wolf’s Den is home to Colin Millar Castlegar tattoo artist Colin Millar is a corporate refugee who found a career that’s rewarding and satisfying.

Having studied at Alberta College of Art and Design in Calgary after graduating from Nelson’s L.V. Rogers and attending Selkirk College, Millar realized graphic design and commercial illustration didn’t suit his style.

“After a number of years, I realized the long solitary hours, ridiculous deadlines and corporate way of thinking didn’t really work for me,” he said.

About 18 years later, Millar is still content with his line of work. Millar tattoos out of the Wolf’s Den in Castlegar found at 2329 Columbia Avenue and said sitting down with a client, “taking the time to listen and talk” is an important step to making sure someone is 100 per cent comfortable with the work they’re about to have done.

“There is nothing I enjoy more than the smile of a client as they look at their new ink in the mirror for the first time,” he said.

To him, diversity is a critical component to his art taken from paper to skin.

“I really enjoy the diversity of styles and content I get to work with as well as the equally diverse clientele I am privileged to work on,” he said.

In his spare time, the local boy happy to be back in the Kootenays is a musician who plays with Sack Grabbath, a Black Sabbath tribute band.

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Cymatica: visibly vibrant, a tattooist’s tale Kirsten Hildebrand {vurb} contributor

If Cymatics is the study of visible sound and vibration, there is an artist in Nelson that’s at the head of the class: Aza Samchuck, owner of Cymatica Tattoo.

Behind the images that grace people’s skin, is equipment that rarely finds its way into the spotlight the way body art does. Samchuck builds custom tattoo machines that are one of a kind, and production line tattoo machines for use in the industry.

“I started machine building in the very beginning back in the early nineties,” he said. “I went shop to shop selling tattoo machines and basically getting lessons from tattooists. As time went on, I ended up tattooing full-time.”

Samchuck opened Cymatica at 511 a Lake Street four years ago. It is the first solo studio for an Edmonton, Alberta import. Now established in the community, he’s able to earn a living at the shop full of natural light and wood giving it “a Kootenay feel,” he said. He’s doing what he’s dreamt of since being a youth interested in art.

“It clicked with me ever since I was young.

I knew I was going to be an artist and I just needed to find a kind of art that was awesome and profitable,” he said. “Tattooing sort of rolled around and I realized I could do both. I could be artistic and make a decent living.”

The type of work Samchuck likes to do changes every couple of years. Some styles that have captivated him are tribal art, biomechanics, “solid colour bombs,” and realistic tattoos.

“I meet new people and get turned onto new styles that they may be into. I go to tattoo conventions and when I go home, I’m sort of on a new trip, a new style that I am into. It just evolves as time goes on,” he said.

Samchuck is just back from West Rock tattoo convention held in Victoria.

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on’t let the pessimist in you take over, when someone says fall is right around the corner — ignore them!

We have until September 21 to enjoy all the glory that is summer, and yard work that goes along with it.

Head honcho at the Nelson Brewing Company, Tim Pollock, suggested this article be based on lawn mower beers.

I’d never even heard the term, but of course Urban Dictionary had: “Any beer low in alcohol content that is also highly quaffable. A style of beer you would want to drink after working hard in the yard on a hot summer day. Usually a crisp pale lager or ale with moderate to high carbonation. Must be well chilled.”

We got a group of six people together at the brewery to sample some beers and give thoughts. The first thing we discussed was what NBC beers we tend to enjoy after working on a hot day. Harvest Moon, Wild Honey, Paddy Whack, After Dark and Full Nelson were the responses... let’s just say we may have a small disorder of some sort, though we were too busy arguing to look into what that may actually be.

Since everyone else was wrong,

the obvious choice would be Harvest Moon and maybe Wild Honey.

If they really wanted to make their arguments they would have written this story, they did not. Therefore I am right!

Besides our favourite NBC beers, here are a few we could agree pair well with yard work.

Tree – Cutthroat Pale Ale A Gold metal winner at the Canadian brewing awards in 2007 this isn’t a bad choice as far as lawn mower beers go. A fairly dry finish and a sharp flavour makes this an okay choice, though it may be a bit bitter and have a slightly strong hop character for some when it comes to being categorized as “highly quaffable.”

Whistler – Grapefruit Ale This beer almost comes across like a Shandy (beer mixed with a nonalcoholic drink, typically lemonade) though in this case the lemonade would be swapped with a grapefruit juice. We all agreed that it’s a tasty ale, refreshing and well worth having around. It also is a great beginner beer for folks that don’t necessarily consider themselves beer drinkers.

There’s a reason why this beer is having another great summer. It’s one of the hottest craft beers in the province.

Estrella (Spain) A very easy drinking Pilsner Lager style of beer, the lightest in colour by far of everything we tasted. If you go by the definition provided above of what a lawn mower beer is this one hits the nail on the head. 4.6% Vol/Alc with a light body and a rather neutral palate. This is a beer that may leave IPA, Stout and even most craft beer drinkers yearning for more, but it’s well-made and appropriate to style, and sometimes it’s just nice to have a nice light beer.

Krusovice Imported Czech Beer The last beer we all tasted, and most agreed was one of the best, was Krusivice from The Czech Republic. A little more golden then other Czech beers one of us made the bold

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So there you go — five or six different beers that all would score well if they came after a day of hard work in the heat, and let’s be honest beers always taste best when earned. Like they say appetite is the best seasoning. Next time you’re at the bottle shop grabbing a beer ask the gal/guy behind the till what’s new and interesting and grab it. Life’s too short for boring beer!

This column, co-written by Nelson Brewing Company staff, appears monthly in this space.

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TNT Young Company production of Mary’s Wedding — directed by Stephen Fowler, and staring Gus Fowler and Sarah Jane Hicks — continues Friday and Saturday, August 23 and 24 at 7:30 p.m. at the old Kootenay Christian Fellowship church (812 Stanley Street, across from Central School). Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for students at the door or in advance at Sanderella Boutique (464 Baker Street).

Nelson singer-songwriter and classical guitarist Angello Sammartino is playing a public house concert on Friday, August 24 at The Big Blue House in Fairview (503-4th Street) at 7 p.m. Admission is $10.

Faraguna Brothers play Spiritbar on Saturday, August 24 with Rafferty Funksmith. Doors open at 10 p.m.

Ticket information at the Hume Hotel.

Nelson Youth Theatre presents Much Ado About Nothing on Friday, August 23 at 2:30 p.m. in "Ye Olde Quarry" in lower Gyro Park, just off the top of downtown Nelson’s Vernon Street. Admission by donation. Bring your own chair.

Get ready for the Vultures to play at the Cedar Creek Cafe in Winlaw on Saturday, August 24. This Rossland-based group is noted for their tight harmonies and great covers. It’ll be a great night of music starting around 6:30 p.m.

Film

The Nelson Civic Theatre is showing The Smurfs 2 Friday, Saturday and Tuesday evenings at 6:45 p.m. and Sunday at 1 p.m. The late night movie is Elysium, about a daunting mission to bring equality to a polarized world in 2154, playing Friday, Saturday, Tuesday at 9:30 p.m. and Sunday at 7:30 p.m.

Visual Arts

The Langham Gallery in Kaslo presents Whuulhu: To Fuse Together, a multimedia exhibit by Bracken H’anuse Corlett.

The opening event will be held on August 23 from 7 to 9 p.m. in the main gallery in conjunction with the opening of Sign of Age by artist Carlton Temple in the Community Gallery.

Oxygen Art Centre is presenting the work of photographer and video artist Adad Hannah. Raft of the Medusa (100 Mile House) is a re-enactment of French painter Theodore Gericault’s painting from the 1800s, and was produced with high school students and community members during a residency. Gallery hours are Wednesday to Saturday from 1 to 5 p.m. at 320 Vernon Street (alley entrance). Details at oxygenartcentre.org.

The West Kootenay Camera Club’s 23rd annual Photo Show Winners Exhibition is on display at Kokanee Camera for the month of August.

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

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When the town of Greenstone, Montana is thrown into chaos by a planned dam expansion, people from the United States and Canada form a cross-border alliance to save Sweet Grass Valley from flooding.

Conflict erupts as passions collide. The complex relationship between people and nature provides a springboard for an intimate story of power by Kootenay author Andrea Wright. Wright reads from her novel Greenstone Rising on Thursday, August 29 at 7:30 p.m. at the Nelson Public Library.

Kootenay Book Weekend is September 20 to 22 at the Best Western hotel in Nelson. The following novels will be discussed: The Appointment by Herta Muller, Year of Wonder by Geraldine Brooks, The State of Wonder by Ann Patchett, and Alone in the Classroom

by Elizabeth Hay. Read these four captivating books this summer and come join them for the conversation. For more info see kootenaybookweekend.ca.

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The Cedar Creek Cafe in Winlaw hosts popular favourite Bocephus King on Friday, August 30 around 6:30 p.m. This enigmatic Vancouver native has skirted effortlessly between blues, alt country, traditional songwriting and modern aesthetics. His latest album Willie Dixon God Damn! shows a whole new path.

Human are at Spiritbar with Sonicanimation on August 31. Ticket information at the Hume Hotel.

Music

Shred Kelly plays Spiritbar on Friday, August 23 with Tofu Stravinsky. Doors open at 9 p.m. Tickets are $10 at the door.

Pianist Maria Rapp and violinist Anke Steinmetzm both from Switzerland, will be at the Ravencourt B&B in Passmore on Friday, August 23 at 7 p.m. The theme for the evening is ‘Roundabout Vienna’ featuring the music of Schubert, Mozart and Beethoven. Admission is by donation and all proceeds go to the musicians. Ravencourt B&B is a large straw-bale home located at at 4615 Upper Passmore Road. For info phone 250-226-7801.

Sarah Jane Scouten rolls into the Cedar Creek Cafe in Winlaw on Friday, August 23 around 6:30 p.m. This Montreal-

Ghost Cousin plays a public house concert on Tuesday, September 3 at The Special (810 Silica Street) with Father Paul and Friends. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. Admission is $10.

West Coast party bands Pickwick and Blackberry Wood are co-headlining a show at Spiritbar on Friday, September 6. Doors open at 9 p.m. Tickets are $15 at the Hume Hotel or search “Hume Hotel” on ticketweb.ca.

Grammy Award winner Chali 2na is returning to Spiritbar with his full band for another night of legendary hip hop, rock, funk and more on Monday, September 16. Doors open at 9 p.m.

Tickets are $15 at the Hume Hotel or online by searching “Hume Hotel” on ticketweb.ca.

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