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n 1909, then-fire chief Donald Guthrie pleaded with city council for a new hall to replace the one at the corner of Victoria and Josephine streets built 15 years earlier, which he described as “poorly located, unsanitary, and delapidated.� He got his wish but it took until June 1912 to approve the funds.

The new hall was designed in Italiante Villa style by city engineer G.C. Mackay and built by contractors John Burns and Son for $17,973 (over $367,000 today). It came in under budget but slightly behind schedule due to boiler problems.

According to Nelson: A Proposal for Urban Heritage Conservation, the location was initially dismissed by citizens as too far from the city’s core, but it proved a wise decision given the growing Uphill residential district and proximity of several schools.

The original floor plan showed the basement with a coal room, boiler room, and battery room that powered the alarm system.

The second floor had accommodation for the chief and ten firefighters and the ground floor had room for two wagons and five horses — two teams and a spare — plus a grain bin and hay room.

“The fire hall basically was a stable for horses as opposed to a garage for trucks,� says current chief Simon Grypma. “Instead of waxing fire engines they would have been feeding, brushing, and washing the horses and checking their hooves instead of air pressure in the tires.�

When a call came in, “Residents were amazed and awestruck by the precision training and general intelligence of the horses,� according to an anonymous account compiled in the 1950s.

As the gong sounded, the

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For Joscelyn Harris, the seed for what would become the Bite food truck came from a family tradition.

Harris and her sister — who started the truck

in 2004 – grew up visiting the French fry truck parked under Sarnia, Ontario’s Blue Water Bridge.

The two girls would sit with their fries and watch the freights go by.

The Bite truck became Nelson’s first recognizable food truck, starting a growing trend.

While Nelson may only have a handful of food trucks — including the

ood cart watchers in Portland have a hard time documenting their emergence. Some can trace their existence back to the 1970s, but former City of Portland bureau of planning employee — and unofficial food cart spokeswoman Alma Flores — said they really exploded following the 2008 recession. “I think the current evolution of it, where you see them everywhere, mostly in private lots, would have begun about five years ago at the climax of the recession when it was rearing its ugly head,� she said. “That’s where we really saw the growth of it peak.�

Even though Flores now works for the City of Beaverton — seven miles from Portland — as their economic development manager, she has become something of an expert on the movement, the economics and the social impacts of the trend.

It is estimated there are somewhere between 400 and 600 food carts in the City of Portland.

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n May 20, 1913, the Nelson Fire Department moved into its new headquarters at the corner of Ward and Latimer streets, a brick building then considered the most modern of its kind.

A century later, the department is still there, in what’s now BC’s oldest operating fire hall — no one disputes the title which was recently affirmed during a meeting of provincial fire chiefs in Nelson.

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A killer fungus is sweeping westward and threatens to take a heavy toll on bat populations in BC. With so much at stake, local biologist Cori Lausen is leading the charge with other locals to do everything possible to protect and assist a mammal that is still misunderstood

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that are facing extreme challenges as a species.

The Queen Victoria Mine above Beasley is a popular roosting spot in the summer and in winter, the largest most diverse hibernaculum in the province, says bat biologist Cori Lausen. “There are thousands of aban-

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well known abandoned mine was gated this week to protect a critical hibernation zone for bats

doned mines in the area but none have nearly the diversity,� she says, explaining the cavelike nature of the mine makes it more attractive to bats.

Lausen has been researching Queen Victoria Mine area and its inhabitants. She explains when humans enter a roost such as this mine, they may unknowingly track in spores of the deadly White Nose Syndrome fungus that kills bats while they hibernate.

Discovered in 2006, the fungus has yet to be found in BC, but it’s quickly spreading across North America with virtually no bats left in areas of the Eastern North America — up to a 90 per cent death rate with more than 6 million bat deaths. “Every year we find out something new,� Lausen says. “It’s a race against the clock. We’re going to have so few bats when White Nose hits.� “We stand the most to lose,� she says. “We don’t know how it’s going to impact the west, but the predictions are dire.�

Of the 16 species of bats found in BC, seven have been found

During the early days of the Cold War it seemed like the world might end with the push of a button. Even in the remote rural British Columbia mountains, the threat of atomic annihilation was taken seriously and a bomb-proof underground bunker built in downtown Nelson to protect community leaders. Few have seen it — until now

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roosting at the mine.

During summer, they pop in and out as they feed using the cavern a rendezvous point, old drilling holes in the mine being particularly attractive to some.

Three species have been found overwintering: the Silver-Haired Bat, Californian Myotis and Townsend’s Big-Eared Bat. While in hibernation, bats are much more sensitive. They don’t feed in the winter so have to keep their body temperature and breathing rates very low to conserve fat stores. Noise, light and physical

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ome 50-odd years after it was built, a Cold War-era bunker in the basement of the Gray Building opened to the public for the first time Saturday as part of a Touchstones Nelson fundraiser.

The large, well-lit space was intended as a fallout shelter where officials could hunker down in case of atomic war or other crisis, but never used.

It was one of more than 50 so-called Diefenbunkers across Canada, nicknamed after Prime Minister John Diefenbaker, who authorized their construction.

Nelson’s was called a zonal emergency government headquarters, one of five in BC built in the basements of existing buildings. (There’s some debate whether the latter can be called Diefenbunkers. While commonly referred to that way, they were under the auspices of local civil defence committees, not the federal government.)

One person guaranteed a spot in the bunker in an emergency was Alan Ramsden, then manager of the local radio station, who was expected to broadcast information to

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the public. He saw the facility once shortly after it was built, but has never been back. “There was a preliminary tour for a few of us who were going to be assigned to go there,� he says. “There would be the mayor, of course, and the government agent. But nobody’s family, so a lot of us might have refused.�

As the next closest bunker was in Kamloops, officials from Trail and other Kootenay centres would have also stayed there, Ramsden says. He figures it could have accommodated about 20 people for at least a month. But he was sworn to secrecy about its

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Martin and Pam Oets bought an electric Smart car, despite the current lack of public charging stations in the area. They hope West Kootenay cities will soon follow the rest of the province in becoming part of the “Green Highway� by adding enough charging station for electric car users to roam between regions.

Sam Van Schie photo the car in overnight to have it ready for the day’s outings. Usually public charging stations are higher voltage and can have the battery ready for the road in 20 minutes to an hour.

The car can go 140 km on a single charge, but that’s in ideal conditions when there’s no head wind or tricky driving conditions and only one person riding in it. “In reality, on Kootenay streets, we only expect to go about 100 km between charges,� Martin said.

It’s enough for them to make trips into town and back no problem, but trying to make a round trip to Castlegar would be a gamble — at least for now.

“We’re hopeful that the cities in this area will get chargers and eventually we’ll be able to go anywhere in our car,�

Pam said.

Last winter the province announced a plan to link BC into the West Coast Green Highway, which means adding fast charging stations for electric cars every 60 to 80 kilometres along major routes heading towards the US border, where they join into a network continuing all the way to California.

Installations are happening throughout Vancouver Island, the lower mainland, Fraser Valley and Okanagan.

There are also government incentives available to electric car buyers.

The Oetses received a $5,000 rebate on their car and $500 off the charging system. All told the vehicle cost them around $26,000 after taxes.

They knew they were taking a risk when they bought it, but they wanted to encourage the proliferation of the technology. They’ve visited places like Amsterdam where electric cars and charging stations are everywhere and believe it’s time our country got with the times. “It’s easy for governments to say they don’t need to invest in electric car charging stations because nobody drives an electric car. Now we have one Continued on Page 3

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Seeing the museum move from Fairview to its current location, “in that beautiful old building right in the centre of town,� was a rewarding experience for Arnesen. “It’s now where everyone can access it,� she said. “It needed many volunteers and still needs volunteers to run.�

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Smook said his company, a marketer of aviation fuel in Western Canada, currently has about two dozen specialists at the site of the spill. “The safety of the public and the environment is a paramount concern to us here at Executive Flight,�

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CAPITOL AMBITION More than 65 years ago Japanese Canadians were forcibly removed from their homes on British Columbia’s coast and brought to internment camps in places like the Slocan Valley during the height of the Second World War. Today those who lived through the ordeal tell stories of struggle, sadness, and forgiveness. Here’s one such tale...

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ongtime Nelson resident Yosh Tagami mi remembers working for 25 cents an n hour building internment shacks on the Popoff farm near Slocan City. He was 17 and his family would soon move intoo one of those houses, which measured 14 x 25 feet. “The first winter was cold with four feet of snow, and icicles formed inside so we put cardboard from boxes on the walls,� he says.

There was no insulation beyond paper and shiplap, and no indoor plumbing.

Wooden bunk beds lay at either end of the house with a kitchen in the middle.

They used a wood stove for cooking and heating. “Rice was rationed and we made green LEFT: The alfalfa gutted Capitol during its had reconstruction, RIGHT: Patrick Saintsbury (right) and Bob Inwood (left) during the fundraising phase of the incredible underarden 1985. tea from leaves,Theatre � he says. “We a garden and also taking that turned the abandoned theatre into the epicentre of culture Saintsbury played a key role in the project. Nelson Daily News photos, courtesy Touchstones Nelson s from the bought vegetables Douk-in Nelson.

ABOVE —Even horse driven camee inleading horse-driven It opened in 1927 as hobors one ofwho Nelson’s lights, but byWorld the early before War II,1980s the Capitol Theatre had become a derelict wagons.�

Japanese eyesore in the downtown onnow the85,brink of destruction.

As Canadians the city’s cultural centrepiece gets set to celebrate the Tagami, was born at like Yosh Tagami Bay onthe Vancouver Island upwere 25th anniversary of Genoa its rebirth, Star catches withďŹ ngerprinted one of the forgotten driving forces behind its resurgence and raised at Paldi, a sawmill and photographed A drama teacher who being skeptics into believers with restoration, the Star traces its long community near Duncan.

He GREG NESTEROFF for identity cards road back from oblivion. smitten his boundless enthusiasm. Then had fourcame brothers and with two the Art Deco Nelson Star Reporter when they turned 16. landmark the earlya1980s, he just as his dream was becoming sisters. Their fatherinJirosaku, RIGHT —reality, Thou- he was forced to leave it atrick Saintsbury was A CAPITOL IDEA got the when others millwright, wasproject injuredgoing in a fall sands of behind. internees he Capitol’s early history just one in a long line said the building should His contribution to savand unable to work, so the sons be sold were senting to the Slocan is oft told: Nelson contracof people who champidemolished.

Earlier efforts theatre was critical yet began or logging as teenagers. en-well remembered as it tor A.H. Green built the oned the Capitol Thefailed for lack of funding — City fix- where it’sthey not as atre’s restoration, but ing a leaky theatre from the dured silent primitive shouldliving be.

Story continues toor cheapconditions. it was his vision that ultimately film era wasn’t easy — As the Capitol prepares to celStory continues to ‘Tagami’ on Page 3 (Tak Toyota photo) succeeded. but Saintsbury persevered, turnebrate the 25th anniversary of its ‘Something’ on Page 16

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It’s been a dramatic few days in the West Kootenay with heavy rains causing slides, washouts, closing roads and bridges, leaving people isolated and damaging homes. But it seems conditions are settling down, according to Bill Macpherson, information officer with the Regional District of Central Kootenay. “Barring any unexpected heavy rains, which are not forecasted, everything should slowly return to normal,� he said Saturday morning.

The regional district activated its emergency operations centre Thursday with flooding mostly a concern in and around Kaslo. It was deactivated Friday night.

The forecast for the next few days includes showers, but heavy downpours like those falling last week are not expected. Most water systems in the region have peaked and are slowly dropping.

In the most dramatic incident, a double-wide trailer on Hamill Creek north of Argenta floated downstream and another home was eroded at its foundation. Although no people were in the trailer when the bank gave way, Macpherson said there may have been some pets.

The other home is on the edge of the creek. Assessments have to be done to figure out if it’s possible to shore it up, Macpherson said.

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TOP — The flow on Hamill Creek north of Argenta ripped apart a bridge.

RIGHT — Damage at Schroeder Creek near Kaslo included a motorhome that fell into the creek.

and one resident was evacuated to the north side. Power lines were in the creek.

The bridge led to five homes and Glacier Creek regional park on Duncan Lake, where an unknown number of campers were staying.

The park is now inaccessible and has been closed. Parks supervisor Cary Gaynor said in a news release it could be several weeks or longer before it reopens.

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The Kootenay Star, a miniature version of Kootenay Lake’s historic sternwheelers, was designed and built by Dave May. Launched last year, it’s now ready for further testing and interior finishing. The boat is 48 feet (14.4 metres) long, 12 feet (three metres) wide, about 12 feet tall, and seats a dozen. Its hydraulic system is driven by diesel motor.

May designed the boat in honour of his father, uncle, and all others who worked on the lake ferry system. “As a young person, I spent many memorable hours travelling on the Anscomb with my father, the mate, and my uncle, who was captain,� he says.

His family moved to Balfour after World War II and first lived near Fraser’s Landing, where the SS Nasookin ferried cars across the lake to Gray Creek. His relatives worked aboard the Anscomb, MV Balfour, and occasionally the SS Moyie — now a museum at Kaslo — when the Anscomb was out of service.

May picked up nautical knowledge from his father and for a few years sold newspapers at Kootenay Bay, resulting in many trips on the Anscomb. “At Balfour, we experienced the daily movements of the SS Moyie, which we took for granted,� May says. “We thought it would be there forever.�

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1920s. Soon after her birth in 1928, such as the Overture Concert SoThere was no insulation beyond paper KIRSTEN HILDEBRAND the family moved to Third Street in ciety, United Church, Touchstones and shiplap, and no indoor plumbing.

Nelson Star Reporter where Arnesen and her Museum, West Kootenay Music Wooden bunk beds lay at either endFairview, of ameda kitchen the Knights elder sister (well known in Trail as Festival and University Women’s the house with in the of middle.

Club, as a founding member durof Muriel They used aColumbus’ wood stoveCitizen for cooking and Griffiths) were raised.

The Citizen of the Year raised ing August 1967. heating. the Year for 2012, Lois Arnesen most her own family of three children in “I have been a part of that orga“Rice was rationedisand we well made green known foralfalfa her 21-year with and has several arden tea from leaves,service � he says. “We Nelson had a garden and also grandchil- nization since the beginning and Welcome Wagon. As hostess, she dren born andthe raised here as well. really enjoyed it so much and have bought vegetabless from DoukABOVE made —Even happily greeted Nelson’s newest ar- Recently, one of her granddaughso many wonderful friends,� driven hobors who camee in horse horse-driven before World War“And II, now that I am oldrivals with nothing but kind words ters had twins making for three she says. wagons.� great-grandchildren. A familyJapanese about her community. tree er, Canadians it’s so nice to meet the younger Tagami, now 85, was born at like Yosh Tagami Easily able to brag up her city, with roots deep in the community people too.�

Genoa Bay on Vancouver Island Arnesen is humbled by the honour Connecting with people through bonds her to this place. were ďŹ ngerprinted and raised“Iatam Paldi, sawmill aboutand bestowed on her. service is part of what motivates verya passionate myphotographed Duncan.

He “I think town, � she said. the cards woman who sincerely values “I was overwhelmed when community I got little near forit’s identity had four brothers and twotown to raise a wonderful little a they theturned many 16. friendships made over the phone call saying I’d been chowhen sisters.family.

Their father a happy I haveJirosaku, been very to — theThouyears. sen,� she said. “There are so many RIGHT millwright, wasit injured in aI can fall as others people who volunteer in Nelson support in any way Although Arnesen took music sands of internees to work, and contribute to the town, I feltand it unable so often do.� so the sons were sent andtodancing Slocan lessons, she does not as teenagers.

In addition to her long service consider herself a musician. The was an honour to be chosen.� began logging City where they enArnesen is a life-long Nelson res- with the Welcome Wagon, Arnesen audience is her place, she said, dured primitive living ident. Her parents, Bert and Jeanne has contributed years whether it is a music festival or Story continues to of volunteer conditions.

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Nasookin was yesterday launched “The first winter was cold with four feet of snow, and icicles formed inside so we at the Fairview shipyards.� put cardboard from boxes on the walls,�

- Nelson Daily News, May 1, 1913 Thesays. packed SS Nasookin on its maiden voyage on Kootenay Lake in May of 2013. photo courtesy Touchstones Nelson he There was no insulation beyond paper ers built the wooden superstrucnay Lake sternwheeler with four and shiplap, and no indoor plumbing. QUEEN OF THE LAKE GREG NESTEROFF ture under master builder James decks. The bottom level had a Wooden beds lay at either end of The Nasookin was part of the Nelson Star bunk Reporter Bulger. large freight area, galley, pantry, CPR’s plans to bolster tourism in the house with a kitchen in the middle. t’s aabig boatstove withfor a long refrigerator, express room, and West Kootenay. Unfortunately, They used wood cooking and crew’s quarters. The lower cabin the First World War derailed heating.history. deck included a men’s smoking Th e SS Nasookin, which those plans, but already “Rice was rationed and we made green room, carpeted ladies salon, kissed Kootenay a magnifi centand hotel had arden tea fromfirst alfalfa leaves, � he says. “We had a garden also and long dining room that Lake a century agobought Tues- vegetables openeds at Balfour and an from the Doukseated 48. day, was the largest hobors and who equally cent ship, theABOVE —Even in horse driven cameemagnifi horse-driven before World War II, The upper cabin or balcony grandest sternwheeler ever to ply wagons.� Bonnington, was sailing the Japanese Canadians deck had men’s and women’s BC’s inland waters, although its Arrow Lakes.

Tagami, now 85, was born at observation rooms, furnished heyday as flagship of the CanaTh eVancouver Nasookin was very like Yosh Tagami Genoa Bay on Island in heavy oak and wicker dian Pacific Railway’s Lake and similar, but not identical to were ďŹ ngerprinted at Paldi, a sawmill respectively. Both had large River Service lasted less thanand 20 raised the Bonnington, and cost and photographed community near Duncan. plate glass windows. The years. either $161,000 or He $200,000 for identity cards brothers andtotwo staterooms opened onto a Later, it was converted to a had car four($3.3 million $4.1 million when they turned 16. sisters. today), Their father Jirosaku, a ictbalcony that overlooked the ferry and later still portions were depending on confl RIGHT — Thouwas injured in a fall sands of internees dining room. used as a gift shop, bathhouse,millwright, ing accounts. and unable work, so the sonswonwere sent to Slocan The Texas deck, one and finally a private home. Telling Anto Ontario company logging as teenagers. level higher, had more statethe Nasookin’s entire story in a beganthe contract to build the hull,City where they enrooms, a narrow social hall, few hundred words isn’t easy, so which was assembled at the dured primitive living we’ve divided it into two installThe NaFairview shipyards,tobased onconditions. a Story continues ments, beginning with its worksookin is instantly recognizable in Story continues to design by on CPR superintendent ‘Tagami’ Page 3 (Tak Toyota photo) ing career. photographs as the only Koote‘Nasookin’ on Page 12 Capt. John C. Gore. Local work-

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Fallout from a fuel spill Year in Review compiled by Greg Nesteroff

he stage for the year’s biggest news story was set when a moderatesize forest fire broke out on Perry Ridge in an otherwise quiet year for backcountry blazes.

Though no structures were threatened, a plume of smoke was visible from downtown Winlaw, and crews attacked from the air.

On the afternoon of July 26, a tanker truck carrying 35,000 litres of A1 jet fuel intended for a helicopter staging area at Lemon Creek took a wrong turn onto a forestry road — although why remains a source of debate.

A few kilometres up the road the driver realized his mistake and turned around. But for some reason — this part is also murky — the truck tipped into the creek and its punctured tank spilled all but 2,000 litres of its load.

The driver, who was not badly injured, ran out to the highway for help where Ed and Del Roshinksy picked him up. He said he’d been given the wrong directions.

“He was pretty shook up,” Del told 103.5 The Bridge. “He said he put his truck in the creek up on its roof. We didn’t realize it was a big tanker... He just said ‘I could have been dead.’“ It was a few hours before emergency officials knew what they were dealing with, and by then the damage was done: the fuel had already entered the Slocan River and was floating downstream toward the Kootenay River, leaving a strong stench.

A state of emergency was declared and the provincial medical health officer issued an evacuation order which initially affected 800 Slocan Valley homes and was later expanded to cover 2,500.

Highway 6 was closed and volunteer firefighters went door-to-door overnight telling residents to leave. While it’s not clear how many actually did, about 360 showed up at reception centres in Nelson, including Krestova resident Carolyn McTaggart, woken at 3 a.m. along with her visiting sister and five nieces and nephews.

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An Executive Flight Centre tanker truck took a wrong turn in July and flipped into Lemon Creek, Kevin Kinsella photo spilling 33,000 litres of A1 jet fuel.

She brought her dog and guinea pig, but Consulting firm Quantum Murray was left her turtles and two horses behind, mak- hired and soon had a small army placing ing her uneasy. “There are toxic fumes and containment booms and skimming fuel into horses are extremely susceptible,” she said, a vaccum truck, while another firm, SNC adding she was trying to stay calm.

Lavalin, began collecting water samples as The evacuation order was lifted the next well as dead fish and wildlife for analysis. day, but those returning home were under Watering stations were set up for resiInterior Health orders not to drink, swim in, dents in Crescent Valley, Winlaw, Passmore or otherwise use water from Lemon Creek, and Lemon Creek — although the one at the Slocan River, or Kootenay River.

Crescent Valley was removed after being By that afternoon, a two-to-three kilo- vandalized twice — and a “resiliency cenmetre plume, 30 to 50 metres was above tre” was established at Winlaw providing the Brilliant dam and dead fish were pop- washrooms, showers, and access to disaster ping up. relief personnel.

“It’s a terrible day for the Slocan River,” One resident said it was a nice gesture, said Sarosha Stockton, an angler who posted but wasn’t what they needed most. a video of the immediate impact online.

“I don’t want to diminish it, but if they Interior Health’s Dr. Trevor Corbeil es- wanted to help us, our health should be timated about 40 people showed up at lo- monitored and finances made available cal emergency rooms and private clinics to compensate us, because [the spill] was complaining of “minor sore throats and skin human-caused,” Michael Kaye said. “The irritations related to the fuel spill.” community wants hands-on help with their The spilled tanker truck belonged to Cal- yards and animals that are badly affected.” gary-based Executive Flight Centre. Senior Frustrations often boiled over at a packed vice-president Wayne Smook promised to public meeting in Winlaw a few days after clean the spill up. “We want to apologize to the spill — half the crowd stood outside the residents of the area and we’re working listening to loudspeakers. hard to bring this incident to a successful Resident Jane Flotron, who owns a small conclusion as quickly and safely as possible,” he said.

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In the fall of 2012, the City of Nelson, which owns the building, granted a non-profit society the chance to see if it could do what the private sector could not — turn the empty Civic into a functioning moviehouse again.

Despite many challenges, they succeeded. The floor was sanded and painted, 250 seats were installed at the front of the auditorium, and with much difficulty, a 35 mm copy of the James Bond film Skyfall was found and screened on February 22 — the first movie in the old theatre in nearly 2½ years.

The Civic hosted a sold-out gala that included people dressing up as Bond characters greeted by screaming paparazzi on a red carpet. People also lined up down the street to get into the regular Saturday screening, and folding chairs were put out after all the plush seats were full.

“It absolutely showed that people want their movie theatre back,” said the society’s Roger Ley. But it was clear a digital projector would be needed to keep the enterprise afloat, as many studios refuse to ship reels anymore. They aren’t cheap.

So the society launched an ambitious campaign to raise $150,000, which would also pay for a new surround sound system. An anonymous donor kicked things off with a $60,000 donation to add to $15,000 previously collected.

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A community challenge was issued to come up with the rest

by May 1. The response was heartening but with two weeks left, the society was still $30,000 short. They needn’t have worried. The total, Ley informed a crowd of supporters outside the theatre, was $181,425 — $30,000 more than needed.

Part of that beefed-up figure was thanks to the Hume Hotel Group, who offered to match every dollar the group exceeded its goal by up to $5,000 and a second anonymous donor who matched what the Hume put in.

The extra $31,000 raised in the final three days went toward lobby and bathroom renovations.

The Civic’s final 35 mm movie, My American Cousin, screened on May 25, and the

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first digital film with the new projector was Star Trek: Into Darkness on June 14 — another gala event with lots of costumes.

While the theatre was only open one weekend a month at first, following digitization it expanded to five days a week.

There have been many more full houses since, incuding for first-run showings of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug.

For those skeptical about the value of resurrecting a movie theatre in the days of Netflix, DVDs, and giant home entertainment systems, Jocelyn Carver put things in perspective in a letter to the Star: “For the first time, my 13-year-old daughter went to a movie with a

couple of her teenage friends on their own, amongst neighbours and acquaintances. She had an incredible, memorable time.”

Leading up to the society’s annual general meeting in September, it looked as though it might be a victim of its own success, for the constitution required 10 per cent of the membership to make a quorum. There were by now more than 2,000 members, and they needed 212 to show up. Not a problem — close to 300 people came. (They amended the bylaw.)

The society still plans to add two more screens by early 2015.

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Physician shortage continues to cause closures

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aslo finds itself in the same position as this time last year: having been granted a last-minute reprieve in the reduction of its emergency room hours.

The year began on a promising note, as the health authority pledged to work with the community on its physician shortage and to find a health care model everyone could live with.

The health centre is funded for two full-time equivalent physicians, which is divided into four half-time positions. But in March, Dr. Linda Johannson and Dr. Denis Thibodeau posted letters at the health centre telling patients they would be leaving.

“You are likely aware of the difficulties that the physician team has had here trying to maintain services in the clinic and the emergency room,” Dr. Johannson wrote. “These difficulties have progressed to a point where I feel I can no longer provide safe, appropriate care to my patients and [Interior Health] has elected not to renew my contract for services.”

Thibodeau didn’t specifically point to the issue of emergency room coverage, instead citing his decision to open a private clinic. Interior Health did fill one vacancy, but that didn’t change the ongoing staffing shortages at the emergency room, which closed temporarily about 40 times.

In September, residents rallied in support of their facility and held a packed meeting to discuss a report by a Nova Scotia physician exploring the state of emergency care in Kaslo, which suggested services be maintained with remote physicians supported by a nurse practitioner.

About 100 people attended a protest rally on a mid-September morning in Kaslo. Gathered around the Doctors Please sign are Hartech Automotive owner Ken Hart; Kaslo Hotel owner John Eckland; retired public health nurse Liz Ross; and Erwin Ammon (centre, above sign).

Tyler Dobie photo Dr. John Ross also recommended community involvement in the recruitment process. “Problems relate mostly to process, staffing, communication, relationships, organization, and innovation challenges,” he wrote. “These can all be addressed and resolved.”

Residents were disappointed Interior Health didn’t embrace the report’s findings and instead announced the emergency room would be reduced to parttime hours as suggested a year earlier. Things deteriorated to the point that village council passed a motion of non-confidence in Interior Health’s senior management.

Mayor Greg Lay said a year of working with the health authority to solve the doctor shortage produced no results: “Interior Health came back to us with nothing. No change in ambulance service, no change in paramedics, no change in nurse practitioners, no change in con-

tracts for physicians,” he said.

The local Chamber of Commerce also worried the looming cuts would affect the community’s economy.

The health authority finally dropped the bomb last month: it announced that as of January 6, Victorian Community Health Centre’s emergency department will only be open Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Anyone needing help outside those hours will have to go to Nelson.

“We firmly believe consistent, daytime hours of service will help us resolve our ongoing physician recruitment challenges,” Interior Health vicepresident Andrew Neuner told village council. “Once we have a stable pool of physicians in place we can build the foundation for a strong, robust primary care centre.”

Residents, however, didn’t buy it — about 200 of them gathered outside the meeting

for a candlelight vigil to lament the loss of their ER services.

“We’ve known it was coming. We’ve been trying to stave it off but to no avail,” said Maggie Winters, part of the Kaslo and area health care working group.

But just before Christmas, Interior Health announced it was putting the changes on hold until April 1 while it considered a proposal by a group of physicians to work on a fee-forservice model. Although further service interruptions are expected, the health authority says 24/7 coverage will continue for now.

“More discussions are needed to see if we have found an answer to the long-standing staffing challenges, and we felt it was important to hold off on any permanent changes to see if there is an alternative solution,” said Dr. Michael Purdon, executive medical director of community and residential services.

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o sooner did the local recreation commission ask for a structural assessment on Nelson‘s aquatic centre than the ceiling fell in — literally.

On January 28, a 16' x 4' section of tiles dropped from the false ceiling during an aquafit class. Portions landed in the water and part on the deck, but no one was hurt and it caused no damage on the ground. Faulty t-bar supports were blamed.

Regional District of Central Kootenay community services manager Joe Chirico said while the incident may have been symptomatic of the pool’s deficiencies — it was built in 1975 and last renovated in 2005 — the ceiling had not been identified as a problem. In fact, it had been inspected a month earlier.

“The suspended ceiling is difficult to check,” he said. “We had not had any failure of that system before. We’ve replaced damaged tiles on it. So it’s not something we expected to be an issue.”

It soon became apparent the fix would not be easy, quick, or cheap. In the days following the collapse, the pool was closed indefinitely, all bookings and programming were cancelled, refunds issued, and ten staff laid off.

Extensive scaffolding was required to take down the false ceiling at the Nelson acquatic centre after a panel collapsed in January. RDCK photo The lone bit of good news was that while it was initially feared the ceiling tiles might contain asbestos, tests indicated otherwise — although the trusses did have lead paint, which flaked onto the tiles and had to be removed. An assessment also determined the roof itself to be structurally sound.

The extended closure was a drag for regular users including Nelson Reflections, the local synchronized swim club which had just attracted six new swimmers.

Coach Erin Fitchett worried about keeping her team happy and engaged.

“This is out of our hands. Everyone involved, be it the pool or our club families, is working to get through it together,” she said. A couple of guest coaches came on board to offer dryland training.

The Castlegar aquatic centre tried to help Nelson groups,

though their first priority remained the clubs based there.

Triathlete Denise Uhrynuk carpooled to Castlegar with a group of about 15. But because her pool access was limited, she switched to a sprint triathlon event rather than the Olympic distance.

Chris Wright of the Kootenay Swim Club said their swimmers went to Castlegar too, but some team members dropped out, finding the commute difficult.

That made things more expensive for the rest.

“Our budget is forecast on total membership at the beginning of the season and so the withdrawal of their memberships has passed down the costs onto the remaining members,” he said.

Just as the pool shut down, swimmers were gearing up for the AA provincials. “We’re trying our best to deal with this adversity as a team and over-

come this temporary setback,” Wright said.

Beginning in March, scaffolding was erected and the work site enclosed in plastic sheeting to contain the lead paint. Temporary walls were also built in the fitness centre to separate it from the pool viewing area.

Then the contractor took the ceiling down and sandblasted the roof trusses for repainting.

This much alone cost close to $100,000. Further upgrades included new paint that acts as an air-vapour barrier, energy-efficient LED lighting, and acoustic treatments to dampen noise, a role the ceiling tiles previously filled.

The construction phase cost about $289,000, just under half the total $600,000 budgeted to complete the repair and renovation.

“We’re very conscious that when you tear apart an older building, you can find things you weren’t expecting,” the RDCK’s Chirico said. “We’ve been fortunate that most of what we’ve found had been anticipated.”

The pool closure was at first expected to last until the end of March, then June. By then it was too late for the Nelson Neptunes summer swim club, which cancelled its season. The pool finally reopened on August 6, looking much brighter than before, just in time for scheduled swimming lessons.

Flooding, washouts, landslides, evacuations

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or the second straight year, high water in June caused extensive damage in West Kootenay.

Nowhere was it more severe than on Hamill Creek north of Argenta, where Bruce Macholz and Ellen Wasser’s home and outbuildings were swept downstream.

Wasser awoke to running water throughout their property and with neighbour Tracy Remple began rescuing livestock including cattle, goats, rabbits, chickens, turkeys, and pigs, along with dogs and cats.

“When I got there water was mid-calf,” Remple said. “In a little less than three hours, their house was floating down the creek. The water just kept coming and coming.”

By the end of the rescue mission, the water was at shoulder level. The couple owned their land for 11 years, and Macholz, a stonemason, filled the yard with his creations. After the flood, it was left strewn with debris and truck-sized boulders.

The couple was only able to salvage a few items.

Meanwhile, the Hamill Creek bridge’s approaches were washed out on both sides. The bridge led to five homes and Glacier Creek regional park, which was closed for a few weeks. One resident was evacuated.

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Kootenay Co-op received green light for new building project

Debating the ‘Commons’ good

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he Kootenay Co-op received the go-ahead this year for a major commercial and housing development at the east end of Baker Street.

Architectural renderings for Nelson Commons were first presented in March, showing a $27 million four-storey building stretching from Hendryx to Hall streets to replace the vacant Extra Foods building and parking lot in front.

The main floor would be commercial space, home to a new, expanded Kootenay Co-op, with 54 suites on three levels above, plus underground parking.

The project had its fair share of detractors, however, who suggested the existing building should be renovated and the rest of the plan abandoned.

“The purchase of the property was a good move, but why spend a whole bunch of money to tear down a still usable building?” Stefano Bozzi asked. “Not really low impact or organic in any way!”

Co-op manager Deirdre Lang and project manager Russell Precious admitted that when they bought the property last year for $3.57 million, they didn’t expect to develop a mixed-use project.

This artist’s rendition of the completed Nelson Commons shows how the residential/commercial project will look when completed.

However, as they investigated the building’s condition, “we realized we had an extraordinary opportunity to turn the site into something amazing for the co-op and our community.”

The building had been inadequately maintained and was very energy inefficient, they said. The new development would also reduce the co-op’s long-term debt.

In August, a display suite opened on Vernon Street. Prices ranged from $239,000 for a one-bedroom, 714-square foot suite to $469,000 for three bedrooms and 1,176 square feet. Although they could not yet

begin selling them, interest was expressed in 45 units.

“It’s a big deal,” Lang said. “It’s a big deal for our town, for our co-op, and for natural food co-ops everywhere in North America.”

Some complained the development looked too urban and out of place amongst the city’s heritage buildings, but designer David Dobie defended his choices, saying it was an exciting addition to a dynamic downtown.

“What really matters is the Nelson Commons, or any like project, be true to its identity with the intention of belonging to Nelson’s grow-

ing community and willingly take its place in future heritage,” he wrote.

When the proposal went before city council in October for its development permit, it was unanimously approved, along with a significant reduction in the number of required parking spots. But first there was a half-hour of debate as proponents watched nervously.

“It felt a little bit like we were there for a sentencing,” Precious said. “I didn’t know if we were going to be found guilty or innocent.”

Four neighbouring businesses and one resident wrote letters concerned about the loss of parking,

but councillor Donna Macdonald framed the decision as a choice between parking and a landscaped green space.

The co-op agreed to compensate for the loss by increasing bike storage and adding a dedicated parking space for a Kootenay Carshare vehicle.

Councillor Robin Cherbo was unimpressed with the building’s aesthetics.

“It doesn’t seem to fit into the Victorian looks of neighbouring businesses and residences... but I understand we can’t dictate design.”

With approval in hand, the co-op asked members for a $1.5 million loan to equip the new store with things like an indoor seating area, meeting space, and other fixtures.

(The co-op engaged in a similar program when it moved to its present location in 1991, but back then the target was $100,000.) In a month, the goal was achieved and exceeded.

Pre-sales of residential units began November 20, and so far 16 have moved. The co-op has given itself until the end of March to sell 46 units to finance the project.

If that doesn’t happen, they will revert to Plan B and renovate the old Extra Foods building into their new store.

The building permit application was submitted this month. The coop hopes to complete the development in 2015.

Heavy rains flood homes, close roads Continued from Page 5 campers were evacuated.

“An avalanche up the mountain plugged the creek,” said manager Randy Phipps. “It came down and plugged the culvert and went straight through the campground.”

One large motorhome sunk into the ground with its nose sticking out, at least one boat sank, and the campground was flooded with gravel.

Elsewhere heavy rains caused slides and washouts, closed roads and bridges and flooded homes.

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• Water was found seeping through a rock and gravel berm on Crawford Creek on Kootenay Lake’s East Shore.

• A large slide occurred at Campbell Creek near Kaslo, but cabins in the area were unharmed.

• One home was flooded at Fletcher creek between Woodbury and Kaslo. The Fletcher Creek and Mirror Lake water systems were also affected.

• A dike on Silverton Creek in the Slocan Valley partially failed • Sandon experienced flooding and bank erosion.

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ur cultural community depends on people willing to stick their neck out and take risks. People who believe in our town and its capacity to come out and support great art in all its forms. As we wrap up 2013, we here at {vurb} wanted to recognize some of the people that make Nelson feel like a little big city.

Sydney Galbraith Black After taking a couple years away from theatre to get married and have a baby, Black is back in a big way. In 2013, she started her own production company and pulled together some of the city's top talents — Pat Henman, Rick Lingard, Mackenzie Hope — to bring the ultra-sexy Broadway musical Cabaret to the Capitol Theatre stage for five packed performances.

Doing double duty as the show's producer and lead female actor, Black showed her commitment to this community and the theatre where she got her start by donating the proceeds of a special late-night performance to Capitol Theatre. She also helped the Capitol launch its 2013-14 season by co-hosting a sing-a-long with the 1978 musical film Grease, alongside fellow theatre veteran Lisel Forst. She played the villainess in the Capitol Theatre Christmas Pantomime's production of Rapunzel, yet another fundraiser for the theatre. She also sang at several charity events outside the theatre and stepped in as a guest vocalist for some local bands.

Paul Hinrichs Here's someone who knows how to find the cloud's silver lining. Hinrichs started 2013 knowing that The Royal music venue he'd been managing alongside Howie Ross was pretty much doomed. Still, he was determined to make the final months of the lease count. As the man in charge of booking bands, he brought some huge names through The Royal — Hayden, Billy Bragg and Stars — before moving down the street to a new job at Spirtbar, where he continues to bring great live music to town. He also co-founded On The Road Management with Ty West (former head bartender at The Royal) and started managing a couple Kootenay artists and promoting some bigger concerts in Nelson and beyond.

Joy Barrett The streets of Nelson are more beautiful because of this woman's steadfast advocating for public art in her city role as Cultural Development Officer. It was her idea to ask Nelson Hydro to wrap their ugly utility boxes with historical images and text, to both ward off graffiti and remind people our city's past.

She helped bring the success of Castlegar Sculpturewalk to Nelson, negotiating a deal to have the city lease the five sculptures for one year, as well as purchase the sculpture QR, made from discarded steel pipe, that's now permanently installed in Railtown. She had a hand in the development of new banners and signs that brighten up our downtown. And, outside her role with the city, she helped secure funding for the Festival of Lights to string LED lights along the skyline of nearly every building on Baker Street. ­— Sam Van Schie

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Dec 27th - Brian Rosen & The What Now Dec 28th - Smalltown DJs Dec 31st - Electro Swing Club New Years Eve Jan 3rd - Cass Rhapsody Free Show!

Jan 4th - Pink Mammoth Burning Man Sound Camp Jan 10th - SkiiTour Jan 11th - Funkanomics with Ben Fox Jan 17th - Timothy Wisdom Jan 18th - Love & Light Jan 22nd - Royal Wood Jan 24th - Kastle Jan 25th - Fred Penner, Lucas Myers & More Grown up Show

Feb 1st - Shane Phillip with Buckman Coe Feb 6th - Bob Marley Bday Reggae Show with

3. Inside Llewyn Davis, directed by the Coen Brothers The Coen Brothers are, rightly so, rated highly amongst contemporary directors, and in my opinion they’re never better than when making simple, character-driven tone pieces of hard-luck souls trying to navigate a baffling world. A Serious Man is perhaps the best example, and Inside Llewyn Davis follows a similar path.

Davis is a great film for its performances, especially Oscar Issac, for its music and for Ulysees the cat, but mainly for the grace and patient puzzling beauty the Coens bathe it all in.

I probably spent more time in cinemas and saw more movies this year than any other before. My friends and family knew not to bug me Tuesday nights because I would be in the theatre for cheap night. I went to two film festivals, using my holiday time for one. Some might call it a lack of a social life, but I call it devotion and integrity. I knew at the end of the year I was going to have to write a list of best movies for the people and that I would be held accountable. Imagine the pressure.

That being said there’s still a number of movies I haven’t had a chance to see, mainly due to limited releases being hard to track down in smaller communities. Highly praised movies I’ve thus far missed out on include The Wolf of Wall Street, Blue is the Warmest Colour, Nebraska, Short Term 12, The Act of Killing, Her and others.

Those I did see, and there were many, helped convince me 2013 has been an extraordinary year for film. Sure it was a lousy Summer Movie Season (The Lone Ranger, Hangover Part III) but the number and variety of impressive films this year has been staggering. This is the first year in many where I believe every film on my list to be truly great.

Anywho, off we go:

2. Spring Breakers, directed by Harmony Korine I must say I thoroughly enjoyed thinking of all the teens and tweens unknowingly lining up to see the new Selena Gomez movie Spring Breakers, totally unaware of the nightmarish, dubstep drenched vision of youthful decadence Harmony Korine had lined up for them. Some mistook the film for vapid exploitation, but I have trouble understanding how anyone could see Spring Breakers as anything other than an intense, troubling, invigorating piece of confrontational art, and the most modern film of the year.

5. Stories We Tell, directed by Sarah Polley Technically a 2012 release in Canada, Stories We Tell is Oscar eligible for 2013 and I didn’t have a chance to see it until this year, so I’m counting it. We already knew Sarah Polley as a great narrative director (Away From Her, Take This Waltz) but with this fascinating and touchingly personal documentary on her own family secrets, she proved even more her capacity for thoughtful, inspired takes on what it means to be human. In turns funny, thought provoking and compelling.

1. Before Midnight, directed by Richard Linklater How lovely that the best film of the year also be one of the simplest. The third film in the Richard Linklater/Ethan Hawke/ Julie Delpy Before… trilogy, turned out to be the best, a loving portrait of a committed couple working through the complexities of romance and life. It is a film of conversations, primarily between two people, but in its maturity and honesty the movie finds beauty, depth and, of course, a love truly invigorating to watch. An inspiring use of cinema.

4. Stoker, directed by Chan-wook Park I love me a seedy little Hitchockian crime movie, and Chanwook Park put out one of the best since, well, Hitchcock, with Stoker. Beautifully filmed but a nasty bit of work all the same, Stoker is a captivating watch, one part film noir, one part erotic coming-of-age tale, all parts engrossing, filled with lovely cinematic flourishes and knock-out performances from Mia Wasikowska and Nicole Kidman.

Well there we go folks, another year down the hatch. I’d say we should meet up soon, but I’ll probably be at the movies.

Kyle Wells is a Victoria-based film nerd who once lived in Nelson. He writes about film and television for some of {vurb}'s sister publications and online at blogs.bclocalnews.com/cinefile/

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nother year, another list. Another admonition that eras of music slot nicely into twelve-month blocks.

Another definitive, yet wholly incomplete countdown of the best of the best.

So here are the best albums of the year. Each of these albums has a unique staying power that extends beyond its context. They’re each bigger, deeper, and more lasting than their respective songs. They all represent a certain aspect of this year, yet are not anchored to it.

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Montreal-based singer-songwriter Leif Vollebekk stumbled across ten perfect songs, captured a perfect take of each, and called it a day.

5. Lorde – Pure Heroine Is 2013 the year that pop music got good again? A decade of synth pop drudgery is brought to its knees by a precocious 17-year-old New Zealander who makes music somewhere between The xx and The Weeknd.

Not to mention her hit song “Royals” reaches #1 freaking everywhere.

Pure Heroine is a sensation, both because of the song-writing prowess of Lorde (Ella Yelich-O’Connor) and her use of atmospheric production that might just change the way that young people think about pop music. This is sparse, dark, smoky pop. The kind that reveals the Biebers of the world for the shams that they are.

and tragic, as any listen to the penultimate track “Afterlife” can prove. Expert production, both by the band and with help from guests like James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem, deserves to be heard on good speakers or a baller set of headphones.

4. Moonface – Julia With Blue Jeans On Yelping creative whirlwind Spencer Krug (of Wolf Parade and Sunset Rubdown) reins in his erratic tendencies and records an album consisting of only voice and piano. It’s lonely, heart-rending, affirming, and cathartic. Krug constructs songs like nobody else; songs that follow their own peculiar logic, songs that whisper, and songs that erupt — like in title track, “Julia With Blue Jeans On” — in some of the most vulnerable and genuine bellows put to tape this year.

1. Leif Vollebekk – North Americana In the best album of the year, Montreal-based singer-songwriter Leif Vollebekk stumbled across ten perfect songs, captured a perfect take of each, and called it a day. And all this in a genre in which, admittedly, there isn’t a lot of room left to innovate. But the singularity of North Americana is boggling. Each song is like a world unto itself, and Vollebekk wrings maximum emotion out of each line with stark, simple, and immensely effective phrasing. “Photographer Friend,” with its Tom Waits-reminiscent piano work, reads like a sad ode to Instagram friendships. “Off the Main Drag,” is “Norweigan Wood”-worthy storytelling. This is an album to get lost in, full of chuckling one-liners, poignant observations, and sublime non sequiturs.

It’s the best “Blood on the Tracks” since “Blood on the Tracks.” If you haven’t heard it, now’s the time.

3. Arcade Fire - Reflektor Of course this album was always going to be incredible, and damn Arcade Fire for always making it look so easy. It’s more dancey, more textured than the breakthrough orchestral baroque pop sound they introduced nearly a decade ago with Funeral. It’s also more challenging

2. Shad – Flying Colours Shad is the best Canadian hip-hop artist, and this is his best album. The sequencing is brilliant, the beats are complex and fully-realized, his flow is spot on. Shad has always been a bit of an outlier in the hip-hop scene, if only because he raps from a place that is unabashedly hopeful and playful. Even when Flying Colours gets dark — believe me, it does — and serious, it never becomes despondent. Shad is a socially conscious rapper who knows that there are some things that anger can’t express, but hopeful rebellion can.

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The Year That’s Been 2013 A City of Nelson photo retrospective

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ooking back on one heck of a year for the City of Nelson, it’s a sentiment shared by all members of City Council.

“We’re all really blessed to live here,” says Mayor John Dooley.

The Mayor, and Council — Bob Adams, Donna Macdonald, Robin Cherbo, Candace Batycki and Paula Kiss — agree that credit for the City of Nelson’s many accomplishments over the last calendar year is due to the City’s 170-member staff, and the many volunteers that give literally hundreds of hours of their time on various boards and committees.

Stressing the importance of the dedication City staff and workers have shown throughout 2013, Council presented six City of Nelson employees with Long Service Awards last month at a celebratory Annual Reception.

In a year almost unlike any other in recent memory, there were major accomplishments across-theboard, courtesy all the City’s departments: those include the core services of Administration and Finance, Nelson Hydro, Development Services and Sustainability, the Nelson Public Library, the Nelson Police Department, the Operations and Engineering Department, the Nelson and District Youth Centre, and the Nelson Fire Department, which celebrated its 100 anniversary this year.

Some of the City’s numerous projects completed in 2013, or well underway, include:

• Nelson Hydro’s Downtown Conversion project and Rosement’s new sub station • Installment of the city’s high speed broadband fibre optic system • On-going water and sewer line conversion and storm water outfall improvements • New parks on Davies Street and 7th Street

• Public art installments throughout the city • Nelson’s new skate and bike park in Rosemont • The Hall Street corridor plan and on-going Downtown Waterfront Plan efforts • A major Zoning Bylaw review and the drafting of the city’s new Official Community Plan • Additions of two new Vicinity buses to Nelson Transit’s fleet On the development front, the 2013 construction season was on par with the past few years and 2014 is shaping up to be a record year.

“And that’s a good thing,” Mayor Dooley adds, “because if your city’s not growing, it’s dying. City staff have worked very hard to put us in a sustainable financial situation, like we are now.”

So too has Council.

Each councillor is responsible for numerous portfolios, and the considerable time commitment required for each one.

Council portfolios cover a wide range of initiatives like housing, economic development, youth and seniors, health, sports and culture, library, transit, tramway and the airport.

A little known fact: Nelson Council stands out across Canada thanks to its balance of women and men.

“Municipal governments across the country are trying to achieve gender balance in city government,” the Mayor noted, “and Nelson is way ahead of where other municipalities want to be.”

Council wishes Nelson residents, and all their families and friends in other parts of B.C. and abroad, all the best in the upcoming New Year.

Mayor Dooley says he honestly believes the folks who call Nelson home may be amongst the most fortunate, anywhere.

“It’s the best place in the world.”

And what a year it’ll have been after 2014!

Nelson City Council’s Strategic Priorities for the next 12 months • To successfully achieve the vision of the publicly-consulted Downtown Waterfront Plan • On-going infrastructure maintenance and improvement • A City-wide commitment to sustainability on all fronts • To pursue the benefits of shared services with the provincial government and the Regional District of Central Kootenay • Aim for continued innovation in changing and challenging times

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A YEAR, IN FOCUS

Opposite page, clockwise from top The continued implementation of the City’s Downtown Waterfront Plan is aimed at ensuring the business core is bustling and beautiful, like this evening during Nelson Marketfest… Local artists contributed some extraordinary work to the cityscape. Brent Bunkowski constructed this installation along the Cottonwood Creek Bridge, the gateway to the city’s new Railtown District…. Nelson Emergency Services had a successful year. The Nelson Police Department held its first-ever Nelson Police Board Citizen Recognition and Award Night, honouring citizens, officers and staff for their year’s contributions and achievements. Here, an NPD dispatcher keeps an eye on business…. The Nelson Fire Hall celebrated its 100th anniversary, and Chief Simon Grypma was one of six City employees to receive a Long Service Award this year, for his 35 years on the job. “I think Simon was born at the fire hall,” jokes Mayor John Dooley. Nelson Transit took the wraps off two new Vicinity buses, and helped establish the new West Kootenay Regional Transit System…. The city’s downtown is a brighter place in more ways than one, thanks to Nelson Hydro’s Downtown Conversion project. The major upgrading will provide dependable electricity distribution for years, more room for pedestrian and vehicle traffic, terrific lighting at night and new transformers — adorned with historical imagery from Nelson’s past.

This page, clockwise from top left City of Nelson departments, other local government buildings and the downtown core are now connected with a fibre-optic cable network. The Nelson and Area Economic Development Partnership helped roll the line out this summer. The network, which brings faster broadband internet to city buildings will soon be available for the Nelson businesses community as well… Nelson unveiled a beautiful series of public art displays, including eight sculptures, this summer. Here, the bronze work “Man In Motion” offers up a sunny stop at a Baker Street amenity area… The creation of two new parks at Davies Street, and here at Seventh Street, have been wonderful additions to Nelson remarkable collection of greenspaces.

Seventh Street even has raised beds for local seniors to plant and enjoy…. After 12 years, and a huge volunteer/community fundraising effort, the city took the wraps off the Nelson Skatepark, at Rosemont’s Art Gibbon Memorial Park. Along with a new bike park, the sprawling recreation amenity is built for skateboarders, BMX riders and mountain bikers alike… The City’s 170 staff, including the snow removal experts in the Public Works Department, had a huge hand in all of the City’s success in 2013… volunteers played a big role on City of Nelson boards, committees and work parties, like the expanded Lights on Baker effort that took place just in time for this little fella to enjoy Elf Walk and Santa’s arrival earlier this month. Happy New Year everyone!

We asked Nelson City Council members: What were your highlights for 2013?

Councillor Bob Adams My highlight for 2013 was the expansion of the Lights on Baker Street project. The people who volunteered worked long, cold hours — special thanks to Nelson Fire Department and their ladder truck.

The trees in the 400 Block, with the trunk wraps, will be expanded next year and it will be even better. The Skateboard Park opening, after several years of fund raising and the problem of where to build, was a 2013 highlight too.

Councillor Deb Kozak I have two highlights to share. The first is the tremendous citizen turnout for the community meetings about the Columbia River Treaty. Nelson people demonstrated their passion and knowledge about the

beautiful place we live in. And second was being able to participate in the Capitol Theatre Christmas Pantomime. The Pantomime showcases some of the very best qualities of the people who live here and the joy we take in being part of our community. Merry Christmas!

Councillor Donna Macdonald I’ve been delighted by investments made by non-profit groups — the re-opening of the Civic Theatre, new homes for Our Daily Bread, the Shambhala Meditation Centre, Kootenay Kids and the skate park.

Community commitment and enterprising spirit! City Council’s role is to provide the infrastructure and confidence for these and upcoming investments. My personal highlight was my recent trip to Peru and

the Galapagos Islands. Truly inspiring to see the beauty and resilience of life.

Councillor Candace Batycki I have enjoyed learning how local governments work together to influence key issues. In 2013 I attended four conferences — the Association of Kootenay-Boundary Local Governments, the Centre for Civic Governance, the Union of BC Municipalities and the Federal of Canadian Municipalities. Take-homes: Nelson is out front on reducing climate impacts, but lagging on food security.

Congratulations to the EcoSave project, and to the wonderful SEEDS project in the Lakeside park greenhouses.

Councillor Paula Kiss My highlights for the year include really

enjoyable work with the Chamber of Commerce and the Youth Center, not only productive and inspiring groups, but marked by honesty and good humour. Another highlight is the Planning Department (and the Advisory Planning Committee) who collectively accomplished an amazing amount of work this year in the face of all kinds of challenges. Thank-you!

Mayor John Dooley Locally, the progress made on our infrastructure upgrades, underway for six years now. Regionally, the new Taghum Transfer Station project is going well, creating options for future use of the Nelson Transfer Station parcel. Nationally, I was honoured to be elected to the FCM Board of Directors and Chair of the BC

Caucus. Pat and I camped, golfed and traveled to Newfoundland and South Africa — we marveled at the wonderful world we live in.

Councillor Robin Cherbo The UBCM Convention was great, particularly the Emergency Services seminars, which highlighted the efficiency of our fire department compared to other cities’. Connecting with other councillors around the BC was really helpful. The William Templeton BC Aviation Award the Nelson Airport won was a feather in the cap for our Pilots Association, and the City. We did some traveling too — Puerto Vallarta was great. Colleen went to Scotland. I stayed home and took care of the cats.

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here did you go, 2013? I swear it was just summer, wearing summer dresses. Now I’m searching for my favourite cat sweater, seeing how many scarves I can actually wear at one time. This year fashion was influenced by many of our favourite eras.

The ‘30s, ‘60s, ‘70s and the ‘90s were back in a huge way. Platform shoes and boots, great beaded dresses, draped fabrics, elegance in hair and makeup made its return. It truly was a very fashionable year. Here my favourite fashion moments of 2013.

HAIR Ladies, in 2013, we embraced SHORT HAIR. The resurgence of the Pixie came back. It was huge in the ‘60s, thanks to Mia Farrow, Vidal Sasson and Edie Sedgwick. It’s great to see women wearing short hair again. Not only does it look beautiful, it is very liberating. I find in our society women are judged when they cut their hair short. What’s the big deal? It’s just hair!

It doesn’t mean we are masculine or want to be men. It means we are confident and strong. We can embrace any cut we choose to have.

This past year was also my favourite year for men’s hair. It was so wonderful to see men with short cropped 1930’s cuts, wonderful barber fades and of course the ever so sexy Mad Men inspired slicked greaser hair. Women are thanking men everywhere for cleaning up and taking the plunge and cutting their unkept hair. A well put together man steals the hearts of all women. For 2014, try that cut and colour you have always wanted to do! This year is all about change — embrace it.

MAKEUP Thank you, Great Gatsby. The roaring ‘20s came back with a modern twist. Soft eyes, blusher on the cheeks with a dramatic bold dark lip. The ‘90s also came back in a big way. We saw coloured lips again.

Blues, greens, yellows and purples. Thanks to Lana Del Ray the ‘60s twist on the ever iconic Twiggy biba look made its appearance. Bold liner with soft peachy pink shadows, light bronzer and pale lips. Super sweet and simple yet elegant. In 2014 be creative and try new things, be daring. It always washes off ! The next time you are going out try a bold lip, a winged eye liner or a smokey eye. Enhance your beauty — it will make you feel elegant and sexy.

FASHION Yes, 2013 the year of “anything goes.” Patterns with patterns, florals with florals. Romance was a very prominent look in women’s fashion. Sheer pastel colour block tops, floral — SO MUCH FLORAL — fitted

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HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYONE!! xo Love Robin xo Robin Kristopher is a vintage stylist and owner of Vadim Kristopher Hair Salon. She writes {vurb}’s Street Styles column and blogs at misskittenvintage.tumblr.com.

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“Squash Your Bad Habits” New Year’s Resolution Chili

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had a crock pot for years. Let me amend that statement. My cupboard housed a crock pot for years. Oh, lofty plans I had for that crock pot: stews and soups, curries and sauces. From its oblong rim, sumptuous bounty would flow. Entrees would be formed as if by magic, swirling within their own juices for hours. Somewhere along the line, however, reality dealt a harsh blow. There was no way my character was going to allow me to plan ahead in the creation of my dinner. Oh, to be cripplingly procrastinating. Preparing that night’s supper while simultaneously rushing to gobble down my morning cereal and be on time for classes? Let’s be honest.

When I moved out of that apartment, the neglected crock pot went into a cardboard box on the sidewalk with a “Free” sign taped onto it. I can only hope that it’s on a farm somewhere. Running free. Playing with other crock pots.

Cut to four years later: my partner, Sam (also your talented {vurb} editor), walks through the door with a brand new, sleek, beautiful crock pot. She’s also armed with ideas for meals that put my ambitions to shame. But if you know Sam, you know she also has that keen ability to, you know, plan ahead.

A few hours later a chili is bubbling away.

So this year my New Year’s Resolution is to plan ahead. One crock pot meal at a time.

Here’s a little one to get things started:

Ingredients 1 Tbsp oil 2 onions, diced 4 cloves of garlic, minced 2 tsp chili powder 1 tsp dried oregano 1 tsp ground cumin 1 tsp salt 1 piece cinnamon stick 1 can (796 mL) tomatoes with juice, chopped 2 cups drained cooked black beans 4 cups cubed peeled butternut squash 2 bell peppers, diced 1 can (127 ml) chopped green chiles 1 finely chopped canned chipotle pepper

Method • Heat oil in a skillet and add onions.

Cook, while stirring, until softened. Add the garlic, chili powder, oregano, cumin, salt, and cinnamon stick and cook for about a minute.

Add tomato juice with water and bring it to a boil. There: hard part’s done. Transfer this into a slow cooker.

• Add the beans and squash and stir it around. Cover and cook on Low for 6 hours or on High for 3 hours until squash is tender.

• 20 minutes before supper, add the bell pepper, chiles, and chipotle pepper. Cover and cook on High for 20 minutes. Discard the cinnamon stick so nobody gets that bugger stuck in their esophagus.

• Eat your dinner and the enjoy the rush of accomplishment that leaving things to the last minute just can’t deliver.

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Best live shows of 2013 • The Cat Empire – Two long sets of over the top world funk. Amazing summer show!

• Mickey Hart Band – Two nights with an incredible band, featuring Mickey Hart of the Grateful Dead. For many this was a dream come true.

• Ziggy Marley – The long overdue introduction of the Marley family to the Kootenays. The start of a wonderful tradition.

• The Sadies – Since Dallas broke his leg a couple years ago, we've been waiting for their return. They threw down an incredible performance for the fans.

• The Cave Singers – Every time they come through Nelson, they get better. With new songs in tow, they really stepped it up in 2013.

• Billy Bragg - What can you say about the folk legend? His performance caused men to cry, and even introduced a crew member to a local fan, and they are now very much in love.

• Stars / Said The Whale – The production and performance was one that, for people who experienced it, they will always remember as "that time in a small club" • Ron Sexsmith – The songwriting legend wasn't in town to promote an album, and his whole show flew completely under the "hype" radar. He delivered a string of hits, and told some very sincere stories. A truly great show.

• Current Swell / Jon and Roy – Two of Canada's finest "up and coming" acts combined for a Saturday night of original music that really left its impression on us. They are both going to be big!

• Five Alarm Funk – With a bit of bias, this was a special night for everyone in attendance, and the band really went all out.

—List compiled by Ryan Martin and Paul Hinrichs of Spiritbar

�rts and Entertainment Listings NEW YEARS EVE

Dance your way into the New Year with the Electro Swing Club at Spiritbar on December 31. Your favourite crew of swinging rowdies returns with an immersive night of sights and sounds to take you back in time. Burlesque, circus, swing, jazz, disco — this night will have it all. Doors open at 9 p.m. Tickets are $25, available at the Hume Hotel or online at ticketweb.ca by searching “Hume Hotel.”

On December 31, Finley’s Irish Bar and Grill will be serving up a three-course dinner with music by Clinton Swanson and Bessie Wapp beginning at 7 p.m. Retro cover band Val Kilmer and the New Coke will keep the party going until midnight. There will be a midnight buffet and champagne toast when the clock strikes twelve. Tickets are $15 for the early show, $20 for the late show, or $25 for both. Dinner is $40 and includes a reserved table for the entire night. All tickets include the midnight buffet and champagne.

Call now to book your ticket: 250-352-5121.

Nelson Legion No. 51 is hosting a New Year’s Eve party on December 31, starting at 9 p.m. with a potluck dinner. Advance tickets are available for $15 at the Legion.

Members and guests welcome.

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Brian Rosen & The What Now make their Spiritbar debut on Friday, December 27 with The Man in Havana. Doors open at 9 p.m.

Live Open Stage at The Royal on Friday, December 27 from 9 p.m. to close. Hosted

by Kevin and Jim. Smalltown DJs will be spinning at Spiritbar on Saturday, December 28 with an opening set by Soup. Doors open at 10 p.m. Advance tickets are $20 at the Hume Hotel.

Cass Rhapsody will be spinning at Spiritbar on Friday, January 3. Doors open at 10 p.m.

Ticket info at the Hume Hotel.

On Saturday January 4, Ellison's Cafe Acoustic Unplugged Sessions return with Mr. Mojo who brings musical fun for the whole family. He will be followed by new musicians from down under, Sofiella Watt and Jimmy Maher, with bluesy folk infused with banjo and guitar.

Toronto singer-songwriter Royal Wood is once again bringing his folk pop sensibilities to the music lovers of Nelson on Wednesday, January 22 at Spiritbar. Doors open at 8 p.m. Advance tickets are $10 at the Hume Hotel or online at ticketweb.ca by searching “Hume Hotel.”

Fred Penner is performing twice in Nelson.

He'll have a grown up show at Spiritbar on Saturday, January 25 with local funny man Lucas Myers and Rafferty Funksmith, and an all-ages show on Sunday, January 26 at 2 p.m. at The Capitol Theatre. Tickets for the adult show are $10 at the Hume Hotel or ticketweb.ca. All-ages event tickets are $15 at the Capitol Theatre box office or capitoltheatre.bc.ca. For every ticket sold, $1 will be donated to Kootenay Kids.

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

San Francisco’s Pink Mammoth music/arts collective brings an unforgettable night of house music and deep vibe to Spiritbar on Saturday, January 4. Ticket details available at the Hume Hotel.

Rock ‘n’ Roll Bingo is back at Mike’s Place Pub on Tuesday nights. 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.

German ghetto funk trio Funkanomics will be at Spiritbar on Saturday, January 11.

Ticket info available at the Hume Hotel.

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

Headphone Entertainment presents children's performers Captain ARR and Mr. Mojo at the Capitol Theatre on Saturday, January 11. There will be two shows, at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. The audience is encouraged to dress like pirates. Tickets are $11, available online at capitoltheatre.bc.ca.

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Vancouver’s Timothy Wisdom will be spinning at Spiritbar on Friday, January 17.

Ticket info available at the Hume Hotel.

Bring the family down to the Nelson Civic Theare for Frozen (rated G), screening December 27 at 7 p.m. and December 28, 29 and 31 at both 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Fearless optimist Anna teams up with Kristoff in an epic journey, encountering Everest-like conditions, and a hilarious snowman named Olaf in a race to find Anna’s sister Elsa, whose icy powers have trapped the kingdom in eternal winter. Details at civictheatre.ca.

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Requiem for a Glacier, a video and sound installation by Victoria artist/composer Paul Walde, will be exhibited at the Oxygen Art Centre from January 4 to February 8. Local, independent curator Kiara Lynch, who helped coordinate the project, is the guest curator for this exhibition. The opening reception is Friday, January 3 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Oxygen Art Centre (320 Vernon Street, alley entrance), and an artist talk will take place on Saturday, January 4 at 4 p.m.

Nelson artists — Brian Kalbfleisch, Branda Avis, Dan Farden, Richie McBeath, James Robert Harris and Claire Wensveen — are holding a group show at the Rossland Art Gallery (2004 Columbia Avenue) from January 3 to 26 with an opening reception on January 10 from 8 p.m. to midnight. The exhibition will feature works of wood, weaving, glass, metal, ceramics, plus paintings and design work.

Touchstones Nelson has two 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.

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The Capitol Theatre Presentation Series continues with The Old Trout Puppet Workshop’s Ignorance: The Evolution of Happiness on Wednesday, January 22. It’s a puppet documentary about the evolution of bliss, from our primeval origins in the mighty Age of Stone to our modern discontent in the feeble Age of Tweet.

Showtime is 8 p.m. Tickets are $30 for adults or $24 for students and season subscribers, available at the Capitol Theatre box office and capitoltheatre.bc.ca.

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Billie Alberta Born in Nelson BC April 18, 1921 to Dr. Albert Wallace and Anna Louisa Wallace, died in North Vancouver, November 26, 2013.

Pre-deceased by her spouses Robert Lovell King and John Martin McLennan, sisters Evelyn MacDonald and Dorothy McVicar, Billie is survived by her friend Howard Paterson, children Pym (Laurie Dye), Rob (Anita King), Karen (Jim Lait), Mary (Steve Miller), grandchildren Dave, Alyssa, Adriana, William, Alex, Jeff, Jamie, Chris and her great grandchildren Ryan, Eric, Katie, Aidan, Sophie, Ryan, Sydney, Grace, Lucas and Parker.

Mom was a person with a sunny outlook on life. Life was meant to be enjoyed. Besides her family, and all the joy and headaches that we caused her, her special loves were music, travel, and cats.

She was an accomplished pianist, with a particular devotion to Chopin. She spent many happy hours of her life at the piano, and enjoyed accompanying the St. Paul’s (Nanaimo) Anglican Church junior choir, back in those days. In her latter years, when playing the piano became too difÀcult, she enjoyed singing with her choir, the Kent Street Singers in White Rock. She always liked to travel to new places and try new things. In her late seventies, one of her trips took her to Mexico, where she tried her hand at parasailing!

We have the photograph to prove it. When it was possible, she always had a cat or two around, and when her living arrangements made that impossible, she regretted not having a fat lazy Puss to fuss over.

She grew up in Nelson BC and moved to Vancouver during her teens, where she attended Crofton House School. She and Dad lived in Edmonton for awhile, until Dad went overseas during WWII. After the war, they lived in Victoria, moving to Nanaimo in 1950. Mom very much enjoyed her life in that small town, where she was a social butterÁy, and active in many community endeavours - the church, her bridge club, the Lion’s club ladies auxiliary, and various school PTA activities. In her early sixties, the family moved to Vancouver, and Mom’s main focus outside the family was her work as an insurance adjuster, a career she seemed to like a lot, and considered herself an excellent adjuster.

After her retirement, she lived brieÁy in 2ntario, then moved to White Rock BC, where she lived until her Ànal few months, spent at Evergreen House in North Vancouver.

The family wishes to extend a special thanks to the wonderful staff at Concord PaciÀc, White Rock, and Evergreen House in North Vancouver for the very special care they were able to give Billie in her Ànal years.

A celebration of Billie’s life will be held at St. Catherine’s Anglican Church, 1058 Ridgewood Drive, North Vancouver Sunday, December 15, 2013 at 2:00 pm.

Billie’s ashes will be interred near the Grace Islets, in Howe Sound Instead of Áowers, donations may be made to the charity of your choice or the Lions Gate Hospital Foundation.

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Nelson’s Geoff Kinrade to play for his country at Spengler Cup — again

Representing Canada

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Nelson’s Geoff Kinrade will again represent Canada in the Spengler Cup. On Friday, December 20, Hockey Canada announced the 24 players who will represent this country at the 2013 Spengler Cup which takes place December 26-31 in Davos, Switzerland.

The roster is comprised of Canadian players currently playing in Europe, as well as players currently playing in the American Hockey League loaned to Hockey Canada

by NHL teams.

Canada’s roster includes seven players who helped Canada win its 12th Spengler Cup championship last year, they include Kinrade as well as Micki DuPont, Brett McLean, Maxim Noreau, Byron Ritchie, Travis Roche and Derrick Walser.

Reached by email, Kinrade told the Nelson Star that he found out in mid-October that he would likely

make the team, but having it made official was still a thrill.

“I was excited about being chosen again. I had a great time last year and it’s always an honour to play for your country,” said Kinrade.

This will be his second go around with team Canada, after winning it all last year. Kinrade said it will be challenging to repeat.

“It will be very difficult this year.

Like every year, Team Canada does not have the luxury of playing together throughout the year like all the other teams in the tournament do,” he said.

“We get one practice before our first game and need to come together and find our timing as a team as quickly as possible. We are always a contender for the gold medal, so obviously our expectations are just that,” added Kinrade.

Other than Canada, which Kinrade said is always one of the favourites to win gold, it is difficult to predict which squad will challenge

Nelson’s Geoff Kinrade (right) with team captain Ryan Smyth after the Spengler Cup victory last year in Davos.

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for the title.

“I think every team in the tournament will be extremely difficult to beat. The Russian team from Moscow will be very strong, but the Swiss host team, Davos, is always the number one threat I think. It will be interesting to see how the AHL team from the US does in this tournament and how they compare to other teams in Europe.”

The speedy 28-year-old defencman has been playing for Bern of the Swiss A League, one of the top leagues in Europe which features many former NHL stars, young North American prospects and top-level European talent. Last year, Kinrade helped Bern capture the Swiss-A League championship.

He also won a Calder Cup with the American Hockey League’s Binghampton Senators in 2011.

Kinrade is a former Nelson Minor Hockey standout and Nelson Junior Leafs defenceman. He led the Leafs in scoring as a 16-year-old rookie.

After two seasons with the Leafs, Kinrade made the jump to Junior A where he played two seasons with the BCHL’s Cowichan Valley Capitals.

The blueliner then spent four seasons of NCAA college hockey with Michigan Tech.

Upon graduating from college, Kinrade signed on with the Norfolk Admirals of the AHL and played his first (and at this point only) NHL game late in the 2008-09 season with the Tampa Bay Lightning against Alexander Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals.

Kinrade signed with the Ottawa Senators for the 2009-10 season, attended their training camp and was assigned to the Binghampton farm team.

This year’s Spengler Cup will include Canada’s National Men’s Team, HC Vitkovice Steel (Czech Republic) and HC Davos (Switzerland), the host team, playing in the Cattini Group, and CSKA Moscow (Russia), HC Genève-Servette (Switzerland) and the Rochester Americans (AHL)

For the second year in a row, Nelson’s Geoff Kinrade — seen here playing for Bern of the Swiss A League — is representing Canada at the Spengler Cup in Sweden. Last year, Kinrade won gold with Canada at the tournament.

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playing in the Torriani Group.

Canada opened the tournament yesterday (December 26) against HC Vitkovice Steel. All of Canada’s games at the 2013 Spengler Cup will be broadcast on TSN or TSN2.

Canada has appeared in 10 of the last 12 championship games, winning the Spengler Cup in 2002, 2003, 2007 and 2012. Overall, Canada’s National Men’s Team has won the Spengler Cup 12 times (1984, 1986, 1987, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2012) since first taking part in the tournament in 1984.

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The head coach is Doug Shedden.

“The players we have selected today (December 20) are Canadian ambassadors for the game, both in North America and Europe, and we are excited they will wear the maple leaf in Davos,” said Pascall.

“We look forward to getting on the ice in Switzerland and representing Canada proudly.”

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Chris Wiens – Nelson Evangelical Covenant Church There are very few scholars today who deny that there was a man named Jesus some 2000 years ago who came from the region of Galilee, was a revolutionary leader, and was crucified by the Romans.

The evidence is pretty convincing. So the question for most people usually isn’t, “did Jesus exist,” rather, “who was He?” As a Christian, I look to the Scriptures to instruct me on who this Jesus actually was.

After all, the people who wrote them were the closest to him; they saw what he did, and heard what he said.

John was one of Jesus’ disciples. At the beginning of his gospel account, he paints an amazing picture of who he believed Jesus to be ( John uses “Word” to identify the person of Jesus). This is what he wrote, In the beginning the Word already existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was God. He existed in the beginning with God. God created everything through him, and nothing was created except through him. The Word gave life to everything that was created, and his life brought light to everyone. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it….So the Word became human and made his home among us.

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Continued from Page 1 farm near the spill site, gave a heart-wrenching account of her family’s ordeal. With an 11-year-old and a baby on the way, she was still trying to rid her home and property of the fuel smell.

“All my linens and organic materials have absorbed the smell,” she said, explaining that she was spending three hours a day cleaning. “It’s mostly laundering linens and scrubbing surfaces. By the end my hands smell like jet fuel.”

Flotron and others also worried about the impact on their gardens and crops.

Interior Health lifted its do-not-use order on local waterways incrementally between August 6 and 9, removing the final restrictions once it was satisfied all water samples met national safety standards — even though pockets of fuel were still visible. The health authority said the tests supported their belief most of the fuel would disappear within seven to ten days.

“We expected the material would largely evaporate and the majority of the rest would mix with river water and move downstream,” said Dr. Andrew Larder, senior medical health officer. “The results... confirm those assumptions.”

The Ministry of Agriculture also said tests on eight properties met all regulatory standards. But that wasn’t good enough for many residents, including one who lived nearest the spill site. Russell Hulbert, whose family was still displaced from their home long after the incident, didn’t trust SNC Lavalin’s data.

“I look at the test results and can’t believe it. I’m Story continues on Page 19

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Continued from Page 18 appalled,” he said. “I have serious concerns about how the samples were taken with regard to the type of fuel.”

Soon a class-action lawsuit was filed against Executive Flight Centre and the BC government, alleging negligence and nuisance.

Plaintiff Robert Kirk, who lives on a 51-acre property six kilometres south of Lemon Creek, called the Slocan River “a dead zone. The wildife are gone.”

He said ducks, herons, and deer had been pulled dead from the river and shorelines and wetlands that were once nesting grounds “are now scattered with carcasses.” (However, a Ministry of Environment official said he observed fish and wildlife “to a significant degree.”)

Austin Greengrass, another resident involved in the suit, said residents experienced tremendous hardships due to the spill. “The total impact of human suffering and ecological damage will not be seen for years,” he said.

In its response filed this month, the company denied responsiblity for the spill, claiming the province gave its drivers the wrong directions. It also stated that it incurred $4 million in cleanup costs which it didn’t think it should have to pay.

The spill further resulted in a complaint to the BC ombudsman’s office by John Wittmayer, a volunteer coordinator with Quantum Murray during the cleanup.

He contends Interior Health didn’t do enough sampling, didn’t review health information from people who came into the resiliency centre, and lifted the do-not-use order too soon.

“Our community was traumatized by this event on many levels,” he wrote. “The people in the Slocan Valley have lost trust in IHA’s ability to meet health concerns.”

The health authority, however, insists it acted appropriately.

In September, environment minister Mary Polak visited the area to view clean-up efforts. She did not meet with affected residents but spent “significant time” with regional directors who conveyed their concerns. She also defended not coming sooner, saying it could have just been a distraction.

Five months on, the spill’s long-term impact is still an open question. Clean-up crews were demobilized at the end of August but both SNC Lavalin and the Slocan River Streamkeepers continue to test and monitor local rivers and creeks.

The fire on Perry Ridge that indirectly started it all grew to 65 hectares before being contained.

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The volunteers and cats and dogs at the Kootenay Animal Assistance Program (KAAP) wish you and yours

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We are grateful for your support; we couldn’t do our good work without you! Here are the adoptables currently looking for forever homes. All KAAP pets are spayed - neutered and vaccinated.

Call KAAP at 250-551-1053 for information

Then-pregnant Jane Flotron addressed a public meeting on the fuel spill in Winlaw in July.

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The backyard of this 4-bed / 3-bath home is an extension of the open concept floor plan which flows easily from room to room. The lower level converts easily into a 1-bedroom in-law suite. Bamboo floors, clean lines and contemporary style are some of the features that make this home incomparable at this price.

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From its exquisite finishings to the exceptional craftsmanship, this home is truly a one-ofa-kind. Nestled on a private forested lot with peek-a-boo views of the lake, the 3-bed, 2-bath home complements it surroundings with a smart window scheme. Features include hardwood floors, a gourmet kitchen, open plan layout, high efficient heating and cooling system, fir doors and finishings and an Eco rating of 81. Do not miss out on this fantastic opportunity.

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$447,777

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RUSTY and SOPHIE These 9 week old pups are Samoyed - Belgian Shepherd crosses. They are healthy, easy pups, good with children, other dogs and cats. Almost house trained too! Call KAAP at 250-551-1053 for a visit.

RICKY This cutie pie is a 4 month old Rotti- Husky cross. He is smart and confident, and gets along well with older dogs, chickens, and donkeys. He will be terrific in obedience classes! Call KAAP at 250-551-1053 for a visit.

Call Lev or Norm This artisan custom home is nestled right in the wild and enchanted ‘S’ bend of the Slocan River 15 minutes from Nelson.

The perfect retreat for tranquility and peace or swim, fish or kayak right from home! Built in 2007, this home has many features including river views, custom railings, huge beams, woodstove, custom shower and a heated concrete floor!

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Why hasn’t this fantastic 5 month old kitten been adopted?

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Kootenay Animal Assistance Program Society

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

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Karen Newmoon and her granddaughter Zafira joined hundreds of children and adults who came out to the second annual Breakfast with Santa event on Saturday at the Prestige. The fundraiser — for both the Nelson Food Cupboard and the Nelson Real Estate Fund (the Osprey Community Foundation) — featured raffles, games, singing and more.

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