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A pair of sign carrying elves roamed downtown Nelson this weekend to remind people about the second annual Elf Walk happening Friday evening. The event runs concurrently with Santa on Baker Street on December 6, starting at 5:30 p.m. Dressing up as elves is strongly encouraged. Santa will arrive at around 6:30 p.m. by fire truck to switch on the Christmas lights for the season.

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Kootenay Lake School Board approved a savings plan after all and will now return to the table with its CUPE workers with hopes of finally hammering out a contract.

At a special meeting held Monday night, the board took a second look at the savings plan rejected in October in protest of the provincial government not funding pay increases negotiated with CUPE. “This has been quite the process we’ve been going through,” said board chair Mel Joy. “We’ve been loud and clear in taking a stand… ‘No impact’ isn’t possible. Every decision we make in the savings plan

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The board was the last hold out in the province and they expressed disappointment that other school districts didn’t stand up with them. The Ministry of Education required local school boards to submit a cost savings plan that wouldn’t impact core services.

“I guess I had this romantic notion. I really thought other districts would come on board with us,” said trustee Rebecca Huscroft. “I really didn’t think we’d be the lone wolf out there.”

Huscroft said the board was put in a Catch-22 situation with any decision having a negative effect on students. Had the board not approved the savings plan, a strike would have likely occurred. With the

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savings plan approved, cuts will occur.

The school board has a contingency of $500,000 and a surplus of $300,000 to pay for the first year of the pay increase. Past year one, they see a shortfall of about $600,000 in the 2014-15 school year.

Trustee Annette Hambler-Pruden was troubled with submitting a savings plan that the board will not be able to honour. Other districts have already started to back peddle as they struggle to find funds without affecting core services.

“We cannot in all good consciousness send in a legitimate statement. We are putting are names to a lie,” she said.

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City crews were busy tackling main construction in the 900 block of Vernon Street last March.

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around $1,000 per metre of waterline it replaced had the work been done by a contractor. Instead the work is costing an average of $828.

For the sewer upgrades, the projected cost was $525 per metre, but the actual cost came in at an average of $206.

The city is replacing an average of 1,800 metres of waterline

SAM VAN SCHIE A plan to double the pay-per-use rate paid by public institutions and businesses with water metres has been temporarily put on hold.

There are only four Nelson properties currently on water metres — Nelson Car Wash, Selkirk College, Kootenay Lake Hospital and the Regional District of Central Kootenay building.

Last year council increased water rates for those users by 20 cents per cubic metre on top of the percentage increase seen by all other

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In 2012 and 2013, water rates increased six per cent per year and sewage rates went up five per cent per year.

“It’s really a good news story that we’ve been able to do these important infrastructure upgrades for less than expected

and pass those savings onto the ratepayer,” McClure said.

Council passed the first two readings of a bylaw to adopt the proposed rate increases and has set time aside during the public participation period at its December 16 committee of the whole meeting to hear from residents who have concerns about the change.

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Nelson water and sewer rates will increase in 2014, but not as much as originally expected.

According to projections in the city’s long-term operating and capital plan for the utilities, water and sewer rates were each expected to increase five per cent next year.

Instead water will go up four per cent and sewer will be three per cent more than the previous year.

The actual amount residents will pay on their utility bill in 2014 is $933.30, an increase of $31.50 ($18.90 for water and $12.60 for sewer). Rates for commercial/industrial properties will increase based on the same percentages.

At Monday’s council meeting, Nelson’s chief financial officer Colin McClure explained the required increase is less than expected due to savings on waterline and sewer replacement costs.

The city was able to keep costs down for the upgrades by creating its own capital crew to do the work, rather than contracting out the replacement work.

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The plan was to do the same for the next two years so that by 2015 the metred rate would be twice as much as it was in 2012.

At the time, city staff argued the metered rate was disproportionately low when compared to the amount paid by non-metered commercial/industrial users whose rates are determined by the number of fixtures (sinks, toilets, washing machines, etc.) in the building.

The city had planned to switch over more businesses to water metres this year, to find

Nelson Fire Rescue has announced the completion of the Wildfire Fuel Mitigation Project in the area near Mountain Lake Seniors Complex and the Selkirk College 10th Street campus.

The work completed is part of the overall Community Wildfire Protection Plan adopted by City Council in 2008.

The work in the Fairview area included harvesting of dead and dangerous trees as well as special separation of

out the exact amount of water used and determine if the formula for determining water rates is fair. But that project has been pushed back to 2014.

At a meeting Monday, council agreed that until that data on water use is available, they couldn’t justify further increases to the metered rates, on top of the city-wide increase.

As a result, the metered rate will only increase four per cent in 2013.

The 20 cent increase on the metered rate would have added $20,000 to the city’s water utility budget.

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Two members of Nelson Search and Rescue are heading to Australia to help search for the remains of a Canadian hiker who went missing six months ago.

Brian Cooles and Ryan Brown left last week to join a team of 18 BC-based search and rescue members who will be searching from November 30 to December 15.

Murray Springman, search manager for Nelson Search and Rescue, said the fact the two members of the Nelson crew were selected shows the level of talent and expertise the local team has.

“There was an email sent to every search and rescue volunteer in the

Two members of Nelson Search and Rescue have been Sam Van Schie photo chosen to join an elite team. province,” explained Springman.

The email asked them to list all qualifications and experience. From that, the top 18 people were chosen to make up the team.

The crew is now in New South Wales, Australia looking for any signs of 25-year-old Brampton man Prabhdeep Srawn.

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Snow blamed for crashes, fire The Nelson Fire Department responded to two separate accidents on Highway 3A Sunday morning, two and five kilometres west of the city.

The on-duty crew responded to the first call at 9:30 a.m., finding two vehicles with extensive damage. In a news release, the fire department didn’t say exactly what happened, but stated that although airbags had deployed, injuries were minor. One person was taken to hospital by a family member.

Slippery road conditions as a result of snowfall were a contributing factor.

Before the first accident had been cleaned up, a second call for an accident came in and off-duty members were called into attend. In this case, a single vehicle slid off the road and down the embankment toward the railway tracks. Again, extensive damage

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studying law in Australia, was last seen on May 13 at Charlotte Pass Village, where he was set to enter Kosciuszko National Park. While authorities there did search for the missing man, the rescue effort was abandoned on June 1, due to heavy snowfall.

In Australia, the seasons are opposite from North America and winter takes place in June.

According to Springman, Srawn’s family, looking for closure, decided to put together its own team to search for the missing man’s body.

“I’m just speculating, but I think someone told them if you want the best in Canada, well, British Columbia has the best,” he said, adding there are approximately 1,500 searches a year in Canada and BC has 1,100 of them.

He said the family is putting up its own money for the search, paying for airfare and all expenses. The search and rescue team members are volunteering their time.

“I just hope they will be able to find something and finally bring some closure to the family,” said Springman.

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occurred but injuries appeared to be minor.

“With the arrival of the wet, slippery snow, citizens of Nelson should be sure to have good snow tires, and to ensure they are ready for winter driving,” Cpt. Rick Maida said. “Proper snow tires, indicated by the snowflake symbol on the side greatly improves a vehicle’s handling capabilities in snowy conditions.”

• Around 10:30 a.m. Sunday, heavy snow caused a tree branch to hit a power line on Wasson Street, resulting in sparks, flame, and smoke in the tree. The fire put itself out given the wet conditions, once the tree was no longer touching the line.

Nelson Fire and Rescue attended the scene to assess the risk and keep the area clear until Nelson Hydro crews arrived to trim the tree.

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The former Kootenay Christian Fellowship building on Stanley Street has a new owner.

Shambhala Meditation Centre, home to a Western Buddhism congregation, purchased the vacant church in October and has plans to renovate and reopen the space sometime in the New Year.

“It’s a big time for us and our community,” centre director Cameron Wenaus told 103.5 The Bridge. “We’re growing up; buying a building.”

The centre is currently located in a thirdfloor studio above Maison (previously Sonja’s China Cabinet) on Baker Street, but after 35 years of renting the same difficult-toaccess spot the congregation decided it was time to branch out.

“We wanted to gain stability, so we could take our seat in the community properly,” Wenaus explained, noting he expects being more visible and accessible in the new building will lead to increased membership.

“It will be easier for people with mobility concerns... and a much friendlier space towards families and small children,” Wenaus said of the future location.

Part of the renovation plans include adding a family room.

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Shambhala Meditation Centre will move to 812 Stanley Street in 2014. global network of more than 170 centres by the same name. A nonprofit organization, the local centre has a core group of about 50 dues-paying members that contribute to operational expenses.

More than 200 people each year frequent the centre for free public meditation, as well as a variety of workshops on the Buddhist teachings.

Kootenay Christian Fellowship put its church up for sale in the summer of 2012 after making the decision to move into the

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Savoy Lanes building on Falls Street.

Pastor Jim Reimer was glad to finally take the For Sale sign down, knowing that the church would remain as a community gathering space.

“We have emotional attachment to the building,” Reimer said. “We’re glad a community group will use it... They’re not the same faith as us, but will certainly take care of it.”

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The board passed an amended version of the savings plan submitted by staff in October.

Funds will be found through loss of CUPE jobs and cuts to services.

In September, CUPE signed a Provincial Framework Agreement with the BC government providing a 3.5 per cent wage increase over two years for BC education workers. The board and their CUPE employees are back at the table next week but time is running out. They have until December 20 to have any settlement ratified.

CUPE Local 748 Michelle Bennett was glad the board chose to take a second look at the savings plan. She said it provided her members, students and parents “a little relief.”

She said she was also “shocked” that no other school boards stood up to the province and said once bargaining is complete, the union would officially support the board’s stand.

“As soon as we’re done, I am there,” she said.

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trustees have a meeting scheduled with the Ministry of Education this weekend while they are in Vancouver for a conference. The board

heard nothing from the province outside the media despite their strong stance.

“I think this is quite a sham. We haven’t head

anything from the ministry,” trustee Lenora Trenamen said. She and Hambler-Pruden were two trustees who voted against the savings plan.

“I have respect for the workers. I am not against the workers, that is why we took a stand in the first place,” said Trenamen.

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Uncommon Knowledge – Greg Nesteroff

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or every roadblock a historian hits, now and then you get a break — though often it just ends up posing new questions. Here are three such examples.

When Ellison’s celebrated the centennial of its building last year, its staff pointed out something I’d never noticed but now wonder how I missed.

The bricks on the building’s northeast side are a different colour than the rest — evidence of where the wall collapsed and was rebuilt.

At the time I wasn’t able to determine what happened and when. But I’ve since learned that it occurred on August 11, 1947.

According to a caption in the Nelson Daily News that accompanied the photo seen at right: “A gaping hole was left in the building of Brackman-Ker Company Ltd. at Nelson after a section of the Josephine Street wall collapsed, emptying 100,000 pounds of wheat onto the ground. A possible loss of $4,500 was estimated after the mishap. The west side, facing the track, was also said to be in danger of falling.”

(Ellison’s bought the building from Brackman-Ker in the early 1950s.)

A few more details appeared in a squib in the Vancouver Province: “Weight of the grain was believed to have pushed out the wall. A car parked nearby missed being crushed by inches.”

But I couldn’t find anything more. I don’t know how long it took to clean up or rebuild.

CANDLE POWER: I’ve written before about Nelson’s free porch light policy, wherein the city once provided residents with non-metered circuits for their verandas.

It was a cheap form of street lighting and also a source of bragging rights — “Hey, we’ve got so much power, we can give it away.”

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LEFT: This photo published in the Nelson Daily News of August 13, 1947 shows the present Ellison’s building after one of the walls collapsed under the weight of grain. The old Brackman-Ker sign is peaking out over the top. RIGHT: A monument at the back of the Slocan cemetery remembers Japanese-Canadians cremated there before 1943. It was the work of the Slocan Buddhist Mission Society. (Greg Nesteroff photo) It rated mentions in the New York Times, Christian Science Monitor, and Saturday Evening Post.

As of 1960, the bylaw read: “One 50-watt lamp or its equivalent shall be permitted to be used without charge if suspended outside the front door of each residence within the city.”

But I never did learn exactly when it was adopted. I still don’t quite have the answer, but I’m getting closer. A Daily News story of November 2, 1909 related how “Householders who use electric light exclusively in their domiciles will in future be permitted to burn an eight candle power light on their front porch at the expense of the city and business men on Baker street who use

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electric light in their stores will be given a 16 candle power lamp free to burn during the night.”

Previous to this, only four candle power light was granted for porches.

Candle power is, needless to say, an obsolete term, but it was once a common measure of luminous intensity. The same year that Nelson city council decided to provide residents with brighter porch lights, a meeting of nations redefined candle power in terms of an electric lamp with a carbon filament.

I don’t know when the porch light policy was finally repealed, if it ever was, but it no longer applies. Nelson Hydro is trying to find and remove the remaining

rogue circuits.

(I am indebted to the indefatigable Peter A. Watson of West Vancouver for locating the abovementioned items.)

A BUDDHIST MEMORIAL: Before the creation of interpretive signs along the Slocan Valley rail trail last year, there was only one surviving indication of the internment of Japanese Canadians in the lower valley during World War II. At the back of the Slocan cemetery is a fenced enclosure, within which is a rock slab with two trees growing on top and a wooden pillar in between with Japanese inscriptions on all four sides.

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The west side is apparently a Buddhist prayer for the dead, which loosely translated means “Buddha have mercy on me.” The south side says “Rebuilt — Slocan — Donated.” The characters are bright enough that they may have been repainted at some point. But the other two sides are illegible.

The origin and meaning of this monument has been the source of considerable speculation and puzzlement. Who put it there and when? Is it actually a burial site?

We now have a few answers thanks to Simon Fraser University, which digitized The New Canadian, the Japanese-Canadian newspaper published in Kaslo during the internment years.

According to a story in the September 2, 1944 edition: “Plans have been made by the Slocan Buddhist Mission Society to erect a memorial monument in commemoration of the deceased who were cremated at the Slocan cemetery before the New Denver crematorium was completed.

Permission has been granted to erect this monument and work is expected to begin in the near future.”

While the inscribed pillar may be a more recent addition, this does appear to be the genesis of the monument. The Slocan Buddhist congregation was led by Rev. Kenryu Tsuji (1919-2004), who went on to become a bishop in San Francisco.

James Draper built the New Denver crematorium in 1943. At least 22 Japanese Canadians died in and around Slocan in 1942-43, although not all were necessarily Buddhists. It will take some checking of death registrations to figure out exactly who among them was cremated at Slocan.

The Village of Slocan has long been interested in restoring the overgrown site and adding interpretive signs, but wanted to know more about it first to respect cultural sensitivities.

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Emergency room closure labeled ‘slimy’ by critics This is a hard letter to write, because most of us, including myself, would like to see government as on our side, especially where it comes to health matters.

Over the past few months it has become clear that the IHA has carried out a deliberate and long term plan to deprive Kaslo of not only its doctors and emergency services, but most likely the final goal for the IHA will be the elimination of our hospital altogether.

Two weeks before the meeting on November 12, called by the IHA, our family received a letter from the Ministry of Health saying that by mutual agreement Kaslo and the IHA have decided that it would be in the best interests of Kaslo to have a robust primary healthcare centre from 9 to 5, Monday to Friday.

This was a lie. There was no agreement from Kaslo on that, but that letter (which was sent by the Ministry to many people in the area) exposed the IHA’s intentions such that they felt it necessary to call a meeting in November canceling our ER services.

It’s not the IHA that is totally at fault in this — they are implementing policies set by the Liberal government, which seem to be to reduce the costs associated with healthcare, and especially to reduce costs in rural areas.

After the IHA told us (the Kaslo Council, and those outside) that the ER was finished, they reduced RN’s from over six full time positions to just two, and they scheduled the shifts to be either four hours or eight hours. Most of our RN’s live out of town; these shifts would make it impossible for them, especially in the winter.

This was done with malice aforethought: the doctors were

eliminated through contracts that few doctors would sign; the nurses will be eliminated through hours that few nurses would sign up for.

So instead of trying to see how they can provide service to outlying areas, the IHA has devoted much time and money to seeing how they can eliminate services in ways that they can justify.

This is about as slimy as it can get. Kaslo and Area D contribute well over a million dollars a year in MSP premiums, plus federal income taxes for healthcare. We are being systematically robbed, and we (all of us) need to push back.

They estimate that they will save $250,000 a year on nurses, and another $100,000 a year on doctors on-call fees, here in Kaslo. Let’s contrast that to the $700,000 a year they pay their top administrators.

We need to figure out some way to hold the BC Government accountable to the Canada Health Act. It is inevitable that in the next year there will be people dying who would have been saved if they had been closer to a hospital than a two or three hour drive.

In the 1930s if you got hurt in Johnsons Landing, you would need to row your boat to Kaslo to get to a doctor. But at least there was a hospital and a doctor there at that time. Now we’re looking at going to Nelson for emergency care, a two hour drive from JL. That is unacceptable.

Harvey Armstrong Johnsons Landing

Parents should prepare for worst

This letter is to follow up from the one I sent to you dated August 29, 2013. I have no doubt that you have been hearing in the media about the current state of our district’s negotiations relative to the CUPE collective agreement.

The purpose of this message is to advise you that recently CUPE Local 748 has reaffirmed their strike mandate.

This means that in the event our negotiations do not satisfy the union membership and the school district, there is still a possibility that CUPE members could initiate strike activity.

Our CUPE staff members are highly valued individuals who provide important services that support our learners every day.

Bus drivers, clerical workers, facilities and maintenance employees, technology support personnel and educational assistants are among our employees included in this group.

In the event that our colleagues choose to take strike action, and remove all services, we will be unable to receive students in our schools.

Therefore, I recommend that while we hope for the best, we need to be planning for the worst-case scenario. At this time I am advising parents that they should be considering childcare arrangements in the event of a full withdrawal of services by our CUPE colleagues.

Please keep listening carefully to local radio, media, and keep an eye on our website (www.sd8. bc.ca) in order to see updates and current information about this matter.

Jeff Jones Superintendent of Schools

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Community Events 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.

A candlelight vigil will be held outside Nelson City Hall on Friday, December 6 at 4 p.m. to commemorate the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women and to remember the 14 women killed in the Montreal Massacre at École Polytechnique.

The last two Starry Night astronomy programs for the year will be at Tagum Hall on 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.

Two renowned Canadian scientists ­— Drs Thierry Vrain and Shiv Chopra ­— will speak about genetically engineered foods and human health on December 6 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Nelson United Church.

This event is free and open to the public.

Selkirk College Nursing Students Beans and Rice Dinner is Friday, 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.

Amnesty International Write for Rights. Will you join us?

December 7 at Nelson Library from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. or December 8 at Oso Negro Café from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Supplies provided. Inspiration and information at writeathon.ca.

Philippines borsht dinner and silent auction goes Saturday, December 7 from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Covenant Church at the junction (2840 Eden Road).

Admission is $20 with proceeds going to help typhoon victims in the Philippines. Enjoy a dinner of authentic borscht and pie followed by a presentation on the typhoon’s aftermath.

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Tell us about your upcoming event, email: reporter@nelsonstar.com Grounded Coffee Shop hosts a fundraiser for Kootenay Kids on December 12. A kids art show and sale will run throughout the day with proceed going to Kootenay Kids. Grounded will also donate proceeds from the day to the local nonprofit, which offers programs for children and caregivers in the community.

The Nelson Chapter of the Council of Canadians will be holding an open business meeting and social on Saturday, December 14 at Seniors’ Branch 51, 717 Vernon Street (next to Civic Theatre) at 12:30 p.m.

Refreshments will follow at 2 p.m. Come out and meet your chapter members. For info call Sandra at 250-352-5274.

The CFUW Nelson and District Club is hosting its Holiday Lunch on Saturday, December 14 at noon at the Banquet Hall of the New Grand Hotel. Tickets are $20. Please bring a $10 wrapped gift to exchange, as well as a gently used ornament that can be sold. To RSVP, contact Ruth at nelsoncfuw@gmail.com.

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.

Craft Faires SelfDesign High’s annual Fair Trade for Peace Market opens Friday, December 6 from 5 to 9 p.m. and continues Saturday, December 7 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Legion Hall (402 Victoria Street, second floor). There will be a wide variety of crafts including home décor, textiles and many gifts. Funds raised support SDH’s peace and social justice projects such as Peace Camp, the YA! (Young Adult) Program, and many others.

The annual KSA Winter Sale goes Friday, December 6 from 6 to 9 p.m. and December 7 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Kootenay Studio Arts building (606 Victoria Street). Check out the fine handmade creations from

students in the ceramics, blacksmithing, jewelry and textiles programs at Selkirk College.

Nelson Waldorf School Winter Fair is Saturday, December 7 with children’s activities from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and an artisan market continuing until 4 p.m.

Admission is $5 for children ages four and younger or $10 for older kids and adults. Adult candle dipping will be offered for $2.

Snowflake Theatre performances are $5 per person starting at 11 a.m., noon and 1:30 p.m. For info call 250-352-6919.

The Last Chance Christmas Craft Fair is Sunday, December 15 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Harrop Hall (6066 McConnell Road). Lots of great gift ideas, yummy treats, and wonderful artisan crafts. Bring the kids at noon for a visit with Santa Claus. Donations of food for Our Daily Bread will be graciously accepted at the door.

Join West Kootenay EcoSociety for an annual tradition: the Winter Craft Fair. Extended to two days due to overwhelming demand, the Winter Craft Fair offers thirty hand-picked, local vendors selling hand-crafted local-made artisan products from clothing, body care, jewelry and more. This fair will be held at the Central school gym (811 Stanley St.) on December 14 and 15 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Admission is by donation to the EcoSociety ($2 recommended).

Holiday activities Elf Walk and Santa on Baker Street happen concurrently on Friday, December 6 in the 400-block of Baker Street beginning at 5:30 p.m. Santa will get a lift downtown by Nelson Fire Rescue around 6:30 p.m. and will switch on all the downtown lights before coming inside the Nelson Trading Company to meet with children. Prizes will be handed out for best dressed elf and food and drinks will be served by the Rotary Club.

Silverton hosts its Christmas by the Lake beginning Friday, December 6 from 4 to 8 p.m. and continuing Saturday, December 7 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday, December 8

from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. This traditional European-style Christmas Market will feature a variety of festive events throughout the weekend, including live music, ice sculptures, craft making and an artisans market. A free shuttle service will run between Nelson and Silverton. For all the details see christmasbythelake.ca.

Nelson Community Band presents a Christmas concert and carol sing on Tuesday, December 10 at 7 p.m. at the Baptist Church (611 Fifth Street).

Enjoy a variety of classical and Christmas music and sing some of your favourite carols.

The CP Holiday Train stops in Nelson on December 11 at 6:45 p.m. The brightly decorated train will stop at the Lakeside Park railway crossing and a band will perform in one of the rail cars. The event is a fundraiser for the Salvation Army food bank. Attendees are asked to bring a non-perishable food or cash donation.

Christmas on Baker will be held in the 600-block of Baker Street on Friday, December 13 from 6 to 8 p.m. Hot chocolate and hot dogs will be served to help keep spirits high and fingers warm! Enjoy the live nativity scene and Christmas music.

Carol singing at 7 p.m.

The public is invited to enjoy a Christmas Musical Presentation from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (222 West Richards Street in Rosemont) on Saturday, December 14 at 6:30 p.m. Refreshments will be served after.

Workshops Ellison’s free weekly workshop on Saturday, December 7 from 10 to 11 a.m. is on the topic of “care for your indoor plants” with Kevin Disher. Learn how to have thriving, beautiful blossoms this winter.

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Theatre

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.

Celebrate the holidays at the Capitol Theatre on Friday, December 20 with Nelson Youth Theatre’s gift-to-the-community presentation of Dylan Thomas’ A Child’s Christmas in Wales, featuring 14 youth actors ages seven to 13. Tickets are $15 in advance or by donation at the door (minimum $2) until the seats are filled. Doors open at 7 p.m. for the by-donation ticket buyers and the show starts at 7:30 p.m.

Nelson Nordic Ski Club Membership Drive Friday Dec 6 9:30a-7:30p Saturday Dec 7 9:30a-5:30p At Gerick Cycle & Ski 702 Baker St Nelson email ajpop@netidea.com for more information

Film

Eco-Society and the Civic Theatre present a screening of the documentary Watermark on Thursday, December 5 at 7:30 p.m. From the makers of Manufactured Landscapes this film explores our relationship to water around the globe.

Nelson Civic Theatre weekend movies are All is Lost, starring Robert Redford as a sailor in serious trouble, showing at 7 p.m. on December 6, 8 and 10 and at 9:15 p.m. on December 7, and Last Vegas, about three 60-somethings who throw a bachelor party to remember, showing December 6 and 10 at 9:15 p.m., December 7 at 7 p.m. and December 8 at 1 p.m. Coming December 12 is The Hobbit: the Desolation of Smaug!

ANKORS hosts a free screening and discussion series on Tuesdays at 1 p.m. at the ANKORS drop-in centre (101 Baker Street). On Tuesday, December 10 see United in Anger: A History of ACT UP and on December 17 it’s We Wanted to Show the Unvarnished Truth.

Baldface Lodge presents The Crash Reel at the Nelson Civic Theatre on Thursday, December 12, 7:30 p.m. The film follows US champion snowboarder Kevin Pearce on his journey of rehabilitation after he suffered a traumatic brain injury in 2009.

Visual Arts

Celebrate the launch of Kate Bridger’s new art book The Fabric of Nelson at Touchstones Nelson on Thursday, December 5 from 5 to 7 p.m. The book features 80 original fabric art images created by the author over the past two decades.

The Oxygen Art Centre hosts NorthWest Coast multimedia artist Bracken Hanuse Corlett as Artist in Residence for the month of December. He will give an artist talk on December 5 at 7 p.m., and offer a two-day workshop on December 7 and 14 from 1 to 4 p.m. For info call 250-352-6322.

Booksmyth will host an art opening of new works from Andrea Gardner and Heather Hutchinson on Friday, December 6 from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.. The artwork will be on display in the store throughout the month of December.

Longwalkshortdock returns to Spiritbar on Friday, December 13. Doors open at 10 p.m. Tickets are $15 at the Hume Hotel or ticketweb.ca.

Support Rotary Daybreak Hot Dog Sales from 5:00-8:00 Santa on Baker Elf Walk!

Stickybuds returns to Spiritbar on Friday, December 6. Doors open at 10 p.m. First 100 tickets are $15 at the Hume Hotel or at ticketweb.ca by searching “Hume Hotel”.

Touchstones Nelson has two new exhibits on display. In Gallery A see The Shapes of Place, an exhibit of paintings by David Alexander, and in Gallery B is Powell River artist Meghan Hildebrand’s semi-abstract collection called Restless Fables. Touchstons is open Wednesday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday evenings from 5 to 8 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The ‘80s cover band Val Kilmer and The New Coke will be at Spiritbar on Saturday, December 7 with DJ Terrantino. Tickets are $10 at the door.

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Ananta, Nelson’s trio of sopranos Allison Girvan, Noemi Kiss and Kathleen Neudorf, will be presenting an afternoon concert with guests Rita Deane (guitar) and Philip Sarsons (reader) on December 7 at 2 p.m. at St Saviours Pro-Cathedral. The afternoon concert will feature early carols interspersed with I Ching inspired original poetry. Tickets are $20 adult and $15 for seniors, available at Otter Books.

Nelson Library hosts a Winter Celebration on Tuesday, December 17 at 7 p.m. Nine local readers bring light to the darker days, and good music and food round out this benefit for the Nelson Food Cupboard. Readers include Jane Byers, Jennifer Craig, Linda Crosfield, Anne DeGrace, Ernest Hekkanen, Rita Moir, Mark Nykanen, Cyndi Sand-Eveland, and Tom Wayman. Musician Danielle Corbin provides twinkly piano tunes, and Otter Books will be on hand with a portion of book sales earmarked for the Food Cupboard. Hot apple cider, tea and cookies, and door prizes make this a warm, cozy gathering with a few surprises. Admission is by monetary donation to the Nelson Food Cupboard Society.

Music

Beats at BiBO continues on Thursday, December 5 with DJ Craig Mullin spinning for the dinner crowd. BiBO will also be celebrating its 5th anniversary that night.

Enjoy a great night of delicious food and the unveiling of a new cocktail menu with BiBO and friends! Call 250-352-2744 to reserve a table.

The After Work Dance Party on Friday, December 6 will feature vocalist Laura Landsberg with Clinton Swanson and Friends at Finley’s Irish Pub. Backing saxophonist Clinton Swanson will be Colin Spence on keys, Jesse Lee on bass and Steve Parish on drums. Show time is 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Cover is by donation.

Ellison’s Cafe Acoustic Unplugged Sessions is proud to host Trevor Potts followed by Sally T and Rob Hay on Saturday December 7 from 1 to 3 p.m..

Selkirk Pro-Musica presents Camerata Strings, featuring nine members of the Selkirk Chamber Orchestra performing some of the world’s best-loved string music, on December 9 at 7:30 p.m. at St. Saviour’s Anglican Church.

Tickets are $15 at Otter Books or at the door.

The Tragically Hip’s seminole songwriter Paul Langlois brings his solo tour to Spiritbar on Wednesday, December 11. He’ll be sharing the stage with bandmates Rob Baker, also of the Hip, Jeff Montgomery, and Mauro Sepe. Doors open at 8 p.m. and the show starts around 9 p.m. Tickets are $10 at the Hume Hotel or ticketweb.ca by searching “Hume Hotel”.

Three of Selkirk College’s student bands — Beat ‘n’ Speak, Jam Down and The Gilded Minstrels — will be playing at the Spiritbar on Thursday, December 12 following Top Spin Thursday. Enjoy music from the past six decades that is guaranteed to get you moving.

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Nelson Choral Society’s upcoming concert, Luminous, is a musical celebration of light amidst winter’s darkness. The choral selections include pieces by contemporary composers, as well as older works. Noemi Kiss will be joining the choir as a soloist for two of the pieces. 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.

Moontricks returns to Spiritbar with B-Ron on Friday, December 20. Ticket info at the Hume Hotel.

BC/DC play Spiritbar with Sack Grabbath on Friday, December 21. Doors open at 9 p.m.

Tickets are $15 at the door only.

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!

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Rock ‘n’ Roll Bingo returns to Mike’s Place Pub on Tuesday, December 3. Round up your friends, your bingo dabbers, and good luck troll. Tickets are $2 for one or $5 for three.

December ticket sales benefit the Kootenay Kids Society.

The Royal will be open to the public on December 7 at 6 p.m. Come see what the new managers have done with the place!

Finley’s Irish Pub hosts a rock ‘n’ roll jam night Tuesdays from 8 p.m. to midnight.

Come play live music with Estavan and Malik.

Spiritbar hosts Top Spin Thursdays, a free weekly ping pong tournament with prizes each week. Doors open at 7 p.m. for registration and the tournaments begin at 7:30 p.m. sharp.

All skill levels welcome. Details at facebook. com/topspinthursdays.

Finley’s Irish Pub hosts Karaoke on Wednesday and Sunday nights from 9 p.m. to close.

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Artist encompasses works in new book

The Fabric of Nelson SAM VAN SCHIE Nelson Star Reporter

Like many artists, Kate Bridger draws inspiration from her surroundings.

Since 1994 — when a cross-Canada move from Northern Ontario landed her here in Nelson — those surroundings have been our city streets, heritage homes, lakes and forests. All are things Bridger has spent countless hours in front of her sewing machine stitching from fabric and thread.

Her new art book The Fabric of Nelson is a compilation of more than 80 local scenes she created, each taking an average of 60 hours to complete. She stitched the view from the deck of her Uphill home, old cars spotted at the Queen City Cruise (her favourite annual event), downtown shops and cultural hubs like the Capitol Theatre, and lots and lots of heritage homes.

Looking at the pictures reproduced in the book, it can be difficult to tell they were created with fabric.

Bridger is a master at layering materials of different colours and textures, and shading areas with her sewing machine stitches to create depth in her images.

For the Nelson collection, everything is created by machine — no hand stitching — and she doesn’t add paint or other pigments to the picture, all the colours come from the fabric.

“For me to feel like I’ve created a ‘pure’ piece of art, it all has to be done with only fabric and the sewing machine. That’s the challenge I set for myself,” Bridger explains. “People ask me why I don’t just paint the pictures, but that’s not my art. My art is fabric.”

Bridger learned the technique at a workshop on freestyle sewing back in Ontario. At the time, as a mother of small children, most of the sewing she did was following basic applique patterns, but during the workshop the instructor briefly demonstrated a method of “scribbling” with the sewing machine, which she realized looked a lot like shading with a pencil.

“After that I started experimenting with trying to recreate pictures of places I’d been,” Bridger says.

“It was a lot of trial and error and happy accidents.

Some of my favourite things in the pictures are things I did by accident.”

The move to Nelson provided her with plenty of

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Whatever your business or service, the Nelson Star has you covered Kate Bridger will be signing copies of her art book The Fabric of Nelson on Thursday from 5 to 7 p.m. at Touchstones Nelson. Some of her artwork — including Wintercrisp Morning framed behind her — is also for sale in the gallery’s gift shop.

Sam Van Schie photo inspiration, as well as opportunities to sell her work.

From 1997 to 2006, Bridger ran the Redfern House and Gallery, where she sold home furnishings, gifts and artwork, including some of her own. She is also regularly commissioned to create portraits of people’s homes.

Over the years she’s taken photographs of all her original artwork before it’s sold. These photos are what she used in The Fabric of Nelson. Some of the pictures, snapped before the days of digital cameras, aren’t as crisp as others, but Bridger likes the variation.

“It just shows how long I’ve been doing this and how much technology has changed in that period,” she says.

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Community

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Children and adults alike converged on the Chahko Mika Mall on Saturday to watch the arrival of Santa Claus. The ‘Jolly Elf’ will be at the mall to listen to children’s wish lists throughout December.

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Protect your roof from ice dams this winter Is there ice build up on the edge of your roof this winter? If you haven’t closed the insulation gaps, major damage can be caused to this part of the house by ice damming. This starts with air leakage and it is preventable.

Experts at Decker Home Services tell us that as your heating system produces warm air, it spreads throughout the levels of your house and some of it can escape through the ceiling of the top floor. This air then comes into contact with the inside edge of the roof and, when melting snow falls onto that portion, it can slowly trickle down and freeze. As more ice builds, a dam is created on the edge, and this can cause water to leak into your house.

If any portion of the home is made of wood, water is especially harmful to it. This can cause mold and unwelcome, costly repair bills. If ice damming sounds familiar, it is wise to fix the problem at once.

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Captures essence of the city Continued from Page 11 Alongside many of the picture in the book, Bridger has included some information about the area and what it means to her. In an effort to capture the essence of the city in 72 pages, Bridger stitched nine new images of iconic places and events that she hadn’t immortalized in fabric — including the Kootenay Pride parade, a couple enjoying the view from the Gyro Park lookout, and the burned remains of the Kerr apartment building.

Some of these new works are currently on display at Touchstones Nelson as part of the holiday gift shop. Copies

of the book are also available there.

Touchstones will also be hosting a book launch for The Fabric of Nelson this Thursday, December 5 from 5 to 7 p.m. Bridger will be on hand to sign copies and Re-lish will provide light snacks and refreshments.

The artist sought several local sponsors to help publish the book and would like to acknowledge the support of Nelson and District Chamber of Commerce, Valhalla Pure Realty, Prestige Lakeside Resort, Nelson and District Credit Union, Rel-ish, Snowpack, Dancing Bear Inn, and Touchstones Nelson.

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Protect your roof from ice dams this winter Pop-up shop Melissa Owen of Epiphany Cakes was one of a number of artisans participating in the sixth annual pop-up shop. This shop includes several local artisans and over the years has “popped” up at Bijou hair salon, Lilikoi and the Royal. This holiday season they were at The Nelson Trading Company.

Kirsten Hildebrand photo

Is there ice build up on the edge of your roof this winter? If you haven’t closed the insulation gaps, major damage can be caused to this part of the house by ice damming. This starts with air leakage and it is preventable.

Experts at Decker Home Services tell us that as your heating system produces warm air, it spreads throughout the levels of your house and some of it can escape through the ceiling of the top floor. This air then comes into contact with the inside edge of the roof and, when melting snow falls onto that portion, it can slowly trickle down and freeze. As more ice builds, a dam is created on the edge, and this can cause water to leak into your house.

If any portion of the home is made of wood, water is especially harmful to it. This can cause mold and unwelcome, costly repair bills. If ice damming sounds familiar, it is wise to fix the problem at once.

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Specialized insulation will do it, experts say. Products like the Icynene spray foam prevent air leakage and alleviate cases of ice damming. At the same time, high quality spray insulation increases your home’s energy efficiency, reduces your heating bills and provides a more comfortable indoor environment.

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THINK LOCAL FIRST When you support local business, those businesses in turn support local organizations and causes who depend on local business support for their success. Local businesses provide in-kind donations, cash donations and indispensible contributions to many organizations within our communities. Locally owned businesses build strong neighbourhoods by sustaining communities, linking neighbours and by contributing to local causes.

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“When I look at who sits around the board tables of Nelson’s many non-profit organizations, I see accountants, lawyers, bankers, financial investors and other professionals volunteering their time and expertise.

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So shopping locally does more than just boost retail businesses, because they in turn support business services, and non-profits benefit from the professional people working in town. Whether shopping locally, or volunteering and giving locally, we all benefit.”

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Community

Christmas collisions The Nelson Killjoys roller derby team said farewell to their 24/7 Skate Venue in the old Extra Foods building on Saturday with a Christmas party derby style. How the Killjoys Smashed Christmas was celebrated by raising funds for local charities, giving locals a chance to try out derby and serving up some holiday cheer.

Kirsten Hildebrand photo

Royal hosts garage sale

The Royal hotel is having a garage sale to clean up the basement.

As the basement cleaning was ordered by Nelson Fire Rescue, building owner Luke Menkes decided to put the money raised at the sale towards a firerelated charity. Menkes and Nelson Fire Rescue agreed the BC Firefighters Burn Foundation would be a worthy recipient.

The Burn Foundation provides medical research and treatment to burn victims from across BC. At least six residents from Nelson have benefited from the Burn Foundation. The foundation also runs an outdoor camp for young victims of accidental burns. The Nelson firefighters will be assisting in sending a young burn victim to burn camp this coming summer.

The public is invited to check out the garage sale at The Royal on Saturday, December 7 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Buy a piece of the history of the Royal and or just drop by to make a donation to the BC Firefighters Burn Foundation.

The Royal is located at 330 Baker Street.

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Sports Day in Nelson The fourth RBC Sports Day in Canada was celebrated in Nelson at the NDCC on Saturday.

Local sports clubs such as Glacier Gymnastics, Kootenay Christian Tae Kwon Do, Nelson Curling, Nelson Rhythm Ropers, Can Skate, Whitewater Ski Team, Nordic Ski Team and Squash Nelson were on hand. Kids and adults demonstrated their sport and watched others do the same.

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to Baker Street this Friday, Dec. 6th at 5:30 with a party to remember!

Dig out your finest elf costume and embrace your inner elf for Nelson’s 2nd annual Elf Walk. A brass-band led march will lead the Elf Walk, welcoming Santa to the 400 block of Baker Street where he’ll light up the streets with his Christmas magic. In addition to the best-dressed Elf contest for the younger elves, there will be hot chocolate and cider, sausages, burgers and hotdogs served up by The Rotary Club, and The Rhythm Ropers who will showcase their energetic holiday spirit. Come join the Elf Walk!

5:30pm Event Begins 6:00pm Best-Dressed Elf Contest 6:15pm Elf Walk begins 6:30pm Santa arrives on Baker to light lights

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Locals bounce back after loss to take second game

Leafs earn weekend split

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Neil Murdoch Division TEAM GP W L T OTL P Nelson 27 21 2 1 3 46 Beaver Valley 26 18 6 1 1 38 Castlegar 28 14 10 1 3 32 Grand Forks 25 10 12 2 1 23 Spokane 28 8 17 0 3 19

Eddie Mountain Division TEAM GP W L T OTL P Creston Valley 27 18 9 0 0 36 Kimberley 26 13 12 1 0 27 Fernie 24 11 10 0 3 25 Columbia Valley 28 9 14 3 2 23 Golden 28 7 19 0 2 16

Okanagan/Shuswap Conference

Doug Birks Division TEAM GP W L T OTL P Kamloops 28 23 5 0 0 46 Chase 28 14 12 0 2 30 100 Mile House 29 13 12 0 4 30 Sicamous 27 11 14 0 2 24 Revelstoke 27 7 18 0 2 16

Okanagan Division TEAM GP W L T OTL P Kelowna 29 20 7 0 2 42 Osoyoos 28 16 12 0 0 32 N. Okanagan 26 13 12 0 1 27 Summerland 25 12 11 1 1 26 Princeton 26 7 16 0 3 17

Leaf Stats

PLAYER Travis Wellman Jamie Vlanich Alec Wilkinson Carson Willans Linden Horswill Darnel St. Pierre Aaron Dunlap Cole Arcuri Robson Cramer Brandon Sookro Tyler Garcia Patrick Croome Nolan Percival Blair Andrews Austin Seaman J.J. Beitel Bryce Nielsen

GP 25 22 27 27 20 27 27 27 24 27 26 25 26 26 27 10 5

G 32 15 15 12 8 6 10 3 3 8 7 3 4 1 2 0 1

A 20 36 28 19 18 18 11 16 15 8 6 7 4 7 5 6 4

P 52 51 43 31 26 24 21 19 18 16 13 10 8 8 7 6 5

GOALTENDERS Tyler Moffatt Brad Rebagliati Adam Maida

GP 16 10 4

W-L-T AVG SV% 12-4-0 2.88 .895 7-1-0 3.07 .897 2-0-1 2.84 .889

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You never want to see your team lose, but coach Frank Maida was pleased to see his squad bounce back so quickly.

The Nelson Leafs used oldfashioned hard work on Saturday night to beat the Kelowna Chiefs 4-3 in front of their home fans at the Nelson and District Community Centre (NDCC).

The win was a kind of redemption for the squad after losing their first home game (in regulation time) of the season 4-2 to the North Okanagan Knights on Friday.

“We didn’t have any puck luck on Friday and Saturday we beared down and I thought we buried our chances and played a great game,” said Maida.

Alec Wilkinson was hot on the ice again, scoring a hat trick on Saturday with help from Travis Wellman, Jamie Vlanich and Robson Cramer.

The Leafs scored first early in the game with Wilkinson finding the back of the net.

Nearing the midway point of the period, Cole Arcuri made it 2-0 Leafs from Carson Willans.

But Kelowna would strike back scoring two quick goals.

Jagger Bowles scored and then Adam Beatty scored shortly after to tie the game at two before the end of the first.

Midway through the second, the Chiefs Jordan Salahor got the go-ahead goal for Kelowna and it appeared that the Leafs could lose two in a row at home.

However, Wilkinson evened the score at three.

The teams were still tied going into the third period. The squads appeared destined for overtime as neither side could bulge the twine, but with just over a minute left in the game, Wilkinson scored his third to seal the victory for the home team.

The Leafs dominated the play, out shooting their opponents 40-21.

Friday’s game was the complete opposite with Nelson hav-

The Nelson Leafs earned a split of their weekend games. The local squad lost its first home game of the season (in regulation time) on Friday night when the North Okanagan Knight knocked off the locals 4-2. The following night the Leafs got back on the winning track, out lasting the Kelowna Chiefs 4-3.

Kirsten Hildebrand photo

ing trouble generating any offence and only managing one shot on net in the third.

“It was just puck luck in all zones. We fell behind and we were playing catch up the entire game and probably put a little more pressure on ourselves than we should have.

“We tried to force the play and didn’t get any luck,” said Maida.

The North Okanagan Knights were full credit for the 4-2 win.

The Leafs found the back of the net first as Wellman scored on the power play.

But the Knights kept up good pressure and Tanner Cochrane scored with just under five minutes left in the first.

Cochrane scored again with

1:21 left in the first and then again with just three seconds left in the opener to earn the natural hat trick and give the visitors a 3-1 lead.

The Leafs’ Wilkinson narrowed the margin to 3-2 on a goal at the midway point of the second, but that was as close as Nelson would get.

Blake Culbert made it 4-2 before the end of the second.

The Knights’ defence took over in the third as Nelson barely generated any offence.

Maida said it was a tough loss but, after the game he told the players in the dressing room to simply “bear down, bury our chances and take nothing for granted.”

The advice seems to have worked judging from Satur-

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day’s powerful performance.

Maida said the squad plans to carry the momentum from Saturday’s win into their next home game tonight (December 4) when they take on the Spokane Braves. Puck drops at 7 p.m.

At practice this week, Maida said the team will work on some basics.

“Just some zone coverage, working some things in our zone and some basic hockey.

Just some basics we need to sharpen up on.”

The Leafs are currently tied with the Kamloops Storm at the top of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League standings with a game in hand over the Doug Birks Division team.

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Game On – Kim Palfenier

Plenty of winter activities As snow happy folks are jumping for joy this week others are looking for the indoor kind of action to fend off the winter blues.

Lucky there’s plenty of both types of activities to do in Nelson. q The Nelson Nordic Ski Club is hosting its annual membership drive on Friday, December 6 from 9:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, December from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at Gerick Cycle & Ski. It’s your opportunity to purchase memberships, enroll for the BC Rabbit, Track Attack youth programs and to pick up your ski pass (if purchased during the pre season membership drive).

For those of you still requiring a year sticker for this season membership this is your last opportunity to avoid extra $5 replacement fee.

For a great Christmas gift idea, buy your stocking stuffers of five passes for the price of four (valid for the two weeks of Christmas holidays).

For more info contact info@ nelsonnordicski.ca or www.nelsonnordicski.ca q The Whitewater Ski Team is holding an orientation for parents of new racers on Thursday, December 5 at 7 p.m. in the Community Complex, followed by the AGM at 7:30 p.m.

Registration for the Nancy Greene Ski League is open. “Ski racing for the fun it” is Nancy Greene’s motto and the program welcomes skiers of all ages and

abilities who want to make friends and become excellent skiers.

For more information go to whitewaterskiteam.ca or presidentwh2oskiteam@gmail.ca This program qualifies for KidSport funding. q The Glacier Gymnastics Club is opening for Winter session online registration on December 9 at 8 a.m.

There are programs available for kids ages 18 months and up as well as adult programs.

Visit website at www.glaciergymnastics.com for program information, or contact info@ glaciergymnastics.com or 250352-2227. q The Nelson Squash Club is currently located above The Royal (330 Baker Street). Membership includes a key and online court booking system.

Information on this fast-paced and fun racquetball game and memberships can be purchased at Cowan Office Supplies (517 Victoria Street). q The Kootenay Climbing Association is celebrating several milestones on the path towards a community owned indoor climbing facility in Nelson.

The club’s fall fundraising drive was incredibly successful, with a current total of $72,301.75, heading them over halfway towards their preliminary budget of $120,000.

The local business community,

as well as individuals and climbing families, have shown their support through “Wall Builder” donations ranging from $500 to $10,000.

The project has now proceeded through conceptual design plans and into a detailed engineering phase.

The final gym design, full buildout budget, as well as our much anticipated construction schedule will soon be ready for release, with a plan to be climbing by midwinter.

The KCA would like to remind climbers that it is not too late to get on board and support the project. Currently 75 individuals have contributed $500 or more to be recognized with “Wall Builder” status. Let’s get it to 100! Contact scottjeffreyphotograhy@hotmail. com q Selkirk Mary Hall campus is busy throughout the winter season and is open to students and local public.

Some scheduled activites are: Volleyball on Mondays from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.; basketball on Tuesdays from 6:45 to 8:45 p.m. and Sundays from 3 to 5 p.m.; soccer on Wednesdays from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.; Capoeira Tuesdays run from 7 to 8:30 p.m.; yoga Tuesdays/ Thursdays run from 5 to 6:30 p.m. and bellyfit Mondays/Wednesdays take place from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.

Check for details, fees and schedule by visiting the website at: http://selkirk.ca/event/maryhall-gym-december-schedule.

THANK YOU BUSINESSES Thank You to all the Business that supported our Pee Wee House Tournament and to all the parents, managers, directors and coaches for all their volunteer time, effort and money, if it wasn’t for all the businesses and people mentioned here our kids couldn’t participate in the sport that they love, it takes a whole community to raise a child so thanks for helping raise ours!

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And a huge heartfelt apology to anyone we may have unintentionally forgot to write down.

TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE NELSON BANTAM HOUSE TOURNAMENT DECEMBER 6-8, 2013

Pool 1: Nelson Penticton Vees Trail Smokeaters Kelowna Leafs Castlegar Vikings

Pool 2: Castlegar Penticton Blades GT Blackhawks GT Warriors Grand Forks

GAME 1 • Fri Dec 6 CIVIC GAME 2 • Fri Dec 6 NDCC GAME 3 • Fri Dec 6 CIVIC GAME 4 • Fri Dec 6 CIVIC GAME 5 • Fri Dec 6 NDCC GAME 6 • Fri Dec 6 CIVIC

• 12:00pm - 1:30pm • 1:15pm - 3:00pm • 1:45pm - 3:15pm • 5:30pm - 7:00pm • 6:15pm - 8:00pm • 7:15pm - 8:45pm

• GT Warriors (Home) vs GT Blackhawks (Visiting) • Castlegar Vikings (H) vs Nelson (V) • Kelowna Leafs (H) vs Trail Smokeaters (V) • GT Blackhawks (H) vs Grand Forks (V) • Nelson (H) vs Penticton Vees (V) • Castlegar (H) vs Penticton Blades (V)

GAME 7 • Sat Dec 7 NDCC GAME 8 • Sat Dec 7 NDCC GAME 9 • Sat Dec 7 CIVIC GAME 10 • Sat Dec 7 CIVIC GAME 11 • Sat Dec 7 NDCC GAME 12 • Sat Dec 7 CIVIC GAME 13 • Sat Dec 7 NDCC GAME 14 • Sat Dec 7 CIVIC GAME 15 • Sat Dec 7 NDCC GAME 16 • Sat Dec 7 NDCC

• 7:15am - 8:45am • 9:00am - 10:30am • 9:30am - 11:00am • 11:15pm - 12:45pm • 12:00pm - 1:30pm • 1:00pm - 2:30pm • 1:45pm - 3:15pm • 2:45pm - 4:15pm • 5:45pm - 7:15pm • 7:30pm - 9:00pm

• Trail Smokeaters (H) vs Penticton Vees (V) • Grand Forks (H) vs Castlegar (V) • Penticton Blades (H) vs GT Blackhawks (V) • Castlegar Vikings (H) vs Kelowna Leafs (V) • Nelson (H) vs Trail Smokeaters (V) • Penticton Blades (H) vs GT Warriors (V) • GT Blackhawks (H) vs Castlegar (V) • Penticton Vees (H) vs Castlegar Vikings (V) • GT Warriors (H) vs Grand Forks (V) • Kelowna Leafs (H) vs Nelson (V)

GAME 17 • Sun Dec 8 CIVIC GAME 18 • Sun Dec 8 NDCC GAME 19 • Sun Dec 8 CIVIC GAME 20 • Sun Dec 8 NDCC GAME 21 • Sun Dec 8 NDCC

• 7:15am - 8:45am • Castlegar (H) vs GT Warriors (V) • 7:30am - 9:00am • Grand Forks (H) vs Penticton Blades (V) • 9:00am - 10:30am • Penticton Vees (H) vs Kelowna Leafs (V) • 9:15am - 10:45am • Trail Smokeaters (H) vs Castlegar Vikings (V) • 1:15pm - 2:45pm • 1st in Pool 1 (H) vs 1st in Pool 2 (V)

TROPHIES & ENGRAVING Bantams ready to hit the ice The Nelson Bantam House hockey squad is getting ready to host a 10-team tournament this weekend, December 6 to 8, at both the Nelson and District Community Complex and the Civic Arena. The final is set for Sunday at Submitted photo 1:15 p.m. at the NDCC.

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South Nelson Elementary kids study book

Students from South Nelson Elementary have been learning about the Great Bear Rainforest.

Students get to the bear facts Students at South Nelson Elementary School have been reading the book The Salmon Bears: Giants of the Great Bear Rainforest, by Ian McAllistar and Nicholas Read.

The book was pur-

chased partly through a BCTF and Nelson and District Teachers’ Association social justice grant.

The class set of 30 books, has been circulating Grade 5 to Grade

12 classrooms since last May. The Great Bear Rainforest forms one of the last great wilderness areas on the coast of British Columbia and is home to grizzly, black and spirit

bears. The Salmon Bears explores the delicate balance that exists between the bears and their natural environment.

When applying for the social justice grant, teacher Shannon Lanaway identified the positive impact that takes place when students learn about the rich diversity of the ecosystems existing in BC. Through such education, students are able to make personal connections to their own local environments; feel an ownership to the life that exists in this part of the world; increase their understanding of its value and empowerment through conservation.

Doug Vansickles Grade 4/5 students were given the opportunity during a social studies class to peruse the book.

Students described photographs that had the greatest emotional impact on them and why?

They also read, selected and wrote about what they felt most important to share with their community through their submissions to the Nelson Star.

The following are some of these facts.

When bears go to sleep in the winter they still need to eat. They do this by processing the reserves of fat they build up during the months prior to hibernation. – Ashlynn Bears can run about as fast as 50 km/h. – Alex There probably isn’t a place on earth that hasn’t been disturbed in some way by humans. – Evan The spirit bear isn’t related to the polar bear.

Even though they’re both white, spirit bears are black bears in every way except colour. – Liam Logging our forests can allow roads to be built and those roads are used by poachers and hunters who seek bear for dinner. –Sophie It is illegal to hunt a spirit bear, but is not illegal to hunt a black bear.

Most black bears carry

the same recessive gene that turns a black bear white. A hunter can kill a spirit bear’s parent. – Ravi

Grizzly bears needn’t think twice before swimming across a river or inlet. They are superb swimmers and can swim many kilometers of open ocean if necessary. – Faith

Sport hunters kill grizzly bears legally and poachers kill them illegally, often for their organs which are used in traditional Asian medicine. – Cole

The sounds bears make depend on their moods. When a cub is nursing they produce a continuous motor-like purr almost like a cat.

Mother bears often, “speak” to their cubs in a series of grunts, though what each of these grunts means is a secret kept by bears. Bears also blow air and clack their teeth when they are afraid.

Bear cubs will scream almost like a human when they’re in distress.

– Tiger

Spirit bears come from black bear parents.

– Jane

As well as bears, the Great Bear Rainforest is home to 230 species of birds and 68 mammals, not to mention dozens of reptiles and amphibians and hundreds of insects.

Some of the best known and most recognizable animals such as the cougar, grey wolf and many different types of deer are also there. – Zac

Even though threequarters of all British Columbians are against sport hunting, the government refuses to end it. – Ms. Lanaway

The bears of the Great Bear Rainforest are reportedly in danger.

Trophy hunting, diminishing salmon stocks, habitat loss and oil spills threaten these animals.

For more information about the conservation taking place in the Great Bear Rainforest visit pacificwild.org.

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28 Official symbol 31 Puzzling problem 33 Like a Chihuahua’s ears 37 Solid investment?

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58 Bird on Canada’s dollar coin 59 Hit the road 60 1977 Steely Dan album 61 Burger holder 62 Tower of London loc.

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Community

Large Popcorn, Extra Butter

Become a ‘Theatre Elf’ ANNE DEGRACE Nelson Star contributor

One year ago this week, the Civic Theatre elves — uh, volunteers — were busy sweeping out four years of accumulated dust and debris from the lobby and doing their very best to make things twinkly.

It took some elbow grease, but our elves cheerfully rolled up their sleeves.

We planned to put on the wassail and invite folks to take a look around and, if they became as excited as we were about the potential for Nelson’s Depression-era darling, make a donation towards its revitalization for that year-end charitable tax receipt.

We’ve been blessed with fabulous elves since the get-go at the Civic, and that day things were as twinkly as they could be, considering.

You came, twinkled back, and before long we had enough local support to convince the first of our funders that the Civic was a sound investment.

Folks who came that day came with curiosity, and they came with stories.

Clearly, nostalgia plays big in your support. Recently, Phil Spencer chimed in with his own story about sneaking into the theatre with his brother one Saturday in the 1940s.

“The theatre was full of noisy, rambunctious kids. Leigh and I hid behind the last row of seats and waited for the lights to go off and the movie to start,” he said.

“The noise level rose to a riot pitch and kids were running all over the place with the usherettes also running about. Our dog, Rover, decided to sneak in as well and was running about in search of us.

Needless to say, we were doomed!

Mr. Hughes gave us a tongue-lashing and told us to return when the matinee was over.”

Phil and his brother had to clean the lobby and washrooms — and safe to say they were likely

Josh the Elf knows there’s still work to be done at the Civic. less enthusiastic than our volunteer elves.

But if the Civic was the stuff of good memories in the war years, the best part is that we’re making new memories now.

And there’s no question that enthusiasm for the theatre is higher than ever, with an average audience size of 66 per cent for Catching Fire (25 per cent is considered good by most Canadian theatres).

One year later, we’ve still got the best elves in the world.

We’ve come a long way from that December day, when the seats were still stacked on the stage and the old projector hunkered like a mastodon in that dark booth.

We’re running films and community events all week long in our

Enso Hair Design recently supported the Nelson Civic Theatre with a corporate sponsorship, cutting a cheque for $1,000. Clockwise from top left: Darren Fuss, Roger Ley, Brian Monroe, The “V”, Moxy, Lisel Forst, and Wendy Gold. The Nelson Civic Theatre Society aims to transform the 1936 theatre into a fully digital three-screen community venue.

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fully-digital theatre, thanks to hard work and fabulous community support, from sleeve-rolling to cheque-writing.

We can’t burn out our elves, and we can’t rest on our laurels.

The Civic is open and making memories, but if we want it to stay open for decades to come, we need a multi-purpose, multitheatre venue for flexibility and long-term viability.

Every community dollar leverages funds from granting agencies; currently, the Nelson Civic Theatre Society is working to raise $130,000 to release additional grant funds.

You can be an elf, too! All donations made to the City of Nelson earmarked for the Nelson Civic Theatre Society are eligible for a charitable tax receipt, and donations made before December 31 will figure in your 2013 tax return.

How twinkly is that?

Okay, twinkly tax receipts are a stretch, but the Nelson Civic Theatre as a community project is twinkly in the best possible way: by building community, providing entertainment for all ages, and keeping Nelson vibrant.

And by being a place where good memories are born — and elves rule.

— Anne DeGrace is the past president of the Nelson Civic Theatre Society.

Her column runs every two weeks. If you have a Civic Theatre memory to share please email anne@civictheatre.ca.

Find out about movies at www.civictheatre.ca

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Kootenay Kids Society (KKS) would like to acknowledge and thank the many local and area businesses who so generously donated items for our Casino Royale fundraiser.

• A3 Plumbing and Heating • Capitol Theatre • Chewelah Casino • CIBC Wood Gundy • Civic Theatre • Couer d’Alene Casino and Resort • Cottons Clothing Company • Cottonwood Kitchens • Cydneys • Floyd’s Electronic World • Glacier Honda • Habits • Harrop-Procter Forest Products • Hippersons Hardware • Hume Hotel • MainJet Motorsports • Maglio Building Centre • Midas Brake and Muffler Nelson • Mountain Baby • Mountain FM/The Bridge • Natural Choice Pharmacy • Nelson Brewing Company

• Nelson Chamber of Commerce • Nelson Credit Union • Nelson & District Community Complex • Nelson Farmer’s Supply • Nelson Star • Nelson Toyota • Otter Books • Pharmasave • Real Canadian Wholesale Club • RHC Insurance Castlegar • Ric’s Grill • ROAM • Safeway Nelson • Sage Tapas Bar • St. Eugene Resort and Casino • Save On Foods Nelson • Sears Nelson • West Arm Outdoors Club • Whitewater Ski Resort • Yule Anderson Accounting

Special thanks go to Don and Rena Webb, Cadyshack Promotions, the No More Madness band members, the Prestige Lakeside Resort, all the volunteers, our Master of Ceremonies, the Bond impersonators and KKS staff and Board members, whose collective efforts made the evening a success. If we inadvertently missed you, please accept our gratitude and apologies.

KKS provides essential support to children and parents in need of assistance.

A small donation (tax deductible) at anytime provides food, transportation and support services for those most vulnerable. Please consider donating generously now. Thank you!

Nelson Ready-Mix received an award for achieving the best five-year safety record in the industry from 2007 Submitted photo through 2012.

Nelson Ready Mix receives top award

Earns best safety record Tony Maida, operations manager of Nelson Ready-Mix, and members of the Nelson Ready Mix team gathered last Tuesday to celebrate the Performance Award the company received from the BC Ready Mix Concrete Association for achieving the best fiveyear safety record in the industry from 2007 through 2012.

The award, co-sponsored by the BC Ready Mix Concrete Association (BCRMCA) and the BC Construction Safety Alliance (BCCSA), was presented to Orlan-

do Dias at the BCRMCA’s Annual General Meeting and Convention in Nanaimo this past weekend. The award recognizes Nelson’s efforts to achieve the best five-year safety record with no lost time accidents.

“Our whole Nelson Ready Mix team is pleased and proud of this achievement. It is a result of our hard work and continuous focus on implementing and improving our safe work practices at all times and everywhere in our operation,” said Maida.

“Safety is always our top prior-

ity — for everyone on our team — as we pursue our goal of zero accidents. Since 2005, NRM has worked over 208,000 hours without a lost time accident.”

The awards, in their seventh year, were established by BCRMCA and the BC Construction Safety Alliance (originally the Construction Safety Network), to recognize leaders in the industry and encourage all members to promote excellence in safety practices, procedures, behaviours and attitudes.

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u o y k Than for supporting the fresh, pure taste of local milk from BC cows for the past 100 years.

Look for our fresh pure taste in your local retail stores.

stay alert. slow down. stay in control.

Prevention is better than recovery. Drive safe this season by having your vehicle ready for winter driving. Have four matching winter tires, give yourself extra travelling time, wear your seatbelt, and pack an emergency kit. Accidents happen when you least expect it.

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2014 WEDDING MAGAZINE

WEST KOOTENAY BRIDE

COMING SOON!

DON’T MISS BEING A PART OF THIS FIRST ISSUE.

February 2014

A Movember to remember The Nelson professional firefighters and their team — called local 1343 Mo Bro’s — sacrificed their faces by growing moustaches for the month of November in order to raise funds and awareness for men’s health.

Movember is an international campaign focused on awareness and education, living with and beyond cancer, staying mentally healthy, living with and beyond mental illness and research. Programs in these areas help to achieve the vision of an everlasting impact on the face of men’s health. The team raised $1,735 and want to thank everyone for their generous donations towards a great cause Submitted photo

For information on how you can be a part of this new publication contact: KIOMI TUCKER publications@westkootenayadvertiser.com (250) 352-1890

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Welcome to the neighbourhood.

Enjoy walkable access to all downtown amenities including the new Kootenay Co-op and BC Wine Guys right downstairs! And of course the Civic Theatre, Recreation Complex and Baker Street shops are your new neighbours.

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Display suite decorated by Kootenai Moon Home.

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