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Cutting down emissions Sam Van Schie Nelson Star Reporter

New technology is helping the City of Nelson cut down on its energy costs and green house gas emissions.

Fortis BC selected Nelson to receive a full rebate on the purchase of a vortex mechanical de-aerator devise — worth around $30,000 — that will remove air molecules from the water used by the zamboni to re-surface ice at the Nelson and District Community Complex and Civic Centre arenas.

Currently, extremely hot water needs to be brought across the arena from the boiler room to fill the zamboni tank because room temperature

water will create air bubbles and leave the ice surface uneven. But if the water’s cycled through the de-aerator, it’s no longer an issue.

“If you pull the air molecules from the water, you don’t have to heat the water up,” explained Fiona Galbraith, corporate climate action coordinator.

The technology is approved by the Swedish Hockey Federation and has been used in Europe for years to create better ice surfaces.

The device will be installed on the plumbing and will result in energy savings in two ways: the water going onto the ice won’t have to be heated up, and the ice surface won’t have to be kept as cool.

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Nelson’s Kootenay Lake Hospital could use about $30 million worth of repairs, an Interior Health facilities study concludes.

The report summary, received last month by the West Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital District and made public Thursday, looks at acute and residential care facilities throughout the region.

It uses a formula called facility condition index to assess each building, an industry standard that measures the physical condition of a building and its systems, including mechanical, electrical and plumbing. The total cost of repairs or renovations is divided by the cost of replacement. The lower the number, the better condition the facility is in and the lesser the need for renovations.

Kootenay Lake hospital, which is 56-years-old, has an estimated replacement value of $63.3 million, and a facility condition index of 0.48, meaning a thorough overhaul would cost about $30 million.

By comparison, Kootenay Boundary regional hospital in Trail is 60-years-old, has a replacement value of $83.6 million, and a condition index of 0.53, so it could use a $44 million investment.

Two smaller hospitals fared better in the assessment: Arrow Lakes hospital in Nakusp, which is 38-yearsold, has a replacement value of $14.1 million and an index of 0.31, so the price tag on repairs is about $4.3 million. Boundary hospital in Grand Forks, which is 50-years-old, is worth $36.4 million and had an index of 0.32, suggesting it requires $11.6 million in capital improvements.

Castlegar’s community health centre had a replacement value of $32.6 million, and a facilities index of 0.41, which works out to a wish list of upgrades worth $13.4 million; Slocan community health centre in New Denver was pegged at a value of $16.3 million and a facilities index of 0.37, equal to $6 million in potential work; and Kaslo’s Victorian community health centre is worth $12.4 million and has an index of 0.49, so it Continued on Page 5

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News Experts want to create strong image for Nelson

Developing a brand Sam Van Schie Nelson Star Reporter

A couple of local marketing experts want the City of Nelson to hire them to develop a branded image for the municipality.

Chris Drysdale, owner of the Cloudside Inn, and film producer Gregory Mackenzie made the pitch at a council meeting Monday evening.

The pair have formed a “community identity” working group along with city manager Kevin Cormack, cultural development officer Joy Barrett, and Chamber of Commerce executive director Tom Thomson.

They’re asking for $33,000 to find a strong image Nelson can use for marketing. About a third of the funds would be used to hire community branding consultant Roger Brooks, who’s helped more than 100 cities around the world find their identity. He turned Vulcan, Alberta into the Star Trek Capital of Canada and Enumclaw, Washington into the Equestrian Capital of the Northwest.

The rest of the funding would be spent on community engagement and to pay Drysdale and Mackenzie to manage the project.

Mackenzie believes Nelson is falling behind neighbouring communities that are already developing brands for themselves.

“Even if we seem to think we’re well known and recognized as unique place to live and work, cities around us are actively engaging in branding,” Mackenzie told council, citing Nakusp, Kimberley, Castlegar, Rossland and Elkford as branded communities.

With a strong image, he said Nelson could, “attract more talent and the dollars that come with that — whether it’s businesses or tourists or families moving here.”

Drysdale said Nelson currently has many competing images and should pick one to focus on — be it the heritage architecture, the outdoor opportunities, the arts and culture scene, or the variety of restaurants.

“We have so much to offer that we don’t tell people about,” Drysdale said.

If the project goes ahead, the working group would spend six months working through a 10 stage process, developed by Brook, which involves asking Nelson residents and visitors about the image they would like

the town to have and then filtering through the options until they have one that they believe is the most realizable and authentic for the community.

“Even if we seem to think we’re well known and recognized as unique place to live and work, cities around us are actively engaging in branding.”

The group would then deliver a set of actions for the city to take to incorporate the identity into future projects, like the Hall Street corridor redevelopment.

“There are things the city is going to do anyways, and we’re staying ‘let’s tie them together, let’s have consistency,’” Drysdale said.

Councillor Paula Kiss liked the idea.

“Large sums of money are being spent without this cohesive vision,” she said, referring to the new informational signage and lamppost banners downtown.

“This could be a worthwhile investment in advance of all the other expenditures. We should know we’re not just putting bad money after bad money because we don’t have a plan for how things should look.”

Mayor John Dooley wasn’t so sure.

“How is this any different from the last project, when we spent $60,000 for a logo that looked like a flying bra?” Dooley asked, referring to a rarely used icon that can be seen on the Wikipedia page for Nelson.

He added that he likes that Nelson doesn’t have “cookie cutter” buildings and thinks there shouldn’t be one design throughout the whole city.

Though the mayor opposed the idea, he was outnumbered by the rest of council, which recommended that staff look at the proposal and bring it back for future consideration.

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“It’s an easy fix,” Galbraith said. “We’ve been chipping away at the standard projects to reduce our green house gas emissions for years and it’s nice to just get a new piece of technology that will take care of some of it for us.”

Since 2010, the City of Nelson has undertaken numerous energy savings initiatives with the goal of reducing carbon emissions

to 25 per cent below 2007 levels by 2015 (equivalent to saving 300 tonnes of CO2).

So far there’s been a 15 per cent decrease in emissions.

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The city is on track to meet, or even exceed, its green house gas reduction target by 2015.

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News Kaslo’s Mayor slams IH for ER loss

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In a letter written to Interior Health’s CEO, Kaslo’s mayor pulls no punches in addressing his community’s impending loss of 24/7 emergency department.

“Your announcement of the permanent curtailment of the Emergency Department’s days and hours... is hugely disappointing and confirms that your organization has been working toward a predetermined outcome for this community for well over a year,” writes Mayor Greg Lay to CEO Robert Halpenny.

“While some of the IHA’s commitments to improved primary care may offer a shard of light at the end of very long, dark tunnel, they fall short of representing any competent strategic plan for the future of healthcare in Kaslo and the surrounding area.”

Interior Health sent a delegation to last week’s village council meeting to inform the community that the ER hours would be cut to 9 to 5 Monday to Friday starting January 6.

Lay suggests that making the announcement before council was “not the right place to break news of this nature to the community at large,” he says.

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The reduction in hours of Kaslo’s emergency department has the mayor blasting Interior health.

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IH’s direction and their mayor suggests “a full public community meeting in Kaslo, hosted by the IHA, is long overdue.”

Lay would like to see the health authority invest in mending its relationship with Kaslovians and takes considerable offense to the delegation’s suggestion that citizens are “scaring away potential new physicians” by voicing their frustrations publicly.

He calls it a “woeful approach to fence-mending.”

Lay would like to see the

Rural Coordination Centre of British Columbia called in as they have been in other rural communities facing the same challenges.

He asks that the IH partner financially should the community take on physician recruitment tasks and suggests that any financial savings from ER cuts be transparent so that the people of Kaslo don’t feel victim of a “cost-cutting exercise.”

Lay is frustrated that the decision made in his community is based on an urban formula.

Low use of an ER doesn’t mean it isn’t a necessary service.

“By this logic, rural communities must maintain high levels of illness and trauma year-on -year to justify the provision of emergency medical and paramedical services,” he says.

Lay says his community wishes to work with IH to find an alternative long-term solution to their challenges, “but cannot disguise our disappointment and justified outrage at the way our community has been treated thus far in this process.”

Salmo mayor unsure about running again SHERI REGNIER Trail Times Reporter

A year of village controversies has threeterm mayor Ann Henderson uncertain if she will seek re-election.

“This has been a busy year,” said Henderson, who ran unopposed in 2011. “With

everything that has happened, I am not sure I will run again.”

Salmo council has been heavily criticized this year over the awarding of the village’s garbage contract.

In August, Henderson issued a notice to residents expressing concern about in-

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Ombudsperson’s office examines Lemon Creek incident

Investigation into spill Kirsten Hildebrand Nelson Star Reporter

The BC Ombudsperson’s office is investigating a complaint coming from a Slocan Valley resident who feels Interior Health didn’t properly handle the spill into Lemon Creek.

After this complaint seemed to initially fall on deaf ears, John Wittmayer who was a volunteer coordinator with Quantum Murray, assigned the task of spill cleanup, confirms the investigation is underway.

“There was a lot of public backlash on their waffling on whether there was enough information to warrant an investigation,” says Wittmayer.

On July 26, an Executive Flight Centre truck carrying jet fuel for helicopters battling a wildfire on Perry Ridge took a wrong turn onto a forest service road and overturned into Lemon Creek, spilling 33,000 litres.

Since the spill, agencies involved and the company responsible for the fuel transport have grown quiet despite residents’ ongoing frustration. Wittmayer feels the Ombudsperson office’s investigation is important to keep the issue at the forefront.

“The Slocan Valley residents are getting the attention that they should get with this particular issue and event and the more we keep those issues in

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This notice from Interior Health was still posted to a tree at Lemon Creek at the start of September. One resident says IH jumped the gun in declaring the water safe to drink following a fuel spill.

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the spotlight the better,” he says.

Wittmayer contends IH didn’t conduct enough sampling and didn’t review health-related information collected from people coming into the resiliency/ recovery centre despite there being over 60 documented cases.

Wittmayer says the health authority also lifted the do not use water ban while there was still “observable and detectable” fuel in the water system.

What will come of the investigation is unknown but simply

having one underway is considered positive, he says.

“It’s not something that’s going to necessarily spill out into the public domain... I don’t know what the outcome of the investigation will be but I do feel this is success in the sense that we get them to acknowledge the Slocan Valley residents were really unhappy with how these agencies were operating this summer,” Wittmayer says.

The BC Ombudsperson is an independent officer of the Pro-

vincial Legislature that ensures the administrative practices and services of public agencies are “fair, reasonable, appropriate and equitable.”

Information officer Alexis Lunn says investigations are confidential though once complete, a brief summary is included in their annual report to the Legislature and are found online on their website.

“When a matter proceeds to investigation, we consider whether or not there appears to have been any administrative unfairness. And if so, we work towards achieving a fair and reasonable resolution. At the end of the investigation, the parties involved are advised in writing of the results,” she explains.

The majority of ombudsperson investigations take about six months and as a result, recommendations are issued, not orders.

Interior Health previously told the Star they feel they properly handled the Lemon Creek spill. Roger Parsonage, IH regional director for health protection said: “The concerns raised by this individual have been raised previously. Interior Health is confident in the decisions we have made through this process — decisions which were made in the interest of the public’s health and safety.”

Study also evaluated long-term care Continued from Page 1 would also cost $6 million to fully renovate.

The numbers do not include things like taxes, architectural fees, or furniture.

The study, completed in September, also looked at long-term care facilities: those in the best shape include Hardy View Lodge in Grand Forks, which was rebuilt five years ago, and Talarico Place in Castlegar. On the other end of the scale, Poplar Ridge Pavilion

in Trail had an index of 0.61, indicating that it needs up to $11.6 million in renovations.

Although intended to help guide capital investment decisions, the summary does not make any explicit recommendations around which facilities should be repaired or replaced first.

“The demand for capital needs will continue to outweigh funding levels,” it reads.

“The [facilities condition index is] only one component of a process used to determine

capital investment priorities.”

Other factors include whether a facility is providing the right services; whether it’s able to accommodate current volume and growth; whether it’s adaptable to current standards; and whether it’s able to meet clinical and program needs, the summary stated.

The hospital district is responsible for paying 40 per cent of approved capital projects while the provincial government and hospital foundations pick up the rest.

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Friday, November 22, 2013 Nelson Star

Opinion

Editor: Kevin Mills Publisher: Karen Bennett

Handling of ER called ‘bad medicine’ Andrew Neuner, Vice President Community Integration for Interior Health, I listened to your and Dr. Jeremy Etherington’s presentation cancelling our ER through a loudspeaker, as I stood outside the Kimball building in the dark, holding a candle.

And as I listened to your reasoned and quietly slick deliveries, I realized that your mandate was not to deliver healthcare services to the population of interior BC, but only to those persons who lived in a density that was “cost effective.”

So as you talked about the 80 per cent of ER visits that were coded 4 or 5 (not needing the attention of anyone more professional than a care aide) I wondered about the other 20 per cent. Five hundred people live north of Kaslo, most of them 45 minutes to an hour’s drive away. We’ve been writ-

ten off.

It costs more to deliver healthcare to rural areas, and that’s a given. But by making your decisions based on money, not people, you have not only created a bad situation for those of us affected by your continual health cuts, but you have created a bad situation for yourselves — you think that you can ignore inflammation in the group, when this same inflammation in an individual would be treated as a symptom of disease.

This is bad medicine.

Instead of problem solving by fixing a solution and then working toward it (which was the case by closing the Kaslo Hospital ER) why would you not use the information presented in the Ross Report (for one) to help us out?

What we need is staff 24 hours a day in the Kaslo Hos-

pital to help people who need medical attention right away.

It was clear from your remarks to council where you felt the real problem lay — with the physicians.

These people who don’t want to work 80 hours a week, who resent nurse practitioners, and who want to make a high six figure income are just like IHA executives. The reason we don’t have 24/7 healthcare in Kaslo is because you people stated the problem in such a way as to exclude that outcome.

By refusing to renew the contracts of physicians who refused to work ER, we lost our daytime physicians. Earn your salary by finding the compromise and work for us, not against us.

The problem here is simple and won’t go away: We need to have staff available at our health centre 24 hours a day.

It doesn’t need to be doctors; a nurse or nurse practitioner would be adequate. Please redefine the problem in terms of providing service to everyone instead of 95 per cent of us. I think you will find that the answers are already there.

Harvey Armstrong

Nelson shows it’s charitable nature

News to our home with bags of sweaters. People from all walks of life were donating.

Never a lot of questions — just thanks for doing this.

Well, thank you Nelsonites.

I am humbled and proud that we live in such a giving community. In the end there were 65 boxes with the total sweater count at 1,358.

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I never imagined that giving out some flyers and posting them in my restaurant would lead to what it did.

When the first bag of sweaters came in, a dozen, I thought great. But then like rabbits, the bags started coming fast and furious. There were days when we could not walk up the stairs to the kitchen. It was a twice-daily trip from Wait’s

of 10,000 sweaters, we Nelson people will have contributed 13.58 per cent of that total.

The numbers will not be in until December, but I do know that Nelson was high on the contribution list.

This is an amazing community and I am grateful to each and every one of you for your donations.

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Early warning of what could come

e’ve been telling the rest of the world we don’t want what’s happening to us to happen to everyone else, said Lucille L. Sering, the vice chair of the Philippines’ Climate Commission, as the country struggled to cope with the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan.

“This is your early warning system... we will all eventually be victims of this phenomenon.”

A full week after the typhoon roared through the eastern Visayas, the number of people killed is still unknown. Ten thousand dead is the number being used in the media, but the area around Tacloban city alone may have lost that many. Many other parts of Samar and Leyte islands are still inaccessible to both media and aid workers.

Another reason the death toll remains unknown is that the victims are still dying in large numbers, and not all of them from infected wounds and other storm-related injuries. The chronically ill are dying because vital medicines and medical procedures like dialysis are unavailable. They will soon be joined by those who die of infectious diseases like dysentery, cholera and typhoid fever, which become epidemic about a week after sanitation services break down.

Most of these later deaths could have been prevented if emergency aid had arrived more quickly after the typhoon struck, and there will doubtless be one or more inquiries later on that find various authorities at fault for responding too slowly. But these are islands, and most airports and harbours in the worsthit areas are out of commission. There were bound to be long delays in getting aid in after a calamity of this scale.

But the question that people will be asking elsewhere is: will we really all become victims of this and similar phenomena? Is this truly an early warning of storms so big and strong that they will change the way we live? The answer, of course, is maybe.

As scientists always hasten to explain, you can never attribute a particular weather event to climate change with complete confidence.

Normal variations in the weather include occasional extreme events as destructive as all but the very worst storms that you would see in a world that was, say, 2 degrees C (3.5 degrees F) warmer. The difference is that in a warmer world, you will see a lot more of these extreme events.

But consider this. The Philippines is the most-exposed large country in the world to

tropical cyclones. Their tracks most often take them across northern Luzon or the eastern Visayas, and about six to nine of them make landfall each year. They do a lot of damage, but by and large Filipinos have learned to ride them out. However, you cannot just ride out something as big as Haiyan.

What did most of the killing in Samar and Leyte last week was not the high winds (although they stripped off almost every roof in the affected areas). It was the “storm surge” that submerged coastal regions to the height of a two-story building. The pressure at the centre of the typhoon was so low that a “hump” of water six metres (20 ft.) high was pushed up beneath the eye and travelled with it.

Shelters are not much good against that sort of thing unless (as in Bangladesh) you start building them on elevated platforms. Even then, you may decide that you want to move elsewhere if your city is going to be inundated and destroyed every ten years or so.

The east coast of Luzon is very sparsely populated for precisely this reason, and this may be the future that awaits the eastern Visayas as well if storms of this scale become more frequent.

The very worst typhoon that hit the Philip-

pines since detailed records began in the 19th century was Thelma, which killed about 5,100 people in 1991. But of the next worst nine, all of which killed over a thousand people, six have happened in the past decade: 2004, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2012, and 2013.

So Haiyan may really be an early warning of what is to come, not just for the Philippines but for China and Japan, Burma and Bangladesh, the Windward Islands and Florida — indeed, for any coastal area that is within 1,000 km of the usual tracks of tropical storms.

And at some point, people will decide that it’s just not worth living in such constant danger.

They will become “climate refugees.”

In some areas, it will be frequent megastorms that drive them out. In other areas it will be drought and desertification, or heat so great that it kills the crops that people depend on. There are going to be a lot of refugees, and not many places that are willing to let them in.

Lucille Sering is right: this is an early warning of how the warming will unfold, and what the impacts on human societies will be. But we are getting lots of early warnings, and so far we are managing to ignore them all.

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Letters

Wayne Germaine

People have the power Tom Fletcher’s piece “Untangling oil pipeline politics” while definitively outlining the political class’s various nebulous positions on oil and gas pipelines, neglects that all real political power ultimately resides with the people.

Polls have consistently shown that around 80 per cent of the people of BC are opposed to the Northern Gateway dilbit pipeline.

Dilbit being the industry term for tar sand oil, bitumen, diluted with basically gasoline to make the oil flowable, is an environmental tragedy waiting to happen. See Megantic, Quebec.

The people of BC understand that pipeline profits at any cost to people and/or the environment doesn’t add up to make any kind of economic sense.

Much like that one litre bottle of water which takes three and a half litres of water in all aspects of production to produce, the same can be said of the tar sands, taking the equivalent of two and a half barrels of energy to produce one barrel of finished energy product. This is a misallocation of capital.

All this besides the point that

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Kinder Morgan is a new type of LLC called a “pass through,” a recent innovation allowed by governments.

A “pass through” allows profits to proceed directly to shareholders, as a psuedo legal partnership, by passing the tax man and any personnel liabilities should “stuff ” happen.

As it is the average citizen now gives a $118 subsidy per year to such “good corporate citizens” as Kinder Morgan.

Is it any wonder then that the majority of people are opposed to the socialization of the costs of pipelines while the profits proceed unhindered to the owners of pipelines.

Brad Fuller

Lucky to have flu shots A couple of weeks ago, I had been considering whether I should get this year’s flu shot, when contracting the disease made the question moot.

It was a ghastly experience, which led to a painful throat infection. I learned my lesson, and next year I’m getting vaccinated.

Still, I’m one of the lucky ones

as I have access to the flu vaccine.

I was very ill, with a possibility of developing pneumonia. I’ve had it before. If flu feels bad, pneumonia is beyond awful, a terrible disease and global killer. Last year alone, pneumonia killed more than 3,000 kids every day.

While vaccines exist to prevent pneumonia and other common diseases, the poorest parts of the world don’t have access. GAVI Alliance is the world’s provider of vaccines in poor countries, and is on track to immunize an additional quarter of a billion children by 2015, preventing nearly four million deaths in the process.

Canada has long supported GAVI, which is now running out of funding. It’s crucial that we step up and pay our fair share at replenishment. My recent illness showed me how vulnerable we all are to disease, and how privileged we are in the West with our easy access to vaccines.

Continued funding of GAVI can ensure that those who need vaccines have access to them, and I doubt they will make my choice.

Nathaniel Poole

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HUGS: Huge hugs and kisses to my beautiful family for nursing me back to health after my dirt bike crash. I honestly don’t know what I would have done without you. Special hugs to my darling wife for putting up with me.

HUGS: To all the organizations and their volunteers who work so hard to make the holidays more enjoyable for those in need. There is such a giving spirit

SLUGS: To all those drivers who think they know how to park. Nelson is a tough place to find parking, but it is made increasingly worse by drivers who can’t get their vehicle between the line or park 10 feet away from the curb. People who can’t park should have to take their driving tests all over again.

HUGS: Hugs to all the volunteers and organizers who have brightened up our streets. I think the Christmas lights and garland on Baker Street look fantastic and really give a holiday feel to the community. It takes a lot of time and hard work to make it look just right and everyone should be proud of your efforts. Way to go.

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Community Events Jumbo Citizen’s Democracy Camp presents a special “camp dinner” on Friday, November 22. Enjoy some delicious camp-style food, and hear camp participants’ stories from the camp. There will also be campfire Jumbo songs and an open mic.

Everyone’s invited. It’s at 6:30 p.m. at the Nelson Seniors’ Centre (719 Vernon Street). Donations will be accepted for the ongoing campaign to Keep Jumbo Wild.

The Nelson Music Festival Association is holding its AGM on Friday, November 22 at 6:30 p.m. at the Nelson District Credit Union boardroom off the parking lot.

There will be a candlelight vigil on Friday, November 22 at 5 p.m. outside Nelson City Hall to call for the closure of the US Army’s School of the Americas, which provides training for military personnel from Latin America. Peace advocates Bud Godderis and Natalie Voykin will speak at the event and lead singing and prayers.

Community Connect Day will return on Saturday, November 23 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Central School (811 Stanley Street). This is a marketplace of free resources and activities for anyone in our community who is struggling to make ends meet. It is a free, inclusive and family friendly event.

Froggy Fest goes November 23 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Passmore Hall (3656 Passmore Old Road).

This is a gathering for children.

There will be kids activities, storytelling, music and food. Admission is free for children and a $10 suggested donation for adults (all children must be accompanied by an adult).

Canadian Federation of University Women Nelson and District Club meets on November 23 at 9:30 a.m. at the Banquet Room of the New Grand Hotel. The guest speaker is P’nina Shames of the Osprey Foundation. More info at https://sites. google.com/site/nelsoncfuw/20112012-programme Death Cafe — an informal gathering to share your thoughts about death — goes Tuesday, November 26, from 7 to 9 p.m. at Booksmyth, (338 Baker Street, downstairs). Everyone is welcome at this free event.

There will be a special mass at the Cathedral of Mary Immaculate for Solidarity of Philippine victims of typhoon Haiyan on Tuesday, November 26 at 7 p.m.

December 6 at 6 p.m. at the Nelson United Church. This is a fundraising event for the Selkirk College Nursing students who are going to Guatemala this spring. Admission is $10.

For a writer thinking of selfpublishing, the world of Electronic Publishing can feel overwhelming.

On Tuesday, November 26 at 7 p.m. the Nelson Public Library presents ePUB 101 with Morty Mint. This free workshop is ideal for writers interested in ePublishing now or in the future.

The Nelson & District Hospice Society is holding its 15th Annual Hospice Tree of Remembrance at the Chahko Mika Mall from December, 1 to 14 between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. We invite you to stop by and hang a card on our tree in memory of a loved one who has died. Information will also be available about how to deal with grief during the holidays.

St. Saviour’s Anglican Church Messy Church: This family event includes crafts, games, eucharist, and supper on Wednesday, November 27 from 5 to 7 p.m. All are welcome.

The last two Starry Night astronomy programs for the year will be at Tagum Hall on Friday, November 29 and Friday, December 6, weather permitting. Join us for a look at the night sky through two astronomy telescopes. For more info, call Wayne at 250-354-1586.

IOF Foresters Christmas dinner is Saturday, November 30. For info call Al or Terry at 250-352-9752.

Tickets are available at Technika Appliances in Nelson.

The circle of Habondia Lending Society is having our annual general meeting on Monday, December 2 from 7 to 8 p.m. at the Senior’s Co-ordinating Society (719 Vernon Street). Come and learn about our new direction. Bring your ideas and creative energy. For more info call Pegasis at 250-229-4223.

Wild and Wacky Teen Program at the Nelson Library. Holiday program for ages 12 and up. Wednesday, December 4 from 3:30 to 5 p.m.

Join us in making toys for tots and decorations for our library Christmas tree. Free, prizes and festive snacks. For more info contact jharris@nelson.ca or 250-505-5683.

Weekly meetings Nelson Indoor RC Flying Club meets every Tuesday at 4 p.m. in the gym at the Central School on Ward Street, small drop-in fee for gym rental. Bring your own helicopter/ plane/quadricopter or “borrow” for trial flight. All ages welcome. Contact jdnelsonrc@gmail.com for more info.

Free iPad for Seniors group every Wednesday at 3 p.m. to explore your iPad and learn new tips and tricks.

All levels welcome! Located in the Learning Place (lower level of City Hall). Call Joan for more information at 250-352-3218.

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

by Ursula Twiss.

Drop-in table tennis at the Blewett Elementary School every Wednesday from 5 to 7 p.m. when school is in session. Please bring clean gym shoes, no street shoes allowed. A drop-in fee of $2 will be collected.

The Nelson Technology Club hosts a Hackerspace Wednesdays, 6 to 8 p.m., in the annex building at Selkirk College Tenth Street campus.

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, December 4. Tea and goodies will be served after the meeting.

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

Selkirk College Nursing Students Beans and Rice Dinner is Friday,

Nelson Knitting Co-op meets Thursdays from 12:30 to 3 p.m. at

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

Nelson and District Seniors Coordinating Society is a seniors’ one-stop centre for free information and on community and services.

It also offers affordable help with household tasks. The office is open Monday to Thursday from 10 to 2 p.m. at 719 Vernon Street. Available on Tuesdays from 10 to noon are seniors’ counselling and free income tax service. On Wednesdays from noon to 2 p.m. learn about elder abuse prevention. Call 250-3526008 for more information on all seniors’ programs 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 please call 250-352-3391 or pick up a complete meeting list at the Cellar during meeting times.

Workshops Ellison’s free weekly workshop on Saturday, November 23 from 10 to 11 a.m. is on the topic of Neurofeedback. Learn how EEG-Neurofeedback works on dyregualtion in conjunction with whole foods and herbs.

Free Tai Chi For Health workshop at Balfour Hall on Saturday, November 30 from 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. All adults, all levels welcome! Learn how Tai Chi can help strengthen your muscles and bones, clear your mind and gradually relieve stress and tension.

programs such as the popular Conversation Café series, which will return in January 2014. Tickets are $5, available at participating stores: R.O.A.M, Valhalla Pure Outfitters, Boomtown Sports, Sacred Ride, and Gerick Cycle and Ski. The winner will be drawn on December 15.

Craft Faires Kootenay Christian Fellowship/ Our Daily Bread craft and bake fair opens Friday, November 22 from 4 to 9 p.m. and continues Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 520 Falls Street. Find handmade clothing, jewelery and more by local artisans, as well as homemade baking. Raffles and door prizes will also be up for grabs. Admission is $2. Proceeds go to Our Daily Bread.

The Kootenay Artisan Fair opens Friday, November 22 from noon to 7 p.m. and continues Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Prestige Lakeside Resort. More than 50 juried artisan vendors are involved in the fair and there will be live music throughout the weekend.

Balfour Hall’s Christmas Craft Fair is Saturday, November 23 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Free admission (donations will be accepted for the Aimee Beaulieu Transition House).

The Makers Assembly Pop Up Shop will be at Nelson Trading Co. from November 27 to 30 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily.

Announcement Throughout the month of November, Valhalla Pure Outfitters is collecting gently used winter coats that will be given to Kootenay people in need. Everyone who donates a coat will be entered to win a new down jacket.

Fundraisers 4Cats Arts Studio is hosting a series of free 30-minute workshops this Friday, Saturday and Sunday for children to paint ceramic tiles that will be donated to an art show and sale at Grounded Coffee with proceeds going to Kootenay Kids.

To sign your child up to paint a tile, visit 4cats.com/nelson of call 250354-2287.

Stepping Stones for Success, the Nelson-based homeless shelter servicing the West Kootenay area, is holding a blanket drive. Between now and November 30, the shelter is requesting donations of sleeping bags, blankets, tents, winter coats, boots, toques, gloves and towels.

Donations can be dropped off at 7–567 Ward Street.

West Kootenay EcoSociety is holding a raffle to win $200 gift certificates at five local outdoor stores (total value $1,000). Raffle proceeds will be used to support

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“The awareness of death and dying is becoming more a common subject in our communities.”

Driving campaign begins Local drivers should be aware that the Nelson Police Department’s holiday Check Stop Program will officially begin on November 29.

Police will be targeting impaired driving and other types of high risk driving behavior throughout the holiday season.

This includes aggressive driving, people that aren’t wearing seatbelts, speeding or using hand held devices while driving.

Motorists can expect to see an increased officer presence on roadways for the remainder of the holiday season.

In preparation for the winter driving conditions, the police offer these tips.

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Mint Literary Agency takes on e-publishing GREG NESTEROFF

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ocal literary agent Morty Mint is expanding into selfpublishing — but not the traditional kind. Mint’s agency, whose Kootenay clients include Anne DeGrace, Holley Rubinsky, and Cindi Sand-Eveland, will be the first in Canada acting for authors of e-books and print-on-demand works.

“I’m feeling like a kid again,” the industry veteran says. “I’m having an absolute ball learning all of this.

I think the potential is awesome.”

Before moving to Nelson in 2004, Mint’s long publishing career took him to the top of Penguin Canada, where in six years he increased sales fivefold. He also had his own publishing firm and distributed books that sold millions, like the Guinness Book of Records and Ripley’s Believe it or Not! All along he’s been a staunch advocate for Canadian authors and books — and in recent years, a benefactor to the Kootenay literary scene.

As part of his latest venture, Mint will match authors with editors and cover designers, and help them with marketing. But on top of that he has an arrangement with eBOUND Canada, a non-profit wing of the Association of Canadian Publishers, giving his clients a leg up on the digital marketplace.

As with the rest of his business, he takes a 15 per cent commission.

“I want to work with writers and help them help themselves,” he says. “Opportunities for authors are dwindling in terms of where they can get published in Canada.

A great many are looking at selfpublishing and doing it on their own.”

With recent bankruptcies and mergers in the Canadian publishing industry, Mint expects fewer new titles in print. However, he predicts tremendous growth in electronic self-publishing, noting that e-books already account for up to 25 per cent of Simon & Schuster‘s US sales.

It doesn’t hurt that e-books are a lot cheaper to produce than their print counterparts. (Mint points to one author who spent $22,000 self-publishing through an Ottawa company.)

He’s not abandoning the business of finding publishers for manuscripts, nor is he going to be less choosy about who he takes on.

“I’m going to use the same selective judgment. Will I accept everybody? No.” Mint already has some writers and titles in mind, including one he couldn’t sell to a publisher. In addition to new works, he says e-publishing is a good way to resurrect outof-print books whose rights have reverted to the author.

Once he accepts a writer, he’ll work with them to decide if a given manuscript is better suited to seeking a publisher or self-publishing as an e-book and print-on-demand.

Authors determined to self-publish in larger quantities he’ll steer elsewhere.

Mint says some self-published authors might not see the benefit of having an agent, but others find navigating all the steps by themselves overwhelming. Furthermore, individual writers won’t be able to access eBOUND. “Authors want to do it on their own, but the time and energy [required] is crazy,” Mint says. “I don’t want to be a publisher or a distributor in the conventional sense.

I want to continue to be an agent.”

While he’s embraced electronic publishing, Mint admits he’s still a books-and-mortar kind of guy. He has them all over his house — both the ones he reads and the ones he distributes. “The only things I read electronically are manuscripts at night on the iPad before I fall asleep. But boy, the world is changing.”

Nelson’s Morty Mint is poised to become the first literary agent in Canada for authors self-publishing electronically.

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“I’m feeling like a kid again... I’m having an absolute ball learning all of this. I think the potential is awesome.”

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• Morty Mint is hosting a free session about electronic self-publishing at the Nelson Public Library on Tuesday, November 26 at 7 p.m.

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Friday, November 22, 2013 Nelson Star

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Cottonwood Singers showcase master works

An evening of classics The Nelson Choral Society will present a new concert entitled Luminous on December Submitted photo 14 and 15.

Society presents Luminous

Nelson Choral Society’s upcoming concert, Luminous, is a musical celebration of light amidst winter’s darkness.

Come in out of the cold and be transformed by “light, warm and heavy as pure gold” as expressed through music.

“The pieces in this concert were all chosen because I felt they were able to transcend the explainable and in some way shone,” says the choir’s musical director Kathleen Neudorf.

The choral selections include pieces by contemporary composers such as Latvian Rihards Dubra, Norwegian Ola Gjeilo, and American Eric Whitacre, as well as older works — a French carol and pieces by 19th century German composer Felix Mendelssohn.

Noemi Kiss will be joining the choir as a soloist for two of the pieces. Originally from Hungary, the soprano now lives in Argenta, teaching and occasionally giving local concerts when not performing and recording internationally.

In addition to singing with the choir, Kiss will also perform Bach’s pivotal Cantata 82A with instrumentalists Ruth Langevin on flute, Wendy Herbison and Vic Neufeld on violin, Martine Denbok on viola, Bob Hargreaves on harpsichord, and Jeff Faragher playing basso continuo.

Concerts are at the Capitol Theatre on Saturday, December 14 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, December 15 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $15 and $10 for students and seniors, available from the Capitol.

Cottonwood Singers present an evening of choral music on November 24 to enfold you in the warmth of tonal arms.

Evenings grow darker, snow approaches; we look inward as the days draw closer to the winter solstice just before our anticipation of the Christmas glow.

Director Kathleen Neudorf has selected a varied program of harmonically-rich music stretching from the 15th Century Italian master Claudio Monteverdi to modern composers, Latvian Rihards Dubra and Canadian Loreena McKennitt.

Joining Cottonwood is Lalin, a choir formed from graduates of Allison Girvan’s incomparable Corozon. This chorus of young adults carries on the high standard of challenging a cappella music from around the

The Cottonwood Singers will present an evening of master works on November 24.

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Adding more warmth to the evening is Ananta, the newly formed trio of sopranos Allison Girvan, Noemi Kiss and Neudorf.

Ananta will tantalize the audience with a sample of pieces from their upcoming December 7 concert.

St. Saviour’s Pro-Ca-

thedral is the location for that atmospheric choral concert. The church is the perfect visual and acoustic venue for this celebration of Nelson’s rich vocal landscape.

The Cottonwood Singers concert takes place on November 24 at 7 p.m. at St. Saviour’s Pro-Cathedral (on the corner of Ward and Silica

streets).

Admission is by ticket only. Although tickets might be available at the door, previous concerts have sold out.

Tickets are for sale at Otter Books, 398 Baker Street and Gericks Cycle and Ski, 702 Baker Street.

For more information, contact Neudorf, 250-354-1610.

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Womaginarium Enter the Carnival of Wonders S

tep right up! The Nelson and District Women's Centre invites you to enter the "Womaginarium" this coming Friday.

The Prestige ballroom will be turned into an old-timey carnival packed with entertainers waiting to show off their talents. There will be everything from clowns to musicians, dancers and live painting, as well as booths for fortune telling, tarot card readings and face painting.

Elena Banfield, executive director for the Women's Centre, said everyone is welcome to dress up retro-glam and be part of the fun.

"It's not just what's happening on the stage — the whole room will have a feel to it of stepping back in time, or even outside of time," Banfield said. "It's an environment to encourage creativity and imagination."

Prizes will be handed out for best costume and there will be lots of silent auction items to bid on.

All the proceed go to the Women's Centre to support the Mill Street drop-in centre and free women's resources, including skill-building sessions. This is the organization's main fundraiser of the year.

"Because we don't have ongoing funding from government sources, we really rely on the community's support," Banfield said.

In previous years the annual fundraiser was a

smaller event held at the Eagle's Hall, but Banfield said they wanted to broaden their scope and invite the whole community to take part.

Performers will include Lisel Forst, Bessie Wapp, Sydney Black, Clinton Swanson, Krista Lynch, Slava Doval, KindredHeart, Oxygen Orkestar and more. Michelle Mungall will be the fortune reader for the evening.

Womaginarium is open to all ages and all genders on Friday, November 29 at the Prestige Lakeside Resort. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the show starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $25 at the door or $20 in advance, available at Mountain Baby, the Women’s Centre and Fairies Pyjamas. –Sam Van Schie

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La Vie Bohème The local theatre company that’s bringing the rock musical Rent to the Capitol in the New Year is offering Nelson audiences a chance to hear music from the Italian opera the show was based on.

Elephant Mountain Music Theatre presents a concert performance of Giacomo Puccini’s La Bohème — along with songs that celebrate the spirit of “La Vie Bohème” (the bohemian lifestyle) — on Wednesday, November 27 at 7:30 p.m. at the Capitol Theatre.

The concert will feature wellknown local artists Julie JohnsonMurray, Christina Nolan, Kevin Armstrong, Josh Murray and Mi-

Sex Salon returns Dandy Lion Events is organizing another Sex Salon for this Saturday.

This is an opportunity for sex positive and emotionally open adults to share ideas, questions, erotica and performances. All adults are welcome, whatever a “relationship” looks like for you, no matter if you are in a relationship or not — the only requirement is an open mind.

There will be an expert panel consisting of sex therapist David Hersh, non-violent communication instructor Micheal Sheely, Christopher Moore of ANKORS and Valentina of Isis Essentials, who will speak about kink, tantra and BDSM. The panel will be available for any and all questions, with anonymous questioning facilitated.

This event aims to offer an opportunity for people to come together and share their questions, ideas, concerns, knowledge, and thoughts.

The last event became a wonderful sharing of many diverse thoughts upon relating, sexuality, and intimacy in all of its many forms.

The Sex Salon is Saturday, November 23 at The BookSmyth (338 Baker Street). No minors allowed. Tickets are $7 to $13, sliding scale, available at the door or in advance at Isis Essentials (582 Ward Street).

chael Calladine, as well as guest performers Isabelle Rozycki and Yves Thibault from Montreal, and Andrey Andreychik from Vancouver. This world-class cast of singers are sure to offer a night of vocal splendour not to be missed.

Tickets are $20 adults or $15 for students and seniors and are available at the Capitol Theatre box office, website, or by calling 250-352-6363.

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“I believe that shopping locally as much as possible is vital to the quality of life in this amazing, caring community. Part of what makes Nelson so special are the number of organizations which are run by volunteers and dedicated to enhancing the lives of our citizens. As chair of both the Kootenay Lake Hospital Foundation and Friends of the Family, I can tell you that we rely on our local businesses for donations, prizes and general support. If there is money circulating in our community,and being spent in our community, there are more funds available for contributions to organizations like the ones I chair. Here are two examples: Selkirk Paving and Nelson Ready Mix sponsored a golf tournament this year, with funds going toward the Hospital Foundation. There was lots of support from local, regional and provincial suppliers and the result was close to a $30 000 contribution to the Foundation from SPL/NRM. Another example of how support helps an organization is the Facebook silent auction organized by Andrea Purcell whose daughter Paige was diagnosed with a brain tumour. Andrea knocked on the doors of local businesses, gathered items and handed over a check for $7000 to Friends of the Family. Shopping locally really pays off!

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ome of my best shopping experiences have included an element of education — who doesn’t like learning more about something we already have an interest in? Luckily, for those of us who enjoy wines and spirits, producers and retailers of those products seem especially good at educating.

Educating? Well, isn’t that really what tasting samples at a winery is all about?

We are learning about our own tastes and preferences, not just about the particular products being sampled. And, at many wineries, those pouring the samples are especially good at providing information that heightens our awareness. Over time, these visits combine into what amounts to a wine appreciation course.

Retailers have also caught on, perhaps not to the extent they might, but still, when one visits places like the BC Wine Information Centre in Penticton, Kelowna’s Discover Wines and BC Wineguys in Nelson, it’s hard to imagine not coming out having learned something. Knowledgeable staff, tastings and events help educate customers and build a loyalty that doesn’t happen with typical transaction-based businesses.

I always look to Calgary when I think of the gold standard business when it comes to customer education. Over the course of two decades, Willow Park Wines & Spirits has set a high bar (pun intended) when it comes to attracting, educating and maintaining its customer base. Many years ago, when I first walked into the Macleod Trail building, I was in awe. If the large main

floor area wasn’t enough to impress, another small nook was filled with an amazing selection of sparkling wines and a lower level was filled with premium wines. Half of that space was, and is, a climate controlled room where customers head for ultra-premium wines — Brunello di Montalcino, Barolo, Bordeaux, Burgundy, Napa Valley are all represented. It’s a rare place to see Chateau d’Yqem and Sassiccaia and Chateau Latour wines.

On the mezzanine above is a space that will seat perhaps 60 people at tables, with a full-service kitchen in behind. Countless events involving wine, beer and spirits, usually with food, having been held in this space — there is hardly a day throughout the year when Willow Park staff, suppliers and friends aren’t busy with a special event of one sort or another. Angela and I have attended more tastings in that space than I

can remember. One memorable evening, we joined a dozen others in a boardroom upstairs to learn about the art of blending Bordeaux wine varieties. Leading the seminar was Chateau St. Jean winemaker Margo Van Staaveren, who once was named Winemaker of the Year in the US. A brief scroll through the events calendar for the remainder of 2013 is a perfect example of the range of functions designed, in large part, to educate. In the last two weeks of November, customers can sign up to attend events featuring Spanish wines, Absolut vodka, scotch whisky, tequila, holiday drink mixology, winter spirits cocktails, beers of the world, single malts from Scottish islands, Port and chocolate fondue, wine from Portugal, the launch of a new wine brand from Napa, and fortified wines from Spain and Portugal. It’s a crazy schedule, but somehow

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Product selection and customer education isn’t the only focus of the business, though. Willow Park is a leader in corporate responsibility to its community, too.

On November 9, I attended the 20th annual gala fundraiser that raised hundreds of thousands for a charitable cause. Each year, four consecutive nights are dedicated solely to raising money for the Vintage Fund, which distributes the proceeds to selected charities. In some years I have attended all four — a whisky festival, beer bash, California wine night (it used to be Canadian wine night) and the gala, which features dozens of great wines, a fabulous selection of food from some of Calgary’s best chefs and live and silent auctions.

With all proceeds from the night designated to help rebuild pedestrian bridges washed out in last summer’s floods, auction bidding was fast and furious. The evening’s them was Viva Las Vegas and many of the approximately 300 in attendance were decked out in glitzy regalia. One, whose homemade costume was covered with playing cards, was awarded $10,000 for her favourite charity. My personal favourite, a lovely cigarette girl who looked like she’d stepped out of the 60s, was a finalist.

Willow Park Wines & Spirits has this whole business thing figured out. It’s a model that others would do well to explore.

Above: Michael Bigatini, aka Liberace, who doubles as the senior product consultant and Willow Park Wines & Spirits, acted as host for the store’s recent Viva Las Vegas fundraiser.

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Elephant Mountain Music Theatre presents the music of Giacomo Puccini’s La Boheme (concert style) on Wednesday, November 27 at 7:30 p.m. at the Capitol Theatre. The performance will feature well-known local artists Julie Johnson Murray, Christina Nolan, Kevin Armstrong, Josh Murray and Michael Calledine with guests singers Yves Thibault from Montreal and Andrey Andreychik from Vancouver. Tickets are $20 for adults or $15 for students.

Light Up the hospitaL! pLedge day Friday december 6 chahko mika mall’s Winter Wonderland enjoy christmas music from local choirs. drop off your donation and pick a gift from under the tree. and so much more!

The Capitol Theatre’s 26th annual Christmas Pantomime is Rapunzel running from Thursday, December 5 to Sunday, December 8. The show starts at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. There will be 2 p.m. matinee performances on Saturday and Sunday. Tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for students or $45 for a family of four.

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Sat. Nov.23rd 7:30pm St. Saviour’s Anglican Church Tickers $15 ($10 for students) at the door.

AIDS Day) at the Nelson United Church at 7 p.m. All are welcome to attend. This is part of a four-part film and discussion series that will continue through early December.

Banff Mountain Film Festival continues November 22 to 23 showing a selection of outdoor adventure films beginning at 7 p.m. nightly at the Capitol Theatre. Tickets are $16 per night or $39 for a festival pass, available at Snowpack or the Capitol Theatre box office.

ANKORS will host a free screening of Fighting for Our Lives, a 1975 film about the HIV movement, on Sunday, December 1 (World

Evening on Sunday, November 24 at 7 p.m. at St. Saviour's Pro-Cathedral. The choir will be joined by Lalin, directed by Allison Girvan and Ananta, a newly formed trio of sopranos Allison Girvan, Noemi Kiss and Kathleen Neudorf. Tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for seniors and are available at Otter Books and Gericks Cycle and Ski.

Powell River artist Meghan Hildebrand has an exhibit of semi-abstract works called Restless Fables opening at the same time as the exhibit above — November 29 from 7 to 9 p.m. — in Touchstones Nelson's Gallery B. Her show will run until February 16. There will be an artists talk on Thursday, December 5 at 7 p.m.

The Fugitives play a live-to-air concert in the basement of the Kootenay Co-op Radio on Monday, November 25 with guests White Ash Falls. Doors open at 8 p.m. Cover is $10.

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A young Renaissance man of Canadian literature, Jason Dewinetz, will read from his poems and speak about his awardwinning work as book designer, publisher, and typographer on Friday, November 22 at 7:30 p.m. at Oxygen Art Centre (320 Vernon Street, alley entrance). Admission is free ($5 donation appreciated) and open to the public.

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MISCELLANY

Dandy Lion Events presents another sex salon on Saturday, November 23 at the BookSmyth.

This is a sex positive and emotionally open event for adults to come and share ideas, questions, erotica and performances.

Admission is $7 to $13, sliding scale.

Womaginarium, the Nelson and District Women’s Centre’s third annual fundraiser, goes Friday, November 29 at the Prestige Lakeside Resort. This carnival-style event will feature numerous local performers including Lisel Forst, Bessie Wapp, Sydney Black and more. Doors are at 7 p.m., show starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 in advance at Mountain Baby, the Women’s Centre and Fairies Pyjamas.

FILM

The Nelson Civic Theatre is screening The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Friday, November 22 to 28 at 7 p.m. nightly, with a matinee Sunday at 1 p.m.

VISUAL ARTS

The Shapes of Place, an exhibit of paintings

by David Alexander, will be in the main gallery at Touchstones Nelson from November 23 to February 2. There will be an opening reception on Friday, November 29 from 7 to 9 p.m. and an artist talk on Saturday, November 20 at 1 p.m.

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MUSIC

Local rock band Sunshine Drive welcomes winter at the second annual Snowmotion event at Spiritbar on Friday, November 22.

Lots of great prizes to be won. Doors open at 8 p.m. Cover is $10.

Bocephus King plays Vallican Whole (3762 Little Slocan Road) on Friday, November 22.

Tickets are $10 in advance at vallicanwhole. com or $12 at the door.

Ellison's Cafe hosts the Kootenay Music Award winner for "Best New Artist," Dylan McPherson, and Seize Tonight on Saturday, November 23 from 1 to 3 p.m.

The fourth annual Grand Piano Fundraiser Concert at St. Saviour’s Anglican Church goes Saturday, November 23 at 7:30 p.m.

The night will feature Robert Hargreaves (piano and harpsichord) and Tobias Jenny (recorders and euphonium) playing music

by Johann Sebastian Bach. Admission is $15 for adults of $10 for students.

DJ Breakfluid will be at Spiritbar on Saturday, November 23 with Braden Early.

Doors open at 10 p.m. Cover is $2.

The Stanfields play a public house concert at The Special on Tuesday, November 26 with guests Hometown Heroes. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. Admission is $10.

Nelson Brewing Co. present the Faceplant Funk Jam on Friday, November 29 at the Hume Hotel. Dress up in your best disco/ funk costume and come out to Mike’s Place.

Lots of prizes to be won, including ski gear, winter attire and a Whitewater season pass.

Local DJs Cass Rhapsody and Rafferty Funksmith will get the night started. Then, the party moves downstairs to Spiritbar for The Funk Hunters.

Dawna "Harp Pixie" McLennan plays at Expressions on November 29 at 8 p.m.

Admission by donation ($10 recommended).

Ellison’s Cafe Acoustic Unplugged Sessions hosts valley duo Hot Tin Cans followed by Nelson’s own female old-time quartet The June Apples on Saturday, November 30 from 1 to 3 p.m.

WIL makes his Spiritbar debut on Saturday, November 30. This is an early show. Doors open at 8 p.m. Tickets are $10 at the Hume Hotel or ticketweb.ca.

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Plenty of penalties helps local beat up visiting Bruins

Leafs overpower Grand Forks Kevin Mills Nelson Star

Penalties were the name of the game on Wednesday night, at least it was for the visiting Grand Forks Border Bruins.

The Bruins came to the Nelson and District Community Complex hoping they could upset the topranked Nelson Leafs. Instead they received a beating – from the Leafs and the referees.

The Nelson squad took advantage of all the powerplay time, downing the visitors 10-3 in front of a raucous home crowd.

The game was a great chance for the players to pad some of their stats, and many of them accepted the opportunity.

Eighteen-year-old Alec Wilkinson scored two goals and added three helpers en route to a five point night.

“It was just a really onesided game,” said Wilkinson.

“They were mostly in the penalty box the whole game so they pretty much put themselves down by taking penalties.”

But Wilkinson and his teammates were more than happy to take advantage of those powerplay opportunities.

“They play pretty chippy and took some bad penalties.”

The Leafs, who started the season on a huge undefeated streak, are now working on a second one.

Two weeks ago, the streak came to an abrupt end when the locals lost three games in a row, Now the Leafs are enjoying a three-game winning streak and continue to sit in top spot.

“We’re just trying to get back at it. We were in a bit if a rough time there, losing a couple of games, especially to some bottom place teams.”

But the player said it’s all part of the game. It happens during a long season and the squad has to face adversity from time to time.

“I think we are dealing with it good and are back on track now.”

Wilkinson said it isn’t unusual for players, or the team itself, to get mentally tired.

“Sometimes you take teams lightly. You think it’s going to be an easy game and then that’s when you know you are not going to win those games because you are not ready for them.”

With another win under their belt, the Nelson squad is now getting ready for a pair of road contests.

That means practice and focusing on what needs to be improved.

“Usually on Thursdays, before game day, we do the powerplay, we usually do breaks outs and a lot of defensive and offensive zone drills. Special teams too.”

Travelling to other arenas doesn’t bother Wilkinson.

He enjoys playing in any arena.

“I find it cool playing in other arenas. I like travelling.”

Leafs head coach Frank Maida said the win was a good one for his team.

“Our goal this week was to play 60 solid minutes and that’s what we did last night (Wednesday),” said Madia.

“That’s our goal this weekend, to play our game for 60 minutes.”

The local boys hit the ice tonight in Spokane for

Robson Cramer (top photo) of the Nelson Leafs successfully weaved his way through the Grand Forks Border Bruins defence for a shot on net during Wednesday night’s action. Leafs player Travis Wellman (below) moves in on the Bruins goalie.

Kirsten Hildebrand photos the first of two divisional games.

The two squads are polar opposites of each other as the Leafs sit in top spot in the division with 38 points, while the Spokane Braves are in last place with only 17 points.

On Saturday night, Nelson travels to Grand Forks for a rematch with the Border Bruins. The squad is hoping for a similar result as the Bruins are a .500 hockey team with a record of 8-8-21 for only 19 points.

Nelson’s next home game takes place on November 29 when the North Okanagan Knights come to the NDCC. The puck drops at 7 p.m.

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Coaching tips from the Whitecaps Kootenay Academy

Ensuring proper progression stay alert. slow down. stay in control.

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Hi, my name is Brett Adams and I am the regional head coach for Vancouver Whitecaps FC’s Kootenay Academy.

Welcome to the first instalment of the new monthly column, Whitecaps FC Coach’s Corner.

Thank you to Black Press and the Nelson Star for providing this space to promote soccer in our community.

I currently hold a UEFA A coaching licence, the highest coaching qualification in soccer. In this space I will be discussing current and related issues regarding the game of soccer, as well as share ideas and offer tips for anything coaching and sport related.

For my first article I thought I would discuss structuring a successful coaching session. I often get asked by coaches, “how do you ensure the

proper progression of your sessions?”

The idea of proper progression is a simple but effective one.

Let’s say you are working on “keeping possession as a team.” The way to structure the session is to split it into four phases.

Warm-up: Although this is the warm-up, start with players passing the ball and keeping possession. You can pin down some of the principles of your session inside these first 15-20 minutes. Start to correct and advise while you are warming the players up physically and mentally.

Technical: This is where you can really pin down your coaching principles and what you are trying to achieve.

This can be unopposed (without defenders) or

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opposed (with defenders). This is entirely your decision of where you want to go with the topic and the ability of the players.

Technical/Tactical: At this point it has to be opposed (with defenders). This has to be adapted to represent

a game-like situation, where the players can take the principles of the technique into an environment where they are forced to make decisions at match tempo. A cone or pylon doesn’t tackle or move, so it needs to be taken to the next level.

It is important that you still coach and reiterate

your principles of what you are trying to achieve.

Don’t let it just turn into a game. Let there be clear objectives.

Game: Set the game up so it is geared towards the topic. For example, using the theme of “keeping possession as a team,” make the players do five passes before they go and score. However, be careful not to take the realism out of the game. If a player is in a goal scoring position and checks back to get the fifth pass then it’s unrealistic to the game.

In that case, use comments and suggestions like “try to keep the ball five times before you can score” and not make it too rigid. However, don’t let it turn into a free-forall. Remind the players of their individual jobs and structure it so that you see the results.

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Coaching is like a book; it has to have a beginning, middle and end. All are important if you are to get your points across. From experience, I would encourage patience and perseverance and if you follow that structure the flow and tempo of your session will not drop.

I hope this has been useful. Please feel free to contact me via email for advice or information at badams@whitecapsfc. com.

q The next NYSA coaching clinic will take place on Saturday, November 30 at 6 p.m. at the LVR high school with Pre Residency and Academy Centres head coach Bart Choufour.

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Sports

Smell ‘n’ tell

Last year’s Sports Day celebration was a big hit in Nelson. This year, even more activities are planned.

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Sports Day in Nelson

While some of us are still acclimatizing to Fall (and that summer is well and truly gone) others are revelling in the dip in temperatures and the already accumulated powder.

The short drive upward anywhere around here will have you in the snowylaced nordic and downhill areas within half an hour — and with time enough to brag about it on Facebook!

However, if you’re one of us that needs a little more time to adjust to the oncoming winter there are plenty of other activities to help with the transition.

The fourth annual RBC Sports Day in Canada, on Saturday, November 30, is a national celebration of sport in communities across the country.

The Nelson event is being hosted at the NDCC on the concourse from 2 to 5 p.m. with multi-sport activities and promotions.

With the vision of celebrating the role of sport in our community, we are inviting everyone to come and try a local sport or two.

The NDCC is offering a Loonie (child) and Toonie (adult) price between 3 to 4:30 p.m. which includes swimming, skating, gym, and skate/ helmet rentals are complimentary for that time too.

In unison with Sports Day Canada, the previous day, Friday, November 29, is a national day to show your love and support for sport by wearing a jersey, team or club uniform to school, work or play.

From municipal council chambers to office buildings and classrooms across the nation, we envision a sea of Canadians wearing their hearts on their sleeves on national Jersey Day.

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The Savoy bowling lanes, now operated by our not-for-profit Nelson Sports Council, are now open regularly for public bowl on Fridays (4-10 p.m.), Saturdays (1-10 p.m.) and Sundays (2-8 p.m.).

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The Nelson Special Olympics group will be holding its annual fundraiser at the Nelson Leafs game on November 20, 2013 Friday, November 29.

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“With the vision of celebrating the role of sport in our community, we are inviting everyone to come and try a local sport or two.”

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Kootenay Christian Martial Arts graduated 23 black belts at various levels last week. The students were also offered a special instructors course, taught by a Grand Master from Florida.

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More than 30 local Tae Kwon Do black belts gathered in Nelson last week to take part in a special instructors course.

The event was organized

by Dean Siminoff, senior instructor of Kootenay Christian Martial Arts.

Born and raised in Nelson, Siminoff has been running the school for the past 13 years.

There are four dojos in the area, including Nelson, Castlegar, the Junction and Balfour, consisting of about 185 students.

“All our black belts in the school, even though they’ve passed to black belt level, we go the additional step and give them extra training to be good instructors,” he explained.

Along with local participants, students from Turner Valley, Alberta and Swift Current, Saskatchewan — both sister schools — came to Nelson to participate in the training.

While it is rare to have this many students take the course, Siminoff said it is more rare to see a school like this continue to be successful.

“It’s rare in most communities to even have a martial arts school that consistently keeps its doors open for 13 years. A lot of them come and go, people move and so our longevity speaks a lot.”

And because the local group has been around for more than a decade, and retained a large portion of its students, those students have managed to graduate to higher and higher levels.

“After this weekend, our total testing was 23 black belts, 15 first degree, seven second degree and one fourth degree. But since I opened the doors of the school, I have promoted over 70 black belts.”

Siminoff said the students can range in age from under 10 to retirees.

“The curriculum is friendly for any age.

We modify it for younger and older, but its the same curriculum.”

The instructor training is in addition to the normal routine.

“It’s one thing to be a student, it’s another thing to actually teach it. This course goes into the depth and philosophy behind the teaching... we don’t just have average black belts, we have good instructors,” explained Siminoff.

In order to ensure that his students get the best training possible, Siminoff brought in a special instructor from Florida to run the course. He does it every year so his students know they are being tested by the best.

“I put everything back into the school, so we invest a lot into it,” said Siminoff.

Grand Master Mark Begley, a seventh degree black belt, flew in for the weekend in order to teach the local students. He is a big believer in learning, saying it never stops until death.

“I’m here to witness the black belt gradu-

“It’s a non-stop learning process.

There’s always something new.

You are always moving forward.”

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ation and encourage the students and help them move forward,” he said.

And to test and teach them.

Begley said he has taught dozens upon dozens of courses across North America and the students span various age groups.

“The average age to start a child is usually around five, there have been exceptions, even down to three or four. Their brains are like sponges at that time. But you are also never too old.”

He said he’s had students as young as six testing for black belts and as old as their 80s.

“We have a master in Florida right now and she is 85 and still going,” he said.

Begley said it was his family that attracted him to Tae Kwon Do. His sister is a grand master as well. But what kept him doing it was knowledge.

“It’s a non-stop learning process. There’s always something new. You are always moving forward. It keeps it exciting and never boring. There’s always something new to learn.”

For more information on the local group, visit kootenaymartialarts.com.

Grand Master Mark Begley (left) flew in from Florida in order to teach an instructors class to Kevin Mills photo more than 30 black belts from Nelson and the surrounding area.

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Leopold “Leif ” Petersen of Nelson, B.C. on November 15, 2013 at the age of 89.

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In Memory of Julia Mabel Saliken March 12th, 1930 – November 24th, 2012 Devoted Wife, Beloved Mother, Cherished Grandmother

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Your sparkling eyes, your sweet gentle grace, The beautiful smile upon your face, Your encouraging words, your loving embrace, We forever hold you in our hearts!

Your giving nature, your thoughtful kind deeds, Sharing your time to help with our needs, Providing us wisdom by planting the seeds, We forever hold you in our hearts!

We look at your pictures, we whisper your name, We shed many tears, without you life’s not the same, Until our journeys’ are over and we see you again, We forever hold you in our hearts!

Extremely Missed, Forever Loved Alex, William, Lori, Lorna, Verna Francesca, Derek, John, Maria, Ashley

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It is with great sadness that the family of Ian Smith announces the sudden passing of their beloved son, brother and uncle in Calgary. He is survived by his parents, Dave and Molly Smith, his sister, Sarah and brother-in-law, David, his brother, Chris and sister-in-law, Sarah, and nephews, Simon, Tobias and Jacob. He also leaves behind numerous aunts, uncles and cousins in his extended family.

Ian had many talents and interests, among them sciences, mathematics, computer programming, cooking and music.

He was a skilled outdoors person, adept at skiing, climbing, paddling, hiking, fishing and camping. He had an enquiring mind, enjoyed life and being with people and in turn was always fun to be around. He will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved him. With his passing, a bright light has disappeared from this world.

After the mountains, Ian’s greatest passion was music.

He began taking violin lessons at five and continued these through secondary school and into university. He played in many local festivals and musical events. In Calgary, he became a member of the University of Calgary Orchestra, performed solo and in duets and trios and taught lessons. In recognition of his accomplishments as a violinist and the large part that music played in his life, the family has established a memorial fund in his name. The Osprey Community Foundation will administer the fund, which will provide bursaries to local students studying classical music. For more information, please contact the Osprey Community Foundation at 250352-3643 or visit the website: http://www.ospreycommunityfoundation.ca.

The family wishes to extend its thanks and deep appreciation to the many people who supported us in this very difficult time.

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Mike Pete Kabatoff of Castlegar, BC passed away peacefully on November 4, 2013.

His wife by his side, he drifted off to be with our Lord. He was born to Pete and Mary Kabatoff of Winlaw, BC on December 20, 1932.

He is survived by his wife Nellie; three children Elaine (Andy) Popoff, Harvey (Laverne) Kabatoff and Michael Kabatoff; five grandchildren Charlotte, Daryl, Laurena, Sophia and Riley and great grandson Austyn.

He was predeceased by his parents, his brother Philip and his niece Alice Verigin.

Dad was a hardworking, strong, loving and kind man, who loved his family. He was deeply devoted to his wife Nellie. He passed just 1 month short of their 60th wedding anniversary. Dad was a dedicated Christian, husband, father and deda/grampa. He showed strength and love right up until his last days with us. He was loved dearly and will be missed by his family.

“MIKE, REST IN PEACE IN GOD’S HEAVENLY KINGDOM.” Arrangements were in care of Castlegar Funeral Chapel.

Our special thanks to Dr. Wilson and Dr. Scotland and the Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital staff. Thank you to the Castlegar Funeral Chapel. Our thanks to Pastor Dwight and the Pentecostal New Life Assembly Church and friends and family for all your help and comforting words and prayers. Also thanks to the ladies who prepared the luncheon, Shauna for singing, and Katie for reading the eulogy and the many people who shared, our heartfelt thank you.

May 9, 1921 ~ November 16, 2013 Jean passed away peacefully with family at her side in Summerland, BC at the age of 92 years. She will be remembered and sadly missed by daughter Rona (Irving) Taylor of Summerland, BC, son Glen (Shirley) Taylor of North Vancouver, BC, seven grandchildren and ten great grandchildren, brother Ralph (Jeannette) Sutherland of Ottawa, ON. Jean was predeceased her husband Cleland, and by brother Harry. She loved life and family and had many experiences in travel and RVing which was something she truly loved to do with Cleland. Her favorite hobby was oil painting. She worked in North Vancouver in home support with the V.O.N, worked at Woodwards and drove school bus. She was always compassionate, thoughtful and helpful to those who needed it. Jean was born in Klesken Hill, (Grand Prairie) AB, and raised in the Dawson Creek area, married in Proctor BC., lived in Nelson, North Vancouver, Ashcroft, Abbotsford and Summerland. A heartfelt thank you to the staff at Summerland Seniors Village, especially C/ D2 for the wonderful care Mom received. No formal service by her request, but those desiring, donations can be made in memory of Jean Frances Taylor to the South Okanagan Similkameen Medical Foundation at 550 Carmi Avenue, Penticton, B.C. V2A 3G6. Interment will be held on November 29th, 2013 at 12:30 PM at the Boal Memorial Gardens, Crystal Lake 1505 Lillooet Road, North Vancouver, B.C. Condolences may be directed to the family through providencefuneralhomes.com

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On November 12, 2013 the angels from above took Christine Mary Verkissen to be with them. Left behind to lovingly remember her are her four daughters. Eileen McEvoy (husband Jerry), Tracey Rowe (husband Brian), Nickie Gehrmann (husband Dennis), Suzanne Servia (husband Alberto) along with seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Her sister Sandra and brothers Colin and Phillip. There will be a Celebration of Life for Christine in the Spring. Date to follow.

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Castlegar is nestled in a spectacular natural setting between the magni¿cent peaks of the Selkirk and Monashee mountain ranges at the conÀuence of the mighty Columbia and Kootenay Rivers in British Columbia.

Interfor – Castlegar Division is currently recruiting for the following hourly positions: % Production Worker % Millwright % Ticketed “B� Welders % Planer Technician We are looking for candidates with the following skills and attributes: % Commitment to a safe workplace % Team players with strong interpersonal skills % Strong work ethic and ability to work in a fast-pace production environment % Previous experience in the Wood Products industry would be an asset

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To express interest in this opportunity, please apply on line at www.interfor. com/careers or email taumi.mccreight@interfor.com by Nov 28, 2013.

We thank all applicants in advance, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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Castlegar Division Administrative Assistant – 12 month contract International Forest Products Limited (Interfor) is a leading global supplier, with one of the most diverse lines of lumber products in the world. The company has operations across North America and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

For more information about Interfor, visit our website at www.interfor.com Castlegar is nestled in a spectacular natural setting between the magnificent peaks of the Selkirk and Monashee mountain ranges at the confluence of the mighty Columbia and Kootenay Rivers in British Columbia.

Interfor – Castlegar Division has an immediate opening for a contract (12 month) Administrative Assistant. The ideal candidate has several years of progressively responsible administrative experience. A demonstrated ability to deal effectively and discreetly with varied levels of contact is essential. This challenging position requires strong computer skills and attention to detail as well as excellent organization, communication and interpersonal skills.

Please send your resume with cover letter by mail or e-mail to: Controller PO Box 39 Grand Forks, BC, V0H 1H0 E-mail: Cheryl.beatty@interfor.com We thank all applicants in advance, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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

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BUTCHER SHOP

Castlegar 6-plex plus commercial space for sale Income $5150/mth, Close to Tim Hortons & shopping asking $495,000 Cap rate 9% Call James 250-608-3930

Young Male Adult: reg for Selkirk College this winter req affordable housing-shared, or room & board preferred. In town or on transit route. Shy musician who loves kids & needs a break. Corey 352-9876 or itscoreybruce@live.com

2005 Cadillac SRX-V. All wheel drive wagon.

V8 Auto, ultra view sunroof, heated leather, full loaded.

New brakes, tires (real dub wheels & factory wheels w/ snow tire ), bearings.

Only 101kms! $58,000 replacement cost, only $14,500 Firm!!! No GST! 250-551-3336

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Free for pickup: White Maytag self cleaning Gas Range, working order, self igniting call 250 505-2178 Free to good home AKC reg Male/Female Tea Cup Yorkie: Contact bsmith999@live.com

Heavy Duty Machinery A-STEEL SHIPPING DRY STORAGE CONTAINERS Used 20’40’45’53’and insulated containers all sizes in stock.

SPECIAL Trades are welcome.

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 Affordable Steel Shipping Containers for sale/rent 20’ & 40’ Kootenay Containers Castlegar 250-365-3014 HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available.

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

Stunning Diamond engagement ring princess cut set with gold and palladium.

Diamond is nearly flawless and colorless. Appraised at $4100,selling for $2500, OBO. Papers included. Call or text 250 777-1779

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

Apt/Condo for Rent Nelson Fairview: Clean quiet, 2 bdrm apt. Adult oriented.

NS/NP. Ref required. $650/mo + util. Avail Nov 15th Call 250-352-3965

Cottages / Cabins Sm Private Cabin avail immediately, 12 mins from Nelson (Beasley), N/S $675/m incl util 250 551-0807

Homes for Rent 2 bdrm, 1 1/2 bath house in lower Fairview, 1200 sq, full basement 1/2 finished, garage and carport $1400/m Tom 352-5679 CASTLEGAR - 2 Bdrm, dbl carport private. NS/NP. 2 mins from DT. $900/mth + utilities.

No pets, Available Immediately 304-8185 or 365-6471 Castlegar 3 Bdrm house close to schools & shopping, family only N/P, N/S, $1200/mth + $600 damage deposit, refer reqd 250-368-6145 CRAWFORD Bay House Rental, 3.5 bdrm, dbl garage, new appliances, $1200 + utilities (rent negot. for upkeep) 250365-1005 NELSON- 2 bdrm executive waterfront home, 6 mile Nelson, partially furnished.

NS/NP. Refs req’d. $1700/m + utils. Avail Dec 1st (250)8254471 or 250-354-9434.

OUR Guest Ranch-retreat facility offers rentals for your wedding, family and friend reunions. A medical spa that offers pain treatment and workshops. For accommodation call Jocelyn W. Cowie RMT, 250-442-2449 or 778-8668511 pain1@telus.net,www.abatepain.com, www.mtnspa.ca

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BC INSPECTED GRADED AA OR BETTER LOCALLY GROWN NATURAL BEEF Hormone Free Grass Fed/Grain Finished $100 Packages Available Quarters/Halves $2.65/lb Hanging Weight Extra Lean Hamburger $4.00/lb TARZWELL FARMS 250-428-4316 Creston

2005 Toyota Matrix: Manual FWD. Well maintained and ready for winter with new brakes & fluids. 208,000km.

Includes 2 sets of good tires/rims & bike rack. $6000.

250-362-7767.

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Snowmobiles 2000 Polaris 700 RMK new motor, lots of after market performance parts, asking $2950 352-3160

Boats World’s Finest FISHING BOATS

Cars - Domestic 1990 Honda Accord in good condition, 264,000 km’s, single owner, $1,100, 250-365-5720

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

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The Nelson Star is running new crossword puzzles! The answer for Wednesday’s paper will be printed in Friday’s paper while the Friday answers will be published in Wednesday’s paper.

Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Lewis ACROSS 1 “Little House on the Prairie” merchant __ Oleson 5 Bit of trickery 9 Genoan chiefs of old 14 Part of many co. names 15 Poet Teasdale 16 Far beyond the norm 17 See 36-Down 18 Reunion nicknames 19 Award for John le Carré 20 Sloppily kept tents?

23 Tropical rainforest critter 24 Pacific coast desert 28 Top-selling 1980s game console 29 Key of Brahms’s Piano Sonata No. 1 32 Pill bug or gribble 33 Low clouds on an East Asian island?

35 Genesis wife 38 Prior to, to Prior 39 Louisiane, e.g.

40 Conditions of kids’ shoes, too often?

45 “A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy” author 46 Doctor’s specialty?

47 “Ta-ta” 50 Locks without keys 52 Cooking surface 54 Recover from a setback, and a hint to 20-, 33and 40-Across 57 “Why Can’t I?” singer Liz 60 “I’ll say!”

61 Language written right to left 62 Teegarden of “Friday Night Lights” 63 Equal: Pref.

64 Troon turndowns 65 Sporty Nissans

By Marti DuGuay-Carpenter

66 Austen heroine 67 London flat, perhaps DOWN 1 Vitamin in liver 2 Coop up in a coop 3 Substance in acid tests 4 Process start 5 Earthquake consequence 6 Gave a buzz 7 Curved pieces 8 It may be corkscrewshaped 9 90 degrees 10 It takes time to settle them 11 Ta-ta, to texters 12 Cheer competitor 13 Genealogicallybased patriotic org.

21 Andean native 22 Medical office closing?

25 __ on the back 26 Manny who ranks third in MLB lifetime pinch hits 27 Colliery entry 30 Blows away

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(c)2013 Tribune Media Services, Inc.

31 Horseshoes-like game 33 Wanting more 34 Biweekly tide 35 Zest 36 Le Carré spy Leamas 37 Fits to __ 41 Cinches 42 Ruminants with racks 43 Oberon’s queen 44 Cabinet dept.

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47 Disc storage format 48 Over there 49 Ultimate purpose 51 Dumbledore’s slayer 53 Source 55 Quran authority 56 Period with limits 57 Bolivia’s La __ 58 Minute Maid brand 59 GP’s gp.

ROOM available in Ymir till May: 20 min to Nelson, 15 to Whitewater Resort. Wi-fi, laundry., np, $450/mo. inclusive.

250-357-0050.

Suites, Lower Midnight Madness!

One Night Only! Thursday Nov 28th, 6 pm to Midnight Bay Avenue Music, Trail 250-368-8878 Musical Instruments, Lessons Books & Accessories P.A. lighting sales & rentals BAY AVENUE MUSIC, TRAIL 250-368-8878

Real Estate Acreage for Sale Winlaw 5873 Hwy 6, 2.3 flat unzoned acres, water license tear down trailer, with septic field, $129,000, 250-226-7038

BLUEBERRY, 1 Bdrm Bsmt suite, Private Entrance Unfurnished, F/S, N/P quiet non smoker, $475/mth + utilities, References please Call 250-365-7550 CASTLEGAR SOUTH 1 bdrm basement suite fully furnished & equipped includes util. cable, internet, private ent close to bus stops, $750/mth Available Dec 1st, 250-3655164 Spacious furnished 1 bdrm apt 352-5518

Then let us welcome you to town with our greetings basket that also includes information about your new community.

Call us at 250-551-7971 or 250-825-4743

Want to Rent

HUGE DISCOUNTS on Canadian SRI homes. Order before interest rates jump! Immediate delivery or order now and lock in your savings. Call Don or Jesse at 1-866-766-2214.

Show homes & factory tours only at Lake Country Modular, 515 Beaver Lake Road, Kelowna. www.LCMhomes.com

Male 50 + req affordable accom within Nelson city limit.

Willing to consider all options incl sharing. Clean, quiet with handyman skills. Steve @ 250 509-1961 or bent.ironworks6@gmail.com Nelson: Mature suitable male tenant seeking accom for Dec 1st. Low cost downtown preferred w/util incl. Good ref avail Bruce @ 352-9876 Rent to Own newer 3 bdrm Townhouse. $12,000 down.

Less then perfect credit OK Jessica @ 250 505-7420

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Churches of Nelson

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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

Unity Centre of the Kootenays starts at 11am

A new speaker Arlene Lamarche’s topic will be “OHM Therapeutics Tuning Forks and their uses in healing tones”

Any questions? Contact 250-354-5394 905 Gordon Rd (IHA Bldg., back door)

GATHERING THIS SUNDAY ON NOV 24: 10AM @ 2402 PERRIER LANE Bring food to share at our potluck brunch.

All welcome.

Displaced rhythms?

Come experience ours!

Beautify • Listen • Eat • Study • Send www.nelsonvineyard.com Look for us on Facebook

Anglican Church of Canada St. Saviour's Pro Cathedral Ward & Silica, Nelson Family Service & Eucharist Crafts • Games Eucharist • Supper

Wed. Nov. 27, 5-7 p.m www.messychurch.org.uk/

Children’s Sunday School Sunday Service 10:30 a.m.

Dec. 1 Candlelight Service of Lessons & Carols 7:00 p.m

Office: 9 am - 1 pm Tue - Thurs • 250.352.5711

stsaviours@netidea.com • www.stsavioursnelson.org

ALL ARE WELCOME! Evangelical

Covenant Church

Loving Jesus, Loving People, Transforming Lives

Nelson

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

Balfour

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

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

www.ecov.org

Bucket List: Practice Confession Rev. Scott Simpson - First Baptist Church

Usually, bucket lists include places to visit, things to accomplish or crazy stuff to try before we die. Some people want to walk the Great Wall or write a book or eat a deep-fried Snickers bar. All legitimate items for a good bucket list.

But there are other items that might be good to include; like forgiving someone or learning to pray.

What about developing the habit of confession?

Confession is a powerful tool for spiritual housekeeping. However, I sense that sometimes we only use the tool of confession for the really big things and usually only after we’ve been caught. But there is a place for confession in the course of regular spiritual house cleaning; as the proverb claims, ‘Confession is good for the soul’.

Our girls get excited every time we clean the house because they think that someone is coming to visit. In response, I resist the temptation to explain that we need to clean the house because we share the space with two small animals who sometimes pretend to be girls.

Sometimes the house just needs to be cleaned. Dust builds up and crumbs pile up and paper stacks up and the stuff of life generates a surprising amount of clutter that occasionally needs to be cleared so we can find the phone or the remote or some loose change lurking among the debris in the cracks of the couch.

We also need to regularly dust the cobwebs from our souls.

For me, the signs that spiritual clutter is piling up are often subtle. When I find myself slow to laugh and quick to get angry, NEW LOCATION when I realize that the Kootenay Christian Fellowship 520 Falls Street, (just off Baker St.) usual things that I enjoy www.kootenaychristianfellowship.com bring no pleasure, and when I find that things Join us for our like prayer and serving worship celebration in our others have become new location chores – then I know Sunday @ 10:30 AM it’s time to clean house.  Developing Relationships Not because someone  Music that will move you  Helping people - Help people is coming to visit or Church Office: 1.888.761.3301 Jim Reimer, Pastor because I’ve been caught, but simply because it’s time to clean.

The Salvation Army Nelson Community Church

Sunday Worship Service at 11:00 am Jim Reimer Everyone is Welcome Your Pastors:

Majors Robin and Yvonne Borrows 250 551 4986

601 Vernon Street (Middle Level)

Nelson United Church Sunday Worship Gathering 10:00 am Minister: David Boyd Reign of Christ Sunday

All are Welcome

Leslie Windsor presiding “David Boyd’s Co-op Radio Interview” All children welcome for Sunday School & Nursery Room available

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

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

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

An honest conversation with a trusted friend, mentor or spiritual director; a focused time of fasting and praying; meditating on a Psalm; writing out a personal confession (and then burning it); finding a place of solitude in order to be still in God’s creation and presence – all these have served as cleansing agents in my life, recovering a sense of peace and order and restoring the freedom of God’s grace.

Regular confession is a good habit to develop and a worthy addition to any bucket list.

“If we claim that we’re free of sin, we’re only fooling ourselves. A claim like that is errant nonsense. On the other hand, if we admit our sins—make a clean breast of them—he won’t let us down; he’ll be true to himself. He’ll forgive our sins and purge us of all wrongdoing.” 1 John 1:9 (The Message)

Friday, November 22, 2013 Nelson Star

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Speaker will be featured

Restorative justice AGM November 17 to November 24 is BC Restorative Justice Week and, appropriately, Kootenay Restorative Justice is holding its Annual General Meeting.

The AGM will feature Heartspeak Productions Larry Moore from Kaslo, the producer and director of the film Community Healing Programs with Rupert Ross.

Restorative justice focuses on addressing the needs of victims and the community with a strong emphasis on offender accountability and repairing the harm. In this approach, crime is understood not only as breaking the law, but as a violation of people and relationships and a disruption of the peace in a community.

The results can bring victims, offenders and the community a more satisfying experience of justice.

The Kootenay Restorative Justice program, under the umbrella of WE Graham Community Services Society, has been using restorative justice successfully since 2003.

Wednesday evening’s talk and AGM is open to the public. The AGM will take place November 27 between 6 and 8 p.m. at the Nelson Chamber of Commerce, 225 Hall Street.

Moore will speak about his years of experience with restorative justice and field questions about its role in the Kootenays.

This is an opportunity to discuss and learn more about restorative justice with experienced practitioners of the method. Snacks and refreshments will be provided.

ANKORS event

Gathering in memorial The public is invited to join ANKORS (AIDS Network Kootenay Outreach and Support Society) for its annual World AIDS Day Celebration in the basement at the Nelson United Church (602 Silica Street).

This free event will provide an opportunity for community members to gather in memorial of friends and family lost to HIV/AIDS related illnesses, recognize and honour the strength and resilience of the HIV movement, and gather in action for a better future.

The evening will feature musical entertainment by Into the Blue, LVR jazz ensemble and a poetry reading by Jane Byers.

A short taste of the film United in Anger will be screened.

The remainder of the film will be screened as a series of episodes in the ANKORS drop-in space

on Tuesdays throughout December with discussions following.

World AIDS Day provides an opportunity for community to gather to on the theme of “It’s Not Over,” looking at the past, present and future of ANKORS and the HIV movement.

HIV testing will be available on-site by Robin Van Stolk, Health Outreach Nurse.

About the Film: United in Anger: A History of ACT UP is an inspiring documentary about the birth and life of the AIDS activist movement from the perspective of the people in the trenches fighting the epidemic. Utilizing oral histories of members of ACT UP, as well as rare archival footage, the film depicts the efforts of ACT UP as it battles corporate greed, social indifference, and governmental neglect.

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Demonstration part of poet’s talk

Art of printing by hand A demonstration of letterpress hand printing by Nelson craft printers Peter Bartl and Jane Merks will occur at the talk by poet-publisherbook designer Jason Dewinetz at Nelson’s Oxygen Art Centre on Friday, November 22 at 7:30 p.m.

Bartl and Merks — who for a decade ran PB&J Press in Balfour before moving to Nelson last year — will use their press to emboss free keepsake coasters for audience members to commemorate Dweinetz’s visit to Nelson.

The Vernon, BC author and educator will be reading from his poems and speaking about his award-winning work as book designer, publisher, and typographer.

The Oxygen Art Centre is located at 320 Vernon Street (alley entrance).

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Elders friends

The Friends of Nelson Elders AGM for 2013 was held on November 7, with only two members at large out of a membership of approximately 250 joining the Board of Directors.

FONE’s mandate is to enhance the wellbeing of seniors in our community. During the last year, grants totalling some $15,000 provided funding to the Women’s Centre, Mountain Lakes, Jubilee Manor, Broader Horizons, the Nelson Library and the Seniors Coordinating Society for a variety of programs.

President Bette Craig said that fundraising is not an issue, because FONE continues to receive grants and donations. She noted that the board of directors and the executive have remained virtually the same since the society’s inception eight years ago.

“The executive is always open to applications for funds and innovative ways to serve,” she said.

Life memberships are free, and new people in the leadership group are definitely needed. For more information, contact Bette at 250-352-7153.

ance, part of Oxygen’s Presentation Series, is free ($5 donation appreciated) and open to the public.

the art of hand printing alive in this digital age.

“Type is set one letter at a time, using lead or wood type,” Merks said.

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“Normally each print is inked as it presses into the paper. Blind embossing uses no ink but instead uses extra pressure so the type bites into the

soft paper, leaving an impression.”

Merks said the traditional way of printing allows a more visceral connection to the words on the page than is possible using computers.

“Producing something by hand also helps creativity flow,” she said.

Dewinetz’s books of poems include Clench from Nova Scotia’s Gaspereau Press and Moving to the Clear from Edmonton’s NeWest Press.

His book design and production for his Greenboathouse Press in Vernon have won 10 national book design awards. He teaches English and printing at the Vernon campus of Okanagan College.

The Oxygen Art Centre’s 2013-2014 Presentation Series is supported by the Columbia Basin Trust and the Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance.

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Members to make decision on Sunday

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Having experienced already some of what it means to be an Affirming Church, members of Nelson United Church will gather on Sunday, November 24, for worship and a decision on whether or not to declare themselves affirming.

Nancy Jones, board chair, observed that the congregation has been on a path toward affirming since 1992 without calling it by that name.

First by putting a plan in place for equality and welcome, and by adopting a marriage policy allowing their minister to marry same sex couples.

In fact, Nelson United Church participated in Nelson’s very first Gay Pride Weekend and Parade 17 years ago and has partnered every year since with ANKORS, a support organization for those living with and at the greatest risk of acquiring HIV/AIDS and/or HCV, co-hosting World AIDS Day and the AIDS Walk.

Now, the congregation is to the point of deciding whether or not to take it to the next level. Should the congregation decide to take upon themselves the mantle of affirming they will be saying “We intend

to be a church where all are welcome.”

Jones characterizes the meeting as “perhaps a further step along the way to living The Way of Jesus, embodying the Love of God” — words from a mission statement

visit feeling valued, worthwhile, no longer alone in the world.

Here’s what one newcomer recently wrote: “My partner and I walked into NUC for the first time that August. We had no idea what to expect, and

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the congregation adopted.

After 10 years of living these policy changes there are discernible signs of this affirming influence among the members.

Newcomers are said to come away from a first

we didn’t know if there were any other gay people or couples who went there, or how people would receive us.

We were warmly welcomed from that point in time to the present day. I

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have never felt anything but part of the entire group at this beautiful church.

When I announced our engagement six months ago there was a gasp and big applause for us.”

Christopher Moore, who runs a program in Nelson called Trans Connect, providing support and resources for Transgender/Gender diverse folks in the East and West Kootenay, said “a big piece of this work is educating people about gender diversity which helps create allies in our communities.

As a member of Nelson United Church since 2009 and a member of the larger Church since 1951, I too have pondered the implications of being affirming and it brings to mind my two grandmas who were both deeply religious women.

Both were born in the latter part of the 19th Century. The first lived to the age of 97 and I saw her only once in all those years when I was age 12.

I translated her absence and apparent indifference toward me as rejection and if that’s all I had in growing up I might have concluded that life wasn’t worth living.

But I had another grandma who made all the difference.

She lived for 88 years, affirming me at every turn. She was the kind of person everyone wants to have around at every stage of their spiritual journey.

She made me feel valuable, worthwhile and, well, Nelson United Church reminds me of her.

The church, in its affirmation of all people, would seek not only redress, but to offer itself as a place where people are celebrated for who they are, and who have the personal integrity to accept and proclaim their identity.

If Nelson United Church agrees to assume the affirming mantle, they will be the first church in the United Church’s Kootenay Presbytery to do so.

If the congregation decides to continue on this path of affirmation look for it to seek new and transformative contacts with the Nelson community — young, adult, or old — all those in need of an affirming place for their respective spiritual journeys.

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Elf Walk returns to Baker Street The Elf Walk returns to Baker Street for its second year, bigger and better than before. Building on the success of last year’s event, which saw nearly 1,000 people make their way to Baker Street on a cold November night, Elf Walk is back to welcome Santa.

Inspired by the flash mob movement, which involves people assembling in a designated area for a spontaneous act of performance art, Elf Walk invites Nelson to embrace their inner elves and dress up for the evening’s festivities.

“Last year’s Elf Walk was a total shock. Previous year’s attendance for Santa’s visit and tree lighting ceremony would see a few hundred people coming out. So when over 1,000 people jammed into the 400 block of Baker last year, we knew we’d hit on something. It’s pretty clear that Nelson likes getting dressed up,” says co-organizer Joy Barrett.

Elf Walk was born out of a series of meetings held by the group that initiated a campaign to step up Nelson’s holiday lighting plan for 2012. Last year, the city approved the allocation from the Spurway Trust Fund to wrap light posts and beef up the two big trees on the 400 block, but this year with additional funds from the same trust, they took it to the next level, running lights along the Baker Street skyline with the help of dozens of volunteers, and the Nelson Fire Department.

Elves are invited to head down to Baker Street starting at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, December 6. The Rotary Club will be serving up sausages, burgers and hotdogs. There will be hot chocolate and cider, a best dressed elf contest for the younger elves, and the winner of the Nelson Star colouring contest will be announced.

Then, shortly after 6 p.m. the elves will gather to parade down Baker to meet Santa, who will once again ride into town with the Nelson Fire Department, and march him up for the tree lighting at 6:30 p.m. Afterwards, Santa make his way to the Trading Company to meet the kids.

For up-to-date information on the event visit the facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/ElfWalk.

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Dateline: November 1, 1943

Dim-out regulations which have smothered the bright lights of British Columbia coast cities for almost a year will be officially lifted as of midnight tonight. Dim-out regulations are also lifted in the Kootenays at the same time.

In Nelson, the easing of restrictions on outside lighting was announced by the Civilian Protection Committee. Business places could use signs and other outside lighting provided someone was on the premises who would be able to turn it out in the event of an air raid alarm.

Porch lights, provided they were not stronger than 26 watts, could be used on residences under the same conditions. There must be someone on hand to turn them off if necessary.

the midst of traffic.

Coming in the midst of the youngsters’ Halloween pageantry it was an unheralded but outstanding publicity boost for the derby.

Two Gyro “fisherman,” riding in an outboard-powered boat aboard a trailer, were drawn along the street, while a “school” of trout followed on behind, teasing the fishermen by being almost caught and then getting away. Roman candles and other fireworks and the noise of the outboard, plus the antics of the fisherman and fish, stopped traffic.

Dateline: November 9, 1943

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Dateline: November 1, 1943

Stained and torn, the former battle ensign of the Canadian Destroyer St. Croix was greeted with a roar of applause Saturday night when Lieutenant Eric Johnson R.C.N.V.R. displayed it in a stirring climax to his address at the Civic Theatre.

Lt. Johnson is in the Southern Interior to assist in the drive for the Kootenay-Boundary to replace the St. Croix, torpedoed recently in mid-Atlantic while defending a convoy. Only one man of the 147 aboard survived.

This week Kootenay-Boundary is engaged in an all-out campaign to attain its Victory Loan quota of $2,725,000- approximately the cost of a destroyer.

(Note: $38,862,362 in 2013 dollars)

Dateline: November 1, 1943

That the Kootenay Lake Trout Derby for 1943 was nearing its climax was brought home forcibly to Halloween crowds on Baker Street Saturday night when Nelson Gyros staged a “derby” in

test had slightly contaminated milk, and which was a grade B dairy, has been ordered to cease selling raw milk in Nelson.

Another with moderate contamination is now pasteurizing.

Two others with very slight contamination have been instructed to observe special cleanliness and this advice if scrupulously followed, will rectify faults. Oth-

er dairies were meeting required standing. Dr. R.B. Brummitt, Medical Health Officer, thus summarized the raw milk situation in Nelson, describing it as “greatly improved.”

The City of Nelson lacked the power to require pasteurization of all raw milk sold in the city but he still recommended pasteurization for “by this means, and this means alone, can a safe milk supply be assured.”

Dateline: November 20, 1943

Sgt. Raymond C. Burgess of Nelson has paid the supreme sacrifice. Cabled advice that he was “killed in action overseas November 16” was received Friday morning by his wife, the former Miss Deanie Wallace and his parents, Mr. and and Mrs. J. Burgess, at Nelson.

The 23-yearold Canadian Bomber Group pilot would have completed an operating tour, generally of about 30 flights over enemy targets in early December, when he would have been eligible for an instructional tour, and then possibly a leave in Canada.

His parents learned only recently that he had been recommended for a commission, earned in just over a year of overseas duty.

Sgt. Burgess, a highly regarded member among Nelson young people and in sport, went overseas just six months after his marriage and was an employee in the Nelson Daily News composing room for four years before his call-up. He is also survived by his baby son, Raymond Arthur.

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